The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 May 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press i NTS. SENGAPGRE, S.S., FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1927. NO. 12,102.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    239 1 The Far Eastern limes. Peking. commenting en the recent announcement «>i British policy in regard to hina. expresses the view that Chamberlain has been "diddled" and tha he and ministers of the other Powers are under the hypnotic influence off Nationalist propaganda Page 9. liritish claims amounting
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    BRINGING HIM IN.
    1162 1 Enoch Yaios fairly 'luted on his i v i jr h t > i Rod <t must be -a d that die m worth it. She was a modern (■tli'ioi) of Mis. ITates, though > M^rhT j\ abridged, lire. Yate- was plump and comely, and sharp ti
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      294 1 r FOR BREAKFAST:— SifQ) LABEL BRAND" 5 L it re UNADULTERATED J COFFEE 5 ./av.v.v.v.v.vv.v.w.w. I Raffles Hotel I Saturday, May 14th Special Race Dinner $3 I I For reservations phone 2920. 5 j V J. WILLIAMS, Manager. Ir >^ REMINGTON j i%/lt TYP2WBIT£RS X^" 111 Clean-cut, beautiful, speedy work
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      207 1 VARNISH STAIN Produces a transparent, mirror-like finish on ail woodwork. It stains, varnishes and preserves in one operation. Recommended tor all Trie interior woodwork, because its combination of high grade varnish with permanent colours makes it preservative and at the sarme time transparent, thus showing the natural beauty of the
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      112 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cinema Attractions Pa&e Hotel Announcements— Page 1. The value of Phyllcsan— Page 5. Chevrclets for Endurance Page 1. Ven-Yusa Protects the Complexion— Page o. Pears" Golden Soap f r Glorious Youth— Pa ere 5. Municipal and Bankruptcy NoticesPage T. King George IV Old Scotch WhiskyPage il. Robinson's for
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      20 1 YW.VVAV.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.'iJ for the date on the tin "RED LABEL BRAND" i COFFEE f ROASTED AND GROUND I- DAILY J SV.W.WAV.V.VAV.V.V.V.V.'.V.
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      200 1 THE WEEK. Friday, IStk. High Water, B.4rt a.m., 7.2., 9.13 p.m. 7.8. H. W. Malacca. 5.50 a.m.. 5.1, 6.00 p.m. 5.7. Garrison Aquatic Sport-. Y.M.r.A. 2.30 p.m. Football: R.A. vs. S.R.C. Stadium. Wireless Socty. Meeting, I". Building 5.15 pjn. S.V.C. "A" Company dinner. Dutch Homeward Mail Closes. Irving's Midgets -Victoria
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    475 2 LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore. May 12. slight]} k>w< r quotation for ver the period under rv\ie\v, al position, with conn y n aintained, h;-.> reacted fj n share markets in this seci markets hav< p evailed and q practically .is. issues snoiK m] rements. The volume of busi
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    50 FOR FINGER TOO LITTLE.
    79 2 "Anyone else in court witting to take &ing a piece of a finger? Mo! except the s licitors who advised s r man." raa Judge doer's comment at sh. edited on hearing that a youth named Dent had agreed to accept £50 as eonipensat v.
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    38 2 TV pi .tect the English public from share ■windfen and fraudulent company promoters, tC new Qjßcera. with penalties ranging from £2 feo C 560 and terma of penal MlvUlMfe, h:ive he.-n created by the proposerf new Companies Fi!!.
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      237 2 MEDICAL HALL LTD, 23, BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. Depot for YARDLEY'S, HUDNUTS, 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 NIGHTLY CINEMA— SIDESHOWS. CHINESE WAYANGS. WATCH WATCH WATCH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UNION
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      427 2 WILL HE ESCAPE THE SENSATION OF THE YEAR. CHEFALO'S CHALLENGE ACCEPTED BY THE BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY AND McALISTER COMPANY LTD. The B. A. T. are building a case V/ 2 ft. by 3 ft. by 3 ft. boards 1 in. thick which will be on view at John Littles
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      267 2 AN ADAPTATION OF A FAMOUS NOVEL PEATURINf: v AND POPULAR STARS. 'H From Friday. 13th to Wednesday, ISth May at t| ALHAMBRa (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd., Proprietor-) In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A UNITED ARTISTS-GOLDWYN SPECIAL Adapted < novel by HAROLD BELL WRIGHT A glowing tale of
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    THE SAFETY OF WEIHAIWEI.
    1179 3 I One of the Safest Places in China To-day. HE NEW COMMISSIONER. Weihaiwei, Apr. 2h. To Ihe very general regret of our comj munity, Mr. Russell Brown, who has just completed three and a half years' service ns Officer Administering the Government, left v? in some
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    SIR HIGH CLIFFORD AT THE CINEMA.
    220 3 SPONTANEOUS DEMONSTRATION OF REGARD. Hi< Excellency the Governor received a remarkable ovation when he attended a r>erformanc€ at the Elphinstone Picture Theatre, says the Times of Ceylon. H left an impression on the mind? oi 2\cry one present of the warmth regan te which
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    HOW WAZIRISTAN WAS PACIFIED.
    234 3 Sir Samuel Hoare's Tribute to the Air Force. London, Apr. 30. Replying to the toast of The Imperial Forces at the Academy banquet, the Secretary for the Air, Sir Samuel Hoare, referred to his visit to the north-west frontier of India, and said that the Air
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    65 3 In festive mood, a Lewisham caterer put his hand on the shoulder of a young woman. She complained to a policeman. Before he could overtake the man he put his arm round another's woman's waist. She gave him an upper-cut, which knocked him down unconscious. Mr. Gattie, at Tower Bridge
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      281 3 The Best Hot Drink in the World XTATURALLY children cannot have coffee, because it conlN tain* the drug stimulant caffeine. But they relish a warm dnnk at mealtime the same as grown-ups. Mothers everywhere now give their children Instant Postum. It s9O convenient a teaspoonful of Instant Postum in the
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      161 3 t /&^L —THE SIGN Follow The Lead J OF THE I Wise Ford Owner I S HE USES S H" Sole Agents I MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. j 209-212, Orchard Road. jj B WiV.V.W.V.WAVAVAV.V.V.VAV.V.V.V.V.\V.V.%V.%vA r LEA PERRINS' I is known the world over as the I I best appetizer for COLD
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    SUPERSTITIONS OF THE BRIDE.
    173 4 Beliefs in Different Countries That May Make Unhappiness t»li: WITH SIGNIFICANT MEANINGS. by L. Reid. [FREE PRESS SPECIAL] A Scandinavian proverb says that "the br;de whose cap is wetted with rain will be rkh." Thi> proverb was. no doubt, formulated tn content the greater number of
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    GEORGETTE EVENING FROCK.
    480 4 GEORGETTE EVENING F ROCK. of confii nation has always been worn by brides, with wreath of orange blossom, denoting virginity. Neither the bridal white nor the >ymb' lie Rowers may be worn by widows for instance, this attire is exclusively kept for youne girls. Now. however. cv t -n in
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      BOUDOIR & BOULEVARD.
      616 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD. BEIGE AND BROWN. I think the most piquant novelty handbag seen for some time is the new "dog" made fr< m marked woolly material, which opens down the back by means of a patent fastener to reveal an interior fitted with the usual paraphyrnalia of nurse, powder and
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      OUR LOVELY OLD LADIES.
      354 4 WHAT MY RUSSIAN FRIEND SAW IN A LONDON THEATRE. I was sitting in a West End theatre with n Russian as my companion. In the party next to us was a. woman who would never -cc fifty again. Her silver-grey hair was shingled; her black dress,
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      LIGHT WEIGHT SKIRT AND JUMPER.
      169 4 far as it concerns her daughters, and slips into stout middle-age. But the Englishwoman has still as keen an eye for the refinements of Bond-street os she had when she was 25. She knows that grey hair responds just as well to the hands of
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      73 4 future of her children by virtue of the evil eye, as is frequently done in Italy. Stranpe to say, superstitions have effect in countries where they are credited, and only in those countries. The accidents that occur, because some old witch has foretold them, are probably the result of the
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      OUTSTATION ENTERTAINING.
      348 4 WHAT TO DO ON A DULL EVENING. [Specially Written for Fnv PWli). The other evening I found myself with a dinner party of 9 which is an awkward number as it precludes bridge. So ire bad to fall back on pencil games an abomina tion of desolation to
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      A YOUTHFUL TRAVELLING COAT.
      85 4 was slipped into the parcel which followed him to his outstatkn. "You may not be able to spell but you are an adept at shedding a 'fuchsiats' about Here is yours found on the towel horse."- E.I. A soft, double-faced material in two shades of brown
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      NOISE AS A FASHION.
      103 4 Parisiennes Introduce the Jingle. Paris.— While Frenchmen are aitfuinjr as to whether they would or would not look well in knee breeches, Frenchwomen are busy inventing new fantasies of fashion almost daily. The up-to-date Parisienne must now jingle as she walks and jingle as sho talks—
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      "WOMAN'S ABOMINABLE DRESS."
      161 4 Roman Catholic Bishop's Denunciation. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh (Dr. Hoare), in his Lenten Pasioral. says: ''Lent is the time for inquiring into abuses and correcting them. The first amung these is the abominable dress of woman. Satan made no mistake here in subjecting the fairest
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    TABLK TALK.
    140 4 "Gadgets" for the Household More new household peared with thr sprn^ Then- arc- coliaps.bl, ;a upholsteied iHttmii which seives int.. r<»njfort;,b!,- bed>, bu<-k sundry division, U commodities Bui b voiy seriously oottsfaleMd I manufacturers is their weight n MW M some of the* fid they may 1,-, hi
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    A NEW REVERSABLE MATERIAL.
    270 4 return, and. I ai it win. achieve the trm a pape. But rarely, even t!-i--untuiy prospect for women i used to the flat na| c of the i their beads are < i. sen i just led. Probably the haird r <.- wti patios bag haii-
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    27 4 taken up even by FmilC.llllH'W over knee bteflcfetf. M. the bo\er. facoftei llfa bracelet nade of heavj fold I «rell-ktv n b ton ta nm\ United Press
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    38 4 Whil<- Mr.-. C. H I'm" v U) Tnnipm on Tut-xiav. R den by chin.'sr. coltiied The cyclist was thmun. I t WU* jitrod, tad. BcnuNfotfog to hie <"•■<■' awai. lt-a\inir hifl n tv I. I i the rtMuL- M.M.
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    "WOLF-CHILDREN."
    1143 5 A Problem of the Jungle. RECORDED CASES OF A CENTURY. Grave doubts have been thrown on the allegation reported a few days ago that a boy about ten years of age, found in the jungle near Miawana, in the United Provinces, has been reared in a wolf's den. Dr.
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    40 5 I I Mr. P. J. Mandelli has returned to the i Settlement from his health irip to Hong Kong. In Mr. Mandelli's resignation on medical grounds from the District Scout Mastership, the local Scouts have suffered a great loss.- M.O.
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    TONS OF MONEY IN SILVER PAPER.
    368 5 CRAZE THAT HELPS THE HOSPITALS ALONG. Thousands a Year. Here are two cameos <>f the new Silver Paper craze a erase which is sweeping London: A man on top of a This opens a new packet of cigarettes. He takes out the picture and
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    19 5 Thf slogan I wish to five you ii "Develop the British Empire an.i 2,000.000 can i year." Mr. Ahhtn.
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      423 5 THAT PACKAGE j: It Means Health to You in a Day That s a strong statement. But it's true. Phyllosan J i> the discovery of the eminent E. Buergi, M.D. J and has been proclaimed as one of the greatest additions to curative science. Independently reported upon by all the
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      252 5 I The Greatest Discovery in Soap-making since 1789 S ji' V" 1 ''it' ''"^^^^L^jt y"* ""^i^^ I ■'">.-;••.•..*."• '•;•■."•;<«,*. i'. l^;/ ij > OLDEN GLORY, in addition to all the fine qualities VjT you expect of. a first-class perfumed soap, possesses two ot the utmost importance which no one but
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    THE PRESENT STATE OF CRICKET.
    1173 6 Mr. Cardus's Views. ABSENCE OF GREAT PERSONALITIES. Some interesting observations on the present condition of cricket were made by Mr. Neville Cardus "Cricketer" of the Manchester Guardian— in an address delivered before the members of the Manchester Luncheon Club at the Midland Hotel on April
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    F.M.S. FLOODING.
    323 6 LEST WE FORGET. The Malay Mail in a leader on the subject of floods says: It is a matter for satisfaction that the danger (of Kuala Lumpur flooding) has for the time being been averted, but the fact that it has been necessary to give official warnings on
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    WORLD ECONOMIC PROBLEMS.
    227 6 Interesting Data. New York. April lit. The League of Nations Non-Partisan Association lias prepared data for use at the International Economic Conference at Geneva on May 4. which show- that fourteen years hence, if no wars occur, the working population between the ages of and 70 years
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    96 6 A false war scare, coupled with the prophecy that salt in consequence would become scarce, caused peasants in the Moscow province to buy 720 tons in one day. The directors of two co-operative food stores found themselves overstocked with salt. To rid themselves of this over-supply they invented a coming
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      518 6 Shell Spirit and Oil The 4siatic Petroleum Co., (S.S.) Ltd. 1 (Incorporated in England.) I GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY SILK EMPORIUM IST UNPACKED A HUGE VARIETY OF BORDERED DRESS LENGTHS. ANo Burmese Polish Crept* and Crepe-de-Chine in most Beautiful Shades PRICES VERY REASONABLE. GIVE IS V TRIAL BEFORE PURCHASING ELSEWHERE. H. D.
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      76 6 y^^ym Sore Throat Formamint destroy! the germs in mouth throat and cures your Sore Throat quick i the same time Formamint-tahlets will your children from infection. Formamint cures Sore Throat, sweetens th< breath and prevents infectious diseases such as Influenza, Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, m tiuy cl bottle tO'ctoiy THE PERFECTION
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    TAXING MY LADY'S BOUDIOR.
    864 7 How a Very Young Chancellor Thought of New Imposts. LICENCE FOR POWDERING THE HAIIL Whatever surprises Mr. Churchill may spring upon us when he delivers his Budget speech, it is unlikely that he will propose any new taxes so curious as some for which his predecessors
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    74 7 The Kl&ng river rose, says Thursday's Malay Mail, until it flooded Circular- rd. near the Parsonage. The portion beyoiui he bridge which is now almost perpetually under water was impassable !o motor traffic, as was also the Yap Quan Seng-rd The P.W.D. with some humour has put there a board
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    PAINLESS EARLY RISING.
    899 7 How to Acquire the Habit. DKINK MILK. For some time I have been nursing- a discovery, fearing that the world might rot be quite ready for it; but the announcement That .Mussolini is a milk drinker. following on the announcement that Gene. Tunncy. the conqueror of Dempsey,
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    97 7 There seems to be an epidemic of lunacy in our town. We wonder what's wrong with our folks! As many as a score of madmen have been brought to Court in the past few weeks. Rumour has it that a well-dressed man went into a certain house in Kampong Blandar
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    CHICAGO STARTLES AMERICA.
    611 7 Sequal to "Bill" Thompson's Election. BANDITS START WORK AGAIN. New York, April 7. "I :rt <r<»inp- ro drive all gangsters tm4 crooks tHrt of Chicago and put the police back on police duties instead of siuffir^ nround f r home brew, and fanning mattresses for pints." This
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    STATUS OF INDIAN PRINCES.
    141 7 Important Conference in Simla. Simla, May 1. A number of the leading Indian Princes, including the Maharajas of Bikaner Patiala, Kashmir, Jamnagar and AJwar, and the Chief Ministers of the various Indian States met at an important informal conference to-day to discuss future relation.with Briish India,
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    44 7 Mr- J. Van De Stadt. general manager of the Dutch Borneo Plantations, Mr Carruthers, one of his assistan's. and Dr Van Meyer, jnedical officer in charge of the Plantations, visited Bukit Kamuninestaie. Rntu Tiera, on Monday, and Investigated iho anti-malarial measures adonted there- M.M.
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      695 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Motiee is hereby «rivon that Ng Swee Chee U no iun-er in our employ as from 6th May IWT, and boa date hereof he has no authority to receive money or to transact any business OH our behalf. BEE {RAT CO.. 121, Beach Road. ORDINANCE NO. 44 (Bankruptcy).
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      636 7 AUCTION SALES PRELIMINARY NOTICE. m The undersigned hrive !><•( n .t\ Mired with instruction! t<> sell by Public tctioi ;.t an early date at \o: 8-2 MucKer, i:oa<i. tie whole of ;he furniture etc. Conipri.-injr: i>i n in jr. Sitt:t;^ ml Bciiuora Furniture of < cry description V Mlr.e I'iano,
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    101 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. WOODFORD. -At the Maternity Hospital,! Sepoy Lines on -May 11th 1927 to Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Woodford a son. MARRIAGE. SEE-SNG. At 9 a.i:i. on 11th. May at No. 23 Balmoral Road, Singapore, in the presence of friends and relations Mr. See Bong Leong (eldest son
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1927. Piracy Prevention.
    814 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 13. 1927. Piracy Prevention. The report of the Hong Kong commission of enquiry into the Sunning piracy, which we published yesterday, does no more in effect than reveal what has been common knowledge on the China coast for the past twelve months. The piracy I
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    283 8 Major the Hon'ble Y. M. Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid (Johore), has been granted six months' leave. Nursing Sister O'Shea, from Singapore, I has been transferred to Alor Star to take the place of Nursing Sister Spry, who has been transferred to the Colony. A Singapore merchant in Mr.
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  • SUPREME COURT.
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      A Debtor Summons.
      169 8 WHY THEY lU\IMEI> INTEREST. In the Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Deane, Gaw Brother.- Ltd. sued Lira Nee Seng for $502, being principal and interest due to them for poods delivered to the defendant. Mr. <\ R Stuart appeared for tin- plain tiffs and Mr. A.
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      TO-DAY'S BANKRUPTCY LIST.
      231 8 The following is the list for the Bank ruptcy Court to-day: Ngai Sang and Cc.. for judgment; Ka.-u-m leaden Co., motion for substitute! service of bankruptcy petition and petition for receiving order; Cl Ban Kirn Tyc motion under section 31 against Lee China Khow (Malacca); B. I
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    "FOLLIES ROMANCE."
    157 8 PRETTY DANCES SLOPES WITH SINGAPORE RUBBER DEALER. A fo mm member of the Eamoas Zeigf< Follies, and, unti] three atonfhe aio, the wife of Richard Barthelniesa, the film itar. from whom she obtained a divorce in Paris, Mary Hay eloped over the week-end with Mr. Vivian Bath, a
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    INTER-SCHOOL DRILL AND GAMES COMPETITIONS.
    69 8 The above competition tOi Class "h" will he held to-day, commencing at .'> p.m. on the Raffles Institution ground. The followin<j- schools are competing: —Victoria Bridge School. Outram Road School. St. Andrew"School. Gan Eng Senp School, rieylan^ Enirlish School. Tho Class competition will be heh'
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    CHEFALO'S CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
    72 8 Will He Escapo? At Saturday night's performance at tfce Victoria Theatre, Chefalo, the well-known magician of Irvine's Company, will endea\ our to escape from a stout, specially made packing case built by the British American Tobacco Company and bound by McAlister's- When Chefalo is in the case
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    F.M.S. PORT FACILITIES.
    409 8 At Chariot Wfaefc ol At the annual genera aentbei i ol the I' ■tJ ;i be* of the FJLS I am Mr. r. L iVnt.M v following statement i -On, of th. u > H Ncpertenoed b| tin luring the past year ha in receiving theii g
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    JAPANESE DISARMAMENT DELEGATION IN SINGAPORE.
    96 8 The Japan*-*- fefafri Power Naval Conference in Gene**** beaded by Mntiml Saito inroad in Stngap N.Y.K. Unmet Awa lUi scheduled bo arrive in G« and will proceed I I pan- for the opetttaf I limitation 4facttß«MM I dent CooUdce »f th. l The delegation inolud,
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    14 8 We n-irr.'t ti >« has been admitted bo Dvi I very seriously ill. Pinang Gazette
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    49 8 The burial of Hr. O* place in the Bidadar I afternoon ami »tti con I F. Lee of \Vesl.'> ():::r I iv.r hventy-one p»w Mrs tac M i I He vvastak,n oi hfa ria and Hid M I land. Th, hM»I «t I mmberof Motive* »i floral offerinc* m
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      9 8 I 1 To-day's Feature. THE SPRING FASHIONS. Page 4.
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    BRITISH POLICY IN CHINA.
    60 9 PEKING MEW ON INKING DECISION. tIBERI \l\ DIDDLED." independent Far Bast- Chamberlain ha> i Ihinkiang were and th- N i 1 -nalisN "go: Sank nir, wotoosea i oted, M s .iv aj it!-. iddled Sii ving that is discovered ia ri is mistake Ka SI n
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    BRITISH CLAIMS FOR HANKOW LOOTING.
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    RHEIMS CATHEDRAL RESTORATION.
    39 9 RHEIMS CATHEDRAL RESTORATION. c 1 the rest Rl eiins from ment luring the war, to- mded 1 th< Ai P the „v rai ftl .:.t-. where gtan be hei > M. Hcrriot took the refer tin gcner as untries towards
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    OIL RESTRICTION.
    15 9 vernmeni to aid in an nnpre >nt nrchasc ng Producers 1 Board has
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    LOSS TO IRISH FREE STATE.
    59 9 State So dm I 'oral has < isßiissed »f the Ir:-h Frw State which claim- ess rto the Irish Republic $2,50 ».0i' n worth of ■■■■I in th-- Unit d States foi ican came The Court also clam of Dc Valera and his In oada
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    DEATH OF ADMIRAL KERR.
    91 9 red of Admiral ol the 'A r Talbol Kerr. waa bOTB in Scotland 88 wUflvd the Royal Navy in 1853, r two fun in the Baltic before n Hi Urn Naval Brieade in the I.ucknow. He was Captain in 1872, Rear Admiral in < ira] ill
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    TEXAS GAS EXPLOSION.
    32 9 Dallas. Texas. May 12. persona were killed and irben a hfO storey brick ;r east Dallas was badly resah of an explosion due •P©" broria a faulty gras meter.
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    BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.
    19 9 Xt uu-i's Service. London, May 11. ord of Trade returns for April n00,750,00Q and exports
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    DANGERS OF THE AIR.
    129 9 SOVIET BALLOONISTS DISAPPEAR. NO NEWS OF NUNGESSER. [lieuter's Service.] London, May 11. Three air parties are now missinp, for! nothing has yet been heard of Nungesser, i Saint Roman who U-ft Senegal for Pernambaco on Yav 6th., whilst Moscow reports j that a Soviet balloon with
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    THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
    83 9 EOMMOX CORPS OF EARCH WORKERS. i Reuters Service.] London. May 12. The ilonial Conference to-day discussed pn posa] to create a common corps of research workers and experts. Two rival aspects emerged during the discussion, firstly, a common corps for the whole of the Colonial Empire, and,
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    LTHE KING'S MESSAGE.
    113 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Kuijh> May 11. When the Colonial Conferenc* was resumed to-day the following reply was received from the King t the message addressed yesterday to His Majesty: "Ir has been a source of much pleasure to me to receive a message from the Governors
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    THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
    93 9 Renter's Service, i (iei*e\a. May 11. in the Industrial Committee ox the Eco- omk Conference Sir Ness Wadia declared that the Japanese memorandum distributed during the conference referred to a biu reduction in profits hut omitted to refer to hours of labour and female nightwork, 01 the
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    THE VATICAN LEGATION.
    129 9 NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN. [Britfch Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, May 11. Sir Austen Chamberlain was asked in the House «>f Commons whether the maintenance of the Legation at the Vatican was row regarded as a matter ol permanent policy. He replied in the affirmative- The Government had
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    ROYAL TOURNEY AT OLYMPIA.
    65 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. May 11. Accompanied by the Queen. His Majesty Wifl open on May 19 the annual Royal Tournament at Olympia. is fifty years since the tournament was instituted." and a programme has been arranged worthy of the Jubilee celebration. The outstanding feature
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    OUR JAPAN LETTER.
    1089 9 1 I The Labour Farmer Party. FORMING A POLICY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Tokyo April, 23. Declaring themselves to be s rongly syxn pathetic with the Nationalist cause in China and firmly opposed to anything savouring of intervention on the part of the Japanese Government, the Labour-Farmer
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      PREMIER TO DISCUSS CHINA MATTERS.
      54 9 (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) TokU), May 11. The Premier, Baron Tanaka. acting in addition as Foreign Minister, with a view to establishing a definite policy on China, has ordered Mr. Yoshisawa, Minister at Peking, and Consul-Generals to return home ami to report
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      THE NEW CABINET.
      131 9 Change in China Policy The Hsinwenpao of Shanghai says:— "The appearance of General Baron Tanaka. the head of the military clique and the Seiyukai. at the head of the new ministry is not only closely related with the Chinese question, hut has a bearing on the situation
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      PRINCE TO INSPECT TOKIO'S RECONSTRUCTION WORKS.
      22 9 H.I.H. the Prince Chichibu, incognito, will inspect the reconstruction works of Tokyo on the 12th inst.
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      NEW POLITICAL PARTY
      27 9 The inauguration ceremony of the newly formed Party with the Kenseikai and the Seiyu-Honto as nucleus, will be performed on the Ist of June.
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    CONSERVATISM AND THE CHARLESTON.
    163 9 Dance Hall in West Fulham Headquarters. London, Apr. 28. That the practice of the Charleston can very well be mingled with a study of Conservatism is the view of the Secretary of the West Fulham Conservative Assouan, n whose new headquarters, of which Mrs. Stanley Baldwin
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    TO FACILITATE BANKING.
    35 9 [Reuters Service.] Berlin. May 12. Arrangements have been completed between the Reichsbank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York whereby Reichsbank clients are able to clear through the Federal Reserve 'Bank.
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    M.P.'s PLEA FOR THE "HE-MEN" FILM.
    235 11 M.P.'s PLEA FOR THE "HE-MEN" FILM. n& he-man* 1 in pre- inf dude" aa a hero one of ;.< bright incidents to-daj ou pf gpesa of Rhaa t';!l thn>ugh the House of ssei c of the AneC< ne] Wedgwood, a. --H, th« setf-made to th« I p. He is a
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    42 11 cured after a long 111I n ocois Lc Mahec, vicar I Moh. li bertson-r:i.. The reveiend gentleman, Tan 0 scholar, peal dri\-- > popular among: hi* at of ace. an*' came to BH tuny v 1897. Only orce back to Prance tm leave.
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    MACPHAIL AND CO LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    1032 11 Singapore, May 10. a survey of the past \,wn suows a lack ;ut any special teacuie lo report either U»€ i'iia-s or <> U1 IW o piincipai cownnocii••t in lik' oi.a.i- ..laiM'i, in wiiKn ihere aas oeen very liu*e change. in Kui.tu,, we are
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    GERMANY'S NEW OIL SOURCES
    75 11 Conversion of Coal on Commercial FJasis. London. May 2. The "Sunday Express," c< mmenting on the announcement that a German chemical ■wj] dye trust in Berlin has discovered a method for converting coal into oil, asserts liar, petrol, benzine, and lubricating oil art :u,w produced in
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    10 11 You cannot he a pioneer without losing something.- Lord Balfour
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    ELEPHANT STICKS IN A DOORWAY.
    469 11 HIS EARS WlkS TOO BIG. A hi«r. obstinate elephant g wedded ir» tie front door > t" tho Natural History Museum recently and the workmen w.?nt] away to lunch and loft it there. The whole trouble was that George, the j Stuffed Elephant, didn't want
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    COMMISSIONING OF THE DERBYSHIRE.
    205 11 How Plans were h^nired. Amid stirring scenes reminisceni of wai time, the 2nd Batt. Scots Guards ami o hei roops embarked at Southampton recently China in the troopships City of Marseilles and Derbyshire. I am able to relate the dramatic story the commissioning of the Derbyshire
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    ANOTHER POLAR FLIGHT.
    35 11 Moscow, Apr. 18. Dr. Nansen, aided by Russian scientists is preparing a three-days' dirigible flight i'rom Leningrad to Murmansk (Finland), across the North Pole and Alaska, and back along ihe Siberian coast.
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    117 11 At a genera] meeting in connection with the Howeli Memorial Fund, held at Malacca on Saturday, to endeavi ur to arrange for fh collection < f further funds, to decide in what manner the money should be utilis ed, and form a committee, only five attend ed, and it will
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      589 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 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4.512 tons). The i.B. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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      186 12 s.s. CARNARVONSHIRE. Consignees of cargo per the above vessel from Europe (arrived May 6th) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed here in a damaged condition will bo held at 9 a.m. on Wednesday 18th May. at Godown No. 48. No further Survey will be held.
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      302 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORg (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA Ufl BALTIMORE s.s. OREGON MARU h(( s.s. BELFAST MARU due PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR due THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated m
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      271 12 LLOYD TRFESTINO \A\. i (Inc-rpuratc: HOMEWARD SAILINGS Monthly service for Brfatftd Tneste ria ports taking cargo on thro Un Bills of Lading f or j UjrrM h and Black Se a Ports ,j M( I( ports on th* V\,., ast of Italy OUTWARD SAILINGS fOR HONf; KONG. -Ha\,, H AM)
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      708 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 6
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      781 12 SHIPPING NOTES. The Dutch steamer Toh Lam brought a cargo of rubber from Djambi yesterday. The Dutch steamer Tarakan arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of coal from Berouw. Her cargo including a quantity of dangerous goods the Altai Maru, from Rotterdam, anchored in the Roads on arrival yesterday
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      600 13 I O. S. K. Line. ne.fnat.on* Steamers. A r rive Lea ve. •(,,'teriiam. Hamburg. Bremen, via Colombo, Avien, Port Voli Said Amur Maru May 18 May 20 Darta I°* Bay Cap€ Town> Rio. tad Buenos Aires. fLa Plata Maru May 12 May 13 v{. r /.an^ihar, Dar-es-Salaam, ■g i Bay
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      427 13 TRAVEL COMFORT Aboard J-Q39_ DOLLAR USE& I "PRESIDENT 1 I LINERS Dollar President linen offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, w«ll- ventilate 1 and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Stateroom* with private bath predominate,
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      718 13 K. P. M. KONMKLYKE PAKETVAART "mAATSCHAPPU, (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3«40, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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    HOW A £500,000 STATION IS MADE.
    970 14 Chat with George the Winch-Driver. ROOF TO CARRY ALL LONDON'S We pioneers i f London's newest underworld -writes an Evening News representative stood shakily on a plank a hundred feel below Piccadilly-circus, and as we stood in a giant steel tunnel full of grotesque
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    DEATH OF MRS. BREHMER.
    99 14 All of the older generation will learn with regret of the death of Mrs. W. Brehmer She passed away at Lubeek on the 30th March. Mr. Brehmer was a resident here for nearly twenty years, and for the greater part of that time was a partner
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    61 14 A telegram has been received by the local police authorities from Teluk Datoh, says the Malay Mail, stating that a Tamil was stabbed to death by another Tamil there, en Saturday. 1 is believed that a quarrel arose over a woman, and the act was com mitted in a moment
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    TRYING IT ON THE DOG.
    195 14 A German gentleman called Dr. Mendel (a name with most respectable associations in the matter of scientific research) has been testing Hu- impressions which arc made on dogs by the (cinematograph. Those who fee] inclined to protest at i nee that this is another example
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    49 14 A telegram was received from Hankow by a Hong Kong textile factory on May 3rd advising that no more textile goods should he s*nt to Hankow as goods that were r3cently sent there from Hi ng Kongwere ordered by the labour union? to be shipped back to Hong Kong-.
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      202 14 I !Sllenburgs Foods Made from the purest milk of cows pastured in the home counties, the 'Aiienburys* Foods are as easily digested as mother s milk. They are kjerm free and aie simply and quickiv made by the addition of boiling water only. M.lk Food No. 1 Milk Pood \o.
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      268 14 F\ Eli ■■I I j^m^w I s+^m* fm^^^^Kk wXmwi 1 mm MM i kiM^ the annals of his country. His name stands forever as the symbol of supreme personal courage and devotion to duty. SaftlPnWfflffllgP I ARE 1 P" rT^wa"n»iCyl!P^r ft. I A fc# vb I 1 fc« Jine uraditions
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    285 15 Singapore, May 12. Rubber. The slight improvement in thtpiice of the commodity during the week has not been maintained and, after an easier tendency yesterday, cable quotations this morning from London and New York each report a fall of V making the former Is <%d. and the latter
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    LEWIS AND PEATS REPORT.
    168 15 Singapore, Ma> i 2. There has been no change in ice? during the week, and business has beei dull and uninteresting. Little in the way of fresh orde s have been received, and were it not that there is a short position on certain grades, there
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & COS. REPORT.
    185 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT. Singapore, Max 12. Rubber.— London, Is 7 :1 4 1 i V 6 down. Local 69% cts. Tin. -London. £288. 2s 6d down. Local $148% for LOO tons. Milling. Kuchai 2.15 2.20, Sungei Way 3.35 3.42^, North Taiping L.21 L 25, Rahman Hydraulic 2.60 2.65, Kuyoh
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    92 15 We regret to loam that Mr. Frank Copeman, chairman of the Rubber Estate Agency, Ltd., London, died on the Bth inst. The late Mr. Copeman was a director of the Society Internationale de Plantations ct !e Finance. The growth of the Rubber Estate Agency, Ltd. was largely due to his
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    81 15 A considerable rise in the price of arrack and samsoo is indicated in the F.M.S. import figures for the last quarter of 1926 when 34,300 gallons were imported, valued at $l. r >6.000. as against 37,400 gallons in f h^ last quarter of 1925, valued at only $107,600. There is
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    EXCHANGE.
    42 15 linfx-;!;;^' 1 1 flit India. T. T. 1 •">••: i Hong Kong, demand LO?j p.c-. Dis. Yokohama, demand 1 16% Java, demand 189 Bangkok, demand SO 1 Bar Silver London 26 16-145 Bank of England Rate -U, p.c. Sovereign, Hank Buying 5.04
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    PRODUCE.
    187 15 Tin 200 Tons- >i 4« Gambier 9 Pepper White 78.00 Pepper Black 4 I.o<i Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small I::;::::. £2 Opium. Benares unt. l.nun Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice, Siam old No. 1 ;i Rice, Rangoon Bintan 2'">o Rice. Rangoon Sioka 286 Rice Siam Broken No. 1
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    55 15 Ma\ 12ih.. 12 oVI<K-k noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F, Spot ''■■<''.. Standard R.S.S. on Tender May 70 7ft'- 4 Jui 7i nvi Oct-Dec 7:. 4 75% Tone of Market Dull. Latest Cable: I ondon Spot Sheet 19% d per lb. New York
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    95 15 F RASER'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers £eIU ra Bangrin Tin C) 32? Eastern Siam 23s 24s K. Lumpur Tin (£1) SBs 6d 39s 6d Klang River ($1) 3.75 3.85 Kuyoh Tin ($1 1 .47 t L.55 Menglembu ($1) 53 57 X;ii Hoot ($1 72'^ 77% Padang Plandock (15) L
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      ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
      249 15 l»<.;ails from the report of th<- li<>\:»l Exchange Assurance Co., shew that the pr<> i.s from the Fire, Ajcddeut, ;>nd Trusti-*--ind Execul r Department*, togjethei k vith the share for 1926 of the pgoprtetora' Allocation Account off i j Quinquennial Valuation, L 921-1925, amounting; m ail t<>
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      AYER PANAS RUBBER.
      268 15 r is the seventh port i' th< (iiivt- preset d at the tr< aera] meetii to !><• held al the Cotupany'g registered of) Kong Hank Chambers, Collj er '.„>.. unlay. May 21st at n«- n rhe profit for the year 5 $344, which has to bi TT;.
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      WINDSOR (F.M.S.) RUBBER.
      63 15 A telegram hat been received bg Hcoari Bonatead and Co.. Penanc, agent*, from the Secret a i of Tin W B Isor < I MLS t I. Estate, Ltd, advising th:;? I coum> have been tasm i shewing a of E25,632 and pec nunending tin paynieni of
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      SUXGEI BATU RUBBER.
      58 15 A telegram bae been received by lie r Bouatead and ('<*.. Penanpr. a>rent>. from lh« Secretariea of the ESuncei Bata (Malaya) Rubber Estates, Ltd. advising thai th nual aco tunti hav< beai issu I profit C 33,697 and recommending thi men! of SnaJ dividend of li') per
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      TAKUAPA VALLEY TIN.
      57 15 TAKUAPA V ALLEY TIN. Tlu following telegram bae >>' m received l»y Boustead and <'„. I'cnatijr hw 'Ik Manager of Takuapa Valley Tin: 'Dredge st< pped owinp to failure backet iftotof petti injr I'epair to spare- now at Singapore during stop alterations \<< jip> ptowd aeeaaaaff while dredging in n\cr
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      20 15 The duty collected on rubber lurtag th<» month of April was a-> l'ol'ows:- Federated Malay States HMJQfIJQ; Straits $12,88 .6".
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    29 15 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST Yesterday's Alterations. Savers SelW**"* Hitams 1.60 1.05 North Taiping L.18% 1.22% Rahman Hvd. 2.55 ."> South Taiping 82% v Larut Tin Fields 23a Sd 24s 3.1
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    79 15 [British Radio— Official Sevricc] Rugby, May 11. Amsterdam 12.13%, Athens :it;«">. Berlin 20.52, Bombay Is. 5 63-64 L, Brussels :>4.'J7. Bucharest 775, Buenos Aires 47 17-32, Copenhagen is. 21, Geneva, 25.26, Heisingfors I**2 7 s, Hong Kon^r 2s. O%<L, Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 27.50, Milan 89%, New York 4.85%,
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      375 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) lI HAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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      420 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. Odapiri. Esq. K. Mogami, E^q. Karon K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Ksq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. Watanahe. Esq. T. Okubo. Esq. Karon K.
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      440 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. I). G. M. Bernard. Chairman W. 11. Bell. Esq.. W. L. Pattenden, Esq.,
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      30 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Honds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW ft CO., CHARTERED RANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor).
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    SPRING RACES.
    1809 16 The Third Day's Events. m CLOSER FINISHES. Then- was quite a large attendance at the Coarse ywrterday afternoon for the third 'lay nf thf Spring meeting. His Exeailencj Uh Office! Administering the Gown I: rnt arrived early, whilst H.H. the Sultan ol Johore and H.H. the Sultan of
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    348 16 League Football. SECOND DIVISION POINTS FOR R.E. R.E. 2, Civil Service 1. On the S.R-C. ground yesterday the R.E. defeated the Olvil Service by two goals to one in a Section 'B' Second Division game. The game was closely contested from start to finish, the teams being very
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    161 16 MAY MONTHLY MIXED FOURSOME. Twenty cards were taken out for the above event, resulting as follows: Mrs. and D. B. McLay 46 10% 35% Mrs. G^orpeson and Jones 41 5 36 Miss L. Williams and Bisset 45 S 1 36% Mrs. Mair and H-urt 44 7 37
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    CARDIFF'S WILD WELCOME TO CUP-WINNERS.
    105 16 Captain Enthroned: Players Kissed By Admirers. London, Apr. 25. Amazing scenes, equalled only by those witnessed on Armistice Day, marked the return of the cup-holders to Cardiff. A crowd of about 150,000 many of whom dashed across the lines, mobbed the team as they stepped
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    CRICKET.
    71 16 The Royal Engineers played the 2oth Battery, R.A. !n a Garrison Cricket League match on Pulau Brani on Wednesday. The R. E. won by an innings and 17 runs. Scores:— R.E. 63. 25th. Battery. Ist. Innings. 14, 2nd Innings 32. For the RE.. Campbell took 9 wickets for 16
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      39 16 INDIA BEATS SPAIN. [Reuter's 1 Service.] Barcelona, May 11. In the Davis Cup India beat Spain by three matches to two. Prasada beat Juanicc 11-9, g 4, g 3 while Flaquer beat Fyzee 7—5, 6—o, 6—2.
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      AMERICAN WINS IN HOLLAND.
      46 16 Thirty Games Set. [Reuters Service]. The Hague, May 12. The American tennis players Tilden and Hunter are meeting- a Dutch side. Tilden beat the Davis Cup player Timim-r 7_5, 6—3, 6—o. The American couple beat Van Lennep and Diemerkool 6—o, 16—14. 6—4.
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      SPENCE OUTCLASSED BY VERSATILE FRENCHMAN.
      101 16 How Lacoste Won British Hard Courts Tourney. I^ondon. Apr. 30. Bournemouth. In the final of the British Hard Courts Championship, Lacoste's versatility was too pood for Spence's steadiness. The Frenchman's devastating array of shots outclassed Spence, despite his heroic .efforts. London. May 1. In the
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