Malaya Tribune, 14 January 1927

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    22 1 The Malaya Tribune. Vol XIV.- -J -No. 11 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927 FIVE CENTS, The Malaya Tribune. FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1927
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      112 1 PRESENTS! Buy a Davis Cup Tennis Racket. B. F. SANTOS pj\ The Sport Shop jjf] 15 ARCADE. J J U Singapore. j 01 |Tri TTTr fl iB innm i in iui__iuj iui_ij Guaranteed m H A Written Guarantee Q j FREE of CHEMICALS with every case of Beer. I 111
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      31 1 COMMERCIAL MANILLA BUPP ENVELOPES JUST RECEIVED OF SPECIAL QUALITY SIZE 6*x34' PRICE $2.00 per 1000 Envelopes (A Limited itock only is h«»d) Tfw Malaya Tribune Press, Ltd. Printers Stationers, Singapore. B
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    SWISS INDUSTRIES FAIR
    706 2 To be Held at Basle in April The Swiss Industries Fair, which is in reality a continuation of the famous Basle Fair of the Middle Ages, was inaugurated in 1917, strongly supported by industrial and commercial circles, and is now entering upon its second decade. During its
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    PHILIPPINE RUBBER
    227 2 Farmers Lose Interest In Planting The average Philippine farmer has given .up the idea of growing rubber on small land holdings, judging from the utter lack cf deman 1 for rubber seed ings for .some j time, according to Dr. Stanton Youngberg, I Director of the Bureau of
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    68 2 Mr. Hsu Chien, Commissioner of the Board of Judiciary of the Nationalist Government, has accepted the appointment of the Principalship of the Wuchang Chungshan University. Twenty-nine persons. includ ng two women, were lynched in the United States in 1926, according to fi.7u-es issued at the Tuskegee Institute, a negro educational
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      399 2 1 Pi I I The Car of International Reputation J The same workmanship and engineering skill which 3 5 created the Fiat engine which won the SCHNEIDER CUP RACE jjj at the astounding speed of OVER 246 MILES PER HOUR breaking all previous records and establishing New World's g Record
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      120 2 of quality behind mdi bottle of V/HiTE f Scotch Whisky Agents: Messrs. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Co., Ltd.. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS Protect your Child Any moment your child may be infected at sell KM, or in the street, by little playmates. Give her a Formamint tablet, morning and evening. That will protect her
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    STATUTORY REPORT
    361 3 The Fresh Food Refrigerating Company, Limited The following report is in pursuance with Ssction G> of the Companies Ordinance (No. 155): Genii ."> n.—Your Directors have pleasure to submit herewith the statutory report of the Company:—(a) The total number of shares allotted is 464,286 cf $2.00 each and
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    "STANDARD" CARS
    472 3 Freedom from Draughts and Adjustable Ventilation The "Stratford" five-seated body as fitted to the 14,28 h.p. Standard Cars for 1927 has certain exclusive features in its allweather hood equipment that cannot fail to be appreciated by users. Instead of the usual side screens, pegged in place, are framed
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    37 3 Seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars in gold is buried annually in the mouths of dead persons in Austria alone. It is estimated that $100,000,000 to $15i>,000,000 are lost to the world each year by similar burials.
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    WHEN HER CHILD IS TEETHING.
    169 3 There are few more trying times for the mother than when her ch id is teething. She, herself, is frequently reduced to a state of nervous exhaustion through her efforts to soothe the sufferer and her distress at her seeming inability to relieve it of
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      190 3 II -^J^l 1 iv r Stir I MP.ST thing in the morning take a glass of Re .i Fruit Saline. Clean, cooling and invigorating, it will give new life end vitality to "the whole system. Regesan Fruit Saline contains no drastic mineral salts. It combines in a convenient form the
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      408 3 Cuticura Talcum Is The Ideal Powder Its purity, smoothness and fragrance, combined with antiseptic and prophylactic properties which help to overcome disagreeable odors, make it an essential toilet requisite. Soap, Ointment, Talcum sold throughout the world. Britinh Depot: T. Nrwbery d Sen». L Baanrr Bt, London, E. C. L Try
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      212 3 jpmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmmimmMmMMMmmmMi I I I counsel you l 1 as a man som e experience, to treat S k tms question with respect; Tropical I ■*y water is not always pure! See that your llfflr household filter functions properly: 111/ j j'l L^S§P r Be sure of what you drink \tl
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      446 4 Amusements. I EMPIRE I I FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 13 TO MONDAY JANUARY 17. f? Second Show at 9 p.m. S I Carl Laemmle presents jfl REGINALD DENNY the favourite of all, rich or poor, old or young, in the funniest jfl and screamingest farce of the year. H WHERE WAS
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      498 4 To-Night and For a Short Season Only jj AT THE i ALHAMBRA jj G IN THE SECOND SHOW COMMENCING 9 P.M. X g The George Fitzmaurice —United Artists' Production I Adapted from the Novel by Edith M. Hull, a Sequel to t 3! "The Sheik "by the same author, read
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      246 4 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert and Bencoolen Streets. From FRIDAY JAN. 14 TO THURSDAY JAN. 20. NIGHTLY AT 9 P.M. SHARP. International News. A Picture for all lovers, all fathers, all mothers and sons. For all creeds, all classes of people HIS PEOPLE The biggest father-and-son picture ever made since "Over
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      124 4 Surma Theatre Nortfc Bridge Road. Ttltphon* From Wednesday Jan. 12 torresUesd a i ri>Q ay Jan NIGHTLY AT 9 P.M. 5i URp KEN MAYNARD World's Champion Trick Bidsr vit| T King of all horse 3 and six Ka r! v IN A Royal Production $50,000 REWARD A Whirlwind Bpeed Mebdrann
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1428 5 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore. January 14 Rice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $333 Rice, Siam 2 3 23 Rice, Siam 3 3 1 0 Kice, Saigon 1 $297 Rice, Saigon 2 Rice, Saigon 3 \L Rice, Rangoon 1 $292 Rice, Rangoon 2 $266 Rice, Per Boiled N. 1 per bag
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      703 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS The Singapore Marine Insurance Association The t ire Insuiancc A*s< ciation of Singapore Motor Insurance Afesotistion of Malaya The Be» of members of the above Association ,ta for tbe transaction of business Uy, the 18lh January, 1927. By Order of the Committee, GATTEY BATEMAN, p. Secretaries. M l
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      157 5 .REMEMBER TO-MORROW SATURDAY AT 3.30 P.M. SHARP SECOND MATINEE Special Pity A SKULL LOVER Along with Extra Songs atd Dancei CHEONO HO3K CHYiS -Tirector. THE START OPERA AT THE THEATRE ROYAL North Bridge Road JU3T OPPO3ITE CLYDE STREET. Patrons c*n come b/ this road via Beach Road as North Brijge
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      127 5 NOTICE. "EXTRA TITAN" CEMENT q Compares favourably with all other special cements of high tensile and crushing strength, and is specially S suited for reinforced concrete piles and other special t reinforced concrete works demanding prompt removal of the mould, and has, with the same section, S far greater resistance
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    RELIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS
    992 6 Practically every part of Malaya has already realised its obligation to offer tangible assistance to those in the widespread areas recently stricken by continuous floods, where, to quote our Ipoh contemporary, "thousands are homeless" and appalling damage has been done. A fund started by ♦he Ipoh
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    1541 6 There are outbreaks of rabies in Chembong and in Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan. The F.M.S. Government announces that the epidemic of rinderpest at Teluk Anson has been wiped out. A movement is afoot to amelioriate the lot of Hong Kong's chair and ricksha coolies. A Ceylonese named A. C. Perera
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    818 6 Mi. W. C. S. Corry ir g a Magistrate of the first class of Pahang and Collector for of Pekan. The Rt. Rev. the Lord Bish yesterday was in Kuala Lumi "Carcosa" and to-day he will < He will be staying at the Saturday, and will leave
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    39 6 Mails from Europe, (Low > n K patched December 23). ex r. will arrive by train to-nijrh v ence will be ready for dehverj holders at 9 a.m. to-morrow. M From Hollrnd and Gem •».> Tjerimai, due at Smfrapo-e
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      238 6 Cb*.hr\Sr^j > S2blS2S2S2SgsiasgSg^^ I ROBINSON CO., LTD. I B (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements. Cj 1 I Travelling Rugs I SPECIAL STOCK-TAKING VALUE j I FRINGE FRINGE ffl ENDS ENDS jjj $3.50 »4 $3.501 EACH. EACH. 54 x 64 ins. 54 64 ins H IN A VARIETY OF SMART COLOURED
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      49 6 is the only infallible Test X S of the relative value of S Typewriters. S S By comparison the Royal S H proves its superiority. ft jjj TYPEWRITERS 0 Ask for Booklet H 3 Describing the 20 3 S Reasons \l 8 To B Penang, Kuala Lumpur.^ rQ 5
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    RELIEF OF FLOOD VICTIMS
    290 7 Appeal for Funds In Singapore B ONG KONG BANK'S KIND CO-OPERATION jjclo for Homeless Thousands in Stricken Areas Slowing letter from Mr. W. Dunken up in a leading articl" to-day, matter is fully dealt with:— Editor of the Malaya Tribune. The gravity of the position through-
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    PRESENTATION
    87 7 Mr. I). A. M. Brown Honoured at Penang m Our Own Correspondent. IVnar.tr, January 13. v tl Penang Turf Club dinner at the U. Hotel lu.it night occasion was present Mr. D. A. M. Brown, who retiring from his post as official handi- r for the S.R.A.. with a
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    TAIPUSAM
    132 7 The Dfriia] invitations to the public have members of the Nagarathai (CI ttiar) Community of Singapore to be t at the festival of Taipusam to be celebrated at Tank Road Temple on the 181 instant, the day on which the god Snbramaniam, son of Siva, appeared to his ieveteea.
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    COLLISION WITH ENGINE
    73 7 waa delivered by the Third P i Majia rata (Mr. C P. Smith) this p.g iiT the case in which, a Malay lorry a? harge i wi h rash and negligent tl wing d col ism with a SingaHarbour Board engine at Tanjong Pa«ar. s d was
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVING
    57 7 The following passengers arrived from Manila by th- N. D. L. steamer Yorck yes- terday: -Mr. Myron Zobel, Mrs. HeFena Zobel, Mrs C. J Zuckermann. Messrs. J. s Zuckermann, 'Lewis Edward Stempel, Thomas M. Haslett, S. Munger Finn, Miss Dora Alice Pyle, Miss Luisa Salier, Messrs. gwes Gatto,
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    149 7 untitled police have published a lengthy statement in which George J. Hassell M s ail to have confessed -slaying his wife tight step-child re% With an axe last 8 and also \to murdering a i and three children/In California j three years ago. The names of the Call- J°rnia victims
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    MEXICO AS A BASE FOR SOVIET
    292 7 Communist Activity Expected KELLOGG'S REPORT TO COMMITTEE Reuter's Service. Washington, January 13. In the course of a document submitted to The Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary Kellogg declares La.tin America and Mexico have been conceived as. if base for Communist activity against Jlhje -United States,
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    GERMAN CABINET
    59 7 Trans-Ocean Service Berlin, January 13, To-morrow night Herr Curtius reports to the Reichs President. Parliamentary circles are pessimistic as -the parleys so far have apparently been resultless. Herr Curtius to-lay conferred with the industrial leaders. The preSs stresses th's Cabinetbuilding procedure as an innovation whereby conferences x*ith industrialists
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    CHEVALIERS NAMED
    55 7 [Havas Agency.] Paris, January 13 M. Boeuf, a Professor Tokio; Madam Fraisee Direjtrcs cf Saint Michel Hc*spi-al, Pekin; M. La Peyriere. Chi-f Engineer of the Shansi RaVway; M. Licent Manager Hoarcg Ho Pai Ho Museum at Tientsin; M. Mtnod. formerly a merchant at Bangkok, have b?en appointed Chevcliers
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    PROF. HIRTH DEAD
    46 7 Reuter's Service. L Reuter's Service. 1 Munich, January 13. 'The dea h is announced of Professor Fiiedrica Hirth, the Sinologist, who spent 27 years in the Chinese Customs servfe, and subsequently occupied the Chair of Chinese anguaje and literature at the Columbia Universi'y.
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    CUSTOMS UNION PLANNED
    25 7 Trans-Ocean Service Helsingfors, January 13. A semi-official Finnish report says that the forthcoming conference at Rga will negotiate a Latvian-Esthonian Customs Union.
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    GREEK ARMY CUT
    22 7 Trans-Ocean Service Athens, January 13. A Greek Government Commission has recommended the reduction of the Greek army by one-th.rd.
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    SHOT DEAD
    47 7 At 11 o'clock last night a Cantonese named Ah Foon was shot dead in a house in Tian Lye Street. Another Cantonese named Yat Sang, who was arrested in connection w.th the murder, is lying in the General Hospital with a wound in his head.
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    "ROYAL STAR" DOCKED
    69 7 The "Royal Star," which struck a reef yesterday .morning to the north of Berante Bee con. off St. John's Island was docked this morning at the Empire Dock for repairs. The daman is not severe and she ?s expected to in a few days to continue her
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    80 7 There are 145 lawyers in the F.M.S. and th* I S., according to the latest roll of advocates and solicitors. The name of Mr. F J Bryant stands first on the roll, whilst L names of Justices McCabe Reay and Thome also figure in it. Missionaries have been prohibited to
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    AMERICAN POLICY IN NICARAGUA
    212 7 "Unworthy of U.S.A. Traditions'' IMPORTANT COMMENT IN THE TIMES Reuter's Service. New York, January 13. The American newspapers generally are not greatly excited over Mr. Kellogg's I atements with regard to Red activity in Centra; America. "The Times," in a leader, expresses the opinion that it
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    FRONTIER ATTACK
    38 7 Armed Incident with Roumanian Guards Trans-Ocean Service Berlin, January 13. A Russian ;-unboat supported- a night attack on the Roumanian frontier guards near Bugas on Wednesday. One Roumanian was killed. The Russians retreated towards the desert.
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    WORLD TRADE UNIONISM
    54 7 Reuter's Service. AnVte:dam, January 13. The Grncral Council of Jd»e Interna'ional Federation cf Trade Unkxte by a of 12 to 6 rejected a B-rirfh proposal to c-nvene an* uncon l ,f.\>nal conference re-f-esenting th« djtm and Mo c w Feder^tions' :im for uni'ing the *orH in 1
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    FEARFUL OF ITALY
    38 7 Trans-Ocean Service Budapest, January 13. A Little Entente Conference will be held at Prague or Carlsbad on February 5 and 6. The main is.su? will be the Hungarian Prime Mm s'er's approaching visit to Rome.
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    GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT
    24 7 Trans-Ocean Service Beriin, January IS. German unemployment in?reased by 278,000 in the last December fortnight There are now on dole 1,963 000.
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    ANGLO-GREEK DEBT
    25 7 Trans-Ocean Service Athens, January 13. It is understood that Mr. Churchill's visit to Athens, where he arrived to-day, concerns the Anglo Greek debt.
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    POLISH-SOVIET TREATY
    17 7 Trans-Ocean Service Warsaw, January 13. A rumour foreshadows coming negotiations fcr a Polish-Soviet Guarantee Treaty.
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    GERMAN-TURKISH TREATY
    17 7 Trans-Ocean Service Berlin, January 13. The German-Turkish Commercial Treaty was signed at Angora on Wednesday.
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    Y.M.C.A. ACTIVITIES
    148 7 The attention of V.M.C.A. members is called to the following announcements: First Aid instruction classes will commence early in February. The St. John's First Aid Handbook will be used and examinations for St. John's Ambulance Certificates will be conducted. All members wishing to enrol should forward their names
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    50 7 The retention of the department of Oriental languages of the University OI the Philippines, which the Board of R'pent* decided to abolish recently, is now not only pssured but rlan; also are under way to make the courses in Chinese and Japanese given by the department compulsory to commerce students.
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    SITUATION EASIER IN HANKOW
    256 7 Britishers' Spirit of Cheerfulness TROUBLE EXPECTED IN SHAMEEN General Strike Commences at Changsha Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, January 13. Reuter's special correspondent telegraphing from Hankow states that a newcomer there could hardly fail to be impressed by the efficiency of the emergency arrange•ments and the
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    AFFAIRS IN KIUKIANG
    222 7 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hankow, January 12. Foreigners arriving from Kiukiang state that the Cantonese stationed sentries at the Concession when a dozen foreign men were remaining, distributed between His Majesty's steamers Scarab and Wyvern. They were able to leach safety only with much difficulty owing to
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    STRIKE IN CHANGSHA
    85 7 "Shanghai, January 13. A wireless from Changsha, dated January 12, says that the general strike and boycott mentioned yesterday has begun- From Ichang arrangements have been made to evacuate four hundred British, and two hundred Americans from Szechuan. At Har.'kow the situation remains the same. Shanghai, J:nuary
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    TIENTSIN CONCESSIONS
    224 7 Pek'ng, January 13. Reports regarding the desire of the Peking Government to take over the Concessions at Tientsin proved nearer the truth than was at first imagined or it was an Intelligent anticipation of events, for representstives cf the Peking Government called on certain Locations yesterday and suggested
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    SITUATION EASIER IN HANKOW
    113 8 the three mttjot questions as follows:— Firstly, to refvain from any positive intervention between North and South and also any action v/hich might prevent a reconciliation between the two factions. Secondly, the surtaxes to be enforced only with the approval of the Tariff Conference which must
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    POSITION AT SHANGHAI
    434 8 Reuter's Service. Reuter's Far Eastern Service. London, January 13. Reuter learns that the Powers interested fully realise that the position at Shanghai is entirely different from that at Hankow, and it may be taken for grant©! that such stops as are possible are being taken in view
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    LATEST NEWS OF CHINA
    262 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, January 14. The Hankow foreign banks are not opening for business giving difficulty to the Chinese also, but the situation is quiet, as the Kuomintang are instructing all Unions not to interfere during the conversations between the Kuomintang and the
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    60 8 Twenty-six residents of the Philippine Islands are now studenty, of the University J of Michigan, a census of foreign-born I students at the institution discloses. With j thirty-rive different countries represented in this list the Philippine students stand 1 second in number. China is first. After i the Philippines come
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    Battling Key Returns
    607 8 STORY OF WOMEN BOXERS IN THE PHILIPPINES Stanley Wilson and Al Trono in America Battling Key who took the trip to Manila with Boy Walley, "Bud" Walley and Manager Kow Kirn Lim, returned to Singapore yesterday on board the s.s. Yorck. Although Key failed to score many
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    LOCAL AMUSEMENTS
    116 8 The Gaiety "Honour thy father and thy mother" is the lesson "taught in "His People," the Universal Jewel production at the Gaiety Cinema to-night. Here is a story in which pathos and humour are skillfully blended to make one of the strongest stories ever screened; the blind faith
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    The Alhambra
    218 8 Playing to a literally packed house, Valentino renewed his claim to fame and popularity last evening in the new picture, "The Son of the Sheik," opening at the Alhambra. The play, confessedly a sequel to ths famous producticm, "The Sheik', has none the less of its predecessor's thrills,
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    66 8 A cemetery for the "Godless" ha» been established at the special request of the 'Beborjnik" the Society of the Godless, which has headquarters at Moscow. The Society, which is an act.ve organisation with a considerable membership, asked for a special cemetery on the ground that they did not want to
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    Football
    324 8 H.M.S. MALAYA CUP XI VS. DUKE'S Perak Flood Relief Fund Benefit Game The following are the teams and details of the final arrangements for the above charity match which takes place at the Stadium to-morrow evening The Dukes :—Clough, Butterworth, Hall, Connor, Care, Eccleston, Day, Hawthorn, Osborn, Bashford, Conlan.
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    THE TURF
    375 8 Third Day's Results at Penang Races (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 13. There was an excellent attendance at the races to-day. The following were the results:— Race L—Five Furlongs Yingt-et-Un (Roberts) 7.3 1 Amrita (Hobbs) 8.8 2 Penarth (Thompson) 9.10 3 Won by neck, third half a
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    BOWLS
    35 8 Monday's Ties at Tanglin Club Tournament Mixed Doubles M Dyne and Davies vs. Trimmer and TUESDAY S TIES Mixed Doubles (Final) aTld Mrs Miller vs- Dyne and Mrs Davies or Trimmer and Mrs. Walker.
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    LEAGUE OF NATIONS
    702 8 Second Meeting of Advisory Council Here The Advisory Council of the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations' Health Organisation held its second session from January 6 to 11, in the Bureau's premises, 67, Robinson Road. The following subjects were amongst others on the Agenda:— Consideration of
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    269 8 Pitsanulok is being shown an example of how the Chinese use the boycott. There are many stories abroad as to the cause but the most plausible one has it that preference was shown to a Siamese as against a Chinese at the Cinema hall, and one thing followed another until
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    BROADCASTING
    151 8 Wireless Concert for Sunday Next by the Amateurs The following programme will be broadcasted by the Amateur Wireless Society on Sunday next, the 16th instant, in the evening: 1. Dance Music, Roy's Orchestra. 2. Song, "Don't Bring Lulu," Miss W. Minjoot3. Saxophone Solo, Selected, Mr. F. de Siiva. 4.
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    PROPERTY SALE
    273 8 The following Singapore properties were sold by auction at the sale-room of Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., No. 30 Chulia Street, on Wednesday, the 12th instant: Freehold land situate at Tanjong Katong, total area 9,650 sq. ft., bought by Mrs. F. Fernandez at 49 cents per sq.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    138 8 Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive Singapore, January 14. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Shingo Maru 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) Ban Whatt Hin 14; Tasman 12; Melchior Treub 10; Dardanus 6. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3) Islander 30; Minderoo 31; Jean Dupuis 38;
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    50 8 From time to time conflicting reports are heard as to the impending shortage of natural fuel supplies. At an international conference which recently ended its session at Pittsburgh, U.S.A., it was stated that deposits of bituminous coal existing in that country alßne would provide sufficient motor fuel for 800 years.
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    Singapore Assizes
    702 8 TEN YEARS AND CAT FOR ARMED ROBBER Plea of Deformed Hand and Blind Eye Fails Lee Fook, who was alleged to h a part in an armed robbery a t Street and at a goldsmith's shon Bridge Road, was found guiltv 'Vj Assizes yesterday and sentenL* 1 Chief
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    30 8 The rate of issue of Money Orders India and Ceylon to-day is 11 to $100. The rate of payment of Orders from India and Ceylon H »1 equal to $100.
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      171 8 MAILS CLOSE TO-DAY, JANUARY 14 Mucr (*Flying Dragon) 2 p.m. Banka Island. Java. South-West Sumatra, South-East Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas and Timor Dilly (Melehior Treub) 2 p.m. China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa. East Siberia, Philippine Islands, Western Canada and Western States of U. S. A. (Machaon) 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and
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      186 8 WETEOROLOGICA L REPORT (By courtesy of the Government Health Office) Kandang Kerbau Station for the 24 boon ending midnight January 13. 1027. Maximum shade temperature r Minimum shade temperature Mean shade temperature Maximum sun radiation Minimum grass radiation Sea temperature Mesn wet-bulb temperature Mean relative humidity (per cent) M Evaporation
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    MALAYAN TINFIELDS
    343 9 First Annual General Meeting j tirst annual general meeting of an Tinlields. Ltd., was held on 22, a: 5, Whittington-avenue, jl jor F. B. Laweon, 0.8. E., (the Chair- that the company was lormed in year to deal with tin properties illy in the Federated Malay S'rates Its
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    TRAWLING IN JAVA SEAS
    282 9 The North Sea fisheries having yielded favourable results for a number of the 'Telegraaf' learns that a of prominent Dutch shipowners made plans to work the fisheries in Dot fa Kast Indies. The possibility of •oing so on a large scale has been tried the East,
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      245 9 jjj Telephone No. 4467 Telegram "Vottage" 1 National Electric Co., I Show-room and Office 1 2, Raffles Place, I SINGAPORE. I S We have a pick of the World's best in money value of S jjj things Electrical. I A visit to our show room will reveal the fact. TO-NIGHT!
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      324 10 jl jj ICE CREAM a a 3 a I THE DESSERT THAT PLEASES ALL. g 9 S i I i n In j Obtainable from: S John Little Co., Bun Bee Co., Kirn Ann Co., Lim Khoon Heng, Luna S Cafe (Dhoby Ghaut), or from The Cold Storage Depot. S
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      684 11 AUCTION SALE CHEONG KOON SENG CO. Estate of Thomas Dunman, Deceased good opportunity of acquiring valuable freehold building site at Katong. AUCTION SALE of ten building allotments situate at Grove Road TO BE HELD AT MESSRS. CHEONG KOON SENG COS. SALEROOM, NO 30, CHULIA STREET, SINGAPORE. On Wednesday, January 19
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      586 11 STEAMER SAILINGS P 0 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 Hie Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS from LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China Japan. For Marseilles, London Antwerp. Due Leave Tonnage Singapore
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      571 12 PUBLIC NOTICES MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE^ Claims for Refund of Assessment on Vacant Houses. Notice is hereby given that claims for refund of assessment on vacant houses for the period If t July to 31st December, 1926, must be made to the Municipal Assessor on or before the 31=t January, 1927,
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      489 12 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED —Compositor Immediately. Apply Box No. 436 c|o Malaya Tribune. WANTED—Thoroughly competent Short-hand-typist. Apply Duncan Roberts, Ltd., 137, Cecil Street, Singapore. WANTED—A competent Chinese Bookkeeper and a ledger clerk. Apply by letter with recent copies of testimonials to Chia Cheng Jin and Co. Competent shorthand-typist required immediately. Sound
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      393 12 BANKS THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 94, MARKET STREET BRANCHES Penang 85 Beach Street. Malacca 131 Jonker Street. Muar 77-79 Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat 109 Jalan Rahamat. Palemoang 16 flir. Hong Kong 13 Queen's Road Central. Seremban 63 Birch Road. Batavia 47 Corner Lloyd Street. AGENCIES AT: London,
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      543 12 INSURANCE I M I'm So2^& > THE BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE TRANSIT MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Manager. Office 2, Finlayson Green. THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) Head Office Singapore. Ist Floor, Banque del Indo Chine Buildings,
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