The Straits Times, 9 January 1929

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    13 1 The Straits Times So. 28,984. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1929 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      537 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) M Ml. AM) PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. ITMNSIHR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDKR rOMTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Tiinnnp* due Spore 1929 E I TIGAR S*-" 0
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      578 2 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YISEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp and 'Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Due Sail t ATSIiTA MARU 8,000 Jan. 17 18 tKASHIMA .VARU liumo Jan. 31 Feb. 1 HAKONE MARU 10,60(1 Fe,b. 14 15 SUWA MARU 11,100 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 FUSHIMI MARU U.OCO Mir. 14 IB
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      502 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailing! by the wellknown steamer MARKI.LA (7.575 tons) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,012 tons. The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins
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      659 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. GO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated jn Holland) Cnrter contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3G4D, with sub-connections to I':is?:ige, Kreirht, Transhipment Marine Depls. and Manager's Desk. Representatives lor SinKjpcre and Straits Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of. Java. All information, d-tailed itineraries
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      531 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN— GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.— MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH
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      398 2 THE SlAtt STEAS NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Siatn) BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Krt-tay, Trenß^anu. KalMtM, Hiiiißnara, Telunin, Patani, Sinßoru, LacOß, Sichon, Bandon, Kohsamui, Lanpsuan, i'huinpun and Bangkok Arrival Departure SUDDHADIB Jan. 14 Jan. 18 MALINI Jan. 21 Jan. 23 VALAYA Jan. H The steamers arc fitted throughout with electric
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      525 3 Shipping Announcements ELLER^A^ I 3UCKNALL STEAMSLHIP CO., LTD. (Ineorroratcd in Kngland) ELLBSM N LINE PASSENGER AND FRKIC.HT SERVICE TO TDK UNJTrn KINGDOM AND I [SENT r:;i. icnr seicvice Ol 'T WARDS To II- 1 aagluU at -1 Japan Due Spore rmr of pekix la*, v vs. CITY OF KHASTOt'N Keb.
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      438 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE fWAMERJCAN MAIL LINE ROUXD-TIIE-WORLD SERVICE NEW YORK »nd BOSTON via COLOMBO, I'ORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA .i MAK.Sr.ILLES Arrive Leave Leave S'poru S'poie Petiang 1 n ;«1.-:i' Wil-i.ii "..t .'hi. HI Jan. IS !'rt'«i«ient Van Bcrm n il Jin. M Jan. 20 Ir.-Mrf.-nl Haye. ia. I Feb.
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      483 3 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvaart Maatschappij Ncderland nnd R«iiLrd::.ai Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and I'ASSENGEF SERVICE TO Genoa Amtterdan 11 Southampton ■MmMoS KuttrrdiD Tonnape Leave >..r J. P. Coen II.IM S.M.N. Jan. 1 Sibajak I,'i.Ol'O Bin Jan. li J'rir.s dor Nod. ;i.-"JU S.M.N. Jan. 2Tjortmal 8,000 lI. L. Feb. < hr. Haygvai I.'.TUU
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      448 3 THE BANK LINE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE (Owner* Mum. ANDHMV WEIR A CO For BOSTON and NEW YORK VIA NTH Due .Sail LEVEKNBANK Jan. J2 Jan. 2 BOUSTEAI) CO, LTD., Agents THE BANK LIKE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINK. M.V. KOLA, AURIVEU 1)E( KMIIFK 31, IMB. Consignees eu :•_•<> pa* the above
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      129 3 MODERN SANITARY APPLIANCES FITTING BY DOULT H i QMay we quc your 1 requirements P PENtraFI ■"■"^""^■^■■•■■«aaMa«»aMaMa«»»Haß«ir?«K^T»; 11 1 »fruwrti<»-ii« SINGAPORE Il'OH K. LUMPUR. Tel. 3119. I NEW YEAH RESOLUTION Send "KODAK" pictures home with your mail every week. Kodak Limited (Incorporated i.i L'ng'.and) SINGAPOUE. For Efficiency^ The GF Allsteci
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    THE CODE OF THE SEA.
    1343 4 THE CODE OF THE SEA. THE CASE OF THE VfiSTRIS. "NOT COMPREHENDED BY SHORE PEOPLE." The public- of the United States, which is the raw material of the greatest overseas passenger traffic of modern times, has been suddenly confronted with a sea tragedy of the first magnitude. Other disasters have
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    COMMERCE IN WARTIME.
    427 4 THE FREEDOM OF THE I SEAS. By Prcedcm of the Seas v.-o understand the abolition of commercial blockade, except in so far as it is sanctioned by an international mandate, says I writer in the Saturday K'viov. Observe before we examiiu the effects jf tliis freedom on
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    353 4 The undernotud non-fiction works witt be ndy for issue on Saturday at U a.m. Ashton-Wolfe. H.— The Thrill of Evil, 192K, llus. (Crimes of the French Surct*:. \ndrews, C. K. Kditor. Rabindranath lugore Letters to a Friend, 1928. Baker. C. Stuart.— Mißhi the Man-Eater and i-.hrr rile.-, of
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      353 4 q| Weakness and li Depression banished by j_ As soon as you start taking Hall's Wine you be^in to feel stronger. Soon your depression lifts, your nerviness disappears, your appetite returns and your whole system glows with a new and splendid vitality. Start :i short course of Hall's Wine to-day.
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      202 4 t T TNTOUCHED by hand in the process of packing the Brooke Bond container i^ the one safe package for this country. Scrupulous care is taken to send out only fresh tea. Be equally careful to get it yourself cut open\ IQruMr J Tjssja=Siiir supplies .no K^CELm daily and scaled
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    THE FOREIGNER IN CHINA.
    995 5 Problem of Extra-Territorial Rights. "The Development of Kxtra-Tcrri-lorialily in China." By t>. W. Kei-ton. l^nnrman-. 12s. Mr. Keeton's scholarly, complete, am! .judicially impartial exposition of the nature ami implications of exti.i-tevii tonality in China comes opportunely at a time when the wide-spread propaganda of the Cantonese
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    CHINA'S REVOLUTION.
    375 5 An Experiment In Bobhtf in. TV < -1!1.*7. H. !)•> :>!e. ILV-. Since 1917 the i p nttdwl in a I re ently .il was nothing leu than t v ic government >if unethe huniiin it. Mr. Chi ft M.i himt. :i eithei in o ha 1 1
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    HEALTH BULLETIN.
    38 5 imaTlßO* easei and 1 death. r. eholl ~:i deaths 1 niallpox I Singapore No caw at i>heue, cholera or death. i Silicon :i cholera eaaat and MM <!c:itn ■Di ilipox itei. durinc tho pn L 1
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      247 5 WHITEAWAY^S ST v A A N L g v Tropical Sun Helmet rOURS U M Pullover p^ "^T WMTEAWAYS STANDARD VALU£ M[ wo() ,>! OVERS nmnAL iwra Standard Value" SG.so "each. Standard Value 15.75 each. M THE. CO L LE C E /feTOP BUM.Nt^^i I MEN S I V Hifrrfe
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      581 5 "Edina" Colonial Piston Pump 1928 MODEL EXSTOCK EXSTOCK COOLIE I The Most PRHOP Popular "KWtt Hand Pump 600 gallons on *c per hour Market 100 feet r-sj he3d rJttr P"ce with in and further 40 strokes particulars per minute. ojjj a PP!y ■f^-f^l3»ll* JSr af^eO^ I (K« 11. STKKKT. SINCAPORE.
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    THE KINGSHIP OF GEORGE V.
    1693 6 RETROSPECT AND APPRECIATION. AN IDEAL CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH. It is a melancholy fact about human nature that it never realises how precious noss. sion is until it is in danger of losing it, and the truth must have come home to many during the King's illness.
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    SOVIET AND THE " KULAKS."
    130 6 SOVIET AND THE KULAKS." Moscow, Dec. 8. Last year over 82,000 fires occurred n Russian villages, of which 24,000 were deliberate, according to figures jubmitted to a conference *>n this subject held at the Commissariat of the Interior. This widespread arson is attributed to hooliganism, personal revenge, and the lesire
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    ROYAL EMPIRE SOCIETY.
    163 6 The Royal Empire Society, late the Royal Colonial Institute, has issued a >ouvenir of the Diamond Jubilee celebrated this year. It takes the form of a tastefully got Up and well illustrated brochure, which reviews not only the history of the Institute but the development of the
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    19 6 The return of imports and exports for the Straits Settlements for 1927 has been issued by the Statistical Office.
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    33 6 A farewell tea party was given by the P. W. D. staff of Batu Pahat on Jan. C> to Mr. W. Laurie on the occasion of his forthcoming departure for Europe on leave.
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    62 6 Mr. William Heufthan and his associate artistes will give a concert in the Rengarn Club, Johore, on Thursday next, on their return to Singapore from Bangkok. The new club of Rengam district is fortunate to be able to bring thu well known singer to Central Johore, and it is hoped
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      357 6 TGASTON (STRONG) yskj- W for Obstinate ttrFmJ^Jili* Cases of Constipation j -'-"'rJ(fejyi3JjiC%\ Yeaston Tohlrls hovr nn rjlroordlnarv 4ffr 3[^^^^^^sStl ulimulnlirm nnd ntrrnplicninß action in 1 \?t'i(^ r A "k i«dTo take'vt ASTON" TTABLETS I? A y:';.^" 1 npT' V strong Uf fCf *rf /j M Yrn«!on (Strong) ore (fe.h brewer*'
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      225 6 AWARDED TO j IM THE OPBM COMPETITIOM SCOTCH WHISKIES vll^Mff v\ ItTH, OTW BREWERS EXHIBITION 1 LOKDOH.HOVEMBERJ7IB. M fll\ PROPRIETOHI I) HEPBURN i ROM, cuicow U "7»y it/atu/kulaz&t yow**etj£ For better SNAPS you need ROLL FILM FILMS VV PACKS VIVID photos, live in action, perfect in detail, rich in depth,
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    THE REAL IRELAND
    1068 7 TIM HEALVS HISTORY. SOME "ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS." It i- astonishing, writes "A Truthful Toi y in Truth, that a man of real wit, who has risen from a railway typist at Newcastle to *hu semi-regal position of Gavaraot of the Free Slate, has not made his Letters and
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    NOTES FROM SIAM.
    965 7 RUSSIANS (.RANTED A DIVORCE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Jan. 3. Sinci- the passing of extraterritoriality in Siani a good many foreign residents here have bsaa curious to know what the Siamese Courts would do if a suit for divorce was brought before them. This has been
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    25 7 A fire occurred in a rubber store in Perak Road. Penanjf. early on Saturday ■ttfalaff. The rublxM, which belonged to Chinese, was completely burnt mi;
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    22 7 The I.ourdes Recreation Party, Sin>;apori 1 ami the Far Kastern Veterinary Medkal Ax.» iatiun are exempted from registration under the Societies' Ordinanre.
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    27 7 Emhe Mohamed Xnah bin Omar, Third Majfistratf at Muar. who was recently admitU-d to thf General Hospital here, has umlcrKom- a sacetsufal »|irri»tinn «nd is rmw ronvalescent.
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      445 7 Cuticura Heals Itching Burning Eczema On Baby My baby's trouble began with an itching on bis face. Eczema broke out in very small pimples, of a dry nature. The pimples were inflamed and used to bleed when he rubbed them, and with rubbing them the trouble spread all over his
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      233 7 Jk I. v Measure two fingers of "IDEAL 'IDEAL" Milk is like a gilt -edfeej Milk into a large glass. Add tvViti> security you pnv A good price that quantity of sparkling soda for a sure return. T here's no risk, and a dash of ice and you hivo »o
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      282 8 PAVILION tr--fir From Tuesday, January Kto Monday, January 14, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE /5r I JEAN HERSHOLT and ALICE JOYCE in 13 WASHINGTON SQUARE In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. .f^x" V AL WILSON in SKY HIGH SAUNDERS Booking only for upxtair seats at PATHE
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      588 8 U.F.A. Productions. B.LP. Productions, THE GIPSY PRINCESS THE FARMER'S WIFE with LIANF. HAID. with JAMESON THOMAS. PANIC MOULIN ROUGE A Super Thriller with HARRY TELL. A K A P*»— Production. CRAZY MAZIE TOMMY ATKINS with LILIAN HARVEY. An GESTE. MAN AGAINST MAN NOT QUITE A LADY JMAI> AUrtl^ai I*l Ai>
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      465 8 HOME JAMES! I i;i llni-il Laura La Plante's 1929 Super Comedy 8 Reels. PAVILION TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 IT'S A UNIVERSAL SCREAM. Three Rattling Good Pictures In the Proßrainmo for Three Ninhts From MONDAY. JANUARY 7. at the APOLLO CINEMA GEYLANG In the Second Show al 9 p.m. A Thrillinc Melodrama
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      889 8 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE ASSESSMENT LIST int. B< Ketifle U In iln- Gaaatta dated December II, Itt8, th.- I. n ,.f the Municipality of Singapore wore extended to include the wbolf of the M ikim of Siglsp anH of tin- Muklma of Pajra Lebar, riu B«dok and Bedok, the boundaries of
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    177 9 FIXTURES. Wi <ln'-sdn> January J 9.1, 10.46 p.m., 8.2. C.C. T, RE. and R.A. Billiards Exhibition, S.C.C., DJB. Musical Comedy Co., Vie. Theatre, l-.tn. I Taareday, 'inuary 10 16 ml, U. 3, 11.20 p.m., 8.3. M. M. i. i < henonceaux) closes sard mail I Mantua) closes'
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    SINGAPOURE HARBOUR BOARD.
    232 9 Wr.in.-day, Jan. 9. ShirH BkagaMt the Wl-arvee or expected to arrive. KEPPEL 11 XKBOL'R Main Wharf Crane Lighter No. 2, The Cable, Scott Harley, Lch. Iphigeaeia, Lch. Crow. 0.1 Wh-arf Nil Coal Wharf lea iMle. VESSELS IN DRY DOCKS. I'arar Nil aa Hcutz. Hrpnel Harbonr linna. Amalthus
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    157 9 To-day. 2 p.m. .iul liandon i Yalaya) 2 p.m. China, liainain, Japan, Korea, For- Siberia, Philippine Weatera Canada and Wes- in Stati ol I'.S.A. (Shirala) 2 p.m. I ladjoe and Palembang 3 p.m. 3 p.m. Mi* Keynierszl 4 p.m. itnn i Islands i General 4 p.m. S.ak
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    38 9 :ii:l U-i-at > mm J«H«aa kliwa ntiihor* ;ar:naia bl«l S'pi.ie Londoa Nut. 29 Dec. 24 Not. SO D«c. 24 !>«. 6 D«c. 29 rtre. 7 D»c. .11 Dec. 7 Jan. 4 Dm. 13 Jan. 7 In.; Ma
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      143 9 Singapore, Jan. t. Rubber. —Local HO* cents per lb. Firm. Tin.—London f225 10s. Kubber. —Quiet. Batu Lintangs 85-90 tents,! Bedfords C 7' 2-73' i cents. Bulgownies Lllit-1 1.80, Brogas 85-88'jt cents, Allenbys 1.601.70, Connemaros 1.27'i-1.41'-. Clencahh l.. r>7'j 1.66, .Tin ahs 1.35-1.50, Kundnngs I 4-.574-1.65. Ayer
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      Rose Macphail and Co.
      176 9 Singapore, Jan. 9. London.— Rubber 8 13-16 d., up 1-lCd. Local M-, cents. London.— Tin £225 10s., up Ha. Mining. Steady. Hong Fatt 36-:) b cents, llu Klang 1.16V118 1 Klang River 3.503.60, Petaling -1.'.i2'..-'.. Kinta Dredge 1.521.55. Penawat B'J',;(-91 cents, Kuyoh 27-29 cents, Sungei Way
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    KUANTAN RUBBER.
    129 9 The report of the directors of the Kuantan Rubber Syndicate, Ltd., for the twelve months ended Aug. 81, 1928, states that after making due provision for interest on loan, depreciation etc., the accounts show a net profit for the period subject to directors fees of $4,508.08. The balance
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    64 9 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable, dated Jan. 8, their quotations being in gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchange sales to-day 675 tons. December 18.10, January 18.20, February 18.30, March 18.60, April 18.80, May 18.90, June 18.90, July 19 cts.,
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    DECEMBER TIN RETURNS.
    232 9 Rahman Hydraulic Tin. 1,000 piculs. Ayer Weng. 80 piculs. Kampong Kamunting Tin Dredging. I two dredges) 522 hours, 52.000 yards, 3G1.8U piculs, $23,583.18 net value. Asam Kumbaßg Tin Dredging. 167 hours, 178,000 yards, 283.59 piculs, $19,496.96 net 'value. Dredge lost 101 hours retubini: condenser and boiler cleaning
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    81 9 Kandang Kerbau Station. (By Courtesy of Government Health Office.) lor the M il»urs endinK at Midnight on Jan. 8. Deg. Max. shade temperature 85.5 F. Mir. shade temperature 72 t. Mean shade temperature 7T.."> 1- Max. sun radiation 140 F. Mm. irrass radiation 72 l\ Sia temperature Max.
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    EXCHANGES.
    79 9 [BRITISH IMPERIAL EAJOIO] Rugby, Jan. 8. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam IH.Oh. Athens 375, Berlin MJt, Bombay 1«. 6 1-3LM., Brussels 34.90. Bucharest 808, Buenos Aires 47*s, Copenhagen 18.18, Geneva ».1», HeUingfors 192\, Hong Kong Us. o^d.. Kobe Is, 0 15 16d.. Lisbon 10K. Madrid J9.72. Milan 92 658, New
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    261 9 EXCHANGE Singapore, Jan. 9. On London, Bank 4ms 23 29/32 Demand 3 25/32 Private 3 m. credit 2/4 11/32 On New York, Demand 56 1/16 Private 90 -d s 67 v» On France, Bank T.T 1436 On India. Bank T.T. 153>< On Hong Kong, T.T. 10^4 p.c.
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      STOCKS AND SHARES.
      16 9 ISSUED BY FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND STOCK BROKERS. Singapore, Jan. it, 10 a.m.
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      MINING.
      467 9 Val. Pd. 6/-6 Pahang Consols. I :< I'unifiiita River .15 .15 P. Plandok 1 1 Pcnawat 6/- 6/- Pengkalen Ord. 1 1 Prtaling £1 £1 l'hm Soon SI £1 Puchong £1 16/- Pungah 1 1 Puteh 1 1 Rahman Hyd. 1 1 Rajah Perak £1 £1 Uiiniliutan l l
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      GENERAL.
      224 9 Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers £4 f. Mcx-can Eagle 15'- 16/1 1 Malacca Electric I.GO 1.70 50 50 McAlister Co. 92.00 95.00 Id 10 Maynard 4 Co. 8.50 9.00 10 10 Riberio Co. 8.00 9.00 10 10 Robinson Ord. -JOI'U 21.20 100 100 Robinson Prefn. "132.00 136.00 1 1 Shell
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
      114 9 U. Eng. 6 p.c. 1,225,500 Norn. Spore Cold Storage 7 p.c. deb. of 1926 red. 1931-36 101 103 Singapore Municipal 6 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par. 6% prem. Singapore Municipal 4Vi p.c. of 1907 red. 1947 $1,600,000 96 par. Singapore Municipal 4% p.c. of 1909
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      408 9 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's quotations. To-day's Prices Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt lllenby (*1) 1.5254 1.57>4 1.50 1.57 Mor Gajah ($1) 1.25 1.35 1.20 1.30 V. llitam ($1) 2.30 2.50 2.2r. 2.i:, K. Kuning ($1) 0.45 0.50 0.42 0.48 \m. Malay ($2) 2.40 2.60 2.40 2.60
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    RUBBER RETURNS.
    239 9 Alor P0ng5u.— 37,549 lb. Aycr Kuning.— ll,94s lb. Anglo-Sumatra. 67,002 lb. Asahan.— 6B,o4o lb. 8 rich. —37,294 lb. Bedong Malaya 1.— 25,262 lb. Bah Lia5.— 166.247 lh. Bila (Sumatra i.— 83.500 lb. (hungloon.— lBJ2so lb. Central (Sumatra). 18,611 Hi. Jabi.— 37.lBo lb. Krian Rubber Plant.— 63,loo lb. Kurau.—
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    86 9 The night express due at Tank Road St"tion at 7.41 a.m. with mails fam X.M.S., Kmbbm i.m! Mala ia il HKpactad to arrive at 1.41 p.m. to-day. From Indo-China, by G. G. Paul Dmomt, due at Singapore to-morrow morning. From ludo-China, by Chenonceaux, due at Singapore G a.m.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    29 9 Programme of drills up to and for week- ending Jan. IP. 1929 Friday, Jan. 11, 6.1S p.m.. Drill Hall, Senior Officers and Unit Commanders S.V.C., MeetUrn.
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      360 9 IT PAYS to take care of one's appearance and health. Pinkettes help you to do both by ensuring daily intestinal regularity, by keeping the liver active, the skin rlear, the eyes bright,' and by banishing sick headache, coated tongue, bilious attacks, ill-smelling breath. They also relieve Piles. Yon chemist sells
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      900 9 i LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Adrta., aec page 16. WANTS, FOR SAI B, ETC. BUYERS of new ears would do •otamunicatlnf with ft.'i. Strait* Time*. ELECTRIC MOTOR 1 II" 11..I 1 600 K.I.M., 231 V.D.C. foi ly M, S. Tinu-s. \\V.i::[> irxiHß fHINKSK CLERK, good lal liaiires. Appl) la ova
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. WHAT THE YOUNG READ.
    1060 10 The Straits Times SINGAPORE' WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9. WHAT THE YOUNG READ. The report of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education on Books in Public Elementary Schools." issued recently, provides interesting reading for those who are concerned with Juvenile education. The c;)mmiltee"s first and fuivlaniental recommendation is that more
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    69 10 M. J. Avenol, Deputy Secretary-General of the League of Nations, passed through Singapore on ;">Lnday on his way to China. It will be recalled that some time ago the Nanking Government invited the League to send a special mission to China. M. Avenol called at Government Hou.-i, Singapore, and visited
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    175 10 In concluding a lengthy article for the December issue of the India Rubber World on Restriction in Retrospect, Mr. E. G. Holt, of the rubber division of the American Department of Commerce, writes As matters have developed since April, it appears that the end of restriction could not have come
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    17 10 Mr. W. J. K. Hegarty, general manage! in London nf the National Bank of India, left HMM
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    19 10 The F.uropean Police Club, Singapore, are holding their annual fancy dre*s hall at the Drill Hall on Jan. 12.
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    19 10 A Reutor cable from Washington states t!iat Brig-General Parker has been nominated chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs.
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    23 10 A meeting of the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Malacca) Association will be held at the Malacca Club on Friday at 6.30 p.m.
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    29 10 Mr. S. M. Middleb:-ook. of the Chinese Protectorate, Kuala Lumpur, ha.- gone to Seremban to act as Protector there during the abeeace <>n leave of Mr. w. D. Home.
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    28 10 Dr. L. J. Mclaughlin, secretary in eharn of the Chicago office of the American Bible Society, and a forrm r missionary in the Philippine Ishinds. s visiting Singapore.
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    28 10 Capt. Anson Clarke., who was for years Master with the Bollard, Kimr Natal line of stvamcr, passed away Bt GnenMy. Channel Islanu.-, on Mo», 80 last, ajred M,
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    36 10 A London cable of Dec. 30 rtat s that ."apl. Sir James Robert Kav, Commodore i the City Line, was killed by a motor ;t's while walking with his wile near his ome at Saltcoats, Ayrshire.
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    30 10 Mr. Kok Cliin Yin and .Mr. Sa.nuei Chehasingam Mclntyre, barristers-aHaw of Lincoln's Inn, have applied to the Registrar of the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court for admission to the F.M.S. Bar
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    45 10 The 2nd Welch Regiment went on a route march early this morning header! bf their band. The column was preceded by the battalion mascct, a faultless!} groomed goat, which appeared to find no difficulty in keeping up with the swinging pace set by the troops.
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    51 10 The death of Mr. Benjamin Duke, the milUonaire tobacco manufacturer, is retorted in a Reuter cable from New York. Mr. Duke, who was nearly 71 years aue, was the son of the founder of the American Tobacco Co. He was president and director of several industrial enterprises in the United
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    73 10 The following officers disembarked from the transport City of Matscillei on the sth inst. and are tak-.n on the strength vi the command R.A. Major K. K. .Vilfcrd. D.5.0., Lieut. I. G. K. Borthwii-l;. Lieut. P. P. Millar and Lieut. M. H. P. Waring. Welch K.— U.-Ct!. M. Horc. K.
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    90 10 In view of the impending arrival in March of between 350 and -10C meml>ei-. ■>f the Cooh-Cutiard world cruise <le luxe .M'ssi-. nos. Cook and Son* have included in the current issue of their Malayan Travellers' Gazette ix number of •Metal illustrated articles on travel subject.-' which it is hoped
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    97 10 The Bangkok Timei announces th following changes in the British consular service la Si;:m Mr. W. H. Newboulc!, «ho arrived in Kan^k.ik from Boerabaya OU Jan. is leaving for Lampan-f on th. -'Otl: itist. to relieve Mr. J. Bailey. Mr. Bailey will afterwards come down Uanykok U> relieve Mr. .1.
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    107 10 Thr result of the Queen's Scholarships 1928, has just been received. Penanjc again carries off both .■vhnlarships, tht successful pupils being Cheah Soon Hock. St. Xavii-r's, and J. W. D. Ambrose. I'cnnnjr Free School. The last named one of the most brilliant pupils the Free School ever produced. While considerably
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    129 10 St. Miiiy's, X .iton-on-Tees, w.is th mm on we, ■> < f tho marriage ef Dr. Krancis Lindsay Webster of Hiri, Sarawak, son of the latf Dr. Webster. and Mrs. Wehsti-r, of Oxford, to MUs Enuna Johanna Elisabeth (Betty) Trcihinan, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Tret-hman, of
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    168 10 Reference is made in the City Press (London) of Nov. :!G tc a dinner (riven I to Sir Henry BfcAulnTc, partner oi McAulifTe, Davis and Hope, which has j branches in Malaya, in honour of his I services and accomplishments on behalf of the Corporation of London. Kir I Henry
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    866 10 A TAXI TEST CASE. A case was heard before the Registrar .t Vehicles in Singapore recently which v. as of considerable interest to all who u«e th. local taxis. A European, pa-.si:ir I through from China and unable to speak Malay, encaged taxi te tro lo
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    KING'S CONDITION UNCHANGED.
    170 11 ONE BULLETIN DAILY. I»O( rOHS SATISFIED WITH POSITION. [i:i:: ti.h ii I BOUlf] I eieeu, Jan. 8. Ii Majesty') condition again remained aliout the same this morning. To-night's hull* in stated "The King ha. l qi iei ii:':. His condition is un- bulletin will be i r>'il
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    GERMAN REPARATIONS.
    158 11 Use for French Colonial Development. 1 ti;ans-(xk.\:. via i-an-asia] Paris, Jan. B. The suggestion that an increasing portion of tlic German Reparation pu\ Mould I.' devoted to French colonial developments K being widely in poiiticaj circles n Paris. It i indicated .-:uin.->t aheoib further deliveries in kind, and
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    ASSAULT ON COUNCIL
    373 11 MEMBER. VERSION OF INDIAN WITNESSES. (Prom Our Own Coritspomlent.) Kuala Laantur, Jan. B. j TI. >• hearing was resumed yesterday of i in whicn a Tamil motor-ear driver earned Manikani is charged with; assaulting the Hon. Mr. J. s. Alter, chairman of the Planters' Association of Malaya
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    22 11 t( H M.S. during tbi quar- total ..f I Ii dam <4 the j: l I C;:,n- 4,1 a lassifted a* othum.
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    "RUBBER MONOPOLY."
    105 11 LATEST PLANS OF HEER KLOPPENBURG. [REUTER TELEGRAM] The II; Kile. .lan. B. The Dutch banker, Beer K. M. Kieppettburgi will shortly visit the United StaU to attempt to sectue support for the formation of an American-Dutch Rubber Trust Company, the aim of which will he to make the
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    NANKING TRAIN HELD UP.
    95 11 DARING OUTRAGE BY BANDITS. [REUTER FAR EASTKRN SERVICE] Nanking, Jan. 8. Bandits carried out a daring hold-up of the Shanghai-Nanking train just outside the capital last night. Thirty bandits' descended on a small station as the train diew up, and while some held up the station
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    CHINA CUSTOMS SERVICE.
    247 11 Resignation of Mr. Edwardes Accepted. [REUTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Nanking, Jan. 9. The resignation ef Mr. A. H. F. Edwardes as acting Inspector-(ieneral of Customs has l>cen accepted. Mr. F. W. Maze, the Commissioner of Customs in Shanghai, has been appointed in his stead. In resigning his
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    DISTRESSED MINERS.
    100 11 Lord Mayor's Fund Approaching 1500,000. [BRITISH IMPERIAL KADIOI Rugby, Ja:.. s. The Lard .Mayor's Fund for the relief of distress in the mining areas now exceeds X 1 10,01)0. Many ton., of clothing have alee been contributed. Local organisations are busily engaged in attending to necessitous caoea, and
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    A GOLDEN JUBILEE.
    60 11 ({ueen Mother of the Netherlands' Anniversary. [ttKUTER TELEGRAM] Amsterdam. Jan. S. Th;' Queen Mother is celebrating her Goldea JubUee, i:aincl\ th« 60th anniversary of her wedding with King William 111 of the Netherlands. The sum of S-I.IK subscribed by women in Holland Jind the Dutch Rest Indies
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    CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.
    114 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Buenos Aires. Ji:n. 8. The death roll through the eruptions of the Chilean volcanoes Calbuco an i Pnyehue is believed to number about i.o. Tin disturbance* are subsiding. Cairo, Jan. S. [imatety ::o.o«>o kantars of cotton. January futures, at ISAM a Uantar. have 1
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    AFGHAN REBELS DISPERSED.
    1014 11 KABUL NORMAL. FURTHER DETAILS OF AIR RESCUES. [KELTtR TLLECRAM] London, .lan. 8. An official telegram received by tin Afghan Legation from Kabul yc.ucrd.iy evening states that the rebels in the northern province were again bombarded by Afghan artillery and are dispersing faithe-i-i north. The situation in Oiv
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    SALVATION ARMY MEETING.
    345 11 GREAT SECRECY. "LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO GENERAL BOOTH." [BRITISH IMPtniAI. RADIO] Rugby, Jan. The Higii Council of the Salvation I Army asaembied at Sunbury-on-Thame.-I to-day io decide whether General Bramara i Booth is lit, in view of his illness, to continue in the leadership of the Army.
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    DUTCH AIR SERVICE.
    186 11 Questions Regarding Present Suspension. (An. la's Service) Eatavia, Ha. 8. Two members of the People's Council i;.i.e given notice <>r asking the following X..-'ions Whether it is tiue that the British Government is unable to allow Dutch aeroplanes to use tile military aerodromes in Irak. If so,
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    NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
    55 11 A Severe Epidemic Of Influenza. [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Jan. K. The 'c ord p.i.c ot" :-V.00.0u0 v.a.- paid for a seat 0:1 the .Stock Exchange. Fifty page boy. employed at the stock exchange havi been smitten with influenza. Desperate measures are being adopted to check
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    THE WHITE STAR LINE.
    43 11 [BRITISH IMPKRIAL RADIO] Rugby, Jan. 8. I Ti:e White Star Line announces that the handqaarten will be removed from Liver- pool to London. The change is merely executive, and will take place during the j j next few months.
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    THE GENERAL ELECTION.
    138 11 MAY 21 AS PROBABLE DATE. [BRITISH IMPERIAL ItADIOI Rugby, Jan. 8. The date of the- election which must take place this year, as Parliament has entered on the fifth and last year of its allotted span, is now the subject of general inU'test. The new register, with
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    ENGINEERS' DISPUTE.
    237 11 ASSOCIATION WINS AFTER ARBITRATION. The dispute between the Association of Engineers, Singapore, end the Sarawak Steamship Co., Ltd., has been decided by arbitration in favour of the Association. lhe arbitrators were the Hon. Mr. J. Bugnall, nominated by the Sarawak SteamsWp Co., and Mr. J. \V. Harries, nominated
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    SHIP SINKS AT WHARF.
    151 11 Hylam Drowned on Local Coaster. News has reached Singapore <>!' a remarkable accident which occurred at the i fishing village of htoro, situated s.om«forty miles south of Singapore in thi lihio Archipelago, last Friday. The small coasting steamer Aing l^eong. j owned by Chop Teo Hoon
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    WIRELESS TELEPHONES.
    62 11 Popularity of Service to Dutch Indies. [KEUTER TELEGRAM] Amsterdam. Jan. 8. It is officially announced that the wireless and telephone service t<> the Dutch Indies will be available to the public between 12.30 and :i.:io p.m. until Jan. 10, after which the hours will be announced; weekly. Fourteen
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    RECORD ENDURANCE FLIGHT.
    83 11 Crew of Question Mark Fit And Well. [REUTU TELEGRAM] Los Angeles, Jan. 8. The commander of the aeroplane Question Mark, which was refuelled in mid- 1 air and flew for 150 hours 46 minutes, said he would have continued aloft indefinitely if the engines had not given
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    GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
    79 11 [tbans-ocean via pan-asia] Berlin, Jan. S. Presenting his credentials at the Kremlin, the new German Ambassador to Rus- j lift. Hi rr von Dirk°en, said the Rapallo Treaty still remained the basis for negotiatioi.s between ku>sia and Germany. The necessity for a permanent friendship wav well realised
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    ANOTHER RAILWAY DISASTER.
    199 11 ONE KILLED: 15 INJURED. FOURTH IN BRITAIN IN THREE MONTHS. [mm Tti.Kc.nAMi London, Ja i. B. The driver vi' n pasaenget <:<:>i. m killed and IS people were injured as the reanlt of a collision frith a goods train at Ashcluuch. near Tcwkcshiiry. to-day. Two carriages of
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    PRICE OF POTASH.
    101 11 French (Jovernment and I.S. Courts. |I(!.I'TER TELEGRAM.] Ncv, Vc.:.. A decision unfavourable to ti > (ii)vernment has been given by the I' Cciut in connection with an important action instituted by the Department of Justice in iiil'T a','ain--t French and German chemical eoneerni which the United States
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    SERAJEVO RECALLED.
    69 11 Comment ott Yugo-Slaviu Coup d'Etat. [REL'TER TELEGRAM] London, Jan. 8. Uindful of the fnet that the :n the (ireat Wax was And a the newspaper* :ir<" giving considerable attention to the ait bark to the cauM of democracy in Yugo-Siavia. The Daily Herald speaks of munling the nation,
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    UNEMPLOYMENT.
    88 11 Returns in Great Britain And Germany. [BRITISH IMPERIAL UM] Kughy. Jan. i. The Ministry of Labour announces that the numU-r of unemployed on Dec. 'Il was 1,520,700. This was 249,578 more than on Doc. 17. Compared with a year ag<i th? increase was 184,397. [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA Berlin, Jan.
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    LIQUOR SMUGGLING.
    56 11 Conference Between I nited State* And Canada. [reutek telegram] Oitaw.i, Jan. S. The kati-unoKKling conference between CuhmIi ami the United states baa openid here. Admiral Ballard representing the I'nited StetM. The aim-. the li.itcil Statis arc chit'Hy tu Meure Canadian asKcnt to the withholding of clearance rruin vessels
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    BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
    80 11 Duke of (iloucestt-r to Present Garter to Emperor. [relter far eastern stnwa.J Tofcio, .lan. H. It la reported thai in view if the improvement In the health of Kir- (J.orjjc t has etea decided to send tli. Duke oi iloaeester io Japan in a few months tine
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    HUNTING FATALITY.
    70 11 l.or.dnn, Die. 89. The hum oj thr Hclv.iir hounds at Md'iiii Mowbray had track end. 'I )u-well-known hunter, W. M. Wroughton, iged 78, w.i thrown ai nigh fc I M He received Mvere injuries und died j]m»--t imi lediately. The Prince of Wales, who ni taking part in
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    SINGAPORE ASSIZES.
    401 12 "Incurable" Thief Smartly Sentenced. At the As- zes yesterday befoie the Chief .Justice (Sir William Murison) Watt Ah ChaSC was charged with steallie had a number of other confer theft, fro. n IMS to 1924, and .vera! .erius of imprisoni:<nt. He pleaded guilty to the charge, i ■i
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    POSSESSION OF PREMISES.
    102 12 Local Company's Successful Claim. MM Court to-day, before Mr. Justin Dmom, Mr. C. R. Stuart mentions! the eaaa of the Fresh Food and 1 v., Ltd., vs. Chop Tiong Jlu... said he appeared for /the plaintiir company who were asking for panes* il i llllaM in Sclegie
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    THE GAZETTE DU FRANC.
    97 12 A Curious Development. Paris, Jan. 1. i l.i Linker, .I. Amard, who said that he l.ati beea the intermediary between the Gazette <iv '-'ranc and Le Journal, [f thai the latter should make no <:• nun iation ol the former, on pay- 'lit c: !.om:.iicj francs,
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    ACCIDENT TO MAIL TRAIN.
    101 12 Two trucks attached to the mail train re to kuala Lumpur las» rt de-railed between Kluang and The permanent way was and although the repair gang lily on the scene the extent of ure was so large that it was not repaired in time for the
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    159 12 The stviftary of the Malayan Natural History Society has forwarded to us a < op* Of the tir.-t part of Volume II of the Malayan Naturalist, which reappear.-. I I .'Mi year and follow- a change of editorship. Mr. Dover on tiger-beetles of. Singapore j land MM Otlwf r.ew features
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    231 12 Possession of Seditious Documents. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan?, Jan. '->. j The first session of the Penang Assizes this year esj opened yesterday before Mr. Justice Stevens without ceremonial. There axe nine cases on the calendar an:) the sitting is expected to last for a Eottsight. In
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    GERMANS AND S. A. STEEL.
    243 12 Negotiating Contract For 0.000,000. London, Dec. 2*J. The Johannesburg Star reports that Government representatives on the board of the new Union Iron and Steel Corporation have concluded an agreement with the German In the Gutehoffnungshutt.', under which the German steel expert LUge will be appointed
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    HOME POLITICS.
    239 12 Miniature General Election. London, Dec. 30. A miniature general election is pending owing to the death of members of tha House of Commons Sir George Hutchison (Conservative), Ben Spoor (Labour), and George Warne (Labour), and the appointment of Sir Malcolm Macnaghtcn as judge of King's Bench, entailing bye-elections
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    THE HOLBORN EXPLOSION.
    111 12 London, Dc A brisk exchange between counsel for the Post Office and for the das, Light anci Coke Company on the question of liability for the Holborn explosion eras i. feature of the preliminary sittinj; of the commission of inquiry. The gas company counsel asserted that correspondence
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      436 12 Merchants Too Good For Etceteras. The meeting of the Merchants and the JLIfKIM and Lsw on the Padang yesterday, which ended in a win for the former by 16 points to C, proved an ißtansttag encounter. In spite of the fact that the winners had most of the
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      213 12 Possibility of Visit of Hong Kong XI. A letter received from Mr. Yeo Cheok Wah, the well-known Singapore footballer who is at present in Honjj Kong en behalf of the Malayan ChfaHM F.A.. negotiating for n visit of Hong Kong footballers to M.-.laya. say? that he has every
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      99 12 The following will represent the S.C.C. against the A.P.C. Malayan eleven at the Stadium on Sunday. Jan. 13 O. W. Gilmour B. E. Ablitt (capt.), C. R. Mat-Arthur, H. Price, A. P. Goldman F. H. Collier, L. G. Robertson H. F. Clements, D. R. A. Hoblyn,
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      NINETEEN DEATHS AT FOOTBALL.
      129 12 America's Total For One Season. London, Dec. 6. Nineteen players have been killed and more than 100 so seriously injured as to have at lenst a In ne broken during the football season in the United States. The total number of deaths this year, according to
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      23 12 The Keppel (Jolf Club monthly modal for January will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, and the Ladies Spoon on Monday.
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      BILLIARDS.
      272 12 Fine Exhibition by t'laude Falkiner. The impeccable display of billiards and !iow to play it expected of Claude Falkiner was seen at the Singapore Club yesterday, when he engaged in an exhibition match with Lt.-Col. J. H. TyU. Playing with remarkable speed, the professional reached his points of 800
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      YACHTING.
      493 12 First Race For Sailing Committee Trophy. After MOM daisy cuu >•■•!, it la said, by a combination of persuasive skipper and kind-hr:.n- nee oAcor, '.'apt. FMtt Mat away four A clai i boats to race for df the series f<*r the Sailing Committee Trophy. The yacht* man close up
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      HOCKEY.
      109 12 A fast and interesting game was played between the V.M.C.A. and the second eleven of the 2nd Bn. the Welch Regt.. and ended in a pood win for the military by 4-j-O. The winners displayed good combination in all departments. Yesterday the V.M.C.A. had a runaway victory against H.M.S.
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    59 12 When the reopening of the schools takplace on Monday next the Royal Fnglish School will hold its classes in 'he Oldham Hall. Orchard Road. The Oldham Hall building, which was used rs a boarafcsg house, is more spacious than the bpb-tri-ses in Dhoby Ghaut and will permit of the admission
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    RUBBER ASSESSMENT.
    201 12 Reduction on Singapore Island. At yesterday's meeting of the Singapore Rural Board the assessment for 1929 on rubber lands less than 100 acres was fixed at five cents per tree, plus one cent education rate. Mr. W. R. Eoyd, presiding, pointed out that the former "rate of ten
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    BOXING IN LONDON.
    258 12 Alf Mancini's Need For A Rest. At the Albert Hall dnriag mail week Petrt Biquel (Brifiom) obtained a narrow points verdict over Bert Kirby (Birmingham) in ;i hard iijrht. Kirby opened stiw.ciy .;i tl Hi hi at favc un exhibition of 'good boxing am! clean h tt;nK
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    MADE A FALSE REPORT.
    122 12 SlOO Fine Follows New Year's Eve Incident. That he was under the influence of liquor when, on New Year's Eve, he falsely accused two other English-speaking Indians of assaulting and robbing him was alleged against K. Vengadasalam in the Second Police Court yesterday afternoon. He made
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    ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL LIFT FUND.
    79 12 As a result of the football match between the 2nd Bn. the Welch Regiment and the 15.0. F.A. played OS Nov. 27. the St. AmirewV Million Hospital Lift Fund wa§ aunmente.l by $765.60. The total amount collected is n0w57,211.7h. made up as follows Amount previously
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    94 12 Action taker, at a mecti.ig of Committee No. 1 cf th? Munfdpal Commission held on Jen. 4 comprised Approved schedule of revised rate for hiie. cars and taxis, viz., 40 cents for the first mile. and 10 cents for eaet Mhseqosnt one-third of a mile. Decided that, if
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    60 12 Under the auspices of the Singapore Branch of the Oversea* League, an afternoon dance will be he'd in the Europe HaUl o:i Friday, lan. IS, at 5 p.m. Members BWy bring a;; many a< they •lease, and are ashed to advise the hon. secretary <f the i:jm'oer they BtefMM bringing
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    91 12 Kralechek Soboleff, a young Russian member of the Shanghai V.M.C.A. sports arrived at PaBSSg on Sunday in the course of an attempt to cycle round the world. He left Shanghai in November and travelled by steamer from Hong Kong to Bangkok. He took 20 days to arrive at Penang from
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    BATU PAHAT ASSIZES.
    480 12 Arrested While Swimming River. At. the Batu Pahat Assizes btfMv M. Justice McCabe Rcay the Deputy Public Prosecutor. Mr. R. Moor, M.C.S., appearing f''i the Crown. Liui Tui *M chained with having murdered another CUhH (in 'the night of Nov. 2-1. Accused was defended by Mr. 8.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    139 12 A new programme will ba presented at the Surma to-night, consisting largely of Western pictures. There will be matinees jf other films on Saturday and Sunday. A particularly attractive comedy entitled U Washington Square," with Jean riersholt and Alice Joyce playing the leaong parts, is the principal item
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    VICTORIA THEATRE.
    80 12 There was quite a good attendance at the Victoria Theatre yesterday for an enjoyable evening'^ entertainment by the Coyne Musical Comedy Co. The presentation was entitled Blue-birds" and proved quite amusing. The singing was good and the duncing lively. The Black Cat" is the oill for to-Aivkt and
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    11 12 The Hong Kong and Shanhas opened a new sub-agency at KowU.on
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    36 12 Examinations under the I.S.P. Technical Education Scheme in bookkeeping as applied to estate accounts, baatßeM letter writing, office organisation and law relutinjf to labour and health conditions wi-i be held in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 'ii.
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    64 12 A case in which Mrs. 15. SchaUe is suing her husband for maintenance (fill crime before* the Burispah Court in EanKkok for hearing t<-'lay. It the Siam Observer, of some lrom the legal point of vie*, for it in, we believe, the first ruse at the kind which has come
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    91 12 Sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment was passed by the District Judg*'. Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, this morning on a Chinese who was convicted of attempting to extort $2 from :t taxi driver. II case for the prosecution was that Wh< n the taxi driver refused to pay the
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    566 13 [The Straits Timci U not responsible for the opinion* of its correspondent!. Correspondents should bear in mind that letters must be short and to the point. Lonf •pistles sre liable to be rejected or cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names and addresses, not necessarily for Rublication but as
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    CEYLON BURGHERS.
    1258 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have read with sonic amu.-e-ment the correspondence in your paper regarding the Ceylon Burghers, and it would appear that a wrong impression has been created in regard to the meaning of this term. The term is decidedly of Dutch
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    DUNLOP TYRES.
    254 13 Statement By Singapore Office. j Further queries having been raised by correspondent* of the Straits Times as to the origin of Dunlop tyres sold in Malaya, a representative of this newspaper obtained the following statement from a director of the Dunlop Company at Singapore "The supposition that the
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      252 13 Raffles Hotel 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*OPULAR DANCERS From Shanghai will appear doring ALL TEA
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      28 14 ft I Chrysler A ili| mouth TH| CAR OF 1929 Complete Five-seater Tourer I IMMEDIATE DELIVERY I Cash or Deferred Payments I BORNEO MOTORS, LTD. (Incorporated in BJBLI
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      152 16 "Man and Lion" Cement Best Portland Rapid Hardening Supplied against the Singapore Municipal contract for several years. Used by leading European contractors throughout Malaya. Prices Low. Copies of Official IMM sent on request to. Sole Affents:ADAMSON, fiiLP'MN CO.. LTD. Singapore. Penang, Malacca, Kuala Labour, and Ipoh. Paying Guest Establishments THE
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      170 16 No need to Don't suffer any longer from lame back or the agony of lumbago. An application of CHAMBERLAi^'S PAIN BASM will ease the pal and bring prorr.p 1 1 el kic 1 comfort. This wonderfu l lhiiment has no equal foi banishing muscular infl^mrrs'i^r mi severe pairii .l^it ennv
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      347 16 GREEN MANURE SEED. THE SITMBER DJATTI (RUBBER) ESTATE. JAVA. Will have available for aale 'n B»pt./Dec. I IH2S. consider i! It- quar.ifcs of shootabl* serd trou: the folloninfr (ireen Manure typssi (Per oicul price c.i.f. Singapore). Calopogunium Mucunoides 15.00 Centrocema Pubtscns 21.00 Ootalaria Striata IS.OO IndiKofrra Enilecaphylla $200.00 M isa
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      417 16 51-opTha(-COLD/ Even an ordinary cold unless promptly checked, may feel its way down to the lungs md set up those grave troubles, pleurisy and pneumonia. Don't take any chances 1 Get a bottle of Peps to-day and make a practice of slipping one or two tablets into your mouth, immediately
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      867 16 NOIKE IN THE MTATI OF WEE CHIOK THAU OTHERWISE KNOWN A3 WEE f,EK BOON j NOTICE is hereby glw that all per.-ons havii£ i'.ny claim? or demands against the Esl;i;e of «V«t Chiok Thau otherwise known as \\\c Gek Boon, late of No. SC-IG, Ntil Road, Simrapore, deceased, who died
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      885 16 GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Resident Councillor's Office, up to noon of January ft, :;l'l>. for the lollowinfr works" Construction of a New High School with all outbuildings, approach roads, etc., hi Chan Kooii Cheng Road, Malacca. Every person applying for a form of Tender will be
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    NOTES FROM JAVA.
    412 17 VISIT OF CHINA SQUADRON FLAGSHIP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Jan. 5. On Jan. 2 H.M.S. Kent, flagship of the British China Squadron, visited Sourali.'.va. and the usual official ceremonies took placa. On the day after arrival the Dutch raval officers organised a motor-trip fur the warrant-officers
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    482 17 Suggestion of "Free Castling." Capcblanca's board of a hundred squares and two new pieces (three, if you <ount tho triple-jumping Pawn) has had a hostile reception from nearly every quarter, notes the Chess correspondent of the Observer. His innovations are as terrifying as would l>e the addition of
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    493 17 Scientists Triumph After Five Years. Dog owners everywhere will be interested in the announcement that a complete preventive for distemper in dogs has been found. After five years' research work conducted by Dr. Laidlaw and Mr. F. W. Dcnkin at the Mill Hill Laboratories of the Medical
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    415 17 Proposal For Empire-Wide Celebration. In the course of comment on the annual report of the National Institute i'Di- the Bliml, Musical OptaiM ofcaarrai that IU2J is noteworthy m the centenary of the invention of Braille. This fact should appeal to ■kialM, sinci Louis BraiDa was an iflat and
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      648 17 Assets over $8,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $30,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) UEAD OFFICE Win. hester Hon.e. Singapor. LOMDOM OPTICS I S7. Old Jowly, KA The Company has 420,000 deposited with the Supremo Court of England and complies with the British Life
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      593 17 BANKING HONG KONG SHANGHAI! BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong) Head Office HONG KONG. Uithorised Capital $60,000,000 ssucd and fully paid up $20,000,000 ieserve Funds Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COUlii" OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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      438 17 BANKING THE EASTERN BANK, j LIMITED (Incorporated in England) Singapore Branch 4, D'ALMEIDA ST. Authorised and Subscribed Capital £2,000,000 Paid-up Capital 1,000,000 Reserve Fund Rest 460,000 HEAD OFFICE LONDON. I: RANCHES Bor.il.ay, Calcutta, Colombo, Karachi, Madras, Aniara, Bagdad, Bahrein. Kiikuk, Mosul and Singapore. CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and interest allowd at
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      410 17 INSURANCE THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE 2nd l'luor. Hi.ni- Kaag X.ink Chamber., MM. IPOK. New insurance effected in 1928 117.500.000. Insurance in furce t-Nceeds iillt.tiOO.OOU. Before insuring alatwaei << mpan our policies and aimalaai r:;t J<iin r termi cannot be ha. l. i COMMERCIAL UNION, ASSURANCE CO* LTD. (Incorporated in Xi Fire,
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    INDIA'S PROBLEMS.
    980 18 THE MOHAN ATTITUDE SIMON f'CW ON*S !n hit AS llinmr i.o.vrnor of in; triip of OftdMM in ,i, .i:.,: wi h tl «W Calcutta •orv.axl kl thr aii km )u- mm before (hat body iU moat formidable task. i. ngal presents a difficult politua! and economic proUasa, boi
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    325 18 How Freedom Was Attained. A hundred and ten years r.jro prose- utior.^ <f newtpapm s.nd pamphletcern for .-i-Mitious libel weir as common as A.I!, not M comi >•'■■' -M ("iiickberries but ibout ay. common as I ve-elet tions and very pu'iiicnJon wa~ M-.litious libel if it tCMMI
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    GOODYEAR TYRE COMPANY.
    329 18 Report of Canadian Control. As a result of purchases of common Itoth in the open market, M>\ Cyras S. EatM, head of the New York and Cleveland banking house of Otis und Company, is ri ported to have secured control of the Good yea? Tyre and Rubber
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    80 18 AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS." Bolshevism Among the Zulus. (ape Town, Dec. 8. Talk of Africa for the Africans in th«* Motfnt Fletcher di-trict of Transkei led to the despatch to-day of thirty-five police and two machine (,'uns from Umtata. For ..fine days there have been tiiry ipaedMl 1 y a
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    135 18 The Kmi::i!>"i<- Municipal health Matemm, for th' 1 Wmk t-ndc;! Dec. L"J gives the total nun. her of deaths as male I'A, and fiiiiale 7S. This represents a death rate of 24.91 i"i inille. per annum, eompmtmi with 2K. I! in the preceding week and SLM in the
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      102 19 Sweetened Condensed Milk ZIT^-^^S This Milk is, prepared from PURE UNSKIMMED COW'S rnNDtt^EG Mllßv MILK, and in condensation U u sweetened nothing but FINEST WHITE ijj SUGAR is added. Being prepared under the most hygienic SRAND Z\^^V conditions, this Milk is especially suitable for Infants. It is guaranteed FREE FROM
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      201 19 X^BB^UB^^^B^BK^BBBBi^ PA( K AR HAS INTRODUCED A SENSATIONAL NEW CAR WITH A RIDING COMFORT NEVER BEFORE APPROACHED— A STRAIGHT EIGHT OF COURSE, AND— AT A VERY MODERATE PRICE YOU ARE NOT ONLY INVITED T( DRIVE 11 BUT TO TEST IT AGAINST ANY C fOU HAVE EVER OWNED OR RIDDEN IN.
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      247 20 FRANKELS Ofer the finest and largest siloclioiis ever imported tISIAN MIRRORS In ;ii! sixes latest designs PARISIAN MIRROR WALL i KETS VENETIAN ELECTRIC CHANDELIERS "THONETS" GENUINE BENTWOOD CHAIRS in the very latest 1929 designs WESTMINSTER CHIME TABLE, WALL AND GRANDFATHER CLOCKS Oil, PAINTINGS rili frames, solid MARBLE TOP CENTRE aid
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      266 20 By Special Appointment to H.M. The King of Siam. Estd. 1872. AN APPRECIABLE GIFT A GENUINE PEARL NECKLACE finely matched and well graduated or A SEED PEARL NECKLACE Available in various lengths at B. P. DE SUVA, LTD. Royal Jewellers. 62/3. HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. Branch No. 1, BISHOP STREET, PENANG.
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      1857 20 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS. PREPAYABLE CHARGES for WANTS, For Sal*, To L«t, ttc, in ordinary elos« act typti (average six words to line) arc Ptr line One insertion 28 cents, two ins. 4S »nts, three ins. 64 cents, four ins. 82 cents, five ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.13. ton hu. $1.40. twelve
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      879 20 TALCUM POWDER; NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. Enquiries Solicited. LEE KIM SCO 40, HIGH STREET. MOTOR VEHICLES FOB BALE. MORRIS-COWLEY four-seater, 928 model. eM-.'llent condition, DM >var 01-l. tcply 81, Straiti Tines. ALCYON MOTOR CYCLES. $196 end $27.'.. Guarantee six months, newly imported by ieow Kuan Co.. 4, Dhoby Ghaut. FOR
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      327 20 Just I'rrcivc.i. t.'..:v. »ilt £c Stock o| ANNUAL BOOKS DIARIES FOR 1929 CHAMPION ANNUAL $.I.»t 111 MS $7.2* GIHLS OWN $7.5» HOLIDAY J3.5» PLAY ANNtAL $3.5« PIP AND SQL'KAK »J. 30 WILKKKD $3.00 SCHOOL FHH.M) »3.;,g BCOITt ANNUAL $6.30 IiKITLSH HOYS ANNUAL J3.00 HKITISII (.'Itl. N ANNUAL J! 00 BLACK
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