The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 August 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1927. NO. 12,170.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    276 1 Interviewed on the Kaiori Mam yesterday afternoon on his way to China, Mr. Chao Hsin Chu. Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, explained why he has relinquished his post at Geneva, and also expressed hiviews on certain aspects of the China situation Page 11. There seems
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    THE MIRROR OF NANKING ROAD.
    965 1 THE MIRROR OF NANKING ROAD. The Nanking Road is- the main business artery of Shanghai, running westward* from the Bund to the Racecourse. In the days of My childhood it was, though only half its present width, the Great Horse Road, and we used to be enthralled with the victorias
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      180 1 \OSt ON HAVING 0 LABEL BRAND" j: COFFEE ?j VAVIV.W/A RAFFLES HOTEL EVBBT TUESDAY, TH L THIRSDAY. RATIK THh SATIRDAY BAiUi iNSANT SPECIAL DINER DANSANT GRILL £(W he SS-" artfStS Ui OPEN DAILY 1,0 Miss Tania Svetlanova FROM AND 8 A.M. tNEIU Mr. Alexander Sahkikoff TO nBDAY. PREMIER BALLET DANCERS
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      173 1 THE Talcum Powder for YOU. ANTISEPTIC AND FRAGRANT. LEAXr" DELIGHTFUL FEELING OF FRESHNESS AFTER USE. N tmt CJtOW* HtMfiUMtHY CO. I/O. IONOQH. mtUS *> HEW K&*. Agents: WILLIAM GOSSAGE Sons., Lid., 55, Robinson Road. jjEurope^^ Hotel > "RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION.** rt-DTT T DANCING I" m T ti, I i I
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      139 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel Announcements Page 1. Kruschen Salts Daily Page 7. Theatre and Cinema Attractions Page 2. Little's for Bedrv-om Furniture Page 10. Eveready Batteries Give Satisfaction Page 7. Black and White from the Borneo Co. Page 10. Suggestions for Cold Storage Tiffins Page 10. Clyno, the Economy Car, from
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      11 1 ■I EVERY TIN DATED j- "RED LABEL BRAND" COFFEE I mV.V.V.'.V.V.VAW.'.V.VAVA
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      144 1 THE WEEK. }Yt<!ntt<dai( 3rd. HiKh Water. 1.18 a.m. 9.2.. 2.9 p.m. *.5. M. H. Water, 10.30 a.m.. <U.. 19M p.m.. 5.H. Football: S.F.A. Cup. S.C.C. vs Malays. Stadium. Div. II Police vs Fort Canning. S.C.C. Wilbu. Players: The Ro*.ar>. Thursday, 4th. Hijrh Water, 1.58 a.m. 8.7., 2.41 p.m. £.4. M.
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    457 2 Singapore, July g§. Th. price-.- quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other market! there may bo small variations. MEAT. Bot'f steak < Hound > Kati 50 IW^f ?:cw tV curry do 4~> Pork, loan do 64 Pork, lean and fat, (Ist quality)
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    OUR ENGLISH JUNES.
    184 2 There ie a movement afoot to transfer W'.iv:' don and Henley to "another place" in n<.'.\ when it is rumoured the next eclipse take* place. They are not going to risk another clash of such important fixture* or any more eclipse weather. Not that the eclipse is
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      212 2 New Shipments Just Arrived include YARDLEY'S DUISARRY'S AND GIBBS' TOILET SPECIALITIES Bath and Toilet Soaps. Bath and Complexion Powdcrc Vanity Compacts. Lavender Waters. Eaux de Cologne. The House for Value. Quality and Service. MEDICAL HALL LTD., Battery Road, Singapore. He happy valley CINEMA— SIDESHOWS— WAYANGS. THE UNION STAR OPERA GO,
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      297 2 VIOTORIA THEATRE THE POPULAR AMERICAN COMPANY snuvl i H 'l 5 ii c 9 I s&^Jst- lams 1 k S flsms^ iHsB HsV* i t Li r» I I Bfe^nuV n^K M ¥B a 2 1 To-Night and To-Morrow at 9.30 p.m "THE ROSARY." Friday Saturday. Aug. sth 6th. Monday
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      305 2 A VERY ENTERTAINING TRIPLE-FE VTi r/T^ Commencing: Saturday, J U |v :>u lh «OBW AT" T" TT A n 1 LHAm >r| (Tan Chengr Kee Co.. Ltd r i\ I In the Second Show lt i^T!^) A FOX FILMS' VERSION OF THE HAvii I DAVID WARFIELD STAGE >l\\V^ I Featuring
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    MORALS IN MALAYA.
    537 3 BISHOP'S REPLY TO DETRACTORS. The Bishop of Singapore, in a letter to the Times, refutes n statement regarding Malaya which he has frequently heard quoted and which hi has as frequently j denied, knowing, from his large experience oi" men in this part of the world that
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    DINNER-JACKETS LESS POPULAR.
    307 3 )lack)e»s Wa'stcoats. Convention with regard to evening drtM for men is evidently growing much stricter than it has been since before the war. Ever since the armistice the tail-coat for evening wear has had a hard tight to regain the position it held before. Men could not
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    104 3 That brilliant Australian painter Roland Strasser has just returned to London on a short visit after a painting tour extending over two years in the remoter parts of the East. He told an interviewer that with four yaks, two mules, an interpreter, and a native to look after the animals,
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    200 YEARS OLD CLUB.
    289 3 Far aura' Kules for Dining and Drinkinjr. The Faversham Farmers' Club, in Kent, which was establish. d on June 21, 1727. within a few days of the death of George 1., celebrated its bicentenary recently. Month by month through theas twe •MDturiei its meetings have been
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    HISTORIC PANEL AT ST. STEPHENS.
    185 3 "Sale for Monetary Bribe of Scottish Parliament." London. July 20. "There were two episodes in history which all Scotsmen regarded with great humiliation, namely the betrayae of Wallace and the sale for a monetary bribe of the Scottish Parliament into the incorporated Union." declared Mr.
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    YOUNG WOMAN OF 99.
    370 3 CARDS, MOTORING AND SEWING. I The most interesting birthday party in London was held in a house overlooking Hyde Park recently. It was given by Mrs. Frederick Pennington, who summoned her three generations of descendants there are 477 of them to take t a with her
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      239 3 if Jj t f wM *AS^ B>^n^s^P *i^% The Food of Kings Court Physicians know the best and see that jS t Royal Babies have the best. That is why jj Glaxo has been used with success in 5 Royal <S > Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for
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      145 3 SWE (XPI^ESS Metropolitan- Vickers Electrical Export Co., Ltd. LONDON ND M NCHESTER j SUMMARY OF CHIEF PRODUCTS POWER PLANT. Steam Turbines, Condensers and Auxiliary Plant. Electric Generators. CONVERTING AND TRANSMISSION PLANT. Complete E. H. T. Transmission Schemes, Transformers, Rotary Converters, Motor-Generators, Synchronous Condensers, etc. POWER AND HEAT APPLICATIONS. Motors for
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    A FREE WHEEL MOTOR-CAR.
    314 4 TAKE YOlK FOOT OFF AND COAST I am able to j?ive writes the motoring correspondent < f the I»aily Mail, tho reaultli of a practical test of I British invention that promises to provide us with new ami fascinating f< mi <-f motoring. It is called
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    THE FINEST SHOUT SPEECH ON RECORD.
    132 4 When Mr. Frank Gray. cx-M.P. for the City of Oxford, was in process of accomplishing that wonderful feat of crossing Africa from Lapos to the Red Sea -on Jmvett cars, he records what seemed to him (with all his Parliamentary experience) the finest short
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    SEGRAVE, SLOW-COACH!
    137 4 Major H. O. D. Seerrave, holder of the world's motoring: speed record has failed to live up to his reputathn at least in the eyes of a West End policeman. "I was driving; with him in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly," writes a mctoring correspondent, when we were held
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    MOTOR RACING TRAGEDY.
    250 4 Famous Driver killed. Paris, July 7. One of the most terrific crashes in the history of fast motoring occurred yesterday during the preliminary heats for the Gram! Prix. The- famous drfatr, M. Dt < ouicelles, piloting a Guyot car, and rhuifai rival daringly quitted the banking anil
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    A SIXTEEN-YEARS-OLD CAR.
    74 4 A SIXTEEN-YEA RS OLD CAR. Still m iH*« Wim Tl, r,lia».il.ty «.r its moM w m mmm •aewmw IMIVC btO :>• yiars Itill •>, An early Sunl WilliMi Forn pfoU Mitbfactiun originally »uppl tloMd lini'M; ■rwnrti ,opan! tc th, sixto.ny-u^ »U .^> pioa.n, lin. I of Sunbeam bo s<> sati^tV:
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      197 4 Graham Brothers 1 [Vfk W T /\Tr f\ BUIU BY TRUCK MISmOf DODGi BMTHERSJHC. I If 14 SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS JL JLY LJ JLVVJ DEALERS EVERYWHERE fll JB' jvx^f fflßßßßT 4i ii BBBr^^BV^BBBBB 4m9 TV akt vr *r I wvCßm\ BBbD^V yPFiBBBB^ hVbbh. Jk- 'i T'^i^B^bv lßb9fl BB^'^^^Jf Vlbb^
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      110 4 High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and tSwi v Wk<^tff W^ yV imm «r, uft fit orr B i%*K. ji llw Bl Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (li>2(i) LTD. Slaga**! Singaporo. Kunla Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca J THE FISK TIRE EXPORT COMPANY, INC. G.ll and G. 12, Union Building, Singapore. /^V
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    PILLION RIDING ACCIDENTS.
    145 5 PILLIO N RID ING ACCIDENTS. luring mail week, Mr. ister of Transport If! "i bringing in feffis- il With pillion riding? I the hon. Member! of the Road Traffic' i' is proposal to give Minister of Transport i aspect! <>f this question. < i Ktnworthy: Is the 1 aware that
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    ENGLAND'S INCREASED MOTOR TRAFFIC.
    201 5 In the Home of CoMNM during mail week Mr. R. M rrison asked the Minister of Transport (1) tho number of motor ears registered for the first four months of the present year, and similar figures for the same period last year and in 1914; (2)
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    20 5 She: "You drive awfully fast, don't yom?" He: "Yes. I touched seventy yesterday!" She: "Did you kill any of them?"
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    MALAYAN ROAD REGISTER
    513 5 CONDITIONS FOR MOTORING. To meet the requirements of motorists who are now frequently travelling between Singapore and the F.M.S. we have requested the Roads departments of the various States to forward to us, as cc-easion offers, Mtci relating to any special conditions aiFecting the roads in their
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    CENTRAL KEDAH.
    94 5 Province Wellesley-Kedah. Boundary Sungei Muda River. Main Trunk Road Northwards. Bridge Bumbong Lima to towns Tikam Batu-Sungei Patani (S l^ miles). Laterite road in fair condition. Remarks: Temporary diversion of new culvert near 44th mile stone Bumbong Lima. Sungei Patani-Sungei Lalang-Bedong-Sungei Toh Pawang-Gurun-Guar Chempedak (17 miles). Good stretch
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    NORTH KEDAH.
    84 5 Guar Chempedak-Kota Serang SemutSimpang Ampat-Alor Star (19M: miles). Granite road, tarred surface in good condition. Alor Star-Jitra-Changlun-Bukit Kayu Hi tarn (Kedah- Siamese Frontier) (30 miles). Granite road in good condition, 22 miles tarred surface, 8 miles untarred. Remarks: 20 ft. bridge being replaced at 6th. mile. Jitra-Kodiang (Kedah-Perlis
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    SPEED-RECORD CAR FOR A WOMAN.
    106 5 Mrs. W. B. Scott, has bought th-.? late Mr. i Parry Thomas's famous Ley land-Thomas, to drive it herself at the Surbiton Motor Club's meeting at Brooklands. This car still h:lds the record for the fast-st lap and the fastest race ever won at Brooklands.
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    DOZING AT THE WHEEL.
    83 5 It was stated by the police at Wood Green when George Wm. Marshall Grayson, Lymington Avenue, Wood Green, was summoned for driving a motor-car in a negligent manner that when asked by a constable why he had not stopped after knocking down a cyclist, said he
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    MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH.
    106 5 English Motorists* Experience tin K.iad to Si in Kemo. Ijondon. July 17th. Paris. -A miraculous escape from being dashed t<> death from a precipice into a ravine 900 fret below was the experience cf two Englishmen and an Englishwoman motoring to San Remo. They were proceeding
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    WOMAN IS CARELESS.
    62 5 Hut the Man Motorist Is Dangerous. "In my experience, the people who driva carelessly are the women," said Mr. E. C. King, of Coulsd n, at a conference of Urban District Councils at Folkestone. H? urged that carelessness should not be included in punishable motoring offences. "A
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    HOW HE BEGAN.
    105 5 "1 begun with nothing." IV. X Norrfa /ias stated. "I hadn't even a X BOtt. But. although I was only spvon'tcr,. I f t -1t ihat W. R. Morris would pay im- a hiphrr -alary than anybody So 1 started t<» work for him." Horn at Woree-u-r
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    HORSE THAT SITS IN TRAFFIC.
    96 5 HORSE THAT SITS IN TR AFFIC. Crowds in heapside recently were |VMtly amused at the antics of a ItoffM »l»iwiir_a coal van. The policeman on traffic duty put oi t Ml arm to ■top the traffic, wlureupon t» horse sat down on his haunches in thu roadway. As ?oon as
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      125 5 THE 14 40 H.P. "Princeton" Tourer j VAUXHALL i ENGLAND'S MOST EXHILARATING CAr| c o:««nce that kat Complete reliability, «nd tArcused the unlimited tkrillmg power far in tnthutiasm of motorists all cxce«s of its official rating •vrr tkc world beauty of t^ SC are so c of the i qualities
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      286 5 CLTNO THE ECONOMY CAR I (I S er j is a Car that offers all the luxuries of hish-class motoring, com- V g bined with really reasonable initial price, and maintenance cost the Over- i< seas 11 h.p. Clyno. Ample ground clearance, efficient cooling and thoroughly protected mechanism. This car
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    TRAGIC BLUNDERS OF THE LAW.
    1682 6  -  MUNRO BLAIR -by No. I:— A Three-Fold Tragedy MOTHER AND TWO SONS EXECUTED. (Author of "Mysteries of the Docks"). [FREE PRESS SPECIAL}. Vi 1~ Where, in the long panorama cf the history of the law, can one find the equal of the case which became
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    THE VANISHED HUSBAND.
    24 6 Willesden wife: I looked for my husband's boots, and they were gone. Magistrate: Where was your husband? Wife: In the boots.
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    AIR RACE TO HONOLULU.
    202 6 AIR RACE TO HONOLUL U. Marysville, Michigan, July 11. Auggie Peddlar, an aviator of Flint, Michigan, arrived here in his own plane on the first lap of a flight to Honolulu. He is accompanied by Mildrid Doran and a great dane pup. He will fly from here to Selfridge Fields,
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    THE HOWLER SEASON.
    114 6 The examination leaioa has begun and this fact has led the Dean of a theological college to send a couple of specimens of "howlers" which he considers the best he has encountered in quite a loner experience as examiner. A candidate, in a Biblical paper, asked to
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    FLYING DAY BY DAY.
    1338 6 Editor of "AIRWAYS." Charms of Aerial Trips. Pilots within Eight hours. BUYING 590 AEROPLANES. _s by T. Stanhope Sprigg. London, July 9. There is a put deal of nonsense both tatted and written about what flying really costs. Most of us at times, have met friends
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEM'S
    987 6 FINESSING. By "HORATIUS. 1 [HUME PREs.s SPECIAL.} The soluti(»n of the last problem fhroa in this column depended on a finesse, or rather on unblocking a finesse. This is a situation that occurs fairly frequently in actual play and the principles of which. I iind. are
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    EARL LOSES £1,940 IN A NIGHT.
    261 6 ■OMOWING AFTER C'HKMIN I>E FKH. An Karl's 1< ss *»f i'l.'.MO in one ni^ht at Chemin do for was diadoaed at the London Bankruptcy Court when Karl Cadogaa attend, d for his public- examination on his third failure. The accounts showed liabilities £48,4")8. of
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    UNKNOWN
    23 6 B The New Botttll which will tour K. x is expected ai Cal»" match \\a> be.n iirar aftern<»on betWCM I (\-y!on 'iftcen
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    VISCOUNT GREY ON RUSSIA.
    981 7 Resuming Relations. WHAT THE TERMS SHOULD BE. London, June 29. Viscount Grey of Falloden spoke on "The j Moscow Soviet Policy of World Revolution," at an Aldwych Club lunche >n at Connaujrht Rooms yesterday. Lady Grey j was present, and there whs a large company. Lord
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    FLYING THROUGH THE MONSOON.
    816 7 Fine Feat by Dutch Monoplane* AWE-INSPIRING EXPERIENCE. In Bpita Of hijrh winds, heavy rain and thundoi storms, Ah. Van Learblack the Ameiicao millionaire who recently flew from Amsterdam to Batavia, accomplished in-.- Rangoon-Calcutta portion oj lac return journey in less than seven hours. One oi ihe
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      353 7 TAF£RED ROLLER SEARINGS I ll EFFICIENT -ADJUSTABLE^ i -I > B m \^^^^^^oB J tome to us tor Replacements > —WE CARRY STOCKS FOR J J ALL POPULAR MAKES OF 5 ■I CARS AND LORRIES— > MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. I II 1420, ORCHARD ROAD. Five reasons why^^L If EVEKEADV Unit
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS APPEAL.
    516 8 The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Viscount Haldane, Lords Atkinson, Blanesburgh, Darling and Warrington) had before them, on June 30, the case of Lim Yam Hong (trading as Hong and Co.) and Lam Choon and Co. This was an appeal from a judgment of the majority
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    THE "THIRD DEGREE" IN AMERICA.
    302 8 A SHOCKING INSTANCE. New York, June 24. A shocking: revelation has been made here of the use of torture by Federal Prohibition agents to extort a confession from an arrested man. It is declared that an official in the New York district caused one Albert
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    68 8 Lieut. Bjarkow, Danish Army Flying Corps, was flying over Copenhagen on June 30 in the Fokker monoplane in which Capt. Botved flew from Copenhagen to Tokyo and back, and when at a height of 10,000 ft. the machine broke in the air. At about 1,200 ft. from the ground the
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      539 8 DIGESTIBLE l>r ftssional Support explains the growing; I 1 n sales of COW AND GATE MILK FOOD. (jS^ >S£z!b When P urit >' an<J ease of digestion areV P|f^"' ....JiJ^gyJr ti)iicedt>d to all there still remain sound! 1 I mWn)r^m^l^^^S^F^Mi' reasons why DOCTORS prefer COW &< I m^S^^^^^^^^MSl AIK MILK
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      165 8 A sound formula MlV"^ for buying a battery ft/ gut *^^*^^^^iC^^2£^^^— ~"O^^yi|,jy 5 *t*t fl^jgs> Batteries arc priced iwcvptionally low. li J*P* k you p;i\ no more for an Kxide than *^^*3L V^ n batteries with less claim to distinction ,-t*. f 'w If II it w IL^^ use cblonfce
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    HOLIDAY CRICKET.
    1336 9 F.M.S. Colony Match Drawn. INTERESTING LAST DAY. Interest in the F.M.S. and Colony erieket match on the S.C.C. ground during the holi day reached its highest point on Monday, when the rapid fall of the Colony wickets in the morning brought well within the bounds of possibility an
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    THE S.C.C. AT MALACCA.
    778 9 CENTURY IJY KING. An S.C.C. eleven visited Malacca dining the weekend ami, curiously enough, the result of the game was a repetition of whai happened last year in the same fixture. The visitors compiled enough runs to make defeat a practical impossibility whilst leaving themselves a
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  • FLIGHT FROM A LINER.
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      CHAMBERLIN'S EXPERIMENT.
      128 9 CHAMBERLIN'S EXPERIMENT. FORCED DOWN BY YOG. [Reuters Service.] New York, i. What is claimed to be the first flight to t>e made from a passenger liner was made by the Atlantic airman Clarence Chamber, lin, who took off in a Fokker biplane from h special runway constructed on the boatdeck
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      AMERICA'S LATEST RUBBER SCARE.
      96 9 AMERICA'S LATEST RUB BER SCARE. [Reuters Service. J New York. A up. 1. A world shortage of rubber within the next three years is the forecast of Mr. William O'Neill, President of the General Tyre and Rubber Company, who is leaving for Great Britain to study the crude rubber situation.
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      CANADA ELATED.
      77 9 [Reuters Service.] Montreal. Aug. I. The Prince of Wales, Prince George and Mr. and Mrsj Baldwin were clamorously welcomed on landing here. Eacorted by] Canadian Dragoons Mid received by a Guard of Honour of Canadian Grenadiers, they attended a reception at the City Hall T*here the .Mayor presented
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      TRADEUNION DISINTEGRATION.
      72 9 TRADEUNION DISINTEGRATION. fßeuter*s Service.] London. Aug. 1. Extraordinary enthusiasm was shown at special conference of the National Union of Seamen and prolonged cheers f reefed the passing by an overwhelming majority of a vote of confidence, in the President, Mr. Havtlock Wilson. Tl.e Conference endorsed by a large majority the
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      CHINA NEWS.
      58 9 [Reuter'f Far Eastern Service! Peking, Auk. 1. Fir Miles and Lady Lampson left for Wc\ Hai Wei to day on holiday. Anxiety is increasing concerning the Times correspondent, Mr. Riley, who re cently left Hankow and disappeared. No news lias come to hand and the Ix-gation is sending
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      CONVICTS ESCAPE.
      48 9 f Retrial**! Se*vjce. Houston, Tim— i Auk:. 1. Nineteen convicts escaped from the State piison farm by moans of a passage Wrt throu^li the floor of th*> harneki. The early discovery ptwted tho aaeapc of «ixty others. Police, ith bloodhounds, arc searching for those who escaped,
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      289 9 BUSINESS CARDS. fJjARY SETON. > E \MIiKR MANSIONS. ii— TJ^YiW MARBLE FLOORING TILES. a conaignimWlt of white early to avoid disu appointment Anrlv I'rin.^cp Street. i < gniGAI'OKE CASKET TO. > SoNl-MKNTAL MASON'S. J 111 No. 7.-,. fSEERT L. A. DALEY. I I mfMjRTAKEB MONLMENTAL I I MASON. I htl
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      670 9 NOTICES. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. t FIRE ALARM ISOXES. Notice is hereby given that owinp to attera- a*" X th<> Centlal Fi Station the present litrm will be out of order from I.a.r.v.tay the Ith instant until further notice. of Pit. the Ti-liiphono Exchange thesJd be runjr up. W. MARSH, Municipal
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      622 9 TENDERS. Tenders are invited for earthlillin^ Lavender Street. Plans and Specifications from H. U. Aiheni, architect E.P.Z. la Malacca Slreet. PHOENIX AERATEB WATER WORKS ADDITIONS. Tenders are invited for the reel ion i»T th«» above mentioned additions. Plan* and -pecitication may be had from the MeVralffMd upon payment of a
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
    83 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. ACKNOWLEDGMENT. -Messrs. Lenjr Penu Wah, Kap I.oonjr. Ah Konjr. Kirn Ckoma and family bvn to thank tht r rvh'tives and friends who so kindly attended th. funeral of the late Mr>. I.ener Ah Maw. ami also Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Todd. The Clerical Staff Singapore Turf Club.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1927. Enlarging the Labour Split.
    674 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1927. Enlarging the Labour Split. Whilst twelve months ago it would have been reasonable to look to the Labour Party as likely to provide the next Government a likelihood not so distant as some convinced Tories thought it is impossible to avoid the conclusion
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    Our New Bishop.
    230 10 The announcement of the appointment of the Rev. B. C. Roberts, Chaplain of Selaniror. to the Bishopric of Singapore will, we understand, be received with satisfaction in the Diocese. Appointments to Colonial Bishoprics are made at a comparatively early -age and Mr. Roberts* case is in this
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    191 10 Mr W. B. Penman has severed his connection with the Straits Trading Co. Ltd., and has joined Messrs. Rose Macphail and Co. The Rev. and Mrs. R. K. S. Adams (for St. Andrew's School and St. Andrew's House) are due to arrive from Australia on September 23rd. Mr. T. Takahashi,
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    232 10 Sir Hugh and the Planters. I THE LAMB AND THE LION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) j Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 2. A very successful tiffin was given by the P. A.M. to the High Commissioner yesterday, over 100 guests bein^ present I including the Chief Secretary, the Resident of
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    EXHIBITION SUCCESS.
    103 10 (From Our Own Correspon.k-nt 1 Kuala Lumpur. Auk. I. I Despite the rain on Sunday afiernoon there weie \mrf* attendanctv- at the Malayan Exhibition over the week end. Sir Hugh Clifford paid a visit on Sunday nftenMMNk In the Exhibition football competition t the SelaagOf Malays beat the
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    PENANG BAR ADMISSION.
    39 10 From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanir. Au^r. f. Mr. L. H. Chindson was this morninp a<lmitted to practise at the Penan^ Bai. Th>application was made to Mr. Justic i Spr.uile by the hoft'blc Mr. I'alpravo Sini|son. I
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    A CIVIL SERVICE ENGAGEMENT.
    44 10 (From Our Own Cofllipondcnt.) Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 2. The engagement is announces of Mr. A. F. Richards. Under Secretary F.M.S.. to i Miss Benda Whitehead. daughter of Mr. I I C. B. Whitehead. Assistant Superintendent i of I'olice, Province Wellesiey.
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    FISHERIES EXPERIMENTAL VESSEL.
    22 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 2. The Fisheries Department Experimental vessel. Tongkol. arrived at Penang this 1 morning.
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    316 10 The Penanp St. Andrew's Society will celebrate their anniversary with a ball on Dec. 2. Mr. John McNeill has been elected President for the ensuinjr year. On Saturday ewnin^, at about H. 30, a Hylam was attacked by a iri.n^ of armed men in Thompson Road, and shot through the
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    218 10 LETT ERS TO THE EDITOR To the Editor. Kir,-r an, w,, m merits about |)r have civen pain t X] Let mo assure 'a of th« Doctor th., i -rt. But th, y 1H itM not foil, v ,vr own independent Vl intmtion is to I. who Tagore. This attii
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    MUSLIM STUDENTS AID SOCIET.
    81 10 jT<» the Editor. Sir The tirst BanuaJ i Muslim Students 1 Aid 8 the fith May. 19T, 1 adopted and oaVisJt f( tl fleeted. The activHie* nf thi* S boM at a stan«l>t ill ;i- fto c inp or any stfcsff hmiatM •inct the last giatrs.l
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    CONVENT ENTERNAINMENT.
    57 10 CO NVENT ENT ERNA INMENT. There was a larirr au«l:»ii Convent of the H I 1 Monday to watch the perfowi convent pupils <»f "Hermigilil. or Tin- Tv,. I entertainment m very muimM ir bright costumes an-l HtWf> The time PIUUM M(l id W* ably passed in HttMliaf ■> good
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    STRAITS SETTS: (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION.
    32 10 STRAITS SETTS: (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIA TION. A committee ■llttt day, August lltk. hi v<■ >'■ efcanft Wmm i«t 1.15 M". This the Agenda: T« Election to Illllf Jrr M <" pital administration Car parking; (li'neral
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    47 10 .Thi- Wilbur IMa\.r drliL'ht.Ml tmmHenb prt'sentations p| V«ri can plays. iddcd furthti I on Monday n.tfht. in -AMt'i Irtoh R..m I fnfiTi at tkc n equally graltfytafl I'r.ntv :iml Mr. Kt^ •r.Mlinjrl.v IOOd in 1 ripal parts. iMj tin' ompany. To.nipht an.l tOOM prtMattaf Tfcf R"
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      19 10 I To-day's Fr-itmv. Mr. M C. Lto Coo Choon), for mum ion, will marry HM (th. at tlu- Ma.:--
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    NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    514 11 N AVAL CONFERENCE. lITTLK HOPE LEFT. c TIN BETWEEN BALDWIN AND C'OOLIDGE URGED. [Il.utefs Service,] New York, Aug. 2. in( ,nui:u mwspapers continue to <; neva and an- unanimous in the a... Conference can and must \gtd. gt« York Timt's says that both -ttmingly in thj attitude r the iifl»l
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    112 11 ARTICLE. [Renter*! Service.] Washington, Aug. 2. been caused by a sarcastic rin the Washington Post war debts and the naval *'Hieh, however, in nowise! reflects American official opinion, says that lefore beginning to extinguish her war debt Britain began building the strongest naval force in the world.
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    BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY.
    181 11 SIR A. WILLERT'S DEFENCE WHAT RUBBER RESTRICTION PREVENTED. [Reuters Service.] Williamstown, Massachusetts, Aug 2 Sir Arthur Willert, British Foreign Affairs expert, lecturing to the Institute of Poli tKs, on British foreign policy defended the restriction of rubber output', and pointed MM in th.s connection American efforts to
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    JAPANESE WARSHIP DISASTER.
    155 11 S8 DEATHS REPORTED. [Renter's Far Eastern Service. l Tokyo. Aug. 2. it is officially reported that 38 w.re killed including five officers, and 47 wounded in yesterday's disaster on the Tokiwa, which W Japan's largest minelayer. Tokio, Aug. 1. A fatal explosion occurred aboard the minelayer Tokiwa
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    NEW BISHOP OF SINGAPORE.
    133 11 REV. B. C. ROBERTS APPOINTED. [Reuters Service.] London, Aug. 1. The Archbishop of Canterbury has nominated the Reveiend Basil Coleby Roberts ex-mis<ionary in the Malay States as Bishop of Singapore in succession to Dr. Ferguson-Davie. [Basil Coleby Roberts, the Parsonage. Kuala Lumpur, Late Foundation Scholar of
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    AMERICAN TRADE WITH NEW ZEALAND.
    27 11 Wellington, Aug. 1. The first United States trade commissioner to New Zealand has arrived. f Earlier cables on pages 9 and 13.]
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    63 11 The wedding took place by special licence at the Fitzgerald Memorial Church, Anson-rd, Penang, of Mr. W. P. Hampson, of the Electrical Department, Kuala Lumpur, and Miss Clarice Hetherington Johnson, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grenville Johnson, of Upton, Cheshire. The Rev. G. F. Pykett officiated and the bride's
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    CHINA'S LEAGUE ENVOY INTERVIEWED.
    915 11 MR. CHAO HSIN CHU IN SINGAPORE. WHY HE HAS LEFT GENEVA. Mr. Chao Hsin Chu. who has bo«n the spokesman of China's affairs as Chinese lepresentative on the Council of the League of Nations and who previously, since the departure from Europe of Dr. Wellington Koo,
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    WHOLESALE RUBBER THEFT.
    301 11 $98,000 Worth Recovered in Twakow. ARMED CHINESE THIEVES. Four Tamils and six Chinese appeared before Mr. N. D. Mudie in the District Court yesterday on a charge of stealing rubber to the value of $98,000. the property of Messrs. E. A. Barbour and Co. There was an
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    DAYLIGHT SHOOTING INCIDENT.
    124 11 THREE GUNMEN IN RIVER VALLEY ROAD. Three Cantonese gunmen were responsible for the shootinu of a Chinese in broad dayiight yesterday morning. The incident occurred in River Valley Road at about seven (.'clock, and it is said that several slots W( ye fired, the unfortunate victim be'ng
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    GASOLENE EXPLOSION FATALITY.
    59 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 2. Fire broke out this morning on a tongkang loaded with gasolene while it was laying at the jelutong anchorage. The tong kang finally blew up and a boy who was on board was so badly burned that he died later
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    THE LATE MR. L. W. MONEY.
    64 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 2. The funeral of the late Mr. Leonard William Money, manager of Perak River Valley Estate, who died in the District Hospital at Taiping on July 29, took place on Sunday at Kuala Kangsar. The Rev. P. Browning
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    A.P.A.M. ANNUAL MEETING.
    77 11 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. The annual meeting of the Asiatic Planters' Association of Malaya was held at Mr. Choo Kia Peng's office on Saturday at noon. Mr. Wong Yik Tong presided and the numbered fifteen. The Chairman reported that good progress had been
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    THE E.S.A.M. BALL.
    92 11 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 2. Five hundred, including His Excellency the Governor, Sir Hugh Clifford, and Lady Clifford, the hon'ble Mr. W. Peel and Mrs. Peel, and Mr. C. W. H. Cochrane and Mrs. Cochrane attended the E.S.A.M. ball at tha Kuala Lumpur Town
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    NAVAL ARMAMENTS
    139 13 PLENA !W? E T ftNCE NEW AMERICAN PROPOSAL. [Reutor's Service.] plenary '^'"j, 3 the T%T" has been p ostponed J, o dKsa gr.ement the present conven">n ma> be terminated within a year. I-«ndon, Aue 1 C.,.n t .va: TW „f fm of Ampr|ea| ■-i s j. w furnish
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    RIKISHA PULLERS' RIOT IN HANKOW.
    125 13 MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. [Reuters Far Eastern Service! Shanghai. July SI. Owincr to the Hankow Chinese Chamber f Commerce stopping donations to riki<ha ">oHe* the latter created trouble, resulting m troops and gendarmerie expelling coolies from the Chamber Mid arresting a union tAcial. Seven thousand coolie*
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    PRINCE CAROL'S RIGHT TO INTERVENE.
    100 13 [Renter's Service.] Paris: The newspapers stronyrly criticise the manifesto in the Press in which Prince Carol of Rumania declares that, while it is far from hU thoughts to foment any kind »1 agitation in Rumania, he considers that as a Rumanian and a father he
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    INDIAN FLOOD DAMAGE.
    86 13 [Reuter s Service.] London. July 31. Bombay: Telegraphic communication with Baroda has been re-established. The city and parts of the surrounding district v\eje under water for three days. The city's total death roll, however, is only 30. The death roll in the surrounding district is not yet
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    BORODIN STAYS IN CHINA.
    47 13 fßeuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, July 31. Hankow: Borodin's personal representative dismissed with a smile the reports that Borodin has severed connections with the Chinese Revolution, remarking that the reports are entirely untrue. Meanwhile General Galen is directing operations at Kiukiang against Nanking.
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    GOLF CHAMPION'S DEATH.
    44 13 [Reuters Service.] Denver, Aug. 1. The death has occurred of Walfer Travis, the former open golf champion. Born in Australia 65 years ajfo Travis won the American amateur championship in 1900, 1901 and 1908, and the British ijv.ntour championship in 1904.
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    MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION.
    696 13 THE ANNUAL REPORT. Tb annual report of the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaya for 1926-7 has the following: The sec nd Colony v. F.M.S. match was played on the grounds of the Tang lin Club Singapore, in May, 1926, and the third on the grounds of
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    "FRIENDLY" RIVALRY.
    152 13 It was at the Divisional Sports, for all ranks of the Army, British and Indian, at one of the big frontier garrisons in India, and the fashionable world were all assembled to see the finale. Near the close oT the Sports, the onlyevent not beinp decided being the
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    THE SOLVIKEN PIRACY.
    895 14 Bias Bay Still the Pirate Headquarters. BOARDED AT HONG KONG. Additional details of the piracy of the Solviken go to show that the pirates ivere determined not only to prevent any possible resistance on the part of the officers, but were ready to construe almost any move
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    15 14 There is no such thing in the world as correct English speech.— Mr. Bernard Shaw.
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    523 15 Pcnangr August Meeting. THIKD DAY RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan*. Aug. 1. The weather was fine to-day, and there was another good attendance at the races. Open Ponies. Fourth Division (Race Course). Umptaway (Thompson) HM 1. Lady Clare (Huxley) 9.1 2. Ismarani (Mayo) 9.3 3. Won hy
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    WEIGHTS FOR TO-MORROW.
    322 15 Race No. 1. Open Ponies. Fourth Division. (Five Furlongs). Amrita 9.6, Cleopatra 9.4, Ismarani 9.4, Chandan 9.3, Lady Clare 9.2, Beauford Lassie 9.2, Umptaway 9.1, Rockmine 8.8, Lady Love 8.3, Untong 8, Lon^champ 7.7. Race No. 2. Open Ponies. Third Division. (Five Furlongs). Sevenoaks 9.7, black Auster
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    YACHTING.
    1365 15 Round the Island. JEAN II THE WINNER. The annual race round the island was sailed on Saturday and Sunday last. In a moderate breeze ten boats turned out for this most interesting event and at 8.30 a.m. Mr. D. C. Walmsley as Race Officer started them off. Kathleen and
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    799 16 Masters 9 Legal Functions. UNANIMOUS CLARIFYING RESOLUTIONS. The forty-third annual conference of the United Kingdom Pilots' Association, which this year, for the first time, is being held at an inland port, was opened at the Midland Hotel, Manchester. About fifty delegates, representing ports in all parts of
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    TROOPSHIP ARRIVES.
    66 16 The P. and O. troopship, Karmala, arrived in port yesterday with troops from China. The vessel left Hong Konj? on July 29th. with 50 officers and 1,500 men of the Gloucestershire Regiment. The troopship i tied up at the wharf and was expected to leave later in the
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    SHANGHAI RIOT.
    255 18 POLICE STONED BY MOB AT HONGKEW. An attempt on the part of a small party of unarmed Nationalist soldiers to enter the International Settlement at the Boundary-Cunningham Road intersection in the West Hongkew district shortly after nine o'clock one night last week led to a riot in the
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    BREACH OF TRUST.
    336 18 FIRM'S MONEY PAID TO WAR COMRADE. Bombay, July 6. Gratitude to a torn rack' who had rendered help in a gas attack during th^ War was pleaded by Joseph Reade, cashier, Central Agency. Ld., as the motive which prompted him to pay large sums of money, amounting
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    FAMOUS AUTHORS MANUSCRIPTS.
    296 18 SON REMANDED Cts tlM* FRAUD CHARGES. Further evidence concerning the purchase of MOM of the manuscripts of the late Jostph Conrad, who died on August 3rd.. 1924. was driven at Marylebone Police Court when Alfred Borys Conra<i. the twenty-nine-year-old sun of the famous novelist, was again remanded
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    BULL-FIGHTING IN FRANCE.
    178 18 A GROWING SCANDAL. Paris, June 26. Steadily, year by year, despite its illegality, bull-fighting of the Spanish type, with all its cruelty, makes progress in France. Prefects are supple, and great capitalist organisations are pushing this abominable "sport." It has long been indigenous in the Midi at
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    HOUSE-BUILDING RECORD.
    276 18 LEAK'S QUOTA EXCEEDED BY 117.000 NEW HOMES. Mr. Thomas Barrow, in his presidential •ddrett to the National Federation of Building Trades' Operatives at Aberdeen said that one of the best features of the year vas the progress made with the erection of houses. "Many doubted." he <aid. "the
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    U.S. TOURISTS TO SPEND HUNDRED MILLION.
    63 18 New York, June 26. Twelve thousand tourists to Europe sailed yesterday from New York. This is the largest number of passengers in one day since the summer exodus for Europe began. It is estimated that they will spend £2,500,000 as their contribution towards the
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    38 18 The Bexhill-on-Sea Observer of July 2 had an excellent picture of the Mayor, Sir Ernest Birch, K.C.M.G.. at the wicket. In lfoiftjra, as British Resident, Sir Ernest was a leader of sport, and encouraged it in every branch.
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    67 19 Aagast 2. Bank 4 m.v o 3 31.32 Bank demand 2|3 L' 3-32 Private credits tf in.>. 2 4x 4 New York, demand 60 Credits dO days 57 ia France, tu-mand 141(i India, T.T. 15 p Hong Kong, demand 11-u p.e. Di>. Yokohama, demand 117. Java, demand 13y Bangkok,
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    216 19 August 2. Tin 300 Toni $148.78 Garabier 7.::, Pepper White 10? Pepper Black 60 Flake Tapioca 6.05 Pearl Sago Small 7.60 Copra 10..'};, Copra Sundried 10.55 Opium, Benares ant. 4,000 Rice Lianj; Hin Chan Mark Rod Eagle (New) 830 Riie, Siam old No. 1 330 Ilice. Rangoon Bintan 260
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    C. of C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    57 19 Angus! 2nd.. 12 o'clock aoon. Buyers Seller? R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Standard R.S.S. on Tender Aug. .v» r,o Sept. t"n L SO I j Ou-!>> 6] 4 g] Jan-llsr. >vj\ (>_" Tono of Market: Steady qniet. Latest Cable. London Spot Sheet 17.! per Ib.
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    P. AND O. BANK
    274 19 I In view of the very difficult conditions prevailing in its sphere of operations, the reduction of just under ClO,OOO in the pro tits earned In the V. and o. Banking Corporation during the past year should occasion no surprise; indeed, when due allowance is made
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    202 19 I\\N(;NGA KIVKK TIN CONCESSIONS, Messrs Harrisons. Barker an. l < 1.t,f., PtaUg statt We have advised by cable from the Secretaries, Messrs Bright and Calbiaith Ltd., that the above Company r > has been successfully Boated in London, (lie issue having been heavily oversubscribed. The Company MU
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    169 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Siniraporf, Ann. 2. London. Rubber la "><l. (July SO). Tin. London C&B7 s*. (Julj 30). Load 14s-\ for 800 tons. Mining.- Kachai 2 2.05, Kinta Dredging i.:.r> i.4t>. Rahman rfydrau k 2.66 2. •■><», Kuyoh l.r.i i.:,t, Malaya Consolidated 1.18 1.2(>, Lingui 1.7.'. 1 „-:>. Mambau
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    INDIAN RUBBER STATISTICS.
    186 19 MI.HI A( KKS TAPPBD LAS! VKAI:. 101 Srm Estate* Opened Up. Calcutta. July 22. j Indian robber statistics for 1926 indicate that Urn Bomber of plantation* in India |an«l Burma was l.iTi. covering 201,654 acres, against 1,070, with an area of 201,222 acres in the preceding year.
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    67 19 Saturday's Alterations. Aiir. 2nd.. CWatag Pricf Buyers Seller* gong Fatt 1.03 I .OH Klantr River :< 7n ;i 7-, Kuvohs l.":2 1.")7>. Sunyci Ways larut Tin Fields S3« <d tU 96 Ratrui l^ay in l' s M i?7s tcuai Takuapa SBt 88a M Ti>ni?k:th Harbour U.BO i:U)n
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    24 19 Why many noble lords Jo not ftttead Urn House is that they c*n no loagtr attnH t» Come to London very often -Lord Se\borne.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1444 20 Rain was never more unwelcome to a gathering of sportsmen than it was on Monday evening, when fifteen minutes fairly heavy downpour necessitated the abandonment of the F.M.S.— Colony cricket match when it had reached its most interesting stage. Anything might have happened during the 50 minutes that
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      S.C.C. BEATEN BY SELANGOR.
      108 20 The annual match between ths S-C.C. and Selangor Europeans was played in Kuala Lumpur on Monday, the home side winning by two goals to nil. The result was not an unexpected CMS, for the S.C.C., by no means strong this season, were not fully represented. In
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      THE DAVIS CUP.
      41 20 fßeuter's Service.] St. Louis. Aug. 1. In the Davis Cup, Japan eliminated Mexico thus entering the finals. Ohta beat Unda 6—l, 4—6, 6 3, 6 4 and Harada beat Kinsey 9 7, 6 o, o—6.0 6. 6 l.
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      ENGLAND WINS SOMETHING.
      24 20 [Reuters Service.] Eastbourne, Aug. 1. At lawn tennis Oxford and Cambridge Universities beat Harvard and Yale by 11 matches to 7.
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      TUNNEY VS. DEMPSEY.
      26 20 [Reuters Service.] Chicago. Aug. 2. The Tunney-Dempsey fight for th* world's heavyweight championship will be held at S ldiersfu-ld here on September 15th.
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      GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
      82 20 The Men's ninthly medal ißoffcy) will be played on Saturday and Sunday. 13th. and 14th. instant and the Ladies' monthly medal on Thursday and Friday, 18th, and 19th. inst. A Men's two ball foursomes competition will be played on Sunday. 21st. instant and a Mixed foursomes competition
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      36 20 The annual athletic sports of the St. Anthony's Boys' School, Singapore, will b<? held on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. in the school playground. Parents, old boys and friends of the school are cordially invited to attend.
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    SINGAPORE BISLEY.
    1245 20 Capt. Gibson Wins the Grand Aggregate. SOME FINE SHOOTING. The Singapore Bisley during the weekend was favoured with very fine weather. Some excellent shooting was witnessed, and competition in the Grand Aggregate ■was very keen, Capt. Gibson finally winning the Cup with a score of 262, Capt. Mohd
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    MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    257 20 Holders Retain Singles and Doubles. SINGAPORE SUCCESSES. Rain interfered with play in the Malayan lawn tennis championships here on Saturday afternoon, telegraphs our Kuala Lumpur correspondent, but the championships came lo a conclusion on Monday, when Lady Cliford, who was accompanied by Sir Hugh Clifford, presented
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    72 20 Programme o f Drills up to and for 7th. August. 1827. Wednesday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hail, M. Cycle Platoon. Friday, 5.15 p.m. -Drill Hall. RV.C. Band. 5 p.m. Jardine Steps, D.E.L. Unit. Saturday, 2 p.m.— Bukit Timah, Malay Coy. 2 p.m. Farrer Range t Chinese Coy. 2
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    23 20 Orders For Week Ending August 7th. Thursday. Band Practice Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Saturday. Camp contingent Parade Johnston's Pier 3 p.m.
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