The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 June 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press in ENTS- SINGAPORE, S^ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1927. NO. 12,123.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    284 1 A group of British business men who have been investigating trade conditions up the Yangtse state that a resumption of business there is impossible—Page 11. The United States Legation will possibly evacuate Peking if the Fengtien armies withdraw Page 11. There are pessimistic rumours in Cairo in
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    THE LITTLE VICTIMS PLAY.
    966 1 Eton College Registei L698-175E. When you have seen that title upon a new book you will guess that this is no book for anyj body's reading. As well read the London j Directory for L9f7, or a railway guide, or any other volume which is a
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      320 1 i\KKY TIN DATED |<fED LABEL BRAND" S COFFEE V '.V.V.V.V.V/.NWAW,^. RAFFLES HOTEL r.ursday, 9th June, Diner Dansaat 8.15 p.m. WERS WILL BE SERVED IN BALLROOM). I TO-NIGHT I Tea Dance For reservations phone 2920. .'j d letters create a good sion of Progress. Get a jmpr w -n of your
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      311 1 THE FAVOURITE PERFUME OF QUEEN VICTORIA AND I FAMOUS FOR MORE THAN HALF-A-CENTURY. I Ami r*i r **9 &"M w W-m I ii\\TyfS^^^ ifa I K t I*ll 1 iri !^w 1 i ■k\ lillllff I perfume happily chosen has a B J WJQ MjUmJj l uWjjjJ>^^s^^^ I etfect upon
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      136 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Alhambra programme Page 2. Dover soles at Cold Storage— Page 10. Latest shipping on pages 12, Hi and IT. Latest small advertisements on page 9. Milners safes. Guthrie and Co. Page 10. Coming attraction at Victoria Theatre Page 2. Over the Hill at the Empire Cinema Page
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      13 1 i INSIST ON HAVING jj "RED LABEL BRAND" i ji COFFEE i V.VASSWiWAWAW.W/.V.'.Vi
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      127 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, Sth. High Water, 3.58 a.m.. 7.2.. 5.54 p.m. 7.1. H. W. Malacca, 1.30 a.m.. 4.5., 2.20 p.m. 4.8. Cricket: Australians vs. S. Malaya, Seremban. Thursday. 9th. High Water. 5.16 a.m.. »».8., 6.50 p.m. 7.4. H. W. Malacca, 2.50 a.m.. 4.0., 3.20 p.m. 4.9. Cricket: Australians vs. S.
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    YACHTING.
    758 2 KATHLEEN WINS AGAIN. T second race for the Jean II cup was taak I on Sunday over the same course and wttt sane handicaps as the first of the series. In ekaious weather although with r hyhi hreeze nine boats made ready to stall and at 10 a.m. the
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      18 2 DIRECTORY of MALAYA 1927 1200 Pages The biggest, best, most concise and comprehensive. It is simplicity itself foreference.
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      219 2 AGAROL COMPOUND. NEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. Two sizes now in stock. 6 ozs. and 14 ozs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Sole Agents MEDICAL HALL LTD., SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY CINEMA— SIDESHOWS— WAYANGS. THE UNION STAR OPERA GO. Commencing Saturday, June 4th. THE BUNGA MAWA. Bandeong's Champion KRONCHONG. ADMISSION: $3, 2, 1
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      268 2 VICTORIA THEATRE "Tk AMATEUR GENTLEMAN" BY JEFFERY FARNOL FEATURING RICHARD BARTHELMESS WILL POSITIVELY COMMENCE Friday Next June 10th AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. Booking opens this morning at LITTLE'S. Popular $2, 1. MATINEE SATURDAY JUNE 11th. at 5.15 p.m. E PAVILION rom Thursday, 2nd to Wednesday, Bth June. AT 9.15
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      358 2 For Tuesday, 7th. to Monday, 12th. Juno A Screen version of one of the most Talked of Bt A. S. M. HUTCHINSON who personally supervised thp adaptation of AT THE ALHAMBRA (TAN CHENG KEE Co., Ltd., Proprietor, In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A WILLIAM FOX SUPER PRODUCTION which
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    HARD COURT TENNIS.
    596 3 Tilden Beaten. A TERRIFIC CAME [Reuter's Service.] St. Cloud, June 5. In the mixed doubles semi-fiiial Madame Boides and Borotra beat the South Africans Mrs. Peacock and Condon 6 l, 6 l. A huge crowd watched the tennis finals. In the singles Mrs. Peacock had a solid
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    GUILLEMARD CUP TENNIS.
    282 3 TFIE CONCLUDING GAMES The concluding- games in the Colony P.M.S. tennis match were played on Monday morning-. Of the three doubles games which were played, the Colony won two and lost one, Oliver and Bngot beating Hall and Huggins. Before the prizes were presented by Lady Murison
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      82 3 SWE @PRESS CIGARETTES /if *#> 'o/ r O^ fj| Mtchtft&y MM l_ J IN CASE OF FIRE You Want It Extinguished phone. Exchange. FOR A CASE OF WHISKY You Want It Distinguished High St. Provision Store 2305. Kim Ann Co. 3285. Bun Bee Co. 460. Lim Teck Loong 4003. Lim
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    HORN BLOWING IN MANILA
    250 4 Ghief of Police Green of Manila has drafted an ordinance which he believes will stop the misuse of motor horns while the j vehicles are in motion or parked. The pro-' posed ordinance, which has been referred to the Mayor, is now with the city n"
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    MOTOR-CYCLIST TO LIE IN STATE
    141 4 Winner of Last Year's Tourist Trophy Mr. Rex Adams, the winner of last year's amateur tourist trophy, who was killed in a motor accident at Shipley, in Yorkshire, was so popular that it was arranged for his body to lie in state in one of
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    REINDEER FOR ALPS.
    184 4 To Haul Sleighs to Remote Beauty Spots. A herd of a dozen reindeer are being brought from Norway to the French Alps with a view to acclimatising them and utilising them for hauling sleighs on the mountain roads in the winter months. The reindeer, it is claimed,
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    RACES FOR EVERY MAN'S CAR.
    802 5 Motor Tests the Owner-Driver Really Wants to See. We want more motoring competitions for which will be eligible only the cars that everybody, his wife or his sweetheart, can and does buy. We do not want, whether or not "the leading motoring organisations" think that
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    THE CAR IN CONFINEMENT.
    120 5 Neither fines nor imprisonment can check the livelier motorists of California, who take life as readily with a car as with a gun. Accidents multiply as fast as sentences grow more severe. The sage magistrates of Berkeley, therefore, came recently to the conclusion that they must
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    THE RIGHT LADY, BUT THE WRONG CAR.
    686 5 COMEDY OF GOLFER'S INNOCENT "THEFT." 1 Mr. Tommy Bench, the popular captain of the Fulwell Goli Club, has a 'Buick car, which might be described tersely as a "saloon model, painted blue, 30 h.p." It is very similar to many other Buick i
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      280 5 I THE 14 40 H.P. "Princeton Tourer J\ K. A fi Yfi I \T T Y 1-T ATT 5 j: ENGLAND'S MOST EXHILARATING CAR:Performance that Has Complete reliability, and aroused the unlimited thrilling power tar in S < enthusiasm of motorists all excess of its official ratin g 5 i
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      213 5 1 CLYNO j I The Car for Economy and I Individuality. I The Clyno Overseas Model incorporates a three door body with special tropical S H hood, large type radiator, fan, ventilators, electric horn, oversize tyres, specially &> strengthened frame, etc and is built especially for the Tropics. 1 Price
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    BILLIARDS FOR THE AMATEUR.
    882 6  -  Tom Ne wman THE KEEN GAME. > (Champion six Times.) "I J NO. B.— APPLYING THE CLOSURE. 5 5 > [FRVE PRESS S&VCIAm. Ar ->nt time, round about the period when 1 was B'V champion, "cushion crawling" wed T.o b** rather profitable manoeuvre Cm those who
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    LAW AND RISKS IN GAMES.
    654 6 PI VYKRS Ml ST ACT REASONABLY/' When s<>u ma\ recover damages for injuries received at play, and when you may n«>t. uas oatlined liy Mr. Justice Swift (himself a goh* player) in the King's Bench DivbMM. "IV p;c piaying games must act reasonably. If they
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    The Week's Great Day
    532 6  -  Charles Conway fio June 8. Birth of Sir James Young Simpson. 116 On the Bth. June 1811, Sir YEARS James Young Simpson, the AGO. distinguished Scotch physician and the discoverer of chloroform, was bom in the Linlithgow village of Bathgate, where his father was in business
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    AMERICAN TENNIS STAR'S EUROPEAN TOUR.
    792 6 INTERVIEW WITH W. T. TILDEN. 'By a Special Correspondent of the Free Tress and the N.A.N.A.) London. Ma,y 1 travelled across the Atlantic in the same ship as W. T. Tilden, Lhc American tennis star, and I had plenty of opportunities of talking to him.
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    EDUCATION POLICY IN THE COLONIES.
    316 6 RECIPROCAL SUPERANNUATION SCHEMES F/)R TEACHERS. London, May 25. The Colonial Conference discussed education, and agreed that an Educational Advis( ry Committee should consider the question of improving arrangements for supervising and advising Colonial students in Great Britain, and also with regard to teachers going out
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    923 6 THE PROPOSED NEW LAWS. "HORATIUS". -by[FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] A revolution in Auction Bridge as played in England is impending- Since my reference to "majority" calling was penned, the Portland Club has taken, for them, unprecedented steps of circulating a number of the chief bridge clubs and
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    A WIRELESS TRAGEDY.
    292 6 WBMBLBT MYSTERY SOLVED London. May 27. At the inquest on the h dy of Mrs. Rainford, the Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to electric shock caused by defective flex inside a brass lamp standard, and a frayed wire on the headphones at the terminals
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    AUCTION BRIDGE NEW STYLE.
    92 6 American System I a >u r < proved of the Mgfp ericari system of auction bridge whereb; tricks bid counts :i^ r I in a suit l»i<i Thus three clubs in I r trumps'" ami I OUT i spades. At the oii!'.-r.-n. dub:- voted in favour
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    KARACHI-CAIRO ROUTE.
    61 6 KARACH I- CA IRO ROUTE. I [1(1 En the Home «f I Lampsoii replying to woKh\ -<;i<i that tf><- Pcraim tjiv; ti n»i (MM B toi it« to opon the route ill Itfl t<» the Into national A rw« siatoH that in the I WMll It was a question flof
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    L.O.N. HEALTH BUREAU.
    199 7 INDO-CHINA CHOLERA EPIDEMIC ABATING. The following is the Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bureau for the week ended May 28th.: Egypt.— Alexandria: Three smallpox cases. India.— Bassein: Three plague deaths. Bombay: Five plague deaths; 47 cases of smallpox with 2i> deaths. Calcutta: Thirty-one deaths
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    CRICKET.
    351 7 PAST VS. PRESENT RAFFLESIANS. A match between Past ami Present Raffiesians was played on Friday and resulted in a win for the Old Boys on the first inning-s. It is hoped to make the encounter an annual one. Scores: Present Rafflesians. Ist Innings: G. Tessensohn b Keyt 8; D.
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    BARONET COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
    228 7 Girl Smeared with Black Boot Polish. London, May 19. Spruce and alert. Sir Gerrard MaxwellWillshire, lit., surrendered his bail at the Maidstone Court to-day. The prosecution detailed the alleged events. Miss .lean Olds Rave evidence that she met Willshire first at a hotel at Maidenhead on
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    AMATEUR RACES.
    1256 8 The Final Day. STEEPLECHASE ACCIDENTS. The weather was fine on Monday for the second day of the amateur meeting and the going was fast, in consequence there were some good finishes. The times recorded were generally much faster and the form shown was fairly consistent. The afternoon's pleasure
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    SELANGOR SUMMER RACES.
    431 8 FIRST DAYS HANDICAPS. Race No. 1. Open Ponies Class D (6 furlongs) Dodder 9.4. Lady Sydney 8.10. Ismarani 8.5, Lady dare 5.3. Noisy Oyster 8. Vingt-et-un 7.10, Lady Love 7.8. Sporty Girl 7.7. Umptaway 7. Race No. 2. Open Horses— Class D— (s furh.ngs): Double Rose 9,
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      220 8 T >IRST thing in the morning take a glass I of Regesan Fruit Saline. Clean, cool--1 ing and invigorating, it will give new life and vitality to the whole system. Regesan Fruit Saline contains no drastic mineral salts. It combines in a convenient form the health-giving elements of ripe fruit
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      328 8 GjJAKP THEj .'IT. Fd/^M GEk 1 1 j [WHERE TEETH MEET GUMS others Must Remember Sound Teeth Mean Good Health \JO mother would intentionally neglect the shghtJ.\l est aid to her child's health and future happiness. Yet many, unknowingly, are overlooking one of the most important health factors proper pratervation
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    HAIL COLUMBIA.
    556 9 CHAMBERLIN'S GREAT FEAT. ANOTHER NON-STOP RECORD. [Reuter's Service]. New York, June 5. The Aiauretania wirelessed at 3.30 this afternoon that a monoplane with markings similar to Chamberim s Columbia fcircled the ship and flew off eastward "flying fine." The position given in the Mauretania's message is 360 miles
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    ANOTHER NON-STOP TRIAL.
    83 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, June 6. Coste and Itignot who left on June 4 un a non-stop flight to Chita descended at Nijitagilsk 75 miles north-west of Ekaterinburg a distance of :U2O miles. It was ihe most •'arduous and difficult flight I have experienced" telegraphs Coste. The last
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    TERRIFIC EXPLOSION IN WARSAW.
    108 9 [Reuter's Service]. Warsaw, June 6. The sick and maimed inmat?s of hospitals, gibbering and wailing in the streets of Cracow, worshippers rushing screaming from churches followed an appalling concussion which was at first believed to be an earthquake but it turned out that a neighbouring powder
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    CHINA POLITICS.
    804 9 CHANG'S LATEST GESTURE. AN ALLIANCE WITH THE KUOMINTANG. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Peking, June 6. Negotiations are afoot for a tripartite alliance of Chang Tso Lin* Chiang Kai Shek and Yen Hsi Shan, declared a Fengtien spokesman to-day in the course of a statement in which he explained
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      647 9 NOTICES. THE KINTA ASSOCIATION LIMITED. tin voluntary liquidation) NOTICE is hereby triven that in pursuant of Section 223 il) of The Companies Ordinance 1923 a General Meeting of the Members of the above-named Company will be held at Chartered Bunk Chambers, Singapore, on Monday 11th July. 1927. at 12 o'clock
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      652 9 AUCTION SALE OF SINGAPORE TOWN PROPERTY. Particulars and conditions of sale of very valuable leasehold land and business premises known as No. 37 Market Street, Singapore, to be sold by auction, At the saleroom of Messrs. Cheong Koon Sen*? Co., No. 30, Chulia St.. On Wednesday, 22nd. June 1927 at
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      677 9 AUCTION SALE OF Unredeemed pledges of jewelh <vi eve) a description. To be held at Messrs. Oonnit Koon Sentf Co*« Gala Umm No. :{u, rhulia Street, Singapore. 3n Wednesday, Bth. June, at 10 a.m. The pledges comprise watches, chain-, diamond ind other rinps, brooches, earrir.tr-. Chfnaac and Calnf Bold and
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, 8th JUNE, 1927. China Politics.
    751 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, 8th JUNE, 1927. China Politics. There is not much profit to be obtained from examination or prophecy regarding the situation in China, mainly because there is so small a degree of constancy in the elements making up an unstable whole. It may however at least be
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    396 10 Mr. M. R. Hartley, of Batu Balai Estate Pahang, the well-kno\v-.i Lig-game boater has left for Home. At the Kuchai Tin Dredging Co's pontoon launching several of the Australian cricketers were present. The death is announced of Towkay Chan Sow Lin, J.P., a late M.S.C. for Selangor. which took place
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    LADY CLIFFORD DUE SHORTLY.
    186 10 H. E. TO VISIT KEDAH. We learn from Government House that Lady Clifford, C.8.E., the wife of H. E. the Governor, and better known to the world under her former name of Mrs. Henry de la Pasture, under which she won for herself so great a
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    HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.
    91 10 The following telegram from His Majesty the King was received on Saturday by His Excellency Sir Huul, Clifford. G.C.M.G.. G.8.E.. M.C.S. "Please convey to the Rulers of the Malay States and all sections of my subjects in the Straits Settlements and of British Malaya my heartfelt thanks
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    CEYLON'S NEW GOVERNOR.
    488 10 •BRINGING AN OPEN MINI).' London, May 20. The Ceylon Association entertained Sir Herbert and Lady Stanley last night at the Hyde Park Hotel. Other guests included Sir West Ridge way, Sir William and Lady Manning, the Rt. Rev. Dr. E. A. Copleston, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    177 10 MR. E. C. WATSON j<)| Ns I APPLICATION (ikWni, N I (From Our Own I i r '4tr. I ''•■"anir i I Mr. E. C. Watson'. a Jur I the local Bar was h. a I Sproule to day. I Mr. de Buriatte. „-cr, I Committee, read a
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    A PIG-SHOOTING TRAGEDY.
    33 10 FATAL If »i K i K IKGSAfi (From Our '■■■•K Jun. A sad bo otmt Koala Kan^sa- :< tmmod A. H. M i Engg(.r. was tho\ yourc Boropi m m night.
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    D.W.R. OrPH'KR MARRIED
    31 10 From Our Owi I IfX'h Jun. The wedding took pk*a H. G. Keet. of h. ;r u Regiment, to Mis> .1 G. C Edward VII School. T.,.; i
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    CONCERT AT THE THEATRE
    154 10 SMALL A I I)IKN< E FOB i:t S6IO I ARTISTF.v I Alfred Mil o\ itch an.: J ef I I not receive the wekom. the] they appeared at th< Vi r... 1 night and gave th. return visit. Thost- u ..:.tth«? worth while attending v. u
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    "THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN."
    85 10 The openi'i date tor "i Gentleman" is fixed p next June 10th. and u-.n: I The story ifl by thi pM and is considered to be t-xteiior scenes were a!! filmed t■'-'--and have the wonderful I lish countrywide. Ruhar. K. makes a tine Barnaba> Baft} every inch
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    CAMBRIDGE LOCAL RESULTS SUMMARISED.
    91 10 CAMBRIDGE LOCAL RESULTS SUMMARISED. A summary of the n bridge Local Examination- I ber last has been furnish^! i Director of Education, S.S. tad i A School certificate: -Entered certificate, boys <)4~>, gklti i_ honours, boys 25, girls 4; -u'< aminers, boys 276. girlf 57; I 309, girls 59; absent.
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    CHINA PROBLEMS.
    153 11 i s. FLIGHT FROM PEKING. DEFENCE WITHOIT FIGHTING. r'a Far Eastern Service.] apymi—Uy stifl serious possil >. Lebanon evacuating Pekf r.irt:- n armies withdraw. lerst od General Smedley Butler belt on Saturday returned to b Sunday and advocated with- -.u of the strong force necesthc line open to
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    YANGTSE TRADE RUINED.
    109 11 NKST OF BANDITS. I '3 bar Eastern Service.] British business men who I Iron Ichang. whither they estimate the possibility of re- trade beyond Hankow, rehai conditions at present are t r resumption. money is worthless while ss lotion of the unions labour pent and costly and
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    THE LABOUR CONFERENCE.
    308 11 BINESE DELEGATE'S REMARKABLE Renter*! Service.] Geneva, June t. i i made a remarkable speech H C 'nrVrerve a?vi was called Mm Chahman owing: to the haractei of some of his utterMr. hu exclaimed that his in- ns i re I make a speech on those wh cated
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    SOVIET MINISTER SHOT.
    143 11 AT WARSAW. MIRDERED BY POLISH MONARCHIST. [Reuter's Service]. Warsaw, June 7. A young Russian monarchist shot at with a revolver and wounded the Soviet minister for Poland as the latter was leaving for Moscow. The minister was taken to hospital and his assailant was arrested. Later. The
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    ADMIRATION FOR FRENCH PRESIDENT.
    86 11 THK GOVERNMENT'S 1)1 TV [Havas Service.] Angers, June 7. Speaking at the inauguration of a monument to the War Dead, M, Barthoa, Minister of Justice, eulogised the National Union and laid stress on the entire confidence and admiration which members of Government had for M. Poincare.
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    WEEDING OUT THE CRIMINALS
    63 11 [Reuter's Service] Riga, June 7. Execution without trial of "all active members of the band of incendiaries" is announced by the 0.G.P.U., better known as the Cheka of Leningrad. The victims were found responsible for arson and the dispatch of threatening letters to the judges of
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    INTERNATIONAL COLONIAL INSTITUTE.
    48 11 19TH SESSION OPENED. [Reuter's Service.] The Hague, June 7. The Prince Consort as President opened the nineteenth 9easi n of the International Colonial Institute at the Peace Palace. The opening was attended ov 42 delegates including Great Britain, Holland, France, Japan. United States and Portugal.
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    U.S. NAVAL DELEGATION TO GENEVA.
    33 11 [Reuter's Service]. Washington. June 7. Mr. Coolidge has nominated Mr. Hugh Gibson, Ambassador in Belgium, as chairman of the American Delegation to the Naval Disarmament Conference at Geneva.
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    THE MONEY MILL.
    226 11 [Reuters Service.] Washington, June 7. Mr. Mellon announced that the Treasury surplus for the current fiscal year exceeds $600,000,000. MUNICIPAL ACTION. The following action was taken at a Committee No. 2 meeting held June Ist. Decided to inform Government that the Commissioners are of opinion that the
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    TROUBLE IN EGYPT.
    85 11 BRITISH NOTE EXPECTED. PARLIAMENT VO BEAR BLAME. [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, June 7. The Anglo-Egyptian situation is again becoming serious. According to the journal El Mokattam Lord Lloyd informed King Fuad on June 4th that he was unable to accept the Egyptian reply and was communicating with! Government.
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    THE EGYPTIAN CRISIS.
    132 11 [Reuter's Service]. Cairo, June 7. There are pessimistic rumours in connexion with the An^lo-Egyptian dispute over the Egyptian army and the Egyptian reply to the British note which was handed to Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, on June 3rd. The terms are not
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    BOMBAY MILL INDUSTRY.
    61 11 [Reuter's Service]. Bombay, June 7. The refusal of the Government of India to give the Bombay mill industry a protective tariff has come as a bombshell to Bombay mill-owners who fully expected more material assistance. Outside of Bombay there is little sympathy for the mill-owners but Bombay
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    HONOUR FOR LINDBERGH.
    65 11 THE LANGLEY MEDAL. [Reuter's Service]. New York, June 7. The Langfley Medal which, since it was instituted in 1908, has only been given to four persons: the Wright brothers, Curtiss and the Frenchman Eiffel, has been awarded to Lindbergh by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. Bellanca, who
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    WHY CHAMBERLIN RE-DESCENDED.
    87 11 [Reuter's Service.] London, June 7. Chamberlin attributes his second forced landing to the unsuitability of the fuel taken aboard at Eisleben, which caused ignition defects. New York, June 7. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has presented Mrs. Chamberlin with $15,000 which it offered if the Columbia first
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    188 11 Programme of Drills up to and for 12th. June, 1927. Wednesday, Bth. 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, Machine Gun Platoon. Thursday, 9th. 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, Machine Gun Platoon. Friday, 10th. 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, Band— S.V.C. Saturday, 11th. 2.30 p.m.— 'Balestiei Range, Machine Gun Platoon, Drill Hall,
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    LONDON AND DAVENTRY CALLING.
    409 11 EXCELLENT RECEPTION IN COLOMBO. Kecent y Messrs. Philips' Glowlampworks, Ltd., Radio Dept., of Eindhoven, Holland, made arrangements to receive a London wireless concert, on a 400 metre wave length, and re-transmit same from Holland, by their short wave length station (30 metres) to the east. This
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    CRICKET.
    214 11 INDIAN ASSOCIATION vs. S.C.R.C. The match between the Indian Association and the S.C.R.C. which was played on the S.C.R.C. ground ended in a victory for the former by 20 runs on Saturday. Cho< n Lim b Raj 27, Choon Leong c Raju b Baskaran 5, Ah Chuan hit wkt.
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    Y.M.C.A. vs. JOHORE.
    237 11 This match was played at Johcre on Friday last. Y.M.C.A. Gauder c Forbes b Wills 15, Choon Lim c Inche Orrn b Clarke 6, Wearne b Holmes Smith 0, Lyne c Forbes b Clarke 2, Hoahing c Dickson b Clarke 4, Birch c Marshall b Clarke 3,
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    CENTRAL EUROPE TROUBLES.
    378 13 ALBANIA'S COMPLAINT. PLOTTING IN RUMANIA. [Renter's Service.] Belgrade, June 5. A serious sequel has occurred to the arrest by Albanian police of an Albanian named Jurashkovitch, employed as a dragoman at the Jugo-Slav legation in Tirana on a charge of spying. Despite Jugo-Slav protests his release was
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    INDIA'S TARIFFS.
    184 13 London, June 6. The Government of India has announced it haS decided to reject the recommendation of the Indian Tariff Board on the cotton textile industry in favour of a general increase of import duty on cotton piecegoods. It declares the 10 per cent, advantage to Japan in
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    THE EAST AT GENEVA.
    67 13 At the Labour Conference, Dr. Paranjpye, member of, the India Council, dealing with the internal organisation of the Labour Office observed that the number of people from eastern countries was comparatively small and hoped it would be possible to engage a few more people from India,
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    ABOLISHING HILL SLAVERY.
    79 13 [Reuter's Service.] Rangoon, June 6. The Governor of Burma has sent a letter to the Viceroy announcing that slavery has practically ceased in Burma. Over 4,000 j slaves have been released in the "triangle" district in North Burma. It is estimated 4,000 to 5,000 remain to be
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    CANTON INSURANCE MEETING.
    493 14 i DIRECTOR'S REFERENCE TO I "CUTTING." The "cutting" of insurance rates on the London market was the subject of reference by the Hon. Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chair- man, at the recent meeting of the Canton I Insurance Office, Ltd. This downward tendency of rates still
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    CONQUERING LEPROSY.
    348 14 Pritish Empire Campaign's Progress "The elimination of leprosy from the British Empire is a wonderful ideal." This statement was made some time ago by the Prince of Wales, patron of the British Empire Leprosy Relief Associa ion. The Committee of the Association, in the report for 1926. states
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    BIG AIR YEAR FOR BRITAIN.
    863 15 Forging Fresh Links of Empire. AUSTRALIA—SINGAPORE SERVICE. This year promises to be one of the most significant, aerially, since Wilbur and Or ville Wright first flew 23 years ago. There aie several aspects which will make it momentous. In the first place it will see
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    81 16 The French steamer Cap Padaran arriv-i ed in port yesterday with 20 officers and 700 French soldiers bound for Saigon. Two cargoes of rice were brought into port yesterday, the Hermod bringing rice from Bangkok and the Osaka Maru a cargo from Rangoon. The N.Y.K. mail and passenger
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    OFFICER FEARED DROWNED.
    133 16 Whilst the P-irwent, a vessel of 1562 tons net, which arrived from Hcng Kong last Friday, was in port on the 6th. inst., it was reported that the second officer, Mr. Evans, was missing. A search of the vessel which was lying, in the outer roads was
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    STEAMER'S ACCIDENT.
    59 16 Whilst on a voyage between Miri and Limbang, the Sarawak S.N. Co.*s steamer Auby struck a submerged obstruction on May 25th. off the Miri coast. She proceeded to Limbang. where a diver made an inspection of the hull and reported that the vessel was only slightly damaged. On
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    TYPHOON AT MANILA
    36 16 Manila, May 26. Fifteen provinces in North Luzon have been cut off from Manila by a typhoon. Two seaplanes were wrecked in Manila Bay while a steamer rammed one of the piers. Reuter.
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    ANOTHER NEW VESSEL.
    35 16 The Sin Kengr Seng:, which is to replace the Keng Senjr on the Muar Malacca run, arrived in port on Saturday. The old Kenp Seng 1 has been sold to local interests.
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    MOTOR LINER PERFORMANCE.
    206 16 MOTOR LINER PERFORM ANCE. In view of the order placed recently by the White Star Line for a 26 r OOO-ton motor liner, which will be the first British vessel of this class to trade across the Atlantic, the performance uf the pioneer transatlantic motor liner, the Gripsholm, is of
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    1342 18 The Lure of Planting. VISITORS TO THE AGENCY. (From Our Own Correspondent). London. May 13. Planters are pom ing into London just j now. Several of them, I regret to say, have lost their work owing to the reduction of staff duo iv the floods. On the
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    PAHANG'S SUBMERGED ROADS.
    329 18 COMM UN RATIONS BY BOAT. The Supremo Court staff which accompanied the Chief Justice (Sir Henry Gompertz) to Kuantan for the Assizes there hat I returned to Kuala Lumpur, ihe journey hack j being" full of thrills and excitement says j Wednesday's Malay Mail. The party consisted
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    VANOC'S MAIDEN PLATE VICTORY.
    20 18 I „.*..>■ ia« In Hie Sali-ii'j-> liatdi i furlongs, Eleanor l- ;ili won ;m c.'\sy three lenitth*
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    22 18 Orders for Week Tnd'n. li quarters. Mi pni. Thursday, i)th. Ban.i I'r; 1 PRANK C. SANDS, I u ::i
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    PONTIANAK GOLD.
    1069 19 The Annual Meeting. REPORT ON THE SALTING. Mr. F. C. Peck, who was appointed by the Company to investigate alleged salting of the Ma-mi area of the Pontianak Gold Dredging Concessions Ltd. acquainted the shareholders at the annual general meeting held in the Raffles Hotel yesterday with certain
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    50 19 June 7th.. 12 o'clock noon Bayers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 88% SS% Standard R.S.S. on Tender June 88% •>'.» July-Sept. 70 70% Oct-Dec, 7J'i 72% Jan-Mar. 7-I', 74'.. Ton.- of Market:- Easier. Latest Cable: London Holiday. New York Spot Sheet G.cts per
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    140 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. London. Rubber ts -7%d. (June 4th. i. 1 ocai 2. Tin. London £288 L2s 6d. (June 4th.). Local 1 v i for 125 tons. Mining:. Kuchai 2.05 2.10, Eaja Perak 35 40 prem., Kuyoh L.60 L.62%, Malaya Consolidated L.23 1.26, North raiping 1.22 I.'J">. Petaling t.62%
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    288 19 BRITISH COAL TRIUMPH. liETTEK OIL THAN FROM WKLLS. Oil distilled from British c,al has been shown by the National Physical Laboratory Ito be superior bo mineral oil derived from wells. This is an important sequel to the tests carried out on March 2'k lH2(i. by tin* I
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    RASER'S SHARE LIST.
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    77 19 It is proposed to constitute an ana of 14,080 acres in the mukuib of Chanckal Jon^- and DaHan s<-l>atan«j. Lower Perak, a reserved forest. A large quantity of chandu \\a> discovered on board the Aaftmtj when ifci arrived in port yesterday from < hma. Also a Chinese
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1410 20 The slogan "Wait and See" which one heard on the lips of all too few cricket enthusiasts in the course of the discussions >n the prospects and possibilities of the Austiaiian tour has been amply justified by the splendid achievement of the Malayan side in defeating the visitors
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    DUKE'S BEAT S.C.F.A.
    377 20 Duke's 3 S.C.F.A 1. A lively game at the Stadium yesterday in the second division between the Duke's :|~md ihe S.C.F.A. resulted in a win for the uimer by 3 1. The teams were fairly evenly marched and the game was fairly fast ihioughoui. First blood went
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    FINE NOTTS WIN OVER SURREY.
    80 20 Reuter's Service. Notts beat Surrey at Nottingham to-day, (after two days' play) by nine wickets. Surrey 249 and 128. Notts 296 and 84 for 1. Shepherd scored 62 for Surrey in their first innings. In their second innings Larwood disposed of seven of their batsmen
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    THE AUSTRALIAN TOUR.
    869 20 Malaya Win By 39 Runs. AN EXCELLENT ACHIEVEMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 6. Contrary to all expectations that existed before the visit Malaya achieved a fine victory in Kuala Lumpur to-day against the Australians by the margin of 39 runs. When play closed on
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    340 20 Y.M.C.A. SPORTS. PRELIMINARY HEATS. The preliminary heats of the Y.M.C.A. Sports were held yesterday and the following: qualified to compete in the finals which take place on Saturday, June 11th.: Junior B 75 Yards.— Heat 1: Phoa Hai Seng, Teo Ah Kow, Nai Whatt Hu. Time 8 2-5
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    206 20 NAVY CHALLENGE CTP 1927. This competition was played at Bukit T.mah on Monday afternoon and resulte.1 in a win f r Miss Law and Mr. Hardie representing the Singapore Golf Club The following cards were returned: Miss Law and L. D. Hardie (S.G.C) >4 Mrs. Kirkland and
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    56 20 In the final of the Telegraph Cup J. Hodgins heat F. Ruchwaldy 3 and 2. The June monthly medal will be played for en Saturday and Sunday, by Stroke play, and the Ladies Spoon on Monday. The qualifying round for the St. James' Cup will be played
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB.
    193 20 On Sunday the 75 yards handicap races for the A and B classes were swum off at the Chinese Swimming Club and resulted as follows: A class: Teo Siew Kiat, starting at go, was first in 50 1-5 sees., with Chia Poh Chong (scr.) second, 42 3-5
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