The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 January 1930

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    19 1 The Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930 20 PAGES DAILY NO. 12,91«
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    246 1 The Belgian Royal family has arrived in Rome for the wedding of Princess Marie Jose to Prince I'mberto which is arousing much popular enthusiasm Page 11. A conference between Indian and British shipping interests in connection with the Indian Coastal Trade bill has failed— Page 11. The
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    A VISIT OF INSPECTION.
    1119 1 Equapore. tho capital and principal port of Equatoria. distant not two thousand miles from Malaya, is sometimes railed by rude pi<>ple the Crew* 1 of the Biitiiii Empire. Numerous steamship lines rail then i. ,:ularly and in the harbour you may sec all kinds ot craft
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      246 1 YOU CAN PURCHASE ANYWHERE SWALLOW ARIELL'S WORLD RENOWNED CAKES. a Jk^ I Raffles Hotel Special Attraction i MISS DAWN~ ASSHETON I MUM MOST FAMED COUUKOU SOPRANO V AND LASZLO SCHWARTZ X IMIXKNT lIINOARIAN VIOLINIST »t» V WILL Ap PEAR AT RAFFLES HOTEL DURING A V THE TEA DANCE ON MONDAY.
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      232 1 I The OLD TIME WAY of MAKING j I Q NEW FRIENDS j QD 'v* I Hi3 il ill B BULLOCH LADE I Pedigree Scotch Whisky I I Sole Agents McALISTER Co., Ltd. I EUROPE t "Renowned by Recommendation" r DANCING.— After Dinner every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. I MUSIC—
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      108 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. New records at Moutrie's to-day Page 20. Use the Agnesia dusting powder— Pa^r I, Laslo Schwartz musical recitals at Raffles Page 1. Dollar Academy for sound education Page 9. Whiteaway Laidlaw for men's tuples and shoes Page 6. London and Lancashire for fire and motor insurance Page 7.
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      11 1 FOR DAINTY PASTRY SWALLOW ARIELL'S PATENT ROLLER FLOUR IN slb BAGS.
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      200 1 THE WEEK. Monday. 6th. High Water, 2.34 a.m.. 8.3. 1.58 p.m, 8.7. Malacca: H. W., 10.40 a.m.. 5.02, 11.00 p.m. 5.07. Inter-commercial Cup mtg— Stadium I p.m. Hockey: S.C C. vs. RE, Padang. Welch Regt. vs. Bousteads. Tanglin. Y.MC.A. vs. A.P.C.. Anson Road. S G C Ladies monthly spoon competition.
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    CHURCH AND BIRTH CONTROL.
    518 2 A Professor's Challenge. An »\tremi-ly interest ing discussion of the sterilisation of mental defectives and the control <>f population arose at the conference of tin- Aii|duan-E\ angelical Group Movement, at Birmingham. The subject was raised in the paper of Professor E. W. Macbride. the Professor of
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    SPANISH ATLANTIC FLYER ARRESTED.
    144 2 Offensive Remarks About Government. London. Dec. 18. Hendu.. fIIMWM airman Major Franco in the Atlantic by Um British aircraft-carrier Eai?le last June, after he had been missing for several days, is recalled report that he was recently arrestec Madrid cafe and imprisoned far making otter. sive
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    CRIME IN SHANGHAI.
    166 2 Feared Outbreak After Troop Disbandment. Sh.tiu;h:ii. !)»><. 17, The Municipal Polici an understood to be keenly appit h. nsi\c. with wry good reason, regard in i: ;i possftrie oonsrqw mms of the action of tilt Oarrison Commander of OreaWr Shanghai. In ordering the dbbandmenl of hu-u»' lmint
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      598 2 "AGNESIA" (Registered! ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. FOR TOILET NURSERY USE. SOOTHING Sc HEALING. Invaluable for the Cure and Prevention Of Prickly Heat and all Dermic Eruptions. PREPARED ONLY BY MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Chemists. Druggists «!k Opticians. SINGAPORE. KELVEY 'S School of DANCING CHARACTER. CLASSICAL, CLOG. EXHIBITION. BALLET. TOE and latest BALL
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      223 2 VICTORIA THEATRE ONE RECITAL ONLY, SUNDAY, JANUARY 12th., AT 9.30 P.M. A. STROK presents: MIGUEL FLBTA Phenomenal Spanish Tenor. The Sensation of All Capitals. AT THE PIANO JOSE ANGLADA^ HOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S. Stalis* $5 and $2, Circle S4, Gallery $1. COMING SHORTLY. The Great Talking and Singing Picture
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      383 2 AN OUTSTANDING HIT TO-NIGHT lalhambra 1 Tan Cheng Kee, Sole Proprietor. 6 A SUPERB PRODUCTION* Commencing Monday, January 6th. Jt In the Second Show at 9 p.m. THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS Warner Bros, present their Classic de Luxe < t DON JUAN JL The Greatest Lover of All Apes starring
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    THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY SLACKNESS.
    518 3 PARLIAMENTARY VOTING Need for Drastic Remedy Emphasised. Some drastic sttps must bv taken if so many Conservative members continue to ignore the Party Whip and stay away from the House ■Jf Commons when they should be there. MQV the Morning Post in mail week. Surh conduct
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    CROYDON-KARACHI AIR SERVICE.
    174 3 CROYDON- KARACHI AIR SERVICE. "Impossible to Adhere to Regular Schedule." London. Dec. 19th. Replying to questions in the House of Commons to-day on the subject of the delays in connexion with the Indian air mail. Mr. F. Montague. Under-Secretary of State. Air Ministry, stated that up to Oct. 31st the
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    A STRANGE MONSTER.
    155 3 Paris Nursemaids Flee from Young Seal. Paris. Nov. 29. A strange monster held up traffic in the Avenue Victor Hugo at the hour this morning when a phalanx of nursemaids daily return from the Avenue Foch and the Bois with their charges. Of a sudden one of
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      141 3 A Cinema in your own home You can make your own movies with For PWup (MO* or for diil**, the Home Cmmm m imttible. In a-uUton t pictures of your o-.vn takin- !2 7 "W 1 King, you can lure trotn i!u> Let us show rou how! KODAK Ltd. (Incorporated
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      202 3 ■■M H__LjU i Uj k There u nothing more welcooM on a hot day, when Old Sol teem, determined to shrivel you up, than a glass of Montserrat. Thia delicious Lime Juice makes a good thirst a thing to be treasured I kIONTSERgfif t»l*4E JUICE 0/ si Dealer*. ■VANg SO.VS
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    SQUIRE GOODALL
    6491 4  - SQUIRE GOOD ALL W. RILEY OUR NEW SERIAL. A Yorkshire Romance. BY (author of Windvridse etc.) CHARACTERS. SQUIRE GOODALL is a very rich wool merchant. He is a man of great strength of character, and although proud of his success, he hi unassuming When the story opens, the extent of
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    A HOUND'S DAY.
    177 4 A HOINDS DAY. A Gloucestershire reader finds the statement that hounds cover 100 to 150 miles in a day s work incredible. "If. as I estimate." hi writes, "the average speed of a foxhound is miles an hour, it would mean that he would be running continuously for nearly ten
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    JAPANESE ENGINEER'S DEATH.
    1332 5 A RIVER MYSTERY. -Murder or Suicide Theories. From Our Own Correspondent*. London. !>«■(. 5. Complete mystery surrounds the tragic ilealr of Mr S-hinichi Moriya. a young Japanese engineer, who was found dead in the Rivei Test at Redbridge. near Southampton. thi« week, after having arrived in this
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    463 5 Singapore, Jan. 3. The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. MEAT. Beef steak < Round) Kati 48 Beef stew or curry do 37 Pork, lean do 64 Pork, lean and fat (Id quality) do
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    "LATE CZAR OF RUSSIA'S ONLY SON."
    139 5 Arrested for Entering Iraq Without a Passport. London, Dec. 20th. Baghdad, Dec. 20th. The Russian community in Baghdad was greatly excited last night at the news that a young Russian claiming to be the only son of the late Czar of Russia had been
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      171 5 I WhateV pWc h ,feaT^,lT r i TfL^^ol^H^" fi d 3 I BRINKMANN CO. f Sole Avn*t«: S anH p \l c I X9®®®®^)®S^^ J.. Gloriously Alive Alway s Not a care in the world they can dance all night because they are gloriously alive gloriously healthy and fit. Hall's
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      103 5 W /S\ I Tyres j y are the most economical in the world. Unique experience, dating back to the earliest (g) days ot the pneUmatic tyre industry has enabled Dunlop to maintain supremacy in tyre manufacture. ®<g fg)@ Itaikoo sugar! I CUBES and HALF CUBES packed in X i 1
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    GEN. SMUTS & DEMOCRACY'S FUTURE.
    1885 6 GEN. SMUTS DEMOCRACY'S FUTURE. THE CLOGGED MACHINE. "Is it Safe for the World The Sidgwick Memorial Lecture on "Democracy" was delivered by General Smuts at Newnham College. Cambridge. In one of his most famous and resounding phrases, said General Smuts. Woodrow Wilson declared that the Great War was being fought
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    SPANISH CHRISTMAS LOTTERY.
    142 6 £430,000 For First Prize. London, Dec. 21. M idrid Despite ;t tv.iipca-ature below lree?.-ing-point during tbe night, hundreds of poor people, many clothed in rags, haw Lven imitteff in a queue ou*;ide the Mint since Tlr.n-.~d-v morning to Mean admission to the draw i Spain's arun-.al monster
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    HORRORS AT BRIDGE PARTY.
    102 6 Freak bridge parties have extended to Blyth. Northumberland. The latest took the form of a "ghost party" which had unexpected results. A clergyman's home was made to represent a haunted house and the invitations bore the words. 'Come if you dare." In the dark entrance hall
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      505 6 For Men Who Appreciate the Importance of Outfitting wlli DPDIAI* /^**V\. lt TropicalSun Helmet .^^2sm k* fl VbJ^ I HAIVKES' v PROOi XjsT^ WM<O JjCl i CORK HELMET. \^fc CM ir wmrtAvMn* A quality helmet with a -u-uu' HWyrf>lW<Ks SrA^DMD^LCm mmk nape covered with THE NUNMIIII HELMET. TUf "IMPFRIM" HFI
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      617 6 TIRED-OUT WITH PAIN There ia an epidemic of pMi ,t nr oldnesB." Men ainl wom.n w {j 0 should be in the prim., of life, \^orou an«l vitally fit, find their eap;». work or pleasure deettoyed bj i down-dra^KinK pain, Legi in i back is breaking, it is agony to
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    THE ABOLITION OF SUTTEE.
    1018 7 100 YEARS AGO. Hinduism and the Widow. Writing in The Observer Mr. Edward Thompson says: December 7, a hundred years ago, saw a peon, resplendent in the GovernorGeneral's livery, climb the verandah steps of the Rev. William Carey, the great Baptist missionary. He salaamed and handed
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    31 7 Messrs J. G. Black, H. C. Eckhardt, and C. H. Sansom have returned from leave and the leave of Mr. Justice Burton has been extended te, on or about Feb. 22nd.
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      259 7 *^r PERSONAL ACCIDENT A j; e W ißagiiMasa ®s X FIDELITY GUARANTEE X AGKNTS BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., t Union Building, f SINCJAPORE. A M If t.-kr, 3 years for the finely selected .pices and /WMgff p aV U ry ln K reJ 'ents that are blended into orkshire /t&Mff to
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      461 7 3k >>v"i?^*\i I Oh, Botheration! j x They used to have bad nights with baby P Now they have bad mornings 1 Healthy happy baby, wakened more on Lactogen" is just be. 8 with the first sun in the morning cause it always proves the best and full of life
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    NAVAL CHANGES AND THE BASE.
    1952 8 CAPITAL SHIP QUESTION. Possible Effect of the Conference. Sir Herbert Russell, the well-known journalist, who accompanied the Prince of Wales in his visit to India and Japan < taking in Singapore* several years ago. contributes the following interesting article on the Singapore naval base in
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    POSTAL PACKAGE SERVICE.
    310 8 Join: Meeting at the Chinese Chamber. Mr. Lim Nee Soon presided over the joint meeting of the Singapore Committee for the Preservation of Postal Package Service and the representatives of local package service bureaux which was hold on Thursday afternoon in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. The
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      195 8 Wo Protect J*d) Beware of EVtKtADY label Imitations Trade Mark DUE to infringements of design and colour of the well known Eveready label, we have re-designed this new distinctive label for YOUR protection. No other battery lasts as long, produces such brilliant light, or is as economical as the EVEREADY.
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    THE LONDON NAVAL CONFERENCE.
    143 9 JAPAN'S REQUIREMENTS Not Concerned With Singapore. [Reuter's Service.) London. Jan. 3 Mr. Wakatsuki (head of the Japanese delegation to the I,ondon naval conference), interviewed by Reuter, reiterated in a nutshell the Japanese standpoint anent naval limitation. Japan was ready to reduce but international naval equilibrium is
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    BRITISH EMPIRE'S MISSION
    361 9 [British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby. Jan. 3. General Smuts, the South African statesman. made a remarkable speech on the British Empire at a luncheon given by the Canadian Club at Montreal He said he felt it was a unique characterisic of the Empire that it had
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    THE ROYAL WEDDING.
    100 9 Police Take Precautions. IReuter's Service.] Brussels. Jan. 3. Princess Marie Jose, accompanied by Their Majesties and her brother left for Rome to-day in the Italian Royal train which is unrivalled for splendour. Thousands of people lined the streets and expressed lively interest in the Princess's romance in
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    PLAYING WITH FIRE.
    55 9 [Reuters Service.] London, Jan. 3 Two more children injured in the North London explosion have died and three others are in a critical condition. The remaining chile! is conscious and relates that they were all playing with barrels in a railway goodsyard at Holloway and lighted a
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    CORDIALITY AT THE HAGUE.
    75 9 [Reuters Service.] The Hague, Jan. 3. M. Jaspar presided at the half-hour plenary session of the Second Hague Conference today and urged that there should be no waste of time. Thereafter the Conference began its task in private. Mr. Snowden and M. Tardieu cordially conferred and.
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    SIMON COMMISSION REPORT.
    55 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 3. The report of the Indian Statutory Commission, under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon, which will make recommendations for reforms in the constitution of India is expected to be re*dy for publication In' the early part of March. General Smuts
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    THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE.
    740 9 THE ANNUAL SESSIONS Complexities of Singapore Work. The second days' session of the Method' annum Conference opened at nine O "£S on Friday morning in Wesley Church Lr R ?h E H rley MBE read report for the Singapore distric t. He said that he felt
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    EMPIRE WEATHER RESEARCH.
    69 9 fßeuter's Service.] London. Jan. 3. The report of the Agricultural Section of the Conference of Empire Meteorologists has been issued, embodying resolutions laying down lines of research throughout the Empire. The Chairman. Sir Napier Shaw, in a covering letter, calls attention to the importance of the gathering
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    DISEASE MYSTERY.
    63 9 [Reuters Service.] Berlin, Jan. 3. Fifty-two children have died within a short time from a mysterious infantile disease which is sweeping the Hammorstein Camp, where are quarantined the 4.000 Mennonite refugee.-; recently repatriated from Russia. There are 40 other cases. The direase is a sequel to measles symptoms,
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    RAMPANT ANTI-FASCISM.
    50 9 t ßeuters Service.] Paris, Jan. 4. Widespread police activity followed the arrest of the three Italian anti-Pascist intellectuals yesterday. Police, armed with search and arrest warrants, were despatched everywhere where anti-Fascism was suspected, especially Marseilles and Besancon and the whole Italian frontier, but the greatest discretion was maintained.
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      486 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. nlSJ^r •LfSSSi *"<*" now that particular, of 1 h B m ter^« or services, and Tender. Plll.nK, Jan 7th U3O P,,m "V. Dralna e Work at Street CoilVentence Philip Noon Dls p^ A woX a Road Jan 10th N^--ipply or cast iron P IpM lor ment.
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      478 9 J SHE WONDERED WHY. j HE GREW INDIFFERENT TILL SHE TOOK HERSELF IN HAND. he »h l" th WOH L The y in tracts of cmls J.ver. K ,ch tal,!et is trmmm* *nh fs.-entun body bafldtac inKrcdients that I croato lasting .-t.-iniina. l^n't look to dnci or iopa to Imp
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      523 9 AUCTION SALES. SHERIFFS gALB. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SI V<; WORE District Court Cause No. 1259 of 1928 Writ of I**, and Sale Datrd 23nj In Um Cau.se <>f Vayna Nmwh W11a.™,,,,., Chettinr Administrator Vayna Navcnna Nachiappa Chetty. Deceased }>I;timjfr Versus 1 K. Mohameri Ismail 2 M Salim. 3. M.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      37 10 LOWSON. On January sth. 1930. to Dr. ami Mrs J M. A. Lowson. a daughter. MIKKELSEN. At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, on Sunday sth January 1930 to Olga. wife of H. Mikkelsen. Tanglin Hill. a daughter.
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      DEATH.
      35 10 REN NIE— James Deane. in his 15th year, beloved elder son of J.S.M and Clare Rennie. of Bletchingley. Surrey, and Singapore, on January 3rd. 1930. <By cable*. God rest your happy soul. Dear Boy.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930. WEEK-END COMMENT.
    704 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1930. WEEK-END COMMENT. In the royal wedding at Rome. Europe seems to be recapturing some of that pre-war enthusiasm and love for ceremonial sentimentality wiiicii was a feature of International relations. There is a wealth of historical association in Europe which provides a unique
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    290 10 Mr. P. R. Tudor Owen. Deputy Commissioner of Police. Johore. has been transferred for service in the F.M.S. The Hon'ble Mr. Lornie. British Resident. Selangor. returned from leave at Hong Kong by the Khyber. Dr. E. Glenny and Mrs. Glenny, who have been in Seremban for the last twelve yeaxs,
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    JOHORE BAHRU ASSIZE CEREMONIAL.
    912 10 LADIES ON THE BENCH. Judge Inspects the Police Guard-of-Honour. Despite the fact that the contrast between the magnificence of the Supreme Court building and its less imposing approaches did not help the ceremonious opening of the Johore Bahru Assizes on Saturday lost nothing of its dignity
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    PRINTERS LIMITED.
    101 10 An Old Revival The Printing establishment now known as Printers, Limited was founded 51 years ago and was then known as the Singapore and Straits Printing Office. The late Messrs. John Fraser and David Chalmers Neave promoted the Company known as Fraser and Neave, Ltd. in January, 1898
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    15 10 Mr. J. Robson, of Kuala Lumpur, has joined the Penang branch of Wearne Bros., Ltd.
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    NEW METHODIST CHURCH OPENED.
    343 10 DEDICATION YESTERI)A\ Straits Chinese Congregation Gather. The Straits Chinese congregation of th. thodir.t Episcopal Church yesterda\ i, regular services in its fine new church which has been made a memorial to tl Bishop Bickley. whose untimely death mf& be recalled, occurred at the close of ;i
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    35 10 SATURDAY'S RI'BBER PRK I IFREE PRESS SERVICE.— COPYRIGHT j London. Jan. i. noon. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as follows Spot 7 10 16d. Forward S The market is quiet.
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    POLICE ATTACKED.
    370 10 Return Fire Kills Tn\o Chinese. Inspectors Byrde and Macintosh, attached to the Detective Branch, who were VOUlldtd while attempting to search rive Chine motor car. were reported yesterdav to be making good progress. Fortunately neither of the wounds appears to be a nature. Inspector Byrde was shot through
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    48 10 The funeral took place on Fnd.n at the Cheras Road Cemetery. Kual of Mr. James Logan Officer. B .S. vey Department. F.M S and B B after a short illness at the Europe in H Kuala Lumpur. The R»-v PMfIM PwgU St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chiuvt. at the graveside.
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    ROYAL WEDDING IN EUROPE.
    340 11 ETERNAL CITY EN FETE Kclgium and Italy Tnite. tiKeuter? Service.] London. Jan 4 I York has departed for Rom, -'^tv at the Prince of PteT ttOt the Duchess does not accomRome. Jan. 4. Eternal Cttj is crowded with European of fon^n countries from all over Europe
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    ANTICIFATTNG THE PLOTTERS.
    56 11 Reuters Service.] Geneva. Jan. 4. r.aw searched anarchists' and houses here owing to the passage lan royal train through Switzerland j in connection with the arrests of Italians in Paris last week and an against the Italian delegation to Council A number of documents and several people
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    ALARM AT WASHINGTON.
    166 11 Fire Endangers Capitol. I Reuters Service.] Washington. Jan. ft. "lit in the archives room of the pi.-.-r.tatives this evening, the being visible a mile away foe :ilarm was sounded and fire down Pennsylvania Avenue. i. -called that on Christmas Day rayed the Presider/.ial offices at White I
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    NEW ORLEANS TRAM WAR.
    78 11 Dynamiter Caught. [Reuter's Service] New Orlean, Jin. man giving his name as Vincent hM bwn arrested on a charge ol throw''"mbs at tianuars during the six months trike Three trams have been bomb"iv. y.ars day and 20 dynamited th« beginning of the strike. The Police b«l
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    INDIA'S COASTAL SHIPPING MEASURE.
    51 11 BRITISH LINES' PROTEST. New Delhi Conference fails. FRs-uer r Service 1 BntlS^ shipowners' interests while New Delhi, Later. Tb« nonfetwnee has taOsd 11^ a I "f in dissatisfied at the allewa absence of any pn,is,ons the part Indian ionna«e and tht promt;ti )n the Indian Mercantile
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    NEW YEAR HOPES.
    215 11 U.S. Naval Delegation Leaves. Washington. Jan. 5. Cordial Net Tear metfe* m which hope ival limitation is held out as one of the prospects of 1930. have been exefented by Hta M. tK stv tlu Kw inHoj\. 1 tarewefl breakfast at Whtteaowe bj Iff Hoover on Jan.
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    TEA MARKET GLUT.
    186 11 Ceylon Precipitates Crisis. I Reuter's Service.] London. Jan. 4. Owing to the breaking down of negotiations for the supply to Russia of 15.000.000 lbs. of tea there is likely to be a glut in the London market next week According to The Grocer and Oiltrade Review Mr.
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    INDUSTRY FOR PALESTINE.
    79 11 IN DUSTRY FOR PALESTINE. Silk Rearing Established. (Reuter's Service. 1 Jerusalem. Jan. 4. With a view to establishing silk production industry in Palestine, the Government is giving ever, encouragement to the culture of silkworms Mulberry plants will be distributed free while lectures and demonstrations arc being organised. A silk factory
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    SIR HUGH CLIFFORD FLYING.
    181 11 An Afternoon of Stunts. Sir Hugh Clifford (writes our London Correspondent on Dec. 11th., is taking ud flvng with a view to qualifying as an owner-pilot. Last Friday he went up from Stag Lane Aerodrome. Hendon, in De Havilland Gipsy Moth, piloted by Mr. E Fulford
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    REPARATIONS AGENCY REPORT.
    141 11 GERMANY'S RECOVERY. Industry Holding its Ground. I Reuters Service.] Berlin. Jan. 5. That Germans are drinking more beer and ■smoking far more cigarettes is one of the lighter matters disclosed in a welter of statistics provided in the annual reports published by the Office of the Agent-General
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    THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
    154 11 The Case of Smaller States. [Reuter's Service.] The Hague. Jan. 4. The Conference has divided into two committees, one under M. Jaspar. to deal with German reparations, the second under M. Loucheur. to deal with non-German reparations. The latter is considering alphabetically the claims of small States,
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    BRITAIN "NOT INTERESTED" IN SANCTIONS.
    101 11 Berlin. Jan. 5. It is divulged that the Americo-'German agreement of Dec. 28 contains a special stipulation abolishing the right of sanctions in case of Germany s default. Political circles in Berlin profess to expect America's example will be followed in the negotiations going on
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    REPAIRING THE CABLES.
    138 11 Working Under Greatest Difficulty. [Reuters Service.] London. Jan. 4. The serious Transatlantic cable delays due to the earthquake tremors of Nov. 19 still continue despite the strenuous repair work which is being carried out by seven cableships carrying 600 men. Only one cable has hitherto been mended
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    A DRAMATIC ARREST.
    78 11 From Pig to Police. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 4. Francis Lorang. chairman of the Bluebird Petrol companies whose failure caused a sensation in the City last May. was recognised sitting astride a pig on a merry-go-round at Montmartre. Paris, by an Inspector who had only seen him
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    HOTEL TRAGEDY.
    59 11 Two Die in Fire Panic. New York, Jan. 5. Two persons were killed in a panic among guests at a fashionable apartment in the Hotel Marguery following an explosion accompanied by fire which put out of action the elevators. The flames rushed up the elevator shafts and burst
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    DANISH ROYAL TOUR.
    36 11 [Reuter's Service.] Copenhagen, Jan. 5. The King of Denmark's two sons. Princes Frederick and Knud leave on Jan. 11 on a four months trip to the Far East. [Earlier cables on page 9.]
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      ENGLAND'S RUGBY SIDE.
      100 11 Only a Moderate Team. I FREE PRESS S^RVIC2- COPYRIGHT London, Jan. 4. Football grounds to-day were wet and heavy In the England match agahtst Australia there was no score on either side. The English test match shows that the eventual team will be fairly good behind but
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      TOO MUCH RUGBY.
      38 11 I FREE PRESS SERVIC.: COPYRIGHT 1 London, Jan. 4. The Rugby Union is proposing that the season be reduced by three weeks in 1932-1933. the season to run from April 21 to September 1 0
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      Attempt to Capture Council.
      49 11 (FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT 1. London. Jan. 4. The papers are sounding a warning note against the effort of the English League to capture the Football Council. They point out that there are 40.000 amateur against 400 professional clubs, with 750.000 players, against 5.000 respectively.
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      NEWPORT FOOTBALL CLUB BANKRUPT.
      29 11 I FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT]. London. Jan. 4. Tile Newport Association football Clv.b is passing through a crisis and jnrttldaj the players received no pay.
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      AMATEUR SOCCER.
      15 11 London. Jan. 4. The Corinthians beat the Athenians by nine goals to one.
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    SURREY CRICKET TROUBLES.
    32 11 I. .nid, hi. Jan. 4. The Surrey County Cricket Club has formed a committee to search the County for amateur players. It has been decided to drop certain professionals.
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    SMITH BEATS LINDRUM.
    19 11 London. Jan. 4. Smith beat Lindrum in the time limit billiards match at Glasgow by 572.
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    MISS GOLDSACK MARRIED.
    24 11 London. Jan. 4. The marriage of Miss Goldsack. the noted lady tennis player, to Mr. J. B. Pitman, took place to-day.
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    B.B.B.C. AND JEFF DICKSON.
    33 11 {FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT). London, Jan. 4. Jeff Dickson. the American boxing promoter, in response to an invitation to do so. is applying to the 8.8.8.C. for a licence.
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    THE MALAYAN TURF.
    192 11 Penang Race Meeting. The following additional handicaps for second and third day have been issued. SECOND DAY. Horses Classes 4 and s—lst5 1st Div. 5 furlongs. Gozard 9.5. Drunken Dan 9.2. Tamuge 9.0. Hopaway 8.11. Dawn of Day 8.9. Meteorologist 8.0. Coragh Mac 8.0, Humorous 7.12. La
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    A NOVELTY IN DANCERS.
    110 11 The Samoan dancers, who give performances at the Theatre beginning on Thursday. :ire interesting not merely because they arf remarkable exponents oi natural ability in mu*ic and dancing, but because they are as yc a very unsophisticated company. They give their show because they have an
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    INTER-COMMERCIAL CUP.
    26 11 INTER -COMMERCIAL CUP. All firms" football clubs interested in the I (1930) Inter-Commercial Cup are reminded' of the meeting at the Stadium to-day at 5 p.m.
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      STEEL GOLF SHAFTS.
      1082 12 Golfers' Craving for Length. Sir Walter Simpson, writing n: praise of golf, ?ays that to some minds the opportunity for 1 t'v^geration is its chief attraction. Golfers are < w> readier than other athletes to palier With the truth. But their style is n^>t CtWTtpnd, a^ is
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      MENACE IN U.S. COLLEGES.
      547 12 Yale's Million Dollar Season. As a man grows old and theoretically wise he feels like using some profanity at the misconception of life that so many of our young people gain out of their college experiences declared Mr. William H. Taft, former American President, in an
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      589 12 SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION .HARES IN LOCAL BANKS UNDER ARBITRATION AGREEMENT DATBL JUNE sth.. 1929. CHOP HUP LEONG. 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. 1 —Chinese Commercial Bank,
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      63 12 NICHOLAS MCKLEBY IN PICTURES: No. 1: Some of the leading Characters. B» Arthur Moreland, ,J C E A MP D IS;n.SS OrDOTHEBOVSHALL A pRuDGE A 4£ MP-MANTALINI CffUMWLES THE TU^N BROTHER Mps N.rKLEBV Nicholas and CftlPH h SRUTAL SCHOOL- 'LL-USEO M« MRS KENWtcS AN IDLE A STROLLING cheeRYBLE. ■'"^•S^®BlfcMOi'EUor KftTt
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    HEDWIG WANGEL AND THE GATF OF HOPE.
    886 13 A LIFE OF SERVICE. The Romance of a German Actress. In the em-iy nineties a rollicking young girl with fair hr.ir and dairins blue eyes made her debut at the Court Theatre in Berlin. She was only sixteen and the parts she took
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    RAID ON BANGKOK TEMPLE
    185 13 Singapore Chinese Arrested A raid has been made upon the alleged main headquarters of Communist propagandist?. situated on the third floor of the Chinese temple on Padml Road, Bangkok. Tvventy-twi panona me arrested. AeOOttllni L«) the Bangkok Daily Mail the police .surprised the party while a
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      199 13 KM A -T^^ OLD SCOTCH i r LL a%r£R T WORLD! ifV^ J^Jh \W k n are P re «^i^ regularly ■^iIIJSP L^^^ Weak ChestB and Throat.. The ▼•pours penetrate into innermost p*rt« gnong instant relief EVANS* V^C\\ Pastilles ||INVICTA| i iT. Tj v Ij II i^^^b^H Bl i 1
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      214 13 I CIGARETTES I FEEL FIT AND FRESH j IN THE EVENING /^>\ WITHOUT OC°/,. W< *r X^rC^^ sanatocen 00/o fatigue <-~XZ—*^ with on v .^^fef^" sanatogen <ti\J/o fatigue „k\i 3ttji&.Scientific experiments showing fhe sician (See Medical Echo, Jan, 1925). decree of fatigue resistance under The gain in physical fitness was
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      499 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. Doe S'porc bjs. CITY OF HEREFORD Jan. 9 s.s. CITY OF TOKIO Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF
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      637 15 OJ?- K. Line. London. Rotterdam. Hamburg Bremen v «^«l. Arrive. Leave. mid Antwerp via Colombo. Aden Sue;; and Port Said. Cape Town. R io de Janeiro Santos JilU 2l Jan 23 TV l T and Buenos Airp 'r*™£ ill. World passage £190.] M. n: 1. 1- n Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam tev
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      535 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ofnd AMERICAN ]VIALL jLINE TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Fixm SINGAPOKi and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT S\ID ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA.' Arrive Leave Lea Ve Arrive PRES GARPTFT n S T nt *iI!! e# Sin **P°~- Penanr. New York. PMS ?of£ POlt Jan 9 Jan
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      398 15 K. P. M. MN «&mi*liVM(IT MAATSCHAPPU. (Incorporated In Holland Transhipment. Marine Departmont.^ and Managers desk. Representative, in the Straits Settlements (Sing a pore,and Penan,) of the PALFHLFH v, h °f FICIAL TOIRIST BUREAU OF JAVA. PLANC^~^ 6> Penang and Ba an Si-Api-A P i. PLANtIUS— Monday. Jan. 6. Belawan-Deli TxnV^rT
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      651 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 iriotor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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      281 16 COOKS 9 A^lSwbjua iwoplp traveller vice For Everything Appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight Apply .39, Robinson Road, Singapore. Tele. 3016. raEooAuEdtlEo MAlil 1 IlflEo. HOMEWARD MAILS To Colombo. Djibouti. Port Said and Marseilles from ngupore. Gross Tonnage. D'ARTAGNAN 15.200 tons Jan. 9 Marseilles ria Madras and Pondkherry. AMBOISE 8,500
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      426 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. (via Suez) 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
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      197 16 HENDERSON LINE. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamer* Between Rangoon, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Port of Disembarkation Plymouth. Leave Rani* 1930 PEGU Feb 1 BURMA Frt I YOMA Mar I AMARAPOORA MM CHINDWIN MB KEMMENDINE Apr d BHAMO SAGAING MaF '>'- PEGU M»T :4 BURMA June I YOMA
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      670 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BT TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungel Lembln 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 0 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      373 16 Giang Ann, Brit. 556, from Batavia 5, for Batavia 7. PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Kelantan:— Mr. Brisk. Mr. Ramsay. Per Rohna: Mrs. G. M. Lawrence, Mrs. and Miss Legge. Per Kinta: Mr. and Mrs. Rees. Mr. C. G. Hall. Mr. G. Edwards, Mr. D. Coates, Mr. Glover, Mr. and Mrs. Mundell.
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      THE HAICHING PIRACY.
      464 17 Suiiui'stion for Aiding Defence of Ships. Mn| Piracy teaches no hew lesson b« mm *1 present, remarks Ship- Engineering. The ship complied with I s"' th< Ho "K Konp anti-piracv She, lik.' all the Douglas boats traded as to lacihtate anti-piracy id with every precaution that could
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      N.Y.K. JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SERVICE.
      119 17 N.Y.K. JAPAN-AUSTRALIA SERVICE. taf with the Aki Maru sailing hama on April 11th the NY.K V istraUa Service steamers will call at C i.'bes. on their outgoing voyages n en route to Australia with a view facilities to passengers travelling bland. NV K maintains a regular monthly B en ice
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      244 17 I to be extensively developed for I P :af!ic by the construction of nvo I B -w wharves. I I Asiatic Cc. has ordered from the I hipvard a passenger-cargo vessel of a c High-speed twin-screw Bur- '.Vain machinery will be installed I MM i.hp. The engines will be of
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      THE CUTTY SARK.
      483 17 British Isles Cruise Under Veteran Skipper. JuTd 7 i a cllpper Cutty sark aaan speeding through waters under full sail, sad Th ,urston Macaul,v recently ln the He* TO* Tam It is expected she will be read^ ncll? f BrlUsh --«2 cer a VISU l tht I**
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      ROYAL VISITORS' ADVENTURE.
      162 17 Ship Aground for Two Hours The King and Queen of Denmark arrived at Parkstone. Harwich, at 9 10 on Dec. 3 on board the motor-ship Esbjerg. The vessel ran aground shortly after leaving the Danish coast, and it was some hours before it was able to resume
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      THE OWNER OF A 1.
      107 17 There in discussion some time ago as to who owned the first telephone No. 1. in London. The registered owner of the first motorcar in London A I—was.1 was. I believe. Earl Russell, who is to have charge of the new Traffic Bill in the
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      242 17 A verdict of death due to asphyxiation following excessive alcoholism was returned by Mr. I. T. Morris. Coroner, in H. M. Police Court. Shanghai, at the resumed inquest over the body of Thomas Doherty. seaman of the steamer Meissionier who was found dead in his bunk on December 14. by
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      HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS.
      501 17 Import and Export Regulations. In connection with the Hong Kong Government's intention to revive the Trade Statistical Dept. new regulations, in substitution of the old, are to be made under the Registration of Imports and Exports Ordinance. These are now under consideration by the Governor-in-Couneil. As
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      JAPANS PIECE GOODS FLOODING INDIA.
      245 17 Customs Expert Supports Ad Valorem Duties. Bombay. Mr. G. S. Hardy. Collector of Customs at Calcutta, who was recently deputed by the Government of India to examine the possibility of substituting a system of specific duties for the existing system of 'ad valorem" assessment of
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      BIG PASSENGER AND CARGO SHIP FOR EAST ASIATIC CO.
      108 17 The East Asiatic Co.'s new passenger and cargo ship Amerika will be ready for service early in the new year and the owners have now ordered a sister ship from Burmeister and Wain. She is to be 485 ft. long, with
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      NETHERLAND S.S. CO'S NEW SHIPS.
      130 17 The first ship to be fitted with a Sulzer double-acting two-stroke engine will be one for the Netherland Steamship Co., Amsterdam who have ordered an air-injection motor of this class to develop 7,000 b.h.p. in eight cylinders at 106 r.p.m., the cylinders having a diameter
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      242 17 n/ %X ''•.ffiZ/'j//'// S\ ~JB bBT^~~~ ff^ll Hi w i* V *V^^V^b£^^ v L/C II A I 1 < As If Built To Your Order The range of sizes and types in which Dodge Brothers Trucks and Buses are built is so great that you can get one to fit
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    NICHOLAS NICKLEBY IN PICTURES.
    362 18 Another Dickens Strip Feature. Readers who followed the storv of Dnvic! Copperfield in the picture strips by Arthur Moreland which we published la it year vill be interested to hear that the Free Press has secured another series of afOrstend Dickers strips illustrating, this time. Nicholas
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    JUDGMENT AGAINST LADY FALKLAND.
    174 18 JUDGMENT AGAINST LADY FALKLAND. Hotel Company's Claim for Lon-1 D 19. I I Lord Falkland, wit! n i n insti- M B Cor £690 for a boll to celt :-ouf of his I. rd thip'a d Judgment has bees liven i I .iclv FalkThe lttttet had u I entered a
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    BUFFALO RUNS AMOK.
    182 18 Two Men Severely Gored in Ipoh A male buffalo took fiicht while being unloaded fio^n a railway wag?on at the local abattoirs siding on Thursday and charged the owner who was leading it by a rope, says Saturdays Times of Malaya. The owner, a Chinese, was severely
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    DRUNKENNESS FROM FUMES.
    115 18 Berlin, Nov. 28. The other day a teacher in a pleasant Berlin suburb informed a horrified mother that her nine-year-old boy had come to school drunk. This was the climax tc what are alleged to be "scandalous conditions" in a block of flats, the cellars of which
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    102 18 After 25 years service as Auditor to the Colony of Hong Kong. Mr. H. R. Phelips is to retire and will leave for England on January 4, 1930. Mr. Phelips was well known in the Colony as a tennis player of merit in his younger days, and also took a
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      218 18 I CHRISTMAS I I IS OVER I ♦J> BUT V 1 DELCO-REMY IS STILL HERE ♦> and will see you through the coming year with just the t. same perfection of soft smooth running as it has done f through past years. t Y T T BORNEO MOTORS, Ltd. X^
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      449 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated in Englrnd by Royal Charter) Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000.000 Reserve Fund £4.000.000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3.000,000 Head Office: 38. Bishoprgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. —■> Alor Star Harbin Tongkah Amrftsar iioilo (Phuket) E:;ngkok
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      228 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England*. Capital C3.*****0 Subscribed 1.830.0 JO PMd-up 1. 1 1?0.000 Reserve Fund a.ul Rest 1412.044 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. If. Ryrie. Esq.. Chairman P. R. Chalmers Er,q. Charles J. Hambro Esi; J. O. Robin.son. E>q. W. H Sh^lford. E- i Sir Thomas
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      301 18 INSURANCE. THE /7^' SOUTH I BRITISH V* I\SIKA\(K COMPANY, LMITEII FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCES ACCEPTED \i LOWEST CURRENT R\ L. C. MAROOLKX7TH Office 2. Plnlajrson 1 personal FATAL ACCIDEN 1 have you made provi of your dependi you [T on Poll 10 with 1: obtain full parUeulai
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    MALAYA RUBBER TRADE.
    279 19 The December Statistics. Ih, lolloping table gives British Malay, Exports of Para rubber exclusive of latex for tt» nth of December, as declared, supplied by the Acting Registrar General of Statistics A. IMPORTS (»s declared) Dec. 12 months 12 months de 19-'« 1929 1928 RJbtod Smok.-d Sheet
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    ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT.
    193 19 Singapore. Jan. 4. UuMkt- London 7 ",d. >,d down. Noon London Std.) Spot 25 1 S.S. R.S.S. on Jan. 26. Feb.-March 26 April-June r. July-Sept. 29. Dull, steady. Tin -London £178 15s. Down £4 17s 6d Minim;.- Easier. Sungei Ways 3.40 3.50. 1.25 127.
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    62 19 i mi). u\ tih.. l! uCio k a— n. Buyers Sellers o I,o!.ijon Stniiclard. Spot 25' 4 25" j IRU OI :,cit r January 25 26 February 26 l 26' j March 27 2T-4 January-March 26'. 26 Apnl-Junr 27'j 27 3 4 Quit t London
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    INCREASE IN RUBBER CONSUMPTION.
    260 19 Supplementing American Demand. That the weigh! of this year's loeroaM in unn lias not Eallan more henvil\ on the market may be ascribed, not altogether tD the Inmir in demand from Ame!iich. after an early spurt. haj been for tlit m>st part ot normal dimension but
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    208 19 Singapore. Jan. 3. The tone of the market showed some improvement t ©wards the close of the year, but is now inclined to be slightly easier. Both the London and New York markets have opened easier after the holiday on New Year's day. The former is down ',d
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    FRASERS SHARK LIST.
    61 19 Buyers Seller*. Kinta Dredges ($1) 1.37 1 1.42'.. Kurhai Tm Dredue (Sl» 1.22'. 1.27 'i Penawal «s> "8 82 Mor Gajah <$1> 140 1.60 i Plnda isl) IM 1.53 tUm Sciidai ($2) 1.65 1.70 United Malacca ($1) 127'.. 1.35 Eastern Smelters <£> 18.25 18.50 S* raits Traders
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    SOFT RUBBER EXPORTS TO SOUTH AMERICA HIGHER.
    288 19 Export* of soft rubber sundries and specialties from the United States to South American markets have increased steadity in recent yean, 0 trade bulletin ju::t issued by the Dcoartment of Commerce reveals. In 1928 the otul VmhM uf IheOß exports amounted to S6*>4.
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      221 19 January 4. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2)3 15' 18 Lonaon 3 months' sight 2 3 7|B London 60 days' sight 2|S 13|16 London 30 days' sight 2,3 25 32 London demand 2 3 3|4 London T. T. 2{3 11 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1431 Hamburg, demand
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      PRODUCE.
      232 19 January 4 Tin 200 Tons w 0( Gambler M Pepper White 67 Pepper Black 42 Flake Tapioca 550 Pearl Sago Small 825 Copra Sundried 9 45 Rice. Anam No. 2 2 50 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (Newi 830 Rice. Siam old No. I. 330 Rice, Rangoon
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    MACPHAIL'S SHARE LIST.
    838 19 Tekka Taiping 23s 24s Tekka Ltd. 23s 9d 24s 9d Teniengor 25s 25s Cd Temohs 22s 23s Teja Malaya 6s 9d 7s Cd Thabawleik 40s 42s Tin Bentong 29s 3d 30s 3d cum Tongkah Harbour 3.50 4.50 nom Tronohs 20s 6d 21s 3d Ulu Yarn 26s 6d
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    UNIQUE ENGINEERING FEAT.
    672 19 Floor Lifting at Savoy Hotel. The unique engineering feat described herein has recently been completed at the Savoy Hotel London. The management desired to raisi a section of the dance floor of the restaurant when required (an area of 40 ft. by 20 ft), to a height
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    RUBBER DEBENTURE ISSUE.
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    55 19 The Rhodesia Railways Board ha.s placid orders with firms in Great Britain to t lit value of £251,580 for passenger coaches, etc, ordered during the past fortnight. As tenders (to the value of £180,000* are still under consideration, total orders placed with Britain in 1929. are
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    RUBBER INVESTMENTS IN SUMATRA.
    381 19 Considerable British Interests. About 40.000 bWtam of land 111 Northern Sumatra had been planted to rubber, tobacco. tea and palm oil. by European plantation concerns by the end of 1911; by the nui of 1914, 120.000 hectares; in 192«. approximately 340.000. according to the Department >t
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    NATIVES MAKE CHANGES IN RUBBER MARKETING.
    308 19 Some interest nit; r Matures haw tikm planin the Netherland East Indies native rubber marketing methods since the nev. regulations controlling the quality of the imtr. product went into e fleet, the Department ol Coinim -re--is informed by Trade Commissioner Bamnuci. Batavia Before the
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    WELCH AGAIN DEFEAT THE CLUB.
    1158 20 STERN FORWARD TUSSLE. S.C.C. Show Improved Form All-Round. Welch Re*t. 15 pis.; S.C.C 8 pts. Heavy rain m the early afternoon left the Padang in a far from ideal state for Saturday s return Rugby match SC.C. and the Welch Regiment. The Soldiers repeated their
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    ENGLISH LEAGUE MATCHES.
    401 20 AN UNPLEASANT DAY. Tall Scoring in First Division. [FREE PRESS SERVICE London, Jan. 4. Bad weather was a feature in most of the matches to-day but there were some big scores piled up in some cases. At Chelsea the home side scored through Pears«n. whilst Cumming equalised
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    INTER-STATE HOCKEY.
    340 20 Perak's Last Minute Rally. Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 4. Selangor 3: Perak 3. The Selangor-Perak hockey meeting was a thrilling game Selangor leading by three goals at half time, while Perak rallied in the second half the game ending in a draw with a last minute goal. Perak opened
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    1880 20 "PLEASANT CONTRASTS." Judge on "Ruthless Campaign." Three further judgments on revision, dealing with cases under the Wild Animals and Birds Protection Enactment, were delivered by Mr. Justice McCabe Reay at the commencement of the Johore Bahru Assizes on Saturday. His Lordship, quashing the convictions, commented upon
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    SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    253 20 January Bogey Competition. The above competition was played over the Bukit Timah course during the week-end and resulted in a win for H. L. Marshall in M A" Division and Roy Brown in "B" Division. 84 cards were taken out and the following were returned: "A" Division.
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