The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 September 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 TENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1928. NO. 12,507
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    258 1 At its meeting on Monday the committee of the Straits Settlements Association passed resolutions with regard to the military contribution, social hygiene, and dealt with various other matters Page 9At the League Assembly the Dutch delegate paid a tribute to France and England m connection with their
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    SINGAPORE VS. GOLDERS GREEN.
    994 1 A bishop not very long ago somewhat staggered his more insular laymen m England by remarking that when he revisited Nigeria after a lapse of years he found the place as modern and up to date as Golders Green. And so without giving offence to anyone
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      237 1 r WING LOONG. 1 H X KECOG VISED lIOLSE J for E l nI'KAN TVOPICAL SUITS. l' 32. HIGH STREET. Raffles Hotel) Rooms with Modern Sanitation. TEA DINER I DANCES GRILL ROOM DANSANT I J^^ V Unrivalled m the East. EVERY WBDNESDAT TUESDAY nMIxY MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA ™ay -Silt" M.-tiuirf'ii
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      94 1 «KMM TYPCMWn^I^H 9^^^*^ HARM. TYPEWRITERS FOR PARTICULARS AND DEMONSTRATIONS R°NL° w (Incorporated m England) 11, COLLYER QUAY, Stngdpore Kuala Lumpur. I EUROPE HOTEL) i "Renowned by Recommendation." I TO-NIGHT.— AFTER DINNER DANCE Si S I Saturday, September Bth. (SPECIAL RACE DINNER I I i!.\ mmgi AND DANCE. I I Saturday,
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      106 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. What does Tut mean Page 2. Hotel announcements Page 1. Theatre and cinema attractions Page 2. Distinctive bedroom furniture from Little's-— Page 5. Auction sale of bungalow sites by Ching Keng Lee Page 5. Notices by Chief Police Officer, Naval Base. Singapore Municipality Page 7. Winning machines at
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      15 1 WING LOONG. i FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. < 32, HIGH STREET.
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      221 1 THE WEEK. Thm xr ay, tif/i. High Water, 2.15 a.m.. 9.1, 2.li p. 8.9. Malacca: H. W. 11. 2« a.m. 6.3., 11.30 p.m. 5.4. M.M. Homeward mail clones 1 p.m. P. and O. Homeward mail closes. Friday. Ith. High Water, 3.14 a.m. 8 2., 2.51 p.m. 8.6. Malacca: H. W.
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    458 2 Singapore, September 1. The priegi quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At ,the •ther market* there may be small varia- MEAT. heel sU-ak Kound) Kati .*>o Beef stew or curr do 45 Pork, lean do <'* Pork, lean and fat (lot quality) do 56
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    "HORRIBLE BEYOND DESCRIPTION."
    191 2 Sir I. Thompson's Opinion of Delhi Slums. Simla. Auk. 21th. Uli, An*. Ct -Sir John ThomrUoji, the newly-appointed Chief Commissioner, replying to a t< ast at a public dinner a, Makfen'i Hotel, said that he looked forward to the creation of a distinctive Delhi vulture and Delhi
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    16 2 »h An r!£5??! fo ™>«ly Principal of 1^ hmese Girls' School. Ipoh, has <»in> School, Pt-nan^r.
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      356 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. COMING "SOON ALHAMBRA j V I I i Hf a —^J^^J? tßtUg i •g A fft^rinatine romance of thwart«?<i :g hate, satisfied wnpeance. racial m-
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      366 2 k VICTOR I A THEATRE (0) COMMENCING AT 9.30 NIGHTLY MATINEE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth. BEAU GESTE A PARAMOUNT PICTURE Hooking at Little's. Prices $3. $2. $1 and 50 cents. 29th, for Seven Nights lUai's Hawaiian Troubadours Booking at Little's from September 21st. Prices: $3, $2, and $1. PAVILION From Tuesday,
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      253 2 ALHAMBRA 7 (Tan Chenjr Kee and Co. Ltd., Proprietor., Programme Commencing Sept. 6th. at 9 THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWs FIRST NATIONAL BRITISH PICTI'RKS PREBKM WARE CASE Most thrilling mystery story ever screened Featuring STEWART ROME At the first show at 7..J0 n. m F. 0.8. PMents: YAKIMA CANUTT The Human
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    THE ILLS WE HAVE LOST—AND GAINED.
    1025 3 THE ILLS WE HAVE LOST— AND GAINED. The Story of Disease. ihe story of djeeaee unt'oriumiU'l.v is serial cvim to \>v continued m our next. Bui th< diuiua ct Jt i-hanges Jjrintf the tOWowfes. The iJLx to which flesh is heir m our lime, must Ix- very Wiffere.it from those
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      297 3 •l*^i*J£*f&»@[^^ CALL AND SEJB j§ The "Vanity Kodak" i I They are an utterly new version of the "Kodak," having that subtle virtue of being m the latest mode and at the same jf time being distinctly individual. I ;In five fashionable colours with case to match. f KODAK LIMITED.
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      324 3 SPECIAL VARNSSH lOR FLOORS I A Hard-drying, Brilliant, Durable Varnish I I I especially manufactured for application on 1 I Floors, Stairways and other surfaces expo- H sed to hard wear and tear. Application varies jj (i with the finish desired, whether stained, or I I natural, and with the
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    CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA.
    249 4 THE MENIN ROAD— The abow pi ture shows crowd of the British Lepion Pilgrim*, some of the ele thousand who weni I France on il^rimage to the scenes of the terrible wai daya looking up the M R >&d wrarda "hel fin con <n: HVBERT WA
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    340 5 AN APPEAL FOR THE CHOON Gl AN SCHOOL FIND. To the Editor. Dear Sir, This School (which is connected with the Knglish Presbyterian Mission* has. since its inception about five years ago, been doing uphill work m providing education for the children resident m the Joo
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    A GERMAN PRESS REVOLUTION.
    400 5 The New "Berliner Tageblatt." Berlin. July 25. A minor revolution m the newspaper world has taken place m Germany. The first German newspaper to adopt Latin script instead of Gothic lettering is the Berliner Tageblatt. whose importance is such that any experiment undertaken by its editors
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    FATTEST MAN DEAD.
    91 5 Mr. Emory Titman, America's faitest man, who weighed 38 stones 13 pounds, has just died, 14 years after the date fixed b> his doctors for his death, says a British United Press message from Atlantic City. It was m 1913 that the doctors told Mr. Titman that
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    HYDE WINS PENANG LAWN TENNIS TITLE.
    92 5 The unfinished final m the Penan* Liwn Tennis Championships between G. A. M. Hyde and T. Arimura was completed on Tuesday. Hyde winning the final set 6 2. On the previous day two sets and five Kami's had been played. Arimura won zhe first
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    BABY'S EYES.
    100 5 One Blue, One Brown: The Lecturer Doesn't Know Why. Mr. D. Ward Cutler, m a lecture at the Summer School of the British Social Hygiene Council at Cambridge said that when a brown-eyed person married someone with blue eyes, provided the brown eyes were pure, the children would
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    SON DIES TRYING TO SAVE HIS MOTHER.
    135 5 Midnight Tragedy of the Thames. While a woman of 72 was being rescued from the Thames at Chertsey at midnight, her son was drowning a few yards away. He was Andrew Evans, aged 27, living at Dumpsey Eyot. He went on the river
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    BLOOMSBURY BOARDING-HOUSE TRAGEDY.
    94 5 Suicide Verdict at Inquest. London, Aug. 23. At the resumed inquest on the death of Sanyal and Rose Lewis a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned m both cases. Sanyal's letters showed that he was depressed owing to his failure to secure an appointment
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    45 5 All those going into Muar. for the* past few weeks, on arriving at the Muar boundary, if not recently vaccinated have to be vaccinated. Our representative who made inquiries was told that there was a case of smallpox within the boundary at Pekoh. Malacca Guardian.
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    Y.M.C.A. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.
    94 5 Results of L.C.C. April Eviminations. Senior. Book-keeping.— Lee Peek Leng, Lim Kirn Chye, Mohamed Azmatullah. Ong Cheong Tin, Sinnathamby Govindasamy, M. A. Tobin, Wee Cheong Yew. Shorthand.— N. Vydynatha Iyer (120 words). Typewriting.— Lee Thian Sack, Tan Chiap Hee, (Distinction). Casting, Foreign Exchanges, Commerce and Finance.
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    66 5 The new building of the Muar courts, for which Messrs. Gammon are the contractors, which building stands m front of the Government buildings, makes a fine addition to the town of Muar. It is nearing completion and will be ready m about 2 months' time. When this building has been
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      442 5 THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN HIGH CLASS JEWELLERY RIV.S, BROOCHES, PENDENTS, BRACELETS, WATCHER SET WITH DIAMONDS 001 V CIGARETTE AND VANITY CASES, SILVER CIGARETTE CASES AND BOXES, etc. THE MOST IMPORTANT STOCK OF WATCHES and CHRONOMETERS Mor» then 1,000 different patterns: MOV ADO LEVRETTE TING UJ4Triir v, IYMA EBEL TIEMPO S
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      171 5 DISTINCTIVE BEDROOM FURNITURE I 1 CONSTANT QUALITY-ECONOMICAL PRICES-LARGE STOCKS TO CHOOSE FROM I Suite Price $235.00 nett.r > P~-__ a ft. Almeirah. fitted Oval r\ rs I^^T or. Mirror $110.00 „r» Ji 3 ft. 6 m. Dressing Table k* ]J < to match 63.50 t I JLrf-'r' ft 6 in
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    A WILD CAT SCENE.
    454 6 Harry Lauder m Yellow Nightshirt. London, July 27. A hiariltd cats yesterday sought film fame or. rather, their owners sought it lor then at the Stoll Studios, CrickJewood. They were asked for by Sir Harry Lander to take part m his film "Auld Lang Syne." By
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    HUNGARY "PEACE VILLAGE."
    260 6 Huilt by the World. Budapest, .|ul> 2.'». Thi whole v.<r!d has assisted m the erection of the vUlatre of Fot-Tjfalu. m tat neighbourhood of Budapest, which sprang from childhood love of the Counteai l.aszlo Karolyi let bricks and >>uildinp. After the, war Counteai Karolyi conceived the idea
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    JOUSTING IN ARMOUR.
    174 6 the meat tournament held recently at Carcassonne has raised a good hare for thsocial bistort** of the Middle Ages to pursue. One of the chief preoccupation* 6f the combatants was the task of devis■ng ways of tilting m armour without being braised black and blue, to say
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    54 6 At the London Chamber ,»f Commerce Examination held m May the following eight candidates out of an entry of nine were successful: Book-Keeping 100 per cent Typewriting 88 per cent.:— Ang Ou Bee, Chia Yong Long. Miss Chiy<, Xishida, Visa Toshiko Nishida, John Chua, P. R. Govindasnmy Ismail b Kadir.
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    SCHUBERT IN MINIATURE.
    318 6 Great -Great -Nephew **On Show." Vienna, July 25. The Schubert "boom" is stiJl at its height. The city is flooded with Schubert photographs and pictures, Schubert stockings. Schubert soap, Schubert shoeblack, Schubert stamps, Schubert spectacles, Schubert schillings, and so on, and scarcely a shop, including even the
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    MODERNISING OBERAMMERGAU.
    251 6 Prepa rat ions for the 19'W Play. Kerlin. Juh 25. Oberamasergao, probably the most-writ-ten-of place «>f it> size m German v. is once more very much to the fore. Report.- of floods which damaged the lower portions of the village were fortunately exaggerated, hut report.- of the "Modernisation*'
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    THE POPE'S INJURY.
    104 6 \n»eri<;tn Pilgrims Received Knme. Jul> Hi. '->n Sunday the Pope was returning from h^ usual moto- drive throuirh the Vatican uaMienv whe^. ir. alighting fioni the car m the courtyard < f San Tomaso, he sli^htlv twisted his ri^rht ankle. The accident caused hi> Holiness only momentary
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    FATHER AND SON.
    103 6 I). H. Jai (line's father, whose initial is M.. ia still putting up some some fine perform •nee* m good-daea cricket. Recent!? against Woking he scored 58 without giving a chance, and then, like his son m the Te.-t match, was iun out. He i< m excellent
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    SIR FIELDING CLARKE.
    80 6 Death if Former Thief Justice of Jamaira Sir Fielding Clarke died at Coppied Hall Mifford. Mir Gray*. Essex, aged 77 m mail week. He was Attorney-General of Fiji from 1881 to 188.",, acting as Chief Justice and Chiei Judicial Commander lor the Western Wife from 1882 to
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    LEAGUE DEAD-END.
    263 7 NO SPEAKERS ON SECRETARY'S REPORT. Unusual Situation. [Renter's Service. 1 Geneva, Sept. 4. An unprecedented dead-end was reached m the League Assembly, the Chairman anj nouncing that nobody had put down their names to speak on the Secretary General's annual report. The Chairman threw the meeting open to
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    MODERN AFGHAN.
    232 7 Rapidly Adopting Western Methods. [Reuter'< Service.] Moscow, Sept. >». Tiic mode rnis«it ion of Afghanistan i~ proceeding apace, according t<> a tesaffram fmaa Cabal stating that Jirga, the AllAfghan People's Assembly, has decided to establish a People's Council, Insed on direct elections, instead of tho existing State Council.
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    BULGARIAN CABINET RESIGNS
    115 7 V5.0Q0.000 Loan from the League [Reuter's Service..] London, Sept. While a Geneva telegram reports thai Ihe Financial Commission of the League of Nation^ has decided to grant Rulgmia a man of t'.">,000,000 for her financial restoration, a Sotia teiegram announces the resignation of the Bulgarian Cabinet, and
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    COTTON SPINNERS' REDUCED CAPITAL.
    39 7 I f Renter's Service.] London. Sept. 4. Drastic 1 eduction m capital, from C 7,000,000 to approximately £4.000,000, was .'onfirmed m the Manchester Chancery Court m the case of Messrs. CftNti Winkworth -otton-spinners, of Bolton.
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    DEATH OF CELEBRATED U.S. COMPOSER.
    36 7 [Reuter's Service.] Denver, Sept. i. Tho deuih has occurred of the nonagenarian, James Madison Tracy, one of th< most celebrated composers m the Unite< State?, who was a pupil of Liszt.
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    BRITISH AVIATION.
    362 7 BID FOR NEW SPEED RECORD. Preparations Nearly Complete. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Sept. 4. The preparations for the British attempt to beat the world's air speed record of 318 miles an hour set up by the Italian Major de Bernard i are nearly complete. The attempt will
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    NEW U.S. BANKING CORPORATION.
    126 7 Commercial Magnates as Directors. [KcVter*! Service.; New York, Sept. 4. The formation is announced of a new financial organisation to engage m general banking, entitled the Commercial National Bank and Trust Company, with a capital of $J4,O(MU.On. The President is Mr. Herbelt Howell. a well-known banker,
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    T.U.C. FIGHTING "RED" LABOUR ELEMENT.
    89 7 T.U. C. FIGHTING "RED" LABOUR ELEMENT. [lleuterV Service.] London. Sept. 1. Ttfca problem of excluding Rt*<is and alirA« \i\y: all other worker. ..as keenly d*> j '.<■'! ai the Tra<!»- T'niim Coisjrjvni rit BwaaaM, wrhieh passecl a resolution instructing the CoWaril to take step.- p-jru the moiaaMiil af tho Omiwiinul
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    LIGHT SENTENCE FOR FLORENCE KNAPP.
    67 7 End of T.S. Census Case. (Reuter's Service.] Albany, Sept. 4. Florence Knapp has been sentenced to .M" days' penitentiary. A message dtited May 27 stated: Florence Knapp has been found guilty u f larwny <>f thf rirsl degree of State. Census funds. Sentence has been
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    OCEAN FLYERS LANDED.
    36 7 fßeuter's Service.] Casihlanca, Sept. 4. Bergaaat Assolant and F.cfevre, who yestorday left Le Bourpet on an ocean flight, the exact destination of which was uncertain, havo landed hvre owiny: to loakape of furl.
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    MR. KELLOGG HOMEWARD BOUND.
    29 7 [Reuter's Service.] Cherbourg, Sept. 5. Mr. KellotfK left for New York aboard the Leviathan, on which the airman, Mr Chark-s Lovine. is also a passenfrer.
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    DEATH OF EX-CHINESE CUSTOMS OFFICIAL.
    25 7 [Router's Service.] Copenhagen, Sept. 5. The death has occurred of M. Frederick Misen, ex-General Secretary of the Chine»€ Customs Administration.
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      750 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Maftioa is hereby »dven that All Roads withii the Government House Domain will be closet to the public from 1 p.m. to 9 p m „n eac» of the following days: Vi/.. Bth. 11th, IMb and 15th September 1928 A. ROGERS, A.M.1.C.E., Senior Exeetttlvc Engineer, Singapore ORDINANCE NO.
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      738 7 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Tenders are invited for the initial of windows t«> Oaraaja, Mackenzie Road, and will be received by the undersigned up to noon on Wednesday, September 12th. Plans, specification and form of tender* may be obtained from the Municipal Architect on production of a receipt for $f,o,
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      ANNOUNCEMENT.
      60 8 The ■Bgajwtal has beer, announced und the marrHlflC will take place on October 7th, I^2B. m £in>rap<>re, of Mr. Lee Bag Choor.. elde.-t >->r of the late Mr Lee ClMOng Vii. and Mr-. Lee CktOM Tin, of US Tfanqu*ra|l R.»ad. Malacca, and Him Ho P<>h Neo, only daughter of
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1928. THE RHINELAND EVACUATION
    630 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1928. THE RHINELAND EVACUATION It was inevitable that the signing of the Kellogg Pact m Paris at the end of last month should have been made the occasion m Germany to call attention to the occupation of the Rhineland, and its incongruity with the
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    457 8 The Hon'ble Mr. H. T. Jones will be leav ng (or Home next week on a brief visit. It is understood that Mr. J. S. W. Arthur Acting District Judge. Penang. will be pro ceeding home on leave early next year. The General Officer Commanding Troops. Malaya. Sir Van Straubenzee.
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    82 8 MALAY KRANI'S SERIOUS POSITION. Sequel to Domestic Quarrel. [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 5. At the Selangor Assizes a Malay krani named Syed Ali bin Syed Ismail, was iharged with the murder of Kamaehi, a dhobie, on May 10. It was related how the accused, hearing
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    TREASURER'S ALLEGED BREACH OF TRUST.
    94 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. .">. K. Shaik Mohamed Malim. a Kling. was charged m Penang Police Court to-day with criminal breach of trust m respect of $4.04*>. the property of the Muslim Mahajana Sabha. It was stated that the money was handed to
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    THE PROPOSED RAIL WORKERS' UNION.
    84 8 [From Our Own Correspondent. l Kuala Lumpur. Sept. .">. It now appears that the railway central workshops' artisans did hold a business meeting on Sunday for the purpose of appointing office bearers for the proposed Railway Workmen's Union and to appoint a subcommittee to frame
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    JUDGE STOPS A CASE.
    73 8 [Fnmi Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur. Sept. .*>. At the Selangor Assizes, a case m which Loke Chow was charged with being m possession of a document likely to cause acts of violence, was stopped by the Judge, who saia that m view of the gravity
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    356 8 H. E. Phya Pradibaddha Bhubal. Siamese Consul-General and Lady Pradibbha returned here yesterday by the Kedah from Bangkok via Penang. The Rev. G. F. Pykett. former Headniascer of the Penang Anglo-Chinese School, and Mrs. Pykett, who went Home last year on furlough, will arrive back m Penang on Thursday. A
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    INDIAN WOMEN AND THE FRANCHISE.
    98 8 Mrs. Mama Devi's Views for Simon Commission. Calcutta, August 25. Indian women are not yet prepared along the lines of franchise based on Western representative institutions is the view expressed by Mrs. Maya Dcvi m a memorandum submitted to the Simon Commission on behalf of
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    152 8 PQNTUN KKKhii. To the Editor. Sir.-I notice that nn v "'••iiiory, «fafi K un. [$200, tional c-ost due to alteration arrangements has led to mi un JZ That n*ure refer, to n due to expansion of the M -h, by Mr. Murnane. The figures (quote,! 1a,,.,
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    CHINA'S REHABILITATION.
    88 8 CHINA'S REHABILI TATION. Delegation to Strain SttUuMtfi A MHim from the ban R« Aerency itates: A ck'lepratr ha> re< entlj been mm the Commissioner of t to tour Siam. Java ftiul Straits ments for tfec ipecial purpose the ov.-r.-cas Chinese who contributed ly to rehabiUutc the BMten Krr ha<l been
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    41 8 COMMODIT Y MARKET. LATEST RllilfKß AMI TIN PRICES. (From Our Own ConwpMrfnl London. Sept. .">. I p.m. Messrs. Symington ami S i notify to-day's rubber or I B'>,d. perlb. MctSTS. Lewis, Lazarus and notify to-day's tin price£2lo 11 H>— £208 10 16.
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    CHANDU SEIZURE SEQUEL.
    148 8 Chinese Fined $.">OO. The qml to leisure of lit, of n«in-(i«»vernment dUMdu an<l odium board the Seistafl when the I China recently. MM beftri before tkc I trict J«df9, .Air. M. Fall yesterday vh Chinese were rhrjed One <»f tb> was <lischarKe«i hut tht- other wa and
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    THE RAUB FIRE.
    58 8 The i«»cal kecreUnei o\ ralian Gold Minim Company. Ltd us that the folloumu trirtn.m: I received from the General H*t»i* T Mine at Ruuh with reference to the d tion of Bukit Konutn VilUiw by Kiet report abstraction oi >lll Village by tire yestt-nla> of* hu»dw and
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    POLICE BAND PERFORMANCE KATONG PARK.
    42 8 POLICE BAND PERFORMAN CE KATONG PARK. The Bund »f the S.&F following programme. at Katonir Park -n Friday. SeP* commercing at 5.15 ('.'>:. Peers from "feluthe/ SulliWJ "Tancredi." Rossmi; Cornet ade." Schubert; Ballet, "El >jini; SeUvtion of Btep! Pi v arranged by Hunu-.
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    THE LEAGUE ASSEMBLY.
    96 9 DUTCH VIEW OF NAVAL AGREEMENT. In rest m Europe. i ßeuters Service. J CO— ta, September .'< m tne Assembly on the League daring the past year Wang Km^ Ky (China) expressed the return of Spain to the mphaMsed China's ardent de- .-..-operation with the League. nd,
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    PERSIA'S CLAIM TO NON-PERMANENT SEAT.
    38 9 Service.] dene\a. Later. for non-permanent seat made by the Persian delemenl :nphasising Persia's :i< evidenced by the trial questions, notably m. and declaring that the claim would haw an on Persia and Mohani•;illy.
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    CANADIAN PLYING ACCIDENT.
    39 9 Mr M;u(;illum Scott's Body Recovered. (Router's Service.] Vancouver, Septeml>er .">. recovered the body of Scott. >'..! < alluni Scott were pasplane flying from Victoria. '^iih fell int<> puget Bound. >tt'« body araa found a [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    TIENTSIN AFFRAY.
    83 9 uatricM and Wife Injured by I rench Soldiers. Tientsin. Au K M. occurred early this X «>sling and Bad: fo nei German < !onces- two French <»'dier. American reaident who ged behaviour on the towardi his wife. thai upon leaving the the American wa.« ■tabbed m <hot m
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    MADRAS REVOKE BOYCOTT OF SIMON COMMISSION.
    65 9 fßeuter's Service. 1 Madras. Sept. L I ilatnre has reversed its monthl ago. to boycott Commission, by a resolution m l I fismtWe Committee with the c., mm ission and deolutely the same status and mittee as for the Comi the examination of documents
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    MORE ADHERENTS TO THE PACT.
    42 9 M ORE ADHERENTS TO THE PACT. I iter f a Service.] 1 Washington. Sept. I 1 t« <* Egypt, Abyssinia. 1 eden and Venezuela informed 1 Government to-day that I adhere to the Keilejrtf 1 Nofia. Sept. .">. I has decided to adhere to
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    ELEVEN DEAD IN KHARAGPUR RIOTS.
    35 9 ELEV EN DEAD IN KHARAGPUR RIOTS. I Calcutta. Sept. hat 11 were killed and Kharagpur communal accounted for one be- ired <nul furthermore. were found murdered w raided, while another "r,. found to-day, apparently iht
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    ANOTEHR AIR FATALITY.
    55 9 AN O TEHR AIR FATALITY. I »>ead m I.S. Crash. I 8U Lake ity. Sept. 1 eluding a woman and two 1 "<'i Icilkd m the crash- 1 1 "car P.uatello. Idaho 1 Salt Lake City. Later. 1 I now put at seven. The I ""-ut t,, Una when she
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    CENSURE OF A QUEEN.
    65 9 OLYMPIC GAMgS ON THE SABBATH. Church's Action. [Reuters Service.] Amsterdam. Sept. .">. Ihe statement that the Amsterdam Retormed Church has censured '4ueen Wilhelmiaa for sympathising with the Olympic Sanies desecrating the Lord's Day by awarding prizes on a Sunday is exaggerated. Only one district of the
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    COMMUNISM IN INDIA.
    91 9 Roys Denial. [Renter's Service.] London, September .">. The Indian < ommunist. Roy. has inform- 1 the London branch of trie Indian National Co«*r««a that he did not write the lettoi which the Indian Government published recently. An earlier message stated: The (iovernment of India publisher the test
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    AMERICANS ASSAULTED AT NANKING.
    240 9 Foreign Minister's Apologies. Nanking. Aug. IS, About 4"'> people crowded into the city i Nanking) t.>-day m opposition to the ineroaae otf the Salt Tax. Six Americans who wrote ont n photograph the scene incurred the di> plea sun of the crowd and had a «rord>'
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    MUST BOB THEIR HAIR.
    110 9 Peipinjf's New Order to Young Women. Peiping. Aug. 21. The Municipal Bureau of Public Safety decreed to-day that Peiping women under the age of 30 must bob their hair or pay •a degeneracy tax. The order, effective September 1. is meant to discourage the old Mrnchu
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    RUSSIAN'S DEATH.
    105 9 Gives Rise to Sensational Rumours At Harbin. Peiping, Aug. 28. M. Lassevitch. the Soviet Vice-President of the Chinese Eastern Railway, died at Harbin on August 28, it is officially stated, from quinsy; but many sensational rumours are being circulated at Harbin, one being that he committed suicide by
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    "SIAMESE TWINS."
    78 9 Dangerous Operation to be Undertaken. New York. Aug. 11. The seventeen-year-old American SiaMit'se twins. Mary and Margaret, are now m the local hospital preparing for an operation to separate the band of cartilage uniting them at the base of the spine. Margaret wants to marry, hence the decision
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    S.S. ASSOCIATION.
    832 9 THE COLONYS MILITARY CONTRIBUTION. Social Hygiene Policy. The following are the minutes of a Committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association held m the Singa pore Exchange. Beam on Monday, Septen.ber 3rd. Present:— Mr. R. M. Williams (President*. Mr. I). Santry CVice-Presidert >, Hon'ble Iffr. A. P.
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    PRINCE CHICHIBU'S WEDDING.
    23 9 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio. Sept. 4. The wedding ceremony of Prince Chichibu is expected to be held on FridaySept. 28th.
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    THE ST. LEGER.
    116 9 FAIRWAY LEADS LATEST BETTING. Felstead Scratched. (Our Own Correspondent Copyright.) London, Sept. 5. The St. Leger Stakes will be run at Doncaster on Wednesday, September 12. The latest betting is as fallows:— Lord Derby's Fairway 5 2. Mr. J. Courtauld's Cyclonic 7 2. Sir L. Phillips' Flamingo
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    BANDITS RELEASE PRIEST.
    170 9 Father Froewis Set Free after Shocking Treatment. A prisoner m bandit hands for twenty days. Father Froewis, an aged priest attached to the Milan Mission, has been released. The news is the more welcome since rumours hail reached Hankow statin^ that Father Froewis. who is 70 years
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    COMMANDER DYOTT'S S.O.S.
    125 9 Radio Message Received At Para. I.onJon. Aug. 22. K:o De Janeiro.— A radio station on tht Para frontier has received urgent signals for help from Commander Dyott. apparently from the same spot where Colonel Fawcett was murdered. [An earlier message stated: Ri>> do Janeiro. Augusi 'Jl<t. A
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    SYDNEY-NEW ZEALAND AIR SERVICE.
    94 9 Dornier-Wal Flying Boat Co.\s Proposals. London. Aug. 24. Sydney. —The civil aviation authorities here have received a proposal for a regular air service between Sydney and New Zealand, a distance of about 1.200 miles, from the representative of the Dornier-Wal Flying Boat Company, which is a
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    GUILLOTINE BROUGHT OUT IN MOROCCO.
    87 9 Two Natives Publicly Executed. Casablanca. August 24. For the first time m the history of Morocco two natives condemned for murder were publicly guillotined. Huge crow Is waited throughout the night for the execution, which was to take place at dawn. The condemned persons were
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    100 9 RUBBER QUOTATION. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] 1 okio. Sept. 4. Rubber f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at 41^ sen (middle price). RICE QUOTATIONS. The continuous rising m the rice quotations has caused the suspension of the market. Even middlings were quoted at over Y37 per koku. MINSEITO INCIDENT
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    55 9 Captain Rhys Williams, of Dmas Powis. Cardiff, has been appointed Pilot of Penang. He is the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Williams, Dmas Powis, and served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Evan Thomjaa. Radcliffe and Company, Cardiff, afterwards entering the service of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, three of whose
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      178 9 IFOR SALE PERIOD ONLY i II Mosquito Curtains I I Our Standard Quality but at Specially ij Reduced Prices i; j Made from superior English Net, free from filling, with full over- 5 lapping door, gathered at corners to allow for shrinkage Top J and bottom hem of strong English
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      720 10 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES ■ZPREBS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Twire Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) o I Due Spore Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. t AENEAS For
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      540 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) "ELLERMAr LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN Due Spore. 1928. U. CITY OF GLASGOW Sept 19 ».s CITY OF KHIOS Sent' "M ■A CITY
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      421 10 British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES, PENINSULAR ANCT ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S (iOVFRVMFv! LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVH X OUTWARDS FROM LONDON IPOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnare Spore. Tonnag, <ftf>n MOREA 11.000 Sept. 8 KALVAN 9 ion
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      515 11 O. S. K. Line. Steamer*. ArrU |.c. Te Rotterdum, Hamhurjf. Bremen, Antwerp via Colombo, I* in<i Port Sai<l AaiMi Man Bapcn s, T t. 24 Kl./ulxth. Cape Town Xi Montevideo and World paaaaa* IlM.] i- Hawaii Mara Ort <>„ Zansihar, ITar rs flalaaai. ct Oel m Marqopi :in<l Durban t
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      505 11 TiMm^CaMFOKT "PRESIDENT* 1 k LINERS ~^i^*^^HPDollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each atria* an electric leading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water. The
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    137 12 Hong Kong Observatory reported a typhoon at 2.35 p.m. yesterday within sixty miles of lat. 22 deg. N., long. 122 deg. E.. travelling north west, intensity unknown. The four 16-knot Prince liners now being built on the Clyde are for service between North and South America, and will
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    WEEK-END CARGOES.
    29 12 63 bullocke and 122 pigs by the Katong from Bangkok. Rice by the Halvdan from Bangkok. 299 bullocks and 1,310 pigs by the Barentsz from Tomimi Bay.
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    H.M.M.S. MEDWAY.
    120 12 The first large British war vessel, apart from submarines, to be equipped with oil engines, has been launched. She is the submarine mother ship Medway, now being built at Vickers yard. She will act as a depot and repair ship for submarine flotillas, and has accommodation for her
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    PASSENGERS LEAVING.
    482 12 Per P. and O. Naldera to-day. Mr. J. S. Radford. Mr. L. 4\.osloff. Mr. S. Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. J. McQueen. Lieut. C.C. L. E. Grant, Lieut. R. C. D. Grimes. Captain J. G. Johnston, F. Lieut. H. Brookman. Lieut. F. L- Fasson, Mrs. L. Forbes and two
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      544 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-kcown steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The e.s. MARELLA is one of the largsst and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins da
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      220 12 s.s. CARMARTHENSHIRE. Carjro Arriving by m.v. (ilenapp. Due Sept. sth.. IML Consigness of eariro ex the s.s-. CARMARTHENSHIRE from Europe are notified that m consequence of a tire on board a General Averajr* has been declared, and a contribution of 50 cent, of the nett arrived market selling value of
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      516 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc.. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S. A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO /BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ANn BALTIMORE M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Sept. 8 M.S. SILVERASH due Oct. 3 1| M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Oct. 27 n> I PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICR SINGAPORE TO SAN
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      153 12 SAIGON. REGULAR FORTNH.HTI.Y KKKIGHT SKKVK X MAIL AM) IWSSKM.KK HBfKI SOCIETE MARITIMK INIMM HINOISE. I*u«- S«iiiif G.G. ROUMK Sept IS G.G. ROIMK t G.G. ROUMK Oct M Excellent pawnccr .'.rrommtidatKHi For freight, psjsssgt ami furtr culars, apply to: THE SUCCESSOtS Of MOINE COMTE AM) (0., Ltd. Phone Nos. 49«0 and
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      686 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang/ Pekan, Sungei Lerabin and Kuantan (via Gem as and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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      215 12 VESSELS ARRIVED. Katong, Brit. 863, from Bangkok 5, for Bangkok i). Halvdan, Norw. 761, from Bangkok 5, for Bangkok 7. Sin Aik Lee, Brit. 69. from B. Pahat 5, for B. Pahat 6. Sembilan, Dut. 131, from Indragiri .">, for Indragiri 7. Perak, Brit. 519, from T. Anson 5, for
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    THE OLDEST NOISE—AND THE WORST!
    301 13 THE OLDEST NOISE— AND THE WORST! Usly Voices Condemned by a Woman. Noise noise noise everywhere. And now even our voices are noiser, and they sound uglier! Miss Marjorie (Julian, head of the Polytechnic School of Speech Training, commented on it m a lecture at the City of London Vacation
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    THE GIRL WHO WAS CALLED "BOBBIE."
    273 13 And Why. About parents and their children, by Dr. H. Chrichton Miller, at the Summer School of the British Social Hygiene Council, at Westminster College. Cambridge.: A mother I knovr wanted her baby to h* a boy. But it was ti girl. 8o foi
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    VACCINATION RISKS DIMINISHING.
    180 13 Medical Committee's Recommendations. Wucinanon risks aie dealt with m a re port by a Ministry of Health committee »>t' eminent medical men who have investigated problems of vaccination for two years. The committee, of which Sir Humphry Rolleston. one of the Kings physicians, is the chairman, put
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    MYSTERY SHIPS BINNACLE.
    74 13 Ifr. (leorge Smith, the retiring Master. BJ .lounged at Dulwich College prize distribution a gift from Rear Admiral Gordon Campbell— tbi mystery boat V.C. Now that his ship, said Mr. Smith, was beina broken up. Rear Admiral Campbell had secured the binnacle of the ship and presented
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    43 13 "Laddie." said the Scot, "always keep ymir temper. Never quarrel wi' an angry person." "Why, dad?" "Because a soft answer pays best. It's commanded, an', forbye, if it's a woman ye're quarrellin' wi', it makes them madder than anything else ye could say."
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    BERLIN AND THE ELECTRIC HARE.
    274 13 English Company's Failure. Berlin, July 25. The failure of an English company formed to promote greyhound racing- m Berlin was prophesied m the beginning by those who understood German psychology. Although difficulties which arose with the authorities— who forbade betting on the totalisator system— are
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    £100,000 GAMBLING PLOT.
    269 13 Magnet Fixed to a Roulette Wheel. San Rcmo. A colossal attempt to defraud the municipal casino and Wreak the bank at the roulotte tables was discovered just m time here late one ni^ht. when Jean Ferri. a twenty-eiuht-year-old engineer, of Milan, was arrested dramatically m the roulette
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    THE DUCHESS TAKES UP GOLF.
    255 13 The Duchess of York has taken up ffolf. She has caujrht her enthusiasm for the Royal and Ancient panic from the Duke, whose handicap has now come down to seven, and from the Prince of Wales ke,en golfers, both of them. She has become quite
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    CHAPLAIN OF THE GUILLOTINE.
    139 13 CHAPLAIN OF THE GUILLOTI NE. Abhe Who Kissed Famous Spy Dancer (■oud-Kye. Paris, July 27. The AbW' Charles Geispitz. who for many years was chaplain of the Sante Prison, has just died at the age of 89. He had administered the last rites to more than 100 condemned men and
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    GUERILLA WARFARE IN TIBET.
    447 14 Britain May be Asked to Mediate. Darjeeling. Aug. 4. The Peasants' War is raging fiercely m the Po district of Tibet. Government troops have been successful m thoroughy subjugat;ng the peasants m the upper parts of the country called thr Po-to, but the low^r part, the
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    TURKEY'S LATIN ALPHABET.
    81 14 Ministers Receive their First Lesson < n-lantinuplt Sitting m froßt of a blackboard at the PimMfVt*! Palace. th<- Presi.lent, Cabinet Ministers and their suite?- received their nr«t A. B.C. lesson to-dny. when the Ministry of Fducati^n'* c::port^ expounded *htnew latinised a!phar>et. The Ministry will shortly public a
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    FOREIGN LEGION DRAMA.
    164 14 Deserter*' Da*h for Freedom m (reneral**; Car. Pan*. Two members of the French Foreign Legion made h daring attempt to. desert at Madenine. m South Tunisia. Stealing a powerful ear belonging to a French General, they set off under cover of darkness t'wards the Tripoli frontier. Their
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    BERLIN AS "LA VILLE LUMIERE."
    151 14 BERLIN AS "L A VILLE LUMIERE." Berlin, July 27. In the opinion of many travellers Berlin already out>hires Paris as "La Ville Lumieie," and this October a determined effort is to be made i»y the Berlin authorities to prove that this opinion is justified. By arrangement with numerous ihopkeepeis. Berlin
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    127 14 Programme of Drills up to and for Sunday, September Oth. as follow: Thursday, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, D-E-L. Unit, Weapon Training. Drill Hall Chinese Company, 30 Yards Range. Drill Hall, Chinese Company, Recruits Musketry Parade Friday. 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, S.R.E. (v) Signals, MoTM Pmetiee. Drill Hall.
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    60 14 Dame rumour says that the authorities are intending to install a meteorological station on the top of Bukit China Hill, whilst another rumour is m town that a commercial enterprising company is Roing to erect H powerful wireless station or le top of Bukit Tintrin, which is the h blelan^
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      245 14 A d«ct«r «f D.oIaJ W **^^B ftfl Kalxanu make* <*• f«*f/l ilrun| W ant/ hard mnd ao A «p|W f «o«fc d«cmy. m JJ^ I Make HI p Your Teeth Stronger with Kalzana Very few people get enough calcium from their ordinary food. Yet medical science insists that it is
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    FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    432 15 Singapore, Sept. Uh. lht P»»l week there has been a complete at>scnce ol local interest m bota Tni and i Bubbei shares. A mare, favourable statistical position m Tin has resulted m a hardenins: m the price and there hn< Ncn a small enquiry for certain Sterling
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    122 15 Yesterdsy's Alterations. Huyers Seller^. Hatu Cave« 1.31 I«S6 Hitami ~s si Johan Tin 27 1 :><i Klanj; River :).fi(\ n.70 ex. Kuchai CU i.;{s 1.42 Xai Hoots 17 20 Penawata Petalinj 4.2.-) 4..'i2 1 South Tiiipiny 41 4.Sumjej Ways lM\k 2.v1 1 Talam 1J07% 1.11 H i^ariKiin
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    INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK IN INDIA.
    210 15 INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK IN INDIA. Kai Accused of "Cynical Indifference/ London. Anc;. 24th. Thi- Indian ClMunbti of c. mmerec m Graai Britain ffave reeeptioa at tho Hotel Cecil to meet Messrs. H. P. Mody. D, P. K'.iaitan. Walehaßd Rirachand and Karottam Mor--:i ii. of Bombay. Mr. Mohta. President of the Chamfer.
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    28 15 We still groan under a burden of taxation unparalleled m history, the operation of which robs us of capital much needed for development work. Sir Krnest W. Petter.
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 15 September liank t..~ 2 o 32 Hank (U-maiiu J,<'S 28}82 Private credits 8 ir. 24 5-16 New York, demand 65 15-16 Creditl 90 days 57% France, dcmnwl 1426 India, 1. I. lit% Hong Konjr. demand IO' 4 p. c Di s Yokohama, dnwnd 121 Java, demand I"H Bangkok, demand
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    200 15 September r>. Tin Ton* 1108% Gamble r 6V<» IVpptr White N Pepper Black M Flake Tapioca 7% Pearl Sago Small 7% Copra IU.Uo Copra Svndried 10.15 Rice Liang H n Chao M»rfc Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka
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    56 15 Septfiiihtr "»th.. 12 o'clock noon--11.5.5. «-.)u:tl t<> Stall. l:u<l, g. W. Sp..t -j ot»" 4 St:.n.i;ir<i li.s.s. on Tender Sept. I'fl^ 11 ()ct-l»«o. Mtt <«•'-• Jan.-Mar. :<•' 1 Tmm "i Market: Steady ajaiet. 1 it- 1 <abu: London Spot Shed 8 I'J I6d, per lb.
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    227 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Bantfiin Tin (£> 42l »id 43f <",r! Uatantr Padanjr ($1) 4* W Hatu Caves 1.32% 1.40 Haad Yai (£j Hi 6d 12s «<i Hitam Tin (?1) HO 85 Huey Yot Pref. 24i 23, Haey Yot Ord. 24s 25s .'tiris (")sl l'is <M !7s
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    LORD KYLSANT ON MOTOR SHIPS.
    57 15 "The companies under my control now have 90 motor vessels, m commission or building, of over .">t>o,ooo tons jjross register. Consequently. I tan speak on this subject from experience Slowly, but surely, the motor vessel is taking the place of the steamer on many of
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    24 15 Your Board have found the road to l>t cheaper and more efficient and reliable thar the rail. Mr. Colin Cooper (Internationa Tea Co/a Store?).
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    131 15 TR ADE AND COMMERCE. YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association held its SSCth. auction yesterday, when then was catalogued 1.10n,28r> n>s.; 498.48 tons. Offered Hl2,'J2s 11>s.; ;jx;>.7m tons. Sold 764,018 lbs.; 841.08 tons. Spot. London k i:-t-lt>d. New York 18% cents PMCRB KKAI IZEIX Kih»ird Smoked
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    245 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Sept. KuUhrr. London ?< 7 ->,ii. 1 16 d op. Local 'I m. -London E2lO. 7< (hi down. Local 106% f<>r jr>ti tons. Mining. Steady. Stmgei Way 2£2Vfc 3.00. Kuchai l.:><* 1.42, Rahman Hydraulic 1.:'..'. 1.40, Hong Fatl 41 .Inhan 28*4 !0. Malaya Contois. 78
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    MACPHAIL AND CO., LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    450 15 Singapore. Sept. I. The price »>t Tin has had v continued aeries of sligrhi fluctuations i>ut at the tint of wiitin.tr it would appear that the down ward tendencj has been arrested and m certain quarters it is HHfl itncl that Kiadual but sustained
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    LOSS TO ENGLISH RUGBY.
    98 16 RETIREMENT OF L. J. CORBETT. Man of Many Caps. (Our Own Correspondent- Copyright.) !.«'iuli»n. Sept. 5. Bristol and English Rugby has sustain* 1 a big loss m consequence of the decision of Leonard Corbett, the well-known centre threequarter. to retire from the game on account of
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    HENDREN'S 3000 RUNS.
    177 16 (Oar Own Correspondent Copyright.) I <>m don. Sept. 5. In scoring 94 for the M.C.C. against Yorkshire yesterday Hendren. the Middle sex cricketer, reached an aggregate of 3.0(>0 for the second time m his career. Threv times >in«.e the war. m 1920. Itttj and tftt, Hendren has
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    BOOKMAKER'S GOLF SUCCESS.
    60 16 (Our Own Correspondent- Copyright.) l.cndon. Sept. >. A Mitiham bookmaker nanuu R. J. Coie won the Artisan Golfers 1 Association handicap at Sv.r.ningdale with a score o! 142. Theie ai a huge Acid representing all types of workers. Last year's winner was K. i,. Summer, of Leamington,
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    DR. PELTZER'S SUSPENSION.
    42 16 <Our Own Con»pondent Copyright. London. S*pt. The suspension of Dr. Otto Peltzer. the famous German athlete, is on account of hi; refusal to compete m the Franco-German match at Berlin last week, m which Germany won by 20 points.
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    INTER-SERVICES SWIMMING CONTEST.
    32 16 Our Own Correspondent Copyright.) London. Sept. .">. The Navy and Royal Marines won the inter-services swimming match with 82 points. The Army had TB points, one HMVt than the R.A.F.
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    HOME RACING.
    58 16 Cinq-a-Sept Wins Ebor Handicap London, Aug. 29. The Ebor Handicap, run over 1 mile 6 furlongs to-day, resulted as follows. CINQ-A-SEPT 1 DOUREEN f POLYANTHUS 3 Staiting prices: II to 2 against Civq-a-Sept, 20 to 1 Doureen, 20 to 1 Polyanthus Fourteen ran. Won by three-quarters of length.
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    RICHARDS' HUNDREDTH WIN.
    24 16 l.onJom. Aug. 29. At York Gordon Richards, champion joe key. rode his hundredth winner of the season on Lord Ellesmere's Tiffin.
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    YOUNG GOLF PROFESSIONALS SUCCESS.
    70 16 1 nndon. Aug. 29. At Fulwell the younger school golfing professionals achieved notable triumphs m the first half of the Southern qualifying section of the News of the World £1,040 tournament. Twenty-year old Henry Cotton with a brilliant 67 shattered the course record of 71 held
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    BOXING AT BLAKAN MATI.
    57 16 A novices boxing competition between the 2nd. Bn. The Duke of Wellington's Regiment and the Royal Artillery, Malaya, ha? been arranged, and will take place at the open air boxing ring, Blakan Mati, on Wednesday, September 12th., commencing at 9.15 p.m. Admission free. His Excellency the
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    BADMINTON.
    72 16 Open Singles Championship. The following is the result of last Saturday's ties. See Gim Hock beat Seah Eng Liat 15—11, 15—11. E. J. Vass beat A- J. de Souza w.o. The semi-final of the tournament will be played off on Sunday at 4.45 p.m. at the Chinese Chin Woo
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    19 16 Mr. Theodore Hubback, the well-known Pahang planter, and Game Warden of-tfee State, left on Home furlough at the weekend.
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    FOOTBALL.
    389 16 S.F.A. CUP COMPETITION OPENS. Indians and Dukes II Draw. Duke's 11. 1 Indo-Oykmese. 1. The S.F.A. Cup competition commenced yesterday at the Stadium when the Duke's second team and the Indo-Ceylonese drew after a frame which was clearly the Duke's on the run of the play. The Regiment did
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    CLOSE OF LORDS SEASON.
    93 16 Mann to Retire from Middlesex Captaincy. On the occasion of the tina". match of the season recently at Lord's F. T. Mann announced that his business ties would necessitate his resignation of the captaincy of the lfidrtlfMl XI. Kent on the opening day did excellently, compiling
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    ANOTHER EMIGRANT?
    40 16 Woolley. who is reported to have been offeied a toachin^ engagement m Australia, was also another principal scorer for Kent. nrcKwoßTirs hundred victims. Duckworth, who has dismissed 102 batsmen during the season, has created a new Lancashire record.
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    ENGLAND'S TEST TEAM.
    236 16 Match Against All-Ceylon on October 6th. The English team, under the leadership of A. P. F. Chapman, will leave England late m September on their way to Australia and are due to anive m Colombo Harbour late on Friday, October .">th, or early the next day. It
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    HEDGEHOGS STOP CRICKET.
    66 16 Rath. A cricket match between Bishopston and the Bath Club's second team had some unusual spectators. Shortly after the game had started a hedgehog strolled up to the pitch. He was followed soon by another, and another, till, at length, there were five reaming over the ground.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    28 16 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB Members are reminded that the Autumn Cup will be -competed for on Saturday and Sunday. The best 16 scores will qualify for the Vade Cup.
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    BOXING.
    350 16 HOW HILL RETAINED HIS TITLE. Baldock's Fierce Onslaught. London, Aug. 29. In a fifteen rounds boxing contest for the world's title m the open air at Clapton I Stadium to-day the British and European flyweight champion Johnny Hill beat the American, Newsboy Brown on points. Hill, who was cleverer
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    COUNTY CRICKET RESULTS.
    175 16 Hampshire's Narrow Escape. f ße uter's Service.] I tindcn. Sept. 4. Results m Home cricket matches concluded to-day were a? follow. Essex vs. Sussex. At Ley ton: Sussex won on the first innings. Sussex 7)38 and 302 for 3. Essex 476. Rowley, for Sussex m their first
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    POLO.
    82 16 Barnes Cup Final. Om chukler proved the decider m thj final of the Barnes Cup. which was played last evening on the Balestier Ground between "A" team (Woods. Owen, Manasseh and Exham) and "C" (Arthur, T>rakeBrockman, Webb-Carter and Davies). There was no score m the first two chukkers, and
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
    62 16 The following races will be held on Sunday next, September 9th. "A" Class Second race for the Pulo Jong Challenge Cup. Start 9.20 a.m. Course as for last Sunday. "B" Class: Second race for the Williamson Challenge Cup. Start 9 a.m. Course as for last Sunday.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    27 16 Rochdale Beat Barrow. [Reuter's Service.] London. Sept. 4. Rochdale beat Barrow, 4 2 m the Northern Section of Div. 11l of the English League to-day.
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    86 16 The following: will play for the S.C.R.C. against the Indian Association on Saturday at 2 p.m. on SX.R.C. ground. Kirn Hock, Ah Hung:, Ah Chuan, Chow Tat, Choon Sim, Choon Leong (capt.) Keng Teow, Kong Leong, Kong Ming, George Wee and Chen. Reserve Hoong San. The following will play for
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    270 16 THE CRICKET CLUB TOURNAMENT. Yesterday's Results. Results m yesterday's matches m the S.C.C. Tournament were as follow: C. Doubles. P. H. Romney and R. Pearce owe 5 beat S. P. Morton and G. C. Allen owe 2 6 2 6—2. W. H. Gatfield and N. Grice owe 4
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    THURSDAY'S TIES.
    154 16 B. Singles. H. L. Marshall minus 4 vs. A. Dobson plus 3. G. R. Daly scr. vs. W. R. King minus 3. Winner of C. E. Brooke and E. J. Sturgess vs. Lt. Pearden plus 4. D. J. Sandys plus 2 vs. C. E. Hudson minus 15. P.
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    FRIDAY'S TIES.
    138 16 (iodown Doubles. Bell and Kempster plus 3 vs. King ami Donnell minus IS.L Gatfield and Grice minus 1 vs. Falls and Hempson plus 15. Murgess and Evan? minus 3 vs. Fuller and Burckhardt minus 3. Ablitt and Hamilton minus 15.3 vs Fairlie and Pinckney minus 15.1. Brooke and
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    THE S.C.R.C. TOURNAMENT.
    72 16 Yesterday's Results. A Singles: Bong Soo beat Siew San 4—6, 6 l, 6—4. B Singles:— Eng Hoh beat Sey Hai 6—o. 6—4. Evan Wong: vs. Kong Leong unfinished. To-day's Ties. B Singles: Chin Quan vs. Eng Yong; Jek Kiang vs. Thian Kiat; Thian Seng vs. Poh Geok.
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    Y.M.C.A. NOVICES TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    20 16 To-day's Ties. O. G. Struys vs. G. J. Merrifield. Wong Siong Hing vs. Y. Bong Soo.
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    DANGEROUS PLAY IN HOME FOOTBALL.
    107 16 Sequel to Villa-Manchester United Match. London, Aug. 29. A sequel to Aston Villa-Manchester United encounter, which produced shocking scenes on Monday, McLenham being carried off with a broken leg as the result of a charge by Moss, the veteran Villa captain, who was ordered off
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