The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 September 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 TENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1928. NO. 12,5<H>
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    304 1 A iresh development m regard to the claim of a Kuala Lumpur company to a mining concession over a huge area m I'ahang is revealed by a letter from the Jelai Concession (Pahang) Limited Page 10. Dr. C. B. Gilmour. medical officer m charge of the Middleton
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    OF COLOUR.
    849 1  -  ANON Among Blake's "Son<rs of Innocence* 1 li a poem on "The Little Black Boy." who ai that period was as fashionable m great houses as Chinese Chippendale. The tirs* rene eohoei the natural European prejudice m favour of albinism "My mother bore me m the southern wild
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      213 1 „v.V.*. i .V. I .V.V.WAV.V.V. t A i: SOLYTTOL SOAP J IDEAL I'OR THE HOME Raffles Hotel I 1 SEPTEMBER RACE MEETING. I 1 A SPECIAL 1 RACE BALL AND CABARET will be held on SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER STH. and SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER ISTH, I j DANCING UNTIL 2 A.M. Make Your
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      312 1 1 1 1 I Shields through the ages 1 IHH ,c a IHE ANCIENT I RITONS v^ v V i V With no siiitld hut a coat of paint, 7\|%, when it came to actual fighting the wl^Vl/^- "T^ i' Ancient Briton had to dodge behind flflfiOiyMlli yJfis^9r r ou
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      145 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Kxide batteries ensure easy starting- Pan 13. Firestone tyrea for record performance* —•Pan 7. Night chill daagtn art- kept away by Peps Pajre 17. Genuine Hawaiian L'kulcles from Kobinson Piano Co Pape 1. Auction sales of furniture by Cheor.fr Koon Seng Pajft's 9 ai.e! 12. Caldbeck's old brown
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      12 1 THE BEST TABLE BITTER I "SNOWFLAKE" f J PURE CHILLED CREAMERY V.V.WAW^M'.VMWAWWA
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      128 1 THE WEEK. ]\'(rfnc*dan, htii. High Water. 1.26 a.m., 9>, 1.35 p.ir... M. Malacca: H. W. 10.40 a.m. 10.50 p.m. :..o. Football: S.F.A. Cup competition starts: Puke'B. vs. 1.C.F.A., Stadium. Polo: Barnes Cup. 1 h« ISO II If, 6/.'l. Hi*:h Water, 2.15 a.m.. |.l, J.l'. r. 8.9. Malacca: H. \Y. 11.20
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    RUBBER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PUBLICATIONS.
    609 2 RUB BER RESEARCH INSTITUTE PUBL ICATIONS. The Board af the Rubber Research institute has had under consideration for some time the question of the publications which fthottld be issued by the institute and the 'iiutinvr m which these >hould at circulated. During the first yea) of its active functioning, ihc
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    COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA IN SWEDEN.
    62 2 COMMUNIST PROPAGAN DA IN SWEDEN. f P.euter's Sprvict-.l Stockholm. Sept. li. Complaints have haeai made that the Rustimn uaininu ship Leningrad, now at Viafay. aea eanymaj on Bolcherist propacandal by mean* of placard* m Swedish. The Roasian Minister here ha> apolosfav lor th- incident anil Informed thf Foreian Ministry thai
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    SOUTH AFRICAN TREATY WITH GERMANY.
    53 2 SOUT H AFRICAN TREATY WITH GERMANY. [Bautar'a Berviee.] I'retctria. Sept Pbe Germaßo>Sooth African roanwn lai <;ti>. RiKiied on St-p^- l s t, peovide* f<»v immigration, the aatflemetrt of the letrai position <>! aatioaaJs, luntractmjr parties, companies, associations, consols, etc. give* unconditional moat favoured nation treatment, i>ut lafniiaill* the existing imperial
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    ANOTHER ADHERENT TO THE PEACE PACT.
    22 2 [Baiter** Oevvlca*] lte\al. Stpt. Esthovia ha- intimated that it intends to adkar* t<. ta« KaUm Pact.
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    CRIMEAN HURRICANE.
    32 2 [Keut*T's Banriea.] Moscow, Sept. A nurrieaae la tac Criaasa ha> caused yrvat destractioaj and kaera have seven fatalitu- :< t Brhattoaol Viaafaraa have bsea ■oaisd an.l rattle drowned m Many pmec«.
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      253 2 SPONGES. A large assortment of BATH AND TOILET SPONGES JUST RECEIVED. Prices from 75 cents to $9.00. MEDICAL HALL LTD., Opposite New Post Office. SINGAPORE. 3 are Coming 1 WATCH FOR THEM ¥ft%::::¥: COMING SOON f ALHAMBRA I rI m f^Sk m i &9k aaßan^flWSsiM*l*sMjh^ aaam A K^al If m
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      325 2 VICTORIA THEATRE COMMENCING AT 9.30 NIGHTLY MATINEES: WED. AND SAT. SEPT. sth. AND Bth. BEAU GESTE A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Booking a< Little's Prices $3, $2, Si and 50 tents. FRIDAY AND SUNDAY~' SEPTEMBER 29th. September 28 30th at 9.30 p.m. For Seven Nights BENNO KIWI'S HAWAIIAN MOISEIWITSCH TROUBADOURS the workl-famous
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      269 2 ALHAMBRA p fe (Tan Cheng: Kce and Co., Ltd.. Proprietors) Programme Commencing August 3ht THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS WILLIAM FOX Presents SILK LEGS with MADGE BELLAMY A comedy of to-day —Full of fun, flappers and MARRIAGE A startling revelation of married life as touted h* n foremost novelist H. G.
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    JAVA NOTES.
    1773 3 ISATAVIAS ANNUAL FAIR AND EXHIBITION. A Fairy Town. 1 Frt m Our Own CorrespondeM j Itatavia. Auk. 31. Once atrain it is hero— the Pasar (Jambii HuLuvut's annual exhibition and fair; once again a fairy town illuminated by thousands of lights has risen as it were out of
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    BYRD'S EXPEDITION
    79 3 May Cos* a Million Dollars. Ne>v York, Au£. 1"». Commander Byrd's Antarctic expedition, which will start from here next week, wiH 1m- the most stupendous expedition m the history of exploration. The project may cost $1,000,900. The largest item is $90,000 for the salaries for two yean of
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    MR. HENRY FORD'S RUBBER PROJECT.
    50 3 Lor4<m, Au«. ft, It ia reported from America that r.-ii rubber-growers :>r,«l engineero, paye 1 left for Brazil t<> eoounence the development of the r >,OOo,o()t>-acr«.> tract recently acquired by them for the fcrowth of enough rubber eventually to ir.ake tyreg for 2,000;000 cars annually.
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      159 3 I Estate S Trust Agencies I I (1927) Limited jj (Registered under the Trust Companies' Ordinance of 1926. l\ with Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government.) j l\ is prepared to act as jj Trustees, Executors, Administrators, Receivers. j Managers of Real Estate, Attorneys for Collection of Rents, Investigators
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    "HIGH TREASON" IN AUSTRIA.
    335 4 The Case of ex-Colonel Gustav Wolff. Vienna. July 25. The Viennese Monarchists cannot exist without an occasional demonstration. They seem quite unable to get to the idea of '.he Austrian Republic. As a rule, however, their manifestations are ignored. But m the case of ex-Colonel Gustav
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    LORD HAWKE'S VIEW ON ENGLISH TEST SIDE.
    110 4 Lonl liawUei the former Yorkshire captain, laid m an interview. M the M.C.C. Test selection: "I think the selection committee has £<>t over a very difficult task very well indeeti. I should like to have seen Holmes of Yorkshire, included, but you can't
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    CHRYSLER CARS.
    1128 4 A Well-BuiH Chassis. Three or four years ago blase niocorist? opened their eyes as they spied enormously costly advertisements m all the papers announcing a new motor-car designed by a man whose name was then quite unknown m this country. Thousands of pounds were spent m the attempt
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    FROM THIRTY DAYS TO THREE.
    544 4 Chev. Trucks m Somaliland. While the Chevrolet Expedition consisting: of one Sedan and a 1 ton truck have been making history m Africa, two Chevrolet trucks helped blaze a trail m Italian Somaliland. On the African East Coast, a little north of Kenya and at
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    TRUCK VERSUS BULLOCKS
    300 4 TRUCK VERSUS BU LLOCKS The cattle an<i -hi-er northern part> of Se« W.i. the southern territory of (^j-er-.and havreceived trvmend<»u- impetus *uh the advent of the motor trucK a.> a mean* of conveying the wealth of tiMOt back com tries to the rottfOSdl and th» l*>ard. A year Off 10
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    HOLDER OF FIRST MOTOR LICENCE.
    150 4 HOLDER OF FIRST MOTOR LICENCE. Man Who has Never Driven a IV Om(falr«< htl Tkc man who holds the -M' drhvrV liMMi m Kn^lan.i I v motor-car. His name i, IW Buwl) ted the fact as he trailed tack** forwards m the Mftetrooa o\ ferry or floating kffMfl East Cowes
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    S.V.C. MOTOR CYCLE HILL CLIMB.
    40 4 In the above competition l]Hnf r'l' the- tjIM fitted «NN Dun!.» P J^ per cent, representing Bw o«» The firsts m all l lops and the new ip^d yanis m 1 mm. J4 Wi Dunlops.
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      174 4 rFor The Man Who Knows Tyres Drivers who insist upon the sort of service that ordinary tyres cannot prive. find the utmost pleasure and satisfaction m Fisk Tyres. Fisk Balloon Cords are now built of "Filler-less" Cord, by a Fisk patented process that eliminates the cross threads m the fabric
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      40 4 ON all parts of the world and under all conditions of travel, Goodyear Heavy I Duty Pneumatic Lorry Tyres are rolling I up records of economy, endurance and l«n U I long mileage. I I KZ *^tf I loO Jq
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    NO-SPEED-LIMIT MOTOR ROAD.
    352 5 Eftjbnd's First "Auto-Strade." -p»f (i-limit road from Brighton, railed m. without and the up and down tracks that :oilisions :.iv inn- big ne« scheme details oi w given. I iTitf- first "Autostrada r the project Xl ready, th; t*-t-n surveyed, and it U tail Parliament*!}' unction to
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    STANDARD TEST FOR BRAKE LININGS.
    222 5 Gives Fourfold Increase m Their Life. Standard teal for brake lir.ings, now used by manufacturers, has K-sulted m the life of tht average lining befog increased four Hmei with saving to the nation of $lr>.OC CC a year, accoiding to the American i:;( mobile Association.
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    STANDARD BUMPERS.
    180 5 Why They Should All be the Same Height. When two strong: bumpers meet face to face, the cars to which they are attached don't become locked. That's what the Society of Automotive Engineers wants to ■M, Its Bureau of Standards has issued a recommendation that every bumper be
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    A TRAFFIC DECISION.
    678 5 ROAD HAS NO RIGHT OR WRONG SIDE. Canadian Ruling. There have been a number of recent legal developments m Ontario of interest to motorist?. Possibly the most important of these was the setting aside of the judgment of Mr. Raney and a jury m a case m
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    ETHYL PETROL REPORT.
    227 5 Only Suitable for Motor Fuel. Precautions regarding the use of ethyl motor spirit are urged m an interim report issued by the departmental committee set up by the Government to inquire into possible dangers to health from the use of this new fuel, which contains small quantities
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    "TRAFFIC POLICE."
    176 5 Vienna to have a Double Force. Vienna, July 25. By a decision of the Constitutional Court, the "Province of Vienna" is to have its own traffic police from October 1. So far the traffic has been controlled by the State police, under President Johann Schftber. Since last July
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    UNIFORM ROAD SIGNALS.
    115 5 The League of Nations has sent to all countries, a draft convention for uniform road signalling by motorists. Here are the signals: Warning signal of intention to slacken speed or stop: Move the arm up and down several time?. To indicate intention of turning or bearing to
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    "GATE-CRASHERS" ON NEW GROUND.
    187 5 "GATE-CRASHERS" ON NEW GROUN D. It is to hv feared that the state of things m "society" is worse even than had been imagined since it is solemnly announced that the police are taking measures to protect the tenants of Scottish moors and forest* from the attentions of "society crooks"
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      66 5 Advice from the Triumph Motor Company Limited of Coventry states that their new production Triumph Super Seven motor-car won the McDowell Cup m the Irish end-to-end trial. The McDowell Cup was the premier award m this trial and the success of the Super Seven Triumph is all the more noteworthy
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      CHESS NOTES AND NEWS.
      1379 6 CH ESS NOTES AND NEWS. by— m i: i hkss EDITOR White to mat*- and movo m ihre<\ ihk iKAin < om;rfss. li.i- \«ar i meres* of l li* British < best i ,-i-iir] at;"P. whuh o|K'n*ij ;it IVnhy. South Wales, on July i'n<i. arui extended over the j MUal
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      BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
      974 6 Contract System Hiddin«. by "HORATIUB." The American lovs of reducing the playIng of games to a system has found a tinoutlet m Contract, success m which s. largely depends on exact gauging oi the strength of the hands -4« combination. W the hooks that are now
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      SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
      190 6 Up to the close of play at the last meeting of the Singapore Chess Club 182 games hail heen decided m the Handicap Tournament and the position of the competitors is now as follows: 11l Tan Lnang Kin 19 5 -2 L 2 111 Floor .1. .1.
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      PARBURY'S PARABLES.
      149 6 Problem No. 4i>a Foray th Notation) >:>;>: 2pQ4; Ip 6; piK.~»; K7: IK-! Keymov< K-Q2 I'enninu the ttam. "Sar;iii," «aj s Farmer Giles to his wife, \'lp Me ketch t'owd ranu Me roomatiei ait- that bad 1 ken*t fret near mi." "Well, call thut pup otT. an' al.
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      NOVELIST'S DEBTS.
      124 6 The discharge was suspended for three months, m the London Bankruptcy Court leic: tly. of Edward Andrew Soutar, thy well-known novelist, lately living at Green Orchard, Lingfleld, Sussex. According to the report of the Trustee m Bankruptcy, the proofs of debt admitted ■ad probable claims together amount to
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    LITERARY NOTES FROM LONDON.
    319 6 LITERARY NOTES FROM LONDON. LonJon. \uu. H < Jiatlc- \ti< Hull i.s a writer of ivcojriiiM'd t talents, with a atost lively mmm of charac* terisat'on. and \vith v a fcvlinic for the back- ground of her a^< which makes her work deliaiitful readiaa!. Her latest bo< "Thu Well <>t
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    A CONRAD SECRET.
    295 6 A CON RAD SECRET. An extraorainary revelation concern in« Joseph Conrad's early literar>' career ha* come to light daring the past week. It i- secret which, Conrad himmrlf so jealous ly guatrded that not even hit most intimate friends appeal <■ have hml any knowledge of it. Th. story certain!)
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    THE BRONTE MUSEUM.
    255 6 THE BRONTE MUSEUM The formal openin.s ol th Broni Museum took place la«l week, when the deeds of Haworth Parsonage, the house m the corner of the churyard m which th< Bronte family lived, were handed to th< Bronte Sot*i t> by S r lamef Roberts, native ol Haworth. The
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    THE USES OF HOOKS.
    156 6 A man ni;»y be a book-producer without m any dcffree heinjr a hook-lovtT. but when a man i< both, what he has to say of booki acquiris enhanced value and authority. Writing 1 m the Glasgow Herald < 1 1 tin 1 subject of "Hooks as
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    BOOKS AND WRITERS.
    54 6 Lord Oxford* *||< I 1852-1927." uili. v I hill's third volume <»i i I tank a« one of tl I of the .iuli;r"»m hi I published l»> \\> i'<-rd spent several I.n.i th- "long run short time befon hv naturally, Ml* I >!;ilje, h;:r I, I:., about
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    THE VOGUE FOR THRILLERS.
    108 6 "thriller*" ma] I that Mr Vietoi I fewer than 20, I «.t' hi< omnibus votunu* lii I Stories of Delect it n, >' I ?vii-< Dorothy Sm; no mean anility, ha I which will ontain I onl) Bft, 6d. I Horace Bk*a< klej n I which
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    "GREEN MAGIC."
    40 6 "GREEN MAGIC Anothci Mtv ••(1 thi rtly, .mi<l bj i i;iru-z*> }.«>«>k. this m t.»l. It i~ edited b \l ;«nd IliiM \'t ilt un laitn world's best fairy 1 stories come fr t in,- n X •re from China
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    A GREAT NOVELIST'S SON.
    48 6 A GREAT NOVELIST' S SO N. It U odd to tl Ing i son is llr. Jalian II nished writ tereKtinn bm life fifty yean a- W Spencer, Brow nil among v n bom he has Kometl <•. \> probablj Ravago Cluh. here I putation :i- I -i- m I
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    A VETERAN HUMORIST.
    44 6 A VETE RAN HU MOR IS T. Mr l-t-.j \i M i I rt ilerii Hut I birthday I hi* *'< Xt .!-'!.:■:>'!. >■>:.< .1 X Ttinitj Hall, I railed to the Bar, num< rous had md rupation m writii moi tilde. Lik< collected a fin* asi
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    THE "ARRIVAL" OFA NOBELIST.
    67 6 THE "ARRIV AL OFA NOBELIST Mi. 'I v kniftini ss and tinues to receivi critics Sone neem I wad publit i Get published m thi couni cade aw*. At I thought of n> 1- knew !i r >velil«1 W I m an evening .Mr. l>f( si r. m d iittle
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    IN BRIEF.
    67 6 IN BRIEF title of ii Mi. Humbert W--IV. won for him ;iinl whose nann ai iv\ i« -w ci contain the Mithor and th< George M' re. Mr I the publisher. Twent) yearn published '"'lt' bnthotogy of verse Ifisi Lor) Chisholm, have a r< \i-<<i ami i "Ralph Connor," aai
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    LONDON'S VULNERABILITY.
    563 7 WHAT THE AIR MANOEUVRES REVEALED. Destruction m Twelve Hours. The air manoeuvres which were held over I omlon recently revealed that that city is the most vulnerable m the world. It i* bettered that an air attack from an enemy ian reduce the metropolis to ruins between evening
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    THE IMPORTANCE OF FIELDING.
    145 7 London, August 21 Faulkner, m the Daily News, states that Mailey has perhaps overstated tin- case when he says that few sides would bat all day long if the fielders adequately backed up their bowlers Nevertheless it is true that most erieketen do not pay half
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    £750 FOR THE LOSS OF A WIFE.
    112 7 Judpe "Doubts If She Was Worth It." The undefended petition of Mr. Reginald Jack Barker, of Mostyn-avenue. West Derby, Cheshire, an engineer, for the dissolution of his niarriajre on the jrround of misconduct between his wife. Mrs. Alice Gertrude Barker, and Mr. Arthur
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    WAR ON CANCER.
    82 7 "If some rich people would form a fund to enable one hundred scientists to receive £1,000 a year for their services I am sure that this mysterious and dread disease would disappear m a short time" The.«*» were the words of Mr. Inpleby Oddie, the coroner, at
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    JEEVES TURNS THE TABLES.
    242 7 Novelist 'Acquired* By His Creation. J««vefl has become a managing director. The inimitable Jeeves, most famous manservant m fiction, is to manage the affairs of his master anci creator. Tht- romance of Jeeves is told bluntly m a short paragraph of Jordan's Daily Register of New
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    "THE CREATION OF GOD."
    142 7 Startling German Book. Berlin. A startling book entitled the "Wan i-u" of the Twentieth Century" has just been issued to the German Army's Technical School for Instructors. The book says: "The Reich soldier works for Eternity. The State which he serves is the creation of God;
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    ABOARD MARCONI'S YACHT.
    1512 8 SECRETS OF INVENTOR'S FLOATING HOME. A Cabin of Fearsome Gad^eti The name of Marconi will for ever be associated with mm of the great factors m the proposed merging of cable and wireless DMthods of mmunioation. Senatore Maroni's yacht Elettra, a boat m which oik can actually
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    MRS. EDEN PHILLPOTTS' DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS.
    54 8 Mrs. Emily Phillpotts. the wife of Mr. Eden Phillpotts, novelist and playwright, has died at their home, Eltham, Torquay, after a long and painful illness. Miss Adelaide Phillpotts, who has collaborated with her father m the writing of his recent plays, is one
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    DOOMED VILLAGE BY THE SEA.
    418 8 Old-World Charm of Rottingdean. Rottingdean. There is a road winding out of Brighton a rolling seacliff drive and it passes through Rottingdear. It squirms through this little village of ancient smuggling days, nestling m a hollow m the chalk cliffs, and twists up over the
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    T.C.C.'S DECISIVE STEP.
    140 9 EXPULSION OP SEAMEN'S UNION. Jack Jones Shouted Down. KeuUri 's .>*•» \w-p l London. .Sep:. li. The Trade Union Congress passed k resolution to-day formally expelling the National Seamen's Union. Miss Margaret Bondfield. o-n behalf of the Executive, said the expulsion was necessary becaUM the Seamen's (JrJop
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    RESCUE OF LOST AIRMEN CONFIRMED.
    93 9 A Terrible Ordeal. [Reuter's Service.] I ,i.inl. mi. Sept. -i. Confirmation of the Professor Hohba' message reporting the rescue of the airmen Ha:-><'l and t'raniiT, i- contained m a New Y<!k raeaaage >tatin^ that the airmen made a forced landing' due to the exhaustion of
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    INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF YOUNG REDS.
    155 9 Campaign Amongst Children. [Reuter's Service.] Kiira. Sept. ft. Thi Congress of Internationa] Communist Youth, known aa the "Xin I opened ai Moscow to-day. M. Gorkich, reporting t> srorld-wiue activities, deplored the fact that although fresh nuclei were continually opened, thj total membership had aot increased
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    BUSINESS MEN IN POLITICS.
    100 9 Help fur Rival I.S. Candidates Renter's Bwrriee.] New York, Sept. t. Tho list of bip bu?ines-= men who are more or less actively participating m the presidential campaign b jrrowinjr. Mr. John J. Raskob, Chairman of the finance committee of General Motors Corporation, has resigned hi>
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    LEAGUE VICE PRESIDENTS.
    41 9 fßeuter'.-, Service.] Geneva. Sept. I. Th<' following have been elected YiccPresklents of the League Assembly: Mr. Adatci (Japan) 40 vote-; M. Hriand .'IS; Berr Mueller (Garmany) -ix; Lord Cushendun :'-T; Mr. Mackenzie Kin^r S3; Dr. Seipel (Austria) 21.
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    CLAN LAMONT SAFE IN PORT.
    40 9 [Keuter a Service. London. Sept. A The steamer Clan Lamonti which was nrevion^ly reported to be experiencing very severe weather between Fast London and l'ott Elizabeth, is now reported to have arrived at Port Elisabeth.
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    A SUSPECTED SPY.
    50 9 A SU SPE CTED SPY. [Beater*! Strviee.l Stockholm. Sept. I. Dr. Alexundroff, a Russian journalist, who had been suspected of engaging m military espionage m Sweden on behalf of *he Soviet, has resigned his post as head of tho Stockholm office of the official Soviet Tass K. W. S. Agrucy.
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    THE NAVAL AGREEMENT.
    124 9 DETAILS LEAK OUT AT GENEVA. The Main Points. Reuters Service.] London, Sept. l. According to the Daily Telegraph's diplomatic correspondent the main points of the Anglo-French naval agreement, which he says have been allowed to leak out by the QnaJ d'Orsay and various French delegates at Geneva,
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    RECRUITING FOR THE LEGION.
    145 9 Austrian's Activity m Germany. j [Reuier's Service.] SchneidemuW. Sepl_ 4. A yOOng Austrian, sentenced here t«j six months' imprisonment for recruiting (lermans for the French Foreign Legion, stittetl that he> had secured :s<» recru-its t«>r th^ Legion and had possession of papers show* ing thai he
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    DEATH OF ADMIRAL EVANSTHOMAS.
    216 9 I Renter's Servsfla."] London. Sei>*. I. j The < loitt l\ has occurred >>f Admiral Sir Evans-Thomas. [The announcement of the death of Admiral Evans-Thomas retails the batth of Jutland m May 1910, m which he played an important part as Bear- Admiral m charge of
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    FRENCH MINISTRY CHANGES.
    63 9 [Reuter s Service.] Paris, Sept. 3. af. Queuilk, Minister fof Agnculture. has been appointed Minister for Commerce ftd interim, m place of M. Bokanowski, who was killed m a Byiag accident at Clerniond Ferand, M. Oeorgn Ley trues. Minister of Marine, has been appointed to take charge
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    BRITISH SYMPATHY WITH FRANCE'S LOSS.
    72 9 British Kadi. >-— Official Service.] Rugby. Baat. :i. The l?riti>h Government anil Sir Samuel lloaro, thy Air Mil istor. have sont nu'Slafpea tc> Paris expressing profound sympathy at th«» death of M. Bokanowski, the French Minister for Commerce! ini/ludinjr civil aviation, m the aeroplane crash
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    IRELAND'S GOOD-BYE TO THE PEACE PROMOTER.
    41 9 [Reutrr'j, Service.l London, Sept. Notwithstanding his desire to avoid a dtaionat ration y\r. KeHocs had an aßthoai.•'stio i !hl--)1F }iy a hufrc crowd at Dnblfai whon be loft for Cherboorg en route to Nwv York.
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    YUGO-SLAV MINISTER'S RETIREMENT.
    41 9 [Renter*! Service, j Belgrade, Sept. 3. "Health reasons* 1 is the official explanation for the decision of M. Mihailovitch, thy -lujro-Slav Minister to Albania at \>reMCt spemiing- a holiday here, not to return 10 his post at Tirana.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928. OUR AIR POLICY.
    513 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1928. OUR AI R POLICY. A little while ago we made reference m this column to the greater strides that had been made by the Dutch East Indies than Malaya m the matter of aviation. We are prompted to refer to our earlier article
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    661 10 It is proposed to hold a dinner of Old Bedfordians m Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. Sept. 29. Dr. R. O. Windstedt. the Director of Education, S.S. and F.M.S.. is on a visit to Kuala Lumpur. Archdeacon Izard. formerly of Malaya, has left Swanajre and gone to live at Worthing:, m
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    A REMARKABLE CLAIM.
    411 10 WHO OWNS CAMERON HIGHLANDS A Further Development. As a result of enquiries made this morning:, says Monday's Malay Mai], we understand that a concession is claimed to have been obtained by a mining company registered m Kuala Lumpur over two million acres. It is maintained that this
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    A FRESH COMPLICATION.
    191 10 The existence of a further complication m this remarkable state of affairs is indicated by the following 1 letter which reached us last evening:. Sir. With reference to your Kuala Lumpur correspondent's sensut >nal statement appearing m to-day's i>sue regarding; claim of a "Big Land Concession* 1
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    COLONIAL OFFICE HAS NO INFORMATION.
    41 10 [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.] London. Sept. 4. The Daily Newi states that it learns officially from the Colonial Office that it has no information with regard to the reported mining concession m Pahanir. Perak and Kelantan.
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    SIKHS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER.
    139 10 Fellow-Countryman Shot m Havelock Road. The preliminary enquiry was commenced m the Fourth Court yesterday m connection with the charge of attempted murde* against two Sikhs. Boarjap. Singh and Sarjan Singh. The complainant is another Sikh named Pal Singh. Mr. P. Stoif appeared for the
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    THE INSULINDE EPIDEMIC.
    177 10 LOCAL HEALTH OrFlTl* STATEMENT. Hatavia Report h niu>(J In C* mi ttiori with ff. peaied m this journal from Mir -Java corrwp a rttUmnt uf the B ities a, to the „M,1,n,, the deaths of several Dutch >t,a,,,,r Ir-u voyage homeward, Di i the Medical Supeiim ton
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    DISASTROUS FIRE AT RAUB.
    71 10 DISASTROUS FIRE AT RAUB Eight Hundred Petpfe Homeless. [From Our Owi X u.i l.i iiiupur >,|M A huge tir. broke o Gold Mr.. from mid-day till Over a hundred Kitted and Th.j-. Chinese woman, h plant tecaped with n A heavy wind I attap iked m the i cession ii>rht
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    33 10 LATEST RUMSKK \M) TIN PRICES. (From Our Dwr London. Sept. I. I p.m. Messrs. Symington notify to-day's rubber ori £~>.<d. per !b. Bleflsrs. Lewis, Laxinifi notify to-dayV tii £213^ R £210»«.
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    SINGAPORE'S BABY DAY.
    200 10 Yesterday's W. S. Efttti That admtrabl Welfare Society, to make infant lift* i sant m Singapoi there ia to be n<> dimii by propaganda and improve the l"t of S value of the annual Bj attended by hundn ii inestimable, and I m the Victoria M< i
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    21 10 A Jofcorc Governmei I nary records with deep the Hon'Mi- Van*; Mttlu 1 Kahmar. D.X.. and of Sheikh dulUh Arishe. s.M
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    THE RHINELAND.
    71 11 IfiQIKST K)R COMPLETE K\ mCUATION. Kraiu o-( .crman I >iscussions. r*i Sen ice.] Ganevn, Sept. 4. bsea (ixe<l as regards the nvereatiens between M. German ChaneeUor, Hen the Complete a -iia- md, hii fa Gemuuiy rs> i i s,nnol f»• l,.ng do- v ted to make the are
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    SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.
    51 11 SI R AUS TEN CHAMBERLAIN. I Rumours of Possible I Resigwati— Service.] London. Sept 1. that there la r.o I I :1k- probable u-sig- I hamberUm, ai..j it i everj proapect of Foreign Office when ipinion, however, i> a- too long >!,>. I md is diecussing I Baldwin being I
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    EWGYPT TO ADHERE TO PEACE PACT.
    38 11 EWGY PT TO ADHE RE TO PEACE PACT. m- Not Accept Britain's Reservations. Rl S iv ice.] i :uro Sept. 4. men! reply ai I adhere t-> the Drding wm~ Al Ahram, makes not mean acceptance any power.
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    INDIAN COMMUNAL RIOTS.
    32 11 IN DIAN CO MMUNAL RIOTS. tim* m Two Years. rvke.] Simla. Sept. 4. B m the Legislative rerar, s member of the Raid that 14!> people had '■>' injured m communal page 9.]
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    LONDON ZOO TRAGEDY.
    124 11 LO ND ON ZOO TRAGEDY. Vrrested For Murder ot Indian Elephant Driver. London. Aug. 2.V ned at shout mid■J Gardens, Reg a*-- busy trying to nan waa found muti- tin entrance to thr taken to h n He ha.- been Ali, an Indian elephant I to the discovery kephant driver,
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    GREEK FEVER EPIDEMIC.
    24 11 GR EEK FEVER EPIDEMIC. >«*■ the Latest Victim. >. rvice.l Athens. Sept. 3. the latest victim of the epidemic, and he has been Buffering from slight
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    EXPEDITING THE MAILS.
    34 11 EXPEDITI NG THE MAILS. <>i the Aeroplane. Serrk*.] New York. Sept. 4. apuHed from the liner He Race at o'clock this 1 Boston at 4 o'clock this •nf a full day m the transmail.
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    18 11 I i'ave has been granted to M.( \s.. and to Mr. D. hairman and assistant genSintapofi Harbour Board.
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    MORE CIVIL WAR?
    87 11 GENERAL CHANG'S PUNS IN SHANTUNG. An Upsetting Move. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Sept. 4. According to Japanese reports, owin* U P.o-Nat.onalist Northern troops beirg at Tsingtao the local commander has gen* ?h*7 tH t Nationali^ with the result hat he whole ol Shantung is now under
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    IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS EXPECTED.
    256 11 According to the South China Morning ro* ot August 27 important developments were expected as the result of a move by General C hang Chuang Chang U» leo.ver some of his lost power, and 5 is feared m well-informed circles thai a renewal of host. l. ties
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    THE MISSING RECTOR.
    157 11 Slud>injLi Labour Conditions m Canada. Toronto. Auk. 27. The Doddinjrhurst Rector, (reference to whose disappearance b made en another page) m an interview at Bi.>«. K Alberta, declared he had settled down there- a- a farm labourer. Medicine Hat Albert a). Aug. 27. Mr Hutchin.-on. rector of
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    GERMAN FLLET IN NORTH SEA
    181 11 (Gunnery Against Wire.le.ssly Controlled Cruiser. Berlin. August 27. The German Navy is engaged this week ir. irunnery practice m the North Sea auain-t the old cruiser Zahringen. which, without a crew on board, will cruise aliout ;<nd manoeuvre trying to escape kuh tire. V.Vithin the
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    L 55 VICTIMS.
    97 11 To Rest m One Grave at Portsmouth. [British Radio Official Service.] Kugby. Sept. 3. Owing to the difficulty of identification the Admiralty has decided that all the bodies* of the crew of the British submarine L 55, which was sunk m Russian, waters m 191i>. shall be
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    ANOTHER OCEAN FLIGHT.
    88 11 TWO FRENCH AIRMEN START. First Stop at the Azores. f Reuter's Service.] Le \l* urifet, Sept. 4. Two Krei.ch aiimen, Sgt. Assolant an:l Sgt. Lefevre. started at seven this morning OM a flight to New York m a one-engined monoplane. Parts, Later. It now appears that the
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    YOUNG ADVENTURER DISOBEYS PARENTAL COMMAND.
    127 11 YOUNG ADVENTUR ER DISOBEYS PARENTAL COMMAND. [Reuter's Service.] Ih» Bourget. Sept. 4. There was much speculation as to th<Identity of a figure clad m a sweater furtively peeping out of a cabin window of the aeroplane m which Assolant and Lefevre started on their trans-Atlantic flight. It proved to be
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    DISASTROUS FLOODS IN MANCHURIA.
    77 11 Nearly A Thousand Lives Lost [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokio. Sept. i. The Governor of North East Korea reports that the worst floods for many years have occurred ia the Tmnen Valley, and have resulted m heavy casualties and great destruction of property. Xo details aie
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    GAOL FOR COMMUNIST LEADER.
    154 11 Helped to Manage Unlawful Societies. Tan Jui $enn:. one of the fourteen mci. named m the C.I. P. list of wanted Communist leaders, was yesterday sentenced to 12 ni<>r.th>" rigorous imprisonment by the District Judge, Mr. IfcFalL Accused was convicted on charges of assisting m the
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    THE PRINCE AT ABERDEEN.
    166 11 Errand Boys' Bodyguard. London. August 28. A wry unconventional bodyguard attended the Prince of Wales during hi? twelve miles motor drive m the streets of Aberdeen, where he arrived to-day from Balmoral Castle after bidding farewell to Hif Majesty the King before starting on his African
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    GERMAN WOMAN SENTENCED FOR ESPIONAGE.
    63 11 Berlin. August 25. Matilda Siebeneck. aged fifty, has been sentenced by the Leipzig Supreme Court to thirty months' imprisonment for espionage on behalf of France during the past five years. She had been engaged during war time m the German Spy Service m Belgium and
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    HELENE ADELE CASE.
    42 11 Police Officers Committed for Trial. London. August 29. Two constables charged with conspiring to bring a false charge against Helene Adele were committed for trial at the Old Bailey. Each was allowed bail of £f>o on his own recognisance.
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    NEW USES FOR TIN.
    94 11 FINANCIAL NEWS URGE RESEARCH. A Producers' Association. [Our Own Correspondent.— Copyright.] London, Sept. 4. Discussing the August statistics for tin the Financial News to-day lays stress on the significance of the increased consumption of the metal, but m an editorial urges that it is time that
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    NO WIDESPREAD CLOSING OF CHINESE MINES.
    168 11 Xormal Output Continues. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. Sept. 4. With a view to learning the truth of the repeated assertions that the low tin price was knocking out Chinese miners a Times of Malaya representative made assiduous enquiries of local miners, but was
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    94 11 Further Decline m Stocks. [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright*] Lor J n. Sept. 4. In repaid to rubber f adin<>. ha: been small and the share ...a. .e^. retained an easy tendency, although values continued to droop owing to the dahftesa of the ooininodity market. Stock movements during
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    PRE-WAR CASE SETTLED.
    240 11 Fifteen Year Old Suit. A case which has been going on before various courts for the last fifteen years waended m the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Priehard. when Mr. J. O I>a\ies, a Penang broker, obtained judgment for $1,000 against Gustav Bant It-. German subject.
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    FAMILY BURNT TO DEATH.
    94 11 Foul Play Suspected. Toronto, Aug. 28. Joseph Klaiman saved the lives of two of his children and lost his own m a fire m a flat early this morning which gutted his rooms. When the firemen entered they found the father badly charred but the two
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    AMERICA'S NEW CRUISERS.
    40 11 Washington, Aug. 29. It is announced that the first two of the eight. United States cruisers exceeding 10,000 tons, at present under construction, will be launched m the spring of 1929 and by commissioned m July, 1929.
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    72 11 There seems to be an epidemic of the offence of criminal breach of trust m Muar, says the Malacca Guardian m a reference to several of these cases. In one of them Hussin bin Abdulla, managing clerk to Mr. Kow Soon Kirn, solicitor of Muar, has, the Malacca paper understands,
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    PREMIER AND MINISTERS.
    721 12 "PLEASE HO HE MORE DISCREET!' nowninjf-st. Watchers. When th« afiinrt met at No. 10, Dowa-injr-street one <l:i. k in nsail week tht- rabject i Sir William .loynson-HUks M indiacreet H 'peech <.n SatViruurdiny:. mack* at Romaey, aim up foT <ii>cussion. 1 hi- Piime Minister made it plain
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    TERRIBLE FLOOD.
    102 12 Hundreds Drowned m Shantung. IVipine:, Aug. 20. Eighteen hundred people havo been drowned and .'JIi.OOO are homeless an<l work 'ess as the result of the floods caused by the Wen nrd Mi riven m the Linchi and Anchiu districts of Shantunjr, according t-i the reports of the Chinese
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    PRIVY COUNCIL DECISION.
    301 12 IRISH LOYALISTS CLAIM COMPENSATION. Death Bed Message. I- a decision of the Judicial Committee, of the Privy Council binding? This was the point raised when the po>ition <>f Irish loyalist Civil Servants who resHrned when they were transferred from the British Civil Service to the Irish Free
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    PRIVY COUNCIL DEVISIONS.
    106 12 PRIVY COU NCI L DEVISIONS. tang discussion followed on the question whether <.»r not a decision of a Judicial Committee of th»- Privy Council was binding and final, and Mr. Dickie asked, "What is the use of the Civil Servants spending i'l.ooo to come before the Privy Council it the
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    BOOTLE AND BIARRITZ.
    245 12 BOOTLE A ND BIARRITZ. A person m Beetle ha> fallen foul of Mr. George Bernard Shaw for saying that DO I one who could live ha Biarritz would ever live m Rootle. Mr. Shaw'tf remark seems to us to have been so obvious a nature that, m these over-subtle 'iay».
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    THE BUTLER-MAJOR.
    174 12 THE BU TLER-MA JOR. (.west Cannot Forutt Army Discipline. London has h butler who is addressed a> "Sir" m the most respectful way by a truest at the house where h? officiates. This la explained very simply by the fact that during the war he was major m the Army
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    EFFICIENCY OF BRITISH ARMOURED FORCES.
    243 13 Manoeuvres m Wiltshire. London. Aug. 2 1st lanks. armoured cars, aeroplanes, artileiy. cavalry and infantry all participated n the army manoeuvres held m Wiltshire oday. the object being- to test the efficiency >l the armoured forces. The latter composed the "Eastland" ar»y. whose advance wa*
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    70 13 DEATH DUTIES TOTAL NEARLY £5,000,000. London. Aug. 21 The death of Mr. William Hod?e Coats, head of the firm of J. and P. Coat.*. Ltd.^ has once again drawn attention to the wealth of the Coats family. It is pointed out that eight (sic) members of the ramily died millionaires,
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    2303 13 DIPLOMAT, ATHLETE AND DETECTIVE. A Multitude of Jobs. Bribe your tailor to build a policeman's uniform for you and then let yourself loose on the first •'beat" you fancy. It eouK! be done, you know. The consequences, if you wen? caught, would save you the cost
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    53 16 The Van Heutsz arrived from China ports yesterday with 1,933 deck passengers. The M.M. mail steamer Chenonceaux is due here from Saigon at 7 a.m. to-morrow and is expected to leave on the same day at 3 p.m. for Colombo, Djibouti, Aden, Port Said and Marseilles. Berth Singapore
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    NEW YORK FREIGHT TARIFF NO. 8.
    20 16 The rubber arbitrary from Kota Tinggi has been fixed at Gs3 per scale ton.
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    LOCAL STEAMER AGROUND.
    86 16 Refloated Without Assistance. The Sri- -Wongsee, which arrived from the Karimons yesterday, went aground off the Karimon Islands at three o'clock m the afternoon of the previous day. She was aground eight hours and succeeded m getting off by her own efforts at 11 p.m. The Meran
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    SHIPBOARD SERVICE.
    223 16 German and French Liners Preferred. A man who has travelled m all parts of the world writes to a home paper thus: As an old traveller on ships of all nations, over many seas. lam disturbed at the threat to British prestige provided by the foreign liners now
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    LIGHT DUES.
    194 16 Charges to be Made on Voyages. The London Gazette contains an Order m Council, which states that under Section I of the Merchant Shipping (Mercantile Marine Fund) Act. 1898. the general lighthouse authorities shall levy light dues with respect to the voyages made by ship or by way
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    THREE MORE N.Y.K. MOTOR LINERS.
    159 16 THREE MORE N. Y.K. MOTOR LINERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. which has three 16,500-ton motor liners on order for its San Francisco service, has contracted for three more motor liners for service to Seattle. Particulars of two which have been ordered from the Yokohama dockyard are as follow: Length 510
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    A 60,000-TON CUNARD LINER.
    51 16 According to an American journal, Sir Percy Bates, vice-chairman of the Cunard Steamship Co., on arrival at New York recently, stated that the Cunard Co. had prepared plans for a vessel of 60,000 tons, and that the contract would probably go to John Brown and Co.,
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    71 16 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight Sept. 3. i Max. shade temp. 84 F Mm. shade temp. 72.5 F Mean shade temp. 77.2 F I Max. sun radiation 134 F < Mm. grass radiation 68.1 F Sea temperature Max. 85 Mm.
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    RENT RESTRICTION.
    1058 17 COLOMBO'S AGITATION FOR NEW ACT. Satisfactory Working m India. Coiusiderablc attention is likely to be focussed on the question of rent restriction m Colombo m the near future. Mr. S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike. to whom the City Council have delegated the task of preparing the data for
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    THE BAN ON TILDEN.
    469 17 THE RIDICULOUS AMATEUR QUESTION. Vincent Richards' Views. What a ridiculous thin* this amateur question is m the game of Lawn Tennis writes Vincent Richards, the American professional tennis champion and former Pavia Cup star m an article for the Free Press. On one side of the
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    TRAIN'S ESCAPE.
    478 17 A star? of how a passenger train mij?ht have been derailed near Seven Trees Bridee, Blackburn, was told at Blackburn Juvenile Police Court m mail week when two twelve-year-old schoolboys wtefre summoned for maliciously placing an iron bar and a number of tins acToss the railway line with
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    LORD DEWAR GOES THROUGHT THE DRILL.
    570 18 LORD DEWAR GOES THROUG HT THE DRILL. Epigrams Lost to the Roadman. Lord Dewai Is one pf the wittiest u;u! n,..si brilliant speakers m th^ country; he is he h.i n ;i p >-i for nin* *m yet it \\a- his nmiden ipeecta he ir.acir m the House oj Lor«:s
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    DODDINGHURST MYSTERY.
    442 18 Search For Missing Rector. andea, Aug. 2ii. The police search at Doddingharst ,u«l to Mr. v7eyntouth, receiving the letter from the missing Hector, which is mtaipveted t;> mean that Mr. Hut■.hinson intended to commit suicide. The latter indicated that he intended to bequeath 11,000 to .'vlr. Weymouth. but
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    WORLD'S SADDEST MONARCH.
    609 18 FIRST INTERVIEW WITH BOY SULTAN. Harem Worries. Dieppe. I have just bowed myself out of the presence of thy unhappiest monarch m the world, and spoken to the most joyless hoy ever known, writes th" Daily Express Special Correspondent. It is a sad tale of th- East,
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    SHOCKING SHANGHAI TRAGEDY.
    323 18 Shanghai. \uq. 1!>. Pttii ->triun> promenading m the Avenui Joffre at daylight this morning WWW ■hocked to discover "n automobile standing Alongside Urn pavement containing the corpses of two Europeans, a man an.! woman. Koth had obviously met with violeui d->;>ih, an<i the police were hurriedly informed.
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    THE JUGGLER WITH ATOMS.
    369 19 Ceasetem Toil of vSir E. Rutherford. For rh. hut t^n yean Sir Ernest Rutherford has been perforating miracles at the Cavendish Laboratory m Cambridge ■ohing the ace-old mysteries ef the atom—-jug-gling, as *.-asiiy mm other men joggle with J)i!!inrd balls, with atoms s o tiny that
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    898 19 FRASE R CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. Buyei* Solur>. Asam Ku»nt)a;iK <t» 45s t>d 46s 6t\ BanKrin Tin 43s 44s Batanj* Padanjr ($1) 4*» 50 iiau< Cavea i.ao i.4o Chemk-nang (i'> 16- 17s Chin Chin ($1) 10 20 num. Eastern 8mm 13s 16s Haad Yui (£> 12s »">d l.is tfd
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 19 bank Hi." 52 Hank iai -33 Private ersdiU m.« 2 i 5-i<s New .York, deflMnd 65 15-16 Credits PO da] 57.^ Tranc, i< n nd 1426 India, T T. M% Hoat Kong, demand to p.t-. Pis. y<>koh;tn>;i. demand rjifi, n Java, demand 139 «4 Bangkok, denia/id B<Hb Bar SjlviT
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    PRODUCE.
    198 19 September 4. Tin U>'> Ton* $195% Oambiej fi% iVpp.-r Whiti 90 Pepper Black 5* Fl;«ki' Tapioa 7% Pear) logo Small 7% Coptr; f) Clopra Sttndried lO.sy Rice Li.mg H'n Char M*r» Re.} Eaele (New) S3O Rice, Sbm old No. I. SSO Rice, Raiiroori Binta;i l'6O Rice, Rantroor. i k
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    49 19 St>pt»-mher ith.. 12 oVloc!. nonr.. t.S.$. *-uu;.: to Standard, Q.C.F. Spol :>t)i t m M i. K.s s on Tendei Sept. 30% Oet Dte. Wht Jan-Mar. M S«4 Pone of Market: Steady quiet. Latest CabU London Spot Sin-i P ■■'■<]. per Ik. New York Holiday.
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    87 19 RUB BER AND TIN RETURNS. Krisi Asiatic. 287,758, Mount Austin (Joioic 220,718. >ar!ov\ and <>.. Kuala Laaipar, Ajit'nt>. Ayer Kur.i::ir (F.M.S.)i 80^00: Badek Stanield Estate), .".!'..■>!•(;; BradwalS P.M.S.), <"(i,7':o: Chersonese (F.M.S.), r4,7<>(>; Dennistown (Krian (I'.M.s.i. [O.:iT"; Highlands and Lowlands Para, 167^00; Kbkbang, 122.C00; Krian, 56,200; Sunfcei K'-ian. 112^00; Sungrei Way
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    95 19 The bci-ii" indu trie* are goiu£ Lo \iu Cogs md the luxury industries are flooririlun^ tmazinjr'iy. Mr. T. Richards. In the last five yeari farmers have paid ibottt 122,0004)00 less than tht-y w..u!<l have lad to pa) it rating had not been m foree.\Tr, Chamberlain. There is going to be
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    251 19 j KOSE MACPHAIL COS KEPORT Sinu.ipon*. Sept. I. kuhber. I on. inn s j )!'.,> v ,l <],n ■r; Local SO. Tin.— London t'2H> 7a Btl 27a t'«i up 1 oca] 106% for 160 tons. Malar*— Steady. Malaya I onaol, ;;> Suntrei 2.90 :'>.(;;>. Kuchai J/;» i.-ii:
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    UNITED AMERICAN PLANTATIONS, INCORP.
    92 19 To Purchase and Amal^amat j EstsUa m Far East. I n;l,)n, Aujt. 21. An >w Pto 1 America indepeod em of foreign supplies, through the par- and amalgamation of exfcting estate m the F«r Ea«t, !>;.> been taken m the ii,corporation of the United American Plant
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    65 19 MA CPH AIL' S SH ARE LI ST Yesterdays Alteration*.. Sopi. .',rh.. Clcsing Price* Kuchai (3) I .:;•.< L.42 1 Kuj ■>})- ,>7 i_> Malayan < 'on 77 1.. J v w»**"K 4.1 1 4. ..'i ex Teluk Kmm i.:; 7' 1.1:; 1 Pengrkalen Ord. <•">?) 7.;: i 7.99 Ratruts
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    BRITISH MALAYAN TRADE.
    66 19 During the month of July, 1928, th< total value of import.-, of iu--i.-lnMi.liM-. excluding parcel post, amounted to $65,127,617 (£7,598,. 222), compared with 575.ii04.77:> (£9,206,--556) during the corresponding month of tht previous year, <>v :i decrease of $18,777,ISS t I'ly.-iT.:;;: i. Export* of merchandise, excluding parcel post,
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    KUCHAI TIN DREDGING CO.
    56 19 We are informed bj the Secretaries of Kuchai Tin Dredging < u\. thai the results of the working of their Bucket Dredge for August were as Follows: Possible running time, 744 hours; time h t, 219 hours 8 mins.; average digging dentil, i;> feet; ore won.
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    105 19 What would (he *mv:il tobaCCO lirni.s be U it wt-if not for thi- energy and initiativeof the small tobacconists Mr Morgan JOBSS, M.l\ Anything thai i>. to brine down the price of power is a direct ttimnlns i<> In dustrial progress. Mr. Harris, M.P. P*op)e are drift i i ir
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      259 19 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INITIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600.000 shares of £5 each £3,900,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, RisJiopsgat«, London, E.C. Aponcies and Branches Alor Star Iloilo Tcngkah Amritaar Ipoii (Bhukft). an Karachi
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      312 19 BANKING. HONGKONG A?W SHANGHAI BANKING IGiU'CKA'iiOiv (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Inid and fully paid up $20,000,000 K«.ser\>- Fund Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 I\->er\fc Liability of Proprietors. $20,000,000 COl RT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. B. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1513 20 Some af the up-country Ru^by sides have parted their practice panic? m preparation for the forthcoming season, which so far as present indicatiens go, promises to be one of considerable interest. True, the Duke's will have left us before the season is m full swine but their successors,
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    93 20 THE CHAMPIONS PAIL AT SHEFFIELD. Wolves Trounce Lions. [Reuter's Service.] london, Sept. 3. Results of League matches played to-day were as follow: DIVISION I. Blackpool 2, Huddersfield 1. Burnley 3, West Ham 3. Sheffield Wed.. l. Evert on 0. DIVISION 11. j Bla kpool 2, Swansea 2. HUlwall
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    INTER-STATE FOOTBALL.
    124 20 Selangor XI to Meet Singapore. Although it is anticipated that there will re no changes m the team which will represent Singapore against* Selangor on the Stadium on Saturday, m the friendly replay of the drawn Malaya Cup match, the selection committee is meeting to-morrow finally to decide
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    TANGLIN CLUB AMERICAN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    36 20 Members are asked to note that owing to the original date coineidine with the Cricket Club Sports the tournament has been postponed to the following w.-ek end. September i!:«th. and 30th.
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 2.
    103 20 Ten Correct Results Win Apain Considering the difficult nature of the task we set our readers m our second football competition last week. <tive of the mlatttid matches being drawn*, the winner. L-Cpl. G. Peaihey, Royal Engineers. Pulau Brani. did exceptionally well to forecast ten of
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    208 20 THE CRICKET CLUB TOURNAMENT. Yesterday's Results. I Results of yesterday's ties were as folA. Singles. R. B. Gotch owe 15 vs. G. F. Miirphy owe 3 postponed. E. J. Cassels plus 15 beat J. S. Nathan owe 2 6 o, B—6.8 6. R. H. Wild plus 15 beat
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    WEDNESDAY'S TIES.
    221 20 C. Doubles. P. H. Romney ami R. Pearce owe S vs. S, P. Morton and G. C. Alien owe 2. G. Goldsack and G. S. T. McHutchin owe 4 vs. \V. H. Goldfield and X. Grice owe 4. J. F. A. Swallow and P. S. Makin owe 15
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    HOME CRICKET.
    147 20 England XI Defeats West Indies. Renter's Service.] London. Sept. 4. At Folkestone to-day an England XI defeated the West Indies by four wickets. West Indies 212 and 271. England XI 198 and 288 for F. E. Woolley Kored 151 m the England Xls second innings. County results were
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    INTERNATIONAL LAWN TENNIS.
    94 20 America Defeat Britain. [Re liter's Service.] Forest Hills, Sept. 4. The Anglo-American lawn tennis contest here was won by the United States by i matches to 3. In the singles, Wilmer Allison beat HiggJ 6 2 > 6— l*. John Van Ryn beat H. W Austin 6—o,
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    SINGAPORE LEAGUE POSITIONS.
    112 20 Two matches m which the Duke's are engaged— against Pulau Brani on Friday and against the Chinese on Monday, are the only games to be played to bring Division I of the Singapore League to a cor.--elusion. Present positions are: P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts.
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    A CRICKET FARCE.
    444 20 FORCING A TEAM TO WIN. Eight Wides m an Over. The Staffordshire view of an extraordinary minor counties* cricket championship match at Leicester, when Leicester 2nd XI. forced their opponents to win on their first innings by bowling wides" and piling up extras, was given by Mr.
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    SINGAPORE SWIMMERS IN JAVA.
    312 20 The team of Singapoie ninmii which Mr. D. Iken took ftCTOM to Ja.a recently did very well considering the conditions One 01 the most serious handicaps was thai ail the swimming was done m fresh water, whereas the Singapore men have aiways been used to salt
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    CRICKET.
    183 20 Stack's XI vs. Pulaa Brani. Played on Sunday at Pulau Brani between Mr. Stack's XI and the R.E. Mr. Stack'XI won by six runs. Scores: R.E.— Jenkins c B. R. Singh b Shah li. Gratrix c Baskaran b Smith 6, Leveridge run out 11, Kimm h Shah 1, Vaizey
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