The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 July 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928. NO. 12,470
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    332 1 After a two days' search the body of an aviator. Mr. G. N. Warwick who took part m the King's Cup race but, failed to appear at the final stage, has been found near Peebles Pages 7 and 9. The situation m Madras is reported to be
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    A FOOL IN THE PYRENEES.
    1130 1 Having no experience of mountaineering, I was determined to cross over the mountains. The guides m the village, under the towering snow-capped peak Pic dv Ger, said, "You cannot pass. M'sieu. The village of your destination lies thirty-six kilometres over the mountains. The track is
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      159 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Magic work by Magical soap Page 3. Obtain health by the use of Sanatogen —Page 14. Hotel and picture house attractions Pages 1 and 2. Rowntree's motoring chocolate best for the drive Page 3. Jacobean furniture for the dining room at Little's Page 5. Auction sale by Messrs.
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      137 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, 2-tth. High Water, 2.51 a.m., 8.6, 3.35 p.m., 8.3. Malacca: H. W. 12 a.m., 5.9. Wednesday, 2bth. High "Water. 3.48 a.m., 7.9, 4.18 p.m., 8.2. Malacca: H. W. 0.10 a.m., 5.0, 0.50 p.m., 5.4. Football: Ph. I. S.C.C vs. Puke's, Stadium. Thai sday, 2f>th. High Water, 4.59
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    FILM DRAMA OF REAL LIFE.
    340 2 Confession as Part of Author's Ms. llerlin. A case which may prove one of the most sensational m German criminal history is now occupying the attention of the Berlin police. A film scenario plays the chief pait m the train of circumstantial evidence on which
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    'chauve-souris' DISBANDED.
    229 2 Troupe that Regan m a Cellar. The famous "Cham e-S'>uris" troupe has come to an end m New York. "I have no contract for any country,* 1 Nik its Pali- f announced to hia company the other day. "and I do not know when I shall have one."
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    MAN MURDERED IN A TRAFFIC BLOCK.
    175 2 MAN MUR DERED IN A TRAFFIC BLOCK. Aetiess Questioned by the Police. New York, June 18. Miss Doric Bheerta, an actress and a noted ni--:ht club entertainer, was questioned at the office of Mr. Ryan, the Public Prosecutor, concerning any information she may have regarding the murder of Edward Carter,
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    66 2 The Coroner has returner! a verdict of culpable homicide against the Chinese who was arrested m connection with the shooting m Kukit Timah Road on July 10. The Coroner told the taxi drivers from whose cais some Chinese fired on another batch of compatriots m a lorry, that they must
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    BLOOD TESTS THAT REVEAL CANCER.
    556 3 Experiments of Dr. Shaw-MacKenzie. The report presented at the annual meeting of the Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, Putney Heath, S.W., on June 28, contained an interesting reference to the subject of cancer and to the fact thai ur. fchaw- as ACasic nas
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    WELSH GIRLS TRAGEDY.
    189 3 Found Dead with Indian Doctor. London. July 10. The Central London Coroner with a jury is inquiring into the deaths at a Bioomsbury boarding-house of an Indian doctor. Manmethanath Sanyal. and a Welsh girl of 25 named Gwennyth Rose Lewis. The latter*! father, who is a schoolmaster,
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    SUICIDE AFTER SEEING A TOWN.
    164 3 The Tragedy of a Herdsman. Budapest. A little tragedy which makes a silent but perturbing comment on modern civilisation is reported from the great plain of Hortobagy. Last month an old herdsman named Gulyas, who had passed his life on the puszta and never seen
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      219 3 fto^--'- .'.V.V.W.-.V.W.V.V.V. Electrical Appliances On Hire. > The f.llowinjr Appliances may now be hired from the Electrical Department. Municioality CEILING FANS $1.50 per month each. HATH WATER HEATERS $2.00 per month each. SMALL COOKERS KETTLE $2.00 per month each URGE COOKERS KETTLE $2.50 per month each*. The abotw terms include
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    FLYING DAY BY DAY.
    1453 4 More Empire Air Routes. ADMIRALS PLEA FOR LONELY SETTLERS. jj PRINCE'S FLYING PLANS. \l X. Stavt-Kope Sprigg. (Editor of "Airways"). «J {SPECIAL TO FREE PRESSA London. June _<- There is a good deal of talk just now about Empire Air Routes. Somehow there is a feeling
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    "CAT" THIEF BRIDEGROOM.
    217 4 Booty from One Woman as Gift to Another Berlin. A "prince" of "cat" burglars, who had long been a scourge of fashionable German hotels, was captured here m dramatic circumstances recently. His recent hisioiy is not without a touch of romance. After two hauls amounting to 80,000
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    CLIFF LEAP TO SAVE CHILD.
    100 4 A scene on a cliff top after a child, while playing "roly poly" rolled over the edge into the sea was described at the inquest at Sunderland on Hetty Fairbairn, aged four, and Victor Albert Toner, a seaman, who was drowned while trying to recover
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    THE SIGNIFICANCE AND ORIGIN OF DANCING.
    1069 4 THE SIGNIFICANCE AND ORIGIN OF DANCING. The Fear of the Unknown. CURIOUS NATIVE FORMS. The history of dancing dates back to the carvings of the cave men of the old stone age. Throughout the centuries dancing has been indulged m as the physical expression of the perception of rhythm. Man
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    MAHRATTA'S NATIONAL HERO.
    188 4 Prince of Wales and Shivaji MemorialBombay. A hundred thousand people participated m the ceremony of unveiling the mammoth bronze equestrian statue of Shivaji, the great Mahratta hero, at Poona. The Governor reached the site of the memorial m a procession of elephants, horses, and camels, and British
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    PLANTER LOST IN LONDON.
    85 4 Anxiety is felt regarding a Burmese planter, on leave m London, who disappeared on June 5. Mr. Richard Chorley, assistant manage of a Burmese rubber plantation, landed m England on leave on May 28, and while staying with his brother, Mr. R. S. T. Chorley, of
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    BRUSSELS BOURSE SCANDAL.
    48 4 Brussels, June 20. A series of thefts by stockbrokers' clerks have been discovered, and to-day two men have been arrested on charges of speculating on the Brussels Bourse with bonds belonging to clients. The sum involved amounts to two and a half million francs (£14,200.)
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    FLYING 10 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH
    208 4 New "Plane that Might Cross Atlantic m 12 Hours. Berlin. The navigation of the border regions of the Earth's atmosphere is not. it now appears, to be left unchallenged to Herr Fritz von Opel's "rocket" aeroplane. The Junkers works contemplate the construction of a
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    FONT UNEARTHED IN GARDEN.
    90 4 Newport (Mon.) What is believed to be a Fifteenth Century font, m a good state of preservation, was unearthed by the Vicar of Raglan, the Rev. Thomas Wright, formerly chaplain to the Bishop of Monmouth, while digging m the vicarage garden. The font is octagonal, five
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    33 4 The foundation stone of the new Abbey Church of the Benedictine Order at Woolhampton, near Reading, was laid by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth. When completed the church will have 20 altars.
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    THE PRINCES' AFRICAN TOUR.
    359 4 Wild Country and No Formality. The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Glouceser have been spending busy days together lately m the study of reports, maps, and plans, and m completing the arrangements for the four months' tour of Africa which they are to make
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    A VILLAGE WITHOUT WATER.
    113 4 Cserszegtomaj Contents Itself with Wine. Budapest. In the village of Cserszegtomaj, near Lake Balaton, all attempts to dig wells or discover water with the aid of a "diviner" having failed, the two thousand inhabitants are obliged to continue using wine as their sole beverage, as they
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    MORE BRITISH 'PLACES FOR ARGENTINE NAVY.
    152 4 MORE BRITISH 'PL ACES FOR ARGENTINE NA VY. Order for Six I 1> ing sassa The Supermarine Aviati-.r: W rk of Woolston. Hampshire, bai weal tract for six large lying bests, bsssi I the "Southampton" type, for the A Navy. This is one of the mosl importss! contracts ever received
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    CHAPLAIN TO THE KING'S HORSES.
    114 4 Vicar and (iuinea* fi inner. Jockeys and stable ladi at were championed at the El) j ference at Cambridge by th.- Davies. vicar of Westle. Watsraas, Newmarket. He said he was chaplain M tta »J»J horses and the King.- staMeim-n held services m the little
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    THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL MARRIAGE.
    704 4 Prince Chichibu's Bride. 0 INTERVIEW WITH MADAME MATSUDAIRA. Margaret Poe Hart. Special dispatch to the Singapore Free Press and the N.A.Y Washington. The bright light which beats about a throne has been directed towards a girl who for three years has been a member of the
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      79 4 jf* POSERS FOR SI'OKTSMKV I 1. Nine-bowled, caught. leg-before- wicket, run I wicket. Obstructing the n* 5 ball twice, and haadliag W 8 2. "Billiard" m each mstasc*. 3. Yes. on TUw«dsy, I w§7*. fil t ball I 4. Entry is open onl) f .h«--35 Clubs under the jur. f
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    PARISIANA.
    1013 5 AN ATTRACTIVE DUTCH GARDEN. Callous Jobbing Gardener. (By George Cecil for the Free Press). Wheie Paris joins the least suburban of the suburbs, and on the city side of the line, is a little two-storied house, very picturesque, with a hundred years to its credit. The rent is higher
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    DOUGLAS HAIG MEMORIAL HOMES.
    174 5 Gift of £25,000. Rugby, July 11. A gift of £25,000 has been received by the Trustees of the Douglas Haig Memorial Homes from Mr. F. K. Kielberg, Chairman of the Anglo-Danish Society, for the erection of a special group of these homes. The gift has been
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    10 YEARS FOR £64.
    42 5 Cologne. A sentence of 10 years' solitary confinement was passed by a French military court at Mayence upon a man named Kilburg, who was accused of embezzling 8,000 francs (approximately £64) whilst m charge of a French canteen.
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    47 5 The Freedom of the Royal Burgh of Dornoch, m Sutherlandshire, will be conferred on the Duke of Sutherland and Lord, Rothermere during the city's tercentenary celebrations on August 29. "The people of this little city look upon Lord Rothermere as an Empire builder," says the town clerk.
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    SIR J. BARRIE'S ADVICE.
    686 6 WHAT HE TOLD THE RHODES SCHOLARS. "Don't be Literary Roarers." Sir Janves Barrie was the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Rhodes Trustees at Oxford and, m proposing the toast of the Rhodes Scholars, delivered himself of some happy and sound advice to the
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    HEALTH BULLETIN OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS' EASTERN BUREAU.
    211 6 liassein-. 1 plague death. Bombay: 27 smallpox cases and 16 death? as against 17 cases and 6 deaths during the preceding week. Calcutta: 42 cholera deaths as against 45 deaths during the preceding week; 15 smallpox cases and 10 deaths as
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    SULPHUR EXPLODES THROUGH HEAT
    35 6 Budapest. July 10. Abnormal heat has caused barrels of sulphur stored m the basement of a house to explode. Three bodies have been recovered, while many persons have been seriously injured.
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    HOW TO AVOID INDIGESTION.
    139 7 An Easy Way to do it. Jn Baoet rUgeatiee troubles, excess acid and rersaeatod food have tendency to r«main m thr sfsmail until the a«XI meal is eaten. That is why Inteaaa pain so 0f;,,, follows im.ne'Mntely after eating. saooe of this kind iiC'ostiw dlataibaaca eai
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    GERMAN MONARCHY.
    98 7 COMPLAINT AGAINST EX-KAISER. Telegram From Doom. I Keuter's Service. Amsterdam. July 2 Complaints that the e\-Kai".a is abusing Dutch hospitality by voicing designs for the restoration of the German monarchy have been made to the Dutch Government by the plenipotentiary representative of the Republican Complaint Bureau m Berlin,
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    INSURRECTION IN PORTUGAL.
    81 7 Officer's Mutiny, [Reuter's Service.] London. July 23. Details of an insunectionary rising at Lisbon on Friday are now available, and show that a number of officers m the Castello and Saojor^e bariacks mutinied. Loyal troops brought up artillery and vigorously besieged the barracks and the mutineers submitted.
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    BIRKENHEAD'S NEW DOCKS.
    48 7 (ireater Facilities for Far East Ships. f Reuter's Service.] London. July 23. Earl Derby formally opened the new Mersey entrance to the Birkenhead Docks, constructed at a cost of -1,300.000 to meet the demand for increased facilities for shipping engaged m the Far East service.
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    BRITISH MINISTER TO FRANCE
    64 7 [British Radio- -Official Service.] Rugby. July 22 The Foreign Office announces that the King has been pleased to appoint Mr. Xevile Henderson. C.M.G.. to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the French iiepublic. He will thus be the second m command of the new Ambassador,
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    WHERE WHITE MEN ARE SERFS.
    321 7 Expedition into African Desert. Capetown, June 13. An expedition into the least known of all African deserts, the Kalahari, between the Zambesi and the Orange Rivers, leaves here to-morrow. It will consist of six men and two Morris motor lorries. Organised by the Imperial Government,
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    DESERT PARTY FOUND.
    110 7 Women's 50 Mile March Over Burning Sands Basra, June 30. The motor-lorry that left Basra for Nasiriyeh on Saturday, carrying- 21 passengers, was found this morning by Air Force machines of the S4th Squadron after a long search m the desert. The lorry was stuck m the
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    KING'S CUP MYSTERY.
    538 7 AIRMAN'S COMPLETE DISAPPEARANCE. Search of the Countryside. [Reuter's Service.] London, July 23. Innumerable aeroplanes, motorists, horsemen, shepherds and police m six counties vainly searched for two days for G. N. Warwick, a competitor m the King's Cup air race, who failed to arrive on the last stage
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    EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT'S TROUBLES.
    75 7 [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, July 22. A Wafsl manifesto unqualifiedly, condemning- the suspension of parliament accuses the Government of forcing back Egypt when eas*' .n nations like Syria, Iraq and India are progressing and securing a parliamentary constitutional life. It charges the Government with breaking its oaths m
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    AMERICAN RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
    61 7 Eight Circus Hands Killed. i [Reuter's Service.] Boston. July 23. A train consisting of trucks packed with ornate circus wagons under which MOO circus employees were huddled came to grief at Faimington, New Hampshire, when one of the wagons rolled otf, causing the derailment of the succeeding
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    MEXICAN LABOUR LEADERS RESIGNS.
    60 7 [Reuter's Service] Mexico City, July 23. In conformity with instructions of the Central Committee of Regional Federations of Labour, Sen. aforooes, Secretary for labour, and a political enemy of General Obregon, has resigned. Sen. Gasca, Chief of the Ordnance Supply Department and Sen. Moneda. Chi^ of
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    ROUND THE WORLD IN 23 DAYS.
    40 7 [Reuter's: Bwi vh*e.l New York, July 23. The airmen Mears and Collyer, have returned, completing their world journey m 29 days, 15 hrs. and 31 mins., beating the previous record by over four days.
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    28 7 The opening: and blessing; of the new Catholic Church at Klang; will take place on Sunday, July 29, at S a.m. Bishop L. Perrichon will perform the ceremony.
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      376 7 NOTICES. MUNICIPALITY OF MALACCA. Notice i s hereby ifiven that < HURCfI STREET betweea CENTRAL POLICE STATION ,id CHRIST CHURCH will be closed I a.m. on WsJaSSliay, Ihe L'atli July, for ad of two weeks. A. H. GLOVER, Municipal Secretary. Municipal Office, M.-iacca. _l >t July, ll<2^. Singapore" automobil7e club.
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      1003 7 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable 999 years' Leasehold Land and House No. 112 Java Road, and Freehold Seaside Land and Houses Nos. 243. Beting Kusar at lift milestone C hangi Road, next to Mr. Lee Phan Hock's Bungalow "Sandringham Villa and No. 7 Lorong 10 Geylang, Singapore. To be held at
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    KUALA LUMPUR ROTARY CLUB.
    632 8 A meeting of the Club was held at the Choon Cheok Kee Loo Club (the corner ot Treacher Road and Weld Koad) Kuala Lumpur on b riday at which the following members sat down to the first, of the Club's monthly dinners. Mr. Choo Kia Peng
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    SINGAPORE MOTORISTS' BIG VENTURE.
    98 8 To London m a Morris Cowley. Messrs. M. Canagasaliey and Cedric Dover will shortly make an attempt to reach London from Singapore m a MorrisCowley standard tourer supplied from stock by Malayan Motors Ltd.. Singapore. Shell oil and benzine will be used. Mr. Canagasabey will be
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    40 8 Indian Member Appointed. We are officially informed that Mr. Husein Hasanally Abdoolcader has been offered and has accepted the appointment on the I egislative Council rendered vacant by the death of the late Honourable Mr. P. K. Nambyar.
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    82 8 Xipah Distilleries shares have come on the Kuala Lumpur market, a small parcel changing hands at a slight premium. It is said that Ipoh is to have another bank shortly, when the Mercantile Bank of India will establish itself m Station Road m the building now housing the Borneo Company.
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      DEATH.
      19 8 CHARTER.- At Belle Vue. Byers Road. Kaala tjanpar, on .July SO, Mar; Helen, beloved wife of R. Charter.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928. OUR DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION.
    1052 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1928. OUR DEFENCE CONTRIBUTION. Ihe fear expressed by the hon'ble Mr. Clement Everitt In the course of his trenchant speech on the Defence Contribution m the Council Chamber last October that it is the intention of the Imperial Government to exact from the Colony
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    233 8 THE CASE AGAIN** Ha, F.M.S. OFKl([au s THe Jud K e a nd Twl »*»l Obstruction. [From Our Own Corr,,,,^. an. l^nanu. |sa, w The case auainst W s and E. Lamerton. two P \i s oificials and C. H. S. Pi a n mm «t are charged
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    COMMODITY MARKET
    44 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [From Our Own Correspondent i London. .lul\ 23. 1..K1 p.m Messrs. Symington and Siwhir notify to-day's rubber price a 9«-jd. per lb. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sonnotify to-day's tin prices b £216 1 16— £213 1 16
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    DEATH OF MR. A. A. B. STEWART.
    160 8 His many friend- m Singapore with regret thai cabled inforsnstiei *i* received on Sunday to the effect that Mi. A. A. B. Stewart of the SingaSSN I 1 Storage Co. had died suddenly, prat Aberdeen, where hi- people resale. Mr. Stewart Joined the
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    191 8 Programme of Drill* I |> For July gtßa, Tuesday. July 21th.. 5.15 p.m.. Drill ßst "A" (M.G.) Company. Dr.ll Hall. Net 2 I and 4 Sect-. Section TmSMaJ 5.16 p.m.. Drill Hall. Eurssttw &»P« R.S.Ms Parade. 5.18 BJB. Drill I Chinese Company. Xdiu'anf- WJ* 8.15 p.m.. Drill
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    45 8 A fine of $20 WM ""P"" y I Pearee. a seaman Mi Carlisle, in the Polkt Pearve was charged m\h 1 (t from a Chinest- in Ocil !Vt aHe K ed that he snaU-hed th. table and ran away M arrested. Aci-used pftid mistaken identity
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    THE MISSING AIRMAN.
    120 9 -4GIC END TO KING'S ]n CUP RACE. „'aj*kk'i Body Found. jK.-uter'- Service.] London, July 2.1. the in.-sing King's cup ti Berwick has been found near H „u rilEI MM M> Bj AKWICK. I <»ndon, July 23. |H>t 2,761 feet above sea the Bear* si house m the
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    42 9 [gfjjs Derides to Abandon Negotiations. 1 a i Eastern Service.] Tokyo. Jul\ 23. that ang Hsuah IJsng has i onsul Gcaaral at cided to abandon ne- ionalist Gosaragatgd he has pointed (»ut sdherc to the carious China /spans so
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    CHINA CABLE NEWS.
    101 9 I StrißßCßl Japanese Boycott. [th Naayaag Press.] Shanghai. July 23. sdei insist on the abS no-Japaaese treaty des»n. Wan Tseng Ting ation with regard la the should be made to Nanking they maj be postibarded the rillags of Kaomi sre killed. ■i Peiping, owing to JapaChaag Hsuefa
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    AMERICAN SAILOR WOUNDED IN CHINESE AFFRAY.
    61 9 I'iuhtinu at Chefoo. I si Eastern Service.] Chefoo, July 23. last night between ently arrived from ►rmer commander of Chang bodyguard, and Nationa- <ok place till early nity of onsular Hill, m sailor was slightly ivouring to establish '••i, warships and the the Nationalist!
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    ANOTHER ATLANTIC FLIGHT.
    36 9 p «Btl Seaplane Leaves. [Reuter's Service.] Brest. July Li. lr "Fregatte* piloted by ar > started to-day on an the Atlantic via the ÜBIVBD M TUB AZORES. Paris, July 23, has arrived at the
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    RUSSIA TO TAKE PART IN OIL CONGRESS.
    34 9 RUSSI A TO TAKE PART IN OI L CONGRESS. I [Beater*. Service.] Moscow, July 23. ouncfl nf National Eco- 1 1 to Participate m the 1 ©Ogress and Oil ExhiM(1 the United States m
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    OVIET GOVERNMENT'S NEW DEPARTURE.
    52 9 OV IET G O VE RN ME NT'S NEW DEPARTURE. [■enter*! Service.] ia, Moscow. July 23. £*'-Uy stated that the Gov- ll l extensively to purchase ares of 5% million hectares N iilboni roubles Kg assigned to smallholders to en- 'I "lake improvements '••ui'(. r L I rc »Mw on
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    THE INDIAN STRIKE.
    84 9 TWO MORE TRAINS WRECKED. Serious Situation. I Reuter's Service.] Tl, Simla. July 23 l.v belter. m is' slightThe strikers are concentrating their aet,v,t.e> j the Villupurani metre gauge ne and he service is maintained with ttt-tzr the hroa<i One person has died as the result of the
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    TCHUKHNOVKSY AND HIS RESCUES.
    49 9 [Reuter's Service.] n Moscow, July 23. Tchukhnov.sky, interviewed aboard the Krassin regarding his spotting g| thp na/ia s wall lag party, maintains that ho and to«Jt saw two men on the icefloe ac«j a thud figure lying on the ice of few metres distanca away.
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    JAPANESE CABLE NEWS.
    240 9 South-Seas Travellers. [By courtesy of the Nany,, NichiNiehi Shimbunsha.] Tokio. July 22. Il Is understood that Mr. J. Inoue exGovernor of the Bank of Japan who leave* Japan on August 2 for g tour of the South Seas will accompany Mr. K. Isaka Present of the Chamber
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    AMUSING CASE IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
    399 9 Colonel Subpoenaed to Give Evidence. "This is most unjust. I stood outside your door and heard Mr. Meredith tell you all sorts of things about me." This was what Mrs. A. C. Begg a wellknown personality around the Police Couits told sftV McFall, the
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    SANMUGAM ON TRIAL.
    365 9 ECHO OF CATHIRAVALO BANKRUPTCY CASE. Alleged Cheating of Indian Youth. The trial ol Cumaray Sanmugam on a charge of cheating was commenced yesterday at the Assizes before Mr. Justice Dinsmore. Mr. E. A. Surges appears for th* prosecution, and Mr. V. D. Knowles for the defence. The
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    JOTTINGS FROM SEREMBAN.
    251 9 Seremban, July 21. Messrs. Chient Brothers, the well-known motorists m Negri Sembilan. had their showrooms at Jalan TunKu Hassan. Seremban. full of motor owners and dealers yesterday and to-day inspecting the "New Ford" which has made its appearance m Seremban. Miss Florence Edmonds, the daughter of Mr.
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    DEOGHAR CONSPIRACY CASE.
    73 9 12 Youths Sent to Gaol; 8 Acquitted. Calcutta, July 12. Deoghar, July 11th. The Sessions Judge who tried the Deoghar case m which 20 youths, mostly Bengalis, were charged with conspiracy to wage war against the KingEmperor, and possessing firearms, delivered judgment to-day. He sentenced 12 of
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    158 9 [Earlier messages stated: Calcutta, Feb. 29th. Conspiracy to deprive the KingEmperor of the sovereignty of India, to commit murder and dacoity with a view to collecting funds, arms and ammunition for revolutionary purposes, and also to prepare explosive substances these charges were preferred against
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    GREEK ELECTIONS IN DECEMBER.
    18 9 Athens, July 21. M. Venizelos said the general election would be held m December.
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    MALAYAN CHURCHMEN
    614 9 CORDIAL WELCOME TO THE LATE BISHOP. Gathering m London. The annual meeting of the Singapore t Auxiliary Diocesan Association, presided over by the Bishop of Ely, took place at S.P.G. House, Westminster, on June 21 a t large number of churchmen with past or present connections with Malaya
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    182 9 The Week's Engagements. Saturday, July 14. His Excellency and Lady Clifford attend ed by Mr. W. A. Woods were present at the St. Joseph's Institution Annual Athletic Sports at the Stadium. Lady Clifford presented the prizes. In the evening His Excellency and Lady Clifford attended by Staff witnessed
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    CHANG AT THE PAVILION.
    52 9 Owing to repeated requests from numerous patrons, the management have arranged to screen this admirable production three days earlier. The public are asked to note that it will commence on August 3rd. instead of August 6th., as previously advertised, and are advised to book early to
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      712 10 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Vis Genoa and Havre.) 0 Due Spore. Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. CYCLOPS For London, Rotterdam and
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      512 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) "aiiSiAr~ui«E. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VTA PORTS AND SUEZ CANALI FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1928. 8.8. CITY OF KHARTOUM July 30 s.s, CITY OF KHIOS s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Sept.
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      387 10 JaY ta-T \JP. British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S fiOVBtHSa. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER\ K >;.' :o: OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND lAP\\ Dve In Tonnage. Spore. Tlllll. as^ KALYAN
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      700 11 O. S. K. Line. n^pmtioiw- Steamers. Arrive. Leave. lon Rottenlani. Hamburg, Bremen. 1 >Itp via Colombo. Aden. Suez. ,nd Port Said. At.as Maru Aug. 16 Aug. 17 h«n Tape Town, Santos, Rio, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. t Montevideo Maru Aug. 16 Aug. 17 bassa, Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salam. Beirs. "l.oun-nco Marques and
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      528 11 iTM.yn.^CXJr^ffOin' %Jboard ifrrTsa IKMJLAR "I'liEsniENT" a m \LINEQS 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-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and
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      597 11 K. P. M. tnUmmrLTWmf* (Incorporated m Holland.) UNM Vi 01 i TRACT Wmi THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN TOVZawHMBN* Telephone No. 8640, with sulwmmetiona to:— Pa-aag^ f^BsST^^ Tranahipment, Marine Departmsnta aad Manager's desk. fepreseatatlvee ia the StraiU SettlemenU (Singapore *ac Peea-aa) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. Ail information, detailed itineraries,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    28 12 Hong Kong Observatory at 4.15 p.m. yesterday reported a typhoon within lat. 16 deg. N., long. 128 deg. E. travelling m a westerly direction, position uncertain.
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    RAWALPINDI DUE TO-MORROW.
    36 12 The P. and O. Rawalpindi has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this port at 6 a.m. to-morrow (Wednesday). She will proceed alongside the Singapore Harbour Board's wharves on arrival.
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    SEAPLANE LAUNCHED FROM STEAMER.
    50 12 Catapult to be Installed on French Liner. London, July 9. Paris. A successful experiment was performed at Havre when a seaplane was launched into the air from a catapult on a steamer. A similar device will be installed on one of the biggest French trans-Atlantic liners.
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    WIRELESS AND LIFE SAVING.
    128 12 At the International Shipping Conference at the Drapers' Hall, London, it was disclosed that differences of opinion exist as to the types of ship which should be required to carry wireless. Mr. W. A. Souter, Director of the Baltic and International Maritime Conference, said the Wireless
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    141 12 Per Plancius: Mrs. D. Tanser. Mrs. Sjouke, Mr. A. C. Savage. Mr. O. Schmidt, Mr. M. F. P'abrau. Mr. F. Da Lilva. Mr. A. Constatino, Mr. Nazzulese, Miss R. Davison, Mr. F. L. Howe, Mr. Go Tjien Kian, Mr. M. van Enek, Mr. F. Fujimara, Mr. J. de
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    25,000,000,000TH OF AN INCH.
    181 12 American Professor Puts A Rule Along The Length Of Light. Measurements equivalent to the one--25,000,000,000th of an inch have been made by Mr. Charles E. St. John, of Mount Wilson Observatory, m researches to prove the contentions of Professor Einstein, that a ray of light is
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    GERMAN SURRENDERS OF ARMS.
    91 12 Berlin. In a memorandum submitted to the Reichstag, the following list is given of the arms and munitions &c, which the country has handed over to the Allies or destroyed: 6,000,000 rifles and small arms, 107,000 machine guns, 83,000 cannon and mine throwers, 39,000,000 shells, 300X00
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    ADMINISTRATION OF SAMOA.
    121 12 Authority Must be Msintained. Geneva, June 23. It is understood that the Mandates Commission's findings concerning the administration of Samoa will include a statement that the Mandatory's lawful authority must be maintained at all costs, and that anything menacing good order must be firmly dealt with. Mr.
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    24 12 Canon G. Godfrey, aged 88, vicar of Redbourne, near Brigg, Lincolnshire, and chairman of Brigg Guardians, has celebrated the 63rd anniversary of his marriage.
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      558 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc, 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) 0 GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO .BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ANn BALTIMORE M.S. SILVERBELLE due Aug. 13 PACIFIC- JAVA -CALCUTTA SERW F SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES HARBOUR M.S. SILVERLARCH due Aug. 14 aj OUTWARDS
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      216 12 I THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) jTICKETs|^P^|jTOURS Passages booked by all steamship lines Independent and conducted Tourt. Travellers' Cheques. Letters of Credit. Remittances by Draft and Cable TTr.<?«. Foreign monies exchanged. Baggage and Accident Insurance tflx'A. Booking Office For F.M.S. RLY„ ROYAL STATE HI OF SIAM and
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      658 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (yia Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday J Bangkok every Thursday a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam a,m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 8 p.m. Kota Tinggi
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    GRAFT IN SYDNEY CITY COUNCIL.
    283 13 N.S.W. Government's Three Prosecutions. T.u xr London. July 9. The New South Wales Government have decided to prosecute Mr. Silas Y. Maline ex-Deputy General Manager of the City of Sydney Electricity Department, Mr. Arthur James Arnott, the General Manager m Australia of Messrs. Babcock and
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    THE PRINCES NEXT TOUR.
    238 13 May Visit Cave Dwellers. It was announced recently that the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Gloucester will leave England for Kenya during the first week m September and arrive at Mombasa on September 28. Details of the programme of the visit have not been
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    LONDON'S QUICK WORKERS.
    168 13 Replies to Prince Potenziani. London has ready a reply to Prince Potenziani. Governor of Rome, who declared m an article: "Londoners do not appear to me to be working so hard or so quickly as the people of Rome.'' He instanced the fact that m Rome recently
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    SOVIET MATCHES.
    135 13 '*d. a Box Attempt to Capture British Market. The Bolsheviks are trying to capture the British home match market. Soviet-made matches are being supplied to retailers at a price which enables them to be sold for VzA. a box, a figure at which British manufacturers say it is
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    DEATH OF X-RAY MARTYR.
    191 13 Continued Though He Knew His Fate. to science, for. know- «*ver failed to do his best jo cams under his care," said ■*s Pathologist, of Harleyuj* est at Deptford on Mr. r >rnr ''arsons, aped 51, of Hyde ass radiographer at the Greenwich, for over 20*
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    VAST CHAIN OF BONFIRES.
    100 13 Paris, June 18. A ceremony dating back to the time of the ancient Gaults is being revived next Sunday m the Burgundian departments. A| traditional festival, m which folk songs and dances are given, will be brought to a close m the evening by the lighting
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    53 13 Colonel H. T. Goodland, the Deputy Controller of the Imperial War Graves Commission, who is retiring, has directed the work m France from the time when the British dead lay as they were buried on the battlefields until to-day when the bodies of 550,000 men are gathered m 3,000 beautifully
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    JOTTINGS FROM SEREMBAN.
    279 14 The Chief Secretary's Visit. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Seremban. July 20. The Hon'ble Sir William Peel. Chief Secretary. F.M.S.. accompanied by Mr. G. E. S. Cubitt (Conservator of Forests, S.S. and F.M.S. >. and the Controller of Timber Supplies (Mr. Kent paid an official visit to the
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    MALACCA NOTES.
    137 14 Championship Golf. The first monthly mixed foursomes Competition was held at the Golf Club on Thursday, 19th July. Fifteen couples took out cards, and the result was as follows: Winners: Mrs. C. F. Chester and A. E. Mullaly 46 2 44. Runners up: Mrs. Cantrell and M. Strivens
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    17 14 Three hundred and fifty Baptist ministers have left England to attend the Baptist World Congress m Toronto.
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    EE KONG BEATS FORD.
    474 14 Sparkling Exhibition Match. At the Selangor Club on Thursday evening there was another large "gallery" to see Ford, the, Western Australian champion, m action, this time m a singles match against Ong Ec Kong. the F.M-S. and Selangor Champion. Three strenuous sets were played, the Chinese
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    36 14 Sergeant Groenen, the Belgian air pilot, who on June 4 broke the world duration flying record by remaining m the air for over W) hours, was killed at Tirlemont Aerodrome, where he had made his record.
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    LONDON'S CHILL.
    167 14 Uphill Fijrht For Artists. "For the artist who succeeds London is a wonderful place, but for the failures it Is cold and hostile. "In Australia there is a certain friendliness extended to strangers, bu/t not m London." Thus Mr. Roy Agnew, well-known Australian musical composer, who has returned
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    ETON TAKING TO TENNIS.
    61 14 ETON TAKING TO TE NNIS. Fight hard courts -ire As <f> at Eton-four of th,ma-v v ed-with the Objed of k*J opportunity of taking r seriously and so FjJ^ representation at fetal* r a«« The four new eetftf ts -gJ constructed on aiaillsi vm Wimbledon. They an J and lawn
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    232 15 July 2.'lrd, (.'losing Prices. Eiitama 70 7."i Hong Fatts Sfl 40 Klang River 3.20 8.S5 Kuehai 1.80 IM Kuyohs 16 40 Lin^uis 1.7."> 1.90 North Taiping 97 1.10 I'aiian 1". 20 Penawata ♦">- 1 _> 60 Petaling *.H> 4.40 Puteh 1.45 l.W Rahman Hyd. 1.40 1.56 Rantau
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 15 July 23. Bank 4 sS.s. 2 Bank aaaaaad n.i^ Private credits 3 m.s. fU 7.32 New York, demand 56 Credits 90 days 57,,, France, demand 140(5 India, T. T. t *U nong Kong, demand 10 v s p.c. Dis. Yokohama, tleniand 121 »<• Java, demand jgy Bangkok, demand roh.
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    PRODUCE.
    207 15 July r.\. Tin 200 Tons lftB Gambia* gi Pepper White 9^ Pepper Blach t/| Flake Tsaioss ~v. Pearl Bags Small 7^4 c °P r:i 19AB Copra Sundried io.so Kice Liang H n Chan Mark Red fagla (New) 330 Rice, Siam ol«l No. 1. 330 Bice, Rangoon Bin tan 260
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    61 15 July 23rd.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot :U'_. :u- 4 Standard 11. 5.5. S: ot :n a 4 oti tender Aag-Sept. :<2' 4 82% Ott-Dae Blfc S2 Jan- Mar. 30 4 noni Tom- sf Market: Very quiet. Latest Cable: Lsadea Spot
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    211 15 ROSE MAC PHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. July 23. Rubber. London B%d. Unchanged. Local 32. Tin. Loaalon £'212. 31s down. Local 108 for 200 t<»ns. Mining. Quiet. Malaya Consols. 81% S3. Sungei Way 2.70 2.80* Klang River 3.30 3.35, Penawat 68 65. Petaling 4.25 4.35. Kuehai 1.:>2 1.35. Rahman Hydraulic 1.50
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    61 15 Buy#ra Ppi'#»r« Asani Kumbang 40s 47s Idris (5s) lfis 17s c.d. Kuyoh Tin 38 4:; Malay Consd. ($1) 80 H."i X. Taiping 1.02 1 1.07% Pungah (14s) s Sd 7s pnm Teia Malaya (f) 1.1s 16a Tekka Taiping (t) 22s 23s Thai awleik (£1 58s 59s Kundonjr
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    94 15 This (mail) week the Malayan Agency shipped, for the coming Exhibition at Toronto, starting on August 24th. different sections of the consignment which are there Leing shown. The majority of exhibits have been sent direct from the Malay States to Canada, and I understand they very largely consist of models,
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      600 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 Acci T ßA\iri7 iwi wr^m MT^ I ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30 000 000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) lD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON, OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry FC Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and
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      306 15 I BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 CO CRT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq.. Deputy Chairman.
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      723 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). M A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. X RUBBER RESTRICTION STATISTICS. 6th RESTRICTION YEAR. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS
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    430 16 MALAYS' LEAGUE WIN OVER CHINESE. An Even Game. Malays 2: S.C.F.A 1. The Malays defeated the Chinese on the Stadium yesterday m the first division of the League by 2 l. The game was a fairly even one, and not very exciting. The Malays opened with a strong offensive
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    S.C.C. vs. DUKE'S.
    76 16 The following will represent the S.C.C. vs. the Duke's at the Stadium on Wednesday Barnes. Smith. Brummit. Craik. Muncey. Lee: Harris. Farwell, Rogers. Brooke and Johnson. Seletar defeated the S.C.C. by 3 —l m an A Division game last evening on the S.C.C. ground. On Sunday the
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    138 16 On this page every Tuesday morning $j will be found a series of questions which 8 will be of interest to sportsmen, recall- ing as they do remarkable achievements S ji; of the past m various branches of sport. The inswers to these questions will jij: be
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    214 16 The following are the results of Sunday's match between the Keppel Golf and the Singapore Garrison Golf Club, which resulted m a win for the Garrison, the scores being as below: Keppel Golf Club mentioned first. Hickey and Strachan M Lt. Col. J. I\ Richmond and Captain
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    17 16 The Colonial Atixiliary Forces Ixmg| Service Medal has been awarded to Pte. I Murdo Mackenzie, M.S.V.R. Il
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    ATHLETICS.
    381 16 FORTHCOMING MALAYAN CHAMPIONSHIPS. The Entries. We have received from Mr. P. W. Gleeson, honorary secretary of the A. A. A. of British Malaya, the full list of entries for the Malayan championships to be held at Kuala Lumpur on July 27th. and 28th. 100 YARDS:- -G. C. Ashworth. C.
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    CRICKET.
    206 16 Duke's Pefea* V.M.C.A. In a friendly game on the V.M.C.A. ground on Saturday afternoon the Duke's, defeated the home side by 70 runs. A characteristic innings by Sgt. Bennett which realised 90 runs wa? the chief factor m bringing about the defeat of the V.M.C.A. Scores: V.M.C.A.: Gauder b
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    CLARKE CUP PRACTICE GAME.
    389 16 The following were the scores m the Rest's practice match for the forthcoming Clarke Cup match against the Europeans, played on the S.R.C. ground during the week end: Retnam's XI (First Innings). H. N. Balhetchet b De Kretser 25, E. Galistan b Ponnudurai 0. K. Retnam
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    "Rest" Side For Clarke Cup.
    86 16 The following were chosen to represent- the Rest, at a meeting of the selection coinmitee held at the S.R.C. on Sunday: H. N. Balhetchet (S.R.C), Baskaran (LA.), H. R. Bartels (S.R.C.), D. C. d'Cotta (S.R.C), I. Hoahing, (S.C.R.C), A. S. A. Jansen (CS. C), W.
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    RACE SWEEPS.
    291 16 SINGAPORE TO "FOLLOW" PENANG. No Tickets at Next Meeting. The Singapore Turf Club have decided to follow the example set by Penang m regard to the race sweeps. The following circular letter has been issued to members. "A new system m connection with Sweepstakes held by this Club
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    RACING.
    253 16 Penang Turf Club Meeting. The following are the weights for the first day's racing on Saturday: Race No. I.— Flash 9.4. True Blue 9.3. Ozone 8.12. Harelaw BJ), Petacre 8.7, Meteorologist 8.4, Cardell 8.3. Mary StuarL 82, Earldom 8.2. Bess 8.2. Quick Time 7.13, Distant Light 7.11. Omadhaun 7.11.
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    POLO TOURNAMENT.
    162 16 For Cup Presented by King's Own Reg(. The polo tournament for the cup presented by the King's Own Regiment will be played at the Balestier Road ground on August 4th and sth. Entries have been received from the Selangor Polo Club. Royal Johore Polo Club. Duke of Wellington's
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    111 16 The following appointments m Government Service are notified m the F.M.S. Government Gazette of July 20; Mr. L. H. Pearce to be a Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.; Mr. E. B. Williams to be Legal Adviser and judicia' Commissioner, Kelantan; Mr. J. P. Mead to act as a Deputy
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    YACHTING.
    845 16 FINAL RACE FOR THE MILNER CUP. Kathleen the Winner. Five boats started over the Club Course m fine weather for the final of the series for the above Challenge Cup. At the outer mark, Kathleen and Ella Dorothy rounded first, next coming the Jean with Polly last. It was
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    S.C.C. BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    79 16 Gray Wins Championship. H. Gray and E. H. R. Bowerman, who met m the final of the handicap event m the S.C.C. Bowls Tournament (Gray, who received 5. winning 21-18) met yesterday evening m the final of the Club championship, Gray again winning. It was an interesting
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    71 16 In the July monthly Billiard Tournament on Sunday Mr. Choo Choon Chew (200) beat Mr. Chan Seng Hin (197) and the drawing for the third round resulted as follows: Mr. Wee Kirn Suah plus 20 versus Mr. Soh Boon Hup scratch; Mr. Cheang Cheng Lim scratch versus Mr. Sng Kwee
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