The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 February 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press H> CENTS. ESTABLISHED 18H5. SINGAPORE, S.S. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1930 20 PAGES DAILY. NO. 12,911
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  • 243 1 me lull text of the Tin Producers' Avcn. statement on tin restriction m Malaya was received by the Free Press last night. The scheme, comes into force to-morrow Pa ire 19. In an interesting speech at the S.S. dinner last night the President dwelt on the future
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  • 1236 1 BOOM ftgO 1 ;n< nt the ChIMM New Year holidays will, faienda a a mall mission Nation on the North hank of the Yangtat WhMiry. The region U Hat. and bittt r wiml' WWP ever it m the winter. One of the ■oldest -it of my
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 246 1 \<HR FOOTWEAR. IJLANCONA X! I PS NKW SHOES NEW. w I Raffles Hotell SINDAY. FEBRIARV 9th. AT 9.50 P.M. 1* Special Vocal Concert X I Madame Marie Cornelli-f A and f sk;\or gamaro bonavita V J Admission SI. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10th. A I MURRAY The Australian Escapologist. ♦J# \ntpts Challenge
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    • 175 1 P^ CAPSTAN CIGARETTES ARE SMOKED BY iff MANY MEN WHO COULD WELL AFFORD MORE EXPENSIVE BRANDS. MEN TO WHOM QUALITY IS THE ONLY CONSIDERATION. y^ j mom w r^ EUROPE £U HOTEL "Renowned by Recommendation" DANCING.— After Dinner every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. MUSIC— On the VERANDAH every Saturday from
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    • 79 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Flit kills mosquitoes Page 3. Poudre de Riz of Jaya Page 5. Public notices, auctions etc Page 9. Willard storage batteries for your car Page 6. Dunlop the tyre which sets a standard Page 3. Six cylinder trucks m the '"four" price rangt Page 6. See the Willys-Knight
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    • 7 1 MAKES BRASSWARE BRIGHTSHINE SHINE LIKE THE SUN.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 233 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 7th. Hieh Water, 03.14. 8.3. 16.05, 7 0. Malacca. H. W. 10 a.m.. 5 02. noon. 4.01. Inter-Corn. Cup; Wearne Bros. vs. Harbour Board. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. Borneo <&: Boustead. S.CC; S.R.C. Married vs. Singles. S.R.C. Trial of Mary Dugan. Theatre. 6.15 «S: 9.30 p.m. Saturday, Bth.
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  • 265 2 Owner Found. It 1 i newspaper ;u count .I Edward QMip Hafl a ot the Welch K-nimcnt. that Mr A. furtli i into the loss ol a ]);iir iid Otter artir]< I which BM. The property among t H;iys' kit and pester!)vo;i"h: up m the District
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  • 154 2 A Coffin and a Tin of Apples. ;1 thro:; 1 Supreme C 0..-: with the ci: <• m which T( Boon il .i limed a m of v 1.449 (i I him by LfOng Ah Kan. Boon lied Toh Tarn. < P ROD cil d I what
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  • 104 2 Convicted by ttv 8 mr i traU on of theft of a sarong from a house m Pahanfl Street, an Indian was jrcsterdaj b the District Judge to be dealt witii Qlanctnsj al {h^ accused's record His Honour remai Penang and Alor star
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  • 61 2 \V«>uM-b< patrons at the Alhambra last <vinmv were disappointed. Just BCfBTC the commencement of UM lir.st performance the seairoldiiiK supporting the extension of the new balaanf BJMM way. and obstructed the beam from !h< oprratinp chamber, throwing a shadow th.- s< nvn. All box-office receipts were refunded IDs
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 524 2 ACIDITY CAUSES 90 PER CENT DIGESTIVE TROUBLE. AVOID FANCY TSIiATMKNTS AND REMOVE THIS (Al SE. While many things, d. :l\y or indirectly, nwy cau:;e stomach trouble, any medical man will tell yen that over nine -tenths of all cases of iudi^'stiun are due to or accompanied by acidity and food
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    • 229 2 VICTORIA THEATRE j TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY. AT 6.15 9.30 P.M. j j METRO-GOLDWYN Present the 100% TALKIE j "THE IRIAL OF MARY DUGAN" j I Featuring I H. B. WARNER— NORMA SHEARER— LEWIS STONE j Also i I "THE INTERNATIONAL REVUE." The Most Perfect Cabaret. J And j j FOX
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    • 225 2 IALHAMBRAsI A Tan Cheng Kee, Sole Proprietor. Programme Commencing Wednesday, February sth. il In the Second Show at 9 pjn. <[♦ THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS |j V KING VIDOR'S PRODUCTION I'THE CROWD* with ELEANOR BOARDMAN «jl 4 t 4 and JAMES Ml KRAY. •> f A fascinating cress-section of life,
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  • 442 3 Ages of 500 Men Total 35,000 Years. If a prize were offered for the borough with the best old-age record, Chelsea would have a good chance of winning it. In Chelsea, so local people will teU you, there are more septuagenarians, octogenarians, and even
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  • 658 3 Priest's Motive m Lodging Prosecution. Annradhapura. Jan. 20th. The casf against Anthony Weeratunga, a firewood contractor and ex-gaol guard, and Francis Perera, manager of the Central Hotel, Anuradhapura. who stand charged with conspiring and instigating Bamunuarachige Don Hendrick alies James Appu to mutilate the sacred Bodhi Tree
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  • 484 3 HUSH— HUSH ENGINE COMES TO TOWN. Torpedo on Wheels" to Race to Scotland. The strangest- looking engine that has ever appeared on a British railway was the centr of attraction at King's Cross m mall week. Drawn up at a platform m the local station, m its grey paint and
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  • 307 3 Composer Inspired by Lavender Gown. A white-haired woman t at breakfast one morning a few week tg reading m the Daily Exprt-.; a description of a new dance called the polkavot. She was so pkMed with what she read that she handed the paper to her
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  • 98 3 HONEST ENGLAND Why a Bournemouth Man is Coming Back. Chicago. An Englishman from Bournemouth, who sold importing business and retired, reported to the Chicago police that he had been swindled mt of £7,000 by two men whom he met at El °aso (Texas). On December 22, he said, he gave
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 97 3 j i if j mmm^ '4 mil mmT^^^ 4^^^B 1 nmWrt^PT*?^ Sf^ftw^Plßtlßl^^^^l^ i^m— JL.~^ fm^^^^^M •> I i I THE STANDARD I BY WHICH j ALL i I VALUES ARE SET >: You will do right and write well too if you fill your Fountain Pen I STEPHENS' FOUNTAIN PEN
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    • 193 3 g®®®®®®^)®®®®®®®®®®®^^®. S®®®®@®®c. 1 Estate Trust Agencies I I (1927) limited. I BRANCHES: 21, First Cross Street j MALACCA. 11, Light Street PENANG. I e ister <*i by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised and Interest collected, Probate or
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  • Moods and Modes of Eve
    • 768 4 NOTHING detract! so much from an attractive apix-aranre as ill-kept hair Livinc In a tropic land, hair-dressing is of very great impnrtllWM to us. The shingle is sf.il e\trem>ly popular because it combines beauty and tornfort m a way no other fashion can. and is the style
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    • 634 4 Make-up. '"Make-up" was once an expression only considered permissible by nice people when used to describe the complexion of those doubtful folk behind the footlights. To-day it is bandied about quite cheerfully by the most proper "I must 'make up' my nose." or "do up" my face."
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  • 416 4 By Betty Dawes. THE derisive term "Blue-stocking" applied to women with any pretensions to book-learn-ing originated nearly two hundred years ago. About the year 1750. a certain Mrs Elisabeth Montague considered it time to introduce a more Intellectual tone at social gatherings by holdine assemblies where literary
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  • Article, Illustration
    35 4 1 —,-.-< This model cap might well be copied at home, because it is made from taffetas ribbon, and. as is the way with most successful shapes, it is m black, unrelieved by.a touch of colour.
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  • 82 4 London to See a Last Work of Leslie Stuart. London is to see the last work of Leslie Stuart, the British composer. It is an unproduced musical play entitled "The Girl from Nyusa" Nyusa" means New York, U.S.A.). and it will be given m the spring
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  • 716 4 IN CHELSEA, where people dread monotonous furnishings. I heard the other day of a bedroom with new decorations that were unusual, even for Chelsea. The bedroom was not large, and its walls had been distempered a pale salmon colour. The bed of silver white metal stood against the
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  • 1485 4 The Talk of the Town: Twelfth Night: The Duke of Westminster: Musician Knighted: The Tale of the Trump: Getting Ready for "the Sports." London. January. TIE GREAT Italian Art Exhibition is. of course, the one topic of conversation m London at the moment and Italian culture is
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  • 448 4 |>LACK gloves seem to be among the best of the designs recently received from Brussels. Some have extra- long cuffs, but th< simpler designs are the more expensive. There is one pair with white stitchings and thongs of white leather at the wrists Strips of coloured leathers
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  • 520 5 A HOME OF SIGHS. Where Discarded Dogs Cry for Hours. "A dog's love is selfless. unr|iie< tioninp. unqut'nchable—a steady and lovely reUfjQO tiiai fills his soul," Twelb Brex. I am haunted by sad eye> which have looked at me beseechingly through iron bar, writes an Evening
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  • 283 5 Fierce Energy at a Festival. i Mr. Tiller ought to do something about the Basque dancers. They were made for him. They were the star turn of the All England Folk Dance Festival at the Albert Hall m mail I week, and their excellence justified all the
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  • 79 5 Rival Claimant's Kraal Bombed. Johannesburg, Jan. 24. A Union Defence Force aeroplane dropped tear gas bombs on the kraal of Sekonela m Northern Transvaal. Sekonela had claimed the Chieftainship from his brother. Paswana, whom the Government had appointed, and withdrew to his kraal m the mountains
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  • 77 5 Outbreak m Barracks at Cookhouse. London. Jan. 23. Twelve fire engines, manned by over a hundred firemen, raced to the Tower of London shortly after midnight to cope with an outbreak m the barracks at the cookhouse, situated m the flint tower. The drummers sleep
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  • 218 5 The Southern Campaign. (Nanyang Siang Pau Press Service.) Shanghai. Feb. 5. The families of the victims <of May 30/ have signed a document accepting from the Municipal Council $150,000 as compensation. The customs have been informed of the adoption of a gold unit. The Execute Council has
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  • 26 5 Hollywood. It is reported that Miss Mary Miles Minter. the cinema star, has entered a sanatorium t recover from a nervous breakdown.
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  • 147 5 Comedy of a Prosecution Mistake. Mr. Walter Morns, ot Walsurave-road, Coventry, who was stated to have control of a lOCfcl greyhound racing track. \v;is summoned at Conventry Police Court for cau.sinK unnecessary suffering to three rabbits by unreasonably inciting i i s to worry thrm
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 197 5 i J loudredeKiz Write for a J m P a Jpable, a face powder of copy of our t tairy-hke softness and delicacy, Booklet <LAn I delightfully perfumed that is it la Toilette* IAVA Powder as created by ,<>ntaininginval- Bourjois-Paris. I liable hints on the sub,cct of I J A
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    • 170 5 \J wI\JwIVJLoJLJLJLJLCSo Hobby turns up his nose at ordi- middle of the morning, what does nary milk and *ays it's skinny. mother do She gives him a piece Milk makes sturdy legs and bright of bread or a biscuit spread nice oes and rosy cheeks. Bobby must and thick with
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  • 611 6 HIS MURDER TRIALS. Judge Who Passed Death Sentence on Mrs. Thompson. Sir Montague Shearman, whose death was announced m mail week will be remembered as a witty and outspoken judge. Before he was made a Judge of the King's Bench m 1914. Sir Montague
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  • 260 6 The recent epidemic spread by parrots warns us to take care m handling our pets, writes a physician m the Daily Express. Psittacosis, which i; contracted by inhaling the breath of birds, is usually confined to sailors and bird dealers. Many people, however, catch bronchial pneumonia
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  • 138 6 Mr. Julius Caesar, a Weymouth chemist and member of the town council, who claims to belong to the oldest family of Caesars m the world, left for Italy m mail week m search Of further records of his ancestry. I am going to Rome, Padua. Treviso. and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 123 6 V^vlinder Trucks In the price range of the four T^Codc m transport conditions demand six-cylinder I 1 performance with its greater flexibility, greater reserve power, higher speed and swifter acceleration. And now for the first time m commercial cor hiitory this desirable six-cylinder performance has been made available with the
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    • 263 6 Start taking IHONOLNttO ML O SAN. TO-DAY It revttaa'tes and rejuvenates.' AA.A AA A.A A I CAR BATTERIES WILLARDS ARE KNOWN QUALITY. V X The reason why more Willards are sold to car owners than any other make is because the value is better known. Tin- built-in quality has been
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  • 1182 7 SLEEP CONTROL CENTRE. Important Discovery by Vienna Surgeon. Discovery of a sleep control centre m die brain was announced m an interview recently gtvea by Dr. Constantin Von Economo, celebrated Vienna neurologist and pioneer m the diagnosis of encephalitis, the form of sleeping sickness which
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  • 333 7 Saloons Restricted Despite Gain m Population. The Hague Liquor legislation i\ tbe Nether lands m recent years has been iv.jving gradual], and persistently toward an ever-increa. e in limitation of the UK of strong drinks and es ptcially m ewMng excessive drinking and th effort to
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  • 61 7 "Mechanical music does not threaten th( position of the performers of music or even th« teaching of music" said Mr. Christopher Ston< at the conference of the Incorporated Societ. of Musicians at Chester. 'What is doomed i mediocrity. The 8.8.C. is constantly abuse.. for inflicting third-rate performers
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 200 7 f -of George IV and William IV^^olbM was N.J. Club the whisky that X^»e/ maintains the same high stand- y^Otf ard oi quality and same mellow nlciu&KU WUICW a Wj^jM DBI -X. MACGREGOR *v(V i, d BBSRh h^U 9 I V>k Agent* for Straits Settlements and EB&&2 LI^J B Federated
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    • 343 7 r^-v__^ $j DODGER r^ BROTHERS J. t g mrr- WIT It bI- ii f| AM ■ifTPT!! gafe ~_i ops^^!^^^^^^il^^Bß}B^B39BEßßß^^j''byw LI- -^^^^^^iii m \^mm^ 'r' I m ~~—~*^mmme--~z^ T%m i i i x /am 1 3BSBBBBBT v t^^^^- --^11, 1/ J BBBBW \J^~"^^^^^ *^BBBBbI BBBBBbVi^BBM "*BBBBBBbV*^^ \^L A NEW DODGE TRUCK
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  • 633 8 Travels 350 Miles by Canoe and Afoot. A thrilling stc;- of a 350-mile journey aiinjt and by canoe. th a 'JB-yi-ar-ol:l Indian a guide, to obtain gtgoltne for their amphibian plane and also to let the outside world know that two airmen had not
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  • 139 8 Convicted I'nder European Vagrancy Act. Tlm-<> vagrants were produced before the western .subdivisional maßtetratr. Rangoon, last week charged with having absconded from the Government workhouse. They wen —P. Bevan. a chauflVur. A. H Fitzsimmons. a railway sißnaller. and OetaM A. Reynaud. a BBfIOT. Bevan
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  • 127 8 Argyll and Sutherlands. Contrary to expectations Hong Kong is to have a second battalion when the Kii^'.s Ov.i. Scottish Borderers leave. It Ls understood arrangements have been made wherejy the 2iW Battal:on. Aruyll and Sutherland Highlander.,! will leave Tientsin for Hong Kong at the end of
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  • 57 8 Th<- wife of the Rugby forward, G. S. Conway. has just presented him with a son. Conway played for Cambridge against Oxford m the first three post-war seasons and on eigh- teen occasions for England. He is an old Pettes boy. and played most of his club football
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  • 342 8 Revenue Theory mi n Mllr(J Mystery. Hr.idlord 1,,, Another bafflmi "bop nunfei victim was a tiandlMMDe m age. has raieed an i throaghom the whole r,f ti Th<. murdered m m a *i as Mr:;. Edith Bttrktan ai. -i and she had been for ihi
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  • 257 8 WHO SHALL HAVE MEALS FIRST Problem pf a Family of LM>. Ni v \..rk m the Dwamic Relation! C City Mr.s I'anso. the bu\oni mv?!.. MO, sued her MOOOd husband, th- children by Ins first wilt f..r p. tenant c for herself and hi r Mrs Pariso, plancnn fondly at
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  • 181 8 Central Resting ami Telephonic Plans for the eonetn* plan ipable ol and c «tinf a total ol appr. >'.<■(! by the I tion. (,-f Oonnectii A H uf of \\> for more than li\ m >nlh pi and Dm irk be bee. .:i during the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 484 8 l i^^m —^r a^l tofl A iJK I am B »^l^£* L^h| *^J bp3 m 3 For real dispatch o ?i A 4 S 75 IS £/i x«/^ delivery 4* I rff alert and progressive ease or operation, I "^^i^ 1 vH i truck operator who seeks minimum upkeep Y^^^^^\^^
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    • 46 8 5 r\j < i f T i -A J i i; r Hfli^iV —^Br^K^flFnHlßrVßk^flM 1 ii L— -f^g '^M^~ ifi i! i THE EASTERN STUDIO. LEE, PHOTOGRAPHER, SINGAPORE. Enlargements, Miniatures, Wedding and Other Groups, Indoor and Outdoor MODERN STYLE. ELECTRIC LIGHTING, etc. WE ALSO DO AMATEURS' WORK.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 404 9 BUSINESS CARDS. MASSAGE iNtCUMI ISS FUMIKO SI Dfcafcj C.h.ut. I WREATHS. y r h floral wreaths made to order. s|\<,U'oßE CASKET CO. SELEGIE ROAD. telephone No. 6075. TO LET. I SKMI-DETACHED BUNGA- lam and No. 8, Green Lane, Katong Road Then bedrooms 1 .ty laid OB Modern samtaOaraeje and m
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    • 583 9 TKNDERS. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. NOTICE Ik hereby given that tender* are now invlted lor {!le foUowlng m J^ ml. 2' k! thBt partlcul r s of such tendfr Trnd r Hate of CloKrns. Stoneware Drainage rit Orchard Road Market Noon •New extension). Feb nh Excavation on Crown Land 4 pm
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    • 471 9 AUCTION SALES SHERIFFS SALE. Writ of Seizure and Sate Dated January 21st, 1930. IN THE KIPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. IN THE CAUSE OF Vana Navana Vana Valliappa Chcttiar Plaintiff versus 1. Tan Ah tee. 2 Chop Tan Sentf Cheong. I. ObOSg Ling Kew <M\W.i. 4
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    • 690 9 STATE OF JOHORE. IN THE SUPREME COURT AT JOHORE BAHKI Land Application No. 31 of 1929. BETWEEN CHIA ENG SAI of 57 Market Street. Singapore Chargee. AND 1. LIM CHUAN SUI of 95 Market Street, Singapore. 2. CHEE BAN LIAN of 100 Desker Road, Singapore. Chargors. Valuable Rubber and Pineapple
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    • 302 9 i NOTICE. U. S. De SILVA BROTHERS beg to notify the public that they have opened new premises as manufacturing jewellers, etc. AT No. 61, HIGH STREET. They Do Not Fear This Trying Climate. This wise couple appreciate the necessity of having reserves of energy and power m this exacting
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
  • 721 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1930. CONFERENCE DELAYS. Owing to the manner m which the naval conference m London has been conducted there has been very little information available, at least as far as cabled indications go, as to actual progress, whilst such statements as have been issued and
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  • 187 10 A meeting ol the Rural Board, will be held at the Land Office at 11 a.m. on Wednesday next. Mr E. C. Rossell. of Bukit Panjong estate Jermm, Selangor. is shortly proceeding Home on leave. Mr. H. Parker, of the Government Rice Mill. Bagan Serai, is lying seriously ill m
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  • 96 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE.—COPYRIGHT] London, Feb. 6, 5 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Son* notify to-day's tin prices as follows Spot £176 1216 (down 3 16). Forward £179 12 16 (down 3 16). The market is firm. Messrs. Symington and Sinclaii
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  • 787 10 PRELIMINARY FLIGHT. Dutch Plane Arriving on Monday. The long awaited announcement of the successful completion of negotiations for the establishment of aerial communication between Malaya, throufih Singapore, and the Netherands East Indie.;, has at long ls«t beon .nade A Dutch machine is leaving Batavla at dawn on
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  • 83 10 The Corona Flower Shop was burgled somt nights back. Reference to the burglary was made m the District Court yesterday morning when a Malay named Sucri bin Nayah was charged with house breaking and theft •'ls it alleged that he stole flowers?" asked His Honour. "No"
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  • 96 10 Sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment to be followed by a year's police .supervision was passed on a Chinese named Ng Tong who was convicted on a charge of theft of an ear pick. He took it off the head of an elderly Chinese woman and
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  • 30 10 The engagement is announced between Mr. Leorin Frankfort, of Messrs. Moutrie and Co.. and Miss Florence Victoria Kenaman. eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Kenaman. of Penanß.
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  • 676 10 A TIME OF TRANSITION Sir James Jamicson Hopeful. A great admirer ol QM MO to be. Sir Jam.-. JamlSSOl X < >• Ooneul-Oenera] at Tientsin. 1 1 Home by the P and |fl Singapore \f.stcrd;i\ moon) i ■onrtot m China. time to OOBM the Chin then-
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  • 68 10 Fxhibition at \<!« -Iphi II > Commencing to-morron (B*tu tinuing until February ISUI tin of Madam Kelvey will tppeu In clog, character, exhibition mm! tea dances and ftftei &B» I Adelphi lint. l botwoen d;tn< »•> will by fhtn bwmtlful roof-fmrdi I Jl most popular An enttn
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  • 38 10 PrafVMMM Of DnlK v! mdlng l-vbn u\ :nh Saturday. 300 p.m Btftap 1 and NCOs.; Camp Ml PJ" (Seletar) a 1 (Jf1.0.) C Sunday. Sulap Kun.p. I Camp nnii a m McM Vmab »<■'■ Si)<K)ti Shtxjt.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 207 10 Barclay's Laden c) The Famous "Doctor" Brand Lager. LIGHT OR DARK. Sole Agents CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD i Incorporated under the Comp*%iea' Ordinance* of Hong Kong (Incorporated m Shanghai). 90, Robinson Road. Telephone 6228 SINGAPORE. HANDS OF PORK 35 cts. per lb. I SHOULDER OF PORK 50 cts. per lb.
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    • 155 10 (•XsXsXSXsXSXsXsXsX^^ THE UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER I A guaranteed Machine with a I guaranteed service. PATERSON. SIMONS CO., I LIMITED. I 4 Prince Street, Singapore. PHONE 2700. j -:634 j North Bridge Road. TENG SENG bUAN. j Established 1905 Tele. No: 2415. T.K.K's Tyres Further reduced from Tubes. 71b x 115 $13.50
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  • 490 11 MR. MACDONALD QUITE SATISFIED. THE NAVAL CONFERENCE. Special Statement to Router rLast Nitfht. Keuter's Service] I'Ondon. Feb 6 «ki authorises Reuter to state q HImHU with the progress of Conference and that the suggestion Dominions a,,- bringing pressure or inj difficulty is quite untrue British Common wealth Delegates met i
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  • 48 11 INDIAN RAILWAY STRIKE SPREADING. dismissal Threatened. IReuter's Service] Bombay. Feb. tt. position on the Oreat -Indian Railway atievUim 125.000 workers, 1 1 'i c Tl»e suburban services are >nd strikers are threatened with unit ihev resume on Saturday. Two t have been arrested, including the Hni Flai: Union.
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  • 47 11 Summoned to Bedside. IR.-uters Servi, c Washington. Feb. t-ntertamed of ex-President 1 The doctors say high blood •»ay hran hillun at any time twu sons have been .summoned to K'-ni Cincinnati 1 MR Hoover vism-d the ex-Presi- alumoon. Ulf cable.s on page 12. 1
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  • 184 11 CHI KCH AND THR STATE. IHsestablishment the Price of Spiritual Independence. 1 British Radio-Offi,. la Service; o'; v s;r,",' hi prav<r bo; >» sjs Vitlons. of the Revisid Prayer Book. The oommlcston is to report m particular what I i hanges, it any. ■JJ n<
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  • Article, Illustration
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  • 48 11 Royal Decree Issued. [Reuter's Service] M.idrid. Feb. 6. A Royal Decree amnesties all condemned or on trial for sedition under the late regime, readmits exiV-. reinstates dismissed officials and students m military academies, and restores to the Army List officers who have been victimised.
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  • 80 11 An Official Statement. 'Renter's Service.] C'anberras. Feb. 6. The Prime Minister < Mr. Scullin > the Chairman of the An tiah.: n Lo.in Council and Mr. Theodore (Treasure) m a joint statement referring to the anxiety m certain quarters m London m regard to the Australian financial
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  • 34 11 Reduced to 4 Per Cent. f ßeuter's Service.] London. Feb. 6. The Bank of England discount rate is reduced to 4>> Der cent. I Earlier rahkll on page 12.
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  • 138 11 "Then is only a dead man m there" said the Chinese squatter when. ;«i I am yesterday. Mr Wheeler of the Preventive Service wanted him to open the door of a room m liw house at the 10th mile Changi Road. I want to see th3t
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  • 52 11 "He stole pork from a man's stall and ran away" said Mr. Meredith (Chief Court Inspector) when a OMMM was brought up before the District Judge yesterday for sentence. "Batter like the DUntvy rhyme" replied His Honour. Sentence of Uiree months rigorous imprisonment
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  • 30 11 Mi. R. F. Ounn. Inspector of SchooLs. Negri Sembilan. has been transferred to Johore and Mr. W E. Nicol of the Clifford College. Kuala Kanßsar. will succeed him at Seremban.
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  • 103 11 WILKINS EXPEDITION IN DANGER WIRELESS BREAKS DOWN f Explorers "Somewhere m Vast Area of Broken Ice." [Reuter's Service.] New York, Feb. 6. Eight days and nights wireless efforts to reach Sir Hubert Wilkins have failed according to a despatch from the Antarctic to the New York American. Loss of contact
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  • 133 11 Seven Arrests Made. [Reuters Service.] Mexico City, Feb. 6. The Presidents lower left jaw was broken by a bullet, which afterwards lodged m his cheek. He was removed to his home, and then taken to hospital. The President's little daughter was the only occupant of the
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  • 56 11 Three Finnish Ladies Carried Off. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanffh-ii. Feb. 6. The Misses Cajander. Engman and Hedengren. of the China Inland Mission, were captured by brigands while travelling by boat from ChangehU to Kianfu. Kiangsi Province on Feb. ■i. All three capiives are Finnish ladies.
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  • 152 11 Singapore Arrangements. [From Our Own Corresponded Fenanß. Feb. 6. The Danish Crown Prince. Prince Frederick acco.-ii Jtnied by his brothers. Prince Knud and Prince Axel, and their sister Princess Margaretta. arrived to-day m Penang on boaic the Bad Asiatic Co.s Fionia. There were no official
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  • 235 11 Governor's Happy Years m Ceylon. We have received the following message from the Singapore Sinhalese Association to Sir Cecil Clementi and the Governor's reply for publication. His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi. K.C.MG s.s. Mantua. Sinhalese Community regrets that unforeseen circumstances prevented them from preparing
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  • 29 11 Mr. X C. Caldecott, Senior District Engineer, and Vice-President of the Railway Institute. Ipoh, was entertained to a farewell party on Saturday at the A.TM.'s Office, Ipoh Railway Station.
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  • 3109 11 SETTLEMENT OR CITY SINGAPORE'S FUTURE. Is this the Vision that Raffles Saw Nearly 400 guests were present at the seventh annual dinner of the Straits Settlements (Singapore! Association, which took place at Raffles Hotel last night under the chairmanship of the President (Mr R m Williams >. The occasion was
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    • 189 11 JH.M.V. GRAMOPHONES I D I FOR 1 FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION v The new model, table -und >) N<>. ijo, with a iloulik-prinf (0\ motor au'i u-m. turntdbie. I AZNew IModel i attracts attention P Vouched for m every detail of design and construction by His Master's Voice craftsmen and praised onanimoasly
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  • 375 12 NEW MARKET FOR BRITAIN. Government Urged to Explore All Avenues. British Radio -Official Service I Rugby. Vrb. .*>. Miss Wilkinson, the labour M.P.. initiated a debate m the House of Commons on trade with Russia. She moved that m \iew of the piN state of unemployment
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  • 107 12 Lords-Commons Deadlock Ended. I British Radio— Official Ser\iee.| Rugby. Keb. 5. Lord Parmoor for the Govt rnment moved m the House of Lords to-day the compromise amendment pas>ed by the House of Commons. He said that the compromise amendment did not delete the tune limit imposed by the
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  • 457 12 Views on Indian Situation. ■Mi Delhi. Jan. 22. Commander Kenworthy. Labour M.P.. who is touring India, is now on a visit to Delhi and has been busy getting into tonch with leaders with a view to getting a proper estimate of the political situation. He is
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  • 199 12 GENERAL CRITICISM. Submarine Problem Coming up Next Week. I Reuter's Service. 1 London. Feb. S. The hr:uls of thy naval delegates m at St. James Palace this tuning and d id" to hold r> plenary meeting of the Conference at ■jeven on Tuesday morning to
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  • 203 12 "Revisrd Provision Adequate." London. Ken. 5. Government eklNty gut ->tioned m the House of Commons regarding the proposed naval reductions. Mr. A. V Alexander (First Lord* replied that the reductions were m pursuance of Government's naval policy which Mr. Mat Donald fully Mated on July
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  • 50 12 American Capital Follows London Example. [Reuters Service] Washington. Feb. 5. Mr Hoover has prevailed upon Major-General H. B. Crosby. Senioi Cavalry Officer m the Innjf to accept the post of Commissioner of PoMee m Washington "m order to ensure that the capital will be free from organised crime."
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  • 37 12 [British Radk>— Official Service.) Rugby, Feb. 5. The King has approved the appointment of Mr. Scullin. Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, to be a member of His Majesty's Privy Council.
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  • 168 12 Why He did not Return to Singapore. During the htaring of a claim by a Straits Chinese clerk named Y. S. When, for $750 from his employer. Mrs. B. Thompson, whicn was heard m Hung Kong recently the plaintiff said he had been
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  • 94 12 £80,000 LOST IN A NIGHT. Riviera Gambling: Duel Resumed. Nice, Dec. 31. Heavy gambling ir, again m progress m the "Palace de la Meditcrranee." the casino built by Mr. Frank Jay Gould, the American millionaire, m which play continued for seven days last week with only one break of five
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  • 47 12 Bromley. The Rtw Samuel Luffman, vicar of St. Augustine's, Grove Park, near Bromley, for thirty years, has died, aged seventy-five. He was chaplain at the great A.S.C. M.T. headquarters at Grove Park Workhouse during the war, and conducted many services at the camps.
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  • 555 12 SEQUEL TO AUTOPSY. German M.O. and Alleged Mutilation. Canton. Jan. ?3. Sefoifc the bar of justice Dr. K. Breitlander, and Dr. Leung Puikei stood yesterday through the long ordeal of a trial at which it will be determined whether or not they are guilty of having
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  • 44 12 Russian Forged Notes Case. [Router's Service.] Mgß. I eh. G. The four Monarchist officers. Schiller. QsJer Fedorov and Kartashev, whom the Soviet Supreme Court sentenced to death on Jan. 23. lor the alleged distribution of forged CberVonetS notes, were shot to-day.
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  • 180 12 Secret Document Signed m Turkish Bath. London. Jan. 24. Extraordinary precautions were taken by the late General Branuvll Booth ;o prevent the premature disclosure of the name of his successor. The document containing the name, which was enclosed m a sealed envelope, was burnt at the Salvation
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  • 95 12 Chinese Firm's Bankruptcy. Messrs. S. L. Kwok and Company, merchants of No. 6, Des Voeux Road Central, Hong Kong, and Kwok Sai-loy, Kwan Yi-suen. Tsui Kengpoh. partners therein, were adjudicated bankrupt on their own petition last week. It will be recalled that the debtor firm was
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  • 36 12 The birthdays of twins born to a woman at Carlton, Near Worksop, Notts, will be m different years. One arrived just before midnight on New Year's Eve and the other soon afterwards.
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  • 546 12 EXTRALITY TEST. Details of Hankow Incident. Further details are to hand ngardiufc the circumstances of the arrest of Paymaster Commander Mcßride. at Hankow, '-llowing a motor accident m which a Chinese boy va? killed, and which has given rim to what is b( ink treated as the
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  • 43 12 Russian Denial of Naval Officers' Murder. Keuter's Service. M'lsrow, Feb. The report Of tIM massacre of several hundred ex-naval officers who had not joined the Sovietibed navy is officially described a6 "a ridiculous invention of the Riga White Guard Press."
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  • 112 12 Film Studio Destroyed. London. Jan. 19. In the early hours this morning Poole Street, Islington, presented Mna similar to a wrj--timr air raid. Hundreds of tenants on improvised beds were m the streets, feariiig to retire le~,t a 90--foot bulging wall of the Bainsborough film studio
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  • 211 12 Jewish Caretaker Wounded. An extensive police search is being made for the Chinese who shot at and wounded Mr. Isaac E. Elias. can taker of the Jewish Synagogue, soon after 10 p.m.. on the night of Jan. 23, at Kowloon Tong. Mr. Elias «v not found until
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  • 24 12 Mr. and Mrs. J. Webster, of Selborne Plantations, Pahang. are going on leave and sail for Home by the Hector on the 25th. inst.
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  • 266 12 MEXICAN PRESIDENT'S ESCAPE. SHOT IN THE JAW. Incident at Inaugural Ceremony. (Reuter's Sen ice. I Mexico CJty. Feb. 5. At the conclusion of the ceremony of the presidential inauguration to-day a youth Bred six shots at President Rubio. One .hot entered the President's jaw. but was subsequently extracted. Over 50.000
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  • 65 12 Much Damage on the Minnekahda. I neuter's Service.! New York. Feb. 6. Three Atlantic linen, the fimmmla. Pwadeu and Minnekahda. arrived tlire*- days bite mrlnt to fop. nalt-^ and Murmy MBA. Nobody vhs injured, but a huge sea uas shipped by the Minnekahda on Friday, which
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  • 66 12 American Trophy Presented to Britain. i l'i.-.:U-; S<"' TVnlilagtiv i a. Smaur Mngfta a b s presented the Thompson Bpeed Trophy won by Britain m the Schneider Race m September to Sir Esmc Howard, at tinBritish Enifc.i.s.^y. When it will be kept until a DCW record is
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  • 135 12 Seven Fears' Imprisonment for Two Bengalis. Lahore, Jan. IS. Sentence o! seven years" rij,:>rous imprisonment each was passed by the Additional District Maßistrate at Lahore t»,-day on P. Roy <25» and K. P. Bhaltacharia <23>. the two Bengalis accused m connexion with the Ranmah
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  • 210 12 Chenderoh chat, the enterprising offk al organ of Chenderoh C!ub on the Pcrak Eliver makes the following announcement m it-, latest Issue says the Times of Malaya:— The March number will see the end of Chenderoh Chat The bloke who occupies the Editorial chair i leaving for
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  • 66 12 Mr. Lee Ephraim. the theatrical manager, intends to experiment with a twice-nightly musical comedy show at cheaper prices In a West London theatre. He hopes to open the show at Eastertide. "There is a field for at least one theatre m West London to adopt this policy,'
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  • 342 12 "THE SAFEST COURSI Intcr-lmptrial Co-operation Essential. I Br.u Rack' I>. Mi si i;: B nre:\ ivniie a pronounc vat.vi p'.iH j b. re a larax Coliseum Theatre, I on VI lifting the event of in*- r. turn I he .-aid thai to cope with aaempl must
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  • 339 12 Hong Kontf View of Hiv New Duties. Discussing the ppolntnn mof Sir 4 .< me if] ;in Ci>\t rp. h tit Btl ;d. i.: sad Hiyh C inmissl •er 1 Urn M he 9 uth Chins M Ins. I' Be Is going to a I rocgratulati lon
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  • 96 12 SIN GAPORE CHINESE ARRESTED IN HONG KONG. Alleged Breach of raw. Arrested at lh»- i.qu. at the Govt'rnmi nt on a charge <•' trust m respect Ol MM Chinese appeared before Mr HM Central Ma -i.Mrai Ml J«H a week's formal remand Chief Det.vUve llMpei M»n Honk Koiik police leeH*
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 752 13 That is Wrong: at Highbury. Th.' rubles ..tote that, despite the possession Of an international forward line, the Arsenal played poor football at Bolton on Saturday. Recent home paperr, reveal that m their Pnt Cup match this season against Chelsea. Ilalliday. the recent international acquisition frum
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    • 108 13 Victories for Smith and Lindrum. London. Jan. 26. In the ur. lilieial v.orld championship billiard match at Holborn Hall. Lindrum won. the scores bfin^ l.indnim 29.056; Davis, 26.172. In ti.e wf'ks ti'rolimit billiard match at NewcaAlßi Smith won. the MOm being Smith 1 1 .7 y, McConachy 1 1
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    • 271 13 Trials m the Solent m June Shamrock V, Sir Thomas I.iptnn's :iew \nv rica Cup challenger, is to sail m the Solen* against some of the best -known racing yacht shortly after her completion. H< r launch Ai' take place m M rch next. .>. man b win
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    • 340 13 Nowadays there is no close season fur cricket During our present winter, lor instance English teams have been, or will be. playing m Australia. New Zealand, the West Indies and the Argentine, and, m addition, some oi our professionals have accepted engagement: m other parts of the
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    • 185 13 RUGBY ABO LISHED IN ITALY. After two seasons tv icUgby football the pre sident of the Italian Rugby Federation ha i asked Signor Turati whether the federation might be dissolved and the game discontinue: m Italy. It was Signor Turati himself who, as president of all the sports federations m
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    • 47 13 The Wei. h soccer side, which lost 7 l, to Ireland on Saturday was as follows: Finnigan i Wrexham i R. Hugh (Newport), Jones < Manchester United i Griffiths (Eveitoni. Keenor (Cardiff), Pugsley (Charltom; W. Davits (Notts County), Williams (Bristol Cityi. Martin (Newport i, Curtis (Birmingham), Cook (Portsmouth).
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 376 13 King George IV J I *C 4^*B^4 V^iMM^^^wW'TT**""'^^*^"W^T^^l -v^^^^b/ B^^ friflimfliniaiiiffliiiiß mi I 710 I lfl€ LUXURY SOAP rYOI/VE LONGED FOR atmeverycfajbicost Perfumed as once you thought only the most expensive soaps were perfumed a subtle blending of the fragrance of flowers you love it astonishes you that Lux Toilet
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    • 428 13 NOW HE'S HAPPY jflH'^ a tbln f alwaya on the oaove when n^^ r*miiy dine* th»t'i thr Yorkshire H -a^^ ReJUh. If. -Pa*, the Yorkshire Rrluh. ~*3F-jgU please" -After you wirh the XT /ftk Yorkshire Reliih rTrrybody v rjKs.VgX^ Mk Kkes it. Watch them drop it lovingly aY A otCC
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 797 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twfce Monthly Servirr Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. ACHILLES For Marseilles. Casablanca. London, Rotterdam and H'burg
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    • 526 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL.) FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dae Singapore. s.s. CITY OP TOKIO Feb. 7 s.s. CITY OP PEKIN Mar. 6 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 397 14 P. O. British^ India and Apar 4 Lines. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVEKNMKM LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due N, Tona*e. Singapore. T#na)fe Sln wpwf KAL YAN
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    • 619 15 O. S. K. Line Destinations. Arrtf*. Lear*. Rotterdam, Hamburg. Bremen and Antwerp via Colombo. Aden, -we* and Port Said. Atlas Feb jg p Eli:abeih, Cape Town, Rio de i,, Santo; Montevideo, and Buenos (Kound-the-World passage £190.] f Hawaii Maru Mar. 4 Mar 5 tfsMDas*. Zanzibar. Dar-es-Salaam. i. irqurs. Durban and
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    • 542 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE c^/u/ AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO MARSEILLES, NKW YORK AND BOSTON. Frcm SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore Penang. New York. PRES. HARRISON Feb. 17 Feb. 20 Feb. 22 Apr 1 PRES. JOHNSON Mar. 3 Mar.
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    • 697 15 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated m Holland.) tiNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640. with sub-connections to:— Passage. Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Sinrapure and Penan* i of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU
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  • 566 16 Business and the Imperial Outlook. Sir Walter Runciman, the shipowner, declare* that there is a shortage of junior officers for the Mercantile Marine. The shortage, he says has been caused by the severity of the Board of Trade examinations, the greater part of which is mere
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  • 29 16 [Reuters Service.] Washington, Feb. 6. The acting Secretary of the Navy has approved the sale of six obsolete cruisers, including the Charleston, for $286,000.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 714 16 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated In Australia). POR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. ■KBMi p«^>iy n<wy by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The ».i MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia. Cabins de
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    • 18 16 THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. SHIPCHANDLERS. SHIPBROKERS. COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices MAYNARD'S BUILDINGS. 11, Battery Road. TELEPHONE No. 6433.
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    • 437 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc 44. BEAVFK STREET. NEW VOKR (Incorporated In D.8.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM) BALTIMORE. (via Suez). Due. Sails. |)llf >*n M.S. SILVERBELLE In Port Feb. 9 MS. SILVERMAPLE Feb. 22 Mar. 1 7 M.S. SILVERPALM Mar. 12 Mar. 18 PACIFIC
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    • 125 16 s.s. MARELLA. Consignees of cargo per tIM sWtß from Sydney (arrived Jan ITtl notified that I General Swrv.v ol ;tll landed m dJUMftd <<>i]diti<;i *1U iGodown No. 48-9 on Mom!..;. F.bruary 1* 1930. at 9 am. No further Survey will be I BOUSTEAD CO LTD, < Incorporated Ifl 'MS Anents:
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 674 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungel 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. TaipLng, Penang and Kedah and Lower Slam 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 8
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    • 187 16 The Cable. Brit. 1534. from Cocos Island 6, for undecided. Circe, Brit. 314, from Port Dickson 6, for Port Dickson 7. Jhr. V. der Does de Bye. Dut. 86. from Singkep 6, for Singkep 6. Ban Siong Bee. Brit. 74. from B. Pahat 6, for B. Pahat 7. Will o"
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 116 17 stowawa\ was found on boaru which arrived yesterday from Cheriton issued that <>n commissioning ;i Ji4n 7 HM S. Glorious, Capt. P p ir DS.O. became an independent com- r.lurious is the last of the large bum during the War which have been > aircraft carriers, the others beliie t!
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    • 42 17 |Vt«»K and Ammunition on the Glenshiel. m Oflh n, aded by |fr. Oovernmenl blfmonoHra. board- hen she arrived W< ami discovered 68 >1 b.Bo(i rounds q| ammuniwere found m Urn toracaatle, them in which they wi-iv ((.mealed I afltati wt-ri'
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    • 81 17 that monopoly is being practis- harbour, nya Urn Strain Echo. uapan men. mostly Chinese, have j LtO a It-ague. When coaling In port, numbers of the league go tad earrj paaaenaan back j it their own priow which are said •int The otln >;impan men. n<>t
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    • 236 17 WHEN NEW YORK STOOD ON ITS HEAD. tin of a German ship which arrived B.ty m the early days of the war to the singular spectacle of the projected m duplicate into the air ttdlni on its own head. Recalling this m an editorial on mirages at sea. the ■rk
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    • 80 17 HONG KONG TO SEATTLE IN 18 DAYS. announced that the American Mail i Dollar Steamship Line have shortened tun. m transit from Hong Kong to Vie'"r >x and Seattle by three days. The m!s will leave Hong Kong on the beduk as m the past— namely every al- Tuesday— but
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    • 66 17 Paris. i French cruiser Edgar Quinet, of which was taking a party of 200 •jWpmen on a training cruise, ran on the I "ii tni Algerian coast during a heavy fog h 'ore a hole about fifty feet long -ruiMrs keel, causing the engine room
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    • 103 17 lr »l>«ans Gunshot Wound. Madras, Jan. 21. •tn named Campbell was admitted <<>vapuram Hospital with a gunshot arrived m Madras to-day by the I Rangoon en route to England "id suffering from the wound. are investigating the matter. by a representative of the Ran- to the
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    • 663 17 increasing; Activity. Discussing the extent of motor-ship building m 1929 the Motor Ship says The motor shipbuilding position m America Ls indeed curious from many points of view. It has cost far more to convert the i a >t batch of American steamers into motor ships than
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    • 100 17 The Belgenland with a full complement of 400 first class passengers is due to arrive here this month. Included m the passenger list is a party of twenty-six under the direction of the D. F Robertson Travel Bureau. Los Angeles. California. Among the party is Mr. J.
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    • 1289 17 it was not an unusual sight to see the grilles and bunker hatches open. Mr. Kewell:— Quite right. I say the same thing. Captain Farrar said that he twice issued standing orders, which every officer signed. Mr. Kewell said he never signed them. Captain Farrar
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 169 17 5 i %=P9 ■■7-iJL' """^-nr^ 1 [ft X €*£SBSm£gk f CIGARETTES TIPPED WITH CORK OF PURE NATURAL GROWTH IXiXLLLLmiixmilliJllJiimiH. n?f if if .'fllli.LlilJlllilij ffffJriifiinniitiiiiininiiiiiiiniiitiituiniiiiiitiiitiiinniiiinniii!i;i'Mniiiii« inn im 1 111 TT" i 7 'inii'i'T'imniMiii REASONS FOR P5l f\l Chryder A ■mI I lutfioufh SUPERIORITY SAFETY. The Plymouth gives you thai confidence and
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  • 842 18 LOST SPLENDOUR. Gone are the Days of Caviar and Champagne. Gone are the days of caviar and champagne! Gone the exotic dinners where Pola Negri and Gloria Swanson toasted life recklessly m amber bubbles, the while orchids wilted and the world beyond the gelatine gates seemed dull
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  • 195 18 For Use of Forty People Only. The forty dwellers on Lundy Island. th<> "island kingdom' m the Bristol Channel owned by a London business man. Mr. Martin Coles Harman, are the proud possessors of new coinage and stamps for their exclusive use. Only two coins and stamps are
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  • 204 18 The Actress He Won m 13 Days. M. Jean Asaolant. the gallant French airman who flew the Atlantic a few days alter wooing and winning Miss Pauline Parker, a New York actress, is being sued for divorce. The marriage was one of the most romantic
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  • 49 18 No. 40. Grosvenor-square, W., the beautiful mansion of the late Mrs. Hoffman, has been chosen as a temporary home for the Soviet Embassy m London. The house was visited by many famous people when it was owned by Sir Charles Tennant, the father of Lady Oxford.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 316 18 W^ifc a^a a^* -*-^k J^k A*k A^A A^W^W^Jfc^^^W-iJ^W^W AUSTIN OWNERS I Have you seen the <&» HUMPHREY SANDBERG EASY GEAR CHANGE I I FREE WHEEL I J> We can supply from stock, and, fitted to your car, 1 costs $100.00. Jt J With this unit you CANNOT go wrong with
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    • 385 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up Capital In 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Harbin Tongkah Amritsar Hollo (Phuket) Bangkok Ipoh
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    • 349 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England). Capital £3.000.000 Subscribed 1.800,000 Paid-up 1.050.001 Reserve Fund and Rest 1.612,046 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Rjrrte, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers Esq. Charles J. Hambro Esq. J. O. Robinson, Esq. W. H. Shelford, Esq. Bir Thomas Catto, Bart. LONDON BANKERS:
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    • 334 18 INSURANCE. THE £i^ I SOUTH k[i r BRITISH \3p INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITI I. FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCES ACX'EPfEI) \r LOWEST CURRENT RA 1 1 L. C. MARGOLIOUTH. ManiuOffice. 2, Finlayson G.een PERSONAL ACCIDENT^ FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday p<< jiu* HAVE you made provision for the pti »vtlor
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  • 287 19 THE T.P.A. SCHEME IN MALAYA. [ARTS TO-MORROW. Week's Holiday Next Week. nieht from Messrs. Peat, Mttchell, the Ipoh Secretaries of ra Aascn the full text of the London TPA with regard Into operation Of their recomror tm restriction, which it has m mm- tali following the b :> l)roportion of
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  • 46 19 itv Bank Taking Fifteen Million Yen. New York. Jan. 21. t»t was m:ide to-day that the ;> (tfclf Yen 15.000.000 •■i Japan. n ult of the recent lifting mtouio on gold, but is not the M.irt ot any extensive withn the Island Empire.
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  • 534 19 Singapore, Feb. 6. Tin figures for January are more satisfactory from th< production point of view. Shipments. lit 8,234 tons are substantially below estimates. khl carry over. iiu-hidnv.; "afloat but not cleared" and "on warrant amounttnf to 4.730 tons Restriction for th» uv tr.r.e plays
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  • 102 19 {Router's Si r\ lea. I LansMOi ivh. 6 papan «ive prominence to the report 01 In China compiled H H. Fd-; and Mr. H. J. Brett, publbheJ b- the Department of Overseas Tradr They to the nut' tiaa f Chinese The If ratal Poet's City editor, for
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  • 142 19 Receiver for a £425.003 Company. The Foundation Company. I .imitc I. «<>ncrni engineers and contractors, announce that owing to a heavy lock-up of capital abroad they hav»been unable to provide the inter* I on the secured notes and the dividend on their Plpfeieuec shares due for payment
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 222 19 February 6. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2 3 15 16 Lonion 3 month* sight 2 3 7|B London 60 days' sight 2 3 13 16 London 30 days' sight 2 3 25|32 London, demand 23 34 London. T.T. 213 11]16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1430 Hamburg, demand
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    • 228 19 February 6. Tin 200 Tons SB9 Gambier 9.40 Pepper White 66 U Pepper Black 44 Flake Tapioca 5.50 Pearl Sago Small 8.25 Copra Sundried 9.40 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 8.30 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260
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  • 837 19 Thursday. Feb. 6th.. Closing Prices. Buyers Seller^. \ytr Weng 1.00 1.25 3a tans Pa dang 21 24 B.a i Caves 95 1.00 B.:kit Ara: 95 1.03 nifmi 35 43 Konu Fatts 60 65 Juhan Tin 41 Knita Tin Dn-d 1.37 1.41 EtiTer 2 22 2.30 Kuyohs 12..
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  • 64 19 February »;th.. 12 oYlm-k noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard. Spot M 29 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Feb. 2"i' 25% March i 21 April 26', 2ti' L April-June 26 i 21 July-Sopt. 28 Tone of Market: Steady Sellers reserved. I I Cable: London
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  • 75 19 I British Radio Official Service.] Rughy, Feb. r>. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam l- n Athms 373. Bombay Is. 5 29~32d., Berlin 20.365, Brussels 34.905. Bucharest 818. B: Am 44 Oopenhagen 18.19.). Oeneva 25.19."). ra io;i'_. iioiw, Booa Is, SV»d., Lisbon M idrld *****, Milan M, N 1 4.83 O
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  • 47 19 East Asiatic' Co.. Agents: Ea.^t Asiatic 299.785: Mount Austin <Ji>! 270.729. Harrisons. Barker and Co.. Penanc Agents: Pangnga Hirer Output 570 pkis. Hour.- B 15; Yardage 166,000; Estimated raailatid value oi ore £32.000. Adamson. (iillillan and Co.. lYiung. Asjcp.ts: Hi«-im Tin 170 nikuls.
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  • 143 19 Singapore, I eb. llnhhpr. Lojuloii T'.<! Ip llCd 4 pin. I ondon s"i.» spot 25" BJS on Tender Feb. 28 M b 26 < A;.: Q .luly-Sopt. 28',. Pina Tn. l £!7'J 11 lid up. Mriaf. si.ady. Bungel Wajn BJI :m:». Kuchala 1.28 Ul,
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  • 68 19 >l i :■>: i l». »i. Blncc m i it parting tin ba bi n •;<irh adv. Uid unchan < I at: Singapore London i i\ New irk LS January shipment fri m and M; J.t; ca .1 4f.. 7;<t U the i <.r t.>-ir- i-tim.ittd at approximately
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  • 75 19 Yrst»M(l.i\s \lt i.i'iiui.. ■■yen Si-ih is JotwO Tin "'JOi i 4i K> nt Tin (2s) I t (L Kmtu Dredgei i i 4> Kuebml Tin DiMce <$i i 27 1 N 'Jaip::; 'SI; 15 1 Rkncafa River <s.s> :ui t, mdracM <$5» 7 i, Eastern Smelters <t»
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  • 40 19 Mi n L«iMi.i\\. Nb-AfMU ot the Ctuu Bank. S.tfmban, and Ifn, LftkUaw mi ihortlf uoiiifi on Homt leave. Durtll| Mr La id lav. absence Mr. L). McNiven of the Kuala Lumpur flier ot the bank will act (or him MM.
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    • 77 19 ASSETS EXCEED $10 000 000 T7Z *IU,UUU,OOO ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $35,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). Th?Con?panv C has 5^ LONDON FFICE: 2? W JeWry EC Tipany has £20,000 depos.ted w.th the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 469 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. j CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. MALAYA RUBBER STATISTICS. Foreign Rubber Imports, During January. From the
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  • 142 20 HOME DEFEAT FOR VILLA. ('up Sides Taking No Risks {Reuters Service] London. Feb. 5. Results m English and Scottish League matches played to-day were as follow: DIVISION I. Portsmouth 3. Burnley 2. Manchester City 1. Bolton 0 Aston Villa 1. Everton 2. IVrby 4. West
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  • 82 20 Trainers and President Resign. London. Feb. 6. Dissension among the Oxford boat race coaches and the president of the Boat Club has caused an unprecedented incident m connection with th» boat race. Three coaches, unable to persuade the President that he ought to stand down from
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  • 301 20 Although sixteen of Britain"s leading amateur golfers have been asked to hold themselves m readiness to play m the annual international Walker Cup match against the Americans at Sandwich later m the year only eight or ten of them will actually be selected (the match consisting
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  • 113 20 The following vi the programme of matchewhich will tx played by the team of the Welch Regiment m the course of its lour. On Saturday they meet Penang. on Monday Feb. 10th. Selangor. and on Tuesday the 11th. Malacca The team will be chosen from the
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  • 104 20 Indications to dati point to the fact that there will be plenty of cricket talent at the S.C.C. this season for on the two nights of this week on which the practice nets have been up there have been good turn-outs of members. Nearly
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  • 25 20 In the replayed tie for the January ladies' medal. Mrs G. C. Clarke beat Mrs. E. J. B Buchanan 4 and 3.
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  • 36 20 Members of the V.M.C.A. are reminded that every Thursday the Cricket Practice nets will be available at Anson Road ground at 4.30 pjn. It is hoped that every member will do his utmost to turn up.
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  • 570 20 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Favourites' Day But Hidden Toy Disappoints. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh. Feb. 6. There was a good attendance at to-day's races, the sport being keen and enjoyable. Good weather prevailed and generally it was a favourites' day. In the second race Hidden Toy. the
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  • 121 20 Story of Offer to Kitchener. Henry Stanbridge. who described himself as a professional inventor with 400 inventions to his credit, told a remarkable story at Sheffield Police Court when he was ordered to pay 4s. costs for being m possession of two rifles without certificates. He
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  • 63 20 "This man was before Your Honour last year" said Mr. Meredith, Chief Court Inspector, when a Chinese was brought up for sentence. "This time" continued Mr. Meredith "he is up for stealing a hat." Six months and a year's police supervision" said His Honour. "Where were you born" asked
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  • 95 20 The office-bearers of the E. Hoe Hean Club for the year 1930 have been elected as follows: Chairman of Executive Committee, Mr. Tan Kah Kee; Members of Executive Committee, Mr. Yap Geok Twee and Mr. Lim Bock Kee; Chairman of Finance Committee. Mr. Thong Siong Phuan; Members of Finance Committee.
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  • 163 20 Preacher Appalled by their Indiscipline. Canon W. H. Elliott condemned the lack of discipline m modern home life m a sermon at St. Mary Abchurch, City, to the delegates attending the annual meeting of the Incorporated Association of Headmasters. "I have been increasingly worried
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