The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 March 1929

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 12 1 Singapore Free Press CENTS. SINGAPORE, &B. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 192». NO. 12,658
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  • 320 1 Following the doctors' bulletin regarding the King's condition it is presumed the Prince of Wales will take practically all the Royal engagements this year Page 9. A serious revolt has broken out m Mexico. The capital is cut off from the sea and several States have declared
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  • 1685 1 The ideal spot from which to watch the various shore birds as they follow m the wake of the retreating tide is a small and rocky island, so close to the land that it may be reached at low water. The summit is crowned
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 592 1 WING LOONG. TH K RECOGNISED HOUSE for PtTROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. .j. HIGH STREET. [RAFFLES HOTEL _eO^A*A\ Commencing Saturday, March 2nd. _______________B I I Special Engagement |l mmmmmW^m\^^^^^^^^Km\- Miss Mantle g Mr. Kendall I j wS?i I WHO WILL APPEAR DURINr AI I R YAL TYPEWRITER A writing machine 1 WHO
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    • 140 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinson and Co. for men's ties Tage 9. Sunresista furnishing cloths at Little's Page 8. Phoenix waters suit the popular taste Page 3. Hours of sale at Fresh Food depots Page 13. Cox and King's will look after your clothes at Port Said— Page 12. "The Doctor's Dilemma"
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    • 17 1 WING LOONG. I FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. M Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET. W
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 90 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, sth. High Water, 4.21 a.m., 7.5, 7.52 p.m., 5.9. Assizes open. Au .ralasian mails close. Macdona Players, Theatre, 9.30. Doctor's Di'emmn. WoAeooeept fith. High Water. 5.25 a.m., 7.2. 9.6 p.m., 6.4. F. and N. vs. Uniteers. iCup). Macdona Players, Theatre. 9.30. Widower's Houses. Thursday, Ith. High Water,
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  • 428 2 Conservative musical people groan and saj "Whatever is music coming to?" It is tUHt such a question as "What is the wt.rid coming to?" or society, or political institutions, or morals. _>•• one knows the answer. Com*ervatve people hate the new music, and Btgh) for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 237 2 A GRAND ADVERIISI-ffiMl| I and i FANCY DRESS BALL 1 will be held at the DRILL HALL, BEACH fiOID lON SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd| at 9.15 p.m. I Half of the proceeds of sale of I §J tickets will be given to the <§ MINERS' RELIEF FUND. I FOUR HANDSOME PRIZES
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    • 342 2 VICTORIA XTTKATRE TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 pan. MACDONA PLAYERS IN PULYS BY j BERNARD SHAW. I To-Night: DOCTOR'S DILEMMA > Wednesday, March 6th. Thursday, March 7. I WIDOWERS HOUSES. PYGMALION. Friday, March Bth. Saturday, March 9th. I MAN AND SUPERMAN. FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. I Booking at Littles $4, 2 and
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    • 464 2 ALHAMBFU^ I** Ctal Kee A Co, Ltd, Propritt^ Programme COMMENCING FRIDAY, Ist. MARCH ANn WEDNESDAY, 6th. D ""Wc j In the Second Show at 9 PJB The latest EMPIRE NEWS, together with FOX WOR Madge Bellamy* mother Knows Best A Comedy-Drama, Highly Entertaining, with Pathos Two Clashing Wills. of A
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  • 554 3 The Club Tennis Tournament IFrom Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca, March 1, Good headway has been made with the! Malacca Club Tennis Tournament, rain interfering: with play on two days only during the past three weeks. Results recorded during the last few days are: Men Open Singles: Gregg w.o.
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  • 247 3 The followine is the Health Bulletin of the League of Nations' Eastern Bueau. for tho week ended February 23rd. Basrah: 2 smallpox cases and 1 death. Bassein: 1 plague death. Bombay: 1 lague death; 93 smallpox PS— 9 and 37 deaths as against 44 cases and 32
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  • 35 3 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 2. Sir A.' Chamberlain, still showing signs of his recent chill, departed for Paris en route to Geneva to' attend the Council of the League.
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  • 54 3 I Reuter's Service. I Belgrade. Mar. 2. Vucitema, the Albanian assassin of Agividi Bebi, during the latter 's trial was released on medical evidence of insanity. Today he ran amok at Skoplje and killed an I Inspector of the Ministry of the Interior I and wounded one
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 276 3 Haio 4ggf j TO OPEN (f/^Z<&h TO CUBE Rcmovf c ipsule 1/ JAM K4K\. j) Replace m lever and \\^*_______£nvu Jl aa J oust upwards >^ B_?\y Imtr Jim, NEW BOTTLE SEAL (NO CORKSCREW) QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that which goes into
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    • 223 3 j CBA.WFOED S CREAM CRACKERS f i X I CRISP CREAMY I z X The sale of Crawford's Cream Crackers is enorm- ous and is still growing. We recommend ;them, X X we advertise them, we push them, but behind our f A f? 0 we have quality the quality
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  • 1267 4 The Giant British Air Combine- £500,000 CAPITAL. J By T. Stanhope Sprigg. (Editor of "A London, Feb. 5. The sole topic of the moment m English aviation circles, and one which if anything, is likely to increase m urgency, as the weeks roll by, is the
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  • 614 4 The Story of the Black Opal. It is announced, says the Observer, that there has arrived m this country from Australia what is "probably the finest specimen of black opal ever found." It is now m the hands of a London firm of dealers m precious
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  • 341 4 A Rebuke to His Friend Mrs. Thrale. The late Sir Charles Russell's fine collection of Samuel Johnson's letters is to be sold at Sotheby's this month. Half a dozen of them were written by Johnson to his close friend Mrs. Thrale, and one of these
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  • 73 4 On the occasion of their impending departure from the Police Depot, the Asiatic Officers of the Depot Contingent Kuala Lumpur gave a farewell dinner on Wednesday night at the Great Eastern Hotel to Messrs. Bagot and O'Connell. The former is going on leave and the latter on transfer to Kuantan.
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  • 757 4 Secrets of a Tragic Life. Sensational new letters by Oscar Wilde are now lying m a New Bond-street bookshop, London, and, if negotiations for their publication are successful, one of the fiercest literary controversies of modern times may receive new fuel and blaze out again. Many of
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  • 1109 4 Animals Defend their Homes. MORE WONDERS OF NATURE. [Special to the Free Press.] A very considerable amount of skill and courage is displayed by animals m the protection of their homes especially m the breeding season. One species of bee which is a native of South America and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 643 4 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL OMPErmON. NO ENTRANCE FEE I $ioo I For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish to-day and every Tuesday morning coupons for onr weekly Football Competition. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the reader who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE MATCHES
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  • 1040 5 THE TSINAN NEGOTIATION DEADLOCK. How the Trouble Arose. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Tokyo, Feb. 9. The sudden deadlock that has come over the Sino-Japanese negotiations between Mr. Yoshizawa, Japanese Minister to China, and Dr. C. T. Wang, has taken Japanese publicists by surprise. The Foreign Office, however,
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  • 35 5 Willesden magistrate, when a man offered £1 cash down towards the support of his boy m a reformatory: This is unexpected. There will be great joy m the Home Office when they hear about it.
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  • 221 5 Game that Explains Economics. A fascinating new game, peculiarly interesting at the moment, when questions such as the gold standard, currency, inflation, and so forth are being eagerly discussed, has been invented. It is called "The Money Game." and it Hi, invention of Mr. Norman Angell, the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 428 5 grink m Health wV^Hy^^ mWW i ____B»fc^e e*_s__r X "^F Immw* m^ jjM m m*w r _H_E AmnmmL c ii Eh J H_t ef That's what you do when you use Sanatogen I am prepared to guarantee from my own personal experience, that by taking Sanatogen I for a short
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    • 150 5 5 P^^!rtHmlf.ifriWfr^^wft ft «9 iffliflsmm mr mMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmW^^ •l>7 tMMZm\ mZW^ i fWmMm^g*m4Wzm imm\ 1 i _~M* -rfTJfli 1 ___f__ UttW*^ _____k% ■P^-__^__l 1 1 m, -i t .^ir« I ______t_______________________L_l ____S£ H Bftlly7^f^W^i3ii____l 9k /iIHIHHBHffIiW^/u^k-^ <^** f Zir^ _4 ft 6 Wk (H Jl fas_w C J| r ft \W
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  • 485 6 Staggering Figures. When it came to tracing the illicit traffic m dangerous drugs to the source of manufacture, the representatives of certain countries on the League of Nations Opium Commission had a rather unpleasant time. Sir Malcolm Delevingne called attention to the fact that a Basle firm
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  • 66 6 liOndon, Feb. 11. A new model of the rocket sleigh, constructed by an engineer named Valir. was tried out on a frozen lake at Starnbertr. Bavaria. The sleigh was charged with 18 rockets, which exploded at intervals of one and a half seconds. Valier claims
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  • 935 6 The Saving Doubt. The Rev. L. B. Ashby writes m the Morning Post: The first chapter of Genesis, read on Septuagesima Sunday, brings us up once more against the riddle of the universe: "In the beginning God created Ihe heaven and the earth." How easy this
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  • 85 6 Salt l>ake City, Jan. 26. Blizzards swept across the sheep ranges of north eastern Utah to-day, marooning large flocks and leaving scores of the animals frozen to death or starving m snowdrifts. Nada, which is m the centre of the sheep country, reported that the mercury was 38
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 570 6 M lI H ll \mmm*\\*^T^ \i?. Tot*re*- 2,300 11 11 fs^ft O^n I Xl I K| I I 111 l KB I ry TKE OUTSTANDING CAR VALUE OF TO-DAY. I Ift ,'lgj I II J CONCESSIONAIRES FOH MALAYA 3__fl_ I I I >_l___2ft J™ fl >_L_Jft E I I |_H
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    • 369 6 at the selling windows, m tht- manner outlined m the front of the daily programmes and ensuring that they have the correct tickets before leaving the windows. It will prevent crowding and ensure accuracy il Members make their investments as eaily as possible inr.ead of waiting until Immediately prior to
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    • 431 6 ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE. Hong: Kong. (Established 1903. Entering New Buildings 1929) Hoarding School for Chinese Students, Casset m English by resident English and Chinese graduates. Chinese classes compulsory. Specia Courses m Chinese for Over -seas Students. Prepare* students for the University. Footbail, Tennis and Swimming. Chinese or Foreign food. For
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    • 289 6 DOES YOURBAto ACHE? Thooaand. of men Md yeai, with Backacka and bT° 5* r-ult of overwork. Actoajy k •tabbing, unceaaing ach. i, Kidney Trouble. F or thu th Jl •urer remedy than the world-f Kidney and Bladder Pill, T recommend them, yott will th* m actually feel better within 24
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  • 1122 7 THE PERAK RIVER SCHEME. Lake of Five Square Miles. Members of the Engineering Association of Malaya, who visited the dam site of the Perak River Hydro Electric Company's great enterprise at Chenderoh m Kuala Kangsar District of Perak were much impressed with the installation that is now m progress,
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  • 224 7 COMMISSIONS CENSURE OF NOBILE. Benhounek's Accusations. [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Mar. 3. Ihe commission of enquiry into the loss of the Polar airship Italia, under Commander Nobile has reported. It finds the loss of the airship was due to the Commander's faulty handling and finds there is no acceptable
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  • 184 7 [British Radio Official Service.J Rugby, Mar. 3. The following were the messages exchanged between Sir Austen Chamberlain and Mr. Kellogg on Saturday. Sir Austen cabled: "At the moment of the deposit of our ratification of the Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an instrument of national'
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  • 83 7 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. B. The weather conditions were again ideal at Bognor to-day, and His Majesty sat for some hours at the oj>cn window of his bedroom at Craigweil House. A further warning, however, that the King's full recovery must still be a long
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  • 44 7 Another Mexican Rebellion. [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City, Mar. 3. The capital is thrilled by reports that a revolution has broken out m Vera Cruz with which communications are completely interrupted. Lorry loads of troops passed through the city this afternoon.
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  • 59 7 [Reuter's Service.l London. Mar. 4. Full-time working m British coal mines is likely for the next three months m many districts. A number of Yorkshire mines which have been working 3 and 4 days weekly for the past three years are now working full-time, six
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  • 46 7 t [Reuter's Service.] I New York, Mar. 4. A film combine involving total assets of £45,000,000 is indicated by the announcei ment that William Fox has acquired cost trol of Loews Incorporated. t The amalgamation also includes the Metro Goldwyn Mayer combination. s
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  • 48 7 [British Radio Official Service.] 1 Rugby, Mar. S. f Sir Austen Chamberlain and the other members of the British delegation to the n meeting of the Council of the League of Nations, which opens to-morrow, arrived at l Geneva this morning, n g
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  • 514 7 VII.— PLANTATION V. JUNGLE. (By "Search*ight M Do you remember when rubber touched over twelve shillings a pound? It is not so very many years ago. Rubber was then chiefly a jungle product and there was no means of meeting a large and sensationally growing demand. Even when
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 520 7 r«aORANGE w I i HIGHLY CONCENTRATED PURE FRUIT I E FUNERALS, j 1 ci\G\PORE CASKET CO. 1 rrPERIENCED UNDERTAKERS. 1 tv and Ni^t Service. Tel. No. 75. RSS^IW Tele. 3492. 1 MASSAGE 1 vr MRS. FUJIMORI 1 JAPANESE BONE-SETTER j«l Dhobj Ghaut, Singapore. W H ur 7 a.m. to S
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    • 571 7 STOP INDIGESTION WHERE IT BEGINS. g Far better than relieving indigestion troubles g :is they come along is to remove their cause 'mi keep free from this harrowing complaint altogether. Even the worst sufferers can avoid g indigestion by taking a little 'Bisurated' D Magnes.a m water after meals, because
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    • 408 7 TENDERS. Tendon invited for the erection and completion of I thre: -storey reinforced concrete shophouses m Lavender Street. Tenders close en the lith March 1929. Plans and specification* to be obtained against deport of ??o from. rH R. ARBENZ. F..P.Z. Architect and Civil Engineer, Union Building, 2nd Floor MUNICIPALITY OF
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    • 731 7 Plans and specifications may be see:.. >nd printed forms of tender with all particular!* obtained at the Public Works Department Office any day between the hours of 12 noon an. 4 p.m. (Saturdays and Sundays excepted.) Tenders must be addressed to the Colonial Secretary and labelled as specified above far
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  • 23 8 LANDAU. On the L'Hth of February, Ittt, to Dr. and Mrs. .1. V. Landau, of 61. Ptrak Rd., Penang, a son.
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  • 708 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, MARCH 5. 1929. THE BRUSSELS "AGREEMENT." Whilst the so-called Belgo-Franco agreement discussion may reasonably be considered to have lost, temporarily, all influence it might have had of a dangerous nature as far as European politics are concerned, it has, we imagine, only just begun to develope
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  • 496 8 ti* more applications for St. Patrick's day dinner and dance can be received as booking has now closed. All Oxford and Cambridge men are reminded of the meeting to be held at the Adelphi Hotel to-night with a view to arranging a dinner on Boat Race Night. The Rt. Rev.
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  • 731 8 EIGHT MONTHS STAY IN EUROPE. Tribute from his Subjects. Tribute to the great administrative ability and energy of the Sultan of Johore was paid m an address which his subjects presented to him at a gathering at the Istana Besar, Johore, yesterday morning, containing too their
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  • 67 8 The following contributions to the Miners' Relief Fund have been received since the closing of the Fund, and these and future donations will be remitted to the Lord Mayor's Fund at a later date: Members of the Staff of the United Engineers, Ltd. who have not previously
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  • 73 8 There are nineteen cases down for hearing before Mr. Justice Deane at the second Singapore Assizes which open to-day. Included m the list are three charges of murder and attempted murder, one of gang robbery, three of assembling to commit gang robbery and others of armed robbery, gang robbery, causing
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  • 717 8 possibilities op I SETTLEMENT JO,N Co-operative M#___. I su^t£: ce e,,t I Considering that rents m a 1 very high, Mr. C. y aLSS?* Jk operative Officer, who r kUnd •fS Malaya from the Punjab _l here by a system 0 tm**^ <J representative gathering Co-operative Union at
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  • 59 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. [Feci mil itivici corrtiflW London, Mar. 4. 4 .20 f+ Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus mj* notify to-day*s tin prices as fouo Spot £219 14 16. Forward vw 10/16. The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sine notify to-day's rubber W*m follows: IMIV a l*
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  • 84 8 Seletar Occupation m a An emphatic reply to Mr. 'V' election cry of "postpone >"-' vvh i> forthcoming from Mr. P. H. rnwj* m charge of the work of the^ N %a% yard at Seletar for the m*tmmTm Jackson's Ltd. At the temportH^fr the company m
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 242 8 1 Always two answers to the question when BARCLAY'S 1 LAGER is concerned Light or Dark I I I CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. I W, (Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hong Kong). M g (Incorporated m Shanghai.) j|j ra Singapore. J| I BY SPECIAL O^T A I^o TO HIS
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    • 61 8 WEE MAC Rjj™\ Vrry/ttia fOBB AIX DEALERS. fl. B. WINTER 1 TAILOR, I I BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. I f Phone 188 P.O. Box 662. 1 <s>®<S_*S>®®<.^ !ST. PATRICK'S SOCIETY OF I SINGAPORE. The Bookinsrs for the Annual Dinner |> and Dance on St. Patrick's Eve have been closed. <|> No
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  • 164 9 If»M _TES OF THE NEXT T1 BUDGET. Thousands of Millions. rßritiah Radio- Official Service.] ,BTIV Rugby, March 4. lhe exception of figures relating Navy, the totals of all estimates for omJ jmg 'financial year have now been f h*d I* is anticipated that Admiralty r 'iSnt«!
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  • 160 9 at I 1 vn Visits the Archbishop. I I T A I British Radio— Official Service.] I Rugby. March 4. I ItrKtaf. v no again had a night, t early nu>rnin ;1 "d sat m his I I. Htf the windows. As the weather L dull *ith
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  • 85 9 rv 'British Radio Official Service.l I Rugby, March 4. I h wtkm\ sitting of the League Council -ir|^B-r&r.&iGrnt'va this morning Signor Scialoa?B^H d:nc. r< 1 Ifa Council's consideration of the Hunga:_in .-Romanian dispute regarding land laws IL'i1 L 'i B Tiir postponed m view of the re-sump--1
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  • 215 9 nil T er party was given on Friday m ni-^^H Club, by kind permission of It^^HfcGH-tittM. at which Major General Sir •ir. I I. Van Straubenzee, K.8.E., C.8., C.M.G., ig.^^B- kraal Officer Commanding the Troops, ng^H^to-int'd by the Officers of his Staff. II
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  • 185 9 I ot Soldiers who have not as yet *entified, are held responsible for >«!t f an affod Chinese farmer ran Ch an, living at 90' Holland Road. oeen reported to the Police that Tan "f faulted hy seven or eight F day* 1 u he vicinit y
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  • 36 9 >P I' n\ rk *mjt V o p m Dri Hall, M.G. Sec. ll fc W A r Pm Drill A M'G1%, m r n ni r y>; Bde Si s <*- (Sin- Platoon.
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  • 69 9 Another Discovery Alleged. [Reuter's Service.] Paris. March 4. Another "secret document" has been discovered this time by the Echo de Paris which publishes extracts therefrom purporting to disclose that Holland m 1928 placed at the disposal of Germany, for military traffic, certain railways m Dutch territory. The newspaper
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  • 98 9 Hong Kong Arrangements. [Reuter's Service.] Hong Kong, March 4. The arrangements for the Duke of Gloucester's visit include addresses of welcome on April 25 from European and Chinese communities; on April 26 the Governor is inviting all residents to a reception m the Duke of Gloucester's
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  • 101 9 FEDERAL TROOPS JOIN REBELS, Calles Re-Called. TReuter. Service.l Th i y efa Cruz M «««o. March 4. The rebels have seized the city They claim eight States are on their side SSeven warships are reported to have joined the T m, mm! York, March 4. toI« ce Can
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  • 160 9 Vera Cruz. March 4. The city is quiet and there is no fear of disorder. Mexico City. March 4. Ex-President Calles has been appointed Secretary of War and has taken charge of the army. The revolution flamed up on three 6ides of the capital. The rebels hold
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    224 9 A Home Policy Programme. [Reuter's Service.] Washington. March 4. Mr. Hoover m the peroration to his m- augural address as President summed up the heads of his address as follows: He proposed to summon a special session of Congress to consider the questions of further agricultural relief and
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  • 63 9 TELEPHONY TELEGRAPHY EXPERIMENT. Secrecy of Messages. [FREE PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.! London, March. 4. The Daily Mail publishes very interesting details of successful tests, which were made on Saturday, m the utilisation of the existing beam wireless system for telephony and telegraphy simultaneously and secretly. The experiments were carried
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  • 96 9 Gunmen Shoot Police Sergeant. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.! Shanghai, March 4. A strike at the Sun Sun department store, one of the largest m the Orient, led to a tragedy this morning when a watchman refused entry to the Sun Sun Hotel to seven suspicious looking Chinese, evidently
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  • 28 9 London, March 4. 1.40 pjn. Wen Lin Tschen and his Danish colleague have left Swingate Aerodrome at Dover for Amsterdam. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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  • 623 9 Annual report for 1928. The annual report of the Singapore Chess Club, which will be presented at the meeting at the Adelphi Hotel on Friday at 5 p.m. states: The last annual general meeting was held on Friday, March 2nd., 1928, at the Adelphi Hotel. The election
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  • 861 9 LOCAL ADOPTION PROBLEMS. To the Editor. Sir, With reference to the contribution by a Barrister-at -law under the above title which you recently published, it may interest those concerned to read the reprint of my speech m Council on February 7th. 1927:— "Sir, I wish to
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  • 145 9 To the Editor. Sir. Your leader, this morning re "Untrained Teachers," airs a real grievance. I know for a fact that an Oxford man engaged by a local mercantile firm, being given no better terms on his second agreement, applied to the Government for a post as teacher
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 239 9 i ROBINSON S| ARE NOW SHOWING A dO^LmMK. T CHOICE SELECTION f^M J GEmJEHBTS OPEN END TIES \tW J? T REAL MACCLESFIELD SILK l&P Cut from Silk Squares m a Variety mmL i* vii ■lL Exclusive Designs and Colours. uffimk _r J| I Price $5.00 each. WR 2 M| i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 676 10 Blue Funnel Line? a REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES BXPRES. SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Route subject to alteration withont notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Spore. ACHILLES For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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    • 456 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd. (Incorporated m TJ.S.A.) _MMNrIML PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1929. s.s. CITY OF DELHI Mar. 10 s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Apr. 10 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 391 10 British India and Apcar Lin« (Incorporated m England.) MM PA^gsg a AND C ARGO PENINSULAR ANCT OMENTAL SNrn UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GovVp L LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SFRVICS T OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR fHINA AND jtfg Tonnage. Singapore. x J 1929. „n2!l l»r.. NALDERA 16.100 Mar. 9
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 678 11 0. S. K. Line. Pt ..nation*. Steamers. Arriv*. Leave. itfieraam, Hamborg. Bremea, l^ L and Antwerp via Colombo. punkll Su<'z 99t\ PWt Said. Amazon Maru Mar. 18 Mar. 19 Eliiajeth, Copt Town. Rio ■oto* "j* gaatos, Montevideo ond tmggs Aues. j.the-World passage £150-1 f Hawaii Maru Mar. 25 Mar. 27
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    • 512 11 TOAm-COMFORT dmm g m m 9m r IKMLLAR "raESJDENT J m LINERS -*m^JlSmmmSm¥Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all
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    • 822 11 K. P. M. I KONINXLYKE PAKETViMRT MAATSCHAPPIJ. 1 (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO.. OF BATAVIA). M (Incorporated m fcolland.) I UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT I Telephone No. oG4O. with sub. connections to: Passage, f rev:> Transhipment, Marine Departments and I Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore
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  • 663 12 Trouble on City of Bedford. Before the Master Attendant. Capt. Geoffrey Freyberg, 0.8. E. R.N., m the Marine Police Court yesterday afternoon, sixteen firemen from the City of Bedford were charged with wilfully disobeying the lawful command of the Master of the ship on March 3rd. at Singapore.
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  • 62 12 Cargoes arriving yesterday included two of coal by the Bellview from Durban and the Malay Maru from Miike respectively, and 1,080 pigs by the Buyskes from Souiabaya. The P. and O. Macedonia has left Hong Kong and is expected to arrive at this Port it 7 a.m. on Wednesday. 6th
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 530 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tona) and the motor ve_sel MALABAR (4,512 tons). Tha s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.
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    • 138 12 COOKS World Travel Service. Passages booked by all Lines: No booking fee. Rail tickets issued for the principal rail- ways throughout the world. No booking fee. Baggage, Furniture, Merchandise Shipped I and Stored. Cook's Interpreters m uniform meet the principal steamers and trains at all chief ports. 1 I Insurances
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    • 373 12 Kerr SteamshipCoTb^ 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICP BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHII^DELPRu 0 BALTIMORE. A M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Mar. 14 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 M.S. SILVERBELLE due May 8 Sail s Apr M.S. SILVERMAPLE due May 30 lf a PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA
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    • 196 12 SOCIETE MARITIME INDOCiI MAIL SERVICE— SINGAPORESAIGON. s.s. "Gourcrncur-Gnriral M f 3,000 -ows). D. Singapore Wharf I Monday Noon Mar. 4 Mar. Uts A. Saigon Thursday Morning Mar Mar.UAprl D. Saigon Monday Noon Mar. 11 Mai A A. Singapore Thursday Morning Feb. M Mar.ttiMJ Anr. 4V 2 Days m Saigon— lo
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 728 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY STEAMER TO-DAY. Anamba and Natuna Islands Scott Harley 9 a.m. Karimon Sri Wongsee 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Loong Heng 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Hong Teck 9 a.m. Rhio Sri Emilie 9 a.m. Tembilahan Sembilan 11 a.m. Tembilahan Indragiri Hong Keat 1 p.m. Western Australia Kangaroo 2
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    • 287 12 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Plancius, Mr. Goei Boen Lien, Mrs. )ei Lim Sic, Mr. Oei Hie Tjiang, Mr. Loda, Idr. Arthur Barata da Crug, Mrs. Barata la Crag, Mr. and Mrs. Mstiho D. P. Noonha, Mr. Selastiao S. Martins, Mr. de Jeurs, Mrs. Scharinga, Mr. N. Hastino, Mr. )kasaki, Miss Howard,
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  • 1158 13 QUESTION OF TARIFF PROTECTION, Helping Industries. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Dublin, Jan. 31. At a public meeting held m Clondalkin on Sunday, a resolution was passed calling upon the Government at once to impose a tariff on paper imported into the Free State, the idea being to
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  • 184 13 "Sapping the Lifeblood of the Colony."' Sir Alfred Davies, late Permanent Welsh Education Secretary at the Board of Education, returning here from Kenya, condemns as vicious the habit of the cocktail the "Sundowner" habit of the Colony. He says that a wretched convention dictates that the day
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  • 90 13 Clash with Italian Troops. The Rome correspondent of the British United Press states that a fierce battle with raiding" Sahara tribesmen is reported from the fringe of the Italian occupied area m Northern Africa. The tribesmen were utterly routed and over 200 were killed. The fight originated at
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  • 602 13 How Do You Remember the Great Dead? There have been many cases m the past generation, and even more m the present day, when instrumentalists particularly pianists have made big: names for themselves both as composers and instrumentalists, says Sir Landon Ronald, (Principal of the Guildhall
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  • 319 13 Flight to America "Before I Die." Although 65 years of age, Italy's famous swashbucker poet, Gabriele d'Annunzio. has announced his intention of flying the Atlantic. His scheme is to pilot the machine himself, and tale with him an Italian officer who will act as navigator.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 485 13 FREE BOOK ON HOW TO TREAT BRONCHITIS ASTHMA BY B. W. HAIR, M.D. tg. Registrar-General reports that last year 68,853 PEOPLE DIED FROM ASTHMA AND BRONCHITIS iN ENGLAND AND WALES. ,c I" Ie: Bronchitis or Asthma wear down your DYou can quickly and avoid j AM W***^*^ -pelt-' J attacks
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  • This Week's Great Days
    • 291 14 Mar. 4— The First 254 On March 4th, 1675, a royal YEARS warrant was issued by King AGO. Charles 11, under which John Flamsteed was placed m charge of the new-ly-erected astronomical observatory at Greenwich, and thus was created the important office of Astronomer-Royal, which has been held by a
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    • 283 14 borrowed a number of astronomical instruments from the Royal Society and various scientific friends, and purchased others at his own expense. His official salary was only one hundred pounds a year, and he expended practically the whole of it, as well as the income he derived from taking pupils,
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  • 895 14 Scotland, whose sons are responsible for the birth and control of enterprises the world over, is herself striving" to be born again; to renew her nationhood. Scottish nationalism finds expression not only m politics but m literature and m the theatre, not only ?n the demand
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  • 183 14 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Hong Kong, March 2. Wang Shao Hung left Canton for Wuchow by the plane Chukong yesterday morning. Chan Chak has prepared a proposal for the third conference requestine the sending of warships to pacify oversea Chinese. Wang Lung Sang and
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  • 30 14 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Mar. 3. Mr. Robert Patterson Lamont, President of the Steelfoundries Company, has been appointed head of the Department of Commerce m Mr. Hoover's administration.
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  • 24 14 [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Mar. 3. The Pope has ordered the eviction of all who are not indispensable to Vatican administration.
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  • 24 14 [Reuter's Service.l Wasthingtxm. Mar. 3. Mr. Coolidge has signed the Naval Supply Bill providing for expenditure of $12,370,000 on cruiser construction.
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  • 288 14 "Co-operation of Raj and Mahatma (.andhi." Bombay, KA Speaking at a public meeting U|J evening to welcome him. Mr. V. S TO wa_a Sastri said that ihe recent imp* ment m the South African Indian situui was not due to him personally. Hgm deal of it
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  • 195 14 Kombay. FA Jj Mr. Sastri did not receive such a P»^ hearing when he addressed a ten* Jj sisting chiefly of students on tM governing the Indian situation Africa. He declared: "It must V that we are not writing on c*Jj m South Africa, but are a
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 85 14 By Appointment IT Ir I to Tbe Kins. f_| IflH __T __________r>_B«4*<__ l+ Ymm\\\\*m\ JB^^Mm Lg^TT^UvJ LLir2r^\ iPa U^fi Ss^ fcfc-^Brf_^ffi|y Easiest— Goes Furthest— Lasts Longest/ 9 I In tins of aU sizes. Manufactured by RONUK, Ltd., Portslade, ENGLAND. nrAVTS G IWVAU-" I Of all Chemists a_ul Stores. S. R.
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    • 148 14 Sql Weakness an^ 8 mils iII IJe P r ession !^__P__. AVJ ti _=H__:r r^^T Hr_l I c \_7* =y *iaus Wine As soon as you start taking Hall's Wine you begin to f ee l stronger. Soon your depression r lifts, your nerviness disappears, your appetite returns and your
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous

  • 676 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. I MONDAY, MARCH 4th. Buyer* Seller*. Asam Kumbang (JE) 44s 3d 45s 3d x.d. Bangrin Tin gfa 40s hatang Padang ($1) 46 50 Batu Caves L57 y j 62v> Buk.t Arang ($1) 2.00 2.10 Burmah Malaya 4 i s 42s Chenderiang 9s 6d 10
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  • 61 15 March 4. Bank 4 m.s. 2|3 29-32 Bank demand 2|3 25-3T Private credits 3 m.s. t|S% New York, demand 56 Credits <J(> days 5$ France, demand 1431 India, T. T. ***** Honpr Kong, demand 12 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 124% Java, demand 140% Bangkok, demand 80V4 Bar Silver London
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  • 233 15 Gambier 714 Pepper White 118 Pepper Black 63 Flake Tapioca 7% Pearl Sago Small 8 Copra Sundried 9.80 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 230 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 830 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 266 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1. 220 Rice, Sinm
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  • 214 15 ROSE MACPH AIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. Mar. 1. Rubber. -London Is 0 _d, o Sui down. Loral Spot 43 a 4 March 44%, April-June 45 July-Sept. 40. Oct. -IK.. 40 Tin. London £222 10s. .Mining. Dull. Sungei Way 2.95 3.05, Kuchais 1.:J5 1.40, Kinta I ..die 1.50 1.55. Klang River
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  • 121 15 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Kampongs 23s 9d 24s 6d K. Lumpur, (fully paid) 32s Gd .VJs 6d Renong Consolidated 23s 3d 24 Southern Tronohs lis lis 6d Tekka -Taiping 21s 6d 22s -.1 Temengor 27s Gd 28a %t\ Aver Panas 9.75 10.00 Broga 1.35 1.45 Balgovvnie
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  • 281 15 STABILITY IN TIN PRICES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, Feb. 7. The activities of the Tin "group" are arousing much comment m City circles. The market is of the opinion that a large quantity of tin has been "hidden" m unofficial warehouses and is not included m
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  • 235 15 Why Every One Dislikes Them. Nobody loves the new money, and now there is a new trouble with it. When the fl and 10s. banknotes were introduced it was found that the dye came off on the fingers. Their thickness is annoying because it is difficult
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  • 96 15 Secret Purchases by Sir Joseph Duveen. London. Feb. 8. Details of the ex-Kaiser's disposal of masterpieces from the Hohenzollern Jotsdam collection have leaked out revealing the chief purchaser as Sir Joseph Duveen. whose purchases include two Watteaus. tbe purchase price of each being stated to vary from
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  • 58 15 March 4th., 12 o'cUk noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.P. m sp<>t m% v Standard R.S.S. on Tender Mar. 44 44 Apr-June IT)', 49% Ju'y-Sept. 49% Oct -Deo. 1»;> 4 45% Tone of Market: Steady sellers reserved. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet Itffcd. per lb
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  • 40 15 Messrs Guthrie and Co.. Kuala Lumpur. Agents are advised by telegram from the Secretaries that the directors of the Banteng (Selangor) Rubber Estates, Ltd., have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent (actual) payable on 15th proximo.
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  • 33 15 Boustead and Co., Penang. A Rents. Takuapa Valley (Feb.) No. 1 Dredge 44* hours; 100,000 cubic yards; 622 pikuls ?^P I^_ I 443 hours; 150^X>0 cubic yards; 571 pikuls.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 637 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER MMMM I THE GREAT EASTCRN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LUMWED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry EC The Company has *20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 573 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Office: Hong Kong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. A. H. Compton, Esq., Chairman. N. S. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mr.
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. I (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A GORDON. LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 326 16 KATHLEEN WINS THE -A" CLASS. Only Four Starters. Four yachts were sent away by Captain Flett to race for the second of the series of the race for the Club Trophy at 10.10 a.m. on Sunday. Kathleen was first away but m the beat to the Man-o'-War Buoy
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  • 332 16 A bright and breezy morning gladdened B class yachtsmen and their race was noteworthy for the rejuvenation of Irene, m the capable hands of that expert helmsman, W. M. Blake. A fair start was made at 10 a.m. and the fleet got well away on the gun.
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  • 69 16 All- Jamaica Match Drawn. f Reuter's Service.] Kingston, Jamaica, March 4. The match Mr. Cahn's XI and All- Jamaica was drawn. All Jamaica made 462, Rae (119), Martin (64), Beckford (74) and 211 for 9 declared Astill taking 7 for 60. Mr. Cahn's team made 343
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  • 67 16 Hammond Scores a Century. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT.', Sydney, March 4. In the match at Melbourne against Victoria, the M.C.C. were all out to-day for 303 and had scored 51 for no wicket when stumps were drawn. The match finishes to-morrow. Hammond, who made 114, was bowled
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  • 108 16 A taxi driven by an Indian knocked down a pedestrian at the junction of St. George's Road and Upper Serangoon Road on Saturday afternoon, afterwards colliding with a Morris Cowley and then crashing into a shop. The occupants of the Morris Cowley, a Chinese towkay, his mother, wife and two
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  • 956 16 LEAGUE POSITIONS TO-DATE. Wednesday's Good Position. DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Sheffield W. 31 17 6 8 66 44 42 Sunderland 32 17 9 6 75 49 40 Aston Villa 29 16 9 4 69 57 36 Derby County 32 15 11 6
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  • 41 16 The Semi-final Draw. [Reuter's Service.] London, March 4. In the Association Cup semi-final to be played on March 23 the following is the draw: Villa vs. Portsmouth at Chelsea. Blackburn or Bolton vs. West Bromwich or Huddersfield at Liverpool.
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  • 43 16 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Mixed Doubles Open. Mrs. Wurtzburg and Donnell beat Mrs. Pierrepont and Wise 6 o, 6 2. Miss Griffith Jones and Treadgold vs. Mrs. Zylstra and A. D. Anderson unfinished. Men's Doubles Handicap. Bartley and Salmond plus 2.
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  • 90 16 Mixed Doubles Open. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett vs. Miss. Griffith Jones and Treadgold or Mrs. Zylstra and A. D. Anderson. Men's Double* Handicap. R. N. Hamilton and Hansell owe 15.3 vs. Bartley and Salmond plus 2. Ladies* Doubles Open. Mrs. Laville and Mrs. Elder vs. Miss. Stenenson and
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  • 469 16 INTER-COMMERCIAL CUP MATCH. Robinsons Clear Second Round. Robinson. 3; Cold Storage 1. Robinson's disposed of the Cold Storage m the Inter-Commercial Cup at the Stadium yesterday afternoon, maintaining the lead they obtained rather early m the game m a spite of strong pressure by the Cold Storaere throughout
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  • 275 16 The March Bogey Competition was played over Bukit Timah last week-end and resulted m a win for Mr. W. Eldred m the "A'' Division and Mr. F. X. Lee m the "B" Division. 81 cards were taken out and the following were returned: 44 A" Division: W.
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  • 101 16 The Ladies' March Spoon Competition was played yesterday and resulted m a win for Mrs. W. P. Douglas. Thirtysix cards were taken out and the following were returned. Mrs. W. P. Douglas 47 15 32 Mrs. R. H. Wild 51 15 36 Mrs. Hay 50 13 37
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  • 37 16 The following was the result of the Keppel Golf Club Championship. E. R. B. Upton 74 70 144 S.C. Campbell 72 74 146 H. Jackson 77 76 153 L. P. HiHcey 77 77 154
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  • 365 16 THE MALAYAN TURF. Selangor Meeting Entries. The following aire the entries for the Selangor Turf Club's Meeting which begins on Saturday: Horses. Class I.; Athgarvan, Kaboonga, A don- A i, Burr Cross, Wallace Bower, lnia's Boy, Lambero, Millicent, Cor v us, Irish Channel, Park Mill, Battle Creek, Verac.ty,
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  • 86 16 Bud Walley's Second N.S.C. i Fight. Bud Walley had another fight at the J N.S.C. on February 4 when he met Jerry O'Neill of Merthyr and lost by a very nar- row margin. It was a ten-round contest and c once again Walley put up a good show, but
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  • 90 16 Jerry CNeill B*_t Bod Walley In his 10-round contest with Bud Walley, the Malayan fly-weight champion from Singapore. Jerry O'Neill, of Merthyr, made such a good commencement as to pave his way fcr ultimate victory. Walley appeared very uncertain of himself at the opening, but gradually he "pulled
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  • 186 16 The Tournament Fixtures. The following are the S.C.C. Cricket Tournament fixtures for this season: March 19th— Etc. vs. P.S. and L. March 26th— 8.8.1, and E. vs. A.P.C. April 2nd Merchants A X vs. Merchants I_— Z. April 9th— P.S. and L. vs. 8.8.1, and E. April 16th—
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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