The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 August 1928

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press ID CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1928. m^—^mmmm immmm NO. 12,488
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    THE DAY'S NEWS. CHINA APOLOGISES.
    304 1 THE DAY'S NEWS. CHINA APOLOGISES. Details of the realistic nitrht and da\ air raids on London Page 11. England won the last Test against the West Indies by an innings and 71 runs Page 20. Several arrests are imminent following the publication of an allegation that the Latvian Minister of
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    CHURCH AFFAIRS IN SCOTLAND.
    1029 1 Whik England is seething with irhc*irtical controversy, with manifestly disruptive tendencies, over the new prayer-book. Scotland is quietly but steadily repairing the bleaches made m its ancient Kirk, chiefly by the despotic and unintelligent interference of Parliament with its liberties. The Church of Scotland and the
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      255 1 j SOLYPTOL SOAP I J I \l. FOR THE HOME l' Raffles Hotel Rooms with Modern Sanitation. TEA DINER DANCES GRILL ROOM DANSANT I FVFRY I Mi)MV\Y Unrivalled m the East. EVERY WEDNESDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY I<llr «.«t^ 4 THURSDAY I MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA Saturday "San Mcduire> ftRaflct Shanghai's Most Popular
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      302 1 1 Shields through the ages I umm. f"> :.^aa«P /ths ancient britons 1 mJv^Lv I '^1 Lam wmmL^^^r WVa&TC^ !v > *^a^*^HT no s^*eld but a coat of paint, V r *B^i M. wnen r came to actual fighting the «T vil^\lM^ V^* J^»«^^^ Ancient Briton had to dodge behind
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      130 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Rowland's KUBjerfitfc writing mk Page \i. Use aTJflkt tentacle for v perfect shaye Page 7. Sale of freehold land Messrs <'h n^ Keng Lee Page 17, Mesari Kelly and Walsh have two Mo f aide new books< Page 10. Malayan Motors are sole agents for the Champion spark
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      122 1 THE WEEK. Wrrfweeaea, mth. Hiph Water. 11.12 a.m., 8.8, 10.11 p.m., 9.9. Taipinp Races. Motor Lot lau Victoria Thoatrc p.m. Thursday, \Ktk. Hiph Water, 11.44 a.m.. 8.9. 10.57 p.m.. 10.2. Football: Div. I. R.A. v>. S.R.C.. Stadium. S.C.C. Tournament. B. I. homeward mail closes 4 p.m. Friday, \lth. Hiph Water,
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    458 2 Singapore. Autf. 11. Ihe prices quoted art- generally those .•urivnt at dj4t Terrace Market. At the other market > there may lx« small variations. MAT. P.eet steak < Round* Kati ~>o Bee!' tte*l <»r ■•inr\ do 4."> Pork, lean ?< P;>rk. lean ;ind fat (Ist dual'ty) <lv
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    MR. J. H. WHITLEY'S ROMANCE.
    118 2 Ex-Speaker Married at Chelsea. London. Aug. 2. The ex-Speaker of the House of Commons. Mr. .1. H. Whitley, who was a widower for three years, was married by special lieenee at Chelsea to-day. thus surprising his fr'ends, who had not heard of the engagement. The
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    113 2 TW oANN and scut* of the 2nd., <>th. and Mh. Tr<«>ps of Singapore Roys Scouts \vi>h to thank Messrs. V. L Shaw. K. K. Smith, H. A. I.. Orchard. H. Cheeseman. Syid Ahmad Alsairoff "Woodlands'," M. A. N':-,nvi7.if. .I.T., Byed A. Rahman Alkaff, llohd. Yusof hin Kador Sultan, Haji M.-.cah.
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1035 3 NEW "BLOOD AND IRON" FRATERNITY. Boycott Development. (From Our Own Correspondent] lian^kok. Aug. d. The anti-Japanese Ixiycoti.. which is still proceeding quietly but surely, has given rise to loim misgiving now, for thvre has been formed m connection with it a new secret society, known as the
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    PARISIANA.
    932 3 IMPORTUNATE GALLANTS HLOODY NOSE. 44(i00d, Plain Cooking/ I'aris, July 9. Last Sunday afternoon an extremely chic Rirl vya.s ta! injr th<- air m th*< leafy Champs Klysecs. Stated m on t- of the u'neumfort- al le httie chairs which are ranged alon^. the footpath, she idly contemplated nature. fed
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    59 3 •V literary meeting of the Malayslee Association will be held on Sunday at 6.00 p.m. at Mh* Association premises when a lecture on "The Native States of India" will be i VI n y Mr K. M. R. M-non. B.A R.L. Mr. K. P. Menon has kindly consented to preside
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      235 3 j c GLAXO builds firm flesh, plenty _i of strong bone, and a sound i constitution. It contains nothing whatever to harm baby or cause 5 him pain. That is why if Baby is fed < on Glaxo he will progress steadily day by day into happy childhood. Give yotar
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    VAUXHALL QUALITY.
    358 4 Unimpaired by Mass Production Methods. Two years ago, adopting the best that America had to offer m motor car building and leading the British manufacturers into the field of mass production Mr. Leslie Walton who is at present m Malaya pioneered and planned the rearrangement of the now
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    56 4 Paris lamp posts are being covered with luminous paint. Frequent accidents have occuried owing to chaffeurs running into the posts, which are difficult to see on dark nisrht.-. The experiment was, therefore, made of painting a few lamp posts »vith a special kind of aluminium paint. Thi^ proved so successful
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    MORE HASTE, LESS SPEED.
    1145 4 "DON'T HURRY" PLEA TO MOTORISTS. -far— The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce Of all the things connected with motoring, I should imagine that average speed is the most misunderstood, and, as a term, most misused. The usual error usual, since it gives the benefit of the doubt
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    VACUUM CLEANER DEATH.
    374 4 Woman's 'Long-Continued Electric Shock/ The extraordinary tragedy m which a woman was electrocuted while using an electric vacuum cleaner was the subject of an inquest at Camberwell on Mrs. Emma Eugenic Williman. of Hilldown-road. Streatham High-road, the wife of Mr. H. Williman. a Lambeth borough councillor. The
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    86 4 The oiling up of sparking plugs is a persistent source of annoyance m the case of some engines. An individual cylinder sometimes "floods" with oil, while the remaining cylinders are free. The oil carbonises on the plug, and the cylinder ceases to function. Frequent cleaning of plugs from £his cause
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    BUICK EXPEDITION
    470 4 Links up Orient and Occident The journey from Pekin. < hii F rance, by motor car with tl of the 900 miles from K;tngk<>k t>> Singapore by boat and the tivc day- ileal ney from Singapore t<> Calcutta been accomplished by Major Pur. Galium of the British Army,
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    18 4 'lhe export division ol thj C tors Corporation ■oU 21.* trucks m and 19 3 KM m 1
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      217 4 _h Jr mm It4 :> '•■••v For The Man Who Knows Tyres Drivers who insist upon the sort of service that E ordinary tyres cannot give, find the utmost pleasure ar.d satisfaction m Fisk Tyres. Fisk Balloon Cords are now built of "Fillerless" Cord, by a Fisk patented process that
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      33 4 Goodycar Inner Tubes continue rji' m to be chosen by discriminating W JK I motor car owners the world over lj\ I whose first consideration is highest ym I M I .--+-mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm\ 117
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    A MOTOR LECTURE.
    380 5 ices of the Singapore molecture will be given at the c, this evening, which should motor-car owner and driver The i II v "Vodern Motor Transition" and the speaker. Walton Schmidt. tative, National Automobile 4 hair/ mmerce, New York. ■rill be illustrated with eight motion pictures, the
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    58 5 x u ">- t m m driving is only learned by f*ri,n v Many otherwise careful dri,r thoaca, have a bad habit of cutting l i loas after overtaking and passing *"on i r car TVu fault is rare, y inten j. a l m miscalculating the forward (1 >n
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    STANDARDIZATION OF TYRE SIZES.
    319 5 Standardization of tyre sizes, long the dieam ol the ruhht-r industry, is rapidlymerging into reality m the United States through steps that have been taken by various rubber organization leaders, national automobile and rim manufacturers m reducing the number of sizes on balloon tyres. While no
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    WOMEN SAVES AN EXPRESS.
    145 5 Signals Worked After Husband Killed. Remarkable coolness and devotion to duty was shown by Mmc, Fredan, the wife of a signalman, near Chatedlerault, on the main line from Paris to Biarritz, early yesterday morning. The signalman, had left his box to speak to the driver of
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    NEW MOTORING POLICY.
    765 5 i POLICE NOTE TO FIRST OFFENDER. "If it Happens Again. n London, July 17. Scotland-yard was br'.ntr.ng into operation to-day its new policy of warning motor.sts, who are guilty of a first ..{fence of a trivial K'nd, instead of prosecuting thon. The Evening News was officially informed
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    BATHERS' ORGY.
    136 5 300 Bottles of Champagne taken from River. Cologne, July 5. Amazing scenes were witnessed/ last night at Coblenz, below the confluence of the Main and the Rhine. Bathers who had been diving found dozens of bottles of champagne lying on the river bed. The news soon spread, and
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    NINETY-ONE YEAR OLD OAKLAND ENTHUSIAST.
    215 5 Most old people, as they approach the century mark, are interested only m keeping alive until they actually reach one hundred years of age so that they can boast about their achievement to their youngsters seventy-five or six old. Alden Ward Chase, who lives at
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    PUZZLE FOR A BENCH.
    127 5 Seven Defendants who were Also Complainants. Not one of seven members of a Somerset gypsy tribe named Holland, who appeared at Dunster m connection with summonses arising from a family feud, which had been fought out with sticks, whips, and knuckledusters on the roadside, was able
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    GRAFT ALLEGATIONS IN BALUCHISTAN.
    100 5 Military Court of Enquiry to be Held at Quetta. Bombay, July 30. It is understood that a military court of enquiry, presided over by General Sir Charles Harington, General Officer Com-mandmg-in-Chief the Western Command, and consisting of Major-General J. W O'Dowda, General Officer Commanding the Baluchistan
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      151 5 ir Tf^wt _p"_t. m c- a_a *3__ m I PEERLESS AS TO QUAUTY -fi i MI y- "^a.^ia I T ifi T^6 qreateAt nouoCtu I I OA c%e and J^&ndcn \y?ib?ic/3 _n s I AND PRICE _fi tfi J CONCESSIONAIRES FOR BRITISH MALAYA- I I ITALASIA LTD. ifi (Incorporated m-
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    MRS. HOOVER.
    2069 6  -  Zoe Beck ley The Wife of Presidential Nominee. HER LIFE AND WORK. 1 by I [Miss Heckle] was assigned to talk with the wivOS pf the Presui litial nominees, so that she could put them and their pnisia.al.tiin on paper for the readers of the Free Tress. Miss
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    994 6  -  Horatius j: Information or Business? 4 ISPMCiAL TO FREE FMMB3.] To paraphrase the ancient conundrum when is a double not a doable? or to put it the other way round, when is a double a business dabble and not a negative or m formatorv double? There
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    THAMES FLOODS.
    96 6 The report of the London Main F-ainagc Committee states that instructions have been given to serve notices upon the owners of property m the Fulham, Wandsworth, and Westminster districts m connection with flood prevention. Prevention works at certain premises are stated to be "out of repair, dangerous, or
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    ITALY'S POPULATION PROBLEM.
    107 6 Mammoth Reclamation Scheme. London. July .'Wth. Rune.- With a view to relieving Italy's population problem, Signor Mussolini has decided on a scheme for reclaiming 10,on<). 000 to 20.000.0tv0 acres of waste land, most of which at present is marsh. The scheme is estimated to cost £78,000, 000
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    "KING LEAR" IN REAL LIFE.
    133 6 Berlin, duly 9th. The small town of Werde. near Berlin. near!) witnessed a reproduction of Shakespeare's "King Lear." The King. Herr Steinbart, a rich factory owner of had three daughters. The two eldest, "Began" and "Goaeril,** both married, were apparently dissatisfied with their father's will.
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    25 6 if you give me delicate, diseased, nervy or frippery-froppery feckless mothers, than neither I nor anyone else can promise you healthy children. Sir George Xewman.
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    THE PARSON LEARNS LIFE.
    561 6 I Studying New York as Nighthawk Driver. I ALI. <H)IN<; DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS Rev. Thomas H. WHelpic v w% 5 The Rev. Thomas H. Wholpley. pastor of Chelsea Presbyterinn Sky-scraper Church," 214 West Wld Street. Men York making a study of the flaming ho. of Manhattan from
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    PRESERVATION OF OXFORD.
    510 6 Question of Tax on Tourists. A tax oh tourists is suggested bj "1.-;-" a- B nu-ans of augmenting the fund- of the Oxford Preservation Trust. "If a daily census of the visitors to the better-known 'beaut} spot.-' m Oxford were taken (writes "•R-P.F." m his editorial!, it
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    36 6 Calculating an idea like i-nrnim luiity by measurement is just as if a achdblbo} were to say "How can there be room for an mfinitely recurring decimal m that little arithmetic i...0k:" Mr G. K. Chesterton.
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    FRENCH WOMEN AND THE VOTE.
    89 6 French s>..ifi agett< I periodical actii itj aradt s, s ben a I I ril ute mildly pbi a unsympathetic peoV Thr movement m Krai display any vitality unt been dhai a< tei |sed bj tl original met hod- ai pr< bably never a ill
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    FATTEST MAN.
    75 6 fiqnandrrii L'ZkOtfl ia Hi I I I Mr. Emory Titman il \e Jersj squandered Mr Tttm win some time ago b> tl only a >< ;ii to live. B< Biblical quotat iot 1 for I roorrou we npei d bis fot He chart* score* of ehoru> i i
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    MR. COOK'S MAXIM
    85 6 lleUe. to Make HlVtWj I Mr. A. -I. Cook, of delegates of the I ism at X- ex Ha business of th« m I apitalist- snd t« form of elas« again I to protest again*! w mean- I o nfoW tbt l struggle ii war bettt 1
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    18 6 Mr. James Mas issue of whsl Cook-Maxton manib tend a confer* Glasgow, and I rtancea 1 must I
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    TURKEY SANS VEIL.
    926 7 PARIS FASHIONS COPIED BY ALL. Divorce Equality. Constantinople. Bow is the modern woman of Turkey reacting to the liberty which became hers when Mustapha Rental swept away the agelong customs of the East and turned the face of Turkey to the West In the mosques I notice
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    DISPUTE ABOUT A PARIS STATUE.
    55 7 Paris, July 7. The question whether the statue of St. Genevieve on the new Paris bridge shall face downstream as if looking at Notre Dame has aroused so much controversy m the Municipal Council that the ceremony of opening the new bridge has been postponed
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    BRIGHTON'S CLOCK TOWER.
    285 7 Town's "Worst Monument" May Go, Brighton's Clock Tower, a monument familiar to thousands of people throughout the country, has been marked down for demolition by the Civic Arts Society, which will launch a campaign against ugliness m Brighton. It is probable that when the Scfciety, which includes,
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    A STATUE TO FOCH.
    544 8 HOW HE SAVED DISASTEI AT YPRES. M. Poincare's Vivid Story. Cassel, July 7. Although this is the last day of th Parliamentary session, M. Poincare mad a point of presiding personally at the ur veiling of the equestrian statue to Marsh* Foch in Handess, which was
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    PRIESTS AND FASHIONS.
    305 8 A Rebellion Against The Cassock. Rtfme. Jul> I. Priests tmi Wblll of religious communities are the only people 'eft in Italy who wear long skirts, and now the secular CMffgy have rebelled against their cassocks on the plea that they are costly, unsuitable for summer weather, and
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    LORD DERBY ON LOYALTY.
    116 8 "Known Devils Better Than Unknown.'* The Earl of Derby, addressing thirty thousand people at a Conservative demonstration at Middlewich, described himself as a faithful follower of the Government, and appealed to members of the party to show consistent loyalty and good work, not only at election
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    THE TOLSTOY CENTENARY.
    531 8 100-VOLUME EDITION OF HIS WORKS. Preparations m Russia. Moscow. The hundredth anniversary of the birth of Leo Tolstoy will be celebrated this year on September 10 at the author's ancestral estate of Yasnaya Polyana, near Tula. Since the Revolution Yasnaya Polyana has been turned into a national
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    NEW YORK'S SECRET BARS.
    400 8 How Prohibition Laws are Overcome. "Wanted Experienced drink-mixer. One >vho has had experience dating back to ten MT twelve years ago preferred. Private family. This advertisemetnt (writes W. F. Bulock from New York m the Daily Mail) is io joke, but a serious application for a
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    812 9 TERMS OF THE NANKING SETTLEMENT. Sufferers to be Compensated. j Renter*! Service.] London. Aug. 13. Th»- letters exchanged between the Biitish Coneul-General at Shanghai and Mr J C. T« Wang, the Nationalist Foreiirn Minister, leading to the settlement of the Nanking incident of March 24 last year, have been publishedMr.
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    BRAZILIAN REVOLUTION DENIED.
    41 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ixmdon, Au». 13. The Brazilian Legation describes as withI out foundation the report- of a revolution at Mattogrosso ar.d adds that it is possibb '.hat a personal dispute between two dia mend diggers hns been exaggerated.
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    THE FUTURE OF INDIA.
    111 9 SWARAJ CONSTITUTION PROPOSAL. dominion Status Demanded. [Reuter's Service.l Uombay, Aug. 14. Indian Nationalist politicians headed by Motilal N^hru, Sir Tejbahadur Saprii and Sir Ali Imam, have drafted a Swaraj constitution and submitted it to the President of th? National Congress. It demand- inter alia dominion status,
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    POLICE ENQCIRY COMMISSION.
    122 9 TReuter's Service.] 1 endon. Auk. 13. The following is the personnel of the Royal Commission on police methods which Grovernmeat promised to appoint after the Savidße Ryde r'ark sensation; Chairman Viscount lee of Fareham. Sir Reginald Lane-Fool, (who was knighted last June> Sir Howard Prank, Dame Merieal
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    BRITISH UNEMPLOYED FOR CANADA.
    86 9 f ßrit.sh Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Aug. 13. The Ministry of Labosyr announces hat the Canadian Government authorities lave now accepted 10,000 men under the .cheme by which that number of unemployed was to be assisted to go to Canada for harvest work, and 4.5.10 men
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    SPEEDING UP U.S. MAILS BY AIR.
    77 9 SPEEDING UP U.S. MAILS BY AIR. Twenty Four Hours Gained. [Router's Service .1 New V«rk. Aujf. 13. The trans-Atlantic mail Arrived 24 hours •arlier to-day, this being: the result of the ■ucc-essful inauguration of sea and air delivery. Mail bajrs were plated in a seaplane iloard thf steamshij) He de
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    AFRICAN COAL DEPOSITS DISCOVERY.
    70 9 [Router*! Serf ice.] asa ttlanca. Morocco. Aujr. 14. Important coal depeeiti have be^n dis■.•ovored southward of Oudjda. The prospected area is estimated to cover about 1.172 square miles, with a stratum A 1 feet hick at a shallow depth. The discovery is most important in view
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    SOVIET AIR SERVICE EXPERIMENT.
    66 9 Europe-Far East Line. Moscow. Aug. 13. In order to demonstrate the possibilities of an overland air route between Europe r-nd the Far East the Soviet has accepted the offer of Om German Luft-Hansa to make two flights from Moscow to Irkutsk and back, co-operating with the
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    AN ATLANTIC TRAGEDY.
    57 9 f Keuter'B Service. J St. John's, Newfoundland, Aujj. 14. The British steamer Seapool reports that about GOO miles r.orth-east of St. John's on the night of the 12th inst. tht>y spotted an aircraft floating with the wings and la^ge poition of the fuselage awash. Thiy failed to
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    COMMUNISTS ACTIVE IN ZAGREB.
    44 9 fßc;iitor's Service.] A BieaaaßS from Zagreb says the police 'here have arrested a number of "Communist agent* who have been charged with tab me; advantage Of the national sorrow (m connection with thr death oi M. Radltch) to promote unrest.
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    YUGOSLAVIA ADOPTS NETTUNO CONVENTION.
    21 9 Reuter's Service. Vienna, Aug.vll. A message from Belgra»de states that Parliament unanimously voted for the Nettuno Conventions.
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      189 9 ECZEMA ON I FACEJNDJEAD Was Ashamed To Go Out. Healed by Cuticura. "I had wet ping eczema. My face and head were covered with sore eruptions so that I was ashamed to out. Later it broke out all over my body and down to my knees and then spread to
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH.
    46 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES DEATH. PILLAI. On August 14th IWS at the G* Hospital. Singapore, Mica Norah Pillai, daaghter of the late I*!". Vet"! Alexander Pillai, of Singapore. The eartepa will leave IB Dick-or. Road, at 4.58 TnU afternoon for Bida<!an. Rangoon. Indian aad F.M.S. paper-, plea-e copy.
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    587 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THE RAILWAYS' DIFFICULTIES WEDNESDAY. AUGUST IS, IH2B The readiness and the unanimity with which the various organisations lepresentinp all classes of railway employees at home have accepted the proposals for an all round reduction of wages m order to help meet the present difficulties of the British
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    453 10 Owir.jr t>» a misunderstanding Mr. Justice Dinsmore did not arrive at Penang yesterday morning and the Assizes were again postponed, wired our Penany: correspondent last night. In connection with an advertisement for Kowland's ink. which appeared m our columns freea July 30th. to Aug. 4th.. it was wrongly stated that
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    993 10 CONDEMNATION OF BUSES Tc the Editor. Sir, With reference to the article published by you m your issue ot" August 10th under the above heading we beg to asl: you to publish the following before an en one ous impression is formed by the readers of
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    188 10 CAMERON HIGHI X DEVELOPMENT. Reply to Criticism [From Our Own Corn {fmk v More light is thrown i Highlands question m a of Malay, by Mr. x member ot the Developing tee. decrying the ci I against the Committee H ■a of the Committee* George Maxwell laid down
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    LUNATICS ESCAPE
    38 10 Penanu Detective I mcd [Fi ow Our Owi I peaaeg, tug Wong Ah Chee, $10 In the Pol I I iunati.- to eacap The tin-.- wraa paid. C.D.I cuaed area i v< i not be diamlaaed.
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    19 10 TONGKOL'S NEW SPHERE OF OPERATIONS. [From Our On n Peaaai Th.- Tonfkol. **hi( < eylon Fisheriea, Lt lombo and > it
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    271 10 LATEST Rl ISISKli x n IIS PUCES (From *>ur < >\s London. Aft*. 1 t. ■>■< |M Messrs. Symington an< notify to-day's iui>lnT 9* 8 d. per lb. Messrs. Lewi Lazarus notify to-day's tin pi £213— £210-%. Dr. I-:. Veatei from Fremantle. ii ay from 'a- place of
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    AIR "ATTACK" ON LONDON.
    148 11 IAIPKRS CAUSE "HAVOC" RICHMOND. h.-pots "Bombed." I Keuter's Service.] London. Aug. 14. mbiag aeroplanes attacked 12 single ■eater fighters were f them. Very heavy fight- s it is not poeaible to assess v Some of the hombers sue- a king London." This terse 0 thu> summarises
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    INDIAN FLOOD SCARE.
    113 11 Shayoh' Dam Still Intact. 1 Seivloa.] t( Simla. Aug. 14. states that the d not burst, and ex- y \\a- based on a fire being mistaken u hich sraa to signal < v stated:- An t vent ii Kashmir, namely the '<■ Mini; back the wa- I
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    MORE JAPANESE TROOPS TO LEAVE CHINA.
    30 11 1.. Stem Service. la-da, Aug. 14. obtained for i paniea of infantry ted that the withiaion from Shantung thortly, a? it will. rganiss winter
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    THE CAPE TO ENGLAND.
    32 11 Murdoch Starts Return Flight. Service.] < ape T«»w n. \u«'.. 14. recently completed ydon to Sonth Africa and tag absent wi tV io t a return flight te Ene-
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    JAPANESE ELECTIONS.
    28 11 N'ichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Aug. 13. the Hokkaido Aaeaanbry ry for the Seiyu Party, -7 seats, while the Minseito obtained 24 and 6 les on page I.]
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    KUALA LUMPUR SCHOOL TROUBLE.
    81 11 KUALA LUMPUR SCHOOL TROUBLE. Girl >iudents Expelled. their objecting to certain Misa Lee Caooag Sze, the Kwan Sing Chinese kampoag Attap. Kuala Lumitodents are reported to led. It is stated that, m usual colloquial Chinese introduced the teaching Chinese literature of a r. Ths students protest of management of the
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    16 11 I Souza has passed the nination of the Trinity m rudiments of music reaer*a Licentiate Diploma.
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    A LATVIAN SCANDAL.
    142 11 ALLEGED BRIBERY OF MINISTER. Match Monopoly. [Reuter's Service.] c Riga. Aug. 14. _*>veral arrests are imminent, arising rrora the newspaper publication of the facsimile of a letter alleged to have been written by a Swedish match company to its representative here, m which the payment Of £10.000
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    ITALIAN CAPTAIN'S WORLD WALK.
    492 11 Visit To Every Country. s« vtn and a halt" years ago there arrived hi thi eouatry an Italian military captain BaflMd Ant n> Zetto, who was then engaged the to midable task of walking into ►•«TJ country of the world. Yesterday he lined t.. Singapore, as
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    BANKRUPT THROUGH MISFORTUNE.
    212 11 Mr. R. T. (i. Aitken Discharged Mr. R. T. G. Aitken, a partner m the bankrupt tirm ef L. Raeber and Co., made an application before Mr. Justice McCabe tteay m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday for his discharge from bankruptcy. Mr. T. B. Cocker, the Assistant Official
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    79 11 (I The sequel to a chandu seizure on board a vessel arriving from the China ports ree cently was heard m the District Court yesd terday when two rikisha-pullers were charged. The chandu (350 tahils) was found concealed m sacks containing dried potatoes. Soon after the discovery the two rikisha-
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    THE RUBBER POSITION.
    211 11 OPTIMISM JN LONDON AND AMERICA. Stocks Down Again. fOur Own Correspondent C„nyright.7 London, Aug. 14. The rubber share market commenced a new account cheerful and firm, although there was no obvious increase of business. There is. however, considerable comment m the market at the substantial lecheries m
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    CECILIA HANSEN.
    298 11 Enthusiastic Reception for Famous Violinist. Vet another artist acclaimed as one of the woild's best has graced the Victoria Theatre platform. Singapore bestowed on Cecilia Hansen, the celebrated lady violinist, a warm reception when she gave her first recital last night. The recital will go down as one
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    MOTH SEAPLANES FOR SARAWAK.
    193 11 For Land Development and Mail Carrying. The Sarawak Gazette states that the Saiawak Government has ordered two seaplanes, which are due to arrive from Kngland early m September. These machines are the latest type of Moth seaplane with metal floats, constructed by the I)e Havilland Aircraft
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    SINGAPORE GANG ROBBERY.
    89 11 An Accused Arrested m Penang. The armed gang robbery, m respect of jewelleiy valued at approximately $32,900, from the house of Mr. Goe Chu Heng, m Yeo Chu Kang Road. Singapore, on July 17. had a seouel last Saturday. The alleged ringleader, Lee Soo Kang, was arrested
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    A DANGEROUS CHARACTER.
    166 11 SEDITIONIST SENTENCED AT KUALA PILAH. i Vitriolic Posters on Walls. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Seremban, Aug. 14. At Seremban Assizes this morning before Mr. Justice Burton a Chinese named Mong Sai claimed trial on a charge of being m possession of seditious documents. Mr. L. B. Gibson,
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    JAPANESE FUNDS FOR MANCHURIA.
    81 11 Proposed Loan for Development Purposes. jjs if [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] _J Tokio. Aug. 14. S It is understood that the Finance Depart- ie meat, through the South Manchuria Rail- _p way. is considering issuing a loan of about _F sixty million yen on the domestic
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    94 11 Chans Uneasy About Japan, jj if [By arrangement with N'anyang j* Siang Pau Press.] [t Shanghai. Aug. 1 4. y (hang Such Liang is uneasy with regard y to his dealing with -Japan. Delegates will H soon proceed to Nanking to negotiate the jj date foi changing
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    JAPAN'S TREATIES WITH CHINA.
    92 11 I [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] i Tokio. Aug. 13. l Dr- C. T. Wang. Minister for Foreign i Affairs of the Nationalist Government, has i Bent a note to Mr. Vada. Consul-General for Japan at Shanghai, expressing his desire j t<> open negotJationa for the Treaty reviaion.
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    FRENCH TRADE RECOVERY.
    70 11 (Havas service.) X Paris. Aug. 14. The revenue returns for July totalled j 4.200 million francs, showing an increase of 373 million on the budget forecasts. For the first seven months they totalled _3.527 million francs, showing an excess of 1,671 millions on forecasts and 01*3 millions
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    RIKISHA PEONS SMART CAPTURE.
    240 11 Chinese Gets 18 Months for Kidnapping. The Johore Bahru Assizes were continued i on Monday before Mr. Justice McCabe P.eay. A charge of kidnapping a young Chinese girl aged six years was preferred" against j Liew Pok Boon. He was represented by Mr. M. Ismail and
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    32 11 A aaammmaaaaaßaßßßassaaaasaasm Mr. E. Yew Lin, son of Mr. E. Kong I" Guan, J.P., Malacca, who has spent his vacation m Malacca, left for England on the 9th instant by the Kashmir.
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    AIR RAID HORRORS.
    499 12 London al the Mercy of Any Nation. London. July 12. Lord Rayleigh. F.R.S.. a distinguished scientist, ami Lord Halsbuiy, a barrister mads the peers' flesh creep last night with their forecasts of -what may happen m the next war. They discussed air attacks on London. Lord Rayle^h
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    GANGS TO SET FREE MURDERERS.
    319 12 Xcv York Prison Guard Suspended. New York. July 16. James Nannery. aged twenty-three, and Edward McLauehin. alias Jimmy Gallagher, aged twenty-two, two of New York's •wjoat desperate younger murderers, escaped from Sing Sing Prison yasterdav. The mvsterir>us circumstance; of their night suggest the possibility that
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    DAILY CHRONICLE SOLD AGAIN.
    266 12 Lord Reading to Retire. London, July 17. lt was officially announced last nij?ht that Mr. William Harrison, on behalf of the Inveresk K~oup. h a .s purchased the controlling interests m the Daily Chroafcle Investment Corporation. Ltd. This ontrols thy Daily Chronicle, the Sunday News, the
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    'A GOOD TIME' IN INDIA.
    402 12 Meat pre-ioos, «Inr linjr little wife. I lone for fmM to join me m Imlia. Yet I dread it. for men there flirt with every woman. The passage, read from a husband's letter to his wife m a recent court case thst engaged much public
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    CLAPTON ORIENT MANAGER SUSPENDED.
    117 12 London, July 27. The report of the Commission appointed by the Football Association to investigate charges of corruption made m connection with the management of Clapton Orient F.C. was issued to-day. It states that the Commission, having inquired into allegations that Proudfoot, the Manager of Clapton
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    MADRAS RAILWAY STRIKE CALLED OFF.
    376 12 "In Deference to Public Opinion." Madras. July 30. The "Hindu's" Trichinopoly correspondent wires that the general strike has been called off. with effect from this morning, by the Secretary and Treasurer of the local Railway Union. These officials, m a statement, say that m deference
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    23 12 GsasTßl Motati planti tries of the world are grs td together hv trail Recently General Motor Antwerp talked to N Java at Patavia.
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    1463 13 RECOVERY IN CHARTERED COMPANY'S AFFAIRS. New Home For Chinese. The ninety-first half-yearly meeting of the Biitish North Borneo (Chartered) Company was held on July 17 at River Plate House. Finsbury Circus, E.C After Mr. Cecil F. Collins, the acting Secretary to the Company, had read the notice
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    AN INDIAN SHY LOCK.
    163 13 fi 95,000 Interest Claimed on Loan of £1. 13s. Calcutta, July 8. The ruinous usury of Indian money-lend-ers is revealed m a remarkable case m which £195,000 was claimed before a magistrate at Chandpur m settlement of principal and interest due on a 13-year-old loan of
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    SUICIDE COPIED.
    154 13 Coroner on the Effects of Publicity. A verdict of "Suicide whilst temporarily insane owing to trouble" was returned at the inquest at Stourton, near lieeds, on Florence Nunns. twenty-one. a tailor's presser, employed at Leeds but living with her parents at Carlton, who was found drowned m a
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    "ARABELLA."
    121 13 Ktrauss Starts Work On A New Opera. Vienna. July 5. Richard Strauss has begun the composition of his new opera, "Arabella." to the libretto of Hugo Hofmannsthal. The newwork has a Viennese atmosphere, and, like "The Egyptian Helena." runs to two acts. The story is dated m the sixties
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    A NEW REASON FOR PLAYING TENNIS.
    61 13 Paris. July 7. The Paris Tennis Club has lost the ease m which it appealed against the decision making: it pay entertainment tax on its gate money, and its matches will m future rank as theatrical performances. The club had tried to obtain exemption
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      937 16 SHIPPING NOTES. Four Chinese stowaways found on the Steel Seafarer were returned to Singapore yesterday on board the Steel Traveler. Cargoes arriving yesterday included 1,000 sheep and goats by the Janus from Calcutta and coal from Berouw by the Tarakan. The Hosang brought 657 deck passengers from China ports yesterday.
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    RUBBER FREIGHTS.
    467 17 SHIPPING CONFERENCE'S ATTITUDE. Malayan Ceylon Protests. ,J he 5, eyl n Chambei Commerce has lepeatedly requested a reduction of the ci ra V n rubber been repeatedly refused. The argument used by Ln P T* Pe ple sa >'* the Ti '»es of Ceyibo'ut at eXiBtin? Mte 0nl
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    £7,000 FUNERAL OF A BANDIT.
    359 17 10,000 Mourners at the Service. New York. July 5. Yale, the first Xew York gang leader to be "bumped off'" by Chicago's machine-gun method of underworld murder, had a "'state" fun.ral this afternoon m Brooklyn with 10,000 persons attending and 100 police and detectives on
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    QUESTION—AND ANSWER.
    72 17 Warrant Officer (to woman applicant at Ealing Police Court): Where do you live Applicant: In a caravan. Are you a gipsy? Oh. no; I am a traveller. A travelling showman? No; my husband works for his living. A law which has just been approved by the Latvian of
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    OUR LONDON LETTER.
    1723 18 MR, ORMSBY-GORE'S TRIP| TO THi- EAST. "Not A Success/* tFrom Our Own Correspondent.) k.onuwn, juiy ltt. 1 Although Mr. Ormsby-CJore arrived back! quietly, vne UHtifh rress is »«owty begin- 1 ning to appiet. iate tne tact that ins tup out to the ear bast was not the
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    149 18 One Who Does Not Mind a "Scrap" Now and Then. London. .July v Thr most anxious boy m Britain at the moment is Tommy Flynn. aged seven, of Stenning House. Brighton College. Yesterday Tommy wrote the following advertisement to The Times. Please, wanted a boy
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    WIVES WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
    152 18 Parliament Question oj: Hard Ca**_, London, July 1. "A British girl who married a Frenchman had to go to France when her husband was recently deported, and has been driven on the itreets of Paris to earn a livincr." Miss Ellen Wilkinson, M.P., made this statement
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    61 18 Th? following have been elected members of the Association of British Malaya:— Miss K. Henry, the Rev. P. Gore Graham, the Hon. Mr. Siew Qui Wong and Messrs. J. C. F<rd, Norman Go-och, H. Layton, M. D. Rutley, Mark Stone, Cyril Strickland. W. B. Sutherland, A. R. Thompson, W. S.
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    63 19 An m i t^ati I «n.« t > <7„ Bank demand f|j n.jfi Private credits '••> m.-. 4 s~n New York, demand r>:, 15-16 Cl •< .1 > .'.;,>•- ,-,7.- v Fr.ti < < and 142ti India, T. 1 163% Huiik Kotik. demand <»" N p.c. pis. Yokohama, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    202 19 AugUSl 14. Tin 128 Tori. *M»7.<mi Gambier gi^, Pepper White gi Pepper Black 51 .lake Tapioca 7% Pearl Sago Srnaii 7x4 Coprs 10.05 Copra Buadriad 10.40 Rice Liang H n Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    57 19 Auuusl 14th.. 12 o'clock noon. K.S.S. aqua! tn Standard. Q.C.F. Spol :U'_. 4 1 4 Standard g.S_i. .at Ten. let Aug. Sl% 83 Sept. :;l' :\2\ Oct-Dee. .;i :;p r Jan Mai. :il T.aic Market: Dull. L;nt>t Cable: London Spot Sheet _S< l prr \)>
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    197 19 Brown, Phillip-, t V_ Stewart. Penang. Agents. Pel a! Rive* Valley, 81,368; Juru, 33,648; Semanggol, 23 ''.r>3. (iuthrie and C< Kuala Lumpur. Agents. li.'.nteng (Sol.), 7 .174; Beaufort Borneo, 54,000; Cheviot, 95,600; Galang Besar, *****; X.M.S. (Malay States), 53,_0~; Kimanis, 40,463; Kombok (F.M.S.), Lambnk, 82,734; Labu
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    235 19 :tI)SE MACPHAJL COS KEI'OKT. Singapore. Ang. 1 tth. Rubber. London !»'_d. unchanged. Local .'5l cents. Tin.— London i2i:> 10a, 10s up. Local $10/ for 125 tons. Mining— Steady. Kuchai 1.8. l.:;o Petal tag 4-26 4-30, H„n, Patte 42. Rahman Hydrauik 1.35 1.40, Klang Rivei 8.76 4.00 Malaya
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    BAST ASIATIC RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.
    280 19 The following ft the report ot the Direc tors submitted to the fifth annual ordinary *"*ral mehtar of shareholders, held at. Winchester Rouse, Old Broad Street. E.C <-n Friday. July 27th. The \ear's trading to March :',lst.. p.»28, shows a net profit of 832 662
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    JULY TRADE RETURNS.
    101 19 [British Radio— Official Setvice.] I_i«b>, Aug. 13. Brit _h exports for July amounted t.» i'Oo.s--., |o t being increase of E1 ,412,000 comps "il with Lhe previous month and an increase of £4,703,000 compared with July last year. In the Aral I yen months of 'his year
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    134 19 Yesterday's A Herat ions. Aug. llth., Closing Prices. Batang Padang 48% 60 Batu Caves l._ 1.30 hitam.-. 75 s;> Hong Fatts 37% 13% Johan lin 28 :b> Kuchai, (8) I_Sl 1.37% Kuyohs j:;'.. Penawats 62% 66% Petaling 1-20 4.30 Puteh 1.47% 1.55 Rahman Hyd. 1.37% 1.46 Taiping
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1353 20 While not wishing m any way to throw cold water on anything that is likely to benefit football m Singapore we are very much afraid that the local enthusiasts who contemplate sending a team of Asiatic players from Malaya to play m England next year, are trying to
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    422 20 AUTUMN TOURNAMENT AT S.C.C. Yesterday's Results. Godown Doubles. A. T. Wedgwogd and C E. Hudson (owe 5) beat H. J. Spinks and ft. C Metherell (plus 4). 6—l, 6—3. I t. F. Dearden and Lt. E. F. Brodie (owe 2i heat E. Cherrington and L. C Hutehings (olus
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    PENANG LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    115 20 'From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 14. Tn th*. Penan*r Lawn Tennis Association championship first round Tarimura beat T. K. Upton 6 l. 6 o; Yeow Eec Yeang and Tan Thean Seng beat Mosley and Kennedy 6—4. 6—2: Mis. Evans and W. H. Threfail bant Mrs.
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    S.C.C. LACROSSE.
    72 20 The following are the sides for the lacrosse match at the S.C.C to-day: Whites.— J. W. Leach. B. Astington, R. T. Boyd. J. J. Higgins. J. A. Grant. H. F. Clements. P. S. Makin. S. L. Oggier, C G. Barnes. Peacock. C lours.: Paul Storr. L. G. Robertson,
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    THE LAST TEST.
    111 20 ENGLAND'S THIRD INNINGS VICTORY. Test Players In Form. [Reutei Service.] London. Aufc. 14. England won the last Test match at the Oval to-day by an innings and 71 runs. England 438. West Indies 238 and 129. To-day Martin scored 41 for the tourists. Their wickets were shared
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    DUKE'S WIN AT MALACCA.
    358 20 Osborne Takes Fourteen Wickets. The first eleven of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment made the journey up to Malacca during the week-end for the purpose of meeting the Malacca Club, the Regiment, thanks to Osborne's bowling, coming out on top by 86 runs. The scores were
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    SATURDAY'S MALAYA CUP MATCH.
    101 20 SATURDAY'S MALAYA CUP MATCH. Singapore and Negri Sides. The following will represent Singapore igainst Negri Sembilan at the Stadium on Saturday: Melan: Tennefather. Omar; Lee (capt.). Boon Lay. Kemat; Wan Puteh. Mat Noor. Yonvr Liang. Polfatah, Man Fun. Reserve. Chee Lim. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Seremban, Aug. 14. The following
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    LEAGUE TABLE TO-DATE.
    160 20 Division I. Goal? P. W. D. L. F A. Pts. Duke's 11. 10 1 0 48 9 fl B.CX. 12 7 1 4 28 19 U Malays 12 7 0 r, 33 23 14 S.C.F.A. 12 5 4 23 20 13 R-A. 11 6 0 5 15
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    TAIPING RACES.
    83 20 The following connections m weights at the Taiping Turf Club meeting to-day are notified: Race 6, Irish Channel should be 13.12; Race 7, Lady Maud should be 11.7; Race 9, Linda Lady should be 13.2. SCRATCHINGS. Scratchings for to-day's races at Taiping are: Race 2: Drusilla (all engagements).
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    FOOTBALL.
    385 20 MALAYS DEFEAT THE I.C.F.A. Hat Trick by Mat Noor. Malays 5; I.C.F.A 0. The Malays defeated the I.C.F.A. on the Stadium yesterday m the First Division of the League after an uninteresting game. The Malays had matters their own way throughout, and were superior to their opponents m all
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    TEST PERSONALITIES NO. 9.
    719 20 I C. Philip Mead (Hants and England). m a mrpritc seleition m the English xj side to visit Australia at the end ol S the current English Mason, ha- played •X m til previou> Test matches, two m j:j: England and f«>ur m Australia. It is
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