The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 May 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press II CENTS. SINGAPORE, SS- WEDNESDAY. MAY, IG, 1928. NO. 12,111
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    278 1 The p<»itif>n in Tientsin is tense and it is clear the FtBK Fien troops a. a evacuating Peking l'ajfe 11. A disaster similar t«» Lieut. Kinkead's death h;us iHrurred in America where an aviator, practisinu for the Schneider Cup, dhed into the i btOßiac ri\tr and >\
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    YARNS BY A YACHTSMAN.
    1198 1 Following tii«' i|i.< >(!(• of Paddy aaid tha Beei :it Aldoliur^h we weighed anchor next morning and left fur Shingle Btrcat and its tortiioai entrance. Once <>iit-ide it commenced to Mow and duiing t li« beat to Woodbridge Haven the Bimbo ind all board had a
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      267 1 :j SOLYPTOL SOAP IDEAL TOR THE HOME v.v.v.w.v.v.v.v.w.v.w.vav. Raffles H o j^;f j Rooms with Modern Sanitation. u GRILL ROOM WNER I I>A\lE> I nrivalled in the East. DANSANT I FVFRY Monday TANIA SVETLANOVA EVERY WEDNESDAY AND TUESDAY IRID^ Y ALEX: SALNIKOFF. ™ursday 1 McGuire's ™ie Well-known Shanghai Artists SATURDAY
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      180 1 I„ 1 I I Li4 5J TROWN" MEANS DISTINCTION AND COOD TASTE IN 1 I PERFUMERY AND TOILET PREPARATIONS. BRITISH I Obtainable everywhere and at GOSSAGE'S, 1 10 Robinson Rd. >£IySj(*l»girffi»j^ >.. > y leurope hotel! g "Renowned by Recommendation." I A r \js :y<:v:-x'>x>¥:<:x::-:W:-x::w;:*:>-><:':^ I. ■gs^.^a^g^^juja^ii I AFTER DINNER
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      101 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SiudeLaker for tali Pa«"e 9. Fiat Cars at Italasia Limited Paaji All the latest un motoring -Pasree, 1 i, 18. Black T whit* dog los v, Alham —Pas* 9, Valuable property jal. by Cheoog Kt*;n St-n^ Paje< l**. Important notice Visitiiw \l*rn Turf Club- Pace 0. Notice re
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      10 1 5 THE BEST TABLE BUTTBI I "SNOWFLAKE" < PURE CHILLED CRFaMERY
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      216 1 TilK EEK. lli^h Water. T.:U a.-..., T." -.^7 pja., T.7 Malacca: H. W. IM a 5.10 pan., croft Rubber, ii Barker**, May Race*. St. David*! << fty n i tg u Adelphi, Thiirsdci,. ntk. ili^-h Water. s.:<« ;i .>-.. 8.2, pjn., Malacca: H. W. (.40 S.GO ■■.'p.. 7.1. rrafalgar Estate
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    542 2 Singapore. May ."> quoted arc Renerallj those I lyde Terrace Market. At the othei markets there maj be small variations. I Phthisis is declared to be Penang's most urgent and least controllable problem by Dr. C. 8. Glass, Municipal Health Officer in his annual report for 1927.
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      179 2 for Coughs, Colds and all Throat Troubles. From all Chemists, Dispensaries and Stores. Sole Agents MEDICAL HALL, LTD. Singapore. miimMiiHiiiiiitniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiimiiiiiniiiimiiuiiiiniiiiiiimiiiiiim I COMING SOON! 1 ALHAMBRA. j I J v^" v^^^~^^LnnnnnnnMa»m»m=^ r *~—m—m^ tii j| QUV£ BCVtM +«t> K[!L HAML tOM TME JO/ UAL A scintillating picture of Palm Beach at
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      218 2 Victoria Theatre MAY 22nd, 23rd, 24th 26th at 9.30 p.m. Mrs. ARTHUR HARRIS will produce "MEET™- WIFE" A Comedy in 3 Acts. IN AID OF ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL. BOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S. Prices $3, $2 and $1. PAVILION From Monday 14 tK. to Sunday 2OtH. May. AT 9.15 P.M.
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      341 2 ALHAMBRA PH C E (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., Ltd., Proprietors). COMMENCING TUESDAY, Bth. MAY AT 9.0 P.M. THE MOST TITANIC TKOUPER Ol THEM ALL CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "THE CIRCUS" A MAMMOTH MENAGERIE OF MIRTH. JOHN GILBERT ARABIAN LOVE A VIVID ROMANCE OF DESERT LIFE RESERVATIONS AT KELLY AND WALSH.
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    THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED.
    20 3 THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. SHIPCHANDLERS. SHIPBROKERS. o COMMISSION AGENTS Offices:— -MA YNARIVS BUILDINGS 16, Battery Road. TELEPHONE No. 433.
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    THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    351 3 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily in Malaya live "news" paper 40-50 columns of new.iaily. Also the best Medium for Advcrtis ing. Delivered with the Chota Hazri eac> ■norning. Latest Telegrams, latest New? and Latest Announcements, together wiO exclusive special features. "Pictures of th» week" Serial Story, Ladies'
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    LEGIONARIES' ESCAPE.
    337 3 Thrillinj? Story of Two Ex-Captains. Two bronzed, dose-cropped Englishmen stepped f.-o: i a liner a> Tilbury early mm morning recently. They were James Martin and Charles le (lair, both formerly captains in the British Army, both recently escaped from the French Foreign Legion in Morocco. This escape is
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    BEAUTY BECOMING A BUSINESS.
    314 3 I .s. Re— ri Italic Cosrttiils. Beauty contests will never U- held again in Atlantic City, it is officially announced in that resort, according to a dispatch in the New York Herald Tribune, which tells us further that the reason given for tail departure from custom
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    NO GOD INTURKISH OFFICIAL LIFE.
    94 3 Corstantinorle, April K. As had* been expected, the National Assembly at Angora haa unanimously passed the bill, originated by the Prime .Minister. Xsmet Pasha, and approved by the People's party, separating Church and State in Turkey. The bill provides: 1. That [slam shall bo longer
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    BETTER FARE AT FRENCH INNS.
    121 3 l»;iri>. Apr. H. A "Hundred Thousand (.'lul>" has been started in Prance. This is not io compete with the famous "Hundred" Cluh at gastronomic experts, but is plainly inspired by it. Why, ask the founders, should fine cooking be reserved for the rich? Every Frenchman
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    NOT WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
    58 3 To the hundred! at circs for tootha *h« another hat v.nw to be added. A Yorkshire evening paper commenting on bad attach ><* tootnache from which Mr. LI Georare Kad been suffcrinc f th( beffinnii f ll holidays, reported thai he was now much r, addinsr: 'The
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      144 3 a A LJr I w THE FOOD OF KINGS I Court Physicians know the best and see that Royal Babies have the best. I That is Why Glaxo has been used .5 with success in 5 Royal Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for your Baby, for is he
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      45 3 KREMENTZ nno OBTAIN THE BEST auk for Krementz collar buttons, and be sure the name is stamped on the back. Neither heat nor humidity will affect or tarnish them. f t /Mr IKf llw^Bg^^^ jflT ijmf KM I WASSIAMULL ABSOMULL ft. 00l Singtpon and P»m^
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      219 3 I Estate g Trust Agencies I (1927) Limited j |j (Registered under the Trust Companies' Ordinance of 1926. i w »tli Security deposited with the Straits f jl is prepared to act as f Trustees, Executors, Administrators, Receivers. i l\ Managers of Real Estate, Attorneys for Collection of > J
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    "ROCKET" CAR PUT TO TEST.
    507 4 "ROCKET" CAR PUT TO TEST. Frankfurt -Am-Main, Apr. 18. It is possible to give details to-day of the rocket-driven motor capable, it is claimed, of doing 250 miles an hour, which has been made at the Opel Works in Russel«heim, an industrial town situated between I rankfurt and Mainz. The
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    THE LAW IN CHINA.
    1446 4 A TALE OF TWO MOTOR CARS. Road Against Rail. The stata nf the law in China, wntes the Peking; correspondent of The Times, has been the subject of anxioir study by •n international commission, including *mong its numbers some of the most eminent jurists In the
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    MOTORS AND MOTORING.
    691 4 Misusing the Starter. Nino out of every ten motorists imagine that the starter can work miracles, writes E. T. Brown in the Rangoon Gazette. To help it to do this they think nothing of Working the starting motor for a minute or so at a time in
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      166 4 1 HIGH PRESSURE AND BALLOON TYRES AND TUBES. 1 ;l I '^1 f**M Af~^ {J I if m aE^B^B^BH^SP J 0 ■W^flr^il j jlf I Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD., Singapore. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Pen ing. Ipoh. Malacca. g p^s^B^^K i pJjr^S sK^"^ [J \?^3 HP V I
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      36 4 3K .^BBj tife^r dii* 5 131 i^Pj -^1^9(1^3 V A tyi*e, madk by Goodyear. world and it has emitted M«< v respect by matchless per STL* lormaiu-,. Gife a //re a tube A GOODYEAR TUBE goop,^?eAr
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    MOTOR-CAR WORKS BUSIER.
    298 5 MOTOR -CAR WORKS BUSIER. Psychology lor Engineers. k or two there has t act i\ ity in the lays a Bir- ih« Times. Some n working at the rapacity, ;in 1 d to keep pace w I h •.I- n<>«. been the invariral experience, how- en a speeding un a;
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    MORE STREET DEATHS.
    324 5 329 Persons Killed Last Year. 413 FATAL PILLION ACCIDENTS. An increase of nearly 1 >,OCO traffic accident* in which people were killed or inj;r'e<! is shown in a Government White Paper giving statistic? for 1 i*ii T The total number of road accidents ve- the police in
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    RED REAR LAMPS.
    156 5 There is nothing n«w under the sun, and the rear-lamp belt which I acclaimed as the invention of a Sussex woman was, I believe, adopted fiurtaff ibe war, when motor-can were forbidden t<» use headlights. Troops marching at night were in considerable danger, and the r*A light
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    ETHYL PETROL.
    724 5 Claims For the New Spirit. (To the Editor of The Times.) Sir,- The .use of ethvl petrol has been referred to a Government Committee for expert opinion, but, since Lord Buckmaster has s". n lit meanwhile to issue through your columns a warning against this spirit. I fee!
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    4,000 MILE MOTOR RACE.
    179 5 Circuit of Sicily Proposed in Italy's New Test. Rome. April 9. Not content with the success of the "Thousand Mile" motor-car endurance test last Sunday week, the Italian sportsman, Count Romeo Gnllenga Stuart, is advocating a 4,039-mile road race round Italy. If the plan is approved
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    S.P.C.A. SINGAPORE.
    320 5 The following: were present at the Committee meeting held on April 24th. Mr. H. C. Cooke-Yarborough (Vice President), Mrs. G. G. Franklin, Mr. F. N. Chasen, Mr. T. L. Evans, Mr. J. W. Harries, Mr. R. H. Onraet, and Mrs. R. H. Onraet and Mrs. L. A. Thomas,
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    98 5 A ftnu of bookmaker* who were unabli to toe mm Of their clients for a debt amountin- to WOO hifim he pleaded the Gamin* Act sued him in the Westminster Court on May I for the nttiount of tax on his unpaid debt*, namely iXO. The Judtfe said he b*
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      15 5 *xt A** //O w Zl^Tk OF i -^sflLm^l ■^■ssv 1 111 sW m ssy q^NEO
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      140 5 x p Through ESSEX Thousands Know I The Ride That is Like Flying 1 I WITH THE EXCLUSIVE HIGH COMPRESSION ANTIKNOCK MOTOR THAT TURNS WASTE HEAT TO POWER. All eyes turn to the Essex Super-six whose vivid brilliance of performance reveals in a single ride a smoothness and quiet, a
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    CHESS NOTES AND NEWS.
    1274 6 ror tnc Leisure Hour |rjfl/\/^i* m Recreations OUR CHESS EDITOR. Probleai No. (By A. F. Mackensfe.) Black 5 pieces. White 10 pieces. W hiU- to move and matt* in three. A game from the recent Berlin international tournament: (Queen's Pawn Opening. l«»hner. Bogoljubow. White Black. l.
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    1223 6 Defining The Bids. hv "HORATIUB." Aft or referring a week ago to the "dealer's No Trumper," 1 was amused to read :i lecture by one of the leading English authorities on the game in which he denounced the phrase in set terms. There is, he declared,
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    SHAVING AND BEARDS.
    140 6 The popular theory that the more a man shave* the faster his beard gTOWS ha3 b :-n exploded by a woman. Dr. Mildred Trotter, assistant professol of anatomy at Washington University. St Louis, told anthropologists attending the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
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    COW KILLED IN A BANK.
    129 6 A valuable milch cow, which had beer, separated from its calf, and was being: driven to the market in High-street, Doncaster, dashed into a milliner's shop, scared assistants and customers, and did considerable damage. The animal was got out of the shop and it Vcnoc-ked
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    DENTISTS ON HOLIDAY.
    187 6 An unfortunate experience I had on i East, x Sunday lead* me t<» write to you and urge that there should be some agreement among dentists that certain of them, whose names might possibly be obtained at a Hospital or telephone exchange, should remain in town over
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    AFTER THE HOLIDAY.
    534 6 Litter and its Lesson. It was a beautiful Easter, writcc s Times correspondent, and ii lui^ left a most unlovely litter. They are picking up tl n lies in every park and on every remmon directly guarded by public authority. But the task i.s not always easy,
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    DOWN ON GAMING.
    56 6 Everton Footl nil could bj m >an ipccUil police pal 'l" v noa Park, it vrai lUted in I Court. They took >riou I}).' fround, Mid Mktd tsiko raeh rleu ta Ernes! Powi r N1 erpool, pltxtod fuilt) I I'Hwer. it at tht* Evnto« »«d Bl was
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    INCIDENTS WHICH AFFECT YOUR GAME.
    986 6 INCIDENTS WHICH AFFECT YOUR GAME. Troublesome Remarks. [MARKER "WINS" A GAME. by George Duncan. It is curious how the jrolf^r s influenred by i\ tiifliny: Incident, or it may be a sudden impulse or chance remark. This, at any rate, has been by experience. This season We U~o to Sandwich
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    WHAT COURTS MEAN TO TRADE.
    1415 7 A THOUSAND GOWNS FOR ONE EVENT. £200 Contract to the Florist. An extra Court this soason five instead of four— moans SOU to 1,000 additional Court gowns for the dressmakers to maKt; it means SOU to 1,000 extra photographs lor the photographers to take; it
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      125 7 ALWAYS READYi I FOR EMERGENCY I mil fll"! [SI i S3ff *afc Y ill -J at IF If Vl 2m} >v*a [j*j r I I :The "Minimax" Fire Extinguisher I is a perfect combination of I EFFICIENCY SIMPLICITY j I WHITE FOR OUR BOOKLET CONTAINING DOZENS OF TESTIMONIALS I Sole
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      317 7 The Blessing of Health hestowed by Wincarnis VCTTe are living no longer in days when VV every illness was attributed to the influence of some malignant demon, witch or wizard yet how often do we hear the complaint "lam cursed with insomnia, loss of appetite, nerves But even in the
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    OUR LOST BOXING SUPREMACY.
    989 8 At no time during the last twenty years has Europe been so poverty-stricken in boxing talent as she is now, writes Norman Cark, Secretary of the British Boxinp Board of Control. Time was when, in Britain alone, we had a number of boxers who were world's
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      204 8 JA FEW MiNUTES] 1 per week spent testing your car tyre pressure will be well repaid. 2 The LIFE OF YOUR TYRE depends on correct 2 mm /t^^ O M i C^ YYRC II iU. S. TYRE Ml pRES^IRE GAUGE H Rp 4 PRESSURE 3%, a# GAUGE vyj/%^^ SAFE T
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      144 8 I ,^&mmr Mi A Jft When Beauty and Charm Reveal Themselves oat loots riding, swimming cr walking; changes for an energetic gan-.e i tennis; changes agait>. for her morning shopping, which she doeb efficitntly and well; appeal >( -t appears fresh and elegantly groomed at tea tinu. And th<- evening
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    WATCH ON TIENTSIN.
    430 9 BRITISH TROOPS READY IF WANTED. No Need Vor Anxiety. [Renter's Service.] London May 11. In the House of Commons, replying to Mi. H. W. Looker <e. Essex), Sir A." Chamberlain said the Government was closely watching the situation in Tientsin. There would hv no difficulty in strengthening
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    RUMANIAN OIL FIRE.
    66 9 [Renter's Service] Bacharest, Ma> l">. A fire al the petroleum wells in the Moreni district broke out on Saturday and continues to rairi furiously. Twelve wells belonging to the Astra Romans Company (Dutch Shell) and six belonging to the Credit Miner Company have been destroyed on to
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    AMERICANS IN PEKING.
    66 9 [Reuter*! Service.] Washington, Yi ij 14. Tho Xartkinq Government message tc ?-ir. C'oolidge has not yet been received Wh lu State Department ia eoocoin i as regards the Southerners' advutiuc or Peking no great anxiety as da Ihi safel y of Ameri mi- 3 felt. It is
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    FALL OF PEKING IMMINENT.
    61 9 Reuter*fl Se^^nc*. I London, May 1 1. Mr. Wang Chung Hui, (ex-Premier of the Peking (Government), called on S i r A. Chamberlain this afternoon. Mr. Wang Chung Hui in a Reuter interview said the fall of Peking was imminent. Then' was great prospect that a
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    AIR CRASH IN INDIA.
    58 9 fßeuter's Servn^l I Pesaawar, May 1 1. An aeroplane crashed at Parachinar and was badly damaged, l>ut its two Russian nccupants were unhurt. They did not speak English but were able with the assistance uf maps to indicate their route which was from Termei to Kabul.
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    HAVRE STRIKE.
    42 9 [Renter's Service* 1 Havre, Ma) 11. Work a1 the docks is at standstill owing it> a strike of ♦">'i > lorry diivers. ;•< 1,200 dockers, as a protest against reduction in wage*, the result of tlv !ov.'ei ■i><; of living index iiuu
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    PRINCE CAROL.
    41 9 [Renter's Service. 1 London, May 1 1. In the House of Commons, Sir W. Joynson Hicks (Home Secretary), said he had wd a definite undertaking from Crown Prince Carol to leave the country at the atesi by May Ufa.
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    A SINGAPORE ISLAND.
    80 9 FOREIGN OFFERS TO JOHORE. Statement in Common?. [Renter's Service.] London, May I(, In the House of Commons at (]U stl< time Mr. Ameiy (Secretary for ih<- Col nies) said a statement had come t" i notice that foreign companies bad offers to H. H. ihe Sultan of
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    THE CURRENCY BILL.
    206 9 Ex-Labour Chancellor's Amendment. FReuter's Service.] London. May 15. In the House of Commons Mr. A. M. Su muel (Financial Secretary to the Treasury) moved the second reading of the Currency and Bank-notes Bill, amalgamating currency notes with Hank of England notes as provided in the budget. Mr.
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    SCENE IN EGYPTIAN CHAMBER.
    145 9 Members Come to (irips. [Reuter*a Service.] airo. Mav I In the Chamber there were turbuleni scenes while the Watar.ist Deputy Abd e Ham id was criticising Mahaa Pas! a thanking Lord Lloyd for the British ultimatum and des atch of warships. The Minister (I t' Communications,
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    ANGLO-AMERICAN TREATIES.
    143 9 Suirjrestion to ProioMK Present One. S~— 1 Router's Service. l Lund«»n. Mav 1 I. At question lime in the House <»f Commons, Sir Austen Chamberlain (Foreign Secretary), said the draft of the Arbitration Treaty to replace the Anglo-American Arbitration Treaty expiring on .June 4th. had been communicated l>y
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    THE CABLE CONFERENCE.
    66 9 [Reuter s Senriec] I.otulon. May 1 J. In the House of Commons Mr. Waltci Baker (Lab; Easi Bristol.), asked when th< report of the Imperial Cable and V\'i ele* Conference was likely to be issued. Mi Baldwin replied that it waa impossible to forecast the <!:«tc an<l
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    BATAVIA EARTHQUAKE.
    49 9 [Renter's Service.] Pmtavia Mav 11. A violent earthquake U <>k pla •<.» a 1 Deeasumbar followed Ky a volcah'j prupiicn near the vitlafre «;f r t i;;!>aiu;. Stonca ->ri«' a hes shol 7 r > feel into the cir and treair <>*' lava destroyed fourteen house Oii nllajrer
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    DR. STRESEMANN ILL.
    36 9 [Renter*! Service.] Berlin, >!;-> 1!. Dr. Stresemann the (-.•.'■man Fo Ministi k\ is confined i u:y an«i kidnc] trouble, p i kabl) ;■.<•■ i bv ptomaine p< isoning, and ha^ canci lied eU etion campaign.
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      641 9 NOTICES. ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN th,,t the Ammum i eneral Meetiaff will be held in th, rickei luh Lounge on Thursday L 'itii tf al 1928, :it Mi p.m. D. MAIN, Hon. Secretary. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM. 124 Robinson Road. Reading Room Open Daily 9.30 11.30 Service
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      69 9 THE CHARM OF A GOOD PIANO 0 GARCIA'S ALL TEAK MODELS 0 FINE QUALITY— FINE TONE Price from $425. EASY PAYMENTS ARRANGED W. J. GARCIA. 2 Orchard Road FOR SALE. For sale, hou hi TMok IV. k,; (11.-dhil!. R .1, VUd'. UDEB \i. I D LRU 81 roUKKR, few monthi
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      SILVER WEDDING.
      55 10 RUSHTON HANCO4 K. At St. A.n4i*w*i (■••tlu'.lrai on Um ICth. i'- 1. by tho Rer. V.. CJritfith Evant, Art ;ic Co!«nial Ckmplain. George Doa^lmi Rashton, Commander, Cable Ship "Sheiard Ostera," to Wiwlfred Elsie, <!;iu^htor of Mr. ;>nd Mrs. S. Hancock, "Hill View," Kcpp»'l Harbovr. (Prom the Singapore Wttt
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1928. OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
    841 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1928. OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM. A mattor of peculiar complexity and very far reaching effects is bound up in the Currency Note and Rank Note Amalgamation Bill which ha.just passed second reading in the House of Commons. It is impossible to give a very clear
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    170 10 Tho Rev. Bro. James, who has been on a visit to Japan ha<= returned to Penang by the Talamba. Roor Singh, an army pensioner, was run down and killed by a train while attempting to cross the railway line at Kompin recently. M.M. A most successful variety entertainment was given
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    36 10 HAPPY BANKRUPTCY OFFICIAL. Wins Big Turf Club Sweep. iT'rom Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok. May 15. Tht First Prize of fhe Turf Club Sweep worth £8,000 was won by an official in the Bankruptcy Department.
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    PBNANG ASSIZES.
    64 10 A Lishl Calendar. fFro.n Our Own OTmnonrient.^ PenanK, May 15. There are only three cases on the calendar of the Penan^ assizes which opened before Mr. Justice Stevens to-day. There are two charges of murder the first case being that of Furan Katan Singh, alias Kanchi, and Kader
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    JAPANESE STEAMER BOYCOTTED.
    235 10 Three Thousand Mile Tow Necessary. The Indus Mam, a vessel of 2/>l»7 tons belonging 1 to the Osaka BhosSfl Kaisha Line, which arri\c(! in port from Bombay last Thursday, will have to be towed a distance of nearly ihre<> thousand miles as a result of a boycott
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    41 10 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London. May 15, IM p.m. Messrs. Symington and Sinelaii notify to-day's rubber price as 8-Vxd. per Ib. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son> notify to-day's lin prices as £232? K --£232vJt.
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    MUNICIPAL ACTION.
    99 10 The following action was taken at h meeting of Committee No. 4 on May 11th. Approved construction of drains and culverts at Adam estate at an estimated cost of $15j800. Decided to recommend the Improvement Trust to amend the building line of Stamford road to make provision for
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    CHAP JI KI CHARGES.
    301 10 A Chinese maiden "of tender \ears as her Counsel described her, was prosecuted by Mr. Oakeshott before The Third Magistrate yesterday on a ehavfji of buying a chaj^ ii kee lottery ticket. Aixordinjr t(» Mr. Oakeshott. the grirl, 1-5 yt-ars <"-f aj?e, was arrested in the
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    425 10 CHINA AND THR POWERS. To the Kditor. Ml* CmtmmkU upon tfc i lllr in the local leading p a the following points: 1. The tending of Japai Chinese Mill is undountrdl. upon "tho territorial int. p Independence of china" wl c-ipatinß nations of \V.. "»i in«
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    THE DOG NUISANCE.
    184 10 To the Kditor. Sir, Can nothing be lei rible nuisance "t pai pore? I live «>ut-i<i» Um M and the district every alfht to hordes ..t miserable i emly the neifffcbovriac Chii from du.-k to iruar i t h» ir t household poaoeesinji fi i dof». Many
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    50 10 Four toachtr> from Nlo ffo lo Kaffli- (""I''up Education m hro will tttend eoui the othen for thi- BA A Am of $100 or "i risoroui Smprfaonn»^ nl pssMd M a Chiiw Govenuncfil M«mo| in. nt, \\ho w;i< :iul-' attempting to t>: Vl pKinisei iritli -r* p»-nl«'«i m M* p»won.
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    THE CHINA WAR.
    86 11 CHANG TSO LIN (JETS OUT. Japanese Leave Peking. r'a Fur Kastern Service] Poking, May IS. are withdrawing from the Peking-Hankow railway d-guns and munitions are pas. ;:-h Peking and Tientsin to All indications point to Lin leaving in few days. women and children are Dairen. Shanghai, May
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    TENSE SITUATION AT TIENTSIN.
    117 11 TENSE SITUATION AT TIENTSIN. Far Eastern Service.] Tsiniriao. May IS. inies of Japanese inTientsin for Tsinan-fu who ril 20h., returned from morning and hmmediatel) yer f<«r Tientsin owing to there. i Mr. Fujita, arrived states that the Japanese .040 corpses of Chinese Mas 3rd and it is believed iried at
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    REPARATION FOR TSINAN-FU.
    132 11 Probable Japanese Terms. if Eastern Service.] Osaka, May 1:,. Minister in a speech relapan would withdraw from the safety >■ her r I. He mentioned thai bj t: military Tokio. Ma> \7t. at present fathering -fu affair for the pur- p Chinese Btatementa ai to incident and
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    JAPANESE CABLES.
    25 11 R EIM ORCEMENTB TO CHINA. the Nanyo NichiShimbunsha). Tokyo. May 14. ntry Regiment at Shisuoka and the Nagoya heavy artillery lay for China.
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    JAPANESE LOSSES IN SHANTUNG.
    26 11 the latest casualty returns the military authorities, the during the recent action in stimated at 241 casualties I'", killed und 20 seriously
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    POWERS' TROOPS AT TIENTSIN.
    26 11 advance of the Southerners torn ami Peking it causing much foreigners. forces in Tientsin have i their allotted posts as pre- Red
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    THE NEW FRENCH LOAN.
    32 11 [Havaa Service. l Paris, May I.">. the papers, the new five ■Illation Loan issued on llted already in a Mlbaeriptli Of francs. :i!li«. r cables on Page o.]
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    KRAKATAO'S ANGER.
    49 11 THOUSANDS OF ERUPTIONS NOTED. Huge Columns of Steam. [Reuter's Service.] o Batavia. May 15. Bewea thousand eruptions have been revoleano 1 ft K! h UrS in th volcano of Krakatao. Steam, resembling White surf. a boilintr strt am has ■pouted sometimes to a height of 1,300 feet
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    THE UNEASY EARTH.
    68 11 fßeuter's Service] Manchester, New Hampshire. May II The amateur wireless operator Davis Who firet learnt the Bremen's arrival at breenrj Island has picked up a sensational •?M? 8 e Peco «*m« an earthquake in the th.it 100 persona have been killed. A >"«■•* York, May 15. A
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    PITY THE POOR MIAS.
    90 11 PITY THE POOR MI AS. I Router's Service. l c London. May 1.1. Sir Hesketh Bell in a letter to the Times referring to the sudden large influx of orang titans into Europe, says the apparent dejection of those he saw at the Zoo and in the Riviera filled him
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    ANOTHER SCHNEIDER CUP TRAGEDY.
    60 11 ANOTHER SCHNEIDER CUP TRAGEDY. I Router's Service.] Washington, May 15. N counterpart of the fatal accident to Sooth African flyer Kinkead at Calshot two months ago is provided by the tragic death of Lieutenant Base, who "when flying a seaplane in training for the Schneider Cup race, suddenly dived in
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    JAPANESE SHIPPING DISPUTE.
    54 11 [Rooter's Far Eastern Service.] Osaka, M>y 15. The dispute between the Kawasaki Steamship Company and the Japanese Seamens Union, who are demanding the establishment f>f minimum wage, is growing more serious. The crew of the Pacific Mam, bound f>>r America, left the -•hip at Yokohama yesterday. The
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    CHINESE CABLE SERVICE.
    94 11 The Latest War News. (By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press). Shanghai, May 15. The Nationalists have captured Changchow, the fall of Tientsin is expected and (hang Tso I. in has prepared to leave for Mukden. Chiang Kai Shek has returned to Hsuchow and will go bark
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    BOYCOTT MOVEMENT AT SWATOW.
    142 11 (By arrangement with Nanyaag Siang Pau Press). Hong Ron?. May 15. The Bwatow Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed urging the Nanking Government to launch a strong protest t« the Japanese Government regarding the Shantung affair. They pledge their full support. Swatow merchants uiu\ Chamber in the
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    A VISIT TO HONG KONG.
    61 11 CbV Cbao Hsin, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. Canton, left U* Hong Kong yesterday. When interviewed he said his mission was important but it was impossible to disclose it. He said further the Japanese Consul had not replied to the Canton Government re-i-aiding the latter's note
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    63 11 Some commotion was caused in Ramah street on Monday when a Chinese attempts to stab a woman in house No. 14 Ramah Street. Two male occupants of the house tackled the man who then ran out into the r<»a<l and was caught. He was produced before th? Police Courts yesterday
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    THE THIRD ASSIZES.
    888 11 HEAVY SENTENCES FOR GANGROBBERS. Rash Driving Cases. The third Assizes commenced yesterday before the Acting Chid Justice <Mr Justice Sproule). There are twenty-eight cases down for hearing, including the charges against W. Mann and J. W. Henp of causing death by a rash act, and two charges
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    85 11 member Abdur Rahman bin I^mbak; Assistant Foreman member Awang bin Khamis; Committee members Ibrahim bin Ahmad, Embong bin Jamal, Ibrahim bin Jamal. Ibrahim bin Ahmad Aiyarani, Hoosain bin Yusoff, Abdur Rahman bin Ahmad, Sadoon bin Mohamed Deen and Bulat bin Ghani; Football Captain Awang bin Khamis. On the 7th inst.
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    MATTERS MUSLIM.
    956 11 MUSLIM STUDENTS' AID SOCIETY. New Scholarship Offered. [By Our Muslim Correspondent.] The other day an item of news appeared in the columns of this paper as to an enquiry by a correspondent with regard to the Muslim Student's Aid Society. It may be remembered that, in 1925, a
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    FLIGHT AEROPLANE PRICES.
    553 12 FLIGHT AEROPLANE PRICES. Drop of £255 in Three Years Tlie >>iife of the Avro Avian light aeroplane, the type in which Mr., now Squadron Leader, Hen Hinkler, R.A.A.F.. tU-w to Australia in 1" and a half days, writes f he Times Aeronautical correspondent, has Keen reduced to VOOO, and when
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    LYMPNE FLYING PAGEANT.
    277 12 Pilot with Howler Hat and I'mhrella. The tii si day's flying at tho Cinque Ports Flying Club Easter meeting at Lympne, provided evidence of the remarkable progress that ha*> been made in the private Hying movement sine, the inauguration of the first Huh? aeroplane dub in 1925.
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    "BLIND" 'PLANE TESTS.
    93 12 Fog. dense clouds, and driving rain may soon cease to hold any tenor for airmen. Testfl were carried out on April sth. at the Farman aerodrome at Tonssus-le-Noble which showed the feasibility of flying in safety aided only by delicate instruments on the dashboard. The machine used
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    THE NEW MISS 1928 OF AMERICA.
    410 12 I N>l Y'rk. The flapper of America has disappeared.: and in her stead has come the y. .in«r woman with poise, soft-toned and correct speech! soberly costumed, and head of hair. Those, at all events, are the specifications of Miss lifJS as set forth
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    AIR MAILS IN 1927.
    338 12 Traffic (ireatly Increased. A review of British Air Mail ervi 1927 shows thai both tetter and pi traffic were much heavier timing the teT nia'l- desnntcheH from Gr?al Bri■:in totalled ''Tj a-^ romnared with 17,0001b in 1926. and i 19 compared with 55,0001b in 1926. Although
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    EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR
    62 12 S.?. ORDINANCE NO. 197 (LABOUR) AND THE LABOUR CODE, 1923. Are hereby reminded thai asatasmcat return! for the praeadistg qoartar mast i><. Mnt t» tht Ollice of the Deputy Controller of [...hour, Malaya, Penaiif,'. during the months of April, July, October uml January. Forms for the
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    COLONEL LINDBERGH RETIRING?
    450 13 Pestered by the Public. Colonel Charles A. Lindborgh is planning to retire from public life. H« doesn't know just how he can do so. but ho is determined to j?et away from the plare of publicity which is making his existence intolerable. Many alarm in jj rumours
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    NAVY LOUD SPEAKERS.
    493 13 Boatswain's Pipe Disappears. "Grrr. Bmph. Grrr. grr q;rr q-rrr gree." That is a naval order, new style. It the actual noise that passed through one of H.M. ships a few minutes ago. It was human voice that originated the sounds. As the ship's company heard them, however,
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    IF YOU WERE CAST ON A SESERT ISLAND-"
    142 13 IF YOU WERE CAST ON A SESERT ISLAND-" Hollywood message says: oop, <•< okiog-pots, and books rd< t named, would be the i at tome mio nun and of the University of Caliwere laipwrecked on an Is--1 Frederick Woellner. of the Uni- versity, who spoke before a convention of clubwomefl
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    32 13 A small balloon, released in Spain for' meteorological purposes, has been picked^ up at Shershell, in Algeria, after having crossed the Mediterranean and travelled a I distance of about 400 miles.— Ex
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    SAIGON TO PARIS.
    48 13 If. Vairat, who with M. Ahadic set out from Bangkok on April 25th to motor to Burma, returned to Bangkok on Mdy 4th •'or more benzine and oil. He left again on May 6th. The travellers had passed Kanburi before their petrol supply ran short.
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      626 16 SHIPPING NOTES. Thi- P. and O. Kalyan arrived in Londor at 7 a.m. on the 14th instant. In notices to mariners issued yesterday the Master Attendant, Capt. Geoffrey Freybers*, R.N., requests that owners and masters of vessels in port on the following days will be good enough to allow their
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      335 16 Kng Gwan, LJrii. 51, from Mersing 15, for Mersing 15. Mahfclol, Brit, 440, from P. Dickson 15, for P. Dickson 10. Kopah, Brit. "J'j:>, from Malacca 1"». for Malacca 16. Houtman, Dut. ■> 1 1>0. from Melbourne l">. for Batavia 15. Tottori Maru, Jap. .■}7» lv> from Yokoham: 15, for
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    A SIAMESE COUNTRY PRISON.
    385 17 An Alarming Night. **ordtag to h *an K suc Bimb Dai the euatcst anxiety and alarm wro caused H th l «M»«*OQd of the "V n bUn n th ni M of April Hot e !l u lnmatcs nf paoi not, and threatened to break out.
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    EX-KAISER'S PLEASURE PALACE.
    136 17 "Achilleion" to be Bought by Greece. According to the Athens correspondent of the Voesische Zeitung. the Greek Government has decided to buy the Achilieion, in Corfu. A Com mission fa being set up to umu the value of the palace. No decision has yet been arrived at
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    SPORT IN THE FRENCH ARMY.
    163 17 An immediate result of the inter-change of courtesy visits between the cadets at Sandhurst and tho*e of St. Cyr, the similar establish mint in Frar<e, has taken a quite unexpected line./ As a result of French observation the instructor officers of St. Cyr have been
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    GREGORY CASE SEQUEL.
    142 17 Th»- Treasury issued a warning to Civil Servants, following the report of the Board of Trade on the Gregory case, to be careful in their relations with the public. The letter which has been sent out states There are spheres of activity legitimately open to the ordinary
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    ARTISTS OF 5,000 YEARS AGO.
    183 17 Beautiful Chair of an Egyptian Qu«cn. Cairo, Apr. 9. Dr. Roisner reports that Queen Hetepheres' carrying chair was delivered to Cairo Museum on April 5 after two years' of careful work had been put in on it. The chair is cased in patterned gold and
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    56 17 Captain N. M. Hashim, M.C.S., the Malay Economist, and Capt. L. D. Gammans, M.C.S., the Malay Industries Officer, who, accompanied by Mr. Winter, the rubber expert, have just completed an intensive tour in the Selanjror Coast and inland districts, are very shortly making- an extensive tour in South Malaya, covering
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    THIEF'S TRICK WITH TROUSERS.
    138 17 Householder's Vain Pursuit. Southend. Apr. 9. Extraordinary precautions were taken by a burglar who broke into the house of Mr. George Jacobs, in Seaview-road, Southend, early this morning. He forced an entry by the fanlight over the front door, fixed the front and back doors wide
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    113 17 Lim Koei Paw, a young man from Tientsin, 25 years old, is in Kuala Lumpur just now in the course of a world tour, the expenses of which he is defraying 1 by giving entertainments conjuring and physical exercises. He began his trip in 1924, and before reaching Malaya had
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    THE INDIAN STATES.
    620 18  -  A Prince's Advice to the "Black Sheep." One of the most important features of the recent development of Indian affairs has been the coming into li^ht of a hitherto silent but very larjre portion of India split up into what are known as the Indian States, ruled
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    THE NEW PUNCH AND JUDY.
    330 18  -  Manchester Guardian Tin artist has taken ;he Punch and Judy in hand. In the little gallery in Golden Square, where the Model Theatre Guild is holding its Easter exhibition, you can enjoj the result. Mr. Walter Wilkinson, who is an artist, and his brother have
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    15 18  - ICarriaget differ a.s much as finger-prints; then- are iu» two alike. Miss G. B. Stern
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    FRASER & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    874 19 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, MAY l.Vh. buyers beiler* Asain Kumbang <i> 47s SKI 18a 1M cd. Bangrin Tin 44< -4<>^ Batang Padang (*l 54 Batu laws <.>l> 1.37% 1.12 'a i henderiang (£> l«ss 9d 17s 6d Chin (hin (.si i 70 mi Eastern siam (n i,-.
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    ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE.
    43 19  -  Royal Charter (Incorporated in England by A.D 1720) FIRK MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity (iuaranteo— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives. Messrs. BARLOW <£ CO., Messrs. H ARRISO N S BARKER ft CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager
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    OUR FINANCE CABLE.
    145 19 Rubber Share Market Easier. [Our Own Corrtspondmt Co -ri-ht. i l.'tiidoii, a> i.'i. The rubber ■hare market o| en*d tin week idly with a li.-h.'.v tone Selling ordera are more prevalent th< not ;m sufficient quantity <*• iaug« Fall In market price*. St;vkx wn. The eommodity ttoeka
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    AYER PANAS RUBBER ESTATE, LTD.
    636 19 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting i Ayer Panai Rub ber Estate I wan h Id Mi M. ime ;i. Hiding. O hsu pre* n| Messrs. E. Kong liuan, E. Kayner, I! < Atkin Berr) a nd .1. i >| in moving ,iu ;i loption of
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    EXCHANGE.
    74 19 May 15. Ban k 1 in. g j^j H; nk demand 1 1 i.; Private credits r>\.<. -j i 7 .Wu York, den and &.1I Credits 00 di .",7 Pi am i\ demand 1 |2*J India, T. T. ir,.; Hong Ki>tiu demand pj D Yokohama, demand il.s"., Java, demand
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    PRODICE.
    187 19 May 16. Tin 100 Tons $1 1 Gambier Pepper White Pepper Blai k Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small Copra Sundried Rife l.ianjr Hill Chan Mark Red Baffle (New) Rice, Siam old No. I Rue, Rangoon Bintan W Rice, Rangoon Sioka -•>•' -lice, Siam Broken No. 1 K0 Rice, Siam
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    62 19 May l.'tth. 1 1 oYloi-U iitmn. R s.s. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot 30^ :'.<". Standard R.S.S i Pel der M; > June SI ::p July Sept. SI :'.l \k Od 11-I 1 tO i SI Tom- or" Market Quit t. Latest <':ihlr: London Spol
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    197 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, Ma> 1">. Rubber. London '»<l. '•«<!. down. Tin. -London £231 12a 6d, 2s 6d down. .Minii j».-- Quiit. Taiping !.ll 1.16, South Taiping 50 52*,5, North Taiping 1.14 1.16, Kinta Dredge 1.46 1.50, llu Piah TJ 7-\ Klang Rivera ."J.")! 1 3.62 cum. <li\.. Pttalint:
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    83 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Mn> ISta, C1 sinu Price**. Buyers Sellers Kmta Tin I>r <l. l i." 1 Kucha i 1 1 i 1.73% 1.79V* I .iny'uis 1 :»7'.. 2.10 Taipinsj 1.11 H l 17 Teluk Kiuin 1.35 i.io Assam Kumbang 47s tt»l 48a M Bans^in 14a Us M
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    82 19  - A private dinner was riven in tin- Jessel tor. Hotel on April 25th to the Hon. Mr I'. K. Lease, who mem ea leave \>y th< >I.tiu<:ii whi.h sailed the same nijrht. Ml Lease has now spent over o<> years in tl East, bat it is not certain whether he
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1086 20 Folk wing the present Turf Club May i «uc meeting comea the two days amateur meeting which will be held here on Satur «ia> and Monday, May 2(5 and 28, for which entries rloae on Monday. May 21st. This will provide ior good many who have failed to
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    MALAYAN RACING.
    454 20 THE SINGAPORE MAY MEETING. Selections and Scratchings. With the meeting nearing its end scratching have been rather more numerous but there will be good fields in most cases. The going appeals likely to be better than on Saturday. The following are our selections. Race One: Cassidy; Cinderella; Crisp.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    470 20 The following: is the result of the men's Medal for the month of May. Twenty-one cards were taken out. Walley and Mohamed Amfo (who now styles himself Amin Rasher, why, it is dif ftcult to say. since ht had built up on his own name a very
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    490 20 MALAY'S EIGHT GOALS AGAINST S.R.C. A Record For Singapore Soccer. Malays 8; S.R.C 0. A record was set up by the Malays at the Stadium yesterday in their scoring eipht goals against the S.R.C. The Club was unable to reply with a single sroal. From start to finish
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    SECOND DIVISION MATCHES.
    74 20 In the second division (b) of the league, the Police easily disposed of the IndoCeytonesc second team to the tune of six nil. The match was played on the Y.M.C.A. giouad. The A.P.C. and the Telephone Company drew, each side scoring 3 jroals. The Municipality and the
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    R.S.Y.C.
    60 20 The following races will He sailed on Sunday. "A" Class; Second Race for the Black Swan Trophy. Start 10.10 a.m. Course Club Coarse; Handicaps Kathleen. Ella Dorothy, June and Jean scr.; Ella 7 per cent. "B" Class: First Race for the ViceCommodore'i (Dr. Winstedt) Challenge Cup. Start 10 a.m.;
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    CHESTER CUP STAKES.
    88 20 St. Mary's Kirk Wins. London. May :>. The following ih the result of the Caestei Cup Stakes (Handicap), value E2»?MI, rur ever a course of two miles and a quartet at Chester to-day. Sir Hed worth Meux's St. Mar) i Kirk 1 Mr. S. Wootton's Dakota I
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    A GRUESOME FIND.
    75 20 Pari«, Apr. 8. A sexton found at a Paris cemetery yesterday a heart, wrapped in cloth with some locks of hair. It had been pierced by some forty pins, arranged in the form of a cross. The heart proved to be that of some animal, and is
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    119 20 THE S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Final of Veterans' Doubles. The final of the Veterans' Doubles which was played last evening was a very hard fought contest, in which Hall and Hemmant beat Salter and Hill 6—3, 3—6, 6—3. The three sets were so closely contested that they took the
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    72 20 Fine Bowling by Jupp. C Renter's Sorvicel London, May I 1. N'Tthants vs. Worcestershire. Northants won by 5 wickets.) Worcestershire 83 and 188. Xorthants 17.") and 97 for ">. At Dudley: Jupp won this match for Northants. for in Worcestershire's first innings he took eight wickets for 29
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    GOLF.
    48 20 Ladies Open Championship. [Rvuter's Service.] London. May 15. In the second rnind of the Ladies Open Golf Championship ;«t Hunstanton Miss Collet! defeated Mrs. Shirley Lamplou>rh by 7 and <\. In the third round Mi<> Collett beat Mrs. Temple Dobell. of Bromboroutrh. (British champion 1912) by and L\
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    DAVIS CUP TENNIS.
    37 20 [Reuter'? Service. l Zurich. May 14. In the second round «>f the Davis Cup. India beat Switzerland by three matches to two and meets the winner of Roumania vs. Italy in the third round.
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    S.C.C. LAWN BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    44 20 Godoun Doubles. WEDNESDAY'S TIES. Rink 1 C. E. Winter (phis S) W. r. L. Mayger (plus 7>. Rink 2 H. Gray p:u>* 5) vs. E. ChalU-n (plus 7). Rink 8 S. McIntyro (plus 4) vs. M. \'an Cujlwbwg (plus 10
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    S.C.C. VOLUNTEER SNOOKER.
    127 20 Wednesday, May 16th. X. Bradbury and L. A. Williams vs. T. N. Baxter and J. Lee. E. J. Cassels and H. L. Hopkin vs. A. D. Baker and V. C. Gatrell. Thursday. May 17th. J. W. Jones and E. J. 11. Cameron vs. C. E. Hudson and
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    33 20 WEDNESDAY'S TIES. Senior Double* Championship. David and Abed vs. Viryasiri and Murakami, (Court No. 3). Senior Singles Championship. A. G. Foote vs. Winner of Stack and Subramaniam, (Court No. 2).
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    FOOTBALL.
    44 20 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. against the 2nd Malays on Thursday at 5 o'clock Malay Ground: Coats; Lyne, and P.aker; Beveridge. Merrifield and Foote; Purvis, Carly, Uishmar. Argar and van Purvis, Carly Lash mar Argar and van Geyzel. Reserves. Moore and Smith.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    81 20 Programme of Drills up to and for May 20th, 1928. Wednesday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall 4< A" M.G. Company, S.R.A. (v). "C" (Scottish) Coy.. S.R.E. (v). 3 p.m. Raffles Inst. Cadets. Thursday, 3.ir> p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Company. S.R.F. (v). Friday, 5.18 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (v),
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