The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 October 1928
1928-10-04
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Title Section13 1928-10-04 1 Singapore Free Press Id CENTS. SINGAPORE, SJ3. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1928, NO. 12,531.13 words
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Article272 1928-10-04 1 Sir Frank Swettenham has not altered his views, expressed when he retired from the Colony in 1903, on the proposed military contribution, says our London correspondent —Page 9. A communication from the Controller of Posts and Telegraphs gives details of the Air Mail from Marseilles to London272 words
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Article1058 1928-10-04 1 One day lately a supremely wet and dismal day just as luncheon was ending there drove up to my door a large and shining car. In it were four presumably demented peisons who wanted me to play golf with them. I said that it was too wet,1,058 words
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Advertisement232 1928-10-04 1 WING LOONG. lUK RECOGNISED HOUSE for H'KOPEAN TROPICAL SI ITS. 32, HIGH STREET. Rafiaes Hotel! Rooms with Modern Sanitation. j tea diner DANCES GRBLL ROOM DANSANT I HOM)AY Unrivalled in the East. EVERY I WEDNESDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY M «wr. THURSDAY I MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA Saturday I I -9»xt" McGuire't ;i:232 words
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Advertisement245 1928-10-04 1 PORTABLE and in every 1 sense of the word a typewriter 1 Not one item that has made the I I name Royal synonymous with type- writer perfection has been sacrificed U to portability. It's all there, except the weighjt! There is a variable 1 line spacer, an automatic ribbon245 words
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Advertisement105 1928-10-04 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Bankruptcy notice —Page 7. Kinta Tin Dredging call —Page 7. Latest shipping notices on pages JO, 11 and 12. D«lco light. William Jacks and Co. Page 9. Thornycroft notice of interim dividend —Page 7. Texaco motor oils, William Jacks and Co. —Page 13. The Royal portable typewriter, Roneo,105 words
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Advertisement14 1928-10-04 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.14 words
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Miscellaneous156 1928-10-04 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 4th. Hiph Water, 1.16 a.m., 9.4. 0.55 p.m., JM. M.M. homeward mail closes i Athos 111 1 p.m. Kaai's Hawaiian?, Vic. Theatre, 9.30. Rugby: S.C.C. vs. The Islanders. S.C.C. vs. "B" Coy. Duke's. Football: Cochin China vs. S.F.A. Friday, hth. Hijrh Water, 2.6 a.m., 8.7. 1.36 p.m.,156 words
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Article439 1928-10-04 2 Girls "Sacrificed" to Hindu Priests. Bombay. The custom by which Himiu parent? dedicate their y«.ung daughters for life uithout any choice of their own, to the services of the temple gods or the priests. j> arousing increasing opposition i.i India to-day. A lucent case, in which439 words
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Article152 1928-10-04 2 Catchpenny Pamphlets Hawkod in London. The Hoard uf General Purposes of the ('•rand Lodge of English Freemasons, in its report, states that members of the Order "are earnestly besought not to puicnase. or in any way a^ ist the sale and circulation of. catchpenny pamphlets professing to reveal152 words
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Article98 1928-10-04 2 Mr. Tom Mk Acquitted «>f Assault. Los Angeles, Sept. 1. **I am just a poor cowboy who has never done wrong." was the plea of Mr. Tom Mix. the cowboy film star, who has l»een acquitted of the charge of attacking Mr. Will Morrissey and his98 words
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Article81 1928-10-04 2 Idea of Staj*e Appearance "All Off." Mr. Clifford Hamilton, the producer and proprietor of touring companies, who has been concerned in negotiations for the appearance uf Miss Irene Savidge on the stage, has stated th:<t he had abandoned the idea. "Negotiations have terminated, ami it is all81 words
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Article55 1928-10-04 2 Berlin, Sept. 4. The- betrothal is announced of Prince Vladimir Andronikoff to the Baroness Mathilda Wianjcel, who is professor in the agricultural university at Hoehnheim. jk The baroness will thus regain her former nationality, and will be the first Russian fc^ prim-ess to hold the po«t of55 words
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Advertisement251 1928-10-04 2 MADAM K£LV£y I PRESENTS HER THE VICTORIA THEATRE On Nor 6th. at 9.15 pj«. Nov. Bth. 15th. (Matinees) at 5.15 pan. iv IWT S W SONGS l£ INI EW DANCES 26 X^l EW SCENAS An Entertainment for Young Old. BABY WONDERS EAUTIFUL GIRLS ETTER DANCING RIGHTER ITEMS IGGER THAN EVER.251 words
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Advertisement326 1928-10-04 2 VICTORIA THEATRE To^Kgfat at:»JO pjn. CUUrea and Anaks, and Soldiere and Sailors is unite™ half-price. A RETURN SEASON AFTER FOUR TEARS TOUR OF AUSTRALIA Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours^ m A NIGHT IN HONOLULU Real Hawaiian Performers Hawaiian Melody Hawaiian Hula Dancers Unique Jazz and Comedy Rooking now open at Little's. PRICES:326 words
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Advertisement264 1928-10-04 2 ALftAMBRA"^ fc (Tmi Ch«ur Ke* ma» C^. Ltd. Proprtetom) Programme Commendmr Sept. 30th, and ending Frid«v AT THE SECOND SHOW AT 9 p. M THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS METRO— GOLDWYN— MAYER PRESENTS TIN HATS The funniest comedy of war days ever filmed AT THE FIRST SHOW AT 7.30 P.M Galloping264 words
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Article1049 1928-10-04 3 PROSPECTS FOR THE HARVEST. A Gaelic Theatre. [Fium Our Own Corrcsnomlrnt 1 Dublin, Sept. 4. The promise of a tine harvest generally has been somewhat damped by the unseasonable weather of the past few days, torrential rains havinjr fallen and widespread floods covered low lyin^ lands. Whole1,049 words
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Article223 1928-10-04 3 "A Middle-aged Woman" writes in the I Daily Mail. Time has taken away whatever charm I might have possessed. Np longer do I hope for marriage. I am faced with the prospect of life without the love of man. Yet I crave no sympathy. In fact, there223 words
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Article242 1928-10-04 3 New Wastminster, B.C. The ceremony of turning the first sod in connection with the construction of the $2,000,000 plant of the Pacific Coast Terminals Hi)., was carried out recently by the Hc.i. Dr. J. H. Kinir, Minister tf Health in the Federal Cabinet. Sir Henry Thornton242 words
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120 1928-10-04 3 British Settlement Scheme. D Vermilion, Aha. between mom and next spring the Hudson s Bay Company expect* to place two hundred and fifty British settlers on Four hundred thousand acres of its land in the Vermilion and Alexandra district, in time to harvest their first120 words
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90 1928-10-04 3 Mtawa, Ont. With the aerial >urvey of ic:> wentner conditions completed aviators attache*! to the Hudson Straits expedition arc flying horn? at the end of August. The five plants led by Squadron Leader T. A. Lawrence will come down the eastern coast of James Bay90 words
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Advertisement223 1928-10-04 3 «Stel»|glglg|gl»in«l«l«l«WM^«IM»l«W«IW*l4l4tol^H»lTl|-KMTlt|ll j TARE YOUR OWN PICTURES I rm OWN Ym OWN CINEMA 1 I—— 7 5 Ask for descriptive booklet j from l r r^^jH FT^bT^l <► Kodak Limited., Blfi'^iilii t^^^v«^*^a aj'ji^b^Bk»-^^b^^b^b^bb^BSP^B Incorporated in England.) ■■■^gg ■J^HH'^flHPQ^fl^^^l Singapore. ••AgagJtetefflßlSSl^^ M^ll^l -^h inf *ii_ crvt**' jt 1 jmbbmbm m M^. 2i_£sMPi£TE223 words
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Advertisement166 1928-10-04 3 I TIMBORITE i REG y D ___> The Perfect Wood Preservative White Ant Preventive I 1 SAVES I ITS COST 1 IN RENDERING REPLACEMENT 1 OF WOODWORK A LESS FREQUENT NECESSITY. BECAUSE IT Prevents Rot, Stops Decay, I I I "Withstands Insect Attacks. I BARLOW CO., I I TEL. 2790.166 words
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Article, Illustration401 1928-10-04 4 THAT HEAT WAVE FEELING. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. A CHANGED WORLD. r»Oc, ARISTOCRATS— Miw Violet Black with her father*! ilivai Dane*, Victoi and Venedette, wirnci^ i'f inan> Bitti at tht- recent Britrhton dog >ho hel<! by the Southern Counties' Canine Association. D.S. CAMPBELL'S CAB DKSTROYED— The401 words
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Article406 1928-10-04 5 Millionaire's Son and Journalism. Montreal. Mr Cornelius Vanderbilt jun. may refuse a fortune within the next few weeks. The Bum of £600.000 was bequeathed to bin by relatives some time ago. but under the terms of the bequest he was not to receive the money406 words
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Article213 1928-10-04 5 "Painting" Effect in Photographs. Colour photography, with ordinary cameras, printed by a new process, was to be a feature at the annual exhibition of British photography which opened at the Prince's Galleries. Piccadilly, on September 6. The finished prints are lifelike in their colouring. An213 words
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Article204 1928-10-04 5 A little town in Ohio has recently been preatly troubled over the affair of P.D.Q., the phantom radio station. P.D.Q. was one of the most successful leg pulls in the history of wireless broadcasting. As the reader may know, America has no monopolistic body like the B.BC. Hundreds204 words
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54 1928-10-04 5 Sydney, Auk. 28. Jacob Johnson, general secretary of the Australian Seamen's Union, has been convicted of using intimidatory threats against seamen who refused to strike, by saying tigu ash-bags could conveniently fall from hoTsts upon them. He was sentenced to six months' hard labour. Notice54 words
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Article278 1928-10-04 5 A Private Chat At York House. Gene Tunney, the ex-heavy-weight champion of the world, added one more laurel to his wreath in mail week. He vas received by the Prince of Wales privately at York House, and the pugilist and the Prince talked together for half278 words
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Article370 1928-10-04 5 Government Tests in America. In this country we have no Government Department that busies it elf" with making test? of -.i anufactured waies in the interests of industry, but America possesses an official Bureau of Standards that makes moie than a rundred thousand tests a year.370 words
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Article296 1928-10-04 5 British Officers to Wear the Shako. The pre-War discussion on the subject of abolishing the helmet worn in the Army has recently been revived, and much has been said in favour of officers wearing a shako on occasions when full dress is permitted. Next year it is296 words
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Advertisement379 1928-10-04 5 LEA PERKINS' SAUCE No other condiment proves quite so satisfying as Lea and Perrins' world-famous Sauce. None has that >ame degree of concentration. As a seasoning for vvh 'tever seasoning is required, it is unsurpassed. >v yf i Let your cook take a lesson I from the check apron girl.379 words
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Advertisement281 1928-10-04 5 INEXPENSIVE I BUNGALOW BEDROOM FURNITURE I; estates or for the Blli^^^^^S We m: ie in m "<'^-" i SZ'HrT IK)W ■Wflfi^Hl! f^ory under expert Euro J^l Tl Of VP ■1 1 til I\\ hKvV l///r7PPWWP^P'mPi« /J> Zf/?^a^BMaaZZLIXAJ Jwft Ml I[ ;\iwWtf^///j///- /^^Ulll/nllW/nnifmnui/) I Delivery from stock. SOLID TEAK H^^B JJ!»281 words
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Article1001 1928-10-04 6 Memories of a Traveller. Atlantic liners are* popularly supposed to have the gieatest variety of food to be found anywhere on earth. But they have a rival in the little passenger >toamers that run from Stockholm to Finlaml. It was winter when I la>t crossed this route, and1,001 words
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Article136 1928-10-04 6 The beautiful rose "Lady Canada" which won premier honours at the International Flower Show in New York has been given the protection ofc a registered trademark issued by the Commissioner of Patents at Ottawa. This trademark which is the first issued in connection with plant varieties,136 words
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Article49 1928-10-04 6 The Malay Mail understands that the Hon'ble Mr. J. W m Simmons has been confirmed in his appointment as Resident of Negri Sembilan. and that Major H. R. Dive, M.C., M.R.C.S., LJtC.P., D.T.H- and H. (London), D.O.M.S. (London), haa been confirmed in his appointment as Senior Medical Officer. Pah«ng.49 words
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Article764 1928-10-04 6 FRIENDLY ATTITUDE OF BRITAIN. No Huge Loan. A larK*.' crowd .assembled at the China Merchants Lower Wharf at Shanghai recently to welcome Mr. Sun Fo, son of the ate Dr. Sun Yat-sen and former Minister of Communications and Finance, on his return to China from a world764 words
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148 1928-10-04 6 Five New Wireless Stations. Linking up th«' far-off patrol bases of aeroplanes carrying out forestry protcrtion work in Northern Saskatchewan under the direction of the Department of National Defence, five radio stations are t«> Pi established by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Sonic of148 words
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Advertisement281 1928-10-04 6 THE SMALL CAR WHICH HAS WON I UNIVERSAL POPULARITY. I I /W^Pil llffw Tourer $1,750. 2 Seater $1,600. I I H Fin I I -ifr" \0_^_^_r __^__T^^ _HI mm a m^A**A/ 1^ S^^ I R y yi/s /^__r _^_^*^^^a _M___P _____________r I tH^il 1 fl fl H aa aa aa281 words
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Advertisement151 1928-10-04 6 it* I Menburgs Foods Made from the purest milk of cows pastured in the bone counties, the 'Allenbnryv,' Foods are as easily dii«t'Bteii as mother's milk. They arr germ free and are simply and quickly made by the a«j dition of boiling water onl\. Milk Food No. 1 Milk h151 words
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Article173 1928-10-04 7 M. BRIAND URGES EARLY PUBLICATION. To Dispel Misunderstanding. [Reuters Service.! Paris, Cet I. According to a semi-official statement M. Briand has given his colleagues an account of the conversations between London and Paris with a view to the publication of the Anglo-French naval agreement. The state. ment173 words
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Article95 1928-10-04 7 Conference Repudiates Licence Scheme. [Keuter's Service.] Melbourne, Oct. 2. The conference of Maritime and Transport I'nions called l>y the Australian T.U.C. defeated by a large majority an amend ment that the waterside workers be ordered to take out licences and resume work, and then tight the new95 words
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Article82 1928-10-04 7 No Relation to War Debts. (Reuter's Service.l Washington. Oct. 3. Questioned by Pressmen with regaid t-) the recent «i:ggestion of M. Poin'a»»f thai the Allied evacuation of the Rhineland and the final settlement of reparations should be connected with war deM pa> ments to the I'nited States and82 words
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132 1928-10-04 7 Breakdown Over Question of Principle. [Reuter's Service.l London. Oct. 3. Negotiations which have been proceeding for some time between the Soviet Government and oil interests and a combine composed of the Shell Group, the AngloPersian and the Anglo-American companies, have broken down. The negotiations aimed132 words
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78 1928-10-04 7 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. 2. Gold worth $2,r»00.000, purchased in England, is beintr shipped to the United States aboard the Olympic. This is the second shipment of gold from England this year. It follows the new low sterling exchange yesterday. High imports of78 words
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51 1928-10-04 7 FReuter's Service.l London, Oct. 2. For the first time since the war a Zeppelin flew over England this evening when the new German airship, the Graf-Zeppelin, making a 36 hour flight from Friedrichshafen with seventy persons aboard, flew over Lowestoft and proceeded in a north-west51 words
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Article26 1928-10-04 7 [Reuter's Service.] Antwerp, Oct. 2. The male workers in all oil depots and stores have struck and only the women emnloyees are working.26 words
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Article23 1928-10-04 7 [Reuter's Service.] Rochester, Oct. 2. The Democrats have nominated Mr. Frankj lin Roosevelt for the Governorship of New York State.23 words
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Article377 1928-10-04 7 Chinese Perturbed by Rejection [Router's Service.] Geneva. Oct. 2. The Chinese Government has informed the Secretariat of the League that it will continue to co-operate in the labours of the Preparatory Commission on Disarmament although no longer a member of the Council. Shanghai, Sept. 17. The377 words
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253 1928-10-04 7 [British Radio Official Service.l Rugby. Oct. 2. Thr River Thames to-day was due to have its highest spring tide level for the year, and officials of the Port of London and of We stniinst«T City Council have been keeping close waU-h in case of253 words
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99 1928-10-04 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 2. A number of the leading British steel makers are organising a co-operative export scheme from which big results are expected. The Sheffield Chamber of Commerce Journal says the scheme is based mainly on national or British Empire99 words
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Article50 1928-10-04 7 [Reuter's Service-1 New York, Oct. 2. Lord and Lady Allenby arrived to-day. They were greeted by a salute of seventeen guns and welcomed by a score of prominent British and American people. They will be the guests or Mr. Crane, ex- American Minister in China.50 words
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Article39 1928-10-04 7 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. 2. The "Aviation Corporation of the Am- ericas" has been formed /o link North, Cen- tral and South America by passenger anc mail lines. It has a capital of $3,000,00039 words
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Article175 1928-10-04 7 WHY HE IS SELLING ARCHIVES. For His Children's Benefit. [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 2. Sir Ronald Ross explaining why he is advertising the sale of his archives connected with malaria mosquitoes, said there was no financial necessity but he simply desired It realise them for the benefit175 words
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Article97 1928-10-04 7 Reduced Capital. [Reuter's Service.] Copenhagen. Oct. 2. The Prhat flank (which was closed last week oAving 1 to failure of the conference between the Government and the Bank to come to a decision on a proposal to reduce the Bank's capital), is reopening to-morrow. The old share97 words
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Article72 1928-10-04 7 [Renter's Service.] London. Oct. 2. The (ieath has occurred of Ijord Strathclyd*. [Lord Strathclyde was from IUI3-1920 Lord Justice General for Scotland. He contested W%St Perthshire in 1892 and Linlith. gowshire in 1593, winning the seat in the Liberal interest two years later and retaining it72 words
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Article76 1928-10-04 7 [Reuters Service.] New York, Oct. 2. At the National Safety Congress it was stated that out of every four accidental deaths in the United States one is caused by motor-cars and 65 per cent, of these fatalities are to pedestrians run down by cars. The question76 words
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Article251 1928-10-04 7 Decision to Remain at the Vatican. Rome, Aug. 31. It can be stated positively that there is no truth in the stories that the Pope will spend the summer at Castel Gandolfo, on the shores of Lake Albano. The suggestion that the Pope may leave the Vatican251 words
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Article101 1928-10-04 7 Professor Who Bit People. London. Sept. 8. The strange rites of a native secret society known as the "bella coola" of British Columbia were described at a meeting of the British Association, in Glasgow by Professor Mcllwraith, of Toronto, who is the only white man ever admitted to101 words
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Advertisement581 1928-10-04 7 BUSINESS CARDS. :Sr:;:^^:-»»c< ll efte!C'!»er>> (i r\\l> CLEARANCE SALE I RAMA "STORE this: popular Silk Shop j 0 >h North Bridge Road. ..v.v.v.'-v.sv^vvwvyvwvvvvvww MANILA f j! AIHAMBRA CIGARS Imn Nt their excellence." jl j MEMORIALS. SINGAPOM CASKET CO. l\ MONUMENTAL MASONS. Trlephone No 7*5. TO LET. i II Japan Street.581 words
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Advertisement718 1928-10-04 7 NOTICES. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM. 6<J, BOKHAM STREET. Raffles Square, Singapore. Over Yokohama Specie Bank. Reading Room Open Daily 9.30—11 30 Serv,ce every Sunday 10.00. Testimony MeeUngjiwt Wednesday 5.30. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. < Incorporated in the Straits Settlements >. NOTIrt fa hereby K iven that the Transfer Hook, of the718 words
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Advertisement641 1928-10-04 7 NOTICES. KINTA TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. Notice is hereby given that 4 Thinl Ca'i of 20 cents per share on Jhe Partly-paid S>an>s of this Company has been made payable n or before November 15th, 1928. And notice is further given that the Transfer Books of the Company for the641 words
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Article32 1928-10-04 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. WOODY EAR SMITH.— On October 3rd. 1928 at the Genera] Hospital. Singnpore. W. Woodyear Smith. Resident. West Coast, British North Borneo. Funeral at Pidadari Cemetery to-day at 5 p.m.32 words
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870 1928-10-04 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4. 1928. CO-RELATIONSHIP OF WORK AND PLAY. A small sensation has been created in poljce circles at home by the suggestion of the Chief Constable of Sheffield that members of the force should not play football. The Chief Constable's reason for this is that injuries870 words
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Article158 1928-10-04 8 A talk on "The Man of the Future" will be delivered to-day at 6.30 p.m. at the Town Branch of the Theosophical Society at 3 Finlayson Green, 2nd floor. All interested are welcome. On the occasion of the 17th. anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of China, Mr. Li158 words
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Article113 1928-10-04 8 LIABILITIES OF OVER TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS. Wages Sixty Cents a Day. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. Oct. 3. Ramcsamy. at present employed as a coolie at the Tekka mine, earning sixty cents a day, figured in the Bankruptcy Court at Ipoh before Mr. Justice Thome yesterday. Bankrupt, at113 words
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Article381 1928-10-04 8 Before the fixing of the month's cases in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court on Monday in the presence of most members of the local Bar, Mr. K. 8. Wagner expressed the genuine sorrow of the Bar on the impending retirement of Mr. Justice R. L>.381 words
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Article46 1928-10-04 8 DEATH OF MR W. WOODYEA R SMITH We regret to record the death, which occurred at the General Hospital yesterday afternoon, of Mr. W. Woodyear Smith, Resident of the West Coast, British North Borneo. The funeral will take place at 5 p.m. to-day at Bidadari Cemetery.46 words
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Article378 1928-10-04 8 In response to numerous requests Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours will give another matinee at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday afternoon, commencing at 5 o'clock. There will be a change of programme for to-night's performance. In the Kuala Lumpur Police Court on Monday morning before Mr. F. K. Wilson, over 30 Chinese378 words
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Article143 1928-10-04 8 STRENUOUS MANOEIVRFs: OFF NANKING. Building a Naval Bast, (From Reuter's correspondent ab«urd the flagship Chuyu off Nankin*) Shanghai, (fct "The opening of the eight-day znant* U res by the Second Squadron of th.- h, n< Navy under the British-trained ,\,j nil r Chen Shao Kwan began on143 words
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Article63 1928-10-04 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. (From Our Own Correspondent j London, Oct. 3, iM p.m. Messrs. Symington and Sim-la;---notify to-day's rubber prim a< follow Spot 8 0 16d. per lb. (up 1 [%i Jan.-Mar. 8 13 16d. (down l |6d.) Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son* notify to-day's tin63 words
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Article201 1928-10-04 8 Police Take Effective Precaution*. Further anti-Japanese dftaMMUtntiM were attempted by Hylams in Singapore yesterday. No disorders of a >eiii>u- naturt occurred, however, the MUmmtlUm ha\in? taken precautions to deal with th»- .-ituatxir Information that October I would be cl for these demonstrations reached th<- p..|i,. beforehand atid from201 words
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Article84 1928-10-04 8 Malay Seaman Fined. A Malay quartermaster M btai i Gascoyne was arrested by Inspect"! I 1 Dale in Arab Street on Tuesday afternoon with an unlicenced automatic pistol and a box of ammunition in his possession. When produced in the District (.our' yesterday, the accused said that84 words
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Article93 1928-10-04 8 Murder Suspected A gruesome discovery was madhouse off Coleman Street yesterday W* ing when the police came upon th.- btif a Chinese who must have died a PHI more prior to the discovery. The examine<l and it is now believe*! that man was the victim93 words
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63 1928-10-04 8 Sinks at Its Mooring. Owing It a leaking float on.- ©1 Flying Club seaplanes sank at it> mo in the Yacht Club basin during I Su«*tH on Tuesday night. The damage is stated to Ih> Mflif it is merely a question of a few63 words
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Advertisement226 1928-10-04 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S." j "LIGHT OR DARK." |^^^^^^_j y j| THE DRINK FOR EVERY _S«___P EPB^ T '^__i HSR vm KIM) OF THIRST. I 1 Ijllll l| CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. il (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinaneet of Hong Kong). i I (Incorporated in Shanghai.) SINGAPORE. BY SPECIAL226 words
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Advertisement31 1928-10-04 8 I Calif or nid's jj ||oHOIOESXi| jj| FRUITS AND jj |j VEGETABLES |ftEL MONTEI fiORILU H. B. Winter. MERCHANT TAILOR, 6-M, Battery Road, (Second Floor— "G. H." Building). SINGAPORE. Tel. 186.31 words
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Advertisement12 1928-10-04 8 r— I To-day^ Feature. THE NEWS IS 1 PICTURES. Ptfo< v jl12 words
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Article52 1928-10-04 9 SIR F. SwFTENHAM'S views "Changed. Twcnt -five^Year Test. (Our n Correspondent.— Copyright.) London. Oct. 3. <)r f'i;ink Swettenham tells me that he aot changed his views regarding the tar) >ntribution, which he expressed SOUL, VJOS and which, readers will ■Kinir. wrrc again published on Sept. |§s! in the52 words
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Article40 1928-10-04 9 Tarklinu the Problem in London. [Our Otm Correspondent. Copyright.] Ixindon. Oct. 3. Sn Willkun Joynson Hicks and Colonel Minister of Transport), are preeafotciag of draft regulations g thv excessive nuisance of noise -T.»ts. Motor-cars will be princi-40 words
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Article55 1928-10-04 9 lint Weather Prevents Further Disaster. i. << respondent. Copyright.] London. Oct. 3. flu Tf anuv iv again threatening to overbanks, the ti<les being higher now were during January last when roved m disastrous. Fortunately bo wind and to this circum.-tance Ittribntod the fact that the bank* Id55 words
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Article33 1928-10-04 9 Completion To-day. (On Own ornspomient Copyright.) I ondon. Oct. 3. To-montMV mm the completion of the Memorial obelisk which has been at Rainbarrow. Dorchester. The ptioiM amounted to only £1.000.33 words
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Article56 1928-10-04 9 [Havas" Service] Paris. Oct. 3. M I bappt de Laine, the financial reportI the Chamber, said the French capital 1 iliminished by 15 billions of francs tvera Dec. SI, 1925 and June 30. 1928. In mow than h.OrtO billions of francs ■a- voted to a Sinking56 words
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Article215 1928-10-04 9 Efforts Towards Settlement. Bombay, September 21. Sv dhukim Hussain Hidayatulla is mak- ,-t another attempt towards settlement the mills strike. He has invited the itrikc committee and they have agreed f !'i a joint strike conference with the 'i'-umrs. Strikers have redoubled their <rf.)rt> regarding picketing the Morarjee215 words
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Article93 1928-10-04 9 Driving Without Licence. Stockholm. Sept. 25. that Swedish Royalty does not the penalties of the law was afford--1 *fcen Prime Bertil, the sixteen-years Um <n>wn Prince, was fined five 're<| kroner for driving a car without The car capsized on a bad piece 1 ;»nd93 words
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Article70 1928-10-04 9 Rugby. Sept. 34. 1 <>th has occurred at Cambridge of r»C« Darwin, aged 77, the son of the wle, Darwin, author of "The Origin th( l (us Sir Horace was a Fellow of »3TW Society and an authority on the aeronautics. He devoted much atmem" tO70 words
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Article12 1928-10-04 9 at Thames Police Court: His was not fit for a Hottentot to12 words
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Article131 1928-10-04 9 NO EXTENSION FOR THE PRESENT. To Fight the New Act. [Renter's Service.] T Melbourne, Oct. 3. The most hopeful development in the V* P S !r tlOn iS that the Committee for Mar.t.me Transport, when considering a motion for a general hold-up, were reportstrike f«r n inSt131 words
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Article83 1928-10-04 9 Berlin's Tumultuous Welcome. [Reuters Service.] Berlin. Oct. 3. Ihe Graf-Zeppelin manoeuvred over the North Sea after reaching England and passed over Borkum at mid-night. She cruised over Bremen, Schleswig and Hamburg and appeared over Berlin at nine o'clock this morning, when she was cheered by the thousands83 words
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Article186 1928-10-04 9 810,000,000 Loan Repayment. [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press]. Hong Kong. Oct. 2. Canton merchants and hankers have requested Ku Ying Fan to urge the government to repay the $10,000,000 loan which was negotiated through him last year. W ong Chit, the education commissioner, has proposed converting186 words
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Article137 1928-10-04 9 Rl BRER QUOTATION. (By Courtesy of the N'anyo NichiNichi Shumbusha.) Tokio, Oct. 2. Rubber f.a.q. spot was quoted to-day at 40 sen (middle price). RICE CROP FORECAST. The first official forecast on the 20th September shows the rice crop for the current year to be 61,296.000 koku, a137 words
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Article75 1928-10-04 9 Peeled Onions for 50 Years But Never "Cried." London. Sept. 23. Peter Tyler, of South-East London, who peeled onions for a living, has died leaving nearly £17,000. He bought large quantities of onions which he peeled and sold to picklers. His widow, interviewed, said that they75 words
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33 1928-10-04 9 London, Sept. 21. Oswald Mosley, Labour Member of the House of Commons, has succeeded to the baronetcy owing to the death of his father, Sir Oswald Mosley.33 words
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Article33 1928-10-04 9 We understand that the Dunlop Rubber Co. (S.S-) Ltd. have reduced the price of their tyres by approximately 5 per cent, on prices ruling on October 2nd.33 words
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Article253 1928-10-04 9 BY AIR FROM MARSEILLE? TO LONDON. A Day's Saving:. The Controller of Posts and Telegraphs forwards us the following: Commencing with the mail leaving Penang on October 6th correspondence for Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Irish Free State will be accepted for onward transmission by Air253 words
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Article205 1928-10-04 9 Poem for which Poe was paid £2. New York. Sept. 2. The Now York World says that the only known autograph copy of Poe's poem, "The Raven." has been bought by an anonymous collector, with a prospect that it will go to the British Museum. The205 words
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Article83 1928-10-04 9 A Judge's Marriage. London. Sept. 25. A few tourists from America and the Continent were inspecting the ancient Temple Church when the doors were closed and a marriage was solemnised between Mr. Justice Wright and Miss Margery Bullows of Edfcrhastdn. Mr. Justice Finlay was best man.83 words
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Article54 1928-10-04 9 Madras, September 22. Forty men. mostly Hindus, are reported injured in a Hindu-Moslem fracas in Davengere town, Chituldrug taluq, last night, it is alleged due to playing of music before a mosque. Mahomedans attacked a Hindu rclieious procession with lathis and stones and burnt palanquins containing54 words
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Article180 1928-10-04 9 Singapore Car Driver Convicted. Veer Singh was charged before the Kuala Lumpur Magistrate, Mr. F- K. Wilson, on Monday morning, with driving a motorcar bearing the Singapore number plate 7285, in a manner dangerous to public safety and thereby dashing into another car No. 2111. The accused180 words
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65 1928-10-04 9 An entertainment in aid of St. Theresa's Church building fund will be given at the Victoria Theatre on Sunday next at 9.30 p.m. At this performance Kaai's Hawaiian Troubadours will combine with local talent, and the conjuror and illusionist, Mr. Braga, will also figure on the65 words
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Article344 1928-10-04 9 H.M^. '•SEAMEW' JOINS QUEST. Countryside Roused. That H.M.S. Seamew, one of the new British gunboats on the West River has proceeded up in connection with the capture by bandits of Miss Tobin of the Church Missionary Society, also that the i whole countryside is roused, causing villagers to344 words
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Article232 1928-10-04 9 Shipping Attacked. Shipping: both under foreign and native flaps, on the Upper Yangt.sze River must be sorely handicapped at the moment as considerable forces of bandit? have appeared in the vicinity of Wushan and have attacked \*ith rifle fire passing vessels, states a British Naval232 words
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Article157 1928-10-04 9 Hon^r Kong Government Withdraws Compensation. Compensation by the Government to officers of merchant vessels killed or wounded in action with pirates has been stopped, says the China Mail. As will be seen trom an announcement in the Gazette, this is because of legislative changes. The157 words
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Article22 1928-10-04 9 Greenwich woman: My husband accuses me of going out with other men. Accord, ing to him I have one in each pocket.22 words
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Advertisement107 1928-10-04 9 SMARTEST I I I HATS SPORTS WEAR j I IN TOWN. 1 i-■ Robinson Co,, Ltd. I A visit to our various Salons is suggested. jjij Lifts to all Floors. i I I RAFFLES PLACE Telephone No. I 4060 4061. _y^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^P^w^w^^^^^^w^B^j^o^m__g__i I I >^ P__Bt____~a__TF*^___J_P_f __f_H i i DELCO LIGHT107 words
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Advertisement727 1928-10-04 10 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES BXPRBSS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Due S'pore. Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. t SARPEDON For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam727 words
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Advertisement538 1928-10-04 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) "ELLBIMMI" UNE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dm Snore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF MOBILE Oct. 20 s.B. CITY OF CHESTER Nov 17 88. CITY538 words
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Advertisement454 1928-10-04 10 British India and Apc&r Lines. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICESI PENINSULAR ANeT ORIENT AL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDONER CHINA AND JAPAN. Bit Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. S««fc|f«, ?e a y«>m ma 'iiS 25: MOREA454 words
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Advertisement689 1928-10-04 11 O. S. K. Line. Mi; tl mnmtii. Arrive. Leave j. n, K<»tter<lam. Hamburg, Bremen, Punkirk and Antwerp via Colombo. Suez and Port Said. AJaska A Hru 1? I. jrb.an. I'ort Elizabeth, Cape Town. Santos. Rio. Montevideo and Hi»'nos Aires. [Round-the- World passage £160.] t Hawaii Maru Oct <", n, v689 words
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Advertisement498 1928-10-04 11 I TRAVEL COMFORT DOLLAR (||sm^ Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All .-tate-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electricfans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water. The spacious498 words
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Advertisement712 1928-10-04 11 K. P. M. VMULm PARETVAART MMTSGHAPFU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH T^eTeTHE^ITnDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passape, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives ln the Straits Settlements (Singapore and »Vna«g). ol the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAI OF JAVA.712 words
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Advertisement701 1928-10-04 12 Burns Philp line (Incorporated in Australia). Iff FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-krown steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins701 words
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Advertisement671 1928-10-04 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) Q GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO JBOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suez). M.S. SILVERASH In Port tIU M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Oct. 30 ;uU N)v M.S. SILVERBEECH due Nov. 15 saih M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Dec. 13671 words
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Miscellaneous691 1928-10-04 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and, Lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m.691 words
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Miscellaneous898 1928-10-04 12 SHIPPING NOTES. Capt. Anderson McClelland, of the Ellerman and Bucknall steamer, City of Canberra, has died in New York at the age of fifty-five. Commander Frank Worsley, R.N.R. (ret.), the well-known Polar explorer, has stated his intention of making another trip to the South Pole. Lascars should receive the same898 words
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Article1381 1928-10-04 13 THE DEAD STATESMAN'S DIARY. Piquant Revelations. "Margot," to whom the late Earl of Oxlord and Asquith, K.G., dedicated his last book, "Memories and Reflections, 1852--1927," writes an affectionate, brilliant ami moving preface to it. She tells how she was dining alone with Lord Dalfour in July, 1026,1,381 words
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Article135 1928-10-04 13 "Froth -Blowers, Carpet -Bayers and Adventurers." London, Sept. 20. Addressing the British Empire Union today, the Maharaja of Burdwan descrihed the spirit which prevailed at the Lucknow Conference as a "spirit of defiance and unruly frenzy." It was not the true spirit of India. It was the135 words
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Article38 1928-10-04 13 Naval Officer Reprimanded. Lieut-Commander Richards, commanding the Splendid, has been sentenced by courtmartial to be severely reprimanded on a charge of hazarding the safety of his ship which struck a concealed obstacle in the Mediterranean.38 words
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Article243 1928-10-04 13 The following novels have been added to Raffles Library during the past fortnight: Arden (Clive) The Spider and the Fly. Armstrong A The Secret Trail. Ashton (Helen) Far Enough. Bennett (R. A.) The Cow Country Killers. Bennett (R.) Cranmer Paul. Bolt (Ben) The Badge. Cannon (Cornelia) Red RustConyers243 words
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Article59 1928-10-04 13 Lady Hyndman Jones has presented the endowment of a bed to St. Andrew's Mission Hospital in. memory of her husband who died in 1926 in England. Sir William Henry Hyndman Jones was Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements from 1906 to 1914. We are glad that his memory is to59 words
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Advertisement322 1928-10-04 13 }bur Safeguard l^^^^^^B^^ Against Dangerous hßl_^~"^^Hi /^OLDS and chills may strike with such Ks alarming swiftness at the lungs that there is always grave danger of pleurisy or pneumonia supervening. Never neglect the earliest symptoms PEPS Dissolve one or two of the handy Peps "VSKSff 1 tablets in your mouth322 words
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Advertisement555 1928-10-04 13 j HARD CAEBONf J CONSUMES POWER, LOWERS EFFICIENCY IN- I J CREASES RUNNING COSTS- CRIPPLES YOUR MOTOR, f ij ESCAPE IT BY USING I Texaco Clear Clean I Golden Motors Oils, jj S THERE IS A GRADE FOR EVERY CAR AND THEY J ARE FULL BODIED THE LOWEST CARBON OILS555 words
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Article940 1928-10-04 14 HUMAN STORIES OF A GREAT SINGER. Gigantic Fees. Seven yeais ago Caruso died, and every lover and student of the art of song was conscious of loss, in spite of the fact that he had not been heard in this country for years before his death- The940 words
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Article22 1928-10-04 14 Lancashire lad: "Sithee, lad, give us a return." Booking clerk: Where to?" Lancashire lad. "Eh! Tha's gormless! Why, to here, of course!"22 words
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Article599 1928-10-04 14 Designed to Fly Six Miles a Minute. The fastest flying machine ever designed by wan is now completing its te^ts at Felix*towe behind a veil of official ■eciwy, says a mail week Daily Express. It is the Super-marine So. which has been built to b.at the record of599 words
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Article420 1928-10-04 14 Thomas Mann Rouses Berlin. Berlin. Auir. 22. Tht.* "new" Germany, the country of ipoit, is agitated by two problems which go deeper than mere newspaper talk. Thomas Mann, one of the leading men (it letters in Germany to-day. Is* the subject of a controversy, pursued by all the420 words
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227 1928-10-04 14 Motor-Koaf Pursuit by GdMteraW* Part* A telegram to the French Colonies to-day announce! thai Bou^rat escaped from the i on -vil's Island on Auk i«t other "lifers" a. id that g< i pursuing them day and night It is understood that the BOt and his227 words
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Advertisement252 1928-10-04 14 HH ZOTAL 1 II THE I T", 4^ f^m MOST POWERFUL ll i'^iH DISINFECTANT H A O-=^H in the world. I w^J~="^B I tJ J I A Gerrn icide of the highest efficiency, possessing L JB many decided advantages over numerous similar B so-called Disinfectants, particularly for HOUSEHOLD PURPOSES. "ZOTAL"252 words
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Advertisement67 1928-10-04 14 I E^^^^ I a. B^V I j^- La i \l/ ft 2-Se»ter-$2,450. The Cycle Carriage Co., (1926) Ltd. SINGAPORE. Branches KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PBNANG. §1 SUPERIOR QUALITY m Jfcilll Prompt <fc Satisfactory Service, Jil Ij\ Fair Prices and a Square Deal, ,f™^ What MoreCan We Offer I^^^ Send Us Your67 words
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Article293 1928-10-04 15 Stock markets continue strong; atnl excellent Trade Reports from the I'nited Stales and the Continent of Europe tend to make our inarket> firmer. Copper. TW Standard nunket improved on th».- seasonal demand for Warrants for the manufacture of Copper Sulphate. As the price of Electrolytic is likely293 words
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Article33 1928-10-04 15 Barlow and Co., Afcents. Harimau, 12,250; Mujedie (Johore), 12,500; Muar Itam. :)0,A00; Permas, 22.0C0; Sekonic, 1^.500. Ad am son, (uifilUn an^Xju.. Penanf*. Agent*,. Rahman Hydraulic^rin. September output GOO pkls.33 words
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Article531 1928-10-04 15 FRASERS WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Oct. 2. During tht past week there has been a steady rise in the price of Tin resulting in a distinctly more optimistic feeling in the share market. A good enquiry has bfo.T in evidence from both Australia and London for Sierlinp shares531 words
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Article29 1928-10-04 15 RAW SUGAR F UTURES. Mincing Lane A^ain Trading. fßeuter's Service.! Londoiu Oct. Tiadinu i>> raw su^ar futures has restarte«l in Mincing: I^iin*- i"<»r the 4irst tfaoM sinr*.' the War.29 words
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Article243 1928-10-04 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT Singapore. Oct. I* Hubbtr. London B 9/16d. 'sd up. Local SO. Tin. London ttSO 17s r,,|. :;2s Sd. Local 110^4 for 2W top^. Miniivc Steady. IVtalintr B .">.lO, Ma'aya t'onsol. 88 71, Kuchai 1.61 l.<>4, IlahMiait Hydraulic l.")5 l.t>o. South Taipin^r »0 12. North Taipinp H4243 words
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Article55 1928-10-04 15 Mk'tobfr, 3rd, 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard. Q.C.F. S P"t .{0 30 Standard R.P.S. on Tender Oct. 30 30»£ Nov.-D«»c. 2^* 4 30 Jnn.-llsr. 29 **> 'JO Ton.e of Market: Steady. L«Ust Cable: London Spot sheet 8 9 16d. pvv Ib New York55 words
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Article63 1928-10-04 15 Octo'o.M- Hank 1 in..-. j L Bank demand 3 15-16 Private crcdita a"rn.->. 2'4 0* New York, demand sfi«- 4 Crtilit.- M dayi 58 Fr:wu-<>, ('<-iv..inJ 1446 India. T.T. I.">4V. Hong Kona, demand 10 i p.c. I>is. Yokohßttia, deman<l \2'Z\ ■Irtv;*, demand 140^ Bangkok, demand 80 Bar Silver London63 words
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Article203 1928-10-04 15 October 3. Tin 200 Tons *UO«i QimWh 7^ Pepper Whit*- f»y Pipptr Black 6.". Flak*' Tapioca Sv; Pearl Sa^o SmaJJ 7*i •'iipni Sundried 10.20 Rice Liiinj: Hin CfcMl M;.: Kod Eagle {Sew, 330 Rice, Siam old Xo. 1. 330 Rice. Rangoon Bint... 2GO Rice, Rangoon Sioka 25«> Rict-. Siain203 words
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Article170 1928-10-04 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers* Sellers. Batanp Padanjr <*U 474 •">'» Hone Fatt <*1) 42 2 4"> Huey Yot Pref. (f) 20s tta Kinta Ditdggi (*l> I. ;">."> l.r.t Kuchai Tin Dredjres <$1> Lftttt LC7H K. I.uinpur Tin <£> :io^ 34> Malayan Collieries (KM 50 x..1. Malay CoMd. <$U170 words
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Article152 1928-10-04 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Iluyers Seller*. Butril Aranjrs 1.00 1j07% Johun Tin 82 :»■"> Kuchai (3) IM 1.65 Kuyohs 2."> 81 H Malayan Cons. 6."> 70 lfamDMM 1.2"» 1 .30 cum. Noith Taipinir 81% 87% I raroi Tins (pavtly> 75 disc. 1P U di>c. Penawats 70 7."> Puti'h 1.4")152 words
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Article30 1928-10-04 15 The following telegram has been received from the Mine: Output for September dredge number one GlO hours 140,000 yards l,of>o pikuls dredge number two still openinp out.30 words
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Article134 1928-10-04 15 YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore hambvr of Commeicc Rubber Association held its 884th. auction yesterday, when there were catalogued 1,181,8:19 lbs.; 527.61 tons. Offered 9 16.5 1 i» lbs.; 409.1*i tons. Sold T47.27K lbs.; 33:«.«l tons. S|M>l. London A iM<>d. TRICKS MULflBi. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per134 words
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588 1928-10-04 15 Singapore, Od. 2. Restriction on the run the running-out. of the MUMIs. Will the price of ruV.be r ran too? And. if so, will it be up or down? With less than a month to the crisis one might expect to find more strain588 words
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Article132 1928-10-04 15 I Before the Hon'ble the Chief Justin b Kuala Lumpuf' Ifcipi ill Court last week a petition was heard for the winding up ..f the Malayan Wood Distillation Limits the application of Mr. Marcus Claude Knir lish w/ Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Joaquim, in <>ut lining- the cause for the petition132 words
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Advertisement805 1928-10-04 15 i ASSETS OVER $8000,000 ASSURANCE IN I pRCE OVER mooo.ooo THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE OttIPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, EC The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the "British Life Assurance805 words
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Advertisement317 1928-10-04 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in 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. M. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.317 words
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Advertisement39 1928-10-04 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) raiE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISON'S. BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE; Resident Manager.39 words
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Article54 1928-10-04 16 MORE RACE-MEETINGS AT NEWMARKET. Benin* Tax Redottfen. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) Lo**on. Oct. 3. It is anticipated that th« fcrtUllation of the totalisator will probably Increase the number of race-meeting*, at Newmarket. The fir*t day of the lietting tax reduction saw little change in tW business passing54 words
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Article24 1928-10-04 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Oct. 3* Smith defeated Newman by 780 points in the firrt of the three matches arranged between them.24 words
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Article33 1928-10-04 16 WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Oct. 3. The women's hockey team, who sail for America on Oct. 6th, were defeated by the Rest of England by 4 goals to nil.33 words
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Article43 1928-10-04 16 Charpes of Sham Amateurism. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Oct. 3. The Welsh Football Association is investigating reports of sham amateurism, which undoubtedly exists but which. it is thought, is not serious since it does not affect the registered clubs.43 words
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Article31 1928-10-04 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Oct. 3. Efforts to establish professional Rugby in Wales are beginning and Cardiff has proposed to apply for membership of the League.31 words
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Article23 1928-10-04 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Oct. 3. The 1929 inter-Yarsity cricket match has been fixed for July Bth.23 words
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Article61 1928-10-04 16 Result of the Craven Plate. [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.] Sydney. Oct. 3. The result of the A.J.C Craven Plate. which was run to-day, is as follows: AMOUNIS <9.1» 1 FOURTH HAND (9.1) I PRINCE HUMPHREY (7.11) 3 Six van. Time 2 mins. 6 1 sees. Starting price betting:61 words
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Article23 1928-10-04 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 2. in a IHvision 111 (Northern) match to-4a> .iVi-ncaster defeated Nelson on the latter's ground 4 2.23 words
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Article175 1928-10-04 16 TfM frii the Newcomers vs. Rest match on ttoe Padang < n Saturday are: Newcomerss: J. R. Purves (Capt); F. G. Minns. I. A. M. Smallwood. G. H. Pinckney. H. P,rice; C. R. McArthur. L. G- Robertson; G.-C. R.s Franks, M- S. Bonaventura, R. G. W. Srhole*. D.175 words
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Article85 1928-10-04 16 The following are the results of the Knock-out and League Billiard Tournaments of the Juvenile Football Club played on Tuesday. Knock Out Semi-Final. Mr. Chan Seng Wah (scr) 200 beat Mr. Urn Siew T«e (plus 20) 146. Mr. Chav Seng Wah will meet Mr. Lim Cheng Tee in the85 words
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Article24 1928-10-04 16 October Monthly Mixed Foursome. The Monthly Mixed Foursome for October 1928 will be played off on Sunday afternoon, L. 7th in&tant.24 words
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Article20 1928-10-04 16 H|^^ Offender at Bangor: Do you think that you i blinking magistrates are going to rule the Wm country? I20 words
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Article42 1928-10-04 16 WEDDING RING OUSTS BOXING RING. A Golden Bride. [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Oct. 3. 1 Gene Tunney was married to-day to Miss < Josephine Lauder, the American fifty mil- < lion dollar heiress and great -niece of the late Mr. Andrew Carnegie. i42 words
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68 1928-10-04 16 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. A. Singles. A. T. Wedgwood plus 15 beat S. E. Newbery plus 15 6 4, 6 3. E. J. Cassels beat R. H. Wild 2—6, 10—8, 6 4. B. Singles Final. T. R. Alty scr. "beat Lt. Dearden plus 4 3, 6 3.68 words
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Article11 1928-10-04 16 Hamilton and Waddell vs. Doig and Jackson (to finish).11 words
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Article19 1928-10-04 16 Godown Doubles Final. King and Donnell vs. Winners of Hamilton and Waddell vs. Doig and Jackson. i19 words
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Article59 1928-10-04 16 Yesterday's Results. Double Handicap. C. A. Norris and F. Ephraums beat D. Distant and J. Pestana 6 2. 6 3. Mixed Double*. N. E. Ess and Mi>s Pereira vs. Y. H. Norris and Mi>s Xorris unfinished. Championship Doubles. R. C. and S. L. Oehlers beat 11.59 words
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Article52 1928-10-04 16 Double Handicap. F. Norril and G. Tessensohn vs. E. E*s and E. E. de Souza to finish. Mixed Doubles. Mr. and Mrs. X. S. Hogan vs. G. B. Leicester and Miss Foston. Championship. E. Ephraums vs. S. L. Oehlers. Single Handicap "IV. Final. •T. B. Van Cuylenburg vs.52 words
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Article19 1928-10-04 16 Championship Doubles. Semi- Final. W, A. Balhetchet and N. H. Norri? vs. C-. Tessensohn and E. Tessensohn.19 words
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Article68 1928-10-04 16 Preliminary Enquiries. Colombo. Oct. 1. There is a possibility that dirt track motor-cycle racing will soon be introduced in Ceylon. A representative of an Australian syndicate now running dirt-tracks throughout Australia is making inquiries with a view to running similar tracks here, where it is68 words
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Article153 1928-10-04 16 The British Medical Association has been exercised about "Noise as a danger to health." Instead of the resolution calling on the Government to stop unnecessary noise, they would have done more practical good by recommending everyone who is annoyed by noise, either when working or sleeping, to153 words
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Article95 1928-10-04 16 A fountain tooth brush, made entirely of rubber, is the latest druggist sundry to be offered on the market. The brush is not only for cleaning the surface of the teeth, but is designed to spray out the food matter and gases from between the teeth95 words
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Article48 1928-10-04 16 Reported Sent to Canton Vnder Escort. A report was received in Hong Kong on Sept. 20th that Carvalho Yeo, who was alleged to bf connected with the Treasury frai'd case arrived in Hong Kong from Shanghai and was sent on to Canton under an escort. I48 words
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Article55 1928-10-04 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C. A. against St. Joseph's Old Boys at hockey to-morrow on the Y.M-C.A. ground: S. Bolter; B. Singh, R. H. Yorke; G. J. Merrifield. G. W. Carlyle,: R. Tennyson; M. Catchatoor, P. Buschow, H. G. Stack (Capt.), E. V. Smith, J- C. S. O'Har*. Reserve:55 words
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Article521 1928-10-04 16 FATAL ENDING TO FIGHT. A Brave Prisoner. The Batu Pahat Assizes opened on Sun-' day before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay. Basir and Anang were charged with the death of one Ramli by wounding him with a parang, the first accused being charged with culpable homicide and the521 words
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Article126 1928-10-04 16 Jealous German Officers* Vengeance. Berlin, Sept. h. "Pussy' (also known as the Countess Fischler Vontreuberg) the fifty three-year-old daughter of a village tailor, who was a notorious beauty before the war and ar international society adventuress, at Mcnte Carlo and elsewhere, was shot dead in her126 words
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Article69 1928-10-04 16 For Reduction of National Debt. Rugby, Sept. 20. A gift of £10,000 for the reduction of the National Debt has been sent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer by Mr. Os- wald Dobell as "a mark of gratitude to i those who voluntarily gave or risked their69 words
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Article120 1928-10-04 16 A girl who appeared in the dock at Blackpool in a sleeveless frock was asked why she was not properly dressed, and replied emphatically that she was. On this her interlocutor remarked that he supposed it was the fashion. Well, why not? This matter of dress is120 words
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Article23 1928-10-04 16 Tottenham woman: A» my ptother-in-lawf* jaid that she was expecting to <fie I went! I mt and had a drop erf whisky. f^23 words
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Article388 1928-10-04 16 A MOTORING DANGER. ro the Editor, Sir, Some time ago a long overdue report ippeared in the Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur >f .an extensive rounding up by the police n that district, of motor car owners who iisplayed a conspicuous preference for clear ■class in their388 words
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Article202 1928-10-04 16 Three Commanders Killed by Rebels. As the result of a mutiny of two companies ol infantry of the 14th army stationed at Anhwa and Yenche. Hunan, the two commanders of these companies were killed and a battalion commander was later murdered. The outbreak assumed serious proportions soon202 words
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Article58 1928-10-04 16 Paris. Sept. 4. Fred Bretonnel. the young French boxer, committed suicide to-day. It is reported that the motive was despair at having lost the light-weight championship of France. He was twenty-three years of age. Bretonnel. who has boxed a number of times i-n England, was awarded58 words
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Article116 1928-10-04 16 The following- is the programme of drills up to and for October 7th. Thursday,— s.ls p.m., Drill Hall, S.R.A. (v). Voluntary Drill. C. Company, Officers and N.C.O.'s Meeting. Bde. Sig. Section (Indian). Signal Training. Raffles Inst: Cadets, Weapon Training. Friday,— s.ls p.m., Drill Hall, S.R.A. (v), Voluntary116 words
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Article51 1928-10-04 16 Orders for week ending: Sunday October 7th., IS2B. Thursday, Oct. 4th., Band Practice, Headluartera, 5.15 p.m. Friday, Oct. sth., Ambulance Class, Headquarters 5.15 p.m., Badge Tests, Raffles Institution, 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6th., Badge Tests, Y.M.C.A. p.m., Badge Tests, Swimming Pool 3 p.m. W. T. CHERRY District51 words
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Article22 1928-10-04 16 [Printed and published by Alfkbd Statclby Umxs, at the office of the Singapore Free >reaa, Limited, 138, Robinson Road; Singapore ftcaifci Settlements.]22 words
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