The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 27 June 1923

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    18 401 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. IRJ) SERIES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1923. No. 1,873
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    CONTENTS
    127 401 BAIN RS PAGE Jack Club 401 401 > rf and the E«»«i> re MS kly Causers- 402 AM) tOI'RT NEWS I Ap>Ol 40."), 7 I w.th Police 405 Court M0 riihln Convict; d -flO wkft OHM in Pen: m: 405.! urrns to the editor. e Appar. 4H' F... tball
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    PRODUCE.
    84 401 June 25. itjf Wh 22.50 a 14.00 »nifcU flake f.g. 10 00 8.00 1055 11.10 ■M 4CMM) ■vn te 230.00 Pm expo. t no 'or export 260.00 :or export flttl ♦cr export 213 00 'k,^ \i for export li>o fcM i for export 166 'houatnd 85 00 4 70
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    31 401 Smirapore 12 noon. June 2">. SUndard Ribbed Smoked 47H 48; July-Sept. 49* 50H h»\- r>o: 51 H; Oct..Dec. 58H •^h :.|u 55. loncbn quotation Market ste*<ty.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      16 401 'ERLEY. On th.- Sltt instant at I. Ku.ii;; Lumpur, the wife of F. H. daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      47 401 UK -GANGSTER.- On the L6Ui H*$ t 9c. Ai \v'>. PtocmU, by the Rer. Roderick Hka Miili^an, third son of Sir Robert ;.:.a L;idy liiuir of Harnp. r-.ul, fca Marj^arct K>k, yomiL' it daasktvr of Mr. and ?Ir?. John |l r, Hr.niDsttiiid. fonneiiy cf Bridge Weir.
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      DEATHS.
      87 401 WADE GARDNER.— In England, on June lith J. P. Wade GaixJner, late of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. MILLER. At Ipoh. on June Isth. Donald Miller, of United Engineers, Ltd. A^red 4S MUL. On June 20th at the General Hoapital, Singapore, Cornelis Carolus Mu', of the Notherlanda Trading
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    THE WEEK'S NEWS.
    254 401 London advices up to May 31st were received by the mail which arrived from Home on Saturday. June 23rd. This weekly leaves by the B. I Teesta to-day. Several interesting casns came before the Seconfe Court of Appeal wh>h opened durng the week. There was a steady
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    EXCHANGE.
    75 401 June 25. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 3-16 P-.nk demand lM 3-32 Vrv rr <\\t* 3 m.s. 2)4 15-32 New York demand 3H Credits 9i) days s«* r re- dmnn^ POO India T. T. 173% nd 1^ PC v o h^m:« demand 109W. Java, demand 14 Rqnk of FneNnd Rut*
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    THE GRAND PRIX.
    26 401 fßpnter'? ?ervi>e.l P-ris. .Tune 24. O rH Prx resulted as follows:— Fi»>.ert d 9^o\e 1. r^wkmnte 2. Le r-rur^r S. G^nd Guignol 4.
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    52 401 In the Mah Jon* erambl n«r case at Jilipif jm a conviction was on Friday r&nrJfJ b- Mir. T A. Terror The- p" nc pal accused Thien Ch^w Ton", w-s fined $100. fFO and $R hs wife. Chan Ah Fon<r. wan f-nec? $0 and $5, and th? other eight accused
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    New Union Jack Club. June 20.
    791 401 New Union Jack Club. June 20. fund by uiutarr «wj t &b Ah»d Wf f«l* **n m*Ui Txmih k«r clortoas pracapts &*9t ill the agenda for next Council meeting there is an item, the Treasurer to move for a sum of 575,000 as contribution to a new Union Jack Club,
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    Tuberculosis. June 21.
    783 401 Tuberculosis. June 21. Writing the other day on what had taken place at the Kuala Lumpor Sanitary Board and the need for tackling the problem of tuberculosis, we were not aware that the Hon'ble Dr. Gaioway two years ago had ptiblished a valuable memorandum on some local aspects of the
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    • Advertisement
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      115 401 to the 'Sinsrupore Fr*e Press "ing from Europe to the Strait; the nail lint*, are invited to senw ,or the name of their ste-mier anu i r rival in Singapore. Copier wil. to o QM^'- k* various Dorta of 'an I in Europe wishing detaileu inii to shares ic. can
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    New Communications. Jnne 2.
    701 402 New Communications. June 22. 11 Air. Marconi, as a result of a two months trip and experiments on hi* private yacht, in waters adjacent the tropics, has rea ly solved the difficiTty pi atmospherics, he has gono a long way to bring into practical us radio service all over the
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    Singapore and the Empire. Juno 23.
    796 402 Singapore and the Empire. June 23. The caption has a fins sound and has a ready been used several times bv writers during the time that we bavo b2en in the lime-light in consequence of the decision on the part •T the Admiraty to foim a naval ase here when
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    The Weekly Causerie. June 25.
    476 402 The Weekly Causerie. June 25. The eruption of Etna was a terrifying though perhaps not very unfamiliar phenomenon to the unfortunate people in the districts which have been submerged by the mo'ten and semi-molteivlava. Those who live in places not under the thrall of a" volcano, can hardy understand W
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    Low Currency Denominations. June JO.
    870 403 Low Currency Denominations. June 26. me professors of currency and 10 ics hold— or did hold a few >— that the cost of living n C uiitry bore a close re.ation to Hi lowest coin in use, or what countiv i for a coin. It must be in general u^e,
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    396 403 Before the Court of Appeal yesterday, a petition aga nst a judgment of Mr Justice Barrett Lcnnard was commenced Mr. S. C. Goho appeared for the res pondent, Pan b Ah Yew, and Mr. Settrepresented tl^.o Crown. The petition of r ght was for a dec.arat'on that
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    PENANG NEWS.
    170 403 (From Our Own C«*rrsnnnd#»nt). Penang, June 23. Sport msr Items. Mr. D. A. M. Brown has bf*n re-ap-po'nted hardicapper of the S'.raits Rrcing Assoeip.t on. At Wrier Polo the Swimming Club Wt a Navy ter.ni by seven goa's to n"I, thus w nning easily. Middlesex Det»erter«. Throe more
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MONDAY, JUNE 25.
    3295 403 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. MONDAY, JUNE 25. PRESENT. ■to SzetUtsej, GoYtrnor, (Sir Laurence Gmllenurd). Bia Excellency the General Officer Comraandinv tfc« Troops (Major General Sir Neiii Malcolm). The Hon'ble the Acting Colonial Secretary (Mr. F. M. Baddtley). ~he Hon'ble the Colonial Treasurer, (Mr. E. M. Pouiuney). The Hon'ble the Attorney-General (Sir William
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    THE SINGAPORE PROJECT.
    975 404 AUSTRALIA'S NAVAL DEFENCE. To the Editor of the Manchester Guardian I Sir. According to recent adv.ces from Australia, the Commonwealth Government appears at last to have become converted to the policy of one navy for the whole Empire. A dispassionate analysis of the situation as it presents
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    FOOTBALL.
    320 404 s.J.O.H. defeat i.unruHmtkm the sj.o.b. m turned out at fuii rtrenff yifUrci y afternoon, «fc t the second tim,- j| r league The R.G.A. w* centre forward Iwrm, and sell, whi!, the injury O»o Boys previous nderHi p^ father incap Me of pla; *ormwhat unluck, t> force a draw,
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    162 404 Mr. t. 11. K;. P.W.D.. has i Mr. Brown, Um k. n 1 f-'-'. is on I'.W.D Kcdah, has gaM fc W. J. S;,ir, Hi hanre of Mm Hcb I ftajah, Js lion Invitations- are issued on Jnly 21. at St. M:.:/ I I^nipur, of M. H istrach n, daughter
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    WEDNESDAY, June 20. 1923.
    312 405 th t S.r Claude Severn may high post in Malaya ppcars to •ilons. Sir Claude is very Hftßfktaf '»nd cannot be spared i.) ♦j. reported to the police that of a Chinese rubber tapper n Road were broken into early coming last, and cash and ty,
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    A CHETTY CASE.
    154 405 > Verappa Chitty, who stands h&rged with using as genuine a forged iromi«sor> noto for $30,000. purporting to be siened by Mr. Ng Hong Guan, appeared Mr. (iourlay in the Third Police t^rday morning. The alleged stated to have been committed I July, li>22, *nd Apr 1
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    TING KIL TIN, LIMITED.
    141 405 icport of the nbove Company m i:;ded April 30th., (to be prear.nual peneral meeting at on Monday. July 2nd., at Gre-B-.ttery-rd.), is as follows:— or the year am »unts to $19 198 47. to be added the balance >rwa<-d from last year's account, !1. From this
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    1962 405 SOLICITOR GENERAL'S OBJECTION TO JUDGE. When the Singapore Court of Appeal opened in the Supreme Court yesterda morning, application was made by the Solicitor General. Mr. G. G. Seth, that the appeal by the Attorney General against a dec is on in regard to a petition of
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    INTERFERING WITH THE POLICE.
    347 405 For assaulting and obstructing a police constable in the execution of his dutjy, Mr. A. F. Buthlay, of Guthr'e and Co., was find $25 by Mr. David in the District Court yesterday afternoon. The accused wuc fintd $20 by Mr. Aheame in the Second Police Court
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    F. M. S. FINANCES.
    231 405 The financial report of th^ Federated Malay States, by Mr. C. S. Alexander, appears as a supplement to the Gover.inKnt Gazette. There was an actual surplus on the y.ar's working of $2 683,103. But revenues were do efully down, railways four millions, customs SVa and not
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1285 406 Although they were ..ot at full strength, the S. C. F. A. gave the First Lergue Champions plenty of anxiety on the Padang on Monday and up to half t me the regiment barely deserved the lead by the unsatisfactory goal scored dur ng the first few minutes.
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    JOHORE.
    332 406 lNwibilitien ef Coal and Ofl. Owing to the large part played in the geology of Johore by tho Mesozoic granite intrusion, it is highly improbable that any roek6 older than the granite will be found sufficiently porous to contain oil, or which have not had any coal they once
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    SINGAPORE MALAY LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    91 406 At a meeting held on Sunday, the 17th. instant at No. 168-7 Haig- Road, the follow 5 ng were elected office-bearers for the year: President Inohe Mohamed Ismail, 8.A., Vice President Inche Ismail bin H. A. Ghani. Hon: Aud.tor Inche Janis bin Ali, Hon: Treasurer
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    KINTA ASSOCIATION.
    838 406 A SATISFACTORY YEA P.. The hrnble Mr. Lowther Kw resided ov.r the annual general me* lg of ire Kinta Associat on Limted held ut the Chartered Bank Chambers, S i.g-apcre, at noon yesterday. Others present ..ere:— Messrs. Bagnall and P. N. KB** the Secretaries, Messrs. Harrison Barker and
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      LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
      257 406 YESTERDAYS P.FSI I The Y. M C. A Middlesex se ground jtster;! was more or lc. start to finish, forwards d d sh- uj» maUh wa& el-. throughout. Ti a to«g attack home socn aft< they were lead: Ly t\v:, interval. Wi lcox m forward, and be Linley
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      KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
      72 406 The result of the June Medal (Strotplay) is a win for E. Shar.u w.th a Kor< of 89 12 77 nett. The result of the .lure i •>? Spoon a wm for Mrs. J. D. Ma I with a score of 62 5 47 nett. The Ball
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      LAWN TENNIS.
      23 406 [Reuter's Service] M^nchenter Juw. li In the Davis Cup Gomar and FUqu" beat Lycett and Godfree 6—2. 6— 3, M 6—3.
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      BOXING.
      204 406 A bi|r crowd at the Manila Show tat night was treated to a rood pro?r of box ng. In an eicrht round content Warren defeated Younp Gonirl n (Mar on points. Red Warren foueht 01* < his best fiphts. He took the first rounds pretty easily. The Fillipino boxe
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    STUDENTS IN BRITAIN.
    23 406 (From Our Own \y Penv P. Jttßf A Students n Britain IVr. hu be^n fonred, wh incl dent Counc llor.
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    FIRE BRIGADE REPORT.
    30 406 (From Our Own < nrr^r**** |f The Fire Brigr.de report .sh^ were nineteen fires n u r 1* doing any material damapp --pic^ one incendiary fire and another
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    THURSDAY, June 31, 1923. LOCAL WIRES.
    7 407 THURSDAY, June 21, 1923. LOCAL WIRES. gfjjhgkhgk
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    80 407 m ivisha puller was produced 'Jrlay in the Third Police and rtmar.ded on a charge body of a one year old -i pound of No. 4 Fort Can- res.dence of the Rev. Mr. Reserve has been declared •own as the Kran Game ReTemerloh and L p s d strict, extent.
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    929 407 CHETTIES* INCOME TAX. An appeal arising out of the now extinct Income Tax Ord nance occupied the greater part of the proceedings in the Singapore j Court of Appeal yesterday, before the I Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw.. Mr. Justice Barrett- Lennard and Mr. Justice Brown. The
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    MALAYAN FOREST RESERVES
    476 407 Mr. G. E. Cubit, in his annual report, considers the rate of progress made m mark ng off forest reserves in Malaya and quotes the figures since the death of Mr. burn Murdoch. The reserves have risen since 1918 from 1,172,784 acres to 2,337,178 acres. The Conservator
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    IRON-ORE IN TOEORE.
    126 407 IRON-ORE IN JOHORE. Tbe northern end of the rid^e dividingS'jßtgti Sehimnf from Sungei Persist, tr.bvtaric.s of Sungti Johore, seems to b3 i-f r. posed almost completely of iron-are, b'ov nearly a mile down a small tributary of Sungei Setaang v/hich rises on the mountain, there are targe boulders of nmgnetite,
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    BRITISH MALAYA.
    76 407 Trade Returns. Imports' (*OCO omitted.) May '22 May '23 5 mos. 23 $37,836 51.429 242,732 Exports. 46,195 59,153 291,423 Or in sterLng, for five months, imports £28,318,756; exports £33,999,380. Imports of tin ore in May were 47,447 piluils; of rice 715,535 pikuls; of cigarettes $1,041*048 lb. valued at
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  • THE PRODUCE MARKET.
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      YESTERDAY'S AUCTION.
      180 407 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its KoBth *"?tion i \\e( <v siiit>. June SOth.. wlien tlu-r was catalogued j .2^215 lbs.; 547. 1-J ton?. Of--1 red iM»,lOi) Vot.; 4*21.92 tons. Sold 677,821 \h*. 302.60. PRICES REALIZED. Spot London Is. 2%d. New York 26% cts. Kibbeci
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      MACPHAIL'S WEEKLY REPORT.
      374 407 Singapore, June 20. The wetk baa witnessed a steady decline ir the price of tin and as a result business* in tin shaies has become very restricted, while generally a lower level of price? prevails. The rubber quotation i» hardly changed, but the share market in this
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    139 407 Action taken at Committee No. 6 meeting on June 15th. Peirce Reservoir Dam: P*esolved that Method A recommended in the Engineer-in-Chiefs Report, dated 2Gth April, be adopted for repair of the Dam, at an estimated cost of $15.000 T s:id that if conditions seem favourable work be commenced
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    FRIDAY, June 22, 1923.
    760 408 Ind L.cut A. T. Newboult, M.C., has been granted the rank of Acting Captain wh.lsi m command of the M.V.1., Perak, as from May 17. Mr. Chia Cheng Keng is entertaining friends at dinner, at his house m Emeruld Hiil-road, on Friday, 27th. inst., in honour
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      BOY SCOUTS' COMMISSIONER.
      27 408 (From Our Own Correspondent > I'enang, June 19. Mr. Cheeseman has been appointed Commissioner for the Boy Scouts in the Settle- ment of Penang. i
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      LADY GUILLEMARD TO VISIT SCHOOLS.
      30 408 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, June 19. Lady Guillemard is visit ng the girl.-' schools of Penang on Thursday morning, accompanied by the Resident Councillor.
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      DEATH OF MR. D. MILLER.
      190 408 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 19. Gloom has bec-.j cast over the business community of Ipoh by the death last n'ght of Mr. Donald Miller, tlie local manager of United Engineers. The deceased was much liked and esteemed by many friends, who d'd not
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    P.A.M. ANNUAL MEETING.
    688 408 (From Oui Own Correspondent). Koala Lumpur, June 21. At the meeting: of the Planters* Assoc.ation of Malaya, the Hon. Mr. C. Ritchiy refcrrod to the Still fund He mcnt tmcd that it was still open, and asked ihat subscriptions should be sent without delay. He welcomed the
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    LADY GUILLEMARD VISITS SCHOOLS.
    40 408 iFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, June 21. Lady Guillemard, %ccomp£n*ed by Miss Walker, the Resident Councilor and the Inspector of Schools, visited the AngloChinese, the Government, St. X.vier's, K ndergarten and Convent Girls' Schools this morninsr.
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    WARSHIPS AT PENANG
    27 408 . From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, June 21. H. M. S. Diomecle and 11. M. S. Magnolia h:\ve arrived A boxinp tournament is being arranged.
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    MR. EDGAR WARWICK SUED.
    127 408 (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan*, Jane 21. In the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, Thomas Joseph Fenwick sued Mr. Edgar Warwick, alleging that the defendant broke a contract by giving notice to plrintiff, who mafnta'r.ed that the contract was for eix months and
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    HOME CRICKET
    184 408 . [Reuter's Service.] London, Jure iy. L rd Lancashire beat Middlesex by an nings an<i 17 runs, Makepeace making 109 :n the first innings, whilst Parkin took seven Middlesex w ckets for 68. In the second innings Sharp scored 108 and ret red. In the los^rV first innings Hearne
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    A. J. S. MOTOR CYCLES SUCCESS.
    47 408 Meacrs. John Little and Co. yesterday received a cable stating that in the annual Jnr,W Tourist Trophy race in the Isle of Man the A. J. S. came in 2nd. and 6th find also created four record laps for the race.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    38 408 The result of the tie for the Jani or l>m*,on of the June Medal between E. C. UilHgin and C. V. Ba> WM a win for *>. v. Bmley with a score «f 82 12 70.
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    FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT
    319 408 . The steady cleclUw i. i iU {)r dunng the past '.veu., coup.vd artv.ccs of tiic Raober Sia> the t£ect of considerably cu/uU, v u> in trie local market ;;tui lor be.ng both tu and n ncg.ected. Industrials vith holdua of stock lowing inclination to seii. L reman
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    STRAITS TRADING COMPANY.
    242 408 U iLF- YEARLY EtEPOKT. The report of the Director* of Straits Trading Company, L-mittd. hi thr haif year ended March 31ft yto bt presented at the meeting on Jjr.e 29th 1 Alter writing off depreciation and ing provision for bad and doub'f the r.et profits amount to
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    59 408 The Scottish Company route marr-b Wednesday evening was very «nece§over seventy members turning out, rirers and drummers. Mr. Frank Adam tfe Rct. J. H. Dou£l"s we c also p"* and the ronte was sufficiently divcr»ifi aud lon^ without bc'ng too tiring at •nd of a hot div. The Kited On
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    SATURDAY, June 23. 1923.
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    548 409 kjhkjhglhlg D; ectcr of Education on to the phenomenon 4 red-h*ired boys and their popularly in Malay and Tamil ichfl An explanation and warning (Reparation* and Restrict on). Export control as BOW exercised in Germany b worrying •Wen the case-hardened Teuton by its proVxity and red
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    CHEWING.
    293 409 VV: f. .•••"\vn man going for a walk stckl a twig ia hii mouth and gnaws it tho BWCMWrta of hifl own uav aro of more interest to bin than L the btick, except as I promotes tb sensations of contact We take gi-miino pleasure in crunching toast ar.d
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    767 409 B A NKRU PTC Y COU RT. WAITING FOR EUROPEAN conations to imv^ovk. Statins that he hoped u, be to- uke an effort to pay something u rta> pect of the $12(5.000 deficiency n hits affairs when conditions in Europe improved, J. S. W. Bartholomews concluded hi« public examination in
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    65 409 The case was called in the Ipoh Police Court on Tuesday :n which a young Chinese named Foo Yin Fong. son of Towkay Foo Nyft Tse, was charged with mischief by shoot'ng at some cattle belong-in* to a Northern Indian named Shanta Singh, the shooting be ng alleged to have
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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      LIFE SAVING APPARATUS.
      729 410 To the Ed tor, Sir —I regrettably remarked in a previous letter that nothing more could be done with lltibfftl Perhaps not w: th regard to number, but t is possib'e that a saving of time might be effected in putting out boats when carr'ed in-board resting
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    ERRING CASHIER CONVICTED.
    153 410 Mr. Gourlay, Thhd Magistrate, passed sentence of three montjg' rigorous impusonmsnt by a Straits-born Chinese named Peck Cheng Beng, former cashkr employed by the Straits Times Press, who pleaded gulty to a charge of criminal breach of trust. It was alleged by the prosecution that the breach
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    TOUCHING THEM ALL UP.
    657 410 MODERNISING STATUES. (From Our Own Correspondent) London, May 23. After the decision in Ind-a to replace and remodel the Lawrence statue at Lanore, we shall doubtless see some questions appear ng on the papers of the House of Commons suggest ng that the precedent might be
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    THOUSAND GUINEAS GOLF.
    165 410 [Reuter's Service]. London, June 22. At Gleneaglea, in *he third round of the Thousand Guineas gclf tournament, Seymour (West Essex) beat Kirkwood byone hole; Havers beat Twine (Shooter's Hill) 3 and 1; MacNeill beat Loekhart (Gleneagles) 8 and 7; Ball beat Ritchie 5 and 4. In the
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    20 410 Mr. Fong Ah Pun, Singapore, has been granted a patent for a device for instantaneously declutching machinery while in motion.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    250 410 The S.C.C. second team had a great deal of difficulty in defeating the O.T.C. on the S.C.F.A. ground yesterday afternoon. The O.T.C. forwards had their share of the play, but they were prevented from scoring by a solid defence. Campbell, in the Club's goal, was only called upon
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    ODD GOAL WIN FOR S.C.C.
    501 410 Although they opened the scoring the S.R.C. never at any time deserved a point in their match against the S.C.C. on the Padangr yesterday, and they were beaten ultimately by two goals to one after a game which seldom became fast. There was plenty of
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    70 410 Penang is fortunate enough to possess a water supply so pure that it can safely be consumed in the same state as it is supplied from the tap, no filtration being required. P. G. Mr. R. p. Hind, Second Engineer ojf the Blue Funnel steamer Theieus, fell off a ladder
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    187 410 The following Sin^apoio p; Wert mU by auction by Meters. < j^ Seng and Co., at thtii Chul a Street on June I 999 yiars leasehold I -.d hem 7C-8 Arab St., area 421 E^ah al Hadad, $1,700. 99 years leasehold l; and 14 Chin W» ft Mr.
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    THE CHINESE ASSOCIATION.
    256 410 Life and Idea!* of Chines v »udcnt~ in Great Britain. Under the auspice-: of I eociation, Mr. Tan Sim Boh del vered iecture before a large and wpttici I audience n the lecture room of .he Asmoiton on Friday, 22nd June, at vls p.a The Rev. Goh
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    MONDAY, June 25, 1923.
    108 410 We are sorry to hear that Bratton is in hospital suiTu r nasty after-effects of "tv Mr. C. K. Mwpratt, < d vice, has returned from Car has been studying Chines*? The Alliance Assurance <o: i: o cepted as a company v.] a deposit in the
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    WARSHIPS AT PENANG.
    21 410 (From Our Own Corr*si*>u& -r. iVn^n June 2*. H.M.S. Mairnolia i» vlsitimr the kawi Islands next week, Tuetday.
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  • SELANGOR RACES.
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      FIRST DAY'S RESULTS.
      330 411 Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 19. day's v ng resulted as fol- Hmd Walker Stakes (6 Furlongs). (Thompson) 7.11 1 (Moore) 7.11 2 (Wilkinson) 10.10 3. three lengths; a head between ./nd third. THM 1* 4-r. Tote 6. !ht Singapore Stakes (5 Furlongs). (Thompson) 7.12 2
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      SECOND DAY'S RESULTS.
      376 411 tFrom Our Own Correspondent). Koala Lumpur, June 21. l.r ant weather prevailed for the i dyV racing. The going was hard. following were the results: The Penang Stakes (6 Furlongs). Man of War (Brown) 7.10 1 au Reg-arde (Logue) 9 6 2 Quest (Glennon) 9 9 3
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      THIRD DAY'S RESULTS.
      353 411 (From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, June 23. Thu results of the third day's racing at Kuala Lumpur were a.s fohows: The Travers Stake* (5 Furlong*). Nora (Hobbs) 8.1 1 Chinta Hati (Brown) 9.4 2 Captain Cuttle (Bowden) 9.9 3. Won by two and a half lengths;
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    BECKETT AND CARPENTIER.
    67 411 [Reuters Service]. London, June 23. Beckett has rejected the new date, July 26th., and has refused to meet Carpentier on any date until his hand s sound. Carpentier has also consulted Sir Herbert Barker in respect to the injures to his hands sustained in his fight with
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    WORLD'S MOTOR RECORD.
    33 411 Copenhagen, J»n* M. In the Fanoe motor races the Englishman, Campbell, drivinr Sunbeam, made a new worl<T» record of 219.378 kilometre* an hour, compared with the previous record of 214.280.
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    AN INTERESTING CEREMONY.
    913 411 VISIT OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE HIGH COMMISSIONER TO TRENGGANU. On the nionrng cf the 18th of June Hs Excellency Sir Laurence Nvms Guillemard K.C.8., K.C.M.G., High Commssioner for the Malay States, visited Trengranu for the purpose of conferring a Honorary Kn'ght Commandcrship of the Most Disfnguished Order
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    THE SINGAPORE TRAMWAYS.
    490 411 The report of the meeting 1 of the Shanghai Electrical Tramways Co. contains the following reference. For a considerable time past we have had the Singapore tramway system under cbservat on, and Mr. McColl made an exhaustive report on it in 1918. This undertaking, which was far
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    INQUEST ON TAMIL WOMAN.
    43 411 Penan?, June 23. At the resumed inquest on the Tamil woman, Karpayee, at Batu Gantong, before wo jurymen a verdict of culpable homi- amounting to murder was returned, one of the jurymen preferring culpable homicide not amounting to murder.
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    HOME CRICKET.
    116 411 [Renter's Service.] London, J«ne 22. Oval: Surrey beat Somerset by eight wickets, Sandham in the first innings, scoring 155 not, whilst for Somerset Johnson made 50 and 51. Colchester: Essex defeated Cambridge University by seven wickets. For the winners Perrin compiled 70 in the first innings, and in
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      CRICKET.
      376 412 SATURDAY'S PRACTICE MATCH. Owing to Malacca be n^ 081 ble to raise a team to play the S.C.C., a prcvctice match took place on the Pad; ng on Saturday between sides captained by G. C. Clarke and A. H. AsFitir. The best bi^tt came from Major Harrison and Commander
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      R. S. Y. C.
      387 412 R. S. Y C. Fourteen boats t.ijoyed a fine morning's sport m the race for Mr. Knowle's troply yesterday. The start was a splend d one and the boats, with spinnakers set, made rood times to the first n.ark off Tp.rnon? Rhu. Gertrude assumed the lead earlv on, but when
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    BILL OF SALF CASE.
    54 412 Penan??, June 23. At the preliminary en-iu'ry at Prai thtiU of sale case was abruptly colluded, the discovery being made that it couM not be tried in the Police Court, but by the District Court. Consequently, the injury was unnecessary and the magistrate discharged the accused
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  • ANTI-OPIUM CONVENTION.
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      THE GENEVA MEETING.
      805 412 (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 25. The Anti-Opium Convention at Geneva opened yesterday, and as I have already indicated, it is likely to be extremely important. In the first place there is the direct participation of the United Sta who have always had a delegate present,
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      OPIUM IN CHINA.
      1130 412 Opium cultivation and consumption in China has reached a po'nt where it ceases to s»enre any practical purpose to review conditions in the several provinces in detail. It may be asserted forthwith that the law which operates in restriction of opium production in the great majority of
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      ULU PIAH TIN DIVIDEND
      32 412 . (From Our Own Correspond* Penang. June 22. Ulu P'ah Tin repert recommends a firtl interim dividend of 5 pei c«nt for tht current year, payable on July 11th
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      DEATH OF MR. JOHN TURNER.
      56 412 (From Our Own Correspondent > I'enang, Junf 22. The death occurred at c ramond, f burgh, in mail week, of Mi. Join Turner formerly admin strator of ihe Strait^ RJ) ber Company, and a member of the Legislative Council. He came to Singapore in 1889
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      EDGAR WARWICK LOSES CASE.
      120 412 (From Our Ow-p Corre&pono Penang. Jum 21 The theatrical suit before Mr. Ji^tice P. J. Sproule, in which Mr. Thomas Joseph renwick sued Mr. Edgar Warwd for $2,822 for alleged wrongful d smissal and breach of contract has been cor. Mr Hast n^s Rhodes, for the
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      SIAMESE AIRMAN'S FALL INTO SEA.
      182 412 The "BMgtftfc Daily *Ufl" f «.tal flying accident wh ch oo the 2nd !nst. by wh ch Lance-Corpott! Charocn. of the Aeronautical U v the Siamese- Army, met hi< death. It appears that on the day in ou^iio'' three aeroplanes .n chr.rg'e of Ser Major
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    CONTENTS.
    3774 413 CON TENTS. nv lITNR Ift23. JN( I.IDIN<; THIS WEEKS.J ,E\l' PAGE I Grim l 1 •he New Year 2 Honours 2 Illegal 2 V a lava 2 rt 3 Oik) -6 iebt 18 19 33 33 I Ircian I 34 ltd tarf Pi iweni 34 QpnafttoM 34 Pn>blei.» 35 Sin|rar"«
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    VICTORIA THEATRE.
    482 414 NICOLA'S REVUE OF MAGIC. Any feeling of scepticism one rr.ipht hav« had as to the claims to the title of the strangest man in the world of N colt, the personage who has been starmp r us from the hoardings all over the towr during the last fortnight,
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      HOME.
      1420 415 \m Dei ike, New York, June 19. UhJml out tl:e ho.der, Jim- in the seventh round. a persona were present at if polo ground. Wilde was ahva:* proved u -equal to the onslaught ,>. who from t*o At* hell out VII t t> I ig 1. o i M
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      FOREIGN.
      1591 415 [Renter's Service.] Brussels, June 18. lhe King has -ait. listed Theunis with the formation of a Cabinet. Theun.s has reser\cd acci'ptance until he has conferred fi his colie gues with regard to the poslity of s.ttlir.g the question of the Flpmandisatinn of Ghent Un versity. London, June 18. Despatches
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    2955 416 THE NEW BILL. DEBATE LN COUNCIL. Describing it as rather an important Bil the Attorney General moved the first read ing of the Rubber Restriction Bill (to con soliclate and amend the law relating to th< restriction of rubber), wh.ch had on th< suggestion of Mr. Thornc, been
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    JAPANESE POLICY.
    243 416 (By Courtesv of Japaiu-M- «n-ul-(,enfral) I I.m. June 23. Ref erring to the Htfcfe in tK Po?i wi:ed rec m'y !v Sh.nbun comments as f. The articles attract. Me attention here, but the writ< r f the truth of the social eond. of popular thoughts of Japan k
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    PERAK FATALITIES.
    187 416 (From Our Owi Corrosi onn-ntsi. ll»o!i. .lum- 2»tS. Tlk- death too'< pia- eaffc y*ter»'«k ivorninsr at Bitn Gajah H«nri*al of J T\oh'n (i, a >onr assistant ■Hp^W* tachcd to the P W Tj.. Miff tragic Mantes. The deccascni nt tended a f'"<v on roturnin«r Home f°" kj*l« i
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