The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 September 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free PRess NO. 13,142 KSTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 463 1 Fifteen people were killed and 50 injured during: serious rioting at Panvel, near Bombay yesterday Pare 11. The trial was resumed yesterday m Leipzig of the Reichswehr officers charged with plotting Page 11. Anxiety is expressed by the authorities at Don Muang owing to t*»e fact that
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  • 1344 1 Quicquid agunt homtnea noatri tat farrago Libelli Juvenal. The Bishop's Gambit declined is understood to be topically the most discussed opening ln local chess circles at the moment. Rumours of fresh taxation are being industriously circulated m the P.M .B. together with protestations of the impossibility,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 297 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for n'ROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HIGH STREET. j Raffles Hotel I TO-NIGHT 1 I Special Dinner Dance X MONIA LITTER'S CELEBRATED ORCHESTRA (For Reservations Phone 5381. Non-Diners $1) I j GRILL 'ROOM' J X ♦> SPECIAL DISH TO-NIGHT J «§> }g Roast English Turkey Chestnut
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    • 247 1 fPttOT "SUPER -WASP' f RADIO RECEIVERS J J FOR BATTERY OR A. C. MAINS OPERATION. < X CHEAPEST, BEST, AND MOST POPULAR. J RANGE 14 TO 500 METRES-RESULTS GUARANTEED i X WRITE FOR BOOKLET. j i* .__w____^_______t_i_^__^___> i T II tIB I t I IH s I T 1 II
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    • 84 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Use Klim milk Page 5. Wassiamull's Sal? Page 9. Goodyear *.su.- lead Page d Hotel announcements Page 1 Animal Welfnre Show Page 3 Electricity for heatir.g Page 3. Wailes Dove BKumastic Page 3. Framroz's Pineapple Smash— Page 8 Cinema and amusement quide Page 3. Kruschen Salts for the
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    • 13 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH (LASS TAILORING. Style, Cut Finish Guaranteed 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • 38 2 a public meeting to urge upon the Governto "gel a move en' frith slump antidote bear, to be hid m Ipoh nex* Tuesday. are wi are informed the 1 mmualtk In Perak. .ay. the Times ol M I
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 259 2 CAPITOL If 1 RESTAURANT 1 Malaya's Most Modern 1 I and Finest-appointed |jj Restaurant I 1 Our Speciality. |j Capitol Grilled ijj Sole. I j I FRENCH PASTRY, jl Private Parties Catered For. y^®®@®®®®^^ KELVEYS SCHOOL OF 2§ff|L DANCING '.THE PERFECT DANCER is always m great demand and the real
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    • 294 2 VICTORIA THEATRE I TO-NIGHT at 9.30 p.m. 1 THE LAST PERFORMANCE. _j OUTWARD 1 BOUND I 2 A REAL THRILLER. 11l w BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $3, 2 1. VICTORIA MEMORIAL (CONCERT) HALL I Popular Sunday Concert. 3 ifi •j Admission $1. jfi \j/sWk^ w. W ww yyak uuw w y
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    • 213 2 ■IiSHfiSRRIiHSHIiaiW Jfi **r% _____X SB i* w j* Entire Change of Programme 1 16-151 TO-NIGHT [g.'j-z 1 5h j^ THE STARS OF "HAPPY DAYS" Sjj AND "FOX FOLLIES OF 1929" g IN ANOTHER BRILLIANT MUSICAL COM I "The BIG PARTY'! 31 if H SUE CAROL DIXIE 1.1.1 jjj WALTER CAZLETT
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 162 2 THE WEEK. Saturday. 27th. Hiph Water. 10 10. 9.5 ft.. 12^2. 9.3 ft. Welch Regt. Gymkhana and "At Home" Tambalak Rubber Estates Meeting. Derrick C». noon. Badminton doubts final. Drill Hall 4 p.m. Repertory Players. "Outward Bound." Theatre, 9.30. BelangOC Races. Sunday. 2Sth. High Water. 01.55. 8 6 ft.. 13
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  • 1474 3 Good Work by 8.1. P. G.B.S. on the Scrct n. Flight at the Capitol. Around the Cinemas. Au Undersea Talkie. (By Our Fijm Correspondent). 117 HEN British International Pictures Limited issued Hs report at the third ordinary general meeting for the yeai ending March 31st..
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 132 3 CAPITOL 1 j Coming Monday 29th Sept. 1 I BOOK NOW! I FOR THE GREATEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR APPEARING i^^:^% TWO ipl;^ GREAT 7 c* r pA*QCi FIRST TIME! ml|§ 4 ***TARS. "**m^<~-*'j£jzSS rWTUSANKS I DOUGLAS MARY FAIRBANKS >* PICKFORD 1 I IN SHAKESPEARE'S IMMORTAL COMEDY I TAMING SHREW
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    • 189 3 I Don't Forget to Come! I iSP C A I ANIMAL WELFARE SHOW I 1 AT THE RACE COURSE I I ON I 1 Sunday. September 28 f k Gates open 2 p.m., when judging j 1 will commence. j I Charge for Adm ssion to ground 10 cents. 1
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  • 988 4 NO EFFORT TO SELL. Comment on Absence from Market. In the correspondence columns of the North China Daily News on August 14 "Wayfarer c called attention to the position of the British t motor car m the China market. The point y taken was that
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  • 103 4 A golden rule for machanics is always "Tap a fixed spanner, but not an adjustable one with a hammer." Never, however, should the blows become more than taps. Many people, when unable to undo a nut, place a piece of piping over the free end of the
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  • 770 4 INTERESTING NOVELTY. Widening Roads by Banking. An interesting novelty of a revolutionary character m motoring was shown me last week In a set of a salt -cooled mushroom type valves. working m a motor-omnibus engines, writes H. Thornton Rutter (Morning Post Motoring Correspondent) A section
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  • 167 4 Where Ignorance Causes Trouble. One of life's little irritations is to call for service and then find that it really wasn't necessary to be stranded, even if something did go wrong with the car. A recent case concerned a driver who found that even though he pressed
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  • 37 4 It is stated that there are now nearly 300.000 motor vehicles In Australia over six years old. On December 31st, 1929, 615.761 vehicles were registered m that country as compared with 350.405 m June, 1926.
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  • 14 4 I It is estimated that there are now 55,149 cars m use m Switzerland.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 304 4 My wife and I are X X both extremely X pleased, and think J* X the body-work X 4* most attractive. X (Says an owner). V _M___l_j y I* aaal I— lv laS Jt j m^ m %lM?'*& A M W^ ___BM m-^**^aal x l^^ vw -ifl ML ~^■ifc *k
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    • 288 4 Amazing How Prescriptjog Cures Skin Troubles Stops AD Itdnn-fiftstia-^ Get a bottle to-day. TS cfc, Your Wife's Pale Face and Sunken Eyes should at once load m -sortition of health. Q** ™J* •ft. T l 3* -rryZl her household out... protest as a true Indian own anx*etyfor her well you
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  • 1022 5 Facts About Depreciation. bY THE HON. MRS. VICTOR BRUCE. (Specially written for the Free Press), f am very much afraid that if the average person thoroughly understood just what depreciation meant m regard to the purchase and upkeep of a motorcar, he would well, think at least
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  • 59 5 Following the higher duties imposed by New Zealand on imported Canadian motor vehicles, a preference is likely to be shown for British cars. These, it is reported, will henceforth be charged only half the duties levied on Canadian and American vehicles. It h understood, how- ever,
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  • 23 5 Three new roads are to be built m Crewe, towards the cost of which the Government has granted a loan of over £27,000.
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  • 174 5 Locally Made Rubber Blocks Unsuitable. I regret to have to report that my anticipations that the ideal white line markings had been found m locally-made white rubber blocks have not been realised, writes the Municipal Engineer m his report for last year. Th.? original experiment led me to
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  • 155 5 Municipal Correspondence with I Government. A great deal of correspondence (states the P. M. C. m his annual report for last year) took place between the Commissioners and Government on the subjects of various River Bridges and matters connected therewith, notably: (a) the action to be taken to
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  • 151 5 Overtaking Another Car on the Left. In a book published recently, "Good Manners and Bad," Hugh Scott writes: "Another very bad practice is that of overtaking another car on the left, instead of on the right, m conformity with the rule of the road. This is indeed
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  • 358 5 Bully Beef, Revolvers, and Hard-Tack Biscuits. Starting with four gallons of petrol and half a gallon "spare." two tins of "bully beef.'' and one tin of hard-tack or "Army" biscuits, two revolvers, and 300 rounds of ammunition. Captain Max Hay, D.F.C.. M.C., and Mr. W. E.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 109 5 AUSTIN 7 MW I rxN 1 I TOURER $1275 1 SALOON $1495 j Unimpeachable j r% 1 C I I Security 1 I I 1 I HAT I Borneo Motors 1 I Limited. 1 lc ATWAY^ SINGAPORE I Nl i\U ff ii I\J PENANG. TAIPING, IPOH, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, MALACCA
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    • 129 5 BaBBBBBBaiTW "''il KJfaaaaaaaaaaaV^aQat jjftf S K^H Ife I __e__| *~*m r _i_P____~^^\J^B^B """fc Look to the leader, highway and skyway, for the greatest value m tyres. Goodyear leads the industry builds nearly one-third of all tyres the world produces enjoys lowest costs gives greatest value. You as a tyre buyer
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  • 1030 6  -  IVAN SHARPE -JWW*aV-a*WWWaVVtWWW Saturday Football "f Special. i NIGHT MATCHES. 5 5 i Restricting the Game to British I Players. i »V *i t* v t„i~o D JHE new football season m the British Isle, B I has opened with two interesting decisions by the governors
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  • 1118 6 178 BYES IN 12,680 RUNS The World's Best Wieket-Keeper. What curious questions pecple will ask when they are so absorbed with watching cricket that words slip through their lips almost without a previous thought. I was asked a question at the o\al during
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  • 113 6 Qualifying Rounds Next Year. It seems very probable that the decision of the Ladies' Golf Union to introduce qualifying rounds for the championship next year will reduce the congestion rather more than had been intended. Many players are now seriously considering whether it is worth while to
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  • 68 6 "England Must Supersede Selectors with No Eye for Youth/ Sydney, Aug. 24. Mr. M. A. Noble, the great Australian captain of former days, commenting on the final Test Match, remarks. "It is up to the English authorities to reorganise, and. as Australia did m a similar
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  • 69 6 When Blue Larkspur won the Arlington Cup at the Arlington Park (Chicago) last month, he became America's tnird greatest winner, with a total of £54.394. Those ahead cf him were Zev, £62,72;;. end Gallant Fcx. £54.976. Of the latter's total £51.014 was won this year, which shows
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  • 1257 6 TRIBUTE TO CAESAR. Moral Augean Stables of Tokyo. (from Our Own Correspondent.) Tokyo, Sept. 10. The depression m Japan has given rise to ;cme extremely bizarre happenings. The latest such is the following invitation >ver an Osaka cafe: Have a drink and a kiss. We stock
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  • 580 6  - Top is Treacherous Arthur Peall m p Omit it m the Follow Through. ij FREE CUEING ESSENTIAL. J (Specially written for the Free Pi J '{'/iy Iliave been compiling a lis; of to.* suou> < which are misunderstood by the large majo- i rity of amateurs. At the h:ad cf
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  • 784 6 WILL THE ASHES CROSS THE ATLANTIC CRICKET IN 1950. A Forecast of What the Future Holds. After the Gr-at War the need of briglr. r and briefer cricket began to be celf -evident and small, experimental changes were man- hi the rules. It is on record that one of the
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  • 55 6 it was reported haa an Idea < of the reat si it would have ■"""Sur. _M "Special Coma i Life state:! u.-h iy had never his connection arith m ..mi y* forward to wmm:.. sibly the Oak He is selling WDI room for more, and I
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  • 47 6 N The annual ath Girls' School, 10 Dh on Saturday at 2.30 Besides at* track exhibitions arill I m the YMCA v.- tu school ground Mr l Ctmaul-Cteneral. has pi judge and Mrs. TM I on behalf ,1 the the Stadium will be H all students tiall-pri<
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  • 65 7 Returns from Paris by I British Radio— Official Service.) Rugby. Sept. 24. Ihe Prince of Wales, who has been enjoying |Utt holiday m France, returned to London day by air from Paris. He flew m his own -ht aeroplane. He is leaving by night train t Balmoral
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  • 261 7 Old Woman Killed to "Cast Out Spell." Vienna, Aug. 25. A whole family oi Hungarian peasants will ,-pear m the d<x-k at Vienna this week ac- -ed of the murder of an old beggar woman it bo was supposed to have cast a spell on the
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  • 244 7 Classification of Hebrew Discoveries. The ancient Hebrew a were poor pot.crs. Their inability to maintain the artistic itanaards of their Canaanite predecessors Ls revealed m a complete classification of all the pottery and brads discovered m Palestine, which ms been undertaken, at the suggestion of Sir Flinders Petrie,
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  • 207 7 Women Who Give Blood to Save a life a Day. Pour hundred lives are saved every year m London by women who give their blood voluntarily for transfusion purposes. This fact was revealed by an official of the British Red Cross Society's transfusion aacriee. "One-third of the transfusion
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  • 135 7 t Attempt to Revolutionize Power Systems. London, Sept. 17. Parte. Promising progress is reported from ana of ,he experiments of a French :ci.*nM George", Claude, aiming at revolu»mg industrial power systems by the ex-•■U'-.n of the bis difference between the rature of the waters of the Gulf
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  • 74 7 Mr. Arthur Hayday Elected. I British Radio Official Service. Rugby, Sept. *»4. The General Council of the Trades Union Congress to-day elected Mr. Arthur Hayday as chairman for the ensuing voar. the past 40 years Mr. Hayday has been a permanent official of the National Union af
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  • 257 7 Specimens of Roman Glassware Discovered. Excavations during building m the Severinsstrasse at Cologne— the "Via Appia" of Co-logiu—whe-e Aye years ago 163 Reman graves and tombs were discovered, have brought to light much Roman glassware. The find is stated to surpass all earlier discoveries of a simi--ar kind,
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  • 218 7 Complete Loop of South America. *Veu York. Aug. 21. The completion of tlu- aaener of Pan-Am-**-ncan Airways with the Hew York-Rio-Buenos Aires Lines, which becomes effective on Sep- ember 15. makes Pan-Am-rican the "■•rids largest air service, according a> i directors' announcm.'nt. Operating a fleet of
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  • 153 7 Man Who Says Mexican Law is Easy for £600 to £2,000. His Benevolence the Emperor of Humane Divorce, the man who founded. ':i New York, the now flourishing buair.c *r of avrrnging matrimonial severances by pod under :he laws of the Mexican States of Sonora and
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  • 117 7 Intervention of Leading Phonghyis. Rangoon. Sept. 18. The strike of Buddhist boys m the schools. Which began on September Bth, practically I nded to-day. when three of the schools affected were re-opened. Almost all the boys of the Methodist School returned, and work there is now
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  • 101 7 Tunku Sufiah, the oldest member of the -.-ruling House of Kedah, died at Alor Star on Thursday. The deceased who was about ninety- i ix 3 cars eld, was the daughter of the late Sul- J tan Zainul Rashid and aunt of Their Highnesses Lhe piesent Sultan of Kedah and
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  • 303 7 Chief Causes of Mortality m Singapore. Of the chief causes of death the pneumonias with 1,770, and tuberculosis with 1,500 (phthisis 1,376) again head the list, states the Municipal Health Officer's report for 1929. The two together enmed 26 per cent, of the total deaths lightly more than
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  • 137 7 Crowd Watches Rescue of French Actress. Paris, Aug. 22. A French actress. Mile. Maryse Bernard, had an unnerving experience at the aviation meeting at Vert Plage. He d'Oleron, yesterday wh?n the parachute m which she was making a descent from a height of 4.000 feet was
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  • 43 7 Mr. Lo En Kong, Senior Compositor m the Printing Office, Jesselton, r?th*2d on pension, after 25 years loyal service, at end of August. The Staff of the Printing Office gave a farewell entertainment m hia honour, Mr. S. W Ruscells. Government Printer, presiding.
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  • 394 7 Want to Fly Atlantic Upside Down There are at least a dozen would-be emulators of Miss Amy Johnson living within a ten miles radius of Brooklands Flying School. And if they had been able to persuade Mr. H. D Davis, managing director of the school, to fa'l
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  • 114 7 Film Star to Marry a Millionaire. Miss Billie Dove, the film actress. Ls reported to be engaged to Mr. Howard Hughes the millionaire who backed the Broadway movie hit "Hell's Angels," to the tune of £800 000 Interviewed at her hotel. Miss Dove did not deny the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 246 7 m lfnin ji^^gjj "4711" toiletries always are! Elusive, T^T^ '47//- Liquid l "M J*TZT '4711' Frozoclone 47// Lav Je Cologne Shampoo h H 1 S^gL,'" "-ja Solid Eau de Cologne fragrant, invigorating, 7.7 EaU de Bath Soap Scented -4?ir Fau d«-( ologne j Cologne gives to your personality j? 1
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  • 717 8 FAMOUS AND CHARMING. Miss Marion Terry's 50 Years On The Stage. Miss Marion Terry, the last of the four famous Terry sisters the others were Ellen, Kate and Florence died at her home m St. Marys-terrace, W. 2. Marion's stage career was always overshadowed to
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  • 140 8 Agatha Christie Weds Well-Known Archaeologist. London. Sept. 16. It is announced that Mrs. Agatha Christie, the novelist, married Mr. Max Edgar Lucien Malpowan m Edinburgh on September llth. It will be recalled that Mrs. Christie was missing for a fortnight m December. 1926. A search was made
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  • 93 8 Man Burnt by High Tension Cable. New York, Aug. 22. Three thousand horrified spectators stood m a street In Brooklyn this afternoon and watched a telephone employee; with his clothing on fire, hanging helplessly m his safety belt from the top of a telephone pole. He had
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 232 8 ''_____"^^^^^^^^*'*****l mn^*^*^~^j**mm—A^^mi >,fi^B [Mm mt t v '^jK| l^jj HH^gij^g Concessionaires lir^Kvfei V-^\ J k T!^n 'or Malaya. 'r 1 a^^^a*«aa__l .P ll5)l5)Cl!) I r/1 V I'fcfffp^Bg fc IlalaMd L.IU IV X (Incorporated m S.S.) iv*^ j^3________B^^^^^- Singapore, Penang, B Kaala, Lampur and mm^ m^^ Ipoh. '■■■'HHBBaHnBBDSBHBineaDHHBBHHaBH^ Meleac/er W.D. H.O.WILLS.
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    • 143 8 /^L\J€\ Keep your chi,d health) mWaK KEPLER \fl^^ Cod Liver OiK,. a t Extract Rich m Vitamins A. I: cod _tvi« nn. Jj*j Bottles of |iii;| Restores natural vigour two sizes %MM^^m anc wci All Chemists l*^-^^^M and stores StT^KifiSj Has a delicious fli 52 Burroughs Wellcome Co.. l cx
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 459 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ASSAGE ANICCBE ISS FUMIKO II l>hoby Ghaut. IMARBLE FLOORING TILES. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Nos. 1 3. Penhas Koad, •«T Lavender Street Phone 6075. DON'T WEAR A TRUSS! Brooks Rupture Ap- __or*^_ New discovery. _^^^^**"^%k. lerful No lumpy f no springs, dur- J/fO *MAs± able, cheap. Binds and F7
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    • 591 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. j NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are no* invited tor the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders -XL o^ained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices:— Closing Date. I I Supply and Delivery of 8 Eating Stalls 8 Tables 4 p m
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    • 579 9 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUR Notice To Members. NEW RACE COURSE— BUKIT TIMAH ROAD. Members are notified that the Plans of t Dew Grand Stand. General Lay Out of t Course, etc.. are now posted for inspection < the Notice Board m tho Town Office. Mercanf Bank Building. A book for
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    • 516 9 m SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY i, COMPANY. SHIPCHANDLERS. ta SHIPBROKERS. ile ta COMMISSION AGENTS. 0. Offices :~MA YNARD'S BUILDINGS, 11, Battery Road. Telephone No. 6433. Ie s THF I SINGAPORE FREE PRESS d I The Premier Morning Daily hi Malaya v live -news" paper— 3o-40 columns of news daily Also the best
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    • 422 9 SELANGOR TURF CLUB. j j AUTUMN 1930 RACE MEETING. j j Saturday 27th September, Wednesday Ist and I j Saturday 4th October. 2 j ENTRIES close at 3 p.m. on Friday, 19th September. j j starting of the^rac^o'rfwh'lch^Ts to ef b 0 e re draw e n. adVerUSed Ume f
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  • 20 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. HUNT. At the European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on Sept. 25th. Lawrence G. Hunt nanager of Effingham Estate.
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  • 756 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930. NEW F.M.S. STATISTICS. Two announcements of considerable interest to Malaya as a whole appear m the Federated Malay States Government Gazette of this week. Both announcements are made under the provisions of the Bureau of Statistics Enactment 1919 and the first provides for
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  • 356 10 The engagement te announced of Mr. A. D. M. Poison, of the General Rubber Company, Singapore, and Miss Cynthia Mahony. It is understood that M. Ph. Simon is expected to arrive in Bangkok shortly to relieve M. M. J. Salles as French Consul. M. Salles will leave Bangkok in January
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  • 1783 10 MR. R. D. DENMAN'S VIEWS. Prices and The Law of Supply and Demand. In the course of a highly interesting address entitled "Reflections on Rubber" to the Singapore Rotary Club at the weekly meeting a*. Raffles Hotel yesterday, the Hon. R. D. Denman. M.P. (Central Leeds) relieved
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  • 99 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE-COPYRIGHT 1 London. Sept. 26. 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows. Spot £129 14 16 (down 1 9 16) Forward £131 6 16 (down 1 9 16) The market is easier
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 88 10 To the Editor. sir.-Your iteoDtni the danger ot tiu-s M I stuffs must be ltf* t rem* keeping with the pre „r0» the evil arisinu from that are plague The Capitol Ttertn its utmost capacity b» W* schools, when Dr J W v the sciven m the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 70 10 m -^^T- A -——T^* I f __i _t_| —m i ..•...----«-•«««■■«■>-■•■■■■ SILENT SUFFERING a writer says that the day of "motoring without squeaks" is near at hand. Pedestrians are evidently learning self-control at last, thanks to the henefits of "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE ft LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD.,
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  • 136 11 TRIAL RESUMED. Ate— ed Requested to Sound Other Officers. I Reuter's Service.] Leipzig. Sept. 26. tM •-.-umptir-n of tlie trial of the Re:cl*:-> officers, I. hm -tenant Winzer gave evidence H and another officer met the accused. i In Hanover. I.udin offered to put them b
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  • 143 11 Matters to be Discussed. Renter*! Far Eastern Service! Nanking, S«pt. 26. I- < -reign Minister, Mr. C. T. Wang -red by Reuter, stated that besides the > Flastern Railway imbroglio other issues, ng the resumption of trade and diplon lat ions between the Soviet and China discussed at
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  • 122 11 Hope to Conclude Session Next Week. Geneva, Sept. 3ti. Il is hoped to conclude the present session the Assembly ol the League of Nations next fa iraday or Friday The Sixth Committee passed a resolution ex-■-•-'s-sing appreciation of the work of the man- •<>—,* powers, renewing its expression
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  • 111 11 Approved Without Any r Qualification. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokio. Sept. 26. Tlu I»rivy Council's Examination Committee, tlu final session, adopted the report approving the London Naval Treaty without qualification of any kind. The report goes to pi- nary session of the Privy Council Rhednled for Oct.
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  • 88 11 Fascist Regime Attacked by k Defence. [Reuter's Service.] Brussels, Sept. 26. trial of Fernando de Rosa which was <>-day. several Italian emigres, m Hi-mor Nitti. ex-Prime Minister. Signor -formerly Mussolini's chief lieutenant, l-med the General Secretaryship of Fascist Party on Sept. 25. and Professor -nital, ex-Deputies.
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  • 55 11 Saloon of "Good Old Days'* Not Wanted. Renter's Service. 1 j Albany, Sept. ?6. ''"•••-1 <T the Prohibition Amendment a resolution prepared for the Party at the State Convention pro-•UU-ration of the law empowering '"'"ii The resolution strongly opposes' i the ill-famed saloon X "the gcod I Earlier
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  • 94 11 FIFTEEN KILLED. Police Forced to Open Fire. [Reuter's Service.) Bombay, Sept. 26. Fifteen people were killed and fifty injured during rioting at Panvel to-day. The police fired on the mob. Two Indian officials are among the dead. Congress sources state a police party arrested and handcuffed
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  • 79 11 Most Important that Ever Left Britain. I Reuter's Service. London. Sept. 26. In an address to the autumn meeting of the As-iociation of British Chambers of Commerce at Birmingham, Sir Edward Crowe described the Economic Mission to the Far East as perhaps the most important that has
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  • 90 11 Siamese Authorities. Anxious. I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. 1 Bangkok. Sept. 26. At ei^ht o'clock this evening Capt. F. P. Matthews had not arrived at Don Muang. The authorities are anxious as the landing ground Ls m a heavy condition owing to torrential ;ain. The first cable from
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  • 53 11 Naval Negotiations With France Break Down. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 26. The Franco-Italian negotiations for a naval agreement, which have been proceeding at Geneva, have broken down. Italy demanding full parity and rejecting the formula submitted by M. Mas*sigli y France* for parity m numbers of vessels
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  • 44 11 hA Governorship Change. [Reuter's Service.] Pans. Sept. 26. M. Emile Moreau. Governor of the Bank of France, has resigned on becoming Vice-President of the Bank of Paris. His right-hand man. M. Clement Moret, succeeds him. I Earlier cables on page 12.]
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  • 114 11 Mr. Boyd's Plain Speaking to Ipoh Loan Society. I From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Sept. 26. The Director of Co-Operative Societies (Mr. Boyd) indulged m some plain speaking at the annual meeting of the Mercantile Thrift and Loan Society at Ipoh, at which a dividend oi 4 per
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  • 153 11 Chinese Sentenced to Death. Sentence of death was passed by Mr. Justice H. D. Mundell at the Assizes yesterday on the young Cantonese found guilty of the brutal murder of a 57-year-old Chinese m a hut off Yeo Chu Kang Road on July 28th. In his
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  • 79 11 We have for acknowledgment a coloured reproduction of the portrait of the late Dr. Sun Vat Sen as painted by Mr. Low Kway Song. The reproduction is good both as a likeness and m its technical skill. "Another Voice of the Hawker" has not authenticated his letter. Correspondence on the
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  • 1445 11 YESTERDAY'S MEETING. The New Cruelty to Animals By-laws. The discussions at yesterday afterncon'monthly meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners included very little of real public interest. At a special meeting which followed the ordinary meeting the third supplemental budget for 1930 was passed the President stating that
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  • 602 11 HEAP OF BODIES. 5 Witnesses Who Discovered the Crime. Further evidence was given yesterday morn--11 Ing by several witnesses m the Tampenis Road 1 1 murder case. The hearing was further adi Journed by the Coroner. Ong Kuan, a Hokien rubber tapper said he lived at
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  • 91 11 The annual general meeting of the Travancore Association, will be held at 2.30 p.m., to-day. at the Straits Union English School, 86, Cecil Street. All Travancoreans are cordially Invited. The Young Peoples' Service which is conducted by the V.M.C.A. will be held on Sunday night at 8 o'clock m the
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    • 112 11 ll li| NEW STOCKS I /J? li J PERFECT FIT U| J SMARTEST STYLES. f •■%> **>£» O iunu (_P*— J^ I Robinson Co., Ltd. f J (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) jf V r T f T -GOLD FLAKE .jj. f CIGARETTES t A %mmJ%^J *cenZ& f -----m «*> a***
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  • 110 12 THE NAVAL TREATY. Preparing the Ground for Geneva Discussions. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Sept. 26. J The State Department has recently been oc- cupying itself with the subject of disarmament for the first time since the London Naval Treaty was ratified. Mr. Hugh Gibson conferred with Mr.
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  • 368 12 i British Delegation Appointed. t f [Brttlan Radio—Official Service) Ruffbv. Sept. P The opening meettaf of tbe imperial Oon-', it une- on Wednesday next will be held m the reception room at the Foreign Offic instead of at 10 Downing Street, m on previous >ccasions. Tlv room, which
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  • 54 12 I Turkish Opposition Leader's Election. 1 Reuter's Service. 1 Constantinople. Sept. 25. Fethi Bey has been elected Deputy for the constituency m the vilayet of Sivas. I Fethi Bey represents the opposition m the Turkish Parliament but claims that his i bject is ihe development of Kemal Pashas
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  • 166 12 Two Years Old Crime Re-enacted. i London, Sept. IH. Le Touquet. A curious reconstruction of thr Crime In which Mrs. Wilson was murdered m T "ay. 1928. was carried out when the scene was ;ain produced. The BCC USIid, Le Lout re. was brought "rom 1 .ison
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  • 121 12 British Business Men's Project. London. Sept. 18th. The replacement of out-of-date party economic theories by practical common sense is the self-confessed object of a group of business men. headed by Sir William Morris, and including Lord Melchett, Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, Sir Woodman Burridge. Sir Felix Pole and
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  • 1642 12 MOVEMENT'S GROWTH, j Year of Consolidation and Progress. The following s'atistics -how the position on < lune 30th. 1929. the end cf the Co-operativ? •ear. states the annual report of the Director >f Co-operation S.S. and F.M.S. No. of No. of Total c working j societies members
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  • 83 12 Conference m London ii. November. London, Sept. 18th. A conference of Salvation Army Commissioners from all parts of the world will be held m London m November for the purpose of strengthening the hands of General Higgins m the extension and consolidation of the Army's operations. An official
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  • 79 12 Epsom Mystery Still Unsolved. London, Sept. 16th. The discovery of the dead body of a waitress, Agnes Kesson, at Epsom, three months ago, still ranks among the unsolved murders, notwithstanding the most energetic inquiries. The police have taken over 400 statements. The inquest was concluded to-day and the
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  • 74 12 Equalization Between S. Africa And Britain. London, Sept. 18. In announcing the equalization of cable and wireless rates on Oct. lst at ls. 3d. per word between South Africa and Great Britain, Imperial and International Communications, Ltd states that it hopes to institute similar equalization m
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  • 719 12 TALKIE INVASION. British Touring Companies' Misfortunes. Calcutta, Sept. 13. Very shortly, Calcutta, the second city of the Empire, will have no theatre of its own. Hard times have descended upon this city, as it has upon every city m the East where the talkies have been
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  • 129 12 Segregation of Blacks and Whites Urged. London. Sept. 17th. Pretoria.— The Minister of Lands. Mi-. P. G. W. Grobler. speaking at the Congress of the Nationalist Party, criticized the Imperial Government's policy m regard to the natives of East Africa, as being directly m conflict with the
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  • 72 12 Cambridge Undergraduates Reach Naples. London, Sept 18. A 22-year-old Cambridge undergraduate, Mr. Kenneth Shenstone. an Englishman, and Mr. Pat Fairburn, an Australian have arrived at Marseilles from Croydon m a light aeroplane. They are on their way to Kenya and back. Both are members of the University Flyinu
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  • 205 12 ELECTING A JUDGE. Eleven Ballots to Decide Last Seat. [Reuter's Service. I Geneva. Sept. 26. The groans and cheers which greeted the' Gilbertian situation at to-day's me?ting of the League showed^ that many delegates are possessed of a sense of humour. The Council and the
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  • 136 12 Apprehension at Hitler's Activities. (Reuter's Service.! Berlin, Sept. 2."i. Hitlers speech m the Leipzig court detrimentally affected the stock exchanges m Berlin and Frankfort. Bourse circles fear the Hitlerites have pushed forward their revolutionary preparations more than the authorities ar I aware. The police, however, ridicule the
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  • 72 12 I I Demonstrations Against German Films. I [RfcUter'o Service. 1 ■era-rue. Sept. 2fi. Public ill-humou*. during the past few day:, over the display of German alm>. „akins ;h<»| form of demonstrations m front *f ihe *?.<. /ni i:> Legation, culminated m an ugly situation tonight when the crowds
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  • 46 12 Resignation Follows Abuses of Administration. [Reuter's Service. J Vienna, Sept. The Government has resigned owing to CaI binet dissensions on th ouestion of the ap- point ment of a new gencral-managi r of federal railways m the administration of which grave abuses are alleged.
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  • 85 12 i Programme of Drills up to and for week--1 ending Sept. 28th. 1930. 1 Saturday, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range. S.R.A. tv). Classification. Farrer Range, M. G. Plat. < (Eurasian) Classification V.G.. 2.30 p.m.. Woodlands. Officers and N.C.Os. lst Bn.. SS.V.F.. Reconnaissance. 3.30 p.m.. Woodlands. Officer?. 2nd
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  • 186 12 By Lieut. -Colonel J. ML MacKenzie, D.5.0.. Commanding. S.S. V.r'. Ranges. The following Range Allotments are pubj lished for information. I Buses Leave Drill Hall. {Saturday Sunday B. T. Range Fanrr R. 2.00 p.m. 7.30 a.m. Oct. 4 Oct. 5 "B" <E.* Co. "A" iM.G.I Coy. Oct.
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  • 55 12 CRtffC Bf \tt»mpfd Murder i An Cp-countrj man Hu .ecuted before the Chiel P on a charge ol the geant Ford, while rctunn: quarters. Evidence of MentM di accused runnan SI recorded. A Calcutta me -Servant C Ford v. thLs afU-rnoon. siista.nuu deep m the back. »hlle
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 492 12 CATHR*^ I.VTH BDMDA7 .M a.m. Holy c-.rr.r* -,on 730 a.m. Matins. 8 :im L''-Iv Oommun fC 10 a.m. Sunday s 5.30 pm. Bvenso, ROYAL AIR FORCE BABI J0.30 am. Mat*, and n.ia a.m. l,iv Oommunion Monday. Wednesday an Communion. Tuesday. Thur. da;, andi Coaununion r.AKRisON (f|| :< Tanglin Garrison (hurrh.
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 829 13 How Australia Finds Them. While England is wondering how and where to find its Bradmans and McCabes, it will be worth while to examine the organisation m Australia which has discovered, not only a win- i ning Test team, but also a fine reserve, at least of batsmen,
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    • 98 13 Down at Bognor the other day I saw the latest British lawn tennis "hope" competing m the West Sussex Championships says an Evening News writer. His name is Freshwater, and at seventeen he looks more promising than many boys who m the past have been hailed
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    • 76 13 The biggest discovery of the season, from the bowling point of view, is Hedley Verity, who will step into Wilfred Rhodes's shoes next season, says the Athletic News. Yorkshire will have to make more discoveries of bowlers if they are to build up a really strong side.
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    • 415 13 Scotland Beat England m International. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 27. Scotland scored an unexpectedly big success on the Fulwell course thi? week m the international with England, which precedes the Boys' Golf Championship. The Scots won by eight matches to four on singles and foursomes.
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    • 129 13 German Team and T. T. Ban. Belfast. Auk. 26. I learned to-day, cables the Daily Express Belfast correspondent, that the German team who entered for the R.A.C. Tourist Trophy race, which was run here yesterday, are to appeal against the stewards' decision, made on Friday night, to
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    • 105 13 Shall we see another Wyatt leading his country m the future R. E. S. Wyatt, England's captain m the Test match at the Oval, has a younger brother, R. A. D., who is more than likely to make himself known m the game ere long. The younger
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    • 116 13 W. E. Pratten will captain Blackheath this year, and it looks as if he will have a fine choice of players. With him m the pack he will have most of last season's players, including w. E. Tucker, M. S. Bonaventura. H. H. C. Withers, C. B.
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  • 103 13 F. H. Wyld, the Derby policeman, who n_ numerous national championships to his credit made a welcome reappearance at Heme Hill last month, after a prolonged absence from the track owing to illness, and received a rare ovation from the big crowd. He took part m two motor paced match
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 482 13 ******_a. I ******s. 1 1 J£ 1 L-IYtK t -Ammr^ J n«K Three years u#k .'le m Van- Of all the organ* oi tt* brdy, the rt. the house phf/sieian nf the vt ,l;,s „,r r >>< ini|siftatil l-caring advised we to use Kruschen U,M,M V M m :it J,
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    • 254 13 Xv^^r^^-^^~* 1 1 »iv_ n^»f*^*^ fHfl R"" CV* JV; _T_^ 2^_3mT fe^cj) ill -"-w. «NiCfOW).*^ £y ■11l Here it is THE MOST POPULAR OF ALL INFANT FOODS IN MALAYA TO-DAY! Follow the example of delighted mothers all over Malaya and put your baby on this famous Food. See how quickly
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 829 14 Blue Funnel Line MJGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Twtoe Mtethly Service Uverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havie). >■<■ ■■bject U alteraUon withont notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT I t^SS? 011 FOT London Rott*--*** and Hamburg To^y mi^ XJLVB For M* ***** 111
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    • 473 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated tn England). "ELLERMAN" LINE., PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA TORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. D«e Singapore. »a. CTTY OP JOHANNESBURG, q^ SJL CTTY OF SHANGHAI fkfm HOMEWARDS. m rrY P ATHKNS
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    • 450 14 P. €/oT British India and Apcar lin es Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N Co UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY S om-,. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA t japan Doe. Tonnage. Singapore. MOREA 11,000 Oct. 4 Tonn^
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 755 15 O. S. K. Line, Lo« Angeles and and New York:— (from Kobe) (Express Freight Service). Klnai Maru 23 victoria. Seattle and Vancouver: -(from Kobe) t Hawaii Maru Oct. 14 London, Rotterdam, Hamburg (Bremen) and Antwerp. Alaska Mr;ru Oct. 16 18 Durban. Port Elizabeth. Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo
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    • 553 15 p** I—i****^1 i****^ r^n &t==¥= mmmm ?*^HF oV FAMOUS _nB PRESIDENT LINERS. fit TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK A\n ractaw FROM SINGAPORE AND P^NANG^a C<^U OST FORT SAID. ALEXANDRIA. NAPLES A* JeNoT Arrive Leave Leave Arrire Singapore. Singapore. Penang. N>vv Vurk Fres. Harrison Sept. 29 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Nov l]
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    • 861 15 X.P.M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. j 1 ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY. OF BATAVIA.J 'Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone Nc. 5451. with sub-connections to:— Passage. Freights. Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements t Singapore and Penang of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 804 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated ln Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. I Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The BJi. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia 1
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    • 471 16 COMPAGNIE MARITIME BELGE (LLOYD ROYAL) S.A. (Incorporated m Belgium.) MONTHLY SERVICE OF STEAMERS. from SINGAPORE to HONOLULU, VANCOUVER, SEATTLE, PORTLAND SAN FRANCISCO. via Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. STEAMER. Dne Singapore. SJS. LONDONIER Oct. 1 S.S. BOLIVIER Nov. 1 S.S. CAUCASIER Nov. 25 SJS. CARLEER Dec. 26 1931. S.S.
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    • 469 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK ***V% (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICF Tn BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ivn BALTIMORE. XNh Due. SaUs D Uf M.S. SILVERCYPRESS Sept. 29 Oct Nn Vo M.S. SILVERWALNUT Oct. 28 Nov 3 PACinC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SERVICF SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO Sn LOS
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 714 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 am. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 22 16 Tay Yit, Hong Thong, Kelantan, Ban Siong Bee, Hong Hwa (Brit); Kashima Maru, Madras Maru (Jap): Thelma. Halvdan, Dukat <Nor>* India (Ital).
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  • 668 17 Report of Imperial Committee. In view of the forthcoming Imperial Conference, a report has been presented to the Governments of the Empire by the Imperial Shipping Committee en the «york done by „he Committee since the Imperial Conference of 1926. Under the terms of reference formulated m 1920
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  • 99 17 Official records of the number of standings since 1927 of British and other vessels on the coast of the United States have just been issued. Comment is made of the lack of radio compasses on 121 ships, or a total of 85 per cent. Only 22, or 15 per cent.,
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 18 17 I 093.00 per ten bu been fixed P ngkalan Kempas effective as >, jnsf
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    • 57 17 iinf>r<»nri* nn f\,_.t <hii iii nil *i tidM LlKhtinK. h Radio—Official Service.) Itiisby. Sept. IC Of .h Brtti h delegation tational Confer oc the imlfltyage and ;1 oasts. al Lisbon on Oct. 6, La -lnnoonced. v. ill bi headed by Sir John British Cemmissioner on the River
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    • 367 17 Karly Start on New £1,500,000 Dock. Grimsby, Aug. 2S. most important fishing port m the (irimsby. Ls taking active steps to m- its usefulness, and m a few weeks' time tart will be made with a scheme which will increase the facilities for the fishing The Grimsby Corporation
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    • 266 17 s hippin£ Subsidy from Government Possible J Lawson. M.P.. Parliamentary Sectbe Ministry of Labour, informed the Correspondent of the Newcastle Even- Chronicle that it had been decided by the Government that one of the new Cunarders will on Tyneside. The other has gone to .de. Hr lawson
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    • 1273 17 Qt/n-v- V__H, rk a. IOV> Ol Yacht S Destruction Oil Cornwall. Riv Cornw*«. Aug. 28. ff f lS^1r _ln a CIUd ling1 ing Commod°rc King. MP. \°J Pfaddin^ n South-lost their lives when the tut,"ty;tw °-~'n London motor yacht Islander crashed on the rocks and became a total
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    • 20 17 _^___^^*lTS jggMJ TRAVEL Sf WVJcT) For Everything Appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight Apply 39, Robinson Road, Singapore. Tele. 5907.
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    • 431 17 them better > I^9 M than ever "I> M^ WBP^W Am\ m&Bfc''. 'iisl _^_^_g_^ ff/** 'v* J L^E^y^e"*-**\ tl>^f*Smmmm*^^^^tlK^^^^^^^am& j+?*K %A~. *-w ~y&~^~n y&'xm&>' r*^^'* y y^^mj^^^m**^ \^^^*jS*^^^^^^f!^^^^^aAmmm\ "^^Se^MM|[BßJ-B]*fij)J[^ .'v J^^^' Siw^^^*'' _fl^^^^^___^M^_^ Tested and approvedS%m| for the 9* sacccssrvte -year mr ..-^f by the Institute of H>^icnc B^tii gm
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  • 594 18 RECEPTION REPORT. Enjoyable Eindhoven Concert. The Java stations were fairly well received a** usual during the week, the concerts from Bandoeng being quite enjoyable. Saigon has given plenty of entertainment as usual and quality and strength are the outstanding features of the Radio Saigon transmissions. Wednesday
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  • 539 18 Advice From Dame Kendal. In this changing age it has become increasingly the fashion fcr younger people to believe that truly happy marriage is impossible. One hears, though, fortunately not m this country, of such horrible and repugnant things as -trial marriages." and so on. Certain misguided persons,
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  • 74 18 Th~ last of the labour was brought out from Bekoog Estate to Srmdakan by tongkang on August 20th and the Estate is now closed down rxcept for the caretaker and his family. The Manager. Mr. J. Mackean and Mrs. Mackean left for Singapore by Kaiang on August 25th. A numb
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  • 160 18 Employee Who Had Stolen Valves Since Christmas. Cyril Denville Simmons, aged 35. described as a fitter, of Greenwood-terrace. Harlesden pleaded guilty at West London police-court A stealing ten wireless valves from the Marconi Osram Valve Co.. Limited, of Brook Green Hammersmith. Detective Partridge said that Simmons had been
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  • 35 18 Chmese business and social circles m Maacca have sustained a loss by death of one of its popular members, Mr. Chan Kok Teng a prominent local rubber dealer, and proprietor ot Chop Ban Thong. P
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  • 389 18 When They Are Very Old. Big Chief White Horse Eagle, who enjoyed ■i Might over Lcndcn recently, claun.s to have lived 108 years. This seems a great age. but according to Ohlyesa the Conqueror. Chief of the Sioux Indians, who visited London two years ago. it used to be
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 386 18 EVERY WOMAN SHOULD KNOW this easy way to increased vitality. Are you enjoying life as you'd like to Or do you feci robbed' of all your energy It's not much fun for the woman who feels depressed. washed out," spiritless. who seems to be getting thinner every day. Men turn
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    • 1162 18 JNSUra^T THE ft SOUTH fil BRITISH INSURANCE COMI'XM i, MlT|I FIRE, MARINE, TRANSI A*. MOTOR < \u INSURANCE CEPTED vr LOWEST CURRENI i!v n V L. C. MABOOI m» Office: 2. Fta PERSONA!, ACCIDENTS FATAL ACCIDENTS EXAVfI you made provl of your dependent overtake you IT only costs |15 yeai
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  • 598 19 Lee Chim Tuan and the Future. ual meeting of Brim i United Planta- held at the officr., of Messrs. c French Bank Buildings yeaterii Mr. Lee Chim Tuan presided sup- Messrs. C. V. Bailey and* W. A. thr adoption of the annual report t:,r- chairman said: profit for
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  • 126 19 Is the directors' report to ihe Ol Bukit Ibu (Bandar) Tin to be annual meeting at Evatt and office*, Penang. on Oct. 4th at I working resulted m a loss of compared with a loss of $5,135.89 L previous year. This Ls due to a decrease
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  • 958 19 Customs Report on Commercial Conditions. Historians will probably refer to the past 12 months aa being amongst the most eventful m 'he modern history oi China, writes the Statistical Secretary of the Chinese- Maritime Customs The implementing of the Washington Conference and the restoration to China
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  • 423 19 To- Day's Price Changes. EXCHANGE RATES. September 26. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2(4 1|32 London 3 months' sight 2 4 London GO days' sight 2!3 15)16 London 30 days' sight 2|3 29J32 London, demand 23 78 London. T.T. 23 27 32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1433 Hamburg, demand 235
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  • 925 19 FRIDAY, SEPT. 2(1X11. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Jriuyeij, Sellers. 23s 20s 9s 6d 10s Bangrtn Tin <£> 13s 6d 14s cd Batang Padang ($1) 10 15 3:itu Caves ($1» 45 50 Bukit Arang <S1) 35 40 Burmah Malay (£> 13s 15s nora Chenderiang (£> 3s 4s Eastern Siam NOM.
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  • 144 19 LEWIS PEAT'S REPORT. I Sellers Continue Reserved. Singapore, Sepi. 'Hi. There is very little to report this waste. Tlu market has been stagnant, and m spite of fairly good orders from the horn.- markets, seller' continue reserved. While no actual break is looked for at ih" moment, it se ms
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  • 156 19 Declining Rubber and Copra Prices. Singapore, Sept. 25. There has been a steady though slight decline m price from day to day and the period now closes about lower on balance. Cables to-day quote both London and N»-\y York unchanged on yesterday at 3".d. and 1% gold respectively.
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  • 96 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. Singapore. Sept. 26. Tin. Fasier.- Kurhai>; 66 71. Kintas 85 89. Penawats 40 43. Malay Consols 15 17. Sungei Luas 87 92. Sungei Ways 2.10 2.11%, Ulu Klangs 70 75. Taipir.gs 20 35. Batu Caves 45 50. Souths 20 22... Pct'ihngs 4.10 4.25. Ay r Hitams
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  • 81 19 I British Radio Official Service. Rugby. Sept. *>;>. Foreign exchanges ar-**. Amsterdam 12.0", Athens 375. Bombay ls. 7,d.. Berlin 20.41. Br— J le 34.083, Bucharest 816. Rio t%, 3uenos Aires 40 <*, Copenhagen 18.16. Oenera 2j.055. Helsingfors *****, Hong Kong ls. 3 d.. Lisbon 108.j5, Madrid 45.25. Milan 92.79.
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  • 63 19 September 26th.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers RS S equal to London Standard. Spot 11**, 12 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Oct. 12 12' Nov. 12 -s 12 s Oet-Dcc. 12' h 12% Jan-Mar. 12\ 12 T Tone of Market Dull. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet
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  • 64 19 Latest London Prices. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London, Sept. 26. Tm opened tins mornlnf al nil spot and £132 Forward. Later prices were wnchan^d. The market is Mater, rm- ■harsmarket la idle. Rubber opened at 313 lGd. Spot and 115 16d I Forward. Later prices weir Spot
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  • 66 19 Kuala Krau to Carry On. [FREE PRESS SERVICE- COPY!* I( I IT] London. Sept. 26. Harrisons and Crosfield, declared a dividend of 20 per cent. Bajoe Kiddel dividend was 5 per cent. Kuala Krau proposes carrying on pendingamalgamation m better times. The directors arc offering to shareholders 100.000
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  • 275 19 Immense Distress Caused by Slump. < ahuUa. Sep*. 17. Immense distress has heen eat— ed In *-"*_nl by the fail m (ate prices, v n-suit ot which the Prorince is expected to lose an hicomt this pear of about ten crop A deputation will wait on tlie
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  • 210 19 "The Only Remedy for Present Situation." it seems to me Incredible that m the present situation (f the rubber market, where thousand? ol people hai i ihi res m the dlffen ,t companies--and many are on the rerge ot iuto —the Oorernmenl and the din I si of
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  • 119 19 Fewer Companies Operating. The new law m Siam for ihe control of commercial undertakings effect— the pt.b'ie mttty and welfare ha; considerably reduced the number of fire neuranc? compane-., seeking m thc country. That Ls because every such company has to register and to make deposit of
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  • 12 19 Ceylon rubber growers are ag*itatlnu for tho removal of the rubber duty.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 73 19 ASSETS EXCEED $11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. J (Incorporated m 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
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    • 35 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. Mm FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. j Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD., BRANCH OFFICE: CHARTERED RANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 334 20 'GOLFING MACHINE." Jones Avenges Defeat by Sweetser. [Reuter's Service.] Ardmorf, Sept. 25. Jones beat Coleman 6 and 5; Sweetser beat McCarthy 5 and 4: Seaver beat McPhail 5 and 4: Homans beat Lehman 8 and 7. Jones was often m a tight corner m the morning
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  • 110 20 No-Foul Rule for Fight With T Campolo. [Reuter's Service.] New York. Sept. 25. Sharkey is jubilant that to-night's fifteenround fight with Campolo whl be under NewYork rules m which no fouls are recognised. He says '"Now they won't be able to squawk when I hit them
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  • 66 20 Whitcombe Virtual Professional Champion. r ßeuter's Service.] London. Sept. 2t>. At Oxhey Charles Whitcombe won what is virtually the British Professional champion 0:p by beating Henry Cotton m the final of the News of the World £1.040 Tournament by 4 and 2 over thirty-six holes. Sixty-four leading professionals
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  • 218 20 £25,000,000 Craze m America. New York. Ang. 25th. Tom Thumb Gol*. the craze that has swept America, is creating an industry m which £25,000,000 is now invested, and scaring the cinemas and theatres by playing havoc with their audiences It Ls shortly to be introduced m London. Two
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  • 40 20 London, Sept. 16th. Hobbs, who will be accompanied by Sutclifle, will leave for India on October 17th on board the Ranpura on a two months' visit to coach and play for the Maharaja Kumar of Vizianagram's teams.
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  • 112 20 The annual veterans' handicap race will take place at the Swimming Club to-morrow. Entrants must be at least 40 years of age and have spent 15 years m the East. The programme for the Polo Club amateur race meeting which follows the October professional meeting provides two runs for Classes
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  • 439 20 THE REST WIN. Europeans Collapse m Second Half. The Rest. 5: Europeans 1. The most remarkable thing about yesterday's encounter between the Europeans and The Rest m the Annual Charity Match m aid of the funds for the Singapore Diocesan Association at the Jalan Besar Stadium, was
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  • 184 20 The W. H. Wood Cup. A Poii Dickson Yacht Club race was sailed over course "A" en Sunday. September 14th m a light N.W. breeze. Eleven boats crossed the starting line, but Nereid and Wendy retired during the course of the race. The finish was as
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  • 83 20 Play for the "Poppy Day Prize" will commence to-day and continue to Tuesdaj (November llth) inclusive. The conditions of this competition are a* follows: 18 Holes Eclectic stroke play undei special handicap; A limit of five cards to ix taken out on each of the first
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  • 59 20 Interesting Football Match Next Week. With the object of benefitting the Malayar J Vernacular Scouts Camp Fund an interesting soccer match Iras been arranged for the Jalar Besar Stadium on Tuesday, when the Malays will meet Mr. J. Lee's European (S.C.C. and Welch) XI. Kick-off 5
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  • 38 20 [Reuter's Service. 1 New York, Sept. 26. Latest baseball results are as follow: National League. Chicago 4. Cincinnatti 3. St. Louis 9. Pittsburgh 0. American League. Philadelphia 13. New York 3. Boston 2. Washington 3. I
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  • 99 20 To-day at 2 p.m. on the St. Joseph's School ground, the annual cricket match between the Past and the Present Pupils of the Institution will be played. Chia Keng Hock and P. D'Almeida will skipper the school and old boys respectively. A group photo of both teams will be taken
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  • 1304 20 THE ENQUIRY. I M.F.A. Deprived of Replay Gate Receipts. At an enquiry upon the postponement of the S.A.F.A. Cup final between the Malays and the Welch Regt, which waa to have taken place on Tuesday but was eventually played on Thursday, held by a special committee
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  • 220 20 TO-DAY'S FIXTURES. Chelsea and Blackpool Away. To-day's fixtures m the English and Scottish football leagues are as follow: Division I. Birmingham vs. Arsenal; Bolton vs. Newcastle; Derby vs. Manchester City; Leeds vs. Huddersfield; Leicester vs. Blackburn; Liverpool vs. Chelsea; Manchester Un. vs. Grimsby; Middlesbrough vs. Aston Villa;
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  • 237 20 Big Drop m Profits of August Meet. '•Trespasser" writes m the Times of Ceylon: I am informed on good authority that it has been decided to reduce the stakes for C TC. races m October and November by sixteen per cent, all round, m view of the
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  • 100 20 Stone -Throwing by Scottish League Spectators. London, Sept. 15. The most important event m the Scottish League on Saturday was the division of points between Celtic and Hamilton Acads.. the latter surrendering their position as the closest rivals of the Rangers to Partick Thistle, who won on
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  • 89 20 Palatial Building for New York. New York, Aug. 27. A tennis building to cost £20.000 is being erected on the Connecticut estate of Mrs. William G. Rockefeller. It will be available for play m all sorts of weather, winter or summer. It will be one storey m
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  • 32 20 The two Penang Turf Club 1931 griffins Nos. 5 and 7, which were raffled were drawn by Mr. Lee Toon Foon (No. 5. Scotch Pink) and Mr. J. Griffiths (No. 7, Dorking.)
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