The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 December 1928

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    Masthead
    14 1 Singapore Free Press 10 TENTS. SINGAPORE. S^. TUESDAY. DECEMBER A 109 ft NO. 12,583
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    278 1 Sunday was an anxious day as regards the King's health and there is no tend-i-n-.y to minimise tht danger of the heart weakness but the latest bulletins are again more favourable Pages 7 and 9The devastation which has been wrought in Chile by the earthquake has extended
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    MEN WHO LIVE IN THE TOWER.
    789 1 There is much to be said indeed for viewing the Tower of London during shortening autumn days or even while winter is wrapt in its most bitter memories, writes J. M. N\ Jeffries in the Daily Mail. Then, indeed, the old fortress is itself,
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      302 1 WING LOONG. THK RECOGNISED HOUSE for RITROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. :\2. HIGH STREET. F affles Hotel I I ROOMS WITH MODERN SANITATION i\ I EXCELLENT GRILL i| j XMAS NEW^YMR. »J« DA.MW i;«okin>t for New Year's Eve is closed. DANCES fj MONMAV Th TSS,SSSteM.3ISLIr^ f r TUESDAY g today TANIA SVETLANOVA
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      204 1 Injl I I f II The easy writing w ROYAL TYPEWRITER— A writing machine |l [l of surpassing excellence. jj r! A ft l^#V Sole AuenU: ir\°NLV Lld -=-.r T i! S f Also at M (Incorporated in Kn^land>. Penang and Kuala Lumpur. j f I EUROPE® HOTELf 34 **Rer.
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      142 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Get your Kaysei stockings at once Pagr 13. Estate notice re Charles Weill deceased Page 7. Clothes for all occasions from Winter's Page 8. Details re Penang Turf Club January meeting Page 7. Fresh oranges and apples at the Fresh Food store; page 5. Progressive Publicity is moving
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      127 1 THE WEEK. Ti-,.-,h,,j. tth. Hi?h Water, 4.12 a.m.. 7.7.. 3.1! p.m., 8.3. Kagbyi PB. vs. I. am! P.S. v<. Services. T nerlin. BalYt: Tbeafe 5.15. Wilburs Blackbirds Theatre V.3Q. W«tLi<,i(hni, bth. Hit h Water. 5.19 a.in 7.7.. 4.31 p.m., 7.8. Ho key: S.C.C. tris'. Raffles Institution Coruert 5.30 p.m. Wi
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    "GET RID OF MR. A. J. COOK."
    302 2 Mr. Frank Hodges* Advice to Miners Mr. Frank Hodpes. formerly the miners' M'l-retary, addressing: the North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce at Stoke-on-Trent on the outlook in the toal industry. stionjrly advised the Miners' Federation to jret rid of Mr. A. J. Cook, the
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    "THEFT OF MOTHER'S LETTERS.
    295 2 Ex-Kaiser's Peremptory Order. The dramatic publication of "Letters of the Empve.-s Frederick." edited by Sir Frederick Ponsonhy. followed an tleventhhrur attempt ty her son. the ex-Kaiser, to have the iM)iik suppressed. "A thiid person, whom I am not at liberty t<> naiii-. received a letter from
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    WOMEN'S SCREAMS CAUSE TRAGEDY.
    160 2 Si^ht of a Mouse in the Street. The screams of two women who had seen a mouse run into the street in Sheffield were responsible for the death of one man and for serious injuries to another. The men were corporation employees, engaged in street cleaning
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    TO-DAY'S DOG STORY.
    119 2 "Nelly is u retriever who accompanies me always," writes a Kintbury, Berks, reader "to a little shooting we have. Usually we bririK home something for the pot, and arrived at the garage, she takes up a posi \ion behind the car and waits to receive a victim,
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      423 2 MADAM KELVEY'S CHILDREN'S FANCY DRESS BALL, Friday. Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. From age 3 years to 16 at the ADELPHI HOTEL where the children will meet FATHER CHRISTMAS. Luck* Dips for all the Children. HANDSOME PRIZES. given for the best and most original costumes by HARRY WILLIES. Admission to
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      365 2 VICTORIA THEATRE DECEMBER 3rd. TO Bth. AT 9.30 P.M. Wilbur's Blackbirds 18 Coloured Artists in the Latest and Most Up-to-Date Jazz, Harmony, Syncopation, Revues. Dances, etc. and Old Plantation Melodies and Negro Spirituals. Dec. 3rd. 4th.— "The Minstrel Revue." Dec. sth. 6th.— "Vaudeville/' Dec. 7th Bth.— "Cabaret." Matinees Wednesday and
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      233 2 I ALHAMBRA 1 (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., Ltd., ProDrietors) SEASON COMMENCING NOVEMBER Utk jjj! In the Second Show at 9 p.m. I THE LATEST EMPIRE NEW* j (METROPOLIS UFA SUPER-PRODUCTION. III! :> III! An unique masterpiece of the screen, totally different from anything: you have ever seen. III! ip
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    MIRACLE-WORKER EXPOSED.
    334 3 How He Wept Blood. I'aris. Heir Paul Diebel, a fakir or miracleworker who has, it seems, won immens? fame in .Germany from his power of weeping tears of blood at will and producing the stigmata of the crucified Christ on his outstretched hands, has arrived here for the
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    AN AMAZING DUEL.
    208 3 Captain Attacks Girl Secretary in His Offict. London. Nov. 10. An astonishing love drama \va^ revealed at the inquest at Wes. -Minster on Captain Donald MacDougall. a middle-agsd widower who a week ago was discovered clinging to the window-sill on the fourth floor of the Westminster offices
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    L.O.N. HEALTH BUREAU.
    180 3 The following is the health bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau, for the week-^nded November 24th. Fiisrah: 13 smallpox cases and 11 deaths. Beirut: -1 plagrue case. Baghdad: 3 plague cases and 2 deaths; 14 smallpox oases. Bombay: 3 <*holera deaths; smallpox case. Calcutta: 53
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    A SUBADAR RETIRES.
    156 3 At 8.30 on Thurday morning, there was a special parade on the High Street Police parade ground in honour of the retirement of Subadar Fatteh Khan, after 31 years' service in the Police Force, says the Malay Mail. All British and Asiatic Police Officers, except those on
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      252 3 ffovtit Mitfaitw in v ctiticai moment* f j ft! RuovlffiS»Sl f STOPPED f i rfi^ _,^H 9 a^^^^V wSml^*wf^m fff^mM Makes clothes extra I J\^Jf V^ /vfA^R^B overtime but double I ]wßyy*^E^k^m WILUAM OOf*AOi- A SOM LTD., WID»M «B YOU LONESOME? IF SO, WBY WORRY, JUST TAKE A TRIP TO
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    FLYING DAY BY DAY.
    2129 4 Air Ministry's Bombshell. URGENT DEMAND FOR MORE AERODROMES. > By T. Stanhope Sprigg (Editor of "Airways.") Special to the Free Press. > I There has bean quite an exhilarating explosion in our little air world here in England during the past week. It began with an
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    157 4 < i. Yes— the English F. A. im posed X :i limitation of £350 oa Jan. 1. J IM>S. This was abolished four montht later. 2. November 8, 1909, when Freddy X Welsh beat Johnny Summers for j v the linbt-w^ight trophy. 3. (I) W. W. WakettM
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    THOSE EFFEMINATE YOUTHS.
    181 4 1 wv ;i ufll-krjown derie >tat< LoMlgC lizar<ls ari' etfeminaU' Ami raeh, indeed, micM well appear M«»>t worthy of the manly snwr. It HMM a fact past question- fcul 1 pavM when 1 recall the knui. The s«>-c*ai!«Ml vapid ff—taw t new In Eaa;land til] July, '1
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    79 4 Kx|Hirth were £t*nt up recently from Bantrkok to exaniine an vlephar t at Klmkhnn<i said to have t\w ntressary chanuN 1 ij tics of u \vhit<- elephant. Tho.\ havf now returned with a portrait of the animal AIM have submitted their report to the Kinjj. His Majesty MgMm that the
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    MYSTRY BEAST IN A CAVE.
    94 4 Wonderi I •ncfeni Maya •mi by the 11 tion of v. of ttili fii. of Britit Rome of i.-cts thai I tin* »f »OM Of ttw ever lived mi Fiv, of Um that wvr, roan British Khw others. Dr. G adventure* ing roivnu in Centra
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    5 4 made. no«'««. U*f u Punch.
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    SCIENCE SOUFFLE.
    1101 4 ij. Luscious Dishes from Insects. j| SOME ABHORENT BUT WHOLESOME RECIFtg |> [Written specially for the Free foetal. Modern man has raised the subject of j lood, it? source and pieparation almost to 1 Jsi level of a sienee. He is extremely articulai concerning his tood and in
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      645 4 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL (OMPETmCKN. NO ENTRANCE FEE $100 For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish to-day and every Tuesday morning eoapons for our weekly Football Competition. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the reader who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE MATCHES in the
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    FREEDOM OF THE AIR.
    1587 5 VITAL INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION. Military Control Undesirable. Sir Eric Gedde* rendered several important services to British aviation during his chairmanship r>f Imperial Airways, but none is prbfcsbiy greater than his outspoken statement in The Times of September 8. that commercial aviation can only become really successful if
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    WIGAN AND ALLIED WHEEZES.
    148 5 I th:r.!: the Romans must have started the Wigan joke (reflects a correspondent). Witness Um name they gave to it Coceium. It is almost as funny as the present one. The other stock gag, the mother-in-law, ii a sign of civilisation. Savages KgWd their mothers-in-law with
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    32 5 His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance in rejravd to the Ordinance to amend the Deleterious Drugs Ordinance or the Ordinance to amend the Land Acquisition Ordinance.
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    "ALL DRESSED UP AND NOWHERE TO GO."
    208 5 Council Without A Horat- Skegness Council, which has been without a permanent home since the burning- of tho town hall last January, is now in the unhappy position of being actually without a room in which to hold its next meeting. Its deliberations
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    24 5 Mr. L. J. Hazel of Messrs. Sime. I'aiby and Co., Ltd., has arrived in Malacca and will be stationed there for some month*-. M.M.
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      238 5 a oil .i run f^^d^B I^^ Will not smear nor fingermark. Sold everywhere in glass bottles and artistic blue jars, tokick make attractive flower vases when empty. M.r.mU-uircd by RON UK, Ltd., PORTSLADE, England. ORANGES APPLES AND FRESH TOO! s J.J 3^ m j You may be jjj x disappointed
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    185 6 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Hong K«ng, Dec. 1. Chan Ming: Shu has postponed his assumption of the chairmanship owing to illness. A meeting of the fourth army at Canton on Nov. 28th. passed resolutions submitting to the Kuomintang conference the need for severely punishing
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      OPPOSITION TO GOVT.
      32 6 (By courtesy of Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Nov. 30. Opposition against the transfer of landtax to the prefectures is being: aroused among the various factions in the Upper House.
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      ORIENTAL COLONIZATION CO.
      27 6 The Oriental Colonization Company has decided and are now preparing to help positively the Japanese rubber plantations and other enterprises in the South Seas.
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      SINO-JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS SUCCESSFUL.
      43 6 Opinions of both Japan and China have come to a point of agreement as to the guarantee of the non-security bond. The report made by Mr. Sun Tzu-wen has been approved by the central administrative organization of the Nationalist Government.
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    PRIMATE'S PENSION.
    99 6 How He Lost £3.500 a Year. Two years ago Dr. Randall Davidson, the ittired Archbishop of Canterbury, strongly supported a motion at the National Assembly of the Church of England for the reduction of the pensions of retiring: archbishops and bishops. To-day he is a sufferer, for instead
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    BY ROCKET TO THE MOON.
    416 6 French Scientist's Theory. If we can save time it is equivalent to lengthening our life, and that is why the idea of quicker travel is so interesting to us, writes Major F. A. de Y\ Robertson in the Manchester Guardian. This maxim was propounded to
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    LUKE HANSARD.
    401 6 On October 29. 1828, only a few months after he had retired. full of years an<l honours, from the exacting post of printer of parliamentary debates, died Luke Hansard, a name very familiar in political circles even to-day when it has actually long ceased to have any official
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    MR. EDGAR WALLACE.
    153 6 Convicted Man's Wife Gets His Autograph. Mr. Edgar Wallace, the novelist and playwright, has added another role to the list of his many activities. For the first time in his career he sat on a grand jury. He ■was foreman at the London Sessions. He told a
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    THE KING'S HEALTH.
    393 7 HEART WEAKNESS DEVELOPES. Disturbing News. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 2The evening bulletin says His Majesty had quieter sleep during: the day and the inft"tive process continued to diminish whilst the temperature was 100. Simultaneously there is a decline in the strength of the heart which causes anxiety.
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    MISSING BOAT TURNS UP.
    148 7 CassunTs Twentyseven Days' Ordeal. [tartar*! Far Eastei Service I Hong Kong, Dec. 3. The Cassum, ex H.M.S. Woodlark, arrived here yesterday evening after 27 days most of which were spent sheltering on the China coast in the vicinity of Foochow. There has been great anxiety in
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    UNAUTHORISED PROPOSAL.
    72 7 Mr. Kellogg Snubs Mr. Britten. [Reuter's Service.] Washington Dec. 3. It is understood that Sir Esme Howard has personally communicated to Mr. Kellogc the reply to Mr. Britten which Mr. Baldwin telegraphed to him (Sir E. Howaro). According to the New York Times Mr. Kellogg- indicated tltat he
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    MR. HOOVER'S TOUR.
    89 7 [Reuter's Service.] Guayaquil, Dec. 3. Festivities in honour of Mr. Hoover's visit, came to a climax with a great banquet given by President Ayora. Mr. Hoover in a speech said that the democracy of the United States was the guarantee of its goodwill, and that it could
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    CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS.
    73 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Dec. 2. The following appointments have been approved: The Duke of Sutherland to be Parliamentary Under-Secretary for War, vice the Earl of Onslow: the Earl of Onslow to be Paymaster-General vice the Duke of Sutherland. This transfer is made in order
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    13 7 I West Ham magistrate: People drivini motor-cars nowadays want eight or nin< eyes.
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    TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
    109 7 SHOCKING DEVASTATION IN CHILE. Town Wiped Out. [Reuter's Service.] Santiago de Chile. Der. 3. it i< conservatively estimated that between ICO and 180 are dead and between lOC arri BOC injured as a result of the earth quakr. There are a hundred dead at Talca alone which was
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    CHARGES AGAINST ALLEGED SPIES.
    131 7 [Reuter's Service.] Cologne, Dec. 3. It is reported that three of the Germans unested on a charge of espionage on Nov. o0 have been released. Those still in custody include ex-Major Kratz and Inspector Mainz of the German State Property Bureau, several German workmen previously employed
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    UNITED STATES SHIPPING.
    115 7 Increased Production Foreshadowed. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 2. The annual report of the Shipping Board submitted to Congress predicts much new construction of meichantmen under the lecently enacted Jones- White law which has increased the construction loan fund and provided liberal terms for loans and means whereby
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    OFF TO THE ANTARCTIC.
    65 7 Byrd's Expedition Sails. fßeuter's Service.] Wellington, New ZealartJ, Dec. 2. The Eleanor Boiling and City of New ork. the two ships of Commander Byrd's expedition to the south seas, have left I>unedin for Bav of Whales and arranged to i?ndezvous in the Ross Sea with the
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    END OF RUHR DEADLOCK.
    46 7 [Renter's Service.] Berlin. Dec. 2. Al all concerned in the Ruhr steel dispute >~ave decided to submit unconditionally to the decision of tho Government Arbitrator, who is the Minister of the Interior. Herr Severing, it is expected work will be resumed immediately.
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    SWITZERLAND VOTES FOR GAMBLING.
    31 7 [Reuter's Service.] Berne, Dec. 2. A referendum of the whole country has decided that gambling be henceforth publicly permitted in KursaaJs; 290,000 voted for and 270.000 against.
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    LORD BANBURY DEFEATED.
    191 7 Victory for His R.S.P.C.A. Opponents. The ballot on October 30th. for the election of nine members to the council of the R.S.P.CA. had the sensational result that Lord Banbury was defeated. Lord Banbury has been a member of the council since 1896, and was chairman until his
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    31 7 "Next to a beautiful girl, what do yov think is the most interesting thing in th< v.orM?" "When I'm next to a beautiful girl. I'n not worrying about statistics."— Virgini; Reel.
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      744 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Owing to increase of business the PROGRESSIVE PUBLICITY CO. LTD., have removed to new premises located in PUBLICITY HOUSE, 108 ROBINSON ROAD, Telephones 3216—3217 NOTICE. Ke harles Weill deceased. late of 99 Pmlevard Magenta. I'aris, in the Republic tf France and of Singapore, a partner in the firm
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1928. MEDITATION.
    856 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1928. MEDITATION. There has been evidence of late of a stirring of interest in Malaya ir what may be termed community goodwill. Ipoh has had the matter of Concord clubs under serious consideration and Kuala Lumpur ha^ established a Rotary organization. The question arises,
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    419 8 Mr. Chua Cheng Bok has arrived in Penang on a visit, and Mr. A. Sarkies has return d from Singapore. Booking is now open at Little's for William Heughan the famous actor-singer, who appears at the Victoria Theatre on the 12th, 13th 14th and loth instant. A visitor to Ipoh
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    JAVA NOTES.
    956 8 MR. K.A.R. BOSSCHA'S SUDDEN DEATH. A Great Man Passes. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Batavia. Nov. 30. Mr. K. A. R. Bosscha, one of the most [lomment fi»?uies i* the modern history 01 thi Dutch East Indies passed awa> on Sunday nipht at Malabar. On Sunday afternoon he had
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    TIN CONTROL.
    135 8 STRONC; GROUP OKMKh IN LONDON Kl) Rival (amps [From Our Own Con, ri !">n(Jeru.| and Co., statis that M( "sr»r has been form*] In London witHS B ed object of ontroll.n, the £2 ?H so as to pnvent avoi,lal,l using up rwervei price. TW* I, ~T camps, one
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    WILBUR'S BLACKBIRDS.
    167 8 A Novel Show. Willnu's Blackbird* emmmeti thr.r M'as.>n at the Victoria Theato lax Mffc when they entertained i large The programme included of sonjrs, dance*, negro gpitituaU nd ventriloquism. The jazz items and t: plantation melodiei were well balance latter inMnn Mag in ;t ptmitlHftl and comprising m
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    61 8 LATEST RUBBER AM) TIN PRICES. [PRCI PIKM SCBVK I COPTU6H London. Dec. 3. 4.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and EMU notify to-day's tin prices as follow: Spot £241.12.6 din H.IBJ). Forward £239.12.0 (up t'lAO). Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices a* follow: Spot 8 7 IGu.
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    VISIT OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM HEUGHAN.
    194 8 The following circular letter h«* m addressed to Pwben of League in Singapore, fromi tae Him. i responding Secret ar\ You will prohabh KMWIbOT that six months ago nu-ntmr mil (lu seas of the world tOUT of Mr fllPf** in addition to hi
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    CHRISTMAS FUND-1928.
    85 8 The Women*- Chri* Union again weak for h*lp above fund, which i* <il .i, unl for the bMMtd the 1 h and other Vn.^.l.' ".-n The Institution? vW.« the W.CT.U. CtebtMw Ku The Gmmml Hcplul. K«"J*%, Maternity Ho>,utal I ptel,ThtU|»rA»yunif Asylum. Beriberi H< tory. C.K.7.MS. Tkisapptal hM time
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      276 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECKS." j It's not a Whis— per j S ft! Murmured Amongst Friends I BUT i ]A WHISKY ani I PERRIER WATER THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER THAT'S I BEING TALKED ABOUT. jj Obtainable From: i I CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. j -J (Incorporated vvder the Companies*
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    THE KING'S HEALTH.
    551 9 VERY ANXIOUS WEEKEND. ysjl News More Favourable. [Reater'i Service.] l.nndon. Dec. 3. 10.20 a.m. Antnnri a small quantity of oxygen ■■Uttered to the King as a tonic innnjr rhe nijrht. auth-'i itat j\ ely pointed out at the not to bo regarded as ng feature M the
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    A BIG STEEL EXPERIMENT.
    135 9 W 1 Radio— Official Service.! I. 1 Kußby, Dec. 3. SL^V-^Tr I<>r To 000 stee l sleepers m I 0 tons of S ted has been placed W M^.ltu by th( Southern RailiH fctl *«Ji rst British to Th^ i r W preference to Bpl l"fs
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    NIGHT CLUB SCANDAL.
    272 9 SERGEANT GODDARD CHARGED. Serious Allegations. [Reuter's Service.] <:♦ London. Dec. 3. Station Sergeant Goddard of Vine St. and in f Ni ht Club aPP^red vAh U° C *K at Bow t^ t together with Mrs nyrlefc the so-called "Night Club Queen' who was arrested on December Ist
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    DISARMAMENT LEADS TO UNEMPLOYMENT.
    55 9 TFP.EE PRESS SERVICE- COPYRIGHT.] London, Dec. 3. The army is swamped with a surplus of officer; and many of them are leu ing thc Srrvice and taking up business pui suits. Meanwhile there is a dearth of COilnU fi r Woolwich and it is expected it
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    RESTRICTION FOR COLLIERIES.
    40 9 [FKEE PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.] London. Dec. a. A meeting of the Welsh colliery propriet. rs has been arranged to be held at which a scheme will be decided upon to settle the output quota of each colliery.
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    A SARAWAK WEDDING.
    37 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London. Dec. 3. The wedding of Mr. B. J. C. Spurway. Assistant Conservator of Forests, Sarawak, to Miss Kathleen Ennion took place at Newmarket to-day. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    A BUICK BEAUTY.
    245 9 The Silver Anniversary of the Buick car is marked by the output of a fine newmodel. The IMP Buick is on view in the show rooms of Messrs Guthrie and Company's motor department. Grange Road. The first imrression one gains on viewing the new Buick is that
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    FATAL FALL FROM HOUSE.
    161 9 A Coroner's enquiry was commenced yesterday into the death of a young Chinese girl who fell from a window on the second floor of a house in South Bridge Road on November 19th. following a raid by officers of the Chinese Protectorate on another house. It
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    35 9 Mr. D. P. Fletcher, the Manager of Messrs. Cycle and Carriage Company (192G) Ltd.. Ipoh, is leaving shortly to take up a position which he has been offered in Penang, says the Times of Malaya.
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    MERRY MELBOURNE.
    63 9 IMITATING CHICAGO'S METHODS. Bombsters on Bail. fßeutei's Seivice.l Melbourne, Doc. 3. Eight persons hsve been arrested in connection with the bomb explosion at the Greek Club in which fifteen people were injured. They were released on bail despite the stiong protests of the police. Two of those arrested
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    THE CHILE DISASTER.
    69 9 Earthquake Ruin Growing. [Reuter's Service. 1 Santhgo de Chile, Dec. 3. The port of Constitucion has been badly damaged by the earthquake and the inhabitants are sleeping in tents. Only ten per cent, of the houses at Tampa are inhabitable. The damaged buildings are being demolished to
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    SAFEGUARDING TEXTILES.
    57 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, D«c. 3. A meeting of executive committees of trade unions in the wool, and textile trade was held at Bradford and decided to support another application by employers under the Safeguarding of Industries Act ftfr safeguarding dress goods. The trade, unions opposed the
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    SEAPLANE TRAGEDY.
    38 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rio de Janeiro. Dec. 3. A seaplane with fourteen passengers flew out to meet an incorring liner on which the pioneer flyer, Santos Dumont was travelling. The seaplane crashed and all passenger were drowned.
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    RUHR METAL WORKS START.
    24 9 [Reuter's Service.! Berlin. Dec. 3. Some of the Ruhr metal works are resuming to-day the remainder as soon as possible.
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    CHINA CABLE NEWS.
    198 9 Another New Tariff Treaty. [By advancement with Nanyang Siang Pan Press.] Shanghai. Dec. 3. The principle for settling the unsecured Japanese loan has been decided by Mr. Soong Tse Wen and Mr. Yada. The Sino-Dutch tariff pact will be signed before Thursday. The National Chamber of Commerce
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    54 9 During the trial of the 23 years old Albanian student, Agiviath Bebi, who a year ago shot dead, in an hotel, the Albanian Minister, M. Cenabeg, a man in Court fired seven shol? and kilied the accused. The assailant was the servant of the assassinated Minister's brother. He was arrestet'
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    SUNDAY'S YACHTING.
    494 9 THE GUILLEMARD. CUP. A Breezy Day. The first of the series for this ever popular challenge cun came off in glorious weather from a yachtsman's point of view including as it did plenty of wind and saa. lots of windward work, and a capsize to round off the
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    THE CARDOSA CHALLENGE TROPHY.
    602 9 found further reefs necessary. However she continued to draw away from her rival, and nose diving and bouncing around like a cork, she made the buoy and sped homeward to cross the finishing line an easy, but well drenched winner. Irene sailed a good race and
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      514 10 tEllerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated in U.S.A.) M fllßMMr 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 S'pore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF MADRAS Dec. 15 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Jan. 12
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      673 11 O. S. K. Line. M iMtions. Steamers. Arrive. Ug**. n Rotterdam. Hamburg:. Bremen, D nkirk :m«l Antwerp via Colombo, jj« S.W I' ort Said Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec. 18 ,^-n Port Elizabeth, ('apt' Town. ,1 Ri .Janeiro Montevideo _j Isenofl Aires. JHound ih«' World passage £150.1 t Manila Maru
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    200 12 STILL AGROUND. Falls City Not Yet Refloated. Despite all efforts on yesterday afternoon's high tide to refloat the Falls City, which went aground on Tree Island with a cargo of coal from Durban to Singapore, the vessel is still fast. It is understood that the stuamer has suffered
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    HO HONG STEAMSHIP CO. CHANGES.
    104 12 A number of changes have recently occurred in the commands of the Ho Hoffeg Steamship Company's vessels. Captain D. M. May. who recently took command of the Hong Khene. formerly the Ling Nam has proceeded Home on the Empress of Canada, having retired from the
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    YESTERDAY'S CARGOES.
    45 12 23 bullocks by the Van der Ha^en from Sourabaya. 20 buffaloes froM Sandakan by the Kajam?. Coal by the Shinai Maru, bound from iCiflta to Christmas Island. Gypsum b\ the Sunpath. bound from Rouen to Keeling. 1,074 pitf* by the Elout from Cheribon.
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    221 12 H. M. monitor Cilatton torpedoed at Do\er in 191* to prevent her blowinp up is being scrapped at the port. Her sister Goreon is beinir broken up at Milford. The four now Hain Line fourteen-knot vessel^ Bangalore, Burdwan, Behar and Bhulan are runniner for the P. and O. with that
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      704 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins
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      471 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YOWL (Incorporated in U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA h BALTIMORE. M.S. SILVERMAPI-E due Dec. 16 M.S. SILVER BELLE due Jan. M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Jan. PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVIC r SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANC ISCO IND LOS
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      690 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantttt) 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 0 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      325 12 Mena. Brit. 51, from B. Pahat 3, for B. Pahat 5. Noorebar, Put. 344. from Djambi 3, for Djambi 5. Kuching, Sar. 5*03, from Kuching S, for Kuching 8. Henrik, Norw. 761. from Bangkok 2, for P. Swettenham 3. Elout, Dut. 966, from Cheribon 3. for Souvabaya 6. Siberg, Dut.
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    IN HOLLYWOOD.
    678 13 GOSSIP FROM THE HOME OF FILMS. They All Go There. Holly wJod Cnlif.. Oct. 22. SooniT or later they a!! come here, princes and tradesmen, potentates on Rave, and IJ.B. and E. men out for a £»"ind tf'wi time, writes Mollie Merrick for thi> Fit* Press and the
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    SIAMESE BOXING TOURNAMENT.
    272 13 Disallowed by the Police. There WUM preat disappointment on Nov. 2.'lrd. when a hupe <Towd, assembled t<» enjoy the Siaimse hoxinp contests at the. Lak Muunt? ground, as announced in the papers, found that none were to take place as the authorities interfered at the last moment
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    SPECTATOR'S CENTENARY.
    1108 13 LOYALTY TO LOFTY STANDARDS. Mr. Baldwin's Tribute. Representative* of polities luw, literature, medicine, journalism, and commerce were present at a dinner tu Claridge'? Hotel, London fciven by Aia.or John Astor in calibration of the centenaiy of the "Spectator." The front page of the mem. wa* a reprint oi
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    A CANON ON MODERN JOURNALISM.
    111 13 Canon Alexander, preaching as canon in residence at St. Paul's Cathedral said that modern journalism with all its great qualities and achievements was larpely responsible for the intellectual degeneracy of the day. If the ordinary man read nothing but short paragraphs of news, with large
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    WALL-STREET SUICIDES.
    142 13 Three Leaps to Death This Month. Now York. CM. 2:>. Mr. Barbell .MrWriMrir, agtd fifty-three, a stoc! broker, committed suicide this afternoon by jumping from his bAce °n the fourtvi iitli Soor of a building near the Stock Exchange. His wife states that he suffered heavy losses recently
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    9 13 I have never insured my life. Mr Reginald McKenna.
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      257 13 Hug T OfEH (f{^~*£&k T0 CLOSC K*m** cap*'; K/ Ij Wfe Replace cp ra,« i«er »rj VY^i^^KW/ •■•>■•!• jmfc .pw.rc', mW NEW BOTTLE SEAL NO CORKSCREW) j QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that which goes into the Haig bottle. rXmr tS Doctors are
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    A TEST DIRECTORY.
    1088 14 RESULTS OF ENGLAND V. AUSTRALIA MATCHES England Australia Won by England. Australia. Date Where Ist 2nd Ist 2nd 1877 played Inns. Inns. Inns. Inns. 4S Ma a. 15 Melbourne 196 108 245 104 ous. Mar. 31 Melbourne 261 122 122 269 wicaexs. 6 w.) AA* a a
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    TAKUAPA MINE.
    42 15 Messrs Boustead and Co., Penang, have received the following telegram from Takuapa Mine: November output: Number one Dredge 547 hours; 135,000 yards; 641 pikuls. Number two Dredge 475 hours; 115,000 yards; 425 pikuls. Number two Dredge now opening out satisfactorily.
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    RATRUT BASIN.
    46 15 Messrs Boustead and Co., Penanpr, state the following telegram has been received from the Rat rut mine at Sichon: No. 1 Dredge 390 hours"; 22,000 cubic yards; 168 pikuls tin ore. Railway bridge recently washed away has been rebuilt and traffic resumed to Ratrut.
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    SELF-WINDING WATCH.
    70 15 A watch that winds itself has been invented by Mr. John Horwood, a young Lancashire watchmaker. The self-winding device is so sensitive that the slightest movement, even the pulsating of the blood, will actuate it. If the watch is worn on the wrist for two hours it is
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    861 15 Dec. 3rd., Closing Prices. Buyers -Sellers. Ayer Weng lil>o 12 r Batang Padang 50 52*^ Batu Caves 1.57% 1.63% KuKit Arangs 1.07% 1.13% prem. Hitams 65 70 Hong Fatt ($1) 341., 3-71., Johan Tin 33 35 Kinta Tin Dred. 1.53% 1.57% Klang River 3.46% 3.55 ex. Kuchai
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 15 December 3. Bank 4. m.s. 2,4 5 32 Bank demand 2j4 Private credits 3 m s. 24% New York, demand 56 7|16 Credits yO days 5Si; France, demand 1446 India, T. T. 154 Hong Kong, demand 10% p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 122 »> Java, demand 140^ Bangkok, demand 79^
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    PRODUCE.
    200 15 December S. Tin 125 Tons .SIJU Gambier y Pepper White 94 Pepper Black 63 Flake Tapioca 8 Pearl Sago Smail 8 Copra SmdrM 10.30 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (N'ewj 330 Rice, Siaiu old N'o. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    57 15 December 3rd., 12 o'clock iv»on. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot &hk a Standard R.S.S. on Tender Dec. M% 29 Jan-Mar. 29 4 29 'a Apr-June 2V** ."50 Tone of Muiket: Dull. Latest Cable: London Spoi Sheet f* 7 16d. per lb. New Yoi'k Spot
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    58 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang 44s 3d 4~>s 3d Bukit Arang (76) 1.00 1.05 prem. Kent Tin (2s) 5s 6d 6s Malav Consd. ($1) 73 75 Malayan Tin (ss) 27s 30s Penawat 91 to PenKKalen (ss) 18s 9d 20s Sione 26s 6d 27s 6d Sungei Way
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    33 15 Judge Cluer (to man who stood security for a friend): There ought to be an interdiction against you to prevent you making such a fool of yourself and ruining your wife and children.
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    BRITISH MALAYA RUBBER.
    253 15 November Statistics. The following la a statement of the quantity and value of rubber txportcd during November: Net Increase 2,793 tons. Declared value for 1928 $2^6.655.000 against $472,488,000. The above figures represent the totals compiled from declarations received up to the last day of the month for
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    DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA), LIMITED.
    260 15 DEVON ESTATES (MALACCA), LIMITED. The Directors' report to the shareholders to be presented to the annual meeting at tnt French Rank Building on Tuesday, Dei-. 11. says: The net profit for the year amounted to $364,340.24. to which must be added the balance of $224,538.70 brought forward from last account,
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    214 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Rubber. London 8 7/16d 116d down. Local 28% cents. Tin.— London, £238 ss. Local %\tb% for 125 tons. Mining. Steady, Kinta Dredge 1.64 1.55. Malaya Consols 74 76. Kuyoh 30 32. Rahman Hydiaulic 1.55 1.60, Sungei Way 3.30 3.40, Klang River 3.45 3.5;"), Penawat 92 94,
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    22 15 I =r You'll notice, however, there has been no marked-down sale of fighting material since the Kellopr* treaty was siened. -Puluth Herald.
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      403 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Office: Hocg Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIPECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. 3. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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    DEATH OF VETERAN TENNIS PLAYER.
    193 16 [Reuters Service.] London, Dec. 3. The death is announced of A. W. Gore, the veteran lawn tennis champion. Born in 1868, he learned to play tennis on the sands at Dinard. His first success in England was obtained at the L.A.C. Meeting at Stamford Bridge
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    THE TEST MATCH.
    624 16 ENGLAND IN STRONG POSITION. Deadly Bowling by Larwood. fßeuter's Service.! Brisbane, Dec. 3. In hot weather the first Test Match was continued to-day before an attendance of 10,000. The wicket was fast. The in me re-opened in an atmosphere of depression, as, following: Saturday's disasters to Australia.
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    MALAYAN RACING.
    290 16 SELANGOR AMATEUR MEETING. Weights for First Day. The following are the weights for the first day of the Selangor Amateur Meeting: on Thursday: Race 1. Ponies Class 2 Div. 4 4 furlongs: Untong 11.13, Coquette 11.9, Sterling 11.8. Jangeishak 11.7, Gipsy Girl 11.6, Lanercost 10.10. Grnger 9.11, Sunchoke
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    TURF CLUB IRISH MAIDENS.
    41 16 The Carmarthenshire, carrying the above Irish Maidens, is due to ari'ive in Singapore on Friday morning. If this arrangement holds the draw will take place at the Club's Thomson Road Stables at 5 p.m. on Sunday next.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    216 16 The following: is the result of the matci Scotland vs. The Rest played on SundayScotland players mentioned first: Lowson and Craik 0. Campbell am Trimmer 0. Strachan and Joyce 1 1 4 H. Jackson am Jones 0. Stewart and Thomson 1, Boardman anc Ropers 0. Meldrum. and
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    83 16 The Ladies December Bogey Competition was played yesterday and resulted in a tie betw««n Mrs. J. W. E. Adams, Mrs. R. H Wilson and Mrs. O. H. Douglas. Thirty cards were taken out and the following were returned. Mrs. J. W. E. Adams All square. Mrs. R.
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    88 16 Selangor's Cup Team Against Perak. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 3. In a "mud bath" on Saturday The Rest beat Scotland by one goal to nil. There was no score in the first half. Halfway through the second half Parker scored and converted Webber would have
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    ANOTHER SWIMMING RECORD.
    51 16 [Reuter's Service.] Stockholm. Dec. 3. Mile. Martha Norelius swam 200 metres free style in 2 minutes 39 4/5 seconds, which is claimed to be a world record. [Mile. Norelius set up a 200 metres record at Miami in 1926 when her time was 2 min.s 40 3/5
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    944 16 POSITIONS TO DATE IN THE LEAGUES. The Wednesday take the Lead. The following are the positions to date in the English Leagues and the First Division of the Scottish League: DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts i. Sheffield Wednesday 17 10 4 3 32
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    219 16 Si On this page every Tuesday K ij! morning will be found a series of I ■in questions which will be of interest 'J. (Hi to sportsmen, recalling as they do m] X remarkab!e achievements of the past [111 in various branches of sport and X nil
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    LOCAL FOOTBALL.
    538 16 WELCH FIND SCORING FORM. A Splendid Win. Welch. 4; Sino-.Malays. .2 The Welch fully demonstrate their successful climb to winning form when they met and defeated a strong Sino-Malay side at the Stadium yesterday aftsrnoon. it wasa good match but it would have been much more enjoyable had
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    HOCKEY.
    146 16 S.C.C 1; Y.M.C.A.. 1. An excellent game of hockey was witnessed on the Padang yesterday when the Y.M.C.A. w-re the visitors, which ended in what was perhaps the only fair decision a draw of one all. Both teams put up a pood defence and though undoubtedly one or two
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    S.C.C. VOLUNTEER SNOOKER TOURNAMENT.
    181 16 The following ties are arranged. Wednesday. W. Swithinbank and R. M. Jenner vs. W. T. Cherry and J. W. Muncey. N. Bradbury and H. Morris vs. C. E. Winter and R. B. Horner. H. L. Hopkin and L. A. Williams vs. E. J. Cassels and A.
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