The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 September 1930

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  • 20 1 The Singapore Frre Press. G GFGHG ESTABLISHED ***** SINGAPORE, &S. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930. 1 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS,
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  • 405 1 A sensation has been caused by the Fascist successes m the German elections Page 11 and 12. The Japanese Privy Council's Examination Committee of the London >&val Treaty has concluded its questioning: of the three ministers concerned and will meet again on Sept. 17— Page 11. According
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  • 960 1 PART 11. On our way home from the Charente liiferieur\ m endeavouring to avoid again the cobble-stones of Bordeaux, we ran through Libourn?. the most tascinatinK eM town we had seen on the entire journey. Dignified and beautiful, it conveyed an atmosphere of peace and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 320 1 (jTloong. HIGH CLAM nr^u OuvtaiMf gIOP •TRBBT [Raffles Hotel I DINNER AND DANCE mom A LITTER'S RAFFLES ORCHESTRA T I WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th. X TEA DANCE 6.15 p.m. J» bALAI AiKA ORCHESTRA AND COSSACK CHOIR H Admission To Ball Room $1.56 J I i 672/LL ROOM. i SPECIAL DISH TO-NIGHT
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    • 231 1 EUROfPCD HOTELi I SINGAPORE. I TO-NIGHT. DINNER MENU. TO-NIGHT. c Hors d'Oeuvre Varies 3 X Consomme Madrllene P g Creme Dubarry B P Rouget Florentine R X Mazagran a la Reiiit S W Tournedo Jardiniere S Paisan Roti 3f S Aubergines Farcies Pommes Croquette* 9f 2 Creme Caramel jjl S
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    • 117 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Kelvinator facts Pape 6. Goldflak^ are fresh P^ge 17. Zam-Buk. the healer Page ti. Hotel announcements Pag? 1. Sanatogen true tonic food Page 3. Perfection stoves at Littles Page 10. Chubbs safes are available Page 12. Cinema and amusement quide Page 2. The Malays hi Malaya. M PH.—
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    • 11 1 WING LOONG. TBS KECOONIBED HOUM for EUROPEAN TROPICAL BUTTB, HIGH STREET.
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  • 216 2 Programme of Drills up to and for weekending September 21st. Tuesday. 5.15 p.m.. Malay Drill Hall. "F" (Malay) Coy.. Company parade and 30 yards Range. Drill Hall. S.V.F.A., Lecture—Sanitation. 2d Bn. Signal Section. Signal training. Wednesday. 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. European Units. SVC. New members Weapon Training.
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  • 171 2 The following novels were added to Raines Library during the past fortnight: Asche (O?car) The Saga of Hans Hansen. Brush <, Katharine > Young Man of Manhattan. Buchan (John) Castle Gay 2 copies. Clements (Rex) Grey Seas. Curwood (J. O.) Green Timber. 2 copies. Douglas (O. The Day
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  • 137 2 L Proposal to Erect Cathedral Memorial. Mr. Arthur Barker, 113. Ce.il Street, who is artir > honorary liwim. writes as follows: A desire hns bee:* c :prc :d by friends of the late Mr. SaLr.icain that a suitable neincrial should be placed m st. Andrew's
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 466 2 1 CAPITOL I 1 RESTAURANT I 1 I 1 Malaya's Most Modern I and Finest-appointed I Restaurant Our Speciality. I Capitol Grilled I I Sole. I I FRENCH PASTRY. I I Private Parties Catered For. KELVEY'S SCHOOL OF DANCING Parents desiring their children to take a course of dancing with
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    • 490 2 y/GTQKJA THEATRE Jp^^T^ For Four Nights Only. j I* Hi Wl IE^IWJ I I^w/lfl Wod. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sept. 17th to 20th |j V S^K^^Ssj^^f AIB OUTWARD 1 1 6.15 LAST NIGHT J BOUND I ,j^, I i THE MOST THRILLING PL4Y EVER OFFERED X g i honiirr" 1 TO
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 139 2 THE WKEK. Tuesday, KJth. Hißh Water. 03.19, 7.1 It. 14.34, 8.4 ft. Smuaporp Assizes open. Wednesday, 17th. High Water, 05.08, 6.5 ft.. 15.35. 7.9 ft. Sultan of Johore's Birthday. Sea Sports. Repertory Players Present "Outward Bound." Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Thursday. 18th. High Water, 08.00, 6.7 ft., 17.24, 7.6 ft. Repertory
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  • 508 3 (live it Change of Work on Holiday. Resting the mind i~ an entirely different thing from resting the body, writes a Psychologist m the Daily Express. The body often needs complete rest, m the ienM of a cessation of activity. But the :nind i.s much
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  • 265 3 Eloping Lovers Chased Across Europe. Paris. Aug. 12. The romance of a Soviet agent who fell m love with the nhW?en-year-old daughter of a prominent British resident m Constantinople has just been abruptly terminated by vhe Paris police The man's name is Georges .Agabekoff.
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  • 244 3 Returns for the first half of the year shown an outward balance of passengers from the United Kingdom to ncn-£nropean countries of only 929, as compared with one of 30,948 m the corresponding pei'iod of 1929. There was a heavy decrease m British emigration from 76.572
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  • 169 3 that's what people say about her. It's quite a tragedy. A woman who was once bright, vivacious, with an attractive figure now always tired-looking, depressed, seems robbed of all physical energy. And even her friends call her 'thin and scraggy' behind her back. Don't give anyone
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  • 383 3 Boatmen and Foolish Bathers. Brighton. If a bather goes into a rough sea after a boatman has warned him that he is risking his life, is he entitled to expect the boatman to come to his help later? That is the question of the
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    • 380 3 Banish fW\^ Malarial Debility y TIKE a shadow of menace L/ malarial debility is hovering ;r every inhabitant of hot countries. too often this slow, unostentatious dancer is >ked once the parasites have been con' 1 by quinine, the patient regards himself as .1. but the battle has only just
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    • 402 3 SX!*2)®<S>®<S^^ •*'•<£? y. I PROTECTIVE SPECIALITIES <j0 I BY WILKINSON HEYWOOI) AND CLARK. I "RU3TICIDE" I BITUMINOUS BLACK j PREVENTS TTJST AND IS IMPERVIOUS TO THE ACTION OF SALT OR FRESH WATER CHEMICAL FUMES, ACID AND ALKALI CAN BE USED ON GALVANISED IRON, ZINC AND STEEL. I "TIMBORITE" I I
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  • 1366 4  - EMPIRE-BINDING FLIGHT. C. S. Snider 5 R 100's Epic Journey I FIFTY-SEVEN HOURSFROM MONTREAL =c TO CARDIFF. 5 By <Special correspondent of the N.A.N.A. and the Free Press t Cardington, Aug. 16. 11ERE we are. Lashed to the mast at 11 a.m.. fifty-seven hours since leaving Montreal. A great people
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  • 803 4 WHAT THE BOYS DID. When Lord Portman was Kidnapped. It is just ninety years since the passing of the first Act of Parliament prohibiting the use of climbing boys as chimney-sweepers. Though the Act mitigated the evil, it did not abolish it. and it was not
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  • 279 4 Mrs. Victor Bruce's Forced Landing. The woman aviator relating to whom the Air Ministry sent out S.O.S. messages to various aerodromes was the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, the well-known motorist. Mrs. Bruce had only taken her pilot's certificate a few days before, she set out from Brooklands
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  • 548 4 HUNTING THE FIREFLY. Railways Advertise "Biggest Insects." Tokyo. Summer evenings are enlivened for the Japanese by the hunting of fireflies. This most aesthetic form of sport is known as hotarugari. As it is one of the few occasions when native conventionality allows men and women
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  • 784 4 There are times when I suspect Mr. Puttick They are not, as might be expected, when he is digging the bindweed m what I nevertheless like to think of as the potato ground, nor when he is very gently taking the mower over the lawn as
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  • 13 4 •HeiMß is not said lIM poet, B :i«'bour.d m thr d.r Pust-Uispat. h
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  • 1415 4 AVIATION DAY BY DAY. I Air Line Speed, I I IS MORE THAN 95 MILES AN HOin> I ECONOMICAL? R j By T. Stanhope Sprigg. (Special to the Free Press i London. Aug. 20. IN the next few years we are likely to see an 1 increasing bitterness of controversy
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  • 498 5 Causes That Check Output. Some interesting results of research into the psychological reaction of various operations of their work on workers have just been described to me, writes a Morning Post correspondent. An experimental worker of the National Institute of Industrial Psychology gives me particulars of a case
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  • 177 5 Dr. Frederick Cook's Latest Project. Paris, Aug. 8. Dr. Frederick Cook, who claimed to have "discovered the North Pole for the U. 5.," now wants to feed American people on hippopotamus meat. Interviewed by the Chicago Tribune ct an obscure Chicago hotel where he has been
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  • 163 5 London, Aug. 29. The lonely island of St. Kilda was evacuated last night and left uninhabited for the first time m 1,000 years. The islanders' belongings and livestock were embarked m the steamer Dunara Castle, the Fisheries cruiser Harebell assisting. 573 sheep were transported m
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  • 135 5 Johannesburg, Aug. 11. Colonel Barrett-Lennard, Director of Imperial Airways, who arrived at Cape Town from England to-day to complete arrangements for the London-Cape air route, said that the first through 'plane would land In Cape Town In February. The fare will be £125, and the trip will
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  • 362 5 ral cuture is decided^ original. The nuthorities have decided that armour-plated knees and •i superfluity of elbow grease are not m futur> to be considered adequate qualifications for the duties of a charwoman. If the floors of ihe city offices are to be efficiently scrubbed ihe scrubber must
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 288 5 W A FEW OF I I rosse 8 Blackwdls 1 I FAMOUS PRODUCTS, I I Catsup I Leinoncup c oausages Orari^ecup n T I of Ch,cken p otted Meats I I J* crystals Cod Roes i Tart fruits bottled mV I I I v\* UAo* Black Leicester g I ams
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    • 179 5 I HSaBsL^BJLa^B^H /J _Ji¥rT v-'MBL.i^^^^^Jßi *iF H-P- SALOON $1,495. ,Hp TOURER CHOOSE from the f 1 y^ l 1 I HR SALOON $3». JJ^JYf^E) '2 H.P. TOUKEK $2^95. BBbBBBbI BBBBBBBL^BBBBt A^ l^ *^^#»v *j^ I bbbbW. bbb^^^ 7 BBB^BBBBBI BBBW. BORNEO MOTORS, LIMITED. 1 SEND FOR miS HANDSOME show mg
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  • 439 6 300-Ib. One Sent to London Museum. A mass of meteoric iron weighing 293 lb., one of a pile of several ton?, collected from the desert m the neighbourhood of Gibcon m Great Namaqualand, on which a terrific meteoric shower once fell, probably m prehistoric iimes. has been rcceiv?d by
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  • 218 6 Will it be Adopted for Talking-Films? A world m which anybody will be able to converse m a common tongu? with anybody else was foretold by Dr. Felix Zamenhof. brother of the creator of Esperanto, at a meeting m the Conway Hall London. The occasion was a
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  • 267 6 Question of Alcoholic Beverages. The American newspapers print an executive order signed by President Hoover giving a rilling to American diplomatic officials about spending money abroad. Sanction is given m it to expenditure for tips, 'wreaths, birthday flower.;, dinners, and receptions, but not for alcoholic beverages. The
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  • 51 6 British Captain's Death. Basra, Aug. 8. After a drop from round about 130 degrees Fahr. last week to 115 degrees Fahr, the heat wave has returned with renewed vigour. Captain W. Davies, of the Strick Liner Kohistan, died from the effect of the heat here
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  • 26 6 Extract from a letter read to the Southend Bench: "If you will forward me the amount of the fine I shall be pleased to return it."
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  • 364 6 Keeper Charged With Brutal Robberies. Berlin, \ug. 12. The neighbourhood of the Silesian Station is well known as a haurlt of Berlin hooligans. This mon.ing one of them, a certain Krause, was charged with assault, robbeiy. and several other offences. He run the Gambrinus. a public-house
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  • 134 6 A good lion can now be bought for about £150, according to latest reports from the Hamburg wild-beast market. Profiteering m lions having thus been quashed by this concise statement of the p*ofition from an authoritative quarter, the Fur and Feather Club will be able to
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    • 237 6 i COMPARE THESE FACTS I KELVINATOR equipment has a 16 year successful i j pedigree. 1 1 w KELVINATOR offers every refinement and improve- ment known m electric refrigeration. j |j KELVINATOR are all porcelain. jj KELVINATOR is built by the largest manufacturers jj of refrigerating equipment m the world.
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    • 271 6 WORLD SEARCH FOR RARE HERBS IN NEW HEALER Wonderful herbal extracts from countries As far apart as Japan and Spain, East Indies and Tasmania, account for tho unique properties of Zam-Buk, the great skin-cure and first-aid. These valuahlo herbs have to be gathered at a particular time when their juices
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    • 56 6 ***^!Kl,!li»3,SWKaiH;H;Kffi !fiffiSK!fiffiKKa IJ !fi^ !ss^ "FIT AND FOBGET" I SPRAK PUJos I ifi Popular Types !L*Jl I ifi $1.00 each. <■» S=^ Can you do better ip Agents I Malayan Motors, Ltd I 14-20 ORCHARD ROAD SIXGAPOKr I Represented throughout the F.M.S. by Messrs. \Vt ari^lS]^7j H^l II iI A\
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  • 110 7 The Abolition of the Saar Railway Protection. [British Radio Official Service. l Rugby, Sept. 12. At Geneva, this afternoon, the League of Nations' Council adopted the agreement reached during private conversations between Herr Curtius, the German Foreign Minister, and M. Briand. the French Foreign Minister, whereby,
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  • 259 7 Opium m Tea Chest. During the trial cf a Chinese named Toh Hin m the District Cou:t en Saturday, en a charge of possession cf non-Government chandu, Mr. G. T. Peall emphasised the importance of Revenue Officers first arking passengers to point out their belongings
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  • 265 7 Eurasian's Thefts. "It is very sad to see one of your class doing this sort of thing." said Mr. G. T. Peall. Criminal District Judge, on Saturday, when he had to deal with a young Eurasian named Reginald Cordeiro. who had been convicted
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  • 82 7 A Roman Floor. (British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Sept. 12. One of the most beautiful Roman tessellated floors yet found m Great Britain has been discovered at Albans, Hertfordshire, on the site of Verulam, the first great Roman city m Great Britain. The design reoresents
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  • 54 7 Miss Joan Mac Donald. [British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby, Sept. 12. The marriage has been arranged between Dr. Alistair Mackinnon. son of the late Dr. John Mackinnon, of South Africa and Skye, and Mrs. Mackinnon, of Edinburgh, and Joan Margaret Mac Donald, the second daughter
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  • 29 7 EARTHQUAKE SHOCK FELT IN ATHENS. [Router's Service.) Athens, Sept. 12. An earthquake shock m the Isthmia district of Corinth was felt m Athens to-day but there was no damage.
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  • 21 7 Provisional recognition has been made of Dr. R. Hertz as Acting German Consul-Gene-ral at Singapore, m place of Dr. H. Bode.
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  • 303 7 A Problem Authorities are Faring. The possibility of disease bemg carried Iron, on* country to another by passengers m aeroplanes or airships is causing seme anxiety 10 public health authorities. According to the current issue of The Lancet, the permanent committee of the International Office
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  • 130 7 Americans on the Prince's Visit to Argentine. New York, Aug. 7. The Opposition Press is not slow to tv/it the Government with the approaching visit of the Prince of Wales to Argentina to attend the British Emnire Trade Ehibition. Tlje New York World declares that no more
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  • 21 7 The transfer has been approved of Lieut. I (Acting Captain; Gan Hock Chuan, S.S.VJ 1 I to the Reserve of Officers.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 281 7 \jh soon gets an j Invalid out of •r■ npfi ri i *i 111 n> -—^^^"^^^^C^^^ t\lj\ 4 *M*** I Ij^ V/^ B* af^ af^ I h dl wMn ng palale ms tinctively knows that Walls Cambridge Sausages are as good as good can be. Their flavour is delicious and
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    • 143 7 "Every time I light a Craven "A" I thank my doctor for recommending them He knows, and I know, that they don't harm the throat." CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES Made Specially to Prevent Sore Throats MADE IN LONDON BY CARRERAS LTD. 142 YEARS' REPUTATION for QUALITT Sole Agents :—HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS SONS,
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  • 407 8 The Kuala Lumpur Meeting. The unemployment prob?em among the European community, both as it exists now and as tt wil. probably develop, was div.-u.jsed this morning at a meeting held at the ISP. offices, Kuala liumpur, says the Malay Mail of Friday. Tim me ting was convened by
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  • 192 8 A Tax on Bookmakers. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] Bangkok, Sept. 10. Official regulations regarding gambling have been issued. Racing club bookmakers each pay 100 Ticals daily tax on each meeting with racing hours between noon jlw 1 after 8 o'clock at night and m addition racing
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  • 82 8 Chinese Party m Malacca. tFrom Our Own Correspondent). Malacca, Sept. 14. The six Chinese Boy Scouts from Shanghai who are engaged m a walking tour of the world arrived m Malacca on Saturday. They are students of the Chinnan University. Th? party originally consisted of eight
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  • 101 8 (From Our Own Correspondent > Malacca. Sept. 14. The General Officer Commanding thfl TroopMalaya is expected m Malacca on Thursday and will proceed the same day to Port DickBOn to return on Saturday to imtvvt the local Coips on Sunday when a tactical scheme will be
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  • 218 8 "More Childlike than Men." Mrs. M. G. Adams, a Cambridge lecturer on biology, addressing the Student's International SummiT School at Cambridge said: '•Women on the whole are more childlike than BMII. Th^y are also more primitive They POP*tM more distinctly human characteristics, they are more
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  • 132 8 She and Millionaire Lover Found Shot Dead. Paris. Manuel Guerrero, a young Argentine millionaiie, and Helen Kiscelow, a beautiful Polish woman, were found shot dead m Guericro's luxurious flat to-day. They were lying side by side. A few hours before the tragedy was discovertd.
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  • 61 8 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, Sept. 14. The Malacca Post Office old building is now vacated and postal business, from Monday, will be conducted hi a building erected alongside the old one. This is only a temporary shift till the old building is demolished and rebuilt.
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  • 91 8 The following action was taken at a mooting of Committee No 3 held on September sth. Disapproved proposals for further rounding of both corners at the junction of Grove Road and Geylar.g Road Agreed that Grove Road, from Grove Road Bridge to Tanjong Katong Road, should be reconstructed,
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  • 93 8 The following appointments are notified tn the Gazette: Mr. G. T. Peall to act as First Magistrate and District Judge, Singapore; Mr. S. R. Franklin to be an Assistant Superintendent of Police, S.S.. on probation; D. E. Wurtzburg to be a member of the Singapore Harbour Board during the absence
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 34 8 nrs 'T £*^^4 jtj V* .^^B [Bw JpyJM ■■^^^^^^^^^^i^B^BML (Incorporated In S.S.) i /^Sw^B ■^^^^^^^■■W- Singapore* Pcnanf, HYGIENICALLYPURE THEY ARE OBTAINABLE AT THE ARDATH POPULAR PRICE OF TOBACCO Co., Ltd. E^/^^t^ C/^ LONDON I
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    • 303 8 M m. s^r > &_c___s __P^ H—k ____p A Healthy Outlook He remembers when this was just a iunglc, how he was afraid he would never tee those yo healthy treet ready to be tapped he was a j raid malaria, 'flu or fever would invalid him home first. But
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 353 9 I^jNTCS CARDS. tfXsSAGf In/I ASI.'KE HISS FUMIKO J* nhobf Cihaut. SctfOßC CASKET CO. I lVnha.s Km. id. \t>- I -menrt'-r Street— rhone 6075. pSI WEAR A TRUSS! Li v O ■M^r Sole Igeats: UYNARD CO., LTD. n BATTBBY ROAD. giiiii}: iHITOGS, ROAD BJAL& LIME. FOR SALE v.ay Siding I Quarry.
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    • 677 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are now invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Koom, Municipal Office:;: Closing Dale. Supply of asphf.lt during 1931 for Municipal En- Extended to 4 p.m. gineer's Dept.
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    • 493 9 NOTICES. NOTICE. In the Matter of the STRAITS TRADING CO. LTD. AND REDUCED and In the Matter of ORDINANCE NO. 155 (COMPANIES). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Petition presented to the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of Singapore on the 14th day of May 1933 for confirming
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    • 303 9 AUCTION SALES. SHERIFFS SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. Suit No. 1090 of 1930. Writ of Seizure and Sale dated Sept. 4th, 1930. In the cause of M. Prager Plaintiff versus Abdulaly Son Defendants AUCTION SALE of ALL THE FURNITURE STOCK-IN-TRADE OF A SUNDRY
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    • 310 9 ANNOUNCEMENT ASIA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY AMERICAN ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS Till be m their new offices, Rooms Cll-12-13, Hongkong Bank Chambers, as from Monday, Sept. 15th, 1930. W. BURRELL District Manager. Happy Babies are Breast-Fed i/ J& WfHETHER baby will be healthy and happy W J^J vv depends very largely upon that
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 67 10 JOHN. —On September 15th. 1930 at No. 117 Rangoon Road. James Servaratam John. 13 years. Late VII Standard pupil of Raffles Institution. Dearly beloved son of Dr. and Mrs. I. S. John of Ipoh and Nephew of Mr. S R. Williams of The Victoria Bridge School. The funeral cortege
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  • 733 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930. DEVOLUTION. One of the matters which was put right by Sir Laurence Guillemard's much criticised scheme of decentralisation, was the anomalous position which the Rulers had up to then occupied m attending meetings of Federal Council at which their own Residents sat as
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  • 355 10 The Raban Rest House m Perak has been removed to another site. Mr. C. R. Byers. Secretary, Perak Turf Club, accompanied by his biide, has returned to Ipoh from Home. Sir Donald Cameron. Governor of Tanganyika, is likely to succeed Sir Graeme Thomson, Governor of Nigeria, who is returning Home
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  • 1414 10 THE POLICE DEPOT. Producing Linguists at Thomson Road. "The hope expressed that the new depot at Thomson Road would prove of the highest value to the Force by helping to attract good men is I fully confirmed." wrote the Inspector -General of Police, S.S., (Mr. H.
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  • 96 10 LONDON AND NFW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PKK ES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London. Sept. 15, 5.15 p.m Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £134 316 (unchanged) Forward £135 11 16 (down 2 16) The market is steaty. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair
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  • 111 10 Arrangements for This Year* Appeal. (Prom Our Own Correspondent. M..I.MTA. Srp< li Tin Wißhimi OoyacfflorpiuMrt* ly attended BCHini •<■ (ltl/V f presentathv of all community rangements lor thk j£ Mrs. Clarke, thr lady on-.M-r > of the British Lefton Appeal FI»J takes to bo la.iy or
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  • 41 10 Ten Per O-nt lUctal lV (F REE PRESS B» J S Further pcfUifti published m Siam. I makers. toU-s. IW d gr<* cent BOOkto' Wd „,**< or m-t receipt, mu-. t* mm on tin- *J authorities an ■!*> 0 counts.
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  • 30 10 Siamese WWM" vi FREE PRESS S,T An up-country Stun I Buck* uml itobbed kited on tin- spo. xCI li ousiy Injured Bvent »H> following droll Injun
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  • 15 10 X Mrs Jones, ol i> :i I Eiiwaul VII S.h Ol ralta on ;i hoiui.i\
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    • 313 10 A REVELATION IN ICE TANKS. bottle I 2^2^^ Hi I Kir 5 cents of ice PRICES AND DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., {Incorporated under the Companies Ordinance* of Hong Kong). (Incorporated Shanghai). AT 90. ROBINSON ROAD. BY SPECIAL *^JT .^L HM THE KINO I APPOINTMENT TO F SIAM
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    • 75 10 *^Ti|nTnrtijr j AN EXPERT SAYS, that toy dogs are a good protection against burglars. Nothing unnerves a midnight marauder more than to be suddenly stung on the calf by a petulant Pekinese. The householder will not get "stung" if he has a "GAFLAC" Policy. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION,
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  • 188 11 GERMAN ELECTIONS SENSATION. FASCIST SUCCESSES. Dictatorship Instead of Republic is Service.] Berlin, Sept. 15. ic electoral successes of the d a tremendous sensation The fact that the offir fO stats m the Reichstag •\c eded Ls due to the rty*i programme, including i hip. purging Germany I influences, particularly presdon
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  • 136 11 Questioning Completed. 'R> I F.ti Eastern Service. 1 Tokio, Sept. 15. idjoununent to-day of the eleventh Privy Councils examination with preliminary study of Treaty, it is understood the ted questioning Mr. Hamaftfr. Shidehara. and Admiral Qg the Naval Pact. The aua:n on Sept. 17. presum- <■
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  • 49 11 American Report Denied. Rev! 1 .s Service.] Geneva, Sept. 15. circles emphatically deny repon that the British Govern«rtn« to secure a revision of dt^ "cm-mem London, Sept. 15. v declared m London that "hera visit to the United States :vd to is contained m an
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  • 34 11 Government Offices. SERVICE-COPYRIGHT. 1 London, Sept. 15. i to be introduced m the lto| the east side ot WhiteWar Office and Scotland yard. BUB and Gwydyr House. •fflcet, at a cost approaching
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  • 36 11 P"*l Turkish Campaign. Outer's Service.] Angora. Sept. 15. wmmd up a successful Kurdish rebels m the Mount Mated all the rebels and have been wiped out mer- of fugitives m hiding are
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  • 18 11 LONDON AND LIVERPOOL RUBBER STOCKS. SERVICE-COPYRIGHT London, Sept. 15. ■_Ks aro K1v ndon r aua on page 2
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  • 1027 11 THE COMING CENTRE? Prince Purachatra m Singapore. ofTitLsh^J"^^ Prosperous neighbour of BntLsh Malaya. ruled OVer by tew remaining monarchs. H .M. King Pnijld! V Wh m and H M Xin V relations have always been so friendlvlump ahead of H and become U» centre of civil
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  • 949 11 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR NEED FOR A DAIRY FARM. To the Editor. Sir,— Why is there not a Dairy Farm la Singapore. There can be no question that it would be highly desirable. Are there any difficulties? I say emphatically none. If they can run a flrst-class Dairy farm m
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  • 162 11 In the above May examinations the results of V.M.C.A. candidates were as follows: Senior Typewriting:: 60 words with distinction, C. O. Menon; 55 with distinction, Ang Kee Nam; 50 words, Chua Leng Yong; 45 words with distinction, Chia Keng Yee; Pass 46 words, S. M.
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  • 677 11 A LETTER OF APPEAL. Hawkers* and Boatmen's Commission. [By Our Chinese Correspondent. J At the last meeting of the Commission held m the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the following letter of appeal was approved which is to be submitted ihe Oovcrnor: In the present business
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  • 144 11 Resuming Flight m Two Weeks. From enquiries made yesterday the Free Press understood that Captain Cunningham's machine (which, it will be remembered, made a forced landing on a mangrove swamp at Ponggol on Sunday owing to lack -of petrol) will not be ready for flight again for another
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  • 125 11 Another Victim Dies. There are now only two survivors of the terrible affair which occurred m a house off Tampenis Road a few days ago. It will be recalled that a Chinese named Ong Kok launched a mad attack on his family, killing outright his two
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    • 91 11 I ROBINSONS j f DON'T DELAY I I I ONE MORE j I t ntv I Ui\ I I 4WtWHEIi/ j I I OR ON THE WAY THERE I I a I J you can suy I CIGARETTES I RAILWAY 1 1 MATERIALS. I I g M|JM| w^ > i
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  • 157 12 BRITISH PLANS? Rumours from American Capital. (Reuter's Service.] Washington, Sept. 14. A political sensation has suddenly arisen owing to the fact that Sir Warren Fisher (Permanent Secretary to the British Treasure, and Mi. Thomas Joins, (Deputy Secretary to the British Cabinet) have been conferring for
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  • 236 12 Foreign Legion to Deal With Rebels. IR'.utiro Service. I Paris. Se»!. 15. A detachment ef the Foreign Legion has been despatched Ut tin lHanlichuonc region m noiih Annum In nee of persistent rebel pre paganda. it i- officially reported tha; rioten attasta i the naval militia, who flrcd,
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  • 140 12 Weather Upsets Trans-Pacific r Flight. Reuters, Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Sept. 15. A Kasumigaura message says Bromley started his trans-Pacific flight at 5.08. The take-off ■was flawless The big Vermillion monoplane. City of Tacoma. rose from the packed sand runway after a run of 1.700 metres, turned
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  • 160 12 The World's First Passenger Railway. I British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Sept. 14. Speaking at the opening, at Liverpool STQMtor<lay, of the National Railway Week, held io celebrate the centenary of the first passenger railway m the world, which ran between Liverpool and Manchester, General Diwer,. \he American
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  • 60 12 Denials by Russia and Latvia. I R«-'ifpr's Scrviro. Berlin. Sept. 14. The Government is m a quandary over the »hots fired at the Graf-Zeppelin as Russia and Latvia deny that she was fired on over their respective territories. A Riga message adds that the Latvian frontier guards
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  • 625 12 THE BEGC CASE. Defence to Summons to Show Cause. The hearing of the ease m which N. C. Begg is asked to shew cause why he should not be ordered to execute a bond to be of good behaviour uas continued before Mr. G.JT. Poall,
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  • 749 12 Economies m Railway Service. I From Our Own Correspondent.] Bangkok. Sept. 10. There are signs that there is not so much money about as usual. People are travelling loss, less goods traffic is being handled on certain routes, and it has been considered advisable to cancel
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  • 544 12 HINDU-MUSLIM FRACAS. Deaths Follow Recent Outbreaks. Bombay, Sept. 7. About 26 were injured m a Hindu-Muslim j fracas last night at Dharavi, a suburb of Bombay, when a Hindu procession, with an image of the gcd Ganpati. it is alleged, played music m the vicinity
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  • 93 12 Letter to Indian Peace Negotiators. [Reut«r\i Service. 1 Simla, Sept. 15. The Viceroy has addressed a letter to Sir jTej Sapru and Mr. Jayakar regi?tting their j references to confidential conversations and the publication of notes wheh His Excellency has not scon or approved m their sta^ment se-eral
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  • 407 12 IMPERIAL COLLECTION. Russia's Urgent Need of Foreign Currency. Berlin, Aug. 11. With the greatest secrecy, thirteen masterpieces from the Old Imperial collection m the Hermitage at Leningrad are being sold through a middleman m Berlin. Some of them are believed to be here already; the others will
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  • 511 12 Mrs. Victor Bruce's Bid for Laurels. IFr.vin Our Own Co: respondent.; London. An;. 21. There are many rumours m the air just now of record making and record breaking Empire flights. Miss Amy Johnson has not long lacked an emulator, for the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce, hitherto
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  • 86 12 The news of Prince Damrong's audience with His Holiness the Pope recalls that a number 3f years ago HRH. Prince Svasti, on one of tils journeys m Europe, was also received at ihe Vatican. In thore days the Hiam Free Press was net as pro-British as we have been :old
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  • 450 12 GERMAN EXPERIMENT. Generating Station on a Mountain. Rom«», Aug. 19. Described as a scientilic experiment which may revolutionise the world's economy, thenwill shortly be attempted on Monte Gencroso. on the Italian Fide of the Alps, an experiment to disintegrate the atom into elements by two
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  • 472 12 First Malayan Company Formed m Singapore. The first Sin&apcre Company of the Boys Brigr.de made a most successful debut when it gave a concert and display m the hah of the Raffles Institution on Friday btfoie a large audience. The Chairman. Rev. Stephen Band, introduced the captain
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  • 28 12 Houses Collapse m Earthquake Shocks. ißeutcr's Service.! Athens, Sept. 14. Several houses m the villages of Sophike and Almire collapsed owing to an earthquake shock. i
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  • 249 12 THE RISE OF FASCISM IN GERMANY. Sweeping Victoria f w Extremist The etoctl II m Gornv. lories t.f i.. ;in wvrecedenu I R^ftetag nil h.v, ticnal Socialist* Qern munists. and their up,, Parties, who v.:ii b ■jainst the extremi i saved. Beth the Fa: ci: proclaimed their c and the
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  • 166 12 Not tho Cure for World Depression. I British RadJ IMB ..r E P Bofkf, >-j»t. Addressing :ii Leagu embi] svsterday. Mr. WilUan Grahai rf the Board of Tn.di refen I to the Ml Conference held early thfei rear. The convention suggested bj pli'dut';^ its tIgXUH tariffs befOß April.
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  • 43 12 £10,000,000 Hill I'npopulur With Socialists. [Rente! \m i.-r Nfilwiih -tiir.dn^ I J BoeWM party beU Amsterdam and R ticr.s KrOB all ov«r U M i protest ■gtinsl 0 wctffiyf«"g mrw > £10.000.000. The demonstn U>« a > rim tn rn-M boui InsurßT^ee*.
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  • 39 12 Revolver* Fired a( P*** 1 Meeting. [Renter xl As a potttteal me of the Le:t ami Cent I gardens where tbe band-penadfl iwu thr Two people were killei includin« live pottcen many wen trampled charged the «OWd <
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  • 476 13 Interport Yachting Races. With the Americas Cup raceq low m mv r md Dowi of Ihf Tir t American victory, n '.hi", j series of seven races, just to hand, the news )f the Singapore Yacht Cluo team leaving! iboard the Melchior Tt cub for Batavia,
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  • 59 13 Newports' 37 Point Win. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.] London, Sept. 14. The following were the results of the principal rtugby matches on Saturday: Manchester 11. Headingley 21. Cardiff 14, Bristol 28. Coventry 10, Bridgend 16. Leicester 20. Old Blues 0. Harlequins 0, Wasps 8. Burton 6. Rossljn 7.
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  • 92 13 [Reuter's Service.! New York, Sept. 13. Latest baseball results are as follow: NATIONAL LEAGUE. tfew York 2, St. Louis 5. 3rooklyn 7. Cincinnati 3. 3oston 5. Pittsburgh 4. s hiladelphia 4, Chicago 17. Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 3. Boston 2, St. Louis 8. 'hiladelphia 7. Chicago 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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  • 125 13 Three Teeth Knocked Out. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.! London, Sept. 14. Walter Lindrum. the Australian billiards vizard, who arrived on Saturday, mat with an unfortunate accident at Victoria, a suitcase falling back and knocking out three of his teeth. js he was disembarking from the boat
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  • 61 13 Playing for the Royal Navy against ihi R.A.F. at Chatham m mail we>k Major C. H. Congdon scored 18 and 51 and took three wickets Essex's end of the season matches brought to light a valuable amateur medium paced bowler, Barnes, who against Warwickshire, In the last match had the
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  • 180 13 The Tourists' Averages. The Australian cricketers concluded their English tour on Friday. Their complete batting and bowling averages are as follow: Inns. N.O. Highest Ag». Avge. Bradmun 38 6 334 3170 99.06 Woodiul) 28 1 216 1568 58.07 Kippax 34 7 158 1514 56.07 Ponsford 35 4
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  • 475 13 J. M. Scoular's Team -forming Task. [From Our Own Correspondent. I Penang, Sept. 14. J. M. Scoular has been elected captain of Penang Rugger this season and he has a difficult task m front of him m getting together a team. The two opening games have revealed
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  • 99 13 [From Our Own Correspondent.! London, Aug. 14. Mr Joe Morris, the manager of Teddy Baldock, has written to the British Boxing Board of Control protesting against the contest between Al Brown and Eugene Huat m Paris on September 21st. bci::g styled "World's Bantamweight championship contest." He
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  • 153 13 At the fourth annual general meeting of the I above Association, held at the residence of Mr. )Tan Chui Guan, No. 189. Queen Street, Singapore on September 11th, the following were elected office-bearers for the years 1930-31: Hon. President: Mr. Chee Koon Chiang (reelected), Hon. Ist
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    • 295 13 X^" ./>/ I* -1 1; %V** :r '^k. THE PREMIER WHISKY i THAT GOES BACK TO 1627 v*^^^^ -A. irWt* X^*3 l Local Airents THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION LTD. BINOAPOCB. 1 17- RUC DE LA PA IX PAR IX I I \U DE COLOGNE I A SPECIALITY I v. !.I .v.-t>where
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    • 178 13 1 Years a|4t> Lifebuoy Soap was y^c^ f aJ^UmCJi V^p|: only used m ln^land. To-day i < >V 1 ffi:--it cleans millions of homes all 1 \^V l\ \^H over the world. A >^ /i V JR&. The reason tor this popularity is %flm ~^H rr JT<^teffl' that Lifebuoy Soap
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    • 865 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. BXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Due. HELENUS For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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    • 528 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" 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 Singapore. s.s. CITY OF JOHANNESBURG Cct. 5 s.s. CITY OP SHANGHAI Nov. 7 HOMEWARDS. m.v. CITY
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    • 394 14 P. O. British India a&d Apcar Lines (Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMEN LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN IiUC. Tonnage. Singapore. Tonm D< NAGPORE 5.250 Sept. 16 iIl^PWt KHYBER
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    • 681 15 0. S. K. Line. I rwid and New York: (from Kobe) I Freight Service). Kwanto Maru Oct. 9 ttk and Vancouver:— (from Kobe) t Arabia Mara Get. 4 rdam. Hamburg (Bremen) Lond' Amazon Maru Sept. 1C 19 i Elizabeth. Cape Town. Rio de Santotj Montevideo and Buenos. Kound-thr -world passage
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    • 349 15 f IPlsPvir -Wfrr SPECIAL a ji RATES Z.I4?VJaNdX.I IZ FROM THE ORIENT TO EUROPE USING PRESIDENT LINERS ACROSS THE PACIFIC THE BANK UNEL AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE. (Ownen: Messrs. ANDREW WEIR CO.) BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. via Sues Dt»*> BaUa. m Raw Xc m.V. LOSSIEBANK Oct. 6 Oct. 11
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    • 522 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF UAIAVIA.) (Incorporated In Holland.) Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives In the Straits Settlement. (Sinfapore and Penan, of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION IWREAU. BOOKING OFFICE ROYAL DUTCH INDIAN AIRWAYS. S ™;S^ Tanjon^aon*. Tanjon*. THEDEXS— Wednesday. Sept. 17. Muntok
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  • 290 16 Premature Rejoicing on the Tyne. London, Aug. 29. Th« rejoicing at Tyneside at the report that one of the two new giant Cunarders is to be built on the Tyne proves to have been premature. The announcement was attributed to Mr. Lawson. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
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    • 684 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de luxe,
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    • 255 16 sjs. NIEUW HOLLAND. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer ram Australia (arrived Sept. Bth) are hereby lotifled that a general survey of all cargo anded m a damaged condition will be held at rodown No. 4 and 5 on Thursday, September Bth, 1930 at 9 a.m. No further survey
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    • 431 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. w 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW TOIUT "v» (Incorporated m U.8.A.. GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE ru BOSTON. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ak, BALTIMORE. AN! (via Rum) M.S. SILVERYEW In Port Sect 22 M.S. SILVERCYPRESS Sept 30 6ct 6 PACffIC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SERvirp SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO ANn LOS ANGELES HARBOUR.
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    • 658 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. f Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungel Lembln r and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jeran- 1 tut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- g day and Friday. 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan
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    • 94 16 Mahidol, Brit. 440, from Kuantan 15 for Malacca 16. Valentyn, Dut. 1181, from Sourabaya 15. for Batavia 17. Blinjoe, Dut. 875, from Banjermassin 15, for Banjermassin 19. Thedens, Dut. 1182, from Palembang 15, k"or Palembang 17. Toradja, Dut. 673, from Djambi 15. for Djambi 17. I Carignano, Italian 3230, from
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    • 250 17 Mr and Mrs. (Dr.) Mas Mr X Drtvring, Rev. Mn. John F. Borden M BunaatiVfc Mrs. Liem aham, Mr Asroo. Mr. Taj Kian Hock. Mr. Mr. J. Gar de Alfaro Mr Carlos Dunkel a Leal (l Alsiuida Cielho. and Mrs Daniels and family. A A Lash Muller. Mr.
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    • 201 17 lanadian harged m Hong Kong. work m Manila and a desire Canada, were the reasons put nadian. Lan Thompson Bowers, barged at (he Kowloon Magistracy << away on the President from Manila. rot has been all over the world ilifl quite a good time." said
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    • 73 17 MALAY STOWAWAYS IN HONG KONG. Eussop and Johnnie Arhab. Hooj Kong last week with v on the Glenbeg from Sin- t was u-iuble to speak Engcond defendant admitted the hal he had gone on board <1 fallen asleep m the bunker. "aid that the two defendants underneath a shelter on
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    • 32 17 Rugby. Sept. 9. WM« of the cruiser Leander "•vonport dockyard yesterday. made for £265,000 to be during the current year and HI provide work for 600 men hall yean,
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    • 435 17 Japanese Quartermaster to be Tried m Japan. When the case against Pumi Hagiwara. the quartermaster of the Saka Mam, who was charged with having murdered the carpenter of the same vessel. Surgara Mishima. came up m Hong Kong last week Mr. Somerset Fitzroy the prosecuting counsel, said
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    • 240 17 The Penybryn's Part. Suva. Auk. 23. With only five tons of coal m her bunkers, the Norwegian freighter Penybryn (4,251 tons), which on August 16th raced to the assistance of the disabled mail steamer Tahiti, reached Suva at 5 a.m. to-day. The Penybryn, which was bound
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  • 23 17 Mussolini has demonstrated that a dictator- ship is the ideal form of government for people who will stand for it. Muskogee Phoenix. 1
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  • 950 17 Problem the Shipowner Has to Solve. The preservation of the lives of those who travel by sea present two main problems— (l) the preservation of the ship and, m the event or the ship foundering, (2) the preservation of life by means of lifeboats. The
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  • 94 17 Tongan Islanders' Hardships. Suva, Aug. 23. A Tongan cutter, Fuga Paimata (20 tons), laden with copra, left Nuiafoou for Vavau (In the Tonga group) i 2 days ago. After eight days of calm weather with occasional head winds, the vessel drifted to the island of Matuka
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  • 20 17 Einstein's theory that space is the only Important thing was discovered by newspaper business offices many years ago. Tulsa World.
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    • 140 17 BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL* LONDON, S.W.I). of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO. MARSEILLES. PLYMOUTH AND LONDON jckh through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Steamer. Leave Rangoon. CHESHIRE Oct. 2 YORKSHIRE Oct. 18 LEICESTERSHIRE Oct. 30 SHROPSHIRE Nov. 13 OXFORDSHIRE NOV.
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    • 140 17 CIGARETTES :2',*;^!^ret^ U t\ 55 CENTS FOR 5O f(' g^^^i 1 f W.D. fc HO WILLS HRISTOL fc LONDON X mmm I I I! recommend 1 111 P octors know that Eno's drugs which irritate the I HI Fruit Salt M acts m a system. You can adopt I 111
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  • 309 18 Magistrate and Tammany. New York, Aug. 10. New York City h io the mfdst of n r.erios of Kiave municipal scandals which may have important political effects.' In several departments of the City government official investigations m recent months have shown bribery and corruption, and
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  • 197 18 Result of Abolition of Train-Cars. Roman street noises have increased to BUCl) an extent since the abolition of the trains it. the central area of the city tha' people are bughmlni to move away from the public squares wherever possible or are vi^orou. ly protesting against
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  • 198 18 Sir Daniel Hall's suggestion to the Imperial Horticultural Conference that the Evesham growers should try to produce their asparagus with stouter stalks opens up some interesting possibilities. Not only is the thin asparagus lacking bulk and content, but it is a frail and insecure vegetable; it
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  • 125 18 A few of the new season's growths culled from the Bolton area: "Millstone grit is the stone used so much for doorsteps and window-sills m Bolton because there are so many mills there." "A ball falls to the ground because it is pulled by gratitude."
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  • 117 18 "This is just another example of the deplorable state of things that is going on at Gretna Green," said Sheriff Substitute Reid at the Dumfries Sheriff's Court m passing sentence of nine months' inprisonment on Peter McShane, alias James Wilson, for bigamy. It was stated that
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  • 24 18 Woman at Acton: This woman was bounrt down to me to keep the peace for twelve months and now she is calling me everything
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  • 188 18 Since the little affair of the grounding of the Ark. life has been rather quiet on and around Mount Ararat. Of late, however, there have been exciting goings-on m that region, due to the annoyance of the Kurds with the modern Turks' newfangled notions about correct
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  • 200 18 "98 Per Cent. Absolute Frauds." Nairobi. Striking observations on the operation of the bankruptcy laws m Kenya were made by Acting Chief Justice Stephens m the course of a bankruptcy case m which an Indian shopkeeper was involved. "I would like a rope to hang a
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  • 179 18 A neat little detective story is told by the London correspondent of the Birmingham Post. Thtre was recently an attempt at bomb outrage at the Soviet Legation at Warsaw, and the matter was handed over to I Polish detective: The only clue was a small piece of
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  • 196 18 The Pch<h bill vi make people hive, a b'tth at least once a month would have m >< with a hostile reception Ita riKhteentn-ccntury England. Even MMng the aristocrats a bath v.ns then something of a novelty and not to be taken immodestly. Mrs. Montagu, the wfcbrated "Queen
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  • 24 18 Wife at Willesden, with an infant son m her arms: I have been married for eight years, and this .is my sixth little bloke.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 228 18 I If you suffer I I AN4EMIA I I NERVOUS HEADACHE! NERVE COLLAPSE! I or INSOMNIA I D? CASSELLS The restoratives which are most VW% A. ViT <pt»l#t beneficial for Nerve Complaints are B JjL VyAß^jml^ 1 contained m Dr. CasseM's Tablet*. Bk^Bl k^ Jem^d/^nd" IhT^l f«' Overstrain, Nervous Breakdown,
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    • 626 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) P^id up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,0C0 c Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 s HEAD OFFICE: P 38, BLshopsgate, London, E.C. 2. p Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong
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    • 232 18 INsi;n.\\ rt p*~~~^ THE > SOUTH (§k BRITISH INSURANCE COMTANI l! M n FIRE, MARINE TRAXsn MOTOR IB INSURANCE \< < i> llh LOWEST (TKKIM v s L. C. ICAROOI Offic, 2. PERSONAL ACCIDBm fatal AOOiOßrra HAVE you BUM! of yowr dapendenti overtake you IT only eoatl 115 Policy for
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  • 608 19 LWMAL MEETING. Prepared for Future Developments. financial position of the company terdav at the annual ting of Messrs. McAlister and Co.. ham House. Battery Road. V. cir Piro (Deputy Chairman) pre..ihers present were: Messrs. C. A. I E. J. Riches (directors). J. White W. Wilcoxson. D.
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  • 309 19 I Appeal for Government Relief. At a representative meeting of the planting community m Brunei tecently, presided over by Mr. U. P. Lynn, it was decided to request I Government to assist the industry to the extent Of removing all duty and also providing temporary relief lrom
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  • 420 19 The outlook for silver is discussed by Mr. W. F. Spalding m the August World Trade, the quarterly journal of the International Chamber of Commerce, and from his aitlcla it is difficult to derive any very strong grounds r or hoping that prices will bo substantially higher
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  • 234 19 Diminution hi the purchasing power of East- I crn silver-using countries as a result of tho 1 heavy fall m silver during the first half of 1..;» h ->f course, contributed «;o the world- I wide dripr onion ir> tradt. Of lat:? ratal the
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  • 4 19 To-Day 's Price Changes.
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  • 204 19 September 15. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2]3 29 32 London 3 months' sight 2|3 7|B London 60 days' sight 2|3 13J16 London 30 days' sight 2|3 25|32 London, demand 2j3 3|4 London, T.T. 2|3 23 32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1429 Hamburg, demand 234 New York, demand
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  • 204 19 0 September 15. Tin 50 Tons $68.50 Gambler 10 Pepper White 31 Pepper Black 21 Flake Tapioca 4 Pearl Sago Small 6Vi Copra, Sundried 6.70 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 6.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260
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  • 891 19 MONDAY, SEPT. 15TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang (£> 23s 27s Ayer Hitam css> 10s 11s Bangrin Tin 14s 15s Batang Padang (|1) io 15 Batu Caves ($1) 45 50 Bukit Arang ($1) 35 40 Burmah Malay (E) 13s 15s com Chenderiang <£> 3s 4s Eastern
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  • 703 19 Deputation to Straits Out of Question. A special meeting of the newly formed Committee elected as a result of the deputation of representatives of the rubber industry m Ceylon to the Acting Governor on August 16th was called this afternoon, following the an- nouncement on Saturday by
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  • 62 19 September loth.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, BpOt 12 '.24 Standard R 3.5. on Tonder Sept. 12'_. 12 October 12 12 November 12 t 13 Oct-Dcc. 12 V 13 Jan-Mar. 13 ISV£ Tone cf Market: Dull. Latest C.-ble: London Spot
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  • 366 19 Aided Voluntary Restriction. To the Kditor. Sir.— lt seems to be generally accepted that V^ie price of rubber cannot materially improve* until the surplus stocks have very much decreased, or m other words until consumption has been greater than ptodurilon lor a considerable period. It is
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  • 102 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. Sinffaporp, Sept. 15. Tin.— Quiet. Hong Fatts 42 46. Penawats 42 16. Sunpei Luas 90 95. Johans 26 28. Malay Consols 17 18 Souths 20 22. SuiiKei Ways 2.00 2.10. Ulu Klangs 69 74. Kuchp.is 66 70. Kinfas 86 go.^alams 49 53. Ayer Hitarr.s lO.s 10s
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  • 79 19 I British Radio— Offlcial Service Rugby. Sipt 11. Poretgn parhang— arc: aaaiterdaai 12.07',. Athens 375. Bombay la, ft.d. BarUn *****. Brussels 34.8«5. aurh.,r- 1 |14, Elk) I .I-32! Buenos Awe: 4i. Oontmhajen 1t.16 <. 25.055. b n i'»;>. Bong Kong 1 ,d. Lisbon 108.1*5. Madrid 44.45, :i:< IfOnte Vldt'o
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  • 172 19 Pr< .t for jremi to March list last, after allowing CBO4 for depredation, amoanted u> •>. tdd sum bn.r.-j. m, £2.744, m..kiiiK £7.403. Tj racami uci plating 1. »< »ivr C 2.500 inui carrying forward £4,903. Thry ie;1 1 :>■' unable t'> rfv<;;j.:,.c i.d dividend owing kc present
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  • 101 19 According to the survey both \h n United States and (i, rm.niy arc mor- rJeptiv m<i 'ian Great Britain, factory liimlujmm m the United Stat s i' now only 92 ]>er cent ->t theaverage rultng m the three years 1923-4-5. Industrial production is 4 pT cent below, while business activity
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    • 110 19 ■ASSETS EXCEED $11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $58,000,000 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE motor~^a"r MARINr (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). va v* n MOTOR MARINE. TTFAFI OPFirp. w?^i* 4. tt riaemy Guarantee Administration Bonds. HEAD OFFICE. Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.C.
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  • 258 20 THE SECOND RACE. Shamrock's Scant Hope of Success. IKeuter's Service.] Newport, Rhode Island, Sept. 15. The Enterprise is now a 5-1 favourite as the result of her first victory, but American yachting circles, besides the Press and public, •re deeply disappointed m Saturday's race as the
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  • 163 20 English and Australian Figures. I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.! London, Sept. 15. The following are the final cricket averages of Australian and English players, with the exception of the Oval match: ENGLAND. Batting. Inns. Runs. Highest. Avge. Sutcliffe 43 2.261 173 64.60 Duleepsinjhi 48 2.562 333 56.93
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  • 150 20 Lord Harris's Tribute. Ruffby. Sept. 9. All the members of the Australian cricket team were present at the farewell dinner m their honour given by the president of the Marylebone Cricket Club last night. Lord Harris, the veteran cricketer, warmly congratulated the Australians on their victory
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  • 149 20 The Ceylon Cricket Association have made every endeavour to get the Australians to play a match m Ceylon when they pass through Colombo on their way back home on October 18th, but the Australians have been unable to accept the invitation and the team will
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  • 832 20 WELL-CONTESTED GAME. Dolfattah Scores Two Good Goals. Colou 2; Whites l. The absence of Mat Noor resulted m Mahmood having to play inside right for Colours m yesterday's Malaya Cup trial match at the Stadium. There must have been other absentees because Galley, usually a half-back,
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  • 144 20 Ii The S.C.C. Six-a-side soccer tournament commences on the S.R.C. ground this evening when four matches will be played: L. J. Brittain vs. E. S. Bell (1) E. A. Joy vs. N. Pyfe (2) I K. H. McFarlane vs. A. K. Reade (3); and J. Lee vs.
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  • 78 20 I The Men's Monthly Medal was played on September 13th and 14th. Eighteen cards were < taken out. The best returns were: I Captain J. B. Cowie. 83 15 68 Lieut. J. c. Alexander, 87 18 69 Major J. m. MacKinnon, 88 18 70 I Major Q.
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  • 671 20 WEEK-END CRICKET. End of the Season Matches. The Ceylon Sports Club beat the Indian Association on Saturday at Balestier by 169 runs. Scores: C.S.C.: P. Retnasabapathy b Baskaran 16; B. Dudley c Wazir Singh b Mallal 33; K. Muthucumaru not out 83; J. Casiechetty b Fernandez 58;
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  • 56 20 [Reuter's Service. 1 London, Sept. 15. Latest baseball results are as follow: National League. New York 6, Pittsburgh 8. New York 3, Pittsburgh 7. Brooklyn 8. Cincinnati 3 Boston 2, Si. Louis 9 Boston 7, St. Louis 4. j American League. Detroit 3, New York 10. Cleveland 1,
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  • 54 20 September Monthly Medal. Thirty-four cards were taken out for the September Medal which resulted m a win for A. Farahar who returned a score of 1 down on bogey. BALL SWEEPS. SATURDAY. H. A. Davison 1 xjp SUNDAY. DIVIDED BETWEEN. J. G. Clemetson All square. H. A.
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  • 65 20 The Rowing Clubs tiffin to Mr. J. C. H. Booth, who is leaving for England towards the end of this week, takes place at the Europe Hotel at 1 o'clock to-morrow (Wednesday). Anyone interested m rowing who wishes to attend is invited to send m
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  • 61 20 London, Sept. 4. Hobbs, m an Interview regarding his Indian visit, said he was not feeling too well and was hoping that the trip would be beneficial "My doctor says I need rest and a change" JTuSf crick™ miUnly hoUday trt h liobbs expects to. play m
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  • 461 20 PUNAI WINS. Second Series for Cardosa Trophy. On Sunday last at the R.S.Y.C. the "B" class boats sailed the second of the aeries for the Cardosa Trophy. This was actually the third time this race had been sailed but owing to the lack of wind the previous
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  • 206 20 Classification of Horses and Ponies. List No. 4. Amendment No. 5. Issued September 15th. HORSES. Transfers: Kalaw from Class 2 to Class 1; Entella from Class 1 to Class 2; Greenut from Class 1 to Class 2; White Honey from Class 1 to Class 2; Haikhin from
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  • 144 20 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. "A" Class Singles. Lt. Armitage plus 15 beat C. J. Stephen plus 4, 6—l, 6 4. "B" Class Singles. H. H. Bullen owe 15 beat H. H. Markham owe 2, 6 3, 7 5. "C" Class Singles— Final. A. C. C. Perdriau plus 2
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  • 75 20 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Ladies' Singles FinaL Miss M. Gomes beat Mrs. N. S. Hoean 6 2 6—l. "B" Singles— Final. A. Q. Armstrong beat C. Baumgarten 9 7 5—7, 6—4. Mixed Doubles. Miss P. Richards and E. Woodford beat Miss L. Pereira and R. Nicholson 6—3, 6 2. The
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