The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 April 1927

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    14 1 Singapore Free Ress in v EXT? SINGAPCRB, 55., FRroAY, APRIL 1, 1927. NO. 12,068
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    284 1 Chiang Kai Shek says there will be no security for foreigners until troops and worships are sent away Page 9. The position on the Yang.se is grow ing more difficult and complete evacuation is proceeding. The Manchester i (iuardian is very indignant over the Nanking outrages Page
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    AT A STATESMAN'S GRAVE.
    852 1 One taw scarcely rnaliw that it is all kit twenty years since Sir Henry CanipbellBannerman died, and was buried- not amid the long-drawn aisles and fretted vaults of Westminster Abbey, but under the sod of a little rustic churchyard in the north country. It was at
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      222 1 BMTp ND KEST I jj MAVPCIE MARGARINE jj i. (>K ix! i.k vsb w Vi v,.v.v.sv;a'.v.s\' i ViV.v. i .v Raffles Hotel ji Saturday, April 2nd 8.15 p.m. jl Special Diner Dansant Dinners will be served in the Ball-room). S For reservations phone 5920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. > V.V.V.WAV.V V.V.W.W.
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      187 1 JL i&9 I VAINISM STAIN Produces a transparent, mirror-like finish on all woodwork. It stains, varnishes and I preserves in one operation. Recommended for all fine interior woodwork, because its combination of high grade varnish with jjtr permanent colours makes if preservative and at the same time transparent, thus I
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      84 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest specialities at the Medical Hall Page 2. The best ol" footballs at Robinson's Page 9. Norma Talmadge at the Alhambra shortly Page 2. Change of hours at the Cold Storage subdepot— Page 8. Bankiuptcy notice re Lim Chin Teek; Sale of pledges by Cheong Koon Senp; Notice
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      17 1 V%V^V^^A a UVJV.%V% B rSV.V.V.V. 9 .V--5 SWALLOW ARIELL'S I AFTERNOON TEA f I BISCUITS. I < '.WAV.'.W.VWA'MViWW.VA
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      191 1 THE WEEK. Friday, Ist. High Water. 9.39 a.m. 10.37 p.m. 8T.4. Malacca H. Water. 7.00 a.m.. 6.2.. 7.20 p.m. 6.9. Dutch mail closes, 10 a.m. Cricket: Possibles vs. Probables, S.C.C. French homeward mail closes, 6. Saturduy, 2nd. High Water, 10.27 a.m.. 9.4., 11.5 p.m. 8,7. Malacca H. Water, 7.40 a.m.,
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    SALUTING THE ADMIRAL.
    610 2 li. i liiuury nava! experience Royalty «ioe^ n' often board a man-of-war from a boat ni.L'ht, but during H.M.S. Renown's present cruise f he Duke and Duchess sonu tiroes bavi occasion to do so. In such a cast' the proper reply From the boat to the >hi|>*-
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    DISARMAMENT OF LAND FORCES.
    105 2 (Keuter's Servir-e.' Geneva, Mar. 30. After ie;igthy discussion on the limiting of land forces, the Preparatory Disarmament Committee finally arrived at an ag r*ement, laying down the maximum h'ano forces and maximum total forces in the mother count-y, the overseas forces, and the maximum total land
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    156 2 The Siamese papers are doing useful wi>vk in giving particulars of disgusting cruett] alleged to have been inflicted by a vail »r-<l hU wife on iin adopted child Of nine ytars. The case is now Jjgf. ore the Courts. Particulars are also given (f the history of a Chinese girl
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      352 2 MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. Depot for YAPwDLEY'S, HUDNUT'S, MORNY'S AND DUBARRY'S TOILET SPECIALITIES. New Stock of Allegro Stroppers $8.50 each. Post orders receive immediate attention. Correct prices and service guaranteed. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. NIGHTLY THE PICK OF CHINESE— MALAY OPERAS. European and Chinese Restaurants. SIDE SHOWS
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      270 2 ■'■■fa i Victoria Theatre Ooming Attractions 11 RETURN VISIT OF MIROVITCH and BORISSOFF THE JQYBELLS the WILBUR PLAYERS BENNO I I MOISIVITOH Z i ZIMBALIST J DATES WILL BE DULY: ANNOUNCED WEIRD WILD MYSTERIOUS "The Phantom of the Opera" 10 REELS 10 REELS LON GHANEY NORMAN KERRY-MARY PHILBIN isatTHE PAVILION
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      328 2 FOR S IX NIGHTS ONLY! A TRIO OF PICTURES OF MERIT From Tuesday, 29th March, to Sunday, 3rd pr j| ALHAMBRA f (Tan Cheng Kee 0 Ltd., Proprietors) In the Second Show commencing 9 p.m. ONE 01 BUTCHER'S EMPIRE PICTI'RES A GREAT INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION With a Cast of Star Pfcj
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    CHINA IN THE HOUSE.
    379 3 QUESTION FUSILLADE, j GOVT. PQlict UNCHANGED. [Router's Service.] I^ndoif, Mar. 30. i China again was prominent among the questions asked in the House of Commons to-day. Lt.-Com. Kenworthy (Lab., Central Hull), asked whether negotiations had yet been opened with the Chinese Nationalist Gov- crnmen» a^ regards
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    AMERICAN POLICY IN CHINA.
    124 3 [Router's Service.] Washington. Mar. SO. Official despatches indicate that the situation in China shows no sijrn of becoming less threatening. The official attitude is to devote all efforts to ensuring the safety of Americans and foreigners in the areas. It is recognised that it is useless
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    MR. CHU ON NANKING.
    75 3 [Router's Service.] Geneva, Mar. 30. The Chinese delegate, Mr. Chao Hsin Chn published a telegram from the Chambers; of Commerce at Shanghai and Chapei, bankers, the Stock Exchange, cotton mill-owners and various guilds regretting the Nanking outrage and urging patience and continued confidence in the Chinese.
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    TROOPS FROM INDIA.
    116 3 [Renter's Service.] London, Mar. 30. In the course of a U-n*thy survey of tli«3 situation in -India in the Housa of Lords Lord Birkenhead. referring to the despatch of troops from India to China, said that the Government ni India recognised that by lending tioops from the
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    20 3 Mr S. Small Malayan Civil Service, has been' appointee! to act as Financial Commissioner, Johore, with effect from March 18th.
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    TIENTSIN POSITION.
    117 3 PRESS MELANCHOLIA. FATAL POLICY OF PATIENCE." [Reuter's Far Eastern Service]. -Tientsin, Mar. 30. The leading British paper, the Times, envisaging the melancholy prospect of the retrocession of the Tientsin British concession, speculates on the disastrous results of a "fatal policy of patience and conciliation," leading extremists to believe
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    KAI SHEK'S AMBITIOUS AIMS.
    87 3 TKetiters Sf>rvict\] Berlin, Mar. 30. Chang- Kai Shek, interviewed by the Vossische Zeitung's correspondent at Shanghai said thai he was preparing plans for the conquest of North China, but he needed time. R denied that he had an understanding with Chang Tso Lin. lie was without
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    ADVICE OF PEKING MEDICAL COLLEGE.
    50 3 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Peking, Mar. 31. The authorities of the Peking Union Medical College, which is a Rockefeller Institution, have advised families having children to leave China immediately. Fiftytwo children are involved. The American Mission is calling 'Hit missionaries from north Shantung and Shansi.
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    RENT REDUCTION UNION.
    59 3 [Rsuter's Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai, Mar. 30. The latest of the numerous new unions is the "Association for a 50 per cent! Rent Reduction." Its members, all tenant.- in the Chinese city, to-day passed a resolution] only to pay half the usual rents to their landlords. If
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    REFUGEES STONED.
    28 3 [Renter'? Far Eastern Service.] Peking. Mar. 31. An Ameiican destroyer took off 47 British and American refugees at Ankintr. The refugees were stoned before embark ing.
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    NO DISORDERS IN FRENCH CONCESSION.
    43 3 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Mar. 30. The Quai d'Orsay publishes a telegram from the French Minister at Peking sayi i'a' that no disorders have occurred in the French concession at Hankow, whence women and children have not been evacuated.
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    BRITISH SHIPS FIRED ON.
    34 3 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Mar. 30. A hi ief message from Nanking stair that j two British steamers while leaving Nanking this morning were fired on by Chinese troops.
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    NATIONALIST FOREIGN MINISTER.
    38 3 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai, Mar. 30. Mr. T. V. Soong, Nationalist Minister of Finance and brother of Madame Sun Yat Sen, who is a member of the right winc\ I has arrived from Hankow.
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    HINDU-MOSLEM FRACAS.
    40 3 [Reuter's Service.] Karachi, Mar. 30. Forty-seven people were admitted to hospital with injuries a result of a seriou? Hindu-Moslem fiacas at Larkana, Upper Sind, caused by a dispute over the possession of a woman and her three children.
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    U.S. MINE DISASTERS.
    58 3 f Reuters Service.! Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mar. 30. The Mining Department is informed that from 500 to 600 miners are entombed as the result of an explosion in the Pennsylvania Coal and Coke Company's Ehrenfeld mine* Eight min-is are reported to have been killed by an explosion in
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    13 3 For sheer malice and misrepresentation the Anglo-Catholic papers take the cake.— Dean Inge.
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      158 3 r notice C Moh»med Kassim £>* Co h, J li b< used ovenamed WlKii KASSII t" *j Cbulia Str ngapore for f a DQ > and inThe >ai.i MOHAMED '1 mark iti its Settle'•l:i i. Si '■<! the Net *ast Indies. io| gk 5^ Bft >T-. BB HE \\%\v.v.%v.v.v.sytv.sv.v.v.v.%v.\\v.v.v.v.v. B
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      192 3 i d&liL —THE SIGN 1 1 fcSJwvouAii^^ of V«*W QUALITY I i jj Follow The Lead j! •i OF THE 5 I Wise Ford Owner *C fir fTOPc 11 Tj UoEiO V*X 11 "C B Ji Sole Agents (i MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. j 209-212, Orchard Road. l| S%W.VAVV.SW.%S\W.V.V.V.V.VAW.%V.V.VSWAVA%VVASV. -_L_J .Jin
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    THE MANIKIN.
    554 4 The Immaculate tounger. HK MAY VET BECOME A MAN! Immaculat.. degWHt Marcel wave to be-smttod ne swing* his cane in I'iccndi !y. ;> In chaii on sunny days in Hyde ar t: >awns his way through be latent -t'VUf and shakes a languorous leg in t\) t Charleston
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    POMEGRANATE KASHA.
    190 4 self-concentration of his a safe armour agains. golden-tipped arrows, isn't quite sure abou. him, hesitates to waste good ammunition on the unrcnown. leaves him alone for a time. The soft houis pass to jazz and scarlet lipped girls. From those scarlet l?ps sometimes fall snips of wisdom, the
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      BOUDOIR AND BOULEVARD. I
      1148 4 Low Cut Bodices. lav appearance of low-cut bodices with tiny bebe sleeves gives some very piquant effects, and they aie particularly pleasing to the women who are, ;u the moment, so attracted by the old fashioned. Low bodices and bebi sleeves are most appropriate when the
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      117 4 In his sluggish blood may s'.ir one day the same strain as sent the seadogs forth of old. He may get to grips with life and find bigger things for his conquering than the latest dance step and the concoction of a new cocktail. There is a bridge to fling
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      EXCELLENT EATABLES.
      335 4 Devonshire Cream. By a oofcery Enthusiast. Just as when one hears the word **Sotners< t" a mental vision f tJh** creakintr cider presses immediately rises, <<. at t'ie ir.ere mention of "Devon,' the \vi. rity u i instinctively thi'i.-, of elotiv ream The folk of Devon have justly
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      VARIATION OF THE BERET.
      23 4 A new millinery fashion from Paris, a variation of the beret, in two shades of straw. Daily Sketch copyright
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      SHARPENING STEEL.
      235 4 One wonders s imetimes bow it came about that the wrong impression of stainless steel ever arose. Even to-day, when kniv, made from this wonderful metal are general, there art- still many people who believe thai the edges cannot be sharpened without tlfaw the blade. Stainless steel can
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    TWENTY YEARS FOR A DRESS.
    181 4 The story of the Kendai w man wh< M* ed her money in a peony bank for twenty I years In order to buy herself new dr«M is said to have created a record I I ner sex. I am net quite sure whether hei
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    LIFE IN A ZENANA.
    231 4 An Indian Woman's Con.;)arison •ONK CONTIM \i. HONEY MOO* "One nf Four Wiv«g" H u Time? oi India as follows sisters, ]am an j< o comp* 8 syni pathy. but 1» nu a ire \<>u t am as happy aix. oat* t h,. 11 not more
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    BLACK SATIN FOR EVENING.
    390 4 When one is open, the ottu I -nuii automatically. I: I ii.i 1 and comes va Bui are > w qp i of y° ul njl< he yours and yours a!-.-not fit !'.hl«->- In p< many times ov< n.it in deed, n them tlic ->•;.!■<■■ move
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    PARIS BIRD MARKET.
    1688 5 Envious Onlookers. A QUEEN'S PATRONAGE. (By George Cecil for Free Press). nturk- ago, long before the impressiona! Louis XIV devoted a considerable porof his. long and picturesque reign to courting waiting queues of smitten ladies, Paris possessed her bird market. In those fai iT days the city
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    NEARLY ALL RECOVERED.
    84 5 London, Mar. 16. Practically all the tubes of poison have been accounted for as the result of prompt pqlice action and widespread publicity. It is believed that the few not traced have been destroyed. Some of the lubes were returned broken and others recovered from boys found
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    29 5 the case containing them, but when they comprehended the nature of their find they took a great deal of trouble to distribute it in small quantities in various places.
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    LONDON POISON SCARE.
    181 5 TUBES OF DANGEROUS DRUGS AS PLAYTHINGS. London, Mar. 16. The fact that a quantity of potent poison is floating about London is revealed in a message issued by Scotland Yard last night which stated that 240 tubes of Novarsenobillon, a drug containing a large proportion of arsenic,
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      193 5 V k I Like a Thief in the Night t Ira:!: rate amon^ ell Idfi I -1 i^e \a s::!l f .r tQac spr» the child ma\ be ai uork an,! !.i. the atari we«i I be :rembl:rtj{ '-"^^g^^^^mM Vir :,3 thttrtai sc^°° 1 Savimt Food -^A^ I Doctors a
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      312 5 Illfcllß^^^?^^ 'till m *"^^Ji,^^ VvV^^3 W. *^7l j\ In (gSIiR HI I HI/fi jw f~s J v VBanfl ll|| I v \\i\ i\k .'Mil. 1 less for its Transparent 1 1 a Purity matchless (or the -r* i ii j- i *-«•>*•* skin and matchless ior the complexion m all
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1170 6 5 An Important Week. THE NEW CUSTOMS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, Mar. 26The "week just ended has proved a very important one for everyone in this country, and particularly for trade and commerce. On Friday afternoon the ratifications of t'v last of the treaties that between
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    HIGHEST LIFE IN LONDON!
    305 6 9-STORIED FLATS TO DWARF ALL OTHERS. Negotiations which have been proceeding between the London County Council and Beecham Estates and Pills, Ltd., for the transfer of Covent Garden Market to a site at Sfomers Town, near St. Pancras Station, have been broken off. Sir A*, du
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    SAME SERMON TWICE IN ONE DAY.
    192 6 A Curate Replies to a Critic. An enthusiastic but critical churchman has complained that the Rev. J. Stctt, a Chertsey curate, preached ihe same sermon at the Parish Church in the morning and at All Saints' in the evening. The curate admits this, but
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    U.S. RESTRICTS RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
    78 6 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Mar. 30. A reduction of 22,000 tons in the United States' consumption of rubber last year, which amounted to 366,000, compared with 388,000 tons in 1925, is revealed by the Department of Commerce. The Rubber Conservation Statistics' Department quotes these figures as evidence
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    19 6  - Mrs. E. M. Wood The modern woman's clothing resembles barbed wire: it protects the property without obstructing the view.—
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      1023 6 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. J^\}' ORIGINATING SUMMONS NO. 12 OF*isl6 v IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF M.S. MOHIMII KASStM MARICAN, DECEASED K. E. Ahmad Marican and K. S. Dawood Plaintiffs and Ismail bin Mohamed Kassim Marican (Substituted by Order of Court)
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      171 6 Made to the Taste of All "NTO wonder everyone is drinking Instant Postum! IN Have you tasted it? Fragrantly fresh, its very aroma urges you to en oy Its goodness. The trouble m prepani (fee and :ho troubles that result from diinkrig i en now bo Instant Postum is mede
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    TELUK ANSON RUBBER.
    843 7 Satisfactory Year's Progress. PROPOSED CHANGE IN SHARE CAPITAL. Th« f tghteenth ordinary general meeting of Telrk Anson Rubber Estate? Ltd., was held nt iho office of the secretaries^ Messrs. Derrick and Co., Hong Kong B?mk Chambers, at no n yesterday, when the hairman of the Company, Mr.
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    EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING.
    75 7 EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. At the conclusion of the ordinary general meeting, an extraordinary general meeting wes held and the following resolution passed: "That each of the 80,000 shares oi the Company of $5 each be divided int< five shares of $1 each." Mr. A. E. Baddelej pr posed the resolution,
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    SUNGEI BILUT RUBBER.
    631 7 Future Reconstruction. A SATISFACTORY POSITION. Mr. J. S. M. Rennie presided over the annual general meeting; of the Sungei Bilut Rubber Company, Limited^ held at No. 0 Battery Road, yesterday, others present being: Messrs. F. G. Herose, W. P. Millar, and B. Lbwick. Addressing the meeting, the
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    144 7 The Rev. W. G. McClure. D.D. died at this residence at Tapan Swang on March 23. Mr. McClure had been assisting his wife ra making the final arrangements for the end of the term entertainment of pupils at the Jane Hays School and appeared to bs in his usual health.
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    146 7 mm. sia, has been re-established. Its industrial production is estimated at 14 per Cent. of that of the whole Soviet Union. Its big metal factories were slower in getting into full-time work than most of other Russian industrial plants, but there have been big strides forward in this respect during
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    LENINGRAD.
    887 7 The Old Capital To-day. RETURNING PROSPERITY. If Peter the Great could dismount from the spirited equestrian statue which repre-sr-nts him as pointing: with outstretched arm toward the River Neva and stroll through the streets of the capital which he built on the foundation of a marsh, he could still
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      505 7 MARY SETON. f \CKWOOD FURNITIRE l^ SHANGHAI SHAPKS £j E. AMBER MANSIONS. Jj m f I NERALSI SIN<.AIH)RE CASKE! 'EXPERT UNDEBTAKI TKLEPHONI I ALBERT L. A. DALEY- I i NDEK'I AKKR MOM Ml NTAI MASON. I ,'li^ht-d 1>97. Ul. *»15. CARS FOR HIRE. [reat Reduction in Kates the SIATIC MOTOR
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      431 7 NOTICES. Tin-apJT V TICK is hereby jriven that the aboTC Tr.i- Mark is the property of VAN CAMP SEA FOOD CO., INC a corporation duly or iran 'd and existing under and by virtue of [he iwz of the State of California, whose post >tVu. address is Terminal Island, California,
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      654 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE 01 Valuable walnut stained teak hoasebold furniture, itlji.-s and platil wai ti-iinis |HI BIC Comprising:- Writing table, dining "able, chairs, almeirah*, bedst«ad-. Bidebo* Is, dressing tables, wasbataajis, etc To be held it No: 4 C];iy:iiMM> Drive, off Onr I feoad. On Saturday, the 2nd April at
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    22 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. BURN MURDOCH At Brighton, on March 23. of pneumonia. Major Catesby Burn Murdoch, late of West Country Estate. Kajang:.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927. The Political Outlook at Home.
    584 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 1927. The Political Outlook at Home. Although too much weight should not perhaps be attached to the result of the Leith election and the turnover at North Southwark, it would be idle to deny that political conditions have changed considerably within the past few
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    637 8 The Free Press will be issued as usual on Monday morning (Hari Raya) but not oil Tuesday in order to give the staff the Monday Holiday. H.M.S. Enterprise, the light cruiser which arrived here last Monday from China, left at daylight yesterday for Colombo. Mr. R. S. Stewart, of Ipoh,
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    A LOTTERY TICKET'S ADVENTURES.
    174 8 SOLD TO A MAN IN PRISON (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Mar. 31. The defence in the Chinese Sporting Club lottery case opened with the evidence of the Hon. Secretary of the Club who stated there was some trouble over the loss cf the ticket which
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    QUIET CHINATOWN.
    152 8 That section of New Bridge Road area which has during Sunday Honda; and Tuesday night.- been the scene of much disturbance, was again very quiet \n>: night. Conditions were quite normal. tn< Southern Hotel being lit up as usual, and thidetachments of armed police- a- well as all
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    THE MIKADO.
    96 8 The public's verdict that the |okado Efi one of the finest shows that th.- Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee have given Bfi was again emphatically endorsed ax the Victoria Theatre last night, when another j large and appreciative audience attended the fourth performance. Principals and chorus gave <>f thfir
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    S.S. ASSN: REPRESENTATIVE ON COMMISSION.
    39 8 In the ballot by the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association for candidate for Municipal Commission. Mr. C. C. Dunman polled 240 and Mr. H. J. Fougere 203. Over 6$ per cent of the active members
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    THE S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    166 8 TUESDAY'S TIES. Championship Preliminary Maj: C. F. Stoehr vs. O. R. S. Bateman. J. S. Nathan vs. E. C. Poyser. Championship Pairs Preliminary. J. Wilson and H. Nyhoff vs. 5. E. Newbery and R. M. Duff. R. E. Prentis and B. E. Ablitt vs. Dr. M. C.
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      MONDAY'S TIES.
      41 8 "A" Singles Handicap. Woon Chow Tat vs. Sng Teek Lye. Sgt. L. Ridgeway vs. D. David. "B M Singles Handicap. Ng Wing Choon vs. W. Parsons. Wee Eng Yong vs. Chan Lai Fat. E. Cherrington vs. Teo Lianji Keng.
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      TUESDAY'S TIES.
      42 8 "A" Singles Handicap. Sgt. J. Knight vs. H. G. Stack. S. Murakami vs. S. P. Virayasiri. F. Ziegele vs. I. B. Abed. Singles Championship. Lim Siew Jen vs. L. Natarajan. 4 B" Singles Handicap. M. Taib vs. H. S. Duncan.
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    WELD QUAY CONGESTION
    286 8 Report of Committee. DREDGINf. ANh RBQ u ON RF(()Mm KN|)KI) We have pacetved Emu th.- 1)a retary the rep -«rt of the W«ld mittee, which ;i appointed i,\ in Governor to c astder aaeations the port of P< anu. This Comn wtu hon'ble Mr. Palgrave Bin M
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    SUPREME COURT.
    321 8 CLAIM UiAINST < OMMISSIOMUv Ati action wm* Lowmrncmri before the Chief Justice. Sir Wiltimm Murison. n tin Supreme Court yest.-rday. in which tw Tamil contractors. VoJlooWl ami Bd gayah. claimed $6,247 for work and labottl done and material supplied tndet ai reemeat with the Singapore Mwucipsl I tn
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    EXHIBITION OF O.P's DRAWINGS.
    82 8 1 Or. T ..->«iay next. April T.th.. then be an exhibition "<' uiitiii m*e* colom and pei md ink-.iravvinps by 0. P. of Sin,/ Produo Most at the migtoali of cartoons ni icl have Rppaarad tartag the past Iw pen will be 9B view as w.ll
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    MORE CHIANG INTERVIEWS.
    289 9 OKJECTS TO FOREIGN FORCES. ggFl K( TION ON NATIONALISM. dtef'a Far Eastern >ervice.l Shanghai. March 31. g 4 >hek >n the course of a two a Aith foreign pressmen this rring to the N'anking inci- thai full inve tigution was the result txes the resNationalis- forces I
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    THE KINSHAN IN HONG KONG.
    78 9 rtert Far Eastern Service.] Hone: Konjj, Mar. 31. esaage from Canton states that the j o| tke British stean^r Kin- iorted Iml nisrht. cm is taking the Kinshan i H«>t.^- R B Hong Kong. Mar. 31. nei Kinshan has arrived. Naval, gs m H.M.S. Tarantula
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      JAPANESE EVACUATE YANGTSE.
      28 9 H urtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.» Tokio. March 30. Government has instructed consu- the Yaagtse Valley including Hanm to warn resident Japanese to evacuate.
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      JAPAN'S POLICY IN CHINA.
      30 9 ■h..u^h Japan willingly collaborates the Powers' attitude in connection with •ent Nanking affair, the Government B« its efforts to prevent drastic mea- -inir taken against China.
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      N.Y.K. COOKS' STRIKE.
      34 9 i NY K. cooks 1 strike is developing. I tkc eooka and boys aboard the TaiyoMai :md the Atsuta-Maru have struck. estnmted that 1.000 co<.ks and boys ar»- ni".\ »n strike.
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      CAPT. AMUNDSEN COMING TO JAPAN
      39 9 CAPT. AMUNDSEN COMING TO JAPAN 11 epting an invitation from a nevsI] r m TokjO, Captain Amun«:sen. Of tWßS■lar ftigkt fame, will COHM t« this coun.liiiving- at V. kohama OB June 20 on I Ike Em press of Asia.
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      PAN-PACIFIC PORTS AND HARBOURS.
      41 9 A Pan-Pacific Ports and Harbours C'onpeai wiß be add in Tokyo in 1929, and the United States, Canada. Mexico, and Philippiaes, Australia. China. Japan and other couaifica racing Pacific Ocean are to participate m the international conference.
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      52 9 Mr. H Milton v. ad", an ex Service nmn. fornuiiy clerk of works in Singapore Major P, H. Keyes. has leached Kuala S ..uipur from Singapore bicycle, th- 1 urney having taken 5 1 days, says \Ve<iI !uy'> Malay Mail He leaves for Ipoh l.r. Mr. Wade is over fifty
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    THE YANGTSE SITUATION.
    335 9 PRESS MUZZLING CAMPAIGN. WAITING A DECISION. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service] Shanghai, March 31. The tension regarding the general situation in the Yangtse Valley and the position at Shanghai is not relieved by reports from up-river, which continue the same tale of increasing anti-foreignism. This is especially the
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    FRENCH CONCESSION.
    145 9 STORMING INCIDENT DENIED. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Mar. 31. The reported storming of the French .•oncession defences by the mob last night is denied in the course of a statement issued to Reuter by the French Consulate-General this morning. It is explained that a small crowd of
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    AMERICANS IN CANTON.
    33 9 Hong Kong. Mirrh SI. Reuter is reliably informed that there are at present over 300 Americans in and around Canton, who have not been officially advised to evacuate the city.
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    MANCHESTER GUARDIAN'S INDIGNATION.
    131 9 TReuter's Service:] London, Mar. 31. If the barbarities of Nankin? were deliberately planned there is no security a-ainst them wherever Nationalist troops are in control, says the Manchester Guardian in a leader declaring there ;s everv sign of appalling outrage?, deliberate savagery and carefully organised work, not
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    WE NEVER SAID IT !
    53 9 WE NEVER SAID IT London, Mar. 81. Mr Ramsay MacDonald, speaking: at Glasgow, refuted the statement that the position of the Labour Party was to leave British lives in China without protection. He declared that members of the Labour Party never said that the forces in Ch.ua at the time
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    THE PRICE OF MURDER.
    108 9 TEN DOLLARS A HEAD TRADE UNION RATES. [Re liter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Mar. 31. Ten dollars a time is the price of assassination in Shanghai, according to the evidence in a case just dealt with by the Provisional Ccurt, in which a Chinese, convicted of
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    INDIA'S OWN ARMY.
    152 9 SANDHURST COMMITTEE'S REPORT. [Reuter's Service.] London, March 31. The so-called Indian Sandhurst Committee composed of prominent Indians presided over by Sir Andrew Skeen, which was appointed in 1925 to enquire into means for improving the number and quality of Indian candidates for army commissions, has reported recommending
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    FORD IN CAR SMASH.
    119 9 WAS IT AN ACCIDENT [Reuter's Service.] Detroit, Mar. 31. Mr. Henry Ford has been admitted to hospital as the result of injuries, described as not serious, received in a motor accident. He was motoring: alone when his car skidded and a car behind knocked him over
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    FINE RESCUE WORK IN U.S. MINE DISASTER.
    70 9 f Renter's Service. Harrisburg, Mar. 31. As a result cf desperate efforts by rescuers, volunteers for which work were rushed to the scene from all over the country, practically all the 400 entombed miners were brought up safe and well. Ten bodies have
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    GERMANY'S ANTIDUMPING MEASURES.
    59 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Mar. 31. The Government has tabled in the Reichstag an "Anti-Dumping Bill," which is a reprisal on similar laws against German oods in Great Britain, the Dominions and the United States. No specific rate is mentioned, -but the Government is empowered to increase tariffs
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    DUTCH FOREIGN MINISTRY.
    33 9 [Reuter's Service.] The Hague, Mar. 31. Jonkheer Beelaerts van Blokand, the recently appointed Netherlands' Minister at Brussels, is expected to succeed Jonkheer H. A. van Karnebeek at the Foreign Ministry.
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    105 9 real one. And speaking- now for a moment as General Officer Commanding I take this" opportunity of testifying that all ranks who have landed here have been very grateful for the reception accorded them and very appreciative of the spirit which prompted it. Personally, I rejoice in this further proof
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    UNION JACK CLUB.
    930 9 Annual Meeting. A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. The annual meeting of the Union Jack Club was held in the Club premises last evening, the chair being taken by MajorGeneral Sir Theodore Fraser, K.C.8., C.S. 1., C.M.G. Others present were M'ajor C. F. Stoehr, 0.8.E., Messrs. D. T. Lewis. G.
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      744 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. MERIONES London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port TELEMACHUS Marseilles, Havre and Holland In Port
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      521 10 Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Da.e S pore. s.s. CITY OF CARDIFF m^' 11 s.s. CITY OF KOBE Y HOMEWARDS. s s CITY OF
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      502 10 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE riJnder Contract with His Majesty's government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMIW \KD> For China and Japan. For Marseilles, !.<•> 1 "nn and t« Due Tonnage. Singapore. F««Mfi
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    "MY TRIP ACROSS THE SAHARA."
    867 11 Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's Lecture. f CHARM AND MAGIC OF THE DESERT. "Few people," Mr. Ramsay MacDonald said in a lecture at the Working Men's Col- lege, in which he conjured up delightful and wonderful visions of the charm, the beauty, the magic, and the mystery
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    63 11 The Railway police have received a report from a Miss Archer, who, it is stated while travelling up by the night mail from Penang to Singapore on Sunday, lost jewellery to the value of £1,300. Miss Archer is said to have placed the jewels in a trunk, and when somewhere
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    GLADYS COOPER IN SINGAPORE MELODRAMA.
    274 11 A New Play That Should Be A Great Success. "The Letter," an adaptation by Mr. W. Somerset Maugham of one of his own short stories, with which Miss Gladys Cooper opened her season of management at the Playhouse Theatre a real thriller. It is strong,
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    19 11 To speak of the ultimate destination of the hon. Members of this House is not in order.— The Speaker.
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    RUSSIA'S MILITARY ACTIVITIES.
    127 11 Huge Military forces and Poison (ias Factories. London, Mar. IS. "Russia seems to tempt people," remarked the Speaker, amid laughter, ai tku conclusion of a number, of questions asked in the House of C< nimons. with reference to Russia's poison-gas factories and military strength. Sir L. Worthinglon-Kvans.
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    LIEUTENANT ARAKT'S HARAKIRI.
    79 11 [Nanyo Xichi-Nk-hi Service.] Tokyo. March 2'.) Lt. Araki, who was in charge pf the guard at the Japanese consulate at Nanking, committed harakiri aboard the flagship Tone. The Lieutenant returned to Shanghai to report particulars of the Nanking outrage oil the consulate to the Fleet Commander. After
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    22 11 As a nation we are not very good in s« Iling our goods; we depend too exclusively on quality. Mr. Lloyd George.
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    EDITOR'S BLASIHEMOUS LIBEL.
    116 11 Rationalist Kditor Sen.enced. Toronto, Mar. 16. Mr. Ernest Victor Sterry, Editor of ih»Rationalist publication, the "Christian En quiroi," who had been committed to trial on a charge of blasphemous libel against the Deity in his referencef to passages in the Old Testament, was convicted to-day, but sentence
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    147 11 A correspondent inritei saye Monday's Malay Mail enquiring whether all tin* Pahang roads, including thai to Kuantan. are open to traffic, and if the usual ae>'"Hi modation for travellers is available' at the Kuala Lipis. Mentakab, ati'l Jeran'ut rest-houses. \W learn from the J'iiMk' Works Popart me nt that all
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      63 11 m I? scotch wmsiqr f I fOR MAM INT PRINTED BORDERED SILKS CHINESE CREPE DICHINE'S UNDERWEAR PYJAMA SUITS DRESSING GOWNS PRICES VERY MODERATE O. Al Kissoomall Co. Phone 2363. Telegrams: RAKHRANITE. i^^U BATAVIASCHE :i |Ta^ Chemischc Wasschery f en Ver Vei> y <Wm Tjikini 3 Noordwijk 31 ij *4b WELTEVREDEN
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      177 11 I -^#/ff e Cream ot Evolution 1 I JrllMM^* in Design, Construction, I ana Performance. Not Fcrgetting Purely British Workmanship 1 rrw&ii£irf sl&SmrwMWSlß^ fl^BrSjy^jjßM IThe 12 H.P. Tourer. The 7 H.P. Tourer. PRICE $2775. PRICE $1450 I I Borneo Motors Limited. 1 ;C (Incorporated in the Straits Settlemtnts). VA%VAVA"A%WAVAVAVAVA. J
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      372 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND 3JUSBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The §.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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      379 12 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily in Malaya; a iive "news" paper 40-50 columns of news laily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures of tht week" Serial Story,
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      274 12 Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NWPT TORK, PHILADELPHIA AND (via Suez). PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, 4* Ajrents: Si» and JVnaru THE AMERKTJtS _£XPRBS£ CO., J^f.{ifU%^y l (Incorporatctf m U.S.A.) r iticketsK^H^ltoursi Passages booked by all steamship lines. Independent and
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      289 12 LLOYD iftaTNO NAV. CO. (Incorporated in Itaiy^.. HOMEWARD siILIKGS. j Monthly service for Brindisi. Xmnte and Trieste via ports takmp carjro on throojrk Bills o r Lading for Fiume. the I.*\ant and Black Sea Pbrte, also to all ports cm th< \\<si naM REMO Apr. 11 ESQI ALINu OUTWARD SAILINGS.
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      697 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a m Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. Kota Tinggi, Sertinban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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      785 12 SHIPPING NOTES. NEW M. M. STEAMER, Latest Addition to a Fine Fleet. The M.M. Company are sending on their China- Japan passenger line the new mail steamer Chenonceaux, which has been built at Bordeaux and is of the same class as the Porthos and the D'Artagnan. The Chenonceaux has left
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      387 13 TRAVEL™ COMFORT DOLLAR <&a|fe "PRESIDENT* I k LINERS 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. Stateroom 1 with private bath predominate, all have hot and
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      697 13 K. P. M. (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3«40, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All information, detailed itineraries, free of charge. Apply
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    FASTER YACHT RACING.
    833 14 And Safer. EFFECT OF NEW "SHORTEN SAIL" ORDER. What >s a racing yacht? For what pur ppsc is she built? Thest' are the question; which give rise to the present decision D :hc International Yacht Racing Union to place a limit upon the height of the masts
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    C.B. FRY AS PUBLICITY AGENT.
    67 14 C. B. FRY AS PUBLICITY AGENT. Kepnrlt'd Decision of Indian Princes. London, Mar. 17. The Daily Herald reports that a secret meeting of Princes has been held in India, at which i: was decided to obtain better publicity. The paper states that it is hoped to obtain <he services of
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    NEW ZOOLOGICAL PARK.
    754 14 400 Acres on the Chilterns. COUNTRY HOLIDAYS FOR LONDON ANIMALS. For many years the London Zoo has felt the need of expansion. It has the most varied collection of animals that exists anywhere, and yet its area is less than fort\ acres, including the Regent's Canal an.;
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    MOORISH TRIRESMEN TRICKED.
    94 14 >;• i < <it Ivt- cue <•( I 'u v u.i i LMMkH I .M... i ..'itwittii t besi i captured i men. Ma, Larreborgefi pant* us, i dteicribed ii i Juby, when a Spaniel v 1 'hi H'MIC!: tO Lttf Ti' M OS !<■•••: I tirm
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      94 14 Uvlilv V vlllvlllu v/A AA V 1a1j«, vvll 111 I£\ 1 1 1»3 -i \Ci v.*l vUi 1 stands out 5 the supreme general In victory or defeat his personality dominated the world IP^ Supreme j IR GINIA CIGARETTE* I AJJ *jp < W^Sllr cigarette quality. Brands may come and
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    665 15 Singapore, Mar. 30. Business has been practically at a standstill throughout the week under review. In the Mining section, the metal quotation closes £2 down on balance, and with few exceptions, the shares have had sellers rather than buyers, values showing a slightly easier tendency. London
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST
    22 15 Yesterday's Alterations. March 31st., Closing Prices. Kinta Tin Died. 2.20 2.24 Wearne Bros. 15.35 15.75 United Engineers 10.60 10.75
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    124 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Chenderiang 26s 6d 27s 6d Kamunting (ss) 19s 9d 20s 3d Kinta Tin ($1) 2.22^ 2.27% Ords. ($1) 2.20 2.25 Malayan Collieries (10) 39.25 39.75 c.d. Walav Consd. ($1) 1.22 1.25 Mambaus ($1) 1.35 1.40 M-nglembu ($1) 32% 37% Nai Hoot ($1) 70 75 N.
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 15 March HI. Bank 4 ni.s. 2 4 1-16 Bank demand 2 3 23-32 Private credit? 3 m.B. 2j4 5-16 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 87% France, demand 1411 India, T. T. L6S% Hon£ Korifr, demand 10% p.o. Di*-. Yokohama, demand 113 Java, demand 139 S< Bangkok, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    151 15 March 11. Tin UK) T<»ns $ISS^ Rice, Siam Glutinous No. 2 820 Rice, Rangoon Glutinous No. 2 320 Rice, Anam No. 1 280 Rice, Anam No. "J tS% Rice, Siam Broken Cl for export MS Coconuts, per thousand £5.00 Sago fl'iui 1 o.'.'T 1 Devoe's Imperial Brilliant per 2
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    52 15 March .iist.. 12 o'clock noon. L;iu-t Cable: London Spot Sheet 2Od per (b. New York Spot Sheet (Lets 41 per Ib. Buyers Sei.tr> LS.S. e.jual to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 70 70% Standard R.S.S. Spot 70% 70^ on Tender Apiil-.June 71% 72 July-Sept. 74 Ti Oct.-Dec
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S. REPORT.
    149 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S. REPORT. Singapore, March London. Rubber Ls B%d Up &<L Local 70%. Tin. London £298 10s. Up 355. Local 153% for KM) tons. Mining. Song Fatt 1.30 1.32. Kuyoh 1.26 1.30, Marabau 1.40 1.4L Papan 27 30, North Taiping m« 1.01. South 76 7H. Ulu Piah 1.52% 1.57%,
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    INCREASE IN TEA DUTY?
    97 15 Heavy Clearances From EEefBC Warehouses. London, Mar. 1"). In anticipation of a possible increase of the tea duty in the Budget, there were heavy clearances from bonded warehouses to-day, amounting in some cases to double the normal quantities. The Treasury has not yet plated any restriction
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    63 15 The per capita foreign trade of Canada is over $232 compared with ||£0 in the British Isles and $100 in the United States according to C. E. Xeill, President of the Canadian Bankers' Association. "Canada,* 1 he says, "leads the world in per capita foreign trade. For the 12 months
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    170 15 BARLOW'S REPORT. Singapore, March 31. Rubber. There haw been n>> outstanding features in the market during the past week, and the price for Spot Sheet lias been between 71 and 7(\ After the slight d«' IRMC M Lottdov stocks, mention. <1 in our las b further sub
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    THE H. AND S. BANK.
    527 15 CONTINt El> SUCKSS DESIMTK CHINA ATTACK. What we said twelve nOUtkl ajro about Hie Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank we ian atrain sa\ to-day. Its continued success is wonderful IJTisnitt ih»- ■pnrill attach. directed ajrainst i: in China, one of its several spheres of operations,
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    K.M.S. PLANTATIONS.
    41 15 Messrs Guthrie an<i Co.. Kuala Lumpur, have received teh'jrraphic ad\itc tr m tinSecretaries of the K.M.S. (Malay S',a!<<> Rabbet Plantations, Ltd., that th< H :imJ lias decided bo pay an interim dividend ol per cent on Jsth April, IDiiT.
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    56 15 Nottingham City Council have decided upon a further expenditure <>f £150,000 upon works in connexion with the extension of the municipal electricity undertaking Tn Nott iiijrfumi power station i already one of the I 'i;4Tj.,~c -^t in fvv'an.i. and is «i- n«*«| to Conn an important link in a wHi-s?
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      450 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) y 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
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      424 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, F.sq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron
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      442 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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      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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    A CURIOUS CASE.
    830 16 Johore Gangrobbery Charge. ji ik;e laments lack of publicity. A cast <>f panir robbery, which developed in an unusual and interesting way, was heaid by Mr. Justice MtCabe Reay at the Johnn- Assizes on Tuesday. Three men appealed in the dock, and Mr. R. Moor, the Deputy
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    63 16 News has been received by cab?e of th. death from pneumonia, at Brighton on March 23rd., of Major Catesby Burn Murdoch, late of West Country estate, Kajang, and formerly manager of the F.M.S. Rubber Company, who retired from Malaya about five years ago. He was the brother of the late
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    THE KRETA AYER AFFAIR.
    1198 16 Another Eyewitness Examined. WHEN THE TROUBLE STARTED. When the hearing of the Kreta Ayer shooting inquest was resumed yesterday afternoon, expert evidence regarding the photographs taken by an amateur photographer who gave evidence at the previous hearing was called. Lee Chong Xeow, Manager of the Singapore
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  • THE BOAT RACE.
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      Close Fight in Prospect.
      93 16 CREWS ABOVE AVERAGE. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 31. Cambridge are favourites for the boatrace but with the improvement made by the Oxonians recently despite the loss of their stroke, Llewellyn, through ill-health, even veteran Thameslde experts are reluctant to say more than that the crews are
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      INTER-VARSITY GOLF.
      120 16 LIGHT BLUES ONE UP. f Renter's Service. 1 London, Mar. 30. At Hoy lake to-day Cambridge beat Oxford in the annual inter-Varsity golf tournament by 9 matches to 6. [Prior to this year's tournament the rival Universities each had 20 wins to its credit, out cf 43 played.
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      LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
      48 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 30. Results of League matches to-day were: Division I. Bury 1: Sunderland 2. Division 11. Portsmouth 5: Reading 0 Division 111 (Southern). Gillingham 1: Brentford 2. Scottish League. (Div. I.) Hearts 3: Celtic 0. Morton 4: Falkirk 1. Airdrieonians 3: Partick 1.
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      NOT CUP TIE FORM.
      40 16 The results of these matches are interesting, as it will be seen that four of the clubs who were engaged in the English and Scottish Cup semi-finals en Saturday were plaving, and were all well beaten.
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      BRITISH ARMY'S SOCCER SUCCESS.
      32 16 [Reuter's Service-] London, Mar. 30. At Highbury to-day the British Army beat the French Army by five goals to two and thus won the international triangular soccer tournament.
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      LAST NIGHT'S BANTAM-WEIGHT CONTEST CANCELLED.
      49 16 British Champion Breaks Down in Training t The Brown-Baldock fight for the British bantam-weight title, which was to have taken place at the Albert Hall last night, was cancelled owing to Brown breaking down in training, Baldock appeared against a substitute on March 30th.
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      27 16 Lieut.-Colonel R. G. T. Gatherer left for Home on leave on Saturday and "Major Morris will be in command of the 1 Burma Rifles at Taiping.— M.M.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
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      Football.
      184 16 S.C.C. DEFEAT A NAVY SIDE. S.CC 4. Navy 0. Playing on the Padang yesterday afternoon, the S.C.C. beat a team from the destroyers and gunboats by four goals to nil. The home side had most of the play throughout and though the Navy team made a number of efforts
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      SINGAPORE INTER-COMMERCIAL CUP.
      120 16 Guthrie's 3 Mansfield's 1. Guthrie's beat Mansfield's last evening. At half time they led by one to nil, scored j by Mohd Zin. In the second half Saine scored from close -range while the third goal was by penalty taken by Mohd Zin. In the last five
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      S.C.C. CRICKET.
      127 16 POSSIBLES VS. PROBABLES. In view of the match against Selangor at Kuala Lumpur at Easter, trial matches are being played this week-end and next I a: the S.C.C. The teams (12 a side) for the game to be played this evening and to-morrow afternoon are as follows: Possibles:
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      TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      101 16 Dyne Cup. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt owe 1"> vs. Assiter and Miss Wallis plus 2. Cullen Cup. Mr. and Miss Hutchison plus 1 vs. Teale and Miss Hilton owe 4. A Class Gents Doubles Handicap. Sinclair and Esson owe 2 vs. Dr. Bain a-nd Paterson owe
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      PENANG TURF CLUB.
      106 16 1928 January Griffins. We are officially informed that the Penang Turf Club has decided to import a a batch of 25 Horse Griffins for the 1928 January Meeting; the conditions will be the same as the previous lot. They will cost the Club $1,000 landed at Singapore
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      SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
      65 16 Friday 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.C. Band. 5 p.m. Johnston's pier D. E. L. Unit. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.F.A. Saturday 2 p.m. Farrer Range Chinese Coy. 2.30 p.m. Drill Hall M. C. Platoon. 2 p.m. Bukit Timah Range Eurasian Coy. Sunday 7 a.m. Farrer Range Chinese
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