The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 May 1929

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  • 12 1 Singapore Free Press CENTS. SINGAPORE, S& THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929. NO. 12,730
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  • 267 1 lhf re is still absolute ignorance at Home as lo how the election to-day is likely to go. .No Party makes extravagant claims, unless it be the Liberal, witn an expectation ot 200 mem be is. All seem agreed a stalemate is very piobabie. me West End
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  • 938 1 Heiresses prefer steak not forgetting the onions. This knowledge has just come to me through meeting Miss Joan Norton, who is said to be the richest girl of Australia, owning jointly with her brother powerful group of Australian newspaper*. As she keeps an album of newspaper cuttings
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 285 1 wine; LOON (J. Tll RBOOCKIMW HOL'HR 1,1 for -oPFAN TROPICAL SUITS. XIX HIGH STREET. I Raffles Hotel! r i I Stmday, June 2iUl. 11.30 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. W I SPECIAL CONCERT j I Monia Litter 1 f THK RAFFLES OCTETTE. I I m- I The above a iKrecl will
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    • 167 1 SAFES WITH OVER 100 BjAg REPUTATION I PH»TS SAFES B IB B B V W'■ I I r I __B _^_i _^X BRITISH MADE THROUGHOUT I Single or Double Door with Combination or 6-Lever Lock MALAYA: Tel. ROMFO Ui *275. 6 a Beach St. I I 49, Batu Rd. Penang.
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    • 91 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Guthrie's for Tennent'i beer Page 8. Elizabeth Dorothy's dress specialities Page 2. Notice to prospective competitors i:: the -Motor cycle trial Pag:e 2. Valuable town properties sale by Cheong Koon Seng: and Co. Page IS. Experienced sais wants job; Notice it Trafalgar meeting; Bankruptcy notices; New taxi fares;
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    • 15 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STREET. \4____H_B_H_B_BBHn___M__Mn________-_-__i_H_B_fc
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 230 1 THE WEEK. Tfuiryrfoii, 'AOfh. Hiph Water. 1.32 a.m., 8.2, 3.2. p.m.. <*.7. Singapoie Tennis Championship. Entries Close. Pooibalt: S.C.F.A. "A" v^. I.c.F.A. tDiv. II S.C.F.A. Opera, Cavelleria Rustieana nnd Pagliacei, 1 heat re. 9.30. V \dtt*y ZUt. Hit: i Water. _.24 ...m.. 7.T. 4.2. p.i.... 6.7. tfentakab Robber mtjr. Ch.
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  • 476 2 Singapore, May 2M. While tht unctions ot nailer are ruminative, mi regiaters easotiom. "aa lor* appears lo be suffering from I special <>t cataclysm, perhaps sailtuily engineered, working by devious ways to ends „1 whmi tne uninitiated have no knowledge. I We are not
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  • 434 2 LYALL AND EVATTS WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore Maj 2H. iiuiel tune- prevails m the at (tai BMurket with business <lull and quiet. This marke m common with all others is disturbed by election prospect.-. The Oriental Group continue lo support Ihe tin market, pricenevertheless have sagged still further. though the variation-
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  • 109 2 Francois Pinet Charged London, May 7. M.'.,.<..ll^._Kranc o is Pinet, who w*as artl_? ronnexion wit h the murder of .Miss Olive Branson, is alleged to have OOV mitted, dur.njr yesterday's severe questioning that he was on terms of intimacy with NtOM Branson, and that she made her
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 322 2 m»r«r«ifl_fi«iis_P«««i»B* ELEAB_III-D(a_a_llY| j 35 Avenue Matijmon, m Paris m 1 has returned with 3 11 a new collection of HBI MY FBOGKS [IiITS- FBBJCH JEWELIfBY j Showing Daily 1 RAFFLES HOTEL* I (ROOM 155). I a 1 Hie new Superior J 1 WHIPPET CARS.f mmmW^^^^K^mmSSSr^^iiA .mm M «> C?^~»___^ Y^|Bj4
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    • 272 2 VICTORIA qpBE_gATB3E TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY AT 9.30 1 Urpis luliaa Grani Opera £o. 75 Artistes 79 FULL ORCHESTRA. CHORUS AND BALLET TO-NIGHT. CavaHeiia Rnsticana PagliaccL Friday. May 31st. BOOKING AT LITTLE'S CARMEN. W, 2 AND 1. COMMENCING SATURDAY, JUNE Ist. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. W. R. BANVARD Presents His ENGLISH
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    • 253 2 ALHAMBRA^ T_« Chew Kee Co. Ltd- Proprietor,. special Program Commencing Sunday, May l»th. for an j„7 fa the Second Show at 9 p defini <* Period Douglas Fairbanks The Screen's Most Romantic Figure, m the W__i__f. a The Iron Mas? A Magnificent Story—A Fearless Picture— A United l_h SEE DOUG
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  • 969 3 REHEARSAL BABEL AT COVENT GARDEN. Behind the Scenes. The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, •s aoout to revert to its traditions. Ten weeks of g rand opera be^j n next Monday> wntes H. V. Morton m a mail week Daily Express. We shall soon read of tiaras and
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  • 23 3 As we understand it, the ship-building race between the United States and Great Britain is the first slow-motion race m history. Kay Features.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 316 3 I The Best j. J ?__«__l m)t ________=_______-^~-T IS itE. jJ\ >^ KODAK. LIMITED, I SI fmXV (Incorporated m England.) S THE SUPREME SgKSMaa MODEL :tt. _-rf_z> Mmm r^ <t+ VIIOV !!_nffß^^ni_i^!iniinniM_i _E_F^ >v >:i i i:"l>l( TK>N rNIT. Th. |Kfflm BSiM ggf <£+ A 111 HlllllH S_ss<w +*4> l»K<
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    • 188 3 CRAWFORD'S 1 I CREAM CRACKERS I WQ "As good a& ever "—there is no higher praise *f W WfUUAit CBAWFORD A SONS, LtflL TR EDINBURGH, f_f if UVEBVOOL LONDON fife Tele. No. 2790 JHA_K_L_O J^f St CO "^-^o Tele No 2791 AGENTS. :♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦+ 0 »> 0 0 HHHWWM»HW» M PROVIDE
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  • 378 4 B»Mwin Lights up."** A Majoi McCalmont'i Mr. Jink,, the favourite, winning: the Two Thousand Guineas Stake, at Newmarket by a head from Lord Astor's Crafcadour. Sir Victor Sassoon's Gay Day was third. Mr. Jinks was ridden by H. Beasley.- Daily Sketch J A charming evening gown
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  • 979 5 "Fighting Personally with the Bayonet." Every year at this „imc 1 remember Hugo Banville, writes Eciwaid Bucknell m the Morning Post. It is now twelve years since I saw him, with his tin hat over one ear and a cigarette drooping from his ugly face. disappear into the enemy
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  • 74 5 Theft While Awaiting an Audition. It was said at London Sessions of Cyril Selby, 21, that he Was a cook Had won a scholarship at an L.C.C. school; Possessed a good voice; and Was await ll an audition at a London firm of music publishers. Selby pleaded
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 240 5 a^m *V _______^*"^^^^P_B_r^___B^______i__^^^ -________i^______f_W_B^________™ >^^*^^^^^»^^ I AKermath Always ßuns" m/ Durable power maintained low cost is the paramount feature of th* sturJiiy constructed line of Kerma.h Maiine Engines. There are 16 time-tried mode's to fit any type of boat. Ito 6 cylinders, 3 200 h. p. I Kermath Agents: I
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    • 395 5 ixyr* F P __jr^ri Here's your guarantee of Purity Quality m every Craven ""A" cigarette Analytical report from Institute of Hygiene's London Laboratory, on Craven "A" Cigarettes: Analytical data obtained m our laboratories m respect of these cigarettes show that the amount of moisture m the tobacco of which these
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  • 1186 6 THE CALL OF THE EAST IN SIAM. Old Hands Who Return. (From Our Own Correspondent Bangkok, May 22. The question has recently been asked m Bangkok, would the men who worked here m days #one by and made .nough to .etii. on or go on pension, life*
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  • 46 6 The Kansas City Court of Appeals ha. dfecided that "a woman may lie to her husband when the provocation is great enough/* We wait m dreadful suspense to get a ruling from the Kansas City body on what water may do on a grade* Buffalo Courier-Ex-press.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 335 6 I Baby A Pitiful Object From Eczema Cuticura Healed Prom three months old to six months my baby was a pitiful little object due to eczema. It appeared on his head and face m a fash His skin !was inflamed and itched and burned so that I could not keep
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    • 105 6 \\l ______fx ml im __kx I'll I l_^^ii~ Lm, 1—^ r_ ai i S-BH __B>*^ J______k /vGL ______R V* __1 J _B_nc— __a __fc rJ-_-_-l_________^^_JL______. _J^____f _______p__________________________________________r Bb l_P s-^_S_S_B_i ___j' _V_r i 2fcTs i 3345 (al Singapore) Singapore) i I OAKLAND Jl/ I ORIENTAL MOTORS SINGAPORE. I 7VtiV SOO
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    • 56 6 1 tl noa; available 1 Salmon 1 Haddocks I Kippers r^ __f £•> a^p s s I Continental Cheeses PCODRPPRI G PRAT IN 6 Cp JJD m M mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm*m i mrm-m 9 SPECIAL SHIPMENT CHINESE EWROIDEREJ) SILK ENDERWEAR WITH CUT WORK AND FINE STITCH JUST UNPACKED Sit Wassiamnll, Assomull Oo
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 583 7 -gsgjgS CARDS. r BEACH HOUSE TAWJO-JC KATONG Cp_ «He Residential Hotel. s S **_w_ete Bathing Pa*ar °?<snM_e, Good Cuieine. S *v M C. Gasper, Proprietor. jf/JASSAGEf I llf I fss n miko. |||A32 Hfcofcj Ghaut. ■^^^mmmm(MSLmmmmmmm MEMORIALS. mNGAPORE CASKET CO. 'monumental masons. I Telephone No. 75. n 4T vk oa
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    • 801 7 NOTICES, NOTICE. J; < TO TRAVELLERS MANUFACTURERS I REPRESENTATIVES. -Reliable service given I m trade extension, indents, etc. Reports and correspondence taken m shorthand and neatly *< typed. Write to Mercatoria care of P.O. Box 626 *< Sinerapore. i NOTICE. I Notice 1. hereby *iven that all roads within the
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    • 714 7 HARBIN "REDS" SURPRISQ). POLICE RAID ON SOVIET CONSULATE. Secret Meeting m Basement. r ßeuter's Far Eastern Service. 1 Peking, May 28. News from Harbin states that 100 Chinese police raided the Soviet Consulate unexpectedly while a secret meeting of members of the Third Internationale was being held m the basement.
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    • 763 7 "GOVERN QR BUST." m^ mmm^^^^^mammmmmmmmmr--1 MR. BALDWIN'S FINAL APPEAL. 44 An Open Issue-" [Reuter's Service.j London, May 29. A strong Liberal Party is the surest safe- guard against extremists on both sides: Labour must have a clear majority: Not a r Conservative vote must be wasted if Mr. I Baldwin
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    • 851 7 mm^ mmmm^ m^~ mmmm mmmmmmm NOTICES. TRAFALGAR LIMITED. m i i 4 NOTICE is hereby given that the Nineteenth Ordinary General Meeting of Trafalgar Limited will be held at the Registered Office, No. 2, Prince Street, Singapore, on Friday, the 7th day of June, 1929, at 12.30 p.m. AND NOTICE
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    • 714 7 ======_—==________<!=____•—— TENDERS. i ,^i a j iiii a gg iaB l _i M > TENDERS. Tenders are Irrrited for the right to conduct Toddy-shop m the District of Johore Bahru for a period of six Months, I.e. f rotji July Ist toDecember 31st, 1929. Tenders should be sealed and addressed
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  • 80 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS. MACLEOD. <m- May 28th. ..>_».♦, a t th. Maternity Hospital, Singapore, t.. Winifred. wife ol Capt air I. MacLeod, daughter Both *eIL LOWSOX. At 148 Ampang Road, Koala Lumpur, on May 27. to Mr. and Mrs. w. Lowson, a .on. COCKMAK. At Pekan, on May CT, u>
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  • 884 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1929. COLONIAL SERVICE PROBLEMS. In several eases recently there has been occasion for criticisms of instances of magisterial work m the Colony and m the Federation. Those criticisms have been passed by responsible persons so account must be taken of them though we think
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  • 74 8 Cinema goers are notified that to-night s positively the last showing of the Iron tfaak at the Alhambra cinema. Dr. D. Bridges, State Surgeon. Kedah, ias returned from leave. His Excellency the High Commissioner, .ith the approval of His Majesty the King, as been pleased to appoint Mr. Arnold lavage
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  • 1854 8 JOHORE PLANTERS AND INSTITUTE. Board Representative Wanted In view of the large area represented by the Johore Planters Association and also on account of the fact that it represents (Japanese and Chinese, as well as European interests, the Association is to approach Government with regard to the appointment
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 348 8 1 C The combination of i I ft and scientific application can 1 ftft make the most mediocre brandy j I U palatable, but cannot make it I 1 _Hft a Liqueur Brandy. I _ft _H________i x I ft ft Bottles of quaint shape with 1 P ft plausible dates
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    • 56 8 WEE MAC _9w^____^__l -<*■——■ J HP— Wr^^-ft _|K_HO *T4ujmjA jWfzmmr m ItjtV CIfIAKTTES /jttiiS ___!^S^^^ From ALLriEALERS. jj BUILD YOUR HOMES ;l with CELOTEX to shut out I MOIST-HEAT jj I M. STERNBERG CO. jj J 14 Whiteaway Building, Singapore. J. 111. B. WINTER I BATTERY ROAD. i j SINGAPORE.
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  • 384 9 t.l KM ATE GENERALLY M EXPECTED. Result Uncertain. .rr PRESS SERVICE, copyright.] London. May 29. m tt**M nt tht m ral flection remains ■■certain ai tear although both the 1 rv.rivt Party anil the Socialists are i >r..tT»»» i lent m tone. Th. funnel anticipate that
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  • 138 9 An Flection Holiday [Renter*! Service*] London, May J}». Riak< a na!a occasion ot' night. btet-known west-end hotels have fflged festivities until a late hour- and screened for the informdancers and others. i Savoy i> also erecting a model of hirty h-et hiuh whereon the state tic vhnwn of
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  • 84 9 FLYING CLUB PLANE'S ABSENCE. *fc Return Last Niffht. V >va. felt yesterday when had -one our m one of the seaplane. -ar!y m the morning lighter near Tanjong Bolus Ll *t>t| hud not returned by the v Station, at Mount Faber and had inductions to look out an,i one of
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  • 59 9 s KKVICE.-COPYRIGHf.| .'••ndon. May 29, 4.15 p.m. Cw w l-' La zanis and Sons .Spot tis!Si, t, A nrices as follows: :v ':;l l*. 1 Jup^D. Forward *%/•«!>« 16). The market is •^'W^ in t and Sinclair ou v; asa > s rubber prices as
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  • 98 9 IMPERIAL COMMUNICATIONS. Government Competition m Rates. [Reuur's Service.] London. May 29. The shareholders m the Eastern Telegraph Company agreed to proposals for joint working of wireless and cable communications by the transference of "communications assets" to the Imperial and International Communications, and also resolved that the predominating share-hold-ing
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  • 115 9 [Keuter's Service.] T london. May 29. Ixml Inver.orth presided and Signor Vlarccni mm* present at, the meeting of shareholders of Marconi's Wireless Telerraph Limited. The me. ting unanimously adopted the re>ort and balance sheet. Lord Inverfortb, referring to the cables md wireless merger, said the solution of
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  • 71 9 TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR RACE. France v*. America. I Reuter's Service. I Old Orchard, Maine May 2H. The French aeroplane Yellowbird .piloted jy Lotti Lefevre. ami the American •nachine Greenflash. piloted by Captain Lewis Yancey and navigated by Roger William* are engaging m a trans-Atlantic ac.. The former left foi- Paris at
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  • 50 9 \FUEE PKKSS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] i Ijondon, May 2H. Mr. McLagan, chairman, at the annual meeting of Lintfffi Plantations said that things ha<l n<;t gont' so badly since the removal of restriction, mainly owing- to the unexpected Increase in th»* American demand. [Earlier cables on page 7.]
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  • 369 9 Funeral Yesterday. The death occurred at the General Hospital on Tuesday evening of Mr. W. C. Oman, the well-known architect, who died there at the age of 54 after a period of illhealth which had persisted for some time. The deceased, who was President of the
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  • 54 9 The following have been selected to represent the "Rest Team" m the Clarke Cup match: T. Leijssius (Capt.), H. R. Bartels, B. K. Baskaran, H. N. Balhetchet, T. A. Chunchie, W. J. Eaa, D. Fernandez, A. S. Jansen, Ong Siow Hian, T. E. K. Retnam, Evan Wong. Reserves; A.
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  • 110 9 CANTON VS. KWANGSI FIGHT. Many Injured. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, May 29. A flare up between rival Chinese labour factions on Sunday at Chenderoh m Upper Perak, where there are over _„000 labourers at the hydro-electric dam works coincided with the Sun Vat Sen obsequies. The
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  • 85 9 Outbreak in Rubber Smoke House. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, May 29. A fire occurred at the third mile on Petaling Road yesterday morning. The fire brigade was called out twice, once morning and once afternoon. The fire started in a smoke house containing 300 pikuls
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  • 138 9 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Handicap Singles. 3.45 p.m. Major Montressor beat Major Melville B— <5— 3, I— f>. Lt. Waring beat Capt Cripps o—3. B—o.8 0. Capt. Duncan beat Wandsboroutrh Jones „—2 <;_ 3. Capt. Robb beat Major Perkins o* 4 4— (5, o— 4. Open Singles. Capt
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  • 113 9 THURSDAY'S TO-DAY'S TIES. All previous notices are cancelled a id the following are the ties arranged i-r to-day. Open Singles. 3.45 p.m. Rev. Aitken vs. Capt. Barlow. Capt. Dearden vs. Lt. Armitage. Major Miller vs. Major Hudson. Handicap Men's Singles. Capt. Lomax vs. Capt. Whitty. Capt. Hollinirsworth vs. Capt. Mansell.
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  • 16 9 A reminder is given that entries for the Singapore Tennis Championship close to-day.
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  • 96 9 The following is the result of the Mixed Foursomes competition played at the Garrison Golf Club on Tuesday. Eleven cards were taken out and the following returnee: Mrs. Sharpin and Mr. W. Hay 4.", 8*-4 36*4 Mrs. W. L. Steven and Lt. Col. D. P. Dickinson 30
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  • 18 9 The men's monthly medal competition will I be played on Saturday and Sunday. J
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  • 24 9 The only League game played yesterday was a second division match m which the R.A. beat the R.A.O.C. by one to nil.
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  • 95 9 VENUS, A VAMP There is real scope for imagination m the field of film comedy and "Vamping Venus," a laugh-feast at the Alhambra to-morrow night takes advantage of it. Imagine starting the story m New York m 1928 and going back for most of the action to Gteece m the
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  • 923 9 STRANGE VICTORIA STREET CASE. Married Three limes. At the conclusion of an enquiry into the death of a Malay woman named Siti, ,*ho was found strangled m a Victoria Street tenement house, on Mpy lith the Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, found that death was due to strangulation.
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  • 95 9 The sequel to a two-year old murder wax heard m the Second Court yesterday when the preliminary hearing of a charge of minder, or alternatively of abetment of murder, against a Chinese was concluded. In April, 1i.27, a Chinese was _=hot dead while sitting at a
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  • 19 9 Members of the Singapore Catholic Club are reminded of the Mahjong Drive and Dance to be held to-morrow (Friday.)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 217 9 HALL-NARKED SILVER PHOTO FLAMES, t ROUND AND OVAL. Z 4*4* Am\ fm ____fc» m. M MM 1 I A !>___ ___L WM ___k %^_______________________________________________B \^_____________________________________________H w V> Mmm %m^***^T t No. 2280. Sterling Silver Mounted V Photo Frames Oak Sacks. X Size 3 1 ins. x 2 1 ins. 5V_
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 802 10 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS 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 without notice. (0) WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due S*_K»re. DIOMED For Mars., Casablanca, L'don,
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    • 471 10 EUerman Rn___nnll Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m UJ9JU I < giaiMirliiE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TD UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). I FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Spore. I*2* s.s. CITY OF ATHENS May 31 B.s. CITY OF TOKIO June 29
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    • 422 10 _P.€r»o? Britisl. India aad Apcar Linn (Incorporated m England ***V| MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO sravicEs. AKCjO PEMNSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S _AVH___i_A LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON 0 FOIT CHINA AND jtfM Tonnage. Singapore. i 0nn. KASHMIR 9,100 Sept. 6
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 694 11 0. S. E. Time. |U .<„na.i"ns. Vessel. Arrive. Leave. las Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, fJsskif* and Antwerp via Colombo, JJ < ue z and Port Said. Andes Maru June 15 June 17 v <"ape T«>\vn, Rio "de Janeiro, n Montevideo and Buenos Aires. fftsODvi the- World passage £150.] Manila Maru July
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    • 414 11 IHHM.AU^EAMSMP U_ME l^_P_re <+*■ v~~~ m t-__=____ iji -^yV *m f^ _mi i^_________^h_i V^A r^______ I^_j_C __i ROUND— THE— WOULD SERVICE. From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON. Arrive Leave Leave Singapore. Singapore. Penang. PRES. POLK June 10
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    • 891 11 J3L P. M. HNNUIE PMET.UBT MMTSQMMI (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO* OF BATAVIA;. 1 (Incorpmrfod m HollamL) t 0 OND^ <^NTRACT WITH NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVEBNMEKR I Telepbooe No. 1640, with sub. connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marino Departments aad F :i Manager's desk. 11 ■•allien laths Straita Settlements (Singapere aad Psaaag).
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  • 795 12 AJPC MAN'S TERRIBLE ORDEAL. Saved by Faithful Boy. A victim of the terrible bandit outrages at Changteh, during the invasion of the city by General Chan's troops m April, Mr. Leslie Hansard Gabb of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, recently got back to Shanghai with a 15-years-old boy
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  • 62 12 When a man was bound over on a tho ft charge at Willesden court a policeman said he saw the man wheeling a perambulator up and down kerbs. *tt told him," added the P.C, "that he would injure the baby. Then I looked under the coverlet and I found,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 634 12 Burns Philp Line P (Incorporated m Australia). RISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. ar monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA'is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe,
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    • 741 12 Kerr Steamship Co JJ 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) I o I GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE Tn BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA ax BALTIMORE. m (via Suez) M.S. SILVERMAPLE In Port M.S. SILVERHAZEL due June 15 ail> J M.S. SILVERASH due July 4 ails PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 618 12 SHIPPING NOTES- RUBBER SEED KERNELS TO NEW YORK. New York Freight Tariff No. 8. The rate of freight of G512.00 per ton of 20 cwt. has been fixed on the above commodity. MAIL DESPATCHES. i BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday,
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    • 95 12 Sin Kheng Seng, Brit. 73, from Maiacca 29. for Malacca 30. Proteus, Norw. 1025, from Hong Kong 29, for Rangoon 30. Mabella, Norw. 839, from Bangkok 29, for Bangkok unc. Tairea, Brit. 3750 from Calcutta 29, for Calcutta 30. Deli, Brit. 720, from Bangkok 2;), for Bangkok 2. Chifuku Maru,
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  • 371 13 S ir Arthur Fletcher's Appointment. lon don. May 16. hiirG M Flet her, K.C.M.G., Cola- Art rv< Ceylon, has been appointed j.,j, giid Hiu r h Commissioner of ,'n I'acitie (m succession to Sir H.,t-"- X.C.M.C.I i. rv i>f the Governor of Fiji is n i u
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  • 197 13 Eva ing a .-port shows promise after a apse .f several hundred vivid presentations of this exrt of olden day* on the cinema. ly m the Him version ot "Ben- great i xtent responsible for .lation of public interest, and alii syndicate is m the process of I'orm-
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  • 89 13 •r« stmcr. useful and well got-up v '"st been issued by the Fede- i v States Railways under thc of Information for Travel a little late m the day perhaps welcome. Apart fron 1 0»e train services m th< ;,r specimen circular tours ii hook contains the usual
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1917 13 A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUND AND INVESTMENT IN LAND AND HOUSE PROPERTIES NOT [j I TO BE MISSED BY ENTERPRISING CAPITALISTS U I f| AY JSt^mVJnJL^mmmX _t M mm m*mM m*ft.jr ______i _____r v^__L ■k* DEFP-XOAXTS. c m ______l =__5i __rll\. I IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE I AT MESSRS.
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  • 220 14 REPORT THAT FENG WILL GO ABROAD. [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Shanghai. May 28. Feng Yu-hsiang has wired to Yen Shishan promising to go abroad. The latter replied requesting him to fix a date and he will meet him at Yunchenghsien and then ooth will
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  • 256 14 A meeting of the Municipal Commission will le held on Friday at 2.15 p.m. Among the (juestions to be asked are: By Dr. K. K. Pathy. 1. How many deaths have m Singapore due to Malaria during the past three years, 19N, 1927, 1928, respectively? 2. What percentage
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  • 175 14 The preliminaity inquiry was begun m the Kuala Lumpur Police Court on Monday morning before Mr. G. H. Nash of the ease hi which N. Ayadurai, CHef Cashier m the Cash and Pay office F.M.S. Railways, is charged with having committed criminal breach of trust m respect of
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  • 58 14 The following are the Hill Station returns for the 7 days ending midnight on Saturday, May 25th. Penang Hill (2,100 feet), average mean shade temperature 73.78 (deg. F.), total evaporation .276 inch, total rainfall 1.152 inches. Taiping Hill (3,500 feet), average mean shade temperature 72.70 (deg. F.),
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  • 50 14 [Reuter's Service.] J \V;iihin«:t-»n. Ma? Pnbbed "Mopping .Male!"' by bar jjj ponents, Mrs. Ma! <l Willebrandt, A*H Attorney General and leading pro** I rhnigti ot rlolnting the prohibitw«Jl announces her early retirement iieved this is due to her dissati the moderate attitude of \k* H nistration towards prohibition
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  • 34 14 r ßeuters *A**k*A The House of Repre-. ntativf* by^ J approved the amendment oi imposing a 10 per cent duty Ot to 30 on leather, 20 on on the free list.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 177 14 *9. ■pßtseet Bites, Rashes fleat Sores m ij uaiEi_n__n!i_rai-i-i^^ 1 1 1 1 1 1 r 1 'MALMO" I yj Ji iTyV_^.._^____________r !r_i-^=^s----| m I Steprrats m^^^mUml Stcpmats __s___ss_____________y f I i I hirst Quality Aluminium 1 i S Obtainable at IS _n i Malayan Motors Ltd. 1 14*20 Orchard
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 14 14 MVID COPPERFIELD PICTURES. ty Artr Moreland. No. 105. Strange ne^rfMr. Mica^beT^ U NBBl^ASKgDrsMgCQt*TtWugo.rw»wrH6 [|tWTEg^^geSOLN^DTQri£ET(vi^^^Vjptg
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  • 692 15 FRASER CO. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY, MAY 2»th. Asam Kumbang S^ d Bzngnn Tin 32 S f* xd BatangPadang(si) Batu Caves i 47 i/ jg v Bukit Arang (*1) 2 fig* Burmah Malaya i ls thenderian* 8s 6d 9s M Chin Chm ($1) I 6 J Eastern S.am 5s
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  • 67 15 May 29. Bunk 4 m..<. 2 3 7'S Bank demand 23 3 4 Private credits 3 n\.s. 2 4 1132 New York, demand 55 15 16 Credits 90 days 57% France, demand 1431 India, T.T. 154y 4 Hong Kong, demand 13^ p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 125^6 Java, demand 139%
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  • 230 15 Pepper White 116 Pearl Sago Small 8 Copra Sundried 9.20 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) g.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. S3O Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1. 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 260 Rice, Siam Glutinous No.
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  • 60 15 May 29th., 12 o'clock n<h>n. R.S.S. eqaal to Standard. Q.C.F. Spot 3»J» 4 36 Standard R.S.S. Spot m%Vk 36^ Standard R.S.S. <>n Tend* 1 laae 37 ■July 37 :.7u> July-Sept. tl% It Oct-IW. fg% :.8> 2 Tone of Market: Quiet. Latest CaMe: uoadon Spot <heet
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  • 203 15 Singapore. May 29. Rubber. —London 10'od. 3 16d down. 4 p.m. Prices Spot 86%, June 36%, July 37%, July-Sept. M%. Oct.-Dec. 3S l t. Steady. Thi london £19x 15s. Mining. -Steady. Sungei Ways 3.12% 3.22%, Kuchais 1.42 Ma, Kinta Dredge L.50 1.55, Klang River
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  • 117 15 Yesterday's Alterations. May 29th., (losing Trices. Buyers Sellers. Honjr Fatts 5X ♦>•> Kinta Tin Died. 1.50 l.:>r> Malayan Con. 'iH HO Penawats 92 g M Futeh US* 1.40 Rahman Hyd. 1.31 »i 1.37^ Rantau Pref. 1.1SH 1.25 South Taiping 35 40 Sungei Luas 14s 17s Ulu Klangs
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  • 108 15 YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 018 th. auction yesterday, when there was catalogued 1,442,7.5 lbs.; 644.10 tons. Offered 1,091, 015 lbs.; 487.06 tons. Sold 833 350 lbs 372.03 tons. London lni.,d New York 20\ cts. PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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  • 711 15 Singapore. .May 28. During the period .under review the price of Tin has remained practically unchanged on balance and London advices indicate that the 'Bull' Group continues to support the market and that the tone is steady. Tin shares continue neglected and business both m Sterling and
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  • 19 15 No British Government has yet dared to undermine the hard rock of British financial integrity.--The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 659 15 -.s.. is over mmm asswunce m TO «ce over THE GREAT EASHKN IM ASSURANCE COMPANY UMTTCD (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Wincheater House, Singapore. LONDON avvirv. vr am t The Company has £20,000 deposited with the W*™ mr nn w V"? OFFICE: 27 Old J F w r B
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    • 607 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 $30,000,000 Reserve tund— Sterling 6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 IKeserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS N. S. Brown, Esq., Chairman. H Bel1 Esc l" D eputy Chairman. Hon:
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    • 40 15 1 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FmE 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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  • 60 16 KING WILL NOT ATTEND DERBY. Hunter's Moon Doubtful. [PRE! PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.] London, May 29. The King is not attending the Derby nor will he be entertaining for the occasion. Hunter's Moon is responding to treatment though experts are not optimistic as to the results m view
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  • 44 16 I FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT. I London, May 29. The Boxing Board of Control L> protesting against the American Brown vs. Gregorio contest being billed as for the world's bantam weight championship, which the Board contends is held by Teddy Baldock.
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  • 37 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT.] London. May 29. Lord Harris condemns the outcry against thc alleged want of proper preparation of wickets (This presumably has reference to, the recent controversy regarding the Lords pitch i.
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  • 48 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT. J London. May 29. The Don. -aster and Mansfield dog racing tracks have been disqualified for breaches of the rules thus the dogs and their owners will be unable to race on any licensed tracks, or the officials to be employed.
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  • 98 16 P. W. L. W. L. D. R. Pts. Derbyshire 3 12 o o n 34 Kent 5 4 1 0 0 0 ii If Middlesex 4 10 (I 0 0 tl Lancashire 3 1 1 1 0 0 32 Gloucester 3 2 1 0 (1 0 2i»
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  • 28 16 [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] 1 .on don. May 29. The authorities at Wimbledon are probably installing an electric scoring machine for the tennis tournament.
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  • 35 16 {FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] London. May 29. There are eighteen football club candidates for thc four vacant League places but the four who were unsuccessful m 1928-1929 .are likely to be re-elected.
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  • 122 16 f Reuter's Service.! Auteuil. Maj 28. In tho third round of th.' French championship singles Tilden heat Duplaix (France) 6 3, 6 l. C o; Coen (America! beat Collins 2 6, B—6.8 6. 6 2. 6—o; Von Kehrling (Hungary) beat Austin (Great Britain) 4—6, 6 i,
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  • 132 16 Derbyshire m the Lead. Jkeuter's Service.] London. May 28. Yorkshire vs. South Africans. At Sheffield: match drawn. South Africans 441 for 3 (dec.) and 277 ior 8 Yorkshire 338. In the South African's first innings Siedle knocked up 168 and Mitchell 101. For Yorkshire Sutclitfe scored 113 and
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  • 24 16 All interested members of the SC C are requested to turn out for lacrosse practice this afternoon on the Padang at 5 p.m.
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  • 510 16 GREAT GAME IN FINAL MATCH. Europeans Just Beaten. H'Kong Chinese, 2; European XI, 1. In a good game at the Stadium yesterday before a crowd numbering 6,859 the Hong Kong visitors won well against the Singapore European team by two goals to one. In the tirst half
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  • 368 16 Second Day Handicaps. The following are handicaps for the Selangor summer meeting, second and third days: Ponies Class 3 2nd Div.— (s furlongs): Lanercost 9.5. I_etchumna 0.2, Coquette 0. Lucky Boy 8.0. Brown Laddie >.7, I_ady Blair 8.5, .langeishak 8.4, Cobar 7.7. Whippet 7.3, Agnes 7.
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  • 1942 16 AN UNCONVENTIONAL CRUISE. Yachting to Java. PART 11. 18.4.2&: At 3.00 sighted land and fishing stakes on the starboard bow, and anchored m 2 l /2 fathoms. At dawn our position was confirmed as off the mark at Sungei Batu Bharu. Up anchor at 5.45
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  • 84 16 Programme of Drills up to and for week ending June 2nd, 1929. Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Bde: Sig: Section, (Indian), S.R.A. (V) Sig: Sec:, S.R.E. (V), "F" (Malay) Coy. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (V) Sig: Sec:, Bde: Sig: Section (Sinhalese), S. V. Corps. 6.30
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  • 47 16 Orders for week ending Sunday June 2nd, 1929: Thursday, 30th, Band Practice, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Friday, 31st, Elementary Signalling Class, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Advanced Ambulance Class, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Saturday, Ist, Practice King's Birthday Parade, Raffles Institution 3.30 p.m. W. T. CHERRY, District Commissioner.
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    • 160 16 MAY WE SEND YOUrfe READERS' GUIDES? Would you like to receive— four times a Readers' Guides to New Books on subjects it/T" you are interested If so please let us I and by return we will send you a registration W entitling you to receive "The Readers' H regularly. Application
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