The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 January 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press i CENTS. SINGAPORE. S.S., FRmAY. JANUARY 14, 1927. NO. 12,00.1
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    344 1 i'he tensicn lias lessened at Hankow, but the evacuation of foreigners from the interior is proving \ery difficult Page A general strike and boycott have begun at Changsa, md preparations are taking place for the evacuation <»f foreigners from Szechuan Page 9. Thirteen foreigners, including homeland children,
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    A WAG'S EPITAPH.
    873 1 In the parish church „1 the town of Faversham the foil, wing inscription is to be im: WILLIAM LKIMNK of facetious memory on the 11 March 177>aet. 30. Alas V here Ik> your giU- now, your gambols, your flashes or merriment that were wont to set the
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      335 1 A VA%V.V.V.V.\V.\V.W FAULDINGS > I SOLYPTOL SOAP lOR TOILET PURPOSES. Sea View^ Hotel. FANCY DRESS SWIMMING CARNIVAL. Fancy Dress Optional. ival will h ht'ld at the above Hotel on Tuesday. .January it li p.m.. when the following events will be «.< ntesttd: »1 t Si Yard> Scratch Rate fN Gentlemen.
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      217 1 PABCO PAINTS The insistent and widespread demand for Pabco Paints is their best recommendation. Throughout the tropics they are renowned for their resistance to the effects of strong sunlight and heavy rains and there's a Pabco Paint for every purpose ready for use! Moreover, the purposes for which the various
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      131 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Zeiss punktal lenses Pa*re •">. 4711 Eau de CologM Pape .">. Ford ambulance for sale—Pape 7. Bataviasche dry cleaners Paye 5. Talking Picture at Theatre— l'ape 2. Pabco paints: from Sime. I'arby Page 1. Swimming carnival at £>ea Vic-w Putie 1. Australian aspirin. Medical Hall Pa^e 2. Shipping
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      5 1 > SWALLOW ARIKLI/S AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS.
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      142 1 THE WEEK. Friday, MM. Hitrh Water, 7.12 a.m., 8.38 p.m. Hijrh. Water, Malacca, 5.00 ji.m., 5.30 p.m. Billiards: Falkimr at Singapore Club. Saturday, loth. Hifrh Water, 5.6 a.m., H.42 p.m Hiph Water. Malacca, 5.40 a.m.. fjM [>.ni. Outward mail due. Penanjr Race>. Football. Singapore vs. Duki-. BtasHam. Rujrby: B.C.C. vs.
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    EMPIRE DAY MEDAL.
    321 2 ESSAY ro>Jl I irHT7ONS IN SCHOOLS. >n ■nSSXNMHIi have httn made for a■ w'!i spicad distribution in nub!i. f-!<'..v';i -ihnoi- :hi> year <»f the Ein!*av M> la 1 which was founded by u':i:r. B. I F'vwen. R.N.. ami first issued I r n on Enipirt- >ay this
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    NEW LIGHT ON QUEEN VICTORIA.
    254 2 NEW LIGHT ON QUEEN VICTORIA. DEAN Off WINDSORS MASS OF LETTERS. w for sohm --ion oi a pOi t" Vktorhui e thai he only had the Nm| them a Um lr.onths ago. H iorted 00l tht eon— poadtnci whi- hit aunt. Lady AuSt •y. and his mother. Lady V' 3ic,
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    MK. EUGENE CHEN'S ENGLISH.
    100 2 Eujreno Then, acting Foreign Minister nf thi Nationalist Government, knows almost no CMww at all because he was him in lalMdca 'ut he has a superb command of violent English. There is no Enerlish ♦•ditor i.i the Orient \vhi> can ct)mpare with him in this respeit.
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    FIRE BRIGADE TRAGEDY.
    62 2 London, Dec. 29. BrnperiatomdmA Beckwith, «»f the Stoekp»V Fbl Brigade, who should have retired 1 1 \t wt<-k «m killed and 3 firemen iniim -d as the result of an extraordinary accident t.i the tire eneine which, dashi.ij? to a fire, skidded on the greasy road, crashed
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      324 2 "ASPRO THE AUSTRALIAN ASPIRIN. Speedily disperses Headaches, Nerve Pains, Neuralgia Rheumatism. DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART. PRICE 65 cents per bottle. Stockists: MEDICAL HAH LTD., Wholesale and Retail Chemists, Singapore. THE BAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. IMe KEL YEY Will Shortly Present
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      217 2 Victoria Theatre LAST TWO NIGHTS TO-NIGHT AND TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) 9.30 P.M. OF Mademoiselle from Armentieres SUPPORTED BY. FOOTBALL HINTS TO FORWARDS, HALF BACKS, BACKS AND GOALKEEPERS. Hooking Now Open at Little's $3. 2 and 1. BOOKING OPENS TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) FOR THE TALKING PICTURES COMMENCING WEDNESDAY NEXT, JAN. 19th AT 9.30
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      372 2 To-night and For a short Seasor. n AT THE ALHAMBa In the Second Show, commencing 9 pn THE GEORGE FITZMAURICE— UNITED ARTISTAdapted from the Novel by Edith 11. Hull, a Sequel to THE the same author, read by millions the world i Presenting Virile and Valiant RUDOLPH VALENTINO in his
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    NORTH BORNEO NOTES.
    1208 3 New Year Hopes. IJKITEU PROSPECTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jesselton, Jan. (>. It may safely be said that most people in the v hartered Company's Territory are begining the New Year more full of hope than they have done tor a good many years. In London the
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    RATCATCHER WHO SPEAKS SIX LANGUAGES.
    384 3 NIGHTLY WAR ON PESTS OF LONDON. Down in Battersea. in a quiet little street, lives a man who catches rats for a living, and spends his leisure reading the classics. Mr. H. G. Wood, of Rosenau-road, seems to have missed his vocation. He might have
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    WHITE STAR LINE PREFERENCE SHARES.
    95 3 [British Radio Official Service] Rugby, Jan. 11. The Tinier understands that an issue of £2,500,000 worth of 6V2 per cent, preference shares will be made hi a few days oy the White Star Line, Ltd., the new company that has been formed to acquire the
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    NEW C. IN C. IN SHANGHAI.
    72 3 [British Radio—Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 11. Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, commanding the British ships on the China Station, reached Shanghai yesterday on his flagship Despatch. A'dmiral Williams of the United States Navy, is expected at Shanghai from the Philippines in the cruiser Pittsburg to
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      219 3 Gughsdndyh v b ronchidl Troubles AT this season when the old bronchial SnrJ^ :*-2?\ cough gets most obstinate and the BY chest is raw, sore, and inflamed, Peps tablets are a boon and a blessing. iTttiSLW ou )rcat^ e in tnis soothing Peps jM\V\v\ medic. ae and it K^ts to
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      85 3 Beautifully Finished l[lHf^\| Green-Red -Blue. II THE SWIFT IS A QUALITY CTCU SECOND TO NONE. PHONE 3050 OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212, Orchard Rd., SINGAPORE. Just Received. Printed Bordered Silks Chinese Crepe Dichine's Underwear Pyjama Suits Dressing Gowns PRICES VERY MODERATE Inspection Cordially Invited. O. M.
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    HOME LEAVE.
    767 4 Part I. Living on Continent. MANY EXQIISITE HOTELS. ISpeciallv Written for Free Press.] This is the tinn of year when the thoughts of many are fixed upon Home Leave. Passages have )'♦■«•!> K oked. and the weary work tf packing is MM to i ommence. Not many (»f
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    A GOLD DIGGER.
    24 4 A -:x-foot-tall comedienne from S A .1 l >yna How land, appearing in the new play. The Gold Diirger*.— P-aily Sketch.
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      TABLE TALK.
      733 4 New Cosmetic Case. A TWO- FOLD ISE Something new in the way of cosmetic cast's is a box sent aver from Paris. Look. ing just like any ornamental match-box this is miite small and prettily enamelled and has a t\vo-f>ld use. In one side matches are kept. but.
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      EXCELLENT EATABLES.
      409 4  -  Joy Jellies. IJV A COOKERY ENTHUSIAST. A pyramid of prettily ct loured crystal lised fruits, all embedded in a shape oscarlet < r yellow jelly, makes one of tht daintiest and most attractive sweets imaginable. It is very easy to make, and max be prepared some appreciable time
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      "AUNT SAMMY."
      309 4 THK WOMEN'S HOIK IN AMERICA. A special series of talks to women, broadcast from thirty wireless stations covering nearly the whole of the country, is announced by the United States Department of Agriculture, as part of its enlarged radio programme for 1926-7. "Aunt Sammy" i? the designation of
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      LUXURIOUS VELVET.
      32 4 A hea\y quality of black chiffon velvet is used to make up this coat which i* slightly pi uched at the back; while marten fur forms the collar and cuffs.
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      EMBROIDERED EVENING GOWN.
      27 4 With this embroidered evening gown of pale mauve is worn a mauve velvet c loak having a collar of shaded violets (Duret)— Daily Sketch.
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    MISS KRASSIN.
    302 4 A Newnham rnd(T Kra(JU hfr cKAiemi Mis* Katrina Krassm three daughter ot M representative in En^lan.!. graduate at N'ewnham I Although a 'ommunisi Newnham the foundatim Instead the beaut if w! I; a social MM in Borland', women's collet "You know." -ai.l H|>i K t| visited her. "when
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    PRINCESS BLUCHER.
    28 4 Princess Blucher. th* Kru of Prince Blucher. \vh<. h;i n rv elected ti» the UVllingi first German to heconn an English tlul» itoec th. m Sketch.
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    AVIATION FOR WOMEN
    188 4 EASIER AMI SAFER IH\N MUTING A VkM Mrs. Elliott Lynn, the well -known a woman, whose announced mt< nt injf the world of aviation fmdiscussion, speaking at i under the auspices of th< V cf Women, emphasised th< -h 1 tion. "In London twenty-one death ly from
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    NORTHS VIEWS.
    724 5 Mr. Lampson Meets Chang. THK MINISTER'S HINT. Peking, Dec. 23. The new British Minister, Mr. Miles Lampson who arrived in Peking yesterday, confern I with Marshal Chang Tso-lin at Tientsin, says Shih Chieh Jih Pao. The Mukden Warlord sent his foreign secretary, Mr. Wu Chin, to welcome the
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    SOUTHERN ARMY IN KIUKIANG.
    328 5 IMPRESSION CF LEADERS AM) TROOPS. The behaviour of the, members of the Chinese Revolutionary Government and their entourage while in Kiukiang has been disappointing, says a Kiukiang correspondent tc the N.-C. Daily News. In the hotels in which they lived. beds were smoked in and sheets
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      395 5 Soothes when jfiQLnothing When baby cries that is the time for til V W. o hvard's Gripe Water, the safe old J English cure. "fi the testimony of a m >:her. who also happens t» be a r/ r*l nurse Mv own little boy. who is now three years old.
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      212 5 \V j 7 T W^k iV^W fmmmMmnfr^M m§ I B^BV^OT^^^^HB^Bb^^^B^BT '"^^^^J^^B^B^r BVv^BhL^BM Cv^BV BiW^^ft lM Wm Iml f s (it'!!ianded perfunii- of diicrinini.ting pcuplo. rr: tir.guisht'r the genuine from the other.*. (.0 !.<''.> I S /lH ,v, ..tat've f-r thi For £''■-> <•« India !:<■'•< c< Hint, I', 'm- Halhlin.i.
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    PERAK DEVELOPMENT.
    831 6 Progress of Hydro-Electric Scheme Preliminaries. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE. The following is supplied from the Londen Office of the Ferak River Hydro-Electric Power Co., Ltd.: The company was formed at the end of July last, and the whole of the capital, £3,100,000, has now been subscribed. The board
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    11th SWISS INDUSTRIES FAIR.
    839 6 This Year's Event. AT BASLE FROM APRIL 2nd TO 12th. The Swiss Industries Fair, which is in reality a continuation of the famous Basle Fair of the middle-ages, was inaugurated in 1917, strongly supported by industrial and commercial circles, and is now entering upon its second
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      220 6 AK r RIB is easy- B L. SDCcifv 1 Cromoton s When we first started in business our quest was Qd&llty an^ no cheapening influences of competition ttm ever make us forget it. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (-ncorporated in the Straits Settlements). SINGAPORE. Mnttssrs ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT, 13, Battery Road, A.^ af*
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      97 6 NJCIUi' WH ISKY Insist on the jgood Q old Scotch with the it 180 year old J^ reputation mfik CALDBECK. MACGREGOR Co. Ltd. Ml J Sole Agents for Straits Settlements ■^■11 and Federated Mala) Starrs -J "incorporated under the ComPantes ordtnancem Hon fo**-" Incorporated in Shangha* VJ SOUND ADVICE c
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    PRINCESS WHO MAY NOT DANCE.
    423 7 TRAGIC HISTORY OF A LOS! THKONE. A ptiMcai of the Orient, with jet-black lingled hair, fascinating almondshaped kick eyes, and a white skin, is paying her :.n?t visit to London. Pii.icess Beder Khan is twenty-two years "Id. l.eautifi'i, rich, and Paiisunie in her manne: isms
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    ARE MEN AFRAID OF GIRLS' BRAINS?
    434 7 RI'SIXESS WOMEN AM) HOMK CRITICISM. Gill typists and shop assistants are indignant at the view expressed by Dr. James FVnton, medical officer of Kensington, that there are too many women in industry, an-1 that their proper place was domestic service. "So far as our
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    MR. GANDHI AND OPIUM.
    551 7 AN INVITATION TO ENGLAND. An Eng ish friend of Kr. Gandhi writes from Santinikttan, Bclpur, India, to the Manchester Guardian: We arrived at the Ashram i Dr. Rabin-* dranath Tagore's home) on Mr. Gandhi's "huthday, and, of course, hundreds of people kept arriving to do him
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    BEER BETTER THAN TEA.
    396 7 Drink beer instead of tea and coffee, and eat whole-meal instead of white bread! This was the moral of a lecture on common errors of diet, delivered hy Dr. J. A. Lewis Rosedale. of St. Thomas's Hospital, to the People's League of Health. Dr. Rosedale based
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      368 7 'business cards. fMARY SETON. I ri UK WOOD FURNITURE atANCaUI SHADES. i \mbek" mansions. < H NEKALS? I; ONCAPOKE CASKET CO. KKT INUERTAKEKS" j IKI K I HONE 75. M BBRf L A. DALEY. ,n,,h:i \KKK .v MOM MBITAL M \SO\ Tel. >1& 'cars for hire. total Reduction in Rates
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      769 7 NOTICES. Government notification. Tenders will be receive.: at tho Colonial S--rttaury*« < »ffi«. u:> to no«»n of the 25t'i mnu try. 1927, ioj MipplyiA; apM»>\iinatei tht-folln-vinj: MUintities »f f^" later te on thi' undermetitioni'l m> ui- 1 IM cubes on Ayer Rajah Ro d bet v.-en Municipal 1 ,mi:1» and
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      966 7 Important Tanglin Auction Sale of Superior walnut -stained and wax-polished Teak Household Furniture. V'unu vtc. At D. Bungalow Holland Park off Holland Road (4'« Milestone) ON SATURDAY, 15th. JANUARY, AT 2.30 P.M. Comprising, a very good toned cottage piano by John Br ins mead and Sons in perfect condition, Jacobean
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      144 7 FOR SALE. F..rd An-bulsruf «uit^»bl«- V«*^-V»hr 'J^-t V% r\ van, may be insix-ft* <) ¥ii C+nmine. <r'«i-. m writinjr to (»:<".. R.A.S.C.. Mi!:urv quarters. LIGHT SIX STTDKBAKKK •W. lu-t rt-pninted. new b(H»d, and ov<*rhuui<*d «wi.ipiet«* with numerous accestnnes. Entirely Ear driven and in f \c< 'lent rf>nditior.. A baf| Apply
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14. 1927. Talking Films.
    704 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. JA NUARY 14. 1927. Talking Films. The people of Singapore are next week to have the privilege of enjoying at the Victoria Theatre the latest development of cinematography, "talking films," or. to use the correct word. "Phonofilms," the remarkable invention of Dr. Lee De -Forest. It
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    441 8 There are 146 lawyers in the F.M.S. am the S.S.. according to the latest Roll ol Advocates and Solicitors. The well-known local boxer. Tan Eng Kee arrived j n Singapore yesterday, after a tour in the Philippine Islands. Mr. Altister MacMillan. the well-known iUtaor Of 'Torts of the Far East."
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    LOCAL WIRES
    148 8 PRESENTATION TO MR. BROWN. DEATH OF A IM.ANTKK. Penang Turf Club Dinner. (From Our Own Corresp«»ndent. Penang, Jan. IS. The IVnang Turf luh held their usual dinner at the E. and O. Hotel last night, when the occasion was taken to present Mr. D. A. M. Brown, v
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    FACTORY SITES AT KATONG.
    135 8 THREE QUESTIONS To the Editor. Sir,— Me«ben of zhv Strata flitlli m—l (Singapore) AoMriatioa jresterasj r ive repot I at Committee ncetnMj n niij held, during which thi> natter ippoari la have been very fully itwrwed. iaa the ra 1 that the ('(.mmittee voted MOK or
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    PROPERTY IN SERANGOOD.
    164 8 ACTION si I'RKMK COi'KT An iirti-.n which invoiv,-, a (|U t:..n r^ gardinir the sale of property Inowa a^ Woodsville, a house in [Jppw Seo^o g Aiueh, aciording t<- Mr. ClMit -la Silva, representing the plaintirT. wa> nan.,-,] after a former judjr. of the Supreme .»urt. u
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    CRAWFORD STREET MURDER.
    297 8 CRAWFORD STREET MU RDER. A quarrel between two Chinese outsid •6 Crawford Street on Wednesday n:gh erminated fatally, when one of the m<?i irew a large knife and >ta>l»ed the or he through the heart. The injured man txpfcw almost immediately. Investigryting th< affair immediately after he received the in
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    JAPANESE SHOP RANSACKEI
    32 8 Reuter's Far Kastrni S. Koooho*. Jan. Students ransacked a Japam-« -r confiscate! and hunit a consideral tity of goods. Tho Customs' transit j>m--« g"O( ds hav<> be«n r»'fusc<l n»c<
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    LESSENING THE CINEMA DANCER.
    32 8 British Radio Official S< ltu?t>>. J»n The Westminster (Jaz* tt« Mr. Malabar, who is a Mm Phot, graphic Society, has, a years experimental work, invent* inflammable einematopraph film
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    THE ASSIZE.
    507 8 Another Robber <„• Ten Years KAII) ON V BtlUlm., The most important re the Chief .Justi.-, <„',, mm, yesterday. u a < th H t M pleaded not truilty to tw robbery. Mr c;. <; I**, mihi seeded and the prisoner u., Sung, a goldsm lLn DkwbW 11
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    THE HANKOW POSITION.
    55 9 LESSENING ur mr* TKNSION. Mv i \no> rmi interior ptrncvLT. F. t r Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Jan. 13. Th«- tension ha< un •i<»\\ ahlo tt> move f.eelj >n. -r indicates that th< from the intcrioi :lt owing to a genera which is that no boat! r o'olivs
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    EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS.
    78 9 EFFECTIVE EMERGENCY ARRANGEMENTS. I ~m rs i übfiujw Shanghai. Jan. 13. ipwiHt, telegraph that a newcomei impressed b> rinerirem-y arrange--1 'fulness with in carrying on undei acute <liscomfort. :.ir by the river immediately taken i :n consultation rui. have assumed i otherwise lor Mi ascertained a <h\H>t ship, concentration as
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    WOMEN STILL IN KULING.
    144 9 WOMEN STILL IN KULING. •\m i LIVING ON I. VI M H Shanghai. Jan. 13. Foreigners arriving :hat the Cantonese ■i the <"nce>>ion. en are remaining 1 distriue*n H MS Scarab am! H.M.S. TV h r reach safety win«r to obstruvi*..»ir .1 to remove t thy ('onsulate. imolested. He >s
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    CABINET CONSIDERS SITIATION.
    109 9 MITIN,, KI'KTHER NEWS nm HANKOW. [R«-u- rs Service.] London, Jan. 13. ■ahimrt meeting lasted an half. ■i- Ministers decided ht r '^patches from Mr- O'n<> <lefinite decisions. «afe, soon, perhaps tol.ondon. Jan. 12. to London and prenvetinjr called pri>«tuation in Hankow ly. hamU'rlain n ceived daily rvitrn
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    THE CANADIAN VIEW.
    83 9 EXPULSION OF CHINESE FROM DOMINION. C-O.NFIS4 ATION OF PROPERTY URGED. Reuter's Service. Victoria, British Columbia, Jan. 13. As a counter-measure to the 'driving out of British residents from Hankow, the local post of the Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League has passed a resolution for
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    AMERICA AND NICARAGUA.
    621 9 IS. POLICY CONDEMNED. Router's Service. 1 HuenoK Aires, Jan. 13. The local press unanimously condemnResident Coolidgc's message on the Nicaragua affair. The Prtnsa remarks that according to CiK>lidge logic nobody could condemn the German invasion of Belgium. MOKE MARINES DESPATCHED. San Diego. j an 13 It is
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    CHINESE SURTAXES.
    102 9 TO COMMENCE NEXT MONTH. REOPENING OF TARIFF CONFERENCE URGED. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Pekin, Jan. 13. Three mandates which have been issued impose a 2V-. per cent, surtax on ordinary Poods, with a further 5 per cent, on luxuries from February 1. They declare tariff autonomy on January
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    JAPANESE GOVERNMENT VIEWS.
    276 9 RESPECTING TREATY RIGHTO. Tokyo. Jan. 13. Though the Government remains non-com-niital NeanHag its attitude towards the Ihinese situation the Asahi claims to have learned that the Foreign Office views on the three major questions following are: Firstly, to refrain from any positive intervention between North and South,
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    INDUSTRIAL PEACE.
    211 9 LABOUR HOME SECRETARY SUGGESTS CONFERENCE. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Jan. 12. Speaking last night at Falkirk, Mr. Artiur Henderson, Home Secretary m the ite Labour Government, dealt with the uestion of industrial peace. He suggested that the Prime Minister rid convene a conference of representbodies of labour
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    INFLUENZA IN EUROPE.
    88 9 A REASSURING REPORT. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Jan. 12. The first of the special bulletins regarding the European influenza epidemic being issued by the health section of the League )f Nations is reassuring. Reports from Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain and Ireland, Italy, the
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    AMERICA AND MEXICO.
    426 9 KELLOGG SUGGESTS RED ACTIVITIES. BASE IN MEXICO. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, j an 13 In the course of a document submitted by the Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Kellogg declares that Latin America and Mexico are conceived as the base of Com munist activity against the United States He
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    RIOT IX SHAXGHAI COTTON MILL.
    173 9 DISPERSED BY HOSE. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Jan. 13. A riot, the cause of which is unknown, broke out in two of Jardine Matheson's cotton mills yesterday evening, necessitating the police to request the aid of the fire brigade to eject the refractory workers,
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    PRESERVING SHAKESPEARE'S MEMORY.
    60 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Jan. 12. A scheme embracing the preservation of the fifteenth century Clopton Bridge &t Stratford-on-Avon and the erection on a new site of a Shakespeare Memorial Theatre to replace the one destroyed by fire last year is under the consideration of the
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    DEATH OF PROFESSOR BIRTH.
    42 9 [Reuter's Service.] Munieh, Jan. 13. The death is announced of Professor Friedrich Hirth, the sinologist, who spent 27 years in the Chinese customs' service, and subsequently occupied the Chair of Chinese language and literature at the Columbia University.
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    COMING STRUGGLE FOR SHANGHAI.
    555 11 Chang Tsung Changs Position. MNGPO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE. Chances of almost momentous importance have taken place within the two provinces of Chekian* and Kianjrsu during the past A-eek and more especially within the past .hue days, tmf* the Shanghai Mercury of T K" ember :?inh. First in
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    MOSQUE OF ST. SOPHIA.
    307 11 120.000 RESTORATION PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR. The lepairs to the exterior of the dome of St. Sophia have just been satisfactorily completed before winter begins, at a cost of £6,000. The Turkish technical commission examined the work and found that there was no further possibility «f
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    756 11 Unclaimed Sweep Prizes. THE AUTOMATIC TOTALISATOR. At the recent meeting of the Ipoh Gymkhana Club, to be known in future as the Perak Turf Club, the Chairman, Mr. J. C. Osborne, referred to an item of $9,302 in respect of unclaimed prizes. This amount, he said, represented
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    OLD AGE DELAYED BY NEW CURE.
    130 11 Improvement on Monkey Gland*. Horn**, Dec 3. A new rejuvenating treatment has been discovered by Signor Francesco Cavazzoni, an Italia.i doctor. No operation is needed, and the ticatmert is much simpler than Dr. Voronoff's 'monkey gland" cure. Dr. Cavazroni injects a substance which tan
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    204 12 STEAMER RUNS ON REEF. ROYAL STAR PITS INTO SINGAPORE The Royal Star, a vessel of 4,880 tons net, and 7,900 tons gross, belonging to the Blue Star Line, whilst bou.ul from Shanghai to London, struck a shcal patch to the north of the Btrante Beac n, off St.
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    EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND.
    346 12 ON SECOND ROUND THE WORLD (RUSE. New York.— The Empress of Scotland, flagship of the Canadian Pacific fleet, has sailed on her second round-the-world cruise, lasting I:^2 days. The Empress, which is of 25,000 tons gross register, carried 480 passengers and will call at 2*-- ports in
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      708 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and i* riday 6 a.m. Bangkok tvety Thursday 6 a.m. kota Tiuggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taipjng, Penang and Kedah and lower iSiam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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      294 12 WEATHER IN THE GULP. The gale in the Gulf has abated, but not so the storm on the bridge, says the Bangkok Times. To-day's correspondent writes that in connection with fast ship-, and the KistTia's capability of making Bangkok from Singapore in three days, he would like to say that
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    MATTERS INDIAN.
    1368 14 Indian Currency. PROPOSED PUBLIC MEETING. (By Our Indian Correspondent) The establishment of a sound monetary standard for India is a welcome step and the Currency Bill, which is to-day on the Indian parliamentary anvil, aims at imposing a statutory obligation on the Government of India so long as
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    LONDON-INDIA FLIGHT.
    81 14 AIR LINER CHRISTENED. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 11. Lady Irwin, wife of the Viceroy of India, at Delhi yesterday christened the Hercules air liner in which the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, and his party flew to India from London. The machine was named City of
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    20 14 Mr. R. W. Meredith has now taken over the duties of secretary and treasurer of the Destitute Strangers Aid Fund.
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    "BOBBY" ABEL'S PLIGHT.
    269 14 SIKKEY CUJI MAKING PROVISION FOR HIM. The foil- whig statement in reference to 'Bobby" Abel, tht famous old Surrey batsman, who«e blindness and financial plight haw recently attra' red some attention, was issued by the Surrey County Cricket. "The case of Abel has been receiving the anxious
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    OPEN-AIR ALTAR FOR LONDON.
    132 14 Site Overlooked > V Cardinal Hume. t k i» R Arcnoisjiop ef W«*tniin-u a s?henu for the reel altar out>ide Wesimin-:< It is proposed that on a large streK-h of *rr<" tern side of the »ath< Morpeth-torrar* when pie have flat^. including B berlain. the r'nivi^n
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    93 15 OUR FINANCE CABLE. CONSIDERABLE BUYING OF RUBBERS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 12. Tin relapsed 3 J /4 to £298 r> s although the > fluctuations are disregarded in the share 1 market. > Rubber! are firm and there is a considerI able volume of buying,
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    696 15 LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT. I Singapore, Jan. 13. The metal quotation is slightly lower on 'I balance over the week, ami. while share values have generally been well maintained, the tone of the market has been quiet with business restricted. Outputs for the month will, of course, suffer, in
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    70 15 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 12. Amsterdam 12.13%, Berlin 20.4(5, Bombay Is. 6 5-64d.. Brussels 34.90, Buenos Aires 46 ir>-32, Copenhagen IS.20, Geneva 25.18, Helsingfors 192%, Hong; Kong- 2s.. Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 30.46, Milan 114'/,, NewYork 4.84 5-16, Oslo 18.95, Paris, 122*4, Praeue 163%, Rio 5
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 15 Januiry 13. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 5-32 Bank demand g)l |t-Sf Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 5-16 New York, demand 5»i s Credits 90 days 57^ France, ch-ivand 1350 India, T.T. 153'^ DouglUMC d«*m.m«l 12 p.c. Di Yokohani;.. demand 114 1 Java, demand 130 Bangkok. dem.:nd P#%
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    PRODUCE.
    216 15 January 13. Tin 100 Tons llfLM Gammer 8.45 Pepper While 74jM Pepper Black 42.«»«> Flake Tapiocn 5.25 Pearl Sa^o Small Ui Copra K».-2. r Copra Sundried 11.10 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice Lianjr Hin Chan Mark Red Baflc (New) Rice. Siam old No. 1 Mi Rice. Rangoon Hintan 260
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    51 15 January 13th., 12 o'clock noon. tt.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot Standard R.S.S. on TYn<!.r Jan. h* 0 K.h.-Mar. ♦iV> 4 •>.♦'. Aiii;;l-.Iunf W Tl July-Sept. '[one of Market:- Easier. L: ted Cable: London Sp»* Skeet 111 i New York Spot Sheet O. cU. 40
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    LEWIS AND PEATS REPORT.
    203 15 Singapore, Jan. 13. Since our last issue we have had a steady ami rising market with a very keen nemand lor nearby rubbt*. The continued shoita^re of supplies has been the main cause of the advance coupled with a fairly lar«re simulative enquiry for k *$r*ard
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    123 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sclk-*s Batane: Padang: HS 1)2 Mris (i!) Mi (><i Ml x.d, Kamunting 82* H4s c.«l I.ingui Tin 1.86 LM x.d Pattani (^1 1.05 L10 Ra\vang (i'l) 4:»s Rembian (10) 3s 42 Toja Malay 28i <5d S9i Bd Thabawlcik (fl) ttt <>1 S9 Altenbv ($1)
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    BRITISH MALAYAN TRADE.
    224 15 LAST YEARS FHilRES. 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) mi i92o Jan. to June 407,:56O 508,944 Inc: in: Juy 94,61M
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    106 15 KOSE MACPHAIL& COS. REPORT. Sinyaport Jan. IS. It:.!; 1 !.<» ll( K.»i. If 7 ,<l. |>MN| VI i i-al 88M1 cts. Tin. -I.«>nr..m, i:2'.« 1 "»s. I tuhanpvd. I $151 for k»ii Min.siK- l >i taliog U& 4. n «i > v iLncui !>■' IJO cum div.,
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    BARLOWS REPORT.
    120 15 Singapore. Jan. H. UubiHT. -The liiatla-t has shown furtht-r improvement during th<- past week, and prkca haw tended -t<a«lil\ inwards a hitrht r K'vt-1. Thi.- inoinin^ I ondon is reported (hiwri a fa^'. binjr to Is 7">,<! closing: easier, and New York down cts. ftU to 4O'> <!>..
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    MACI'HAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    41 15 MACI'HAIL'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Jan. 13. losing I'm. Buyers Seller!" Petalinjr VtlVk 4.47 >o i x. SvBfd Way- :*.."><» :>.0<i Katrut Basin 2\h 0 3.1 liawann |7i M r.runci Ltd. 7.7 I 7>."» Connemara 2.70 New Scudai 7 Stiait> Traders KwlS
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    66 15 The following appointments an n<»ti!i-.f in t*K' B. B. Official Gazette-: M E. E. IJarratt t» be Nursinjr IMm I ton Civil Hospital; Mr. K. (i. I»al. t he Assisant EKecative Enpintci, P.W.D Sandakan; Miss E. Simpson to he Nurse Matron. Sandakan Civil Hospital; Mr. A. K, M. Garry, to
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1101 16 Opening of New Bridge. THE KING'S NORTHERN TOl'R. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. Jan. 9L Since Saturday last the northern am southern lines were united by the openinj of the fine bridge across the Bangkok river His Majesty performed the opening cere mony, which attracted considerable publi<
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    INTERNATIONAL HEALTH.
    814 16 Work of Singapore Bureau. ACTIVITIES TO BE EXTENDED. The Advisory Council of the Eastern Bureau of the League < f Nations Health Organisation held its Second Session from January 6 to 11 in the Bureau's premises. in R.»bin.-o-ii Road. The folh>wing subjects were amongst ethers on the Agenda:
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    50 16 Home Football. THIRD ROUND CUP REPLAYS. [Reuter's Service. J London, Jan. 12. Results of replays of matches in the third round of the F.A. Cup to-day resulted as follows: Port Vale 5, Orient 1. Liverpool 4, Bournemouth 1. Manchester Un. 2. Reading 2. Portsmouth 4. Bristol Rovers 0.
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    TUNNEY'S NEXT FIGHT.
    80 16 TEX RICHARD'S GUARANTEE. [Reuters Service.] New York. Jan. 12. In fulfilment of a clause of his contract to stagt a championship fight during 1 th? summer Rieksrd t'>_day deposited $100,0^0 with a New York bank. The remaining $100,000 making up th? guarantee will be deposited on May
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
    108 16 SAILING RACE AT REGATTA. Next Sunday the final race for the Kathleen trophy will be sailed for over the usual Club course. Handicaps are as follows: June, Ella Dorothy and Kathleen, scratch; Polly. 2; Gertrude, 2.7; Jean. 3.7; Ella. 7.2; J y, 7.5; Puteh. 7.8; Eve
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 7.
    45 16 ENTRIES CLOSE TO-DAY. Have you entered for the Free Press Football Competition No. 6 Entries close this morning at 10 a.m. Any received after that tint- will be disqualified. See oar Saturday's issue for the first coupon for Competition No. 7.
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    INTER-STATE HOCKEY.
    117 16 PENANG-PEEAK MATCH CANCELLED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Jan. 13. The hockey match between Penan*; and I'erak, which was arranged to take place lere on Saturday, has been cancelled. [Vnang being unable to raise a team. Indian Association Lose to Y.M.C.A. On the Y.M.C.A. ground yesterday the tOBM
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    THE AMERICAN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    118 16 ORGANISED ATTACK BY BRITISH PROS. [Reuter's Service.] i London, Jan. 12. This year a new event in golfing history will be an organized British attack on Am erican championships. The newspaper, '"Golf Illustrated," is raising a national fund of at least £3,000 to finance the tour
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    PENANG RACES.
    437 16 Third Day's Results. JOHN SANDS WIN SWEEP RACE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 13. There was an excellent attendance at th p race to-day. The following were the results: Race I. Five Furlongs. Vingt-et-Un (Roberts) 7.3 1 Ararita (Hobbs) 8.8 2 Penarth (Thompson) 9.10 Won by a
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    END OF CHEQUERED CAREER.
    157 16 London. Dec. 2\). A laughing audience applauding a pantomime Cinderella at Cardiff yesterday did not suspect the agony in which the vivacious Miss Lynda Martell, one of the "ucrly sisters," was playing- her part. Miss Martell in private life is Lady Lyveden. Before the performance she
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    55 16 The annual general meeting of ordinary members of the Garrison Golf Club will be held on Thursday, February 3rd., at Fort Canning-. Time will be notified later. Any ordinary member having proposals for the agenda should forward same, together with name of seconder, to the Secretary not
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    10 16 Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.C. Units.
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