The Straits Times, 8 January 1929

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    15 1 The Straits Times n t o. 28.983 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1929 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      323 1 TROPICAL SUITING "FLORODOR' I IS. I > V.I WING LOONG, ■tea ST., HNCAPOV A NEW ERAJN_AHTISEPTIC PRACTICE f^gf\ Tk« discovery of Monsol supplies a new weapon wilh i? »K which to fight disease a weapon that can be used Sg belli with certainty and safety. Until Monsol became available, there
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      188 1 f% THE VOYAGE HOME! |p^!B^| WEAR U PURE WOOL, WOOL AND COTTON, COTTON CELLULAR ISSSr^I t UNDERWEAR FOR GENTLEMEN. I Singlets. Short Draw ors. Long Pants. r^-^. v V In Tropical and Medium Weight. /Tl PURE WOOL. SILK AND WOOL, HALF-HOSE r**m* FOR GENTLEMEN. In a variety of Plain Colours,
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      7 1 FLOrODOR (8.n.A.) WING LOONG TROPICAL WEAR. r
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    HOME LETTER
    2058 2 THE KING AND QUEEN MARY. By Oor Special Correspondent. London, Dec. 13, It would be idle to deny that a feeling of the gravest anxiety has prevailed and ■-.till prevails in regard to the King's illness. The mornimg and evening bulletin* are watched with the closest attention, and
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    FRENCH AIR POLICY.
    62 2 Paris, Dec. 8. M. Laurent -Eynac, the Minister for \viation, stated in the Chamber of Deputies to-day that ai the beginning of next year he would place before the Chamber i Bill for the organisation on an extensive cale of commercial air lines. At present, ho said,
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      182 2 Rheumatism? Sciatica? Why do you went to be racket with pain if actual help is at hand Take immediately x^s\ ®aye%Tablets of C^Z» ASPIRIN ft which are known all over the world, and rub &t the ««me time the painful parts with J9M Spirosal-Soluiion which penetrates deeply into the skin.
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      220 2 Sh av "H* Cneam provides one esvntial to a per* feet shaye a really good crc.im. ffijg H^Ti Soothing to the lace, abundant > n pearly white lather (.ill ;:•■>.! \~±0;~ creams are white) and a perfect |S| =3 "beard softener." With the "Valet" Shaving t^^^^pf Razor it makes a
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    IRISH POLITICS.
    385 3 THE CENSORSHIP BILL An Irish correspondent writes to the New Statesman. 'Having got the Estimates off his hands, Mr. Cosgrave decided to adjourn the Dail for a three months' holiday a fortaic-t earlier than had been generally anticipated, and Fianna Fail offered tv more than a half-hearted M-Mstanre
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    INDIA'S FUTURE.
    344 3 The British Connection. The Viceroy has done well, declares An Indian in the Statesman, in telling the public all about the light in which the talk of complete independence is to M taken both by the Government here and the British people beyond the seas. All reasonable men
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    141 3 The idea that in order to defeat reactionary government an understanding is desirable between Liberal and Labour nets no countenance from Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald. It has been advocated by several members of his own party. In his view, however, according to an article he has written in the Forward
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    168 3 ("onctanlin Brancusi, the Rumanian .Mulptor, has at last won his battle with the I'nited States Customs ofticinN. It 'v ill be remembered that those officials refused to concede that his statue Bird in Flifrht was art, and insisted that it ."hould bo charged a heavy duty as a manufactured metal
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      534 3 I jk-— i llJLlijS for Work and Sport j Your listlcssness, fatigue, and 1 L\i* llc ener gy -how that y«ju have used up all your reserve Jr of nerve- strength. Conquer this btatc of ill- health M^\^ yWh_ I ow y starting a regular < *^V_>^ffi_"'mT7t-" coarse of Sanatogen.
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      620 3 NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NO E -b'p hen I en I.Ko\i MENG HIN, IRE (il K PO, IEI I SIEW and CH ON iPL' on I within one w< i Ti said i '>: GEK i 811 v. v. ill at the < mentioned reti .-::i(l Brm and all
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      668 3 NOTICE IN THE ESTATE OF WEE CHIOK THAU OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WEE GEK BOON hereby given that all any claims or demands Im Estate of Wee Chiok Thau Wee Gck Boon, late f No. 56-16, Xi il Road, Singapore, who died on March 5, 1927, ,t the aforesaid address, and
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      541 4 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APBAR LINES (Ir.corporiit.-.l in Knclar.d) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PKNIXSI I.U< AND ORIENTAL S.N. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST .MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS IK.'M LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. T-mnage die S'poro 1029 KA'HGAi: 0.000 .t:,n. 12 paimia R.3on
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      601 4 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, MarscilUs. London, Antwerp and Ruttvrdam Vessels Tonnairo D-.ie Sail tATSUTA MASU B,OM Jjn. 17 18 KASHIMA MARU IC.OOO Jan. 31 Feb. I HAKONE MAKU 10,500 Feb. 14 16 SUWA MARU 11,100 Feb. 2R Mar 1 FUSHIMI MAP.U 11,01.0 M.r. It 15 HAKOZAKI
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      521 4 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,875 tons) and .he new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons. The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading lo Australia. Cabins
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      639 4 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO OF BATAYIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connection: •o Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marini Di-pts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives for Singapore and Straiti Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau o: luva. All information, detailed itinerariei
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      549 4 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, AMS TERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAM BURG AND BREMEN— GENOA, MAR SEILLKS, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL ANI GLASGOW— BOSTON, NSW YORK AfU EALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON
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      416 4 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (liicorp.rutc.l in SiaDi) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kreiuy, Trengganu, Kelantun, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Lani?*uan, Chumpon and Bangkok Arrival Departure VAI.AVA In port Jan. H SL'DKHADIU Jan. 14 Jan. 1« MALINI Jan. 21 Jan. 23 The steamers are fitted throughout
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      524 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FXEIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Bong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore s CITY OF PFKIN Jan. 12 s.s. CITY OF KHARTOUN Feb. 10 j HOMEWARDS s.s. CITY OF
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      443 5 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE cMAMEUCAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE NKW YORK and BOSTON via COLOMBO, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA and MARSEILLES Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang I resident Wilson In Port Jan. 10 Jan. II President Van Buren Jan. 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 President Hayes Feb. 4 Feb.
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      510 5 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and Rotterdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage Leave Spore J. P. Coen 11,100 S.M.N. Jan. 11 Sibajak 13,000 R.L. Jan. 18 I'rins der Ned. 9,200 S.M.N. Jan. H Tjerimai 8,000 R.L. Feb. 1 Chr. Huygens 15,700 S.M.N.
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      336 5 IDEAL BLUE SCREEN including stitching with eyelets and rope complete. Order your TENNIS BLUE DRILL SCREEN of good workmanship and Britinh Manufacture from MONO. BIN KOOSAINSAH 66, ROBINSON KOAD. Telephone 2454. UiiAXi las MJiSuL i,: See "TOBRALCO" ntamped on every yard. NOTHING ELSE GENUINE. -•>!• Importers for Malaya W. JACKS
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      210 5 »iweß»M»»«»^BaKiiMi i ii«»«i«ses«w»««SsWaMstMaii.^ |r|NTRAI SINGAPORE IPOH— KIAJ. A LUMPUR. MECHANICAL AND MARINE ENGINEERS. BRASS AND IRON FOUNDERS MAKERS OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK STEEL TANKS and TOWERS ORNAMENTAL STEELWORK GATES and FENCING, etc. Tel. No. 2717. I COVER CROP SEEDS We can supply from ready stocks Calopogonium Mucunoides Tephro.sia Candida Ccntrosema Pubescens
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      300 6 PAVILION tr H From Tuesday, January Bto Monday, January 14, {l at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE JEAN HERSHOLT and ALICE JOYCE in 13 WASHINGTON SQUARE In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. AL WILSON in SKY HIGH SAUNDERS Boohing only for upstair seats al I'ATHE (Malaya), Ltd..
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      443 6 Victoria Theatre TO-NIGHT and Nightly at 9M THE FRED COYNE ENTERPRISES Preseit the COYNE MUSICAL WOT GGMFANY TO-JSICHT BLUE^BIRDS Wednesday and Thursday THE BLACK CAT Booking at LITTLES Prices $4, $2 and $1. W»tI«DAI^ANUAIT ~~MOIS£IWITSCH From JANUARY 9 ALHAMBRA JOHN GILBERT THE BIG PARADE Hooking now open j;t MOfJTWE*H M.G.M.'s
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      525 6 Three Rattling Good Pictures In the Programme for Three Nights From MONDAY. JANIARY 7. at the APOLLO CINEMA GEYI.ANG In the Second Shoiv ;it 9 p.m. A Thrilling. Melodrama built on a Story of more than ordinary appeal t°h n e STROKE OF THREE In 7 Reels. Featuring KF.NNF.TH HARLAN.
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      518 6 DON'T NEGLECT YOUR CHILDREN'S COLDS. With Baby"s Own fobktfl in the House You (.'an (Juick'v Avert 'i'heir Duiscr. Colils aip <. r t.n ay ihi taedi i co other 'ormi ol long ti Wai n tl mi of ;i i "111 ar thi' child -i hi I bain and dry
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    135 7 FIXTURES. 17, Janoary g Io.S p.m., 8.0. sad l.aw v Merchants, "A v. "C Co. Welch aj» C... Vie. Theatre, v ij S I in.l« p.m.. Bi. Innoal .Mooting, French Building, aooa. BJC. and R.A. Kxhibition, S.C.C., \ic. Theatre, Tl ara4a .L.nuary H. W. .it,,. M, 11.20
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    195 7 Tuesday, Jan. 8. Ship, alongside the Whines or expected to arrive. KEI'I'IX HARBOUR Lighter No. 2, The Scott Barley, Lch. Iphiaeneia, U.I'.M. Lighter ßl. "I Wharf Nil < eel Wharf Sea lielle. K.-SFLS in dry docks. Tsn'onr IVfrar Allicrl Dock Anntina Doc* \...n Beats. < ihoor I
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    120 7 To-d«y. Hoibov I Antunei p.m.' Hong Chaaa) 2 p.m.i Hong Chuan) 2 p.m. Mairan ralda) 3 p.m. >aa Rilik and Tand- p.m. art and N. West Sumatra 3 p.m. I p.m. South -West Sumatra, Snutarr,-'. (■.■li'hi-s. Moluccas Vmii 4 p.m. me! Western India 4 p.m. I"- -norm*.
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    LOCAL RUBBER AUCTIONS.
    459 7 Tone and Prices A Shade Firmer. i Uar!«w and :eport Singapore, Jan. T.iuir laterest hai boea displayed in the rul>Ker market, which was closed for three >l".v during t h<- patiod umli'r review on account of tho New Year holidays. ;ind prices II practically stationary. To-4jay'i eablae
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    63 7 Hcnd'Tson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable, dated Jan. 7, their quotations being in Sold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Kxchanuc sales to-day 2. r )D mil December 18 ct:;., January 18.10, Febrnary I&40, March 18.10, "April 18.60 May 18.7'J, Jun-.> 18.80,
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    97 7 Aver Kunintr. in;>,sno Hi. Uadek Rubber.— Iio.OOO lb. Uenta. 12,'J112 Ib. Bradwall. 60.K00 Ib. Sana Serai.— lB,. r ,OO lb. Bat»k Rabit. 14,500 lb. Hu!oh Kasap S.'.il^ 1:,. intaag. •;*;.:joi lb, ■akit Kut.i. 18.1U lb. Pt«. Titl Karaagan. ttfiM lb. Bat« Mataaa Pta, Arras EataU. 38.080 Ib Ralinir.—
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    PASSENGERS.
    223 7 rbe U llowiac saaaaaian arrived at Siaaa•ora from Jay:- hy the Op Ten Noort this moraiac Hr. Ir. K. Wcllcr, Mr. Tan Si Khon;r. Mr. Ji>!,e <artunp Fcrnandcs. Mr. K. C. l:.-v. P. V. Dawkins, Mr. Lip, Bo Co. Mr. and Mrs. The Phik H,,. Hlaa The (iiok Nio,
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    EXCHANGES.
    86 7 [BRITISH IMPXKIAL KADIO] HuKby. Jan. 7. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 1-0 T.",. Athens :(7. r >. Berlin 20.3'.t, Bombay la, I 1 Itiil.. lumli ;>4.B<i. Buchar.Buenos Air« 17%, l .™ha 1 -fn 18.18, Geneva tft.l9, HaUiufon 19**4, Honir Kong Is. o\d.. Kobe Is. 0 IS Kid Lisbon KM, MudMilan
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    44 7 SINGAPORE VOL UNTEER CORPS. Programme of drills up to and for week- I endinjr Jan. 1.1. 192 ii Tue~J:.y. Jan. 8. 5.30 p.m.. Drill Hall. I S.V.R.A. Council. Council Meeting. Friday. Jan. 11, ;..15 p.m.. Drill Hall, Senior Officers and UaH Commanders S.V.C.. Meeting.
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    26 7 Barlow and Co. state that the copra market is practically unchanged. Approximately 74, r > tons wore .shipped. Closing quotations ore as follows Sundried SHHii. mixed f'.i.Uf.
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    237 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, Jan. 8. Oa London, Hank 4ms 23 31 '32 Demand 1 27 :',2 Private 3 m. credit ')n Meet York, Demand ofi's Trivate SO <l .i r,7 7 On France, Bank T.T. |4Be Oa India, Bank T.T. l.Y',' On Bean Kimc. liai.k T.T. 10% p.c.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    64 7 Tone of Market Firm. Latest Cable Londen Spot Sheet 8-\d. per lb. New York Spot Sheet CL cents 17 vi per lb. R.S.S. equal to Standard O..CJ?. Standard R.S.S. on lender Spot Jan. Feb.-Mar. April-June July-Sept. Buyers 29 30 30', 3t\ sift Seller. 30
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      MINING.
      461 7 Val. Pd. £1 £1 As,™ Kumbang £1 £1 Banirrin Tin 1 1 Batunit I'adang 1 1 Butu Caves 1 .75 Bukit Aranir £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Chin Chin £1 £1 Eastern Siam fl al Haad Yai 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt
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      GENERAL.
      231 7 Issue v 'al. I'd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick. Prefs. 2.02V4 Z.OY>* 2 2 Alox. Hrick. Ords. U.tO Wo' £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.2.6 6.5.0 Canadian Eagle 11 121 1 Central Engine 0.50 O.rtO 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 O.CO 10s. 10s. Duff Development 6/6 71
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      DEUENTURES AND LOANS.
      113 7 U. Eng. C p.c. 1,225,500 Norn. Spore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1920 red. 1931-36 101 103 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1980 $1,878,000 par. 5% prcm. Singapore Municipal p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c. of 1909 red.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      396 7 FriHer and Co. and Lyall and Evalt'n quotation!. To-day'a Prieei Kramer Lyall Co. £vatt Allenby (11) 1.82' i 1.57H 1.50 1.57 Alor Gajah ($1) i.2ri 1.35 1.20 1.30 A. lilUm lsl> 2.30 2.60 2.25 2.46 A. Kuning ($1) 0.45 0.60 0.42 0.48 Am. Mal«y <»2) l!.4<\ :!.«0 U.4U
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    KUNDONG RUBBER ESTATE.
    243 7 The report of the directors of the KundonK Rubber Estate, Ltd., for the twelve months ended Sept. 'M, 1925, states that, after charging depreciation upon tht assets of the company and providing for manager's commission, the profit and loss account shows a net profit on the year's
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    LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
    40 7 A cable received by Lewi* anJ Peat (Singapore). Ltd., from their London correspondents states that robber stocks in London show an incipane of 2,'^'t tons during the past week the total now on liand tioinu 2J.Bi>fi tons.
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    ROUND THE MARKETS.
    417 7 Tin And Rubber. i In their weekly rcpart dated Jan. 7 Messrs. Baker, .Morgan and Co., Ltd., of Kuala Lumpur, state At MM !;i: t week the BMUTgIn between the cash and forward prim lor tin i:\ London had narrowed down to 10/. As I«• have mentioned
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      165 7 Singapore. Jan. V. Rubber.— Local 29^4 cents per Ib. Steady. Tin.— London £222 If*. Rubbers.— Quiet. Tcluk Ansons 1.55-1. 63 tt. Connemaras 157%-lM\i, Brogas W-88fc cents. New Scudais 157%-lM\k, Maleuwnics 1.71H-I.M, Kundonits 2.30-2. 10. Utan Slmpani 1.50-1.60. Ayer Hitums 2.:i",-2. (.1 >.., GUnwlri 1.574-l.tii, New .Scremlahs
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      Rose Marphail and Co.
      180 7 Singapore. Jan. 8. London.- Rubber S^id., up l-16d. Loca' ts% cents. London. -Tin £222 155.. up 555. Mining.— Stondy. Hong Katt cents. lluKlang l.lf. 1 ;.-l.is l a, Klang River ::.50-;f.Go. Petaling 4.U0-5.00, KinU Dredtfe 1.52-1,.-, li nawat 89V.--»1 cents, Kuyoh 17-11 Mil Sjngei Way 3.20-3.30,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    42 7 By Paul Lecat Puinses Juliana Takliwa Tarn ho ra Karmala Malwa Left Arrd. S'pore London Not. 29 Dec 24 Nov. »n Dee. 24 Dec. 6 Dec. 29 Duo. 7 Hoc. 31 Dec. 7 Jan. 4 Dec. 13 Jan. T
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH
    91 7 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH rAN. On Friday. Jan. 1. !:'2!'. at her residenee'Tso. 30, Craig ReaO, Mr., Tan Kh>, Lienf taee Lim Tan Neoi. aged 96. Sha leaves one daughter, one son-in-law I Khoc Teck Yongi. five graaaaeea, Bfeaara. Gaa Chong Bin, Kboo Cheng Swee, Cheng Yam Cheng Kim, Cheng Bok,
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      25 7 FOURNIERS HYGENIQUE MIXTURE TONIC ELIXIR World Wide Reputation REI'l sr M 11.I 1 1 1 1' 1 1 s Sold by nil Chtnntls and Stortt
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      843 7 I LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS I Other Classified AaVta.. tee page 16. WANTS, FOR SALE. ETC. No. 2, LLOYD ROAD Waiting li t enly. 'i Work WANTED for Cantonese took i ey. 218, Orchard Road, lit floor. i '.'.<<! KAN Bi sramcH family. Apply 49, I NCI 18H LADT, high!) i lessoni
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      42 7 MBTBOWMjOGICAL REPORT. K;md,m:r Krrbau Station. .f <,ov«rns»ent Health OBce.) ¥m Ika M Bmm -oding at Midnight on Dec. 'lire 71 K. i'iirc 7ti.<i K. 117 K. 72 Mas. *2. Mm. U K. tun 7:: j*. „-nt.i HI .1 i (MiUibai .041' nil
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. THE MORALS OF MALAYA.
    1237 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8. THE MORALS OF MALAYA. Mr. A. W. Still, in one of his recent letters from London, expressed grave misdoubts about the League of Nations in its relations to the British Empire and went on to specify two matters directly affecting Malaya, opium sales
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    136 8 out according to plan. It almost makes one sigh for the days of the War when Malaya and its morals were left to feml for themselves. But serious as it is that the League should have been allowed by the Home Ciovernment to intervene in our affairs in the matter
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    18 8 Mr. W. F. N. Churchill. Private Secretary to H.E. the Governor, is a patient at the General Hospital.
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    24 8 The will of the late Mr. G. P. Owen ha been proved, in so far as estate in Eng ■and is concerned, at £18,390.
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    18 8 Mr. W. J. William 3, Director of the F.M.S. Electrical Department, has returned to Kuala Lumpur from leave.
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    19 8 Mr. P. M. Robinson, managing director of the Eastern Smelting Co., Penang, is on a business visit to Singapore.
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    19 8 It is quite possible that in the near future the Overseas League will have •.heir own premises in Singapore.
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    23 8 Mr. George Parbury was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace in the Magistrate'; Court on Friday before Mr. C. H. Dakers.
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    21 8 Miss E. A. Bateman, the first headiviistre?s of Belilios Public School, Honr Kong, has died in London, in her BGth year.
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    20 8 Mr. F. A. Harwood, European Warder of the Singapore Prisons, has been seconded for service, under the Government of Johore.
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    24 8 The death has occurred at Home of Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Turner, widow of Mr. Irwin Turner, late of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank.
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    40 8 Dr. Dexter Allen has issued invitations to the wedding of Miss Dorothy J. Waters and Mr. Hubert L. Barnett, which takes place at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday, to be followed by a reception at the Manor House, Cairnhill Circle.
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    37 8 The Rev. Calvin E. Holman, former pas tor of Wesley Church, Singapore, Superintendent of the Singapore District, and one-time editor of the Malaysia Message, is now the pastor of the First Methodist Church, Baldwin City, Kansas, U.S.A.
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    42 8 At the meeting of the Empire Chapter held in London recently Mr. Oliver Marks, an ex-Resident of Perak, an:l Mr. W. F. Nutt, formerly of the Straits Trading Co., were elected to the Chair* H. and J. respectively for the ensuing year.
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    49 8 Sir William Peel, Chief Secretary of tht F.M.S., and Lady Peel, who have been payinjr a short visit to H.E. the Governor and Lady Clifford, returned to Kuala Lumpur by the mail train last niprht. They are going to Penang- for the races at the end of this week.
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    48 8 The latest issue of the Journal of the F.M.S. Museums contains a report or cave excavations in Pcrak by Dr. P. V, van Stein Collenfels and Mr. I. H. N. Evans and a report on further exenva tions at Gunong PonJok by Mr. Rvmm The illustrations arc excellent.
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    73 8 The death occurred at Montana, Switzerland, on Nov. 7 of Mr. C. S. Plunimer who spent many years in Borneo, and for it time was at Klang. He came out first to Messrs. Darby and Co., and later worked for Lok Kawi Estate, the British Borneo Timber Co., and in
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    72 8 M. Yves dv Courthial, who has been Consul for France in Singapore since April, 1926, has been appointed Consul in Port Said. This is a promotion tor M. dv Courthial as Port Said is a first-class appointment in the French Consular service. The new Consul in Singapore will be M.
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    72 8 The General Officer Commanding has sanctioned a camp at Port Dickson for Europeans of the Straits Settlements Volunteer Force during the Easter Holidays, March 29 to April 1. The programme of work will consist of the following subjects Section leading, including field firing schemes, signal instruction. Intelligence duties, L. G.
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    129 8 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of Jan. 4 Mr. L. A. Thomas to be a Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. Mr. J. Laird to be Warden of Mines, Pcrak Miss C. Mackay to be a Domestic Science Mistress, Malayan Education Service Mr. C. R. Bowden
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    776 8 THE FIRST AIRMAN Of the items of i.ews with which Reuter's Agency regales us to-day we give 1 the palm to the Los Angeles messa.ee ro- cording the remarkable feat of the aeros plane Question Mark, which remained in the air 150 hours and 4U minutes.
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    59 8 Mr. R. K. Holmes, who was head of the firm of Messrs. R. T. Reid and Co., Penanjr and Ipoh, before it was acquired by Messrs. William Jacks and Co., will in future be stationed in Singapore. He will, however, return to Penang for a final performance of The PiraWs
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    THE KING'S QUIET DAY.
    184 9 GREATER OPTIMISM. CONDITION ON UPWARI (JRADE. [relter telegram] London, Jan. 7. The morning bulletin stated Thi King had a fair nitfht. His Majesty': condition is unchanged." The bulletin issued to-night stated The King had a quiet day. There is m change to npoct in His Majesty's
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONES.
    56 9 Public Service Between Holland Anc Dutch Indies. [REUTER TELEGRAM] The Hague, Jan. 7. Tho wireless telephone service betwoei Holland and the Dutch East Indies ha: been officially opened to the public Speeches were made by the Minister ol Public Works and the Minister for thl Colonial, and the
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    DEATH OF WELL-KNOWN DRAMATIST.
    268 9 liong Career of Mr. Henry Arthur Jones. A Reuter cable announces the death yesterday, at the of 7'.i. of the wellknown dramatist Mr. Henry Arthur Jones who was the author of many London successes during his long career. The n>n of a Huckintrhanishire farmer of strict
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    TEX RICHARD'S FUNERAL.
    65 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Miami, Jan. 7. The hody of Ti x Rickard has been placed id a bronze coffin weighing 2.200 pounds, which was bought by Jack Dempsey at a i ■•■'..(inn. It will be conveyed to .New York for burial. It b announced that the contest an
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    REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
    72 9 [TRAXS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Herlin. Jan. 7. The (leinuin Miners" Federation has published a statement < n the Reparations lepnit which is charartensed M likely to affect (Jeißian interests adversely in the roniinj: negotiations. It is pointed out tha' (ieimnny's economies comprise not only taxes but Reparations levies on
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    WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN JAPAN.
    45 9 (Nichi-Nichi Service) T.«kio, Jan. 6. The ijuestion of granting women tho rights M citizenship has been raised in Japan, hut <im\ials of the Home Office consider the discussion premature as only a small minority of Japanese women make such a demand.
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    FLIGHT FROM CAPE TOWN,
    174 9 LADY BAILEY'S NOTABLE JOURNEY. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Jan. 7. Lady Bailey, wife of Sir Abe Bailey, who reached Paris yesterday on her return flight from Cape Town in a light Moth aeroplane, was unable to proceed to London to-day owing to fog. Lady Bailey's machine
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    INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.
    563 9 Constitution Based On Dominion Status. Calcutta, Dec. 28. The Congress Subjects Committee, after an animated debate, adopted, by 118 votes to 45, the resolution moved by Mahatma Gandhi, in the terms of the compromise arrived at between the two rival wings of Congress, declaring that if the
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    CHILEAN VOLCANOES.
    33 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM] I Buenos Aires, Jan. 7. The Chilean volcanoes Calbuco and Puyehue are in eruption. Several people have been killed and the losses in livestock ami property are very large.
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    GERMAN DOCK STRIKE ENDS.
    26 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Hamburg, Jan. 7. All the German docks resumed work on 1 Monday. The workmen will gradually be 1 reinstated. <
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    SALVATION ARMY MEETING.
    541 9 DELICATE SITUATION. GENERAL REPORTED MUCH BETTER. [RKUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 7. Police will be stationed at Sunbury-on-Thames on the occasion of the Salvation Army High Council meeting to-morrow, and no one will be admitted without a permit. The situation is very delicate :n view of the possibility
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    U.S.A. AND CHINA.
    64 9 Two Financial Advisers For Nanking. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Jan. 7. Mr. Arthur Young, the director of the i economic division of the State Depart- i ment, has resigned in order to accompany i Professor Kemmeier to Nanking, where they will both act as advisers on public <
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    HAGUE INTERNATIONAL COURTS.
    64 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Geneva, Jan. 7. Ur, Elihu Root, United States member of i Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hagu;\ has agreed to seYve on the committee of experts which is about to re- vise the statute of the Court of International Justice at the Hague. Mr.
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    GERMAN AIR TRAFFIC.
    45 9 [REUTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Berlin, Jan. 7. The Lufthansa Co carried over 111,000 passengers and nearly 2,500 tons of freight last year, and the distance covered c wa.-. nearly 10,000,000 kilometres. The whole traffic was appreciably greater than V in 1927. a
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    MR. HOOVER RETURNS.
    42 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM] I Washington, Jan. 7. Mr. Herb?rt Hoover, the President Elect, o ha: completed his South American tour. He arrived at Old Point Comfort on board b the battleship Utah, and immediately pro- si reeded to Washington. I
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    COUP D'ETAT IN YUGO-SLAVIA.
    231 9 WELL RECEIVED. WELCOMED BY CROATIAN LEADERS. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Berlin, Jan. 7. It is reported from Belgrade that the news of King Alexander's coup d'etat and the formation of a new Government has been received sympathetically in the provinces. The Croatian leader, Dr. Matschek, is reported to
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    COMMUNISTS IN F.M.S.
    209 9 Trouble Threatened at Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 8. Only the prompt arrival on the scene of a large contingent of native and European police including most of the available reserves in the proximity of the Fire Station and the realisation of the
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    BLACK FOG IN LONDON.
    69 9 Frozen Roads Make Motoring Dangerous. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Jan. 7. London was enveloped in black fog this morning. During the week-end slight rain and snow froze on the road surfaces in many parts of the country, and motoring became dangerous. Many minor accidents occurred. In
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    NICARAGUA.
    40 9 Withdrawal of 1,500 American Marines. REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Jan 7. Fifteen hundred United States Marines will be withdrawn from Nicaragua as 3oon as transportation can be arranged. They have been there two years. The troops remaining will number 3,500.
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    H.M.S. CUMBERLAND IN PORT.
    113 9 County Class Cruiser Visiting Malayan Ports. H.M.S. Cumberland, one of the County ■lass of cruisers which arc now familiar >n the China Station, arrived at Singapore .■osterday froiii Tovrane, French Indorhina, and is lying- at the man-of-war tnchorage. To-morrow the Cumberland v/ill leave or Penang, where
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    AEROPLANE RECORD.
    154 9 IN THE AIR NEARLY 151 HOURS. [REUTER TELEGRAM.] Los Angeles, Jan. 7. The aeroplane Question Mark, which was refuelled in mid-air, has landed after a flight lasting 150 hours 46 minutes. Half-an-hour earlier Comdr. Carlspatz had complained of trouble with his left engine. Circling monotonously at 5,000 feet
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    INDIA'S STRIKE LOSSES.
    517 9 Viceroy's Plea for Spirit Of Co-operation. Calcutta, Dec. 28. The Viceroy, Lord Irwin, in opening the annual session of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commorce, took the opportunity to acknowledge the cordiaj welcome which the Indian Commercial Mission had received in the Near East and in
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    FRANCE AND THE BALKANS.
    109 9 Vigorous Attack in Italian Paper. [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Rome, Jan. 7. j Attacking France's policy in the Bal- i kans, the Popolo d'ltalia contradicts the I French report that the Treaty between i Italy and Yugo-Slavia will be renewed without discussion. The paper adds that i
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    CONCRETE AERODROME COLLAPSES.
    27 9 CONCRETE AERODROME COLLAPSES. [rcuter telegram] Marseilles, Jan. 7. The reinforced concrete aerodrome at c Etang de Berre collapsed. Four workmen 1 were killed and fcur, injured. c
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    COUNCIL MEMBER ASSAULTED.
    610 9 FRACTURED JAW. MR. ARTER'S EVIDENCE RECORDED. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 7. Evidence was recorded to-day before Mr. T. S. Adams, Police Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, in the case in which Manikam, a Tamil motor car driver, is charged with causing hurt to the Hon. Mr.
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    NEW CABLE SYSTEM.
    332 9 London to Singapore in I'nder Two Seconds. A new cm in the cable world is reported by the baton l-.xtension Telegraph Co.'s Singapore office. It is to the effort that experiments have, been ewM in establishing cable communication direct with London, thus eliminating the passinir-on system formerly
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    21 9 The amount of Japanese spec ie '!e|>osit■d abroad is bow estimated at Yen 19,000,0000, which is the lowest on re ord.
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    532 10 Shortest Calendar For Months. t Assize of 1929 opened with the usuu! circmonial this moi ni>i.'.r. A short i m hold at St. Andrew's i conducted ')> Archdeacon ied by the Chief (Sir William Muruwn), Mr. ...:k:'»1 (Hon. Mr. M H. MThitloy), offi. f Court, :m-i'u'is i..' the
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    TAXI DRIVER'S BRIBE.
    244 10 Incident in KandanK Kerbau Police Station. g rebuke was addressed by th« Bccond Police MaK'.strat.-. Mr. W. M. Courl.cy. on Saturday to a Bengali who was to'uiid guilty of offering a bribe to a European police officer. The ollvcr was Inspector BoatOCk, IM Ike ;h:umml til MM
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    25 10 fcytiaw of $l-ii"> from tlv \..rth Borneo Ex-Service Men's Organis- Born* tc si.sl'7. which hae hai remitted t" the ban. ladj ar aaiaer f>r Malaya.
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    41 10 The dissertation submitted V>y the Rev, rd N'aglf, former principal of xhi A.l .S.. .^PRupiire. as ore oi the r. wards reieivinK thr dagVM d liortor of Philosophy from John Hu|>si.: University, wan m the theaix BHne«Uon ttUawrri nm „v a
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    METHODIST CONFERENCE.
    280 10 15,600 Pupils in Eighty-Onej Schools. At the final session of the Methodist Conference at Singapore yesterday it was reported that nine new churches had been built and dedicated in 1928, making a Mtal > f seventy church buildings in .he Conference, with a total value .of 4!»2,Bni>. A
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    AN ENRAGED REPORTER.
    263 10 Fight In Managing Editor's Room. (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 7. How the managing editor of a Chinese MMr was belaboured by a reporter was related before the magistrate, Mr. T. S. Adams, to-day when Foong Moo; Chor. until recently a reporter on the staff
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    43 10 When a Chinese was charged in the < Fourth Court thin morning with possession of dutiable tobacco, it was stated that he was carrying three packets of cigars concealed in a white helmet. He was lim-,1 £12, in default 14 days' rigorous imprison- nn-nt.
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    107 10 The British North BofßO Herald records the death of Mr. J. Gevdea Leask, solicitor, which took place In Jeseclton as Christum-. Kve. Mi. LtMk, who was a n-om!«r of 8.N.C., Oxford, and had been in practice with Heag Kong firm, went to Borneo in the early part of i!>^h t
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    235 10 A farewell dinn-.-r to Captain G. G. Thomson, M.C., Adjutant of the M.S.V.R., who is returning Home this week to join his Reg'meflt, ih~ North Staffordshire^, on completion of a two years' tour of duty in the F.M.S., was given in Read Lodge, Kualt. Lumpur, on Saturday. Colonel W, R.
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      559 10 Inter-Commercial Cup I Competition. [BY CENTRE.'] On Tuesday next the football representatives of mercantile firms will meet at the Stadium to discuss arrangements for the Inter-Commercial Cup Competition for 1929. The competition thus enters on its third year of existence and the second for the permanent trophy. The
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      NON-STOP TESTS.
      354 10 M.C.C. Against Adoption In England. "We hear a great deal in these days of playing Test matches to a finish, said Mr. W. Findlay, the. secretary of the M. C.C, at thr annual meeting of county secretarial at Lord's recently. "Personally." ho went on, I hope in this
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      TENNIS PROFESSIONALS.
      62 10 French Association Permits Reinstatement. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Paris, Jan. 6. The French Lawn Tennis Association has adopted the princ'ple that any player disqualified on account of professionalism may be restored to amateur status if he does not repeat the offence for which he was disqualified. Thus the Davis Cup
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      SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET.
      39 10 Seventeenth Player Chosen For English Tour. [REUTfcR TELEGRAM] Cape Town, Jan. 7. The South African Board of Control have decided to include in their team, A. Bel!, the Western Province bowler, for the tour in England.
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      RUGBY FIXTURES.
      97 10 Two Tournament Games This Week. This afternoon the Etceteras and Law meet the Merchants on the Padang in the S.C.C. Rugby tournament. On Thursday the 8.8. and I. and P.S. meet the A.P.C. The A.P.C. are playing the Services A at Tanglin this afternoon, and their team to-day
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      78 10 On Sunday at the Stadium the A.P.C. Malayan fifteen will play Singapore. The game is being played on Sunday as players from Penang could not arrive earlier. The Company will !>e represented by the following (Singapore unless otherwise stated): Macaulay Ponsford (Pcrak), Scoular, Uarr-es. Perrott; Owen (Penang),
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      HOCKEY.
      88 10 Wins For S.C.C. and S.R.C. An S.C.C. eleven defeated the R.A.M.C. on the Padang yesterday afternoon by four clear goals. The Club monopolised the exchanges throughout. The R.A.M.C, however, at times displayed good defensive tactics, but found the S.C.C. forwards tOO cIfVOT. On the other side of the Padang
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      GOLF.
      146 10 S.G.C. Ladies* Spoon Competition. The Singapore Golf Club ladies' spoor competition was played yesterday and resulted in a win i'or Mrs. T. A. I-owc with a net siore of U. Thirty cards wen taken out and the following were returned Mrs. T. A. Lowe 48—15=33 Mrs. R. H. Hamilton
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      BILLIARDS.
      98 10 Claude Falkiner's Exhibitions. Mr. Claude Falkiner, the well-knowi bMfiatdist, will give an exhibition at th< Singapore Club this evening, playini LieuL-CoL J. H. Tyte at billiards am Mr H. W. Hughes at snookers. To morrow he will be at the Singapor Cricket Club, where members will b charged SI.
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      112 10 An action for divorce has been called at the instance of Elsi* Cotton, *or I Bullough, who is Miss Lily Elsie, the act- 1 ess of London, against her husband, i Major lan John Bullough, described as "sometime of Meggernie Castle, Perthshire, now of Lochs, Perthshire, and at present livinir
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    BATU PAHAT ASSIZES.
    314 10 Ghastly Discovery In Johore. At the resumed sessions of the Batu| Pnhat Assizes before Mr. Justice Mi-Cabe j < R'<ay. Sim Ah Poh was charged with j having murdered anoiher Chinese on the night of Nov. 2 in a hut near the 48th mile on the main
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    STREET OBSTRUCTIONS.
    193 10 Counsel's Plea in Police Court Case. Before the Fourth Poik-e Magiatmta (Mr. C. S. Findlay) yesterday five Mohammedan Indian ice-water sellers were charged with causing an obstruction with their carts, by keeping them four feet from the side of the road. The case for the defence was that
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    SINGAPORE A.D.C.
    172 10 Another Gilbert and Sullivan Opera. It is the intention of the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee to produce in the near future another opera and they now invite those willing to help in this production to send in their names. For the benefit of new comers to the Settlement
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    JAPAN AND MUKDEN.
    52 10 [Nichi-Nichi Service] Tokio, Jan. 6. It is understood that the negotiations for the settlement of railway construction rights in Manchuria between the n Mukden authorities and the Japaneso c Government will be continued in spite g of Mukden's submission to Nanking, d which is regarded as a
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    46 10 The Syrian Christians of Singapore and it Johore were At Home at the social hall of the Tamil Church. Short Street, on Friday to welcome the Rev. V. P. Mam- men and to bid farewell to Father Alexios, tf) both of the Syrian Church, Malabar. 0.
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    58 10 The London correspondent of tiic Malay Mail states that Matheson Lang is Roinif to produce The Chinese Bungalow," early in the New Year, at the Duke of York's Theatre. The location of this play is just outside Kuala Kangsar and it has already had a successful run in the provinces
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    56 10 Guthrie and Co., Kuala Lumpur, have leceived a te'eifram from the secretaries of Sendayan (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd., that th« director* recommend payment of a dividend in respect of the financial year ended Sept. 30, 1928, of Vk per cent., payable on the 22nd instant, and to carry forward subject
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    DIVORCED COUPLE AT LAW.
    631 10 Judge Accuses Solicitor Ot Carelessness. A solicitor:-, failure to keep :> proper liaiy was commented opal l>y Mi'- |l! i« Dim in the eoarM of a Jadgiaant lelivi'ied yesterday. The case was one in which Ruclin bin ■\hdul Kahmin siu-'i hi.- divorced Wife, Irene Katlnjah binte
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    BOY'S THEFT OF CAR.
    158 10 European's Experience In St. Andrew's Road. A 13-year old Chinese hoy pleaded guilty in the Fourth Police Court an '< Saturday to the thi'fl of a motor-ear. The owrer was Mr. C. H. W. Payne. He left his ear in St. Andrew 1 Read, outside the
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    247 10 Sir William Maxwell. UJE. Utl»), the well-known traveller, publicist, an-J War Correspondent has died at Home. He accompanied Lord Kitchener in the marcii on Khartum and wns present at the' battle of Omdurmiin He accompanied the German Kmperor through the Holy Land MM Syria and was at the fatal PHM
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    LOCAL TRAFFIC PROBLEMS.
    1316 11 SOME OF THE CAUSES. t'O-OPEKATFON OF PUBLIC NEEDED. The education oi police constables for j traffic duties is only one of the problems tho Singapore Polka in dealing with the ever-growing VofaUM of street tiaffic in the city. Not thf lea.-' './use problems i's the lack of
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      283 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With inference to an article ■IH»—il ill 1:1 your issue of the Straits 1 lnic-s of the sth inst., under the heading, A Lesson From America," we think it only right to reply to the aspersions cast on the local
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      LATE DELIVERY OF MAILS.
      372 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Previous to last Saturday's delivery of the outward mail from Europe, wo had three successive late deliveries owing to mail steamers failing to connect with the mail train at Penung. If mail arrive at Penang early on; Friday
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    2272 12 UNIVERSITY RUGBY MATCH. By Our Special Correspondent. London, Dec. I:!. The question of which is the best two-year-old revealed by llv i I Metal i aaewered by the ii B in fuvoiir of Lard Pleemsra's lilly Tiilin. This daurhter of Tetrateasa la rated v l»ound .ii uve .\!r.
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    RHINELAND AND REPARATIONS.
    311 13 BRITISH PUBLIC FEELING. SIR A. CHAMBERLAIN'S ATTITUDE. Sir Austen Chamberlain's statement in .lie House of Commons regarding Repara;ions and the military evacuation of Geinany was unexceptionable from a legal standpoint, admits the New Statesman. It is quite true that Germany under the rreaty of Versailles has no
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    THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
    271 13 Old Catholics and Reunion. When we find Dr. Scott Lidgett declaring that religious reunion is inconceivable unless based on the historic episcopate," we are clearly getting on, remarks Truth, though he may not quite mean all that Dr. Gore means by historic episcopate." The statement was made
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    MORE DIVORCE CASES.
    168 13 The general work of the High Court Juring 1927 showed a decline, but there ft-as an increase in the number of divorce .ases. Divorce work," it is stated in the Civil Judicial Statistics for 1U27 issued yc&tcriay, continues to grow, the percentage increase being much the same
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    48 13 Mr. Herbert Phillips has been appointed :ucccssor to the late Mr. J. M. Hogge as iccretary and adviser to the Liberal 'arliamentary party. Mr. Phillips was ovmerly lecturer in economics of the Bristol University, and first took office n the Liberal party as head of the Research Department.
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    139 13 In an editorial in the current issue of he Malayan Medical Journal the proDiem of dengue fever is discussed, the writer remarking that the importance of Lhe disease is only imperfectly realised. It kills but. seldom complications such is haemorrhage, meningitis, myocarditis and the rest are rare. But it does
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