Malaya Tribune, 12 January 1928

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune \'oL XV.- No. 9 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1928 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1928
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    • 227 1 TRY i KOREA MISSION CLOTH TfT does rot FADE. I does not SHRINK. J A wears LONGER. Korean Products Co. 7. Kras Basah Road. SINGAPORE. 'Phone 324. ,mm i i m MODEL 509 9 HP. 2 SEATER REDUCED PRICE 1 ,395. Sole Importers II ALASiA, LIMITED ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 60 66,
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    • 339 1 CLOTHING. For Tropical Wear. f>Jy //£>/ j/ 'Phone: 1627. >4A> Nos. 31, 32,33, HIGH STREET, Singapore. If. I If SOLE AGENTS: I Sime, Darby 0., Ltd., I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) if} Singapore, Malacca, Seremban and Muar. B I A TIP TO PHOTO AMATEURS I I iSiHMI Before buying
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  • 371 2 GIRLS EIGHT DAYS IN LOST CANOE Swept Out and Battered by Tremendous Tempest At the mercy of a South Seas tempest in an op n canoe, a native and two young girls drifted two hundred miles in eight days, with no fcod or drink and without sighting
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  • 211 2 Ban From Famous Society Room Ignored Woman has Invaded yet another haunt long sacred to man. One young woman, good looking, elegant, a cigarette in her mouth, and the midday newspaper in her hands, sat in the famous tiled smoking-room of the Law Society in Chancery Lane.
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  • 209 2 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., report the following crop returns for December: Banteng (Sel.) Rubber Estate, Ltd., 35,368 lbs. Beaufort Borneo Rubber, Ltd., 61,000 lbs. Cheviot Rubber, Ltd., 63,100 lbs. X.M.S. (Malay States) R. Pit., Ltd., 47,202 lbs. Kimanis Rubber, Ltd., 43,238 lbs. Kombok (F.M.S.) Rubber Co., Ltd.,
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  • 93 2 Jose Mamsril. 13, a stable boy employed at 1714 Juan Luna, Manila, was taken to the Philippine General Hospital suffering from burns on his left foot. It was learn- I ed that the boy was injured while sleeping on a bamboo bed in the yard of the San Rogue Bakery,
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    • 357 2 mr-ini mnoi 11 lOE=IOI IO D Standard Hardware Values THE, V* THC O n Iceberg Sunray H vacuum Hurricane Lantern —=Z O 1 j —< THE "ICEBERG FBEEZER. CAPACITY Ik N THE KOOK-HEATA STOVE. J, gmtk I quart 2 quart 4 quart. v Capacity, 2*4 pints. Burns 10 hours. O
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    • 417 2 j MOST ASTOUNDING S I BEAUTY MIRACLE OF I THE CENTURY! J I AMAZING NEW METHOD PUTS THE GLOW \OF YOUTH IN YOUR SKIN —OVERNIGHT! LLIOPATRA I I Balm t Beaut) 3 Youth is a social Asset in Society, or in business, youthful ks 1 are the greatest advantage. Anyone
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  • 319 3 "HOTEL" ON MAMMOTH AIRSHIP To be Completed Next April at Cost of £450,000 Sir Samuel Hoare, Secretary for Air, has inspected the huge Empire airship X 100, which is being built for the Air Ministry at Howden in Yorkshire, England. Four stories high, the new flying
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  • 252 3 Bigamy Conviction Quashed at London A jewish marriage problem came before the Court of Criminal Appeal, London when the court quashed the conviction of Mr. Barnet Muscovitch, who had been convicted of bigamy at the Central Criminal Court. Sentence had been postponed pending an appeal. Mr. Hyman Harris,
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  • 186 3 Index to Abnormal States of Body and Nerves The health of a person affects the colour of his eyes, according to Dr. J. D. Levine, an American specialist, in a speech made at Seattle, Washington, U. S. A. "Clear blue eyes are an indication of perfect health,"
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    • 97 3 registered H***lsiijßMßWiM MARK I The Standard super six—the car that WĔmt is all power, speed and strength— H id?al for Overseas. |Wp SEE A "STANDARD" FIRST. HS Standard I CARS I Agents:— StsrLd.cS.rcl MALAYAN Of To dcLXf H| motors Best LTD 'Standard! I orchard ever produced H ROAD. HH Singapore.
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    • 333 3 THE MOSQUITO MENACE. A Method to Overcome it. it is poor consolation to the sufferer from Malarial Fever to knew that some anopheles mosquito caused the trouble. India is fu'l of mosquitoes, and the malaria figures show the wide prevalence of the anopheles variety. While mosquito enthusiasts may be left
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    • 198 3 mm Wbai F -*v a i_ sj c_i tib dFdSZSHSZSZSHSHSZSZSZSZSZSZSZSHSHSZSZSESHSZSZSZSSSHSZSHS j PEOPLE ARE BUYING NOW! I Why Not Give Us a Call Early? 1 i Brin? your family I a to our shop and let I them select their re- 1 a quirements for the r< jj Chinese New Year.
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  • 404 4 ORDEAL ON DEVIL'S ISLAND Innocent Man Free After Fifteen Years A man, who has spent fifteen years cf his life on Devil's Ist. nd for a crime of whuh he was innocent, stepped off tho boat at Marseilles a few days a;io, and fell weeping into the arms
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  • 220 4 ROMANCE OF FOUNDER OF NYASSALAND Aged if ssionary's Great Pioneer Work Joiner, builder, doctor, surgeon, surveyor, architect, electrician, theologian, and missionary—these are only a few of the accomplishments of the Rev Dr. Robert Laws, of Livingstonia, the famous seventy-six-year-cld Scottish missionary, who has just arrived in London
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  • 224 4 Not Held an Offence to Decency Is a kiss exchanged between a man and a woman in a public place an offence against decency? After much debate the courts at Cremona, Italy, have decided in favour of public kissing. The point was argued in the Praetor's court
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    • 286 4 My word they are good! No wonder you j men are so enthusiastic about them CRAVEN A The CORK-TIPPEB Cigarette of this GENERATION MADE IN LONDON Made Specially to Prevent Sore Throats by CARRERAS, LTD. sole agents: HUTTENBACH LAZARUS SONS, LTD.,SINGAPORE, PENANG, IPOH. KUALA-LUMPUR B* a■ i ii i i
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    • 114 4 ZIMBALIST THE WORLD FAMOUS VIOLINIST q who appeared at the jj Victoria Theatre j Records EXCLUSIVELY on I j "His Masters Voicel i RECORDS 0 Electric Recordings. g G S 3 To hi obtained from S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. 3 R AFFLE 3 PLACE. 3 B fl S 1 "THE
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  • 200 5 MACHINES TO RECORD ACCIDENTS Instruments to be Installed in London It is hoped to reduce to a minimum delays following mishaps on the London Underground railways by installing instruments described as news recorders." These machines will state: The nature of th-j mishap, Where it occurred, What caused it,
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  • 179 5 No Heroism in Giving Blood for Transfusion "There is absolutely no heroism or danger attached to persons giving their blood by transfusion.'* This declaration was made by Mr. P. L. Oliver, the secretary of the British Red Crocs Society Biood Transfusion Service, which ha> just provided its one
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  • 526 5 The following passengers are proceeding to Europe per s.s. "Morea," sailing at 9 a.m. to-m>rrow, the 13th instant: Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Powell and infant, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Sum, Miss E. C. Herder, Miss Turner, Mr. W. Towgood, Mr. W. Lindsay, Mr. and Mrs. 0.
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    • 369 5 t Kilenbnvgs 1 Foods M horn the purest milk of cows pastured >n the home I counties, the AUenburys' I Foods are as easily digested J E as mother s milk. They are J germ free and are simply J and quickly made- by the ad- S dition of boiling
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    • 328 5 For 33 Years The High-Quality Bike Oil 3-IN-ONE is unequalled for oiling all light "wheeled things." This fact was discovered, with the safety-bicycle, 3 3 years ago, and is still true today. Bicycles, oiled with 3-in-One, speed along as on wings with the least possible friction. There is no hard
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    • 286 5 Is your Salary Going to be Raised this Next year? If not, you will doubtless blame your employer, but here you are wrong, for ninety nine out of a hundred are. only too pleased when they feel justified in raising an employee s salary. In your own home, in the
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    • 83 5 UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULJUI-ji-iuuji l 1 j D3o JL" ScUING MOTOH j 3 a r .i i sAppb ir e nee dl e s U 3 Price $34 only. S SE4S3M Go. Lid l 111 113 North Bridge Road. g 1&5Z5Z525 ***************5252&52r PULSOMETER ENGINEERING Co. a READING. ENGLAND. I A PUMPSj CENTRIFUGAL j
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    • 512 6 A xxl use m t. s. I EMPIRE CINEMA I From Monday, Jan. 9. 1 1 TWO SHOWS TWO PAYMENTS I Ist. Show at 7 p.m. 2nd. Show at 9.30 p.m. g THE MOST WONDERFUL MODERN PICTURE. 8 c "My Good Son" I The wonderful story of a drunkard father
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    • 443 6 I Positively Last Night Thursday, January 12. J I THE PICTURISATION OF A FAMOUS OPERA, WITH ITS 1 DELIGHTFUL, LILTING MUSIC I I AT THE I I ALHAMBRA S (TAN CHENG KEB Co.. Ltd., Proprietors.) I IN THE SECOND SHOW AT 9 P.M. M I A SCREEN VERSION OF HENRY
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    • 355 6 GAIETY CINEMA Junction Albert Bencoolen Street* From Friday, January 6 to Thursday, January 12 NIGHTLY AT 7.30 P.M. SUNKEN SILVER SERIAL Final Instalment, hapters 8, 9 10 6 REELS. "SAMSON OF THE CIRCUS SERIAL" Starring Joe Bonomo, Chapters I 2. 4 REELS. 2nd Show at 9.15 p.m. "SAMSON OF THE
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    • 164 6 SURINA THEATRE 1 North Bridge Road. 'Phone N 0 Z, From Wednesday, Jan. 11 to Tuesday, j aa NIGHTLY AT 9.10 P.M. STEP LIGHTLY New Mermai i Coav THE FORTUNE HUM ERS ShRUI tkEpisodes 9 and 10 in 4 R m THE GREATEST QUARTETTE ON LARTH! F»ur of the fastest
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  • 142 7 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive Singapore, January 12. Wharf (Entrance Gate 1) pkol East Basin; Kepong and Gar- S2; On Ten Noort 21; Rohna 20. Mam Wharf (Entrance Gate 3) rea 18; City of Sparta 16; Shunko 11; Oanfa 9; Andre Lebon 7. Empire Dock
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  • 356 7 Huge Sewer Programme for 1928 Approved Committee No. 3 took the following action at a meeting held on January 6: I Decided that Ton? Watt Road be taken over as a public street under Section 102, provided the Municipal Engineer reports that its condition is satisfactory. Approved construction
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  • 182 7 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shimbunsha) Tokio, January 10. Rubber f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at 87 sen, at which business was done. Premier Tanaka has expressed his determination to dissolve the Diet. The circulation of money is now very slack. It is reported that the Bank of
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  • 99 7 Singapore, January 11. Catalogued 1,148,919 lbs., 512.91 tons. Offered 801,378 lbs., 357.76 tons. Sold 668,352 lbs., 298.37 tons. Spot London Is. 7%d. New York cts. PRICES REALIZED Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Lb. Standard quality No Sales Good average quality 67 to 68 (1 lot only at
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  • 90 7 London, January 10. Manchester Market 8% lbs. Shirtings, fair (new basis) 12s 6d 40's Grey Yarns, single twist 18 %d 6 lbs. T. Cloth fair—24 yards 8s Liverpool Market Cotton—fully Middling American 10.87 d Egyptian Cotton 17.60 d Metals Tin Standard 3 months £254.2.6 Produce Copra fair merchantable
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  • 36 7 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 154 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 158 cq ial to $100.
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  • 1047 7 Mustapha Kamal Pasha and the Holy Quran (By Our Muslim Correspondent.) Some time back Reuter broadcasted news to the world to the effect that on a certain occasion in a respectable gathering of the Turkish nobles Mv,: tupha Kamal Pasha, the President of the Turkish Republic, flung aside
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  • 34 7 Orders for week ending Sunday, January 15 To-day, January 12.—Band Practice, Headquarters, 5:15 p.m. Saturday, January 14.—Parade of an Troops on Raffles Institution Grounds at 3:30 p.m. Full uniform with staves.
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  • 1243 7 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE T) Singapore,. January 12 Kice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $327 Buyers Sellers Kice, Siam 2 $307 Mixed Black Pepper 69.00 Kice, Siam 3 $300 *Sundried Copra 11.95 11.95 Kice, Saigon 1 $260 Mixed Copra 11.50 Kice, Saigon 2 $250 Kavong Copra Kice, Saigon 3 Small Flake
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  • 265 7 Place Where Good Manners Prevail Commenting on the recent scone created by a party of young men in the Penang tcwn hall, the China Mail asserts that such a thing could not possibly happen in Hong Kong! Our young men," says the paper, possess as
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  • 69 7 British Official Wireless London, January 11. Paris 124 New York 4.875 Brussels 34.96 Geneva 25.29 Amsterdam 12.095 Milan 92.15 Berlin 20.47 Stockholm 18.12 Copenhagen 18.20 Oslo 18.335 Vienna 34.545 Prague 164.5 Helsingfors 193.5 Madrid 28.485 Lisbon 2 13[S2 Athens 369.5 Bucharest ?90 Rio 5 29|32 Buenos Aires 47.875 Bombay
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    • 360 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS DDCrdU WVNTEj. Vacmcy Pills f—Applicant! Tnaik;l. POSITIONS VACANT. Chinese salesmen wanted Commission and Allowance to right men. Apply Box 599 c,o Mil ay a Tribune. WA.NTSD -By German I nport Finn a reliable and experienced Chinese sales mm foe piece goDds and sundries. A.p?ly statin? salary required and
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 402 7 SINGAPORE DIARY To-day, January 12 l ides. —2:1 a.m., 1:20 p.m. Rugby Tournament, Merchants vs. H. 8.1, and P.S. ang Races. Tatsumi at V.M.C.A., 9:15 p.m. at Victoria Theatre, 9:30 p.m. To-morrow, January 13 Tides.—2:3B a.m., 2:8 p.m. Meeting, Evatts, noon. Hawkins arrives. Saturday, January 14 l ides. —3:16 a.m.,
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  • 1164 8 When we read Sir Hugh Clifford's preface to the new edition of "In Court and Kampong" we were suddenly reminded of the work done by Lord Curzon, when he was Viceroy of India, in preserving many ancient memorials. There is no direct connexion between the two; Sir Hugh's
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  • 1020 8 The crop harvested by the Galang Besar Rubber Plantations, Limited, during the month of December was 45,551 lbs. For committing an affray in a twakow in the Singapore River, five Chinese weue fined $10 each by the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon. The Cycle and Carriage Co. (1926), Ltd., have just
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  • 838 8 Mr. A. H. Glover, Sei reta Malacca Municipality, ar.d ln child, are expected back from i the middle of the month. 9 ut News has been received that Dr. Gertrude Mary Tei London Mission died in Wu cember 26 from diphtheria. Mr. W. A. Yenning of the
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  • 24 8 From Holland by s.s. Tamb Singapore to-morrow morning. he< j From Europe, (London bui»s December 22) by s.s. Khycer. 1 midnight to-day.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 442 8 4Ĕ 1 o»x»r so w I t for value and service t I SPECIAL VALUE during STOCK-TAKING I MENS DAY SHIRTS jj 1 SOFT BODYr BWBLE Com K No 52 No 99 K 1 <«•«»"«« t.r.™' I 8 W.VEIUOWtSED STRIPES .0.E» ST.IfES C Smart and Effective QNE S 0FT POLO
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    • 82 8 S By Special Appointment jjj jjj To His Majesty THE KING OF SIAM. Established 1872. WE SPECIALISE K IN I Diamond Jewellery, Genuine S g Pearl Necklaces, Jade and S H Pearl Jewellery, Watches, Ladies Bags and Vanity cj jaCases, Smokers Requisites, jjj I Cuff Links, Studs, Buttons,® Etc. STERLING
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  • 270 9 Second Wife Prostrate with Grief MISS MILLER TO BECOME HINDU lothcr Favours Marriage but Not Change of Religion Reuter's Service. Colombo, J a tnu'. ry 11. X-.Maharajah cf Indore is staying te] at Nuwara Eliya. The American Miss Mflkr, is also there. ...Maharajah said he was
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  • 127 9 U. S. Opposed to Government Operation Reuter's Service. Washington, January 11. Talking to pressmen, President Coolidge referred to the Jones Bill and exprersed the ..pinion that the United States Governrunt should not build any more merchant- j men. The Government had more vessels than could be used
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  • 103 9 Serious Fires Destroy Thousands Of Bales Reuter's Service. Bombay, January 11. 5 atbreaks of fire have occurred mthe two days at the cotton green at Sewn the major portion of the Indian crcp red. Damage from the fire is estimated at twelve lakhs of rupees and are
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  • 60 9 Another Tragedy Feared in South Pacific Reuter's Service. Wellington, January 11 the? ocean flying tragedy is feared to lack of news of the fate of the A., a] ian airmen. Captain Hood a Moncrieff, who yesterday atto fly from Sydney to New 4ealan<i It still a mystery whether
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  • 65 9 Home Government Concurs in Canadian Policy British Official Wireless London, January 11« Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. ,:i /.if King, in announcing the Ottawa a! ment reported last night for the t.ncrit of a Canadian Minister in r i and a French Minister in Ottawa adtleti that the
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  • 175 9 Huge Programme Sent Congress FLAG MUST BE SHOWN IN FOREIGN WATERS Reuter's Service. Washington, January 12. Essential considerations of national defence and influence and "showing the flag" upon American merchants seeking trade expansion are two points urged by Secretary Wilbur in a statement to the Naval Committee
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  • 163 9 Regular Line Planned by Commander Burney British Official Wireless London, January 11. A regular air service between Great Britain and America is the object of the company which Commander Burney, M.P., is to form. He left for New York to-day for financial discussions with American interests. The Burney
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  • 86 9 French and German Firms Implicated Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Berlin. January 11. Reparation circles in Germany allege serious reparation frauds entailing seven hundred and fifty million francs by certain French and German firms. The French authorities are proceeding against these. The alleged frauds remained long unknown to thi German
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  • 70 9 English Bankers Conclude Agreement Reuter's Service. London, January 11. 11. Caphandaris, the Greek Finance Minister, who is visiting London, has concluded an agreement with a group of British bankers for a new loan of £6,500,000. The issue price will be 91 and the interest 6 per cent,
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  • 56 9 Seeking Friendship Treaty with Bulgaria Trans-Ocean via Pan-Asia Belgrade, January 11. According to reports published in the newspapers here, Roumama has agreed to remit the balance of Bulgaria's war debt on condition that a sum of two and a Quarter million gold francs is paid, thus pavmg the
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  • 25 9 Reuter's Service. L New York, January 11. A message from Managua states that loyal Nicaraguan National Guardsmen have regained control of Somatillo.
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  • 32 9 Reuter's Service. New York, January 11. Mi*s Evangeline Booth, head of the cSon Army in America, has been awarded the Eleanor Van Renssalaer Fairfax Medal "for eminent patriotic service.
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  • 285 9 Two Saved by Valiant Girl Swimmer CONGRATULATIONS FOR MISS FRANKEISS British Official Wireless London, January 11. At the Coroner's court at Fulham to-dai a remarkable story was told of how Miss Madge Frankeiss, a girl of twenty, rescued her aunt and a boy cousin from a basiment
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  • 121 9 Former Soviet Leaders Widely Scattered Reuter's Service. Berlin, January 11. The "Berliner Tageblatt's" Moscow correspondent sends details of the banishment of the former Soviet leaders. The 0.G.P.U., informed thirty of the prominent members of the opposition on January 3 that they would be deported immediately to remote places
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  • 94 9 Heavy Damages Sought for Ferry Collision Reuter's Service. Sydney, January 11. Sydney Ferries have issued a writ against the owners of the Tahiti claiming £30,000 for the destruction of the ferry steamer "Greycliffe" in November of last year. This suit follows the Court of Enquiry finding that
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  • 65 9 Submarine Victims Met Painless Death Reuter's Service. Provincetown, Massachusetts, Jan. 11. Six more bodies have been recovered from the submarine, S4, making a total of twenty-three. At a Naval Court of Inquiry in Boston doctors gave evidence that the deaths were due to carbon monoxide poisoning and
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  • 38 9 Reuter's Service. Washington, January 12. A special committee of the Senate which was investigating the alleged Mexican documents published by the Hearst newspapers has reported to th? Senate that the documents are spurious and fraudulent.
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  • 22 9 British Official Wireless London, January 11. Lord (Major) Glanjsk died suddenly today while opening a war memorial hospital at Brecon.
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  • 22 9 British Official Wireless London, January 11. Sir Harry Barnston, M.P., has resigned his office of Controller for reasons of health.
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  • 158 9 Death Knell to Unity Plan ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ONLY TRUE ONE Concessions to Protestants Pope Declares Impossible Reuter's Service. Rome, January 11. "It is impossible to reach a compromise on truth as revealed by God" epitomises a remarkable Papal encyclical which is widely regarded as the
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  • 103 9 U. S. Corporation Enjoying Great Boom Reuter's Service. New York, January 11. A recent bull feature has been the prediction that unfilled orders for the United States Steel Corporation would show a gain. Orders unfilled on December Si, now published, show a total of 3,1*72,000 tons, an
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  • 91 9 Latest Figures Show Great Increase British Official Wireless London, January ll. Statistical returns compiled by "Lloyd's Register" show that the output of British shipbuilding yards for 192 < was mail} double that of the last preceding year. The tonnage launched in the last quarter was the largest in
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  • 43 9 Reuter's Service. London, January IL The Board of Trade returns for December are: imports £105,389,000, exports £58,833,000; decreases of £2,028 000 and £11,775,000 compared with November. Ihe heavy fall in exports is partly attributable to the Christmas holidays and bad weather.
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  • 41 9 Reuter's Service. London, January 11. Mr Cosgrave, President of the Executive of*the Irish Free State, has left on what he desribes as a courtesy visit to America. He is accompanied by the Minister for Defence and prominent Government servants.
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  • 51 9 Reuter's Service. Bombay, January 11. A fire in a hatch of the P. and O. liner Kidderpore, (which was due to sail for Yokohama to-night with a cargo of cotton) was got under control in half an hour. The extent of the damage is
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  • 39 9 British Official Wireless London, January 11. An international convention on cancer research is to be held at London Invitations are being sent to all parts of the world to those associated with modern research into this problem.
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  • 35 9 Trans-Ocean via Pun-Asia Berlin, January 11. Dr. Stresemann is rapidly recovering from his recent ilress and to resume the control of the Foreign Office some time during the middle of next week.
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  • 37 9 Reuter's Service. New York, January 11. Unofficial advices from Cuba state that the season's sugar crop will be reduced to four million tons, a reduction of half a million compared with last year. i
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    • 229 9 GIL 1 BtY'S procurable P"^ SPEY ROYAL SCOTCH WHISKY J We have every confidence in I recommending this fine old mellow blend to everyone. UNVARYING QUALITY. I OBTAINABLE AT ALL GOOD STORES OR IN CASE LOTS FROM jjj I I I I The Sole Agents: j{ GUTHRIE CO., LTD. I
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  • 164 10 Heavy Damage to Rubber Cargo CHINESE CREW TAKE TO FLIGHT Reuter's Service. Jersey City, January 11. Fire broke out this morning aboard the Dollar liner President Polk, which docked yesterday after a world tour, and her cargo of 36,000 hales of rubber from Singapore is
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  • 207 10 BAN ON CAPITAL EXPORT REMOVED Will Enable Money Market to Regain Old Position Reuter's Service. Havas Agency. Paris, January 11. A Government decree to raise the ban on the export of capital has been most favourably received in economic and financial circles. It is pointed out that prohibition
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  • 43 10 British Official Wireless London, January 11. The King has approved the appointment of Mr. De Symons Honey, Resident Commissioner of Swaziland, to be Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Colony of the Seychelles, in succession to the late Sir Malcolm Stevenson.
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  • 49 10 British Official Wireless London, January 11. The vacancy in the office of Governor and Constable of Windsor Castle, caused by the death of the Marquess of Cambridge, is filled by Viscount Esher, who is succeeded in the offices of Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor by Sir Frederick Ponsonby.
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  • 46 10 London, January 11. The death of the novelist, Thomas Hardy, is announced. TThomas Hardy, O.M., LL.D., Litt.D., J.P., w r as the author of numerous books for children, magazine articles and reviews. In addition he was a skilled, architect and poet.] Reuter's Service.
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  • 36 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 11. Man bin Shariff, a police constable, was sentenced to fourteen days' rigorous imprisonment for sleeping on duty. It was stated that he was continually committing the offence.
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  • 110 10 A new move has been made in the Chicago "book war," which was initiated by the proposal of the Mayor of the city, "Big Bill" Thompson, to remove all "proBritish" books from Chicago public libraries and schools. It was begun by an enterprising firm of British booksellers, Messrs. Foyles, Of
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  • 131 10 MEMBERS OF NOTORIOUS SOCIETY SENTENCED One Hundred Forty-Seven Found Guilty- Reuter's Service. Rome, January 11. Judgment has at last overtaken the "Mafia," the notorious Sicilian secret society, for after .a three months' trial of 154 members at Terminii Merese, in Northern Sicily, the jury, after deliberating for
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  • 174 10 Vice-Consul for China Entertained Mr. and Mrs. Tsiu Kung Swee, ViceConanl for China, were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Lvi Kang Giam of Kheng Seng Peng Shanghai Theatre, ?/r. and Mrs. Yin Sen Pu and Mr. Mah Si Cheng of Messrs. Kiu Foo and Co., to a farewell
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  • 227 10 Bar Proprietress Held up and Robbed A very daring hold up was carried out on Sunday by three Chinese, two of whom are said to be armed with revolvers and the third a knife, at the Straits Ear in Penang Road, which is a stone's throw from the
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  • 106 10 Find in Chinese Room at Joo Chiat Road A Chinese who was arrested in a house at Joo Chiat Road by Inspector H. Uphill of the Rochore Division was sentenced to six months' rigorous imprisonment by Mr. Mudie, the District Judge, this morning, on charges of being
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  • 94 10 War Department Launch Beached A collision occurred in the harbour at about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a launch belonging to the War Department and one of the Ho Hong Steamship Company's vessels collided. The launch Sapphire, which was conveying a few military units from Johnson's Pier to
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  • 85 10 A drawbridge has been discovered in the moat of Arley Hall, one of th» few moated granges in Lancashire, and the ancestral home of Captain Miles Standish, of the Pilgrim Fathers. The discovery was made by workmen who were dismantling a bridge over the moat at Arley Hall, now the
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  • 389 10 THE TURF Penang Club Scratchings for To-day Race No. 2.—Stiffy, Distant Light, Protia and Slippery Ann. Race No. 4.—Meteorologist, Harelaw, Wynillo, Salmon Trout, True Blue, Magna Charta and Thark. Race No. s.—Braemar, Cliquot and No Foolin. Race No. 6.—Brava, Fly and Argodar. Race No. 7.—Swiftsure, Popanda, Cousin and
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  • 46 10 Twenty-One Entries for the Davis Cup Reuter's Service. Paris, January 11. The French Lawn Tennis Federate n has received China's entry in the Davis Cup tournament in the American zone. The total entries are now twenty-one of which eighteen are in the European zone.
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  • 35 10 The Chinese Swimming Club team will play a team from H.M.S. Hawkins on Sunday afternoon at Tanjong Katong. On Monday evening the V.M.C.A. team will play the Hawkins at Fort Canning Swimming pool.
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  • 147 10 Menace to the American Fishing Industry A census of seals and sea-lions is now being taken along the coast of California, following the complaints of fishermen that their numbers are increasing so rapidly that the fishing industry i 3 menaced. The State Fish and Game Commission may
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  • 51 10 Heavy Penalty Imposed in liquor Case Takashi, the Japanese who was yesterday charged before Mr. H. R. Bull, the Second Police Magistrate, with being in possession of a large quantity of Chinese arrack in Middle Road, was convicted and fined $500. Mr. Warren, Head of the Preventive Service,
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  • 63 10 Comprodore Falls Into The Sea A tragedy occurred in the harbour at about midnight last night when Tong Chee Chin, the Comprodore of the s.s. Angking, fell into the sea while attempting to board his vessel. A search was made, but when the unfortunate man was rescued
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  • 288 10 AROUND THE WORLD WITH THE SUN One Thousand Miles An Hour The possibilities of the development of tremendous speed for air travel of the future is discussed by Sir Alan Cobham, Britain's greatest airman-adventurer, in an article in a London weekly. I believe," he writes, "that
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  • 218 10 Magistrate Takes a Lenient View Mr. C. H. Dakers, the Third Magistrate, yesterday afternoon imposed a fine of,$10 on a Chinese who pleaded guilty to a charge of giving false information to the Police. r Mr. Aitken, appearing on behalf of the accused, asked his Worship to
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  • 142 10 Ordered to be Sent for Observation A Chinese passenger on board the Calypso was yesterday charged before the Third Magistrate with attempting to commit suicide by jumping overboard. The vessel, which was on her way to Singapore, was nearing Tanjong Johore Light, when th« cry of
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  • 103 10 A Reduction of Four Thousand Mr. P. Storr, counsel for a Chinese named Teo Lung Huang who is charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of several cheques to the total value of $5,100, mentioned the matter of bail in the Third Court yesterday afternoon. The
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  • 46 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, January 11. A. G. Moseley was to-day fined $15 for driving a car with inefficient brakes and $15 for driving a car without a licence. It was stated that he knocked down a Malay boy at a corner.
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  • 67 10 A film show in a train was seen by 130 members of the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, who travelled by special L.N.E.R. train from Edinburgh to London recently. Practical lessons for farmers were shown on the screen, including the life stories cf a plant and of a leaf. The members
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  • 181 10 REINCARNATION OF BUDDHA Claim by Mrs. Annie Besant's Indian Protege Krishnamurthi, the Hindu protege of Mrs. Annie Besant, has now claimed to be Buddha. He arrived with Mrs. Besant in Bombay, and received visitors in a most stately manner. He was dressed in the style of a young
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  • 132 10 Foreign Trade of the United States for November The office of the American Trade Commissioner, 7A, Ocean Building, has received, by cable from Washington, the following statistics relating to the foreign trade of the United States during the month of November, 1927: Gold Total exports from the
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  • 198 10 Retirement of Settlements Solicitor-General Much regret will be felt in Government circles at the retirement of Mr. G. G. Seth, who has been Solicitor-General to the Straits Settlements since 1920. Mr. Seth leaves on the s.s. President Harrison today for Alexandria where he intends to entor into
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  • 144 10 Returned to Singapore This Morning Mrs. Keith Miller and Capt. Lancaster, the aviators who crashed in the "Red Rose" at Muntok, arrived in Singapore this morning by the Senang and immediately on landing went to the Colonial Secretary's house, where, it is expected, they will stay during
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  • 54 10 The City Opera To-night an all Vaudeville show is being given at the City Opera, in which the new stars from Manila will figure prominently. These artistes have been imported at great expense on account of the reputation they have borne for years past as the premier entertainers
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  • 566 10 Tribute by Cantonese Community PRESENTATION AT KWONG WAI SHIU HOSH i AL The appreciation felt by the n of the Cantonese community at r l. which Mr. Vow Ngan Pan, i the exPresident of the Kwong W p Hospital, has carried out the d ,f
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  • 246 10 "Gaby and Isabelle" \ersus Vogue Case Resumed At the Supreme Court to-day thi suit n which two well-known dressmaker.- are a variance was continued before 1 Injustice, Sir William Murison. T!.t al tiff. Miss Linda Mackechnie, is the P 1 0 prietor of the business "Maison (iai.
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  • 44 10 You don't find the old boy town Prison lagging behind British Home Secretary m recently, he heard of cunning write notes to one another in ink made of soap. The writ t show until the waste paper upon is written is floated on water.
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  • 1123 11 Young Santos Retires From the Ring i Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Pasoeroean, January 5. r a rather long silence on the part promoters the enterprising members imittee of the "Unitas," a popular cWb, staged a series of contests Sunday morning at Malang. The main was a ten-rounder,
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  • 186 11 Why Famous Author Wished That he were Bald A new anecdote of Mark Twain, the American humorist, has recently been told in Berlin by Mr. Peter Richards, the caricaturist, who travelled with the great man during one of his tours of Europe. Mark Twain was frequently annoyed
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  • 37 11 In the Provisional Court at Shanghai. Jodge Kuh sentenced a shop assistant to four months' imprisonment for using washed postage stamps, with a view to cheating the Chinese Government. The Postal Commissioner was complainant in the case.
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    • 82 11 MATCHLESS FOR I FLAVOUR Be EXONOMy I TO-NIGHT! THURSDAY, JANUARY 12. TO-NIGHT! AT THJS NEW WOULD SHOWS VARIED ATTRACTION-WAYANG LOW SAI TOH Mr. ONG PENG HOCK OF THE CITY OPERA Presents Exceptional Programme in an ALL-VAUOEVILLE NIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH An interesting comedy full of Pep and Punch "DEAD OR
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    • 839 11 FIFTY-THIRD CROSSWORD PUZZLE The following is the solution of the above Crossword:— ACROSS.—I. Deterrent; 9. Loiters; 11. RU; 14. Unanimated; 16. Milage; 17. Eel; 19. PO; 20. NL; 21. Not; 23. Cur; 24. Do; 26. Dram; 27. How; 28. Re; 30. NP; 31. EW; 32. Hole; 34. Harsh; 37. Peal;
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  • 359 12 PUTTING MAN ON HIS PEDESTAL Anti-Feminist Aims of "FiftyFifty League" Xo Votes for Flappers and the restoration of man's "lost" prestige. These are the aims of the Fifty-fifty League," an anti-feminist movement which has been organised to combat the domination" of the weaker sex, and to ensure
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  • 159 12 Effective Knock-Out Blow on Jugular Vein Franz Sowa, a notorious German criminal, for whom the police have unsuccessfully searched for years, was captured in Berlin for the minor offence of walking on forbidden grass in a public park. The man, who is known in criminal circles as "Boxing
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  • 269 12 On This Day—" On January 12, 1890, Mrs. Fitzgeorge died at her house in Mayfair. Thus ended what will probably prove the last morganatic Royal marriage in England. Morganatic marriage—the legally valid wedding of a feudal superior to an inferior, in which the inferior has the status of a wife,
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    • 242 12 s J PARAMOUNT pkesents:W,TH J Wallace Beery Raymoivd Hatton THE WORLD'S GREATEST DUO OF MIRTH. Hr| IN A BOMBSHELL OF LAUGHING GAS. -JC A COMEDY SCREAM OF MADEMOISELLES, AND BULLY BEEF SEE "BEHINDthe FRONT" AND YOU'LL BE IN )f "FRONT not BEHIND" *w X ALHAMBRA Commencing M Thursday, January 19.
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    • 541 12 I Staged W The Victim of Your Nerves. Deplorable indeed is your condition when you become so nervous that you start at the shadow of yourself. Lost nerve is not easy to regain. The digestive system becomes inert, you become melancholy and lack driving power. When your blood has been
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    • 355 12 —"«=3CSBB STEINBER r. i Fine quality of tone and an instrument 3 of general excellence. 1 Responsive touch. 3 FULL GUARANTEED. ATTRACTIVE PRICES. S nJ NANG HENG G? J 105, Selegie Road. Phaae 158. 15H52sasaSHK5H5ESilKSHSa5H 5 Sags WHICH WAY ARE YOU TRAVELLING ON? j Dear Reader, you and I are
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  • 442 13 Singapore, January 7. MEAT Beef, steak (round) kati 50 Beef, stew or curry kati 40 Pork, lean kati 62 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 52 Mutton Indian lb. 55 Mutton Australian lb. 50 Fowl, kati 65 Hens (Locally reared) kati 82 Ducks each 92 Pigeons, domestic,
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    • 496 13 52 25H5Z5^^d5fi52^E5H5H5HS£5Z5H5^ BRITISH FIBRENT ASBESTOS-CEMENT Flat and Corrugated Sheets, Roofing Slates and Tiles. B BRITISH MANUFACTURE g For Economy, Efficiency and Reliability Non-Conductive and Everlasting. S Acknowledged by Engineers as the best. H ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF g i THE BORNEO CO-. LTD 8 (Incorporated in England.) E] Singapore. Kuala Lumpur,
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    • 135 13 AUCTION SALE OF About 3500 Stumps Vanda Joaquim Orchids from 10 to 12 feet high in full bloom. (To be sold in lots to suit purchasers) At No. 1267 Upper Serangoon Road (Opposite The Paya Lebar Police Station) On Friday, Jamary 13 at 3.30 p.m. Now on View. CHEONG KOON
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    • 272 13 I PRICE REDUCTIONS 1 3 f j a I I Morris Cowley Morris Oxford n I 119 14-28 frL. P. j] i I! v I— n i i lj TWO SKATER FWB $1,690 TWO SEATER FWB $2,225 jt n I FOUR „4 DOOR,, $1,835 FOUR $2,360 SALOON $2,100 SALOON $2,720
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    • 672 14 PUBLIC NOTICES notice! OLD SAILORS HOME Stamford Road Tenders are invited for the purchase of the old Sailors Home building for demolition. I Accepted tender will be required to deposit the full amount tendered for before commencing demolition. K The fencing surrounding the site must be replaced if damaged. The
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    • 473 14 TO LET TO LET—Raffles Chambers, three sections 2nd floor, area 2,680 square feet. Rent $200 p.m. Immediate Apply to The Secretary, Tl.e Garden Club. FOR SALE ETC. Rachals Piano for Fale. Cheap. New condition. P.0.80x 89. FOR SALE Singer Senior 1927 Model, 2 seater, in splendi 1 condition, 3 months
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    • 398 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 Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2wd December 1892.) Authorised Capital" £3,000 000 Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund and Rest £1,545,666 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M.
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    • 421 14 INSURANCE tTHE I SOUTH f BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE TRANSIT MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. M ARGOLIOUTH, Manager Office: 2, Finlayson Green. SZE HAI TONG BANKING INSURANCE CO,, LTD. (Incorporated in the S.S.) Established 1907. HEAD OFFICE: 58, CHULIA STREET SINGAPORE. Paid-up Capital
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    • 560 14 J. BAKER, LTD. of 6 7 Victoria street. beg to announce to c public that a Branch Con nerv and Bakery has been c \\<^ at EAST COAST R \D. (Opposite the Arcadia na) and was opened on 2nd of December. ASSORTED CAKES and BREAD can be obtained as from
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    • 439 15 STEAMER SAILINGS P. 0, BRITISH 'NDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in r^^landO JL PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. I LAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM LIGATION CO., LONDON AND R EAST MAIL SERVICE. r Contract with His Majesty's Government.) IT WARDS from LONDON For China Japan Due Tonnage Singapore 1928 9,100 Jan 13 V
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    • 482 15 STEAMER SAILINGS THE STRAITS BORNEO SHIPPING COMPANY. REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE Singapore, Soerabaia Handjermasin S.S. HOCK SENG Arrive Jan. 20 Sailing Jan. 22. Ist 2nd Class Accommodation. For Freight, Passage and other particulars, Apply to the Agents:— STRAITS BORNEO TRADING CO., 12 13, Boat Quay, Singapore. 'Phone 3373 562. HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE
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    • 413 15 STEAMER SAILINGS fTSTSA NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD V (Incorporated in Ormanv.) The undernoted are the Company's intended fixtures: OUTWARDS FOR HONG HONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. t AUGSBURG Jan 25 FOR MANILA, JAPAN AND VLADIVOSTOCK f LAHN due Spore Jan 16 GRANDON Feb 12 FOR MANILA, HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND NORTH CHINA PORTS.
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    • 311 15 STEAMER SAILINGS c 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
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    • 461 15 STEAMER SAILINGS (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO MARSEILLES LONDON Tonnage Destination Dm Baal Kitano Mara 8,000 M'seiUes, London, A'werp R'dam Jan 19 20 tHaruna Maru 10,500 Naples, Marseilles, Feb Kamo Maru 8,000 Marseilles, London, A'werp R'dam Feb 18 If Katori Mara 10,500 Naples, les, M 1 Atsuta Maru B,OCO M'seiUes, London,
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    • 107 16 R I I 5 1 Sole Agents: IN, V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING Co., I Singapore Penang. E 0 3 0 A Suitable Present for Chinese New Year j I "BEKA" I j Gramophone Records j New shipment of the Miss RIBOET Malay records j just arrived The quality is outstanding.
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    • 193 16 CAUTION I 1 I jj To the users of ODOL Tooth Paste. I NOTICE. I I As importers of the original German ODOL and I ODOL TOOTH PASTE (Lingner-Werke, Dresden) fl we think it our duty to notify the public that a I certain quantity of ODOL TOOTH PASTE arri-
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  • The Malaya Tribune
    • 11 1 Special Supplement to The Malaya Tribune SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1928
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      • 351 1 WORLD TRAVEL SERVICE. Ctaamchin Daccatfac Raal/ai. hi/ all I mac Cooks Trav ellers' Cheques can b3 for ths carrency o! the CDuotry in r aasagtla DUUIIGU Uj all which they are presented, through twelve thousand Agents who are located in practically every city tovin and "station" of imoortaacs throughout ihe
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      • 238 2 Ĕm M9^^m m\\ mum m mm mw mm <■ !Bv Affreteurs Indochinois B.S. 15. G. ROW." m« j 0 J oi j (Under French Government Mail Contract.) I 1 Sailing: Singapore Wharf Sunday Noon. 0 o f Arriving: Saigon Wharf Tuesday Night. j 1 Sailing: Saigon Wharf Sunday Afternoon. J
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    • 2145 3  -  ANGKOR RUINS AS I SAW THEM Jungle-Covered Temples of Cambodia THE LITTLE KNOWN MARVELS OF ANGKOR VAT (By G. S. Delmar Morgan, F.R.G.S. Hi,- Rente i ii. I glance at the map on this page 1 suppltsasnt, it will be seen that si way
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      • 62 8 All the Photographs in this 11l(f ///fIVX ,afl I Supplement were taken I KODAK IttllfP Before on (t|| lif I Kodak Film j j I THE DEPENDABLE FILM i f I IN THE YELLOW BOX W\ I Brownies from $3.70 %J| I Folding Kodaks $8.50 I I CINE KODAKS For
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