The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 October 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press Ki CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1927. NO. 12,2:56.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    300 1 The Malay Mail says that important conferences were held in Kuala Lumpur over the week-.nd regarding restriction conditions and suggestions for a I new standard have heen sent Home Page 19. A special article describing the tin position in Malaya and its probable trend together with the
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    MENTUGI.
    1246 1 The following account of a performan. <• ot thi.. old Monil custom has just btOM given to me hy Bulandai, a Murut of Lobou, on the extreme bonier of the Residency writes Mr. G. C. Woolley, Kosident oi' the Interior, to the Biitish North Borneo Herald. About a fortnight
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      353 1 sV v .v.V.VAVWVWV_*_\*_^_V_*>_*_^_N J SHALLOW ARIELL'S f f; is LB. BAGS j| pATKNT ROLLER FLollr| l aa •/.VcV-.VAV.V.Vf.SSV.V. f o RAFFLES HOTEL I SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE I TEA EVERY TUESDAY BATIK I THURSDAY AND SATURDAY rDn I DANCE GWLL I evkry YOURY YOURLO AND OPEN DAILY 1 momay, LADOVA
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      225 1 I EODYOUARD I TOE HEALTH SOAP I i PURIFIES AS IT CLEANSES 5 BODYGUARD IS INVIGORATING AND REFRESHING < f IN USE AND THOROUGHLY CLEANSES THE PORES i l\ OF THE SKIN. > > OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE. > MADE BY GOSS AGES. g *m m m \Wm m m*m 9 m\
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      121 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A few words on sausages Page 7. Glaxo for healthy children Page 'i. Grand ballet at the Theatre to night Page 1 M rt st miles per dollar out of Firestone tyres Page 14. For al! meals well served try the Con* tinental Tafe Page 9. Notice re
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      11 1 W_VirtAV__V__V^V.V.-AV_iV.V_i\%V.%"W SWALLOW ARIEU/S •I (WORLD RENOWNED) I BISCUITS AND CARES > •.VAW.V.VAV.'AWAWA'.W-V.
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      192 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday,, iyt*. High Water 8.1 a.m., 7.0, 4.21 p.m.. 7.4. Malacca: H. W. 0.50 a.m.. 4.5, 3.20 p.m., 4.4. United Engineers, Mtg. Damar-rd.. noon. Ex-Services Assocn. Women's meeting. Europ. Hotel 7 p.m. Hockey: S.C.C. vs Duke's Tanglin. Grand Ballet, Theatre. 9.30 p.m. Thursday. 20th. High Water, 7.26 a.m.,
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    653 2 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Oct. IS. Rabbet*. -Loadoa If 4%d. Unchanged. Local 58*___. Tin. -London £251. 10- 60i down. Lecai 131-Va t*>r 1"*0 tern. Mining. -Kuchui 2.06 2.12. .Malaya Con solidated 1.16 1.19, Sungei Way 8 3.07 H, Kinta t. 1.37.4. Hone Fatl 96 M, llambau 1.324 LS7H, Kahman
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      285 2 FOR AN EASIER. CLOSER, QUICKER SHAVE I USE. l BARBASOL. No Mess, No Lather, Less Trouble.* 65 cents per tube* MEDICAL HALL LTD., Battery Road. Wholesale and Retail. THE HAPPY VALLEY. CINEMA— SIDESHOWS UNION STAR (MALAY) OPERA. Various Amusements Saturday. Sunday. Oct. 22nd.. 23rd. FIREWORKS. (.ATE 10 CTS. Mdm. Ia
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      415 2 VICTORIA THEATRE f-r 'V To-Night and To-morrow at 9.30 p.m. aRAND BALLET. L#aei*.tne d_st&Ku__Js_£d patronage of: H.E. THE GOVERNOR LADY CLIFFORD, In aid of the CHILD'S WELFARE SOCIETY. MATINEE: SATURDAY, OCT. 22nd. AT 5 P.M. Prices Evening Performances $3, 2 1. Matinees $2 1. Children Half Price to Matinees. BOOKING
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      432 2 From Thursday. 13th., to Thursday. nth n. i ONE OF THi_> WORLDS REST COMEDIAN). IN ONT OF HIS BEST COMEDIES AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Chen* Kee and Co.. Ltd., Proprietors In the Second Show at p.m. lhc Fir.vt of Tho Paramount Super Comedies PcaturinjC ih hHAROLD LLOYD who has never
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    FAMOUS FOOTBALL CLUBS.
    1238 3 Romance Of Aston Villa. "BOYS* CLUB" THAT WON ENGLISH CUP SIX TIMES. ff It mar* pesaibla to take a plebiscite of the ndlnns who follow with keen inter st the doings of th. lading clubs i„ the world <>f Association f ootball on lh(i (jUc lipn of
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    EUGENE CHEWS WEDDING.
    341 3 MARRIAGE TO MADAME SIN VAT SEN DISCREDITED. In spite of h circumstantial Daily Mai! dispatch from Riga announcing the mar nage in Moscow of Eugene Chen and Madame Sun Vat-sen, the report is looked upon with considerable reserve in London and the United Press has been unable
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    158 3 Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henggeler left Kuala Lumpur by the mail train on Wednesday for Pcnang and were seen off hy a, large party _>f friends. Mr. Henggeler, who is so well known in Malaya, has been connected with ihe local turf for the past twenty years and t
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      173 3 wvvvvvvwvVW. <♦* V-** Jan. j THE FOOD OF KINGS :j Court Physicians know the best and -1 Ij see that Royal Babies have the best. k That is Why Glaxo has been used ij with success in 5 Royal Nurseries. _j k Only the best is good enough for your
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      158 3 /S^"""" T^^ 5 Music— that ever constant link with h. wne and STATE EXPRESS No. 555-the cigarette that is present on all occasions where good taste prevails. S T QTE £XPI*>ESS CIGARETTES [J?*" IF 9 at %mmmtjmmm J fc^^.^.w-y-*^ ONE AT A TIME S___>* i^ c 'iAj^sM l ja^>- Cro
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    PATHS FOR CYCLISTS.
    240 4 TRAFFIC AUTHORITIESSUGGESTIONS. The dangers of cycling in Singapore street-* was the subject of comment by the Coroner recently. The danger ii not peculiar to Singapore. On some of the crowded roads in England the lot of the cyclist this summer has not been a very happy one.
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    MIGHT-TURN-QUEER MOTORISTS.
    526 4 MIGHT-TURN-QUEER MOTORISTS. LEGAL ANOMALY TO BE REMOVED. The dilemma in which motorists find themselves consequent on th;* decision in the case of Dr. Lawton, of Manchester, a decision which decrees that a motorist can not plead successfully sudden illness or even unconsciousness as an excuse for dangerous driving has aroused
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    MUSIC ON THE ROAD.
    142 4 I lead that the latest fashion among the damsels who decorate the carriers of motor-bicycles is to carry a ukelele with them on their journeys, and to discourse SWaet music m they fly atonf. speed which experience hai iho*Wl police will stand. I should like to
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    THE NEW FORD.
    57 4 rvtmit. X'P- The new Ford car ll than the well-known ino.l.'i weighs under a ton lt ha- i engine developing 40-h.p.. shift, petrol tank in froftt four-wheel brakes, ifcoclc -I springs, steel spokes a wheelbe.se of 104 inch, of differential. Forged is employed throughout is handsome, low
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      176 4 Graham Bkdihers *M [iH^'W T __TXTT_P P, __ni 9mik by TrmCk m *tf m% <r>, **>' OmM I I#l II li SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS llVUwt__LU_/ DEAsLERS EVERYWHERE NOW FITTED WITH THAT WONDERFUL NEW DODGE ENGINE GIVING MORE POWER, SPEED AND EXTRAORDINARY LOW PETROL CONSUMPTION. Graham Brothers Trucks and Buses
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      126 4 I High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes _#-fl _f «"-*_*a__B __^_____P_fM___P______. 4Br_. US Tim* to Mo-tiro _r_____i_______L _**__a _ri_*_f ___L SwrOOZwFw WmOrW ML. r ISK B IT **\*rw¥l W__!^ *|#V. n_M)C .-MM v.. r.r o»r. j: Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh,
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    BABY CABS IN BANGKOK.
    201 5 j, v -i*ahs are now cruising or tnstta in an effort to compete J( r pullers and before long, Phy; r\] r T th< Oi the cars, pre Vh r wttl ho 25 °i>eratin^here r *e il 20 satangs a mile for on* pei son on
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    60 M.P.H. CAR CHASE IN PICCADILLY.
    142 5 •bini: S*m**Ta Dash Through Mayfair. ■'■•ii' -an -hour car chase through the I Knd by members of the Flying Squad when a motor drivel pleaded t* aling a car belonging to Mr. !,i ml de Walterstroof. -Inspector Wood Mid that with 1 S. -rgeant
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    67 5 Of the four unofficial "representatives" yf Penang, _hre.-. the Hon'ble Mr. P. K. Nambyar, the Hon'ble Mr. Palgrave Simpson and the Hon'ble Mr- Quah Beng Kee i were absent from the Legislative Council e me:ting on Monday. The Hon'ble Mr. P. a M. Robinson was th? only Penang repre- sentative
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    THE NEW FORD.
    661 5 An Accomplished Fact Says Edsel. WHAT IT IS LIKE. Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, announced to-day that the much discussed new Ford automobile is an "accomplished fact" and t>iat it will be formally introduced "within the next few weeks." In his statement, which follows,
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    LADY KINNOULL FINED.
    296 5 Three Years' Driving Ban Follows an Argument. The Countess of Kinnoull, of Chester-field-street, Mayfair. was at Marlboroughstreet Police-court fined £20 and disqualified from driving for three years by motoring in a manner dangerous to the public at Golden-square, W. A police constable stated that shortly after 10
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    MOTOR CAR COMPETITIONS.
    201 5 WILL THEY REVIVE? Motorists are hoping that the recent i appointment of Sir George Beharrell, D.S 0., of the Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., as pre- sident of the Society of Motor Manufac i turers and Traders will lead to a reviva I of interest on the part
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    WORLD MOTOR CONGRESS.
    235 5 The Prince of Wales has consented tfl become president of the World Motor 'Transport Congress which will take place at the Savoy Hotel under the organisatior 1 of the Society of Motor Manufacturers an< Traders on November 14, 15, and 16. Dele gates from all parts of
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      141 5 |P®***P®*i*-****^ CLTNO THE ECONOMY CAR .1 St!!- iS ?K Car *n fferS u?" ,uxuries of motoring, com- 1 fl reaHy reasonable initial price, and maintenance cost— the Over- f seas 11 h* Clyno. Ample ground clearance, efficient cooling and thoroughly <*f 9 protected mechanism. This car is perfectly suited to
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    1234 6 BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS. STRENGTH TO SIPPORT. by "HORATirS." P.tgg_. SPECIAL.} Talking bridge at dinner the oth. r evening, a t'ri nd suggested to me that the new ideas about bidding, including majority bidding, make it less easy than it used to be for tin* partner to know whei. to
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    THE CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.
    304 6 BUENOS AIRES BATTLE BETWEEN CAPABLANCA AND ALEKHINE. The attention of chess enthusiasts has been centred since the middle of last month on Buoaas Aires, where the world's chess championship is being contested between th' 'wo greatest exponents of the game, Capaolauca, the Cuban champion, and Alekhine. hi-
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    CHESS NOTES AND NEWS.
    1173 6 by HATTON WARD. {SPECIAL TO FREE PHBSS.] Problem No. 23. (By L. Melvill Green). Black 9 pieces. White 13 pieces. Mate in Three. Solution to End Game No. 10. The position was: White King on K4, Pawns on QR4 ami KKt4. Black King oa KB3, Bishop
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    AIR LINERS OF THE FUTURE.
    196 6 Combination of 'Plane and Ship. "Doc" Kinkade. the Wright motor ex pert who directed the repairs on the en gines Of tbe "Miss Columbia" and other famous 'planes, before sailing from South ampton, gave a press representative his impressions of what the air liner of
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    ABERDEEN-LONDON EXPRESS DERAILED.
    86 6 ABERDEEN -LONDON EXPRESS DERAILED. Passentier, S.m-d h.. Dm.r lM An eng.mdr.ver-, .kill I having avoided an opps I I connexion with the Aherdeei laoosi press. Tbe expres*. with •UN. board, was approaching near Stonehaven, when t! left the rails, draggin, I The driver of the hr-' the danger of apply"'*jdenly.
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    24 6 Miss W. 11. Mitchell i« tached to the Woiasu'i H Pilah. ami will take up I I Medical Ofllear thore when present L.M.0.. «oes
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      9 6 —I For the Leisure Hour Indoor Recreations L I
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      630 6 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION I $100 I J 1 For Only 12 Matches. I $50 Must Be Won. We Publish every Wednesday and Saturday morning coupon, weekly Football Conpetition. A prize of $100 will be awarded V who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWEI vV M I in the
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    80 7 ST. REYNARD WINS NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. London, Oct. ft. St. Reynard (who was beaten by a head out of winning the Cesarewitch on Wednes day) won the Nottingham Handicap (two miles) Saint Reynard (Gordon Richards) 1 Greek Idol (Fox) 2 Planardo (Barber) 3 Fourteen ran. Won by three lengths.
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    BENGALI'S DAY AND MIGHT SWIM.
    88 7 I torn hay, Oct. Robin Chatterjee, a slim, wiry young Bengali, hai started on a 24-hours swim. He is an expert swimmer, and holds the record for a 20-hours swim ir. the Ganges, covering 40 miles. In the present swim it is proposed to cover
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    THE ATTEMPT ABANDONED.
    118 7 Bombay, Oct. ft. Chatterjce. had. owing to adverse tidal conditions, to give up the attempt after remaining in the water 12'-_ hours, covering shout SO miles. Chatterjee returned to Bombay early this morning. "About midnight," he said. "My food was exhausted and they gave me some Bombay
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    INTER PORT POLO.
    134 7 Shanghai gained an easy victory over Hong Kong in the Inierport polo match last week winning by the big margin of nine goals 12 goals to 3. This makes the eighth occasion un which Shanghai has won the trophy, the last six times in succession, as against
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    MADRAS RUGBY TOURNAMENT.
    76 7 Madras, Oct. ft. The second match in the Madras rugger tournament was played this evening, and resulted in Madias Gymkhana A Team defeating the Royal Tank Corps by 43 points to nil. Madras, Oct. ft. In delightful weather the 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers defeated the Queen's Own Royal
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    PORTSMOUTH SERVICES BEAT ALDERSHOT COMMAND.
    38 7 London, Oct. '5. Under Rugby Union rules Portsmouth Services beat the Aldershot Command by 11 points to nil. The following is the result of a Rugby League match: Bat ley 11 Wigan I
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    INTER-COUNTY RUGBY.
    35 7 London, Oct. 3. Under Rugby Union rules, Devonport Services were beaten by Blackheath by 35 points to 9. In an Inter County match. Somerset beat Lancashire by 12 points to 8, at Wigan.
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    STEEPLE-CHASING FOR GREYHOUNDS.
    46 7 London, Oct. I. Steeple-chases are the latest d.v.-.on-ment in Dog racing. The Wnite City authorities have prepaiv.l a track on steeple-chase lines, including a water jump eight feet wide. Tests showed that the width was over-easy and the jump will, therefore, he widened.
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    60 7 The divorce action of Graiina N. Arrington v James V. Arrington, brought on grounds of cruelty, was dismissed in the U. S. Court for China at Shanghai. Commenting upon the action, Judge Purdy said that the evidence showing one instance of assault on his wife by the respondent while drunk
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  • JAPANESE NEWS.
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      GOVT. TO BUY MORE RICE.
      35 8 (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Oct. 16. The Government Rice Committee bai decided to buy up both this year and next year 1.500.000 koku of new rice.
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      SINO-JAPANESE PARLEY TO BE REOPENED.
      25 8 Negotiations between Japan and China to solve the outstanding, question*- concerning Manchuria and Mongolia will be reoj ened next week.
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      MITSUBISHIS' ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL.
      32 8 MITSUBISHIS' ACTIVITY IN BRAZIL. The Mitsubishis are now said to be drafting a plan to invest a large sum of money for the purchase of certain esta blished coffee plantations in Brazil.
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      RECOVERING SUNKEN GOLD.
      64 8 It is reported that Mr. Y. Kataoka baa succeeded in recovering the ingots of goal valued at 800.000 rubles from the Black Prince, the British warship which sank in the Black Sea a hundred years ago. It is remembered that Mr. Kataoka had formerly succeeded in salvaging
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      AMERICAN FISH FOR JAPAN.
      87 8 Mr. Icho, a fishery expert of tht Agriculture Office, has brought back from America 2,000 rainbow trout from Mon> tana, and 800 crappic and 2,000 crawfish, both of which are from the Columbia River. These freshwater fish will be distributed among the rivers and lakes of
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    BOY SCOUT ASSOCIATION.
    34 8 Orders for week-ending October 22nd. Wednesday, 6th. Troop Inspection, Vic toria Bridge School, 6 p.m. Thursday, Band Practice, Headquarters, 6.15 p.m. Friday, Signalling Class, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. BENJAMIN PARDY, District Commissioner.
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    17 8 Dr. M. A. Gabriel has resigned from the Government Medical Service and has started practice al Klang.
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    MORE SHOOTING.
    176 8 CHINATOWN FIGHTS. Rival gangs of Chinese have been active during the week-end with the result that several fights are reported to have taken place in the China town districts. The trouble in this quarter did not involve any serious stabbing or shooting affairs. Two arrests have been made
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    TRAGIC DRAMA OF WEST AFRICA.
    119 8 SECOND MATE RUNS AMOK. London. Oct. I. Paris. A traffic drama of the" tropics is revealed in a report from French West Africa. j As the French cargo steamer Beau Soleil was approaching the Gabon coast on September 25th, the second mate mounted the bridge,
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    56 8 Programme of drills up to and for 23rd. October, 1927. Thursday, 20th. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Chinese Company. Friday, 21st., 5 p.m., Jardine Steps, Defence Electric Light Unit. Saturday, 22nd., 2.30 p.m.. Farrer Range. Bukit Timah Range, "C" (Scottish) Coy. Sunday, 23rd., 8.30 a.m. Farrer Range. S.R.E.
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      104 8 ca^.'w m) "J 1 T 'ZimO^^^^^ PkyOkerZA. Cmsrm&X* ***?_> _•_> __»_____>J-^y FOR HEALTHY HAIR "Vaseline" Pomade is an absolutely pure and harmless petroleum product. Applied regularly to the scalp with the finger tips it assists in preserving the beauty and vitality of the hair. CHESEBROUGH MEG. CO., CONS'D New York
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      312 8 ULCERS W g*, Cannot Resist ZAM-BUK. /~\NLY the victim of poisoned or flesh -eating -.ore*. can properly describe their incessant pain, heat and irritation how they rob one of all sleep and rest at night and make it impossible to move about during the day. Even in the worst cases
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    STABILISING TIN PRICES.
    138 9 PRODUCERS' ASSOCIATION FORESHADOWED. ELIMINATING THE SPECULATOR, [Router's "Service.] London. Oct. 17. An announcement is expected shortly iving the world pri*e of tin at C3OO S .on under a sch.me devised by British, American and Dutch interests to control -he pi ice. A producers' association is to be
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    FRENCH TARIFFS TROUBLE.
    111 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Oet. 17. It is understood the proposals in the Preach taritf note received on Saturday do not Uppear satisfactory. The French tariff trouble appears to be the conditions France attaches to COU- ssions in regard to the customs status of American goods during th<-
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    NATAL'S PETROLEUM SCHEMES.
    81 9 Reuter's Service.] Durban, Oct. 17. The Naii) Advertiser understands the Government has decided to support a proact to establish a local refinery to deal vith imported crude petroleum and manu'act tire of finished products. The Board of Trade has undertaken to pei ate the existing legislation in
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    FLIGHTS THAT FAILED.
    87 9 Reuter's Service.] Old Orchard. O.t. 17. Mra. Francis Grayson, who has been iwaiting favourable weather since early in September to make a night to Copenhagen Ooh "If in her machine •'The Pawn" with fOldsborough as navigator and Wilmer >hults as co-pilot, but after pro-.-eeding t<> ta returned
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    BRAZILIAN AIRMEN KILLED.
    42 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rio de Janeiro. Oct* 17. Three Brazilian airmen who engaged ir xhibitiou flying _n honour of the arrival of 'octet* ami Lebris, the i'r.n.h traaa-Atiau* i. aviators, crash d, their machine caught ie and they were lulled.
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    R.A.F. EMPIRE FLIGHT.
    19 9 (Reuter's Service.] Paris. Oct. 17. The Air Force tl\ ing-boata arrived nl '■.>.'.iea;;\ a\ 2 p.m.
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    LEVINE HOME.
    27 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York. Oct. 17. The trans-Atlantic flyer Mr. Levine, ar:ved aboard the Leviathan and was receiv>y a welcome committee aboard a municipal ag.
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    DESPATCH TO RETURN EAST.
    40 9 {Reuter's Ser vie Londi.i.. Oet. 17. Tin cruiser Despatch has arrived al Chatiam after five yea's in the Far Fast with >rders to _oay o; F and r«"e.>*nrpf'<<si'.n for a further term on the China station.
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    POLISH BONDS ISSUE.
    75 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. I*. The American portion of the Polish bonds issue of $17,000,000 will be offered cm Oct. 18, at a price yielding 7.68 per cent, per annum to. investors. It is also announced the United States Federal Reset ve system is participating in
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    TRADE RESTRICTIONS.
    449 9 CONFERENCE OPENED \T GENEVA. CHINAS ATTITUDE. [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Oct. 17. The L.ague of Nations diplomatic coni ferenc? has opened, attended by 113 States and the International Chamber of Commerce I the last-nam.d in an advisory capacity. It discussed the removal of import and export restrictions and prohibitions.
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    AN EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES.
    85 9 AN EXCHANGE OF COURTESIES. BRITISH RUISERS SALUTE MR. COOLIDGB. 1 Rente 't Service.] Washington. Oct. 17. Tiie British cruisers Calcutta and Cairo have docked at the X ivy Yard. As they >• earned up thePotoman they accidentally met the yacht Mayflower on which Mr. Coolidge "as returning from a week-end
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    COMMUNISTS ON TRIAL.
    51 9 [Reuter's Service. > Budapest, Oct. 17. The trial l.as opened of the two Com** munlst ex-Peoples' Commissaries, Zoltan Szanto and Eugene Landrer, and the leader of the Extreme Left Labour, Vagi, with 55 associates- who are charged with spreading Bolshevik revolutionary propaganda under the orders of the
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    THE MEXICAN REVOLT.
    36 9 [Reuter's .Service.] Mexico City, Oct. 17. According to press advices .30 rebels, inivAwcr (.heir leader, Margarito (ioi.iez, a memb.r of the State legislature, were killed in a battle with Federal troops near Tacualzam.
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    35 9 The Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya, telegraph.* that 2,1.30 labourers arrived at Penan._r hy the Rohna, of whom 777 were landed at Penang for quarantine, the balance proceeding to Port Swettenham for quaiantine there. j*
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1927. The Tin Position.
    729 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 19, 1927. The Tin Position. The information which arrived in Reuter's cables yesterday concerning certain tin arrangements, must he accepted with a good deal of. reserve as regards the actual details, although there is sufficient smoke to indicate the existence of fire. For some time
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    525 10 H. H. The Raja Muda of Selangor and party are on a visit to Kedah. His Hiirhness the Tuan Muda of Sarawak arrived on board the Kuching from Sarawak yesterday. All orders for Poppy Day wreaths should !.e sent to Mr. Lim Kee Cheok not later than October 25th. All
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    103 10 GAMBLER'S ESCAPE. NO FINE BUT BROKEN BONES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Get. 18. In the early hours of this morning a tiokien met with an accident by falling from the roof of* a house in Tek, Soon Street and breaking his collarbone. He was attempting to escape
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    UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
    107 10 Evidence of the increasing popularity of the Matriculation, Senior and Junior Local Examinations conducted by the University of Hong Kong is afforded by the large number of candidate., who are registered for examination in 1927. The total num ber of candidates registered is 1,001. distributed as
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    NEW ZEALAND HELPS BRITISH FILMS.
    94 10 Duty of a Penny Per Foot on Foreign Productions. Wellington (New Zealand t. -The Custom (Amendment) Bill, which has been Introduced in the House of Representatives, re stores the old duty on films, under which British films will be admitted free, but fo reign films
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    SINGAPORE FLYING CLUB.
    36 10 Messrs. Keys ami Dowds well 1 arc i.e. appointed architects for the erection of a hangar for the above Club, which it is understood is Lo be completed by the end )f -Tannery.
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    324 10 Mr. N. K. Bain. District Officer. Kuala Kangsar. is going Home on leave shortly. Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer. Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board, is returning from Home by the Mantua. The perjury cases at Muar Assizes, which were reported in our Friday's issu.', were heard by Mr. Justice
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    DUTCH AIR MAIL.
    55 10 Koppen reaches Bangkok MISHAP ON LaNDINC (From Our Own Corm* n rt *-**Mga_ *t (k\ Koppen, on his retum f1,,.,.. landed here at twenty m inii... in the afternoon being Dutch Minister. He experienced a n .i-h, however and the under 1 machine was damaged. It is
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    HITAM TIN MEETING.
    70 10 (Fiom Our Own Con nl( ■Vh. Oct la At tho annual Meettni of M,.,, Company. Mr. Huntsman. p r < ed out that although th. loss on the year's working r\ finances were very sound. There was a cash balan* .i:;_„ sides Victory bonds of 13(1. 000
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    MASTERFUL MUSIC.
    122 10 Zimbalist gave anothci wonderful violin playing Theatre last night tive audience, when, a-aru-es of Mooeiwitsch previousl; was erected in front of full effect to the mu.-ir The audience was held excellent rendering of Con work I_a Folia with rai arpeggio passages for whicl works ar«* well-known I '•nly
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    201 10 The following act: >ti meeting of Committee No, i held oi U bar Uth. Decided that August Ist. 1929, il considered as the final contract date ia computing any bona- l n i ui of the new municipal offices. Decided. Mr. Elias di-Menting, U mend that a 10
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    99 10 The following sppofcltn. lonial Service have heen made by t retarv of State for the Col ed Malay States -Mr. i. C Ch. 8.. D.P.IL. and Sur-. Beanblock, M.R.C.S.. LR.C.P., Vi.™ be Medical Officers; Mr B**n t spector of Mines; Mr. 1 to be Assistant Chemist. Icai Research; Mr. -I.
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    SOUTH AFRICA'S CRISIS.
    203 11 THK FLAG HILL DEBATE GOVERNMENT INTENTIONS. I Kcuter's Service. Cape Town, Oct. 18. 1 mentoofl debate on the Flag Bii Assembly with General Hert reflohi of which he ha< a appropiiating private mem providing for night sitting week as evidence of the Gov rnnnation that the Flag
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    SMUTS DENOUNCED.
    261 11 Capt Town, Oct. fi. Sooth African opinion by a speech of General i mfontein on the burning: Um courae of which ho General Smuts as a pernnd a promote, of racial political ends and dc- ns* ot England Society and njroes as demanding: nothing i a< a people
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    BRITISH TO ATTACK HEIGHT RECORD.
    97 11 i Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Oct. 16. wins will make an attempt to fly to a height of eight ground level and thus break the irht record for aeroplanes. the intense cold at an altitude _!<* hs will wear special electri- -"thing. Oxygen will be
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    COTTON FOR RUSSIA.
    74 11 2. EGYPT WANTS CASH. PRIVATE DEAL PUT THROUGH I Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 18. U A Cairo telegram states that the Sovie Government agents have bought 40,00< cantara of cotton privately and it is beim haded in Soviet ships at Alexandria Egyptian Government cotton was not so
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    JAPANS ELECTIONS.
    122 11 FINAL RETURNS. .Xanyo Xichi Nichi Service). u Tokio. Oct. 17. >Mth the piefectural elections in 3D mf. lectures, one in Kumamoto Prefecture yet to be fought out, complete, returns showthat the Government Party. (Seiyukai) earned a victory over Opposition patties, the results being 714 Seiyukai, MO Mmseitoh, m
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    COTTON TRADE CRISIS.
    66 11 f ßouter's Service.] London, Oct. 18. The result of the ballot of members of the American cotton section of the Master Cotton Spinners' Federation on the sectionalisation of the industry for short -time organisation purposes, was made known yesterday to a committee but not publicly announced. It
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    POLISH LOAN IN LONDON.
    83 11 [Reuter's Service.l London. Oct. 18. The prospectus was published to-day of the Polish 7 per cent stabilisation loan of which _2.000.000 in sterling bonds is offered for subscription in Great Britain at 92 per cent repayable within 20 years at 103. Of the balance of the
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    OIL IN MESOPOTAMIA.
    55 11 [Reuter's Service.] Bagdad. Oct. 18. The Turkish Petroleum Company has struck oil at one of its drilling installa tions near Kirkuk. The oil shot into the air at a rate of 5,000 tons every 24 hours. The oil will be burned pending the closing of the well
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    M. CHALLE'S PROGRESS.
    16 11 [Reuter's Service] Calcutta. Oct. 18. M. Challe, on his Eastern flight, has arrived.
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    RAKOVSKY NOT WANTED.
    41 11 Nanyo Nichi Nichi Service). Tokio, Oct. 17. It is anticipated that the Japanese Government will refuse to recognize the sup posed new Russian Ambassador at Tokio in the person of _VL Rakovsky, if the Soviet makes the appointment.
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    JAPAN'S LAND TAX REVENUE.
    63 11 Nanyo Nichi Nichi Service). Tokio, Oct. 17. Referring to the prefectural share of the land -tax revenue, to be transferred fiom the State treasury to cities, towns, and villages, the Finance Office made out a draft proposal to the effect that it shall be levied as
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    64 11 The Hon'ble Mr. R. Crichton, Acting Resident Councillor, Malacca, who is retiring shortly, was the guest of Mr. Tan Soo Hock, J.P., at dinner at his residence, 129. Heeren-st., last Thursday. Among those present were Mr. Justice Sproule, Dr. E. G. Weir, Major W. M. L. Bower, Messrs. G. C.
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    CONTINENTAL LABOUR TROUBLES.
    133 11 A STRIKES IN SPAIN AND GERMANY. WAGE REDUCTIONS. t 5 [Reuter's Service. 1 f London. Oct. 18. Further evidence of labour troubles on t the Continent are contained in Madrid i news that the miners of the Asturias I region have struck work refusing to accept a
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    NORWAY'S ELECTIONS.
    72 11 LAMM R GAIN EXPECTED. [Reuter's Service.] Oslo, Oct. IS. A Labour gain of ten seats, chiefly at the expense of the Conservatives and Com munists, is expected as a result of the elections for the Storthing which are conducted on proportional representation. The Xoiwegian Labour Party, with which
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    EAST AFRICAN PROBLEMS.
    176 11 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 15. Major-General Sir Edward Northey, who commanded the northern force in the East African campaign in the late war and was afterwards. Governor of Kenya, was the guest of honour at a dinner celebrating the campaign. He expressed the view that
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    NATIONAL EXPENDITURE TO BE REDUCED.
    111 11 [British Radio Official Service I Rugby. Oct. 17. The newspapers attach some importance to the visit which Mr. Montagu Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, paid today to the Prime Minister. They understand that the visit is a prelude to renewed efforts which Mr.
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    30 11 Lieut. Col. C. J. Pickering, C.M.G., D.5.0., commanding officer of the 2nd. Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment, is due to return to Malajtß on Nov. 4th. by the Mantua. I
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    NORTH BORNEO'S PROSPECTS.
    1029 11 H. E. the Governor Interviewee SURE DEVELOPMENT ON SOUND LINES. His Excellency Mr. J. L. Humphrey* C.8.E., Governor of British North Bornec who is at present staying at Governmen House, Singapore, gave some interestinj i details with regard to the development a I British North Borneo, in
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    FIGHTING' THE MOSQUITO.
    1078 13 Malaria Problems Still to be Solved. MALARIA COMMISSIONS REPORT. It is thirty years since the malaria para site was first found in a mosquito, and all doubt was resolved as to the means by which infection spreads from man to man. The lesson of this great discovery
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    53 13 The death occurred last week at the Royal Naval Hospital. Hong Kong, of Chief Petty Officer W. J. Barnes, of H.M.S. Danae. It is learned that the deceased died from general peritonitis. C. P. O. Barnes was forty years of age and leaves a widow and son at Home to
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    THE MANCHESTER TUBES.
    115 13 The scheme for an underground system of transport in Manchester comprises an inner circle and a fifty-mile system into the outlying districts. From an engineering point of view the proposals present no obstacles, and it is understood that the question of cost is the only one likely
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    1049 14 Scotland Yard Often Knows the Thief. BEFORE HE COMMITS THE THEFT! The British police specialise not in manhunting but in keeping an eye on the potential criminal Mr. Melville Davisson Post shows in his new book "The Man-Hunters." they apprehend the criminal in many cases,
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    35 14 Phra ■■JSWaaj Moan... i hc Department of the Master has left for the North in white elephant recently cap" p t mother in the art »f baai which is to convey them to I>.'.>** K
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1138 15 The Immigration Act GO SLOW (From Our Own Correspondent. Bangkok, Oct. 8. The authorities have very wisely decided to introduce the Immigration Act moreslowly than some of its supporters possibly approve, but there can be no doubt as to the wisdom of the official action. A week
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    MONS RETREAT RECALLED.
    145 15 EPISODE OF LOST MUM. London. Oct. 1. During the Mons retreat a drummerboy »f the Second Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was hard-pressed and hid his drum in a bush in Le Cateau. The advancing Germans found the drum »nd eventually it passed to Herr
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    KING AND DYING SOLDIER.
    158 15 I'oiunant War Inciden*. London, Sept. 27. A poignant war incident, in which the chief actors were the King and a dying soldier was revealed ta day by the Rev. Lastts Hope of the United Free Church. Huntley. He says that a famous surgeon related the Story
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    158 15 \IR COMMODORE SAMSON TO RETIRE. London. Sept. 28 Air Con.niodore Samson, who led the Air Force flight to Cape Town last April, and who has beea nicknamed the Captain Kettle of the Air Force owing to his dappemsss and short rakish beard, will shortly be retiring. He
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    163 15 According to London builder, people a preference for "going- up to bed." •nd many object to bungalows because they ■ust sleep on the same level. It is a queer i re.iudice; and the Manchester Guardian ucrgests a strain of ancestry which disposes us to mount to the tree-tops for '.est.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    67 16 S.S. RUSINGA DESTROYED BY FIRE. Consignment of Diamonds Lost. London, Oct. 3. The steamer Rusinga, while in Mu'soma Port on Friday, suddenly caught fire and was completely destroyed. The cause of the fire is not known. No loss of life occurred, but 500 tons nf cargo were lost,
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    347 16 The O.S.K. Canada Maru is due to arrive here from A.rica to-morrow and will probably sail the following day from the wharf for Japan. Mr. L. J. Hazel of the Shipping department of Sime, Darby and Co. Malacca, is leaving for Singapore on transfer about the end of the month.
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    IMPERIAL SOCIAL HYGIENE CONGRESS.
    379 18 J INCIDENCE OF VENEREAL DISEASE IN INDIA. London. Oct. .">. J» The Imperial Social Hygiene Congress 'a devoted to day's afternoon session to the Indian aspect of veneral disease, i* Lord Lytton spoke of India's special pro [p blcms in this connexion and stressed tho importance
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    POPE'S SPEECH TO LEGIONARIES.
    121 18 CONSIDER ABLE CATHOLIC COMMENT. London, Oei. 2. The Observer's Paris correspondent ■ays there is considerable comment in Roman Catholic tittles on the Tone's speech to the American Legionaries, which. according to the "Gaulois"' is a distinct departure from the aentral war attitude hitherto laken. lt is
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    "THE BELOVED VAGABOND."
    150 18 [Hannen Swaffer, writing in the Daily Express of August 31st, says that if the all-British musical play, "The Beloved Vagabond," proves a success it should strike a fatal blow at Jazz.] Hail! Beloved, thrice-beloved Vagabond You've won the world's affection trom this hour For breaking coryhantic Jazz's
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    "LOVED" IN TENNIS.
    167 18 love of the game and not for any stake as that in Butler's "Hudibras" (1678), while in 1742 Hoyle in his "Whist" uses "love" as a seore of nothing. Before we proceed to theorise let u r_member that a writer in tba "Gentleman V Magazine" in 1780
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    EXCHANGE.
    64 19 Bank m.s. 2|3 31-32 Bank demand 2 3 23-3? Private credits 3 m.s. 2!4.4 Ne v York, demand 56*^ Credits 90 days 57 >_ France, demand 1420 India, T. T. 153*4 Hong Kong, dcmatul 1 1 V% p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 119-4 Java demand 139 Bangkok, de-mand 80 Bar
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    C OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    53 19 U.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F Spot 58*4 58.. Standard R.S.S. on Tender Oct. 58% 59 Nov-Dec. 59a_i 60 J an -Mar. 61 62 Apr-June 63 >i 63-v Tone of Market: Steady. Latent Cable: I omion Spot Sheet 16^d per lb New York Spot Sheet G.cts
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    PRODUCE.
    216 19 [October 18. Tin IM Toms |ISI_M G j' in bier Pepper Whit.' 101l Pepper Rlack (*3 Flake Tapioca g Pearl Bags Small s Copra iijpp I Copra Sundriod 12.00 I Opium, Benares 'int. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin than Mark Red Bagls (New) 330 1 Rice, Siam old No. 1.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    328 19 FRASER 'S SHARE LIST. j Yesterday's Alterations. Eastern Sitn 2'Jt 'M< Hud Vai (£1) 27s (ki 30s Huey \ot Pref. <$t 29s Gil 31« Huoy Yot Ord. 2'.»s C»d 31a 'dris 54a 6d si\s e.d. Kamunun.ir (ss) ISs 19a 6d C.d. Kinta Tin ($1 > 1.36 1.40 Klang Kivcj <$1>
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    KUALA LUMPUR MEWS.
    84 19 OPINION SCEPTICAL. (From Our Own Correspondent. j Kuala Lumpur. Get, lb. Discussing Reuter's tin rumour the Malay Mail says that remembering what happened te> the attempt to secure a minimum price for rubier, public- opinion will be sceptical regarding ttie success of any scheme to do the
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    IPOH VIEWS.
    133 19 (From Our Own Correspondent t. Ipoh, Oct. IS. With reference to Reuter's cable regard ing a tin producers' association, the Times of Malaya points out that the proposal was made in the middle of the year by Sir William Henry, speaking at the meeting e>f Tavoy Tin Dredging
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    97 19 Yesterday's Alterations. October 18, Closias Prices. Buyp»-s SplWs Horn* Fatts }M 1.00 Kucha] ($> 2.12% 2.16% M a'avan Cons. 1.15 1.19 N 'orth Tafofng 1.12% 1.17% R*ttnian Hyd. 1.85 1.90 Tai'>in»- 1.1« ].2'\ 4yer Molek '2.0') 2.12% Brotra 1.40 1.4"i Rukit Katil S8 92 r 'hanerkat Seftbuijf
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    ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
    39 19 (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTORCAR MARINE j Fidelity Guarantee—Administration Bonds l Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO.. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    RUBBER RUMOURS.
    128 19 Meetings in Kuala Lumpur. IMPORTANT DECISION TAKEN? (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Oct. IS. The Malay Mail states that various rumours arc circulating locally regarding a further cat in Standard production of rubber, as a result of interviews in Kuala Lumpur during the week end of the
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    THE TIN POSITION.
    1180 19 Tendency Towards Increased Supplies. AMERICAN CONSUMPTION. Speculation as to the prospects in the tin market have been life in Singapore (luring the past few weeks in conse-punc. of the sharp movements which have taken place in the price of this sensitive com modity. Before beginning l> examine
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      361 19 BANKING, YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880 Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,C0C fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.96,500,0C0 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: K. Takeuchi Esq. DIRECTORS. M od_.gui.Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Ichinomiya Esq. K. TaUnni, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. V. Watanabe. Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Baroa K.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1436 20 It is never an easy task to get together a representative side to play in the interport cricket matches. The team which R. B. Hancock brought down from Hong Kong last year was by no means the best that could have been selected and the result was that,
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    229 20 Keppel Golf Club. THE ANNUAL MEETING. j The twenty-fifth annual general meeting >f Keppel Golf Club was held at the Clubtouse last evening, Mr H. B. Salmond predding over a small attendanceBefore the business commenced the question was raised as to whether the eleven embers present formed a
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLIB.
    51 20 Ladies October Sp'M.n (Bogey). Twenty-five cards were taken out for the above .and the foHosring returned: Mrs. J. D. Mair 1 down J. Groikthoff 7 2 Pittendrigh H> 2 J. L. Wells IS f W. .Marshall 12 2 Miss Sinclair It S Mrs. J. Robertson Smith 0
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    PORTABLE TRACK INVENTED.
    129 20 London. Oct. 4th. A portable greyhound racing track, yards _e>n*r. has heen .lesion od. complete tvith electric hart 1 start inc b.'»x. ar.el COT Tad .rrandstand holding ♦•.000 spectators. It can be laid down in three hours anel for use in towns and villages where a :>.•!
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    108 20 Channel Swimming. MISS GLEITZE WILL VINDICATE HER SEX. (Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 17. As a sequel to Miss Logan's hoax confession, Mercedes Gleitze, the London typist, announces her intention of attempting the Channel swim from Grisnez on Wednesday night accompanied by Swimming Association officials and pressmen as a
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    MACARTNEY RETIRES.
    19 20 T Reuter's Service. Sydney, Oct. IS. Macartney has announced that he is definitely retiring from firstclass cricket.
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    SHOOTING.
    109 20 Malay Company's Meeting. The .Yalay Company of the S.V.C. are holding their annual rifle meeting on the Bukit Timah Range on October 23rd., an excellent programme having been arranged. In addition te> falling plate, deliberate and rapid firing matches at the 200. 300, 500 anil 000 yards ranges, the
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 9.
    30 20 The second coupon for Football Coipe tit ion No. appears em page 0. Entries close on Friday morning and must reach this office by ten o'clock.
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    FOOTBALL.
    58 20 Ancients \ersus Moderns at S.C.C. An interesting match Ancients versus Moderns, has been arranged to be played on the S.C.C. gtound to-morrow. The teams will be: Ancient. Utermark; Sinclair, Lee; Earle. Buchanan. Duff; Macl_ennan, Tait, Semple. McOwan and Dr. Thompson. Modern. Barnes; Young and Kuenzler; Bovens. Fraser, F. G.
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    RUGBY.
    53 20 R UG BY. The S.C.C. practice match arranged for yesterday was cancelled owing to the hard state of the ground. To-morrow an S.C.C. team will meet Headquarters B, Duke of Wellington's, at Tanglin. On Saturday there will.be a tournament match Etceteras and Law versus Bankers, and Insurance and Public Services
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    HOCKEY.
    61 20 The fedlowing will represent tho Y.M.C.A. vs. Boustead and Co. at hockey on Thursday on the Y.M.C.A. ground: F. H. Lamothe; L. W. Byrd and D. W. Dale; E. Beeching, J. W. Carlyle and A. N. Katyal; C. de Haas. P. Buschow, H. G. Stack (Capt.), E. V. Smith
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    NOT SO WRIGGLESOME.
    110 20 A new opening for the Empire Marketing Board is suggested by the news that the export of frozen eels from New Zealand to London is under consideration. A Billingsgate firm says that "properly worked there would be a fair opening for good quality, medium-sized frozen eels, but
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    AFFRAY IN CHINATOWN.
    280 20 Police Prevent Serious Disturbance. PISTOLS DRAWN IN CHINA STREET. Rival Chinese gangs have revived their activities with the result that the Police have been kept busy quelling outbursts in various parts of Chinatown. The rows in China Street and the vicinity eluring Saturday and Sunday resulted in
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    THE CHANGI MURDER.
    265 20 CORONER (.IVES EVIDENCE. The preliminary enquiry into the Changi child murder was cemimenceel in the Coroner's Court esterday when Colonel Hope Falkner. the City Coroner gave _»videno_». The murder was ceimmitteel in a house* at the 7H mile Changi Road on the oth. instant .when a boy
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    THE DERAILED TRAIN.
    198 20 Dashes into Lindslip. Fuller details are now to hand says Monday's Malay Mail of the mishap which befel a special on Friday night near Sungti Buloh. There was a cloud-burst in the Sungei Buloh district, six inches of rain }*eing registered in two hours. The train, which
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    26 20 Mr. J. W. Jefferson, Chief Superintendent of Physical Education, S.S., has been giving lectures on physical training to the Malacca teachers during the last five weeks.
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