The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 March 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS- SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1927. NO. 12,053.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    314 1 Delayed tables from Hankow show that a bip struggle is proceeding between the Nationalist extremists and moderates Page 9. The labour situation at Shanghai continues very disturbed and Ked activities are intensifying Page 9. A collision between two train* near Calcutta has resulted in nine deaths and
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    THE BEST THING TO DO WITH £50,000 !
    1260 1 THE BEST THING TO DO WITH £50,000 Si! he has the easy money, has he? i>o,ooo. no less. And my money, too. Very well. Martin Barne: hut all is nut over between us! Laugh, aye laugh! Bui that laujrhter of yours will change to bittei sorrow ere long! There is
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      162 1 KING LOONG i \SS TAILORING. r:-h Guaranteed. HK.H STREET. r Raffles Hotel i WEDNESDAY, 16th MARCH, 6 p.m. Special Performance i Madame I .ndMons. I/UIIRUO 1 Tango Tea Dance I j Adn\issioi\ $1,00 jj ror Reservations Please Phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. 3 I.V.V.V.V. .'.V.V.WAW.W.W V. B .W.S%VAVA\V.S%V.%PA%S Remington Standard
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      189 1 Over Million MetcHines j: Now ii\ Use WHY BECAUSE OF THOS E2O ROYAL REASONS ft B 1 -H Hi iVi IX L. Lt4 SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. > %%\S VAS V. V A V. V. V. V.V. W. V.VcV.W.'.V.VV.V.V.V.V.VV.W. 1 ■C X ♦;*i *r After dinner J f T4**a*'
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      100 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Municipal notice Page 7. Hotel attractions— Page 1. Shipping on r^?es 10. .2 :\nd L 3. Fancy dinner ware. Little's— Page 8. Monkey Brand. Huttenbach's Page 6. British expanded metal. Jacks— Page 9. Man wanted to take charge of workshops —Page 7. Albion commercial motors. Central Motors Page
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      12 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for -EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS 32. HIGH STREET.
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      196 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, 15tfc. High Water. 8.28 a.m.. 7.8, 10.11 p.m. 7.8. Malacca High Water. 7 a.m. 5.7., 7 p.m. 5.7. W. Canadian 4: U.S.A. mail- close, 8 a. in.. 2 p.m. Homeward mails close. 1 and 2 p.m. Heifetz, Theatre. 9.30 p.m. Wednesday, \(ytb. High Water, 0.33 a.m.. n.3.
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    Y.M.C.A. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE.
    238 2 Y.M. C.A. SCHOOL OF COMMERCE. ndon i hambcr oi Cominerc€ >. d tHis school s^ 100 ]ex cent. passes i r 1 ook-kee] ing auair.. Senior. fypew; ag: A. G. M< non (Dis j univ.r. Knot ki p: r .Li. D stinction Liw Lian 1. Bee, G. v.;. Gray, Tan
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    CO-OPERATION OF BRITISH AND IRISH ARMIES.
    143 2 CO-OPERATION OF BRITISH AND IRISH ARMIES. Statement in t he Dail. i m stion of the attendance of Irish State offieera ai the Conference on Ira I Defence was raked in the Dai] on Pen, Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald, Minisfor External Affairs, said that when t■■ ai d officers went to
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      229 2 ASPRO TABLETS. GIVE CERTAIN RELIEF IN Rheumatism Headache Influenza Sleeplessness. Does not affect the heart. t Wholesale and retail from the Importers MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY 'VALIETIfD. ALL LADIES PENANG OPERA. THE NYO NYA'S BANGSAWAN." The Finest Display in tlie Orient. FIRE WORKS (Weather Permitting).
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      261 2 VICTORIA THEATRE SINGAPORE. ONE RECITAL ONLY TUESDAY, MARCH 15th., AT 9.30 P3f. OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MASTER OF THE VIOLIN HEIFETZ Accompanist ISIDOR ACHRON PRICES: Stalls $6 and $4, Circle $6, Gallery $2. Heifetz finds it impossible to arrive in time to give the recital announced for Monday. March 14;
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      205 2 ANOTHER STRONG THREE IEATIRK PR, From Wednesday, 9th., to Monday. Hth MJr j ALHAMBRa (Tan Cheng Kee 0.. Ltd ProDr ====L In (he Second Show, commencing p RONALD COLMAN and BLANCH} SW] In an adaptation of the novel by Ifa i His Supreme Moment A (Jash 01 Emotions mid a
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    DISASTROUS BURMA FIRE.
    252 3 226 HOI SES DESTROYED. Loss Rumoured to be Rs. 50 Lakhs. A disastrous fire broke out between 8-30 and 'J p.m. on February 28 in the heart of Tavoy Town. The origin of the fire is obscure, as it started in a cloth merchant's shop which was
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    STRAITS GOVERNORSHIP.
    314 3 Sir Laurence Guillemard's extended term of office as Govern r of the Straits Settlements and Hig-h Commissioner of the F.M.S. is drawing to a close, and there is some interesting speculation, not only as regards his successor, but as to whether any change in the position itself is
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    CHINESE COOK WINS $60,000 SWEEP.
    280 3 WINDFALL FOR STRANDED AMERICANS. After the races each year, Hong- Kongis always "full" of good and had luck in the big- drawings <>n the Derby and the Champions says the China Mail. The biggest prize was that of over $100,000 in the Chinese Club which
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      265 3 ADELPHI HOTEIA sat JJ ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY FOR ONE WEEK ONLY I i 'NIGHTS OF GLADNESS" COMPANY 1O Artistes 1O jj OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY, 17th March Cabaret Dinner Dance $4.^ ADMISSION TO NON-DINERS $2. I FRIDAY, 18th MARCH ■JRoof Garden Cabaret 9.30 p.m. admission $2, SATURDAY, 19th MARCH 5 I Cabaret
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      191 3 •n Apr C\^JJ Rr C*C\ I Civil Engineering I 1 DESIGNS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED FOR I |> RESERVOIRS, EARTH and MASONRY DAMS. FILTERS. SERVICE TANKS, I WATER JiIAINS, PUMPING INSTALLATIONS and SERVICE PIPES. lI7LJ A 0 1 717 C 5? w n/\ i\ c^ I DOCKS, QUAYS, LANDING STAGES,
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    OUR SHORT STORY. "JOSEPH"
    2392 4  - OUR SHORT STORY. JOSEPH Rita STRUGGLING YOUTH. BY [FRFE PRESS SPECIAL.] The voice was beautiful in its rare sweetness. He thought too it carried something of Northern music to his hungry ears. "Youre I'm sure you're a Scot?" "I am," she said quietly. "And so tire you. I kenned that
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    FLOODS AT KATONG.
    123 4 As a result of ihe heavy lain, combined with abnormally high tides, la-t week Singapon perienced a considerable amount of flooding in various district.-. Robins.. n Road iras un<i water for a long time on several successive days and the low-lying: land in Kfttoag md i jon?
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    IVANHOE—Sir Walter Scott's Classic In Pictorial Form—Final.
    170 4 IVANHOE— Sir Walter Sco tt's Classic In Pictorial Form— Final. OEED KINDLY MONARCH. TO TO6 SORROw^W «ll 4 J:22?Jr MEREAFT£R AND JOMN'S REICW WAS A THOUGHTLESS ONE AND MARKED BY HARSHNESS WITH ATHELSTANE NO LONGER WOOING ROWENA THEREWAS NOTHING FOR CEDRIC TO DO BUT CONSENT TO HER -MARRIACE TO HIS
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    BABY A WHOLE-TIME JOB.
    864 5 Woman Novelist's View. IMPOSSIBLE TO COMBINE WITH BUSINESS. "You cannot run a business and a baby at the same time. No woman could. A baby is a whole-time job." In these words Miss Storm Jameson, the novelist, writing in the "Soroptimist,' 1 the official organ of
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    51 5 It is with deep regret, says a Hong Kong paper, that we announce the death of Mrs. Constance Mary Elizabeth Edgcumbe, wife of Mr. Clifford Edgcumbe, the wellknown shipbroker and partner in Snowman and Co., which took place in the Victoria Hospital recently, after a lingering illness there of several
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      402 5 Albion Wagon supplied to I il|| the Government for the Gold Coast. I sip Cheapest fo f&ttt of 11 I oll3oc<rf.Ue/ucle4- ll I The ALBION ll LJ//J TCH your running costs. It is I there that you can make the 1 biggest economies by buying the 1 right vehicle, or
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      446 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Office and Household Furniture, Rikisha, Liquors, Wi»es etc. Comprising: Cupboards, writing desks, boo* shelves, chairs, iron chest, Oliver typewriterwine stand, wine-vinegar, glass shelves, sitlboard, dining table, almeirahs, lamps and gasoline lights, Fuchow cake baskets, nnd one 5 octave Baby piano, etc. To be Held at
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      555 5 The Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee \A/II I PRFQFNT m m wL* m^^^L. M i I I m m i l'ji a M <£ w V~ fl^Bi WmM ir\ mt C** Jmmm\ v I I t I w On March the 24th, 26th, 29th, 31st. April £i\G f Din dno j\n*
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    FUTURE OF TANGIER.
    380 6 ITALY BEHIND SPAIN Paris, Feb. 8. The Franco-Spanish Conference about Tangier will begin in Paris to-morrow. It is already evident from inspired articles in the Temps, the Figaro, and other papers that the French Government will "not consent to any fundamental change in the system established by
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    THE INDIAN BUDGET.
    281 6 DEPENDENCE ON I>. 6d. RUPEE. Effoii to Help Burma Rubber Industry. Ntw Delhi. Feb. 28. Sir Basil Blackett, in presenting the Budget announced a .-urp!;:..- of 33] lakhs, r 200 lakhs over the estimate. Customs revenue, he said, had improved I y 13< lakhs and the opium
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    FAMOUS COLLEGE CRUMBLING.
    151 6 King's of Cambridge, in Decay. King's College, the most beautiful college in Cambridge, and perhaps the most beautiful specimen of perpendicular archi tecture in England, is beginning to crumble The college has stood the ravages cf time and weather for nearly 500 years since ii was built
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    12 6 Sometimes to save one's fa~? is to lose one's soul. Father Waggett.
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    "CRAZES" THAT COME BACK.
    634 6 Skating on Rollers and Ice. "PUT AND TAKE.' 1 Londoners can once more disport themselves on ice artificially made. Youth, maybe, will scent in that a new "craze." i Yet father, before he had exaggerated his cycling-knickers that ended tight just below his knees into plus-fours
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    L.O.N. HEALTH BUREAU.
    194 6 The following 1 is the bulletin for the week ending March sth. .Madagascar: Tamatave: 1 plague case. Kenya Colony: Mombasa: 2 plague cases. India:— Bombay: 4 plague deaths; 71 eases < f smallpox with 37 deaths. Calcutta: 35 cholera deaths as against 43 during- the previous week;
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      384 6 p 'i#\ Unequalled L Va/ue /or sJR fV A Razor that strops its \y/ blade without requiring a special machine. A Superfine Blade of highest quality steel, the edge of which is tuned up to a high standard, and by means of the self- stropping device shows actual daily improvement.
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      133 6 m m SflT.^u «f^^* «29^^H£ fc^ the last little bit will do a solid job of work. Monkey Brand cannot spill We, powders does not crumble. There is ao waste. The solid, handy cake is crammed with cleaning power. Monkey Brand rlfiit everything but it won't wash clothes. !f hard
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    CHINA'S TROUBLES.
    155 7 TUCHUN'S HEAVY HAND. SHANGHAI TURNING TO THE SOUTH. [Rtuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, March 13. There is considerable indignation in the Chinese City of Shanghai, owing to the many cases <f lawlessness among the Shantung troops who are maintaining toward the civil population the somewhat evil reputation their
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    LEAGUE MATTERS.
    138 7 [Reuters Service.] Geneva, March 13. Talking to foreign Press correspondents after the close of the meetings of the Council, M. Briand, referring to China, remarked that the League could only undertake questions which it could juridically take up. China was divided and he asked by whom then the
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    KUOMINTANG SPLIT.
    108 7 [Reuters Far Eastern Service. 1 Hankow. March 13. While symptoms of dimension continue to manifest themselves as example yesterday a labour meeting was broken up by uniformed armed students who resented its anti-Chang Kai Shek attitude— the fact that the Reds are still in the majority in the
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    RATIFYING THE OPIUM CONVENTION.
    107 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 13. The Opium Convention of February, 1925, cannot come into force until seven states represented on the council, two of which must be permanent members, have ratified it. Great Britain was the first member of the Council to ratify the
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    PEACE AT WUHU.
    52 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 13. Reports from Wuhu and the Yangtse Valley, where disturbances occurred this week, state that business has now been resumed and the customs have opened temporarily. No further anti-foreign demonstrations have oecun-ed. The local Chinese authorities are dealing with the question
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    MRS. BORODIN'S POSITION.
    61 7 [Renter^ Far Eastern Service.] Hankow, March 12. The Nationalist newsagency quotes M. Borodin as saying "I have not asked any British authority to interfere on behalf of Mrs. Borodin. The Chinese people are fully able to prevent any harm to her and to effect her release." He
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    GERMANY DISAPPOINTED.
    38 7 [Renter's Service.] Berlin, March 13. The Press is unenthusiastic with regard to the Saar decision concerning which extreme Nationalist journals sharply criticise Herr Stresemann. The Deutsche Zeitung demands that Germany quit the League and Stresemann resign.
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    RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    1611 7 The Annual Meeting. QUESTION OF STOLEN RUBBER. Mr R. J. Obott (Chairman) presided at the annual meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubbe* Association, held in the new Post Office building yesterday afternoon. In his review of the past year, the Chairman said: The surplus of income
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    THE DUTCHESS BETTER.
    52 7 Wellington, March 13. The Duchess of York has arrived here. A bulletin states that her condition is* quite satisfactory as the tonsilitis has nearly subsided but complete rest is essential to reestablish her health. She may now be regarded as convalescent and no further bullet in.s will
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    GOODBYE TO IRAK.
    64 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 13. On the tenth anniversary of the entry of British forces into Baghdad, the last British regiment of the Irak garrison, the second battalion of the King's Regiment, has left that city for England. The Irak army mounted a guard of
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      471 7 BUSINESS CARDS. rMARY^SETOi^ i ri'\CKWOOD FURNITURE IJ SHANGHAI SHADES. r AMBER MANSIONS, j" ifiVi v.v.%% w .%vwvwwvYuy\vk% I FUNERALS? v|\,,\PORE CASKET CO. \PKRT UNDERTAKERS." TELEPHONE 73. "ALBERT L. A. DALEY- I i Kin AhER MOM MENTAL I MASON. I K> t a ii- h ed 1 897. Tel. 915. "cars
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      708 7 I NOTICES. MALAYA CONSOLIDATED TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Penang, Straits Settlements.) NOTICE. The directors hay» received advices that permission has been received from the London Stock Exchange for the fully paid shares in the Company Nos. 1 to 1,200,000 to be officially quoted and dealt with on the
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      596 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Bona fide offers invited for steamer with delivery Singapore 2,500 deadweight Full partii culars, photograph and plan on application to THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY Co., Ltd. 16, Battery Road. JIMAH RUBBER ESTATES, LTB. NOTICE IS HEREBY give* (bat the I'irectors have declared an Interim Dividend of ten cents per
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    118 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. WILKIE. At the European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on the Ist instant to Mr. and Mrs. J. Kiddie Wilkie, a daughter. MARRIAGE. PRESCOTT-COTTIER. -At Penang, on March 14th. James Maurice Prescott, of Boustead Co. Ltd., Penang, to Elsie Barbara Cottier, of DEATH. CHAN.— On Sunday, the 13th March.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1927. The Drug Traffic.
    737 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 1927. The Drug Traffic. One of the most heartbreaking tasks which the League of Nations Council has to face is not the settling of international disagreements but the combatting of international social pests. This was shown by the report of the White Slave traffic
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    A Raffles Appeal.
    215 8 In our issue yesterday there was inserted an appeal from the Parish Church of St. Mary, Hendon, on behalf of the organ restoration fund. This Church has peculiarly intimate 'relations with the Straits Settlements, because it is here that Sir Stamford Raffles is buried. For a long
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    640 8 Mr. L). V. Etawlinson, of the Asiatic Petra*leum Co.. Malacca, is shortly gotof t0 Penanpr on transfer. Towkay Loke Man Chok, a well-known miner of Lahat. has gone to China on a holiday. He will be away for nearly a year. Ipoh has been experiencing a heat wave during the
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    THE KRETA AYER AFFAIR.
    484 8 THE KRETA AYER A FFAIR. Clan Disagreement. I RIVAL OKATOKS (\l>f i;i M I We understand that •>.. who were injured in the t curved on Saturdu\ afternoon, from Kreta Ayer Station ftne on a crowd which B will, in duo conrse, i.. I 1 h- inquest on the B
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    SIR NEILL MALCOLM.
    98 8 Major-General Sir Nell! MalcolW ly General Officer Commanoin^ I Malaya, and now Chain' ftl or" Directors of Uk Brtttdl Worl Company, who la Ml hi^ VI arrived in Singapore bj trail I yesterday morning. an<! left 1 by theParvel. which sail.-. General Malcolm left fa I vanha
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    MURDER AT SUNGET GOLOK.
    21 8 Kuala Lumpur Mar.li An \u>tra!ian W* lmmirr..! 3rd. at Bmgd Botok by tn insane Malabar Tamil. in
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    MEGANTIC IN SINGAPORE.
    13 8 The Megantic arrived at Singl and troops invalided from Shanci
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      251 8 -THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" CURACAO w^ f^ W CHERRY BRANDY 1J 111 CREME DE MENTH DULikJ kummel m^ MARASCHINO CREME DE CACAO I ACKNOWIUIDGED BY Connoisseurs as being the best (ALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Jtwywitwi undtr tht Com p,t <>>•' o di> n »ct* of Hongkong} Incorporated in Shanghai.)
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      57 8 FOR ALL jf VERMIN USE Ruin i AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. p{7 ADC Golden Glory L« a pLf Golden Youth PURPLE TRIANGLE BASS THE BREW FOR THE TROPICS Sole \gents Adamson. Gilfillan Co.. Ltd j Mr. and Mrs. F. R. HERON, s.s. City of Sparta. p.p.C. Mr. and Mrs.
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    HANKOW STRUGGLE.
    60 9 KVIREMISTS NOW IN DISGRACE. M i. ROWING DEEPER. 9 igj?lc continues to iro on be--9 :>i i<:< rate> i allying round 1 r...- recently been the 9 Iding of a t r <.k-i\ :'<i. contains I iiatel] foi abroad, 1 garded as responsible fox irch 11 tells fa
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    WORKERS TAKE OVER B.A.T. FACTORY.
    73 9 WORKERS TAKE OVER B.A.T. FACTOR Y. s >hanijhai. March 14. it win "f March 10 I I■ D the BnI vary which 1 ictories on Feb. 9 owing 1 atti ode '>:' the Union I r:x.'.\ unsettled condiI ing to take over control 1 unless the nuinage--1 rning empl ■>
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    SHANGHATS LABOUR DANGER.
    43 9 1 Shanghai, Mar. 11. a: Shanghai con- M Red activities are tensive. shot dead the foreign mill and escaped. reasing number of posters rging v.rker- to "rise mi.- ...inistrative power" inatiun of loyal ::ary developments as tat country is sodden.
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    THE REDS AND CANTON.
    27 9 Wa^liin^ton. Mar. 14. ■Ed in diplomatic circles that ivf decided upon dc facto r '"antonese regime at f the report is available paftnent
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    MURDERER OF NOTED HINDU LEADER.
    42 9 I New Delhi, Mar. 14. murdered Swami n sentenced to death. tnand. the noted Hindu leadad h v a man named Abdul Mahomedan. on Dec. Dfcaran Singh, was also Kashid was arrested. i cables on page 7.]
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    INDIAN LABOUR.
    24 9 I« the numbers of arriartures to tig Madras OMMftfl of February. Tl:; adults; 1.120 minors. 1 adult?; l^J minors. to aided passengers
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    HE WHO GETS SLAPPED!
    123 9 UPROAR IN A NEW YORK THEATRE. AN EX-PREMIER'S "BOUQUET." [Reuters Service.] New York. March 14. An audience of 5,000 tumult uously received the former Russian Premier, M. Kerenaky, on his appearance on the stage of the Century Theatre to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian
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    SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS.
    68 9 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun]. T:;kio. Mar. 13. F< or lawyers, headed by Mr. S. Kamimura, have notified the Puhlic ProcuratorGeneral to investigate allegations to the fffeel that Mr. Naokichi Kaneko, general manager of the Suznkn Shoten. and Mr. Kenichi Fujita, Chairman < f the Tokio Chamber <<( Commerce, have
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    JAPANESE EMPEROR'S NEW PALACE.
    78 9 [Nanyo Xichi-Xichi Shimbun]. Tc-kio. Mar. 13. Following the adoption of the retrenchment policy, the Imperial Household Office has decided to postpone the commencement of th< w rk of construction of the Imperial '.Ha at Ise to the beginning of the fiscal year 1928-9, instead of the
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    TRAIN DISASTER IN INDIA.
    36 9 r ßeuter"s Service] Calcutta. Mar. 14. A collision between the Calcutta to Madraa express ami a goods train at Bhadrak. 180 iV;iles from Calcutta. caused nine death-, whilst 20 persons were injured.
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    EMPRESS LINER IN COLLISION.
    51 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Mar. 14. While pr< ceding unriver this morning after a trans-Pacific voyage the Empress of Canada c Hided with the Japanese collier, Jinsho Maru. which was badly holed and was hastily beached to prevent sinking. The Empress of Canada's bows were
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    ST. DUNSTAN'S AND ST. NICHOLAS' FUND.
    323 9 A LETTER OF THANKS. The proceeds of the dance and cabaret show held on October 7th at Raffles Hotel in aid of St. Dunstan's and St. Nicholas' Homes for the blind, totalled $4,650. This sum was equally divided between the two charities. The following
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    THE ASSIZES.
    557 9 Murderer to Hang. A CHEATING CASE. At the Assizes yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Deane, Awee bib Ali appeared on charges of murder and attempted murder. The crimes were committed two years ago, and the motive alleged for the murder was that the accused had seen the victim
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    MOTOR-CARS COLLIDE.
    160 9 EURASIAN GIRL KILLED AT PENANG. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, March 14. A motor-car collision occurred on Saturday evening at the junction of Larut and Northam Roads, resulting in the death of a young Eurasian girl, Patricia Foley, aged 13. A Singer car driven by Mr. Alfred Schmidt
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    ANOTHER BLOW FOR PROHIBITION.
    61 9 [Reuters Service.] Helsingfors, Mar. 14. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the enactment of prohibition a number of prominent citizens, judges, clergymen, scientists and business men have issued a manifesto declaring that prohibition has utterly failed and alleging it has introduced an atmosphere of
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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      THE PUNGGOR CIRCULAR.
      169 9 To the Editor. Sir. In an editorial on the Punggor circular published in your issue of the 9th. instant you said: 'There are now only two obscure points in connection with the affair, the first being the identity of the injudicious person who so incorrectly converted Mr.
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      ARISING OUT OF PUNGGOR.
      751 9 To the Editor. Sir, I am not a shareholder of Punggor j and never have been, but like many of us j here, I am deeply concerned in the matter of "venture for gain" and "development of British industry" by joint stock enterprise, i and to
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      561 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Mar l 7 s.s. CITY OF CARDIFF pn s.s. CITY OF KOBE
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      457 10 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majt^tv's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. BOBBWAftOS, For China and Japan. Ptf Marseilles, I.nn !<»n tad Tonnage. Singapore. foWMMEi HALWA 11,000 Mar. 25 KASHGAR KHIVA 9.001)
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    CHINA SILKWORMS.
    749 11 The Ancient Industry of Chekiang. A QUEER MIXTURE. Superstition and science born of centuries of experience mingle in the ancient silkworm raising industry of Chekiang province, according to the bulletin of the Chinese Bureau of Economic Information. Strangers are never admitted into rooms where the worms are kept,
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    HILL STATION REPORTS.
    67 11 The Government Health Office gives reports for the week ended March oth. Ffcnang Kill (2,100 feet), average mean shack temperature 71.33 deg. F., evaporation .^7 inches, rain 2.733 inches. TaSping Hill (3,500 feet;, average mean Shade temperature 70.37 deg. F.. evaporati n .204 inches, rain 1.00 inches.
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    11 11 Socialism is a relic of the Victorian ags. -Mr. Walter Leaf.
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    TEA IMPOST CRITICISED.
    122 11 London, Mar. 2. Sir Basil Blackett's Budget action regarding tea is strongly criticised by the Indian tea interests here. It is pointed out that the export duty now abolished was a war measure and its continuance was found indispensable, but in assessing the manufacturing profits of tea
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    SHANGHAI TRADE.
    750 11 Stagnation Discontent and Disgust. A POOR BEGINNING Business in Shanghai is bad. The j uncertainty of coming events and the turmoil of a time of transition and' great stress from within against the foreign influence in this 2i untry has had its effect on trade, and where a
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    71 12 The P. and O. Kashgar has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at 3 p.m. to-morrow. She will proceed to the Singapore Harbour Board's Wharves on arrival. The N.Y.K. mail and passenger steamer Kitano Maru left Hong Kong o*n the 12th inst., and
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    DUTCH WARSHIPS LEAVE.
    27 12 The two Dutch gunboats, Soemba and Flores, which have been in port for a week, left between 9 and 10 a.m. yesterday for Saigon.
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    THE MAURETANIA AT SEA AGAIN.
    392 12 A Two Months' Overhaul. The Mauretania, which boasts of having carried more people than any other liner in commission, of having steamed more miles than any other passenger ship, and of being the swiftest liner in the world, has just taken to the seas again.
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    307 12 Per Plancius: Mr. C. L. Dinsmore, Mrs. F. D. Papa; Mrs. M. H. Pahmer. Mrs. G. E. Alexamder: Mr. and Mrs. Th. M. Knott, Colonel the Hon. Ed. Cooke, Mr. and Mrs. Kunio Kashara, Mr. and Mrs. Yajura Olubo, I Mr. H. V. Eastioell. Mr. Kan Maejima. Mr.
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      362 12 Bums Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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      245 12 i* TUNG CHOY >L THE WELL-KNOWN AND >\ RELIABLE TAILOR AND OJt-flil OUTFITTER. 7fw V Jffl Suits Cut as Desired in ■l it j/ -|K Latest Fashions. iW #Li SATISFACTION W O GUARANTEED. v I'> M 0 No. 23-11, Coleman Street y Telephone No. 1140. DYSENTERY DIARRHOEA > m BROWN'S
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      352 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA \\n DAT rPTM/tDlji i vjfl Ul- it s.s. TYNE MARU ;u PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRAM IS< 0 LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. For rates and other particulars apply: THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO.,
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      86 12 HEDGES AND BUTLERS WINES SPIRITS Scotch vv iiibiiy Con *C^T— jr Mli^ si i i)ir SHERRY ft v C 7 0 A •w«* 3v. 8 v ocr qr<niiii.rtua w r Bottle W\ j E l l |li mMi "EMPRESS POIT (< id (>t MIL Viii i ij The Lead frolrßESij!
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      674 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday J am Bangkok every Thursday a- m Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday *>
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      88 12 No. 2 Dock Welding: Lighter. Kistna. CLEARANCES. March, 14th.— Sambodja. (Dut.); Lt de Missieasy. (Fch.); City of Sparta, (Brit.); Bintan, (Dut). METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending mid- J night March, 13th. I Maximum shade temperature 91 F t Minimum shade temperature
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      590 13 (X Sv K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arrive. Le.ve. RottenbuM, Hamburg, Bremen, ,r[>. via Colombo. Aden, Port S :inti Port Said Amazon Maru Mar. 20 Mar. 21 t ape Town, Rio, Santos, .video and Buenos Aires. Hawaii Maru Apr. 14 Apr. 16 -a. Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salam. DdafM Bay and Durban. f Canada
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      438 13 TRAVEL- COMFORT DOLLAR «3§& "PRESIDENT I ft LINERS "^'i^SS Dollar President linen offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and
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      738 13 XT T> TM[ KONjNKLYU [PAKETVAABT MAATSGHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OP BATAVIA.I (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sab-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straite Settlements (Singapore and Penan f) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU
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    IS PARLIAMENT LOSING PRESTIGE ?
    1618 14 IS PARLIAMENT LOSING PRESTIGE An Answer to Critics of the House of Commons. AN EX-SPEAKER'S VIEWS. We are on the eve of another Parliamentary session. Many are asking, "What will the harvest be?" with their mimte directed to the crop of legislation which will be garnered about December next; others
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    POSTMASTER-GENERAL HOWLED DOWN IN PARLIAMENT.
    134 14 London, Feb. 16. Noisy Labour obstruction and shouts of "Shoot 'em" completely frustrated the efforts of the Postmaster-General, Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, to reply audibly to the customary questions in the House of Commons. Sir William, in a speech at Croydon last night, referred to the
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    IPOH'S NEW HOTEL.
    289 14 Referring to the above matter the Times of Malaya says: Mr. Boyd Walker has shewn us the sketch plans of the proposed hotel. The main sketch depicts a very handsome building- even unto a flag pole on the roof, from which the Union Jack flies. The ske:ches
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    EDINBURGH DOCTOR SENT TO JAIL.
    80 14 Sequel to New Year's Eve Shooting. London, Feb. 22. The examination dosed of Dr. Cecil Morrison, who pieaded guilty at Edinburgh to having recklessly discharged three shots from a revolver by which his brother and sister-in-law were injured. The shooting was the result of a
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      120 14 FOR. MEN WHO SMOKE PIPES ft/ V rr^ l o^d Now lan converted •-rj^i g"'- vc Pius, of course, the convemem t jjjO4] *4*^r They are ide«il for the odd moments "^^^Slll^j fc* !i (F^. A To) icr nr nr P* il v^ Jf\ \{%> IL I! il |c. Im
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    721 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, 14th MARCH 1927. i [Figures in brackets show the issue value of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.] LOANS. Spore Municipal 5 p.c. $22,000,000 of 1 i*2r, 105 105*4 c.i S.S. 5% p.c. Loan 1919 $36,710,000 1.03% 104 V* c.i. S.S. 5%
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 15 March 14. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 3-32 Bank demand 2 3 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 A 5-16 New York, demand f>6 Credits 00 days 57^ France, demand nor, India, T. T. 153 H Hong Kong, demand I- 1 px. l»i-. Yokohama, demand 116 Java, demand 139%
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    PRODUCE.
    156 15 ft i A o n Lopra iu.ou Rice. Rangoon Bmt an 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice. Siatfl Broken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 200 Rice, Siam Glutinous No. 1 360 Rice, Rangoon Glutinous No. 2 320 Rice, Aiiiim No. 2 250 Rice. Siam Broken Cl
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    54 15 March 1 Ith., I o'clock noon. Boyen Sellers I S equal to Standard Q.C.F. S- 70*4 71 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Mar, 71 71 July-Sept. 74* 7.v- 4 Oct 7'". 77 Market: Quiet slightly eas Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 20 New York Spol Sheet
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    THE HUSH-HUSH HIGHLANDS.
    202 15 The Malay Mai! referring to Camerons Highlands says:- We are not sore that Hie answers to questions concerning the projrivss <•:' the work in connection with am run's Highlands, tabled at the recent txu s ing of the Federal Council, quite sat those who seek full and
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    191 15 ROSE MACPH AIL COS. REPORT. Singapore, March 1 1. London.— Rubber Lc >' t <i. Down J sd. London.— Tin £300 So, LJociuMffed. LocaJ 155 for 100 ton:-. Mining.— Kinta 2.20 2.23, Kurhai L 25 2.28, Xai Boot 77 80, fetaling L 47% |£5, I'lu Piah L
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    JACKS' METAL REPORT.
    349 15 is London, Fob. 16. Al! market- ha\e n ,j, m Jy^jg past week, and the carry-over of efeM monthc constructional [n« and steel w.,rk En tin- United States doec n I look hk.- the »H EMcfc in trade there wi»k* m i,,.. n the argument used by
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    51 15 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST. Y»-.i «'rd;i Altcra! ion<. BuyerE >■ Hitam Tin L.lfl L.I ohan lin ft) Kinta Tin i tod, 2.20 2.2 Mris 58i 'J |mengoi- fig i 22t B*kil Jelol mp I.;- Bukit Katij Bukit K.li. Jeram Kuantan Kedan Lunas Malaka Pinda Sandycroft Liv Benut 71 7;. Straits
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    89 15 [Brttisti Ha.li<.--( ).li.; Servie 1 Ku»:!»\. March 12, Amsterdam L 2 lii 32, 4tJ 577, i lin 20.46 Bomb*} Li i Bl^Gid, 1 n 34.i*0. Buenos A ire- 47 7.16, Co n Ms.2l l^. Genevm 25^2%, Helsinki 192%, BOOS Kon<i- Is l] r >(i. I.i-I.un 2 33-64, .-I.t.iI
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    16 15 W«- nvc rv>t oui for peace in md i ;t for war.- Mr. Kirk wood, Mi.
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      298 15 Isstls O»er $-.000,000. S.C. Assurance in Force Over 23,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HE^O OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      431 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Pond V.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-president: R. Ichinomiya. Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iv.asaki. K. Takeuehi. Fsq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. HodMimi, Esq. I". Wstanabe, Escj. T. Okubo, E<o.. Baron
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      464 15 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 £6.000.000 Silver $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. G. M. Bernard. Chairman Hon: Mr. A. O. Lang, Deputy Chairman W. H.
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      43 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. 1 (Incorporated in England by Royal (barter A.I). 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE I Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW ft CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO.. LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. I
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    69 16 The Rugger International. IRELAND'S FINE SCRUMMAGING. lOur Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Mar. 12. The fine weather attracted a vast attendance at the rugby international match between Ireland and Wales at Dublin, where the home team won by 19 points to 9. The match was contested at a
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    COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL.
    53 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Mar. 12. At Blackheath there was a large attendance to witness the final of the Rugby Championship. Kent defeated Leicester by '22 points to 12. Only twice previously have Kent won the final, in I^'JT and 1904. Last year Yorkshire beat Hampshire
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    CLUB MATCHES.
    144 16 tOur Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Mar. 12. Playing at h >mt. the London Scottish lost tc the Portsmouth Services by 8 points to 10. Blackheath visited Bath anil were beaten by 13 points to nil. On their own ground. Harlequins defeated Old Merchant Taylors by 22 points to
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    AMATEUR SOCCER CUP.
    38 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright London. Mar. 12. In the semi-rinals of the English Amateur Cup. Southall drew with Leyton 2 2, and Barking defeated South Bank on the latter*s ground by 2 goala to 1.
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    CAVALRY CUP FINAL.
    30 16 i <Our Own Correspondent Copyright.) London. Mar. 12. In the final of the Cavalry Cup. th« Seventh Hussars beat the Elevt-nth Hu-sars by two goals to one.
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    CROSS-COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP.
    82 16 CROSS-CO UNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP. (Our O^n Correspondent. Copyrignt London, Mar. 12. There was a record entry of 39 teams, comprising 400 runners, for the National Cross-Count ry Champions-hip at Crewe. The winner was E. Harper, vi the Hallamshire Harriers, who covered the ten ■dies course in 1 hour *> 2-5 seconds.
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    REPRESENTATIVE HOCKEY.
    85 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Mar. 12. In the international hockey match, played to-day. Ireland drew with Scotland, each side scoring two goals. Las: year Ireland won by two goals to one. Altogether, Ireland have won 15. Scotland 4, and 2 matches have been drawn. Ireland have a
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    BOAT RACE PROSPECTS.
    38 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Mar. 12. The Cambridge crew have come on well during the recent practice and are now established favourities for the Boat Race. The Dark Blues are showing considerably improved form.
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    TUNNEY FOR LONDON.
    28 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Mar. 12. Gene Tunney, world's heavy-weight champion, is expected in London in April to appear in an exhibition boxing contest.
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    HOCKEY.
    30 16 V.M.C.A. Win Framroz Cup. Playing the Raffles Institution on the Institution ground yesterday in the final match of the Framroz Cup, the V.M.C.A. won by six goals to two.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    143 16 Six Day Cycle Race. AUSTRALIAN-ITALIAN TEAM WINS. [Reuters Service. l New York, Mar. 14. The Georgetti Australian-Italian team won the six day cycle race, covering 2,340 9-10 miles. They were only 3-10 th of a mile ahead of the American team. Macnamara, encased in plaster splints from his
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 14.
    124 16 TEN CORRECT FORECASTS IN ELEVEN. One of the matches, that between Ashington and Tranmere, selected for our Football Competition No, 14. was not played. Out of the eleven matches played ten were correctly forecasted by one competitor. Mr. R. O. H. Law. of Malayan Motors Ltd.,
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    126 16 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Dyne Cup. Mr. and Mrs. Cameron owe 15 beat Mr. and Miss Salmond plus 2. 6 4. fi 0. Major and Mrs. Gardner scr. beat Mr. and Mrs. Cuthbert plus 1, 7 5, 6 l. Cullen Cup. SomervilJe and Mrs. Jackson scr. beat Mr.
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.
    116 16 Gents Doubles Handicap. A. Class. Bell and Nicoll plus 1 vs. Sinclair <inJ Essob owe 2. Milligan and Franklin plus 4 vs. Came ron and Hunt owe 15.3. Faulkner and Price owe 15.2 vs. Battishill and Whitley owe 1. Davies and Prentis plus 1 vs. Miles an.! Bateman
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    79 16 March Medal Bogey. Forty cards were taken out for the above Medal and the following were returned: J. Hodgins (8) all square S. C. Campbell (2) 1 down A. J. Donald (18) 3 H. Jackson (5) 4 A. Barron (7) 4 H. Rogers (8) 6 D. B.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    33 16 Ten cards were taken out for the men's monthly March medal, with the following result. Captain W. C. MacKinnon, 75 8 67 Lt. Col. J. D. Richmond, 84 12 72
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    35 16 In our account of the opening of the Tank Road Keppel Harbour trolley car service on Saturday, it was wrongly presumed that the service was a 15 minute one. It is a six minute service.
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    FOOTBALL.
    332 16 Inter-Commercial Cup. BOU STEAD'S DEFEAT H. K. BANK. At the Stadium yesterday, before a crowd numbering nearly 600, Boustead's beat the Hong Kong Bank in the Inter-Commercial Cup competition by three goals to nil. Boustead's were early in their opponents' half and the outside left took the bail upfield
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    THE SECOND ROUND DRAW.
    168 16 Thi.- draw for the second round of the Inter-C< mmercial Cup Competition took place at a meeting held yesterday and resulted as follows: Boustead and Company vs. the Ho Hong Bank, Stadium. March 23. The Chartered Bank vs. McAlister and Company or the United Engineers. Stadium,
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    S.C.C. TRIAL MATCH.
    182 16 The* S.C.C. soccer trial was played on the Padang yesterday afternoon and resulted in a 3-1 victory for the Whites over the Colours. Some of .the team were obviously rugger men. and they seemed at a loss sometimes, especially the player who wanted to manhandle the goalkeeper
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    SCOTTISH LEAGUE (DIV. I.)
    187 16 Rangers (6) 29 19 4 6 75 35 44 Motherwell (5) 31 19 7 5 69 43 43 Celtic (1) 29 17 6 6 88 38 40 Airdries (2) 31 15 10 6 82 56 36 Aberdeen (11) 31 12 8 11 63 56 35 Dundee
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    YACHTING.
    480 16 Second Race For Lipton Cup. JUNE FIRST BOAT HOME. In ideal weather, reminiscent of a June day at Home, June (appropriately enough) was first boat to finish, and also obtained the maximum points for the second race for the Lipton Cup on Sunday. With a somewhat confused start during
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    JOHORE YACHT CLUB.
    341 16 THE MONTHLY RACE. Six boatis turned out for the Johore Yacht Club monthly race, which was sailed last Friday in glorious weather, with a light north easterly breeze. The Margaret (Dato Mentri Besar), Nancy (Date Mohamed) and Breeze Ungku Aziz) were well placed when the starting gun
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    27 16 Orders for week ending March 20th. Wednesday, 16th. Signalling Class, Headquarters, 5 p.m. Thursday, 17th. Band Practice, Headquarters, 4.30 p.m.* FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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