The Singapore Free Press, 2 March 1926

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press It, CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S.. TUESDAY. MARCH 2, 1926. NO. 11,735.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    294 1 A fire occurred at tieylang yesterday covering an extensive area, with consequent considerable l<»ss to the villagers Pajfe 9. Funds for new vessels for the Navy and economies to be made are shown in (he new estimates Paj?e 9. The first stage of the R.A.F. flight from
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    LYRIC POETRY.—II.
    1195 1 LYRIC POETRY.— II. The story of the revolt against the hidebound manner of the eighteenth century has been told often enough. Wordsworth and Coleridge, who were iiiends, decided, in pursuance of a theoiy they had evolved to wiite a series of poems, MOM dealing with subject* from nature, some with
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      122 1 BUY BRITISH GOODS FROM Ro^EOu, ACTUAL MANUFACTURERS OF MODERN OFFICE APPLIANCES. BEFORE YOU INSTALL ANY EQUIPMENT, VISIT OUR SHOW-ROOM. AN INSPECTION WILL FURTHER CONVINCE YOU TO— BUY BRITISH GOODS. The EUROPE HOTEL~ 'A PLEASING COMBINATION OF ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH DISTINGUISH THE REALLY FIRST-CLASS HOTEL." THE AFTER-DINNER DANCI IS HELD
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      169 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest "wanted" ads on pajre 7. Matinee at Alhambra to-day Pane 2. I. at st shipping on pages 10, 12 and 18. Kxshaw No. 1 brandy, Caldbeck'f Page H. Warship cement. African and Kastern Pace n. The Quaints at Victoria Theatre to-night -Pate 2. Kn^rlish-madt- briar aipei at
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      14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGIT STREET.
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      116 1 THE WEEK. Tiu'mlu it. '2ml Hijrh Water, 0.19 a.m., M p.m. Children's Aiil Society nite.. Ciovt. House. 10.30 Hlue Funni'l beweward nail closes. I p.jn. (iirl (iuides Rally, (lovt. House, J.3:) p.m. The Quaints, Victorta Theatre. i>.3o p.m. li 'filiies(l<ty, 3r«7. lli^h Water, 0.41 a.m., 0.36 p.m. The Quaints. Victoria
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    TRUTH ABOUT WASHINGTON.
    390 2 Card I'layinir and Had I mwp American schoolchildren, said Mr. Rupert Hughes, dramatist and author, addressing (tin^r a] Washington, are noi ahrayi taught hist irica] truth.'" whereby many misunderstandings develop, and by way <»f Illustration he pictured George Washington, I i "father of lu^ country,* 1 as
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      300 2 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE R. B. SALISBURY PRESENTS THE QUAINTS THE QUAINTS SILVIA LENNOX CLIVE WOODS MAVIS FRENCH HERBERT SLEIGH BAN LILY GORDON RENNIE KATHLEEN WEST FRANK PENROSE i ELLA ERSKINE GEORGE CURZON DOFF DEE DOROTHY JAMES R. R. SALISBURY. IN A VARIED REPERTOIRE OF LATEST LONDON SUCCESSES.
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      362 2 PAVILION From Monday, Ist to Sunday, 7th March. At 9.15 p.m. sharp. LATEST PATHE GAZETTE. RICHARD BARTHELMESS IN THE SEVENTH DAY" 6 REELS. Here are seven eventful days in a little fishing village. A party of society roystercrs are stranded there -Jazzhounds and cocktail coquettes. Just for fun one of
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      344 2 TQ-NIGHT! TO-Mr H T AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd. Proprietors.) *< In the Second Show at p.m. THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT OF THE SCREEN Cecil B. De Mille's Masterpiece, a Wonder Paramount Productu With an Exceptional Cast: Theodore Roberts, Leatrice Joy, Richard Dix. Nita Xakli Rod I y
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    HYLAMS AT HOME.
    652 3 A TALK ON THE HAINANESE. [Specially Written for Free Press] The excellent house-boys in Singapore, Penans, Bangkok, and other places south ol China, nearly all come from the isle of Hainan, just south of Hongkong. The Hainantso ;ue really hcme-loving people, even though such great masses of
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    NEW RUBBER INQUIRY.
    346 3 NEW R UBBER INQUIRY. The High |»rice of American Tyivs. Washington. Jan. 2(». Mr. Shallenberger, member of thHouse of Representatives, announct's his intention to demand Ml invest igation into the high price of rohWr tyres now pr< railing in the United States. He imrtl that H la the American mruiufacturers
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    MOST DANGEROUS SPORT IN THE WORLD.
    3142 4 $4 vo is ft 1 REAL THRILLS IN THE INDIAN JUNGLE u II With an Elephant Herd Routed by 8225. TALES OF MAN-EATING CROCODILES. SS —By *<? LIEUT. COL. J. C. FAUNTHORPE. C.8.E., A.D.C. Iwenty-four years in India have brought Col. Faunthorpe many hair-
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    BCIBNCB IN THE MODERN STEELWORKS.
    251 4 How electricity hat been enlisted as the servant of th»« su-i! manufactarer is told by a correspondent who recently' visited the great Beardutore steelworks in Glasgow. Everything possible is dan* by this now power, says his account, and miracles of j manipulation an accomplished us
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      646 4 NOTICES. ULU BENUT 00N80UDATED sri^! COMPANY. LIMITKh. IBBE Notice is hereby given thai ,u Annual General Meetinir »f y, be held on Saturday, 20th Directors will recommend that 15 per cent, for the year f 1925. be paid to the Bhareholdei ter on that date. Notice ii No hereby gir<
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    THE FATE OF HONGKONG.
    817 5 We publish to-day a long- telegrani from our Special Correspondent at Hon;ikonjr desjiiibing the desperate state of that Colony. "All attempts," he says, "to settle the trade boycott have failed," and he sets r > hope jin Ihe local situation. He $<t>es on to describe the
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    THE UP-TO-DATE MILKMAID.
    83 5 'An American chemist elaima to have pi-Muced milk by siientiric methods). "Where arc you foißff, my pretty maid?" M Alon« to the enjrine-housi, sir," she said. 'To fire the furnace under the vat, Holding the -trrade one" chemical fat And when the thermometer is steady Then I
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    THE BARRIER REEF.
    1253 5 In a trepaag craft we were sailing the waters of the Barrier Reef, that mighty coral structure which for half a thousand mik s runs parallel with the north-east Australian coast. Ahead ->f vis Wf)fß a score or more luggers working i bed of pesrlsheil all of
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    INTELLIGENCE TESTS.
    164 5 "Facts and Fallacies about Mental Tests" was the subject of a lecture delivered at University College. Go we r- street, by Professor C. Spearman. He said that mental tcstinp was one of the jrreat events of our time. The results of the Usts carrieil out on the American
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    VERSATILITY.
    77 5 Dr. Halford Ross, who is going out to Assam for two years to wagjt War on the mosquito, is a versatile kind of person lit' has written racy books of motor-car travel and illustrated them; he has done a considerable amount of cancer research, and is perhaps the leadin.tr
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      497 5 I REGUM A Better Tooth Paste. WHITENS THE TEETH HARDENS THE GUMS THE CHOICE OF OVER 26,000 DPLNTISTS FOR SALE AT THE BRITISH DISPENSARY, LTD. MAYNABD CO.. LTD. TIMMB' DISPENSARY, LTD. THE HIGH STREET PROVISION STORE. K. P. M. HISSAIN CO. K TRIAL SAMPLE MAY BE OBTAINED FROM i G&iz
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      30 5 The real difference amongst men is between those who are prt pared to give more ♦han they pet and those who want t> pet mere than they give.— Mr. Baldwin.
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      102 5 V. #m, I ifl i^j I^BHR\Mp¥L^ (an lu> obtained from: THE QUALIFY BISCUIT 'J HiB:h street stores B^ I CARLISLE I X U ""■^^^^l England r ># M B -^i-^L^^^B it v n J'i'^- -i" 1 &j£b&£2. 1 I Sandilands Buttery Co. Wo^ \ftM T«'l: N«i. l'"2'.i. »atWm B B
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    JAISALMER.
    1412 6 UNSPOILT DESERT CITYA Jewel of India. There is n<. other city in India quite likJaisalmer. Set far out in the great Indian Desert, isolated and offering no inducements to progress, it lies U-yond the horizon of the ordinary traveller. The scattered caravans that converge iijx .1 it and separate
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    THE "TELEVISOR."
    399 6 Successful Teat of \«w Apparatus. .Mem-,!- the Royal Institution and >th«- r visitors to a laboratory in an upper room in Frith street, Sob... saw a demon" rtration of apparatus invented by Mr. .1. L. Hand, who claims to have solved tlu- problem of television. They were shown
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    THE EARTH'S FUTURE.
    156 6 Melting af Burfaej Every :,o Million rears. Professor J. Joiy, of Dublin, speaking at the Royal Astronomical Society, said that the lower layer, or substratum, of the earth', crust, upon which the continents and the floors of the oceans, so to speak, float. is continually growing hotter,
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      502 6 y D elieve the nagging w^^v lin— quickly— easily u;i7A Sloan's! W 's Lirtiment kills pain instantly. V?W I V bbing. Just lay a little Sloan's on A jTjv'' iff, achinK part, and immediately T^K ..otice a difference, a fe.-ling that the *Qtfii^ Il\ tortured tissues are beiug soothed and
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      177 6 ANDREWS y<^^^^^s^ Take Andrews Liver Salt and Pnio J^W^^K that continuo u ood Kealth that ffrffTß means so much whether you Wor GT hard P«ay hard or both. Andrev J that natural way corrects constin V ir Ul |ra h eadache and general la^uud, \W w TTT^ J kee rthem
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    JAVA NOTES.
    1381 7 HRITISH (ONSILATE MUTATIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) ISatavia, Feb. 26. Mi. \V. H. Newbould, who has been Bri J tish Vic -Consul in Batavia for the last two i years, left on Wednesday last for England en leave. Mr. R. A. N. Hillyer, who is his successor, has
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    STARVING ADVENTURES.
    500 7 Kastiag exploits have been popular fot Ions; w. havQi any records of the race. En the vast majority <>f cases lickery has been resorted Ihoujrh n<>t iiways for rain. Often, e«]ieeially in the of w<»i en, i««i.o fast* have be n uti<i-t--kken simply and solely i>» pn into
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    JAVA PRESS CABLES.
    427 7 »k; fire at Melbourne. [From N.E.I. Papers]. Melbourne, Feb. 25. A disastrous Are destroyed the Sunshine giain elevator heve. The damage is estimated at i'200,000 The Situation in Solo. Solo, Feb. 2«. The following police measures were taKen this morning: Field police oh horseback and on bicycles
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    THE NAVAL DOCK.
    174 7 Kxpert Expected in Singapore. Mr. Sydney Staples, a partner of Messrs. Lyonel Clark Co.i designers < f the world's biggest floating docka I ft London for Sin »-e on January :to. to gather local information regarding the floating dock with a lifting capacity of 50,000 tons, says
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    FREE TAXI RIDES.
    185 7 Time was when scarcely anyone but n millionaire COUM afford to hail a tnh [n New York. Since the (|isappearaaee of tinhansom, h >wi«ver, the t;ixi-eah companies have been charging sucii moderate rates that riding in a taxi is lometimet said to l> the cheapest thinjr in
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      355 7 BUSINESS CARDS. MARY SETON. E AMBER MANSIONS, f OLD BN6LIBH CUT 6LABB S CANH SILVER NEWLY AWITBDjJ FROM HOME. 2j v.v.vasw v.w.v.w.v.v.v.vA I^* j Plesst Send for the Illustrated I ■•italotftf* of Musical Instruments, tt SEASON CO.. LTD. and 113, North BrHfje Road. FUNERALS? SINGAPORE CASKET CO. KPKRT UNDERTAKERS." TELEPHONE
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      507 7 NOTICES. CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. The Annual General Meeting of the Society will be held in Government House on Tuesday 2iul March, 1926 at 10.30 a.m. Sir L:.urenct Nunns <Juillemard, K.C.8.. K.C.M.CJ., will preside. ANNIE M. SIME, I Hon. Secretary. BTBAITB SHIPPING PARCELS AND SHIPPING AGBNCT. Vou need i:s If you
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      717 7 TENDERS. MUNICIFAI.ITY OF SINGAPORE. f The Municipal CaaMussioners ef the Tawa of Singapore invite tenders for the Erection of a New Kitchen. Latrin.-* etc.. at Taajong Pagav Crashing Depai. Plans may be seen an'd BpecJflcatle« and Korm of Tenders ohtained ■< the Maaieipal Architact's Office during (Man hours. Tenders to
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      21 8 H.\KR(M R. At »h, M it] Ho*| il Penang, on Pebroarjr :'">t'. Mr. and Mrs. C. K. R.-irh'iiji .1 ton.
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      MARRAIGE.
      43 8 GRAHAM VAPP. A- th« Pn ibjUrian Chun!!. Sinopore, on March IMS, i>> the li* v. <i. If. Douglas, Alexander, <i.f--t >on of Mr. ;iM'l Mi- Grakaoi, Singapore an<i Kilmal-o-.m, Scotland, t. Ma) M«rry, <■»!!>■ davgnter <>f Mr. .n«j Mrv iiiiiim Y:ipti Irvine, Scotland.
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      DEATH.
      28 8 BURD. At Rangoon, on the Jith February, I.icut»r..r,t Colonel E. Bur.l, tri Bn. Jot h Burma Kill.-. Dm»I) n irr> tt.-.J \>y all rMlkl »f tht* Regiment.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1926. A Matter of Import.
    853 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1926. A Matter of Import. To paraphrase tin* Opening words of the Kind's Speech **the paramount importance of Singapore is the Port." Is our port supplied with all the facilities demanded by the immense shipping trade which passes through it, a trade which is
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    101 8 The first M-roonin^r of the wonderful piclim-. tke Hunchback of Notre Dame, wiH take place at the Pavilion Theatre, Orchardroad, to-morrow. Mr. H. K. Tann is issuing invitation for matinee on that day. Mr. Charles Hai wood. Inspector of Police, rVMMff, Mis. Harwood, and children, reurned from Home leave by
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      MALAYAN POPPY FUND.
      67 8 Praise from Earl Haiir. (From Our Own Correspondent). March 1. A cable from Earl Haijr to the Secretary of the Malayan Poppy Fund request* it to be broadcasted 4 The British Malayan Poppy Day Fund collection of over 110,000 ii truly magnificent and testifies to the splendid
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      MALAYA'S COAL-MINES.
      75 8 (Fi-om Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Mar. 1. The second Malayan coal-mine, opened in Porak recently by the fugsjai Coal Syndicate, is repotted io be at the producing stape. Mr. Kenion, presiding at the annual meetinjr on Saturday, said that the mine is producing forty tons daily at an
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      A SCOTTISH MUDAL.
      105 8 (From Our Own Co-respondent). Penanjr, March 1. The wedding wa> solemnised at St. Andrew's Church, the Kev. Archibald Ewteg onViatillg, of Mr. Donald Nohle, Kuala Ketil, and Hiss .lean Haddon <»f Kl^in, Scotland. wh<. arrived l.y tin- steamer Sarpe<lon. The blide was givea away by Major Jetl■n
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    452 8 I lit- Band of !lo]x- will meet to-mynnw at 4.:;o, at the Y.W.L'.A. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Huntsman gf Ipoh returned fr *n Hone <>n Thursday i»y th« P. ;.tiil <>. MofMk Mr. <;. Kni>r<!«-y has U<en Appointed Chair* in:in. and M.i.i W. M. Sinn- t-. am* on the Board
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    THE QUAINTS.
    405 8 'THE SPORT Op KIN((S Singapore Favourite H Ulrn The Quaints have for lon* unquestioned position with th h throughout the East as on, f X T favourites of all the (ompaiiM-s *h entertain us from time Th putation they have WtoWsle/S? 1 siderably enhanced a- lv 1 f
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    LOCAL WEDDING.
    194 8 «.rahani-->a m M: Ai»-\jHMU'i (it wham. >ui \i} eldest s«»n of Mr. loHn Graham, Oinmlstin •Ir-nt Shipwright. Singapore Ifarboor ?i".i Graham, w.-^ yesterday n in the F'rishytt'rian rhun-h. Married I IBm May Murray Yapp, only daughter of Mi m<i Mrs. William Yapp, of Irvine, Seotbai T\\ v Urnk\
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    MOREA'S DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS.
    182 8 MOREA'S DISTINGUISHED PASSENGERS. Then were several distinjruifthed Rfi> on board the J\ sad <>. u ;.-inivt><l in port daring the week end ai.-i for China v»n Sunda\. The> included !•:>«»• Adelaide Mary Anderson, D.K.K.. th. ness Clifton. Lady I>. Rosie, I.n.i\ the Hen. Mis. Carson, and the Hon. v';--i Wood.
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      130 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" j| The BRANDY Rjll WITH A WONDERFUL *^J4J^H REPUTATION. jKpr Exshaw No. 1. CALDBECK, MACGRECOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 45, Robinson Road. SINGAPORE PATRONISED A Jm^PFkp* BY ROYAITY JEWELLERY OF EXCELLENCE NONE, BIT THE ROYAL JEWELLER. B. P. De SILVA 62.; High Street. SIM.
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      91 8 FOR ALL W VERMIN USE e9 1 MZraSfi* AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. N i^ ill H I GOLDEN SERIES. kj *t^ j<«^w^^r^^r-*^ «£\^nnnnnnr n^^A j(*x v nn^r aV r^m^^^w^M^^^b^. annw a^ A. AViV.V.V.VA'.V.V.VWVVAV.V I "WHITE HORSE" •< I WHISKY. I J We have received a suppl> "I J ol
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    FLIGHT TO CAPETOWN
    110 9 THE FIRST STAGE. H Mi UKCOIU) -BREAKING. H^ I Router's Service] B Cairo. Mar. 1. --I stag* of the 11.r.00-miJes flight I:. A. K. 10 Capetdwr, under vhe B of Winy Commander Pulford ml- fiw officers and two me- completed on iheir arrival at H < r«»ir
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    U.S. GRAFT CAMPAIGN.
    65 9 [Reuter's Service.] Nt*w York, Feb. 2S. •hat the public officials of the secret alliance witli the pun Soot leggers, and are beneficiaries tolesale violation! of the law. a .iit-d by Chicago citizens has been t<. the Senau* through Vice'.iHts. appealing to Congress to and check tKe "prevailing
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    ENGINEERING LOCK-OUT.
    103 9 [fteuter'fl Service.] London, Mar. 1. neering loclcAmil baa been brought rer >wing to meeting of strik!.'n<lcn firm of printing ma. nufacturcrs, Robert Hoe. which •in of the dispute, reaffirming ion not to return to work. titude will be further (li>eus.-<-<l i ting of the executive oi the involved,
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    INDIA'S BUDGET.
    45 9 [Renters Service.] I^lhi. Mar. 1. l*el presented in the Assembly revenue for the past financial f3l 35 (T and the expenditure for next year show a re- and an expenditure N 'r tre»h taxation. t- the cotton excise duty would wbi it:, lakhs.
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    RAPID FRENCH BILL WORK.
    27 9 [ReuterVi Servife.J i*Hri>. !\.»>. 2h brevity took place in ;'--t They rm vvd th( from the Smate ami i it to the Finance Com-
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    ST. DAVID'S DINNER.
    177 9 "K Committee of the Sl took the oppportunity of D»y to dine together at the »•*< thus riming -n The la»t wo rod was marked by "Peeche* fa \W!si,. of elo W»ce. The function last I v "'> Pleasant gathering. fort, did justice to ProTided and the
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    THE NAVY ESTIMATES.
    431 9 NEW CRAFT. ADMINISTKATIVE ECONOMIES. LBritish liadio— Official Service]. Rugby, Feb. 28. The navy estimates for the new financial tr^n StateU y ester day, amount e> l^' 100 IJOO d a reduction of ±-.4l)C,100 helow those of the current year in ov.de for the construction of two cruisers'
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    THOSE ATTRACTIVE FAIRS
    159 9 I British Radio Official Service Kughy. FVI>. 2X. More than thirteen hundred foreign buy>rs left London in -n.u f s this week-end i a tour of the principal industrial centre* thi* country. MnC> of then. CMM to London more than fortnight ajro ami have c upitMi their
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    37 9 [British Radio— Official Servkol. Ragay, Feb. 28. The ExchangM .parii 182.15; New Jfork 4.5»;0r, Bruawli ior>.D7r>. Gcnem 2fi.", Amsterdam 12.V.VM; Berlin 20.415; Bombay 6 *-€4d; Shanghai Ss; H-.n^-<on<? 2s 4 1 s<l. Silver M t>-10.
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    MALAYAN BRANCH. ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.
    149 9 Thirty-foqr nembm and their guests wue preaent at the annual di«er of the Society which took place- (by courtesy of the Committee) in the Singapore Club on Friday, February 2f»th. The hon'blo Mr. H. Marriott, Viee-Prtaideni for the straits Settlements, was in the chair and,
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    THE HOOD KIAT CASE.
    1117 9 K NOTION AGAINST PUBLISHERS DISCHARGED. A Faked Photograph. injunction whi.-h was obtained or of Wong: Yong Soo, the complainant case in whicn Goh Hood Kiat was d at the Ass.zes last year with atJd murder, restraining the Lat Pau Press, the publishers, and Goh Lai Kangr
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    HUGE FIRE AT GEYLANG.
    647 9 j HUNDREDS HOMELESS. The aniDunt of damage that a packet of crackers can cause has never, in the history of the Colony, been demonstrated on i. more dangerous scale than yesterday afternoon, when, it i s sa id, the origin of a hie which razed numbers
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    TRAFFIC FATAILTIES.
    72 9 Tw.. fatalities were rnorded during the voek-end. X or th Bridge road on SunJay afternoon. Teoehew was knocked town by a m ,tor bus and killed. An |hb hi hit a tree in Bukit Timah road on Mturday evvninpr and n Malay woman wma tilled in th<- smash.
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      607 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "EUERMAIT LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. s.s. CITY OF SINGAPORE Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan In port HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF LAHORE Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In port
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      571 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL~STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and \ntwe r Tonnage. Singapore. T—Uji Sinea™,
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    THE POWER OF THE PRESS.
    1953 11 1,,,,, r:KAVERBRGOK*S ILLUSIONS. ian* tnd the Press, by Lord }l:;i hinson. Is. r.et. ll' u. William Maxwell Aitron I* aveibrook, chief proprieDaily Express, of the Evening: of the Sunday Express. Parliament for Ashton-u&der--12 17, Chancellor of the itei and Uii Utter of In--1918, ihird son
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    BRAINS IN THE PULPIT.
    202 11 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, in report much quoted in the American Press, laments the abdication by both the family and the Church of their functi >n> a> serious u acher* of religion: L r nhappily, that "illiterate ministry" which it was ttu
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    THE ORGANISATION OF CHILDREN'S CONCERTS.
    213 11 THE ORGANISATION OF CHILDREN'S CONCERTS. The Education Department of the Federation <>f British Musje Industries, with the approval of it* Consultative Committee, hai ■n'.-d a questionnaire with regard to the organisation of children's concerts. hoped to iM-int tin- collected information— which will Ik> considered by a I small Sub-committee under
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    ZEAL.
    93 11 1 wa:> Loid to-day a touciiii^ story of the Mind :-.'u! ct some of our Labour people. "i he hoiouyr council of Rtfnrket town has put Chatted u plot of land for an addition to 'In- <?; a- < yard of the chu •••1. It was propoe* d hy
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      109 11 WARSHIP CEMENT Equal /^y T" \<f\ Price lO IC/JI r r VTm A'fficT ai_ i t t j 11 O wll Absolutel y t >?c^PORTL AND CEMENT^ v»;^ J (Incorporated In BncUnd) 5 "7 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE I f~~^ I I I ~T~ ~T~ N ~T I r^^^^^^S ■V""^^l ■^^^fr'^Bvk.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    788 12 The N.Y.K. mail and passenger steamer, Hakone Maru, ieft Hongkong on 27th. ult. and is due at this port on the Thursday morning. She will probably sail the following day from the wharf for Europe via ports. Taking advantaga of the great boom in shipping shares (said to
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      492 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MALABAR (4,512 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,,
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      26 12 Our greatest dangers are the employer with the Me M >f 1827 and the workman who fails to do a decent day's work.— Sir Kingsley Wood.
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      423 12 MKoiSAuiiiilCAj WAalllMllo HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti. Port Said. Marseilles from Singapore. ANGKOR 12,000 tons Mar. 1,0 PORTHOS 19,000 tons Mar. 2i FROM PENANG ONLY. COMPIEGNE 17,000* tons Mar. I OUTWARD MAILS. To Saigon, Hongkong, Shasmhai and Japan. PAUL LECAT 17,000 tons Mar. 8 AMBOISE 17,000 Mar. 22 To Saigon.
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      244 12 t i SBLENDED Old Scotch Whisky Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated i:i En^and.* Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO. (Incorporated in ItalyHOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Blind ind Mmtf via port* taking through Bills of Ladtag for Levant and Black Bm Port*, all potto on
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      695 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gem as and Je ran tut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      114 12 livui; Miss Reid, Mr. C. B. Iloyt. Mr R Burdon Muller, Mr. R. Abrahams, Major A. E. B. Parsons, Mr. D. v.d. Plaat, Mrs. Hw. L.vesay, Mrs. Gapan, Mr. G. Erieson, Mr. K. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Foster, Mr. "IVnir Seng Hie, Mr. Phen Foen Kin, Mr. Dr. J. F.
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      618 13 j O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept j Rotterdam, Hamburg, i n tvr?rp, Hremen, via Colombo, Aden idafl nnd Port Said. Alps Maru Mar. 22 Mar. 23 Durban. ape Town, Santos, Rio, yi ideo and Buenos Air^s via f Hawaii Maru Apr. 14 Apr. 16 and Bombay. Vancouver
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      434 13 -mCa3Ba3Xmmm^ STEAMSHIP UN£ Round-the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. Front New York these fine new linen continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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      561 13 GENBBAL A GE^Z ASAKI ROOSEVEr T LINE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE s.s. NORFOLK MARU d m.s. SILVERCEDAR UC In port For r te and other Hiealm Mly; Gihmi^ e CQ Agenu:— Singapore
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    GOLF IN THE MOUNTAINS OF CEYLON.
    1273 14 TWO EXTREMES. [Specially Written for Free Press]. The climatic conditions under which golf is played in Ceylon vary. In Colombo, for example, the appalling: heat makes the Kume a penance, rather than a pleasure. The *'spicy breezts," which, according to the misleading hymn, "blow
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    PSYCHOLOGY TESTS.
    267 14 linding IBivst Km ploy merit for Children. An interesting experiment is »K-ing •airied out by th» National Institute of InSustria] PuycholagV i" ee-operatioa with I.ond »n County Cotmcil and the Ministry of Labour to ascertain how best •< dial with the problem of advising an be future employment
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    PRINCE AND PHOTOGRAPHERS.
    212 14 .Mr. (i. Ward Price, in the January num--I*l Of the I.ond »n Magazine, lias an article m the future of the Prince of Wales. In thil he says: The Prince would not be human if he did ret nc-easionally show irritation. It may Ik mentioned that it
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    82 14 Stellite, says an enpineer, cannot bo conas ft- steel. It is an alloy of cobalt. rhromio* and tungsten with a very insignificant two to five per cent, of iron, and while there is nothing like it as a hard matenal, it cannot be forged and is incap*b'e of beinsr annealed.
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    WORLD CALL TO THE CHURCH.
    748 14 NEEDS OF MISSIONS OVERSEA. The four reports of the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly entitled "The World Call to the Church," which have been prepared by four Commissions convened by the Missionary Council, are issued today. Each Commission included many high authorities on the
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    ELECTRIFICATION WORK IN MALAYA
    117 14 The Crown Agentl for the Colonies haw just placed an order for the supply of m>tossary material for about thirteen miles of ;<:i.t>oo volt overhead transmission line to be erected in Kuala Lumpur. \i resent the line will consist of three .15 square inch copper conductors
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      373 14 I Get Transport you 1 1 I f can depend on 11 1 I is more expensive I I A than an unreliable vehicle. It I I costs lar more in running and repair 1 I costs than you could possibly save 1 I by buying it M cheap it
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      249 14 The Tonic that British Doctors recommend Hall's Wine has been pn* scribed by Bntish d tors* tor over thirty years. Th ev know how 'it buljs U p strength in every case of weakness. If you ar? weak trom any cause', Hail\W ne wilt quickly restore rou to glorious health
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    FRASER'S & CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    491 15 FRASER'S CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, MARCH 1st. I V igur*s in brackets show the issuo value mar"cd.f ha, BUftJJHi. Aaam kumbane (I) -._i< 1 itI Batang :hWfi td I,la,, 'T ,n 145 1.47% Juris (11 > Johan Tin fCamuatiag gg, H? u Kmta Assn. (lo, 9#50 0 0(|
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    MACPHAIL & CO., LTD'S REPORT.
    168 15 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S REPORT. Sinyapore, Mar. 1. Rubber. Local 86. Tin.— London Fen. 27. E282 10s. Local 142 7. r > tons sold. Rubbers. Shares arc quiet. Baltfownies are quoted 4.l<i 4.20 cum. and Allenbys 2.5)0 ."{.lO. Mentakabs are quoted 4:? 45 and Bropras 1.62% l.<>7. ('untH'niaras have buyers at
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 15 March 1. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 11-32 Hcink dtnu.nd 2 3 '.il-'i2 PllVatc credits m.«. 2 4 > /2 Xihv York, demand "i6 9-16 < rcljts 90 day- 58 9-l»; Pranee, demand I4;»o '"'lia. T.T. Iflft Hoagkonci demand j"- 4 p.c. I'm)). demand 122 .lava, demand l-iu 1
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    PRODUCE.
    211 15 March I. S I" I n_\.">o <»;<nibi»T II M Pepper kite r,r». n(i l'epp< Black It.ti h lake i Bpioc 6.25 Pearl BagO Small H.TTj Copra 12.00 Copra Sundried L2.SO Opium. Benares un 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (Npv/) ?3n Rice, Siam old No 1 ?U0
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    JACKS METAL REPORT.
    425 15 London. I-Vh. 3 Market*. Tin? *ftl trouble, which hu been hanging ovtrthe markets many months now, >e«-m< !ikel\ to be dispersed, a> -'ut>.dr opinion will force the hot-head: either side t > conn t«> a reasonable wor! inu arrangement. Germany is coming I an end ol her
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    176 15 >VHY NOT RIBHER TREASURY NOTES? (Kioni Our Own Correspondent). London. Feb. I. Some hills of exchange sent over to thia country are made out if robber, and a leading firm of papal merchants showed me ■avml io-day. They Wen slightly heavier than pa]er. but >f their indest
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & COS REPORT.
    231 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. <L. R. .Vaephaih. Singapore- Mar. 1 Kabfc r.—^ i '„1. Up fed. Local 86 s l0 Feb. 28. I cal 7:, ton, at 142*4. Rubber iharea are stia.lv with fair en:iujh's at the lower levels. Mining shares oie cniivt. Industrials and Loans .can be aken at
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    MODIFIED FREE TRADE.
    305 15 ~*'r. St. L*C Str;ichi»> in "Present Disc— tents." Mr. J. St. Loe Strtchey gave addrv*n "Some thought.-, on present disi rontenta with Free Trade" si X .tional Liberal club luncheon. He >ai<i that, while he had not crated to Ik- a Free Trader, I><- thought thai mm<«'
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    38 15 Singapore, Mar. 1, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot and March XA* 2 B.V, AprilJune S4 S4 l 2 July-Sept. 88tt 84. London Quotation Sheet 2s. P 2 <l. Market Steady.
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      435 15 Assets over $5,500,000. A mi Aflßurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSIRANtE-COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House SineaDore I oxrnnM nwmrv- Q9 nw t r,. m ,,anv ha, «,000 d ep Mlte a .he"?^ C^ rf E^M^^S^^eß^lT^r^ SecreUry Managing Director Actuary G C
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      842 15 BANKINGHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong* Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50 C oo,ooc Issued and fully paid up $20 A »00,00€ Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,r 00,00' D Silver $26.d00,00(' Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,U00 f OOO COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L Paitenden. Esq., Chairma* E. P. White,
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      63 15 ROY^L EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated In England by Royal Charter A. D. 1710). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds 4 Singap^-Q Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LH CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. As a work of art. Waterloo Bridge is negligible,
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    THE LENGLEN-WILLS MATCH.
    699 16 CROWDED WITH SENSATIONS. Dramatic Incident in Second Set. Cannes, Feb. IMb. The match between Mile. Lenglcn and Miss Helen Wills at the Carlton Club was crowded with sensations. The first set was annexed by Mile. Lenglen a I <» 3, the scores being: Mile. I^englen 'M) aces.
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    UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL.
    26 16 London, Feb. 18. Results of soccer friendlies played today are as follows: Cambridge Univ. 2, Southern Amateur League 2. Oxford Univ. Oxford City 4.
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    ARMED ROBBERIES .
    98 16 ARMED ROBBERIES A daring robin ry which was committed in the ft* fat way of North Bridge road in broad daytigkt on Sunday was reported to the Police. Four Chinese are said to have attacked a Hokien hawker and robbed him jf all his money amounting to $30 1 he
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    SPORTING NEWS. FOOTBALL.
    240 16 SPORTING NEWS. FOOTBALL. S.R.C's FIKST MATCH. S.C.C 3: S.RC 0. The S.R.C. turned out against the S.C.C. for their first match this year on the Padnng yesterday evening. They gave a very indifferent display and were beaten by 3 geah to nil. There were several newcomers to the S.R.C. side
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT .
    89 16 S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT A Veterans Event. It has been decided to hold a Veterans Pairs handicap event in the forthcoming S.C.C. tennis tournament, provided sufficient entries are forthcoming. Entries for this will dose on hTarch 12. The qualifiesj tions are fifteen years 1 residence in the I East and n\er
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    POLO.
    59 16 SHaniror American Tournament. The result <>i" t hi- Amerieai Polo Tournament hold in Kuala Lumpur <hirinc th«iwk was as follows: (liffonl's team 9 L-t-als. HenjnreWr'a totmm 7. Tyler's toam Russell's team :i. Tin* Members of the vianiac ttam won-: B. A. R. GatCT «1». H. H. Um Sultan of
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    GOLF.
    26 16 1 lii uter s Service.] MWH) Florida. Mar. 1. Over thirty-six holes Conpafon and Massy tat MacDoaaM Sn.ith and Alec Smith by 1 > and 4.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    105 16 Phi- Ladiet bo^ey compi titi«m was played vi^terday afternoon and resulU-d in a win j f«»i Mrs. Whitley. Thiity-three cards were taken out and the ?o\\ »v -\u-x \v»n« n turned: Un. M. H. D. WbHley lo up. Mrs. Johnst m 18 I u{». Mrs. Heron |5
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    TANGUN CLUB TENNIS TOUMNAMBNT.
    176 16 Yesterday's Results. -Miss Stephens »n and Webb, scr. heat Miss Griffith-Jones and Fuloher, owe .JO, f, i c— 2. Cullen (up. Mrs. Newell and Prentis, owe 15 l>eat Mrs. Hit key and Xieoll, scr., 6 4, 6—l. Handicap Doubles (Men). liateman and Holyoak, owe ISJ beat
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    CHINESE RUNS "AMOK."
    104 16 THREE DEATHS REPORTED IN JOHORE TRAGEDY. Three Chinese were killed and several others wounded by another Chinese who ran "amok" at Kluanp:, in North Johore, or, Wednesday ni#ht, according to a report viiich we received last night. It appears that the man armed himself with a parang
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    TOWKAY STABBED AND SHOT.
    150 16 TOWK AY STABBED AND SHOT. A sensational murder is being investigated by the Jlochorc >lke who received a report after J) o'clock on Saturday evening and proceeded to No. G9 Aliwal Street t learn that Chong Ki Choo, a Ken Chinese, said to be the owner of certain estates in
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    A STOREKEEPER'S DEBT.
    367 16 Kwa Stoug I.im. st<-i< keeper to Messrs. Sandilaada NutUry and <'..., and his son. 11. Kwa, were defendants r o n jodgmeni summons which eaaie before Mr. Justice Deane in thr Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, the judgment creditors being the ■Ho Hon-r Bank. Replying t<. Mr. U.
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    LBCTUKB BY PROF. FRAEUNDULICH AT Y.M.C.A.
    260 16 LBCTUKB BY P ROF. FRAEUNDULICH AT Y .M. C.A. Then was a laiK«- attendance at Professor Fraeundlich's bctm at the Y.M.C.A. last night. Professor Fraeundlich, who was head of tin Gorwaa rTprdllioa to Sumatra for the pvrpOM of making observations daring the recent cettpee of the un. gave an interesting
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    1023 16 BUST IMPROVE. Fights For Promotion. The positions in the English and Scottish Leagues to date are as follow:* Division I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Huddersfield (1) 30 15 ***** 46 40 Sunderland (7) 31 16 9 6 74 55 38 Aisenai (20) 30 15
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    "THE FIFTEENTH NIGHT."
    186 16 The (hap Goh Meh celebrations during Saturday and Sunday nights, particularly <»n Saturday night, were of an exceedingly lavish nature. All the large and even the small Chinese dwelling place*, and the palatial rcsidt nces of Singup tre'a towkays were en fete during Saturday Right, the approach
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      30 16 A man who owns his awn hou?« is kinjr. subject to his wife, and even then he thinks he is king, which is the same thing. -Sir Frederick Wise, M.P.
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      165 16 A SJEINWAY is the Hallmark to ANY HOME. ASK FOR PRICE LISTS. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong). RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. Sole Agents. Eat only the Best Toffee. Sharps "Band Box'' Toffee is made of the purest materials, and does not deteriorate. Sold in tins containing 4 13 oz.
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