The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 August 1929
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Title Section13 1929-08-08 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SA THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1929. NO. 12,78913 words
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Article276 1929-08-08 1 Mr. Snowden's strong stand lor British rights in J.e matter of reparations, has as was to be expected, dismayed French opinion accustomed to the weaker policy of the late Government Pages 7 and 9. '1 he full text of the proposed agreement with Egypt has been published.276 words
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Article1237 1929-08-08 1 It is a strange thing that whenever I ieet that writing would be a pleasant way of passing a lew hours the subject that appeals to me is one of which 1 know almost nothing. Surely the obvious reason cannot be the right one? Crocodile shooting for1,237 words
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Advertisement466 1929-08-08 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREET. jl fli^^«nmmnim^^mm^niq'n^»n^TMhUiU l u l a jH_____H-___M--------t-_H-H-_M-___i_i_ H^ a aft I R3i_ffl.6S HOt©l I I SAFES WITH OVER 10 YEARS> REPUTATION a |Fl KST CLASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION j I DCDD V' C C A 1717 C466 words
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Advertisement123 1929-08-08 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Quilts and Gaflac Page 8. Socony is the right spirit Page 1. Fresh Food stall at Grange Road market —Page 5. Sales of furniture, office fittings, jewellery Page 7. Consult Little's for permanent waving -—Page 8. United Engineers are folding gate specialists—Page 3. Book now for Madame Kelvey's123 words
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Advertisement17 1929-08-08 1 WING LOONG. I FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. I 32, HIGH STREET. I17 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous170 1929-08-08 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, Sth. Hifch Water. 1.6 p.m., h.9. Football: R.A.O.C. vs. S.C.F.A. "B" (Div. II) Italian Opera. Theatre. 9.30. Cavalleria- Rusticana and I Pagliacci. Boxing at New World. Friday, 9th High Water. 0.44 a.m., 10.3., 1.37 p.m., H.9. Balgownie Rubber, ann. mtg, Hongkong Bank, noon. Meeting to form Kennel170 words
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430 1929-08-08 2 Singapore. Aug. 6. The markets remain quiet to the point of dullness and there is very little change to record, or anything of outstanding interest, during the past week. The break caused oy the holidays might have been blamed for this, but for the430 words
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Article142 1929-08-08 2 SINGAPORE VOLUNT EER CORPS. Thursday 6.16 p.m. Bukit Timah Range "F" (Malay) Coy. Practice Warren Shield. Friday 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.F.A. Company Parade. 5 p.m. Bukit Timah Range "C" (Scottish) Coy. Practice Warren Shield. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (v) Signals Section Parade. I p.m. Siglap "F" (Malay) Coy.142 words
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Article90 1929-08-08 2 Dr. W. Benton, Medical Officer of Health for East Ham, stated at a public meeting that he had vaccinated himself nearly twenty times. So great was his faith in vaccination as preventive ajrainst smallpox, he said, that after vaccination he would not be averse from sleepine90 words
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Advertisement368 1929-08-08 2 MADAM ft# KELVEY J^L^^Lj*-^*. Present Her TALENTED A m. M \W__i_ M Theatre fl P^^ On y\ On Aug. 26th. and J_di A _^th. at 0.15 p.m. In a real versatile entertainment for young and old. PRICES Evening Performance $3, $2, and $1. Matinees, Adults $2. Children $1, all parts.368 words
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Advertisement984 1929-08-08 2 VICTORIA THEATRE AI HAMBRA *V ONLY 3 MORE NIGHTS OF THB aYMmmJmX IXaITIUIiXX "^l Italian Grand Opera Company °9 FULL CHORUS— BALLET— ORCHESTRA PROGRAMME I TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. Com«_«ncuiK Au K 6th. and endin K Sundax x. I A BIG DOUBLE PROGRAMME llth. Oavalleria P»«li»cei fa the Second Show984 words
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Article731 1929-08-08 3 HUNGRY DAYS OF A NEW M.P. His Doubt of Success. I have been talking to a man who has learned to smile at life, and to smile hard, writes an Evening News correspondent. The first thing I noticed when he looked up at me from the typewriter at731 words
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168 1929-08-08 3 Criticism of Government's Actions. London, July 21. Criticism of the Labour Government was freely expressed by the spokesmen at the demonstration held in Trafalgar Square this afternoon to support the charter of demands of the unemployed which it deaired to submit to Government by a168 words
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Article75 1929-08-08 3 Ko news nns so far been heard of an assistant Chanlain for tho Cathedral to secure the present strength of staff when thc Archdeacon leaves on September 18. The Rev. E. A. Hone, one cf the Cishon's Commissaries in England, is doing all that is possible to secure a man.75 words
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Article179 1929-08-08 3 Hong Kong Officers Find Big Organisation. The activities of a gang of opium traffickers recently set up for the purpose of smuggling Chinese opium into the Colony were disclosed when six Chinese were charged, one after the other, before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Hong Kong with possession f179 words
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Article57 1929-08-08 3 V Bishop Ferguson -Davie sent a letter re- t oortin^ his arrival at Durban. He had just time to say that he had teen told that his I new parish numbered 5,500 intsead of 1,500 1 as he had been told, and that there was a debt of £GOO on57 words
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Article192 1929-08-08 3 Fishop Barnes's Statement. F ondon, July 1 A* a ioqool to ih<* kv in th° Convocation of Cartel brrv the B shop of Bi'm'r. hnm has is med a statement of polky for the Modernists. He says thr.t little need be said of th? Epis opal rolicy,192 words
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Advertisement129 1929-08-08 3 "KODAKS" with "finger tip" adjustments I S_— i— fc-^— 3 C_M j Pocket Kodak Series 11. asMm 1 I H_u The simplest folding camera. ..JflMßllSrfßil I KODAK LTD., Ml Incorporated in England). £> SINGAI ORE. i <s^ I SANDEMAN'S t PORT AND SHERRY f v. A,d&__r«_f I irk 1 H___v129 words
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Advertisement193 1929-08-08 3 X NON-POISONOUS I FADELESS I GEEENS j X Supplied [Ready Bound in Quiek Drying f Medium Ready for Use. X T I„^ E PAINTS ARE OFFERED AS THE MOST PERMANENT X X «^S YET PROD UCED EVERY SHADE IS GUARANTEED X _t T0 WI ™STAND THE STRONGEST SUN WITHOUT BLEACH-193 words
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Article, Illustration314 1929-08-08 4 WHEN THE EARTH SHOOK: HAVOO OF THE NEW ZEALAND QUAKE. The picture above shows the damage done to the post office at West Port, New Zealand, during the recent earthquake. Another picture of damage done by the New Zealand earthquake. This building: fthowi tht Boys' College314 words
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Article397 1929-08-08 5 THE SCOUTS APPEAL. To The Editor, Sir, The Singapore Boy Scouts Association will be grateful to you if you will allow them space to make their annual appeal to the Public for funds to carry on their work. It falls up->n me, as President, to write397 words
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Article238 1929-08-08 5 Tropical Rain and Lightning Follows. London. July 21. After the hottest day in the year, in the course of which the thermometer reached the high reading of 89 degrees for London, a heavy thunderstorm broke over the South of England, temporarily cooling the atmosphere. Several casualties from238 words
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Article135 1929-08-08 5 Exhibition Run of Oldest Locomotive. London, July 21. Bretton Wood (New Hampshire). "Old Pepper Sass," the world's first climbing locomotive, broke away and exploded while making an exhibition run on the railway up the side of Mount Washington. A journalist was killed, and Imack Frost, who drove135 words
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Article109 1929-08-08 5 The prevention and cure of tuberculosis by turtle vaccine therapy was described by Y>r. Nagelschmidt, of Berlin, in a paper which he read at a meeting of the Tuberculosis Association at Cambridge. He said that as long ago as 1903 Professor Friedmann, .of Berlin, cultivated from sea turtles109 words
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Advertisement296 1929-08-08 5 I GRANGE Rd. I I MARKET I I We desire to notify our .numerous I customers that we have opened a I 1 GRANGE ROAD MARKET I where a range of our highest class I products will be on sale. I I The Best by test— I FRESH>QCD I 6^"™296 words
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Advertisement360 1929-08-08 5 _^_m _^__k _^_u '^vC Rfl PlPrc'' mfr^ a AA. ji;i^ BPfe-:^ mk W&mk 8 K _fl a WW M m\ P W\ L&W^ VA^m\&^T r Ever X n^odern*scientific injl.^l^f f H^ f I H/C f ven tion known to this generation (Air Conditioning Plant, Dust extractors, etc.) has been 1»^360 words
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Article570 1929-08-08 6 RAPID PROGRESS OF MECHANISATION. Wireless as Ally Against Crime. Major T. H. Vitty, engineer to the Metropelitan Police, speaking on the ''Mechanisation of the Police Force," at the Chief Constables*' annual conference at Brighton laid: "If we weVe asked what is to-day the main characteristic of both criminal570 words
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Article192 1929-08-08 6 Home Secretary Not at Opening. London. July 12. A distinguished company will journey ru'xt weel- in a luxurious non-stop sleeper train to Lanark to attend the opening, by Mr. .1. K. Clynes, of the Coal Distillation Works at Glenboig. They are the largest in the world192 words
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Article135 1929-08-08 6 A ''proposal was put forward recently for reducing the risks of a repetition of the kind of air disaster which involved the Imperial Airways machine .City of Ottawa on Monday. It is suggested that all singleengined and twin-engined aeroplanes flying across the Channel should be fitted135 words
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150 1929-08-08 6 over the world were entered, the Buzzard 111 came in second. It was preceded only by a boat powered with a 500 h.p. engine, none other than Major Seagrave's famous "Miss Alacrity." Not content with this brilliant showing, the Buzzard 111 on June 9th, won150 words
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Advertisement311 1929-08-08 6 ECZEMA ON HANDSJN RASH Irritation Was Intense. Healed by Cuticura. "I suffered quite a while with eczema which broke out on my hands in a rash. For some time the irritation was intense, keeping me awake at night. It was of a dry nature, causing the skin to break open,311 words
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Advertisement256 1929-08-08 6 Oakland's V^ Appearance Is As Pleasingly i Different As Its Performance W \ScvammyA4r tMmmm^^^^^ m^^^^ mmmmuummmmm^o.^**^^»mmm^^a>'^ |_d_r jPl^l J People who formerly based their preference lliwll or cl^' cHR on ,ts staunch, well balanced o\k\ I|||P always dependable performance find this quality villi/ present to a new degree in the256 words
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Advertisement42 1929-08-08 6 "I .ijt*^^^ Bcjß _j 0 g 0 I -j_ INJ cm cv Weualle Lm Phone 3463 THE EASTERN STUDIO. LEE. PHOTOGRAPHER. SINGAPORE. Enlargementa. Miniatures. Wedding and other Groups, \W* Outdoor. r J MODERN STYLE. ELECTRIC LIGH^ 1 WE ALSO DO AMATEURS' WORK-42 words
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Article1401 1929-08-08 7 FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED TREATY. "Extreme Limit of Concession." [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 6. Notes exchanged between Mr. Arthur Henderson (Foreign Secretary) and Mahmoud Pasha, the Egyptian Premier, on August 3rd. show that the Anglo-Egyptian settlement proposals, which Mr. Henderson describes as the extreme limit of concession,1,401 words
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Article111 1929-08-08 7 1 Reuter's Service.] Washington, Aug. 7. Otlicial* of the State Department decline to comment or reports from Moscow that Mr. Stimson, in a Note to the principal Powers, has suggested the formation of an international commission to settle the SinoRussian dispute. While it is known that the111 words
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Article46 1929-08-08 7 [Reuter's Service. I London, Aug. 6. The French Air Minister, M. Eynac, has arrived in London by air to discuss with Lord Thomson the question of civil aviation, particularly in relation to the position in Africa, the Far East and South America.46 words
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Article39 1929-08-08 7 [Reuter's Service.] Bukharest, Aug. 6. Ten were killed and many injured in a fight between troops and striking miners who seized the power-station at Lupeni in the Jiu valley, endangering the lives of miners working underground.39 words
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25 1929-08-08 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 7. Mr. MacDonald (the Premier) has called for a report on the cotton wage dispute.25 words
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Article80 1929-08-08 7 Toi be Buried With Him and a Box of Matches. Mr. Sydney Porter, of Wilmington-gar-dens, New Barking, Essex, who died on May 2 last, left estate valued for probate at £818 2s. The will, made on a scrap of paper, reads: "With the exceptions of one80 words
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Article23 1929-08-08 7 "Willesden magistrate: Was this woman's larguaare very bad? Woman: Well, I leave \ou to judfce. It made my husband speechless for an hour.23 words
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Advertisement507 1929-08-08 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ I BEACH HOUSE |j TANJONG KATONG. Qolrct Seaside Residential Hotel. i* Concrete Bathing Pagar, Tennis, Garage, Good Cuisine. ipmmmm 5553. M. C. Gasper, Proprietor, ft NEVER BE WITHOUT 5 META. j I The white solid safety fuel. v<&ixsx*xs)®<^^ I MISS N. BUHRIS MIDWIFE AND MASSAGE, i 128 Middle507 words
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Advertisement618 1929-08-08 7 NOTICES. NEW HATS PRISCILLA, 56 Hill Street. NOTICE, To Travellers and Manufacturers' Agents. Get your letters and reports quickly typed by Expert Stenographers at THE ADVERTISERS' DISTRIBUTING SYNDICATE, 33 Wineheste House, Collyer Quay. Charges very moderate, any information about local business conditions etc. furnished free of charge. TRADE ANNOUNCEMENT. We618 words
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Advertisement692 1929-08-08 7 THE HAGUE CONFERENCE, BRITISH OBJECTIONS TO YOUNG PLAN. Mr. Snowden Adamant. [Reuter's Service.] The ILi'itj ■>. Au.«r. <». Mr. Philip Snowden clearly and firmly de. fined the British attitude at the Reparations Conference here to-day, reiterating what he declared in the House of Commons on the subject. He said the692 words
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Advertisement675 1929-08-08 7 MISCELLANEOUS. OF INTEREST TO ALL FIRMS IN SINGAPORE, K.L., ETC. Wanted Agencies. Do you want your goods advertised and bold for you personally by a "European Travelling Salesman" who has his own < cars. Salesman, Office, etc) system of Sales and has already represented many Firms here and elsewhere during675 words
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729 1929-08-08 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY. A UGUST 8. 1929. A PROPHET AMONG MANUFACTURERS. In the very interesting speech of Sir Hugo Hirst, at the meeting of the General Electric Company, there occurred one sentence which should be blazoned in gold on the office walls of every manager of a British industrial729 words
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Article1318 1929-08-08 8 The Detective Branch. Singapore is now housed in the Temporary Offices formerly used by the Municipality. New Detective Branch Offices and quarters are to be built on the old site in Robinson Road. Sentence of IS months rigorous imprisonment has been passed on Sinavasam. the young Indian who was arrested1,318 words
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Article157 1929-08-08 8 THE KING OF SIAM'Q VISIT. MS Thanks to Sir Hugh Clifford On Saturday, the day fotWwfe parture from Singapore H M. Kine./l caused the following telegrsa l m to H.E. the Governor (Si,- Hu K h ci^JJ* On leaving Bingapore, the On^ I would like to thank v„u157 words
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Article230 1929-08-08 8 Sequel to Geylang Shooting. At the conclusion of the inquiry into the deaths of two Chinese gunmen sa 1 a detettive as the result of the right betntss two detectives and five Chinese gunmen in Geylang recently, the Coroner returned a verdict of culpable homicide amounting230 words
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Article72 1929-08-08 8 LATEST TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [rREE PRESS SERVICE.-COPYRIGHTj London. Aug. 7. 4.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and bons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £21° 8 lti (down 12 16)** ward £216 5 16 (down 11 16). ine market is steady. Messrs. Svminprton and Sinclair notify to-day's72 words
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Article165 1929-08-08 8 Charges Against Chinese Emptor of European Firm. The hearing of the case >n *hah Straits-born Ckinees named Tee Vhuan is charged with criminal breacn trust in respect of $SjDOO and »U Australian flour WM continued in District Court yesterday. Mr V Whitlcv. D.r.l'.. is prosecuting snd JW165 words
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Article140 1929-08-08 8 On Saturday, last the dergraduates of the Hong Konf deJ from Singapore and the.r J* 1 \d an "At Home" given hy MI "L- ft a** Chong on behalf of the W'* l^^** of the University at F»»rf* ld Prinbv kind permission oi VA; v ,r.140 words
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Article17 1929-08-08 8 The Rev' W. H. and g£Vj British arc* Foreign Bible Socj _-,?> leave Kuala Lumpur la>t rag pore.17 words
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Advertisement241 1929-08-08 8 i Buhner's Herefordshire CIDER Hi re A splendid thirst-quencher I 1 ifi r_! Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. _p [Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of H°ng Rang), rtj Hj (I ncorporated in Shanghai.) JU 90. Robinson Road. Singapore. Telephone No. 6228. Jp BY SPECIAL S^T A, m %Tj TO H.M. THE241 words
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Advertisement68 1929-08-08 8 -x X*=X X X X XJ j I 111 I I QUILTS ARE DOWN says a sale advertisement. So they ought to be. "GAFLAC" POLICIES on the other hand are up in the estimation of the public. i GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSI KANCE CORPORATION. LIMITED. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone68 words
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Advertisement14 1929-08-08 8 To-day's FeatureA TOLL OF NEW m *ZE ALAND EARTHQUAKE. In Pictures. Page m p14 words
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Article74 1929-08-08 9 VRSENICAL POISON VERDICT. Jury's Rider Rejected. M r PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.] London, Aug. 7. thc inquest in the Croydon (Duff) poisoning case s verdict has been returned „l death from arsenical poisoning against >( ,;i person or persons unknown. The Coroner refused the Jury's rider that tht first74 words
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Article264 1929-08-08 9 London. July 26. year-old youth, John Duff, son of th< Mr. t 'reighton Duff, came from a Bristol on a subpoena to-day to tt at the second inquest on the deatii father, in connection with the Croy- j,,n isoning case. A > exchanged smiles with his264 words
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Article67 1929-08-08 9 Mauretania vs. Bremen. PRESS SKRVMK. COPYRIGHT.] London. Aug. 7. i rpected that the White Star liner tania which held the record for the crossing for many years until the Bremer: recently established a new one. will •at the Bremen's time by at least in ites. The Bremen,67 words
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Article26 1929-08-08 9 PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] London, Aug. 7. The Prince of Wales has taken Fort Belthe historic Sunningdale House, as a permanent country home.26 words
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Article113 1929-08-08 9 Shanghai. Aug. 7. The Shanghai Municipal Electricity Department agreement is to be signed ts-morrow. The Shanghai-Nanking air service M0 for one passenger. A turther dyke break is reported on the jungtinj River resulting in additional damape to properties and loss of lives. The Disbandment Conference agreed that113 words
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Article66 1929-08-08 9 Nen Minister to Persia. Tokio, Aug. 6. A et has decided to appoint Mr. K >• v a Secretary of the Foreign Minister to Persia. TOUUBLE EXPLOSION AT HOKKAIDO. "ty mer are feared to have K l:^eu throng* an explosion at the al Mine in Hokkaido. So66 words
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Article82 1929-08-08 9 ektl magazines and periodicals, pur- 0 th <* Library between July and Li bra r thiS >ear will be held at the at t jJ r at ,r PM. this evening. Purchasers **ffm*j Will receive back numbers of rtiit J' l and perio<licals regularly as curof tho*T w82 words
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Article127 1929-08-08 9 ALARM AND DOUBT EXPRESSED. Insecurity Inevitable. [Renter's Service.] London, Aug. 7. A mixed reception is given to the publication of the proposals of the Anglo-Egyp-tian Agreement. Labour's organ, the Daily Herald, emphasising that they are offered to the people, "not to a Government" declares that the way127 words
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Article133 1929-08-08 9 The Daily Express is amazed and astonished, and asks how Britain can discharge its responsibilities i n the Sudan "When our influence in Egypt is whittled down to next to nothing." The Daily Telegraph hopes that the proposals will be condemned by Parliament as emphatically as the133 words
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Article132 1929-08-08 9 BRITAIN REPARATIONS. Snowden Asserts Our Rights. r Router's Service. 1 The Hague. Aug. 8. The Reparations Conference privately discussed Mr. Snowden's criticisms regarding the sacrifice of British interests. The French Finance Minister, M. Chenon. suggested another conference of experts to decide on the distribution of reparations might be necessary. Italy132 words
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Article105 1929-08-08 9 More than all China's Revenue. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service]. Nanking, Aug. 7. In a speech closing the disbandment conference General Chiang Kai Shek estimated that the army totalled two millions. The conference decided to reduce this to 800,000. General Chiang Kai Shek pointed out that China's revenue105 words
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Article96 1929-08-08 9 Chinese Sign Peace Treaty. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Aug. 7. The On Leon and Hip Sing Tongs have signed a peace treaty in the presence of the United States Prosecuting Attorney, Mr. Tuttle, thus averting the danger of a Tong war in New York. [An earlier cable stated96 words
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Article52 1929-08-08 9 LReuter's Service.] Geneva, Aug. 7. The death has occurred of Mr. Harold Grimshaw, departmental chief of the diplomatic division of the International Labour Office for which he recently visited Java and South Africa. Mr. Grimshaw had made a special study of the question of the forced labour52 words
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Article28 1929-08-08 9 LReuter's Service.] Calcutta, Aug. 7. Three of those injured in yesterday's disturbances of strikers at jute mills, died in hospital. [Earlier cables on page 7.]28 words
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Article1452 1929-08-08 9 INCIDENT IN A.P.C. OFFICE. Cashier's Claim. m When the action of Toh Seah Hwee against the Asiatic Petroleum Company, in whose employ he was a cashier, for wrongful dismissal was begun in the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice (Sir William M__iison) yesterday, Mr. Withers Payne, who appeared1,452 words
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Article519 1929-08-08 9 AMERICAN STUDENTS IN SINGAPORE. Four Out of 250,000. Successful out of a quarter of a million other American boys and girls in an examination in which they were asked to write essays on the significance of The Stars and Stripes, two American girls and two American boys519 words
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Advertisement111 1929-08-08 9 __i_^_____-_^______^__-___^.___^.___^_. __.Su. A S_ j£\. _.Su. _^Su a Su __.Su. aSu __.e__. --.Su. __.Su. __.Su __.Su. --.0-. __.T__ ___>___ i |The Red-Line Calendars! T T K jfti^B^i-iS^iMM^_toia^fa_M_i_^__^^af~ __r^t_ D I JANUABV I *AJ J S^O U>^ S«tn. M™.. j Tu«. \.«i. Tho. Fr.. S«». *.J/f| f V 'j^!_^WW||_wWßßPWbP No. 4501111 words
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Advertisement820 1929-08-08 10 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES UPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa nnd Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. (0) WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. t PATROCLUS For Marseilles, London,820 words
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Advertisement523 1929-08-08 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in U.SA.) 1 0 "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe S'pore. 192*. s.s. CITY OF MELBOURNE Aug. 21 s.s. CITY OF NEWCASTLE Sept. 19523 words
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Advertisement530 1929-08-08 10 P. fir'O British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVFRNMpW LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN D* Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Singapor, SHEAF MOUNT Aug. 8 KASHMIR530 words
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Advertisement714 1929-08-08 11 O. S. K. Line. .-tinatlsm Vessel. Arrive. Lea.e. Lo.ndon. Rotterdam, Har. burg, Bremen, Punkirk and Antwerp via Colombo, Aden, Suez and Port Said. Atlas Maru Aug. 17 Aug. 18 Durban, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos. Montevideo and Buenos Aires. iKound-the-VVorld Passage 1190.1 f Hawaii Maru Sept. 13 Sept. 15714 words
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Advertisement576 1929-08-08 11 I DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE I land AMERICAN MAIL LINE I li 1 r" U I B H ______________________________________________________________________> —-_m^-___ i -I R I Five Reasons I why you will prefer to I I travel on President Liners I I I r aßfornia fruittl vegetable* and dairy- products are served every576 words
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Advertisement867 1929-08-08 11 XT T> KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland.) (0) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF867 words
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Article183 1929-08-08 12 SHIP STEWARD'S DEATH. Bubonic Plague Case. A rare instance in the annals of Shanglai of a death from bubonic plague came to ight last week when the demise was retorted of Mr. McFarquar, Chief Steward of he City of Tokyo, of the City Line, the .gents for whom183 words
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Article123 1929-08-08 12 Before the Master Attendant, Capt. Geoffrey Freyberg, 0.8.E., R.N., in the Marine Police Court yesterday two Americans, Percy G. Mullen and Frank Foster Beam, were charged, with being stowaways on board the Rheinland from Manila to Singapore and with landing in the Colony with, out permission from123 words
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Article33 1929-08-08 12 Rice and general cargo arrived by Halvdan from Bangkok yesterday. 1,753 pigs by Van Overstraten from Macassar. Coal by the Baron Graham from Durban. Soya beans by the Skramstad from Dairen.33 words
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Article28 1929-08-08 12 Heavy gun practice will take place from Blakan Mati (Firing Area Southern) on Aug. 13th and Aug. 20th commencing at 6 a.m. Masters of vessels are warned accordingly.28 words
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Article62 1929-08-08 12 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight Aug. 6th: Max. shade temp. 91 F Min. shade temp. 78.5 F Mean shade ten\p. 83.6 F Max. sun radiation 161 F Min. grass radiation 72.5 F Mean wet-bulb temp. 77.8 F Mean relative humidity62 words
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Article76 1929-08-08 12 Per Kopah from Malacca: Miss Gulsord, Mr. Rush. Per Katong from Bangkok: Mr. A. Livisey, Mr. D. M. Doig, Mr. R. E. Wheeler, Mr. G. Blum, Mrs. E. Schmidt, Mr. E. Tsuchiya, Miss M. Harris, Mr. Sadhan Indrabhan. Per Timavo from Shanghai: Mr. Chow Lin Chu, Miss Hin76 words
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Advertisement676 1929-08-08 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). (0) I FOB BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) let i lis i monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The i.a. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest676 words
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Advertisement127 1929-08-08 12 SOCIETE MARITIME INDOCHINOISE MAIL SERVICB— SINGAPORE— SAIGON. *\t. "Gouverneur-Gene'ral Roume" (S 9 000 tone). D. Singapore Wharf Monday Noon Aug 19 Sept 2 Sept 16 A. Saigon Thursday Morning Aug 22 Sept 6 Sept 19 D. Saigon Monday Noon Aug 25 Sept 8 Sept 22 A. Singapore Thursday Morning Aug127 words
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Advertisement624 1929-08-08 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc, 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA A\n BALTIMORE. u (via Suez) PACIFIC- JAVA -CALCUTTA SERVICF SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO \\n LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR In Port Ni MJ3. SILVERSPRUCE due Aug. 15 Bails624 words
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Miscellaneous708 1929-08-08 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and h Friday 0 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala P Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping Penang t and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 an. a Kelantan every Monday,708 words
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Miscellaneous89 1929-08-08 12 Hl* Majang, Dut. 362, from P. Radja T, for P. Radja 9. Selangor, Brit. 445, from T. Anson 7, for T. Anson 9. Hong Lee, Brit. 52, from Trengganu 7, for Trengganu 8. Pontianak, Brit. 64, from Rompin 7, for Rompin 9. Panama. Dan. 4247, from Tsingtao 7, for P.89 words
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Article447 1929-08-08 13 STORIES OF TERRORISATION. Extortionists' Fifteen Years Record. The Penang Police Court was crowded on Wednesday last with Chinese men and women, when Mr. N. Ward, Police Magistrate, took up the case in which Chea B_i\ Chee, stood his trial on three charges of putting various persons in fear of bodily447 words
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Page 13 Advertisements
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Advertisement1116 1929-08-08 13 POWELL Co., Ltd A Rare Opportunity for Sound Investment in Land and House Properties for Enterprising Capitalists. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. SLIT NO. 231 OF 1928. Between HADJI SAMSIDIN DAING MATARA Plaintiff. And Hadji Abdul Ksreem, Mohamed Tahir bin Hadji Lahalidah. 3. Fatimah1,116 words
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Advertisement827 1929-08-08 13 I' rrrW '[ll ■f^l ■frrv. j) 43HB'. jpJBi I l_____Wß H_i^^'^a__L'H •V* 4 v3_l^J_^ 'iL^^^—i ______^^^^^^H k_a <__r a IF'vte* i^%w_# k a___h^4 U tm A i rr*. '.i'«a\ J^n^^k m X A^H 17^___r_____. __y __^^_r—^ a aT__F^ T^^_________________— Jf a v.; e ."v j* .r^^yr ___k 1 1 1827 words
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Advertisement566 1929-08-08 13 Lot 123.— Valuable freehold land and shophouse No. 102 Kallang Road, Singapore, area 1,073 sq. ft. Monthly rental $40. Lot 124.— Valuable freehold land and shophouse No. 104 Kallang Road. Singapore* area 1,060 sq. ft. Monthly renthl $40. Lot 125.— Valuable freehold land and shophouse No. 106 Kallang Road. Singapore,566 words
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Article609 1929-08-08 14 OFFICIAL SILENCE ON THE RHINE. Clue of Y.M.C.A.? Reports of un early evacuation of the Rhineland are current in Germany as in England, writes a Daily Express Special Correspondent from Wiesbaden, but if any orders have been given for preparations here, they are shrouded with609 words
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Article163 1929-08-08 14 Discussion by Indian Association. London, luly 19th. Pre-idinjf ovir the annual meeting of the Indian Tea Association, Mr. F. (J. Clarke >aid he trusU'd the new Committee would approach the Baipirs Marketing Boanl with view to that authority advertising Kmure tea in the BBBM way as other163 words
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Article116 1929-08-08 14 Alleged Outrage By French Troops. Four French soldiers, belonging to the occupying forces, were 1-ecently urrestJed in Mayence following an incident in which, t is alleged, a band of thirty French soldiers charged thrr ugh the streets with Irawn bayonc&s, attacking pedestrians, while under the116 words
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Article350 1929-08-08 14 eluding th^ French Croix de Guerre. He became a drug addict, however, and to assuage his thirst for glory resorted to a number of impudent masquerades a son of M. Maeterlinck, a nephew of Cardinal Mercier, and so on. On one occasion, in 1919, posing as a member350 words
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Advertisement275 1929-08-08 14 mm\\* COMPLETt tOOO I^^ f Tired Nerves S A When you have no energy and you are easily A m tired it is the si^n that your nerves arc starving for want of nourishment. L w Stimulants and drugs will not restore your nerves and renew your energy. These do275 words
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Advertisement131 1929-08-08 14 H _f_. __^__^^^«__ca^4_^-^- L-r; i~T^f :;> ifxl I ll S^V^i I ___ff I sz&> A. ______________r H "~^m^mm /^i_____________i ____r m\ .^mf'm*' iwß^mw am Bl ln^ _^^U D f^ ""^lf m^m B ____r '•^s^3 ___v "^4fi* m aJmwe^ I ____L^"^^^ W I _D®®®®®®©®@®@®®®®®®®®@®®®®®®©®& i 1 BRITAIN'S BEST j okJ* C>_l£%/t/t^y131 words
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Article465 1929-08-08 15 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore. Auk- ♦>. ii i- i niOSt of the past wet k occupied by Holidays, there is little change to record in local share quotations and the busines passing has been small. The price of Tin is unchanged with the London market reported to465 words
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Article511 1929-08-08 15 Singapore, Aug. 7. Apathetic conditions continue to assert themselves in both the Tin and Rubber section of the local share market, and quotations for the most part are on the dull side. lhe metal quotation has been steady, minor fluctuations leavir.g the closing price 12s511 words
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Article63 1929-08-08 15 August 7. Bank 4 m.s. 213 27J32 Bank demand 213 23|32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 11i32 New York, dema/id 56 15|16 Credits 90 days 57% France, demand 1431 India, T.T. 155 BaaC Kong, demand ISH p.e. Dir. Yokohama, demand 118% Java, demand 139% Bangkok, demand 80 Bar Silver63 words
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Article245 1929-08-08 15 Augu.-t 7. Tin 250 Tuns $109% Gambier g Pepper White 109 Pepper Black 56 Flake Tapioca 5.90 Pearl Sago Small 7\ Rice, Anam No. 250 Copra Sundried 9.45 Riee Liang Hin Chun Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.30 Rice. Siam old No. 1. 330 Rict, Random. Pintan 260 Rice, Rangoon245 words
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Article63 1929-08-08 15 Auu. 7th.. 12 o'clink noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot 3*\ 36 St.iruiar.l K.S.S. on Ti-ndcr Auicu~t 36 36^ St'pU-mtwr 36 'v 36*4 Oct. 37\ 38 Oct-lh-c. 39 39 Jan-Mar. 3t** 4 40 Ton*' of Market] Dull. Latest hit-. Lmim spot -htt't iu 1563 words
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196 1929-08-08 15 Singapore. Aug. 7. Rubber.- -LM-floa 10 7 H d. Prices at 4 p.m.: Spot 35%. August 36, September MHi Oct. -Dec. 19, .lan.-March 40. Stagnant. Tin. Londoa £216 17s od. .Mining. Dull. Sungei Ways 8.00 3.65, Kuchais 1.50 1.59, Kintas 1.80 1.84, Klang Rivers196 words
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Article57 1929-08-08 15 A new material with a fine polished surface is being used on a framework of plywo>d by one of the Continental furnituremakers. Numbers of different colourings can be produced, but the most interesting feature about this furniture is that it can be washed with soap and water instead57 words
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Article38 1929-08-08 15 The Mine Manager reports that the Dredge on the property of Lukut Tir .Dredging Limited started working on Julj 31st., last, and is now digging out a paddock and opening up. The Dredge is work ing isatisfactorily ExEx. - 38 words
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Article121 1929-08-08 15 SOUTHERN MALAYAN ACTIVE. Absorption of Ropp Tin, [FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.) London, Aug. 7. The tin sharemarket shows a moderate degree of activity and there has been a big demand for Southern Malayan shares which was induced by the excellent return for July showing a record profit121 words
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Article15 1929-08-08 15 The rubber sharemarket remains firm whilst the commodity section shows no material change.15 words
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Article21 1929-08-08 15 The increase in London stocks totals 770 tons while at Liverpool there has been a decline of 07 tons.21 words
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Article187 1929-08-08 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers. Banjrrin Tin 36s 38s Hons Fatts 85 95 c.d. Johan Tin (20) 32 35 Klanj? River ($1) 2JBS 2.95 K. Lumpur Tin 31s 6d 32s 6d Kuchai Tin Dredpe ($1) 1.55 1.60 Malayan Collieries (10) 47.50 48.25 Petalinsr 5.60 5.70 South Taipinjf ($1)187 words
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Article176 1929-08-08 15 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. I Vujr. 7th-, Closing 1 PriceI Buyers Sellers. Hitams 1.0« 1.10 (Honjf r'atts B."> 90 Johan Tin 34 'j» .'{6 Kinta Tin Dred. 1.78 1.82% Kuyohs 16 18 Malayan Con. 49 51*4 jNawng Pet 95 1.00 North Taipinj: 82 87 ■Penawats 1.02 1.03 V*176 words
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Article71 1929-08-08 15 The annual report of Kent (F.M.S.) Tra Dredging, Co., Ltd., one of Osborne and 1 Chappel's successful flotations, was issued 1 at Redruth on June 13th., for the annual meeting on July 16th. The profit for last year after providing for depreciation of plant and machinery was £17,880. A final71 words
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Advertisement1602 1929-08-08 15 I ASSETS OVER $9,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in 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 Act1,602 words
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Advertisement42 1929-08-08 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter AD. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— .Messrs. BARLOW CO. r Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. j CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor). A GORDON. LEE, Resident Manager, i42 words
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Article430 1929-08-08 16 THE NEW JALAN BESAR GROUND. Work Proceeds Apace. Work on the new football ground at Jalan Eesar which is being carried out by the Singapore Municipality, has progressed apace. Singapore now boasts another first class playing field and the lay out has been designed to make the430 words
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Article197 1929-08-08 16 Hope for International Honours. [FREE PRESS SERVICE. -COPYRIGHT.] London, Aug. 6. F. W. Southall, the Heme Hill cyclist, established a new record for the Bath Road course, covering" 100 miles in 4 hours, 34 minutes, 26 seconds. This performance entitles him to hope to beat the197 words
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Article324 1929-08-08 16 Held Up By Sand Storm and Rain. That the Indian Air mail, letters for which are now accepted in the Straits, is not free from delays is shown by the following messages from Karachi, the Indian terminus of the service. Karachi, July 28. Heavy rain, which324 words
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Article675 1929-08-08 16 WELCH'S IMPORTANT RECOVERY. Malays' Hopes Dashed. Welch Regiment 5; Malays 2. The Malays lost all hopes of equalling the S.C.C.'s total at the top of the first division by their defeat last night at the hands of the Welch Regiment. They started brilliantly and were two goals up675 words
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Article24 1929-08-08 16 The result of Tuesday's game between the R.A.O.C. and S.C.C. was wrongly recorded yesterday, it should have been S.C.C. 3 R.A.O.C. 1.24 words
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Article230 1929-08-08 16 Unusual Incident at Maidstone. An unusual incident occurred at Maidstone in the match between Kent and Lancashire last week. Valentine, the Kent amateur, played a ball into his wicket, but the bails did not fall. One bail, however, was lifted from its groove. The umpires, following a consultation with230 words
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Article119 1929-08-08 16 MORE UNCOMPLETED MATCHES. Bowlers on Top. [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 6. Scores in county cricket championship matches to-day were as follow: Derbyshire vs. Warwickshire. At Derby: Warwickshire led on first innings. Derbyshire 95 and 38 for 2. Warwickshire 175. In Derbyshire's first innings Mayer took five wickets for119 words
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161 1929-08-08 16 Ist Inn. P. W. L. W. L. NR. Pts. Points-value of Result 8 0 5 3 4 Notts (9) 20 11 ~2 3 2 2 Tl" Lane* .1) |S 4 i Kent it) 22 11 C 4 1 0 111 Glostor <.=>> -M n 4 l161 words
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685 1929-08-08 16 Weather Against Tourists. The story of England's innings victory over South Africa in the fourth Test Match at Old Trafford on July 27-31 is related in cables descriptive of the play to the Rangoon papers. England had lost the wickets of Sutcliffe (who after timing685 words
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Article235 1929-08-08 16 FLEETING MEMORY WINS STEWARDS CUP. A Good Finish. London, July 30. At Goodwood to-day, the Goodwood Stewards Cup (over a distance of six furlongs) resulted as follows: FLEETING MEMORY (Perryman) 1 GOLDEN ORACLE (J. Childs) 2 DARK FIRE (F. Fox) I Also ran: Songe (H. Wragg), Oak riage235 words
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Article61 1929-08-08 16 Knight of the Grail's Victory. London, July 26. The Liverpool Summer Cup resulted as follows: KNIGHT OF THE GRAIL 1 GREAT SCOT 2 HARTFORD 3 Ten ran; won by four lengths, a sho/t head separating second and third. Betting: 6 to 1 against Knight of the Grail.61 words
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Article350 1929-08-08 16 Hill Climb at the Gap in September. The Motor-Cycle platoon of Singapore Volunteer Corps has organised its third annual hill climb to take place at the Gap on Sunday Sept. 8. Several innovations have been made this year. In the motor-cycle classes competitors will be divided350 words
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25 1929-08-08 16 LADIES DOUBLES (HANDICAP.) Mrs. C. J. Smith and Miss Toby beat Lady Murison and Mrs. Zylstra 2 6, B—6, 6—3.25 words
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Article65 1929-08-08 16 THURSDAY'S TIES. "A" Doubles Handicap. Chia Teck Yam and Chew Su San vs. Lim Bong Soo and Tan Chong Gark. "B" Doubles Handicap Semi-final. Lim Boon Seng and Lee Chin Quan vs. C. K. Pang and Tan Thian Sang to finish! Veterans* Doubles Handicap. Kiong Chin65 words
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Advertisement173 1929-08-08 16 LAMPSHADE MAKING AN* PAINTING. The artistic lampshade has to-day become one of the e of house decoration. In the elaborate home wher^^* are rooms of various colour schemes and of differ? 5? lampshades are required to suit each setting, and this* Peri( 1 with amazing effect the desired "finish" which173 words
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