The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 December 1927

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press !0 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1927. NO. 12,295
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    272 1 A dramatic story of the rescue of a number of Italian priests and nuns, who had been captured hy Communists in China, by a party from H..M.S. Seraph is cabled- Page 11. There have been further adjurations to the Lancashire cotton trade to remodel its organisation on
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    SPOTTED DOG.
    1049 1 Cooks of a simple sort must have bOM cooking that dinner. It may bg that they were children, showing what they had learned in school ahout plain cookery. Or else they were soldiers, regimental cooks cooking their best, in strife against other regimental cooks, I have forgotten: it
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      260 1 :j WING LOONG. KOI! HK.H CLASS TAILORING. :>!e, Cut and Finish Guaranteed 32, HIGH STREET. V.V.'.V. •.VAVAV%Vd-AVAIWVWV RAFFLES HOTEL. tea New Year's Eve batik' I DAWB T~~ D M GRILL I KX ERY T aACy IIrCSS Odll OPEN DAILY I MONDAY. FROM I UKDNESDAY Th manageltlent re^ ret to ad-
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      281 1 y-v.VAv^vywwwjvwwy^^ THE ffpfi\L° DIARY i FOR 1928 K^ "—"•'•i THIS RONEO J P ro «uct has earned for itself a Bt >/n^ 1 place on the busy man s desk bv jL J reason of its real helpfulness. K i^i^§)Er^Ez: I No other I)iar >' Possesses the W |J| 1/
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      122 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Try a Packard Six— Page 8. Special Alharnbra features Pago 2. Whiteaway's for silk hosiery Page <5. Quantities i f elean r3gs inquired— Pape 9. Etched jrlass lioueur sets at Little s Page 10. Notice re flooding of Kluang-Mersing road Pape Caldb*H-k. MacgTagor have a retail <le partment
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      19 1 I WING LOONG. t > THE RECOGNISED HOUSR J f or J; EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. -J 32, HIGH STREET? jl
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      191 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 29tft. Hijrh Water. IM a.m.. <V4. J.ll p.m.. fcS. Malacca: H. W. 10.20 a.m.. 6.3. 10.40 p.m.. 1.4, Pasak Rubber Meeting Derrick* 11.45 a.m. Alor (.iajah Meeting, Derricks noon. Pujam Meeting, Derricks, 12.30 p.m. Rugby: S.C.C Tournament, Seiviccv vs. A.P.C Reception on Op Ten Xoort, 3.30 p.m.
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    AFGHAN'S RULER.
    116 2 .Vlessai:*- to king George. New Delhi. Dec. 11. Quetta, Dec. 11th. Kint: Amanulhi Khan of Afghanistan has telegraphed the following reply to H.M. the King Emperor. "I have received with great pleasure Your Majesty's welcome telegram, which is full of sincere sentiments. "I thank Your Majesty for your
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    "INSULT TO INDIA'S SELF-RESPECT."
    96 2 Mrs. I'esant Condemns Stataterj Commission. Madras. Dec. 1. Mrs. Annie Besant. who pteiided at i\w West Coast Political Conference, declared that India would aever agree to Constitution made for her in tht- Weat. She vehemently condemned Ihe Statu Commission a^ an insult to India'a self reepoel
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    STREET RETTING IN LIVERPOOI.
    107 2 l»<M»kmnker and Nine Policemen Charged. London. Dt'c. 2. Thomas Campbell, bookmaker, and nine policemen were charged at Lfoerpoo] Police Court to-day under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The pnMfcutlpn alleged that Campbell** agent bribed th< policemefl k"l a we* k during the flat racing Mason and
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    £50.000 SUIT AGAINST KAISER'S SISTER.
    117 2 £50.000 S UIT AGAINST KAISER'S SISTER. Mannequin to Claim for "Alienation." Mile. Odette Louis, the twentv-one-vear old Paris mannequin, states that she in tends to file a suit at Bonn for IMjMfl damages f«r" alienation against Princess Victoria, the ex-Kaiser's sister, now the wife of M. Alexander Zoubkoff, the twentyfour
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    LONDON'S SURPLUS PIGEONS.
    95 2 Many to be Destroyed. London, Dec. 6. "My children love a pigeon pip" la a significant extract in a letter to the Lord Mayor of London which summarises the practical suggestion of a mother of 24 children, a dozen of whom are under 12, how to dispose
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    PRIDE IN A COACH OF IVORY.
    104 2 Maharajah's Loan for an English Wedding. Mi Enid Reynolds is probably the only hride in the world who ha< had the distinction of befog driven from the church after the maruutrc ceremony in a coach of pure white ivory, co*tin K many thousands of
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      283 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY. CINEMA —SIDESHOWS UNION STAR (MALAY) OPERA. Various Amusements GATE 10 CTS^ M i DAM Kelvey's ffi: «1M Pypils P Will give J you all a t aW w aflMfl|HM|^^ in surprise H aby wonders eautiful tfirls B"^^^^ rilliant costumes etter dancing rijjhter items •BBla^^ iij^er than ever
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      324 2 Victoria Theatre FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY. FRIDAY AND SATURD \Y NEXT AT 9.30 P.M. THE LAST SHCW OF 1027 DICK NORTON presents THE GLOBE TROTTERS "EN CASSEROLE" FINISH THE OLD YEAR WITH A LAUGH. Friday Next Dec. 30th. Saturday Next Dec. 31st. BOOKING AT LITTLES PRICES $4, 2 AND 1.
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      358 2 COMMENCING THURSDAY, 29th. DECBMBEK. ANOTHER OF THE B^G PICTURES OF THE VEAR VI i HI ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd.. Proprietors) In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A WILLIAM FOX IiIANT PRODUCTION. A Screen Version of the Great Broadway Play by Au^in St. A PICTURE THAT WILL GRIP
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    "REM. RESTRICTION AT LAST."
    254 3 th» Kditor, Malay Mail.) Mil comes so sick and tired of imcd (or misinformed) stateuhliaacd fa the local press that pos;i insert this letter, the facts .vhich 1 iU-fy anyone in authority takM the trouble, properly to i i.»usly to impugn. I eatraJ AaVfaaty Committee did
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    A WIDESPREAD FAILING.
    204 3 i oold be curious and interesting task I o discover what minority of people I M Hi day ian plead not guilty to I OtnpUini about 'Shameful and I Ktable" yieldiners to popular superI rtainly there is no class exempt I against the many superI tht pen-ant
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    PENAL SERVITUDE FOR BLACKMAILER.
    121 3 PENAL SERVITUDE FOR BLACKMAILER. \Nid»« Threatened by Young Man. London, Dec. 7. f th€ eiaikmailing of a wealthy Jessie Taylor, by a young White Barrett, whom she met told at the Old Bailey to-day, pN-aded guilty to uttering: a f6OO with menaces, from sentenced to f<>ur years tude. for the
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    SHANGHAI CRIME.
    38 3 i«ures for Last Month. *Wf crime figures for Shangth<' November summary, speak rii robtofat 137 12 for murder 14 kill* 3 Polk* killed 1 J^/ians killed 8 wounded by robbers 4 kilfcd 8 1 «xrcsU4 39
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    TERROR LEAGUE IN A COURT.
    322 3 I^Honer Silenced by Glarin* Eyes. Kcrlin. Not. 9. Scowling individuals of the criminal type tilled the court in Berlin to-day when a man.narm-d Borchardt was sentenced a* three and a half years' imprisonment for* lulling his wife. They had turned up in full numbers in
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    PLAT SAVED BY £25.
    269 3 "Helmed Vagabond" Respite*). London. Nov. 7. "The Beloved Vagabond" has been saved by OS. Basil Dean nearly secured the NewTheatre for the Noel toward play. Sirocco. Then, on Saturday night, as- nearly a hundled more playgoers than were expected turned up to see the Locke Ross-Glass
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    POACHER AND KEEPER FIGHT.
    135 3 At PwIUmH Richard Griffith Jones, farm labourer, Glandwr Dinas, was fined £3 and VI costs for assaulting .John Owen, chief gamekeeper, Cefnamhvch estate, and for night poaching. The complainant said he found the defendant shooting on the estate at ten o'clock at night. He was carrying
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    CLUE TO CURE OF CANCER.
    58 3 Liverpool Discovery. Barnacles may provide an important clue to cancer, judging by the discoveries at the Liverpool University where research work»rs are investigating marine growths. Doctor Johnstone, Professor of Oceanography, accidentally noticed to-day phenomena similar to those made by his colleague, Professor Blaii, in studying
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    GERMAN "FAKIR" BURIED ALIVE.
    177 3 GLASS-TOI'i'ED COFFIN. Berlin. Dec. 7. A Dusseldorf man, Hubert, at present lies in a glass-topped coffin 6 fe<tt below the surface of the sports ground at Stuttgart where he will remain until Saturday, when he will be dug up after being buried alive for 120 hours.
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    A SERBIAN BRIDE.
    317 3 During her engagement the Serbian bride-to-be is tremendously busy. She cannot, on marriage, enter her husband's house with empty hands. Her trousseau is big and she must stitch, hem, and embroider every bit of it herself. She also gives a set of linen clothes to her fiance,
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    REVISED VERSIONS.
    235 3 It is not often, says the Manchester Guardian, that misprints tan be detected in a modern edition of the Bible -like thai just discovered in the lectionary Bible at Leckhampstead Church, where, in 2 King? i\\ 1, "Gird up thy loins" is rendered "Gird up thy lions," but
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    WHEN SHAVING IS IMMORAL.
    123 3 King's Campaign for Long Beards. Tnt Mecca correspondent of the Damascus newspaper El-Muktebes describes the duties of the "Council for Good Morals" which lbn Saud, the King of the Hedjaz, has established. The council, is now occupied in scouring the streets and Government offices, seeking out
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      337 3 I AVOID THAT MORNING SCRAPE I BY USING I I "WARDQNIA" SAFETY BLADES I I YOU WILL FIND THEM FAR SUPERIOR TO OTHERS, I I THEY ARE BRITISH MADE AND CHEAPER. Stocked By: 4) 3g MAYNARD CO., LTD., Battery Road. TIMMS DISPENSARY LTD., Raffles Place. g? ROBINSON^A CO., LTD., Raffles
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    CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA.
    203 4 MARRING BEAUTIES OF SYDNEY HARBOUR?-AUSTRAUA'S SHARK FISHING INDUSTRY. The photograph, looking up Sydney Harbour from over Garden Island, stows the points from which the main arch of Sydney Harbour*! new bridge will span. A 17 feet tijrer >hark ju>!t. Shark ski.i when E&fmed yields k-ulhvr ol
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    LORD OF APPEAL AS HUMORIST.
    346 5 V \K< IX>TES OF THE COURTS. judges and two notable trials are called by l^n\ Shaw of Dunfermline, the M and v\ itty Lord of Appeal, in a debook <»f memories, "The Other p u n*il< Hutchinson). [/yoking ?>:u>k over n s seventy-seven •<! Shaw
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    CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN "INSULTED."
    188 5 INCIDENT AT HAMJIET. London. Dec. 9. R aid Amundsen, the famous xplorer, has resigned his honorary L r membership of the Royal Society, following correspond- irding his allegation in an Amerikgazine that he was grossly insulted B when the lattrr presided Geographical Bocioty'i bonqpot in AmundBen*i honour.
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    COMEDY KEHIXD THE SCENES.
    141 5 npaid (horns Create a Dislurba^tce. n utit t>t raoidinary episodes behind BceftM at the Gaiety Theatre, afer the pcrformtaec of "The Girl from which cost £20,C00 to produce ami reputed to have lesuUed in a ka«i of QO.OOO in five weeks. ♦r this the piece was
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    £1900,000,000 A YEAR IN HIRE PURCHASE.
    355 5 Greatest Factor in American Prosperity. Buying by instalments is one of the most potent agencies for American prosperity. It has increased production, stabilised output, reduced production costs, and increased purchasing power throughout the country. This is the verdict of Professor Edwin A. Seligman, America's
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    A DRESSING-DOWN.
    120 5 A DRESSING-DOW N. M. Poiret on the American (iirl's Three Blemishes. Feminine America, is very disturbed by •\n interview with M. Paul Poiret. the Paris dress designer, which appeared in a Boston newspaper, and in which M. Poiret was qpotod as saying he noticed three defects in most women in
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    SHE LIKES DANCING.
    115 5 How an 18- Years-Old Servant Applied for a Job. This letter was received from Bath by «:i En field householder who advertised for domestic servant: I am IK years old, can play the piano, and am very fond of >wimming and dancing, especially the Charleston. I am
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    STAMP COLLECTING.
    422 5 No Decline in the Hobby. Amongst notable recent issues of a special character have been the stamp commemorating the Lindbergh Flight, issuea by the United States; the series from Canada in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of Confederation; the Australian stamp issued for the opening of th? new
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    MINISTER WHO MENDS CLOTHES.
    157 5 Wife's Stockings as his Charge. Hussein Ali Khan, the new Persian Minister in Paris, has a curious hobby. He always carries with him a case containing needles, scissors, and thread, and spends his spare time sewing. The Minister informed M. Doumerirui 1 the French President, that
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    BEECHAM'S BUY LORD DERBY'S PROPERTY.
    92 5 A big business deal has been entered into by the Beecham Estates and Pills, Limited, which proposes to change its name to the Covent Garden Properties Company, Ltd. The company has purchased Lord Derby's settled estates in ihe Liverpool district, consisting of the freehold and
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    STAMP ISSUE FOR 9 PEOPLE.
    197 5 ISLAND THAT TAXES HORSES. Suva, Fiji. Do stamp collectors, or the genera 1 public, realise that within the Empire there is a country which has a beautiful stamp issue for the use of nine white people? The lovely South Sea island Aitutaki has besides some
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      36 5 Mind my Throat? I am minding my throat this is a Craven "A" Made Specially to Prevent Sore Throats by Carreras Ltd. Sole Agent. HUTTENBACH LAZARUS SONS LTD. SINGAPORE, PENANG, IPOH, KUALA-LUMPUR H j^^ .rf^^^Bß^^^^ l^^^^^Jßßß^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B**^*^i^i^^^"^BHß^P'Sii3'^B
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      47 5 PICKWICK IN PICTURES. B y Arthur Moreland. No. 4. Mr. Pickwicks first journey. <c^M R 'PiCKWiCKS r^=r/^ fpHj b© /^SS?SiCh M* Pickwick I ilffli iffili with the assistance of a IF y%) LONDON home J.±f \Yty\ s^\ \\Wsi?j; fid de.pa.rt" trP^V' 1 waterman he: H'.res j^L r^mt^Sllm
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    NOISES OF CIVILISATION.
    479 6 The Nerve Strain of Town Life. The incalculable amount of suffering, injury to health, and loss. of wealth, caused by the noise of modern street traffic, were emphasised by Professor Sportner in a lecture he delivered* on "Preventible Noise and the Thinker," to the members of the
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    POLICEMAN IN THE LIMELIGHT.
    178 6 New Idea at a Dangerous Crossing An aerial "lighthouse. which fcltfOWS down a brilliant beam on the paint duty policeman and lights him up for Lhe bene* fit of night motorists, is the latest innova tion to be adopted by the Ministry of Tiansp«>rt. There are
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    BURLESQUE OF EX-KAISER.
    194 6 New Rasputin Play Sen* n ion. Berlin, Nov. 10. The much-talked-of Resputin play, in which the Kaiser and Alphonse Daudet. General Haig, and General Foch, Lenin and Trotsky, the Czar, and the unfortunate monk-influenced Czarina are all brought on the stage, was produced here to-night for the
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    TRIALS OF THE DANCE TEACHER.
    380 6 CAREER FOR GIRLS WITHOUT NERVES. Pily the poor dancing mistress: Ail the dancing classes are in full swing once more, and the dancing mistreat has again taken up her hard task. **Yes, dancing for a living is harder than dancing lor joy," said a well-known
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    FATAL FOREIGN DRUGS.
    224 6 207 DEATHS CAUSED IN 20 YEARS. Foreign drag! have been responsible during the period 1905-1925 for over 257 deaths in England. This charge was made l>y Sir William Willeox. Medical Adviser to the Home Ortic^, before the Medico-Legal Society in the presidential address delivered by him and
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    PRISONER ARGUES WITH A JUDGE.
    178 6 "Here to Dish Out as Much as You (an." A long list of convictions was produced ■gmiMt Dunstan (Veil Fuesdale. aged twenty-one, a labourer, who was convicted at York Assizes of housebreaking. Mr. Justice Roche to Fuesdale: If you do not have a sharp sentence
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    WOMEN'S HEADS LIGHTER.
    62 6 New York. Women's heads in America are lighter by more than 3,400 tons since shinpling was introduced. This statement was made by* Miss Gertrude B. Lane, the editor of the Woman's Home Companion, when addressing a meeting of American advertising" agencies. She also mentioned that there were
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      268 6 IWHITEAWAYS Have Made A Special Purchase of 2635 DOZENS Ladies* Pure Silk STOCKINGS MADE BY THE FAMOUS PHOENIX HOSIERY CO. The Acme of Value MADE TO RESIST The Push of the Toe The Tread of the Sole The Rub of the Heel The Tug of the Ankle IN ALL THE
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      273 6 HOW TO USE LUX FOR WASHING FABRICS ji 5 lI SE a level tablespoonful of LUX to each quart ol water. |<»^ ih« J« U LUX into a little hot water first; when dissol\ed. add tmH <>! cold to make solution tepid. Whisk up to bubbly suds and plunge the
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    HANGED 85 TIMES.
    706 7 But He Still Laughs Defiantly. "KILL AND LET KILL/' For it's always fair weather When assassins pet together! The Murderers' Sonjr. Just a moment while I poison JPOUBg Eric Vavasour and bum The Papers, and 1 will *cll you what a irnat time we stage and film
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    472 7 The New Racecourse. The annual general meeting of the members of the Selangor Turf Club was held on Friday in the Selangor Club, with Mr. J. MacDonald in the chair. Mr. R. Swettenham asked on the authority of what rule had the committee appointed a supervisor of
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    25 7 There is only one consoling thought about the future, and that is that the rate of increase of the population is diminishing. Mr. Neville Chamberlain.
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    LIONESSES OF THE MODERN CHORUS.
    393 7 Auditions have recently been held in many of the London theatres in connection wilh the pantomime productions to be staged at Christmas. Less than two hundred girls are required to form the background of the forthcoming pantomimes, yet more th»n five hundred prirls attended the
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    30 7 A man fined 40s. at Stratford for assualting his wife turned to her in court and said in a piteous tone: "I have no money to pay my fine, dear."
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      127 7 111*^ Give your I Instructions from C i the Book. c 1 Introduce most appetising F J variety in your daily menu by E consulting Light Fare Recipe* C the Cookery Book containing P i 300 TESTED RECIPES. All the dishes can be easily and i economically prepared. Broun Poison
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    TREMENDOUS TRIFLES.
    144 8 Puff of Wind Aids a Rebellion. How a puff of wind was responsible for the initial success of the Irish rebellion in the Easter week of 1916 is related by the lawyer, Mr. A. M. Sullivan, in his book "Old Ireland," just published. He says that a German
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    PRISON INSTEAD OF REWARD.
    69 8 Waiter who Found £5,000 Bracelet. Two months' goal was the reward Novello, an Italian waiter at a West End Night Club, obtained for finding a bracelet. He did not realise that its value was £5,000 and endeavoured to pawn it for £2. He had not notice
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    MATTERS CHINESE.
    602 8 Canton Relief Funds Collection. (Our Chinese Correspondent). On the 20th instant. The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce received a telegram from the Chamber of Commerce, Canton, to the effect that, as a result of the disturbances and the robberies of the Communist force in Canton, distress has come
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    THE HOUSING PROBLEM IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    278 8 Things have indeed come to a pretty pass with the housing problem in Kuala Lumpur says the Malay Mail, when over $200 a month can be regarded as a normal rent for an unfurnished bungalow situated in what is in the wet season a
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      245 8 ASK THE MAN WHO OWN'* ONfc Packard beauty is &li^^^. *S^jj setting. /^r i tickfl Ka SiX WU made bining flawless beauty with such famous, not by advertising, but by thrilling performance should the praise of its owr.ers. arouse enthusiasm wherever During the past seven years it has driven. definitely
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      270 8 to DaughterThe wise practice of using M |J|t, Vftff^remedy for the stomach disorders of *&]?'*m:-* Ot «U. VAa babies and growing children has been j SjC£\t* l^ \^h\ handed down since 1851. This family '^SfJV yS\ faith in the 72-year-old rcmrd\ is '^^J[^ r \ft|\ justified, for Woodward's instantly >
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    CHINA FAMINE THREAT.
    222 9 MILLIONS ON BRINK OF STARVATION. Faced With Lingering Death. [■tutor's Far Eastern Service.] Tc!.: Dec 27. Foreigners in Shantung confnm tht nporjfe of the famine relief so-ieties that 4,0»;0,UOO people are on the brink of starvation in that province. In 18 districts out of 107 in the
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    ENGLAND'S WINTRY WEATHER.
    179 9 Villages Isolated by Snowdrifts. [Reuter's Service.] London. Dec. 27. The snowstorm was much more disturbing in the country thai in towns. Relief engines and snowplouuhs in many evatrei took hours to reach stranded trains ami then were themselves snowed up. One train which left at three yesterday
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    MEXICAN OIL CONTROVERSY.
    147 9 Coles' Friendly Solution. [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City. Dec. 27. The House of Represv.itatives passed the first reading of the Bill s^nt to the Chamber by President Calles which wiT have the effect of amending Articles 14 and 18 of the Mexican oil regulations in accordance with the
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    STATUTORY COMMISSION.
    148 9 Indian Liberal Attitude. [Reuter's Service.] Bombay, Dec. 27. The Liberals' attitude towards the Statutory Commission was voiced by Sir Tej Sapru, when presiding at the National Liberal Congress. He declared that India had not had a fair deal and urged ail parties to join and draw up a
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    A SHIPPING DISPUTE.
    197 9 AMERICA AND INDIAN JUTE. Claim for More Cargo. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Dec. 28. If h believed that the decision of the United States Shipping Board to reduce the cargo rate on jute and burlap bagging from Calcutta to Boston and New York from 86 to 25
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    THE POPE'S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE.
    70 9 [rJci'ter's Sfervfee.] lumif, De.\ 27. The Tope's 'hnsimas message to the Sacred College ifl interpreted as an exhor•uion to ihv Powers to intervene in favoui •i' appeasement. Thus Britain and France Ought to exert pressure ha China and the •inu' countiies with Germany and Poland <h<
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    NO SOVIET NEWS AGENCY AT GENEVA.
    68 9 L Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Dec. 2s. The Swiss Federal Council has announced that it will not permit the establishment f an official Soviet news agency at litMH'va. but it cannot refuse the presence of an ordinary journalist at Geneva nieiv v exercising his profession
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    FROST CAUSES RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
    39 9 Itudapest. Dec. 2S. Many panafillgfTM were injured as the PtSttlt of poods train colliding with the Hiuiapest-Bukharest express, which was held up near Kolozsvai as a result of the severe frost affecting the railway lines.
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    R.A.F. FLYING BOATS AT MADRAS.
    22 9 R.A.F. FLYING BOATS AT MADRAS. [Renter's Service.] Mangalore. Madras. Dec. 27. The Royal Air Force fl> ing-boats have Arrived here from Bombay.
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    SCOTTISH AMAZONS.
    142 9 Industrial Fatigue Board's Report. London, Dec. 11. A striking commentary on the croakers vvho regard Great Britain as a "C. 3"' natiOß is contained in the Industrial F^atijjue Research Board's reports on the physique if women in industry. Glasgow's worst slum?, According to tV' report, have produced a
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    TRAGIC FIRE IN CALCUTTA.
    145 9 Fainilies Tranued I'pstairs. As a result of a fire in a sugar shop 10 men, 3 women and 5 children died, including a seven months old baby. The victims were trapped in the upper storey whither the fire, breaking out in a small room on the
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    381 9 lIACPHAIL AND CO., LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 2,. The inteivemion of the Christmas holi days has not oiiiy curtailed the working days of the week we aie expected to review, tu( has limited the volume of business done during tile icw days which lemained. In fact
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    241 9 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 2*. Kubber. -London Is 7\ s u. Unchanged. Local 70%. I Tin.— London l'2f 2 10s. 17s 6d down. Local 131 fdr%M tons. Mining. Steady. Taiping 1.26 1.2!». Sun pei Way 3.2.') 3.30. Rahman H.whaulu i.H2V 2 ljfi\k, Kinta 1.42'. 1.47^. cur.; div. Petaling
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    U.S. STEEL CORPORATION.
    30 9 [Renter's Service.] New York, Dec. 27. Mr. J. P. Morgan has been elected (hah man f United States Steel Corporation in succession to the late Judge Gar\
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    "GUTTIE" AND "IGNIVITER."
    181 9 The golf match played the otaer da\ u test the merits of a new experimental b«F against the rubber-cored article is in the direct line of descent from the hundred^ of tests of a strictly. analogous nature at which I myself assisted very many years ago (writes
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    QUEER STORY FROM ODESSA.
    110 9 "Corpse" That Came to Life. A rich Ural landowner's body was placed in church and watched all night long by u priest and a choir-boy. When the church was opened on the morrow the boy was unconscious and the priest was found strangled. The boy declared
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    AUSTRALASIA AND ORIENT.
    844 9 POSSIBILITIES FOR THE FUTURE. Rapidly Changing: Areas. It would appear as jf the centre of rravity of future world development is gradually being shifted from the Atlantic shores toward-- the Pacific, writes Birch Helms in the Far Pastern Review. If thi? supposition is correct. Australasia ami thf
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      686 9 NOTICES. JOHORE GOVERNMENT. NOT It K. KluanK-Mv tmm k ii uu d 1 > I _>);b. mile and unpayable to tratfic. STATE ENGINEER. 31-12 BRICK KILN OPENED. We be;? to inform tho public that our brick iln factory at Pul»i, Johore, has recently been ompleted, and the manufacturing of bricks
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      37 10 TRESIDDER.— On December 20th. 1927, at Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. H. Tre&idder, a son. GUTHRIDGE.— At the European Ho?pi;«l Kual.i Lunpur, on the 24th inst^rt. to Mr. and Mrs. C. N. finthiidp. scv!
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1927. A Hopeful Indian Suggestion.
    636 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS TH URSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1927. A Hopeful Indian Suggestion. The report of the proceeding at tht Indian Liberal Congress at Bombay makes much more satisfactory reading than that of the Congress at Madras, inasmuch a. it does show a certain degree of constructive statesmanship and an absence
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    439 10 The Rev. O. B. Parsons. M.A., chaplain of Selangor, will preach at 5. .50 p.m. next Sunday at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Mr. M. R. Menon. F.1.P.5., F.C.1.. A.8.T.. will deliver a lecture on the subject of "Commerce as a Career" to-morrow at B p.m. at the Indian Association S, Owen
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    58 10 A CHRISTMAS EVE CRIME. Chinese Arrested. (From Our Own Correspondent). PenanK. Dec. 28. A Chinese nam»ed Ooi Tonp Heang is alleged to have been murdered at Batu Ferringhi on Christmas Eve. In connection with the matter Beh Thye, a Teochew, has been arrested and was produced in court
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    TANGLIN CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS TREE.
    33 10 The annual treat for the children at Tanplin Barracks takes place to-day, when a party will be given at which the children will receive parcels from a Christinas tree.
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    BISHOPRIC ENDOWMENT FUND.
    190 10 (Sixth List, of Donations.) An appeal is bein# made for a sum <>t $20,275 to raise the salary of the Bishoj of Singapore from $720 to $M)0 p.m. The Hon. Treasurer. Mr. J. A. Clarke of Kvatt ami Co.. Singapore, be*rs to acknowledge die following donations: cts.
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    THE RED ROSE'S FLIGHT.
    147 10 Delaved at Monkev Point for a \Vet?k Cabled information has been received in Singapore to the effect that the Red Rose, piloted by Captain Lancaster, which landed near Monkey Point last Thursday, wilh a damaged piston, will be detained there for a week while repairs are
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    ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL XMAS TREE.
    99 10 St. Andrew's Mission Hospital was en fete yesterday, on the occasion of the annual Christmas Tree for the patients. A large number of helpers had made the building look very gay, and Father Christmas arrived to find everything ready. Everybody received a present from the
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    125 10 Her Majesty the Queen of Siam cele Drafted her 23rd birthday on the 20th inst Mr. Alan Loke, who recently acquired a valuable mine in Jelapang has been on B vi.Mt to Ipoh. Mr. Stamford EUaVs, 0.8.E., ->f the Trade and COftOjBM Department. F.M.S., is coming back from HooM leave
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    THE NEW FORD.
    457 10 EXPECTED HERE K\Riv NEXT YEAR. Further Details. The first photographs of th.- *>* F car have arrived in Singapore am i „,,r Fresentative had an opportune them at Messrs. Wearr.e Brut <£. \esterday. The new Ford ii ;r thing entirely differont from in i Lizzie and possesses
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    43 10 LATEST TIN AM) KI'HHKH PRICES. (From Our Own Correspondent London, Dec. 2ft, .V>(> p.m. Messrs. Symington and SincUii notify to-day's rubber price Is. 7 7 «d. per lb. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus ami Sons notify to-day's tin prices £266 l/fe— £2CA 'y..
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    THE MESSIAH.
    144 10 The orchestra for the Oral complete, and ladies and gentlei have promised to help are notified Rri| practice rill Jake plttl I Cathedral at .",.10 p.m. M Tii.mlh>. thr January. The chorus will mee' for it fiwl on Thursday, the sth. January, requested that all who have taken
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    41 10 Capt A. Denny. DCOpriH r Pelak etlate, SepanK. >»^ th, »aka,aki Maru. H« Port Swettenham on WMfl nto) hor O f Furop.-an Wtnd- Jro» he and Kuala Lumpur .iistn.-:-. a.M V of Malays from EtepMl th .hip's tide to bid him farew<
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      345 10 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" IT ISN'T EVERY ONE Who Knows that Caldheck's have a Retail mm I Store at 90, Robinson Rd., and what is more, will deliver any quantity, however small, to Customers* houses. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., Ltd. (Incorporated nndtr tht Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kovg) (Incorporated in
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    IMPROVING SINGAPORE.
    344 11 THK DICKINSON HILL SCHEME. To House Slum Dwellers. I" r.n.-e been drawn up and will shortly f..<l for the approval of the Govn Council for the development of an rra of i lout six acres of valuable land by Kreta Ayer Road, Neil Road, Bridfft Road and Sago
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    IS THE DAWN SAFE ON LAND?
    77 11 (able Station's Reports. [Reuter's Service.] m. John*. Newfoundland, Dec. 2S. rtion that \\m atropitnt Dami ir.ded sonuwhorc in ♦astern an i appeara t.. he made in a Mi Hillyard, the operator ti the eoblt •tatioa at HeaitV -t»r<ta\ tVCßing ht- heard a ISSfv: "Whtre
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    BUENOS AIRES BOMBS.
    77 11 I Details of the Bank Explosions. [ReuterV Service.] r.u.n..- Aires, Dec. 28. bomb explosions at the National City^ Utink her*- and in Boston are attributed to M 1 Vanretti sympathisers. The n people who were injured include r. „nc of whom, Mrs. Emmeline English. It is believed
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    U.S. COMMERCE IN NOVEMBER.
    73 11 [Router's Service.] Washington. Dec. 28 Federal RtMTtC Board's monthly resajl that the output of manufactures I mil declined in November. t decline was in the production rears, iarirely owing to the pretc bring out new models. There bt dccnasM in textiles, coal, builditerial, and in leather
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    EUROPEAN PLANTER CHARGED.
    60 11 'Uroptan planter named J. W. Brain, before the Second Police r at» yesterday, on a charge of criI roach of trust in respect of £2,000. used was brought down to Singapore 'trtive Inspector Ashton. He was tt Seremhan on a warrant issued instaan of Nathalie Zahn, a
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    13 11 '<• will be a watchnight service at Mt en December 31st. at St. AnithataL
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      STORY OF THE CAPTURE.
      562 11 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong. Dec. 28. H.M.S. Seraph has rescued a party of Italian priests and nuns, who had been in Communist captivity fr»«m December 22nd. until ytsUrday. at Swabue. Hong Kong. Later. A Chinese Christian convert from Swabue arrived bore on Dec. 2<>
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      EXECUTIONER'S POLITENESS.
      546 11 The head executioner accompanied them and shook hands with Wong before his departure. V\ hile the negotiations were proceeding the Seraph cleared for action as a precaution in the event of hostilities commencing from the shore. Parties of naval men were ready to land if necessary but Bishop
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    50 11 "The unexpected revelations in plant life, foreshadowing the wonders of the highest unimal life, have opened out very extended legions of inquiry in physics, physiology, medicine, agriculture and even in psychology", remarked Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose, the famous Indian scientist, at the tenth anniversary of the Bose Institute in Calcutta.
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    58 11 Under the auspices of the Chinese Christian Association and the Chinese Students' Literary Association, the third film issued by the Social Hygiene Office entitled "Social Hygiene for Men" will be screened at the Y.M.C.A. Hall to-day at 8.15 p.m. Admission is strictly limited to members of the above Associations who
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    CRIME IN SINGAPORE.
    459 11 PREVENTION FACTS AND FIGURES. The Work of the Police. Singapore is a town where the use of lethal weapons for the commission of crime ta of very frequent occurrence, and it is perhaps not to be wondered at if, when a more than usually startling outrage occurs
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    LANCASHIRE'S NEED.
    142 11 Cotton Trade must Copy Japan. [Reuter's Service] London, Dec. 28. "Lancashire mun copy Japan" contends Mr. J. L. Tattersall, President of the Cottonyarn Association, m an interview with the Manchester Guardian on the depression in the American section of the cotton industry. Mr. Tattersall calls attention to the
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    TOO BRIGHT A CHRISTMAS.
    178 11 The military authorities are investigating a serious report made regarding the disorderly behaviour of a batch of privates of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment. It appears that a car containing two European ladies, their husbands and a child, was proceeding along Anson Road early on Tuesday
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    30 11 A lecture on "Secret of the Bhagvad Gita" will be delivered at the Singapore Lodge, T. S. 3 Finlayson (Jreen 2nd. floor, to-day, at 6 p.m. All interested are welcame.
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      644 12 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREiGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe S'pore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF MADRAS Jan. 17 s.s. CITY OF ADELAIDE Feb. 15 HOMEWARDS. s.s.
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      395 12 P. O British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMtNI LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON Mi CHINA AND JAPAN Due no. Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage <i n *»po r MALWA 11,100
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    F.M.S. RAILWAY FIRE.
    179 13 F .M.S. RAILWAY FIRE. Uembau Station Gutted. -m rounds a big fire which des- railway station at Rembau, an township fifteen miles from SersajTi Friday's Malay Mail. The fire. centred between one and three I o'clock on the morning of Dec. 22, raged so fiercely that with the exception of
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    JAVA NOTES.
    789 13 ANETA HAGUE SPEAKS TO BATAVIA. Successful Telephoning. (From Our Own Corrommndent.) Bfftavli. Dec. 24. On Tuesday it was announced that on the following evening Aneta's representative in the Hague, Mr. Salomonson, would speak by wireless telephone to the Consuls of the various countries in Batavia. The members of
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    8 13 Socialism and spending are synonymous. The Prime Minister.
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      183 13 J I at Singapore: j j Jilt 1 Of\ i errect jarety Tr uck C h««ii S A 1 OAF* Large diameter brake- drums, with wide bands that grip in- I/Hon Truck Cha9Biß stantaneously under a power- 1>045 ful pedal-leverage, make the Chevrolet the safest car to drive. On corners
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      191 13 Lubricate] I with I Texaco You can tell Texaco products by j; S THE RED STAR GREEN "T" f «g Insist on them— they stand for 3j EFFICIENCY jj ECONOMY jj RELIABILITY jj There is a Texaco Product for Every purpose. Manufactured by jj THE TEXAS COMPANY, U.S.A. [l Distributors
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    8 H.P. SPRINTERS!
    863 14 What Electrical Timing Shows. MAXIMUM SPEED ABOUT 24 M-P.H. If a magnet be suddenly brought up to a coil of insulated copper wire an electric current is "induced" in the coil, and this can be recorded on moving photographic paper in a recording camera, by a beam
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    DYNASTIC QUESTION IN RUMANIA.
    130 14 Ex-Crown Prince Carol's Declaration. London, Dec. 8. Paris. The silence of the Rumanian exCrown Prince Carol since the death of his chief opponent, M. Jean Bratianu. has at last been broken. A declaration of his attitude towards the Dynastic question in Rumania has been issued from
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    AMAZING MARRIAGE TANGLE.
    111 14 HiKimist Marrie« Same Man Twice. I An astounding: matrimonial tanple was revealed at Southeiul when William Retter, a newsagent, applied for the discharge of a maintenance order. Council said that when Retter's first wife j was dying, Mrs. Ellison, >ui-i widow". nurMd her. Sub^quentl) marri V d
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    20 14  - Mr. C. F. Annesley Voysey H0,,,. Hf. is '•> „r peopl,. insu-u.l ..f go to, «r# wanlintf hot* -"'I l from.-
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    CANADIAN CHARGED AT HONG KONG.
    385 15 EXTENSIVE FRACD ALLEGED Moneys to the value of over £2,000 are involved in a fraud alleged to have bejn perpetrated by R'chr.»d Cfcarlea Williams, alias Charles Puig, alias Charles Stone (81), a native of Quebec, Canada, who appeared Mm Mr. R. E. Lindsell ai the
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    LITERARY SENSATION.
    228 15 GREVTLLBTS MEMOIRS PriILISHED. A literary sensation has been caused by the publication of the suppressed passages of Greville's memoirs which aroused Queen Victoria's' indignation at the time of the original publication in 1874. The suppressed passages do not reflect upon Queen Victoria's personal character; indeed, the purity of
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    10/- PATH TO OPERA.
    191 15 Sir Thomas ISeecham Promise* Quick Results. 1 So that we shall have the finest opera in the world. I ask the opera lovers of this country to give the price of a jda** of beer a week, the. price of a pair of silk stockings in
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    29 15 A woman asked the magistrate at Tottenham for an order entitling her to keep a cat. She explained that she was a lodger, and the landlady objected to cats.
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    SUPPER THROUGH TRAPDOORS.
    433 15 CATHERINE THE GREAT AS HOSTESS. Vivid sketches of life at the Courts of Catherine the "Great" of Russia and of Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette in France, drawn by the pens of two British Ambassadors' wives, are notable features of an interesting book by Mrs. E. Maxstone
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    JAPANESE BOYCOTT AMERICA.
    132 15 Outcome of Exclusion Law. Tokyo, Nov. 25. The personal boycott has come forward as a means of expressing Japanese irritation ajrainst the Asiatic exclusions clause in the American Immigration laws. Prof. Dr. Yasushi Hijikata, member of the Japanese House of Peers and an emeritus professor of the
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    FUMIGATION IS OLD-FASHIONED.
    294 15 At least, this is the opinion of M good an authority as The Modern Hospital (Chicago). In answer to a query from a hospital superintendent, the editor of this magazine's Everyday Problems department, writes as follows: "As our knowledge grows in regard to the methods of transmission
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    MODERN SUPERSTITIONS.
    206 15 Dean Inffe btwmfll the increase in super stition. and refers in scathing terms to the person who refuses to sit down to dinn> as one of thirVpp or touches tvc*4 whe.i he has said anything unlucky. How dee t I wonder, does such superstition £o with most of
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    SCENE IN THEATRE.
    157 15 Protest by Member of American Purity I^eapue. "I protest against this barbaric and <lis graceful exhibition." These words, in an American accent, startled the audience at the Gaiety Thealr when two speciality dancers, Jean Barry amf Jack Holland, were giving a scene in "The Girl from Cook's."
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    87 16 The Master of the Nerite has reported that the Katong light was not burning at 10.15 p.m. on the 27th inst. (Note: There is no "Katong" light. It is probable that this is the Puloe Katang light on the Sumatra coast, lat. 1.53 S., long. 100.34 E.) Capt.
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    AN ECHO OF THE TITANIC.
    160 16 One of the supposed victims among the 1,500 odd persons who were drowned when the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic in April, 1912, after striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage to America has reappeared, after nearly 16 years' silence. The person in question
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      65 16 HEDGES AINU BUTLERS WINES SPIRITS. J3 SCOTCH WHISKY g f| CHAMPAGNE, MELNOII M AND as I it SrA I.l' S4.SO PER HOT 1 1 K Jjjj2^jj|iM| DUTY INi II DBO J SCOTCH WHISKY, COMMEMORATION £ftL«iliM OVER 15 YEARS I S^ OLD J STRENGTH scotch WHisrf] J $4.30 IVr Wt" v^muum^
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      677 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday o' a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah "and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      582 16 PHANTOM SHIP. Travelling With AH Sail* Set, And No Crew. A nrnnasgc fron Norfolk, Virginia, u the New York Herald reports that the Am ericas ship Maurice R. Thurlow has again been sighted in the Atlantic, though it WM recently reported that >he had been blown up by a destroyer.
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    FILM ACCEPTED BY BRITISH MUSEUM.
    350 18 ttecord of Animals That Will Be Extinct In 50 Years. London, Nov. 7th. The value of the film as an* accurate hia:oric is now officially recognised by the decision of the British Museum authorises to accept a copy of the jungle film "Chang" for preservation
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    ERRORS OF AUTHORS.
    220 18 Mr. P. W. Wilson's "expression of deep regret*' for the blunder in confusing King Bomba with the Prince Consort describes a state of mind to which many writers and tditors of other people's writings have been iedu«.ed at some time or another. The most famous case is
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    MALAYAN CADETSHIPS.
    166 18 In his speech at the luncheon at the Victoria Hotel to celebrate the opening; of the new headquarters of the Malay States Information Agency at Charing Cross, says the London correspondent of the Malay Mail, the Right Hon. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, M.P. Acting Secretary of State for
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    PRISON FOR HOSPITAL CLERK.
    118 18 Mr. A. R. Thornton made an eloquent appeal for leniency, before Mr. J. S. W Arthur in the District Court, Penang, in the case of J. D. Martinez, until recently chief clerk of the General Hospital, Penang who was charged with criminal breach of trust on
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    "VENDU!"
    332 18 Nothing is to be gained says the Malay Mail, by attempting: to disguise the fact that the new rules governing the assessment of estates under Restriction continue to be extremely unpopular with many planters. We have received several replies to our leading article of Tuesday, in which the rules
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    GOAL BIRDS PLAN POLAR FLIGHT.
    172 18 A Cellmate's Vision. Plymouth. Mass.. Nov. 30. Plans for the world's oddest polar ex [loration flight were outlined to the United I'ress here to-day. Those who intend to participate in the flivrht are Colonel Charles Forbes, who didn't make such a >iu<ess of running the
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    RELICS OF FAMOUS MEN.
    200 18 A certain Dr. Furness. of Philadelphia, claims to possess a pair of Shakespeare's gloves. Although the complete works of the said William Shakespeare can be acquired for the price of a modest dinner, only a millionaire could hope to purchase a pair of gloves worn by
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    "TURN UP" TURNED DOWN.
    147 18 During the hearing of a ease in the King's •Bench Division the Lord Chief Justice objected to counsel saying that something had "turned up." "In these Courts," said his Lordship, ''we endeavour to preserve something like Eng lish, if we cannot preserve anything else." But surely
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    COUNTER-ESPIONAGE AT THE NIGHT CLUBS.
    266 18 One of the world's workers of whom least is known is the police spy, or rather the spy upon the police. A correspondent who has made a study of night clubs tells me that all the less reputable night clubs employ such persons to meet
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    JUDICIAL SOMNOLENCE.
    240 18 Mr. Justice Kve. in confessing during the Marconi case that he had bven alternately reading and having a nap, has revived peasant memories of judicial somnolence. Coleridge must have suffered exquisite torture in trying to keep awake at times, for when at the Bar he had been known
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    DUTCH COLONIES.
    168 18 Strengthenintf of Defences. The Volksraad, says the Gazette de Hullande, has pronounced itself in favour of a reduction of the super tax on the colonial income tax from 24 per cent, to 18 per cent., whilst maintaining: the 20 per cent, on the company tax. The Budpet mentions
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING.
    108 18 A wireless from the I^alnt reports the capture on Dec. 18, off Batu Pahat, of three boats, K0 pikuls of rubber, and 12 Malays. Prosecutions are pending 1 There was a joint capture by the Selanting and the Rewak on Dec. 16. off Umbai. Malacca. Five bag's of
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    £4,000,000 FINE.
    80 18 The two proprietors of a Cologne brandy distillery in Oppenheim (Rhineland) were sentenced to fines of 82,108,792 marks (over *4,100,COO) and 19,000,000 marks (950,000) respectively, and were sent«»nce<l also to ten months and five months imprisonment, while two accomplices were ordered to pay fines amounting to 6,000,000 marks
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      137 18 AUCTION SALE OK Valuable Walutti SUined T*»k FurnHare, Cmekery, oU«w*i*, Plant* .V. |*o be held Si IS Scott'n R On Saturday. Slst. Die, al IM M" N ..w »n \K'^. CHEONG KDt»N SENG KSU < 0 A ts-u AUCTION SALE 01 VaK.al.lr wax pMOmi hou>ehold tin tut ui, tin -|.r....f
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    WEARNE BROS. MEETING.
    1124 19 SATISFACTORY RESULTS OF THE YEAR. The Subsidiary Companies. Mr. T. J. B. Wearne, deputy. Chairman, presided at the annual general meeting of Wearne Brothers. Limited, held yesterday. Others present were Messrs S. Q. Wong-. L. W. Geddes, E. W. Slight, W. C. McCall, A. Clarke, J. C.
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    EXCHANGE.
    67 19 December 2*. Punk 4 m.s. 2 i> 4 Hank demand 2 4 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 tI«H New York. damand &\k Credits DO days 58% France, demand 1 -IHO India. T. T. 154 Jfon<r Kong, deniam! 1M"' 4 p.r. Dis. Yokohama, demand 121 Java, demand 140 Bangkok,
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    PRODUCE.
    215 19 December "JS. Tin J.'>i> Ton- $131 i, Gambier 7 Pepper White M Pepper Black 61 Flake Tapioca ;> Pearl Sago Smal] 9 Copra 11.11. Copra SuihJi ie<! 1 1. Opium. Ben. re- unt. 4,000 Rice I.iang Hin Chan M*rk Red Eagle (Newi 330 Rice, Siani old No. 1. 330
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    C OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    46 19 KDJKJFKD R.S.S. e«iual to Standard Q.C.F Spot To To-., Standard Ii. S.S. Spot To 1 Tit'. oa Tender Jen-Mar. 7_ April-June 74'. 74 *x July-Sept. 75% 7». Tone o! Markff? Dull. Latest ("able: New York Spot Sheet G.Ctl 41 per lb.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    132 19 KJKIHJ KJDFKJD Buyers SellerrHaad Vai < tl > 29s (*d 30aSd Huey Vot Ord. ols S2l Johan Tin ($1 20 2o Kampong UOs) ru;* 37i 6d x.d. Kinta Tin ($1) 1.42% 1.47'. c.d. Klang- River ($1) 3.65 ;{.T.. Malayan Tin (6e) ;.0< :.*_>s c.d. Penawat ($1 S.".
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    85 19 December 2s, 'losing Prices. Buyers SelW* Chin Chin Tin fully paid 1.17'- 1 :1\' Kinta Tin Overt. 1.:i7' L 1.42 Va Kuehai 2.22 2.2~> Malayan Cons. 1.14 I.ls Taipinie 1.25 1.30 cum Tekka-Taipinc 27s Gd 2*s <m\ Tonjrkali Haivour 11.71 12. :r. Aller.hys :iO7'- B.M Bulit Jelutong
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    STRAITS TRADING.
    839 19 HALF-YEARLY MEETING YESTERDAY. Record Exports Predicted. The half-yearly general Meeting of the Straits Trading Company, ltd., was held at the Company's Offices yesterday, the hon hk Mr. Bagnall presiding. Others pre* nt Were Messrs. W. J. Wileoxs.m. H. 1., (Ir;.burn, T. Higginbotham. .1. U. Btmchan, J. IM. Daly,
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      430 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Oflict: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 »*ued and fuliy paid up $20,000,000 KesiMve V und— Sterling £6,000,000 p Silver $13,500,000 MMnra Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 OOUKT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. I>. G. M. Bernard, Chairman u A ii H
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      325 19 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Keserve Liability of J'ropriotors 2,000,000 Head Office: SB, BishopspaU-. London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Uoilo Puket Amritsar l poh Rangoon Bangkok Karachi
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    HOCKEY.
    833 20 SERVICES WIN THE RUBBER. S.C.C/s Second Defeat. Services 2; S.C.C 1. Playii.g their third hockey match of the season against the S.C.C at Tanglin yesterday the Sei vices team gained a second victory hy two goals to one. Of tht two previous matches on the I'adang the Services had
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    SINGAPORE TEAM AGAINST SELANGOR.
    55 20 SINGAPORE TEAM AGAINST SELANGOR. For the match against Selangor on the Padang on Saturday, the following team has been selected:— P. W. F. Mills; Capt. C. H. Congdon, R. E. Cox; B. K. Ablitt, Dr. C. Tarson, T. H. Holyoak; A. F. Baughan, G. F. Murphy, H. L. Marshall, R.
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    16 20 DftWftfft estimated at Rs. 80.000 was caused by flip in jute godowns at Nara yane inj.
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      ENGLAND SIDE AGAINST WARATAHS.
      50 20 Holiday Rugby. (Our Own Correspondent.— Copyright). London. Dec. 28. The following fifteen has been chosen to represent England in the match against New South Wales on January 7th at Twickenham: Sellar; Taylor. Aarvold. Richardson, Devitt; I.aird. Young; Lawson. Turquand Tonne, Stanbury, Coulson, Periton, Stark. Tucker, Cove-Smith.
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    FROST FOLLOWS SNOW.
    34 20 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Dec. 2*. The heavy faUs of snow have stopped all -port and it is now freezing hard. There will be no racing before Friday, if then.
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    RUGBY RESULTS.
    81 20 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Dec. 28. The chief matches on Monday were: Gloucester IS, Old Merchant Taylor? 3. Leicester 32, Birkenhead 0. Newport 3. Watsonians 0. Port Services S, Fettes 11. Llanelly 23. London Welsh 0. The following were the results of the chief Rugby matches which
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    MOTORCYCLE TRIAL ABANDONED.
    22 20 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright*. London. Dec. 2S. The London Exeter motorcycle trial race was abandoned owing to the weather.
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    TED MOORE BEATEN.
    44 20 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London. Dec. 2S. Leone Jacovacci beat Ted Moore on points at Milan. The match was stopped for two minutes and a half for a medical examination of MoON who alleged he had been struck a foul blow.
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    THE CORINTHIANS' TOUR.
    22 20 THE CORINTHIANS' TO UR. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Dec. 28. Queen's Park, Glasgow, beat the Corinthians by one goal to nil.
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    CRICKET.
    460 20 Singapore Chinese Beaten in Penan!* In a match against Penang Chinese Recreation Club in Penang during the Christ nias holidays the Singapore Chinese R.C. were beaten by 7 wickets. Scores: S.C.R.C. First Innings: Ong Seov Hean e Khyc Seng b Ah Loke 15; Chuah C hoon Leong c Keng
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    32 20 George Camsell, the Middlesbrough centre forward, who scored 75 goals during last season 59 of them in 37 League matches for his club, has just scoicd hii hundredth goal in League matches.
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    HOME FOOTBALL
    227 20 SNOW CAUSES SEVERAL POSTPONEMENTS. Everton Lose at Cardiff. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 27. The following are the results of matches played to-day. Owing to the snow the matches Tottenham vs. Bolton, Chelsea vs. Grimsby, Brentford vs. Southend. Luton vs. Noithampton, (on the grounds of the first named clubs)
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    CHINESE SWIMMING CLUB.
    184 20 The water- polo match between the mar tied and the single teams at the Chinese Swimming Club on Christmas day provided well contested game. Play was fast and he exchanges even at the beginning, bui. •«>on the married settled down to work and before half time had
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    NEW YEAR LAND SPORTS.
    186 20 An excellent programme has been arranged for the New Year Land Sports, which are to be held at the Stadium on Monday, Jan. 2nd. Athletic events of all descriptions are included in the programme flat racing, hurdle racing, putting the shot, high and long jumps, etc.
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TOURNAMENT.
    43 20 The following will represent the A.P.C. against the United Services on the Padang this afternoon, at 5 .m. A.P.C. will play in Club colours: Nicholson; Smell ie, Barnes, Robertson, Shaw; Scoular. Niblock; Sturgess, Smith, Roberts, Cherrill. Barton-Wright, Twist, Chippendale, Barton.
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    47 20 The following: will represent. S.C.C. against tiie Police at hockey on Friday. F. M. Osborne; W. Follenfant, A. De La Porte; J. F. A. Swallow. R. A. Ashworth, Dr. J. M. A. Lowson; J. W. Smellie, W. A. Home, Major Walker, E. G. Hebditch, W R. King.
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    YACHTING.
    522 20 THE JOHORE CHALLENGE CUP. Kathleen Beats Polly. On Monday last, the Polly, repiesemin.u the Johore club, competed with Kathleen (Singapore) in a race for the Johore Challenge cup. At 10 a.m. both boats made ready to stait and five minutes later they were off. Kathleen (Cobbett) with her crew
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    FOOTBALL.
    200 20 ASTON CLI'K DEFEAT THE S.I.C. A Playing at the Stadium ground on Tuesday afternoon the Aston Club deteatec. the Seremban United Chinese Association by six goals to nil. Weather conditions were slightly better than on the previous evening although the heavy lain during th* early part of the afternoon
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    RAID FOR BROKEN DOWN LIQUOR.
    114 20 On Christmas Day. Mr. J. Warren, head of the preventive service with other officers df the Monopolies Department, raided a shop in Orchard Road, and seized a lartre quantity of liquor which is alleged to be fnferior to the description given on thr bottle. The
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