The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 August 1929

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    13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SA SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1929. NO. 12^03
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    329 1 Mr. Kamsay MacDonald, as the most noted Morayshire man in the world, has received the Freedom of Elgin Pasre 11. Damage estimated at $500,000 was done when fire gutted McAlister's godown in Fisher Street and destroyed a quantity of rubber last night PajM 10. Further outrages by
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1224 1 Q,i!rq»iiff agunt hoinlnrs ,u»otri t«t farrogc Libelli Juvenal. Having a reputation of a sort to lose The Topicist regretfully informs his many correspondents that he is unable to print any stories about organs or other (musical) instruments The Hague delineiations dffttg their slow length along and
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      262 1 WING LOONG. TllK RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HIGH STREET. ißafiles Hotelf t ORCHESTRAL CONCERT t I Monia Litter i The Raffles "Octette J SUNDAY, AUG. 25th. at 11.30 a.m. JL irertar* THE MARRIAGE OP FIGARO W. A. Mozart. ♦> SaV pen Fantasie MEFISTOFELE A. Boito. ,A Interval.
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      258 1 A aj A W MBM\^BM^^BMk 9T A a« I I One Certain 1 I I Cure 1 I ft FOR. A^L INSECT FEKTI 1 fht^^^ff^^ 1 II a£i^ I 5; COCKMOAGMMS. .jS^ MU.TMMFIMM. BED BUOBt mwX£j±ltß^Bfr S^i L" W I H^BH 1 I I T^^^Bi ip> [^■^■I k^^^fel t^HHI Dl^^Bl
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      123 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. I.otol slays all vermin Page 1. Gilbey's the popular choice Page 10. Gold Leaf tea is Ceylon's be*t Page 20. All hifrfi-elass •Mnrtar stock Olivers' products Page 7. Good used car bargains from Malayan Motors Page 4. State Express cigarettes (555) are made by hand Page 7. Buy
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      14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STREET.
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      131 1 THE WEEK. Sutitrday, 24th. Hi K 'h Water, 0.18 a.m., 10.0, 0.59 pjn., 9.0. Australian mail (Centaur) closes 10 a.m. Cricket: I.A. vs. Municipal Services. Merchants vs. P.S. and L. at S.C.C. S.C.C. 2nd XI vs. O.R.A. A.P.C. Sports, Stadium. Y.M.C.A. Swimming Carnival, Fort Canning Pool. Garden Party at Garden
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      347 2 MAISON INTERLANW f Europe Hotel Building. I SPECIAL REDUCED PRICE for one month only. I I $20.00 I 1 PERMANENT WAVE I by an Expert Parisian just s arrived from Paris. MADAM #T*£* Ljrj V Lj I TALENTED m pupils M Kl at the Victoria m Theatre M Pfc^*^ ()n
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      409 2 VICTORIA Commencing Friday, Aug. S«Ui, «nd nightly at ».3O POB. The Forbes Russell Comedy Co. WITH APRIL VIVIAN DIRECT FROM LONDON PRESENTING THE LATEST SUCCESSES. Friday and Saturday, Aug. 30th., and 31st., Londons longest run. "By Candle Light" FROM THE PRINCE OF WALES AND CRITFKION THEATRES Monday and Tuesday, Sept.
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      562 2 aihambraS Tan Cheng Kee Co- Ltd^ Proprietorg. I PROGRAiMME. COMMENCING SATURDAY, \K i v T I AND ENDING THURSDAY, AUGUST 29th 24th I In the Second Show at 9 p.m. I THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS I BLUE SKIES I A Charming Story in a Soul-Sweeping L., v Ihania I Victor
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      483 2 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. ISTH SUNDAY AFTKK TRINITY. 7 ;..i ■>. Holy Communion. 'Mo ajn. («horal) Holy Communion and Sermon 9.H .'t.rn. ?.latin? and Litnny. BJM) (choral) Even.soup and Sermon. Monday, Wodnooday, and Friday at X «.m. Ho]y Communion. u, wlay, Thursday, and Saturday at 7 a.m. Hol.v l
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    THE CINEMA WORLD.
    1052 3 SOUND PICTURES IN MALAYA. Paramount Replies. (By Our Film Correspondent). 11? HEN, IN JUNE, I dealt with one as»W pect (which was termed the "complex problem") of sound picture production in Malaya on a wide scale I asked, after setting: out the prohibitive cost of installation tor
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    PARAMOUNT REMAINS INDEPENDENT.
    105 3 Contrary to expectations in the asotiofi picUre industiy that Paramount night eventually mt-rgC with othtV interests, cabled adrioes has been reee! .1 front New York by Mr. John W. Hicks Jiu\, Managing: Director of Paramount Pktures, that Adolph Zukor, President of the organisation, has definitely decided that
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    FIRST TEN REELER.
    101 3 In March, 1S!»7. thirty two years apo, the first feature lenjrth motion picture was made. It was, it is claimed, a ten Meier of the prize-flight between James Corbet t and the Australian, Bob Fitzsimmons. Corbett, at that time, was the world's heavyweight champion. The fiirht was
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    PROBLEM FOR HOLLYWOOD PRODUCERS.
    808 3 A Monotonous Reiteration. (By MOLUK MKRRICK). Hollywood, (alii'. Id'- truest ion of eolu— d pictures is agi- tilting Hollywood producers more n(»w than' any problem which has confronted them I since the advent of the talking picture. t Coloured Mqmneei have been inserted in most ot
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      228 3 if >^^Ja» rT wP K (f^saS I^s* k* .JDn i 'H.MV" NEW ISSUE j i MID-AUGUST GRACIE FIELDS 1 TELLS YOU ALL ABOUT SCENTED SOAP" You must hear this I S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD? (Incorporated in Hon* Kong). RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. Start taking I I ifRONOUNCIU ML OSANI A-»i TO^DA
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      95 3 I HOW MUCH DOES I 1 TRIUMPH SUPER SEVENjCAR 1 c sT i i Only $1,350. S 1 FOR WHICH AMOUNT YOU WILL OBTAIN THE WORLD'S BEST LIGHT CAR. f 1 FOUR WHEEL HYDRAULIC BRAKES, A GASOLINE CONSUMPTION OF so m.p.g. 1 A CONSTANT STOCK OF SPARE PARTS, COMFORT AND
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    ACCURATE BRAKE ADJUSTMENT.
    385 4 It is probable that no device yet known contributes towards the safety of motoring as much as one w^iich has just been installed at the Hillman works. This consists of a brake testing plant which is now in operation at the cr. J of the finishing line.
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    GOLDEN RULE AT THE WHEEL.
    105 4 The Christian Register prints the following prayer for motorists, by Harry McCreary: "Teach us to drive through life without skidding into other people's business. Preserve our brake lining, that we may stop before we go too far. Help us to hear the knocks in our
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    ROAD COURTESY.
    995 4 NOVELISTS TOUR OF AMERICA. Early Impressions. BY THE HON. MRS. VICTOR BRUCE. [Special to the Free Press.] IN EARLIER DAYS of motoring there used to be a kind of freemasonly of the road which has all but disappeared in these more crowded times: There is not now, &t
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    BABY CAR INVASION.
    195 4 Austin "Sevens" to be Built in the U.S. Sir Herbert Austin, the chairman of the Austin Motor Company, Ltd., states that an American company has been formed to manufacture the Austin Seven car in the United States. Sir Herbert says: Careful survey of the American market has
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    ONE TYRE ON HAND FOR EVERY CAR ROLLING.
    243 4 Total stocks of automobile tyres in hands of dealers and manufacturers at the start of the present month were equivalent to approximately one tyre to each car rolling, it was estimated by members of the Rubber Exchange of New York, says a
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    SWEDISH MOTORS.
    119 4 Two New Cars Start on World Tour. The "Volvo" Company of Gothenburg and the "Scania-Vabis" Company of Soedertelje, both automobile concerns in Sweden, have decided to send two motor cars on a trip around the world to show their excellent products to an international public. The expedition consists
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    THE SCHOOL FOR P.Cs.
    29 4 Police-constable, giving evidence in a motor case at Ton bridge: It was an academy road. Solicitor: You mean a macadamised road? Constable: Yes, that's it.
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    RATTLES, RATTLES.
    141 4 RATTLES, RATTL E S. A Now One Arising Kroni Shot'. Absorber*. Among the newer rattu- have to contend with and whicr. may puzzle them whtn trying to silen- sort resulting from loo^c >rer:. Some of the hydraulic device- htvt nexion to the frame whioh tightening. With mechanical braking there are
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    STUCK IN THE MID.
    157 4 Some Methods of Getting Out Without Aid of Rope. A motorist should stop the enc:ne the instant it becomes stuck in sand or mini. He should kok over the situation r. stead o forcing the car and burying it dccpci and deeper. If the rear wheels
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    SENSATIONAL SKID.
    195 4 Lucky Escape in Shanghai Fire Pa> h Dashing to a fire recently. No. 7 Miuhv of the French Fire Brigade ikiddfd complete circle whilst the crew of twen men, horrified and breathless, held >»n Nobody was hurt, not a single puv of gea was spilled, and the pipe
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    GOODYEAR AIR-PLANE TYRES.
    105 4 Much of the experience that into the modern automobile tyre pf used to advantage in Um manut airplane tyres, the demand rapidly increasing as governnu countries subsidize commercial a < i? sportation. The method of P rod eV er. the same for both types of tyre*, ri,
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      78 4 i 1 u EXTRA MILEAGE [given away I IN u a P THE FISK RUBBER CO., (Far East) LTD., Sales Division. B Union Building Singapore. >*a A <>^fc a a a^> at*^ A a^a at^ w^v -»y». JUSED 1 I A "D O f i w JEa. X\i O Z*-
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      47 4 mw r^*-^mm9,m^uw*™ m^® m^ rm^ mi nmr a a I 1 i m 1 Accuracy Strength The Acme of Scientific Construction J Sole Agents j Malayan Motors, Ltd. 14-20, Orchard Road, Singapore. l i I Represented Throughout the F.M.S. by Meatn Wearne Br»*.. m I mm Biimiii3iii
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    PASSING OTHER CARS.
    1002 5 Result of a Recent Test. There is probably nothing in motoring that causes so much controversy as passing another vehicle going in the same direction as one?elf, writes the Hon. Maynard Greville n the Morning Post. Tho whole thing really boils down to the lilTerent point of
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    BETTER CARS FOR THE MONEY.
    132 5 In the nine months which have elapsed since the Olympia Show of 1928 the staff of The Motor has carried out road tests on approximately 60 different types of car, and in each case figures have been published showing the performance in the shape of
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    HENRY FORD ON STATES' DEVELOPMENT.
    1318 5 The Part of the Automobile. Detroit. Mich July 6. On a June Sunday morning* this year Mrs. Thomas A. Edison handed Henry Ford a basket of lunch she had put up and waved him and his chauffeur, Burns, "goodbye and luck" as they drove away
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    A SPLINTERED MOTOR WINDSCREEN.
    177 5 Accident After Visit to a Night Club. A claim for damages for alleged breach of warranty, breach of duty, and negligence against the Triplex Safety Glass Company was brought by Major John H. Skelton, of Maida Vale, who had a Triplex glass screen fixed to his
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    RACING CAR CRASH.
    66 5 i T u^ Alfa Romeo motor-car which won the Irish Grand Prix at Dublin, ran into a wall North Wales, and was damaged. The driver Mr. Frederick Styles, o f the Alfa Romei Company, Baker-street, London, wa, unhurt. B. Ivamowsky, who drove the car in the* race,
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      159 5 CHRYSLER A car that suits the whole family Who* the famfly car is a Chrysler, there isn't any division of opinion in that household— because C h f7 sler haB Ac dim whole family likes* Chrysler's distinctive new style and lively performance are just what youth wants in a car—
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      146 5 Oldsmobile six of the surest quides to the intel-^°" vM^VV^ hgent selection ot an automobile is the *JJ opinion of experienced motorists. During 1928 the opinion of such motorists with regard to Oldsmobile found its expression in a sales volume practically double that of the previous year. When you buy
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      THE PLEA!
      2623 6 CHAPTER XXIV. A> everybody anticipated, the serni-iina-ls {between vonne Dorian and Miss O'brien, a young IrUh-Australian, on the one hand, ami Pamela Moon and Susan Russell, a clever American girl on the other, were little more then exercise canters for the fancied finalists, indeed Yvonne was so indifferent
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      THE QUEEN IS CROWNED.
      2198 6 CHAPTER XXV. There was such a crowd outside the hotel that evening that it was deemed wise to paste up a bulletin. Policemen had to keep the queue of people in order who pressec forward in a toever ending line to read it. "There is no
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    WHY I DO NOT PLAY FOR HAMPSHIRE.
    819 6  -  TED BOWLEY VAIN WAIT 4FTER A DEPLORABLE COLTS' INNINGS. I THEN CAME SUSSEX. By (Sussex and England). J (Special to the Free Press). PERHAPS THE GAME that stands out most blackly in my mind was that in which I played for the Hampshire
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    MATTERS INDIAN.
    879 7 CLIFFORD FUND INDIAN EFFORTS. Temple Affairs. (By Our Indian Correspondent.) It is unfortunate that contributions from Indians to the 'Clifford Fund" have not been steadily coming in. The rich and well-to-do, as also the educated classes, in the community have solemn obligations in this respect to discharge. Let
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    88 7 The Bishop of Singapore, assisted by the Rev. F.WJ. Reynolds, on Tuesday evening dedicated a tablet to the memory of the late Mr. Joseph Ernest Marwood. The tablet, which was given by members of the Trade and Customs Department, is of coloured marble with the inscription. "In loving memory of
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    INCOME TAX.
    415 7 Attempt to Help Dominion Visitors. Steps have recently been taken, the Sunday Times learns, to secure some relaxation of the liability to income-tax of visitors from the overseas Dominions during their stay in England. During the past few <lays the Board of Inland Revenue have been asked if
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    76 7 The- Kinjr has presented to the British Museum, with the original message to his people signed by him at Craigweil House. Bofjnor, on April 22, a manuscript prepared ;by a leader of the Nichiren Church of Japan expressing the cornern felt throughout the I Japanese Empire during His Majesty's re-
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      349 7 Cki ver s Jams Thousands of tons of fresh fruits are taken every year from Messrs. Olivers' SOLD RECOMMENDED orchards direct to the Orchard Factory stores everywhere to be made into Jams and other fruit products. Every jar is sealed with agents (M Patent Hygienic Cover and hoJkon cTank* hTm^s
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      131 7 \V^- Stale Express 555 Cigarettes V^llHHMMf^l[lh I perfect the pleasure of those IniQUUNPn BM PB^^^^ leisure moments between r^iulvwm mSL grimes. Supreme in quality <Hf||i» S!jßilfti^; r and flavour, they appeal to f-XPPESS ra^-fe— VIRGINIA CIGARETTES /I^S^^^^B®/ *^F *^F W^^JOHt&ervHtfn tl/acte 01/ ha?Lcl One at a tune! Sl^^^Mr I I^OLYNOS
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    "MONEY ON A BOB-TAILED NAG- "
    191 8 "MONEY ON A BOB-TAILED NAG- Sydney,, July 18. On the ground that it might encourage toorseracing and gambling, Canon H. S. Bebbie banned the singing of the popular old song, Camp Town Races, at a concert #riven by the scholars of the St. Johnfs Sunday School, Willoughby. Camp Town Races
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    MALAYA COMMAND RIFLE MEETING.
    364 8 Generous Prize Giving. This meeting takes place at Bukit Timah and Seletar Ranges on August 30 and 31 and September 1. The meeting has received many oncour:ik r invr offers of support and the following list of prize donors, and the events for which they will
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    REFEREE SHOT DEAD BY DUELLISTS.
    54 8 Remarkable Episode in Mexico. London, Aug. Bth. Mexico City. The duellists fired simultaneously at 20 paces and the referee dropped dead with both bullets in his chest. Such was the fate of Miguel Martinez, who agreed to referee a duel between two of his friends,
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    NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYERS FOR ENGLAND.
    46 8 To Play for St. Helens. London, August 13. The New Zealand Rugby League internationals, Roy Hardgraves, Ernest Hall and Lewis Hutt, arrived at Southampton to-day. They have signed agreements to play for the St. Helens Club in the Rugby League.
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    SCIENTIST ON "NERVES."
    773 8 TEA PAVES WAY FOR DRUGS. Neurotic Civilisation. Cape Town, July 24. The meetings of the various sections of the British Association were resumed punctually this morning: in brilliant weather, though clouds drifted north-west over Table Mountain and may herald rains, which are needed by the farmers. In
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    54 8 Foot and mouth disease has brtfken out among cattle at Kampong Pay a, Province Wellestey. A bad case of foot and mouth disease was brought to the notice of the Malacca authorities, last week, when Ahmed bin Alsat wbs fined $20 and costs by Mr. G. C. Dodd, for failing
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      600 8 IP I I*T This latest FIAT incorporates I IPI PV mf^T* I ©very latest refinement. I I I 1 1 1 IT >AJj JI I It is the live expression of I I: N^ if tn most advanced wishes of I I J g^^^*^*^ experienced motorists. I I Please allow
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      44 8 REMINDER. Saturday, Auk. 24th. at 2.30 p.m. At No. 11 Makepeace Road, (off Bukit Timah Road). AUCTION SALE of Valuable wax polished and walnut-stained teak household furniture, Singer treadle sewing machine, plants, etc. Express issued. Now on view. CHEONG KOON SENG ft CO., Auctioneers.
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      556 8 AUCTION SALES AUCTION SALE Of EXCELLENT WALNUT-STAINED TUtAI RATTAN HOUSEHOLD FURNITUti TONED COTTAGK PIANO fti j HIS MASTER'S VOICI HORNL&gS MOPHONKS. ETC To be held at our saler<.<>n \,> m Robin -mi Roni On Saturday, August 24th, at U aJn Comprising: Beautifully c;,.-. ir ,j stained teak sideboard with mjT^S
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    A RAY OF HOPE.
    313 9 WAY OUT OF THE HAGUE DEADLOCK. German Sacrifice Proposed. LKeuter's Service.] TMe Hague, Aug. 22. Conference gloom is illuminated by a ray of hope. Herr Helferding, the German Finance Minister, joined this afternoon's meeting of the four Powers, which, after two hours discussion, adjourned until later
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    AUSTRALIA'S NEW DUTIES.
    110 9 Last Year's Deficit. Sydney. Aug. 22. Introducing the Budget in the Commonwealth House of Representatives the Treasurer explained that the deficit of 1928--19 whs partly due to the falling off in MlitoMl and excise receipts. The proposed new taxes would include a ten per cent. bseresM in
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    ROUND EUROPE AIR TRIAL.
    107 9 Miss Spooner Among Leaders. [Reuter's Service.! Paris, Aug. 23. The AtfO Club of France has published its awards of points to competitors in the round- Europe flight for speed, reliability etc. Morzkk (Germany) is first with IMJi Captain Broad second IS&JS, Mr. John (Lord) Carbery third
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    NAVAL DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL.
    58 9 "Police Cruisers" for British Colonies. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Aug. 23. A solution of the Anglo-American naval disarmament problem is being considered, whereby the United States and Great Britain have parity on 10,000 ton cruisers but Great Britain is allowed to maintain a large number of small cruisers
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    PRINCE PURACHATRA'S ILLNESS.
    28 9 [Router's Sorvice.l New York, Aug. 23. Prince Puraehatra of Siam, who arrived aboard the Bremen, had a sudden heart attack. His condition is not serious.
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    STRIKE OF OIL COMPANIES' EMPLOYES.
    24 9 [Router's Service.] Calcutta. Aug. 23. Ten thousand employes of the Burmah, Shell and Standard Oil Companies have struck work.
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    COTTON WAGE AWARD.
    329 9 HALF EMPLOYERS' DEMAND ALLOWED. Not the Only Remedy. [Reuter's Seivicc] London, Au*r. 22 It is understood on good authority that the sitting of the Cotton Arbitration 'Board has taken a dramatic turn. It is believed that Mr. Justice Rigby Swift, the Chairman, suggested that both sides try
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    SEQUEL TO AMERICAN AIR DISASTER.
    147 9 ♦Suits for £360,000 Damages. Jersey City, Au«. 23. Suits for danii«g<-s f »r £WO.OOO haw been filed in the Supivme Court as a rvsult of the atroplant* accident at New Brunswick on Sept. 17, 1927, when 7 people Were killed and 6 injured. Tlm plaintiffs
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    TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA.
    83 9 Montana Town Evacuated. [Reutor's Service.] Columbia Falls, Montana. Aug. 23. The worst forest fires in twenty years are raping in the north-eastern States of America, British Columbia, Oklahoma and Mont-ma. Ranchers and lumbermen were forced to flee for their lives. Over 50,000 acres of timhvrland
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    AMERICAN STATE AID FOR SHIPPING.
    51 9 To Prevent Unemployment. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Aug. 23. The Federal Government is reported to be lending the American Export Steamship Corporation $0,900,000 to finance the construction of four vessels for the American Merchant Marine to prevent unemployment of a thousand shipworkers in the corporation's
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    GRAF-ZEPPELIN'S FLIGHT.
    35 9 Departure from Tokio Delayed. [Reutcr's Far Eastern Service]. Tokyo, Auk. 23. Owing to unfavourable winds the departure of the Zeppelin has again been postponed, though it is still possible she will leave to-night.
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      459 9 BUSINESS CARDS, riEAcffiSw TANJONG KATONG. g select Seaside Residential Hotel. ►*< Concrete Bathing Pagar, >; Tennis, Garage, Good Cuisine. >♦« fphone 5553. M. C. Gas?«r, Proprietor. f maison "marttnl"; permanent Waving Reduced Prices I'nder control of Mr. Martin, I'rofesseur de TAcademie des Coiffeurs de France. I Phone 3460. 15 Orchard
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      678 9 NOTICES. ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In bankruptcy No. 378 of 1928. Re R. S. HAMEED MARICAN CO. (R. S. Hameed Marican alias Shaik Ismail Marican, Bankrupt). Notice is hereby given that a first and nnal Dividend is intended to
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      418 9 Hi^ati'i'BHr iißi.>'^n..:^i swnM •<■ WE BEG TO ANNOUNCE 1 that our i ORANCiE SMASH LIMERICK COMPETITION J will commence from SEPTEMBER Ist and continue I up to SEPTEMBER 30th. 4 PRIZES will be awarded to five successful com- petitors as under: m Ist Prize Cheque for $200.00 2nd Prize Cheque
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      104 9 FOR SALE. ONE 4-SEATER CITROKN car, in good coniiti<»n. $«!t)U. Apply Ho\ No. ♦)(•;>. care of Fre« Prtss. KRSKINK SALOON, in ;ir>t rfaag condition. Owiur Ifavin^r Colony, <»thfrwi-»- would not consider selling. Apply box No. 607, care f v ree Press. MARBLE CHIPPINGS* ROAD* "l I METAL LIME FOR SALE
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. REQUIEM MASS.
    49 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. REQUIEM MASS. A Hitfh Mas? of Requiem will be performed at the Church of St. Joseph- on Monday, the 26th inst., at 6.30 a.m. for the repose of the soul of the late Francis Holmberg. The attendance of relatives and friends of the deceased is earnestly solicited.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Saturday, AUGUST 24, 1929. SINGAPORE AND THE EMPIRE AIR ROUTE.
    729 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Saturday, AUGUST 24, 1929. SINGAPORE AND THE EMPIRE AIR ROUTE. Nearly five months have elapded since Sir Eric Geddes, managing director of Imperial Airways, was in Singapore and unfolded to unofficial members of Council the plans which his company then had in mind for the development of
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    334 10 Mr. J. E. McDonnell is appointed a Deputy Port Officer, Singapore. Mr. George Savage has been appointed to be Controller of Poets and Telegraphs, Johore. Sec. Lieut. A. P. Goldman. S.S.V.F. is appointed Acting Captain whilst Second-in-Command of A (M.G.) Co. Mr. Lim Chong Pang fills the vacancy on the
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    830 10 A DEBTOR'S STRANGE TRANSACTIONS. Alleged Payment Disputed. The unusual action of a debtor in depositing money with a chetty and then borrowing from another man to pay a judgment creditor was brought to light in the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Stevens yesterday when the debtor, M. S.
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    65 10 LATEST TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT] London, Aug. 23, 4.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £210 9/16 (up 12/16). Forward £214 1/16 (up 8/16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as
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    RUBBER GODOWN GUTTED.
    903 10 $500,000 DAMAGE I\ FKu^ STREET. HER Last Night's Spectacular Blaze Damage estimated at ROM* m when fire destroyed Hessri MrAi 8s don Co. Ltd.'s godown in Raker .w and as a quantity of rubber. l a t niKh &S Well The building, a large robber, mia and
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    77 10 it St'i' A commission as Honorary i Lieutenant in the St. JOMpfc'i Injitlt k j Cadet Corps has been fcrante.l to M«Ess. Miss E. M. Dow, Nursing Blrter, IWJJJ Dept, S.S., and Mr. V. A. PjJJ Superintendent of Surveys, S> nave seconded for service in Kedah. An auctioneer's licence has
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    THE PREMIER HONOURED.
    183 11 MOST NOTED MORAYSHIRE MAN." Freedom of Elgin Conferred. [Keuter's Service.] London. Aug. 23. Au-cinpanied by his two sons and three <iauKh tors tne Pri me Minister to-day received the Freedom of Elgin, Ifl the words of the lx>rd Provost, "as the most noted Mray^hire man in the
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    COTTON BOARD'S AWARD.
    91 11 A Mixed Reception in Lancashire. t ßeuter's Service.] London, Aug. 23. tton Board's award has been given reception in Lancashire. t ni plovers fee! that they have not eiwd what ih necessary to restore prosperitj to the industry, while the operatives frankly disappointed. As one of them
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    GIANT AMERICAN BANK COMBINE.
    68 11 Quarter of a Billion Resources. [Reuter's Service.] Minneapolis. Aug. 23. The formatioa of a $225,000,000,000 banking 1 corporation known as the First Bank feck Corporation is announced by the First National Banks of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The holding company will weld together M bank* in
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    A NEW LONDON THEATRE.
    49 11 £250,000 Building in Shaftesbury Avenue. KKK I'RKSS SERVICE COPYRIGHT]. London, Aug. 23. afu-sbury Avenue is to have another ftn for plans have been approved and f 'rk commenced upon a building which will ■•vide staling accommodation for 1,200 people. The lew theatre will cost £250,000.
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    OPIUM ENQUIRY.
    167 11 league Com/mission's Visit to Singapore. ommission of Enquiry into the Control Upium Smoking in the Far East, which by the Council of the League .Nat-ns at its 54th session in March, 'il lea t (Jeneva on August 28th, 1929. Mowing persons have been appointby th«- Council as members
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    63 11 the -q Permission of the proprietor of Pl a n r V aneSananda Dr «»natic Troupe" a ih,'\u Alli "Arjuna will be staged at part' r f H ra Hall °n Sunday night. As u-arH, ..tw proceed s is to be devoted toit n lhe Clifford Fund," Raffles College, il!
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    OPTIMISM AT THE HAGUE.
    101 11 PLAN TO SATISFY MOST OF BRITISH DEMANDS. Italy Prepared to Give Way. IKeuter's Service. J The Hague, Aug 23 Events have been moving rapidly and an a breakdown may be averted It is believed that by the evening Mr. fcnowden will have received the new offer
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    INCREDIBLE AIR SPEEDS.
    272 11 380 Miles an Hour Expected of Blue Rocket. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Aug. 12. The seaplane Gloster Napier 6, of which exeat things are expected in the Schneider irophy race, was to be tested to-day at C^alshot, but unfavourable weather conditions prevailed. It is now revealed
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    TO AMERICA VIA SIBERIA.
    120 11 Soviet Plane's Second Attempt. I Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Aug. 23. M. Shestakov, the pilot of "The Land of the Soviets," took off to-day on a second attempt to fly to New York along the same route as originally planned. The new plane, which is also named
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    TOTALISATOR IN LONDON.
    35 11 The Hurst Park Meeting. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT.! London, Aug. 23. London had its first experience of the totalisator to-day, for it was in operation at the Hurst Park meeting this afternoon.
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    CHAP-JI-KEE AGAIN.
    126 11 Chinese Heavily Fined. A fine of $3,000 was imposed by the Fourth Magistrate yesterday on a Chinese who was produced before him by Inspector Astin on charges of possession of chap-ji-ket lottery tickets and assisting in the management of a chap-ji-kee lottery. The accused was arrested in New
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    111 11 The following official appointments were notified in yesterday's Government Gazette: Mr. C. W. A. Senhett to officiate as Official Assignee and Registrar of Companies, Penang; Dr. L. W. Evans to be Chief Medical Officer, Kelantan. The schedule of orders made under the Quarantine Rules and Diseased Cattle (Prevention of Export)
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    MANCHURIAN CONFLICT.
    366 11 MORE OUTRAGES BY THE RUSSIANS. Raids at Various Points. IReuter's Far Eastern Service]. m Shanghai, Aug. 23. Official communiques issued by Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang report that on Monday a railway inspector of the Chinese Eastern Railway was murdered by Red agents while on duty; on Wednesday a
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    JAPAN APTLY SUMS DP THE POSITION.
    115 11 [Reuter's Service. l Tokio, Aug. 23. Despite the increasing frequency of SinoSoviet clashes officialdom continues to be optimistic that an actual outbreak of hostilities is moat unlikely, while it is intimated that little faith is placed in either Chinese or Soviet charges, countercharges or
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    INDIGNANT SOVIET WORKERS.
    166 11 Moscow, Aug. 27. The Tass Agency states: 'The reports of raids on Soviet territory from China* and the brutal treatment of Soviet citizens in Manchuria has caused a fresh outburst of indignation on the part of the workers of the Soviet Republic. Many meetings of workers whole-heartedly
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    AFGHAN'S INTERNAL STRIFE.
    66 11 Habibullah's Desperate Plight. [Reuter's Service.] Calcutta, Aug. 23. Habibullah is becoming desperate and has offered a reward of £7,000 for the capture, dead or alive, of Nadir Khan, who, with his three brothers, is harassing Habibullah on three fronts. Habibullah's commander, Khan Mohammed, has been captured with
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    91 11 The Coroner, Mr. F.G. Bourne, commented yesterday upon the dangerous practice of coolies being conveyed in heavily laden motor lorries. In a rider to his verdict of death by misadventure which he returned at the conclusion of an inquest touching the death of a Tamil coolie who fell from a
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    "REAL SERVICE TO INDIA."
    292 11 SHAW'S VIEW OF MISS MAYO'S BOOK. Criticism Needed. M- n London. Auj?. 7. Mr. Georgre Bernard Shaw, asked by the London correspondent of the Free Press of India to contradict Miss Mayo's assertion that her work 'Mother India' had his fullest support or to explain his
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    EMPIRE TIMBER RESEARCH.
    79 11 Campaign for Greater Consumption. IFREK PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT London. Aug. l:\. The Kmpire Marketing Board and the DtpHitiiuiit of Scientific Research are cooperating in a scheme for the tenting of the qualities and uses of Empire grown timbers with the object of providing a catalogue of information
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    THE FORBES RUSSELL CO.
    218 11 Singapore Season. Tho season of the Forbes Russell Company which is due to open at the Victoria Theatre on Friday, Aug. 30th, should prov« to be one of the outstanding attractions of the year. Miss April Vivian is supported by a company of artistes of London
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    171 11 The Bombay Sports Club, Singapore Chinese and Foreign Goods Association, and Koon Aik Society, Singapore, have been registered under the Societies Ordinance. Mr. C. V. Bailey has been appointed a member of the Panel constituted under the Singapore Improvement Ordinance, in the place of Mr. H. C. Cooke-Yarborough, who has
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    RUBBER GROWING.
    3659 12 THE DREAM OF THE GAMBLER. BY L. E. MORRIS. The following is a full report of the lecture pi von before the half yearly meeting of Jbhore planters the other day by Mr. L. E. Morr*, of the Rubber Research Institute. The aim and objects of plant breeding
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      176 12 I Simplicity of Design I 1 Means Better Performance »j "Make it better make it simpler" has Smoothness, quick acceleration^realways been the keynote of Ford __markable hill-climbing ability, speed C engineering and manufacturing me- of 55 to 65 miles P er hour— all of thods. This policy has been carried
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    MEN! YOU NEED THIS VITALISING TONIC!
    177 13 ft'OMBN, TOO. FIND IT A WELCOME HELPt !l a hot climate means that you need nic now and then to combat the illit has on your body. You cannot go on ing physical energy without taking steps ni.nh it. Loss of weight, tiredness, rl«'bility
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    THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    354 13 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. ler Morning Daily in Malaya. m%" paper— 3o-40 columns of itwi the best Medium for Advertisivercd with the Chota Hazri each Latest Telegrams, Latest New? Announcements. Daily News and Tin Price Cables. with exclusive special features. Of the Week." Wireless and Ladies' Page, etc. tides. Bridge
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    THE HISTORY OF THE VOLUNTEERS.
    2285 13  -  T.M.W. Birth and Growth of the Straits Forces. A CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY. BY (Special to the Free Press). In the following article our contributor traces the interesting history of volunteering in the Straits Settlements from its^birth as a private organisation in 1804 through its various phases
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    DEATH OF PROFESSOR TROMBETTI.
    364 13 Florence. July 10. A painful impression has K»en jreated by the sudden death at Venice (from heartattark while bathing) of Professor Alfredo Tronibetti. He held the Chair of Philology at Bologna University, and w»»s one of the most eminent scientists in Italy. Of humble origin his
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    WOMAN'S FLATS FOR CLERGY IDEA.
    366 13 A woman condemned too large parsonages at the Church Assembly at Westminster. She suggested that they should be pulled down or sold and smaller houses provided in their place. "You have the clergy, against their own will and need, in large, burdensome houses, costly of
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    75 13 A very pretty wedding: took place on Monday morning at the Church of St. Aloysius, Mantin, between Mr. Joseph Thong Ah Chang;, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thong Yee Ten, of Mantin, and Miss Yap Tet Moy. daughter of Mr. and MVs. Yap Kim, also of Mantin. The bridegroom was
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      460 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the F. M.S.) A "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. Dm B*por«. U2t. s.s. CITY OF MELBOURNE In Port it CITY OF NEWCASTLE Sept.
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      491 14 P6»O British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. (x) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERMipvV LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE ENI (x) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Hi Toanai*. Singapore. Tonnage. Sin WpOT KARMALA 9,100
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      694 15 O. S. K. Line.! or don, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, and Antwerp via Colombo, Aden, I Suei and Port Said. Amazon Maru Sept. 15 Sept. 16 Durban, P. Elizabeth, Cape Town, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Montevideo ind IJuenos Aires. I Uound-thc World passage £190.1 f Hawaii Maru Sept. 13 SafA 15
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      596 15 I DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE I and AMERICAN MAIL LINE I I Five Reasons I I wliy yon will prefer to I travel on President Liners I California fruiu», rp<>tabl<-» and dairy products are served every meal I H .I throughout your voyage. H Everv stateroom i» on an outride deck
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    62 16 When the P. and O. Mantua left London on August 10th., she had on board the following Naval officers for the China Station: Captains. B. M. Ramsay, to go in command of H.M.S. Kent; E. K. BoddamWhetham, D.5.0., to go in command of H.M.S. Tarantula. Commdrs.— K. W.
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    BIG GERMAN LINER TO VISIT SINGAPORE.
    232 16 The 32,000 Tons Columbus. Preparations have now been completed by Messrs. Raymond and Whitcombe for a round-the-world tour by the Columbus which, until a few months ago, when the Bremen (which has since won the Blue Riband of the Atlantic from the Mauretania and
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    PASSENGERS DUE.
    97 16 The following passengers are due to ».r--rive at Singapore per N.Y.K. mail steamer Kamo Maru on Monday from Europe: Mr. I. Yokoo, Mr. T. Takiyama. Mr. S. Ota, Mr. J. Shimidzu, Mr. and Mrs. K. Sakai, Mr. K. Ku&ama, Mr. M. Idzutsu, Mr. S. Murakami, Mr. J. Tsujibe,
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      710 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tens) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The *.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and hnest steamers trading to Australia.
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      254 16 s.s. GLENSHIEL. Consignee* of cargo ptr the above steamer from Londoi. (arrived Aug. 21st) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at God own No. 6-7 on Friday, August 30th, 1929, at 9 a.m. No further survey will be
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      574 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) GKNERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA A\n BALTIMORE. u (via Suez) M.S. SILVERBEECH In Port M.S. SILVERBELLE due Sept. 16 ai> JJ M.B. SILVERMAPLE due Oct. 9 f M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Oct. 31 ai
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      671 16 mail, DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. vuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuan tan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 aon. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Koala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 ajn. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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    BULL WORSHIP IN EGYPT.
    707 17 EXPLORATION AT ARMANT AND AMARNAH. Recreating a Small Town. T London, July 16. n;o y ears> excavations in Egvpt at Armam and El Amarnah were described to the Eppt Exploration Society this afternoon by Dr. Frankfort, v,h o in contrasting the work at the two places
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    MRS. ROTHSTEIN SECRETLY MARRIED.
    178 17 Former Husband Shot While Playing Cards. London, July 21. The Daily Mail announces the secret mar. riage of the widow of Arnold Rothstein, known as "Broadway's Shylock," the millionaire gambler, who was shot dead while at the gambling table in New York on November 4. It
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    35 17 At the Y.M.C.A. Cinema show to-night "Tell it to Sweeney" will be the chief feature of the programme. This is a good comedy starring Chester Conklin and George Bancroft and a good programme is assured.
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    1198 17 GOVERNOR AND THE MUNICIPALITY. Misplaced Sympathy. To the Editor. Sir,— When H.E. Sir Hugh Clifford, at the opening of the new Municipal Offices, very properly congratulated the Commissioners on their new and handsome quarters, he expressed his "surprise and pity" at the conditions in which "they
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    LADIES CRICKET AT IPOH.
    139 17 By two wickets Mrs. A. E. HolmesBrown's team of ladies defeated a Perak team on the Ipoh Recreation ground. The men had to play with a bat, a half-size in width, and do all their batting, bowling and fielding with the "other" hand, any breach of
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    YOUNG AMIN IN KUALA LUMPUR.
    53 17 Young Amin of Singapore, accompanied by his manager, A. Rohun, called at this office to-day, says the Malay Mail of Wednesday. Young Amin is willing to meet any local boxer in either the flyweight or bantamweight class, in a 12-round-2 minutes bout, for a percentage
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    54 17 A social gathering will be held at the Town Hall on September 18th at 5 o'clock wnep presentations on behalf of the St. Andrew's Cathedral congregation will be made to Archdeacon and Mrs. Swindell The Archdeacon is retiring after 29 years service in the Diocese, 17 of which have beer,
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    SHANGHAI OUTRAGE.
    354 17 Foreign Couple HeJd up by Soldiers. Shanghai. Aug. 2. Information concerning an outrage upon two foreigners, a man and a woman, for which Chinese soldiers were responsible, was supplied yesterday by Mr. E. C. Rob bins< n, manager of the Asiatic Petroleum Company. The incident took place on
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    HOME TURF.
    78 17 Starters' Discretion Disallowed. The Stewards of the Jockey Club have withdrawn the instruction to starters giving them discretion in effecting an equitable start. It is understood that in future the starter will have such discretion only when some defect occurs in the apparatus. It will be recalled that
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    147 17 With Mr. Morrell's departure Kudat ceased to be a separate Residency and the new Residency of Sandakan and Kudat came into being. Of late with the closing of tobacco estates and the general trade depression Kudat has lost much of its err.twhile wealth and importance. At one time the seat
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      61 17 Fl th-h-h! Whaudia I tell youimonthsiago? This is the ONLY cigarette that does not affect the throat" CORK-TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES; The ONLY Cigarettes Made Specially to Prevent Sore Throats MADE IN LONDON Sole Agents HUTTENBACH LAZARUS Sons. Ltd. Singapore. Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur. CA 9 (The character* in thin story
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    For the Wireless Enthusiast.
    904 18 A USEFUL TIME CHART. [By Our Wireless Correspondent.] With the exception of a few, the majority )l manufacturer! in England and elsewhere Jo not realise receiving cooditkma out here. the rwiMvinjr sets sent out are either adjusted to receiving signals 10 to 15 miles away or
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    A CHINESE POET.
    713 18 Tu V u Waadertr and Minstrel ui.u.T -M. -fins of Cathay. Translated t.y Edna \V. Underwood and Cain Hwun K chu. Portland, Maim: The Ifosaer Praia, P»> liv "47 (i.57..")0. Fm-ing the pri-farc of thia book is the tatemrnt that it is the first edition* „f nv
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    BETTER INSTRUCTION BOOKS WANTED.
    184 18 Writing in Tho Light Car and CycWnr. "Focus" calls attention to the shortcomings of the instruction books supplied with many cars. Those, he says contain much useless information and omit much that is important. For instance, he remarks, a man with whom I was chatting in
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      309 18 Enthusiastic Praise Women everywhere have received the I improved Kotex /T3^ w^A acclaim \joryWM utmost comfort in sanitary protection is >^@ jttew now w tn n evcr Y woman's 59^Hk CS?S budget; Kotex is most ccoj\V\« \\A Hygienic comfort is, of |\v* *i vi^t^l\ N course, the major considerafOy'u'l tip
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      215 18 r"pHE IDEAL COMBINATION for your washable coats are the Krementz coat buttons and Krementz collar sets. Krementz coat buttons arc bi<* time savers. They are put on and taken out easily but, when on, the bodkin-dutch holds them like an anchor. No chance of losir q; them. Krementz collar sets
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    TRADE AMD COMMERCE.
    226 19 (iUTHkIE AND CO. REPORT. Singapore, Aug. 2A. vanous bearish features have had their due effect od the Mariset tnis week with the result that the immediate iuture is uncertain, bpot is 53*. There is a growing feeling however that a determined effort is being made to sustain
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    OIL PALM INDUSTRY.
    344 19 Sierra Leona and Eastern Competition. At the African Society dinner at the TrocadOft) on July 17, Sir Joseph Byrne spoke of the extraordinary ignorance of our Crown Colonies prevailing. DOSSiMjf not so much on the part of the man in the street as among men of education
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    142 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Aug. 23rd., Closing Price. T Buyers Sellers. Latu Caves i .:,<;!., ljio Bukit Arangs i.r>o 1.57 U Hong Fatts 79 tS .> Kinta Tin Drtnl. 1.771., 1 sii 1 Klang River 2.0', L>'.7f, Kuyohs j^ «j Unguis i AH) 2A)\) Malayan Con. r,o M lenawat.,
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    25 19 »h M r E f S t' Ford e^unate* the output of E J w h p o"> 'actory to reach 2o£oSo next year. i
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 19 August 'J^. Bank 4 m.s. 2|3 27|SL' Rank demand 2j3 23|32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 3|B New York, demand 65 ***** Credits 90 day« 577^ France, demand 1431 India, T.T. 155 Honjf Kong, demand 13Vh Yokohama, demand 119 Java, demand 139^4 Panpkok, demand 79% Bar Silvt-r London 24
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    PRODUCE.
    244 19 Aug«>t 2:j Tin |M Ton- JlOM'a Gambier g Pepper White 107 Pepper Mat! 56 Flake Tapioca 6% Pearl Bag* Small 5.75 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 C'opr;\ Sundried 9.40 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red ilgli (Now) 8.30 Rice. Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice, Rangoon Pintan 260 Rice,
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    61 19 Aug. 23rd. 12 o'clock noon. R.S-S. oqua! to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot :.:o. n% Standard VL&J&. Spat A«g. on Trmit't S»-pt. 14 :?4'4 October. :<3> :<.">> 4 Oet-Dec. :5ti 36» 4 Jan-Mar. ;.7 I.T 1 Ton." nf Markets Van HullLatest c ;;bU«: London Spot ilMet ltt'vd.
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    LEWIS AND PEATS REPOT.
    233 19 Singapore. Aujj. 23. Then h:is been little lift in the market daring the Week with the exception of one day when rtpoitl of a reduction of 2,000,000 tyres in Dealers* itocki in America at the end cf July bronchi in a few buyers and steadied the
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    TIN IN THE TRANSVAAL.
    158 19 Rich Discovery in Northern District. I can now confirm the report that Doll Erasmus, the original discover of platinum in the Transvaal, has found an apparently rich tin lode near Nabooms-pruit, Northern Transvaal, writes a Johannesburg correspondent in a Home paper. He claims that panning* show
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    LONDON RUBBER AND TIN MARKETS.
    93 19 Yesterday's Report. IFRKE PRESS SERVICE.-COPYRIGHT.J I .on J«,n. Aug. 23. 1 0. 1 T> a.m. In both the rubber market and the rubber share market conditions are dull and orders for buying and selling are scarce. The tin share market has not bt -nehtted in
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    HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES.
    139 19 Share-Splitting Scheme. The following circular has been sent to shareholders in Haytor Estates: In response to the request of certain shareholders, the Directors have decided to submit a resolution for the suK-division of the shares of the Company into denominations of $1 each. The existing Capital of
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    ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LIMITED'S REPORT.
    199 19 Singapore. Aujj. 23. Rubber. Lond* n 10V»d '*d down. Trices at 4 p.m.: Spot KStt, Septeir.be;- 01, Oet.Dec. 36, Jan. -Mai ch 37. Dull. Tin. LA>ndor. £213 10s. 25s up. Mining. Steady. Sunjcei Ways 8.57 V^ Kuchais 1..">7 I.GO. Kinta DredfM 1.78 i.S2, Klaiiir
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    206 19 Singap«»re. Vun. The market has >cen tiull and easier throughout ihe week. Cables from London and Now York this morning quote the former up l-16d at LOfed and the latter nnenaaged at i;<\ s cents fold. (Locally, however the price has wiled > eent •ad now stands at
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    54 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Asam Kumbamr Hong Fatts ($1) s0 s tMm Kuchai Tin Dredge ($1) l.r,^ l«0 Lin«rui Tin ($1) I>Bs jJJ Malay Consd. ($1) U 57 Penawat 104 ,1( RantauPref. ($1) Sunjrej Luas (40) 39 40 npi m Southern Tronoh (6b) 12s j 3 s Tekka Taiping
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    50 19 The palm for ingenuity in customs duties on car* must be awarded to the Customs authorities of Sweden, who are satisfied with Hi I& f &S th4Ul 15 per cent ad v alo^m, plug 300 Swedish crowns (at roughly 18 to the f plus £6 se. per cwt. on tyre**
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    CRICKET.
    225 20 LAST MATCH OF THE S.C.C. TOURNAMENT. P.S. and L. Surprise Merchants. The last game of the S.C.C. cricket tournament began on the Padang last evening when the P.S. and L., batting first, rather shook the Merchants by scoring 87 for the loss of only two wickets. A victory for
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    M.C.C. CRICKETERS IN AUSTRALIA.
    84 20 The dates of matches against the visiting English team on its way to New Zealand have not been definitely fixed, but it is expected that they will play South Australia in Adelaide on November Ist or Bth, Victoria in Melbourne on November 9th or 15th, and
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    126 20 VETERANS' RACE. To the Editor. Sir, As a very vague report of this race at the Swimming Club on August 18th. was sent to you, I think in justice to the winner the result of the race should be more fully reported, so as to encourage
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    HOCKEY.
    106 20 S.C.C. and a Singapore League. New officers were elected aX the annual meeting of S.C.C. hockey members held last evening, when Mr. D. R. A. Hoblyn presided. Mr. W. P. Day-Dewdney was elected captain; Mr. P. R. Pank, convener; and Mr. R. A. Ashworth, hon. secretary. With the captain
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    78 20 The following is the result of the ladies' monthly medal played on Wednesday and Thursday. Twelve cards were taken out and the following returned. Mrs. E. J. B. Buchanan, 2 Up B. U. S. Cripps, 2 W. L. Stevens, 1 J. S. Miller, 1 Miss L. Pritchard,
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    Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING CARNIVAL.
    50 20 At the Y.M.C.A. swimming carnival at the Pool to-day the Singapore Swimming Club will be represented in the team rare against the Chinese by Burton, Piers, Goldman and Iken and in the polo against the Chinese and Welch by Besson, Burton, Iken, Leonard, Bromley-Davonport, Roberts and Brodie.
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    LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.
    30 20 Entries are invited for the ladies' golf championship, which is to be played this year on the Keppel Golf Club links. Particulars appear in our advertisement columns.
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    34 20 R.E.S. Wyatt reached his 2000 runs in the recent match between Warwickshire and South Africa and was the first amateur to' achieve, the distinction. Whysall reached. W» 2,000 in the match against Kent. I
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    MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL.
    1170 20 SINGAPORE QUALIFY FOR THE FINAL. Serious Challenge From Johore. Singapore 4; Johore 2. Thrilling Cup tie football was witnessed at the Stadium yesterday when Singapore and Johore met in the final match of the Southern section of the Malaya Cup competition. The game was played out amidst
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    COUNTY CRICKET.
    147 20 NOTTS GAIN POINTS IN VITAL MATCH. Whysall's Double Century. [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 23. Results of County Cricket Championship matches to-day were as follow: Notts vs. Gloucestershire. At Nottingham: Notts won by an innings and 27. Notts 396 Gloucestershire 139 and 230 The valuable points gained by Notts
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    CEYLON'S CRICKET COACH.
    501 20 Surprise Appointment of W. C. Smith. Surprise has been occasioned in Ceylon by the intimation that W. C. Smith of Surrey and not J. W. Hitch of the same county, has been appointed to act as Cricket Coach there. Smith leaves England on Sept. 6, and will
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    U.S. WOMEN'S TENNIS TITLE.
    66 20 Betty Nut-hall's Unexpected Failure. [Reuter's Service.! T *U F<W><!Bt HUIS AU 22 In the fourth round of the American women's lawn tennis champion, Miss Helen Wills beat Mrs. Michell (England), 6—o, 6—l Miss Helen Jacobs beat Miss M. Greef, 6 2 6—2; Mrs. Mallory beat Miss
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    RACING.
    298 20 SINGAPORE SEPTEMBER MEETING. The Warwick Gold Vase. One of the features of the forthcoming race meeting will be the trophies presented to the winners in the first division of first, second and third class horses and first class ponies. The chief one, naturally, is the famous gold Warwick Vase
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    TAIPING RACES.
    75 20 To-Day's Scratching. [From Our Own Correspondent.] TaipinK. Aug. 23. The scratchings for the third day of the Taiping meeting are as follow: Race 1 Young Egypt, Pauline, Shireen, Tosari. Race 2: Irish Lady, Kico, Mutual Trust. Race 3: Lp|fionite, Maimoon, No Trumper, Therma, Ensign. Race 4: Bob Marsh.
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    MALAY INTER-CLUB SPORTS.
    353 20 Sunday's Great Fixture. The Invitation Cards of the Mala; "Inter Club Sports" have been issued and Raffles Reclamation ground will present a brilliant sight on Sunday, from 2 to 5.30 p.m. when thousands of schoolboys and members of the various Muslim Clubs displaying their respective colours and
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    S.C.R.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    94 20 'A' Doubles Handicap Semi-final. Cheong Chee Lim and Evan Wong owe 6 beat Oh Jitt Siang and Cheong Chee Hoi Scr. ft— 3, I—6, 6—2. 'B' Doubles Handicap Final. C. K. Pang and Tan Thian Sang owe 15 beat Tan Siong Teng and Wee Eng Yong
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