The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 March 1927

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    14 1 Singapore Free Press Id i ENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1927. NO. 12,058
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    303 1 The Shantung armies at Sungkiang are retreating withou; fighting and it is expected the Southern army will enter Shanghai without opposition in a day or two Page 9. The strike situation in Shanghai is rather better al hough there ate over 20,000 not at work— Page 9.
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    IMAGINATION.
    927 1 1 well remember the occasion irhen the news came through thai the Titanic bad been sunk m the Atlantic. I mv travel og mj the Tuh< Ln the earl) pari si the evening, md I believe every ingle person in the carriage waa reading s newspaper. One could not
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      165 1 i FAI LDINGS S j: EDCALYPIUS OIL pi XX AND BEST. jj m^**-*mmm**mmmwtm*mmeomm*m»mm RAFFLES HOTEL j Wednesday March 23rd— 8.15 p.m. Franconia Cruise Dinner 8 Ball. $4. j TO-NIGHT I Tea Dance 5.30 p.m. I I Orchestral Selections 9.30 p.m. I I For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS. Manager. Mfhs
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      116 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Something about riats Page 2. Insist m Rowntree's chocolates Page 8. Chua Motor Service day or night -Page 7. See what you can do for (1.50 Pa^-e 16. For b ok bargains try Win, Glaisher Page 2. Trademark notice re Lucas lamps etc. Page 7. Sale of unserviceable
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      173 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 21«t. High Water. 0.3 a.m.. 8.6., 0.11 p.m. 8.7. Malacca High Water. 9 a.m., 6.0. 9.20 p.m. 6.5. Legislative Council 10 a.m. Football: S.C.C. vs. R.A., S.C.C. S.F.A. Meeting, Drill Hall. 6 p.m. Tuesday. 2'2nd. High Water. 0.24 a.m.. 5.0.. 0.42 p.m. 8.4. Malacca High Water, 9.30
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    AN IMPRESSION OF AUSTRALIA.
    318 2 1 n Xc p. Jones las Congregational minister, gave his impressions ol Australia in an a fu-i -lum h address to members of the National Liberal Club. Tl > averafre Australian, said Pr. Jones, was enthusiastically loyal. The people of Australia mifrhl trade with America, they
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    ECONOMY'S VOICE.
    249 2 which Mr. Francis W. Hirst ntril itea i the Times is very opportune, th ugh il > problematica] whether the advice will be taken. Ail classes of the atioa, all sections ol society, seem to I .1 that we can spend more, cither as in hiak i c
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    206 2 II was stated at the inquest at Southward Joseph dreen. 75, oi Red-cross-street, i; who was run over by a pony van near the Hop Exchange, thai be had lived foi two years in the same house. Miss Clara Au Kirn Ling, a pupil of the 1 Convent, has successfully,
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      277 2 ASPRO TABLETS. GIVE CERTAIN RELIEF IN Rheumatism Headache Influenza Sleeplessness. Does not affect the heart. Wholesale and retail from the Importers MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. "THE PENANG AYO NYA'S h BANGSAWAN." Re-open Thursday. THE MAHA OPERA. WAYANG PEK JEE. Milkmaid: Cigarettes Free. SATURDAY:
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      257 2 I Victoria Theatre Coming Attractions j MIROVITCH "andBQRISSOFF* THE JOYBELLS I I the WILBUR PLAYERS B b o __________^™^^«»™«™b^«b» M BEN NO I MOISIVITCH I j ZIMBALIST T DATES WILL BE DULY ANNOUNCED PAVILION From Thursday. 17th to Wednesday, 3rd March. AT 9 P.M. SHARP. The Latest PATHE GAZETTE A
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      270 2 rA WONDERFULLY WELL PRODUCED IM(T( p; From Wednesday, 16th to Tuesday. 22nd March ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors) In the Second Show, commencing 9 p m A VICTOR SCHERTSZINGER-FOX PRODUCTION Adapted from David Belasco's Stage Triumph X dran to hie 8 Greatest Question CAN THE DEAD RETURN TO
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    WITS IN PARLIAMENT.
    809 3 The proposal to popularise Hansard is audable. Its pages contain much that is worthy of preservation in what the bookseller call handy form. For my part I nave been entertaining myself by glancing over the record of the last few days and .elishing in retrospect some of
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    54 3 Th« Toft Memorial Fund now amounts to $2,391. A written appeal is being- made for a fund of $10,000 in order to ensure an adequate endowment for the eight children of the late Mr. E. H. Toft, who was generally liked on the football and hockey field, in Perak, says
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    DANCES OF DESPAIR!
    730 3 DANCES OF DESPAIR The other day in Paris ihe conductor of a jazz band suddenly forsook the modern tradition and began to play the "Blue Danube." The dancers, it is related, eonironted with a new charm, at once broke with [he chatty rhythm of the Charleston and stepped out to
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    WHERE WOMEN SIRGECNS GO.
    167 3 Unheard of Because They Work Hard.'' 4. The question whether there is a demand for woman surgeons is raised by the fact that the Royal College of Surgeons has conferred diplomas of membership oe 164 candidates, of whom twenty-eight arc women. Statistics show that during the
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      45 3 CIGARETTICS m t2^ ,vcv.* f a **'__p^_ 1 1 /.Ar _S__L^ •3_____ ■b t c>c >^«fi^^s^Wß k Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee WILL PRESENT MIKADO Victoria THeatre 0l > March the 24th, 26th, 29th, 31st. April 2nd, sth and 9th. Opens at John Little's on March 10th.
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      164 3 I mm I > wl)&» Green-Red-Blue. MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212, Orchard Rd., SINGAPORE. I 7PTQC! Zi Ha 1 O O j: Careful study of the diagram conclusively prove:* 5 l\ the superiority of Punktal Lenses over all others. C •I f > K;^^°° k,r>9 thr u h Looking through 1
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    The Mocrcroft Manor Mystery
    3515 4  - The Mocrcroft Manor Mystery J. R. WILMOT am iNTRICUtHC AETECTIVE STORY fc ROMANTIC NEW SERIAL CHAPTER 2-. Aa soon as the man Myers bad taken Sinclaii away, Motrrell began to think q ,ickly. He rea ised that so far his capture of Helen Overington bad led him nowhere. She had
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    GREYHOUND RACING.
    298 4 New Tracks to be Opened Greyhound racing, which was introduced into this c untry from America last summer, proved so successful at Belie Vue. Manchester, that similar tracks are to be opened in England, Scotland, and Wales this season. The famous Powderhall ground at Edinburgh and Shorfield Park.
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    HAGEN BEATS SARAZEN IN GOLF MATCH FOR $10,000.
    49 4 London, Feb. 28. St. Petersburg (Florida). In a challenge match for 10,000 dollars, played over 72 holes, Walter Hagen beat Gene Sarazen easily. The early stages of the match were played at Miami and Sandford. Hagen won 8 up and 7.
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    COLDSTREAMS WIN ARMY RACQUETS FOR THIRD SUCCESSIVE TIME.
    52 4 London, Mar. 1. In the Army Racquets final at Princes Club, the Colstream Guards (Scott Chadd and Duckworth King) defeated the King's Royal Rifles (Cheney and Wilson), 7 15. 15 6. 14—17. 15—8, 15—7, 15—7. thus winning the title for the third
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    STORIES OF A LIFE-TIME OF LONDON OPERA.
    1150 4 The Dandies of Fops Alley. HOW THE "O. P. RIOTS'* ENDED. I heard my first first opera in 1863 when 1 as a youth of 17 I was invited to a box at Covent Garden Theatre. The opera was "Faust," with a cast
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    THE MODESTY OF MR. JOHN McCORMACK.
    165 4 -I \M NOT IHK GRI *TI3SI lh N( "I am I. »ttt* gr& I object to that I ttmm to-day. Flu I the ncx: mm km i Iris modi st dei Dailj E\p:< se repi McCormack. th vigorously against the he was "the world'!
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    NEW RESTRICTION ON DOLE GRANT
    27 4 Experiment nl -a" The Salford B approval of tfce i I starting forthwith i al physical das* men up t« tfce Ige
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    Mar. 21—The Martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer.
    550 5  - Mar. 21— The Martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer. Charles Conway By 371 On the 21st. March 1556, YEARS Thoma? Cranmer, one of the AGO. great outstanding figures in the Reformation of the English Church, was burned a. the stake. Very little is authentically knewn of his early life beyond the fact
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      BRITISH LADIES' TENNIS TEAM.
      79 5 Win All Matches' Against Northern Transvaal. London. Mar. .">. Pretoria.— The British Ladies' Lawn Tennis team played Northern Transvaal. The following are ;he results: Mrs. Mcllquham beat Mis. Myburgh, 6—l. 6—2. Miss Dix beat Mrs. Adkins, 6—2. 6—2. Miss Harvey beat Mrs. McArthur. 6 3, 7
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      S.C.C. vs. A.P.C.
      52 5 The following have been invited to play for the S.C.C. against the A. P.C. on Tuesday: J. McLeod; H. W. Kuenzler, W. M. M. Cun-ningham; F. G. Hill, G. H. Daly, W. R. Gardiner; J. W. Jones, W. Lindsay, R. E. Cox, W. H. Thorp and A.
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      S.C.C. vs. DUKES II.
      50 5 The following have been invited to play for the S.C.C. against the Duke of Wellington Regiment on Thursday: E. Cherrington; H. Kuenzler, W. M. M. Cunningham; F. G. Hill, G. H. Daly, E. C. Rogers, W. Lindsay, R. E. Cox, W. W. Thorp, and two others.
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    57 5 The engagement is announced of Miss Ursula Spicer. youngest daughU rof Sir Albert Spicer, Bart., paper manufacturer to Mr. Sydney Potter, chairman, of the Paddington branch of the I. L. P. Miss Spicer spent some time in China and Japan recently, on a visit with her father to her sister,
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    WELSH COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
    210 5 Heroism of Volunteers. The disaster in the Marine Colliery which coincided with St. David's Day has brought to light the unexcelled heroism of an unlimited number of volunteers who, bathed in perspiration and wearing gas masks, were working like mad men attacking the 100-ton fall of coal
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    "THE COTTAGE HOMES OF ENGLAND."
    417 5 Many calls are made nowadays for the preservation of this or that example of an older England, but there should still be sympathy to spare for the scheme launched by the Royal Society of Arts for the preservation of old cottage homes. When these vanish,
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    IS 'SLOW AND SURE" A FALLACY?
    156 5 Civil Service Workers in America It is a popular view that the slowest worker is also the surest. Certain figures however, that have resulted from an investigation carried out by Dr. O'Rourke. Director of Personal Research in, the United States Civil Service Commission, throws
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      145 5 They j GIVE VALUE t^^_«ape* B— M DUNIjOP: I j TYRES most popular tyres, because they are the longest-wear-in safest and most economical tyres of all. Th.- pest and best experience in the Industry is behind every P .was :he pioneer Pneumatic Tyre Maker, and is still the ac-ki iwlew&ed
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      222 5 Foods The Allenburys* Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of babies in hot climates. They are germ free, and being simply and easily prepared by the addition of boiling water, their use gives complete independence of doubtful milk supply, and is an absolute guarantee against infantile Fresh Stocks of
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    240 6 ELECTRICITY CHARGES. The following: action was taken at a meeting of committee No. 8 held on March 15th: Decided to recommend the installation of automatic street lighters to the public lighting in Tanjong Katong area, at a total cost of $4,000, to be found by Supplemental Budget. .Decided,
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    A PARAMOUNT CONVENTION.
    196 6 Thursday saw a new departure in the film world locally when the Paramount Company (Famous Lasky film service* held a convention for exhibitors, the object being to illustrate the propaganda and plans foi the years 1927 and 1928 including those films already prepared and others under course
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    ECHO OF BRUTAL MURDER.
    130 6 Revolver Recovered After Years Many reader.- will remember the sensational murder, some three years ago. of the late Towkay Foo Ban Seng of Ipoh. when robbers broke into his house on his estate about three miles from Bidor 0:1 the road to Teluk Anson, and literally
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    CHINESE WOMEN.
    103 6 Ancient Traditions Upset. The Minister of Justice. Mr. George Hsu Chien, has promulgated a new law respecting the rights of women which alters the traditional customs of this country absolutely. According to the new law. women have absolute right to contract marriage and sue for divorce, to inherit
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    THE "BOOK FLOOD."
    195 6 Toe Many Novels Even in Norway Literary reviewers in Norway are earnestly discussing the problem of restricting the publication of novels. During recent years so many novels have been issued that l new word has been coined, the "book* flood." It is an established tradition En Norway
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    WIRELESS WITHOUT VALVES.
    153 6 New Invention Sold For £20.000 An invention which, it is claimed, wii! eliminate batteries and valves in wireless sets, has just been sold to an American manufacturing company for 00,000 by the inventor. Dr. Palmer Craig, bf the Mercer University. Ceorgia. The device consists of ten thin
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    RIG CHANDU HAUL.
    59 6 Mr. G. J. Mussell, Head of Preventive Service, Supervisor Listerman and a party of Revenue Officers went to a vacant land at the 5U mile Pasir Panjang at 11 pjn. on Thursday and after digging up the ground frr about two hours- found concealed in cement barrels
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    DR. LIM BOON KENG.
    458 6 ADDRESS ON CHINA'S FUTFRE Wah Van College was honoured on Tuesday last by the visit of Dr. Lim Boon Keng and his friends, merchant princes of Malaya. Dr. Lim gave the boys most t stirring and inspiring address. He said it always gave him pleasure to
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      52 6 CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY. Fourth List of Subscriptions For 1926 27. Previously acknowledged $15,376.33 Crossword Puzzle ($454, $646, and $538.) 1,638.00 Italasia Ltd. 50.00 Money found in the Europe Hotel at different periods 42.10 Per Mrs. de Paula, Ipoh. Perak Turf Club 500.00 $17,606.43 J. M. SIME, Hon. Treasurer. Singapore, 18th
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    CHINA'S WARS.
    229 7 SHANTUNG DEFEAT COMING. NANKING TURNS NATIONALIST [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Mar. 18. According to the latest information from reliable foreign .sources in Shanghai this evening the Nationalists are now within twenty miles of Nanking where numerous Shantung wounded are arriving. Chang Tsung Chang's men have already become
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    U.S.A. AND DISARMAMENT.
    152 7 Geneva. Mar. 18. The United States has made observations on the report of the joint commission on disarmament and indicated her attitude towards the problem in a long memorandum This reiterates that the American Government does not view favourably a proposal partaking of the nature of inter
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    AMERICAS WAR PROBLEMS.
    86 7 fßeuter's Service. 1 New York. Mar. 18. Mr. D. F. Davis. Secretary of War. has sailed for Port Rico, in the Panama Canal zone, for the purpose of studying the defence conditions there and the possibilities of the construction of a canal in Nicaragua Mr. Davis, who
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    AIRPLANE CRASH AT FOLKESTONE.
    73 7 [British Radio— Official Seryice.l Rugby, March 18. A Morsley single-engine bombing machine crashed to-day at Elham. near Folkestone. Pilot-Officer Frederick Priestman and Leading-Aircraftsman Pickering were killed. When the machine struck the ground it toppled over and burst into flames, which a fire engine was unable to
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    ANGLO-SAXON AVIATION.
    53 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. March 18. Sir Alan Cobham, the famous airman, who arrived at Southampton to-day on his return from the United States, said he had obtained the impression that the United States were neither behind nor ahead of Great Biitain in aviation. "Both countries are
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    122 7 The news of the demise of Mr. I. S. Perry will come as a deep shock to his large circle of friends in the Colony says the Hong Kong Telegraph Mr. Perry went up to Shanghai last autumn and contracted acute bronchitis, which affected his heart and to which he
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    OUR FINANCE LETTER.
    1472 7 Rubber Markets Busy. IS A RALLY COMING? (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Feb. 24. The rubber markets have been fairly busy this week and on the whole considering the events in China their condition is encouraging. Spot rubber has been about Is 7 ,4d and the shares
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    IRTSH TERRIER AM) DOG LAW.
    157 7 Whal Owners Should Know Judge Dawson Crawford gave an interesting dicision at Romford County Court iii a case in which damages were claimed for bites by dogs. A gardener named Arthur Flack was crossing a public footpath on an estate near Ongai when he was
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    A SUICIDE CLUB.
    138 7 Sensational Story From Budapest The curiosity of the police has beeu aroused by an anonymous letter, in which they are informed of the existence of a Suicides' Club in Budapest, which is described as possessing widespread ramifications. Meetings are said, to take place once or twice a
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    25 7 Six tons of coppers formed part of a total amount of i' 5,000 collected by undergraduates of Liverpool University in street collections for medical charities.
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      497 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Mark depicted above is the exclusive property of Messrs. Joseph Lucas Limited of Great King Street, Birmingham, England, Manufacturers md is used by them in respect of Lamps, horns bells and aii kinds of other accessories foi cycles, motor cycles, and
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      421 7 TENDERS. Tenders are required for the erection of If three-storey Shophouses in Brick a/id Reinforced Concrete, Rochore Road and Victoria Street, Singapore. j Plans and Specifications may V seer at the Architects' Office. Tenders close ,if noon on T'tm:rMia>, \luivh 31st. SWAN AND MA< LAREX. feahJftueta, Bong Kong Bai: Chambers.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      20 8 JOHXSTOX-SMITH. On March 18th 1927. at Sepoy Line> Singapore to Kathleen wife of Mr. Charles Johnston-Smith F.R.C.S. a daughter.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      41 8 Mr. Ku Tong Sen is grateful to all his relatives ami friends for their attendance at the funeral of his beloved Mother the late Mrs. Eu Kong. He also thanks them all for their letters of condolence, wreaths, scrolls etc.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 21. 1927. Week-End Comment.
    695 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 21. 1927. Week- End Comment. The war rumours from eastern Europe are symptomatic of the state of feeling which has for some time existed in the western portion of the Balkans. Their genesis is to be found in the distrust which Jugoslavia holds of Italy's
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    414 8 We hear that Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake has been provisionally appointed to succeed Mr. Robson on the Federal Council. M.M. Supervisor Gordon of the Preventive Service boarded the Tohlam just before she left for Java ports and found concealed amongst the cargo in the forward hold a large quantity
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    58 8 PROTECTING SIAM'S FAUNA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Mar. 19. The natural history members of the Siam Society have decided to approach H. M. the King and the Supreme Council as to the danger of the present unrestricted killing of wild animals in Siam, particularly of creature's giving
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    SUPREME COURT.
    584 8 A DEBT JUDGMENT. The Chief Justice, Sir William Murison. in the Supreme Court on Saturday, gave judgment in a case he heard previously in which a widow r Leow Man Neong. sued two other women, Lee Muk Lan and Chan Ah Leok. The plaintiff alleged that one Ho
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    ON THE TILES.
    256 8 The blowing of many Police whistles at about midnight on Saturday caused an excited crowd to gather outside the Lanka Hotel in Tank Road. The cause of the commotion was the figure of a man who could be dimly seen crouching on the roof of the house.
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    22 8 Three members of the local bar, the Hon'- ble. Mr. Bailey and Messrs. Skrine and t Mackie, are at present indisposed. M.M.
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    JOHORE NOTES.
    638 8 A Hill Station. ALTERNATE SITES (From Our Johore Corns;,-, nt It may be of interest be Singa-.. h know that the Johore Govprnnu---posing to explore and surv, Blumut with a view to making of it if suitable. This Mountain the Kota Tinggi district but inaccessible by road. It
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    OUR FLAT AT THE THREATRE.
    61 8 The Singapore Player, mil farcical comedy. Our Flat, at I c Theatre on Saturday. Apr.! :>- -the following Tuesday. Wednesda; day and Saturday. The Honorary Secretary onsl inform all who hftVC asked ft be reserved in advance that I bookings may be made. The booking
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      6 8 To-day's Feature. OUR SERIAL STOW j
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    BALKAN WAR CLOUDS.
    436 9 K IT-GLE FOR ALBANIA. N r FOR THE LEAGUE. Roma, the leading Fascist ll ...-he> a telegram from cal wit* that of the Giornale :i\ which was the first sugshed hart nl the possibility Balkans is jeopardised V m -Slav armaments red iced a deep impression f
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    KING OF SPAIN BETTER.
    20 9 I Reuters Service.] Madrid. March 19. I convalescence is proceeding I bu etins will be discon-
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    CHINA'S CHAMELEONS.
    301 9 GENERALS CHANGING COLOUR. KAI SHEK TO JOIN TSO LIN. Reuters Far Eastern Service. 1 Shanghai, Sunday night. The Southerners may now be said to be at the gates of Shanghai. The Northerners are putting up no resistance anywhere. They evacuated the arsenal two miles from the I rencfa
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    THE NATIONALIST SPLIT.
    330 9 COMMUNISTS IN CONTROL. Shanghai, Mar. 20. Further important developments have occurred in connexion with the Nationalist split. Messages fi >m Hankow of March I >th. held up by censors establish definitely thai the Communist elements are now in complete control militarily as well as politically having secured
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    WHAT THE WOMEN WANT.
    63 9 Shanghai, Mar. 20. News from Kiukiang says the international women's day w r as celebrated here and at Nanking by Mass meetings of thousands of women. The chief slogans were "equality of the sexes," "down with polygamy." "down with infant marriage," "we want freedon of marriage
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    ARBITRATION IN POLISH COTTON DISPUTE.
    58 9 Warsaw, Mar. 20. The disputants in the Polish textile industry have accepted the Government's suggestion for arbitration conditionally on resumption of work. Work will accordingly restart on March 21. [The workers demanded a 25 per cent rise in wages the employers offered 6 per cent;
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    SHANGHAI FRONT BROKEN.
    140 9 "NO RESISTANCE." SOUTHERNERS ENTER IN TWO DAYS. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, March 19. The Shantung defence of the Sungkiang front has crumpled and the Northerners are retreating on Shanghai. The northern collapse at Sungkiang which about 7,000 of Chang Tsung Chang's troops were defending, was caused
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    THE STRIKE POSITION.
    44 9 [Reuter *s Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, March 19. Although great labour unrest continues there is no general response so far to the strike call. The total striking at present is 22.000. Yesterday was the first day without a murder for weeks.
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    N.Y.K. COOKS ON STRIKE.
    83 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, March 19. Owing to demands for better treatment the cooks employed on the N.Y.K. vessels have gone on strike resulting in the Tenyo Maru, Ginyo Maru, Haruna Maru and Iyo Maru postponing their sailings indefinitely. Tokyo, Later. Although the N.Y.K. strike
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    ARKANSAS TORNADO.
    83 9 !Re.:ter s Service.] Springfield. Missouri March 19. The second tornado in forty-eight hours struck northern Arkansas killing 25 persons at Greenforest. A relief train is rushing to the scene. St. Louis. Mar. 20. The storm centred around Greenforest where a hundred houses were unroofed many wrecked and buildings
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    CHASED INTO HARBOUR.
    79 9 A RUM-RUNNING INCIDENT [Reuters Service.] Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Mar. 19. Considerable excitement was caused by the United States customs cutter Bonham chasing the schooner Fred. M. Himmelman, alleged to be carrying liquor, into harbour as far as the wharf. The commander of the cutter immediately proceeded to
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    A NOTABLE FIND.
    73 9 [Reuters Service.] New York, March 19. An autograph letter of Button Gwinnett and of five ether signatories of the Declaration of Independence has been auctioned for $51,000. The letter was discovered recently in an old barn two days before the barn took fire. The purchaser is Dr.
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    A RUSSIAN ECHO.
    56 9 [Reuters Service.] London, March 19. The death has occurred at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, of Constantine Nabokoff, Counsellor of the Imperial Russian Embassy in London in wartime who was dismissed by M. Sazonoff after the defeat of General Kolchak and retired in 1919. He gained a livelihood
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    A FRIENDLY GESTURE.
    32 9 Gonaive, March 19. A hundred American warships with 40, 000 men aboard which are engaged in naval manoeuvres in the Caribbean, visited here and were reviewed by President Bornu.
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    28 9 Mr. H. A. Forrer was sworn in before the Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule in the Supreme Court, Penang, on Thursday as Registrar of the Supreme Court.
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    ANNAM'S UNCROWNED KING.
    241 9 ALLEGATIONS IN FRENCH PARLIAMENT. INDO-CHINA CONCESSIONS SCANDAL. [Reuters Service.] Paris, March 19. In the Chamber M. Outrey, Deputy for Indo-China, interpellated the Government for its promotion in the Legion of Honour, of M. Sabatier, civil servant in Indo-China whom he charged with brutality and depravity. While admitting
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    AMERICAN COTTON CONFERENCE.
    113 9 [Reuters Service.] Washington, March 19. An international cotton conference, composed of delegates from the principal American cotton exchanges, associations and Agricultural Department officials met Mr. Jardine, Secretary to the Department and approved universal cotton standards for use during the two years beginning August Ist. Japan's application for
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    FOOTBALL.
    395 9 CLUB VS. NAVAL SIDE S.C.C 1. H.M.S. Bruce 1. What would in all probability have been a very good game between the S.C.C. and the H.M.S. Bruce side, which is the top of the Eighth Destro>or Flotilla League was spoiled by the weather on Saturday. Rain fell heavily during
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    OPERATIONS WITHOUT RISK.
    391 11 TRIUMPHS OF MODERN SURGERY I Princess Mary, wearing academic robes and Viscount Lascelles, were among thi distinguished company assembled in the hoyal College of Surgeon*, London, wher j S.r Berkeley Moynihan delivered the Hun- tenan oration. Sir Berkeley said man's life, was one long warfare. Man-the whole
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    FREE LOVE.
    463 11 GIRLS WHO WILL NEVER FIND Paris.— 1 iterary, religious and socologicai circles in France are exercised about the widespread propaganda in favour of free love no-.v carried on throughout France by means of the so-called "realistic" novel. The ever-falling birth-rate in France and the ravages of the war
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    18 11 Being a gentleman is like bein<r happy if you must try to be, you aren't. New York Telegram.
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    ARMS SMUGGLING.
    427 11 PAYMENT OF THE INFORMATION Hong Kong makes every effort to stop gun-running, for tfce supplying of arms is rightly considered to be potential murder. Each round of ammunition that enters the country is a factor in China's chaos, whether destined to be used by the freebooters of Bras
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    DOCTORS AND THEIR FEES.
    480 11 It seems that a judge in Belfast recently laid it down that a doctor is not entitled to fix his fees according to his idea of the patient's income, and the Lancet devotes an interesting leading article to some of the points which are raised by
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    38 11 We understand that Messrs. A. C. Harper and Co.. Ltd., the local agents for the Permatang (Malay) Rubber Co., Ltd., have just completed negotiations for the purchase of a large group of Chinese owned properties at Rengam. Johore.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    172 12 A typhoon was reported on March 19, stationary within 60 miles of Lat. 12 deg. N., Long., 124 deg. E. A typhoon was reported on March 20, filling up in Lat. 14 deg. N. long., 125 deg. E. Position uncertain. The M.M. Homeward mail steamer Porthos is due
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    274 12 BIG BEN'S BROTHER FOR A LINER. CHAMPAGNE IN FOUNDRY. Newly cast, but still in its mould in the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, is one of the largest ship's bells yet made for the Mercantile Marine. During next week it will be turned and polished and inscribed. It will then
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    AN AUSTRALIAN HERO.
    300 12 Albert Medal for Youth who Fought Shark. An Australian lad's courage in rescuing a youth from the clutches of a shark has had a fitting sequel in the King's recognition of the young hero, who has been awarded the Albert Medal (for gallantrj, in saving life at
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      515 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi and Kedah
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      210 12 Giang Ann, Brit., 556, from Batavia 19, for Batavia 22. Tara, Brit., 3,651. from Madras 20, for Madras 24. Hafthor, Nor., 761, from Bangkok 20, for Bangkok 21. Hermod, Nor., 840, fnom Bangkok 20, for Bangkok 21. Kelantan, Brit., 562, from Malacca 20, for Malacca 22. Medusa, Brit., 323, from
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      666 13 K. P. M. (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640, with sub-connections to:— Pasaage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) I of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All information, detailed itineraries, free of charge.
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    EARTHQUAKES AND THE PLANETS.
    745 14 In the course of an address at a meetj ing of the Sussex Branch of the Institute. Dr. W. Gornold proclaimed himself a heretic regarding certain theories as to the causes of earthquakes, storms and planetary influences on earthly affairs. He denied that the sun is
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    TEN LAKHS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA.
    186 14 TEN LAKHS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA. New Delhi, Mar. 1. The Assembly debated the Civil Aviation Demand and agreed to an appropriation of ten lakhs of rupees for the purchase of lands required for aerodromes in the neighbourhood cf Bombay, Calcutta and Rangoon. Sir Basil Blackett, in winding up
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    CAT THAT SLEEPS WITH A LION.
    347 14 The Conversion of a Zoo Hooligan Cats, vi a general way. are not admitted to the Zoo in London, unless suitably ea:red, for there are far too many valuable birds and their young: available for their depredations. The Zoo. like everywhere else, however, has
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      402 14 IS WRONG fWi fWITHMY Ig^^p SKIN? Why Endure it-When you can Cure it itchin^^hh^ m St mean after Buch t«"ible ShS t Ti.W' to have the skin cooled droDs «?f i> J. n e »l Ch b 1 n L s hed if by magic. A few relief V?"?^* P
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      96 14 yrop%{qc tic g^~ fsltbur health Tj^ SOLD THE WORLD OVER FOR MORE THAN 40 Wars A ORIGINAL ALWAYS CJ THE Y£L_OW BOX j£ $i IP LOO FOR THE FACSIMILE f HYPHENATED NAME *P"*f "UIC-XIC mmmat mmmmm m l v **zs&^ I Not Forgetting Purely British Workmanship i I The 12
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    ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
    36 15 (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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    EXCHANGE.
    59 15 Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 3-32 Bank demand 2|3 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 5-16 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 5714 France, demand 1406 Hong Kong, demand 12 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 113 Java, demand 139 3 s Bangkok, demand 81 Bar Silver London 25 7-16 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    216 15 March l!t. Tin 150 Tons (153% Gambier 9% Pepper White 74.00 Pepper Black 41.00 Flake Topioca 5.75 Pearl Sago Small 8.00 Copra 10.25 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.
    58 15 March, 19th.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. 70% 71 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Mar. 71 71 Apr-June 72*4 July-Sept. 74 75 Oct-Dec 76% 77 Tom- of Market: Quiet- -sellers reserved. Latest Cable: -London Spot Sheet 20 I><l1 > <1 per
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    THE EXCHANGES.
    78 15 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 18. Amsterdam 12.13-'.s. Athens 375 1 Berlin 20.46, Bombay ls. 6 l-32d., Brussels 34.93, Bucharest 815, Buenos Aires 47 9-16, Copenhagen 18.22, Geneva 25.23, Heisingfors 192%, Hong Kong ls. 11 %d., Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 27.78 1 Milan 105 9-16, New York
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    JASIN DIVIDEND.
    37 15 Messrs. Sime, Darby and Company, Malacca, have just received a cable from the Secretaries of Jasin (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Limited advising that the Board of Directors have recommended a final dividend of 25 per cent.
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    20 15 To tbe dove of peace it begins to look as if we beat our swords into oil shares. Brooklyn Eagle.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    130 15 ROSE MACFHAIL CO S. REPORI Rubber. London, Is S a 4 tl. Down. Local 71. Tin. London, £300 ss. ss. Up. Mining. Kin a Dredge 2.22 2.27, Kuchai 2.24 2.28. Lin^ui 1.87% 1.92%, Malaya Consolidated 1.25 1.29, K. L. Tin 37s 9d 38s 6d, Eastern Siam 25s
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    FKASEK SHAKE LISTS.
    86 15 Saturday's Alterations Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang 57s 9d 58s 9d Malay Consd. ($1) 1.27 1.20 M. Siamese Pros (£1) 95s 6d 98s 5d Pattani 90 95 Ramhutan (£1 22s 6d 24< Teja Malay 29s 9d 30s 9d Temengor (tl) 23s 24s L'lu Yams Tin 49s 50s 3d
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    53 15 Saturday's Alterations March 19th.. losing Prices. Buyer= Pp"* Rantau pref. I.s? 1 L 92% South Taiping 76 BO Bukit Jelotong 1.12% LlB Gleneah 2-90 3.00 Kedah 4. di) 4.70 ex div Mentakab f>o go New Scudai 2.93 2L97% Sungei Rama] 4.35 4.50 Malayan Collieries 38.50 39.00 Wearne
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    JACKS' REPORT.
    373 15 London. Feb. 2*i. Order-books have received further important additions during the past week, and 1927 promises to be a year of great prosperity in practically every branch of trade, but the delay in the production of coal and coke- sill holds up the production of pigiron, and consequently
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    ULU BENUT RUBBER.
    818 15 Annual Meeting. HEALTH REPUTATION OF ESTATE The annual genera] meeting of the Ulu Benut Consolidated Robber Company. Ltd. vvsa held at the Company's Office, HongKong Bank Chambers, on Saturday. The chairman, Mr. A. .1. Ferguson, presided, others present being Messrs. S. Q. Wong. H. S. Godwin, hon'ble
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      327 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) H HAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry E C company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British INSURANCE. THF /^"iTx\
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      426 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 .fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vjce-President: R. Ichinomiva, Esq. DIRECTORS. Bf. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami. Esq. Karon K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi. Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi. Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron K. Morimura
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      436 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. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman Hon: Mr. A. O. Lang. Deputy Chairman W.
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      96 15 INSURANCE. THE ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the S.S.) DIRECTORS: Teo Chong Siong, Esq. (Chairman). Chua Han Leong, Esq. Wong Yong Kai, Esq. Loke Van Kit Esq. Lee Pie Soo, Esq. Leong Foong Siew, Esq. Lee Chin Tian, Esq. Thio Kirn Chuan, Esq. Mr. Au Mm Thong. The Company
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      The Calcutta Cup Match.
      82 16 DELIRIOUS ENTHISIASM AT EDINBURGH. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London. Mar. 19. Fine weather favoured the Calcutta Cup rugger match between Scotland and England at Murrayrield to-day, the home team winning by 21 points to 13. Many excursion trains were run from England and extraordinary scenes marked
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      LINCOLNSHIRE BETTING.
      133 16 London, Mar. 19. Quotations for the Lincolnshire Handicap. to be run at Lincoln on March 23rd. are as follows: M. Bf. Boussac's Asterus ti to 1. Mr. R. C "ulson's Orhindos 10 to 1. Sir Robert MeAlpine's Friar Wile 100 to S. Lord Clanely's Grandflight 100 to 8.
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      125 16 &lt;;rand national betting. &lt;Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Mar. 19. Quotations foi the Grand National Steeplechase. t&lt;- he run at Liverpool cm March 25th. are as t\ Hows: Major J. P. North's White Park 1.". to 2. Mr. H. Liddell's Silver Somme 10 to 1. Mrs. M. Partridge's Sprig 100
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      RUGBY MATCHES.
      53 16 London, Mar. 19. Rogby matches to-day were played in rir.e. I tai dul; weather. The following were some of the principal results: Harlequin&gt; 13. Old Blues 5. Birkenhead :&gt;. Leicester 6. Coventry 14. Bedford 8. Richmond 5, Portsmouth S. 3 Royal Xava! C. 14 O. Bf. Taylors 8.
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      INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY.
      60 16 (Our Own Correspondent, Copyright). London. Mar. 19. In the h e-key international match to-day England defeated Wales by two goals t3 nil. Last year England beat Wales by four goals to nil. Since 1898 England have not lost a mat.-h to Wales, and have a goals' aggregate ol
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      AMATEUR SOCCER CUP.
      43 16 London, Mar. 19. In the Amateur F. A. Cup semi-final replay. Leyton defeated Southall by two goals to one. Last Saturday Barking beat South Bank by tw, goals to one- so that Leyton and Barking will meet in the final.
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      RIGBY PLAYERS FOR THE ARGENTINE.
      31 16 &lt;Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London. Mar. 19. It is announced that an international rugby team has accepted an invitation to proceed to the Argentine in July.
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      CORINTHIANS BEAT NAVYMARINES.
      24 16 (Our Own Correspondent Copyright). London. Mar. 19. Playing at home, the Corinthians defeated a Navy-Marines team by four goals to one.
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      EMPIRE BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      39 16 London, March 19. At Burroughes Hall, London, Alan Prior, South Africa, won the Empire Billiards Championship, defeating representatives of England. Scotland, and Wales in games of 2,000 up. [J. Earlam (England) was the Winner last year.]
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    243 16 tup Semi-Finalists Beaten. EIGHT GOALS FOR DERBY. [Reuters Service.] London, March 19. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Aisenal 1, Everton 2. As: on Villa 4, Birmingham 2. Bolton 2, Tottenham 2. i&gt;uinley 2, West Bromwich 1. Caidiff 2, Bury
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    THE TURF.
    493 16 Selangor Amateur Races. SATURDAY'S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 19. The second day's racing in the Amateur Meeting proved a great success, the attendance being better than on the first day. Favourites won practically throughout. The gathering included Lady Guillemard, who distributed the prizes at
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    BOXING.
    347 16 Army Win Services Tournament. SOME GOOD SPORT. The boxing tournament ai&lt;ranged bet-i ween the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment and the Bth. Destroyer Flotilla, which was held at Tanglin on Satuiday night, produced some excellent sport, the Army representatives winning all but two of the fights. The boxing
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    26 16 The Cricket matches arranged to be played on the Padang on Saturday between the S.C.C, rirst and second elevens were abandoned owing to the waterlogged ground.
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    INTER-LEAGUE MATCH.
    25 16 [Reuters Service.] London. March 19. At Leicester, in the inter-League footrail match, the English League and Scottish League drew, each scoring two goals.
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    AMATEUR INTERNATIONAL.
    21 16 London, March 19. Playing at Reading in the ama.eur soccer international, England defeated Wales by four goals to nil.
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    THE CALCUTTA CUP.
    165 16 ENGLAND'S DEFEAT AT EDINBURGH [Reuters Service London. March 19. At Edinburgh, in tine weather and before an attendance of 80,0 10, Scotland defeated England in the Calcutta Cup by 21 points to 13. The match was played a a tremendous pace throughout. England attacked at the outset,
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    FILL COURSE BOAT RACE TRIALS.
    71 16 [Reuters Service.] London, Mar. 18. Cambridge rowed their first full-course tiial from Putney to Mortlakc in 2C minutes 8 seconds. There was almost perfect water throughout, not a strong wind, and the tide condi- ions were not exceptionally fast. London. March 19. With slightly more
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    22 16 Printed and published by Reginald Downing Davies at the office of the Singapore Free Press C?rt.. 69, Robinson Road. S'ngapcre. Straits Settlements.
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    101 16 MONDAY'S TIES. The following ties will be played on Monday. Championship (Preliminary). S. E. Newbery vs. G. F. Murphy. F. Ziegele vs. H. H. Bullen. J. Huggins vs. R. M. Duff. W. B. Wigg vs. R. G. Pash. B. E. Ablitt vs. Major C. F. Stoehr. O.
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    46 16 F. Ruchwaldy vs. D. Paterson. H. Straetz vs. D. J. Ward. R. Renton vs. G. Murphy. W. H. Elkins vs. H. R. Nicoll. Messrs. L. D. Hardie and G. C. Nash tied for the sixteenth place, and must play off not later than Saturday, 26th. instant.
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    102 16 Acting on medical advice, Mr, C. W. Harrison, who was to have gone to the Seremban Residency, will not return to Malaya. By Mr. Harrison's retirement the country loses a capable and efficient officer who is greatly respected by all who know him. Mr. T. B. Cocker, Sheriff and Deputy
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    376 16 MONTHLY MIXED FOURSOME. A mixed foursome competition, nine holes medal play, was held on Friday last, and resulted in a win for Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hardie. Forty-two cards were taken out and the following were returned: Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Hardie 38 5% 32%
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