The Straits Times, 2 January 1929

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    • 520 3 Shipping Announcements ELIIERMAN BUGKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. I (Incorporated in England) I ELLERMAN" LINE pashAnger and freight service to ■the united kingdom and continent FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS T > Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan Due Spore v CITY OF PEKIN Jan. 12 s.s. CITY Ol KHARTOUN Feb. 10 HUMKW ARDS
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    • 423 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE .vrW AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE NKW YORK and BOSTON 1 via COLOMBO, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA and MARSEILLES Arrive Leave Leave Spore Spore Penang President Wilson laa. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 President Van Uur.n latvU Jan. 24 Jan. 26 President Hayes Fi'!>. 4 Feb.
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    • 548 3 DUTCH MAILS Stoomraart Maatschappij Nederland and Rotterdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO Genoa Amsterdam Southampton Marseilles Rotterdam Tonnage Leave Spore In*ulinde 10,000 R.L. Jan. 4 J. P. Coen 11,100 S.M.N. Jan. 11 Sibajak 13,000 R.L. Jan. 18 Prins der Ned. 9.200 S.M.N. Jan. 25 Tjerimai 8,000 R.L. Feb.
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    • 416 3 JAVA PACIFIC LUH DIRECT QUICI Q IP" REGULAR SERVICB Between SINGAPORE AND LOS ANGELES (SAN PEDRO) SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTI E via MANILA. NEXT SAILING S.S. MODJOKERTO Leaves Singapore Jan. S Arr. Los Angeles Fab. 2 Excellent passenger accommodation avail>ble. For full information please apply to INTERNATIONALE CREDIET AND HANDSI.S VEREENIGING
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    • 168 3 fresh nVH AND vegetables! GRAPE FRUIT PEARS, GRAPES AND CAULIFLOWERS For Reliability and Service and REFRIGERATING Co.. LJM3TED 233-3 Orchard Road Phone 3300 ™w B RALEIGH A ES that has won W^^k H■WM B RAPID 1«I_ilT UATAB V\*Vl ft? PROMPT POPULARITY. IHE MOTOR-CYCLE servkk TT^ .v i v i GUARANTEED.
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  • 2219 4 OXFORD DISAPPOINT AT RUGBY. By Our Special Correspondent. London, Dec 6. The Newmarket Sales have reflected the renewed confidence which the coming of the Tote haa infused into the breeding industry. A record was made, for instance, by the 5,000 guineas paid by the Aga Khan for a
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    • 151 4 TAPS MARKED HOT In some homes taps marked hot are 1 lukewarm at best, if not cold. Taps i that release hot water instantly and constantly, at basins and at bath; 1 exist in the home that heats water by gas. Why lack hot water when gas in- sures plenty
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    • 369 4 COTY'S New Year Gifts Many Gentlemen make gifU of Perfumes to their lady friends and wives more so iftfSKL during New Year. They an- often in duubt as to what perfume to seled thai %J^tmW will be appreciated. COTY'S KAI de COLOGNE is always and bus been for fe^s§E=3 many
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  • 1989 5 THE KING'S DUTY IN COMMISSION. By Our Special Correspondent. London, Dec. 6. It is just over a fortnight since the first news of the King's illness appeared, and a week since its gravity was first apprr -iated by the public. It is now admitted that His Majesty caught
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  • 171 5 The death of the football coupon craze as the result of a judgment in the Hiprh Court recalls the missing word competitions which had a "tremendous vogue in 1892. In that year certain weekly periodicals published sentences in which a certain word was omitted. In
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 170 5 111 THE OPEM COMPETITION FOR JfcL-** X SCOTCH WHIfKIEf &W^U- «T TM. \/WW£ BREWERS EXHIBITION \«J^' LOMDOM,MOVBMBBIt,I92a jpjl%\ PROPRIVTORt \i il VJ* MEPBUBMiROJ*. CLAfCOW fJ Va /*y it! cvtuJjadae pt yOWfteM GODET Parfums ele Lux v^j Socialities T^QSF^ CONCENTRES de Rose and r^ W^s PETITE FLEUR BLEUE fe^=^ lOLIE BLEUE
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    • 341 5 climate jg^^l -your whole j|| system cries f&j HOOHM HattWine ffl3||ffll! Hall's Wine is a genuine medicated wine. It enriches the blood and tones up the nerves, rejuvenating the entire system. That is why doctors recommend it as the unfailing tonic in all cases of weakness. Take a wineglassful of
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  • 1228 6 RECOLLECTIONS OF A GREAT SERIES., If every match between an English eleven and an Australian eleven be reckoned as a Test Match, the contest at Brisbane on Friday was the 115 th of the series, (wrote a correspondent of The Times a month ago). In March, 1*77,
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    • 233 6 !TW^^ ai\W t t t H I V t YTffY) Tf N YY7?Y/y r-f, > V ~^V\ j See what a difference I Brasse makes Try it on Viii arti I brass, I copper, ami other bright metals. See what a difference it makes— how quickly it cleans and brightens,
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    • 154 6 N. Z. PERPETUAL FORESTS, LTD, (Incorporated 'in New Zenland) DEBENTURE BONDS. Share Capital 2,142,500.00 Paid Up Capital 2,005.380.00 Bonds sold (to date) Exceed $25,000,000.00 $214.40 I'ayabl-- it Kasy instalments over 1 yc-.iT>-. Approximate return in 10 to 12 voars $2,1 t.'.'Jd. DERRICK CO., H. K. Bank Chambers. Financial Mgrs. Inquire
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    • 188 6 CROMPTON'S For! PROVED RELIABILITY We have the RIGHT MOTOR for your needs. We know the RIGHT WAY to apply it. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in S.S.) SINGAPORE. ■JBCTSK DErARTMEXT, 13, BATTERY ROAD. Wakes up dull appetites! Makes you hungry Puts new relish into every-day jjo| foods w» That's DEL MONTE
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  • 573 7 A NEW CENSORSHIP. THE DEARTH OF VILLAINS. The Italian film censors are refusing to tolerate any more pictures which represent lazy loafing Neapolitans. Such pictures are untrue to life and the cinema must stick to truth. It is admitted, says The Times, that these lounging Neapolitans were
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  • 412 7 TEMPLE VIPERS FROM PENANG. Mr. Walter Goodfellow, the naturalist, has returned from a collecting expedition to the Far East, on behalf of Mr. Spedan Lewis, who has presented a number of the animals collected to the Zoological Society. Of special interest are a pair of turquoise
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 202 7 tCAYSER SLIPPER HEEL* HOSIERY > bos* that is exceptionally beautiful 31 hose that vein unusually long a hose that gives the ankle .%lim, trim appearance is the Kayserservice weight lose. It stands high in the favor of the smart .omen of the world for sports and street wear. £ayser presents
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    • 288 7 Dorrtmny Relief and comfort will immediately follow the use of CHAMBERLAIN'S COLIC REMEDY This old, reliable remedy has had the endorsement of physicians for many years. All druggists carry it. People all over the world use it for colic, stomach cramps, abdominal pains and diarrhoea. It always gives prompt relief.
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    • 290 7 sJHssfoii 't\tf)SiZ!&i>J3&3i%?*f, L X T. Tie healing and frmicidal fumtt ghten off by tie dissolving Peps nrr breathed through throat and hronchials direct to the lungs tor roughs colds. chills s^e throat, lapngiHs. catarrh. ortnckMs. asthma and other throat, chest, and lung dangers, Peps mrt ind,spemablt. all medicine vendors. I'riee
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 289 8 ALHAMBRA 'x- TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD., Proprietors. T POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT TO-NIGHT In the Second Show at 9 p.m. THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS Graf Zeppelin Across the Atlantic SAMUEL GOLDWYN presents TWO LOVERS Starring RONALD COLMAN and VILMA BANKY A highly romantic melodrama, a thing of beauty and
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    • 538 8 SURINA THEATRE North Bridge Koad. 'Phone No. 289. From WcdiK's.lay, January 2, to Tuesday, January 8, 1929. At 9 p.m. CECIL B. L»E MILI.E its hi?, latent, trri-fiti- t and must trcr.icndous picture THE VrncLft. tiik uLci 4 Jj A dMM Maria cImMK of uonderous Ih-p and rare charm. Rain,
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    • 366 8 PROGRAMME FOR THREE NIGHTS From Monday, December 31, 1928, at the APOLLO CINEMA GEYLANG. In the Second Show, rommenrinff 9 p.m. AN EVENING WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN THE CURE. THE *MREM\\'. ONE A.M.. BEHIND THE S< EN. '.'IE FLOORWALKF.R, TUB PAWNSHOP. In the First Show a 7 "J p.m. KENNETH McDONALD
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    • 708 8 NOTICE IN THE ESTAr E O F ABRAHAM FFANKEL, DECEASED Pursuant to Ordinar. c 0 jo (Trustees)' demand, apiinst the est, t n> of Krankel deceased late of Si*,' F ,t«in s?^ P< re. who died on May 2r^ nL™"' l^'" 1 undersigned on or before b ™Vs MW? AND
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  • 138 9 FIXTURES. A\ idn. d;>>. January I 11. W. I 2-4 p.m., 8.7. entries close noon. Roeki S.V.C. v. Services, S.C.C. Thur»J-<), January S H. W. 1 \J a.m., 8.2, 4.5 p.m., 8.1. I!. I. homeward mail closes. S.C.C. Practice Match. Irida>. Janr l(. W. ".26 p.m., 7.«.
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  • 277 9 W.Mlni'siluy, Jan. 2. Ships jtloncsitlr thr Wharvet or expected tv arrive. arm harbour Mail Wharf r,an<? Lighter No. 2, PentoI url.o. On Wharf Submarine! Otway A Oxley. i oaJ Wharf Be* ieße. VESSKLS IN DRY DOCKS. Tanjong Pacar M ah idol Victoria Uock Nil. Krppt-I Harbour Kinx-'s
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  • 166 9 To-4ay. Aing Leong) 2 p.m. Bandon Malini) 2 p.m. China, UftiMS*, Japan, Korea, ForBast Siberia, Philippine Islands, Western Canada and Wesl S.A. tFoolcsang) 2 p.m. i Ina, Hainan. Japan, Korea, ForSiberia, Philippine Islands, Western Canada and We»- Kmil Kirdorf 3 p.i.i. Ba:ika Island. IMadjoe and Palem.3 p.m.
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  • 946 9 Barker, Morgan and Co.'s Review. Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 31. We propose, this week, to give a rough review of the course of the two most important, commodities produced by Malaya during the year now drawing to to a close. Both in rubber and tin con- iderable movements
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  • 43 9 The Straits Times is now on sale daily a: the following new depots Joo Lee and Co., provision store, 322 Keppel Harbour. Tan Seng Kong, near Government Outdoor Dispensary, Upper Serangoon Road. S. Gopal, 282 Thomson Road, 14th mile Seletar.
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  • 39 9 By Khyh.r Paul L«cat Priniwo Julitua Takliwa Tambbra I.*ft Arrd. Spore Ix>ndon Hint. r»«c II Nov. 29 Dec. 2' Nov. 29 Dm. fr Nov. 10 n» r J. Dec. 6 Dec. 2! Dec. T Dtc. a)
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  • 260 9 EXCHANGE Singapore, Jan. 2. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 1/S2 Demand 2/3 7/8 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 7/16 On New York Demand 66H Private 90 d. s 68 On France, Bank T.T. 1436 On India. Bank T.T. ir.:l>On Hong Kong, Bank T.T. 10% p.c. dis.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 467 9 Issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam Kumbanf £1 £1 Bangrin Tin 1 1 Batang Padang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 .75 Uukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 Chenderiang 1 1 Chin Chin £1 £1 Eastern Siam £1 al Haad Yai 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Hong
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    • 234 9 Issue Yal. Pd. Buyers Sellers i 2 2 Alex. Brick. Prcfi. 2.02 tt 2.07 hi 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ords. 2.50 2.60 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobacco 6.2.6 6.5.0 Canadian EagU 11/- 12/- 1 1 Central Engine 0.50 0.60 I 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 0.50 lf<. ins.
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    • 123 9 U. Enp. 6 p.c. 1,225,500 3% 6% prem. Spore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 101 103 xi. j Singapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 6% pram. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c 1 of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par. i
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    • 395 9 Fraser and Co. and l.yall and Evatt'i quotations. To-d»y'« Prleca Fraier Lyall Co. Evan Allenby ($1) 1.62*4 1.57 V4 1.60 1.67 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.26 1.85 1.20 1.30 A. KiUm (II) 2.80 2.60 2.25 2.45 A. Kuning (IW 0.45 0.60 0.42 0.48 Am. MRlny fs2) 2.40 2.60 2.40
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  • 162 9 The report of the directors of Indragiri Rubber, Ltd., for the year ended Sept. 30, 1928, states that the net profit for the year as shown by the profit and loss account of the N.V.E.M. Soenifei Lalnh amounts to $114,828.67 (as against 5225.64fi.47 for the previous year),
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  • 31 9 From China and Japan, by Nagato Maru, due at Singapore to-morrow. I From Europe (London mails despatched on Dec. 13) by Rohna, due at Penang 6 a.m. on Friday.
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  • 55 9 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable, lated Dec. 30, their quotations being in jold dollar cents closing bid prices I Rubber Exchange sales to-day 750 tons. I December 17.80, January 17.80, February 18 cents, March 18.20, Aprl 18.40, May 18.50, June 18.70,
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  • 33 9 A cable received by Lewis and Peat (Singapore), Ltd., from their London .•orrespondents states that rubber stocks j n London show an increase of 1,750 tons! taring the past week.
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  • 82 9 [BBITIBH IMPZBIAi, RADIO] Rugby. Jan. 1. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.07%, Athens 373, Berlin 20.38.,, Bombay Is. 6 l-16d., Brussels 34.89. Bucharest 80b, Buenos Aires 47 18-32, Copenhagen 18.18, Geneva 25.18, Helsingfors 193, Hong Kong 2s. OVtd., Kobe Is. 0 15-16 d., Lisbon 109>i. Madrid 29.76, Milan 92.65, New
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  • 144 9 Macphail and Co., Ltd. i Singapore, Jan. 2. Rubber. Local ts% cents per lb. Quiet. Tin.— London 29 12 £227 7s. 6d. Rubbers. Quiet. Balgownies 1.66^-1.71 'j, Brogas 85-90 cents, Connemaras 1.31'j1.41H, Sungei Tukangs 71%-77'/4 cents, Bedfords 65tt-71Mi cents, Katoyang Bharus 1.25>6-1.31H, Jeram Kuantans 1.05-I. IIH, Ayer
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  • 451 9 The following passengers- for the Straits have booked as under Par Kashgar leaving London on Dec. 13: Mr. H. P. Armstrong. Miss E. Arden, Mrs. E. A. Brighton. Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Constant, Miss J. Cotgrave, Capt. and Mrs. A. V. Cockle, Mr. N. R. Corke,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 105 9 KUEK.—At 39 (New Noi:*o"7}, Moulmuin Rd., on Monday, Dec. 31, 1928, at 2.:)0 j>.m., Mr. Kuek Beng Chicw, aged 46. He leaves a 1 widow, three sons and four daughters.. Funeral on 4th instant to Bukit Brown Cemetery. LLM.—Mrs. Lim Moi Kiah dice Phang Hee Lye) aged 60, died
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    • 82 9 Mr. and Mrs. Georne and William Wilson ami family and Miss Elizabeth Wilson l.ejr lo thank those relatives and friends who kindly attended the funeral of their beloved sister, Miss Catherine Wilson, on the Ist instant, and also those who sent wreaths. Rev. and Mrs. Lim Po Chin and
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    • 149 9 JOHNSTON-SMITH.— On January 2, 1929. at Singapore, to Kathleen, v, iV of C. J. Smith, Senior Govt. Surgeon, a daughter. F RASER ROSS.— At the Presbyterian Church, Singapore, on Dec. 31, IU2B, James M line r Fraser, only son of the late Mr. James M. Fraser and Mrs. Krai er,
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    • 780 9 LATEST ADVERTISEME^B t Other Classified AdrU., see page 1C^ WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. [SHED ROOMS TO I.KT. hoard opticnal. Apply 1. Kim Yam Road. AI.I VACANCIES for dressers in Johore i Department have been filled. A. KD rEACHJ R, male, ex-puiinc-i not essential. 890, Straiti Time*. SHORTHAND-TYPIST, you.i^- Knqlish lady,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 59 9 METEOBOLMKAL REPORT. Kandun^ kcr >au Station. (By Coi r'n> i.f Gorcn.nmit Health Office.) lor the M Muari »dn| at Mid>ight on Jan. 1. Deg. ture 87.2 F. imtan 7tt f, ,..ture 80.9 K. rmi M 158 VMin. icrau ra^irtl— 71 Max. H2. Min. 81 K. ileaa «>■ ball twapantBM 76.1
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  • 1031 10 THE STRAITS TIMES SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2. HOT AIR. A remarkable amount of sabre-rattlinf? and jingoism characterises the Home newspapers received by the last mail. The armaments controversy is used as Uie peg on which to hang thinly-veiled predictions of active preparations for war and the frightfulness of the next
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  • 21 10 Mrs. J. H. V. Clarke, whose husband died in Seremban hospital recently, left for Europe last week, with her two children.
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  • 26 10 Among passengers for Malaya by the Kashgar, due on Jan. 12, is Mr. N. B. Corke, A.M.1.E.E., sales manager of the Wilkinson Process Rubber Co., Ltd.
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  • 27 10 H.H. the Repent of Kedah and the Hon. the British Adviser, Kedah, went to Penang last week to meet H.E. the Governor on his return from England.
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  • 35 10 The engagement is announced between Arthur Bernard Walton, Malayan Forest Service, elder son of Mr. H. J. Walton, 1.C.5., and Mrs. Walton, i.ud Muriel Alison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. b. Clark, of Edinburgh.
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  • 48 10 The Malaya Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was opened In Wesley Church, Singapore, this morning, and will last for several days. It is bring attended by a large number of missionaries and Asiatic pastors from throughout Malaya, and is under the direction of Bishop E. F. Lee.
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  • 59 10 His Highness the Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan wont to Penang to meet his son, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who returned by the mail boat. Tunku Abdul Rahman on his arrival at Seremban was met by the representatives of the communities at the railway station. A tiffin in his
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  • 13 10 Mr. T. S. Adams, First Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, returned from leave on Monday.
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  • 16 10 A message from Paris reports the death of Maurice Bernhardt, the son of the famous tragedienne.
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  • 24 10 Japan's most celebrated playwright and dramatic critic, Kaoru Asaiiai, died at midnight on Dec. 25, from heart failure. He was 48 years of age.
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  • 23 10 An official wireless message states that the Earl of Plymouth has been appointed Parliamentary. Under-Secretary for Dominion Affairs in succession to Lord Lovat.
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  • 47 10 The last Government Gazette notifies that the Armenian Church of St. Gregory, Singapore, has been exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance This church was completed and opened for divine service in 18:;5, 94 years aajo, hence it is one of the oldest ecclesiastical buildings in Singapore.
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  • 49 10 The wedding took place yesterday, at St. George's Church, Penang, of Inspector Albert William Matthews, of the Police Traffic Dept., Penang, and Miss Starra Elizabeth Woodworth, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Woodworth. The Rev. Keppel Gamier officiated and a reception was held at 3, Nur.n Road.
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  • 68 10 In drawing attention to the forthcoming sailing of the P. and O. lir.er Viceroy o: India with 4;'O single-berth cabins tl:'. Malay Mail suggests that a reduction of fare? would be equally welcome and might be obtained if passengers wan prepared to accept an altogether lower standard of comfort, a
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  • 74 10 A Reuter cable states that the engagement is announced of Brie, the youngW yin of Mr. and Mrs. J. Beresford, and Violet Kathleen, younger daughter of Mr. R. P. Phillips, of Penanjc, and Mrs. Phillips. Mr. J- Beresford is a famous .culler and his son is a prominent member )f
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  • 70 10 The wellknown English firm of ramu builders, J. \V. Walker and Sons, Ltd., have just finished and despatched a small two-manual organ to St. Mark's Chi'i-cb Screm,ban. The instrument is of special construction to withstand sc ere climati. onditions and extremes of heat, moisture and vermin pests. All leatherwork i=
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  • 74 10 A Reuter cable states that Sir Josiah Stamp and Lord Revelstoke have been appointed the British representatives on the committee of experts on Reparations. Sir Josiah Stamp is a well-known economist. He was British representative on the committee under the presidency of General Dawes which drew up the present scheme
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  • 90 10 Captain Nicholas E. Archdale, who was appointed to the battleship Malaya when she re-commissioned at the end of la.-,t month, is very high up in the seniority list, so thut no doubt this will be his last iob as a captain. As commander of thn Hazard in the earlier days
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  • 93 10 To welcome the New Year a high mass was performed yesterday morning in the Cathedral of The Good Shepherd by Father Ruaudel, at which were present Sir Hu'rh ar.d Lady Clifford and a large congregation. After the niass the usual prayers for the King and the Pope were ;aid, followed
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  • 116 10 It is always of interest, writes the London correspondent of the Malay Mail, when persons who have retired from Malaya, especially members of the Government service, take up some business occupation at home. The last to do this is Major W. R. Sanguinetti, 0.8. E., M.C., who has come to
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  • 169 10 His Highness the Rajah of Sarawak has permitted the Chinese community in Sarawak to appoint a committee for the purpose of investigating the practicability of restricting public gaming and has approved of the appointment to membership of the following gentlemen Chairman. Mr. W. Wallace Duncan, Controller of Government Monopolies; Members,
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  • 704 10 FOUR TO ONE AGAINST Various people out here seem to be almost confident that Labour will win a weeping victory at the General Elec ion UXI year, but their opinion would not uppear to be tfcarad ia business eireka 1 i ionic where in mail week
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  • 32 10 According to a IU-uter cable, the Air Ministry has announced that Air-Marshal Sir John Salmoml is appointed Air-Chief-Marsha!. Aii-Vice-Marshal Sir John Higgins becomes Air-Marshal and AirCommodore H. C. T. Dowding becomes Air-Vice-Marshal.
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  • 56 10 H.E. the Governor, Sir Hugh Clifford, and Lady Clifford were the guests of honour at the New Year's Day tiffin held in the Singapore Club yesterday. Ladies attend this annual function, and this was the first New Year tiffin in the new club. Mr. A. W, Vick presided, and over
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    • 164 10 r Virginia y CIGARETTES WD&H.O.WiIIs. &KISTOLS. lanoon. ..c,,T,,, n ,T.»' LETTS'S "QUIKREF" DIARIES aaßjaßßßßjajaßßjaaaajaßß IffiHSHH 00 i P a P cr > clear ruling in styles S as under < H#tJfc'K Wf3 JFnB Octavo (8 x M paper cover with W%^w!H LEiHBS? week in opening. Wiutjl^gjTj 85 cents nett. tfflrtoks
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    • 49 10 ALHAMBRA Positively the Last Night To-night In (lie Second Show at 9 p.m. TWO LOVERS Featuring RONALD COLMAN and VII.MA BANKY. First Show al 7. .10 CALIFORNIA Featuring TIM McCOV. TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD, Proprietors. BEER THE BEER Sole Agents GUTHRIE CO., LTD, (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements)
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  • 883 11 BETTER. NEW TREATMENT. CALCIUM ADMINISTERED SUCCESSFULLY. FaoWwhu i'|imi- "I His Majesty an Mawsaj «.'ii-!i »<m- nol as favouraUe ;is rould l>c naawd, lietter news was esnveyed i» reaterday'a bulletins. In tin- mfning it »as reported that the Kiag nitd had ;i rood night. The drains, battrtia stated
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  • 36 11 His Excellency Dr. Bolf, tho former German Aeabaaeade* in Japan, is due to arrive in Binajapara to-day by the Katori Mam nn hie way home t>> Germany. Dr. Solf has been Aaßknaania* in Japan since, ftNfc
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  • 133 11 M. LOUBET'S FORMULA FOR LONGEVITY. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Paris, Jan. 1. i A spacious old house in a narrow street in Moiittjliniai was to-day the anna o' unwonted activity, postmen and telegraph j messengers delivering congratulatory i missives to M. Emile Loubet, whose 90th birthday it was. The event
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  • 140 11 Steamers in Distress in The Channel. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADII) J Rugby, Dec. 31. Snowstorms in the north of England spread south, vard yesterday, and heavy falls were experienced In many districts. While the north-east gale was at its height last night the crew of 11 of the
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  • 175 11 Agent-General's Report For The Year. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1. Mr. Parker Gilbert, the Agent-General for Reparation Payments, in his report for the fourth annuity year, atntaa that Germany again made all the payments required ot her namely 1,750,000,000 gold marks loyally and punctually. The I British share was
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  • 166 11 M. Poincare Withdraws Resignation. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Paris, Dec. 31. The political situation was discussed at a meeting of Ministers and Undersecretaries in Council. M. Poincare said that having thrice avoided asking for votes on account of establishing the franc on a solid basis, he felt he had accomplished
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  • 73 11 Gift From American Friends Of The Prince. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1. American friends of the Prince of vfalsn," whs are otherwise anonymous, have icntiibuted £20.000 to the Miners' Helief Fund m response to the Prince's broadcast Gktiatasaa appeal. The money «a- transferred f>-om the I'nitcd State*
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  • 380 11 SITUATION IMPROVING. ALL WELL AT BRITISH LEGATION. [reuter telegram] London, Jan. 1. It i.- learned that messages are now arriving in London with fai.- regularity from the British Legation in Kabul. They hardly refer to the situation in Afghanistan, but mainly relate the plans for the
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  • 220 11 Early Start for This Year's Fair. [BRITIbH IMPERIAL RADIO 1 Rugby, Jan. 1- J A special advance overseas edition of the catalogue of the London section of the British Industries Fair which will be held this year is now being issued to 10,000 business men in Europe, North
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  • 119 11 Creation of Three New Partners. [relter telegram] New York, Jan. 1. j Great i nicest liar-, been aroused in Wall Street by the announcement that the j three sens of the partners of J. P, Morgan j and Co. have been made partners in their
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  • 67 11 [relter telegram] New York, Jan. 1. A gbastiy sight greeted the eyes of police who were called to investigate a strong escape of gas. When they burst in the door of a small flat, they found seven members of one family dead. One had apparently been overcome
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  • 600 11 THE LATEST RESIGNATION. DANGERS OF DUAL CONTROL. [REIJTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Nriae. Dc,'. 81. The translation of Um dispatch s.-nt bj, Mr. EdwardM, the acting In.spn-lor-G«MnI r,f CsstOOW, to the .Minister of Finance, is as follows The first essential in the efficient working of a service such
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  • 173 11 British Comment on New Regime. [REUTER TELECRAM] London, Dec. 31. The Manchester Guardian, commenting on the developments in Manchuria, docs not think that actually the authority of the Nanking Government there for many years is likely to exceed that of a vaguely recognized suzerain power. Nevertheless Chang Hsue-hliang's formal
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  • 39 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Marseilles, Jar:. I. The firemen have extinguisheJ the fire on the Paul Lecat. All the Internal fittings Were destroyed, ar.d only the hul' was aaved. The cause of the fire is sti!' unknown.
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  • 174 11 NON-CO-OPERATION THREAT AGAIN. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Calcutta, Jan. 1. The Indian National Congress passed a resolution proposed by Mr. Gandhi declaring that if the British Government, by the end of 1929, did not accept in its entirety the Dominion status constitution drafted by the Nehru Committee, Congress will organise
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  • 238 11 Successful New British Type. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Jan. 1. A new type of machine has been added tq the series of British light aeroplanes. It marks an interesting development in the production of British aircraft. The machine has been designed by Mr. Simrnonds, who was formerly on
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  • 114 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1. The shareholders of Cammell. Laird and Co. ratified the provisional agreement for the concentration of the commercial steel interests of Vickers, Vickers, Armstrong and Cammell, Laird and Co., Ltd., in a new company and also the concentration of the railway carriage and
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  • 1267 11 ENGLAND'S STRONG POSITION. 365 FOR SIX. HAMMOND'S SECOND DOUBLE C ENTURY. Thanks to a brilliant double century innings by Hammond. Ihe tileuccsUf record-breaker. England were in a strong position :;t luncli to-cii\. iiei-u only \Vi runs liohind and bhvmg lour wickets still intact. [KEUTER TELECRAM] Melbourne, Dec. 81. There were
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  • 196 12 The President's Hopes For The New Year. [trans-ocean via pan-asm] Berlin, Jan. 1. President von Hindenburg to-day received the diplomatic corps, led by the Nuncio Paeelli, and the Cabinet, headed by the Chancellor, who presented New V ?ar wishes. The I'rcsitier.t referred a; length to !>is amuim at the
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  • 142 12 General Unaware of High Council Meeting. [REL'TER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1. Ponding the meeting of the High Council of the Salvation Army on Jan. fc, Commander Evangeline Booth has been < -iiiicavouring to see her brother, General BranrWell Booth, but so far has not been .1. She received
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  • 67 12 Four Countries to Compete This Year. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1 There will be four competitors in the Schneider Trophy seaplane race this year (Iriiii Britain. Italy, France and the United States. The American entry waj rahlori shortly before midnight, when the list elosM. [a 1:i27 the
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  • 82 12 [REUTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Shanghai, Dec. 31. The 2ml Bn. Suffolk Regiment embarked for India on board the Neuralia to-ilay. They had the heartiest of sendoffs. The band of the 4th Regiment of the I'nitcd States Marines played off the transport, which is also taking a half
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  • 74 12 [REL'TER TELEGRAM] New York, Jan. 1. It is estimated that wealthy Americans last year donated 'the Tecord total of $2,.'{:s<i.tioo,ooo to different educational, scientific-, religious and other causes. The list comprises nearly 500 individual gifts of a million dollars or over. The largest Ix-nefactions were those by the
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  • 72 12 Berlin, Dec. 22. A police Inspector had the painful duty of arresting his own son on a charge of implication in a burglary at Cassel. He handcuffed the boy, but the latter n.anaged to struggle free and attacked his father. The Inspector was obliged to treat the
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  • 69 12 London, Dec. 20. The P. and O. Steam Navigation Co. announces that the steamers Nagoya, Nankin, Nellore, and Novara are to be ("nvertt'd into one-class ships for the conveyance of passengers, at special viw.rn London and Calcutta. They will be placed successively in such m
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  • 31 12 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA rAN-ASIA] Berlin, Dm. 31. A mild form of influenza is raging through Berlin. The hospitaU are full. Officials state the cause to be the unfavourable weather.
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  • 814 12 Fine Weather for Harbour Events. For the first time. for years King Sol deigned to smile on the New Year sea sports held yesterday morning in Singapore harbour. The weather was brilliant and sunny, and although a lluky wind marred the sailing conditions so much so that
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  • 261 12 A telegram has been received in Singapore announcing the death on Sunday at Port Said, where he had to be landed from the General Metzinger, on the voyage from Singapore to Marseilles, of the Rev. Father Louis Marie Duvelle, at the age of 55 years.
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  • SPORTING NEWS AND COMMENTS.
    • 383 12 State Team's Good Display Against Cup Finalists. After their display against Singapore the United Services Rugby fifteen was expected to overwhelm Johore, but they only scored 11 points against the State side at Johore Bahru on Monday. This was the Services' last game in the southern section
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    • 38 12 Ireland Beat France In Paris. [REUTER TELEGRAM] Paris, Dec. 31. In a Rugby match heTe, Ireland beat France by six points to nil. The weather was fine but the ground was heavy. There were 5Q,0U1) spectators.
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    • 156 12 Programme of Meetings For The Year. The following are the dates of professional and amateur race meetings -n Malaya during 1929. The dates are subject to alteration Professional Meetings. Penang Jan. 12, 15, 17, 19, 22 and 25 (extra day). July 27 and 30, Aug. 1, 3 and
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    • 108 12 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against Fort Canning at hockey to-morrow on the former's ground C. Lall R. Lvne and L. W. Byrde B. F. Santos, R. H. Yorke and W. E. Atkinson; A. Minns, E. V. Smith, H. G. Stack, B. Singh and A. N. Katyal The
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    • 28 12 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Jan. 1. The Pan-American Congress has announced that Bolivia and Paraguay have agreed to accept the protocol for settlement of the dispute.
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    • 26 12 London, Dec. 22. An Englishwoman, aged 24, was fined £398 at Dover for attempting to smuggle a icon of silk garment* from Calais.
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    • 158 12 DERBY COUNTY'S BIG REVERSE. The following are the results of garnet played to-day in the English and Scottish Leagues :-H I it-i Division. Bolton \V. 1 Cardiff City 0 Bury 2 Leeds Ltd. 2 Everton 4 Derby County 0 Manchester flu. J Aston Villa J Newcastle Utd. 0
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    • 121 12 South African's Success in Scottish Contest. [REUTER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 1. In a professional running match over 50 miles, from Glasgow to Edinburgh, the lafit four and a half mllea bcm«r finished on the Powder Hall ground track, Arthur Newton, of South A f rial, the holder
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    • 112 12 Singapore G.C: Competitions. The Singapore Golf Club January monthly medal competition (Bogey) w;.l be played on Saturday and Sunday next. This and future monthly medal competitions will be played in two divisions A and B. Division A will comprise players with handicaps of not more than 10, while those
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  • 186 12 A Dangerous Speed at Which To Drive. An accident on theTeluk Blanga Road, near Alexandra Road junction, at about 1] p.m. on Dec. 23, in which Mr. F. G. Witt of 76, Pasir Panjang, received a nasty flesh wound on the head, was described in the Third
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  • 213 12 The Pilgrimage to Bethlehem. Jerusalem, Dec. 24. The religious celebrations of Christmas at Jerusalem have changed distressingly in recent yean. The Christmas pilgrimage from Jerusalem to Bethlehem in the past VMi impressive and picturesque, although laborious, as the road was long and rough and the pilgrims went
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  • 497 12 Some Interesting Racing. Sunday morning found seven of the lively B Class reefed down, crossing the lirte at 10 a.m., with Merlin as usual to windward, and away at the crock of the gun, with Prima Donna under-crewed next, just to leeward. The Betsy, Jazz-Fiend and Columbine all made
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  • 307 12 Mr. J. M. Fraser and Miss Alice Ross. The Singapore Presbyterian Church was the scene of a pretty wedding on Monday, Dec. 31, when Mr. James Milner FTaser, of the Singapore Improvement Trust, only son of the late Mr. James M. Fraser and Mrs. Fraser, of Aberdeen, was
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  • 87 12 A class in Physical Culture and Folk Dancing will bearin at the Y.W.C.A., 8 Fort Canning Road, on Friday. This class is open to those who have already had some instruction along these lines, but the secretary would !>• glad to know of beginners also
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  • 77 12 Mr. C. S. Norrie, chief officer of the Tung Song, who shot himself with a revolver in Penang harbour last Thursday, which was to have been his wedding day, has taken a turn for the better after lying in a critical condition fur four
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  • 394 12 Visitor's Behaviour In Auction Room. It was a police officer's intent inn thai hastened the arrest on Sunday of a Chinese against whom it is alleged that he has been obtaining money in Singapore and other parts of Malaya and Siam by forged credentials, introducing him as
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  • 246 12 Insp. Judge's Accuser Discharged. Ong Guan Suah, the Chinese who was charged by Inspector Judge with making a false statement against him and against P.C. 112, by alleging that they exioctwl $30 from him as a consideration for allowing an unlicensed wayung to proL-eed, mi discharged
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  • 174 12 The Wreck of the Hesperus. Cecil 1?. de Mille's production, with many thrilling scenes, will be shown at the Surma from to-night. There will be matinees of other pictures on Saturday and Sunday. Six hundred dinners wore serviMi .it thi Adelphi Hotel on New Yeut's Eve und there
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  • 58 12 Berlin, Dec. 20. A "nest" of 2S full-grown dinosaurs and three 2»-inch fMOsjptcrt lyin^ around their mother was discoverM at South Santai by a Chinese accompanying the exploration expeditioi headed by Professor Sven Hedin, through Eastern China and Turkestan. This Is the first time dinosaurs of
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  • 32 12 Tokyo, Dec. 26. The total amount of the bank deposits throughout the country is Yen 12,013,000,000, the highest yet reached, showing an increase of Yen 161,000 over tht 1927 figures.
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  • 1595 13  -  A. W. Still.) (By NEW TREASURY BONDS ISSUE. [Copyright] London, Dec. 5. A total sum of £172.793,245 of National War Bonds and Treasury Bonds fall* due for payment on the Ist of Fcbniary, and a conversion scheme has just been announced to deal with these liabilities, which
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  • 60 13 During July. August, and September, according to a statement issued by Scotland Yard, 309 people were killed in the streets of London 282 by motor-vehicles and 27 by horsedrawn conveyances and pedal cycles. Of these no fewer than 80 wore killed through carelessly crossing the road, 15 being children under
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  • 412 13 "DUD" DIRECTORS. COMPENSATION FOR LOSS OF OFFICE. Since Mr. Baldwin made his note- worthy speech at Glasgow upon the importance of the industrial revolution, in the course of which he uttered a plain and necessary warning about parasitical directors some of whom, he said, claimed a kind of
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 134 13 It Pays to Buy the Best OPINIONS differ as opinions will, but behind all differences of opinion there is a feeling in the mind of the public that however good the others may be, it always pays in the end to buy the best. "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" GRAMOPHONE Prices from
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    • 235 13 Raffles Hotel i Rooms with Modern Sanitation. EXCELLENT GRILL. TEA DANCES EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY 6.15 8.15 p.m. DINER DANSANT EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY SAKE McGUIRE'S RAFFLES ORCHESTRA. Orchestral Concert Sunday, 9.15 p.m. TANIA SVETLANOVA, MURA SMIRNOVA and ALEX. SALNIKOFF THE I'OrL'LAR DANCERS From Shanghai will appear during
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  • 712 14 EUROPEANS AND CHINESE. CHANGED RELATIONSHIP In comparing pasi days and present, no^iing is more conspicuous, says th.' N'otth-China Daily News, than the change whjch has come over the relationship! af |Thiaaa« .-.nd fordgMfa. But a few vedfrs a^", the two cummunities pursued > \lio|ly tcparate existences, touching each
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  • 145 14 Memorandum to The (imernment. Budapest, Dec. 3. TIV-'miiiihor of suicides in Bulgaria has recently swelled to epidemic proportions. It is reported from Sofia that the Holy I Synod .he* addiessed a memorandum to] the ((AWrainent, urging that strong; measures In- taken, and suggesting that the foltun.n* points
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  • 98 14 in conflict has arisen between' the Swedi h Crown and the City efl ■Stm\hf>hiK inasmuch :■> the State wants ;«•> large parl.s. Ihe ik-itr.-'? Garden" and ;he "Hop; (uiiler, in the very heart of Stockholm. Ther«- I ■aalataMa tension between the two parties, but now an ant oimrian has .inearthed
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  • 486 14 THE NATIONALIST ATTITUDE. Swatow, Dec. 10. The provincial authorities are paying great attention encouraging overseas Chinese to return hume. Most of the Chinese in Indo-China, Siam, the Straits Settlements and the Dutch East Indies are natives of Kuangtung and Fukien and they have always remitted large sums regularly
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  • 343 14 I The latest ttep in the westernisation 'of China propoaid 'y that very select body, the Central IVu'Uiuartei-s* of the j Kuomintanjr Tarty, is, says the Hong Konp Telegraph, the adoption of the Gregorian or tolar calendar, a sueKestion which can be clauifled :iun>nj; the wise movements begun
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  • 70 14 The siirnatuic <><" the QaaM was anmnjr thn i- attached to thi npriawa of San Due. Ihi- lii'l in <!. piiii'l Iccper at the London '/.:><< v. im »:u onilc'iini'd to death for mu-di'iinir a Mkm keeper. Her Majesty, in signing, was ar'injr in bar capacity a« a member I
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  • 64 14 i -ironcr ■f four years elcri nil. I last, aicri i i h<- Kross pi M.nalty la death his body should lio unUnrhrd until d.iomposil ion was rh>;,rly ahil i.nnifcslly cvi.l'Ti: hi '>■><!> ,'■■!> i., oneaed by a ri'L" '''icd medical practitioner and hi luart eompic The body was then
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    • 51 14 SINGAPORE OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT RAGES Held at Pasir Panjang on Sunday, December 30 The following successes were recorded on SUFI I tILLL AND VI im i FOUR FIRSTS FIVE SECONDS THREE THIRDS Out of Five events, and Fastest time of the Day The Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S.S.), Ltd. (Incorporated in
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    • 666 14 GREEN MANURE SEED HIE SUMBER DJATTI (RUBBBP) ESTATE. JAVA. Will have available for sale ia SepU/Dee^ I?J8, con*iderablo quantities of anootabla seed from the following Green Manor* types: (Pet picul price r.l.f. Singapore). CalopoKonium Mncnnoidea 15.M ('entrnrema Pabescena I 81.00 rutnlaria StriaU I 15.W Imli-ofern Endecaphylla 1200.00 NiajaM liiTisa I
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  • 429 15 THE LIFE OF HUMOUR. FROM HOMER TO GILBERT. After Mark Twain had published the immortal story of the Jumping Frog, some ingenious fellow produced a version nf it in good classical Greek and asked if Mr. Twain would own that he had borrowed from the ancients. He
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  • 277 15 Best Able to Compete with Men For Swimming. If an athlete, man or woman, attempts any hard sport or competition untrained, he or she runs a very grave risk of permanently damaging the heart muscle or some other essential part." This statement was made in mail week
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  • 167 15 A boy at a New York School who.-c pupils wore asked to give their opinion <m the films of the day is stated to have written There is too much love in them. Love is always the same thine, and any intelligent person soon gets tin>d of
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  • 107 15 NO TEETOTAL GENIUSES We have just been celebrating Schubrrt's centenary, says a correspondent to a Home paper. Kranz Schubert wrote all his immortal works with a class of beer at his elbow and if your correspondent, Mr. Wakeling. and his fellow moral legislators, had had their way, the world would
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  • 604 15 A WOMAN'S PARADISE. FOURTEEN POINTS FOR A DIVORCE. I The flapper may reign, but she does not rule in Czechoslovakia, one of the new European States, which is described as the land of woman's dream come true." The whole political, professional, and business world lies before her and from
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  • 200 15 Opinions on Ballot Papers. Sydney, Dec. 10. The larsre number of invalid votes at the Federal election, following the experience of the last election, has caused a considerable amount of comment. The total number of invalid votes for the. Senate was 274,000, which will probably increase with the
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  • 136 15 Value of Accurate News. Lord Riddell, speaking at a Hammersmith Rotary Club luncheon in mail week, said the Press was generally termed inaccurate, but really was one of the most accurate of human institutions. He felt very strongly that the only real means of securing peace in
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 296 15 TIE "IDEAL"I)iIM Measure two fingers of "IDEAL" "IDEAL" Milk is like a gilt -edge J Milk into a large glass. Add twice security you pay a good price that quantity of sparkling soda for a sure return. There ■no risk, and a dash of ice and you have e ar
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    • 244 15 "Man and Lion* Cement Best Portland Rapid Hardening Supplied against th« Singapore Municipal contract fop several years. Used by leading European contractors throughout Malaya. Prices Low. Copies of Ofllfflnl tests »ent on rcquott Sole Agents:ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO.. LTD Singapore, Penang, Malacca, Kuala Lumpur, and Ipoh. COMMERCIAL AGENCY CO. NOTICE is
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  • 812 16 AN INTERLSTING KEVIEW. SPECULATIVE Ol T TBURvST IN SHARES. In the course of an address delivered on Nov. 27 on tho topical subject of FinantK and IXixury," Sir Edwin Stockton kolh ccti< -t'<l the forebodings *f those who have felt il.i 1 their duty to frown upon
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  • 65 16 a nias- on lie,-. 17. 1 ;he iut by ?tu<li'i'.| pi mi j- srhftltsr th<~. rnmmrtted out patriotic! > a barbarous naturt-. nal law an! tUf tpuntry. to «pr ■ationa S :i,| unilatera'i 1 h »ir->i ..f hI! Stain t»i«i natinn.-! and to^uild i a nation. An> hasty patriotic moremeat,
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  • 684 16 IS IT OVERDONE? MODERATION IN ALL THINGS. In the dense crowds that attend cricket, football, baseball, and tennis matches, and in the hero-worship of athletes, some writers see a tendency to neglect the seaious matters of the world. But to sustain the proposition that overmuch attention is
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  • 406 16 Williiiiii Jacks and Co. report London, Dee. {i. The King's illness anil the approach or CariatßMS have had some effect upon thr Stuck Exchange, and this has been reflected t» a certain extent in our markets. American advices reicardintr trade in the New Year arc excellent. :mi
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    • 293 16 I 'C-<^3 w- aaaaUT^BS For Efficienc^ The CF Allsteel Desk is hot only handsome in appearance, strong and durable, but edcient clso. It is ideally adapted for the simplified and sya-tomal-ie filing of personal records and data. Maay new and improved features make tbia desk worthy of the highest praise.
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    • 219 16 There is no pre* paration which is J*7 as powerful to restore vitality as j ,»r\ Sanatogen," 1^ iJjS*W writes Dr. R. Va^aPßr *S* Bcheim in the iMit^i 111' "Ceylon Inde. tflA&ik ,J' pendent." \vS--Jw Reserve Strength with Sanatogen YOU may be fairly healthy but do you have vitality to
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  • 407 17 LAWYERS IN PARLIAMENT. PRIVILEGED PROFESSION. One effect of he discussion which has recently been proceeding, on the nature and conditions of the I^ord Chancellor's retiring allowance, lias been to prompt again interrogation as to why lawyers >.honld ixaet for public service rewards so much greater
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  • 581 17 Planting a Few Years Hence. The Minimum Wage is upon v M Christmaa, io ii my V.A., writes -Kirn" in the Time* Ceylon. Pondering over this one night, it seemed to me that the following might well b«- an extract from a V.A.'s report of a decade
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  • 394 17 FICTITIOUS CIRCULATIONS. THE COUPON DECISION. What the High Court says to-day the newspapers do the same afternoon, declares the Manchester Guardian. The High Court on Wednesday gave judgment that football coupon competitions are an offence against the Ready-money Football Betting Act of 1920, and immediately afterwards the London
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  • 236 17 Exhibition of Various Manufactures. The Rubber Fair, organised by Mr. 11. Grtville Montgomery, and strongly supported by the Rubber Growers' Association, was, on Dec. 4, opened by Princess Loom Duchess of Argyll, at the Royal Horticultural Hail, Westminster. The i.oid Mayor, accompanied by the Lady Mayoress and the
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  • 313 17 Mr. J. S. M. Rennie, in a letter to thf Home Tress, states The Government have refused to consider a reduction in postage rates because same would involve a loss in Government revenue of £5,000,000. He proceeds I wonder if these same authorities responsible for the kov- vernment
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    • 1710 17 Assets over $8,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force Oter- $30,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) v HEAD OFFICE Winchester Hou.e, Singapor. LONDON OFFICE 27, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 307 17 INSURANCE THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. 2nd floor, Hone konic Bank Chrs., Sink-aporr. All plans of I.ifa Kndownment and Annuity policies issued »t beat terms obtainable in Malayu. Assets Excet-d £1. ',,000,000. COMMERCIAL UNION, ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in I'.nglund) Fire, Life, Marim-, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £51,000,000 ARTHUR
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  • 545 18 Popular Variation. I have met ntany women liridgre players raeanjUjr to whom I hare i\iinnmended c-ontrui-t bridge as a mental tonic, and a them hail novel heard of it whil< others nu-ri'ly vafruoly know then- v;.- gch :i \aiiat'on (says I'i'i.M in the Daily
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  • 169 18 Sir Leslie Scott and Indian Princes. The Indian, Statei Committee since ()<t. ir> hai I. 16 tlmea. Sir Leslie S;-ott. or tin' Intlia" princes, has heea the chief Ksure in the tecjnlry. To him vas jriscn the task of outlining the Krievancaa and their Mggeetad Page by
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  • 185 18 At the saatetimea* T'i:-kcy il abandoning tin- Persian eharactan and alphabet, than la ;t biovi aii nt in (Jormany in i'avcur of the K>><- an a oppoaad to the old <;.'»h.i rharacters. The Berliner lagcl>lati baa wasted Romethinc of sensation by ii^ rcrvii! ■pp—ranril l» i-om-Roman letter type,
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  • 48 18 n i-..i iii! idwiOctober, wi thai II I i'. 1 Him were m> n.rdcd la the 12 iii'ir!-.'- and wi largely "village >tr:!V. \i njreanco, an.! -in." Ki'ilil fi'. Hag. avenurin* 2''o dwellings each. One v-Ila-re was fired 21 times, another 20 times, and a third 18 times.
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  • 51 18 The larcr-: post office district In K'irc.ne i* situated in Gellhrare, in S>vedish Tjiplnnd. rxtancßnjl vnt an M or cms third •>£ and Wale tauater. has been telling fnc Pi onetimes many days. :i'e rr red t" inspect the twentvthree rawll oflecf of the district, which is inhabited by only
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    • 136 18 nS' ry i7^^t* T> Prsi' iT^llirai7"^nnnnnnsslTrianl E In Hr I I s I 8' 1 9 f| aW 1 nW ST B LnnnnT^ 41 avKdnHnV i *f /^snn*^^ m flBnW *< >' Jvßßw t N !1I B H L n I sW ft"' 1929 MODELS Can be seen at our
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    • 27 18 Phone 3956. STRAITS HIRING COMPANY (279, ORCHARD ROAD, next Pavilion). FIAT CARS ON HIRE DAY and NIGHT. Rates Greatly Reduced. Monthly Contracts also executed al moderate charges.
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    • 33 18 WING YICK (.OI.DSMITH "THE CHINA JADE" No. 492, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. Ol R SPECIALITY. Loose or mounted Necklaces, Wholesale and Retail Prices from $20 to $2,000. Outstation Customers Cash with order. Phone 2997.
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    • 30 18 Paying Guest Establishments! THE MANSION. Oxlcy Rise and AMI WINDERMERE, 2, St. THOMAS'S WALK. All Cold Storage food served, smart service. Reasonable terms. Tel. 681. Piopriotress Mrs. li. M. sW
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    • 701 18 NOTICE IN THB LSTATE OF WEE CHIOK THAU OTHnWISI KNOWN AS WEE GEK BOON NOTICI hi liereby given that all persons hayfasg any chums or demands against the Batata of Wee C'hiok Thau otherwise known al Wee Gek Boon, lute of No. ,"iii lti, .\>il Hoad, Singapore, nnMaaad, who died
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    • 191 19 hen a Man says, "My NAS HMH M WHEN a man says "My Nash he is speaking of more than a vehicle. Many car owners speak of their cars, but a Nash owner usually says "My Nash." There is a world of meaning in that simple phrase it indicates confidence,
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    • 199 19 PLYMOUTH A Car for r^% nT mlr |sp^v A Car for every L^G k^ i HHj wj every purse fcS^UftAi^^Aajl purse purpose, purpose. JUNIOR 4 SEATER. JUNIOR SENIOR SIX 4 seater $1,425 Tourer $2,135 Tourer $2,850 2 seater $1,425 Sun Saloon $2,425 Sun Saloon $3,350 Sun Saloon $1,695 Saloon $2,525
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    • 245 20 By Special Appointment to H.M. The King of Siam. E-.td. 1>72. AN APPRECIABLE GIFT A GENUINE PEARL NECKLACE finely matched and well graduated or A SEED PEARL NECKLACE Available in various lengths at B. P. OE SUVA, LTD. Hoy al Jewellers. 62/3, nM STREET, HNGAPOUC. "ranch No. 1. BISHOI' STREET,
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    • 257 20 ANTI-MALARIAL OR SUB-SOIL PIPES 4, 6 and 8 in. sizes. Stock available for immediate delivery. THE ELKAYES POTTERIES 40, HIGH STREET. THE ART OF TALKING OR SELF-EXPRESSION IN SPEECH CONVERSATION By W. CHARLES LOOSMORE, M.A. A few of the Chapter Headings What to Say, How to Say it. Anecdote and
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    • 977 20 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. PREPAYABLE CHARGES for WANTS, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordinary close »et type leverage six words to line) are Per line: One insertion 28 cents, two ins. 40 cents, three ins. 64 cents, four ins. 82 cents, five ins. $1.00. six ins. $1.13. ton ins. $1 40
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