The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 May 1927

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    12 1 Singapore Free Press KNTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY MAY 3, 1927. NO. 12,09:).
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    225 1 The various schemes for assisting St. Andrew's Mission which were carried out yesterday were attended with considerable success I'a«e S. Further news is to hand of the outrnge committed by Chinese soldiers near Yunnanfu last month when they brutally killed a Canadian missionary and his four-year-old daughter—
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    SCIENTIFIC ESCHATOLOGY
    971 1 Eschatology— the doctrine of the things was long i led as peculiai and inclusively the provun eof Tbi Recently Science has ''■>< r ';n to invade tin province, and to man it Mil with all dogmatic certainty of the late Prophet Baxter. Fhe object "1' both Theology Science
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      218 1 WING LOONG HIGH i I ISS TAILORING. it and Finish Guaranteed. HIGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL Saturday, May the 7th SPECIAL RACE DINNER meet the convenience of members of the cast of OUR FLAX there wiil be supper and dancing until 2 a. m. TO-NIGHT Dinner Dance For reservations phone 2920.
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      149 1 V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.W.V.V.V.".".-. vav.v.v.v.w.w.va;, 1 j: Over Million M&cKii\esj: Now in Use WHY BECAUSE OF THOSE 20 ROYAL REASONS »J ■I Sole Agents RWEOw. > SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. l\ #G^ XKe Europe Hotel. =i ■I ffi "RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION." f j t <IM TUV TDII I SCOTCH GROUSE. QUAIL. 5
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      77 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. House to let Page 7. Rings at Robin?' n's Page 9, Chevrolet sedan for sale Page 7. Happy Valley attractions Page 2. Copying typists required Page 7. Gents" wear a: John Little*! Page B. Latest shipping on pages 10, 12 and L 3. Exchange Banks close for race
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      15 1 WING LOONG THK KBCOGNISBO HOI SK far EUROPEAN JROPK AL SI ITS 12. HIGH STREET.
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      180 1 THE WEEK. T hi eday, 3rd, Hiuh Water, 11.45 a.m., 9.1., 11.30 p.m. 9.3. Children's Aid Society. Mun. Chamber?, 11 a.m, Ho Bong Bank Mtg., 2.30 p.m. Football: S.C.C. vs. Fort Canning, S.C.C. T. Services vs. Malay-. Our Flat Victoria Theatre. H"< dnetday, ith. High Water. 0.28 p.m.. 8.7. Trafalgar
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    HONG KONG'S NAVAL VOLUNTEERS.
    273 2 word ss] n jesti w rites to Hong X ng paper. It: -day, i read under "Fish the write* Is hurl thai nothir.- i ang heard shoal the forma- yal N.- a] V lvi te< Reserve This wi iti hurl too and v ci the is
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    GROUND FOR SEVERITY?
    77 2 ganised in j ts for th< ise of an acred a 2 who has •en in gaol for atrocious attaeka on childr-.: lei tt9 t them. Purin? i ira f has imprisonment he na attempts at escape. I end his spa] -v-." s people who fore mercy
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    83 2 Prsi number of the second volume Malayan Medical Journal, now the i B ia] or^-ar of the Malsyan branch of the t fading articles on "The a iad," tiGfutong Pulai." "Floods in '-i- •■>!!• Ronald Ross," and MMfldj heat), Vu<i. Kay-Mouat b ad editor-in-chief, with Dr, A, Neavi I y
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      507 2 MONDAY "The Sensation of Five Continents" A Show you will never forget IRVINE'S IMPERIAL MIDGETS 20 SMALLEST MEN AND WOMEN IN THE WORLD 2U NO FREAKS— NO DWARFS BUT PERFECTLY NORMAL AGES 19 TO 45 YRS HEIGHT 23 TO 36 INCHES WITH SIGNOR MADAME CHEFALO PALERMO KING OF MAGICIANS QUEEN
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      22 2 I 'IRENE' IN HER Alice Blue Gown IS COMING 1 Why Be WhenTusri Aas So Many P-P-Potty OtRU Around? see H— L~
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      229 2 From Saturday. 30th April to Friday, f»(h ONE OF THE BEST FILMS EVER TURNED will be screened at the ALHAMBRa I (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd.. Propv;, In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A VICTOR SEASTROM— METRO— GOLDWYN— M AM The work of Leonid Andreyev, the distinguished NORMA SHEARER.
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    "SECOND SIGHT" IN THE HIGHLANDS.
    652 3 Gifted People of the Western Isles. APPROACHING DEATHS FORETOLD. Shadows of Fiona Macleod and of "The Island That Likes To be Visited" hovered about a dim lecture-rocm, with stuffed bird? on the wall, in a Bloomsbury street, when Mr. F. G. Fraser lectured before the
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    NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS Aeroplane Transport.
    211 3 Considerable interest attaches to the flight of Flight-Lieut. Eimest Mustard, D.F.C.. Order of the Nile, from Kabaul to Lac, Xew Guina (Mandated Territory) recently. Particulars show that a distance of about 450 miles was covered in 5 hours 20 minutes. The flight was not without
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    33 3 Why are one-rhird of the plays produced in London withdrawn in from one to three weeks? It is because the management; does not know the taste of the public. Sir C. Oman, M.P.
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      369 3 Insomnia If you are cursed with Insomnia, take the medicine which has rescued thousands from this trouble— Dr. Cassell s Tablets. .nd you nighte in the tortured, totting mgony oi insomnia, you cannot Instead t ruing refreshed and benefited— rejuvenated by peaceful begin the d«j haggard, weary, and debilitated. r
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    MR. RAMSAY MACDONALD REVIEWS WORLD CONDITIONS.
    1858 4  -  Hayden Church THE WORKING MAN'S OUTLOOK. The Questions of Disarmament. OPPOSITION LEADER'S VIEWS ON CHINESE POLICY. LABOUR EXTREMISTS A NEGLIGIBLE BODY/* BY .1. Ramsay KacD nakJ, the leader of British Labour and former Prime Minister England, wlw has been paying a short t 0
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    SMALL BUT GOOD
    137 4 Irvine's Imperial Midgets, the company of twenty of the smallest men and w men in the w rid. who an to appeal at the Victoria Theatre on Monday. The Finnish barque Winterhude, phot graphed in an Australian harbour recently after completing half of her voyage round the
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    DOIBLE SUICIDE IN JAPAN.
    1275 5 Banker in the Country's Social Life. HOW IT AROSE. straagest phenomena in the Uh rt.-t-nt generation of Jap- hart for double suicide. .;re very frequent, generally rtl at. drank nf the wine of g a- man with more preten- an to virtue the women ng ri
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    EARL OF CAVAN AND THE ROYAL TOUR.
    446 5 MARVELLOUS EXHIBITION OF UNDISCIPLINED LOYALTY. Brisbane, April 8. In the course of a highly interesting interview accorded to the Press to-day, the Earl of Cavan declared that the visit to Queensland had been a revelation to the Royal party. He described the Brisbane
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    UNPARALLELED INDUSTRY.
    755 5 Sir R. Home on Rubber. INSTITUTION DINNER. The wonderful progress which has been made in recent years in the development of one of the world's most prosperous trades was referred to by Sir Robert Home. X.C.. M.P.. at the fifth annual dinner of the Institution of the Rubber
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    WOMEN SUSPECTED OF WITCHCRAFT.
    79 5 Murderod by Tea Estate Coolies Calcutta, Apr. 17. Darjeelintf, April 1 6th.— The Sessions Judge sentenced six coolies and Sardars, of Belpachi Tea Estate in Terai, to lif. transportation, on a charge of murderingthe wives of two coolies in the garden on the supposition that they
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    DOES MY WIFE PLAY GOLF?
    526 6 My wife tees her ball up. "I do hate starting from the first tee," says my wife. "It always makes me nervous. Couldn't we walk to the second and begin there?" ''Well, I can't help it," says my wife. "It does make me nervous. I
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    COMPULSORY EMPLOYMENT FOR EX-SERVICEMEN.
    104 6 London. April 8. In the House of Commons to-day a Bill was introduced by the ex-service members. including Ueut.-Commander Kenworthy (Labour), which makes compulsory the employment of disabled ex-service men. The Bill provides for the Act to be administered by the Ministry for Labour and a
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    A QUEER BILL.
    80 6 A correspondent of a home paper sends the following copy of a bill found in the clock of Winchester Cathedral dated 167:5: To work done, oiling and repairing St. Joseph 0 S Cleaning- and or'menting the Holy Spirit 0 G Repairing the Virgin Mary before and behind
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    TWO THOUSAND ROBBERIES.
    63 6 German's Boasted Record. Breslau, April 8. Josef Barbee, who was tried for theft, entertained the Court with a recital of 2, 000 robberies, over seven years, claiming the world's record. He complained that the Judge confused the 640 th crime with the 936 th. He indignantly denied
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    69 6 Mr. J. W. W. Hughes, First Police Magistrate, Kuala Lumpur, will be proceeding to Klang to-day, to act as District Officer, in place of Mr. F. W. Douglas, who is going to Perak to relieve the British Resident, the Hon'ble Mr. H. W. Thomson, on the latter's assumption of the
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    A PREHISTORIC VILLAGE.
    285 6 2,500 YEARS OLD DISCOVERIES. Jewels and Beer Jars The excavations on the Castle Hill at Scarborough have revealed in the space of half an acre a storehouse of history that is one of the richest antiquarian finds of recent years. The foundations have been bared and exposed
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    AGRICULTURE IN ENGLAND.
    142 6 poor Wheat (,7op and Fewer Horses. I London. Apr. 20. The tendency for the diminution of the total area of agricultural land, the pour j wheat crop ami fewer horses art features in the Ministry of Agriculture's statistics j in regard to England and Wales for L
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    GOLDSMITHS' PLATE.
    139 6 100 Treasures at 600 th. Anniversary Banquet. Each with its own little contribution to the history of London, exquisite specimens of the plate of the Goldsmiths' Company will form a dazzling exhibition of silver and silver gilt at the 600 th. anniversary banquet at Goldsmiths* Hall. Foster-lane, E.C.
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    ACT OF SHEER AGGRESSION.
    92 6 Seizure of Rum-Runner 200 Miles From Coast London. Apr. 21. San Francisco. The Federal Court has severely rebuked the prohibition authorities responsible for the seizure of a Federal ship, the largest vessel engaged in rumrunning off the Pacific seaboard. The vessel was recently transferred from the
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    ELEPHANTS RUN AMOK IN NEW JERSEY.
    52 6 Woman Trampled to Death During Panic. London, April 19. Newark (New Jersey). The streets were very busy and thronged with shoppers when three circus elephants escaped from their stalls. Loudly trumpeting, the elephants scattered the crowds, spreading dismay and panic. One woman was trampled
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      241 6 To Build You Up Wine n an y case °f I r^M^ weakness Hall's J| H;£^--" 7; s Wine gives new "J^BSSd life and strength. J Take it and be rrclt» Hall's W nic is the tonic to make you well and strono-. The first dose proves to you what
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      210 6 AWMWAVAVJ-AWW-WAV. W.W.W.W.V.V.V.V.V. i' j V our life in your hands!! i S i Hnßs 1 tl^C? 1 t. J Li \_i ilti St t i~* T*T^ S T*f i 1 into.ted people en >| In always help touching tKe S YOU CAN purify your J A true health soap is
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    GREATEST FLOOD IN 7 HISTORY.
    277 7 GREATEST FLOOD IN 7 HISTORY. Jl 5200,000,000 DAMAGES. MISSISSIPPI DANGERS CROWING [Renter's Service.] New (> Means. May 1. Hie piedicted lowering of the waters c Mississippi hen; as a result of th «g A: tevee at Poydras has hoi ye I !!:!i -i- The level of the water thi was
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    "CLEAR OUT THE BLUES."
    192 7 COOK'S MAY DAY SLOGAN. r [R< liter's Service.] r London, Ma\ 1. r. hithert i r ceived show that assed off quietly everywhere. London's demonstration took the usual fa prceasslon of thousands from the ;raent to Hyd< I 'ark. where a reso-j m n was i
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    HOW THE EAST OPSERVED IT.
    166 7 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, May 1. mi Da} was the quietesi for man; l tally activity I eing a mas- ing organized by non-Communisi Unions de the Settlements. Only 5,000 attend- ompared with the usual 100,000, a Fact hich i- regarded as in Heating
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    WHAT PUTNAM WEALE THINKS.
    172 7 FBeoter's Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai, May 1. Mr. Putnam Weale returned to-day from ;w months' trip up the Yan<3ftz<*, mostly in Hankow. He says ships to Shinsfhai rontinae to be loaded with fleeine Chinese. man, woman and child who can is i aHng out from Nationalist-c
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    "BURMA, A NATION OF MICAWBERS."
    622 7 Irish of the East. ADDRESS TO CALCUTTA ROTARY OLUB me weekly meeting of tht Calcutta Rotary Club, V. Khin Maung M.1. .A., after describing the Burmese, the rise of the Burmese kingdom and the spread of Buddhism in Burma, as well a. the debt that
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    VISCOUNT COWDRAY DEAD.
    32 7 Reuters Service.] London, May l. The death is announced of Viscount Cowdray, (W. D. Pearson) head of the firm of S. Pearson and Son. at the age of 71.
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    U.S.S. COLORADO GETS OFF.
    64 7 U .S.S. COLORADO GETS OFF. t Keuter s Service Nf w York, May 2. Eighteen tugs have failed to pull off the battleship Colorado, which grounded in tht harbour here, despite the fact that many tons of fuel oi] were pumped out of the battleship and a large quantity of
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    AMERICAN MINE EXPLOSION.
    57 7 [Renter's Service.! Fairmont, Virginia, May 2. The fate of the entombed miners is still uncertain but it is feared there is little hope that any are alive. It is known 15 are dead and 9 injured. All rescue work was suspended on Sunday while teams of men
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    PUTTING ON WEIGHT.
    659 7 Why Opera Singers, Cooks, Policemen— and others— Get i^at. DIETING THE REMEDY. "The human motor requires a more 01 less fixed amount of fuel in order to keep the engine running, and an additional quantity proportionate to the day's mileage, It is this latter amount which i
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    WEIRD EXAMPLE OF "TELEKINESIS'
    162 7 New Book on Clairvoyance and Materialisation London, Apr. 11. ''Telekinesis," in other words the exertion of f ree at a dis ance, which is said to have enabled M. Ossowicki, the famous P' hsh medium, to move a heavy marble statue two and a half metres
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    13 7 In my own lifetime expect, to Bee a United Ireland. Mr. Jeremiah MaeVeagh.
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      424 7 P^f W I hen are a\\ onderful I numbrr of good di^lu-s "S^^f I BoWfl bottle. For Bo\<V^ ril adds bee^ and Jiff to soujn, stt'us. saints. I v^^ 1 hml every otkei kind of 1 S N. I mtat dish Renumber, Y^^rjf-^? -.-^y b f^ v v >i/r W
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      404 7 AUCTION SALES. PRELIMINARY NOTK B. Th.- undersigned have been ■,< or instructione and sv ill >v n tlt( M A\ BASLI DATE, le AJJ U, ose two pieces .1 ;u;lte at Derbyshire Road off Th i- tawing a total ;,m -n the Recur y Mi d and 183-8 of T
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1927. Tanjong Rhu Again.
    720 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, MAY 3. 1927. Tanjong Rhu Again. In fairness to the Municipal authorities we publish elsewhere the reports of the Municipal Engineer and 'the Municipal Health Officer as to the results of a surprise visit they paid ;to Tanjong Rhu. The Health Officer's j report is short
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    352 8 His many friends will be glad to hear that Mr. K. Kellar, Manager, Wearne Bros., Ltd.. Epoh, is out of hospital. T.O.M. On Wednesday a Chinese spoilsman of Kuala Kuhu shot a full-grown male panther which had visited his estate. It was killed while in quest of fowls. The Hon'ble
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    ST. ANDREW'S FLAG DAY.
    157 8 Yesterday's Efforts. A GREAT SUCCESS The functions organised yesterday for the purpose of raising funds for the St. Andrew's Mission were crenerally well supported. During the day, flag sellers were at work in all parts of the town, and by the afternoon scarcely anyone was t
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    VICTORIA THEATRE MATINEE.
    168 8 VICTORIA THEATRE MATIN EE. There was a fairly good attendance at ;he Theatre yesterday afternoon when variety programme of music, dancing, ami singing was given by various art:-:*'- on behalf of the Fund. The rhythmic dances performed by Mis:Wright's pupils were produced in delightful manner which the audience highly apprecia
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    THE ADELPHI BALL.
    93 8 Crowds flocked to the Adelphi last night for the fancy 'lies.- dance and ball in aid of St. Andrew's Hospital Endowment Fund. Lady Guillemard, the G.O.C. Sii Theodore Fraser and Mis> Fraser were amongst those i i esent. S<mie of the costumes worn were really superb, the
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    339 8 I The Rev. ii. I>. Whitehorn has returned to Kuala Lumpur from his trip to Rangoon. The engagement is announced between Mr. S. A. Monteiro, of the Government English School. Muar, and Miss Eileen Copcutt. of the French Convent. Malacca. i The Hon'hle Mr. \V. S. Gibson, Legal Adviser, F.M.S.,
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    ANOTHER LONG FLIGHT
    35 8 FRENCHMEN LEAVfi ACiADIK Mctair. M ay j The French a\ il Roman and Lieutenant M left ft r St. Loak i g Cane \'erde i>land- whet be made td fly bo ]>' aei
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    THE TRADE UNION BILL.
    83 8 [British Radio— On*. ft* Kept) ing b the Allianc-'V proposal to >:; of the Trad* Union> Minister Bays that in triev merits madi Hi- bopM the alii.v the Government have a< introducing it than t< I of the whole of the coffln situation created by the
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    EARL BEATTY'S RETIREMENT.
    56 8 fßi i: In connection Beatty from the Juno 30. an<i of the Fleet Sir Cht him. it is poll due to retire ation. On the dtspersi wh'.c-r he wai Commai Beatty took up his pi period of office ar Marked the wdw I i peace footing after
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    THE ASSIZEA.
    286 8 IHK '< I FOB IK) Tin- CMC in whii JTtt H Etow H' I V.;, i i ere chargi taded >■ before the Chief fuetu i son. Boh Beng finish as their was RO The other aei pears rtgorottf impi nm> r; A Tamil named Na:n!»\.;' murdering anothei
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    THE OUTRAGE NEAR YUNNANFU.
    107 9 SSIONARY KILLED. \\l> FOUR-YBAB-OLD I [jiih MIRDERED. a Has tern Service.] Shanghai. May 2. Y.mnanfu dated April lonnected story of the I ci and Ma daughter. rhir.. inland missionaries left N innaniii OB April 9th. i inadiana the Key. an:l 1 tw n. Miss M. I.
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    YANGTSE DANGERS.
    45 9 Fa: Eastl n >■- :v;cet. forts i the X fiol cans ng The Kiawo the irun. n m ci acoated all re Hankow. agency, the das- aganda I i newsial the Ne^i Zealand the question of the Shanf^ha "I: a> omit ing ting: the
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    11 9 N>« OrU-an-. M:i> 2. State, Louisiana fazo i >:<>ke
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    HELP FOR THE BANK OF TAIWAN.
    32 9 statement saya the rv t tin- Bank v |mt f 200,000,000 i ua r the Budnten- i nancuU servieea in !> Hi abroad. The guaranteeing this sum.
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    RUSSIA TO GROW RUBBER.
    59 9 Niohi-Nk-hi Shimbun.] ranenl intends to become world ruhbt-r supply now the Knerlish companies by i>\\:. supplies in Russia itself. xpedltMHH >ent to South roU>ei Mid other tropical isl returned with a shipment They wii! he cultivated in tricfl oi the Caucasus, neaT a;. H is stated
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    TANJONG RHU.
    1641 9 Municipal Officer's Inspection. NOT AS BAD AS IT SEEMS. On April sth, in the company of the Con-; servant} Superintendent I visited Tanjong .Rhu and later on I met there the Municipal Health Officer and the Deputy Officer, reports Mr. D. B. McLay to the Municipal President. No
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    THE NEW TRAFFIC LAW.
    169 9 POLICE ENFORCEMENT. Scenes of slight disorder were apparent along Collyer Quay and Finlayson Green yesterday morning when the Traffic Depar; ment were out in force to ensure the carrying out of the new traffic regulations. Parking spaces were marked out along the centre of the road.
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    80 9 The following appointments have recently been made by the Secretary of State for Colonies:— Federated Malay States: Mr. F. T. Ingham, B.Sc, A.1.C., F.G.S., A. R.C.S., Mining Geologist; Mr. R. A. Pallister, M.8., 8.5., Medical Officer. Straits Settlements: Mr. J. W. Winchester, M.D., Ch.B., Medical Officer; Lieut. E. Madgwick, M.Sc,
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    97 9 OUR FLAT To the Editor. Sir, I have betn asked to correct the impression given by a letter in your columm#and to say that so far as the Commit, cc were aware change was rightly and necessarily given when requested by purchasers of prc grammes at
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    DR. RABINDRANATH TAGORE.
    238 9 Visit to Malaya Dr. Rabindranath Tas'(>ie. the world j famous Indian poet, litterateur and phib sopher, will it is understood, probably be I visiting Malaya towards the end of this month accompanied by the Rev. C. F. And- j rews. At the moment Mr. E. A. Williams
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    MUSLIM STUDENTS' AID SOCIETY.
    161 9 The first annual meeting of the Muslim Students' Aid Society will be held in the Victoria Bridge School, on Friday, at 4.30 p.m. The report, after describing how the Society was starred, states that the objects cf the Society are to assist Muslim boys of indigent
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    60,000 SCOTS WANT TO LIVE IN U. S.
    114 9 Huge Waiting List in Three Cities London. Apr. 13. Thousands of would-be Scots migrants have applied for emigrant visas to go to America. The Consulates in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee have a waiting list of 60,000 applicants, of whom more than 50,000
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    STRIKE AT MADRAS OIL INSTALLATION.
    87 9 Caused by Suspension of 90 Men Madras, Apr.l 20. About 800 employees cf the Burma Oil and Tank Storage Installation at Tondiarpet, Madras, went on strike yesterday afternoon. It is alleged that men in the tin factory have restricted output for some time past. The
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    58 9 Captain Spear, of the Indian Army, who has come into prominence in the Nanking troubles, when studying at Peking a few years ago suddenly went off to Tibet, with a couple of Chinese, and penetrated within a day's march of Lhasa. Here a threatening crowd demanded his credentials, and. as
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      6 9 1 ''-(lav's Feature. •/> H MACDOXALD INTERVIEWED.
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      688 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. T KOI I.US London, Rotterdam %nd Hamburg In Port t HECTOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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    CHAPEI BATTLES.
    286 11 TWENTY SHOT DEAD AND MANY WOUNDED. Women in Front. Shanghai. Apr. 14. Close n 30 persons, many of them women and children, were killed and more than double that number wounded in two battles which took place yesterday afternoon in Chapei between armed labourers and details of uniformed
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    HOW EMBARGO WON CITY AND SUBURBAN.
    104 11 Early Lead Maintained Throughout. London. Apr. 21. Epsom. The weather was glorious and the going good. Yht_- lartre number of spectators included Prince Henry. Princess Mary and Viscount Lascelles. Embark jumped away at fehe start. followed by Frank Bare. Mars VI. and i Autocrat.
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    KINNAIRD WINS METROPOLITAN STAKES.
    55 11 Three Lengths' Victory Over Dakota. London. April 19. The race for the Metropolitan Stakes esuKed aa follows: TUSCAN Starting price betting was 100 to T against Kinnaird. 100 to 8 against Dakota, 25 t > 1 asrainst Tuscan. Twenty-two ran. Kinnaird won by three lengths, half
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    £16.000 LOAD OF PONIES.
    64 11 Thirty-nine ponies, valued at £16,000, belonging to the Army in India polo team, which is to compete in the Westchestei Cup tournament in America this summer left Delhi by special train for England anil the United States. Major-General Tytler. commanding the troops in Burma, sent a
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    INDIAN POLO PONIES AT ALDERSHOT.
    29 11 INDIAN POLO PONIES AT ALDERSHOT. London, April 19. The Indian Army polo ponies were dl? embarked at Tilbury and proceeded to Al dershot, where they arrived in perfect condition.
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    WELL-KNOWN JOCKEY SUSPENDED
    49 11 London, Apr. 20. After the Betch worth Plate Race th< Stewards called on Fox to explain his rid ing of Birth Control. Not satisfied witl hN explanation they suspended Fox for th< remainder of the meeting.— (Reuters Special Service to the Times of Ceylon vii Bombay.)
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    PONSFORD REACHES 2,000 MARK.
    49 11 Australian Cricketer in Form. London, Apr. 20. Melbourne.— Playing for St. Kild against Collingwood, in the final of th Pennant Competition, Ponsford brought v his aggregate in the Sheffield Shield an first-grade matches to 2,008. He is the first Australian to reach 200 this season.
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    PLAGUE IN THE EAST.
    294 11 LEAGUE'S GOOD WORK. Simla, Apr. 5. General satisfaction is expressed en th achievements and work of the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations Health Organization during last year by the Heal h Committee at Geneva. In regard to the constitution of a committee of experts
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    CRICKET.
    116 11 Benefit for Sandham. j Tht- Surrey club have decided to grant a benefit to Andrew Sandham. and for that purpose the match hetlween Survey and Yorkshire at the Oval on August 20, 22. and 23 has been set apart. Born at Streatham in 1800, Sandham came out for Surrey
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    THE PROPOSED MIDLANDS CONTEST.
    97 11 Mr. V. W. C. Jupp, who has been acting as secretary of the movement for establishing a Midland Counties championship in connection with the full competition, has circularised the counties concerned stating that four of the eight invited to participate have notified their inability to fall
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    BRITISH ARMY'S RUGBY WIN.
    106 11 London, April 9. At Blackheath, in a "rugger" match, the British Army beat the French Army by 12 points to 6 points. The French scored an unconverted try after a quarter of an hour. They played better in the first half, marked the British closely, and
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    MR. W. T. GRESWELL PLAYING FOR SOMERSET THIS SEASON.
    99 11 MR. W. T. GRESWELL PLAYING FOR SOMERSET THIS SEASON. Mr. W. T. Greswell the former Ceylon cricketer has been asked to play for Somerset throughout the whole of this season, so that he will be figuring in the Country's first match at i Old Trafford on May 11th, against Lanx
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    59 11 Magistrate to a talkative man in a midland court: You should put brakes on your a tongue. Man: I cannot, sir; I should skid. c p East London alien, accused of stealing d clothing from a woman: I took the things from her back. Magistrate: Do you mean 0 from
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    TELEVISION SET FOR £30.
    167 11 Seieing and Speaking by Wireless. London, April 10 "The time is coming when friends will be able to see and speak to each other from the different ends of the earth." This remarkable conception was forecast by Senator G. Marconi in discussing the possibilities of beam
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    SPECULATION BY WIRELESS.
    70 11 Foreign Ganp's Profit Paris. April A foreign gang of sperulat< re, including two Russians and two Letts, have been utilising an unlicensed wireless set to transmit false exchange quotations to Berlin. Amsterdam, and Russia. It i> reported that they made a profit of several mil! ns of
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    409 12 Twenty racehorses from Penang were landed at the Singapore wharves yesterday from the lpoh. Of twenty-four vessels arriving in por; yesterday, thirteen were of Dutch nationality and seven under the British flag. News was received in Singapore yesterday that the well-known X.P.M. steamer Tasman had run aground on
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    NORMAL CONDITIONS IN THE HARBOUR.
    177 12 No Cause for Anxiety. Following the prosecution of some of the labourers at the Joint Police Court the situation in the harbour has returned to the normal, and to-day work was carried on without any obstruction, says the Times of Ceylon of April 28. To
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    63 12 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight, May Ist. Max. shade temperature 88 F Mm. shade temperature 75 F Mean shade temperature 80.3 F Max. sun radiation 143 F Mm. grass radiation 71.5 F Sea temperature 82 F Mean wet bulb temperature
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      804 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 ton§) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The 5.9. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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      572 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND s.s. BELFAST MARU PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR due For rates and other particular? apply: GUTHRIE CO LTD.. \gents:— Sinjjtporf and I't-nmi
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      668 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin 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
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      187 12 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Melchior Treub:— Mr. P. C. R. Grils, Mr. S. B. b. Alie Baswedan, Mr. Brogan, Dr. Deutman, Mr. Chew Chin Chye, Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz, Mr. East. Mr. v. Gorkum, Mr. Oemda Baswedan, Mr. Flemming, Mr. Lim Siow Hoan, Mr. Moll Schnitzler, Mr. Guhlens, Mr. Manning, Mr.
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      545 13 rO. S. K. Line. p,.nnat,ons. Steamers. Arrive. Leave. t, :am. Hamburg, Bremen, via Cohwbo, Aden, Port !> :r Sai(l Amur Maru May 16 May 18 llgoa Hay, Cape Town. Rio, Boem Aires. fLa Plata Maru May 12 May 13 d ay. Dar-es-Salaam, I Bay and Durban f Mexico Maru May
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      413 13 TRAVEL* COMFORT "PRESIDENT VBHHI Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilatpi and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private Lath predominate, all have hot and cold running water. The spacious
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      698 13 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDEB CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan*) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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    SPORTS DEBATE.
    1081 14 Professionalism and Its Effects. BENEFIT OR NOT? "It is the opinion of this meeting thai professionalism does not improve sport' i was the motion put forward for debate a 1 I the Euiopean V.M.C.A., Kcwloon, when i t number of members voiced their view* on an undoubtedly interesting
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    £'150,000 TO SAVE A CATHEDRAL.
    216 14 KING EDWARD'S JOKE ABOUT GEORGE IV. More than one hundred thousand pounds have been spent during the last thirty years «>n the preservation of Canterbury Cathedral; another fifty thousand must be spent during the next ten years if the marvellous stonework is to be prevented
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    FLAGS AND BANNERS.
    464 14 FOR EVERY COUNTRY. The British wave flags and I "ftlWl far iess than most other races. The American takes every possible opportunity which presents itself of waving a Mag and frequently wears one in his buttonhole, and most Continental nations make the most unimportant festival the opportunity
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    NEW PRAYER FOR THE EMPIRE.
    113 14 The Il< \V p! a>.! I -an "occasional" pi c«! Prayer Book if v Almighty God, who ruk i of men, and ha.- given to our S" King George, a great domini< of the I art r. I M ;i- I tl in true fellow
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    53 14 The r.han^res in Arnv winter will contain KHNt KM, The following an MM I in oversea stations dtp** Shanghai situation: ted G Shanghai to Khartum; ted B Shanghai to Tientsin; M I from Tientsin to India; 2nd Bufl Shanghai to Sinpaport ted R. from Singapore to India: Ist R.A., from
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      231 14 8 1 v v I "/I5 /owq a> live I shall pray for tne t h 1 continued success 0} Sanatogen, which g v A<is saved my life. As a result of re- g pea ted a< tacks of malarial fever, I had gj 1 become an al Sol tie
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      30 14 m M MAIf f A* X^ 1 T /df*/ A* X M m^ 0 m J J a* SUpP(?/77(2 f=vV^\ £> BUT"L E R. iS^^mm^mWK&Bßßm^^r^' f \vv\ ><VARFTTF V %I |P^
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    911 15 ROBINSON AND CO., LTD. THE ANNUAL MEETING. The eighth annual genera] meeting of Robinson and Company Ltd. was held at I the Chartered Bank Chambers yesterday. Mr. J. Robertson being in the chair. Others present were .Messrs W. H. MacGregor, F. Apps, S. G. Hacker, J. L.
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    TRADE AND COMMARCE.
    169 15 I ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT. Rubber. London, l- .<. unchanged. Local <<:■■, cte. Tin.— London. £28; 10s. (Apr. :!Oth.>, (Local $148% for L 25 tons, Mininu. kinta 1 .'.'<> kiu-hai 2.02% 2.07%, Papan -27 28 Nai 1 82, aya Consolidated 1.15 1.17, J< F§ p ing 1.02
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    PRODUCE.
    213 15 May 2nd. Tin 125 Tons >l 18% Garabier 9 Pepper White 71 Pepper Biaek Flak. Tapioca Pearl Sago Small 3 i Copra Copra Sundried 1 1 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mcrk Red Eagle (New S3O Rice, Siam oid No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 280
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    75 15 '•-!< t (i.i \ilt r;i'. Ki!'Buyers v t ii 95 k.. Lai Orde ($1) 2.02^ Iffil i Lai i Mines v, L 9 Sd 20b 6d Pros (El i 1.2 d Menglembu ($1) 10 I N. Tatping ($1) Petaaner (fij I Rahman Hyds. 2.32 l!a;> |I I
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    EXCHANGE.
    50 15 Bank demand 2 I 23-32 New York, demand 66 France, demand 1411 India. T.T. 154 2 Hong Kong, demand l(i 4 p.t Di Yokohama, demand Ll6 Horn. Java, demand 139 Bangkok, demand SO% Bar Silver London 25 LI \<< Bank of England Rat 1'- i >.<.-. Sovereign, Bank Baying
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    56 15 Ma\ 2nd. 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Seller* 5.5? equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 69' 69% Standard R.S.S. on Tender May TQ i 70% ■i 71 July-Sept Ti Oct-De< 76 I of Market: Steady Sellers reserved. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 19% d Lb New York
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARK LISI.
    87 15 Yesterday's Alterations. May 2nd., losing Prices. Buyers Seller Batang Padang 60 64 Kinta Tin Dred. L.92% l.'.'T 1 Kuchai 2.04 2.(iT North Taiping 1.02 L.06 Petaling 4.4-"> L 55 South Taiping 76 79 Liv Piah L.32% L3H ex. Kamunting Tin L9s 9d 20s 3d Ivatu Tins 2s
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    16 15 Only m.-s production can cop< v th the requirements of mass demand. Mr. 1 A Szarvasy.
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    JACKS' METAL REPORT.
    336 15 London. \pi il (>. Business has again been verj during I m past week, but the works i lon shipbuilding being fully employed si lead to an all-round improvement in the consumption of metale the work presses. Copper, Italj been in a f< r Standard a and
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    27 15 The vested interests vrfeidi grow up m <-\ penditare have bo be reckoned with; they make aeonomy more and jh re difficult a> time poos mi. Ear) Be*uchmmp.
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      274 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. i 111' AD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. 1, Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British u TRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE. ssmance
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      449 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880— a] ital Subscribed V.100,000,000 full; paid up) Reserve rural V.92.. r )00.000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice- President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Karon K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi. F.sq. K. Tatsnmi, Esq, T. Hodsumi. Esq. I Watanabe, Esq.
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      441 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 £G,000,000 Silver $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard. Chairman W. 11. Dell. Esq., W. L. Pattenden. Esq.,
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      35 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration P*^H* Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW ft CO., CHARTERED HANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    MURDER OF MR. C. P. W. FLYNN.
    1412 16 Evidence at Coroner's Inquest. IMjl IKY ADJOURNED. Tin |k b 1 i n the death i Mr. C. P. W. Ryan, late manage] of Bukit Timah Rub luj Estate, who was shot while returning to ;ii» Estate .h a. large sum of money
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    Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING CARNIVAL.
    238 16 PRELIMINARY HEATS. The preliminary heats for the V.M.C.A. Carnival were held on Friday. The following qualified to swim in the final: Junior 40 Yards Free Stroke Handicap: (i. Dye 29 seconds; K. Keller 2^ 4 5; C. Goldman :24; Teo Siew Kiat 21 4 5; R. Goldman
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    JAPANESE DAVIS CUP PLAYERS.
    25 16 Renter's Service. Tokyo. May 1. Harada and Toba have been selected to represent Japan in the Davis Cup Cornpet it ion
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    106 16 TO-MORROW'S TIES. Championship Pairs. J. D. Hal! and J. Huggins vs. Major Stoehr and Captain Price. E. J. Stuxgess and R. E. Cox vs. N. H. P. Whitley and R. W. Sinclair. Veterans Doubles. A. R. Linton and H. M. Cantrell vs. Graham Hutchison and E. W.
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    35 16 The most blue-blooded member in the House is nothing but a mongrel in the real sense, for in our veins there is the blood of peoples of all sorts of nations. —Mr. A. Shepherd, M.P.
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    DUKES BEATEN BY S.C.F.A.
    581 16 An Exciting Game. THREE PLAYERS INJURED. S.C.F.A 2; Duke's 1. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Laurncc Gulllemard was present at the charity match on the Stadium together with Sir Theodore Fraser, (J.0.C.. and Lieut. -C 1. Pickering. The distinguished spectators figured in a group photograph of
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB
    126 16 The May Ladies' Spoon competition was played yesterday and resulted in a win for Mrs. P. M. Scott. Twenty-eight cards were taken out and the following were returned: Mrs. P. M. Scott 49 15 34 Mrs. C. A. Leggatt 54 15 39 Mrs. W. Cruickshank 50 10
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    24 16 The Men's monthly Medal (Stroke) will be played on the 14th. and loth, and the Ladies' monthly Medal (Stroke) on Friday
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    ROWING.
    55 16 Under the auspices of the R.S.Y.C. (rowing section) the first event of the rowing season 1927 will take place on June ISth. when the Nutt Beresfcrd Cup (4 oars), for junior oarsmen, will be competed for. The Rodesse Cup sculling championship event will also take place. Entry lists will
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    52 16 The following will represent the S.R.C. against the S.C.C. on Wednesday at the, Stadium, in the Singapore league, Division I C. M. Rodrigues: L. M. Pennefather, E. G. Wheatley: t. Moller, W. A. Aeria, A. B. Collide; F. C. de Souza, N. Hannay, W. J. Lingard, R. C. Oehlers and
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 21.
    324 16 Thirteen Readers With Eleven Correct Forecasts. A LADY LEADS THE WAY. Our Football Competition No. 21 was lemarkable in that in the twelve selected matches none of the home clubs were defeated, and, but for the fact that Chelsea could only draw against Manchester City, thirteen
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    PERAK BEAT SELANGOR.
    126 16 EXCITING MEETING AT IPOH (From Our Own Correspondent.* Ipoh. May 2. Saturday's exhibition of soccer was one of the best game^ that has ever been staged in Perak and it* attracted nearly rive thousand spectators. Unlike previous State combinations the Selangor side comprised a majority of European
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    Y.M.C.A. HARD COURT TOURNAMENT.
    95 16 The Physical Department Committee of the V.M.C.A. have decided to conduct another hard court tennis tournament open to all, i n lines similar to the Tournament held last year. The events will be Men's Singles and Doubles Championships and Handicaps with an entrance fee of £2
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    89 16 Programme of Drills up to and for Bth. May 1527. Tusday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hail S.V.C. Band. S.R.A. (v) S.R.A. (v) Sigs. Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Coy. Friday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.C. Band, S.V.F.A.. Chinese Coy. Malay Drill Hall. Malay Coy. Saturday, Siglap. S.V.F.A.
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION
    42 16 Orders for Week Ending, May Sth. Wednesday, May 4th. Officers meeting Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Signalling Class Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Thursday, Sth. Band Practice Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Saturday, 7th. Field day for Fifth and Sixth Troops. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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    24 16 Peace must first of all be established in the heart before it can be embodied in the international fabric. The Rev. H. Dunnico, M.P.
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