The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 April 1927

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    14 1 Singapore Free Press ii i ENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. NO. 12,080.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    303 1 The Nationalists, in their reply to the Nanking m:te, do not admit responsibility for the affair, but make a considerable climb down Page 10. Terrible brutalities are occurring in Hunan and ev< nts are reaching towards a tragic climax Page 11. Violent gales have visited th< coasts
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    873 1 Quicqm&A ajtuU komimen nmmtri <.»•' fmrrmf* Ukelli Juv.i, li is Excellency has begun the round of farewell dnuters which i.- the inevitable penalty of the public man's popularity and if he hairs them as much as :he average journalist does in the "season" at Home, the
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      194 1 WING LOONG o p HIGH (LASS TAII.OKING. uid Finish Guaranteed. HK.H STREET. S Raffles Hotel To-Night, April 16th 8.15 p.m. I i Special Diner Dansant i Dinners will be served in the Ball-room). For reservations phone 2920* anager. -^*Vt THE CONSTANT ft U^K^^V^ COMPANION OF J I^X,^^ BUSY MEN On
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      137 1 I —^^H v^ o^j 1 </ ~^^^B av-C*:'>j^yWr/ 7*77-7- T7~^^^jß^k jp^KjhJmPy j^^^M^Eb~ I "~TT^H^ Made by hand— One at a time THE UNIQUE 555 LEAF ARDATH TOBACCO CO LTD LONDON :j The Europe Hotel. :j by Recommendation." :j Special Rose Dinner. SATURDAY, 23rd APRIL. DANCING UNTIL 1.45 a.m. TICKETS $3.50.
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      78 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Chevrolet for car performancePage 1. Hedges and Butler's wines and spirits, John Little's Page 16. Gillette razor blades, Muller and Phipps (Malaya) Ltd.— Page 13. Berger paints, enamels and varnishes, Anglo-Siam Corporation Pa*r<. 14. Secrets, a First National picture, at the Alhambra on Monday Page 2. Notices:
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      13 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOI SE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS 32, HH.H STREET.
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      120 1 THE WEEK. Sat t< rddii. 1 sth. Hiph Water, 10.31 aon., 8.3., 10.4:5 p.m. B.S. Malacca H. W., 7.20 a.m.. 7.30 p.m. 6.2. Outward mail due. Perak Races .Amateur). Malayan Golf Meetinp. Kaster Rifle Meetinp. Polo Club Tournament. Hiph Water. 10.59 a.m., .>.4.. 11.4 p.m. 5.5. Malacca H. W., 7.50
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    GAITERS AND GODLINESS.
    504 2 I FORMER OVERSEAS BISHOP'S v been recently very naoci I c eye, Whetbei one is tor against m Prayei Book revision pro- rv :.t can deny that the Bishops show* greal courage in tackling a difficult 1. r».sh> mosA be brave men, or they n hay« the
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    HIGH-SPEED BREAD.
    135 2 Dovgl l< r _'~0 I oa\es Made in a Minute. Lines and tinea of loaves neatly arrayed, like a well-drilled squad on parade> rakes fanous colours and shapes, and rfo] electrically driven machines an'! ovens, were among the chief exhibits at t M« rtei Bakers' Exhil ition at
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      176 2 HE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. USUAL NIGHTLY ATTRACTIONS. rHURS. FRID. 14th 15th APRIL. Malayan Relief Fund. ;\T. SUN. 16th 17th APRIL. JAVA FIREWORKS. late 10 cts. Mdm. Kelvey's School of hi DANCING For children and young ft ladies in Character, W Classical, Clojr, Exhibition, Ballet and Toe Dancing. Privatt- lessons in
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      231 2 VICTORIA THEATRE Coming Attractions MIROVITCH BORISSOFF. TtWjT "HTIT IT Q tl \J X IB Pj 1 J 1 jE^ MOISIVITCH I txt nrxri? LATEST AMERICAN COMEDIES. £Ld Jl XT X JJ jTm JLi Jl *3 M. LONDON COMEDY COMPANY Presenting "The Last of Mrs. Cheney" "Fallen Angels" YavTlTon From Thursday.
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      338 2 From Monday, 11th. to Saturday. 16th. April FJLHAMBRa In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A PARAMOUNT SUPER PRODUCTION From the Famous Play by Victorien Sardou and XFeaturing GLORIA SWANSON who was never so gloriously alluring and vivacious as oh* MADAME SANS GENE IN 10 REELS. Filmed in Paris with
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    LIFE SAVED BY GOLF.
    654 3 DOCTORS DENOUNCE "DANGER OF ATHLETICS" CRY. I here is no disease for which golf is j not gfbod. I have seen a man with one of the w rst forms of valvular disease, not merely come to no harm on the links, but actually kept alive
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    SIX MINUTES MURDER TRIAL.
    200 3 'GUILTY' PLEA ACCEPTED. Second Time in Old Bailey in Forty Years. Seventeen days only after the crime was committed, and within six minutes of his appearance in the dock, James Frederick Stratton. 26, was sentenced to death by Mr. Justice Branson, at the Old Bailey, for
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    STUDENT'S PASSIONATE OUTBURST.
    480 3 JAILED FOR DEFENDING HIS SISTERS HONOUR. Calcutta. Mar. 23. A sensational case in which a young girl named Rajkumari, said to bu connected with the Nepalese Royal Family, largely figured, and in which Kharag Bahadur, a Nepalese student, stood charged by Hiraial Afarwala, a rich Mhrwari merchant,
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    40 3 A limited number of copies of a pamphlet containing tables of Average Prices and Declared Trade Values in the Straits Settlements for the year, 1926, are obtainable at the Imports and Exports and Statistical office at 50 cents per copy.
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    GLAIM AGAINST MUMTAZ BEGUM.
    159 3 Suit Dismissed. Bombaj. Marrh 14, JudgMettf w&a delivered this nttmrnwm hx Mr. Justice Mirza at the- H.-h Court in the suit Bled against Munita/. Be^uus !>> her infant daughter, Saedul Begum, claun. faff hy way of jrift. Rs. 75,000, Uu balance of the legacy bequeathed to
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    4-DAY FIGHT WITH DEATH FAILS.
    67 3 Artificial Respiration by Friends New York Albert Frick died in a Chicago hospital after he had been kept alive for 148 boan by artificial respirath n. Four doctors pave him oxypen repeatedly but without avail. His father, who frequent |y set the rhythm of the
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      177 3 if >C \l>jJs!^^ 0 fig d£k 2 The Food of Kings Court Physicians know the best and see that Royal Babies have the best That is why j Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal J Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for < your Baby, for
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      165 3 WILKINSON, HEYWOOD a, AMH PI ARK a, I n TTOnPT^TT^Tj I^ BLACK BITUMINOUS PAINT. For use on Galvanised Iron, Zinc and SteeL Rust resisting and withstands the action of Salt Jj or Fresh Water, Chemical Fumes, Acid and f Specially suitable for use on Ships, Bridges, Mudguards, Roofs, Boilers, Bunkers,
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    A RUMOURED GIANT AEROPLANE.
    157 4 In these days one hesitates to use the word impossible about sny story of flying projects, but when one hears the rumour that the Germans propose to open a service between Germany and America with machines which will carry 130 passengers, and make the trip in
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    17 4 The Canadian Ford industry supports the equivalent to the population of Brantford, Regina and Calgary 121.844 people.
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    CRUELTY TO CARS.
    861 4 NEGLECT OF THE "MECHANICAL ANIMAL" QUICKENS ITS END. 'A PIECE OF SYNTHETIC LIFE." by Major F. A. C. Forbes-Leith, F.K.G.S. (Author of "By Car To India") [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] It is with a feeling of regret that I am obliged to confess that in the majority of
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    56 4 Three tons of special steel is used daily in the manufacture of gears by the Ford Motor Co., of Canada Ltd. Cloth used in the manufacture of auto cushions at the plant of the Ford Motor Co., of Canada, Ltd., is given a rubbing test of nearly a million strokes
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    UGLY CARS.
    688 4 [M PORT ANT OF GOOD COACH-WORK FOB GOOD MOTORS. A little while si nee 1 had br light to enj home, for one of the road test- nrhtch I have t make at least weekly, a very fine motor-car. I propose to name neither it* place £>I origin,
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    LAYING-UP OF CARS.
    213 4 LICENSING STATISTIC M6VI Motorists who believe in v- I all the year round, and who tfcil numbers are beinjr add*-.: a result of the vo>rue of tin I the improvement »f iiLwM) 'will read with surprise that th* statistics ha\» another I The iipuivs indicate that still
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    18 4 Motor vehicle sales in Bur:cent, ahead of last \-;>' Walton Schmidt, field n P«* National Aut> mobile bai meree.
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      126 4 li High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes r -jtfjPjywJ^^^ 4B^ Ifti© to R©"tlro ff^^'ff f W t^^^, TRAOC MAIM HCO. U. t PAT. OFF. it g I ■9 ft B Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. 5 Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Ipoh, Malacca THE FISK TIRE EXPORT
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      23 4 f Inner Tubes continue \^f to be chosen by discriminating IK motor car owners the world over A whose first consideration is highest
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    PETROL TAX.
    949 5 Some of the Drawbacks. WARNING TO MR. CHURCHILL. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has given a hint that he may propose a change in the method of motor taxation in his Budget. Pressure is being brought to bear upon him to relmpose the duty en petrol as a
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    PLAN TO MAKE TRAMS POPULAR.
    216 5 PLAN TO MAKE TRAMS POPULAR. LEATHER CUSHIONS. "Make the street car more attractive is the new business slogan of Samuel Kahn, vice-president of the Market Street Railway Company in San Francisco. Its comfort the patrons want and haven't had, Kahn believes, so he is preparing to launch a $1, 000.000
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    26 5 Diamonds to the value of $30,000 arc used yearly in the manufacture of Fore cars by the Ford Motor Co., of Canada Ltd. at Ford, Ont.
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    MAJOR SEGRAVE AS PROPHET.
    268 5 It has been left to Major Segrave, the famous racing motorist, to give b new and somewhat ingenious reply ti those who ask what jiurpi.se is served by attempting to achieve a car speed of 230 miles an bour. What .Major Segrave says, in effect, is
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    68 5 A massive steel press exerting a pics- pure of 800 tons to the square inch is em- ployed to shape fenders at the plant of the i Ford Motor Co., of Canada. Ltd., Ford, Ont. i A New York motorist who trave a "lift* to some children had to pay
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    TRAFFIC CONTROL.
    242 5 A SOI M) INNOVATION. The Police are making every effort to improve, H far as their somewhat limited resources permit, trafic control and conditions in Kuala Lumpur, says the Malay Mai!. The latest and t perhaps, must useful development of this policy, is the inauguration of a preliminary
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    47 5 The Ford Motor Co., of Canada Ltd. uses 400 tons of coal daily and the coal dump is valued at $250,000. All Ford car springs are piven a test of i l") 0,000 deflections under a pressure of 2.000 lbs. at the Company'? plant at Ford. Out.
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      177 5 Be Gtiided By experience for Economical Transportation ;>\or two and a half million ners have discovered that i- possible to obtain in a hevrolefl all the advantages of rulv modern sear-change car Models and Prices. the lowest cost. Be prided by the experience TOURING $1500. this multitude, who have 2
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      163 5 ww p rtvwvvv i /v i w B i AVdvy%v.v.v H v.v«v.v.v.v-v.v.v^^^ SfESSExI ESSEX FOUR DOOR (Jessexl i motors SFDAN I motors i ■I DETROIT V/lil/ril« DETPOIT > New Type New ColourB 1 5 New Upholstery New Appointments. '1 This Sedan with four wide doors offer individuality and reliable transportation.
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    DRAMAS OF WESTMINSTER.
    1564 6 Some Tragedies and Romances of Lords g and Commons. M isz -X* Si NO. S— JOHN REDMONDS BROKEN HEART. SO \ital iirv the doings at Westminster, that its personalities and the human *i<ie of their lives are often overlooked or inadequately recorded. Yet the tact remains that
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    AMERICANISING THE ARMY.
    447 6 PRINCE ON TOMMYS NEW TASTES. The British sailor *and soldier to-day drink 7-> percent. less beer than they <ii<! in 1914. an,! spend theii money instead on pastry, iced cakes, tea, chocolates, and sweets, and chewing-gum, This information was given to the Prince of Wales when he
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    THE VALUE OF FEASTING.
    964 6  -  Dr. Harry Roberts. Useful Change in Routine of Daily Fare. BY I FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] In season:- of pagties and CatstSi most pe. pie let whatever theories and prejudices they may have in the matter of diet go by the hoard. Convention and old-t.me Cus~ torn
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    WILES OF THE BLACKMAILER.
    288 6 SIR LEWIS' ADVICE TO VI( TIMS. Public attention has again been focussed on the horrors of blackmail by the sentence of seven years' penal servitude nantwid >>y Sir Ernest Wild, X.C.. the Recorder of London, on a man wh demanded, wrlth menaces, £1,367 from country clergyman.
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    21 6 News has been i" in the second profetlioW Mr. H. L Ellfr, brother of Kuala Lumpur. M»- Middle sex Hospital, London
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      653 6 $100 $100 FOR ONLY 12 MATCHES We publish below the first of the two coupons for our weekly Football Competition second coupon will be published on Wednesday morning. Both ot tnese coupons entitle the reader, by carrying out the instructions given below, to enter for our prize of one hundred
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    £28,000 LOANS AND NO INTEREST.
    470 7 BS THAT ARE TOLD IN PETTICOAT-LANS. W:\t-v Who Persuade. a as ctobb gwctkin of the world n the >cene to-day in a room .'-.ur.t.' where po r Jews are rithoot interest by the Jewish I oardxans. plain room in the Guardians' Kb a table and
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    CAMBRIDGE BOATING SONG.
    170 7 "The Cambridge ladies were decidedly virile. Before the women's boat race their captain exhorted them to 'Row like hell, chaps!' After it was all over they called loudly for cigarettes:" Row like hell, chaps, and now with skill; Row like whiskers and row with a will! Row
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    WON £1,150 AT BRIDGE.
    68 7 "2d. and 3d. a Point" Play For Fourteen Months. Mr. Alfred Hogarth Blom, barrister-at-law, in the employment of a Government department, whose examination was concluded in the Bankruptcy Court recently, said that during the 14 months preceding his failure he had made £1,150 at bridge. He
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    AUSTRALIAN LABOUR AND COMMUNISM.
    492 7 "RED" PLOT EXPOSED. One of the most remarkable documents which have ever emanated from the headquarters of the Australian Labour Party has been adopted at a special meeting of the executive for immediate circulation among Labour Leagues and electorate councils for the purpose of advising them
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    WOMEN POISONED BY COSMETICS.
    135 7 Dangerous Drugs for Beauty Purposes. New York. The American Medical Association announces, as the outcome of a country-wide investigation, that the growing use of cosmetics, on which American women now spend more than £23,400,000 every year, is not only supporting a horde of beauty quacks, but
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    SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES' SEAT.
    72 7 Sir J. Collie's Candidature Withdrawn. London, Mar. 29. Sir John Collie (who had announced bis intention of standing as Conservative candidate in succession to Sir Henry Craik,) Las withdrawn his candidature for the Scottish Universities' seat, as he learns that the Communists contemplate submitting a candidate and
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    PROFICIENCY GRANT FOR TERRITORIALS.
    44 7 London, Mar. 30. Sir L. Worthington Evans announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Government had decided to introduce, as from March Ist, a proficiency grant of 30 shillings per annum for men enlisting in the Territorial Army.
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    SAVING BY WORKERS.
    573 7 FIFTEEN MILLION SMALL CAPITALISTS." "There are now over 15,000.000 small capitalists, mainly members of wage-earn-ing households." said Mr. Walter Runciman, M.P., at the annual meeting of the United Kingdom Provident Institution, held in London. "While it is true that the contrasts between riches and poverty are disquieting
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    200 MILE RACE TO DOCTOR
    158 7 White Woman Drives a Native Cre*. Melbourne. Two white women, dm of them half delirious with illness, have made a desperate voyage of 200 miles in a canoe, paddled by half-civilised natives, to take the sick lonian to a doctor. One of the women who
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    ARMY OFFICERS STUDY LAW.
    79 7 Thirty Army officers, some of thorn colonels, taking a course at the London School of Economics, attended Mr. Justice McKinnon's Court to study the procedure in a commercial case. Fourteen were accommodated in the jury box, the judge remarking, "This i> a re suscitation of the
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    We Hear From London
    1389 8 We Hear From London GOSSIP FROM THE METROPOLIS. The Prince in Canada. Sir Austen Chamberlain's Diplomacy. British Film Industry.— The Irish Elections.— The Blues. IFREE PRESS SPECIAL.] London, Mar. 17. The Prince of Wales intends to take the opportunity afforded by his visit to Canada for the celebrations at Ottawa
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    EUROPEANISING THE HAREM.
    113 8 Influence of Kemal Pasha. Constantinople, Mar. 19. Kemal Pasha's edicts abolishing the veil and introducing dancing have dissipated the myth of harem girls as slim, exotic, dazzling beauties. On the contrary they are outrage- ously fat, and their features a c lost amid billowing cheeks and double
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      154 8 OUT OF Q of all cars on the road use DOUBLE ffff R'BBED QHKJ4J SPARJC PLUGS Champions for every Car, Lorry and Marine Engine. Obtainable from MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212 ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE. That has gained the reputation of manufacturing the purest and the best Aerated Waters for nearly a
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      207 8 5 I^^ Ax I 1 7^/ 'I I H-^bpw^""" s. I£< < 1 Bh^ j: 'JBffn Preserve your I l» BMBBa Jflin/y c/oCAes urf/A LUX You are simply throwing money > by washing your dainty things v any common, impure soap. Lux was invented to wash L,i\i preserve < Lux
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      257 9 BUSINESS CARDS. MARY SETON. 5 HI KWOOD FURNITURE 5 SHANGHAI SHADES. X aMBER MANSIONS. v.'.v.v.w.v.w.w. iNKRALS? S ]>GAPORE CASKET CO. :r UNDERTAKERS.' 1 IK.I.KI'HONK 7">. "ALBERT L. A. DALEY. fcKEB -v MUM MENTAL MASON. ~h,d 1837. Tel. 915. Tars for hire/ 7I!TA MOTOR SERVICE, j Beach Rd. 82, Orchard Rd.
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      531 9 NOTICES. JERAM Xl T \:,TAN RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. Kotke ia hereby fpyen that the Transfer I 'Hooks of the Company will be closed frora Saturday, April 83rd, to Thursday, April 28th, >"h days' inclusive, for the preparation of dividend w irrants. By Order of the Board, HARRISONS, BARKSB CO., LIMITED,
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      518 9 NOTICES. THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily in Malaya; a live "news" paper 40-50 columns of news hiily. also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, 'Pictures of the week"
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      329 9 Foods The 'Allenburys' loods are particularly suited to the feeding of infants in hot climates. They are free from harmful germs, and are readily prepared by tiie simple addition of boiling water, thus giving complete independence of doubtful milk supplies. Moreover, they are practically identical in composition with mothers milk,
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      732 9 CHURCH SERVICES. EASTER DAY, APRIL 17th. St. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. j 6.15 a.m. Holy Communion. 1 7.3 C a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Haiy Communion. 1 10.30 a.m. Matins and Sermon (Sung). Preacher: The Rev. J. V. Westlake. I p.m. Children's Service. 5.80 p.m. Festal Evensong and Sermon. Preacher: The
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. Powers' Policy in China.
    663 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. Powers' Policy in China. The entirely different attitude as regards the concessions at Hankow taken up by the Japanese authorities and the Americans is in itself a clear indication of the difficulty i there is in arriving at a common understanding between the
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    557 10 The Free Press will be issued a> usual on Monday, but not on Tuesday, in order to give the staff ihe Easter Monday holiday. The Raffles Museum and Library will be opsn to-day, but closed on Monday. The Revd. Father Morris has gone on leave co Europe, after a spell
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    VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.
    586 10 Shooting Trophies. GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL (HLRCH PARADE. Competition should be keen this year for the numerous unit trophies, and, as one man shooting: erratically may easily lose his unit the honour of winning a trophy, every member of a unit is expected to be at least fairly proficient on
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    THURSDAY'S RUBBER PRICE.
    57 10 Thiougrh the courtesy of Hes>T3. Mac phail and Company we learn that the price of rubber in London on Thursday, according to quotations by Messrs. Henry Gardner and Company, was as follows: London standard sheet, spot in warehouse London Is. l%d. C.i.f. London standard sheet. April shipment
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    SIX LIVES SAVED AT SEA.
    148 10 Jamhari. Nakado of banciong Kirn Hiok. has been presented with a letter from Hi> Highness the Rajah commending him for his behaviour at sea when he rescued six persons from the sunken bandong Buronu Wali off the mouth of the Saribas River, says the Sarawak
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    THE NANKING NOTE.
    412 10 NATIONALIST RKI>I^ CONSIDERABLE !.im, M)Un [ReuterV Far Batten Shanghai pr The Nationalist repiv Nanking note, which is pi same as the British reply, reference to Miamni., Nationalist Government ie :>■ good for all damage to the A sulate at Nanking, oi. tb whether ar ao tuch liawai
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    THE EMBASSY RAID PROTEST.
    43 10 [Reuters Far East* Shanirh;... M>'" The Municipal (our, test of the Soviet CoMUi-G<* ing the Embassy rai.i «-it»n»t explanation given M h& in connexion with the consular officers, that "it international law A«< not enjoy immunit>. the General claims."
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    MARVELLOUS AIR RECORD.
    56 10 New r«ri mp* Two civilians, Betl \i Chamberlain, have br la endurance record in a M» They took off at »J8 I and aimed to remain n hours. They landed iftat hours, 12 minuter The airmen intend Bhon Atlantic in the same ir.a.'r a 400-horsepower WcffM The
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      328 10 > "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" I m The Brandy ji M^^K WITH A WONDERFUL ff^si^^N REPUTATION S^rfrrmji caldbeck. macgregor co. Ltd. ZX+ilmWiSmrT iHU-r th<- Companies Ordivana ot H.>?/(7A:o/>.cf fccT^r«^*Kß\lSi3SsßS^^ c^ B x_. 1 [Incorporated m Shanghai.) r&'t^t 4 < ROBIXSOX road. 2« |i lps.4 3 3nJ^ Singapore. j: J
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      20 10 PEARS Golden Glory FOR Golden Youth PURPLE TRIANGLE BASS THE BREW FOR THE TROPICS Sole Agents Adamson, Gilfillan Co.. Ltd.
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    CHINA AFFAIRS.
    114 11 \MKRKAN POLICY AT HANKOW. M MR. HKN RECEIVED THE NOTE. I v.v: Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Apr. 14. from Hankow starts that the i as iI-General has served writ- Americans at Hankow and ea to state that under no g will the? attempt t defend any Hank case of
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    KAI SHEK AND THE REDS.
    132 11 BOLSHEI IST ANGER London. Apr. 15. nisi tii ties is exemaifest* f the C nn munist In_ s itted < M scow declaring Ka Shek ia i traitor to the rt n allj Imperialists, oh emeni and that the capitalist aga nsl t Chinese realte
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    MONSTROUS RED RULE.
    135 11 THI TRAGEDY OF HUNAN. r Far Eastern Service-] Hankow, April 1">. I'r. r: fa carrying out the! land in the province of Hunan present owners of the land vhOe terrible brutalities are all cities in Hunan, where a I n I Bolshevism fa now in sine in
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    THREE BRITISH WARSHIPS FIRED ON.
    93 11 Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. April 13. ■is message from Nanking ol states that there ha? been inter- i Bi ar.<i gun-fire between Pukow g a.l day long by the opposing -nchtMl on either bank of the Urn result that all pmwmg yes- ml jeel to
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    NEW NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.
    41 11 London, April 15. Admiralty announces the appoint- fit ar Admirals Bertram Thesiger H iirii TweedM to be Commander-in-I r h«- Fast-Indie? Station and Senior offuvr on the Yangtse respectively, ••.-siun |q Viie-Admiral Walter Eller- R- :ir-A(!nural John Cameron.
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    MEDITERRANEAN GALES.
    116 11 HEAVY DAMAGE IN MOROCCO. HOUSES BLOWN DOWN IN SPAIN. [Reuters Service.] Madrid, Apr. 14. Violent gales have occurred off the Coasts of North Africa and Spain. Many vessels, including: hundreds of fishin<r craft, have been wrecked, and numerous lives lost. Business has been brought to a standstill in
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    EARTHQUAKE IN ANDES.
    145 11 BEAVI DEATH ROLL. [Renter's Service.] Buenos Aires. Apr. 14. Ar. earthquake occurred at 2.30 this morning in Chile and Argentina. A number o-i houses wore demolished in the town oi Mendoza, where two persons Wi re killed and 50 injured. The shock was felt in Buenu< Aires
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    BRITISH NAVY TO HELP JAPANESE.
    72 11 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Hankow, Apr. 11. Rear-Adm.ral Cameron has offered the Japanese Senior Naval Officer full British naval support for the defence of the Japanese concession, and also assistance, if necessary, in provisioning the concession and a naval squadron if difficulties are en.ountered in
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    BRITISH TROOPS ON THE WAY.
    56 11 fßeuter's Service! Gibraltar. April 15. Th t j tr<> pship Derbyshire, with the 2nd Battalion of the Scots Guards and the 2nd Battalion of the Welch Regiment aboard, called this morning and landed a private of the Welch Regiment suffering from pneumonia. The vessel then
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    THE DRIVE FOR TIENTSIN.
    63 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Apr. 15. A Nationalist news agency message from Hankow asserts that the Nationalist Government and a Nationalist party are proceeding to Nanking to "direct military operations in the drive for Tientsin. The motive for the move is also a desire to
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    NO PAY, NO WORK.
    29 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, April 15. The Chinese Minister is proceeding to China to-night, this action apparently being due to the non-receipt of salary.
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    Jl-JITSr CHAMPION.
    106 11 i Eight men, weighing nearly 100 stone, and including 1 policemen of the Metropolitan Ju-jitsu Club, were "put out of action" in four and a half minutes by one small man weighing about nine, stone when Mr. Y. Soma, a member of the Budokwai, was demonstrating the science
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION COMMITTEE.
    790 11 Mr. Cumming's Resignation. A VOTE OF THANKS. An ordinary meeting of the Committee was held at Penang on Tuesday (February 22nd), after the special meeting to fix standard wages had been adjourned. The fallowing were present: Controller of Labour Malaya (Mr. E. W. F. Gilman) Chairman; Deputy
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    GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR UP-COUNTRY.
    21 11 His Excellency The Governor left at five o'clock yesterday afternoon by the Sea Belle for Penang 1
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    MATTERS CHINESE.
    684 11 Trade Co-operation. ELLENBOROUGH MARKET FISH TRADING ASSOCIATION. (Our Chinese Correspondent.) No less than a dozen fish traders who carry on their business in the Ellenborough Market, at Beach Read, recently held a meeting to discuss the discordance and disconnection between their respective traders in connection with fish selling.
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    THE NAVAL LIMITATION CONFERENCE.
    40 11 [Reuters Service.] Washington, Apr. 15. As a result of exchanges with the Governments of Great Britain and Japan, the date of the meeting of the three-Power •naval limitation conference has been provisionally fixed for June 12th.
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    MAYOR OF LODZ MURDERED.
    25 11 [Reuters Service.] Warsaw, Apr. 14. M. Cynarski, Mayor of Lodz, was assassinated by a knife-thrust as he was leaving his house.
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    THE HOUSE ADJOURNS.
    18 11 [Reuters Service. I London, Apr. 14. The House of Commons adjourned until April 26th. '^^T^TT^
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    QUIET AT WEI HAI WEI.
    17 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Wei-hai-Wei, Apr. 14. The situation here is satisfactory.
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    UNIVERSITIES OF AUSTRALIA.
    680 13 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Amongst the political experiments and he sporting enthusiasms of the Australian People the quiet development of their universities excites no special attention. One oi the three more recent universities is tha* at Perth, in West Australia. They bad an Irish journalist over there in control
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    AMERICAN FILMS IN THE EAST.
    113 13 United States exports of motion pictures for 1986 show a considerable decrease as compared with those of 1925. There has been very little change in the far-eastern market. Its consumption for 1926 amount- j ed to 62,920.764 linear ft., as against j 62,436,168 linear ft.
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    COMMUNITY LAUGHING.
    101 13 A suggestion has been made that the 8.8.C. should broadcast community laughing. No date has been fixed for the experiment, but, if it is made, as it probably will be, a group of persons in the London Studio and others at Birmingham, Manchester, and other stations will be
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    MR. MACDONALD'S SOCIALISM.
    626 13 TAXATION TO PAY FOR SOCIAL Mr. Ramsay .Vac Donald defined the Labour party's attitude on social services in a speech at Lariibsfch Baths in support of Mr. George Isaacs, Labour candidate in tho North South wark by-election. He also criticised the Government's policy concerning the administration of
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    ATTACK ON A ZOO KEEPER.
    330 13 COUNTER-OFFENSIVE' BY L COCKROACHES. j A thrilling' "counter-offensive" by cockroaches against a keeper at the Zoo was described to a Daily Express representative. The cockroaches were not of the ordinary bakehouse kind, but their large American brothers about a couple of inches m length, mahogany-coloured,
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    THE TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.
    353 13 A N* OTHER TON FEKEXCE The Council of the League held a public session on March 11, at which the question: oi the traffic in opium and other noxious drugs, and the report of the Advisory Committee on the work of its ninth session were dealt
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    CASH OUT OF THE CUP.
    659 14 BOLTON'S SHARE IN £136,387 SINCE THE WAR. With three of her teams fighting in the sixth round of the Cup, London may be excused in taking more thought than usual about the financial benefits that reward a successful career in the competition for a not
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    "ALL BLACKS" RETIRING.
    104 14 The "All Blacks" are to tour South Africa in 1928, and though some of the 1924-25 players who visited England have retired from the game, others have been unable to secure places in recent Dominion representative sides, thus pointing out that New Zealand Rugby is still a
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    MONUMENT TO WOMAN SWIMMER.
    31 14 Boulogne, March 14. A monument will shortly be erected at Cape Grisnez to commemorate Miss Gertrude Ederle's feat. She was the first woman to swim the Channel.
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    LOVE STILL LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS.
    406 15 LOVE STILL LAUGHS AT LOCKSMITHS. EYKN IN MAYFAIR. The Peeress, Her Daughter and the The beautiful rich girl tlu i young barrister. The mother's J firm "No!" to the girl's pleading for hei consent to the engagement, The mother's attempt to lock her in a bedroo*Q and the daughter's flight
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    39 15 Mr. Carl Grenier. son of the late Mr. Charles Grenier, is expected to arrive in Kuala Lumpur about the 24th inst. from Switzerland. Mr. Grenier on arrival will assume duties as managing director of Charles Grenier and Son, Ltd.
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    "THIS LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE."
    357 15 EARL WINTERTOVS VIEWS OF KHA R AG PUR S H GOT [NG. London, March 24. In the House of Commons, Mr. Ci. jansbury (Laboui >. asked a Long question n the subject of the Rharagpur shooting, ,nd suggested inter alia, that the magisrate ordered firing at six
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    A CAMBRIDGE CRINOLINE.
    115 15 Undergraduates' 50-fcel Climb io Play Prank on Girls. While the women Students were asleep ne night, some Cambridge undergraduates climbed a s()ft. tank in the grounds of Neivnham College, and placed on top an effigy of a woman in a paper crinoline. They then painted seme figures
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    This Week's Great Day
    576 15  -  Charles Conway Memorable Events i. Vne historq of the Empire* Apr. 17— Hudson's Last Voyage. 317 On the 17th. April 161$, Henry YEARS Hudson, the intrepid maritime Ago. explorer, sailed from England on the last of his four famous Arctic voyages, all of which were undertaken
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    NAVAL ARMAMENTS.
    302 16 THE FIRST I ORD'S NONCHALANCE. Mr. Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty, found the nonchalance of the Eton hoy so successful a pose at the TreaI sury box when he first presented the Navy I j Estimates that he has maintained it ever since, and this evening
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    PHOTOGRAPHS BY WIRELESS.
    231 16 Berlin, March 4. Experiments in short wave wireless transmission of pictures to South America have now reached the stage when the construction of more powerful equipment has become necessary in order to test the fall possibilities of the process. Dr. Schroter. the expert who is conducting 1
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      344 16 SHIPPING NOTES. NAMING A SHIP. The duty of parents towards their offspring in the matter of christening is quite a casual and light-hearted affair compared with the embarrassment of a man who is confronted with the task of naming or renaming a ship. It is popularly supposed that it is
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    CHINESE RITES IN LONDON.
    527 18 THREE COWS TO A PHOTCXiRAPH "Lahnsberry." Two hundred pairs of tiny feet shuffled along tho bread paving stones of stately Portland-place. They belonged to the Kuomintang of i Creal Britain and Ireland, a Chinese society, members <i which met to celebrate the 9eeond anniversary of the
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    AT A CORROBOREE.
    361 18 Among the many strange and wonderful things which the Duke and Duchess f York intend to see during: their tour in Australia i? that strange nocturnal festival known ar a corroboree, with which the Australian aboriginals. celebrate important tribal events. At a corroboree all the members of
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    THE MAN WHO LOVED PARACHUTING.
    480 18 DROP-CORD PULLED TOO LATE. Jump From 6,000 Feet. How Corporal Arthur Ernest East, of the R.A.F. Parachute Depot, Henlow, Bedfordshire, who was killed at Biggin Hill while carrying out a demonstration parachute drcp. made a fatal error of judgment was told at the inquest. East
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    RUSH TO JOIN AIR CLUBS.
    396 18 •GREAT POPULARITY OF NEW SPORT. Striking: proof i f the way in which the liyht aeroplane movement has seized the j public's imagination is afforded by the rush f or membership immediately following the formation f the Norfolk and Norwich Light Aeroplane Club. This club
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    ORIGIN OF LIGHT.
    397 18 PROFESSOR EINSTEIN SUGGESTS A NEW THEORY. Professor Einstein, in discussing at the Berlin University the problem of the origin of light, entered a fresh area of troubled waters by raising again the issue of the quantum and the wave theories. Despite the discovery of many new facts
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    BETTER-DRESSED MEN.
    411 18 Sla>es of Fashion. Not many days ag.> a writer succeeded in convincing most of his readers that men, no less than women, are slaves of fashi< n. Ho did not reveal, what <onn- of us have] been aware of for a long time, that women. knowingly or unknowingly,
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    575 19 RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS. Borne 3 Company Ltd., Agents. Ipoh Tin, 960 pkls., Lok Kawi, 4,000. Tapping stopped Feb. 28th, and resumed Mar. 26th. Bruseh, 19,787 j Kuala Reman. 7(5,000. lioustead and Co., Singapore, Agents. Buluh Kasap, 36,236, to date 435,095; Gadek, 33,679, to date, 118,188; Mount
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    FIRST BRITISH TRADERS AT SHANGHAI.
    1087 19 A Memory of 18:32. During 1831 the agitation in England against the renewal of the East India Company's monopoly of the China trade had been j?ainino- in strength, while at Canton the action of the Provincial Government and the Co-H< ng became more restrictive and
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    THE SZE HAI TONG BANK.
    214 19 Fhe following: is thi twentieth simual re port of the directors to the sh in I olders t* '■i pi esented lln i etang on l|M I The net profit t r the veai i [town bj the Profit and I Icroimts amounted bo ?356XK>8.30
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    281 19 At the [deft] Boom Exhibition the Rubber Growers' Association, amongsi othei esd bit.-, show robber flooring and panelling rubber Bowers for table decorati n end sponge rubbei ipholsfa rttii n n i nbb upholsti rj <!itV« rs from othei I which have been placed on the nattcel k recent year-
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      344 19 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 j THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. I The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life
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      437 19 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V. 92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. ;F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq.
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      439 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 S^ver $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman W. H. Sell. Esq., W. L. Pattenden, Esq..
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      101 19 INSURANCE. THE ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. r( Incorporated in the S.S.) DIRECTORS: Teo Chong Sion^, Esq. (Chairman). Chua Han Leone;, Esq. Wonsr Yong Kai, Esq. Loke Van Kit Esq. Lee Pie Soo, Esq. Leong 1 Fooner Siew. Esq. I>e Chin Tian. Esq.. Thio Kirn Chuan, Esq. Mr. Au Mm Thong
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    897 20 Malayan Matters. THE FLOODS. Ii Fr.m Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 17. Th, annual ilmmr of the Association of Br:;ish Malaya will be held at the Hotel Cecil on Monday. May ;>Oth. The annual dinner of the Incorporated Society of Planters will be probably held a little
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    625 20 Week-End Arrangements. CRICKET, GOLF, TENNIS. SHOOTING. The arrangements for the various sport.ng events which commence to-day are given lie low. Malayan Golf Championship. The Malayan Golf Championship commences this morning, and in the afternoon the annual Inter-team match will be played. The draw for the qualifying round of
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    AMATEUR RACE MEETING.
    171 20 TWO DAYS AT WHITSUNTIDE. The Singapore Turf Club are rtrauing 9 two-day amateur race meeting at Whitsuntide which, if the up-country precedents are any guide, should be a highly successful affair. The programme comprises races for five classes of ponies and for two classes of horses over
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    16 20 TO-DAY'S TIE. Singles Championship. Winner of David and Taib vs. Ziegele and Murakami.
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    EASTER POLO.
    355 20 Opening of Tournament. DUKE'S BEAT JOHORE IN K.O.R. CUP. The Easter Polo Tournament was commenced on the Singapore Polo Club ground yesterday afternoon. The weather was fine and sunny and a large number of spectators, including many ladles, were present. H. E. Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser. G.0.C.. was
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    CUP FINAL. PROMOTION AND RELEGATION.
    130 20 Readers of the Free Press will be given an opportunity this week to express their views, not only upon the possible result of the F.A. Cup tinal. which is to be played at Wembley on Saturday, but also upon the question of pr motion and
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    153 20 CHAMPIONSHIP MEETING BOGEY COMPETITION. This competition was played yesterday and resulted in a win for Mr. R. B. Bannon fSelangor Golf Club) with a score of 2 up. Ninety-nine cards were taken out and the following were returned: C. Everitt 9 1 up. E. C. v. d.
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    S.C.R.C. RETAIN ALAN LOKE CUP.
    55 20 The S.C.R.C. retain the Alan Loke Tennis Cup for another year, as the teams which were to meet on the holders' ground this week-end in competition for the honour of meeting the local team allowed the S.C.R.C. walk-over. Perak, Kuala Lumpur, and Malacca should have
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    278 20 Scottish Cup Final. THE HOLIDAY LEAGUE MATCHES. At Hampden Park, Glasgow, this afternoon Celtic, (fifteen times champions of the Scottish League and eleven times holders of the Scottish Cup), meet East Fife. (a Second Division club, whose nearest approach to their present distinction was in 1921. when they
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    THE LEAGUE PROGRAMME.
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