The Straits Times, 13 November 1928

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. *****. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1928, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      55 1 Milkmaid Sterilized I Tull Cream Milk Black k White" "Buchanan's Liqueur" Sole Agents MALAYA. QUICKER PRODUCTION -LOWER COSTS USE IT PAYS THIS RAPID HARDENING PORTLAND CEMENT IS STOCKED BY WILLIAM JACKS CO., (MALAYA) LIMITED SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, PORT SWETTENHAM, IPOH AND PENANG. vIwAKL 1 1 1^ *i %J LJ \m^^«HODESIAN
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      299 1 "HIS MASTER'SVOICE" W GRAMOPHONE UPRIGHT GRAND, Model 157. Hrißhl MM inches. Width 18'/ 4 inches. Depth 20 inches. Internal Fittiaf* Nickel Plated and Enamelled. Mxti-nial Fittings Oxldizcil This model is Sited wiih a rew "His Master's Voice" patented tone chamber, bull-bearing tOM arm and No. 5 Sound Box, and is
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      2 1 Natural Milk
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    HOME LETTER.
    2071 2 THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. By Our Special Correspondent. London, Oct. 18. A Sunday newspaper accomplished a great scoop when it was able to announce definitely on Sunday last that the Earl of Birkenhead had decided to resign at one* from the office of Secretary of State for
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      301 2 —the invariable verdict of those who favour N. J. Club. Therefore show your appreciation, too, of reliable quality and mellow age. rwPiEK jonr«STGJNES IlLI\ MI %S»f%, IT WSMiSaa CALDBECK, MACGRI-(;O^ Co. Ltd. HK3g2gj|£a Sole Agents fur Straits Scttl.m-nts and l^^^ \f Fcderatrd Malay Stales. V Humt" Homer Incur \r,,ud in
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      210 2 A Handful He certainly is. There is hardly a minute to spare when all his wants have to be attended to. And the washing Every mother knows what that means, and is glad of all the help she can get. What a pleasure it is to be able to keep
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    WOMEN DEFENDED.
    279 3 "NOT INFLRIOR TO MEN AS FLIERS." London, Oct. 31. The Duchess of Bedford is annoyed with Captain Barnard over an expression of '•pinion concerning women fliers which the famous airman ventured to make in the course of an article. Captain Barnard declared that women were inferior to men
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    HOME SECRETARY AND IMMORAL BOOKS.
    323 3 Limits To Freedom Of Writing. Sir William Ji.ynson-Hicks, addressing the London Diocesan Council of Youth at Westminster, in mail week, said The Home Secretary is a man who is exposed to every kind of attack, and he gets it pretty often. It may possibly be
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    TOWER HILL WAR MEMORIAL.
    129 3 To Be Unveiled by Queen On Dec. 12. Rugby, Nov. 7. The Memorial erected on Tower Hill, London, by all the Governments of the Knipire through the Imperial War Graves Commission is ncaring completion. The memorial commemorates the names of 12,000 officers and men of the
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    FRANCO-BRmSH POLICY.
    77 3 Rugby, Nov. C. Sir William Tyrrell, the new British Ambassador at Paris, speaking at a banquet there last night declared the main objective of Franco-British policy was the promotion of peace and goodwill. It vis characteristic of that policy that it was inclusive and not exclusive. It was
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    RUSSIAN PIECE GOODS.
    89 3 According to the Morning Post of Oct. 31, Manchester is alarmed at the report that Russian cotton cloths are being sold in India at a price with which Lancashire is unable to compete. A leading merchant is of the opinion that the Russians are dumping their goods.
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      408 3 Do Your Hands Itch And Burn? If so, C ut icura Soap and Ointment will afford instant relief and quickly heal. On retiring bathe the hands with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry and apply Cuticura Ointment. Wipe off surplus Ointment, or let it remain on and wear old gloves
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      178 3 Announcement The Fresh Food Refrigerating Co., Ltd^ announce that their business of purveyors of Fresh Quality Foodstuffs will be OPENED Saturday MORNING, NOVEMBER 17 The policy of the company is to provide only the highest grade foods, handled only in the most hygienic and cleanly manner, known. No expense has
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      406 3 If its anything to do with your THROAT J? CHESTtah* 75 eta. a bottle, of all medicine vendors. Phone 4924 for your Piano Tuning and Repairing by E. CHARLES 20 Years' London experience. Prompt Attention. THE MALAYA MUSIC STORE No. 91, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, opposite Adelphi Hotel Buildings. TRADE MARK
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      254 3 TTLLEY SAFETY LAMPS Burn Kerosene Oil (not Benzine y .Gy. Ab«olut«ly AY a Windproof. No 7 < Noiie. No Smell. I As supplied to i ,^^2sW *k* GoTe>rn- sfTTfr menta of Ma- la y a Shipping a^B^^B^ ompanies, Rubber and Tin_^^»tjjß BMs»»^ 16 Different t Asknowledjjed I by all user*
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      609 4 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in En^lnnd) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. MCNINSILAR AM) ORIENTAL S.N. CO. j UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAIKSTVS GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND IAU EAST I MAIL BEKVft X, OUTWARDS IROM LONDON K( R CHINA AND lAI-AN Tonnajre due S'poro •TRELAWNV N ov
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      625 4 Shipping Announcements J (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tormsce Due Sni! HARUNA MARU M.ftOO Nov. L' 2 23 KITANO MARU «,odo D.:c. C 7 KAMO MARU 8.000 Dec. 20 21 KATORI MARU 10.000 Jan. 3 4 ATSUTA MARU 8.000 Jon. 17 18 I
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      507 4 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOOBNK, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailirrjrs by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7,875 tons) and the new motor ve.-sel, MALABAR 1 4.512 tims.i The s.s. MARELIA is one cf the Urgent and finest «t*«irer» trading to Austr.
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      653 4 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. GO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with aub-connections to Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representative, for Singapore and Strait* Settlement, of the Official Tourist Bureau of Java. All information, detailed itineraries
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      540 4 THE BLUE FUNHEL UNE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP COLIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, A«^ IfcKDAM, ROTTERDAM, AN I .VLIUV HAM BURG AND BREMEN, GUNOV MAR SEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL ANIi GLASGOW.— BOSTON, NEW YORK AN! BALTIMORE. WEEKLY
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      443 4 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. 'Incorporated in Slam) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICB. Por <vn ijf, liengganu, Kelantan. Bangnara, Telupin. Paiani. Singora. Laron, Sichon, Banoea, Koh^arnui. I.angnuan, Chumpon and Baagka*. Arrival Departure SI'DDnADIB la v 1 1 The steamer, are fitted tbroughout with electric light and have excellent accommodation for flral-claas
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      542 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNAU STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) ELLERMAN LINK PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Doe Spore s.s. CITY OF CHESTER Nov. 17 ..s. CITY OF MADRAS Dec. 16 HOMEWARDS s.s. CITY OF EASTBOURNE
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      459 5 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE oftsrfAMERICAN MAIL, LIME r— j^j^r 7~hß^ I ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE NEW YORK and BOSTON via COLOMBO, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA and MARSEILLES Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang President Adams In port Nov. 15 Nov. 17 President Carfield Nov. 26 Nov. 29 Dec. 1 President Harrison Dec
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      449 5 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and Rotterdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage Leave Spore Johan de Witt 10,400 S.M.N. Nov. 16 Slamat 12,000 R.L. Nov. 23 Prinses Juliana 8,100 S.M.N. Nov. 80 Tambora 5,600 R.L. Dec. 7 P. C. Hooft 14,600 S.M.N.
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      403 5 GREEN MANURE SEED PAMANOEKAN TJIASEM CO.. JAVA(THE ANGLO DUTCH PLANTATION OF JAVA, LTD, LONDON). The above Company will hrve available for sale in July-December. 1928, considerable quantities of seed from th" following Green Manure types Per Pleal e.l.f. Spore Centrosema Plumieri 22.50 Centrosema Pubescens 26.00 Crotalaria Usaramoensis 21.50 Indigofera Endecaphylla
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      184 5 "sgßDHssttbriaU HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS Direct Sailing to Europe via SINGAPORE-COLOMBO-PORT SAID EMPRESS CANADA Leave Hong Kong Nov. 28 Arrive SinKa;»orc Dec. 2 Singapore Dec. 2 Colombo |)»-c. 6 Colombo Dec. 6 Port .riid Dec IK Port Said Dec. 16 Plymouth Dm. J. 1 a.m. BOOKING NOW OPEN For further
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      286 6 PAVILION r F-oni Tuesday, November 13 to Monday, November 19, at 9.15 i.mi. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE OLGA TSCHECHOWA in LOVE'S CRUCIFIXION i i In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. FRED. THOMSON in HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER Bonking only for UpaUirs SeaU at PATHE (Malaya), Ltd., 72, Orchard Road,
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      292 6 VICTORIA THEATRE NOVEMBER 17 TO 21, AT 9.30 P.M. FOR FOUR NIGHTS ONLY OF HINE-MOA A Maori Love Legend, acted entirely by Maoris. Screened by Special command at BUCKINGHAM PALACE FOR H.M. RING GEORGE V and H.M. QUEEN MARY Beautiful Scenery— Exquisite Photography. Booking at LITTLE'S, from November 10. Popular
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      515 6 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Alhrrt and Itrncnolcn Strrrtn. From Friday, November 9 to Thursday. November IS, 1925. At 9.20. Screen Snapshots. The Menace of the .Mounted (Mustang). REX BEACH'S PADLOCKED A Paramount Special, starring LOIS MOHAN, l.dl IS DRESSER and NOAH BEERY. The story of a Puritanical father, who drives his
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      87 6 SURINA THEATRE Nnrth Bridre Kuari. 'Phone No. ML From Wednesday. November 7 to Tuesday, November 13. 1925. At 9 p.m. RANGE COURAGE Featuring FHKI). HIMKS. I The story of a ca'.lopintr Ma who turnpil j the tahlrs on hi» Mjasaisja made them cal tbs aeeasatl>W that he was a nvlly-
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    186 7 KIXTI KKS. Tu<-.d.iy, November 13 11. W. l'l.:sil a.m.. \).i, 11.35 p.m., 8.9. Xu K i<y Possibles v. Probables, S.C.C. Wrdn.Kdty. No\ ember 14 H. W. 11J a::. ■i at Japanese Consulate-General. 11 a.: Hockey *3.r.<~. v. Old Rafflesians, S.C.C. all: i; A. v. .Malays, Stadium, i
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    354 7 Tuesday, Nov. 13. Shlpn alongside the Wharves or exaccted to arrive. KEI'i'KL HARBOUR Main Wharf Pleattac Pontoon No. 2 I'entaur, Silvercedar. oil Wharf Si. Just, St. Clears CeaJ Wharf la* Belle, Attaka VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pagar. Albert Deck Natica Victoria Dock Nil Keppel Harboar. Kind's
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    148 7 To-d»y. ..y Antung) 2 p.m. \pi (Aine Leon*) 2 p.nv Pandjang, Benekalis, Simk and Pakan Bare* (Hmu Chuan) 3 p.m. N.rth. N. Exat and N. Watt Smnaira i iMai _'<ir) 3 p.rr. ■••acti Ual iMatfnet) 4 p.m I" rm.rrow. tstot uf America rPareela) (City of Khios. 10.30a.m.
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      129 7 Singapore, Nov. 13. Rubber. -Local 29 cents per lb. Easier. Tin.— London £224 7s. Cd. Rubbers.—Quiet. Temerlohs 50-56% cents. Bedfords 55-60 cents, Hamiltons 1.534I.C.IVj, Connemaras 1.05-1.10, Batu Lintangs 69-75 cents, Glenealys 1.37^-1.45. Radellae 3.95-4.15, Alor Gajahs 1.21^-1.25. Mining.—Quiet. Kuchais 1.67'i-1.7014 Malaya Cons. 76-80 cents, Penawats 87-91
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      Rose Macphail and Co.
      192 7 Singapore, Nov. IS. London.—Rubber 8 Mid., down 3-16 d. Local cents. London.—Tin £224 7s. 6d., up 2s. fid. Mining.—Steady. Kuchai 1.68-1.72, North Taiping 84-86 cents, South Taiping 47V..-. r >t cents, Taiping 1.05-1.08, Penawat 88-90 cents, Kuhman Hydraulic 1.45-1.50, Kuyohs 31-33 cents, Malaya Consols. 76-78 cents,
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    SOUTH TAIPING TIN DREDGING CO., (1922) LTD.
    219 7 The seventh ordinary general meeting of the South Taiping Tin Dredging Co., (1922) Ltd.. will be held in Penang on Nov. 24. According to the report and statement of accounts for the year ended Aug. 31, 1928, the dredge made 6,889 hours running
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    EXCHANGES.
    78 7 [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Nov. 12. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.07%. Athens 375, Berlin 20.36, Bombay holiday, Brussels 34.89>.4, Bucharest 805>». Buenos Aires 47 59-64, Copenhagen 18.19. Geneva 25.19H, Helsingfors 192%, Hong Kong holiday, Kobe Is. 0 15-16 d., Lisbon 107Vt, Madrid 30.075, Milan 92.55 Mi, New York 4
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    74 7 Programme of Drills up to and for Nov. 18, 1928 Tuesday, Nov. 13, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Senior Officer, S.V.C., Senior Officer Meeting. Friday, Nov. 16, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, S.V.C. Band, Band Practice. Saturday, Nov. 17, 2 p.m., Bukit Timah Range, Chinese Company, Annual Rifle Meeting.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    57 7 The P. and O. Macedonia has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive here at 6 a.m. to-morrow. m i. f. Coaa Slbajak D'Ar.»gnan Mores P. der N'odcr'.anilin B-por. l««d«n Oct. t Oct. 19 Oct. 1» Nor. S Oof. 11 Knr Oct. 18 Nov. 12 Oct.
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    63 7 The Queen of Swaziland (the mother of the King) is to be baptised into the Wes-li-yan church and it is explained that the King is friendly to the missionaries, but as he has eighty wives, it is not easy fur him to become a Christian. No man c»n better plead
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    250 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, Nov. 13. On London, Bank 4 m/i 2/4V4 Demand 2/3 31/32 Private 3m. credit op,Ne0 p, NeW UYo^ fl/ Demmnd Private 90 d/i 88* On France, Bunk T.T. 1446 On India, Bank T.T. 154% On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 10% p.c. dis. On Shanghai. Bank
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    63 7 Tone of Market :—Slightly easier. Latest Cable :—London Spot Sheet Bid. per lb. New York Spot Sheet G. cents 18 per lb. 12 o'clock R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.7. Standard R.S.S. on Tender l noon Nov. 13. Novcm':iT December Jan. -March A|ir;i-Jum-Buyers 29 29
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      MINING.
      452 7 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbang £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 I.a'.u Caves 1 .75 liukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Clu-iiitfriang 1 1 Chin Chin £1 £1 Eastern Siam £1 i-i bad Yui 1 1 liiuni Tin 1 1 Hang
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      GENERAL.
      216 7 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Hri.-k. Prefs. 2.02V4 2.07'* 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ords. 2.50 2.60 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.5.0 C.7.C xr. Canadian Eagles 13/6 14/6 1 1 Central Engine 0.50 0.55 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 0.50 10s. 10s. Duff Development 8/9
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      116 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. l.ZZo.BOO 37c 67c prem. S'pore Cold Storage 7 p.c deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 106 110 Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4H p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par. Singapore Municipal 4Mi p.c
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      393 7 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. To-day'i Prices Fraser Lyall A Co. E»att Allenby ($1) 1.32 Vi 1.37V4 1.30 1.40 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.00 1.26 1.00 1.25 A. Hitam ($1) 2.00 2.26 2.00 2.25 A. Kuning ($1) 0.30 0.35 0.30 0.35 Am. Malay ($2) 2.40 2.60
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      57 7 TENDERS Tenders »re invited for the erection of adaea at Cuppage Road for The Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Plans, SBSclatatlet and particulars may be obtained at the Office of the Architects. lenders close at noon on November 20. The luwist <>r a*y tender will not necesI ai crpn-il. I
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      46 7 SECOND-HAND CARS FOR SALE FIAT 509 2-door 4 str. Tourer 800 501 .{-door 5 $1,200 502 4-door 5 925 i>i,.l Touring 400 RENAULT 500 CAI.THORPE 600 CITROEN 65« (ITKOBN »00 STUDEBAKER 675 ANBALDO 850 BIK X $1,160 1(1 li X $1,250 ITALASIA, LTD. Engtaeerlng Dept. (Id)
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      39 7 634 Reduce the high cost of living and at the same time support local industry by usinp T.K.K.'s Tyrea. Tubes, Shoes, BiscuitH. etc. TENfi SENfi fiUAN 634. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. Jeweller., and Agents for T.K.K.'s Coods. Tel No. 2415.
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      533 7 BtSHOI". On N0T*mb«r 10, 19CR, in London. to Mr. an. I Mr*. S. G. K slu.;>, i dMtM*r AtKN()W!.FI»G.WKNT Messrs. Tan Siakuant:, i.ak Cheow, Siak Kew and family wish to thank their friend? and relative* who svnt wreaths anil scroll and attrnJfd the funeral of their lati mothrr, and also
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      853 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Claaall e4 Adrts, paga li WANTS, FOR BALH »TC. OFFICKS TO LKT. Apply 7, iK Souia St. i AN LADY RECOMMEND travelling amah. Xi »;>• 760, Straits Tlbmm. TO ii t bungalow partly furnished, Ka- -■•'>--. lent IIM p.m. Apply 761, Suaii I i" LET, three sin-ie
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      79 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Station. (By Courtesy of GuTornmenl Health Oake.) For tk* 24 Hour, ending at Mldnlfht on Nov. 12. dtg. Max. shade temperature 86.8 F. Min. shude temperature 74.8 V. Mean shade temprrsiuic 79 3 Max. sun radiation 130 K. Min. grass radintion 72.5 F. Sea ttmperatuM. Max.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. TELLING THE WORLD.
    1307 8 The Straits Times SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. TELLING THE WORLD. A story is told of an liish horseman, I whose feats in close finishes have become almost legendary, that he once threw away a much-coveted race because the I vinning of it was not sufficiently difficult to please him: Having
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    837 8 Mr. J. Crabb-Watt, a well-known member of the Penang Bar, paying u visit to Singapore. Captain C. Carstares-Dunlop and D:\ L. B. Haye have resigned their appointments in the Sarawak Civil Sen-ice. The London Gazette announces that Commander Daniel, late of the Royal Oak, has been placed on the retired
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    NOTES OF THE DAY.
    802 8 I A RUBBER BEACH. I One of the most extraordinary uses to which the sap of the Hevea tree has been applied is described in Rubber." This journal states th;u Mc.ntc Carlo hax spent £830,000 on a rubber beach in its latest effort to attract fashionable
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      107 8 XMAS DISPLAY AT TOYS and NOVELTIES, jtd^^ f\O CRACKERS, CHOCOLATES, W^iail CHRISTMAS CARDS and CALENDARS, SILVERWARE, /fofr^|||pL GENT'S WEAR, £^W^ PRESENTS FOR ALL. JOHN LITTLE CO. LTD. (Incorporated In England) SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. ANNOUNCING THE ADVENT OF THE "ICYBALL" Heating {or one hour gives 24 hours continuous freezing
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      127 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT In the Second Show at 9. Metro Goldwyn Meyer Spectacular Production A well-known Historical Roman I'lay BEN HUR with tfiKuntie kciikticb, supported by atrong casts, including Roman Nuvarro in the leading rule. Along with the I-atest Kmpire News, First Show at 7.30. First National Production Presents MM/TON SIIJ.S
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    BRITISH STEAMER SUNK.
    372 9 ATLANTIC DISASTER. POSSIBLE LOSS OF ALL HANDS. The rabies n',\in l;i ln» indicate that r:iinplitc di-a Iit may have tnttakm the llriti-h -learner \i-tri-. with a paamtngtr list »f 129. and a < rew <■; Mt. S.O.S. messages were rvrs/ive.1 uhcn the TMMl was .'{00 mil«-. I
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    APPEAL COURT OPENS.
    142 9 ECHO OF TRADE-MARK LITIGATION. Bgapott < i rt of Appeal openIr. lmtfc.1 Mi Cmbe Rea) (presid >. Mr. Justice Deane nivl Mr. ills': c Si'. Thiiv was a fairly lorga li.-t <>f rain, hwtadiac an ram Penan*, '>u* in the majority record* "f appeal hail not been
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    THE VATICAN AND FRENCH RELIGIOUS POLICY.
    101 9 rionip, Oct. 17. ■I m>t;' in to-night's Osscrvatoro Romano categorically denies the statement i.f M. Maurrus. in the Action to tha effect that the French Ministerial propssal to restore the confisk ;il propsiU— is due to a baigaia batwmil the \'alican and M. Jtriand.
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    FRENCH REVENUE RETURNS.
    65 9 [reuter telegram] Paris, Nov. 12. TIm i' ..i;n,- KtMTM for October total Frs. 5,562,000,000, which is an increase of Kr.». 17I.IMU ;'ii on the preliminary Bmigit MtiBMtei and Frt. 705,000,000 toWr, W'ZS. Ii>r the tin months of tho ye .ir the rt'vtnue was t.000 which is an
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    A BOLSHEVIK SWINDLER.
    53 9 [TRANS-(XE.\N VIA TAN-ASIA] Bi/ilin, Nov. 12. Thi- Soviet Ti:. IK'U-vrition in Berlin Mate* tli i i .>f ;h>- ueli-known Stiviri p ilitician. l.itvinoflT, who is now a iupitiw from ,iu.-t:« a> a result of a huge il v.r.ii bills at exchange, «a> dMmiaaed fromlofllei .n l'J^O for
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    ANOTHER PIRACY.
    46 9 HSIN CHI LOOTED AND BURNT. (From Our Own Correspondent) Hong Kong, Nov. 13. On arrival at Tae Island at 5-30 p.m. yesterday, H.M.S. Serapis found the China Merchants Steam Navigation Co. vessel Hsin Chi looted and burnt by pirates, who had decamped in junks.
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    BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.
    146 9 Highest Totals of The Year. [IICIII. I! IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Nov. 12. The Board of Trade returns for October record the highest monthly totals for I'.v year in both exports and imports. Exports amounted to £04,312,000 in value, and imports to A'l 02,045.000. The exports sl'ow an
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    RUHR LABOUR CONFLICT.
    229 9 Arbitrator's Award Not Upheld by Court. [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Nov. 1-'. When the Kcichstag rc-assembied here to-ciay for Um winter session, MtiM was given of numerous interpellations on the subject of the labour troubles in the Ruhr district, mostly on the qu-estion of unemployed pay to
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    RUSSIA AND U.S.A.
    80 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Moscow, Nov. 12. Much political importance is attach ■<! in Moscow to the forthcoming visit to Russia of the American Financial Adviser to the Polish Government, who will be officially welcomed on his arrival here l>y representatives of the Commissariat lor Foreign Affairs. It
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    ITALY'S FINANCES.
    44 9 [trans-ocean via pan-asia] Rome. Nov. 12. The Treasury announces that there was a surplus of 16 million lire at the md of October. This reduces the budget deficit for the first four months of the current financial year tu 33 million livi'.
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    IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY.
    129 9 The military authorities of the *****91H Allies are having a rough time in the Rhineland, says the Observer. The Burgomaster of Konigstein the other day procured a bandmaster to play the GerTiian National Anthem without asking their leave. The British Summary Court at Wiesbaden has sentenced him
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    31 9 tha purpose of celebrating the earn nt of the Emperor the Episi- tjnl '"u'ch in America has notified that it will contribute a million dollars 'o the AUuka International Hospital, Tokio.
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    MR. COOLIDGE'S SPEECH.
    508 9 RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENCE. RECEPTION IN BRITAIN AND JAPAN. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Nov. 12. Well informed British quarters regard the address delivered by President Coolidge on Armistice Day as satisfactory. It is considered that the speech showed I recognition of the essential differences between the problems confronting the
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    MANY MILLIONAIRES.
    78 9 United States Prosperity Indicated. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Nov. 12. The |>i\ spority of the United States is illustrated 1;> the fact that 283 persons reported being in receipt of incomes of $1,000,000 or more a jear and paid the corresponding income-tax during 1927. This is the highest total
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    IN THE BALKANS.
    45 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Belgrade, Nov. 12. Anli-Italian demonstrations took place here and in the other larger Slovene cities to-day on the ■ct—tca of the anniversary of the Treaty of Rapallo between Italy and Albania. The police had much difficulty in restoring order.
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    AMENDMENT REJECTED.
    42 9 [bkuter tklegkam] London, Nov. 12. The House of Common!, by 321 to 151, rejected the Labour I'arty amendment t" the Address in reply to the King's Speech. The amendment condemned the Government for not having grappled with the unemployment problem.
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    66 9 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York. i -»n<l us the following cable, dated Nov. 12, their quotations being; in gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchange sales to-day 1,550 tons. November 17.90, December 18 cents, Januur\ 17.90, February 18 cents, March 18 cents, April 18.20, May
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    STRONG FRENCH CABINET.
    256 9 M. POINCARETS FEAT. RADICALS IN DIFFICULT POSITION. [reutlr telegram] Paris, Nov. 12. M. Poincare performed a great feat in forming a strong Cabinet, based on the Centre but extending well to the Left and jto the Right. After the refusal of the Radicals to co-operate, he included
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    SCRAMBLE FOR STOCKS.
    86 9 Remarkable Scenes In Wall Street. [reutek telegram] New York, Nov. 12. To-day Wall Street witnessed perhaps the maddest scramble for stocks in the history of any .'•lock market in the world. (Man r>!k(l in ;a the rate of 1,500,000 shares an hour, breaking all previous it-cords. The
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    ETNA SUBSIDING.
    94 9 Five Thousand Homeless In Sicily [REUTER TELEGRAM] Rome, Nov. 12. The activity of Mount Etna is decreasing. The flow of lava is diminishing in speed, and is no longer spreading. It is now reported that 5,000 people are homeless, 7GO houses wei" destroyed and 2,500 acres of land
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    SECOND WELCH LEAVE SHANGHAI.
    41 9 [REUTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Shanghai, Nov. 12. The 2nd Bn. Welch Regt. left for Singapore on the transport Somersetshire. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Nov. 12. The 2nd Bn. South Staffordshire Regt. will embark at Southampton to-morrow for Shanghai.
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    U.S. RHODES SCHOLARS.
    130 9 Tribute to British Education. New York. Twenty-five American Rhodes scholars have sailed for England in the steamship America. At a farewell dinner given to them by former Rhodes scholars. Dr. Aydelotte, president of Swathmore College, recalled that when the scholarships were first esuiblishei the fear was expressed
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    TELEPHONING TO U.S.A.
    31 9 [KtUTER TELEGRAM] Budapest, Nov. 12. Direct telephonic communication between Hungary and the United States was inaugurated by a conversation between the Prime Minister, Count Bethlen, and Mr. VMlogg.
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    53 9 Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, X.C.8., formerly G.0.C.. Malaya, and now President of the Court of Directors of the British North Borneo Company, will pay another official visit to the Company's territory early next year. He is due to urrive in Singapore on Feb. 23 and will go on to Borneo
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    TRIBUTES TO DR. DAVIDSON
    292 9 PRESENTATIONS FROM BRITAIN AND U.S.A. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Nov. 12. The turn of £14,500 collected from at k'ast 15,000 subscribers was presented to the retiring Archbishop of Canterbury by the Prime Minister, Mr. Baldwin, at a private ceremony to-day. The total sum subscribed was £16,936, of
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    WAILING WALL INCIDENT.
    124 9 Mr. Amery Promises Full Report. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Nov. 12. Mr. Amery, the Colonial Secretary, was questioned in Parliament regarding the erection by Moslems in Jerusalem of constructions on the top of the Wailing Wall. He was asked if he would give instructions that these erections
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    JAPAN'S PROBLEMS.
    111 9 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Nov. 12. In the course of a leading article on the enthronement of the Emperor of Japan, the Frankfurter Zeitung dwells upon the difficulties with which Japan is still confronted in the process of westernisation, due to the fact that she has adopted the
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    EX-KAISER'S PLANS.
    234 9 Prusso-Mahomedan League Against Entente. Berlin, Oct. 17. New light is shed on the clashing of interests which preceded the conference at Algeciras in 1906 by the publication of a letter from Kaiser Wilhelm to Prince Buelow, written on the last day of 1905. His idea of forming a
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    MR. HOOVER'S TOUR.
    39 9 [reuteb telegram] New York, Nov. 12. Mr. Hoover will sail for South America from San Pedro, California, on the 19th inst. His first port of call will be Balboa, where he will inspect th« Panama Canal.
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    M.C.C. TOURISTS HELD.
    323 9 NJS.W. MAKE GOOD RECOVERY. NEED 337 TO AVOID INNINGS DEFEAT. (From Out Own Correspondent) Sydney, Nov. 12. Thanks to the old Test match player, Kelleway, ami a jrwngMnr who is steadily coming to the froi-t. Biadman. New South Wales made'a fine lecovc;;- li*mn their unenviable position last
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    PEASANT BOY MARVEL.
    89 9 Alleged Miraculous Powers. Warsaw, Nov. C. Miraculous powers of healing combined with a saintly character are ascribed to an uneducated 12 year-old peasant boy named Ichalowski, an inhabitant of a small village near Lublin, to which thousands of persons are flocking from the surrounding districts to seek
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    THE COMING ELECTION.
    44 9 Labour to Fight Every Seat. London, Nov. G. Mr. Ramsay Mac-Donald has announced that Labour has decided to fight every seat where it has local parlies prepared to run candidates at the General Enaction and that there will be 600 candidates.
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    LONG DISTANCE TOWING.
    327 9 British Admiralty's Kmplo\ men! Of Dutch Specialists. Commenting on Urn towage of the Admiralty floating deck from WaUsend to Singapore by the Dutch tirm t Smit and ('<>., the shipping correspondent of The Timts wiites In some quarters, where th.-i <■ il rv> familiarity with the characteristics
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    14 9 From China and Japan by Macedonia, due at Singapore 6 a.m. to-morrow.
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    EX-SERVICE MEN AT DINNER.
    1182 10 ARMISTICE FESTIVITIES. GOODBYE TO CJ.O.C. AND COL. PICKERING. > vice men and women of Singapore held their customr.ry Armistice celebrations at MM Europe Hotel last night under the auspices of the local branch of th<- Kx-Soi vices Association of Malaya. (Kit two Imadreil ex-Service men were
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    586 10 NO MURDER CASES IN THE CALENDAR. A s uflvicr.tly rare circumstance to mtrit reference was that there was no murder charge on the calendar lor th" last Singapore Assize of this year, which opened before Mr. Justice Burton this morning. Another feature of this Assize is th-it there
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    WOMEN AND MEDICINE.
    117 10 Protest Against Policy of London Hospitals. The National Council of Women, at their annual conference at York on Oct. 17, passed a strong: protest against the proposal of certain London hospitals to discontinue the training of women medical students. The resolution deprecated this proposal, and urgred that
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      F.A. CUP DRAW.
      213 10 Interesting Ties in First Round Proper. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Nov. 12. The draw for the first round proper of the Football Association Cup competition to-day resulted as follows Spennymoor United /s. Hartlepools Utd. Wrexham vs. Carlisle Utd. Wigan Boro' vs. Ashington. Chesterfield vs. Rochdale. Gainsborough Trinity vs.
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      SINGAPORE FOOTBALL.
      88 10 Charges Reduced for To-morrow's Match. It has been decided to reduce the charges at to-morrow's match at the' Stadium between the li.A. and .\i;ilav in j aid of St. Dunstan's. The charges will be 50, 25 and 10 cents. Penang Games. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penang, Nov. 12.
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      INTER-SCHOOL SPORTS.
      140 10 Chinese Boys Compete In Penang. (From Our Own Correspondent) Penan?, Nov. 12. Eleven Chinese boys' schools participated in inter- school sports yesterday on Victoria Green by way of celebrating Armistice Day. There was a huge gathering of spectators. Mr. Cheah Lim Kee had presented a handsome shield for
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      GOLF.
      557 10 "Dukes Bowl" Won by The G.O.C. The competition for the "Dukes Bowl" a trophy presented to the Club by the Officers of the 2nd Battn. the Duke of Wellington's Rejrt. for annual competition proved a very interesting and popular event. The conditions were two rounds of 18 holes, under
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    MALAY STATES GUIDES.
    118 10 Bronze Tablets Unveiled on Ipoh Cenotaph. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Nov. 12. The chief event in the Armistice Day commemoration in Ipoh was the unveiling of two bronze tablets on the Cenotaph, in memory, chiefly, of members of the Maluv States Guides. About 400 troops paraded,
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    34 10 The programme of the Pavilion will be changed to-night, when the feature of the second show will be Love's Crucifixion," featuring Olga Tschechowa, together with the latest number of the Pathe Gazette.
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    69 10 On Nov. 6 the Military Court in Bangkok read the judgment of the case in which Major General Phya Phichai Kotiarontr and Colonel Phya Dasakorn were charged by Captain Khun Soodhiphand with wrongful arrest of the latter. Phya Phichai was sentenced to pay a fire of Tcr. 200 and to
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    45 10 Electric lighting throughout Singapore failed yesterday evening for fifty minutes. The explanation was that an unsatisfactory consignment of coal has been received at St. James' power station, and for a short time the engineers were not able to keep up an adequate head of steam.
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    INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS.
    187 10 Dr. Hoc-he "s Criticism of Freud. i Vienna, Oct 11. Up to the seventieth birthday of Professor Sif.mund Fieud, three years ago, i the International Psycho-analytical Verlag in Vienna had published ten volumes of his work. Now an eleventh volume has been issued, containing a number of
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    LONDON RUBBER STOCKS.
    36 10 A cable received by Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., from their London correspondents states that rubber stocks in London are now 21,490 tons, showing a decrease of 1,430 tons during the past week.
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    52 10 Since the late Field-Marshal Earl Haig instituted the Poppy Day Appeal in 1921, its appropriateness as a means of discharging the War's legacy of obligations has been increasingly recognised each year, as the following record of receipts indicates: 1921 £106,000 1922 204,000 1923 269,000 1924 360,000 1925 392,000 1926 436,000
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    43 10 An order has been issued by the Muslim religious authorities of the Haram ash Sharf, or Temple Area, in Jerusalem prohibiting the entry of Muslim women who are unveiled or show their arms or legs, and of Muslim men who wear European headgear.
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    SINGAPORE BASE.
    205 10 AN AMERICAN VIEW. New York. Under the headline, Completing the Singapore Base," the New York Times publishes a sympathetic leading article on the question of awarding contracts for the base. The strategic importance of the project, it is pointed out, is because the base lies at the extreme
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    CANADA TO MEXICO.
    183 10 Last Link in Air Mail Forged. Montreal. A great invasion of Montreal by a fleet of aeroplanes marked the inauguration of the first international air mail service between vhe United Sta.i-s and Canada. From morning it evening a big demonstration w;.:. in progress at ihe St. Hubert
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    DRUG AGENTS IN U.S.
    169 10 National Indignation At Murders. Washington. Investigation of the shooting of Miss Betty Heywood, the English girl who was seriously wounded by a "dry" agent near Elyria, Ohio, as she and her parents were travelling along the highway in an open car, has revealed that it is
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    MR. ORVILLE WRIGHT.
    150 10 Old Machine to Stay in London. New York. According to a despatch from Dayton, Ohio, Mr. Orville Wright does not intend to take his original flying machine from the South Kensington Museum, London, and give it to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. Mr. Wright is quoted as
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    MISSING MISSION TREASURER.
    97 10 American Baptist Official Arrested In Canada. Winnipeg. Mr. Clinton (arnes, the missing treasurer of the Home Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention of the United States, has been arrested here. The Mission Board recently announced a shortage cf approximately $1,000,000 (£200,000) in its accounts. Mr. Carnes
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    24 10 The seventeenth anniversary of the Chinese Republic wax celebrated in Kuching last month by a procession of all the Chinese schools through the town.
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    KOSCIOSKO SPRINGS A SURPRISE.
    2666 10 SECOND DAY'S RACING. QUANTICO'S SIXTH WIN IN EIGHT STARTS. More good racing was seen at the Singapore Turf Club yesterday, and then- were not a few surprises. Biggest of all wa* when Kosciosko confounded the crii tics by winning a racecourse event, and paying the very
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    PASSENGERS
    225 11 fliMlHliri arrived at Biasapon poi >.. I IJ(i lin iNuort M .\.:v. 11l Hr. Jesi Uan-aia. lir. T. BaaoU, llr. Vokuhi Ivakara, Hr. U. htcGcorg*, Mr. H. f. ftourden, Mi. N. Lewes. Mr. N. van Wnm-r mcl Havr. van lagar, Hr. K. IfofM, Hr. S. S. Baltaa, Mr. oh
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    50 11 Thp Irak Government is pressing for: the replacement by Irakis of all Indians employed in the Basrah Port Directorate.' Eleven have already been discharged and fifteen will be leaving: before the end of the year. The intention is to uiseharfre all Indians except experts before the end of March next.
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    YESTERDAYS RACING: RESULTS AT A GLANCE.
    246 11 YESTERDAYS RACING RESULTS AT A GLANCE. Uc« Hurt* Owner Trminar Jockey Tnt« paid Win riace MM Uh -t Ahvar <ir,-i»ut I. l>upp<-ii r.-iin Mavu E. s Uuawrh 1. C. Thom|..-n Irviac T. U h I. Duval np«inwr N H ft QMpMliM nil Mill Btripei Udy U.-.lf.tn Mi A..>- A.Suiitii r.
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    TURKISH PRINCESS SHOT.
    200 12 Concert Tragtdy in Vienna. Vienna, Nov. 4. During crowded and fashionable concert by a famous Prague violinist in Grosse Konzert Saal, three shots rang out from the lounge followed by a woman's scream. The audience discovered the body of a young woman with a tall man standing
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    EXAGGERATED PATRIOTISM.
    87 12 Corsicans Resent Italian Celebration. Bastia, Nov. 6. The exaggerated patriotism of local Italians, who had foregathered at an hotel to celebrate the anniversary of the Armistice on the Italian front, singinjr the Fascist anthem at the top of their '(ices, provoked passers-by to retaliation by singing the Marseillaise."
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    MEMORIAL TO LORD MILNER.
    100 12 Dedicated by Retiring Archbishop. Rugby, Nov. 4. A memorial to Lord Milner was yesterday dedicated in one of the oldest and most beautiful parts of Canterbury Cathedral— the Chapel of St. Martin of Tours by the retiring Archbishop. It consists of an altar with an inscription
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    PALESTINE.
    75 12 Jews and Moslems. Jerusalem, Nov. 6. The local Zionist Executive has issued a statement in course of which it says that in, view of the fact that the Jewish aspirations to secure condition? necessary for free and undisturbed worship at the Wailing Wall have been misrepresented as involving designs
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    105 12 Saigon, Nov. I. Military circles in Tokio suggest that Japan is in no hurry to hasten a settlement of the Tsinan affair. Various agitators in Tientsin are still endeavouring to «tir up anti-Ja|>anes<-trouble and a hundred .«hn)is have bean forced to dose up through it. Japan is
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    MOSQUE IN LONDON.
    56 12 London* Nov. 6. Lord Head Icy and Sir Abbas Ali [Saijr nre negotiating for a site near Holland 1'ark Station to build a mosque on behalf of the Ixmdon Mosque Committee. They have made a definite offer which is likely to be accepted, in which case building
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    COMMUNAL RIOTS CASES.
    51 12 London, Nov. 5. Thi- Privy Council has refused special leave to appeal in eifrht murder cases, of which seven are from Lahore, and one from Patna relating to communal riots. Out of the seven Lahore cases four are the result of convictions in cases arising from communal
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    TURKEY'S BUDGET.
    44 12 Constantinople, Nov. 4. The budget for 1929 which has been tabled in the Assembly balances at $220,300,000 (Turkish), an increase of 13 millions compared with the figures for 1928 owing to the expenditure on national defence, economic development, education, railways and irrigation.
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    POLICE PROCEDURE.
    184 12 Tendency to Enforce Morals." London, Oct. 29. The assertion that there is a growing tendency to use the police to enforce morals, instead of merely seeing that the law is upheld, and that the police went out of their way to discover and sometimes to encourage vice in
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    SIR HENRY MAYBURY RETIRING.
    135 12 Finest Roadmaker in The World." Rugby, Nov. 7. Sir Henry Maybury, Director-General of Roa<ls at the Ministry of Transport, who has been described by Sir Erie Geddes as the finest roadmaker in the world, has tendered his resignation and will leave the Civil Service at the
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    INDIA'S PROBLEMS.
    103 12 The Age of Consent. Poona, Nov. 1. The Age of Consent Committee commenced work here to-day to examine three witnesses. Rai Bahadur Parulekar Batnagiri, first witness, advocated marriage legislation fixing the age of consent in both marital and extra-marital cases at 16. He was for gradual advance in
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    HUGE COLLIERY COMBINE.
    97 12 London, Not. 6. It is officially announced that the colliery combine, Manchester Collieries, Ltd., are acquiring Astley and Tyldesley Collieries, Ltd., thus merging 1 six of the largest collieries in Lancashire with a capital of between four and five millions sterling. According to official statistics fourteen amalgamation
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    223 12 Aycr Molrls.— 167.338 Ib. Anirlo- Malay. -133,403 lb. Allenliy.— 51,040 lb. Ansio-Johure Consolidated. 4OJ0O0 lb. Bikam.— 73,058 lb. Rroome (Selangor). 51,260 lb. Batu Tiga.— 134,700 lb. Bukit KnjuiiK- liiu.ii»2 Ib. Bukit Palong Syndicate.— 19,274 lb. Cluny.— 35.087 lb. Changkat Salak.— 109,000 lb. onsolidated Malay.— 120,000 lb. ("huUa (Selangor).
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    TIN RETURNS.
    11 12 Fir i'atlani Contol..Utesl.— lih) picuU Talaa Mine..— -»5>7.4l lb.
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    15 12 The Ronoo Indexed Diary for 1929 ts n<-\\ reaily. It seems g.iod value for *2.50.
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    RUSSIA'S PLIGHT.
    228 13 EPIDEMIC OF 4 FEVER IN MOSCOW. London, Nov. 1. Rusria is famine-striken. Despite censorship, alarming reports are leaking out which show that the countrv is p:-ac-tically reduced to starvation. Important centres badly hit are Moscow— The city is without fuel lone queups for ;'o<»tl can lie MM every
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    JAPANESE ENTHRONEMENT.
    179 13 Congratulations from Germany. [TKANB-OCIAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Nov. 10. The Kcichs Chancellor, Dr. Mueller, conveyad to thl Japanese Ambassador tin Onr.nn Government's good wishes on the KCttkM of the Enthronement of the, Emperor. The prMI devotes considerable space lo German and Japanese relations. The Deutsche Allgemeinc Zeitung say."
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    RUMANIAN POLITICS.
    119 13 [trans-ocean via pan-asia] Bucharest, Nov. 10. j The Maniu Cab net, having received the approval of the Council of Regency, duly t"ok the oath. The people held demonstration in the. streets in M. Mania's favour. Bucharest, Nov. 11. The new Maniu Government has dissolve) Parliament. Fresh elections will
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    GERMANY AND CHINA.
    103 13 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Nov. 10. On the occasion of their departure for home the Chines? Charjre d'Affairi.-, Mr. Chiang Chao Pieh, and his wife were entertained at a lunch in their honour by th? Far Eastern department of the German Foreign Office, the Director of which,
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    GERMANY AND RUMANIA.
    62 13 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Berlin, Nov. 11. An agreement between Germany and Rumania which has been signed in Berlin disposes of all the financial differences arising out of the War. The main points arc the payment of 7."'1. million marks by Germany and the reioase by Ki;m;inia of
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    LEAGUE AND DISARMAMENT.
    51 13 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Stockholm, Nov. 10. In an address to the Swiss Students' A.v«i i:;tion on the League of Nations' disarmament work, Count Bernstorff He ciared that the solution of the disarmament problem lay less with jcovernments than with the peoples, who should incessantly press for definite
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    GERMAN LABOUR TROUBLES.
    28 13 [TRANS-OCEAN YU PAN-ASIA] Essen, Nov. 10. No less than 60 German blast-furnaces in Westphalia are now idle. The Evangelical Churches have appealed for Gov-i-rnnifnt intervention.
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      146 14 va uui f^ff^n frlU AnnLLv>c ii /o^w^\^^ {Jtmiyae in eonceotion and exceptional in k» fitness for modern motoring conditions, en«v and safe to drive, this trnimoh aft Vauxhall is built to vjit the motoriMM British enqineermg merits your dotes* Kan to fowde a practical balance of attention the qualities which
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      408 14 AUCTION SALE ot valuable freehold aad 99 years' leasehold land and houses Nos. 468, 465, 467 and 46!), Havclock Road and No. 49, Upper Pickering Street, Singapore, To be held at the sale-room of Messrs. Chinf Kcnc Co.. Ltd., Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore, on Mondij. November 19, at 2.M
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      196 14 NASH LEADS THE WORLD IN MOTOR CAR VALUE That Dignity and Grace is BUILT IN THE Nash Factory goes to extraordinary trouble in the construction of its models. The Nash Car is 97 per cent, made by Nash there is m> margin for possible defects in outside supplies. The beauty,
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      262 15 r- Neuralgia -i influenza, rheum aiism, headache, earache, toothache are evil, torturing tiends, and frequently not without danger to their victims. The best help rapid and reliable in all painful conditions is given by ftoyei Tablets of ASPIRIN that is to say the genuine, original "floyefc-Aspirin" (Bap* Tablets of ASPIRIN
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      381 15 Anal! our t -.(.00,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $30,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assus ance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFIC J Winchester House, Singapore LuNDOH OfffC* ft. 011 J.J... E.C. Tbe Company bas «20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with th« Brit;
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      610 15 BANKING CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal 1 Charter 18C3.) I'nii! In Capkei In 600,000 shares af sX t «>:h tt.OOO.OUO »mrtl Funl £4,000,01)0 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,UG0 UK Mi OFFIOC Uinhopsfate, London, E.C. 1. Asencit'S and Branches Aior Star Jloilo Sercmban AmriUar
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      609 15 I BANKING i HONG KONG A SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Bong Kong) Head Office UONG KONG Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Ireued and full.- paid np $20,000,000 Reserve Funds I Sterling 6,000.000 Silver $14,000,000 I Kvservc Liability ot Proprietors $20,000,030 COUBT OF DIRECTORS. A. EL Cjßipicu, 1')0.|., Chairman. N. K. Brown,
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      411 15 BANKING THE MERCANTILE HANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporsted in England) Capital Authorised aS.OCO.ouO Capital Subscribed XI f»no,OOO Reserve Fund and Ret il.'ifU 846 r Capital Paid np f x Obn'oOO BOARD of DIRECTORS J. M. Ryrie Caairman. P. R. Chalmirs, Ksq. Charles J. Hsmt.ro, J. O. Robinson, Baa, Ebq. Sir
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      252 16 HINDHEDE CO., LTD. BELTING FROM STOCK "DURABEL" HAIR BELTING. 3 ins. $0.73 4 $0.97 5 $1.21 6 $1.45 8 $2.11 10 $2.88 12 $3.65 R.D.W. BALATA BELTING. I.. Im. by 3 p!> 17 cts. 2 ins. by S ply 22 2! 2 ins. by 3 ply 28 3 in?, by
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      293 16 ANTI-MALARIAL OR SUB-SOIL PIPES 4, 6 and S in. sizes. Stock available for immediate delivery. sjjssjjjijjsjaaH THE ELKAYES POTTERIES, 40, HIGH STREET. SOUVENIRS OF MALAYA MALAYAN MEMORIES By R. WINSTEDT. Illustrated in colour. Price $4.00. SHADOWS ON A MALAYAN SCREEN By W. <;. STIRLING. A Series of Silhouette Drawings. Price
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      932 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. PREPAYMENT CHARGES for WANTS, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordl. ary close let type i average six word* to lint) ara Per line On* insertion 28 cents, two ins. 40 cents, three ins. 64 eenta, four ins. 82 eenta, At* ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.13, ten ins.
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      929 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, shophouse No. 6J7-5, East Coast Road. Apply 14. Market Street. FURNISHED FLAT to let. Apply 1, Kirn Yam Road, off River Valley Road. TO LET, atore No. 55, Japan Street. Entry immediately. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET compound house He. 2, Loronjt 3 and 4.
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      328 16 CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR THE FOLKS AT HOME SOLID SILVER SOUVENIR SPOONS Make SpteadU Gifts. EACH WITH CREST OR COAT OF ARMS IN FINE ENAMEL. We have in Stock SOUVENIR SPOONS of the following States PERAK, SELANGOR, TRENGGANU, KEDAH, LABUAN, PAHANG, NEGRI SEMBILAN, KELANTAN, PERLIS and SINGAPORE. Price $5 each. Each
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      361 16 Books on Commercial Art. Life Annum nee A handbook of the practical and scientific asprcls uf the bnainess, by S. l-.ich. 11.A.. $3.00 Inouranre I'oin's Wnrth Knowing Beins: Practical Infurmntiii.i for the Uac of Insurers. Aircnta Bad t'.invagsers. (Life, Kire, Liabilities Accident*. Motor and General), hy C. 1.. Adam* $1.50
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