The Straits Times, 2 February 1929

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 29,005. SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1929 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 174 1 TROPJ««fc surriNfl "RORODOR" <aDA.i i WLNU LINING, HIGH ST., SING AT.. UK. DELICIOUS IS THE ONLY WORD YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CONJURE WHEN GIVING YOUR OPINION OF "BEAR A BRAND" Real Swiss Dairy Cream Rear Brand cream is the actual pure and unadulterated cream taken from the fresh Swiss
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    • 129 1 FOR SERVIGE „'.»i^*vl^^ In use as Frocks or Jumpers can be fvjRJHL thoroughly relied upon in wear and in iA wash. This famous fabric is jfuaraji- ifi JS P*' teed unshrinkaWe ancl «vi safely be w\|3\SS^(fiS I if^ laundered at home with every conliy I dcnce. We have a select
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    • 8 1 > FLOUODOR (HP A.) WING LOONG TROPit Al. WICAU.
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    • 537 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. rTNINSn.AR AND ORIENTAL B.N. CO. I'NDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due S'oore 1929 KHIVA »100 Feb. 9 MALWA 11.100 Feb.
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    • 598 2 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail HAKONE MARL" 10,500 Feb. 14 15 SUWA MARU 11.1U0 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 FUSHIMJ MARU 11.000 Mar. 14 16 HAKOZAKI MARU 1U.500 Mar. 28 29 HAKUSAN MARU 10,500 Apl. 11 12 t KITANO
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    • 520 2 BURNS PHtiP LWE (Incnrpi<r«ted In Australia) FOB BBISBANI, SYDNEY AND ■ELBOURKB, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AMD THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailings by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,875 tons) and ths new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,612 tons. The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and nneat steamers trading lo Australia. Cabins
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    • 667 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAYIA) (Incorporated in Holland I Under contract with the ni:th-.:i:i.am)s indjAM government Telephone No. MM, with nub-connections to Passage, r'reijrhi. Transhipment Marine Dcpts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives fur Singapore and Straits Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of Java. All information, detailed
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    • 544 2 THE DLUE FUNNEL UNE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN— GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.— MARSEILLES. HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH
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    • 470 2 THE SIAM STEAM HAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kretay, Trengganu, Krlai.tun, Bammani. Telupin, Patani, Sinitor.t. Lniun. Uchon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Lungsuan, i.nu.npon bjm Bangkok. Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB Feb. 4 Feb. C MALINI Feb. 11 Fub. U VALAYA Feb. II Feb. 20 The steamers are fi'tcd throughout
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    • 534 3 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUGKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ••ELLERMAN" 1 LINE TASSENGKR AM) FREIGHT SERVICE TO THK UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE Ol TWARDS To Hong Kong, Shnnghai and Japan Due Spore s.s. CITY OF KHARTOUM Feb. 14 s.s. CITY OK DXI.HI Mar. 10 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 447 3 DOUAB STEAMSHIP LINE cftirf AMERICAN MAIL LI HE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, POI.T SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang TRES. V. BITREN In Port Jan. 2i Jan. 26 PRES. HAYES Feb. 4 Feb. 7
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    • 524 3 DUTCH KAILS Sloomvsart Maatschappl J Nedcrland w and Rotterdam LJoyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Asssterdam Southampton HsraeUles Rotterdam Toaaace Leave B"por< Chr. Hnycens 15,700 S.M.N. Feb. 8 Patria 10,001 R.L. Feb. IS Job. de Witt 10,400 S.M.N. Feb. 22 Slamat 11,600 K.L. Mar. 1 Prinses Juliana 8,100
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    • 331 3 DANCING Modern Ballroom Dancing Miss J. BOSHOI'F. Late of the Tynegate-Sinith School of Dancing, Shaftesbury Avenue, London. Will give individual tuition in all the latest variations in modern Ballroom Dancing including the new Bradley Drag, Rhythm Step and Varsity Drag. For engagements and full particulars, Telephone 6490 or write c/o
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    • 134 3 No. 1 POCKET "KODAK Series 111. liii i!™? compur shditer KODAK LIMITED, (Incorporated in Englaml) SINGAPORE. SAVE FREIGHT ON YOUR RUBBER BY INSTALLING THE G.E.W. Toggle Baling Press Used by leading Rubber Packers and Shippers. May we quote for your requirements ENTR A I I SINGAPORE IPOH KUALA LUMPUR. Tel.
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  • 1685 4 CHINA AS IT IS. SOME FIRST-HAND INFORMATION. A DISTRESSING PICTURE For a long time, says the Investors' Review, we have been absorbing from the daily Press large doses of soothing-syrup about the situation in China. Apparently they come from correspondents in the bafe shelter of the Treaty Ports, who Know
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  • 265 4 New Move in the War on Crime. Experts at New Scotland-yard are surryvtg out experiments in the transmiMion l\v wireless of the photographs and lii>Kw '.-prints of criminals, says a .riminoloRist in a home paper. lteinnrkahlr success has already attended their efforts, and Viscount Byng of
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  • 71 4 Harrow has sustained a loss by the retirement, alter 48 years' service, of Mr. W. Moss, confidential secretary to the headmaster. He was secretary when the order was made forbidding smoking in :he houses, and one of the first to break it was the Prince of Wales, who paid a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 243 4 M. J^-r -~71 ASFPTir SKIN PRESSINS L^^. I > L.i m^^^ safety- heals IL. AS a remedy and preventive •8, t "if '^ar^Lt r- i r'finrlition* C rmn\ n I f t\%m SmmrjS^^^ srr j_ "*^^^^bW highest value. The asepiie. constituents of J/l&g»gjff?'/>.^y healing influence over the whole skin round
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    • 177 4 i\^®yV SUPPER HEEL" One of the favored styles is a service sheer weight all pure thread silk to the narrow garter hem. The superior quality of the silk lends beauty to the dear, even texture. With the exclusive Kayser "Slipper Heel" that give? the ankle a slim, trim appearance. In
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  • 973 5 What Women Are Doing In Kenya. ki-Uhum, special c-oiTespon-<li ;it of the Daily Express, is writing a ■Ttirlai on life and conditions in Kenya and Uiranda. The following is <.ne sent home from Nairobi Kenya's most remarkable feature is the antithesis which it providM to the picture imagined
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  • 1234 5 Commercial Advantages For Britain. The advantages to be gained by the cunstniction of a tunnel under the English Channel —a subject winch ii:is again been' much to the fore during the last few arc emphasised by Mr. Harold Cox in an article in the Sunday Times. He
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    • 235 5 EASY So stop that COUGH And sure to give relief and comfort For over half a century children and adults, the world over have been taking CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY It's pleasant to the taste; contains no narcotics or harmful drugs. It relieves coughs, colds end croup Prevents the development of
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    • 403 5 BALLANTINES WHISKY QA/a/Zanlfoiai to Sal o>.o > *(l "ft 'ti Pure Matured Scotch Whisky 10 years old. Sole Agents ROBINSON CO., LTD., SINGAPORE AND K. LUMPUR. The fine genial (flow produced by a cup of "«OLD LEAK" Tea i.s known only to drinkers of "GOLD LEAF" Tea. Imitations and substitutes
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    • 779 5 PERAK TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING 1929. Saturday, Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday, Feb. 16, 19, 21 and 23, 1929. TWO RUNS FOK EACH CLASS OF HORSE AND POlCf. ENTRY FEES $30 Her horse. |H per pony. THE I'ERAK til*. A special race (or Class I Horses to be run la 3
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    • 533 5 AUCTION SALE o' valuable Singapore properties situate at hangi Road. Loronu IK, Geyiang Road, Kast Coast Road. Bedok Koad and in the District of Roehore, etc. I At Messrs. Cheon* Kuon Seng Co/s isleroom. No. ft, C'hulia Street, on Wednesday, February S, at 2..10 p.m. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land
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  • 928 6 CLERICALISM AND THE SPANISH DRAMA. BENAVENTE'S PLAYS BANNED. The theatrical season which opened two months ago with a wealth of new plays („n an average there is a first night every second day in Madrid), but few of outstanding merit, has received a fillip by the
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  • 1060 6 Fewer Issues During The Past Year. Philatelists may take heart in the knowledge that the decline in the output of new postage stamps by the nations of the world has been maintained during the p.i::t 12 months, says a Home paper to hand by the last
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    • 390 6 I Dependable I 1 Performance I *"*""f inker free as a good automobile l!*UmglaLaMaJ| I engine! Scrupulous inspections J 641 of them are the barrier set up 2E|| fQL against the tiny imperfections which might interrupt Johnson service. Ma 3Ea| The result: a motor which starts like \J\ Jmm a
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    • 241 6 vL Yioflr^ "liiiiiiJMiiJWhil Anaemia?— Then strengthen cj your Blood Cells. New red oload healthier blood will li be* the result of a few weeks' use of Lj Knlzann. It will iucrecs'*the activity nnJ vitality of ihe cells of vo^ir boily became Kalzana feeds lilt m witii calcium, which is the
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  • 1027 7 CREDIT AND TRADE. VITAL PROBLEM OF NEAR FUTURE. In the People's Year Book, Sir George Paish says that as conditions are to-day, many nations need still greater quantities of credit if they are to continue to purchase as much as they are now buying, and other
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  • 909 7 PROHIBITION'S OUTLOOK. TIGHTENING OF THE LAW EXPECTED. When the President-elect of the United States takes over his duties at the White House the country will have seen practically a decade of Prohibition, writes the San Francisco correspondent of the Statesman. Some economists and industrialists, and Mr. Hoover among
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  • 40 7 Programme of Drills op to and for Sunday, Feb. 3 Saturday, Feb. 2, 3 p.m., Siglap, Offlcera and V.C.Os. European Units, Weapon Training Coarse. Sunday Feb. 3, Sif lap, Officers and N.C.Oa. European UniU, Weapon Training Coon*.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 150 7 Wood's Famous "Anchor" Brand SELF RAISING FLOUR IN 2 LB. PACKETS. For Lighter Pastry and Scones If you cannot obtain it from your Dealer, write Mackay, Monk, Ltd. Sole Agents, SINGAPORE AND PENANG. ■b^bT *Sk i4^V.^LaV fy^Z^ 8 specify" CROMPTOifS For PROVED RELIABILITY We have the RIGHT MOTOR for your
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    • 243 7 "The Whisky you ask for again SPECIAL SCOTCH WHISKY A Name and a Whisky well worth Repeating! McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky McNish Scotch Whisky An Independent Hon*e of over "0 years' nUndintr. Head Office of ROBKRT
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    • 517 8 THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL JOHORE BAHRU. SUPER CINEMA (Cnder European Management) Opening Night WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6 The .Management I'resent BEBE DANIELS and LEFTY FLYNN STRANDED* IN PARIS SMILIN' THRO' TROUBLE n, at 9.30 p.m. at 7.30 p.m. (Tarnmount Productions) f-T- Supported l.y Wetkly SaaattM, OmmMm Mai CutMNa. NEXT CHANGE OF
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    • 239 8 Victoria immi ANNA PAVLOVA To-nighl ul 930 Walpurgis Night- -Amarilla DIVF.i'.TISSKMKNTS. Matinee To-day, ;;l 5 p.m. WALPURGIS NIGHT-FAIRY DOLL fcIVKKTISEMKNTS. Booking at LITTLE'S Prieea $8, $6, $3 and $2. Mr.tinee PdCM Mi W W. Sunday, February 3, at S.3D p.m. TRIO MOZART FOR OXU RECITAL ONLY. Booking at LITTLE'S. Prices
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    • 320 8 Tennis A Wear I Jk. Km. Vyur ambition in u-iinis is jr<> >d *|j>-Ji SEKVICK. You endeavour to give better 3ERVICE tnan :in v il;<r T^^MjJ player on the courts. i'& i 1 aadoavoui t«i give nay cUenta the best SERVICE. H. B, WSNTEB I I Tailor, (pljl^^ HATTKRY ROAD.
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    • 151 8 LAST FEW NIGHTS AT THE APOLLO CINEMA of tht M«ttu CwMwya Mayw Maaterffon BEN-HUR In 12 liv<U. Kirs' Sho« REtl) BOWED in TIIS ROMA.VPK ROGUB \dlliiHr.'> n Pi Upstairs. Box nr rnU- >1..">». Side lU>\ $1.25. DMnwUira, Hrai t laai 11, bWmbW Class 73 cts.. Third CUaa ">U cts., Fourth
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  • 191 9 FIXTI'KES. Salur<f*y, l>hruary t B. .9 p.m., 12. iiai. mail I Malabar) closes C p.m. P lo Clnh Practice Match, DJB. v. The Rest, S.C.C. I > K. Lnmpur. Welch, Stadium R ratta. M.ilayu Section), Lampar. Anna Pavlova Co., Vie. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Sunday. Frhraar)' J K.I.
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  • 175 9 Saturday, Feb. 2. Ship, alangnido the Wharvee or expected lo arrive. KEPPLL HARBOUR. Mail Wharf (ram. Lightvr No. 2. I.eh Ipiui-enein. W Bt. Supply. oti wwf fer* R 'm"Coal Wh^rf Sea Belle. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS Tan long Pagar. Kfpn. M irhnnr. King's Dr,.~k Pinna. Amaltha. 11
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  • 100 9 To-day. Sumatra. SouthEast Borneo. Celebe*. lleloccmi I'«1"P-.' 3M. l""'l"l l > 4 pm nd Rrm.it .Loon* Heng^ 4 p.m! 'lone Teck> 4 p.m. *lpn» i 4pm «-lat P>-d''anr Rengkali«. Siak and !'aka:i Bsroe (Brnuwert 4 p.m. Monday. V,-:\t iHonjr Him 9pm l.«e> 9 „m P-n-.Mlahan and Indragiri
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  • 155 9 Rose Macphail and Co, Singapore, Feb. 2. Lomlon.— Rubber lid., up "»d. Local 37 London.— Tin £221 7s. 6d., up ss. Mining.— guict. Hong Fatt 39-41 cents. l"lv Klaaf I.IK-1.22, Klang Rivir MJt, Peuliag I .:<- Kinta Dredge 1.47'j- I'.nawat BT-M rents. Sangei Way 2 Malaya (oinols.
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  • 61 9 I Henderson, Helm and Company. Inc., -now York, send us the following cable, dated Feb. I, their quotations being in gold dollar CCStI closing bid prices Rubber ITnlw|li sales to-ili".' J.'IV) tons. .lamary SUO, IVWuary 22.10, March :>260, \pril ZtaO, May 88.10, Jnw .Inly 23.40, Auirust 2::. 40.
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  • 75 9 [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] RuRby, Feb. I. Foreign exchange* are Amsterdam 12. 10',. Athens 375, Berlin 20.42, Bombay Brussels .(4.89, Bucharest 807',. Buenos Aires 47Vi. Copenhagen 18.18. Geneva 25.21, Helsinftfors li»2\. llonv Kong 2s.. Kobe Is. 0 15-16.I.. Lisbon 109\, Madrid 2!'.:i?r., Milan "J2.6. 1 New York i.M 27-S2, Oslo
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  • 32 9 From China and Manila, by President Hayes, duo at Singapore daylight on Monday, the 4th instant. From France, by Compiegne, due at Singapore 7 a.m. on Monday, the 4th instant.
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  • 40 9 By fflLnf* Naldera Porthos Knn Hor \>.,l. rUn.l.n Insulinflc Ekma Left Arrd. B'pore Lnnd'm n«r. 9.n J« n 1» Dec. 27 Jan. 21 Dec. 27 Jan. 21 rw. 2K J»n ?1 .l.in. 4 Jan. 28 Jan. Jfcn.
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  • 68 9 Invention privileges have been granted to the I'uniop Rubber Co., Ltd., for improvements in or relating to the manufacture of rubber articles, to Mr. John Fillans Earr, of Drotc'icda. Irish Free State, ior .in improved process and apparatus for the examination of geological form; lions ;:r.d to Messrs. G. E.
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  • 151 9 EXCHANGE Singapore. Feb. 2. On London, Bank i m/i 2/3% Demand 2/3* Private 3m. credit 2/4 5/18 On New York, Dcmai.d 66 15/10 '•-v.tcSOd/s r.T On France 3ank T.T. 1(31 On India. Bank T.T. 1531. PRODUCE Singapore, Feb. 2 Gamble- (Cube No. 1 unpicked) 16.60 pra 9.95
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  • 58 9 Tone of Market Q-nu. Latest Cable —London Spot Sheet lid. per Ib. New Yor«c Spot Shict <J. cents 22* per Ib. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Standard R.S.S. un Tender Spot Mar. Apr-Juno July-Sept. Buyer* 37 37 38 3*< 39 seneri 37'* 37\ v
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 458 9 MM Val. Pd. 21 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 fl Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Cavei 1 1 Uui.it Arang £1 fl Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chendcriung II £1 hasten, Siara £1 £1 Haad Yai 1 1 Milam Tin 1 1 Hong Fatt £1 £1 Huey
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    • 236 9 l»l- Pd- Buyen Seller* 2 2 Alex. Brick Trefs. 2.05 2.10 xd 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ordt 2.60 2.60 El 21 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.7.0 6.12.6 Canadian Eagle 12/- 13/1 1 Central Engina 05» 0.65 1 Cycle and Carriafa 0.40 O.SO 10s. 10s. Duff Development 9/- 9/9 1 tsd.
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    • 115 9 U. En f. 6 p.e. 1^25.500 Norn. 3'pore Cold Storage 7 p.e. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 101 103 ci Singapore Municipal 6 pc. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 5% prem. Singapore Municipal 4H p.e. of 1907 red. 1947 11,600,000 96 par. Singapore Municipal 4*i p.e
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    • 398 9 Frn.-r and Co. aad Lyall and Eiatf. qaoUtloaa. I To-day'i Prices Kraxcr Lyall A Co. Evatt Ulenby <*1) 2.16 2.30 2.10 2M Llor <.a;ah ($1) 1.40 l.fio 1.35 l..'»R i. Hitam ($1) 2.66 2.90 2.60 2.55 l. Kunins t*l) 0.80 0.70 0.65 O.«S Lin. Malay ($2) 3.10 3.25
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 86 9 HTOCKED BY ALL BKTTEK CLABS watch MtMJBM Tel. Ad. STATETRUST." Phone 14S ESTATE TRUST AGENCIES (1927), LTD. Registered by and Security de posited with the Straits SettlementGovernment. Act as Trustees, Administrators. Receivers. Guardians, Rent Collectors. Investments Supervised and Interest collected. Probate or Letters of Administration applied for and security furnished.
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    • 29 9 LUBIN, PARIS PARFUMS DE GRAND LUXE World wide reputation S DOUCE FRANCE, LILAS ROYAL. M* g| W IGDA, KISMET. EVA, MONJOLY, 1 AMARYLLIS. OBTAINABLE OF ALL FIRST CLASS PEALERS,
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    • 212 9 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH MrGtIIRE. At Johorr- Bshru Hosni'.al or. Ke'j. 1. ]j*j. ;r; r i .g, McCuir. (nee Elixabeth Kvss), r. Botl well. Kuala Lumpur patjci.> plvasa copy f PROTECT and STRENGTHEN IyourTHROfiT&CHESTI IVALDAJ PASTILLES B On Sale a: all Chemists B A Druggitis. V INSIST on the boxes bearing
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    • 727 9 I LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts., set page 20. WANTS. FOR SALE, ETC. WANTED, a few paying guests. Writ* 84. Straits Times. dp) with board, To LET, 31, St. Michael's IM.. t Apply above address 4 s p.m.' TO LET, slioiiib in the Grosvenor BuiUinr, ion May Apply to Stephen
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 46 9 METBOWMiKBCAIi REPORT. K;mdanp; Kerbau Station. «r af r.ovrrnmrnt Health Olftce.) M H.;ur» ending at Midnight m. Feh. I. 71.:. y. 7K.4F. i4L' r. i (W V. I Mu\ BX, Max. HI f, I 'tun- 7.1.H v. r crnt.) 80 hvmidit; (HUllaar) -MA I 074 m* j
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  • 1112 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2. A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD. One more effort to reach a final settlement on the question, of reparations and to fix a definite date for the evacuation of the Rhineland id to be made in the course of the next few weeks by the Committee
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  • 14 10 Mr. G. F. Jackson is appointed auditor of Municipal Accounts for the current year.
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  • 84 10 The death has occurred of Major-Gene-ral G. A. Cookson, C.8., C.M.G., who was born in 1860 and entered the Army in 1880. He was made Captain in the Indian Staff Corps in 1891 and Major in the Indian Army in 1900. He was promoted Colonel in 1909. He served on
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  • 17 10 Messrs. M. Michael and K. G. Naidu are .0 be Immigration Fund Inspectors under he Labour Ordinance.
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  • 18 10 Mr. W. Campbell Oman has returned from leave and has resumed his appointment on the Board of Architeots.
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  • 19 10 Mr. A. L. Birsc, M.C.S., is appointed ari Assistant District Judge for the Settlements of Singapore, Ppnang and Malacca
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  • 21 10 Mr. E. Watt is to be an inspector under the Machinery Ordinance in Singapore and also a Surveyor of Ships, Singapore
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  • 18 10 The F.M.S. Railways notify that normal train service between Gemas and Kuala Lipis definitely resumes from Tuesday next.
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  • 21 10 Mr. A. B. Cobv: i-Ramsay, M.C.S., is to act as Second Assistant Secretary (B) Straits Settlements, with effect from Jan. 17.
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  • 23 10 Mr. V. A. Tayler, of Man.icrgh and Tayler, Seremban, is returning from home by the Malwa due towards the end of .his month.
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  • 20 10 A Reuter cable from Madrid states that Senor Spottorno, the Spanish Consul in Shanghai, has been appointed Consul in Smyrna.
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  • 22 10 Mrs. A. M. Goodman is to be a member of the Committee of Ladies constituted under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance.
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  • 23 10 The tender of Lim Ho, $19,300, for the erection of quarters for the Time Ball Observer at Mount Faber, Singapore, has been accepted.
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  • 27 10 Captain H. J. Abbey has bscn nomi nated as a person entitled to be examined for a licence as pilot in the Pilotage Dis trict of Singapore.
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  • 21 10 H.E. the Governor (Sir Hugh Cliffordand Lady Clifford returned to Singapore this morning by the yacht Seabelle 13 from Port Swettenham.
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  • 24 10 H.E. the Governor has appointed the Bishop of Singapore to be a member of the Social Hygiene Advisory Board for the Settlement of Singapore.
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  • 25 10 The King will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance in respect of the Ordinance to amend Ordinance No. 188 (Rubber Lands Assessment).
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  • 24 10 Mr. W. D. Home, M.C.S., and Mr. H. L. Mitchell, Assistant Superintendeni of Police, S.S., have been granted leav< of absence for eight months.
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  • 27 10 Mr. R. E. Willgress is appointed an analyst under the Sale of Food and Drugs Ordinance within the limits of the Municipality of the Town of Singapore.
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  • 26 10 The new Principal Medical Officer, F.M.S., Dr. C. J. Wilson, paid an official visit to the Institute for Medical Research at Kuala Lumpur on Thursday afternoon.
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  • 29 10 The following officers of the Survey Department, S.S., and F.M.S., have been appointed demarcation officers for the Settlement of Malacca Messrs. P. H. Goss and R. K. A. Bruce.
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  • 31 10 The staff of the District Hospital, Batu Gajah, entertained Dr. T. C. Wakefield. the Medical Officer, to a farewell party on Wednesday prior to his departure on transfer to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 28 10 Major-General H. L. Pritchard, C.8.. C.M.G., R.E., who has been appointed a> the new General Officer Commanding the Forces in Malaya, leaves Home for Singapore early this month.
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  • 36 10 Sir Eric Geddes, chairman of the Dunlop organisation, left London on Jan. "J for Australia and Singapore. The tour is a business one, and Sir Eric will return Home after an absence of about four months.
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  • 29 10 H.E. the Covernor lias awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal to Company Quartermaster-Ser-geant Lee Kiah Wah, Singapore Volunteer Corps, in recognition of his long and meritorious service.
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  • 36 10 The Governor in Council is satisfied that the Kok Kok Night School, Singapore, is being used for the purpose of political propaganda detrimental to the interests of the Colony and has declared it an unlawful school.
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  • 41 10 It is notified in the Government Gazette that Mr. William Holmes Dinsmorc is to act temporarily as a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements from Feb. 8, inclusive, for the duration of the Court of Appeal at Pcnang.
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  • 39 10 The King's Exequatur empowering M. P. L. U. Sudreau to act as French Consul at Singapore for the Straits Settlements, the Federated and Unfederated Malay States, Bnunei, Sarawak and the State of North Borneo, has received His Majesty's signature.
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  • 45 10 The Malay Mail hears that Dr. Josephine Were who, since her return from leave, has been in charge of the Infant Welfare Centre, Klang, is going to the Infant Welfare Centre, Kuala Lumpur, and that she will be replaced at Klang by Dr. (Miss) Cairney.
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  • 63 10 It is formally notified in the Government Gazette that the Registrar of Societies, Singapore, has reason to believe that the Singapore Chamber of Commerce, a society exempted on March 28, 1890, from registration under the Societies Ordinance, 1889, has ceased to exist and the society is called upon to furnish
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  • 863 10 THEATRE PRICES. Mr. Wolskel showed commendable public spirit in bringing the question of the prices at the Victoria Theatre before the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. We are informed at fairly frequent intervaU that the theatre belongs to the public of Singapore and is administered by
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    • 135 10 Smart Wear for Men who Care A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR 1929 RANGES. ><!tev SUPERIOR fiW TWOFOLD WOVEN POPLIN p AflgV TUNIC SHIRTS. AAjr^J? "TOL Exclusive patterns, with two collars si% Price B*soeachf8 50 each f WOVEN POPLIN TUNIC SHIRTS. I:i neat designs and tasteful colours, with two collars to
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    • 103 10 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT In the Second Show at 9. United Artists Production Presenting NORMA TALMADGE in WOMAN DISPUTED Along with latest Empire News and M.-G.-M. News. First Show at 7.30 THE FLAMING FOREST Featuring ANTONIO MORENO and RENEE ADOREE. TAN CHENG KEE CO.. LTD, Proprietors. Don't take Risks Buy your Piano
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    • 26 10 The engagement is announced betweer. Dr. Wynn Rowland Bonner-Morgan, ot Sungei Patani, and Elisabeth Mary Susan. .Uder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ceoffrey Shaw, of Hampstead.
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  • 148 11 LEGATION EMPLOYEES. THE MISSING AEROPLANE FOUND. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Peshawar, Feb. 1. An aeroplane has returned from Kabul bringing nine employees of the British Legation. London, Feb. 1. It is authoritatively learned in London that the missing aeroplane which set out from Peshawar for Kabul has been
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  • 223 11 How the Afghan Rebellion Was Started. Bombay, Jan. 21. Baccha-i-Sakao, the self-styled Amir of Afghanistan, is somewhat of a mystery, but a story is told in Bombay by a new arrival from Kandahar to the effect that he is an ex-captain of one of the armies of ex-King
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  • 117 11 Death Sentence on Two Colonels. [REUTES TELEGRAM] Paris, Feb. 1. Tt > reported from Madrid that Colonel Pa.7. and Cnlt.nel Bris were tried by courtmartial on a charge of complicity in the recent revolt and sentenced to death. It is doubtful whither the sentences will be carried out.
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  • 139 11 Supphnting of Rukharin Expected. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Derlin, Feb. 1. A Mn|| from Moscow alludes to the "highly charged atmosphere" in political link's :ind the irreat excitement occasioned by the iH'ixirU'd impending removal of Ihikharin from the presidency of the Communist International. Bukharin, who since tka ith of I,enin
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  • 55 11 An Hour of Disorder At Warsaw. [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Warsaw, Feb. 1. Violent scenes of fisticuffs between Socialists and the former Socialist Deputies who are now for Marshal Pilsudski. resulted when the latter opposed the Socialists' denunciations of the Pilsudski regime. The speaker ■MIM in restoring order
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  • 209 11 LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR LORD MAYOR'S FUND The Straits Times commends to the earnest consideration of its readers ihs funds already opened by the Singapore Free Press and the Times of Malaya, Ipoh, and that which is to be opened by the Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur, for the
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  • 256 11 Sees Over 100 Towns And Villages. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Feb. 1. During the last three dr.ys the Prince of Wales has travelled nearly 200 miles through the worst r,r.rts of the coalfields end seen nearly 100 towns and villages. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Feb. 1. The Prince
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  • 81 11 Hanker Predicts Revival Of Trade. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Feb. 1. Presiding at the annual general meeting of tho National Provincial Bank, Sir Harry Goschen dwelt on the possibilities of a revival of trade with China. He expressed the opinion that a more friendly attitude exists in China
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  • 121 11 Berengaria's Chief Steward Charged. [REUTER TELECRAM] New York, Feb. 2. A Federal grand jury brought in two indictments charging William Ballyn, chief steward of the Bcrengaria, a city policeman and four others with complicity in smuggling operations by which Federal officials estimate that $1,000,000 worth of jewels
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  • 37 11 [OEUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Feb. 2. Colonel Henry Stimson, the GovernorGeneral of the Philippines, who is proceeding to Washington from Manila next week, is considered a likely successor to Mr. Kellogg as Secretary of State.
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  • 35 11 [Rnrrsß telegram] New York, Feb. 2. The New York Times learns from Washington that President Coolidge will probably succeed Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes on the bench of the Supreme Court.
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  • 235 11 SLOW PROGRESS. CONVALESCENT STAGE NOT REACHED. [MUTER TELECRAM] London, Feb. 2. An official statement issued from Buckingham Palace to-niirlH says that the view expressed in sections of the Press and also amor.R-it the public that the King's transference to Bofrnor will usher in His Majesty's convalescence
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  • 144 11 Great Gathering in Rome Next Year. [REUTCR TELEGRAM] Rome, Feb. 1. The Pontiff is planning to hold a Catholic World Council of <"arclinals. Archbishops and Bishops from »;11 pnrts of tht world at St. Pater 1 i I IMO. Tha Ccuncil will discuss questions of dogma end
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  • 68 11 Another Meeting of the High Council. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Feb. 1. The Hifrh Council of the Salvation Army met in London to-day. Notice to proceed with fresh adjudication as to General Booth's litm-ss to control the Army, in nccorda ncr with the direction pivi'n l>y Mr. Ju:<tic"
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  • 73 11 French Airman's Ambitious Plans. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Paris, Feb. 1. The airman Costes will start on his flight from Paris to the Far East on Feb. 19. He hopes to reach Hanoi in a little over three days, with half-hour stops for supplies at Constantinople, Basra,
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  • 48 11 HIRE PURCHASE 'PLANES American Plan to Popularise Flying. [RKITER TELEGRAM 1 New York, Feb. 2. With the idea of popularising the use of aeroplanes, a United States company, backed with a capital of *5,000,000, has been formed to arrange for the sale of machines on the instalment system.
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  • 56 11 [reuter far eastern service] Osaka, Feb. 1. The district court ha.s parsed sentcnr on M members ct the Osaka branch of the Japan Communist party. The sentences ranged fioiii two to eizftt years imprisonment. Tweniy-two probationcd prisoners who were s?nt to jra^l last March successfully appealed. The\ left
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  • 23 11 [REUTKR TELEGRAM] Paris, Feb. 1. Marshal Foch is suffering from slight congestion of the lungs. His condition is causing some uneasiness.
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  • 134 11 OFT SUFFOLK COAST. NO APPARENT DAMAGE CAUSED. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Feb. 1. Thr Union Castle liner Garth Castle ran aground early to-day off Aldeburgh, on the Suffolk const. The liner does not app?ar to have suffered any damage. Help has been sent from London to assist
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  • 555 11 Traction Company Enter New Field. Aii important extension of Singapore's transport facilities will be inaugurated during the next four weeks, when the Singapore Traction Company will open a motorbus service from Geylang to Finlayson Green. The main purpose of this service will be to speed up long distance
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  • 71 11 Prosi>ectB Favourable For The Grand Coalition. [TRANS-OCKAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Feb. 1. The Reich Chancellor is continuing negotiations for remodelling the Cabinet, n-.d reported progress to the Reich President during the afternoon. The Centre's demands are still the main obstacle, but in view of the approaching reparations negotiations
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  • 74 11 Effect on Bank of England Discount Rate. [MUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Feb. 1. The Journal of Commerce understands that the visit of Mr. Montagu Norman, the Governor of the Bank of England, is with the object of conferring with the officials iof the New York Federal Reserve
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  • 114 11 U. S. A. CRUISERS. A SENATOR'S VIEWS ON GREAT BRITAIN. [RXUTEB nUOBAM] Washington, Feb. 1 Speaking in the Senate debate on the Cruiser Bill, Senator Johnson declared that the United States, in the course of economic success, was breaking against world barriers. That success must be yielded or protected," the
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  • 206 11 Detective's Pursuit Of Cantonese Robbers. Shots were exchanged in Tar.jong Pagar Road at about 7.30 p.m. yesterday between a Chinese detective and one of five Cantonese who were running away after an, unsuccessful attempt to get into a Chinese house. The men escaped, and it is
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  • 225 11 Retirement From Colony's Executive Council. A long and valuable association with the Colony's administration is terminated by Sir David Galloway's decision to retire from the Executive Council. Sir David's term of office expires this month and it is understood that he does not wish to be re-nominated.
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  • 50 11 Many Firms Anxious to Join Corporation. [MUTER TMLECRAM] London, Feb. 1. Fifty cotton mill companies have applied to the Lancashire Cotton Corporation for valuation in the event of the new spinning combine materialising. Each will receive a statement with regard to the basis of purchase by the Corporation.
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  • 58 11 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Moscow, Feb. 1. The Foreign Office, in a lengthy statement on the developments of the Litvinoff Protocol negotiations, puts the responsibility on Poland for the possible delay, quoting the last Soviet Note, in which it was proposed that Warsaw and the other Governments concerned
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  • 31 11 [REUTER TELECRAM] Milan, Feb. 1. Signor Marco Praga, the famous playwright, has committed suicide in hospital by shooting himself. He had long been suffering from lung trouble and neurasthenia.
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  • 43 11 [■SOTS nUHBAM] Mexico CRy. Feb. 1. An official report declares that Mexico in 1928, with an output of over 60,000,000 barrels, was the fourth largest oil producer in the world, being surpassed only by the United States, Venezuela and Russia.
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  • 741 11 HAMMOND AGAIN. HIGHEST SCORER IN A MODERATE TOTAL. A Renter message received as this edition went to press gave the following score M.C.C all out 3.14. Tea Score Australia .1 for 19. [VUR* TELEGRAM] Adelaide, Feb. 2. There were fifteen thousand people present when the
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  • 41 11 Driver of Express Acquitted At Assizes. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Feb. 1. Ernest Henry Aldington, the driver of the express involved in the disaster at Charfield in October last, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter at Gloucester Assizes to-day.
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  • 29 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Casablanca, Feb. 2. A French aeroplane bound from Dakar to Casablanca, carrying the South American mail, is missing. Military aeroplanes are searching for it.
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  • 35 11 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Madrid, Feb. 1. It is reported that a youth fired four shot* at a high dignitary of the Church in Madrid. The authorities maintain great aecracy regarding the affair.
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  • 1968 12 330 Year to Discharge A Debt. An order wai made n Ihe Bankruptcy Court yesterday, by Mr. Justice Deane, a S kh watchman and money-lender, to pay oflf a debt of $4,000 b., monthly instalment* of $1. The debt might be sati Bed in 838 years odd. Mr.
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  • 58 12 (Aneta's Service.) Batavia, Feb. 1. There have been over 7,000 eruption? of Krakatau during the last two days, some of them reaching a height of 1,000 metres. The crater ridge is now five metres ahm-c ,:ea level ami extend? to a length of 250 mettes. The new island
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  • 30 12 [REUTER TELECRAM] New Yoric, Feb. 2. An attempt to re-broadcast a London wiiilc-*; programme through the United States was fairly successful. Further I attempts will be made.
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  • SPORTING NEWS AND COMMENTS.
    • 903 12 H.MJS. Cumberland Beats Welch Regt. Some of the best, cleanest and most keen boxing seen in Singapore foi many months was offered at the S. V. C. Drill Hall, Beach Road, last night when a match was arranged lwtween teams from H. M. S. Cumberland and the
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    • 115 12 Easy Victory Over Sid Torres. Boy Walley. the Singapore flyweight, continues to score successes in the United t'tates, and is now one of the best known boMfl in his division. Recently he figured in a main event in San Francisco against Sid Torres, of Manila, and
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    • 132 12 England vs. The Rest To-day. F.njrland wi!l play the Rest on the S.C.C. ground thh afternoon, when the teams will be as follows England fwhites).— Wills I'errott, Robertson, Pric? and I.itilehales Collier and Kendall (capt.) Sturgess, Skey. Clements, Muncey, Howgill, Barton, Chippendab ar.c! Baker. R> 3erve Frank:-. The R?st.
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    • 108 12 Tanglin Clu'i Tournament. Wednesday' 1 tics Mons' UoubK's Hep.— R, N. Hamilton ami Hanscll vk. Byatt arxl Capt. R'>hb, A. G. Hay and E. M. Murphy vs. C. H. G. C'»rl:e and Laville, W. N. Skey and W. Skey V3. Saltev and Winter, Godwin and Hawke.«wood vs. Ablitt and
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    • 127 12 H.M.S. Cumberland Keats Swimming: Club. It is a new experience for the water polo team of the Singapore Swimming Club to suffer defeat from naval visitors, but this was the case yesterday afternoon, when a team from H.M.S. Cumberland was entertained. The marking of the sailors was much
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    • 174 12 McAlisters Easily Defeat United Films XI. McAlistors were far superior to the United Films XI, whom they beat by two rlear goals in the opening pimc of the Inter-Commercial Cup competition at the Stadium yesterday. Both goals were scored by Sow Chiew in the first half. Mr. Tan
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    • 77 12 Tnc following was the result of the mixed foursomes competition at the Sepoy Lines Golf Club Miss Hadley and Lowson 41 9% Mrs. English and Macalister 45 9 36 Mrs. Macalister and English 46 9% S6H Mrs. Lowson and Gross 46 7V£ 38% Miss Innes and Jamiesci 51 10
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    • 32 12 [REUTER TELBCVAM] Washington, Feb. 1. The good-will tour arranged for Capt. Fried, who at great risk saved the crew of an Italian steamer off Virginia, has now been abandoned.
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    • 46 12 The marriage arranged between Donald M. Cameron, of Kuala Lumpur, and Kathleen H. Bradshaw, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Bradshaw, Meed House, Ketfoid, Notts, will take place at Kuala Lumpur on March 2. Mrs. and Miss^Bradshaw were to sail from Home for"Penang to-day.
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    • 54 12 Not imrny people know that Sir Arthur Youn?, a former Governor of this Colon>; is a former Rugby International. Sir Arthur and Lady Young watched the England trial at Twickenham in mail v .k. and Sir Arthur recalled to friends from Malaya that it was just 55 years .since he
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  • 473 12 Remarkable Story Told To Coroner. Remarkable evidence Was gtvaa in 'hv Singapore CoroBert Lttjr, when Mr. V. G. Bourne held an [nqiMt "n the bod;/ of a CUMH whkh fM found in :i plantation at Pasir l'ar.jamr. Police evidence was >j the effect that n Chinese, a
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  • 170 12 New Offices and Motor Garage Inaugurated. A large number of European and Chinese members of the mercantile community attended a reception held by the N. V. Slraits Java Trading Co. yesterday morning to inaugurate their new offices at 104 and IOC, Robinson Road. The guests were
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  • 199 12 In order to enable the celebration of Chinese New Year the prohibition of the firing of crackers in places near a public road will not be enforced on the following dates at the times mentioned except in the areas detailed From 11.30 p.m. Feb. to 1.30 a.m.
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  • 22 12 [TBANS-OCEAN TIA PAN-ASIA] Rome, Feb. 1. The Government are contemplating instituting a taxation on all decorations excepting labour decorations.
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  • 33 12 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Henderson, Kentucky, Feb. 1. Six railwaytnen were killed as the result of a head-on collision between passenger and goods trains near here. No passengers were st rioiisly hurt,
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  • 965 12 A MEMORABLE OPENING PERFORMANCE. Stage pictures reminiscent of Watteao nr.d Cr.rot the music of Chopin and GlansßjsvC and DsHbaa beautifully ajayed while a supreme daacar showed aew heights in the art of the ballet the c arc Impressions which remain fioni tho opening ni^ht of the S n,;:u>":
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  • 56 12 Mr. Justice W. Burton at Malacca on Wednesday, admitted Mr. S. C. Goho. of Messrs. Rogers and Son, as an advocate and Solicitor of the Straits Settlements. Mr. Chan was born in Malacca and wus educated at the Malacca High School ami the Brothers' School. Be Ii the i id.
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  • 1140 13 AMERICAN-DUTCH TRUST COMPANY. (By A. W. Still.) [COrTTRICHT] London, Jan. 9. I'lKt-rtainty anil a little uneasiness are what ono taaa among folk in London j who have big interest in rubber. Re- striction coded two months ago. The j cabled tf— from Malaya show that a i total
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  • 524 13 I—»■1 Singapore and South Malaya. A successful year was reported at the annual general meeting of the Singapore und .Suuth Malaya Boy Scouts' Association, held yesterday at the V.M.C.A. Mr. K. A. Brown, President of the Association, was supported by Mr. F. C. Sands, Com- 1 for Malaya,
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  • 127 13 c Mr. L. A. Laffan Miss Irene Midgley. The wedding of Mr. L. A. Laffan, D. Sc., of the Public Works Department, Straits Settlements, son of Mr. T. Laffan, of WtstclfT-on-Sea, and Miss Irene Olive Midgley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Kidgley, of Westcliff-on-Sea, took place at
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  • 226 13 S ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL—Sunday Sfxaresima, F*b. 3, 7 a.m.. Holy Comn. 7.45 a.m., (Choral) Holy Comn. and Sermon 9.1S a.m.. Matins and Holy Comn. 4 p.m., Children's Service 5.30 p.m., (Choral) H imnni and Sermon Holy Comn. on Hon. Wed. and Friday at 8 a.m., Tuea. Thur». and Saturday
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 157 13 r It Pays to Buy the Best OPINIONS differ as opinions will, but behind all differences of opinion there is a feeling in the mind of the public that however good the others may be, it always pays in the end to buy the best. "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" GRAMOPHONE Prices
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    • 365 13 Raffles Hotel McGUIRE'S LITTLE SYMPHONIE Sunday, February, 3, at 9.15 p.m. OVERTURE Prometheus cthoven OPERA FANTASIE Mipnon ft Manilas Thomas INTERVAL EVE enet SCHON ROSMARIN Kreisler LIEBESLIED Kreisler LIEBESFREUD Kr, INTERVAL ROMANTIC SUITE Famous Ueauties lktcher (a) A Vision of Aphrodite (b) In the Palace of old Veisailles (c) At
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  • 1361 14 UNCHECKED ANARCHY. WHAT WILL THE BISHOPS DO? The Very Rev. \V. R. Inge, D.D., I). iin of St. Paul's has given his opinion in the Evening Standard as to the condition and prospects of the Established Church at the end of the Old Year. We have
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  • 566 14 Dramatic Scenes in New York. New York, Jan. 1. New Year's Eve throngs in night clubs and other places were routed by 1 the New York police and Federal Prohibition agents last :ii?ht in a series of raids in all parts „i tin- city. Liquor nevertheless flowed freely,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 191 14 1 06^ PUrO N? SPECIAL SALE (after Stocktaking BIG REDUCTIONS MOWING DRESSES fi.oo COATS TOILE DE JOl V $16.00 AFTERNOON DRESSES, from $19.00 EVENING DRESSES, from $19.00 HATS, from 4.00 •PAN" PURE SILK STOCKINGS 3.75 FINE LISLE STOCKINGS 1.25 PULL-OVERS AND CARDIGANS 8.00 and many others. WONDERFUL VALUES 3* 5
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    • 270 14 > AN optimist is an absentminded person who buys a tea that is not Brooke Bond and takes it home m the hope that the difference will not be noticed. *l for daily u»* W The tea with yarueajre^hftcss. Trusted for halfa Century What a comfortable feeling p. i r*t
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  • 2583 15 GUIDE FOR READERS. CO-OPERATIVEMOVEMENT IN INDIA. The (u-operktive Movement in India. A roniparatMe study, bj I. K.ii-i i. I). H. Taraaerevan Seaa and Ik.irl»ay, X.-. 2. This work thould able in'eii -l in Malaya where the c o[>erative movonwut though comparatively young is already well in advance of
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  • 248 15 A German Tribute. Under the English title of Th<: King." j he Frankfurter Zeitung contains a tri.ute to King George. Ihe eulogy begins with a quotation 'ro.n L.rd Oxford that If King George ia<' been born a private citizen, his tolitfeal abilities would have raised him .ank of
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    • 127 15 :Bp*^M**^—^ -^tiiiup wii iiiiiii'iiiiiiii i ii iii ■OZ* MaWWijiMssMß^ I nrmais. I p^MavaMßJUaaa*^ Bpl KH bH BasKdkk ■VslMKfl 0 1 bbj BBfla^^k HQwi&^ji Hffl 1 THE BEST IN EVERY SETTING. H If i |n| 'n MIIBII>i Bt B Mw»aaaiwyA M MW m~— «»i n "^^-^^WmMSMi-. «»^BoLlatfaw9 L^lisfeßtoksisisb_swM*Ws a aV^lr^. V
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  • 417 16 lri.-|Hiini X. lie .-its a! his desk and furrows line his brow He has locked his prisoners up for the night and what is he doing now He is stated in front of a pile »f books with pencils big and blue, And what he
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  • 388 16 England The Land Of Opportunity. Briu-h inilustriaiiiits have started the N«w Year with an acknowledgment that the age of young men has arrived. "The Prime Minister spoke recently of parasitical director* hanging on to industry." said Lord Weir in a statement whi«h was published in
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  • 195 16 An Anti-Christ ef the Air There seems no limit to the antr-reli-gious mania of Moscow. As a reply to the celebration of Christmas and the manifestations of religion which surround it, the Izvestia, the leading Soviet newspaper, has opened a subscription list for a new airplane for the
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  • 170 16 In spite of the attractions of Hogmanay. l Christina.- is gradually coming into Hown in Scotland. This year in Edinburgh I h«-ar<l, says a writer in h Hum. paper, a ><! .-tory of a famous Bordtr landowittr, who gave a large Christmas dinner to his fanner
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  • 429 16 Invaluable Advice by An Expert. 1 hose who regard dancing as a pastime, as well as the people to whom it is a profession, will find much to interest and instruct them in a book recently published Ballroom Dancing Explained," by H. Si. John Rumsey). Mr. St. John
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  • 327 16 A Timely Warning. At Harrow, in the very neighbourhood of one of our greatest public schools," Dr. Graham Little, M.P., has been warning schoolmasters against the ambition of turning out their boys all dressed exactly alike and, if they could manage it. all thinking exactly alike."
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 284 16 SCOTLAND'S N^ LEADING 3JL s spirit 0 Demobilized in 1919 a co-operation of ex-Officers and Men set themselves the task of producing a spirit 15^/I^^^ worthy oi' the famous •Black ■fliy^"/""*""'' 7;> Watch Regiment who proudly wear M\fM''C '"£> V'X the RED HACKLE in their bonnets. ftf'l'A V/Sfjp-*'- 'A After
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    • 366 16 ECONOMY-TRUE AND FALSE. It is a maxim with all captains of industry to raise the efficiency of labour they employ, and to that en, l huge sums of money have bten expended in providing for the physical as well as the mental welfare of tiie labourer. One of the great
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  • 504 17 WOMEN IN WHITEHALL. THE HOME CIVIL SERVICE. MENACE OR AN ADVANTAGE. Various conaMeimttona, al] of (hem «f hitch importance and interest, ar. by the hhtcsi of woman iti the com pet iimination fi r executire i the Civil Service, To many, no doubt, the fact that 28 '.it: "f 87
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  • 95 17 Jubilee Of A Famous Magazine. London, Jan. 19. The jubilee of the Boy's Own Paper was eeiebrmted with a lunch at which the Duke of Atlioll presided. A company of IN incluilcil icpriscntativos of all branches of Kntrlish life Uaoag whom were trading h»;ul masteis. Mr. Baldwin
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  • 156 17 Tho desirability of introducing lawn tt-nnis fnto the Kn^lish public school curri<ulnni ia being diacnanad. The enthusiasm of in t l:i«n tenJa admratee. however, is heavily over-tiumped by the bridge fans S.A.. where in Cleveland the local ■ehool-board li:.> actaally ntroduced brniirf :i~ m hool mbject nto
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  • 60 17 Qui'l o Meawy aaii to a i>i-o- i i'cs.<iional footballer or erickaear. 1 Pro tan.. A profeaahmaj aunt, like i thi-\ hay. v' ihc B. B. for children. Bon Trovato A mountain in Scotland, j I!, i can o A st.irt la.ly riaajer, j Vie* vena A rieiaae
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  • 190 17 Seven Times as Many As Twenty Years Ago. Th re are nearly seven times as many women in England seeking divorce nowadays as then were 20 years ago. And (writes an Evening Standard rer pri'st-ntative) they easily outnumber the husband petitioners. In the matrimonial rause list
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  • 264 17 Sociologist's Views. I y divorce v imtmy of nMrtiasa Professor B. Waatarmaick, the famotu r.ociolo[?ist. give? an emphatic no to thU question, which b one of many he Btarriage," recent addition to "Benn'i Sixpenny Library" (Ernest. Bern, Ltd.) Divofwa in his view is .< Feature of
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  • 87 17 Long Rest After Illness." London, Jan. 19. The mystery of the disappearance of Mr. C. A. Brandreth, a director of NcrSag, Limited, and his wife, has been deepened by the report that the Daily Mail office received a telephone call from .1 man who stated that
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  • 81 17 Lord Ivonsdale Takes Off His Jacket. London, Jan. 19. Lord Lonsdale, who was the principal guest at a dinner in Glasgow given to the fancy by a Scottish baronet, wound u\: Uf speech by taking oft' his jacket, tuckiiiK up his shirt sleeves and displaying two
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  • 205 17 I li. onKaKcmcnt of the yourtffest coun- c i.iptain is announced Mr. Beviiißton I.i'triro, ulder son 6f Mr. and .Mrs. H. 1". Cm, of Baston Mar.or. Hayes Kent, and Miss Rosemary cond daughter of Mr. and Mn, lames .1. Krost, ot" Glebe House, Hayes. Mr. t;. B. LeKKe is captain
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    • 702 17 Assets over $8,000,000 B.C. Awnrance in force over 130,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Stralte Settlements) HEAD OrFTCE I Wlneheater Hon*e. Sing*pon LONDON Wllf :!7, Old Jewry. K.C. Th* Company hae <20,000 deposited with, the Supreme Conrt of England aad compiles with the British Life Assnrance
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    • 590 17 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. flneoT>erat»<i in Hong Kong) B*ad Offlc* HONQ KONG. AuthorlMd Capiu! *S0,noO,O0( Issued and fully psld up »20.M0,O0( R»scrvi. Pond* J, SWI-ik f «.000,00( $14,000,0fK R»serv« Liability of Proprietors $20,000,001 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Cnmpton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Btwwa, K^q., Deputy Chairman. Hnn.
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    • 478 17 BANKING S THE EASTERN BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated In England) Singapore Brunch 4, D'ALMKIDA IT. DOi 30 Authorised anc SubMi scribed Capital £2.000,000 50 j Paid-up Capital 1,000,000 I Reserve Fund Rest 460,000 iJ HEAD OFFICE LONDON. IIRANCHES Bombay, Calcntta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Amara. Bagdad, Bahrein, Uasra. Kirkuk. Mosul and Singapore.
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    • 437 17 j BANKING BANQUE DE I'INDO CHINK Eatalili«h.il UM, (Incorporated :n Franrc) By Oe)«*)nm«Bl t.!.:ir;.r. Capital Fo.n.NMN Reserves Its. 82,500,000 HEAD OKFICK PAUIB. I BBAKI 1 Vunnanfou Pnompenh M. ;i m;hai 1 MongUeu <nmho lin Vinh Baigon jl l in Xamdinh Qnang Tcheou Bi I Hanoi Wl 0 Il.'lboatl 0 llaiphoni;
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  • 632 18 The Modern Touch In Dress. Try as they may the dress-makers cannot wean away the woman of to-day from her simple dresses. They have prevailed in details, but not in main lines. *Hem» are uneven, flounc-i-s are scalloped, jigsawed. ham MM, and otherwise mutilated, but the drc s
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  • 390 18 Men's Monsirnus Garments, Do men's clothes irritate you? asks A Young Wife in a Home paper. Thoy irritate BM and I find the masculine attitude towards the .subject simply infuriating; -^i' pompous and complacent. Watch a nan hi.- wife dressing to Bo out to dinner the woman puts
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  • 261 18 The Importance of the Ice Pack. The woman whose skin is sallow will find a judicious use of ice one of the greatest aids to beauty (says a woman chemist). To impart a rose-blush effect to an otherwise sallow skin, wash the face in hot soft water
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  • 340 18 Chicago has announced from her courts that husbands and wives should not be partners at bridge. It was a strange and horrible case. The lady sued for a divorce on the ground of cruelty. What :s cruelty at the card table is a question which might be
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  • 233 18 Make-up For Election Photographs. The large number of young women all with an eye for a fine manly face who will vote for the first time at the general election, is responsible for the unusual care with which some candidates are having their photographs taken for publicity purposes.
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  • 146 18 In the January number of his church magazine, the Rector of Finchley, the Rev. Stewart Bernays, writes Complaint has been made to me of one or two young ladies who seem to think it nccessaty to powder their noses during evensong on Sundays. I suffered myself at
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    • 656 18 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD CHINESE NEW YEAR. Sunday, Feb. 10, 1929. Work at the Wharves. NOTICE No coal or cargo will be worked aft*r noon jn Saturday, Feb. 9, until 7 a.m. Monday, Feb. 11, unless special arrangements to do jo have been n:ade before 4.30 p.m. on Friday, Feb.
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    • 194 18 $1,875 ft I Chrysller gl BORNEO MOTORS LTD. (Incorporated in tha Straits Settlements) JOHNSON f(1928 Models) LIGHTEST, SPEEDIEST AND MOST DURABLE DETACHABLE TWIN-CYLINDER OUTBOARD MOTOR. 2/3 H.P., 6 9 H.P. and 10/13 H.P. The refinements in design of the now 19!8 JOHNSON Outboard Motors sound a new note in outboard
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    • 210 19 i 5 000 WO RTH and Ret your free trial Of "ASPRO" to be given away free in Malaya This offer is one of the greatest practical demonstrations of a manufacturer's confidence in his product ever shewn in this or any other country. There can be no doubt but that
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    • 84 19 RUGBY FOUR FEDERATED MOTORS. BY APPOINTMENT TO t*ssjflHs& HM KING GEORGE V. BAR-LOCK (1925) COMPANY, NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND. BRITISH V&;^ > BEST CAPITAL. fl W|, yL DESIGN, MANAGEMENT. E& CONSTRUCTION, MATERIAL, fl Jfclf^Mtfl fl- WORKMANSHIP, LABOUR. m\Mv. A RESULTS. ALL BRITISH RAR-LOCK TYPEWRITERS. Intcrchmnfcable Carriage! Every Kdowd Contrivanc*, 11", II", ir,
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    • 203 20 By BptdsJ I'j'Oiniment to H.M. Tfac King cf Siun. Betd. 1872. AN APPRECIABLE GIFT A GENUINE PEARL NECKLACE finely matched and well graduated or A SEED PEARL NECKLACE Available in various lengths at B. P. BE SiLVA, LTD. Royal Jewellers. 6:/3, Ul(iU STREBT, SINGAPORE. Br.ii h No. 1, BISHOP BTBBBT.
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    • 294 20 TALCUM POWDER NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. Enquiries Solicited. LEE KIM $00 40, HIGH STREET. SOME RECENT BOOKS ON MINING. SKETCH OF MALAYAN MINING H> J. B. Scrirenor I I TINKIELDS OF THE WORLD llv W. It. Jonee $15.50 IKI'AI.LIFEROI'S MINE SURVEYING Ity l\ Winihore g.H j ITNDBRGBOVND PRACTICE IN MINING
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    • 942 20 CLASSIFe ADVERTISEMENTS. PREPAYABLE CHARGES for WANTS, F type (average six word, to lint) are Per cents, tbr«e ins. 64 cent., four int. 82 cent! twelve in>. $I.GS. fifteen Ir.s. $1.72, eighteen »^.i!o. Minimum charg* $i.OU. Advertistnu-n itic.l are publithed until countermanded i cents extra is made for the use of
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    • 987 20 'or Salt, To Let, etc., in ordinary close set line On. ln.ertion 28 cents, two ins. 46 five In.. $1.00, six ins. $1.13, ten ins. $1.40, i ins. 11.82, 20 ins. $I.U'J, Ub Im. ,i month! it. of whu li tt>e tiutub'.-i or ir,i- Mions is not and charged accordingly.
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    • 437 20 A SHOWER BATH IN ANY TUB SHOWER SHAMPOO, MASSAGE, RUB-DOWN ALL IN ONE Knickerbocker Shower I a^EhalaS£S3is^r -d&H alaaMF ■f BATH BRUSH Price $4.50 only. 375, VICTORIA STREET. i i i i— i a i i ii New! New! New! Better, Stronger, More Efficacious than before. Special celluloid wrapping for
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    • 335 20 COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES SERIES. Each bock in crown Bro., cloth, with many illustrations, chart*, etc. Price $1.80 nett. (l-OSTAIii: KMHA). TELEGRAPHY TEIEPHONY AND WIRELESS PAINTS ANI) VARNISHES PAPEK KEATHEK THE MATCH INDUSTRY TALKING MACHINES ZINC AND ITS ALLOYS SILVER. BITTER AND CHEESE COFFEE. CARPETS. ENGRAVING DYES and thrir Application
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