Malaya Tribune, 5 July 1927

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    20 1 The Malaya Tribune XIV.- -No. 153 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1927 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1927.
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      50 1 NEW SHIPMENT OF VRIPONUM CARBON PAPER Pctrpll: Size 8 x 10 N!) WITH 3 WELLS 3 PAPER WEIGHTS. ft Tribune Press, Ltd., h Collyer Quay, Singapore. s s If. v S J Q jj c B I n c i o Q o .5 j U —-pi-mi I' 11 —-gfttaQe==aopo^^
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      24 1 prompt: t w*. hei h" de rf nid Wafrhea, Clock* and Jcwellary in Exchange far New. Jack So No. 28, Chalia Street, gfVfj \PORF
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    TOURIST SMUGGLERS
    453 2 Diamonds Hidden in Soap Taken Into America Smuggling by returning tourists from Europe this summer will probably beat all records. Every one is a smuggler at heart, in the opinion of Mr. Ernest W. Camp, chief of the United States Division of Customs. It is estimated by the
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    A MUSICAL CLOCK
    256 2 Vienna's "Eighth Wonder of the World The hour was struck for the first time at 1 p.m. one day recently by a remarkable historical and musical clock in Vienna on which artisUs, goldsmiths, and sculptors began work in 1911. The Viennese claim that it is a new
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    REFORM OF CONSTITUTION
    242 2 Task of the New Spanish Assembly An official statement issued on May 31 at Madrid defines the functions of the Consultative Assembly, which is to be given the task of preparing for the return to a constitutional regime, and will be convoked in the utumn. oJF he
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    THE LIGHT BRIGADE
    215 2 Last Survivor Dies at the Age of 96 Troop Sergeant-Major Edwin Hughes, aged ninety-six, who claimed to be the last survivor of the Light Brigade, which took part in the Balaclave charge in October 1864, died at his home in Eferton-road, Blackpool. Mr. Hughes joined the 13th
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    HAMMOCKS IN 'PLANES
    134 2 The Air Ministry have decided to*sen! four Super-Marine Napier all-metal flying boats on a 25,000 miles flight. These machines, which have been specially built for service in trfpical countries, will start from Felixstowe, and will fly over France, down the Mediterranean, across the Suez Canal to India—of
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      199 2 I Av3x j ft Q« X y I The Food of Kings ft Court Physicians know the hest and see that g Royal Babies have the best. That is why r> Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal ft Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for 5
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      170 2 EES?. SOAP AGENTS Sm% DARBY A Co., Ltd. Singapore. Malacca, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Serernban and Muar. J ||r^ AN UseEubhucks JH Preserve your Plant, Stock, Buildings, etc., 1 U {Mj and avoid the heavy cost oi renewals. B |M| It is more than ever imperative to safeguard im your
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    BERLIN AND SOVIET
    374 3 Completion of Outstanding Contracts The London "Daily Express" understands that a German syndicate may be formed to take over the business of Arcos, Ltd., the Russian trading organisation, and to a:t as a .rading agent for the Soviet in this country. Negotiations are understood to be already
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    GAOL FOR WOMEN
    240 3 Confession of Plot to Kill Her Husband A forty-two year old woman, named Raser. ha 4 been sentenced to thiry-five year»' imprisonment in one of the most unusual murder cases in the history of New Jersey. Her husband was shot in the back by Frank Van Sickle,
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    ORIGIN OF BRIDGE
    227 3 There have been many fantastic suggestions as to the origin of bridge, says a correspondent in "The Times." None of them has been needed, as it came into existence in the simplest manner possible. Located abroad, there were four Englishmen who formed a chummage. I don't care
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    EAVESDROPPING CHARGE
    141 3 At the Colchester Police Court, Frank Edward Potter, a painter, was charged _with eavesdropping. The proceedings were taken under an Act of 1360, and it was stated that complaints had been received about a man with a dog peering into the windows of houses late at night. The
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      452 3 1 A GREAT I FEMALE MEDICINE I I T-vR. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS I I are frequently prescribed for the I I many ailments peculiar to the female I I sex, for the very reason that these Pills 1 I are purely vegetable, mild in their action, I I and
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      123 3 aa^OTwaaaHßßßnmiat-nHBBBWiwvwwMWBMMaHawH. lAnsaldo Gars. Ansaldo Cars, Ansaldo 7 Passenger six $4750.00 5 $4500.00 I 5 four $2850.00 I S The Ansaldo Car is the Pride of Italy. Beautiful in design—Perfect in workmanship. Every buyer is a satisfied customer. Powerful in action— Silent X service—Economical. jjj 1 THE CYCLE CARRIAGE CO. (1926)
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    MR. WILSON TO RETIRE
    326 4 His Last Year as Seamen's Leader Mr. J. Havelock Wi'son. President of the National Sailors' and Firemen's Union, is due .o re.ire, under the Un.on'« age Limit, in August, wh -n he will be 70. He will probably remain in office for some months longer during
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    TOLL OF INFLUENZA
    227 4 Births Exceeded by Deaths in England The part which influenza plays as an indirect cause of mortality may b? seen from the fact that during the first quarter of the preeent year, when this malaiy waepidemic the number of deaths in England and Wales exceeded the number
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    SHANGHAI WOMEN
    425 4 War Recalled: Ham and Eggs for the Army Englishwomen resident in Shanghai are finding that the internal strife between the Cantonese and the Northerners is by no merns without its happy side. The British forces are "keeping the place alive" with their fun and good humour. The following
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    A MINOR MATTER
    126 4 in the earlier part cf the month two men pobbed a Chinese who was o'Jt Killing cakes in a b< at in Klong Praek, Siam. They only to k his cakes, and probably did not think much about it. But the Chinese reported the matter to the
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      215 4 i I Smooth cool and mellow em I 1927 Model Motor Cycle. I The Piide of England One of the Best. X 5 to 95 miles per hour. I i 5j Always dependable Ready to go 0 X Beautiful to look at Better to ride D= ffi Seeing is believing
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      31 4 t* 1 pj It's Pilsener I j I BEER I The World's Best. j ■a Sole Agents: a I DIETHELM Co., Ltd., I N (Incorporated in Switzerland.) jjj ja Singapore—Penang—Bangkok. jjj
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      184 4 I MUSIC. I I We Have All the Latest Hits 1 I HONOLULU—SONGBIRD—PERHAPS YOU'LL nix K I OF ME—SWINGING ALONG—PERFUMES OB HIE l I PAST—GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDS—MAR tie, j Etc., Etc., Etc. I Call and Hear Them j S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. t AMERICAN EVEREADY Leads the
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    COMPANY MEETINGS
    780 5 SUNGEI PURUN (F.M.S.) RUBBER CO., LTD. Record Profit and Strong Position Shpwn ["he sixteenth annual general meeting of Sungei Puian (F.M.S.) Ruboer Com- lxd., was hold on June 7 at the istered office of the company, 149, Inhall-street, E.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilthe Chairman) presiding. representative of the
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    JOHORE RUBBER LANDS, LIMITED
    825 5 Current Year's Production Encouraging first ordinary general meeting of ■r< Rubber Lands, Ltd., was held on I at Winchester House, Old Board«■t, E.C., Mr. E. J. Townsend presiding. representative of the Secretaries i- Townsend and Ridsdel) read the nvening the meeting and the re- f the
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    CHANNEL ATTEMPT
    329 5 Bananas as Daily Diet for English Girl England's ex-amateur champion lady swimmer, Miss Hilda James, of Liverpool who is to attempt to swim the English Channel this summer, will train on a diet of bananas! This is not a 'tfreak" effort to justify such a diet; nothing of
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      512 5 MISTAKES MOTHERS MAKE Many mothers give their children solid food nt too early an age and say proudly that their babies "eat everything that grown up people do," when such a course is almost certain to bring on indigestion and to lay the foundation of much illhealth. Others administer harsh
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      292 5 0 What is Holding You Down? It is not that 70a have had the chance, [t ia not that somebody else has all the luok, Ct ii not that your employer does not like you. It is Lack'of Training [f you are true to yourself, you will acknowledge that the
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      118 5 I NATURAL U*> f MILK FOOD Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co„ (London) 144-147 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. CARTRIDGES YOU NEED NEVER CLEAN THE BORE of your rifle again if you shoot KLEANBORE cartridges exclusively. They positively keep the bore free from rust, pitting or corrosion. Just think —here is a cartridge
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      471 6 HSHsr!sZS2srlsrlsZsr2sr2srlsE^ I EMPIHE TUESDAY JULY 5 AND WEDNESDAY JULY 6. Ci Second Show at 9 p.m. C= [}j BELASCG'J Btige success has beei mide into a leluxe picture H 1 TIGER ROSE I 1 X IV 8 REELS [> the play eloquent w.ih elemental urge, tem«hfs pßeskr, iTPtittfblf pathos, now
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      292 6 JSL m irra ents. lATI AT THE I ALHAMBRA (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd., Proprietors.) TO-NIGHT A UFA SCREEN MASTERPIECE 1 A Film Version of the World-Famous Opera by Oscar Straus. g A BRILLIANT COMEDY, MINGLED WITH THE LILT OF jjj ALLURING WALTZ ACCOMPANIMENT g in which a successful attempt
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      480 6 Surma Theatre North Bridge Road. TV No 2gJ THIS If BE! From Wednesday June 2b to J u)} 5. The Inaugural Attraction Fx Year 1027. NIGHTLY AT 9AQ Here is the Ficture tbat do "The KiJ" did for Chapin- Atat EACH PUSH,A Lai EACH BCENi!,\ 808 EACH BIT,A HIT 1
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    143 7 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive Singapore, July 5. I -t Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) n i E.E.E. Wharf; Katong 22; Ekma V n Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) 18; Chyebassa 15; Haruna Maru \i unsterland 11; Ixion 8; Malaya 6. J ">i ire Dock (Entrance Gate
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    COMPANY MEETINGS
    2035 7 Thornycroft (Singapore), I/mited The sta'.utorv meeting of shareholders of 1 hornycroft (Singapore), Limited, was held yesterday, at the offices of Messrs. Evatt and Company French Bank Building. Singapore. Mr. H. R. L. Dyne presided and the others present were: Messrs. M. H. Brown, C. N. Bailey, F. B.
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION
    31 7 Orders for week ending July 10, 1927. To-day, July s.—Signalling Class Headquaiters 5.15 p.m. To-morrow, July 6.—Officers' Meeting, Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Thursday, July 7.—Band Practice Headquarters 5.15 p.m.
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1481 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, July 5 Pino CInn. XT- 1 rr Dnaasa (ullors Kice, biam No. 1 per Koyan $343 Rice, Siam 2 „< $330 Rice, Siam 3 $322 Rice, Saigon 1 Sao© Rice, Saigon 2 $272 Rice, Saigon 3. Rice, Rangoon 1 $288 Rice, Rangoon a $278 Rice, Par
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    Births, Marriages and Deaths
    57 7 DEATH Mr. KWEK TUAN SIEW—On Sunday, 3rd July, 1927. at No. 19, Cheng Tuan Street at the age of 71. He leaves behind two sons (Messrs. Kwek Theam Kwee and Kwek Theam Chye) 2 daughters, 2 daughters in-law, 1 son in-law and 9 grandchildren. Funeral on
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      642 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED —Teochew lad able to speak English and ride bicycle. Morning outdoor work only. Apply CSWONG c|o Lee Wab Bank. FO LABOUR CON TRACTORS. WANT 3D 500 to 1003 Coolies. Opencast Mine, Pelali, Johore. Apply Bell Coy., Ltd., Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Singapore. IN AID OF ORPHANS An
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      446 7 SINGAPORE DIARY To-day. July 5 Tides. 1.32 a.m., 2.56 p.m. Div. 11, R.A. vs. R.E., Stadium, kill: O.T.F.C. vs. V.M.C.A., S.C.C. To-morrow, July 6 Tides. 2.23 a.m., 3.39 p.m. tball: S.C.C. Practise Match. S.6.FJL vs. Batavia, Stadium. raliao mail doses. Thursday, July 7 Tides. —'5.21 a.m., 4.24 p.m. hedral Bazaar,
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    MALAYA'S FOOD CROPS
    976 8 His Excellency the Governor will have visited the greater part of Malaya, by the time he arrives back in Singapore on Saturday, and have encountered, on the way, most of the complaints that keep people alive in the backwoods. With the coming of a new Governor every
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    1010 8 By kind permission of Major J. C. Burnett, DS O and Officers, The Drums and Fifes of th* 2nd Bn of the Duke of Wellington s Rcitaent will"beat retreat in the Botanica GafdSa en Wednesday, the 6th mst., at 5.15 p.m. A suggestion has been made to the Nationalist authorities
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    686 8 Mr. Yeoh Cheow Beng, of Harbour Btard, and Mr. < are on a visit to Penanjr. Mrs. Frankel, wife cf &fr. Messrs. Frankel Bros., iEurope for the benefit of Mr. Chua Cheng Bok. Directors of the Cycle and i Ltd., Singapore, is on a Dr. M. J.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    32 8 From Indo-China by s.s. G. < due at Singapore to-morrow aft< From Europe, (London mails d June 16) by s.s. Rajula, due at I 6 a.m. on Friday, the Bth instant.
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      395 8 I fDOBINSONC" FOR I I SPORTS PRIZES I OF EVERY DESCRIPTION v No. 63 C Soild Silver Two-Handled Cup, with Square Base on ji ft Ebonised Plinth 8 Height 5H inches Price $38.50 f 65.00 c BVi ***** 1 Robinson Co., Ltd., S (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). I Raffles
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      145 8 8 I By Special Appointment I To His Majesty THE KING OF SIAM. g I Estd, 1872. I I THE ONLY I X Leading Store for c I HIGH-CLASS c JEWELLERY I that wiU C lattract ATTENTIONc I CREATE INTEREST c] and I INDUCE BUYING J A Great Variety in
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    JAPAN REFUSES THE 5-5-3 RATIO
    281 9 iscount Saito Asks for Orders ing. CHINA'S POSITION AT GENEVA erica Claims of Parity in Armaments Reuter's Service. iter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, July 4. QUIt Si ito, having asked for fnstruc- regarding the British proposal to cruisers into two classes, the naval it n
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    Red Propaganda
    122 9 FRENCH DEPUTIES IN TROUBLE Marcel Cachin Arrested and Released Reuter's Service. Paris, July 4. A C-mmuniit Deputy, Marcel Cachin, r other persons implicated in antiiropaganda have surrendered and prisoned. Four others obtained a mint of their term s of imprisonn varit us grounds including the Com- Semard. who
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    GALE AT ODESSA
    47 9 Iw< ty People Drowned While Out Yachting Reuter's Service. Odessa, July 4. 'it gale here did considerable damnty persons were drowned as the the capsizing of yachts and other t in the harbour. S x were killed •verely injured by the overturning a .im-car.
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    FLIER'S BAD LUCK
    46 9 Reuter's Service. *na. Hawaiian Islands, July 4. i '«race, a Hollywood aviator and t«<>k off for San Francisco this Horni »i 4 t ut °wing to rudder trouble re'iin an hour. His aeroplane 1 was totally wrecked. Grace L 'ppy companion W2re unhurt.
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    U.S.A. OIL PACT WITH RUSSIA
    133 9 Standard Oil Gets Monopoly RIGHTS OF SALE IN THE EAST [Trans-Ocean Service] New York, July 4. By agreements signed yesterday at New York by Russia en the one hand and the Standard Oil and its subsidiary the Vacuum Oil Co. on the other hand the
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    Japan's Finances
    75 9 DOCKYARD QUESTION REVIVED Ministers Withhold Relief Measures to Creditors Reuter' Far Eastern Service. Tokyo, July 4. A solution to the Kawasaki Dockyard relief que.;:ion is further complicated by a law-suit brought against the Kawasakis involving V 11,500,000. Consequently, the Premier. after consultation with the Ministers for Home, Finance
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    COTTON YARN PRICES
    60 9 Another Increase by Association Causes Surprise Reuter's Service. London, July 4. The Co:tonyarn Association has raised the minlmura prices of American yarns by varying amounts from a farthing a pound for coar 3 counts to ihr3e farthings a pcur.d for finer. This aj ion surprised the Manchester
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    LINDBERGH'S RETURN
    39 9 Reuter's Service. Ottawa, July 5. Thousands «.i cheered Colonel Lindbergh as fef\ in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for New York after a stay of two days in Ottawa, escorted by a squadron of United States aeroplanes.
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    BAPTISTS UNPOPULAR
    34 9 Reuter's Service. Kiga, July o. It is reiiably reported from Leningrad that the authorities are rearresting ministers cf religion. The Baptist pastors who were released from prison in January are mostly re-arrested.
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    BYRD ENTERTAINED
    48 9 Reuter's Service. London, July 5. "The Daily Mail" says that the Government has instructed the immediate withdrawal from China of the brigade of British troops sent from India. The withdrawal was made possible by an increase of the forces of other Powers in China, particularly American.
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    JAPANESE SILK
    45 9 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokio, July 4. The Department of Agriculture is bubgettinj for the creation of a semi-official institution having as its object the regulating of Ihe price of raw silk, of which the average annual export value is eighty millions sterling.
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    TROOPS LEAVE CHINA
    36 9 Reuter's Service. Paris, July 4. M. Blcriot entertained to luncheon Commander Byrd, and his colleagues white: Messrs Chamterlin and Levine, the American Charge d'Affaires flld members of the French Cabinet were also present.
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    BURIAL OF AIR VICTIM
    121 9 Lieut. Johnson Lies In State IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT OTTAWA Reuter's Service. Ottawa, July 4. Impressive obsequies were directed by the Dominion Government for Lieutenant Johnson, whose body lay in state the whole morning in the Parliament building. The funeral service in the afternoon was attended by
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    COLONIAL MEDICAL RESEARCH
    114 9 New Committee's Problems VETERINARY SERVICES TO BE STARTED Reuter's Service. London. July 4. In th_* House cf Commons in reply to questions, Mr. Amery said that i: was proposed that one of the first tasks the commit'e? soon to start work should consider would be the organisation
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    NUNGESSER'S MOTHER
    49 9 Believes Her Son is Alive Despite Everything Reuter's Service. Paris, July 4. At the conclusion of a pathetic interview with Nungesser's mother, who is still convinced that* her son in alive, Commander Byrd handed her a cheque for thirty thousand dollars from the American Ladies' Help Committee.
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    BYRD'S AIR FLAG
    33 9 BYRD 'S AIR FLAG Reuter's Service. Paris, July 4. Mr. Wanamaker has acceded to M. Doumergue's wish that the flag flown on Commander Byrd's aeroplane be deposited in the National Museum at Paris.
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    TRAGEDY AT AMPANG
    53 9 Four Chinese Women Drowned in Landslip (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 5. Four Chinese mining women were drowned last evening at Ampang. The victims with others were watching the Yukon Gold Co.'s derdging working. The earth slipped and carried them into a pond. Two bodies
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    EPOCH-MAKING EVENT
    73 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 4. What Mr. Justice Sproule described as an epoch-making event took place in the Supreme Court this morning when Miss Lim Beng Hong was admitted to practice at the Penang Bar. She is a barrister-at-law of the Inner Temple and was called
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    KING OF EGYPT IN LONDON
    348 9 Brilliant Banquet at the Palace KING AND PRINCES MEET ROYAL VISITOR Britain's Part In Egypt's Progress Reuter's Service. London, July 4. A brilliant State banquet was given at i Buckingham Palace in honour of King I Fuad the company including Royalties, j Diplomats Cabinet members
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    EDUARD WILLE DEAD
    33 9 [Trans-Ocean Service! Berne, July 4. Eduard Wille, Director of the Berne Power Works and Commander of the Swis* Second Aimy Corp? during the world war, died at Berne, aged seventy-three.
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    PERAK'S SPORT CLUB
    107 9 Confusion of Titles Twixt Ipoh and Taiping (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 5. An attempt to avoid confusion between the Perak Turf Club, a big professional Club of Ipoh, and the Perak Gymkhana Uub, an amateur Club with its centre at Taiping, was made at the
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    SIR HUGH AT CHURCH
    114 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 4. Their Excellencies Sir Hugh and Lady Clifford attended the Church of the Assumption yesterday morning, when a Guard of Honour of St. Xavier's Cadets was drawn up outside the church. The celebrated by the Rev. Father Thompson, of Brisbane.
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      90 9 1 M BULLDOG I IMM GUINNESS j m BTOUT s I Bottled by 1 Messrs. ROBE ST PORTER Co., Ltd. I I The Best Bottling of the I Best Stout. I It is essential that you get j the bottle with the labels j I as shown above. I jj]
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    Sporting News
    866 10 FOOTBALL R. A. And Malays Finish Level OBJECTIONABLE HOWLING OF CROWD Good Game Despite Wind and Rain (By "Custodian") A stiff breeze and heavy rain made good football practically an impossibility at the Stadium last evening when the R. A. and th* Malays met for the second time
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    BOXING NOTES
    582 10 Tommy Milligan Disappoints (By "K. O.") The failure of Tommy Milligan to snatch the world's middleweight crown from Mickey Walker has undoubtedly caused a great deal of disappointment in fistic •ircles in the British Isles. Milligan, who went over to the United States last year, returned to England
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    ATHLETICS
    292 10 Results of Outram Road School Sports Following are the detailed results of the Outram Road School Athlot'c Sports held on Saturday:— 100 Yards Scratch B. Division: Ng Koh Teow, Ang Kirn Swee, Su Fook Choy. 75 Yards B. Division: Wee Kirn Boh, Chua Keng Swee, Kow Hin Chuan, 220
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    TENNIS
    293 10 BRITISH LADIES LOSE THE FINAL Mr. and Mrs. Godfree Reach the Semi-Finals Reuter's Service. London, July 4. At Wimbledon in cloudy weather and a stiff breeze and before a moderate attendance, Miss Wills and Miss Ryan beat Mrs. Godfree and Miss Nut hall, 6—2, 6 2, in the ladies'
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    Golf
    140 10 SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB COMPETITION Mrs. G. M. Dalgety Successful In July Medal The Ladies' monthly medal competition of the Singapore Golf Club was played yesterday afternoon, and resulted in a win for Mrs. G. M. Dalgety. Thirty-seven cards were taken out and the following were among those returned. G.
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    BADMINTON
    37 10 Amateur Sporting Association Tournament CHAMPIONSHIP TIES To-morrow Gwee Ah Sye vs. Lim Kong Kyo. Tan Soo Liow vs. Wee Hong Hai. Thursday Chua Boon Lay vs. Lim Chang Kiat. Too Soo Hoon vs. Koh Long Hoo.
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    182 10 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shimbunsha i TOKIO, July 2. Japan's trade reports for June show a total of Y186,886,000 for the imports which exceeded, by Y6,500,000 the exports, which amounted to V 180,295,000. The question of saving the Kawasaki Dockyard Company caused dissension amcng the Cabinet members,
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    35 10 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 153 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 157 equal to $100.
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    Labuan Notes
    796 10 CRICKET AGAINST THE Sailors Defeated After Interesting Game A very interesting cricket match was nlov H fast Sunday week between the cond elevens of H* M. S. "Herald" and Labuan which resulted in a win for the home team by three wickets and 35 runs. Th? home team
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    BASEBALL ON THE PADANG
    501 10 America's Day C elebrated NATIONAL GAME UNDER DIFFICULTIES Yesterday the great bald eagle of the Western Rockies screamed on the Padang, somewhat hoarsely, it is true, on account Df the rain, but none the less the American bird was astir and a dozen American residents and
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    CELEBRATIONS IN PARIS
    88 10 Reuter's Service. .Paris. July 4. American Independence Day was celebrated in Paris in glorious weather. Many Parisians enthusiastically joining in a visit to General Lafayette's tomb in the morning, which was followed by a ceremony at the American war monument and a march of the American Legionaries
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    203 10 The following passengers arrived at Singapore per s.s. Rumphius yester day:— From Soerabaia, —Mr. H. Hailing, Mr. W. Holling, Mr. J. Zylstra, Mr. W. H. R. Oxenaar, Mr. W. Heiderhoff, Mr. R. H. Cooper, Mr. G. Morrice, Mr. E. Moore, Mr. Djie Hian Inn, Mr. T. P. Paltock,
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    96 10 Messrs. Barlow and Co. report the following crop returns for June:— The Ayer Kuning (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd. 67,000 lbs. The Badek Rubber Estate, Ltd. (Staffield Estate) 30,800 lbs. The Bradwall (F.M.S.) Rubber Estate, Limited 54,900 lbs. The Chersonese (F.M.S.) Estates, Ltd. 58,500 lbs. The Dennistown (Krian F.M.S.)
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    373 10 $20,000 LIBEL S? IT BEGUN Damages Claimed Against Chinese Newspaper On case of exceptional m: before the Chief Justice W'illia Murison) at the Supreme < t when Tay Kah Tong, Schools of/ Joo Chiat Road, Singapore a /u. widow, of 262, Cross Street. each sued Lim Tu Pu,
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    147 10 Traffic Held up by Practical Joker At about the bu=:r. Paris on May 28. a I lue cap and* tuni' into the roadway at cad out of Pans sign with a white to stop. Policewomen have Paris, but this woman's ritative. and the pc >pl abundantly lectured of
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    82 10 Committee No. 5 took th tion at a meetin held i I Approved acceptance of th der that of Wong Win f water area, Gunong Tula l acre with bonus of $1 per for early completion and penalty for late coraMetion. Committee No. 1 took the -tion at
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      111 10 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS Programme of Drills up I July 10, 1927. To-day, July •"> 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. A tary Parade. 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. A. S -bisection Parade. To-morrow. Jul> 6 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, M. Signalling Class. 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. E. I Section Parade. Friday, July
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    DAY DREAMERS OF A PACIFIC ISLE
    1231 11 Nauru the Isle of Measure \T DISCOVERY OF PHOSPHATE than thirty years ago, the exad the island of Nauru, ailed Pleasant island, in the and most of the adult males ol ii real ms, says C. O'L in Caasell*! Weekly.* These weaq brought to
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    132 11 The Monks the Mount St. Bernard Monastery, England, have lost one of their oldest members, Lay Brother Austin Byrne, who was eighty-firs, and his funeral in the cemetery within the beautiful grounds of this famous abbey was in accordance with the rites of the Cistercian order. The body, clothed in
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      126 11 jjj GRAMOPHONE WITH 1 x double spring motor| rjj local customers. j] ISEASONCO LTdT TO-NIGHT TUESDAY JULY 5 TO-NIGHT At The New World Shows Various Attractions including Chinese Wayang, "Tong Sye Ton" THE CITY OPERA. will present That Very Interesting Hindustani Play, SOUBfIAGYA SUNDAREK" WAT3H! For Inche' Abdul Wahid's New
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      495 11 g AN IDEAL. TOJNTIC Has betn awarded 24 Gold and Silver Medals X I kbam mm iĕm wmml j <] Stimulates the Appetite jO jjj Strengthens the Neivea H ft Regenerates the Blood. Gj iQ Over 10,000 Medical Testimonials. S Sole Agents: Q: S MEDICAL OFFICE, jg a 300-2, North
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    481 12 £20,000 Gift From Carnegie Trust Following the splendid lead given by His Majesty the King in making over two of the Royal Paddocks at Hampton Court as a birthday gift to the National Playing Fields Appeal, it was recently officially announced that a donation of £200,000 has been
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    497 12 Disappearance of Snape in England It seems almost unbelievable that a real village in the heart of Englang.inhabited by real people, can have vanished in recent years without any one hearing about it, but Sir William Beach Thomas, an authority on agriculture vouches for the fact. The
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      143 12 fi Commencing Sun day, July 3, 1927. I ALHAMBRA THEATRE i (By Arrangement with M. A. NAMAZIE) Presents i I THE UFA FILM MASTERPIECE t jjj Extra special musical score, as played at the q I CAPITOL THEATRE LONDON, WILL BE PLAYED I g AT ALL PERFORMANCES BY THE FAMOUS
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      450 12 Cured of Sciatica after many months agony A remarkable instance of the efficacy of De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Mil in cases of Sciatica, is reported by Mrs. Faulkner, 61, Gardenia Road, Bush Hill Park, KiifieM, wh<> writes:— MDc Wilt's I'illsare really WOH*Mf«l I >py have completely cured me of
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      252 12 GROSVENOR HOTEL S (FULLY LICENSED) I First Class Residential Hotel—Well Furnished, ComforUtfcl S Double Rooms. S Electric Fans in Every Room. Sanitary Anrang ment. I ROOMS WITH or WITHOUT BOARD a Luncheons and Dinners —Table d'Hote or Ala arte I BILLIARDS. I TERMS MODERATE. I WAI SON HOTEL I 204-A,
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    527 13 Singapore, June 25. MEAT Beef steak (round) kati 50 Beef stew or curry kati 45 Pork lean kati 64 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 00 Mutton Indian lb. 66 Mutton Australian lb 66 Fowl, kati 80 Capons (Locally reared), kati Hens (Locally reared) kati Ducks each
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      472 13 I :^EsHS>isZSr2sr2Sr2Sasr2S2^^ Calco Automatic Drainage Gates Used Cj S IN CONNECTION WITH Cj ARMCO INGOT IRON g m Corrugated Culverts are solving many Difficult g umSSm Drainage Problems. g C° nven iently transported. Quickly if stalled. Strong and Reliable. No cj SO CALCO SLIDE HEAD GATES, CALCO RADIAL GATES, 8
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      112 13 H r mvi IB t Drugless cure by Violet-Rays for all Diseases by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Cheow, Loh's Dispensary, 108 South Bridge Road Singapore. Their No. L Violet-Ray Apparatus ($75.00) per set. No. 2 VioletRay (Current or Battery) $125.00 per set No. 3. Mountain Air or Ozone Generator
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      120 13 mCTmr=dr^r^r^pdr=Jr=d J THE 0 I ERSKINE I I I 1 5 j I 1 six 1 f 1 AT THE PRICE OF A jj I FOUR 1 S Malayan Motors Ltd. n fl SOLE AGENTS IN MALAY A. B 8 2 111 B 75 cents and $150 per box all
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      370 14 PUBLIC NOTICES LINGUI TIN, LIMITED. DIVIDEND No. 13 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Fourth Interim Dividend of 5 per cent, for the year ending 31st August, 1927, will be paid to Shareholders on the Register on 15th July, 1927. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books of
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      374 14 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED —For immediate service experienced Typist, no shorthand required. Good knowledge of the Dutch language essential. Only those with first class references need apply T*. a BORNEO SUMATRA TRADING Co., Ltd. SITUATION WANTED SITUATION WANTED—Englishman, age 22, desires employment. Not experienced. Anything, Anywhere. Apply Box No. 504, c|o
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      393 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 RAhamat. Palembang m J 6 W Hong Kong 13, Queen's Road, Central. Seremban* T ?*f Batavia 47, Corner Lloyd Street. Shanghai 9,
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      488 14 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. (Registered in London, under ths CoLpcnie. Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2nd December 18&2.) Authorised Capital Subscribed Capital gjSJoO Paid-up Capital Si 546^66 S^oWcS? Church' Street, London, E. C. o. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq.
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      223 14 INSURANCE THE BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT BATES. L. c. MARGOLIOUTH, Man**** 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. 'Phone No«. 3046
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      594 14 INSURANT; THE OVERSEAS ASSIRAN£» CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated ii HEAD OF} Ist Floor, 62j3, C v ree+ SINGAPORE Thone 4573. BRANCH 44, Strand Road, RANGOON DIRECTOi: Lim Nee Soon, Eh S. Q. Wong, Esq., Ll Ong Boon Tat, E Chua Poh Siang. Yeo Ban Keng. X Ong Hin Hong, E Tan
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      496 15 STEAMER SAILINGS THE STRAITS BORNEO SHIPPING COMPANY \li FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE ire, Soerabaia Bandjermasin. Seng Sailing L'nd Class Accommodation. Passage and other particulars, the Agents:— BORNEO SHIPPING CO., J 13, Boat Quay, Singapore. THF STRAITS—HEJAZ STEAMSHIP CO. I i SWETTENHAM. PENANG, VEGM'M AM. KARIKAL. PORTO NOVO. 11 DDALOKfI AND MADRAS. N
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      515 15 STEAMER SAILINGS HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE INCLUDING HUGO STINNES LINIEN AND DEUTSCH—AUSTRALISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFSGESELLSCHAFT (Companies Incorporated in Germany) Passenger and Cargo Services. OUTWARD. HONG KONG, SHANGHAI, CHINA AND JAPAN PORTS. Due Spore MUNSTERLAND (H.S.L.) July t OLDENBURG (H.A.L.) July 22 t ADOLF YON BAEYER (H.S.L.) Aug 7 t SAARLAND (ELA.L.) Aug 22 PENANG,
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      525 15 STEAMER SAILINGS P 0 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTaTsTEAM NAVIGATION CO. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (UndeT Contract with His Majesty's Government.) OUTWARDS fr.m LONDON M HOMEWARDS. For China Japan For Marseilles, London Antwerp. Due Leave Tonnage Singapore
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      511 15 STEAMER SAILINGS (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO MARSEILLES LONDON Tonnage Destination I je Sail Fushimi Mara 11,000 Naples, Marseilles, London, A'werp Rotterdam July 7 8 Hakozaki Maru 10,500 Naples, Marseilles, London, A'werp Rotterdam July 21 22 Hakusan Maru 10,000 Naoles, Marseilles, London, A'werr- Rotterdam Aug 4 5 Kitano Maru 8,000 M'seilles,
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      59 16 I What is A|| I Promonta f IH i 1 g a 11 I It's easy to keep cool 1 I if you have a j j Siemens Schuckert ran i /FN N.V. STRAITS JAVA. ji J W TRADING CO., H I|] Singapore &flpitang, h 1 I ffl P.A.F. BECKER,
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      47 16 LINKE I WERKE, A I For details apply. "I I H. Mij. Banner Export Gesellschaft, I 142 and 143, Cecil Street, Singapore. Tooth Paste I I Mouth Wash K| Sole Agents 1 LOH MANN Co, Ltd ilil )l2 I ml 62, Robinson Road, Singapore. 1111 m =Ir=lr=lfEJr^r==dr=dr^
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