The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 January 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S.S. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. NO. \2S>\)
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  • 991 1 Out acrom the water the ooaotal ii«hts t'J to be winking m lneiHh fashion M be took i last turn round the prniWflMMlf deck befon oed. Wh.it would II be lii In tiondoti that November night? Poser, wry probably, and here be was m the Mediterranean, wiim trhHc Jar
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 224 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. jo, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET. #^fc m^to m^A m^*- -*^A A W Raffles^ Hotel f MISS MURA SMIRNOVA f THE TALENTED SHANGHAI DANCER «f V Wi H Appear During *J* TEA DANCES ON MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY. X V dinner DANCES ON
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    • 202 1 The easy writing r ROYAL TYPEWRITER— A writing machine I I of surpassing excellence. I I— **Y\Kl Cf\ Sole Agent*: I|\ VJIM I VJ Ltd. LI.COLLYERQUAY I I f Lhm SINGAPORE. Also at (Incorporated in England) Penang and Kuala Lumpur. EUROPE fj HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" j DANCING.— After Dinner
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    • 333 1 i'HE DAY'S NEWS. The delegates to the London Naval Conference held conversations till nearly midnight on Sunday Page 11. The I'nited States is prepared to proclaim a five-years Naval building holiday and to scrap permanently 11 battleship Page 9. The trial of Clarence Hi(h- and Ms associates in connection with
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    • 12 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREZT
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 176 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday. 21st. High Water. 02.56. 87. 14.57. 9.0. Malacca: H. W.. i 1.50 a.m., 4.08. Australian mail closes 11 a.m. Local Defence Conference. Drill Hall. 6.45 p.m. Rugby: Ireland vs. The Rest, Padang. Wednesday, 22nd. High Water. 03.36. 8.5. 16.04, 8.2. Malacca. H. W.. 0.20 a.m.. 5.06, 0.30
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  • 783 2 NEWCASTLE'S DECLINE. Thv Wednesday Consolidate Their Position. j'rsition in Hm English bMfSM to date are M follow DIVISION I. Goals. P W. L D F. A Pts. Sheffield Wed 24 15 4 5 62 29 35 Maneaester City 25 14 5 6 61 43 34 DeitV
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  • 136 2 Bombay. Jan. 8. It ls understood that 800 American touristare coming to \i- it India d winter MMOn Six .ships ha\t> been chartered. The Empivss ot Austnni i. which is on lv: way to India, carries 80 tuurists. and is tta at Bombay on Jan.
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  • 84 2 Work in Indo-China. Hanoi. Jan. 4. Tbc niUniatlonal Opium Commission have held discussions with many persons, in the immm tlHraaf obtaining information on the subj<*ct -matter of their mission. At a reception held in their honour by Governor-General Pasquier. t|M President. Dr. Ekstrand. thanked him lor the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 258 2 I KELVEY'S TALENTED PUPILS B in C.ABAKKT at a "THE ADELPHI HOTEL! from February Bth. to 15th. R AFTER DINNER TEA DANCES. Admission to Non -Diners $1. I don't miss this excellent "entertainment between dances. i Book Your Tables Early to Avoid P Disappointment. I m m..mi l <wr" gm\"M'
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    • 198 2 VICTORIA XSU^BJE Commencing Saturday Next January 25th hm^mmmmmS Booking now open AL JOLSON The Jazz Singer N|| I Two Perfcimances Daily. 6-15 pm and 9-30 p.m. Evening Dress is NOT Essential Popular Prices: 2 $1 W AH seats can be booked. p^ 3 PAVILION %sz From iMonday, 20th. to Saturday,
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    • 378 2 fALHAMBRAt! 1 Tan Chen* Kee, Sole Proprietor Y V THREE FEATURES PROGRAMME Commencing SATURDAY, JAN. 18, ending THURSDAY V i In the Second Show at 9 p.m. <£♦ THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS *V <♦ MARION DAVIES i in i THE FAIR COED I > A highly amusing picture of American
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  • 1401 3 AN IPOH EXPERIENCE. Chinese Thief's Bad Luck. The following appeari In the Jaawry issue >f the Malayan Police Magazine written by Mr. Haines. On May 11th 1924. at about a quarter past six In the morning a prominent European lawyer. Mr. X of Ipoh. came to
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  • 183 3 Three Cramlington Miners Released. I Inn. Dec. 27. Three Cramlinnton miners who were convicted of attempting to wreck the Flying Scotsman during the General Strike in 1926 were released, just in time to spend Christmas with their families. Mr. J. R. Clynes. Home Secretary, havinq reviewed
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  • 426 3 South Australia's Precarious Economic Position. Urging reduced cost Of production as the only possible solution of the States preser.t precarious economic position, the manufacture committee of the Couth Australia Advisor> Council of Science and Industry in a report issued recently, says low wa^cs are a
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  • 296 3 Scare in New Territories* Hong Kontf. Another Inhabitant of the New Territory chums to h:r.e KCO the t &r. Whether it I .supposed to be the <;.K ob MTVed by a MMM killing cam In the Talpo vicinity is not known This time "Sfriix^" is
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 380 3 PA /j/ oil foixtj;rs—n<>. jo BURNT FINGERS. nntar one ptent: -The b^ot V «£J --on^SJS fe^^TS^o t F tam and surl, s,n,ntv as they had Tff IllUfl wal s v U t V That ,s what h,;>.>,vs. or lalPr t) .sp^ulato-s A H Stn,-1 I. dUpttctad hi nal] «av in
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    • 249 3 BGS" I CRAWFORD'S BISCUITS! 1 THERE IS NO HIGHER PRAISE. I ff I 2^?SLoSrsSl I Q ua!it y and Varief y al a Moderate Price. determined to ihrirel you up, thaa r aJ^** I°^ N J o UerrmL TWj S OBTAINABLE AT ALL THF LEADING STORKS AM) DF.AIFKS I I
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  • 2263 4  -  T. Stanhope Sprigg AMERICA'S 15J0O0 SURPLUS AIRCRAFT. Bu London. Dec. 11. THE CHIEF topic <>1 conversation here at the moment is the anxious query "Will America attempt to seize our Empire markets'.'" Ih. Wall -Street slump has hit aviation in America badly. There its progress was
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  • 431 4 Ernest Whitcombe. on GOLF. THE FLAG OR THE GREEN. •"THERE would seem to be an impression that one of the reasons why the American is so successful in scoring with a card is thit he has attained wonderful proficiency In placing the ball close to the pin. On the other
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  • 428 4 A Victim of the Gale. During the last few day- the tearing wind has done a great deal of daman*- among trees all over the country, writes a Times Correspondent on Dec 16. From Arden, near the heart of England, to the margin of the sea the
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  • 78 4 Sheep farmdrs in the Lyder.o"rs district are suffering from a new scourge— r ho -iasvo?(M or common vulture, says a message from Capetown. A number of farmers have recently sustained severe losses to their young sheep and lambs from this unexpected source, the animals being not
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  • 622 4 Epstein and "Atrox Nox/' Not for a long time, writes S. R L in the Morning Post, has the Westminster Play been enriched with a more caustic, lively, and ingenious Latin Epilogue than that which has followed this years production of the "Phcrmio" of Terence The Epilogue
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  • 935 4  -  Lindsay Hoben DUSK AND DAWN ON TIN; m si frr THE TURCOMANS. By \shkhabad. Turkmenistan. I'.S.S.K. HPHIS is a difficult country to describe On-^ does not see it. One feels it. This country is a mood. Mile after mile of billowy sands, sometimes drifting In moving dunes, sometimes
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  • 565 4 A train travelling at full speed, on tht smoothest track in the world, will do violence to the best table manners An aeroplane, in ideal Dying weather, will put an end to conversation And as for ships, there are peopl > who cannot endure sailing even to
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  • 467 5 joyous news. Bu on Five- 1 ini»er Exercise. Children who an HOder p::n I to play the piano Will an .< and rail Ov name <>t wd <.n bearing the news noted London pianist and music teacher, has found a way tO abolish tin- drudgery of
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  • 479 5 "Swaraj Lies in Your Hands." Lahore, Det i.'>. "Freedom cannot be obtained by throwing bombs on amoeeia people nor is the key of India BwaraJ la the hands of the Viceroy, or London," declared M.uuitma Gandhi to-d:iv. presiding over the Buppn ■-< d classes Conference
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  • 863 5 HOME OF MELODRAMA. Welcome News for Theatre (ioers. Theatre, Blaekfriars-road s. e. ta to be ;*>id and that there is a possibility it may be re- ;■< d. has be Led by tn •>1 theatre-^oers. Built in 1782. it has been everything from
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  • 94 5 Not a single Brsman appeared at the Dre which nearly eonsumed the whole city of Can>cal. Rumania. The fire brigade station, containing all the available fire-fighting appliances, was itself completely destroyed in the b'.j/i--"Where are the firemen'" shouted the fiivtracted citizens as they battled gallantly to save
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 299 5 AUSTIN it V/ KJ A All the following cars CA W\ will as usual AK b k :r Dunlop Tyres S in mm are Cfliiinnprl Alvis Siddeley with Wot yy 1111 Aston Martin He ver ley DUNLOP *=r Daimler TYRES l)arracq <;. >v. k. Hampton The FIRST TYRES nillman Humber
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    • 154 5 k^S fiWfl the flapper at Rallies "O dash [j I That's the seventh l'm getting quite rash, i £2 f Tho' cocktails I adore !fi I' I I And pahits I encore i£ /^lJ^^im There's nothing to beat Orange-Smash i H' mB^MA S 'JCt^M^l 1 ji jt ij^ |Y4 M\
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  • 478 6 Pistols in 'Planes. \Hihabjd. Dec. M. I i.i Siamese ninnm \vh;> en invited by the Government ol India to fly to Delhi are carrying pistols and ammunition in their aeroplanes because they believe "there may be need, in the event < i landing in India. »<>
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  • 207 6 2,000-Milf .Jungle Flight to a Bitten Woman. Capetown. Dei- 1". Ar. m mnkfflff is to set out from Johannesb IT| thai morning on a 2.000-mile journey in •B attempt to save the life of a woman misnc.ary who has been bitten by a mad dot:
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  • 119 6 Advice to JsifaUl Youth. Audit;- ui'j a meeting of the Urunpirai Youth Service League Colombo Mr. M. S. BUathambv said that unlike in the case ol the Sinhalese, the only wealth, of the Jaffna Youth mi brain power. Times were lust changing and thev were on the
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  • 63 6 Mechanical progress is causing the d!>appearance of the celebrated windmills prominent in Don Quixotes adventures. Many have been demolished and others are in disuse, mere ruins collapsing to the introduction of steam or electric mills. Some villages in Spain have opened public subset iptions for the
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  • 297 6 THE ATTACK ON THE VICEREGAL TRAIN. A Well Planned Affair. From the particulars which police investigation has managed to ascertain as to the ctrcumstani es in which the miscreants who made the attempt on the Viceregal tram proceeded about their nefarious work, it is clear that the 'a hole business
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  • 190 6 COUNCILLOR WHO TALKED AND TALKED. Meet the world's long-uisutncv talking champicn the man whom nobody can stop talking His name is Herr Schmidt He is a Communist and be has just been elected to the Town CouneU in Lubeok. in Germany At the first meeting of the Council after the
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  • 436 6 A MISSING JUNK. Pathetic Story of a Lost Toy. Using every possible expedient, the Port of London Authority succeeded, after a search through London, in tracing the whereabouts of a toy. It means a lot of trouble, but it was well worth it. for the outcome
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  • 251 6 Special Instruments .Made For Operation. A remarkable operation in an effort to r.- safety pin embedded near a man's heart was deecrtbed at a Brixton mauest on William Edward Griflin. aned 28. a labourer. who was said to have stated while in hospital that
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  • 286 6 Nearly 8.000 Miles in 15 Months. London. Dec. 21. The Australian pedestrians, lionson, s West Australian journalist, and Wilson have- arrived in Cairo fit and well, after having walked from Cape Town. They left Khartoum on October 21 coverinj m two months 1.350 miles. It
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 57 6 _^^r^^^ \Y/ ITH a faU rO'lLl 1~l P'lF'l n t^f* Thf* .slip* >* wS-ar >O 111. W IlLLlir dLK, .^^H^; MORRIS MOTORS (1926) LTD., COW LtY, OXFORD. ENGLAND Sole Agents MALAYAN MOTORS LTD. Incorporated in the Straits Settlements*. Represented throughout F.M.S. by Wearne Bros.. Ltd.. and Kuching, Sarawak, Messrs. Sime
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    • 219 6 riciiQ JOHN HAIG CO., LTD., Distillers of Scotch Whisky since 1627.1 Vii] Local Agents SINGAPORE. 14 I^BBBi V i H <♦ K I I >^i i aW V a^K a^^ A .^k^^^ai *\m 7 >n am. v^ h^BBH X aw V Vf J Sugaicare" Erand V I f OF ♦I/
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  • 1177 7 ST. JAMES'S PALACE. Building Rich in Historic Memories. To-day in a speech that is to be broadcasted over a large part of the world, including the countries which are most directly associated with the important deliberations about to be entered upon. His Majesty the King
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  • 359 7 Perak Hydro-Electric Co. to I*ay Damages. On Tiu-sday in the Supreme Court. Ipoh, says the Times of Malaya, was heard for the first time in the history of the Courts an appeal under Section 20 of the Land Acquisition Enactment and Amendment Enactment 1905 in respect to the
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  • 182 7 Miss Gertrude Lawrence in a New York "Flop." New York. Miss dertrude Lawrence, the English a< tress, wore one of the new long skirts, fresh from Paris, when ;~he explained to an audience of 600 women in New York why iong, flowing lines to a
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  • 153 7 C LEMENCEAU ON ENGLAND. "An Enfeebled Great Lady." Paris. In. 15th. "A very great lady reserved, cruel, but not without charm. England is perhaps the country who has ruled for longer than any. Unfortunately she is now showing a sort of enfeeblement and lassitude. The conqueror no longer lives up
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  • 67 7 Melbourne. Dec. 20. After a fierce battle between two snakes at the Melbourne Zoo, the larger one triumphed. and swallowed its smaller opponent. The swallowing process lasted three and a half hours, the smaller snake struggling strenuously. During the battle the snakes' jaws were
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  • 317 7 Driver*! Fxtraordinary BchaviMeT Aii extraordinary wife* ofl ncouie te took place or. M tin Head. Batu Oajah. on fu»-sdyy evening •<" oU >>t which the Chine s dnvtr f Motor-car r*k. a. M33 was taken Lilo cue~ tody. Fr im Infcrsistlaß to hand, aeye the Time of
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  • 131 7 Two Important Decrees Issued London. Der. 2". tb Women In UM Balkans have Just secured two more successes in their fight lor equality with men. A decree ha.s hw-en issued in Greece granting municipal suffraße fo women over 30 who livable tO re.id and write,
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  • 49 7 Mr V. J. Bryant, of Ipoh, the tioyen of the P.M.S. Bar. was in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday nnd provided at the meeting of Um P.MS. Bar Committee. This is the 15th occasion on which Mr. Bryant hu presided at tho annual meeting of the F.M.S. Bar Committee.— MM.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 193 7 and the V-m*^t Climate T^VAY and night your JL>/ nerves have to fight the energy-sapping influence ot Why should you not help your nerva to keep healthy during such nnu's i if peat nervous strain by backing up rhcir strength with Sanatuucn. SanatOfQrn wi\\ «j,i\.- you a reserve I »-t
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    • 13 7 BBBJ I 4 ■■■■> 7T^l^H^^^.lV I ■^K-" V W^^H BV I Bv^V n bV
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  • 661 8 A Word of Praise. T:u-;. can -be nothina wetter than December rains: writes a correspondent in The Tinn 1 The $ky seems infinitely withdrawn behind a carrier of impenetrable murk and damp.. :i« to bo described by the airy name of cloud. The wind blows, but there is
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  • 656 8 Imagination and Reality. What is the picture which the outside world formi of India at the present moment.' asks the Statesman on Dec. 27. We fancy if we co.f.a see ourselves as other are seeing us we sh \iid appear as a community mostly concerned about biti
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  • 879 8 THE WINTER SEASON. Food Short But Plenty of Entainments. Moscow, Nov. 20. Winter Ls drawing on and Moscow is returnIng to its normal life after the excitement >■' the October celebrations. For some few days all the main streets were decked out in red even the shoes
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  • 142 8 European's Death. haridpur. l>e«\ :.V Mr. m s Ifadcertlch, an *rtnnt <>i m. Landale and Clark, of Chandpur. has died In tngte circmn.slaiHv.-, Mr. Maekertich. with two other BurapemiM had refreshments at Chandp.n station n freshment room in the eveninu. Later, it 1 report.. J.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 349 8 I'll I II II ItJ 5 rUK JniLr ftl I »»TB NEW YEAR I jBiB I LET YOUR CHOICE BE A FIAT I H t* I I Ib J FROM THIS ATTRACTIVE RANGE. II Ijl W| I 4 Model No HP Type. No. of Seats. Trier. I l r l
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    • 226 8 /•TT isa/iJb- .J For Speedier Writing FDR speed io i O| transportation— the airplane. For speed ier writing nV Parker DuofoUl Fountain Pen. Parker P sureless touch enables you to Sg write effort'.* ly, speeds your hand and your i thoughts. er Duofold way S3 l of writing. Your dealer
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  • 333 9 AMERICAN AGREEMENT. Reduction in Size the B Alternative. IReuter's Service.] Washington. Jan. 19. It is toMMd IB authoritative circles that the United States are prepared not only to proclaim a live years holiday in battleship construction but to scrap permanently the eleven American l.;:ftleships which become
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  • 101 9 International Conference to Consider Hours. I British Radio— Official Service. I Rugby. Jan. 19. The Preparatory Technical Conference on the conditions of work in the coal-mininu industry dosed at Geneva yesterday. The Conference rejected the proposal of the miners for a seven hours, and that
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  • 70 9 London- Berlin Service Extended. [British Radio Official Service.! Ruyby. Jan. 1!». The F'ostmaster-General announces that the picture telegraphy service recently established between Great Britain and Germany has been" extended by the opening of a direct service between London and Frankfurt, in addition to that between London and Berlin.
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  • 69 9 Mr. Snowden Busy at The Hague. [Reuter's Service.] The Haffue. Jan. If). A further threat of a deadlock owing to disagreement between Italy and Czecho-Slovakia again provoked the intervention of Mr. Snowden. after which a compromise was reached whereby Czecho-Slovakia will pay Italy 10,000.000 gold
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  • 207 9 Suva (Fiji). Dec. 17. The Central Relief Committee in the Rewi River district, which suffered so heavily from the recent cyclone, is busy distributing rations to Fijians and Indians, and milk for the children. Five bodies have been recovered in the Rewa district, and another body,
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  • 205 9 SHAREHOLDERS' PETITION. Allegation of Liabilities of $91,000,000. [Reuter's Service] New Yor!.. .Tan. It. Following the recent announcement of Information of the Fox Securities Company to provide funds for the Fox Fi!m Corporation application for the appointm« Dl of a rec eiver in equity has been filed
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  • 90 9 Trouble in Kathiawar. I Reuter's Service. Rmnbajr, Jan. i<». Mr. Gandhi bestowed his bJ Mtaf OS flupassive resistance campaign at the Khakhreehi village near Malia la tm tfatc of Kuthiawar. where the farmers ;;ie stubbornly resisting the system of "force 'abour." refuting U- pay certain taxes
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  • 69 9 The Future of Prohibition. 'Router's Service. I ftasfctagtM, Jan. The House of Representatives vas a pandemonium for three hours as Wets and Drys contended for the r< ht for the floor and shrieked their respective point! of view. The house approved the allocation of $50,000 for official
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  • 76 9 ASSISTING EMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA. Scheme to be Resumed. (British Radio— Official Service.! Rugby. Jan. 19. The Ovrr.sea Settlement Department has issued the correspondence with the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia which shows thai the latter, after su i pending assisted immicraticn almost completely, baa now treed to a partial
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  • 30 9 fßeuter's Service. I Berkley. West Virginia Jan. 20. An explosion at the Lilybrook Colliery has resulted in eight persons bring killed and four injured.
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  • 253 9 Prison for Contempt of Court. London, Jan. 9. Johannesburg. The South Afriran Journalists' Society is acirtely concern* d over the question of professional privilege, in connexion with a recent news item published in the Rand Daily Mail relating to an illegal lott ry. A reporter.
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  • 47 9 The engagement is announced between Mr. John W. Gittins. elder son of Mr. H. Gittins, C BE., formerly adviser to the Siam State Railways, and Mrs. Gittins. and Josephine Amy. only child of Colonel C. W. Swinton, C.M.G.. D.S.O. (late R.A.), and Mrs. Sv.inton, of Flett. Hants.
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  • 365 9 "NEFARIOUS TRADE." Annual Revenue Loss of £1,000,000. The allegation that certain society women carry on a "nefarious trade" in smuggled dreaaea faun Pan- wcj made by Ifr. Edward H. Svnicnci' nianati.ir, din r it wellknown Bin of Crmrt dressmakers and \uepresident of the Lonchm Bmployera' Association.
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  • 363 9 Remarkable Claims for New Invention. London. IK-v. 11. A remarkable discovery by which furnit in and all kinds of Immmc fixtures can be manufactured frc::>. cotton Ls cl-.um-d to h-.ive b'.vr. made by a Clerkenv.el! f Idtlllt. "I t xperimenf.-d for lour years before discovering the
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  • 193 9 Nothing Like It For 40 Years. With 4fi detract registered in Hong Bong, and 25 in Shanghai, all the Intervening stations along the China Coast registered low temperatures last weak. The temperature at Chef(K> was 24 decrees, at Sharp Peak 42. at Swatow 47. at Macao 45.
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  • 40 9 Mr. E. C. Tidy, Assistant Commissione; F.M.£>. Police, returned from long leave December 28, and is posted to TaipinK as Officer Superintending the Circle, vice Mr. C W. D. Hall, Assistant Commissioner who i shortly proceeding on leave to Europe.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 401 9 BUSINESS CARDa NEVER BE WITHOUT META. Ihe white solid safety futl. MASSAGE AMCL'KE ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhoby Ghaut. FUNERALS. -in(;apore casket co. Kxperieneed Undertakers. linv and Night Service. Tel. No. 6075. MISS N. BUHRIS MIDWIFE AND MASSAGE. 73S Kampong Bahru Road. ~i>o\T WEAR A TKISS An- t dialogue free. _d#A^S^^^^^fc
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    • 700 9 TENDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained in the Tender Room, Municipal Offices Trnd r I»ate of C losing. Ere-tion and Completion -i 36 Houses at HOOpV Nuon, Road
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    • 507 9 NOTICES. NOTICES. Notice is hereby gtvaa that Mr. Stanley Kdward Newbery is authorised to sign f'KR PROCURATION this Firm FRASER CO Singapore January Mth, 1930. DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS? TRYOXOCUBES 1/iDJfffSPIUS ■fcW^^^ There U no better pill BUmr Mian MARTTM'S. You ran JF^ *ely upon MARTIN'S PILLS I^oW by
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 37 10 LINDSAY. At tbfl European Hospital Kuala Lumpur, on January 17. to Edna mee King > wife of W. H. Lindsay, a son. HIGGINBOTTOM— At the Maternity Hcipital. Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. T. Higgir bottom, a daughter.
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    • 34 10 The engagement is announced of Paul Ezekiel. of the Master Attendant's Office, only son of Mr. and Mrs M. G Ezekiel. to Rosline Jevamony. younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. James.
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  • 728 10 THE NAVAL CONFERENCE. SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 21. 1930 The Naval Conference which opens to-day in London marks possibly the most important practical step in international disarmament which has been taken since the Washington Conference led to a great deal of scrapping of redundant and in many cases out-of-date
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  • 154 10 Sentence on Escaped Prisoner. Gan Siew Kwan. the escaped convict who was re-arrested in Johore recently, was dealt with by the District Judge. Mr. C. H. G. Clarke, yesterday. He pleaded guilty to escaping from the criminal prison on March 24th. last year. Chief Court Inspector Meredith
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  • 190 10 The annual reunion dinner of the St. Joseph's Old Boys' Association will be held on Jan. 22nd. at 7.45 p.m. at the Club house. Waterloo Street. Dr. Wu Lien Teh will deliver a lecture on Progress of Health Work in the Orient in the great lecture hall of the College
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  • 1254 10 A BATTLE OF WITS. Where "Wanted" Men May Be. (Special to the Free Press). The recent capture, some fifteen miles from Kota Tinggi, of the Chinese who was found guilty yesterday of being one of the prisoners who escaped from the Singapore Prison last year, recalls
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  • 369 10 THE HAWKERS PROfiLEK Questions on Allegations Harsh Treatment The following are the the meeting of LegWaltVc I ITth. at 1030 am Question by Mr Tan Che Is Government few months, evil-smelling, terated opium packi d In the seal of the G ment, has been sold to tl..
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  • 95 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES I FREE PRESS BBBVICI. COPYRIGHI. London. Jan. 20. 5.10 p.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follow Spot £173 8 16 (down 12 16) ward £176 8 16 (down 12 16). The market is dull Messrs.
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  • 83 10 Dr. Wu Lien Teh. an old boy <>l ttv :f Free School and winner n! Scholarship in 1896. arrived in B board the President Ml yestei.-l.iv on hi* to his old home in Penang whew a short time prior t NttVfcl Wu is attending the Eastern section
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 261 10 Barclay's' Laden The Famous "Doctor" Brand Lager. f I LIGHT OR DARK. Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (incorporated under the Comj-an'tx' Uratnancet of Hong Kong* (Incorporated in Shanghai). 90. Robinson Road. Telephone 6228 S BY SPECIAL Vv v 4PPOINTMENT TO 1 1 B.M. THE KING F SIAM ESTD jtfl§il*S
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    • 72 10 I<!2L*£L--?' v i""«^ 1 ASPARAGUS A PARIS WRITER mentions a new fashion in which ladies' dresses are to be fastened with nuts and bolts. The idea, presumably, is to rivet attention. This has been done on "GAFLAC" POLICIES for years. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIKE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED Hongkong Bank Chambers.
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  • 267 11 DRLEGATBS CONVERSE. l.<-n?thy Deliberations in London. I Reuters Service! London. Jan. 20 is much encourat-ed by the I the Italians The French and objectives as regards the conference .ime the sol.. communications vouchpublic as a result of the con versa rIOUI naval delegations lasting till dnight
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  • 159 11 K\(itement Runs Hi^h. .'(•r's Far Fasten, E Tokio. Jan. -Ml. N.i'.al OOOfeTtnO* :t -i i.nvtinn^ of the DM to-morrow of suppressed *\\<it» nieiit is discernible. i ally believed that almost as soon as mier. the Foreißii Minister, and the Minister have delivered then speeches will be dissolved
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  • 107 11 British Churches Protest. 1 Reuter's Service. London. Jan. It. of the Soviet "Anti-God Campronouncedly expressed m Russian other churches in Great Britain and abroad n the occasion of Epiphany <old Christian protest movement, of QIMfOV and Lord Brentford are I :ved a message from the Bishop
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  • 85 11 Killed in Passenger Plane Crash. I Reuter's Service Los Angeles. Jan. iO. rupants of a passenger plane were «anside. California The plane apMte a forced landing owing to engine in the darkness crashed and Karlier cables on page 9.) Mr J. Hide, of the Government Monopolies, arrested
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  • 426 11 CROWDED COURT. Indictment Which Took Ten Minutes to Read. I FREE PRESS SERVICE -OOPYRIOHTJ. London, Jan. 20. The Hatry trial opened to-day before a packed court at the Old Bailey JIt at 7 D n X n> and Tabor P leaded not to answer
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  • 160 11 A Full Programme. British Radio Official Service]. Rugby. Jan. »0. Both Houses of Parliament to-morrow resume the work of the session opened last July. There is a very full programme before the House of Commons, comprising ten important measures which art either before the House or
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  • 61 11 NEW LUXURY LINERS FOR P. O. Lucky Australian Route. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby. Jan. 20. Two new passenger liners, each of 20.000 tonnage with large saloon accommodation, each cabin having a port huh' open to the sea. have been ordered for the Australian route by the Peninsular and Oriental
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  • 90 11 Widow of Ex-British Officer. Reuters Service. 1 Washington. Jan. 20. Mrs Ruth Bryan OVMft. Democrat representative for Florida, daughter of the late William Jennings Bryan, appeared before the House of Representatives' election committee and emotionally rebutted charges of ineligibility for Congress on the ground that
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  • 440 11 AFRICAN HUNTING TRIP. Enthusiastic Reception for Royal Visitor. I Reuters Service.] Capetown, Jan. 20. The Prince of Wales has arrived and was pjftfwn a most enthusiastic reception. The Prince of Wales sailed from Southampton on Jan. 3. in the Kenilworth Castle for Capetown to resume
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  • 112 11 Circles Over the City. r British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby. Jan. 20. The airship. RlOO. made another test flight to-day. She left her mooring mast at Cardington shortly after 9 o'clock and one hour later the hum of her engines could be heard over
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  • 73 11 British Regret Great Airman's Passing. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 20. Great regret is expressed here, especially in air circles, at the fatal accident to the famous Italian Airman Dal Molin while testing a high speed machine over Lake Garda yesterday. Dal Molin gained second
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  • 63 11 Inter-Tribal Feeling Breaks Out. [Reuter's Service.] Johannesburg. Jan. 20. Twelve natives were killed and 29 injured, and a mine manager and a police sergeant were rendered unconscious in a pitched battle between Pondos and Shangaans in the Crown mines compound. Police reinforcements were called
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  • 37 11 Commander in Chief of the Nore. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Jan. 20. Admiral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt "will succeed Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander Sinclair as Commander in Chief of the Nore on May 16.
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  • 41 11 I FREE PRESS SERVICE —COPYRIGHT]. London. Jan. 20. It Is probable that the King will shortly be going to a Devonshire seaside resort to spend the remaining winter months. I Earlier cables on page 9.]
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  • 255 11 HALF ASSEMBLY AWAY. I Mr. Patel's Difference with Government. [Reuter's Service] New Delhi. Jan. 20. When the Assembly reopened this morning only 73 out of the 145 members were present. owinß to the decision of the Congress Party to boycott the legislature. The attendance in
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  • 448 11 Murder Charge Against Indian. The trial of Mohamrd Khan on a charge of murdering a Siamese-Malay at a Japanese Hotel in Rangoon Road on November 16th last year commenced before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murisont at the Assizes yesterday. From the D.P.P.s address to the special jury
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  • 86 11 The Lloyds' Committee. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 20. The formation of an Aviation Advisory Committee of the Committee of Lloyds Register of Shipping was announced some time ago and the names of those who are serving on it are now published. They include, in addition
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  • 40 11 IReuter's Service.] Paris. Jan. 20. Frankie Genaro. America, retained the world's flyweight championship in his fight with Vyonne Trevidic (France), who retired in the twelfth round of a fifteen round contest. [Earlier cables on page 9.]
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  • 63 11 Captain P. C. Chichester. the wealthy young New Zealander who is on a solo flight from England to Australia, and who arrived In Singapore just before six o'clock on Sunday evening, was in the air again early yesterday morning. After a brief spell of warming up Captain
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    • 77 11 I Challenge Shield 8 Trophies I BMfl I No. 1598. Silver Plated ♦> Actual Size 1«^ x 14'/ 2 inches. Price $75.00 Ijl I ROBINSONT& CO., LTD. I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlomonts.) I RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE W.D.e-H.O WILLS "^iSTOL LONDON I I j CARBORUNDUM Scythe Stones 1 Grinding Wheels
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  • 16 12  -  No. 14: Kate Nickleby and Madam and Mr. Mantalini. Bu Arthur Moreland
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  • SPORT OF IHE DAY.
    • 378 12 Writing of Britain's loss of grounc in the athletic arena in recent years. F. A M. Webster (Manchester Guardian* says: "The English Athletic Championships were instituted in 1866. and. for the first thirty years, we more than held our own. scoring 97 41 per cent, of victories
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    • 693 12 Cyril Tolley's Sandwich Feat. Looking back on the golf of the past year which by the way. was played under wonderfully dry conditions with courses and fairway: .ill running in favour of the player, and cogitating on some of the best performances, I think that
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    • 582 12 Committee's Costly Action. The Pinang Gazette referring to the recent weights incident at Ipoh says. The interference by the Perak Turf Club Committee with the O.Tkial Hamilf ripof at the Iwcaut Amateur Meeting has proved an expensive experiment. It will be remembered that the weights were
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    • 156 12 WATCH mj j^Hl WATCHES of the Re* Swiss Make |^H| and of ALL DESCRIPTIONS JS^L JEWELLERY :"'>. tG^^V-iI Brooches Kings Bracelets set /TV'*7w W][h c^ ;ullon s illu precious stones. LATEST NOVELTIES just irrived SBf from EUROPE. JIB LOWEST PRICES fur the BEST j^Hj GOODS RENEULLMANN K L High Street,
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    • 490 12 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE FOURTEEN ALLOTMENTS OF FREEHOLD BUILDING LAND ROAD OFF JALAN BESAR, SINGAPORE, AREAS 1.408 sq. ft. TO 830 OF TOWN SUB-DIVISION XVII (To be sold in srparatr lotsi To be held ;.t Messrs. Cheung Koun Seng Co.'s Saleroom. < hulij s ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22nd., AT 230 PU
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    • 325 12 •By Or;. Cii".t AUCTION SALE of OONPiaCATKD OO To u held at f: St On Triday. Jan. 24th.. at LSI p.m Comprising: Chun..,- i; medicated BBJnaOQ, arrai k. t tins sampanlerni^ C.oh Buyi r> t.. Uiliver\ <ii fooda mini. POWKI Sinuapor.-. Jan J.ith. ItJQ SHER^T'S BALE. m si I'kimi: (oikt
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  • 660 13 FINANCIER MINEOWNER. Collapse At House of Commons. London. Df><\ 19. Mr. Hichnrd Tilden-Smtth. millionaire ftnanetar and coal mine-owner, and one of the M'o t prominent Australians living in England, dropped d-ad at the House of Commons to-day. Mr. Tilden-Smith visited the House of Commons to confer
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  • 166 13 Progress of the Bengal Hindu Sabha. A nvit'W »>l the proßmss oi the Bengal Provincial Hindu Sabha was made at the annual nxvtinu of the Sabha held at the Indian Association Hall. Calcutta. Mr. Priya Nath BaMi Chowdhury presiding. In spite of the political activities of some
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  • 112 13 The cast 1 in which Hayley Morris sued a London iirm of solicitors for negligence ana breach of duty (judgment being given against him> was one of the longest and most costly of recent times. Counsels fees and solicitors' expenses cost something in the region of £15,000 a
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  • 516 13 Tattooing for Holiness. Fashions in the deformation and decoration of the body are illustrated by a collection or view at the Wellcome Historical Medica Museum writes a Morning Post Correspondent Primitive peoples have, it appears, m 1 1 pxcute fur their vagaries than exist for the
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  • 378 13 Welsh Mountain Range as National Park. LiMidon. Her. 17. The highest peal: in I']::i;lar..i and Wai Snowdon 3.57 1 ft. > may soon become the property of the nation. A Royal Commission ol reviewing evidence dealing with the areas' which have I -n' suggested M nftticnfc]
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  • 126 13 Additions to the London ZOO In 'he last mootfa include a hybrid between the common rackpigeon and a Malay necklace-dove. Tbeee two species are put in different gt nera belongin:. 1 to different sub-families. The rock-piueon. the ancestor of domestic pigeons, is much larger than the turtle-dove, amonu which the
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  • 229 13 MORE BLOODSHED IN RUSSIA. Agrarian Reforms Opposed. Moscow, Dec 1 1. That the claaa struggle om the organJaatlon of collective farms and oth*r fcgrarian measure* 01 the Soviet Government is unabated fcj >\uirr.t from several items reported from rirtoua parti '1 fcoumry to-day Five kulatl in tM Priluki district of
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  • 181 13 One of the trials of :i sjxl] m ho.spitaJ itlir rally hour at winch patient Mt I and put into siiapr tor the d.iv Hall four to tnc is' tne timml time and ii tin w.udh an crowded Mart ma: bmu* earlier still. The defence
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  • 59 13 A quiet wedding was solemnised at Unchurch of the Assumption. Pcnniiu. thl Rr\ A. Devals ofliriatiiiK, OB Wednesday last l'it BOntßpgting parties beinn Mr Kric R, ad. .>r Maiisfce'ld iind Co.. Pei\anK. ■It.uml son Ofl Mr tnd Mrs William Read, of niH>H| and Mi :iii".i dc siuxu. younger baughtei <-t
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    • 26 13 I > fi I \V r I G&rtr- If only I had a j body to put it in! BOVRIL I Manufactured by RONLJK. Limited. P.>rt»Udc. ENGLAND
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    • 107 13 J^ Jf New- *"V nigh class Cigarette WE GUARANTEE /that State Express 999 cigarettes are made of exactly the same unique tobacco leaf as State /Express 555, the only difference being 999 are \1 not made by hand. They are supplied to meet %> gj increasing demand for a cigarette
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    • 745 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. CXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Iwice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. I*PH£BHTJB For London. Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port
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    • 465 14 Elierman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd (Incorporated in England). "ELLERMAIT UNE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN One S*porct. SJ. CITY OF TOKIO Feb. s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Mar. 6 s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI
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    • 369 14 f** British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. UNDER CONTR.tCI WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERN \i T LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS mm LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN. Dae ill Tonna«». Sincapre. Tonnace. s, nrapw% MACEDONIA 11,100
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    • 645 15 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Londoii. Rotterdam. Hamburg. Bremen Arrive. Leave. J Antwerp via Colombo, Aden, Suez and Port Said. w Altai Maru j an 2 s ion 9& Durban. Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro. Santos Montevideo and Buenos Aires. [Roond-the-Wvrid passage £190.1 Montevideo Maru Jan 27 Jan 2ft Mombasa.
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    • 543 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE MAIL LINE TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Frr.m SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. PRES POLK in Port Jan. 23 Jan. 25 Mar 4 PRES. ADAMS Fe b. 3 Peb. 6
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    • 795 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, (KOYAL PACKET NAVIQATION CO, OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated \n Holland.) LNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. bt»4'). with sub-connections to —Passage. Freluht. Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representative* the Straits Settlements (Singapore and 1V.,, c of the OFFICIAL TOITRIST BUREAU OF
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    • 510 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated In Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 58 16 AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. INC. International BANKING and TRAVEL SERVICES. Travellers Cheques. Letters of Credit. Money Orders. Drafts. Transfers of Funds by Mail and Cable. Tours. Cruises. Steamship Reservations. Railroad Tickets. Baggage Insurance. SINGAPORE Union Bldg. PKNANG— E. O. Hotel. THE SINGAPORE SHIPGHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. SHIPCHANDLERS. SHIPBROKERS. COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices:— MA
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    • 359 16 SLUE FUNNEL LINE T.S.S. "PROTESILAUS" Loads at Singapore for VICTORIA 8.C., VANCOUVER and SEATTLE, giving direct delivery at these ports without transhipment. Takes cargo on through bills of lading for all OVERLAND POINTS in CANADA and the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; also for MONTREAL (with transhipment at Vancouver and thence
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    • 384 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. I nc 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated In U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE l<> BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE. (via Sue?). Due. >.nls. M.S. SILVERBELLE Feb. 3 M.S. SILVERMAPLE Feb. 16 F.b M.S. SILVERPALM Mar. 12 M;u 18 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN
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    • 69 16 SOCIETE MARITIME INDOCHINOISE MAIL SERVICE— SINC OBBv\I(i(>N s.s. -Governeur-Cii mi. (3.000 tons) d. Mngaporc Wharf Monday Noon Jan A. Saigon 3 Thursday ICornlnj D. Saigon j Monday Noon A. SirmaponThursday Ifomll I'.. IJ.iys in lalfM TOIKISM IN IM»" Express visit to Angk Angkor). All includt'd Mngapow Ist class aoeoauDodatl Best
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    • 668 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. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6am Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m.
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    • 144 16 Finataca. Nor. 943. from Malacca 20. ior Bangkok 20. Sibigo. Dut. 941. from Sourabaya 20. for Bangkok 21. Glenogle. Brit. 5880. from Dalny 20. for London 20. Alting. Dut. 795. from Djambi 20. for Djambi 22. Hafthor. Nor. 761. from Bangkok 20. for Bangkok 21. Vyner Brooke, Sar. 703. from
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 140 17 S.S. CHINESE NEW YEAR SAILINGS. 11<mm R In the Straits Steamtnpany'a aallrnga the mtniiai mm notified fi.i .nlurniatinii M il.irra. .nl>. on Tuesday. JanUSf] 1 Janus*] ~'*nh. Utafl on Thursday. January 30th BMMU on Fnd.v j. Mu.ir. n Wednaodaj aneelled Jtl:il 00 Hiursday. Jantu.rv incelled. I'tuiti.iiiak. <<: R.-iub w.di January
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    • 505 17 lua yratrriaij Mr j i Jacob, Dr I W Kemman Mr and Mrs VV Mr and Mrs F. C. McMath. Mr fl J Ch Prive. Madam K.-.madee Madam R HadicK. Mrs Ifgjurell, Mrs. Mr Lauw Pik r.-. Mr Bo King Prauw, .in. Mrs Bhts Mr tnd Mr- D
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    • 133 17 Dutch steamer Sibißo arrived with coal Sourabaya and Samarinda yesterday. Bangkok :id O Khiva, has left Hong Kong expected to arrive at this Port at 1.0 Wi dnesday She will proceed alongside pan Harbour Boards wharves on following numbers Of deck passengers rday Schonten 40. de Weert 93, Nam Yong
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    • 206 17 HURRICANE DRIVEN. Unintentional Trans-Atlantic Voyage. I British Radio -Official Service. Kußby. Jan. It. to three-matted BrfUafa aehoooer Neptune a. ol St. Johns. Newfoundland, i wooda s «'i "i IM tana, hai been towed Into 1 I rv <)n •••<■: Bcotland bf UM steamer Hesperus after nu remarkable
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    • 526 17 Manchester Regiment's Deed. At the Manchester Town Hall on Dec. 15, the Lord Mayor (Councillor R Noton Bar- accompanied by the Lady Mayoress (Mra Barclay held an official r -ception in honour of Captain Linton and the ofTU-rs -uid crew or the Manchester Regiment, wh
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    • 132 17 Washington, Dec. 13. The I'm Alone, the Canadian rum-runner sunk 200 miles ofT the coast of Louisiana last March, is now declared to be American-owned and not a Canadian bo; t at all This announcement was made by Mr. George Wharton Pepper, the American agent in the
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  • 935 17 £MMMMUK)O IN PREMIUMS. Insuring Anything from Twins to Ships. According to an advertisement oi the JN ar 1688. a certain Edward Lloyd was the o.vuer of a modest coffee house in Tower 3tr."> London, writes Gilbert C. Layton in Ommm Coffee houses in those days
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  • 114 17 Official reticence is observed by Portland naval authorities in regard to an incident which occurred during recent exercises in the English Channel, when the battleship Iron Duke, now sea-going gunnery ship with the Atlantic Fleet, based at Portland, was struck by a torpedo find by one
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    • 635 17 TurrWeaiitr<Oe?Wel I Into "CAN wel!L" Nature unaided fails. The reason is that most of the "ills that flesh is heir to" are man-made through ignorance of Nature's laws and wrong thinking. To get well all you have to do is to remove the cause of your pain or illness step
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    • 9 17 ASTHMA 4j] I <*****■' r v nifhMafcilß Himrods ASTHMA CURE
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  • 925 18 DIVORCE MADE EASY. Russia's Social Experiment in Working. "When is a marriage not a marriage?" Jud< r 't Hill asked himself recently in an English Div->rce Court. His own answer to the riddle was that a marriage is not a nrirriage when it is
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  • 76 18 Coolangratta. (Queensland). Dec. 23. Iu an encounter with a 9-ft. shark in the surf at Currumbin to-day, a Brisbane youth named Oates came off without a scratch. He was swimming away from the regular bathing area when the shark attacked him. The lad struck
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  • 785 18 Judge's Story of a Mad Witness. Lord Justice- Scrutton commenting in the Court of Appeal on Dec. 17 on an action brought by a woman who was certified as insane, said: "We have had a series of cases In recent Sears showing the risks to which
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  • 130 18 The ronenrtne li Ite hemltl 1 MfMC of NatK ii:-' t\i.M<-n. I cncit'cl J:inuary 11th Berfcero: 3 rmllp^i i *nd i d k|MM: l pl.uu. < .i pox ras«\ llomhav: 4(i •niMllp.A CSM ■gainal :•:< i m uml 15 (h ith u> p cedinp week Calcutta: 45
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    • 221 18 VSr\ it! J^^« Gloriously Alive —Always I Not a care in the world they can dance J all ni^ht because they are gloriously alive I gloriously healthy and fit Hall's Wine has I supplied them with both mental and physical J reserves of power, which enable them to get I
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    • 634 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated in England). Capital £3000.000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1.050.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.612.046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers Esq. Charles J. Hambro Esq J. O. Robinson, Esq W. H. Shelford. Esq. Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. LONDON BANKERS:
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    • 220 18 INgUKAM K. THE > SOUTH t I BRITISH \l FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AM) MOTOR CAR INSURANCES A< mi i, LOWEST MRRKM K\ L. C. MARGOLIO'I H on. if i pin] PERSONAL ACCIDENTS. FATAL ACCIDENTS an HAVE you made provj ton I Of your dependents dould overtake you IT only BOlti
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  • 244 19 Itfj m probably tin biaokast history of the stock rrrhai^s illowtalg disaster in dismal ssjeand it is estimated that dem stock share values eaoeed 00 Tne Brat serkms blow to con OCCUmd in March when it was revealed DUOphone Company was not m the
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  • 40 19 lapanesc Two-Thirds of The Total. ting ■tattsttcs with reference to the .t foreign Brmi and re ktenta In China ibliahed Tin Itt tollowi .lHe_M.lt J I irms lndi\ idu.il> 14 213 .iai 1 > 7. 485 I 153
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  • 58 19 RICE CULTIVATION IN BRITISH GUIANA. In BriUari Oulan i Me for rn e [or this produci that the qta I iy the Km| e, bu: (iv .ni ma; tlH> In Burma, whJ in til- v.. rid, vi i acre, without t: nsumption of ri' Including Cuba. I i\ i n
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  • 111 19 L-mritm. l>et need lor Brtttah i r cent si i and pel I u- annual n poi I Muster and Comp'ri'lNa Imperial ii\-'-. ootni I t,,..ii Dumber ot d 228jD004>00. Thl ii• i and Itai, wb i i.-maiuis for BrtUso bronae uiu.:. '(K iit--d li-ure i ciroweis'
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  • 628 19 following is the it-port of the dkeetOfl I the Perak River Valley Rubber Company to I:.- submitted to the shareholders at thf nineti rnth annual general meeting to be held at No. l-A Pcnang Street. Penang, on January 25th. at 11 am Die Mirvey
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  • 122 19 hi Oov» i. Ith the Im- aiu meriting '••!>• Inadequa supply. The Ucapped by the terms <>t the M< knie Treaty, which lea [or steady reduction In the Dumber of nattvea mm Portui i*rl tn b< employed m the Union. Bane way <>i circumventing tbf inevitable
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  • 134 19 AUSTRALIA'S COMPETITIVE MOTOR TRAFFIC. in ino.-t ot th»- States, the Qovwmment railway wad tramway systems have been completely imdermlned by imrtftilatod motor traffic, which li rtcartH] tocreasmg. The iiuir- aspeci «'i affairs, u present conditions iiif to continue, is shown clearly enough In BOOM <-l the annual railway report! for
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 205 19 January 20. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2 3 15 16 Lonion 3 months' sight 23 7,8 London 60 days' sight 2 3 13 16 London 30 days' sifht 23 25 32 London, demand 2 3 3 4 London, T.T. 23 11 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1430
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    • 216 19 January 20 Tin 150 Tons $89.50 Gambier 9.50 Pepper White 67 Pepper Black 44 Flake Tapioca 5.50 Pearl Sago Small 8.25 Copra Sundried 9.40 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice. Siam old No. 1 320 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice. Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1. 220
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  • 649 19 MONDAY. JAN. 20th.. IJ>.{». Buyers Seller-. lean Kumbanc '£> 36s 38s Ayer Hitam <ss» 14s 7>_d 15s 6d Bangrta Tin (£> 25.-> 27s Batang Padang (81) 22 25 Batu Caret (81) 105 I. lf Bukit Arana <$i> 81% 1.02 1 Burma li Malay 22s Gd 23s 6d
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  • 58 19 January *>Otli.. II oYloek noon. Buyers Sellers R.SS equal to London Standard, Spot 28 25 Standard R.SS. on Tt-nder Feb 25 25 March 25 2ti FiL).-Maixh 25 1 25 April-June 26-, 27 Tout' of Market. Easier. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet 7 ,d. per lb
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  • 226 19 1 GmeTWMJ s Alterations. .fan. !Oth.. ChMing I'rire. i:.. hist meettait ol the Council ol th< Royal Empire Society. Hi whJcJi sir John SandeAllen, M.P.. mi In the C lair, :<k Resident FeUows. 119 Noo-Resldent .au .md ID Associates, wen iixnonj i them being Ifr. E John
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  • 215 19 ROSE MACPHAIL AND PENMAN LTD'S REPORT. Singapore Jan. !(l Kuhhrr. -London 7 ,d 3i Sd up I'm i's (London std S[M«t 24 ss hss 01 Tender Feb 25. March 25'.... April-.June it, >.. Jnly-Oept 27 ntcadj Tin. -London No Price. >liiiin K Steady Bungd Ways U I >> Knchai.s 1.25
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  • 97 19 MAYNARD CO. REPORT. The foUowtnf 1 the rep rl > i> pre i nti <i a' the annual meetinf ol ifaynard and puny <.:i January 27th al Harrtoona, Barker and C* mpan; a1 noon in the j i .ir. Mib eel to D Ided I I rd f j nd
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  • 101 19 Guthric ;mkl Co.. Peiuing, \;v its: Reno Tin (first ball Dr idg< 81 > pi I |t l> >■) pi] Harrlaam, Barker ai < hmanf, Igents: Kamunt rii D f Pirsl arj i houi P hair January > H'.ii y \i>\ <i ii- b iXI Jan.j
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  • 69 19 Pordgn exchangea in: Amsterdam 13.11, Athens M;> Bombay Is. 15-Kid. Berlin L'u T." Brussels lUit')'... Bucharest 818. BlieiMM Airts 44 Copenhagen IBi»'.. Ocntva JHeMngfon i!>3 Hong KJona li 6 .<!. I 108 .L':>. Madrid MJS, Milan !»3 N.-a Vuik 4 K-, Oslo IH2P,. Pans ISSJO, I'mtur 1»,4 Ki 5
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    • 71 19 ASSETS EXCEED $10nononn $10,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.G. ny has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act.
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    • 257 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. RIBBER STATISTICS. The following is a Census of stocks of rubber
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  • 593 20 COMPETITION OPENS. Robinsons and A.P.C. Draw. Robinsons .2; A.P.C. .2. The attendance at the Robinson Road Stadium yesterday, when Robinson and Co and the A.P.C. met in the opening match of th<Commercial Cup Competition, indicated that outside enthusiasm was completely lacking. The game was not quite the
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  • 158 20 Classification of Horses and Ponies. List No 3 Amendment No. 2 Issued January 20th 1930 HORSES. Transfers. Likeness from Class 3 to Class 2 Eternity from Class 2 to Class 3. Trifle from Class 2 to Class 3 Brother Jim from Class 3 to Class 4 Gold
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  • 207 20 Fitter Gunners Beat S.C.C. R.A 4; S.C.C 2. Being in a much fitter condition as a team the R.A. well deserved their victory on the Padang last evening over the S.C.C. whom they beat by four goals to two. Three of their goals Ml scored in the first half.
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  • 609 20 FINE SAILING WEATHER. New Hong Kong Boat Out. Splendid sailing weather on Sunday made yachting a real pleasure and some keen racing resulted. The "A" class was engaged in the second race for Mrs. Lundon's trophy, and at 10 a.m. Mr. Mansfield -Jones sent five yachts off
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  • 266 20 Keppel vs. Garrison. The match between Keppel Golf Club and the Garrison Golf Club, played on Sunday resulted in a win for the Garrison Golf Club by 6 points to 5 v The scores are as follows: Keppel players mentioned first: R. Craik and S. C. Campbell
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  • 155 20 The results of the Singapore Chess Clubs handicap American tournament Evans Gambit (accepted) to-date are as follows: Results in Welch Regt. matches during the past week were as follow: C. Co. 10. D. (M.G.) Co. 0: A. Co. 6. D. (M.G.) Co. 0; B. Co 6 H.Q.
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  • 682 20 M.C.C.'S 8 WICKETS WIN. Allom Claims Four Victims in Five Balls. In the first Test match between the M.C.C. and New Zealand the English team won by 8 wickets. The match was begun on Friday, January 10, at Christchurch. on an excellent wicket. T.
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  • 331 20 Big Scoring by M.C.C. and West Indies. A Test match between the M.C.C. and the West Indies was in progress at Barbados, at the same time as the New Zealand game, play beginning on Saturday, January llth. West Indies, having won the toss, scored 338 for
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  • 357 20 WEEK-END RUGBY. Honours Even After Exciting Game. Malayan A.P.C. 3; Perak 3. The ground at Ipoh on Saturday was very wet for the match between the Malayan A.P.C. side and the Perak State XV. There were several large pools of water on the field, heavy rain
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  • 164 20 Welsh XV against England. The side which represented Wales in the Rugby international at Cardiff on Saturday. which England won by 11 points to 3, was as follows J. Bassett <Penarth>: J. Morley (Newport', H. Bowcott (Cambridge and Cardiff). T, Jones Davies (London Welsh). 'A. Hickman «Neath»; •D.
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  • 68 20 Ireland vs. The Rest. The following is the Rest team for to-days Ireland vs. The Rest Padang fixture. R. B. Gotch; A. P. Goldman. L. G. Robertson. H. Price. R Land: F. H. Collier, A. L. B. Perkins: F. A. Merry. G. A. Cessfcrd, A. W. L. Wheeler.
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