The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 January 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. NO. 12,926
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  • 280 1 By the merging of several tin cumpanieK into the Immiluh Tin <'orporatio.i the largest tin-producing factor in thr Kmpire has been created co.itroHin;; a large output I'ase 10. Tlie home press expresses praise of the proposition for a extension of the Washing ton battleship-building holiday *Mch it
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  • 1127 1 Bhe was walking Bforly ;.:<>..• the Bti Finnan. i. BordighefS \v:t!i an :mncM:nr iq down on bar Ih'xl A-- hi aik- I.■ he nun .1 bit <>i bread witn she iato '<n it, and thr cat Marce.le. on i nam. followed with stately step She hailed me
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 303 1 lOK YOl'R FOOTWEAR. BLANCONA l!T> NKW SHOES NEW. I Raffles Hotel! SPECIAL SUPER CABARET PERFORMANCE I Df/JWVG /)4A^r« FRIDAY, JAN. 17th. 4 by MADAME CLAUDE RIVIERES Y j ROYAL SAMOANS featuring Jt^ X PRINCKM ROSELANI (The Song Bird of the South Seas) 4 <♦ FELIANI and LEI ILIMA DANCES NEW
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    • 232 1 I WDftEovi.ii* J jbj i a^ a centtJ O' of steadily rfo increasing sales jj^>^____ A record oluliich the 5 si manufacturers an* justly prouil EUROPE HOTEL 1 "Renowned by Recommendation" I I DANCING. After Dinner every Monday, Wednesday f and Saturday. I MUSIC— On the VERANDAH every Saturday from
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    • 103 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. "Flit kills poison carriers Page 8. Ronuk by far the best polish Page 6. The Eau de Cologne safeguard Page IT. Tenders, auctions, public notices PsgW I and 12. Columbia records at the Robinson Piano Co. Page 7. Prmser and Heave's Bpedal Chinese New Year offer Page 20.
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    • 7 1 MAKES BRASSWARE BRIGHTSHINE SHINE LIKE THE SUN.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 174 1 THE WEEK. liidav. Kth. High Water, 00.29. 92. 11.30, 10.5. Malacca: H. W Pio am. 6.6. 9.20 p.m. 5. Australian mail do: es 10 a.m. Hookey: S.C.C. vs. Welch Band. I.A. vs. SRC. H. Q Wine vs. A.P.C., Tanglin. Saturday, lttth. Hmh Water 01.05, 9.2. 12.20. 10.5. Malacca: H. W..
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 843 2 PROFESSOR RESIGNS OVER JONAH. Another "Monkey ville" Case. Strut believers in the litcml truth of the Bibl.- have forced Dr. Horace Calvin Day. in- J, ..tructor of biology at Howard College. Birming- j heam, Alabama, to resign. Dr. Day s utlfiue' isays tnt Central News) \v;<s to expr< ss doubt
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    • 207 2 SKETOLENE i prevents and relieves MOSQUITO and all insect bites. Price $1.50 per bottle. MEDICAL HALL, LTD., Opposite General Post Office, uality. Service. Price Economy. i;..Bia*...*. !fa.i».nsif mDAM KELVEY'S TALENTED PUPILS in CABARET at bj THE ADELPHI HOTELl I from February 8th. to 15th. g AFTER DINNER TEA DANCES. Admission
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    • 247 2 VICTORIA qpHEATRE Talkie Installation Almost Completed Watch for' Opening Date OF THE JAZZ SINGER with AL. JOLSON. Booking will be at LITTLE'S. Popular Prices $2 $1. %s PAVILION Bs? From Tuesday, 14th, to Sunday, January 19th, AT 9.15 P.M. SHARP The Latest PATHE GAZETTE George Sidney, Vera Gordon Mack Swain
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    • 472 2 IALHAMBRAir ♦> Tan Chens Kee, Sole Proprietor. <♦ f J PROGRAMME fy A Commencing Monday, Jan. 13th. and Ending Friday, M m h Y 1 In the Second Show at 9 p.m V THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS f WILLIAM HAINES 1 I WEST POINT with JOAN CRAWFORD. A fascinating picture
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  • 579 3 HOME OFFICE MOVE. Love Plot Bores Them Say: Cinema Expert. b^ hO h r i and Mother may prcfer boned hi-jackers. and two-listed gunmen 0. the screen. But their sons and daughters, i ta no. cn^husLc-, t barred at lh) cinema doors whenever there is
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  • 243 3 Money as a Malaise in the Social Order. Paris. Dec. 12. Mine. Fraya. the prophetess, whose predictions for 1930 were recently given in the "Journal" is too modest. With better qualifications than many who write under that title she might style herself .sociologist and financial expert. Evidently
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  • 104 3 Cape Town, Dec. 7. A disclosure that the efforts of medical officers during the recent epidemic of malaria in NaftaJ and the coastal bel* of Zululand were hampered by witch doctors is made by Dr. Mitchell, the Union Medical Officer of Health, in his annual report.
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  • 387 3 £2,OOO— AND STARVING. Why She Refused Offers of Marriage. Once a jolly, high^rr^ed girl. Miss Elizabeth E. Underwood, or Korth-*tre«4 Lewes turned miser and refused offers of marriuv because she thought her admirers wanted her money (wires the Evening News Lsvea correspondent). She
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  • 321 3 "Where Revr! is King." Pa DM. 13. "At Marseilles the revolver I king. VY hitvt got to put an end to the >p". its of thv criminal army." said the a;.?-General in the closing stage of the t i-.l of the motOi bandits who murdered a
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  • 207 3 COURTESY OR CAUTION What an extraordinarily modest, humble, and unobtrusive creature the pedestrian is, says the Manchester Guardian which adds: In Oldham Street. Manchester, he has been provided with a device for holding up the traffic, at certain intervals, while he crosses the road; but all the accounts of the
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  • 44 3 In memory of Sirdar Bhan Si:u rh ji, J.P., Selangor, who died on New Year's Day, an Akhand Path of Guru Granth Sahib was solemnised at 9 a.m. on Sunday in the office of the Panch Kalsa Jatha Malaya, Kandang Kerbau Road, Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 100 3 SURE TT7* IT'S TV AAa a. a. awja Wv V V v v v ♦> <• A DAILY REMINDER Vi)lt ANY WEEK IN THE YEAR Sun. > JJW """"KiKEIKO'S Order Stationery Jjtes. KIBEIKO'S Order Printing Wed. j RIBEIRCyS Order Account Hooks ThuTß. KIHKIIUrS Have Visiting Cards Printed from Engraved Plate
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    • 223 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. I BRANCHES r j 21, First Cross Street viii ifta U, Light Street j I PENANg] 1 the Stf^! r^ hLJJS. CWI 5r with j tne Mraits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or Letters
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  • Moods and Modes of Eve
    • 936 4 The Sensible Standard. I Now thai tlie first outpnt of elongated skirts is over, it b rather pie isant to find that a __ble standardisation of skirt lengths is beins; flsjneralrf adopted This b particularly no.able on the stage, winch is nearly _ha_ yi a safe
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    • 726 4 AA/ ITH tlu tnv Year well started, many of us are beginning to think of the near anproachina Home-going steamer by which our passage has been booked, and it behoves us to face practically all that this mean-. It is deridedly difficult when living in a temperature
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    • 470 4 By BETTY DAWES. A NYONE making a tour of the various dance**hali.s and restaurants may well wonder if dancing is not degenerating merely into a -walk and jostle" accompanied by music. There seems to be no enjoyment among the dancers; they look bored with each other,
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    • Article, Illustration
      30 4 The prettiness of this brown felt toaue. with its trimming ot shaved lamb, b enhanced by the brown Ok veil. Now that our brows are uncovered, xeils are ktaa decoration.
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    • 726 4 T'O-DAY'S colotirs for evening frocks are just I those the Queen favours. Her Majesty is fond of silver and gold. but. more typically her are the new greys whether the frock H is made in a stiff silk in that dull, steel shade. I or whether it
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  • 905 4 London. Dee. 18. TPHE Prince of Wales has been doing quite a lot of entertaining at York House during the "Little Season He has had a good many alterations made at his beloved bachelor quarters during the past year. H;s secretariat bai now been moved to the
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  • Article, Illustration
    11 4 This ban daome Pompadour Costume was a Dickens and .Tone- mod
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  • 267 4 THE MI DINETTE TAKES TO ATHLETICS. "fHE Frenchwoman is on the eve of hei emancipation." says Madame Fiaya. celt brated "voyante." in her outiook for thf ye;u 1930' as the result of her study of the signs of Mercury and Saturn "The Frenchwoman will get the vote and. what is
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  • 476 5 Encouraged By Secrecy In Divorce Court. ma about vice m high in the London Divorce Court kdent. Lord aferrtvale, when Mr. Iggan, Of Carlton House terrace. be dissolution of his marriage on tot [round Of adultery between hi>> wife. I rmerly Dunn* and Mr.
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  • 274 5 Ingenious Device at New Laboratory. Wha On 1 b already being waged in the Slough Entomological Laboratory, whose equipment by the Imp. I go of S> aided by the Empire Mar tins Board, is now nearly completed. AgatTBal iii- lowered wallpapers of this apparently typical country
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  • 145 5 Mr. Seymour Hicks has been telling a contemporary how during the building of the present Globe Theatre there was discovered in one of the old houses pulled down for the purpose a "fossilised" cat with a mouse in perfect condition. He thought it meant bad luck, so
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  • 242 5 All-Party Movement in Denmark. Copenhagen, Dec. I*. A movement is or. loot in Denmark 10 show prefeience to Great Britain in the purchase of supplies for Denmark. The view is taken that preference should be given to the country which is the best purchaser of Danish ex-
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  • 138 5 Claim to Challenge Money. An echo of the breach of promise case in which judgment was given for £300 in 1921 against T. D. Armour, an Edinburgh golfer, now one of the leading professionals in I America, was heard at Edinburgh Sheriff's Court. I
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  • 58 5 The annual meeting of the members of the F.M.S. Bar was held in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday morning in the Supreme Court. A large number of members attended. The Hon'ble Mr. Veerasamy, Mr. E. D. Shearn and Mr. Raymond Madge of Kuala Lumpur, and Messrs. Sreenivasakam and Wood of Ipoh
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 147 5 P4V^ jC fli^A t^BflE i^B fl9 SB B fl I^l I^S ShJ MBS nUpßoflß^V He OJbb B^V^^VAV H^H KB HBl H^b KS3 BHJ HHJ HJ HHJ HJ HJ HJ Pj BHJ BJ nSS <BB BkS BCh vBUvBH^HT ar a rrer«nd°'ir d US T^ A Urtin ?""W° OW di! P la
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  • 1580 6 HOW TO KNOW THExM. A Preservation From the Past. No masks are the best of the Tapanes" masks, writes Toyoichiro Nogami in Present Day Japan. Of course we have a wed collection of other superior maskes used in OJgakU and Bugaku, the oldest music dances
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  • 492 6 According to modern theories the number oi planetary systems in the universe must be strictly limited. According to Sir J. J. Jeans calculation suggests a birth-rate of about one in a thousand million years, so that there ha* not been time for more than the ten thousand tjuch
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  • 49 6 .1.1 I. I. A sad orownlng BfxddtH nt orcurrc 1 ye i the victim being, the R.vd. SC. Oil young European Missionary. He went to I puram Beach for a bath and was carried aw..^ by a strong current. The hod.. ..ash. ashore to-day near Kalmandap.un
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  • 53 6 Although it was a very quiet affair, great interest was shown in tlie marriage at Shanghai recently of Mr. Harold Wakelam and Princess Micoladze. daughter of General VolkotT. of Harbarovsk. The ceremony took place at the British Consulate, before Mr. A. P. Blunt. C.M.G.. the witnesses being Mr. Arthur Akehurst
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 337 6 \3 brothers fy A NEW DODGE TRUCK AT A NEW LOW PRICE A new Dodge Truckof 133-inch tance to the quick, quirt and wheelhase now takes its place sure 4-wheel hydraulic brakes. in a line alreadv unusually com- c i You c:m put one ot these plete a remarkable chassis
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    • 177 6 iSw-B-a,*! __llenburos j Foods Made from tli, of cows pastured inthc_3r_ l counties, the Foods are 88 easi .ts Daothera m ik. 1 1 are £crm ircc and are and quickly mac!.* i dition of boiling v. ate: M.Ik Food N 1 IM.li<*J l,.,.i\, i Freah .lock, of th. mre
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  • 493 7 Film Scissors in the East. Film censorship in the Orient needs no hints from the West. "Most ol the censors take their Job < riously, and apparently feel that they arc not doing their duty satisfactorily unM>nuthmg is eliminated from every picture." This
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  • 209 7 Sworn to Remain Spinsters. Twenty young women who have sworn never to wed have formed themselves into th" "Never-Never Club." the one and only rule ol which is that they shall remain spinsters Till the end of their davs! "Yod may think we are joking." said MivMay Gridky.
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  • 220 7 Tin Cambridge full-back. Askew, and the Oxford forwards. Robson and Black (a South African, incidentally t have been chosen to play for England against Wales in Saturday's Rugby international. Referring to Robsons form in the Varsity match. Capt. H. R B. Waktlam in the Morning Post
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  • 100 7 An elderly Chinese vegetable gardener who was gored by a wild buffalo the other day in Ipoh has died since. The owner of the animal who was also injured, is well on his way to recovery. —Ex. Lord Harris has decided to sever his connection with the city. He made
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 225 7 <k3 *£^^2t %BB I 4 i "^r* V- ■> aB Ik. George IV 7^sf OLD SCOTCH r» v w^|s^yy J isM ■J V > V V^ VS/ Vto/ s&i/ v^ s^y^^v^/ V-/ ViS/ V^sij/vii/vv^^i^/^^lS)^ |an old favourite I Crosse U Elackwcll's I I Oxtail Soup I 1 THE WORLD'S BEST!
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    • 191 7 I p URfc r^g TM»C* For a cream which will add satisfaction and 100% i nourishment to all fruits, salads, puddings and sweets L mm S f Mm m m\ m mm A j^^a from l»M^ Dines s 1 m P llvCo n valescence OTART now on the quickest route
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  • 1081 8 ARSENAL'S HOME FAILURE. Wednesday's All Round Capabilities. London, Jan. 4. Sixty thousand watched Arsenal defeated on their own ground by the odd goal in five. The Arsenal started well, obtaining the first g^al of the afternoon two minutes from the commencement through Parker, but Burgess equalised with
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  • 63 8 The Post and Telegraphs Department, P.M.S. and S.S., will be losing in the near future the services of an able and efficient officer in the person of Mr. T A. Melville, Assistant Secretary of the Department, who is leaving this country at the end of this month on retirement. Mr.
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  • 152 8 [Nanyang Bfenf Pau Press Service. 1 Shanghai. Jan. 15. Liu-chi informed Ho Yin-ching that 10 000 Tang troops have been disarmed south of Louho. pending transportion to Hankow. Hsia Tor-yin's division has been ordered to return to Hupeh. Ho Chen-chun has arrived at Yonchen preparing the conclusion
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  • 61 8 Londoi. Modern traffic dangers arc three cases from the week-end C A septuagenarian woman stum.' dog. stepped into the road VM hit car and kliled instantly. A sexagenarian man waa motor car and. while lyim: SBI run over and killed by car. A girl aged four was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 362 8 Kill These /fW\ of Poisons! "FROM the reeking marsh B C* ~~^*y^—'^ j JL the dr .u'< mos- y s "^^^i cjuiio the carrier of ma- Bk \v \^t^r !aria, dengue, and other \\..m':i>j diseases! BHLV \v~~ *df in the d^tlc of night mos- ML i//f r^wl^ quitocs steal into
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    • 69 8 THE STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE Invites YOU to inspect 16/50 H.R W HUMBER, The recent successful model combining high-class workmanship with value for e u C %amc Unique t^accc, t dvtterence being the om> U1 made by r *Lt 999 are not maoe uy -s^^ nd They are supplied a t/*
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  • 884 9 PREMIER'S STATEMENT. Maximum Reduction Commensurate With Security. [Reuter's Service] London, Jan. 15. Mr. MacDonald received British and foreign journalists to whom he detailed British naval policy, which is based on increased security due to recent peace agreements. Therefore, he said, a real advance in naval
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  • 519 9 Former First Lord's Criticism of British Policy. I l [British Radio Official Service.] Rurby, Jan. 15. Viscount Bridgeman, the First Lord of the Admiralty in the late Conservative Government, addressing a spec: 1 liuVNc meeting of tbc Navy League, spoke on th. svbjeel ol uie Naval Conference.
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  • 129 9 3 KILLED IN SAXONY. Clash with Police in Berlin. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Jan. 15. Three demonstrators were killed and fifteen injured, and three policemen were injured in a collision between the police and Communists in the neighbourhood of Hartsmannsdorf. Saxony. Thousands of woikmen. reinforced by unemployed
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  • 183 9 No Decision Possible Yet. I Renter's Service I Washington. Jan. 15. President and Mrs. Hoover entertained General Smuts to lunch to-day, the musts including the Secretaries for War and Commerce. General Smuts' visit has naturally stimulated interest in political tin. in the United States in adherence
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  • 62 9 Provision for Possible Default. [Reuu-i bervii t I The H.:j{ue. Jan. 15. The question of sanctions in case of Germany's wilful default under the Young Plan has been settled. Belgium, Britain. Fiance. Italy, Mid Japan decided, and Germany agreed, that if the International Court Of Justice Hilda
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 444 9 BUSINESS CARDS, T o CLERKS OTHERS. v you looking for a job For particulars apply to The Singapore Employment Bureau. 28, Chulia Street, 2nd Floor, SINGAPORE. You can imitate the shape but not the quality. for ironuine EX( UENTES ALHAMBRA. ASSAGE WICLRE ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhoby Ghaut. MEMORIALS. SINGAPORE CASKET
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    • 659 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders are mow invited for the following m^L o" seruces, and that particulars of such tenders 2 ffl obtalned in the Tender Room. Municipal Offices: t« -SS* D Closing. Installation of Sanitary Fittings at tln> following premises: Beach Road Nos. 345,
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    • 680 9 ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS. IIOH TO GET Ol K K UKLII I Indigestion is not only painful, but il lected soon becomes Mm ngrroiftft. a_a0flBf stomach icid and I— riueutlug food brttatc the _e_cate stomach lining, form pas. and. bv interferiny with proper nourishment, actually break down health. The surest,
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    • 520 9 AUCTION SALKS SHERIFFS SALE. Wnt >f Seizure and Sale Dated Nov 14th 1929. IN TIIK SI'PRKMK (OIKT M THE STRAITS SKTTLKMKVTS. SETTLEMENT OF SlN<i APORt IN THE CAUSE OF Rajaßheri EsmaiLsarawathar Mohamed Kassim trading as R. E. Mohamed Kassini and Company PUUattOft. versus Hussain bin Hajev Mnhamed Saili Defeivdant AUCTION
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  • 803 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. JANUARY 17. 1930. AFRICA'S LABOUR TROUBLES. The news of further sporadic outbreaks in South Africa cannot be other than disturbing in view of the difficult position of the native question there. The trouble arose first in Natal and was followed later by organized police raids. There
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  • 299 10 Cheap return tickets for all classes will be issued on the F.M.S. railways during Chinese New Year. Jan. 28th to Feb. Ist. It has been decided that the Indian Association shall accord a welcome on behalf of the Indian community to H.E. Sir Cecil Clementi soon after His Excellency's arrival
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  • 133 10 LARGEST IN THE EMPIRE. New Corporation Controlling Big: Output. IReuter's Service.] London, Jan. 16. An extraordinary meeting of the London Tin Syndicate unanimously passed a financial scheme necessitated by the amalgamation of the Tin Selection Trust, the London Malayan Tin Trust, Anglo Bauchi Tin Dredging
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  • 129 10 Guarantees Required of Germany. [Reuter's Service.] The Hague. Jan. 16. In the course of a discussion on mobilisation of debts M. Tardieu (France t declared it was essential that Germany should guarantee not to raise a railway or post office loan and not to issue any
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  • 154 10 Kidnapping Charge Fails. A \oung girl and two women, who were arrested in Singapore recently, were later produced before the Commi^ior.e; -G":ieral Police at Bangkok. According to the investigation, the girl, rt) Dame is given as Siah, aged fourteen v disappeared from the residence of
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  • 462 10 Mr. John Denys Mead has joined the firm of Osborne and Chappel. Ipoh. as a partner. Ex S. M Siddique-Faruque. son of Mr. H. G Sarwar. is reaching Penang on Thursday, by the P. and O Kashmir from England. In their showrooms at Orchard Road. Borneo Motors. Ltd. are making
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  • 408 10 GRANDSONS' SIIT. Dispute Over Estate Oww Testament. That the alleged will of th. forgery was the defence m I pi the Supreme Court before M yesterday The alleged I Soo alias tt§ Thye Rlong The pla parties seekinn to prove the \w! Nam and Ng
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  • 95 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK Tl* AND RIBBER PKK I I (FREE PRESS SERVICE.-COPYRIGHT] London. lan. lti. 1 ">."> p Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £176 516 (up !> 16) F\ I £179 9 16 (up 9 16) The market is steady. Messrs.
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  • 207 10 A Tamil oil-monßor was the vi. light robbery when two CbiOBK and robbed him of $4f» while hi from SuiiKei Siput to Cnemor The was slightly injured on Mi b of a blow dealt ffttn para« the men. The ■—Inmfl I —TOM. Mr. W. Watt. IiUMfM >■ and Co.. Ltd..
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 188 10 1 CURACAO"! |_CREME DE MENTHE.j CHERRY BRANDY] j KUMMEL.j Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Ca, LTD. lv. nrpuratid undtr the Com p</ n tvs' Ordinances of Hong Kong). Incorporated in Shanghai) 90, Robinson Road, Te'ephone No. 62*8. HANDS OF PORK 35 cts. per lb. SHOULDER OF POUK 50 cts. per lb.
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    • 127 10 !THE UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER j A guaranteed Machine with a guaranteed service. PATERSON. SIMONS CO., I LIMITED. 4 Prince Street, Singapore. PHONE 2700. ©34 j North Bridge Road. TENG SENG GIUN. Established 1905 Tele. No: 2415. Pi I \v\\ svyjferj^ Compare the price, quality and mileage of T.K.K's Tyres with those
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  • 282 11 BRITISH PROPOSAL. |jfe of Old Battleships May be r Prolonged. Brit: h Radio Official Service Rußby. Jan. |f Limatton that the British OowrsiI Cnf.-M-n-e will extend a equivalent to an extension of the A holiday" m battleship building 1I; '"i>< "-inments »><i thai they v ill
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  • 66 11 Conflicts With Police a Daily Occurrence. SERVICE —COPYRIGHT 1 Sydney. Jan. 16. bfttonj bn rh^ labottr ■jrata we M.utland coalli. tables m nly be called up tbc iion-pk-ketmv; the dole of participators in la expected to diminish law- Although the army" is at present no match lor
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  • 54 11 £20,000 Blaze: Arson Suspected. PREBB SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I. Bangkok, Jan. 16. another very serious outbreak of :.mg in Bangkok and it is believed 'hat anon was the cause have arrested three persons. in this case reaches £20.000. ranee losses from tires in Bangkok endtaf Jan. 15th
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  • 40 11 Sequel to "Red" Riots. I Reuters Service.] Berlin. Jan. 16. am-ts including two members h ttttafc have been made in connec- the Communist disturbances, which '!.i;iv after a meeting in memory uanist martyrs" Karl Liebknecht I ux.-mburu
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  • 31 11 Hritish Radio Official Service). Rugby. Jan. 16. fUrshlp R 100 left its hangar at Car- ■''">• this morning on a test flight which i<U to last several hours.
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  • 30 11 (Reuter's Service] Nrw York. Jan. 16. California has been shaken by an which lasted for 30 seconds. The tafefci telephone service was disrupted damage was not serious.
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  • 51 11 Tokyo. Jan. 15. Ivtburo Yoshida has been appointed 1 to Angora in succession to Mr. Kobata nominated as Minister to Nanking. H JITSU IN MIDDLE SCHOOLS. Education Office has issued an order 1 ompulsory instruction of "Jujitsu" and Uu (Fencing) in secondary schools. (Earlier cables on page
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  • 127 11 HIS ],000 JU^SUNBEAM. Double Shifts to Complete Speed Car. (British Radio— Official Service, l Thp .i i\f\n w R "»fhy, j an ig -U. whic K °r; P<)WtM SUnbeam r in March endeavour to lower Sir Henrv Se jcravc- sland speed record of 231.36
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  • 108 11 LORD PASSFIELD TO RETIRE Daily Express Announcement. I FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT London. .lan. 16. nu- Daily Express to-day says it believes that Lord Pas^field. the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will probably be retiring next month and that his portfolio will probably be taken over bv Mr. Vernon
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  • 82 11 Chinese River Outrage. [Reuters Far Eastern Service] Shanghai, Jan. 16. Or:< Chlneec passenger was fatally wounded. another fell overboard, and 400 lbs. of opium Mtaed when the Janimes vcoetl Tuck Wo. for Shanghai from up-Ri\er. was boarded by pirates near ChmkiaiiK I<*M night. The desperadoes. CMlßttng
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  • 90 11 Opened by the Kin£. (FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT I Bangkok. Jan. 16. His Majesty the King yesterday opened the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. F<earttng Chtaaee, m an address to the Kine. pledged "Our genuine loyalty to the Crown of Siam rind our whole-hearted co-operation wnh
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  • 46 11 British Warship Despatched. Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hi. i, Kong, Jan. 15. Fighting is reported at Hoihow between antiNanking troops who are holding the city, and the Canton Navy H.MS. Magnolia has been despatched to Hoihow for the protection of foreigners.
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  • 44 11 IReuter's Service] Karachi, Jan. 16. Capt Chichester. the New Zealand aviator who was on an attempted flight to England trying to beat Hinklers record when he received news of the death of his wife, has arrived and left for Calcutta.
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  • 34 11 I Reuter's Service. I Washington. Jan. 16. President Hoover has asked the Senate to approve the appointment of Mr. John Motley Morehead. a New York engineer, as Minister to Sweden.
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  • 115 11 The proposed lecture by Mr. N. B. Mahomed fixed for Thursday at 8 p.m. at the Indian Association has been postponed till to-day at the same time, due to the fireworks display on Thursday by the Chetty community. Applications for St. Josephs Old
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  • 30 11 FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT). London, Jan. 16. Yesterday, the newspapers report, was the mildest January Day which has been experienced for nearly half a century. [Earlier cables on page 9.]
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  • 713 11 CAR DRIVER IN COURT. How He Baulked Pursuing Preventive Officials. The exciting chase which took place at night some weeks age when Mr. Wheeler of the Preventive Service followed a Buick car containing suspected smugglers, had a sequel in the Fourth Police Court before Mr. J.
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  • 171 11 Showers of brilliant stars, coloured flares, spreading streamers of fire and many other illuminations transformed the Esplanade and the neighbourhood into a fairyland last night when the Taipusam fireworks display was held. The night was clear and bright and huge crowds watched the spectacle from every vantage
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  • 85 11 Beaten by the Gale. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 15. Mah Mohan Singh, a young Indian student at Bristol University, who started from Croydon last Saturday on an attempt to fly to India and win the Aga Khan's prize of E5OO offered to the
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  • 100 11 The new Capitol Theatre which is now nearing completion was raided by Mr. Tongue ASP. and Mr. Knight ASP. and other detectives on Wednesday afternoon. Eight Chinese, some of them workmen employed on the building were arrested and charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with playing in a common
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  • 1100 11 GEYLAN(J AMBUSH. Asate Story of Polie? Round-Up. Several little .'mown fact:; in relation to what the D.P.P. called a "particularly strenuous fight," (though it only lasted ten minutest, between the gang of Chinee robberr, led by an Arab, and the police by whom they were
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    • 450 11 I A New Stock Has Arrived OF I S JS 3^^ oLlLLfKfxuttfi >£ SHOWERPROOF RAINCOATS. S< r '"^IZZARDEEN" raincoats are made W /*^mJ\K^ n tllP tailor madc principle. Each jg r/ Wl O\\ garment is cut by an expert, and wi I f7 Y\ finisned b y skilled workmen giving
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 275 12 Comedy of a Forgotten Vest. A little matter of a vest held up a notable entertainment one night in mail week at wlrch the audience included the Prince ol Wales. The vest in question was one for Piv.tk Camera, and the occasion a charity bo>:inj tournament
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    • 215 12 Why it May be Dropped. London. Dec. 2. It is now regarded as doubtful whether ih< London Stock Exchange Derby "Sweep"— euphemistically described as the "'Siock Ex change Mutual Subscription Fund" will b< held next year. The Stock Exchange Committee hat alway strongly dissociated itself from this
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    • 85 12 Reporter Refuses to Give Information. London. Jan. ft. Johenncubrjfg. Qrert rarprtn baa b earned by the issue of a summons ordering I reporter on the stall of the Ranri Daily Ma: to divulge nam n s in connexion with cind ttx place cf an illegal £20.000 lottery
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    • 99 12 !To the Editor of the Mcrnuig Post.] Sir, I have read several remi'iiscences ol Mr. Thornton, but none of his remarkable innings for Gentlemen v. Players which I sav. at Brighton in 1871. He scored 34 off 14 balls in less, I think, than 10 minutes
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    • 20 12 Paris, Jan. I. In the Christmas tournament final Borotra beat Tilden, 6 4. 6—2 4 6 6—l
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    • 146 12 King Edward's Hostess. Newmarket. t Mrs. Montague Thaip, the only woman OMBf tor of the Jockey Club, died in mail week at h»-r home. Chippenham Hall, Ncv.m: rket. .Ihe had been seriously ill f>r some time. I Mrs. Tharp ownei a part of the
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    • 287 12 Entries Close Without Lindrum and Company. i The professional billiards championship this I \";tr will be contested by Davis (holder). New- nun. Falkiner. and Inman. r Smith. Lindrum. and McConachy three of the world's greitt it t players have not sent in t their names. -j Entriiv
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    • 163 12 Not Likely to Beat Wales. A London cable of January 4th referring tc the B&cUsh Rugby XV to meet Wales on Ssturclov. says: The wcaknea of the -Rest" team discounted the value of England? win in the finnl trial at Twickenham, the gtnanl impression
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    • 96 12 Statute Issued by Irish R.C. Synod. London. Jan. 4 Ireland s Sunday tporttnf activities havt bpin curtailed by a statute issued by the Roman Catholic Synod forbidding hcrse-racini; and dOC-ractaf on Sundays and Roman Catholic holidays from February 17th. The decree will ao t affect the
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  • 147 12 BEHIND HER BACK. FKIENDS SAY FRANKLY:— "ISN'T DORIS SKINNY Doris knows she is thin and has nearly worried herself to death wondering what to do about it. She h.ns tried almost everything in the hope of jrettin/? fatter— rich foods, medicines and so on, but nothing doe* her any good.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 763 12 JOHORE CIVIL SERVICE CLUB. A HARD COURT TENNIS TOURNAMENT Open t> i.M-ntxrs and visiting members of the Johore Civil Service Ch.b and the Singap n European Clubs will be held at the Johore Civil Service Cub ground- .\<l the Ladies* Lav. Tennis Clv.b. Sinsapoiv from JANUARY 21th. TO 31st. INCLUSIVE.
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    • 432 12 IDEM, BLUE SCREEN including stitching with ey« > rope complete. Order your TENNIS BLUE DRIM SCREENS of jrood workmanship and British Manufacture from MOHD. BIN HQOSAINSAH. 66, RORINSOX tOAD Phone No. 2454. 'finfo it j \'sfffl UWmr I""«sert Spttons l\ JJ 0 111 \M W^^ I'essert I'orks £1 13 0
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 43 12 [ICHOLAS NICKLEBY IN PICTURES: IL 11 1J..1...1 Nicholas mets Smike. Atl if 7 NE.WSHISS/STtRSENDS EXCEPT EIGHT 1M 7 Q^NTIY JOINED 80LDU LV v STOVE '^D BECAME I:*\:fc ■> P HI WflM %']ffll 4 tu%\ Sat^^^^^just^kSS other l£ttgrs en- t^'°^sen^^ L -^^r-^ m .~wwtniy]lr'- 'i-
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  • 1172 13 M.F.A. COUNCIL MEET. Final of Championship Fixed. •By Our Muslim Correspondent. Football Association whs held at th,- Maliiv ,nte,r Club. Bras Ba.ah Road, on We^ntOn 1", UlSt Mr Syed """■■HI bin Ona, Alsauofl. J F the President, brio, fa tMP <*** Aniotm other things u was
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  • 176 13 Postmaster-General's Statement. London, Jan. 6. The recent frequency of mail bag robberies is the subject of a statement by the Postmas-ter-General. Mr. Lees-Smith, who says that the Post Office are confronted with a problem of peculiar difficulty owing to the policy of the banks. He explains that when
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  • 84 13 Bones in Hand Broken. Melbourne, Deo. 18. W. M. Woodfull. the Victorian captain, had two small bones in the back of his left hand broken to-day in the Shield match with Queensland. He was struck by a fast ball from H M. Thurlow (Queensland) when he was batting.
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  • 283 13 Rights Go Hand-in-Hand With Obligations. A few days ago the Minister of Transport received a deputation from the Pedestrians" Association on the subject of the Road Traffic Bill. In saying that the aim of the Association greater safety for all users of the road was also his
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  • 95 13 The hidden Republic of Andorra is on the point of issuing its first distinctive postage stamps. Less than two years ago it had none. Letters were prepaid in French or Spanish stamps according to the route by which they were dispatched. Then, early in 1928, the
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  • 18 13 The complete emancipation of woman will never be accompanied until some one invents a motorized can-opener. Arftona Producer.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 522 13 I MEN OLD ISEFORE THEIR TIME I i u. .ik-i sjeked, rigour* ■j^ to-do-any thing per■jot nt the best I wh«J jinn,' -«-t ;<> B(U get back in I rJ j the nervooi energy mod vit Drum will not I 1 > Wh Kidney and I Hi; ;i I<>r 1"
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    • 419 13 L,ONGECONOMICAL LIFE Fast delivery with safety and economy Rapid delivery is the order of the power for the roughest going and day. And yet, with increased speed, the steepest climh. there must be no sacrifice of relia. bility, safety or stamina. Long life A J e "7 ""'en-beanng crankshaft and
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    • 735 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A 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. |*PHEMIUS For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In
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    • 507 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. Due S'pore. 8.8. CITY OF TOKIO Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Mar. 6 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 372 14 P.fir'O.l British India and Apcar linj (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO I SERVICES. I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Col UNDER OOsKTRJICI WITH HIS MAJESTY'S Ci()VFK\ M N LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERYK K OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAP J Tonnage. Singapore. Tonn Jw KASHMIR
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    • 651 15 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Vessel. Arrive London. Rotterdam. Hamburg. Bremen Leave. and Antwerp via Colombo. Aden, Suez and Port Said. Altai Maru Jan 7"> i •>« Durban. Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro. Santos. Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Round the-World passage £190.] VTnrit Montevideo Maru j an 27 'an 2R
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    • 481 15 I T tii 1 I I I Five Reasons I why you will prefer to I travel on President Liners California fruits, vegetable* ami <lairy product* are served every meal H throughout your voyage. I h. EVer> Blalrroom is on a o"**" 1 deck an«l in equipped with running I
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    • 553 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MMTSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland* LNDE T lle C n h!!I RA M CT J™ E NET E HLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640. with sub-connections to:-Passage. Freight Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 712 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 MAREL7.A (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.B. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 557 16 BIBBY LINE (LONDON ADDRESS: 22, PALL MALL, LONDON, S.W.I). of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels between RANGOON. COLOMBO, MARSEILLES, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON, vith through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Steamer. Leav2 Rangoon. 1930 STAFFORDSHIRE Feb. 20 GLOUCESTERSHIRE Mar. 6 LANCASHIRE Mar. 13 CHESHIRE Mar. 20 YORKSHIRE
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    • 574 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 In Port M.S. SILVERBELLE due Feb. 3 M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Feb 16 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOS ANGELES
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 690 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan. Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m fl Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tinggi. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kcdah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 65 17 ■I ireight on Copra to Atlantic bBfl— reduced to Cl$l(l effective no. I.I I I I I Wl.I. llWt.i; Man.-:.' i.i and Co.. local Blue Punnal u ti. bni. al thai v. ith the m Liverpool on the at_ th. the i l< Ial
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    • 77 17 THE REMO'S MISSION. Italian Truth Ship's Cruise. i spt trad little was heard ol the Italian i b caHsd at M *^nnrorr foi too it the end ol r> en pactoM and comfori into a tog evi M exhibit) o i all thr thi ;k. ttaliai k> ea have bt
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    • 181 17 Surressfal Trials in the leviathan. ny has considerablv ari- :.<■ Mn*Vet_.„Of_ earn. lathan. of the ship (Captain mi conversed with a friend in New 088 milf try bul the condleptionalty favow rshle Mr j. l. I ftin'.ended tin* experi•11 Of the American '1 pladned thai on the
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    • 194 17 port of Dr. W. F. Dearden. Mvciical Officer of Manchester, has arousi dl UMioa among ihJpovn for the figures that he tly comforting reading. month of October-November. 44 ut of the 121 examined were itary and eight foreigners On the face of it the figures an our
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    • 59 17 BLACK CATS FOR TURNED WITHE BY FRIGHT. (Irimsbv. whr.se fur turned almost white bright, was landed at Grimsby itvivors of the Lowestoft drifter irifter was abandoned on Friday from the Haak Lightship, the U>e iat taking to a small boat. They Up by the Le Havre steamer <nc] taken into
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    • 41 17 Ministry of Navy has complettbc building of a gunboat to be it Son The work is to be under--1 Kianijiian Dock and the cost is 51.200,000, one-third of which is OMi already been raised. Construcwhen the full sum has been stated
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    • 643 17 FOREIGN LEGIONARIES' BID FOR FREEDOM. C>lomb, butoor MM the mom of an excit- 5 th Monday evening" '1..-C opener of Sunday December Mth when the lour For, n 1,,,,;,.,, mho Jumped fran th-:.- transport mitakta th, break- :ilt tetodWft ttdtWO.il i, believed i drowned. 80 far no report of the
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  • 918 17 Measures for Port Revival. The following from the Port Facilities Committees report just issued shows the need for stimulation of British coastal port facilities. Whilst roads, railway companies, and other source, of transport are to receive millions for improvement, no mention has been made of the development
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  • 304 17 London, Dec. 15 "Sir Douglas Mawson. judged by the wealth of scientific information he has acquired and the amount of land he has discovered, is the greatest modern polar explorer," writes Mr Gordon Hayes in his New York book, Robert Edwin Peary. The Cayme Press is
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    • 304 17 at >t= »\U[i(»i. i ii».' /J I f l/)ll I/» 1 r T^T^KZ^JZSk. j£r.L Crwioq\ LIQUID jl s^a&ga^ ■LliJriil c// sIUI UCICI \\k^S^ r^Htpcoi; '477/ EaudeCologne 'KSl^ "47//" F J f" 1 x J V/7// rt ifesLfj Oi.gmai bottle fi^S* de Lol ne and /7// 1/^l? lw>^J ig^J j! -^->—^w.
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  • 1076 18 COUNTRY'S PROSPERITY. Are Government's Claims Genuine [From Our Own Correspondent.] Dublin, Dec. 17. Replying to mm" statements of the Bishop of Killalne <Dr. Fognrty) on the good we:!: of the Free £.ate Cover;iinent hi the L:"M AinuitV. Mi. Sean O'KoJly, T.D., peak in-; ;.t Rosorea.
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  • 233 18 Rumoured Dissatisfaction of King: Alfonso. llendaye. Dec. 18 Rumours of the IT! lit 111 abdication of King Alfonso in favour of his youngest son. Don. Gonzalo. have been circulating during the last few days. There is no more reason now than there has ever been for believing that
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    • 174 18 I AUSTIN OWNERS I Have you seen the I HUMPHREY SANDBERG I EASY GEAR CHANGE f I FREE WHEEL I jL We can supply from btock, and, fitted to your car, 4% 1 costs SlOO.OO. 1 I With this unit you CANNOT ro wrong with your pears. X And save
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    • 1087 18 BANKING. BANKING^ _JN_SI T KA\(T,. CHARTERED BANK MERCANTILE BANK OF THF x~v OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. fl\lfif A I TFI »«C A (Incorporated in England b> Royal Charier) 1111/lA, Lit/* Qf\J TTLJ 1W "ZZTi^Z (Incorporated in England > Jv/U lil II »fi Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares WjU
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  • 44 19 I uue Rubber and Oil Palm Concession. [Reuters Service] Medan. Jan. 16. t imatn Tozen Company has bought I OHS'lf 12.000 acres from the I:;<iisk Plantageselskab for the cul- ibber and oil palm, at an e.stimat- n p. nation of £1,250.000.
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  • 45 19 Brttlsta Radio Official Service.] KuKby. Jan. 15. tot the n»w 5 per tent, loan for l eminent of Ceylon sxsre opened this ttoli afternoon, the issue the ISSOC was £1.250.000, 1350.000 had bren already Of the prospectus, applifor the balance of £900.000
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  • 48 19 Reuters Service.! li.ivana. Jan. 15. and fifty-six sagar mills, fa. everal oi the farsjeat in the world benndniuln The 1929-30 season Hmated at 4.500.000 tons „t raw will be continuous for four months and Is considered so important DtJal decree has banned all poliand festivities.
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  • 140 19 Railway Orders from Overseas. railways art- doing their Christmas Britain in excellent style, accordtil week •Commercial' < published ter Guardian-. The BengalhM ordered MTCn 300ft. BtSSi from the Cleveland Bridge and C mpmaj, Darlinpton. and eighteen from tlif Patent Shaft and UVdnesbury. The Buenos B ■..'•.•n Railway
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  • 111 19 Effect 1 of Dearer Coal. speaking nt the annual mectlh whrough ol the South Durham I ipan] and the Cargo Fleet Limited. Middlesbrouuh. of rhairman. said: tf and I look with anxiety to iron md steel industry, as that t.': b the Government tustry for a reduction
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  • 60 19 1 <'onvrrsion OlTice Was Closed. New York. hjtm cc)iresi>«)ndent of the New thai linancial writers and then are expressing pessimistic Closing <-i the Conversion Office. the step will atwavate the al- Situation and will have repercus- j conditions In the Argengoing from bad to worse for W i.
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  • 58 19 who relinquished the posi- nmussioner for New Zealand th. y» i r W as entertained at '''<• British Empire League in mail Ktsjjonding to the toast of PTOpoaed by Lord Islington. Sir announced that he had pledged ">r a hr.hday he would return
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  • 835 19 Messrs. Hope and Son's Review. In tkair iaivM rt-vu-w oi the rubber Industry Mnm Cl.as Hope and Son. the well-known Mtncmg Lan. an. ol rilbbt r brok that durum th, nrst half of this year in spite heavy rtUpmente from the East the' big ncrease m wmsuimnion
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  • 71 19 Rugby. Jan. 15. Foreign ndMipi Amsterdam 12.10 w. KtbtOß 37f>. Bombay Is 5 15-16d.. Berlin 20.38. Brussels 34.9f»5. BaebMlH 818. BMMM Aires 45 1-16 Copenhagen 18.20. Geneva 25.155. Helllntjfon 193 v.. Hong KOO| Is. 6-sd.. LLsbon 108 °5 Mudrid 36.925. Milan 93. New York 4 86^9-32 Oslo 18.215. Paris
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  • 135 19 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 950th auction yesterday when there was catalogued 2.141.813 lbs.; 956 16 tons. Offered 1.748.573 lbs.. 780.61 tons Sold 1,506.577 lbs 672.58 tons. Spot. London 7 3-16d. New York 14 cts. PRIKS KKALI/.KI). Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per Ib.
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  • 211 19 ROSE MACPHAIL PENMAN LTD'S REPORT. ■sagapere, J.m. n>. Rubber.— London 7 3 lGd. 1 l«d. up 4 p.m P.-ics (L'don Std> Spot 23 S.S. R S.S. on Tender Feb. 24',. March 34%, Apr -June 25'.. JUi>-Sept 2<v Dull steady. Tin. London £178 10s. 15s. up Mining.— Steady. Sungei Ways 3.4.i
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  • 86 19 Harrisons, and t'roslield. .Aledan. acjsnss: In.ited Seidan^? Sumatra 1 'J46.143; BkUanf 202.908. Tmndjong 151.000: Antlo-Sunmtra 81, 151; Suimei Kari (Sumatra) 35.785. Tanah Datar 60.400: Asahan 83.100; Bah Lias 145. 428; Toerangie < Sumatra 1 95.937. Meiuiaris (Sumatra) 240.113; Biia 1 Sumatra > 10,830; Central Sumatra 53.140.
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  • 412 19 Interesting Report by IT.S. Bureau of iMines. Mr. H. Ashworth Hope .speakinu at Uw annual meeting of Southern Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd.. in mail week, said: I have rerently had the opportunity o| re-ri-inu a precis of the report ol the (>o\ri miienf Bureau of Mines in the
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  • 242 19 CO-OPE RATION IN AGRICULTURE. Decreased Membership of the Societies. a tattler decline during 1923 in agricultural po-operation, which showed signs ol expansion durinu the war ind Immediate post-waf yen i> recorded in the "Minis':', oj Labour Oa/ette." quoting irom returns provided by the Chief Registrar uf Fr.enu. "Since the peak
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  • 204 19 The unprecedented draught In Boutli China in the early part of i»29 dealt a h.. b i to Chinese lnuis dealing in mm;, r. due |o Hn? tad that the crop was pi.uiicaiiy ruined Under the hnpreaiion that (Infer barn in Canton and ehwwhafl in the Botltll Would
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 214 19 January 16. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2;3 15|16 London 3 months' sight 2]? 7|g London 60 days' sight 2|3 13|16 London 30 days' sight 2f3 25(32 London, demand 2 3 3 [4 London. T.T. 2 3 11|16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg, demand 234 New York,
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    • 232 19 January 16 Tin 225 Tons $90 5n Gambier g g 0 Pepper White 67 Pepper Black 44 Flake Tapioca 550 Pearl Sago Small 8 2 5 Copra Sundried 940 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle <New> 8.30 Rice, Siani old No. 1. 320
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  • 900 19 Jan. 16th.. Closing Price. Buyers Sellers. Ayer W«Od 1.00 1.25 Batang Padan^ 21 24 J Batu Caves jOO IjM i Bukit Arangs 95 j 00 HitanLv 45 50 1 Hony Fa Us 58 62 Johan Tin 331. 35 Kinta Tin Died 1.40 1.43 Klanu Riv.-r 2.30 2.40
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  • 81 19 .1 muarv Ifltlu, 1! o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers RAB. equal to London Standmd. Sjiot 23 23 Standard HSS 0:1 Tender Jan 124 2\ February 2i' t 144 March 124 25 Peb.-ICarcta 24 j 24 April-June 23 2tl Tone of Market: Steady. Latest Oable: London Bpot
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    • 73 19 ASSETS EXCEED $10,000^000 Tur mm*«-i ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE- Winchester H Setth ts >' The Company has £20,000 deported' with^T^' n LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.C. aeposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life
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    • 39 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 CO., LTD, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1575 20 TO ENTER CUP LEAGUE. c I Members Discuss the Game in Singapore. i Reference to veiled professionalism" in Sin- t gapore I eague MOOtf were oiade at the annual meeting of the Soccer Section of the S.C.C. held in the Club lounge last evening, during t a
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  • 505 20 S.C.C. Soccer. The Rest England 1. The class of soccer played on the Padang last evening by both England and the Rest was very much of a standard which one would expect at the beginning of the season. It was dull xv.d uninteresting, there being little
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  • 76 20 Weak Side for Seremban. The following will represent the S.C.C. vs. Negri Sembilan at Seremban to-morrow: R. A. Cessford; Ft. Land. R. B. Bingham, W. K. King. H Jackson; F. H. Collier (Capt.), G. I. Begley; A. W. L. Wheeler. P. A. Merry. G. A. Cessford. H. Waterfield.
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  • 49 20 VOLUNTEERS— SERVICES MATCH POSTPONED. The SVC. vs. United Services fixture arranged to be played on the Padang on Saturday, has been postponed owing to the large number of players travelling upcountry for the S.C.C. vs. Negri Sembilan match at Seremban, and the Malayan A.P.C. vs. Perak match at Ipoh.
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  • 931 20 INTERESTING PROJECT. Organisation Wjiich Would Cover All Sports. An interesting project Ifer the formation of a united Chinese sports club was discussed yesterday at the anuual general meeting of the Straits Chinese Football Association held in < the S.C.R.C and presided over by Mr. Tay
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  • 59 20 S.C.C. vs. Malacca. The following will represent the S.C.C vs. Malacca at Malacca to-morrow: F. J. L. i Mayger; Capt. P. Miers. W. P. Day Dewdney; I R. Wimbury, R. N. Elliott, R. A. Ashworth; I P. D. Cork. D. R. A. Hoblyn, S. A. Woosey, < T. M.
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  • 54 20 > The following N.T.S. team will play a friendly game with the Dutch European team at the Stadium this afternoon: C. M. Rodrigues. H. l Adenan. Aman; Shariff, Gani. Amdan; Teck Kim. Salleh, Teck, A. J. Maasen, J. c. Derksen. 3 Reserves: Yahman, Sean Kee. Pakiri. Referee'
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  • 15 20 South Johore are playing Welch Regt. A at e Rugby on Saturday at Johore Bahru.
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  • 616 20 THE PENANG RACE MEETING. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Fine Weather and Good Going. [From Our Own Correspondent.] IVn.un. Jan. 16. The weather was fine to-day for the fourth lay of the Penang Race Meeting, going was good and there was a good attendance. Horses Classes 4 and s—3rd.5 3rd. Div. (1 Mile*.
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  • 340 20 After noting that the attendance was smaller than en previous days, the Straits Echo, referring to Tuesdays racing says: Though exciting, the afternoon's sport was not marred by any accidents as on the two previous days. Except for four favourites, who obliged Orexi.v Loch Buy. Bikanir
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    • 292 20 GOOD DANCE RECORDS I jfi B. 5704 Lovable and Sweet 1 i I tc My Dream Memory Hi B. 5694 Junior S Reaching for Someone 31 1 i B. 5G87 I'm in seventh Heaven j Used to You I i j B. 5613 I found you "out" when I found
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