The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 September 1926

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926. NO. 11,904.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    314 1 The Daily News, m an attack on the Naval Base gift by the F.M.S.. states that the momy, if avail ible, is needed for local development Page 8. Seventy-five persons were killed and 2,000 houses d««troyed by a fierce hurricane m South Florida Page 9. Bandits have
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    "BLONDES PREFER TUANS.'
    1205 1 THE INTIMATE DIARY OF LADY OF TRAVEL August 31. Will. I and Dolly art- ill at the Asiatic because Mi. Kjyes is ver>" busy studying the wages situation at Kur.la Lumpur. I mean he mailed us that he was just about to grasp the secret of high
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      261 1 FAULDINGS I SOLYPTOL SOAP jj FOR TOILET PURPOSES. Raffles Hotel Telephone No. 2920. SARRIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. Dinner Dance TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. Tea Dance MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. SARKIES BROS.. Proprietors. *^ipmL\\wEs&3k*silr**^^ Ilijiilwl i THE WORLD'S FINEST TYPEWRITERS Remington STANDARD SINCE THE INVENTION Of THE WRITING MACHINE Sole Agents. |j|
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      151 1 Bodyguard Soap ANTISEPTIC PURIFYING "77/£ PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" O SOLE MANUFACTURERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND. lEUROPE HOTEL. i j: After dinner dancing every jj Tuesday, Thursday Saturday. THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD. I Arthur E. Odell, Managing Director. Z\ 1 1 Adelphi Hotel. I In Response to Numerous Requests
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      118 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attractions Page 1. Opera at Theatre I 'age 2. Fox terrier for sale Page 7. 4711 Eau <le Cologne— Page 5. Special film at Pavilion— Page 2. Lux from Huttenbach'p Pag* io. ftover bicycles from Little's— Page R. New golf clubs at Robinson's Page 9. Shipping notices
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      10 1 JA\WWW.V.VdWbVWWVAW£ SWALLOW ARIELL'S J ji AFTERNOON TEA j: jj BISCUITS.
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      82 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 20th. High Water, 9.5fi a.m.. 9.18 pjn. Eastern United Assurance Mtg., noon. Sungei Bagan Mtjr.. Harrisons, Bark 1 Variety Entertainment. Thoat~". Tuesday, 21«f. High Water, 10.27 a.m., 10.09 p.m. Madame Kelvey's Dancing Entertainment, Theatre, matinee. Wednesday, 22nd. High Water, 10.56 a.m., 10.55 p.m. Ladies Golf Championship Ist
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    HARDER TESTS AT SCHOOL.
    573 2 PROBLEMS FOIt CHILDREN. London schoolchildren are said to he growing more cleverj and examiners are finding necessary to devise more and mere difficult p; blems t tax their remarkable inteliijren.-- Sir Edmund Gosse stated m a speech recently that although he had been engaged m the
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    50 2 Onlen tor week ending Sept. 25th. Monday, 20th, Individual Troops Parade. Tuesday, 21st Ambulance and Signalling <. lasses, Headquarters, 5 p.m. Wednesday, 22nd. Hall Football Shield; Fits! Troop vs. Fifth Troop, Joseph's Ground; F.i K hth Troop vs. Ninth Troop, St. Andrew's Ground. Thursday, 23rd. Band Practice.
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      213 2 SKETOLENE. Manufactured according to the ORIGINAL BANGKOK RECIPE On Sale at all Chemists. Price $1.50 per 8 oz. bottle. Sole Importers. MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. PROF. C. THERESES (Britisher) and Miss Senour, (U.S.A.) Dancing Lessons. Ball
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      359 2 Victoria Theatre, t Commencing TttURSDAV NEXT, SEPT^rd* #30 p.m. A. CARPI'S ITALIAN GRAND OPERA COMPANY. FULL ORCHESTRA BALLET AND CHOPUS. oo Friday, Sept. 24th. ThUrS T^ C AVALIERA RUSTICANA and RIGOLETTO. gAfiHflok Saturday, Sept. 25th. Monday, Sept. 27th. CARMEN. MADAM BUTTERFLY. Tuesday, Sept. 28th. Wednesday, Sept. 29th. 1 FAUST I
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      304 2 PICTURE WITH A POWERFUL STORY, EXCELLENT a ttv, AND PERFECT HANDLING 1V 0 be screened from Friday, 17th, to Thursday. 23rd Sepi*^ AT THE ALHAMBRA In the Second Show, commencing 9 p.m. A SENSATIONAL STAGE SUCCESS OF NEW YORK Vl LONDON BY DOROTHY BRANDON A Rowland V. Lee— William Fox
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    FUTURE OF RUPEE.
    432 3 INDIAN ASSEMBLY POSTPONES DEBATE. Simla, Aug. 23. What originally was anticipated would piovido-the most controversial topic of the Session was shelved unanimously by the Assembly to-day en adopting the motion for circulating Currency Bill opinion and postponing its consideration till next St-ssicn. Public interest had been roused
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    UNITED INDIAN BAR.
    262 3 COUNCIL OF STATE PASSES NEW BILL. Simla, Aug. 31. The Council of State, after a lively debate, passed the Bill providing for the constitution of Bar Councils for the various provinces, as already passed by the Assembly. Hr Maneckjee Dadabhoy, a member of the English Bar for
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    LONDON RESIDENCE FOR EGYPTIAN MINISTERS.
    92 3 Purchase of Bute House Discussed m Cairo. London, Aug. 23. Cairo. Parliament has been discussing the purchase of Bute House m South Audley Street, London, as an official residence for Egyptian Ministers. A resolution was passed to the effect that Ziw r ar Pasha and
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    TEMPERS IN THE COALFIELDS.
    221 3 HOSTILE CROWDS. London. Auk. 24. Tempers are rising m the Notts coalfield where the miners, even more than their wives, are very bitter against black-legging. It requires much courage on the part of the men to attempt to descend the pit for their neighbours make their
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    NEW CHINESE LOANS.
    145 3 British Legation's Protest. London, Aug. 31. Pekin. Following the American Note of protest last week, the British Legation has forwarded to the Chinese Foreign Office two memnifio^a, the first of which protests very strongly against the issue of the proposed new domestic loan of 25,000,000 dollars, to
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    9 3 Laughter restores our sense of proportion. —Mr. Lloyd George.
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      92 3 I 555 cigarettes I are produced by the I State Express methods I of manufacture I They are the only cigarettes I which contain the uniQue |B 0M Jjb I In addition they are Made I by hand One at a time $TSTE (ftPI^SS I CIGARETTES _f-. ,'v .-s/v rfVvv<'wy»
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      170 3 USE: BRITISH I TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within wj^nj 1 One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. J/l^/U I \Mar M Sole Distributing Agents:— 'l** Malayan Motors Agents m F.M5. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors.
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    GENTLE GRAFTER.
    4267 4  -  STEPHEN DONOGHUE. FAMOUS JOCKEY AS AUTHOR. BY CHAPTER 3. Huh*. Francis stared m fascinated silence at the other man. while the colour crept slowly back into his asken face. -Do you mean "he faltered. What on earth do you mean, Granby?'* "1-n't it simple?" Granby asked, with a
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      688 4 NOTICES. j MUNICIPALITY OF^ SINGAPORE. Notice to hereby g;ven that S-^^r^^ tbe 14th September, 1926, until .uch tnne as th» work is completed. h GOLDIE, Acting Municipal Secretary. 13-9 16 20 9 |< THE THREE ESSENTIALS A man hankers after most, are Health, Wealth and Prosperity to obtain which no
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      374 4 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Homing Daily m .v. live "news" paper 50-40 column of n^. v daily, also the test Medium for id Delivered with the Chota Hasri eaet ing. with Latest Telegrams, Latest Km and Latest Announcemen'^ tefjethei exclusive special features, I ture week" Serial Story. Lakes'
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  • LAW CONGRESS DECISIONS.
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      A Criminal Court Plan.
      474 5 "VIENNA RULES.' The Congress of the International Law Association, which terminated its sessions at Vienna recently, reached some import- ant conclusion? m the pourse of its week's deliberations. It was attended by a number oi the most distinguished international jurists of Europe, including Lord Philli- more.
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      AN AIR TOWN.
      222 5 INTERESTING EXPERIENCE IN WISCONSIN. An "air town," which may prove to be the prototype of the great cities of the future, has been planned, and is now reported to be m course of construction near Racine. Wisconsin. The town will depend for its prosperity upon the special
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      SAVING US FROM OUR FRIENDS.
      149 5 A certain knowledge of human nature is shown by a firm of moneylenders whose circular is now before m". "Do not," it urges, "convert your best friends into enemies by putting yourself under a financial obligation to them." The alternative is, of course, to use
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      833 5 I w%%%w.y.y.%%ywb%vA%v.w.vyvvwuvvw^^ I Ooinmon Ailments of Infancy. I jf^o&BFte*r? ?/flr/ ''^^"^1 t}le intant body, food can bo a prolific I ct&x&S***^^^ source of trouble. Even slight variations 1 I' Bj m tne health of a nursing mother are often I *J I f^fj^^y^V^^gsSiMffe«3 reflected m the condition of her child.
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      260 5 Serenely Cool after the most strenuous sett. n^, After a vigorous game nothing acts to compose one's nerves so quickly as "4711" Eau de Cologne. A touch behind the ears \l^. and over the temples dispels fatigue. Withal, its dainty frag- \B^ ranee makes it the indispensable companion of every
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    1500 6 The Earthquake. MANY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Axg. IH. Of course the "great earthquake" w«s a very mild affair compared with earthquakes m other countries, but it was nevertheless one of the most widespread and violen' of recent time m this country. It happened
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    CITY PIGEONS IN DISGRACE.
    255 6 RAID ON THE LORD MAV(»KS fttULB«UUBB. Th, "villainous** pigeons at London arc convicted at another crime They have eaten the- Lord Mayor's mulberries. By immemorial custom the first punnet that may be plucked from the old tiee m the green oasis o\' Finsbury-cireus "is set n>
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      371 6 WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUES CD f\ f* \T 17 D V I\\/ VlVJml\ 1 Tudor Ware fxUr IHW^XT^ or FOR ix^JLrVArC Dinner Ware. Breakfast, Tea or Dinner use, pure A-SLI ILLX^IXj X-^V^XVjr IV^V-^ persons. White semi-porcelain ''^^iffillilHlfclrfcfc^^ Soup Plates, of litfht weight, but L^(^^^ftF^™l^^Pwfc|^ J Meat Plates, very durable. The (D^^^P^^^
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      366 6 9 ZAN'BUK Removes ACHES PAINS IN addition to its mar healing \a!u^ ii and injuries ajffe< a% I Zam-P*uk brings the relief to swollen tv racked p/itfa tfcw muscular rheumatisn i R or lumbago. Again, tail berhaJ I X is Buperioc v, p ment-- tor sprain and s aching backs,
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    DEVELOPING TRENGGANU.
    1245 7 A State With a Future. THE 1925 REPORT. The annual report on Trengganu for 1986, which is signed by Mr. J. W. Simmons, pays a handsome and merited tribute to the excellent work done by Mr. Humphreys m the State during what was unquestionably a period of trial
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    159 7 The S.C.C. Tournament. TO-DAY'S TIES. "A" Singles. A. R. Linton scr. vs. Roy Smith owe 30. *'B" Singles. E. J. Cassels owe 5 vs. R. C. Sixiith plus 1. "C" Singles. B. E. Ablitt owe 1 vs. R. Pearce plus 3. C. F. Snell scr. vs. J. A.
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    TUESDAY'S TIES.
    163 7 "A" Singles. R. iG. Pash scr. vs. R. W. Sinclair owe 15.4. "B" Singles. E. J. Sturgess plus 3 vs. H. H. Bullen owe 15.1. A. A. Ewing owe 4 vs. L. P. Hickey owe 15. "C" Singles. M. Wardell owe 3 vs. W. McMullan (to finish) owe
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    Y.M.C.A. OPEN TOURNAMENT.
    124 7 Handicap Doubles. X. H. P. Whitley and C. Saker vs. S. L Heed and A. F. Vorlker. Sut. J. Knight and Captain P. Slater vs. I. Hoakinjj and Ong Swee Gan. (i. Haridas and S. Rasanayasam vs. Capt. M-ackay and L. Williams. Chua Choon Sim and A.
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      248 7 NOTICES. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. Notice is hereby given that the Half Yearly General Meeting of Members will be held m the Chamber of Commerce Room, New General Post Office Buililinjr, on Monday, I:7th September, 1926, at 2.15 p.m. for the following poses: 1. To inform Members of
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      858 7 NOTICE. I FORM C. (Pursuant t« Section 112 of the Companies Ordinance 1926). STATEMENT KY tHE HO HON,G BANK LIMITED 48 AT THE j 30th DAY OF JUNE, 1926. L The Share Capital of the Company is $20,000,000 divided into 200,000 Sharet of $100 each. The number of Shares issued
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    79 8 BIRTHS MANLEY. On Sept. 14, at Maternity Hospital. Pomin^r. to Dr. and Mrs. Manley. of Sun*r«"i Patani, a daughter. tjjK.MM. On LBth .St'i>tf'>' l><>l 1926, at the Maternity Hospital, Sepoy Lines, Singapore, to Mr. ami Mrs. Charles Klemm, a daughter. UKATHs WHITTEN. Aug. IS. at IK, Hopton-road, Streathnm,
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926. Week-end Comment.
    779 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1926. Week-end Comment. The Premier has submitted to the miners what must probably be the last attempt to effect anything approaching an equitable settlement of the coal straggle. The owners having taken up a non possumus attitude upon the question of national agreements, the
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    338 8 News from Home states that Mr. A. W. Still, the retiring Editor of the Straits Times, was a sick man for some time after his arrival, and unable to attend to any business. Ho was, however, at the time the mail left, well on the way to recovery. Mr. Leslie
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    INTERESTING WEDDING.
    543 8 Popular Officer Married. STEPHENSON— HUTCHISON. A very large number of their friends witnessed the marriage, which took place at the Presbyterian Church on Saturday afternoon, of Captain Gordon Alexander Stephenson, the Middlesex Regiment, Adjutant of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, and Miss Lillian Mary Hutchison, daughter of Mr and
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    THE PAGEANT BALL.
    135 8 A SUCCESSFUL FUNCTION The Memorial Hall has seldon. prcwatod a more pleasing interior than on Saturday night, when the Pageant of Empire .Ball was held. Although not elaborate the decorations were very fastefu] and the lighting really excellent, the torches used m the recent show at the
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    THE BASE GIFT AGAIN.
    97 8 DAILY NEWS ATTACK MONEY NEEDED IN THE FJljg (Our Own Correspondent. CopyrLondon, iept tl The Daily News devotes a colu; viving the matter of the gift 01 lions sterling by the Fedora ted Mi. towards the cost of tltt Naval Singapore. The paper dedans that the
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    DEATH OF SIR W. H JONES
    404 8 A FORMER CHIEF Jl SI S \\< regret to umoance I William Hyndman Jone^, Justice of the Strait- Settlement took pace at Bun/ B Allf utter a short Ulnest*. H< 9 last. The son of Mr. W. M. Join Korwood and Demerara, hi jai
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    CONSERVATIVES HOLD CUMBERLAND
    58 8 [Renter Servn UalM 8 The result ff tlu- !•> ~< Cumberland was: Mr. G«l JJ tive) 8,867; Mr. Holt (1.. Mclntyre (Labour. V7t from the death M Lad> Sti son, Howard. \\h«) had ppevi e<< the constitut-my. inln and went to the House of 1-• [Th« C,mservatnv
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    SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICE
    29 8 By courtesy of Hessr* Company we learn that thin London on Saturday, woe* tions by Henry Gardner tad Spot m warehouse London London standard sheet. 0&
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      262 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" WHEN THE DOCTOR ORDERS "STOUT," HE MEANS j SIMONDS MILK STOUT j Because it Will Do You Good j I f I You can get a case, a dozen, or a bottle at a lime from any store or from CALDBECR, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated
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      50 8 fa J^l <; Parfums de Luxe 5 I OOTY I Chypre J Origan f Rose Jacqueminot Paris J Emeraude EAU DE COTY '< to be had from all dealers HI I Dupire Brothers. w f Sole Agents: THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. Singapore, Fenang, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, A lor Star and
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    HURRICANE IN FLORIDA.
    146 9 SEVENTY-FIVE DEAD. SJM HIILDINGS DESTROYED. [Reuter's Service.] Key West, Sept. W. «m of damage and desolation has left m the train of a hurricane which baa v.djted the South Florida coast. -wry-mile an hour gale paralysed the ..nd power systems, flooding the nabk Miami Beach and also
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    FRANCO-GERMAN ENTENTE.
    240 9 Geneva. Sept. 17. Ie interest and speculation has used by a secret meeting of M. I Dr. Stresemanfl a*, the village! isl across :he French frontier. entty, an official communique was! .'lt that tht- conversation lasted m and was wry cordial They a0 the problems likely to interest
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS.
    57 9 ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR CLAIMS. [Reuter's Service. London, Sept. 17. d Suites' commission has arrived ia with the Admiralty the adjust ''•it standing claims arising from; P»mtk— of thf United States and navies m the war. •r. itrstood that several million doln .m.uved. The adjustment fa ex--how a substantial balance due I
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    TO IMPROVE INDIA'S AGRICULTURE.
    62 9 ntidl Radio Official Service.] liondon. Sept. 17. Muqpdi of Linlithgow, Chairman of > w Commission of Agriculture m r r.pani3(i ly Sir Henry Lawrence. tt IGddletaa anil Sir James Mac- "tht-i numbers of the Commis--ail for India hy the steamer Ranging Marseilles on September 24. ■remission,
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    FRANCE AND ITALY MAKE FRIENDS.
    67 9 FRANCE AND ITALY MAKE FRIENDS. [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Sept. 18. officially stated that the French I r at Rome had a long interview Mussolini m rt'trard to the situa-iU-d by the recent outrage. The •W clarified as far us the atti■He twu Governments is concerned. 'lini and the Ambassador agreed
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    THE GOAL STRIKE.
    737 9 PREMIER INTERVIEWS PARTIES. NATIONAL ARBITRATION OFFERED. [Reuter's Service. London, Sept. 17. Mr. Baldwin saw separately Mr. Evan Williams and Mr. Cook m order to ascertain the prospects of holding a three-party conference. Mr. Bakhvin is seeking a temporary basis on which work could be resumed while a
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    ANOTHER ANTI-RED PLOT.
    85 9 [Reuter's Service.] Sebastopol, Sept. 18. The chief military tribunal which has been trying 27 alleged "counter-revolutionaries," including several officers, has sentenced Rafaelsky, the chief defendant, to eight years imprisonment. Six were acquitted and the remainder sentenced to periods of imprisonment ranging from five years to a year.
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    EUROPEAN POLITICS.
    217 9 SPAIN AND TANGIER. MORE MODEST CLAIMS. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 18. A modification of the Spanish Government's previous insistence on its demand for the inclusion of Tangier m the Spanish zone m Morocco, is revealed m the course of a note to BriAin and France proposing conversations between
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    CHILE IN THE LEAGUE COUNCIL.
    257 9 AN INTERESTING APPOINTMENT. The election of Chile for a three years' seat m the Council of tht League of Na tions demonstrates the internal i >nal importance that day by day the Republics of South America, called "the Continent of tn2 future." are attaining. Chile
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    NEW PEKING GOVERNMENT.
    40 9 COALITION CABINET BUT NO PRESIDENT. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Telegram]. Tokio, Sept. 17. It is generally believed that China is virtually assured of a comparatively stable Government under Chin Yun-pao, who forms a synthetic Cabinet without electing a president.
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    GERMAN TRADE SHIP COMING.
    57 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Sept. 18. An exhibition of the products of German handicraft and industry is leaving Bremen by the steamer Vaterland and visiting North and South America, Africa, Australia, South Sea Islands, India, China and Japan, with the object of obtaining new customers. The venture
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    IDEAL BUT IMPRACTICAL.
    55 9 [Reuter's Service. London, Sept. 18. The National Council of the Independent Labour Party has passed a resolution declaring that the effective method to protect British nationals m China is not to make a provocative naval demonstration, but to indicate Britain's intention of pursuing a just policy and
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    AMERICA'S DEBT SENTIMENT.
    37 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 New York, Sept. 18. Reviewing a book on American finance m war-time, the financier, Mr. Thomas Lamont. suggests that a further reduction of international debts would be a wise foreign policy.
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    UNRULY MEXICO.
    224 9 POLICE BATTLE WITH BANDITS. GENERAL OBREGON MISSING. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Sept. 17. Mr. Kellogg has instructed the United States' Charge d' Affaires at Mexico City to urge the Mexican Government to leave no stone unturned to apprehend and punish the murderers of Mr. Rosenthal, the retired New York
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    FLYING FOR ALL.
    218 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] London, Sept. 17. The final stage of an interesting competition for light aeroplanes, which has been proceeding during this week, was completed to-day. After previous rigorous elimination j trials, nine machines took part m the competition. Five thousand pounds was offered m prizes
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    BELGIUM AND THE METAL COMBINE.
    54 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Sept. 17. With reference to the International Metals Agreement, the Belgian representatives are unable t<. agree to the proposals and asked to have them submitted to their colleagues m Belgium, who are demanding a quota of 290,000 tons. Great Britain was not
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    MR. MELLON SAYS NOTHING
    62 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Sept 17. Mr. Mellon has arrived here. He declared that he did not discuss matters of national internal importance while We was on the Continent, and declined to make any statement regarding Europe's financial and economic position. He described Signor Mussolini as
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    GOOD LUCK FOR PLOTTERS.
    60 9 [Reuter's Service. Moscow, Sept. 18. In celebration of the enforcement of the Russo-German agreement signed m April last, the German Government has released three Communists convicted of terrorism, while the Soviet has released German students sentenced m 1925 for plotting to assassinate members of the Soviet
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    COBHAM'S PROGRESS.
    50 9 [Reuter's Service.] Akyab, Sept. 18. Mr. Alan Cobhara has arrived here from Rangoon en route to Calcutta. He is detained here by bad weather. Akyab, Sept. 19. Mr. Alan Cobham left for Calcutta at 7 o'clock this morning. i Calcutta, Sept. 19. Mr. Alan Cobham has arrived here.
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    QAJAR PRETENDER IN PERSIA.
    547 11 Intrigue Against New Dynasty. A TURBULENT CAREER. The wind from the Middle East brings rumour after rumour of trouble m Persia, and although some of the difficulties which the Government of Reza Shah Pahlavi was sure to encounter may have exaggerated, there is certainly no lack
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    BABYLONIAN VENUS WITH A "BOB."
    305 11 MODERN GODDESS IN AN ANCIENT CITY. "A feature of our excavations at the buried city of Mizpah has been the discovery of a statuette of the Babylonian Venus, called by her Israelite worshippers the 'Queen nt Heaven.' She is represented as having bobbed hair with
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    A TRANSFORMATION IN GERMANY.
    600 11 "Hats off to France." EVEN LUDENDORFF SYMPATHETIC Berlin. The leading Conservative paper, Kruzzei- j tung, publishes an article headed Balance of Power, with a pro-French and anti-British tendency. "Whereas we m Germany have hitherto been of the opinion that it was mainly France who was averse
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    HUMAN OSTRICH.
    125 11 Man's Strange Diet of Metal and Glass. Dr. J. Livingston, of Burrow, sends to the British Medical Journal an astonishing list of articles swallowed by a patient, a man, aged thirty-five. They were: Two slate pencils. lVtin. and l%in. long. Part ;>f an iron boot -heel plate, 3ins.
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    TIGHT BELT DANGERS.
    74 11 Doctors m the United States are attacking the practice of v*earing too tight narrow belts. They attribute a large number of diseases which are more prevalent m the United States than elsewhere to the belt wearing habit. L»r. Pocock. of Toronto, claims that appendicitis is the result
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    WHY THE BIG SHIPS WILL COME TO LONDON.
    1348 12 London, putting her port m order, will construct and complete within the next few years at Tilbury a new lock, 1,000 feet long, into the dock, and a floating landing stage, 1,140 feet long, out m the river. A dry dock— 7so
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      585 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, j THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tow) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons).— The *m. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Austral Cabins de Luxe,
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      243 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE. OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM LLOVI, AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. SAILINGS ON HXED DATES VIA SIEZ TO NEW YOKK AND Kosjus BINTANG due Bei>t ui^ 0 STADSDYK duo Oct 13 ll!v Cargo is also accepted to Philadelphia. Baltimore, and to «J .S.A. an<j I a Inland
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      322 12 HOMEWARD SAILINGS Bi -monthly service for t ■Aud Trieste via put's (Bi throu^ti Bills of Ladinir foi ri| Levant and Black Bm I J t ;j<»rts on the West CMCt f FUME L. VIMINALE OUTWARD SAILINGS FOR HONGKONG. SHANGHAI JAPAN VIMINALE v. pi H REMO Dates of sailings. Hteimritt and
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      636 12 MAIL DESPATCHES: BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok eveiy Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taipjng, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      710 13 O. Se K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arrive De.t. xrnJon, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, *m*". «*P* Antwerp, via Colombo. Aden Port Suoan ami Port Said. A|aaka Maru Mombasa, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam Bm, Dclagoa Bay and Durban.' f Panama Maru Oct. 26 Oct. 27 Durban, Aljroa Bay, Cape Town, Rio "^T ar ;?p ßl
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      492 13 TRAVEL COM FORT DOLLAR fiS^ "PRESIDENT* -JBI^HL LINERS -=s^*3^^P'Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state- rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having, an electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and
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      656 13 Rerr Steamship Co.. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET/ NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT~SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suet) ms. SILVERLARCH mi n p ort ms. CUBA MARU due Sent 22, ms. SILVERCEDAR due Oct 5 m. RHINE MARU due Oct 19 For rates
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    A HIGHLAND HAVEN.
    517 14 St. Conan's of Loch Awe. A MOUNTAIN CITADEU Ben Cruachan, a citadel among a community of mountains, dominates the bens, giens, moorlands, aTid wooded corries that gather m a panorama of tumultuous grandeur round the mirror of Loch Awe. The heights and mist-encircled crags conjure to the
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    TRAGIC ACCOUNT OF RECENT AIR CRASH
    238 14 TRAGIC ACCOUNT OF RECENT AIR CRASH J PILOT BURNT TO DEATH IN BLAZING MACHINE. London, Sept. 3Capt. Leavy, the pilot, was burnt to deatb by the crash of his aeroplane at Leatherhead last evening. He was flyinjr from Bo^nor via Brooklands to the Crystal Palace to give bi> usual "stunt"
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    TREES THAT CURE LEPERS.
    28 14 The National Agricultural Society «i Brazil announces that numerous kinds of leprosy-curing trees exist m Brazil, includine" nnp snprip^ wViifVi io Vmn«»Vi+ v.#» v,-.^..^.
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      183 14 §^^^Airships MmH iTom i rufflnnd i m g X/jt An airship service from England may soon be o-- "g^^ r >^-^*^ an accomplished fact, but thanks to the MarcoVlUh Vacuum tin M BLACK WHITE Cigar- V''H' I^^^^ r w^~ f f <ttl> t<u;l(i t rtacn you n a better condition
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      214 14 The Quickest Way to Kill the Flea p ld of 5 y danjrous peases g *-&£JZ£*Z££ E ylTo? research, the Stand- injure the most delicate fabrics, ard Oil Co. (New Jersey), U. S. A., Flit Kills Household Insects has devised a simple and sure means destroys fli. --^o.^. for the
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 15 September 18. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 3-16 Bank demand 2j3 13-16 Private credits 3 m.s. 2!4 y 2 New York, demand 56^4 Credits 90 days 58 France, demand 1900 India, T. T. 154% Hongkong, demand 4% p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 115% Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand 80 Bar Silver
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    PRODUCE.
    214 15 September 18. Tin 125 Tons $154.00 Pepper Black 32.00 Pearl Sago Small 8.50 Copra Sundried 11.60 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1 220
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    62 15 September 18th., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. spot egg Gy 4 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 69 69^ Oct. 70 TOi*. Oct. -Dec. 71* 71% Jan. -Mar. 1;\ 7^ 1 Tone of Market: Quiet Steady. Latest (able: London Spot Sheet
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    PHASER'S SHARE LIST.
    166 15 Saturday's Alterations. Hitam Tin <$) i j 35 !V nt a Tin 1.85 "IM Kuchais Ords 04-, o Kuyoh Tin ($1) 1.40 1.45 Lahat Mines 24s 6d 25s 6d Lingui Tin 195 Q.Malayan Tin 32s "i)d 33s *6d Malayan Tin Field 27s 9d 30s Nai Hoot (1)
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    OUR FINANCE LETTER,
    1247 15 Rubber Inactive. AN INCREASING CONSUMPTION (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Aug. 26. Although business has been of scanty dimensions m the Rubber bhare Market during the past week, a firm tone has ruled and shares have been inactive but quite steady. The maintenance of the restriction terms
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    TANGANYIKA TRADE.
    144 15 An encouraging record of expansion Is disclosed by the report of last .war's trade m Tanganyika Territory. The figurec indicate that domestic exports increased from 1^,611.303 to l'2.!M>l.3lf>, whin' imports ruse from £2,062,646 to £2J865,917. A section ftf the report thai will be sf special interest. to Lancashire
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    "BUY BRITISH" IN U.S.A.
    111 15 The "Buy British Goods** campaign continues to attract attention m the United States. Some criticism has been directed at the use on letters for foreign destteatiosis oi the cancellation stamp "British Goft4s are Best." hut it sraivt ly seems RSflßSSary to regard thi criticism a.- representative
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    78 15 [British Radio Official Service-"]. London, Sept. 17. Paris. 172..", New York 4.855, Brussels 177.75, Geneva 25.115. Amsterdam 12.1025 Milan 133.75, Berlin 20.375. Stockholm 1N. 15. Copenhagen I&SB5, Oslo 22.1"-:,, Vienna 34.405. Prague 163.75, Helsingfors 8K.75, Madrid 31. H2.~>, Lisbon 2 17 32, Rio 7 17 32. Buenos Airos
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      486 15 Assets Over $7,000,000, S.C. v Assurance m Force Over 23,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated In Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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      420 15 j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,0H (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y89,500,000 President: K. Kodama Eaq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Ik* DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Eaq. K. Mogami, Eiq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Taktuchi, liq. K. Tataumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Eiq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Eaq.
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      447 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,030 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 t> S S f 2l $27 f (KHM)OO Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman Hon. Mr.
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      98 15 INSURANCE. ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m the S.S.) DIRECTORS: Teo Chong Siong, Esq. (Chairman). Chua Han Leong, Esq. Wong Yong Kai, Esq. Loke Van Kit, Esq. Lee Pie Soo, Esq. Leong Foong Siew, Esq. Lee Chin Tian, Esq. Thio Kirn Chuan, Esq. Mr. Au Mm Thong. The Company is
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      39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Borr** Singapore Representatives.- Messrs. BARLOW CO, Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager,
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    62 16 Collins as English Test Team Selector. THE BETTING TAX. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Sept. 18. Collins, the Australian cricket captain, m a broadcast speech suggested that the taam which England will send to Australia m 1928 should include Franklin (Bucks) or Lilley, Lyon, Parsons, Duleepsinghi, Enthoven,
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    ALL BLACKS IN ENGLAND.
    56 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Sept. 18. At Dijon Burgundy beat the Maori touring side by 27 pts to 3. On Sept. 15th the All Blacks beat Leigh by 28 pts. to 15. On Saturday Halifax beat the All Blacks by 19 pts. to 13. The
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    BETTING TAX TO KILL RACING.
    35 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Sept. 18. Northern trainers and owners, condemning the betting tax, considered that it would kill racing m three years. Opposition to the tax is growing.
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    AUSTIN INVALIDED.
    23 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Sept. 18. Austin, the brilliant young tennis player. has strained his heart and is an invalid.
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    CESAREWITCH AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE BETTING.
    41 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Sept. 18. Latest betting on the Cesarewitch is as follows: Foxlaw and Glomner 10 to 1; Perfect Son 100 to ti. For the Cambridgeshire the field is quoted at 100 to 6.
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    RUGBY UNION RESULTS.
    63 16 I I Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Sept. 18. The weather was really too hot for Rugby to-day but matches were played with the following results: Blackheath beat Bedford by 13 pts. to 8; Leicester beat Plymouth 31 9; Cardiff beat Bristol 21—13; Rosslyn Park beat Blackheath
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    NORTON WINS MOTOR-CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
    33 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) Ixmdon, Sept. 18. At Bruoklands the Mot _>r-cycling Championship was won from scratch by Staniland on a Norton. The winner averaged 98.82 miles pe* hour.
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    CHANNEL SWIMMING.
    144 16 DERHAM WINS BIG PRIZE. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 17. Norman Derham, the Englishman who *warn the English Channel, entered the water at Cape Grisnez at nine o'clock at night. The sea was rough. Fog came up at four o'clock m the murning and blotted out everything, but it
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    AUSTRALIANS' TOUR.
    79 16 THE LAST MATCH. [Reuter's Service.] Forres. Scotland, Sept. 18. The Australians, m their final match, playing only one day, beat the North of Scotland by 289 runs. North Sotland were all out for 96, Mailey takintr four wickets for 31 and Everett throf for 12. The Australians made
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    NO OFFER MADE TO HOBBS.
    19 16 NOT LIKELY TO BECOME SCHOOL COACH. London, Sept. 8. Interviewed by the "Evening Standard"
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    AMERICAN SPORT.
    170 16 Tennis Championship Final. LACOSTE BEATS BOROTRA. [Reuter's Service.] Forest Hills, Sept. 17. In the National Lawn Tennis Championships semi-final Lacoste beat Cochet, 2 6, 4— (5, 6—4, 6—3. Borotra beat Vincent Richards, 3 6, 6 4, 4_6, B—6, 6—2. Forest Hill, Sept. 18. In the final of the
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    AMATEUR GOLF.
    166 16 JONES LOSES THE FINAL. [Reuter's Service.] lialtusrol, Sept. 17. In the third round of the American amateur golf championship Jones ousted his strongest rival. Chick Evans, after a gruelling; fight m which the chief factors were his superior driving and marvellous recoveries. He meets Ouimet m the fourth
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    OPEN POLO CHAMPIONSHIP.
    25 16 HURRICANES BEAT PRINCEMERE. [Reuter's Service.] Meadowbrook. Sept. 19. In the Open Polo Championship the Hurricanes defeated Princemere by 10 goals to 9.
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    GARRISON LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    121 16 SATURDAY'S SEMI-FINAL ROUNDS. Inter-Regimental. 2nd. D.W.R. Capt. Faulkner and Capt. Carey beat R. E. Major Stoehr and Capt. Travers, 6— o, 7—5. Singles. Capt. Price beat Major Gardner, 6—2, 6—l. Mixed Handicap Doubles. Capt. Murphy and Mrs. Sayers owe 2 beat Major Sayers and Mrs. Guy
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.—FINALS.
    106 16 TO-DAY'S TIES.— FINALS. Inter-Regimental. R.A.S.C. Major Gardner and Capt. Price vs. 2nd. *D.W.R. Capt. Carey and Capt. Faulkner at 3.30 p.m. Mixed Handicap Doubles. Captain Murphy and Mrs. Sayers owe 2 vs. Captain and Mrs. Kidd 15.2 at 3.30 p.m. Men's Handicap Doubles. Lieut. Col. Richmond and Major Walker scr.
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    HOCKEY.
    18 16 The following will represent the V.M C A 7r^:-*l Cl L ey to da on th Y.M.CA.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    287 16 A Glut of Goals at Brighton. EVERTON LOSE TO LEICESTER. [Renter's Service.l London, Sept. 18. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches:— Division I. Arsenal 2, Liverpool 0. Aston Villa 1, Bury 2. Blackburn 2, The Wednesday 2. Bolton 2, Cardiff 0. tl
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    RUGBY LEAGUE MATCHES.
    56 16 London, Sept. 8. The following are the results of rugby matches played to-day: Batley 10, Keighley 15. Hunslet 8, Wigan 16. St. Helens R. 34, Widnes 13. The match between Featherstone R. and Leeds was not played. In a charity match Broughton R. beat Leigh by 26
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    IRISH AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    37 16 WON BY MAJOR HEZLET. London, Sept. 9. Portmarnock. In the Irish Open Amateui Championship final, the Walker Cup player, Major Hezlet, beat R. McConnell, Queen's University, by 7 and 6. Times of Ceylon.
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    CHINESE RED'S IMPORTANT VICTORY.
    124 16 Wuchang and Hankow Captured. London, Sept. 8. Pekin. The Southern Army has occupied i Wuchang and Hankow, and Wu Pei-Fu re- i treated into Honan early on Monday evening. Southern troops attacked Hanyang. They were opposed by Generals Coh Yunao and Liut So Lung, who four
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    KHILAFAT SECRETARY ACQUITTED.
    29 16 Appeal Court Reverses Magistrate's Decision. Rangoon, Sept. 8. Osman Khateeib, the Honorary Secretary of the local Khilafat Committee, who was senrenced to nine months' rigorous imDri-
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    GOLF.
    199 16 The Singapore Championship. ELKINS AND CARR FOR FINAL. The third round for the SingapDre Golf Championship was played on the course of the Garrison ,Golf Club on Saturday, and the fourth round and semi-finals were decided yesterday. The following were the results: Third Round. H. R. S. Law beat
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    161 16 DR. KIYONO DEAD. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Sept. 17. The death has occurred of Dr. Kiyono, chief of the Reconstruction Bureau. Tin Boom. Tin, Banka, quotation to-day, appreciated to Y192 per pikul, while rubber f.a.q. was maintained at Y0.83, at which a certain amount
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    MUSIC AT ST. ANDREWS.
    158 16 The following is the full programme of the music to be given by the Cathedral Choir at 5.30 p.m. to-morrow. It is hoped that the public generally will take full advantage of the opportunity offered here of hearing good choral singing. A collection will be taken
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    FUNERAL OF IRISH CINEMA VICTIMS.
    106 16 Mr. Cbsgrave Promises a Full Inquiry. London, Sept. 8. Pathetic scenes marked the funeral of the victims of the cinema disaster at Drumcollogher. Forty-seven coffins were buried m one large grave after a solemn requiem mass, attended by Mr. OosgTave, who, m a speech after
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    DAZZLING FIREBALL OVER ENGLAND.
    76 16 Flashes From Yorkshire to London. London, Sept. 8. A large meteor or fireball which burst unusually close to the earth is believed by experts to be the solution of the mystery of i dazzling light which flashed across Engand from North Yorkshire to South London >n
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