The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 May 1927

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    12 1 Singapore Free Press [.NTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY. MAY 24, 1927. NO. 12,111.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    255 1 Hankow wireless messaJ;e^ claim considerable victories for the Communist troops against the Northerners Page 9. There were remarkable scenes in Paris during and after the successful landing of Lieut. Lindbergh Page 7. The two English officers who tried to break the non-stop flight record had to come
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    "A 1914 TOUGH."
    1656 1 Most regiments In the Rriti-h Army <an boast mascot. A Southern Irish ELegi meni (disbanded within reoenl pears) a earlier days < :1m- \v..i had no mascot, but it possessed a hard-bitten old tough, distinguished by bis unquenchable thir-i and utter contempt of death. In the spring
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      261 1 WING LOONG ,il (1 ISS TAILORING, j md Finish Guaranteed. J. HK.H SiREET. RAFFLES HOTEL Thursday, 26th May, Diner Dansant 8.15 p.m. DINNERS WILL BE SERVED IN BALL ROOM). TO- NIGHT Dinner Dance For reservations phone 2920. J. WILLIAMS, Manager. I——-■—- d ktters create a good sion of Progress. Get
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      143 1 VWWWMVWVWWVWIWL%W.% W.V^ASVbVW^VWW^VWUWWU< Over Million. Machines; Now it* Use j: WHY BECAUSE OF THOSE 20 ROYAL REASONS I^^ V Sole Agents I R°NElo^. j J SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. l\ I J(St|l, The £)\srope Hotel. < W^^^ "RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION." j; GRILL, After-dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday and < THE
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      101 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Try Twink dyes Page 6. Noxo for preserving woodwork Page v Trade mark notice re John Ha;^: \hi-ky Page 7. Jackie Coogan coming to the Alhambra Page 2. The great English film at the Theatre Nelson Page 2. Robinson's have a large stock of silver plated flower stands
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      14 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOI SE for El ROPEAN TROPKAI. SUITS 32. HIGH STREET.
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      200 1 THE WEEK. Hi^h Water. 2.38 a.m.. 7.;'. 4..')?. p.ir. f .T. H. W. Malacca, 12.10 a.m.. f,.3.. 12.30 p.m. 5.i. Football: S.C.F.A. vs. Fort Canning, Stadium O.T.F.C. vv Duke's, S.C.C Wednesday, 2Sth. Hitrh Water, L 3. a.m.. 7. 4.. 6.16 p.m. 6.9. 11. W. Malacca. 1.30 a.m., J>., 2.20 p.m.
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      167 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY NIGHTLY CINEMA— SIDESHOWS CHINESE WAYANGS. NIGHTLY NIGHTLY THE UNION STAR OPERA GO. GATE 10 cts. Md«n. \a Kelvey s School of I DANCING ■f For children and younp 1* ladies in Character. |T Classical, Clop, Exhibition Ballet and Too Dancing. Private lessons in modern ball-room dancing and
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      328 2 VICTORIA THEATRE i^ COMMENCING SATURDAY NEXT MAY 28TH AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. q^ Mil S^» 1 I U TMT7T QflN" XN Uj i— **J V-/ x^> HIS LIFE HIS LOVE HIS VICTORIES ST. VINCENT. NILE. COPENHAGEN AND TRAFALGAR. EVENING DRESS NOT ESSENTIAL. SMOKING PERMITTED. I ALL SEATS BOOKABLE AT
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      270 2 A SPLENDID PICTURE PARTLY COLOURED IN lil vm.r TECHMCOLOUR. From Thursday, 19th. to Tuesday, 24th. Ma> at th< ALHAMBRA (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd., Proprietors COLLEEN MOORE* 11 In Her Greatest Comedy Success, with the World's A FIRST NATIONAL SUPER Which promises to make everybody sit up and tak< gowns
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      RUBBER QUOTATION.
      23 3 (By courtesy of the Xanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) n.kio, May 20. Rub er f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at S4 sen seller).
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      SINO JAPANESE PACT.
      34 3 The revision < f the Sino- Japanese commercial treaty will, it is understood, take some time before completion, hut both China and Japan have agreed to recognize the Id treaty as effective.
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      FIFTEENTH HANK MAY REDUCE CAPITAL.
      39 3 FIFTEENTH HANK MAY REDUCE CAPITAL. Baron Seinosuke Goh, a business magnate of Japan, who has been entrusted to readjust the financial difficulty of the Fifteenth Bank, has made a recommendation for the lessening of its capital by a half.
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      HEAVY INCREASE IN JAPANESE POPULATION.
      48 3 The latesi reports published by the Home Office indicate that the total of the population in Japan proper is now estimated no less than *****,000. A heavy increase of population for 1926 broke the previous record, the natural increase amounted to cne million.
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      MITSUI MAY HELP KAWASAKI DOCKYARD.
      68 3 Mr. Jotaro Yamamoto is said to Ik 1 endeavouring to relisve the Kawasaki Dockyard Company E Kobe whose assets are now estimated at Y300,000,000 of which half has to be cut off. Mr. Yamamoto is underst od to have entered into negotiations with the Mil
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      L.O.N. HEALTH BUREAU.
      195 3 The following Is the Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau, for the week ended May 14th:— India. Bas&ein: Three plague deaths; one Bombay: Twenty-three plague deaths; 58 cases of smil!pox with 33 deaths. Calcutta: v "> iholtra deaths as against >7 during the previous
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      ADELPHF'S LATEST SHOW.
      166 3 TALENTED YOUNG DANCER. The management of the Adelphi Hotel produced something new in the way of cabaret dancing for their patrons on Saturday night. Zlata a young and talented dancer, delighted all who saw her performance. Zlata dances classical dances only. but from her reception on Saturday
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      BOWDLERISING HAWTHORNE.
      138 3 BOW DLER I SIN G H A WT HORN E. An amusing story comes from Quebec, whose film- censors share with those of Dublin the reputation of having the keenest noses for the improper. To the Quebec censors \va. c submitted a film version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter." The
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      263 3 Sunburn Red or Rough Skin, Eczema, and Rashes. .ur skm is BCoTchadl by the burning sun, use Gerronleiw Yon v the sure, quii-k. aoothfa^, .l coolinp infiuence. I nbm qoieUy, you ahonld neve* be withoni a surmly I >• c ipphcftti .ii will brin« your skin to its normal heaJtl
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    SPIRITUAL AWAKING OF THE WORLD.
    1762 4 SPIRITUAL AWAKING OF THE WORLD. 7 j Sir Arthur Coiv&n Doyle on Coming Period of I 7 Great Trouble. I 7 I A CATASTROPHE TO SHAKE THE WORLD 7 INTO SENSE. I> l!> ward White, Special Correspondent the Singapore Free Press gj and the N.A.X.A. a Conan Doyle, the author
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    ST. ANDREWS FORTY YEARS AGO.
    1186 4  -  ALEC HERD THE HOME OF GOLF. BY How the Famous Old Course Has Changed. BEST WAY TO PLAY IT. (The Famous Professional.) [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.} 1 wondei what St. Andrews links will be like twenty years hence V It is suggested that they will be
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    SILESIAN GOLD.
    57 4 Rich dep 1 sits of alluvial gold have been discovered in the swamps of Polish Silesia. The goldfields extend over eighty miles, and dredging on a large scale is going on. According to a statement by the Polish Geological S( ciety the auriferous sand contains live grammes pure
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    JUVENILE OFFENDER—S4.
    43 4 JUVENILE OFFENDER— S4. "1 will give you the benefit of the Juvenile Offenders Act," said Mr. Scanlan, the Lam-1-eth magistrate, to Edward Harvey, 84. Mid Henry Randall. 7.">, pensioners of the Royal Hospital. Chelsea, who were found drunk. They were both bound over.
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    TOO MANY WOMEN DOCTORS.
    229 4 M« rt i Graduating Than Can Find Posts. "Good God," Abernethy once exclaimed to a class of first-year students, "Gentlemen, The same situation, according to a letter published in thy current number of tin 1 "British Medical Journal." under the signature of Dr. \Y. Robinson, who
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      383 4 Foods The 'Allenburys' Foods are particularly Hated I feeding of infants in hot climates. They from harmful germs, and are readily prepared simple addition of boiling water, thus giving c< i independence of doubtful milk supplies. Mori they are practically identical in DORipotttft mothers milk, since they contain no ex<
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    404 5 GOLF. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, May 20. Several interesling competitions are being played during the current month. Included in these are the following: Mr. D. A. E. Bell's Cup. This is a running eclectic competition extending over 18 hobs and finished on 31st. May. Forester's Pou'. This
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    GASTON LEROUX DEAD.
    157 5 reatoi <>t 'The Mystery ol thr Yeliow Room." Gaston Leroux, the writer of romances' thai have made his name almost as wellknown in England as it is in France, has died at Nice after an operation. He was the creator of Rouletabille, a French equivalent of Sherlock
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    FEMALE AND CHILD LABOUR IN THE F.M.S.
    194 5 In tiie House of Commons during mail J wool. Mr. Lansbury asked the Secretary of! State for the Colonies whether the hours of I labour oi' women and children employed <>n I the plantations in the Federated Malay States is subject to any
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    66 5 The death is announced of Anne Lady Low, the widow of Sir Hugh Low, G.C.M.G., who was British Resident at Perak, Malay Peninsula, from 1876 to 1888. lady Low was the elder daughter of General Sir Percy Douglas, the fourth barrnet <>f Carr. Her marriage to Sir Hugh Low she
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      268 5 r T A "C rX'U -C ,iijf j r lira ix*" t't*» f *jf 'i/i/i i v wHsSfAt-' Jrjz-J* I ft WAHI COMPANY, SEW YORK, N V., U. > A *-Day lube s Coupon Smile >X\ f /I :A y made harming with ivory white teeth and firm gums Hi
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      338 5 ESS «c^» Th«N*lion«l 1 Tonii R*sk>r*ii»f j Hallos S I T I Zmm^ Build up Strength Be well Happy Fake Hall's Wine and you will i soon build up strength. Every dose makes you stronger. You j feel it in your blood, making you well, and giving you new lite.
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      356 5 BY ORDER OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION KRS OF SINGAPORE AUCTION SALE OF Very valuable business premises allotments corner of Rochore To be held ai Messrs. CHEONG KOOX SENG Co/s Saleroom, No. 30 Street, Singapore. On Wednesday Ist. June, at 2.:)0 p.m. 1 Valuable freehold building allotment [renting and corner of
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    A MATTER OF HABIT.
    763 6 Home-made Capitals. IS CANBERRA WELL NAMED. There has been much discussion as to whether or net Canberra, the new Federal capital of the Commonwealth of Australia. is well or ill named. Probably we shall all grow accustomed to it even as we have grown accustomed to
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    NEW AIR ROUTE PLAN.
    92 6 BURMA CHAM HER OF COMMERCE TURN DOWN AIR SURVEY CO. SL CiItESTION At a recent meeting the Committee of the Burma Chamber of Commerce considered a letter from Mr. X. Vintcent of the Aerial Survey Company suggesting the formation of a small company in Rangoon with
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      349 6 toi/SKL "T I,—1 f ••-^ff~s*i 7^^ c'- .^> v If 07 Sa i Bi^Jv%r P^)^7 '-*/^fc --i^, C- Xt 1 "'»>•'*< •f^ '~*?'L>- '> 'V lit Ws^r^|r^l|i^r ■jm&j^ jK^ if* V" r• fc v«>* *3* "i^ v > V A 1 ''ill SJBB" 1 l V.- <^S*S x 'ft t
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      204 6 Btt !U 4i I 4 ET Twank remedy tKe damage done -LV by tKe searching rays of the sun J :>, to all those dainty, beautiful colours. I Twink cleans and dyes at the same time. V'W There is no trouble attached to the Twink /2£ L way. Choose among
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    THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    419 7 NUNGESSER'S MOTHER WEEPS. M I SSOLIM'S CONGRATULATIONS [Reuters Service] Paris, May 22. Ten people injured, two critically, is the tale f last night's casualties on Lindbergh's ai rival. The landing ground to-day was indescribably strewn with wreckage of all kinds. The wings and fuselage of the aeroplane
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    BRITISH LONG DISTANCE FLIGHT.
    127 7 FORCED LANDING IN PERSIAN GULF Carr and Gillman made a forced landing in the sea of the Persian Gulf yesterday evening, 45 miles southeast of Bunder Abbas. The airmen were picked up by a ship. The machine was a total wreck. As far as can at
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    BRITISH CONSUL LEAVES CHINKIANG.
    57 7 [Renter's Far Eastern Service. l Shanghai. May 22. His Majesty's Censul at Chinklang has been withdrawn and all the official archives removed. It is understood that while the actual property of the Consulate was more or less preserved throughout the looting all private property belonging to
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    ATTACKED BY NORTH AND SOUTH.
    64 7 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Sh?nK^<ii. May 22. H.M.S. Hawkins has arrived here. The Japanese destroyers Hinoki and Yanagai, which left Shanghai yesterday afternoon, were fired < n at noon to-day off Kiangvin 100 miles up-river by the Northerners from the left bank and the Southerners
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    50 7 Miss Gladys Maclntyre, L.M.S., Singapore, daughter of ,Ur. E. T. Maclntyre, J.P., of Kuala Lumpur, applied recently for the "host of Assistant Medical Officer of Health for Child Welfare under the Colombo Municipality. She was placed second on the list of candidates, the appointment goinfr to a Calcutta graduate. M.M.
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    1151 7 Malayan News. THE COLONIAL OFFICE CONFERENCE (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Ai.il 28. We expect the late High Commissioner i for the Straits Settlements, Sir Laurence Guillemaid to read] here on June 1. Sir Hugh Clifford, his successor, will, we understand, not leave Ceylon for his new
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      218 7 BUSINESS CARDS. 7r s ..v.\w.v.v.v. v.".v.v.v.v.v. MARY SETON. i KWOOD FURNITURE SHANGHAI SHADES. AMBER MANSIONS. 1- ...•.'/.'/.v.v.'.'v.v.v.v.'.v! FUNERALS VPORE CASKET CO, SDEKTAKERS." PELEPHONE 75, i "ALBfcRT L. A. DALEY. I fcKER \!(-\t MKNT 1 MASON. I > Tel. j Tars for hire, chua motor service. Ah KH. cSc 82, Orchard
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      635 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. 1 Notice is hereby given that the Sixteenth Annual Genera] Meeting of the members of ntral Encim- Works Ltd.. will be held at Xo. Geylaag Read, Singapore, on Wednesday the 2St* C'f May, I**_'T, at 11 a.m. By < hrder of the Board, P. A. DENNISON, Secretary. SELANGOR
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      333 7 i NOTICES. i I~M-El-«-ai~£S~s]- 11-11- 3 f NOTICE OF TRADE S MARK jj«. j MARK IN-" y< we* w JfcpH™" _^WjL B *j» Notic€ is hereby given that the itu above Trade Mark is the property I of John Hai^r and Company Limited, of Distillery Stores. Balgonie Road, I Markinch.
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      664 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF All tht* stock-in-trade, furnitare, shop-fittings, I gat, hath and lavatory it' agfl eti and aha) a fi re-proof iron safe. i to be held at Mas. I ;^nd s Prinsep Stx < I On Thursday. 26th. May, at 11 a.m. Com] Eig nt >oaltoo H
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    25 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. TROTTER. April 23rd., at Windsor, Leni Cortlandt, third daughter of the late Henrj Trotter. Auditor-General, Strait- Settlements and of Althington Court. Jersey.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAT, MAY 24. 1927. The Bolshevism Bogey.
    723 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAT, MAY 24. 1927. The Bolshevism Bogey. In a recent editorial the Times of Malaya takes Sir Theodore Fraser's speech regarding volunteering, at Ipoh, as the basis of an alarmist article for which we believe there is in reality no very sound foundation. It is a little
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    Our Australian Visitors.
    175 8 We proffer, on behalf of Malaya, a very hearty welcome to our Australian visitors. They have come, we can assure them, to a community which loves cricket whether that be Australian cricket or English cricket. It is a community largely composed of those who, whether here or
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    961 8 Miss Scott, of the Nursing Staff of the General Hospital, Ipoh, will be leaving for Batu Gajah on transfer in the course of the next few days The marriage arranged between Mr. C. Murray Pollock and Miss Irene M. Williams will take place in Singapore Cathedral on July 5. Ex.
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    FEDERAL COUNCIL
    146 8 New Body Meets, TRIIUTES TO SIX I R| GUM. KM Alui (From Our Owr; Con Kuala Lump. v ffce reconstituted Pedert thit Morning when the Ka, a tribute to the late 11-saidI 1--said during hi- mm „v man who rum! ined 4eai The Hon. Mr. A 8 pesotetion
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    PENANG TRAM CONDUCTORS STRIKE.
    62 8 >F.K\ H I [>ISOR( (Fron < i Dm condiictoi struck '!".k i -<la\ dissatisfaction at t rhere was treat die I m .-> Station this found that not a sing i ed up. 4rrancementc n n prt-t Bttbstttutet an(i all n duty were requests I doctors*
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    FUNERAL OF THE LATE SYED OMAR ALSAGOLFF.
    130 8 I Thy ?V!! :;i Hi- Alsagoff mete y rtei Pag-ar bw the stearaei procession throve) I in the A' >! M w in I Flm pc, v\hi<t. able tength, start j p.m. and went along tftM X.< j Road. Robinson B ..'i. Bspkuuufa
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    S.S. POLICE BAND.
    45 8 I —I Tin Band of the S.S.P lowing projjrammr <m tin Waterloo Btmri b toy, G p.m. March. "Gmrds Mai,: I Overture. "Zampu." H« r Traviata." Verdi; Into bury CUttes," l» IMT< th-v." Balfe; l<i>i. "Th Flowers." B]->n: SekN I er." Simpson.
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    HOWELL MEMORIAL SCOLARSHIP MALACCA.
    21 8 HOWELL MEMORIAL SCOLARSHIP MALACCA. i Thii appeal le «am i the Hi^rh School. Ma!;. vidinjr I sui.-t ant .ai fun<i j
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    CHINA FIGHTING.
    89 9 citbsTANTIAL ADVANCE B1 SOLTHERNERS. ERNER9 lI F \V\ LOSSES. if Eastern Service.] Shanghai. May 23. >i Saturday says the 1 state they have received Tang Sens: Chi. the Hankow armies: pened an a tack on the enemy Siping and H tshnicheng, all i and Chengehow n Maj I
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    CHENGCHOW TAKEN.
    31 9 Easti m Service]. Shas'uhai. Ma\ 2-i. i sa; s: Military lain that the < Chris- Yu Rsiang is advancing nred Chengchoffl to the Southerners .v .;> ml of :be enemy Hankow.
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    JAPANESE LEAVE CHENGCHOW.
    9 9 v Eastern Service.] Peking, Ma> 23.
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    THE LUNGSHAN INCIDENT.
    19 9 THE LUNGSH AN INCIDENT. Eastern Service] >h.'nit'en, May 23. c< implied regard ng the firing on regarded aa I
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    ABE MITCHELL'S SUBSTITUTE.
    29 9 ttr's Sy rv t 1 1 London. May 2'.\. ngtt I 'hih DTQfes- Mitchell fas the Raper r AmCTTCI to-morrow. r r tbles on page 7.]
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    31 9 REPRESENTED IN THE NY. X I the Xanyo XichiNich Sh mibunsha.) Tokio. May 22. V I lei- President of the las become director of the 'senting the Yasoda clique.
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    PRESIDENT OF THE NEW PARTY.
    42 9 ex-FmancC Minister of .1 Ministry, will be nomi- f the nrw Party in a ing- :■>• KenaeOuu and the k is to be held on Monday. latform includes clauses rl a omen suffragists; to fen in appointing Navy.
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    ALL RENSEIKAI MEN WILL JOIN NEW SHINTO CLUB.
    41 9 embers ol the Kenseikai the 'v > Political Party antrj with the Seiyu- othei s, horn that those their refusal t join ir stand, after an un hed with Mr. HamagUders oi the Kenseikai
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    RUBBER IN THE FUTURE.
    44 9 tiaders think that the A.ii show firmness in the the year, on the ground that producers will continue *lrt curtailment of production nf ihe year in order to tafcieM. The traders ex- rati.n will advance to 24 the MO future.
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    GENEVA ECONOMIC CONFERENCE.
    201 9 RUSSIA GIVES WAY. HARMONY RESTORED. Renter's Service. Geneva, May 23. Although a rap are of the Economic Conference seemed an inevitable consequence ot the Ross ans 1 attitude, the co-ordination committee, including the British and United Sta Es members, Stuck to their guns and the Russians gave
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    DE PINEDO LEAVES FOR ITALY.
    50 9 Reuters Service. St> .John>. Newfoundland, May l! 3. A telegram from Trepassey says that De Pinedo who, since his new machine from Italj arrived at New York, has Sown thence :> Chicago. Montreal and across Canada. has left f i the Azores en route to
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    LINDBERGH HONOURED BY FRANCE.
    26 9 [Reuters Service.] Paris, May 2.i. A: K'.y>.f day M. Doumergue lec< rated Lieut Lindl ergh with Cross of Legi n of Honour.
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    H.M.S. RENOWN LEAVES AUSTRALIA.
    24 9 [Reuters Service.] Perth. Westralia. May 23. H.M.S. Renown with the Duke and Duchess >;' York aboard has left for EngI- nd.
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    A HINT TO GERMANY.
    96 9 [Reuters Service]. London. May 23. The Anglo-French and American ambassadors have made friendly representations to Germany concerning the eastern fortifications which she undertook to destroy but since the withdrawal of the Interallied Commission of Control she has declined to allow Aliied military experts to visit the
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING.
    400 9 FURTHER CAPTURES BY THE PREVENTIVE FLEET. The following are the latest reports of saptures of rubber smugglers by the Customs Preventive Fleet: On the sth bast-, off Pulau Besar, the Peningat captured a kota containing two Chinese and 30.71 pikuls of rubber. They were charged before Mr. Dodd,
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    PREVENTIVE SERVICE TRAGEDY.
    260 9 SMUGGLERS FIRE ON LAUNCH. MR. WAKEFIELD KILLED The tragic death i f a European officer was the outcome of an exciting encounter between rubber smugglers and a restriction launch in the neighbourhood of Batu Pahat yesterday. The Lalat, under the command of Mr. Wakefield, was patrolling at
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    A NASTY SMASH.
    206 9 ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED- A Packard ear driven by Mr. Low Cheng Swee, the owner, collided with a gharrj in Anson Road on Saturday nigh: with the result that one of the occupants of the gharry, a Chinese youth named Ah Hoon was killed and three others
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    PRISON AND RATTAN FOR GUNMAN.
    54 9 The Chinese who was arrested by detectives in the vicinity of Tank Road for carrying a loaded revolver, was yesterday sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment and 20 strokes with the rattan. Court Inspector Meredith told the District Judge tha' the accused looked like a
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    EX-SERVICE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA.
    56 9 A limited number of tickets for the enclosure on June 3rd., on the occasion of the Parade in honour of the Birthday of His Majesty the King-, have boen received. Will members of the Branch requiring: same, make early application to the Hon. Secretary, Singapore Branch,
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    AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS ARRIVE.
    923 9 The "Governor-General" Interviewed. A BARDSLEY DISAPPOINTMENT. Yesterday was an important day in the annals of sport in Malaya, since the first representative team of Australian cricketers that has ever visited the country arrived here on a month's visit, in the course of which they will meet sides
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    AVER PANAS RUBBER, LIMITED.
    1102 11 AVER PANAS RUBBER, LIMITED. Satisfactory Year's Profit. The annual general meeting of the Ayer Panas Rubber Estates, Limited, was held in the Hong Kong Bank Chambers at noon on Saturday, those present being Messrs D. J. Ward (Chairman), E. Kong Guan, T. F. Anderson Pole. Clumeck and W. E. Rayner,
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    13 11 Luck and destiny arc the excuses of the world's failures. Mr. Henry Ford.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    297 12 The Halvdan arrived from Bangkok yesterday with a rice and general cargo. A cargo of coal was brought into port on board the Imataca from Samarinda yesterday. When the Java Mara arrived yesterday from Batu Pahat, she had a cargo of iron ore for Keelung on board. Sixty-seven
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    TWO DROWN ED IN CALCUTTA STORM.
    205 12 Fotw Vessels §unk in th< Harbour. Calcutta, Ma> 12 Calcutta experienced ;> heavy storm yesterday aftern on, lasting more than an hour. The Statesman reports that two men were drowned, over 120 Government teleph ru lines broke down and considerable damage was done to
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    INDIAN CARGO BOAT WRECKED
    96 12 Seven Sailors and Tindal Reported Drowned. Bombay, May f>. 1 Surat, May Bth.— A report has U-i-n refi Lved pi an accident at sea which occurred last week, An Indian cargo boat, with a large quantity 1" silk cloth on board, was on her way to
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      84 12 HEDGES AND WINES S SPIRITS 7^ Scotch f§l Wh>ky r I 'CDGES&BVT^ r. so SHERRY »R\ §~C| Bottle i a port. I fi m L- Tl irsinarccl <),' i tie. JOHN UTiIE k CO. (Incorpomtc SinirapoiT. Ponanj: and Lumpur rHE EAST ASIATIC C!' LTD. Irni.rpora'tii in Cenna, London. R'dam, II
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      753 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 o
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      90 12 Koster, Mr. Chin (hook Hwa. Mr. Chong Xm i Wai. Mrs. Lie Tja 80, Mr. Oey Kian Tin, Mr. A. Muller, Mr. and Mrs. K. Biagosch. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (Uy courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight .May 22nd. Max. shade temp, 88.5 F Mm. shade
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      440 13 TRAVEL* COMFORT Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilat* i and cooler*, by electric I fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric resding lamp Staterooms with private bath predominate, all I have hot and cold running water. The
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      619 13 KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIAj VT incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) OFFICIAL TOURIsV BUREAU OF JAVA. All information, detailed
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    ON NAPOLEON'S ISLE TO-DAY.
    915 14 A View of St. Helena. POVERTY RAMPANT The island prison of Napoleon is an island i f decay at the prssent time. The opening of the Sue;: Canst] marked the decline cf St. Helena, and now poverty is the main impression of the visitor. Yet there
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    45 14 Women have for hundreds of years been devoting more attention to their personal appearance than men have devoted to politics, and it is doubful whether at the end of it all they are more beautiful than they were at the beginning. Mr. Robert I .ynd.
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      118 14 j V I i\ 1/ A\ LJ r j &¥vyne 3^463 Shell Spirit and Oil The \siatic Petroleum Co., (S.S.) Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) THE FASHION PROGRAMME FOR THE RACES Just Unpacked SILKS Just Unpacked 1 BEAUTIFUL ATTRACTIVE COLOURS. 1 I LOWERS. PLAIN AND PRINTED IJORDERS. CHIFFON VELVETS AMY FLOWERED,
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      185 14 192 6 SOCO Cnj.) Ants Oestpoy I IMAGINE seeing this loathsome intruder on your dining table Yet if just one ant makes its way into your home this is what you may fear. The little crawiing insect that discovers you, ood supply reports his find to the "colony," ana i
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    PHASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    792 15 PHASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, MAY 23rd. Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang 57s 58s bangrin Tin 32s 33s Batang Padang ($1) 75 80 Chehderiang 23s 6d 24s 6d Eastern Siam 23s 24s liaad Yai (£1) 27s 6d 28s 6ci Hitam Tin 1.05 1.10 Hong: Fatt (SI 1.15 1.20 Idris
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 15 May 21. Bank 1 m..-, 2 4 1-16 Bank demand 2 3 l^-:::.' Private credits 3 m.s. Hi New York, demand 5<5 Credits 90 days 57 '-.j France, demand 1411 India. T. T. i.V. ILonjr Kong, demand 10 a p.c. D Yokohama, demand 1 1 Mom. Java, demand 139
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    PRODUCE.
    190 15 May 23. Pepper Black W Flake Tapioca Pear! Sago Small Copra 10-55 Copra Sundried 11.00 Opium, Benares u:it. 1 li ice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red X gh New) Rice. Siam old No. 1 330 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice. Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken Xo. 1 Rice.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    60 15 Maj 2:ird.. 12 <> clink noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot T Standard H.S.S. Spot 70% 7(|:: < on Tender June Tl' r 71 July-Sept 73% T:>'- 4 Oct-Dec 75'^ 75^4 Tone of .Market: Dull steady. Latest Cable: —London Spot Sheet l:*
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    66 15 May 23rd., Closing Prices. Buyers elk's Hong Fan LIS 1.20 Johan Tin > 26 Kuchai 2.12% 2. 1T 1 Kuyoha L 47% L.52% Murai 2.37% 2.42', Puteh 1.20 1.2Rahman Hyd. 2.60 2. T0 Rantau pref. 1.95 2.00 Katu Tins 3s 3d 4> prem. Teja Malaya 28s Jd
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    238 15 NAI HOOT li.\ LIMITED. CHAIRMAN EXPLAINS WFFICLLTIKB (Prom >vi Own Con et p- nt.j Ipoh. HA| Ai the rir<t ani v get era nteel tg Nai Soot Tin Limited <>n v P. Brash presidios, it wmt *ed tiial board of the min< management had beei completely changed.
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    ROSE MACTHAIL & COS. REPORT.
    140 15 ROSE MACTHAIL COS. REPORT. Siny".p<>r« Ma> 2-> London. Rubbei I. Unchai Local Tn l^. Tin. London i:> 4 2e 6d. Ma\ 214 Local 147 v for 100 I Mining. Rahman Hydraulic 2.(12^. North Taiptng 1J26 LJ< il Taiping 85 v tal U 2.16, Talam l^fl 1.2:;. !...>• I; i u.7l>
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    UNITED SUA BETONG.
    86 15 Messrs. Guthrie Bud Co n Kuala Lumpur, have received belegraM Eron the Been taciefi of the United Boa Betoug B«Mber Estates, Ltd. that the Board ha* iecfiiad I recommend paynun: v a; 22nd Jun<- of final dividend of :;o per cent Ktaal for the (rear ended Slsi
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    KUTOH TIN.
    28 15 Tiu- Secretaries of Etuyoti Tin Dredging Limited have received w&vha i from the Man Manager that the dredge pontoon mi »y. Dessfttilv launched on Max tf.st,
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    EXCHANGE.
    85 15 EXC HANGE. [British Radio— Official Servio liuirl)>. Ma> 'J2 A.msterda« 12.13 S 16, dtaeau I Berlin 20.49^4, B mbaj 1 57 Mo% I sets ■v:- I Bucharest Bnem Afo 6-16, Copenhagen 16^0, Geneva ..l i g Helsingforc 1924)0, Hong Kong 2i i 2 :'.!<• i. Mad iid WJO, Milan BBf4,
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    I.G.N. AND COMPANY'S RECORD TRAFFIC.
    53 15 I.G.N. AND COMPANY'S RECORD TRAFFIC. I»i\ici«nd (»f Kijiht I*«-r mi Heclartd The India Genera] N.-r v..' i;. way I v.. i.t.i.. luu <!.■ :■<• ■d i ..i, o t t'i^-ht per ri-t)t Tlu increased profit i r !;i-> h > ■tione amounted to ES2 r 5 N rhe traffic Rgym
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    24 15 Ii l- tine we toafc stock of j om iaJ experiments to which th< cotmtrj hat baea committed during the pa«< i >' Sir .M.'.nin
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      376 15 »^S OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. be Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British G. C. KNOX. HORACE W.
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      443 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. Bi Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, E-q. Baron K. Iwasaki X. Takeuchi. Esq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. Hodsumi. Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq,
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      443 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, j (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. Hum: Mr. I). G. M. Bernard. Chairman W. H. Bell, Esq., W. L. Pattendeii,
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      99 15 INSURANCE. THE ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the P.S.) DIRECTORS: Teo Chong Siong, Esq. (Chairman). Chua Han Leong, Esq. Wong: Yong Kai, Esq. Loke Van Kit Esq. Lee Pie Soo, Esq. Leong Foong Siew, Esq. Lee Chin Tian, Esq.. Thio Kirn Chuan, Esq. Mr. Au Mm Thong. The Company
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      37 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., BARKER CO., LTD CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager,
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    S.C.C. TENNIS.
    772 16 Kleirunan Wins Championship. CLSRC FAILS AFTER WINNING FIRST SET. Thai KL-inman is still the steadiest and most completely equipped European lawn tennis player in the Colony was clearly demonstrated on the S.C.C courts yesterday evening, when, in the final of the championship he defeated Clerc, the hard driving
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    144 16 Mixed Foursome Competition. A mixed fours me competition, nine holes medal play, was held on Friday and resultIdin a win f '<>r Mr. EL M. Murphy and Mrs. DonneQ. Fifty-two (.-arris w£re taken nut and the following were returned:— Mr. E. M. Murphy and Mrs. Donnell 4~>
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    213 16 The Davis Cup. INDIA BEATS JUGOSLAVIA. Reuters Service. Zagreb. May 23. In the Davis Cup India has beaten Jugoslavia by winning three of five matches. INTERNATIONAL TENNIS. FRANCE BEATS AMERICA. [Reuters Service.] Paris. May 22. France has beater, the United States by matches to one in the Franco-American
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    GARRISON LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    115 16 MONDAY'S RESULTS. Single*. Capt. Carey beat Lt. Brodie, 6- 4. 6 > Married Couples Event. Cap and Mrs. Price beat Lt. -Co!, and Mrs. Taylor. 6 3, 5—7, B—6. Capt. and Mrs. Robb beat Capt. and Mrs Kirkland, w.o. Men's Handicap Doubles. Maj. Dunsteryille and Lt.
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    TUESDAY'S TIES.
    79 16 Inter-Regimental l>oubles. Royal Army Medical Corps vs. Royal Artillery, 4.45 pan. Singles. Lt Dearden vs. Lt. -Col. Taylor. 0.4."i n.m Men's Handicap Doubles. Lt.-Col. Richmond and Maj. Gardner vs. Mai. Streeten and ('apt. Robh. to finish 4.15 p.m("apt. Mansell and Lt. Lewis vs. Lt. TurMixed Handicap Doubles. Capt.
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    55 16 TUESDAYS TIES. Double Handicap Semi Final. N. E. Ess and E. W. de Cruz vs. Balhetchel and Balhetchet. Doubles Handicap. T. I.eijssius and C. Peterson vs. E. E. !<■ Souza and E. G. Wheat ley: "A" Singles Handicap. V. H. X orris vs. G. Tessensohn. W. A.
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    CHINESE ASSOCIATION.
    81 16 Ping-Pong Championship. The following are the ties for the week ending May 29. Play commences at S p.m. >p each date. ?5. Tan Ah Hung vs. Oh Jitt Siang. 26th. Khor Yong Yam vs. I >h Ah Fong. 27th. Oh Cheng Seng vs. Winner oi < hua Cheng
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    HOW JUBILEE HANDICAP WAS WON.
    88 16 London. May 8. There was a good start, Bon Grace being ittended by Colorado, Embargo, Abbott's Speed and Comedy King, who were followed y Apelle and Insight 11. A furlong from the bend Abbott's Speed went to the front from Embargo, Comedy King. Bon Grace,
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    530 16 Forwards at Fault. GUNNERS DEFEAT MALAYS. R.A 2; Malays 1 Poor finishing power on the part of both forward lines was responsible for the low 'score in yesterday afternoon's league match on the Stadium ground. There waplenty of incident throughout the game but seldom any good shooting, although
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    INTER-PORT SHOOT.
    138 16 SINGAPORE'S TEAM. The Singapore team for the Inter-port Shoot, which takes place cm Saturday afternoon on the Bukit Timah Range will be selected from the following: Second Lieut. Gubbins, (Capt.); Capt. Gibson (Duke's); Lieut. McCall; Sergt. Kirwan; Sapper Jones; Pte. E. Galistan; Pte. J. F. Galistan; Pte. de
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    FRAMROZ CRICKET CUP COMPETITION.
    145 16 YJM.C.A. HEAT THE DIKE'S. Duke's. Whitfield c Elliot b Gauder 9; Heaton lbw. b Gauder 1G; Dagge c Heard b Stack 15; Sgt. Bennett b Elliot 37; Lt. Jones c Elliot b Stack 2; Royal b Stack 3; Smith c Wearne b Stack 8; Day not
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    35 16 Messina.— The famous racing motorist Maserati was fatally injured as a result of his car turning: turtle while he was trying U) pass tv L h.--^s in the course of a race it Monte* Pel^vitani.
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    518 16 Yachting. JEAN II WINS GOVERNOR'S CUP. In a fresh breeze, the first for many months past, nine boats crossed the line at 10 a.m. in the final race for the Guillemard Cup on Sunday. Kathleen, with her new rig was first away only to withdraw a few minutes
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    137 16 ST. ANDREWS HOSPITAL ENDOWMENT FIND FLAG DAY MAY 1927. To the Editor. Sir We should like to correct a statement appearing in this morning's issue of your paper with reference to the amount collected at the Adelphi Hotel. So far, it exceeds $1,000 and there is
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    80 16 Programme of Drills up to and for May 29th. Tuesday. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, S.V.C. Band. S.R.A. (v) Signals. S.R.A. (v), Scottish Company, Chinese Company. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m.. Prill Hall, Motor Cycle Platoon, "A" Company, Eurasian Company, S.R.E. (v), Scottish Company. Thursday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall S.V.FAmbulance,
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    38 16 Orders For Week Ending Ma* 29th. Wednesday, May 25th. Signalling Class Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Thursday, 26th.— Band Practice Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Saturday, May 28th.— All Troops Parade at Headquarters 4 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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