Malaya Tribune, 25 December 1926

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune Vol. XIII. No. 302 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1926
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      193 1 I X MAS PRESENTS! Buy a Davis Cup Tennis Racket. I B. F.SANTOS |A The Sport Shop Jn) 15. ARCADE. V Singapore. f m I The Word's Famous Car. f j Full range of models from I 7 to 4# H.P. I j Distributors all over British Malaya. a si
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    SHARE MARKET
    693 2 Singapore, December 21. There have been only small variations of prices to record in tin and rubber, and both sections of the share market during the past week have been on the quiet side with a restricted volume of business passing. The heavy liquidation which was such a
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    64 2 The belief that the whole southern Atlantic ocean bed is undergoing a vast submarine convulsion follows the recent scovery that the Atlantic s has risen two mile? n the vicinity of St. Helena in the last twenty-five years. A cable ship repairing a break found 660 fathoms of water where
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      139 2 I The Last Four Dnus I I I Tuesday December 28 j Wednesday: December 29 Thursday December 30 1 1 c 1 Friday D cembre 31 f I WHITEAWAYS cj c I ARE HOLDING SPECIAL S g D j One Dollar Days A c s*" D D 7 s E
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    RUBBER REPORTS
    570 3 Singapore, December 23. There have been no special features of interest since our last issue, but we have had a steady and rising market and prices show an advance of nearly two cents per lb. The firmness in the market is partly accounted for by the usual covering
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    WOMAN REMAINS WOMAN
    165 3 despite her improved social and economic status Nature has definitely circumscribed her activities. Nature likewise provided that the aftermath of her exactions should be trifling. I he heritage of centuries of artifical modes ot living has decreed otherwise. lime was when women had no alternative save "to
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      239 3 THE PERSON WITHOUT A HEADACHE A RARITY There is probably no one who haa not had a headache some time or other. Of headaches there are many, and they vary in the degree of discomfort they bring. But whatever a headache may be, it is a thing one would like
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      206 3 I CUTICURA Helps Business Girls V^v ■ok their beat. The tegular I Cuticura Soap, assisted by X of Cuticura Ointment when tl, keeps the complexion nd free from eruptions, the it ra J glossy and the hands sad smooth. Cuticura Talcum •TOM and refreshing, an ideal powder. W j. ~>
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      543 3 M CUNSHINE, yet I but more than that. 9 M Fruits rich in luacious juices; the vitamin* M m that Nature decrees are necessary for 11 p your bodily health; and, above all, meti- ijj E quertchrr east of Suez-Fraser and Neave's /jl E the product of fruits specially imported
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      406 4 I EMPIRE I S Thursday December 23 to Monday December 27. Second Show at 9 p.m. Sj I WILLIAM S. HART In ci tremendous romantic drama of the West, big in M-ticn, big in thrills. I By far tbe greatest picture William S. iiart ever offered. ft TUMBLEWEEDS Not A
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      512 4 Amusements. S THE n] ALHAMBRA ffl We Wish I I A MERRY X MASTIDE TO OUR PATRONS I S and shall have the pleasure to present X I A Graham Wilcox Production 0j of The Great Drury Lane Success by R. Me Laughlin and > jjj Boyle Lawrence X I
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      407 4 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert and Beneeolen Streets Wiah all their Patrocs A MERRY CHRISTMAS! TO-NIGHT AT 9.15 P.M. Until Thursday, December 30. ELINOR GLYN'S SIX DAYS The story of two young people thrown together alone for Six Days and what happened. Starring CORINNE GRIFFITH AND FRANK MAYO (In 9 Parts)
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1414 5 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, December 24 Rice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $330 Rice, Siam 2 $317 Rice, Siam 3 $303 Rice, Saigon l «294 Rice, Saigon 2 $973 Rice, Saigon 3 an oon i I $296 Kice, Rangoon 2 «272 Rice, Per Boiled No. 1 per" bag 9.00 gj
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      346 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS TO LET A Compound house No. lti. Lorong 3& Water laid on. Area £4,000 square feet, rent $100 per mensem. Apply. Woe Thiam Siew, 229, Rochore Road. CHINESE INTERPRETER WANTED By the Government Fisheries Department Applicants should be proficient in Hokkien i Tt M-c-how and have some knowledge
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      318 5 DENTISTRY Latest Method of Treatments witbpat Fain. Teeth Replaced Natural-Like, VERY MODERATE CHARGES. O. JITT SIANG, Qualified Dentist. 75, Hill Street. i>t Floor of St. Mary's Dispensary, 'Phone 4057 DEI' KCTS CONSULT: M. EZEKIEL SONS Manufacturing Ophthalmic Optician-, 4, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Optomotrtst: A.M. Ezekiel. 0.D., F.P.O.C Wholesale Distributors:
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      92 5 SINGAPORE DIARY To-day, December 27 fligh Tides. —4.3 a.m., 3.36 p.m. j-üblic Holiday. Hockey: Colony vs. F.M.S.; K. Lumpur. To-morrow, December 28 High Tide.*. —1.50 a.m., 4.43 p.m. Wearne Bros: meeting, noon. Rugby: S.C.C. Practice Match. \Vedne*4day, December 29 gj»Q Tides. —6.19 a.m., 8.11 p.m. Investiture at Government House, 10.45
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    JAPAN'S IMPERIAL LOSS
    556 6 Deep sympathy will be felt all over the world with the Japanese nation, in the loss which has been sustained through the death of His Imperial Majesty Yoshihito, 123 rd Emperor of Japan, who died at 1.25 a.m.. on Christmas Day. This sympathy will find more intimate
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    CHILDREN AND TRAFFIC
    362 6 A recent unhappy fatality in which a Chinese boy lost his life by running from behind a motor-car directly in front of a following taxi again calls attention to the danger which attends the unfortunately too common policy of Chinese parents in Singapore of allowing their children
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    1013 6 Friday's “Government Gazette” contains a list of the undischarged bankrupts of Singapore. The Government are calling for tenders for the re-attaping of the roofs of fiftyseven emergency quarters. Teluk Ayer Godown No. 6 and Ihe Tank Road Railway Station are made stations for the collection of duties. The Kuala Lumpur
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    754 6 Mr. H. J. Ebv has be™ Assistant Secretary, S.S apr)f ""tH Mr. J. S. W. RehTkTr Magistrate for Penang I Mr. R. Moor has bepn <*. under th. Mr. A. Miller, Chief 1» S S has been J the Government of Kedah VRe "The Malay Mail" hear,
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    DEATH OF TED DE CRUZ
    78 6 (From Our 0»n Penally. De«n.b<r '.'ht of M r The death occurred la f* "'f t 0 f the Ted de Cruz, late Superinte?iw U jt Money Order and Savin jr> re tired > n the Penanff Post Office, *bo 1922 f iiine for His
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      88 6 I COMPARISON j| is the only infallible Test j] of the relative value of j Typewriters. jj By comparison the Royal ij proves its superiority. j a Ask for Booklet t Describing the 20 a Reasons I To I 1 Rone. 0 I LTD. a a Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur.
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    INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
    411 7 Responsivifcls Not To Fight (OWED BY THE SWARAJ ATTENDANCE Reuter's Service. Gauhati, December 24. Nationalist Congress camp, which paring to open proceedings for mmt shocked at the news ,f thi murder of Swami Shrandanand an emergency meeting was. decided mark of respect and the PreProcession for which
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    Those War Debts
    158 7 FORMER AMBASSADOR'S VIEWPOINT As Between Friends we Should Not Include Interest n Reuter's Service. Near York, December 24. In c nnection with the Columbia UniverB *s il r manifesto, "The Times'" gives p'omim s to a lett?r from Robert Johnjoa, form* r United States Ambassador to •taly,
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    “PEGGY'S” DEATH
    49 7 >'(l Managing Director of N.S.C. Dies of Heart Failure Havas Agency. London, December 24. A. K. Bet tins on, rpopularjy known as I e^K.v. a well-known sportsman and •'iinayirrjr Director of the National SportInir lub, died to-day of heart fa Iure after in at tack of pneumonia
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    MEXICO AND ARMAMENTS
    50 7 Reuter's Service. Mexico City, December 24. *I' tntiil decree has been published 1 king the import of all war materials li Mexico for a period of or.s year. The decree mcludts every kind of fire<in<l am muni ion as weil as poison gas a::;| am ur.d cars.
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    ANTI-CHRISTIANS AT WORK
    155 7 Agitators Disturb Meetings MISSIONARY INJURED FOR INTERFERING Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, December 24. Arcti-Chri-rian Societies have been springing up lately in many centres where the I nti-foreign movement is the strongest. «32» s much lalk abcut the meeting to be held to-morrow. Locally the police are
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    America's Cruisers
    124 7 NOT MEANT TO STIR-UP COMPETITION Reduction of Armaments Means Less Taxation Reuter's Service. Washington, December 26. President Coolidge has issued a statement re-iterating that the move to increase the navy by ten cruisers is merely meant to round off the navy and not to stir up competitive naval
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    The Javanese Riots
    57 7 Reuter's Service. LEADERS SENTENCED TO DEATH Another Rebel Sent to Gaol For Life Batavia, December 24. The Court has sentenced to death three men who tried to stir up the recent rebellion, of whom one murdered a policeman. One other rebel has been condemned to imprisonment for
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    FATAL RAIL SMASH
    85 7 Twenty Killed in American Collision Reuter's Service. Rockmart. Georgia, December 24. Twenty persons were killed and a number injured in a collision between two Southern Railway passenger expresses. The accident occurred in a driving rainstorm. The north-bound train, laden with passengers proceeding homeward for the holidays, was
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    THE CHINESE BISHOPS
    89 7 Queen of Belgians at Pontifical High Mass Reuter's Service. Brussels. December 26 The Queen, Prince Charles, the Chinese Minister and the Apostolic Nuncio attended pontifical high mass at the celebrated church of St Mjichel Gudule by lihe Chinese Biabrps visiting Europe. The service commemorated the seventh centenary
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    BIG THEATRE FIRE
    36 7 Reuter's Service. Winnipeg, December 24. Five firemen were injured and three are Stifling as the result of the collapse of tha walls during a thcatie fire here. The damage is e-Mmated at $125,000.
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    REDS FOREGATHER IN HANKOW
    301 7 Plans for Revolution Explained PACT WITH BROTHERS IN INDIA Alleged Arrangement for Rising On Signal from China (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, December 24. At a Hankow Reds' demonstration on the night of :he twentieth instant, the late Sun Yi t -en's son, Mr. Sun
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    BELGIUM'S ATTITUDE
    72 7 Brussels December 25. It Is understood that M Van der Yelde has given his approval to Great Britain's attitude towards China regarding the immediate conditional enforcement of the customs surtaxes as laid down by the Washington Conference, and also the carrying out in the most liberal spirit of
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    THE MEMORANDUM
    143 7 Reuter's Service. London, December 26. Largely on account of the holiday season and publication arrangements, Sunday's comment was very brief regarding the British memorandum which, however, was recognized as a State paper of vital importance in its hearing on the Chinese iituation. "The Sunday Times" thinks that perhaps
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    BANKNOTES DEPRECIATING
    115 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, December 27. At Hankow, Canton and other Kuomintangized cities, anti-Christian demonstrations have been staged but Christmas passed uneventfully. Only minor disturbances were reported, but at Hankow and Canton labour strikes are unchecked. The Kuomintang leaders have decreed that theie shall be no
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    COMPLAINANT SENTENCED
    66 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, December 24. It may be remembered that last month a Chinese woman prosecuted a wealthy woman for cheating in respect of a pair of brilliant earrings but the accused was acquitted. She charged the prosecutrix with giving false evidence with the result that
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    93 7 A regular fusillade of brickbats, the smashing of window-panes and a free fight marked the annual meeting of the Bengal Provincial Committee in Calcutta on December 5, as the result of which five, including a Pressman, were seriously hurt. But for the timely arrival of the Police in response to
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    DEATH OF EMPEROR OF JAPAN
    466 7 Succeeded by Prince Regent ENTIRE COUNTRY GOES INTO MOURNING Memorial Service Held by Local Japanese Residents Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Reuter's Service. Tokyo, December 25. The Emperor of Japan died at 1.25 a.m. to-day. Paris, December 26. The death of the Emperor of Japan is
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    Attack on Diaz
    87 7 TWO MEN ATTEMPT HIS ASSASSINATION Driver of State Carriage Cut To Pieces Reuter's Service. Managua, December 25. Two men, armed with heavy knives, attempted to assassinate President Diaz. They attacked his carriage as the President was returning from a social function. President Diaz alighted unharmed, but the
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    208 7 The village doctor was an enthusiastic motorist and the possessor of a highpowered car which he desired to sell. One day he took a prospective purchaser for a run to demonstrate what the car could do, anc in a short tims they were whirling along at a furious rate. "I
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      267 7 S By Special Appointment I To His Majesty The King of Siam I ESTABLISHED 1171 1 I Please Call and See j DE SILVA'S Beautiful Collection of I Specialities in Jewellery and Silverware I 1 FOR NEW YEAR PRESENTS j 3 For all Prices t Gifts that will suit even
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    Sporting News
    1901 8 FOOTBALL U.C.A. Malacca vs. Bendemeer and Aston Clubs (By The principle soccer event of the holiday* was provided by the United Chinese Associartion of Malacca, who are in Singapore as the guest? of the Bendemeer and Aston Clubs. Both matches were played in the Stadium with honours decidedly
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    Christmas Day Matches at Home
    268 8 Reuter's Service. London, December 25. The following- were the results of English and Scottish League matches played today: Division I Aston Villa 4, Sheffield U. 0. Blackburn 4, Huddersfield 2. Bolton 3, Derby L Burnley 4, Liverpool 0. Bury 2, The Wedntfeday 0. Everton 5,
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    RUGBY
    23 8 Maoris Defeat All-France Team Reuter's Service. Paris, December 26. The touring Maori rugger players defeated an all-France team by 12 to 3.
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    Singapore Loses the Trophy
    75 8 Losing to Selangor by 15 points to 3 in the Malaya Cup Rugby final, at Kuala Lumpur on Christmas Day, Singapore had to hand over the trophy which had been with them since 1921. The teams were Selangor :—Dennler Webber, Gibb, Somerville, Trower; Hovil, Murchison; Whitehorn,
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    BOWLS
    22 8 Friday's Play at the Tanglin Club Withers Cup Nicholl beat Pierrepont, 21—17. Handicap Doubles Gosling and Dunman w.o. Bath and Turner.
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    BILLIARDS
    164 8 U.C.A. Malacca vs. Aston Club There was a large gathering of members at the Aston Club yesterday morning and during the day, when a series of billiard and ping pong matches were played off in connection with the programme which is being run through on the occasion of the
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    YACHTING
    484 8 H. E. The Commodore Present At the Races Yesterday morning, regardless of season or weather. Captain Flett started the races, the fleet being divided into three categories. At 10 a.m. the Polly, Kathleen, June and Jean II faced the starter, although showing ravages of mince pies and synthetic mistletoe,
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    SWIMMING CLUB
    169 8 Happy Gathering at Annual Tiffin The annual tiffin at the Swimming Club I on Christmas Day was in every measure the success it unfailingly is. There were over 120 persons present. Mr. H. L. Manchester, the vice-president, who presided, propoted the loyal toast. The health of the Club's
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    HOCKEY
    37 8 Singapore Beaten by Sefangor By the margin of the old goal in five, Singapore lost to Selangor in the hockey contest at Kuala Lumpur on Christmas Day in what was voted as a very fine game.
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    BUKIT TIMAH FATALITY
    129 8 Coroner's Verdict Against Driver of Lorry A verdict of causing death by a rash act against the driver of the lorry was returned by the Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) on FYiday in the enquiry into the Bukit Timah Road fatality, in which four coolies riding on
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    THE BITER BIT
    143 8 Would be Murderer Accidentally Shoots Himself At the inquest on Friday on a Chinese who died from a revolver bullet wound, which he Btated was inflicted from behind, the Coroner's Court was of the opinion that the deceased had fired at another man and while he was
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS
    307 8 Committee No. 6 took the following action at a meeting held on December 21:— Recommended that the following revised rates for large consumption of gas should be approved with effect from January 1: 50,001 to 100,000 cubic feet $2.35 per 1,000 cubic feet. 100,001 and upwards cubic feet
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    67 8 Arrivals at Hong Kong from Swatow confirm the news of the trouble there between the motor-bus owners and the ricksha coolies. Some time ago a Chinese concern put six Ford buses on the roads and the ricksha coolies objected. The buses were carrying people for nine cents a journey for
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    The Landau Agitation
    74 8 GERMANS PARDONED BY DOUMERGUE On Recommendation of Rhine Commander Reuter's Service. Paris, December 24. M. Painleve has informed the Cabinet that General Guillaumat, Commanding the Army of the Rhine, haa recommended the President of the Republic to exercise his prerogative and pardon the six Germans sentenced at
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    IPOH UNDER WATER
    162 8 Train Service Suspended During Flood (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, December 24. Although there was little indication yesterday morning of an impending flood, the waters submerged the business area of the town about noon, gradually reaching an unprecedented height. Every road in the old town area is
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    CHANDU HAUL
    57 8 Opium Smuggling Arrivals From China A comparatively large haul of illicit chandu was made in Singapore on Christmas Eve. The drug was found in the possession of five Chinese who had just landed at a Tanjang Pagar wharf from a vessel arriving from a China port. The men
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    AN UNEXPECTED SEQUEL
    108 8 A chance arrest of two Chinese, who were found in possession of a trunk identified by a third Chinese as belonging to him and regarding the loss of which a report had been lodged at the Police Station prior to their arrest, had a rather unusual sequel
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    FATAL CAR ACCIDENTS
    86 8 At the Third Court this morning before Mr. Corry, Syed bin Hassan, a motor-car driver, was charged with causing death by a rash act in connection with an accident on Christmas E\<e in Bukit Timah Road, where his car is alleged to have overturned into a ditch,
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    ROUGH WEATHER
    46 8 There was a strong- wind Wowing in Singapore, all through Boxing Day, suggesting the presence of squalls. This has been borne out by the reports of bad weather made by vessels arriving at Singapore yesterday from the China Sea. There have been no casualties.
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    HOWELL MEMORIAL FUND
    57 8 Already acknowledged $1,140 Mr. Teoh Tiang Chye 50 Sub-inspector Kasuden, Alor Gajah 5 Mr. Goh Kay Swee, 2nd contribution 5 Mr. Chellong Pillay 10 Mr. Tan Eng Chye 10 Mr. Khoo Kirn Lian 20 Mr. Lee Chim Hay, Singapore 20 Collected by Mr. Tan Chong Lek from
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    134 8 A Sydney (N.S.W.) message states that the total losses due to bush fires exceed £1,000,000. The Government is appointing a Committee to enquire into the causes and to devise means to prevent bush fires. A case was mentioned by Court Inspector Johnson at the Third Court this morning in which
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    Letters to the Editor
    181 8 Health Work in Joh ore To the Editor of the Malaya TV, Sir,-In a letter of 22nd in,.,, "A small estate owner", i bv been complaining about the nat he estates near Sungei Masai havinl* 0Wn «i tors or dressers and that the If d( of'dfaS
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    173 8 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shimbunsha) Tokio, December The fifty-second session of thf Diet will meet on December V 1 Fleet-Admiral Count Togo is suffers from a feverish condition and is c„ n fi ßed Z his bed. Baron Ohmori, the Lord Steward to B» Majesty, is reported
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    236 8 The following passengers arrived at Singapore per s».s. Melchoir Treub \m morning From Soerabaia :—Mr. and Mrs. M. A. i» Kock, Mr. A. W. Prior, Mr. Y. Okubo, Mr and Mrs. Collbran and two children, Km E. M. Scranton, Mr. Tan Hong Tool Mr Tong Chow Low, Mr.
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    LOCAL AMUSEMENTS
    84 8 The City Opera The Christmas Holidays saw pood house--at the City Opera. X'mas nights bin w» "The Black Box" and though the sky »»> slightly unfriendly to the holiday maker*, vet an unexpectedly good audience «J» ed the play. Last night, a romance of ™J Dyaks, Rumohi Marayu,"
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    128 8 Ships alongside the Wharrea or expected to arrive. Singapore. December 21 East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Melchior Treub 22. Main Wharf (Entrance (.ate 3> Talma 18; Yamagata Maru 1«, 14; Ipoh 12; D'Artagnani 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate II c Fionia 30; Sumatra IJaTO w. Roume 33;
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    23 8 The Treasurer of the untitled Committee has been mftrw iH General Director to l** copper coins to kiang. v the money market there.
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    COMPANY MEETING
    1329 9 Strathisla (Perak) Rubber Estates, Limited xteenth ordinary general meeting; rath s!a (Perak) Rubber Estates, field <>n November 3 at the regis>--1 V,i< of the ompany, 1-4, Great XC, Mr. Fre<lerick Hilditch CHai rnian) presiding, j Mclnnes uprmwnfing the Secrejsrs. Harrisons and Crossfield, read the notice convening the nd
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    PROPERTY SALE
    489 9 The following Singapore pr. perties were sold by auction at the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., No. 30 Chulia Street, on the 20th and 22nd inst:— Freehold land situate off Grove Road, area 26,332 sq. ft., bought by xMr. Lee Kong Chian at 20 cts.
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    35 10 News from Fukien says that Li Sengchun has demanded a sum of $200,000 from the Chinese Chamber of Commerce there, while the Financial Bureau has asked for a sum of $300,000 from the Merchants' Guilds.
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