The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 March 1927

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    14 1 Singapore Free Press i ce> rs SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1927. NO. 12,059.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    297 1 The advance guard of the Southerners the Agitationist section has appeared in Shanghai but he army is apparently still outside Page 9. The Shanghai Police have been forced .0 clear the streets by baton charges Dwing to excited mobs holding up the traffic. A State of Emergency
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    THE "PLEASURES" OF RETIREMENT.
    1126 1 A business man informed me lately thai he intends to retire in five pasts' lime, •while I still able to er.joy myself" Almost indignantly he demanded of me why be should continue to toil and moil until be was too old t get any p| )MMni
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      141 1 -HIM; LOONG \>s TAILORING. II I taisft Guaranteed. H(.H STREET. Praffles hotel I j Wednesday March 23rd 8.15 p.m. 1 Francoivia Cruise Dinner 8 Ball. $4. For reservations phone 2920. -;i-rs create a good sion of Progress. Get a of your business. Remington for Remington is r h -date typewriter
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      147 1 j: Over a Million Machines :j S Now in Use i WHY BECAUSE OF THOSE 20 ROYAL REASONS 5 L.v Ltd. > m SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. S |Grill. ,si/O%P T :x 5 an<l AV^^ Saturday. j. > THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD.. < ll Thone 2740. Arthur E. Odell,
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      140 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A few more remarks about Flats Page 1. Lifebuoy soap from Huttenbach Lazarus —Page 6. Ki'oeiro and Co. for the latest papers for fancy purposes Page 1. Pay John Little's a \isit before you buy your golf clubs Page S. Government and Municipality require tenders for building Page
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      13 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOI SE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      160 1 High Water. O.IM a.m., BA. 0.42 p.m. h.4. Malacca Hiph Water. 9.30 a.m., 6.0.. 9.50 p.m. 6.4. Sandrcroft Rubber. H. K. Bank Ch'bers. 12. W. Australian mail clo-c?. 2 p.m. Licensing Justices, 2.30 p.m. Football: S.F.A. vs. U. Services, Stadium. Lijrht Aeroplane Club Mtg:.. Drill Hall. Wednesday, 2'ird. Higrh Water.
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    MALAYAN STUDENTS IN BRITAIN.
    318 2 MALAYAN STUDENTS IN BRITAIN. SOME USEFUL HINTS. TV the students who leave Malaya lete tl en education in Great Britain, ->ny of the four Inns of Court ailed to the Bar. T w bun Court do not conduct any entrai i i taipination, but they accept v passed the Matriculation
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    DEFECTIVE AMMUNITIONBUT FREE.
    130 2 conn* with a mo ion for the a] r< a special vote'of -SIT.:!T4 for the as 4 <>:' ammunition, which came beI Legislative Council yesterday morning, it was stated thai a considerable (i the ammunition had been found 6 owing to its having been manuEad a date
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    WASTING PUBLIC TIME.
    102 2 is an immense waste of public r declared Mr. PalgTave Simpson at >< lay's meeting of the Legislative cm il i ning consideration of the Municipa] Amendmenl Kill. The member fox Penang was referring to the fact that powers to make by-laws were distributed over various sections
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    49 2 S. U. Had] the CambrMge tennis "hlue" f'-i\i- up player, who gave one or two hmh matchea during his say in Singaiww a Httk whilo atro has just been beaten h T -h of the Western India Cham] iooafcipa hy A. M. D. Pitt who even-t'-'a'.'y WOO the event.
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      215 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. "THE PENANG AYO NYA'3 BANGSAWAN/' Re-open Thursday. THE MAHA OPERA. WAYANG PEK JEE. Milkmaid: Cigarettes Free. SATURDAY: FIREWORKS. GATE 20 cts. Mdm. WKelvcy's School of I DANCING jB For children and young mL ladies i" Character. W Classical, Clog, Exhibition. I Ballet and Toe Dancing. Private
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      228 2 ■^■-■-■-■-i >m*m-M~m<t ■>■«■»■*■■■■ F?c/ona T/i^a^ i j Ooti\ii\s Attractions RETURN VISIT OF I I MIRQVITCH and BORISSOFF i I THE JQYBELLS 1 I the WILBUR PLAYERS I MOISIVITCH I I ZIMBALIST t i T DATES WILL BE DULY ANNOUNCED P A V I L I O N Frem Thursday, 17th
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      276 2 A WONDERFULLY WELL PRODUCED PfCT^TI From Wednesday, 16th to Tuesday. 22nd M Hr V —AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Chens Kee Co., u d Proprietor, In the Second Show, commencing 9 m A VICTOR SCHERTSZINGER-FOX PRODI Tlo\ Adapted from David Belasco's Stage Triumph. A, to life's Greatest Question ''CAN THE DEAD
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    A PEDAGOGUE CROSSES THE PACIFIC.
    972 3 Views on John Chinaman. HON<; KONG SCHOOLMASTER'S IMPRESSIONS. Experience as a schoolmaster among Chinese boys inclines me to the view that John Chinaman is, on the whole, a very peaceable, indus.iious person. My own acquaintance with him began at Hong Kong-, "the isle of fragrant
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      276 3 I Worn-out I Nerve s Xre you losing mental and bodily vigour? When you begin to feel that your nerve force is waning. wb*n you tire easily, grow listless, mentally iuerr, take Dr. Cassell's Tablets. in India must sooner or later experien<o the debilitating H weather lassitude moans that the
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      178 3 1 mamm flt. Vlb AA H I— -JK H r-a s Ay mf ooic i\^cn is Tel. 2790. BARLOW CO. Tel. 2791. Civil Engineering I DESIGNS PREPARED AND ESTIMATES SUBMITTED FOR I WATER SUPPLIES I I RESERVOIRS, EARTH and MASONRY DAMS, FILTERS, SERVICE TANKS, WATER MAINS, PUMPING INSTALLATIONS and SERVICE
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    FAMOUS SPY ON SECRET WAR MISSION.
    895 6 Tribitsch Lincoln Buys Munitions For China. REVENGE The Daily Express makes the sensational announcement that Tribitsch Lincoln, former Liberal M.P. for Darlington, self-con-fessed spy, deportee, arch intriguer, and adventurer, has returned to war and politics, as chief political and financial adviser to the Southern
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    WOMAN SUES A BEAUTY PARLOUR.
    715 6 "Face Lifting" Secrets Told to a Judge. WRINKLE REMOVER Secrets of beauty treatment, including Lifting the face, wrinkle removing, plastic surgery, new faces for old, were referred to in an action before Mr. Justice Acton and a jury. Miss Christian Clara Vernon, of the Norland
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    FRENCH PRESIDENT TO VISIT LONDON.
    31 6 [Reuters Service.] Paris, March 19. M. Doumergue, has accepted the invitation of King George to go to London on May 16 for a three days visit.
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    38 6 ments to flee to Java, where he intended to buy a plantation and to settle down for the rest of his life. The Chinese learned of his treachery when he returned, and he barely escaped with his life.
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      167 6 "Hevzeline Snouu t j Ladies find it the ideal /^jjj^t;^^ non-greasy toilet preparation. Men use it after shaving Wf^jJßl ~3| because it soothes and i?% I -"-^Yfl p^ztLi^l "j I n glass pots, at all S S^^^sl^^i ii Chemists and Stores Jrfi *> Burroughs Wellcome a. Co. /^X> 7 -f^
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    SINGAPORE DIOCESAN ASSOCIATION.
    1820 7 The Annual Report. FINANCIAL STRINGENCY. rtOßi the above report we make the following extracts: It is now sixteen years since the Diocesan Association was started. At ihe beginning it was thought by many M be impossible, yet the increase of work which since then has taken place
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    82 7 Tuesday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. S.R.A. (v) Signals, S.R.A. (v), Motor Cycle Platoon, 3.V.F. Ambulance. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. S.R.E. (v) Field Sect, Ist Reinforcements. S.V.F. Ambulance. Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. Machine Gun Platoon. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. S.V.C. Band, Motor Cycle Platoon, S.V.F.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    467 7 S.C.C. TENNIg TOURNAMENT. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Championship (Preliminary). G. F. Murphy beat S. E. Newbery, 6—l. 4-6, 7—5. H. H. Bullen beat F. Ziegele, 6—2, 6—3. R. M. Duff beat J. Huggins, w.o. R. G. Pash beat W. B. Wigg, 2—6, 6—o, 6—4. Major C. F. Stoehr beat B.
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    152 7 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Dyne Cup. Assiter and Miss Wallis plus 2 beat Mr. and Mrs. Milligan plus 3, 7 ">, 3—6, 6 3. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller plus 2 beat Holy oak and Mrs. Atkin-Berry plus 3, 3—6, 6—3, r> 1. Cullen Cup. Xiven and Mrs. Whitley
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    TO-DAY'S TIES.
    147 7 Dyne Cup. Miles and Miss Gunn, owe vs. Poyser and Miss Hope Falkn?r, owe 3. Cullen Cup. Esson and Miss Lamb, owe 15 vs. Cantrell and Mrs. Salzmann, plus. 5. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, plus 2 vs. Teale and Miss Hilton, owe 4. Mixed Doubles Open. Hall and
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    YACHTING.
    623 7 JUNE WINS LIPTON CUP. PROSPECTIVE WINNER LAST The final race for the Lipton Challenge Cup for the year was sailed on Sunday morning:. Nine yachts started on a flood ticie in a N.E. breeze; there wa? always sufficient wind, but it was unsteady at times and in places light.
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    FINAL TEST IN JAMAICA.
    101 7 English Batsmen Score Fre^eh. London, Mar. 10.. Kingston. The final test match between 1 All-Jamaica and Mr. Lionel Tennys >n s XI. was begun to-day in splendid weather. About 2,000 spectators were present when si the Knerlishmen began their innings on a! perfect wicket. The batsmen
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    BRITISH TENNIS TEAM AT PRETORIA.
    77 7 Easy Victory over Northern Transvaal. London. Mar. 9. Pretoria.— The British ladies' lawn tennis]" team beaCNorthern Transvaal by 5 matches to none. Miss Saunders beat Mrs. Oekerse fi 3, 6—3. Mrs. Mcllquham beat Mis* Kellar, 6—l, 6—l. Mrs. Watson beat Mrs McArthur, 6—o. 6—o. Miss
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    EMPIRE BILLIARDS TOURNEY.
    54 7 London, Mar. 10. At Bunarogiies Hall, the Empire Billiards Championship is in progress. In the second match Steeples, England. (2,000) beat Smith, Scotland n,438>. In the first match, Prior, South Africa, (2,000), beat Coles, Wales. (I£S3). The tournament is played on the American system, England. Scotland, Wales,
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      317 7 BUSINESS CARDS, Tmary seton. i Ri KWOOD FURNITURE "shanghai shades. I I E \MBER MANSIONS. I i mf •.'.V.V.V.W.V.SWiW.V I FUNERALS? N(l \f>OßE CASKET CO. XX UNDERTAKERS.' 1 rELEPHONI ::>. Albert l. a. daley. $D 1 I \KFR MONLMENTAL MASON. d IW. Tel. 915. FOR HIRE. ThTT MOTOR SERVICE. \>i
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      614 7 ITOTICES. NOTICE. A Meeting of the Justices of the Peace Ear the Settlement of Singapore will be bold iv the First Magistrate's Chambers. Police Court, Singapore, at 2.15 p.m. m Thursday the 24th day of March, 1927, to elect one of their number to be a member of the ftoanl
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    where for some of the profits.
    412 8 The Old Man's Day. Our Contemporary, the Malay Mail, raises a question which has bothered a good many of us and for which there seems no satisfactory explanation. It comments upon the fact that in almost every branch of sport here the younger generation
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS.
    38 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTHS. MACFADYEN. February 21, at Stake Farm, Sevenoaks, Violet, the wife of Eric Macfadyen, a son. WRIGHT. February 20, in London, Violet i nee Gammon), wife of E. Peniston Wright, Tjiwangie Tea Estate, Java, a son.
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    DEATH.
    36 8 SYMONS. On 17th March. 1927, Thomas Xonnan Symons, for many years of Prye Estate. Province Wellesley, and since retirement. "Gwnfryn." Uplands, Swansea. Wales, in his TSth year. Deeply mourned by his beloved wife and family.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUSDAY, MARCH 22. 1927. China Changes.
    745 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUSDAY, MARCH 22. 1927. China Changes. Were it not for the unsatisfactory news regarding the split in the Kuomintang it would be possible to welcome the arrival of the Southerners i in Shanghai as possibly foreshadowing an era of reasonable negotatition. with responsible authority. But it has
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    55 8 PENANG NEWS. DEATH OF MR. P. P. STEEL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 21. The death has occurred of Mr. P. P. Steel of Glugor Estate, after a short illness. He was formerly manager of Sungei Raya Estate at Pulau Lankawi and took up his present appointment
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    PERSONAL ITEMS.
    51 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 21. The agreement of Mr. R. K. James, th' recently appointed Editor of the Straits Echo, terminated with the paper to-day by mutual consent. Mr. Roland Braddell has arrived here to appear in a big civil suit to-more w in the Supreme
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    ALLEGED CHEATING.
    105 8 ALLEGED CHEATING Kuala Lumpur Resident in Trouble Charles Neil Lembrugg^n. of Kuala Lumpur, was charged in the District Court yesterday morning 1 with cheating Mr. C. B. Becker. The case was postponed weels, for mention, bail being; fixed in th< sum of S 10.000. The bail' r who appeared in
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    FOOTBALL.
    342 8 S.F.A. ANNUAL MEETING. Mr. J. If. Sinie presided over the annual I general meeting of the Singapore Football Association, held in the Eurasian Volunteer Drill Hall yesterday afternoon. Moving -the adoption of the report and accounts, the Chairman said that it would be seen that the results of the
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    S.CC DEFEATED.
    225 8 R.A 3. RjCjC 1. The S.CC. sufferei! honourable defeat at the hands of the Royal Artillery team from Blakan Mati on the Padang yesterday, to the tune of three goals to nil. The S.CC. were handicapped during the first* half by only having ten men, but in spite
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    SERIOUS POSITION IN SHANGHAI.
    285 8 STATE OF EMERc;p\(\ DECLARED rOUCB AM) STRIKF.kv ifm [Beater** Far Eaaten Shan-h., v The n line rod rtriln i of the ItgaU ChuicN in the international lettlcn noon when the former, manager's rail for ISKtttatu with a ihower of f 1 < w bottles and other
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    FIRING IN THE CHINESE CITY.
    48 8 Shannh.t. M.ir. 21 A coiitimioiii ntachinejroni tad '>• b ly audibic this evening «.f the native ■;•> wk« i kind of authoi ity is em orderly dementi bo taki Bullets and sum* shi tht intr?-nationa! eonoi sian and several Chfam wounded ami getlt to h
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    THE POLICE BAND.
    162 8 HKST PUMJC PKKI OSM NI I The first public perforataaoi I I Band is arranged bo I" fh* 2oth instant, at Che Waterloo street. The performance will cottin p.m. The programme-, which \vi! entertainment I'<>r tfolti I published later. A4rtpWt* scaling tOCOI airan-ed. Then- is rea that
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    28 8 dale, Storr, Mum-ey and X< >P < I R.A Quinnt'll; Rachel Rowland. Read ami R;i(i<i; Hrtell, Davis Wilson Bttd Let The MR at half-linn ill Man i»y carrier pigeon.
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    CAPTURE OF SHANGHAI.
    38 9 MOTHER BLOODLESS VICTORY. v |N\ICTI \MOXC. FOREIGNERS. 'hern troops are entering the Chinese City. >"•■ v Chen, says a message has thrown in his hand be taking refuge in the rs have captured Chang- mmunicatioii between
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    SHANTUNG ARMY ISOLATED.
    40 9 railway at Chang- v ha: they will do. i>e mc porated with nnuUu cm tunShai Is anoi her to f the m in nominal conx. ai gtse, except uarrange- rds, whether >■..:■• nera and el tht Southern rs
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    THE STRIKE CALL.
    136 9 DESPREAD RESPONSE. ra: Eastern Service] Shanghai, Mar. 21. SKI k< call was mined this i tht every indication of j] use. erhai International traaos were M v -vr. and the big cotton wed. rike is j poMtieal and illusirhicti tht- t-"»r-orist> have gain ovei tac workers, naosl
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    POLICE MAKE BATON CHARGES.
    131 9 POLICE MAKE BATON CHARGES. PUNJABIS SHOT. Shanghai. Mar. 21. s" who entered the Chinese rantg were plain clothes what is known as the army behind the enemy lines." S u:hrrr. force is still a few the city. many cases of truculent ectrag in the international city were compelled to make
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    NOLUNTEERS STANDING BY.
    49 9 •rs Far Eastern Serviced Shanghai. Mar. 21. rty quiet, at least on the surI r igfl settlements. uurietj among foreigners. the preaemt of the troops, for -my British women and children thankin- God. ntr 1.200 Anierican marines. loon, fixed bayonets and mahehi route march through the
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    THE BALKAN CRISIS.
    229 9 LEAGUE COUNCIL MAY INTERVENE. FRENCH ASSURANCE TO ITALY. [Reuters Service-] Paris, Mar. 21. The possibility of intervention by the league Council in the latest Balkans' crisis is adumbrated in a semi-official note, which j states that diplomatic conversations are nro- ceed!ng in Paris. The note expresses the
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    DE PINEDO'S FLIGHT.
    32 9 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.! Manaose. Mar. 21. The Marques de Pinedo has arrived here from Guajara Mirin thus completing the first and most difficult flight over the Brazilian wildernesses.
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    THE DICHESS WELL AGAIN.
    45 9 [Reuters Service.] Wellington. Mar. 20. H.M.S. Renown, with the Duchess of York aboard, has sailed for Paterson's Inlet. Stewart Island. The Duchess told the May r that she felt Quite well an would he able to continue the &ustrafian toi i.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    203 9 CLOSE OF THE SESSION. The Second Singapore Assizes concluded' yesterday. The D.P.P.. Mr. X.H.P. Whitley j withdrew tw i cases in both of which the principal witness could not be found. His Lordship. Mr. Justice Deane. ordered the bonds signed by these two witnesses to appear in the
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    A FATAL PALL.
    49 9 A Eurasian boy named Humphrey Paglar, who lived with his parents in Race Course i Road, died in the Tan Tock Seng Hospital on Sunday, following a fall from a coconut tree which he was climbing. He sustained t fracture of the base of the skull.
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    22 9 settlement, headed by their band. The Shanghai Volunteers, as a precautionary measure, have been ordered to stand by in readiness for mobilisation.
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    CONFIDENCE IN HONG KONG.
    64 9 Reuters Far Eastern Service. 1 Hong Kong, Mar. 21. Striking evidence of recovering confidence towards Hong Kong is afforded by the recent large influx of Chinese to the Colony. For the period. February 21st. to March 7th., the arrivals in excess of departures by steamer numbered
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    DEVON'S LEAVE HONG KONG.
    23 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, Mar. 21. The Ist Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment is proceeding: to Shanghai.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    4621 9 MONDAY, MARCH 21st., 1927. Present. H. E. the Governor and Commander-in-Chief (Sir Laurence Guillemard, X.C.8., G.C.M.G.) The Hon'ble the Colonial Secretary, (Mr. Hayes Marriott C.M.G.) The Hon'ble Resident Councillor, Penanjr (Mr. Ralph Scott). The Hon'ble the Attorney General l Mr. M. H. Whitley). The Hon'ble the Colonial Treasurer
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    A CHINESE GENTLEMAN.
    2059 11 An Incident at Amoy. It was at Amoy— a small treaty port on the China coast to the north of Hong Kong -that I first met him, under rather extraordinary circumstances. It is the last place in China where one would expect to find such a person,
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      361 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) General Agent". REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM) BALTIMORE fvia Suez). PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERLARCH due M.S. SILVERPINE due A For rates and other particulars apply GUTHRIE
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      124 12 HEDGES AND BUTLERS WINES S SPIRITS |Zj Scotch Whisky JIBBI < '"mmemorat: /f^s^ Va, Cn GES&BVTL£K <c£ r^z zr^> >' w VAT SSO 0 Sc ot^hwhisk* 54.35 P« bo«le. SHERRY 4B^ AMONTII M "*™£un?**' JJft U CCf i^j Bottle SPORT. "EMPRESS POKT (Old wim JMS Vinlajrt- It L_Jj i M
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      658 12 iMAiL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembkig and Kuantan (via Gemas and Je ran tut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. 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
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      808 12 SHIPPING NOTES. SURVEY-SHIP IN PORT. H.M.S. Herald (Lieut. Commander H. V. Silk, R.N.), arrived yesterday from Sarawak, where she has been doing survey work off Miri. The vessel is at present in the roads and leaves again for the surveying ground off Miri on Friday, 25th. instant. The vessel is
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      443 13 O. S. K. Line. reamers. Arrive. Leave. ••< r eam. Hamburg:, Bremen, \ui Colombo, Aden. Port 1!t >aid Amazon Maru Mar. 21 Mar. 22 Town. Rio. Santos. and BWMM Aires. f Hawaii Maru Apr. 14 Apr. 16 Hay and Durban f Canada Maru Mar. 24 Mar. 26 lombQ and Bombay.
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      387 13 TRAVEL^ COMFORT <Jboard \\T\\H DOLLAR wS^i "PRESIDENT* IMB LINERS P 35^35'Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, we 1-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric riding lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, all have
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      597 13 X P M I KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3MO, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    359 14 COMPANY CONTROL. To the Editor. Sir, Either in ttu> correspondence columns or by way of a leading article both your own issue and those of the Straits Times and Malay Mail the question of Company Control (largely arising out of Pungpor) has bten to the force
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    TROLLEY BUSSES.
    85 14 To the Editor. <j r _On Tuesday y. v published the statement that the new trolley busses on the Keppel Harbour route running a six minute service. Last night wishing: to proceed to Keppel Road I waited in High Street from 7.50 till 5.4 before ne came along.
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    SOFT WORDS FOR ITALY.
    141 14 [Reuters Service.] Rome. March 19. Tht United States charge d'affaires has handed the Foreign Minister a memorandum in regard to the Italian reply to Mr. Coolidge's proposals foi a naval disarmament conference dealing with the Italian declatation that limitation of her armaments mitrht expose her to
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    THE SUNDAY TIMES' VIEW.
    147 14 [Reuters Service.] London. Mar. 20. The Sunday Times recognises that in the near approach of the vita! moment when Shanghai falls and the change over of control occurs, the dangers of a clash ■will be enormously increased in the confusion and disorder of transition. All the
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    19 14 Mr MiMahon, brother-in-law of Mrs. Max Cotbett, has arrived in Ipoh from Australia i n a b> ief visit
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      365 14 FOI\ MEN WHO SMOKE PIPES i, ii^ /^sr v\ V l// |||||i Ml I XT U INI t |^Sj CIGARETTE To Build You Up ES tw»»«q itXw rfW* J iiii.iMJjtflJ7»9jL!!(Ll»Xmc I Wine I -i*^ n an y case °f M -'fU^fe WCdRtICSS llClIIs b ■oEc.-^.'^^V^Byß^^^^^ Wine otves new ltf c
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      24 14 BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION. Ordew, for week ending March 18th. Wednesday. 23rd. Signalling Class Headquarters. 5 p.m. Thursday. 24th. Band Practice Headquarters. r> p. ra
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    EXCHANGE.
    70 15 March 21. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 .'i-32 Bank demand 2 3 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 5-16 New York, demand 56 Credit? 90 days 5"v 2 France, demand 1400 India. T. T. 153 Hong Kong, demand 1 1 J p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand US Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    147 15 Rice, Anam No. l 2sO Rice. Anarfi No. 2 2?n Rico. Siam Broken <r "i for expert 2!?r> Coconuts, per thousand BS.OO Sago flour BjO6 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant per 2 tins 5.6U Sylvan Arrow per 1 tins 6.20 T ;s_•>• r in bulk 8 gallons CJ9tl Socony Motoi Gasoline
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    58 15 March- 21st.. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Seller? R.S.S. equal to Standard Q f'F Spot 72 7-, Standard K.^.S. on render March T2 72V A.pr.-June. To 1 tj •Inly Sept. 7.V_. 7<; Tone of Market. Firm. Latest Cable: London Sr-.n sheet 20% d i U New
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    NATIVE RUBBER.
    358 15 iii the coarse of an article in "Commerce Monthly/ which is the organ f the National Association of Commerce, New York, we are told that the influence of the native industry on the world's rubber trade seems destined to increase yearly. The c- nditions have changed greatly since
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    379 15 TAPAH RIBBER. The directors' report bo the shareholders, to be presented at the ittnwiil meeting at Preach Bank Buildings on March 2'.Uh. at noon, states: The net profit lor the year amounts It (366,569 (as against (241*312£S for the previous pear) to which must be added the
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S. REPORT.
    192 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S. REPORT. Singapore. Mar. 21. Robber. -London, Li £%d. I p Local 71%. Tin.— London, £300 sk. Loca cl*_ I 75 tons. Mining.- Kinta 13A 2.26, Kuchai 2.2 ;"j.2 v .Ma. ay Consolidated 1.27 1.30, Kroh Forest 10 disci 5 disc. Song Fan L.32% l"'T 2. Feluk Kiuin
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    180 15 Thomas A. Edison, has announced thi I he has (iis-d-, <T(-»l a new Machine which would revolutionise the rubber tndustrj the world. He predicted thai his m tioii. together with certain raeeni start developments of botanical nature, uld result in robber displacing cotton ai :l< chief agricultural
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      400 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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      490 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capita] Subscribed V. 100,000.000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odaeiri. Esq. K. Mogami. Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi. Esq. K. Tatsunii. Esq. T. Hodsumi. Esq. F. Watanabe. Esq. T. Okubo. Esq.
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      445 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. H.
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      507 15 <w 1 TENDERS. Sealed tenders will be received at Headquarters Office. Fort Canning, at 10 a.m. on Friday Ist April 1927 for: «1) (a) Repairing Barrack and Hospital Linen and Bedding. (bt Towsing :md Re-making Mattresses, Bolsters etc. Forms of tender and all particulars may be obtained on application in
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      39 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. BARKER CO., LTD CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    THE GRAND NATIONAL.
    153 16 PROBABLE RUNNERS RIDERS. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, March 21. The following are probable runners, with their jockeys, in Friday's race. Brights Boy (Anthony), White Park (Foster), Gerald L. (Rees), Sprig (Leader), Amber Wave (O'Brien), Mount Etna (Dennis), Jack Hcrner (Brown), Marsin (Powell), Kallinode (Hamey), .Grecian Wave
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    BANGKOK RACING.
    70 16 THE KINGS GOLD CUP (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kangkok, Mar. 20. Their Majesties the King and Queen were '.resent to witness the race for the King's Gold Cup. which was won by the horse of .in official of tht Royal Household by a nose. There was an enormous
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    MISHAP FOR OXFORD.
    36 16 [Reuters Service.] London. Mar. 21. The Oxford stroke, W Llewellyn, has contracted German Measles. The Oxonians were stroked this morning ai practice a: Putney by A. Hankin. the spare man, who shaped excellently*
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    TWO SUCCESSES FOR SWEDE.
    36 16 Philadelphia. Mar. 21. The Swede, Edwin Wide, broke two world's records by running a mile and three-quarters in 7 minutes. 53 1-5 seconds, and 3,000 metres in S minutes 22 2-5 seconds.
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    CHINESE READER WINS FOOTBALL PRIZE.
    126 16 TEN CORRECT RESULTS IN ELEVEN Again this week one of the twelve matches, that between Celtic and the Airdrieonians, selected for our Football competition was not played on Saturday and the competition is decided on eleven results. One reader, Mr. X. P. Heng, of 7-A
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    295 16 The Guillemard Cup The following were the four best scores returned for the Guillemard Cup: R. Bald and E. A. Gibson 81 9 72 W. P. Dougla* &J. Strachan $6 7 79 H. T. Earle and J. Millar 91 12 80 E. G. James R. G. H.
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