The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 April 1927

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press i CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, APRIL 18, 1927. NO. 12,081.
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  • 285 1 The Moderate Wing of the Kuomintan^ has impeached 'he Hankow Kx tremists and has carried out a Red raid in Canton similar to the Shanghai one. Many Communists have been r unded up and the administration has been taken over Page 9. There is some causiic comment
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  • 1564 1 Recent events in Peking would be m.> comprehensible to the average reader if hi knew something of the geography of tli rt part of the Chinese capital which bai been set aside for the Legations, The history of Peking |poea bade I riaiy times, but we are
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 217 1 ?LOOK FOR THE DATE ON THE TIN j iffiD LABEL BRAND" COFFEE 5 AND GROUND 5 DAILY <.v\\v.v.".v.\\\v.\v.\v.v.v.\ RAFFLES HOTEL Tuesday, 19th April, Diner Dansant 8.15 p.m. Dinners will k served in Ball Room). TO-NIGHT i Tea Dance 5.30 p.m. Orchestral Selections 9.30 p.m. For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS,
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    • 299 1 V.V.V.V.V.V.V/^^.VASV.V.V.V.VAVWVAV.%\VV/.V.VAVSV.V. i ■i J THE FAVOURITE PERFUME OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND "j FAMOUS FOR MORE THAN HALF-A-CENTURY. ■5 "i m I*SJ*UV ShUJ Jllj^W^j'i/r A perfume happily cho^r. 1: >v, {.j] I" VkS ifLfts-j InfjlJi^S^'y I elfect upon the nerves aud feelings. S'.v? v& />#»#*^##tf/» ilm/il/!^ s^' 'IJNWA ness bece's sweetiic.-p.
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    • 107 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. ".""0 trades use it Page 16. WhiUnway's is closed to-day— Pa^t 6. A Meijrhan picture coming at the AL h.-'.mbra Pajre 2. Prospectus of Thornycroft (Singapore) I-imited— Page 5. Robinson and Co. for the Pedestrian golf shoe Page 9. Special :<ffer of Royal Rover K misters by Little's
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    • 17 1 V.'.V.V.VW.W.V.WiW/.'.V.VA FOR BREAKFAST:— J; "RED LABEL BRAND W :j (pure unadulterated? i coffee i V.V.V.V.Vd-- B AV.V.V.V-V-V.V.V.%
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 128 1 THE WEEK. Monday, ISth. Hiph Water. 11.26 a.m.. 8.4., 11.25 S.T. Malacca H. W.. 8.10 a.m., 6.0., *.2O p.m. 6.6. Easier Monday. Bank Holiday. Malayan Golf Meetinjr. Perak Races (Amateur). Kampoiitf Bahru chuich inundation -tone laying 4.30 p.m. Polo Club Tournament. Tuesday, 19th. Hitfh Water. 11.54 a.m.. &J&., 11.47 p.m.
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  • 89 2 Shr Stanley Jackson, Bengal's new Gov- r, arrived in Calcutta on March :;Oth» ai a cordial welcome from the crowds lining the route as he drove in State to < rernmeni House. There was a brilliant assemblage to witness the ceremony of aring In the new Governor ami t<> bid
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 290 2 MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. Depot for YARDLEY'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. ■USUAL NIGHTLY ATTRACTIONS. THURS. I RID. 14th 15th APRIL. Malayan Relief Fund. SAT.
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    • 186 2 VICTORIA THEATRE Coming Attractions MIROVITCH BORISSOFF. "The Last of Mrs. Cheney" "Fallen Angels" PAVILION From Thursday, 14th to Wednesday, 20th April. The Latest PATHE GAZETTE A powerful dramatic story of a woman's .yreat love Tor her man of how he sacrificed this love so that she might win sta^e fame
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    • 222 2 A PICTURE OF CAPITAL ACTING AM) TE\SI r SITUATIONS TO-NIGHT, AT THE ALHAMBRa (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd.. Proprietor. In the Second Show, commencing 9 p. n A FIRST NATIONAL SPECIAL In which that fine screen adn will be seen absolutely at her best, giving wonderful that place the production
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  • 455 3 DISTINCTION IN MANY SPHERES. Negroes are an asset to the cultural life >i iho I nited States, the interracial com- mi tee oi Champaign an<i Urhana disclosed fas the result oi investigations into their i Jacial genius. In his folk songs the Negro has contributed the only distinctly
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  • 449 3 RECORD CONSUMPTION IN 1926 "There can be no doubt that the ccn. sumption of meat in this country last year was greater than in any previous year." This is the considered conclusion containel in "W. Weddel's Review of the Meat Trade" for 1926, a work regarded
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  • 140 3 Pauline Frederick Hysteria Lyceum Theatre attendants are getting quite expert .n treating fainting women. Swooning is a nightly event. A little sob, •i thud, and tw attendants hurry quietly to cany out another too enthusiastic admirer of Miss Pauline Frederick. ('old water acts as a rest
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  • 121 3 "Nohody/ 1 say- a well-known mental specialist, "has g-ivt-n a definition of insanity which has been regarded as satisfactory." There are, indeed, quite a number of things which we may recognise when wi come into contact with them, but which we should be puzzled to define. I remember
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  • 101 3 A BISHOP'S OBITUARY— AS HE WOILD LIKE IT. "He was a poor fellow and not much of a bishop. I did not agree with everything- he said and much less with what he did. I could have done the job much better myself, but he really tried to do his
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  • 235 3 Women's Influence The smarter woman's divss becomes, the smarter grows the soldier. Tins is rhi 1 latest discovers made by military psychologists, who have been led to observe the influence of the notable development of smartness in feminine fashions and feminine intellect on the modern soldier's efficiency.
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  • 152 3 Wonderful New Device of Surgeons A remarkable invention is being used in the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital. King William-street. Strand, W.E. It is a magnifying device so powerful that the surgeons using it can peer into the innermost secrets of the human eye, and even see the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 70 3 T y~* A T"^ T"""' tp nr» v** C IOARET TI^S F') £^^c# if! p A^ c n .>« ii liiilli llJliK'^'^lj s'^^^M 111 I X^J^^ j^^ Sole Agents Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (Incorpciat-d in the Straits Settl«mentj) PLANTERS (OVER YOUR GROUNDS WITH: Galopogonium Mucunoides DOWN ALL LALANG AND
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    • 130 3 Beautifully Finished j I I [InP^ Green-Red-Blue. CYCLE SECOND TO NONE. OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO j MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212, Orchard Rd., SINGAPORE. Jttst Received. PRINTED BORDERED SILKS CHINESE CREPE RDICHINE'S UNDERWEAR PYJAMA SUITS DRESSING GOWNS INDIAN CARPETS PRICES VERY MODERATE Inspection Cordially Invited. O. M. KissoomaU &jCo. Phone
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  • Article, Illustration
    4524 4  -  Boyd Cable BY After two months of enforced idleness, ashore, young NIC K^AUSEN Australian in spite of his name— unwittingly offends LADIA SIKAJNUIL. He applies to CAPTAIN DUNBAR, the rough, but great-hearted Scottish mastei of the "windjammer" "Mmnehaha," for fee position of Mate; tatowtag to the influence of Miss
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  • 139 4 Over 2.300 Signature^ t<» Memorial. It was disclosed yesterday that before the lists closed a total of 2,350 non-British residents had signed the cablegram, originated by Mr. C. Blix. which has been forwarded to the British Government expressing gratitude at measures taken to send military forces here
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  • 148 4 Win For Orbindos. London, Apr. 2nd. The Xewbury Cup Race resulted as follows: Eleven ran. Orbindos won by two lengths. Three lengths separated second and third. Betting: 4 to 1 against Orbindos. 11 to 2 against Melon. 8 to 1 against Ceteb Times of Ceylon. In Kuala
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  • 169 4 Economic Bonds Strenirthn* AMERICA U Waihingiiia. tYsoX readjust ment of relatioi ponent dominions of th' may strengthen by Dr. Julias Klein, i of Foreign and Donv I statement here. "The roffiii ickn< 0 e iitiiw <>: the "British Nations' replacing destined bo have an European American he >aid.
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  • 127 4 T: KTembk y Palao "in appropriate ,060 En •ikhough the task take two r three peai expected that al ie:t<iy by the oaiiy autumn. making of th«- Srrt pktan greet l"ng- before the er. Eventually eight w ben i on the thii toi n mcrct ►f
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  • 126 4 2.000 Sold in an Hour lor F.n-J.. 8 Gmk, A queue M t BM peopti mi I nig-ht in ibcachfi n i I 'Hampden Park to buj rttl 1 Intel-national football n.a" M land and England on April 2 When the ticket otto 500 people
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  • 58 4 Eight hundred tad forty million mOm is the 4«U»o object that w&eomomtr* pw( 10<Uneh reflet ir Mt. Wilson DUervatorj world. This gteteneal was mad.Tlit- work Of Di. H i instrument has shown t!\. Way" or galaxy is not thai scattered round th< Ottwr galaxies, many sin and
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  • 614 5 Eugene Chen Assures Consuls. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. The following correspondence has passed between Eugene Chen, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government and the American Consul General and Senior Consul, on behalf of the other Consular representatives relative to the recent state <>f alarm which
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  • 182 5 European Motorist Acquitted on Murder Charge. In Shanghai recently William Parr was charged with unlawful killing: in connexion with the death of Edward George Faulkner, a gunner attached to the Royal Artillery 12th. Pack Battery on the night of February 26-27. Faulkner was riding along Bubbling
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 46 5 < iiyi i iri i w^a Wrilsl^Y_ Vl* Till f"rl t"l OYV mRm.%BNEm. CALDBECK. MACGREGOR Co. Ltd. I -rJr- 9 Sole Agents for Straits Settlements B m*^*M and Federated Malay States. H Wotiffi&M Incorporated under the Companies ordinance* fla *f Hong Kong." Incorporated in Shanghai." B l£2n~mm*m^m
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    • 168 5 GALVANIZED WIKE NETTING 111 FOR TENNIS COURTS. Jo^jA I With Galvanized Pipe Poles to match. Concrete foundation and top rails included. Very ec-ono.i'ical. Prices: New pipe 2 lengths 120 I feet x 9 ft. and 60 ft. x 9 ft. with i top rail $200. without top rail $150 second-hand
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 1270 5 before 27th April, 1927. EIHORNYCROFT (SINGAPORE) LIMITED In ii^ociatiim with John I. Thornycroft Co. Limited Eaginccfa, shipbuilders. Commercial Vehicle, Marine Motor and Motor Boat Manufacturers. Nominal Share Capital. u ordinary Shares of §."> each S2OO 000 M Preferred! Ordinary Share* of |5 each 800,000 «v n i $1,000,000 Share wiM
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    • 1137 5 H.M. Naval Base, Singapore. Government Monopolies Department. Straits Settlements Police. Residents and Public Works Depts. of the Federated and Unfederated Malay States. F.M.S. Railways. F.M.S. Police. F.M.S. Government Monopolies. B'.ustead and Co., Ltd. Tan Kah Kee and Co. Fraser and Neave, Ltd. United Engineers, Limited. The following information is given
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  • 360 6 i CANADA'S OUTDOOR SCHOOLS FOR ALIENS. Canada can hoast of one of the most remarkable educational organisations in the world, in the shape of an institution known as the Frontier College. It is now twentyfive years old, but it has no buildings of its own, no grounds
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  • 240 6 Alone and One of Them Eighty. Two women tourists, one o€ them nearly I >0 years of age and the wife Df an American 1 1 millionaire, have just completed an advenr turous 4.000 miles journey through the heart of Africa. The details read like
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  • 230 6 Judge Astonished at Defendant's Claim. In the Shoivditeh County Cotlit, Solomon Pell, trading as Sidney Pell, of Moorflelds, E.C.. a commission agrent. sued Mr. Davies, a furrier, of Amhurst Park, Stoke Newingtort. X.. to recover £28, money laid out. oii behalf of the defendant j
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  • 29 6 A boxer who recently crossed from America to England remarked on the roughness of the sea. Nothing annoys a boxer more than to be attacked below the belt. Punch.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 98 6 WHITEAWAYS HAVE JUST RECEIVED u «vv 9/C 1 I 1 Jm ■CjJL 0.0. XjIJTU. V jljL 1C A f^ IA PA iNI i^i \l\i CtCl€ 1 1 l^s >4 DFPA T? TMFAfTQ I The new stock for our Ladies' I Department includes a fine O^^X\l/v/ %j JL KJ X.JL \JJL
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    • 359 6 4T| When weak and IJTf depressed, take &A HalFs Wine and strong happ\ i It is wonderful how quickly you feel i when you take Hall's Wine. It puts new |j into you it builds up strength —it take away your feeling of depression. H HalTs Wine does not only
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  • 148 7 COMMUNISTS CHALLENGED KUOMINTANG RIGHT'S ACTION. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Shanghai, Apr. 15. News from Nanking nays the General Control Committee of the Kuomintang, the majority of whom are attending the Nanking meeting, passed a resolution impeaching the Hankow regime and demanding the arrest of numerous leaders of
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  • 95 7 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow. April lti. The Russo-Swiss plenipotentiaries in Berlin have signed a protocol settling differences which have persisted since the murder of Vorovsky during the famous Lausanne Conference. Switzerland condemns the murder and expresses regret and promises to grant Vorovsky's daughter material aid. B th parties
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  • 66 7 f ßeuter's Service-] Riga, Apr. 15. Bezbozhniki, otherwise the "godless union" is celebrating Easter by launching an anti-religious campaign which the Moscow trade-unions are seconding by instructing the various guilds and unions actively to assist the atheists. The Council of the Trades Unions has also instructed the
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  • 41 7 [Reuter's Service.] Rangoon. Apr. 15. The French Catholic Missionary. Fatbei Changof, who has worked for twenty years in the Maubin district has been murdered in his bedroom. The motive apparently was robbery and the- perpetrator's identity is unknown.
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  • 42 7 [Reuter's Service-] Lima. Pen;. April 16. Senhores Sariottc and Peiranos flying fn m Buenos Aires to New York crashed near Puno on Lake T'.tikaka, probably the highest lake in the world. 13.000 feet above sea-level. Both were injured.
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  • 287 7 Two thousand pairs of frogs which have oeen wont to boom their basses and quiver their tenors int the moonlit beauty oi Hawaii's nights will soon be giveD a trip to the Orient, to live in Bong Kong, says the N. C D. News. j A red satin umbrella and
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  • 402 7 A Few Surprise Results. HOME TEAMS DO WELL. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 15. Results of League matches played to-day are as follow: Division I. Arsenal 2, Aston Villa 1. Bolton 4, Sheffield U. 1. Burnley 3, Leeds 2. Bury 0, Leicester 0. Liverpool 5, Cardiff 0. Manchester U.
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  • 122 7 CELTIC DEFEAT EAST FIFE. London, April 16. At Hampden Park. Glasgow, in the Scottish Association Cup final, Celtic beat East Fife by three goals to one. The weather was glorious and the game attracted 70,000 spectators. Celtic were deservedly winners. Wood, the Bast Fife centre-forward, -cored with
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 408 7 BUSINESS CARDS. < MARY SETON. i i m U KWOOD FURNITURE S SHANGHAI SHADES. J E \MBER MANSIONS. J l tl Vl S%V.V. i .W» i »%SVA%V.WV, Lg*ORIAL& MVKF.LE OK GRANITE SINGAPORE CASKET CO. .^,M MENTAL MASONS." IK I. /.PHONE 75. I "ALBERT L. A. DALEY. spKKI AKER MONI MENTAL
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    • 552 7 ACIDITY CAUSES STOMACH TROUBLES. Stomach pains and inability to retain food often moan nothing more than indigestion resulting from £j 4 s and excess acidity. Gas distend* the stomach, causing that full, oppres- sue fetlinjr, while the acid irritates and inflames the delicate lining of the stomach. The whole trouble
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    • 737 7 AUCTION SALE ESTATE OF SHAIK SALLEH BIN TAIB AL TUAY DECD. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES KNOWN AS NOS. 90 AND 90-1 BENCOOLEN STREET, SINGAPORE. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Cu Sale-room No. 30 Chtilia Street. ON WEDNESDAY, 20th, APRIL AT 2.30 P.M. PARTICULARS. All that piece of
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    • 294 7 AUCTION BALES. SHERIFF'S SALE ix thp: supreme court of >he STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE In the cuil-i' of (hop Ban Beinr Arm Miffs Veraas. L P. K. M. Ifowlaar, 2. N. Sulainian Defotldai ti K. M. ffanwH Sultan. AUCTION SALE OF 'A benjwood chair-. 2 tgaltamod duUrs, I alac
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  • 59 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES MARRIAGE. GRAHAM DUNCAX. At Greyfriars* Church, Dumfries, on 17th March, 1927, by the Rev. J. Bryce Jamieson, K.l>.. assisted by the Rev. J. M. Forbes, 8.D., I ieutenant James Graham, K.X.. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham, Hol- lingden, Woldingham, Surrey to Lois Euphemia, younger daughter of
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  • 828 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. APRIL 18, 1927. Week-end Comment. Mr. Chen's note to the Powers, and indeed his general attitude in regard to the Nanking protests, stamps him as rather a pinchbeck statesman. For when the reply is analysed it amounts to little more than the schoolboy's futile and immature
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  • 1135 8 The Free Press is issued as usual to-day, but not to-morrow, in order to give the staff the Easter Monday holiday. A telegram from the Executive Engineer Kajang, says that the Teluk Datoh road is flooded at the 30th mile to a depth of 12 inches. The water is rising.
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  • 26 8 HOLIDAY CEUISG (Fro« Out Owi i week".- cruise in the upper Ciulf of Siam. Many shore .<\ \u n> Bd including i
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  • 85 8 la NNH ui iih lltN Ni«-hi Shiml 'i i i" Rubber f.a.q. THK I!WK Th<- Cabinet hac ito ai<! the Taiwan th« Bank at mu. j >••!. if ic-nvd. I rhe M.B.K. and tl bnnnesf eoneerm have- decided tions with Rossi that th( b| Bten i I is
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  • 115 8 rhc following the Uftgae Kattons' the week ending Api W Egypt A xandria: I smallpox ci bfedla. Ba-stm: V■ q ten cholera deaths. Bombay: Eipht p|«| i t -mallpox \vi;h 44 iimttir alcmta: 74 cbofa 1 1 I in the prexious week; L r ;i^ am of
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  • 101 8 At a neetfeg Planters' Association i t M I I the 13th.. the Chairman ft (Mr. E. N. T. Cummins) tequ following paragraph be ciation be the local I-. "I understand thai 0 mine made a: the quarteiiv ing held at Seremban on have been mdentood by tb
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 163 8 iiSSi^^V^ Hr Jj^^^B^^v. ->>V- ■■-vi^j^^^H^H At Forty-live, Robinson Rd. |i REALLY GOOD BUTTER FOR BREAKFAST jj i MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE ij > SEE THAT YOU GET > "ANCHOR" BUTTER J PRODUCE OF NEW-ZEALAND THE WORLD'S DAIRY FARM jj COLD STORAGE t ROYAL ROVER ROADSTER achine of high grade reputation
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    • 48 8 < Par f urns de Luxe m l I COTY jj Chypre ;j > Origan :j Rose Jacqueminot Emeraude |i EAU DE COTY g to be had from all dealers i Dupire Brothers. w j"-%V.V.V.W.V. B .V%V.V-V.W.V.V-". SIDEROSTHEN ANTI-CORROSIVE For Mudguards, Zinc. Wood, etc. Agents: j THE BORNEO CO., LTD.
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    • 51 8 To-day's Feature SINGAPORE VOI I MM I Pr<» gramme ol I > I- m for April L'Jih Tue-day. S |«.ir.. Drfl! 5.15 p.m. Drill H»ti S I Wednesday. S fM»- WH H 5.15 p.m. Drill Hal; M" Friday. K.IS prn- IWII H .15 p.m. Malay Drill Rail v Saturday. 2/AO
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  • 89 9 MODERATES SEIZE CANTON. IS ROUNDED UP. H i lON I AKKN OVER. armed labour i citj und suburbs shooting ail ovei n i*\' th. Seers from the officials imber 4 i iflea t Shameen. I ily troops The and. 1 spondent.) Hong Kong, \pril 17. at < ant n has
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  • 32 9 swat says troops by P R carvel! out a tommunists on April 1 the Lai in Unioiia and I rs after '^hting- in which I md many w unded.
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  • 45 9 iet K:r. ass] was a n of the Third which deah exclusively with :nchuiintr the -spplying of military leaders with money al ':-.-:irn troops ts; a campaign propaganda and fill I t reign armies ras thai the Embassy hinese t< report happenings
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  • 36 9 11l ind Missionaries Miss an), Mr. and Mrs. Slitcher Big daughter (Canadians) ng :v. Kanshuufa to Yuniptiued t>• bandits before "unaanru. Softener and his daught- thers were carried off. Earner eaUea on page T."J
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  • 168 9 I 1 SSOBSHIP IN SINGAPORE. of the Singapi re censorship ol la understand i, says The _;:h. Recently. The Only John Martin Harvey. in Singapi re and the Malay reaa n whatever. By might be considered as than are the vagaries m rid over. Perhaps
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  • 513 9 TIMES CASTIGATION. THE HEAVY LIABILITY REMAINS." [R.uters Service.] Lcndon, April 16. The Daily Telegraph ihinks it is regrettable that information has hitherto beer officially withheld regarding the intentions the Powers in connection with sanctions the Nanking outrages, and declares it now officially confirmed that the
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  • 89 9 [Renter's Service.] Paris, April 16. French opinion considers Mr. Chen's reply quite unsatisfactory and points out his manoeuvre to try and divide the Powers v separate replies is too. transparent and Nationalist misconduct is too glaring foi such an attempt to succeed. It declares that if only the
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  • 63 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. April 16. British experts are at present examining Mr. Chen's note regarding the Nanking outrages, simultaneously the Ministers of the five interested Powers in Peking are conralting and are expected to recommend to their respective Governments in a few days, hits nv, develop*"?!)*
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  • 97 9 Miss Peggy James, Miss Belle Leichner and Mr. Ralph Lynn, who have been drawing large crowds to the Adelphi Hotel during the past week are extending their season. They will appear during the tea (iance on Tuesday, as well as during the »f er dinner dance? on Wednesday, Thursday and
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  • 154 9 SHIPS RUN GAUNTLET. SHANGHAI QUIETER. [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, April 16. The general strike is peter ing out and r >,00!) returned t work to-day. There is no development in the military situation on the lower Yangtse. Both sides are digging in on their respective
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  • 240 9 ALL STEAMERS SHELLED. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Apr. 17. Official reports state that indiscriminate firing from both banks of the Yangtse between Kiangyin and Nanking is so heavy that it is imperative that all merchant vessels be escorted by warships. The guns of all forts in
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  • 91 9 Peking. Apr. 16. The Japanese Legation has protested to the Foreign Otice against the detention and search by the military at Tientsin of the Choan Maru for the purpose of arresting Li (Thing Lin, the defender of Tientsin against Feng Yu Hsiang in December 1925, on a
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  • 68 9 Tokyo, Apr. 16. In view of ihe present situation it has been decided to retain the headquarters and infantry of the Tenth Division in Manchuria even after the arrival of the replacement troops. Similarly three companies at Tientsin will be retained as well as the reliefs plus
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  • 101 9 It is announced by the Admiralty that, in addition to those specified in the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, the following airs have been approved to be played by Naval and Royal Marine Bands on the authorised occasions. General salute for British flag officers Tiot entitled
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  • 42 9 Admiral Sir Ernest and Lady Gaunt hav( arrived at the Grand Hotel, Monte Carlo Sir Ernest was the First Commissioner oi Wei-hai-Wei and Administrator of Liu kung-tao (1898-99), and during the Boxei outbreak was Commissioner and Superln tending Transport Officer at Wei-hai-Wei.
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  • 80 9 ATLANTIC "AIR-SCRUM" MACHINE CRASHES. A NEW MODEL TRIAL. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Apr. 17. The famous aeroplane inventor, Heer Fokker, was involved in a flying accident when the monoplane "America" a newmodel piloted by Commander Byrd which was undergoing tests preparatory to flying to Paris next month
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  • 70 9 [Reuter'-: Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, Apr. 16. Baron Saito Governor-General of Korea Viscount Ishii, Japanese Ambassador at Paris, Mr. Saburi, Chief of the Treatj Bureau, Vice-Admiral Kobayashi, ex-chief of Naval Affairs Bureau and other delegates to the Geneva Disarmament Conference have been officially gazetted. Mr. Ugaki
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  • 57 9 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, Apr. 16. The leading vernacular papers are almost unanimous in approving the Privy Council c mmittee's rejection of the Government measure for aiding the Bank of Taiwan. In consequence of the Privy Council's stand the Government's position is regarded as precarious
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  • 47 9 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo. Apr. 16. The Emperor is proceeding to Yokosuka this afternoon to attend the launching of the Myoko, Japan's first 10.000 ton cruiser. A second cruiser cf the same class is to be launched next month. B<>th steam 33 knots.
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  • 38 9 Bucharest. Apr. IT. The Mayor announces that a group of American bankers has offered a loan of $10,000.(100 for a period of 22 years at 85 at a rate of 7 1 per cent.
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  • 28 9 [Reuter's Service.] Belgrade. Apr. 17. The Ouzounovitch Cabinet has resigned with a view to a reconstruction of the ministry of the basis of a broader coalition.
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  • 41 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, April 16. Rear-Admiral Stotz, who is to succeed Basire, will leave Marseille? on May 6 to fake up command of the Far Eastern naval forces in China. (Earlier cables on page V.)
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  • 170 9 Mr. Owen Nares Savs **No." Owen Nares and I talked this afternoon (writes an Evening News representative) about actors, and audiences, and his new sort of role in "No Gentleman" in which he appears as a most un-Owen-Nares-like fellow. And here are some of the things
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  • 80 9 Judgment in the appeal filed by Mr. L. 1 A. Morrison, late managing partner in Karachi of Messrs W. Crowder and Co., and afterwards owner of the firm of Morrison and Co., against his conviction by the City Magistrate for offences of conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and cheating, for
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 130 9 Robinson Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) "PEDESTRIAN" THE SHOE FOR GOLF \v /^P^s. Round Tot\ Waterproof. j PRICE nSJO I'air. Sizes 2 Size >S% C^d I "PEDESTRIAN The SHOE for GOLF j /y* What the eye 1 m MM mm f I m m m. M W M W
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 727 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service LiYerpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. EUKYLOCHUS London, Rotterdam and Humburg In Port RHEXKNOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hull
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    • 514 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due S'pore. s.s. CITY OF CARDIFF In Port s.s. CITY OF KOBE Ma y n HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF BOMBAY
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    • 500 10 P. O. r BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SEK VICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Do LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVH K f Under Contract with His Majesty's Government I OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEW AKI» For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London
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  • 585 11 LESS LUXURY SPENDING There have recently appeared two in teresting and authoritative attempts to analyze our post-war ec< nomic welfare, and to estimate the changes that have taken place in such matters as the size of the national income, the standard of living o,f i i
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  • 340 11 QUESTION OF PATENTING REVIVED. The question of the ethics of patenting medical discoveries is being raised once again by the application made by F. and G. H. Dick to H. M. Patent Office to patent what arc described as "improvements in scarlet fever toxin and anti-toxin and
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  • 21 11 Mr. J. H. B. Will, advocate and solicitor, of Ipoh, has joined the board of directors of Raja Perak Tin, Ltd.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 171 11 [Jm^^somslvX iPuAMRPPIAIU'P lor I fcQUGP RE COUGH OR COLD. UUUUII Mild preventives for mild cases of iRIIMIL'DY' a; (I> s are F:Ot objectionable; but for real coughs and colds, I otnm tak< a reai remedy on€ that will i Pnilrihc Pal^C take hold. Lougns,Loias N one bi ttcr than <!;ihJ|™s»
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    • 273 11 'TPO BE happy one must be in good health. Tooth decay /2^ will ultimately cause general ill health. A clean tooth nt-vc'- 7 decays. A^fll^r Tooth Brush with its saw tooth bristles and tufted end will tl clean your teeth as no brush of any other shape ran or will.
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  • 106 12 SHIPOWNER'S FIRST JOB AT 2s. 6d A WEEK. When Sir W. Runciman Was "Sacked" For Going to Sleep. When laying the foundation stone of a ne w church at Lynmouth, Northumberland, Sir Walter Runciman, the well-known shipowner, said that, as a boy, he worked in the fields for
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  • 416 12 ROYAL NAVY MYSTERY. U.S.A. COMPASSES FOR H.M. SHIPS. British Type Best and Cheapest. Behind the question raised in the House of Commons by Sir Harry Brittain, which disclosed {Jie fact that every compass used in the British Navy is of American make, lies an issue of vital importance
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  • 406 12 Miss V. I. Jackson, Miss V. B. Hancock, Mrs. E. A. Peaks, Mr. K. V. Larr. Mr. J. B. Archer. Mr. E. S. Tiddemen, Miss Sparkes. Miss Day ley, Miss M. «J. Stuart. Air. and Mrs. Churchill-Knight, Rev. and Mrs. Caldwell, Miss Palmer, Mrs. Dawes, Miss Tiacey. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 48 12 I Per P. and O. Khyber: Mrs. Mottram and children, Mrs. Machin, Mrs. and Miss Storch, Mrs. Lee Warner, Rev. Bro. Paul, Rev. Bro. Michael, Mr. Neely, Mr. and Mrs. Hulscher, Mr. Tollison, Mr. Fonp Lock Lin, Mr. Fong Sam Ying, Mrs. C. Zaidel, Mrs. Sheraldishoff.
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  • 31 12 Chief Superintendent T. I. Vaughan has finished his 25-year term of service with the Shanghai Municipal Police and is retiring to London where he is opening an office on China affairs.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 431 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tone) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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    • 375 12 i THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily in Malaya; a ive "news'* paper 40-50 columns of news iaily, 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"
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    • 302 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERLARCH due (In Pttrt) Saifa For rat«B and other particular* apply: GUTHRIE CO., LID Agents: Singapore and faaL THE AMERICAN
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    • 305 12 LLOYD TRBESTINO NAV.CfI. (Incorporate; a |y., HOMEWARD SAILINGS Monthly service for Bnndi*, \.ni,> a ,j Trieste via ports taking tmw M ;hrou t > Bills of Lading for I ium«, ih< f1 and Black Sea I\>r?- ;,U,, .j ports on tta Itfoßf < a o of Ital\ OUTWARD SAILINGS FOR
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 600 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lerabing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday P-m.
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    • 599 13 O. S. K. Line. l»stin.tions. Sl-mer,. Arrive L I Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, ..trp. via Colombo, Aden, Port and Port Said. Alaska Maru Apr. 25 Apr. 26 llgoa Bay, Cape Town, Rio, and Buenos Aires. fLa Plata Maru May 12 May 13 asa, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Delate* Bay and Durban. t Mexico
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    • 402 13 TRAVEL COMFORT DOLLAR fifl& "PRESIDENT* JHHk I Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilat*-! and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running
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    • 727 13 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3840, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and I Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and £enang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU
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  • 509 14 NOT A DYING RACE. One sunny morning, seven years ago, in i Western Canada, the writer threw his school- boy son into a high pitch of excitement by announcing a visit to an Indian chief, and subsequently to an Indian fair. At the close of the
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  • 348 14 If the American Silk Association can subsidize a Canton silk institute for the advancement of its own particular interests, why should not the American Cottonseed Oil Association spend a few 'millions in subsidizing: the Northern Chinese to restore the pig-tail? We can almost guarantee lhat
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 311 14 j^ iSay&i Tablets of I I i K should be dissolved in a glass of water before |::;!gv y/ y^ being taken. Their action will be stronger and IffiS, I n quicker a boon to all who suffer from pain. ::::i|>-^ri Headadie, Tooihadie, Rheumatism, jj j v^c=^-^===r^=^3 Pains in Limbs
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    • 165 14 (old Chill Never venture out without Peps! y 75 cty This is the season of increased daii^i jt to throat and lun£s. It's harvest time 1/ for pleurisy and pneumonia germs. As a Peps tablet is dissolved in the ]v mouth comforting volatile fumes arc given off which soothe and
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  • 395 15 .NODE COMPANY'S PROPOSALS. SUBSIDIARY ORGANISATION TO BE FORMED. London, Mar. 23. The Anode Company is acquiring patent j ights for the whole world and subsidiary ompanies are being formed in different ountries. The Company has an imposing internaional direct rale, with Eric Geddes as 'hairman. The newspapers
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  • 76 15 The "Eat More Frr.it" campaign of last year resulted in a considerable increase in the amount of fruit consumed in the country Figures issued by the Fruit Trades Federation show that the average c nsumption of fruit for each person in the c untry was: The
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  • 1315 15 r Rubbers Idle. THE NEW LATEX IDEA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Mar. 21. Idleness has predominated in rubber in the Stock Exchange share market this! week and with an absence of buying en- quhies in broker's hands, prices in some directions have been called Lower. Ihe
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  • 204 15 General lU>oth on Challenging Problem. General Booth, who celebrated i m LySrsl birthday in n til eek ti expressed gn ai i a sera about ihe of young peopk whoare inn nployed A "It it m!i h hm I and dai he "it -is one
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  • 31 15 Thc-ri' can be "<> doubt that it ii in insocial act for a person wit!- famil) respon b! :ii"s anH \vit.lr>u: Capital ti^ U'< to !•<• uninsured 01 unrier-insun Mr. R S'evilUl Dundas.
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    • 376 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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    • 872 15 BANKING. lONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, i (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 ssued and fully paid up $20,000,000 rl teserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 ,c< Silver $13,500,000 c teserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. ti Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard. Chairman V. 11. Bell,
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    • 142 15 If internationalism is good enough for capitalism it is good enough for labour.— Mr. Montague, M.P. The Chinese are a great commercial race. and given a stable government may be relied upon to act with wisdom and honesty Mr. J. H. Clifford Johnston. INSURANCE. THE ASIA INSURANCE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated
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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 door). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 498 16 Gibb and Hardie Finalists. S.G.C WIN INTER-TEAM. Thf qualifying round of the Malayan Golf Championship was played on Saturday morning a: Bukit Timah and resulted as ibi] >ws; 1.. Dt Hardie 77 K. T. Kyle 78 K. K. Bannon 79 (J. C. Xash 80 E. v.d. Beck 80
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  • 40 16 [Reuter's Service.] Pinehurst, North Carolina April 16. Tilden won the United north and south lawn tennis championship defeating Lortt in the finals 6—2, 7—5, 6—2. Lortt defeated Hunter in the semi-finaN C 1 6 0 B— H.
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  • 23 16 Mr. a r. Victors, the Secretary of the Penan* Turf Club is il] and has been ad mitted :o the General Hospital, Penan*
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  • 248 16 S.C.C. vs. Selangor. HOME SIDE HOLD THE LEAD. Kuala Lumpur, April 17. The following was the state of the score at the close of the first day's play in the i above match. S.C.C. Ist. Innings. Y. (i. Charleswortn b Penman 0 C. H. ayior b Penman 7
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  • 554 16 VISITORS' FINE RECOVERY. Ihe S.CC. eleven certainly enhanced their reputation when on Saturday they met the S.R.C. on the hitter's ground and defeated them by nearly a hundred runs. The visitors' prospects early on in the day were not at all rosy for. hatting first, their
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  • 20 16 I His Hiphness the Sultan of Perak has {arrived in Ipoh and will stay there until the races are over.
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  • SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    • 134 16 PUBLIC SCHOOLS RACQUETS. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Apr. 16. The rugby matches during the week-end were favoured with fine weather practically all over the country. Some of Friday's principal games resulted as follows: Wes.on-super-Mare, 19, Blackheath 11. Penarth 3, Barbarians 8. Cross Keys 20, Edgware 16.
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    • 34 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Apr. 16. W. J. Bailey, the British professional c>vlinig champion, beat Loreuiz, of Germany, and Meyer, of Holland, in a series I of race< over three distances.
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    • 74 16 SURREY LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Apr. 16. In the final of the men's singles of the Surrey tennis championships, played at Roehampton. S. M. Jacob defeated G. R. 0. Crole-Rees by t>— 4, 6 o. This match was expected to produce some excellent tennis, but it
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  • 504 16 On the S.C.R.C. ground, a match between the S.O.R.C. and a Selangor C.R.C. visiting? team ended in a victory for the home team by 53 run?. S.C.R.C.— lst Innings. Chee Choon Lim. c Ah Keng. b L. H. Tay 0 Foo Joo Wan c Ah Lang
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  • 43 16 Garrison Hockey League. Results in the Garrison Hockey League last week were as follow:— No. 2 Coy. 4: R.A.M.C. j. No. 3 Coy. 1: R.A.M.C. 0 No. 2 Coy. 1: No. 3 Coy. o No. 1 Coy. 0: No. 2 Coy. 0
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  • 21 16 The Corporals of the Duke's beat Seletar Wireless Station 3—2, and the Battalion 2nd XI drew with Bendemeer Athletic 2—2.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 149 16 THE MACDOUGAL CLP. The Easter Polo Tournament was continued on Saturday and Sunday when the Macdougal Cup was played for. Penang. vvith a handicap of one carried off the cup by defeating the Royal Johore Polo Club in the final yesterday afternoon. On Saturday, Johore defeated Selang. r by
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    • 280 16 WORK ON THE TRACK. There was a fair turnout of interest..-. members at the Racecourse on Saturday morning for the exercise gallops and a: tuough nothing Cast was done the horsea were given solid preparation. Thomps >a niui Bosh and Oriinda out early for a stead; round
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  • 137 16 S.V.R.A. EASTER MEETING. Owing to a number of members having pone up to Kuala Lumpur for the M.S.V.R. Rifle Association's Easter Meeting there was a poor attendance for the S.V.R.A. meeting on Saturday. The following were tho results of Saturday's matches: 200 Yards Deliberate. Service Scoring; Ist. Capt. Mohd
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  • 62 16 A. A. A. Paterson vs. J. D. Hall. Veterans Doubles Handicap. 0. P. Griffith-Jones and Dr. E. Elder vs. J. Hodgins and F. Ruchwaldy. Championship Pairs. Major Stoehr and Capt. Price vs. Dr. M. C. Bain and H. H. Bullen. Profession Pairs. E. W. P. Fulcher and
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    • 138 16 j DID YOU HEAR HEIFETZ T Don't forget that I "His Master's Voice" Records give you that pleasure every day [Inqu^^ for is t s otWIINCi MACHINES. ALL MODELS I The Gntzner Sewing Machinev are \Norld-famtd S on account of their unexcelled durability tfetuM* and high capacity. S OVER 1%
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