Malaya Tribune, 7 May 1928

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune I XV. •No. 104 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, MAY 7, 1928 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune MONDAY, MAY 7, 1928
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  • 390 2 GREENGROCERY TRADE OF A SEASIDE TOWN Sussex Grape-Growers Now Planting Tomatoes Fierce competition from He Hand and Belgium is causing something like a revolution among Sussex grape-growers, many of whom are cutting out their vines and devoting greenhouse space to tomato growing. The glasshouse industry in
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  • 264 2 His Strong Attack on This "Damnable Business" I was in the game when I was at Oxford, so I speak from experience," said Dr. Stirling Woollcombe, Bishop of Whitby to a men's meeting which he addressed at V ork recently on the question of gambling. "I was
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    • 244 2 HOW DOCTORS CURE URINARY TROUBLE Hot, scalding urine, a too to pass urine, which 1, discomfort. Dark. Hourly,ei these are signs which viae doetorT<t ignore. Experience mm t:,,,, De Witt's Kidney lad 1i!.,.. p one medicine which is tare certain results. a g| results and fed better; nrinerj yields to
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  • 796 3 INHUMAN CODE OF LAW Forty Crimes Punishable By Death Forty crimes punishable by death form the remarkable calendar issued by the Comimunist hordes, who recently ran wild in South Hunan and were responsible for an orgy of carnage and looting never before experienced in China, according to the
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  • 237 3 Lambs Seized and Torn to Pieces Or Carried Off What is described as an eagle of tremendous size is causing quite a flutter ;n farming circles in England. It sweot down on one farm near Marlow, in the Thames Valley, recently and carried off two lambs,
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  • 680 4 Triumph of the Latest Type of Windmill Aircraft The early promise of the Auto-Giro, or windmill aircraft, has been amply confirmed by a remarkable series of experiments carried out at Hamble recently with the latest type. Progress in design has been rapid and decisive, and as a result
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  • 333 4 On May 6, 1882, a little old lady in a pony carriage was driven to Epping Forest, and there declared that noble tract of woodland to be for the use and recreation of the people for ever. Thus Queen Victoria ended the long chronicle of the withholding
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    • 464 4 I After a Night of Torment I I mmm I "VTOU can hear that tantalizing buzz, but seldom can you see the 11 I X elusive mosquito' that hovers nearby, waiting to poison your I body with the germs of deadly malaria and other wasting fevers. jl I The mosquito
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    • 370 4 I World famous Artists who will appear at the I I VICTORIA THEATRE I JAQUES THIBAUD I I BENNO MOISEIWITSCH 1 I AMELITA GALLI-CURCI jjj I JASCHA HEIFETZ S I FRITZ KREISLER I THESE ARTISTS RECORD jjj I EXCLUSIVELY I FOR I I 8 HIS MASTERS VOICE Electric Recordings. Call
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  • 2105 5 Unwholesome Politics Evident RACIAL NOT RELIGIOUS QUALIFICATION (By Our Indian Correspondent.) Singapore, May 4. So much hot air is being indulged in, so much underhand work is being resorted to and so much silly heroics, if not theatrics, are exhibited, much to the delectation of ovtsiders, by
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    • 126 5 TILLEY SAFETY-FIRST LAMPS. Burn Common Kerosene Oil (not oenzine) ALL BRITISH ft r/ i vS ii Q 300 CP. All Tropical Models are wind and insect proof. No Noise. No Smell. As supplied to tne General Post Office, Police and Medical Departments, Government Monopolies, Municipality, etc., also to the Shipping,
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    • 114 5 ID fik MANILA CIGARS jj NKW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED 1 Reina Victoria $3.95 per box of so I High Life $2.95 d I W |k Londres $4.95 per 100 jj l Perfectos $2.75 per 25 jj jjj Battery Road. Singapore. or Samples apply to Cj WHOLESALE VGENTS: S Schiffner Co.
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  • 75 7 [British Official Wireless] London, May 6. Hm 124 NY.v York 4.88 3|32 Brussels 34.9425 Geneva 25.3225 \msterdam 12.09 13,116 Milan 92.625 Berlin 20.4025 SI kh-lm 18.1925 •tnhaeen 18.195 Oslo 18.2275 •na 34.67 Prague 164.75 Helaingfora 193.875 Madrid 29.345 Lisbon 2 9|64 Uhena 373.5 B a barest 788 5 59|64
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  • 1691 7 Reference to Mr. Nambyar MALACCA WHOLE-TIME PRES. DESIRED Rubber Assessment Ordinance And Export Duty A meeting of the Legislative Council was held to-day. Those present were:— His Excellency the Governor, (Sir Hugh Clifford, M.C.S., G.C.M.G., C.8.E.) presiding. H.E. the General Officer Commanding the Troops, Malaya, (Major-General C.
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  • 23 7 Jamboree Rehearsals Wednesday, May 9.—Cyclist Section, Headquarters 5 p.m. Friday, May 11.—Phy: Exercise Section St. Joseph's Institution Ground 5 p.m.
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  • 431 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, May 7 Rice, Siam Ne. 1 per Koyan $315 Buyer* Sellera Rice, Siam 2 $285 Mixed Black Pepper 75.00 Rice, Siam 3 $280 Sundried Copra 1140 Rice, Saigon 1 $251 Mixed Copra 11.20 1120 Rice, Saigon 2 $244 Kayong Copra Rice, Saigon 3 $224 Small Flake
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  • 183 7 Alleged Threat With Shot Gun The family quarrel which was alleged to have occurred in a lorong off East Coast Road and which eventually culminated in Police Court proceedings, terminated in the defendants, Mr. L. L. de Rozario, Mr. F. de Rozario, Mr. and Mrs. Toh
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  • 154 7 Arrangements for Tour in Java The Right Hon. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, M.P.. left Singapore on Friday on the X.P.M. steamer Plancius for Batavia. At Batavia, he was to be met by the Gov-ernor-General's A.D.C., with whom he will travel by car to Buitenzorg. He will be the
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  • 75 7 Notice of Appeal Given This morning the District Judge, Mr. J. L. McFall, delivered judgment in the case in which a European named J. R. Charton was charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of cash and gramophone records to the total value of about $480. Mr.
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  • 117 7 'lbe p. and 0. "Xovura" arrived a' 3inssaporo on 3aturdu.v from Antwerp. luiled from tbut port on lXIarcb l2. toucbins at !Xtiddle«b<»rn.' London, port 8uid. Colombo, pcnnnu and port 8wettenbam en routo. I'b»/ "Xovura'»' lle«<inution i» Cbina and .Iup2n und ber departure i» Uncertain. Netwevn port
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  • 124 7 Chinese House Breaker Arrested At 3:30 a.m. yesterday, Mr. E. F. Monk had the experience of awakening to find a burglar standing before his dressing table. Mr. Monk sprang out of bed, gave chase and eventually caught the culprit, a Chinese, outside his house in Institution Hill.
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  • 124 7 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive Singapore, May 7. Kast Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Nil. Ham Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Haruna Maru 18; Kazembe 16; Hampholm 8. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Keponsr 30; Paul Beau 32; Akita Maru 35; Minderoo 37; Ipoh 39. empire Dock
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  • 89 7 London, May 4. Manchester Market 8% lbs. Shirtings, fair (new basis) 12s 3d 40's Grey Yarns, Single twist 19s 6 lbs. T. Cloth, fair—24 yards 8s 4%d Liverpool Market Cotton—Fully Middling American 11.6 d Egyptian Cotton 21.30 d Metals Tin—Standard 3 months £233.2.6 Produce Copra, fair merchantable £27.10.0
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  • 47 7 From China and Japan by s.s. Penang Maru, due at Singapore on Wednesday, the 9th instant. From China by s.s. Talamba, due at Singapore on Wednesday, the 9th instant. From China and Japan by s.s. Fushimi Maru, due at Singapore on Thursday, the 10th instant.
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  • 161 7 Death of Managing Director of Chow Kit's (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur May 7. A cable has been received from London ajmouncing the death on Friday of Mr. Khoo Keng Hooi, the Managing Director of Chow Kit's, following an operation for kidney trouble. Mr. Khoo left
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  • 183 7 Performance in Aid of The M.V.R.C. The City Opera of the New World presented an enjoyable programme last night in aid of the Malay Volunteer Rifle Club, which is in need of funds to bring its members up to the desired standard in the way of marksmanship
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  • 114 7 Singapore Catholic Club Meeting The following Officers and Commktae were elected for the year at a general meeting of the Singapore Catholic Club which was held at the clubhouse yesterday: President (ex-officio), The Right Rev. P. Ruaudel; Vice-President (ex-officio), Rev. U. Arcand; Hon. Secretary, Mr. W. Mosbergen;
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 150 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS CERTIFICATED BOOK-KEEPER (Chinese) desires part-time or spare time employment. Excellent references. Box 657, cjo Malaya Tribune. WANTED —A young Eurasian or Chinese girl as Cashier. One who understand to work the National Cash Register. Apply to the Managing Director, 17 Raffles Place. TENDERS For the Erection of Three
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 438 7 SINGAPORE DIARY To-day. May 7 pides.—o:l4 a.m., 11:42 p.m. (inference Report, Vie. Theatre, m p.m. (lbal l: S.R.C. vs. S.C.F.A., Stadium. To-morrow. May 8 H ride.—o:4B p.m. G .ernor leaves for North Borneo. Second Day. Lecture, Raffles 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 lea —08 a.m., 1:25 p.m. 1 lhv. I
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  • 29 8 BIRTH OLIVEIRO—On May 7, 1928, at No. A,90 Race Course Road at 8:15 a.m. to Mr. and Mr?. C. F. Oliveiro a son. Both well.
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  • 1201 8 Mr. Ormsby-Gore, when entertained by the Chinese community of Singapore, stated that the Home Government had reason to be dissatisfied with the present standard of education in Great Britain j an d that there should not be that desire j out in the colonies to copy the identical
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  • 21 8 Something has gone wrong with the Memorial Hall clock as it has not been keepfeg correct time the past few days.
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  • 201 8 For Privately Owned U. S. Merchant Marine Reuter's Service. Washington, May 6. The House of Representatives has passed the Jones-White Shipping Bill, designed it. develop a privately owned American merchant marine. Jt combines the Jones Bill, which had alreaay passed tile Senate and' which would continue in
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  • 149 8 Successful Expedition in Burmah Reuter's Service. Rangoon, May 6. The expedition under Mr. J. T. O. Barnard, which was despatched from Rangoon early in this year to the Burmese "Triangle," with the object of continuing the work of putting down slavery in th< se districts, has concluded
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  • 35 8 Death of Famous Cockney Dialect Novelist British Official Wireless. London, May 6. Mr. Barry Pain, the well-known novelist, who excelled in interpreting the Cockney mind and humour, died yesterday after a long illness.
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  • 433 8 As yesterday was Accession Day, a Royal Salute was fired at noon to-day. Four Hokiens were this morning charged before the District Judge with being in possession of an automatic pistol and three rounds of ammunition. They were remanded for a week on bail of $500. There will be a
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  • 208 8 Messrs. Fuller and K< tenan Mission ir. Siam en route to America on f Ur -'-a:,* Lieut.-Col. W. S. Ilereditl in the General Hospital, to Kuala Lumpur on Thu- Mr. F. S. Robinson a k RaffVs Hotel, has been Steward at Governm,)! >ln *apo re> Mr. and
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  • 39 8 (From Our Own Conm>pondeat i Kuala Lampor "lav 7. A marriage has been am ng, i betmm Jtan, eldest daughter of Mr. F \V Douriw former District Officer at K!.. Peter Koch, District Engineer, Square. London.
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  • 451 8 Reuter's Service. Wash:".-!, a, May The German-American Con Arbitration Treaty has been rignad. London. May .">. The death is announced of r William Meigh Goodman, K.C., Attor.ey-General for British Honduras in 1883 and Chief Justin, Supreme Court, Heng K< ng William retired in 1905 hut bier, residing
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  • 127 9 Unspeakable Atrocities Committed HINESE MAKE LIKE CHARGES eminent Officials Said to Have Been Slain Reuter's Fair Eastern Sovice. Osaka, May 7. Asahi's" Tsinanfu correspondent that the Japanese commanders precaution against the Northerbeiieving that the Southerners r disciplined and with General k .i shek's guarantee of safety
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  • 78 9 Nanking, May 7. .1 ihiang Kai-shek, telegraphing l-manfu on Friday, states that the ami American Consuls are mediat- the negotiations are proceeding, .uius: "The Japanese troops have :t !;,-t td us without any reason whati hey fired upon our soldiers and i Over a thousand of our officials,
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  • 92 9 Tokyo, May 6. i The General Staff and other high mili- ry and naval authorities are conferring. > pr« posed, firstly, to order the Chinese "n in Shantung to cease fighting; illy, that Japan hold Shantung and railways until a settlement of the prent difficulties. it i?
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  • 59 9 Tsingtao, May 6. Telephoning here last night the Japanese 1 < p. >ul-General stated that the bodies of victims are unidentifiable. The esp< ally have been terribly mutil- i. Stakes were driven through the lower >rt:• n »f the bodies and the stomachs ••re ripped. All the men
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  • 54 9 Tokyo, May 6. It is reliably reported that Cabinet approval will be asked for the despatch all the infantry units of the Nagoyo j iiv;>ion, including the divisional head- I [uarters, to Tsingtao for the purpose of uani:tip and administering the Shantung iai/Aa;.; also five infantry companies
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  • 34 9 Tsingtao, May 7. A thousand reinforcements from Dairen tiavt arrived and will be stationed here. A tt '••jrram from Tsina* says that the i'"rt -rn settlement is now completely tared of Southerners*
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  • 57 9 Reuter's Service. Tsingtao, May 6. "°ra hvakxra with Japanese reinforcearrived at Tsinanfu on Saturday nijrht. 5*I|1SS ij tish fources state that six Japanese icn /ere outraged and murdered at 1 n:. also one missionary was killed. I n- >'i t no details and at present nothing i- n
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  • 22 9 Shanghai, May 6. reliably stated that the Japanese •.ties are making every endeavour to the incident, fearing repercussions ke where.
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  • 147 9 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokio, May 6. j rom Tsingtao says that the Japa- j r'.sul-General at Tsinanfp reports t Ive Japanese soldiers were killed, •«ltd, and 14 Japanese civilians, in- men and women, were killed. The were mutilated. There are also rous wounded. !<ast 50 houses were
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  • 53 9 British Official Wireless. London, May 6. China telegrams indicate that the situation at Tsinanfu is easier but information is scanty. There was no firing yesterday. The foreign Office has been informed from Nationalist official sources at Tsinanfu that the British Consul-General and the few British residents in that
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  • 57 9 Reuter's Far Eastern Service Tokyo, May 6. News from Tsinan is that all Japanese ana other foreign residences were systematically looted amid gruesome scenes, except the settlement area defended by Japanese troops. Six more corpses of Japanese residents, including women, have been discovered bearing signs of brutal
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  • 40 9 Shanghai, May 5. The silence of the Japanese wireless at Isinanfu, which has been almost the sole source of news from there since yesterday afternoon, is causing some anxiety as no information is coming in from other sources.
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  • 24 9 Tsingtao, May 6. Japanese troops under General Iwakura reached Fangtzu but their advance was interrupted owing to the destruction of the railway.
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  • 106 9 Peking, May 6. The Legations are very anxious for the safety of other foreigners in Tsinanfu whose fate is unknown, but the American Consul at Tsinanfu wired yesterday at noon to Shanghai that all Americans are safe. W hat little news is available from Tsinan ndi.eates that the
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  • 48 9 Tokyo, May 6. News from Tientsin says it is officially stated from Tsinan that over 300 Japanese residents have been slain. Two destroyers have been ordered from Tsingtao to proceed to Chefco and Lungkou respectively as a precautionary measure for the protection of Japanese residents.
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  • 85 9 Tokio, May 6. With the exception of the "Nichi Nichi," which desires fuller details, the newspapers are inclined to blame the Government policy as largely responsible for the Tsinan affair. All urge the avoidance of over-ex-citement. There is a growing belief that the dis- I turbances were due
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  • 84 9 Osaka, May 6. Extra editions everywhere are supple- I menting the morning papers. It appears that Tsinan was simply a repstition of Nanking, possibly on a much larger scale. The frequent outbursts of looting and other unspeakable acts of violence are regarded as absolutely intolerable. There is
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  • 70 9 Tokio, May 6. Though a temporary suspension of communications from Tsinan gave rise to anxiety, the military wireless from Tsinan is now partially restored, but the War Office is very reticent as to details of the fighting and is generally believed to be withholding the facts owing
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  • 28 9 Osaka, May 6. The dissolution of the Diet is expected, but the resignation of the Cabinet is regarded as unlikely owing to the Chinese situation.
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  • 62 9 Shanghai, May 6. The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce has issued a manifesto denouncing the alleged murder of the Chinese Commissioner for Foreign Affairs in Shantung by Japanese as a dark spot in the history of the whole human race and demanding that international public
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  • 496 9 Shanghai, May 5. Mr Hwang Fu, the Nationalist Minister of Foreign Affairs at Tsinanfu, has instructed the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at Shanghai to telegraph the following note to Premier Baron Tanaka: "The despatch of troops to Shantung by Japan violates China's territorial sovereignty and the Nationalist
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  • 46 9 Shanghai, May 7. A one-day suspension of all schools, shops and factories is planned to-morrow as a protest against the Tsinan affair, also a monster mass meeting. It has also been decided to organise a committee for the severance of economic relations with Japan.
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  • 68 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 6. An article in the "Observer" by a Chinese correspondent says that if Japan is after an adventure in China there will be the spectacle of the North afid South putting their quarrels for the time being to unite against Japan. Japan's military
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  • 31 9 London, May 5. The British Foreign Office has learned from Nationalist official sources at Tsinanfu that the British Consul-General and the British residents in that city are safe.
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  • 67 9 London, May 5. A leader in to-day's 'Times" en the Chinese situation says that as far as can be judged by reports from Tokio and Shanghai the Japanese at Tsinanfu acted with exemplary moderation. It is gratifying that the Japanese Government is disposed to treat the incident with
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  • 59 9 Paris, May 5. The French newspapers devote a lot of space to the present events in China, the gravity of which they do not attempt to underestimate, and they particularly emphasise the despatch of fresh Japanese troops to Shantung. The "Populaire" expresses confidence in the far-sighted and
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  • 63 9 Opposed Anti-British Ceremony TRUNKS OF AFGHANISTAN QUEEN STOLEN Reuter's Service. Riga, May 6. It is reported from Moscow that owing to the reluctance of King Amanullah to parti-' cipate in to-day's ceremony of handing over the aeroplanes purchased by subscriptions from the people to the
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  • 31 9 [Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia] Paris, May 6. Two trunks of the Queen of Afghanistan have been stolen on the way to Warsaw from Moscow, containing valuable lace and dresses.
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  • 51 9 Reuter's Service. Disaster to Charabanc Pilgrim Party [Reuters Service] Jerusalem, May 7. A telegrahi from Beirut says that a charabanc containing twenty pilgrims, while crossing the desert from Bagdad to Beirut, lost its way. A British aeroplane located the vehicle but all were dead when help arrived.
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  • 191 9 Not an Inch will be Given Up PREMIER IS ACCUSED OF "BLUNDER" Reuter's Service. [Havas Agency] Paris, May 6. M. Poincare speaking at Metz stated that France would never give up an inch of Alsace or Lorraine nor accept the creation of a neutral or
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  • 110 9 The recommendations of the Opium Replacement and Taxation Committee, *»hich were laid on the table at the Legislative Council meeting this morning, are as follows: 1. (a) that the sum standing to the credit of the Opium Revenue Replacement Reserve Fund be transferred to revenue (b) that
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  • 269 9 BOARD OF TRADE WILL INVESTIGATE Details of Sinking of Greek Steamer British Official Wireless. London, May 6. A Board of Trade inquiry is to be held into the collision during a fog in the English Channel between the Royal r.aval auxiliary vessel Bacchus and the Greek steamer Fafalios.
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  • 111 9 Members of Illegal German Organisation Reuter's Service. Berlin, May 6. After three weeks' trial three former members of an illegal military organisation known as the "Rossbach Corps" were convicted by a Stettin Court of shooting their comrade, Willie Schmidt, in 1920. because the latter was suspected of informing
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  • 202 10 Embittered Against Administration CAROL AWAITING HIS CROWN Has Baggage Packed Ready to Leave England Reuter's Service. {Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia] Bucharest, May 5. 500,000 Roumanian peasants, carrying a week's rations, are reported to be marching on Bucharest, being embittered against the Bratianu Government on account of the
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  • 22 10 SPITZBERGEN SAFELY REACHED In Constant Communication With Rome Reuter's Service. Oslo, May 6. The airship Italia has arrived at Spitzbergen.
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  • 42 10 [Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia] Rome, May 6. According to a Kings Bay despatch, the airship Italia, which was in uninterrupted communication with a Rome broadcasting station, landed at Kings Bay at 1:20 Sunday afternoon, after a 16 hours' flight.
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  • 15 10 Reuter's Service. Oslo, May 5. The North-Polar airship "Itaiia" has left for Spitzbergen.
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  • 23 10 [Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia] Berlin, May 5. The repairs to the airship "Italia" having been completed she may re-start at any moment.
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  • 139 10 SOVIET AMBASSADOR AIMED AT Russia Displeased at Lack of Protection Reuter's Service. Warsaw, May 5. M. LizarefTs assailant's name is Georg Wojciechowski. A representative of the Polish Foreign Minister has called at the Soviet Legation and expressed the Government's regrets at the occurrence and given an assurance that
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  • 111 10 TWENTY HOUSES GO UP IN SMOKE Many Dutch Villages Now Endangered Reuter's Service. Amsterdam, May 5. The Drenthe fen fires are assuming catastrophic proportions. Twenty houses have been destroyed in one village and a man aged sixty is believed to have been incinerated. Eight workmen narrowly escaped
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  • 2053 10 Unusual Number of Entries FINE WEATHER AND GOOD SPORT Fine weather and a large attendance marked the first day of a meeting which promises to be the largest of its kind ever held here. There were a number of up-country visitors, but His Highness the
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  • 275 10 Good Sport at Yacht Club Regatta Good Sport was forthcoming at the R.S.Y.C. regatta on Saturday. In the Rodesse Cup race—the Club Championship—J. C. H. Booth and T. H. Stone rowed a good mile race. There was a tide running against the competitors and a slight head wind. Stone
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  • 138 10 Good Score in S.C.C. May Medal The May Bogey Competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played this weekend and resulted in a win for Mr. N. G. Bishop, who returned a score of 2 up. Sixty-four cards were taken out and the following were amongst those returned. N.
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  • 161 10 Chinese Carry All Before Them Against Europeans j f The Chinese Swimming Club were the guests of the Singapore Swimming Club yesterday, when "first and second team water polo matches were played, the Asiatics being successful in both games. Both games were quite interesting the superiority of the
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  • 219 10 ninese Zrilliant T'eHm >.' < xle bud u narrow e»e2pe from wb«?n plu>in? tbe 8.C It.<' <>.nv an 3aturdu;. lb»/ were:— s.t .It C —Kvun W. n»r bit w?. Kt l X' 8. 7l: Do? 8i.»>v «iun c. and b 12: <bun Cb.-n, I.lon«r b x: b>n»e lv»» b
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  • 176 10 l on tlw V.Xl ground ut ltoUll on 8utu>dn> uD'.»-!»,...,,. cm V .X! C..X. U5.il> account'<i so,- tin »'5." 2 llxtU»,.. lb. Wsl, V.XLC..X.:—Cuudt s l XX a'ume» o 4> l, »,V,I lTi.x.,,. l. Nradburv l5. l.>" X' i,.- c ltamurbandrun b
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  • 209 10 Playing on the S.R.C. ground on Saturday a S.C.C. team was well beaten by the S.R.C. Scores:— S.C.C. II:—W. R. King c G. Oehlers b D'Almeida 23; R. J. Walker b D'Almeida 18; G. F. Mqrphy b Pearse 1; C. H. Pinckney b
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  • 239 10 j The Duke's gave poor opposition to an S.C.C. side on Saturday the tennis met on the Padang, the Club winning easily. A H. D. Livock scored 95 which included 16 boundary hits. Scores Duke's:—Pte. Alsop c Wigglesworth b Palmer 5, Pte. Whitfield c Livock
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  • 42 10 Davis Wins Professional Championship Reuter's Service. London, May 5. Joe Davis, the Chesterfield player, won the English Professional Billiards Championship to-day when he defeated Tom Newman, the holder, by 1,126 in a game of 16,000 up level. Newman's score was 14,874
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  • 35 10 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 152 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 156 equal to $100.
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  • 186 10 FINISHING UP OF THp LEAGUE Dean Surpasses AH Scoring Records DIVISION I Birmingham 2, I», r Blackburn 0. Bui Bolton l, Sheffield i Cardiff 3, Burnley 2 Everton 3, Arsena Huddersfield 5. Ports, Manchester U. 6, Liv. Middlesbrough 0, s Newcastle 3. Wea The Wednesday 2, Tottenham vs. Leicest*
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  • 99 10 Reuter's Service. London. May Everton were presented with the Lea;:u* Cup after their match with the AracttL The Spurs and Middlesbrough are relegated to the Second Division and art TVplaced by Manchester City and Leeds, mm in turn are replaced in the Second D by
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  • 30 10 docket's Victor Kit5,lx Noillon Lv iLHcokte Reuter's Service. London, May 5. 4.t Bournemouth in the British Hard Courts Championships final, I.aioste (the holder) heat P. Spence, 6—2, <»---2. 6—2.
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  • 103 10 Great Britain Account For Argentine Reuter's Service. London, May 5. At Torquay, winning three out of th« nrst four matches, Great Britain beat the Argentine in tie first round of the I>avis Cup. Britain now meets the winners of Jugoslavia vs. Finland Higrgs (Britain) btat Robson
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  • 39 10 Championship Doubles—Semi u P. Clerc and J. Utermark Smith and R. B. Lewis. Veterans' Doubles Handicap—>< mi E. W.. P. Fulcher and <i. H owe 15 vs. J. D. Hall and <• jwe 15.1.
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  • 57 10 Senior Singles Chani|>" ,n H. S. Duncan vs. M. Subrani. I). David vs. S. P. Viryasiri. A. Pereira vs. S. Murakani TIES FOR TUESDAY Senior Single Cham|)i«»n I"i< Sng Teck Lye vs. A. G. I 1 <»«' 1 Junior Singles Championship Pang Chiap Koon vs.
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  • 740 11 «RIIIIANT HORSE SHOW IS ENDED pt* Postage Stamps for Germany I (>ur Own Correspondent.) Berlin, April 4. Show has just ended. By nf it has been the best lost brilliant function of the 1914 in Germany. DM during the week it offered plenty of variety usual sporting
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    • 843 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all roads within the Government House Domain will be closed to the public from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. on each of the following days viz:—sth, Bth, 10th, 12th, 19th, 26th, and 28th May, 1928. A. ROGERS, A.M.1.C.E., Senior Executive Engineer, Singapore.
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    • 428 11 TO-NIGHT MONDAY, MAY 7. TO-NIGHT! NEW WORLD SHOW CHINESE WAY4NG —OPEN AIR CINEM4S JAVANESE WAYANG—WONG THE FIRE EATER Etc., Etc. THE CITY OPERA will stage an interesting Play "Hamzat and Esfat" Supported by Extra Turns and Vaudeville accompanied by TONY and LORINO— 'that sensational Performers Watch Date of Staging —NOOR-E-VATAN
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    • 136 11 I J I I J "Better be sure A'Tfei than sorry" JpF 1 I Better make certain 5 t of securing whisky of absolute reliability by A ot getting immature sp ll by merely saying I ""7 /1 J Obtainable from every good Dealer J ox* from time Sole Agents:-
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  • 630 12 Popular Attraction Now at Anson Road Prof. Keelary's popular Whiteaway Circus opened a week's season at Anson Road on Saturday night with a very good house in view of the downpour of rain at the very moment of the commencement of the programme. This large aggregation of about
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  • 58 12 The latest theory—one put forward by a Swedish geologist—is that the lost Atlantia lies beneath the shallow North Sea. He says that in the Bronze Age the Dogger Bank was above the surface of the sea, which reminds one of a statem nt that the Gocdwin Sands near the mouth
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  • 235 12 Co-ordination of the Police Urgently Necessary The London Daily Express" Special criminologist states:— The. police generally will welcome the "Police Journal," which has made its appearance as a quarterly review. It is intended to serve as a link between all the police forces of the Empire. Official
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  • 281 12 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shinibunsha) Tokio, May 3. When the present session of the Diet is over, Mr. Fusanosuke Kuhara will be nominated as the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Premier Tanaka will take the place of Dr. Suzuki, Home Minister, who has tendered his resignation. The installation
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  • 88 12 Messrs. Barlow and Co., report the following crop returns for April: Ayer Kuning (F.MJS.) Rubber Co., Ltd., 9,000 lbs. Badek Rubber Estate, Ltd., (Staffield Estate), 13,000 lbs. Brad wall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate, Ltd., 33,400 lbs. Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates, Ltd., 27,700 lbs. Dennistown (Krian F.M.S.) Rubber Estates, Ltd., 6,220
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  • 36 12 Passengers outward bound from Siam by the mail trains -for Penang should apply for permits in Bangkok in order to save time and trouble at Padang Besar, where all passengers are examined by the Customs officials.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 273 12 IA Paramount Super Programme I I WALLACE BEERY and RAYMOND HATTON I B in S I "WE'RE IN THE NAVY NOW" J I DOUGLAS McLEAN in I "HOLD THAT LION" I A STORY OF LOST TROUSERS—A GIRL—AND A LION ffl I RICHARD TALMADGE in g I "THE FIGHTING DEMON jjj
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    • 154 12 THE MOSQUITO MENACE. A Method to Overcome it. It is poor consolation to the sufferer from Malarial Fever to know that some anopheles mosquito caused the trouble. India is full of mosquitoes, and the malaria figures show the wide prevalence of the anopheles variety. While mosquito enthusiasts may be left
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    • 550 12 i I HOW MY HEALTH IS SPLENDID -1 FEEL LIKE A DIFFERENT GIRL! Girls now-a-days vie with their masculine Doctors' medicii c friends in almost every branch of outdoor Eventually 1 sport and in some games are producing to give up my champions who can hold their own against «Tn,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 201 12 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS Programme of Drills up to and for May 13. To-day, May 7 5:15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. A. (v) Gun Laying Class. 5:15 p.m.—Drill Hall, Malay Company, Weapon Training. 5:15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. V. R. A., Council Meeting. To-morrow, May 8 5:15 p.m.—Drill Hall, Malay Company, Weapon Training.
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  • 774 13 I2M11LD Ne»v? Expenditure on _vll.lz.ri2l HVorK lbe adjourned 18tb unnunl gener2 meeting ol Nt2n 8impan Rubber Co.. Ltd. wa» beld in liualu Lumpur on Hlonduv 33, tbe Cbnlrmnn, Ar D. N. Uamp»bire. presiding. »2V» "lbe Il,l2l2V l><lail.' lbe notice convening tbe meeting wn» read b>- 2 repre»ent2tive ot
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  • 161 13 At the Ipoh Assizes, Mr. Justice Thorne made strong comments while convicting aa Indian petition writer named Dass, who was found guilty of kidnapping a Chinese girl. Sentencing the accused to three years, Mr. Justice Thorne said that he held him guilty of one of the most despicable offences, because
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 344 13 j Peoangi S I P I SINGAPORE ENGRAVING WORKS. (Late Dhoby Technical Works) j{] No. 1, Sophia Road. Singapore. H Phone No. 225. Manufacturers of jjj SIGN BOARDS, NAME PLATES, BLOCKS, MEDALS, BADGES, g STAMPS AND STENCILS, t By Brass, Copper, Bronze and Zinc Plates, etc. How Virol builds for
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    • 164 13 n I Shipped by Purveyors 1 rHE SPECIAL I j WELL KNOWN FIRM APPOINTMENT J DENIS -MOUNIE CO. CTW The Late K l Edward v J established 1838. to H. M. King George V. j I I I Obtainable at all Liquor Dealers i fl or from 9 fl i
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    • 369 14 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Correspondence intended for the Malaya Tribune should be addressed to 20A to 20C Collyer Quay and not to Post Office Box No. 352. LINGUI TIN, LIMITED. DIVIDEND NO. 17. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Third Interim Dividend of 5 per cent for the year ending 31st
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    • 524 14 TO LET OFFICE TO LET—First Floor. Apply Hai Hsin Film Co., Ltd., 116, Robinson Road. TO LET—Front shop, entry June 1, also, furnished rooms, Burlington, 3, Coleman St. TO LET—From Ist March, 1928, terrace houses Nos. 8, 9 and 10 Chapel Road. Water laid on. Rent $50. Apply to Raharain
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    • 502 14 BANKS THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 94, MARKET STREET BRANCHES Penang 85, Beach Street. Malacca 131, Jonker Street. Muar No. 1. Jalan Sayang. Batu Pahat 109, Jalan Rahamat. Palembang 16, Hir. Hong Kong 13, Queen's Road, Central. Seremban 63, Birch Road. Batavia 47, Corner Lloyd Street. Shanghai 9,
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    • 613 14 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. (Registered in London, under the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2nd December, 1892.) Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800.000 Paid-up Capital £1.(>50.000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,584,846 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 8. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J.
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    • 713 14 THE EASTERN ASSURANCE CORPOR 4T LIMITEI, (Incorporated in t s§) HEAD OFFICE: siN\HPOP* 2nd rW of No 3, M.I\TSL dl xr Singapore. Phoue Nos. 3016 ana 3047 See Teong Wah, Esq (Chairman;. Qmw Khek Khiam, (Vice Chairman). Ong Soon Tte, I Koh San Hin. Esq Seah Eng Lim, Esq \cw
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    • 432 15 STEAMER SAILINGS P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES rr.orated in England) HAI PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. r I 1 *X AND ORIENTAL STEAM P NAVIGATION CO.. LONDON AND I EAST MAIL SERVICE. 1 Contract with His Majesty's GovemT"»nt;.) WARDS from LONDON 1 or China Japan Due Tonnage Singapore 1928 8,100
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    • 489 15 STEAMER SAILINGS HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE Including HUGO STINNES LINIEN and DEUTSCH—AUSTRALISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFS— GESELLSCHAFT (Companies Incorporated in Germany) Passenger and Cargo Services. OUTWARDS HONG KONG, SHANGHAI JAPAN Ludendorff May 21 Hindenburg j une 4 MANILA, HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND NORTH-CHINA PORTS f Vogtland May 9 t Albert Voegler June 3 HOMEWARDS HOLLAND,
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    • 408 15 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCBER Vl i i (Incorporated in Germany.) The under-noted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS FOR HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. t PFALZ due Spore May 17 t REMSCHEID due Spore June 14 FOR MANILA, JAPAN AND NORTH CHINA PORTS. t AACHEN due Spore May 8 t KONIGSBERG
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    • 221 15 STEAMER SAILINGS STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. LOCAL SAILINGS FROM SINGAPOREPEN ANG (direct express service—l 9' 2 hours) Thursday 11.30 a.m. "KEDAH" BELAWAN (via Penang) Thursday 11.30 a.m. "KEDAH" PORT SWETTENHAM PENANG Monday 4 p.m. "KINTA" Wednesday 4 p.m. "IPOH" Saturday 4 p.m. "KLANG" PORT SWETTENHAM TELUK ANSON Friday 4 p.m.
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    • 493 15 STEAMER SAILINGS i i m (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO MARSEILLES LONDON Tonnage Destination n u fun Fushxmi Maru 11,000 Naples, Marseilles, London. A'wtrp Hakozaki Maru 10,500 Naples, Marseilles, 710 11 Hakusan Maru 10,000 Naples, Marseilles, rr-i w r, Rotterdam June 7 1 Kitano Maru 8,000 M'seilles, London, AVerp R'dam Jane
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    • 244 16 a 3 1 1 f WHEN THIRSTY ft DRINK I I POPULAR W|L j 1 AERATED WATERS' f 1 PREPARED FROM THE 1 I PUREST AND CHOICEST j Ljj|lL i I INGREDIENTS. f J 'Phone 379. S I UP-TO-DATE I A, P. S. s i I PHOTO STUDIO I I
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    • 166 16 STEINMEYER, STEINBERI jjj AND SCHILLER PIANOS. I Are of the First Class Construe- h ~rn "jjj I ii m with either Teakwood or H I nHSIHHiISI Mahogany Case. jjj [I lijBa GET YOURS TO-DAY jjj CASH OR EASY PAYMENT. jjj NANG HENG Co., jjj jjj 105, Selegie Road. 'Phone 958.
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    • 194 16 1 THE HOTEL ASIA, Ltd 3 Nos. 69 to 73 Cecil Street and 37 to 41 Stan!, I UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF a MR. LOUIS de COTTA. 9 Music daily at lunch, and on every Wednesday and ffi Music from 7:30 to 12 p.m. g Tea and Dinner parties can
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