The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 March 1929

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press lo CENTS. NO. 12,667 SING_\PORE, S-S. FRIDAY. MARCH 15, 1929.
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  • 262 1 A terrible tragedy occurred on Daytona Heach when in trying to beat the motor speed record the American competitor was kilferd Page 9. The worst fire in London for twenty years broke out at Deptford on Wednesday night Page 9. The position in China has improved as
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  • 1118 1 All Water's Nook had known for weeks before that Old Betsy's daughter from America was coming to see her. Young Betsy had done well for herself marrn d a travelling salesman she had come across in the Manchester restaurant where she k.pt thc cash-desk. "A smart girl, and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 290 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S ROLLER FLOUR IN SLB. BAGS Raifles Hotel I I FIB^T CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION I m SPECIAL CABARET] DINNER 1 I DANCES DORIS MANTLE AND CUFF DANCES I I Monday KENDALL Tuesday THURSDAY f_ I ami WILL APPEAR DURING AND g 1 JStilm. ALL TEA DINNER DANCES
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    • 242 1 I JBSUMB I 1 A»VICE. I I iv 3 K JUJ *^"S _P —a. N £»3 -X t a..^ S o^^ i [':i--- VrV I 1 m I /I 1 I i mj i i m m\L' 'kf*_m Q _____S^^^ l___s _f-T__ < _____> ___r* df a€M MA9 *Z? *'0^
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    • 91 1 LATEST \DVERTISEMENTS. Meta— Page 7. Charms of 4711 Page 6. Drink Apollinaris Page 3Major Segrave's book on speed on sale at Kellv and Walsh— Page 8. At the Theatre to-night, The Ringer; Latest cinema changes Page 2. Sheriff's sale of land by Cheong Koon Seng; sale of office furniture by
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    • 8 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S Biscuits and Cakes ARE WORLD RENOWED
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 196 1 THE WEEK. High Water,' 0.41 a.m., 8.8., 1.2 p.m., 9.1. Resolute Due. Cricket: Possibles vs. Probables. Banvard Company, Theatre, 9.30, The Ringer. Saturday, lGth. High Water, 1.12 a.m., 8.8, 1.50 p.m., 8.4. Outward mail due. Australasian mail iShirala) closes 6 p.m. St. Patrick's- Day dinner. Cricket: Possibles vs. Probables. Selangor
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  • 570 2 Hot Chop and Iced ?»lav onnaise. Thousand! of Englishwomen have reason to I grateful to a former Duchess of Bedford. It was she who. introduced the afterno. ti tea drinking habit to Kngland. Hem* she started U.is custom is described b\ Mr. < harles <
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  • 392 2 SinnajMire, Mar. 11. Th< metal market continues weak with value, at lower levels. Spot closes at -21S is. .-:»i three months ,_21!», a (hop for the wees of 35s and -")0s respectively, wit'n local at (110*_ B loss of 1% on balance. lr. *h<* share section,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 193 2 NEW STOCKS. BEMAX. The New Vitamin B. Food. TAKY DEPILATORY. NONN TONIC TABLETSESPANOL SOLVENT. The New Reducer. j MEDICAL HALL LTD., Opposite Post Office, SINGAI'ORE. Quality Service Price Economy. THE SINGAPORE SHIPGHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. SHIPCHANDLERS SHIPBROKERS COMMISSION AGENTS Offices:— MAYN ARIVS BUILDINGS, t(>. Batter}! lit tad. Telephone No. 433. LEA
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    • 417 2 ENTIRELY NEW COMPANY, FIRST VISIT TO SINGAPORE OF THE Banvard English ComMy Co. Season of l_a.*»gl-te-r fee Tjtrgjto To- Night and To-Morrow at 9.30 p.mr. EDGAR WALLACE'S GREATEST THRILLER THi. RING-SR Monday and Ttiesday Next. Another Aldwych Theatre Success. Rookery Nook I** A laugh from start to finish. Wed. and
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    • 478 2 AIJIAMBRA^ <*«* Propria PROGRAMME Commencing March KW K^air^Monday, ij* In the Second Show at 9 p m j The Latest Empire News LIFE'S CIRCUS MARY JOHNSON A Masterpiece of Circus Life Filled with Dramatic Thrills A DEFU Production Released by First National Io tho First Show at 7.30. A GLITTERING
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  • 959 3 UNFAILING SOURCE OF POWER. Successful Experiment. Two years ago something like a sensation was made by the proposal of a French scientist of renown, M. Georges Claude, in an address to the Academy of Science, to utilise for the benefit of mankind the inexhausible energies of the greatest
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  • 18 3 CRACKER MANUFACTURER'S FORTUNE. London, Mar. 1. 1 The late Mr. Tom Smith, of "Christmas! cracker" fame, left £165„000.
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  • 159 3 It is so cold in Moscow that the ordinary thermometers do not register so many degrees below freezing. In Tsarist times it was on such occasions that the hall porter of any good hotel warned the unwary stranger not to smoke, for inhaling warm smoke in such cold
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  • 31 3 AUSTRALIAN UNION FINED £1. 000. London. Mar. 1. Melbourne. The Arbitration Court to-day fined the Tlmberworkers' Union the maximum penalty of Cl.iJliO for encouraging: a strike despite the Arbitration Court's award
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 205 3 I Clean hands I I Jhe surest u)ay to keep atoll I f\ (*f^^ r >«__s^^W^___________S-->** ___S^___________-*^^^^^^ ____W 1 <^__ W __P l I You simply can't hdp touching nose and mouth with I I your hands you do k unconsciously. fl I The danger is thmt your hands collect
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    • 203 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. BRANCHES 21, First Cross Street MALACCA 11, Light Street PENANG Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of Administration applied for and security furnished. "We specialize
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  • MOODES MODES or EVE.
    • 504 4 Suppose in years to come it is debated whether or not the universal present-day feting, reception and petting of stage stars •was good for them, what vvill be the verdict? asks Violet Loraine in Evening News. There are those who believe this sort of thing is financially good
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    • 225 4 There are other ways of doing egus besides boiling, frying or poaching. Here's one. Cover the bottom of a buttered shallow fireproofer thickly with stale breadcrumbs, which moisten with a little milk. Break your i'iXS> without spoiling the yolks, and slip them on to the breadcrumbs. A
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    • 231 4 to each sausage. You can cock this in the j oven or on the ring, and they'll be Medy j in a quarter-of-an-hour. Fish and Cheese. 1 .eft-over white fish or salmon might be t used at breakfast— or, wanting those, use a tm of salmon, carefully straining
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    • 90 4 Glass dishes, as well as other table utensils, are made in delightfully patterns. I saw, only the other day, some particularly attractive sweet dishes in lime-green crackle glass. They were quite small, and fluted. Somewhat of a novelty was another sweet dish which had been shaped from lustre
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    • 454 4 I come one best, it follows that such colours are chosen for the well-furnished house or flat. I heard the other day of an extravagant room in a Palace abroad whose draperies were gold and blue damask. There were chairs and screens of blue velvet, and the Queen
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    • 815 4 [Special to the Free Press.] If a prophet had arisen amongst us say a couple of years ago and announced that in so short a time women would have reverted almost to the costumes of early Victorian days, he would have been laughed to scorn. But
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    • 96 4 Coatees are still in high favour, and among the new styles are some particularly luxurious models which one imagines are worn for their effect rather than their utility. One straight, long-sleeved coatee is covered with large silver and gold sequins, giving the effect of a coat of
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      581 4 the neck, and. at the cuffs, there is another row of bright flowers. Cherry Ninon. Every brunette would be charmed to wear the evening frock I was shown in a West End salon the other day, in cherry ninon. The material was particularly thick, and, so far as
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    • 32 4 Closely -fitting hats, such as the one illustrated, stress the mode for revealing the eye-brows, but only those whose eyes are attractive will be wise to adopt this style.
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    • 315 4 The sharp, well-defined effect is characteristic of modern clothes, but so far this has been produced either by cut or by the juxtaposition of contrasting stuffs or colours. It has remained for shading to produce a curious effect of modelling in the stocking. There are at the
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    • 498 4 A lady to see you arm, tommy iJL-^r^ Philip Inman, (House (fcJ! m< *Th Cross Hospital, London u^'^^ press. Some with pathcti, 1 1,ail S seeking news of their lovh 5? f f who try to doak ther an x *C pant laugh as they ask
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    • 173 4 The influence of nourlihwfßt 9m tke development of rac«* characteristic*, ha? been shown by certain experi ment > of Japanese scientists in Tokio. To fcfcnfci whether the slight stature <>f the fcpM depends upon their rice diet, the reeuia: rice dinner of a group of Khool
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    • 61 4 that the M Sikh-Pathan M considerable size, while the rt" mained much smaller. Ten l ,,n! It* a resolution indorsing U* ir;i; I mandnaenta were Introduced in i 1 t it i* r*. eonld be loaded down witn u —New Ifork Evenina Post. 1 Three diagonal fIoUM es
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  • 1391 5 EINSTEN'S GREAT SYNTHESIS. The Quantum Theory. Professor A. Wolf writing in The Observer says: For some time now the scientific world has been waiting for Einstein's new pronouncement. It came last Wednesday, when the Prussian Academy of Science published his paper on a unified field-physics. The paper only
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 332 5 _^m__w^ m _wf *w #w# rtrfl mwmg'-^^^Mwl __r^-WM 3 Builds up Strengu^ llllllBll-^ Children are peculiarly susceptible to the soothing and tonic influence of Angiers Emulsion, and rapidly improve under its use. Moreover, they all like it and take it willingly when they refuse other medicines. It is invaluable for
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    • 400 5 Tte Care of the Young, I How proud mother feels when "Lactogen" is pure cow's milk iff she sees her baby responding to modified to be the nearest 3 her unceasing care, and growing approach to maternal milk in 3 in stature day by day. It is in composition, nourishment
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  • 2210 6 THE PROBLEM OF NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION. l 1 i How the West is Affected. From Our London Correspondent.] Mr. H. W. Looker, M. P. for South-East Essex, who has had a long experience in China, on Feb. 7th, delivered an intensely interesting lecture at the City of London Debating
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  • 26 6 London. Mar. 1. Toronto.— "The favourite of Nero had the first permanent wave," declared a delegate to the International Convention of Hairdressers.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 834 6 NOTICES. 4wwwmmwwwwwwmmmmmmww^SSmmwSSS^SSSSSSmmSSSSSS^SSSi TELUK ANSON RUBBER ESTATE, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Twentieth Ordinary General Meeting of this Company will be held at the Registered Office, Hong Kong Bank Chambers, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Thursday, April 4th, 1929, at 12 o'clock noon at which the Directors will recommend that
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    • 123 6 I Eve's Preference I The universal pooularity of the Blue and Gold -I £^K labelled "4711" Eau de Cologne is due to Ww j Mm fact that, for more than a century, it has been B j RnSft made from the finest i ngredients, and accord- t Its stimulating and
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  • 220 7 STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS, Nebulous Position. e f [British Radio Official Service.] e Rugby, Mar. 13. a Asked in the House of Commons to state the present position in China, Sir Austen Chamberlain said Sir Miles Lampson, the I British Minister, had reported that the situ- ation was
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  • 165 7 Rescues from Button Rock. [Reuter's Far Kastern Service.] Shanghai, Mar. 14. The salvage tug Saucy, wirelesses that the N.D.L. steamer Giessen is submerged fore and aft and salvage of cargo is impossible. Forty-nine of the crew are still on Button Rock without food while heavy weather
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  • 71 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 13. The Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, announced that following the representations which he had made to the Columbian Government, the captain, officers and crew of the British steamer Tritonia, who were detained by the Colombian authorities for the purpose of
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  • 68 7 [British Radio Official Service.l Rugby, Mar. 13. Sir Austen Chamberlain, the Foreign Secretary, replying to a question in the House of Commons, said the Government had made no agreement with any foreign country since 1918 for mutual defence or 1 for other purposes of which Parliament
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  • 44 7 m. [Reuter's Service.] I-ondon. Mar. 13. < The Duke and Duchess of York leave for Norway to-morrow to attend at Oslo, the marriage of the Crown Prince Olaf, and Princess Martha of Sweden on March 21. The Duke will be best man.
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  • 50 7 NOBILE TO VINDICATE HIMSELF. [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Mar. 13. Nobile, who commanded the Italia Polar expedition, stated he has resigned his official posts in order to be a free citizen J and thus be able to vindicate himself as he did not accept the conclusions of the .commission of enquiry.
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  • 38 7 i [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Mar. 13. < On March 4 the total number of un- employed was 1,387,300, which was 4,061 less than in the week before and 292,546 more than a year ago. i
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  • 231 7 London, Feb. 27. t "Who pays the piper calls the tune," quoted Mr. E. Thurtle (Labour) in the House j of Commons to-day, in introducing his Clean Politics Bill, which was read a first time, amid Labour cheers and Ministerial countercheers. The object of the Bill is
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  • 93 7 FRENCH FAR EAST FLIGHI SCHEME. Marseilles Japan. [Router's Service.l Paris, Mar. 14. As a result of an agreement reached by France and Italy it will be possible foi France to develope an air-route from Marseilles across Italy to Athens and thence to Japan via Bagdad, Indo-China, China, and
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  • 121 7 Riot a Sequel to Recent Revolt. (Reuter's So— 0 l Madrid, Mar. 13. The students' disturbances are closely connected with the quarrel between the Government and the Artillery as the Artillery cadets have been disbanded and provision has been made for some 500 youths, whose military careers
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  • 112 7 r Reuter's Service.] London, March 13. In the House of Comnions replying to Mr. E. J. Ramsden (C. Bradford) with reference to the recommendations of the Lovat Committee on agricultural organisation and services in non-self-governing colonies, Mr. Amery (Colonial Office) said Mr. Frank Stockdale, Director of
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  • 82 7 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Mar. 13. The committee of jurists considering the statute for the permanent court of international justice, has decided to fix the number of judges at fifteen and to abolish four deputies. The judges will be entitled to six months vacation annually and
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  • 49 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 14. Baron Phillimore, formerly Lord Justice of Appeal is dead. [Deceased who was 83 years of age had had a very distinguished University and legal career and had specialized in international and ecclesiastical law on which he had published authoritative treatises.]
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  • 18 7 Paris, Mmr. 14. Marshal Foch is again worse and his condition is causine: some anxiety.
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  • 156 7 How "Tongkor Officer Had lo Follow Own Motto. The tragedy of Tonpkol takes but little telling-, says the Times of Ceylon. It reveals how the officers of this wellknown little Colombo trawler nearly had a chicken dinner. After a week's hard, but successful fishing, it was decreed
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 608 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ NEVOI BE WITHOUT I j META. I j MEMORIALS. I 1 SINGAPORE CASKET CO. I I MONUMENTAL MASONS. Telephone No. 75. g published 1912. Tele. 5492. j| MASSAGE g MR. MRS. FUJIMORI I JAPANESE BONE-SETTER No 19, Dhoby Ghaut, Singapore.! Hours 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. M Have
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    • 652 7 NOTICES. THE SZE HAI TONG BANK ING AND INSURANCE CO. LTD. KOTICI IS HEREBY GIVEN that th Iwi-nty Second Annual General Meeting o Shareholders will be held at the Registered Offic, of the Bank, at Nos. 56, 57 and 58 Chulia street, Singapore, on Saturday, April 6th, 1929 at 1
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    • 696 7 I AUCTION SALES. r DISTRESS SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. DISTRESS No. 12 of 1929. In the cause of Yeow Cheng Leun Trustee of the Estate of Yeow Joojdeceased. Landlord versus Chop Keng Lam Tenants. AUCTION SALE of ALL THE OFFICE FURNITURE. Comprising:
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    • 732 7 *SSSEmmmmm m S£SSSSMS££SSESBS£^^^^^^^^m m J TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Tenders are invited for the purcha>e of a small quantity of Scrap iron and Pottery tanks. The material may be inspected at The Plumber'* Store, People's Park. Sealed tender? will be received by the undersigned up to noor on Monday, March
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  • 725 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1929. THE CHINA SITUATION. The news from Nanking regarding the settlement for the time being of the differences between the Government and the Wuhan party, will be welcomed by all who are hoping to see the Nationalist organization consolidate its position in China. The
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  • 349 8 1 here will not be a performance by the Police Band at Katong Park to-night. "Beau Sabreur" the Paramount SuporProduction now showing: at the Pavilion, is drawing crowded houses, and patrons are requested to book their seats early to avoid disappointment. A large number of people attended the funeral of
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  • 975 8 BUREAU FOR MOTORING DIFFICULTIES. Cookery and Marriage. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Paris, Feb. 10. A debating club, much frequented by unmarried young ladies, recently announced that an elderly spinster, noted for her flow of words and originality, would lecture on an important subject, the relationship of cooking to matrimony.
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  • 68 8 EVERYBODY WEARINr FURS n{j Heavy R a i ns tk Bangkok, M ar i The present weather condition n precedented. n> T unDue to an extraordinarv I^l i season the cold has 1...1 to a Ren«Jl hot of furs. Motorists are Warmly a X*** I**1 out the day.
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  • 42 8 rFREE PRESS SERYKK Copyright, Bangkok. Mar 1 7 Twentyhve Siamese nurses, as a re for success in passing their final exam^ tions, were taken to Don Muang vested and all taken on flights mr Bangkok a!! district. Q
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  • 37 8 [FREE PRESS SERVICE. <(.p YRIGHT Bangkok. Mar ii Viscount Sibour is still held up by u ea .h. at Moulmein on his flight with his wife L a Moth plane from Rangoon to Bangkok
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  • 139 8 First List of Subscriptions for 1928-1929. Crossword Puzzles from Ist. September, I .*2S, to Bth March, IMS $3 i36:00 Per Mrs. C. A. Peal. Penang ioq.oo Messrs. Fraser and Neave. S'pore 100.00 Proceeds of Concert 216.60 Perak Nursing Association Hill Penang Turf Club ."»00.00 Donation by "R."
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  • 107 8 Mr. Santry entertained the member? o: the Singapore Art Club at his house it Cluny Road on Tuesday. Tho fMftl MM greatly interested in Mr. Sar.try's collation of pictures and other works of art. I keen artist himself, his criticism ane advice is much appreciated hy the
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  • 84 8 LATEST RUBBER AND TIN PRICES. TFREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT. London, Mar. 14. 4.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sow notifv to-dav's tin prices as folio**Spot £220 I 16 (up 14 16). BJ ward £219 fl 16 (up 2 market is steady. Messrs. Symington and notify to-day's rubber price>
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  • 103 8 Stopping a taxi at fte Lavender Street and Kalian- Tuesday night a police patrol »ere bv one of the live Chinese f^P"* ftts io« car. No-one was hit but n U*J£ J^l the live men made their c*c»Pf- rifler were unable to retaliate WIW h inl because
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 245 8 jg THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S." g g It's not a Whis per 9 mW Bl jg Murmured Amongst Friends fj BUT I x jg I WHISKY &**a I 1 PERRIER WATER I THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. nf mz 9 j§ Obtainable From: j|j I CALDBECK
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    • 211 8 I *A I S EXQUISITE FACE 3 POWDERS i 9 Delicately perfumed S |j to suit hD. pIPIRE BROTHERS, LTD J n! Sole Agents (Wholesale.) ftf 634 T. K. K.'S LADIES TENNIS SHOES Sizes 3 and 4 at $1.40 per pair. 5 and 6 at $1.50. With crepe sole sizes
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    • 12 8 3®®®®®®®®®®®®®®?*'B To-day's F— ttfeu I CHANGING FASHM& I I •X*)® ?<•>? v^®®®'* v
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  • 73 9 HGGEST FOR TWENTY p YEARS. M Peptford VVTiarves Burned. ptESfl SKRVICK. COPYRIGHT.] London. Mar. 14. lt tire broke out last night down r jrfrieh destroyed Lloyds tinbox and factory at Dept ford as well as the pier and wharf. paper wharf, adjoining, was also ed wMS the
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  • 45 9 Big Output Increase. [Renter's Service.] Brussels, Mar. 14. executive committee of the inter. steel cartel have decided to in- the annual output by 2,000,000 tons of the fact that all contracting are obliged, owing to the detbe market, to exceed their presto
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  • 56 9 PEESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 14. ith haa occurred of Mr. H. S. aell-known Etoyal Academy artist of Tit. Dei-eased who was R.A., ■<t exhibited in 1879 at the Royal ■nd since then at tho Royal Aca- Grosvenor, New Gallery and Munich. hia best-known pictures were
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  • 28 9 PRESfI BEEVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London. Mar. 14. Elizabeth has joined the King at Home, Bognor, as her parents '.ver to Oslo for the Xorway- •(iiiing.
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  • 28 9 Paris. Mar. 14. I hamber adopted by SSS to 254 the Government to discuss immedi- bill regarding missionary congre- [Earlier cablet on page 7.]
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  • 143 9 Tamil Woman Jumps out of Car. F. (J. Bourne reserved his verdict 5 day at tho Coroner's Court yesfternoon at the Inquest held into of a Tamil woman who jumped moving car by the Cenotaph reTV apparent cause was brought l evidence. It was said that
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  • 280 9 Ilinese were charged at the District fwterday with having in their poseur twakowi of coal which was suspected to have been stolen 'lently obtained. evidence on the nature ol the coal twakowa was given by Mr. Wood»1 Sup. rintendant of the Singapore Board. The coal he examined
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  • 476 9 HURTLING TO DEATH Al 202 M.P.H. Lee Bible Killed. f Reuter's Service. 1 t r> i Dayt na Beach. Mar. 13. JLJO Bible, piloting the American White's waSuw car crashe d into the sand dunes While traveling at 202 m.p.h. and was killalso li.ir' a who wa, eon?pLt^
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  • 96 9 Electorate System Bill. [By courtesy of the Nanyo XichiNichi Shimbunsha.] Tokyo, Mar. 12. The Ministerialist Party is nov; taxing its ingenuity for passing the Constituency Reform Bill against which the Opposition are launching a series of interpellations with a view to preventing the Bill being voted before
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  • 261 9 The Hunan Settlement. [By arrangement with Nanyang S'ang Pau Press.] Shanghai, Mar. 14. Affairs in Hunan have been settled. The Central Council has deprived Chang Tse Ven^, Hu Chung Tao, Chang Hua Fu of membership of the political branch at Han. kow and further decided that all
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  • 1735 9 r A CHINESE MURDER CHARGE. The Woman in the Case. The Singapore Assizes continued yester day before Mr. Justice Deane, when Tni 8 Cheh was charged with murder and at 3 tempted murder. Mr. W. P. D. Parsons appeared for th< 3 accused and before the special jury
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  • 364 9 SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MEETING. Botany Without Tears. The annual general meeting of the I Singapore Natural History Society was held at the Medical College yesterday evening, when Mr. R. E. Holtturn presided. I After the minutes of the last annual I meeting had been read and confirmed the >
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 309 9 fROBINSON'S THE STOKE ffl^T^/ 11 (1) FOR ALL SPORTS WEAR. 1 1 j 1 j[^£W Tennis, jrolf, cricket, hockey, football, M j^T Vlf f^ f swimming etc. @J%i^^ I SINGAPOPE fl^J^ A_^BB^P^%# THE "COMBO" SPORTS il lIY I r __W\l_ COMBINATION. W S One piece, shirt and short <§ T^^-:-,
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    • 746 10 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVIOKs— ■XPRBSS SERYICE MARSEILLES, LONDON ft N. CONTINENT FOfWWinW' WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT, s Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT, Dne Spore. For London, Rotterdam and
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    • 465 10 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated ia U.S.A.) 'mERMjirTnE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG EONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe S^para. 1929. s.s. CITY OF DELHI te ort s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Apr. 10 s.s. CITY
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    • 402 10 p. ft? or British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated in England.) MAIU PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND" ORIENTAL S N cr\ UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERXMp^T LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SFRVICE, OUTWARDS FROM LONDOpTfOR CHINA AND japan s n 9 r re T nn x KARMALA 9,100
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    • 661 11 0. S. K. Line. Destination.. St-mere. ArrHe. L***. london. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, Dunkirk and Antwerp via Colombo, Aden Suez and Port Said. Amazon Maru Mar. 19 Mar. 20 purban. P. Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio do Janeiro. Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Round-the-World passage £150.1 f Hawaii Maru Mar. 25 Mar.
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    • 505 11 Hfl aS m^B! m^^ mm Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All •tate-rooms *re outside rooms, nrell-ventilated and cooled by electric j fans. They ara furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water.
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    • 735 11 K. P. M. HHWKLYIE PMEIYMRT MMTSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO„ OP BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland.) 1 0 UJTO^J^_P^ CT «3SF H T HE NOT HERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 8640. with sub. connections to .—Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk, i Repreaeatatfree in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and
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  • 50 12 The M.M. mail steamer Chenonceaux is due here from Colombo on Saturday at 6 p.m. and will probably sail the following day (17th. inst.) at 10 a.m. for Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kobe and Yokohama. She will berth at the wharves. 9mmmmm l^BSS mwmm mmm SsßS K "w^^—
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  • 388 12 Tales of the China Clippers. Prominence given recently to the old windjammer. Cutty Sark, now used as a training ship for boys at Falmouth, recalls an episode in the life of its last English skipper, Capt. Woodgate, late of Burnham, Norfolk, a fine and fearless old sailorman.
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  • 368 12 Remarkable Scene on Clan Liner. More than a hundred coolies armed with pieces of coal, buckets and sticks attacked a European officer on the Clan Morrison in Colombo Harbour on March 2. Mr. J. T. Buchanan, the Second Engineer, on attempting to enter his cabin, found
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  • 166 12 Of course one cannot have everything, even at Bognor, and if I were asked to name its chief drawback, particularly from thej point of view of a sailor, I should say the absence of shipping. To most of us landlubbers even, ships are interesting things,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 588 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). (0) FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Begnlsr monthly sailings by tha well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tona) and tha motor ve^^el MALABAR (4,512 tona). Tka gJB. MARELLA is one of tba largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.
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    • 418 12 Kerr Steamship Corinr" mm. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. #l (Incorporated in UOSA.) GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICP ta BOSTON, NEW YORK, PffllWlfHu BALTIMORE. AND M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Mar. 15 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Apr. 4 sails M*. Vi M.S. SILVERBELLE due May 8 saila Apr. M.S. SILVERMAPLE due May 25 sails
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    • 258 12 LLOYD TRESTINO NAV.ffll (Incorporated in Italy). I SINGAPORE 0 TxHtALY. I Calling at COLOMBO. BRLMWSI. VEMM and TRIESTE by the following apt. iJ lin* r- I TIMAVO 10.660 tuns due MirJ REMO 17.300 tons due hiM PI AVE 10.670 tons due VIMINALE 16,065 tons due Axfl *These fast Motor Vessels
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    • 697 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. 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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    • 18 12 Senang, Dut. 729, from Palembang 14, for Palembang 16. Pontianak, Brit. 64, from Muar 14, for Muar 15.
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  • 534 13 Conservative Party's Chances. London, Feb. 27. Mr. Rowlands, Chairman of the Council of the National Union of Conservative Associations, was elected at the instance of the Premier, Mr. Stanley Baldwin. His appointment is regarded as a valuable asset to the Conservative party in the general election. "I was
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  • 160 13 A sensation was caused in the Additional District Court of Colombo, before Mr. W. S. de Saram, on Feb. 2, when a man named Kathonis, who stood charged with retaining stolen property, left the dock and stabbed a Police Sergeant named Banda, who was in the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 137 13 <Sl AmwV(9i^_\\^__} —^■^■P M ■"Waitm, rVvAtiO» j, m I Q *"»£.y^- *"*'_j£- B Of all OHemists stud Stores. S. R. SASSOON, Sole Agent:- S.S. F.MJS. j-tftri\*&m£ •'-'^C^fr^S^ffi "^^L IQMt^mmmmmmMgSr i! V> 3-A V 9 m I; When we first started in business our quest was lr lv" Quality and no
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    • 175 13 WLmi ill ttr **r iai rlinmith I 9 i^kf^ <pl,€f/3 4i|pK^j WMOUTO TOURS* BORNEO MOTORS, LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). 1 i\^ fe fe» ip^ jy^w^w Kk > x n \\\\~JzZ________W^ %> w_^ /tisfetv I r _W_______\ t^3--^ r Am H. WmLwv Pflf \______M __J^3SM^^m-mmWttt\\\ mmhW^tJmmt Jf^ WmV \___W&_J M
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    • 132 13 DAVID COPPERFIELD lIS PICTURES. by Arthur Moreland. No. 42. London and a Meet i*. TO THE STRAND, A CHAMBER MAIO INTRODUCED ME TO p i^^Q^^^^L_!S!^ DEEP* ST VOICE TO ORDER jl [k 7, /'III Iff AJeZ^J^ TV^T ftND NORTHUMBERLAND' MV SMALL BEDCHAMBER NH.CH6MELT SKSS FmfS^D^Ost^S <** M THE COFFEE M
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  • 926 14 MR. N. CHAMBERLAIN AT BIRMINGHAM. Futility of Voting Liberal. Mr. Neville Chamberlain, speaking at the Edgbaston Conservative Club Birmingham, said he was looking forward to the contest in Edgbaston with complete confidence. "I cannot believe," he said, "that any one who gives careful consideration to the question can
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  • 78 14 London, Feb. 28. Melbourne.— The trial was concluded today of the five men who were charged in connexion with the bombing of the Greek Club last December, during the waterside troubles, arising from the resentment of the waterside workers at the employment of volunteer (largely non-British)
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 431 14 MAJOR SEGRAVE'S CHOICE The holder of the world's speed record of 231 V4 miles per hour <§• selected HILLMAN CARS as tenders to the famous X GOLDEN ARROW f THE CHOICE OF THE EXPERT X THE SELECTION OF THE CRITICAL MOTORIST 1929 Models from $2895.00 J AVAILABLE AT THE STRAITS
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    • 320 14 ..STOP THAT Le„ Work j I LEAK! I j You can quickly repair I "^d" Results f w y leaks or cracks in radi- iy ators, why be stranded ffe 1 iy miles from home, when <g M 4 4,y H can be avoided by /"V^^. ti__\_Wmmmm 4^ purchasing a
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  • 270 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 1 1. Rubber. London ls rv t.d, V B d down. Closing Prices 5 p.m. weak. Spot 42 V 2 March 42%, April 43, April-June 43 1 July-Sept. 44 1 4, Oct.-Dec. 45. Tin. London £219 7s 6d. Mining.— Dull. Sungei Way 3.05 8.16,
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  • 711 15 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 12. During the past week the price of Tin has remained practically stationary. London advices indicating that buying enquiry il on a very restricted scale, while" the onlv support the market is receiving is purelv speculative. The share market is dull and
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  • 113 15 Madras, Feb. 28. A daring robbery of currency notes and diamonds worth Rs. 42.000 from a passenger in a first class compartment of a passenger train is reported by the Trichinopoly cor"v ondent of thc Madras Mail. It appears that Mr. Vajrakan Chettiar, a diamond
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  • 86 15 Magistrate to a Belvedere man: What have you to say? Man: Nothing. Magistrate: And I have little to say to you: six months' hard labour. At the premises in the Strand of Coutts and Co., one of the most famous of the old private banks of London, there is a
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  • 67 15 March 14. Bank 4 m.s. 23 29-32 Bang demand 2J3 25-32 Private credits 3 m.*. 2(3% New Yoik, demand 56 1-16 Credits yO day.- 54 France, demand 1431 India, T. T. 153% 1 Hong Kong, demand 12 4 p.c. Dis. 1 Yokohama, demand 125 t Java, demand 140 Bangkok,
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  • 242 15 March 14. Tin IT"> Tons $110 .r. Ganibier '*>% Pepper White 114 Pepper Blsck 63 Fluke Tapioca 6.05 Pearl Sago Small Copra Sundried 9.70 Rice Lisag Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 3.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintar. 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam
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  • 55 15 March lith., 12 o'clock noon. > R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.G.F. Spot Standard K.S.S. on Tender Mar. 4V 4 *1H Apr-June 44 v, **\k .July-Sept. M% 45H Oet-Dec. 4;V. 4»; rone of Mai kit: Quiet. Latest ('able: London Spot sheet 12%d. per lb. Xew York
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  • 143 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Seller* Batu Caves 1.50 1.60 Eons Fatts •>**-• •JJii Kucha. I£JH i-iJH Malayan Con. 58 Fenmwatfl 88% 91 P u teh 1-50 1.60 cum. Rahman Hyd. 1.45 1.51H Teluk Kruin 1.10 1.21 Ulu Klanfffl l-^"> 1.40 Aver Hi tain 9s Id 10s Ban^rin
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  • 117 15 YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce lubber Association held its 907th. auction esterday, when there was catalogued ,808,056 lbs.; 807.17 tons. Offered 1,460,008 bs.; 651.79 tons. Sold 1,131,858 lbs.; 505.07 ons. Spot. London 12%d. New York 25% cts. PRICES REALIZED. tibbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per
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  • 242 15 Yesterday's Alteration*. Bayers Selltrs. Batil I a\ es 1.50 1.55 Eastern Siam (£> 7i 3d Bi 3d Haad Yai (U 8s 6d 01 6d Hong Fattl <>0 t>s Kent Tin (Js) 5s tid Cs 6d x.d. Klantf River ($1) 8.15 8.25 Kuchai Tin Dredge ($1) 1.3H 1.4:5
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  • 67 15 Tne local office of the Chartered Bank has received a eable from London that at the approaching meeting of shareholders. Directors will recommend a dividend for pas?, .half year at rate of 14 pei cent, p.a., free lof income tax and a bonus of 6s. 3d. per share
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  • 82 15 The Mercantile Bank of India Ltd. have received advice by telegraph from Head Office in London that a final dividend on this Bank's shares of 8 per cent, less income tax, has been declared, making 16 per cent less tax for the year. £30,000 has been placed to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 618 15 ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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    • 390 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong- Kong-). i 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. N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. W. H. Bell, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B.
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    • 185 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A GORDON. LEE, Resident Manager. RUBBER STATISTICS. Analysis of dealers' ftocki as at Februa y 28th..
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  • 986 16 ENGLISH BATSMEN FAIL ON BAD WICKET. Great Bowling by Wall. TReuter's Service.l Melbourne. Mar. 14. Under cloudy skies the fifth Test Match r was continued here this morning before an attendance of 4,000. I Only one run had been added to the over- I night total of
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  • 74 16 HOME LEAGUE FOOTBALL. Mid-Week Results. [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 13. The following are the results of League natches played yesterday and to-day: Division I. Birmingham 1, Arsenal 1. Newcastle Utd. 2, Aston Villa 1. 3 ortsmouth 2, Blackburn R. 2. Liverpool 2. West Ham. Utd. 1. Division 11.
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  • 65 16 h Semi-Finals Draw. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 13. The diaw for the semi-finals of the Scottish Cup resulted as follows Kilmarnock vs. Celtic, at Ibrox Park, Glasgow. Rangers vs. St. Mirren. at Hampden Park, Glasgow. The matches will be played on March 23rd. CELTIC WIN REPLAY. In the
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  • 79 16 Commercial Cup Ties. Owing to unforseen circumstances the replay of the draw between Macalister's and the A.P.C. in the Commercial Cup will not be played to-night but next Thursday. The semi-final tie between Mansfield's and Robinson's, which was orieinally to have been played last night, has been postponed
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  • 49 16 The following are chosen to represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. M.P.H. to-day on the Y.M.C.A. Ground at 5.10 p.m.: E. Matthews, C. L. Golding. J. Leach, Tan Kong Guan, Chan Joo Kim, Chan .100 Tiang, T. G. McCaffery, T. C. D. Jones T. R. G. Menzies. Burge, R. Cleaves.
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  • 108 16 Probables and Jockeys. London. Mar. 4. The following are the probable starter> with, their jockeys for the Lincolnshire Handicap March 18. 1 ohanaun (Winter). Orbindos (Sirett), Parwiz (Beary), Capture Him (Gordon Richards), Garnock (F. Fox), Songe (S. Wragg), Norwest (Weston), Caballero (Cordell), Caporal (A. Burns), Athford (Packham).
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  • 92 16 The Lourdes Reereation Party defeated the Indian Association in a game of three singles and two doubles on the former's court on Wednesday. The following" were the results (L.R.P. players mentioned first): Singles: A. S. David beat Sithambaram 15—4; 15—5. I. Fernandez beat Davar 15 4; 15 6. G.
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  • 1014 16 COMBINE PROPOSAL FOR EXTENSION. Yesterday's Meeting. The annual general meeting of the Tapah Rubber Estates Ltd: was held at the office of the Company, French Bank Buildings yesterday, at noon. The Chairman of the Board Mr. W. H. MacGregor presided, supported by Messrs. C. V. Bailey and C.
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  • 68 16 OXFORD FULL COURSE TRIAL. Fast Time Recorded. [Renter's Service.] London, March 13. Rowing a full course trial to-day from Putney Bridge to Mortlake, Oxford returned a time of 19 mins. 13 sees. [Cambridge won the race last year in 20 mins. 25 sees. Oxford in their last trial
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  • 39 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London, Mar. 14. The Prince of Wales travelled to Aldershot to witness the Army Rugby final in 'which the First K.O.R.R. beat the First I Welsh Guards by 21 to 5.
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  • 172 16 Formation of Amateur Association. Arrangements are now complete for the formation of the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association which was discussed some months ago but which has been held up while those who are organising it were looking for a gymnasium. The search has been a difficult one
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  • 99 16 The result of the men's monthly medal for March played on Saturday and Sunday, 18 cards being taken out and the following returned, was: A. C. Potts, 80 10 70 G. F. Murphy, 76 5 71 Lieut. C. E. R. Hirsch, 83 12 71 Lt. Col. D.
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  • 92 16 The following cards were returned in the Ladies' February Bogey competition. Miss Hadley (18) All squaie. Miss Law (5) one down. Mrs. Lowson (5) one down. Mrs. English (5) three down. Miss Griffiths (11) three down. Miss lnnes (9) four down. Nine cards were taken out.
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  • 67 16 Over- At tent ive Photographer. London. Feb. 19. Gene Tunney. the heavy-weight boxer, figured in a mild sensation on the Riviera to-day, when a photographer attempted to snap the ex-champion and his wife. Mr. Tunney warded off the pressman, the latter insisted, and the boxer suddenly
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  • 183 16 The following are invited to represent thc Y.M.C.A. against Welch Regiment Band to-morrow at 2 p.m.: C. M. James, R. S. Wilson, A. L. W T ilson, A. Van Cuylenburg, F. A. S. Hoole. J. H. G. Jenkins, A. Ponnerjah, S. D. G'auder, H. R. L. Meredith, A. Lincoln,
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    • 128 16 Master's J* a ram °phone it i X Voice- SS5TSUi^gsS?Si Gramophones every part On a rec£f ?S, i> By Easy and the greS Sfor^ Payments A(!tnt8: Y S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD V (Incorporated in Hong Kon»\ i A SINGAPORE. ♦^♦♦♦H^ 3nd 2l rub i<^^^^ t^^^yf^^wT^^ willdoit!" i^^^^b \^m I Wm
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    • 68 16 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Friday,— s.ls p.m.— Drill Hall. "C" Scottish Coy.; No. 11 Platoon; lst. Bn. Sig. Sec; "A" (M.G.) Coy.; M.G. Sec. Eurasian; "E" Chinese Coy.; S.V.F.A. Saturday. 2 p.m. Bukit Timah Range, "D" Eurasian Coy; Farrer Range, "C" (Scottish) Coy; No. 10 Platoon. Sunday, 7.30 a.m., Bukit Timah
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