The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 February 1929
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Title Section11 1929-02-09 1 Singapore Free Press CENTS. SINGAPtHCE, &EL SATUKIIAY. FEBRUARY 192S>. NO. 12,63911 words
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Article212 1929-02-09 1 The King is expected to be moved to JBugnor to-day Page 11. England snatched victory m the fourth test match at Adelaide by only twelve runs Page 20. English and Australian Test match averages and records to-date Page 20. It is hoped that a settlement has been212 words
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Article1008 1929-02-09 1 ijuicqnid agunt homines nostri est farrago Libelli Juvenal. With the happy news that His Majesty is now able to get up from his sick bed, making possible the removal to Bognor which will hasten his return to convalescence, the week ends on a note of satisfaction.1,008 words
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Advertisement428 1929-02-09 1 WlNr. LOONG. THK KK(O(;.MSED HOUSE ,n —j for rrROrfAN TROPICAL SUITS. XlR HKiH STREET. im\\ m\-S^^^ _^l I ____i I _r be |W I law II I Wmm^m I I connection with the Malayan Rugby Union Match ll I^^ j_______T__l\ S_A _i I I DINNER NM> DANCE S4. ADMISSION TO428 words
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Advertisement267 1929-02-09 1 ———-—-i LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Auction sales Page ST." Public notices Page 9. New Fresh Food branch Page 17. See the long strands m State Express Page 12. The New electrical system n the Ford Page 12. Theatre, hotel and picture house attractions- Prfges 1 and 2. this: week. Saturday, yth. High267 words
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Advertisement15 1929-02-09 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. I Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.15 words
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Article178 1929-02-09 2 layers of linen arul <anvas are used t<» lorm a new patent raft of rubber which is being jilaced on the market by a German oianuraeturing- company of Berlin. Some -l-ecial solution is useil as a covering which ))iakt\s it rat -proof and weather-proof. It is forme-d178 words
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Advertisement214 1929-02-09 2 SOPEX SHAMPOO the best for WASHING DOGS, It destroys TICKS and other VERMIN, and gives the coat a healthy and glossy appearance. DISTRIBUTING AGENTS: (Wholesale), TRIMS DISPENSARY, LTDVeterinary Chemist-, RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. Theatre Koyal JOHORE BAHRU. Lessee and Manager L. Faulkner-Willis. SUPER^CINEMA. TO-SIGHT I The Management Present JACKY COOGAN IN*214 words
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Advertisement277 1929-02-09 2 VICTORIA THEATRE To-Night at 0.30 IMB. Return of the Popular Banvard New Musical Comedy Company To-Night! BY "M.UBS- REVUE." THE PICK OP THE BUNCH.* BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $5, 4 AND 2. Canmencmg Monday. Feb. 11th and lsghtly at 9 30 THE MOST WONDERFUL FILM OF THE YEAR. WITH A MUSICAL277 words
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Advertisement333 1929-02-09 2 AIIIABtBRA^ T—i Owns Kee Co t_ PROGRAMME COMMENCING SUNDAY. nj„ I» the Seeowl Show at 9 PJII The Latest Empire Ne Ws LA BOHEMt The Greatest of Screen Romances FEATURING LILIAN GISH JOHN GILBERT »_sswr«r_d refined entertainment. In the First Show at 7.30. and his Pals The FLYING "IT RANC!333 words
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Miscellaneous491 1929-02-09 2 L CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANhKEW'S CATHEDRAL. QI'ISQI.XGtSSIMA SI'SPAY. I n.ii. Holy Communion. 7.45 a.m. (choral) Holy Communion amd Sermon. '.'.15 a.m. Matins ami Litany. p.m. The Catechism. _t_M p.m. (choral) Evensong ami Sermon. M oiulay, Wednesday, and Friday at 8 a.m. Holy Communion. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday at 7 a.m.491 words
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Article1292 1929-02-09 3 LIFEBOAT EQUIPMENT EFFICIENCY. Dependability Factors. The evidence given at the resumed inquest on the victims of the Rye lifeboat •lisaster made it absolutely certain that the question of the adequacy of the lifebelts us_d m this and other cases will have to come up for consideration once1,292 words
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Article391 1929-02-09 3 Make Life Worth Remembering. It is frequently lamented that diarwkeepmgr, m modern days, has degenerated into a mere business with a little black book, wherein are jotted only notes of ap-point-Mats ami engagements, says Josephine Vincent m the Daily Express It would surprise those who thus lament to discover391 words
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Article239 1929-02-09 3 Tarred and Feathered m Paris. It is learned, that although the police refuse to disclose her name and address, the victim of a sensational Paris outrage which has just come to light, is an Englishwoman. She was found during the night shivering m the Bois de Boulogne239 words
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Article251 1929-02-09 3 "Make-lp" For Election Photographs. The large number of young women all with an eye for a fine manly fact who will vote for the first time at the general election, is responsible for the unusual care with which some candidates are having their photographs taken for publicity purpo.-es.251 words
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Advertisement366 1929-02-09 3 A\ /*_^v .A_i\ ss_ I man prescription is an infallible remedy for Eczema. Lriusis, Bad Leg, Salt Rheum, Prickly Heat, Ring Vn; DhoNM Itch, or other skin trouble. Salves V do tlw urork— they simply clog the pores. D.D.D. is not Ft ky, smelly ointment, but a golden liquid wash366 words
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Advertisement104 1929-02-09 3 fTROSSLEY PETROL PARAFFIN ENGINES RUBBER ESTATES PINEAPPLE FACTORIES PUMPING LIGHTING PRINTING Sole AGENTS: _ET. (Malaya) Ltd. Singapore Penang Your Greatest Asset is Health X ESPECIALLY IS THIS SO IX THE TROPICS V ♦C x X ASSURE YOURSELF THAT YOUR WHOLE SANITARY SYSTEM IS THE BEST AND I THAT YOU HAVE104 words
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397 1929-02-09 4 Secrets of Bid for World's Record. Gordon Fraser, Daily Express Motor Correspondent, gives the following details of Major Segrave's new racing car m a mail week paper. Two entirely revolutionary ideas have been incorporated m the design of the Golden Arrow, the 1,000-h.p. motor-car397 words
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Article59 1929-02-09 4 A new venture of the motor car manufacturers. Morris. Ltd., is announced by The Motor Boat, namely, their entry into marine motoring by the production of an engine suitable for the propulsion of launches and small motor cruisers. It will be rated at 12.24 h.p., and will59 words
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Article929 1929-02-09 4 SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR GOOD RESOLUTIONS. Three Prime Duties. By th 3 Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce. (Special to the Free Press C onsideration should be given at a i.me of year when the makmg of good resolutions, to which one may or may not adhere, the proper thing929 words
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Article110 1929-02-09 4 Important Decision Taken by Raj. New Delhi, Jan. 14. An important decision has been announced under which the Raj propose to send annually five Indian Army officers holding the Viceroy's commission for training at Sandhurst, to enable them to qualify for permanent King's commissions m the110 words
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Article494 1929-02-09 4 Withstanding: Severe Road Ever since the war British ears have often been said to be unsuitable for service oversea. Much of this criticism, 1 am afraid, (says the Times Motoring Correspondent) has been part of a wide and carefully though-out system of propaganda by manufacturers of rival494 words
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Advertisement293 1929-02-09 4 S 1 ___i 1 _L __f__-_-_-_-_-_-___k _n_f___________r^____________. ll' l I I »B i__ X S I For The Man Who Knows Tyres jjj Drivers who insist upon the sort of service that gj 8 ordinary tyres cannot £ive, find the utmost j\\ S pleasure and satisfaction m Fisk Tyres. gj293 words
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Advertisement143 1929-02-09 4 jFZ\ _^T^' -3___ __k /£fA •"^_> __r -'"?!<<__■ Ba _<^/____H hpo j?' 's_ai_i _p^e /aw*\ it -v'taH _n E S /*S2.m\ _k. _R kWbh F R/5l_8! H /*m_\ I la* :^_S _f :''iiM "^s^B TD ECAUSE of their Built In Valve Patch Vulcanised Splice and many other special 'f_,_t* of143 words
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Article, Illustration918 1929-02-09 5 CAMPBELL'S TRACK FIND IN AFRICA. Desert Speedway. Word comes from England that two "Hush Hush" mystery cars are being constructed for Campbell and Seagrave with which they will re.': to regain for Britain the speed laurels she held so long and so well. Campbell's new car918 words
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Article541 1929-02-09 5 Nickel Plating Being Superseded. Chromium plating bids fair to supersede nickel plating for bright parts of chassis and bodywork of private cars at any rate At this year's Olympia Car Show, a great many cars of British and American manu- facture were seen with chromium plating. These541 words
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Article102 1929-02-09 5 !>4>ndon, Jan. 21. Ice accidents claimed the lives of seven men and boys yesterday. Three were drowned at Wolverhampton, including Harry Park Temple, a seaman of the battle cruiser Repulse, who was on draft leave. Temple was playing football when he learnt that two youths had been102 words
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Article1135 1929-02-09 5 PIONEER MOTORISTS MEMORIES. Troubles of Long ago. Present-day motorists— some of whom were not born 30 years ago probably do 1 not fully appreciate the wonderful depen- t ability, efficiency, comfort and value that t they now obtain from the modern automo- bile, as compared with their1,135 words
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Article81 1929-02-09 5 The natural tendency m automobile manufacturing m the past five or six years undoubtedly has been toward the development of faster and more powerful motor cars, and until the past year, little attention was paid to the relative development of scientific safety appliances. More81 words
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Advertisement98 1929-02-09 5 __i 1 /I _H B m ___T I __H m i H I _i /$2,49_\ H **^_fi_fi_fi_f*_fi_R_n_fi_fi_fi_fi_R^ I BORNEO MOTORS .LTD. I (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). I t l^___iTy I RENAULT CARS 1 7 _8Q _A I OFFER YOU I I 1 Extreme Economy i I 2 Extraordinary Road98 words
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Advertisement76 1929-02-09 5 'U-i.illillMmiMlHHniHWtiUflllUlllllllM^^ GO AHEAD The CHAMPION SPARK PLUG Co., by their "go ahead" methods of manufacture, by their scientific testing of every part that goes into each plug, and their control of the immensely strong, heat-resisting insulator, Sillimanite, have kept well ahead of competitors throughout the world. j j CHAMPION SPARK76 words
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Article1085 1929-02-09 6 Storm of Criticism Evident Instead of Needed Sympathy. PLAYER IN THE GRAND STAND. [By Jim Nelson. (Cardiff City and Scotland).— Special to the Free Press.] Sometimes, 1 suppose, football spectators must wonder what it is like to be on the field of play. I know that1,085 words
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Article411 1929-02-09 6 Cricket and the Ancient (.reeks. A liond complained bitterly last night 01 .tit column, devoted t<» cricket by the daily papers. He also complained of my ehilelisl Kcitement at the 'Varsity Rugger Match ant week. Childish? I don't know. Minglee ith that event hiv memories of411 words
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Article386 1929-02-09 6 Demands to Keep Their Ashes. A crematorium for aristocratic dogs is now being erected m Paris. lt will be a part of the magnificent dog cemetery that is one of the most curious sights of the French capital and that m its own way compares favourably with386 words
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Article1109 1929-02-09 6 CHANGES IN POPULAR OUTLOOK. Our Littleness. The general impression made on us by recent works m physics and astronomy is that nature is a much more elusive aifair than we used to suppose. The scientific universe of the Victorians was certainly very large and very complicated, but1,109 words
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Article499 1929-02-09 6 FAMOUS PLAYERS TELL HOW THEY DO IT. Moose Knowles' Great Feat. This h> the first of a series of articles by famous American golfers m which they discourse far an interesting and typically American manner on various aspects of the game. The articles are special to and499 words
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Article431 1929-02-09 6 Fantastic Plan to Cure Famous Dancer. Nijinsl >. the <lan_or, once known as 'the man of whom the gods are jeaftOUS." bm for years past the victim of a my»> t« rious mental malady, played a stnu.ge and tragic part when Serge DiaghileflT's ballet gave a431 words
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Article719 1929-02-09 6 PHYLLIS MONKMAN - f Make Your Dancing Admired and Up-toDate. a i THE SUGAR STEP. J [By PHYLLIS MONKMAN. Let's be up to date! What's the very latest? This is the cry of the world to-day Dancers who aspire to success must knowall the latest steps, and how to dance719 words
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Article646 1929-02-09 6 Air Wonders for 1929. It is time ko look back on what has been accomplished m flying and forward to what may ba anticipated m 1929, writes the Daily Express Air Correspondent. The past year has been a year of triumph *for Great Britain. Hardly one record646 words
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Article222 1929-02-09 6 '"The habit of reading" is* Ik "i sn interehtinf* ai lros> I a City lunch* n recently. fVan Inge taid I _l I > dnns ed that m Englai I read, «>n tlu- average tnsi When however, he n'eni Mudie*s I came nwnj nth tl thai i >nwe,222 words
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Article50 1929-02-09 6 Jeaa Cocks, the tl ml* lian girl swimmer. up some remarkabU jn ri son, has just created n .t II cord for the 800 metre pfSjjJ Swimming m yard Baths, Sydney. M- m 4 mm. 20 S-M ,p !>-10ths. of n wcond I iv cord. 5*350 words
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Article1593 1929-02-09 7 IRISH SYMPATHY IN THE KING'S ILLNESS. Public Reference. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Dublin. Jan. 7. The King's progress towards recovery has been the subject of much congratulation m this country m the past few days, all creeds and classes uniting m expressing their sympathy with the monarch.1,593 words
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Article379 1929-02-09 7 England the Land of Opportunity. British industrialists have started the New Year with an acknowledgment that "the age of young men" has arrived. "The Prime Minister spoke recently of parasitical director- hanging on to industry," said Lord Weir m a statement. 'One of the gravest379 words
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Advertisement239 1929-02-09 7 _f Hlv- ____k Mw Wwm-c-^^ -_J^______ l_s\ m\m. __w___ jH aa __W_wm\mmWmmmmm\ mm^^y____v79**r<'*^L I SS— iM^^L '_|M>~ k «_•—^i_M— *__i _^_B— MMMm Protect your Child Any moment your child may be infected at school, or m the street, by little playmates. PGive her a Formamint tablet, morning and evening. That239 words
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Advertisement201 1929-02-09 7 SDCDNY (Pronounced SO -CO NY) I __J___^^_____i I More aft SOCPY |Wt More Power m L MnTQR g li Mileage H^__^A__9or "That's the Spirit" STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Incorporated m U.S.A.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG. !aa 3®_U____^n___l__^^ t. •vS__S_' F s^ HSOSSimmtm 9 _a^* *^_s_ r? I201 words
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Article456 1929-02-09 8 Why The Foreigner was Puzzled. The foreigner paying his tirst visit to London was almost incoherent. "How, wonderful how sad to arrive just now what sang froid I have heard of the calmness of the English people, but never did I imagine but it is terrible such a crisis456 words
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Article116 1929-02-09 8 500 per cent. Increase m Ten Years. Motor accidents have increased by 500 I per cent, m the past ten years. The primary cause of such catastrophies is neglect to cany out the recognised rules of the road, and it is by no means the inexperienced driver116 words
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Article351 1929-02-09 8 Brother of Slam's King m Colombo. H.R.H. Prince Purachatra Krom Luang Kampengpetch. brother of the King of Siam, accompanied by his wife. Princess ?rabhavasit, and his daughter, Princess Mayurachatra, arrived m Colombo last night j on the Danish Meonia en route for Europe, says the Times of351 words
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Article157 1929-02-09 8 Ear Disease Epidemic. Dr. E. R. Holiday, junior house surgeon at the London Hospital, giving evidence at an inquest held there said that there was an epidemic among children of bilateral otitis media, a disease of the middle ear. Mr. W. Bentley Purchase (the coroner): \ie157 words
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Article831 1929-02-09 8 The Latin Alphabet and "Sharlo" Chaplin. Sir E. Denison Ross, Director of the School of Oriental Studies, left London yesterday, says The Observer Jan. 6., for a three months' tour m the Near and Middle East, which he is making for the purpose of studying some831 words
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Article317 1929-02-09 8 "Ethereal" Quality Needed. Should a principal boy m pantomime be a real young man Should Prince Charming, for example, be genuinely under the necessity of shaving at least once a day or should "he" be merely a powder-puff prince? That is the question which, m317 words
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Article1151 1929-02-09 8 The Clash of two Natures. The eagle is the reputed king of birds, an_ f we weie pressed to specify our monarcr most of us might name the golden eagle. _>ut no eagle is as noble as its reputation .indeed, the most striking characteristic oi all eagles,1,151 words
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Article398 1929-02-09 8 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily m Malay* i live _ews" paper—3o-40 columns of nen daily. Also the best Medium for Adwtk. mg. Delivered with the Chota Hani cad morning. Latest Telegrams, Latest New and Latest Announcements, daily Rubbe and Tin Price Cables, together with exdwi special features,398 words
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Advertisement106 1929-02-09 8 ~^T^^^_~7^^^i^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^______________________________________________ ------I -....I __H _H ____B_____r I PRE-EMINENTLY SUCCESSFUL IN II IU PENANG RELIABILITY TRIALS VR |t| Ist. No. 61. LOW HOOI SIAH. FIAT 509. ERROR 21. lIkI 1.1 2nd. No. 39. SEE SEANG HUAT. FIAT 509. ERROR 32. lIkI |rJ 3rd. No. 35. TAN GUAN TEONG. BUICK. ERROR 34.106 words
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Advertisement233 1929-02-09 8 WCTOBS fc UHIHARY Tlrf ••aiding nrine, a toc-iW f paia arine, which T? 4i-o«fort. Dark, cloudy, .n].^*< theea are sign, which wise dZ Ignore. Experience haa tan_hf d D. Witt*. Kidney and Bladder one medicine which i. >ure 1U -fc oert-in results. In 24 hour, result- and feel better SjjJjW233 words
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Article86 1929-02-09 9 WORKERS CLAMOUR FOR BREAD. A Bankrupt Policy. [Reuter's Service.] Riga, Feb. 8. News from Moscow says the workers are clamouring at the bad quality of the bread and the inefficient machinery of distribution. A system of bread coupons has been instituted m Leningrad. Pravda declares that m face86 words
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Article259 1929-02-09 9 [British kadio— Official Service.l Rugby, Feb. 7. The raising of the bank rate from 4V_ to s*_ per cent, was not altogether unexpected. Since last September, when the Bank of England's stock of gold stood at the high record or £176,500,000, there has been a continuous259 words
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Article76 1929-02-09 9 [Renter's Service.l London. Feb. 8. Capital and other losses totalling over 4*14,000.000 are shown m the reconstruction scheme of Armstrong, Whitworth's under which the capital obligations henceforth will be reduced from £22,000,000 to ap. proximately £6,000.000. This means a writing down of various categories of stocks and76 words
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Article73 1929-02-09 9 r ßritish Radio— Official Service.l Rugby. Feb. 7. In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Churchill, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that the total amount of the National Debt on Dec. 31 last was £7,738,000,000 and the charge for interest and management m the financial year73 words
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Article41 1929-02-09 9 [Renter's Service.] London, Feb. 7. The by-election at South Battersea due to Viscount Curzon's elevation to the peerage, resulted as follows: W. Bennett (Labour) 11,789. H. Sellev (Conservative) 11,213. V. Albu* (Liberal) 2,858. This is a Labour gain.41 words
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Article31 1929-02-09 9 TReuter. Service.l Bombay, Feb. 7. The casualties m to-day's disturbances alone are 79, comprising six murders, two dead from gunshot wounds, twenty wounded by gunshot, fiftyone injured m streetfighting.31 words
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Article17 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Feb. 7. The House of Representatives has approved the Cruiser Bill.17 words
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142 1929-02-09 9 Calcutta, J*n. 19. A procession of over 20,000 people, organized by the Provincial Congress Committee lor the purpose of holding an anti-Simon Commission demonstration, paraded the principal streets and assembled on the maidan. The procession consisted of representatives of Marwari Sabha Students' Association and the Peasants'142 words
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Article106 1929-02-09 9 CONCESSIONS TAKEN OVER Ratepayers' Protest [Reuter's Service.] > Hankow, Feb. 8. A meeting of ratepayers of the exRussian and ex-German concessions passed a resolution endorsing the resolutions of the British Chamber of Commerce of Jan. L and further recording that the meeting opined that the Hupeh Provincial Govern106 words
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Article137 1929-02-09 9 J I I MM Relief Schemes Work Well. [British Radio—Official Service.] Rugby, Feb. 7. There are some indications that the position m the coalfields is improving, and it ll estimated that of the 30,000 additional men whom the latest official returns show to be employed, at least 10,000137 words
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Article83 1929-02-09 9 King Gains Strength. [Reuter's Service.] Ivondon, Feb. 7. The British Medical Journal and the Lancet both comment on His !V£ajesty'-_ progress due to the ray treatment and state there has been a slight gain m weight and a definite increase m strength. His Majesty sat up on two83 words
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Article87 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] Athens, Feb. 7. Forty-two Communists were wounded, twelve being sent to hospital, as a result of a fight at a demonstration at the Apollo Theatre. The trouble began when the provincial delegates, mostly Marxists, accused the Athenians of insufficiently protecting Communist interests and backed87 words
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Article67 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Feb. 7. It is understood Mr. Elihu Root has been authorised to undertake an unofficial diplomatic mission to seek to secure an understanding among the world Powers on the reservations which the United States has made to joining the Hague Court of67 words
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Article46 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] Colombo, Feb. 7. Order has been restored and trams are again running after the labour leader, Mr. Goonesinghe, addressed the crowd at police headquarters asking them to return home. The majority complied. The Colonial Secretary, addressing Legislative Council, foreshadowed trade union legislation.46 words
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Article62 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, Feb. 7. The Council of Discipline of the native Bar has acquitted Mustapha Pasha Nahas, Wissa Bey Wassif and Gafar Bey Fakliry of 1 charges of asking excessive fees to repres- ent the mother of Prince Seifeddin m action for release from restraint, and62 words
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Article52 1929-02-09 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Feb. 8. Stock speculators got a rude shock as the result of the advance m the English bank rate coupled with the warning of the Federal Reserve Board. Prices tumbled two to twenty points m the biggest selling wave since the break52 words
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Article41 1929-02-09 9 j E I Major and Mrs. Neville Stevens. Ipoh, J and their daughter, leave for Home on Mar. ?3, but Major Stevens' holiday will be a i very brief one as he will be back m Malaya inside three months. Ex.41 words
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Advertisement475 1929-02-09 9 IMPROVES I YOUR HEALTH *^3_SrHS. I torsi wraths made to order. 1 S_,GAPORE CASKET CO. hL 83, SELEGIE KOAD. 1 Telephone N«. 70. Mj &s&_ "r^rsa/_r__tf_®__J_®ElSlßHHßP r^b-^i Mi Te,e 3492 1 m MASSAGE I uo A MRS. FUsFIMORI j JAPANESE BONE-SETTER v to Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore.! £nr, T a.nKU>H^n^J jg^7youpl«nt>475 words
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Advertisement592 1929-02-09 9 NOTICES. ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IX THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In Bankruptcy. No. 163 of 1922. Re CHAN YONG SENG. Notice is hereby given that a first and final Dividend is intended to be declared m the above matter. All creditors should prove their592 words
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Advertisement694 1929-02-09 9 UNIFORM 3^ if the Symbol of Service. Everr I W __"x KOH-I-NOOR pencil is u__- W JkmW form from beginning to end. zl__________r^ Enchof the seventeen degrecr jffim true to ta «d-«* created 40 years ago. Uniform _#__rTP as the watchword of _F_u 1 HOH+NOOO W I b 17 Blacklcnd694 words
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Advertisement328 1929-02-09 9 BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. The undersigned have been instructed by the Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Ltd., Receivers of the Imperial Motors, to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION at their Sale Room, No 17 Raffles Place, Spore., On Monday, Feb. 18th., at 11328 words
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Article62 1929-02-09 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. MADAM TAN LIM NEO. On Feb. Tth. iy_9 at her son-in-law's (Mr. Tan Y«>w Chay residence. "Grace Villa," No. 20, Loronj; HF> Gaylarg Road. She leaves two sons, Ang J.»hi' and Bagan, and four daughters and a s->n-in-l i\v Mr. Tan Yew Chay. Deeply regretted. Funeral on62 words
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715 1929-02-09 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9. 1929. FINANCE AND ECONOMICS. For those who are capable of following its coaiplexities and appreciating its developments, the present phase of international economics as affected by domestic treatment must be intensely interesting. To other than the expert the intricacies arc too difficult to understand715 words
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Article450 1929-02-09 10 One of the ladies of the Wilbur's Black birds Company, Marie Lewis, died of pneu monia at the General Hospital, Kuala Lum pur, on Thursday morning. The engagement is announced between Captain M. H. Hawkes, of the F.M.S. Customs Service, and Kvelyn Rowan (nee Smith). The wedding will take place450 words
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Article201 1929-02-09 10 The Banvard New Musical Comedy Company paid a welcome return visit to the Theatre last night when they presented the Folies Bergere Revue again. There were some "snappy" items and altogether the Company enhanced their already high reputation with Singapore theatre goers and thoroughly deserved the applauseforthcoming from201 words
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Article170 1929-02-09 10 Before the Chief Justice m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday receiving and adjudicating orders were made against A. L. K. Letchumanan Thever and Lim Eng Swee. The petition for discharge of W. F. Chopard was adjourned for four weeks. Mr. Withers-Payne examined under Section 31, Tan Seng Ann m170 words
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Article114 1929-02-09 10 The annual meeting of the Advisory Council of the Eastern Bureau of the League of Nations opens here next Wednesday and will last three days. It will include consideration of the year's work, special treatment of certain infections, the effect of the International Shipping Convention etc.114 words
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Article115 1929-02-09 10 Chained up for Three Years. The aged Chinese and his wife who were charged m the Police Courts on Thursday with cruelty by chaining up a twelve-year-old boy m a house m Sago Street were yesterday produced before the District Judge. The accused admitted having chained the115 words
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Article139 1929-02-09 10 Commercial Cup Match Robinson and Co. easily disposed of Moine Compte m the Commercial Cup Competition at the Stadium yesterday, winning by nine clear goals. Cherrington m Robinson's goal had nothing to do throughout the match. Play was confined to the Moine Compte side of the field all the139 words
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Article164 1929-02-09 10 A Chinese prisoner at the gaol who stabbed a European warder, Mr. Adcock, with a mat-making instrument, was yesterday sentenced to eighteen months rigorous imprisonment. The accused, it was stated, was serving a six months' sentence for theft. A large electric sign the largest of its kind m Singapore we164 words
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Article601 1929-02-09 10 WATCH THE"Fi r De RISING. IREs Faster Scoring than fa* Yesterday was a Banner h Miners' Relief Fund for a anxiety m regard to the t >"* °*H_ Fourth Test match ua «S ceipt of many indication! awakening interest m the s*** behalf the Fund. to*!^!?3 the601 words
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Article156 1929-02-09 10 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [tin press sKKVHK. popryjj London. Feb. ft, Ujft Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus tfflj notify to-day's tin prices urn Spot £224 210 (down l UJ j Forward £224 10 16 12 16). The market lMUiei^. Messrs. Symington and ig j notify to-day's rubber follows: t156 words
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Advertisement196 1929-02-09 10 m THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S." S lf_ _Oa\ >$WW9_\ HI v^». _fef _c I A ftX W3^ j ?_J A 1 I y __P G i I E i Is 1.1 J LIGHT or PATSK CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO- LTD. I |5 (/«oorf»orat.d under t/t. Companies' Ordinance* of Hong Kong).196 words
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Advertisement43 1929-02-09 10 IBEE MAC WW Wf vsmn fi Ql v* T sm*<* __ff__S flH^Hxk «Js __£_»|__M Prom ALL DEAJLERS X X— X___X___X_»X___X___>j| IH. B. WINTER! TAILOR, 1 9 a BATTERY ROAD. 1 111 I 1 SINGAPORE, if 111 I HI Phone 188 P.O. Box 662.43 words
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Article234 1929-02-09 11 i F4VES FOR BOGNOR lh TO-DAY. Continued Progress. fßeuter'« Servfrn 1 London, Feb. 8. bgflrtai tsfs the progress of the King, v, -low. continues. A radiogram, I t hiv morning, confirms the clinical that the condition of the lungs is normal. If the weather permits His will leave234 words
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Article90 1929-02-09 11 Orders from Tokyo. iter*. Far Eastern Service.] Tokio. Feb. S. elation at the reported setllcthe Tsinan affair is wearing off. _r. Office wany that certain vital be lettled before it is possible the ifreement. Shanghai. Feb. S. Thi Foreign Minister. Mr. C. T. Wang Inanooaced that the90 words
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Article105 1929-02-09 11 labour Holds Hishop Auckland. [Reuter's Seivice.] liondon. Feb. K. Bishop Auckland bye-election, owing the death of the Labovf member, Mr. ?l or. resulted as follow-: Mr?. Hugh Datton (Labour) 14.T*»7 ifa I bits (Liberal) T.Tl'.") H. Thompson (Conservative) SJSS7 British Radio message states that the candidate m the105 words
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Article112 1929-02-09 11 N EW SHIPS THIS YEAR. ITO* Radio— Official Service.l n Rugby, Feb. 8. h 'rst Urd of the Admiralty, Mr. asked m the Commons to Position regarding the Hi2x ship- trramme and to specify whether ruisers, one >übmarine depot ship, '"der. eight destroyers, six subr,ur gunboat, and four sloops v112 words
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Article59 1929-02-09 11 T HE DUCHESS. •S8 SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.. itttci london. Feb. 8. influenza from which the on. w suffering is pursuing the &he is confined to bed. **»»0 Official Service.! regarding thl Duchess ()f t w< fl m influenza slates „,u r X >s running quite m the ™.*W necessitate her r59 words
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Article20 1929-02-09 11 GENERAL METZINGER REFLOATED. I n tustem Service.] I n 1 ,n^ r the M.M. liner, I few days ago. has20 words
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Article239 1929-02-09 11 LEADERS ARRANGE PEACE. "Hail Friendship [Reuter's Service.] Th.„_ Bombay, Feb. 8. .There is reason to hope the trouble here has ended for a large procession, m which Mohammedans and Pathans and Hindus fraternised marched this evening along the Grant Road, one of the worst affected districts,239 words
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Article86 1929-02-09 11 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Shanghai, Feb. 8. The date of the funeral of Sun Yet Sen is again postponed to June Ist. Feng Yuh Siang has arrived at Kaifen. The Government will send Hsiuh Toh Bi to investigate the famine m Shensi and Kansu.86 words
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Article85 1929-02-09 11 [Reuters Service.! Melbourne. Feb. X. j The dispute m the timber industry, owing to the workers' rejection of the Arbitration Court's award declaring a working week to be 48 hours instead of 44, is becoming more serious. Delegates of 32 Federal unions s have authorised the85 words
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Article78 1929-02-09 11 Flying Officers' Adventures. [Reuter's Service.l New Delhi. Feb. 8Since Dec. 23 44 Air Force machines have evacuated 308 persons from Kabul of whom H were British legation families and 109 British Indians. Flight-Lieut Chapman and Flying Officer Davis, the pilots of the aeroplane forced to land enroute78 words
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Article50 1929-02-09 11 1 1- REE PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT.] London, Feb. 8. The Home Secretary has announced the introduction of legislation with the object of altering the age below which no boy can be sent to prison, to 17; and for the provision of a fourth Borstal Institution.50 words
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Article232 1929-02-09 11 V.M.C.A. Defeat S.C.C. V.M.C.A 3j S.C.C 1. A fast and interesting game of hockey on the Padang yesterday resulted m a wir for the V.M.C.A. by 3—l against the S.C.C Play m the opening stages was very evenly contested and although both teams tested the goal-keepers, neither succeeded m232 words
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Article17 1929-02-09 11 I Mr. W. Rutherford Wallace will act as Stete Veterinary Surgeon, Kedah, during J Mr. Fleury's absence.17 words
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Article1287 1929-02-09 11 IMPORTANT NEW EVIDENCE. Findings To-day. The inquest on the death st Mr. W. D McLean who was killed m the collision between a Morris Cowley car and a steam roller on the East Coast Road on the night of January 23, was concluded yesterday, the Coroner1,287 words
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Article140 1929-02-09 11 NO ALTERATION IN NEW YORK. Retailers' Views. [Reuter's Service! Despite the big break m prices following the increase m the Bank of England rate, the New York Federal Reserve Bank has maintained its re-discount rate at I _er cent. T m Washington, Feb. 8. The Federal140 words
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Article133 1929-02-09 11 I Shinto Club Supports the Government. I [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.l Tokio, Feb. 7. The Shinto Club has decided not to pre- j sent the non-confidence Bill on the ground I that the Government had adopted the opinion of the Shinto Club m withdrawing the troops from Shantung, and133 words
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Article29 1929-02-09 11 NOTORIOU 'S ROBBER ARRESTED. Tokio. Feb. 7. Hidenosuke Okazaki, a notorious robber, has been captured at the Matsuzakaya cloth goods shop m Ginza, Tokyo, being cut off from retreat.29 words
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Article37 1929-02-09 11 [FBJ.I PRKSS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT! Bangkok, tfeb 8. The Siamese Consul-General at Singapore has arrived here on the conclusion of a world tour. He had not been to London since 1897 and found many changes.37 words
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Article231 1929-02-09 11 North vs. South Arrangements. By kind permission of Lieut. Col. W. M. Hore and Officers of the 2nd. Battalion Welch Regiment, the Regimental Band will play selections at the Stadium from 4 p.m. till the commencement of the game. All spectators are requested to assist by being m theirM.M. - 231 words
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Article38 1929-02-09 11 The following appointments are notified m the Gazette: Mr. C. Wilson, M.C.S., to officiate as Second Magistrate, Singapore; Mr. W. N. Gourlay, M.C.S., Third Magistrate and Mr. C. H. Dakers M.C.S. to act as Assistant Protector of Chinese.38 words
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Advertisement192 1929-02-09 11 I SUNSHADES UMBRELLAS a*. I I! j I We have an attractive range of ||j| pretty cretonne sunshades, fitted ill Vf with dumpty handles. 111 l 1 J LQ PRICES FROM $5.75 TO $9.50 ii dflp^l grosgrain silk sunshades i |j v_i ______r m Plain and Fancy [ill W X192 words
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Article1331 1929-02-09 12 CHILDRENS' PARTY SEASON. Bernard Shaw's Colour Scheme. i London, Jan. 10. This i.* the month of children's parties, both private and public, and grown-ups have to be content with a back seat or more often— hard labour behind the scenes, while the younger generation preens itself m1,331 words
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Article595 1929-02-09 12 KANSU PEOPLE DRIVEN TO CANNIBALISM. Grain Exports. Pei pin jr. Jan. 23. The local American Famine Relief Ad- isory Committee, which will allot the proceeds of the reli?f "drive" m the UniteStates reports that collections m America hitherto are small, first because the public have been made suspicious595 words
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Article809 1929-02-09 12 A Mediaeval Archbishop. The making of pedigrees is supposed to be a dreary business. He who practises the art can scarcely hope to arouse enthusiasm m any but the initiated, and even his fellow genealogists otten regard his labours with but faintly polite interest. And yet Stubbs809 words
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Article389 1929-02-09 12 Sir .J. H. Murray Talks on Papua. Administering a country half as large again as England, where the principal sport of young men is not football, but murder, is no easy task. Nevertheless, Sir Hubert Murray, who is Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, an island possession off the389 words
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Article212 1929-02-09 12 Public Apprehension InteiviM London. Jan. ti Public disquiet icganHa* the pefttj r->--ing beneath the London rtweU, WW"* the Holborn explosion, wai four week-end mishap-, namely— The grassing of SO people, "nc hM J a leakage at Hoxton. The bursting of a water main m EuK"^ Road, dtaclocating212 words
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Article39 1929-02-09 12 A film beiftg shown at tn Picture House. Waterside, I* ri llt)rcf l caught lire, and part ot the the theatre. One of the tt "JJJ rf the portable extinguish <V( fire brigade arrived their senrequired.39 words
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Article779 1929-02-09 13 Many New Issues. The past year has been a prolific one so tar us new stamp issues are concerned A wonderful variety has been provided to suit the tastes of collectors of all ages. Many highly interesting stamps have appeared to brighten the album page and779 words
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Article55 1929-02-09 13 Last Saturday evening at the E. and O. Hotel Penang there was a very enjoyable dinner before the presentation of the prizes to the prize-winners for the second Pinang Gazette Reliability Trial. Among the guests were the Hon. The Resident i Councillor and Mr. Justice Stevens who flanked Mr. D.55 words
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Article635 1929-02-09 13 "The King." New York, Jan. 4. "Gentlemen, the King!" The voice was an American voice, and of the twelve men round the table I was the i only Englishman writes Beverley Nichols m the Daily Mail. As we rose to our feet the glittering peaks of New York's635 words
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Article161 1929-02-09 13 U.S. Customs Comedy. When Mrs. William Lancaster, wife of the British aviator who flew from London to Australia last year and who is now m the United States for an air tour, arrived m the Olympic (says Reuter's New York correspondent) she had the special aviation161 words
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Advertisement115 1929-02-09 13 JOHNNIE WALKER OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY. Red Übel QUALITY AND PRICE to be rights you must «s_ a vi JOHNNIE WALKER w?ffi lE jll M* i *->***-*+-,** XjJgmW 7 =3 t T *t_r_a L ,"I*** TH-P______-Red Label JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England). SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR. __-B______B-____. itP^Ss^^115 words
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Advertisement199 1929-02-09 13 r<-j»Y "^---gg-* EMINENT IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WO RLD^S^jRI —(•^^^^^^_^_Ts^*^^. —'ff^^ ECi— _X r jw/ \9___4_^^y jr OBSERVE THE LONG STRANDS of finest golden Virginia tobacco, used exclusively for 555 Cigarettes, and the freedom from all deleter Lf^_ tenous matter. ____ik»J___r Sbt ______i I -^Trl l Hrff^ ______r t^__S_|___________^199 words
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Miscellaneous114 1929-02-09 13 DAVID COPPERFIELD IN PICTURES- by Arthur Moreland. No. 14. Home for the Holidays. AND DAVID TRAVELLED HiT^-^ArF THAT HE _____^_&L "_T* 1 WENT SOPTLY INTO THE ROOM. B W_J«^J_*. fcLIT" js___l_s^-t; BY THE YARMOUTH MAIL. ,T° V^«^^^ SHE W» SITTT P IG BY Tr^ FTRE SUCKUNG ISS* B > fcl^^L^^114 words
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Advertisement710 1929-02-09 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO .SERVICES z—— ■XPRBSS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLH. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Doe Spore. PHILOCTETES For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam710 words
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Advertisement594 1929-02-09 14 fia'ttfl I (Incorporated m U.S. A.) PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT j (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dne Spore. 1929. s.s. CITY OF KHARTOUM Feb. 14 s.s. CITY OF DELHI Mar. 10 s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Apr.594 words
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Advertisement394 1929-02-09 14 British India and Apc_r Up, (Incorporated m England.) "W, MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N rvi UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOV*. _t L LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE* 1 OUTWARDS FROM LOJTOON FOR CHINA AND fya Tonnage. Singapore. t tonnage 1929. S,n "P*. KHIVA394 words
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Advertisement647 1929-02-09 15 0. S. K. -Line. ptftJaatior-ft. Steamers. Arrive. Leave. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp via Colombo. A**! Sue* Port E sd AtlaS Maru Feb 14 Ft *b. 16 Town, Rio d. Janeiro. [A |f! Nt« id< o and Bnenoa Aires. *°jjj*- ,__>-WarM parage £150.) t Montevideo Maru Feb. 13 Feb. 14 Un647 words
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Advertisement525 1929-02-09 15 llMa*__l^C»l^_Drlirr jfn°T# <> lll i p^i_|i^__y i ir a __b H m mmmmm\\\~^ 9 *'^^m\mmmm^^ m^^^^~ Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts? All state-rooms outside rootna, well-ventilated and cooled by electric lens. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private525 words
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Advertisement746 1929-02-09 15 1 _BL P. 3ML lamrK pjuETVju- mutsghjutu. (ROTAL PACKKT NAVIGATION CO- OF BATAVIA). (Incorpomted m Holland.) UOT^a£_?h^^^ H DtMAN GOVERNMINT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub. connections to:— Passage. &e__rht_ Transhipment. Marine Departments and r ni _T a Manager's desk. Representallres m the Stra.U (Singapore and Pen.ag). J an 2____29 AL746 words
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Article597 1929-02-09 16 Cargo Steamer's Be la wan -Colombo Record. A certain fast cargo steamer belonging to one of the principal companies engaged m the United Kingdom Far Eastern trade was gazetted recently to leave Singapore homeward bound on a date which just allowed of her reaching Colombo after calling597 words
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Article73 1929-02-09 16 The Silver Line, which took delivery o f six 9,000-ton cargo ships a year or so ago will shortly order three vessels similar ir size from J. L. Thompson and Sons. Tney will probably be of 9,000 tons deadweigh' and their minimum service speed m73 words
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Advertisement686 1929-02-09 16 Burns Philp line I (Incorporated m Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. 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.686 words
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Advertisement603 1929-02-09 16 Kerr Steamship CoThJT 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. !< (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICP ta BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHi? BALTIMORE. AN M.S. SILVERASH due Feb. 16 M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Mar. H sail fy* M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 ails M lr PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SErSw SINGAPORE TO603 words
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Miscellaneous689 1929-02-09 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. i Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday,, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.ra. f Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m_ j Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kunla Lumpur. Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a,m. i Kelantan every Monday,689 words
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Miscellaneous229 1929-02-09 16 SHIPPING NOTES. A cargo of beans, hemp and timber was brought into port yesterday by the Carmarthenshire, bound for Colombo. The Nam Sang and the Fook Sang arrived m port yesterday from China ports, the former with 133 deck passengers and the latter with 186. The Blue Star. Line has229 words
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Article1286 1929-02-09 17 THE TOURIST CRUISE SEASON OPENS. Empress of Australia m Port [From Our Own Correspondent.] Batavia, Feb. 1. The Empiess of Australia ot" the Canadiar Pacific Line arrived m Priok ha. hour or Tuesday morning at 7.30 and moored along side the Java China Japan Line quay. Thi? was1,286 words
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Article48 1929-02-09 17 The Government Health Office gives returns for the week ended February 2nd. Penang Hill, (2,100 feet), average mean shade temperature 72.40 ((leg. F); evaporation .454 m. rainfall .025 m. Taiping Hill, (3,500 feet), average mean shade temperature 71.73 (deg. F); evaporation .289 m. rainfall nil.48 words
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Article46 1929-02-09 17 The following are the numbers of arrivals and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of January. Arrivals (figures supplied by travelling inspectors) 1,196 adults; 202 minors. Departures (figures supplied by steamer agents) 5,645 adults; 566 minors. The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.46 words
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Article477 1929-02-09 17 Professor Alexander Wood, tutor of Emmanuel College and lecturer m physics University of Cambridge, again addressed boys and girls and grown-ups at the Royal Institution Christmas lecture at the Institute of Flectiical Engineers. Describing the ear and its functions Professor Y\ ood said, "We still477 words
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Article264 1929-02-09 17 74- Year-Old Peer's New Life. An English Karl has demonstrated that it is never too late to begin a new life. The Earl of Orford at the age of seventyfour made over his principal estate. Wolterton Park, near Norwich, to his fifteen-year-old heir and sailed for New264 words
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Article167 1929-02-09 17 Women smokers m France have received a vote of thanks from the Treasury Department for the large part they havt; taken m increasing the tobacco bill. Smokers m France bought from the State, which owns the tobacco monopoly. 4,017.000,000 francs (£33,475,000) worth of cigarettes, cigars and167 words
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Advertisement392 1929-02-09 17 j[ step further SELEGIE Road Branch NOW OPEN j M IlkZ LIT TXfd Quality Service' Hours of Buaineaa 5 a.m. to lO 4 p.iri. to _T p.m. mm FRiSH>CCD REFRIGERATING Co., LIMITED 233-3 Orchard Road Phone 3300 MORTGAGEES' SALE of ULI'ABI.K m YEARS' LEASEHOLD LAND AND PREMISES SITUATE AT bINOWN392 words
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Advertisement54 1929-02-09 17 guarantee of Purity Quality m every Craven "A cigarette c^s,r» FOR YOUR THROAT'S SAKE-SMOKE CRAVEN "A" _t v CIGARETTES mcmb hi ,h,y ,U4 n,eeJ X^<s 2?__~ __^^l l V_^----. IH-l^-F ___^^_^__s'iT______f__f B The ONLY cigarette MADE SPECIALLY TO PREVENT SORE THROATS Sole Agents. -HUTTENBACH LAZARUS Sons. Ltd. Singapore, Penang, Ipoh,54 words
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377 1929-02-09 18 The "Listener," The protest that has begun against the 8.8.C.'s entering into competition with the weekly reviews by publishing the "Listener" will be carried on m the House of Commons when it meets says a Home paper of Jan. 7. Sir Arthur Holbrook, the member377 words
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Article134 1929-02-09 18 Only Half the Listeners Licensed. Oslo, Jan. 2. TIM broadcasting company m Norway has asked the help of the police to put an end to the 'thief-listeners but the results are not encouraging. In thc whole of Norway there are &BS2 licensed listeners-in,_ but the booksObserver - 134 words
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Article96 1929-02-09 18 South Africa Still Out of It. Capetown. Jan. 9. The South African Wireless Company hah not yet succeeded m obtaining a licence U work the Beam system; not-withstandiny that it has been efficiently operating for a year and a half between Britain anci other .Dominions. The late Labour96 words
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Article107 1929-02-09 18 £300 PHONE SPEECH. A twelve-minute speech which cost £25 per minute was successfully broadcast from Ottawa, Canada, to Cardiff. The speech was m connection with Canada Day at the Empire Exhibition at Cardiff, and was made by the Hon. James Malcolm, Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce. First the message107 words
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47 1929-02-09 18 LONG- DISTANCE RADIO CONVERSATION. London, Jan. 2">. San Francisco. The Examiner says that ore of i radio announcers conducted a wireless conversation lasting 22 minuter with an aeroplane attached to Commander Byrd'fl Antarctic expedition while the machine was flying off the Bay of Whales 9.000 miles distant.47 words
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Article31 1929-02-09 18 The rewards we gain by conquering the j world are never so satisfying as those that I come to tho mnn who has conquered him- j self. Mr. J. D. Beresford.31 words
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470 1929-02-09 18 The Pelican at the Feast. This is what happened beside the lake at St. James* Park, m London. An army of experts equipped with a microphone, a telephone and some fish, went there to record "the mournful cries of seagulls" for a wireless play,470 words
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Article275 1929-02-09 18 British Broadcasting has entered upon its seventh year of activity. One cannot but he amazed at the rapid progress it has made since its introduction m 11*22, when the programme! consisted of rather hackneyed ."nd uninspiring "musical items," provided for three-and-a-half hours each evening*. In the early days275 words
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Article65 1929-02-09 18 Berlin, Jan. 8. It i« announced thai Professor Esau, of nn. without usinc an aerial, has succeedW n scn(iin» r ultra- short waves possessing Peculiar propertfc i, distance of 280 miles The transmitting sol contained m a cigai ox, and can be used f r medical purposes animals65 words
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Article26 1929-02-09 18 Johannesburg. A television record is 'mod by a local r«»*ident, who has picked Hnaees broadcast f'w New York. The pictures are fairly clear.26 words
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Advertisement284 1929-02-09 18 Everything Seemed a Burden." y^Bfc ______i __r \^v >^_r^__________. m f~~' mmmm Mm-W^^ Lener thl mtLSt nd yOU °f Tt<lt wl **f^ have derived from Kruschen Salts. For three years J /r^\ suffered from constipation, depression and nerves which %_^3f^ made everything seem a burden. \f^J**^ After attending doctors on284 words
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Advertisement248 1929-02-09 18 __f T_k. ___k Jr >c_J_i _F /Amr\ ._____> _^T WI ■a S_PT _X /____r "Ij^OLYNOS cleans your teeth, I I _DL youi gums— your entire I mouth. Its germicidal ingredients I destroy dangerous mouth germs, safeguard against toothache, decay' I I gum infection and ill health. I Try Kolynos on248 words
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Article220 1929-02-09 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Feb. 8. Rubber.— London !o%d. 1/I6d down. Local 36*% Tin.— London £220 ss. 6.>s down. Mining. Steady. Hong hatt 52 1 .'7 l Ulu Klang 1.21 1.25, l.lang River 3.40 SUA, Petaling 5.10 5.20. Kinta Dredge 1.47 H 1.52 Penawat 88 90. Sungei Way 2.90220 words
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Article632 1929-02-09 19 The Final Figures. 9*msST thC .u r S? 1 of the Controller of Rubber on the Rubber Restriction Department s work during 1928, we extract the following items: The total standard production of the Malayan restriction area at the end of the sixth restriction year (31st October 1928)632 words
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Article49 1929-02-09 19 v. livu.-tead and C<>. Ltd. .Vgcnt*,. Nonlanal (Johore), 65, C00;. Buloh Kasap 48,160, to date' 309,456; Gadek 53,457,; RiW CMalaqcaV" 63,850, to date 511,40$ Seletar 17,850. to date 115,257; Rpebouine Finu'rice «nd Investment < 0., Ltd., 23,279, t| date 1 43,953 Djetnber Jerantut Estate}' I .258.49 words
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Article62 1929-02-09 19 February Raak l m.s. Bank demand 2i_ 814 Private credits 3 m.s. 'J 4 3,8 New Y.ork, demand 5$ Credits 80 days 5R France, demund 1431 India, T.T. 153% Hong Kong, demand 11% p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 122^4 Java, demand 139% ftangkok, demand ro*& Par Silver London 23 15162 words
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Article247 1929-02-09 19 February 8. Tin 2. r >o Tons lilHt Gambier g Pepper White us Pepper Black 67 Flake Tapioca 7^4 Pearl Sago Small Copra Sundried 9.90 Rice Liang Kin Chan Mar. Red Ragle (New) 830 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 830 Rice, Rangoon Bin tan 200 Rice. Rangoon Sioka 266247 words
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Article54 1929-02-09 19 February Bth., 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Standard R.S.S. on Tender Feb. .*?7 37«_ Mar. :t7» 4 'tf% Apt-June :{8* 4 M% July -Sept. xyv; Tom of Market* Very quiet. Latent Cable: LeaJea Spot >h«-.-t loa 4 per New York Spot Sheet54 words
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Article209 1929-02-09 19 Banker's Warning to His Countrymen. Mr. tail Snyder, one ol* the ohief executives of the New York Federal Reserve Hank, addre.sin.. the convention of the At erican Statistical Association at Chica-fj, declared that more ran 60 per cent, of the 30,000 new American millionaires created since209 words
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Article116 1929-02-09 19 increase of Nearly (>OO on 1927 Figures. More hooks have been published m Greet Britain during the past ,ye*v* than evei Wefore. This interesting fact m the history of British publishing is recorded m the Publishers' Circular. The actual number ot newbooks and new editions116 words
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Article151 1929-02-09 19 Effect of the Higher Bankrate. IFREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] I ondon, Feb. 8. The rubber sharemarket is quiet and buying is scanty but the tone of thc market is steady. The commodity is quiet and this is attributed to the hesitancy of dealers who are unalle to151 words
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Article53 1929-02-09 19 The decline m the price of tin m conjunction with the general unsett lenient has created a feeling of dullness m the sharemarket. Bangrin and Tronoh are hoth a little lower and there is little selling. The Financial News reports that Southern Malayan and South Tronoh Me53 words
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Article161 1929-02-09 19 Singapore. Feb. 8. The market though quiet throughout the past week has shown a very steady undertone. There have Wen fewer transactions passing m forward positions, but actual rubber for the current two months has found a good market. Blankets and remills which for some161 words
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Article141 1929-02-09 19 FRASER' S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Buyer* SHWr«. Haad Yai (i) Ss 3d !>s 3d Kong Fatts 50 60 Klang Rmr ($M 3.40 3.50 c.d. Kuchai Tin Drediro VXtVk L.4ttt K. Lumpur Tin U> SWi :ils Lhtgui Tin <$1 1.70 I.SO Malayan (ollifiits <!«»> 42.7 T. 4:5.25 Nawnjr I'ot (^ll141 words
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Article147 1929-02-09 19 ¥est«r<lay.'* Alterations. Buyer* ItlM* Hitams tr>' 2 70 Hong FaU t*l ~>o X Kuchai 1.36 K4O Lukut. Tins 1 l 4 M* Malayan Cons. 02 V-J §6H Petaling r>.lo '5.15 cum. Rahman Hyd. I.T7H I.Xl 1 Rantau Ord. ($U 1.37 1 1.45% Rantau Pnf. 1.4a l.r>o Talam147 words
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Advertisement398 1929-02-09 19 ASSETS OVBR SM6SMO 5 FO-CB OVER HOtmjm THE GREAT EASISKN ASSIIANCE OOSTANY IMIIO Ommrgmnmn m Stnits _*tfc__ettt_*. iHEAD OFFICE: WiwA^ Hou^ Sfagapore, LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old' Jewry E. C The Company ha. £20^00 deposited with the Supreme Court of E_^__d, and complies with Se^Britoi Ute Assurance Companies Act. ATTRACTIVE PLANS398 words
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Advertisement277 1929-02-09 19 BANKING, CBA__tllBED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Sft^f^,^ 4-000 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Harbin Tongkah {fa°rachi B_ST ggz IS? Eb277 words
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Advertisement391 1929-02-09 19 BASKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COt-TORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong-). HoadO__.ee: Hona; Keas;. Authorised Capital $60,000,000 Issued and fully paid op $20,660,600 Reserve Fund— Sterling 6,600,060 I Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,600 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.391 words
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Advertisement38 1929-02-09 19 MOfAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Inrnrpnfntei la England lrjr Beyal Charter A_D. 1710) EIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Kdefity G__ur_ntee-^di____itration Bonds. Smogox\mr%y Itepresentativcs.— Messrs. BARLOW CO.. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.38 words
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Article209 1929-02-09 20 TO-DAY'S FIXTURES IN THE LEAGUES. English League. Div. 1. —Birmingham vs. Sunderland; Bolton vs. Sheffield W_j Burnley vs. Leicester; Cardiff vs. Aston Villa; Huddersneld vs. Arsenal; Liverpool vs. Everton; Manchester C. vs. Blackburn; Newcastle vs. Manchester TJn.; Portsmouth vs. Derby; Sheffield Un. vs. Bury; West Ham; vs. Leeds.209 words
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Article333 1929-02-09 20 The play for the Knox and Sutherland Cup was completed this week and resulted m a win for Mrs. W. Hay who beat Mrs. IvOwson m the final by 2 and 1. The various rounds were as follows: Ist. Round:— Mrs. W. P. Webb beat Mrs. McMullan333 words
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Article30 1929-02-09 20 Owing to the Chinese New Year Holidays next week, the Ladies Monthly Medal (Stroke) will be played for on Monday and Tuesday, February 18th. and 19th.30 words
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Article102 1929-02-09 20 Yesterday's Results. Mixed. Doubles Handicap A. Class. Mrs. Atkin Berry and Doig ser. w.o. against Miss Salmond and Rowland owe 2. Mrs. Meade and Davies plus 3 w.o. against Mr. and Mrs. Prentis ser. Mixed Doubles Handicap B. Class. Capt. and Mrs. Robb ser. beat Mr. and102 words
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Article112 1929-02-09 20 Yesterday's Results. Open Men's Singles. Rev. Aitken beat Daly 6 l, 6 l. Anderson beat G. Murphy 6 3, 6 l. Ladies' Open Singles. Miss Wallis beat Mrs. Phillips 6—3 b— 3 Miss Norris beat Mrs. Joy 6 2, 6 i. Mrs. Warden vs. Mrs. Taylor112 words
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37 1929-02-09 20 I FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok, Feb. 8. In the Siam Open Tennjs Single: Final Paul Clerc was unexpectedl; beaten by a younger opponent 7 ft, 12 li m very hard games.37 words
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Article380 1929-02-09 20 Frantic Excitement During Closing Stages at Adelaide. GREAT BOWLING BY WHITE. Adelaide, Feb. 8. Before 6.000 spectators, who sweltered m the heat. t_ie fourth Test Match was resumed here to-day on a hard wicket, which was developing bad patches. W T ith the total al 270 Bradman, who had then380 words
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Article107 1929-02-09 20 In view of England's narrow margin of victory m this Test, the following record showing all Test Matches between England and Australia m which less than 50 runs separated the sides is interesting: 1902 Manchester, Australia won by 8 runs. 1884-5 Sydney, Australia won by 6 runs.107 words
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Article, Illustration107 1929-02-09 20 Amid scenes of frantic excitement during the closing stages, England won the fourth Test Match at Adelaide yesterday by the narrow margin of 12 runs. Bradman played a magnificent innings for 58 before being run out. and Oldfield kept his end up gallantly, but neither Grimmett nor Blackie were able107 words
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Article539 1929-02-09 20 THE COMPLETE TEST SCORE CARD. England. —Ist Innings. Hobbs c Ryder b Hendry 74 Sutcliffe st. Oldfield b Grimmett 64 Hammond not out 119 D. R. Jardine lbw. b Grimmett 1 Hendren b Blackie 13 A. P. F. Chapman c a Beckett b Ryder 39 Duckworth c Ryder b Grimmett539 words
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98 1929-02-09 20 [Reuter's Service.] New York. Feb. 8. Tilden and Hunter are going abroad on May 8 for an international lawn tennis campaign. Neither will play m the Davis Cup (American zone) matches. Mr. J. J. Fleury, State Veterinary Surgeon, Kedah, who is going on leave by98 words
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Article434 1929-02-09 20 FACTS AND FIGURES UP, TO DATE. What the Players Have Done. England having now won all four Test Matches in Australia, it is interesting to record what the various players have done during the present aeries, besides other statistics in connection with the four games. Of the434 words
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Article354 1929-02-09 20 L England. Batting. Total Hitfh't Timci Inns. Runs. Score. Not Out Aver. Hammond 7 851 '251 1 MUH Hendren 7 37fi 169 0 51.71 D. R. Janiint- 7 322 98 1 r >3.66 Sutcliffe 7 U6 IS5 '>0.71 Mead I 80 72 I 40.00 Hobbs 7 244 74354 words
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Article44 1929-02-09 20 [Renter's Service.] Adelaides Feb. 7. In the mile Australian swimming championship, Arne Bofg (Sweden) was first; Ryan (New South Wales) second; Walter (Victoria) third. Borg won by 150 yards; ten yards between second and third. Time 21 mins. 55 sees.44 words
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