Malaya Tribune, 13 April 1926

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune. Vol. XIII -No. 85 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1926 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. rUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1926.
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      44 1 I COMFORT EYES A NERVES The discomfort against which you try to shield your eyes may be oy the invisible rays in gunlight. Wellsworth Cruxite and Sir Wm. Crookes lenses fully protect against thh> inriiuble danger. We Stock them. THE EASTERN OPTICAL CO. i
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    IMITATIONS OF MEN
    999 2 Woman's Right to Live Her Own Life This is the age of the independent woman, of the girl who "live* her own life." Now, at last, is woman emancipated from her ancient subjection to man. So we are told from every platform and read in every journal
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    SOMETHING EVERY MOTHER SHOULD KNOW.
    115 2 Worms rob children of nourishment, give them pains in the stomach and bowels, spoil their sleep and steal their strength. Administered for a few d »S™. ab L s Tablets drive out worms, and then th« little sufferer rapidly improves. His appetite increases, he sleeps
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      459 2 I a f intimate friend of every Tennis j I ft f player. It revives, refreshes, re- X B Cologne, l ook for the Blue and 1 X p" Gold label that i> your guarantee H Bfoc r I jf' JjJ of purity, full strength and lasting V B I
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      62 2 THB NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPION NO. 1 THERAPIONNo.2 THERAPSON N0.3 *o. 1 for Bladder Catarrh. N r>. 2 for Blood SMn Div. _nea. No. J for Chronic Wt&kncuM by '««iiiiii: '•.«.I Uis.tMVitMTNu.cstv. im i.lv.a .wKCL::nrM«,i Ci haverstecli X '..VV. T.i <-o <oa ■t In ''uibc N... re. mrert do no<
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      296 2 LIM CHEE SENG ijjUHlHWkt MICH KLIN TYRES STOCKIST tnd Sole Distributor for Michel in CabU Cycle Tyres in Singapore. Sipplier of all kinds of Pneumatic tad Solid Tyres and also dealing in "GARGOYLE*' Lubricating oiL PHONE 2419 for ?our requirement* tDO same will be promptly executed. Soothes eanses THE profuse
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    DREAM OF DEATH
    347 3 Woman Sees Her Husband Washed Overboard "For men must work and women must weep, 'Though the harbour tar be moaning. The children were both safe in bed and the housework finished. W th a s, °f relief the fragile little mother settled herself comfortably in the big
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    A DYING RACE
    395 3 The Indian 's gradually decreasing in North Ameri a. There is every cv dence that two hundred years from he will haw passed entirely off '.he face of the earth. Eef:»re the white man came, says a VV ino.sor contributor, he died only of old age, contagious
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      222 3 j Insist on j ""he World's Best I I Sole Agents: DIETHELM Co., Ltd., I (Incorporated in Switzerland.) Singapore—Penang—Bangkok. "CHEERIO!" It's 5 o'clock Postum f =^g J 1 j THE "tea hour has become the hour for dfcJg) j?t Pcsturn. In Singapore,London,HongKong, ii ll New York, here, there, everywhere, Postum
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      432 3 I I I Motfcs Dcsti^-Desi^^l^^^^ I >"TAHAT new suit or that beautiful which eat holes. It is economy to I 1 dress ruined by moths! The use Flit. Flit is clean, easy to use I value of goods annually destroyed and harmless to humans. It evapoI by moths in houses
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      414 4 I EMPIRE I D Tuesiay, April 13 and Widof sda> April 14.-2nd Show at 9-15 p.m. I C Absolutely the Last Time! For Two Nights Only!.'! C lw See it again, at Half Price. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS C In his GreatestpPicture S ROBINHOOD !In 11 Reels g The stunts Jof |Dougl
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      377 4 Amusements jjj FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY I From Sunday, April 11 to Friday, April 16, 1926 I at the C ALHAMBRA j H (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd. Proprietors.) Q I C C In the Second Show at 9 p.m. I A HERBERT B REN ON PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION I PICTURISING
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      309 4 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert A Bttnolcn bluets WHO IS TO BLaME forahe present "WiLDMSb IF Y011B?" L Are the Blue Laws accountable 2. Is it responsible for the many recent divorces 3. Are short skirts and present-day Jazz the cause 4. Is the crime wave due to it WHAT IS
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      186 4 SURINA THEATRE North Bridge Road. To-night at 7-30 ALICE in WONDERLAND STARRING VIOLA SAVOY 6 Parts Albertini IN The Iron Man Serial Chapters 13 and li At 9-1.5 Rural Java (Burton Holmes), S%w PathGazette, Loaded Dice (A Mating Picture REED HOWES An amateur boxer of note. an exceliarr horseman, and
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    164 5 Pa Kashgax: Mr. C. Swinton. Dr. and Mrs: Douglas, Mr. and Mrs. Bartley, Mrs. I M (mraet Dr. and Mrs. Stone, Mr. Mrs. WhJE Mrs. Le Gro* Clark Mr I>e Courcy Mr" Pratt, Dr. J. J. Kcevil, Mr. Mackay, Mr Hill Mr. Keir, Mrs. Stewart. Mr. Short, Mr.
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    73 5 In spite of he civil war, most businesses in Wushih, in K'anesu province, hid a prosperous year in 1925. The silk filatures were th? moet fortunate, profits ranging from $20 000 or $30 00J to $240,000. The flour mi ls came nex\ followed by f he cotton mills and rice
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    1027 5 PRODUCF BayOTV Singapore, April 13 8r-nall 1 1 ear° a Rice, Siam No 1 Koyan $3h0 ♦U°:J 5 75 o.75 Sft ilam I S8 Fii": i2S£ Rice, Rangoon 2 $291 100 Sold Rice, Par Boiled No l„per bag $10.00 Tm $137, l^on^Sold^ Rice,' 3 EXCHANGE Sineapore, April
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      122 5 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Important Auction Sale. The undersigned have been instructed to sell by public auction at their sale-room M,. 30 Chulia Street, Singapore, the jrv!e'.mentioned properties, at an early date. Estate of Soh Hong Seng (deceased). No*. 21, 35, 36. 37, 37-1, 37-2, 37-3 and 37-4 Tanl; Road, Singapore. Full
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      261 5 1 The Fox Film Corporation, I g Orchard Road, Singapore, jjj I will shortly present WILLIAM FOX'S screen version of HENRY WALL'S PLAY j HAVOC j S Depicting that Havoc] wrought by luthless woman is more y H devastating than cannon of War. jjj FEA.TU RING ffi g George O'Brien
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      266 5 MABSAGE AND MANICURE. Misaee MIBAKO MAAAYAI, No. 20, Bencoolen Street, Singapore. M. HASSAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOB 36, Bras Basah Road, SINGAPORE. All kinds of electrical work* undertaken. Philips Wat* Lamps, Ceiling Fans, Wira Etc Supplied by United Engineers, Limited. CHARGES MODERATE 'Phone 3411. MORE MONEY! X take* but a moment to
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      271 5 A SINGAPORE DIARY To-day, April 13 fw!p< 11.9 a.m., 11.33 p.m. flcfHorg Bank meeting, Market-street, 230 Year begins. cinhalese National Day Celebration, 4 p.m. BlM Funnel homeward mail leavea. To-morrow, Apr.l 14 H gh Tides.—U.51 a.m., 11.51 p.m. Hari Raya Puasa. Bank Holiuay. No i.«ue of Malaya Tribune. i-ricket: S.C.C.
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    Births, Marriages and Deaths
    56 6 ENGAGEMENT \XCi-CHEANG—The E ngagement is announced and the marriage will take place at Jervois Koad at a date to be announced later, between Mr. Ang Laj-Ghee and Miss Cheang Swee Lan (nee Bulat) the eldest daughter of Mr. Cheang Kay Chong, late proprietor of Messrs Teck
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    48 6 iIr f H .f h Cbeong beg to thank relatives, the Members of St. Cecilia Choir, St. Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah and friends for their kind attendance at the funeral of his late Sister Rosalind Hee, and also those who seut wreaths, immortelles and letters of condolenco.
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    HOUSING DIFFICULTIES
    846 6 In a letter to the Colonial Secretary, a complaint is made about the treatment by the Murjicipalilty of the squatter tenant* of a piece of* ground in Grange-road; this letter we publish on another page. Nobody wants to inflict unnecessary hardships upon ooor people and as for as
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    747 6 fc th mS 1- "Su?te nt is^e India and te c^lon SU to-dIy M js n ifs f °T to $100. The rat#» 154 e Qoal Orders from India and f i> Money equal to $100. Ceylon is Rs. 158 amer, ded Navigation Act hl~ Hob'? Brisbane, Sydney and MefbS.
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    196 6 Gipsy Smith, the famous nmi now touring Australia. Eva v Mr Harry Day, Labour M. P k*u record for questions pu: during th? Parliament, wiih 924 mMmSku On Sunday, April 18 a National Secretary o?\t Ym?\ Y »P, preach at the Cathedral hortV A Dr. C. N.
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    TAIPING TIN MEETING
    41 6 (From Our (hn, rfir <; nf Penan-, April 11 cent of th i.2 c f I,ear, 5- Per woo.ooo s ai per c nt x IL_ 0»« sg"Sy2? «SJ the pan tion. a: rle ft» depreciaThe report nas adopted.
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    HARI RAYA PUASA
    67 6 close at 2 will Order BranTh SS Office will be open Tele £raph Exchange Banks'will be closed. offices* b Stat T ?2 business, wid be closed U; e ion h notifil «tommerce Rubber Aswill be closed the Rubber Mark no h ce that n morrow *L supplied
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    NEW PUBLIC HALL
    74 6 next meefi o7t^M** T l at sioneis that fho J c Mumc P*l Commisreccncldpr Municipal Commissioner, SlI n tV. UeSt^ n f in^^in ff a Public deckfo tfSf t ew Municipal Building ana Hatl 1 th,s shall contain a Wd t7 t n the plans Piously put
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    EASTER JOY RIDE
    45 6 AW tt S stf?S C W»»:er B. chartsrS t Eura f. lan youths who BUno Ah-n Sk P Slpone J until Mill instan-. aWp t« 5° W allow °J hail n $300 wu farS.?- U nish 11 is d.ta:ned bein? Rbk btain
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    CHEATING CASE
    55 6 >>r P Aj f- David, the DVrict h N gjposei andl the cases were deal with far v f 1 »fc Clarke this morning. Tne case against Peter Richardson, s Europeaa P»ffl s^ s charged with cheating the Sft Ho in respect oi i rheque for in.? waa
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    THE BANK ROBBERY
    51 6 The Second Police Cou~ was acran crowded with a laig e number of Ind an* 2il moniin *T when the case touching the rofcbery of the Banque de riado-CMae wa.« ajram mentioned ana posiponcd for weei tor mention. The case is provokiaf a great deal of local
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    33 6 From China and Japan by s.s. Jeypore, due Singapore 4 p.m. to-morrow. From Europe, (London mails despatched March 25) by s.s. Tara. due Penang 6 a.m. on Friday, the 16th in*.
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    ITALY IN TYROL
    407 7 MUSSOLINI'S ADVICE TO THE PEOPLE "Nobody Can Break Our Inflexible Will 99 Reuter's Service. Tripoli, April 12. s; „or Mussoiini «as accorded a very .tirrine wlcome on landing from the tat;,,,hip Cavcur. The ships in the harbour thundered salutes, bands p.ayed and the troops presented arms. The
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    MOSCOW'S FREEBOOTERS
    79 7 Reuter's Service. Paris. April 11. A Russian newspaper being published bore prints a loiter signed br representatives of Communist parties of South and Central America who have been attending the Congress of the Third Internationale at Moscow, announcing the dissoc'ation on behaif of their parties from the line
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    SPANISH AIRMAN LOST
    39 7 Reuter's Service. Cairo, Aprii 12. Four aeroplanes from Amman are searching the desert for the Spanish airman, Captain Estevez, en route to Mania. Captain Es.eveL, was last sighted in the air two hundred miles beyond Amman.
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    GENERAL PANGALOS ELECTED
    32 7 Reuter's Service. Athens, April 12. The returns from twenty-three districts where the Presidential election took place yesterday show an overwhelming vote for General Pangalou, whose election is now certain.
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    AMERICA'S NAVY
    29 7 Reuter's Service. Washington, April 12. The House of Representatives has passed a Bill embodying an cigh-.y-five-million-dolltr building programme for the naval air service, to last five years.
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    D'OISY'S NEXT FLIGHT
    42 7 Reuter's Service. Paris, April 12. According to the news»paper "Liberte" Captain Pelletior d'Oisy proposes another flight to Tokyo early in May, endeavouring to complete the flight in foujr days. The route will probably be via Moscow, Irkutsk and Peking.
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    THE MOROCCO PEACE
    178 7 Terms Involve Surrender to the Sultan Reuter's Service. Paris, April 12. Preparations for opening the Moroccan peace nego'iat ons are being rapidly pushed on. M. Painleve conferred yesterday with Senor Olivan, head of the Spanish delegation. The French delegation, headed b\ General Simon, is proceeding to Madrid
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    MESOPOTAMIA
    280 7 White Paper Deals with British Administration British Official Press Service. London. April 12. A white paper which has been issued on the subject of Iraq contains an interesting memorandum on the administration of the Kurdish distkts under She rule of King Feisul. It will be recalled thai when Great
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    MEXICAN LAND LAWS
    131 7 Reuter's Service. Wash'ngton, April 12. Ten notes have been exchanged between I Washington and Mexico C.ty in the past five months and are now published- They indicate dis inot progress towards removal of probable causes of friction between tfce two Governments. The State Department, in issuing the
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    AIR FORCE FLIERS SUCCEED
    133 7 Reuter's Service. Capetown, April 12. The Air Force fliers have arrived. [A Reuter cablegram from Cairo, dated March 1. stated: The first stage of the 11,000-miles flight by the R. A. F. to Capetown, under the leadership of Wing Commander Pulford and comprising five officers and
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    CHINESE FRATRICIDE
    148 7 Wu Pei-fu Does Not Reply to Kuominchun Reuter's Service. Peking, April 12. Up to the present Marshal Wu Pei-fu has not replied to the invitation of the Kuominchun Generals to come to Peking. Saturday's coup d'etat evidently was engineered wllthout Wu Pei-fu'e knowledge. It is now seen that
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    PANAMA GOLD
    186 7 Times Criticises Prospectus of new Company Reuter's Service. London, April 12. The ''Times" in its City notes, commencing on the Panama Corporation prospectus, remarks that the work done by the vendor company, the Central America Exploration Consolidated, Limited, in developing the concessions seems very little for the m.llion
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    FRANC SECURITIES
    92 7 Reuter's Service. London, April 13. Some difficulties the Belgian Government has encountered in negotiations to raise the stabilisation loan abroad are mentioned by the "Dairy Telegraph" diplomatic correspondent who states that American bankers have declined to consider Belgian and other franc securities and insisted on dollar or sterling
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    AVIATOR MISSING
    78 7 Reuter's Service. Baghdad, April 13. The separation of Captain Estevez, who is the leader of the flight, from hi 3 colleagues is due to a difference of opinion in the air between Cairo and Baghdad. Captain Estevez altered his course to the southward while the others pursued their
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    FOREIGN EXCHANGES
    69 7 British Official Press Service. London, April 12. Exchange rates: Paris 141.875, New York, 4.8625, Brussels 128, Geneva 25.20, Amsterdam 12.*****, Milan 120.9, Berlin 20.42, Stockholm 18.14, Copenhagen 18.55, Oslo 22.55, Vienna 34.45, Prague 164, Helsingfors 193, Madrid 34.3, Lisbon 2.5, Rio 6 13|16, Buenos Aires 44 23|32, Bombay
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    89 7 M. Dmitri Jaanovici. a Roumanian engineer has arrived at Plymouth from Newneer, York and hopes to interest he Brit sh Government in a scheme for the c inunction of ice, In order to make the river St. Lawrence navigable throughout the year. He ha 3 a so a scheme for
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    HAVANA SCARE
    174 7 CRUISER BRINGS BIG CASH RESERVES Wall Street Badly Affected by the Run on Banks Reuter's Service. Havana, April 12. The Cuhan cruiser Cuba has arrived with forty-three million dollars wherewith to meet any renewal of the run on certain banks by small depositors. This amount, together with other
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    PROHIBITION
    102 7 Women Delegates Take Part in Inquiry Reuter's Service. Washington, April 12. The drys took the stage in the prohibition controversy before the Senate Committee to-day, introducing sixty-five women delefrom various tthf temperance and other humanitarian societies, opposing any modification of the Volstead Act Mrs. Peabody, of Massachusetts, urged f
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    OPTICAL CONVENTION
    235 7 Mr. Baldwin's Speech on Science of Microscopy British Official Press Service. London, April 12. Mr. Baldwin to-day opened the Optical Convention at the Imperial College of Science at South Kensington. The Premier remarked upon the great progress which has been made in this country in the manufacture of
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    WIRELESS BEAM STATIONS
    75 7 Reuter's Service. London, April 12. The wireless beam stations at Bodmin and Bridgewater, which are being erected for the post offices by the Marconi Company for communication with Canada and South Africa, are expected to Ibe completed early in May and the corresponding stations in Canada and
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    BELGIAN AIRMEN HOME
    30 7 Reuter's Service. Brussels, April 12. The Belgian airmen reached home from the Congo this afternoon. They were greeted by the K ng, Premier and an enthusiastic crowd.
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    BAN ON KISSING
    181 8 it c Ar.iorous Singapore Boxer Pays $100 For kiaa'ng a sleeping European lady without her conie«t. Yew Jin the wellknown local boxer, had to pay a fine of $100 or undergo two months' rigorous imprisonment at the Police Court. KuaU Lumpur, yesterday. The full facts of the
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    FREEDOM FOR INDOCHINA FREEDOM FOR INDOCHINA
    214 8 Socialist Governor Asked for Explanation According to the "Journal" and tke "Echo rie Paris," the Min ster of Colonies rms asked M. Varenne, the Socialist Deputy, who became Governor-General of Indo-Ghina Last year, for an explanation of a Rpetch ha is reported to have
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    ALIEN AND THE LAW
    199 8 Russian Officer Fined for Going to Johore j An ex-officer of the Russian Imperial Guard and at present an employee of Messrs. Gammon and Co., Mr. Michael Nemoff, found himself before Mr. Howitt, the Third Police Magistrate, yesterday afternoon, for contravening the law relating to Aliens
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    MOTOR CAR CHASE
    135 8 Sikh Road Hog Caught by Police Officer A Sikh taxi-driver who apparently attempted to make away after an accident in North Bridge-road, on the night of March 21, was brought to book by Mr. Mitchell, A.S P., who gave cha3e in his car and had the offender
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    PRINCE GEORGE IN PERAK
    75 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April, 13. Prince George, travelling a; Mr. George Windsor visited Perak with fifty officers and m°n from the Hawkins and stayed at the British Residency, Saturday to Monday. There was a series of picnics, dances and concerts the Prince dancing wholeheartedly
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    BANNED FILM
    58 8 "The End of Jealousy," a banned Chinese film, was the ..nilbject of a case heard by .Mr. C. H G. Clarke, the acting District for advertising the picture in the Nanyang Anglo-Chinese Film Co. were summoned j for advertising the p'cture in the Nanyang Siang Po, a Chinese
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    NATURAL HISTORY
    504 8 Annual General Meeting of the Society The Rev. G. A. Dexter Allen, President of the Singapore Natural History Society, addressed the annual general meeting of the Society at Raffles Museum, yesterday afternoon, making a strong appeal for the members to do more serious work and to justify their
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    HOUSE DEMOLITION
    363 8 The following: Is a copy of a letter sent jto the Colonial Secretary by Mr. Kuek Seah Eng, representing* the interested I parties: Sir, —We have the honour to submit herej with our humble petition through your good office aga nst the action of the Municipal Health Officer
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    110 8 The Powers' troops at Peking have sirengthened the patrols of the Legation quarter. The dispute be ween the Shanghai author t es and cigarette dealers in Chinese :crri ory over the affixing of tne official stamo tax on each packet of cigarettes so d, which led to a strike hf.
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    PRICE OF ICE RAISED
    303 8 Hot Weather Causes Profiteering Among Vendors The price of ice, both retail and wholesale, has gone up in the past few days, hut the increase in the former is all out of pro portion to that charged by the latter. Tne New Singapore Ice Works raised
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    APPEAL COURT
    356 8 Sequel to Attack on Funeral Procession A case from the Police Court in which two Chinese named Tan Choon Kang and Choong Seng were convicted of affray at a funeral procession, and sentenced to two Wests' imprisonment and a fine of $40 with two months' further imprisonment in
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    SHOTS AT POLICE
    250 8 Four Chinese and a Woman Charged This Morning A sequel to the ra'd conducted by Mr. Dickinson, A.S.P., and detect.ye i.i&pecto.s in a house at V ctoria-s*reet on Sunday night when two shots were fired at ihem, was hear! in the Second Police Covrt before Mr. Bull
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    97 8 The first extraordinary meeting in 1926 was he d by the Central Ch na Branch of the China Medical Associat on, at th residence of Dr. H. J. Shu, Hankow, to discuss a resolution to be presented o the B-i ish Boxer Indemnity Commission, that a rart of tfhe funds
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    SHARE MARKET
    937 8 Penang, April 9. Owing to the Easter holidays no report was issued last week, and the period under review is therefore from the 26th ultimo. After rerm.(in>ing steady round 2s. 5<L Rubber at the clo e shows a sudden decline of 2d. and although there are few change*
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    HOME MARKET QUOTATIONS
    94 8 London, April 9. Manchester Market— BV4 lbs shirtings, fair (new basis) 12s 9d 40"s Grey Yarns, single twist 19% 6 lbs T. Cloth, for 24 yards 8s (Liverpool Market— Cotton—Fuily M ddling Amer can (spot) $9.99 Egyptian Cotton $15 70 vietalh— Tin Standard 3 months £268.2.6 Produce—
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    SPORTS & PASTIMES
    372 8 SPORTS PASTIMES FOOTBALL The League Positions The positions of the leading and last few clubs dn the English and Scottish Leagues to date are as follow. Division I. Hudden£eld 39 22 6 11 86 53 55 Arsenal 38 20 11 7 79 59 47 Sunderland 40 20 14 692 74
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    Gunners Defeated
    139 8 With a number of their regular players absent, the b.C.C. cefeated the 27th Battery, Royal Artillery, by tiree goals to two on the Padang ye-s.erday afternoon. PUty was incline' to he erratic on bctn «idew, the first goal being scored by the Liuj, v\nen tne rkst ha.i was
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    Forthcoming Matches
    27 8 The S C.C are fielding a side against Boustead's on the Padang on Thuisday. On Monday there will be a return match wi.h the S.C.F.A.
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    Singapore Association
    80 8 The business at the annual meeting of the Singapore Foo.ball Association he'd at the Cricket Club last night, was of a formal character. Mr. J. M Sime wa- reelected President; Dr. Lam Han Hoe, VicePresident; Mr. R. H. Gale, hon. secretary; and Mr. T. Leijsatis hon. treasurer. The
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    Home League Results
    31 8 Reuter's Service. Huddersfield 3; Bclton 0. Wolverhampton 0; PortvaJe 0. Swansea 0; Orient 0. Port Vale 1; Not. Forest 1. Division 111 (Northern). New Brighton 1; Tranmere 0.
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    CRICKET
    125 8 JS.CC. vs. Johore The following- will represent the S C.C versus Johore on the S.C.C. ground tomorrow, commencing- at li a.m J. V S. Brooke, J. B. Car, C Hewetscri, C. E H. Jacobs, R. H. C Lavertcn (Capt.), Dr. E. D Lindow, K. K. 0 Connor, E M.
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    Framroz Cup
    54 8 Cw'ng to the Garrison Spcrts on May 29, two cricket matches in the Framivs Cup Competition, namely L. U. vs. R. E. and D. W. R. vs. R.A, which were fixed lor that day, have been postponed ti.l July 24. The winners vs. the Rest match will be
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    Y.M.C.A. vs. Band of D.W.R.
    70 8 T h following wi l represent the V.M.C.A. vs. the Bani, Duke or Wellington's Regt. at Cricket to mor.o w on the V.M C A ground at 2.15 p.m :—H. G. Stack (Capt.); A Van Cuylenburg, R. Lyne, H. Gibson, 0. Choon Lim, C. A.
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    GOLF
    50 8 Garrison Golf Club The following cards were returned in the men'c monthly medal, for which 23 cards were taken out. Lieut. A. J. Frith 2 up Capt. E. L. Armitage All square Lieut. E. W. B. Harte All square if' y« Hughes 1 down T. H. Holyoak 2 down
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    Singapore Golf Club
    114 8 The April ladies' spoon competition wa» played yesterday and resulted in a win x<* Mm. E. S. Adier. lor Twenty-two cards were taken out and the following were returned: Mrs. Adler 53 16 37 Mrs. Milligan 53 15 Mrs. Elder 47 7 4^ Mrs. Wilson 52 12
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    LAWN TENNIS
    130 8 S.C.C. Tournament YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Championship. R. A. Hoist beat J. D. Hall, 6—4, 6—4. J. Huggins beat R. E. Prentis, 7—5, 6—3. Handicap. R. E. Cox, owe 2 beat G. A. Harford owe 15, 6—4, 5—7, 7—5. Profession Pairs. O. P. Gr"ffifch-Jone.s and R. G. Pash beat A.
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    ROUND AUSTRALIA RIDE
    157 8 Ridi.ig "double-rink'' round Australia on a motor cycle, Widiam Kennedy, 19, and Len Jonis, 20, of Sydney, reached Melbourne. They left Svdney on Mar. 6. This is the first time the feat has been attempted. "We're ju't out for the fun of it" said Jones. "We've do.ie
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    THE SUPREME COURT
    200 8 The case was taken up in the Supreme Court this morning before the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, K.C., in which Tan Bertha Nio and others are suing Tan Wan Liat and another. Mr. Campbell instructed by Mr. Norman appeared for the plaintiff and Messrs. Roland Braddell
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    265 8 To-day, April 13 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. A. (v), Gun Drill. 5.10 pm.—Drill Hall, "A" Company, Drill. Dress, Drill Order, Caps. 5.10 p.m.—Drill Hall, "C" Company, Drill. Dress, Drill Order, Caps. 5.10 p.m.—Drill Hall, 1st Reinforcement, Squad Drill. 4.30 p.m.—Bukit Timah, S. V. C, Practice Inteiport
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    SCOTTISH LETTER
    1698 9 V WEEKLY CAUSERIE FOR SCOTTISH EXILES (By Rob «4 S. Angus) Edinburgh. March 18. A -w aeosl important event since I been the publication of the c nn^ionV report, and on that it is cV nor desirable to say much. »i r -iaft han proportionate in,>s 1 object,
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    90 9 City of Paris police statistics for 1925 state that during the year there were 165 murders, an increase of thirty-nine as compared with the previous year 487 automobile thefts, against 269 in 1924, and important housebreaking robberies numbered 222, against 192 for 1024. There were made 11,844 arrests, including 1,921
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    PASSING OF DON JUAN
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    MARKET PRICES
    523 11 Singapore, April 1. MEAT Beef steak (round) kati 46 Beef stew or curry kati 36 Pork lean kati 60 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 48 Mutton Indian lb rto Mutton Australian lb Fowl kati 60 Capons (Locally reared) kati Hens (Locally reared) kati Ducks each 85
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