The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 April 1927

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    12 1 Singapore Free Press ENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1927. NO. 12,086.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    256 1 K.H. the Sultan ot Johoie yesterday afternoon opened the Johore-Singapore pipe line at Gktnong !*ulai. which \\ill eventually brinjj twelve million salons ol water to Singapore daily l'a^e 7. floods worse than any previously experienced in the history of the country and causing considerable distress in the
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    FIRST NIGHTS IN THE NINETIES.
    1263 1 FIRST NIGHTS IN THE NINETIES. The world treat very well in the nineties. It was an adventure to be young then, to ha\«- the future at one*! feet, guinea in Due's pocket for set of mcmos (after Baudelaiie). and a boundless and Impudent ambition in one'fi heart. It may t.
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      227 1 ".V^iViVi'/iViViViViVtW^S j: m BREAKFAST:— j "RED LABEL BRAND" a UNADULTERATED COFFEE W/,' .^^W.VV.'.V.V.'.V.V.V.VA HAFFLES HOTEL hursday. 28th April, Diner Dansaivt 8.15 p.m. (Dinner* will be served in Ball Room). DLL—Fe* D«ys More Instead of Leaving on Monday. TONIGHT Orchestral Selections 9.30 p.m. For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. t
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      194 1 THE Talcum Powder for YOU. ANTISEPTIC AND FRAGRANT. LEAVES A DELIGHTFUL FEELING OF Jl FRESHNESS AFTER USE. i THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO. ITiX LONDON. PARIS NEW YOMM. Agents: WILLIAM GOSSAGE Sons., Ltd., 55, Robinson Road. I" m l i The Europe Hotel. i i J I N.B. Owing: to t>tiwr
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      146 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel Announcements Page 1. Whiteaway's Dollar Week— Page 6. Wolseleyr." Cars cf Quality— Page 14. The Chevrolet for Riding Base— Page 1. John Littles for Latest Novels— Page 8. Old Home Week at the Alhambra Page 2. Our Flat to Help Mission HospitalPage 2. He Who Gets Slapped.
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      22 1 <look for the date Jl on the tin "RED LABEL BRAND" i ;i COFFEE I ROASTED AN!) GROUND l\ DAILY i V.V.V.V.V.VAV.V.'a'.'.SWrVA'/'.
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      132 1 THE WEEK. Movday, 25th. Hijrh Water. 2.49 a.m.. 7.5.. 5.21 p.m. 6.1. Malacca H. W., 12.30 a.m.. 5.0.. 12.40 p.m. 4.6. Pontianak Confirmatory meeting: 12 noon Tuesday, 26th. Hi;:h Water. 4.12 a.m. 7.0.. 7. 1S p.m: G:4. Malacca H. W.. 2.00 a.m.. 4.(1.. 2.30 p:m. 4:6. Girl Guides Inspection— Govt.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    197 2 The S.C.C. Tournament. TO-DAYS TIES. SI ttM HUB pievcnt play all tit-s will be I rward one day. hampionship Pair*. rrelim»nary. K. Pa<h nn<l Pan] St n vs. K. J. Stiiri,'t and H- Bi Con, Champ l on>hip Pairs. S. i.. Newlv-ry and R. M. Dufl vs. R.
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    80 2 TODAYS TIES. Mixed Doubles*. B. VV f|c Cruz anil W, F. Carnegy vs. R. K. BaJhetcfcet ana G. Tessens<hn. Championship. R. ft Soosa vs. C. A. PeUTson. Single Handicap I. Leijssios vs, 1.. C Aeria. TUESDAY'S TIES. Doubles Handicap. G. OeUen and Ci. Tt-~.-er.sohr. vs. P. Ephraum>
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    47 2 TO-DAY'S TIES. .Mixed Doubles Open. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt vs. Miles and Miss Cullen Cup Final. SonenrOk and Mrs. Jackson scr. vs. Richea ami Miss Nieholsoa plus 2. TUESDAY'S TIE. Dyne Cup. Mr. and Mrs. Camoion vs. Bateman and MIM Richardson Scr. 1
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      350 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. Nightly Various Attractions. The best of CHINESE MALAY WAYANGS. SIDESHOWS— CINEMA. EUROPEAN AND
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      233 2 VICTORIA THEATRE COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY 9TH, AT 9.30 P.M. The World's Wonder Show "IRVING'S MIDGETS" A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC AND COMEDY BY TINY PEOPLE. AGES 19 TO 45 YEARS, HEIGHT ABOUT 36 INCHES. AND Chefalo and Palermo Booking will be at John Little's. Prices $4, 2 and 1. PAVILION
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      312 2 AN EXCELLENT SCREEN ADAPTATION OF WF1 7777"^ NOVEL -v\(,uv From Sunday, 24th., to Friday, 29th. April at th< ALHAMBRa (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd., Proprietors In the Second Show, commencing 9 om CYNTHIA STOCKLEY'S STARTLING ROMANCE Presented on the screen in an exquisitely fine oid A FIRST-NATIONAL FEATURE. INBHEELS PONJOLA
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    EAST OF SUEZ.—I.
    1291 3 EAST OF SUEZ.— I. Sport and Travel in Eritrea. A MSIT TO THE RED SEA COASTS \!1 of us who have gone East for business, sport, or pleasure, either to India. East Africa; cr further afield] must have passed through that curious narrow trench of salt water known as the
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    MEDICINE OF LIFE.
    350 3 ANCIENT TRADITION ABOUT THE PEARL. l At a meeting of the Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society at the University Pro- j esser Maurice Canney gave an address mi "The Pearl as the Medicine of Life-." Among ancient peoples, *he said, it was believed that pearls were formed
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    THE P.M.G. IN TROUBLE.
    316 3 Anything which tends to persuade tinhumbler s> rt that they really do live in a democratic country is to be welcomed, and the Postmaster General's assurance that his h'r,st really official communication from the Pest Office was a form stating that unless he paid his telephone'
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      67 3 J I M s* f\\xV Mm ff C L a* m. V\ tm Ss t> tJ #j// Jmadltw^mnmi Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (Ineorpcat-d in tha Strait* Settl«n*ntj) GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SILK EMPORIUM SI INPACKED A HUGE VARIETY OF BORDERED DRESS LENGTHS. me>e Polish Crep«s and rept -de-( hine in most
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      195 3 beautifully Finished fl^|nj^ Green-Red -Blue. OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. BJrC^^^ CHAMBERLAIN'S Ml &»vw*,, s pAIN BALM W 1 DATMDU M 1 j*« IAHV DnLlll A feeling of warmth, comfort and II SHEUMATISM from pain follows an appliesW. lamcT^Tumaco. tlon Chambei'lain's r*ain Balm. It ill ri w
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    TORMALONG
    4134 4  -  BODY CABLE by fcfter two months of *nforqo.l idleness ashore, young HAUSEN o faifsonßOßjTwho is Second Mate of the "Minnehaha" who is engaged t L> < 'r' v. 1h sails and Nick proceeds to take stock of his comrades. The wh 5, by the two Mates, divide the crew
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    65 4 I Replying to an address of welcome from the British Indian Association, H. E. Sir Stanley Jackson. Governor of Bengal, expressed the hope that his administration might be so conducted as to create that feeling of goodwill and g. od-fellovvship between India and ?»U the partners of the British Empire,
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    THE PURPLE STRIPE.
    941 4 Slighting the Naval Engineer. REACTIONARY LEGISLATION. It is strange that the present Board of Admiralty, which we are often assured is the most enlightened and progressive Board we have ever had, should be responsible for the most reactionary piece of naval legi.-la-tion recorded during the present century.
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    TALKS WITH THE DEAD.
    350 4 Sir A. Conan I)o\| Kw I'HENEAS IUK h Remarkable assertions communications within are Bade bf Sir Arthur 01 "Phcncag Speaks,** pub: Psychic Press and B Sir .Arthur describe h porter of th'-t state.-, us a forev. task to edit Mich a volum communications. II nature m
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    38 4 The Rtafpsmati mml i tia! offers have hei i and British Urn Byndici of cinemas now < > w Madan Th< atres \Jm I and c. 1 1 n. The chain, Domnrisefi ibool UW thi can offer > in the peg
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    98 4 swifter pace than thei trials many \va? s h< 1 I to the skill tad devof i Working as they lo in I ship they have lit* i I disaster overtake 5 the v* that no membci nf survived ErOM an> blew up at fatJand. The Fleet Ofrfci referred I
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    ITALY'S CHARTER.
    298 5 MUSSOLINI'S LABOUR LAW. TO EM) STRIKES AND LOCK-OUTS. I r Renter's Service. 1 Rome, April 22. The celebrations on the anniversary of the foundation of Rome were made the occasion of the publication of the Government's charter of labour, crystallising Signor Mussolini's efforts to wipe out strikes and
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    PLOTS AGAINST THE DUCE.
    274 5 [Renter's Service, j Rome. Apr. 23. General Zaniboni, Genera! Capello and *in default i Ursella, were sentenced to 30 yean imprisonment, Ducci to 12 years and a month. Nicoloso and Luigi CalUgaro to 1C years, 10 months, and 20 days, Riva to seven years, and Angelo
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    THE MEXICAN HORROR.
    173 5 MAN AND WOMEN DRIVEN MAD. [Router's Service.! Mexico City, April 22. The spectacle of sobbing men, shrieking} women and wailing children alighting from j I the carriages completely overcame the j crowds lining the platform on the arrival of the relief train bearing the survivors of j
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    CANTON STRIKE.
    287 5 LABOUR AGAIN BEATEN. UNION PROTEST FAILS. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, Apr. 22. As a protest against the Canton Government's suppression of the labour unions the Canton Seamen's Union declared a lightning strike on all river steamers, Chinese included, in Canton harbour this morning. Very reluctantly th?
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    CHEN DEPOSED.
    83 5 Shanghai. April 22. A message from Nanking of April 21st. states that the Nanking Government has appointed Dr. C. C. Wu as Minister for j Foreign Affairs, but Mr. Eugene Chen retains the post until the Nanking affair is settled with the Powers. It is understood j that
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    FRANCE AND NANKING.
    62 5 Paris, April 22. At the close of the Cabinet meeting this morning M, Bi iand announced that the French and British Government? were in complete agreement with regard to the note tn be sent to the Chinese Nationalist Government concerning the Nanking outrage?. M. Briand added that
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    IS DEMOCRACY PLAYED OUT ?
    261 5 IS DEMOCRACY PLAYED OUT Mr. Wells Foresees a "Great Evolution." I Mr. H. G, Wells, who is in Paris as the j guest 01 the Association France-Grande Bretagne, gave a lecture at the Sorbonne en ''Democracy Under Revision."' He said that democracy was at present in a period of transition.
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    139 5 Mr. W. H. Findlay, of Messrs. Sime, Darby and" Co., Ltd., Seremban, is going on transfer to Malacca, and his place at Seremban will be taken over by Mr. D. A. Parrott. £400.000 IN "ROSE MARIE" SALARIES I O. P. Club Celebrates Drury Lane's I);;uble Record. The O. P. Club
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    111 5 As a result of the demand for rare and j beautiful birds which have become the i fashion in Japan, English fanciers and dealers are doing- good business. Since Prince Hirohito, now the Emperor, visit- ed Britain and bought several varieties of birds orders have poured into this coun- try,
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      356 5 TENDERS, TiiwßE GOVHINMENT. v> KKTE DAM AT MUAR. t received at the office of the Johoif Hahru up to noon of •>r the construction of an •••<- Daai M feet hi«_-h at P«ng--rioirii 1 •5, conditions of contract the work can be seen and lined at Ike eaVoa of lac
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      312 5 Prevention \A\\fe-". j^^F 'T N OOTH decay will ultimately cause mouth and throat Y l V\\kr trouble as well as general ill health. v\\A .^^T A Clean Tootn Never Decays— The Pro-phy-lac-tic Tooth ct\M,\ l^l^^^r Brush reaches every part of every tooth, every time. It has a \\'tV\ '^mt^ cSoiTt
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    NATION'S CONFIDENCE IN LABOUR.
    832 6 Lessons of the By-Elections. TORIES AND TRADE UNIONS Mr. J. R. dynes, M.P.. addressing a meeting of his constituents in St. Luke's School, Miles Platting, said he was not surprised at rumours of a general election, and he thought they arose from the fact that the
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    FAMOUS INDIAN BARRISTER DEAD.
    62 6 London, April 6. The death has occurred in Ilford of Mr. Ardeshir Kapadia, the barrister who defended, at the Old Bailey, Mrs. Dyer, the notorious baby farmer, in 1896. Mr. Kapadia was the son of a Bombay Parsee and he married an Englishwoman, who died at
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    16 6 The return of prosperity has been prevented by our trade union leaders. Sir George B. Hunter.
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      158 6 A SUGGESTIONWHY NOT PAY A VISIT TO-DAY TO WHITEAWAYS WHO ARE HOLDING A SPECIAL ONE DOLLAR WEEK Our ground floor is always the centre of attraction for keen shoppers, who realize what can be purchased for One Dollar SPECIAL ATTRACTION FOR LADIES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. A wonderful display of
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      437 6 W^g^jFi: {.ir|ji|; iW I 'i I f^K>WFS*£^t <■ i U^BBkJKL: AwsSt\ t Safety Insurance II 7EED Bumpers and Fender Guards not on W add to the beauty of any motor carassure maximum protection as well. Made from tempered spring steel, scientincall] signed with deep shock space, Weed Bumper^ Fender Guards
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    SINGAPORE WATER SUPPLY.
    1080 7 JOHORE PIPE LINE OPENED YESTERDAY. CEREMONY AT GUNONG PULAI. His Highness, the Sultan of Johore, officially opened the pipe line which is to to ing the first supply of water from Johore to Singapore, yesterday afternoon. The Ceremony, whk-h was performed at Gunong Pulai in the presence
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      314 7 BUSINESS CARDS. "MARY SETON. > vi U KWOOD FURNITURE 5 SHANGHAI SHADES. E \MBER MANSIONS. l\ f-* 1. FUNERALS 1 SINGAPORE CASKET CO. XT UNDERTAKERS." I XI EPHONE 75. "ALBERT L. A. DALEY. s r:l AKERi MOM MENTAL MASON. h.-d WW- TeL 915. 'cars for hire. ;real Reduction in Rates
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      766 7 NOTICES. NOTICE is hereby given that the above Trade Mark is the exclusive property of GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, a Corporation orXanised and existing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and carrying on business in the General Motors Building, West Grand Boulevard and Cass Avenue, in the City of
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      656 7 NOTICES. EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. FAREWELL BANQUET TO H.E. THE GOVERNOR A farewell dinner and dance to H. E. the Governor and Lady Guillemaru will held at the Europe Hotel on Tuesday, the 26th April, at 8 p.m. TICKETS. DOUBLE (Lady and Gent) 9 dollars. SINGLE i dollars. Early application
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      469 7 KINTA TIN DREDGING COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SH AKKHOI i»KKS Shareholders are notified thai tin Special Resolution increasine; th. ■•>•■ i Capital the Company From 1640,000. to been duly passed. Th.' Directors have decide I I to Bhareholden on th. Kegisb i Itfa da| <>f May. L 927, one new
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Monday, April 25, 1927. Week-end Comment.
    682 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Monday, April 25, 1927. Week-end Comment. The opening of Gunong Pulai water supply yesterday should, we think, be taken to mark something more than a mere increase of the water facilities of Singapore. It symbolizes to our mind that greater growth by which in the future this
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    574 8 The late Mr. William (56), of Kellas. Batu Gajah. Perak, left estate in England i amounting to £10,771. This evening at 6.30 o'clock under the auspices of the Y.W.C.A. the film "Youth and Life" will be shown to women at the V.M.C.A Hall Stamford Rd. This film has i been
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    104 8 New Constitution of Federal Council. AGREEMENT SIGNED YESTERDAY (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. AprM 24. The agreement levising the constitution of the Fedeial Council was signed at Government House this morning. There were present the Governor (Sir Laurence Guillemard), the Chiel Secretary (the hon'ble Mr. W. Peeh.
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    ACTION AGAINST SHIPPING CO. DISMISSED.
    87 8 ACTION AGAINST SHIPPING CO. DISMISSED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Apr. fX. In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr -Justice Sproule heard an action in which Mohamed Ebrahim sued the 8.1. Bfceamshij Co. and Shakkari Rowther. The plaintiffs, as consignees, claimed damages against the Company for negligence IS carriers, anr against
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    A PROBATE ACTION.
    101 8 IVnanu. Apr. 23. The hearing- c mmenced in the Supreme Court yesterday of <" as which Bernard Pereira is petitioning for letters of administration of the estate of Adelaide Catherine Highet, deceased. The petitioner alleges that the caveator, Aluysius Pereira. is not the lawful son f the
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    PENANG ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY.
    70 8 (From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Penang. Apr. 23. At the annual met ting of the St. George's Society Mr. A. R. Thornton, who presided said the &cc ur:s of the Soeietx -tit-wed a fair credit balance. The Resident Councillor, llr. Ralph Scott. was unanimously elected President.
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    WEDDING: TAYLOR-CAVE.
    115 8 The wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday afternoon of Mr. R. C. Taylor, acting Municipal Gas Engineer, ami Miss Olive Cave of Workington. Cumberland, who arrived by the P. and 0. Morea. The Rev. G. T. Shetlifff officiated and the bride was given away by
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    GIRL GUIDES FAREWELL TO LADY GIILLEMARD.
    77 8 Lady Guillemard. Patroness ft r Malaya of the Girl Guides Association, has kindly consented bo hold a farewell inspection of the Singapore Division <f Girl Guides in the grounds of Government House on Tues day. April 26th. The Rally will take place at 5.15
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    77 8 His Excellency the High Commissioner. Sir Laurence Guillemard. was entertained to a farewell luncheon on Thursday by the President and Members of the F.M.S. Police Officers' Mess. There were present the Hon'ble Mr. W. S. .Gibson, the Legal Adviser, Mr. P. T. Allen. Secretary for Chinese Affairs. Mr. A. F.
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    ST. GEORGE'S DAY.
    157 8 Celebrations in S,n- apijn SATikim NX.in- >. Xl| St. George'f Das m local branch of the St. G the Raffles 804 i n Sat hall and sapper, whi about three sundi ed, m< (H.I-:. Major Bea rs Bii and m;^ Fraser, 111 O. P. Griffit h-.Juiv l,
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    MILITARY PARADE.
    146 8 Itl KF «>f I i .|V POVS ■iar.^r early WelingrtonV Regimen Gr.O.C. The object i distribution of rases, lington's men always w The G.O.C also ca> i inp ceremony, namely, t; No. 9 Platoon, mdci the Plat- on Fl*f are awarded annually p!ato<>n in the battal medalfi to
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    SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICE.
    28 8 Through tht- eon phail and Compaßjr, oi rubber in Lond< I B U quotations by H< I HtT Company wa- if follows; London Standard Shei
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    L.O.N. HEALTH BUREA.
    103 8 CHOLERA AND >M MI I IN MM Th, following is the Leagu of Nations the week ending Ipril H'»tl Iraq. Basra! ()t India. Bauetn: T \en cholera desti Bombay: Nine plafW death; 59 caaefi of wnml Calcutta: 127 ■u-.s against 74 during I cast > of muUlpoK
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      40 8 ■I Parfums de Luxe Jj I OOTY f: Chypre > Origan Rose Jacqueminot :> 5 Paris 5 Emeraude EAU DE COTY J to be had from al] dealers i Dupire Brothers. SIDEROSTHEN ANTI-CORROSIVE rFor Mudguards, Wood, etc. Agen^ THE BORNEO CO., LTD.
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    JAPANESE BANK CRISIS.
    74 9 GENERAL STRIKE IN FORMOSA. rm i:\1OKllM ARRANGEMENTS. Far Rasters Se»vicew] Tokyo, April 23. m 9a dot la suspension of the synonynMMa with the Bank baa resulted in a general ru sa, employees demanding t-nt. in Formosa have closed. baa decided to suspend ents of apetic to America.
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    THE MEXICAN HORROR.
    68 9 i s HEI.H RESPONSIBLE. They wei Uik i m their rsda igh\ and pla in U» fi ntier. They Ar« hbiat of Mexico M m a-an. rastk action Follows pat diieJlj res- :gious war iii\ idlßg t fi,? volution, ns- Limon atrocity. Si Jalis.-o. v here vurred,
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    BIG FACTORY FIRE.
    24 9 C ISUALHES FEARED. i -p.ty and n::v people -r: k:lu fi and injured I» a: Etaigga Manufac- Buildinir aftcx an explosion
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    THE EIGHTING FRONTS
    75 9 Peking. April 24. ssagea state thai looting of still going on at Nan..uthoritie- arc contemptuous P irers. i ted to -tili have sera I ts merely hos- personally. tween Pnkov and Nanking; :ny civilians have been small re« of Soother- reatening the Northerners' aeai Pengpu on the
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    DIRECTION OF MILITARY AFFAIRS.
    31 9 a f Eastern Service.! Shanghai. April 24. ■OvenUßent has issued a i r that military affairs ill henceforth be directed by mmittee. ost of C,,mmander-in-Chief i? ab-
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    HOW THEY SELL EACH OTHER.
    45 9 Pekin?. April 23. takes Iran the Soviet Em- b\ the Chinese last night bang Tso Lin's subordinate, Kuo Song Lin. received $400,000 I I the revolt of December, har.tr Tsi> Lin. with a proa further $100,000 when Chang 'Mpiete'y eliminated.
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    CHINA REINFORCEMENTS.
    41 9 g on, ~>l six-wheel motor lorg to Number 38 Company r tractors, and a large supply tion arc part of the cargo of < ity of Poona which sailed I for the Far East. There ■i-all 'Ktachment of troops aboard.
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    END OF "GOODWILL" FLIGHT.
    40 9 •f el Urn Army Air Service an aeroplane to meet the four participating in the "Goodwill" Latin America, returning at -f an IS.OOO mile flight to I >'>uth America, wherein two killed at Palomar in February.
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    141 9 WORST IN HISTORY. MR COOLIDGE'S APPEAL. [Reuters Service.] Washington, April 23. Declaring :hat the Mississippi floods are wmag the worst in the history of the country. Mr. Coolidse has appealed for subscriptions for relief of t! c sufferers. The President refers to tfafe efforts of the •\ar Department
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    AEROPLANES AIDING RELIEF WORK.
    71 9 [Router's Service.] Washington. April 24. Government aeroplanes are hovering abov< the flooded sections of the Missisi, seeking for people who are marooned on roofs of buildings. Hi ndn is of negroes are reported to ha-, i seen on the tops of houses and trees, antUy clad
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    SOVIET SPLIT OVER CHINA.
    100 9 GOVERNMENT SEVERELY CRITICISED. [Reuters Service.] Riga. April 23. Speeches and articles on the Chinese inestion by Bolshevik leaders reveal great differences among prominent Communists. M. Radek according to intelligence received here, severely criticises the Soviet Government's tactics in China and calls on it r counteract this
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    KAI SHEK'S REBELLIOUS SON.
    91 9 [Reuters Service.] Moscow, April 24. Among the first and loudest to raise his voice against Chiang Kai Shek's recent attitude towards the Communists is Chiang's >n. who is a student at the Sun Vat Sen University for training Chinese revolutionaries. He contributed an article to a
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    CHIANG INTENDS TO FIGHT CHANG.
    56 9 [Reuters Service.] Paris, Apr. 24. A statement by the European committee of the Kuomingtang appears in several rewspapers. It emphasizes the determination of the •"tv leaders to comb out Communists and i-9rmrv r>raises Chiang Kai Shek, making it clear that, while breaking with Moscow, Chiang
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    NEW BASE FOR RUM-RUNNERS.
    65 9 [Reuters Service.] Wellington. New Zealand. Apr. 24. News from Papeete suggests that Tahit' is likely to become the new base for the shipment cf liquor to America. It is stated that a steamer bound to Australia recently called at Papeete and landed into bond 31.000 cases
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    ICEBERG DISASTER.
    43 9 Tokyo, April 24. It is believed that 50 fishermen were drowned when a vessel collided with an iceberg early this morning off Southern Saghalien. Another vessel with 300 crab fishers wirelesses that it encountered a severe storm and is in distress.
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    EGYPTIAN POLITICS.
    20 9 [Reuters Service.] Cairo, April 24. Sarwat Pasha, Foreign Minister in Adly's Cabinet, has agreed to form a Ministry.
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    SWIMMING CLUB.
    868 9 An Abused Privilege. COMPLAINTS AGAINST NON-MEMBERS. The increasingly common practice of people who are not members of the Swimming Club going there and making use of the club was the subject of strong comment by sjvei'al members at the annual meeting held on the Club premises yesterday. The
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    MILITARY SPORTS.
    406 9 Regimental Meeting at Tanglin. THE FINAL RESULTS. The finals in th? Duke of Wellington's Regimental sports uere held at Tanglin on Saturday, afternoon, the weather fortunately being fine for most of the events, although a violent thunderstorm burst just before the last event and caused everyone to make
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    RUSSIAN TROOP MOVEMENTS.
    77 9 ACTIVITY IN MANCHURIA. Shanghai, April 24. A Japanese report from Peking says that according to a telegram received in a reliable quarter the Soviet has organised two regiments at Chita one of which is Chinese "in order to prepare against any highhanded action on the part of
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    "WHITE" NEW ZEALAND.
    47 9 "WHITE NEW ZEALAND. [Reuters Service.] Wellington, New Zealand, April 24. The Minister of Customs assured a deputation of "white" fruiterers, laundry-men and grocers, representatives of the "White "New Zealand League," that there has been no slackening of the administration of the law regarding the admission of Chinese.
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    AMERICA AND THE NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    23 9 Washington, April 23. Mr. Hugh Gibson heads the American delegation to the tripartite naval disarmament conference at Geneva.
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    RAIL-ROAD RECORD IN SIAM.
    40 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Apr. 22. The Angkor Watt to Bangkok rail r t nd motor journey, totalling 415 kilometres, waaccomplished yesterday in under twelve hours by the Minister cf Communications, thus creating a record.
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    66 9 Chairman promised would be considered by the committee. Deceased Members. The Chairman referred to the loss the Club had sustained by the deaths of Sir T. Braddell, Messrs. Cuthbertson, Kernick and Lowndes, and spoke of the work they had done for the Club. A vote of thanks to the Chairman,
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    A MODERN MELAMPUS.
    913 11 The Father of Tropical Medicine. SIR PATRICK MANSON. The late Sir Patrick Manson was one oi tho>,. well-born and well-educated Scots I Who 9e«j( their fortune in the East, having sort of innate sympathy with the older Oiiental civilisations. During the period oi [life when a manY
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    NEWTON'S APPLE.
    268 11 In all the NewtoD celebrations has heart! very little about the apple. Can it be that modern scientists are now satisfied that there was really no apple at all It is curious how this legend has been bandied about, now in the realm of truth, now in the
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    94 11 brand of Chinese talk. He was very much of a sportsman— a very fine snot at the butts, and a keen dry-fly fisherman. He was a lover of poetry, fond of quoting from his favourite authors Burns, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Kingsley— and his sense of humour and fund of good
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    45 12 Sir Frederick Green, K.8.E., of Oaklawn, Wimbledon Park, and of Fenchurch-avenue, E.G., one of the founders of the Orient Line and a director of the Suez Canal Company, left unsettled property of the gross value of £33S 066, with net personalty £321, 875.
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    UNDER EIGHT FLAGS.
    41 12 The week-end was a busy one for the port, and eight nations were represented among the arrivals Great Britain, America, Japan. Holland, Norway. Sweden, Germany, Siam. while the Kuching came in with the Sarawak flag at her peak.
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    PASSENGERS EXPECTED.
    53 12 Per Blue Funnel Aeneas on April 25. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Wilcoxson. Mis? A. W. Gow, Mr. G. D. W. Frayling, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. G. Shaw, Mr. W. Donald, Mrs. W. Cooke, Mr. A. L. Speirs, Mr. A. C. Mulloy, Mr. K. P. Herron, Mr.
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    407 12 Per Morea: Mr. A. E. Darke, Mrs. A. Daly, Miss 1. V. Clarke. Miss M. Stone, Mr. C. S. Hayes. Mr. J. H. McLauchlin. Mr. T. Denholm, Mrs. E. Ingram, Mr. W. Baird, I Mr. J. W. Lockhart. Mr. W. Gray. Mr. F. C. Harris. Mr. H. Trotter.
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    BRITAIN A BORROWING NATION
    156 12 For the first time in modern history Greal Britain finds itself a borrowing, not a lending nation, writes Raymond Swing from London to the New York Evening Post. It seems that figures issued recently by the Board of Trade revealed a deficit in the British 1926
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    48 12 The ukulele is now made with a single sti ing. A useful little device to promote enjoyment at a party is a pair of pocket wire-clippers. Punch. Under modern conditions, there is no necessary place for sculpture excapt on the mantel-shel!" or in the museum. Mr. Eric Gill.
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    218 12 Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1). Kajang East End Ea>st Wharf; Plancius 22; Olga Siemers 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Amboise 18; Sarvistan 16; Kwai Sang 15; Suwa Maru 14; Priam 11; Teucer 9; Dardanus 7. Empire Dock (Entrance
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    AIR CRASHES.
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    JACKS' METAL REPORT.
    279 15 London, Mar. 30. Business has again oeen very quiet during the pasc week and prices have therefore tended easier in the absence of consumers' buying. Copper. America and Italy have been in the market for Standard copper, but the effect of this has been neutralised by a
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    INDIAN FINANCE BILL AGAIN AMENDED.
    308 15 EXPORT DUTY ON RAW HIDES TO REMAIN. New Delhi, Mar. 23. Council House. March 23rd. -The Assembly made another change in the Finance Bill t< -day. and the liveliest interest was roused as it was the result of the first casting vote exercised by the
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 15 April 23td. Bank 1 ni.s. 2 4 1-16 Bank demand 2|3 23-32 Private credits 3 in.-. 2 4 S-16 New York, demand 66 Credits 90 days 57*4 France, demand 1411 India T.T. 154 l 4 Hong Kniit;'. demand 9% n.o. Dis. Yokohama, demand Ll5 Java, demand IL9 Bangkok, demanii
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    PRODUCE.
    538 15 April 23rd. Gambier '•> Pepper bite 71 Pepper Black 46 Flake Tapioca 5% Pear! Sago Small 7^ Copra LOJSQ Copra Sundried 11.10 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan M; rk Red Eagle (Sew) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    163 15 ROBINSON AM) COMPANY I 1 he report for presentation at the ■titwwl meeting on May -liml. at neon it Hartiaoßs, Barker and Company's states: The p .1 1 for the year amount t<> (334,214.56 which most be added the i,;- n<-«- brought forward from last year of
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    CHANGKAT SERDANG ESTATES.
    432 15 IHK \.\\l AI RETORT. The directors 1 report to the shareholders, which will be presented at the annual meting at French Rank Building cm April SOth at noon, states, inter aiia: The Bet profit for the year amounts to $144,263.11 (as against $1514»75.1Q for tfce previous yeari
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    64 15 Saturda\*> Mterattoas. 1 April 2.'{rd., Closing I'ric*-*. Buyers SciU"Kinta Tin Died. L 82% L 87% Kuchai 1.95 2.02 Linuui L.72% L.BO Teld Ltd., l:'s Sd 20 64 Tr<m< h Mine < :>^ LBi Id L9t Flu 4t»v me Broga L.46 IJS2% Kedak 4.2."i 4.40 Pajams 2>L M
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      856 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe. Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    299 16 Coif. ENGLAND HEATS THE KEST. In annual St, George a D»y Foursomes P|^l j> :._a: re GoJ CIUO, i>uk;t Tii:. sterday morning England bead th« ft 31 :y i:;^ to 01-.o 1 .j. V. Rein and I. Storr o. A. K. McKenna and G, M. hmwn. 0. J.
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    S.G.C. MONTHLY MIXED FOR RSOME.
    164 16 \xs me competition, nine holes was held on Friday last, and r« dted Bl I whl I Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Thamsen. Thirty-eight -aids were taken I Uh t I wing wen returned: Mr. and 3 A. Thamsen 46 12 34 Mr. Hardie and
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    SPRING RACES.
    475 16 Tr.r?> was I no 'derate attendance at the Bacec urse n Saturday morning to watch the cxci ai as it is n..\v only a fort- the weeting interesting work was expe ted Uni Ultimately the heavy rain the fore had rendered the going pretty soli and it began
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    342 16 The F. A. Cup Final. CARDIFF'S VICTORY OVER ARSENAL. [Renter's Service. J London, April 22. Fair weather and a fast, open game are features of the final survey of the prospects for to-morrow's Ang-10-Welsh battle at Wembley, which will be witnessed by nearly 100,000, headed by His Majesty,
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    THE LEAGUE MATCHES.
    298 16 PROMOTION AND RELEGATION ISSIES. As a result of the matches played on I Saturday Newcastle are assured of the hoi nour of beinsr champions of the First DiviI sion, Stoke of the Third Division (North- frn), and Rangers of the Scottish League. Leeds and West Bromwich Albion
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    SWIMMING CARNIVAL ENTRIES.
    18 16 Entries for the V.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival will be received until 10 p.m. on Monday. j
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    736 16 Ex-Scouts and R.A. Draw. Ex-Scouts 2; R.A 2. The Ex-Scouts and the Royal Artillery provided a thrilling match for those who turned up at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon. In spite of the fright that the R.A. gave the Ex-Scouts in the opening attack of the game, those who
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    REST BEAT ENGLAND IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    32 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Apr'l 24. In the annual St. George's Day match yesterday afternoon the Rest beat England by four goals to three.
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    THIS WEEK'S MATCHES.
    50 16 The final of the inter-commercial Cup between Robinson's and McAlister'a will hj played at the Stadium on Wednesday. To-morrow afternoon there will be a match between the Duke's second XI and Boon Eng's XI, and on Thursday a game between St. Joseph's School and Yong Liang's XI.
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    79 16 The following have been asked to represent the S.R.C. against the Duke of Wellington's Ist. XI, in a friendly game on the S.R.C. ground to-day: C. Rodrigues: L, M. Pennefather and A. B. Collick; F. de Souza, W. A. Aeria and L. Moller; V. Westerhout, W. J. Lingard, R. C.
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    CRICKET.
    172 16 A.P.C. Well Beaten by A TAME AFFAIR j The A.P.C. came very near to total culi lapse when on Saturday they met an S.C.C. j team on the Padang. Thanks mainly to I Smellie and Tatham an utter rout was j averted, but even so they found themselves unable
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    137 16 Sturpess l.b.w. b \me "hciv in b Poyser Dewdney c Millard Watts b Poy-er Campbell run out Scoular c Millard-Watts b Charlesworth 11 Wheatley c Millard- Watts b Poyser Smellie c and b McKay Tatham not out 20 Barnes b Charlesworth Nib'.oek b Poyser 1 Stack c O'Connor b
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    S.R.C. AND INDIAN ASSN. DRAW.
    230 16 A GOOD DAY FOX LEIJSSIUS. The match between the S.R.C. and the Indian Association on Saturday resulted in a draw, decidedly in favour of the C'.c^>. The feature of the game was the fine allround display by Leijssius, who fallowed up a splendidly compiled century
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      42 16 t Mr. Brough's mare Happy Thoughts which threw her rider in the Pony Handicap Class A and bolted into town and galloped several miles along the road to Kuala Kangsar, fell down dead near a rubber factory on the Chemor Road. -T.O.M.
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      TO-DAY'S TIES.
      21 16 Singles Championship. F. Ziegele vs. S. Murakami. *'B" Singles Handicap. Winner of Cherrington and Taib vs. Wee Eng Yong.
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      26 16 Doubles Handicap. B. North and E. Cherrington vs. Ng Wing Choon and Too Liang Keng. "A" Singles Handicap. J. B. Abed vs. S. Murakami.
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