The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 February 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 000 Z7\ SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. NO. 12,024.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    328 1 The King's speech at the opening of Parliament yesterday dealt principally with the China situation, the League of Nations and industrial aTair< Page 11. Mr. Clien is now in chastened mood and has re-opened negotiations with Mr. O'Malley— Page 11. The second battalion of the Gloucester Regiment,
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    GOURMET.
    1314 1 I suppose y. v night call BUand gi urmet, inn h< wms at a fine-drawn typo and his face had slightly harassed ncprec* sion; this was nol \ed. for I have yen him relax into mething wear beatitude. He was one of the vety w me: at the club
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      294 1 I v LDINGS sQLYPTOL SOAP H I'IRI'OSES. J hVUVUWVWWMJ Ss-.'.'.' I? AF F I F S HOTFI ra£: ITa/aim Pou;^r for YOU. I\ L__Lll__ ANTISEPTIC AND FRAGRANT. fhursday, 10th February, Diner Daasant 8. 15 p.m. (Dinners will be S2md in the Bail Room). g^ w% (f^\%?Wf\A j I TO-NIGHT I
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      109 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Quaints at Theatre Page 2. 4711 Eau de Cologne— Page 13. Sirloin at Cold Storage— Page B. First National attraction Page 2. European bungalow to let Page 9. Izal disinfectant. Guthrie's Page 10. Pabco Servispar. Sime, Darby Page 8. Shipping notices on pages 12, It! and 17. Ransonu-s
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      9 1 jl SWALLOW ARIELL'S < AFTERNOON TEA j! j BISCUITS. j:
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      146 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 9th^ High Water. 3.14 a.m., ■'•■^l p.m. High Water, Malacca, 12.10 a.m.. 12.20 p.m. W. Australian mail close-, noon. Quaints in Ghost Train Theatre. 9.80 p.m. Thursday, 10th. High Water. 4.05 a.m.. .">.IS p.m. Hi£h Water. Malacca. L 2.50 a.m.. LOO p.m. Ipoh Races. Homeward mail doses.
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    TIGRESS FOSTERS HUMAN CHILD.
    489 2 TIGRESS FOSTERS HUMAN CHILD. VILLA ERS DISCOVER! IN DENSE JUNGLE. =tory of the Midnapur wulf- has now been followed ap by an j interesting account of a **tiger-child' coming fi an a former Magistrate in the entral Provinces arho describes his experience as 'Aboui 20 year.- ago,* 1 he says,
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      210 2 ASPRO TABLETS. GIVE CERTAIN RELIEF IN Rheumatism Headache Influenza Sleeplessness. Does not affect the heart. Wholesale and retail from the Importers MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MAI-AY OPERA. CINEMA, SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. VICTORIA THEATRE SATURDAY, FEB. 26th, 9.15 p.m. MONDAY,
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      325 2 VIOXORIA THEATRE I NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. R. B. SALISBURY'S FAMOUS MUSICAL AND COMEDY COMPANY THE QUAIN TS TO-NIGHT THE BIG COMEDY SUCCESS NOW PLAYING AT THE GARRICK THEATRE LONDON. "THE GHOST TRAIN" TO-MORROW AND FRIDAY, FEB. 11th. NO, NO, NANETTE THE WORLD'S RECORD BREAKER. SATURDAY. FEU. 12th. THE ONLY
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      374 2 WISHING ITS CHINESE PATRON v TT^^l AND PROSPEROUS NEW YF\ X T ,J AP|<V 1 ALHAMBRa Presents an Exceedingly Stron A MIGHTY POWERFUI. FIRST NATIOVAI Uty^ which has a tremendous fascination) and bttflds i is told in terms of vivid <!•,.. IT SERVES IN ril\'lN(i i MILTON SILLS his strongest
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    FAMOUS GOLF COURSES.
    1468 3 THE ROMANCE OF THE ROYAL AND ANCIENT CLI B OF ST. ANDREWS. There are many golfers in the British i Is. s who, as yet. have to make theii first 1 acifr itiintance with St. Andrews. This may be due to a variety of circumstances over which
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    "BUYING THE CADGER'S VOTE.'
    343 3 A formidable indictment of Australia's overdone "humanitarian legislation" is levelled by an eminent Southern medico in a Sydney contemporary. After referring to the disappeai'ance of the sturdy old spitit of independence that made Australia: "As time went on nearly half a century of it (he says)
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    52 3 Los Angeles District Attorney, on Jan. 10, obtained the dismissal of the charge against Mrs. Aimee McPherson, the evangelist, formerly of Shanghai, on the ground of the untrustworthiness of the principal witness for the State. Mrs. McPherson was charged with perpetrating a "disappearance hoax" from Los Angeles in May of
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      221 3 C I k I I 1 V ii M 1 x \rOUR BABY'S future good health and happiness depends upon jour choice of his I The r._/t food tor your Baby is Glaxo, which I ha^> beer used to rear successfully the children M nf I Koyal Nurseries. If there
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      110 3 Architecture ancient and modern J One of the greatest and most enduring forms of Handcraft finds its expression in ancient architecture. But the same spirit which impelled the attainment of perfection in these now ruined Arches and Temples, to-day produces an equal masterpiece of Handcraft in VIRGINIA QGARETTES ARDATH TOBACCO
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    CAR TALKS.
    1141 4 VI. Starting. I By "Mafoo." An internal combustion engine is nor selfj starting. That is to say that at iea-r some movement must be imparted t< the crankshaft before the engine vrii] commen t niakt- i; rev* Ive. Before attempting m start the ngin certain steps must be
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    PENANG RIKISHA MEN'S TRUCULENCE.
    118 4 PENANG RIKISHA MEN'S TRUCULENCE. Tun local ladies hen they endea ti uculent i i! i<ha i Ing mote than I. 1 ladies had cogs i i E. and 0. rank and, house, ga re the pulk legal Care being l v with v ha! 1 1.< commenced an v i
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    CAUSES OF TROUBLE.
    53 4 The ]•:•■> a i ii i st atinii-ii* re\ I Britain! show ing motor ctr breji [gmition trouble, Axle shafts, 12 I Cyiinden w d \\"('c<l< ati<i lIRS, Propeller rf»f< Lubrication, Valves, l. !-><.iii a\l.- ;>r Ij-l/m^ failures, S Water i-ir.-u i Breaks, 8.1 S' art mi'
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      204 4 /MS^' Fine Steel Explains 'Q^^ 1 he Car s LONG LIFE! •I This fact should be Remembered by \l ■I everyone who now owns or expects to buy a car. J In the percentage of costly Chrome l\ I; Vanadium steel used, Dodge > l' m Brothers Motor Car out-ranks
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      77 4 V.\ V. VASWAWAWi'AWMWAWJWMWA'.'IMVA'.VAV.V.VA .'.V.VAW.V.W.',' :j High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes > 4 \4 I 1 mm 1 < Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO.. (1926) LTD -<;, ,nort < Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Pcnaag, Ipoh. Malacca e^« &JBBI l^k s! Il w' THE FLSK TIKE EXPORI COMPANY, INC. G.ll and
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    200 M.P.H. CAR.
    703 5 Secret "S" to Race in U.S. HHITISH ATTEMPT TO BEAT ALL RECORDS. Two hundred miles an hour is the speed Objective of a wonderful motor-car which nearing completion in the locked and guarded "shop" of a Wolverhampton engineering works. This mystery motor car— which is like no
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    "COW WITH CRUMPLED HORN."
    111 5 Quite recently, while driving in the neighbourhood of Xun?aton, a motorist come into collision with a herd of cattle. One of the cows mounted the bonnet 'if his Wolseley car and put its horn through the top h If of the Triplex' windscreen, which brok:\ but
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    61 5 During' the first nine months of last year 13,134,882 gallons of motor spirit were imported into the Irish Free State, as compared with 11,441,440 gallons during the corresponding period last year. The suggestion by the combine oil companies that retailers sh uKI purchase only combine brands does not appear to
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      60 5 for Economical Transportation i\ i #3fpPWFSiWgra# f yOl SHOULD NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY ,o INSPECT AT ONCE THE LATEST MODEL. IHK NEW BISCAY GREEN COLOUR WILL SCRELI WIN YOUR ADMIRATION. FHEIR MULTIPLE-CYLINDER PERFORMANCE UilH CHEVROLET ECONOMY IS ALREADY A BY-WORD. SO SMOOTH— SO POWERFUL The Standard Toure BORNEO MOTORS, LIMITED
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      209 5 WLMwyvyWi i AViV.v.v.v.v.,.v.vw^^^ Xhudson/ 5 S V ANNOUNCEMENT. We have pleasure in announcing having:! ji been appointed sole distributors in Malaya for the Essex and Hudson Cars as from the Ist Jan. 1927. i; Immediate delivery of Essex Coach and j; Full range of spares always in stock. ij I
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    CHESS NOTES AND NEWS.
    726 6 HATTOX WARD. IFRSE PRESS SPECIAL.] Problc-r- V« M. (By P. K. Blake). Mate is Two. Bishop Veraas Knight: Which the stronger piece in chess, the Bishop >r the Knipht? Thi^ old question has lv<?en revived by a correspondent who has to considerable trouble r the attempt
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    MEN, WOMEN AND BRIDGE.
    998 6 Stories of Psychology. WHAT THE GAME REVEALS. I Like all other games of skill, auction bridge can be very prood or very bad. It can be either, in the hands of women; it van be either, in the hands of men. Many women play the best
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    AIR MAIL SERVICE FOR INDIA.
    105 6 "Man<h<-t«r <,n..rdian- Si In connect ion witl w late arrival of rn.t U eorrespoodeal of thi 1 expresses wirprt» i Coßtmefoe at < lalctittt I tated for thr suppl) to DK'ct tfii incoti i^' P i ush the nail to C«l An seropkUM llyini a
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    1291 6 I WHEN CALLING IS DIFFICULT XvK v "HORATIUS." [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] Whatever theory of bidding: you swear b or system you practise, there are som hands which are very difficult to deal with For instance. I dealt myself the other even ing:— 5— J.10,9 8,G,3,2; H—
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    1197 7 Eastern Matters. MEMORIAL TO I.ORI) STEVENSON (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 13. Mr. Winston Churchill, Mr. Lloyd George, Mr. Amery :iH Mr. ,T. H. Thomas have supported the proposal to erect a memorial to the late Lord Stevenson and the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's
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    A LAST OCCASION.
    423 7 For the last time to-day (Feb. .">) th'j Straits Echo appears as an afternoon paper. For nearly twenty-five years this paper has been published early in ".he afternoon, competing with its older contemporary f>' pride cf earliest publication. For some years a section of the local public
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    ELECTRIC HARE RACES FOR LONDON.
    150 7 New Coarse to Open in May Electric cour-inji' greyhound racing after a hare thai run-- by electricity is t be established on a racecourse now bein^r laid out at Finsbury Park. Racing is to begin next May under the management of the Greyhound Racing Association.
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      109 7 It Pays to Spray Keep down Mosquitos and Pests by using the Vermorel "Eclair" Knapsack Sprayer I Wellknown as a reliable A^HSjjll^fe strongly made machine. ■RjJFjJHjl^y Has a variable spray fine f^ffl^fflpPf I medium or coarse. y£MHß|||^sjH i Nozzle so arranged that /j BJ^ jet can be delivered front fcflßcj^teqj
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      126 7 I RAYMOND CONCRETE i PLIES. Varying stratas of earth and sani-ptatttic soil set up I The Best Battery j For Your Car Ask Your Dealer FOR A 5 I WILLARD I I See That You Get It. f. SOLE AGENTS: PHONE 3134 and 3135. > ji UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. j:
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    JAVA NOTES.
    1209 8 Governor General's Visit to Sumatra. A PLEASANT JOURNEY. On Friday afternoon the 28th. ult. H.E the Governor-General left Tandjong Priok on board the cruiser Zeven Provincien for Sumatra. The three daughters of H.E. and a large number of authorities were present to bid H.E. bon voyage. The Zeven
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    BOXING.
    145 8 SCOTT vs. BARTAZZOLO In this match Scott had the advantage of height and reac-h and soon established a lead on points. He was repeatedly getting home left jabs and right and left hooks. The Italian was slow and poor in defence, but Scott failed to make use of his
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    MOORE'S PLUCKY STAND AGAINST MILLIGAN.
    162 8 At the outset the bout between Tommy Milligan and Ted Moore for the European middleweight championship was fast and furious. Moore had rather the bettei of the opening round, but in the second Milligan fought like a tiger, punching Moore all round the ring. In
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    LADIES' TENNIS "TEST MATCH."
    105 8 BRITISH TEAM DRAWS AT CAPE TOWN. London, Jan. 26. Cape Town. The first Test match between the British lady lawn tennis tourists and South Africa was commenced under a hot and glaring- sun. A large attendance of spectators included the Earl and Countess of Athlone. Miss
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    SQUASH RACKETS IN NEW YORK.
    53 8 London, Jan. 26. New York. In a squash rackets match here a New York side beat the British team by 4 matches to 2. A notable feature of the match was the brilliant victory of Captain Cazalet over Palmer Dixon, the American Champion, by 15—8.
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      98 8 > TAPERED ROLLER BEARINGS jj jjSIMPLE EFFICIENT ADJUSTABLE f ;j Come to us for Replacements J -WE CARRY STOCKS FOR ALL POPULAR MAKES OF 5 CARS AND LORRIES— jj MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. •I 209-212, Orchard Road. m \bull never get tired of Craven A because THEY NEVER VARY/ .i; ''ysS!&i§&sS!£^B^^^BßSSS^^m
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      297 8 PABCO SERVISPAR Waterproof! Oilproot: Colourless! |>- t f Servispar Varnish is not affected b> boiling water it will not turn white and, when applied, it dries with a hard. jrJasv-i,K finish that is difficult to mar. On Motor Boats, Yachts. Motor Cats, I urm ture and Floors its protective and
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    HOME FOOTBALL TO DATE.
    1082 9 Results Including Saturday, Feb. sth. ENGLISH LEAGUE DIVISION I. Home Away Coal? Goals P \V 13 L F A W D L F A Points Newcastle 26 12 i 1 41 12 4 4 4 22 21 37 Burnley 17 11 3 o 42 IT 3
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    MONEY FROM WASTE.
    161 9 During- the- war we were all obliged either from motives of patriotism or from personal necessity to become a saving people. To-day we have reverted to our old ways, j and many things that in the mass are valuable are cast aside because we cannot realise on
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    DOTED ON A PRINCE.
    139 9 London. The latest "Captain of Koepenik" incident is reported from Gotha, reports the Berlin correspondent of the Times. A well-dressed man of 22, styinc: at a fashionable hotel under the name of Baron Korff, told the proprietor he was Prince Wilhelm, a son of the ex-Crown
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      331 9 OIISINESS CARDS. rffARY SETON.--$ u h\\OOD "FURNITURE i ,in\i;n\l SHADES. 5 \M!{Kr" MANSIONS. > %%VV < AWVWVWVWIrVVWVIrVIrV| %BLI TOPS. FLOORING. TIIKS. Etc. siV ,\|»()RE CASKET (O. c Merchants." TdepiwM "5 "ALBERT L. A. DALEY. (M^Kr^KKR MONUMENTAL M \SON. Tel. i>ls. lars for hire Great Reduction in Rates •j he MOTOR
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      595 9 NOTICES. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE. (Singapore Branch). T hr annual genera] Meeting of the above Society will W held in the Singapore Crickei lob <>n Monday. 21s*. February, I'.vjt, at ~>'M) tor the following purposes. '1' To receive a report on thr working of the Society for the year
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      249 9 C* ho Engines J; t "A Kermath Always Rums" I L DOMINATE the I waters with a Ker- N math Marine Engine) I Kermath Marine En- k gines have proved their I superior power in races the world over. All boats, 1 from small launches to 8 large size tugs
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      405 9 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Unredeemed Ptedgea leweller 4 c* d'sci i(>t inn. Messrs. Cheong Koon ><^ir t <■■■ room, \n. 10 Clmlui >i )n Friday. Feb. 11th.. at li a.m. )n Monday, Feb. 14th.. ii Li a.m. )n Wednesday, Feb. Kith.. M 0 a.m. The pledges comprise watcher 'i;.!::,-.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      ANNOUNCEMENT
      32 10 The wedding of Mr. L. R. Dames to Miss Kathleen Xutt, will take place at 4.15 p.m. on the 9th instant instead of at 3.30 p.m. as stated in the invitations.
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      DEATH.
      23 10 HUMPHERY. On 17th December at Davos Port. Switzerland, Eric Danvers Humphery. aged 22 years, late of the Sarawak Civil Service, of tuberculosis.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. Fighting in Chekiang.
    422 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1927. Fighting in Chekiang. The news regarding the Northern success against the Southerners at Chu Chow, in Chekiang, illustrates, if true as is probable, the folly of treating the Southern Government as having any control over Shanghai. Chu Chow is in the extreme south
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    The Pilgrim Problem.
    392 10 A number of letters have been written to us in connection with the overcrowding of Haj pilgrims in Singapore at the moment. The matter is of considerable interest and merits a few words of explanation as to the position. Each year the shipping companies concerned in this
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    314 10 Lady Guillemard will be staying at The Residency. Ipoh, from Tuesday until Thursday, when she will leave for Kuala Lumpur. The next cinema show will be held in the V.M.C.A. Hall on Friday next at 8.30 p.m. An excellent programme has been ar- r\ y~\ ry o f\ Mr. A.
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    "THE ONLY WAY."
    980 10 Why It Was Banned. "ENTIRELY DIFFERENT* FROM AMERICAN FILM In view of the strong press and public criticism of the Cinematograph Committee of Appeal's banning of the British film. "The Only Way,' featuring Sir John Mar- tin Harvey, while the American version 'The Tale of Two Cities."
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    FIRE TRAGEDY RECALLED.
    338 10 Tenant's Unsuccessful Slll Against Insurance 0 iM.Aivmrs UMussKK The traffic |M v,,,: Street last rebruar. women were hurra I the Supreme < mirt before the Chiel Just Hartsoa. It will be i-a.i.-: the tenant of the h *M suK^.-qu.-nt.- vi with murdei h u occurred pe«ta*da] ih.
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    IN THE PENANG COURTS.
    107 10 MINING LEASE UM'KU UISMISSI I From Our Dwi I fcHtttf I' l The Court ti A[.|"-^ Mr. Justice Spro.il, U* U< I« more. heard tin- app.-al &*•> t hi- of Mi. Ivotke Brown in the the fiiimriir Royal Oe| i mcd Mak Ah Chewif Eoi lt-Mt
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    OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
    241 11 0 HNCS SPEECH. nl vl IN CHINA. t fy Service.] London. Feb. 8. the opening of Par- miga Powers eonI. Nations ha^ been further step taken I rnial inter- by Urn fntry ;inii h r an seal <>n the i poKey it was found I terminate irj
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    BRITISH PROPAGANDA.
    83 11 E END m;<i\| UGH HORSE." t Re>;' Seiwlce I l.«»nd>n. Feb. 8. "crying need in it British propaganroaklc remarks that Chi- susceptible to the B round them and the XC rdingly. years construct:i*h jp ,i. which the British HT to Madei directly and •-..1- n w Ihc Bri-k-y
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    THE ROYAL TOUR.
    15 11 I* Service.] London. Feb. 8. Duchess of York, in the at Xukuhiva,
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    MISSING MISSIONARIES SAFE.
    30 11 I isten Sendee 1 Hankow, Feb. s. Fathers Mac(St n-lumba Iff* Okg and are both reported to have. <• the interior oi Hupeh n destroyed ami Bad ill-treated.]
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    A CHASTENED CHEN.
    249 11 NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN. NATIONALISTS* NEW TONE [Reuters Far Eastern Service]. Hankow, Feb. 8. Mr. Eugene Chen to-day had a conference with Mr. OMalley, for the first time since the rupture of negotiations. Hankow, Feb. 7. discussing the position regarding the Hankow negotiations with responsible Nationalist officials, Reuter was
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    BRITISH TRADE WILL FLOURISH !
    90 11 BRITISH TRADE WILL FLOURISH Hong Kong, Feb. S. Responsible persons applaud the Times' edit rial advocating that the British defence forces should proceed to Shanghai direct. They point out that Canton agitators are planning an early strike at Hong Kong. They consider that Mr. Chen's latest statement that "British trade
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    REPORTED CANTONESE REVERSE.
    132 11 TROOPS RETIRE. Router's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai. Feb. 8. According to a very reliable foreign report. Sun Chuan Fang's troops have cap-] fcured Chad* W, the Southerners' advanced base, and the defeated forces are retiring t wards the Kiangsi border. As i- well-known, the Southerners lately have
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    GLOUCESTERS IN HONG KONG.
    22 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Hong K«ng, Feb. 8 The second battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment has arrived here.
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    TROOPSHIP LEAVES PORT SAID.
    18 11 [Reuters Service.] Port Said, Feb. 7. The troopship Kildonan Castle has proceeded to China.
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    CRUISERS IN HONG KONG.
    25 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, Feb. 8. The First Light Cruiser Squadron. H.M.S. Frobisher. Delhi. Dauntless and Danae has arrived-
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    SEAPLANES FOR CHINA.
    29 11 [Reuters Service.] Malta, Feb. 8. The aircraft-carrier Argus has arrived and is embarking a fleet of reconnaissance flight Fairey machines belonging to H.M.S. Eagle for China.
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    53 11 A murder was committed in Malay Street on Sunday night, the victim being a Chinese. Apparently he was attacked unawares and stabbed by three men. He was able to follow his assailants a short distance before he collapsed and died. The three men were able to get away in the
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    CHINA'S TURNING-POINT.
    508 11 CHANG vs. BOLSHEVISM. FIGHTING FOR COMMON CAUSE. Reuters Far Eastern Service. Peking, Feb. 8. Marshal Chang Tso Lin has made a lengthy declaration in which, after the usual preamble, he urges the preservation of National and sovereign lights, the restoration of order, the spread of education, the harmonius
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    THE NEW PRAYER BOOK.
    201 11 [Reuters Service.] London, Feb. 7. The most important ecclesiastical event of the Church of England in living memory was the meeting of the Convocations of Canterbury and York held in London, at which the two Archbishops presented a draft copy of the revised Prayer Book prepared
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    THE QUAINTS.
    72 11 Arnold Ridley's popular mystery play, The Ghost Train, thrilled quite a large audience at the Victoria Theatre last night. The Quaints were in .happy mood and MrSalisbury played the leading role in the same capable manner which has stamped him as one of Singapore's greatest theatrical favourites. The
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    LABOUR'S MISTAKE.
    277 11 PROPAGANDIST WIRES. EXPLOITATION BY NATIONALISTS. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Feb. 8. The Nationalist Government, through a Nationlist news agency, is making the utmost propaganda use of any Labour telegrams they think support their cause. The text is published to-day and telegraphed all over China of a telegram
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    ATTACK ON MR. LAVENDER.
    505 11 A FATAL TERMINATION We regret to record the death at the Hospital yesterday of Mr. W. A. Lavender of Malacca. The Malacca Observer of Monday gives fuller details of the attack, a report of which appeared in the Free Pres? last week. The Observer says: Mr.
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    41 11 On Monday morning, a municipal inspector found the body of a Chinese in the Bukit Timah Road Cemetery. There was a dagger clasped in the dead man's hand and terrible wounds were discovered on his body. The police are making enquiries.
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      727 12 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON, AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT, t SARPKDON Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow Feb. 13 MACfI VOX London, Rotterdam and
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      552 12 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Spore. s.s. CITY OF MADRID Feb. 17 s.s. CITY OF LAHORE London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Havre and Liverpool Feb. 27 s.s. KNOWSLEY HALL London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Mar. 20
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    SINGAPORE BASE.
    592 13 VIEWS OF A RETIRED ADMIRAL. On December 11, the Spectator published an article on the Singapore naval base. In the following week's issue. Admiral G. A. Ballard (retired) makes the following observations on this question: "It fell to my lot. as Assistant-Director of Naval Intelligence at the Admiralty
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    THE MALAYAN COMMAND.
    282 13 The appointment of a new General Officer to command in Malaya is of more than general interest, and especially so as the name he bears is one associated with the early days of our contact with the peoples Of the Far East. The new G.0.C.. MajorGenenU Van
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    20 13 It ha^ been amusing in New York thil winter First there was the Hall Mill murder trial. .-Miss Rebecca West.
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      EUROPEANS AND GOVERNMENT.
      235 13 To the Fci'or. Sir,—On Jan. 25th. the Editor of the T.O.M. quotes your "Malaya was a Great Country." Yes, granted, the European civilian p pulation are to blame. For why. because they have no representation in the ruling of the country. Secondly they, like your Governor, and
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      MUSLIM PILGRIMS.
      441 13 Fo the Editor. Sir. "Islaniica" has eh ne a good service in bringing to the notice of the Muslim "niblic, also to that of the authority's, tY* overcrowding due to the presence of thousands of the people who have c( me here m their way to Mecca for
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      L. OF N. HEALTH BULLETIN.
      147 13 The health bulletin of the League of j Nations' Eastern Bureau for the week ending January 29th, shows: Africa: In Port Louis (Mauritius) one! piague death. India: Bombay: 19 smallpox cases with I 10 deaths. Calcutta: 38 cholera deaths! against 58 during previous week; 135
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      255 13 K55Tw auß. I N(il c C >7KA(E MEETING I .aturda>. Tuesday, Wr'*d Saturday, the 3rd, P;,.;,h-tnd 12th March 1927. I Added Money. Bones, p nies, Club Spring MUd Hfdding Free ahorse i Penanf and 925. I a:.«i running Monday, -'Ist g r tary's OOce. :i > T:ckets only mi Ihe
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    MATTERS CHINESE.
    1108 14 The Chinese New Year. CHEAT TIMES FOR TAXIS. (Our Chinese Correspondent.) The Chinese New Year commenced as usual with much firing: of crackers which was heard in the early hours of the morning of the 2nd instant and many a home Was still astir until then, preparing- to
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    WAR HORRORS.
    371 14 Unmanned Aeroplanes Carrying T.N.T. CATAPULT LAUNCHING SYSTEM. Mr. Gario- Jones, M.P., speaking at a meeting of the 1920 Club in London on "Air Development," said that the catapult system of launching aeroplanes from the decks of ships had important and immediate possibilities. It would not be many years
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    GENERAL WOOD TO RETURN TO STATES.
    119 14 Governor General Wood has announced that he will leave for the United States early this spring. The trip will last four months. "I want to see the President and the Secretary of War to tell them what a fine crowd there is here, but
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    HILL STATION RECORDS.
    77 14 The Government Health Office sends returns for the seven days ending midnight on Saturday. January 29th. Penang Hill (2,100 feet), average mean shade temperature 71.23 (deg. F.), total evaporation -393 inch, total rainfall .368 inch. Taiping Hill (3.500 feet), average mean shade temperature 70.03 (deg. F.). total
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    WILL OF CORTES FOUND.
    66 14 London, Jan. 15. According to a Madrid correspondent, a Mexican priest, searching the Colonial archives at Seville has just discovered the last will of the famous Spanish soldier, Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. The discovery is the result of research over ten years, and it
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      134 14 KIKKO HAH SOY FAMOUS JAPANESE SAUCE i Try it on cooked meats, fishes and vegetables, and see how good they taste. I Brewed by the Xoda Shoyu Co., Ltd., the oldest and largest brewery of Soy in the whole world. SOLD fIT EVERY JHP.HNESE GROCER. IDEAL BLUE SCREEN including •titching
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    PARISIANA.
    1063 15 PARISIAN A. "Kringles/' STAYING THE PANGS (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, Jan. 9. Although many French business men, true to old-time habits, go from the twelve "'clock 'nch till the eight o'clock dinner witht, leaking their fast, a few experience the pangs of hunger about teatime. So, unable tc leave
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    EUROPEAN MURDERED IN BURMESE FOREST.
    157 15 Further details have come to hand of r.he fatal attack made upon Mr. Norman Tackson, Forest Manager of Messrs. Steel Bros, at Pyinmana. It appears that Sin-ok Maung Po Yin mahout Maung Po Saing and 8 others returned their elephants to Mr. Jackson, saying that
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    CIVILISATION IN PERIL.
    428 15 j PRIMITIVE CONDITIONS A CORRECTIVE. A striking warning against the manner in which the country is "muddling along" on the question of the reproduction of degenerates was uttered by Professor EL WMacßride, F.R.S., who spoke at the annual conference of Educational Societies, at University College, m 'The
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    393 16 The master of the Torilla reports that at noon yesterday he passed, in Lat. 1 deg. 26 N. and Long. 103 deg. 6%* E., a large tree root, dangerous to navigation. A message received from an unofficial source states that the headquarters of the China Station will be
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    K.P.M. TOURIST CRUISE.
    122 16 The K.I.M. is arranging for its new tourist steamer, Op Ten Noort, I make a j-ruist in November commencing from Batavia and visiting Singapore, Siam, CochinChma, Philippines, Dutch Borneo, Celebes. Moluccas, Sunda Island?. Bali. Sourabaya and so back t Batavia. The trip will take a month and
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      668 16 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 every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Tailing, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      404 17 TRAm*OOMFORT •president" iMh 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 cold running water. The spacious steel
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      714 17 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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    HELD TO RANSOM BY BANDITS.
    679 18 Doctor's Ordeal in China. SAVAGERY BEYOND BELIEF A remarkable insight into Chinese banditry a subject unhappily only too topical at the present time— is given by Dr. Harvey Howard, of the Rockefeller Hospital in Peking, in a book entitled "Ten Weeks with Chinese Bandits" just
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    LATIN ALPHABET FOR TURKEY.
    88 18 London, Jan. 26. Rome. -The Turkish Minister for Education, Mr. Nediatibey, is visiting Rome in connection with the question of adopting the Latin alphabet for the Turkish language in Turkish schools. Certain specialists in Oriental languages residing in Rome have been asked to collaborate in the
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    CANADA'S FIRST CASE OF BLASPHEMY.
    76 18 Rationalist Editor's Criticism of Old Testament. London, Jan. 26. Toronto. Canada's first blasphemy case will be threshed out in a higher court, to which Ernest Victor Sterry, Editor of a Rationalist publication, the "Christian Enquirer," has been committed for trial from a Magistrate's Court. Sterry,
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      397 18 IULKIiMi 4*^"^*# V^ M*"* Ki'B I B K^^ $2 9 00 PHfiHJ Guthrie gCo I v 2 DOOR SEDAN MWWf v W V $3,100. TYirVrrYl* t^Ckir £nd hoBt of improvements. ZO Grange Road XJLJLV^I-X/X Here are some of the luxurious details: €;-w«. C Singapore. DOOR SEDAN C CT^/^-H/^ri Balanced Wheel..
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      129 18 WHEN heat or -neive." have made you dizzy, languid or out-of-sorts take a glass of Regesan Fruit Saline cool and sparkling an effervescent delight to the thirsty palate. Free from drastic mineral salts, this Fruit Saline combines the health-giving qualities of the grape and lemon. Taken regularly, it cools and
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    611 19 MINING DOLLAR SHAKES. Feb. Bth, Closing Prices. Buyers Sellers Ayer Weng 1.20 1.25 Batang Padang 86 90 Chin Chin Tin 02% dis 02 1 -ctsprem Hitam Tin 1.1 7 U 1.25 Hong Fatt 1.27 1.32 Johan Tin 32 34 Kinta Ass. ord. 9.50 10.50 Kinta Ass. Prel'.
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 19 February 8. Bank 1 m.s. 2 1 :i-:;2 Bank demand 2 3 23-32 Private credit? 3 m.s. 2 4 5-16 New York, demand 5."> 15-lfi Credits 90 days f>7 France, demand 1090 India. T. T. 15?.^ Hongkong, demand H' 4 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand ill •lava, demand 139*4 Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    216 19 February 8. Tin L5O Tons $152% Peppsr Whin 6K.00 Pepper Black 41.00 Flake Tapioca 5.10 Pearl Sago Small 8.25 Copra 10.70 Copra Sundried 1 1 .30 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    55 19 February Bth., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot <'.fi 1;;, Standard R.S.S. on Tender Feb. t;.V 66 Mar. 67 67% July-Sept. 71 Tone of Market:-- Steady quiet. Latest C;ib!e: -London Spot Sheet l> 7 .vi per 1b New Y.Tk Spot
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    35 19 Sime, Darby and Co., Agents. Lin^ui Tin, Sluicing. L 80.45 pkis.. Tribute, 5.10 pkls., Total. 186.60 pkls. 229 wot king hours lost by floods. East Asiatic. -27(1.171; Mount Austin (Johore), 224.&J2.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    118 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers Haaii Vai (10s) 15s L6fi p.m. Kuchai Ords. ($1) l'.'-'T- 1 L 32% Malay Consd. ($1) 1.12% L.17% x.r. Nai Hoot (1 t 90 95 Pattani ($1) :♦<) 9o Rantau Ord. ($1) l.xtt 1.85 Kantau (Pref) I.KO LB5 Rembian ($1 > 33 36
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    142 19 ROSE MAC PHAIL (OS. KBPOKT. Singapore. I-Vh. s. Kublwr. London, Le ii\v.d. i p > k t Local B5 its. Tin. London, £295 Em li ftfe 1 <>rtl $152% for 150 tons. Mining. Kinta 2.32% 2.37^, Kuchai 2.30 2.35, Petaling 4.-j7 L t.55, Muni 2.4J 2.60, U!u
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    11,500 AN ACRE FOR LONDON LAND.
    307 19 MANUFACTURERS WON r l\v n Owing to the cost of lan. l an. l Dthei difficulties the London district Si being important business extensions, many of which arc being taken to the MMIamU and the North. .Mr. Sydney Brett, of Messrs. Norman, Brett and
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANK.
    197 19 i The dividend announcement of the Booji kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation fame as welcome i<- assurance to share holders in this country and others who have been inclined i>> take rather pet simtstk view of conditions in China. The accounts made up to [lee. SI,
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    INDIA'S PROPOSED STEEL DUTIES.
    81 19 Proposal to Bas«' I pun British A Select Committee of the Assembl) is now enprajred upon an exainir.at i >v <,! t h<» Steel Protection BUI. The discussion to-dft) centred <>n the dif feivntial Jotiea on imports. U i Ik ii<v«>4 that the Co\ eminent will
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      870 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $27,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. lion: Mr. P. G. M. Bernard, Chairman Hon. Mr. A. O. Lanj?, .Deputy Chairman H.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1604 20 In this column a fortnight ago the suggestion was made that the time was ripe for the formation of a local Business Houses League in which teams from the leading Mercantile houses in Singapore might participate. The Secretary of the Singapore Football Association forwards the draft of the
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    65 20 HULL DISMISS EVERTOX FROM CUP. [Reuters Service.] London, Feb. 7. The second replay of the match between Evcrton an<l Hull in the fourth round of the r.A. Cup took place at Birmingham to-day and resulted in a win for Hull by throe U'oals to two. In a Fiist
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    GOLF.
    50 20 ELKINS WINS BANGKOK CHAMPIONSHIP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 6. The open golf championship concluded at Hua Hin to-day. W. H. Elkins, of Singapore, leturning a score of 161, which gave him his third victory in four years. He won the championship in 1924 and also last year.
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    THE FRAMROZ HOCKEY CUP.
    97 20 The Police were too good for Raffles Institution in Monday's match played on the School ground and defeated the schoolboys by 9 goals to 1. At half time the score was 5 goals to 1 in favour of the winners. The following will represent the V.M.C.A.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    22 20 The February Medal (Stroke) will be competed for on Saturday and Sunday and 'he Ladies Spoon (Bogey) on Monday.
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    THE CHINESE BISHOPS.
    877 20 Reception in Singapore. THE TRIALS OF CHINA Three of the six Chinese Bishops who were called by His Holiness the Pope for consecration at Rome, the first instance of its kind in history, and who called at Singapore on their way to Rome, touched here again on
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    IPOH RACES.
    335 20 Heavy Going Yesterday. LADY GUILLEMARD LEADS IN OZONE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Feb. 8. Fine weather favoured the second day's racing at Ipoh, but the going was heav\. There was a large attendance, including Lady Guillemard, who led in Ozone, thy winner of the first race. The
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    SINGAPORE FOOTBALL.
    374 20 MEETING OF THE STADIUM COMMITTEE. At a meeting on Monday i f the Singapore Stadium Committee the draft balance sheet was tabled and reviewed by the chairman. The result Tor the year shewed a profit of $4,220, after having repaid $5,000 of fch< Government loan, which now stands
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