The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 May 1927

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    Masthead
    12 1 Singapore Free Press CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, MAY 9, 1927. NO. 12,098.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    223 1 There is a renewal of fighting in China .he Hankow troops appearing to i.e in difficulties over \hv Feßglien attack I'atff 9. Sir F. Agleu in a speech in i- nd.m expressed the hope that a change in Chinese foreign polity mi^ht come about Page 9. Captain
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    BRICKS AND WINDOWS.
    996 1 Peace appears to hav- been signed with I i. Chu chin Chow at Oxford and graat stillness broods over the great Tom quad. No longer are ii.» ■< musical •...<- at niunt. nor do windows Pali ai the Cabled ]< aves. For the moment the uniti igjadaaU
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      447 1 Vi %%vwwwvwwwwwwwvvy% IR BREAKFAST:— 5 ED LABEL BRAND" S RE I\ ADULTERATED? COFFEE par r i r c uat p i i- fJ 1 LJU |3 MII I r I l E FAVOURITE PERFUME OK QUEEN VICTORIA AND > ursday, 12th. May, Diner Daiuant 8 15 o m -^^^^IjJP'//mXh^ ■'"•••"Will
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      153 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Tramcars for sale as buts Page T. Gas for factory lighting Page 1 >. Cargo notice re Gascoyne Pag- P:. An important hint to cur owners— Pagi 7. Devonshire ba:-on at the Cold Storage Page 8. \Vm Jacks for Firth's steel specialitiesPage 9. Irving's midgets at the Fheatre
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      22 1 •iVAWiViV.V.V.ViV.V.V., %'rV HOOK FOR THE DATE < < ON THE TIN J S "RED LABEL BRAND" J COFFEE J AND GROUND > DAILY J 'AViVfViVAViViV.Vi'tV/.ViViVA
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      173 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 9th. Hiph Water. 3.4 a.m., 7.3., 6.1 p.m. (3.4. H. W. .Malacca, 12.30 a.m., -4.5.. IJ.F.M p:m. 4.:j Football: R.A. vs. S.C.F.A.- Stadium, [rving's Midgets Victoria Theatre &J&Q pja. Tuesday. 10th. High Water, 0.14 a.m.. 8.7., 1.14 p.m. 10. 1. H. W. Malacca. 3.00 a.m.. 4.. 3.30
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    MIDDLESEX REGIMENT.
    155 2 Iftwri (timmemorative Dinner. c Ns M ~ni!i:y. May ltith.. members and exPKibers ot *^he Middlesex Regiment who art- still i] the \»hmy an- invited to join in mtei :>» be held at the Europe Hotel in r »mißi < ration of the distinctive part whirl Regiment played in
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    312 2 ti ng novels have been added to j taring the past fortnight: nan vritfe a Duster, The Other A nf (Martin) Sir P"mi>e\ and Mada T H.« Mr. Fortran Please. B d |H.j Solemn B >y. Chaml ain (G. A.) No Ugly Ducklings. (Mary) There and Back Again.
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    PENANG-D.E.I. AIR ROUTE.
    35 2 Thorc i- a possibility that shortly an air transport route will open between Penang. Singapon and the Dutch East Indies states a < akotU message to the Times of Ceylon, of Vpril 13,
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    75 2 kfts Keen decided that the- Colonial rtary, Mr. Amery. shall make a tour Dominions in the beginning of Auom after the rising- of Parliament, ■ad wiß spend some five or six months b»« all the Dominions. Other Colonial St Varies *nd Under •Secretaries nave visited this or that Dominion or
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      205 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 Strappers $8.50 each. Post orders receive immediate attention. Correct prices and service guaranteed. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. NIGHTLY CINEMA— SIDESHOWS. CHINESE AND MALAYAN WAYANGS AND OPERA. PL4STERN ORIENTAL RESTAURANTS. GATE
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      261 2 Victoria Theatre TO-NIGHT! TONIGHT!! at 9-30 p. m. IRVING'S MIDGETS Wl A JH. CHEFALO and PALERMO BY LONG ODDS THE BEST SHOW EVER SEEN Matinees Wed. and Fri. at 5.15 p.m. Children Half Price. From Thursday, sth. to Tuesday, 10th May, at 9.15 p.m. sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE includes
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      321 2 AN ATTRACTIVE THREE-FEATURE VIUH.R \.m^T*^N From Saturday, 7th. to Thursday. 12th May at th ALHAMBRa .(TAN CHENG KBE Co., Ltd., Propri, t.,,M In the Second Show at 9 p.m A PARAMOUNT PRODUCTIOitf An action romance of the roaring road. From the ver action and all the time it is interspersed
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    HISTORY IN HERALDRY.
    877 3 A House of Commons Object Lesson. WHAT THE MESSENGERS' BADGES TELL. Every visitor to the House of Commons is sufficiently familiar with thf glorious golden mace the .successor of Oliver Cromwell's "bauble" which makes its daily progress before Mr. Speaker, on the shoulder of the Serjeant-at-Arms, and
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    13 3 The leading attributes of the Scot are brains and modesty—Prof. W. M. Cakler.
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    RICHEST WOMAN'S MONEY TROUBLES.
    628 3 £30,000,000 Widow. HATED— AND LOVED— BY HER Suzuki and Co., the biggest company in Japan and one of the greatest concerns in the East, at the head of which is Mme. Yone Suzuki, said to be the richest woman in the world, announces that it is
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    TRAGEDY AT HIGH MASS.
    196 3 Dving Woman Falls Before a Statue Tragedy i" llowed drama at the celebration of High Ma.-s in the church of St. Michael and St. John, on Merchants' Quay. Dublin, recently. As ihc- Gospel was being read a young woman lefi her seat in the Sanctuary near
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    31 3 What's in a name? The Safety First Association opened its meeting on Tuesday by presenting a medal to a small boy "for very plucky and resourceful conduct in stopping runaway horses."
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      76 3 CIGARETTES m mK w M t I] One at a time tyw urn f d t o^Jo n l -^'I^mM k^^j J^oie Agenis Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. I Incorpcxated in the StraiU S*ttl«m«nt*) PLA 2VTERS I (OVER YOUR GROUNDS WITH I Galopogonium Mucunoides I DOWN ALL LALANG AND ENRICHES
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      212 3 i f|lnl\^ G r e en ""R e^~Blue. I CYCLE SECOND TO NONE. OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 1 *****2, Orchard Rd., SINGAPORE. i i^P^^-Z^i A REAL REMEDY |vf>v for liWrh? a real cough or cold. 'j\\\& preventives for mild casps of I f RElWlEl^Rr couphs and
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    4677 4  -  Boyd Cable by After two months of enforced idleness ashore young- NICK HAUSEN--Australian in spite of his name— unwittedly cffends Lydia Strange. bhe vtn's'h -spite on Nick by urging CAPTAIN DUNBAR, the rough but good•vXv"i Scottish skipper ot the "Windjammer" "Mmnehaha, to give her friend WII I 1 VMS
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    WOMAN KNITS IN THE JURY BOX.
    174 4 A Precedent in the Hiirh Cmirt. While Listening to the evidence in the case brought by a woman against doctoi in Mr. -Justice Avorys curt -ne of thi women jurors knitted. She had removed her hai. which wae placed on the narrow ledge in
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    PADEREWSKI SENSATION.
    133 4 Paderewski. who has conversed with the Duke and Duchess of York on a number of occasions daring their stay in Sydney, has been accused of insulting the King:, by Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General i I Australia. Lord Stonehaven sent an advance message to the famous pianist in Sydney requesting:
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    THE K.L. SANITARY BOARD
    515 4 Why the Unofficial* kesi^ THEIK LEITKK io ij,; the following iaj i |in a (•>))■> oj the ii I i ill itish Kesadent, Se ai j #o»ctai memberi 01 the tai > Board, tendering 1 The H^nble tin ti tnemheti of Che K u i'.:.ai(!. ■sg
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    27 4 Mr. Eric Macfadyen *a? speaker at a meeting of tl Free Itede liiiun in Marnhe-:<-when he ipofae mi Empire I has appaivntK dew I p«d Pi Frader
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    THE DUKE AT CANBERRA.
    198 5 i TO-DAY'S OPENING OF AUSTRALIA'S NEW PARLIAMENT. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. To-day H.R.H. the Duke of York is at Canberra, the new Federal capital of Australia, where he will formally opsn the recently completed Parliament Buildings, the erec ion of which has cost the Commonwealth half a
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    JEWELS WORTH £500.000 IN VEST POCKET.
    123 5 3.000 MILES' JOURNEY FROM PHILADELPHIA. London. Apr. 26. After travelling over 3.000 miles with j jewels worth £100.000 in his ves pocket j always shadowed by Indian private detee- j tives who more than once thwarted the sinister plans of international crook.Ganesh Lall. an
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    23-YEAR-OLD CHARGE.
    144 5 Man and Wife Who Both Married Again. When Oswald Hessey, aged 51, was sentenced to three months' hard labour at Sheffield for deserting his wife and family twenty-three years ago, it was stated that both he and his wife had committed bigamy. The wife said that she had
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    64 5 An Austrian museum has celebrated the Beethoven centenary by selling a lock of the composer's hair to an American "art collector" for 10,000 dollars. But why should a man pay £2,000 for Beethoven's hair when he can hear the C minor for five shillings I suppose it is because only
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    NEW DEFENCE FOR THE BANK.
    207 5 VAULTS FLOODED AT TEN MILES* RANGE. Remarkable and elaborate defences are being included in the rebuilding of the Bank of England, which is now in progress. t will be possible, in case of invasion or emergency, to flood the vaults from points one in the
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    THE GAY CHEVALIER.
    130 5 The French language has many pitfalls into which the well-meaning Briton may j blunder, and I was reminded of this fact by a paragraph which appears this week under a caricature in one of our most famous illustrated weeklies of a former pro- j prietor of a
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      485 5 AUCTION SALE OF t Freehold Land and Houses Nos. 6 and BD., Derbyshire Rd., Singapore. tfcgpa K>tate Trust Agencies Ltd.'s Sale-room, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place. ON MONDAY, 16th. MAY, AT 2.30 P.M. pieCM of land situate at Derbyshire Road, otf Thompson Road, Kt-et marked Re-survey Lots 383-4 and 383-8, T.S.
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      239 5 SL Vv 1 v^ B /b v ut 4 M loughs mi V/ v 3 wncliial Troubles &ZmM&\ AT this season when the old bronchial m ■«i^" l *\A enc^ worst coup;;. rt pyffg?i?gTi^;j^i;i^;uaMri3irp ENHANCING PLAIN FOOD. Ordinary dishes can be made deliriously I different by the use of I
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    THE TERROR IN CHINA.
    1153 6 Home Truths for Mr. Ramsay MacDonald. A GHASTLY RECORD. "The truth about China" might well be the tftle of a communication addressed to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald on February fl by a business man of high standing in Shanghai. Home truths and pertinent questions form the gist
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    CIGARETTES NOT HARMFUL TO EYES.
    244 6 Ophthalmic Surgeon'*, Statement. "Poisoning by nicotine is a comamm disease of the eye," an honorary surgeon of the Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital said recently. "It is usually caused by pipes or cigars— never by ciparettes." This piece of good newi fur cigarette smokers was given at
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    ENGLAND'S LOWER BREAD BILL.
    348 6 ENGLAND'S LOWER BREAD BILL. J ASHION DRIVES WOMEN TO BISCUITS. Slim Outline*. Less i r i- being eaten in Kn^land today than was eaten six nv nth- ago. Bakers throughout the country are worried at the steadily falling consumption of their staple product. Miller- are anxiou.because their baker customers ire
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      301 6 ARE you, too, fleeing the most relent- /^i|£f/fr Jr disease- bearing insects? These voracious i^rK i| marauders are fast on your heels, annov- ~f\ 1 j j _ii which Cdt holes I'lorliiiiu. Extensive Flitspray clears the hou^c \n a few rnin- the most delicate fabrics. jg bed bugs, roacht^^ts!' arld^fle^is.^lt
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      88 6 At the Chine'se Christian Association on Thursday night a debate was held on the subject: "That the Malaya Tribune is not justified in condemning the Straits Chinese for not patronising the trolley bus." There was a large attendance of Straits Chinese and the debate was carried on in a very
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      117 6 KIKKO CfftV I" FAMOUS JAPANESt SAJCf ishment tu \»l I -.>od Try Kikko Iff I Japanese soy rntiu, tithes *DC i;ri Kikko Mar, Soy t ptepi i nouriihing scy-bei- pure salt. Brewed inder I care and coru > Atk at your itiMM Japanm froc«r NODA SHOYL" CO. LTD A it
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    THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
    405 7 RUBBER RESTRICTION. NO DISCRIMINATION. [KeuYer's Service.] (ieneva, May H. Addressing the Economic Conference Mr. Heiuv Robinson. President of the National Bank of Los Angeles, said he did not see how the British rubber restrictions could assure continuity of .supply or the high level prove of ultimate benefit
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    MISSISSIPPI FLOODS.
    154 7 DEVASTATED CROPS. [Reuter's Service.] Vicksburg. Maj H. It is announced that the State Commission and the Redcross jointly estimate the amount of seed required to re-sow crops in the flooded area at 4.20(' square miles in the state of Mississippi. New York. May 7. Practically all north-eastern Louisiana
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    TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
    49 7 f Reuter's Service] Simla. May (i. As a precautionary measure in view of the communal riots at Lahore and the general tension of public feeling, the departure to the hills of the British infantry from the neighbouring cantonments in the Punjab and Lahore has been indefinitely postponed
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    DUTCH CRUISER RECALLED FROM CHINA.
    26 7 [Reuter's Service.] The Hague, May 6. The Dutch cruiser Sumatra has been ordered from Shanghai to the Dutch Indies via Nagasaki.
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    GAS TANK EXPLODES.
    47 7 Reuter's Service. New York, May 6. Six persons were killed and a score injured in the collapse of a house near the East river owing to the explosion of a gastank in the neighbourhood and the bursting of a water main under the building.
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    LONDON AND DOMINIONS.
    195 7 COMMUNICATIONS CHANGE. j DIRECT BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS. I London, May 6. Reuter learns t-hat as a result of correspondence between London and the Dominions ihe date July 1 has been fixed for the proposed change in the channel of comi munications between the Kritish GovernI ment and the
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    IN NICARAGUA.
    134 7 I I Reuter's Service.] Managua. May 6. Supporting General Moncada's statement regarding surrender to America, the Liberal peace delegates have published a letter to Moncada from Mr. St.mson saying that Mr. Coolidge has authorised the American fi rces to accept the custody of the arms of those willing
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    DECORATIONS FOR WAN HSIEN
    102 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. May 7. The London Gazette announces that the King has approved the award of decorations and medals to officers and men of the Navy and Mercantile Marine in recognition of their services at Wan Hsien on Sept. 9 last year, including: Distinguished Service
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    THE U.S. AND WAR DEBTS.
    126 7 [Reuter's Service.] New York. May A calmer view is taken in the press as regards the British debt note as the conviction i- growing that the note was intended tc correct erroneous impressions current in Europe rather than to embarrass tho United States or to
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    MARTIAL LAW IN BOLIVIA.
    70 7 Reuter's Service. Santiago de Chile, May 7. The Chilean Minister to Bolivia reports there have been serious disorders at La Paz where police and troops were compelled to charge demonstrators outside the Government buildings and several persons were wounded. Buenos Aires. May 7. Advices from La
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    CASH FOR COTTON.
    73 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 6. The Liverpool Cotton Association met the general committee of the Federation of Ccttonspinners' Associations in Manchester and discussed the proposal from Liverpool to sell cotton only on cash terms. No statement was issued at the close but the spinners are known to
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    211 7 The Last League Results. PORTSMOUTH FOR DIVISION I. [Reuter's Service] London. May 7. Results of League matches played to-day were: Division I. 'Birmingham 2, .Sheffield L'ti. 3. Blackburn 1, Cardiff 0. Bury 1, Dor by 2. Huddersneld 9, Aston Villa 0. Leicester 2, Newcastle 1. The Wednesday 1,
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    236 7 At the Stadium on Saturday the Police defeated O.T.F.C. by one goal to nil. in a Second Division S.F.A. League game. From the commencement the Police attaeked ami continued to do m> throughout the game. In the early stages, of the play Dußsford kicked over the bar, and
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    68 7 That Malaya generally lias been experiencing abnormal weather tin- whole of this year has been a subject of general comment. The heaviest rainfall- experienced during April, in the past •!!> years was registered in Kuala Lumpur last month (17.06 inches) and exceeds the normal April fall by 8.53 ins. Rain
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    MYSTERY OF FRENCH AIRMAN.
    71 7 Mystery Biirrounds the fan- of the French airman Captain de Saint R man who left, St. Louis, near Dakar, on the morning of May 5 on a nonstop flight to Brazil, discarding his floats despite the French Air Ministry forbidding him to d<. bo. It is
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    OBITUARY.
    19 7 Reuter's Service. New York, May 6. The death is announced of Hudson Maxim. the well-known inventor of explosives.
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      309 7 BUSINESS CARDS. fMARY SETON. f i BLUKWOOD FURNITURE J SHANGHAI SHADES. ;J K \MBER MANSIONS. MU i% f 1 \BI.E TOPS. FLOORING. TILBS, Ktc. MV.XPORE CASKET TO. Marble Merchants." I>k? phone 7.1. L. A. DALEY. I I N-KIAKER& MOM MENTAL I MASON. I F>t«Wi^hed \897. TeL M5. TO CAR OWNERS.
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      617 7 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. j Tht Kxc-han^,- Banks will be tlosed at noon OB Tuesday May 10th nnd Thursday May 12th for the Spring Race Meeting. 11 g Sintrapore Marine Insurance Assn., Fire Insurance Assn. of Singapore, Motor Insurance Assn. of Malava. 'I he ofteea of aieniben of the above AssociaUons
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      24 7 200 MEXICAN REBELS KILLED. fßeuter's Servirp.l Mexico City, May 6. A wire from Guadalajara says 200 r*'beiwerr killed in an encounter with Fodora s.
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      675 7 AUCTION SALES SHERIFF'S SALE Writ of Seizure and Sale Dated Itttu April E9fT« IX THE CAUSE OF Boon Sentf Company Ltd. Ma ntifft Versus. Orient Pacific StauuUp <o. Defendants The anderaigned have rr>ceiv< instructions and will sell by Public Auction it their room, Raffle.- Chambers. Raffles P ace, Singapore. On
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH.
    28 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES BIRTH. REDFEABN. At the Nightingale Nursing Borne, Derby, on May it h. to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Redfearn, of Kuala Lumpur, twins (son and daughter)
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, MAY 9. 1927. Week-End Comment.
    1946 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, MAY 9. 1927. Week-End Comment. In another column will he found the correspondence between the Unofficial members of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board and the Acting Resident, in which the former tender their resignation. Reference has been made to the incident during the past week in
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES
    64 8 Portsmouth-Mam Efforts, IKOTHBti sol i in a? rasi imvisi Our ()v Coi he I. e fool to Qie end i struggle for prom..- 1 i Albion and Lei L T i bt w gmi well as Hi M I i 'ivisioi! I. Potts i d tli Foi
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    SEGRAVE DISQUALIFIED AT BROOKLANDS.
    24 8 SEGRAVE DISQUALIFIED AT BROOKLANDS. I C.C., »'«S I m.p.h. or H. I >. D. S- apparently, entirely fors; injc official A ill coupe bo*h of
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    SANDHURST'S ATHLETIC SUCCESS.
    29 8 SANDHURST'S ATHLETIC SUCCESS. I I mr Own Col between the Royi (Woolwi S i San U ;mi t V R. V (< took pla tb-- presence of H. M I
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    THE MILLIGAN-WALKER FIGHT.
    60 8 WOTHKK HIM H (Our Own Correi London. Ma A rrangemente t i Tommy Millipan and M I the world's middle w< -I I Blackp (.1 having fall.-. announced that it is I SgM will even come off a1 in June, owinp' Wm a "no decision** coi best
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    ANTI-PENDULUM STROKE LEGISLATION CERTAIN.
    36 8 (Our Own Correspoi I K F [low ing I'lvn the uf Beeoe and Davis in < v pendulun roke cannon, have both tten Newman** < alt, '^'<-ial lefrislation is i egarded ie a rtain.
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    FELIXSTOWE GOLF CLUB DECISION.
    28 8 FELIXSTOWE GOLF CLUB DECISION. (Otn* Own C rrespondeni Hie Fellotowi Golf Club I that in future Ike stroke h*i Race shai! be rackonabli bog^ey Dompettttoiis, and I h-lf.
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    SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICE.
    31 8 Thioujdi tfce court §5 phail tnd I < npai v. i bo quotetioni \<\ Ifesst i CompAsy was as follows: I.ond< n Standatxl Sheel spo < A.V. London StBI ird S
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    26 8 Mr. H. Fraser ha- btt B act tfi AMMtARt Ad\ isc- I Mr. H. M. «i« Boom Kuala Lumpur, lum been *pp° 'of the Malacca CHwei \<
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      6 8 To-day's Feature. STORM ALONG. Pa qe
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    FIGHTING IN CHINA.
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    RUSSIA AT GENEVA.
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    LABOUR LEGISLATION IN NORWAY.
    8 9 LABOUR LEGISLATION IN NORWAY. I 't* 1 t
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    ARBITRAION IN THE AMERICAS.
    17 9 announced his nasal tc wbiti ati m >fiahed tkroujphtht- and "i e< assured.
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    THE ROYAL VISITORS AT CANPERRA.
    9 9 THE ROYAL VISITORS AT CANPERRA. inberra, Ma\ 8 open
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    "OUR FLAT."
    53 9 Xi I I I>l\(, SUCCESS Flat" by t'-n--an end Tht-a iv on Saturday 1 ail. priai an •mm ol the farce s» :,nv f us A l: ratifying SOI nt Die ami v/e Singapor* Mayers an ><>n ht-:n- the means and foni khoasand be considerably bo fhrco up-rnunuy
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    CHINA'S FOREIGN POLICY.
    202 9 I}> y. AGLEVg VIEWS. A CHANGE PREDICTED. [Router's Service.] London, May 7. 1 *r '©eh at a dinner in London. Sh <l l n h °P«J tha- Great Britain was to keep a stern upper lip in regard <h :m "Concilia or, tad ameliorating cught to be,
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    SYMPATHETIC STUDENTS.
    73 9 La I'- Mar 7 the salaried pro r?ors of th n; nal faculty for three nths s 'nsi for yesterday'.. suiting persons being kill 4 w »an< There l;;i- pro ?lamal m t nuu ial-law. Two 9ffl] athetic students from „f the newspaper its arirumenta for a knts
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    PEACE IN NICARAGUA.
    95 9 r Keuter s Sei W i shin?i oi>, Mn\ 7. •'i war in N'iearatnia has now end I iltf it will he possible to undertake placing in June. According to a cora- M Stnnson »o the State 'he sett m< ni pr posal con tem l' tes
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    THE LAHORE RIOTS.
    65 9 [Renter's Servi re], Lahore, Ma> 7. Th fierceness of he riota is phown by fact that 18 persons wers billed and 201 wounded. There were ISC wests. In response to appeals most Mah mmedans have reopened their shops the Hindus are still reluctant o do so. Normal
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    EARTHQUAKES ACCOMPANY FLOODS.
    49 9 r 1 1 h [Keuters Service]. Memphis. May 7. Slisrh earth tremors added t the mxieties of residents of the flood centres three o'clock in the mornine. Shocks verc reported at half a dozen other town? within a hundred mile radius. [Saturday's tables on page 7].
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    MALAYAN PEOPLE AT HOME.
    171 9 Thf London cot respondent of the Malay 3£aii wri es: Lady Xapk?Y f who was wellmiuwii for many years in Singapore as the atffe "f Sir Walter J. Napier, delivered an interesting lecture last week on "Life in a Tiopkal Colony," at the Women's Institute, East
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    34 9 The members of "0" Company, M.S.V.R., uili entertain H.E. Maior-Goneral TheodoreL C iv. the General Officer Commanding, A a lava, to a farewell dinner at the Station Hotel Ipoh, on Thursday, the 19th inst.
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    THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    116 9 FRANCO-AMfcRICAN FEELING. FRENCHMAN OFF FIRST. [Router's Service]. Paris, .May 7. Capt. Nungess3r i-^ sleeping fcesiSe his aeroplane at Le Bourget ready to embark on the firsi favourable morning to fly to New York. The excitement in France that its wartime hen. should a* art ahead of thr
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    A NON-STOP FLIGHT.
    21 9 A French military aeroplane has flown from Casablanca !o Paris without a stop in 1 hours 45 minutes.
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    THE BISHOP ON THE EAST.
    161 9 [Reuter's Service]. London, May S. Phe Bishop t London has arrived in London on the completion of his world tour. He received a .great welcome from a large crowd. h< an interview he said he was more than ever convinced that the only hope for
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    PANAMAN SENSITIVENESS.
    128 9 [Router's Service]. Washington, May S. The Minister at Panama has delivered a note to the State Department protesting against the "offensive" statement of the I nited States Treasury Department in the Americo-Panaman correspondence in regard to the alleged rum-runner Federal Ship. whuh was mainly of Canadian ownership bat
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    DITCH NATIONALS IN CHINA.
    44 9 The Hague. May 7. The i raiser Sumatra was lnst nitrhi ordered to leave Shanghai after consultation with the Du eh authorities in China whc think their nationals there no longer require the Sumatra's protection. [Saturday's cables on page 7].
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    L.O.X. HEALTH BUREAU.
    197 9 The following is the Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' .Eastern Bureau, for the week ending April 30th. India. Bassein One plague death. Bombay: Thirteen plague deaths; two cholera deaths; 77 cases of smallpox with 32 deaths. Calcutta: One plague death; 121 cholera deaths as against
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    10 9 billiards championship. The final scores were Newman 16,000 Davis 14.763.
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    HOME CRICKET.
    336 9 Fi! 1 Points For Kent. LEADING BATSMEN IN FORM. y^euter'^ Service.] London, May G. Results of C.-jnty cricket championsHp matches played to-day were as follow: Notts vs. Fsxex. At Nottingham.— Fssex led on first innings. Essex 25 3 and 340 for 8 (dec). •Not'* 185 and 188 for
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
    136 9 DAVIS C UP TENNIS. !:\{;i AM) AM) SOUTH AFRICA WIN Reutei 's Servic e. J f'irminuham, .May <i. In the Davis Cup Hi'ggs (Britain) beat tfalmstrom (Sweden) 3—6, 6—3, 6 0. 3 •>. 5—2, Kingrsley (Britain) heat Garell Sweden) (> 2. 6 l. 7 5. Dublin. May (i. In the.P.avis
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    TENNIS IN GERMANY.
    59 9 [Renter's Service.] I Berlin. May 6. I In the lawn tennis tournament Hunter J lefeated Landeruann 6 2. 6 l, 87, and'" "ilden defeated Frotzheim G— 3. G— 2, 6—4. < Berlin. May 7. In the lawn tennis doubles Tilden and 1 Junter defeated Landmann ami Klein
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    THE GREAT JUBILEE STAKES
    62 9 [Reuter's Service]. Lrndon, May 7. 1 The result of the Kempton Park Great übilee handicap one mile two furkngs was: Abbots Speed (Abbots Trace— 1 1 Embargo 2 Finglas a. i ICO-0 Abbots Speed. o—l Embargo, s—l 1 r inelas. Twenty-one ran and the race was
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    NEW PENDULUM RECORD.
    24 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 6. Recce, still playing against Peall at fhurston's Rooms, completed a pcnduluir I annon break of 6417.
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    SPANISH BOXERS SUSPENSION.
    36 9 New York, May 6. The New York Puthorities have rpfuseH I o lift the suspension on Paolino. Thus the !ro ected match fixed for Julv 9 aeainst Dempsey is more problematical than ever.
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    NEWMAN RETAINS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    15 9 I Manchester, May 7. I Newman has retained the professiona 1 j
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    452 11 EPSOM SPRING MEETING. GREAT METROPOLITAN STAKES RESULT. London, Apr. 19. The Great Metropolitan Stakes {2% miles) at Epsom resulted as follows. Kinnaird i Dakota Tuscan 3 Starting price betting. 100 to 7 against Kinnaird; 100 to 8 Dakota; 25 to 1 Tuscan. ran. Won by three lengths, half
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    U.S. GOLF TEAM.
    213 11 U .S. GOLF TEAM. Anierkan-brn Players to Oppose Great Britain. The American professional golf team to [oppose Great Britain in the second international contest between the two nations for -he Ryder Cup at W< rcester, Massachusetts. June 10 and 11. is as follow: Walter Hagen I (Detroit) (captain), Leo Diegel
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    WOMEN CRICKETERS
    193 11 Increasing Number of Clubs. The number of women's cricket clubs is on the increase, a press representative was informed, and the formation of the Women's Cricket Association is regarded as the beginning of a new era in feminine sport "In the outer suburbs and some of the villages,"
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    CRICKET BY WIRELESS.
    161 11 A correspondent to the Manchester Guardian considers (and not without reason) that the B_B.C. proposal to broadcast cricket matches during the coming season is one which suggests several difficulties: "In sharp contrast to the sporting subjects hitherto selected, such as the Grand National j and various football
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    HEAVY GOAL SCORING.
    286 11 CENTURIES BY LEAGUE CLUBS That the change in the offside law made goal-scoring a much easier task than it was under the old conditions has been -made pretty plain during the last two seasons, says the Evening News. Several League clubs have placed a hundred or mor*
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    21 HOURS' CONTINUOUS SWIMMING.
    35 11 Young Danish Girl's Feat of Endurance. London, Apr. 11. Copenhagen. Miss Edith Jensen, a Danish girl, aged IT. claims the world's swimming endurance record, after 24 hours continuous swimming at Hamburg.
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    THE COST OF THE BOAT-RACE.
    295 11 Of all University sports rowing is the t most expensive, and the chief expenditure of the University boat clubs is. of course,] that in connection with the Boat-race, and amounts in each case to something like j £1,200. Each crew has a new boat and:
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    31 11 The lowest poor rate in England has been levied by the Bainbridge, Wensleydale, Board of Guardians. The rate levied' is 2%d. in the pound which will cover all the union charges.
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      356 11 Mww^f Sllenburgs Foods lie Allenburys' Foods are I j .articularly suited to the 1 feeding of babies in hot 1 .•limates. They are germfree I lind their use is an absolute I against infantile I Lanrhoea and cholera. I M Ik Food No. 1 MUk Food No. 2 6 v«*t,,,d
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    PIRACY PREVENTION.
    485 12 Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce Views. CHINESE OR LASCARS? Are Asiatic crews composed of nonChinese any better defence in the event of attempted piracy than crews of Chinese? The point arises out of correspondence appearing in the Hong Kong Chamber of Commeice Annual Report as to a proposed
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    FIVE NEW P. AND O. LINERS.
    269 12 Ships of 19.000 Tons Additional work for British shipyards is promised in view of the fact that the P. and O. Steam Navigation Company is inviting tenders for the construction of five liners, each of about 19,000 tons. The firms invited to tender include
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    15 12 "Safety First" is a bad motto for Eng- I land. Colonel Wedgwood Benn, M.P. j
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      425 12 Kerr Steamship Co. W 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO I BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA a\j» BALTIMORE cc I^T^*T IT ACT \t APT 1 PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE j SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR due For rates and other particulars apply:
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    CHANGING MADRID.
    442 14 ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN SPAIN. Madrid, March. Travellers who revisit Spain after prolonged absence are struck with the transformation the country is undergoing under pressure of industrial initiative. Madrid, lor example, has within the last ten years completely changed in outward appearance. Dm ing this short interval the town
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    THE FIRST USE OF FORKS.
    283 14 Introduced h> the "Leg-Stretcher." Exact]; 350 years ago there was born at Odcombe, in Somerset, an eccentric individual, one Thomas Coryate, better known in those parts as the Odcombe Leg-Stret-cher. To him we owe the introduction into this country of the table fork. rom was
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    DANGERS OF THE CLOCHE.
    162 14 Dr. Leonard Hill has been threatening the members of the present generation of women with baldness when they are 30 or at most 40 years of age. if they persist in wearing tight-fitting hats like men. But who ever heard of a fashion in hats that
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    KINEMA MERGER NOW COMPLETE.
    651 14 BRITISH ENTERPRISE. The combination of British kinema interests (recently announced in the Man chesier Guardian), which will have a tota 1 capital of £2,500.000, is now complete. Some details were given to the press by Captain Alfred Davis, who has been closely connected with the negotiations.
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    FOR WAYS THAT ARE DARK.
    239 14 A correspondent sends mk the following illuminating .story received from a friend in an influential position in Peking, says Peter Simple in the Morning Post. ••Just before the New Year the Premier and the Minister of Finance in person called on a certain foreign official
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    THE DECLINE OF YIDDISH.
    726 14 AN EAST-END DRURY LANE. The end of the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, as the haunt of the ghetto playgoer is a milestone in the decline of the Yiddish language. The one-time Drury Lane of the East End, the home of robust melodrama and merry pantomime, is at
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    A "LIFER."
    148 14 According to a foreign telegram, says a home paper, a German waiter called Spiess is "wanted by practically every police force in .'Germany ,n 236 charges- of burglary."' He has already been tried in Stuttgart. Leipzig, Frankfort, and Munich, where he has received sentences which at present amount
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    35 14 The Hon'ble Mr. W. Peel and Mrs. Pee! have arrived in Singapore. They will be away about a month and with then be at Carcosa until the autumn, when they are going on leave.— M.M.
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    555 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. I SATURDAY, MAY 7th. [Figures in brackets show the issue value of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.] 3 MINING. Buyers Sellers Asani Kumbang (£> 55s 3d 56s 6d Bangrin Tin (f) 30s 32s Batang Padang ($1) 62 G7 Chenderiang 24s 6d 26s
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 15 May 7. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 1-16 Bank demand 2j3 23-32 New York, .lemand 66 Credit? 90 days 67 1* France, demand 1411 India. T.T. 154'. Hong Kong, demand IQ% p.c. Pis. Yokohama, demand 11G N'om. .lava, demand 13'J Bangkok, demand 80«i Bar Silver London 2*; 1 -lfi
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    PRODUCE.
    206 15 Pepper White 78.00 Pepper Black 14.00 Flak i- Tapioca f)~. Pearl Sago Small 7» 4 Cop. a 10.80 Copra Sundried ll. ir, Opium, Benares unt 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Ml rii Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice. Ranjroon Sioka
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    328 15 Maj 7th., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 70 4 70% Standard R.S.S. on Tender V...y 70% 71 June 71 12 July-Sept. 7S*4 7J Oct-Dec. 76 76^ Tone of Market: -Quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet r. |7«<l per Ib
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    38 15 Applications were being Invited during mail week for the appointment of Assistant Government Chemist for Forest Research in the F.M.S., applicants being required to have experience of irerfc on forest products such as oils, fats, resins ar:d tans.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    127 15 I ROSE MAC PHAIL ft COS. REPORT Singapore, M«n 7. London. Rubber Is 7 >,d. Up ,-,1 Local TO 1 Tin. London £288. Down 50s, Local 14it ;i s for 17:. tons. Mining. Rantau Pflrf. 1.85 L9O, Kuyoh Lss 1.40. Xai Hoot 85 88, Kuchai 12.07 ir
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    399 15 Poiltilfd and I »>., IVnany. Agents. Taluapa Valley Tin. The follow nfi telegram bas been received from the -Mine "Output \<>\ April. 500 hour- worked, i\ o pids., 90,000 cu. rd« u.'aU'U." Ratrul Basin Tin. Fhe following Isle gram has been received from the Managei of
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    THIEVING OF MERCHANDISE.
    241 15 A meeting htm held in LotuioH ne» between the managerc of the snipping I and repreffentativee of the Australian M chain-' Association on the subject* oi t BeriolU r< ciii.iisccncc of the thie\ m- of cargo. Tlim Frequently takes place- kn^i scab somewhere during the hhi ol
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      385 15 P 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, EC ie Company has £20,000 deposited withthe Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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      859 15 BANKING. iYOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagin, Esq. K. Alogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. !F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron
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    THE SPRING RACES.
    1975 16 First Day's Events. DILL RACING. After holding up for two days the WCSther hn.ke again on Saturday morning and the course was deluged. In consequence conditions were not of the best for the opening day of the Spring meeting, the ground being muddy underfoot whilst the heat
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    SECOND DAYS HANDICAPS.
    297 16 Race No. l._ Ex-Griffin Horses. Class C (H\e Furlongs) 2.30 p.m.: Bronavio <J.7 Tigablas 9.6, Sunmaid i'.4. Dignity 9, All Alone 6M, Dighton Laddie 8.5, Nautch GirJ B.£, Swift 11. 8, Ida way T.'j, Humorous 7.5, Prompt 7, Stonewall 7. Race No. 2. Ex-Griffin Ponies. Class C.
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    95 16 Race No. I.— Open Horses, Class E. (About six Furlongs) 2.30 p.m.: Albatross 9, Touchstone 9, Equimaid 8.12, Crisp 8.12, Jaiotte 8.10, Vanish 8.9. Raja 8.9, Sextant Boy 8.4, Belle of Ireland 8, Mountain Lover 8. Panrilla 7.12, Nargis 7.9, Faugh-a-Ballagh 7.3. Lord Logan 7. Race No.
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    FOURTH DAY'S HANDICAPS.
    47 16 i Race No. I.— Open Horses, Class C. (Race />urse) 2.30 p.m.: Th* Mahdi 9, Some Silk 8,13. Melissa 8.11, Bardear 8.10, Swiftsure 8.9, Kimena 8.9, Navarino 8.7, Koh Dhulu 5.6, Lrnginus 8.4. Santos 8.3. Double Rose 7.11. Melton 7.9, Star of Athole 7.8.
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    257 16 if.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival. KEEN CONTESTS. The Y.MX.A. swimming carnival was leld (,n Saturday afterno n at the Y.M.C.A. pool, and was a great success. A number of jxceJlent swimmers took part in each event j and nearly all the finishes were close. There were two relay races a*nd
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    115 16 The May Bopey competition was played en Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a win f r Mr. A. C. Potts. Sixty-six cards were take:, out and the following were returned. The sweep was divided between Messrs. W. Hay and A. C. Potts on Saturday and was
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    70 16 TODAY'S TIES. Championship Pairs. R. B. Lewis and Roy Smith vs. R. B. B. Donnell and R. A. Hunt. P. Clerc and J. Uterjnark vs. X. H. P. Whitley and R. \V. Sinclair. Profession Pairs. Semi-Final. Kleinman and Mupiiston vs. J. D. Hall and J. Huggins. Veterans
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    55 16 TO-DAY'S TIES. Double Handicap. Balhetchet and Balhetchet vs. G. Oehlers and T. Tessensohn. X. E. Ess and E. W. de Cruz vs. L. Gammell and F. C. dc Souza. Championship. X. Hannay vs. F. Ephraums. S«ngle Handicap "A." E. E. de Souza vs. R. C. Oehlers. T.
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    57 16 At Sea View Hotel a programme of i:usie by the S.S. Police Band will be given to-day:— Symphonic March, Mane in i; Overture, Fra Diavalo. Auber; An Eastern Romance, Haines; Selection, The Gondoliers Sullivan; Andante from the sth Symphony, Beethoven; (a) Chanson Humoresque, Tschaikowsky; (b) Chant Sans Paroles Tschaikowsky; Paraphrase,
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