The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 July 1927

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press g CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY. JULY 26, 1927. NO. 12,164.
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  • 232 1 An interesting speech by M. Poindare setting forth the aim and intentions of France in the matter of attaining world peace is published on page 9. The Executive Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has rejected a suggestion to establish a bureau in Moscow—Page 9. Brilliant
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  • 1293 1 If 1 had more leisure and more impudence, 1 could spend some of these bright days very pleasantly in the salerooms. More leisure, yes; for I am a journalist who should be at his work in the hours when the auctioneer's hammer is tapping More impudence, for a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 181 1 v ;lT j ]mi.-h Guaranteed. a ,ll STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL Thursday. 28th July, Diner Dansant 8.15 p. m. (DINNERS WILL BE SERVED IN BALLROOM). I TO-NIGHT I Dinner Dance I For reservations phone 2920, J. WILLIAMS, Manager. .a_r JkmmWW m BB '^^^V THE CONSTANT 1 Dn\nur office table— in your
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    • 145 1 I Rowfo nd. collyer quay t I IL SINGAPORE f J (Incorporated in England.) > I orri,^. LOOSE LEAF I p STEEL OFFICE 1 ADDRESSING MACHINES} AND I DUPLICATORS 1 FILING SYSTEMS 5 Penang and Kuala Lumpur, j "nr^um^ 5 Hotel I j; THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD., -i j. Thone
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    • 75 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attractions—Page I. The Pavilion programme—Page 2. The Empire programme—Page 2. Wardrobe trunks at Little's—Page 8. Latest small advertisements on page 7. Let Monkey Brand do your work, Huttenbach, Lazarus and Sons —Page 6. New hosieiy at Wassiamull Assomull and Cos—Page 2. The Falcon Knight is coming. Associated
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 195 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, MM, High Water, 9.24 a.m. 8.1.. 10.16 p.m. 9.0. H. W. Malacca 5.20 a.m. 5.2., 6.00 p.m. 6.3. Dr. Tagore Leaves for Malacca. Football: Div. II A.P.C. vs S.R.C, S.C.C. S.C.C. vs S.C.F.A.. Stadium. Wilbur Playt-rj. Theatro 9.30. Wednesday, '2~th. High Water, 10.20 a.m. 8.5.. 9.7. p.m.
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  • 444 2 Th< Third Annual Athletic Sports of Eai <>;i Road School were held on Saturday on th< Sell ol grounds. When the sporta commenced at 8 p.m. tt,, was an excellent attendance, and the Breather throughout was perfect. Tan Ban Huat won the School championahip with 25
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  • 73 2 At the last meeting: of the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute the followingWere among; the Fellows elected:—British Malaya: Edward F. G. Davies (Johore), Douglas E. Forbes (Johore), Eo Yew Kirn (Malacca), Rupert H. Pope (Kuala Lumpur), Noel T. Sncar (Kuala Lumpur), Wm. A. Way <Pahang;L Robt, M. Whiteside iKunli
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    • 228 2 VICTORIA THEATRE THE POPULAR AMERICAN COMPANY j To-Night only ANOTHER LAUGH MAKER "CAPPY RICK'S" BY PETER B. KYNE. WED. THURS. FRIDAY SATURDAY fc2 The Family The Whole Town's Upstairs Talking PLANS AT JOHN LITTLE'S. Prices $4, $2 and $1. PAVILION From Monday, 2."> th. to Silnday, 31st. July. The Screen
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    • 312 2 ALHAMBIj (Tan Chen* Ke, Co.. Ltd.. <* In the Second Shon at <» m FROM MONDAY. 25Ui Jt'LY FOX si\\, A FIRST NATIONAL PtODlfTlOv* From the penetrative pen of EDNA FEKHER, o,w „f (ORINNE GRIFFITH in eoajunction with such well-known screen personality i CRANE, CHARLES MURRAY AND GEORGE BIDS FA
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  • 228 3 DENIAL GIVEN TO STORY ABeUT HEIR TO RAJAH OF SARAWAK. A report circulated by a news agency states that Mr. E. Brooke Daykin, of Toronto, Canada, claims to be the rightful son and heir of the late Sir Charles A. Brooke, the second white Rajah of
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  • 205 3 PIKATS HAT-TRICK. The latest captures of rubber smugglers received by the local Customs authorities are as follows:— The Pikat, when on patrol off Tanjong Tohor at 1.30 a.m. on July 18, captured a prau containing 29.76 pikuls of rubber. The boat was manned by four Malays and one
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  • 246 3 New reason for his Transfer. H. H. Moulana Saiyed Hussainee, who described hims If as a medical practitioner of Bambalapitiya, presented a petition to Mr. H. P. Kaufmann. the Colombo Police Magistrate, against Messrs. Wilson and Kadirgamer. proctors. Petitioner stated that he engaged tha
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  • 73 3 London, July 9. The Star states that the Beecham Estates are offering: Covent-Garden Estate, including the markets and the Opera House to the City Corporation. Mr. James White offered the Estate to the City in 1926 but they rejected it on the ground that the
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  • 49 3 London, July 9. The Westminster Gazette says that as a sequel to the revelation'during: a case in which two accused had planned a forgery of post office orders in prison, the Home Office decided that forgers, housebreakers, and burglars should be housed separately in prisons.
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  • 1787 4 Aviation Boom in Canada and Australia. i Aerial Service to Goldfields. I NEWSPAPERS AS TRANSPORT AGENTS. T. Stanhope Sprigg. Editor of "AIRWAYS." [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] f London, July 2nd. It may not be generally known that from time to time the. British Air Ministry issue a
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  • 481 4 Capt. Courtney's Flight. TO AMERICA AND BACK. London. June 29. Captain Courtney arrived safely at Calshot, near Southampton, at 8 o'clock last night in the Dornier-Napier "Whale" flying boat in which he -will attempt to cross the Atlantic to New York and back. He left Friedrichshafen at
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  • 77 4 Secret Test on New Weapon. London, July 9. The Air Ministry has completed its secret tests regarding the "Flying Battleship.' a huge flying-boat with three Rolls RoyceCondor engines of 2,100 horse-power. It will be christened "Valkyrie." It has a wooden hull of immense strength, specially treated to
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  • 787 4 Woman to Make it a Summer Resort. £10.000 FEE. Park. "Dr." Maxwell came to see me the other day. She is a lady "doctor," but not in the ordinary sense. Miss Elsa Maxwell is the American woman whom Lord Castlerosse described in the Sunday Express
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  • 173 4 Lieut. Salmond's Death in Scotland. The nose-dive of an aeroplane, followed by a crash to earth, resulted on June 22nd. in a fatality at Dundee. Daring flights at a low altitude by Lieutenant R. F. G. Salmond, R.N., temporarily attached to the R.A.F. base at Leuchars,
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  • 1336 4 RUNAWAY MATCHES OF THE PAST. li f Six Thrilling Love Dramas I Thornton Hall. 1 (Author of—"Romances of the Peerage."* t NO. 6: QUEEN OF \VIT( HERIKS J (FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] Among tne women who in turn captured the fickle heart of the second Charles of England, from
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  • 1010 5 Hammond's Crusade. THE DRIVE AND CUT. London, June 20. A humorously malicious rumour is floating round our cricket grounds. It is to the effect that W. R. Hammond, the batsman of the year, is becoming unpopular with his brother professionals! Not, be it said, on personal
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  • 618 5  -  Charles Corway Moi^oieibteEvemshtrtie m W^ July 26.— The Darien Expedition. 229 On the 26th. July 1698, the YEARS Darien Expedition sailed from AGO. Leith with the object of establishing a Scottish colony on the Isthmus of Darien, which is the eastern portion of the narrow neck
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  • 436 6 SIR A. CONAN DOYLE'S DECISION Sherlock Holmes is to end his memoirs at last. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, his inventor, says so. "I fear," writes Sir Arthur, "that Mr. 1 Sherlock Holmes may become like one of, those popular tenors who, having outlived their tfana,
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  • 282 6 The following which occurs in the report of one of the district officers of Sarawak shows that sophistication has not penetrated every fastness: Above Xanga Spak, Ulu Layer, it was seen that a very remarkable number of landslides had occurred, the like of which, according to the
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  • 110 6 j Prisoner Who Swallowed Metal Articles. i Ostrich like propensities caused the death of Alfred William Jacobs, aged twenty-two, a waiter, of Newport, Isle of Wight, an inmate of Winson Green Prison, Birmingham. Prison appliances were frequently found broken and parts missing, but what had become of them
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  • 1296 7 Address to Chinese Community. I THE INDO-CHINA CULTURE. ft On Sunday at 2.07^n7 D r. Rabindranath I aS°re invi,<>d th, Chinese schools It« Oliver a spi h t th( ■»<">ity at the I-alace Oay Theatro The hall was fully croud( (|> an<| Aetta, Chinese Consul General presided
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  • 370 7 CROP BELOW AVERAGE. The Acting Colonial Secretary in his re port on the Colony for 1920 states that in Penang and Province Welleslev the yield from the 1925-26 padi crop was well below the average, owing to the damage done by unfavourable weather conditions and
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  • 167 7 Sir Oliver Lodge, in his remarks on the creation of life by science, betrayed that caution which is characteristic of the scientific mind in scientific matters, although he went so far as to suggest that it was probable that the feat would sometime or other be achieved. It
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    • 399 7 BUSINESS CARDS. TrMARY SETON. j < BLA( KWOOD FURNITURE J SHANGHAI SHADES. f E AMKER MANSIONS. I ITALIAN MARBLE FLOORING TILES. just eereed consignment of white parbk flooring tiles. 1\ 18" and 2' square Apply early to avoid disappointment. Applj "r'-2 Prinsep Street. MEMORIALS. I < > SINGAPORE CASKET CO.
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    • 552 7 j COMING 1 FALCON KNIGHT The World's Lowest Priced SLEEVE VALVE CAR aak -AmY J\. Associated Auto Company 68-2 Bukit Timah Road SUFFER NO MORE WITH INDIGESTION. I nless you remove the cause you'll never b« free from ladige.tioa, and every attack wil got more severe until the trouble become^
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    • 446 7 NOTICE. In the Estate of KAM KEN( j SIANG deceased. Pursuant to Ordinance No. 144 (Trustees). NOTICE is hereby given that all creditors 01 other persons having any claims or demandupon or against the Estate of Kam Kong Sians deceased late af Nos. 22 and 22-1 Kerbau L«M Singapore, who
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    • 437 7 I YOU WILL WANT NOTHING J BETTER THAN AN "ALL TEAK" MODEL PIANO. r [j Built -r GARCIA. PRICES FROM $W. EASY PAYMENTS AKRANOEO. 2. ORCHARD ROAO. DON'T NEGLECT PILES! They may lead to deadly Cancer. If you are suffering from Pilta there is no remedy so certain as Dr.
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  • 313 8 The news that Chiang Kai Shek is returning to the old system of farming out the opium monopoly as a means of raising revenue, is a sufficient indication that financially affairs are far from satisfactory with the new Government.
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  • 457 8 It rarely happen.*, save only on such occasions as Australian visits and Test matches, that cricket finds a place in our editorial columns, but we venture to think that all cricketers will agree with us that the remarkable batting by Mr. N. H. P. Whitley, the
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  • 1094 8 Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Hart have left for Bra.stagi and will be away for about a fortnight. The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal has been awarded to Sergeant H. K. C. Tobutt, M.S.V.R., and Lieut. C. L. Chapman, M.V.I. News has been received by cable of the death
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  • 60 8 Curious Kuala Lumpur Fatah PLANTER KILLED BY Kv.,, TUB. UNf (From Our Own Com Kuala l.mnpur A terrible accident r ,.,i jang Road yesterday Bon lag, T neler, of Sungei Tanka :itl of the well-known Solam.-. ing killed by a falling tn him as he sat in his
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  • 152 8 A LARGE GATHERING nu WARM WEI < <>MX Kn (From Our Own Con* pta£ Kuala l.mnpur j uK The special train hrmg n s: r H ford arrived at Kuala I this morning. The stati decorated with Hau rs MM !,i V A larpo and ifathl|
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  • 68 8 WKM.S MtlMl i r From Our Own I ll*>h. July An unprecedented dl Perak. which has atM !ut.'\ with* rain for several \\<e. mm causal .he gravest anxiety throaffcaat tto- drJtnrl >winp to the total fail in wells. Kven in the town- fkft have shrunk tMafMOttsl) Rain
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  • 89 8 CAUSING BKIBVIM Hi H (From Our Oam I Priianir. Jul* I Owing to an HToi ilence Mr. .lustiee Ban lit I sentence of six month- iaiariiM-alal sed on Mm bin Hadji WW Mothers on I char-. I hurt. The Judge held thai ill were equally m»la-a<Mf sentences to
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  • 100 8 Three Hokiens, arme.l will knives, committal rerj -at-"! on Sunday tiwhaf I a Chinese liqti'.r ikap-lw went to No. 12 Tai X Mi p.m. and bald towkay. Thry Ware 1 whereupon tlu-v lefl pears, they had Ml] when thai mm tm i his home. The| foil house and
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  • 14 8 V II The title of 1" 1 U altered from CM Chief Surgeon. F.M
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  • 135 9 v< 4RK/S SPEECH. I|MTKK I» FOB GERMANY. H ..i S rvirc.] I'ans, July 25. :i: at the celebrations ''r' restoration of the ..Inch was destroyed rrnan g on September I born' «a- aK^minable as t l'' I*".'. German incendiaries blamtnc the whole Frenchman has any atred M
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  • 56 9 .)••»>. 1 Paris, July 25. reconstruction ti North France, dcs- i. gave M. Poincare, rt unity to refer t«j He declared thai, conduct of incennobody would infer people therefrom. ng u« so senseless the hatred between whose agreement is es- humanity. We only il«.u> tali distorting
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  • 68 9 ~tEN ARK ABLE DITCH \< \l\V\ KMENT." ter'i Imstcffafaua, Jul> 25. nouoplanc carrying as the first passenger and the Dutch East parded as .-a I.- achievement establishr.: a .:i in commercial ail indred thousand people greeted the er drome of tho Royal N'avi^at n mpany.
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  • 67 9 ITRllll TK FROM MERCANTILE COMPANY. [tenter's Far Kastern Service.] Haag Konir. July 25. A"^o annua! meeting of the Indo-China J" N" < inpany the Chairman I their deep debt of gratitude to His Navy for valuable co-operation Atari n keeprnf their flag flying planet-.
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  • 29 9 l: I Eastern Service.] Shanghai, July 24. rnment has created ar h it hu farmed ou rovincea of Kiangsu am ighest tender was M,,., |U
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  • 57 9 IKNN( E'S FIRM HAND. 11-' iter's Service.] 1 U Paris. July 23. misti charged with espionntenced to terms of imprirrom five years to sixteen i" r,,000 to 1,000 francs. councillor, Cremet, and his 1 e1.,! arrest, were sentencam to five years' solitary a line of 100,000 francs deprivation
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  • 86 9 NOTHING BUT HARM LIKELY. rßeuter's Service]. Washington, July 25. The Executive Committee of the United States Chamber of Commerce has rejected the suggestion to establish a bureau at Moscow to develop Russo-American trade. In the course of a letter to the member who broached
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  • 42 9 [Router's Service.] London. July 25. According to the newspapers a number <>t' Lord Oxford's friends and admirers have subscribed to present the ex-premier with a considerable sum of money in recognition of his great services to the country.
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  • 39 9 fßeuter's Far Eistcrn Service.] Shanghai, July 25. A wi»eless from Hankow says that M. Borodin and his entourage have returned t«» Hankow from Killing. Mr. Eugene Chen states thai Borodin is leaving Hankow permanently soon.
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  • 43 9 [Reuters Service.] Benton. Illinois, July 25. Charles Berger, leader of a notorious Southern Illinois gang, has been condemned to death and two of his companions sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Mayor Adams of West City in Decembei.
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  • 32 9 m I 1 [Reuters Service.] Boston, July 25. Vanzetti has interrupted his hungerstrike with a substantial breakfast of oatmeal, milk, broad and coffee. Sacco main'ains his fast.
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  • 45 9 [Router's Service.] London. July 25. The ten men charged with conspiracy ir connection with tho murder of Mr O'Higgin? have been discharged, no evidence being offered. There was no demonstration inside the Court but a small crowd outside cheereo the Magistrate's decision.
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  • 320 9 THE DISTURBANCES AT AMRITSAR RECALLED. A Router cable announces tho death of Brigadier General R. E. H. Dy-r, C.8., who retired in 1920 from the command of the 4th Infantry Brigade in India. He was j in his sixty-third year. His name will always be associated
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  • 19 9 Mr C. B Whitehead, Assistant Commis sioner of Police, Province Wellesley, ant Miss Whitehead are visiting Kuala Lum pur.
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  • 175 9 UNIVERSALLY MOURNED. [Reuters Service.] Bucharest. July- 24. Three Archbishops, twelve Bishops and 100 priests participated in the funeral service at the palae at Cotroceni, after which the remains of King Ferdinand were conveyed for burial to Curtea de Arges. In dazzling' robes of gold and
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  • 28 9 fßeuUr 5 Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai. July 24. The Japan—China cable rate for Press messages has been reduced thirty per cent as from July 2">.
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  • 23 9 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Poking. July 24. than£ Tsung Chang claims to have occupied Hsuehowt'u this m rning for the
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  • 71 9 The organ at St. Mary's (Hendon Parish Church) has now boon completely restored and was dedicated on June 29th. There is still a sum of £650 needed to complete payment. The Committee is very grateful for the help sent from Singapore and should anyone wish to assist
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  • 177 9 On the Bukit Timah Range on Sunday afternoon the Chinese Company of the S.V.C. shot in the Chinese Inter-port Shoot and made the low score of 751. L'cpl. Tan Ah Ling headed the totals with 85, Sergt. Leo Kiah Wah being runner-up with one point less. The
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  • 221 9 The result of the match between Garrison and Keppel played at Garrison on Sunday was a win by the Garrison Golf Club. The Garrison players mentioned first: Lieut. C. Harker Taylor and Lieut. E. F. S. Brodio 0, Jones and Langdon Williams 1. E. A. Stevens and
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  • 10 9 The new Methodist Chapel at Kual Pilah is almost completed.
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  • 855 9 Renewed Communist Action. A TROUBLESOME BUSINESS. i (From Our Own Correspondent). I Batavia, July 23. As already mentioned in my mid-week jorreapondenc^ the authorities discovered a plot to revolt on Sunday night, but owing to the drastic measures taken by the police and others the whole affair fizzled
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  • 559 11 Persecution of Singapore Chinese. i FLAGRANT CASE OF OFFICIAL EXTORTION. Roundly abused, thrust into a dark evilsmeiling room, infested with mosquitoes, until he agreed to pay a "fine" of $1,000,' a British subject of Chin.se descent, named Low Peng-kiah, was grossly victimised by a Chinese Government Department in
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  • 184 11 [Prince Henry requested that at a lunch on July 13th., when he formally opened Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone, there should be no speeches.] If you, Sir, could but start a fashion For speechless banqueting, and balk All politicians with a passion For giving off unwanted talk,
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  • 236 11 It is not easy to estimate exactly the ex-1 tent of the calamity which has overtaken Mr. Coolidpe by the alleged certainty that he has lost the votes of America's Fly 1 Fishermen as a result of the report that he i has been
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  • 29 11 I believe that ceitain of Shakespeare's I plays, done with imagination, and east I with young: players, are better money-ear-I ners than American musical comedies.— Mr. C. B. Cochran.
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  • 54 11 American Arrested in Calcutta. Calcutta, July 13. A. .Smith, American, who has been arrested on the strength of a telegram from Rangoon on a kidnapping charge, was placed before the Chief Presidency Magistrate to day. Bail was granted, and Smith was directed to appear before the Rangoon
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  • 48 11 Bombay, July 8. The Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, Journalists' Association of India, Bombay, has received a letter from Mr. Bernard Shaw saying that there is no truth in the report that he has accepted an invitation from Dr. Tagore to visit India.
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  • 31 11 It is authoritatively stated that the celebrated collection of Italian pictures formed by Mr. Robert Benson has been sold to Sir •Joseph Duveen for a sum, believed to bo i' 500.000.
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  • 325 12 A rubber cargo arrived yesterday by the Singkep, bound from Djambi to Toengkol. The P. and O. Macedonia has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. She will proceed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board's Wharves on arrival. The Osaka
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  • 25 12 On examination of the cargo involved in the fire on board the 8.1. liner Garada it was found that the damage sustained was very slight.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 515 12 Bums Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Reguar monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe,
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    • 417 12 Kerr Steamship Co. W U, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) 1 1 General Agents. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA Al<n BALTIMORE (via Sues). M.S. SILVERASH dup M.S. SILVERBEECH due Jul, 5 PACIFIC-JAVA-CALCUTTA-SERVICF SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO \\n LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVKRAY due Aujr. [l
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    • 141 12 HEDGES AND BUTLERS WINES 8 SPIRITS I Q Tjl Whisky C'ommen mmtmmsm* V,tm' f^ —5 Om 11 tm Weslih-tii' m P ™> ,<^-»_ T" Stiv V7b,t eso ScotcVl WhisM $4.3.") per bottle ft SHERRY AMONTILLADO, fegg DRY. Fill 5 ca^™w Jj.oU pCf SPORT, tmn M-f k^mv (Old wine of I^HPS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 641 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and J Friday 6 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. j Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednes- day
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    • 592 12 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Melchior Treub: Mr. F. H. Carels, Mrs. M. Zendels. Miss F. Sandeman, Miss P. Bouchet, Mr. M. M. David. Mr. X.C. Hall, Miss R.U. Lavine. Miss E. Adair. Mr. Monakder Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Houw Hoo Seng, Mrs. Touw Siocm Lim. Mr. Kanchand Thawaran. Mr. Tharumal Hoondamal.
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    • 695 13 O. S. K. Line. De-tiniitions. .Steamers. Arrive. Lent. lotterdaat, Hamburg, Bremen, jLmim "Xi Colombo, Aden and JUTS1 Atlas Mari* Aug. 16 Aug. 17 r_.oe Town, Kio, Santos, on tevide.> and Buenos Aires. t Montevideo Maru July 20 July 22 '-bgsa. Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, 1 Bfira. o****°* Bay and Durbatl- t Canada
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    • 425 13 TiMm»a)MPonT v__j__? wk LINERS ~-*_*PS_PDollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water. The spacious
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    • 688 13 K. P. M. B,__f__ffi^"-T "MTSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO.. OF BATAVIA). (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 Straita Settlements (Singapore and Penang). of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All
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  • 1031 14 Like A Ship. WEIRD STONE ROOMS. If Edgar Allan Poe had lived to see the machinery of the Tower Bridge he might have written about it a story at least as te_ rible as The Pit and the Pendulum." Each time the road goes up (for
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  • 27 14 We parsons are a bit apt to judge people's religion by the degree of docility with which they listen to our outpourings. The Rev E. S. Woods.
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  • 161 14 A popular member of a Lancashire bowling club came into money and took up jrolf. Meeting one of his old friends one day he took him out for a day at the golf club. Next evening at the bowling club the friend was asked how he had
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    • 150 14 I \jmm\ mWAmmmmmmmmWr Mil WaXM I Appoiatment Vfl| .9 mAaa\W I«o H St. Th. King. f^taf ifl ifl aH fl I^K^aaßal Ia J Aom •l Bf JT^Br^mrAj _^fl BBBk I iH A^aaSJS*-^ "^--■^^lbßbTl I J^fl'NiPißH'II^BaVfIB^^^BBBBBBBBBBBBaBBaaaB. a^a—aaaZai SOLD EVERYWHERE. r 7kn dodoi put 11 4^aß #-fl slJmmmmmA t*S* A U I
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    • 179 14 h Spectat v"^'^so^ !> ''•'^v j y°Mr strength, gg, /j|\ Recommended by \OUT VII7OUT I t^^*W^iLf\ k\\ 17,000 Doctors. J^ni uTV^\^^C J_E_ I /iUSS^ w? k° Wincarnis tne Tonic _i*^' IP^ lnC that lOr OVel" 40 Veal"S /|^_»-!a_-^ /fl^M wonderful body building l&tffckk^ j°u iWCak w? S after illness for
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  • 941 15 FURTHER FLUCTUATION LIKELY. (From Our Own Correspondent.• London, June 30. Rubber continues to waver around is. stt<L and ths spot price yesterday was Is. *%d. The Evening Standard last Tuesday continued its policy of anti-restriction, although the other papers do not teem to be taking
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  • 65 15 July 25. Bank 4 wl*. 2|3 31-32 Bank demand jf|3 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 9-32 New York, demand 66 Credits 90 days 67Vfc France, demand 1416 India, T.T. 154 M llontr Kong dcmaiii! 11 p.c. His. Yokohama, demand 118 Norn. Java, demand 139 Bangkok, demand 80Vi Bar
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  • 214 15 .July 9*. Tin 22"> Tons 11 v Gambier 7.75 Pepper White 107 Pepper Black 00 Flake Tapioca 6.05 Pearl Sago Small 7.60 Copra |§J| Copra Sundried 10.85 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Ret! Eagle (New) 330 Rice. Siam old ,\'o. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Biatan
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  • 61 15 Jul) 2."> th., 12 oYhH-k noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot .v.n 4 .v.v., Standard R.s.S. spot 59 c n% on Tender Aug-Sept tt to*4 Oct-Dcc <;i op 4 Jan-Mar ilp:, 62 Tone of .Market: Quiet Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet
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  • 151 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Batu Caves ($1) 1 .:>.-, Mi Kamunting (ss) |g* M 2i>s 64 0 d Kuchai Oids. ($1) 2.00 2.10 Lingui Tin (£1) 1.72% 1.77U Nai Hoot ($1) 4,) 44 Petal ing ($1 > 4 0 4 7() rhabawleik (U) 58s dd do< Ironoh (ss) i«»
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  • 154 15 ROSE MACPHAIL SCO'S ItKPOKT. Singapore. .lul\ 25. I Kuhbt>r.-- London. Is .V s unchaored Local CO eta. Tin.--London. E2Bl 15s. <.Juh BcvLL I^x-al $11."). for J2:> tons. Mininjr.- Rantau Prof. 2.0* 2.12.. Rahman Hydraulic 2.. r,:, 2.* V Kinta 1.:i7»--1.40, Malaya Consolidated 1.19 L2l, Batu Caves 1.36
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  • 424 15 ML H.HSERS MALACCA EXPERIMENTS. Interviewed by the Pfec Press rcotordaj afternoon in riMHml.ua with Urn Sam York cabled report en Thursday»that scientists in the Dutch Indies have p. rfected a syetem <»f bud-grafting rubber trees which will [quadruple the annual yield of robber Dr E. A. Hauaer, the arall-knowa
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  • 95 15 Yesterday's Alterations. July 2"» th.. Closing Pckss Buyers 'e'U>rs Aver Weng 1.(1". I.l. Batang Padang 71 Batu Caves 1 1 Jo Hong Fatt W 1.03 Johan Tin 21 IA Klang River 3.67!. 3.7"> Nai Hoots ll i: North Taiping 1.12 1.16 Rantau pref. £.074 -M 2'- Way>
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  • 77 15 The Labour question still continues to be a problem m this district and there is irreat competition aamng eoutrneters for any free labourers who arrive from out side the State. Unfortunately the position is giving rise to good deal of crimping. Mid ere are pleased to note that the D
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    • 446 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27 000 000 THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry EC The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British mmm**m ***m**mmm
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    • 429 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, lchinomiya, Esq. ua DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Fsq K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron
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    • 439 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund—Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman A. H. Compton, Esq., Deputy Chairman W. H. Bell,
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    • 38 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., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO.. LTO CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (l,t Moor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager
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  • 1393 16 Final Ladies' Race. ELLA-DOROTHY WINS MILNER CUP. In ideal weather the final race for prizes presented by Mts. Lundon for a race with ladies at the tiller was sailed over the usual club course on Saturday afternoon. Ten boats turned out and at four o'clock Mr. Crowe as Race
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  • 199 16 LEAGUE FOOTBALL. J.C.S.A. DRAW WITH S.R.C. J.C.S.A. 1: S.R.C. 1. In a second division match at the Stadium yesterday, the J.C.S.A. drew with the S.R.C. second eleven after a poor game, the final result being I—l. In the first half, the J.C. S.A. were on the offensive most
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  • 75 16 The following elevens have been selected for the trial match to be played at the J Singapore Stadium on Friday. The usual charges for admission will be made. Colours: Boon Eng: Cheok Wah, Yeow Soon; Kemat. Chee Lim. Boon Lay; Wan Puteh. Dulfatah. Yong Liang.
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  • 35 16 The following S.C.C. eleven will make the journey to Kuala Lumpur this weekend for the annual secer match agairst S.langor: Cherrington; Kuensler. Smith; Bovens, MacLennan, Fraser: Shepherd Teesdale. Muncey, Lindop and Buchanan.
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  • 52 16 TReuter's Service. 1 Detroit, July 25. Tilden won his sixth consecutive National Claycourt Championship defeating by 3 sets to 0 the Indianapolis player. Hennessey, who had previously eliminated Ohta the Japa nese champion. In the final of the doubles Hennessey and Williams beat Tilden and Wiener 3
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  • 17 16 The erection of buildings to house the Malayan Exhibition, at the Kuala Lumpur racecourse, is proceeding apace.
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  • 223 16 S.C.C. Sides at Tanglin. LIEUT. TAYLOR IN FORM. The Duke of Wellington's Regiment entertained the Nondescripts on Saturday at Tanglin, the match ending in a draw. The scores were as follows. Nondescripts. R. H. C. Laverton b Galloway 52 E. M. Scoular c and b Smith 41 K. H.
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  • 150 16 This match was played at Tanglin on Sunday, and resulted in an easy win for the Duke's. The seor.s were as foil ws:— Merchants. G. Murphy c Jacques b Galloway 11. li. Hamilton b Galloway 2 J. McLeod c and b Holt I J. V. S. Brooke
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  • 207 16 On the S.R.C. ground on Saturday the S.R.C. beat the Municipality by 84 runs. S.R.C C. Richards run out 20. A. E. Chelvan lbw. b. Pearse 16, R, Oehlers b. Bartels 1, W. A. Keyt std. Galistan b. Hill 49, T. J. Leijssius c. Pearse b Hill
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  • 221 16 In a cricket match played on Sunday last at Pulau Brani, between the Old Rafflesians Association and the R.E., the home team lost by thirty-six runs, after an interesting game. The following were the scores:— Old Rafflesians: C. Richards, c. Gibson, b. Groves, 40; G. Tessensohn,
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  • 218 16 A Framroz Cup match between the y.M.C.A. and the Lanka Union on Satur- tay at Balestier ended in a draw. The foi- I owing were the scores:— Lanka Union: A. S. Maniam. c. and b. B. de Silva, 1; T. E. K. Retnam, b. de Silva,
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  • 613 16 ROYAL ENGLISH SCHOOL SPORTS. A GOOD ATTENDANCE. There was an excellent gathering on the Malaya Football Association ground, Beach Road, yesterday, when the Royal English School held their third Annual Athletic Sports. The spoils throughout were keenly contested, and in the half-mile open cycle race three competitors collapsed
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  • 33 16 Owing to the necessity for carrying out repairs at the Municipal salt water tanks the V.M.C.A. Swimming Pool will be closed fiom July 26th to July 29th both days inclusive.
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