Malaya Tribune, 10 January 1928

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    20 1 The Malaya Tribune XV No. 7 SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1928 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune TUESDAY. JANUARY 10, 1928
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      74 1 TRY KOREA MISSION CLOTH does not FADE. J T* does not SHRINK, i A W ear s LONGER. Korean Products Co. 7, Bras Basah Road. SINGAPORE. 'FHONI 324. q: II ,/m ,o, -IQC3QL '"gnni l iopoi lonoi inrao i I 8 i j MALTHOID j: FLOOR COVERING 2 1 KJ_£
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      20 1 CLOTHING. JT. £jl For Tropical -^S^/ Wear /cv/ /7 Pho 1627. a? Nos. 31, 32, 33, /7 HIGH STREET Singapore.
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    Scottish Letter
    1718 2  -  By Robert S. Angus Edinburgh, December 15. Though it does not directly concern us, the controversy about the Church of England Prayer Book has been followed with lively' interest on this side of the Border. It may be due partly to our supposed hereditary love of ecclesiastical questions,
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      505 2 A QUICK WAY TO BANISH YOUR LUMBAGO TWO of De Witt's Pills De Witt s Pills 11 r6 taken with a drink move the cause of your of water just before you [laWZ ailment. They will make go to bed. m S your kidneys healthy and That surely is an
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      637 2 MODEL 509 9 HP. S I 2 SEATER j REDUCED PBICE 1 ,395. j 5j Sole Importers I ITALASIA LIMITED 1 j ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT I 6066, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE. I [5 Phone 950. 1 DISTRIBUTORS: I MALACCA MOTOR GARAGE, Malacca. g UNITED MOTOR WORKS, Seremban and Kuala Lumpur. a GROSVENOR
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      400 3 Guaranteed for a Lifetime ■XT REMENTZ BUTTONS will stand the ravages of time and climate. They are made of Krementz gold plate which never tar«hes. Sold everywhere. Ask for it by name KREMENTZ >MnJ Aienu S. S. and F. M.S. X'ASSIAMULL ASSOMULL Sl CO. Singapore end Penang HE PKRSON WITHOUT
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      180 3 imm fam in j the annals of his country. His name stands I forever as the symbol of supreme personal J courage and devotion to duty. W CIGARETTE A Jkj A of Jine Jraaitions I Since their inception, the tradition of I W PICCADILLY has been to maintain a quality
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      57 3 I insure: I jfl with the I MOTOR UNION 1 the 3 8 LEADING MOTOR VEHICLE I I INSURANCE COMPANY J I Favourable Rates-Prompt Settlement of Claims. IFIRE MARINE BUSINESS Also transacted on Favourable Terms S For all particulars apply X General Agents pj Messrs. SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd., (Incorporated
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    Lost Relatives
    285 4 GRAND-NIECES OF LORD WOOLAVINGTON Fortune for Family Struggling For Existence Miss Catherine Buchanan, aged twenty, hitherto employed as a typist in the office of a fountain pen cTmpany, and her seven-teen-year-old sister, Jean, according to a despatch from Janesville, Wisconsin, have had the good fortune to be claimed
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    Strange Mishap
    320 4 BOTTOM OF STEAMER FALLS OUT Cargo of Iron Disappears and The Vessel Sinks The small three-masted British steamer Guardian, hound from Ghent to London with a cargo of iron, *ank suddenly in the English Channel last month, the crew having barely time to seize a few belongings and
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    TRUSTING WOMEN
    234 4 Indian Version of the Confidence Trick Trustful Indian women in the district round Bombay have recently fallen victims to an ingenious swindler for whom the police are making an active search. He posses as a holy man who has been specially chosen by the Goddess of Fortune to
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    The First-Born
    383 4 LIABILITY TO MENTAL DEFECTS More Subject Than Others to Serious Defects Eldest sons are not so lucky as they are popularly supposed to be. It is true that in worthy possessions they may be superior to the other members of their family, but now Dr. G. F. Still,
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      211 4 ~m I g CIGARETTES Ice c 1 I DD D j W Above all things consider H quality like discerning 0 smokers whose choice is al- ra ways State Express 555 —the a y world's premier high-class 3 cigarette. E i 555 are made by hand one M (fM at
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      288 4 EFREM ZIMBALIST i WORLD FAMOUSc 3 VIOLINIST jjj who appeared at the Victoria Theatre f <HJ Records EXCLUSIVELY on "His Masters Voice' j RECORDS I Electric Recordings. f To be obtained from I S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. RAFFLES PLACE. wJ |HI i I ■i tl ii ll ii M it3oCTSi
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      369 5 BOYS! What are you going to do when you leave school on want to succeed in life, you learn all about the work you going to do. The old method of "PICKING IT UP" no longer preDefinite and systematic preion ia necessary to the mastery business or profession. It g
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      301 5 ,1 c mm c m mmwm w ~j.- S AH the essential j g qualities of D 8 really good ir§ ?y whisky are I C mm i fj p\ '/fa&oyfl'' embodied in jo A m I this superfine i c J 1 product I IMP* I I THE DISTILLERS
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      445 6 I EMPIRE CINEMA j From Monday, Jan. 9. I TWO SHOWS TWO PAYMENTS J j Ist. Show at 7 p.m. 2nd. Show at 9.30 p.m. THE MOST WONDERFUL MODERN PICTURE. I "lj Good Son" The wonderful story of a drunkard father who ill-treated his son. See how his boy struggle
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      435 6 Amusements. I From Friday, January 6. 3 THE PICTURISATION OF A FAMOUS OPERA, WITH ITS S I DELIGHTFUL, LILTING MUSIC g 1 IHE S i ALHAMBRA I g (TAN CHENG KEE ft Co.. Ltd., Proprietor*.) g IN THE SECOND SHOW AT 9 P.M. A SCREEN VERSION OF HENRY W. SAVAGE'S
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      387 6 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert Bencoolen Streets From Friday, January 6 to Thursday, January 12 NIGHTLY AT 7.30 P.M. XT "SUNKEN SILVER SERIAL" i£SFiaa] Instalment, hapters 8, g io 6 REELS. SAMSON OF THE CIRCUS SERIAL Starring Joe Bonomo, Chapters I 2. i 4 REELS. 2nd Show at 9.15 p.m M
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      130 6 SURINA THEATRE North Bridge Road. 'Phone v From Wednesday Jan. 4 to Tuesda\ NIGHTLY AT 9.10 P.M. FRAMED A First National Mermaid C< THEIFORTUNE HUNTERS SERIAL Episodes 7 and 8 4 New h YAKIMA CANUTT World-champion Rodeo King who the brand of Cain on his f IN SCAR^HANAIN For unadulterated
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    HARBOUR BOARD
    146 7 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive Singapore, January 10. Fast Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) Tongkol East Basin; Anhui 22; Rohna 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) City of Sparta 16; Darvel 14; Pres. Harrison 11 f Oanfa 9; Kepong (5 p.m. <hift to 38 9 G.)
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    79 7 Report of a theft involving a sum of m (ash comes to hand from Taiping. mderstood that a Hokkien coolie em- <i under a rubber dealer named Ong Ah Hee, of Main Street, Taiping, stole the 1 from his employer's safe. The thief leged to be a Hokkien, whose name
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    CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY
    722 7 Fifth List of Subscriptions for 1926-1927 Previously acknowledged $17,606.43 i Lady Guillemard 50.00 Cross-word Puzzle, $721, $941, $803, $1,026, $222, $370, $281), $260, $252, $392.50, $102, $147 5,615.50 Bishop of Singapore (annual contribution) 20.00 P. A. F. David looioo Annie Marshall Trust 185.49 "Willing" 5.00 W. A.
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    BOY SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION
    25 7 Orders for week ending Sunday, January 15 To-day, January 10.-Officers' meeting on Raffles Institution Grounds at J:3(?p m Full uniform with staves.
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    REV. J.A. SUPRAMANIAM
    290 7 Presentation of Address on Leaving K. L. On the occasion of his transfer to Singapore to take charge of the Methodist Episcopal Tamil Church, the Aev. J. A. Supramaniam, the Pastor of the M. E. Tamil Church, Kuala Lumpur, was entertained by the members of the congregation
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    LONG TERM AND RATTAN
    180 7 Had Revolver and Triad Society Documents Sentences of three years' rigorous imprisonment and twenty strokes with the rattan, and six months' r.i., the sentences to run consecutively, were passed by the District Judge this morning on a Chinese who pleaded guilty to being in possession of
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    270 7 The following passengers arrived at Singapore per s.s. "Op Ten Noort" yesterday:— From Soerabaia:—Mr. M. Wauuan and Mr. Walean. From Semarang:—Mr. and Mrs. W. Jenkins, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Spalding. Mis< F. A. Fletcher, Mr. Dr. Veasev, Mr. Yong Tze Kie. Mr. W. L. Grothe, M*r. and
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    EXCHANGES
    74 7 British Official Wireless London, January 9. Paris 121 New York 4.87 5 16 Brussels 34.94 Geneva 25.29 Amsterdam 12.0925 Milan 92.10 Berlin 20.49 Stockholm 18.11 Copenhagen 18.20 Oslo 18.335 Vienna 34.525 Prague 164.5 Helsingfors 193.75 Madrid 28.295 Lisbon 2 716 Athens 369.5 Bucharest 790 Rio 5 ***** Buenos Aires
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    50 7 On behalf of the United British Steamship Co., Haldin and Co., Ltd., of London, has placed orders for five large cargo steamers of 10,000 tons deadweight as follow: —two with Armstrong Whftworfh and Co., Ltd.; two with the Northumberland Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.; and one with the Fairfield Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1411 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE D Singapore, January 10 Kice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $325 Buyers Sellers Kice, Siam 2 $305 Mixed Black Pepper 68.50 Kice, Siam 3 $208 Sundried Copra 11.00 Kice, Saigon 1 $260 Mix-d Copra 11.50 Kice, Saigon 2 $250 Kavong Copra Rice, Saigon 3 Small Flake Tapioca
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    NON-GOVT. CHANDU
    124 7 Husband and Wife Before District Judge Two Chinese alleged to be husband and wife were produced before the District Judge, Mr. N. D. Mudie, yesterday afternoon, on charges of being found in possession of non-Government chandu. The prosecution was a sequel to a raid in a house in
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    36 7 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day ia Rs. 154 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon ia Rs. 158 rq ial to $100.
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      479 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Rachals Piano for sale. Cheap. New condition. P.O. Box 89. FOR SALE Singer Senior 1927 Model, 2 seater, in splendid coalition, 3 months old. Price $1503. Apply Tne Cycle Carriage Co (1926) Ltd., 43, Orchard Road, Singapore. AUCTION SALE OF About 3593 Stumps Vanda Jsaquim Orchids from 10
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      392 7 SLNGAPORE DIARY To-day, January 10 High Tides.—o:46 a.m., 11:52 a.m. Fannd homeward mail closes, 1 p.m. if Races. Ruebv: S.C.C. vs. A.P.C. Blue Train," Victoria Theatre, 9:30 To-morrow, January 11 Tides. —1:24 a.m., 0.35 p.m. Court vacation ends. y: S.C.C. vs. S.R.C. ai Gardens, o p.m. Approval," Victoria Theatre, 9:30
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      33 7 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEERS Programme of Drills up to and for January 15, 1928. To-day, January 10 5:15 p.m.-Drill Hall, All Officers and C.S.M.'s, Meeting. To-morrow, January 11 5:15 p.m.-Drill Hall, Units S.V.C., Recruits Drill.
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    LOCAL BROAD CASTING
    741 8 All those who have enjoyed the programmes broadcasted in Singapore by the Amateur Wireless Society, for nearly two years we believe, will regret exceedingly to learn that it is the Society's intention to discontinue broadcasting at the end of this month. Originally it was hoped that the
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    1499 8 A male Chinese was found untitled on Thursday morning on the railway iino rear the Lahat Town Station. Thf number of imr.li7rar.ts arriving at Bangkok from Hoihow by the s.s. Michael Jebsen on New Year's Day totalled 1,664. "Johore in 1926" was the subject of a paper read by Captan
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL
    725 8 Mr. Lim Koon Teck has beer, »i Deputy Registrar. Supreme Court pore. A commission as Second I the S.S.V.F. has t>een granu*i v Byles. Mr. N. Vellupillai, Static Bukit Panjang, Singapore, few days in Seremban. Mr. T. F. Anderson Pole ing sworn in as a Justice bet
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    65 8 --art*. From Australia by s.s. < > due at Singapore at 9 a.m. t al From France by s.s. D'Arl Singapore at 8 a.m. to-mor From China and Japan by due at Singapore noon to-m< rp gt From Holland by s.s. T« Singapore on Friday momuif instant. ied
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    REPORT BY COTTON SPINNERS
    267 9 Joint Conference to Be Held KMNITE REDUCTION IN CHARGES Abolition of all Political Measures Urged Reuter's Service. London, January 9. ng the meeting of the Federation ter Cotton Spinners' and ManuS] nners Associations, cabled on two reports which were fonvarded r tives' Unions with a view
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    Rhineland Occupation
    65 9 FRENCH OFFICIAL SPEAKS FOR GERMANY Warnings of Reparations Chief Should be Heeded Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Geneva, January 9. Mr. Albert Thomas, the President of the Cu ncva International Labour Bureau, -peaking at Bordeaux, paid a high tribute l the German Pacifist Republican feeling and condemned the continued Rhineland
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    NOTEWORTHY UTTERANCE
    82 9 Reuter's Service. Bordeaux, January 9. A noteworthy utterance has been mad 2 Frenchman, M. Albert Thomas, f the International Labour Office, no expert considered that the full cxcGermany of her reparation payold ever be realised. "We must r heed the warnings of the Agentral of Reparations Payments," (who
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    MERCHANT MARINE
    87 9 Coolldge's Opposition to the Proposal Reuter's Service. Washington, January 9. note Commerce Committee has a bill introduced by Senator f Washington to build up the ant marine and maintain it under •nt supervision through the ShipBoard. It is understood that Senator has drawn up a scheme providing penditure
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    SWISS COUNCIL
    42 9 Motion to Erect Speakers' Tribune Rejected Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Berne, January 9- A notion to erect a speakers' tribune n 'he Swiss National Council was rejected enty to sixty-seven votes. In view rejection the members will conspeak from their seats.
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    KING AMANULLAH IN ITALY
    146 9 Visit to Famous Riding School CORDIAL RECEPTION BY THE POPULACE Reuter's Service. Rome, January 9. After a cordial reception by their Italian Majesties and the populace at Rome, King Amanullah of Afghanistan to-day attended the military races on the Parioli course and shook hands with and
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    ANOTHER WORLD FLIGHT
    110 9 Picking up Cargo Between India And Singapore Reuter's Service. London. January 9. The former flying officers, J. S. Newall and Neville Vincent, left Stag Lane Aerodrome, London, this morning, on a world flight via France, Italy, Greece, Mesopotamia, India. Singapore and back via China and Russia. In
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    EMPIRE MARKETING
    75 9 Large Grant for Woollen Research Work Made British Official Wireless London, January The Empire Marketing Board has notified the British Research Association for the woollen and worsted industries of a capital grant of seven thousand pounds and a maintenance grant of two thousand pounds yearly for the study
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    ESPIONAGE TRIAL ENDS
    77 9 Sentences of Death and Imprisonment Passed Reuter's Service. Riga, January 9. Three out of the fifteen prisoners tried at Leningrad for espionage on behalf of Finland have been sentenced to death; the others to varying terms of imprisonment. Two of the accused who were sentenced to death
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    SECURITIES PROBLEM
    42 9 Draft Proposals by Sweden and Norway Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Geneva, January, 9. Both Sweden and Norway have handed to the Geneva Secretariat similar draft proposals to solve the securities problem. These follow broadly the lines pursued by the Locarno Pact.
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    JAPAN AND RUSSIA
    61 9 Concessions Granted for Rice-Growing Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Moscow, January 9. It is reported from Moscow that Soviet Russia is favourably considering the request from Japan to grant concessions for rice-growing in Eastern Siberia. is understood that the required concessions will be granted soon. Negotiations for this grant
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    HONG KONG'S POPULATION
    69 9 Increase Accelerated by "Red" Canton Revolution Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hong Kong, January 9. An official estimate of the immigration to Hone Kong from February to the beginning of December is seventy thousand with an additional thirty thousand since the Red revolution at Canton on December U.
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    PLAN TO OUTLAW WAR
    133 9 Public Opinion Against M. Briand IMMEDIATE RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY Reuter's Service. Washington, January 9. As indicated on January 7, official opinion here is hardening aganst M. Eriand's suggestion to outlaw only aggressive wars. Scarcely less importance is attached to M. Briand's desire for immediate ratification
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    ANGLO-IRAQ TREATY
    77 9 Formation of New Cabinet Ordered by King Feisal Reuter's Service. Bagdad, January 10. Following the recent resignations of the Ministers of Finance and the Interior on the publication of the terms of the AngloIraqian treaty. Premier Jafar Pasha has tendered his resignation to King Fc ;s«i. who has
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    LASKER FOUNDATION
    70 9 Million Dollars Donated to Chicago L T niversity Reuter's Service. Chicago, January 9. Mr. Albert Lrsker. a former hairman oi the United States Shipping Board, and his wife have donated a million dollars to Chicago University for the establishment of the Lasker Foundation for medical research into the
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    AMERICAN CURRENCY
    60 9 Treasury Notes in Exchange for Liberty Bonds Reuter's Service. New York. January 9. The U.S. Treasury on January 16 will offer new three and a half per cent treasury notes in exchange for four and a quarter per cent third Liberty bonds of 1918. The amount of the
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    LEADERS EXILED
    39 9 Former Communist Heads Sent To Siberia Reuter's Service. Riga, January 10. According to a report from Moscow, Trotzky, Kameneff, Radek. Zinovieff, Rakovsky and other Communist former leaders have been exiled to remote provinces, some even to Siberia.
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    QUAKES IN KENYA
    40 9 Records Made at Cairo and Washington British Official Wireless London, January 9. Many observatories as far apart as Washington and Cairo recorded an earthquake on Friday night and sharp tremors were felt throughout Kenya on that day.
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    CAMERON-EVANS
    115 9 Reuter's Service. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 10. At St. George's Church, the Rev. Keppel Gamier officiating, the marriage took place of Mr. Donald Cameron of the Chartered Bank, Seremban, with Miss Barbara Evans, daughter of Mr. T. S. Evans, Government Auditor, Penang. Mr. W. J. A. Grant
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    RELIEF FOR FLOOD VICTIMS
    254 9 Anxious Watch by the Authorities NO FURTHER OVERFLOW EXPECTED Lord Desborough Reviews the Situation British Official Wireless London, January 9. High tide in the Thames at three o'clock this morning caused no further flooding although in places the water reached within a few inches of the
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    PREVENTIVE MEASURES
    327 9 London. January 9. This afternoon the high tide in the Thames was anxiously awaited by riverside inhabitants and the barricades were keenly watched by officials and workmen. The tide, however, caused no further flooding. Water trickled through the barricades at Lambeth but these were quickly strengthened. No further
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    DAMAGE ESTIMATE
    82 9 Reuter's Service. 7- London, January 9. It is estimated that two thousand houses and their contents were more or less seriously damaged by the Thames flood. The cost of repairing them and the Embankments and roadways will run to hundreds of thousands sterline. Lord Desborough, presiding at a
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    AVIATION TRAGEDY
    76 9 British Fighter Machine Crashes at Mosul British Official Wireless London, January 9. The Air Ministry announces that as the result of an accident at Hinaidi Aerodrome to a British fighter machine of the Number Six Army Co-operation Squadron at Mosul, on January 9, Pilot Officer Lionel Fisher, Royal
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    MODERN TURKEY
    51 9 Latin Alphabet to be Enforced In Place of Arabic Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Angora, January 9. Several innovations are being brought about in modern Turkey. Old ideas are rapidly vanishing giving place to new. It has now been proposed to enforce the Latin alphabet in place of the old
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    P.A.M. Referendum
    358 10 HOTLY DISCUSSED AT BATANG PADANG Mr. Darby and Secrecy of Assessment Committee (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, January 10. A referendum by the P.A.M. to the Associations on rubber assessment methods, as involving restriction itself, was lengthily discussed at the Batang Padang D.P.A. meeting at which special interest
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    VICTORIA THEATRE
    457 10 SuccessfuUFroduction of "The GHest Train 99 One of the greatest thrillers that has been produced in recent years. The Ghost Train," was presented by the Quaints at the Victoria Theatre last evening before a good audience, and it seems that it has lost none of its attraction by
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    AMATEUR SPORTING ASSN.
    84 10 The members of the Amateur Sporting Association celebrated their eighth anniversary at the bungalow of their Patron, Mr. Aw Boon Haw, on Saturday and Sunday last- l Chinese music and ronggeng were in attendance on both days. On Sunday afternoon, after the speech by the Honorary Secretary,
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    EUROPEAN TURNS MOSLEM
    502 10 Effective Preaching of Visiting Maulavi THEOLOGIAN SPENDS BUSY FORTNIGHT HERE Hazrath Maulana Maulavi Haji Hafiz Kari Abdul Aleem Sahib of Meerut, India, the famous Motlem theologian, delivered several interesting lectures here within the past fortnight before large and representative gatherings. He lectured in the Gaylang Mosque, Paya
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    MAINTENANCE SUIT
    215 10 Defendant Willing to Provide For Children A European named J. W. Bartlett appeared before the District Judge yesterday afternoon on a summons calling upon him to show why an order made against him by the Croydon Court to maintain his wife should not be confirmed. Mr. Bartlett, who
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    VISIT OF SULTAN
    342 10 Official Inspection of Pilgrim Steamer On the morning of the 4th inst. there arrived in Singapor by a special saloon carriage H. H. the Raja Mudaof Perak and varty, the H( n Data Setia of be angor Hon.' Dato Hole, Hon. Date. Chief Kaziot Johore and Imam
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    "RED ROSE" CRASH
    47 10 Miraculous Escape of Intrepid Flyers A brief cable received in Singapore just a* we go to press brings the news thai the "Red Rose" crashed at Muntolc. Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller had a miraculous escape and are returning to Singapore by boat.
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    Sporting News
    173 10 Cricket Uncertainty M.C.C. OUT FOR 49 IN SOUTH AFRICA Then Make Great Recovery For Ten Wkts.' Victory Reuter's Service. Port Elizabeth, January 9. The M.C.C. had a remarkable experience when playing the Eastern Province here during their tour in South Africa. The home side batted first and, mainly
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    GOLF
    73 10 Los Angeles Open Championship Decided Reuter's Service. Los Ange'es, January 9. The Los Angeles open golf championship over 72 holes was won by Macdonald Smith (Greatneck Club, New York), with a score of 284. He wins a prize of $3,500. Harry Cooper (California) 287 was second,* and Abe Espinosa
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    Miami Beach Championship Awarded
    46 10 Miami, Florida, January 9. Having won the Miami Beach open golf championship last week. Gene Sarazen with 289 yesterday captured the Miami open title.* Jock Hutchison (290) was second and Joe Kirk wood and Willie K>in tied for third place with 292.
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    30 10 The January Medal will be played for on Saturday and Sunday, the 14th and 15th, and the* Ladies* Spoon on the Monday following, the loth.
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    118 10 YJVLC.A. Defeat R.A.M.C. in Good Game In the hockey match played yesterdrv between the Y.M.C.A. and R.A.M.C., ihe Association won by 3 goals to 1 after a "ood game. The score at half time wa j 2 goals to 1 in favour of the winners. Y.M.C.A. vs. Malay Teachers'
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    159 10 Chinese New Year Tourney at L.L.T.C. I The Chinese New Year tournament is to be held at the Ladies' Lawn Tennis Club again this year, on January *21, 22, 23 and 24, and it is expected many of the most i prominent players of Malaya will be comi
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    62 10 Scratchings for Second Day at Penang Race No. 1.—Distant Light and Slippery Ann. Race No. 2.—Merchn and Tressady Maid. Race No. 3.—Cassidy and Highborn. Race No. 5.—Sunsnip and Flash Race No. 6.—Dukedom, Barbara Godolphin, Athgarvan, Horatius, Tinakill and Bizarre. Race No. 7.—Corvus. Race No. 8.—Lavendo Joy, Foundling, Wallace
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    511 10 ANNUAL MEETING OF S.V.R.A. Report of a Very Satisfactory Year's Work Lieut. Col. J. M. Mackenzie, th Commandant of the Straits Sei Volunteer Forces, presided at the meeting of the Singapore VolunU Association at the Drill Hall, Bea 1 last evening. The attendance wai r The report showed
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    70 10 J.C.S.A. to Play Against Lanka Union Tne J.C.S.A. will meet the Larka Union in a friendly soccer match at the < ground on Wednesday, to-morrow, a :-nsharp. i r A The following represent the ,U Goh Tong Hee (goal-keeper);, JoW Rozario, Kim Whatt; Koh Swee 1 hjan>., Quek Boon,
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    131 10 Reuter's Service. West Frankfort, Illinois Jan. I* Eight miners were killed and ten a£ missing as the result of an explosion ia tb Industrial Coal Company's mine. [Trans-Ocean via Pan-Aai* Berlin, January A German economic group granted agricultural conceesrons hectares in Surinam, Dutch WW [Reuters Service.] Paris,
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    2134 11 c iNTING (N. SEMBILAN) RUBBER ESTATE ir. Hewitt's Views on the Incidence of Restriction meeting of the (Mgintin<? ilan) Rubber Estate, Ltd., was mber 30 at the Great Eastern erpool Street, E.C., Sir Byron 8.E., (Chairman of the com- residing. retary (Mr. R. D. Saw) having c calling
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    318 11 "On This Day On January 10, 1840, penny post was established to all parts of the United Kingdom. Will the centenary of that date find it re-established? In 1840 our great grandfathers' letters were carried at a penny for half an ounce; now we send two ounces for three-halfpence, but
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      192 11 I NATURAL MILK FOOD Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co., (London) 144-147 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. TO-NIGHT! TUESDAY, JANUARY 10. TO-NIGHT! AT IHK NEW WOULD SHOW* VARIED ATTRACTION—WAY4NG SIN SAI TOH. THE CITY OPERA will stage a Grand Arabic Play AZIZ and JALILAH Supported *y Vaudeville and Extra Turns REMEMBER To-morrow Night
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      173 11 I MATCH LESS FOR I I FUaVOUR ECONOMY I WHICH WAY ARE YOU TRAVELLING ON? i Dear Reader, you and I are travelling to Eternity-each 1 moment brings us nearer. The Lord Jesus said: BRO4D 15 THE WW THAT NARROW IS THE WAY WHICH LEADETH TO DESTRUCTION LEADE.H UNTO LIFE
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      376 12 I mm J PARAMOUNT presents J 5 "BEHIND FRONT WITH Wallace Beery k-r AND Raymond Hatton THE WORLD S GREATEST DUO OF MIRTH. a+ IN A BOMBSHELL OF LAUGHING GAS. A COMEDY SCREAM OF MADEMOISELLES, yi AND BULLY BEEF SEE "BEHIND the FRONT" AND YOU'LL BE IN "FRONT NOT BEHIND'-
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      250 12 A CHILD'S CRYING is not necessarily an exhibition of temper. Too often the child is suffering from one or other of the many minor ailments that platrue infancy and that usually arise from a disordered condition of the stomach or intestinal tract. In such cases the anxious mother will find
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      229 12 77ie Doctor put her on OJ§ Bovril is what is known to %km&Wjt Doctors as a "quick restorative." It does its good work W/ML%\\ without delay, enabling you to H enjoy other foods and get /f X* more benefit from them. BOVRIL puts j into you! i^mW^^W EXPAMET" j BRITISH
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    394 13 PROPOSAL MADE AT A FUNERAL I Anecdotes Related by an Old Soldier Sir Neville Lyttelton's "Eighty Years" is the most racy collection of soldiers' anecdotes since Sir John Adye's "Recollection?," published more than thirty years ago. When Lyttelton joined the Rifle Brigade the disgrace of being "drummed out"
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      403 13 AMERICAN STEEL I SPLIT PULLEYS. I Americans" combine enormous strength i'GSpilEfcfc]lhL__ r ..nn r'ians' transmit maximum power with jjj laeffcaat" endure higher speeds than any |pw^^ mmW standard metal pulley. H ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF THE BORNEO CO LTD I (Incorporated in England.) [{j Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Teluk Anson, and
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      330 13 j "Closed Car Value" j i I THE I I Morris Cowley I 1 four door: saloon I I New Low Price $2,100 j i I I Malayan Motors Ltd. 1 H Sole Agents in Malaya. U ii H dr^r=dr=dr^i^r=Jr=dr^ REMINDER WEDNESDAY JANUARY 11, AT 2.30 P.M. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE
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      211 13 iiitUiMiiiiim:iinin|jtiiiiiii:iiiiii!li:i!!i>i*i^ CHEONG KOON SENG CO. AUCTION SALE OF SINGAPORE PROPERTIES At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., No. 30 Chulia Street. ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, AT 2-33 P.M. Lots 1 to 3. Three pieces of valuable 99 years' leasehold building land situate at Chin Swee Road, off Havelock Road, Singapore,
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      651 14 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE. IN THE ESTATE OF LEE CHIM TECK (Deceased.) Pursuant to Ordinance No. 144 (Trustees). NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors or other persons having claims or demands upon or against the Estate Ol Lee Chim Teck, deceased, late ot No. 81 Amov Street, Singapore, who died
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      464 14 SITUATIONS VACANT DOCTOR WANTED—Qualified Chinese Doctor wanted for a well established practice in Singapore. Excellent prospects. Apply Box 596, C|o Malaya Tribune. WANTED.—Assistant for Wine Dept. Mutt have knowledge of Export business, liquor permits etc. Apply John Little Co., Ltd. WANTED Insurance and other Business Agencies- by a Chinese gentleman
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      400 14 BANKS THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 94, MARKET STREET. BRANCHES Penang 85, Beach Street. Malacca 131, Jonker Street. Muar No. 1, Jalan Sayang. Batu Pahat 109, Jalan Rahamat. Palembang 16, Ilir. Hong Kong 13, Queen's Road, Central. Seremban 63, Birch Road. Batavia 47, Corner Lloyd Street. Shanghai 9,
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      521 14 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. Registered in London, under the Cornet Act, of 1862 to 1890, on 2--d December 1892.) Authorised CapitaT f MJK ).000 Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital £»55»22 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,545,666 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
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      422 14 INSURANCE j THE n&A SOUTH \mV' 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. 2nd Floor of No. 3, Malacca Street, Singapore.
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      483 14 J. BAKER, LTD of 6 7 Victoria Street beg to announce bo that a Branch Com onm and Bakery has been < J at EAST COAST RQ (Opposite the Arcadia and was opened on I g December ASSORTED CAM and BREAD can be obtained a :!1 above date, Ice Creams
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      427 15 STEAMER SAILINGS P. 0, BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in ?-<»landO MAIL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL STEAM \vi<; vnoN co., London and FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) OUTWARDS from LONDON For China Japan Due Tonnage Singapore 1928 Nellore 7,000 Jan 6 khyber
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      494 15 STEAMER SAILINGS THE STRAITS BORNEO SHIPPING COMPANY. REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE Singapore, Soerabaia Bandjermasin S.S. HOCK SENG Sailing Jan. 10th. Tuesday Ist A 2nd Class Accommodation. For Freight, Passage and other particulars, Apply to the Agents:— STRAITS BOKNEO TRADING CO., 12 A 13, Boat Quay, Singapore. Thone 3373 562. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
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      416 15 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHER l\ Incorporated i\ in Ormanv.) The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures:— OUTWARDS FOR HONG HONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. f AUGSBURG Jan 25 FOR MANILA, JAPAN AND VLADIVOSTOCK t LAHN due Spore Jan 15 GRANDON Feb 12 FOR MANILA, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND NORTH CHINA PORTS. COBLENZ
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      309 15 STEAMER SAILINGS STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. STEAMERS INTENDED TO SAIL FROM SINGAPORE. MONDAY KINTA, 4 p.m, for Port Swettenham and Penang. MEDUSA, 4 p.m, for Port Dickson, Lumut, Teluk Anson and P. Dickson. TRONOH, 4 p.m., for Muar. KOPAH, 5 p.m. for Malacca. TUESDAY ♦GEMAS, 4 p.m, for Batu Pahat
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      535 15 STEAMER SAILINGS I (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO MARSEILLES LON DOM Tonnage Destin it ion Doe Bafl Kitano Mam B,ouu M'seilles, London, A'werp R'dam Jan 19 20 tHaruna Maru 10,500 Naples, Marseilles, London, A'werp Rotterdam Feb 2 t Kamo Mam 8,000 Marseilles, London, A'werp R'dam Fab 16 11 Katori Mara 10,500
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      93 16 th=j,=lßsdi di^i=Ji^^ n i 1 1 fl I I 0 c I flo o Sole Agents: fl N. V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING Co., Singapore Penang. ti I UK^f^f=df=dl=^l=df=df==J k=Jr_ir=]r=]r=Jr=Jr=lr_li=lc=it=Jr= i=rai=iis_Mi=ai=-M I I Latest Records 1 0 OF CHINESE— j TEOCHEW I 1 GUAKAN I j HYLAM I j HOKIEN I
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      215 16 CAUTION I To the users of ODOL Tooth Paste. NOTICE. As importers of the original German ODOL and jj ODOL TOOTH PASTE (Lin gner-Werke, Dresden) jj we think it our duty to notify the public that a jj j certain quantity of ODOL TOOTH PASTE arri- I ved in a
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