The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 January 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1930 20 PAGES DAILY NO. 12,915
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  • 231 1 A lanflMs disaster bus taken plan- in California where two air liners collided and ten persons are believed to have been killed Page 11. In ronucction with the discovery of the body of a murdered woman in Bradford. ;i greengrocer el the lowa has beea etargetl P&ge
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  • 840 1 /.ih.-lii. .1" in ;i!i the Niu y.m Honounmen The Topicist extends hi.- sup 1 1. contratulations and trusUs that whether ani.M^st the An han-•-11- or the Justices they will tuid oon i company and the dur regard <>i their fellow, but ics.> elevated, bmo. Shallows ol
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 167 1 WING LOONG. for noi CLASS IAIIOKiNG. Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET. I Raffles Hotel I FIRST (LASS ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION I TEA COMMENCING AFTER I I WEDNESDAY TITSD I kkm,av Mura ofl\in*ov& ""1^ 1 ifi t; i>— s i.-» pm SATURDAY. W The C elehratcd Shanghai Concert
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    • 216 1 BLACK DECKER for all standard voltages Universal Electric Valve Refaccr JHE Black and Decker z in. Universal Electric j n Valve Rofacer is designed to do hi^h grade W precision work. All working yarts are carefully machined. The moving h'bles are constructed on the same principles as the best lathes.
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    • 124 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS I tie's for modern furniture Page 19. Qaflac policies to covor all risks— Page 10. vritimg ts] Pi i D1 nd m T i> r at Dc Bllvi Pj 10. h. b Winter for style In tailoring— Page U) Bamoan dancers coming t:> tb< rbeatre Page 2. ICalaya
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    • 12 1 WING LOONG. THE KECOGMSEI) HOUSE for 2UROPEAN TROPICAL sens, 82, HIGH BTREZT.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 188 1 THE WEEK. Saturday. Ith. High Water. 1.32 am.. 8.3. 034 pjn., 9.4. Malacca: H. W.. 9.30 a.m.. 5.07. 9 50 p m., ;>.0.« .MaJaya Meihodist Conference. Rugby: S.C.C. vs. Welch Reut.. Pad SC.C. "A" vs. Johore. J. Bahru. H SC.C. VS. RE. ami R.A. S.C.C: SRC. vs. Welch. Vyner Qomes
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  • 95 2 IBritL-sh Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby. Jan. 1. The funeral of Squadron-Leaaer JonesWilliams, who. with Flight-Lieutenant Jenkins. lost his life when their Royal Air Force monoplane era-shed at Tunis while attempting a flight to Cape Town, took place thus afternoon in the family burial
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 82 2 LEICHNER'S GREASE PAINTS ETC. FRESH STOCKS JUST RECEIVED MEDICAL HALL, LTD., SINGAPORE. -"KELVEY'S School of DANCING CHARACTER, CLASSICAL, CLOG. EXHIBITION, BALLET, TOE and latest BALL ROOM DANCING. Madame KELVEY 8 Meyer Mansions. AlhambrA STARTING MONDAY JANUARY 6th. John Barrymore in and as DON JUAN SILENT SCREEN'S SI PKEME OFFERING. USUAL
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    • 292 2 VICTORIA THEATRE ONE RECITAL ONLY, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12th., AT 9.30 P.M. A. STROK presents: MIGUEL FLETA Phenomenal Spanish Tenor. The Sensation of All Capitals. AT THE PIANO JOSE ANGLADA. BOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S. Stalls $5 and $2, Circle $4, Gallery $L COMING SHORTLY. The Great Talking and Singing Picture
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    • 347 2 lalhambra: *t Tan Chens Kee, Sole Proprietor. X Programme 1 Commencing Tuesday, Dec. 31st M 1929, and ending Sunday >♦ January sth, 1930. Wi In the Second Show at 9 p.m. !tl THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS V METRO— GOLDWYN— MEYER Present JOHN GILBERT J>+ in the finest romance I THE
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 577 2 CHURCH SERVICES. St. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. 2ND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS Holy Con: mi un lun V3O u m Matin--8 ain i-horal' H«»lv Coiiuininiuii Id nui Children I Kut h.»n-i 530 pn: .choral' E\en.sonu <t! Sermon Monday. W»dnesda\ and Krid.t\ at 8 a. in Holy C'>u.n ".jinoii. lu.^dav. Thursday and S it
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  • 1212 3 PAVILION TALKIES." Varying Emotions Over Innovation. 'By Our Film Correspondent.) UMHATSOEVER may be said about the results of the innovation it must be admitted that the Pavilion management sprung a surprise on the cinema-going public of Singapore on New Year's Day when they advertised the
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  • 575 3 >Ir. H. A. L. Fisher's Study. Our New Religion. By the Right Hon'ble H. A. L. Fisher Benn. 6 shillings). To this brief account and analysis of the facts and teachings of Christian Science a double welcome is due. In the lirst place its appearance is timely; the
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  • 52 3 Mr. J. M. Mather, of Messrs. Huttenbach. Lazarus and Sons, Ipoh. is going on transfer to Kuala Lumpur at the end of this month. Mr. Mather has been in Perak for two yean: and has taken a keen interest in the Church, being a member of the Ciioir of St.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 187 3 ELECTRICITY] ECONOMY AND SERVICE yCOOK&Ify dutomatic-T lif^V time IC^iy^S MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. r/^r/7/ LV ADVERTISING ij .4 AD U£- STAND BEHIND THE STATEMENT BACKED BY SCIENTIFIC CLINICAL TEST THAT (DESICCATED OX LIVER) 5 Will give new blood and make pale men, women and children healthy and robust. It is used
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    • 341 3 B■ ■'■■■■■■II A. FA Y and EGAN Company) IVlatcKer II Bi Pfl 1^ Moulder K*^ f^^^jF /jjR FAY-EGAN MACHINES Hnii™ l^Sm Modernise tKe Wood- HollOW ■aaifcll -mwr fK MfeLtßr Wo rking Industry. I/nisei M\^r^ Sole Agents S JK£ JIXED ENGINEERS, LIMITED. I < Incorporated in Straits Settlements BRANTIII S ■■■llll|||||||||
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  • 832 4 ij Drivers' Fears Banished by Experience. :j j: PRACTICE, THE REMEDY. 4 by >. The H m Mrs VICTOR BRUCE. J MOTORING bemnners may br divided into two classes, as regards skidding: TbOM who have a healthy dread of a skid, and tl.os who have not and
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  • 60 4 It is stated that Italy now holds fourth place in respect of European car production, about 100,000 persons deriving their incomes from the industry, which provides the national exchequer with some £5,000,000 per year. Fifty per cent, of the cars manufactured are exported, while in Italy there are
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  • 523 4 Back to the Big Engine. The transition of automobile racing fror.i little engines back to the big ones is proceeding to the satisfaction of the power? that have it. according to the opinion of member; of the Contest Board of The American Automobile Association. A oup
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  • 940 4 THE NEW ROAD TRAFFIC BILL. SPEED LIMIT TO GO. A Highway Code for All. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London. Dec. 5. One Of the main topics of conversation throughout the country has been the Government's Road Traffic Bill, the text of which m, published this week. The main proposals of
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  • 101 4 At Indianapolis the cars will carry mechanics in addition to pilots, according to the newrules. On the board and dirt tracks, however, it is not likely the rule of two men in the car will be maintained. It will prevail for the speedway because the race there, 500 miles, twice
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 109 4 ♦f The MORRIS COMMERCIAL V v jtf W I '7T pi is not a new and untried <♦ i me* lt has stood the st rn test ol I^l i 1 ~^^^^^^^^^^®^®*'P'BioßB^3t." ''"OS 9 j- on/] service^ In buying the MORRIS COM- 4 2i^"^jif j MERCIAL you are not only
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    • 182 4 Itaikoo sugar! I CUBES and HALF CUBES J 1 lb. cartons, 3 lb. 5 Ib tins I GRANULATED I 1 v I 1 lb. cartons, 5 lb 10 lb bags JL v OBTAINABLE FROM ALL DEALERS A *v» V Y Manufactured by j Taikoo Sugar Refining Coy, Ltd UUTTERFIELD SWIRE).
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  • 235 5 Yorkshire A.C. and the Police. At a meeting of the Yorkshire Automobile Club many points relative to the parking of ars in public parking places at Leeds were raised. It was pointed out that the Leeds Watch Committee view with disfavour the increasingly common practice
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  • 118 5 Plans of a Famous Firm for the Near Future. Plans are being made for the production of a new car by A. J. Stevens and Co., Ltd., the well-known Wolverhampton makers of motor cycles. It is to be a 9 h.p. vehicle of a straightforward
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  • 1098 5 EARLY SPEED ATTEMPTS. Some of Golden Arrow's Predecessors. To the great majority of people the fascination of the world's land speed record, which is the figure showing the highest speed ever attained by a car. is something quite new. In fact, of late one or two people seem
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  • 108 5 Educat'on Only Remedy for Accident Problem. It has been proposed by the Lord Mayor of Sheffield that he should call a conference to deal with the problem of street accidents. Amongst the many suggestions forwarded to him with the object of making streets safer are the
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  • 90 5 First New Morris -Oxford Not Built in Franrr When a certain daily paper described the 15 h.p. six-cylinder Morris-Oxford car, it was stated that the experimental models had been designed and built in Prance at the Le Mans factory, controlled by Sir W. R. Morris. This rumour is
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  • 299 5 Safety Device on High Speed Car. Wind brakes making use of the air resistance set up at high speeds are to be used for the first time on a motor-car in the attempt to be made by Mr. Kaye Don on the world's land speed record
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  • 86 5 PROTEST AGAINST NEW MOTOR LAW. Drivers Hold up Traffic. London, Dec. 18. A New York message lrom Mexico City saya that, as a protest against the new Mexican Penal Code, the omnibus and taxi-drivers held up traffic for ten minutes at noon by stopping their machines in the middle of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 259 5 I ie nds X w e f°n n f al V». A Btir soon develops the feel- ing for his car that mst men have for their 4 r€B P«ct amounting almost to aflFection. For X t the Austin soon becomes a valued friend: so 51 sound-so utterly depeidable-so untiring
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    • 50 5 The New Buick Leads the Field In Every Element of Motor Car Value ■^f?l^a^^^L I IL I V I »^7° A/ITM MABTCRPIKCS lOOHI BV riIHIR S ikjS '-B^tfißyW N. V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING CO. (MOTOR DEPT.) J^ Cavanagh Road, (Just off Orchard Road), Singapore, Telephone No. 3821 PRODUCTOP GENERAL MQTQRc,
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  • Saturday Football Specials.
    • 405 6 I les ut Gulf Oommittee la vatiw body, Mad, as such, ki inclined to allow full veiuht to the "thin end of the wedge" argument I uo nut think that any one of us saemben can msth be described at pighaaded bo his unreasonable opposition i
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    • 993 6 IVAN SHARPE on ASSOCIATION football in the United Kingdom has MMkniMMI ttMWVm*Y*t ch.U'ue. Th< alteration «.i the off-side law has rendered p!l IUO man uncertain. The amsequence then an wow ups d wns in form lhan rvei and it is impossib'..- to say from week
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    • 530 6 To trj to puk out League or Cup wtanera is nn the wane is a fools we an told But there must b« >-onn ii:in« very msdnating about this form o: for the oldest Of Old hands fall for it. Before tliis season opened one
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    • 187 6 Oldham Athletic has secured the transfer of dimming, the Huddersfield Town inside left. Cumming made 17 appearances for the Hudderfield first team last season and scored six goals The accounts of the Worcestershire County Cricket Club for the past season reveal a loss of £935. compared with £9J6 in the
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    • 1157 6 SYD PUDDEFOOT on FOOTBALLERS are often accused of taking little interest in the game they play, 'extent when it comes to drawing their money once ever}- week. Do I need to tell you that there Is no truth in such an accusation? Do you
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    • 248 6 DIVISION I. AiM-nal n. Sheffield Wed Aston Villa vs. Leeds U. Blackburn R vs. Manchester U. Derby C. vs. Bolt on W. Bverton vs. UvcrpooL iiudder-tieid t Birmingham. Manchester C 9%. S-:nderland. Middlesbroui;!i vs. West Ham U Newcastle U. vs. Grimsby T. Port.smouth vs. Burnley Sheffield U.
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  • 679 6  -  Arthur Peall Billiard Topics and Comments. By How to Play a More Interesting Game: Avoid Stateness. In this special article for the Free Press Arthur Peall gives Rood »dvicr to M amateur billiards players who have reason to complain of stateness in thrir P a> WHEN my
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  • 624 6 Some of the Mysteri Explained. in the artli le afr. Eric r i author and m authority on ipor matters, v.ho. when at Eton, played for the' Collegers, explains the intricacies of v. the uninitiated, appears to be men battle on St. Andrew's Day. i i tain
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  • 56 6 TIM death has occurm! of John Hartley, tin- Sund half-back. B a junior club in LtM E. L. H.,k.tt Of Vtetorl to tain pan m the 1> December I, ill inabJ- I University w itmtton. Ek)Uble Rose, a Class h traiiiins for the I'.naiu Turl I Meeting dropped dead OO
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  • 290 7 Sir Henry Hawkins' Exploits. YOUTH SCANDALISES A TOWN. The st Wf of a "forgery" by Henry Hawkins. lof Hitchin. afterwards the late Sir Henry Hawkins, the famous judge, is one of the innumerable incidents in the life of that ancient Hertfordshire town recounted by Mr. Reginald L.
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  • 255 7 Miss Dawn Assheton and Mr. Laszlo Schwartz Here. Many who remember with pleasure the cron .sion o f their visit to Singapore aboai foui years a*io will be delighted to hear that Miss Dawn Assheton. the gifted English coloratura soprano, and Mr. Laszlo Schwartz, one of Hungary
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  • 211 7 Pilot's Lucky Escape When Plane Crashes. As previously announced in t lie Free Pi ess one of the three aeroplanes vrich leit Bangkok on an "international goodwill Bight'" to Delhi, India, fell in the jungle not far from Udaya. The airman was killed, but the pilot escaped. According
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  • 134 7 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 1. The Colonial Office issues a statement showing a satisfactory reduction of unemployment in Palestine. During the month of October unemployment among both Jews and Arabs decreased, notwithstanding the fact that nearly 800 working men and women entered the country.
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  • 23 7 Mr. J. M. Brander. Acting Assistant Controller of Labour. Ipoh, will be shortly leaving for Klang to take up a similar position there.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 163 7 ISN'T SHE j BONNIE? j FOR MOTHER BABY— 4 SUNSHINE VITAMIN "D" 4 There is Sunshine Vitamin D J in Sunshine Glaxo J result firm flesh J sound bone no digestive disorders < Ask your doctor j Builds Bonnie Babies If you have any difficulty in obtaining **Glaxo M write
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    • 805 7 WRITE &TELL US HOW 'ASNgRO' HELPED your Letter will help hundreds of others W E U IVC a d gfOW by heI P in 8 others— it is YOUR experience. We ask you to write and the law ot service. When you send us a HOW a<jppn mki r>Tm vr*n
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  • 452 8 Frog "Restored to Life." Calcutta, Nov. 30. On a visit he has just paid to the Bose Research Institute in Calcutta, Reuter's special correspondent witnessed some remarkable demonstrations in connection with Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose's apparatus for recording the life-growth of plants, and also in the establishment
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  • 208 8 50.000 Women I'nder Displeasure Peking. Dec. 6. The "Customs-Correction Corps" of the local bureau of social welfare announces that 50,357 Chinese women have been discovered with bound feet in the former capital, and that they have been instructed to unbind their feet at once.
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  • 252 8 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Jan. 1. In a telegram to the Lord Mayor of London acknowledging New Year greetings HM. the King says: "I deeply value the affectionate allusion to my restoration to health and to the Queen and members of my
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  • 50 8 Arrests made by the Shanghai Municipal Police during the week ending December 21 totalled 325, of whom 93 were identified as habitual offenders. Eight armed kidnappers, five armed robbers, and 14 snatchers were caught in the police net. Of these one kidnapper, one robber, and six snatchers had criminal records.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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    • 24 8 1/ KEEPS v^/ jjglh -JTHE SKIH/ '■p^B'i OO j^^. IuZELI E SNOW I^F'-^i! At a Chemists and Stores Jj^^^L S Burroughs Wellcome Co.. London
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    • 519 8 ■^Ciptf-H /uice in^° it [rfflHTffnrl dnnk a giau of c -d- ing Montserrat' and raltivate^i Itmct k|ONTS»i?mT VWm LIMC vIUfCC Of all Dealer, Prepared in England by EVAN'S SONS LESCHKR WIBI Ltd Liverpool and London \m -I Iy^ I feel r like a 2-yr-old! Since takii"^ Kn< I TO "7k.
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  • 135 9 A TOWN OF MOURNING. Cinema Manager Arrested. [Reuter's Service.l London, Jan. 2. There were pathetic scenes at the Paisley Infirmary mortuary where many of the volunteers preparing the bodies for burial broke down and substitutes had to be found. Hearses repeatedly visited the mortuary to-day and slowly conveyed
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  • 103 9 No Statement from M. Sokolnikov. [Reuters Service.] London, Dec. 3. In view of the Soviets recent pledge in regard to propaganda some stir has been created by the publication in London's new Communist newspaper. The Daily Worker, of a messaga from the Presidium of the
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  • 110 9 I Reuter's Service.] London. Jan. 2. Mr. Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exehequeri and Mr. Wm. Graham (President of the Board of Trade i left for The Hague to-day. The delegation is essentially a Treasury party and Mr. Henderson (Foreign Secretary) is not going as
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  • 106 9 Conversations Continuing. I Reuter's Service.] Washington. Jan. 2. Mr. Stimson (Secretary of State) made a statement on Nanking's decree abolishing extrality to-day. He says the report that Nanking was automatically terminating extrality rights on Jan. 1 is not borne out by the text of the
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  • 84 9 Philippine-Borneo Boundaries Delimitated. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 2. Mr. Stimron (Secretary of State) and Sir ■SSM Howard (British Ambassador) have sigQSjd a convention delimitating the boundary between the Philippine Archipelago and British North Borneo. The convention does not alter the existing boundaries and confirms the title
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  • 86 9 f ßeuter's Service] Boston, Jan. 2. A battleship is by far the most economical way of throwing high explosives about, declared the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Adams, to-day in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce. The battleship was still the most important, probably
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  • 79 9 Police Official Fired On. cr3st > Sei-vice.l Detroit. Jan. 2. Mr. Henry Garvin, head of»the police bomb squad, who was due to appear to-day as a witness in the trial of Martin Cohn. proprietor of the Study Club, charged with manslaughter in connection with a fire on
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 473 9 BUS^^IESS^CARDa TO BUSINESS MEN. BEOIN THE NEW YEAR WELL by .ncling your typewriting work to thte Rureau. Prompt Service— Charges Moderate. THE STRAITS TYPEWRITING BUREAU, 28-E. Chulia Street, Singapore. I Why accept less ALHAMBRA CIGARS I are tobacco perfection. REPAIRS TO BINOCULARS, FIELDGLASSES TELESCOPES. M. EZEKIEL SONS, Optical Specialists. Raffles
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    • 735 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. Is hereby mven th-«t t«. Tender. n Date of Closi.'g Sal- and removal Irom Municipal tam at Orove Road, of scrap No(>n ■•fH rails etc w no.hi. Jan. "th. 1030 Pluinbine and Drainage Work at Strert bI C "ln rhlU P Noon, Jan. 10th. 1930. L«m
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    • 416 9 NOTICES. NOTICE As from Jan. Ist, 1930 the address of Ardath Tobacco Co,, Ltd. will be 138, CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. NOTICE. We hereby give notice that Mr. U. S. de Silva. who has been the manager of the firm of B. P. de Silva, Ltd.. having resigned as from January
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    • 383 9 THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. LIGHTERAGE DEPARTMENT AND TOWN OFFICENOTICE OP REMOVAL. As from and including January Ist, 1930, all lighterage business previously conducted from the Boards Lighterage (Town* Office, Collyer Quay, will be conducted from the new Lighterage Office at East Wharf, Tanjong Pagar. with which telephonic communication will be
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    • 420 9 PILES CAN BE CURED. A Treatment That Is Different If yo« are suffering the tortures of Piles and Its kindred ailments, and have tried every known remedy without obtaining relief, we ask you to give Dk. Van Vlbck'b Absorpt.m Pil« Plasma a trial. It. curative healing action on the inflamed
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  • 653 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1930. THE INDIAN OUTLOOK. I It is evident that a particularly I interesting phase in Indian political life is being entered upon by all conj: cerned just now and the outcome, I whilst not easy to foresee, is at least I promising. The present
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  • 521 10 A post, telegraph a*. H savings ban;; ofnee has been established in Queen Strec. Mr. E. A. Ross. M C.S.. will be seconded to Johore upon his return from leave next week. The monthly meeting of the Singapore Sinhalese Association will be held at 6 p.m. on Sunday. The scale
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  • 999 10 MANY SUSPECTS. Government's Drastic Action. (From Our Own Correspondent). Batavia. Dec. IL Following on the uncertainty which has been observed recently among the native population in West Java and the reports of preparations for disturbances in the near future, the authorities decided to step in
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  • 50 10 The Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been pleased to approve the extension of the term of office of Sir William Peel. K.8.E.. C.M.G.. as Chief Secretary to Government. Federated Malay States, for a period of eighteen months with effect from the January Ist 1930, inclusive.
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  • 274 10 AN EXCITING EPISODE Talkie Installation Damaged. Considerable excitement was caused ckuamongst the Asiatic section o f aud at the Pavilion Theatre y«st, n| ;i a fire broke out in the proj«-< the screening of the Harold 1.1,,-. >n ture entitled Why Worry, in v Plc The fire
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  • 97 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RIBBER PRICES. tF'KEE PRESS SKR VICE.— COPYRIGHT) London. Jan. 3, 5.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows. Spot £174 10 16 (down £4 211) Forward £178 (down £4 4 16) The market is flat. Messrs. Symington
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  • 316 10 New Year's Eve Fancy Dress Ball. [From Our Own Correspondent! Malacca. .l.m A very successful fancy dress ball w;i in the Malacca Cub on December 31st The arrangements for the ball were mainly m the capable hands of Mrs. E. D. Lindow About 160 members and friends attended
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  • 45 10 The marriage of Mr. Percival Stephen E second son of Mr and Mrs. W. W ■MB] Bahau. to Miss Clarice Mary Pen n i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. J PHtft Seremban, will take place at the Church 0 Visitation, Seremban. on Jan. 11.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 118 10 S BY SPECIAL S^? *^/v APPOINTMENT TO II M. THE KING 0F SIAM ESTD. 2&£r**& l8 I A DIAMOND SET JEWEL. /I SUPERB GIFT FOR THE NEW YEAR I Recipients are all the more appreciative when your selection tfi is made from the reputed store of the Royal Jewellers. 1
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    • 77 10 L A BANANA AND AN ORANGE were the sole booty taken by a burglar at Forest Gate. The originators of the "Eat More Fruit" campaign are convinced that their slogan has now reached all classes "More 'GAFLAC Burglary Policies" is the slogan in Singapore to-day. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIVE \SSURANCIS
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    • 27 10 IVAN SHARPE on the Ups and of League OM* SYD PUDDEFOOT on Awaiting an FA Cup Dr.r r ARTHUR PEAI.L on System in Billiard Wireless Notes P»fi<
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  • AIR-LINERS' FATAL CRASH.
    • 75 11 Film Production f ßeuters Service Santa Monica. California. J an 3 .:r-l.ners. each believed to b^ rarV :iuitll miles m,f fr yi K WO the sra It i? f the ■P'- «,r, killed L,udmrr thal K.nneth Hawks g film hines were engaced in m h^vo been recovered-
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    • 21 11 tits r h h hl was sta^d as an f "m centring on the hfe of th
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  • 95 11 IK art tending Burial Scenes (Reuters Service.] London, Jan 1 •V town of Paisley with its cotton 'mi'lis industries was hushed as. foUo" «nor*| Hnrto. in Palslev Aobp W 'ncl corteges filed p ast for n v e >:>"g 50 victims of the cinema dis H-kh,ad cemetery for
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  • 199 11 N T ew Port Records Established British Radio— Official Service] Rußbv. Jan. 3. port of London has. during the past betted all its previous records for ship. t«ffle Figures just covenne efcfa, months W April to November. 1929 .show that in •nod the total tonnage of shipping that
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  • 38 11 in Sea of Fire. t ßeuters Service] San Pedro. California Jan. 3. wrre killed and four seriously petrol explosion which broke out Beta alongside the aircraft-carrier oara'^Plosion ignited pttrol residue floating Saratoga and the aircraft-carriers nhed
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  • 28 11 Governor Resigns. [Reuters Service.] Albany. Jan. 3. -ual to the Auburn Prison riot a Prison Governor Jennings has J the request of the State DepartCorraetlon.
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  • 34 11 French Aviator's Feat. (Reuters Service.] L* Bourget, Jan. 2. R ™an named Bart, flying a Golden covered the 235 miles from Croydon 83 minutes. Earlier cables on page 9.)
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  • 51 11 Bickley Memorial Church Dedication. Chinese Methodist Episcopal ampong Kapor Road which has > memory of the late Bishop > who died in 1924 after four Por, Rt'sident BLshop of the SingaWjJl Presented by the trustees n and will be dedicated on Sunday new church building was com-
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  • 24 11 HUNTING TRIP IN AFRICA Cheering Crowds at Waterloo. IReuter's Service.] >"»" 'STt^Tzs^r^n i cai<"he will" stav Ur i. reaf> h«ng Capetown
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  • 189 11 British Committee's Relief Scheme. I British Radio— Official Service! SSStMwSssb How further to improve their lot is discussed i» a report signed by Lord Blanesburgh and presented by the Advisory Committee on the WW are of the Blind to the Ministry of Health R< turns from
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  • 42 11 Rugby. Jan. 2. The Rev. Mark Guy Pearse. who was for over half a century a popular Wesleyan minister author and lecturer, died yesterday. He would have been 88 years old to-morrow. Earlier cables on page 9.)
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  • 268 11 Publishing Romance Recalled. One of the romances of the publishing world is recalled by the fact that the Free Press has acquired as its new serial Squire Goodall a story by W. Riley. the author of Windyridge. Windyridge was the first book written by Mr Riley. and
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  • 133 11 The Samoan Dancers, who have been playing the chief cities of Japan, China, and French Indo-China, are to give three entertainments here next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. This little troupe of four full-blooded Samoan boys and three girls has everywhere aroused the greatest enthusiasm, and the Hong Kong
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  • 19 11 The tender of S. Muthukumaru. ot $241,000, for the erection of Sikh barracks at Pearl's Hill, has been accepted.
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  • 113 11 FINANCIAL TIMES VIEW. Problem of Native Production. I FREE PRESS SERVICE-COPYRIGHT]. tu mt London, Jan. 3. rubber TT TimeS in a article on the nibbei situation, points out that a recent L°cti r vitv CirC WH r a fUtUIP inactivity. While the factors causing a reSiS
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  • 57 11 Creengroeer Charged. I FREE PRESS SERVICE -COPYRIGHT). London. Jan. 3. In connection with the discovery of the murdered body of a woman named, Edith Buckton. otherwise known as Mrs. Warne in a greengrocers shop in Wakefield Road Bradford. William Warne. greengrocer, was charged to-day m the Bradford Police
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  • 85 11 A British Pilgrimage. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 2. A visit to the War cemeteries and battlefields of Mesopotamia has been organised by the St Barnabas Pilgrimage Fund The party will go overland to Marseilles on March 20th and the desert crossing from Bevrout to Baghdad
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  • 85 11 f ßritish Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 3. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr Philip Snowden and the President of the Board of Trade. Mr. William Graham, the chief British delegates at the adjourned Reparation Conference arrived at The Hague this morning A preliminary session of the
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  • 37 11 Vew Vork. Jan. 3. Although Mayor Walker recently had his official salary raised from $25,000 to $40 000 he will not benefit, for he has decided to give the difference to city charities.
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  • 24 11 London, Jan. 3. One child was killed and six injured when playing in north London around a petroleum barrel which exploded.
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  • 249 11 The Southern Revolt. Hong Kon/f. Jan. 3. Ten thousand citizens gathered on the Eastern Parade ground at Canton to celebrate the foundation of the Republic's victory against its enemies. The meeting circularized a tele gram supporting the Government and abolition of extrality. Kowkwang trains resumed running on
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  • 1041 11 SINGAPORE MEETING Bishop Oldhams Hearty Message. Rev. Lester Proebstal of Ipoh was elected Conference Secretary and Rev. s M t£S thasan of Singapore. Assistant iSto Among the returned missionaries vho welcomed back to the field were Rer W E Horley M.8.E.. and Mrs. Horley Rev. and Mrs.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 89 11 I TO BE SEEN IN CUR I Jewellery Department I C*^ v i Mil if Mn^^B^K 9 ff^B^Hf M fnHI f I I I 111 I V®/ G No. ***** /Qw Art Silver-Plated Tantalus Frame with Cut Crystal Glass Bottles! I PRICE $52.50. 1 ROBINSON Co., LtdJ (Incorporated in Straits
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 631 12 Last English Trial To-Day. The last of the three English trials for the international programme which opened when France defeated Scotland at Paris, is to be played to-day, when England meet the Rest a Twickenham. The sides picked by the Selectors for the i first Trial at Northampton
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    • 391 12 Long Runs. When all hits had to be run out. writes The Gentleman in Black in Athletic News, incidents were possible which could not occur under pre e^t day conditions on our leading ground;. Thus, in making 97 in a match at Cambridge in 1865 J. H. T. Roupell
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 223 12 i i Brj |yV It is a joy to watch Baby's happy, contented looks and rapid proflivifMlfi grcss when you put him on UUIVm Mellin's Food. AlUirA Everything that Baby needs for •^JJW'V'^ building firm flesh, sturdy limbs Aft and active brain nd nervcs is in fVIICII Mellin's Food, in
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    • 130 12 Sleep^^ 11/ Here is the way to enjoy peaceful sleep v\\ 1 1 J from which you will wake refreshed \^m and invigorated. Vk\ Drink a cup of delicious Ovaltir^i; nil Wjl regularly before retiring. There is nothmg Til comparable to this easily digested food \\l beverage for soothing worn
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    • 552 12 SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION .HARES IN LOCAL BANKS UNDER ARBITRATION AGREEMENT DATE? JUNE sth., 1929. CHOP HUP LEONC, The undersigned had been instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION the following shares at their Sale-room. RAFFLES CHAMBERS. RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. On Monday, January 6th., at 2.30 p.m. I— Chinese Commercial Bank,
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  • 981 13 Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795. In celebrating next year, the bicentenary of the birth of Josiah Wedgwood. England in general and Etruria in particular will be doing honour to one who was by nature a great experimentalist. There are craftsmen vno ocel by reason of their infinite capacity fsj
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  • 57 13 Young Army Officer Commits Suicide. Cairo, Dec. 22. A verdict of suicide, due to temporary insanity, was returned at the inquest on Lieutenant Stewart (twenty), who had just joined the South Wales Borderers Regiment from Sandhurst. Documents tendered in evidence revealed that he was brooding
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 256 13 /*<H*r ImuWon THE MOST PALATABLE (IE All mm J J •«it« l f»« no animal ANm -^«u*i«»Lß DF All EMULSIONS. "•"■♦'on »a untotieT An »;ier*3 Emulsion wits'rn!!^"/ year9 'have used Of eJumitn by hand, it is orcWH it slon ?7 IUI much success. Doctors have and MM* th«r.ror, aoMpt- er
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    • 184 13 Wr^ S/ y ffi\ mm I Healthy Nerves Curl up at night and sleep, s-1-e-e-p. Then j in the morning wake up refreshed, ready for the new day, full of vitality and energy, untiring and happy. j That is Health. That is the kind of health and nerve- strength Sanatogen
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 790 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. ADRASTUS For London, Rotterdam, and Hamburg In Port
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    • 508 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In 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. Dae S'pore. B.S. CITY OF HEREFORD Jan. 9 s.s. CITY OF TOKIO Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 424 14 P.^O. British India and Apcar Lines, (Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO I PENINSULAR AND~ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER OmCTIUCn WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVKRNMfM LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Dae Dm Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. s ingap«ri KARMALA 9,100 Jan. 11 KASHGAR
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 654 15 O--§- K Line. V easel a < London. Rotterdam. Hamburg, Bremen Arrive. leave. and Antwerp via Colombo. Aden, Suez and Port Said. Durban. Cape Town. R lo de Janeiro. Santos 2l Jan< 23 Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Round the- World passage £190.] M Mombasa. Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam MaFU Jan 28 Jan
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    • 535 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE dtnd AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Ifem SINGAPOKf and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT S \ID ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA.' Arrive Leave Le ave Arrive p M riDl?lmn Singapore. Singapore. Penan*. New York. Prls SotiT Jan 6 Jan 9 Jan Feb 18 PRES
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    • 764 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO.. OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland.) LNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:-Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan*) ot the sivn K OFFICIAL TOURIST BLRKAI
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 621 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated In Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELI.A is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 242 16 I^wjjl T THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated in U.S.A.). Head Office 65 Broadway, New York. American Express Travellers' Cheques and Letters of Credit issued. Money Orders. Remittances by Telegraphic Transier and Drafts. Foreign Money Bought and Sold. Steamship Reservations made on all lines. Railway Tickets issued Baggage Insurance. Tours
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    • 393 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. I nc 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated In U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. > REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE. M.S. SILVERBEECH due Jan 12 M.S. SILVERBELLE due Feb. 3 M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Feb. 16 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO AM)
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    • 116 16 TOURIST CRUISE IN FEBRUARY, 1930, to Dutch Borneo. Hongkong, M ar: Menado (Celebes). Tor nat. TheS Islands of Amboina and Band*, I Bali and Java per luxurious Toui> steamer "OP TEN NOORT Departing Batavia February 7th Accommodation still available W the complete Round Crulae or t Hongkong or Manila to
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 688 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungel Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. Kota Tinggl, 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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    • 342 16 Op ten Noort. Dut. 3566. from Belawan 3. for Batavia 3. Talma, Brit. 6154, from Calcutta 3. for Yokohama 4. Rompin. Brit. 72, from Muar 3. for Muar 4. Gemas. Brit 73, from B. Pahat 3. for B. Pahat 4. Kelantan. Brit. 562. from Malacca 3, for Malacca 3. Jara,
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 308 17 t I.S. Surveyors Overlooked. i Of 58 years to bar mtm seaboard of I men be- known that h.r bin not to the extent Ending that the the mat <■• Una i that the strum. t Italian p n< fore taklna In thai the lot- After i ropef
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    • 245 17 U.S. CEUISE R PROGRAMME. Necessity for New Vessels. York bat the I ami Is proc* ulated to rose oind during the < at >:• States desires parity with Great cruisers; the number of ships that thai condition has not been <! led but the margin of dlsagn n reduoi i
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    • 46 17 <vo\emment demanded 2.000.000 Hi< salvage of the Monte Cervantes tbl .-(breaker KMSBBB, and were awarded 600.MM anish Mercantile Marine is .h ru*< sn ambitious reconstruction plan, alt hough the question as to whether the new ■hips should be built in home or foreign yards under discussion.
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    • 1055 17 The Saviour in Fog. Suice the f,rst succe-sfu! radio beacons were s ailed near N,w York in I*3l. the estaolishment of such rignakj hat mad- M 1C V progreai .-u.hnut the world; this pn,,n,s has broom, •*th.-r rapid the last few years. until there are iow
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    • 1072 17 "Little Jimmy's" Death. Anybody who take-, up Mr. J. g. Lockhart I "Strange Tales of the Seven Seas," will get a feast of thrills such as he has seldom partaken of. A fe;v of these stories are fairly familiar. rh< re Is the account
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 213 17 J&S%f&r IN TWOUSANOS or MCM^S IN ALI PARTS OF THE WORLt SOLD* RECOMMENDED V-/ f\ I \/iP^ 1^ C^ BY STORES EVERYWHERE 41 V^ <& V?9 AGENTS OICIO I H Clfi H V. R. VICK CO JL* lyA/31 I HONG KONG BANK CHAMBERS X^^ Marmalade is acclaimed M The Aristocrat
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    • 626 17 \A futirwru S/- ■nv' 1 if c «ra\V J nrf«/ B"hj be kept ek >.i sad unchaf. and Bab] .km mum mm\ be a I t,. i nMfjk or irrit.ii Friend* arvrcwly loaenre D ibj ever] daj throuchcttttheyear, tho) m Ct TICITH SOAP, CUTICtfRA OINTMENT an. l 1.1 PICI R
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  • For the Wireless Enthusiast.
    • 590 18 (By Our WtasttSS rorrespordent.) A WIRELESS receiver ooes uoi ia-.v i. mean that it can only bi» u^ed for reception oi .signals sen! out by vtnlSSi rtat ens. I'. lean bt- adapted lor ths isproducttoa of mrjtic from a rjiamophono record by mer I of •pick-up."
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    • 96 18 Rugby. Dec. 12. Senator Marconi, broadcasting to-day from England for re-transmission through American broadcasting stations, gave a description of his experience at St. John's Newfoundland, it. ivceiv.ng the famous signal from Cornwall on December 12th.. 1901. This »af the first wireless signal to be it reived
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    • 97 18 Sydney. Nov. 29th. During the tests in international telephony conducted by Amalgamated Wireless (Australia*. Ltd. between Sydney. Britain, the United States and other countries, experiments were made a'so in the transmission of pictures by radio. Photographs sent from Sydney were reproduced in London with remarkable clearness and were
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 336 18 DDD ftrescription n lif you are a sufferer from H W i-xtema, Ringrworm, Borss> \W Itching Elruptions, Rashss, mr or any form of skin disaua* I use D.D.D. Prescription. Just a few drops of this marrollous B lotion and you kare instant r»UeL Irritation and pain goes at onoa, H
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    • 124 18 I, mm HAIGSCoiJ?cJnpIH_ (P'^l(ers HARKINCH Scot^JN^l^'^^i Local Agents THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION LTD. SINGAPORE. Stops y^^^^v A MotherB Bhould know thiB: V^^^^^^V^y^f There is nothing so safe, so quick, or so VVV^W^S^* y?!jP sure as Woodward's Cripe Water" for .JkSSfc^^y^jt relieving wind and stomach ache, for soothing JB inflamed and aching
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    • 443 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter i Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000.000 Reserve Fund £4.000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 Head Office: 38. Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. A lor Star i Harbin Tongkah Amritsar Iloilo
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    • 373 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England >. Capital £3,000.000. Subscribed 1.830.030 Paid-up 1. 050.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1 .01 2.046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq.. Chairma::. P. R. Chalmers Esq Charles J. Hambxo Esq. J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H Shelford, Esq. Sir Thomas
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    • 301 18 INSURANTS THE /!>* SOUTH t kji r BRITISH Vl^l INSIKAMF COMPANY. UMtTf.D FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AM) MOTOR CAR INSURANCES ACCEPTED \l LOWEST CURRENT RATES L. C. MARGOLIOI/'IH M Office: 2, Finl:i\.. PERSONAL ACdDENTST FATAL ACCIDENTS UN HAVE you mauV PTOttelOU I of your dependents ibouk) such a overtake you IT
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  • 1382 19 Promising Discoveries. :n> -third Ordinary General Meetim. PmtaAMf Consolidated Company. Limit, d In mall week at Winchester H m KG, H.-nry Fri>by (chairman and managing D who pit. sided, said:— Before we comOUT business I expr. ss. qq behalf o' bOMd. our deep reuret tf tho loss
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  • 202 19 ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT. Mnguporr. Jan. Hub. -ixmdon. 7.d. \d. down 4 pm Puces I ion Std. Spot 25 l i S.S. R.S S on r««def my. M*4, Feby. U%. Jan.-Mar. 26%, A))i- -June 28',. Quiet. Tja\^-Landon. LiB3 12.S 6d. 12. up. Minin;.— SNady Sungei Ways 3.40 350
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  • 122 19 SANDAK AN LIGHT AND POWER CO. The report for presentation to the shareth>- seventh ordinary yearly meet* 4 thj> Banrtakan Ught and Power Company iy22>. Limited, held at the Head OHi'-t-Oi the Company, in Hong Kong states: The Profit on Working Account, after deducting General Managers' Commission, is 547.037 70.
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  • 88 19 Tokyo. Dec. 14. With a view of increasing "the unusual export of Japan's aquatic products up to over 300.000.000 yen in the course of the coming 10 years, the authorities in the Department of Agriculture and Forestry have now decided on the encouragement of pelagic fishery
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  • 24 19 The B. F. Goodrich Company, of America, are according to their own estimate, turning out SOiOOQ pair> of all styles of rubber footwear daily
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 218 19 January 3. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2 3 15 16 London 3 months' sight 2|3 7{B London 60 days' sight 2 3 n 16 London 30 days' sight 2|3 25j32 London demand 213 S|4 London T. T. 2^3 11J16 Lyons and Paris demand 1430 Hamburg, demand 234
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    • 237 19 January 3 Tin 300 Tons o c« Gambler i'ilO Popper White 'g; Pepper Black Fhikr Tapioca 550 Pearl Sago SnmJl 825 Copra Sundrierl 945 Rico. Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Ilm Chan Mark Red Eagle .New, 8 3f) Rice. Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 2
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  • 910 19 FRIDAY. JANUARY. :>rd. Brunei United <$5> 4.00 420 Bukit Jelotong ($l. 55 g 0 B. Kepong ($1) 1.50 175 Bukit K. B. ($1) 30 40 Bukit Timah <$10> 13.00 16.00 C. Serdang (ss> 5.00 5.50 Colin.sburgh <$1> 3.00 3.25 c.b Connemara <$1> 125 1.35 Glenealy ($1) 170
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  • LONDON FINANCE CABLE.
    • 73 19 I FREE PRESS BER VICE COPYRIGHT I. London. Jan. 3 The rubber market opened this morning at 7'jd and 8 l-l«d the tone generally bnnn easier. The better tendency in the sharemaiki-t v.a.s not maintained and buying became smaller in quantity prices Mag below the BfUK at
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    • 52 19 Business in the Tin market was confined to specialities and prices were few and irregular. Easterns however were firm. Malayan strengthened whilst Tronoh and Hong Koim were in particular request ECamunting gained but Renong reacted. London Tin and London Malayan held their ground, whilst Tin Selection ga\e
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  • 188 19 LEWIS AND PEAT'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore. Jan. 3. After the Xbum holidays the tendency ol the market was to improve and there twmtd to be a better feeling throughout— buyers WCTO plentiful at current quotations but tellers scarce. The large auction of yesterday e;i.se<j this market slightly, but at the
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  • 69 19 Singapore. Jan. Owing to the holidays anotrer cjii.'t week has to be recorded, although all three markets viz: Singapore. London, and New York ihotr lUgbt improvement over the period. Advices received from New York tin- morning are that Dealers expect demand to nick up as from to-morrow when
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  • 102 19 Adam-Mtn. GiMUbn Co.. K. Lumpur. Agents. Stone Tin 533 pkk: Ulu Klan« .>«() pkls; BM hours: Yards 107. 22."). Chan Sze Onn Co.. Secretaries. Kurhai Tin: 592 hours 15 mtns; Time Iml 151 hours -irt mins.: Average dlggin depth 4« ftv>t; Ore 800 pikuls; Yardage 112,000
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  • 41 19 R.s.s. equal to London Standard, Bp< ji Standard u s.s on Tendei W% tn, Jan-Mar April June Tone of Market Quiet! Li'.trM Cabliv I.oiuiun S;.i.: -r. per Ib. Now York Spot S!u-ot O.Ct*. l.i iki 1b
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  • 114 19 .lull. lird., < losing PIkCA. Buyrrs Mtat Batu Caves 1.(17 US Johan Tin Xi I I Kinta Tin Died 1.37 1.41 Kuyohs 15 IK Kuchai 1.25 1 29 Penawats 8d 13 Petalinus 5.35 ."> M Sungei Ways 3.4:!'. Sungei Luas 31 pn m S.I ptca Talani 1.25
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  • 179 19 Twenty-six DredfCfl Stop Work. (From Our Own OMVMpntfent). Ipoh. Jan. 3. The Secretary of the Malayan Counril of the T.P.A. made an important statement latr to-day giving tin- first list of divdt-'e mines stopping work on Sunday These comprise three groups «s roll. .us Henry Wauffh and C'o's
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  • BRITISH COAL BEST.
    • 91 19 [British Radio— Official BHTIM I Rugby, Jan. 1. The superior quality of British coal is MM to have been demonstrated by h Mriei <>i institutt'd by the Canadian Department ot Mines. The report states that tkm tests were earned out on 30 fuels of must varied
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    • 38 19 Kaßbv. Jan. 2. During the week ended Decembt r list. Oreat Britain's coalminers produced 5,647.200 tons, an amount which eacasdj any woek'.s OVJtpul sinre May 1924. The Wa#fl earners employed for the week numbered J»4!>.400.
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  • 75 19 Buyers of Fifty Nations Fxpectrd. Kugbv. .l.i n. 2. Mote tiia:i 1.800 British auuwfacturen will be represented at the British Industries Fair Which opens .simultaneously, towards the middle of February, in London and Birminuhatn Buyers from 50 nations are expect. <J feO reacli Ens.;!anci during the next
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  • 297 19 k r.-. ?i ti annual meetlr.? •>: the Institution "f tiv Rubber i i In London on November ir,. which Mr. Brk Mv of the i ill/. Mr. I rM that he plant and tta and i > wai p rtkml u to him i.<
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  • 57 19 The Directors of Messrs Harrisons and r Held, Ltd., have declared the follow ;:m dividends. Cumulative preference shares t> |*r cent, per annum for three month* endin.' I>.-. 31. 1929. Preferred ordinary fttarea 10 i* per annum for .six months rndinu n«r. 31 < Income Tax will br deducted at
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 39 19 ASSETS EXCEED $10 000 000 *w,vw,vw ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000 000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HE (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). G C KNOX Managing Director Actuary UX HORACE W. RAPER. A. ROBINSON, F. I. A.
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    • 40 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter AD. 1720 FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER ft CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1165 20 S.R.C. DECIDE TO TRY. Interesting Discussion. Yesterday. At a meeting of the members of the SRC. yesterday, it was unanimously agreed that the larger wicket adopted by the M.C.C. should be given a trial during the next cricket season. The Hon'ble Dr. Noel Clarke. President of
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  • 117 20 So far cricketers in the Colony have not evinced very much interest in the larger wicket, but now Singapore has given the lead to other places in the Far East I trust that before the end of the season some steps will be taken to consider the matter in Hong
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  • 76 20 CELTIC FAIL AGAIN. MotherwelFs Reverse at Falkirk. I Reuters Service.] London, Jan. 2. Results in to-dfly's matches in Division I of the Scottish League were as follow: Aberdeen 2: Hearts 2. Clyde 2: St. Johnstone 0. Dundee U 1: Ayr U. 2. I-ulkirk 4: Motherwell 1. Hamilton
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  • 106 20 London, Dec. 25. The following are the results of Rugby matches played under Northern Union rules today: Batley 7, Leeds 6. Bradford 5, Keighley 5. Bramley 5. Rochdale 5. Broughton 2. Salford 21. I'e.i then- tone 11. Castleford 4. Huddersfield 12. Halifax 5. Hull 2. Hull K.
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  • 169 20 Record of the Competition. Johore having failed on Tuesday to achieve the unexpected and a victory over the United Services. for ihe second year in succession Pcrak and the United Services will meet in the final of the Malaya Cup Rugby competition. This match is to be
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  • 230 20 S.CC. vs. Welch Regt. Tit SC.C. first XV will be entertaining the Welch Reyiment on the Padang for the second ttOM this season, the first match having re■utted m a win for the Regiment by 10 points to nil. S.C.C. accommodation will be enclosed. Md members are asked
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  • 59 20 South Australia Beat New South Wales. Adelaide. Dec. 21. The Shefneld shield match between New 9 Nitti Wala and South Australia, which began here on December 19, resulted in a victory for South Australia by 5 wickets. Socres: New South Wale. "14 and 434. South Australia 508
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  • 614 20 FIFTEEN PISTOLS SEIZED French Subjects in Trouble. A Frenchman named C. Nicolas and two Chinese, the head carpenter and assistant carpenter respectively on board the French mail steamer Amboise, were yesterday sentenced to two years' rigorous imprisonment each by the District Judge, Mr C. H. G. Clarke,
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  • 145 20 IVAN SHARPE in the FREE PRESS. To all who follow the fortunes of English League football clubs the name of IVAN SHARPE Wffl be familiar as that of the Editor of the Athletic News, the foremost football paper in England*, and of the ablest critic of the game at home.
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  • 174 20 And the Referee Who Had Gone Home. The losing of two footballs led to the abandonment of a football match in the Westmorland County Challenge Cup Association Competition. Windermere and Temple Sowerby were playing on the Ullswater club's ground when a back kicked the ball so heartily
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  • 421 20 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. The Case of Pulau Bulang. To the Editor. Sir, It seems that our responsible Directors of the above well-managed but unfortunate Estate have applied for a licence to be able gnce more to get Pulau Bulang into the slaughter-house from which place
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  • 138 20 Interesting Match for Next Wednesday. In view of the approach of Jhe annual hockeymatch between the Colony and F.M.S. the trial match in which teams representative of Singapore hockey will take part next Wednesday will be of considerable interest. The game will be played on the S.C.C.
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  • 219 20 Nereid Win Last Race and Championship. The la*t race of the year of the Port Dick■on Yacht Club was sailed on Sunday. Dec. 29. when nine boats competed, says the Malay Mail. The course lay three times round a triangle formed by the Club beacon, the Camp
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  • 28 20 London, Dec. 24. At Glasgow in a billiard match with a fortnight's time limit the closing scores to-day were: Lindrum (in play) 4.953; Smith 2,754.
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