The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 December 1929

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SS. KKIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1929. 20 PAGES DAILY. NO. 12,892
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    EASTERN TALES FOR A WESTERN CHILD.
    823 1 Once was invited to a wedding house. It was late m the afternoon and I dn myself kl a Malay b:iju, trousers and .ilk sarong; f put o-i black velvet cap an.i a pair of slippers. Then I walked quiet 1) to the house.
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      190 1 MAKES BRASSWARE BRIGHTSHINE sH ;\j; LIKE TIiE SUN. I RAFFLES HOTEL I j Special Tea Dance Attraction I Monday, December 9th 1 IHE A 7^^ YORKERS j r 1 SPECIAL CABARET) 6-30 p.m. to 8-30 p.m. JV^W 7 SONGS_and DANCES Admission to Ball Room $1.00. FOR RESERVATIONS 'PHONE 2920 j
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      244 1 I 7 I'! I QUALITY is the point ,I I w ill y, which is necessary //tf=r* m an enjoyable IP*^ I Cigarette J^^ A Uga.ette. 1I I ->^ That's why VIRGINIA No. 77 1 1 1 A^ i has been just] y I i I I i^^o|; described a»
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      364 1 THE DAY'S NEWS. In fighting between Chinese insurgents and tJovernment troops near Ichang two Hritish war vessels were fired <;n Page 11. Shi Yu-san is heading the Ptikou nmtinrers who now number 30 (K»o Page 11. A OMB sage from Moscow speaks of the completion of the first stage of
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      8 1 FOR YOUR FOOTWEAR. BLANCONA KEEPS NEW SHOES NEW.
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      171 1 THE WEEK. Friday, Oth. Tiich Water, 1.47 n.m., 7.9. 0.43 p.m.. 9.1. Southern Hotel Creditor! netting 84 Mark' Street, noon, ••elj-.'^cor Amateur Kaces. Boxing tournament entries c!o»e. Hockeyi S.C.C. vs. Old tsalwians S.P.C. L'm! vs. Welch Rept. 2nd. S.R.C. vs. Bornee-BoostiUl. iatunlny, Ith. Hi^h Water, 2.24 a.m.. 7.7, 1.122 p.m..
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    ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. BUDGET.
    349 2 $19,000,000 More for the Services. Washington, i)ec. 2. Mr. Hoover asked Congress for *:*.H.'{iUioo.oO<> for governmental use m the next fiscal year, which is $11. ",,000.000 less than the present year. It is estimated that th<- TltaiUlf'l outiiy m the Uvhe months baffillßi-C next July
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    A FAMOUS TRAIN'S COMING-OFAGE.
    173 2 A FAMOUS TRAIN'S COMING-OF-AGE. "Southern BdkV Fine Record of Service. The luxurious MM hour's travel m the. "Southern Belle" from London to Brighton was undertaken m mail week by a specially-invited cempany to mark the anniversary <>t the inauguration of the iw> rice. On November I, 1908, the first all-Pull-man
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    CHILD'S LETTER TO LORD KITCHENER.
    193 2 War Incident Disclosed. Brighton, Nov. 24. How stven-year-old Brighton |Ml letter to Lord Kitchener resulted m scores of men being granted leave during the war has been disclosed here, folh.winjr the mairiaj?e of Miss Mary Turnbull and Mr. Charlei Taylor, son of the ehieif of
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    116 2 An enjoymUl game of hockey mv played on liahan^ j»adanvr, SertMnl)an, on Wednesdaj afterrioo^i m whkh the teams were compotcd o* ir.en and local ladies. The match >.va> ;»r^nni.-e<i by Miss M. Reutens, dau^htet <>f Mr. K. A. Reutens. It is proposed to form a ladies' bodes? toajia m Seremhan
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      226 2 DRY CLEANING at Home with THAWPIT. Imported by MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Wholesale Department, SINGAPORE. I^^AMKELVEY^ Children's Fancy Dress X'mas Ball ADELPHI HOTEL MONDAY, DEC. 16th. Prices: Adults $1, Children $2. TEA AND CAKES FOR ALL DANCES -"GAMES PRIZES PRESENTS FOR ALL CHILDREN FROM 1 TO 16 YEARS OF AGE. Mothers
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      190 2 VICTORIA THEATRE Watch This Space for Programmes. TALKIES COMING %s PAVILION Bsr From Sunday, Ist., to Friday, 6th. December, at 9 p.m. sharp. FLORENCE VIDOR IN "Honeymoon Hate" THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE ADOLPHE MENJOU IN J "Serenade" In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. GEORGE WALSH IN "COMBAT." Seats booked
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      427 2 ULHAMBRA'S-! X Tan Cheng Kee— Sole Proprietor X Triple Features Programme Commencing Sunday, December Ist., and ending hu. 4 T In the Second Show at 9 p. m h THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS. INOT QUITE Decent! A Stage Story with Pep and Romance. A FOX Pirtn LOUISE DRESSER and JUNE
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    A RODIN IN A STABLE.
    393 3 What Lewes Did to "Le Baiser." Lewes. 1 want to set the Rodin statue," I sak sternly. ihe Lewes policeman blushed. •"The Rodin statue, if you please," i repeated. "Oh, all ri^ht. It is m the coach-house,'" he said gruffly, with a laconic jerk of
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    BRITISHER'S DEATH IN SHANGHAI.
    245 3 Virulent Poison Easily Procurable. Inquiry into the circumstances surround'•nn lit* dt'ath tm November 4 of Mr. Marry Bickerton, British businessman residing at 10!a Avenue Road, was concluded at the* Biitish Police Court before Mr. T. T. Morris, ittinj; as corODCT on Nov. i>. A verdict that
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    "B.P." A FILM FAN.
    109 3 But He Can't Stand "Those Rotten American Ones." Lord Baden Powrll confessed that he was a regular cinema "fan," and liked the pio ures, except that he could not stand 'those X ttcn American ones with their silly plots." He was addressing about 1,500 children it
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    A NEGLECTED CROP.
    119 3 Lord Bledisloe and Grassgrowin^ Science. "Although grass is the largest crop m this country it is the worst cultivated and f he worst fed," said Lord' Bledisloe, chairman of the Imperial Grassland Association, addressing the Manchester Luncheon Club. Ho continued: Perhaps the greatest revolution effected by practical
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    A WHIZ ROUND LONDON.
    480 3 St. Paul's?— No Time to "do" That. Listen Baby— listen just one minute or possibly two. A moment now until 1 get my breath. I'm with some roper-hustlers from America and we have been "doing" London, writes an Evening Newt correspondent. There's the high-speed coach waiting
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    A SHOP WITH A STORY.
    354 3 In one's experience of London shops it il Uhe second-hand book shop that is the most pMCSJrioUfI and evanescent. The book shop is there to-day and probably gone to-mor-now when one returns to make a purchase. It is all the more satisfactory to find th^
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    £5,500 LEFT TO HIS NURSE.
    63 3 And the Income for Life from £6,000 Very large bequests to his nurse were made by Mr. Walter Douglas Trickett, ol Lench House, Waterfoot, Lanes, who left £15,549. In his will be bequeathed to Nur»< Margaret Geraldine Leeming. if m hi* employ when he died,
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    EX-M.P.'s GREAT SEA ADVENTURE.
    159 3 Purser of Last of the Windjammers Major Peter Kerr-Smiley, formerly member of Parliament for North Antrim, has itartad out on great sea adventure. He has signed on aa purser m the fourmasted sailing ship Garthpool, which hat left Hull on a 12.0;K)-mile Voyage to Adelaide. The
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    COWS QUEUE UP TO BE MILKED.
    298 3 Travelling Dairy Revolution. This b the Dairy Show story of Jininn Vanstone, London mechanic eighteen month. apo now Mr. James Van stone, farm overseer somewhere m the U.S. A. j Jimmy used to mend typewriters. He ha tod typewriters. One day he heard of
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    57 3 It has generally been believed that the Church of Culbone, hidden among the Exmoor Woods, is the smallest, m England— it measures 30 feet long by 12 feet wide but the little Dorset Church of Winterborne Thompson measures only 23 feet by 14 feet. Two other tiny churches are Little
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    THE PRINCE ONE OF OUR BEST AIRMEN.
    297 3 Secret Flying Practice. "The PHnc« of Wales is one of the be»l airmen m the country." This opinion was expressed recently I j famous flying officer who has followed closely the Prince's flying adventures. The progress of the ivince m aviation has excited
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    A MACDONALD WANTED IN HUNGARY.
    201 3 Regent's Tribute to British Labour Leaders. Budapest. "When a MaiDonald, a BttOWdon, <>r a Henderson arise from the nuiks of Hongß« rian workers, ami, filled with tnfhWffiatlM for his country, makes its influence felt m the WOlid as these gttmt leaders of British labour did
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    12 3 Midland witness, attending on subpana: I liave come here on a piano.
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      169 3 buNiop TS A I j DISTINCTIVE I TYRE 1 T j _jt i- iK'tter m every way than it ever wwains m V whatever size you buy it or for whatever J^ lit DUNLOP with confidence. «|> T WitK a I Dvtnlop tube X I it makes tKe ideal combmation
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      91 3 I Estate Trust Agencies j (1927) Limited. 5 BRANCHES if 21, First Cross Street MALACCA. 2; 11, Light Street PENANG. Registered by and Secmity deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guar- dians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and j: Interest collected. Probate or Letters of Administra-
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      CLEOPATRA'S LIPSTICK.
      390 4 Hy Betty Dawes. IN a recently published book, "Fads ami Fallacies," the author sees, m the common BM of rrugc. "fortes which tend to militate against rr.odesty and chastity." He is by no means the first to arrive at thai conclusion. In fact, his fears have been phared
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      MR. PHILLPOTTS' SECRET WEDDING.
      349 4 Event Kept Dark for a Week. It was revealed m mail week that Mr. Edtfl Phillpotts, the famous novelist and dramatist, was secretly Married a week before. His bride is Miss Robina Webb, youngest daughter of Mrs. Webb and the late Dr. F. Webb, of Exeter.
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      Lace Still Holds Sway.
      804 4 I ACK is as fashionable to-day and as be- loved by ladies as ever it was. It appears dyed m all the latest colours so that it is easy to match one's frock and carry out that ensemble idea which is so up-to-date and so very
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      CARVED TO BEAUTY.
      291 4 Amazing Slimming Operation. The craze for slimness among women is laging as fiercely as ever. How many women would care to undergo the surgical operation described by Dr. Dartigues, a prominent French surgeon, at the Paris Surgical Congress recently? He claims to have perfected a "scientificslimming method
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      BOUDOIR AND BOULEVARD.
      588 4 IN the new and costly flats being erected m Mayfair, radiators are secreted and disguised most ingeniously. There is one room where the radiator groes under a broad shelf, with book cupboards on either side, and a wrought iron grille covering the radiator. The woodwork is painted
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      A Londoners Jotting
      828 4 London, November. THE Queen of Spain, more beautiful than ever with her pink complexion that never seems to lose its freshness, and her lovely golden hair, has arrived Queen of Spain's m London for her usuai Visit. autumn visit and is staying with her mother Princess Beatrice,
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      TABLE TALK.
      274 4 The woman who must wear spectacles m the theatre or cinema (and she is increas ingly common m these days when, wisely, we protect our eyes) usually resign^ herself to the necessity of carrying a hulky package which is ill-designed f «.r the small evening bag. But really
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    AFTER THE CRASH.
    402 5 I()()M ON THE "GREAT WHITE WAY." Si^ht (lubs J^eel The Pinch. New York, Oct. 31. w fork*! nijrht club life has become t paeaos of Wall-street's j th* semi-nude professional perc |ubs are dancing to empty the proprietors are bemoaning dro m their receipts. .Mined the phrase
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    MR. BALDWIN'B YOUNG AMBITION.
    279 5 MR. BA LDWIN'B YOUNG AMBITION. Th«- Smithy's Attraction. nmbit*oiu ;i< eMU O*n 1 blacksmith." So write* Mr. I m introduction which hr con- to a r.<-v. series of smull books. 1 ih" English Heritage," which Messrs umtman üblished. non excitinc," he continues, Urn blast! Etch now. li '■an still feel
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    104 5 SOPTOM Court at Shanghai b«Smith f!'- UK Mrs Ruth An Trevor '>nt v the Court for the a™^" ■mith iv' r marria c to Mr. John Trevor h "*rir», h 2? was undefended and after J evidence of the petitioner and a from the Savoy Hotel, his W nw the
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    A "CURE" FOR OLD AGE.
    941 5 DR. JAWORSKPS NEW METHOD. Young: Blood Invested. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," saya the ada*e; s o to prevent old rare, or to postpone its onset, is better than to try to alleviate it after it has arrived. So says
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    26 5 Religion is declining tor the very simple i reason that all religions are full of obsolete I science of various kinds. Professor J. S. B. Haldane.
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    'GIG AND BUSTLE' HOTELS.
    416 5 VICTORIAN SURVIVALS IN ADVERTISING. Forty Years iiack. Why are England's hotel proprietor*, spending large sums of money yearly advertising the Victorian era? A stranger to England, sc&nning the hotel advertisement pages m the A. B.C. Kail way Guide ior November 1U29, wouic feel out of place
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    STALIN THE DICTATOR.
    221 5 Besedovsky's Contentions. Paris. "Stalin's dictatorship (m Russia) is complete and absolute. His power i? even greater than was Lemur-l's, but (he rules principally by fear," writes Bcsedovsky m an article m "Le Matin." Besedovsky was, until early m the month deputy Soviet Minister to France. His political
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    SECRET SERVICE TO GO?
    195 5 Government Considering Abolition. The Sunday Express understand? that the Government is contemplating fche aboliton of the Secret Service. Mr. He^.ierson, the Foreign Secretary has, it is stated, already held conversations with representatives of other Powers on the !"jl»je':t oi c?pionape, and it is hoped that asjroesaWUt
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    46 5 A message from Kuala Lumpur ItatM that the proceeds of the Chinese art exihibition held recently at Kwan Tow Association m aid of Chun Kai Agricultural Colleg* 1 Fund, realized about $2,000 after three day's display. The income was chiefly derived from the sale of tickets.
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    BISHOP'S TRIBUTE TO HIS DOG.
    310 5 The Bishop of St. Albans, Dr. Michael Furz<?, has sustained a great loss by the death of his dog Peter. In a letter to fne diocese he says: "I cannot close without a word about a dear friend of some fourteen years' standing who has
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    HOW A GOOD JOB WAS LOST.
    135 5 That young Welshmen and Welshwomen m lon don regard their nationality as a handicap m their business life was the charge made before the Union of London Welsh Literary Societies by Mr. J. T. Jones. Mr. Jones said he had often observed this "slurring"
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      255 5 NESTLE AND ANGLCX SWISS CONDENSED MILK CO J NOV\ 7 ON j V A New Product of which 1 r we are justifiably proud. J m y"^^ are inviT ed to test this j 1 I wonderful new brand of T Naturai Milk at our expense M X Send for
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    CHARGES AGAINST CUBA.
    344 6 Alleged Reign of Terror. The possibility of armed intervention by the United States m Cuba m the near tuture is being seriously discussed m Washington. The Government of President Machado is alleged to be carrying on a reign of terror under which liberty and justice are denied
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    THE DOCTOR'S INFLUENCE.
    164 6 Akin to that of the Priest of the Middle Ages. I»r. draham Little. M.P. for the University of London. declared m a lecturv at the Knyal Institute of Public Health that the doctor is the best educated man of the time, and for that reason exercises an
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    A STRANGE MARRIAGE CUSTOM.
    269 6 A bride m Cloth of Gold. When travelling through a native village on the Gold Coast, we were witnesses of a rather remarkable scene. The whole of the village was "en fete" judging by the noise made by the beating of tom-toms and blowing of whistles.
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    HUSBAND CENSORS HIS WIFE'S FROCKS.
    120 6 "Don't bo Ridiculous," Says the Court. Southend. 'My husband interferes with the style of my dress." said a wife at Southend police court. "I have been out on a hot August day with lose sleeves, high neck, and a coat." The husband, m evidence, said
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    PRINCE AUTOGRAPHS AN ENVELOPE.
    108 6 Sign Here Please. "You are a persistent little fellow. What :lo yon want?" said the Prince of Wales to ten-yeai--old Forbes Burnett, who introduced himself to the Prince at Sherburn aerodrome. Forbes had dodged the aerodrome officials after- the Prince's airplane landed, and and confronted the.
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    DIAL TELEPHONE VINDICATED.
    279 6 The Man Hehind the Number. Metropolitan telephone exchange has vindicated the dial system. Officials waited anxiously for reports to arrive. Were the tirst calls on the fine new telephones to be merely a repetition of the grumbles of Sloane exchange? Three thousand three hundred first fingers tentatively
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    800,000,000 PENNIES.
    187 6 Collection from London's Gas Meters. Mr. William Graham, President of the Board of Trad-*, opened the new metertesting works of the Gas Light and Coke Company, at Willesden. Sir Dpvid Milne Watson, Chairman of tht company, said that the progress made m the past five years far exceeded
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    30 6 The post of head of the Botanical Division of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya has been offered to Mr. L. Lord, Economic Botanist, of the Department of Agriculture, Ceylon.
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    51 EXECUTIONS IN A DAY.
    654 6 SCANDAL OF MOSCOW SECRET TRIALS. The Soviet Reign of Terror. Fifty-one people, including the mother superior of nunnery, were put to death m one day m Soviet Russia recently. All were shot after secret trials. sa\s the Daily Express. The charge! brought against the accused
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    BOUDOIR DOOM IN MONOCLES.
    195 6 Women Prefer Plain (Jlass. ''I want a monocle." i "Yes, madam. What type would you like?" "What types have you?" "Well, madam, cr —what is Wrong with the eye?" "Nothing. How dare you!" There is a boudoir boom m monocles. Signs of the monocle craze, which
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    THE ZINOVIEFF LETTER.
    361 6 M. Hesedovsky's Disclosurt's. The ex-Soviet legation onVial m i'an-. Besedoyaky, who recently eacaped arr^t by tho Ogpu when he refused to return i Ifbaeow to explain his political opinions, and who has lx*en contributing a S£TH i > f articles to Le Matin (Paris) on th«> Soviet
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    65 6 The- extensive sriwlowns of Messrs. Siems sen UMI Company at Hankow were fciitteJ l>y a fire which broke out a fortnight atr<> and burnt for many hours. The jjodowns conUJned a large quantity of wood oil and vegetable tallow which blazed furiously for several hours and defied the efforts of
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    NOVEL BANK THEFT PROBLEM
    168 6 Clerk Restores Loot Refift rt Th. unusual quest n bulk derl irho appropi bank's money bum I ■ecuted for tluft ha fraud jury by Ma at the Tombi Court The astonishing rasi llolloy, aged twenty n i employed bj the G prima fack against stolloy/ 1
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    WOMAN WITH $80,000 STARVES TO DEATH.
    34 6 WOMAN WITH $80,000 STARVES TO DEATH. Slum A mm ..f #>S* ami d#fX»M m.-.m.'- i;( ,l--hon- Of an Old vation m NY* York The moiu.>.^lHfh-» thr»uKh »,-r extreme thrift, i> pending the- a.i- latives.
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      141 6 Insects— The Seed of Death Where disease- spreading insects abound there Death reaps a splendid harvest! Protect yourself and your loved ones from the ravages of tuberculosis, malaria, typhoid. Kill all household insects with Flit. Flit clears the house m a few minutes of disease-bearing flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches, ants,
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    VORONOFF'S EXPERIMENTS.
    2046 7 FAMOUS SCIENTIST IN COLOMBO. An Interesting Interview. Dr. Voronoff, the famous scientist, whos> rejuvenation theories and experiments are one of the modern sensations, recently arrived m Colombo. In an interview with the Times of Ceylon he spoke freely about his researches and the criticism which they have avoused.
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    A "£25,000" NECKLACE.
    158 7 Actress Offers It to Finder as Reward. Paris, Oct. 17. There are more than a thousand pearl necklaces of great value m the world, according to a Paris jeweller, who discussed with me recently reported thefts, and all of them are known m the trade. Any attempt
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    THEATRE SENSATION.
    66 7 Shanghai Judge Dismissed for Firing Revolver. Vv. Hsu Kung'-tien, one of the leading Judges of the Provisional Court, has been dismissed from his post following a remarkable incident at the Peking Theatre. It appears that the Judge fired a revolver, ostensibly to protect his wife and children. He
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    INDIAN AGENT'S REPORT.
    596 7 Under the heading General m his report for li»28, Rao Sahib Subbayya Naidu, the agent of the Indian Government m Malaya, has the following: This is my third, and will, perhaps, be my last report. And as 1 write this report, 1 cannot help looking back with
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      260 7 Sllcnburgs Foods Madr from the purest milk ofcowi i Mlured m the home counties, the 'AUenburys' Yooth arc as easily digested as mothers milk. They are germ free and are simply ami quk kly made by the addition ol oiling water only. Milk fmi N« 1 Mi!k Kood No. 2
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      121 7 Jgjjands I FOR I I LOADS I Full comprehensive stock of I KM 1 spares available I AT <i 1 STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE V i REASONS FOR iii I lUltinilth SUPERIORITY 1. PERFORMANCE X The premier <l ualit y <> f any car should be its performance V f on
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    SALVATION ARMY "REVOLT."
    600 8 Victimisation of Booth Family Denied. Details of a serious revolt movement among the field officers and rank-and-file of the Salvation Army against the new administration and m support of the Booth family were given to me by an important official attached to headquarters.' (says a Daily Express
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    IN BANDIT HANDS.
    267 8 CJJf. Missionary held since September 14. Recent reports that the Rev. D. H. Pike of the China Inland Mission, who was captured h<y brigands on September 14th. at Hftinctong southwest of Kueiehow, has been released and is on his way to Hingi under bond for $400, are
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    15 8 Mr. R. K. Winterton, of Jeram Padang estate, Bahau, is shortly proceeding Home on furlough.
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    BRAINS AND THE BACK STUD.
    346 8 Inventors and Wives Solve a Problem. The complaint of a Daily Express special representative that no one has invented "an improved non-losable back stud" has roused a storm of indignation. Outraged inventors and followers of "mother's advice" have written to the Daily Express explaining just
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    GIRL OF 15 TELLS OF MIDNIGHT ELOPEMENT.
    387 8 Flight to France with her 19-year-old Sweetheart. A girl of 15' described n midnight elopement on the piilion of a motor-cycle ai Sevenoaka police-court when George Robert Harvey, aped 10, ol Lime Hill-road. Tr.nbridge Wells, was charged with abduction. The girl m the
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    SOLDIER'S DEATH.
    185 8 Found on Hospital Roof with Throat Cut. Another distressing tragedy was enacted at the British Military Hospital, Shanghai, when C.Q.M.S. Manty, of the Wiltshire Regiment was found dead on the roof of the hospital with his throat cut. By the side of the body was a razor and
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    GOVERNMENT DEFEAT.
    737 9 OUTVOTED IN LORDS' DEBATE. Anglo-Soviet Relations. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 1. In the House of Lorda chis afternoon Lord Bii kenhead initiated a debate on Soviet revolutionary propaganda and moved »rat 'diplomatic recognition of the Soviet GotnßMOat is at present undt^iraSle." Lord Thomson, (Minister for Air) lepjyinjc for
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    HAGUE CONFERENCE TO MEET IN JANUARY.
    38 9 [Reuter's Service.] The Hague. Dec. 4. M. Jaspar. President of the Hague Conference, has informed the Dutch Government it is proposed to convene a second conference at the Hague on January 3rd.
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    PACIFIC COAST BASE FOR U.S AIRSHIPS.
    38 9 PACIFIC COAST BASE FOR U.S AIRSHIPS. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 5. The Secretary for the Navy has recom mended to Conjrress the establishment o a naval dirigible base on the Pacific Coaa at Camp Kearney near San Diego.
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    GERMAN POLITICS.
    193 9 FALL OF THE NATIONALIST PARTY. Many Secessions. [Keuter's Service. J Berlin, Dec. 4. The disintegration of the German 'National Party is assuming unexpected pro portion. 4 The Lokal Anzeiger estimates that the Party now holds TH seats m the Reichstag, and will lose at least a score of
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    MANCHURIA SETTLEMENT.
    135 9 China's Reply to British Note. [Reuter's Service.] Most oh, Dec. 4. Izvestia writes that the signature of lw protocol at Xikolskussurisk completes the first stag** of the settlement of the Russi Chinese conflict as regards the Eastern Railway and expjtsses satisfaction ai the refusal of Japan. Italy and
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    MUNICIPAL CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI.
    88 9 LReuter's Service.] l.ondi-n. Dec 1. In the House of Commons, arising out <>t the forth< < 'nimr mission of Mr. Justice Fcethi'm (of South Africa) to Shanghai t. investigate municipal conditions Mr. Som-r ville asked whother the British Government is co-operating m the investigation, which is
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    JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL.
    78 9 No Alternative Court SuKtfestej. [British Radio—Official Service.] Rugby, Dae. The Prime Minister, replying to a question, said no communications on the subject of an alternative to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council for the settlement ofi legal disputes between the members of tlie|British Commonwealth
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    MR. ORMSBY-GORE'S UNWELCOME QUESTION.
    66 9 Cost of Delay at the Base. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 4. In tiie House of Commons this afternoon^ Mr. Ormshy-Gore asked whether any tmv>< expenditure was involved m delaying the work at the Singapore Base, and whether the, contractors claimed the break clause m the contract?
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    CHINA AND EXTRALITY.
    68 9 [Reuter's Service.! London, Dec. 4. It is learned from a Chinese source that there :s no fresh development with regard to China's intention to abolish extraterritoriality as from January Ist. The matter has Yen the subject of conversations with Mr. Sze (Chinese Ambassador) since he arrived m
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    AMERICAN LABOUR LEADER'S DEATH.
    24 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 5. f The death has occurred of Mr. James Noonan, President of the Federation of Labour.
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      380 9 business cards. Typewriting. pa^e, double spacing 1 carbon copy and opd for daily work. rYPBWBITDCG BUBBAU, K\l hulia Str«H>t, Singapore. HrNATION FLOWERSHOP %2rSnJBF van wijki Uj .an Supervision. j\\\ FLOWERS. Wreaths Basket*. FLORANGE jrj>t's i^nd maintains HEALTH. AiK ro BINOCULABB, FIELDj I \v,KS TELESCOPES. M. EZEKIEL SONS, Optical Specialists. pjSei
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      664 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE is hereby K iven that tender- are m,w Mrftotf for the following materials or mtvu,r,«l that particulars of «uch tenders may be Office^- Ten<iCr R m Muni^Pa' Teilder Date of Closing. ■opalf of 3,.j00 feet of inch internal diaMOtoT Copper Tubinjf x (Wottr Dept.). I)(
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      386 9 Gloriously Alive —Always Not a care m the world— they can dance all night because they are gloriously alive gloriously healthy and fit. Hall's Wine has supplied them with both mental and physical reserves of power, which enable them to get a hundred per cent, out of life. Let Hall's
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1929. JURY SERVICE.
    1014 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS FRIDAY. DECEMBER 6, 1929. JURY SERVICE. Almost inevitable when a long drawn out case is taken at Assizes here, discussion arises at its conclusion m regard to the value or desirability of the Jury system. The trial which has recently taken place has proved to be no
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    807 10 Members of the Catholic Club are reminded that tickets for the Christmas Treat ■will be issued from to-morrow, Saturday, to Wednesday, 18th. instant. We acknowledge receipt of Guthrie and Co's excellent pocket book for 19J0. Madame Kelvey has returned from her recent visit to Calcutta and is resuming her engagements.
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    130 10 Charged with misappropriating Govtvn ment money amounting to about Rs. 62,000. Kabir Ahmed, Abdul Kader and Shanisuddin, formerly employed as clerks m the electricity department of the Hyderabad Mint, have been found guilty and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment by Mr. Abu Syed Mirza, Chief City Magistrate, Hyderabad, Dyyanadhi.
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    CHILD MARRIAGE.
    251 10 HINDUS' FEVERISH Mi IN LAST SE/Soif 81 Baby Brld^a^ ri de ?r^, Bceaus, th, Child X enforced from Ap, members of the G have not taken k lation. are showing ing their children. Several tuck n Bombay city dvi Two thousand ri are reported from S ■nd bridegrooms
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      216 10 i TURKEYS I FOR I CHRISTMAS Place Your Order Early and Let Us f I Select Your Bird from New Season 1 I Shipment. I Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. j A A A A A. A A Wilfred's annuals for 1930. :f X ANNUAL *1* f\( A selection of
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      137 10 I THE UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER 1 A guaranteed Machine with a guaranteed service. S I] PATERSON, SUIQNS CO., LIMITED. 4 Prince Street, Singapore. J PHONE 2700. f 634 FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS Buy T.K.K.'S BALLOON TOYS. In the form of camels, elephants, boas, dogs, chickens, rabbits, boars, zebras, peacocks, lions, horses, ostriches,
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      218 10 COMMODITY MARKET. LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICKS. (FREE PRKSS SKRVIf COFYtMaU London. Dtr. .">.IO p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus n notify to-day's tin priivs as follows: Spot i: 1 7 L 6 (down 2 Forward tIITT) 7 16 (dowr 2 The markel m idle. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair
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    THE CHINA REVOLT.
    40 11 i run BRITISH WARSHIPS UNDER FIRE. bcidcnJ Near Ichantf. n Hankow l.'cc i, ill -river that the Dltl '1 m South j bed i t Ikij i -4 M.S. Ladybird were ■re reported. for [chang from j
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    CHINA'S LATEST REEILION.
    41 11 CHINA'S LATEST REEI LION. g Vu-san Heads Insurgents. I era Service.] i >h.m :hai, Dec. B. the Anhui Pro- < teading the I'ukow < m North Kiangsu joined them, on the Ticnt3in« i i r three of hit I dt-ai w iih the
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    CHINESE CABLE NEWS.
    180 11 h Ihe Nanyang pr< .i Shanghai, Dae. j .tt Chuehow. He Nanking before thei Two gunboait are', them. (Government ted at I' and German ad- j ?e works from Trains from Tsinpv inning. Rioters at- 1 v station, Shanghai,]. c -upply at dawn ed to cause disturb••Ul.li
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    EDISON ARTIFICIAL RUBBER DISCOVERT.
    69 11 EDISON ARTIFICIAL RUBBER DISCOVERT. Sensational Claims. \\[> at ft Service.] New York. Dec. B. ■mist and inventor. luced artificial rubber ll lr eosi of |6 cents a !°lden Rod," one of the com- Inited States. IMPKESSIOH IN LONDON. coprmioHTi. London, Dec. f>. overy does not ap- '"!<• much impression here.
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    HISTORIC DAY FOR VATICAN CITY.
    29 11 HISTORIC DAY FOR VATICAN CITY. UlN:il VWJ to (he Pope. fl:< Service.] V«t:eaa City, Her. f Italy lay. Thi. i, th, of United I aly 1". <". thus ending a
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    CONFERENCE.
    23 11 I lI: Service.] Wtlkittfttoa, Dec. i. to th, London 11 -ail on .January loth. Personnel is forty, 'root s 111( th, \vi-
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    CHINESE THANKS TO FRANCE.
    21 11 f:iil Servfet.] Minister viited ""vumahly bt thanked ml ">n m the Sino -Russia*, lKani -^-.n page 9.]
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    NAVAL BASE COSTS.
    192 11 FURTHER QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. First Lord Does Not Reply. [FREE PlBSf SEftWCV. copyright,. London, Dec. 5. Qu< stions on Government's intentions m regard t<» various matters consequent on the decision to delay work at the MavaJ Baee tofh«M to be asked m the House of < opinions
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    THE SOVIETS TO-DAY.
    205 11 Progress of the C.E.R. Peace. [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Dor. 5. N. Utvinoff (Assistant to the Peop!e'< Commissar) m a speech to the Central Executive Committee of the Soviets. said Russia was well on the m- !v towmrdi def.nite settlement of the Chinese Eastern Railway conflict. The demarche
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    24 SAVED FROM NORWICH CITY.
    71 11 [Reuter's Service.] Wellington, N.Z., Dec. 5. There are 24 survivors, including the three mentioned yesterday, from the Norwich City, (the British steamer which ran on. the shore of Gardner Island, SO miles south-west of Honolulu on Nov. 30th.), including the Master. The eleven drowned consist
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    THE ASSIZES.
    82 11 Ten Years for Attempted Murder of Constable. Chan Vat, who attempted to shoot P. C. £)91 when the latter arrested him m Smith Street on September lGth, pointing a revolver at his chest and firing from point blank range, was sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment at the
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    MALAYAN TEACHER'S CONFERENCE.
    105 11 At the recent conference cf the Malayan Teacher** Association held m Kuala Lumpur it was decided to elect the officers for 1929H*:'>o during November. The Committee of Tellers" met at Ipoh recently and declared the following results. President, Mr. V. D. Peters (Penang), Vice-President, Mr. P. E.
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    NEW CINEMA DEAL.
    93 11 Film Company Negotiating for a Haymarket Site. Yet another super cinema may be built within a stones throw of Piccadilly-circus us the result of negotiations between the Civil Service Co-operative Stores and the Fox Film Company for the sale of the site of the Haymarket Stores. The
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    "TALKIE" EXPERT ARRIVES.
    933 11 THEATRE INSTALLATION IN NEW YEAR. 825,000 R.C.A. Equipment. 'By Our Film Correspondent). The advent of the "talkies" m Singapore was brought a step nearer yesterday with the arrival of Mr. Lew Kaplan, engineer to R.C.A., who, by arrangement with Australasian Films (Malaya) Limited, are wiring up the
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    11 11 1 Mrs. Brodie has assumed duties as Lady Medical Officer, Kedah.
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    A HOME LETTER.
    1007 11 GUY FAWKES DAY EXCITEMENT. More Bangs Than Ever. [From Our Own Cdmopondea. Kondjn, Nov. 7. There were several excit ments b>th m London and elsewhere on the &4h of November and it is estimated by Mr. Brock, the J head of the famous firework firm, that more
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      94 11 JOYUND :^^Wi FOR THE ?sir K\ D D I F S X^mSf^ at ROBINSON'S ;-^TOY BAZAAR CHRISTMAS MINIATURE SNOWBALLS X^^^^^^^N^j, CHAMPAGNE CHOCOLATES AND SWEETS. GO WITH A BANG XMAS NOVELTIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION ARE STOCKED AT ROBINSON CO., LTD. (Incorpo rated m S.S.) I Raffles Place Singapore. I jPOTTERAXi 1
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      HOME ATHLETICS.
      1139 12 The Age Limit at Oxford. I From Our Own Correspondent, j London, Nov. 7. ihe Committee of the Oxford University Atnletic Club held a meeting on Friday and decided to remove the ban on men over 2.i years of age running against Cambridge m the inter- University Sports.
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      EXPRESS BILLIARDS.
      325 12 Lindrum's 100 m 95 Seconds. Walter Lindrum's remarkable rate of scoring 1 has been the subject of discussion m the home papers since he arrived m England. The Sydney Referee refers to the question thus: A writer ("Northerner") m the Yorkshire Post questioned the possibility cf Lindrum performing
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      THE BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.
      328 12 The recent suggestion that handicaps should be introduced to billiards, so far as it affects the chief players, has aroused, much interest. Here is a letter from Yr. 1. Burnell, of London: Every follower of billiards knows only too well that the foolishly styled "championship" is, and
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      POOR OLD JOE!
      182 12 POOR OLD JOE HE'S GETTING THINNER EVERY DAT." He used to bt such a iminly fellow, Loo welt proportioned and full of vigour. Now his tinj figure has gone and he looks like a wnlkine carecrow; you can almost see the hones stick inp through his flesh. Joe needn't worry
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      BOY SCOUT FINDS $500 IN A BOTTLE.
      135 12 Sydney, Oct. 20. While pushing his way through dense undergrowth near Sirius Cove to-day, a Bey Scout came upon a bottle which he expected would contain the directions he was searching for. Instead, however, the bottle turned out to be full of sovereigns
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      493 12 YAP HENG %ZLSz I 22 23 Queen Street, Singapore. Telephone 3434. 1 GREAT ANNUAL SALE 1 FROM DECEMBER Ist. to DECEMBER 30th., 1929. Shoes for Ladies and Gentlemen m Full Sizes and Half Sizeß. Trade Mark. H AN OLD FAVOURITE Crosse S Blackwcll's Oxtail Soup I I THE WORLD'S BEST
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      437 12 NOTICES. SELANGOR TURF CLDB. AMATEUR RACE MEETING. Friday Saturday. December 6th 7th, 1929. Two Races for each division of Class 111 Horses. Two Kaces for each division of Cla^s IV find V Horses combined. Two Kaces tor Class Ponies. Two Races for each division of Class il and 111 Tonics
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      458 12 AUCTION SALES 10 th*, .< Mon<i AUCTION S X I ONE i:.L'7 MODEL Motoi; CAR 8 744W OKI To b, hel.i tK Examination si,,,i. On Monday, DmnfcDn Term.: Ca, hi l{ <lehv.y oi eai imtned Siagapor*, 1»... tab i AUCTION SALB < VALIABLK WAX POLISHED PEAK. HOLD PUENITURE X; To
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    RUBBER ROADWAYS.
    1650 13 Till IK COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Interesting Figures. j .< .1..-.. Secretary, Kub- ion an<i Rubbtr lioad m th< Chamber «»f Coin- ibbtr for road pay- ;1 1 oeawloiu was nol until :i a potential rul r «-nga*:ed serious m the formation of Ltd., I producing Rubbei Gro\i i object
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    U.S. ADVERTISING "KING."
    433 13 London Office to be Opened. An office is to be opened m London by Messrs. N". W. Ayer and Son, the largest j advertising organisation m the United States. Mr. Wilfred W. Fry, president of the House of Ayer, has just arrived m I^ondon to superintend the
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    SHANGHAI ANXIOUS.
    75 13 Call for Mobilisation of Volunteer Corps. Shanghai, Nov. 16. A call has been issued for the mobilisation of members of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps of the age of 35 and onwards as a "second line of defence." The matter, it is stated, is urgent m view of the
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    16 13 Mr. W. Jack, the well-known Kedah planter, is retiring from Malaya m May next year. T.O.M.
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    SIR A. CONAN DOYLE LIBELLED.
    290 13 Action Against Mr. BottomJey Settled. A settlement was announced before Mi. Justice Avory m the King's Bench Division of a libel action brought by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle against Mr. Horatio Bottom ley, the Phoenix Press, Ltd., and Messrs. L. Upcott (lill and Son, Ltd.,
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    AMERICANS WHO HATE ENGLAND.
    219 13 Dean Inge and Some "Bitter Hostility/ Dean Inge, at a BMttiag of the Fnglish Speaking Union m London sai<l. m a inference to Anglo-American relations. "It hurts an Englishman very much to observe the bitter hostility which extstl m parts of America again t fchli C
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      59 13 Convalescent r ®*Hs^Bw I Ovrr ;,/y> the days of weary C^jRHbK waiting, over the while >I^> <BW^^.-^. ''^^^^P^^f^Jn^jK^^ t'::!jTt:t::z W !pSm^^mSk sj>ed ufy hy the aromatic jT?^' "^^^^f^B^Hl -47/r ''Lr"'t" ciit:' 'if^^^^' a real hoon to eonvalcscents, h\ f/ tf ims 'f /^W^ //jc/r trusted rnmj>;mjon on x *^of// Representative.
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      814 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Doe Spore. B*ATREUS For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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      534 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "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 Spore. CITY OP DURHAM Dec. 14 CITY OF HEREFORD Jan. 9 a.s. CITY OF TOKIO Feb.
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      439 14 P. O British India and Apcar Lints (Incorporated m EngUnd.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CAR^r SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S N m UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S CO\ FR\M r v LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEKYICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND lAPi\ Due Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage KHIVA 9,000 Dec.
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      641 15 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Veaael. ArrWe. Lear* UUWi Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen and Antwerp via Colombo, Aden. •uf-z a' I rt Said. Andes Maru Dec. 17 Dec 18 ,r Elisabeth, Cape Town, iro, Santos, Montevideo J r( \in-. iKound-the-*VM i> <-«tf<' iM*-l t Manila Maru Dec. 30 Jan. 1 giobasa,
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      541 15 DOLLAR CTEAMSHIP lANE dhid AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO MARSEILLES. NEffi JOBK A£Q BOSTON, From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. PRES. WILSON Dec. 9 Dec. 12 Dec. 14 Jan 21 PRES. VAN BUREN Dec. 23
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      729 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) J» (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with sub-cot nections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representative* m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Peaaac) of th« OFFICIAL TOURIST
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      757 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly Railing* by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor Teasel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading; to Australia. Cabins
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      25 16 ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE. (O**ers: ANDREW WEIR Co.) For Mauritius and South African Ports. Due. s.s. TINHOW Dec. 14 BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m F.M.S.) Agents.
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      594 16 Kerr Steamship Co. l nr a. BEAVER STREET, NEW YOtt M (Incorpo. ated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON. NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE. M.S. SILVERGUAVA due Deo. 14 M.S. SILVERBEECH doe Jan. 10 P ACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA S&Wi SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO v!s> LOS ANGELES HARBOUR M.S.
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      739 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan* Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      763 16 THE FRENCH LINER ERIDAN. Twin-Screw 15 '/z -knot Vessel for Messageries Maritimes. After a series of somewhat prolonged trials the Messageries Maritimes took delivery (for their Australian service) of the passenger liner Eridan, and they now have tour further passenger motor ships m course of construction. It is, perhaps, significant
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      77 17 East arc still encounter- -r. Dili, from I.angkok on brought I1" bullocks. r Yuan Jeng from rough! a cargo of white mer Aagen is due here n on Monday, the 9th instant, probably sail on the same Saigon, Hong Kong, <l Yokohama, berth Paleml ang and Munifhl over 100 deck
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      GREETINGS FROM MALAYA'S NEW CAPTAIN.
      113 17 GREETINGS FROM MALAYA'S NEW CAPTAIN. (irrm .r < :ij>tain-in-('har£e at Singapore uin H S Shipway, who was formi in-Charge at Singapore, has D1 d to OUimand H.M.S. Malaya, hip presented bj the F.M.S. to Government during the war. ngapore m 1927 Captain Ship,l command of the Naval BarLJpon taking up
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      MARELLA'S NEW VENTILATING SYSTEM.
      59 17 •*.<• above steamer. Messrs A- Ltd., advise the local sn. Boustead and Company, tl el'i recent drydoeking il m Australia she was fitted tank ventilation similar to the Neediest to say, this improveMarella will add greatly to the f the passengers generally, as this il.it i.n
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      STEAMSHIPS RENAMED.
      75 17 11" Hong Steamship (omneis have been renamed recently y l.uilt fthip, the Nam Heng has the Hong Lam and the Benneerly owned by the firm of Wee N"w Hies the No Hong flag under the Hung Tons;. The Kelston tins the bouse flag of the Ho Company. Formerly
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      THE PIRATE MENACE.
      165 17 1 Merchants Company to Take Action. lover the increasing number of 1 <>i the company, part:--!l"nt piracy of the steamer the manage ment of the China nship company has taken matter which may tend to I by hold pi rat" »P*nj l,a< decided to adopt the 1
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      36 17 ■'■;■>■ TiM l.rst of three which the Yokohama ""'•'"Kfor the- Osaka Shosen 1 launched. «m is m ft J ';;^'n of M ft. ins. and a »i the draught being capacity of IVi( speed of 14% knots
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      MOST EFFICIENT PROPULSIVE MACHINERY.
      445 17 The White Star's Enterprise. Responding to a very widespread and keen concern as to the reasons for ceasing work on the construction of the new 60,000--ton super-Oceanic, whose keel plating was laid at Belfast last year, the White Star Line last month definitely intimated to the
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      PULVERIZED FUEL BURNING.
      224 17 Concluding an article m the Nautical Magazine on pulverized fuel burning Kng. Captain F. J. Drover, R.N., says: It has been stated m many quarters that Great Britain is falling behind other countries as regards motorship constructions; but it is not fully realised that there arc many
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      THE NEW AMERICAN VESSELS.
      118 17 Contract for Australia. Washington. A contract covering loans recently awarded the Oceanic Steamship Company for the construction of two combination passengerCftfgo vessels for the Australian trade was signed to-day by the Shipping Board, representatives of the company, and the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, which will construct the
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      95 17 On behalf of Scandinavian owners orders for several oil tankers have been placed with shipbuilders on the Tyne, Wear and m Scotland. Since July Norwegian and Swedish owners have placed orders for six vessels with Sir W. G. Armstrong and Co., Walker-on-Tyne. The Siamese Prince, a sister vessel to the
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    THE BLACKCOAT HANDICAP.
    837 17 THE RICH WOMAN AND HER POOR SISTER. Pensions Bill Anomalies. Some extraordinary anomalies created by the new Pensions Bill, which will give pensions of 10s. a week for life to widows aged o> and upwards, can only be defended or, the ground that "a start must be
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    ENGLISH SAILOR CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MALAY.
    101 17 Darwin, Nov. 11. When the steamer Koolinda arrived here to-day, the master reported that a sailor named Mitchell had been detained at Sourabaya, on a charge of having murdered a Malay, and would be tried on November 25. Mitchell is 19 years of
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    21 17 Captain Thomas Pye, Commander of the Runciman steamer Glenmoor, has retired at the age of 75, after 50 years at sea.
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    PERSIAN RUG SECRETS.
    353 18 Delicate Repairs Done by Oriental Craftsmen. So many "Eastern" carpets are manufactured m America that the Persian Government have complained to Washington that saAeient care is not taken to make it clear t;» the public that those rugs are not made hi Persia. "There is no possibility
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    DILEMMA OF THE TWINS.
    108 18 James May Be John If He Exists at All. Officially, Mr. James Mead, ag» <\ 53, of Victoria-road, Southsea, a marrk-d nan with a grown-up family, has n^v^r been burn. When an approved society to v hich he belongs asked for his birth certificate it discovered
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    "MARSHALL HALL" OF AMERICA.
    416 18 Mr. Clarence Darrow "Trying to Retire." Most people recall the name of Mr. Clarence Darrow m connection with the famous Monkeyville trial m Tennessee, but he is also the Marshall Hall of America, the man who has defended m all the big murder cases m recent
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    28 18 A well-known Sitiawan planter, Mr. C. F. Hewett, J.P., who had been home on leave on account of ill-health, returned to Sitiawan on Friday evening from England. 'i
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    FRENCH STATUE OF LORD HAIG.
    307 18 Memorial at Montreuil. Paris, Nov. (>th. M. Paul LandowsU has begun work on .the model for the equestrian statue of Field-Marshal Lord Haig which will he erected at Montivuil-sur-Mer. The initiative for the erection of this monument was taken by a group of citizens of
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    AN ACTRESS'S AGE.
    160 18 Berlin. Fritzi Massavy is the greatest favourite of the musical comedy stage m Germany, and she has held that position for so manj years that an article about her is included m the new edition of Meyer's Encyclopaedia. In that article, a question which is constantly discussed
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    A MODERN ADAM.
    525 18 EMULATING THE FIRST MAN. Forest Life and Spectacles! The Depaitment of Lands and Forests hai leiised lo grant the request .>f Mr. Lurt McConneil, of New York, for a permit to entei the New Brunswijk forest vvearir.f* only a mir of spectacles. Mr. ICcConnell had arranged to
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    KING SOLOMON'S TREASURES.
    234 18 Search In Ruins of Mizpah. New York. The research undertaken recently m the i luins of Mizpar. about seven miles from I Jerusalem, under direction of F. Bade of the University of California, seems to m I dicate that there will be more important results than was
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    FILM STARS' FAKED TAX RETURNS.
    114 18 New Hollywood Profession. Ix»s Angeles, Oct. 27. There are peculiar jobs m Hollywood, but the Government has discovered the most remarkable m the prosecution of the handsome Marjorie Berger, f < r having made a living m preparing fraudulent income tax reports for cinema stars.
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    52 18 A young man, who gave his name as Edward Maraids. was charged m the Kuala Lumpur Police Court at the instance of the Railway Police with having defrauded the F.M.S. Railways on the Ist inst. by travelling" on the buffer of the train from Tapah Roati to Kuala Lumpur without
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    METHODS OF KILLING WHITE ANTS.
    333 18 The Cooaci] for Scientific and Industrial Research considers the problem of whit,' ant damage so serious that an investigation M to be made uututr sat*, iietaui tiie uivUion <>i entomology. I The hai exercised the minds o J the building and architectural profession years. The
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    88 18 Penanjf residents were adviood to adust their expenditures according to their tBCOOM by Mr. L. D. Gammon, assistant director of the Malayan Co-operative Society when he spoke at the Government Girls' School on Monday. Their chief mission he said was to pet people out of debt, to keep them out
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    PRISONER'S "BLUFF" TURNS TO TRAGEDY.
    179 18 PRISONER'S "BLUF F" TURNS TO TRAGEDY. The extraordinary who hanged himaeli preti nilt-ti to commit «uicid< jut of an inquest at The man. Abraham ;ik»'<l twenty-six, wl t i^rht* <11 months 1 wi hanging m hU cell bj medical officers en October 7. A pi iaow r stated thai n.
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    MOTHERS TRAGIC DISCOVERY.
    72 18 Son D«/wfcileHi BnrfMf A dramatic d ut-iit to ;i i""i to ftnd one ham ami the uther was made at Bi Jam.s Walker, don-road, Cambi Tfct mother, «rhc injr exidemr. «aW ißf to a younger "As I opened the AMrod behind •Alf, an- you friirhtei cim down
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      123 18 JgfJEvEN Finer than the name implies W** Thousands of motorists are buying the new Dodge Brothers Six on the sole recommen- pv^'-, dation of its name. To them, the new Dodge =gg v Brothers Six means far more than any detailed recital of its many advanced engineering features and style
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    SILVER DOLLARS.
    242 19 Mr. Hynes and Native Hank Complaints. In an interview, the Hon. Mr. A. C. Hynes, Chief Manager oi the Hongkong and Shanu-j hai Banking Corporation, Hong Kong seve-j rely criticised the attitude of certain native bank* with i egard to local currency. Mr. Hynes' remarks were made when
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    99 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyer Seller. Ayer Hitam (ss) Us 9d 12s <M Fatu Caves ($1) Mttt 1.07% Fastem Siam li 5s nom. Hong Fatt ($1) 65 70 Malay Consd. (SI 36 3i> Mambau ($1) 70 75 PetalitiK ($U 4 -->° 515 ißantau Ords. ($1) 65 75 IRantau Pref.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    715 19 LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 4. Tin figures for the month of November are to hand. Shipments at 10,175 tens constitute a record and there is a carry over of 4,155 tons, including Tin "On Warrant" and "Afloat but not cleared." Production estimates for December
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT.
    126 19 I Singapore. Dec. 5. During the past week the Market has varied from dull to quiet but steady, and, while New York has gained x over the I period and locally we are unchanged, Lonidon has lost Y*d. I At time of writing buyers' prices are:— Singapore 27;
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    27 19 Rapid progress is being made with the construction of Kuala Lurtrpar's new Trade School, a fine building with ft central tower, situated not far from Batu Road.
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    EXCHANGE RATES.
    214 19 DecnibtM- 5. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2;3 15)16 London months' sight 2<3 7 8 London 60 dny.s' sight 2(3 13J16 London 30 .lays' sight 2|3 25|32 London demand 2|3 34 London T. T. 2|3 11(16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1429 I Hamburg, detr.und 234 I New York,
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    PRODUCE.
    213 19 Decembr r 5. Tin tM Tons |M£B Gunbivi* 10 Pepper White- SO Pepper Black 4* Flake Tapioca <> Pearl Sago Small 8.06 Copra Sumlrk'tl '.'-TO Rice, Anam No. 2 260 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.30 Uice, Siam old No. 1. 880 Rice, Rangoon Fintan 260
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    64 19 December sth., 12 r.'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard Spot 26% 27 Stum iv R.S.S. on Tendkr Dec. 11 tl% January I~** 2S Feb. _'X> 4 t&hi .1 an M arch K\k -**> April-.luiu- t*% Tome of Market: Dull. Latest CftMc: London
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    162 19 MACPH AIL'S SHARE LIST. Yesterday's Alterations. Dec. sth., Closing Trices. Buyers Sellers. Hong Fatts 88 07 Johan Tin 88 34 Ms Kinta Tin Dred. LJS IM Kuyohs 14 17 Lukut Tins 1.30 1.40 North Taiping 76 Vi 79 Penawats 75 78 y 2 Puteh 1.10 1.20 Sungei Ways 8£7% 3.35
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    211 19 ROSE MACPHAII, AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, Dec. Rubber. -London 7 15 Vhi. 1 I6d Up. 4 p.m. Price (I^ondon Std.) Spot 2i\% S.S. R.S.S. on Tender Dee. 27, Jany. 27-.., .Jan.March 28 Vi, Apr.-June 29 l a Dull. I Tin. London £179 10s. 255. down. I
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    327 19 Renong Consolidated (Nov.) Hour.-. 526; CUbfc yards 146,0»)0; Hkuls 45;;. Kutu (aov.) Ht,uvs t;^,i; Cubic yards 1 >7,000; iikuls 504. Agents lloustead and Co: Penang. Katrut Basin (Sichon) 840 pikuls; Takuapa Valley 1,526 pikuls. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., K. L'pur, Agents. Sione Tin 327 pkls. Sime, Darby
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    D.E.I. RUBBER SHIPMENTS.
    274 19 The Dutch East Indies Rabbet Trade At•ocUtion publish the figures of September shipments. GroM shipmtnts amounted to F'l' ST!w <A Jrei 2tiM tons> "hereof Estate Rubber 12,422 torn (12,154 too*) and .Native Rubber, partly wet, 10,875 tons (10,'J.k) tons). Making an allowance of 25 per cent for
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      737 19 ASSETS EXCEED $10,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMfTED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFTPF- 97 om t tr n Th (om pany has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Engknd^ and compHe! Twith Z BrS UU Assurance
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      267 19 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). a P ital £3,000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 a:d-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,612,046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers Esq. Charles J. Hambro Esq. J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H. Shelford, Esq. Sir Thomas Catto, Bart.
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      39 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    234 20 MALAYA CUP RUGBY MATCHES. Saturday's Encounters. Two matchvs m the Malaya Cup competition are down for decision on Saturday. The Services play their first match against Negri Sembilan at Seremban, and Perak and Sclargor meet m Kuala Lumpur. The Selected teams for these matches are as follow: N.
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    S.C.C. RUGBY.
    24 20 In a trial game on the Padang yesterday evening Whites defeated Colours by two goals and two tries (16 points) to nil.
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    SINGAPORE BOXING.
    141 20 Amateur Championship Tournament. Entries dose to-morrow, Saturday, for the Singapore Amateur Boxing Association championship tournament. The committee are anxious to have a fully representative tournament, and all boxers possessing the necessary amateur status are earnestly requested to enter without delay. The majority of entries so far are for
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    ENGLISH CUP COMPETITION.
    70 20 First Round Replays. [Reuters Service.] 1 oiuliin, Dec. 4. In the F.A. cup first round replays to-day resulted as follow: Dagenham 0: Barry 1 at West Ham. Shildon 1: Doncaster 1, after extra time. Chesterfield 3: Southport 2. Port Vale 5: Gainsborough 0. Folkestone 2: Clapton Orient
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    A SWIMMING FEAT.
    278 20 After the Ball (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette). Sir, Perhaps you may be interested to hear that the straits between Penans and Butterwoith were swum by a European during the early hours of Sunday morning after St. Andrew's Ball. I was one of three m
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    25 20 pJ!T d at took P lace ft t his residence m Penan* Road, of Mr. T. Arulanandum Pillay Manasror, Ganesh Printing Works and Government Pensioner.
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    HOCKEY.
    934 20 NEED FOR REVISION OF RULES. Some Flagrant Abuses. Now that the Hockey Association has taken over the functions of the Internat;onal Board, it is to be hoped that it will seriously consider not only the alteration of some of the rules but a re-drafting of the rules m general.
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    S.C.C. BILLIARD HANDICAP.
    51 20 FRIDAY'S TIES. Championship. C. K. Wardle vs. Winner of Carmichael and Lindsay. A. Class. W. T. Cherry plus 25 vs. Winner of Bembroke and Romney. H. Gray owe 150 vs. H. J. Frewin owe 175. B. Class. H. A. Bassett owe 25 vs. Winrer of Calhaem and
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    WRESTLERS AT WAR.
    1872 20 SYDNEY SEES TERRIFIC BATTLE. j "All m" Rules or Not. Those who have at times watched championship wrestling matches and deemed them lifeless and uninteresting, will find m this account of a Sydney contest the possibilities of urgent wrestling. It should be said that Zigmund very pluckily
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    OFFER OF £200,000 FOR PHALARIS.
    227 20 American exchanges report that a breed ing firm over there has offered 1,000,000 dollars (£200.000) for Phalaris, who is now m his 17th yeai. Phararis is by Polymelus from Bromus, by Sainfoin (grandsire of Tracery) from Cheery, by St. Simon from Sunrise, by Springfield, sire
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