The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 3 June 1925

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  • 21 337 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRI; SERIES THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS, JUNE 3, 1925. NO. 1974.
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  • 116 337 IFAPKRS. in Parliament 337 Frankness of Caillaux 337 |fc*M Pla» for China 338 \:r I>ffen es 338 lk r labour Conditions 338 of the Week 338 BobheYim 339 r*u i \m> court raws. I Mori hine 341 :m for Salary 343 The Shrine CfeM 345 Arawd Cfciarst Atwittd 345
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  • 101 337 June 2. 1125.7ft liS 21.50 ioca 540 S 8.50 ii mm lIM 12.60 I* sat 4,000 H:n Chan M«:k fc"V 'i> 360 Lane Bin Chan Mark v) 330 M We. 1 330 i Bintun 260 250 a.oken No 1 220 Lrokrn No. 2 200 tinoua No. 1 360 ~ous
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  • 24 337 I^apore. June 2, 12 noon. >n<iard Rih>,eti Smoked Sheet -'am- 1.U7 1.07^4; July- Wk Mt London 1 ««1. Market Firm.
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  • 69 337 HUTTON.— At tho Nursing Home, Syers Road, Kuala Lumpur, on May 27th to the wife of M. C. Grant Hutton, Klang. a daughter. FISHER. At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur to Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Fisher of Waterfall Estates, Rawang, on the 26th instant, a son.
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  • 264 337 The mail which arrived here on Saturday May 80th, brought London advices up to May 7th. This weekly will leave on Friday by the P. and 0. Morea. In consequence of a large quantity of morphine being discovered on his vessel bv revenue officers here, a Japanese
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  • 355 337 London; June 1. There was an enthusiastic and dramatic scene at the Communist Conference in Glasgow, when it was announced that despite f he Home Office ban on foreign Reds visiting England, Dr. Stocker. a fraternal German Delegate, was present. The doors were locked and Stocker went to the platform
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  • 800 337 May 27. The proposal to form a branch of the Royal Volunteer Naval Reserve at Singapore was announced here over a month ago, and a number of name* have been sent in to the Colonial Secretary of those who were willing to support the movement. From all
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  • 493 337 Mav 28. Last of the many triers to attempt to organise the finances of France, M. Caillaux does not mince matters. "It is useless for the people to be under any illusion; I am not a magician and I have not a conjuring stick.' So his
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    • 108 337 i to the "Singapore Free Press" in^ from Europe to th' Strait* I the mail lines, nr e invited to send I the mm of their steamer and va! in •.üßi.nore. Copies will then them at various pcv»j of call n Kurope wishing detailed in -i.Hrts &c. can have a
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  • 741 338 May 29. The announcement of the Air Minister that there is to be no expenditure on the air defences of Singapore, except a meagre £300 for a detailed stfrvey of the site, and even that is problematical, shows that the authorities do not consider that there is any
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  • 324 338 The Chinese residents of Singapore are keenly interested in the future of their Mother Country and have not spared themselves, their money, or their influence in trying to help to restore peace to it. If their efforts have been somewhat provincial, that is directed mainly to
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  • 749 338 May 30. Whilst there is no doubt that the activities of the League of Nations are likely to be of much greater social use in minor matters than in the major ones which involve questions of International politics, even these activities are surrounded by difficulties which are
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  • 544 338 June 1 The most satisfactory news th ai has been published for a long tim e i> that stating that France and Erg land are approaching some sort of understanding in regard to the ques. tion of German securitv. problem has gone through mam phases since
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  • 555 339 June, 3. Starting from an anti- Japanese tnitnt among the student class I DllWUflili. has arisen noting \fcich mom to be assuming rather ei it'U- rn- portions. The feeling of students, and of many others, linst the Japarese has its origin a ion*r while back, over demands jlated
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  • 543 339 Coon Orchestras and Serenades. Mr. G. Ward Price, the Daily Mail's special correspondent in H.M.S. Repulse wirelessed from Bathurst, the Gambia, West Africa, on April 4. Fat, black fuces split asunder in big-tooth-ed grins have beamed upon the Prince of Wales al! day at Bathurst,
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  • 178 339 A marriage will take place shoitly between Mr. George- Arthur Hereford, of the Malayan Civil Service, and Miss Lilian Florence Lucy, of Chakot, Addlestone. J>r. R. Dowden, Principal Medical Officer F.M.S., accompanied by Dr. Wood, Senior Medical Officer, Perak, paid a visit of inspection to the District Hospital, Ipoh, or.
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  • 362 339 MOKE CHAP-JI-KEE LOTTERIES. Another chap-ji-kee prosecution was procctded with before the Second PoHce Magistiate yesierday when two Chinese were charged respectively with receiving money in respect of a public lottery described as a chap-ji-kee lottery, and assisting in the management of the said lottery. Both accused were charged
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  • 107 339 A rather serious fire broke out in a Chinese-owned rattan factory uff Thompson Road yesterday morning-, the Fire Biijrade having to work under very trying COnditlOHl to put out the flames. The' engine returned to the station after three and a half hours' work. Water was pumped
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  • 111 339 Running amok with a knife, a Malay deck passenger on board the steamer Ban Sicng Bee. killed two men and wounded four others while the vessel was going fil'.ngside the wharf at Pulau Samboe on Tuesday. Of the four men attacked only one was a Chinese,
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  • 46 339 London, May 20. The Colombo Electric Tramways and lighting Co., Ltd., announces profit! availti k> to the amount of £77,200. It ha^ plated to reserve £24.\000 124,500) and pay- a dividend subject to income tax of 15 per c*m M carrying forward £33,000.
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  • 174 339 A scheme is at present before the Government by which the owner of the smallest wireless set in Hongkong may ''listen in" to nniie, lectures, etc. A Graft Enactment to provide for the i and control of Electrical Instillations and of the generation, supply ar.d use of Electrical Energy, is
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  • 393 339 SELANGOR BEAT PENANG. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 1, Penang lost this match by 37 runs. They collapsed in their second innings this morning when Gill bowled in great form and contributed largely to the Selangor victory. Selangor. First Innings. T. C. Green c Weihen b
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  • 92 339 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Mixed Doubles (Open). Mrs. Campbell and Winter beat Mrs. Savers and Major Watson, 6 3, 6 o. Miss Litw and Xewbuiy beat Miss Abed and S. Abed, G— l, A— C, 6—2. Mixed Doubles (Handicap.) Mrs. Salzmann and Hindhede beat Mrs. G. Hutchinson and
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  • 210 339 Second League Results. Three second league fixtures were played Off yesterday afternoon* On the Padang; the S.R.C. went down before the Police, who followed up their victory over the S.C.F.A. (B) recently by defeating the Padang club by four goals to one. The gamewas evenly contorted, but the Malays
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  • 22 339 fßeuter's Service.] Sydney, May 30. The English soccer team defeated New South Wales by 3 goals to 2.
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  • 1062 340 DR. HOOPS' APPEAL. The annual meeting of the above wa» held on Friday afternoon on the hospital premises before a gathering of those interested in the work. The hon'ble Dr. A. L. Hoops, P.CM.O. pave an interesting address in the course of which he said: This
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  • 642 340 MR. BRASH'S VIEWS. Speaking at the annual meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines at Ipoh on Saturday, Mr. Brash, the chairman, in the course of his speech said: Tin Stocks. As prophesised in my address last year, 1024 has seen the final liquidation of Government tin stocks
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  • 85 340 The Deputy Controller of Labour teleu'iaphs from Penang that 1,511 labourer? arrived »>y the Ellenpa', of whom 49.'] landed at Penang for quarantine, and the balance proceed to Port Swettenham for quarantine there. A Chinese hill collector was robbed of $350 in cash from his person by two Chinese who
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  • 1646 340 As far as entries go, and indeed class, there is little to cavil at in the lists for the first day of the "Extra" racing which will take place on Saturday. More or less this meeting is a continuation of the Spring Meeting just over and will be
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  • 279 341 Mr W. G. Ferguson is in hospital suffer- in a broken leg.— M.M. ;'KiMe value of Kuching last year fu(».(K>4 the general rate of asscssM him' ten J*r cent. KiftyfA* motor cars, as compared with The previous year, were registerThe Resident of Selangor, the hon'ble r.
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  • 236 341 JapanfM? l'«;ptain Heavily Fined. li ur yesterday's issue, ReIW successful in discover- -i-iantiiy of some deleterious U'an! the Japanese mail steamer, '.iru. Farther details to hand show pounds of morphine valued Mfaun i roughly 700 dollars :d> were discovered in a barrel. The up in a large air-tight
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  • 32 341 r Own Correspondent.) Penan?. May 26. meet in c of the Penang ommerce, Mr. Palgrave elected the Chamber's At Legislative Council in -v Mr. D. A. M. Brown,
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  • 2281 341 CLOSE OF THE MEETING. Some Fine Finishes. Yesterday, the final day of the Spring meeting, was on the whole favoured with the best weather of all, as whilst there was a bright iun and a dry ground, there was a pleasant breeze to temper the heat. In
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  • 33 341 HONGKONG SCORE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong May 2e\ In the Interpori Sh Hongkong stated 288, 3I0 and 282. 7 tal 875. The light wb& good but the wind was fcroubfesomst,
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  • 122 341 Derby probables and alterations are ConstftnthMi (blank), My Crackers (Smirke). The Virginian (H. Beaeley), Solitary (blank). Aske, Ayaz. Oojah, Vainqueur, Grand Pre, are scratched. The bettinjr if 9 to 1 Conquistador offered. 1,0 to 1 taken and wanted; 18 to 1 Runny mede; 33 to 1 Pons Asinorum and
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  • 1119 342 RECORD OF ENCOURAGING PROGRESS. The Docm of the Moneylender. From the report of the working of the Co-optrative Societies Department for the pa^t year we make the following interesting extracts: The total cost to Government was equiva lent to 19.75 per cent, of the capital of the
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  • 673 342 EIGHT YEARS FOR TRAFFICKING IN FORGED -NOTES. TMe trial of the three Chinese Fong Chee Nam, Fong Kuk and Ang See Pin who were charged with possession of counterfeit currency notes and trafficking in forged currency notes, was concluded before Mr. Justice Sproule, Acting Chief Justice, and a
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  • 164 342 A case fetalting from the recent seizure on board the steamer, Sarvhtan, of 12,810 tahil* of non-Government chandu, was mentioned before Mr. Franklyn Robinson, District Judge, yesterday, when an action was brought against Goh Koon Ting of Chop Kuen Sang Steamship Company at the instance of
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  • 62 342 In the Third Police Court yesterday, three Chinese women were charged together with one man, with being in possession of dutiable liquor and also instruments and materials for distilling: liquor at 322-2 Ti^nor Bahru. Mr. Stewart Bell appeared fcr two of the women. The case was part heard
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  • 579 342 The Rev. C. Simmons and Mrs. Simmons were laid up with fever at Bangkok, on May. 17. Mr. T. J. Camming; is appointed a member of the Indian Immigration Committee, vice Mr. W. R. Gray, resigned. Mr. A. S. Jelf, of the Political Intelligence Bureau, Singapore,
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  • 513 342 mr. psAssmn Ai'i>oiMA iK (From Our oWn7^,,0 Wn 7^,, -i >»«-It <>n \i Needless to say when the ral Rycroft's Faafigaotk* regrets expressed at In, tion were followed by conj choice of MMMsmt lilt Court of Director. It is mi kmtmm that tht el upon Mr. Ayl,,,r
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  • 150 342 UubUr and Tin Qu©Uti*i (By courtesy of the Nany.- N Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. M-* v Tto rubber markt-t hen- is very Y1.45 uas the to-day's i nly in small lots. Banka tin wai quoted at Y195 Vl mliiM Tsir.ptao Cotton Mill The situation of tht cotton in Tsinjrtao
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  • 720 343 INDIAN MANAGER'S SUCCESSFUL SUIT. Some Serious Allegations. 1 -m Supreme Court yesterday, before N j r Deane, the action was con- iniMrd in *hich K. A. Dawood Saiboo, nff in torma pauperis, claimed $3,152 Teo Hock Kee, being the balance of iar y alleged to be due
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  • 24 343 Maxwell, Chief Secretary to xv a> th? puest-of-hcnour on at the Reunion Dinner at B«*ti, Inoh. of the Old Boys of r hincse School.
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  • 281 343 OVERNIGHT QUEUES SOAKED. DONOGHIE GETS HIS SIXTH WIN. [Reuter's Service.] London, May 27. The Derby Stakes. 1% miles. Run at Epsom. Mr. H. Morris b.c. MANNA (Phalaris-Waffles) Donoghue 1; H.H. the Aga Khan's b.c. ZIONIST (Spearmint-Judea) Carslake 2; Mr. A. K. McComber's THE SIRDAR O'Neill 3. The betting
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  • 252 343 Heavy Scoring by Surrey. [Reuter's Service.] London, May 26. At Ley ton: Surrey beat Essex on the first innings. Surrey made 431 for eight wickets, declared, Hobbs scoring 120, Sandham l>o and Peach 10U. In the second innings the score was 314 for eight wfe-ket-s, Jeacocke contributing 121
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  • 204 343 [Reuter's Service.] Westward Ho, May 26. Both Americans engaged in the second r« und to-day were beaten, Pease of Alninouth defeating R. Stranrahan, Toledo, by one hole, and V. Longstaffe, Aldeburtfh, beating A. Bourne, Garden City, by 4 and 8. Tollcy made an erratic start and
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  • 35 343 [Reuter's Service. l New York, May 27. Alan Helffrich. the Pennsylvania Stats star, startintr from scratch defeated Nurmi in a half mile race, this is Nurmi's last ap pearance in the United States.
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  • 567 343 'FORM IN A NUTSHELL." As the extra meetings follow close upon the meeting just over the analysis of the racing will be held back until both meetings tan be covered. Meanwhile however some notes on the form shown at the recent meet ing may be of interest
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  • 255 343 [Reuter's Service.] Westward Ho, May 25. In the amateur golf championship L. Cruickshank (Buenos Aires) beat Sir Ernest HclderneM (holder) by one hole in the second round. A huge crowd followed Tolley who played the Germ m six-footer Hans Samek, who was attired in American fashion in :i
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  • 23 343 (From Our Own Correspondent). Hongkong, Mftj 26. Bandits have captured Mr. Rasmussen, the Asiatic Petroleum Company's Kongmcon manager.
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  • 130 343 PARADE ON THE PADANG. The birthday of His Majesty the King will be celebrated on Wednesday June 3rd. The customary Ceremonial Parade, at which His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government will attend, will take place on the Padang at 7.45 a.m. Seating accommodation in the enclosures
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  • 113 343 YESTERDAY'S LIST. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 709th. auction yesterday, when there was Catalogued 1,534,954 lbs.; 685.25 tors. Offered 904,377 lbs.; 403.74 tens. Sold 704,548 lbs.; 314.53 tons. Spot. London 2s. 9%d. New York 62^ cents Prices Realized. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per LbStandard
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  • 173 343 Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley forwards the following letter for publication. "In my capacity as a member of the combined Dutch and British Committee appointed to investigate the position regarding native rubber planting in the Netherlands East Indies, I have received from the Rubber Producenten Vereeniging
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  • 142 343 The old cable repair ship Recorder, until recently owned by the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, h?> been purchased by Chinese shipping interes s in Shanghai. Built in 1885 by Napier of Glasgow sh-j is a vessel of 677 tons, 23G feet in length, and a beam of
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  • 23 343 Dr. W. H. Beach left San Francisco last month for Bangkok. Mrs. Beach is not returning with him but will travel out later.
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  • 134 343 In a paragraph copied from the China Express, which we published a few days ago, referring to the death of Mrs. J. H. Robertson, the wife of the late Dr. Robertson and the mother of Dr. Murray Robertson, it was suggested that she was probably the oldest
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  • 438 344 Sister Bryce, of the Singapore General Hospital, has arrived at Malacca to relieve Sister Angus, now on furlough. Mr. C. Hannigan, Commissioner of Police, F.M.S., is paying his first visit to Ipoh, «ince he became Commissioner. Mr. Graham, Locomotive Superintendent, F.M.S. Railways, Kuala Lumpur, who had
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  • 174 344 Singapore. May 28. Rubber. During the past week the market has been steady, with the price for Spot Sheet round about 100 per lb. A larger sale was catalogued yesterday, 685 tons against 554 tons for the previous week. The tone throughout was quietly steady. Business was done
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  • 143 344 Car Dashes into Telegraph Post. There was a nasty motor smash in Tra-vers-rd. last night, a party of Europeans, including a lady, being involved, says Tuesday's Malay Mail. The car was being driven along Traversrd. in the direction of Klang, and the accident occurred at
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  • 1756 344 THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. Statistics. Gross revenue $10% millions; loans out- 1 standing $25 millions. Population, 384,758; birth rate 30.55; crude death rate 27.08 per mille. Area 29 square miles; 114 Vs miles of roads; back lanes 10.70. Refuse collected, nearly 14 million tons. Daily water consumption 11,176,000 gallons.
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  • 581 344 ALL ON MANN a. Mr. Morriss' Derby Coura K< [Reuter's Service.] l-ondon. May 2* Mr. Morriss bought for £>.9<»o iU half share in the winning ticket of don Stock Exchange sweep, in which the fi^ prize was £50,000. He >av> that all cu ghai was on him to
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  • 30 344 [ReuterV B I p, Copenha^ n Ma In the second round of Wheatley (Britain > 1 mark) 4—6, 6—4. I—6. J |U Gilbert beat Uirich 6—l. i 6—2.
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  • 762 345 jtPGMENT FOR PLAINTIFFS. Ih« Krd of «n Interesting Action. v.: renit* Court yesterday morning the Actfl* CkW Justice, Mr. Justice P. J. Lroul*- r.r'vered final judgment in the :r.:;: became known as the Shrine ich. it viH be remembered occupied attention of His Lordship for several w
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  • 15 345 x J. W. Jolly leaves Regent estate, Sembilan. on Sunday, to take up a M.M.
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  • 45 345 A LUCKY COUPLE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Jesselton, May 25. The third prize in the Calcutta Turf Club's sweep on the Derby has been won by a ticket held by Mr. A. R. Rivett, the Finance Commissioner, and Mr. Lowndes here.
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  • 105 345 [Reuter's Service.! Westward Ho, May 27. The course was deluged during the night and the start was delayed till noon. The fifth round complete results are: Cruick shank beat Flight-Lieut. Boumphrey Air Force. 3 and 2; Layton beat Colonel H. Hambro 4 and 2; Tubbs, Stinchcombe hill,
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  • 191 345 [Reuter's Service.] Westward Ho. May 28. There was a thrcequarter gale and most difficult conditions for the sixth round of the Amateur championship. Layton beat Cruickshank at the nineteenth. The latter went out in 38 and turned two up but thereafter it was a great match
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  • 417 345 Singapore, May 27. Markets during the past week have been on the quiet side. Rubber after falling to 2s 6%d ha> regained its previous price and closes firm atj 2s 9d. With Stockagain down in London, the share market continues steady with a fair business passing. Tin
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  • 58 345 It will interest many of our readers to know the time in transit it took to transmit the result of the Derby to the following places: via the Eastern and Associated Company's cables: Wellington, Melbourne, Sydney. 90 seconds. Adelaide, Honpkoncr. Zanzibar, 60 seconds. Bombay, Durban. Singapore. 30 seconds.
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  • 473 345 A bill to provide for the destruction of the water hyacinth will be introduced in Legislative Council shortly. The British Resident and Mrs. Stonor have left for Bukit Kutu, and will be returning to Kuala Lumpur on June 2.— M.M. Messrs B. E. Ross, H. Rhodes,
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  • 310 345 Chang Heng, a Hokien, was arrested by Mr. Dickinson, A.S.P. attached to the detective Branch, in Sago Street on Thursday night under very suspicious circumstances. Accused, who resisted arrest and attempted to draw a revolver, was produced before the Police Courts yesterday charged with wandering abroad between
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  • 633 345 SHAKESPEARE ACTING. The members of the Victoria Institution (Kuala Lumpur) Musical and Dramatic Society are at present paying another visit to Singapore and this time they are giving two plays. Last of Shakespeare's plays, "The Twelfth Night" and "King Henry the Fourth." They opened their season at the Victoria
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  • 130 345 Singapore, ?.lay 28. The market after closing easier a^ the end of last week has steadily firmed up with fairly good support from Manufacturers. This market continues well below the London parity especially for nearby positions, and with the Stocks in London continually dwindling, there should
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  • 37 345 [Reuter's Service.] Copenhagen, May 28Britain beat Den nark in the second round rf the Davis Cun, wtaiaf flw first three played in IV doubles Godfree and Kir.gsley beating Ulrich and Worm 7 7_5, 6—2.
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  • 35 345 P«iang, May 28. Semangtfol Rubber declares an interim dividend of five per cent for the current year payable on June 17 to shareholders whose names are in the Company's register on June 8.
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  • 2790 346 THE MUSIC HALL PROBLEM. Mr. Brow.n's Speech. The question of a public concert hall was discussed at considerable length at the monthly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday afternoon. The Deputy President, Mr. James Lornie, presided and others present were Messrs W. Dunman, A. G. Anthony, H. Wolskel,
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  • 610 346 LOCAL ÜBSULTB The Acting Inspector of Schools pore and Labuan, informs m lha lowing pupils were examined in by Professor C. E. Lowe FTfi I<r Trinity College of Music (London? were successful. Higher Local Division: I l f ours) and Eu Sai Vuk. Senior Division: Q. de
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  • 57 346 Reutcr's Service. London. M Mr. Morriss's vfamini ••> fifty thousand sterling. Ii bought a half share in t! tho Sto-k Exchan?ri' M sand but disposed of half o* I^idon M Morriss will not return to C1 necessary, before the St. 1 Manna can meet HfW warm favourite
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  • 660 347 count komme9 no*tri ett farrag* Juvenal. t of pi pk locally, the Topicist „w a very poor opinion of •n by dreoana. ant ''astern flavour about y»-ar. Eastern if not exactly hails from Shangsired by Phalaris. v m'i EonW h by Spearmint M does grow in
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  • 430 347 In the Supreme- Court yesterday morning, L?fore the Acting Chief Justice M' Justice J. Sproule, and Mr. Justice Dear.e, the lis; oi eases to he heard daring the month of June was fixed. The Singapore Court of Appeal opens on Jun« iGth. The following arc among the
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  • 415 347 Time for Scrapping old Methods. At the annual meeting of the Selangor Miners' Association, the chairman, Mr. Loke Chow Thye, said: I do not propose to abuse your time by going through the report section after section, as was done at our last committee meeting. I
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  • 1668 347 MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925. BIG GAME SHOOTING. A MONTH IN THE F.M.S. RECOLLECTIONS BY D. Si AW. Part 111. The following day we did not start quite so early. Our first move was in a straight line through the tapioca estate hoping to find iresh footprints or other evidence of
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  • 216 347 Mr. F. W. Mager, State Engineer, Perak, is going to Cameron's Highlands early next month. Work in connection with the metalling of eight miles of road, earth work having been completed several years ago, is to be taken in hand very shortly, so that there will be 20 miles of
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  • 36 347 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang May 30. The Perak River Valiey has declared an interim di\id?nd of five per cent payable or. June 28. Transfer looks will be closed on June 8,
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  • 45 347 The Chartered Bank has received tbtf following telegram from. Head Office in London: Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd. declared dividend at the rate of 2s. od. per share free of income tax payable 6th July. Bearer coupon to be presented No. 45.
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 49 348 (Prom Our Own Correspondent). Penang, May 26. As a sequel to the faction fight which occurred in Bridge Street when forty Chinese attacked two others, one of whom escaped and the other was killed, his body bearing a dozen wounds, three persons have been arrested.
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    • 98 348 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 27. Sir W. G. Maxwell was entertained to dinner by the Chinese here, Mr. Leong Sin Nam presiding and paying a tribute to Sir Georpe's work for the Chinese, who felt that his departure meant a vital loss to the
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    • 32 348 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan g, May 30. Sister St. Patrick of the Convent here, who ha? been ill for some days, died to-day .at 12.43 p.m.
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  • 277 348 Alleged Mortgaging of Estate. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mi*. Justice Deane, the case was heard of Ngui Nam Yew, a commission agent, vs. Cheong Tai Woo and Cheong Tai Yew. Mr. E. E. C. Thuraisingham appeared for the plaintiff and the defendants were represented by
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  • 299 348 Mr. A. S. Jelf left IVnang, for Kedah en Thursday. Dr. H. E. Hughes has returned to Ipoh from Singapore after being, successfully operated on in the Hospital there. Major-General Sir Charles Powell accompanied by Mr. F. U. Corbett has left Ipoh on a visit to Pahang. Mr. A. M.
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  • CRICKET.
    • 88 348 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 30. The Inter-State match between Selangor and Penang commenced here this morning. Batting first, Selangor compiled 166, the most successful batsmen being Jordan 37 and Brand 20. Gilmour captured six wickets for 61. In reply Penang could make only a
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    • 620 348 Owing to the heavy rain in the morning, a start could not be made in the match bttween the S.C.C. and Negri Sembilan until 4 p.m. on Saturday. Winning the toss and batting first on a soft wicket, the S.C.C, in the two hours left for
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    • 416 348 h\K Wins for Lancashire and Somerset. [Router's Service.] London, May 29. A( Lords: Middlesex beat Gloucester on the first innings. Middlesex made 158 and 219 for thres wickets, declared, Hearne scoring 80 not out. Gloucester replied with 120 a nd 152 for three wickets. At the Oval: Surrey
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    • 186 348 [Reuter's Service.] Westward Ho, May 29. In the Amateur Golf Championship Final Robert Harris (Koyal and Ancient) beat K. Fradgley (Dawlish) 13 up and 12 to play. Westward Ho, May 29. In the final of the Amatieur Golf Championship Harris was nine up on Fradgley at the
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    • 106 348 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Ma; 30. At the annual meeting of the Selanjror Golf Club Sir L. M. Woodward was elected President and Mr. Elles Captain. A resolution was passed asking: the Committee to consider the enpracement of a professional from Home. Captain F.
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    • 94 348 Indianapolis, May 30. The International 500-mile Automobile Grand Prix run on the Speedway was won by de Paolo in a Duesenbergr Special after an exciting finish. The time was 4 hrs. 50 min. 39 sees. The. race wa* a very thrilling: one. Thore were three
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    • 48 348 [Reuter's Service.] Stamford Bridge, May 30. In the Polytechnic Marathon. Winder to London, the result was: Perris (Air-Force, Uxbridge) 1; Zuna (United States) 2; Mc-Lc-od Wrfffct Shettestorve Harriers. Mfcr) 3. The time was 2 hours 35 minutes 58 1-5 seconds which is a. record.
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    • 40 348 [Reuter's Service.] New York, May 30. Nurmi sailed for Europe rejoicing in the retention of his amateur status for the renouncement of which he has received offers totalling £50,000 including- £12,000 to run for a breakfast food manufacturer.
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    • 29 348 [Reuter's Service.] New York, May 31. Paul Berlenbach was given the decision over Mike McTigue in a contest for the light-heavyweight boxing championship of the world.
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  • 762 348 A FAST RACE. On Sunday at Id a.m. C*^ y^ Mr. Roy Perry started tweKe J_2 and a race for the trophy presents i" J* H. B. Baker. As usual when lA* have to be brought out from the on a low tide most owners misca' ri1 the time
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  • 69 348 [Reuter's Service.] London. M;n The following- Was the result Oak? Slices, m miles for fillies. r Epsom to-day. Saucy Sue b.f. (SwinfordC, and Gay» Mi.^s Gadabout b.f. (CylpadPopiniraol) Br Ridinjr Lijrht b.f. <Galloi*i Zohiska) Don.-L-n^ Twelve ran. Wun by vlvhx pame between second and third. 100-30 on Saucy
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  • 3722 349 I<\< KKKS GET THE WORST OF IT. The tirsi <lay of the extra race meeting favoured by fine weather although the ra in „f the morning had mack the t(it wet and it was not very rfoot. Ther? was however a .1 :ten«iance and some interesting n
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  • 230 350 [Reuter's Service.] New York, May 31. By defeating M'.Tigue, Berlenbach becomes the fourth .iolde r of the world's light-heavyweight title in three years. Btrlenbath vtl vei*v aggressive and reptatedly forced McTigue to the rope?, boring in with hard rights and lefts but McTigue covered up and dodged, causin
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  • 73 350 A Tamil, apparently a coolie, was run over by a train under the Damansara-rd. bridge on Friday. He was dead when picked up. At about 11.30 a.m. on Thursday a nasty motor accident took place just in front of <"ourt house, Teluk Anson. An elderly Malay man was knocked down
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  • 744 350 S.C.C. DEFEAT NEGRI SEMBILAN. Brilliant Batting by Hamilton. The match between the S.C.C. and Negri Sembilan came to an end shortly after 3 p.m. on Monday, the visitors being defeated by 168 runs. The weather was threatening when the game was resumed on Monday morning, but there was only
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  • 42 350 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 29. A surprising" announcement made in the Racing Calendar records that Solario was fourth in the Derby not Warminster as everywhere reported. Smyth, Warminsster's jockey, states he finished fourth a length front of Solario.
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  • 50 350 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 30. At Kempton Park the Redfern two-year-old stakes resulted: Piazzetta (10-1) 1; Miss Buttall (7-2) 2; Doushk a (5-4) 3. Five ran and the race was won by half a length and a head. This is Mr. Morriss's, Miss Buttall's first public appearance.
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  • 7941 350 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 25* In the House of Commons, Mr. SnOwden moved the rejection of the Budget. JVJr. Lloyd George vigorously supported him and complained of the failure to put down expenditure, especially on armaments. He was of opinion that Singapore particularly was sheer madness in view of
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