The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 February 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press m CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928. N(l 1W46
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    282 1 Our London correspondent >t*nd« i-n--ttrestinji news on the rather situation. There aie reports oi another enquir> and f important meetings m Hsllsssl —Page 11. Negotiations which have been m progress with Egypt indicate the Mrraagiag of a treaty redefining the position ol Britaia m Egypt—Page 11. The
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    WHY.....?
    1092 1 <>- th. I\\ en; j -ninth 1 tai j <r newspapers, already _mittei with the **Do Ydu Know•?'* rlisease, will '•ut ia fresh .pots. Some of them ind< base not swaated the twenty-ninth, bat hi already rabject_rd their depressed *"*sad to the mat-searchiag catechism: What and why is a
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      238 1 %V .S ,-.VA*W.V.V.-.V.%S%*V^'»AV.V j SOLYPTOL SOAP IDEAL FOR THE HOME j •'.....•.•.VAV.V.V.V.V.V.V.VAVfcVd' a 1 Raffles Hotel i Wednesday, February 29th. I TEA DANCE 6—B p.m. j; *a •BELGENLAND'' CRUSE BALL 9.30 p.m.—l 2 Midnight ji f:. -"Iriere will be NO DINER DANSANT at the SEA JZ !J \IKW HOTEL CM
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      294 1 jftitle J*iissJ6xrlo helps KURLO will wssh your woollsns. sJI your dainty fabrics quickly snd J 1| i I thoroughly, yet It clesnses so gently ■JJJJfJJU^UJjJ that not s single threed is hsrmed or QElll^j |jTTff shrunken. The Kurlo way lesves your *Q[ |JM I woollens soft and light, and other
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      135 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cargo notice re Glejaluce—Pare lA. New films at the Kvflion- -Page 2. General Motors for orpgre_s^Pa» x Game specialitiea st tae Europe PMte Wakefield's for the best m oils—Page 14. Caldbeck. Mscgregor for Bristol IWk— Page 10. The Westclox aie dependable tin*teJßeepers —Page 7. Great clearaiue -ale at
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      15 1 I ■"■""'■*Bl!"_*"■*_''_''"• ji THE BEST TAHLE JiITTERJ jj "SNOWFLARE,, jj PIRE CHILLED CREAMERY^ f .....v..........
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      122 1 THE WEEK. fVedmtmlm*, tPtk, High Wstsr, W. r».m^ *>•-. I Mala.ca: H. W. SJS-, IX *M MX 4-'-Be*bf"mlss_l iae. Japsnccc tVsde Fsir. Is^sne*. I iNsmrirfal Mustuin. H.M.A.S. N< Ibosrts ssve. Commcwisl Csf Pt*** rs. CsM Btorsgs. Thttr»da,i. March Ul. Hirh Watir, -3.:^- a.:*-. T.S. 7.41 p.ir... IA B. 1. hsssssrsrd
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    595 2 Singapore. Feb. 24. The orices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other Baftaff-DStf there may be small variations. Mr. B. .A. R«>ss, M.C.S.. has been appointh«i to j« ,v 2nd Assistant Adviser, Batu Pan; Mr. M C. H. Sh.phard. newly arrived flil.it.
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      311 2 o*\ for Coughs, Colds and all Throat Troubles. From all Chemists, Dispensaries and Stores. Sole Agents MEDJCAL HALL, LTD. Singapore. THE HAPPY VALLEY PRESENT A Monster Programme OF Varied Amusements GATE 10 cts. v mdm KEL vEYS SCHOOL OF DAItONG. _y j9^^ children and «r/F^kr» young ladies m W VM
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      360 2 Battles of Coronel AND Falkland Islands The Epic Naval Drama. SPECIAL ORCHESTRA SPECIAL MUSIC. 0 Under the distinguished patronage of: H.E. THE GOVERNOR, SIR HUGH CLIFFORD, M.C.S., G.C.M.G., G.B.E. H.E. THE G.O.C. MALAYA, MAJ., GEN. C. C. VAN STRAUBENZEE. C.8., C.M.G. RIGHT REV., THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE. CAPT. G. MACKWORTH
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      232 2 ALHAMBRA^^ (Tan Ckmug K«e. Ltd., Proprietors). COMMENCING MONDAY. 27th FEBRUARY M> _4 G^Af FOX PROGRAM Ml The Gay Retreat A HILARIOUS MIRTH-PROVOKING COMEDY OF THE Wij Featuring SAMMY COHEN AND TED McNAMARa THE FAMOUS FOX COMEDY DI O vn also "Paid to Love" A ROYAL ROMANCE. Featuring GEORGE O' BRIEN
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    CHURCH CONTROVERSY.
    2073 3 THIS INERADICABLE PROTESTANTISM. The Position of the Bishops. Thf outcome of the conference a* Lambeth Pa act last week, says the New Statesman •f Jan. 28, shows clearly that Ihe majority •>f the Bishops do not as yet understarui .'itrer their own position or the nature of the
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      525 3 V/iV j x 3_ \<osy <*{ d I Yv_j-u___r 1 /->| LAXO builds firm flesh, plenty j: vJTTof strong bone, and a sound constitution. It contains nothing whatever to harm baby or cause him pain. That is why if Baby is fed on Glaxo he will progress steadily day by
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      532 3 'AWiV-VAVrrVWi'-'i'iWASVtV.V. *_V_WWVW*W-*Va-V»rV^aVarV.y«y.%S Estate 8 Trust Agencies i i (1927) Limited. j A Trust Company Registered under the Trust Companies' i X Ordinance of 1926, with Security deposited with the Straits < J Settlements Government. S REGISTERED HEAD OFFICE: < Nos. 1, 2& 3, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE, I t SINGAPORE.
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    WORK OF DECARBONIZATION.
    335 4 Doing Things Properly. The business user of motor vehicles fully realizes the necessity .for occa.-ional atten tion to the **machineiy" to keep them re gularly at work with the minimum cost He often pays some one else for jobs tha he could tackle quite well himself, but
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    17 4 X.V.A.L.A.L. Somasundrum Chettiar, a leading member of the Chettiar community, died suddenly on Friday morning at Malacca.
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    INFALLIBLE SYMPTOMS.
    70 4 Doctor (to patient who claims to be a nervous wreck): "What are your symptoms?'* Fatient: "I jump when I hear a telephone; the door bell sends me into hysterics. Any stranger coming to the house frightens me out of my life and I'm afraid to pick up a
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    82 4 Recent appointments m the Sarawak Government service include the following: —Mr. J. J. Hill to do duty at Miri; Mr. R. H. P. Langton and Mr. A. Macpherson. to act as Magistrate's Court Magistrates; Mr. F. G. Carpenter to be District Officer, Sadong; Mr. E. O. Bruce to be District
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    COMPULSORY CHIVALRY.
    973 4 "THE ORDER OF THE ROAD." A Wrong Idea. Without reflecting m any way on the sincerity of the promoters of the new or gaaisation for motorists to be known Si -The Order of the Road", it may be permissible perhaps to Rive expression to the feeling that ii
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    CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S ESCAPE.
    47 4 Car Catapults 30 Feet m Air. London, Feb. 17. Daytona Beach. —Captain Malcolm Camp bell narrowly escaped serious injury when trying out his Bluebird. While travelling at IT.""> miles per hour he struck a rut and the car catapulted Pt\ feet through the air.
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    LIGHT CARS.
    883 4 SCIENTIFIC DESIGNING METHODS. Points to be Remembered. That every vehicle should he as light as poaaible, consistent with the lead- it ha- ta carry and the stresses it has t > stand, isuch a simple axiom that it is amazing to find it l<»st sight of by n
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    FULE INDICATOR.
    90 4 The value of a reliabk was demonstrated h> Ameiican AutomobiW survey showed that Imotorist- run out of month. This figure era analysis of .".00.000 calls aid made l»v memU-rs ot Practically the only H I ".".<• of petrol that were givewere ignorance of th< the fuel tank and
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      179 4 I High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes J a** yjUf/ W*% *j^V rMOt v r,T W /y*flf i^mmmmjSL^^r _f ~a w trlf J J K^bbbbbv m Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO.. (1926) LTD. Singapore. J Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Penang. Ipoh. Malacca < ______^__r^^__^^_k____^x^i \aa\\wU v |y||] fl ry •I
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      39 4 Im^&Sm^ N all parts of the world and under all \mmJ conditions of travel, Goodyear Heavy Duty Pneumatic Lorry Tyres are rolling i up records of economy, endurance and long. long mileage. •vy I v 1 i 133- 26
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    ROAD MOTOR SERVICES.
    221 5 •^►uthcrn Rhodexian IMans. than 20<) miles ot road motor NT alread\ been put into operation S it hern Rhodesia, and additional I covering nearly 400 miles have amended making a total of WS mkkta will shortly be m sjaautmm. r.ue> are intended chiefly for the una of
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    INDIAN RAILWAYS AND ROAD COMPETITION.
    204 5 Motor 'Bus Services. New Delhi. While the question of road development is under examination by the Jaykar Committee, it is interesting to learn from the Railway Administration Report for 1926-27, just published, how railways all over India are facing road competition. In Bombay the introduction
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    25 5 The Sultan of Johore has appointed Mr B J. R- Barton to be a member of the Assessment Committee appointed under the Rubber Restriction Enactment.
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    MALAYAN ROAD REGISTER.
    202 5 CONDITIONS FOR MOTORING. NEf*RI SEMBIIAN Tampin-Seremban Koad. Widening operations are m progress between milestones 19-20 and 24-24 1 motorists should drive with caution. Seremban-Kuala Lumpur road (To Selangor Boundary). Road widening and deviations are m progress at the 3rd and 4th miles; motorists should drive with caution.
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    EXAMPLE OF MODERN FACTORY EFFICIENCY.
    339 5 An expensive, intricate and difficult problem for any automobile manufacturing plant, i:- to arrange for and supply matelials to the car assembly lines at the lowest possible handling cost. In the case oi* tht Buick American plant at Flint. Michigan, I.S.A. this necessitates the handling
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    BEFORE AND AFTER.
    250 5 We are much indebted, says the 8.N.8. Herald, to a correspondent for the following poem (from the Upland (Calif.) >'ews): The Sweetheart. To learn to drive the auto, dear, Eirst put the lever into gear. Then push your left foot m like this; That's tine, now teacher
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    SIX-WHEELERS FOR THE AIR MINISTRY.
    23 5 London. The Air Ministry has ordered a fleet of six-wheelers costing £200,000 from the Morris Commercial Car Company.
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    TYRE ATTENTION.
    202 5 Advice for Ford Owners. Car owners are too prone to dismiss thought of their tyres until the inevitable moment of a puncture, or al least until one or other of them becomes obviously deflated and is felt gasping ff. air beneath the weight of the lazy motoric*. It
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    29 5 The members of the Church of England m Penang met His Lordship the Bishop of Singapore at a social function held at the residence of the Rev. Keppel Gamier.
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    A VALVELESS ENGINE.
    205 5 An Englishman has invented a vaiveh-ss < iigine whu-h lie claims run- with such economy and absence of stre-ses that. time, it will replace all other types fnm the smallest to the largest. The inventor. Mr. W. C. Wcrry, is a native of St. Austeli. < 'oinwajl,
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    24 5 Mr. William Brown. Chief CWiirt, Eastern Smelting Company. Limited, Penang, is leaving Penang on March Ist., by the He tor, on eight months' leave.
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    CAMERON'S HIGHLANDS.
    164 5 Light Railway Installed. The work m connection with the development of Cameron's Highlands shows signs of miuh activity these days, says the Times of Malaya. Fodgen. Brisbane and Co., the contractors who haw been entrusted with the construction of the load up into the Highlands, are rreparing to
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    55 5 Thi Straits Settlements Cardens Bulletin for January consists of a list of, and brU i botanical notes on. the flowering plant the Kuala Lumpur di-irict for a radui-lifti-en miles, compiled by Mr. M. R. Hen derson, E.L.S. A sketch map of the locality from which the collections utilised hay«» corwe
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    KILLING REAL ENGLISH.
    1143 6  -  A LAMENT BY PETER MERRILL. Spare the Dialects! A^ :I the schoolmaster had not aone enough for the destruction of our noble r.nglish dialects, the British Broadcasting Corporation is now taking a hand m it. Though compelled to speak it m so-called psSmV circles, 1 have no
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    PASSION PLAY IN JAPAN.
    813 6 UNIQUE WORK BY NATIVE. Gospel Story From New Angle Tokyo. One of the most remarkable and striking plays ever •staged m Japan came to an end m December last. This is "The Christ,' a dramatisation of some of the leading events m the life of Christ.
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    1009 6  -  Hard Luck! BY HORATIUS There is no doubt that an equable temper is a great asset at this most delightful and most maddening of card games. I have just had the lesson forcibly driven home by the longest and most villainous spell of bad luck m
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    THE RABBIT PROBLEM.
    292 6 Some people say that this is a frivolous and demoralised age. but obviously that painful charge can only be true m patches. Like the curate's famous egg, we are. after all, good m parts- m some parts to good as to be possitively surpiising. Who would have
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    180 6 Answers. 1. James I of England. On his way down from Scotland to take the throne, he was appealed to by Lancashire peasants < while staying at Hoghton Towers) t« be aliowed to play certain games on 1 Sundays after Divine sen ice— Queen Elizabeth having imposed
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    65 6 An extraordinarily cool theft was committed m Taiping last Saturday night, February 18. Mr. F. Ellis, of Kamunting, left his Chrysler ear outside the cinema, and whilst he was m the theatre, it is allege I that two natives eot into it arid drove off. The car was found the
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    "NEW" DISEASES.
    1038 6 THE MICROBE THROUGH THE AGES. Evidence of the Mummies. The report of an obscure epidemic m en-1 t ral Europe raises the question whether we are likely to be faced with new diseases. Are there indeed such things, or are there only old ones m a fresh, guise
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    NOVELISTS' BLUNDERS
    678 6 PO WE ASK TOO Ml (H The Art of Pietist The overshadowine by th< I other branches of th" which is the most not at I literary history, i- not wii I rassmerts to hims I I to ks subjected to th. h criticism that wa- former] I
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    PHOTO-ELECTRIC PROBLEM.
    850 7 Sir W. Bragg on Two Theories. At the Royal Institution on Jan. 22nd, Sir William Bragg gave what he described as a prologue to certain lectures on wavel ---chanics which are to be delivered m the same boUdinf m the first fortnight m March by Dr. K. Si
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    A STRIKING SPECTACLE.
    170 7 "You can't stop there, sir," said the constable. "But," said I, "there are other can here, and I shan't be a minute." "You can't stop there, sir," repeated the constable "Then where can I stop?" "Lower down, where the road is wider," replied authority. But lower down,
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    THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    332 7 The Premier Morning Daily m Malaya; a live "news" paper—40-50 columns of news daily. Also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements, together with exclusive Special features, "Pictures of the week" Serial Story, Ladies'
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      168 7 Af im f^^jtGmn^m* a^l^*^^m^¥7lo^P^nr*LSr M* ,~mPS~ I JI You will want the best whisky for the New Year. Black White is the whisky with a world wide reputation because of its unvarying high quality. Sole Agents: The Borneo Company, Ltd. SINGAPORE, PENANG, IPOH. KUALA Ll MPI X AND TELUK ANSON.
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      59 7 Boot Polish (m the mauve tins) improves the appearance of all kinds of Boots and Shoes SOLD FA'KIIYHIIEin:. I RONUK, Limited, PorUlade, Eofland. I >HE SINGAPORE SHIPGHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. —o SHIPCHANDLERS. SHIPBROKERS. O COMMISSION AGENTS. —0 iffices:—MAYNARDS BUILDINGS 16, Battery Road. TELEPHONE No. 433. MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE, 60,
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      303 7 ThtManW Ivith responsibilities THERE is no greater responsibility than good health tc the man of affairs. The foundation of good health is often the simplicity and naturalness of the daily diet. Because Quaker Oats is a Mtanl food, made from the most nutritiou. p.-rt of the best white oats, it
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    GUARDS IN MUFTI.
    325 8 Taking Advantage of the New Rule. I understand that not fewer than 70 per cent, of Guardsmen have made application to their respective commanding officers for permission to wear plain clothes when "walking out." m accordance with the recent Army Order, writes the Morning Post correspondent. This
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    101 8 Mr. B. R. Cole Adams arrived from Lahad Datu by the Klias on January 14th. and left by the Kajang on January lGth. en route for England on furlough. We wish Mr. Adams a pleasant holiday m the old country B.N.B. Herald Mrs. H. Myddelton passed through by the Marudu
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    SUBSIDY FOR LIGHT 'PLANE CLUB.
    416 8 Indian (Jrant of S Lakhs. New Delhi. The Standing Finance Committee Off the hnmesi ly has agreed to grant a subsidy of about three lakhs for two years to the four light aeroplane clubs m India. This is one of a number of the committee's
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    62 8 Mr. G. Mayor. Manager of the Sandakan Light ami Power Co., Mr. and Mrs. H. D Lack of Kinarut Estate, Mr. J. R. Mighell of Sapong Estate and Mr. T. E. Aitchison of Menggatal Estate all left by the Kajang en route for England, where we hope the weather this
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    NEW TYPE OF VARIETY.
    499 8 17 Music Halls Change Hands. It is announced that the directors of London Theatres of Varieties, Ltd., have decided to sell the Tailadium, Holborn Empire, Penge Empire, and m all seventeen variety theatres owned by them, at a price of £770,000, a deposit of £75,000 having
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    ALCANTARA DISASTER.
    157 9 Mysterious Wireless Signal Explained. [Renter's Service] London. Feb. 27. The mysterious "ail clear" signal h connection with the sinking of the Alcantara was explained by Captain Friedman of the Tovarisjh m an interview at Southampton. He declared that the steamer Baron Douglas came alongside m response to his
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    AMERICAN IMMIGRATION CONTROL.
    42 9 I Reuter Service-1 Washington, Feb. 28. Mr. Coolidge has transmitted to the Senate the bill providing for considerable increases m the immigration quotas of several European countries, including those whose annua! quota is lixed at Gr>,B'J4 compared with 34,007.
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    GERMAN GOVERNMENT VICTORY.
    21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Feb. 27. The Keu-fotag has rejected a Communist motion of non-confidence m the Govei anient
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    NOTED AMBASSADOR'S DEATH.
    28 9 [Renter's Service] Berlin, Feb. 27. The death is announced oi Prince LL'hnowsky, who was German Ambassador m London at chc ojti :eak of the war.
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    AMERICA'S NAVAL PROGRAMME.
    55 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 28. Mr. Bridge man (First Lord of the Admiralty* m a Bpeeeh m London said the American naval programme was now being reduced almost to what Britain proposed at Geneva. There was m reason to believe that America wanted ships for anything else
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    BIG LOAN FOR NORWAY.
    70 9 [Reuter's Service.] Oslo, Feb. 2S. The Government has been authorised te laise a loan of 120.000,003 krone for conversion of the floating; debt. It announces ii has eoneluded an atrreenunt for a 3~» year loan of $30,000,000 m London, New Yoik and Boston at per cent
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    DAWN FILM CONTROVERSY.
    302 9 HOUSE OF COMMONS STATEMENT. "Outrage on Humanity.** 'Renter's Service. I ondon. Feb. 27. Tht Cavell film Dawn was brought up m the EfaMMt of Commons at question time to--1 day. Mr. Amery said he did not propose and hail not been requested to communicate with tho Governments
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    AN OFFICIAL SENSATION.
    499 9 HIGH CIVIL SERVANTS INVOLVED. Enquiry Report. [Reuter's Service.] J.ondon. Feb. 27. Following the lawsuit connected with speculation m French francs m which it was revealed that high civil servants were involved. Mr. Baldwin appointed a board of enquiry. In consequence of the board's iindings Sir Austen Chamberlain
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    COTTON CONFERENCE.
    238 9 Ineffective Discussions. f Reuter's Service.] London. Feb. 27. Tht- joint conference of cotton employers' and operatives' leaders, at Manchester after discussion for four hours adjourned on Monday without reaching a decision. An official statement says the operatives' representatives handed the employers a note regretting the latter did not
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    RED FUNDS FOR SWEDISH STRIKERS.
    55 9 I Renter's Service J Riga. Eeb. 2s. The ii*-d trade unions "nave sent a i'urtiier 16,0.0 roubles to the strikers m tin cr. mining- industry of Sweden making; a total of 75,093 nuiUci Wapo disputes have been proeeeMKac for eotae tjmc m th' Swedish ore
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATY.
    46 9 [Reuter's Ser\*fee._ I.oirien. le!). 2S. In the Hoo.c u_ CotaaMNM at qtaeatiea time. Sir A. Chamberlain replied m the negative whvn asked whether Anuri-a ha. offered Great Britain a muiii-lateiai treaty .-iiiiilai t;> that offered to Framv ano whether neirotia'ipns ther.:urjnt \\e»v pro ceediac.
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    BRITAIN'S AMBASSADOR AT BERLIN.
    37 9 [Renter's Service.] I'erlm. Feb. 27. Tne British Government has seawi the Germaa GiiTumiiU t»• approve the appointment of Sir Horace Runihohl as Ambassador to Berlin. The Berlin Government ha- a.reed t<> the appointment.
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    CINEMA DISASTER IN BRAZIL.
    38 9 Reuter's Service] Kio de Janeiro. Feb. 28. Many fatalities, mostly of women and children, were caused by the collapse of a cinema al Cuiityba. m the State 0. Parana. Thirteen bodies have been recovered.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE.
    36 10 MOSLEY VAN ESS. At St. Andrew. Cathedral, Singapore, on Saturday, tht- _.">th February, 1928, r1 1.30 pja. Mr. A. A Mosley, A. P. Co., Penang, to Mias Daphne O. Van E»_ >: tf-W-hwang, China.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1928. THE CAVELL FILM.
    1124 10 The further controversy which has occurred m regard to the presentation of the film Dawn does not appear to have carried the matter much further. It is possible to raise endless disputes m matters of this kind, to arjrue, as
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    CORONEL AND THE FALKLANDS.
    1230 10 "And louder than the b»it* mf tmSSmt n For fltxhcd tin Rtd Art ill* -ry". To those' of you. my frier.ds whos. pri vilejre ii is to dwell m this sun-ki-sed outpost of BiilanniaV Empire and to those aaaong you who have had an opportunity, to
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    41 10 THK HERMES I.K\\k PEN ANT.. [1- rom Our Own oi ranaac. v, H.M.S. Hermes l.t; thi China Station. The Resident Councillor Beott, anti ..'her pranha the shi,». Stu.u and formation II harboar by iseapln tat r.s daring the i
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    AN UNIDENTIFIED AEROPLANE
    43 10 (Froar Oar Oa i Ipol Nt w.s has been ii that an aeraplan wa^ seen circling ovei l time at lit o'clock t!,.- moti not land. Later the machmt Lumut. Thi> aer-'i lam not km.wn. hat! blue a siXer greand.
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    DEATH OF DR. STANLEY NICHOLAS.
    27 10 [From Our I I The deaf. yesteida} of 1»• Stank Kedah i/erni Th. late Dr. I ping. »a* Is beli I I
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    BANGKOK'S FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY.
    20 10 (1- ron (har Om I;-.;,., Q Bap k >k will of ;t- t">u natiora of tht n
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    60 10 LATEST XI KKKK \M> T!\ PRI-I X- i From Our < I London. Feb. ».m. Me»-srs. S>*tnin*arl i notify r<'-Hay's •il la. 2:; ii. par lb. Messrs. Lew:-. notify to-day**" £2S] s g fttl is The oflit. and ia' Settbments MuteA Penang. has been ie. Hospital to th-
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    RUBBER POLICY.
    82 11 THK DUTCH MEETINGS IN HOLLAND. Prop m Stocks. I -nondent. Copyright.) F ond«n. Fib. 28. »*'*»f» tons m London better tendency m New York kend caaned a firm tone m t n» yesterday anti a fair number «ed better on balance. was expressed at the weekm ng of
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    THE TIMES VIEWS.
    30 11 men) as upon the rubber the industry must can ai the lowest •vr:. a fair return ops m one I .M prices is un- ao mon >poly.
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    ANOTHER ENQUIRY PROJECTED.
    16 11 aadfl that another enthe commercial oaaaeai ai uiultiplit.it.. of I. a eminent t>ught
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    TIN MARKET CHEERFUL.
    28 11 iremarket than ft»r a long _-h there is nt> increase rI m pi evaded and the ire making good progress. pressed a: rhe report of
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    AUTHORITATIVE CEYLON VIEW.
    41 11 Weakening our Position. ft Si rice-] < aaaaann Feb. 27. annual meet--11 of nimerce ial the establish' d n er ami the ever- Itch Indies, it .'anient tion. h i.iterests art arr bound tt. weaken cemtinaiag position by res-
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    BRITAIN'S SHARE OF RUBBER PRODUCTION.
    80 11 ter*i Senrica-] London. Fe'>. 27. < r| BH at question .id the rubber production British Empire eras NMN prn rountries 97.0 V"*, com- _SM >«> m 11)27. The British companies m foreign .led m the figure for the \m>terdam. Feb 28. is attacked to a
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    FRENCH REVENUE FIGURES.
    22 11 [Ha~ai Service.] Paris. Feb. 2V Januaiy totalled 4,12, i. ted i\ports 4,0D».0t>0.000 al service between America will be opened
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    FLOODS IN RIO.
    22 11 Rio dc Jareiro. Feb. _v fatalities during .•.hern part of the Following heavy rain the Area* the hills, turning
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    FREE TRADE IN JAPAN.
    22 11 hi Nic'ni Service.] I'okii Feb. 27. rapidly gaining lisbed already three ;n Kyoto, Kol>e those of Tokio and
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    JAPAN'S TRANS-PACIFIC FLIGHT.
    32 11 Nahi-Nichi Service.] Tokb.. Feb. 27. II arc >aid to have v»inent> m certain n<planes to be used foi the Pa. die tlight m compliant* 'ion> made by the authorities
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    LOS ANGELES AT PANAMA.
    20 11 I* Id. I'anam. (anal Zone. Feb. 2>. Las Arm SS has arrived, r caMn sa page
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    SHANGHAI DEFENCE.
    112 11 MORE TROOPS LEAVE FOR HOME. Volunteer Commandant Broken Down. fßeuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Feb. 28. Five hundred of the Shanghai Defence Force details left for Home on the City af Marseilles this morning. The "Savioui mf Shanghai," Colonel VV. V. L. Gordon, Commandant of the Shanghai Volunteers,
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    BRITAIN IN EGYPT.
    232 11 A New Arrangement Pending. (Reuter's Serrice.] London. Feb. 2s. Seeieey bat been well maintained m London and (am. as to the coarse of Anglo. Egyptiaa negotiations which however it is believed are proceeding actively. Sir A. < hamberla n. questioned m the Hoose of t' wunons whether
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    ITALY IN LIBYA.
    115 11 Senussi Headquarters Captured. [Renter's Service] Rome. Feb. 28. A -erit- of brilliant military operations. entailing very hard fightinu by Italia*. ro onial tioops 'n tht- past year, his resulte m the Italian forces e*x ending tl.eir occupation to the edge of the Lybian desert. Well armed Arabs
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    THE AFGHAN VISIT.
    114 11 [British Radio -Official Service.] Rugby. Feb. 28On their arrival at Dover on March 1.3 for their state visit to England, the King and Queen of Afghanistan will be welcomed by the Prince of Wales on behalf of the Kiaf and Queen. The Prince will accompany them ta
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    YELLOW RIVER TRAGEDY.
    36 11 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Peking. Feb. 28. The Yellow River has broken its banks x lit Sing Hsien near the mouth. Eighty villag.-s are iaondated and 20.000 people are homeless Detail- are lacking.
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    FRANCO-AMERICAN TREATY.
    37 11 [lieliter's Service Washington. Feb. _S. Mr Kettegg has presented to the French \mlieillS-1n- Claudel. another Note with reeard to the proposed rrancoAmerican Treaty utlawing war m reply t.. tae Note from France aa January Ll.
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    SPAIN RETURNS TO THE LEAGUE.
    41 11 [Reuter's Service.] Paris Feb. 2K. It i< stated Spain will return to the Leagae si Nation, at the September seioa This follow, a reported rrancoSpanish agicement regarding the administration of Tangier. [Earlier cables on page 9.]
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    JAPAN'S POLITICS.
    110 11 TROUPLF. AT A PARTY MEETING. Many Injured. [Reuter's Par Eastern Service.] Tofcie, Feb. 28. Several police, including two officers, were injured last night when a crowd, estimate 1 at over a thousand, clashed with a strong detachment sent to watch over the proletarian party meeting. The main troulje
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    THE GREGORY CASE.
    374 11 Government Action Approved. [Renter's Service.] London. Feb. 28. Mr. J. D. Gregory, left his home m West London at 7 a.m. to-day stating he was going away for two OT three days and would send won! where correspondertte should be forwarded. London, Feb. 28. The newspapers commend
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    PREMIER TANAKA TO REMAIN.
    117 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokic. Feb. 27. Premier Baron Tanaka said m an interview with a correspondent that the Government is prepared to defeat any vote of non-confidence which may be introduced by the Opposition. The Premier expressed his opinion m favour of the proposal for the
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    OBITUARY.
    28 11 [Renter*- Service.] New York. Feb. 28, The death is announced ot* the Rev. Ethelbert Talbot, ex-Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church. [Earlier cables <m page i.]
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    127 11 WEDNESDAY'S TIES. Dyne Cup. Green and Mrs. Preyberg owe I">.:' vs. Holyoak and Mrs. Atkin Berry Scr. Mr. and Mrs. Hickey plus 1 vs. Mr. and Miss I. Salmond Scr. Williams and Miss Richardson owe 2 vs. Assiter and Mi.-s Wallil S.r. Potts and Mrs. Gregory
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    R.A.F. FLYERS ARRIVE.
    597 11 H.E. AND STAFF AS PASSENGERS. Capt. Cave-Brown-Cave Interviewed. The R.A.F. round-the-world flight landed at the Seletar Air Ba.e at 5.5 p.m. yesterday, with H.E. the "Governor (Sir* Hugh Clifford). Dr. R. (j. Winstedt, and Messrs Hiddingh and Churchill as passt-.igers. A veiy large crowd had assembled at
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    PRETTY SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    245 11 Mr. A. G. A. Mosley and Miss Van Ess. A very pretty wedding was solemnised at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday, the contracting parties being Mr. A. G. A. Mosley of the A.P.C, Penang, and Miss Daphne Van Ess. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Van Ess
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    45 11 Wednesday 6.15 p.m., Drill Hall S.V.C. Band. Friday 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. S.R.E. (v) Sij.s., C. (Scottish) Coy.. S.V. P.A. Saturday 2.30 p.m., Bukit Timah Ran^o S.R.A. (v). Sunday 7JSO a.m.. Farrer Range M. C'un Platuon.* Bukit Timah Range S.R.A. (v).
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    24 11 Major-General Sir Theodore Fraser who retired last year as G.O.C. Malaya, has now settled m Bedford, and his address there is 45 Landsdowne-rd. M.M.
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      771 12 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES ■I PRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) 0 Due S'pors. Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. TROILUS London, Rotterdam and
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      532 12 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporatod m England). 'mlMAifllNE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREiGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN Doe Spore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK Mar. 10 s.s. CITY OF ROUBAIX Apr. 7 s.s. CITY OF
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    PARISIANA.
    840 13 SHOCK ABSORBERS. A Precaution Which Failed. [From Our Own Correspondent.l Paris, Jan. 30. Lortir before execution by hanging was rendered humane, by substituting the im- mediate dislocating of the neck for stran- gulation, a certain English sheep stealer who was hanged is believed to have escaped death with the
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    83 13 Cherpino's Broadway Follies have extended their season at the Adelphi Hotel ovar this week, when they will present two changes of programme. To-morrow an added attraetk* will be a Leap Yssn lull. Kith Charles L. Fischer's band from the B l K enlanl supplying the music and also appearing for
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    LEPROSY CURE.
    986 13 SUCCESSFUL TRIALS AT PENANG. Not a New Discovery. In connection with the recent reports concerning the use of Hydnocarpus oil the Straits Echo publishes the following interesting article from a special correspondent. The news of a wonderful discovery by which, it is hoped that leprosy will be stamped
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    42 13 Mr. J. Straton Ferrier who until recently was manager of the Mercantile Bank, Penang, arrived m the Mongolia at Penang. We understand he is on his way to Sourabaya to take charge of the branch of the Mercantile Bank there.- Pinang Gazette
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    NEW CRUDE OIL ENGINE.
    87 13 No Carburettor and Magneto. London. Th^paily Mail reveals details of BeardmoreT ''Tornado crude oil motor engin< which dispenses with the carburettor, spark- ing plugs and magneto. Eight immensely strong cylinders take m air which is compressed t> such an extent that intense heat is generated and
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    REWARD FOR YOUNG FATHERS.
    48 13 Effort to Increaiie Italy* Birth Rate. In connection with Mussolini's campaign to improve the falling birth rate, the Fas cist Grand Council has approved the change m the electoral »aw extending the vote to married men between is n I 2i who have children.
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    "SOME NOTABLE WOMEN OF BURMA."
    582 14 An entertaining lecture was given m Rangoon to the National Council of Women, at the University College by Prof. Pc Maung Tin. Ihe subject was "Some Notable Women of Burma." Prof. Pc Maung Tin's notable women weie chiefly drawn from the Kings' wives oi tiie
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    NO WALL-FLOWERS, BY ORDER.
    409 14 To the severe training which a naval officer m the making must undergo nowadays another course has just been added m the United States, where the determination to have as strong a Navy a? any m the world must now be taken more serious ly than
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    41 14 The 38th anniversary of the Chinese Christian Association will be held m the Hall of the Singapore Chinese Girls' School, Emerald Hill Road, on Sati^iay, at X p.m. As there is a limited accommodation, admission will be strictly by tickets only.
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    TIGERS IN THE OPEN.
    345 15 Kampar Planter's Revolver Exploit. Great excitement was caused m the labourers' line_ on Ulu Kampar Estate on Tuesday night, says the Times of Malaya, when it was discovered that a tiger had been around and carried off a bull. Mr. H. Berney. the Manager, was informed
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    P. A. M. VIEWS ON ASSESSMENTS.
    222 15 It is learned, says the Times of Malaya, that the poll held by the P.A.M. m regard lo the resolution put forward by the Central Perak P.A. at the meeting of the P.A.M. m Malacca on December 10th., and the two amendments thereto, has
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    BRIAR PIPE INDUSTRY.
    259 15 Serious Menace of French Competition. Owing to rates of exchange and lower jvages m other countries, an old-established British industry is m danger of failing into a permanent decline. A finished briar pipe can be bought m France to-day at a price tar below that at *£*hich
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    23 15 A mounted specimen of a younjr Sumatran rhinoceros has been presented by the Sultan of Perak to the Natural History Museum, South Kensington.
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    CHARLES I.'S TRIAL CHAIR.
    215 15 Discovery m a Cottage Hospital. It is hoped that there will shortly l>o an addition of great interest to the furniture section of the Victoria anel Albert Museum. South Kensington. In the Cottage Hospital at Moreton-in-Marsh (Gloucestershire) has been found a chair which figured m the
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    UNTYING THE CHINESE MARITAL KNOT.
    95 15 "The Provisicnal Code of the Chinese Republic provides that the wife enjoys the the same rights as the husband. "Either wife or husband may instituU divorce proceedings and obtain a divorce on one or more of the following1 grounds; bigamy; adul-ery; one intending to kill
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    THE POET AND THE LIONS.
    270 15 We have the greatest sympathy for M. Dolgara, the French poet, who seeks fame and no doubt a livelihood by reading his odes and sonnets m the lions' den at the Cirque de Paris. As a poet he is no doubt _1 iven to this
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    CIRCUMAVIATION OF VICTORIA NYANZA.
    55 15 Possibilities for Opening I p I ake District London. Sir Alan CoMlftHl. m a cable to the Dail\ Mail from Entebbe, says that for the firtime m history Victoria Nvan/.a has beer completely circumaviated, iisefoftiag jrreat possibilities for flyinii: ooats to oj>en uj» a delightful lake
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    24 15 V.v. I). Bartlett formerly rr.ana«rr»r of '.ahm Mines, Limited, has sintf his return from leave been appointed Manager, Tanjonp Tin Dredging, Lmited. Tanjong Tualang.
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    GROWTH WITHOUT FUSION.
    221 15 Century and a Quarter m Australia But No Melting Pot. "After one hundred and thirty years oi settlement, Australia non possesse* a population of six million people exclusive of sasessmmmmuT Steam PNtenr K. L WmmA\ of Meltoume Cniversity. "At the induration of the rommonwealth m 1901 our
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    124 15 Mr. .1. M. Smith, at the Brit i Timber Coy., has arrived m Sandakan am his right hand badly cut by 4 parang to have been done by a r. coolie. B.N.B. Herald Our esteemed contemporary the .Min<t..i Herald puts forward a suggestion for scar irq elephants tress the Segama
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    THE THIRD WORLD TOUR.
    575 16 Belgenland Expected To-day. At daylight to-day a familiar annual visitor is expected to enter Singapore, when the 27,000 ton Red Star liner Belgenland with about 340 tourists on board will call here during the course of her fourth roundthe world tour. This vessel is under the
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    ROUGH WEATHER IN GULF OF SIAM.
    136 16 [From Our Own Conespondent.] Bangkok, Feb. 27. Experiencing terrible weather m the Cull* of Siam the Kepong tock a week to reach Bangkok. The Deli also had so rough a passage that the Captain was seasick. A cargo of coal arrived m port yesterday
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      62 16 s.s. GLENLUCE. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from London (arrived 24th Feb.) are hereby notified that (ieneral Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 30-1 on Saturday 3rd March ItM at 9 a.m. No further survey will be held. BOLSTEAD
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      497 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) 0 GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE (via Suez) M.S. SILVERMAPLE fa Poit M.S. SILVERBELLE due Apr. 4 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO \\|> LOS ANGELES HARBOUR M.S. SILVERLARCH due
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      692 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 6 a.m Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpui*, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      107 16 CLEARANCES. Feb. 28.—Barratta, Eng Guan, Gemas, Rusa, Bengloe, C. hin Tay Yit. Hector, Selangor, Hong Keat. Larut. Kum Sang, (Biit); Sunik. (Fch); Imataea, Dovre, Halldor, (Nor); Havenstein. (Gor); Soedoe, Reael. Parigi. Esmeralda. Singapore, Mat sol. (Dut). METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty four hours
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      754 17 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) o UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:—Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager, desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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    INDIAN "WING" TO THE COMMISSION.
    1566 18 SIR JOHN SIMON' 3 SCHEME. A Joint Conference. Evidence supplied to the Statutory i ommis_ion by the Government of India .r.rt .ocal Governments will noe be considered by tne Commmission alone out by a joint DM conference presided over by Sir John Mmon and consisting
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    HAIRDRESSER'S ART.
    302 18 Making His Customers IU-aitiful Mr. George Rossel. a hairdresser. ;.f Ox-ford-street, m the King's Bench Divisior j successfully defended the action m whi h he was sued for personal inmrie■ hy M Dora Cohen. Mrs. Cohen eonii'.i i tha. a hair dye used by Mr. Rossel had h.'ur_d
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      89 18 WAVi„WA,A_%\\W_W.,A\VAV/MWAVW/i,iVAWWA Ij "Fif and Forget" K.L.G\ SPARKING I ]j PLUGS I «J "Captain Campbell broke world's "C s land speed record at Daytona using K.L.G. sparking plugs— > measured speed 206.95 miles per > m hour." i I! I jj MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 14-20, Orchard Road, S:ngapore. > > %%*\A-™™^*VIA*VWV.W^
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      196 18 OLDSMOBILE j^>^^y^'-^-*;tv»-. f i* Ti ____S ]j^*\ Consider the super-abundance of and instant rQ<\h)r>v t ytmt power that flows so easily fron driving need. the big Oldsmobiie power-plant: COH- Consider the facts take a<l >•. sider. too, the advanced degree of Oration run and ch'.-ck U|J on them safety that
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    U.S. AND RUBBER.
    501 19 Progress of Plantation Projects. While the American rubber industry, m 1027 may not have quite realized its hopes for a record breaking year of big business with commensurate profits, nevertheless (says the India-Rubbei World) it did an immense volume at fairer prices and under more normal conditions
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    POST OFFICE SURPLUS.
    139 19 £785.000 From Wireless Receiving Licences A White Paper on Post Office Commercial At:-ounts for the year ended March 31 shows that there was a surplus (after charging: interest on capital) of £0,853,335 on the postal service, and of £283,375 on the telephone service, but a deficit of
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    EXCHANGE.
    65 19 February _S. Beak 4 m.s. I 4 MS Bank demand 23 27-32 Private credits m.-. 2 4 7-16 New York, demand 561. Credits 90 days Pt% France, demand 1436 India, T. T. 154H Hong Kong, demand 11 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 119% Java, demand 140*4 Bangkok, demand 80V, Bar
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    PRODUCE.
    210 19 February 2h. Tin lii 'I an. *11*"', Gam bier 7._. Pepper White 107 Pepper Black 74 Flake Tapioca 9 :<4 Pearl Sago Small 9 Copra 11 Copra Sundried 11.3K Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle iNew) 330 Rice, Siam old Xo. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice,
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    57 19 February 28th.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot J'."'.. 49-4 Standard R.S.S. Spot flt% §S% M Tender Mar. 50 50" 4 Apr-J urn- II ."SI July-Sept. 51 II 4 Tone of Market: Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet 14-1 per lb. New
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    137 19 Yesterday's Alterations. February. 28th. Closing Prices. Buyers Seller? Batu Caves 1.22 1.*6 Kinta Tin Died. 1.40 1A7% Kuchai IM 2.12' 2 Linpuis 2.00 2.07 2 Malayan Cons. 1.09 I.IJ North Taiping 1.10 1.1.") ex. Penawats 7H 83 Petalin^ 4.32 MP ex Rahman Hyd. 1.50 L 5746 Kantau
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST
    127 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyer* Seller* Chin Chin <$1> Ltfitt Uti\k Kinla Tin ($1) 1..'..") 1.40 KLanir River ($1) 3.40 IM x.«l. Kuchai 2.0". 2.1". Lingui Tin l.iKi -2.(10 Malayn Consd. ($1) 1.07 Ll5 N. Taipinp ($1) I*o LSS <■ IVtalinjr 4.20 4.W1 \.<i. Rantau Old <$D 1*7% L
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    178 19 ROSE M ACPHAIL (OS REPORT. Singapore, Feb. 2S. [Libber.- London, Is _.<!. 4 d up. l.ovai Noon .">0 cts. Tin.—Linden, i^.i."» 2s M. IT- Od Dp. Local $llsSi for 150 Tons. Miring.—Firmer. IVnawat 7:* 82, Kuchai 2.071_ 2.12'_. Sungei Way 3.07*_ 3.1 Kinta Dredge 1.37'_ 1.42'_. North
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    AN UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS.
    158 19 The Artintr British Resident of Perak. m moving at Federal Council on Monday. the financial resolution dealing with the Malayan China Clay and Pottery Company. Ltd.. said that there was no need to go into details concerning that unfortunate business. He would remind members that m order
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    WORLD RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
    132 19 An estimate by two Dutch experts given m the Financial Weekblad et Amsterdam puts world consumption this year at 605.000 terns, compared with !7IjMI tons last y«ur Total world export is estimated nM.OOi; tuns, a decrease of KOOO tons compared with 11*27. They do not look tor
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    GIANT LOUD SPEAKER.
    323 19 Words Boom Back Over New York Harbour. Ne** York. Jan. *_:i. A group of engineers of the Bell Tel< phone Company crossed tht- Hudson from New York yesterday, and then-, facing the icy wind on tht- cliff, spoke m an ordinar> tone into the telephone. Five seconds
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      412 19 \--KTS OVER $7,500,000. ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act.
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      336 19 BANKING. charti_rWbank Of INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorpoiated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of 4*5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Propi ietors 3,000,000 imluui Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. A lor Star Ipoh Rangoon j Amrit_ar Karachi Saigon
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      358 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund—Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $13,500,000 Reserve Liahility of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman A. H. Compton, Esq., Deputy Chairman W.
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      68 19 NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated m New Zealand). HRE. MARINE AND MOTOR CAR. Chief A cents for Eastern Archipelago. \DAMSON. GILFILLAN CO.. LTD. Incorporated m England). THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INS. CO. 2nd FLOOR, HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS. SINGAPORE. Assets—£l4.ooo.ooo. All plans of Life, Endowment and Annuity policies issued at
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      38 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee—Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.—Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER i CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1131 20 Sevan! tan names appear m the list of S.C.C. cricketers who have accepted invitations for the opening match of the Clv! ■00 n, which ia to be played on Friday and Saturday between tiams of twelve captained by K. N. Hamilton and 11. L> LKraddell. It will be
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    RACECOURSE GOLF CLUB.
    545 20 CHAMPIONSHIP VENUE THIS YEAR. The Annual Meeting. Mr. E. S. Manasseh presided over the annual general Mooting of the Racecourse Golf Club held yesterday evening m the Club pavilion. ..le\ ing the adoption Of the report and acCOQIta tne Chairman .-aid: To deal first ith the accounts
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION No. 27
    158 20 Matters did not proceed along expected lines m the twelve matches chosen for our Football Competition No. 27. with the result that this week's prize of fifty dollars is awarded m respect of a coupon on which the ivsults of seven matches were correctly forecasted. Ten
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    S.C.C. CRICKET.
    119 20 Players for Week-end Match. Tbe S.C.C. cricket season opens this weekend with a match between R. N. Hamilton's XI and R. 1... L. Braddell's XL Play commeneei at five o'clock on Friday evening and 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Two teams of 12 a side wiil be formed
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    EX-SERVICES ASSN.
    1084 20 MEETING PAYS TRIBUTE TO EARL HAIG. The Volunteers. The annual general meeting of the Ex Sei vices Association of Malaya (Singapore Branch) was held m the Cricket Club Lounge last evening, Major R. R. Robertson presiding. The Chairman, before the outness commenced, said —Gentlemen; Before proceeding to tbe
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    SHIPPING CASE.
    598 20 EXCESS DECK CARGO CHARGE. The Case of the Esmeralda. In the Marine Folic. Court, before the Deputy Master Attendant. Commander W. G. Oldershaw, R.D., K.NR.. Capt. Hitam bin Rahman was charged with allowing his vessel, the Esmeralda, to be piled with deck cargo more than the height of
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    139 20 On this page every Wednesday morning will be found a series of questions—of which the following are typical examples—which will be of interest to sportsmen, recalling as they do remarkable achievements of the past m various branches of sport. The answers to these six questions will be
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    19 20 I Reuter's Service.] London. Feb. 27. In the Xonhe-.i Division of the Lcagui Stockport beat Wrexham 5
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    21 20 Printed and published by Reginald Downing Davies at the office of the Singapore Free Prt?s> Lt<".. I*lB, KoMn-on Road. Singapore StraitSettlements.
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