The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 May 1927

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    12 1 Singapore Free Press NTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927. NO. 12,103.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    291 1 Soviet headquartirs in London ha\c I)fen raided by the police, who found a considerable number of documents, including several propaganda films Pape 11. J he bject of the raid was to discover certain British diplomatic documents which outfht not to have left British possession. Replying to a
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    940 1 Quicquid agu.nl homines nottri e*t farragt LibeUi Juvenal. At thi RacecouiM "Ami who are you waiting for here?* 1 Another of these sad cases <»i mistaken identity and intentionß, which may OCCUI bo the i! vtH modest and g l-looktag of us. That veiy astute and
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      176 1 t' WINC; LOONG GH (1 s IAII.ORING. I ar.t. E inisb Guaranteed. J HIGH STBKBT. Raffles Hotel M i Special Race Dinner $3 j j: 7or reservations phone 2920. J T. WITJ.TAMS. Manager. > ci letters create a gpod sion of Proiiress. Get a en of your business. Remington for
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      95 1 JK Made by hand -One at a time of THE UNIQUE SSS LEAF ARDATH TOBACCXD CO LTD LONDON .;WWbWAWftV.%WbWM%SVSWiSW;WA > A%VLWAWJWftj; i^2% The Europe Hotel, j: 5 M:^^) 'RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION." jjGRJLL RACE DINNER-DANCE Dancing till 1.45 a.m. J i $3 oo i i- THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD., J 5
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      81 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel ehgmgemens£ Pa^rt 1. Auction of freehold propd^y— Page l x Auction of well grown orcbid stumps-^ Page 9. Government and Municipal tendersPage 9. Noxo protects timber and woodw rkPage 11. Colleen Moore in [rene at Alhambra next seeekPage 2. Gloucester House offers accomm dation to those going
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      14 1 WING LOONG I THE RBOOGNOMI HOI SE EIROI'EAN TKO|»I( AL SIIIS. 12, HK.Ii STREET.
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      180 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 1 4th. High Water. 9.31 a.m.. 7.6.. '.t.37 p.m. v2. H. W. Malacca. 6.20 a.m., 5.2.. 6.30 p.m. 6.0. Rac<-<-~ Fourth Day. P. I. Outward Maikdue. Football: Harbour Bd. vs. .!.<.>. A.. Stadium. Irving's Midgets Victoria Theatre 9.30 p.m. Sunday, 1 5 f High Water, 10.6 a.m..
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    627 2 Mr. H Frasei has been appointed to act us Ass r] to the Redan Govt-rn-j,., > n St m"3 Institution Cadet Corps i, farewell parade i n Monday hi honour v\ their O. Honorary Cadet Captain A. Chin who is proceeding to Europe, V ve< meeting of the Kajang [>.
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      234 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY NIGHTLY CINEMA— SIDESHOWS. CHINESE WAYANGS. WATCH WATCH WATCH THE OPENING DATE OF THE UNION STAR OPERA GO. Saturday, May 14th GATE 10 cts. Mdm. 4V i \m Kclveys School of Ul DANCING For children and young A ladies in Character, W Classical, Clog, Exhibition, Ballet and Toe
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      323 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 3'/ 2 ft. by 3 ft. by 3 ft. boards 1 in. thick which will be on view at John Little's
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      400 2 AN ADAPTATION OF A FAMOUS NOVEL FEATURING n. AND POPULAR STARS. Hi From Friday, 13th to Wednesday, 18th Ma> t ALHAMBRa (TAN CHENG KEE &<€o., Ltd., Plopcietoi In the Second Show at 9 p.m A UNITED ARTISTS-GOLDWYN SPECIAL Adapt. novel by HAROLD BELL WRIGHT A glowing tale of those pioneers
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    SEX WAR ON THE BOWLING GREEN.
    442 3 MEN WILL NOT HAVE WOMEN j PLAYERS THERE! j Are They Jealous One day we hope not— there may be something like this in the newspapers: The Hottentot lk>wlin^ Club, the last stronghold oi' the anti-feminists, was invaded yesterday by 200 women, who cut
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    FREE AIR.
    168 3 lIKITI^H AEROPLANES OVER SHANGHAI. Hong Kong, May 3. Mr. Quo Tai-chi, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, has addressed another protest to Sir Sidney Barton against Biitisb aeroplanes flying over Shanghai. The note is similar to one previously addressed to the British Consul-General but is more detailed in it^ claims
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    THE WAYS OF ENGLISH WOMEN.
    126 3 An American's Thirst F«r Knowledge. Do the women of England wear their skirts abovt' their knees How many single women ami girls are there in England < Americans prefer tht- old country's girls for wive? lx>cause they are not such spentlthiifts as their cousins across
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    55 3 A Dusseldorf woman committed suicide in a most determined manner. Climbing to the top of the "Erpeler Ley," a great rock on the Rhine, only slightly smaller than the famous "Loreley," she stood on the edge of the cliff and shot herself through the head, so that when she collapsed
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      147 3 S))^=^^ .<&/ Eft <£k g^y ?< Ihe r ood or Ivings S Court Physicians know the best and see that JJJ Royal Babies have the best. That is why jj /> Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal m Nurseries. Only the best U good enough for your
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      314 3 WILKINSON, HEYWOOD RI AriC RITIIMfNOUS PAINT I For use on Galvanised Iron, Zinc and Steel. -A Rust resisting and withstands the action of Salt Ci or Fresh Water, Chemical Fumes, Acid and f I 1 I MM Specially suitable for use on Ships, Bridges, J Mudguards, Roofs, Boilers, Bunkers, Pump
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    KICK RESTORES SPEECH.
    162 4 Ex-So'dier Recovers in Rugby Game. John Flynn, a Blackpool clerk and exj soldier, who had been deaf and dumb since he was shot through the head in 1915. has recovered his sp'eech while playing in a Rugby trial match. He received a kick in j the threat
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    12,000,000 FEWER TRAM PASSENGERS
    54 4 9M71 Dnv w K«< Ah., i,i L&OQ ■.<• catrried mi th« I.< I tn In »t ftnancia > > wwl the reci iptß I E90.470, ItM ircncral Btrtl I fiXMU Mtt»ttMl«l atu l City an.i S.auh I. «A» I unong the Fb bow i itr the
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    SUCH A SURPRISE
    13 4 He bwwed a* •It's t bettor eat I m> explained.
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    COLONIAL MOTOR MARKETS.
    1611 4 Recent Progress and Future Scope. SNARE OF COMPLACENCY. The oversea trade in British motor vehicles and chassis has increased rapidly during the last two years, and if the industry avoids the pitfall of complacency there is every likelihood of rapid development and expansion throughout the Empire by
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      182 4 High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes i; I- Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. > Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca. 'BIBS fl H^. A mßb s^k^ sqb Sa w S3^ MiffllNfi 9B JB B IBBa '31^^" J^r x <^j§pjßbHljlHßßm B^x^ THE FISK TIRE EXPORT COMPANY, INC.
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      28 4 THE line of (ioodyear L Motor Accessories and Repair Materials inelude such important proJ....4,, t uucis as. s&^^. >H Tube Repair KiN. Iliy^T^^, Hlow-Out Patches Wm%^l^ I 128—26
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    SPRING HINTS FOR THE MOTORIST.
    785 5 MEASURES TO AVOID TROUBLES AND AVERT ACCIDENTS. MAKING TYRES GO FARTHER. -byMajor F. A. C. Forbes-Leith; K.R.G.S. (Author of "By Car to India"). [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] I am Lroin.Lr to revert again in this week's i talk u. a few more hints on the general
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    113 5 The organisation of the Automobile Association at home is growing so quickly that this year 200 new road patrols have been added to the start'. This increase is directly due to added members, as for every new batch of members more patrols are put on the road. Owing to the
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    THE INDIAN MARKET.
    900 5 Demand For British Cars. INCREASING IMPORTS. Now that the introduction of the 1 i*2T-liB Budget is imminent the motor industry is once more asking whether there is any h<-,po this year of a reduction ii< the h gh rate of taxation under which it has been groaning
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      170 5 Be Gtaided By experience j^r Economical Transportation irul\ modern year-change car the lowest cost. Models and Prices Be iruided by the experience TOURING $1500. this multitude, who have 2 SEATER $1400 prored to their own satisfac- r>^^ SEDAN $1800 Ml that a Chevrolet is most I > nomical in benzine
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      142 5 (([ESSEXJ ESSEX FOUR DOOR fESSExII I [motors! SFDAN motors I New Type New Colours j: New Upholstery New Appointments. This Sedan with four wide doors offer individuality and reliable transportation. It S has a new beauty of line distinction in its two tone colour effects and a :j richness of
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    ROGUERY ON THE HIGH SEAS.
    1818 6 THE BAD OLD DAYS. NO. 3. DODGING THE CUSTOMS-MAN. Tricks cf the Old Free-Traders. I I by "GABOT" f. (Author of "Tbe Romance of Shipping'^. J [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.} Vmong ci tmes, the act of smuggling itself v n probably never be accounted very vici-
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    BARONET DIES IN POORHOUSE.
    686 6 SON OF A FORMER LORD MAYOR OF LONDON. Plight of Six Children. A Baronet who for years had lived in a humble home in Lewes-street, Brighton, fighting against a tragic reversal of fortune, has just died in Brighton Poor Law Infirmary. He was Sir James Herbert
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    INDISCREET JURY-WOMAN.
    169 6 INTERRUPTS DEARBORN LIKEL CASE. Detroit. April 22. The Federal Court has declared v mistrial in the million dollar libel suit brought against Mr. Henry Ford by Mr. Aaron Sapiro, a wealthy Chicago lawyer, on account of alleged anti-Jewish articles in Mr. Ford's weekly paper, the Dearborn Independent, on
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    ASTRONOMERS' STORIES.
    394 6 Few people would seek humour in theobservatory. Yet astronomers are not all grave old fogies, nor is astronomy without its funny side. A good deal of misconception exists as to the purpose of an observatory. Somepeople believe even now that astronomers can tell fortunes. A young man once
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    WORkMEN'S COMPENSATION.
    299 6 WORk MEN'S COMPENSATION. An Important I'oint Decided. The Courts have always been inclined, in workmen's compensation cases, to take a view favourable to the workman on points at which the statutes are ambiguously worded. A very important cass- which has i just been decided maintains this tradition. A painter suffering
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    OUR BOYS MARCH HOME.
    388 6 SPLENDID MUSIC THAT HAS No SAD SILENCES. i m We never know hut thai we .-hall ned little army marching up through o ur \<>\\v. Sometimes it is the Guanis with that s\\ of thi' arm which is all their OWH, an-; Bcmettmes it is the
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    THE ART OF GOLF PRACTICE.
    940 6 SECRET OF SUCCESSFUL IRACTICK. Where there is Scope for Most Improvement. NEED OF A SYSTEM. EDWARD RAY. (Ex-Champion of Britain t [FREE PIESS SPECIAL.} It W often said that the professional golfer is dilatory so far as his *ramt- is concerned, and that he is
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    240 7 SI \-\TinN IN BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT. REE< I INVENTS l" (ltl N HOUR Che famous billiards player. peak 499,13s nearly R gn -sa- respon- ibk for Lg "he "anchor stroke, method of overcoming the B tr> i j st) rda} t 1,151 !l v :nod— a championship record bore
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    BANTAM-WEIGHT TITLE.
    175 7 Uchit- Bell's Record. Bell Ah.niTtddy Baldock defeated at the Royal Albert Hall on May in a i Btesl for the world's bantamI title, m beating Johnny Vacca. who I ated Fidel La Burba, demonstrat- he the bead bantam-weight in America. He easily defeated Jack Cohen, the Niw York
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    GENE TUNNEY AND "G.B.S."
    57 7 Gene Tunney, in a speech to 1,000 boxing enthusiasts who gathered around his train to greet him. chided tht- sporting editors "who insist on making me a member of the Intelligentsia." He added: "If Igo to England I shall go to tig-ht. and not co take
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    AMATEUR TENNIS AT QUEENS' CLUB.
    90 7 Hon. C. N. Brute's Victory. London, May 2. At Queen 1 Club, in the Amateur Tennis hampionship final, the Hon. X. Bruce beat Hill. 6 4. 4— 's. 4. 6 3, qualifying to meet E. M. Baerlein, who has held the r'tle sin« V?\o. in
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    WILRED RHODES TESTIMONIAL.
    59 7 WIL RED RHODES TESTIMONIAL. London. April 26th. Lord Hawke presented Wilfred Rhodes. the veteran cricketer, with a cheque foi El 650 as a testimonial promoted by the Yorkshire County Cricket Club in appreciation of his distinguished services for England and Yorkshire. It was announced that the Maharajah o: Patiala and
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    NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS SEEK EDUCATION.
    33 7 NEW ZEALAND CRICKETERS SEEK EDUCATION. London, April 29. Southampton.— Fourteen New Zealand cricketers have arrived here from America. Lowry, the captain, in an interview, emphasised that the tour was largely educ at ional.
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    THE SHEFFIELD SOCCER" TRACEDY.
    73 7 THE SHEFFIELD SOCCER" T RACEDY. i Bury Player's Collapse. London, Apr. 30. A crowd of 22,000 saw the Sheffield -'soccer" tragedy. Johnson, one of the Sheffield forwards. was penalised for being off-side. Wynne gathered the ball and was about to place it in position for the free kick, when he
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    TOLLEY WINS GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    52 7 Internationa] Matches Fixed For June. London. April 29. Worthing, (Sussex.)— ln the final of the Amateur Golf Championship, Cyril Tolley beat Rex Hartley by 5 and 4. The Ryder Cup matches between English and American golf professionals have been fixed for June 3rd and 4th, at
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    KEEPER OF THE "ASHES" DEAD.
    289 7 Lord Darnley's Tour That Made History. The Earl of Darnley. one of the most famous amateur cricketers whp ever played for England, died on April 9th., aged sixtyeight. Forty-five years ago, when Darnley was the Hon. Ivo Bligh, he captained the England eleven which visited
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    HONG KONG AND CRICKET.
    198 7 Opinions differ as to whether there would have been sufficient response in Hong Kong il the Colony had had Malaya's opportunity of seeing Australian Test cricketers in actual play. For reasons explained in the China Mail, the local leaders of the game feel that the time
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    COUNTESS AS FILM STAR.
    107 7 Countess Vera Tolstoy, the beautiful granddaughter of the famous Russian author and now the director of a fashionable hairdressing saloon in Prague, has signed a contract with a Los Angeles film company for £200 a month. She will make her debut in Tolstoy's "Resurrection." The countess
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    PREPARING FORTHE BIG PUSH
    284 7 It has been proposed by one enterprising (or terrified) local uthority in the United States that a memorial in the shape of a skull and cross-bones should be erected at .very place on a main road where a motoring accident had occuired, thu w creating a
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    THE GREATEST ENGLISHMAN.
    134 7 The following is a letter bo the Editor Df the Daily Express which was published in lhat paper on April 3 4th:Sir, I submit that the greatest Englishman was Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. explorer, governor, statesman, naturalist, scientist, and waiter. He was the founder of the Zoological
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    COAL SEAM FOUND IN LONDON STREET.
    126 7 Ma> \uiiemim A l{i)i Supply Beneath i i Icmen < ngaged in diggini for a i 8 wer in C nnaught-gardens, Pttlmam Green, discovered a blade substam. which was afterwards found by the Suuthpate Council's surveyor, Mr K. I'hillips. to b. \iiL'in or pilot
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    WOMEN KILLED BY DRASTIC DIETING.
    113 7 WOMEN KILLED BY DRAS TIC DIETING. A Harle> -Street Doctor's Statement. A Harley-sireet doctor, disCttCSMSj ll] interview the dangers of too drastic dieting to which the de«tfa I Archibald. •h--jockey, has drawn alien; .mi -aid: "Weight-reducing metliodi m vcq dangerous to employ, except under coupe tent medical advice. ""I know
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    A LANDLORD IN A MILLION.
    54 7 lad Tenant in a Million "My landlord wants- to redecorate my home, and I don't want ate to." a woman told the Wiilesden magistrate "Can I la raything to itop him "No." said the maciatrate. "It is hi> i >» r-t >■ bnf he leeatl
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    49 7 Mr. K. K. Fry. A.< .!>.. of Kuala Lam-; it bo hie transferred to Beatona;, and M- Ivingstone, of Beatona;, it to take hit pUi a 1 Koala l.ani'at. M>. i- r\ wat recent I j entertained to tea by the Chinese community at Ihe m 3noi Club, Rant ing.
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      69 7 /er Economical Transportation jljL Xj W jljL X O vJ xM X X XVX JCi /fli^ih^"' n J^a^^ 'CHEVROLET' Trucks are designed to keep running //MLJ&j? H |\fj *IPa// at good speeds with full loads, da} after day, and year after T t n D eiO7C Their performance is definitely
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    We Hear fron London
    1609 8 We Hear fron London GOSSIP FROM THE METROPOLIS. ..ord Oxford's Economy Suggestion. A Liberal Come-back. New I Theatre in Piccadilly. Refacing Parliament Buildings. {FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] London, Apr. 7. There has been a flutter in the dovecote: i>ver the suggestion i f Lord Oxford an' A.squith that, .n tha interests
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      143 8 OUT OF Q of all cars on the road use DOUBLE l f^ l RIBBED Champions for every Car. Lorry and Marine Engine. Obtainable from MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212 ORCHARD RD.. SINGAPORE. §^40 Airships I jfok. JLmll Cv/f V«f VV* \n air>hip service from England mav soon h«I a ''^^P
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      131 8 SUNLIGHT Sunlight Soap has a guarantee of put every bar. Purity is everything in s: means so much real money to you saves the clothes makes them las! tw long. Its pure lather cleanses the ci naturally, NOT chemically. Buy a carton of Sunlight to-day, and Lever Brothers Limited. Port
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      315 9 BUSINESS CARDS^ r MARY SETON. 3 ui KWOOD FURNITURE SHANGHAI SHADES. t J c y AMBER MANSIONS. J J v. i 1 t 1 liViiiViVAV Vi^ v^ SWi mK M,:!\l> MARBLE OR GRANITE xiN! ,APORE CASKET CO. >M MENTAL MASONS." IFI EPHONE "5. m^ ALBERT L. A. DALEY. I RTAKEI
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      317 9 NOTICES. NOTICE. Notice b hereby givei that Xjr Swec Chee ia no longer in our employ as from <>th May IW7, and from .late hereof he has no authority to receive money or to transact any business on our behalf. BEE HUAT CO.. 121, Beach Road. JOHORE GOVERNMENT. THE EXCISE
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      112 9 The second of the two wives of a Chinese living at Pudv. was charged in the Kuala Lumpur police court before Mr. J. M. Barron, with attempting to commit suicide on the morning of April 30, by swallowing a cup of washing- soda. She pleaded not guilty, stating that a
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      657 9 TENDERS. IVUJNiciPALITY OF SINGAPORE 11 Tender.- are invited for the supply, during ».he months .l^y to December 1927 (inclusive), o? approx. 20,000 barrels of Portland Cement manufactured in Great Fritain. j'or conditions, particulars of rate and places of delivery, etc., apply to the Chief Resident Engineer, Water Supply from Johore.
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      575 9 AUCTION SALES. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. The undersigned have been favoured with nstrnctions to sell by Public Auction at an ally date at Xo: o-2 MaeKenzie Road, the vhole of the Furniture etc. Comprising:- Dininp, Sitting- ami Bedroom ■"immure of every description Moutrie Piano, Dabinet 'irr.niophone Knelish china dinner and ea services,
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      334 9 TT7HEN you buy Interwoven Socks you know that the famous Interwoven Toe and Heel insure maximum wearing value. Ask to see the many new patterns and colour mixtures in silk, wooi and lisle, all moderMutler Pbipp» (Mala>*). 1.1 Singapore For New Strength in every case of Weakness &Uft -■->-' aj^^
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      598 9 CHURCH SERVICES. FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. St. ANDRFW'S CATHEDRAL. 7.30 a.m. Litany. r.io a.m. Holy Commu?iion (Choral) and; Sermon. 9.15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. I 1 p.m. The Catechism. j p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Sr. MA THE W'S C H U R( U a.m. Holy Communion. During the
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    DOMESTIC' OCCURRENCES' DEATH.
    24 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES' DEATH. SNEWIN. At Littlehampton, Sussex, on May James Henry Snewin beloved father of E. A. Snewin, of Singapore, in his 83rd year.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927. Dr. Tagore's Visit.
    480 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 14, 1927. Dr. Tagore's Visit. Arrangements in connection with the reception of Dr. Rabindra Nath Tagore at Kuala Lumpur have nowbeen completed and movement is now on foot to provide for his reception in Singapore and for opportunities for the public to hear him. It
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    Malaya and Chile.
    319 10 One of the biggest trade fights in which the British Empire is engaged is that to recover the position we I held in South America bet'.. re the war. During the war it inevitably happened that our business fell away to nothing whilst the United States were
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    149 10 Yesterdays Government Gazette contains a list of the 305 existing- Societies registered in Singapore. Michelio et Cie are authorised to file a specification of an invention for improvements in metal rim wheels. T r. E. A. Stevens has been appointed a member of the Committee of Appeal for the purposes
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    66 10 GENERAL CHUNG'S ENVOY TO JAPAN. (By courtesy of the N.°inyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.* Tokio, May 12. General Chiang Kai Shek's special envoy j to Japan has arrived hero. It is stated that the envoy trill endeavour to secure mutual understanding: between Japan and the Nanking Government. A meeting between
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    BARON SAKATANI To COPE WITH THE BANK CRISIS.
    48 10 Ba:on Sakatani, fonueV Winistei Finance, has been appointed I rea h at :he Committee to deal nritii the question )f the Bank of Taiwan, in BOCCession to Mr. J. Inoue who has beconu the Governor >f the Bank of Japan.
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    SUZUKI CREDITORS' MEETING.
    28 10 The Suzuki Shoten's crecUtora meeting has been auain postponed« due chiefly The fact that the problems of the Bank Taiwan ha\'e not been definitely settled.
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    WIRELESS STATION AT YOKAICHL.
    46 10 On.- oi the most pout I win tions in the world, be ab) communicate with the leading stati «u of the world, is to be bu I in a euburl I Yokaichi, Aichi Prefecture, at the estima cosi of Vii'j' 0 H
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    KAWASAKI DOCK YARD
    536 10 KAW ASAKI DOCK YARD Mr. Takahashi, M i nance inow negotiating rrith I Mitsui and the, £umit< ?•!■> for tl the K;:\\ Haji Zainudin ras be* a appointed Secretary for Koran Affairs, IViak. in buccessi n to Haji Abdul Omar who has i ~n\ Mrs. S, Q. Wong takes the
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    48 10 Police H ml in lv nari} 34,5.r> i LIKE oiXfj ITron Our our Com On ;h, airi.al from ChtM port,. v i;i g■. Detective [nspectoi i ietectfvei batrded tW incited Much, n, they EMtnd :;;.>: E»U the- poMemfon 9f a Charged m th- Poll* Chinest- plead. a
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    TELEGRAPH POST DOWN.
    36 10 (From Our <>■• hen.ojj !;r Strong nriadf afternoon. and a coconut :t Lane, off Burma! I: electric eveihea- it legrapn ports. A Ih i sing by at :h< tfi the fallen wire;- ha i
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    SIR HUGH CLIFFORD'S FAREWELL MESSAGE TO CEYLON CRICKETER.
    28 10 SIR HUGH CLIFFORD'S FAREWELL MESSAGE TO CEYLON CRICKETER. (From Our Own i! l importance of inten mites bo ai Ceylon when h< SB H ■>: attack of in! J
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    AN INTERRUPTED CEREMONY.
    128 10 POLICE ARRESI I in >„ S(M IK |>| \i! ,RS !>■••■ 1 police officers raid Rhu m A: pfj ;>(i am initiation ceren i I- wma cu-h v .r! wrmi two r th-t-« ■I < to escape, fin <i r lions wht-r. the som*.- seeking: the m
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    ALBUERA COMMEMORATIVE DINNER.
    58 10 This commemorative d i Ac dieses Ki L-.ii las wi in- ai the Eui |||g :it S p.m. A ben of the M: papore au- cordially invited arrangements tan in cnarg> raofa th« s.V < 1m- from whom all particulai be obtamed. Fifty decided to attend si
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    16 10 llr. L. C llargroliouth ha« a net r <■• 1 1 eSi ga re M
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    BANKRUPTY COURT.
    32 10 [i Banl Court business was confined I Rpplications. R* eei» in nei I: Guan arid Co., Cho| signet i"i m it i b for the i persons irho own mom
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      ARCOS HELDUP.
      127 11 'a Service]. London. May 12. raid waa carried out itj of London in Rnisatioiis, bank -rt'!.)ii have their been R€ arrests. n r found all the i vvhi:- Police refused adi Eml unaware oi the which ii is understood hut omitted the rooms n which are diplomatic immunity.
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      OBJECT OF THE RAID.
      13 11 II British dip- tight not 1 have and life-pre<ervers
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      RAID AUTHORISED BY HOME SECRETARY.
      67 11 RAID AUTHORISED BY HOME SECRETARY. I was up"n hi> authority I the premises of Arcos I issian tepartment, i n-Hicks. Ibe Home Sec- )ing was i heered by the plied tl at information was t w hoes lay ei ening by .a hei eu] on he auth- at ion for
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      A PROTEST.
      22 11 ha- decided to im- rmally tr tvst to the Foreign raid n Aicqs. ngroltz. Char<r< d'Affaires. has sec Avsten Chamberlain
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      IN THE COMMONS.
      116 11 lemanded an answer to whet hei A rcoa ot the la rai led, declaring that •> Trade Delegawritten I matk immuwhether the Cabinet 01 the nlted pri i to the B n that r i<- wfcs po9ttkm of the trade I (elegation was raid rested H na<
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    8 11 M Hadum, Assktftsi ReSodetles, SA and Of inspection.
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    OIL RESTRICTION.
    72 11 KEEPING UP THE PRICE. REDUCTION OF DRILLING. Renter's Service. Washington. May 13 Following the oil producers' appeal to prevent over production nine oil companies controlling: 75 per cent of the production of the Seminole oil-field have agreed not start 01 complete wells in the Greater Seminole aera for
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    THE SOVIET BALLOON.
    42 11 [Renter's Service]. Moscow, May 13. believed the Soviet balloon which has been missing since April 30 has descended in a forest in the region of Eastern Siberia. It will be some time before the Airmen ean reach human habitation.
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    THE GENEVA CONFERENCE.
    149 11 f&euter's Service], Geneva, May \2. The delil e rat ions of the Econom c C< n- pressing vapidly and have yielded definit resolutions by various submit< n< ta v the sub-committee on fs ei h, opp sing subsidies, expr< ssed h* 1 that governments will do theii
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    THE TRANS-ATLANTIC TRIANGLE.
    69 11 THE TRANS- ATLANTIC TRIANGLE. likely to develop int<> a thr; e-cornered race< The Americans, Bertraud and Chamberlain are awaiting a favourable weather repori r t tak v bile the ex-airmail pil- t, Captain Lin Ibergh, has arrived at Now V rk in a monoplane n which he intends to attempt
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    CONFERENCES IN CHINA.
    41 11 [Renter's Far Eastern Service."! Shanghai, May 12. H.M.S. Hawkins goes to Hankow to-mor-row with Admiral Tyrwhitt aboard. It is ex] ted Sii Wiles I ampson will be visiting Shanghai this week-end travelling on H.M-S. F xsflove from Tientsin.
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    THE LATEST.
    287 11 YANGSEN MAKING FOR HANKOW [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Mav 13 A wireless from Hankow says the situation is growing tenser s^nce the news leaked out that General Yangsen had captured [chang and was moving down the river towards Hankow. General Yangsen was originally Wupeifuite then a Nationalist
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    AMATEUR WIRELESS SOCIETY.
    1460 11 Government's Helpful Attitude. BUSINESS AT ANNUAL MEETING. Mr. J. G. A. Sutherland presided over the annual general meeting of the Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya held in the Society's room, Union Building, yesterday evening. There was a good attendance of members. The following report was presented and
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    THE DIAMOND MARKET.
    156 11 Local diamond dealers do not believe that ;he recent discovery of new fields in South Africa will bring 1 the price down and that mainly because the price of diamonds is fixed not by the number of fields being tvorked or their output but by the syndicate
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    141 11 On the Pahang side of the dinting- Simpah Pass on Wednesday evening two lorries just escaped a serious crash at a most dangerous part of the road. One, the ascending vehicle, tipped so far over the edge of the piecipice that a portion of its load of timber was thrown
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      109 11 I EVENING SHOES I Ht^^ 9 Gold Silver and Black i i Kid Shoes in aU i Shades of Beige. |f Just opened Ex. s.s. "D'Artagnan" jj Ladies Shoes j Black Patent and /^\S-^ Glace Kid Shoes. L ■j Buckskin and Canvas W^x^s. 5 oiioes. a I Robinson Co., Ltd.
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      647 12 BLUE FUNNELILINE F REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKbY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. IDOM t'.N'EUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port CALCItAS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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      502 12 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT j TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due o pore. s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Havre, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Liverpool May 29 ss. CITY OF PEKIN Marseilles, Havre, London H'burg and I/pool June 28 PASSENGER
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      405 12 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty'? Government >. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. ROHEWAWIS For China and Japan. or Marseilles. LoruSm RAWALPINDI L6£oo Ju'y 15 KALYAX KARMALA 9,000 July
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    MR. MARCONI AND THE BEAM SYSTEM.
    868 13 MR. MARCONI AND THE BEAM SYSTEM. Great Possibilities. FIRST TALK TO AUSTRALIA. London, April 10. The wonderful po j .jiities that have been opened op by tie s sa telegraph beam service with Aust alia, which began on Fri day, were diacoaced yesterday by Senatore Marconi in an lntei\>Y, at
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    WANT TO EMIGRATE
    110 13 Scots Waiting to Go to America. London, April 13. Thousands of would-be Scots migrants ave applied for emigrant visas to go to America. The Consulates &a Glasgow, Edinburgh nd J>.undee have a waiting list of (50,000 pplicants, of whom move than 50,000 live a South-Western Scotland. It
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    KNIGHT IN ARMOUR.
    70 13 Vienna. Apr. 13. Thousands of people turned out this ifternoon in the Ringstrasse, Vienna, atracted by the unusual sight of a knight n full medieval armour with closed visor, •iding a coal black charger and escorted »y 1,000 men cavalry, infantry, and artilery of the Austrian Army.
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    EDUCATION OF GIRLS.
    663 13 INFLAMMATORY LEARNING. biameso writers in newspapers are taking to tfiscussing the education of gins, what it is and what it should be. Perhaps some of them may cave to be reminded of what Mrs. Alalaprop had to say on learning.;— Mrs. Ma apiop.— Observe me, Sir Anthony,
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      77 13 R i Hi lrihnt,>ri -nil. < .iiiilan *K. < \.\t\ rxmsHAßp ."\e is '-"t the pencil H] COMP.A N V Ny tarlsberg i r IMPORTEK9: I EAST ASIATIC CO,, LTD. j rated in Denmark.) SINGAPORE. V l .\\V.V.v.\ V.V.V.W.V.VWVb%S I THK NAVY'S CHOICE i M '< {/> 4- r° 5
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    PARISIANA.
    968 14 A Wedding in Brittany. OLD CUSTOMS HONOURED. h(From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris. Apr. 13. All over France the country wedding has its own peculiar customs, some oi' which an most picturesque. Thy bride's national costume, the bridegroom's strange attire, the relations' insistence upon the correct precedence being observed, the
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    THE LAST OF THE BRIGANDS
    572 14 20 YEARS OF VENDETTA AND PLUNDER. Rome, Apr. 7. Owing to the firm line taken by the Italian Government with regard to brigands the orthodox race is dying out in its ancestral haunts in Sicily and Sardinia. The last type of outlaw enshrined by popular
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    LONDON'S NEW THEATRE.
    256 14 London's newest theatre, which will not he open to the general public, is now almost completed. It has been built by the Arts Theatre Club as a place where there may be produced regularly for short runs with professional castes new [days and revivals. From the architectural
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      129 14 I BERGER PAINTS I Li Enamels and a For all outside jobs where there is haru i||l wear and severe weather conditions use, or 11 i <^ Jr^ C*\J *«J Jf '\jB i V^S; V ii i 1 .v >V. 1 1 .v' (yK It"' I is\ -"-■'.•'.■'.'.y. >"■;■■ ■••'''•"•'■"^'■'•'•'•'•y.-'.''.
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      312 14 11 11 1 ....Jl.jijS!!!^^ M.r-^^, vJn conditions I j of Dkinjhocd especially when caused by weakens nerves, prompt relief invanai follows the administration calcium in the form of Kalzaiui It quickly allays the inflammation strengthens the bowels in their fifkf against the infection, and soothe. the irritated nerves. Take Kalzana,
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    JEWELS THAT FLASHED IN THI TSARS' COURT.
    235 15 I bible to the public in h rders of smaller SCOnes j a cms? of six targe OH a setting 1 of red pi ndants, bracelets, and d posed if. r'cent barge oval brilliant '/:e tint mounted ai a in an old Russian
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    A GRANDFATHER THREE TIMES IN A DAY.
    66 15 Family Record. To become a grandfather three times in jB l hours has been the unusual experience el a workman of Verviers named Michel. Two of his daughter-in-laws gave birth to children, a boy and a girl, one after the Other in the
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    HIGH HANDED METHODS.
    552 15 Committee of Chinese Chamber Dismissed. CHAIRMAN'S ARREST ORDERED. Shanghai Chinese newspapers announce that the Shanghai branch of the Kuomintang -Political Committee had issued a warrant for the arrest of Mr. Fu Siaoen, chairman of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce and managing director of a host or'
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    6,000 GUINEAS FOR A FIR COAT.
    267 15 EVERY-DAY PRICES IN THE £1,000 "Xi;t Exorbitant.' Judge Sir Alfred Tobin expressed the opinion during a case at Westminster County Court that "£250 is a good deal to pay for a fur coat." Experts revealed that his ideas on fur coat costs are wide
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    YOUTH AT THE BALLOT BOX.
    652 15 The Case of the "UnderThirties." Civically it may not be wholly disastrous that the young women did not inherit their vote as a matter of course but now find themselves obliged to fight for it. According to Miss Dorothy Woodman, the energetic secretary of the
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    THE IDLE DAYS OF AN IDLE FELLOW.
    158 15 Candid Stevedore on his Leisured Life. A Limebouse stevedote who claimed compensation for an injury a! How County Court was a.sked what he lived on. The man: Food. Mr. Kingsbury, barrister: Where do you obtain it The Guardians. What do you do all
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    45 15 Sir Abe Bailey expects to be back from South Africa in time for this year's Derby. He has yet to see La Gorgue colt, for whom Cottrill gave 600gs. as a yearling at Doncaster, passing the good-looking son of Grand Parade on to Sir Abe.
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      237 15 LIFE'S LITTLE HABITS j 'f is, perhaps, a little vice, but it makes life pleasant. No need to sacrifice it. Just adopt another comfortable habit morning and ni^ht use Kolynos, the fragrant Dental Cream. Thus your mouth will be kept wholesome and your teeth white. DENTAL CREAM I •j- hp^P
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      426 15 CHARITY CROSSWORDS No. 15. Pi*i7o QIC A jt nze or $idu s bt the correct or nearest correct solution of this puzzle. From the week's competition 50 per cent, will be handed to:— The .Toft Memorial Fund Ipoh. \('TI l> i i. f t v "^^^^^^^^^^^^m^s*^—* Mp^MBB I i riii
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    169 16 A cargo of coal was brought into port by the Palopo from Batavia yesterday. An Australian collier, the Galiva, foundered north of Sydney. Nine men are reported missing. Whilst in Corunna, the captain of the Biitish steamer Arete was killed through the parting of a wire hawser. The
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    NEW STRAITS STEAMER.
    42 16 A coasting steamer for the Straits Settlements, the Sin Kheng Seng, has been launched by Messrs. Harland and Wolff. Ltd., at their Govan Yard. She has accommodation for a limited number of passengers and about 200 tons of cargo.
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVING.
    178 16 Per Hakozaki Maru: Mr. W. N. Bainbridge, Miss H. Bergvelt, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bond, Mr. K. W. Chan, Mr. F. J. Clayton. Mr. D. Cornelis. Mr. F. C. Elliott, Mr. C. Cooke. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Hay ward. Mr. H. Hint on, Mrs. Kwan Sin
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    BIG SHIPPING DEAL.
    145 16 Reported Sale of Leyland Line to Royal Mail Packet. The New Y:>rk Herald states thai shipping circles are expecting to hear from j London the announcement that the Leyland Line, belonging to the International MerI cantile Marine Corporation, has been sold to the Royal Mai! Steam Packet
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    DOLLAR BOAT'S REPAIRS AT MANILA.
    133 16 The Dollar liner President Lincoln which left Hong Kong for Manila on May 5, and was due to return and sail for San Francisco on May 10, is to remain at Manila for the purpose of undergoing repairs. The President Grant will take the place
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    MOTOR ATLANTIC LINER.
    88 16 Negotiations have been completed between Messrs. Harland and Wolff and the Whi e Star Line for the building- of a motorpassenger liner for the New York service. The vessel will he propelled by Harland Burmeister and Wain double acting Diesel engines, and will have a gross tonnage
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    62 16 (By courtesy of the Government Health, Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight May 12th. Max. shade temp. 90.4 F Min. shade temp. 73 F Mean shade temp. 80.1 F Max. sun radiation 142 F Min. grass radiation 72 F Sea temperature 82 F Mean wet-bulb temp. 75.7
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    10,000-TON LINER ORDERED BY P. AND O. COMPANY.
    61 16 It is announced that the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has ordered a new liner of 10,000 tons, for the first-class mail and passenger service, from Alexander Stephen and Sons, Clyde. It is understood that the vessel will be on& of
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      585 16 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 sj. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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      337 16 s.s. CARNARVONSHIRE. Consignees of cargo per the above vessel fron Europe (arrived May 6th) are hereby notitiec that a General Survey of all cargo landed her* in a damaged condition will be held at 9 a.m on Wednesday 18th May, at Godown No. 48. Xo further Survey will be held.
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      476 16 Kerr jteamsnip to. Inc., REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA AM) v ia cut 1 1. PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR due For rates and other particular? apply: (lITHRIE CO, Ih THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) ITICKETSI H
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      614 16 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, Serembp.n, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Pen'ang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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      462 17 O. S. K. Line. [>^sti nations. Stpamcra a Arrive. Leave. ttenbutt, Hamburc:. Bremen, ,i Colwbo, Aden, Port !> rt Said Ann Maru May 18 May 20 Bay, Cape Tew*. Rio, Aires fLa Plata Maru May 12 May 13 :-ar. Dar-ts-Salaam, I Bay and Durban. f Chicago Maru June G June
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      425 17 TRAVEL^ COMFORT Lil IN E*KC^ >r s^^"^^ Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All s'aie-rooms are outside rooms, WPII-ventilat^i and cooled by electric fan>. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having ar. electric riding lamp. Stateroom' with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running
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      684 17 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF J■AT A VIA (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3840, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penaof o£ the OFFICIAL TOURIST
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    INTER-PLANETARY COMMUNICATION.
    2906 18 Scientist Believes Mars May Be Reached II Within a Generation. 1% n SYNTHETIC FOOD AND THE QUESTION OF WORLD POPULATION. U INTERVIEW WITH MR. J. B. S. HALDANE. g BY HAYDEN CHURCH. "I expect in my own lifetime to see an attempt made to send a projectile to
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      594 18 The Best for Bab if 4||jk. For generations,mothers have, on the advice < rfS§|r^/\*w /^BSBIIf of doctors and nurses, reared their babies II «W/X on Mellin's Food. Mixed as directed it is 1 the perfect substitute fov breast milk. It TH&Tff !jC^^Sf\ contains everything needed foi proper jft r^v^^ Jl^
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      208 18 Cured of Rheumatism after Months of Pain A r»fiKtrkal>i»- i>-;.,i i»f J> Wilt's Kiln- MM in oasefl of Bbtttin «qj •For over -«>b.l twxu U- i M iii.i.'ifi;: for IBC KBTJ MM ;ii- e Me relief ■< i KIMI {Mill ||N(j ;j '>. BiMfiSM 8008 limitK')u;iiiv -<►<»(! reeulcc i »3
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    556 19 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. FRIDAY, MAY 13th. [Figures in brackets show the issue value >f the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.j MINING. Buyers tellers Asam Kumbang 55s 3d 56s 6d Banp:rin Tin 32.s 33s Batang Padang ($1 > 75 80 Chenderiang 23s 6d 24s 6d Eastern Siam
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    24 19 11 0n ti~ lvoii^ 1 deiiiaml 10^ p.c. Di^. Bar Silver London 20 Bank of England Rate 4 p.c. Sovereign, Bunk Baying B.f>l
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    201 19 May LSth. Tin 125 Tons $1 W Pepper Black I4jBo Flake Tapioca 6% Pearl Si^i Small 7jW Copra 10.75 I opra Sundned i Opium, Benares urn. -4.00U Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle New 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 800 Rice, Rangoon Sioka
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    361 19 Maj 13th., 12 o'clock boob. Buyer? Seller? J.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 69* Tn Standard R.S.S. on Tender May TO 7©*«i June t Tl July-Sept 73 T: 1 l 4 Oct-Dec 7S^ Fone of Market: Steady quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet l: ir
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    MALAYAN TRADE FIGURES.
    148 19 APRIL STATISTICS. The following- it a COMJMUmtivc .statement of the total value of foreign merchandise excluding parcel post, imported ami export ed to and from British Malaya <iunn>r I'JU»« and 1027. IMPORTS (In thousands of loiter*) ism lit? January 57J905 83«380 Dn-: 4,575 February KO.lOo 7:{.45."> Dec:
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    234 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S. REPORT. l.nuli.n. liul.l-. r«li 4'' ti. hun^vd Local 69%. 'Jin. London £286 '> u Down SOi I 148 foi 12:. tons. Mininir. Rahman Efydrauli 2 0 2. Xai 800l 75 i" v N'^rth fatping 1.2-". Ku-. i h 16 L6O, Tutt-h L.15 I 20, S ill Taiping
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    76 19 [Briti-!. Radio OnVial Ser\i<e.] Amsterdam 12.14%, Athent M7%, P.. rim 20.52, Bombay Li S SI Sid, ftnuacili S4£7, Bucharest 770 flncooi Aires 47 i7-oi2, Copenhagen I&21, Geneva _"..20, Helafcag Eon c .i2 7^. Kong Kong ft u M d, Uabaaj 17-32, Madrid 27.61%, Milan 9»A1%, Kern York I*Bs 'JT
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    75 19 Yesterday's Alterations. May 13th., Cloning I'rins Buy*"- Se"« Batang Padang Kuchai 2.12' 8.17 i I.iniriii 1.7, 1 .>''»., Malayan Cooa, l.li .17 Nai Hoot> TL* 7^ Xoiih Taipin- 1 1 7' LJ2 Rahmatv Hy<l. 2.4. r 2.50 Rantau pref J.'.M) South Taipimr B2 V 7 Taipine 1.55
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      396 19 U^ETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (lifcorporated in Straits Settlements) IHLAI) Oh MCE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. he Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      433 19 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880 Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.92,500,000 President: K. Kotfama Esq. ice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagm, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron
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    VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES.
    346 20 GARRISON SPORTS. Foi the Garrison Sports, to be held on Jur.r I lth.. H is hoped ti-.it there will be a good number of mem' e: s competing in the events, and those desirous, of competing should scad in their names to the Adjutant a> early as possible.
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    "A" CO. AT DINNER.
    87 20 'A Company I S.V.C. who g rate camp n Monday held a successful dinner in the Drill Hall last ni^h: Capt K. C. Martin. M.C.. presided. Lieut.-Col. Postlewaite and Adj. Capt. Chatterton were also present.! Capt. Martin in welcoming he Colonel and his staff mentioned that
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    INTLR-SCHOOL PRILL AND GAMES COMPETITION.
    155 20 The "B Section ol the Inter-School Drill and Games Competition was decided on the Rsflta Institution ground yesterday, when, alter some exciting and close. y contest hurdle, fiat and relay races, and set drill i competitions, Victoria Bridge School won the Drill and Games Shield
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    MALAYA BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    38 20 Orders I >r week ending 22nd. May. Wednesday, 18th. Signalling Class Head- quarters, 3.15 p.m. Thursday, 19th.— Band Practice Headquarters. 5*15 p.m. Saturday. 21st. All Troops Parade at the back ol Y.M.C.A.. 3.30 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    53 20 I'ro^rarnnn- of Drill op f and ;r Sunday: May 15th, Sat urdj 236 p.m. Sig F.A.. 2.30 !>.'■<;'. < nest C SIS \m. .Malay' Drill Ball ":.!:t\ "i»y.. 2.30 .mi. Farrer Range, AS I i ta Sunday Siglap S.V.F.A. T.:. •> a.m.. Bukit Timah. Chinese Coy M
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    111 20 Chiei inspector K. c. Tidy, oi Kuala Tiiah. ha- been promoted to the rank oi Acting Assistant Commi sioner oi Police, i Tlm funeral took place on Wednesday i morning of tin- Rev. Father Francois Lei Mahec. the vicar of St. Anthony's Church. Robertson-rd.. Kuala Lumpur, and was attended hy
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    SPRING MEETING.
    557 20 To-day's Races. SCRATCHINGS AM) SELECTIONS. Seratchings are again no. numerous and with £<>od weather there should be some fine racing this afternoon. The S.R.A. yesterday debated the question of doing away with ex-griffin classes and it was decided that as an experiment as from -June first all h
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    DARK JAPAN WINS CHESTER CUP.
    57 20 London. May 4. The Chester Cup resulted as follows: DARK JAPAN 1 DARK HILLOCK 3 Sixteen ran. Dark Japan won by 12 lengths, 4 lengths separating second and third. Starting: Price Betting: 4 to 1 against Daik Japan; 100 to 7 against Bamboula; 20 to
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    TILDEN IN HOLLAND.
    37 20 Renter's Service. The Hapue, May 13. Tiklen beat Kool 7 5, 4 6, fi 3, 7 5, and Hunter best Timmer 6 4, 6 3. 6 3. America winning* four matches to one. i
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    S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    34 20 INTERESTING MATCHES NEXT WEEK The closing stages f the Spring Tournament at th-- Cricket Club bring some interesting matches for next week. The ties for Monday and Tuesday are as follow:
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    MONDAY'S TIES.
    86 20 Profession Pairs Semi final. J. Vtermark and Roy Smith vs. P. Clerc and R. W. Sinclair. Championship Pairs. W. C. Hill and D. H. Kleinman vs. Lt. H. S. .1. B urke and A. P. Cameron (to finish). TUESDAY'S TIES. Profession Pairs. Final. Winners of J. Utermark and
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    316 20 Some Good Bowling Performances. WINS FOR LANCS AND YOKKS. [Reuter's Service] Lancashire vs. Somerset. At Manchester: Lancashire won by innings and 125. Somerse: 02 and 148 Lancashire 365 for 7 dec. Sibbles was responsible for Somersets first innings failure, the Lancashire bowler taking eight wickets for 24 runs.
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    PROBABLES vs. POSSIBLES.
    294 20 A match between the Possibles and Probal les arranged with a view to selecting the S.C.C. sicl. 1 to meet the Rest next week in an Australian visit trial commenced on the S.C.C. ground yesterday, and at the close of play the Possibles had scored 36 for
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    THE AUSTRALIAN VISIT.
    85 20 A London cable of May 3 states that Macartney will Cap'ain "Oldfield'? Cricket team" now on its way to Malaya. H. L. Collins is replaced by E. Adams, of Sydney. Special seating accommodation is being provided for non-members of the S.C.C. on the Padang and those wishing
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    475 20 League Football. AN EVEN GAME. S.R.C 2: R.A 2. The S.R.C. -drew 2—2 with the R.A. at the Stadium yesterday in the first division of the League after a fast game. The first half was rather one-sided, and the R.A. had a lot of the play, but in
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    WALKER-MILLIGAN FIGHT.
    24 20 [Renter's Service]. London, May 12. The Walker-Milligan fight for the world's middle-weight championship \v"ll be decided at Olympia, London, on June 30.
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    GARRISON SWIMMING SPORTS.
    255 20 The Gari ison Swimming Sports were held at the Y.M.C.A. Swimming P. ol yesterday. There was a small numb?r of 'spectators. The results of the events were as follows: Pli.-nKHig. 1. Lieut. Taylor DW.R. (54 f:. 9 ins.); 2 f Pte. Beverly. D.W.R.; 3, Gunner Bowers. R.A.
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    HOCKEY.
    28 20 Heado.ua rters (A) of the Duke's have won the Inter-Company Hockey Shield by 'Meating Headquarters (R\in the final of f ho competition by three goals to nil.
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