The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 October 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press. K» CENTO. SINGAPORE, SA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1928. NO. 12,541.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    268 1 The Graf-Zeppelin was sighted at Cape Charles, Chesapeake Bay yesterday morning and wirelessed that >he expected to arrive at Lakehurst last evening at sunset Page 9. At the conclusion of a terrible twenty three hours flight from New Zealand back to Australia, the aviators of the Southern
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    THE WORST OF BEING RICH !
    1069 1 THE WORST OF BEING RICH According to the latest statistics compiled by that indefatigable body the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Caviare, there are m Great Britain at the moment more than 500 genuine, handsewn, hall-marked, dyed-in-the-wool millionaires. This is a somewhat awe-inspiring fact, I think, and
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      388 1 \VINT. LOONG. IMF KK(<MiMSED HOUSE for tt, HHiH STREET. 1 Fames Hotel I ,«^tmju Rooms with MrxUrn Sanitation. W&±~4 Mm mItW TEA DINER I :j "^^^^■■Hfle DANCES GRILL ROOM DANSANT |ji H EVPKV Vnrivnilfd m the BML EVERY i w^-: vv TUKSOAV Ijj m MLLE. MURA SMIRNOVA ll'JSoav r?.m^ Shanghai's
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      127 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice re "Gordons" trade mark Page 7. Rowntrees' pastilles and clear gi:ms Page 2. Rattan verandah furniture at Little's Page 5. Tricoline shirt* and pyjamas from. Robinson's Page 9. Hall's Wine banishes weakness and depressioji— Pags 13.- Get EvereWy flashlights and batfcries— they last longer Page 13. Auction
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      161 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, With. High Water. 11.39 a.m.. 9.3, 0.23 a.m., 9.0. Malacca: H. W. 8.30 a.m., 7.2. 8.50 p.m., 6.3. Au-triilian mail clones. J* a.m. Rujrby: S.C.C. Tournament. U'edticxduy, \~th. High Water, 0.23 a.m.. P.O. 0.3 p.m.. 9.3. Malacca: H. \V. 9.0 a.m.. 7.0, 9.10 p.m.. McAlister k Co.
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    ONE "MISS" AND ANOTHER.
    395 2 l.ueienne and Suzvtte worinsd sitii- y side m thy ladit-s" stition <>' a l>i« thermal islaKlishimnt m a tontiiu-ntal cure etty, "I'oDh." said Lucienru piisliinjr ht-r dark hair under her moh cap ot muslin, "how h<»t I am, I have just finished a fiiotiun d*Eau <lf
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    RUTH ELDER SUED FOR DIVORCE.
    217 2 Atlantic (iirl Accused of Cruelty. Ne» TatiL Mias Kuth KltJiT. Che Americaa ■imoinan \\h«.>f attt-mpt to riy from New York to Parii en<k'<i ia a dramatic roaCUC otT the A lores, is reaajoajsaWnl m a divorce actiot which is being entered by her husband. Mr.
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    111 2 Mr. GeofFiey Leo, Adviser to t!hc Siamese Department of Mi» >, ha retired or l n-'., n ami left Bangkok un October 4. Mr. Lee joined the department m May. 1906, ■ad is IMM \\;i- tnuaaferred to the Department's osSm at Poket, whciv he remmincfd, '>• break ©fa few months
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    ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS.
    139 2 How to Get Quick Relief. Indigestion i- not oMy painful, but if aogloct ad '(un beeosnea dangerous.; Enceas rtumath add ».!id fermenting food irritat Mm deUeate stossaca lining, form gas, and, by Interfering with proper aourisJnnont, actually break down health. Tho surest, quicki-t. and only way
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      774 2 MADAmKBLYEY PRESENTS HER j^stf^ Talented AT Mat Pupils VICTORIA THEATRE On Not 6th. at 9.15 p.m. Nov. Bth. 15th. (Matinees) at 5.15 p.m. IV IW TEW SONGS 9« l\l EW NANCES 26 X EW SCENAS An Entertainment for Young Old. BABY WONDERS EAUTIFUL GIRLS ETTER DANCING RIGHTER ITEMS IGGER THAN
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      238 2 VICTORIA THEATRE THURSDAY, OCT. 25th., 1H) SATURDAY, NOV. 3rd. At 9.30 p.m. Wilbur's Black Birds. 18 Coloured Artists m the Latest and Most Up-to-Date Jazz, Harmony, Syncopation, Revues, Dances, etc. and Old Plantation Melodk*s and Negro Spirituals. FREQUENT CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. BOOKING NOW. OPEN AT LITTLE'S. PRICES: $4. $2 and
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      402 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee and C». f Ltd., Proprietors, PROGRAMME Commencing October 12th. and ending Wcdncgdai THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS THE MAGICIAN A picturesquely beautiful film, mysterious, thrilling METRO— GOLDWYN-MAYER SPECI \l Supported by a Fox Comedy and a Nov. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m BILL PATTON A
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      60 2 HOAX!) AND LOIMJIM LARGE ROOM tna i«i tw«i b •i,-, f( <\ PrtM P&yia| i. •\!cy Rite, 'ir .Valk. All Cold r>s vexor am. l Table D1 i'ina p rit Conifort;i'> rouplei or tWt rettrir tji'ider.wt M<^> SITUATIONS BRITISH I know led;/' of l work, arivati Free Tre.-^. MASSAGE HALL
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    THE ROMANS IN WALES.
    576 3 DISCOVERIES NEW TO HISTORY. Roads and Signs of Luxury. Welshpool. Excavations have been concluded for this season at the Roman camp at Gaer, near Forden, six miles from Welshpool, and Mr. Norman Pryce, of the British Museum, and Dr. T. Davies Pryce, F.S.A.. who have conducted
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    DEATH OF DOCTOR EUGENE STOCK.
    149 3 Father of (he Church Mi-<ionary Society. Dr. Eiißene Stock, for thirty-four years secretaiy of the Church Missionary Sockty. has died at Bournemouth. He was knocketi down I>y a motor-car outside his house some weeks a^o. and had been m a semi-c<ii>s:-ious condition ever since. He
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    TOKIO RICE OPTION MARKET CRIPPLED.
    30 3 (Nanyo Niehi-Nichi Service). Tokio. Oct. 12. The Tokio Rice Exchange has resumed, except the current month's options which will be opened as from 15th. inst.
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    103 3 You have been thinking for some time that you ought to give a party? Now is the time: the Organisers of the Poppy Day Appeal have catered for every taste m making their arrangements for entertainments m aid of the funds. The following is a preliminary list:— October 27th. Grand
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      138 3 THE LATEST NOVELTIES IN HIGH CLASS JEWELLE X V RINGS, BROOCHES, PENDENTS, BRACELETS, WATCHE3 set with DIAMONDS r.OLD CIGARETTE AND VANITY CASES, SILVER CIGARETTE CASES AND BOXES, etc. THE MOST IMPORTANT STOCK OF WATCHES and CHRONOMETERS More then 1.000 different patterns: MOV ADO LEVRETTE TING '\V kTCUVQ CYMA EBEL TIEMPO
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      163 3 Wm. P. HARTLEY'S JVlfitnxistlfiicl© is made from the finest selected Mlm^^^^^^^ Seville Oranges not pulp /j^^fe, jdB^ When the fruit is first gathered it is immediately shipped direct to Its beautiful colour and delightful flavour tempt the most jaded M^fflfcl Try it after breakfast on your toast use it for
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    SIR ALAN'S CHOICE.
    142 4 American air enthusiasts have done well to secure the services of our old friend Sir Alan Cobham a» the London representative of that va*t flyrog concern American Airports Corporation, writes our Flying Correspondent. He is to advise his people on the other side as to the best
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    LAUREL-DECKED SKULL.
    132 4 Find m an Etruscan Tomb. Rome, Sept. 7. In an Etruscan tomb just discovered near Vulci, one of the richest cities of Etruria, has been found a skull girt with laurel leaves still fresh and almost green and also traces of gold filigree. Archaeologists suppose that the tomb
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    FLYING DAY BY DAY.
    2014 4  -  X. Stanhope Sprigg. American's Curious Preference. WHAT CIVIL AVIATION NEEDS. by (Editor of 'Airways. London. Sept. 19. "Round the World m a Baby 'Plane" This is the style m which our sensationmongers have been referring to one of the newest flights that has just started from
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    SCIENTIFIC SOUFFLE.
    1284 4 The Ingenuity of the Spider's Web. A ONE WIRE TELEGRAPH. In this, the last of his new series of scientific articles, our cot reveals the wonderful and unsuspected secrets of the spider. th»- ni j. faculties brought into play m the building of her web, the hftgvniou which
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    THORN CAUSES DEATH.
    136 4 Woman's Kinder Injured While Working m Her Garden. The death of a woman from a trifling injury to hei- finger was investigated by the Camberwell Coroner at the inquest on Mrs. Ellen Mansfield, 40, the wife of an auctioneer living at Rostvevor-road, Wimbledon. She had a nervous
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    HALFPENNY HORSE.
    84 4 A Bush Boy's Bargain. A horse has been sold by auction at a country town m New South Wales for one halfpenny (says a British United Press message). The auctioneer led out an old animal"How much for this veteran?" he asked. "One halfpenny," shouted a boy from the
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    12 4 Derbyshire solicitor: NY h l< husband give you each of black eyes.
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      648 4 frh: press football competition. NO ENTRANCE FEE I $100 I For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish to-day and every Tuesday morning coupons for our weekly I ootball Competition. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the reader who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE
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      103 4 ;-:-.v:x---:--^ POSERS FOR SI'ORTSMKV I l. Which club holds ijij an uninteri uptcd rui I football competition I 2. Can a batsman be I 1 a boundary MR »< I no-ball to the bound *i S, When was the »Wl S change walk to Bri&hl U 4. Which famous r;e
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    MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE.
    68 5 '.vh.d for the Mipply of about yt4» <-f «-;irth tilling, delivered ItffUia low-lying areas m the trkt t»n<i« r. c..pie« of the -pacification n .it .<>n may he obtained at the Municipal Engineer upon payment |2s, which will be refunded :n it;ition of v bona tide it
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    ORDINANCE NO. 61 (PAWNBROKERS).
    533 5 nvited fcr the sole ripht to rnsaoa for a period of three years January. 1*.>29, m each of the Hi <.f streets m the Town S.ttlemnt of Singapore Gelwdato hereio anojajpd and invited fat similar privileges divisions of the same the localitit-s specified m the m
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    WHY NOT AN OPEN WIMBLEDON ?
    513 5 WHY NOT AN OPEN WIMBLEDON Vincent Richards' Suggestion. Should there he open lawn tennis championships m which professionals and amateuis could meet on equal terms? A number of leading players m America and England feel that the barrier which exists between the paid and the unpaid players is an artificial
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    BEST TEMPERAMENT FOR GOLF.
    207 5 1 used to think that if I could suppress m feeling of nenousness when starting out to play a match. I could then play a better and mow thoughtful game writes Bobby Jones. I have since come to think that the man who goes placidly on
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    139 5 The Powers and Nanking Government. [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Shanghai. Oct. 13. Feng Yu H siang has arrived. The Nanking Government has appointed Chiang Tso Ping Minister to Germany and Kao Lv Minister to France. The Belgian, Italian, and Spanish Ministers leave for Nanking
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    FOR WASP BITE—ONIONS.
    46 5 FOR WASP BITE— ONIONS. A woman at Cianbourne swallowed a wasp while drinking, and was stunjr m the region of the tonsils. She at once ate six onions i\r fast as she could. This checked the inflammation, and after half an hour the danger seemed over
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      42 5 TENDERS. ,r. invited for the erection ot three I ncrt t« Sh«.phou*e* «t Keppel Road r.~ ami *pecin*Htion which may Miff i.lfio*. ..t noon on November 2nd, 1928. w ,-t «r any tender not necessurily SWAN A. MACLAREN. Architects, Hongkong Hank Chamber..
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      386 5 MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Annual Supplies. Tenders are invited under the following heads for supplies to the Municipality of Singapore from January 1, 1929, for one year:— 1. Engineers' Stores. 2. Engineers' Tools. 3. Metals and Hardware. 4. Expanded Metal. 5. Painters' Stores. 6. Brooms Baskets. 7. Miscellaneous Articles. 8. Durham
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      221 5 RATTAN VERANDAH FURNITURE WELL MADE, TASTEFULLY DESIGNED. ALWAYS A LARGE STOCK ON VIEW TO CHOOSE FROM Armchair Pric e $5.85 nett. Settee to Match 44 m. wide. $12.15 nett. Armchair p r i cc $4.55 nett. bfi bettee to Match 44 m. wide. $10.95 nett. ALL CHAIRS FITTED WITH BRASS
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    "HOLY DEVIL" OF RUSSIA.
    963 6 NEW LIGHT ON LIFE OF RASPUTIN. Kiss For Czar. A vivid, sometimes almost a blinding, light is thrown on the life of the tragic Czar and Czaritsa, on the sinister influences which surrounded the simple and affectionate imperial family, and on the tempestuous dynamic character of
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    21 6 Mr. L. Goodwin, of Pritchard and Company, Ltd., Ipoh, has returned and resumed duty after spending his lone: leave at Home—T.O.M.
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      198 6 I Concessionaires for Malaya: I I ITALASIA LTD. I I I I Singapore, Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. I My furniture double itsVaiue would seem Snce polished witKKONUK^ Furniture Cream Sold everywhere MANUFACTURED BY RONUK. LTD.. PORTSLADE. ENCLAND The Firm who have made it possible for the Public to
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      101 6 PENANG TURF CLUB. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual General Meeting of the Members of the Penang Turf Club will be held at the Chamber of Commerce, So. 1. Downing Street, Penang, on Thursday, the 25th day of October, 1928, at 4.30 p.m. BUSINESS. 1. To confirm the Minutes
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      125 6 i *^yV There is no sutertu^e /or Bovril. BOVRIL* IS BEST ORDINANCE NO. 155 (COMPANIES). Copy of Extraordinary Resolutions of BRITISH FILM PRODUCTIONS, LIMITED. Passed 11th October, f»2B. At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members Of the above-named Company, duly convened and held at Laidlaw Building, Singapore, On Thursday,
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      260 6 BRITISH FILM PRODUCTIONS, LIMITED. (In voluntary liquidation NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the Creditors of the above-named Company wH\ be held at No. 19 Laidlaw Building, Singapore, on Tuesday. 30th October, 1928. at noon, for the purposes set out m Section 210 of Ordinance No. Ifi (Companies).
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      211 6 OLD TOM GIN. THE GIN FOR PAHITS Obtainable from all good dealers. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England} Agents for: SINGAPORE AND fMM. Cuticura Treatment For Dandruff Pitt the hair and gently rub m Caticura Ointment until the whole scalp has nrrn treated. Let the Ointment remain on tor
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    THE TRAIN SMASH.
    247 7 FOURTEEN NOW BELIEVEE KILLED. Dangerous Rescue Work. I Rt liter's Seivite.] London. Oct. 14. From examination of the human remains doctors are satisfied that fourteen people UN killed m the train smash at Charfield on Saturday. Nothing but ashes of some of the victims remain. THE R
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    THE NAVAL COMPROMISE.
    166 7 How the Document was Published. [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Oct. l."». It is transpires that M. De Nohlet, who joined the diplomatic- service m I9fl and is now attached to the Press Bureau at the Quai d'Orsay. i-ommunieated the AngloFrench naval document to his friend. Roger De La
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    CONFEDERATION OF CANADA.
    145 7 Special Medal to be Presented to the King. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Oct. 13. Mr. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister of Canada, will go to Buckingham Palace on Thursday to present the King with i* gold medal which has been specially -truck to celebrate the sixtieth
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    MORE TROUBLE IN THE COCKPIT OF EUROPE.
    79 7 [Reuter's Service.! Belgrade, Oct. 14. Details of a sancuinary encounter m a crowded centre of Sofia on Friday are filtering m. They show that "a veritable battle" m which revolvers were freely used was contested between -factions of the Pro-Macedo-nian Revolutionary Committee who
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    THE AUSTRALIAN STRIKE.
    56 7 T.U.C. Leader Thinks It Hopeless. [Reuter's Service.] Melbourne, Oct. 14. There was a great uproar at a demonstration at Yarrabank, when Mr. Crofts, the Secretary of the Australasian T.U.C, declared that victory was hopeless. He was howled down by a section of the crowd whe described the
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    PRINCE ON HIS WAY TO UGANDA.
    71 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 14. The Prince of Wales left Nairobi to-daj for Uganda. The leave-taking was inform al. A few miles out of Nairobi the trail stopped at a station, and the Prince alight ed, taking by surprise a group of
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    THE MOTOR SHOW.
    171 7 SPORTS AND LUXURY CARS IN DEMAND. Boom Year Predicted. [British Radio— Official Service."! Rug'^.v, Oct. 13. In spite of the great- addition made to the halls at Olympia during recent years, demands for increased space for the exhibitions held have been made and the directors have an
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    STATUS OF INDIAN PRINCES.
    420 7 Opinion of Eminent Council. London. Oct. 3. The Swarajist claim that under selfgovernment the Indian StaUs must be directly controlled by the Raj is unsound, according to five eminent counsel who are advi^inj; the I'rinees regarding their* constitutional position, namely Sir Leslie Scott and Messrs. Stuart
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    EX-KAISER'S NEW HOME.
    56 7 [Reuters Service.] Cologne, Oct. Is. It is reported that the ex-Kaiser has pur. chased the Castle of Heerenberg, near the German-Dutch frontier, within a short distance of Emmerich and the Rhine, recently m the possession of a textile manufacturer, and built m the thirteenth, century as a
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    COURT MOURNING FOR EX-EMPRESS.
    28 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 14The King has commanded one week full and another week half €wjrt mourning from to-morrow for the ex-Empress Marie Feodorovna.
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    143 7 The P. and T. Department would be doing a public service m asking the Indian Postal authorities to give full publicity to the value of stamps required on letters posted to this country remarks the Malay Mail. Our o\vr experience is that something like fifty pe_i cent, of the letters
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      439 7 BUSINESS CARDSw IM \M H.EARANCB SALE RAMA a STORE ;ost popular Silk Shop ijij (l > North Bridge Road, ix :::;:::y::: :rX:X:X:X:: x x :^i; .ii.ti^iiMniiHiiuHiHriMiKHWNiHNiwiHNuiiNiNaMaaaaaßi I pfBPM WJMI I "(iOLPBOTTLE" BEER fO BARHTOI CHEMICAL BEER. I FUNERALS. i SINGAPORE CASKET CO. |l EXPERIK.NCED UNDERTAKERS. Da; Nifßt Sarrica. T»l. N«.
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      659 7 NOTICES. notice of nil mm. j I GORDON'S 1 X* \otiee is hereby K ivtn that the I I a,,ve Trade Mark is the property I ft Tanqueray (lordon and Co 1 ..mit.d of 132 Gokwcll Road.' I London. Knjrland; Distillers an d is used by them m connection with
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      592 7 Haig I TO OPEN /ff^&Ft\ TOCLOtt Remove c«p»V t/ 1 I_|_|K\ I R*^U« cap ra,« levfr and Vr^|^^R\^7/ »i>Jm»li rwi «j»warJs kvw NEW BOTTLE SEAL (flO CORKSCREW) QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that which goes into the Haig bottle. Doctors are using it
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      455 7 AUCTION^ ALES. AUCTION SALE of EXCELLENT WALNUT STAINED WAX POLISHED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, PIANO, ETC. THE PEOPEETY <»F H. R. W. LOBB, BSQUIKE. Tv b«- held at No. 1 Meyer R'.ad t Entrance via Fort R'l. > On Saturday, Oct. 20th., at 2.30 p.m. Comprising: An excellent tout'! BOttagt piano
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      MARRIAGE.
      43 8 CRAWFORD McKERROW.- At the Presby teriar. Church, Singapore, on 15th October. 1928. by the Rev. G. H. Douj?la>, Robert, son of the late Lawrence Crawford and of Mrs. Crawford, Stewarton, Coatbridye. t<> -Is/ Henderson, daughter of James D. MiKerrow Walton Lo*ljre, CrielT.
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      42 8 Me*>r-. Tan Thoh Tay anil Yeo Cheng Kirn beg to thank friends, relatives and members of the Chong Cher.g Old Boys* Association for their letters of condolence, wreaths and attendance to the funeral of their late mother-in-law. Madam Tan Kirn Boon.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1928. WHITEHALL TO FLEET STREET.
    697 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1928. WHITEHALL TO FLEET STREET. A few weeks ago Lord Cushendun, who twenty-odd years back was editor of the St. James's Gazette and is now deputising for Sir Austen Chamber- lain at the British Foreign Office, tol a gathering of Pressmen at Geneva that
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    328 8 It is understood that the Hong Kong Government is to make a grant of £2,000 to the relatives of each of the officers who lost their lives m the Anking piracy. A strenuous struggle between a Sikh policeman and a Chinese, m which the latter several times attempted to draw
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    59 8 THE FLOOD DANGER IN KUALA LUMPUR. River Up After Heavy Rain [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15. The rivers here are rising m consequer.ee of veiy heavy rain during the last few days There is no danger of floods occurring yet but the water is too
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    SUNDAY LABOUR ON ESTATES.
    110 8 Perak Planters Favour No Change. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Oct. 15. The first discussion by a Planters' Association regarding Sunday labour, occurred on Saturday, when the Central Perak P- A. resolved that there should be no interference with the number of days worked, which should
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    MAGISTRATE'S DECISION REVOKED.
    68 8 [From Our Own Correspondent.] I'enanu. Oct. 13. The Crown appealed against the decision of the Butterworth Magistrate m discharging Lim Hock Lim Puan. and Eoh Choo on charges of conducting a gambling game. Mr. McFull (D.P.P. t demonstrated the game to His Lordship who allowed the appeal
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    THE LATE MR. P. G. LAWFORD.
    545 8 A well-known member of the Malayan rubber planting industry. Mr. P. Guy Lawford, manager of the Rentrani Estate. Johore, died at the General Hospital on Saturday, at the age of 39. Mr. Lawford was one of the leading planters m Johore where he had
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    THE FINDS IN BORNEO.
    156 8 In the report of our interview with Mr. E. V. Andreini, regarding the recent finds m Central Borneo, there was one slight inaccuracy. It was stated that the Kalabits were thought to have come originally from the Celebes. This should have referred to the Kenzatis, who
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    THE DOCK THAT TURNED.
    357 8 BIG TASK FOR THK h lTrtt TUGS. rCR Adverse Currents. At four o'clock yest»-rda\ afr.-m centre section of the hut-.- Sine ing dock was sighted miki V^Z* tan Shoals. Half an hour ;U r left Singapore to meet ih.> dock. A little while later the i
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    58 8 LATEST RUBBER AM) TIN PRICES. (From Our Own Correspondent. I London. Oct. IS, l.:lfl p.m. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices M follow: Spot 9 1 L6d. per 11.. up 1 If). Jan. -Mar. 9%d. (unchan^<o. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sonnotify to-day's tin prices as follow:
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    THE MURDERED MALAY CONSTABLE.
    52 8 In the Second Potfec CoOTi three of the four CkiMM dMTgi >i with tl murder of a Malay constaM*- m B< ach \m<recently were discharged. th»- ptXkt I drawing the charge again>t th»in It intimated, however, that th«> polfef I proceed with the capital charge Ifthttt
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    A MONEY MATCH.
    94 8 A Chinese woman ill (harc<i m I Second Court yesterday with chratinu J Chinese man named Yt><> Chin "t' JI Ml was alleged for the prosecution that th»- a clised promised to mrfrrv the complainant he would pay off her febts. Thi> Ifct jj* plainant did and
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    "WILBURS BLACKBIRDS."
    192 8 Richard Wilbur, so well remembwH h he recent tour of the dramatic compan; >earin(j his name, will this time <1 ludiences of Singapore with sum.'thinjr tl s new and novel. "Wilbur's Blackbirds.' I eo«pflqf oloured artists dispensing Urn vtrj n jazz, harmony, syncopation, r-- lance, will open a
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    50 8 Mi. B. R. BaU>. (k-neral h&* I Dollar Steamship Line, who I. I home leave on Thursday. Oct. I S.S. Pres, Hayes, wai ent.-rt.i ■•>■>•;; staff of the Company to tiffin and a very enjoyable ewnmc J 5 thhe residence of Mr. i I.en<r. 7 Amber Road. tanJORC X lt>!
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    THE GRAF-ZEPPELIN.
    346 9 EXPECTED AT LAKEHURST LAST NIGHT. Sighted at Charles Bay. [Reuu*r'» Service.] New York. Oct. If. Ih. ,r:if-Zt'PP«'lin was -itrhted at Cape fi..»ap<\ikc bay at J<.4"> this morn•Airelessed that she expects tc Ukefcoral 9t sunset. Washington. Oct. 15. yh« fad that th.- (iraf-Zeppolin spent rrubiag betimes* Bermuda and r
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    THE BRITISH SHIPS.
    81 9 KliMi To be Completed Before Christmas. [British Radio- -Ofßcial Service.] Rugby. Oct. 14. ■> that the British airship RlOO pfeted before Christmas. The j.-.-baUy include a demonstration America, and it is proposed later »Wi*h a Great Britain-United States wrvic* on commercial basis. HH, although her length is
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    ARMISTICE DAY AT THE CENOTAPH.
    32 9 ARMISTICE DAY AT THE CENOTAPH. London. Oct. 15. MTTiei at the Ceno- Whitehall will be conducted by JJJP Un«. th, Archbishop of York ishop desitnatt of Canterbury. be hftld -,n November 10th.
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    POSITION OF JAPAN'S GOLD EMBARGO.
    41 9 POSITION OF JAPAN'S GOLD EMBARGO. lNa ".v Nieki-NkU Service.] TJokio. Oct. 15. Yirt",! m certain quarters of J?2*W» th* .Japan should sup- N *ti..nali.t GomidMt of China dr > >tahl »'>ation would be beneNt',J2 e l f "r<-hina hut also for Ja-
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    CHURCH REUNION IN SOUTH INDIA.
    87 9 I<ond«n. Oct. 5. r h C«teZ <ht of the r^n,,, n w proposals for church H, ai() N)Uth India. 2* t( kul? lievt that an y« ne v to J h n v th validity of r r(J| nati,,n. past hv accepting J!h K^ Jr
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    ALICE IN "WONDERLAND."
    250 9 FINDS A HOME IN NEW JERSEY. Jealous Collector. CReuter's Servic«.J New York, Oct. 15. It i 8 announced that Mr. Eldred Johnson, founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company, who lives iii Morris Town, New Jersey, has purchased the Lewis-Carroll original manu-cript of Alice m Wonderland with
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    THE ORDEAL OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS.
    107 9 Terrible Journey. (Reuter's Service.] Sydney, Oct. 15. At tht- ■clnaion of a terrifying 23 houi flight back fiom New Zealand to Australia. buffeted by gale*.- ami harassed by fog, Kingston! Smith arrived to rind the aero:Ji enu« m complete <iarkne>> owing to tht failure
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    VON HUENEEFELD AT SHANGHAI.
    121 9 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Canton. Oct. 15. Baton Von Huenefeld who is flying from Europe to Tokio hopped off for Shanghai at dawn to-day. Shanghai, Oct. IS. The Europa landed at Lunghua parade v round, ten miles from the Settlement at ■">. 10 this evening. After
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    DAILY NEWS AND MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
    59 9 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright London. Oct. 15. The Daily News to-day devotes a column to the question of military contributions, explaining the local attitude over the Singapore question. DEATH OF I.S. SECRET SERVICE CHIEF. [Reuters Service.] Larchmont. New York. Oct. 15, The death has occurred
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    CHINESE MURDERED IN NEW YORK.
    45 9 [Reuters Service.] New York, Oct. IS. Seven Chines*? were filled m various cities as the result of a recrudescence of the ton*; warfare. Three were shot down m the streets of Chicago, others murdered m r*ew York, Philadelphia and Washington.
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    ALLEGED CROSSWORD HOAX.
    117 9 In the Fourth Police Court yesterday morning, a Chinese was charged with cheating, and Ȥrnanded on bail of $3,000. The allegation of the prosecution is that the accused" advertised a crossword competition m the Sin Kuo Mm Press. Later, he changed this for another crossword, to which
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    41 9 Captain H. S. J. Lloyd, Assistant Super visor of Export Duties, Lumut, is going or transfer to Malacca. Mr. L- R. Barneti Smith. Assistant Superintendent of Customs Port Swettenham, well-known m Kuala Lum pur rugger circles, will succeed Mr. Lloyd.— T.O.M.
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    PIRATES ACTIVE AGAIN.
    75 9 BRITISH STEAMER FIRED ON IN YANGTSZE. French Boat Plundered. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shun?hai, Oct. 15. The British steamer Wantung, with Sir Frederick and Lady Whyte aboard, was fired on m the Yangtsze Gorges by pirates, but no damage was doneThe French steamer Tungyuen broke down m
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    THE CHARFIELD DISASTER.
    61 9 Newspapers Demanding Full Enquiry. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Oct. 15. The newspapers are demanding a very full enquiry into the Charrield disaster, the fifteenth railway accident m 1928, especially as to whether it was due to the gas lighting on the trainrile was the cause of
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    THE NANKING INCIDENT.
    56 9 Personnel of Joint Commission. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghat^Wrt. t5. The Sino-British joint commission to determine British damages m the Nanking m. dent m March last year will consist of Mr. George Combe. <one of H.M. Consuls m China) Mr. A. G- Mossop (Crown Advocate, Shanghai). Mr.
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    RELIGION AS VIEWED BY MODERN THOUGHT.
    211 9 Notable Address at Church Congress. London, Oct. 4. Religion a* viewed by modern thought was the theme of notable addresses at the Church Congress, at Cheltenham, by Dean Inge and tHe Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Bar.nes*. Dtan Inge saw nothing m the belief m
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    OBJECTION TO ROYALIST TOASTS.
    98 9 German Officers Forbidden to Participate. London, Oct. 5. Berlin. —The Minister of Defence has issued a decree ordering all members of tbt Reichswehr and the Navy to leave any function at which the ex-Kaiser or the ex-Gcv-man Ruling Princes are toasted, or any function which becomes
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    SINGAPORE FLYING CLUB.
    181 9 Progress Report. The report for week ending September 29th. gives the following details: Total flying time 24 hours 53 mins, Solo ♦j hours o'y mins, Dual 17 hours 02 mins, Passenger Flights 1 hours 05 mins, Tests 11 mins. On September 26th., W. M. Blagden, who already
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    DESERT ORDEAL.
    433 9 MISSING SPORTSMEN AT HELL'S HILL. Naked and Demented Hunters. Cairo, Oct. 6th. A story which fiction could barely outrival was revealed by the dramatic discovery by an R.A.F. 'plane of three sportsmen, who had been lost m the desert since September 29th. A party, consisting of Ibrahim Bey
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    REPLY TO MISS MAYO'S "MOTHER INDIA."
    99 9 "Unanswerable ADolngue for Home Rule." London, Ort. 4. "Everyone who reads Mr. Lajpat Rai's book, 'Unhappy India.' must agree that it is the reply that has been awaited to Miss Mayo's 'Mother India,' writes Mr. Wilfred Wellock. M.P., m the New Leader. He declares
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    LONDON TO BAGHDAD BY CAR.
    82 9 Welshman's Successful Venture. London. Oct. 4. Baghdad. A remarkable motor journey has been performed by Mr. James William Young, a Welshman employed by the Egyptian Education Department, who motored from London to Baghdad m a small car of seven horse-power, via Calais, Vienna, Belgrade, Constantinople,
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    SUPREME COURT.
    147 9 European rirm Wins Contract Dispute. Mr. Justice Prichard delivered judgment yesterday m the suit m which W. Hill and Co. sued O. Ramasamy Nadar for $4,153, being the balance due on a contract for supplying and fitting sanitary fittings and certain extras. His Lordship said it was proved
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    JAPANESE ATTITUDE TOWARD CHINA.
    34 9 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Oct. 14. It is stated that the proposal for the immediate removal of the g-old embargo is now opposed by the Department of Commerce and Industry.
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      738 10 Blue runnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Doe Spore. Route subject to alteration, without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. CALCHAS For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and
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      540 10 Ellennan Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) "ELLERIiJr UNL PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HOXG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF MOBILE Oct 19 s.s. CITY OF CHESTER NoV. 17 s.h. CITY
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      431 10 British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND^ ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNIfEvi LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. *M**m KHYBER 0.100 Oct. 20 MOREA .1.000 KASHMIR 9,000
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      736 11 O. S. K. Line. n,stin»ti«ms. Steamers. Arrive. Leave. odon Rotterdam, Hsmburg, Bremen. Dokirt and Antwerp via Colombo. Aden. 8M »"d rt Saifl Alaska Mam Oct. 16 Oct. 17 p, jr > aft Gaps Town. Santos. Rio de Jam'He and Buenos Aire*. fßound-the-World aaeaajrs £150.) fl^ Plata Maru Nov. 1 Nov
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      504 11 j TRAVEL^COMFORT tf^Hm OQUAR mSB^ LINEHS m^m^&S&^S& rr Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, Wfell-rentilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold
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      757 11 K. P. M. HWWnrn PAKETVJWRT MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated m HolUnd.) UNDER SnfJ. H ™nSwHESII#DS INDIAN GOVEKNMENT. Telephone Na. 3«40, with sub^onnections to:-Pasaage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the StraiU Settlement (Singapore and Pen.ng) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA All
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    127 12 A message received at the Master Attendant's Office referring to Marine Notice No. 6 states that the Baragua Light has been altered from about Oct. 13th. onwards to a short alternate red and white flash, each flash being of three seconds duration. Owners arid masters of shipping are
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      463 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA. DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largsst and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins da
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      46 12 Afl W^ •wit»ii» mMii V^^ Ua fmmm% mWf y* I 1~»»»<C» lltOt Vfc V^^^U XT V i^^^^^KT t »»TtMTS HNOinl I .9^ftOio##lfi '\l Mir /^f ml mm. P who desire |i I the best or t 'everything invariably ask for C^ebos) SALT CtAtaOS UWTtOviONOON A SYDNEY
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      405 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44. BEAVER STREET, NSW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO /BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ANn BALTIMORE (ri» Su«»). M.S. SILVERGUAVA dae Oct. 29 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Nov. 15 J oy 5 M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Dec. 13 JJJ 21 PACIFIC- JAVA -CALCUTTA SERVIct
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      162 12 HOMEWARD MAILS To Colombo, Djibouti, Port Satf Marseilles from Sinr»P°"Gro«^ Tonnaff DARTAGNAN iWW J Marseilles via Madras and Pon<lKk«n AMBOISE MW i<^ N( OUTWARD MAILS To Saigon, Hon^ Ron*. ?han«h«' und Japan ANDRE LEBON 13,701 H" JJ CHENONCEAUX To Saigon. T<»urant> and H*!^' 1 COMPIEGXE IMW t ns N(V FREIGHT
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      699 12 MAIL DESPATCHES, BY TRAIN. Kuala, Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lenbin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6am Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m.
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      450 12 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per President Hayes: Mr. Earl B. Babcock, Mrs. Earl B. Babcock, Mr. Richard S. Boykin Jr.. Dr. Howard Campbell, Mrs. Howard Campbell, Mr. David Chen, Mr. Fred J. Christen, Mr. George W. Davis, Mrs. George W. Davis, Miss Mary A. Eakin, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel A. Gile, Mr.
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    DEATH-TRUCK OF ALCOHOL.
    252 13 P^»ns Killed and 157 111. New York. laden with poison'•""■where m Pennsylva""n»C Mates, after part of KadcausTtL"! )!li For PennsylI'" 1 hml m<i ani **rious tifty-five others. r;( »-n.,, v...1u ...1 to the railway n n Nf rch !or the Mboot>in U. prevent other -^Lr,!:/? I"'^^1 a
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    HOLING-OUT AS A HABIT.
    49 13 Playing on the Walmer and Kingdown Golf Course, Mr. P. J. Potter holed out with his second shot at the long fourteenth 526 yards. A few days previously the same player holed a brassit shot of 220 yards at the sixteenth on the same course.
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    VICOMTESSE IN TROUSERS.
    450 13 "SKIRTS NO USE IN AN AIRPLANE." Visitor to Malaya. The Vicomte and Vicomtesse Jacques de Sibour stood arm-in-arm on Stag-lane aerodrome recently looking at a little blue and white Gipsy Moth airplane, m which they were to take off on a world flight behave named it 'Safari'—
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    COUNTESS SHOT BY HER LOVER.
    511 13 Woman Who Lured Men to Ruin. Berlin. The romantic career of the notorious Gei man Circe, "Pussy" Uhl (Countess Fischler von Treuberg), the daughter of a village tailo who lured scores of men to their ruin, came to a tragic end last month when she
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    MILLIONAIRE THIEF.
    629 14 £100,000 TRAIN ROBBERY RECALLED. Wife Accomplice. New York. The almost inert dibie story of a modern highwayman who escaped m a pile of mattresses from a convict prison where he was ser\ing a fourteen-year sentence for a £100 (■OO train robbeiy. and succeeded m rescuing his beautiful wife
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    MANNEQUIN BRIDES OF MILLIONAIRES.
    165 14 Spells Woven at Dress Parades. Paris. Another of M. Jean Patou's Englishspeaking mannequins has married a millionaire. This time it is Miss Florence Towney, a beautiful American model, better known as "Dolores," and the lucky man is M. Michel de Surmont. a member of a wealthy
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    30 14 Mr. J. V- West, of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd-, has returned from Home leave. He will take over from Mr. W. B. Hadley. who is going to Singapore- M.M.
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    SOVIET PACING A NEW CRISIS.
    198 15 raihnrc of (rain Exports. Moscow. Sept. 2T>. The Soviet ia facing i new criaei owing to thf failure <>i the grain •xports. It ii partly due to the fact that 7,000,000 lest acrei are undei cultivation than la>t year < causing loai of 114,500,000, combined
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    RUBBER AND TIN REUTERS.
    129 15 (.i.thric and Co., K. U Agents. Banteng (SeL), 7:>.2!>~>; Beaufort Borneo, 5] 000; heviot, 108,300; Galang Besar, 80,085; X.M.S. (M.S.), 75,715; Kimanis, 4 1 «;<»:» Kombofc (F.M.S.), 84.228; Lambak, 64,282; Kabu (F.M.S.), 186,600; Karroen, 37 v O0O; Port Dick«on-Lukut (F.M.S.). 107,- -.•»;->; Rembau Jelei, 181,554; Selangor
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 15 October l">. Hank 4 m.s. j ii Hank demand 2 3 15-16 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4% New York, demand $4% CreaHs 90 days >;.'_ France, demand 144»> India, T.T. \:>l\ Hon^r Kong, demand in-\ p.c. I)i<. Yokohiima, <leniaiul 122 7 •fava. demand 140.. Bangkok, demand 80 Bar
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    PRODUCE.
    198 15 October IT.. Tin IT.". T..n~ si o;m, Cambiei 7Vj, Pepp.-i White ioi PVfyps-t Black 68 Flake Tapssss 8^ Pearl Sago Small 7»^ C«f>rs Sundricd 10.20 Rict' Lianp Hin Chan M:nk Rid Basjk (Now) 330 Rice. Biam old No. 1. 330 Mice. Rangoon Bintan 260 Rict'. Rungoon Siok.i 256 Rice.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    44 15 ()ct«>hvr loth.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. sqpal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot ".I'-.- ''T "4 Standard K.s.S. cm TcsMler Oct. ">i ">'- Xov-Dec. SI :U», Jan-Mar. :!]'i Tone Market: Steady. Latest Caste: Loiidon Spot sh««-t M. per H>. New Yoj'k: Holiday.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    125 15 Yesterday's Alteration*. Buyers Sellers. Kinta Dredges ($1 1.47 1.52 Km-hai Tin Dredge* ($1) l.«H) 1.6* Lmgui Tin <•>> 2.00 2.0 Pt'iiawat 75 Rmmbutan <£1 19s -l> Allenbv ($1 1,30 1.86 Ayer MoUk <*l) 1.05 1.25 Balsownic (sl> I^o 1.40 Brogaa ($1) > (> B. Jelntong (911 1B.
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    140 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Oct. l">tii., ;<»>inu Price*. Buyers Sellers. Hat u C.ivi-s L 474 1.M% Kuc-hai Hi) l.»''<> I.M Kuyohs 80 011-.Malayano 11 .Malayan Cons. <*4 67% North Taipiag 86 86% Paroj Tins (partly* 0"> disc. par. IVnawats 73% 77% IVtalinp: .".07 1 s.tseoni Raja Peraks 50% 66
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    THE OVERSEA CHINESE BANK LIMITED.
    1228 15 Annual General Meeting. The ninth annual genera] mrrtiaa; of the Oversea tfr.ese Bank. limited was held at its Registered Office Km. 82-63 Chulia Street, Singapore yesterday with Mr. Lin Nee Soon m the chair. Other* present were The Hon. Mr. S. Q. Wong, Dr. S.
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    262 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Oct. J5. Rubber. London B lfi H*<) unchanged. Local :51 Tin. LondoVl i'2l»> K>s. 10s down. Locai lt'l'N for 178 tons. Mining. -Steady. Penawatl 72 75, Ulu Klang 12 prem. i"> pram., Sungtl Way 3.1<» :>.20. Hong Fatt 4:5 4.">. J«»han S2\fc 33%, Kuchai 1.62H
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    BRITISH TRADE FAIR.
    238 15 Arrangements to Surpass Previous Records. Plain for making the British Industrie* Fair to be held m Birmingham next Spring an even greater success than it was thin year arc already being rotund. They m volv« a complete reconstruction of th. existing arrangement of Ihe stands, where by
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      313 15 \SSKTS OVKR $8,000,000 TOP nnn,™ r..^^^ ASSURANCE IN iORCK OVER $0,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. I O\DON OFFTPF. 97 hut l^ :he (o.pan.v has £20.000 deposited wit.f t'he Supreme Cou,-t of t'^WuS Life Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS
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      267 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AN I) CHINA Incorporated m England by Royal Charter Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each .€3,000.000 Resanrt Fund 1.000,000 Reserve Liability of v r',T' ietors 3,000,000 Head Ortic*: :*h. Bishopsgate, London, E.C Agencies and Branches. Aloi Stai Iloilo Tongkah Am nt
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      314 15 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 t'Ol'RT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N". S. Drown, Esq.. Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr
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      40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSW^ (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIR JL MOTOR CAR MARINE fidelity Guarantee—Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.- Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER ft CO., LTD CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    FOOTBALL.
    661 16 GUNNERS GO DOWN TO CHINESE. A Hard Game. S.C.F.A. 4; R.A. 2. The S.C.F.A. proved too much for the R. A. in a Cup match on the Stadium yesterday, when they won a hard game by 4-2. The Chinese would have won by an ever, greater margin were it
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    40 16 The following will represent the S.H.B. against John Little's this afternoon oil the V.M.C.A. ground: W. H. Lait, Hong Kee and F. Monteiro; Rajoo. Rajaloo and Joffree; Seng Kay. Ham id, J. Baugh, Haron and Yanee.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    123 16 October Medal. Thiity-six cards were taken out To. the above and the following were the Hem returned: L. P. Hickey 78 I 73 (Winner) BALL SWEEPS. Saturday. H. L. Hosking 41 7 1 33^ Sunday. S. H. Moss 39 S\k 33 H. L. Hosking *2 11 tf7
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    KATONG GOLF CLUB.
    57 16 The October Medal Competition will be played on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st instant. Members are notified that as from 12th instant the duties of Hon. Treasurer and Hon. Secretary are being carried out by Messrs. James Beveridge c/o Messrs. Gattey and Bateman and J. S. Messenger
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    YACHTING.
    774 16 INTERESTING SAILING AT WEEK-END. The Lundon Trophy. The second race for this prize brought out four A class boats, the Joy being a nonstarter. Mr. Allen started the race at 10.10 a.m., the wind making it a very /lose nip to the Beacon 17 mark- The Kathleen rounded first
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    12 16 Dr. A. L. Hoops, P.C.M.0., S.S., has I returned from leave. I
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    RUGBY.
    121 16 SELANGOR VICTORY AT PENANG. Second Half Recovery. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Penan*. Oct. 15. Selangor defeated Penang by 17 points to 5 on Saturday. Heavy rain fell and parts of the ground were under water. Penang led by 5 3 at the interval. Selangor's ultimate success was due to
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    KEDAH BEATEN BY PERAK XV
    47 16 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Oct. 15. The Perak rugby fifteen visited Sungei Pattani on Saturday and beat Kedah by a goal and try (8 point?) to nil. Perak were at full strength forward, but made s )ight changes behind the scrum.
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN ROUTED.
    125 16 Big Victory for Selangor A. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 15. On a waterlogged ground on Saturday afternoon Selangor A achieved a surprising victory against Negri Sembilan by two goals, a drop goal, and four tries (26 points) to nil after leading 18 points to
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    S.C.C. RUGBY TOURNAMENT.
    87 16 The following teams will play m the S.C.C. Rugby tournament to-day: Etcetera** and Law (Colours): J. R. Purves; E. Rushworth. N. Bradbury. C. R. McAithur. A. P. Goldman; J. D. B. Moflat F. H. Collier; K. King, C P. Burke. R. T. Phillips. R. F. W. Leonard.
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    426 16 Malay Co/s Annual Meeting. The following were the results of the annual rifle meeting of the Malay Coy., S.V.C. which wa< held at the Bukit Timah Range on Sunday: Match I. Class A. C.S.M. Rahmat Pte. Awi bin Mahwan tied. Class B. Pte. Abdul Uamid. Match 11. Class
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    930 16 LEAGUE POSITIONS TO DATE. Wrexham Still Winning. League positions completed up to and including Saturday's results are: Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Blackburn 11 7 3 1 23 16 15 Derby 10 6 2 2 22 11 14 Manchester City 10 5 2 3 26
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    ARSENAL ACQUIRE JACK.
    122 16 Enormous Transfer Fee. (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Oct. 15. S. N. B. Jack, the well known Bolton Wanderers' player, has been transfered to the Arsenal, a fee of £10.000 having been paid for the transfer. Jack is an international having: played against Scotland and Wales m
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    S.R.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    24 16 Mixed doubles finals, to be played on Tuesday: N. E. Ess and Miss Pereira vs. K. C. Oehlers and Miss Smith.
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    43 16 ever we have asked for it, and lastly to Mjrs. Bartley for doing us the honour of presenting the prizes. The Company is particularly happy m having the wife of one of its old and much beloved O.C's to do this kind service.
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