Malaya Tribune, 29 August 1927

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune 'Vol. MV, No. 202 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1927 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1927.
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    HARBOUR BOARD REPORT
    4152 2 Mr.G.W A.Trimmer's Proposals COALING FACILITIES IN SINGAPORE Disinclination of Shippers to Move Berths The following report is by Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, M.lnst.C.E., M.l.Mech.E., M.lnst.T., Chairman, General Manager, and Chief Engineer, the Singapore Harbour Board, on his proposal to extend the facilities of the Wharf Department
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      502 2 JUST FIVE m A Talk to Sufferers From Insomnia After a restless night, faro* a hours of which you ha vainly longing for 2Lft«f when day is breaking a sort* 5 por, which lulls and *ems m, rcome at last. But tfa •'tu^* which recruits strengtl JT tai and physical
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    COMPANY MEETING
    739 5 Piuiggor Rubber Estates, Limited ventei-nth annual ordinary general f the Company was held at the office Malacca, on Friday, r lit, at noon, Mr. Tan Soo Hock hairman) presiding. The other present were Messrs. Tan Soo Peck, T. V. McAdam, Majolr Paterson and Mr. C. F. Gomes N
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    EGYPTIAN QUEEN'S TOMB
    252 5 The alabaster 'anopic chest of Qveer. Heteoheres, the mother of Pharaoh Khufu, which was opened by the members of tn 1 B tton-Harvsrd expedition on May 23, was fund to contain four packet* o* viscera wrapped in linen and immersed in a pah yellowish fluid. Two samples
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      383 6 I Empire Cinema j FROM FRIDAY AUGUST 26 TO TUESDAY AUGUST 30. S c H c S THE FIRST GREATEST CANTONESE PICTURE EVER PRODUCfcD j "The Triumphant Sacrifice" j IN lO MASSIVE REELS WILL BE PRESENTED IN THE SECOND SHOW. X r S In the First Show at 7.30 p.m.
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      552 6 Amusements. g From Friday, August 26, to Wednesday, August 31. ALH4MBRA (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd.. Projrlrt»».) I IN THE SECOND SHOW, COMMENCING 9 P.M. g A Picture of Unique and Unusual Interest I A Gaumont Special Feature g X Presenting q 9 A ROMANCE OF THE ROfAL NAVY rj
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      337 6 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert and Bencoolen Streets. Frem Friday August 26 to Thursday September 1. NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. Pathe Pictorial Eve's Film Review THE BRUTE BREAKER Jobnstone Mc Pulley's vivid story, filmed as a thrilling melodrama THE ICE FLOOD A. Jewel, i tarring KENNETH HARLAN and VIOLA DANA Directed
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      124 6 Surma Theatre^ North Bridge Road. Telephone No. 2 8J From Wednesday Aui/u>t 24 to Tuesday August NIGHTLY AT Mt pj|. S.S. POLICE SPORTS V\ rHE STAI THE HAUNTED HON Pathe Comedy with G HOOT GIBSON a- SH In His Latest, Greatest I THE THRILL CB4SER Gi"Bon's vehicles new are all
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    124 7 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive Singapore, August 29. kft Wharf < Entrance Gate 1) «•M.S. Ormonde E.E.E. Wharf; Celebes *aru 20. *!»> Wharf < Entrance Gate 3) Adna 16; Montevideo Maru ma Mara 11; Clan Macnab 7. I>«hW (Entrance Gate 3) •Maru .">(); Azumasan Maru
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    HOME MARKET
    67 7 Hj >n London, August 27. Si U r v ""kH age, fair (new gr t 13s single twist 20 l ,£s L., r 1M fair-& yards 8s 3d Middling American $11.15 f- $19.45 Tin St; 'r-Klu,, n £288.16.6 n i < hantable £26.5.0 Is 2s 3d 23« 6d
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    OUR CEYLON LETTER
    1539 7 College Students Before Magistrate (From Our Uwn Correspondent.) Colombo, August 14. The three college students arrested after the unfortunate incident last Saturday night were charged at the Colombo Police Court on Tuesday morning. A large number of students from the college watched the proceedings. All three severally
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    LAST OF MRS. CHEYNEY
    521 7 Forbes Russell Comedy Co. at the Victoria Theatre The Forbes Russell Comedy Company opened a season to last about two weeks a. the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night with Frederick Lonsdale's comedy, 'The Last of Mr-. Cheyney'', said to be one of the greatest of recent
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1430 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, August 29 Rice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $341 Buyers Sellers Rice, Siam 2 $318 Mixed Black Pepper 64.00 Rice, Siam m $311 Sundried Copra 11.00 Rice, Saigon 1 $288 *Mixed Copra 10.60 10.60 Rice, Saigon 2 $273 Kayong Copra Rice, Saigon 3 Small Flake Tapioca
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    LOCAL AMUSEMENTS
    111 7 TKe The farewell performance c.f < itv Gpera laet night w»« i,> a en' h"U»e. The will tie t .r Malacca to >peci,l mail ann' will <-l>mn,ence there at theRoyaltv Nail <m Pri«la.c Tonight, the r»»w Tow?» will give it, opening performance with engaged actors and actreezes. r»e«
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      296 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS FREE LODGING to two bachelors who are physical culturists. Apply personally to Proprietor, Bachelors' Home, at 17 Niven Road. THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Specialised tuitions are given by efficient staff in all the subjects for the examinations of L.C.C., 1.8., the Corporation of Accountants and the Incorporated Secretaries
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      307 7 SINGAPORE DIARY day. August 29 0.9 p.m., 11.49 p.m. B4 i] Meeting. 5.15 p.m. 6 mt Appeal. Jl Cup, Duke's vs. R.A., ft***** 1 \ssisi. Parochial House. 8 p.m. Lim Boon Keng, Chinese rs' Institute, 9 p.m. I Mrs. Cheyney, Victoria p.m. r„.morrow, August 30 1 0.33 p.m. B< igbth
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      162 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT (By courtesy of the Government Health Office) Kandang Kerbau Station, for the 24 hour*. ending at midnight, August 27. dour. Maximum shade temperature 84 F. Minimum shade temperature 71.2 F. Mean shade temperature 76.4 F. Maximum sun radiation 132 F. Minimum grass radiation 69.2 F. Sea temperature 81
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    LAND ALIENATION
    918 8 Mr. C. Ward Jackson has rendered invaluable service to the rubber industry of this country, as Secretary of the Planters' Association of Malaya, and one of the many trsks to which he set his hand, that of producing a Year Book, has been a source of great assistance
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    1285 8 Inspectors in ordinary private clothing are now on duty, keeping an eye on the drivers and conductors of the London 'buses. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has approved the creation of the appointment of Chief Chemist, Institute for Medical Research. F.M.S. Mr Blair ha* teen appointed to this
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    628 8 Capt. Holba v A.D.C. to Sir Herbert SuS Governor of Ceyl, Dr. Annk- Besai I London on Aug. At her age it is a r< Miss Lim Pen- H from Penang b> 11 study for the LL. University. She hop amination a year Mr. G. W. A.
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    MAIL EXPECTED
    9 8 From Australia by due at Singapore to-W
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    ANOTHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT
    304 9 e ar t«f Round-the-World Effort i \NS LAND AT kOYDON (|tr i; Their Way Over vonshire t r's Service. 1 Ne wfoundland, Aug. 27. Edward Schlee started round the world flight iid< of Detroit, the fiist ;t non-stop flierht to Iiondon, August 28. it* .,f De troit
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    SACCO-VANZETTI AFFAIR
    61 9 African 'ompany's Silver Mine Seized Reuter's Service. ■"'ongton, August 27. lin .arters of the Amparo at Atzatlan, 40 ara. in Mexico, li M ncan employees are prisoners of the sowhich has induced the mine as a proVanzetti executions. •<l to be much datoppage of work and r f
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    RUSSO-ITALIAN RELATIONS
    33 9 <-*an Service] Rome, August 28. ■dor has conferred the prospects of closer 11 it is understood 1 i> r rant credits but a ripe. A trade treaty "Hi special oil clauses
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    NANKING SURTAXES TEST
    219 9 Alfred Holt's Sued by Importers DETENTION OF 75 CASES OF LAGER BEER Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, August 27. The Biitish Supreme Court has been hearing an important test case of Garde Price, Limited, plaintiffs versus the Ocean St.amship Company Alfred Holts, in cortnexion with the importation
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    BRITAIN NOT DECADENT
    128 9 Plucky British Workers Are Winning Through Reuter's Service. London, August ti. "Far from Great Britain being decadent. 1 was able to teil the Canadians, that our spirit is undimmed and our courage unquenehed," said Mr. Baldwin, in his first speech since his return from Canada, when speaking
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    THE GOLD STANDARD
    107 9 Effect of Argentine Imports in London Reuter's Service. London, August 27. Argentina's return to the gold standard it featured in the financial papers in London where the measure has been long expected as heavy gold imports have flowed in to the Argentine recently to pay for bumper
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    TERRIFIC STORMS
    67 9 Extensive Damage to Life and Property Reuter's Service. St. John's, Newfoundland, August 28. Storms on the coast line, have caused 33 deaths and $150,000 worth of damage. Five fishing schooners have been lost with all hands. Eleven others sank, but the crews were rescued. Twenty-five boats were destroyed
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    HONG KONG LOAN
    50 9 For Development of Harbour and Public Work Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hong Kong, August z/. A draft bill is gazetted empowering the Governor to raise ai loan by bonds, of $5,000,000, for the following purposes: water works development; aerodrome and harbour development and other public works. .i'ilUßß
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    DANGEROUS DRUGS TRAFFIC
    157 9 Parliamentary Union Conference INTERNATIONAL POLICY DISCUSSED Reuter's Service. Paris, August 27. The Conference of the Inter-Parliamen-tary Union discussed the matter of dangerous drugs. M. Brebcc (Czecho-Slovakia) stated that they should aim to diminish the number of drug users, combat the supply by traders, organis? an information service
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    Tom Mann on China
    109 9 SPEECH ON SITUATION OF SOUTHERNERS 44 Chiang Kai-shek Influenced by the British 99 Reuter's Service. London. August 2K. Speaking at the annual conference of the National Minority Movement v. Loadoi Tom Mlann. reporting on his visit to China, declared that Marshal Chang Tso-lin i< now primarily
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    MEXICAN OUTRAGE
    126 9 Bandits Open Fire on Moving Train Reuter's Service. Pomona, California, August 27. Miss Anderson, who has died from wounds received in a bandit attack on a train in Mexico, was a member of a party of American teachers touring Old Mexico who have now arrived here. It is
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    AMERICAN TRADE
    82 9 Countries Increase Their Tariff Walls [Trans-Ocean Service] Paris, August 28. The American chief delegate, Mr. Burton, stated at the Inter-Parliamentary Conference that the United States' prosperity is due to the trade freedom between the fortyeight constituent states of the Nation whereas elsewhere fifty-two countries have increased their tariff
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    NAQIB OF BAGHDAD
    25 9 Reuter's Service. Baghdad, August 27. Saiyid Mahmoud, eldest son of the late Naqib, has been appointed Naqib of Baghdad by Royal deciee.
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    NORTHERNERSOVER THE YANGTSE
    324 9 Chinkiang Seized Yesterday NANKING CUT OFF FROM SHANGHAI Chang Tso-lin May be President This Year Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, August 27. The fact that all passenger traffic has been suspended on the Shanghai-Nanking railway lends colour to reports that the N< rtherners crossed the Yangtsze and
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    MISSING AVIATOR
    109 9 Redfern Reported to Have Been Sighted by Steamer Reuter's Service. Brunswick, Georgia, August 27. Anxiety is felt as to the fate of Paul Redfern who took off for a flight to Brazil on Thursday. No direct news has, been received 6ince he took off but an unconfirmed radio
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    U.S. FLAG TORN
    58 9 Sacco-Vanzetti Protest in London Reuter's Service. London, August 28. The Ftars Stripes were 'rrn to pieces at a Communist labour demonstration in protest against the Sacco and Yanzetti executions at Trafalgar Square thi4 afternoon. Several thousand people witnessed the proceedigs. The crowd very orderly. The resolution of
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    EARTHQUAKE TRAGEDY
    39 9 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokyo, August 27. An official report regarding the earthquake in Tainan Province, Formosa, showthat 11 persons wtre killed, 50 seriously injured, and seven hundred dwellings and 200 offices, stores wharehouses were dcsor damaged.
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    HUNGARY'S SHARE OF THE WAR
    159 10 "Mutilation" Policy Condemned COUNT APPONYFS SPEECH IN BUDAPEST Reuter's Service. Budapest, August 28. In an address befor& a gathering of American journalists meeting at the Foreign Affairs Association, the Hungarian Statesman, Count Apponyi, contended that the mutilation of Hungary was not justified because Hungary in
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    RHINELAND TROOPS
    163 10 Proportionate Reductions in Armies Reuter's Service. London, August 27. It is understood that the basis of th 3 Anglo-French Rhineland agreement is a British proposal whereby the troops will be reduced to a total of 60,000, a proportionate reduction to be made in each of the three armies,
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    BRAVERY HONOURED
    85 10 Crew of Submarine Which Went to the Mole Reuter's Service. Zeebrugge, August 28. There was a simple bu: very moving ceremony when the memorial tablet was unveiled in memory of the naval officer and Victoria Gross recipient, Lieutenant .S»ndford, and the crew of the 'British submarine C 3
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    FLIGHT TO TOKYO
    44 10 Hollywood Theatre Magnate Withdraws Offer Reuter's Service. Los Angeles, August 29. Owing to the outcry following the tragic losses of airmen in Dole's flight, the Hollywood theatre magnate has withdrawn his effer of thirty thousand dollars for a flight 1» Tokyo.
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    FOREIGN COMMUNISTS
    63 10 Reuter's Service. Pari*. August 28. Twenty-five foreigners are being deported Jbrthwith a> the result of the police action •sentioned earlier. Paris, August 28. Following the recent Communist riots •he Government ha* decided to remove a namber of foreign suspect*, consequently *he police raided various buildings and artested some
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    LD. GAINSBOROUGH DEAD
    127 10 Private Chamberlain Jo Pope MAN WHO ORGANISED HUGE CHOIR Reuter's Service. London, August 27. The death of Arthur Eshvard Joseph Noel, 0.8. E., fourth Earl of Gainsborough, is announced. [The Earl of Gainsborough was born in 1884 and educated at Downside, Exeter College and Oxford. He was
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    CHAMONIX FATALITY
    61 10 Death Roll 21 in Swiss Mountain Rail Smash Reuter's Service. Chamonix, August 27. The death roll in the train disaster is now twenty-one. Chamonix, August 28. The enquiry into the railway disaster found the driver, who was killed, responsible. He opened the steam regulator whi!* the train was
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    IRISH ELECTIONS
    38 10 Reuter's Service. Dublin. August 29. Mr. Walsh, Minister of Posts, has resigned the portfolio of Posts and also the Chairmanship of the Government Party. The Sinn Fein, lacking funds, is not participating in the general election.
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    ZAGHLUL'S MEMORY
    29 10 Reuter's Service. Alexandria, August 28. It is estimated that a hundred thousand Egyptians participated in a popular demonstration in memory of Zaghlul Pasha last night without disorder.
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    SOVIET ESPIONAGE
    33 10 Reuter's Service. Bucharest, August 28. A Soviet espionage organisation has been discovered at Kishinev engaged in supplying military information and intelligence to the department of Kiev. Fifteen arrests have been made.
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    COTTON PRICES
    27 10 Reuter's Service. Cairo, August 27. It is rumoured that Government is disposing of 500,000 kantars of cotton to an Alexandria firm and prices have slumped.
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    THE NEW CHINA TAXES
    34 10 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hong Kong, August 29. It is authoritatively announced that the Canton Government has indefinitely postponed the new taxes which it proposed to levy on September L
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    THE CALCUTTA STRIKE
    14 10 Reuter's Service. Calcutta, August 28. The assistant harbourmasters have resumed work.
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    HEALTH BULLETIN
    149 10 The following is the health bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau, for the week ended August 20 Basrah: 99 cholera cases with 79 deaths as against 125 and 108 during the previous week. Mohammerah (Persian Gulf): 69 cholera cases with 60 deaths as against 16 and
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    Sporting News
    682 10 CRICKET PRESS XI BEAT S.C.R.C. Good All-Round Display by Newspaper Men (By "Odian") After indulging in football with a fair amount of success the Press tried their hand at cricket yesterday and pulled off a splendid victory over the S.C.R.C. at the latter's ground, taking the last wicket
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    BADMINTON
    134 10 Mayflower Party Meets Thompson Roaders The following were the results of a Badminton match between the Mayflower Badminton Party and the Thompson Road Badminton Party played at the former's court yesterday in five singles:—* Lim Chek Henk (M.8.P.) beat Arthur Lim (T.R.8.P.) 15—4, 15—2. Chai Chim Lim M.B.P. beat
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    POLO
    140 10 THE SPOONER CUP COMPETITION Royal Johore Easily Beat Singapore The Royal Johore Polo club had a easy task in beating the Singapore side at Johore yesterday in the Second game of the Spooner Cup. R.G.P.C., with a handicap of seven, against Singapore's three, won all three chuckers and scored
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    TENNIS
    32 10 Rain Interferes with Women's Championships Reuter's Service. New York, August 28. There was no play owing to rain in the Davis Cup at Boston or the women's championships at Forest Hills.
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    St. Andrew Society
    75 10 (From Our Own Correspondent. j Ipoh, August 29. At the annual meeting of the Perak St. Andrew Society Ithe Chairman reported a good financial position. The Society voted $350 for charities. The Chieftain, Mr. W. J. Caldwell, retired and Doctor G. Waugh Scott was cleared in his
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    Chinese Win Perak Championships
    113 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, August 29. In the Perak tennis championship? singles final Lim Soy Kee of Kinta beat Stewart of Lower Perak, 6—l, 6—2. In 'th? ladits' singles final, Mrs. SafTery of Kinta beat Mns. Miftcha.l of Batang Padang. 7—5, 6—2. In the mixed
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    Friday's Results in the S.C.R.C. Tournament
    81 10 A Singles Handicap Choos Leong vs. Su Lan, unfinished. Chong Gark beat L Hoahing, 7—5, 6—2. Chow Tat beat Eng Kiang, 2—6, 6—4, 6—4. B Singles Poh Geok beat Tak Fah, 6—2, 6*—l. TO-DAY'S TIES A Singles Su Lan vs. Choon Leong, to finish.
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    185 10 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Niehi Shimbunsha) Tokio, August 2f3. Rubber f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at 73 sen (middle price). The protracted issue between the U.S.A. and Japan concerning wireless rights in China is expected to he settled by the end of this year. A violent earthquake occurred
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    62 10 A cameo ring containing a portrait of herself, which Queen Elizabeth gave to the Earl of Essex promising to save him during an emergency, was sold at Christie's for £546 to Mr Ernest Mackawer who is presenting it to the Nation. The Earl of Essex sent the ring to Queen
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    FOOTBALL
    376 10 ppening Games of the English Season (By "Custodian There is more than the usual number of surprises in the opening games of the English Football League which took place on Saturday. Leicester, who lost to Aston Villa last season, astonished even their own spectators by going to Villa Park
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    Home League Season Opens With Many Surprises
    287 10 Reuter's Service. liondon, August 27. The opening matches of the English League football season produced the usual crop of surprises. Full results: Division I Aston Villa 0. Leice<i:er 3. Blackburn 2, Burney L Bury 5. Arsenal L Cardiff 2. Bolton L Derby 2,
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    Singapore Outplayed in Malaya Cup Final
    104 10 For the first time in the history of the H.M.S. Malaya Cup. eight goals were scored by the winning team and that acrainst Singapore. The side fielded by the Colony proved a thorough disgrace, being outplayed throughout. After scoring their only goal in the
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    GOLF
    163 10 BOBBY JONES AGAIN VICTORIOUS o Wins American Amateur Championship Easj| y Reuter's Service. s^ in th? American Ama cur rv Evans beat Mack nzie af*r 10 1^ Jones virtually won g first nine. He wa, hnaJ strokes, the large with his superb golf. Ul ygj Bup in 69, Ouimet
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    ATHLETIC
    39 10 Britain beats Germany on Points Reuter's Service. Beriin, August 2iv In a triangular athletic Mem* a* fn Achilles Club. England defeated the Dm;, sches Sport and Berliner Sport Oubj u points. The scores were 70 X isj pectively.
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    BOXING
    420 10 Vincent Pereira Meets Mohamad Amin Next Week Messrs. Watson and Co., th? prowij of the Key-Song fight, will be stains uother programme i.i the Happy September 2, the main event to be bet*» Vincent Pereira, lightweight champio: the F.M.S., and M-chamed Amin. u\«ta two-minut? rourui.s. The simi-final w;ll bring
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    GALLANT RESCUE ATTEMPT
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    "On This Day—"
    314 11 More waft lost on Mohacs Field I aya the old Hungarian song. The refrain is echoed in the Scottish proverb "More was tint (lost) at Flodden". Both refer to national disasters so great that no individual's woes deserved to be compared with them. Mohacs was fought on
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    OPIUM TRAFFIC CONTROL
    686 12 British Report Issued I I CARRYING OUT HAGUE j CONVENTION The Ho:ne Office has done -well to issue to the Press for the first time the report which it makes every year on the control of traffic in opium by the British Government. There is no subject
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    Market Prices
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      590 14 PUBLIC NOTICES Singapore Cricket Club. NOTICE The Annual General Meeting of the Mem bera of the Singapore Crioktt Club will be held in the Club Pavilion on Monday the 29th August 1987, at 5.15 p.m. BUSINESS. (1) To receive and if approved, adopt the Annual Report and Accounts for the
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      440 14 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. Van Hin Furniture Co, 132 134 Orchard Koad. Notice is hereby gi/e-i that ths undersigned has this day oetsed to oe a ptrtner cf ths abovenamed firm. Dated 2lth August, 1927. SHAW WAN DONG. Otherwise known as A. D. bhaw. EDUCATIONAL INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH SCHOOL 17, NIVEN ROAD.
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      436 14 BANKS THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 94, MARKET STREET. BRANCHES l Penang 85, Beach Street. Malacca 131, Jonker Street. I Muar 77-79, Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat 109, Jalan Rahamat. Palembang 16, Hir. Hong Kong 13, Queen's Road, Central. Seremban 63, Birch Road. Batavia 47, Corner Lloyd Street. Shanghai
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      501 14 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. (Registered in London, under the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2nd December 1892.) Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,545,666 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J.
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      407 14 INSURANCE SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE TRANSIT MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Managei Office: 2, Finlayson Green. THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) HEAD OFFICE: SINGAPORE. 2nd Floor of No. 3, Malacca Street, Singapore. 'Phone Nos. 3046 and
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      384 14 PERKOWi A( ||)Kn FATAL .ACCIDENTS POSKibiJit i« dr HAVE >»" i*.. calamity <n,. rta W sl N|, It only C ost> I lr|f Eastern I n ii H OBTAIN full Head Ofice. eeat t The Eastern I nited AjJ Corporation Ltd. 3— "Malacca S trw SINGAPORE MALAYA TRIBHj Thone 345
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      518 15 STEAMER SAILINGS THE STRAITS BORNEO SHIPPING COMPANY. REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICB Singapore, Soerabaia Bandjermasin. SJ3. HOCK SENG S *l*- Sailing Sept. 7 Wed. noon Ist 2nd Class Accommodation. For Freight, Passage and other particulars, Apply to the Agents:— STRAITS BORNEO SHIPPING CO, 12 13, Boat Quay, Singapore. THE STRAITS—HEJAZ STEAMSHIP CO.
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      262 16 I BABY CINE FILMS. I I RELEASES FOR JULY, 1927. I No. Title. Classification. ***** In Western Wilds (2 Reels) Drama. j ****** Snub is Scientific (2 Reels) r (Featuring Snub Pollard) Farce. "***** Love Laughs at Obstacles (2 Reels) f (Featuring Paul Parrott) Farce. I ***** Golf Sport. s
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