The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 August 1928

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    11 1 SingaporeFreePress 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928. NO. 12,500
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    307 1 Heifetz. the world famous Russian violinist has secretly married Florence Vidor, the noted film star Fajre 11. The press all over the United States has received with unanimous praise the signing of the Peace Pact m Paris yesterday and there is a notable absence •f that criticism
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    YARNS BY A YACHTSMAN.
    1069 1 Will, Mr. Husk, and how are you? Gmd bless my soul, if it aint Mr. Blaker (ron Shanghai. Come along. Sir. to my Loft, give the news, and call me Bill, as m the old days. I thought you was home, my lad. CMM yesterday when
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      268 1 f SWALLOW ARIELL'S (WOStO RENOWNED) ;i BISCUITS AND CARES J'/.'.'.'.'mV.V.W.V/.WVWVWW I Raffles Hotel I I SEPTEMBER RACE MEETING. A SPECIAL i RACE BALL AND CABARET will be held on SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER sTH. and I SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, I I DANCING UNTIL 2 A.M. 1 M.»kf Your Reservations Early for Dinner
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      232 1 1 Shields through the ages JMmML^^ /the ancient pritons v »^|^lWB^ With no shield but a coat of paint, f jUrti jSi£^ when ie came to actual hshtinn the g wi^Ufc^ Ancient Briti>n had to dodge behind [I liiluP^^^ r You and 1 now protect ourselves liDM^ir behind a good
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      84 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Firestone's fUmfripped tyre? Pa?e *7. Auction sales and notices Pajrts J and 12. King Carnival tc-night at Anaon lt-.uul--Pae* 1 2Tht EsikX-tl v <.«• A«t lea;'.-- v^iuo Payt o. Notice re Government evening Ci6«*M Pape 9. d'iiette blades leave that ploasani feelhui mfwt shaving Page 13. "Great Short
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      9 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S IN 5 LB. BAGS PATENT ROLLER FLOUR
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      176 1 THE WEEK. High Water. 10.17 a.m. 7.9. 9.11 p.m. BJ. Malacca: H. \V. 6.20 a.m. r>.6.. 7 p.m. »V 2. Football: Div. I. Malays vs. Pulau Brani. Stadium 5 p.m. Kinp Carnival Circus open?. Eurasian Association A.G.M. S.R.C.. "On Approval". Victoria Theatre 9.30 Thursday, 30th, Hiph Water. 10.45 a.m. N.
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    WOMAN WHO LIKED BEING OPERATED ON.
    298 2 "Encouraged As A Mailer of Interest." MNMH of independent MNM uhn VM -;ii<! tn have iMIMIfri operations <»n her <elf and to havt- Miioked <-i»avettes "all <lay U»n>r." wa> the Mbjaet of an inquest at Chelsea when «i verdict of accidental death was returned,
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    DOCTOR KILLED BY HIS OWN MEDICINE.
    183 2 DOCTOR KILLED BY HIS OWN MEDICINE. 'They \re Not As Careful \-n Their Patient*.*' fr.i carelessneM of doctors m doctoring themselves was emphasised at an inquest at Liverpool on Or. John Pollock Nixon. 59, a well-known Liverpool physician, who lived m Loafmoor-taae, Aintiee. It wmt stated that during the last
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    HEART BEAT PICTURES.
    153 2 IteEisterinjr Vibrations With a Seismograph The proper instrument* to measure heart -beat arc ■eillOgiaph# 1 according to Professor (i- ABgeflheleteT, one of the leading peiMtista at the Potsdam Geodetical M.ser\ atory. The professor has just coatploted a whole■ale U-st of his theoiy. and two natfri German jihy-icians
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    HE BOUGHT THE TIE.
    97 2 A Divorce Court till! lain went into a City hosier's and asked to see some ties "How much is thai?" he a.^ked. pointIng to one he liked "Seven-and-six, sir." replied the salesman, a younjr fellow who wort homrinune.l spectacles and possessed an adequate, rather scholastic manner"Oh."
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    35 2 Mr. W. Dunnian. m an article m a contemporary, states that the R(,yal Siam Railnay is Utter than the- F.M.S. Railway— "m fact the permanent way throughout »iam is infinitely bettor than ours," ho Atruire*.
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      190 2 SPONGES. A large assortment of BATH AND TOILET SPONGES JUST RECEIVED. Prices from 75 cents to $9.00. MEDICAL HALL LTD., Opposite New Post Office. SINGAPORE. itrouuwtiuiireHimwmmnniiiiiuMitiiHuiuiiiuuiiHHHMWWtuwtMWiwißUUiw THE UNHOLY 13 I are Coming I WATCH FOR THEM Dozens of uses On cuts and wounds Lister* me prevents infection and promotes healing.
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      270 2 VICTORIA THEATRE TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. R. B. SALISBURY PRESENTS HIS FAMOUS MUSKAL COMEDY COMPANY OF 17 ARTISTES. To-Night For the first time m Singapore. Frederick Londale's Brightest Comedy DN APPROVAL" Now Playing to Capacity at the Fortune Theatre, London. Booking at John Little's. Prices: $4, $2 and $1 P
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      348 2 ALHAMBRA V (Tan Chen X Kee and Co.. U d.. Proprietor., Commencing August 24th at 9 prn THE LATEST EMPIRE' NEWS 0 THE WILLIAM FOX SUPER PRODUCTION SUNRISE with JANET GAYNOR and GEORGE O BRIEN A SCREEN CLASSIC At the First Show at 7.30 p.m "TOM MIX m HELLO CHEYENNE
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    929 3 THK NEW CHAMBER OF iMINES. First (General Meeting. |Fiom Out Own Correspondent.] Kanvkok, Any:. 20. A general meeting < f tIH Siam Chamber Of .Mints, the first since the inaugural meeting m .March last, took plait- at Tunir Song on August 3rd., ami showed very clearly the
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    46 3 The following were the results of the ties I for the August monthly Billiard Tourna- mont of the Juvenile Football Club played I on Saturday: Mr. Lim Yanp Chua 200 boat M r. Chan Stiff Wah 170; Mr. Lim Cheng Texbeat Mr. Lee Quee Lim w.o.
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    THE LITERARY PUGILIST.
    1147 3 TINNEY REALLY LIKES SHAKESPEARE. His Lecture at Yale. Fwo current j&.-'.s m Amerjaa iliustt-aU the attitude uf tfu> sporting rraternity t«>wards the heavy-weight champion of the w<mM. 11 is reporUd that m his combat last year with Domjiarj he accompanied ;i blow ..n tlu^ jaw with the
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      250 3 GLAXO builds firm flesh, plenty j: of strong bone, and a sound ij constitution. It contains nothing whatever to harm baby or cause ij him pain. That is why if Baby is fed on Glaxo he will progress steadily ij day by day into happy childhood. Give yottr Baby Glaxo
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      267 3 I Estate 8 Trust Agencies I (1927) Limited (Registered under the Trust Companies' Ordinance of 1926. I; with Security deposited with the Straits J; Settlements Government.) is prepared to act as j Trustees, Executors, Administrators. Receivers. j Managers of Real Estate. Attorneys for Collection of j Rents, Investigators and Managers
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    SAFETY FIRST FOR MOTORISTS.
    205 4 Lord Dewar on Survival by Leaps and Bounds. Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, Minister of Transport, at a luncheon m connection with the Road Fellowship League the rewly-founded road- users' section of the National "Safety First" Association laid down three essentials for the lessening < f oanger to
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    HENRY FORD'S RUBBER PLANTING EXPERIMENT.
    38 4 Detroit. July 28. Mr. Henry Ford's motor-ship Lake Ormoc, has departed for Santa Rem. m Brazil. laden with supplies, equipment and personnel the last -mentioned to engage ir. early operation- m rubber planting.
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    THE "GOLDEN ROLL."
    65 4 Zurich. July I<*. Two motor-cyclists. Corboud and Maret. who intend to start on October l.*> on a tour through the rive continents, will take with them a large volume which they '."all "The Golden R«>li of the Swiss." They are now driving through the twenty-two cantons collecting
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    AIR CUSHION RAFT.
    65 4 Drowning Bo> Put On It and Pushed Ashore. An air cushion was successfully used as a raft m bringing ashore Percy Brooks. IT. when he was rescued from drowning m Longmoor Lake. Wokingham. by two brothers, Frank and Fred Gleed. of Waterlooroad. Wokingham. Brooks had sunk three
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    RACING MOTORISTS ESCAPE.
    299 4 I HOW CAPT. CAiMPBELL LOST FAVOURITE CAR. "It's Cruel." A quarter of a million people assembled at Aids to witness the Irish Tourist Trophy Rate, described as the greatest road-ract m the histoiy of motoring. They had an eaiiy thrill when Capt. Malcolm Campbell, who started iaveurite,
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    OLDEST LONDON DRIVING LICENCE.
    342 4 Holder who Ran Over Himself. A man who once i.ad t<> start his "locomobile" by lighting a match is the holder of the oiliest motor driver*! Licence m Loni\on. He is Mr. John Portwine. of Collegeroad. Dulwieh, His licence is number 4. and the London County
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    NEXT YEARS MOTORCYCLES.
    181 4 Already motoi-cyele manufacturers are doing some hard thinking about their next year's models, says Motor Cycling:, and their plans are, m many cases, fairly fully advanced. Many motorcyclists, particularly amongst the most recent recruits, do not realize, probably, that month* of effort and experiment go to the
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    MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
    59 4 Colonel (to stranger at Brooklands): "I hate those modern girls. Look at that creature over there. Fancy her parents letting her go about m plus-fours and an Eton crop. Bah!" Stranger: "That, sir, is my daughter." Colonel: ""Ocr,h er, sorry. I didn't know you were her father. Stranger:
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    40 4 A cable has been received from London to the effect that Mr. M. R. Menon of Y.M. C.A. passed the final examination of the Incorporated Secretaries Association of London and is now qualified to become a Fellow of this Association.
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    CANTON HEAT WAVE.
    191 4 Hottest Weather Since 1889. Canton. Aug. IS. From 1889 to this present day Canton ha> not expei ient-ed M many days of intense heat, nor on any one day ha- the thermometer pone as hijrh a> this summer. Among the children of Canton there na? been an
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    TANGISTAN BOUGHT BY JAPANESE INTERESTS.
    88 4 TANGISTAN BOUGHT BY JAPANESE INTERESTS. A Nema/.ee Ship. Information ha- b< Tanjfistan ha.- beei and that the mastei Honp Knrij; an.i m the shift to Kobe, i over to her new own The Tanuistat: v. in 1901 by Baimgt it d parchaaed iubs«< i (Ml H Nemaiee. Her din 385.2
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    CAR CRASHES ON THE FILMS.
    166 4 A remarkable film m which a duel is fought between two kniphts of the road, with motor-ears as weapons, has just been seen m Ixmdon. Two college boys quarrel as t«> which of them shall take a fair damsel for a joy-ride. They decide to
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    ELECTROCUTED IN STREET.
    165 4 Fatalities Follow Break m Electric Wiring. Canton, Aug. 14. A fatal incident occurred at Honam, last night, when a number of electric wires broke down on Tung Hing Road and the streets m the vicinity, resulting m six pedestrians being killed, seven seriously shocked and twenty-four slightly
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    A ROLL-TOP GARAGE-DOOR.
    109 4 A garago-door that opens an the roll-top of ■!<■- When open, it rol mdci the r the ceiling- Bui into numerous ilats, a desk or a shop »hutU I four section*. 1• ami the aide* are pro> which travel m When cloeed the dooi i be locked
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    SHIPPING CLERK'S FRAUD.
    101 4 CMmm Parta*i "< Itl] Graciano Cardena*, of the Iterkamp Manila, vai lentencvd b> to 1 year. S MOBthi for dofraudinu hifl employe Cardfna> wa« jointlj named Lenp Ton«. I Chto Chinese is still at large. They were accused o.' I in tho deal Involving th< of 300
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    25 4 This is Mr. W. Dunnuin Prai-"a MM*! rat, rmilw. a refreshment room. MJ with mud on the foff for ferry boats." J* the BfodwMW-Anthonj oceangoing
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      198 4 For The Man Who Knows Tyres Drivers who insist upon the sort of service that ordinary tyres cannot give, find the utmost pleasure and satisfaction m Fisk Tyres. Fisk Balloon Cords are now built of "Fillcriess" Cord, by a Fisk patented process that eliminates the cross threads m the fabric
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      39 4 THE line of (ioodyear Motor Accessories and *faii;a6r-^ elude such important pro- Tube Repair Kits, /fayrj&^ Blow-Out Patches. Wk&^k^ Kan Belts Radiator Hose. liZY,. \"^^v No-Draft Mats. Tyre and Auto Hood Paint. Tyre Plasters, >^^te Friction Tape, Reliners I
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    LOCAL OPTION FOR INDIA.
    139 5 hVmb;i\ Corporation's Draft Bill. IW>mba> Aug. 13. '.'.>.: Committee of tne m drafted Bill witn troduction of local option .ministrations m British the wishes ot grant to the majority ol the light of deciding ribed areas, where thu renewal, limitation ur fum tMHM for all a.ro
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    BRIDEGROOM FOUND DEAD IN BED.
    92 5 **eddiag.Da) Tragedy At llarr.v. tour oi i before bit marriage was I at Harrow Presbyterian Boothroyd, affwi M, a -olici- ot< mad. Harrow was lound bed. .ieath was due to heart 1 known at Harrogate. where ii, any years before going to -I til engaged
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    CIVIL AVIATION IN INDIA.
    39 5 Advance Prophesied. London. Aug. 12. 1 m S <lraws attention to the "ivanct' m the development of v*u t« j'' l! uiar| y in regard to civil flyMMk, Wlt dvr >»'X the next twelveJn India.
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    IN HIS OLD WAR BILLET.
    152 5 Prince takes Coffee m a Farmyard. Boulogne. The Prince of Walts took coffee n-ently m his old war billet. Motoring through the village of Wzernes. near Stonier, he ordered the chauffeur to stop outside the farm at Mons belonging to Madame Menuiunon-Jolly where the Prince
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    "LINDY'S" WAY.
    214 5 .A pleasant story reaches me from a i"i iend m California (writes a correspondent m the Manchester Guardian) about two enterprising small boys named Collins ana BHtenbemter who had read with approbation of Colonel Lindbergh's trans- Atsanti flight to Paris. Deciding to discover for themselves what it felt
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    BENZINE TANKS EXPLODE.
    33 5 Thirty People Dead. Lodz (Poland). Thirty people are dead and 300 have been injured m an explosion due to benzine tank? catching fire. The disaster caused widespread havoc and panic.
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    THE BIRTH OF MOTORING.
    586 5 CARS THE EARLY MOTORISTS DROVE. A Story of Evolution. Although the machines of Cugnot, Trevithick and Hancock were "automobiles' m the sense that they were self-propelled, to most people an automobile is a petrol-driv-en vehicle, and the very first were those of Gottlieb. Daimler, LtVMMMT, and
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    NEW FORD SMASHES ALL RECORDS.
    307 5 Fast Run Between Medan and Brastagi. The 73 K.M. Medan to Biastagi road record of one hour and twenty eight minutes was lowered to one hour and seventeen minutes on July Tth by Capt. .1. H. Holliman. Speeding along the dangerous mountain load, a new
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    25 5 A Chinese third class passenger, holding a ticket from Penanp to Kuala Lumpur, was found dead on Friday nipht m the express train from Penang.
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    £400,000 GIFT BY MR. ROCKEFELLER.
    178 5 For Paris International Students' House. Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Junior, has notified M. Andre Honnorat, the moving spirit behind the recently created university City °f Paris, that he is giving a stun up to £400,000 for the creation of an Internationa! House destined to bring
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    908,OOO RECEIVING POOR LAW RELIEF.
    172 5 Fewer Inmates of Institutions. In May, 1914, 371.800 persons received Poor Law relief. In May last, the figure had jumped to 908,800, an increase of 537,000. These figures are contained m a statement on "out-door" and "indoor" poor issued by the Ministry of Health. This
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    49 5 Members of the Moslem Community are informed that at the Victoria Theatre on Friday at 5.15 p.m. the .40hnu r Chief Medical Officer, Social Hygiene, will give p lecture illustrated by lantern slides, to be followed by a Cinema film entitled "Waste." There will be no charge for admission.
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    THE DRAMA OF THE ARCTIC.
    2469 6 Lundborg's Landing Near Italian Castaways. FIRST MEETING WITH GENERAL NOBILE. Thi- kl the second section of the full story of the heroic rescue of General Nobile by the intrepid Swedish airman, Captain Einar Lundborg, and now for the tirst time given to the world through
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      LITERARY NOTES FROM LONDON.
      466 6 A Book of the Future. London. Auk. 2. It has been said that the history of England is gradually being rewritten m detail, and it is certainly true that there is hardly a landmark m the history of our national life which is not, m these
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      TWO THRILLERS.
      148 6 When a man discovers s pois^r gas more deadly than anything hitherto known, national intrigue, a mrsje measure of excitement, and a "shocker" may be looked for. But m "The Professor's Poison' (Longmans) Mr. Gordon does not leave it at that. Instead, we laugh with him mi tbt
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      TUNNEY AND HAZLITT.
      89 6 h s u-;iorted from Speculator, N.V.. (Gene Tunney's training headquarters) that Tunney has been keeping his intellect (and Incidentally, perhaps, his reputation as an intellectual) m trim by reading some of Hazlitt'a Essays. It would be Interesting to know whether he lead the essay on the bruisers
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      MARK TWAIN'S HOME.
      156 6 The Mark Twain Memorial Committee have decided to purchase the great humourist's home at Hartford (V.S.) to preserve as a shrine. It may be hoped that fchcj will be able to estimate the cost of llm transaction move accurately than did the builder of the house. Mark
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      SOME AUTUMN BOOKS.
      210 6 While many people are only begii;ninu their holidays the publishers are already busy with their autumn books. Sir Frnest Bern has some good memoirs, including autn/iographies by Mr. T. P. O'Connor, which will shortly bo published m serial form m the Free Press, Mr. Francis Gribh!e, and
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      A BRITISH AMBAASSODOR.
      86 6 The diary of Viscount D'Abernon while he was British Ambassador to Germany. from 1920 to 1926, will 1* published by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton. who annouiur the first volume for autumn publication. The whole work ha-; beer edited and an?'<"itated by Professor Gerothwohl, and will be found
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      LORD BIRENHEAD'S NEW BOOK.
      91 6 LORD BIRE N HEAD'S NEW BOOK. Lord Birkenhe;id has selected what lit' •t-'^aifls as "The Hundred Best English Essays." and they are to bt- published durine fhe autumn by Messrs. CasseU, with an ;;v>alytical criticism from his pen. The work is divided into two volumes, one of which deals with
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      A TRAGIC EMPRESS.
      74 6 •The Life and Tragedy of Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia," by Baroness Sophie Buxhoeveden, will be published by Messrs. Longmans dminc the autumn. The author who knew the Km press personally from 11*04 and was ap pointed a lady-in-waiting m 1913, shared the captivity of the Imperial
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      IN BRIEF.
      121 6 Mr. Stephen Graham ii compiling for Mi Ptftei I'avies "A Tramp's Anthology.'' Ifrs. Wilson Fox has written a life ol the jjreat Lord Halsbury. Messrs Chapmaian<l Hall will publish it. ami there will W an introduction by Lord Carson. Mr. Rafael Sabatini recently finished 8 ro el on
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    BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS.
    934 6  -  Horatius "No Such Bids." > "y t < Laboriously th<> dealer completed the sorting of his cards und glanced at hi-score-sheet. It only toU! him what he ought to have known without looking- -that they were love all m the PBCOPd ifame, having lost the first.
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    BOOK REVIEWS.
    289 6 The Uunncatev fub. by John Buchan. (Hodder and Stouchton.) The Runaicates Clnb la a dinner club, thf membew »>f which arc mostly known to readers <>f Mr. Buihan'g books and include Sir Richard Rannay, Sir ESdward Leithen, Lord Lajnaaeha and Mr. Palisaer Teates. The book consists of short
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    A BRIDGE FREAK.
    170 6 lour L'owiptetf <u:\-. An iii> i;i hai In a sjam< >• foui playei fMPtinc of .1 ii the I fnitfd I"' i The wci porter: "I" rut m i urred n m the Mstorj of the ;tL'ain>t ii ha We have play< years, and ever) fifty tables
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    GIRL OFFERS HERSELF FOR £3,000.
    316 7 For Mother's Sake. Clarice Hardcastle, a nineteen-year-old girl, of 7, The Avenue, New Brighton has offered herself for sale at the price of three thousand pounds. With her mother, two younger sisters, and a young brother, she has faced poverty so long that m sheer
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    ARSENIC EATERS.
    258 7 Secret Addicts m Forest of Dean. Newport, Monmouthshire. Mrs. Caroline Moss, of Mildura Booae, Chepstow-road. Newport, says that towards the end of the Pate case (m which Mr* Pace was acquitted of a charge c>f murder ing her husband by means of arsenic) she wrote to the Home
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    SALE OF A TOWN.
    171 7 Roman SDrings of Droitwich Spa. Almost all the town of Droitwich Spa. neai Worcester, covering more than 1,000 acres. ha< been sold by the trustees of the late Mr. John Corbett, who wma known as the Salt "King." It is believed that the purchase price i>
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    VIENNA'S OLDEST CITIZEN.
    115 7 Vienna, July 18Ignaz Dressier, the oldest citizen of Vienna, has just celebrated his 102 nd birthday. When he was born m 1826 Vienna had some 300.000 inhabitants, a seventh of its present population. He was a young soldier at the time of the revolution m 1848. When
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    43 7 We have received from the Official Tourist Bureau of Java, copies of pamphlets relating to tours m Java, containing interesting descriptions of the country. Copies of the pamphlets may be obtained free of charge from the Head Office of the Bureau at Weltevreden.
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    "DROWNED" MAN RESTORED TO LIFE.
    244 7 Half An Hour Under Water. A remarkable case of resusciation of an apparently drowned man is reported from Copenhagen. Two men were bathing off the cliff* of Moen when one of them, named Rasmussen. got into detp water. 1i,.; companion was unable to help him
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    JOSE COLLINS' INCOME-TAX.
    251 7 Husband's Bankruptcy Discharge Suspended. "He seems to have done nothing to chetk his own extravagance, and I consider that people who live m luxury and do not pay income-tax should be made an example of," said Mr. Registrar Francke. m London Bankruptcy Court, suspending for two years
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    43 POLICEMEN ILL.
    238 7 Doctors Baffled by Bow-Street Sickness. In one week 40 membera of Bow-street Police Station have fallen seriously ill wit] a mysterious sickness which, so far. ha> completely baffled the diagnosis of doctors. "It is a curious thing th;it this sickness set ins to lie confined to nun
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    CEYLON AND OTHER COLONIES.
    119 7 No Extension of Donoughmore Commission's Reference. London. July 23. In the HoMM of CoBUMNM Colonel Weds* wood asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he will extend tht term? of reference of the Donouphore Commission, so that m the interests itl co-ordina-tion they may
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    28 7 Sahib, the orang-outanp (which was presented to Signor Mussolini by the Rajah of Sarawak), is now at the Zoological Gardens m Rome, where his antics amuse every visitor.
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    MORE GIRL CRICKETERS.
    513 8 The Women's Cricket Association is doinn well; it is fulfilling 1 its object. That cbjeer was not to produce one cricket team that could beat the \v riu. but something of fay greater value ar..i ot" atuea deeper spirit. The Association set out with the firm determination
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    DRASTIC CHANGES IN CRICKET LAWS.
    144 8 M.C.C. Proposals to Check Heavy Scoring. London. Aug. 12. Drastic changes with the object of assisting the bowler to check heavy acoriag are suggested m an M.C.C circular, askiag the opinion of all county Committees on the proposed alterations of the rules of cricket which
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    A SCHOOLMASTERS' CRICKET XI.
    88 8 A pretty strong 1 cricket side could Ik* chosen from the masters now at various Public Schools. There would indeed be keen competition for places and the followingmasters' XI. would take a deal of beating: E. R. Wilson and H. S. Altham (Winchester). R. L. Hfcldsworth
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    ACTRESS DIVORCES A FOOTBALLER.
    103 8 "Yale's Idol' Accused of Dislocating Her Jaw. M|m Jeanne Eagels. the l>eautitul Amen can actress, who treated the part of Sa<li« Thompson m Mr. Somerset Maugham's play "Rain," has according to the New York Herald (Paris edition), been granted a divorce from Mr. Edward H. Coy.
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    SIDNEY WEBB—DANDY.
    182 8 SIDNEY WEBB— DANDY. Why Mr. Mac Donald Wears Baggy Trousers. Piquant comments on M.P..s" clothes are made by a repiesentative oi tht> Taiio- an 1 Cu't^r >\ho has bten studying fashions en the Terrace of the House of Tommons. "The man who surprised mo mont," h I says, "was Mr.
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    MOSCOW PRISON HORRORS.
    296 8 German Who Lost f 01b. In Weight. Berlin. Max Maier. the German fitter who was recently liberated from prison m Moscow, gives a terrible account of his experiences. He is a man of 54, and was sent to Russia by the Great German electrical firm, the Algemeine
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    NOVEL PROPOSAL.
    58 8 Criminal UefeWOff W a"""* it it r*»\ capable an.l w«1 Univenity. Th. from th, Sydnej I which intends invitii the I'nion Hull A. he is trm to dostudents on r^J^. can be ■framed. moving picture deal lecturer will bf Invited self and h^ career, regard* hinwelf victim Of
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    TUNNEY'S NEW CAREER.
    58 8 TU NNEY'S NEW CAREER. Likely Billet on Wall Street. New York. According to the New York Times. Gene Tunney is considering a career; on Wall Street. Various positions m brokers' and financial houses have been offered him, but the champion is postponing a decision till his return from a walking
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    34 8 The marriage took place on July 24th. at Paddington of George Gaston Ireland, of Keiantan, to Iris Tomkins, elder daughter of the late J. A. Tomkins and Mrs. Tomkins, of Maida Vale, W. 9.
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    THE PEACE PACT.
    683 9 UNITED STATES TO PUBLISH TEXT. Conditions of Adhesion. [Renter*! Service. Paris, \u*z. 27. Tin United States has already instructive its diplomatic representatives all over th< world t.» communicate to the Government: to which they are accredited the text anc conditions of adhesion to the anti-war pact Non-signatory
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    AUSTRALIAN T.U. OFFICIAL ACQUITTED.
    92 9 Charged with Inciting to Murder. [Renter's Service.) Sydney. Aug. 27. Jock Garden, the Australian Trade Union leader has been acquitted on the charge of inciting to murder. Garden declared from the dock that the (■haru<' was absurd, and said it arose out of a joking interview.
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    MANUFACTURE OF ARMS.
    85 9 Russia's Refusul to Join Control Conference. [Reuter'? Service.] Moscow, Au;,. IS. M. LitvinotT has cabled to the League of Nations Russia's refuses' to partKipuUf* m tho second session of the special Comnission for the control of the manufacture a| arms on the ground that the Soviet*! proposal
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    DISGUISED CHEESE.
    113 9 EXTRAORDINARY STORY FROM TIENTSIN. Wearing Japanese Uniforms. [Reuter'fl Far Eastern Service.] r Shanghai. Aug. 27. I me Kuomin Nationalist news agency pnbi Jisi -n extraordinary story from Tientsin i presaging serious Sino- Foreign complica- tions m that area," to the effect that soldiers Jf the remnant of Chihli-Shantung
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    ORIENTALIST CONGRESS AT OXFORD.
    117 9 ORIENTALIST CONGRESS AT OXFORD. l>oo Scholars Foregather. Router's Service] London. Aug. 28. For a week the lecture halls of Oxford will resound to the voices of scholars from Europe America, the Near East and the Far Kast discoursing on things of the Fast. Six hundred representatives from nearly every country
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    THE HUNGARIAN OPTANTS.
    107 9 Disputt' Referred to the Lejipue. [Reuter*! Service.] lludapcst. \u>?. 27. The Hungarian Government has addressed B Note to the President of the Council of the ljeag-u.' of Nations with regard to the Hiuajaie Rumanian disnote over tho Hungarian Ontants, aiHac the Council to put the matter on
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    BANDITS OCCUPY A SHANTUNG CITY.
    132 9 |By arrangement with Nanyang Sian<^ Pail Press.] Shanghai. Auk. 27 Bandits !ia\e occapied the city of Pinhovh--;ien. Bhaatuag, lutjlinjc and killing the people. Tan Yen Kai returned to Nanking yesterday. Chang" Chi decline- t<» assume the chairmanship of the Pfipiny Council. Yui Yu Jen has
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    NEWS FROM JAPAN.
    95 9 JAPAN'S HUE CROP. }Jy Coejrteay ef the Nanyo Nlchi-NicM Shimbunsha.] Tokio, Auk. 2H. The DepartaMHrt el Ae/rtculture and horestry announces that a aonaal crop of rice is expected for this year. JAPAN'S CHINA POLICY MAY HE SOFTENED. The view tn modifying the attitude of the Government toward
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    SINGAPORE TO INDIA BY TRAIN.
    98 9 Connection. The Indian Railway Board has dJecided to make a prtliminary survey for a railway from htergui to the GKani frontier, a distance of 110 miles, states the Malayan Daily Kxprcss. Not very Ion*; af/O, hijrh Railway official ttopt IJuiiiia paid a visit to Siani
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    18 9 Whiit "commonsende" tolls ua about tht: physical univeTs»e is flatly contradicted by what efjfOt tells us. Lord Balfour.
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      14 10 OLDEKSHAW LEWIS.- At Ho!y Trinity I Church. Formhy. Lancashire. Aug'i-t 29th. 1903.1
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      DEATH.
      51 10 PA I LO. On Au>ru-t 28th.. iy:>. at 203 Bukit Tirnah R«»a«i. Newton. Government Quarter*. Miss Josephine Paulo, dearly-beloved daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paulo, of Malacca, aged 17 year>. Cortege leave- residence for the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd at 4.45 p.m. to-day for interment at Bidadari
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928. MONEY FOR NOTHING.
    1161 10 S ING APORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1928. MONEY FOR NOTHING. The nature of the proposals contained m the long-awaited despatch from the Colonial Office, which was laid on the table at Monday's meeting of the Council, are as we indicated m a reference to this matter several weeks
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    COMMUNIST AGITATORS.
    389 10 SEQUEL TO RECENT MASS MEETING. Hylams In Court. i The preliminary enquiry was held yester day into the charges against the 11 Hylanu and four other Chinese who were arrested I during the disturbances on the St. Joseph'? I school ground and m Beach Road on tht morning
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    ON APPROVAL.
    149 10 A good house assembled last night at the Victoria Theatre to witness the first presentation m Singapore of Frederick Lonsdale's comedy "On Approval" which, it is said, is at present playing 1 to capacity houses at the Fortune Theatre, London. It BMjr be said at once that the
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    202 10 A meeting of the Municipal Commissionerwill be held on Friday afternoon at 2.15. To-day is the Onam Day, the National Day of the Malayalee Indians. The Malacca Guardian understands that Dr. G. Ramalingam of the Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Singapore, will succeed Dr. Ang Swee Hian who leaves the Durian
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    671 10 THE COLONY'S MILTTa* CONTRIBUTION To the Editor. Sir,— The "MCI* !;>,, a u-h" published an.i we a known wrar v to face. The reasoned UfWM«tfl jk. have been contemptuously bru^h -rf and instead of an attempt proposals of the Colonial Ortv. a whining appeal for assistanc
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    U.S. PRESS ON THE PACT.
    132 11 AMERICA'S MORAL OBLIGATION. I i animous Praise. [Router's Service.] New York, Aug. 28. a -onspicuous absence of violen; «.f opinion which marked the (jnim: tht Versaille» Treity and the \rm-ru.i' press throughout the country the step taken m Paris yesterday, tjttuinff the "moral obligation" jf
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    PARIS SPEECHES HEARD IN MALAYA.
    250 11 PARIS SPEECHES HEARD IN MALAYA. In I lohore Bungalow. B J t; Barton of Sunirei Plentong Baton, write.- a- follows: iltf <»n my wireless last night broke ill on speech m The French iptth followed by a speech <r\ laiv head phone 1 was unable to pick out 1 rdl
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    WOMEN'S DEMAND FROM PEACE DELEGATES.
    117 11 A Treaty of Equal Rights. [Reuter*? Service.] Paris. Aug. 28. Bed a. .nun are at present m purpose of getting the internere for the signing of to accept a "treaty esia- equal right* for women all over the The;, are Viscountess Rhondda and StevoN, the
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    BAN ON CUBAN SUGAR LIFTED.
    43 11 [Keuter's Service.] Havana. Aug. 28. h <.ritat vely stated that m the recommendation of the f Committee, President MacI shortly to sign a Decree to to sell sugars m any quantity other than the United States export company.
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    POPULARISING BELGIAN TRADE.
    28 11 IRiuter's Service.] Brussels. Aug. 28. ha> decided to submit to r "l'<>sal to authorise the GovI irantee the export of credits MOO to popularise Belgian
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    HEIFETZ MARRIED.
    263 11 SECRET WEDDING' TO FILM STAR. His Visit to Singapore. [Reuter's Service.] T Ne York. Aug-. 28. rhe famous Russian violinist. Jascha HeifeU. has caused a sensation here by announcing that he married the film star Flounce V.dor. last week. The honeymoon M being spent m California. A MODEST
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    TEA PRICE QUESTION.
    161 11 [Router's Service.] London. Aur. 28. The suggestion that, m view of the statement that there are thirty million more pounds of tea m Great Britain than a year a>ro. tea prices are too high, is denied by the director one of the biggest packing housM m London,
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    CHINESE NEWS.
    102 11 Japans Attitude Changing. [By arrangement with Nanyang Sianer Pau Press.] Shanghai. Aug. 28. The Kuomintang elder? have demanded further exclusion from the Communists Party. Chiang Kai Shek has left hospital. The Japanese, though their Minister have gradually changed their attitude and are proposing a compromise with the Chinese
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    DENGUE FEVER IN GREECE.
    84 11 Very Severe Outbreak. [Reuter's Service.] Geneva. August 28 After the exchange of telegrams wiih the public health authorities of Greece with regard to an outbreak of dengue fov*f m the Athens district, Dr. M. D. MacKenzie of the League of Nations Health Section has been placed
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    120 11 NEGATIVE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. [By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiN'ichi Shimbunsha.] Tokio, Aug. 27. Premier Tanaka, after consultation with the Finance Minister, Mr. Mitsuchi and the Chief of the executive of the Seiyukai, Mr. Shimada has decided to draw up a negative budget for 1926 instead of
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    31 11 The Times of Malaya understands that most of the officers m the Rubber Restriction Department have been given notice of the termination of their services as from the end of September
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    HON. MR. ABDOOL CADER.
    1234 11 ENTERTAINED BY* INDIAN ASSOCIATION. Successful Function. The public reception organised by the Indian Association, on behalf of the community here, m honour of the new Indian member, the Hon'ble Mr. Abdool Cader. was held yesterday at 5 p.m. at Xo. 549, Upper Serangoon Road, the residence
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    SPECIAL FINANCE WIRE.
    146 11 POSITION IN THE TIN ANI RUBBER iMARKETS. London Stocks Up. [Our Own Correspondent.— Copyright.] London, Aug. 2S. In view of the easier raw material alterations have occurred m one or two o the leading rubber shares. An irregula tone is noticeable and business it very small London
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    SAD DEATH OF YOUNG PENANG MAN.
    164 11 Mr. Denys Rimes. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Penang. Aug. gft. The deatli has occurred hero at the ag< of 23. of Mr. Denys Rimes, the populai Penang Rugby three-quarter, after a short illness He was taken to hospital on Sunday evening an riit?<J on
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    SEREMBAN MATTERS.
    82 11 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Seremban. Aug. 28. A meeting of the Seremban Sanitary Board wili be held to-morrow m the State Council Chamber at Seremban. Items or the agenda include a proposed by law to provide for the control of plague; nevs Sanitary Board by law relating to
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    GOVERNMENT EVENING CLASSES.
    70 11 Government Evening Technical and Commercial Classes are being commenced at Raffle? Institution on Monday. Sept. 3rd. ir various subjects, which are enumerated ir our advertisement columns. The fee for the term of vi out twenty lectures is $3, payable m advance it time of registration. Al intending
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    DOCTOR'S CALL IN LABRADOR.
    808 12 SIR WILFRED GREN FELL'S PRACTICE. College Boys as Stokers. "The old idea was t>> ljok helplessly to God to save the sick and afflicted. Now it is realised that this is man's work. It is (iod's greatest gilt to man." Thus did Sir Wilfred Grenfell, "Grenfell
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    FOUR MILLION DEAD.
    55 12 The Toll of Civil War m China. Shanghai; Aug. 7According to unofficial estimates made oublic here, the Chinese wars foaght m the ->rovir.'es of Chihli a.td Sh-mtuiTg- during he r-as? few years resulted m the death? f 4.000 .0C0 men, one million of whom are said to
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    BRITAIN'S OLYMPIC TEAM.
    292 12 £10,000 TO SEND THEM TO AMSTERDAM. Their "Uniforms." The contingent of British athletes who competed m the Olympic Games at Amsterdam, totalled altogether about 230 men and women. At Amsterdam the whoe of the Lloyd Hotel was taken over for i/ie accommodation of the Englishmen, while the
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    LEAD CANCER 'CURE' ATTACKED.
    390 12 "Patients Made Into Physical Wrecks." The advocacy oi lead linatiaml a.a p«j>cuiv of CSBCCV by Dr. Blair Bell, oi Ijvt-rpool University, was ultackctl by I>>ndun docton ut iht InU-rnational Cancer Lonfcnnoe m ix>ndon. Dr. Blair B»-j1 ha- treated huruirt-ds oast? of MINI cancer by rnians of
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    24 12 Miss Julien Loke Yew, daughter of the late Dr. Loke Yew, C.M.G., left Ipoh on Friday night en route to England on a holiday.
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    THE GREAT TUBE MYSTERY.
    426 13 Big Punch Secret. Of the men who, m this hot weather, do nothing else but punch and punch and punch: the special Squad of Ticket Men who have descended this week on the "key" Undereround stations. lou round the coiner leading from your train to the
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    CARD-INDEXED LOVE.
    249 13 Result of Latest American Inquisition. New York. July 20. Seven love affairs apiece is the averajrt j number indulged m by the married men and women of to-day, according to exhaustive investigations conducted by the Bureau of Social Hygiene of New York City. The research work occupied four
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    ARMAMENT FIRMS.
    173 13 Admiralty Arrangement for Upkeep of Plant. The Secretary of the Admiralty, Lieutcu-ant-Colonel Headlam, m a Parliamentary answer, replies to a question put by Mr. N. Maclean (Soc, Govan) how many armftment firms shared m the indirect subsidy of £90.000 per year for two years for which prices were
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    24 13 Mr. F. G. Heath, of Huttenbach, Lazarus and Sons, Ipoh, who is well-known m local .sporting"- circles,' is shortly poinpr on transfer to Singapore.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    163 16 Hong Kong Observatory reported a severe yphoon at 5*30 p*m. on Monday within ;ixty miles of lat. 17 deg. N., long. 107 deg. L, travelling west. Owners and masters of shipping are re[uested to keep their vessels as clear of the ange as possible during the heavy gun
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    SCRAP WORN-OUT SHIPS!
    407 16 Policy That Means More Work For Britain. Scrap all the obsolete merchant ships! This is the policy now being advocated by shipbuilders who want the work of replacing them, and by underwriters who know the risks they run with old ships m spite of the extra premium
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    APPALLING CATASTROPHE AT HANKOW.
    240 16 Hundreds Drowned. Hankow. Aug. 3. For some days now the military, assisted by the police m the Chinese city of Hankow, have been impressing men to act a? •arriers for troops that have been ordered to proceed to Ichang and other places to meet the threatened
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORT.
    74 16 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midight Aug. 27th. Max. shade temp. 85 F Mm. shade temp. 73.8 F Mean shade temp. 78.4 F Max. sun radiation 152 F n Mm. grass radiation 71.5 F *f Sea temperature Max. 85, Mm. 84
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    GOLD PAVEMENTS.
    563 17 HARD-HEADED BUSINESS MEN "TOUCHED." The Match-Seller's Car. That London's pavements are gilt-edged for the more plausil le type of beggar is proved afresh by tkt revelation that a Knightstridge match-seller has been motor- my to London fiom Portsmouth and garagI ing his car during his "working" hour* In
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    TWO KILLED IN FLYING DISASTER.
    79 17 J Light 'Plane Fitted With Safety Device. i J London, Aug. 10. Cape Town. A privately-owned Moth j 'plane, fitted with the new slotted wing A stabilizing device, crashed after leaving Kimheiley en route to the Lightenburg-h diamond diggings. The pilot and the other occupant
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    WOMEN COMMUNISTS.
    77 17 "FJabies. Bugles and Bunkum." "Babies. Bugles, and Bunkum'" is how The j Daily Mail refers to a demonstration by t 1.500 Communist women m Trafalgar 4 Square conducted m militarist fashion. The i women wore khaki blouses and red tam-o'--4 shanters. Bugles were sounded, and military 1 orders
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    MEAD'S 40,000 RUNS.
    43 17 Philip Mead scored his forty-thousandth run during mail week. His total includes 531 made m Australia. 1,557 m South Africa (two tours), ami 418 (m three matches vs. Jamaica for the Hon. L. H. Tennyson's team) m the West Indies.
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    88 17 In regard to the notice that appeared m the Government Gazette that the SingaporeSociety of Architects has ceased to exist, we are informed that this Society was formerly exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance, but has since been registered under Ordinance No. 155 (Companies) with a licence from the
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    GUNMEN ARRESTED.
    116 17 Chinese Detectives Fired At. Three alleged Chinese gunmen were arrested by two Chinese detectives m Kallang Road at about 1.30 a.m. on Sunday. The detectives noticed four Chinese proceeding along Kallang Road m two rikishas. They stopped the rikishas but the men made a dash to escape and
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    KILLED BY STEAM ROLLER.
    66 17 An unusual accident occurred m New Bridge Road early yesterday morning. A Chinese woman happened to get m the way of a steam roller which was proceeding m the direction of Hill Street. She fell down and before she could regain her feet she was crushed
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    SINGAPORE BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP.
    86 17 The result of the ties played off on Saturday is as follows: E. J. Vass beat Tan Miang Cheng 1111,5 11, 15—10; Yeo Kian Ann beat Tan Boon Kwang 13 13, (5—2). 13— 13, (5—2); Lim Chek Heng beat Tan Eng Sin 15—10. 8; See Gim Hock
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    S.C.S.A.C. vs. YEO TIANG SWEE'S PARTY.
    100 17 In a friendly game played on Sunday, at the Cold Storage Court, the Singapore Cold Storage Athletic Club narrowly defeated Yeo Tiang Swee's Party. (S.C.S.A.C. players mentioned first). Singles.— Quek Ban Hock beat Goh Kirn Choon 15—9; 13—13 (5—0); Khoo Heng Cheok beat Lim
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    27 17 The Straits Racing Association announce that the following horses have been withdrawn from racing: Galiegal, Chanterway, La Garconne, Rosevere, Sultan, Himena, Haorsmai, Red Atlete and Ada Jay.
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    CEYLON AND RESTRICTION.
    157 17 Secretary of State's Refusal. Comments of the Secretary of State on Mr. H. R. Freeman's motion legardintr rubber restriction which was recently carried m the Legislative Council are contained m a telegram received from the Colonial Office and published by the Ceylon Government m a Sessional Paper
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    INCREASED COST OF JOHORE WATER SCHEME.
    84 17 Engineers to Explain. At a meeting held on August 22nd. Municipal Committee Xo. 7 decided m view of the imperative necessity for completing thi Pontian Ketchil Water Scheme (for which revised estimate of $5,800,000 has been submitted by the consultants comparing with their last
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    CRICKET IN BATAVIA.
    73 17 Century by Geoghegan. On Sunday last, writes Our Java corres- pondent, on August 25th., the "Box" met! the Batavia Sports Club m the West Java competition. The Dutch were without var <ler Lee and Tiedeman, which jjroved a great handicap. The Box batted first and rut up
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    QUALIFIED FOR BUDDHIST PRIESTHOOD.
    71 17 QUALIFIED FOR BUDDHIST PRIESTHOOD. Ex-Captain of Indian Army Interviewed. London, Aug. 12. Ex-Captain m the Indian Army, B. R. Robinson, m an interview m London, said 1 he was qualified to wear the yellow robes of the Buddhist priesthood. He had a long i and exacting novitiate m Burma, had
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    DISBANDED SOLDIERS.
    313 18 Enrolled Anew m the Peace Preservation Corp;s. The Chinese Press has Wen exerting itself a good deal lately m giving publicity to the fact that soldiers of the various corps of the Nationalist Army are being disbanded daily, with practically no funds t«> start anything with, ot even
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    £250,000 THEATRE FOR THE WEST END.
    144 18 £250,000 THEATRE FOR THE WEST END. nan- K»r New Dsjjhlinf Kear the Uhambra An important syndicate ia planning build a theatre on a Mt«- close to the Alhambra, with entrancea m Leicestersquare and Charing Croes-rosjd, The Srst step has been r a k t ;i by acejulrin^ the property known
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    DRINK RUM AND LIVE LONG.
    180 18 Woman of H>."i Revealv A Secret. Born during the rei^n of (Iv.rffe IV.. Mrs. Hannah Hoadley. TotU nham's centenarian, has eetebrated her 196 th birthday. Every da) she still make* her own bed She ii able to sew without tilled. She is able to go
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    TRAMCARS BURMED BY RIO MOB.
    107 18 Rio de Janeiro. July 12. The populace of Xictheroy, incensed by an increase m the fares on the ferries, the only means of communication between Rio de Janeiro and Nictheroy, stoned the central offices of the Companhia Cantaroira last nij*ht. Tramcars belonjrintf to the same
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    VIOLET RAY PERIL.
    86 18 B.M. A. Warning About UaoftJttcd Treatment. Risk of serisus mischief to the public m the methods of ultra-violet litfht treatment by unskilled people was referred to m the British Medical Association report at CardifT. There had been ca?es where eyesight had been ■eriottsiy affected, and even cases
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    BOUND THE WORLD ON HORSEBACK!
    27 18 Wa.saw. Three well-known jrentkmen riderr. of Cracow (Sawicki, Karlicki and V.'achtcdev have set out on a trip round the work! on horseback.
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    BIAS BAY RAID.
    245 18 Alleged Tean Pirates Arrested and Shot. A number of pirate dens m the Bias Bay district were raided recently and pirates and bandits, twenty m number, were arrested and subsequently shot by Chinese troops. The raiding parties were formed ftf men of the 52nd Regiment of the
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    INDIAN NAVY.
    219 18 Number of Ships Dwindling Rapidly. No announcement has yet been made as to whether the Admiralty is to provide j>>v the nt \v Jnilian Navy the four sloops and two trawlers ihat were originally su^r^'^ted for it. although a definite announcement (.n this point was expected wht-n RearAdmiral
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    THE STONE-BREAKER.
    225 18 THE STONE -BREAKER. Fint-claai road.-- know ihc- stone-breaker no more. Secondary roadi have KkitWttie ban^hed him. If you aver hear thy tap-tap of his hammer, it will be deep m h by-lan* or a lon ir boom rough farm track where roadmaking is still conducted on the primitive scale. 'ihe
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    SHOCKING BLOOM ESS.
    196 18 When on July 24, nearly eighty years ago, Mr<. Amelia Jenks Bloomer startled the community at Lowell, Massachusetts, by appearing- m the costume which was to render her named Eamoaa throughout both hemispheres, many food people were shocked at her "indelicacy." Trousers, gathered at the ankle, weft
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    47 18 Mr. G. E. Pow, of the Chartered C..?:k. Penang-, left Hone by the Rajputana after five years' service i.i the Malay States MrA. J. I. each of Messrs. Anthony Co., Penang, will take over the duties of Hon. Trensuier of St. George's Church during Mr. Pow*i absence.
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    240 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Aur. 2sth. Rubber. London H la I6d 3 L6d down. Local SO cent>. Tin. London 006 io>. Ma down. I. oval •jlO.'i'k for 17.") tons. Mininer. Steady. Sunjrti Way tM :i.*K>, Malaya Couol 71 Hi, Kuchai 1.39 1.41 1 L >, iionjr Fall 41 4.
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    PERAK RIVER POWER.
    149 19 F.M.S. Government's Interest. The IVrak River Hydro-Eloetrie Power 1 <>.. Lt(i., m the eonrae of a circular to i.arch.ldcr.v and Debenture stockholders. :at<- that m view of the full information .riven bj the company m the recent circular o shareholders and Debenture stockholders •sued on June 7.
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    MACFHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    810 19 Aujr. 2»th.. Closing Prices. A.vir W«| 75 90nom. ciii unjr rodana? 45 -,(> Hatu Caves 1>3:! i... L4j% mams 75 M Honp I«att.v ;{y |3 Johan Tin 27 Vj 31 iKinta Tin Dud. 1.42% l..'O klang River :;.8O 3.i>5 cum Kuchai <3» fjgg 1.42% Kuyohs 37% 4114
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 19 Aii i,l 2| bunk I IU. Bank '""an i »|a i|-tf Private cie<lit> .'< m.- 4 New York, demand 55 15-16 Credits yo eayi 57 a 4 France, dr^innd 1426 lmtxi. T. lit^ llonK Konj;, dwnJ ut' s p c ois. Yokohama, demand 122 1 Java, demand 139 Vi
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    PRODUCE
    203 19 Aucu^t 28. Fin 17"> J'<>r- <m;;,i v GamUer e,% Pepper \\h it «jo Pepper Ki.ick 55 Flake Tapioca 7"i 8 Pocirl Sago Smuii 7% Copra io Copra Sunniu-.i 10.30 Rice Linng H n Chan M*»k Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old Xo. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bwttan 260
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    FRAASER'S SAHRE LIST.
    172 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Bayers Seller* 1.36 1.40 12s tid l.'^s 6d l.">s Kd 16s Gd Klang River ($1) 8.60 8.70 \.u Kuchai Tin Dredges <#li \Xt% 1.42% Lingui Tin l.L»."> 2.05 Malay Conad. ($1 70 7."i Malayan T. F. (10a) 18s 6d 20s Muiai Tin ($1) 1.40 I."m
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    29 19 The railway companies are not primarily (ommercial undertakings at all; it would be nearer the truth to describe the 1..N.W \l. as subsidised home for the feeble-minded. Lord Monkswell.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    806 19 j WAI, AS RI'BRER ESTATE, LTD Annual Meeting. The Annual General Meeting of Uw Xyalas Robber Batatea, Ltd.. «Ac held at the nrtict-s of the secretaries, Meaara. Kvatand fo.. Fmieh Umk Boildhttja ireatentay. When the Chairman, y.v. Koh San Hin, preaided. Tho following were also preeenV Meaara.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    53 19 August 28th.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S.JS. equal to Standard, Q.C.ISpot BJ .{<)•, Standard R.S.S. S|>.>t ;{0' 4 95% on Taaalar Bapl :•,(>-, l)ct-D«c. :<<> MX Jan Mar. :j<» .to 1 i Tom of Marktt: Quiet. Latest t'ablt-: London Spot Sheet n\d Bat 'I New York
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      311 19 I VSSETS VER $Boo8 000 000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER Wmjm < THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON, OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry R.C [He Company has €20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court oi England, and complies with the British
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      266 19 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,900,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Rcservo Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, BisJbopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hoilo Tongkah Ai.intsar Ipoh (Bhuket). t>angKok Karachi
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      303 19 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 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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      42 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. P. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW 6 CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, JURKEK ft CO., LTD. CHARTERED IiANK CHAMBERS (Ist rtoor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1587 20 Ti>e draw of two goals all between Singapore and Selangor m the final of the Malaya (up Competition on Saturday results m Singapore and Selangor having to share th«. Cup until it is next fought for, as has. been done once before with the Rugby Cup. Suggestions have
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    FOOTBALL COMPETITION NO. 1.
    85 20 Ten Correct Results. No competitor accurately forecasted the esuits of all 12 matches m our Football Competition No. 1. but one Chinese reader *M successful m correctly forecasting- the "esults of 10 matches, and a cheque for s">o has been Mat to Mr. Cheang Cheng Lin
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    RACE TRAINING.
    72 20 1 Clung Sustains Fatal Injury. Training is m progress on the outside rack at the Racecourse. No really fast work is contemplated until lext week, and the only outside horses vhich have arrived so far are Ardglen. fonnie 2nd. Orexis. and a pony from Java. Yesterday Clung (which
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    PENANG VETERANS SHIELD.
    84 20 Eurasian Company's Record. The following Ki the result of the Penan? Veterans Shield competition for H«28: Team 1 i I" nit Score Eurasian Coy. F'iMoon I S.V.C. 181 Chinese J B.V.C. 152 Chinese M.V.C. 152 Eurasian 1 S.V.C. 152 Malay S.V.C. 129 "A" Company 1 P. P.W.V.C.
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    70 20 The September bogey competition will be played on Saturday and Sunday. The ladies September spoon will be competed for on Monday 3rd prox. LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP OF SINGAPORE. Andrew Currie Cup Competition 1928. Honorary lady members are reminded that entries for this competition will close on September
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT.
    24 20 In an S.OC. Tournament -mwtch on the 1 f'adang yesterday evening the A.PC. I lefeated thp Etceteras by five goals to nil.
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    223 20 THE CRICKET CLUB TOURNAMENT. j Yesterday's Results. 1 A. Class Doubles. E. W. P. Fulcher and C. E. Winter minus 15.1 beat Dr. M. C. Bain and A. A. A. Paterson minus 15, 6 l, 6 2. C. Salter and W. C. Hill beat G. F. Mur- phy
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    MISS HELEN WILLS' FURTHER TRIUMPH.
    31 20 [Reuter's Service.] Forest Hills. Aug. 27. Miss Helen Wills retains the United States National singles lawn tennis title. She beat Miss Helen .Jacobs 6 2. 6—l.
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    SELANGOR BEATEN BY PERAK IN WEEK-END MATCH.
    297 20 The Selangor lawn tennis team did not manage to bring back "the ashes"' from Perak during the week-end, being: beaten by ten matches to rive, says the Malay Mail. Rain fell on Saturday afternoon so tha. ull play took place on Sunday. The
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    KEDAH GYMKHANA CLUB.
    352 20 First Amateur Meeting. The recently formed Kedah Gymknana Club held its first amateur meeting on Saturday on the A lor Star Racecourse which is one of the largest of its kind m Malaya. The meeting was an entire suecess and the attendance- was one of the largest
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    174 20 MONDAY'S RESULTS IN THE LEAGUES. Chelsea Win At Bradford. [Reuter's Service.] London. Aug. 27. Results of matches m the English Leagues to-day were as follow: FIRST DIVISION. Points for Hudder s field Aston Villa 0, Manchester U 0 Huddersfield 4, Bolton i Leeds J, Bury i" Leicester 5,
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    SPORTSMEN ENTERTAIN MALAYAN JOURNALIST.
    104 20 SPORTSMEN ENTERTA IN MALAYAN JOURNALIST. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur. Aug. 28. A farewell dinner was given yesterday evening- at the Station Hotel to Mr. W. A. Wilson, by sportsmen m Kuala Lumpur. A representative gathering of over forty attended a most enjoyable function. Mr. Wilson was presented by
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    SINGAPORE AND SELANGOR TO REPLAY ?
    39 20 SINGAPORE AND SELANGOR TO REPLAY A Friendly Game. (From Our Own rorrespondent.) Kuala I urn pur. Aug. 2s. The British Resident has ftOggMted that Singapore shall play Selaneor at the Singapore Stadium on Saturday week, m a friendly came.
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    LACROSSE.
    165 20 A return match will be flayed at the S.C.C. Padang to-day at E o'clock between Merchants and The Rest. Bef^i sides are turning out teams at full strength and an interesting game should be witnessed. In the previous game between Merchants -nd "The Rest' the latter won hy the
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    120 20 Innings Victory for Hampshire. [Reuter's Service.] London. Aug. 27. At Northampton to-day Hampshire, de•eated Xorthants by an innings and 27 ■uns. Northants -101 an-I 71. Hampshire 109. Kennedy took seven wickets for only .'36 •uns m the home county's first innings, and N'ewmen claimed six for 39 m
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    ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
    71 20 The following races will be held on Sunay next. A Class: Pulo Jong Challenge Cup: tart 9.20 a.m; Course Club starting line Peak Island to starboard, rounding the forth and South Sisters to Port, Peak iland to Port, to Club Finishing Line. B. Class: Williamson Challenge
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