The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 June 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 111 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1928 NO. 12,431
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    301 1 Il is now ascertained that Mr- \V. H. W «l)b, uf Calcutta, at pTSStsrf in Singapore, drew the Felstead ticket in the Cftlctttta Sweep Page 10. Our London correspondent states that (iovernmi nt b treating the Dutch rubber schenie scrio—ly but the market i !*aue 19. An
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1062 1 Quieqmid ngunt smnJum m-'>; tat fmi /.>'•< lit Juv.ir.!. The Topicist claims the indulgence <-t his readers if thii column is not qaite parkHnjr as it Bometlm Is. ll will take time to rt'ciiver from Mr. Ormsby-Gore'i parttagj shaft "the journalUt has free expres i"n ami
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      174 1 WING LOONG. j: lOH HIGH CLASS IaILORIM,. 2" -'>•!«>, Cut and Finish Guaranteed J» 32, HIGH STREET. J Raffles Hotel Rooms with Modern Sanitation. TEA DINER i DANCES GRILL ROOM DANSANT I Unrivalled in the East. pvirov MONDAY kVEKY g v TANU SVCTLANOVA AND SATURDAY 1 ALEX: SALNIKOFF. 1 Ihe
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      291 1 ra:n.'U4W4!.i;iiiiiuuiMUbiittwiMUHiimm«mHH^^ SI r. II l< A I 1 11 Tr 1 rjTTfa /aj Sound lk>\. 'Sft" THF portable. MU IME m"^ C CftAMOPHONE V^B^^k I AN INSTRUMENT WORTHY OF I I THE FINEST MUSIC. I The new Decca Six-Six is perhaps a rather finer instrument than you have heard yet.
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      97 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel wt'ck-L-nd announcements— Page 1 Special liquid rod lead] at Barlow's— i'aK-** 3. For Oakland cars see Oriental Motors. Singapore Page 12. Municipal tenders, bankrupt, :in<\ liquids tion notices Page 0. Singapore Motors, Orchard Road, hand!. Hupmohile cars -Page IS. Dunlop on tyns. golf and tennis halls is
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      13 1 j; WING LOONG. > THE RECOGNISED HOUSB j; EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HIGH STREET.
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      206 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 'J'/f. High Water. 1.0 ;t.m., ?*.i) t 2.1f» p.m., 7.3. Malaeea: H. \V. 10.30 ;,.iu., .">.!>. ll.lt p.m.. 8.7. h. 1. Mutward mail dae. BX.C. c ricket: P.s. sad L. vs. Bsrrtoes. Belangor Race.<. Football: Chinese v<. Duke>. stadium. Cabaret Batsrtaiament- TaagUa Club. Di Forest Phono-{ilm Theatre,
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    RAJA OF PUDUKOTTAI DIES IN PARIS.
    339 2 RAJ A OF PUDUKOTTAI DIES IN PARIS. l»ari>. May 2<i. Tin Raja of PudukottaJ has been operipon twice in the American hospital at Meuilly and hit condition la vary §e- i .u<-. l'ari>. May 26. Pn Raja >>t Pudukottai was operated ipon for intestinal oQehation as th»- only nieam ■>{
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  • WILSON MURDER MYSTERY.
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      Panic Among Visitors at Le Touquet.
      300 2 Rumours that a sinister blonde mal< still lurking in the neighbourhood ami ftories of a creeping terror in tin- local ■re spreading panic among visitors may possibly have- a gloomy on the usual influx of holiday-makers a: The alarm ii the resul the deepening
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      LINE OF EAST RESISTANCE.
      29 2 fading busineni man. Mr. Iforrb »«nd dyew which has Buffered for a <ic««le ih, re. u t o{ robberie Lomb rau.-s ano blackmail, recently offered
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      376 2 M DM KELVEY'S SCHOOL OF DANCING Character, Classical, Clojj, Exhibition, hallet. Toe and Latest Ball-Room Dancing. Write for an appointment: Mdm. KELVEY, S Meyer's Mansions THRIFTY WIVES OF I SINGAPORE. Husbands Thereof). I At this >t;ill. callt'U tW dollar lUll I which will be at thr Cathedral Pete ir. 1
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      225 2 ALHAMBRA I (Tan Cheng Kee and Co.. Ltd., Proprietor, I COMMENCING WEDNESDAY II ne M I TWO WRLSWANTED A COMEDY DRAMA OK YOITH AND K ,^s, V i JANET GAYNOR j Otm "skvkVth hkukv THE SHARP HOOTERS FEATUIUXC; THE VYVU onmm ,t» m 6EOR6E O'BBIEN MB LOIS MORM j In
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    FIVE DOOMED GIRLS.
    153 3 Slow Death From Radium Poison. Nm > ork. Five uirls >at in the Chancery Court at New York \ew .Jersey) while three doctors testified that nolning could save them from slow, painful death by radhim poisonWithout a tremor the girls watched X-rays photographs being shown which proved
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    THRILLS AT A RESTAURANT.
    230 3 A girl who lisks her life every night of the week is said to be Attracting hundreds of morbid people to a London restaurant. Sho and her partner, who are known aa Ballio] and Iferton, have brought acrobatic i dancing to such pitch of danger that
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    SHOT HEARp BY TELEPHONE.
    212 3 Cry For Help I rom a Dying Man. j llerlin. "Help! They have -hot me." i This was the- dramatic call that ran over the telephone wire- to H startled girl oper- ator in Berlin exchange at 4.4r. one morning. It was followed by the loud
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    WILLS ANNULLED BY MARRIAGE.
    155 3 Lan a Lord Chancellor Did N«»t Know. "One of the most eminent Lord Chancellors who ever sat on the Woolsack made his will before he was married," said Lord Haldane in the House of Lords during arguments in an appeal dealing with the construction of a
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    THE "FRANCS' CASE.
    150 3 Bankruptcy Notice For Mr*. Dyne. A bankruptcy notice has been served on Mrs. Aminta Bradley Dyne, the unsuccessful defendant in an action brought againt her in .January last by Messrs. Ironmonger and Co., foreign hankers, of Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, who sued for 639,178 9s. 3d., moneys which they
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    24 3 No amount oT over-capitalisation in the ■»ii)i of Ordinary or Preference shaves makes the faintest difference to the cost of production. Mr. Hopkinson. M.i".
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    BRITISH LEGION RALLY.
    182 3 2 Milev I BSH l*rocessi<»n «»f Kx-S*t\ ire men. London. Maj 27. Tlio two miles lonjjf procession of exService men which marched past the Cenotaph, led by the Duke ol York, u:is th<' most impressive part of the annual British Legion rally in the presence of thousands
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    MICHAEL ARLEN'S GREEK BRIDE.
    113 3 And 35 Cigarette Cams! Mr. MichaeJ Arlen and the Countess Atalanta were married in the GreelcChurch at Cannes with 4 .hr full ritual of the Greek Church, of which .< t li are member*. Mr. Aden's !•(»■<» m- r«> his bride aiv a beautiful pearl necklace,
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    REPORTED case of "FAITH HEALING."
    155 3 REPORTED case of "FAITH HEALING. Fishermen'* Prayers. Scarborough. A case of "faith healing" reported a. West Ayton. sear Scarborough. The Filey Fishermen, a group of fishermen evannviisi.-. which has heen in existence fo? a generation and annually visits Meth >di*t chapeli iv East Yorkshire, recently conducted services at the Ayton
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    DESECRATING THE WYE VALLEY.
    170 3 A portion of the Valley, beta* By. mondi Yat. ..ru' of England* mo t btautiful beauty sputa, the propert) of the Crown, hac according to Cirenc* rreapondent of the Times, Imvii leased for the purpone of stone quarrying. ,\ll irho know the place will j.>in wiOi
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    IN SPITE OF HIS NAME.
    79 3 A defendant at the Mansion 11.., <l<«srrih«'<l on the gaoler*! li>t Bi He had refused U» prive particula ing himself. When the Lord Mayor asked him n-> he replied "Stanley Bald* i\\<>. no Axed abode, no occuimti'tii." ..vas Mnteneed to three mont for becgins;, there
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      201 3 GLAXO is the only food that has been used in 5 Royal j: Nurseries. Surely if there was :j a better it would have been given j: to these Royal Babies. Your Baby j: is as precious as a Royal Baby, and j: must have the best food— Glaxo, j
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      185 3 I LIQUID RED- LEAD I I IN 1 GALLON TINS 5 GALLON DRUMS < This speciality supersedes the old fashioned prooeM of hand mixing dry red lead and is a boon to all users of this 5 commodity. It will not harden in the drum, even if unused f >
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    NEW "CROSS FLOW" RADIATOR.
    410 4 NEW "CROSS FLOW RADIATOR. A Feature of New Pontiac. Through the introduction of an entrely new principle of radiation the Oakland Motor Car Company has again been first to introduce a development of major importance to the motorist. The "cross flow" radiator, one of the features of the new }'<-ntiac
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    ANOTHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    90 4 Captain F. Courtney to Start this Month. Captain Frank Courtney, who last year attempted an east to west Atlantic flight which ended at Corunna, will make- anothei this month. The great all-metal Dornier Napier flyiy;?: 1 < M to be used in the flight is now under
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    OBSTRUCTIONS.
    1124 4 SPEED NOT DANGEROUS rIN ITSELF. Inadequate Roads. A very brief experience of the roads will show that speed in itself is not dangerous. Danger is imported only when speed is ass ciated with other factors for instance. earners, live stock, children and the like. Perhaps the factor which most
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    MOTORWISE WOMEN.
    385 4 New Feminine Knowledge. u ßeports from dealers have been uidi< a ing r Borne time thai noticeably larg< proportion of all new Chryalen i »ld arc going to feminine drivers," Mtid J- Frazer, fhry»ler Sales Manager. •"They av» hioujrht either directly by women for *iif r own dm
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    CHEVOROLETS WITH WIRELESS.
    175 4 Running Trom Cairo to Capetown. Fifty yean a*r<> when Hrnry M. Stan ley was sent into the wiMi of Africi bj the New York HeraM t<> March i<>r t h« lon^c missing Livingstone, inrssaut'^ weTf rt'ccived from him at lonp intervals unit' the final one when ht-
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    JUVENILE MOTOR RACES.
    152 4 Miniature I ar* I i An; id ortl ar'< r a U DumefOUS iaiij;) r v:Vnts. two ight Motor Rao i in I I ure can wit I. tii fifteen :ni'.e- M Ir ihe first n ht*at. .J.. faniou.- boxer nd to Nicole Dc Latins eio prand-dau-maiiufaciur*
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    WHAT A GRAMOPHONE RECORD DID
    116 4 Sjt Harry Lander, reptiU tf» highest paid varietj win Id, i- back at the l At *.h. end of ;i 6 i sang *>ng after wm, Palace a bit of hnau hai ii"t appeared ii liivd him: In asking th< him in ■mg<f»g '"'I If
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    37 4 with the cal jungle trail of v projrn (k'oem x One < j ingk chronicl tion wring Hh? rain* making > n Meat th( r African ti r qf „.iv."'i:ro In tl thank* t.. im its ai v tion
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      161 4 I HIGH PRESSURE AND BALLOON TYRES AND TUBES, i V *V3 Tim* to R«-i"i) ,f£ I >3L -M I Hi Ml j r 0; J^j I 111 I 'j J-3L M I IM 4 1 X 1 I A% a I Distributors CYCLE AND CAPRI AGE CO., <1»26) LTD.. Singapore.
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      121 4 Vvß KIJ ißfc^r^. TP 7 nr^ novv miu n hc\ co<t Mm ii, >/^ pends very wreath upon th« y^ quality of the tubes >ou use. («ood year Tubes are an important factoi in all tyre economy, becamt tlus X take a fuU voluwu of air and I You are
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    SKIDS THEIR CAUSES AND CURES.
    1282 5 "KILL THEM AT BIRTH." by THE HON. VICTOR BRUCE. Prevention i« better than euro, in regard to motoring as well as human ills; and it would no doubt be possibly u, go through one f a automobile career without over needIng to know how t;.
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    CAPTAIN CAMPBELL'S COMPLAINT.
    117 5 Driver Handicapped, run the < ar. London. May 29. Following 1 qoentiona about the ear which he entered on Ib} 2Sth at Urooklands, Captain Malcolm ('amj)bell withdrew from the race «n<l hai now decided that )w will not race in handicap events at Brooklandfl unless \h<- system
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    GENEVA MOTOR SHOW.
    71 5 S\vis> Market for British Cars. Geneva. The Geneva Internatinul M>tor Show, which in rrnw the second in import- on u: Continent, wmi opened ea Mnrch 6 It is lar^r ihan la,t year, as it inelodn the exJlibiti of 17 motor-car >>2 motor lorry. '6 BMtor-cyclt, MVW c
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    SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL AT PRAGUE.
    71 5 SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL AT PRAGUE. lhrr*> Journalists Sentenced. London, May 3!. Pratfui'.— The MBafttieaal trial of time journalist, AIM. Mii-halko atul Sikorsky and Dr. kiopotar, :t elutfgc of nurderta* tw,> yrars aim a lady. Ma.lctnoiscll,. TtoriUM Marty, with \hv object <»f seizing tho fortune that ?hr ha.l acquired in America,
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    25 5 What a mar\tll<»us country America UouM bfl if MM fifti-.it million of her citizen* had ».L-rn of Scottish rafh.-r than Iri-h '-.tuo;* Mr. Stii-v Aumonier.
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    THE BLIND ALLEY OF BRITISH LAWN TENNIS.
    1693 6 2j I Tournament Play the Original Backbone :j of the Game. SUFFERING FROM "CURVATURE OF THE J SPINE." H. S. Scrivener. p Manx theories have been a<l vane-., to 1 panic Dr. Jame? I) wight— an American by account for the reason why
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE ELECTIONS.
    133 6 The Fate of the Argonauts. It mcbu to follow, as our London Correspondent cables, from the .'nnour.eewent that Torquay and fcferthyr in the southern section and Nelson and Carlisle in th< northern bectiou have been elected t< tin Third Division of the English Foot ball League that
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    11 6 Authorship, that vain, nagging, womanish I trade .—Mr, J. B. Priestley.
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    SINCLAIR LEWIS AND "GOPHER PRAIRIE."
    1688 6 SINCLAIR LEWIS AND "GOPHER PRAIRIE." "Main Street" Opinion of Famous Author. 5 >— Richard S. Davis. Hi [SPECIAL TO FREE PRESS.] Sauk Centre, Minnesota. "Gopher Prarie" at last has answered back to Sinclair Lewis. It has organised a Rotary Club. Neither in sorrow nor in anger has the reply been
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    CRICKETER DIKS AT THE OVAL.
    72 6 Sudden Collapse Alter Net Practice. Mr. L. S. Weils, who formerly played cricket for Middlesex, died suddenly at Ken- nington Oval. He collapsed in the pavilion, r to which he had returned after playing at the nets for a time, and died almost immediately Mr.
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    26 6 The curse of the age is that youth is not ready to go through the humdrum and try ing process of learning business. Judge Woodcock. I
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    FAMOUS CRICKETERS ON SECRETS OF GOOD PLAY.
    675 6 Principles of Wicket-Keeping. I by j I G. Duckworth I I <u c i J f SPECIAL TO FREE FRESH.} It manors not which department of palms of tin- hand* ihowina cricket you take up, practice will be insist- wicket, with the ftngei
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    HOME CRICKET.
    436 6 A Worcestershire Discover\ Among the outstanding batsmen of Um home cricket season to date has been <",ihbons, <>f Worcestershire, who after scoring IU4 acain>t Kent, compiled l»;7 against Hampshire on the following <la> At Worcester a^rain-t Kent Gibbons, who was formerly on the Lord'- ground itaff, played an
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    BY UN-EASY STAGES.
    38 6 Debtor at Westminster County Court: 1 can't pay. I'm in trouble with the IncOBM Tax. Judge Tobfan: I'm afraid W« :iil are. At what stage are you the green notice Debtor: No; the final one.
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    11 6 The world is sufl'orinjf from sdmirabU I peoplt. ProUenxlury (Jou^h. j
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    OLYMPIC HOCKEY.
    262 6 How India Btfti Holland \m*tt rd.im. Ma] There wai n<» doabl in th. i xpei ti on the point that ;l [i team, \v*u> hold t hi- un Olympic hockey tournament e<>al ■con d them, pose of Holland in the Anal mcnt. It ii noteworthy hai 1 have
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    GIBBONS FINE INNINGS AGAINST KENT.
    61 6 '•■.ltrtrit.Mi. Gibbons' inningi Kent a week ago in lightfully free style. t the Loid*! fround *UM lettled i unisb th bowliai be»^ > H« raarhed 0 In l(> icorad 100 i>ul of Um 129 7"> niiniitt f lay. He punished severel) evi hitting no W—
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    10 6 What the Hriti^h rubber I loolMd in :hi kllk graph.
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    MAN'S EVOLUTION.
    573 7 Fascinating Problems to be Solved. Oxford. May 4. The scientific- conclusions drawn from the J ■tody of the various early human remains j discovered in recent years were discussed i at the SheMohiaa Theatre to-night, in the j Romanes octure, by Professor D. M. S. j Watson <»1"
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    DOG-IN-A-BASKET.
    333 7 Customs Officers' Experiences. Although the machinery for collecting taxep on imports has vastly improved since the old days, the smuggler is still quite an active person in all big seaports. Customs ship searchers have to sharpen iheir wits against many different ruses. In a South Wales port not so
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    HUSBAND-EATING TRIBE.
    100 7 HUSBAND-EATING TRIBE Sydney. Mr. ami Mrs. E. J. Bryce, who have returned to Sydney after travelling from the Cape to Cairo, declare that "Africa is a paradise for .tho anthropologist. "Natives of all shapes and size*, with weird customs and astonishing practices, abound," pays Mrs. Bryce. "One of th^ tribes
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    This Week's Great Day
    606 8  -  M^moiat IP Events m the of the Empire* Ohatias ixam^ 0 June 9 Birth of John Smeaton. 204 On June, !»th. 1724. John YEARS Smeaton. the most celebrated AGO. British civil engineer of the IXth. century, was horn at Ansthorpe Lodge near Leeds in Yorkshire. He
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    WHEN MAGICIANS ERR.
    1270 8 THREE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF MAGIC. "Floating Ladies" and Steel Members of the "Magic Circle," that very secretive club of four hundred expert modern magicians, professional and antate r have lateh had th< honour of performing illusions and tricks before the King and Qu< n at Windsoi Castle,
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    STAMPEDE AT AVIATION FETE
    45 8 Two People Killed. ParU, >ia> 27. A sho^kirir stampede <><■< urred at i crowded aviation f&U ai Olry. when S. naval a< roplane unconnected with the fete made a faulty descent and swept th<- crowd. Two persons were killed and seven injured
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    TRANS-POLAR AIR ROUTE.
    415 9 SIR S. HOARE'S VISION OF FUTURE. Flying Heroes Entertained. I /^outer's Service. l London, June 7. Speajciag at Government luncheon ts Sir (jenrgc VYilkins and the Norwegian Lieutenant Eielson, the North Polo- Biers at the Savoy Hotel, Sir Samuel Hojire (Minister for Air), recalled the prophecy 0
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    THE ROYAL INDIAN MARINE.
    129 9 A Combatant Force. [Reuter's Service.] Simla. June 7. Owing to the Legislative Assembly negativing bj one vote the Indian Navai Discipline HiH the Indian Government has decided, in consultation with H. If. Government, t<» proceed under the limited powers of the exiting law t«> complete the
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    ATTEMPT ON CHINESE GENERAL'S LIFE.
    60 9 [starter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. June 8. A message from Tientsin says an attempt was made t<> "assassinate Chang Tsung Chang yesterday afternoon, bul the Marshal escaped. Two arrests have been made. Peking. June 8. Peng Yuh Siang's troops have reached Langfang, midway between Peking
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    ANOTHER SHOCK AT CORINTH.
    55 9 [Router's Service.] Athen>, June 8. A number of houses damaged in the April earthquakes in Corinth collapsed as a •e>ult of a severe new shock. The inhabitants were panic stricken and believed that the clouds of smoke overhanging the town were due to volcanic eruption. The.
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    "MISS COLUMBIA" RETURNS
    36 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, June 7. The Miss Columbia has returned to Curtiss Field after six hours flight. They -;aid they were "unable to find their way to Old Orchard owing to fog."
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    OXFORD DUELLIST FINED.
    87 9 London, May 27. The Proctors of the Colleges concerned 'lave imposed fines of £10 each on Graham Byres-Monsell and Green and 17) on each of the i'-»ur seconds. Graham Eyres-Monsell, son of the Conservative Chief Whip, objected to personal i references in an article in the underjyraduite
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    THE HYDE PARK SCANDAL.
    210 9 MISS SAVIDGE'S LONG EXAMINATION. Inspector Gets Angry. f ßeuter's Service.] London, June 7. Miss Savidsje was examined and cross examined for 5% hours: She declared the police account of her examination at Scotland Yard mad* her say things siu- had not said. Sir Patrick Hastings, Miss
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    STABILISING THE FRANC.
    135 9 M. Poineare's Announcement. fHavas' Service.] Paris, June 7. In the French Chamber, 11. Poincare, in a Ministerial statement, indicated thai the ■^abilisation of the franc would come shortly, but he did not revesfl the date, or hi> ia!- He morel) asked ih<. Chamber fbr a trvs fnl
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    PRIMATE'S RESIGNATION HINT.
    119 9 [Reuter"« Service.] London June 7. The Archbishop of Canterbury, presiding st the Canterbury Diocesan Conferenci foreshadowed hia resisjnation when he said that the Tth Lambeth Conference in l Mi. would not bv undo' his hairmanshiji. LBritish Radio— Official Service, j Kukl>v. Jun** 7. The Archbishop was replying
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    THE ROBOT SHOP ASSISTANT.
    67 9 [Reuter's Service.] New \oik, June 7. A new :<ii>i.; talking automaton said U lie so nearly human that it can de-live) sjoods to enstomera in shops and even ro j)eat phrases, is heinjr mariufactured by th Remington Arms Company, a mw corpora lion, .with a capital
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    THE TOKIO ELECTRIC LIGHT LOAN.
    40 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York. June 7. I Flu- American portion >>f the Tokio I Electric Litfht issue was oversubscribed. (News from London yesterday stated that I the London portion was oversubscribed lmI mediately on issue.)
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    THE RATING HILL.
    37 9 [Router's Service.! London. June 7. The House of Commons passed the Second reading with amendment of the Rating ar<l Valuation Apportionment Bill, after rejecting; Mr. Phillip SnowdenV amendment by 308 by notes to 140.
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    SOUTH AMERICAN PETROL COMPANY.
    32 9 [Router's Service.] ltogota, Colombia, June S. The Lower Chamber has passed the first reading of the Bill authmisinjr the raising of $200,000,000 capital by the National IVtroleum Company.
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    SOUTHERN CROSS AWAY
    18 9 LR«uter*fl .Service. I Sim a. June 8. The South: ra Cross has left for Brisbane
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      PROPOSED NEW RUBBER SCHEME.
      484 10 PROPOSED NEW RUBBER SCHEME. Ever since the announcement thai eading British ami Dutch rubber interests were conferring one has waited for an indication that the deliberations were bearing fruit. Whethei Heer K]oppenburg*s valorisation scheme in in any sense an outcome of these discussions is not clear. The bare details of
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      DERBY FORTUNES.
      1431 10 This year's Derby will stand out as one of rather greater significance than usual because of the more than ordinary share which local residents have had in connection with the Calcutta Sweep. The Epsom race itself makes an appeal to the sportloving English public far transcending that f
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    CALCUTTA SWEEP.
    271 10 KKLSTKADS DRAWEB TRACED. Ticket For Iru It is now ileliiiiti-ly k'.. E. Webb, Middle Mr* mi been on toe •tan? f m Morrison and i ompanj <~ < \nr.r,\ year* and who i- a1 pore on his way to Saigon iTi the < ilcutta Swaen. Wrong t-. say
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    H.E THE GOVERNOR
    54 10 Lttvtag Fer Knuland lii My. W< e«Uency the G«v«ni ijuui on ihori Um,vi Rawalpindi o« t v Julj Sir Hayw Mar; tir-ment until the Gov< n the end of thadminister the Exccltency'i al»«nc*. His Excel Clifford left al tw-> o i Gowrnmeal yacht Bwvttcßhan and Knab of
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      LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES.
      37 10 [Fr^iii Our Own O I l^ndon. JaM B, > l> r Messrs. Syminjrton i notify t<>-<laV> rubbej 9| fc d. per Ib. Messrs. U'*i>. Ul notify to-day's tin £223 13 16 £22:? 1
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      CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
      59 10 T},. i, m arriving m Siim ipoi M-.Y ihoWfl I ■>'• total of IJMM>29 fron 1 make* i total influx Colony thi> comparc with U from Janu H V| a total <>f 800*883. i year of 19,330 Y)u- ret \vh-. l.ft s n month are I but year,
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    THE ITALIAS FATE.
    64 11 ('KAMI*:!) AGAINST V MOUNTAIN. Several Injured. [Beater*! Service.] New \«>rk. June X 11 l <1 t(> be from the Italia 1 "-"->l In America The !t(l1 »»vo been received itcui- wirelena enthosiast AHoona S. Xobilc, mi ihelter except •ta»i« which trashed against a ilion K4.15.10 X; 15.20.40
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    SUPPLY-SHIP RECEIVES SIGNALS AGAIN.
    79 11 SUPPLY-SHIP RECEIVES SIGNALS AGAIN 1 R< i< r i Service.] Ros*e, im 7 airship Italia are under- ><•«•■" received by tbc supply. Milano in the court* of the i" riodk nrireless rails to th< il i iinble. «ys that the chairman i:< "tnmittee has UIU (>(I (hal from the CitU
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    EXPLOSION ON GERMAN MINELAYER
    23 11 Marines killed. [Reuti Service. I Kiel. June 8. 1 i' inelayer <lurin£ ivres in Um harboui killed and fou-
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    CHINESE CABLE SERVICE.
    75 11 lapanese Destroy Tsinan. Arsenal. i L-- menl n ith Nanymng >iar Pau Press.] Sh;.ni;hai. Juno S. verturned outride Shan Hseh Liang wt-nt on to laiM 'hang Chime Chanp m u .it Tientsin i« had a leg amputated bus. Investigation in P n vcaled that placed in the
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    JAPNESE SHIPPING DISPUTE.
    48 11 250 Ships Tird lp. N'ichi-NichJ Service.] Tokio. June 7. > committee to arbitrate the hu been appointed. likely to be protracted attitude of tho mon, who r ?I 1 by the wi-11 or^aittee. ill shipownen ;:rc reported to red into negotUitioiu There are now 250 vessels
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    WILL PREMIER IGNORE THE DIET?
    44 11 iny 0 Kichi-Nichi Service] Tokio. June 7. that the Government, despite n raised by certain groups Ministerialist Party, is prepared to Throm to issue an urgent Imperial authorizing the Government to :>r;tr«' preservation law tainii approval ..f the Diet.
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    PRINCE CAROL.
    46 11 To Be Sued For Divorce. [Reuters Service] Hukharest. June 8. Helen, with the approval of the 1 ouncil has petitioned the Appeal for divorce apainst her nee Carol, <>n the rronnd of a ed her by Carol', life *hich is incompatible with the marriajse."
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    OPIUM CONVENTION.
    49 11 Be Enforced At Once. I Reuter*a Service.] (iene\a. June 9. I the LeafrtM of Nation. th«? Advisory Committee*! rethe traffic in 'IsniriTous course whereof it was therlandfl nn-l Canr» hi ium (Convention letinx J|<l H.M'rue ConThe re tared number reby obtained would cnal".!*. 1 i nforeed imrrediai
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    THE RUBBER SURPLUS.
    104 11 HOW I0 SBsW ITH THE BA Suggestion. [Reuter's Service.] Ulf London. June 8. ih a v, PW to minimising the depres,ion 3,; m l shipment o the lar^, accumulated stocks of rubber bl Xovembor following the- re, oval tin- n.*u]at,on on ruhher exports the Kub' > r
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    DUTCH MR MAIL.
    60 11 [Reuter'ii Service.] rht> Ha K ue, Juno S. Hi.' Second Chamber have approved of he credit 730,000 florins voted by Partament to the Dutch Indies to establish an llMine thither. Th,> Colonial Minister, rt>►lyinjf to th«> Opposition, said if the scheme vas **gwa immediately it would be
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    SHIPPING STRIKE.
    25 11 [Reater*t Service.] >Ml>ourrt\ June N. "f ;•.<• prolonged Rtrike of the luirin, cooks practically all interstate h'upxK-, excopi Ch? wrvice to Tasmania, a standstill.
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    "POCKET VETO."
    26 11 [Reuter'« Service.] Washington, June >. PrwiHient Coolidp- exercising hie prerorative of **pockel veto" failed to sien the Mnsele Shoalg Bill. [Earlier eabtea on jpmgt 9.]
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    RAEBER AND COMPANY'S BANKRUPTCY.
    404 11 RAEBER AND COMPANY'S BANKRUPTCY. Mr. R. T. G. Aitken's Examination. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday before Air. Justice Prichard, Mr. R. T. G. Aitken, r p il rt I'r,in1 r in rhc bankrupt Arm of Messrs.* i.. I. Raeber and Company, underwent his public examination by :h P Assistant Official
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    MOSCOW BUYS IN BRITAIN.
    125 11 Textile Machinery and Electrical London, If aj 21. The Soviet Government have just placed orders, according U» the Daily Express, totaling £4.000.(100 in Great Britain, including 1*1.200,000 lor textile machinery to be purchased from Yorkshire and I^\ncashire firms and £1,000,000 between two companies f .»r electrical
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    FAREWELL TO MR. PURDY
    501 11 SEVEN YEARS SCOUTING SERVICE. Old Resident Retires. Four hundred scouts from the varioumgapore troops assembled at the SVC Brill Hal). Beach Road, last ni*ht tow their farewell respect, to Mr. Benjamii I urdy, District Scout Commissioner, who i« leaving for Home by the Fionia on Jam
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      Attempt to Assassinate the Premier.
      141 11 [Renter*! F«T Eastern Service. l Tokio. June it ia learned that Matsumora, a member of the Diet, was stabbed in the lejc while detective was slightly injured, when frustrating the attempt by an aasaaia to ptal> the Premier at Uyeno Station this n.i>r:iin>r. The assassin
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      INMAN ASSAULTED
      186 11 Trouble Over His Wife. London, May 10. Rupert K-atK-rstonehaugh, a manufacturer, was charged at Bow-street to-day < with assaulting Melbourne Inman, profes sional billiard-player. It was stated in evidence that Inman and i Peatbemtonehaucb are members of tht same club. Inman objected to Featherstonehaugh's attentions to Mrs. Inman,
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      13 11 Mr. R. Booty, of 7 Battery Road, has beei granted an appraiser's licence.
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    THE BASE.
    628 11 NAVAL AND AIR COUNCIL RIGHTS. Forthcoming Legislation. An Ordinance to \est in the Admiralty «nd in the Air Council certain rights ovei portion of the foreshore a nd seabed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining: a naval and an air base in Singapore ami to provide for
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    CHARGE AGAINST EX-KAISER.
    224 11 Accused of Stealing Pictures. Berlin. Sensational charges of picture stealing J are brought against the ex-Kais-cr by th; l m Communist newspaper. Welt am Abvd The newspaper declares that two valu able picture,- by Watteau ami a faniou. Rubens that had vanished in the summer of 13'i'*
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    AFGHAN PRETENDER ARRESTED.
    128 11 Appearance at Khost During Kind's I\v iia.vac. May 22mL— Interesting d«> tails arc available regarding the Ai^har Pretenderi who appeared at Khost during kmtf Amanulia's foreign tour. J The Pretender, who wai arrested by th< Afghan authorities at Khost last month J has given the name of
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    UNREST IN D.E. INDIES.
    1229 12 EVIDENCE OF ACTIVE "RED" PROPAGANDA. The Government Attitude. The persistence of unrest in the Dutch Kast Indies can be attributed to only one cause propaganda in»pired by Moscow. Eyer since the .lava ri-ing of November. 1926, >n which Bolshevist complicity waproved beyond all doubt, then has
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    ₤1,000 BEACH OF PROMISE DAMAGES.
    105 12 ₤1,000 BEACH OF PROMISE DAMAGES. Action Against Famous Beauty Barges*. T j I ondon. May 18. £1.000 damages, have been awarded by the Kinp\s Bench to Miss Christian Clara Vornon against h«-r- former employer, the plastic Burgeon, John Cornelius Bell, for hieach of promise of marriape. The Lord Chief Justice,
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    MYNHEER VAN KLAES' BIG WHIFF.
    547 13 *ln the garden of Eden there gro> d lectable plants— the vine am! the nicotian herb. When man was driven from the garden he took with him the vine, but seems t-> haw forgotten for the nor.. 1 the herb, which found a home in
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    SHIP MODELS.
    695 13 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF IMPORTANCE. National Heritage. The recent sale of a ship modi! in London for the unprecedented sum of 3,000 guineas is, say.- the Journal of < ommerce, merely another indication of the risk that in a few more years this country will be stripped bare of
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    MEMORIES OF PREVIOUS LIFE.
    282 13 Indian Guts Amazing Revelations. Homba>. May 28. An amazing- story which is generally believed in the district, comes from the villagi of Shadinagar, in the Farrukhaoad District, United Provinces, where a erirl, aeod seven, states that she remembers her previous life and has confirmed the assertion
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      738 16 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. FIRST SUNDAY AFTKR TRINITY. 7 a.ir. Holy Communion. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) and Sermon. t.ll t .m. Matins and Litany. 1 p.m. The Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. H.M. NAVAL BASE. 1O..".O a.m. Matins an<l Sermon.
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      436 16 SHIPPINCi NOTES. The Antung arrived from Amoy and Swa tow yesterday with 1,.">69 deck passenpers. The BSSjltesj vssseli Mian and Aurora have been lost OB? Cape Kanin. It is fVar»-d that the Salan^cnfjord has also In-en lost. The steamer Sweden Maru has bssfl sold as she lies at Punta Ficarra,
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    BIBLE SALES.
    1146 17 ARE THEY ON THE DECLINE Conundrum of Figures. In the current number of "The World To-day." Mr. Arnold Bennett has written a leader note which makes a startling claim. It runs as follows: But it is indeed strange that the most remarkable religious portent of modern times should
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    A STRIKE IN ANCIENT EGYPT.
    654 17 How a Necropolis Staff was Organised. Professor T. Eric Poet addressed a meeting at Manchester University called by the Manchester Egyptian and Oriental Society on "The organisation of the Theban Necropolis in the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty," a subject of which he has made a special
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    TREASURE TROVE.
    126 17 The Bangkok Karn Muang states thai a poor Malay named Mac Ngaw, living in the commune of Ga-nga, Varans district, Pattani, while out planting tapioca early this month, came upon some treasure about half a metre from the surface of the ground. Newi of his lucky find was
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    A GOLDEN HEAD AMD A MULBERRY TIE.
    427 18 I thought I had found her at last, tht Modern Girl. We were a little distance from one another, in the lounge of an ho tel, I with my coffee and a cigarette, sh« with a Bronx. Her hair was the colour of
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    THE GREAT WASH.
    317 18 It is only in China that cats as well as houses are spring-cleaned. The older the cat the greater the veneration in which it b held. This is because it is regarded as the Guardian of the Outer Gate, where it is supposed to hold at bay
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    SUB-EDITING ONESELF.
    173 18 One can well understand the concern of Hajcaard'a start" at th« growing habit of nuMnl.ers' altering "copy" Mibmitted to them before it is printed, say.s the Manchester Guardian. When Gurney introduced shorthand intr* £he House h^ hoped that the days of loose reporting, in which Dr. Johnson. "Memory"
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    25 18 There ii n whole n«'\v generation growing up w! ich has never yet known what th< proapecU of regular work means.— Mr Kingsloy Griffiths. M.P.
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      267 18 "What a big Boy f p';x you re getting!" L "p I What a feeling of pride it gives to I a mother when she knows that the firm, S f straight limbs her baby is developing m are the result of right feeding. Be sure h YOUR baby has
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      152 18 Hedges Butler's WINES Ejl "Club" Old rij! Amontillado cl .■■■^■Sln oherry. M Very popular amongst club""me"^»» y 'Hir customers. S I Price 3.20 yasj' Mp say t ROYAL VAT v jjl WHISKY. /Wy-i^A X -upplifd to \ho *^Ljt/i^^ K'».\al F'alaees tor many vears. 5^ Price $2.00 ■2*".*"^- Pe>- Bottle. DUTY
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      321 18 I I I hli v i 0 1 i Jsr I I v I l \^^^X I ./*yn I I Quality clocks and watches TX/'KSTCLOX hive tlwayfl been fain tor their good timekeeping qualities The new Westclox models, Uig Ben Dc Luxe, Baby lien Dc Luxe and Hen Ilur, carry
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    393 19 Singapore, June 8. KuMht. Public Holidays again interfered with the weeit's working and the market hai been quiel to dull. I'r Vts eased to l' >d. in London and li> cents gold in Xew fork but the former lias n<«\\ recovered to 9%d, and the latter lo 19*4
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
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    EXCHANGE.
    69 19 luii* S. Bunk 4 m.s. j ;<7,^ Bank demand j x 11 -if Private credits 3 n».>. 2 I :jj Ww York, dpniantl 5C 3-16 Credit* 90 dajra 57r. s France, demand 1426 India, T. T. i.".::» 4 llodk Kun^r, demand p.c. Di^. Vokohanui, demand 119^ .Jav;i, demand i.{9».
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    PRODUCE.
    210 19 June v Tin 2l'."> Ton* $113% <J;mibior 7 IVpntM Whir*- llfi Pepper BUefc •'-> Flake Tapioca Pearl Saga Small B*fc Copni io. To Copra Sundries] 11. <>u Rice Lianp Hin Chan Mark Red Eajrle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon RintHn 260 Rice, Raagooa Siokn
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    49 19 .hme *>th.. 12 V!ot*k nvnn. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. 5;,.,t Standard R.S.S. on Tendei Jun< July-Sept. iL >: 4 :'.:l Oet Dec. :vj: 4 Tom of Market: Dull. L,it-'-i Cable: London Sp..t Sheel 9%i per Ib. New York Spot Shed Gxti i;"» pei Ib.
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    180 19 ROSE MAC PH AIL CO'S REPORT. Sinuapnrr. .lum 8. Kabtor. London &%d, '«.<) Up. Tin.— London t224 15«, :>u^ Up. I ocal 1 1 for 22.~» t«»ris. Mining. (juit-t. Rahman Hydraulic 1.50 1.55, Puteh 1.50 1.55, Klang Rivera »J'_ Mi 1 Sungei Waj 3.00 3.05, Malaya Consolidated 1.02 1.04, Taiping
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    DUTCH RUBBER SCHEME.
    156 19 GOVERNMENT'S SERIOUS ATTENTION. Market Stand-oflish. (Our Own Correspondent. < opy right.] l/«Htdon. Juiu* > There is surprise in L.<>txl.>n rubber circlen at the fact that th«> fiOTCrnsMlH t iiiii injr the Dutch unofficial talotlasjiloii nrhamt 1 seriously. The attitude «>r th*- narkH If stand-otfi.sh and .slightly contemptuo
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    LEWIS AND PEATS REPORT.
    209 19 Sinu;i|>or«' Jum- 7. Tin- past work has btetl <lull ;:rid teresting, and until to-day the market wai inclined t'» Bag owing to lack <m ini on the part "i dealeri ami heavj <>tf«'m_'for November-December 1!*l>. and Janui December l Li by first-hand §ellei However, at ih»-
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    310 19 llcutitead »«ul <•>., \irt>n»^. Buloh Kasap -Js.ru:;. to date J.iii; Gad k 81.000, to datf 182,21 Mount I yiil 6, to <iat»- 29,021; Nordanal (Johore) 0 t.> date 268,165; Rim (Malacca) lti,6uo, to date 59,200; Kithsdalc •■>.:<><• i 21,629. Rcnong Tin. (Guthi ie and < 0.,
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    FRASER'S SHARK LIST
    27 19 Tuttviajft AlttrationK. r O1 Hvvmm Sellers I tan Simpan ($1 105 i2O F. and Netvet 17.7-, ls (l Wmrm Bro^ (5) 3 9 3
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      292 19 VSSKTS OVER $8,000,000 I TUP PDPArr i,»om« ASSURANCE IN FORCK OVER $30,0U0.000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED HFAH (wvirv w (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) Compani has s?^' OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry. E.f. Company h aa £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British
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      367 19 I BANKING. CHARTERED BANK pF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AM) CHINA Incorporated in England by Royal Charter." Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of |S each f3.000.0U0 Reserve Fund 4.000,00U Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate. London. EC Agencus and Branches, p Alor Star Hoilo Tonekah SSSa? IT" Bhuket).
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      307 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Iniorpo rated in Hong Kon^r). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Kescrve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of I^roprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown. Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hun:
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      39 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE 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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    MALAYAN RACING.
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    SELANCiOR TIRF CLUB MEETING.
    366 20 First Day's Results. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala I umpur, June 8. The tirst day of the racing panted off successfully. There was a rood attendance, fine weather, and pood going*. Race No. I— Ponies Fourfh Division(Five furlongs). Merryboy, 7.0 (Irvine) 1 Dixie, rs (81eigh) 2
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    TO-DAY'S HANDICAPS.
    307 20 The weights for to-daj arc aa follow: Race No. I Parses (PMe) Third Divi- (Six furlongs): Crisp i».»;. Prevail 9S>. Karickar u.l\ Bronavio 9, King Poitrel 8.10, Polycreta 8.10, Haeremai vlo. New bane s.i>. Cinderella s.T. Successful 8.6, Double Rose S.fi. Humourous s.. r >, Japhet 8.4, I%eniui
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    SCRATCHINGS-SECOND DAY.
    33 20 Race N< Gay Reveller. Rmte V J. "huha. Hi\n- \o i. Kayonda, Sultan, Uokleti Strand ri<! Swiftnur*. Kact- Mo, Part Nit:, Torbellfaio, Daybrook and 1.. rh llur Havr R. i arify.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    42 20 #THE OAKS. ouriie Runs Second. [Renter 9 Service] London. June H. Ph« result of the Oaks run to-day was FLEGERE Thirteen ran. Won by four lengths, third six lengths away. Betting: 100 to 1"» first. evens second, l<»0 to third.
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    TUNNEY-HEENEY MATCH.
    30 20 (Reuters Service-) New York. June 7. Tex Rickard has announced that the Tunney and Heeney championship bout will \h> rontested at the Yankee stadium here >n .Inly 28.
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    DAVIS CUP.
    68 20 Rain Stops IMay at Homo. fßeuter's Service.] London. Jim. 7. There wan rain at Birmingham, and only one singles game was played to-day in the Davis Cup. thin) round, E. Riggs (Britain) heating H. MoMenhauer (Germany) 6- 4. I 6—o, 2- 0, 6 4-0. IJirminuha-, June H. In
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    MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    90 20 At the recent meeting of thr Perak 1..T.A. 11 wa- announced that the annual Malayan Tennis Championships will be heir in Singapore this year during the August holidays, a special feature of this meeting being that it will be, for the tirst time open to all
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUR
    145 20 TK .Tune Mixed Foursomef competition wae played yesterday and resulted in a win for Mrs. Hill and Mr. Brodie. Fortysix cards were uik» out and the following were returned. Mr-. Hill and F. F. S. Brodie 13 5 38 Air-. I'otts and A. W. Viek r ,(>
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    THE S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    147 20 Services vs. I*. S. and L. The Service* found runs very hard to pet %vht*n they commenced their fixture in the S.C.C. Tournament against the Public Servicei and Law on the Padang yesterday afternoon for when the closure was applied five minutes before the appointed time, owing
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    S.C.C MATCHES.
    91 20 The following will represent the S.C.C. vg. Duke's to-morrow starting 2 o'clock at Tanplin:— X. H. P. Whitley, R. G. Gibson, W. R. Kin*. H. E. Goodman, W. H. Findlay, H. M. Cantrell, R. If. Scoular, Dr. Lowson, H. Gibson, F. Vino and M. Collins. The following will
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    GARRISON SPORT.
    183 20 The. following summary of BatallioT." sports results for the week ended June 7th: Football Garrison league Headquarters Winp 2, H.Q. and D.E. 1; H. Q. Win* 3, R.A.O.C. and R.S. 1; No. 1 Coy. 3, No. 3 Coy. 3. Platoon Flag. No. 11 Pltn. 2, No. 5 Pltn.
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    MISS GLEITZE TO IRISH SEA.
    198 20 ATTEMPT IN JUNE. Her Commercial Contracts. Miss Mercedef (Jleitze, who conquered the Straits of Gibraltar, and who entered upon a special Channel swim last October to vindicate the veracity of non-medical Channel swimmers, i> going to attempt the Irish Sea. She will make her effort
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    MARRIAGE AS A SOBERING INFLUENCE.
    247 20 Havana Keeps Tijjht Rein on the Bachelor. BerMn. ihe influence of marriage on a man's character is attested by a law in BavarU which forbids unmarried men to carry open knives in place of the bi>. clasp-knife every true Bavarian regards as part of his
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    "MAN'S PRIME NECESSITY."
    117 20 A Woman Defines the Button. One thousand women, busily discuiKing solemn resolutions at the annual conference ol the Women's National Liberal Federation at the New Seals Theatre, tarried a while to laugh at men— and their buttons. "A tax on buttons?" said Mr-. Walter Runciman. M.P. "Why,
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    GARRISON CUP FOOTBALL MATCH.
    78 20 By kind permission of Lieut. Col C. J Pickering. C.M.G., D.5.0., and the Officers, the Band of the 2nd Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment will play at th* Stadium before the mutch for the Garrison Cup on Friday next, the 15th instant, corn inencing at
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    LOG OF A GIRL STOWAWAY.
    1045 20 GALE THRILLS IN SAILING SHIP. Crew's Superstition. A narrative reminiscent of Clark Bus- Bell'a t hriHintr .^ea stories i* contained in j "Th» !.;>£ of a Happy Girl,* 1 as Miss Jane Jeinne, a 22-ycars-old Australian, titles thi j diary Of her voyage as stowaway
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      109 20 Trade Mark. J The world-renow nc<^ -His "HIS MASTER'S VOKi I Master's stands for quality, Miprtrm Voice" and unapproached. On a gramophone it fumrai UramopnoneS instrument of the highest By Easy fl>lly desi^^ «nd pwfMtly rayments best music, ar.d th.- |m S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). SINGAPORE.
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      28 20 SINGAPORE YOU NTEER CORPS. Saturday 2.30 p.m. Bukit Timah Range Units— S.V.C. Farrer Ranjre S.R.A. (v). Sunday 8 a.m. Bukit Timah Ranpre Lnits S.V.C. Farrer Ran#e S.R.A. (v).
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