The Singapore Free Press, 14 May 1926

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press ID CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., FRIDAY. MAY 14, 1926. NO. 11,797.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    305 1 Late- cables state that few of the strikers have returned and it will take some days before normality reigns Page 8. The Railway Companies are imposing certain conditions and the railwaymen have refused to return Page 8. The Time-, in the first Rritish press comments on the
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    CEDARS OF LEBANON.
    868 1 Of all the mighty cedar forests which ones clothed the prey heights tt the bsbonon th- re _a__rvive bnt few huddled groups of trees, as the sedans shove Am Eanalta and those shove Buruk. But of all thene |»or mrvivots there it one prove known above all
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      158 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL Saturday, May 15 Rq_p.p T"^iTiYi_P"r Ctxlvl JL^clllv/C/ Eexnsion till 2 st.m. v 1 j h -^H* *5/ 1 ft Work of Unequalled Excellence Distinguishes the REMINGTON QUIET 12. FRASER NEAVE, LTI). I i I -_F_Z_Z__-iF_^ THE NEW COLUMBIA :j jj H GRAFANOLA -j Sir
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      99 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Public entertainments Page 2. Shipping "ii pages 10, 12 and 13. Seaside bungalow to let Page T. Crowth< r Shaw for suits Page 2. Buy your food at (old Storage— Page B. Miss Mansoon for ball-room dancing Page 'J. Specia] announr i tent by Slasenger's— Page 6. Water-proof
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      7 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S. BISCUITS AND CAKES
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      141 1 THE WEEK. Friday, Uth. High Water. 0.24 n.m. 11.48 p.m, Dutch homeward mail elo 1 1 a.m. Div. 1: S.C.C. vs. HA. Lucia (I, Lammermoor, V T ic. Theatre 9_SO p.m. Tanglin Clsb Race Dance, io p.m. Saturday, ..">'/•. High Water. 1.5 p.m. B. I. nut ward mail ,iue. Spring
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    TREES AND RAINFALL.
    426 2 •Un.- refreshing feature of Calcutta during the hoi weather is it.- continued greenness. Only in exceptional years does tho maidan turn yellow, while in no season do any considerable proportion of the city's trees present a bore apnea ranee. The same remark applies lne greater part of
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    MABEL NORMAND RETURNS
    418 2 *l a nn..* Issped h> Mar] l*ickford. y. *s _M I' kfoi <!. anna," has been i fived m Lon< i> herself the P< II; an ol Holly* d ha.- been strumental in securing the turn :<■ the em ot Mis .Y_ah< < ISor- Uk igic comedienne
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      208 2 !!*jPRICKLY HEAT. "AGNESIA" ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER PREVENTS and CURES. MANUFACTURED BY MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23, Battery Road. ol W ii Ar -UtCt-i. VICTORIA THEATRE I I To-Night at 9.30 p.m. A. CARPI Presents THE JITALIAN GRANDE LOPERAJQCOMPANY KILL ORCHESTRA— BALLET AND FULL CHORUS. TO-NIGHT Lucia De Lam mer moor SATURDAY,
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      473 2 PAVIOON. From Wednesday, 12th lo Tuesday, 18th May. SIRENS AND SAVAGES OF THE SOUTH SEAS "Black Shadows" Featuring:— CHlEF GAU, The Head Hunter Plaved CHIEF POPI I rp„ The Medicine Man, etc., etc. rhemselves. A Wonderful Trip throughout the South Seas Islands. LAUGH SPEED ROMANCE FUN JOHNNY HINES And an
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      370 2 From Tuesday, llth to Sunday. 16th May. AT THE ALHAMBRA In the Second Show, commencing 9 p.m. A HENRY EDWARDS BRITISH PRODUCTION A Film Version of Alfred Ollivant's Admirable Story of gheefMJ o"\]l7"n "RfYR \mm*r W JmmmmJ __L_IV/XJ (AN Al LD CRAHBIT SHEPHERD PIT LOAH Sl( in,,,, in which Henry
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    MALAYA'S TIN.
    2207 3 A DIFFICULT POSITION. Mr. Scrivenor's Opinions. Part 11. Before -.retting to that point, how. ver. it is necessary to devota some space to Mr, Svrivenor. In The Geology of South Perak. 1919, he writes: The granite boulders are remarkable in that they nearly always have two flat parallel
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      153 3 Wk A lnumph mzk }Jr DUNCAN the winner jo*y%/^C% of the first prize of £100 jA m a recent Baby ComX^r f r^ L petition in which there dlncan j were over 52,000 entries, baby. urys cdlj was reared on *J_N&44 V 9 mllenburgs I hese foods are specially manufactured
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      353 3 FORD OWNERS I Prolong the Life of Your Car j White Star Oil MALAYAN MOTORS 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. WEARNE BROTHERS UMITED, Proprietors. 7 r 1 _________L a***i __r Ml m^o^m\\^m\\\\\\io_^y^^tiaV^\ fsf V>» FOR THE "TEA" HOUR INSTANT POSTUM is a boon to those people who enjoy a warn, invigorating drink
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    ON WAACTIVE SERVICE.
    553 4 NO. 12— "Ol R HIT" FINISHED. (Special!;. Written for Free Tress). It was ''Wonderful how quickly the days and weeks and months seemed t<> slip by. once we had settled down to '"ir office and camp routine, and the strangeness of our life overseas a fa thi
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    EXPERT MARKSWOMAN.
    29 4 -M iss Jessie Snedgraas, the Kockhampton riflewaasaa <>nr ef tht- two lady com(KtiT«r- ;r. the h inn's Prize mecrtinf; at M. i'x.arr- she wa< well up among
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  • MOODS & MODES OF EVE
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      FRIVOLITIES.
      334 4 MAKING FRIENDS. "Are women ever real friends?" asks a headline. And the writer, being a man. attempts to prove that they are not! Most men seem to have an idea that women, owing to the insecurity «>t their position, must, perforce, spend all their nine ami energy in endeavouring,
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      ARTEMIS.
      270 4 The Short Skirt in Greece. The Greek law against skirts shortei than fourteen inches from th>- ground has in >ved itself t< i.t' nol wholly a joke by s nding to prison a young woman of twenty. It is true thai the question has been gravel** considered and. aired
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      DRESS FADS.
      100 4 London, Mar. 31. The "Daily Express" fashions expert reveals the revival of the Spanish vogue, which came to a sudden end when shingling came into fashion, with the result that tens of thousands of Spanish combs were snapped. Spanish hats in the coming season will he restored to
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      TABLE TALK.
      249 4 BEAUTIFYING THE SKIN Every woman ha.- a pel recipe which lhe considers the beat treatment for beautifying the skin. Dolores, Epstein's famous model, finds milk the host cosmetic for her skin. She .-ay.- that when the face has been well cleansed, a small sponge soaked Kb fresh cold
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      BOUDOIR & BOULEVARD.
      1288 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD. A hat which has just been designed, is aptly labelled a "Rugby" hat. Tins jaunty little hat is made on vers much the same lines as the can which would be worn bj so.nie footballers. It is moulded with downward flaps on ..-aer, side, ami these flaps covet
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      A TISSUE SUIT.
      38 4 Ultra-fashionable two-piece suits are being made Irom plain and patterned silver tissues. In this suit the plain tissue is pleated in tlu- skirt, shile the coatee and the side panel- are of patte ued silver.
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      FOR EVENING WEAR
      256 4 cert pari ies tha* i tin:. a ith During the yeai ovei seac 1 can beri :!i< d. very of tel pressed and dtsgrui or les* but t lot of hapt>\ time- m i i it canu my 'foreign i Idei nd, and at first I In
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE.
    1404 5 IN THE LONDON COURTS. .Michael's daughter— Miss Turner "as was '—was married on Easter Monday. It was a fine wedding. There were nine severe casualties, one charge of assault, and one application ior a summons. Harrow-street will not forget it for souia time. It was Michael win.
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      159 5 The penalty of the tropies fey _s o I i wst) aider t--> n-ed v d thai suits I nnot 1 nti Iree ih ailments m. s.l ot them si i.iite. __k km SS, are w .ward's* iri] Water. tin. i a jAmmlmf A____i of V s P^-TTi^l Grine Water
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      563 5 I 3 P^ B Bl **5711" Eau de Cologne hears th; stamp of unobtrusive good taste. (I tfcere- HIP fore m;i!.r- an admirable jrit't bt t »«mi M| gSS'i All women kno*« tht many uses <i iTll" Eau de Cologne, it- delightful BS |&K=E perl uroe— its efficacy in cases
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    HOME SPORT.
    2200 6 THE CRICKET SEASON (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Apr. 15. Tbe Cricket Season is opening and the tour of the Australians has already been boomed with the enthusiasm of insane proI paganda. They can never live up to the 'anticipations formed cd' th in. Everybody, too, is "team
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    MAINTAINING ORDER.
    104 6 Shanghai. April 22. According to reports reaching here. Gem rai (how Yin Jen. Tupan af Fukien. closed the committee for th support of national l diplomacy which was v. ry active in main- I [taining the boycott against British and. .Japanese goods in the province. In addi-l tion
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    SHANGHAI "INCIDENT"
    124 6 \tiempt ta Arr«vi So. in A lively incident ii devel i-su;.m of a mi rant at Shanghai for the irn tl II ttskj ah. 10 statcnu nts at the Court, C-UUI with the irarranl tho ESoviet Consulal 1 '""•nt in th,> case ■I Shanghai, Hr. IF l. b■•
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      172 6 3i"c *lc r, ed for the m«3itu£tf!tiire of jam uader coiiditio.rw' ctod nre as cie^n the -Xousewiieju liitclljeiu BUC*<SEf.RY_APP_E JAM Ny Carlsberg _t^_^__9*'-^>C. *OI B IMPORTERS THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD.: (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPOrE [MASSAGE HALL, MANICURE AND MASSAGE, 60. Waterloo Street. HRS. HARU and MISS HANa Telephone No.
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    ABOUT YOUR INDIGESTION.
    128 7 Digestive disorders are due to the presence of harmful acid in the stomach, creating fermentation, gas, and pain. These distressing condition- may be relieved instantly and further attacks prevented by taking 'Bisurated' Magnesia, an antacid preparation which neutralize- the dangerous acid the moment it enters the stomach,
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    WONDERS OF OPTICS.
    956 7 I THE EYE OF SCIENCE. There is every reason to believe that the [account given by the elder Pliny of the origin of glass is historically correct. Phoenician traders camping* at the foot of Mount Carmel kindled a lire in an oven made of blocks of "natron,"
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      444 7 BUSINESS CARDS. i MARY SETON. l[ E. AMBER MANSIONS. J ORCHARD KOAD. J NEW HATS AND STOCKINGS. .'ieaae Send for the Illustrated 2 v atalogue of Musical Instruments, o SEASON CO., LTD. J ffi and 113, North Bridge Road. MARBLE TABLE TOPS. FLOORING, TILES, Etc. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. -Marble Merchants."
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      745 7 NOTICES. Notice is herebj given th ;ii! roads within Ihe Governmenl House Domain will be closed to the public from 1 p.m. :>. p.m. on each of the following days viz: Bth, Uih. 13th, loth, 221!.: .May. an.! 24th May 1926. II V. TOWNER, Deputy Colonial Engineer. 7-5 Hi. 14-5
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    36 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. BR( i\\ V Ai "-i arrow Hill otlag* Glugor, .-iuMvniy oi th< '.oh instant, John Robertson Brow i ei nd soi of the lot* Dm d Br wn, Glug" ft«n a 18 n
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926. Victory or Compromise.
    643 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1926. Victory or Compromise. The universal satisfaction at the calling off of the general strike in Britain ma; perhaps be mingled with a doubt whether the victory is as complete as the logical mind would desire. The general strike has been called off without
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    559 8 i Mr, R. Crichton, Acting Commissioner j Trade and < ustoms, F.M.S., is on a 'sii to Penang. Mi Tan Kah Kee, th Singapore iil bei millionaire, arrived in Penang on Mondaj I >n business visit. Mr, i. W. A. Ti immi r, 'hail mi n of ihi Singapore Harbour
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    159 8 FATAL FIGHT ON A SHIP. Fireman Acquitted at IVnang A.^sizes. (Froni Our Own Correspondent l. After retiring for Niteen minuu-s- at F.o Assizos the jury revli ui-l a .ordiit of not guilty against Gph Seng L«mg, iroman aboard the -st'a;i-_i* Bee, who wa.- charged with causing the .tenth
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    CAUSING GRIEVOUS HURT.
    47 8 From < im* I torn I 'on esponden! I Vnai.tr. Ha] IF A Cantonese named Lee Scan, charged with causing grievous burl to <>n^ She by breaking hF forearm, eras sentenced to &ne day's imprisonment and bound over for Mi month* in sureties oi $2<M).
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    374 8 Thr EU v. and Mrs. B. I Rob iti l»v« returned to K taia Lumpui from Brastaf i »r. and Mrs. 1- ield bav< gow o Kual Lumpur fi m Sen mban. I M 1* ield is 'in charg< District Hoc] ital. 1 'he engagi om n r sam I
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    IN LONDON-NOW.
    639 8 FEW STRIKERS KKTI R N A YEKY DM I |d >| n eart> mrvej tl don reveal* 1 Very lew ..nil.. eigenc} bi i*. tae* Operating and tl.. .-each business is pro< seding. 1 The r«ewepepe nfll attenuated form. Apar trom M tit* "trite, aad the n i
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      105 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" HARVEYS OF BRISTOL II BRISTOL MILK SHERRY. Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances of Hongkong.) 15, Robinson Road, SINGAPORE. GOOD FOOD f goodllealth j :j AND GOOD HEALTH MEANS EVERYTHING j ji BUY YOUR FOOD FROM THE jI COLD STORAGE
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    PEACE PROCLAIMED.
    822 9 T.I.C. SURRENDER. IN THE COMMONS. House of Commons, after his anment that the general strike had been M.-. BaMwhj added that it was utmost importance that ihe British cthonld look not backwards but for\\e should resume work m a spirit ration, putting behind u> a ll malice ndktiveness,
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    CONTINENTAL TROUBLES.
    176 9 POLISH REVOLT. STREET FIGHTING. [ReuterF; Service.] Warsaw, May 13. Heavy street fighting took place this afternoon, many being killed and wounded. The anti-government forces occupied the Castle, th Prime Minister's residence and the Foreign Office. The Government has resigned and the President of the Republic is expected to
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    A GERMAN PLOT
    405 9 overthrow of lhe Republic ;inu Government and a concentrated attack on Ber- the establishment of a "Reich's administrator" with full authority to dissolve all federal state parliaments and political pari es, were among the objects of a plot nearthed by the Berlin police after a -Kudi the
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    THE MINERS' DISPOSITION.
    761 9 COOK'S INDIGNATION. FEDERATION NOT CONSULTED. [Reuter's Service.] London, May 12. Mr. Cook announced that the miners executive yesterday had rejected the draft terms of s?ttlement submitted by the T.U.C., after the meeting with Sir Herbert Samuel. Tbe miners federation was not consulted as j regards the proposals
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    SEASIDE BUILDING CONTRACT.
    519 9 SUPREME COURT JUDGMENT AGAINST EUROPEAN. His failure to carry out a guarantee under a contract for the building of ten houses at East Coast Road led to judgment for $9,700 being entered against a European contractor named H. J, Scheffelaar by Mr. Justice Deane in the Supreme
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    MURDER IN SAGO-STREET.
    91 9 A antonese was lound lying in SagoStreet seriously wounded on Wednesday afteroon. The man was in a collapsed condi- j tion suffering from two severe stab wounds j in the abdomen. He wfes removed to the j General Hospital where he died shortly after admission. Up to
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    AT GENEVA.
    72 9 [Reuters Service.] (.eneva. May 12. The Council Reorganisation Committee has provisionally adopted Viscount CeciiV proposals that non-permanent members should be elected for three years, assuming office immediately alter election, while onethird of their number shall Ih* elected yearly. The Spanish tt^i Brazilian delegates were the sole opposers and
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    ANOTHER FRENCH ADVANCE.
    53 9 [Havas Service.] Paris, May 13. A message from Rabat says that the latest operations have resulted in a considerable reduction of the dissident area, and the occupation of all chains and heights overhang* in* the Mediterranean side of Rif the heart of which can now be overlooked
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    APRILS TRADE.
    28 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ixmdon, May 12. The Board of Trade returns were: Im ports in April £100,718,000; exports £52,748, 000; compared with £100,804,000 ant £66,399,000 in March.
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    A GOOD DIVIDEND.
    17 9 [Reuter's Service.] Amsterdam. May 12. The Royal Dutch dividend is twenty three per cent.
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      546 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERMAJT LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. Due S'pore. s.s CITY OF NAPLES Hon-_rkon^, Shanghai and Japan May IS HOMEWARDS. p.s CITY OF SINGAPORE London. Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg May 22 s.s.
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    LATE MAIL NEWS.
    23 11 I m away TRAGEDY AT i have forbidden the saillil MTUch" 1 and the vessel ist liable to be dooded
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    NEW TIGRIS CHANNEL.
    62 11 I J.'*, r. A tu navigat i< »n Persian Guli into the •a opene I r~day in the ;E i I, the A. ting Eli *h Offict r < >mmai>ding the .a e gathering of British I q rotables, who travelled I luisi'in. o! lhe nrw channel
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    CANADIAN LIQUOR SCANDAL.
    69 11 i ia strati m of customs and a Boose ut nee in alleged aci 1 Sen m e unmissioners, Jai u n n, oi gifts oi liquor i ustoma official, which granges samples. I a Rochelle swore thai they ai the 1a,....; ras from tho ms, ha
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    LADY HOUSTON "SUFFERING FROM DELI SiONS."
    95 11 LADY HOUSTON "SUFFERING FROM DELI SiONS." at La a Boost m as o husl an Ps large estate will varied in conseqoence i the Jei I which, after evidence oi sia oi the rinci- mit had pi ri< asl a arnni iei iadysl:. tscertain j ail and body, had come
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    SPANISH PROFESSOR EXILED.
    109 11 Faculty oi Law al I aa been di ported to i bafar aas on the ground, an official ana. '..nee ment, that tents to protest against cear- Government. adds thai during the tony of installing a distinguished aahr oi Greek, al the I'ni- anc.-.. a number of
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    ASIATIC BILL CONFERENCE.
    239 11 state I thai the chiei credit far was duo to General Hort- ..an who displayed high lepen lence oi mind i ...•.<. helming difficulties. are confronting the young Mr. Andrews new realised native problem had to _aibk this mnst not be eon- B I passed would only
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    ADVANCE STEP FOR INDIAN WOMEN.
    183 11 Removal of all Sex Disqualifications. A great advance has been marked in the I uplift of the women of India by to-day's announcement regarding ihe removal if sex disqualification by amendments to the [electoral rules of all legislative bodies. Provincial Councils can. after one j
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    "AIR SENSE."
    219 11 A European Monopoly, In spite oi the fad that large numbers oi Japanese have I e* n trained in the art oi flying, and that many aeroplanes are employed in the Chinese armies, Calcutta has not yet seen any machine-, flown by members oi Eastern rac« s. Several
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    NEWSPAPER SALVAGE.
    200 11 By a simple de-inking process, tin United States Forest Products Laboratory converts waste newspapers into clean, new paper suitabh for printing purposes. This new method is calculated to cut the cost of newsprint $15 a ton. If de-inking plants ar e established In metropolitan centres of newspapei production
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    HONGKONG'S NEW TELEPHONE CABLE.
    51 11 HONGKONG'S NEW TELEPHONE CABLE. On May 4th the Hongkong Telephone Company engineers were busy laying across I the harbour what is tho largest telephone caWe in the Far Bast About a year apo a cable was laid across to Kowloon but this having proved faulty it was decided to lay
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    FIRST AID FOR THE MARRIED.
    1095 11 It is really very kind of them. "Tho First Yeai Club." I lead, "has just been incorporated under official auspices." whatever is the precise meaning of that. "Auspices," .is you have certainly remarked, is a word much used by writers for the newspapers in moments
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    86 11 In the controversy with his critics, it Es a point to Mr. Epstein that the old British Medical Association's* offices in the Strand, with his sculpture, should have been sold te the New Zealand Government at an enhaneied price. Nearly as much fus- OMB made [about these statues in 1908
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    502 12 NAVAL BASE AT TRIN COM ALEE. Subsidiary to Singapore. The development of Trincomalee as a naval base is steadily being carried out, and with the completion of the first group of 15 oil fuel tanks at the China Bay and off the ferro concrete oil fuel jetty, the
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    THE EXPLOSION IN AN OIL TANKER.
    151 12 New or k. \pr. 12. The explosion on board the oil tanker r,ulf of Venezuela at Port Arthur. Texas, arly yesterday resulted in the death of 25 members of her cr< w. lhe tanker was tr.king in So. ooo barrels »f petrol, and the
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    46 12 (By Courtesy of the (iovernment Health Officer). For the twe*»<-"-four hours ending midnight .Mav L2th. Max. shade temp 88.2 F Min. shade temp 7C J7 -Mean shade temp M F Max. sun radiation 140 F Min. grass radiation 71 F Oca leuip M r
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      521 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) I FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tona) 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
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      517 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE. OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY. "ROTTERDAM [XOVIT AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. Cargo is also accepted to Baltimore, and ta is. A.. and Cai Pomts on through Billa of Lading For shipping order. < and Information apply te: HAMIKLS-VKKEKN-KdM, ROI I! II f 7 LLO\D TRIESTFNO N\\ (q
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      668 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok e\|ery Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi and Kedah
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      179 12 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Circe: Mr. and Mrs. R. White. Mr. s. Brayshay. P< r Klang: Mr. G. W. Trimmer, Mr. S. Finigan, the Rev. R. Pa hard. Mrs. and Miss Van Langenberg, Dr. Green, Mrs. Bedington, Mr. and Mrs. IL R. Jones, M E. J. C. Edwards, Vr. V. P.
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      647 13 PO. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. J>«pt. London. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden Amur Maru May 17 Mav 18 Mombassa; Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira, Delagoa Bay, Durban t Chicago Maru May 18 May 19 Durban, Cape Town, Santos. Rio, and Bueßos Aires. tLa Plata Maru May 20 May
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      426 13 *^>5L Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round Mi the World, returning to Singapore in 110 days. Next Sailings. Arr. S'pore
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      613 13 Kerr Steamship Co.. Inc.. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE m.s. SILVERELM Due May 26 For ratea and other particulars apply:— GUTHRIE CO., LTD. K P M KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT
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    WITHIN THE WALLS OF CITIES.
    1200 14 j The naturalist, having long ago surprised his first primrose, will soon be listening f>i his first cuckoo. The hotel-keepers are listening, in like manner, for spring's first American. Dr., Rosenbach has landed, and tne antique dealers are shaking off the after-Christmas lassitude and fingering
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    A SWINDLE EXPOSED.
    319 14 Frenchman Sentenced for Possession of Heroin. •Joseph Torre, a French commercial traveller, who had been residing at the Astor House Hotel, again appealed before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy, Hongkong, on May i. charged with the posses-ion of a (juantity of heroin. It wa-
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    MUNICIPAL MATTERS.
    317 14 The following action was taken at a meeting of committee No. 3 held on Mondaj Recommended thai the sum of $12,000 provid d in th Budget, for the Cluny Dalv Road h ipiw ment, sh. dd be <i: vaed to ira.pi -i.\ ing < ross S1 r< t.
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    58 14 A farewell dinner was given in the Drill Hall, Malacca, on Thursday las, bo The Hon *> Mr. Ralph Scott the R sident Councillor of > Malacca who has left to take up the Resi- dent Councillorship of Penang caused by the J transfer of Th Hon. Mr. W. Peel
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      139 14 V- -A^l-linH'MliAIMIlillhlllllllMlMAi:-:!:: p, JM AilMillA IA il i li A I I I U A I A 1 1! i 1 1 1 I I i' 1 1 1 1 1 A; iil! i, .I A lIA iIIA, 1; l A^ Sore Throat //11//__ il _^r \^'*o^ y^^ Wi Dr.
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      307 14 AUCTION SALE OF Magnificent Teak and Canton Blackwood Household furniture, Iron (Off Grange Road) ON SATURDAY, nth MAY. IMS AT 2 l».\; Comprising:— One Austrian fire proof in with keys, 2 veil made walnut stained teak spring seat ij drawnift tes uphoUt tion leather in nine pieces eaeh. One 1.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    665 15 KKASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS THURSDAY. MAY 13th. of fhf U Sf ln b racl^f show the issue value oi tne bhare in dollira imio... „*.u j marked.] u°nars unle^ otherwise In 1925 21,526 cwt. of biscuits of a declared value of £166. 7GG were imported
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    55 15 Last week a fatal motoring accident occurred in the Alor Gajah district. Mohamed b. Haji Islaman, the assistant land bailiff, and his young cousin, whom he was carrying on his motor-cycle, collided with a car. The bailiff died from his injuries, and his cousin is lying in a serious condition
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    EXCHANGE.
    64 15 May L3. Bank 4 in... 2 4 5-32 Bank demand 2 4 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 17-32 New York, demand 56 5-16 Credits 90 days •">-.*, F ranee, demand 1690 India, T.T. 1..1 Hongkong, demand 4 p c Prem. Yokohama, demand 116 Java, demand I.'''J' 4 Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    208 15 Ma; lA. Tin 125 Tons |137.66 Gambier 11.00 Pepper White "i'i.t" l Pepper black 12.00 Flake Tapioca 5.50 Pearl Sago Small 7. Copra lt-55 Copra Sundried 11.75 Opium. Benares un.. 4.000 Rice, Lian? Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle .New) 830 Rice, Siam o.d Xo 1 MO Rice. Rangoon Birtpr.
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    NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES.
    421 15 Development of South Sumatra. lia tavia. Up t,, the pr pent the Dutch administra tion in her East Indian colonies has been chiefly concerned with the development ol Java, but, though there are still many op portunities for extending the agricultural and other resources of that island,
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    133 15 MALAYAN TRADE. THK APRIL STATISTICS. The Following is comparative statement of the total value of foreign mcrchandise, excluding panel post, imported and exported to and from Rrit:sh Malaya daring 1925 and 1926. IMPOSTS. 192 192H. Increase (In thousand., of dollars). January (.0.347 87.005 22,556 Pebrnarj r.O. Iso
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    46 15 Ma> 13th. UJI a.m. Buyers BrOe« ELS.S. equ i to Standard Q.< 'Jf. Snot > Standard R.S.S. on Tender V... *>-, ft .June 7>> T»* July-Sept. 77- 7>» Oot. -Deo. Tone ot' Market. Weak. Latest Cable: London Spol Sheet 28§_.d pet \\< m. „r^_^_i
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    THE EXCHNAGES.
    227 15 [British Radio Official Service. Rutfby. Ma> 12. Paris L54.25; Kew York 4*65; Bruaael. 154; Geneva 25.15; Amsterdam 12.09; Milan 122 1-16; Berlin 20.4:.; Bamba) l« 29-32d; Shanghai 2s ll%d. A; the beginning -t April the citrus coop of South tinea wa> such that it wa.- CM templated tu
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      1346 15 Assets Over $6,500,000. S.C. Am*.** in Force Over $22,000,000. THE GREAT EASpN m ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEA D 0 V V I C fi -Winchester House Sing«pore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C I (on.: any has ___0.(WO deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British
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      232 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE(lncorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW <___ CO. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manage r. MACPHAIL 6 CO, LTD'S REPOKT. Singapore. Ma\ IS Lubber.
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    1582 16 A GOOD DAY'S RACING. The light shower which had fallen earlier yesterday for a time made things a little cooler, but as the afternoon wore on ihe muggy heat grew rather oppressive. There was. however, a good attendance at the Raceourse and the running on the whole
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    THE PRINCES TURF VENTURE.
    139 16 Steeplechasers Next Season. Tlie Prince of Wales" colours will be seen '■■•vei the sticks" next season. It is reported to be his intenti m to put a few steeplechasers into training. The Prince will not himself ride these horses in their races, but he may have
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    GUILLEMARD CUP TRIALS.
    356 16 ATTRACTIVE PLAY IN DOUBLES The meeting of Lim Bong Soo and John Lim with Nozu and Matsukawa in the second qualifying round (doubles) foi the F\M.S. Colony match produced some exceedingly atti active tennis at the S.i .C yesterday evening. The Japanese pais: were successful by 6
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    F.M.S. Guillemard Cup Team.
    61 16 F .M.S. Guillemard Cup Team. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Ma> 13. The following is the F.M..S. lawn tenni« team which will plaj against the Colony in thi Guillemard Cup competition on Maj 22nd. Singles: Ong Ee Kong, Lam Saj Kee. Bagot, Scovell, Duncan and Yong Loong I 'hong.
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    WINNER OF SINGAPORE TOURNAMENT BEATEN BY AUSTIN.
    340 16 WINNER OF SING APORE TOURNAMENT BEATEN BY AUSTIN. !i( uti nant < omni tnder P. I'. I ilover, who won the open -:n_ r !<-- in the tournament at the Ladie.- Lawn Tennis I lub last Chinese New Year, is among the victims 'who have fallen to If. Austin, the
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    WORLDS SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    98 16 London, May 3. In the race for the world's sculling: championship there was a strong* wind and the water was choppy. After a good start. Goodsell took the lead, but nearly fell out of the boat after going a quarter of a mile. Saul then forged ahead,
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    51 16 AUSTRALIANS vs. HANTS. ANOTHER CENTURY BY GREGORY. [Reuter's Service.] London. May 12. The match between the Australians ana Hampshire commenced at Southampton today before an attendance of 4,000. Collins won the toss and the Australians, batting first, scored 364 for nine wickets, Bardsley making 4,'., Taylor 78 and
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    ENGLAND'S ONLY HOPE.
    330 16 A Pessimistic Cricketer. E. H. I). Sewell, the former South African cricketer, in the course of an article in the Times of Ceylon thus breezily dismisses England's chance of winning the Tests, and incidentally he is probably not far wrong:— So far as can be foreseen, before
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    CRICKET.
    100 16 rhe following wil. represent the S.t ,C. Fl versus tlu- Lanka Union to-morrow >>n the Lanka Union ground:- A. Bradbury, H F. Hammond, K. W Han-. C. E. H. Jacobs, R. H. I averton, K. K >'« '< nnor, E J. Riches, K. M. Scoular, E. J. Sturjess, 1-
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    50 16 May Monthly Medal. Tm- May Medal (Bogey) will be played for 'ii Saturday an i Sunday, and thi Ladies j Spoon on Monday. Ladies Empire Dock Cup. The qualifying round for the Ladies Em pire Dock Cup will be played in conjunction with the Mav Ladies Spoon
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    ARRESTED BY THE REDS.
    85 16 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Telegram.] Tokio. May IJ. li is reported that Mr. Shuichi Noyori, a well-known journalist of Tokio and the chief editor of Jitsugyo no Sekai, the Business World, has be< n arrested in Siberia by the Soviet authorities suspected of being a spy. Tlu- Japanese
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    60 16 Recruiting has been generally resumed in Madras Presidency hut the following taluks are closed to tecruiting owing to prevalence of disease: South Arcot; taluk of Gingi. Tinnevelly; taluks of Strivaigundam, Thiruchandur, Nangunery and Sanka- i ranainarcoil. Salem; taluk of Salem., (under the jurisdiction of the A.E.C. Nagapatam) and
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    CHOLERA IN BANGKOK.
    62 16 liis Royal Highness the Prince of Jainad, having most generously lent I i the Siair.ese Department of Public Health his former j palace at Thanon Luang, opposite Wat j Debsirindr, for temporary use in the present emergency, the Department is pit paiing the palace for the reception
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      315 16 WHERE THERE IS A MOUTRIE PIANO I HAPPINESS. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. j •%V-VAVbV.V.V.V.V.V.V. K V-V.V^.V.V.V.V.SV.\\\\\\*/ r e t r^! TEA ji You Cannot Better the Best fLIPTON S^FORQUALITYI ji Gives more cups to the pound than any other. THE BEST AND jj therefore the most economical jjLipton Limit edJ
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