Malaya Tribune, 18 February 1927

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  • 22 1 The Malaya Tribune v oL XIV.- No. 41 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1927
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 158 1 CUP" The better you are at the the more you will appreciate this KACKET, which is Htrun* with Armourt Black Tropical Gut. B. F. «ANTOS, As? Sport Shop 15, Arcade, Singapore. 'Phone 420. rft ftl^ flgfl i^ o n Mf-iP j "THE PICK OF THE WORLD" I" Padmores" 44 Padmores
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    • 32 1 COMMERCIAL MANILLA BiU F F ENVELOPES JUST RECEIVED OF SPECIAL QUALITY SIZE 6*x3V*' PRICE $2.00 per 1000 Envelopes (A Limited stock only is hand) The Malaya Tribune Press, Ltd. Printers Stationers, Singapore.
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  • 2065 2 Wild Plant Raised to Supply Market COMMODITY FOUND IN GUAYULE SHRUBS Cultivated and Nourished in United States Soil N Just fifty years ago Sir Henry Wickham sailed away from Brazil, taking with him from its native habitat a quantity of the seed of the hevea—the famous. Para
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    • 246 2 \w mW \\mmm\mmmmmmm\ KW WBHSBmH Universal Possession of mankind is what Tablets of Aspirin have become, ■■i i thanks to their unrivalled efficiency. Millions of sufferers —^-^^ii 1 illl tlIU44^ =p^t^tT" rec °Bnise in them the best of pain-killers, and have been Headache, Toothache, Rheumatism, Pains in ttjft* Joints anc'
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    • 38 2 MARBLE, ROAD METAL AND LIME FOR SALE. Delivery Ex Railway Siding alongside Quarry. Cartage arranged for local orders. MARBLE TOMBSTONES AND MEMORIALS IN STOCK PRICES MODERATE. INSCRIPTIONS CUT TO ORDER IPOH MARBLE AND LIME WORKS, Anderson Road, Ipoh.
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    • 111 2 SAFEGUARD YOUR CHILD Against Contaminated Food. You cannot always be certain of what your little one eats for there must be frequent occasions when the child is not under your watchful eye. An apparently slight derangement of stomach and bowels may be the beginning of serious intestinal infection. Baby's Own
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    • 355 2 11 —i and all parasitic di«ea«e« or the skin, which in to prevalent in hot ci mates CAN BE CURED. "*Craw-Craw" particulars, ha« always men i moit dirficuit ase to trea:. But Burg"vnr'l "Broomassite" speed:.i and permanent v jtr? at most obstinate case*. 1: pence;., c.ca:. ->:. quick in effect
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  • 1212 3 BRITAIN COUNTS THE COST Could Have Been Settled by Negotiation If it be permissible to compare the British coal stoppage with an infinitely graver disaster, many resemblances between it and the late World War inevitably suggest themselves to the inquirer's mind. In both cases the matters ostensibly
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  • 422 3 Unfriendly Buddhas Drive Prince to Divorce Princess Galitzine, who was formerly Aimee Croker, daughter of a. millionaire Californian pioneer, is now 56. She had already been the wife of four men when, a year and a half ago, she startled society by wedding the 27 year old
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  • 144 3 The annual general meeting of subscribers to Christ Church was held on Feb. 7, at the British Legation. Mr. A. R. Maicoim was voted to the Chair, and there Were also present: —Rev. Cecil R. Simmons, Rev. M. B. Palmer, Me un R. W. Beall, S. G
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  • 36 3 The Blue Funnal Line is permanently reinforcing the China service owing to the success of a temporary trial and is running a joint service to Australia, via the Cape, with the Aberdeen and White Star Lines.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 188 3 1 1 |On jejj I Get Whij:* Hoi'sc in 1 It it a guarantee of El good body and fine 11 bouquet—whisky as toft =J age. There are ample j II stocks maturing to ensure I ol 311 fSflf the continuance of the =1 I pr£?j a %4fl same quality
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    • 174 3 WHICH IS BETTER? DEADENING THE SENSE OR REMOVING THE PAIN The physical man is subject to numberless pains and aches which may arise from various causes. In many such cases it is not possible or practicable to trace the cause and root it out. The best thing to do is
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    • 396 3 I IkaSLVkf 5 Selected Lemons, specially imported for E the purpose, give to F and N 4 LEMON SQUASH a distinctive flavour that is not equalled W by any other brand. And then too, you IRf/ know for certain when you drink it that c the inherent healthf ulness of
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  • 1205 4 Salon of the Jewish Shadchan MARRIAGE BROKERS AND YOUNG BACHELORS It was stated that in accordance with a common Jewish practice the defendant and plaintiff's daughter were introduced through a matrimonial agent, who was paid £8 commission." The foregoing extract from a report of a lawsuit
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  • 238 4 WORLD GOING DRY Prohibitionists and the League of Nations Plans are afoot for making the whole world go "dry,." Not satisfied with the success of their efforts in the U.S.A. and in Finland, the Prohibitionists aie working through the gtgency of the League of Nations and other international bodies with
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  • 247 4 Commanders Feel Ashamed of Their Ships Senator Gustave de Kerguezec, a naval expert whose duty it is to report the Naval Budget, declares, according to a writer in "L*Oeuvre,' of Paris, that the French navy is unfit to defend the country. He is quoted fe follows: "We
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  • 189 4 A. J. 11, de S. writes as follows to the "Ceylon Independent":— When His Excellency in one cf his recent speeches made the statement that British rule has been beneficial to Ceylon, yours was the only paper that criticised his remarks. Perhaps referring to your criticism His
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  • 96 4 It is the intention of the Indian Immigration Committee, at a meeting to be held at Bentong on April 25, to fix standard rates of wages payable throughout the inland districts of Pahang (Lipis, Raub, Bentong, and Temerloh) to all Indian labourers, as defined by section 122 of the Code.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 451 4 CURED HER BACKACHE AFTER 5 YEARS OF PAIN When your back aches it is a sign that your kidneys are not acting properly. Weak kidneys allow Uric Acid to pass through them, and this acid causes pain in your back. Mrs. Goddard of 25, Albion Gardens, Hammersmith, ■F 9 London,
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    • 118 4 I Have You Seen i I the new I Moutrie Chapel I TRANSPOSING ORGAN 1 B 1 I 3 a Enables you to play in any key without effort I I INSPECT THIS INSTRUMENT NOW. 1 I We also have Complete Lines o! other l I Models in Stock. 3
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  • 625 5 Mecca and the Moslem World IBj Sirdar Ikbal Ali Shah) pie in England are fully aware (t ent to which anti-British prohas been carried on by the enemies Vf through the agency of an unrarchy of Mohammedan priests indeed, many political •iblnuimi which this country had
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  • 128 5 rag for the Wembley exhig larantora was contained in a furof call waned recently by the i c Exhibition (1924) In(..'i voluntary liquidation). The notice of call states that in accord- with the auditors' certificate dated 27, 1926 the liability of the sigthe deficiency undertakings is he further
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  • 28 5 The untitled tug, "Atlas," built by as for the Suez Canal Company, J *ith her 3,000 I.H.P. engines, one of J* most powerful vessels of her kind in
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  • 530 5 Ex-German Emperor Passes Merry Holiday Surrounded by friends and relatives, former Emperor William of Germany passed one of the merriest Christmases since his exile in his barbed wired retreat in the little Dutch village of Doom. Doom House saw a real old-fashioned Christmas with William and
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  • 247 5 Bold Project of Two English Women A round-the-world reliability tour in an onen ear is the bold project of two English women. Miss Violet Cordery and a friend. Mus Cordery hopes to crops 17 countries and to c limb the Alps, the Pockies, and some of
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  • 159 5 During motor show week at Olympia, people passed through the turnstiles; at the rate of four thousand per hour. This vvas practically a record attendance tor a motor show. The total attendance for the week was about a quarter of a million people In the matter of sales, it
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  • 45 5 H. M. mine-laying cruiser, Adventure, laid'down in 1922, is the first of a new clas< She was commissioned at Day™port on February 8, after a secret trial. The French are holding up the construction of the Pluton until they can find out something about her.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 368 5 Childhood s Lessons Affect The Whole life Teach your children to use Cuticura Soap daily to keep the skin clear. Soothe and heal rashes, eczemcs and other irritations with Cuticura Ointment. Shampoo with Cuticura Soap to keep the scalp in a healthy, hair-growing condition. Soap, Ointment. Talcum sold throughout the
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    • 210 5 CYMRU AM BYTH! To the People of Wales n Malaya. THE ANNUAL Saint David's Day Dinner IS TO BE HELD ON SAINT DAVID S DAY (Tuesday, March Ist 1927.) AT THE ADELPHI HOTEL, SINGAPORE, AT 7.30 P.M. All Welsh people in Malaya are invited to join both the St. David's
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    • 78 5 TITAN I J CEMENT I I OBTAINABLE THROUGHOUT MALAYA g 3 C I SOLE IMPORTER: I G. AURELY, Union Building. S Thone 172 D a SHSZSESES2SESaS2S2SZSHSHS2SSSHSHSaSES?SSSHSSS2SHSaSBSHSBSHS3SSSHSSSSSESaSSSHSEsi IMPERIAL DENTISTRY Latest Method of Treatments without Pain. Teeth Replaced Natural-Like. VERY MODERATE CHARGES. O. JITT SIANG, Qualified Dentist. 71, HILL STREET. SINGAPORE. Ist
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 47 5 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS To-day, February 18 p.m.—Drill Hall European Units, ra and N.C.O.'s' Classes, us p m —Drill Hall S.V.C Band, Band Practice. Malar Drill Hall, Malay Comnipuny Parade. morrow, February 19 'M>~-Siglap, S.R.E. (v) Signals, Assemble 2 ,r Sig :ip Camp. >» Parrer Range, Malay Company, 'its Classification.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 350 6 Amusements. I BMPIRB I Ln v Thursday February 17 to Monday February 21 I Second Show at 9.15 p.m. I I i rjj You'll laugh as you've never laughed before when you see I SID CHAPLIN IN THE g (MAN ONTHE BOX i I In 8 Reels. C I From
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    • 354 6 I tt mr~r—■ n I TWO TOPPING NINE REELERS IN THE I I PROGRAMME S 1 From Thursday Feb 17, to Tuesday Feb. 22 I AT THE I ALHAMBRA jjj (TAN CHENG KEE ft Co., Ltd., Proprietors) jjj jjj IN THE SECOND SHOW COMMENCING AT 9.15 p.m. I A UNITED
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    • 349 6 Surma Theatre North Bridge R„. d T,:,„ h n From Wednesday^,,, Nightly Sharp. PATHE_GAZKTT£ Captain Blood By RAFAEL SABATIVi The greatest picture ev< 1 Vitagraph in it. by of product Ion! year Fleets of mighty ,a fights at sea, the mof naval battle, burning thousands of pirate.. ful women, towns
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  • 212 7 Singapore, February 18. A mm catalogued for last action, vz. 682 tons against •t r 4 (us j; i viou-dy. j througboot wass steady with ■a bi k bid Sing, especially for the better gn hi oi sh< et I A 1 smoked shaet sold unaer i 65%
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  • 70 7 The Gaiety Cinema offers a three feature me to-night In the first show is I: Howes in The Dangerous Dude in with action, thrills and stun-s with a new International News an<! Century Comedy. In the 2nd Show Hutchison, the daredevil thrill Surging Seas, a super-feature i of
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  • 36 7 The rate of issue of Money Orders for n dia and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 152 equal £$100. The rate of payment of Money "ror? from India and Ceylon is Rs. 156 u *l to $100.
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  • 572 7 Superstitious Mothers Suffer From Their Beliefs With events in China looming large on our horizon, an impetus is given to our interest in all things Chinese. Superstition has always held the race in its grip, and an article in "Mothers in Council," a publication of the Mothers'
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  • 392 7 What an English Bishop Would Excuse h it ever right to tell a lie? Addressing a meeting of Nottingham teacher- the Bishop of Southwell (the Rt. Rev. B. O. F. Heywood) said; "I should be prepared to exonerate a person who tells a He to save an
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  • 73 7 The American torpedo destroyer No. 218 stationed at Shanghai har, been instructed by Admiral Williams to take on board over two hundred marines and to join forces with the gunboats cf other Powers along the Yangtse River. The English "Lloyds List and Shipping Gazette" publishes an article concerning the Italian
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  • 474 7 Former Singaporean Much Esteemed in Klang At the Klang Chinese Merchants' Club om Tuesday, the leading member* of the Chine:e commun'ty of Klang, Kuala Lang*:, and Kuala Selangor, gave an "At Home' to bid good-bye to Dr. W. Ansley Yoong prior to his departure on furlough. Or.
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  • 197 7 It is a curious fact that at the moment when there is a movement among the clergy of the Church of Bngland to abandon even the clerical collar as undemocratic, and dress like other men, the passing of the new Act to remove certain Roman Catholic disabilities may
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  • 146 7 Mr. A. T. Sidney Smith, the DOW State Engineer, Perak, visited Tapah recently and stayed a day at the 16th mile, Pahang Road, with Mr I. Harper, Assistant Engineer in Charge of the roads to Cameron Highlands, says "The Malayan Daily it to reported that a P. W.
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  • 102 7 Numerous ?mall additions are to-day reported to the Malayan Floods Relief Fund, which now stands as follows:— Already acknowledged $39,858.50 M. R. L. Chesnot 100 J. P. Tham J T. P. G. T. B. Tock 1 L. K. Jin T. H. Chua Tan Gim Ho J T.
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  • 44 7 Found by the police stuck fast in a chimney in a milliner's shop in London Road, Liverpool, Philip Jackson, aged 25, was remanded at Liverpool on charges of shopbreaking, the Magistrate remarking that in the meantime the man should be given a good bath.
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  • 1415 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, February 18 Rice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $340 Buysta Rice, Siam 2 $330 Mixed Black Pepuer 42.00 Rice, Siam 3 $322 Sundried Copra 11.00 Rice, Saigon 1 $290 Mixed Copra 10.50 Rice, Saigon 2 $250 Kayong Copra Rice, Saigon 3 Small Flake Tapioca 5.50 Rice,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 535 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS NOTICE My salesman Mr. Koh TMm 9wi having Isft my services oa the 31st of January is no longer authorised to traasaot any b asiness whatsoever on my behalf. G AUBELY, Union Building. Singapore. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE Required a temporary clerk for Munioipal Building Surveyor's Dept., with experience
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 379 7 SINGAPORE DIARY To-day. February 18 j: Tides.—<M a.m., 11.25 a.m. io-morro*. February 19 Tides.-**? a.m.. 11.59 a.m. E l utwsrd mail due. I Lv Services vs. Selangor, Tanghn. g Borneo Co. vs. H. K. and S. Bk. Sunday, February 20 di*fa Tides.— 0.49 a.m., 0.32 p.m. at Garden*, 9.15 p.m.
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  • 993 8 For weeks we have refrained from expressing an opinion on the rubber position, merely because our predictions earlier in the quarter are being fulfilled all too accurately, and the outlook is in our opinion unchanged. Yesterday, however, Reuter cabled that: Speaking at a dinner of the
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  • 1006 8 The Emden, the new German cruiser, has left Wilhelmshaven on an eighteen-months' cruise. A conference has been held in Stockholm with a view to the standardisation of marine charts. The M. M. s.s. Paul Lecat will leave on Monday at 8 a.m. instead of Sunday at 5 p.m. from the
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  • 535 8 Mr. ED. Atkins is now Ho n o rary tary and Treasurer of the tion of Siam. 1?tl A -v, a> Mr. W. C. Taylor, attached t Office at Alor Gajah, will be to Penang m the near future I Mr. A. E. Small, who ha< be*.
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  • 63 8 Mails from Europe, (London m:> lj patched January 27), ex B. I Ta arrive by train to-morrow morning. pondence will be ready for delivery to wxholders at 9.15 a.m. From Holland and Germ: ny VJ Prinses Juliana, due at Singapore tt -1 a» to-day. i„„ ,t From France
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  • 60 8 Judgment was delivered hi t grant Court yesterday by.the (WJjg J William Muris.m) in a by suit in which the trustee o Dawood bin Haji Hassan claim for property in Rochore Road the Municipality on an award i It was found thai the award WU one. if Tne
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  • 50 8 (From Our Own Corresp* Penang. NmW "j Acting on information fi*%££^ m tive officers entered an oW *od°* n lane off Weld Quay yestjrdaJ fiscated 114 cases of arrack. So far there have been ooela the property the duty on wh.cn at $15,000, believed to tw Penang.
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  • 74 8 (From Our Own Correal At the Church of th, A morning, Father Devalsofß iat. riage took plac. of M»\ |c Officer of the s.s. h-al U v Elizabeth, daughter o ford of the Municipality. ford. Mr. T. Sutherland was th. Mrs. T. O. Woodford wd» n J* while Miss
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 411 8 I Here's i iiPl LUC I iJ w:th Lvc vvhat you could never alte npt c tr! wittl paint. X Luc give, all the e'Tert of Eastern Lacquer S in a giere: and more brilliant variety of Q p colours. Just dip tie brush e'eep into the D rj tin
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    • 135 8 I By Special Appointment jjj 3 To His Majesty S THE KING OF SIAM. S J I I Estd. 1872. I I THE PROBLEM 3 where to buy your I JEWELLERY 3 may exist c E c X but the store of E I B. P. De Silva I S
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  • 271 9 Copy of the Peking Protest ON ORDERS OF CHINESE GOVERNMENT More Troops Leave Hong Kong for Shanghai Reuter's Service. Geneva, February 17. Chu Hsin-elm has returned to Rome handing Sir Erie Drummond a copy of g note, dated .January 31, to Great C< m ernin.tr
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  • 66 9 Fulfilment of Dawes Plan Said To be Impossible Trans-Ocean Service New York. February 17. Th>> Ge:man Budget speech created a -••nsa'ii n here, particularly the statement that the ultimate fulfilment of the Dawes p!an is materially impossible, which was authoritatively voiced by Germany for the firs* time.
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  • 86 9 Poincare Pays up Pending Formal Ratification Reuter's Service. London, February IT. In f Commons, Mr. Churchill announced that in view of the delay in obrmal ratification of the AngloDebt Agreement by the French SI. Poincare had agreed to pay ili< n pounds sterling due for the financial year
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  • 52 9 Corporation Head Calling on President Reuter's Service. Mexico City, February 17. irman Sinclair o* the Consolidated °'l Corporation has conferred with the of Industry and Commerce and see the President. Considerable importance is attached to Mr Sin lair's visit in view of the present impasse in the
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  • 22 9 Reuter's Service. ■Suva, Fiji, February 17. HM.S. Renown, with the Duke and beaeai of York aboard, has arrived here.
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  • 149 9 America Taking Precautions KELLOGG ON THE MEXICO OIL DISPUTE Reuter's Service. Washington, February 17. The Navy Department has ordered six aeroplanes and a company of marines, making a combined unit of two hundred men, to leave San Diego, California, for Corinto, Nicaragua, as soon as the
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  • 116 9 GOVERNMENT STARTS INQUIRY Results in an Armistice for Time Being Reuter's Service. Colombo, February 17. A Government enquiry into the strike will be completed within a week. Five hundred men have resumed work. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Colombo, February 18. Government intervention in the harbour strike has
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  • 93 9 Foch Warns France to Watch Germany j I S i Havas Agency. Paris,, February 17. In the Chamber's Military Committee, M. Poincare underlined the urgency of the reform of the military organization and the necessity to vote the Budget and military laws before the summer holidays. He stated
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  • 64 9 Sun-Vat-sen's Son-in-law Sent To Tokyo Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokyo, February 17. The Kuomintang is sending Tsai Tienchu, Sun Vat-sen's son-in-law, to Japan as Nationalist diplomatic representative. It is understood that though Tokyo does not intend to recognise him as Cantonese Minister they will probably agree to negotiate
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  • 27 9 Trans-Ocean Service Athens, February 17. Parliament to-night ratified the TurcoGreek Refugees' Property Treaty, which it is thought will inaugurate a new era in Turco-Greek relations.
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  • 27 9 Trans-Ocean Service Berlin, February 17. The German-Czecho-Slovakian commercial tieaty negotiations reached their second stage at Prague on Wednesday and are to be continued at Berlin.
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  • 134 9 Senate Ratifies New Charters Bill BRANCH BUSINESS LTD. TO CITY OF ORIGIN Reuter's Service. Washington, February 17. The Senate has ratified the McFadden Branch Banking Bill granting perpetual charters to Federal Reserve Banks and restricting the branch banking of National Banks to the limits of the city
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  • 99 9 POLAND REJECTS PLAN FROM GERMANS Domiciliary Issue One of Great Importance Trans-Ocean Service. Berlin. February 17. An official Polish communique rejects the German proposals to negotiate a separate domiciliary treaty and insists that the domiciliary issue falls within the general framework of the commercial treaty. Authoritative circles in
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  • 86 9 Radicalist Motion Rejected on Vote of Confidence Reuter's Service. Paris, February IT. The Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by -°>63 to 136, rejecting an amendment by the Radical Socialists who sought an inversion of the order of the Government's Parliamentary programme, placing first military
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  • 18 9 Trans-Ocpan Service Berne, February 17. A commercial treaty between Switzerland and Czecho-Slovakia was signed on Wednesday.
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  • 20 9 Trans-Ocean Service Angora, February 17. A Turco-American trade agreement has been concluded here, America securing a most-favoured-nation clause.
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  • 30 9 Trans-Ocean Service Jassy, February 17. A Court here charges the Soviets through Ambassador Rakooski, formerly a Bessarbian subject, for conspiring for the assassination of King Ferdinand in 1918.
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  • 28 9 Reuter's Service. Mexico City, February 17. A general railway strike is timed to begin at midnight following a breakdown of the conference between the disputants.
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  • 57 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan;*, February 17. During the Chingay procession a decorated car caught fire owing to the bursting of a carbide tank. No one was hurt. There was a fire at a house in Western Road as the result of cracker firing but the Brigade
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  • 359 9 Southerners Follow Up Successes GENERAL SUN YIELDING BIG FRONT Story of Bribes Paid to the Shangtung Commander Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, February 17. The latest news early this evening is that the fall of Hangchow is expected at any time and it may even already
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  • 72 9 Floods on Pacific Coast Cause Huge Damage Reuter's Service. San Francisco, February 17. The heaviest rains on record have occurred here in the past five days and have rendered the situation on the Pacific Coast desperate. Twenty-four lives have been lost. A hundred ranchers in the Los Angeles
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  • 47 9 Trans-Ocean Service Berlin, February 17. While the Conservative papers approve the Reichs Budget speech of Wednesday, the Democrats and Socialists offer sharp criticism for the omission of practical propositions, imputing an attempt to plac« responsibility for a probable taxation increase on the preceding Government.
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  • 32 9 Trans-Ocean Service Berlin. February 17. Twenty thousand workmen, mostly Communists and Socialists, enthusiastically cheered the Chinese delegation to-night as it was passing through Berlin homeward bound from the Erussds Congress.
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  • 29 9 Reuter's Service. London, February 17. The British Government has not yet replied to the American disarmament proposals as, unlike other Powers, it must first consult the Dominions.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 43 9 I ffl Gilbey's i oid 1 I SypW Tnm 1 Gin. I FOR PAHITS, I I None Better. 5j Contains the Delicate Flavour of the H X Juniper Berry H S Sole Agents: X I GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. rG (Incorporated in S.S.) n)
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  • 1234 10 Vessel Returns to Singapore FRESH DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE Interesting Story Told to A Tribune Representative The Seang Bee. which was the victim of the recent daring piracy on her way to Hong Kong, is in Singapore on h*er return voyage to Rangoon. A wpre-etKative of
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  • 197 10 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nlchi Shimbunsha) Tokio, February 16. A Bill for the nationalization of land, submitted to the Diet by the representatives of the highest tax-payers belonging to the Kenkyu-kai in the Upper House, has been referred to a committee. It is believed that the motion for
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  • 58 10 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, February 17. Towkay Oon Eng .Chuan, of Penang, was killed at Butterworth yesterday evening in a collision of three cars on the main road to Kedah. The Towkay was badly injured and expired on the way to hospital. Others were slightly
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  • 85 10 The forces of General Chin Yun-ao and General Wei Yi-san are now all wearing a special arm band indicating that they are no longer supporters of Marshal Wu Pei-fu, but the badge is not the same as the Cantonese. A Communist conspiracy for creating a reign of terror in Florence
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  • 473 10 FOOTBALL Johore Malays Defeat Fathol Karib in Charity Match A comparatively small crowd turned up at the Stadium yesterday evening to witness the charity match in which the Johore Malay XI defeated the Fathol Karib Club by two goals to nil. Prior to the match a group photograph
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  • 102 10 In the first round of the Inter-Com-mercial Cup Competition, the following will line up for the Borneo Company against the Hong Kong Bank at the Stadium to-moirow: —Keng Yang, Scally, Matheson, Hogg, Ashworth, Yam Hee, Cheng Swee, Keng Hiang, Chim Bong, Soon Hust, Kim
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  • 184 10 Championship Bout to be Staged in Britain Reuter's Service. LonJon, February 17. Mr. C. B. Cochran, who is re-entering the lists as a boxing promoter, announces that he has fixed a match for the world's middle-weight championship between Mickey Walker (holder) and Tommy Milligan (Etukypean champion), probabry in June
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  • 113 10 Fast Game in Framroz Cup Contest A fast and interesting game of hockey was seen yesterday on the V.M.C.A. ground between the V.M.C.A. and the Police. Both teams were evenly matched, and coneequently both goals were attacked in turn. At half time the V.M.C.A. led by 2 goals to
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  • 419 10 WEEPING PRISONER FACES MAGISTRATE Record Haul of Counterfeits on Dutch Steamship With bowed head, eyes shut, hands clasped in front and weeping and sobbing throughout, Tan Weng stood before Mr. H. R. Bull, the Second Magistrate, this morning. Tan Weng was dressed only in a singlet and
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  • 455 10 Straits "Historians" Differ on Details One of our morning contemporaries, anxious to prove itself well up-to-date, moralised on the Singapore mutiny which happened twelve years ago to-day. says "The Pinang Gazette" of Tuesday. It says that "Trouble in the Fifth Light Infantry had been expected without a doubt
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  • 1064 10 HOW AMERICA TELLS THE WORLD U.S.A. the Champion Propagandist (By Major Montague Gluckstein) I suppose that in our own time we shall not see the end of race rivalry. It is an age-old condition in this best of all possible worlds. Whether race rivalry is a good
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  • 432 10 Violins and Violinists To the Editor of the Malaya T Sir,—All music lovers hail mitk a the announcement of the forth*™?; certs by one of the r not the greatest violinist of f''> lf Jascha Heifetz. M taati Such musical treats are too part of the
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  • 61 10 Impersonating a Municipal Water Inspector H. Xonis, a Eurasian formerly tmp uyed at the Singapore Municipality, wa- th: morning sentenced to three niontK riporous imprisonment on a charge of impersonating a public servant, by Mr. Bull, the Third Police Magistrate. It was alleged that the ae-used vicertain ricksha
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  • 368 10 Opening Ceremonies Held Thursday Sometime ago several parents in Da* thought of educating their daughters in an English school, but found it difficult t send them to Kuala Lumpur—the W place with such a school, -ayMalayan Daily .Express." At the •> of many of these parents Mrs.
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  • 1404 11 KFNTWELL/S EFFORTS TO CHANGE NATIONALITY Horn in Hong Kong of Chinese Mother 11} the whole of one morning last upied by the Registrar, Mr. g, in lI.M. Supreme Court, Shanty si gating the claim of Mr. L. to Chinese nationality. Court opened, M. R. E. S. aid
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  • 662 11 Singapore, February IT. The week under review has proved uneventful and there is little to report, business in all sections bavins been difficult and on a restricted scale. The metal quotation, after fluctuations, closes slightly I wer on balance, and share values, general! v arc inclined to be
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    • 549 11 25?5Z525E5B5ZSH5E5H5Z5ZSE5E^ jg GRAMOPHONE WITH I v DOUBLE SPRING MOTOR| jjj j Write for the Illustrated Catalogue, (J 3 Ici Easy payment system [j 3 local customers. I I I SEASON CO LTD. 111 ltt>w TO-NIGHT FRIDAY FEBRUARY 18. TO-NIGHT At The New World Shows VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS Including Chinese Wayangs, "Heng
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    • 157 11 11 dubonnet! I TONIC WINE. J j JllS 1.50 I I fc||jfl PER QUART BOTTLE j H9tl Duty Included. I Sole Agents: g 1 JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd- (Incorporated in England). g SINGAPORE. PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. gj SPECIAL OFFER OF I |No. 1. BRANDY I Jf Maurice Rogers' I
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  • 1139 12 Again Coming Into Its Own in England i I A few years ago one would have said that the practical joke was dead except for the barbarous young and a few of the barbarous old who had never grown up. Like the pun, it seemed to belong
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  • 50 12 Telegrams from Tientsin received by the Chinese press state that Ching Yen has made a decirion that a special tax on the wealthy families is to be levied. It is calculated that some $4,000,000 may be obtained if each is called upon for a sum of thirty to fifty dollars.
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  • 646 12 What Britons Did for the Yangtse (By G. C. Dixon) The Chinese Bolsheviks hav e been learning; the truth of Oscar Wilde's cynical maxim that nothing succeeds like excess. Having devisei clever and unscrupulous areti-British propaganda for the heartening of their own luke-warm adherents, they are now
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  • 225 12 Dispute Over Lease of Singapore Owned Property Mr. A. H. Kader, previously Manager of the Sirusa Tin Mine, Port Dickson, wa* arrested at Seremban on a warrant issued by the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate, at the instance of Towkay Ho Sam Chee, of Messrs. Seng Yip Co., Kuala
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  • 116 12 Singapore, February 17. The tone of the market continues steady with a moderate business passine. The demand for spot and near positions has somewhat improved, but the bulk of the business done has been for the to June and July to September positions. Manufacturers are ouietlv absorbing medium
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    • 274 12 I Anaemia?— 1 I Then strengthen I I your Blood Cells. I 8 New red blood—healthier blood—will p be the result of a few weeks' use of fc> Kalzana. H It will increase the activity and vitality of E the cells of your body because Kalzana j** P feeds them
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    • 914 12 AUCTION SALE CHEONG KOON SENG CO SHERIFF'S SALE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of Payna Roona Navena Soona Sethambaram Chettiar Plaictiff vs. (1) F. D. Marcus (2) A. R. Marcus (M. W Defendants Auction Sale of Walnut-stained and wax polished teak
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  • 525 13 Singapore, February 12. MEAT Beef steak (round) kati 51 Beef stew or curry kati 45 Pork lean kati 63 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 54 Mutton Indian lb. 50 Mutton Australian lb. 50 Fowl kati 67% Capons (Locally reared) kati 1.00 Hens (Locally reared) kati 95
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  • 181 13 Crystal Radio Sets Bring Joy To the Poor The poorer classes who live in hovel? on the outskirts of Paris are the most ardent radio fans in the French capital, where interest by the richer classes has never been manifested, according to figures just made public.
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  • 38 13 In view of the fact that she had twice previously recovered when thought dead, two of her veins were opened before Mrs. Eliza Shrive, 55, was buried at Hussian, Northamptonshire. Her experiences had made her dread premature burial.
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    • 247 13 I YALE SPUR-GEARED CHAIN BLOCKS I 8 ARE MACHINE SHOP NECESSITIES I S 4 THE VALE SPUR-GEARED CHAIN BLOCK is the safest and S jfl f speediest portable hand-hoist where loads must be lifted frequently S and labour is expensive. X I: is highly efficient. One man, pulling 82 lbs.
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    • 365 13 I ICE CREAM I i i 5 OBTAINABLE IN SEVERAL STANDARD FLAVOURS—DELIGHTFUL!! I S 3 3 ru ru -n In jj Obtainable from: I John Little Co., Bun Bee Co., Kirn Ann Co., Lim Khopn Heng, Luna I Cafe (Dhoby Ghaut), or from The Cold Storage Depot. X ru nl
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    • 462 14 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED—A Doctor for a passenger steamer. Apply by letter btating salary required and enclosing copies of testimonials to Box No. 451 c/o Malaya Tribune. CANVASSERS WANTED for Motor Cleaning Co. Apply in writing to Box No. 452, c/o Malaya Tribune. WANTED—A lady teacher (Chinese preferred) for a local
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    • 507 14 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE Notice is hereby given th it a meeting of the members of the Sinhalese community in Singapore and Johore will be held at the Rtar Opera (Theatre Royal) Hall, North Bridge Road, Singapore, on Baturdav, 19th inst at 2 p.m. with a view to forming an Association.
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    • 410 14 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 Rahamet. Palemoang 16 Hir. Hong Kong 18 Queen's Road Central. Seremban 63 Birch Road. Batavia 47 Comer Lloyd Street. AGENCIES AT: London,
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    • 497 14 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD, (Registered in London, mnder the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1899, on 2nd December 1892 Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Paid-up Capital «1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,612,884 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J.
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    • 392 14 INSURANCE THE Bouth 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, 1-A, Malacca Street. Thone
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    • 478 14 M. HASSAN ELECTRICAL 86, Brass Basah Road, SINGAPORE. If you are in need of itehts, fans, bells, motors and etc. ,r Please write to the ah* address or Thonejn, No. ft CHARGES MODEHATM. Cars! Cars!! Cars!!' BUICK MOTOR HIRING 216, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE (Opp. Amber Mansions.) NEW BUICK CARS FOR
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    • 415 15 STEAMER SAILINGS K. P^M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPLJ Royal Packet Navigation Company of Batavia (INCORPORATED IN HOLLAND) FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18. IVK k tot Tongkal, Sapat, Tembilahan and Poeloe-Pallas. for Muntok. Batavia, Semarang and Surabaya. MivMKN for Belawan-Deli. mm4M V LTING for Letoo*, Tarempa, Genting, Poeloe-Pandjang, Serassan Midai and kra\i KHR for
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    • 556 15 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 His Majesty's Government.) OUTW F^h S i „.T J a L p^. DON For Antwerp. Due Leave Tonnage
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    • 814 15 STEAMER SAILINGS (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) LONDON LINE Tonnage Destination Due Sail n.w.lri Mam 10,500 M'seilles, L'don, A'werp R'dam Feb 16 18 daylight »SSL\\\fSS 10 000 M'seilles L'don. A'werp R'dam Mar 3 4 Sn MarT 8 000 M'seilles L'don, A'werp R;dam Mar 17 18 Harona |S 10 000 Mseilles, L'don, AWp
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