The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 June 1928

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Pess 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, SA TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1928. NO. 12.127
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  • 244 1 CaaagTSa Lin ha^ arri\ed m Mukden but his train was hadly hnni hed and several persons killed l'aj;e 9. l.oth I'ekin and Tientsin are threatened hy the retreat of leaderless troops I'age 9. A Dutch hanker ha* de\ ised a \al<»risation scheme for the ruhber industry >-.
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  • 1324 1 Fortunately, m Ashing are ate beginner? alt. Fishing is not like billiards, m which it is possible Jo attain a disgusting perfer tion. It is not like chess, m which a I line ssaass to be drawn between those who play badly enough to eujoj tho game
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 130 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A won! to Tragic Wives Page 2. Douglas motorcycle for sale- I'a^e 7. Try the Sanchova fish paste Page 5. Trademark notice ly Abdulaly and Son —Page 13. Robinson and Co. for the latest m iports wear— Page 9. Sime. Derby and Company for Art-Roc tile polish- Page
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    • 22 1 wyvwwwwww^rvvwvwwwvwsJ WING LOONG. ;I THE RECOGNISED HO l si. for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. \l 32, HIGH STREET. v>v»v a %v\v B v%vv^vvvvvv^yvw.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 164 1 THE WEEK. 7*"< H'l'ty, hth. Hi^h Water, 0.1 n.m., s.O, 11.10 p.m.. 9.3. Football: Div. I. S.C.C v<. Dukes. S.C.C. WerfsessTsg, i\th. Iliffh Water, 0.36 a.m., 7.9, 11.42 p.m.. 9.3. Football: I.C.F.A. rs. Pulau Brani. Thurxdati, Ith. Hi^h Water, 1.14 p.m., 7.7. Rural Board 11 a.m. B. I. ho.mvvard mail.
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  • 424 2 Difference m Atmosphere. The Minister for Defence (Sir William Glasgow announced this morning that it had bean decided that Wing Commander Wackett would not continue hi- proposed Hight from Darwin to Singapore but would Ry to Broome i\nd meet the Royal Air Force Ear-Eastern
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  • 263 2 Rei. C <i. Pearson's. Object ion to Publication of liann>. Domhay, Ma> 21. The Rev. C. elmc lm Pearson, a junior Chaplain at tho Calcutta Cathedral, who has a reputation not confined to Calcutta for straight ■sneaking, thinks that the time has arrived when
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  • 74 2 Acute Differences of Opinion m Anglesey.' London, May IS. Aeut- dirTe-onc^s _f oninion wej'e voiced at a mee'-inK of the Anglesey Liberal Assoslatiasi hofor-- tb^ ovor«ni-/.ation finally edor-tcd Miss Megan Lloyd George as the prospective candidate, by 323 votes against _4s for the m-ino-mil maY
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 445 2 MDM. KELVEY* s SCHOOL OF DANCING S For children and] ->'" j? young ladies m 4 ety Character. Clas- ;">^ eical, Clog Exhi_JA*Vv bition. Ballet and OFw^m\ Toe Dancing. i *F -'^__l__A Private lessons t 9^ all the latest \v ballroom C** i dancing (1 W£ -*m V latest variations.
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    • 297 2 Vf /-v. rp _rv w-a w a I FOR A SHORT SEASON ONLY. 1 X^ 1 V-l K. 1 A Commencing: X TTtg-vy riv j *fe*^ %%if PHONOFILMS (SINGAPORE), LTD. HAVE THE HONOUR TO PRESENT THE NEW AND IMPROVED DE FOREST SINGING, SPEAKING AND MUSICAL FILMS. A delightful two hours
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    • 198 2 ALHAMBRA PH ,r (Tan Cheng Kee and Co.. Ltd.. Proprietors) COMMENCING THURSDAY. MAY SIST FOR SIX NIGHTS AT 9.0 P.M. WE TAKE PLEASURE IN PRESENTING A METRO-GOLDWYN-MAYER SPECIAI "BEVERLY of GRAUSTARK" FEATURING MARION DAVIES AND ANTONIO MORENO. All the Romance of Yore m modern dress In the First Show at
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  • 674 3 TO ALL MALAYA PLANTERS. r« the Editor. T!u> arm. unci nv.nl from London that Rubber Restriction is to be removed has caused alarm m the industrial and com menial circles of Malaya. It is a severe blow which will paralyse the life of the country. Planter?
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  • 287 3 City's Doubtful Claim to a Name. Is the bath-chair going out of fashion? "Only twenty-four bath chairs appeared at '.he annual inspection on April 28 at Hath," it is stated, "compared with twenty year*. ago, when sixty-eight of them wen licensed." Exactly when the bath-chair originated
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 336 3 /vr < rjCl} I U¥u*iy made mi Sco/dmd jg U 4* diah&ed fr-orn fi&r&y j| |S OARLEY is l valuable food and the distilled >Hsk c^ence eunia;.-s pronerrie- ,hat are not W| lift onl> rcstorafivt bu| drc aUo »W-Wl giving m a j(lj •Jrcatcr dv-^rce than an> other distilled article.
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    • 174 3 The bee makes the honey, Hartley's make the jam, r T~i'i 1 a Ine bee, to make its honey, Gets Hartley's— if it can. STE W__^T£TAJ^Dr LLOYDS I L II gP .••^Ta.^S.aja.a C a S j p GAS, WATER and I STEAM PIPES and S» M J FITTINGS I 1
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  • 1280 4 Air Travel Predictions. lt is quite within the bounds of possibility that the first stage of an acute duel between the airship and the aeroplane will set m this summer, writes Mr. T. Stanhope Sprigg. editor of "Airways" m a special article for the Free Press.
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  • 280 4 Aviation has developed enormously both m th" United States and Canada since Lindbergh's flight across the Atlantic. Thousands of pounds are being spent to open up air communications between places often exceedingly difficult of approach, by other means Of transport, especially m winter. Letters and parcels that
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  • 243 4 NEWFOUNDLAND AND AVIATION. Will She Merge with Canada? Repeated demonstrations of the importance of Newfoundland m trans-Atlantic aviation are making Canadians serious!) consider the feasibility of arriving at an agreement under which the ancient colony would enter Confederation. Greenly Island, the dot m the Straits ot Belle Isle on which
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  • 23 4 Whatever other faults Americans may have, they are specially and splendidly free from the faults of scepticism and despair. Mr. G. K. Chesterton.
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  • 1988 4  -  T. Stanhope Sprigg Are Cheaper Aeroplanes Coming MYSTERIOUS MR. FORD. THE WIZARD IN THE GLASS CASE. by (EDITOR OF "AIRWAYS) London. May 9. I'robablj one ol tlie most amazing things m aviation circle., that ha.- happened Ut many a moon has been America's oe/n Mr, Henry
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  • 895 4  -  Walter Hagen How to Resist the Desire to "Press". DON'T TRY TOO HARD. by SPECIAL TO FREE PRESS The golfers are getting out on the north- j crn courses again, and I wish to give a: word of warning. They will find the old desire
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  • 154 4 HO LED OUT IN ONE. Bnt Down m Two! I. Newbery, the Sudbu*r) golf professional, was the hi ro" m an extraordinary incident m a threesome match over the course with Me-srs. V. H. Hoarse (scratch) and W. H. Rowse 41). of the West Middle-, x club. At the fourth
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  • 36 4 Mr. I. Mackie Wins Clifford Cup. London. May 22 The Ceylon Golfers' Meet was held si Gleneagtes to-day. The Clifford Cup Was won by .1. Ma ki( (one down*. The weather was ("•>,.
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  • 43 4 News is the unusual, and it ha- now reached the point where the Prince of Wales has to fait off a horse three times m one afternoon to get on the first page, but he can do it aJI right. -Ohio State Journal.
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  • 142 4 I. trick question. Th. of eour.-i that m the English 'up -en-, tl IVelshnM i •run won by Cardiff only t ime m hist r outsid.- of Rnglam tro| j. It i.- officially put. I. There are IS play, i side, 13 h i Ragt»3 I and
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  • 462 5 Ye ken. London's a gey bad place. In fact as I was tellin' Maggie the ither night. It's ma Rim belief that if ye took a*.i r ,ac n a' It* i. neves am' pickpockets n windlers and sich like awfu' dishonest folk, *r.e population
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  • 371 5 Vision of (.reat Cities m 2028 A.I). Visions of s world numbed bj noise ar< now being conjured up by psychological experts when they consider the po__ibi.itiei of life m the great cities of the wori 1 ont hundred years hence. It is only during the
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  • 182 5 Prison for \V. (i. Wallace. Walter George Wallace, who claim? American citizenship but is not recognised l>\ the United States authorities, was at Shanghai found guilty on charges of frauc* by the Provisional Court. Wallace was arrested by detectives upon his arrival m the port iron.
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    • 207 5 I I X I I *\A t-_ \_V I A' --'n..* V\ S>^J___-_. B .j_ <•. r_? f'*^ n_ T^ 9_.^ j' /r r _S^ :.%%V.V.V.\SV.VASV.SV.V.VAV.VA%%VJW^V.V^WW'.S%VWW'.S%".^ ■j Polish Your Tile Floors ij |art-fSwax| It removes that whitish deposit. Intensifies the tile red colour. IMPARTS A HIGH POLISH :j m* m
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    • 307 5 §5 QUALITY DISTINCTION IN TEAK OFFICE FURNITURE ifi HANDSOME SOLID TEAK ROLL TOP i_k?[^T ll_M .I M 1 UJ DESK. FITTED WITH FILINC. RECESSES Wjft^^ MADE IN OUR OWN FACTORY BY THE jj^" I ■■H^WfT^^-^ IH'M LATEST METHODS UNDER EXPERT jS||g_i^ -XI j^sg_ -_B^J^^^^ WRITE FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED FURNITURE CATALOGUE.
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  • 519 6 The following hooks wore issued on on Saturday. Anna. Some Letters from a Man ot No Imp. rtance. 1895-1914. Allen, <". C. Modern Japan and Its Problems. Baldwin, Stanley. Our Inheritance. .Speeches and Addresses. Boon. .John. Victorians, Edwardians and Geo* Brians. Reminiscences. Chattertor, K. Keble. Venturas and Voyages.
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  • 295 6 Mr. J. H. If. Robson writing to tho Malay Mail, ot tho death at home of Ur. Khoo Kei g Hooi after an operation for kidnoy trouble says: Tho operation was quite sueeessful an(i for three days tho reports from the Nursing Home were
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    • 433 6 —^><P^ V* 4'"/ v^' jp^^^^"' Courtier, Discoverer- Statesman, Poer "S^:^ v-v{ v^ '^^^[^^i&i^^ -md Philosopher, Sir Waller Raleigh -_j-li~-~-*, ri'Vi' ftl^^ stands oui m an age peculiarly rich m i^^ y great men. Smokers owe him a special debt of gratitude m thai he was the first to introduce tobacco
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    • 18 6 Tho danger is not m tho urbanising of the country, but m the suburbanising of it. Lord Crawford.
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    • 276 6 •.••V.V. .V.«.«.N'.V.V.......v. iV.-.«.V.V r > THE NEW FISH PASTE I J^Sf'or any time! Ci j-*" "Until you have tried SAN CHOVA. you do not know to vhat heights of sediutivenea fish-pajte can rive. v "With far of this neu CROSSE AND BLACKWELI product on your lable, yow guests need so
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  • 242 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Kufi-by. June 3. Sir Harcourt Butler, ex-Governor of Bui ma. is appointed a Knight Grand Cross O&the Star ol India and Sir William Keith receives a Knighthood of the same order. Sir Charles Dawes, Permanent UnderSec etary for Dominion Affairs, and Sir Reginald Stubbs
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  • 392 7 Deal English Lady Strangled and Stabbed. Le Touquet. May 21. The deaf mute, Vambre, apparently has been cleared of the suspicion of being concerned with the murder of Mrs. Wilson, for it is reported from Etaples, a place near by, that Madame Bonvoisin, aged 24. the
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  • 129 7 "fnnlincd to one Small Area.' London. May 25. Replyiag to the toast of his health at luncheon given by tho Overseas League m I ondon, Sir Harcourt Butler, ex-Governor-of Burma, said that besides abolishing slavery, he had tried to abolish human sacrifice. When he told tho
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  • 835 7 LIST OF HONOURS. Sir A. Mond A Peer. [Reuter's .Service.] I .-<n do ii, June S. Tho King's Birthday Honours include three new Peers, one Privy Councillor, live Baronets and thirty-six Knights. The new Peers arc- .Sir Alfred Mond. MP. Carmarthen, 1 'hair-nan Brunner Mond and Co..
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 455 7 BUSINESS CARDSw i(i:-il.«i:W»l|llll!U M!ll.l'»tll.ri!Kll|||ll'Mili:i|||lil.i!||t.C||iHi m uH REFUSE CHEMICAL HEER (JOLDBOTTLE" BEER. rat-teed Free of Chemicals. I b ajfiiffiMi'miimmii-tMituiiiimtiHiiitiiirttiiimuiiriirrinnitiH-fiiuiMim WREATHS. i S rest, floral wreaths made to order J SINGAPORE CASKET CO. «C > BS, SELEGIE ROAD. > Telephone No. 75. «J ••.V.'.V.V.'.VW.V.V.VWbV.SWA TO LET. B B^ >a M_a____— xO 111
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    • 796 7 SURE REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION. You can stop digestive pain In several wave hut the actual cause of the trouble remains te grow worse with each speceeding attack If on the ether hand, you tnk. a little 'Risur-ted' Magnesia m water after eating, you no. only -■top the immediate pain InaUntly,
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    • 648 7 NOTICES. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Singapore Improvement Ordinance, 1927. 1. Amendment No. S of 1928 to General Improvement Plan. 2. Addition No. ti of 1928 to General Improvement Plan. 1 Addition No. 7 of 192S to General lmpro-.en.ent Plan, i. Addition No. 8 of 1928 to General Improvement Plan. Notice to
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    • 755 7 «J \J%J I thk .int>MOBiLK DmBCTORY OF MALAi I I<)2S '•"•This- edition is the outcome of an ":;i g exhaustive endeavour to provide i| S complete and practical bo< k of reforem j%jto everyon. connected with Malax an jg motoring;. The rles'gn and make-up are entirely S Knew, ami the
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  • 24 8 DOMESTIC OCCURREENCES. IN MEMORIAM. THOMrSoN. In memory of ny kved :.nd d^votnd hu>ban«l. George Thompson i Tanjong Pagar), wh oa Jnn« sth. 1933. Eleanor.
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  • 310 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1928. MALAYA'S HONOURS. The honours which have fallen to Malaya on the King-'*-" birthday will bring; to t heir recipients tho conjrratulationa of varied circles. As far as the general public is concerned the greatest interest will he shown m the recognition accorded to
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  • 217 8 Dr. O'May has returned to Penang from Singapore. If this should meot the eye of the Communistically inclined gentlemen who insist on sending us their circular letters, we would ask them to note that all their communications are insufficiently stamped. The de Forest phono-film which will open at the Victoria
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  • 524 8 It wouid seem as if the political struggle for power amongst the various leaders, which, as we suggested would probably come after the change over at Peking, has begun sooner than might have been expected, though it i.s practically hopeless lor any outsider to form a
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  • 1106 8 THE WOMAN WHO WANTS TO DRIVE. Emancipation m Siam. [From Our Own Correspond "nt. J Bangkok, May 28. Old fashioned folk received a .surprise th. other day when it was announced that two Siamese girls had decided to study for Ihe law and had enrolled themselves as
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  • 125 8 DUTCH BANKER DEVfti* SCHEME. Rritish and Dutch to (m f lr .Router's Sen-ice The limn,-. J«* Ihe well-known Hagu.- Bank. Kloppeabnrg, ha^ drawn an sat a»n .scheme which ha to the London RuM*rgrower*' and the International si ber I all ivation. In vies of th. tart that the
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  • 46 8 Keporl Now Di-niorl. [Renter's Serv:. London. Jun, i Tho chairman ol the Rad oi Aim rica aai I elephnned l repretu mat ive ck claring the press reports as regardf the pale of Ibe R I International T. l< ph Company ar.- unfounded.
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  • 42 8 [Briti-sh Kadio— Ofli Rugby .inn. i Major Sinclair and I I BO'S arrived m Kngland overland from India, s miles, m a small Morrison I r Theleft Bombay In th< During their tour the) mechaaical ntoppagi [Earlier cash
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  • 213 8 Rials) Mi Excellency and I.* I I ied b) Lady ria I K. K. I". Putty M Captain N. Macartnej returned gapers by the S Tuesday, M i) «h H.K. \a\ called Governor. His Exeellei > I rtain G. N. Ma< m H > B„ "ellenej v un
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  • 41 8 I \TEST RUBBER <SV I ,N PRICES. [From Our Own Cocrei IxMidon. June I, I. Messrs. Symington and notify to-day fl rubbei •>■ vi. em r lb. _j Messrs. Lewis, Utaru notify to-day's tin £213 15 16- £213 7 le
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    • 8 8 1 To-day's Feature;. SPECIAL FLYIS* ARTICLE. I Pay*
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  • 82 9 THF GENERAL'S NARROW ESCAPE. Several Killed. Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokio, June I. War Office official message says that I hang Tso Lin's train was passing S cross station from the Peking*^ tl,. South Manchuria railway >thed Chinese threw' bombs with iul. that (hang Tso Lin and
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  • 83 9 -Reuter's Far Eastern Service. l Shanghai, June 4. tress reports from Mukden state hang Tso Lin's train consisted of 22 cars and was packed w-lth bodyThe bombs blew up the eleventh i ngine and set fire to the next burned out. itely the explosions occurred the irds
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  • 56 9 Peking, June 1. skirmishing to-day at and north of the Nankow Pass. d the Nanking Government Shansiites instructing them .How the Fengtien troops <-<1 but to press on img Yu Ting and Chang Hsueh I to Yen Hsi Shan protestbreach Of faith. Many v the fronts and marching
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  • 58 9 Tokio. June 4. Tients a) s Sun Chuar he commandei ship of armies and announced Irav .1 from Tientsin though n d arithin twenty miles manner on Tient v taken up defen- h along the boundaries of the ithua far there ha.- been Ihe Japnneai w.
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  • 266 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. June 4. hang's withdrawal from Morning Post expresses the British policy should be to ibjects and interest, mainpeaci and security within settlements, and shew goodwill nent that can establish its c hina. Telegraph considers the prepnoitunity for the Nanking to issue a reassuring manintions and
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  • 19 9 FORMER CHINESE PRESIDENTS DEATH. Tientsin. June 1. occurred yesterday ot" exI V ian Hung. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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  • 70 9 LADY PILOT TO CROSS ATLANTIC. Boston to London. I Reuter's Service.] n m Waw York, June 4. George Putnam, the publisher, announced m I th thr **-<*nKined Fokker, n whfch W.lmer Stultz flew from Boston to Halifax to-day, is bound for London via rrepassy, Newfoundland. .Stults will
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  • 29 9 [Reuter's Service.! Kauai. Sandwich Islands. June 4 The Southern Cross, which flew h.-n rom Honolulu, yesterday has left on the '.«>v»o mile flight to Suva.
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  • 34 9 Constantinople. June 4. The French aviator Arrachart, who with Brignot started on Sunday* on a non-stop Bight to India, was forced down by bad weather and has landed at Constantinople.
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  • 110 9 [British Hadir -Official Service.] Hugby. June The Prima Minister and Mrs. Baldwin, continuing their pilgrimage of the battlefields and the cemeteries on the weeterr front, yesterdaj vieited the Canadian and German trophies and dugouta on Vimy Ridge, wh i, pan of the system
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  • 66 9 [Briti-h Ratlio Official Service.] Kugby. June The Governor of Lome. Prince Potenziani. and his daughter will next week visit l.ondou as fueats of the Lord Mayor and Corporation. They will Ih- received by the King at Buckingham Palace and by the Prime Mlniater at Downing
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  • 105 9 Chang's Train Bombed At Mukden. HIS FATE UNCERTAIN. TBy arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press. l Shanghai. June 4. Chang Tso Lin circulated a telegram handing the administration to the Cabinet and left Peking at midnight on Saturday, hi- train when entering the station at Mukden was
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  • 50 9 Hong Kong, June 4. The whole of Canton yesterday commemorated the Tsinan massacre. The Canton Government has decided to supply Lit Sung Van's fourth army with ono million dollars expeditionary fund monthly. The Financial Department has prepared the re-opening of the Canton mint. [Earlier cables on page 7.
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  • 119 9 London, May 22. For publishing proposals for the sale of chances, contrary te the Lotteries Act, Arthur Clarence Rendall was fined 4.5 with £.*> r »s. costs at the Marlborough Street Police Court to-day. The police stated that Rendall was Editor of the Competitors' Weekly, which was
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  • 81 9 The large number of people ot' all communities who were present at the Kuala Lumpur station on Thursday evening to bid farewell to Miss Loss, of the Pudu English School, who left for Penang on her way Home on leave, provided ample proof, if such were Beaded, of the respect
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  • 455 9 LOCAL HONOURS LIST. Mr. Peel Knighted. The birthday honours list includes the following Malayan recipients. Knight Commanders of the British Empire. Mr. William peel C.M.C... Chief Secretary F.M.S. Ife Peel, who well known throughout Malaya, is m his (iftyfourth year and has 31 years service m Malaya.
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  • 682 9 The Governor's First Anni\ersary. Ceremonies of a patriotic nature seem to take on an enhanced importance m an outpost of the Empire such as Singapore and anyone seeing,* for the first time, a function such a< yesterday's parade on the Padang, m honour of the sixty-third
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  • 301 9 Brilliant Scene at Government House. The ball m honour of the King's Birthday was held at Government house with the usual splendour associated with this annual function. Preparations on a large scale had been going on for some time, and the resulting effect was a scene of
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  • 85 9 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur. June I. The King's Birthday parade was held this morning on the Padang at 7.40 m bright weather and before a large gathering. The Sultan and bis suite arrived a few minutes before time and were received with the Selangor National
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  • 114 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 4. The King's Birthday parade took place at 10.30 this morning m fine weather. Europeans lined the Club Terrace, and there were several hundred people around the ground. The Resident (Mr. H. W. Thomson) took the salute of about 400 i
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  • 143 9 Noticeable by Their Fnkempt A p pea ran c. Badulla. May 21. Mr. E. H. Lucette, Police Magistrate of Badulla. m fining three bus drivers, Velaiden. Simon Appu and Deonis Silva with having ridden on the hood of a car, noticed their shabby appearance and remarked:
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  • 88 9 J The Hon'ble Mr. J. Strachan, General Manager, F.M.S. Railways, left Kuala Lumpur on Thursday for Penang, where no catches the Malwa, homeward-bound. He expects to be back towards the end of the year. M.M. Mr. Justice Thorne, who is an inmate of! the Batu Gajah Hospital, suffering from influenza,
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    • 525 10 Ellerman Bucknall I Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1925. e_K CITY OF PEKIN Junej une 30 Uh CITY OF KHARTOUM Ju y 28 s.s. CTfY OF KHIOS
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    • 659 11 O. S. K. Line. Destinstions. Steamers. Arrt-e. Leave. London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen. t rf> ria Colombo. Port Sudan ort Sai<l Andes Man, June i) June 10 Mgoa Hay. Cape Town. Santos, Rio. Montevideo aad P.. Aire-. >• Manila Maru July 6 July Unrrbft-a. Zanzibar. Dar-es-Saluam. Bf.ra lourenco Marques and Durban
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    • 508 11 TRAVEL-*- COMFORT "PRESIDENT* _fl_B____n LINERS Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-room* with private bath predominate, all h?ve hot and cold running water. The
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    • 698 11 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU, (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BArAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representative* m the Straits Settlements (Singapore aad Penang; OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF J..VA. All
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  • 85 12 A nrirelesi message was sent by the steamer Surat yesterday to her Singapore agents Messrs. Boustead and Co. to the effect that she had picked up ten people clinging to a waterlogged craft. As she was not touching at this port, She Surat requested that a launch be
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  • 441 12 Calcutta to Penang. Bombay, May 22. Mis. Ivy Hcrcombe, of Calcutta, and her young husband and Captain Bugg have given op the attempt to sail from Calcutta to Australia m 30-foot lifeboat. After terrifying experiences, they maaag. Ed to reach Penang whence they took steamer for Singapore.
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  • 155 12 LIERPOOL PILOTS SUCCESSFUL APPEAL. A very important nnd unusual case relating to a pilot came before Judge Dowdall m the Liverpool County Court. Pilot (..-org.' Brasendale appealed against an order of the Pilotage Committee 6f the Dock Board, subsequently confirmed by th.' Board itself, revoking his Itrßt-cfass licence and substituting
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  • 84 12 Punta Arenas Now Magallanes. ."••♦e Oovvnm^in m Chile, hv a recent dec. ree, have altered the name of Punta Arenas f Strait of Magellan) to Magallanes. In future all documents tor cargo to that destination must be made out fof Magallanes. and, similarly, the new name must
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    • 743 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.37."* tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4."»12 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest aid finest steamer .rading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 63 12 55 __________«__i__i F J^____________ _f*^*" _______rV KOLYNOS removes fermenting food particles, dissolves the film, destroys mouth germs, safeguards against toothache, decay and gum m- i f ection —helping preserve the health of the entire body. I I Try Kolynos today I I and see how clean 1 I and refreshed
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    • 471 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc.. 44. REAVER STREET. NEW YORK. (Incorporated hi PSA.) 0 GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA iNI) BALTIMORE (via Suez) i M.S. SILVERGUAVA In Port M.S. SILVERBEECH i\uv June 20 PACIFIC JAVA -CALCUTTA SERVICE, SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES HARBOUR M.S.
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    • 106 12 I Hedges Q*L Butler's WINES 3 Ji "Club" Old ?__T| I*,, Amontillado Sherry. I E ".ui!"s*H'.VM .ur Cl-Mf. V 19 Price 53.20 I 1 ROYAL H VAT" jtt WHISKY Z_r j il--k X*K ur: •tfjjl W r many fel Price's 2.W i Dl S 4< Empress Port" i> a fine
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    • 505 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pi-hang. Pekan, Sungei I. en. bin and Kuantan (via Gemas ard Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday I a.m. Gangkok every Thursday ti a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and
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    • 99 12 SHIPPING NOTES. JAPANESE SQUADRON'S VISIT. The following telegram was received at Government House from H. E. Vice-Admir-al Seizo Kobayashi, H.I.J.M.'s Idzumo. For the kindness and courtesy extended to us all I tender my best thanks and request same be conveyed to all conc_i ned. To this the following reply was
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  • 474 13 £1,100,000 Income for the Nation. Few estates are being m«>re profitably developed than th;- hereditary domains of the Crown. From them the nation derived, during the financial year which ended on March 31, according to the latest o.hcial figures, the record sum of 1*1,100.000 or exactly double
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  • 290 13 Dr. Herman Consten Stoned Near Peking*. Peking. May 8. An attack by Chinese armed with stones upon Dr. Herman Consten. the well-known German explorer, while he was riding on horse-back outside the Shousheemen gate of Peking, is the culmination of a series of threats made to prominent explorers
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  • 125 13 (.loucester-nhire Arsenic Poisoning Case. London. May 22. The prolonged inquest on the death of a Gloucestershire sheep-farmer, Harry Pace, who died on January l"th, and whoso funeral was stopped by the Coroner m consequence of local gossip, ended at Coleford to-day after 16 sessions, during
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  • 12 13 Wigan is typical of what is best m Lancashire. Sir Frank Merriman.
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    • 591 13 IRSn t* «5 J******^ ,*^*> iI: vostv* iE? 55 :5 A v\ V_ f t**^ A* V S^ SSff^Sw^M _X V** V^a____. v^^S 3--^''S^«S_r viwß& _____n /vß____^___f_^^N N vbW <s_T^^ m*mmw 1 r The Perfect Mealtime Drink Drink it Because it's Delicious— but Knou it's Qood for You, Too YOU
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    • 477 13 a. 9 ll^^*^'lm****************mm***m**^ 4 £|-c World wonted a fast, Ikmva duty A truck, utterly dependable under every [j condition of road and load and ji General Motors created it. f| G. M.C. powered by Bu.ck meons li faster tnps and bigger loads -and an (1 I [J profit ratio. GUTHRIE
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  • 201 14 The Nationalist Advance. [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Shanghai. June 2. Chang Tso Lin has decided to leave Peking immediately and has advised accordingly the diplomatic corps. Yesterday four special trains left Peking carrying families of pro minent Fengtien officers. Northern prominent* have wired to
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  • 28 14 RI BBER QUOTATION. (By eoorteaj of the Sanyo NichiNi< hi Shimbunaha). Tokio, June 1. Rubber ..a..-, spot was quoted to-day a*. 41 M-n (middle price).
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  • 27 14 JAPAN COLONIZ ITION CO. Officials and private persons are aovi jointly conferring to establish the l>a: Nippon Colonization Company as a meaaur. to solve the population problem.
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  • 91 14 The Government Rtates it is nnlikely that Premier Tanaka will hand m his resifrna. n without close conversation with the I Ret mem' er-. and claims that it is only the report of apology to the Throne. In the Upper House, consultation among the allied pait.es
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  • 45 14 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, June 2. M. Loueheur has been appointed Minister of Labour vice 11. Fallieret vho wa« defeated m the elections. A significant appointment, m view of the recent autonomist trial-, ii .M. Ober kirsch, Alsatian Deputy, as Under-secretary of Labour.
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  • 41 14 [Reuter's Service.! Waakiaittaa, June 2 The Board of Governors has withdrawn Si*r. Mussolini's nomination as a noa-resi-dont member of the National Tress Club following the members' protest on the ground of Mussolini's treatment of the Presi m Italy.
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  • 37 14 [Renter's Service.] Waskiagten, June The Oeennic and Oregon Oriental and American Hawaiian Lines are concerned m a proposal to build at least s'x new vaaseli aided by Government loans under th» Jones-White shipping law.
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  • 37 14 [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City. June 2. The arrest of Maria (onesa. ex-actreei and friend of General Alvarez, and fifteen others charged with complicity m a smuggling plot, marks the development of a State scandal.
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  • 33 14 [Reuter's Service.] London, June 2. Mr. Whiteley, announces that he will ask the House of Commons m June IK to permit him to retire from the .Speakership on June If".
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  • 26 14 [Reuter's Service 1 Stockholm. June 2. The death is announced of Otto Norden skjold. the famous explorer arc) geographer at the age of 59.
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  • 22 14 (Reuter's Service. l MoHCtrv., Jure 2. M. Sokolnikov. ex-Commissar of Finance, has been appointed chairman of the oil syndicate.
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  • 21 14 I beKeve m a small electorate; the more you increase it, the more you Robotise poll- J tics. l_ord Hugh Cecil.
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  • 373 14 Mr. Y'ernon HartKhorn Causes Furore. l-ortdcn. May l>th. The speech by Mr. Vernon iHartshorn I_abour Member for f_gmore). at the meeting of minors at Blaengarw. South Wales, on May Bth, m which he i> reported tc have attacked Tata's m the course ot* a vehement address
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  • 69 14 Six Yachts \rri\c. The fi| Pom M Sundas laornmg Owner member- sho the draw took Ins; W. H k\ ,1; T. W. I ght .uu\ S. G. Manner. R LV. Durell, I Thr yachts pr d and finished, and then p.scd with them musing aeek-end -d irav,
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  • 11 14 Mr K. A. Uaton, Myc .'.-it. Briij-H pointed A -.urn-re. I-
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    • 382 14 I 1 I W*W S *S**mW ~r c liWlr— *W*W *swm '*a m aw i h/wtxkxA you XMwlltjioeU It makes rich healthy blood. If feeds and strengthens the nerret. It improves appetite and digestion. It increases mental and physical activity. It builds up a reserve of strength. I It overcomes
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    • 158 14 c_> j When headaches spoil a *1 M > your pleasures, a I remember ENO g _j Nine times out of ten, a headache indicates that your system needs the gentle vet effective aid of ENO. Most headaches are due to liver trouble, constipation, or indigestion, and nothing assists Nature
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  • 702 15 Ceylon Proposals for Gradual Releases. Ceylon and .Malaya are distinctly at variance, and there has het-n a lamentable lapse of that co-operation which at one time seemed aaaored m regard to the re cent efforts to define a mutually-acceptable attitude toward* the removal of Restriction. Both countries were
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  • 71 15 Fast Asiatic, 274*...C»1; Iffouct Austin (Johore), 213.089. Brace and McGrejror. Perang Secretaries. Nawnp Pet Tin. North hours ran 214; Yards treated .-"1,400; .South hours run 4)44); Yards treated 24-500; output, 472 pkls. Phin Soon Tin. Hours run Wx: YanN treated :*0,350; output 480 pkls. Huey Yot
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  • 45 15 In view of the good prospects of the fishery business m .South Manchuria. Japanese capitalists have started thf- South Manchurian Fishery Company m Dairen with a capital of $1,500,000, with the object of fishing on tho coast on a large scale.
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  • 179 15 Rice Liang Hin Char. Mark Red Eagle (New) S*.o Bice, Siam old No. 1. :.30 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 26* Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No I 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. I 200 Rice, Siam Glutinous No. 1 ;*(*o Rice, Siam Glutinous No 2 320 Rice, Rangoon
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  • 526 15 An Appreciated Relish The making of shrimp sauce from ..*a shrimps is an industry which originated m Lwancho-a. a sea port m the Guif of Chihli. but baa extended to Chefoo, Shantung province. Chefoo ahrimp sauce makera import th raw material, salted shrimp, chiefly from
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  • 37 15 Notwithstanding the grave difficulties which have still to be faced m industry. I am more hopeful now about the outlook for trade than I have been at any time since the war. Mr. Douglas Hacking, M P.
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  • 40 15 The Secretaries of Malaya Consolidated Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., inform us that the opening up of the paddock for No. 1 Dredge is completed output to end of May 240 pikuls No. 2 Dredge expected to Commence digging early July.
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  • 626 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANf B. Tho annual general court ol* Royal Kxchai ge AsMtrance was hold on April 2:>th. at the head office of the Corporation, Royal Exchange, E.c Mr. Vivian Hugh* .Smith (Governor) presided. The Governor, m the course of hi., address, said:— The total assets of
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  • 247 15 London. Maj 9. Business has remained quiet during the past week, with no special feature of m terest to report. Copper. The tendency on the part of the output to increase has led to lower prietl for Standard, but the eomhined price for Electrolytic remains steady. Tin.— Tho
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    • 380 15 .ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 TUP rnPirr ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED HEAD OFFICE: Winchester HonJr o St U SettfclB nte The Company haa £20m Zr^^' J^T'l L NDON OFFICE: 27 01d W. mVAm deposed with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the
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    • 271 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHIN 4 Incorporated m England by Royal Charter.' Taid up Capital m 600,000 fts._ rf F__Lf M> «.000.000 USSZ Li^ity of 4 oo ooo Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London. E.C A Agencies and Branches. Alor Star l] 0 jl 0 Tongkah
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    • 597 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong: Keng). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $*i0,0U0.000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability .of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon: Mr.
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIR E MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager
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  • 352 16 INTERSTATE CRICKET. Selanjj-or's Easy Win. From Our Own Correspondent. Kuala Lumpur. June 4. Continuing on Monday Perak were dismissed for a total of 167. They thus had 173 to make to avert an innings defeat. They started the second innings at 11.20 and lost, eight for 127 but
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  • 251 16 V.M.C.A. vs. Cold Storage. The Cold Storage narrowly escaped an innings defeat at the hands of the V.M.C.A. when they met m an all-day match yesterday on the V.M.C.A. ground: Scores: V.M.C.A.: Gauder lbw. b Morton 23, Dagg b Law 93. Gibson not out 80. James c Law
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  • 33 16 RAFFLES INSTITUTE VS. OLD RAFF LESIANS. In a low-scoring game on the Raffles Institution ground yesterday the Old Boys of the School defeated the representatives of the present generation m the annual match.
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  • 71 16 Progiamme of Drills up to and for loth June 1925. Tuesday 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (v) Sigs. 9 p.m. Drill Hall Cadets— St. Josephs Institution. Wednesday 8 p.m. Drill Hall Cadets Raffles Institution. Friday 5.15 p.m. Drill Hal. S.R.A. (v), S.V.F. Ambulance. Saturday 2.30 p.m. Bukit
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  • 37 16 Mr. j W. Paul, of Tarsus estate, Port Dickfton, who recently returned froiu Home, expects his 20 ton motor yacht out whortly, and hopes to make a cruise among the Elands m \b<- soath far some months.—
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  • 39 16 RUGBY TOURISTS IN AUSTRALIA. Good Win Over New South Wales. [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.] Sydney, June 4. The Rugby League English touring side defeated New South Wales by 22 points to i) before a crowd of 52,000.
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  • 73 16 [Honiara Service] Paris. June 3. In the semi-finals of the Hard Courts championships Eileen Bennett, winner of ihe mj.xed and WOfncn'a doubles, became r triple finalist by defeating the holder Mademoiselle Rouman (Holland) 6-2 8-6. Ir ihe other semi-final Miss Helen Wills bea* Miss Hardie
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  • 46 16 TReuter's Service.! London, June 4. At the annual meeting of the Football League m London to-day Torquay Athletic and Merthyr Town were elected to the third division southern section and Kelson and Carlisle United to the northern section. Carlisle is the only newcomer.
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  • 23 16 [Reuter's Service.! 1/ondon. June i. Sir A. Bailey's Heirloom, trained by Cottrill was scratched for the Derby at 9 a.m. to-day.
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  • 271 16 Favoured with tine weather the nr>t day al the Penang Polo Club Tournament a4 rhe Polo Ground for the Sultan of I'erak'; and the McDougall Cups was a {treat success, says the Pinang Gazette. The Penang Polo Club were opposed to the Iskandar Polo Club, and the
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  • 203 16 Victory of British Women. I-ondon. May 19. Paris.— The annual Franco-British Women's Lawn Tennis Tournament wa. begun here to-day. Great Britain won the four singles matches, and on© of the twe doubles played to-day. Miss Betty Nuthall beat Madame Vaus sard, 6 3, C 3. Miss Joan Pry
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  • 25 16 TUESDAY'S TIES. Championship. S. Melntyre vs. J. Hammond. C. M. Van Cuylenburg- vs. H. Gray. H. Hirst vs. E. H. R. Bowerman.
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  • 1117 16 MR. ORMSBY-GORE'S VISIT TO SOURABAYA. Interested m Sugar Work. [From Our Own Correspondent. J Batavia, June 1. On Tuesday May 22nd. Mr. Ormsby-Gore visited the Java Sugar Fxperiraental Station at Pasuruan. accompanied by Mr Hart, first secretary of the Sugar .Syndicate, two of his own secretaries and the
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  • 457 16 VACCINATION. To the Editor. Sir,— l think "P.F.R.. M.l)..** mistakes the gravamen of the ant i- vaccinationist case. It is not that vaccination fails to prevent smallpox (statistics altogether refusing to give a clear verdict), but it is. m the words of a distinguished biologist, that
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  • 199 16 On thi* page e*>er> Tuesday morning will he found a series, of questions which :*:j will be of interest to sportsmen, retail- ing as they do remarkable achievements igj of the past m various branches of sport. 3; The answers to these six questions will be found
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  • 49 16 Tuesday's Ties. H. J. Frewin and A. F. Sprotr VS. N. j Bradbury and I„ A. William.*. C. E. Winter and A. B. Cowan vs. G. S. jLovctt and A. G. Hay. W(Mbu«day-_. Tie*. j R. Pearce and Wm. Gordon \>. N. iMe'herell and R. G. Littlehales.
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