The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 January 1929

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 11 1 SingaporeFreePress 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, &S. THURSDAY. JANUARY 17, 1929. NO. 12,619
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  • 299 1 The King is now reported to be definitely better though the progress is still exceptionally slow Page 9. Of the three to four hundred aboard the Hsinwah which was lost off Hong King only twenty six are yet reported rescued. A graphic description of his ordeal m
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  • 1248 1 Mokanshan is a tiny summer resort m the mountains of Chekiang. The houses are scattered over the tops of abrupt, thickly wooded hills which rise to about two thousand feet. Westwards the ranges run m confusion to the horizon, while m the East and South the plain
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 376 1 WING LOONG. THE KECOGNISBD. HOUSE for crROPKAN TROPICAL «UITS. 32. HIGH STREET. I Raffles Hotel 1 1 ROOMS WITH MODERN SANITATION. jl j EXCELLENT GRILL i I TFA DINNER i I DANCES SEA VIEW HOTEL DANCES J 1 ij MONDAY Modern Sanitary Arrangements. TUESDAY f Sm' ay tealances ™«*j 1
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    • 119 1 3 Plain: Green, Blue and Red. S 5 Crackle: Green, Blue and Red. S 3 H 7 a/«?<^, Mahogany Chromium. JS k! Sole Agents: Jg d b li J R I \-rf\l 1 X/ I I M P Branches No. 11, Colly er Quay Si p Kuala Lumpur Penang Singapore.
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    • 71 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cook's world travel service Page 12. Johore Government invite tenders Page 8. Dunlop for durability and mileage i'age 16. Miss Elizabeth Keith's water colour exhibition Page 2. The Borneo Company are giving iway samples Page 13. Notice re De Soto. Faigo and Chrysler trade marks Pace 7. LOW
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 171 1 1 tIMLt nCiEin. Thursday, \ltb. Hiph Water, 2.33 a.m., 8.5. 2.21 p.m., <U. Malacca: H. W. 11.10 a.m., U, 11. 40 p.m., 6.4. Homt' mail closes. Australian mail closes 6 p.m. Rugby: Services vs. Merchants 'Tournament), S.C.C. S.C.C. Soccer annual meeting -6.30 p.m. Penanj: Races. Friday, Wth. Hifrh Water, 3.13
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  • 282 2 Charming Young Lady Wants It Dispelled. .Mi.-> olive Young, an American-born < hinese girl, and a graduate of the Toaeben College. Colttaibia l'niv<rsity. is at present m Singapore on her way to Java when* >he m to take up an engagement with a CaiueM Him company. A Free
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  • 209 2 lknno Moiseiwiisch b due m Singapore on Monday next by the President Van Burvn. and will give two recitals only during hi- stay. The first will be on Tuesday. The programme will be a> follows: Sonata ir C. Minor Op 19 < Pathetique) Beethoven. Sonata (Moonlight) Beethoven.
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  • 160 2 The following is the tinal list of sub--rrlptioni for IM7-Itt& Previously acknowledged $2. r ),9.">4.U2 ross-Word Puzzles from June 27th.. VJ2X to August :*lst.. Ittfl *2,i»10.00 Church Workers Association, Seremban ttuDQ IVr Mrs. Small. Kuala Lumpur: Mr. F. C Marshall l'UHi Per Mrs. Peal. IVnang: Mr. Justice
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 197 2 R.A.0.8. CHILDREN'S PARTY. '^A hilchens i'a:.y »«J U. ipvcn at the.'Drill \}*n. Bench DoDl to U.y at f.4% p.m. SWISHHIRE ST. MDREWS SDOEIY A BURNTCONCTRT (FOLLOWED BY A DANCE) will be held m THE WILL HALL, BEACH ROAD, on FRIDAY, JANUARY 25TH. TICKETS $3 EACH can be obtained from members
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    • 363 2 VICTORIA TggA™ FOR TWO RECITALS ONLY. TUESDAY; JANUARY 22nd., WEDNESDAY^ JANUARY 23r<J. At 9.30 p.m. MOISEIWITSCtt THE FAMOUS PIANIST. BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $4, $2 $1. JANUARY 24th. TO 31st. AT 9.30 P.M. W. K. BANVARD'S NEW j Musical Comedy Company. IN THE LATEST LONDON MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESSES. "Ja7u^r 2 4thrand
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    • 179 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., LtA, Proprietors) PROGRAMME Commencing Jan. 16th. and ending Monday, 21st. Jan. 1929. In the First Show at 9 p.m THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES pre*er.' LILIES E FIELD featuring Corinne Griffith Conway Tearle A powerful drama of true mother love, a tai*
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  • 454 3 A Successful Year's Racing. The i, lowing is the report of the Sin«*ant Tu*f t lad to be presented at vlie i. nuai meeting on jnn. 2.*>th at r>.ls p.m. m .hi Chamber of Commerce. The statement o<" accDimts shows a s. phis for the year of
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  • 304 3 Tin* following is the result of the draw for the English maidens of the Perak Turf Club:Kingswear, bay mare. 4 years, by Kin^V Zenith out of N<>. Mr. C. L. Green. Latuko 11, brown greldinpr, 3 years, by Burlingham out of Gtacina, Mr. J. Cameron. Santorio.
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  • 160 3 London, Jan. S. A revolver shot was heard on the Embankment near Cleopatra's Needle at three m the morning and the police found the body of a well-dressed man with a rovolver by his side. Later, he was identified as a German, Werner Stiel, described
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 201 3 Pocket (i KODAK' nitrißß? Open the front j! I Wrßa/ an<^ l s ready for ■■"L-.jJwiT^L p cture making, jj 1 KODAK LIMITED. I (Incorporated m England.) 8, Battery Road, SINGAPORE. ij I Clean Hands 1 1 Jhe swtst Way to keep ttidl I 'ufebbotN m sValsai Wk I You
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    • 117 3 11 1 W^ A*^ <>^k A. -^i^ -«ji^- ♦>. -4-. v#u. .^#u. v#u. .^♦w Jk*. Jb*. Jb*. Jtv {WATER FILTRATION! "JEWELL" Pressure and Gravity Filters X Pioneers of rapid filtration. Over 6,000 m successful operation. EFFECTIVELY FILTERS TURBID WATER X FREE FROM SUSPENDED MATTER, COLOUR AND BACTERIA. Eminent analyst's report
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  • 306 4 LORD MAYOR IN LIGHTER MOOD. MR. PICKWICK AT THE HAYMARKET. The Lord Mayor, seen about to pull two crackers at once, among the guests a t the Honourable Artillery Company's partv for 700 children held at Armoury House, Finsbury. (D.S.) 1^^3__r_______g^ i5 ~5s___~ frnnt ttl rt
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  • 1236 5 AMERICAN FINANCIAL POLICY. End of Anti-Japanism Demanded. Reflecting conservative American opinion The Far Eastern Review has for the pasi year, emphasized the urgent necessity of ar amicable adjustment of outstanding fcino Japanese misundertandings as the basis oi China's reconstruction. American capital will not flow into China as long
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  • 132 5 One of the finest exhibitions of dramatic acting? is given by Corinne Griffith, the beautiful screen star, m the First National production "Lilies of the Field" which is to be screened at the Alhambra Theatre tomorrow. Adapted from a famous stage play which ran m New
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    • 533 5 Til If! At BEVt**6* W S^gH^lTt H>QO f^^g^^^^^^B^P P^^gffl W v I g^Bg^V^MV^ga^gJ^gfl SleepW\ Here is the way to enjoy peaceful sleep v\\ //y from which you will wake refreshed V\\ A and invigorated. \jm Drink a cup of delicious "Ovaltr^" \V& W regularly before retiring. There is nothmg \^B
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    • 60 5 ■'> ■'■•"•■■ix-X-l I >y x .>^aH wafer x vSH HH^^ E rJ£ that NEVER VARIES LONDON The Cork-Tipped Cigarettes which NEVER VARY Made Socially to Prevent Sore Throats by Carreras Ltd. Sole Agents:— HUTTEN BACH LAZARUS Sons, Ltd. Singapore, Pcnang, Ipoh, Kuala- Lumpur I fl, i ii|iiioiiin i t !W
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  • 1957 6 CLEANING IP CORRIPT CITY. Progress m the liattle. This is the second of series <»t' live dailj article* de>eribing the progress of the battle being wagad by the law citizens of Chicago against it- lawlftM nnderworld. This article* show> how an army of "pay-roller*/ 1 aided
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  • 104 6 The < ominiuvc for Privileges m lh< House of Lords, submitted to th« parties concerned the resolution whi I they p^opoM lc ;ay before tlu- House of Ltords m recrard t-. Jaimi of Lit ut.- Colonel William vSerby-L«»\\n<les to the Baronies of IContacute (1299) and llonthermer (1310)
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    • 377 6 I lllsl D j H ■■■i»| 111 O\>C/^#^ y-- ;;SlB IR II imcessionaires loi Malaya. ITALASIA. LTD., Sin«ap«»re. IVnanu. lp<»»^, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. I 111 PENANG TURF (IUB. EXTRA MEETING FOR PONIES. January 25th 1929. (THAIPUS.VM HOLIDAY) '«<^» I. Furlongs- -all <li\i.si--n^ STAKES «»ut of whu-h |80€ t<» 2nd
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    • 482 6 (iKliriN RACES. First Day. —Two Btces. Dfatance 8 Purlongs. Second Day. Two Races. Distance 5 Pisrion^rs. I "or Qorses that have run on r irsl Day barred). Third Day.— Two Races. Distance l jmiie For Horses that have mil at i h<- Meeting. Pesjrlh Day. Two sTaiTi Dlstanee ♦"> Km
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    • 187 6 I Th«r« i« no need to m» i to get cool 1 WhenVhe^^-i down pour out 0 flui ot MonUerrat v |l|te^l be as cool a. cucumber, I MeaUerrtt U tkt only Umt U. wodd pmud fro. n\\i ntt4 ±k I oelidftut it it v coolut ni^ I utih^^ ft
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  • 155 7 POSITION VERY OBSCURE. Fighting May Continue. llicuter's Service.] liondon, Jan. 15. Much is left unsaid m the latest despatches received m authoritative quaiters m London from Kabul which do not indicate the definite whereabouts of Amanullah or reveal how the Sirdars and Mullahs view the new ruler. It
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  • 216 7 Bad Year for Builders. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 15. Lloyd's register of shipping says the tonnage under construction at the end of December m the British Isles shows an increase of 153,000 compared with September, although Hh present total of 1,242,000 is 336,000 lower than at the
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  • 220 7 Denies the Council's Authority. Router's Service.] London, Jan. 15. General Booth has refused to retire. General Booth m an exclusive statement to Reuter emphasises that the "founder of the Salvation Army instituted the powers under which the High Council could be called for the sole purpose
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  • 102 7 FReuter's Service/) Constantinople, Jan. 15. Thirtytwo alleged organisers of a conspiracy against Government based on opposition to the recent reforms, which are described as "irreligious," which was discovered at Broussa, will be tried at the criminal court on Monday. It is alleged the plot was initiated by a
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  • 55 7 [Reuter's Serviced London, Jan, 15. The Grand Council of the British Empire Campaign has approved the offer of two prizes of £500 each m 1931 and 1933, for the best original piece of work m th© in-| vestigation of cancer carried out m the| British Empire. They will
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  • 433 7 STRIKES ROCK AND SINKS IN AN HOUR. Very Few Saved. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Hong Kong, Jan. 18. A wireless has been received that a steamer sank off Waglan at 5.15 a.m. to-day. There is no sign of any survivors. The steamer's name is not known and
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  • 91 7 THE KING' S PROGRESS. Another Quiet Day. [Router's Service.] London, Jan. :5. The bulletin at 8 p.m. says the King had a quiet day and the progress previously noted, though slow, continues. The next bulletin will be issued on Thursday morning. I»ndon, Jan. 15. It is officially stated at Buckingham
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  • 97 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Jan. 15. The Senate by 85 to 1 has ratified the KelloKK pact. Washington, Jan. 16. Senator Blame (Wisconsin) was the sole opponent of ratification. The Senate overwhelmingly rejected his resolution m favour of recording that the freedom of action reserved by
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  • 52 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Jan. 16. S'»ven tenders have been opened by the Shipping Board for the six ships comprising the United States Line and five comprising the American Merchant Line. The P. W. Chapman Company bid $6.7K2,00'> for the Leviathan and the same Company offered $10,000,000 for
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  • 33 7 [Keuter's Service.] London, Jan. 15. "Well-informed quarters m London think the Belgian authorities ordered the detention of Messrs. Saklatvala, Maxton and others believing- they were attending some conferer.ee m Belgium.
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  • 19 7 [Reuter's Serviced Paris, Jan. 15. M. Clemmceau is down with influenza but it It not serious.
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  • 27 7 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Jan. 15. The Chamber unanimously passed a bill providing for construction this year of oim cruiser, six destroyers and six submarines
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  • 232 7 Encouraging Prospects. [British Radio—Official Service.] Kugby, Jan. 15. The prospects for the British Industries Fair, which will be held from Feb. 18 to Mar. 1, are extremely satisfactory. At the White City, London, almost every branch of British industry will be represented. The machinery section is to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 464 7 BUSINESS CARDS. Tele. 3492. MASSAGE I IIR I MRS. FUJIMORI I M J x N BSE JiONE-SETTER v ,a Dhobv (ihaut, Singapore. I *>■ v 7 a.m. to S p.m. X |\^EFKK PIKE I I tiOLOBOTTLE" BEER I I T o HARM* UL CHEMICAL BEER. 1^ FUNERALS. I I gN6APOn
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    • 528 7 NOTICES. I S 2 2 r .NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thy above trail marks, which have been advertised m the Singapore Free Press of the 13th Au K ust *****, »nd thi- S.S. Covi-rnment Gazette of the 17th August 1928, as the properties of De Soto Motor Coiporation, corporation
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    • 361 7 tiaßTPjft S There is no B^^BAMbv^l^ better pill than MARTIN'S. Y«w g Vcsn rely upon MARTIN'S PILLS. X by mil Ch€mimi» lB<— .^r COULD NOT PUT I HANDSJN.WATER Eczema In Rash. Irritation Dreadful. Healed by Cuticura. I had eczema on my hands and arms for twelve months. It broke out
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    • 717 7 NOTICES. f EXCHANGE BANKS. The Exchange Banks will be closed on: 26th January, Friday, Thaipusam Indian Festival) EARTH FOR FILLING, j Good laterite rubble fur raiaiag land can be removed free of charge from Happy Valley site. Apply British-American Tobacco Co. (Straitt-> Ltd., 11 Keppel Road. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Notice
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  • 65 8 A Novel Suggestion. To the Editor. Sir, What about the cultivation of a few high yielding coconut trees on the Raffles Institution Estate to stir up the specialists there? What about having a Derby of sorts for the Director of Education and the same specialists and
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  • 64 8 A telegram has been received from Urn Hon. the Colonial Secretary to Government. Tanganyika Territory, stating that Mr. John Scott. C.M.G., who has been appointed to succeed Sir Hayes Marriott. K.8.E., C.M.G.. as Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements, left Dar-es-Salaam on January 9th., 1929, and is expected
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  • 99 8 With reference to the paragraph about the forthcoming: opera, we are asked to state that ladies and gentlemen willing to takt part should send m their names without delay, as arrangements for making- a Itart with rehearsals must be completed before the end of the month.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 20 8 SMITHERS. At thi- Enropean Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, on Jan. IS, 1920, to Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Smitkers, daughter.
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    • 23 8 RYAX-MII.LARI). At the Gea«ml HwpiUl Singapore, on Jan. lKth, Major Georgf E. RyanMillaiii, aRt- 7»:\. Furu'ial t«)-tlay at Bidadaii Cemetery at "> p.m.
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  • 1749 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1929. MALAY STATES PROBLEMS. Whatever else may be said about the visit of Mr. Ormsby-Gore there is no doubt that it provoked both thoughts and feelings. That m itself we would take to justify the visit, because we are firm believers m stimulation, even
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  • 646 8 EXPENSIVE Munich J HOUSING. PAI 1 The SociaMjuestion. I The following are the minutes y mittee meeting held m the Fy^^l Monday, January 14th at spm Present:— Mr. R. M. Willi ams dent), Mr. D. Santrv (Vwp Hon'ble Mr. F. A. Pledger Hon-H V. Miles. Hon'ble Dr. Noel
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  • 67 8 LATEST RUBBER AND Tl> PRICES. [free press London, Jan. Ifc l ]Ts^ Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus anu notify to-day's tin pfe* i* Spot £228 1 16 (up 1 J2j 1M ward £222 :MG (unchanßW market continues stead y. Messrs. Symington and a» >, notify to-day's rubber P" c follows:
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  • 29 8 vR [C,HM [FREE PRESS BEEVICE. i«. L |«an»Kok. Their Majesties attend. I ceremony this niornin- whi fUMt audience bcludto* foreigners with camerastaking snapshots of the pK*«
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 442 8 I j "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECKS." S I It's not a Whis— per Ii Murmured Amongst Friends «j BUT I i' A I jj WHISKY Atia I 1 PERRIER WATER THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER THATS I BEING TALKED ABOUT. Obtainable From: ja CALDBECH MACGREGOR CO., LTD. i >nc»rt>»mted ut
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    • 65 8 jjiiiiiiiJW»«!ii!iia!fiy.iriifi!iaßiaiuafiai» I California's IoHOICESxI Mi M» FRUITS AND g «H -ft I VEGETABLES yj IE LC {DEL MONTEf Sartorial Notes. H Z> 7 I X Personal appearance j is a man's hall jiij X marks of success. :l i i i H. B. WINTER, I tailor, i 8 BATTERY ROAD.
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  • 194 9 hftter news of his MAJESTY. Fradual Progress. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 18. understood thr King passed a fairly Xt and that his condition is unl^ndon. Jan. 16. 2.20 p.m. nflkially announced that the Kind's rfow VtofCttn maintained. London, Later. r ii informed that the King is now mitely
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  • 112 9 Former (iovernor of Victoria. PRESS SERVICE. COPTEIOHT.J London. Jan. Ift. H<>n. Sir Reginald Tal-■im-rly Governor >f Victoria, Austra- IMI. third mm of the 18th an I resumptive to th* 21st Earl ut r Reginald had a distinguish- m the army before h** t(»ok up f Governor of
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  • 35 9 nieideof Twin Radium Experts RVICE. < OPYRIGOT.] London, Jan. 16 Hai Street specialist*, Arthur nej Macendrick Smith, who >'■'>. have committed suicide, as a thtir poverty. They hing they had on research radium treatment.
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  • 49 9 met Guarantee Demanded. SBS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, Jan. 16. ur? have decided to make the "i" agriculture test for the the General fleet km and are ruarantees respecting prices to ment of wages to workers uitural Act of 1920; also the the safeguarding industry.
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  • 53 9 nher Rebel Succ?sses. r r> [R» utrr's Service.] IVshaw-ar. Jan. 16. fighting is renewed m the Shortly after the Mullahs communications with became intermittent. The sibut all foreigners are bandit leader Bachat ommaadi the situation 1 ul. New Delhi, Jan. 16. 1 that Afghan rebels have iWc,
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  • 51 9 [Renter*! Service.! Havana, Jan. 16. nfereace of the Cuban NammisskM and the Cuban I ropotal for to-operative of sugar wa, considered, but 1 rewilt the 1929 crop will dividually without restriction ting rHnding or selUn^. t be approved by Praoidont n»a indicated he would lx<*ion of the
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  • 17 9 EXPORT PETROLEUM ASSOCIATION. |[feater>i Servio'.l «eon* New York Jaii It. £"™>< m of the Export Petroldtl<)r la announced.
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  • 563 9 ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY. D.P.P. Complimented. The first Singapore Assizes concluded yesterday before the Chief Justice, Sir Wiliian Murtson. The last case to be tried was that m which three Chinese, Yee San, Chen Yip and Chen Swee. were charged with attempt «?d armed robbery. In opening the Crown
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  • 114 9 A Mission to China. [Reuter's Far East Service.] Tokio, Jan. 16. A Japanese Minister left for Shanghai at 7 this evening. Though not specifically commissioned to negotiate with Nanking it la expected Yoshizawa will seize the oppor tunity to initiate fresh informal negotiations for a settlement
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  • 80 9 Pickets Withdrawn. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Hankow. Jan. 18. Apparently as the result of Reuter messages from Tokyo and the Japanese consul's advices the Chinese authorities have taken action to force the withdrawal of all Chinese pickets from the boundaries ot" the Japanese concession, thus averting
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  • 62 9 (By courtesy of Nanyo XichiXiehi ShimbunshaJ Tokio, Jan. 15. According to a cable from Hankow two Japanese have been abducted by antiJapanese pickets who made a raid on the Japanese concession. A meeting-place of non-commissioned officers of the Japanese marines was raided by a riotous Chinese crowd.
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  • 949 9 MR. ORMSBY-GORE ON BRITISH OBLIGATIONS. Unfederated States Upheld. From Mi\ Ormaby-G ore's report upon Malaya we take the following interesting paragraphs regarding the constitutional position m the Peninsula: It must always be remembered that British influence became established m the Malay States— Federated as well as Unfederated
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  • 27 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, Jan. 16. A fund for research into cancer ami asthma has been launched. £10,000 is needed m five years.
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  • 335 9 VERY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. Twenty Six Rescues. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] A Kong, Kong, Jan. 16. A fishing junk picked up the chief officer Peter Jacobsen, an Esthonian, and two Chinese survivors from the Hsinwah which was lost off Hong Kong as reported on page <).
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  • 262 9 Hours in Bitter Water. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service! Hong Kong. Jan. lfi. Jacobsen who is lying m a hospital bed m an interview with Reuter said "I was asleep m my blnk when the Hsimvah struck with a terrific impact. I jumped up and rushed to the deck;
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  • 71 9 Driver Alleged Drunk. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Jan. 16. News from Bukharest says 14 were killed and 40 seriously injured m a collision between an express from Bukharest to Temesvar and a passenger train which was held up at the station at Prushila owing to a
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  • 46 9 SOUTH AMERICAN RAIL ENTERPRISE. [Reuter's Service.] Lima, Peru, Jan. 16. A plan of the American financiers who propose to build the first trans- Continental railway m equatorial South America is advanced by the passing of a bill m Congress authorising Government to make the necessary concessions.
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  • 32 9 A Hundred Homeless. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Ja n 11. Five are dead and 100 homeless as the result of a fire destroying two five-storey tenements m Uptown.
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  • 34 9 THE GRAND CHAMBERLAIN DEAD. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Jan. 16. Count Chinda. Grand Chamberlain to His Majesty, who yesterday had a lit of cerebral hyperaemia has passed away.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 140 9 ILADIES' SHOESI I I (^^k styles No. *****. A. In beifie cut-out leather. A nice ♦> V walking shoe. >C^l^ > t price 5i0.50. Wy\ V w\-X^^ No. *****. Jt V ill >v In metallic kid with coloured Louis X V heel. Quite the vo^ue. PRICE $21.50. t Willow calf
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    • 723 10 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. 1 TELEMACHUS For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Po t AENEAS For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow Jan. 27 J LYCAON
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    • 489 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) I "atEMttir uml PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). I FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Spore. lftttt *.8. CITY OF PEKIN ln Port s.B. CITY OF KHARTOUM Feb 10
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    • 420 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 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LOTOiTtoR CHINA AND JAPAN, tDo# D^ Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Sinfifwi 1929. KARMALA 9,100 Mai M DUA 54>00
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    • 632 11 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Ste« m ers. ArrWe dot,. Kottordam, Hamburg, Bremen, Dunkirk and Antwerp via Colombo, I BM. and Port Said Atlas Ma ir Cape Town, Ri<» de Janeiro, i&nto*, M< nt<'vi»leo an<l Pui-nos Aire.«. Unnnci-: he-World passage £150.] f UMtftvidaQ Maru IVb. ]:> Vvh v tr.!';«-;», Zanzibar.
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    • 506 11 I* DOLLAR 4te^& I "PRESIDENT* fl I Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comfort?. 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
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    • 668 11 K. P. M. RONINKLYKE PAKETVMRT MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDE TeWh^N^^il TH I H N^ THI^N DS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. lelepnone No. 3640, with sub. connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and D A Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penanf).
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  • 38 12 H.M.S. Concord, (Captain A. J. Robertson, M.V.0., R.N.) is expected to arrive at Singapore m the afternoon on January 24th. from Hong Kong-, and to leave on the morning of January 27th. for Colombo and England.
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  • 337 12 Settled on Tuesday. It will be recalled says Tuesday's Pinang Gazette, that a section of the lightermen employed by the Penang Harbour Board went on strike without giving any notice a little over a month ago. They demanded an increase of pay of no less than 20
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  • 220 12 Refusal to Leave the Stranded Liner. When the last of the crew of the White Star liner Celtic, now on the rocks near Queenstown, were ordered to leave the ship owing to the bad weather, the ship's cat refused to forsake the only home she had ever
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  • 73 12 Sir Robert Thomas has suggested to the First Lord of the Admiralty that armed naval ratings might be drafted into British merchant ships, as members of the crew, while navigating the pirate-infested China Seas. Mr. Bridgeman was expected to express an opinion on the matter m
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  • 40 12 Calcutta, Jan. 8. The Walton Hall (4,932 tons) while entering the Hoogrhly River, after a journey from New York via Rangoon, collided with the Ooriya (485 tons), which foundered. No lives were lost.
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    • 682 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins
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    • 540 12 Kerr Steamship Co. inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE. (via Suez). M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Jan. 29 sai)s feb M.S. SILVERASH due Feb. 16 sai s M.S. SILVERGUAVA due liar. 14 sails PACinC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE
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    • 703 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Knantan (vis Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Tenting and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 148 12 Barratta, Brit. 55, from Muar 16, for Muar 17. Van d. d. de Bye, Dut. 86, from Singkep 16, for Singkep 18. R.F.A. War Mehtar, Brit. 3407, from Hong Kong 16, for Abadan 17. Maetsuycker, Dut. 1277, from Sournbaya 16, for Cheribon 19. CLEARANCES. Jan. 16. Cardiganshire, Rompin, Jarak, Aing
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  • 397 13 Ceremonial Opening. Mr. Justice McCabe Reay presided at the opening 1 ceremony of the new law courts at Muar on Saturday. On his arrival His Lordship inspected the Guard of Honour supplied by the Chief Police Officer and, accompanied by the H.H. the Tungku Makhota, proceeded
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  • 320 13 Dishonesty Punished. The Muar Assizos opened on Saturday beTo; c Mr. Justin- McCahc Reay m the now law courts. The Deputy Public Prosecutor, Mr. R. Moor CJ3. appeared for the Crown. All bin Sulong. a Government servant and sub-postmaster, was charged on thret counts with stealing money from
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  • 267 13 The Coroner's inquest on the death of Mr. Lim Tian Poh, a Straits-born Chinese Christian who was killed m a collision with a Morris truck while riding his motor cycle alonir Pasir Panjanir Road on the morninu of December 30, was held yesterday. Mr. Lim
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  • 421 13 Golf Club Competitions. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Jan. 14. The Malacca Golf Club monthly medal for January was played for on Saturday and Sunday the sth and 6th instant, 21 members competing, but owing to the unfavourable weather on Saturday many competitors were obliged to aoandon their
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  • 394 13 Our six million Rabbit-Kunters, duckhunters, and deer-hunters, added to the 3 500 000 men which General SummeraJ thinks *c should have m the regular Arm, establishment, will be able to five 8 g©« account of themselves if they are ever call ed upon m a national
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  • 115 13 Revelry Said to Break AH Records. London. Jan. 1. The hectic revelry m Ivondon heralding 1920 broke all records. Hotels and restaurants were crammed. Streets m theatrelam! were packed with car?. People m dense crowds thronged the precincts of St. Pauls to await the chiming of
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    • 120 13 BEST (ANVAS |WASHINGTgt "WASHINGTON" SHOES. iffllT BRAND. S QUALITY GUARANTEED. x PRICE MODERATE. DURABLE AND COMFORTABLE^ FRUIT CREAM truly a tempting dish' 9 CHERRIES GRAPES APPLES ORANGES I I YC^tlYtl I v^ vit 1 1 FRgShLFQCD I REFRIGERATING* CO., LIMITED 1233-5 Orchard Road Phone 3DOO By *3rfjLT^fcT3Kf BBr^^B^^y BBT^^^^^Bi B^^^Bt^^Bl
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    • 405 13 Di ORDER TO CONVINCE THE PUBLIC I THAT THE CLAIMS MADE FOR I "ASPRO" ARE TRUE I $15,000 I Worth of free samples are beinj? distributed m Malaya alone. This I is one of the greatest expressions of confidence by a manufacturer I m his product which has ever been
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  • 1973 14 RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH. The Value of Acousti Celotex. In view of the recent controversy regarding the use of Acousti Celotex for the V idol ia Memorial Hall accoustks, the following article by Donald A. Laird, Ph.D Sc.IX, Director, Psychological Laboratory, Colgate University, and Editor, Industrial Psychology, is particularly
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  • 59 14 LIVES LOST IN MEDITERRANEAN STORM. Nice, Jan. A two days' storm ha< caused extensive damage at Cannes, Nice and Mentone. Marseilles, Jan. Tho linrr Gouverneur General Jannart has arrived from Algiers after a voyage m which she was buffeted by a storm. The captain ordered the passengers below. Seven refused
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    • 281 14 |P»t7 *^rt? ■*•*-,<• <* .^W £53wfiJ£'^i')\ BJkh I B aiC>B**T/it<m*M» *^>^Bp^S^^^^^yffp'?^^^^^^^^^P*^^ffs^iaiM^yßHßiHß^^BßMlßßßßßißH^Bß^^fc I TJROTECT yourself from the I X dangers that lurk m dark- B rjß ness, light the way m safety with I -fll an E vere^dy Flashlight The I I If^l most powerful and dependable I I \WM flashlight
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    • 494 14 BMffr^^ ENJOYMENT T k Qj\ /J\ I 'rl* Thcr« is no substitute for ff 1 1 n c su P cr^ flavour of f£»\ 4 a U jLjf Brown Poison's Cus- \V \i Q} c=> ?Jps tard, the children's joy. V? fJgO^^bgK As pure and wholesome ®tarr-ii^B tfflEw&*4t?£f&t as their
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  • 235 15 YrwtrrJay*" Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Batu Caves 1.57 V, iS2% Kuchai Tin Dredge «*l> 1.">7 1.56 K. Lumpur Tin 30s 31s Malay <>ns«l. GO 64 Taipi'ntr ($1) 1. 00 1 .02 Hi Brogas isl > 1.05 B. Jelutong *l 6o To B. Katil 60 70 Hay tor ($5)
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  • 481 15 Amalgamation Scheme Dropped. t» I h R^T nUa *T ral '■•■*■*<* the Kuantan Rubber >\vmhcate Limited, was held m the Charted Rank Chambers yesterday Ph ir rT"* beinK Pre^ nt: Fhilhp (Chairman), P. Storr, C B Pecker wV fOr Harrisons Barker ami Co., A. K. Mitchell. The
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  • 397 15 Singapore, Jan. IH. inicK >t in the Tin market has U-en obscured by the Hudden and somewhat untxpected '*f>ooi«ilet" m the Rubber market; m consequence speculators 1 attention baa l.t-en centered m this section ot the market. The metal closes easier at 112 Vb loialiv.
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  • 60 15 .lamaary Hank 4 m.s. 2'J'd2 Bank demand .^.^3 25:32 Private credit* U m.s. 2,4 11 32 Now York, demand 56 tjj^ Credits M days 87% France, demand 1436 India T.T. lionir Kunj:, demand 10 p.c.|t>u£ Yokohama, d«*m.ui<] '< Java, demand iXQf'H. Bangkok, demand 'n<J x i Bar Silv«r London
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  • 228 15 January 1»>. Tin l."»u 'l\<u- si I' 2 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle New) 830 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 830 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. J 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. t 200 Rice, Siam Glutinous No. I 360
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  • 55 15 Januar> Kith.. 12 o'clock noon K.s.s. equal. t<- Standard, c^.« .1 Sp..t ;>j .ij' 4 1 Standnr*} RJS.S. ••>> '\'<iu\vi Jan. ::4 ;i 4 l-fh-.M.n. 34 .'{"> Apr-.fuT-, .'{.'i 98% July-Seft. K4 Tone ..i NVark.t: Steady-; Lato.-t Cable: London Spot >h<»t lOd. pci \\>. N«-w
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  • 224 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Sintfa|»ore. Jan. IK. .IJuMut. London |od, x n\ down. KdCUI >4 cents. I'm. London C 222 2s 6d, 7s »>d dowr.. Locjjl $112*4 f*>r 160 tons. Mining. DulL Hon^ Fatt .'57 :)'J. Uht Klanjr 1.19 1.22, Klan^r River 3.50 3.60, F'etaliny: 5.00 ">.l<», Kinta Dredge 1.50
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  • 97 15 Yesterday's Alterations. •Buyers Sellers. A yet Hitam l.UT'j 2.13 i Aytr MoK'K 1.6744 l.M 1 Balffownte 2.05; 2.2") Broga J>. > I. (>-">•. Joj-ani Koaiitan L2l& 1 .-Vm •Jimah 1.60, 1,75 KempiM 2.70 3.00 Malaka Pimla IM\ 1 2 I.T-'Pj Alaiulai-Tekon^ 41 30 New Serrt-n i.-n 2.70
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  • 111 15 YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association btM its S9i)th. ftoction yesterday, when there was catalogue* His.; ■t». r >7.72 t.»ns. Offered 1,668,004 lbsv; -700.27 tuns. S«)ld 1.:i4i»,797 lbs.; 602.59 ton.<. Spot. Tendon lOd. New York 19% c< n t«PUCM KKAIIZEI). Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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  • 741 15 Singapore. .lan. l."». Dining- the past week the price ot Tin shows a small decline and trom l/jndon advices it \vouwi appear that heavy speculative operations, comuined with a tailing otf m tno consuming demand, have caused the market to assure an unsettled .appearance. As a result
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    • 292 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 TUP TDD AT nitmtni, ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 IHt GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMTTED (Incorporated In Straits Settlements). G Managing Director J^Z G C KNOX HORACE W. RAPER. A. ROBINSON^ P. I. A. INSURANCE. south gfjrel i^itish I i: B lOMPANY, LIMITED. I IRE. MARINE,
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    • 324 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 f v each £3,000,000 Keserve Fund 4 oon nnn Reserve Liability of 4 .W°,000 Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. k if° h v Raniroon <la
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    • 397 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $60,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20 000,000 Reserve Fund Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 020,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon.
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated In 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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  • 48 16 NEGRI RUGBY FIXTURE CANCELLED. Selangor Invited. A telegram received** yesterday from Seremban states that Negri Sembilan cannot field a team for Saturday's rugby fixture on the Padang. The Selangor Club have been asked if they can furnish .a side for a return match on this date.
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  • 534 16 S,C.C 5; V.M.C.A 0. For their match against the S.C.C. on the Packing, the V.M.C.A. were two short at the commencement and requisitioned the services of two S.R.C. players for a few minutes. During the remainder of the game the visitors played with only ten men, but
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  • 52 16 A reminder is given to members of theS.C.C. that the annual meeting m connection with Association football will be held this evening at 6.30 m the Club lounge. Our China cable service states that the Yu Cheuk Wah, South China, football teajn for Singapore left Hong Kong
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  • 41 16 The following will represent the Merchants vs. Services m an S.C.C. Tournament game on the Padang this afternoon. Merchants will play m white: Wills; Clumeck, Littlehales, Carew, A. N. Other; Pecker, Hamilton; Scoular, Clements, Hob]yn, Skey, Martin, Windle. Elliott, Grant.
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  • 37 16 S.R.C. SIX-A-SIDE SOCCER COMPETITION. A list is posted at the S.R.C. i-jilling for entries for a Six-A-Side Soccer Competition, which it is proposed to commence m the se cond week of February. Entries close on February 4th.
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  • 59 16 JACK DEM PSEY— PROMOTER. Jacksonville. A close friend of Jack Dempßey says that the boxer told him he would never enter the ring again. He would pick things up where Rickard let off and devote hia time entirely to ornmntinp fights. neuter. Mr. R. R. Bullmore, Controller, Posts and Telegraph,
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  • 37 16 IFREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.! Bangkok. Jan. 16. Fifteen young footballers, mostly members of the Assumption Club, left this morning by rail for Singapore to take part m a series of games commencing on Monray.
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  • 130 16 BASES AT LEEDS AND LONDON. Working by May. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 16. A scheme to divide the country into two areas, based at London and Leeds, to deal with the erection and working of totalisators m the south and north respectively was decided on at a
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  • 36 16 [PSEC PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London. Jan. 16. Wembley mar .lgement has decided that dogs belonging to a professional bookmaker working at Wembley, will not be accepted at the Kennels for next season's racing.
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  • 37 16 I ondon, Jan. 16. The following F.A. Cup replays took place to-day: Bournemouth 2. Accrington 0. Bradford 3. Hull 1. Crystal Palace 7. Luton 0. Leeds 5, Exeter 1. West Bromwich 2, Grimsby 0.
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  • 41 16 [Reuter's Service.] Berkeley. California, Jan. lft. The engagement is announced of the famous tennis player Miss Helen Wills, to a young San Francisco broker Fred Moody. It is believed the romance started on the French Riviera m 1926.
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  • 146 16 The following are the teams and starting times for the match Keppel Golf Club versus Garrison Golf Club which will be played on the latter's course on Sunday. Keppel players are mentioned first. 8.45 a.m. Paterson and Upton vs. Taylor and Richmond. 8.50 a.m. Trimmer and Joyce
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  • 42 16 The Ladies' Medal Bogey for January was played for on Monday and Tuesday. The following scores were returned. Mrs. Ix>wson Two up. MVs. Gray All square. Mrs. Cowap All square. Miss Macalister Four down. Miss Hadley Four down.
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  • 164 16 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Jan. 15. It is expected that when Parliament reassembles the Government will make a statement regarding its attitude towards the construction of a tunnel under the English i Channel. Prior to Parliament adjourning before Christmas a motion was put down bj members
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  • 72 16 TReuter's Service.l New York, Jan. 16. Even hardened Wall-street has been dazzled by the sky-rocket activities of Ford Motors of Canada. The shares closed on the curb market last night $775 and opened to-day $825.' They were rushed up to $890 and then melted to $735
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  • 16 16 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Jan. 15. The improvement m Marshal Foch's condition is maintained.
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  • 43 16 AUSTRALIA'S FOURTH TEAM, Only One Change. [Reuter's Service.] Adelaide, Jan. 16. The Australian team for the fourth test at Adelaide on February Ist is identical to that for the third, except that A. Jacksor of New South Wales replaces Victor Richardson.
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  • 40 16 [Havas Service.] New York, Jan. 15 Mr. Daniel Guggenheim, the coppc** magnate, has placed at the disposal of the Chilean Government £100,000 for development of aviation m Chile where he has large nitrate and copper properties.
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  • 39 16 FReuter's Service.] Geneva, Jan. 15. The Go\ernment of Peru has sent the Secretary-General of the League of Nations a cheque for £16,000 m payment of her contribution for 1928 and part of her arrears since 1920.
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  • 35 16 [Neuter's Service.] Riga, Jan. 15. The trial at Kieff of 12 villagers accused of anti-Soviet activities resulted m five death I sentences the others beinj? given imprisonI ment from eiprht years downwards.
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  • 33 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 16. Nev.s has been received that the Thomas Hardy and crew, mentioned m a Tromsoe cable as lost m the Arctic are at i Norwegian port.
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  • 604 16 Murder Cases Dealt With. At the continued sessions of the Mxiar Assizes, before Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, the following case* have been heard: The Deputy Public Prosecutor Mr. R. Moor, M.C.S. appeared for the Crown. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Palani was charged with having murdered a young Tamil girl, near
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  • 317 16 PENANG JANUARY MEETING. To-day's Weights. The following are the weights for the third day's racing at Penang to-day. Race 1. Horses Class 3 4 th. Div.— (6 furlongs): New Issue 9.8, Bendigo 9.7, Ali 9, Bess 8.2, Auriferous 8.1, Cherry kar 8, Cardell 7.13, Kwahiri 7.12, Slawi 7.10,
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  • 210 16 The first race of the year of the Port Dickson Yacht Club was sailed on Sunday, says the Malay Mail. The course comprised a triangular lap followed by a beat out again to one of the marks and a run home. Most of the competitors found the
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  • 391 16 Visit of Miss Elizabeth Keith. The achievement of the -distinguished artist, Miss Elizabeth Keith, who is giving an exhibition of her work at Raffles Hotel next week, is so unusual that it milst procure for her a very warm welcome wherever she goes m the
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    • 118 16 I BENNO MOISEWITSCH RECITaiI I VICTORIA THEATRE I I Jan. 22nd. Sc 23rd. I I "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" I a Records Exclusively this World-Famous Anitt ELECTRICAL RECORDINGS a Without obligation to purchase, we cordially mvi« 1 to call and hear his latest records. yo I AGENTS: I S. MOUTRIE S
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