The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 March 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 'jj CENTS. SINGAPORE, &S. MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929. NO. 12,657
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    276 1 A satisfactory statement has been issued by the medical advisers regarding the King's health. Steady progress has been made but full recovery cannot be expected for some time Page 9. An extraordinary happening occurred in the Melbourne match, Victoria vs. M.C.C. The crowd barracked Larwood so badly
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    THE AYAH.
    1057 1 She has rings on her lingers and rings on her toes, and she makes music wherever she goes. The music is made by dozens of brightly coloured glass bangles on her wrists and silver bangles on her ankles. She wears a handsome gold ring in her nose, and
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      166 1 r^i>^; BRIGHT METAL K BRIGHT "BRIC.HTSHIM" UQUID METAL POLISH [raffles HOTEL f J Commencing Saturday, March 2nd. X X Special Engagement X (Miss Mantle g Mr. Kendall I WHO WILL APPEAR DURING ALL X TEA AND DINNER DANCES, f Am\^Amm\\*mmmM\*tfoP+4-^0 jl |^_a D/ 1 M^ f E II I k
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      308 1 I LIGHT RAILWAY I I MATERIAL f f X 2 RAILS t Y 14Ibs. 9 161bs M 181bs., complete with fish- Y plates, bolts and nuts. I DOUBLE SUM) TIPPING WAGONS 20in. and 24in. gauge. s 4 cubic yard J^ capacity, fitted with roller bearings with i patent interchangeable roller
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      146 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson's for new dres« flouncings Page 9. Teng Seng Guan's latest tvre prices Page 8. McAlister and Company for light railway materials Page 1. Inspect Elizabeth's exhibition of Celanse dresses Page 7. Tenders wanted; Notices re claims igainst estates Page 7. Whiteaway, Laidlaw's for all sorts of urtain
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      11 1 KEEPS NEW SHOES NEW I "BLANCONA" I I SHOE CREAM I
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      96 1 TH*. WKI.IV. M<itu!ay, 4th. His-h Water, 3.32 a.m., 7.9. 5.16 p.m., 6.0. S.C.C. Tennis Entries close. Macdona Players, Theatre, 9.30. You Neve C*n T*ll. Tm'xday. mth. High Water, 4.21 a.m., 7.5, 7.52 p.m.. 5.9. Assizes open. Macdona Players, Theatre. 9.30. Do.-tor's Dilemmn. Wedni'xday, Xith. High Water, 5.25 a.m., 7.2, 9.0
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    £ 40.000 THEFT AT POST OFFICE.
    375 2 40.000 THEFT AT POST OFFICE. Loot Entirely in Stamps. One of the cleverest robberies Berlin can remember took place in broad daylight between four and five in th« afternoon, when thiews broke into a post office in the middle of Berlin and stole stamps of all kinds, postage, health, and
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    WHEN THE ALBERT HALL LAUGHED.
    299 2 Count John McCormack's Irish Whisky Song;. When Count John McCormack, least con-st-i-\ative of great tenors, sang at the Albert Hall the programme ranged from Mozart to what sounded suspiciously like the work of the man who writes the moral-text placards for the front parlour. As
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    115 2 FKASEICS SHAKE LISTS. Saturday's Alteratitms. LOANS. MA. and F.M.S. 5 p.c. Vic of UttOrei: 1934 $15,074,300 104 104'- Buyers SelW-ra. 2.<m 2.10 70 7:> HonK Fatti M 70 Kuchai Tin Dredge ($1) 1.10 1.45 Puteh ($l l l.">0 1 Rahman Hyds. ($1) 1.40 1.50 Rambutan (£1) I7t
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      243 2 NEW STOCKS. BEMAX. The New Vltaralh B. Food. J TAKY DEPILATORY. NONN TONIC TABLETS. ESPANOL SOLVENT. The New Reducer. MEDICAL HALL LTD., Opposite Post Office, I SINGAPORE. Quality Service Price Economy. {A GRAND ADVERTISEMENIi f and I FANCY DRESS BALL 1 will be held at the DRILL HALL, BEACH ROAD
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      335 2 VICTORIA qpTTFTATKK TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 pJB. J MACDONA^ PLAYCttS IN PLAYS BY I BERNARD SHAW. To-Night: YOU NEVER CAN TELL Tuesday, March sth. DOCTOR'S DILEMMA. 1 Wednesday, March 6th. Thursday, March 7. WIDOWERS HOUSES. PYGMALION. Friday, March Bth. Saturday, March 9th. MAN AND SUPERMAN. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. Booking at
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      541 2 ftLHAMBRA^ tarn CtaE Bee Co. Ltd Proprietor I IH*ogra.mme I COMMENCING FRIDAY, Ist. MARCH. AND **m I WEDNESDAY, 6th. END,1 <G I In the Second Show at 9 pjn. I Hie latest EMPIRE NEWS, together with FOX wno,^ I Ta AT Jl T-. 1 a 8 Nl I Madge Bellamy
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    A LONDONERS JOTTINGS.
    1314 3 MALE MANNEQUINS 1 AMONG THE BUTTERFLIES. The Silk Suit Arrives. One of the mosi amusing features of a aj .event Artificial Silk Exhibition held in London was the advent of the Male afanne* join, write l Joan Littlefield for the Free A ess end ihe N.A.N. A.
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      193 3 Ijf your Kodak has not been I U sed lately it may want 1 j cleaning. Rrins it in to us at Battery I R rl 1 ,KODAK" SERVICE 1 I COSTS NOTHING I i KODAK liIMITED. 1 (Incorporated in England.) S I 8. Battery Road, SINGAPORE. -^s®®®®®®®®^^^ '$5 1929
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      355 3 WORN OUT WITH PAIN Banish days of misery, nights of tartare, the eaeradating agony of *tw rtsns tne aarnins; pains of Sciatica, Scalding Urine, and other symptoma of Kidney Trouble by taking De Witt's Kidney and Bladder Pilla. This 40-year-old remedy is recommended by doctors everywhere, and used the world
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      74 3 1 Estate Trust Agencies 1 j (1927) Limited. I I Registered by and Security deposited with the 1 Straits Settlements Government. f I Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guar- dians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate cr Letters of Administration I applied for and security furnished. I "We
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    3451 4 1 CHAPTERED XIX. PHILIP IS CONVINCED. Breakfast was a dull meal for Philip Strode. He was in an ill humour and the young man opposite him did not add to his general gaiety by a flow of light, rather fantastic, conversation. Philip felt puzzled. Who the devil was this young
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    REVITALISING AUDIENCES.
    422 4 Tonic Effect of New Ventilating System. The revitalising of theatre and cinema audiences is rapidly becoming not only a popular but a necessary function of their management. No modern house of entertainment is built now without some special method of providing the tonic effects of clean, fresh air.
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    LALA LAJPAT RAT DEATH.
    125 4 Special Inquiry Sea Isplhi- 1 1 hi 57 vol** The Legislative Asscnibl> l> 45, despite strong Governs to-day carried an unofficial mot^ appointment of Commi«« v the party leaders snd to Inquire int.. the »1 the assault on the Iste I the police, and -Its eft*
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    ELECTRON "DUMMY."
    1866 4 IS IT A SCIENTIFIC DEADLOCK Theory on Trial. i It is gratifying that the very technical paper on "The Charge of an Electron," which I read to the Royal Society on January 17, should have aroused interest outside scientific circles; but it is also in some ways embarrassing,
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    MUSICAL REVELRY.
    970 5 THE BRITISH FOLK SONG. A Missionary Journey. When the name of the International Society for Contemporary Music is mentioned in England we think immediately of modern music with its strange noises, quartertones, theories of sonority and what not, and of festivals in the pleasant places of the earth
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      150 5 .^^hX^^K^KK^ 3 ♦♦♦♦♦<>♦ ("BURROUGHS! f long line of X ADDING, SUBTRACTING, MULTIPLYING, CALCULATING v and 2 BOOK-KEEPING MACHINES 4 ♦> Y k includes over Y es sr% jl too STYLES. Y I I STOCKS OF POPULAR MODELS ARRIVED. JBRINKMANNgCOJ t SOLE AGENTS. -»> FST. HELEN'S COURT COLLYER QUAY, 11 STAMFORD
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      398 5 SDCDNYI (Pronounced SO CO NY) I flft SDCQNY I afaaV B IM wMI I That's the Spirit I STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK I (Incorporated in U.S.A.). I SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG I g HIMROD'B m M Asthma Cure tl tfSLJ g^rr-^, ff ha* proven It- Lpl !^m£r.
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    MR. GORE ON MALAYA.
    851 6 SOME HOME TRUTHS FROM NATURE. Where We Have Failed. The January number of Nature contains interesting references to Mr. Ormsby Gore's report, and whilst the paper can be excused for knowing only one side of the question its references are instructive. It must be confessed, says
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    LION TAMER'S FEAR OF WIFE.
    102 6 Safety la Wild Beasts* Cage. Los Angeles, .Jan. :2. An il i?tration of the saying thai lion's den is the only safe refuge Z\ >ui woman scomed*' was afforded here in divorce suit. Alphcus Stonehouse, alias Barnes, the lion tamer, has made an aflici avit
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      414 6 WHITEAWAYS the chalet f Tni^i 'i' |i i(/i- t «e LACE CURTAINS W^J^^^^, WORCESTER aEBBBBBBBffV l BEVIBBBBBU ■11l R 1 l^^ff ij lil l I^Ml HI XaT ff Am 9^^^ "^*SBbE«BbBBBbBB» Mm\ fl BBEv M BY* lll a» lil^faV Im m)rV if /A '7 2V* sM'l ftlf^lC^N *nS3?*T?^^^m fl I
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      244 6 \WF mmmWmmmm am mmmm mmm mmmmmmmmmm m I npH IS Embrocation is specially prepared for India. Federal M l Malay States, and Straits Settlements. It was formerly known as Fata Relieving Balm. Gives instant relief to those suffering with Headache. Toothache. Neuralgia Gout M Rheumatism. Sciatica. Lumbago, and Sore Throats
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    570 7 j SPRING 1929 RACE MEETING. Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday and Wednesday, the 9th., 13th., 16th. and 20th. March. Two divided handicaps for Class I, 11, 111 IV Horses. Two divided handicaps for Class 1 II Ponies. One two-division race, weight for inches, for Selangor T. C. Spring J
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    LLOYD GEORGE'S PLAN.
    182 7 HOW TO RE-CREATE ENGLAND. "Postpone Singapore. [Reuter's Service.] London. March 1. In his speech, at the meeting ol* election candidates, regarding unemployment, Mr. Lloyd George said they were not proposing relief works but works properly to equip Ihe nation. Firstly, the chaotic transport system must be reorganised
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    PEACE PACTS.
    76 7 [Renter's Service Constantinople. March 1. The Turkish Government has adhered to the LitvinofF protocol regarding immediate application of the Kellogg Pact principle. Paris. March 1. Th* Chamber voted by 570 to 12 ratification of the Kellogg pact. The minority were ill Communists. The Hague. March. 1. The Second
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    THE FRANCO-BELGO PACT.
    99 7 I Renter's Service 1 Berlin. March 1. The German Ambassadors in London and Paris have been informed by the respective Foreign Offices in connexion with the •atest allegations published by the Utretchse Daghlad. that neither Governments have done anything to impair the Locarno pact. The French Foreign
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    A LESSON LEARNED.
    60 7 [Reuter's Service.] Ijondon. March 1. As a sequel to the Conservative revolt over the compensation to Irish Unionists, Mr. Amery introduced supplementary vsti.nates of £385,000. He said that £1,377.000 would be paid on this account by De*c. 31 and it was estimated £250,000 would be required in
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    SOUTH AFRICA AND GERMANY.
    72 7 [Reute»r'v; Service.] Cape Town. March I. The Union Assembly by 62 to 51 passed the bill ratifying the German-South African Trade Treaty under which henceforth the same tariff preferences will lie extended to German imports as to British. The agreement does not apply to existing preferences
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    VAN LEAR BLACKS WANDERINGS.
    56 7 [Reuter's Service.] Pretoria, March 1. Mr. Van Lear Black, the American newspaper magnate, who left Croydon on Feb. 11 in his Fokker aeroplane with Dutch pilots, arrived at Pretoria to-day. After he reaches Cape Town he intends to return to London by air and then fly
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    AN OLD ART DISPUTE.
    61 7 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. March 1. The death is announced of the art expert, Professor Wilhelm von Bode, famous in a pre-war controversy when he claimed the wax bust of "Flora'' in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum was the work of Da Vinci although a waiscoat found inside
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    STOCK GAMBLING.
    51 7 New York, March 1. Bedlam reigned in the stock market today, the public staging the wildest bull rampage of the year, six. million shares changing hands amid scenes of tumultuous confusion. Dallas, Texas March 1. The Dallas Federal Reserve Bank has increased the discount rate to 5 per
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    NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.
    41 7 [Havas Service.] New York. March 1. Because the Transatlantic wireless telephone facilities are so overloaded the American Telephone and Telegraph Com- pany have decided to sp^nd a vast sum in laying a special telephone cable across the Atlantic.
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    TRADE AND COMnIRCE.
    735 7 ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS MEETING. Satisfactory First Year. The first annual general meeting of Alexandra Brickworks, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the Company, 1, Finlayson Green, Singapore, at noon on' Saturday. Mr. F. E. Dilley (Chairman of the Directors) presided, supported by the Hon Mr. F.
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    THE LATE LADY LUGARD.
    241 7 Lady Lugard, the well-known autnoresi and traveller, has died at her home at Abinger Common, near Guildford, after a shoit illness. Long before her marriage to Lotd Lugard (then Sir Frederick Lugard) ir 1902 Lady Lugard was famous as Miss Flora Shaw, the foreign correspondent in
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    FRENCH TOWN INTERDICTED.
    309 7 Church Locked Up. The small Provencal town of Barbentane. near Avignon, has been put under an interdict by the Archbishon of Aix. Primate of Provence. The priesthood is withdrawn, the church closed, no Mass will be celebrated, nor may the children be baptised in the parish, nor
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    60 7 At the annual meeting of the Penang branch of the Straits Settlements Association Mr. Samuel was re-elected President, and Mr. Yeoh Cheah Guan was elected Vice-President, Mr. P. N. Knight being reelected hon. secretary and treasurer. The committee were elected as follows: —Mr. Lim Keong Lay, Mr. Noardin, Dr. Smith,
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      506 7 CARDS. f«FLORANGE w I IMPROVES I YOUR HEALTH I I g ora wTeaths made to order, j ISgAPORB CASKET CO. I I 83< selegie road. j Telephone No. 75. i-- l- j^r^^^^U^r^M&iSJSPS 1 fished 1912. Tele. 3-192. MASSAGE I MR MRS. FUJIMORI I JAPANESE BONE-SETTER ]9 Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore, gj
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      144 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Estate of MARIAM BINTE ABUBAKER, Deceased. All persons having claims against the above deceased, who died at No. 15 Gaylang Serai, Singapore, on the 30th day of November, 1928, are hereby requested and required to send particulars of their claims to the undersigned, administrators of the Kstate of
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      292 7 ELIZABETH I I PARIS I j HAS ARRIVED 1 |> With a beautiful collection of the latest creations in the 1 |j fashionable "British Celanese" material, especially designed in 1 Paris for the Tropics. g Exclusive Original Models. On View at 1 Washing Day Evening Gowns. RAFFLES HOTEL I Hats.
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      515 7 TENDERS. SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST. Tenders are invited for the execution of a!erations to* Houses at Kerbau, Buffalo and itace Course Roads, and will be received by the jndersigned up to noon on Tuesday. March Plans, specifications and form of tender may ae obtained from the Municipal Architect's 3ffice. A deposit
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      MARRIAGE
      34 8 GORDON RAE. At the Presbyterian church, Sinjrapor*-, on March fas'. 192'.*, by the Rev. G. H. Douglas. Alexander, son of William Gordon, lo Mary Webster, daughter of Mr-. Alexander Rae. all of Aberdeen.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. MARCH 4. 1929. WEEK-END COMMENT.
    651 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. MARCH 4. 1929. WEEK-END COMMENT. The official report on His Majesty's progress towards recovery will b? welcomed by the Empire, for it marks the definite confirmation of the opinion which has been formed by the public from the unofficial reports which have emanated from Bognor. Whilst
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    463 8 The Joint Secretaries, Indian Conference of Malaya, 1928, have received official advice from the A.D.C. to His Highness the Sultan of Perak that His Highness ha.- been pleased to appoint Mr. Louis Thivy, J. P., of Kuala Kangsar, an Indian Member of the Perak State Council. Mr. E. N. T.
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    MINERS' RELIEF FUND.
    188 8 THE SINGAPORE FUND CLOSES. To All Subscribers "Thank You." Although the Singapore Fund for the relief of the distressed miners and their dependents closed officially on Saturday, we know that in one or two instances collections aie still proceeding and on receipt of further cheques these will
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    "CANDIDA."
    274 8 The Acting of a Clever Play. Without reading and studying the play one cannot attempt to criticize the possibility or otherwise of the situation which arises in "Candida," the second G.B.S. play presented by the Macdona Players st the Victoria Theatre on Saturday. The cleverness of the quick dialogue
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    352 8 Mr. F. E. Mair has been made a life member of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mines. Mr. G. A. Potts, of Penang, is leaving London for Malaya by the P. and 0. Morea on March 22. Lieut. Awang bin Omar J.V.F. has resumed duties as Officer Commanding J.V.F. detachment at
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      BUDDHIST SERMONS BROADCAST.
      35 8 BUDDHIST SERMONS BROADCAST. Interesting Experiment. ,»U H-.KSS E Banrlmt RI^HT 1 The first Buddhist Lord aTL**^ cast sermons carried out verv br °*ian experiment during the J7 Bttc< *wfElh monies. e The reception was perfect.
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      BANGKOK CHAMBERS SURVEY FEES.
      31 8 ,FREE PRESS -2HEEEI At its annual meeting, the (V v l Commerce decided that the feo < of shall be the same for membe^ I"** members. lor "on-
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    EASTERN FLIGHTS.
    203 8 The Stranded French Airmen. Th» French airmen. MM U Br Paillaud who crashed near Rangoon I a flight with mails from Marseilles to^ j?on and were expected lo leave here bvtv!! M.M. mail steamer Porthos early t? morning, were unable to catch the si.i The French Chancellor. Cte.
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    LOCAL WEDDING.
    210 8 Gordon Rae. A very pretty wedding was etEEESBa. it the Presbyterian Church on Satun\ afternoon, the contracting parties king Mr. Alexander Gordon, Municipal Altafoc*, arc Miss Mary Webster Rae of Aoerue<n. The Rev. G. H. Douglas officiated. The Bride who was given away by her brother, Mr. D.
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    A KUALA LUMPUR WEDDING.
    120 8 [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, Mar 2. A marriage took place at St. Mary's to? morning between Mr. Donald Cameron of the A.P.C, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. P. ft Cameron of Edinburgh, and Man Kathleen Helen Bradshaw, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs.
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    131 8 Report has it that the first prize Big Sweep at the Ipoh Races on Ssttßßß (a sum of $42,000) went to WJJ^JJ women market gardeners at Tronon. report be true, the three lucky ?J be Subscribing or Ordinary Memher> Perak Turb Club.— T.O.M. sa A return made by the police
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      200 8 JIJfcIEJIdWJfcIE.IUIfcIEJIJE-IIJiEJUM-IE->EJEJEJfcW I EXQUISITE FACE I POWDERS I BeßmSeV SaSEEMi jl to suit aIL jg DUWREMOTHERS.LmI fiole Arenas (Wemlmbli.) jp -:634:Wednesday 13th March 1929 Bank Holiday T. K. RVS Well Base Balloon Tyres 26 x 3.50 $10. Tubes $2. JaTeU Base Balloon Tyres 27 x 4.40 $12. Tubes $2.50 Well Ba*e
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      7 8 I To-day's Feature^ I OUR SERIAL STOW
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    THE KING'S RECOVERY.
    190 9 I vrt\V CONFIDENTLY EXPECTED. I special Bulletin Issued. I [Blßtsrt Service.] I London, Mar. 2. I KulJetin bas bet>n issued signed by Lord I and Sir. S. Hewett which says: 'The y*\ the past fortnight h*»s made satis|__fl -progress. His weight and strength KfLgmimfd d slee P
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    BRITISH EMPIRE RATIFIES PEACE PACT.
    122 9 [Renter*! Service.] London. Mar. 2. British Ambassador at Washington with the State Department a Ration of th. Kellogg Pact on behalf Great Britain. North Ireland, South Af- Australia. New Zealand and India. anadian and Irish Free State MinisI«: fafhiafton are depositing ratifiea- or. behalf of
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    WINTERS SEVERITY CONTINUES.
    53 9 I [Reuter's Service.] Helsingfors, Mar. 2. gMmm of the severity of the European ;:er :n 1929 is given in the unprecedentcrtposal to establish omnibus services ?eer. Sweden and Finland via Aaland I onstantinople. Mar. 2. LBosphorus tratfic is suspended, the sea blocked with ice-floes from the Danube
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    THE MAN WHO KEPT HIS MOUTH SHUT.
    60 9 FReuter's Service.] New York. Mar. 2. 3ir. Coolidge paid an emotional farewell lis Cabinet. •MM my own business" was the 'comment of the President when interwed on his record <>f national economy k prosperity. fa York Times learns that Mr. Arthur J*, f
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    MEXICAN BANDITS AGAIN.
    48 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, March 3. rebels captured the American Hanson, resident manager of San s^s Mining and Milling Company at Mexico and also J. W. Reid, a British '?ioyet of the Company. The rebels are a ransom of 24,000 pesos and kegs of nails.
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    BRITAIN TO HEAR HOOVER'S SPEECH.
    51 9 BRITAIN TO HEAR HOOVER'S SPEECH. IKeuter's Service.] I N*** York, March 3. L? l Broadcasting Company has J, H ?ed to in Great Britain, r ;;Jj°over'g inaugural address. The speech .^Picked up at the BBC's experimental station at Chelmsford and relay- by landline and thence broad- j all °ver the
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    JOINING UP THE OCEANS.
    48 9 [Reater*i Service.] New York, Mar. 3. tic'-'w K? hus slKned the resolution > a rt aa pt,Ml h > th Senate providing •fc«l *T y ul th< P r^Posed Nicaraguan *^r m J»0 tat examination of the j, ot the possibility of enlarging the a anal.
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    SPEAKER OF U. S. CONGRESS RE-ELECTED.
    36 9 [Renter*. Service.] New York, March 3. W'jSr and Mr. Jonn ak< *r and Majority Floor Leader, J M the old Congress have been >k.' th< offices in the new .>». i
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    STRENGTHENIING PROHIBITION.
    37 9 ro l«eutet i Service.l •Mi l W^hington, Mar. 2. >.> IJJ* hu riff-ed the Jones (Pro\ni? Pria,i,,n Penaltv Bill the '^nmert in wnic h are five years "r 10,000 fine. ltarl *r cables on page 7.]
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    WAS IT FORGED?
    220 9 I THE a^£.o-BELGIAN AGREEMENT. Belgian Paper's Story. [Reuter's Service.] tv. Brussels. Mar 2 Th a"!- aware of th forgery The Activist, who was born in Belgium the 1920 convention. He proceeded to foree E when he was unable to procure ft The j_WI m ,e— a and
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    A COMPREHENSIVE CONFESSION.
    86 9 Brussels. March 3. Albert Prank Heine, the arrested Belgian Activist, is alleged to have admitted that the document supplied by him to the editor of the Activist newspaper "Schelde," and reproduced in the Utrechtsche Dagbind is a forgery for which he is entirely responsible. He confessed the
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    THE BAHREIN DISPUTE.
    348 9 Persia's Claims Before the League. [British Radio— Official Service.l Rugby, Mar. 1. Copies have been circulated to members of the League of Nations of the Note which the British Minister in Teheran has handed to the Persian Government in reference to the latter's claim to sovereignty over
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    AMERICA'S NEW RULER.
    100 9 Washington Adorns Herself. Washington, Mar. 3. The streets are adorned with flags and bunting and crowds of visitors are pouring in to celebrate the inauguration of the new President and Vice-President on Monday. Pennsylvania Avenue along which Mr. Hoover will ride is lined from Capitol Hill to
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    PEKING REVOLT.
    201 9 REGIMENT OF TROOPS MUTINY. Chang's Plot [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Peking, Mar. 2. Ihe west section of Peking was panicstricken this morning when a r giment of ex-northern troops suddenly revolted. At dawn 20 plain-clothes gunmen accostii _f Shansi guards in the vicinity of the well-known Lama Temple,
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    BRITAIN'S DEFENCE.
    193 9 Cutting the Margin Finer. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 2. The Air Estimates for 1929 total -16,200, 000, a decrease of £50,000 compared with 1928. The memorandum on the construction of airships RlOO, RlOl, says it has taken longer than was anticipated due to the fact that both airships
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    CHINESE FLIGHT FROM ENGLAND.
    125 9 rßeuter's Service.l London, Mar. 2. The Chinese airman Wen Lin Tschen, accompanied by a Danish colleague, started from Croydon on a flight to China on one of the fourteen Cirrus-Avian aeroplanes ordered by China to train Chinese to fly in the new school at Nanking. He
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    FATAL FLYING ACCIDENT.
    99 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 1. Flying- Officer Sealy-Allin was killed in a mid-air collision between his aeroplane and another at Kenley. The pilot of the Other machine, Flight-Sergt. Freeman, jumped clear with his parachute and landed safely on the roof of one of the hangars
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    THE WIZARD DERIDED.
    154 9 Jix on a Lively Rabbit. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 2. Mr. Lloyd George's scheme to reduce unemployment in a single year is hailed by the Liberal newspapers as showing a revival of the ex-Premier's dynamic national influence but the Cons-waiivt j and Labourites are vary scornful. Sir
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    SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    62 9 HARD GROUNDS FOR RUGBY. Bristol's Big Score. J [FREE PRESS SERVICE.- -COPYRIGHT.) -u^ *u London, Mar. 2. The weather was fine and cold to-day and the /rounds hard. The following were .he chief Rugby results:— County Championship. Devon 6, Middlesex 10. Club Games. Blackheath 25, Oxford 8
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    BOATRACE PROSPECTS.
    44 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.) London. Mar. 2. Both the Varsity boat race crews are showing steady improvement, more particularly Cambridge, and the race is now expected to be very open. In a race at Henley, Reading beat London Universities by six lengths.
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    VARSITY LACROSSE.
    41 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.) London. Mar. 2. At Lacrosse Oxford took revenge on Cambridge for some of their defeats in other brances of sport, by winning bv 18 to 2. In the women's match Cambridge beat Oxford 4 2.
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    THE PRINCE AT RACQUETS.
    43 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.) London. Mar. 2. The Prince, who has not had much practice lately, had to meet Col. Kearsey in a match Bath Club vs The Rest at racqueu and lost I—9,1 9, o—90 9 3 9.
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    SLACK AMATEUR SWIMMERS.
    30 9 [FRFE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London. Mar. 2. The Amateur Swimming Association's report regrets the decline in the men'.entries in the still water mile and lon>: distance, championships.
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    ARMY RACQUETS FINAL.
    25 9 I FREE PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT. 1 London. Mar. 2. In the Army racquets final Mr. Scott Chad beat Captain Cheney 3 o.
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    INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY.
    24 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT. London, Mar. 1. At hockey Ireland beat Wales 3—o ind in the women's match Wales beat Ireland 3—2.
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    RACING PROSPECTS.
    32 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London. Mar. 2. Racing may possibly be resumed at Cheltenham on Monday as the frost has declined. All racing people are despondent over the long suspension.
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    FAST MISS ENGLAND.
    32 9 IFREE PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.] I London. Mar. 2. At Daytbna. St»agrave's motorboat. Miss England, covered a mile at 78.25 m.p.h. with threequarter throttle which is a record. < _r- I
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    MANDATE GOVERNORS' PENSIONS.
    181 9 MANDATE GOVERNORS' PENSIONS. [British Radio Official Service.) Rugby, Mar. 1. In the House of Commons, Mr. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore, Secretary for the Dominions, moved the second reading of the bill provid- ing for the extension of civil service pensions to Governors of mandated territories. He said there had come
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    NEGRO REPUBLIC'S FINANCE REFORMS.
    49 9 [Reuter's Service.] i San Domingo, March 3. It is announced that ex-Vice-President Dawes is heading a commission of American financial experts to reorganise the adminis- i tration of the finances of San Domingo. General James Harbord has been appointed a vice-chairman of the commission. i
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    ITALY'S NEW SENATE.
    34 9 i [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Mar. 2. Under the new powers governing the composition of the Senate, the King has nominated 29 senators consisting of leading artists, scholars, litterateurs, surgeons and industrialists.
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    SLOOP CHANGES IN CHINA.
    28 9 London, Mar. 2. I'he sloops Bluebell and Foxglove are to be replaced on the China Station by the two new sloops Bridgewater and Sandwich.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    70 12 A notice to mariners issued on Saturday states, on the authority of the Captain-in-Charge, Singapore, that a mooring buoy has been established in the eastern portion of the Johore Straits at a distance of 7.5 cables 073 deg. from Cupola house, lat. 1.28 deg. N., long. 103.50 deg.
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    PADRE FOR LONELIEST ISLAND.
    340 12 Relieving the Present Vicar. The Rev. Augustus George Patridge left London on Jan. 27 on the first stage of his journey to the loneliest isle in the world, Tristan da Cunha. "I hope to reach Tristan da Cunha about February 23," he said to a reporter
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    64-Ft, BOATS LONG VOYAGE.
    248 12 Great Send-Off for Her Six Men. Fleetwood, Jan. 24. To the accompaniment of a score of trawlers' sirens and the cheers of a thousand people the small wooden motor-drifter Impregnable, 64ft. long, left Fleetwood at 3.30 this afternoon on a voyage to the Gold Coast. On
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      446 12 Kerr Steamship Co W 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. 4 (Incorporated in U.S.A.) 0 GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICF ta BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA I BALTIMORE. AN| > M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Mar. 14 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 ?ail Mar 19 M.S. SILVERBELLE due May 8 sails Apr. 9 M.S.
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      258 12 HENDERSON UM 0 SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS. By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer! Between Rangoon. Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Port of Disembarkation Plymouth. Leave Rasp 1925. s.s. AMARAPOORA Apr. 13 s.s. CHINDWIN Aft I s.s. KEMMENDINK May 11 s.s. BHAMO May I s.s. SAGAING June s.s. PEGU June 2 s.s. BURMA July
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      676 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      136 12 Eng Gwan, Brit. 51, from Mersing 3, for Mersing 5. Selangor, Brit. 445, from B. Deli 3. for K. Deli 5. Giang Ann, Brit. 556. from Semarang 3, for Batavia 5. Koemai, Dut. 164, from Indragiri 3. for Indragiri 7. Rompin, Brit. 73, from P. Ketam 3, for P. Ketam
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    THE PORTUGUESE RIVIERA.
    687 13 An Exhilarating Coast ww *u Mont Batoril. With the exception perhaps of Malaga and the Algarve. there is no milder nor more delightful region in the Iberian Peninsula than the short stretch of coast called tne Portuguese Riviera. The south coast a* Algarve may be as warm,
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    ILLNESS DUE TO SENSITIVENESS.
    145 13 Sir Humphry Rolleston, one of the King's physicians, declared at a Mansion House meeting: that asthma and some other diseases were caused by constitutional hyper-sensitiveness to things which did not affect other people. The proximity of cats and horses, he said, affected others in the same
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      139 13 DAVID COPPERFIELD IN PICTURES. by Arthur Moreland. No. 32. David Makes Another Beginning. -KSEcCi^E^T FRIENDS AND WHETHER HH.JVOULO UK £>^TOT^ DOOR WAS OPENED *V A CA^VEROU* T tl(3^ V^T^ WH.T? HAIS AHO BLACK MEE^TSpVuJg^C ™S^t£h«CN '•^NThcivSwnCK^^NF SCKOOL AT CANTEMORV. PERSON WITH REO HAIR, HIGM SHOUIDH tVE«ROW6. <M<SS TROTWOOO EXPLAINED WAS
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    MATTERS MUSLIM.
    1008 14 THE PENANG PERANAKAN CLUB. New Officers Elected. (By Our Muslim Correspondent). The annual general meeting of the Penang Peranakan Club, Kuala Lumpur, was held on the 3rd inst. A large number of members was present. Prior to the meeting a group photograph was taken, and the members were
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    197 15 Sat u i Jay's Alterations. Buyers Seller*. Batang Padany: 45 50 Batu Caves 1.57% 1.61 VHong Fatts S3 70 Johan Tin 89% 41 Kinta Tin Dred. 1.50 1.53% North Taiping r >o 58% Puteh 1.47 V- 1.55 Rahman Hyd. 1.43% 1.50 Raul>s 5.75 5.U5 Talam 1.60 2.00
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 15 March 2. Bank 4 1 m.s. 2,3 29-32 Bank demand 2 |3 25-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2)3% New York, demand 55 Credits 90 days France, demand j^j India, T. T. 153 y Hong Kong, demand 12 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 124% Java, demand 140y Bangkok, demand go^4 Bar
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    PRODUCE.
    240 15 March 2. Tin 200 Ton.s $112% Gambier 7^/ Pepper White ng Pepper Black 631/^ Flake Tapioca 7% Pearl Sago Small g Copra Sundried 9.80 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mirk Red Eagle (New) 530 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 830 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 266 Rice, Siam
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    58 15 March 2nd.. 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. »>et .11 44 Standard R.s.s. on Tender M;:r. 44 441:. Apr-June 4(\ 4*>> 4 July-Sept. 4»»-\ 47 Oct-Die. 47 1 4 47 U Toae of Market: Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet !2%<L pot lb.
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    BRITISH MALAYA RUBBER.
    256 15 The following is a statement of the quantity and value of rubber exported dining February. Net Increase 43.92S tons. Declared value for 192!) $73,699,000 against $75,r>1 0,000. Note. The above figures represent the totals compiled from declarations received up to the last day of the month for
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    CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS.
    1544 15 The Annual Meeting. The annual general meeting of Central Engine Works. Ltd., was held at the offices of the Secretaries, Messrs. Evatt and Co.. French Bank Buildings, on Saturday, when Mr. L. T. Wakeford was in the Chair. Others present were Messrs. H. Gill, Khoo Choon Hoe
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & COS REPORT.
    200 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. Singapore, Nnreli 2. Uubber. London Is o%d unchanged. Local 44. Tin. London £222 10s. 2s 6d down. Mining. —Dull. Sungei Way 245 'S.OY Kuchais 1.40 1.45, Kinia Dredge 1.60 1. 55, Klang; .River 3.40 3.50, Hong Katts SO ♦'>:.. Malaya Consols. <51 63, Penawat i»'i 92,
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      377 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,*****0 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry EC The Company has f20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act.
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      286 15 BANKING. «~^~M~— __^__—_—_—____.i CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors* 3.000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star i Harbin i Tongkah Amritsar
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      397 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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    LOCAL CRICKET.
    998 16 LIVOCK OPENS WITH A CENTURY. A Drawn Game. The first match proper of the S.C.C. season produced some excellent cricket, Squadron Leader Livock making a century for the Married side and R. N. Hamilton just failing to reach three figures by two runs. The third wicket stand put
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    MELBOURNE SENSATION.
    131 16 CROWD MAKES PLAY IMPOSSIBLE. RYDER FORCED TO DECLARE. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] Sydney, March 2. There was an amazing exhibition of barracking on the Melbourne ground during the match which is going on against Victoria. The Melbourne crowd for some reason is annoyed uith Larwood's fast bowline and
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    S.R.C. MARRIED VS. SINGLE.
    251 16 The Married vs. Single match plaved at the S.R.C. on Saturday was drawn* The married men batted first and declared with the score 166 for seven wickets. Leijssius played bright cricket, contributing 59. He was bowled by Balhetchet who also accounted for Bartels when he was
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    R. H. LAVERTON'S XII VS. P. R. PANK'S XII.
    297 16 Amassing, through the particularly good batting of G. H. Pinckney and Dr. J. M. Lowson, the useful total ot 168, P. R. PankV XII, gained a substantial victory over R. H. Laverton's XII at the Padang yesterday, winning by 103 runs
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    CEYLON SPORTS CLUB VS. PREaSS SPORTS CLUB.
    127 16 At the Ceylon Sports Club ground, Balestier Road, yesterday afternoon, the P*ess Sports Club eleven were well beaten by the home team by three wickets and 97 runs. The excellent bowling of Jansen and Hoole and the batting of Kulam. who retired at
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    TUESDAYS TIES.
    57 16 Mixed Doubles Open. -Mr. and Mrs. Bennett vs. Miss. Griffith Jones and Treadjroid or Mrs. Zylstia and A. I). Anderson. Men's Doubles Handicap. K. X. Hamilton and Hansell owe 15.3 vs. Hartley and Salmond plus 2, or Davies and Meade scr. Ladies' Doubles Open. Mrs. Lavttlc and Mrs.
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    CRITISISM RESENTED.
    251 16 Kan vard Company and Penang Paper. There has been quite a little heat developed in theatrical circles in Penang. It sterns that the Straits Echo gave a notice of the Barnard performance of Wallace's "The Rinjrer," in the course of which it said, more or less kindly, that
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    54 16 The band of the S.S. Police will perform the following programme weather permitting at Katong Park on Tuesday at 5.15 p.m.: Overture "Masaniello" Auberi; Selection "The Arcadians" Monckton; (a) Waltz "Just a little Fond Affection"; (b) Fox Trot "In old Vienna" Nicholls; Selection "Falka" Chassaigne; Old English Dance "Mascarita'' Ercilla;
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    116 16 Jones run out 1; Walling not out 0; Clarke b Hoole 0; Sebastian b Hoole 0; Extras 1; Total 36. Bowling: Jansen three wickets for 10; Chelvadorai two for 14; Hoole three for 1; Maniam one for 4. Ceylon Sports Club: Chelvadorai t and b Wilson 2; Lingam b Vine
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    TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    43 16 MONDAY'S TIES. Men's Doubles Handicap. Hartley and Salmond plus 2. v*s Davies and Meade scr. Mixed Doubles Open. .Airs. Wurtzbui-tf and Donnell vs Mrs Plerrepoat and Wise. Miss. Griffith Jones and Treadgold vs. Mr.<. Zylstra and A. D. Anderson.
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      ARSENAL AND WEST HAM DEFEATED.
      50 16 Portsmouth South's Only Hope. [Reuter's Service.] !-3ndon, March 2. The sixth round ties in the F.A. Cup, played to-day, resulted as follows: Blackburn R. l, Bolton W. 1. Aston Villa l t Arsenal 0. Portsmouth 3, West Hani 2. West Brom. A. 1, Huddersfield L
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      SCOTTISH CUP RESUTS.
      41 16 Frost caused the postponement of two of the matches in the fourth round of th' Scottish Cup, which resulted as follows: Celtic vs. Motherwell, postponed. Rangers 3, Dundee 1. St. Mirren vs. Aberdeen, postponed. Raith 2, Kilmarnock 3.
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      AUSTRALIAN RACING.
      88 16 fct. Ardent Wins the Newmarket. IFKKE PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT. j Sydney, Mar. 2. The following was the result of the Newmarket Handicap (Six furlongs) run today. ST. ARDENT ch.g. 3 (Sir AntonProbation) 7.4 1. FIGURE b.f. 3 (Three— Forfar Lass) 7.7 2. VIOLIAN b.c. 4 (VioloncelloAlgerian Maid) 7.9
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    INTERNATIONAL BOXING.
    124 16 Heeney Badly Beaten. [Reuter's Service. Boston. Massachusetts, Mar. 2. The New Zealander, Tom Heeney, who with Phil Scott, are regarded as the only British heavyweights within measurable distance of a world title, was completely outboxed by the Irish American Jim Maloney in ten rounds and lost on points.
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    LACK OF METHOD IN STATE HOCKEY.
    99 16 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. Mar. 2. At a lengthy and very lively meeting of the Perak Hockey Association much resentment was voiced as to the methods of selection of players for the State Hockey games, against the Colony, many criticising the absence of
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    LEAGUE MATCHES.
    215 16 English and Scottish League matches played to-day resulted as follows: DIVISION I. Birmingham 1, Manchester Un. 1. Derby C. 2, Sheffield Un. Manchester C. 3, Leeds Un. 0. Sheffield Wed. 3, Bury 1. Sunderland 1, Cardiff 0. DIVISION 11. Bamsley 4, Southampton 1. Blackpool 3, Middlesbrough 0. Bradford
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