The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 October 1926

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press Id CENTS. SINGAPORE S.S., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1926. NO. 11,925.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    255 1 The coal miners are going back to work in ever-increasing numbers Page 9. There were very angry passages between the delegates to the annual conference of the Labour Party at Margate Page 9. The accused in the Bombay bank case has bren sentenced to four and a
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    REFLECTIONS ON A POSTER.
    749 1 The day following the dramatic finale of the great Test Match n> need to specify what test match the Daily Mail plastered the boards and hoardings of the United Kingdom with a flaming poster, with the startling proclamation in red and white: "The Ashes Are Ours."
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      127 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A hot bath for 5 eta Page 0Bankruptcy notices Page 7. Matchless car for sale Page 7. Kikko Man Soy Sauce Page 5, Studehaker trademarks* notice- Page 7. Latest shipping notices on pages 10, 12 and 13. Municipality invite tenders for coal Page 7. Bagan River Rubber C<>.
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      12 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      124 1 Thursday, \ith. Hijrh Water, .°».7 a.m.. _.M p.m. Homeward mail leave, (train! p.m. Cs.F.A. tup: S.C.C. vs. S.C.F.A. Russian Ballet, Vic. Theatre, MO. Friday, lAth. High Water, 4.2«i a.m.. 3.18 p.m. S.C.C. Tennis Final at Hoint'. a. S.F.A. Cup: Duke's vs. Malays. Russian Ballet, Vie. Theatre, !>..SO. Saturday, 1614. Hiph
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    INDIAN BANDITS COOLNESS.
    251 2 DEMONSTRATES TO POLICE HIS ESCAPE FROM CELL. Rombay. S»pt. 2.). Bfl 8 One more daring episode in I hasniawalla's career rlosed today when he a ts sentenceo to two years hard labour on thi rharge oi escape fr ran custody. !1 was a< |uitted on the other
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    "THE BRITISH GAZETTE."
    143 2 n the Bi was it the M ofl 'A 1.. tiriti^h Ga was stai ng the Great Strikt t did -t need <i prop to foresee 1 I rouid e 1 entually teresl er and ts use as a neurs sheet. ns in f ea the first
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    DROWNING CASE IN RANGOON RIVER.
    125 2 TRACK VFTERMATH TC SEAMEN'S ({1 .RREI Ran 01 Ri 'er in th all hours this ninf hen a number oi ofl ers of diffei. steamers n< w in poi t w< I irn- >• ars that in tl an alterca n Fireman the < mla
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    LOST GOLD REEF POUND.
    101 2 Claim ol ;i South African Mining Expert, I ahnnnmhnrg, S_.pt. 3. After years of agitation which finally ned Government permission to bore in known as Boksburg (Jap, Mr, I h, a mining expert, to-day announces disc t*ery of the lost main reef and the main reef
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      250 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. j The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. j i Mdm. m Kelvey s e__l___L _____B 1^ I Ddacing For children and young ladies in Character. Classical, Clog, Exhibition, Ballet and Toe Dancing Private lessons in modern ball-room dancing and latest variations. I
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      197 2 Victoria Theatre Xo-NigKt at 9.30p.m. STAVRINAKY DANCERS. THE RUSSIAN BALLET Ancient Hellas 1001 Nights (OLYMPIC GAMES) (TALE OF ARABIAN NIGHTS) Friday and Saturday, Oct. 15th. and 16th. Jamarka Country Fair and Bacchus. Booking now Open at Littles COMING 'JTHE RETREAT FROM MONS." PAVILION Syd Chaplin The Man On The Box
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      324 2 From Wednesday, 13th to Tuesday, 19th Oefcfc^B AT THE ALHAMBRA In the Second Show, at 9 p.m A FIRST NATIONAL SPECIAL PRODUCTION Featuring the scintillatinjrly charming NORMA TALMADGE I Who forms with handsome EI GENE O'BRIEN the most Perfect Pair of Lovers the screen has ewer Version of GEORGE BARR
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    CAPTURED BY BANDITS.
    783 3 Mr. Moore's Terrible Experiences. HELD ELEVEN DAYS. In tho hands of bandits, and yet in sight of British gunboats, was one of the most tantalizing features of the captivity of Mr. J. W. Moore, the installation manager of the A. P. C. at Changsha. Mr. Moore was
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    SAFETY RAZORS FOR SOLDIERS.
    104 3 Manufactured by American Company. London, Sept- 27. The decision of the War Office to serve out safety razors to soldiers, instead of open blades, was raised in Parliament in connection with the contract for the supply of the former, made by a Company bearing a well-known
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    ESCAPED BURMAN CONVICTS RE-ARRESTED.
    116 3 Dramatic Escape from Andaman Islands. News fr< m Toungoo district reports the rearrest of three escaped Burman convicts from the penal settlement in the Andaman Islands. The men were sentenced to transportation for life about three years ago. They are said to have either stolen or
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    MANDALA. EX-FOSTMASTER'S APPEAL DISMISSED.
    68 3 MANDALA. EX-FOSTM ASTER'S APPEAL DISMISSED. Three Years for Criminal Breach of Trust. Rangoon, Sept. 28. The Sessions Judge at Mandalay upheld the sentences of three years' rigorous impiisonment, dismissing the appeal of L. M. Ismail, the ex-Postmaster of Mandalay, convicted of abetting as a public servant the commission of the
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      330 3 r s s_jrr\ k— -_i _r > Safeguard the Family Health rjpHE caffeine in a single cup of coffee will not J_ ork any immediate harm. E ri 'he continued use of coffee, with its drug caffeine, breaks 'he acrroos system gradually without your knowledge. nerves and sleepless nights will
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      232 3 If you say "Hartley's, please!' and get I something else— Ask why rs3__3Hi_llil^l Modern science and vast resources hav e enabled us to Y^i______^mAoSo\ reduce the cost of making jam (under home-made j iN^\ N^sg e g3_gj_o^ conditions) to the minimum. "^~s^jTvM If you ask for Hartley's and are offered
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    THE CAMERA AS RECORDER.
    206 4 FIRST PICTURES OF AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY DISASTER. LEPERS IN DUTCH EAST INDIES. h• \„sti ilia occurred Murul a last month, when 26 persons were killed and over CO in- S^*"^ i cruahed v in Thi meture .rives a remarkably vivid impression of the railway wreck at Murulla.
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    FINDING WORK FOR UNEMPLOYED.
    543 5 Young Women Return to Domestic Service. MENS RELIANCE ON THE DOLE. The Ministry of Labour's annual report for 1925 is mainly preoccupied with the depressing tale of unemployment in that year and the measures that were taken for its relief. The reluctance of young women to
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    MR. HARDY'S BEST ROOK.
    159 5 Authors are by no means always the best judges of their own work, and I think that many of Mr. Thomas Hardy's admirers will dissent emphatically from the view attributed to him that when he is dead the only novel of his which will l>e read
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    TOURISTS TO FAR EAST.
    99 5 "Empress of Scotland" Visit. The China Mail is informed that the Empress of Scotland, the flagship of the Canadian Pacific Company's fleet, is due to arrive in Hongkong on February 10 next. The Scotland, a vessel of 25,000 tons, is encircling the globe with some 450
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    AN M.P.'S MUSEUM STUDY.
    1016 5 Sir William Bull's Curios. STORY OF A HOLLOW CORK. For fifty years Sir William Bui!, M.P. fW S. Hammersmith, has been collecting mementoes, souvenirs, objects d'art. Unlike most collectors, however, he has not"" restricted himself to one or two spheres; anything of very special interest to
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    RIVER GUNBOATS IN CHINA.
    803 5 A Tactful Patrol. IMPORTANT WORK BY LITTLE SHIPS. At the present moment, when, following the naval incident on the Yangtse, the little flotilla of British shallow-draft patrol boats is very prominent in the public eye, the following article by Lieut.Commander the Hon. J. M. Kenworthy, R.N.,
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    66 5 A group of Peking bankers is reported, in Chinese circles, to have agreed to advance a loan of something under six hundred thousand dollars for the payment of the police and gendarmes. They demand as security for the loan certain parcels of publicly owned real estate. No decision has yet
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    34 5 I hardly stir from tho room to find the farts about almost any subject. It is a truly interesting collection and almost every item has a story worth ihe tilling- -P. M. in Ex.
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      411 5 mm _r \J± i AWW^^~.h Ail dispensaries. FSTVTE OF SHAIK OBED AWATH BIN VBFHLLAH BAHANAN, DECEASED. AUCTION SALE OF .F FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD SHOPHOUSE PREMISES of freehold land situate at Jalan Besar, Singapore, estimated respective arras oi 774 square feet and 37 square feet of and 166. Together with tht-
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      114 5 KIKXO' ~iwui SOY FAMOUS JAPANESE SAUCE _I_B_____-S^_| fmaWamammm ISc tffrß I a Kv_M P I —111 Fl __r _^__Dr ps^si-_M-__H-H_! l_fe_ l_7 G |B___»-a^^^*^"*3 _R II ___t__ 1 BBS RBB _______r^___r*^__. __^^^^BB_m_i SOLD AT EYERY JAPRKESE GROCER, j a &*wt"* R i The Really i j Good Toffee! 1 jTWacßinloshsl
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    OUR IRISH LETTER.
    1866 6 L The -New Irish Party. BOMBSHELL FOR FREE STATE GOVT.j (From Our Own Correspondent). Dublin, Sept. 13. The formation of the new Irish Free State National Party, under the leadership of Captain William A. Redmond D.5.0., son of the late Mr. John E. Redmond M.P., for many
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    37 6 The engagement is announced between Herbert John Weston Peck, eldest son of the late Captain Herbert W. Peck. Sarawak Service, and Joan Tasker Evans, second laughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Evans, _>f Fair Elms, Pinner.
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      273 6 1 y _FN ww) ~-^_->^ 1 I A Strong Body can conquer I Tuberculosis I "An important feature in the treatfl ment of tuberculosis would be a diet B with an excessive calcium content B writes Dr. Ph. B. Matz in the American Review o f .cvr B culosis." The
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE.
    1111 7 In the London Courts. HOW ELOQUENCE PAYS. Applicants at Lambeth Police Court srntially have lengthy tales to tell the magistrate, most of them bristling with the humour of Newington Butts and the surrounding neighbourhood. The tales themselves have become threadbare, but the humour still sparkles in fresh
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    BITTERNESS IN RHINELAND.
    221 7 TWO GERMANS SHOT. London, Sept. 27. Cologne. There has be. n a serious affray Two French soldiers in a quarrel shot two Germans, wounding them seriously. One or two other Germans interfered. The French fired again and killed one German and seriously injured tin- other. The French
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    EMPIRE MARKETING.
    149 7 London, Sept. 30. Mr, Amery jiving an audience t" tin- Press with reference to tht- development <>)' the Empire Marketing Board's activities laid stress on the opinion '>f the Imperial Government that the Home country's interests must be Included. No distinction could b* drawn between Great Britain and
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    CEYLON'S GOVERNOR FLIES OVER COLOMBO.
    139 7 CEYLON' S GOVERNOR FLIES OVER COLOMBO. AN HOIK IN THE AIR, This morning, says the Times of Ceylon of October 2nd., two seaplanes were seen <?oing out as far as Mount Lavinia and one of them, it is interesting to note, carried His Excellency the Governor as a passenger. His
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    THE OSTLER SURVIVES.
    840 7 Now A Mechanic. GHOSTS OF THE PAST. Our aimless wanderings this summertime occasionally bring us face to face with ghosts and the veritable "ostler" emerges fiom the hay of the stable-yard, straw in mouth and prepared to hiss. Unfortunately, he is called "ostler" no longer, but has
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    96 7 The Chief Secretary to Government, accompanied by the General Manager of Railways and the Chief Engineer for Construction left Kuala Lumpur, early on Wednesday morning, on a tour of inspection to the rail-head just beyond the Pahang-Kolanian boundary. The party spent the night at Chegar Prah, the terminus of the
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      315 7 BUSINESS CARDS. MARY SETON. ri ted ADm selection of < STOCKINGS AND HATS. J UftlSEfi MANSIONS. J aamaj A%WVWrtWVWW FUNERALS 1 SINGAPORE CASKET CO. NDERXAXERS." i ki BPHONB T5. t I r I whippetl carTfor hire, j great Reduction in Rates THE LsJATIC MOTOR CAR CO. j >rf nard Koad
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      632 7 NOTICES. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. GENERAL MEETING OF MEMBERS. A general meeting of members will be held in the New Post Office building on Monday, October isth. at 2.15 p.m. BUSINESS. fl i To confirm amended Rules as approved at the genera] meeting. held on the 27th September (2) To
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      575 7 NOTICES. NOTICE il hereby given that the B_h I '1 rait Mark is the prop, rty of Studebaker I era* ration, a corporation organised and existing under the law- of the State of New Jersey and carrying on bu-ines-s as Manufacturer.- with a principal office at 621 South Main Street.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    54 8 Thf remains uf thi lati Mt. ':< i L i g Gua will be ■pi loved from hi id --•"> St< 10>.;.i. on Ihursday the 14th n tant, the corteg leaving al 1 1 a.m. f< i Beach Road from thenc to be takei on board the S.S
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1926. The Boycott Position.
    555 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1926. The Boycott Position. It begins to look as if the satisfaction expressed owing to the calling off of the Canton boycott may prove in the end to be a little premature. There are circumstances connected with the position there which hardly support a
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    Coal Strike Fails.
    250 8 The detailed report ot* the Labour "."♦arty conference at Margate shows. was to be expected, that the South Wales resolution has been as futile as r< gards a general levy fm- the miners as h was in regard t<> the withdrawal of the safetymen. Thi intense unemployment
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    201 8 Mr. Bernard Nunn, President, Municipal Commissioners, Penang, sailed for Home by the P. and O- Kashgar on retirement after •J* years service. Recreations grounds have been laid out at Kampong Buaia and Lampor, in tlu Kuala Kangsar District, at a cost of $300 The Hon. Mr. Justice Bu and Mrs.
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    83 8 A LUNACY CHARGE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Oct. 13. A respectable Malay, the brother of Mr. Sudn Mohamed Junoo,. assistant superintendent of mails, General Post Office, appeared bef re the Magistrate chnrgnd with being a dangerous Asiatic. Sudin stated his brother had been unwel! for some months
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    AN INGBNIOUS DEFENCE.
    66 8 (From Our Own Correspondent >. Penan*, Oct. 13. Sentence of »i~ aweka imprisonment WmM j riven a Chinese name<l Khoo Teeng Kohl f,,i- fraudulent possession of tin < re. In his defence he Mid thai friend sbeunl the] Klang gam him the on to sell. When walking
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    118 8 Mrs. Briddon, a French lady, figured 1 the accusi din a eas f alleged cheat which was mi ntionei the S ••> Magistrate yesterdaj morning:, rhe amttt r involves a bsn of |SOO to thi ac I 1,0 d g< Ing to 1 pen a -hop in Orchard
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    Y.M.C.A. LECTURE.
    555 8 In tin Y.MA .A. Ball on Fridaj evening, at 9 o'clock, the Rev. Edwin 1- Lee will j_riM- a tectum on "< hristianJt] and Civiii- >..• i; This "iu sf the series of lectures arranged at the beginning of the year The I hristian Idea] of Brotherhood." A
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    WEEKLY PINANCE CABLE
    60 8 Rubbers Lying Low TIN 'IO Rlgfc From O'di Owi 0 r*«___ Rubber shan s an tone is Rtead) await nj_ hf. The mark- i hoi of coupons. Leading brokers coi being tea suable at ;)r c th:- demand should aut M and h< ncef iwani dually overtake
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    U.S. LABOUR ANTI-AUTOCRAG
    71 8 [Reiner I '"I". Tht convention of tl tion of I eboar hai I regime m thi si ron i I i' as ai. Bseni tin Btmß body _f fi eedoui II i i give n< i quartet I doraed Hr. I i ol dgi > i. an
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    THE STAVRINAKY DANCER
    48 8 I. \s| \|(,HI -> PI f| Sta na 1 I bona t 1 pooi audience. Then was a gramme from tha _n I'i the I'i- the perf on when a aovi bulk I w I interpretal Iri ee HK. Kajoi -Cem ml S s1 ai thosi
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    ANJUMAN-I-ISLAM.
    110 8 A reception wa_ held [slam nisei N .ri Tii -da) .1. SOU an I Hall Si Gen. Snere) an Edit 1 f Thi M isli India on a holiday bj 1 4th, llr, L WnhanH chair 1 3f mi _Aert ai i including Hessrs. 0 SI Rfahmoi Sahfb, Tungku
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    128 8 TIN WH Kl II!!! -.IJ l|l i r.\ j N i Tir. Banka, aai i \'.'-2 to-daj wh my enced, :I i seller ijeajrf Mr* ti h i_ undei hat I hai lei i.i. ci department to al Bat iei Mrrrantil. P!< l I t* Nl The S'\
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    LATEST CHINA NEWS.
    20 9 tiangsitothe centre ing made an onwhich was Xan- as -t.mmed. that h* has pushed Ka '-"n. nHKlation
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    JAPAN'S PROTEST TO CHINA.
    5 9 leader
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    RUSSIA AND CHINA.
    5 9 SDFSDFSDFG FDS
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    OUR RUSSIAN POLICY.
    8 9 t nment regard recocp kgnmin
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    LORD DIABERNON'S SUCCESSOR.
    8 9 non as Bri- ap that
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    INK SLINGING IN BERLIN
    27 9 era ►Hem Settle- i C nunnnlsl sk>i ecessitating police snper- fisticuffs wherein li Ud tea and till in were an ink-well ami spattered
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    M. POINCAR'S BUDGET.
    45 9 nuiin figures, all in expenditure 39,382; revcnnc I 373 ia earmarked for debts of which 1.542 Germany under the I 3433 is earmarked ■idition to 3,500 from independent redemption I wise, te submit a stabilisation f current-, later. •ritnholda details foi reasons
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    LABOUR FUNDS GONE.
    646 9 ANGRY SCENES AT MARGATE. A LEVY IMPOSSIBLE. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 12. There were more animated scenes when the annual conference of the Labour Party was continued at Margate to-day. Mr. Rhys bavies, M.P.. moved a resolution protesting against the manner in which Government had
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    THE BOMBAY BANK CASE.
    171 9 ACCUSED SENT TO GAOL. [Reuter's Service. l Bombay, Oct, 12. In the High Court Mr. Evans, Chief Accountant H.K. and S. Bank, B< mbay, waa found uuilty m two charges of criminal breach of trust and falsification ol accounts in respect to Government securities valued at
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    FORT CANNING.
    1308 9 New Military Headquarters. A FURTHER STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT. The need of the Municipality for a site for a new service reservoir coinciding with the need, for a long time existent, for the replacement, of the dilapidated offices and quarters which have served military purposes at Fort Canning for
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    YET AGAIN.
    525 9 Tlu- carefully prepared historical resume which the High Commissioner in the Colony and the Chief Secretary in Kuala Lumpur piacod before their respective Councils was tlu- first official intimation these Governments have deigned to place befon the public with regard to an affair which has created considerable bad
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    41 9 Dr. Malcolm Smith, a home correspondent, writes to the Bangkok Times saying he is very contented with his work at the British Museum, and has quite given up practising. He has recently moved from New Maiden to nearer town at Putney.
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    PARISIANA.
    1114 11 PARISIA NA. Walking, Music and Slumber. THE FATTENING PINEAPPLE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Paris, Sept. 12. Those Parisians who are prevented by business activities or lack of francs, usually the latter, from taking a holiday, have revived the "walking party." Some months ago it had a vogue, to be, like
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    DISTINGUISHED CHINESE VISITOR.
    583 11 "China Like a Cinema." VIEWS OF VETERAN STATESMAN. Mr. Tang Shao-Yi, China's veteran statesman, is at present visiting Malaya and in an interview 7 with a Malay Mail representative recently said: "I am very pleased to find my countrymen so prosperous in this country," adding that this,
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    THE KELANTAN LOAN.
    639 11 More Mystery. MALAY MAIL ON GESTURE-xMAKING. To-day, says konday's Malay Mail, makes another occasion in our political calendar j that appears to have been specially marked Jor "gesture"-making purposes, this time by the F.M.S. and the Colony in eollaboraj tion. With only a day or two's notice
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    STILL UNDISTURBED.
    240 11 A Student of Disaster writes bo the Manchester Guardian:— 'The do do ot' London has been pi phesied manv times apart from the Croat Fire. In L523 it was confidently predicted that on the Ist of February of the next yeai- the waters of the Thames would overfl
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    DID THEY NEED A CAR?
    71 11 In a robbery in the West End sixty or seventy valuable gowns have been taken away, and it is stated that the police are of opinion th: 1 a motor-car has been used. That is certainly the usual procedure nowadays; but, on the other hand,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    167 12 The Osaka Shosen Kaisha send us a copy of an interesting and well produced pamphlet describing the beauties of the Inland Sea of Japan through which the Company runs no less than twenty lines. When the new China Bakir lightship, just completed for the Rangoon port authorities, was
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    491 12 BIG SCRAPPING PROGRAMME A question raised in the House of Commons recently regarding the breaking up of H.M.S. King George V., brings to mind the large number of battleships which have been scrapped during the last year. The King George V. comes under the terms of the
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    ITALIAN SOTTING.
    160 12 (i«"noa. The goods landed in the port of Genoa during the first seven months of this year totalled 744,836 tons, against 653,308 in the corresponding period of the previous year. The total traffic in the port of Savona during the first half of this year amounted to 789,--886
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    CAPTURING TRADE.
    76 12 Diversion of African and Oriental Cargoes. Washington, Oct. 2. The President of the Emergency Fleet Corporation announces the inauguration of more vigorous Government aid to the operators of Shipping Board vessels. A representative of the Department of Agriculture has gone to West Africa to try to divert cocoa
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    CHANDU ON THE LAI SANG.
    43 12 Chandu valued at $60,000 was discovered on the steamer Lai Sang by local preventive service officers. The ship was searched on her arrival from China and the drug was found concealed in the coal bunkers in the Engine-room.
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    IN AN ISLAND PRISON.
    1512 14 Notes of a Spanish Deportee. lII.— FELLOW-CAPTIVES. [These articles are from the pen of a weil-known Spanish man of letters who was lately deported by order of General Primo de Riveia's Government j. On opening my eyes I find the whole cell flooded with light. In
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    "KIAWO" OFFICER IN HONGKONG.
    208 14 HIS EXPERIENCES AT WANHSIEN. Still suffering from his experiences when his vessel was in the hands of thf Chinese troops at Wanhsien, Mr. 11. Kingswood, hief Ehigineer <>f the Kiawu. arrived in Hongkong during thf week-end before last and is at present recuperating at the Peak
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    INDIA'S LOYALTY TO THE
    167 14 L STRESSED IN SPEECH TO CANADA OLUB. London. Sept. 28. Toronto. Addressing the Canada Club. Sir T. Vijayaraghavachiar, referring to the book by Dean Inge, in which he expressed the opinion that the attitude of India in any future Empire trouble was very doubtful, said that
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    750 15 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Oct. 12. The quotation for the Metal is £3 down over the week, but the local figure for Smelted Tin has remained unchanged and the share market has been buoyant throughout; Rubber is slightly lower and only a small business in Dollar shares
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    EXCHANGE.
    59 15 October Bunk 4 m.s. 2 4 $-16 Bank demand 2,3 I3jlG Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 58 France, demand t9OO India, T.T. 155% Hon^konj:, demand 12 p.c Dis. Yokohama, demand ]}'>■■_ Java, demand 139% B;;nf_.kok. demand Mt Bar Silver London 25%
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    PRODUCE.
    126 15 Fluke Tapioca 6.10 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice. Siam Broken Cl for export 235 Coconuts, per thousand 85.00 Sago flour Defoe's Imperial Brilliant per 2 tins 6.10 Tiger per tins 4.70 Tiger in hulk gallons 430 Socony Motor Gasoline Per 2 tant 8.00 Socony Motor Gasoline ex pomps
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    48 15 October 13th, 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellen R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Sp, i Tl% 72*4 St_ tidard R.S.S. on Tender Oct. 72 7i >l Nov !>•_ 73*_ 74 Jan-Mar. 75 76 Apr-June nom 77 78 Latest Cable: London Bpol Sh< et 2 %*i
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    EXCHANGES.
    71 15 [British Radio- -Official Service]. Rugby, Oct 12. Amsterdam 12.12%, Berlin 2<i.: ,7 Bombay Is. 5 27-32d., Brussels 174%, Buenos Anos 4:> T s. Copenhagen 18.25 Geneva 25.11, Helsingfors 192%, Hongkong Is. ll'Sd.. Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 32.591., .Milan L20%, Now Ymk 1.85 3-16, Oslo 21.17%, Paris 1 Prague 163%,
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    MACPHAIL & CO., LTD'S. REPORT.
    183 15 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S. REPORT. Singapore, Oct. 13. Rubber. 71 l Quiet. Tin. £301 los. I<h ;i 1 .6 L2o tons sold. Robbers. Shares are r>uiet. Colinsburghs have buyers at „60 and Pajams at 3. N, i Scudais are quoted 3.05 3.15 and Allenty at 3.25 3.35. \.'\v Serendahs have buyer?
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    NEW RUBBER THEE.
    67 15 The discovery has been made that the African Euphorbia tree yields a latex from which rubber can be extracted of a quality said to be comparable with that of Pam. A South African company is preparing to exploit the yield of 60,000,000 trees in the East London
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    BRITISH MALAYA TRADE.
    147 15 i September Statistics. I l RTHER DROP ]N All KS. The following is a comparative statement of the total value of foreign merchandise, excluding parcel post. imported and exported to and from British Malaya during 1925 and 1926. IMPORTS. (In thousands of dollars) 1925 1926 Jan. to
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    RUBBER AUCTION.
    67 15 Tlu- Singap >n I Chamber of O in. R-bbei le 1 ation, held fa 761st. auction yesterday, when there ante Cats 1,442,798 lbs.: Ci4.li tons. Offered 1,056, 154 lbs.; 471.50 101 Sold 945,356 122.4 as VliU KS RKAI.IZKh. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. CwMba Per l.!> H lot only m
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    78 15 Kumbang 67s <;v -i i endei ang 33s < lld If. and Siamese Pro* (£1) 90 I I Temengor I Cl 28c Od 29s Bd Tm Land.- Consols ($ll 2.22 227 ■Bro&as ffl z t 75 B I 98 c 66 o- d 77 I nited Malacca
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    124 15 ro develop the Philippines as ru glowing country, a Bfll ha- been introduced in the lower bouse of the Philippine Legts lat are providing for basing a maximum of 450,000 acres of land to any one corporation foi- rubber production. It is stipulated, that til per eent. of any such
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    CESAREWITCH RESULT.
    63 16 Fifty to One Chance Comes Off. FOXLAW UNPLACED. IReuter Service.] London, Oct. 13. The following is the tesult of the Cesarewitch, run to-day: MYRA GRAY (Read) 1 MISS SPORT (Berry) 2 TEMPLESTOWE (Morris) 3 Twenty-four ran. Won by two lengths; half length between second and third. Betting: 50
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    PROBABLE STARTERS AND JOCKEYS.
    96 16 London. Oct. 4. The Cesarewitch probables and jockeys are as follows: Horses. Jockeys. Glommen Carslake. Foxlaw Childs. Forseti Ealing. Vermilion Pencil Smirke. Take My Tip Jennings, Paddy Dempsey. Finglas r ox Hidenis Steve Denogbue. Labadens P. Donogbue. Try" Try Again Dines. Perfect Son Marshal! Template wo
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    RETTING ON CAMBRIDGESHIRE
    37 16 London, Oct. 4. The betting on the Cambridgeshire is: 100 to T against Plack (taken and offered.) 100 to 6 against Delius (offered). 25 to 1 against Laine (taken and offered) —Times of Ceylon.
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    RACING IN AUSTRALIA.
    31 16 Epsom Handicap Result. According to a private cable received il Colombo the Epsom Handicap, one mile, rur at Flenuagtoa, was won by Amoraiis, wh< tarried Bet 11 lbs.
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    AINTREE RACECOURSE SCARE.
    179 16 THREAT OF INDUSTRIAL Tht historic racecourse at Aiutree, whkn has bieen the scene of the Grand Nati -nai for many years, is threatened with being taken over fot industrial development. The course is held on a lease which i- expiring shoitly. It hei .ngs t,, thi- Karl
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    ROYAL AIR FORCE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    90 16 S4<FADRON -LEADER HAY WARD RETAINS TITLE. Ijondon, Sept. 28. In the Royal Air Force Golf Champion ship, played at Camberley Heath, the reeul of the semi-final round was as follows Flight Lieut. E. Hope beat Squadron Lead er A. Brown, 5 and 4. Squadron Leader
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    46 16 BURNLEY AVENGE LAST WEEK'S DEFEAT. London, Oct. 12. Burnley defeated Sunderland in the Firs Division of the English League to-day bj four goals to two. The Lancashire club thus avenges tht T— l defeat they sustained at Sunderlam on the 6th of this month.
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    19 16 A K^wn tennis match Military vs. Polio has been arranged by the Garrison Lawr Tennis Club for Nov. 4th.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    30 16 AMERICAN BOXING. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. 13. Jack Sharkey defeated the negro, Harry Vills, in a' fifteen-round contest at Brooklyn, vinning on a foul in the thirteenth.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    25 16 THE S.C.C, TOURNAMENT. In the final of A. Singles played yesterday ifternoon H. S. J. Bourke beat R. G. Pash, i— 6, 6—4,
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    FELIXTOWE TENNIS TOURNEY.
    77 16 God frees* Successes. London, Oct. 2. The Eelixtowe lawn tennis tournament finals resulted as follows;. (role Rees beat Greig, 6 3, 6 4. Mr. Godfree heat Miss Ridley. 6 l, 6—4. Godfrce and Dearman beat ('role Rees and Greig, 6—3, 6—2. Mrs. Godfree and Miss Ridley beat
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    LURE OF PROFESSIONAL TENNIS.
    42 16 Kinse\ and Snodgrass to Tour London, Oct. 3. New York.— lt is announced that Howard Kinsey and Harvey Snodgrass join the list of professional lawn tennis stars who are accompanying Mile. Lenglen on her tour. Times of Ceylon.
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    LADIES GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    78 16 RESULTS OF SEMI-FINALS. Tlu- semi-final matches in the Ladies' Golf Championship of Singapore (Andrew Carrie Cuv) were played otf at Keppel yesterday afternoon, the results beintr a^ follow: Miss M. A. S. lau beat Mrs. J. M. Jackson 8 and t». Lad? Coin a Hussey be a
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    ENGLISH LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    104 16 Woodhall-Spa. ln the English Ladies' (it)lf Championship there are 111 entries. With the exception of Miss Doris Fowler, North Hants (holder), there is only one previous Championship winner in the field, Miss Doris Chambers. The surprise of this afternoon came when the holder was defeated by
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    MRS. STETSON WINS AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP.
    32 16 London. Oct. 4. Haverford. In the final of the American Ladies' Golf Championship, Mrs. Stetson, Huntinprton Valley, beat Mrs. Goss, Baltusrol, by two holes. Times of Ceylon-
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    SINGAPORE CHESS CLUB.
    77 16 (.ames Points Average. Scheffelaar 6 25 4.16 Tee Ah Chian 11 41 3.72 Parhuiy 26 57% 2.21 Lo Kam Woon 19 41 2.15 Kiony Chin Eng 14 27 1.92 Tan Luang Kia 2fi 4(5 1.76 Leonard 11 15 1.36 HANDICAP TOURNAMENT. Championship 1926. Games. Points. Stevens 8
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    ROWING.
    58 16 VISIT TO HONGKONG CANCELLED. Owing to the impossibility of collecting a representative side to row against Hongkong the projected trip to that Settlement has been cancelled definitely as regards this year. If Hongkong can turn out a representative side against this Settlement early next year, there is every possibility
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    MAORIS AND WALES.
    137 16 TOURISTS OBJECT TO RULES AND REFEREES. Rugby Union's Decision. London, Oct. 4. The Maori Rugby team, which is due in England from Prance next week, has dropped a bombshell in Welsh "rugger" circles by sending a letter to the Newport Com- mittee in which the Maoris object
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    PROBABLE CANCELLATION OF FOUR MATCHES.
    94 16 I ondon, Oct. 4. The four games fixed for th Maoris against Welsh Clubs, for which thousands of tickets have already been sold, are likely to be cancelled. At a meeting of the Management C»o--mittee of the Welsh Rugby Union held at Cardiff to-night it
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    BAYONNE DEFEATED BY 8 POINTS.
    21 16 London, Oct. 3. Bayonne. The Maoris defeated Bayonne by 11 points to 3.— Times of Ceylon.
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    RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL.
    100 16 RESULTS OF PRINCIPAL MATCHES. Results of the principal matches played to-day in the Rugby Union were as follows: London. Oct. 2. Devonport Sere. 17. Rath ">• Gloucesfc r 20, St Thomas's Hosp. 14. Northampton 47. Roaslyn P:irl< 0. Aberavon and Pt Talbot 8, Swansea 3. Royal H.
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    RUGBY
    75 16 To-day's Practice Game. Several cl anges have been rendered necessary in the Fifteens for this afternoon's practice match and the sides are now as follow: Colours. Wainwright; Goldman, Robertson. Scoular, Bryant; Pecker, Niblock; Leonard, Penrice. Reed, McLeod, Taylor, Bowen, Smith, Caldbeck. Whites.— King; Ablitt. McHutchiri, Storr Webster; Green, Moffatt;
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    HOCKEY.
    268 16 S.C.C. BEAT HEADQUARTERS. The S.C.C. turned out a strong side for their match against Staff and Departments at the Stadium yesterday afternoon and recorded a fairly easy victory by five goals to nil. The Club had a very reliable defence with Captain Congd-en and Cox, both of whom played
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    17 16 Major General P. L. E. W r arming is leaving Denmark this month to return to Siam.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    64 16 PONSFORD AND LANCASHIRE OFFER. AUSTRALIAN PRESS AGAINST MIGRATION. London, Oct. 4. Melbourne. Referring to the report that Ponsford may accept an appointment to play in the Lancashire League "The Argus" says that if international cricket is t :> be maintained at a high sporting level it is essential
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    GILLIGAN AND TATE LEAVE FOR INDIA.
    76 16 Hard Struggle Anticipated. London, Sept. 30. Gilligan and Tate departed from Victoria Station this afternoon, and will join the remainder of the team on the "Narkunda" in the morning. They had a cordial send-off. Gilligan. in a message to Renter, said he was indebted
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    HOCKEY.
    56 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. Staff and Departments at Hockey today on the Y.M.C.A. ground: J. V. Moss; E, G. Wheatley and R. Lyne; F. Albuquerque, A. G. Armstrong: and D. K. Samy; M. Catchatoor, A. N. Katyal, EL 6. Stack (Capt.). E. V. Smith and C.
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    HEAVY RAINS IN PENANG.
    304 16 Lowlying Places Submerged. In connection with our Penang correspondent's wire on Monday, the following details from the Straits Echo are of interest: There had been heavy showers during the early mornings and nights since Wednesday but the heaviest rainfall for a consider able time fell between
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    PACIFIC HEALTH CONFERENCE.
    155 16 TO OPEN AT MELBOURNE ON DECEMBER 15. A Melbourne message says that Britain, the United States, France. New Zealand. Fiji, Solomon Islands. Papua. New Guinea Singapore, and also the League of Nations have all accepted the Commonwealth Health Department's invitation to send delegates to the Pacific Health
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    49 16 Progamme of Drills up to and for Oct. 17 Thursday, Uth 5.15 p.m. Chinese Drill Hall Chinese Company. Friday, 15th 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall SVC Band. Saturday, 16th 2.0 p.m. Farrer Rangr "A" Coy. Casuals, S.R.E. (v). l Sunday, lTtfh 7.30 a.m. Farrer Range Malay Company.
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