The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 July 1929

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  • 12 1 Singapore Free Press CK^TS SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929. NO. 12,775
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  • 253 1 His Majesty the King continues to make .satisfactory progress Page 7. There is no further news of fighting m Manchuria and previous reports are now denied. There is every reason to believe that neither Russia nor China has any intention of going to war Page 9. The
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  • 1672 1 It is unlikely that, lor some thousands of years to conic, the human rare will haw passed beyond the statue at which it can arilenth take sides on such questions as whether women ought to wear stockings when playing feMUth a f Wimbledon. I take it for granted that
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 161 1 YOU CAN PURCHASE ANYWHERE SWALLOW ARIELL'S WORLD RENOWNED CAKES. I Raffles Hotel 1 1 -T CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION J i I TEA GRILL ROOM AFTER DANCES UNRIVALLED IN THE EAST DINNER i| >» NnAY DANCES ii^KONESDAY and Daivee NiscKt tuesd ay, IRIDAY THURSDAY pm Dinners satu^Ly. I J
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    • 212 1 i 1 ffl Hw/nCi^tt Bflrjvlfl B jl LATEST RELEASES I; CALL AND HEAR THEM 1 D'SOUZA BROS. MUSIC 2 1 3m\ 1^ i i I J I 1 McALISTER Ac Co., Ltd. I j (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements.) I] SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR AND IPOH. 1 EUROPE^ HOTEL 1
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    • 130 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Why not be one of the three thousand —Page 16. Little and Company for the latest m shoes Page 8. The Italian Marionettes at. the Mot nlight Hall— Page 2. Teng Seng Guan for the latest In ivres and tubes Page 8. The Borneo Motors for the Chrysler
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    • 15 1 FOR DAINTY PASTRY I SWALLOW ARMTS I PATENT ROLLER FLOUR I IN stb BAGS. I
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 199 1 THE WEEK. Mo tula y. 22»<i. Hitfh Water, 11.46 a.m., 8.J., 10.41 ;.in.. $X Football: Malays vs. Scletar (Div. I, o.T.F.C vs. Welch Div. II Rjifflcs College, Opening 4.30 p.m. Kinj: of Kinp Theatre, 9.15. Tuenday. 23rd. Hiph Water. 0.13 p.m., 8.3. 11.17 p.m.. 9.7. Chinese Ladies' Entertainment V.M.C.A. s
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  • 426 2 In a recent letter to the Times, Mr. C. McLeod, Chairman of Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases, says: As chairman of the Ross Institute, there is much m Mr. Joseph Omer-Cooper's letter with which I am m complete agreement. It is true m fact
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  • 43 2 Dr. ami Mrs. J. R. Weir left Port Swettenham on Wednesday for Singapore and Belawan. Dr. Weir, who has been head of the Pathological Division, Rubber Research Institute Malaya, i* going to join the scientific staff of the Goodyear Company m Sumatra. M.M.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 258 2 BATHING CAPS. HONEYCOMB AND TURKEY SPONGES. JUST RECEIVED. MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Singapore. MADAM •gKELVEY Presents Her M }L TALENTED J PUPILS. M &L at the jB irtoria Theatre In a real versa tile entertain /M Dient for younp and old. BIGGER SURPRISE. RIGHTER ITEMS. ETTER DANCING EAUTIFUL GIRLS. EAUTIFULLY GOWNED.
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    • 344 2 I Victoria s heatre j I Xo-NigKt and Nightly 1 1 at 9.15 p.m. j j JThe KING of KINGS 1 EXCLUSIVE TO THE VICTORIA THEATRE. '|j Full Music Score By An Augmented Orchestra. |BE WISE BOOK EARLY. I j [I Booking at John Little's g PRICES CIRCLE $3, STALLS
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    • 320 2 f ALHAMBRA p^l Tan Chen* Kee Co- Ltd.. Proprietors. l X Grand Programme X COMMENCING THURSDAY, JULY 18th., i,.., f JL In the Second Show at 9 p.m. V THE LATEST EMPIBK NEW* f^^sLSl Bill It a Vr "ij presents I The Battle of Trafalgar m a rrif st Gisrantic
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  • 950 3 OLD TIME SURGERY AND MEDICINE. When Poisoning Flourished. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Pans, June 16. The origin of surgery, as practised m trance, is, like the birth of Thackeray's J tames d« la Plush, "wrop't m mystery," while none knew how long medicine has *en administered to the Gallic
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  • 198 3 Tank Corps Private Sentenced at York. Loiulon. Jul> M. Pte. Arthur Leslie Raveaey, l' 4, of i)>v 4th Batt., the Tank Corps, was to-day sentenced to death at tht* York AssisM tot Ihe murder, ou May 1 >th last, of Vtv. Leslie Godfrey White, 2;;, of
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  • 29 3 A Hanoi message states that a thousand peonle were killed and wound°d by th* masrazine explosion at Yunnanfu on July 11th. There were no casualties among the foreign colony.
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  • 200 3 London. July 10. There was a breese m the Hnusc of Commons over Mr. Mac Donald's flight to Durham last Saturday. Mr. F. Montajruo, Under Secretary oi State for Air replying to questions, .-aid that under Kind's Refills 111 us Air Force machines could
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  • 32 3 A petition for the winding up of Automobiles Minerva (Malaya) Ltd., was present?d to the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday by Mr. A. R. Winton, of Eng Kee Estate, Tangkak. M.M.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 139 3 J KODAK SERVICE at 8, Battery Road, |> SINGAPORE. ■"^■^^■^■:'H::i l B>;::Hi!!H;:!«i:!iB!nB::a;:iai;:ai;:a!!!K.:;H!ii|- BABY BEN DE LUXE BIG BEN DE LUXE lEIGHT 3'/ B ins. HEIGHT 5y 4 ins. 1 Stands Firm on a solid Felt Cushioned Base. uepeat I *i!iPn :i ls ■OS INTERMITTKNT \^^V- l^||/l MOVEM E N t|
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    • 263 3 I Estate Trust Agencies I I (1927) Limited. I I BRANCHES I 21, First Cross Street MALACCA I ll Li ht str ««t PiSxNANG 2 Registered by and Security deposited with the I btraits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, (iuar- dians, Rent Collectors, Investmeiits Supervised and Interest collected,
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  • Queen of the Court
    • 1823 4 Pamela was hurt. She was not jealous. But it Was the manner of Harry's going after he had received that letter from Yvonne Dorian that mattered. There had been something not quite right about it bad form. Hut even as the thougnt Hashed across her mind she rejected
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    • 1904 4 THE FIRST QUARRBL. In the morning Yvonne Dorian was downstain early, and at once took command of the hotel, dominating everything and everyone. Her car was magnificent, her chauffeur the last void m smartness. No one else attracted one half the attention she claimed. Pamela was practising on
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  • 29 4 Mr. B. H. Bourdillon, C.M.G., Counsellor to the High Commissioner of Iraq, has been appointed Colonial Secretary, Ceylon. Mr. Bourdillon will arrive m Ceylon about the middle of November.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 810 4 TRADE MARK NOTICE. I «A. W. FABER. rtA. W. FABER SI n C7LZT£££ 9 W& I Notice is hereby given that the above Trade Mark-, which foni I the firm of A. W. Faber of Stein, near Number^, Germany, and the said firm m connection with th.- undermentioned articles, of
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  • 1170 5 NORTH CHINA FAMINE RELIEF. A Further Appeal. [By Our Chinese Correspondent.] The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commeice has acknowledged a letter from the Internationa] Relief Society, Shanghai, asking for funds for famine relief m Honan, Kansu and Shensi. The letter gave detail* of the disastrous conditions m the
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  • 55 5 When James Smith, aged IS, was sentenced at the Berkshire Quarter Sessions at Reading to three years' penal servitude for shopbreaking, he handed m a statement which read. "I don't want any comment by the Bench. They usually tend to lengthen the proceedings, and they will do no good, because
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 109 5 j Portable Adding Machine I j WhaU '7^.^^ U tUTa fi 1n^ h e r »R^H^ fi d a l Buy a BURROUGHS and set guaranteed service. >-,r HH, partuulars 37,7 Sa.es tep^t— t, S,an,f,,rd Road SINGAPORE. |j I BRINKMANN GO. I Sole Agents: S.S. and F M S pj
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    • 381 5 W\\^\,^» I I 1 1\ 1«W F* A F* R T^J FWI F^ I j jfC j #A^ls^B ■fir r V 1 1 f~*% 1 1 1• 1 1 1 1 Ia iitii rtui'ii Mi k I I \m V.l»lltJtll s Ci.liVllllv.. "I^^^^^/V C te/i J ill I A^il f
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  • 699 6 AUSTRALIAN TRIBUTE TO J. C. WHITE. Tireless Worker.' Mr. M A. Noble is not only '>ne )f the greatest all-round cricketers of his own or any other time; he is alr,o one of the keenest and best-informed critics of the game. When, therefore, he pives
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  • 287 6 Doctor's Proposed Dress Reform. A little man with snow-white hail, twinkling black eyes, and bronsed 1 oyish Tare. leaned aCfOSf wide desk m his l'ori lan !«pIaCC boOM and laug'red quietly. "Press reform," he anßOoneedt "is not freakish hut sensi'nle." I had walked through the
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  • 124 6 Th.« Dukr found bil ihan^f to pay thr port" I "Corporal." >nu\ tht Dvk< i-hange?" Th.« rorporal pttAwtd and the Duke sAid. "K--o<»rporal." But. hs th;i never mot apain. •The money would hn now, mind, with the w the Scot m telling the >»'*. There is a man
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 333 6 WHITE AWAYC JL JL STANDARD VALUES O LUAVINOUS I?^^ "T.-.^TI LVARFIEMPUS watch wXTGhf WATCH WHITEAWAYS Jl f^ j| QNE OF WHITEAWAYS &IANDAKDVALU£^ N^ stancmro vaiues^^ STANDARD VALUES THE "TEMPUS" >— THE DWARF TEMPI S LUMINOUS WATCH. THK SYNTAX POCKET WATCH. WATCH. fewiM made lover movement, A thin flat |)OC u
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    • 128 6 I (if i] Tl lIS Kml>rr>c«l»on ia -p--ci illy pr- Mrtl<«> .Mates. Hinl VmiU s It uas f Lnown a> Pain Relieving iiilm. (;;\t-s HMti 110 those suffering witk Head*, lie. Toothache, N RLeutuatiMii. Luinl)a^f. ami bore Throat*. 1 resulting from stiff N.ck->. v )i.n J<> u.^. ii ku^hc. ol
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  • 361 7 WHAT EVERYBODY THINKS. Peace Should Prevail. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, July 19. The Government has drawn the attention of the Chinese and Russian Governments to the fact that they are signatories of the Kellogg anti-war treaty. Mr. Stimson himself saw the Chinese Minister. While the State Department lacks authoritative
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  • 73 7 [ReuterV Service]. New York. .lul> IH. Russian Communists demonstrated out «ide the Chinese Consulate to-day. Police r«Bervefl were rushed to the scene. The Communist demonstrators numbered ">OO and carried placards and shouted threats apainst the Chinese, but they did not attempt to enter the building. Police
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  • 160 7 Wages on State Work. [Reuter's Service.] London, July 19. In the HoOM of Commons the Colonial Development Bill, including an amendment moved by Sir Oswald Mosley dealing witifair conditions of labour on work the coat of which was being defrayed by the State, and laying down that wages
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  • 78 7 [Reuter's Service.] Ivondon, July 19. l^ince George is indisposed and may have to take a short cure. Prince George's Comptroller told Reuter that the Prince's digestion had been disordered for some time, and a few weeks dieting was considered prudent. The Prince has cancelled his public engagements
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  • 39 7 [Reuter's Service. l Peshawar, July 19It is reported that Hidayatullah, step--1 rother of Amanullah, and three other sympathisers of Amanullah were strangled m Kabul. A section of Afridis has joined the VVaziris supporting Nadir Khan.
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  • 36 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, July 20. Mr. Hoover intends to recommend Congress to Grant compensation to Florida ritrus growers for the damage occasioned by Federal activities for tho extermination of the Mediterranean fruit-fly.
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  • COUNTY CRICKET.
    • 355 7 [Reuter's Service.] Loodon July 19. County championship cricket mat >hes .•oncluded to-day as follows; Surrey vs. Somerset. At the Oval: Surrey won by innings and 158. Somerset 163 an d 234. Surrey 555 for i (dec). Alton was chiefly responsible for the failure of the west
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    • 64 7 Seven Wickets Win for Professionals. [Router's Service.] lyondon. July 19. j The Players defVi.te.! the Gentlemen m the. second maU'h of the season at Lord's to-day l>v seven wickets. (..niUnur L 3& ami :110. IMavrrs 263 and h>»> ••>«■ '■">. Freeman, who claimed ri^ht wit-kets tot
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    • 310 7 The Oval Match. Wyatt, the Warwickshire amateur, Moved his sixth (ontur.- of the seOSOBj (only Hammond and O'Connor have made more) when he Scored 118 for Genta vs. Players at the Oval on July 10. Daw. on the Leicestershire Captain scored 96 and Fonder ({he Surrey aptain)
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    • 34 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, July 19. Six new inspectors have been assigned fr> for^ten ports, five m Europe and one at Shanghai, to investigate all shipments of narcotics to the United States.
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  • 18 7 [Reuter'g Service!. London. JuK 79. His Ma.iestv had a good day and his prog continues.
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  • 906 7 BURMA-MALAY TIN APPEAL. Opening Arguments. The Jelai Concession was the subject of ati appeal before the Chief Justice, the Hon'ble Mr. L. H. Klphinstone, K.C., Mr. Justice Stevens, m the F.M.S. Court of Appeal, Kuala Lumpur, which commenced I yesterday afternoon, says Friday's Malay I Mail. The appeal
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  • 61 7 [Reuter's Service.] Tokio, July 20. It is understood that the new Cabinet has decided that Japan is willing to participate m a Disarmament Conference wh'ch will aim at a positive reduction of armaments, n r t merely limitation, the venue to M left f«r
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 557 7 BUSINESS CARDS. PAIRS JO BIMCULARS. FIELD- I iSfcES TELESCOPES. i EZEKDL SONS, I OPTICAL SPECIALISTS, i en, "tiles Place, Singapore I i. rSSSTSSSx i PANJtNG KATONG. v i Sea*dc Residential Hotel. >♦« ,J inc rel Bathing Pagar, g V) faraipe, Good Cuisine. A Spftow 5553. M. <'• Jasper, Proprietor.^ "♦2*
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    • 558 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. To Travellers and ..unufacturers' Agents. Get your letters and repnrti quickly typed by Expert Stenographer* ai THE ADVERTISERS' DISTRIBUTING SYNDICATE, 33 Winchester House, Collyer Quay. Charges very moderate, any information about local business conditions, etc. furnished free of charge. FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. The Federated Malay States Railways
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    • 618 7 TOO OLD TIRED-OUT MEN Too old, tired-out men, lacking vigour ami vitality, your trouble is a blood trouble. The kidneys are failing to keep the blood stream pure, thus poisons and iMtl matter accumulate. The impure, sluggish blood makes you tired, weak and lacking m the vim and vigour to
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  • 676 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS MONDAY, JULY 22, 1929. WEEK-END COMMENT. The Manchuria affair continues its tortuous and incomprehensiblecourse, the only solid fact appearing to be that neither side wants to fight. There is of course always danger when opposing forces are concentrated m each other's neighbourhood at times of National stress,
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  • 364 8 Mr. G. C. Dodds, of the Ipoh agency of the Chartered Bank has been transferred to Penan*. A meeting of the Rural Board will be held at the Land Office at 11 a.m. on Tuesday July 30th. Messrs. San Ah Wing and Cheong Yok Chong, of the Kwong Yik Bank,
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  • 237 8 KNOCKED DOWN BY LORRY IN GROVE ROAD. Fire Escape Smashed. Two firemen and a Chinese coolie were injured m Grove Read m the early hours of yesterday morning when a motor lorry crashed into a fire escape while it was being hoisted on to a fire engine which
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  • 173 8 Golf Competitions. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Malacca. July 19. The I^idie>" Monhtly Medal was played off under Bogoy Conditions on 17th July and resulted m a win for Mrs. \Y. K. Vowler--10 with a score of all square. Other NHH were: Mrs. GtOfgt Holden (Ti 1 down Mrs.
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  • 31 8 The annual match U'tween the ladies and the men is to be played on Saturday. 27th July. A dance is to take place m the Malacca Club m the evening.
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  • 322 8 Through Travel Scheme. The Federated Malay States Railway have made arrangements, commencing Thursday, Ist August, for passengers desirous of proceeding to the (lap Rest House (Pahang) or F;,.ser's Hill and travelling by rail to Kuala Kubu Road Station to be met at that *tat*on by Messr- Bm'l Agency,
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  • 133 8 On Tuesday evening, says the Kuala Pilah correspondent of the Malay Mail, a Chinese of Kuala Pilah whilst searching for medicinal herbs m a nearby jungle was bitten by a snake above the left ankle. In about half an hour, swelling appeared. A friend •who was
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  • 171 8 THE JEL^Ai )N(KSSI °N Ij Sir. H. Clifford a .ikely Vj tnfv I I [From Our Own ,> The Jelai OIMNIMn > all day yesterday an«l I hit. After the mm* I JJ' a decision refusing t«. 1 ties as defendants has t» I > <inriiiur I 1
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  • 337 8 A Crowded House. The latest enter pr.-- p,, n I A. the presentation ol bxrt ami Sullivan i.per.i "H.M S over si-ric- of ei^ht ptrl <**■ to a memorable i!im;i\ Fhvatrf Saturday night. Kinam i:»i!\ cally the undertaking will n tk annals of umat<-ur entCftainnv
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  • 44 8 SATURDAY'S Rl BBER MS [FREE PRESS SERVICE OOPTBNIfI London. July 20. 12 noon. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber pri U follows Spot 10 12 lt>d. (down 2 16). PjJ ward 11 1 Hid. (down 1 10 The market is quitt.
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  • 67 8 A Warninu. It i> specially re«jii«-«. tm attending the tpwiilH I I UiM afternoon will MU Uml tk be permitted to vtlt»l th. I by Mm Nas*im Kond. D*Wej Tl.e reason i- that 91 rig fV of the roads inside th. ha\i been forced t.» in>titv; system
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  • 51 8 The following |MW are acknowledger Oneral Fund: iVrn ,-k British- American 1 Manasseh and (V. IVrrj I Peet. Mrs. J. Si-huff. Mr J U each; Mr. A. Suratev. 01 j $3. r >; Previously ackn- P Total. |M4lJt. Chinese Fund: Mr T Miscellaneous, $10; Pr.M> ed, $2,484.66: Total.
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  • 47 8 At Wednesday's meeting of the Sanitary Board. th<- chairman. PJg expressed appreciation of th* 1 r( .'f by Mr. J A. S. Jennings. IP« a fund for the Kinta hears*" *J0 Hon'ble M>. Cecil Rae and Mr who assisted Mr. Jennings m M n scheme to fruition.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 218 8 INFLUENZA WORTH WHILE. "Champagne every day keeps influenza away" is the new slogan of the doctors. "It is an excellent thing for those who can afford it," said a Harley-street specialist to a Daily Express representative. "It is best after the acute stages have passed. "Champagne helps to disperse the
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    • 108 8 I ADDING MACHINES I PATERSON, SIMONS CO., I LIMITED, I 4 Prince Street, Singapore. PHONE 2700. I Interchangeable Baboon Tyre». II x 4.40 Interchungi-ib.e with .i |tfc) $16.50 Tubes $2.50 '.I.i x 5.77 Interchangeable with B 2 x 4--( $25.00 Tubes $4.50 32 x 4.95 Interchangeable with x 4 $22.00
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  • 473 9 NOBODY WANTS TO FIGHT ANYBODY. Much Cry: Little Wool. TReuter's Service.l Tokio, July 21 \,v- rom Manchuli of the reported oc Manchuli and Pogranichnaya is Panic prevails and Russians and ire withdrawing but the Japanese n L r Nankinp:, J u y 20 Council has decided to break
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  • 71 9 wn with Red Imperialism. 'KE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.] Hong Konu. July 21. Canton states that meetings rovincia] and Municipal Propaganda J»M have urped the people to rise and Imperialism. "an ftlinff-shii appealed as follows: ™es m arms. Arise and lead your sturdy troops to Hei Leung
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  • 138 9 of the Chinese detective who result of bullet wounds ret between two detectives and ■ntse gunmen, took place on hf <n. )Ur n Tv.*l lS tended by full police Wial took place at the Can■ry, Thompson Road, accordrites. His Excellency, the kptam CnS? represen ted by
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  • 65 9 HEAVY STORM IN SOUTH OF ENGLAND. London Flooded. [Reuter's Service.] I/Ondon, July 21. After the hottest day of the year m the iT[he "It 1011 T the ™°™ter\ o a vu r c h^ 89 At many southcoast resorts the storm was accompanied by a tidal wave m
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  • 160 9 Mr Still Joinsj;he Fighters. A. W. Still of th^bbe^LAdvisory Committee inf of M ?ip Olm Eft* Speakin a '»eetor tv committee, said that only one or tuo countr.es had made use of the Ross d'scovery. The remedy n, to get estate £32 On^ neerS tO to"
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  • 144 9 Cabinet Work on Cotton and Coal. [Reuter's Service.] I.otKi.m. July 19. A complete deadlock resulted at the joint Cotton Conference at Manchester, the employers refusing: the operatives' request that the notices should be withdrawn before negotiations. o London, July 20. Stir Horace Wilson, Permanent Secretary to the Minister
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  • 90 9 Little Reds Demonstrate. New York, July 21. A hundred youthful Communists, including many girls, demonstrated at Cunard docks and jeered at 237 Boy Scouts going to England for the great Jamboree at Birkenhead. The girls scratched and kicked the police but ultimately their banners were thrown
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  • 305 9 Penang and Singapore Meetings. Penang has secured a very satisfactory entry for its race meeting which begins on Saturday of this week. The numbers are up to expectations and above average we believe and if the weather is only kind and Fome rain falls to ease the going
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  • 202 9 GERMANY WELL ABLE TO PAY. Exports Rising. [Reuter's Service.] n London, July 20. n tZTT! T S are P rocee dine between the interested Governments as regards the forthcoming: reparations conference and there now seems hope of early agreement. While secrecy is maintained as to the probable venue
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  • 246 9 Ratification Agreed to. [Reuter's Service.] T July 20. I he debts agreement debate m the Cham ter was advanced a stage when Government Obtained a narrow majority of 26 m a House Of 576 m favour of discussing a resolution nu.ved by M. Deligne of which it
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  • 235 9 Bud Walley Fails Against Mizler. When Bud Walley met Moe Mizler at the Clapton Stadium on June 25 last he was defeated on points over six rounds. It was the second meeting between the two, Walley being disqualified m the third round of what was to be a fifteen-round
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  • 102 9 On Saturday morning, the District Judge, Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, had before him one of the 13 convicts who escaped from the Criminal Prison on March 24 last. Sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment was passed on the accused. The prisoner boarded tihe steamer Tilawa bound
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  • 20 9 Advertisements appeared m The Times m mail week for a Professor of History and Lecturer m English for Raffles College.
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  • 114 9 GERMANY'S LAWN TENNIS PROGRESS. Austin's Impressions. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT]. rr U London, Jnly 20. The Progress which Germany is making m regard to lawn tennis is the subject of an article by H. W. Austin, the British SrlE UP .^T*' Wh Will be bered, m the
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  • 78 9 "Royal" South African Tour. [FEE! PRESS SERVICE.- COPYRIGHT). T London, July 20. The Football Association team which under the captaincy of Ji mmy Seed, the Wednesday_player. has had a successful tour m South Africa, has returned home. The Players, who referred appreciatively to the royal treatment they
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  • 66 9 [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT]. D London, July 20. A. I. P. Chapman, the England cricket captain, who at the conclusion of the successful Australian tour at the beginning of X ,r ar< T ent n to Visit hi Star and bro ther-.n-law. T. C. Lowry. m New Zealand,
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  • 32 9 BRITISH ATHLETICS TO VISIT CANADA. [F»B1 PSESB BEBVICE. COPYKIGHTj. London. July 20. Canada is about to invite athletes from Britain and the Dominions to compete m an Olympiad at Hamilton next year
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  • 47 9 [FEU PRKSS BEKVICC. COPYRIGHT I. T r London, July 20. J- E. Gent (Bradford Moor) won the amateur golf championship of Yorkshire to-day. The title was held by J. Robinson, who won m 1927 at Huddersfield and npeated his success at Lindrick last year
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  • 55 9 [FREE PRKSS SKRVICE. COPYRIGHT]. London, July 20. Mitt E. F. Rose, who won the* Welsh ladies* singles title by defeating Miss Hemmant at Newport last July, retained her title to-day. H. Kinsley and W. H. Powell were the finalists m the men's singles, which Kiagsley won
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  • 91 9 Canada Wins Again. [Reuter's Service.] London. July 20. At Bisley to-day Lieut. -Colonel R. M. Blair (Canada) won the Kind's Prize. The Canadians, Lieutenant D. T Burke and Lieut.-Col. Blair tied with a score of 283. Both had bull-eyes with their sighting shots and then three consecutive
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  • 74 9 America Qualify to Meet France. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. July 19. In the Davis Cup (inter-zone final) Hunter (America) beat Prenn 3— 6, 6 9 6—4 6 3. Berlin, July 20. In the Davis Cup inter-zone final America beat Germany by 3 matches to nil, and meet France
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  • 40 9 Harvard-Yale Beaten. [Reuter's Service.] Newport, Rhode Island. July 21. The Oxford and Cambridge lawn tennis team beat Harvard and Yale 15 matches to 6 thus winning: the holdership of the Prentice Cup for the second time.
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  • 49 9 INTER- VARSITY ATHLETICS. English Team Beaten Again. [Reuter's Service.] Travers' Island, New York, July 21. In the Inter-varsity athletic meeting: Princeton and Cornell defeated the Oxford and Cambridge team by 9 events to 3. [A week ago Harvard and Yale beat Oxford and Cambridge by BV4 events to 3^.]
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 431 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) "ELLERMAN'NLINL PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Spore. 192f. s.B. CITY OF PEKIN Ju l y 2 3 a.s. CITY OF MELBOURNE Aug. 24
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    • 465 10 P.Sr'O British India and Apc&r Lines (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. (x) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERN mpv t LONDON AND FAX EAST MAIL SERVKF. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Dv hue Tonnage. Singapore. ItaMMfl KASHMIR 9,000 July
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    • 676 11 O. S. K. Line. ruinations. Vessel. ArriTe. Lemve. i*,odon, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, Dunkirk and Antwerp via Colombo, Ad n, Sue* and Port Said. Altai Maru July 26 July 27 Durban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo and Buenos Aires. nd-the- World passage £150.] f Montevideo Maru Aug. 5 Auz. 6
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    • 422 11 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE dlnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND— THE— WORLD 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. I'enang. PRES. JOHNSON In Port July 25 July 27 PRES. MONROE Aug. 5 Aug. 8
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    • 726 11 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I (ROYAL PACKEI' NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) (0) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments an 1 Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) 1 of the
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  • 100 12 The British motor vessel Athelking, from Java to Liverpool with a cargo of molasses had to put into Algiers on June 13 with defective machinery, but repairs were completed and she sailed on June 15. Investigations ;n connection with an incident which occurred on board the Santhia which
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  • 493 12 Windjammer Days. "A soldier fights against a soldier, but a sailor fights sailor plus sea plus wind." So states Commander E. Keble Chatterton m his "On the High Seas." The book is a fine collection of yarns of the sea, from the Seventeenth Century to
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  • 87 12 Th* ."9.1).">7-ton liner Leviathan, built by Germany to wrest the Atlantic speed record from England, and now owned by America, left New York for Europe the other day two hours ahead of the Cunard liner Mauretania (Ho,t>96 tons). And after the Mauretania had been six hours
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 558 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 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). Tba s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.
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    • 209 12 CHARGEIRS REUNIS. (Incorporated m France). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARDS. SAIGON, TOURANE AND HAIPHONG Due Singapore. CAP TOURANE July 31 JAMAIQUE Aug 27 HOMEWARDS. MARSEILLES, NANTES AND BORDEAUX. Due Singapore. CAP VARELLA July 30 CAP TOURANE Aug 27 MARSEILLES, HAVRE, DUNKIRK AND ANTWERP. Due Singapore. ADEN Aug. 15
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    • 16 12 Amazing How D.D.D. Prescription Cures Skin Troubles Stops All Itchinglnstaiitb' Get a bottle to-day, 75 ctft^
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    • 512 12 Kerr Steamship Co. ln c 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELI'III \v n BALTIMORE. (via Suez) M.S. SILVERGUAVA due July 31 M.S. SILVERBEECH due Aug. 23 M.S. SILVERBELLE due Sept. 22 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVIit SINGAPORE TO SAN
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    • 96 12 HENDERSON LINE. S( HKIULE OF iAIUNGI Ky Fortnightly J'assen^r St«-.»mer» Ketween Rangoon. Mararilk* and England. ■OMSWABD saii i\i.Port of Disembarkation IM> mouth. l.ea\r Kinro* s.s. BHAMO :t. 14 8.8. SAGA ING s.s. PEGU t 12 s.s. BURMA <Vt. s.s. YOMA Nov. 9 s.s. AMARAPOORA s.s. CHINPWIN Dm. s.s. KEMMENDINE Dt
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 683 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via (Jem as 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 1 and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and
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    • 114 12 l*roduce, Nor. 743, from Saigon 21, foi Saigon 23. Rhesus, Brit. 4289, from Makasser 21, foi U.S.A. ports 23. Rohna, Brit. 47.VJ, from Madras 21, foi Madras 25. Hay, Nor. 730, from Bangkok 21, for unc Kelantan, Brit. 562, from Malacca 21, for Malacca 23. Krian, Brit. 453, from B.
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  • 790 13 HAGEN ON HIS BEST VICTORY. His Enviable Golf Philosophy.. Walter Hagen's feat m winning the British Open four times lends added interest to what he terms his greatest golf victory, the one which gave him the most pleasure. Was it his third win m England, after he
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  • 152 13 At Mr. C. B. Cochran's luncheon m honour of the Theatre Guild of New York Mr. Philip Moeller, one of the founders of the Theatre Guild, told a new story of Mark Twain. In his early youth, when he was still Samuel Clemens, very timorous, he approached the
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  • 85 13 Mr. D.R. Lareombe, the secretary-mana-ger of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club, Wimbledon, where the championships are held, has installed a novel electric scoring machine on the principal courts. The machine, which Mr. Lareombe and Mr. H. W. W. Wilberforce, the President of the All-England Cl'ib, inspected m
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  • 78 13 I have always been a Babbitt about used safety-razor blades. Until this morning I had completely failed to find an adequate method of disposal when I could no longer bear any more deep furrowing m all that is left of my chin. A correspondent m a contemporary has now
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 130 13 I 1 K| I NATURAL I MINERAL V ,CHY 1 I BOTTLED AT THE HOT SPRING SALITAR gby FRASER NEAVE LTD. U Cenuine Vichy Salts heightened m value by I the addition of saline constituents from the Salitar Hot Spring. A refreshing drink and i a natural tonic and anti-acid.
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    • 227 13 *The Unwelcome Guest The disgusting fly comes to your dinner table from the foulest I or places. His six hairy legs bring to your food the germs of I countless diseases. Kill this unwelcome guest— spray Flit. I Flit clears the house m a few minutes of disease-bearing flies I
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  • 1004 14 THE PROSPECTS OF THE FREE STATE. Outlook Improving. Dublin, June 18. It is pleasing to be able to record that ,he prospects of the Free State are slowly ut surely improving. The crops promise ill, trade, industry and commerce are imroving and if the cost of living
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 293 14 Mm x jt 1 I 4D^bl C -C^. II JT" ■J'^jT^ 1 m flr «H^^^^^^^^ SI mA mm m I b^B 4 S** 1 jS* S^fL Mb^b^^^ H^^H bHB .^^^t^^^^^Bß^^^ HB^bl S*' SMJ a^l §H 4mSBM A M hbl Jt '^7/id mm bB BB V^i bL J^^ I V j->
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    • 192 14 I STOP THAT I Less Work J k IRAK 1 AND t 1 Better Results t You can quickly repair y leaks or cracks m radi- *♦> a tors, why be stranded miles from home, when §j it can be avoided l>v <-*V_^ AP > purchasing a (m of f/jjtk
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  • 180 15 Most of us are familiar with the sponge rubber kneeling mat—that Won to the housewife and the amateur gardener. No sore or aching knees will result after scrub, bing the kitchen floor or weeding the garden if rack an article is used as an intermediary. There
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  • 198 15 Perak River 2.25 2.40 Pulau Bulang t5 70 Punggor 77Vfe 85 Kadeila 5.00 5.10 ex. div. Sandycroft 1.55 1.65 Sepang Valley* *.25 3.75 notn Sungei Bagan 3.50 4.00 Sungei Ramal 3.30 3.50 Sungei Tukan^ 1J2H 1.40 Tambalaks 90 95 Tupah 2.25 2.35 Teluk Anson 2.30 2.40 Temerloh 75 90 Ulu
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  • 641 15 July 20th. Closing Ibices. Buyers Sellers. Weng i.OO i. 2 5 Batang Padang 37 1£ 40 hJatu Caves lM\k 1.71 Chin Chins 20 2o Hitams 95 100 Hong Fatts 71 y, 771^ Johan Tin 44 451^ Kinta Tin Dred. 1.77% 1.81 Kuchai I.oH 1.63% Klang River 2.80
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  • 241 15 The following is a Census of stocks of rubber held by dealers and on estates of over 100 acres on June 30th, 1929, together with declared production of the same estate* and certain export figures. The stocks are compiled from returns l»y estates and dealers. On June Bth.
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  • 66 15 July 20. Bank 4 m.s. 2|S 27|32 Bank demand 213 23|52 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 5 16 New York, demand 66 15)16 Credits U0 days 67% France, demand 1431 India, T.T. 155 Honfr Kon»r, demand 12 y..c. I)i-. Vi kohiima, demand IM^i Java, demand 139^4 Bangkok, demand 80H
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  • 245 15 July M, Tin Iff Tons $llO\ Gambier 8 Pepper White 118 IVpper Black 69 Flake Tapioca 6>4 Pearl Sago Small 7% Rice, Anam No. 2 260 Copra Sundried 10.35 Rice Liang Ilin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.80 Rice, Siara old No. 1. 880 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice,
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  • 66 15 July 20th., 12 o'clock noon. Tone of Market: Dull. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet 10 II \Cn\, per lb. New York Spot Sheet G.cts. 20 per lb. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot Wl| HH Standard R.S.S. on Tender July 35 36 August 36 1*
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  • 37 15 The general balance sheet and profit and loss account to December 31st., 1928, show that the net profits amount to f.8,663,878.53 (£721,990), out of which a dividend of 10 ocr cent, has been declared.
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  • 41 15 Burning $2,910,650 m Central Bank notes, the Canton Government on July 11 took another stride ahead m its fight to rehabilitate its paper currency. Whjle this was being done, new red-backed Central Bank notes were making their bow to the public.
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  • 125 15 A Record Profit. [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHTI. London. July 20. Considerable publicity has been jjiven to the annual meeting of Anjrlo-Java Rubber Estates, at which it was reported that the Company had made a profit during the past year of OtiJHt, which is a record. Colonel Williams,
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  • 32 15 Evening Standards Advice. [Fill HtBM skkvitk. OOPTSIOBTI. London. July 10 The Kvenin^ Standard this w« t k han been recommendinsr investment m rubber shares a> a jfood sj>eculative market.
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  • 194 15 Singapore. Jul> 20. Rubber. London 10 l.Vl«>d. 1 l«"»d down. Prices at noi n: Spot 66%, July M| August NHi Au».-Sept. M%, Oct. -Dec :i#\, Jan. -March :\V% Tin. -London ~'2\! ."s. £3 "»s up. Mining. Firm. Sun^ei Wa\> Ijtttt :*.70, Kuchais 1 .«'»*>
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  • 66 15 Saturday* Alterations. LOANS. Spore Municipal B p.c. of 1928 red: 194h/6H f21.000.0Q0 104 h, IQSH x.i. Buyers Sellers Bukit Arang ($1) 1.90 2.00 Malayan Collieries (10) 47.00 47.50 Murai Tin ($1) M 1.00 c.d. Penawat 1.05 1.10 Ulu Yam ||f fid nfi g 6d c.d. Am. Malaya
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  • 16 15 (Conference and co-operation are the two watchwords of international life and relationship .io-day.— Sir George Foster.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 407 15 ASSETS OVER $9,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,*****0 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old J The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act. ATTRACTIVE
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    • 418 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 $520,000,000 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. Hon:
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    • 187 15 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,612,046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers Esq. Charles J. Hambro Esq J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H. Shelford, Esq. Sir Thomas Catto. Bart. LONDON BANKERS.
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (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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  • 208 16 VYTHILINGAM AGAIN CHAMPION. More R^^T Broken. TFrom Our Own Correspondent] Three more re^orV"™™' 3llly 20 Saturday's AA Were broken Sir W. Peel congratulated Vythilineam h J^i. GenCral Comn >'ttee has decided to but the followfajj year elsewhere, perhaps three, two and one for first, second and Tiif J
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  • 619 16 Geylang English School Sports. The annual athletic sports of the Geylang English School were held on Saturday afternoon m the presence of a large gathering of school boys, their parents and friends and many others interested m the educational work of Singapore. No pains were spared to make
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  • 15 16 The Singapore Chinese Girls' School Sp«rts,will be held. in the Sckool grounds on July 26th.
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  • 581 16 ENGLAND CHANGES HER LEADER Carr, Wyatt and Geary In. Ilteuter's JS«rviceJ London, July 20. A. W. Carr, the Notts captain, has been entrusted with the leadership of the English side against the South Africans m the fourth Test at Manchester, commencing on July 27. Other changes are
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  • 171 16 Ist Inn. P. W. L. W. L. NR. Pts. Points-value of Result 8 0 5 3 4 Gloster (5) 17 11 l 1~~ 1 100 Kent (2) 17 10 4 2 1* 0 93 Notts (3) 15 8 2 3 0 2 87 Derby (10) 16 h
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  • 422 16 THE ETCETERAS WELL 1 BEATEN. Services' Big Score. The Etceteras, playing the Services m the S.C.C. tournament on the Padang, were set! to face a big score when they were called upon to bat on Saturday afternoon. The Services' promising start the previous evening: of 114 for three
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  • 18 16 m P W. L. D. Pt. SLi^r r' n 4 Btcctnu P.S. an,i L Q
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  • 290 16 PadanK Match Surprise. Evan Wong was caught napping by Davenport m the first over of the match between the S.C.C. and the S.C R.C. on the Padang yesterday and came back to the Pavilion without scoring In getting the Chinese out for 112, the S.C.C changed their
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  • 232 16 An S.C.C. 2nd XI were beaten by the R.E s at Pulo Brani yesterday by one wicket and forty runs. The scores were: S.C.Q 2nd XI: T. M. Calhaem. c Dewey, b Carter, 5; W. J. Pearc*. b Mills 7; R. N Walling, run out
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  • 294 16 THE ALSAGOFF CUP FINAL, A Spirited Opening. Kota Rajah 3; Spore Peranakan .0:) The Kota Rajah football team and the! Singapore Peranakan Association 11 met at] the Stadium yesterday m the final of the S. M. Alsagoff Cup. The game commenced m very promising fashion, but the S.P.A.
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  • 391 16 The Singapore Amateur Football Association issue the following report for the week-ending. Saturday, July 20th FORTHCOMING MATCHES. The following matches will be played dur ing the week-ending Saturday, July*27th Division 1 Monday, Stadium— Malays vs Sfletar (Tan Lee Wan); Wednesday— Stad l um_S.C V s. I.C.F.A. (Reel);
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  • 69 16 MONDAY'S TIES. •J.V Doubles Handicap. K. C Eu and I. H. Houhing vs. Kiong Chin Eng and S. C. Wong. "B' f Doubles Handicap. Tan Siong Teng and Wee Eng Yong vs Wong Teck Fah and Chee Kong Leong. Tan Wan Liat and S. H. Tan
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  • 52 16 A Bridgre Party will be held at Tannin Club on Monday, July 29th, at 10 a m m aid of the Y.W.C.A. Hostel renovations' at a subscription of $2 per head. Non-members of Tanslm Club are invited. All those who wish to come are asked to telephone Lady Murison or
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    • 290 16 I new -H. m. v." neons). TO-DAY I Ist July Issue. LISTS SENT WITH PLEASURE. I V S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. p 4 (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Raffles Place, Singapore. :?J The World's Jfffl Rpof J ij r°f I n iir% j^ n^B OBTAINABLE AT I %Wv ALL dealers :l
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