The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 January 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Rress m CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. NO. 12,(^7.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    319 1 As a friendly "gesture" Belgium has expressed her willingness to hand over the Concession at Tientsin Page 11. This has been used chiefly as a Chinese funk-hole" and is said to contain no foreigners whatever Page 11. A violent report by the Hankow Commissioner describes the British
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    ON NOT READING BOOKS.
    1346 1 It is now exactly seventeen yeai Bg I began ballade of which the refran I the lint*: Heaven h, all tht- I ookc I Ottgf I I icad! 1 forge! whether I r > 0.., that Mailade or Dot 1 fancy i did. Sol c day
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      246 1 j V.V.V '/.VAWAV.W.VAV/.,. ORDER jl I SNOWFLAKE ij i»l RE CHILLED CREAMERY I; BUTTER. J I RAFFLES HOTEL I I Thursday, 20th. January, Diner Dansant 8. 15 p.m. I (Dinners will be served in the Ball Room). TO N f* tit* For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. L. ==ag=^^^^=
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      118 1 VAVA%\VA\^\V.VV.V.V.\VbVA\\VkV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V«V.V.V. f A BOON IN THE TROPICS! an/ \ik S WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS, LIMITED. 2" (Incorporated in England.) 1 EUROPE HOTEL I After-Dinner Dancing Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, ij The Scotch Grouse, 5 Grill Partridge, Etc:— ij THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD. f. phone 2740. Arthur E. Odell, Managing Director.
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      148 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Galvanised wire for sale Page 9. "For Vigour" use Exide batteries Page 8. Kermath marine engines always run Page 15. Malakoff Rubber Co. transfer books close Page 9. Discriminating owners use Goodyear inner tubes Page 5. Anglo-Chinese School re-union dinner. Jan 27— Page 9. Craven "A" are cork-tipped
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      9 1 j! FALXDINGS f j EUCALYPTUS OIL j PIRE HEST.
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      116 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 19th. High Water, 10.59 a.m. High Water. Malacca. V2<l a.m.. s.:M p.m. Thaipusam Festival. Fireworks. Billiard-: Falkiner and Stevenson, Garden Club. Tlt>i rxtlitii. 2Qth High Water, 0.26 a.m.. 11^8 sun. High Water. Malacca. f.oO a.nu, 5.55 p.m. 8.1. homeward mail closes. Phil. Orchestra, Mem. Hall. r ..ln.
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    INCIDENT ON THE ELLORA.
    189 2 FKEN4 MM AN I !J<>M SIKGAPOIiE \l)Jl IX, ED INSANE. H Stern, the Frenchman v. h \.v- .< by th< police in Rangoon with at*.-!w:* to murder Miss Wells, was I fore the D strict Magistrate, Rang si v\ i< k. Xh< Mi stratt said the
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    KUALA LIMPIR LADY'S TRAGIC DEATH.
    162 2 SUICIDE AFTER PERIOD OF INTENSE, OVER-WORK. London. Jan. 7th, Th« inquest on Miss Ivy Collier, an extodian Missionary H spital Doctor from I'.>_M I 1925, resulted in a verdict of snicids whir ol unsound mind caused by ver-work doe self-sacrifice and devotion to duty After
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    88 2 A y- an& Emn pean named Bamber. -has ci. 1 in the Batu (Jajah hospital. He was LIT yean <>t ajxe. It is stated that he was the a m of late Captain Bamber, of the H.I Steamship Co. and was educated at St.! Paul's School, London. He was an
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      178 2 INFLUENZA. "PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE." Defy the germs by using' cither of these valuable preventive Remedies. VAPEX, INHALATION, LITTLE VICTOR INHALER. Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL LTD., BATTERY ROAD. TBE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. Mme. KELYEY Will Shortly Present Her Talented
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      342 2 VIOTORIA THEATRE Owing to the Late Arrival OF THE AMERICAN STARS THE OPENING PERFORMANCE OF De Forest Phonofilm TALKING PICTURE WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL Wednesday, January. 26th. WHEN THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTES THAT HAVE EVER APPEARED ON ONE PROGRAMME WILL BE PRESENTED. THE PROGRAMME WILL INCLUDE:— BILLY MERSON.
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      296 2 To-night and For a short Season OnK ALHAMBRA In the Second Show, commencing 9 p m THE GEORGE FITZMAURICE— UNITED ARTISTS' |>> Adapted from the Novel by Edith If. Hull, a Sequel to THE the same author, read by million> the world Presenting Virile and Valiant RUDOLPH VALENTINO in his
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    BOYS' "ABSURD" CLOTHING.
    429 3 PUBLIC SCHOOL METHODS CRITICISED. be Top Hat is an abomination with no i c deeming feature;* 1 'ii:; as the verdict delivered beio a the Faients' Association by Dr. Henning Belfrage, of the New Health Society. Girls, he said, were as a rule sensibly ciaci, but hoys
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    WIDOW'S TOMB PROBLEM.
    213 3 Money Which Insists on Increasing. Here lies interred ye body of Mrs. Ann Chase, relict of Captain Robert Chase, who 'ii'cd June ye 27th, 1756. in ye 71st year of age. Such is the inscription on a ancient family tomb in the old parish churchyard of St.
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    17 YEAR OLD BOY'S BIG SWIM.
    67 3 SUCCEEDS WHERE CHANNEL SWIMMERS FAIL. [Reuters Service.] Point Vincent, California, Jan. 16. The IT ye^r old Toronto boy George Young, won the 22 mile swim from the island of Santa Catalina to the mainland in 15 hrs. 45 mins. Sullivan :ind Toth, who swam
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    DANGEROUS JESTING.
    116 3 It is recorded that a Plymouth tramcar conductor, joking with an inspector, made a reference to the possibility of an Australian friend leaving him a fortune. Very soon the conductor heard that the fortune had indeed been left to him, and tha very sum was named £175,000. In
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    AFTER SCHOOL.
    337 3 FINDING WORK FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. For some years there has been a conflict between the Ministry of Labour and the Board of Education with regard to boys and giils ",\ho leave school at 14. The Ministry of Labour, since the Employment Exchanges were set up in 1909,
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    FIREPROOF FILM.
    315 3 SUCCESS AFTER 14 YEARS' EXPERIMENT. A new non-inflammable film which fulfils all the requirements of the trade has been perfected, after 14 years' experiments, by an Englishman. Mr. H. J. Mallabar. There is every likelihood that it will have a widespread effect on the showing of motionpictures. A
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    BRUTAL EXECUTIONS AT HANKOW.
    171 3 Three Chinese, two Cantonese and one Hupehese, were recently shot to death in Hankow,for having attempted, robbery while impersonating members of the Nationalist Army. They were shot just outside of the German Cemetery, on Han Chung Road, Special Administrative District, opposite the S.A.D. police station, by
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      153 3 I The Food of Kings 8 Court Physicians know the best and see that j) Royal Babies have the best. That is why jj Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal %j ft Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for JL your Baby, for is he not
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      293 3 ]cwclUty WMV.%WfVAViVAVA%V.V.V,VS%VAS%WASVMV.V.V. I .V.V j If A REMINDER! S^ We beg to bring to the attention of our reader* ;.> i. fact that we are still alive to the possibilities of extending 5 our ever increasing sales of Bulloeh Lade Whiskies. iV« J as agents for Messrs. Bulloeh Lade and
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    TOO MANY TOOTS.
    417 4 Elimination of Needless Motor Noise. ASSOCIATION APPEAL. Elimination of needle?.- noises is sought in an appeal to motorists issued by the American Automobile Association, which points out that the motor car has brought "an approximation of bedJLam" in hundreds i of communities throughout the country. "It is
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    MOTOR SPIRIT.
    99 4 The Home Office have issued, under Statutory Rules and Orders, Order No. 1,340 of 1926, dealing' with the conveyance of petroleum spirit. It is divided into three sections, in connexion with the conveyance of spirit in tank wagons, and in other vehicles, the third section containing provisions of
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    300,000 MORE VEHICLES.
    36 4 Sir Henry Maybury states that the number of additional vehicles put upon the highways in ten months of this year as compared with the corresponding: ten months of the previous year was 300,000.
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    "INDEPENDENT" BRAKES.
    201 4 An important case, affecting a \«.m\ large number of motor-cyclists, Was decided in the Court vi Appeal recently. Had the case gone differently it would have been a serious blow to the whole industry. A motor-cyclist was summoned and convicted at Cardiff for driving a machine without having
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    "TOURIST CROP" DATA.
    44 4 The Wyoming State Highway Department is atteniptin}r to learn the value of its "tourist crop." The department is trying to learn the number of tourists who visit the state and the amount of money they spend while within the state borders.
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    FLOATING CYCLE.
    146 4 world roUB \i n:wi X i OX MAC HIM Mr. GconVi j Ma.:' The Battl* ai the 5e for tii' War Oftee, i- leavii j Vivenihc! f7 on boor i v- ing; s motoi -cycl< Hi- o» j iH 't is to ttal Kmpii c ertranisat lot) production
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    TRAFIIC-WISH
    16 4 '•The yom*tr gimutmtiim more traffic -wist- than its i Strt-.t Traffic Commit** Nati'.na: (UttomeMle merce.
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      212 4 i V^"^ smfi I x Fine Steel Explains i j/r^^l The Car s This fact should be remembered by I f everyone who now owns or expects 1 to buy a car. In the percentage of costly Chrome V Vanadium steel used, Dodge H] Brothers Motor Car out-ranks every l"
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      74 4 i: High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes u9wt/Iv'l M Get a FISK "> jpjf l W*^ Ir% T OE "f> li s pat orr Ik Kl'^E^l I all H I I* Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca r— i j; THE
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    CAR TALKS.
    1123 5 CONTROLS (Continued). BY "HsAFOO." The (Jear Lever. (Gear changing is performed with ti.e ear stationary and when it is in motion. If the •<u is stationary the clutch will be out oi' engagement, but at 1 11 times it is nractiinlJy necessary, in changing gear, to deciut h
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    WHERE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST.
    54 5 Definite need is arising in Morocco, it is stated, for comparatively small cai\a possessing the asset of low petrol consumption. Cars of Continental origin, by reason of their easier access to the country in question, naturally are at an advantage, but possibilities in this territory undoubtedly exist
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    31 5 Ii is announced in Fleet Orders Lhai arrangements have been approved foi instruction in motoring at home p-H- for :i limited number of men of Atlantic Fleet ships during leave periods.
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    PRINCE INSPECTS WORKS.
    84 5 PRINCE INSPE CTS WORKS. ben ai 1..i on re< ntl; I r Urn put*p presenting n v i to the 2nd I^ 1 1 lion nf tbe Bedford h re and Hertfordshin Kegimcnt, the Wah» paid wfciH to the Vauxhall works. Th< I 'runt' mm c nducted .Mi. I' Im
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    MUST ALLOW PARKING.
    53 5 i rol it ion <>: park ing v ri()1 ;il tented by the American public,* 1 says Edward S. Jord i, motor *r manufacturer. •'A ;ii;i:c to b( »p tor ;i nasonahle length of time i- Jusl is much an «'sscntial par* of motoi travel as the
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      110 5 Jbr Economical Transportation ITOU SHOULD NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY fO INSPECT AT ONCE THE LATEST MODEL. THE NEW BISCAY GREEN COLOUR WILL SURELY WIN YOUR ADMIRATION. I THEM MULTIPLE-CYLINDER PERFORMANCE UIIH CHEVROLET ECONOMY IS ALREADY A BY-WORD. i SO SMOOTH— SO POWERFUL s J^J^ BORNEO MOTORS, LIMITED i Incorporated in
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      214 5 J i \hudson/ I W ANNOUNCEMENT. I We have pleasure in announcing having I been appointed sole distributors in Malaya for the I; Essex and Hudson Cars as from the Ist Jan. 1927. Immediate delivery of Essex Coach and f jj Full range of spares always in stock. ij j
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    961 6 b\ A<;-FIAING— *;OOD AND BAD. by HORATIUS. <t-f;!-:E press SPECIAL.] Does Bag-flying pay? Is it ever sound deliberate!] to ver-ca"i one'? hand and surfer :i penalty «,f 300 or 400 to save the ruh >t For a groat many players, temperament decide.- the answer. To some
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    NEW IDEAS IN THE NEW LONDON.
    1551 6 Why Not a Palace of Music in Hyde Park. GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR The Future of London is a matter of absorbing interest. Regent-street has been practical!] rebuilt; Piccadilly Circus is in process rf rebuilding: to a lesser extent Ox!'onl-sTn-e r is (.hanging. In Westminster,
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    VALUING THE ANIMALS.
    643 6 STOCKTAKING AT THE ZOO. [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] Every year in January a census is taken of the birds and beasts and fishes of London's Zoo, and a list drawn up showing the value of the stock. They are not for sale, of course; their valuation representing their
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      663 6 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION For Only 12 Matches Must Be Won. Coupons will be published in the Free Press every Saturday „m following Wednesday morninp. The Prize of $50 (Fift> Dollars) »ifl awarded to the reader giving TWELVE CORRECT RESULTS. If no reader successful the Prize will be awarded to
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    JAVA NOTES.
    1411 7 The Disturbances on West Coast. THE COMMUNIST ACTION IN THE N.E.I. From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 15. The disturbances in various districts onj the West Coast of Sumatra during the last' t\v weeks only go to prove that the Com- i munist elements in the Netherlands East
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    TENORS BORN NOT MADE.
    341 7 The shortage of fen r?. always more -r less acute i.i musical circles, rnav 1 til in the futui'e, we are comfoi-tably assured by S v Service's Daily Sci^n c News Bulletin (Washing:! m). It says: "Principles of heredity are being applied to voices, and scientists
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    ALL FOR FASHION.
    134 7 To some people it is everything to be in the fashion. A Croydon reader tells me of I a house-bo^ who, soon after arriving I at a new place, was seen to be wearing I large tortoisesht-11 spectacles. His employer risked him if his eyes were troublesome,
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      254 7 I Your I a m I a I Mudguards I f m vfv constantly needing a first class anti-corrosive paint in this land of Salt-watered Streets and -r fou v>ill find complete satisfaction in !J PAINT FOR ALL KINDS OF > r VJo.I VdllloCrVl IIUII Pi "C a t BORNEO
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      162 7 RAYMOND CONCRETE PILES. AN ALL STEEL SPEED. Our method of •i RAYMOND EQUIPMENT. T* i our equipment has \)vvi\ p y developed to obtain the p* maximum of efficiency and «J speed. Last year (^n the GtVtftt* l meat Gaol project in Honj»- II" Ivon<> we drove M£C9 teet of
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    NEW COOKS GET THE LAUGH.
    486 8 Women Watch Amazed Then Run Away. MAX'S JOB AFTER ALL. How smug we men were at the Cookery and Food Exhibition at Olympia How wo chuckled and gloated and puffed out our chests and then sniggered! Oh! We were most smugly superior. We stood just
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    HOW HIGH DOES SOUND RISE?
    232 8 Some very interesting experiments with regard to the height to which sound penetrates the upper atmosphere have recently been made, ami yielded rather surprizing results, according to a writer in a late number of Kosmos (Stuttgart). The tests were made, of course, in a free
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    "THE MESSIAH" IN A PRISON.
    107 8 Criminal Recognises his Brother. London, Dec. 28. Two men who had been sentenced to death were among an audience of 500 prisoners at a performance of Handel's Messiah in the chapel of Leeds Gaol. They were cohdealed fro'H the eyes of their fellow prisoners by
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      399 8 OWED HER BACKACHE AFTER 5 YEARS OF PAIN Whan yonr back aches it is a sign that your kidneys are not acting properly. Weak lridney-t allow Uric Acid to pass through them, and this acid causes pain in your back. Mrs. ftoddard of 25, Albion Cr;mi>Mi3, Hammersmith. y^ Jl London,
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      160 8 1 Like Life Itself 6-Twice ■MillßMMilllilUMlßMß c Musical Range wm TJERE is the gramophone you have always y l-l lß **"^^^^^^^Sw 17 A longed for-the new Viva-tonal ColumbiaI w^^^^ W^\!!!^^^^m constructed on entirely new principles o( reproduction and amplification. Hear it judge j T^^^^^^^^^wSSS for yourself of the marvellous naturalness
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    HOME FOOTBALL TO DATE.
    897 9 Results Including Saturday, Jan. 15th. Home Away Coals Goals PWDLF A W D L F A Points. Newcastle 24 10 1 1 37 12 4 4 4 22 21 33 Burnley 25 9 3 0 35 14 3 4 G 25 26 31 Smiderland 26 10
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    WORLD CYCLIST.
    104 9 KAI THORENFELDT REACHES BRAZIL. From Kai Thorenfeidt:, the round-the-world cyclist, comes a postcard from Brazil, notifying his arrival in that country. Since leaving Singapore he has visited Java, Australia. New Zealand, Uruguay. Argentine, Chile, Peru, Equador, Colombia and Brazil. Up to the date of writing he had covered
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    THE LATE MR. H. C. RIDGES.
    131 9 Henry Charles Ridges, whose death was recently announced was born in 1853. He was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Before joining- the Selangor Civil Service as Assistant Collector and Magistrate at Klang in 1884 he had been for some time
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      333 9 BUSINESS CARDS. Hilary seton. i: I ,i v KWOOD FURNITURE I SHANGHAI SHADES. > \M!irT^ MANSIONS. MARBLE OK (JRANITE s|N<;\PORE CASKET CO. MENTAL MASONS.' BFHONB <S"ALBERT L. A. DALEY. < i I i.M X .V. MOM MENTAL MASON. v Tel. 913. CARS FOR HIRE Great Reduction in Rates THE tSIATIC
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      645 9 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. NOTICE. NOTICE b hereby given that the Annuul General Meeting of the Members will be held the VICTORIA THEATRE, on Friday, the 28th of January, 1927, at 5.15 p.m. BUSINESS. M To confirm the Minute- of tht- last An- nual General Meeting held on the 28th
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      646 9 I TENDERS. GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE. Tenders will be received at the offke of the State Secretary, Johore Bahru, up to noon on Monday, January 31st 1927 for the supply of all materials, labour supervision etc. for the erection of the New Power Station Building! in Johore Buhru and Muar. Plans
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      418 9 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF VahaaHa te»ik hooaeaotd bimitwa, aattacs ri?no by The Robinson Piano > Ltd aai vlayvr piano •Hth M rolls of rds, one 4cyliiKier t-aeater Dodge en K« renning order. Alao ehaiw i oi wafl(rniwn plants rare orchids-, «i< At No. i i.'i Sbrewsflur) I id I
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. Difficulties in China Problems.
    581 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1927. Difficulties in China Problems. One of the difficulties in dealing with the present China situation, we imagine, is that the Western Powers find it hard to get out of that frame of mind which marked our former contact with the Chinese Empire, when
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    Films and Education.
    343 10 A correspondent pointed out yesterday the absurdity of presenting: in the Straits Settlements an "educational" film entitled "Old Malacca" in which it was obvious that many of the scents bore no relation whatever to our oldest settlement. He criticised and quite rightly, in our opinion the censorship
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    230 10 The death of Diamond, wife of Captain Abereromby, and daughter of Lord Hardinge of Penhurst. is reportedBarnsley magistrates have decided that a tramcar is not a motor car, and a bramcar driver cannot be prosecuted for negligent driving under the Motor C;ir Act We regret to record the death under
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    SEA NEW CARNIVAL.
    243 10 A SPECTACULAR EVENT. The fancy dress and swimming carnival, organised by the management of the Sea View Hotel, was held last night. The rain in the afternoon ;athor interfered with ihe arrangements, but in spite of this, everything went without a hitch and visitors enjoyed themselves to
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    565 10 The national i h amber Comi iei ie prepared a table showing thai tl re a 3,204,442 p< s as directly employed by automobile industry. Mr. Frederick Lane, a director of th Asial Petroleum and other oil companies, ivho died on Sept. 24. a ;:<•<; 75, left estate in bis
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    THE LATE MR. H.H JAMES.
    242 10 vv wm i\ii, in I** Mr. He, died at ih Qene, January U;i... i; f y aottoUl Rifle*, u,th Mum he had Born on May tj( of il, Lfeot Colo* ii. lal >ft*« Man,-:-, tei I;. son tf the late General n of *c Indian
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    DEATH OF LORD BEARSTED.
    120 10 BtJKVIVKS wII X ii !I v\ MM X A Kt-ut. MM II nday at Lord B< after th£ death of his wife, wi on Sunday niirht. Vtscoun ed, who w.. .m. ha:l travelled extensive)} East. .1 lie trail; through til I (ttu .i- knighthood in 1898
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    FACTORY SITE AT KATONG.
    109 10 In the Fdil >r. Sir, foar oom '0 iK* <-d the main point of the iTf numerous advantag 1V enuiw him irould s( ill remain I factory be bull! »f K«l whore wilhin the i- land. The ]>r. pomi lite h bj n only suitoWe site
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    UNWELCOME AGITATORS.
    29 10 SVKI ATYAI A NO! \N \M» ■GYPT. London Jan. 1 The Egyptian uitii wftiw '< Mr. g klatv.-.la. M.T who hold tish passport, to visit Rgf 1 1
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    HANKOW INCIDENT.
    47 11 n po (ALLS MARINES \n KDKRKRS/' ..\is\i IN CANTON. Eas tei n Sen m» HiMHtanj. Jan. 18. states thai t i.f Df.imi. sioner, Son report to i i >v 111-. KitTH on Fo calls the British v idenced by the anti-foreign ami by extren sts
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    ARMED PARTI AT SHAMEEN.
    17 11 >!iainrr'i. lan. IK. m '!"!1■ivl wer< writhdravna 91 ml ion watchful, for the
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    WARSHIP ON THE MOVE.
    18 11 Malta, lum. is. If t;. excepi th-.-Shanghai indei \V which v. r n readiness
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    THE CABINET MEETS.
    156 11 Senrift I miin, -Jan. ia ai la hah' fa curs' subject i ma. 1 -.i.r... > it is ready to 1 'hinese in a libel al endei f violence r ministers v. he n returning to London It is gal hered been no general naturally anxious iltation.
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    THE CABLE TAMPERING INCIDENT.
    58 11 THE CABLE TAMPERING INCIDENT. Eastern So vice]. Shanghai, Jan. 18. :in example of the tarn■ m Hankow by the rities aiUed on the 14th chased and ntarity becoming I tunesc troops s.-nt inadequate to deal j altered to several t and elsewhere or- j fhc situation at the t The
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    THE JAPANESE DIET.
    258 11 Shanghai. Jan. 18. '-assembled this morning in a Minister in their Bj paid attention 'lation. Neither intimatattrtadc towards s M follows:—Firstereigmtj of the terri- na, Mrrapuloosly raidher domestic strife; -"ii<i. rit> oi econo-r-Sino-Japaii; third- 1 to attain ncr reatioßs; fourthly, the toleT9tioa towards i and simultaneously me
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    BOMB EXPLOSION.
    146 11 A -PROTEST" AGAINST MUSSOLINI. TWO PAINTERS ARRESTED. I Beater's Service.] New York, Jan. 17. When a clock-wcrk bomb exploded in the l A f klw Italian Consulate the whole neighbourhood was shaken and windows were smashed. There were no casualti. s. i The police, who arrested a man
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    THE LEAGUE AND OPIUM.
    45 11 Geneva, Jan. 17. the :.:nu- the League of Nations mission's ninth session Sir John Campbel (India) was elected President. ras represented for th< first time n the < mmissiou by Sigr. Cavazzoni. The proceedings ar< being attended by a ted States observer.
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    TACNA-ARICA DISPUTE.
    36 11 I Renter's Service.] \N 'yshinsjton. Jan. 18. A-xt of the Peruvian X. te to Mr. X- Hogg has been published i; confirms that Peru rejected the »erican proposal to settu th< Tacna-Arica 1 tte.
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    HUNDRED REBELS KILLED.
    20 11 [Ke rter's S- rvicc.l Managua, Jan. 18. A hundred rebels were killed in a battle near Tepatitan.
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    HEAVY REINFORCEMENTS.
    276 11 [British Radio— Official Service.! Rugby, Jan. 17. The Cabinet meeting: being held in London to-day to consider the Chinese situation will have before it the latest information from various centres in China, including a number of telegrams sent by Mr. O'Malley from Hankow, where he has reported on
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    BELGIUM'S GESTURE.
    132 11 TO HAND OVER TIENTSIN CONCESSION. A CHINESE "FUNK-HOLE." [Reuters Service.] Brussels, Jan. 17. A message from Peking says the Belgian Minister has addressed a Note to the Chinese Foreign Office regarding the con- elusion of a new Sino-Belgian Treaty and the suspension of the proceedings instituted by Belgium
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    WELLINGTON KOO'S THANKS.
    124 11 Reuters Far Eastern Service. Peking, Jan. IS. Dr. Wellington Koo and the Belgian Minister, accompanied by experts and sec- retaries, met this morning at the Foreign Office to inaugurate negotiations for a new SinoJßelgian Treaty. Ihe Belgian Minister announced that they were prepared to return to China
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    NO FOREIGNERS THERE!
    71 11 Peking, .Tan. 18. With regarding to the Belgian offer to hand over the Tientsin concession, it is interesting to note that the China Year Bock for 1926 gives population of it as: Foreigners nil, Chinese population 2,oi~>n. Tha territory thus is infinitesimal and app rently is used
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    AMERICA'S NEW WARSHIPS.
    47 11 [Reut-r's Service.] Washington, Jan. 18. Provision for the beginning of the con- struction of three additional light-cruisers which was defeated by the House of Rr- presentatives on Jar,. Bth., has now been I inserted in the Naval Appropriations' Rill i by the Senate Committee.
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    AMERICA'S TRADE BALANCE.
    43 11 Reu tor's Service. Washington, Jan. 18. The United States' favourable trade balance for last year amounted to $378,000,000; exports $4,810, 000, W0 and imports $4,432, 000,000. Imports were $200,000,000 above the previous year, but exports were ?1 00.000,000 I lower.
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    BRITAIN'S HUGE WAR PENSIONS.
    99 11 London, Jan. 6. The colossal sum of £065,000.000 up to th.- present has boon disbursed in war pensions exceeding any other country engaged in the Great War. The amount paid last year totalled £67,000,000, a decrease of only two per cent, since 192 ii. These figures
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    SOUTH AFRICA DOES NOT WANT MR. COOK.
    78 11 London, Jan. 1 Thf "Cape Times" urges the exclusion from Africa of Mr. A. J. Cook, the miners' Secretary, describing him as a Red emissary to preach revolution to the natives. London. Jan. 2. Mr. A. J. Cook, has returned to London from
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    77 11 A Chinese boy of about 10 years of age w.»s produced in the Kuala Lumpur police court on Wednesday, and charged, togethei with three other Chintse men, with gaming in a public place at Kepong. It was stated that the four were playing the Chinese game of ''pakaw.'' On all
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    CHARLIE'S NEW ROLE.
    77 11 I I CONJUGAL DIFFERENCES IN HOUSEHOLD. ALIMONY FOR LITA GREY. Router's Service. Los Angeles, Jan. 18. The conjugal differences in the household j I of the film star, Charlie Chaplin, are freely! ventilated in the newspapers in connection with the petition for divorce by Chaplin's wife, Lita
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    NEW COLLEGE OF DEFENCE.
    166 11 [British Radio— Official Service.] Ruprby, Jan. 17. There assembled for the first time to-day the new College of Defence set up at the i instigation of the committee < f Imperial Defence. The object of the formation of the college is to train officers and civilian
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    NEW INDIAN CAPITAL.
    121 11 I [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby, Jan. 17. The state opening by the. Viceroy of j India of the Parliameni buildings in New Delhi will take place to-morrow. The new buildings will have a Chamber jof Princes, a Council of State and a Legisj lative Assembly, and
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    DELEGATION TO MALTA.
    81 11 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 17. A delegation of the Empire Parliamentary Association will leave London to-morrow for Malta, in response to the invitation of the branch of the association there. Travelling; by train to Syracuse, the members will proceed thence to the island in the
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    A GENEROUS GIFT.
    59 11 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 17. A fund of £10,000 to enable young men and women between the apes of 20 and 30 to go abroad to study industrial, social or educational conditions of interest to cooperative or labour movements is provided by the will of
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    INDIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING.
    38 11 [Reuters Service.] New Delhi, Jan. 18. An impressive full dress ceremony took place to-day when the Viceroy opened India's splendid new parliament building which will house the Chamber, Prince's Council, and State Legislative Assembly.
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    INDIA'S TARIFFS.
    47 11 [Reuters Service.] New Delhi, Jan. 18. The Government of India has published a bill enforcing the main recommendations of the Tariff Board, continuing the protection of the steel industry for seven years, and abolishing the bounties on production, but instituting changes in the import duties.
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    LARGE LOAN FOR BRAZIL.
    49 11 Wall Street Anxious for Rubber Concessions. London, Jan. 7. Negotiations for a large loan to the Brazilian Government are proceeding in London and New York. It is reported that Wall Street is seeking: to obtain rubber concessions in the Amazon Valley as a part consideration.
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    MATTERS MUSLIM.
    966 13 Education hi Afghanistan. DISCRIMINATE ADOPTION OF WESTERN METHODS. (By Our Muslim Correspandent). His Majesty the Amir of Afghanistan is zealously fostering the spread of education in his dominions. In Kabul there are primary ■< nd higher schools where systematic education is imparted. There is a French school, and
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    51 13 A party of 22 distinguished Siamese arrived at Penang from Singapore on Saturday morning in the specially chartered motor steamer Malini. They caught the International Express to Bangkok to-day which was packed to its uttermost. Sevferal urgent messages for berths from Kuala Lumpur and other station? had to be refused.-
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1038 14 Judgment in Salary Action. "QUIXOTICALLY GENEROUS TERMS.' Mr. Justice Deane has delivered judgment in the case between a Straits-born Chinese named Li Kuan Yu, and Chan Kee Seng, Buan Chin Mvi and Co., and the 1 Nan Hua Trading Co. It will be remembered that in this action
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    DISPERSING CLOUDS.
    382 14 So much has been said recently about dissipating clouds with electrified sand, says j Dr. Charles F. Bro -Us. of Clark University, in a Science Service Feature (Washington). that some people haw- blithely begun talking about making rain and even neutralizing the charges ivi thunder-storms by the I
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    BIBLE BECOMING AN UNKNOWN BOOK.
    308 15 BISHOPS WARNING TO THE CHURCH •The decline in Bible reading, unless I checked, will be nothing less than a spiritual disaster to our Church and nation. National life and character will lose one of their greatest formative factors; a potent influence for righteousness will be
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    POISON MISTAKE IN FICTION PLOT.
    269 15 HOW NOVELISTS TREAT THEIR "PATIENTS." The .-utr.evstion that novelist.- should consult their- family doctors before introducing in their fiction the mysteries t" medicine and surirerv is made by Dr. Hugh Dickie. hi an interesting article of the Nosology of the Novelist, published in the current
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    INQUISITIVE FACULTY.
    121 15 (;IRL STUDENTS RESENT INTIMATE QUESTION AIR& Two hundred and fifty ufirl students at Burknel University, Pennsylvania, have protested against the action of the Faculty in submitting- to them a questionnaire seeking the most intimate details of their lives. Their pretests, in which they are joined by th?ir parents,
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    LITTLE HIGHBROWS !
    1000 15 LITTLE HIGHBROWS School Children at Classical Concerts. WHAT THEY SAY OF CHAMBER MUSIC. It is an arresting spectacle that of a thousand L.C.C. school-children listening to a performance of great music. I sat and watched their faces from a balcony in the hall but you can't tell quite from a
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    140 16 His Excellency Vice-Admiral W. M. Ellerton, C.8., R.N.. Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Squadron, flying his flag on H.M.S. Effingham. is expected to arrive at Rangoon on January 25th., an<i to leave on February Bth. The Manchester Snip Canal traffic return for October, 102^. is £137,136, compared with £122.015 in
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    FRANCONIA AGROUND OFF PORTO RICO.
    58 16 FRANCONIA AGROUND OFF PORTO RICO. New York. Dec. Cunard Line officials I announced that the round-the-world ship Franconia, loaded vdth tourists, had grounded near San Juan, Porto Rico, but had suffered no serious damage. All passengers were taken ashore, said the announcement, and would be taken care of until the
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    98 16 Per Ellora:- Miss K. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. J. Dixon, Mr. S. A. Seear, Mr. D. A. Walker, Mr. S. FunokosH. Mr. Sibeiyn. Mrs. T. S. Gill, Mr. W. J. Alford. Miss .1. E. McLean, Mr. Wemys's, Mr. Ci nin. Mr. and [Mrs. F. (i. Stevents, Mr. T.
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    A NEW BRITISH INDIA STEAMER.
    167 16 The twin-screw steamer Rajula, which" will arrive in Singapore shortly, is 460 feet long- by 61 feet 6 inches beam, by 41 feet in depth. The Rajula will be equipped with twindeck, four crank, triple expansion engines, served by five single-ended boiler; arranged to burn
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    ONE VICAR FOR 30,000 PEOPLE.
    416 18 FORTY NEW FAMILIES EVERY DAY. The Rev. George Jones, vicar of Dagenham, has a difficult problem to solve. Only a few years ago hi.s parish was a quiet rural district with 5,000 inhabitants. Now, owing to the increasing activities of London County Council builders on
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    FORTUNE BUILT ON ONE GOWN.
    404 18 ROMANTIC HISTORY OF WORTHS. Jean Philippe Worth, the famous dress designer, whose death was reported from Paris recently, was the son of a Lincolnshire solicitor, who founded the firm's fortune with a single gown. Charles Worth the solicitor, went to Paris to design dresses in
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    64,000 CABLED GREETINGS.
    42 18 The Managiftg Directors of the Eastern Telegraph Company have cabled to all their Superintendents informing them that the total number of XLT telegrams (cabled Christmas and New Year Greetings) sent via Eastern throughout the service amounted to over 64,000.
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    647 18 EXHIBITED IN LONDON. It is a rather curious fact thai Chine- c art of the Tang dynasty, whirl, ended a thousand years ago, speaks >: n a language more intelligible to the modern European than the art of the dynasty which end- ed in 1912. This truth,
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    779 19 1 KASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, 18th JANUARY. i [Figures in brackets show the issue value ;of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.] 1 1 Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang 56s Gd 57s 6d 1 Batang Padang 88 92 Chenderiang 28s 6d 29s 6d c.d. 'Eastern Siam 27s
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    48 19 January, IK.l K Bank -1 in.-. g j j^g Bank demand 3 25-32 Private credits m.^. 2 1 ">-]»> Hongkong^ demand U p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 114 14 Java, demand 139% Bangkok, demand KO-4 Bar Silver London 2.V.. B,:nk uf England Kate g n.<-. Sovereign, Bank Baying 8.54
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    227 19 January, In. Tin 125 Tons $151.75 (Jam bier g.45 Pepper White 70.00 Pepper Black 40.n0 Flake Tapioca 5 i>. r j Pearl Sago Small 8,^5 Copra 10.30 Copra Sundried 1 i.nn Opium. Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle New 1 330 Rice, Siam old No.
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    71 19 [British Radio— Official Service.] liutfhv. .Jan. 17. Amsterdam 12.13%, Berlin 20.45, Bombay Is. 6 l-16d., Brussels 34.90, Buenos Aires 4H 15-52. Copenhagen 18.21, Geneva 25.19%, Helsingfors 192%, Hongkong Is. 1 1 :i 4 d.. Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 29.84, Milan 112 7 New York 4.85%. Oslo 18.95%, Paris
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    UNUSED RUBER COUPONS.
    199 19 In the House of Commons Mr. Pennj asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he was now in a position to state the actual quantity of rubber held in the East on Oct. 31 last against unused extort rights; whether the amount of rubber coincided
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    496 19 THE BETTER USE OF OU. NEW LAOORATOKY at iUL'M H A\| Vi^ount Chelmsford, Chairman »1 n,. Miners' Welfare Fund Committee, ;i the ceremonial opening of the new coal treat meat laboratory at Birmingham I am rsi j that thi political ascendancy Birmingham was closely linked I forward
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    280 19 Evatt and <'■>.. S icretortes. Brunei United, 26,678; 6 mos., 1 13, 1 1 I j k i t Timati. 13,725; 12 mos., 140 < hanjjkai Seraang, 22,380; 11 mos., £58,u Haytor, 13,248; 12 nios., 173,977; [ndcagh 49,580; 3 mos~, 145,511; Luna*, 36,60 mos., Bl,800; Nyala-.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    1466 20 Singapore lawn tennis enthusiasts cannot legitimately complain that they are not )»eing well catered for just now. The Singapore championships, which produced some very interesting tennis, have just conclude ci. and within the next few month? two important tournaments are to be staged Here, both of them on
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    SHEFFIELD SHIELD CRIEKET.
    148 20 J'OXSFOKD AGAIN. London. Jan. H. Melbourne. In the Sheffield Shield match Yictoiia in.t S. Australia by 552 runs 1 Ths following were the concluding scores: Victoria -'W4 b'4i>. S. Australia 148 233. In Victoria.- first Innings Ponsford scored 108 in 103 minutes by chanceless and '.li'liant play.
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    DECISIVE WIN AGAINST ENTRE RIOS.
    102 20 London. Jan. 6. Concordia (Entre Rios). In the match between the M.C.C. tourists and Entre Rios the following were the concluding scores: Entre Rios 78 and 173, M.C.C. 365. In Entre Rios' first innings Miles took 6 wickets for 29. In the M.C.C.'s innings Isherwood
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    44 20 Wednesday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, Eurasian Company. Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, Eurasian Company. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, S.V.C. Units. Saturday. 2 p.m. Siglap Camp, Machine Gun Platoon. Sunday, 8.00 a.m. Bukit Timah Range Eurasian Company, Siglap, Machine Gun Platoon.
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