The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 November 1928

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press Id CENTS. SINGAPORE, SJ3. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1928. NO. 12,565
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    AT THE PEACOCK INN.
    1086 1 "I Ken m the papers," said Old Wiiliam, Settling into his tmloiiooi corner with a pint ot 'six," "I seen m the paper- as a «:enralection may conic along any time now and smash the Ciover'mint to a atom afore we knows where we are. Smash
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      280 1 WING LOONG. IMK KECOIiMSED HOUSE for ■riROPBAN TROPICAL SLITS. it, hk;h street. [Raffles Hotel j I Rooms with Modern Sanitation. I Race Dinner and Dance Saturday, November 17th. g Return Visit 1 I TANIA SVETLANOVA AND ALEX: SALNIKOFF 1 "I Ihe Celebrated Shanghai Danc«rs. 5j i t mm mm aj
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      148 1 I rtf Wk^-^ '-^Mftfc üßmr f i jB f > ft i The easy writing ROYAL TYPE^HITER— A writing machine r| of surpassing excellence. Sole Agents: jj frv*Nr~° Ltd "™.r V i I Also at W (Incorporated m England). Penang and Kuala Lumpur. if fEUROPE® HOT£LJ| J **Renowned by Recommendation."
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      115 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel announcements Page 1. Theatre and cinema attractions Page 2. Palm bea'-h suits from John Little's Page >•<. Seasonable gifts from B. P. De Silva Ltd. —Page 8. Crawford's cream crackers crisp and creamy Page 3. Aluminium coffee percolators from Robinson's Page 9. The finest leaf is used
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACi TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      430 1 THE DAY'S NEWS. Following on after being dismissed fcr 349 New South Wales need 365 runs to avert an innings defeat by M.C.C.— Page Itt. There were large and enthusiasticattendances at the Armistice dinners of the Ex-services Association (men's and women's branches) at the Europe Hotel last night Page 9.
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    REVOLVES SHOTS IN COLOMBO.
    894 2 European Pleads (iuilty. At the Colombo Assi/.r Coart before the 11 n. Mr. K. \Y. .layewanlem*. COMBsiaSMMstf .\s.-.i/.r. and Ml Knt:lish-spenkin.ir jury, with Mr. GcorgH BeoHoa aia fotvasaa, thi st"»y of the risootiaa; m a Fort sJsßfj was. i<.-ti«l«i when William liolison. assistant steward <»»i lK>ar«i
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      265 2 theatre 111 i MADAM KELVEYI presents her 111! TALENTED PUPILS AND X ZLATA the perfect dancer X Thur., Nov. 15th at 5.15 p.m. HI PRICES: $2 Adult*. $1 Children I (Extra Performance) mj Fri., Nov. 16th at 9.15 p.m. I»RICES: $3, $2. and $1. m aid of the Cathedral New
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      259 2 VICTORIA THEATRE November 17th to 21st at 9.30 p.m. FOR FOUR NIGHTS ONLY ROMANCE of HINE-MOA A Maori Love Legend, acted entirely by Maoris. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY— EXQUISITE PHOTOGRAPHY. Booking at Little's from Nov. 10th Popular Prices: $2. $1 Gallery 50 cts. November 22nd at 9.30 p.m. Farewell Performance OF CECILIA
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      225 2 ALHAMBRA > (Tm Chens Etc and C. LM.. Prcri.tor.) SEASON COMMENCING NOVEMHKIt ft In tKe Second Show at Q T^fi LATEST EMPIRE NEWS Metro-Goldwyn-Maver's Masteri. BEN- HUE The One Miprhtv Spectacle. fo*tu RAMON NOVARRO In the First Show at 7.30 p.m MILTON SILLS m FRAMED A drama of love m
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    A POLICE SENSATION.
    772 3 SIR WYNDHAM CHILDS' RESIGNATION. "Yard" Surprise. Scotland Yard, where so many mysteries c.:-. solved, is to-day tiie centre of. a mystery of its own— the mystery of the U'siftnation of Sir Wyndham (hilds, the BSlct&ni Police Commissioner and head of Wt Criminal Investigation l>ej>artment as well as
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    SOUTH AMERICA AND JAPANESE EMIGRANTS.
    58 3 [Xanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokio, Nov. 7. According to the new estimates for 192 i) of the Government, the Home Office has increased the number of subsuUz^d emigrants to South America to 17,000 whicr necessitate the O.S K. increasing transport facilities by adding one more voyage,
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    YACHT CLUB ROWING.
    68 3 The race at the R.S.Y.C. for the Chieng mai Challenge Cup, the senior event ©i Singapore rowing, has been fixed foi December 15th. All members wishing to enter for th« above race are requested to communicat< with the Captain of Boats (Mr. Paul Storr telephone 3013) or
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      176 3 I CRAWFORD S I I CREAM CRACKERS 1 CRISP CREAMY B L M As good as ever '—there is no higher praise j WILLIAM CRAWFORD SONS, Ltd. EDINBURGH, #>J, LIVERPOOL ix LONDON 2£» T*.,*.,™ BARLOW Co. Ttk I AGENTS. 1 I ANCHORED! 1 WORLDS LARGEST FLOATING DOCK. 1 I 850
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    MEXICAN IMPRESSIONS.
    1066 4  -  TOM WALLACE Lottery Tickets and Leprosos. POLITE AND IMPOLITE PEDDLERS. BY Nobody walks a half block m Mexico City without being accosted by several vendors of lottery tickets. Sheaves of numbered coupons are borne on the sidewalks by men, women and children. The beggars of Mexico City have
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    "GULLEE GULLEE."
    622 4 Your first sight of him will probably be early on the morning of the day you reach Port Said when already established, sut rounded by the children, he squats on the lower deck, the first to clamt.er on board, though how he has achieved it is mysterious, since
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    THE WRONG BODY.
    108 4 A Sheffield man who opened a coffin to have a last look at the body of his father before it was buried was amazed when he found it was not his father's body but tht; body of another man. It appears that two men, both named William
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    PUDDING NIGHT AT THE CHESHIRE CHEESE.
    198 4 Mr. James Felan, who nearly eighty years ago as "stair boy" at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Fleet Street, shrilly called for the famous rump steak, kidney, lark, and oyster pudding, one night recently m a rather quavering voice, "called down" the same dish at
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    WANTED LADDERLESS SILK STOCKINGS.
    183 4 Mr. Douglas Hacking, M.P. Parliamentary Secretary for the Overseas Trade Department, opening an exhibition of hosiery machinery and textile appliances at Nottingham said he had been described as the Government's commercial traveller, and he wanted to live up to that reputation. Though as good Britishers it
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    POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN.
    72 4 ji. ciMfo« r X seven tifW 1 1>1 l 111 l runners up. iftl n »>" X «as ridden t.. r > St. Uger b, Johnny < The IMM I U<l ,v, 1. v 3. No I|ivaß Illj h.«.our but J«*" l r^|, il H'j the MM
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    FLYING DAY BY DAY.
    1572 4  -  T. Stanhope Sprigg. Should Shipping Lines Co-Operate? SIR SEFTON'S PLANS FOR CIVII AVIATION. By Editor of "Airways. 1 London, Oct. 17. We have had a good deal of plain speaking lately about the future of Civil Aviation and the development of business Hying on sound, practical
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      655 4 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION. NO ENTRANCE FEE $100 For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish to-day and every Tuesday morning coupons for our weekly Football Competition. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the reader who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE MATCHES m the
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    DANGER TO COMMUNITY.
    771 5 MENTAL DEFECTIVES AS PARENTS. Ban on Marriage Suggested. The Board of Control m their report for the year 1927, which is now published, anticipate that the new Mental Deficiency Act "will prove beneficial to many mental defectives who have hitherto failed to receive the care and attention
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    CHINESE TURKESTAN.
    439 5 Dr. Trinkler's Exploration. The German explorer and geologist, Dr. Trinkler, who left Srinagar m May, 1927 and who has now returned, contributes to the Statesman an account of his adventures. According to a Calcutta message to The Times, he says that when ten days' journey beyond Pobrang all
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      220 5 Like Young Blood m Your Veins /^OME to your leisure hours brisk and \^J vivacious. Take Sanatogen, which fills you with splendid health and energy, and makes you fit to work all day without fatigue. Sanatogen is a mighty nerve food a wonderful creator of vitality recharging every cell of
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      273 5 ♦♦>♦ »»O »»»»<^^;^^h^^^ I n,^ 011^ STYLI TIAI[ »»WOM FURNITURE I 1 DISTINCTIVE IN DESIGN— OF THE FINEST WORKMANSHIP-AT ECONOMICAL PRICES A LARGE STOCK ALWAYS ON VIEW IN OUR SPACIOUS SHOWROOMS. SSfiS!^^ Price $266.00 nett. V t p a ;^-;°r ppe t w r hstand 4 ft wide *SS X
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    DIVORCE AND THE BIRTH-RATE.
    619 6 Archbishop of York's Address. Addressing a meeting of men at York the Archbishop of York referred to his coming translation to Canterbury. He said:— "lt will be a task of very great difficulty. I wonder whether m some respect?, certainly within the last 200 or 300
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    WOMAN BREAKS BANK TWICE.
    411 6 Croupier's Tales of the Casino. M. Paul de Ketchiva is an ex-croupiei who. m his. retirement, has taken to telling tales out of the Casino, and. m "Confessions of a Croupier" he fivaa a trutnful. and therefore entirely unattractive, picture of public g-ambling on the Continent.
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    ENGLISH GIRL SHOT IN U.S.
    146 6 "Dry" Agents Charged. New York. Great indignation has been roused among the citizens of the small town of Lorain, m Ohio, by the alleged shooting of an English girl, Miss Betty Heywood, aged 22, of Elyria, by three Prohibition agents employed to stop liquor-running. Angry
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    CONTROLLING THE WORLD'S TIME.
    328 6 CONTROLLING THE WORLD'S TIME. Tenth of a Second 'alamitj." Would it annoy yog or lost live seconds a day? You pr wouldn't notice it. But there are ftOllk' peopk m\ uusly disturbed if theii clock much as a tenth .mi. They are the little I>um! -4 control the time at
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    150 6 Richard Htywood, Bitter said: We had taken NN Men* when W started back WfW the car— Mr. CtarlH BdwM* and baby, my datiphtur. and m>> When we approached the men J— |Hll from the nad-M--to us to halt. Mr. Edwu* then thought better it. We heard mtUiing P*tl back of
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      234 6 I Concessionaires for Malaya I I IT AL ASIA LTD. I I Singapore, Penang, Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. FLASHLIGHTS °ff er e^ e g rea t e $t value M Octagonal S lOt^^^^^TfiC/ prevents m II eliminates m IT mil accidental m 11 |W|^L_^____ COllta f r m ils
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      522 6 £M g^r^sai^S BbsbV. sssA^^BßßsmW^aa^VaWsl^Bk a^V l^kr«*a^JV dh^k^ W^LgTC X^ftoni of the Empif. Nov. 13— The Trial of Lady Jane Grey. 870 On November 13th.. l.V>:; Lad> and Jane was at once proc YEARS Jane Grey, one of the most her father-in-law who c AGO. pathetic figures m English his- state
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    M. POINCARE'S DIFFICULT TASK.
    191 7 Forming the New Cabinet. fßeuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 11. On the fifth day of the political crisis M. Poincare is still attempting to form a Cabinet. He practically succeeded yesterday evening m organising a Cabinet of "Republican concord" which is a euphemism for "National Union." including
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    BANKER'S DEATH ON WORLD TOUR.
    34 7 [Reuter's Service.] Cincinnati, Nov. 12. The death occurred here of Charles Yen persyn. Manager o f the Java Bank of Men ado. He was engaged on a world tour.
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    AMERICA IN THE WAR.
    546 7 ARMISTICE SPEECH BY MR. COOLIDGE. Profiteering Denied. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Nov. 11. In the C4MUTM of an Armistice Day IBoecl Mr. Coolidge declared: "Had we not refuse* the Anglo-French Naval Compromise. th< French Army and the English Navy woulc be so nearly unlimited that the principle
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    ARMISTICE DAY.
    797 7 THE CELEBRATIONS IN LONDON. Enormous Crowds. [Router's Service.] London. Nov. The dismal weather which attendee! Jit Armistice Day celebrations m I^omlon did not suffice to reduce the enormous crowd which assembled m the vicinity of the Cerrotaph where the principal ceremonies were carried out. The King m Field-Marshal's
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    HILL STATION RECORDS.
    43 7 HI LL STATION RECORDS. The Government Health Office sends re turns for the 7 days endinjr midnight o Saturday. November 3rd. as follows: Penang Hill (2,100 feet), average mea shade temperature 71.51 deg. F., total eva poration .300 inch, total rainfall 1.85 inches.
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    57 7 A glass case containing foreign gold coin m the Industrial Hall of the exhibition a Tennoji Paik. Osaka, was found to be brol* crn on the morning of Oct. loth, and seven American and Canadian gold coins missinj Several days previously a toy tram, a exhibit from the Kedhan Company,
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      442 7 BUSINESS CARDS. gj MANILA \l HAMBRA CIGARS I r 'i rh«-ir excellence." > t J '2. f £®sJ2.'& f ti r 2jS/5M2M3/SJS® FUNERALS. 1 SDvGAPORE CASKET CO. 4 XII KlK\« ED I'NDKRTAKKRS. f, \U\ and v h! s rxlc lel No 7r TO LET. TOMMODIOUS OFFICE to let, „,w vacant,
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      680 7 NOTICES. SELANGOR TURF CLUB. Spring 1929 Pony Griffins. The Spring 1929 Pony Griffin, will be dr.mwi PM at the Kuala Lumpur Racecourse on Wedne^ilHy, the 14th November, 1928, at I p.m. Ail Members interested arc invited to attend. Tea and refreshments. T. L. FOX, Seen tary, S'.-lanjcor Turf Club. SINGAPORE
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      1099 7 TENDERS I v, T emk>l^ w i 11!K1 ••*'"'ivc<l at the office of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, r. M.S. at Kuala Lumpur up to noon on November 2:* rd., I<>2s, for the purchase of the motor launches mentioned below. Envelopes should be marked "Launch,-." Dimensions. >ame l)ate lenKth
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH.
    676 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. BROWN. On November 12th at the General Hospital. Miss Eva Brown, of The Manor House. No. 2 CairnriiH Circle. Singapore. SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TTESDAY. NOVEMBER It, 1928. A WORD TO CAPITAL. A hopeful sign of the times as far as the future prosperity of Malaya is concerned,
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    447 8 Sir Graeme Thomson, the Governor of Nigeria, being dangerously ill. Sir Frank Baddeley has assumed the Governorship. A meeting of the Johore Council of State will be held at the Dewan, Johoie Bahru. on Tuesday November 20th., at 11 a.m. Mr. H. C. Dolman. Assistant Conservator of Forests, has arrived
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    953 8 RECRUITS' SWEARING-IN CEREMONY. A Great Occasion. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Bangkok. Nov. .">. A most impressive ceremony of the swear-ing-in of the lecruits for the defence forces took place on October 30, the venue again being the Royal Plaza before the Throne Hall where the Memorial Day
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    PIRATES IN CHINA WATERS
    451 8 VOLUNTEER GUAHi Preventive Steps. fetor** to th, return Guards for China co*,, Mail savs:-Tht» m*ml th M»ii» Johoro Volunteer Kr^r,..,,, £/**> V.R.. under the comma*] '*U left BhunpoK on th, 'i, ';7 "'V™ on board the latel) JJ after calling at Hoihn.s A f Amoy without
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    158 8 LXTEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [FHKK PKIM lIIVICI. COPTM* Undon. Nov. 12. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and g' notify to-day\s tin prices as fouo« Spot 9 16m J^ 7 16ths). Forward £221 (up i K th). m |air Messrs. Symington and notify to-day's rubber price? f 8. -,<!. (dowj
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      232 8 TH£7 CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S." i j S It's not a Whis per I Murmured Amongst Friends 1 BUT I I WHISKY »a4 I I PERRIER WATER THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. ri f af Obtainable From j 1 CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LID. 1 J- (Incorporated vtnier
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      32 8 I California's loHOIOESXJ! if! FRUITS AND ij VEGETABLES PEL If ONTEJ IT WILL SOON BE LILAC TIME H.B. Winter. MERCHANT TAILOK. 6-M, Battery Road, (Second Floor— "G. H." Building). SINGAPORE. Tel. 188.
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    WORLD PROBLEM.
    148 9 MX cOOIJIMiE'S ARMISTICE ADDRESS. Hriti>h. and Japanese Views. (Rciter'3 Service. l Sen York, Nov. 12. i.lress at Washington v (wliicr appears on 1 iting climax to the Arrationa, which were obSoWnuUty all over the t nknown Soldier was itodbf all day long, and buried beneath wreaths, the British
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    THE ETNA ERUPTION.
    86 9 Yiiliiiiiu Activity Decreasing. 'i:Koine. Nov. 12. ".i -.i.ii and the flow speed ami is n<> I KNEELING I ROWDS INVOKE M \|m>N\ vs AID. < Htania. Nov. 12. nave flocked to last-named is it meairre supiffhi bj railway and boat. eruption was religious fervour, the anti holding
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    AMERICAN PROSPERITY.
    54 9 lEtifcltct of Statistics. Beater*! Service.] a^hington, Nov. 12. n- Tnited States is thi- fad that -2*: i persons re11.000.M0 or more dur- (^n which income tax was paid the highest on record and '^n IMS, felt the number of m U<MI or more a year dropped 1 UM
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    GENERAL BOOTH'S ILLNESS.
    30 9 IhccttMr Appointed. I' E. OPYRiGHT.I London. Nov. 12. i- tht head of the Salvation wioudy ill with neultim«u nas Wen ap i« contained m a |H. In
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    SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN IN TRAIN ACCIDENT.
    83 9 SIR AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN IN TRAIN ACCIDENT. s| *ht Mishap m Canada. ***-O«ei«l Service.] RSffcf, Nov. 11. i Sir Austen ChamberJ**" s i.ta.y, was travelling WO to Ottawa had a Slight th< **rlj hours of ye sterW which happened to of Sir Austen Cham- aitv 1 »M trailed, but none of
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    27 9 I- !v t hV'v 'I? I>OPPy Da >' Fund v M -Senrieei As*ociatioi held at th t K. and O. Hote J*lUaliffed success. The Hor 't. Resident Councilloi
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    EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION.
    1746 9 LAST NIGHTS ARMISTICE DINNER. An Enthusiastic Gathering. With the more solemn commemoration of the Armistice over, ex-Service men of Singapore and their guests, numbering m all over 200, assembled at the Europe Hotel last evening for celebrations of a different n f re on the o«-**sion •><" the
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    EX-SERVICES WOMEN FOREGATHER.
    51 9 In addition to the gentlemen present 44 ex-Service women sat down to dinner at the Hotel. They had among their guests Mrs Hemmant. wife of the Acting Colonial Secretary, Mrs. Manasseh, head organiser for Malaya of Poppy Day Collections, and Mrs Roberts, wife of the Bishop of
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    BUTLER COMMITTEE CRITICIZED.
    163 9 "People's Representatives Kept on Doormat.*' London, Nov. 1. The "New Leader," m an editorial on the proceedings of the Butler Committee, says that there is a grave danger that the Princes are winning 1 behind the scenes, while the people's representatives are kept outside on the doormat
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    THE POINCARE CABINET.
    273 9 i "AN ARMISTICE OF ALL PARTIES." i Premier's Hope. j [Reuter's Service. 1 I Paris. Nov. 12. j M. Poincare's new Cabinet is approved j by the newspapers of the Right and Centre j but is attacked by the Leftist journals. i Le Journal (Republican) quotes M.
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    DE-RATING PROPOSALS.
    66 9 Opposition Campaign Developing. [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT. London, Nov. 12. The Daily Mail is urging the Government -to scrap the Derating Bill as the working out of a fine imaginative idea for helping industry is thoroughly unsatisfactory. A big campaign is being developed owing to the possible increase
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    LORD BIRKENHEAD IN COMMERCE.
    63 9 Two More Directorships. [PKCE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London, Nov. 12. Lord Birkenhiad. who a few days ago was reported to have joined the board of the Imperial Chemical Industries Limited has also become a director of Messrs. Tat. and Lyle. the well-known firm of sugar refiners,
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    SINGAPORE'S NEW GARRISON.
    46 9 SINGAPORE'S NEW GARRISON. UAKKI»UIN. 2nd Welch Regiment Leaves Shanghai. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Nov. 12. The 2nd Welch Regiment (which is coming to Singapore to relieve the 2nd Duke of Wellington's Regiment, whicii goes on to India), left to-day for Singapore on the transport Somersetshire.
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    THE PRINCE OF WALES' ARMISTICE DAY.
    145 9 Address to Settlers. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Nov. 11. The Prince of Wales attended the Armistice celebration at Nairobi, the capital of Kenya Colony. Speaking at a settlers' luncheon which followed the service of Remembrance, the Prince said that service united the whole
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    FRENCH REVENUE INCREASES.
    65 9 [Havas Service.] I Paris, Nov. 12. Revenue returns for October totalled '< 5,562 million francs, an increase of 471 million on the Budget's preliminary estimate and 705 million on October last year. For I the ten months of this year the total is I 35,391 million francs,
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    A BRITISH TRADE.
    38 9 Improvement During October. c [Reuter's Service. J c London. Nov. 12. The Board of Trade returns for October give the following: Imports £102,645,000, exports vf164,312,000, increases of £14,963,000 f and £7,692,000 respectively compared with September.
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      133 9 if g\ 1 1 Aiuininiufn vOitcc i I Percolators i S FOR MAKING THE BEST COFFEE. 3j Aluminium body, with ebonized handle and removable !j Klass top. J Each percolator is supplied with full directions for j|j making perfect coflfee. ft? 1 1 4 CUP SIZE PRICE $2.75. g 6
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      723 10 Blue r unnel Line REGULAR VaSSENGBR CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LON.DON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly. Service Liyerpfeol and Glasgow. t f (TU G«iK>a a£d Havie.) Route sdhject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Spore. MENELAUS For Marseilles,
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      503 10 Ellerman Bucknall I Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) M BiBHJir LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF CHESTER Nov 17 8-s. CITY OF TOKIO D ec!
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      426 10 British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOV»V«U? LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SKH\ [<y T OUTWARDS FROM LONDOiTfOR CHINA AND JJIMI Due Tonnage. Singapore. Jonn^ Du •TEELAWNY Nov. 15 KHIVA M (1
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      745 11 O. S. K. Line. PrMinttions. Steamers. Arrive. Leav«, London. Rotterdam, Hamburg. Bremen. Dunkirk and Antwerp via Colombo Ad»n. Su«-z and Tort Said. Amur Maru X O v. 16 Nov. 18 Durban "ape Town, Santos. Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. rßound-the- World passage t !50.] f Santos Maru Nov 29
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      467 11 TRAVEL^COMFORr DOLLAR i^^L "PRESIDENT" m i Hollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water.
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      828 11 K. P. M ■MLTE PAieV/URT MAATSGHAPPM. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVKIiVMENTTelephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and IVmbi) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    155 12 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive. East Wharf: (Entrance Gate 1.) Kangaroo E.E.E. Wharf; Rohna 22; Malay Maru 20. Main Wharf (.Entrance Gate 3). Antung 18; Lipis IS: President Adams 11; Perseus 9; Dupleix 7; Kedah B. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3). Malacca Maru 32;
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    VESSELS ARRIVED.
    371 12 Khoen Li, Dut. 264, from Pontianak 12, for Pontianak unc. Mossel, Dut. 1126, from Palembang 12, for Palembang 14. Pahlehleh. Dut. 638. from Cheribon 12. for Penang 12. Van Hogendorp. Dut. 393, from P. Baroe 12, for P. Baroe 14. Bar rat La. Brit. 55, from Muar 12,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    495 12 WINDJAMMERS IN THE TH ARIES. 'Stragglers of the Days of Sail. At this moment, says the Observer of Oct. 7. for the first time for many years, there are within the docks of London no fewer than four sailing ships, two of them launched mom than fifty years
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    RIGHT AND LEFT IN THE NAVY.
    213 12 "Captain. R.N. (retired),' writes to tht Morning Post: "I noticed recently that it was stated that at the International Conference of Seamen the adoption of the 'Right' and 'Left' system for helm orders was unanimously recommended. I find it interesting to recall my own
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    214 12 Per Op Ten Noort: Mr. Jesi Bareara. Mr. T. Susuki, Mr. Yokichi Iwakura. Mr. M. McGeorge, Mr. M. F. Woorden, Mr. N. Lewes, Mr. N. van Winger. Mrs. van Winger, Mr. K. Mores. Mr. S. S. Ballas, Mr. Oh Seng Goean. Mr. E. C. Zimmerman, Mrs. A. Nathan,
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    33 12 Barrister at Highgate to a wife: Does l this other woman annoy you now? Wife: Not now. she annoyed me when she was E trying to get my husband? She has him now.
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      443 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated is Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY, ISLAND. (0) lUt-ular monthly sailings by the well-toown steamer MARELLA (7,376 tost) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,612 tons). Thft s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Ansnmlia. Cabins
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      61 12 s.s. NIEUW HOLLAND. a! Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Australia (arrived, Nov. 9th. 1928) are G hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godowns Nos. 48 and 49 on Saturday, November 17th, 1928, at 9 a.m.
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      431 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc 44, BEAVER STREET, NBW YORt (Incorporated m UJ3JL) t 9 GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO (BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA axi* BALTIMORE (rim Son). M.S. SILVERBEECH due Nov. 14 M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Dec. IS Nov 20 M.S. SILVERBELLE due Jan. 4 lls Dec !j PACIFIC- JAVA
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      130 12 MESSAfiERfES MARITIME p HOMFWARP HAW To Colombo. Djibouti. Tort >»id Marseille* from BhfV 1 (,r«,ss T«nn»«' GENERAL METZINGER ».<•• Marseilles via Madrid and h'ndir* COMPIECNK OVTWAIO M\H> To Saigon. Honjr honjr. Shineh*' nnd Japan. CHKNONCEAUI PORTHOS itW To Saigon. T*»urane and H»iP^« CHANTILLY IM* m FKKM.HI <XXVU X LT. DE
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      211 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuan tan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.na Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tingei, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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    EMPLOERS OF INDIAN LABOUR
    124 13 EMPLOERS OF INDIAN LABOUR L*°J«f^*? I^7 (LABOL-R, AND I >"<i that assessment returns carter must be S ent to the fnLrtt. Cont 11 of Labour, •v. V, t r ia lng the month^ <>f April, ,J »nd January. t1 M 'I"'" WiU applied on '"> office of the department. m
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    VOLCANOES IN ITALY.
    1008 13 A MOUNTAIN WITH 200 CRATERS. The Methods of Etna. Recent news that mount Etna is erupting adds interest to the following article m the Daily Telegraph. There i* no stability m Vesuvius. Down m the crater I stood on lava only six days old whilst the central
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    LURE OF FACING PERIL.
    455 13 ETERNAL BATTLE OF LIFE. Facts Pacifists Must Learn. Professor Gilbert Murray delivered o Oct. 9 m the Memorial hall, arringdo btreet, London, under the Halley Stewar T L USt F nd the first of si on 'Th ordeal of civilisation; the war, the League nnd the
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    "RESCUED" FROM THE SEINE.
    301 13 Journalist's Spartan Test. Paris. Oct. 10. An enterprising: member of the Pari evening paper La Presso to-day determine to test the efficiency o f the new municipj arrangements r or the rescue of those drowr ing m the Seine. He cast himself into the water, the
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      260 13 riciicr TOOP£N ((r~t2&rC\ TO CLOSE Rrmove tapsalc 1! Jfl BaWV Repiacr cap lerer zni \V*^^ ■bAuJ/ »mi M> NEW BOTTLE SEAL (NO CORKSCREW) f QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that which goes into the Haig bottle. n r.| Doctors are using it LJE
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      191 13 Announcement J*he Fresh Food Refrigeratn Co: Lfd M announce that t business of purveyors of I Fresh Quality Foodstuff* will be I OPENED SATURDAY MORNING, the l?th November. t 'T l po/zV^ o/ company is to provide only the highest grade foods, handled only m i the most hygienic and
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    COMMUNIST PROGRAMME.
    874 14 THE SIXTH CONGRESS MANIFESTO. How Existing Order is to Die. The Communist Internationa], writes the Moscow correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, now possesses a credo m the shape of a programme of theory and action, drawn up ant! unanimously adopted by the Sixth Congress of the International, which
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    34 14 Some people may think the millionaire who make? \*«>rk and walth such an obsesMCB that it dominates him, the real failure since for him the means have obscured the end. Sir Jame.» Joynton Smith.
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    112 14 The Swatow Strike. [By arrangement with Xanyang Siang Pau Press.] Hong Kong, Nov. 8. I In Swatow finance is difficult since tht stoppage of exports, and the situation ha' become more critical since tht bankruptcy of Li Ping Ki. The Chamber of Commerce hold an urgent meeting
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    EMPRESS' GUARD IN TEARS.
    104 14 Pathetic Bedside Interview. Copenhagen. Ivan, the giant Cossack who had guarded every step of the Dowager Empress of Russia for more than forty years, sleeping outside her door every night, broke down and wept like a child after being called to her bedside shortly before she
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    19 14 My motto m Vie is: "Those wr:o »re not against me tie v. ith niv."— Mr George Lansbuvy, M.P.
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      167 14 ■pj^^^^A^j Before a act of tennu, JTJ drink a glass of cool- I ing Montfcrrat' and B> A equip yourself with m||s^ vitality and "pep" (or I llmftlffiljiS tne on-coming game, i3iyn StTM( "h" l^**-*" y JBJ^My mmi preparad omlj from cdtivated Imm. UONTSEI?^T ■▼I LIMB <JUICB Of all Dealer*
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      206 14 jftjfc^V^X I exertions a little touch of "1711 behind t J^r W l^lKjiuilft I tHt ears Will P reserv^ y«ur .harm and f V i f//>//'^ N VlfW\ V The woman of refinement ,|,Mr- it .'I Tf V -\fl|l/jl V v f pr st rvil^ l»" daintin,-.. \V_^'^^ \K/ wfli-;\
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    NEW NON-ROBOT PHONE DEVICE.
    366 15 NEW NON-ROBOT PHONE DEVICE. Instrument that Writes Messages. A device to minimise air fatalities and an ingenious instrument for answering tin telephone aie amonj> the three hundred m D terestinjr inventions, not yet marketed, ex J hibited at thi- fourth annual exhibition of j the Institute of Patentees, at Caxton
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    RUBBER PROSPECTS.
    445 15 Mr. Eric Miller's Confidence m the Future. Presiding at tho annual wngtil^g «»t Messrs. Hanison and CrosAdd Ltd. m mail wvik Mr. H. Eric Miller said: Summiag up the prospecta of production ami consumption m 190, it swmis to lac that, unless thert- is MNM unforest-en check, m
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    17 15 The ■on«m t'rat \\\<> man m the <in<rs arc far twtter than thi-y wn Dr. V. J, Karn.
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    PRODUCE.
    198 15 Xwerabei l_'. Tin I:'") To!i> <i;niil>ier gi 4 I'fppor White 90 Pepper Macs. ♦>:; Plsfce Tapioca N Pear! S;.uo Small 7.\ Copra Sundned 10.45 Kice Liang Him Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rico, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 266 Rice, Siam
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    SOUTH TAIPING TIN.
    203 15 The following is the directors' report to the shareholders of South Taipinjjr Tin to be pre Hated at the annual meeting to bLheld at Kat/ Brothers. Pt-nan^ on Nnvcmi«- r 24th at noon. The Dredjre made 6^BBB hours nmntof time, treating 1,430,000 cubic yards for a recovery
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    VICTIMS OF ALCOHOL IN NEW YORK.
    357 15 20 Dead. BO 111. New York. At least 20 persons were killed and sixty made ill recently m New York through drinking alcohol. Uut this is only partially an indictment of the quality of post-prohi-bition liquor. Some of the victims were injured by the
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    168 15 OIL PALM PLANTATIONS. A now company. Oil Palm Plantations ltd, with a capital of $.~>0<),0M0 is Issuing (5.000 profit sharing bonds of $100 each. The directorate is Messrs H. K. L. Dyne. the lu>n: Mr. Tan Cheng Look. Me— Tl W. Harries, K. Keating and C. Maws-.n.
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    SCOTCHING RUBBER RUMOURS IN CEYLON.
    353 15 A correspondent writes to the Hates of Ceylon: At the last moiling of toe Estates I roduetfl Committee of the Koa-d ot Ajrri culture a series of questions was asked regarding the budding of rubber ami the records being Kept. Mr. F. A. Stockdale (Director
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    MAKING TEA BOXES.
    360 15 The ira exported from Fukiea i> com monl) packed m boxes, of which 700,000 t<. 800,000 are made yearly m Foochow, valued at about II each. The boxes arc nad of pine boards dovetailed and thin w ik«l. The inside is pasted with a layer of strong
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      337 15 ASSETS OVER $B^oo^oo ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry E C The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      275 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £o each £3.000.000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Rese.-ve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C Agencies and Branches. A lor Star Iloilo Tongkah Amntsar In O h
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      444 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kox>g. Authorised Capital $50.000,00< Issued and fully paid up $20,000,00( Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,0<M Silver $14,000,00< Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20.000,00( COURT OF DirECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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      39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    M.C.C. ON TOP.
    438 16 MAMMOTH TOTAL AGAINST NEW SOUTH WALES. Three English Centuries. {FREE PRFSS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT! Sydney, Nov. 12. When stumps were drawn m the match between the M.C.C. and New South Wales here this evening the Englishman were m a very strong position for. having declared their innings closed
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    THE F.A. CUP.
    229 16 Draw for First Round Proper. [Reiner's Service.] london. Nov. 12L The draw for the first round proper of the Football Association Cup to-day resulted as follows: Spennymoor United vs. Hartlepools. Wrexham vs. Carlisle. Wigan vs. Ashington. Chesterfield *a> Rochdale. Gainsborough Trinity vs. ClWf. Shirebrook vs. Aidsley Athletic
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    1901 16 THE NOVEMBER MEETING. Interesting Racing. The weather yesterday was pleasanter for spectators than had been the case on Saturday and there was a fairly pood attendance of those interested who had th? satisfaction of seeing some good racing, whilst the dividends included the surprise of the met ting
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    953 16 LEAGUE POSITIONS TO DATE. No Change m Leading Clubs. The following: are the positions up to and including: last Saturday's results m the English Leagues and Division I of the Scottish League: DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. L>erby 14 9 3 I M
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      148 16 POSERS FOR SPORTSMEN. I On this page every Tuesday morning will be found a series of questions which will be of interest to sportsmen, recalling as they do remarkable achievements of the past m various branches of sport. The answers to these questions will be found on page 4. 1.
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      282 16 I for the I: "Hi* "HIS MASTER'S^ VOirr- X Master's stands for (jualitv s Unr l ♦f* Voice" On and unappr,^^ V (gramophones instrument of the hit Mi 4 Payments bm music. IBd 4 J Agents artl >" 4 J S. MOUTRIE CO.. LTD X (Incorporated m Hong Kon») SINGAPORE.
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