The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 March 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SA THURSDAY. MARCH 7, 1929. NO. 12,660
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    272 1 War clouds are again gathering over China, a serious controversy having arisen between the Kwangsi clique and General Chang Kai Shek. the head of the Nanking Government. Troops are being mobilised and small clashes have already occurred Page 9. Committed for contempt of court the London leader
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    FALSE ANTITHESES.
    964 1 I Polla gar eipon ouden tranos apedelxas.* Euripides. It is nearly a century since Jeremy Bentham died, and it if more than a century since his "Book of Fallacies" appeared. Were he alive now. he would probably i-^sue a new and revised edition of that deiigntful work, for
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      235 1 WING LOONG. ,„r RECOGNISED HOUSE for -..TROPCAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STKEET. _♦>- -A- .-%^A m 4*^ -j** -fit*. _<_. _<_. AA A J*~ J** jO- A H A^^^WW "W v V v v j RAFFLES HOTEL I CO) j Commencing Saturday, March 2nd. X I Speoia.l E^rksav£;e<i\ei\t Miss Mantle
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      223 1 SPEED STRENGTHI I The new ROYAL shiftlock S movement assures greater jf g epecd and strength, only the g S type segment moves during j| S this operation, the carriage j§ I remaining stationary. jg INCORPORATED IN THE ISin 20in &26in MACHINES I s== _B^^* i§^ 1 m*Wm WW 9^Wm\W^
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      83 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A Fre-h Food notice Page 14. Zeiss glasses of all descriptions P n 1. Modern style at the Eastern studio Page 6. Uunlop. the greatest tyre of all time Page 16. HubTic notices; auctions; launch for sale Page 7. Theatre and picture hous.- attractions Tage- 1 and 2.
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      148 1 THE WEEK. TIJ T nurnday, ,th. High Water. 0.53 a.m., 7.2. 9.51 p.m., 6.9. Homeward mail. Macdona Players, Theatre, 9.30. Pygmalion. Friday, Hth. High Water. S.S a.m.. 7.5, IU.IS p.m.. 7.:*. H.E. General Van Stranbeniec leaves. H.H. Sultan of Johore leave-. Mac done Players, Theatre, 9.30. Man >-r..> Supennan. Saturday,
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    415 2 Singapore, March 2nd. The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the "ther markets there may be small variations. MEAT. Beef steak (Round) Rati 50 _»eef stew or curry do 45 Pork, lean do 62 Pork, lean and fat Ist quality) do 54
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    COUNT TO FLY TO CEYLON.
    292 2 AH the Way from Florida. Count Von Cosel, a German, has made preparations to fly from Florida in America to Ceylon. The exact date on which the Count will start on Ids tremendous enterprise is not yet known, hut the Information that he has already
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    PRINCES SCHEME FOR WELSH MINERS.
    421 2 PRINCES SCHEME FOR WELSH MINERS. I hear, writei the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian that the Prine< i of Wales ii keenly interesting himself in proposal to transfer miners from the din tressed areas t«> the Duchy of Cornwall estates. The Prince*, suggestion ha. beei j laid before the
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    62 2 A meeting of the Co-operative Thrift nnd s was held in Ipoh last Sunday 2 at which the Senior Co-operative Officer Perak, outlined the objecta and scope of i co-operative union 'J he meeting decided i after discussion, to form such a union, an.l Committee waa elected, under the chair-
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      123 2 riE i D4NCINO 1 EXCLUSIVE BALLROOM 1 I DANCING. I i MISS J. BOSHOFF, Late of the TYNEGATE-SMITH f i SCHOOL OF DANCING, Shaftesbury Avenue, LONDON. i Announces that she will give Indivi- g I dual Tuition in the latest Ballroom |> Dancing. <§> I .For engagements and full particulars
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      319 2 VICTORIA XHKATRg TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY AT 9J&O pjm MACDONA PLAYERS IN FLATS BT BERNARD SHAW. To-Night: PYGMALIONT Friday, March Bth. I Saturday March ftth. MAN AND SUPERMAN. j FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. Booking at Little's $4, 2 and 1. Sunday, March 10th, at 9.30. WILLIAM HEUGHAN. Booking at Little's Prices $3, 2&
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      386 2 ALHAMBRA^ Programme I COMMENCING MARCH 7th. and ending TUESDa "AfiCH In the Second Show at 9 VM The Latest Empire News POLA _NEG RI "BARBED WIRE* A most human drama, brilliant and unuBual A PARAMOUNT PICTURE. In the First Show at 7.30. Zane Grey's Drums of the Desert Bumbling through
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1046 3 JNG*S TRIBUTE TO BRI- TISH COMPANIES. Prosperity and good Example. fKiom Our Own Correspondent.] i r Bangkok, Feb. 27th. I twenty -two years ago dredging for tin carted ]n Siam, the first company to build i dredge being Tongkah Harbour. This Iredge was erected at Prai and
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    14 3 I She "Go! Leave this house! And never! darken my guest towel again!"— Life.
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    ECHOES FROM SPACE.
    741 3 Mystery of the licaviside La^ci Whan lone-distance srirelesa transmission was first achieved scientists were possled to explain how it became possible. At that time it was believed that the wireless waves, travelling in Btraight lines, left the earth at a tangent anil passed into spare at comparatively
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    20 3 lt is not easy for Catholics and Protestants to lie eaj-y in the same bed, unless both are asleep.^-Dean Inge.
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      175 3 _Hnft*** LlLlLll!ll!lU|l___a!,| li If your Kodak has not been 1 ■j used lately it may want I l| Bring it in to us at Battery Il .'KODAK" SERVICE I COSTS NOTHING 1 KODAK LIMITED. 1 He (Incorporated in England.) S 8, Battery Road, SINGAPORE. 1 ■i ii iViririi _^_1 m\
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      141 3 44+++ ++444++++4+++* 4*s 4 *><^i^><r^^^4^^*^^iy^^^^^ I CBA.WFOEDS CREAM CRACKERS f X CBISP CREAMY I _4 _S_v 1 The sale of Crawford's Cream Crackers is enorm- oua and is still growing. We recommend them, X T *^«tiBe them, we push them, but behind our 4 f.i Qr s we have the
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    CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA.
    386 4 I PICTURES OF THE FOUhTH TEST: AM ELECTRIC BISHOP ♦Te _>-^PP *4 This "picture which recently arrived from Switzerland was taken during a great sleighing competition and shows one of the competitors descending the curved and tortuous track at great speed. tf There was no doubt
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    QUEEN OF THE DESERT.
    1354 5 MYSTERY WOMAN BELOVED BY THE ARABS. "Romantic, Uncrowned, and Beautiful." Mystery surrounds the identity of a beautiful woman who has suddenly become the uncrowned Queen of the Arabian desert. Who she is and what she is, nobody knows. Arabs arriving at Bagdad from their desert fastnesses
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    73 5 Among many new arrivals at the London Zoo worth seeing Mrs. Balchin has presented a sun-bear, a native of Malaysia, and the smallest of its tribe. Its black fur is very short and close, and is decorated with a pale white or orange horseshoe on the chest. Malay bears are
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    STRAIN OF SEVEN-DAY TESTS.
    458 5 In congratulating the M.C.C. on retaining the Ashes at the annual meeting of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club at Leeds, Lord Hawke said he wondered if we realised in this country the strain of playing to a finish, which in the last match meant seven days.
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    ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
    494 5 The first of a series of six lecture* on "Evolution and the Problem of Species" was delivered by Professor Julian S. Huxley at the Royal Institution. He stated that there were now in the museums of the world close on one million separate species of animals and
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    BERT AND HIS "MISSUS."
    645 6 He stood in the entrance hall of the hospital, a shabby, diminutive figure, with a furtive look in his sunken eyes, writes thilip Inman in the Daily Express. "You wish to Speak to me?" I asked. "Me misMiis* upstairs." he started, and there was v-atch in
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    21 6 We have learnt to love everything about j 1 I nneasMro exccnt its climate. The Arch- It ishop-Elect of York. t
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    SURPRISES OF THE NEW ELECTIONS.
    302 6 Free Combs for Women Voters. Preparations are now in full swing IOJ making the coming election campaign unique in the annals of political history. Both the Liberal and Conservative parties are enlisting the services of recent -cientilic inventions, and the IBM th ids useii for
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    230 6 be noted the periodic structure of bileStcnes and the periodic action of certain drugs. This latter deserves closer study; morphin, far instance, in more than fatal doses, seems to bring on total insensibility without causing death. The constipating action of sulfate of soda in small doses and the excitant phase
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    RHYTHM OF NATURE.
    898 6 PERIODIC PHENOMENA EVERYWHERE. Its Varying Forms. Nature is full of pulsations, of to-and-fro movement, of action that takes place not continuously but in regular time-phases. It may be, thinks Dr. W. Kopaczewski, who contributes an article on "Periodic Phenomena in Nature" to La Nature (Paris) that everything
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    IRELAND'S CURSE.
    118 7 GUNMEN PLOTTING AGAIN. Many Arrests. [Renter's Service.] London, Mar. 5. f There was a sensation in Dublin this afternoon when it was known that 40 young 1 men had been arrested in houses in various parts of the city during the night. Fifteer of them were later released.
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    MINERS' OFFICIALS MEET PREMIER.
    138 7 But Get No Satisfaction. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 5. The full executive of the Miners' Federa. tion waited on Mr. Baldwin at Downing Street to urge immediate and definite action to deal with unemployment in the coalfields including reorganisation of the industry. Their proposals were very
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    MR. HOOVER'S CABINET.
    120 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Mar. 5. The Senate has confirmed Mr. Hoover's Cabinet as follows; Secretary of State, Mr. H. L. Stimson; Treasury. Mr! A. W. Mellon; Interior, Dr. W. L. Wilbur; Commerce. Mr. R. P. I^amont; War, Mr. J. Q. Good; Attor-ney-General. Mr. W. D. Mitchell; Postmaster.
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    THE FORGED TREATY.
    114 7 r Reuter's Service. 1 The Hague, Mar. 5. In the Second Chamber, the Prime Minister, referring to the forged treaty said that after learning the Amsterdam Hetalgemeen Handelsblad had declined the offer of publication h"., the Foreign Minister, exceedingly regretted to hear the Utrecht paper had decided
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    RHINELAND PROBLEMS.
    115 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 5. The opinion that no conclusions could be reached on the questions either of evacuation of the Rhineland or of German reparations until the experts had finished their labours in Paris was put forward by Sir Austen Chamberlain to Press representatives at
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    MARKING OF RUBBER.
    93 7 [Reuter's Service. l London, Mar. 5. The standing committee under the Merhandise Marks Act has reported. It will ind that applicants have not made out a ase to require rubber manufactures to bear \n indication of origin at the time of importation, but have made out a
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    HUGE DRUG HAUL.
    44 7 [Reuter's Service.! New York, Mar. 6. The authorities have seized of $1,000,000 vorth of morphine, heroin and opium conigned to Kentucky, California, Missouri and Texas. Four men have been arrested and ire suspected to be agents of an internaional drug ring.
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    NAPOLEON ON WOMAN.
    831 7 "NATURE HAS MADE HER OUR SLAVE." Josephine. There fa n <> end to books about Napoleon, It* mi tribute to his astonishing perl ?oIW< y they are all read^le. Now, f following the success of Emil Ludwig's Life i of Napoleon, comes from Germany a book compiled
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    HOW THE MONEY WASTES.
    54 7 [Reuter's Service. l Geneva, >lar. T>. The Secretary-General of the League has signed £1,000,000 contract for construction Tf an assembly hall, new secretariat offices j and a new library in Ariana Park. Architect? are submitting plans this month. A special 1 committee of five has been
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    CHINA'S NEW ADVISOR.
    23 7 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.! Nanking, Mar. r,. Sir Frederick Whyte has b*en apnointed --^rary advisor to the Chinese Government. i
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      536 7 BUSINESS CARPS. r r^i2is®siaiaiaiaiaiaiaaeßß j <FLORANGE" I I ,3 HIGHLY CONCENTRATED I j PURE FRUIT I FreBb floral wreaths made to order. M 1 SINGAPORE CASKET CO. 83. SELEGIE ROAD. B Telephone No. 75. g BiUboshed 1912. Tele. 8492. I I MASSAGE I MR. MRS FUJIMORI I JAPANESE BONE-SETTER g
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      801 7 NOTICES. I EXCHANGE BANKS. 1 The Exchange Banks will be closed on--I J^^Wedj^eaday, Hari Ray, Puasa. i MEETING OF "BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES 1 Tn e Quarterly sessions of the Bo»rH rt 52r*?irssr ,or *< o ß r s 7„ g pore for the first quarter of the year 1929
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      579 7 NOTICES. FRASER NEAVE, LTD. NOTICE is hereby given that the" Thirty Second Ordinary General Meeting of the Com pany will be held at the Registered Offices o the Company, 6 and 7, Trafalgar Street, Singa pore, on Saturday, March 23rd, 1929, at noon for the following purposes: 1. To receive
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      712 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE of EXCELLENT DESIGN WALNUT STAIWED AND WAX POLISHED TEAK HOUSEHOLD j FURNITURE, PIANO, ETC. At No. 33 Amber Mansion, Penang Laae, off Orchard Rd. On Saturday, Mar. 9th., at 2.3t pjn. I Comprising:— An excellent toned cottage r piano by Moutrie in good condition, latent style
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    19 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. EVANS. Adelaide Diana (Put), beloved wife of Arthur H. Evans, at Penang, on Sunday, March 3.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1929. PUBLIC RECREATION.
    762 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY MARCH 7, 1929. PUBLIC RECREATION. Reading reports of the doings of Municipal Committees gives perhaps a better insight into the public domestic activities of a place, than any other method. The thought comes up on the occasion of seeing the arrangements which are being made by
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    487 8 Dr. A. N. Kingsbury. .Director. Institute for Medical Research, has returned from lecve. The Hon. Mr. H. V. Towner Colonial Engineer, arrived in Penang on Monday from Singapore. Mr. M. Bertie will accompany the Sultan of Johore to Europe on the Macedonia which sails to-morrow. The annual general meeting of
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    "WIDOWERS' HOUSES."
    357 8 MACDONA PLAYERS IN NEW PLAY. Saturday's Experiment. Bernard Shaw's "Widowers' Houses," a new venture for the excellent repertory company, was staged for the first time in Singapore by the Macdona Players at the Victoria Theatre last night. Once again— already this week they have presented three of Shaw's
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    A MINE JOBBERY.
    87 8 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Mar. 6. During a gang robbery on Tuesday night i at Jalapang Mine, a party of ten Chinese entered the store, cut the telephone wires to the manager's office, bound and gagged the watchman securely binding him face downwards. His charpoy was
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    THE OIL PALM.
    72 8 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. Mar. 6. In the course of the opening of the first oil palm factory in Perak, at Sabak Bernam. lower Perak, Mr. Haynes. late Secretary of Agriculture, said 50,000 acres had bc»en alienated for oil-palm in Malaya and more than half was
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    AN ADELPHI INNOVATION.
    161 8 An interesting feature of the interludes between the dinner dance at the A-telphi Hotel last night was the excellent cabaret show given by the Mayfair Four, a talented quartette of artistes who entertained in <° manner thoroughly deserving the encores which a delighted audience gave. The ladies
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    170 8 Next Sunday. March 10th.. there will be Holy Communion and sermon at H.M. Naval Base, Seletar, at 10.30 a.m. Mrs. Hort. Lady Su{>erintondent. Eraser'* Hill, is. we hear, not going Home on leave, as has been reported. M.M. Mr. R. T. Foster, the well-known Seremban lawyer, who had been Home
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    ATTACKED BY ELEPHANTS.
    267 8 TERRlFylwTraitv a COOUE^SS^ N Nine W^T Hurt A mandoi and eight stoma af t graphical Survey D.part.n.nt hai T unusual and terrifying „v Monday night, writes a Kuala S' pondent under date Man* •> Mail. ~to *i Ma^ They were surveying te the w~ Railway line between
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    MINERS RELIEF FIND.
    149 8 Over £2.000 Now Contributed. A sum of ©53 ">s lini. representing $8,236.16, which stood to the credit of U» Miners' Relief Fund on Saturday last, his been telegraphically transmitted by the Chartered Bank to the Lord Mayor's (Mining Areas) Relief Fund, Mansion House, London. Since the Fund
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    68 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. IFRKK PRESS SERVICK. COPYRIGHT' London. Mar. 6. 4.10 D.m Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son* notifv to-dav's tin prices as follows: Spot £219 6 16 (down 12 16.1 Forward £221 6 16 (down £1 6161 The market if easier. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify
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    BARON KOENIG'S FLIGHT.
    67 8 BARON KOE NIG'S FLIGHT. Caroo Koenig has SZpttSSSt' a Sill land in Kuala Lumpur, ami pern::use the raeecourse for thi> purpose fcnlj" obtained. His present plans are to m Bangkok for Singora I Southern SsUSMj March 7 and to leave Singora for Lumpur on the Bth. These plans are su
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    THE HOLLAND-ROAD ATTACK.
    70 8 In connection with the cast m Chinese died from injuries received onrdav night it was stated in our sumn*. of the day's news on Tuesday that >ow of the Welch Regiment wen- concet T^ the matter. This statement should no* been made because, as far as is
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    DUKE OF GLOUCESTER'S VISIT.
    56 8 It is orheiallv ggftOOßCed that B* Highness the Duke of Gloucester •m forming the Garter Mission to arrive at Penang by the M tva h 18th. and will reach Singapore on ing of the April 20th. m His Roval Highno>- snd IW tinue their journey by
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    41 8 The death is rep... ted K !2| V >hah Malik, only SOU ol t,u J •!hah Bandar of rVrak. snd *aja Yacob, magistrate. Klansj illeged. shot himself With a gv^e* iide his quarters at Klanu oi ng, says the Malay Mail.
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    MR CLOUDS OVER CHINA.
    441 9 NANKING AND KWANGS TROOPS MOBILISE. Minor Clashes Already. neuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, March 6. Chinese official circles consider a tens* situation existing in the Nanking Gov ernn*nt vis a vis the so-called Kwangs t liqoe and a very serious shadow of war ii Overhanging the
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    U.S. AND WORLD COURT.
    84 9 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva. Mar. 5. Biha Root has drawn up a formula yxcmg the United States fifth reservation adherence to a permanent court of jusMr. Root proposes to create machinery *Mmr specific cases to determine whe»tsi Usited States really has an interest •£•■>; PMtioa to be
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    QUEEN EMMA VISITS ENGLAND.
    58 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. March 5. y Ut n mot h er of the Nether\l '-WW entraffed a special steamer to visit .^Mtion °f Dutch art in London. She JT Kf,tu "lam at 7 p.m. to catch a train in the morning and will return London at
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    COTTON AMALGAMATIONS.
    32 9 [Renter*! Service.] London. Mar. 6. f a number >f independent mills J* 3.000,000 spindles, have signified t t<> form an amalgamation rosa other projected or accom(Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    132 9 th* Supreme Court Kuala King of cases was being ncerning the alleged Jelai mentioned lt was stated this case had been post- M.M. •"rVi t mu <1 that a Conanltlgs has :0vf fr( j Jj arrange for the holding of h Xi P L t an J; ''mbridge dinner on
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    YOUNG ROBBER BOUND OVER.
    386 9 YOUNG ROBBER BOUND OVER. fcTORY OF A DINNER PARTY. Malay Rewarded. 18 one of the accused was a youth age< 1 ut cant 1 Ud r nt J n the S 3 gffnggtlWgfi!*** the ease f Cch2 T*' !fT Hua En *> and Wa l cor^n* 99 assembling tc taX
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    RATTAN FOR YOUTHFUL CHINESE.
    183 9 Similar charges of assembling to commit gang robbery were immediately afterwards heard against Lam Kow, Ng Ah Yew. and Wai Seey (age 16). Against Ng Ah Yew there was a further charge of unlawful possession of arms. Evidence was given by Inspector Clifton. He said two
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    RARE BOOK FOUND.
    333 9 "The Plane Man's Pathway to Heaven." There has been found in a Cheshire cot:«ge a 1601 copy of the book "The Plane Man's Pathway to Heaven." This was the :itle of one of the two books which John Bunyan received from his wife when he, soldier at
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    WOMAN MASQUERADES AS MAN.
    103 9 WOMAN MASQUERADES AS MAN. SIX YEARS IN FLAT WITB "WIFE." Leader of London Fascisti. J [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHTS London, Mar. 6. "Colonel Victor Barker," a restaurant t proprietor and leader of the National > Fascisti in London, employed as a reception clerk at the Regent Palace Hotel has Been
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    HOOVER'S FIRST JOB.
    118 9 Life and Death Struggle in Mexico. [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City, March 5. It is becoming obvious that the Government and the Revolutionists have settled down to a life and death struggle for supremacy. Fighting is reported in the States of Coahuila, Sonora and Sinaloa. The insurrectionists claim
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    ANOTHER WOOLWICH FIRE.
    39 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT. I London, Mar. 6. A fire has broken at the R.A.S.C. Barracks at Woolwich to-day and efforts are being maie to keep it within a restricted area. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    POPPY DAY FUND.
    121 9 Another Record Broken. Mrs. Manasseh having now got in all the Poppy Day tit tails fiom the various centres it has been found possible to make out the figures and the result is that the Malayan area for 1928 is found to have contributed $148,240.74 compared with
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    GODDARD CASE SEQUEL.
    206 9 Ex -Sergeant Rehabilitated. London. Feb. 19. The immediate result of the Goddard case is the rehabilitation of ex-Sergeant Josling. who was dismissed after he was found guilty by the Discipline Board in 1922 of bringing false allegations of corruption against policemen, including Goddard. Josling has received a
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    EINSTEIN'S ASSISTANT.
    173 9 Your reference to Einstein reminds me writes a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian) of the true story of how a very ecent portrait of him was painted in Berin. The first day the artist arrived Einttein ran up to him and said, "You won't nind if I have
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    U.S. AIR DEVELOPMENTS.
    137 9 EARLY WALL STREET DAYS f RECALLED. "World's Biggest" Air Port. [Reuter's Service. l 0 j. New York, Mar. 6. Sensational developments in air trans portation yesterday reminded older Wal Street business men of the early days ol railway development. Following the announcement of the formation of a
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    RAILWAYS AND AIR POWERS.
    55 9 [Renter's Service.] London, March 5. The shareholders of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway have authorised the Board to seek Parliamentary powers to use aircraft for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise to and from aerodromes in Great Britain in districts tapped by their trains. Other
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    COTTON COMBINE PROPOSAL.
    49 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 6. The Manchester Guardian says three companies in the Rochdale district have been valued for the purpose of the amalgamation of a number of independent mills controlling 3.000,000 spindles, but negotiations have not proceeded very far yet. [Earlier cables on page 7.J
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    SINGAPORE BASE CONTRACTS.
    226 9 American Plant and Admiralty Agreement. We were informed at the offices of Sir John Jackson Ltd.. yesterday, that although the four excavators to be obtained from America (the largest to be used) did exceed £20,000 in value there was no need, at the time of the placing
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    246 9 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, Mar. S. The Ex-Service Association of Malaya (Malacca Branch) held the annual general meeting on the 4th instant at the M. V. C. Headquarters. Mr. H. W. Esson presiding. The following Officers and committee were appointed for the current year. President. W. Gilliam,
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    ASSIZES CASE WITHDRAWN.
    76 9 In a case against two Chinese who were to have been tried at the Second Assizes on a charge of armed robbery, Mr. N. H. P. Whitley (D.P.P.) mentioned before Mr. Justice Deane yesterday that neither the complainant nor a witness could be found. They were strangers
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      508 10 Eilerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) 'fuSiirliHt PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANG IAI AND JAPAN. Dae S'pore. 1929. s.s. CITY OF DELHI Mar. 10 s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Apr. 10 s.s. CITY
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      641 11 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamera. Arrive. Leave. Rotterdam. Hamburg, Bremen, U rfl( k an d Antwerp via Colombo, and Port Said. Amazon Maru Mar. 18 Mar. 19 j. Elisabeth, Cape Town, Rio lan**' Santos, Montevideo and .lain-'"-I *a*i Air**. d .tht-World passage £150.] f Hawaii Maru Mar. 25 Mar.
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      509 11 *s4board IT. ia* dollar Vansem. nrr*iiiff'»y -MHHbTI Dollar President liner* offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric tans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running
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      803 11 e: p. m. UHMKLYKE PMEFVMIIT UMISCHMTU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland.) o UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640, with sub. connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment. Marine Departments and r-: Manager's desk. Representative* in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Peaaag). of the OFFICIAL
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      522 12 Bnrns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (9) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor ve~*el MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and f.nest steamers trading to Australia.
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      160 12 /^ORLDTR^^LSFPVir?K U* Pm****** *~JI Passages booked by all Lines: No booking fee. Rail tickets issued for the principal railways throughout the world. No booking fee. Baggage, Furniture, Merchandise Shipped and Stored. Cook's Interpreters in uniform meet the principal steamers and trains at all chief ports. I Insurances Life and Baggage
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      380 12 Kerr Steamship Co/Eh 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.SJL) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICF ta BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE. AN M.S. SILVERGUAVA due liar. 14 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 sails U mt j M.S. SILVERBELLE due May 8 Bails Apri M.S. SILVERMAPLE due May 30 May
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      259 12 I HENDERSON UNE. 0 SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steiaen Between Rangoon, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Port of Disembarkation Ply north. §jSja)tja* 1929. s.s. CHINDWIN .K7t.fl s.s. KEMMENDINE Miyll s.s. BHAMO MiyS s.B. SAGAING Joe 5.5. PEGU Juw2 s.s. BURMA July s.s. YOMA Jnly» s.s. AMARAPOORA Ao* 1
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      733 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY STEAMER TO-DAY. Rhio Sri Emilie 9 am. Cucob and Benuit Loong Heng 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Hong Teck 9 a.m. Karimon Sri Wongsee 9 a.ra. Penang, Province Wellesley, North- West Perak, Kedah, Kelantan, Western Siam, North, N.-East and North- West Sumatra Kedah 10 a.m. North, North East
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      1165 12 SHBPPING NOTES. The Shipping and the Import and Export Offices will be closed on Wednesday Ma-ch 13th 1929. A number of small mooring-buoys are to be established in the eastern portion of the Johore Strait during March and April within a radius of 2% cables of Cupola house, lat. 1.28
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      223 12 S. Madgwick, Mr. W. Ryan, Mr. T. E. Kemp Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Roberts and infant Mr.' and Mrs. J. G. Howell and infant, Mr.' and Mrs. A. W. Tyrrell and infant, Mr. and Mrs Hyde, Mr. F. Reeve, Mr. R. Blagden, Mr W S. Cunningham, Mr. F. J.
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    CIVILISED DISEASE.
    1494 13 MODERN DIET CAUSES MAN'S ILLNESSES. Eminent Physician's Views. It is hardly necessary in these days for me to produce more than a very limited amount of evidence bearing on the subject of the influence of diet on health, and that evidence is incontrovertible. To begin with, I would
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    23 13 I have come to the conclusion that getting to work is better than going to a secondarj I school.— Mr. Norman King (Bradford).
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    DREAM THAT LED TO STAGE "STARDOM."
    512 13 DREAM THAT LE D TO STAGE "STARDOM." The Child Who "Wanted to Play I Bernhardt." In the huge auditorium of the Old Vic I sat for a while, writes a correspondent in a Home paper, and chatted with Madame Rachel Berendt. the beautiful young leading actress of the Paris Odeon,
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    PAINTING ON THE MATTERHORN.
    467 13 I Woman's Stove to Stop Colours Freezing. Miss Hilda Hechle, the London artist who has been called "the woman who paints the world from the top," has reached St. Moritz to paint the winter sports. She has visited Switzerland to pahvj annually for the last twenty
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    31 13 We know a member of the younger generation who declined an invitation to attend a horse show recently, on the ground that he'd already seen a horse. >an Diego I Union.
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    PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON IN CEYLON.
    917 14 His Faith in Prohibition. It is the confirmed drunkards and the rich who break the Prohibition laws and foster the trade of boot- legging. "Pussyfoot" Johnson. Mr. "Pussyfoot" Johnson arrived in Colombo from India by the overland route. The first question he was asked was I
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    WAR ON RINDERPEST.
    158 14 Completely successful results, which may substantially contribute to the stamping out of the rinderpest epidemic, which has wrought such havoc in Colombo and other parts of Ceylon, during the past year, have attended a number of experiments cai ried out by the Government Veterinary Department. As announced
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    CENSORSHIP OF A FILM TITLE.
    219 14 Country in Fear of a Revolution. The placating of foreign Rim censors by substituting the title "The Only Solution" for that of "TV Oil" Way" was ri *cril >d in the Kind's Bench Div! ion recently, during the i' ed of the claim bv th.
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      173 14 HOURS Orchard Rd. Retail Branch. WEEK DAYS:— 5 a.m. to 11 a.m. 2 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. SATURDAYS 5 a.m. to 12 noon SUNDAYS 5 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. Selegie Road Retail Branch. WEEK DAYS:— 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. SATURDAYS 6 a.m. to 11
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      276 14 ssssssssssassaasßWiSfas^^ rawararßiv^rjn.'-r".- I tBkW ill a,r ,cr si 1 ia t umouln i q>l,o/3 Jgmßmm^ii amm 'Am Ijj 8 wmanw TOUWS J nc 31 I BORNEO MOTORS, LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). THE TASTE TELLS THE TALE j THE GROWING POPULARITY OF Is well deserved The consistent goodness has created
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      157 14 DAVID COPPERFIELD IN PICTURES. by Arthur Moreland. No. J5. Uriah Heep. L-.w nir^-w^'-'^'ml Ipt MM mm m^Mm *%>■ V>) •'V 1 I foil )W P ilii^ i y%^---- ONE EVENIKG.r.rWiD WENT INTO T(-ll <S^S^' W V^^Jk-L 52^*^*^^ ''^^-i"^T%' ADRtPT ON A PIRATICAL CRUISE OFFICE AND FOJ: DUftAHHEEPREAO:NG A CK, WHAT
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    637 15 FRASER AND NEAVE'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 5. During the period under review the tendency of the Tin market has been slightly easier, although according to London aavices there has been some revival in consumers' demand. The market in Tin shares continues dull and there is little
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    TAPAH RUBBER ESTATES.
    248 15 The following is the directors' report to the shareholders of Tapah Rubber Eatatea to be presented at the annual meeting on March 14th at noon at Evatt and Com--1 pany's. The net profit for the year amounts to $89,890.76 (as against $137,400.00 for the previous year) to
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    MACPHAILS SHARE LIST.
    53 15 Yesterday's Alterations. V* I I 4 *-vJ > \J f I plJSSSr 83 7«6d^m.8s6dpreni r;' 38s 3d 38a 9d lakuapas Temenpror £fo Hay tor £.60 B.80 Kundonjri 8.45 5.<ra Mandai-Tekongf r^ New Seudai 2.8a 2.9o Paiama 2.56 2.65 Sandycrofi 7"iVn toK Sungei Tukanar 1.31% l^& United ElUT.
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 15 March <>. Bank 4 m.s. |(S 29-82 Bang demand 2 3 25-32 Private credits I m.^. 2 3% New York, demand 56 1-1! T Credits 90 days 58 France, ('emand 1431 India, T. T. 153^ 2 Hong Kong, demand 12 p.c. Dis. 1 Yokohama, demand 125 t Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    241 15 March 6. Tin 200 Ton- $1117** < Gambie r 7% Pepper White 116 Pepper Black 62^ Flake Tapioca 7 Pearl Sago Small 8 Copra Sundried 9.70 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle New I 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 < Rice, Rangoon
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    52 15 March Oth.. 12 o'clock "<»»"• R a S eaual to Standard, Q.C.F. T,»n- of Market: Stagnant. Latest Cable: London Spot thee, 12%d. per lb. N.-u York Snot Sh.-et Gxti por 10. Standard K.S.S. on Ttoder Mar. 44'.. 44% Apr-.iuiu- 4»> 4»>U July-S.pt. 4»>\- 4»>» 4
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    FRASER'S SHARE LISTS.
    169 15 Buyers Sellers. CtenderYang (i) J» Jj g Ears, 1 1 JohanTin (20) J* Kent Tin (2.) 5« 9d «A Kuchai Tin Dredge ($1) 1.32% l Kuyoh Tin JJ Malayan Collieriea m>> 44.2a 45.W Malay (ons.i. g Pangnga River (5*) Si M rt Brunei United ($5) B.00 6^fl
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    119 15 YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce lubber Association, held its 906th auction, resterday, when there was catalogued 1,221,074 lbs.; 991.55 tons. Offered 1,767,604 bs.; 789.11 tons. Sold 1,439,299 lbs.; 642.54 ons. Spot. London 18%4. New York 25% cents PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per
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    LYALL AND EVATTS WEEKLY REPORT.
    506 15 Singapore. Mar. 6. The metal market keeps remarkably steady, daily fluctuations of a few shillings only taking place. Spot closes 10* lower on balance at 1220. and three months 10s firmer at £222 10s, with local easier at 111 7 h, a loss of *4
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    225 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Mar. 0. Rubber. London Is o%d. '.d down. Local Closing Prices: Spot 43%, March 44. April-June 45%, July-Sept. 15%, lh t.-Dee. Tin. London E222 10s unchanged. Mining. Steady. Sungei Way 3.05, Kuchaia 1.32^ 1.37**, Kinta Isretige 1.50 1.55, Klang River 3.3u •'>.!>, Hong rati* 70
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      631 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act.
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      391 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong 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 DIRECTORS. N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. W. H. Bell, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B. D.
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      39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives. Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A GORDON. LEE, Resident Manager.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    190 16 INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CLUB. Big London Scheme. fFREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT! London. March 6. An International Sports Club is being opened at Grosvenor House, Park Lane. The patrons include the Duke of Westminster, Lord Londonderry, the Marquis de Penaranda and Mr. Payne^ Whitney. Membership of the Club will carry
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    PRESTON NORTH END SELLING UP.
    68 16 Players Valued at £40,000. [Reuter's Service. l London, Mar. 6. Preston North End, one of the most famous English football clubs, founded in 1880, has followed the lead of Derby, and Hull by placing the whole of the 29 players on their books on the
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    SCOTTISH FOOTBALL.
    33 16 [Reuter's S"rvi<«<>.) London, March 3. In the Scottish Cup fourth round, St. Mirren beat Aberdeen 4 ».o 3. SCOTTISH LEAGUE. In the Scottish League Hamilton beat Raith Rovers I to I.
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    FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    74 16 IBritish Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 5. The Prince of Wales witnessed the conclusion of the world's figure-skating championship. It was won by Gellis Graftsrom, Sweden, with Carl Schafer. Vienna, second. Ludwig Wrede, Vienna, third and J. F. Page, England, fourth. The championship, which was started in
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    MALAYAN GOLF MEETING.
    84 16 The Association of British Malaya is arranging a golf meeting to be held on course in the south of England on ..he 11th, 12th and 13th June. The meeting Aili at open to all residents and former resident.of Malaya. The name of the course or, which the
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    SIAM'S LAWN TENNIS FINALS.
    36 16 Bangkok. March 5. The King and Queen witnessed the .'inah of the ladies' singles and the men's dojble* of the Siam Lawn Tennis Association anc subsequently presented all the tournament priz* 1
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    CRICKET.
    54 16 The following will represent the S.CXX against the S.R.C. on the latter's ground on Sunday: E. S. Bell, T. M. Calhaen, J. K. Hamilton, J. Ilsley, R. Jarvis, R. H. kaverton (capt.), J. M. Lowson, P. R. Pank, G. H. Pinkney, A. Stevens and F. Vine. The game will
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      25 16 Ladies' Doubles Handicap. Mrs. Zylstra and Miss Wallis owe lo.< beat Mrs. C. H. G. Clarke and Mrs. Davie; plus 3 6—l, B—6.
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      TO-DAY'S TIES.
      41 16 Ladies' Doubles Open. Mrs. Zylstra and Miss Wallis vs. Mrs Bennett and Mrs. Prentis. Mrs. Pierrepont and Miss Trevor Smitr vs. Mrs. Newell and Mrs. Atkin Berry. Miss Griffith Jones and Mrs. Stephensor vs. Miss Stephenson and Mrs. Wurtzburg.
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      FRIDAY'S TIES.
      36 16 Men's Double* Handicap.— (Final). Bartley and Salmond plus 2 vs. J. S. An derson and J. K. Hamilton plus 1. Mixed Doubles Open. Mrs. Zylstra and A. D. Anderson vs. Mr and Mrs. Bennett.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    25 16 In the replay for the ladies* monthly medal of the Garrison Golf Club Mrs. G. Savage beat Mr*. Lowe 2 and 1.
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    FOOTBALL.
    350 16 CHAMPIONS STILL IN THE RUNNING. Doff Injured. Uniteers 3; Fraser and Neave 0. The Uniteers were full value for their victory over Fraser and Neave at the Sta- dium yesterday. The Champions had more of the play and were always more dangerous i in front of goal. For Fraser
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    GENIUS IN GAMES.
    719 16 Co-ordination of Mind and Muscle. Profesj-or A. V. Hill, in his hook "Living Manchinery." analyses the action of a man throwing a cricket ball a world's record distance of 150 yards. He shows how the power of projection is derived, not from the arm. but from the
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    MALACCA SPORT.
    445 16 THE CRICKET SEASON OPENS. A Moderate Start. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, Mar. 5. The Malacca Club opened their cricket season on Saturday last with a practice match Outstations versus Town. The game did not produce anything startling to indicate that Malacca will be able to put up
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    THE "DYING" SPORT OF CYCLING!
    293 16 More Miles Than Many Motorists. What is the record distance covered in any one year by a cyvlist? In the current issue of Cyclintr numerous cases in which cyclist* exceeded the 10.000-mife mark in 192H are quoted. This distance is considered quite a reasonable average
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB.
    74 16 There will be the 150 metres Medley Race at the Club on Sunday, at 10.30 a.m. sharp, and Water-polo League match, Dragons vs. Jelly-fish. Swimmers and polo players are asked to note that the Penang Chinese Swimming Club will be coming down during the Easter Holidays to
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    55 16 BETS TAX MODIFICATION UKELY. Lords Dismiss Crown Appeal. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, March 6. In view of the dismissal by the House of Lords of the Crown appeal asking that the Stadium Club be held liable to pay betting tax on its totalisators, modifications in the
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    STILL NO RACING.
    25 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 6. Racing, which has been held up owing to the wintry conditions, is still not possible.
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    OXFORD'S RECORD TRIAL.
    43 16 Two Miles in 14min 20.secs. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, March 6. The Oxford eight, out for a trial, created a record from Hambledon Lock to the Royal Hotel, over two miles, which they did in 14 mins 20 sees.
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    SERVICES HOCKEY.
    24 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London. March 6. In the Inter-Services hockey final the Army beat the Navy by 11 goals to nil.
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    LINCOLNSHIRE BETTING.
    39 16 rFREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHTI London March 6. The following is the betting on the Lincolnshire: SCINTILLATION 100—12 UNSLOPAGAS 100—7 CAPTURE HIM 100—6 MISCOU 100—6 CORN WALLIS 20—1 IRISH ROMANCE 20—1 HARPIST 25—1 NESTORIAN 25—1 ON APPROVAL 25—1
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    PORT DICKSON Y. C.
    338 16 Another Good Race. The Port Dickson Yacht Club's seventh race of 1929 was sailed at 11 a.m. on SunJay. The marks were. hrst of ail, the island off the 7th mile, a mark boat anchored about 1% miles off the 4th mile, round the starting buoy,
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    55 16 The following races will be sailed on Sunday. 44 A" Class: Final Race for the Club Trophy. Start 10.10 a.m.; Course Club Course; Handicaps Joy 8 per cent Jean 4 per cent. 44 8" Class: Final Race for the Club Trophy. Start 10 a.m.; Course Club Course. High Water
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    65 16 Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, Eurasian Coy,; Bde. Sig. Sec. (Indian). Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, "A" (M.G.) Coy.; lst. Bn. Sig. Sec. Eurasian Coy. M. G. Sec. Eurasian; Bde. Sig. Sec. (Sinhalese); S.V.F.A. Saturday, 2 p.m. Bukit Timah Range, Eurasian Coy.; Seletar (Fairer Range), "C" (Scottish)
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    54 16 Mrs. Chambers, wife of Mr. E. E. Chambers, who has just been transferred to the Kuala Lumpur Branch of the Chartered Bank, was a passenger to Penang yesterday from Belawan after a holiday in Medan, says Tuesday's Straits Echo. Mr. A. R. W. London has taken Mr. Chambers' place in
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