The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 March 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press II ENTS. SINGAPORE 5.5.7 THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927. NO. 12,055.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    344 1 The Southern forces are reported now to be near Nanking and a baitle for that town is imminent whilst they are reported to have secured successes nearer Shanghai Page 9. Remarkable reports of the* terrorism campaign in Shanghai are published frum which it is plain ihis method
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    PEARLS.
    1499 1 Alone aiiKijvj-t the ms used foe th< adornment of humanity the pearl is <>1' am mai origin; here alone do tin interests ol iolojrist and jeweller meet; own in th« manufacture of artificial pearls an animal substance is used. Though the stodern i> cognition of pearls probably originated with
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      184 1 WING LOONG M ,K HK.H (LASS TAILORING. an«! Finish Guaranteed. :\l. HUiH STREET. Raffles Hotel I Diner Dansant, 8.15p mj Dinners will be served in the Ball-room. For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. l m fiw^r^^^w/ 1 '4 u±4j^f f "y 3 7~* mm ■mi i ™£~^*^JSgg*^SSr^J /j^^im^^^^ Hunmed
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      257 1 t Per S.S. City of BatK I > j. THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF < i\ U V CLL I Portable I Typewriters :1 HAS ARRIVED •I THE ROYAL PORTABLE brings to the personal typewriter user the benefit of the years of experience sained in the manufacture of that finest of
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      112 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Keep on hearing Heifetz Page 16. Rob'.nsons for carriage clocks Page 9. Whiteaway's for shoe values Page 6. Win. Jacks stock all kinds of collapsible gates Page 9. No after dinner dance at the Europe to-night Page 1. A notice of great interest to cinema proprietors will be
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      15 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOI SK for El/ ROPE AN TROPICAL SUITS UL HK.H STRFKT.
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      201 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 11th. High Wrfter. 10.14 a.m., 5.6.. 11.06 p.m. HM. Malacca High Water. 7.20 a.m. 5.8., 7.30 p.m. 5.9. B. I. mail homeward. Football: S.C.C. II vs. S.C.PJL 11, S.C.C. F'roz Cup Hockey: Winners vs. Rest. Stadium. St Patrick's Day Dinner— Europe Hotel 8 p.m. Friday, IStk. High
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    UNEMPLOYMENT DECLINES.
    56 2 {British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 15. ifit decrease in unemployment continues. The latest weekly return records 1.144. ■> „v' iit work, which was 25,383 less than i*: the week before. It w<i> 50,018 more than a yeai ago. so ■•^a 1 the increase caused by la.-; year's
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    £100 CNARY.
    244 2 BUm love-birds, worth as much as £150 a :>ai r and very fashionable pet.s just now, i\i a feature of the National Cage-Bird Show at tne Crystal Palace. There were 4.;UH) exhibits, said to be wortli m nil £150^)00. There were blue canaries, valued at £50,, but even
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      158 2 PHE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. -THE PENANG AYO NYAS BANGSAWAN.' Re-open Thursday. THE MAHA OPERA. WAYANGPEK JEE. Milkmaid: Cigarettes Free. SATURDAY: FIREWORKS. GATE 20 cts. Mam. \a Kelvey's School of I DANCING m For children and young B ladies in Character, Classical, CClotg t Exhibition, Ballet and Too Dancing. Private lesions
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      234 2 j VICTORIA THEATRE i t PAVILION From Thursday, 17th to Wednesday, 3rd March. AT 9 P.M. SHARP. The Latest PATHE GAZETTE A Warner Bros. Cl.isMc of the Screen "THE LIMITED MAIL" 7 REELS with MONTE BLUE— VERA REYNOLDS WILLARD LOUIS— OTIS HARLAN. Monte Blue at his Best in a thrilling
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      300 2 A WONDERFULLY WELL PRODI TED PK 1 1 H} From Wednesday, 16th to Tuesday. 22nd Marh —AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors) In the Second Show, commencing 9 p.m A VICTOR SCHERTSZINGER-FOX PRODI :< Tin Adapted from David Belasco's Stage Triumph. A irai v to life's Greatest
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING.
    514 3 SERENDIT'S SIX CAPTURES. Reports of several captures of rubber smugglers in the Straits of Malacca shcv the continued activities of the Custem-: Preventive fleet. At about 11 a.m., on the 26th uit., off Tanjo.ig Tohor, the Serendit sighted a kot<> containing a Chinese, and on capturing the boat
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    THE LIGHT OF ASIA.
    163 3 Protest Meeting in K. Lumpur. There was a large attendance at a meeting of local Buddhists, convened by Messrs. Hendry, de Alwis, ami Talalla. at the Buddhist Temple, Brickfields-road, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday evening, says Monday's Malay Mail. Mr. Loke Chow Thye. J.P., presided, an I Mr.
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    FOOTBALL REBELS BANNED FOR LIFE.
    71 3 MercM«*s Judgment of New Zealand League. London, March 3. Wellington.— The? Council of the Xew Zealand Rugby League has enquired into the suspension of the players who refused to play during the tour of England, and has disqualified for life Moust, Peterson, Wright, Carroll, Devine,
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    £100—IF NON-SMOKER.
    75 3 £100— IF NON-SMOKER. Drink Before 21 Banned in a Wfll. "£lOO each to his grandsons, John Moore Antrobus and Edwin Hardwick Moore, if he keeps his promise neither to smoke nor drink before he is 21." This is an item in the will of the late Mr. Edwin Samson Moore,
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      175 3 IADELPHI HOTELI m I ENGAGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY I; FOR ONE WEEK ONLY NIGHTS OF GLADNESS" t j: COMPANY I 1O Artistes 1O J OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY, 17th March jj •j Cabaret Dinner Dance $4. ij ADMISSION TO NON-DINERS $2. 5 >. FRIDAY, 18th MARCH iJßoof Garden Cabaret 9.30 p.m. j: ADMISSION
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      311 3 Why Hartley's Jam is Cheapest j K^jy^^|o|||i Modern scientific laboratorie>— mudern machinen < Ln: >^^^« the latest packing methods, and our vast resources, y^a^_£HSgfl^M|!L which give us the pick of the fruit and sugar mar- I" v^^^^^^gff3 kets enaWe u s to make 100 per cent, pure jam iit the
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    THE CAMERA AS RECORDER.
    242 4 "THE MORE WE ARE TOGETHER. TOTTENHAM EXPRESS COLLISION. All thai remained of a motor lorry which, struck broadside on by an L.N.E.R. express near Tottenham, Smeapore provides its quota to the 200,000 membership <>i the Anci n1 Ordei Frotj some of whom may be among the
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    129 5 BRITISH TENNIS PLAYERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. SOUTHERN TRANSVAL DEFEATED London, Feb. 28. Johannesburg.— The Biitish Ladies' Lawn Tennis team defeated Southern Transval by 4 matches to 1 Miss Harvey (Great Britain) defeated Mrs. Wavland Green. 6 3. G— 4. Mrs. Watson and Miss ,P.ix (Great Britain) defeated Miss
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    JOAN FRY AT HER BEST.
    152 5 London, Mar. 2. Bcnoni. Southern Transvaal defeated the Biitish ladies' lawn tennis team by three matches to two. Miss Fry gave her best exhibition of the tour. She played the baseline game throughou: and was steadiness personified, placing with superb accuracy. She was down 3-5
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    RIVAL BOAT RACE CREWS AT PRACTICE.
    85 5 Dark Blues Move to Henley. London, Mar. 2. For the first time in twenty years the Cambridge crew took the water at Richmond *his afternoon. After a fortnight here they will complete their training at Putney. To-day the crew shaped well in spite of
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    THREE TORPID BOATS SINK AT OXFORD.
    30 5 London, Mar. 2. During the torpid races at Oxford three loats collided in midstream and all sank The crews swam safely to the banks.
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    SANDHURST XV BEATS FRENCH ARMY CADETS.
    29 5 L ndon, Feb. 28. In a rugby match Sandhurst beat the French Army Cadets of Sa'.nt Cyr by 11 points to eight points.
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    MISCONDUCT WINS 3½ MILE RACE.
    97 5 Success For Mr. Gordon Selfridge. London, Mar. 3. The Coventry Handicap Steeplechase, over j a ,2 miles, was run at Kempton to-day. It resulted as follows: MISCONDUCT (list. 121b5.) 1 HOP ON (12st. 31bs.) 2 BALLYSTOCKART (12st. olbs.) 3 Three ran. Misconduct won by 1%
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    TENNYSON'S XI. BATS WELL.
    49 5 London, Mar. 3. Montego Bay. The following are the concluding scores in the two-day match between Mr. Lionel Tennyson's XL and a Cornwall XV.:— Cornwall 315, Tennyson's XL (for 9 wkts.) 389, For Tennyson's XL, Green and Holmes each scored 105. The match was drawn.
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    BRITISH BANTAM-WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.
    35 5 Johnny Frown to Defend His Title London, Feb. 28. Johnny Brown, the British Bantam-Weight Champion, has signed articles for a title match with Teddy Baldock on March 30th, at the Albert Hall.
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      757 5 ■TF 'fl V^fV^^PV^lVkH Bt >v% EXHIBITORS GET IN TOUCH WITH US NOW. HRHV^PJPJPB MMk BMB S First National s 1 927 Programme tt"^ jr jnj FTy i FT* W S~\ Ik. T M w t*± w y^% rw*% w METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER PRODUCTIONS I First National Pictures (East) Ltd. I M.G.M. I
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      280 5 REMINDER. Friday, March 18th., at 3.30 p.m. AUCTION SALE OF Excellent teak household furniture etc. Comprising: An excellent design wax polished and gold gilt sitting room marble top sideboard with bevelled mirror panel, side tables with marble tops, large wall mirrors in teak frames, teak standard and arm chairs, Canton
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    A TYPICAL SOUTH AFRICAN AFRICAN HOME.
    997 6 AN ALL-ELECTRIC HOUSE. The housing shortage is as acute everywhere within the Union as it is in the o}& country, and, like many another couple anxious to get married, we waited many months hoping to meet with a house reasonable en 'ugh in price
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    GOVERNMENT HELP FOR ARTISTS.
    752 6 CONCESSIONS TO THE BRAIN WORKER. Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Mme. Adeline Genee spoke on Feb. 10 at a meeting held at 35, Egerton Crescent, South Kensington, on behalf of the British Confederation of Arts. This is the British section of the international movement for j the
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    IMPRISONMENT FOR EUROPEAN VAGRANTS.
    159 6 IMPRISONMENT FOR EUROPEAN VAGRANTS. When Petro Shemchadze, a Georgian, and Constantine Shebelim, a Serbian, were j charged withJpeing in Hong Kong without] passports it was stated by the police that j they were hardened offenders, having arrived here on three occasions without passports. On their last, appearance before the Court,
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      186 6 WHITE AWAY' S comet'oxford the comet shoe Cl-T/^p? An En^li^h made shoe, warranted ■^£S»^ leather throuKhout. Soles of medium thickness, combined with* ig^^" vl pliable uppers make this shoe very OXFORD OR DERBY STYLE, yr*?\ \jw^ V^^^^ n rown willow calf or black f *^r Box calf. All Sizes. j^^^^^
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      188 6 Monkey Brand is long lasting; and even the last little bit will do a solid job of work. Monkey Brand cannot spill like powder! does not crumble. There is no waste. The solid, handy cake is crammed MONKEYBRAND ON SALE AT ALL DEALERS STORES Sole Agents: HUTTENBACH, LAZARUS AND SONS
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    CHINA TALKS.
    276 7 DEFENCE FORCE COST. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. Router's Service] Londcn, Mar. 15. The question of Shanghai e<..itributing r towards the cost of tbe Defence Force was again laised in the House of Commons by Mr. P. A. Harris (Lib., S.W. Bathnal Green), who also asked whether British citizens domiciled
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    DR. HADEN GUEST.
    238 7 [Reuters Service.] London. Mar. 15. \^r. L. Haden Guest, formerly Labour M.F. for North Southwark. who i? contesting Southwark as an Independent Constitutionalist against Mr. Strauss (Liberal), and Mr. Isaacs (Labour), has issued an election address explaining that he lei't the Labour Party because their policy on
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    DISARMAMENT.
    147 7 FEELER TO FRANCE. OBSERVER IDEA UNPOPULAR. [Reuters Service.] Paris, Mar. 16. A new effort by the United States to -obtain France's co-operation in a disarmament conference is not likely to be more successful than the first, according to the indication of the feelings of official circles, where the general
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    "ABSOLUTELY ASININE."
    153 7 [Reuters Service.] London, Mar. 16. Addressing an election meeting in North Southwark. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald desci ibed as absolutely asinine the statement that British Labour's position was that British subjects in China and elsewhere should be handed over to the mercy of soldiers enraged by mobs. Criticising
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    INDIAN ARMY ESTIMATES.
    96 7 New Delhi, Mar. 16. The Assembly rejected, by •">(> votes to 47. the entire Army Estimate, as a protest against the slow process of the Indianisation of the army, the high military expenditure, the- non-publication of the Sandhurst Committee Report on the training of Indians for military
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    STRESEMANN VINDICATED.
    46 7 [Reuters Service.] Berlin, Mar. 15. The rumours that Nationalist ministers intended to demand Dr. Stresemann's resignation effectively were quashed by the action of the Cabinet, which, after hearing a statement by the Foreign Minister, unanimously approved the attitude of the German delegation at Geneva.
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    PALESTINE CURRENCY.
    92 7 [British Radio— Official Service.] liugfcy. Mar. 15. It is officially announced from Jerusalem that the Palestine currency will appear this year on the basis of decimal division of the English pound sterling. The F'alestine pound, which will be equivalent to the pound sterling, will be divided into 1,000
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    THE 'FLU RETREATS.
    40 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 15. The number of influenza deaths continues to decline. In London there were 49 last week against 69 the previous week. In 105 ereat towns there were 572 compared with 898.
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    LIVELY MARCONI MEETING.
    93 7 London, Mar. L 5, A crowded meeting of Marconi shareholders in London considered the proposals to reduce the capital. After a lively discussion, in the course of which Senatore Marconi threatened to resign from the Board if different P roposals were made by a committee of shareholders
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    MONEY FROM ITALY.
    56 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 1.". The Italian Government duly paid to the British Government to-day the sum of 82,000,000, being the third instalment payabJe under the war debt funding agreement. The French Government also paid today the sum of £2,003.000 as the second payment on
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    144 7 King. A new fact with which, they were faced to-day was that there were no "dominions thereto belonging." The great self-governing dominions were certainly at the last Imperial Con- j ference co-equal with the United Kingdom. They were not belonging to this parliament and were not in any r sense
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    PHYSICIAN'S VERDICT ON BIRTH CONTROL.
    672 7 Health Menaced by Present Practices. It)UTS AT FACTOKY GATES Birth control propaganda will receive .a shock from a volume of "Medical Views o;i Birth Control," contributed by eig"ht doctors, with an introduction by Sir Thomas Holder, Bt., the famous physician edited by Sir James Marchant.
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    THE GREAT SEAL.
    174 7 INTER-IMPERIAL CHANGES. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Mar. 15. The Royal and Parliamentary Title Bill, which enacts the changes involved by the decisions of the Imperial Conference respecting inter-Imperial relations, was read a third time in the House of Commons toi day. i During the passage of
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      750 7 I NOTICES. JIMAII RUBBER ESTATES, LTD. NOTICE IS HEREBY piven that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend of ten cunts per shart- payable on 31st March, 1927, to all shareholders on the Register on that (late. NOTICE is also given that the transfer books of the above Company will
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      411 7 M NOTICES. NOTICE. Bona fide offer- Invited for iteaajei v. it a delivery Singapore U. 500 <lead\\eight Full [.urticulars, photograph and plan o|p ;ippli^at'un no THE SINGAPORE SHIP< HAVJ)LKRV Co ltd. 16, Battery Rond. VWWA'.VyViPJVAW.ViVAW.V.'. jj TnK NAVY'S CHOICE jj *L at PLYMOUTH I I^lll t uIN. I Obtainable Everywhere
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCESDEATH.
    24 8 MILLER.— On 16th March. 1927, Douglas Alastair Maclver, dearly beloved younger son of -Mr. and Mrs. D. Maclver Miller, aged s>j years.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927. Our Air-Service Handicaps.
    699 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1927. Our Air-Service Handicaps. If there is one branch of modern advancement in which we appear to lag seriously behind our fellow Nations it is in air traffic. From a civilian point of view, compared with Germany for instance, air travel with us may
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    340 8 The next Cinema show will be held in the V.M.C.A. Hall on Friday at 8.30 p.m. An excellent programme has been arranged. Sir Frank Swettenham (King of Arms of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) was among those in personal attendance upon His Majesty the King at an
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    TODDY TEST CASE.
    110 8 A TAIPING CONVICTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Mar. 16. An interesting test case has ju«t been decided at Taiping where an Indian acting manager of an estate was charged by the Customs on two cc unts with supplying false figures of estate toddy shop accounts. The
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    DEATH OF DR. J. S. ROSE
    90 8 (From Our Own Correspondent., Fenang, Mar. Ift. The death occurred yesterday at the General H< spital of Dr. J. Stuart Rose. Municipal Health Officer. Deceased who had recently returned from leave had been in the service of the Municipality since 190-t and had occupied
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    A MOTOR CAR COLLISION CASE.
    50 8 (From Our Owr. Correspondent.) lVnang, Mar. Ift. In the Supreme Court in the action "f s. H. 0. Iferican vs. S. N. King in connection with damages as a result of 1 not r car collision, judgment was given for plaintiff for $1850 and costs.
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    AOELPHI HOTEL.
    134 8 To-night begins a we-ekV Cabaret at the Adelphi Hotel. Tubby Stevens, the Three Farrons and a talented Company >f ten aitistes will place their fare before Singapore patrons and according to Pres« reports from India. Burma and tht j F.M.S. exceptionally pood singing, dancing: etc. can be expected.
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    CHILD WELFARE SOCIETY.
    383 8 The annual meeting; of the Child Welfare Society will be held Rt GovertunHrt House, by kind permission at Lady Guillemard. the President, on Tuesday. April sth., at 5.15 p.m. Mr. It R. Menon. of the V.M.C.A.. passed the intermediate examination of the Incorporated Secretaries Association of London,
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    ROAD RECONSTRUCTION.
    557 8 Tramway Lines \i vin v A.NEWTKoIx^T,,,^^ The Municipal Knjrm. .lh work of reconditioning moving the tram rmflc The concrete found;-.:, Road is complete, an fj surfaced with aaphali ing in the last Hoc* bet ,v] and Bras Basah Utd D* Arab Street an,! Itti n«»t been completed construction
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      254 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COM LS TO CALDBECK'S" It Isn't Every One Who Knows i that Caldbeck's have a Retail Hr Store at 45 Robinson Rd., and what is more, will deliver any quantity, however small, to Customers' houses. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hongkong) (Incorporated in
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    NORTHERNERS' END NEAR.
    83 9 B\TTLE APPROACHES NANKING. SERIOUS MENACE. 9 Fur Eastern Service.] Shanghai March 16. >i>tent reports to-night of Wuhu and Nanking within Urn latter city. Mmmunications between Nan- were inierrupted to-day quarters here da not believe rtll>tured h :..\vt\vr that Nanking is a ed ng is reported westward of
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    THE UNDERGROUND WAR.
    186 9 I x mi \I(.N OF TERRORISM. Urn \L r ani>atit>n beii movement is not local erienced and special- >. arrived within the atches from Hankow. relation of the Chinese is "\\:n '.ntimidators." most of the labour iucting a srrik. cam- n and murder. <:' object at present
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    109 9 Bg had the hon ur of dining y the Governor and Lady it t-rnment House on MonHr. A M. Goodman and Mrs. Mr. -I. Mitchell and Mrs. W. A. Taylor. Surgeon H. C. Given. R.N.. Lieut-Col. B i. r>.S.O. 0.8.E.. Mr. W. H. it-Col I. H. Tyte and
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    FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES.
    96 9 BH; I OMBINE EFFECTED. r.tly been received by the of First National Pictures, M has been effected with I'nmpany and West Coast •rica, with the result that the i now controls no less than Hal's 1927 programme for include.- productions of a ruler, featuring such well--tars as
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    JAPAN'S POSITION.
    109 9 THE CHINA CONCESSIONS. DAILY TELEGRAPH VIEWS. [Reuters Service.] London, Mar. 16. In an editorial allusion to the Japanese decision that the time is not ripe for the return of the Japanese concessions in China, the Daily Telegraph observes that if the disposition existed in Tokic to make such
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    THE CHINESE LEGATION.
    92 9 BRANCH OF KUOMINTANG [Renter's Service.] London, Mar. 16. The Daily Telegraph, referring to the gathering at the Chinese Legation in honour of the late Dr. Sun Vat Sen and the presence of Mr. George Lansbury there, says that the facts with regard to this meeting are inexplicable
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    CHINA IN THE ELECTIONS.
    76 9 [Reiner's Service.] Lcndon. Mar. 16. Tlie Chinese situation is the issue in a triangular by-election at Leith. The Labour candidate. Wilson has issued a manifesto declaring that the British troops are at present in China to enable capitalists to exploit Chinese resources. The Unionist. Mr. Beaten,
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    JAPAN AWAITS HEIFETZ.
    81 9 [Nanyo Xichi-Xichi Service]. Tokio. March 15. Jasha HeitVrz, one- of the best known violinists in the world, who made a big: hit in Japan a few years ago. is due in Kobe on April 15 from Singapore. He will give his first concert in Japan at the
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    JAPAN'S DOMESTIC LEGISLATION.
    86 9 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service]. Tokio, March 15. The Labour Union Bill, the draft of which has just been completed, is soon to he submitted to the Hous? of Representatives. It is generally believed that the Bill will meet the same fate as last year, and will not be
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    EMPEROR TO DIRECT MANOEUVRES.
    65 9 Tokio, March 15. His Imperial Majesty the Emperor will personally command the Grand Naval Manoeuvres to be held in the Pacific next October. The combined fleet and all auxiliary vessels attached to every naval port will join the manoeuvres. The special service ship Settsu, now being
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    RUBBER QUOTATIONS.
    15 9 Tokio, March 15. Rubber f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at So sen (seller).
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    PRINCE SCIPIONE BORGHESE DEAD.
    33 9 PRINCE SCIPIONE BORGHESE DEAD. Florence, Mar. 16. The death of Prince Scipione Borghese, who first crossed Asia in a motorcar from Peking to Paris in 1908, is announced. [Earlier cables on page 7J.
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    DEAD-SHOT EXECUTIONER.
    94 9 The Moscow Workers' Gazette reports the death of the former Bolshevik executioner Shabin, who was recently sentenced to ten years' imprisonment by a Soviet court for embezzlement. In five years Shai In executed more than 500 prisoners and was noted «.s a dead shot with a revolver. The
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    SOUTH AMERICAN POLITICS.
    72 9 NICARAGUAN BATTLE. LIBERALS BADLY BEATEN. [Rruter's Service] Washington, Mar. 16. The announcement of what is described as a decisive victory frr the Diaz forces in Nicaragua is contained in a telegram received at the Nicaraguan Legation here, stating that the Liberals were badly beaten at Muymuy, the
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    U.S. TO EXPLOIT AFRICAN MANGANESE.
    40 9 [Reuters Service.] Johannesburg, Mar. 16. The Government has concluded negotiations with American interests anxious to exploit the manganese deposits to advance £250,000 for the construction of a branch railway line to serve the area concerned.
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    MR. HUGHES FOR GENEVA.
    45 9 [Reuters Service.] New York, Mar. 16. A message from Washington to the New York Evening Post states that the former Secretary of State. Mr. Hughes, will be invited to head the American delegation to the three-Power naval disarmament conference at Geneva.
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    DECORATIONS SENT TO POPE.
    74 9 Rome, Mar. 16. Mr. Lou Cheng Chiang, a fervent Catholic and a former Chinese Foreign Minister, whe headed the Chinese delegation to Paris for the Peace Conference, is now retiring into I private life from the post of Minister at "Berne. He has sent all his
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    ASSAYE TO BE A HOSPITAL SHIP.
    35 9 Hong Kong, Mar. 18. The Kowloon Dock Company have been awarded the contract for the conversion of the troopship Assaye into an ambulance hospital-ship. [Earlier cables on page 7].
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    AUSTRALIAN MURDERED IN SIAM.
    226 9 STABBED IN A HOTEL. A report from Tumpat states that an Australian has been murdered at Sun<re Golok, says Tuesday's Malay Mail. It ap pears that on March 3rd., Mr. Harford. a circus troupe manager, arrived by the Siamese railway at Sungei Golok at 6.30 in
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    RIOT AT SABAROK.
    146 9 As the result of a fight between parties of Chinese and Tamil workers employed by the Standard Oil Company at their station at Pulo Sabarok, some twenty persons, both Tamils and Chinese, were charged in the Third Police Court yesterday morning with rioting. The men were employed
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    160 APPLICANTS FOR £200 A YEAR JOB.
    38 9 Of 160 applicants for the vacant Secretaryship of the Royal Asiatic Society, carrying a salary of £200 per annum, Mrs. R. W. Frazer, who was Secretary before her marriage, was appointed.
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    ANTI-RESTRICTION COLLAPSE.
    101 9 Evening Standard Cools Off. DROOPING MARKET. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, March 15. The Evening Standard's anti-restriction campaign has collap ed abruptly following excellent letters from Mr. Miller and Mr. Baumann. The market was not affected thereby though it is drooping owing to the easier tendency of the
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    THE KRETA AVER RIOT.
    282 9 CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN Inquest Opens To-day Counsel representing relatives of one of the deceased, and the Consul General for China, were present in the Coroner's Court yesterday when the inquest on the death of the seven men who were shot on Sunday last during- the trouble
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    ENGINEERS OF MALAYA.
    202 9 ANNUAL MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR. The seventh annual general meeting: of the Engineering Association of Malaya was held in Kuala Lumpur during last week-end. It was stated that the only nomination for the position of office of President was that of Mr. A. H. Flowerdew and he
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    UNITED CHINA.
    130 9 Views of Sun Vat-sen's Closest Friend. San Francisco, Feb. 19.— The spirit of the late Dr. Sun Vat-sen, China's first provisional president, is enshrined in the old editorial offices of the Mid-West Daily News in San Francisco's China Town. The small office of Dr. Sun is now" occupied
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    SURGEONS' FEAT.
    538 11 BULLET EXTRACTED THROUGH THROAT rull details of a remarkable operation, by whkh a bullet was extracted from the upper lobe of the left lung, close to the heart, of a former Leigh soldier nearly nine years after he was wounded, ha^ now been received. The discovery of the
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    HEART "KNOCKS" DUE TO BAD DIGESTION.
    289 11 PALPITATION FEARS GROUNDLESS. Ron is it that our heart.- play "Postman's Knock"? Otherwise, what is the cause of the distressing condition known as "palpitation." which frightens many people into the conviction that they are the victims of serious heart trouble, when it is probably
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    GOLF COMPLEXITIES.
    545 11 INTERESTING ST. ANDREWS RULINGS. Some interesting rulings upon a further number of golf problems have just been given by St. Andrews. One question asked is: When a ball is driven into a heap of hay, or cut grass can it be treated as a ball on "ground under
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    GIRL AT WHEEL ROUND WORLD.
    414 11 MISS VIOLET CORDERY ON HER BIG ADVENTURE. Miss Violet Cordery, the *rirl who is now on a round-the-world motor tour, con-, fessed that fear of a summons for obstruction led her to change her plans at the las'. moment, and to make her official start
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      286 11 NOTICES. crnViOß TURF CLUB. ttfATEUI RACE MEETING. V 1 s A. Rules of Racing) t i;th. and Saturday, 19th March, 1927. exclusive of Added i tangot Turf Club Spring u > ommodatiun and Bedding lowanci of $40 per horse ngapore or Penan? and $25 from Ipoh and running T his
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      444 11 I CURING PHYSICAL DECLINE) IS REJUVENATION* A FACT? jj REMARKABLE REPORTS. J FROM THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY OF I ERNE, DR. BUERGI'S MS- i COVERY "PHYLLOSAN" WAS INSTANTLY TAKEN UP BY TKt LEADING DOCTORS. THE > ENTIRE MEDICAL PRESS AND NEWSPAPERS OF ENGLAND PAID STRIKING TRIBUTE AND <
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    41 12 The M.M. outward mail steamer, Amazone, is due here from Colombo on Sunday at noon and will leave likely on Monday at 7 a.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Kobe and Yokohama. She will berth at S.H.B. wharves. Deli 17.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    805 12 MODESTY OF MODERN DRAKE. CAPT. DAY SAYS THERE WERE 120 OF US." He is a lean, sun-tanned man, with short grey hair and a hard look in his grey eyes. There is just a trace of a sea-roll in his walk you can see it as he strides
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    61 12 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight March, 15th. Maximum shade temperature 91.5 F Minimum shade temperature 75 F Mean shade temperature 86.1 F Maximum sun radiation 162 F Minimum grass radiation 72.5 F Sea temperature 81 F Mean wet-bulb temperature 76.3
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      357 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. 1 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,
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      141 12 LLOYD TRIESHNO NAY. CO. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Monthly service for Brindisi, Venice and Trieste via ports taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Fiume. the Levant and Black Sea Ports, also to all ports on the West Coast of Italy. VIMINALE In Port OUTWARD SAILINGS. FOR HONG
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      371 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND t> a y TTlt/f rißii 1 Sc nPATXTIi* If A DTT A I Xilj iuAiiU filli* PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE For rates and other particulars apply: GUTHRIE CO.. LTD. Agents: Singapore and lVna
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      111 12 hedges! AND BUTLERS WINES fi SPIRITS J Scotch Whisky SL^IS^ Over L 5 fan 1 Ok! ai d Pr.-ua 1 "cdges&Bi-tU* xrz fzz r~' Stwagtfc. Pil&< S4r> p boitl crz^^nJ Dim ii iudi H SHERRY t^^ $3.80 per U "EMPRESS PORT y (Ol<i mm d I: «iLiy The Leading lender.
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      619 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday am Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam o a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday *> P
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      598 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arrive. Leave. Jon. X 'tteniarn. Hamburg:, Bremen, v ua Colombo, Aden, Port S in (i p rl Saitl- Amazon Maru Mar. 21 Mar. 22 .ay Town, Rio. Santos, 1V an<l Burnos Aires. f Hawaii Maru Apr. 14 Apr. 16 M s Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salam. r;
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      459 13 TRAVEL COMFORT DOLLAR fiSl§& "PRESIDENT II LINERS -^^3*^ 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
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      703 13 K. P. M. (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sab-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Ma fine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and IVnang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All information, detailed itineraries, free of charge.
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    EMPIRE PARLIAMENTARY TOUR.
    2084 14 14,000 Miles in Australia. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY DISCUSSED. The delegation of the Empire Parliamentary Association which visited Australia in September, October and November, 1926, consisted of 41 members; eighteen were from the United Kingdom, of which ten were Conservatives, seven Labour and one Liberal; one from Canada,
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      181 14 I H I capital 1I M M M: -m JOHMHAIC&C9II? B|^fc«ft^ OISTtLLCRS s^^MARKIMCH,SCOTfcAMO Local Agents— THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION, LTD., Singapore. m The dinner sweet they like. 11 The young folk arc always pleased when vJ^w^X'^^ II If they hnd the cook has prepared a delicioutly \j 11 light steimed pudding
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      154 14 X I ji -///It The ream ot Evi)lu <i°n I -nli^^^ m D esian > Construction, I f and Performance. 1 Not Forgetting Purely British Workmanship I The 12 H.P. Tourer. The 7 H.P. Tourer. I I PRICE $2775. PRICE $1450 Borneo Motors Limited. Travellers Should Carry Cuticura Daily use
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    EXCHANGE.
    56 15 Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 3-32 Bank demand 2|3 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2j4 5-16 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 57 France, demand 1406 Kong Konfr, demand 1J? 4 pC- Dis. Yokohama, demand 113 Bangkok, demand 81 Bar Silver London 25 1 Bank of England Rate
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    PRODUCE.
    213 15 March 16. Tin 100 Tons $156.75 Gambier 9% Popper White 74.00 Pepper Plack 40.00 Flake Topioca 5-75 Pearl Sago Small 8.00 Copra 10.35 Copra Sundried 10.95 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.
    57 15 MaFth Kith.. 12 o'tli»ck noon Buyers Seller? R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F Spot 70 70«4 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Mar. 70% 70* Apr-June TtVk July-Sept. 71 74H Oct-Dec 76 7«% Tone of Market:— Steady. Latest Tabu-: -London Spot Shift L'OVl P-"' I' 1 New York
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    FRASER SHARE LISTS.
    191 15 Yesterday's Alterations Buyers Hellers Bangrin Tin (t'l o2s Batanu Padang ($1) 85 SS Hi.am Tin LlO LIS Idris 57s 9d 58s 9d K. Lumpur Tin (£1) 36s 6d 37s 6d Klang River (fl) 3.80 £90 Kuchai Ords. ($1) 2.22% 1 > Malayan Collieries (10) .".s.l':> 88.75 Pengkafen
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    60 15 Yesterday's Alterations March l(Jth., Closing Prices. Bnvovs ?oH -s; Aver Wane: 1.15 1.25 Nai Hoots .xv .85 PetaMnc: 4.47 4.. r v:i' 2 Ulu Piah 1.45 1.50 Fastern Riam 2. r »s i^r>? r>d Oonene' Cons. 52s 54s Temeng'or 22s 22s 6d Tengrkah Harbour 14.25 14.7."> Tronoh
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    103 15 RUBBER AUCTION. YESTERDAY'S PRICKS. Tht- Singapore (.'hanihi»r <<f Conumwcv Rubber Association held its S.K-4i«l. auction Yesterday whin thirc wit 'utalo^ucl 1,3 72,3 7."> lbs.: «T12.07 tons. Offered MSJ97B lbs.; 431.24 tons. Sold 547.07 4 lbs.; B9BJM VMHES RKAIJZKI). Ril>btd Smoked Sheet. OMHi r*r |.l». Standard Quality N->
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    FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    658 15 Singapore. Mar. 15. Then- ifi little < hantie to IUCJOni in the prui- of either Tin or Rubber during the past w.-t-k an-1 both sectioas oi the share market have been <jui c neglected. Sterling Tin quotations shew practically Bo changes and even in dollar issues prices
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      327 15 Assets Over $7,000,000, S.C. Assurance in Force' Over 23,000,(KM) I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. > (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. I he Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the
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      881 15 BANKING. 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. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman Hon: Mr. A. O. Lang, Deputy Chairman
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      690 15 TKADE AND COMMERCE. ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT Singapore, March 16. London. Rubber Is S^d. Down y 8 d. Local 70 cents. London.— Tin £299 15s. Up 12s 0d Local 155% for 100 tons. Mining.— Lingui 1.87% 1.92%, Malay Consolidated 1.24 1.27, Petaling 4.45 4 52 I Nai Hoot 79 82,
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      36 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.
    431 16 Inter-Commercial Cup. McALISTER'S DEFEAT UNITEERS. McAlister's, 3: Uniteers, nil. Playing on the Stadium before a crowd numbering about three hundred, in the InterCommercial Cup yesterday, McAlister's defeated the Uniteers by three goals to nil. In the h'rst half, McAlister's played with the wind in their favour and were
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    A FRIENDLY GAME.
    477 16 S.C.C. BEATEN. Bendemeers 2: S.C.C 1. The S.C.C. star.cd their Soccer season ■w-ry had.y yesterday m a maun wuh Bencit- mct-r s, and were lucky in oeing de- feateu by <-nly 2 l. They were outplayed by the Chinese team all through the game, and i hc-rrington's
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    THE ASSIZES.
    416 16 Chinese Attack on Bengalis. A LONG CASE. Unlawful assembly, murder, and attempted murder were the charges on which ten Chinese were arraigned before Mr. Justice Deane at the Assizes yesterday. The murder is alleged to have taken place during a tight between Chinese and Bengalis in St. Michael's
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    THE RUGBY GIRL!
    187 16 THE RUGBY GIRL FOUR-HOUR WAIT— AND SMILING \T IT. It was bitterly cold, it was m< re than a T rifle foggy, it was raw and bitter, it was dull and dismal, at Twickenham. But things like that don't matter to our Hughy- loving gin-. Four hours before the gates
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    CRICKETERS IN JAMAICA MOTOR ACCIDENT.
    201 16 London, Feb. 28. Kingston. Tyldesley dislocated his shoul'er as a result of a car capsizing. O'Connor nd Lock were also injured. here was no one in place to take advantage »f it and the ball was cleared. About five ainutes from the end, the S.C.C.
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    36 16 We understand that when Mr. C. J. Parker, Acting Senior Executive Engineer, Seremban, goes on leave next month, he will be succeeded by Mr. W. L. Bosker. Executive Engineer, Works and Buildings, Kuala Lumpur. Malay Mail.
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    45 16 THE DAVIS CUP. A RECORD ENTRY. [Reuters Service.] New York, Mar. 16. The list of participants in the Davis Cup has closed with 25, equalling the record obtained two years ago. Twenty play in the European Zone and four in the American Zone.
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    WOMEN'S BOAT RACE.
    119 16 OXFORD FOR SPEED [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 15. "Women of Oxford and Cambridge Universities to-day rowed their fir^; boat race. The race, which took place on the Isis at Oxford, was on novel lines, the crews s-tarting at different times. The course was half a
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    $100 FOR TWELVE CORRECT FOOTBALL RESULTS.
    140 16 01/ R FOOTBALL COMPETITION The semi-finals of the English and Scottish Cup competitions are to be played on Saturday. March 26. For a 'correct forecast of the results of these four games as well as eighi matches in the Leagues we are awarding a
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    105 16 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Mixed Doubles Open. Riches and Miss Nicholson beat Dr. Chill and Mrs. Murray, 6 o. 6 o. Hall and Mrs. Laing beat Linton and Miss Gunn. 6 2, 6 l. Bateman and Miss Richardson beat Mr. and Mrs. Webb. w.o. Utermark and Lady Murison
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.
    125 16 Dyne Cup. Hindhede and Miss Stephenson plus 3 vs. Capt. and Mrs. Stephenson plus 2. Mr. and Mrs. Milligan plus 3 vs. Assiter and Miss Wallis plus 2. Holyoak and Mrs. Atkin-Berry plus 3 vs. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller plus 2. Cullen Cup. Niven and Mrs. Whitley plus
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    54 16 "Guillemard Cup." The Guillemard Cup will be competed for on Sunday, under the following conditions: 18 holes stroke foursomes handicap (twoball); entries to be made in the Competition Book at the Club house; handicap: 3-Bths combined, V 2 strokes and over count "one"; no entrance fee; open
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    CRICKET.
    97 16 The S.C.C. will meet the S.R.C. on the Padang on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, the S.C.C. being represented by the following: E. S. Bell, R. L. L. Braddell, Captain C. H. Congden, W. H. Findlay, A. Gilmour, 0. P. Griffith-Jones (captain), W. N. Hansell, D. R. A. Hoblyn,
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    180 16 TROLLEY BUS RUNNING. To the Editor. Sir, The magnificent Keppel Road now enjoys the benefit of the new trolley buses instead of the eld tram service, but, as might have been expected, the trolley wires having been hung only just clear of the old tram lines
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    MACPHAIL & CO., LTD'S. WEEKLY REPORT.
    794 16 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S. WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, March 13. The absence of any outstanding feature makes the present period a dull and uninteresting one from the reporter's point of The prices of our two commodities Rubber and Tin have remained practically stationary, wLh the usual detrimental effect on the* volume of
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    20 16 Orders for week ending March 20th. Thursday, 17th.— Band Practice, Headquarters, 4.30 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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