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

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press in CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S.. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927. NO. 12,174.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    332 1 Protests against the refusal to interfere with the sentence on Sarco md Vanzetti have taken a violent form in various cities of America, bomb explosions having occurred in New York, Philadelphia, and elsewhere, fortunately, so far as is at present reported, without loss of life P.ige 9.
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    "OUR VILLAGE."
    1161 1 On Saturdays at hijrVi noon in a certain village of the Cotswolds, writes 'Cricketer in the Manchester Guardian, a little cricket-field stands silent in the sun. Over the pm walks an < Id horse, pulling a roller and led hy an old man. There is to I*a match
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      310 1 FOB HREAKFAST:— p wR |.;i) LABEL BRAND" LrE I N ADULTERATED^ COFFEE RAFFLES HOTEL I TfcA THURSDAY, BATIK I SATURDAY n f I DANCE SPECIAL DINER DANSANT LL I EVEIO at which the Allowing artists will OPEN DAILY I M(Ninv Miss Tania Svctlaaova sTm IBDNBSDAY, AND TQ mDAi Mr. Alexanders
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      206 1 looks after the X7OUR tennis frocks will give you double y "service" if you let Kurlo wash them. JL. Whether they are soft linen, crisp muslin, or dainty voile wash them all with Kurlo. Kudo washes without shrinking. The Kurlo way is safe and simple* Obtainable from all Grocers, Chandlers
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      115 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel announcements Page 1. Lea and Perrins" Sauce— Pa^e 14. The Buk-k Exemplifies Luxury Page 3. Cinema and Theatre Attrections— Pasre Z. Crossley the Pride of England Page 14. Wincarnis the Good Tonic Wine- -Page I. Popular Novels from John Little's Pajre 8. Cut Glass Ware from Kob.nson
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      102 1 THE WEEK. Mi,t,thn) t Xth. Hi*rh Water. 6.4 a.m.. «.7.. .".4S p.m., >.0. Mmlmcca: H. W, 2.0 a.m., 4.<>.. ft.lt p.m.. r>.i. P. and O. homewarii Mail closes, 3 p.m. Football: Singapore Cup. Duke'? TI vs S.R.C. Stadium. Wilbur Players: Rain. Tmsdoy Hth. Hitfh Water, 8.1 a.m., »>.v, «'>.r>4 \>.v.y..
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    BABY TOMBS IN THE ABBEY.
    512 2 WESTMINSTER'S YOUNG DEAD. "Buried in \W*t minster AUI» y"--the honour n<»\\ falls nnly to Use illustri us dead. I >n t in bygone times children ot toadw years found tnt'ie rrttuiß*-place« and about thes.' especially aanfcn the fascination of conjecture and romance. Kvery one is
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    WOMAN WINS AIR RACE.
    72 2 LADY BAILEY'S vSUCCESS. London, July 24. Beatfag thirteen men, to-day Lady Bailoy won the 12VL> miles air race for lowpowered engines. She averaged 92 miles an hour. Mrs. Lynn was .second. Lady Bailey in the third hip: race for the Air Leatruc Cup hopes "to convince
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      270 2 VIOXORIA THEATRE THE POPULAR AMERICAN COMPANY THE WILBUR PLAYERS. PRESENT. TbrNitfht and To-Morrow Night at 9.30 p.m. "RABT The Play of the Season Wednesday, Aug. 10th. Request Performance. ABIES IRISH ROSE Thursday, Aug. 11th Friday, Aug. 12th "THE Funniest play of the Season. HIGH COST OF LOVING" "THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS"
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      266 2 ALHAMBRT (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd P r in V COMMENCING SATURDAY 6th XlVr*-'* In the Second Show at 9 Dm A PARAMOUNT SUPER-PRODUCTION A p.r IN CONCEPTION, POWERFUL IN DRAMA v^B. M^, MAGNIFICENCE AND WLEnS O^^ which with broadness of vision, spectacular rffoH brings home the great truth that
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    HEROD IN THE STUDIO.
    605 3 How the Callous Order is Carried Out. "KILL THAT BABY!" Nearly one million babies ar killed every year through the films! This startling indictment of wholesale murder recently provoked the woman pre- j sident of a children's welfare society to in- 1 stituti: a personal investigation
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    "THE RED FLAG" A HYMN TUNE.
    266 3 Communists Ann»y Wesley ans. Not everybody knows that the tune of "The Red Flag" is really that of a Sankey hymn. It is the tune of "I hear my loving Saviour say, O follow Me, Come follow Me." A number of Sheffield Communist-, caused
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      503 3 $TSTE (XP^ESS CIGARETTES V f Made by hand 'W One at a time $jW v °f the m i v mw JJ J (CM,' "^'^^7 ti BBBmr^^^^tm ardath tobacco UJB j^^f CO. LTD. LONDON AGONISING PILES CURED No Knife! No Surgeon! No other affliction causes more human misery than Piles.
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      24 3 Imports of motor-cycles into British Malaya are now valued at nearly (£BO,OOO annually and the trade anticipates a further steady increase in the future.
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    THE INDISPENSABLE HUSBAND.
    255 4 SYNOPSIS Aileen (ireer, a pretty with modern ideas, is called from her luxurious studio to her grandfather's sickbed. He tells her that he disapproves of her independent life and Bohemian friends. Soon afterwards the old man d«es and Aileen learns from the will that she cannot inherit
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    CHAPTER 25.
    768 4 THE WEDDING NIGHT. Aileen. for some reason she scarcely understood perhaps it was the subtle atmosphere of the house itself resumed her mourning when she dressed for dinner. She wore black chiffon, so sheer that it was scarcely more than a veil for her white arms and shoulders
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    CHAPTER 26.
    817 4 ODD BITS OF INFORMATION. Aileen awoke the following morning to find her room flooded with sunlight. Her spirits rose accordingly. She stretched luxuriously in her brocade canopied bed and was ready to laugh at her discomfort of the previous evening. It had been only the rain of early
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    CHAPTER 27.
    779 4 THE NKW ACQUAINTANCES Aileen's unexpected callers were he neighbours, Doctor and Mrs. Louis Gilbert j she discovered when she entered the smal salon where she had had cotfee with hei husband the previous evening. Dubels himself was already with the \is itors. He presented them to Aileen. She
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    CHAPTER 28.
    811 4 THE MYSTERY OF A HOUSE. Directly after breakfast the following momiag, Aileen found her way to the stables without waiting for Dubois' escort. She was eager for a ride. The 'ri~p air of the early autumn morning <i her Mood tingling. She found old Pierre, the gTOOm, iat.K-r
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    CHAPTER 29.
    793 4 THE TOWER WING. The following week, Aileen received a stiffly worded, little note from Mad. line I Gilbert, inviting her and her husband to '(iirt. Although they were such close neighbours, she had seen nothing of Mrs. Gilbert since the day she and the doctor had called. Dr.
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    CHAPTER 30.
    507 4 FORCED FRIENDSHIP. "M'sieur is waiting" in the car, Madame." The dour-faced maid brought Aileen's evening wrap, and placed it around the slim, white shoulders. It was the night she and Maurice were to dine with the Gilberts. Aileen went downstairs, surprised to tind the car at the terrace
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    U.S INDEPENDENCE DAY.
    238 4 WHY LOftO READING "DAH v 4TTBNP. There in Imummii i ness as well in th RpfW of the A nu-rit -m S i was hold at th<' B«vw) II .t.-l. I I the Intlfpt n.l. n -i- I.. I function MM pi* >i«N «i uwrh) Ambassador. Mr.
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    THE PEARL-DIVERS OF AUSTRALIA.
    1181 5 Facing Death to Satisfy Whims of Fashion. We are all familiar with the cartoon of the perspiring gentleman in dress suit crawling under the bed in search of an elusive pearl stud, and we have long hecome used to the joke of the pearl button that
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    DISMISSAL OF A SABBATARIAN.
    302 5 REFUSING TO DO EXPERIMENTAL WORK. London. July 24. Mr. F. A. Marquisten is to draw the attention of the House of Commons to tho case of Norman Shaw, employed in a lighthouse at Arirgll, who was dismissed after ten years* service because he refused to accept
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    SHAKESPEARE THEATRE FOR WEST END.
    122 5 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Aug. 5. A movement is on foot to acquire Dorrhester House s well-known mansion in the west end of London with the object of establishing a Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. The scheme was started some months ago by the Shakespeare Memorial
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    COTTON TRADE RESTRICTIONS.
    130 5 [Reuters Service.] London, Aug. 5. Tru« Cottonyarn Association has announced that a scheme of transferable quotas will he operated between spinners of American cotton under which one firm may purchase quotas from another firm which is unable to run its prescribed quota. The scheme aims to obviate
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      263 5 An Empire Product' Tiie CANADIAN FORD car and truck is imported and assembled in SINGAPORE i by UNIVERSAL CARS LTD., and it may well be termed an EMPIRE PRODUCT. j In the past we have always been the largest importers of motors vehicles in MALAYA 2j To-day we still maintain
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    TALES OF "TIP," THE TIPSTAFF.
    896 6 A Very Tactful Law Courts Official. OUTWITTING MRS. X. London, July 5, A personality has just been lost to the Law Courts. "Tip"' has retired. Everybody at the Law Courts knows "Tip." That was Mr. Thomas Stanley's nickname long before, in 1905, he was chosen
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      107 6 GKEAT ANNUAL SALE AT WHITEAWAYS Genuine Reductions in all Departments to Cl^ar SURPLUS STOCKS N T^"> s^_j(^ r N ■''jftj'%faii' t 'tf£tttfH i i. <, \X,. t ■l*4&J'\^-J* yi 'V 't :,^s l**''^ A _P^ 1 /^I*C /I Sna^io I lTT_a_r x\ LipCLlal \JIICI LADIES' "DEPARTMENTS ONE HUNDRED ONLY Ladies'
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    ATLANTIC FLIGHTS.
    75 7 GERMANY THE NEXT COMPETITOR. PREPARATIONS FOR AUGUST [Router's Service.] Berlin, Aug. .>. Hurried preparations are being made a Berlin, Dessau and Trsvemuend to cairy ou a trans -Atlantic flight. A very promising oxpenment has been completed at Dessai by a Junker plane, piloted by Edward ftfe ties, which
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    SACCO- VANZETTI.
    180 7 WORLD-WIDE PRECAUTIONS. [Reuters Service.] London. Aug. 6. The agitation over the Sacco-Vanzetti affair continues all over the world. At Buenos Aires the Chamber of Deputies decided to ask Congress to intercede on behalf of the condemned. Paris, Au fir. 6. The International Miner* Committee has passed a resolution
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    MR. BRIDGEMAN'S VIEWS.
    134 7 "NO HARM DONE." L Reuter's Service.) Pan.. Aug. o. Mr. Bridgeman on his way to London interviewed by Reutet said the Conference had certainly done no harm and it was just js well that so many different angles of the question of naval disarmament had been thoroughly
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    RUSSIA'S ATTEMPT ON SECOND INTERNATIONALE.
    111 7 [Reuters Service.] Paris, Aug. 5. > The Ru>sian issue l.as indirectly caused t he resignation of If. Oudegeest. Secretary- J ieneral of the International Federation of c frade Unions, following an accusation that Judegeest wrote to Jouhaux suggesting > hat as the Russians were anxious
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    JAPAN'S OPPOSITION TO CHINA TAXES.
    103 7 t [Beottr'f Far Eastern Service.] l Shanghai, Aug. 6. Mr. Yoshisawa, Japanese Minister at Vc- J :ing, interviewed, said "If the Nanking Government enforces tariff autonomy on September Ist. Japan will have to devise idequate counter-measures, but I cannot jositively state in what form Japan
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    MEXICO'S LOAN PAYMENTS.
    36 7 [Reuters Service.] New York, Aug. The Mexican Consul-General announces hat the Mexican Government has deposited unds for the payment of the first six nonths interest on the 1927 Mexican public 1 lebt l
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    HOME CRICKET.
    266 7 Middlesex Beaten at Manchester. DERBYSHIRE "STILL WINNING. [Reuters Servics.J London, Aug. 5. Matches in the County Cricket* Championship concluded to-day as foHbW*«£Lancashire versus Middlesex., At Manchester:— Lancashire won by 10 wickets. Lancrishire 4 13 and 87 for 0. Middlesex m and 24( Hallows contributed 134 to the Champions*
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    NEW ZEALANDERS DRAW AT THE OVAL.
    240 7 NEW ZEALANDERS DRAW AT THE OVAL. The match between the Ww Zealandors and Surrey at the Oval was drawn. New Zealand 313 and 371. Surrey 377 and 284 for 8. Four centuries were scored during the match, 103 by Mills in the tourists' first innings. 101 by Dempster in the^second;
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    THE SCHNEIDER CUP.
    213 7 IJKITISH TEAM TRAINING. [British Radio— Official Senice.] Ru^hy, Auff. 5. A liiyr British effort is to be made thh ear to win the Schneider Cup air race, vhich will take place at Venice at the end >1* next month. Three types of high speed seaplanes have i
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    20 7 A long 1 word in an election campaign is I ihvays supported to j?o long vvay. Mr. I Baldwin. I
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCESBIRTH.
    31 8 DA COSTA. On AOf. 7, at SJO RJB. at th. Maternity Hospital, Singapore, tv Catherine wife of Mr. Thoft. Da Costa, Government Veterinary Inspector, Tho gift of a d:iu?h%r.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927. Week-End Comment.
    523 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1927. Week-End Comment. The world-wide demonstrations Iby violence which are being made in connection with the refusal to interfere in the sentence in the jSacco-Vanzetti case were of course I to be expected, because it is a matter j which the extremist organisations 'everywhere
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    677 8 Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher and their children left Port Swettenham for Penanp en route for Home. Major-General Sir Neill and Lady Malcolm were present at the dinner of the Cential Asian Society at the Hotel Cecil on July (5. Dr. A. X. KhiK^hury has left the European Hospital and is
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    S.P.C.A. MEETING.
    820 8 I Draft Rules Passed. MUNICIPAL INFIRMARY A "DYING HOUSE." A meeting of the newly formed Kocttty for the prevention of cruelty it animal.* ■was held in the Municipal Hoard Koon on Saturday when a set of draft rules was passed and officials elected. Mr. G. S. Carver presided
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    85 8 Bad <■'*■*» M 4ni r> PLAYERS Nh <O«r Own Cricket lIOCUU.I x W. unruly tpirit A- ln Ifc young Essex bo, racking f,, r Uu his county ».> Whilst he W «a i, who had boM hit wicket an,, In the natch ;,,V, home county and |i
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    CRICKETERS LAID UP.
    24 8 (Our Dun Corn v U! n Larwood (Notui vitis (taflaaimatioi MM ilccitr, \\h.' ifst badly an.i an invitat k«ii to i
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    PRACTICE WITH A WHITE FOOTBALL.
    30 8 PRACTICE WITH A WHITE FOOTBALL. M)ur (Ksri r,,,., I -'nd.»n In preparation i ball Maaoa the A carry <>ut training with a white football i day umml dm whh whitf.
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    SUNDAY RACING TURNED DOWN.
    38 8 SUNDAY RACING TURNED DOWN. (Oui Owa < orreup < b«nd«in. \ur. > The Greyhound R forward a prop i i on Sunday hut v pceoaiaaaied i>y i i ■•!< m i Arose, and tin- <>i Ject incluilintr Am .< the propotal mv pi
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    WARNED OFF SAVAGE DOGS.
    44 8 (Our Own Con l.und.in The GrryhouM'i Ra C'Vorns the new off owin*: to the ii^ r I shown duiinir tin racing T\ casi' >o bur luit tiv r !it- thy fact that th«- <i is thwiitrht the »iitfi< serious proliUni.
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    L.O.N.HEALTH BUREAU.
    99 8 PERSIAN (.11. 1 CHOLKKAOI n«MI Mombasa: One |>l:iL r 'i< Basrah: eholf n r> smallpox mom iril Mohammeruh (IVr.i.m (.ulf): cases with :>7 OVOthl Ahadan (IVr>ian <.vIM cases with 10:1 QlQthi. IJasjsein: 1 lairu.- -i- 1 ll lUimbay: I pla^n fetfthoj M smalliM'X HbM VlUl Calcutta: Uch km
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    CHIENGMAI TRAIN FIRED ON.
    38 8 RAILWAY RNGISI SVKI (From Our 0« Baoffa*. xv The ,x P nss troin tired on by sum.- pi I No one was injur- by a foot only, tin maintenance engim r as a passenger.
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    SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICE.
    35 8 Through tfc* court and lompatn Pf 1' l Wttir m London DH (juotations bf MW Company was: London >tan.lai.i I-ondon Is ."»',«l. C.I.F. lond>n shipment Is. ">•",.) Crept 1 If*. I%A Market itcftd)
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      7 8 To-day's Feature. THE INDISPENSABLE HUSBAND. Pa ge
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    BOMB OUTRAGES IN U.S.A.
    840 9 U 0 V \NZETTI CASE SEQUELS. yOKK POUCE MOBILISED. [i;. „nr's Service.] No* York, Auk. 6. occuned in a subway shattering the platforms ,!,y windows. TrattV was t least seven persons i^iona was on LJr<>;ui\vav Stint, the others werp I Aintythiid, Twenty- i streets respectively. 4
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    DEFAMING MAHOMET.
    159 9 IMPORTANT JUDGMENT IN INDIA. [Reuters Service.] Lahore. Aug. ti. In iho High Court Justices Broadway und Skemp sentence** Ddbishnmn Suaraaa, the writer of an article in the Amritsar newspaper, Risala Vartman, insulting the Prophet Mahomet, to a year's rigorous imprisonment and a tine of Rs. 500, or in
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    THE U.S. PRESIDENCY..
    158 9 SEVERAL CANDIDATES. [Reuters Service.] New York, Aug. 7. With the belief general that Mr. Coolidge 's decision to relinquish the Prcj sidency is final other aspirants are proceeding to push their own interests. I It is believed that Mr. Coolidge himself favours Mr. Hughes, but the latter
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    OBITUARY.
    26 9 [Reuters Service.] New York, Aug. 7. i The death has occurred after an opera. > tion of Mr. Leonard Wood. I [Earlier cables on pagi' 7.1
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    AFTER GENEVA.
    544 9 WHY THE CONFERENCE FAILED. BUT RESULTS WILL BE GOOD. F Reuters Service.) Rapid City, Aug. 6. Mr. Coolidge informed the usual press gathering that he snculd not call a disarmament conference in 1929 because he intends to retire on March 4 of that year. This has clarified the
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    JAPAN'S VIEWS.
    92 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Tokio, Aur. Editorials profoundly lament the failure of Geneva. Asahi says the fundamental mistake was that America and Great Britain attended the conference presupposing war. Nichi Nichi attributes the failure to the ambition of both America and Great Britain to be the biggest sea-power
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    HANKOW-NANKING AGREEMENT.
    40 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Aug. 6. A wireless from Wuhu says it is reported agreement has been reached between the Hankow and Nanking armies in this region and Chiang Kai Shek's troops are returning to Nanking shortly.
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    CHINA SURTAXES REDUCTION.
    46 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Aug. 6. The Nanking Government announces that the increased surtax equalling half of the tonnage dues imposed as from July 11, will be reduced to half of the present surtax from August 8. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    THE CANADIAN TOUR.
    258 9 TORONTO WELCOMES THE PRINCES. MR. BALDWIN'S EMPIRE MESSAGE. [Reuters Service.] i Toronto Aug. 6. The Prince of Wales, Prince George and Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have arrived from Kingston. Toronto, Auk. 7. The strenuous tour of the Prince o? Wales, Prince George, and Mr. Baldwin, marked by
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    LONDON'S MIDNIGHT CRASH.
    124 9 COMMERCIAL UNION BUILDING H COLLAPSES. The usual nightly stillness of the City was startinply disturbed at midnight by the collapse of a larjre part of the Commercial Union Assurance building situated in Cornhill in the heart of the business quarter. Tlu* subsidence is believed to be the
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    MORE BANK RATE REDUCTIONS.
    38 9 [Reuters Service.] Washington, Aug. A. The Federal Reserve Board has approved the application of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland to reduce its rediscount rate from 4 to 3Mi per cent, effective August 6.
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    RICE DUTIES IN JAPAN.
    33 9 [Reuters Service.] .Tokio, Auk. 6The Government Rice Committee has announced that the rice duties which were removed last year are being restored soon owing to the present low prices.
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    SEVERE EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
    22 9 [Reuters Service.] Washington, Aug. 6. Severe earthquake shocks estimated at 6,300 miles from Washington are reported by Georgetown Observatory.
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    DISARMING MEXICAN PUBLIC.
    34 9 [Reuters Service.] Mexico City, Aug. 6. The Government has instructed officials to cancel all permits for civilians to carry revolvers except in cases of absolute necessity. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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    BALL AT SELANGOR CLUB.
    91 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 6. Between five and six hundred guests were present yesterday evening at a ball given by His Excellency in the Selangor Club. Dancing continued until two o'clock and the evening was in every way most successful, j The Club
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    THE MAN WHO BEAT MR. JAMES WHITE.
    888 11 "One of us had to Lose." BATTLE OF MILLIONS. Sir Edward Mackay Edgar, the financier who fought and beat Mr. James White in the great gamble over the British Controlled Oil shares, relates below the full dramatic story of one of the greatest
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      385 11 2" The Aristocrat of Cars J Does not need a large amount of Advertising, S j WHEREVER IT GOES IT IS ADMIRED. I; belling at little more than half its value. S J Kdinm Inquiries to "MINERVA" c o Free Press. KBVELATION IN QUALITY AND REVOLUTION IN PRICE I !i(
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    80 12 The Gorgon arrived yesterday with 972 sheep from Fremantle. The Redang arrived yesterday with a cargo of old dredging material from Renong. A typhoon is reported in lat. 21 deg. N., long., 126 deg. E., travelling in a northeasterly direction, position uncertain. The oil tanker, War Brahmin, arrived
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    STORY OF "HOMESTEAD'S" FATE.
    343 12 KEEL RIPPED OPEN BY ROCK. Bombay. July 24th. The Captain and crew, numbering 37, of the ill-fated American cargo st?amer, Homestead, arrived in Bombay this afternoon on board the steamer Aungban. They are in good spirits, though very reticent ab r ut the fight they had
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    ROTTERDAM-LLOYD'S NEW
    150 12 THE CARGO LINER KOTA INTEN. The cargo liner Kota Inten was launch. Ed from one of the slipways of the Fijenoord Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., Rotterdam recently. Sh«- is the first of four ships for the Rotterdam Lloyd, and when completed they are destined for a fast cartro
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    THE PERFORMANCE OF THE LLOYD TRIESTINO'S MOTOR SHIPS.
    97 12 In the annual report of the Lloyd Triestino for the year 1926 it is remarked that their 11.000-tons motor passenger and cargo ships Esquilino and Viminale. Romolo and Remo have operated with every satisfaction, particularly in the matter of low consumption of
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    CLEARANCES.
    15 12 Aug. 7th. Indragiri, Brouwer. (Dut.); Rangoon Maru. Seattle Maru, (Jap.); Ban Whatt Soon, (Brit).
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    63 12 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office.) For the twenty- four hours ending midnight Aug. sth. Max. shade temp. 87^ F Mm. shade temp. 74.5 F Mean shade temp. 79.6 F Max. sun radiation 152 F Mm. grass radiation 72.3 F Sea temperature 81 F Mean wet-bulb temp.
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      21 12 Two ,coal cargos arrived on Sunday, one by the- Eva from Samarinda, and the other from Dutch Borneo by the Marusa.
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      413 12 Kerr Steamship Co. I nr 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) General Agent*. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA A \r BALTIMORE (via Buei). M.S. SILVERBEECH due PACIFIC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SERVIrp SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO and LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERAY due Aug. 9 Nil OUTWARDS TO CALCUTTA
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      228 12 LLOYD TRESTINONAV.d Incorporate fa SINGAPORjrTo" it Uv Calling at COLOMBO. B!:i\i, Isl v and TRIESTE by th, f ;u, re D Linerm.v. REMO 14..,,, v, n d ESQILINO These faat Motor Vtati H d well appointed acv M ious saloons, i ni h For HONG KONG, SHANCIAI, JAPAN [»orts. m.v.
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      675 13 t O. S. x£. Lin.6, ,n*t»iations. Steamers. Arrive. Leare > don tf.'ttonlani. Hamburg, Bremen. ''TnW 1 via Colombo Aden and port Saii Atlas Maru Aug. 16 Aug. 17 p,jrban. Cape T° wn Rio, Santos, Mor.uv..!. o and Buenos Aires. f Montevideo Maru Aug. 29 Aug. 30 i Mom basn. Zanzibar,
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      564 13 K. P. m: tlvmT (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WFTH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections tor-Passage. Freight Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representative, in the Straits Settlement. (Singapore and I'en.ng). of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA All information, detailed itineraries, free of charge Pancalian
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    TREASURES FOUND IN A GARDEN.
    429 14 Roman Villa in Hampshire. SECRET REVEALED BY FRUIT TREES. Portsmouth, July 5. j j Amateur gardeners with fruit trees that decline to flourish should take heart from the experience of Mr, Owen Adames, of Spes Bona, Havant. j Ht had bad luck with his apple
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    DR. TAGORE'S FUND.
    190 14 The following 1 subscriptions to Dr. Tagore's Fund are acknowledged. Miss D. M. Buckle $10 E. V. White 15 J. A. and E. A. Elias 100 E. S. Manasseh 100 N. Reubfn 75 Lee Chim Tuan 50 S. Q. Wong r>o J. B. David 50 R. S.
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    HUNTS BANNED IN SPAIN.
    85 14 Royal Decree Against Cruelty to Dogs. Gibraltar. July 13. The recent tendency in Spain towards more humane treatment of animals is further evidenced by the publication of a Royal decree against cruelty to dogs and prohibiting as a repulsive and uncivilised spectacle "meets wherein dogs kept
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      114 14 iM W VftTni HVHI^KY Wr 1M 11 uLUIvH fflUiMil §1 frj The Sovereign fZZj pj ]W most fastidious. Crf THE DISTILLERS' AGENCY, LTD. Edinburgh Scotland. i I COLD AND HOT I I dishes are greatly improved with I I LEA PERRINS' I X SAUCE J Good News for our Customers
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      474 14 Bn 1 Mr .^B^^^^^ /J^SBs B^F A V^ I A Lite for a life Jr^'JS^I "VTOU die-that mosquitoes may live This is f Xan appalling thought, but it is the truth. >M j fffi I Most mosquitoes cannot continue in exist- yK m _r~ I ence without blood human blood
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    720 15 Aur. 6th., Closing Trices. hmm 117 Buyers heller* natu Caves 1.371-2 I 4<>v, Hatang Padang 7| 74" Chin Chin Tin fully paid I.] 7^ 1.22^ Hitams qn or" »<!"* *«t ,5 ,Jg Johan Tin «> 2 «5 KinU Tin Drcd. 1.40 lJvi., Klang River 3.70 :J 75
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    EXCHANGE.
    64 15 August t, Bank 4 in.*. 2|3 31-32 Bank demand 2|3 23-32 Private credits 3 iii.s. 2 4>4 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 67^ PrMCe, demand 1420 India, T.T. 154^ JloiiK Konjf, demand 12*4 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 11G 1 Norn. Java, demand 139 Bangkok, demand 80^ Bar
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    PRODUCE.
    211 15 August H. Till 199 Tone $14Mi Gambier 7.50 Popper Whitf 10;; Pepper Black 58 Flake Tapioca (5.50 Pearl Sago Small 7.60 Copra 10.2.1 Copra Sutxiri'd 10. 75 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle fXew) 830 Rice, Siani old So. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    164 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Sinuaport*. Aug. «>. Rubber.— London, la s*4d. Ku. up Local 59*4 ft.-. Tin. London, £294 12s »'»d. 82a <;<! up. Local >!t!i\ for 100 ton>. Mining. Malaya Consolidated 1.-» 1.25, IKuchai J.>4 2.05. Penawai 2 1 •'> cts. premium., Kuyoh l.">") 1.60, Petaling 4.60 1.7»>. Kinta
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    188 15 Singapore. Auff. The mbber market was closed for two days during the \\»ek under- review, owing to the intervention of the Autumn Holidays, and the tone throughout has U'««n quiet to dull. It is officially announced that the exportable rubber allowance from Ceylon and Malaya remains at liO
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    342 15 PONTIANAK GOLD. mr. mri iirnn. The meeting- of the IWiarmk Gold Dredpin X CllTMltu— was held in the Raffles Hotel on Saturday Dr. vari Dort presided, others present boinjr Messrs. San Ah Winp, T. S. Kun K r\ C. fVek. Herbert Wilson, J. R. a idu. Arthur
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    JACKS' REPORT.
    284 15 London. July I,;. Although business alt nmd has U-eii quiet during tfcs past \vc«'k. prim of all eOMmoditiet have btea rtwdy and Hear attacks have heen less if CHllii tfctti has been tho case for some tiin*. Copper. Touuh and Best Select Ctfptr are unobtainable for prompt delivery.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    54 15 August tith.. \2 o'clock HH, Buyers Seller* R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot •>■'", Standard It.s.s. on T>aa>r Kmg. ">'.»■•, 90 >."t. >'■'"> tut* < >,-t tS .l-.n Mai. f.,', I",,; i_. Tom* of Market: Steady. Latest Cable: London Bpe4 simt lT'^.l i»> Ni«w York
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      440 15 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 aqcitdav^ TUP TBI7AT 17AOrrOT.iT tmn ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASffilN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED HKAD OPF.CE: WfcoW ■"TSSSL" 8- *TSS M OFTOE «M E r C^ny h. £20.000 dep» itt d Cour, of E^^J^Sief 3L *T' £L, JLdie Assurance Coim>anipq At* ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF
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      415 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. -Establiahed 1880— %&?js4'Ss" V.100.000,000 Reserve Fund V.92,500,000 Resident: K. Kodama Eaq. V ice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq M /m r, DIRECTORS. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi. Esq. K. Tatsumi Esq. T. Hodsumi, Eaq. El, Wa^ na^ c .Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baron K. Morimura Y. Suitau
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      439 15 j 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 $13,600,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. or U D G M Bernard, Chairman iv ix V, ompton Es< l" deputy
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      42 15 E ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Roy.} Charter A.D. 1720) FIXE MOTOR CAR w A pi NE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bone* Singapore Uepresentatives.-Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO.. LTP CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ut floor) A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager
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    RECORD BREAKING CRICKET.
    811 16 Services' 300 Runs Without Loss. CONGDON AND TAYLOR EXCEL. So far as the Services are concerned the S.C.C. Cricket Tournament lur the season 1927 is over, with themselves pre-eminent. Playing their last match of the scries on Friday and Saturday last, they overwhelmed the Nondescripts for, whereas
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    TOURNAMENT TABLE.
    31 16 P. W. L. D. Pta. Service* 4 4 0 0 12 8.8.1. 2 110 3 Nondescripts 2 110 3 Merchants 3 0 2 11 PS.L. 3 0 2 11
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    ATHLETICS.
    498 16 St. Anthony's Boys 9 School Sports. AN EXCELLENT GATHERING. There was an excellent gathering of pupils and friends for the Thirteenth Annual Athletic Sports of St. Anthony's Boys' School, which were held in the school grounds on Saturday afternoon, in fine weather. The School's championship cup was won for
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    MEDICAL COLLEGE UNION.
    376 16 ANNUAL PRIZE DISTRIBUTION. The members of the Medical College Union held their annual prize distribution on Saturday afternoon, the occasion being one for a very enjoyable social gathering. The prizes were presented by Mrs. Kay Mouat and exhibition games of badminton were played. Many visitors were present
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    PENANG RACES.
    511 16 Final Day's Sport. HEAVY GOING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 6. For the last day of the meeting the weather was fair after heavy rain which made the going slow. There was an excellent attendance. Ponies. First Division. (Six Furlongs). Foundling, Billett 9.5 1. Silkette, Roberts 7.8
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    LONDONER SWIMS THE CHANNEL.
    56 16 [Reuters Service.] London, Aug. 5. The 22-year-old London insurance clerk E. H. Temme, has swum the Channel. He left Grisnez in the morning and landed at Dover at 3.30 p.m. This is the first Channel swim this season. His time was 14 hours 27 minutes beating
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    37 16 A golf match between two teams of 10 each from the Seremban and Malacca Golf Clubs was played on Monday. Singles were played in the morning and four ball matches in the afternoon. Seremban won both matches.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    274 16 Malaya Cup Football. SELANGOR QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Aug. 7. Once again Singapore will have Selangor as opponents in the final of the Malaya Cup soccer competition, which is to be played in Kuala Lumpur later in tKcmonth, for Selangor defeated Perak in
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    122 16 AUGUST MEDAL COMPETITION. Played at Bukit Timah on Saturday and yesterday. 4C cards were taken out; the following were returned: The Ball Sweep on Saturday was won by Messrs. Campling and Brooke; on Sunday by Messrs. Brodie and Franklin. winner. H. Campling 91 18 73 T. V.
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    BISLEY MEETING.
    104 16 Malay States Secure a NotaMe Win. Shooting at Bisley on July 11. in the Junior Kolapore Cup competition, the Malay States, after a close fight with Rhodesia, won the cup by 2 points. The following are the details: Junior Kolapore Cup. S.R.a.b.; teams of four; conditions as for
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    BIG PRICE FOR PAPYRUS YEARLING.
    62 16 DAWSON PAYS 14,000 GUINEAS. London, July 20. At the Newmarket sales to-day the trainer, R. C. Dawson bought a yearling colt by Papyrus out of Sundart for 14,000 guineas. This is the second highest price paid for a yearling at a public auction, the highest
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    HENDREN FOR AUSTRALIA.
    46 16 AS COACH TO ADELAIDE. London, July 20. Hendren sails for Australia on the Otranto which takes back the New Zealand cricketers. He goes on a coaching engagement to Adelaide for a single season. It may be renewed by mutual agreement for several seasons.
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    SHARKEY AS RESERVE.
    41 16 FReuter's Service. 1 Strafford, New Hampshire. Aug. 6. Jack Sharkey states he has made an arrangement with Tex Rickard whereby Sharkey will act as substitute for either Dempsey or Tunney should either be unable to enter the ring.
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