The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 May 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,033. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, S£. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 461 1 A hundred pilgrims are reported to have lost their lives when fire broke out on the French steamer Asia at Jeddah Page 11. In an official statement the Nanking Foreign Office emphasises that Mongolia and Tibet are part of the Chinese Republic and that Russia has no
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  • 1031 1 A recent demand m these columns for an explanation of the practice of some members of the community of selling tickets outside a cinema when "house full" notices have already appeared, inspired me to search the archives ol memory and otherwise hark back to various leeords for some
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 206 1 ALHAMBRA Ml TALKING SIMiING COMEDY "MARIANNE" WITH MARION DA VIES CLIFF EDWARDS LAWRENCE GREY 'J^ 1 I RAFFLES HOTEL! ♦> KLLENT ACCOMMODATION WITH MODERN SANITATION I TEA DANCES 4 j EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY X DINNER DANCES ♦J» FVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY A MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA nil HKST
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    • 207 1 /V^^ Cffi/WETTES ME SMOKED BY 3// MANYMEN WHO COULO WBL I If AFFORD MODE EXPENSIVE I N BRANDS. MEN TO 1 W»fl}M QUALITY IS THE ONLY CONSIDERATIfIN. EUROPE HOTEL THE OVER-SEAS LEAGUE I j j (Migration Department). J j! EMPIRE DAY-SATURDAY, 1 1 MAY 24TH. SPECIAL DINNER AND DANCE. i{
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    • 95 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. King George Whiskey Pave 13. Tangee the Mavic Lipstick— Page 3. Ronuk. the sanitan- floor polish Page 6 Flit, the world-famou> insecticide Page 5. Xotice regarding Straits Trading Co. Page I. Auction sale of furniture by Cheong Kocu Bsnt Page 9. Interesting Speedway programme to-morro'v aight Page 13.
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    • 13 1 ALHAMBRA ALL TALKING SINGING COMEDY "MARIANNE" WITH MARION DAVIES CLIFF EDWARDS LAWRENCE GREY
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  • 465 2 A Legend of St. Paul's. iTo the Editor of the Morning Post Sir. The expression '"Pious Oaths." u^ed oy a correspondent opens up a wide field of history One of the oldest of harmless oaths was that used by Socrates. "By the dog! Plato putt, it into his
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  • 87 2 We blame those m ch-ir«e of tne PlliMM M Waless hunting party In South Alrica tor hi recent misadventure. You will renvmbfi h. walked lOC miles to shoot an elephant, and ju; t as he came i pon r.n c'tgant tusker, it got win. of his coloured porters and escaped.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 310 2 The Famous WILDROOT HAIR PREPARATIONS Now m Stock. Hair Tonic, Wave Set Lotion, Coconut Shampoo, Taroleum Shampoo. STOCKED BY ALL CHEMISTS. Importers: MEDICAL HALL, LTD., (Opp. General Post Office) Outstation orders receive prompt attention. I SPECIAL OFFES: I #14kt Odd wrist] watch Leiw lft I jewels Movt. I for Lady:
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    • 298 2 VICTORIA THEATRE! TALKIE ATTRACTIONS COMING SHORTLY. I THE DONOVAN AFFAIR. 1 s SUBMARINE. I AND THE FOLLOWING BRITISH INTERNATIONAL PICTURES: f ATLANTIC I ELSTREE CALLING. I JUNO and the PAYCOCK Etc I I The Famous "MICKY MOUSE" Cartoons Series will f be shown with the above pictures. WATCH FOR DATES.
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    • 301 2 !%ALHAMBRA%| S FROM MONDAY, MAY 19 TO SUNDAY. M\v >- II NIGHTLY AT 6.15 9.15 SATURDAY SUNDAY U I "GREAT PICTURES FOR ALL OCCASIONS* R "MARIANNE" I AN ALL TALKING SINGING COMMn KJ fl WITH MARION DAVIES CLIFF EDWARDS I iff AND -I LAWRENCE GREY 1 5 Booking at Robinson's
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 230 2 THE WEEK. Friday. 23rd. High Water. 05.59. 6.7 ft.. 19.23. 7.1 ft. Cricket: SC C. Tournament. Merchants vs. Services. B.S.Y.C. dinner Europe 8 p.m Singapore Amateur Races Saturday. 24th. High Water. 07.16. 6.8 ft.. 19.59. 7.5 ft. Central Engine Works meeting. D' Almeida Bt., noon. Mentakab Meeting- Harrisons Barker, noon.
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  • 1239 3 NEW ZEALAND VETERAN PASSES. FOUGHT WITH GARIBALDI. The Death of "Rowley" Hill. Wellington. Death has taken m extreme old age one who m his youth and manhood faced death as often and as closely as any warrior of Britain, George •Rowley" > Hill, N.Z.C.. veteran of Sevastopol. Delhi. Luc-know, and
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  • 117 3 I Any doctor will tell you that almost all digestive trouble is due to excess stomach acid, which teiments food, generate* painful gases, and attacks the delicate stomach lining. Obviously, then, to get immediate relief, you need only counteract the stomach acidity; and for this purpose
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  • 87 3 Mr. G. M. K. Rajah, principal of the College of Commerce, Singapore, haa constructed a system of shorthand m which he hopes that significance of vowel symbols, economy of speed and uniformity m pressure of strokes will have gone far to remove the disabilities of several systems and to produce
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 168 3 •»> 4 m <* I Judged on the basis x A 2 fix V I C i*^ m flop HI 1 jj j. II II t 9+ I 1 *^^W^ «m^_. fl <^^ I W I -IBJ B are the most economical m the ♦> world. Unique experience, X dating
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    • 147 3 Afagfc I >- > > f lungee is Nature's loveliest color. For this is the *iagic of Tangee it changes On your lips to biend with your Own natural coloring! For Tc,gee is like a glow from within, a blush entirely without artificial thickness, yet permanent and natural. Unlike c/^er
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    • 196 3 Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. I BRANCHES a 21, First Cross Street MALACCA. J 11, Ll^ht Street PENANG. I 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. 5 .< Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, f Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised g and Interest
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  • MOODS AND MODES OF EVE
    • 1368 4 This is the eighth of a series of twelve stories by a woman who has gone through the divorce mill at Reno, and is here relating her experiences. Reno. Nevad.v My dear Alice. One bright sunshiny afternoon Peter Padraic (you will retail he is Mr.
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    • 73 4 Firmly-mad; 1 stands to hold pen or pencil diagonally are now fitted with an accomodating pen wiper on the round disc -like base. If you happen to have a 'phone on your bureau, list the more important numbers and keep them m an index box. The advantage
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    • 791 4 (By Our Woman Correspondent). rhelp to achieve that feminine touch which is the keynote ol the present fashions designei\s are introducing once again all those little etceteras which distinguished the pre war HMHgr, Dainty little lingerie collars and cuffs, jabots, ruffles, pleated vests and floating ends ?.re
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    • 412 4 SPOTTED materials are more popular than any other designs and are promised as the best of the season's new fabrics. Fine spun silks for hard-wearing summer frocks are dyed pale blue, pink or green, and printed with the tiniest spots one can imagine. Sometimes they are black,
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  • 1539 4 Rehabilitating Harewood House: Interesting Art Event. N as Ghost Hunter: Collection of Royal Deeds: Sh«rr\ Ousts Cocktail: Meteoric Rise of English Star. London, April. ORINCESS MARY and her husband. Lord Harewood hope to take up residence at Hare wood House in August, and the fine Yorkshire mansion
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  • 289 4 1 hear that many of the large summer hats this year will be of fine materials. The brims will be lined to give stiffness and. m many Instances, colour. Light, gossamer straws m pale greens, pinks and cream have delicate silk surfaces, and, as linings, there will
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  • 1525 5 SPRING IN PARIS. Historic Football Match m Florence. Paris. Things always move when spring is thoroughly asserting itself ard m tba breast? of »h« PobEs Hygiene Party noble felmn.s o| nuhteous indignation aie stirring, writes Rom- Patterson ft* the Free Pc c.::d the N.A X.A. Against
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  • 67 5 After an all day sitting of the Penang Assize Court the spec al jury, with Mr. G. B. Adams as foreman returned a verdict of "gulHj" on charges of murder and attempted murier against a Chine-e named Ec Mah Hoo. The jury, however, added a recommendation t-j mercy. The Jr.dge.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 237 5 Accept no m substitutes m When buying Flit, the B world-famous insecticide. remember: Flit is sold only m M "the Yellow Can with A the Black Band" All M £.<,<* for t h« cans are sealed. Flit W r2ft2S?^! is never sold loose. Black Bw ,1 a-=«e to accept any
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    • 204 5 PUREjII MILK I*--— J< c^ A 'H HTHERE is a charm !^1 N SEDMIJ^ Sleek> we u. kept covvs x aboutthe M Milkmaid" jfk: graze all day long m pastures which defies t\ mW these fertile valleys, illustration m black and liURr/^ Their Milk is pure white. Blue skies P^^^u-
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  • 1537 6 SCIENCE VS. MURDER. Sherlock Holmes m Real Life. It used to be thought at the time, and I suppose we should agree now. that the Borgias were not very safe people to spend a convivial evening with. But of course it is quite
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  • 286 6 Keeper's Cruel Death. A keeper met with a cruel deatli when he attacked by oom of the royal elephants named Plai Khun Dong. His breast was piercer by M tusks. The animal next trampled on him \\l a foot. One of the tusks was so tightly
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  • 44 6 Mosquito Eatins Fbh froi The DepaitaMQl ol I :.f Lands and AgrlCUltun ftAitb i to the Hare urt B lie Kt-alth In Bam m. tituu'. a umber ing flabee (fHwiV* >-■ l aa«f of the fislit:. bio..' M b-. CRMB Palcrtine.
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  • 40 6 Mr. Monk, lately D.o I hat. returned from lea\. I ed as Assistant AtfWtMT. Kfi v C. C. Brown, who hM J»t Monk is expected short. I Monk has returned from i< duties at Kuala Kan^sar the Ma!ay College.— MM
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 111 6 Maautactured by RONUK. Ltimted. PomUde. ENGLAND. mm watches \^m PUNCTUALITY I I^B ELEGANCE 1 I THE WATCH PREFERRED By I 1 20 MILLION PEOPLE I W Wholesale fl W RENE ULLMANN, 111 W CAPITOL BUILDING, THE EASTERN STUDIO. LEE, PHOTOGRAPHER. SINGAPORE. Enlargements, Miniature, Wedding and Other Groups. Indoor and Outdoor
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    • 265 6 I THE j I NEW SINGER SIX ««ii^^S *M n X lf~T wlri 4^w iK^aflj aab^^^^aHa^^^^^^ i -^^^a^B^fl aw^^^s'^^^^^^ S "v. w+ j<rf g^"^^B a^a^W^P^^^^^^^^^ I TlfllV bhHKb^b^Bb^b^ L-^^a^^^^L^^^a^Bm^/ Every new feature of luxurious road travel is en bodied m the 19:)o SINGERS. The new Six is a remarkable car
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  • 1728 7 LOOKING BACKWARDS. Mysteries of the Dim Past of Journalism. I lincl myself strangely wondering to discover myself m the position of the ancient editor who is a^ked to tell something of the mysteries of the dim past of journalism, and particularly of Fleet Street. Nothing could
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  • 79 7 Settlement m Sight m Japan. Tokio. May M. Difference.- of opinion between the Naval General Staff Office headed by Admiral Kanji Katoh and the Navy Minister m connection with the London Naval Treaty are now likely to be settled. Admiral Katoh. alter hearing a detailed explanation
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  • 43 7 Work to Be^in Al Once. I Prom Our Own Correspondent. I Kuala Lumpur. May 21. The Malayan Air Services seaplane Hew over Kuala Lumpur this morning on a successful trial flight, and nmrev r ork will now btftin.
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  • 156 7 Injunction Granted: $50 Damages. Mr. Justice Stevens delivered judgment m the Supreme Court ye terday m the action concerning the trustee: of the Loke Yah Tin Buiial ground who claimed damages from three Chinese for a landslide upon the burial ground: and asked for an injunction to
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  • 129 7 London. May 15. A tribute to the capabilities of women m aviation was paid by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Braneker. Director of Civil Aviation, at a luncheon given to the Duchess of Bedford, Captain Barnard, and their mechanic. Mr. Li*tk\ Id celebration of the South African
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  • 119 7 Programme of Drills up to and for weekending May 25th. Friday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. S.R.A. (v). Battery ai»d Battery Signal Parade. "E" (Chinese* Coy.. Practice King's Birthday Parade. Intelligence Sec, Arms Drill and Ceremonial. Malay Drill Hall. T < Malay Coy.. Practice King's Birthday Parade. 5.15
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  • 92 7 Mrs. Suynnerton's Picture Bought for Nation. Rugby, May 7. A portrait or tlie late Dam? Millicent Fawcett. punttd by Mrs. Annie Swynnerton, the oldest woman Associate of the Royal Academy, has been bought for the nation by a chantry bequest and. together with three other
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  • 26 7 The death tool; place on Monday at the General Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, after a brief illness, of Lilian, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Talalla
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 271 7 C THE RFADY TO SERVE FOODS 2 J-; AND DAIRY PRODUCE OF r* J?lV€t I t in'ist on the tempting di:-lie.s of St. Ji Ivel and the hot reason will lose its I anplsosanf effect or. voui .ippetite; 9 You wi\ eat with relish. Soups. 2 t Fish. Sausages, Bailees,
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    • 24 7 /;^^o and *1 BJ^/z/y perfect condition lhi» advertiaement t* »Mued by the British-American Tobacco Ca. L?tr«iU> LuL CS-6Ofi ilacArpotatfd is F "f u rntJ
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  • 168 8 MEN. WOMEN AND CHILDREN CAN PUT ON HEALTHY FLESH THIS PLEASANT WAY. The Medical Profession knows the danger ot being unduly thin, for such a state means that there is not a sufficient reserve of vitality l and stamina to resist disease germs. The Medical Profession also
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  • 1257 8 THE KAISER INTERVENES. Glimpses Into Letters and Documents. [OiSlßtn Diplomatic Documents. 1871--1914. In 4 vols. Selected and translated by E. T. S. Dugdale. With a Preface by .Sir Maurice de Bunsen. Vol. III.: The Growing Antagonism. (Methuen, 10s. 6d. net.] The German collection (Die Grosse Politik
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  • 7 8 I am not an intellectual. Mr. Baldwin
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  • 102 8 An added Inducement to J""' is suggested by the story at ,'i-.taw*' wireless set for wearm* u»>u ii' thrrehelmet. The idea- to that t»». by be placed m constant to*headquarters; the pHrfMl NW* JV^ fender fleeing from justice will to all constables who are lik.l> At the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 330 8 BBbH WATERPROOF CANVAS. Beautiful Green and White Blinds and Tarpaulins of First-class British manufacture, including stitching with eyelets and rope complete. Durable white canvas stocked. PRICES VERY MODERATE. Write for quotations. MOHD. BIN HOOSAINSAH, 66. ROBINSON ROAD. Phone No. 2454. Willard baturie* with Thread- Rubber insulation Kara e*trm l^"^-^^^^^fcaß^_ durability
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    • 121 8 DOUBLE A^|IGARETTLS L ARE RErtOWIED THROUGHOUT Mk X SUPERLATIVE QUALITY AND 1 |T^^pSb*S«P**' HYGIENICALLY PURE, THEY |^^^j^jj!^3^J ARE THE BEST CIGARETTES I f^^^^Bi^^^^p OBTAINABLE AT THE PRICE ■^*^O(JBLE PS^Um OF 60 CENTS PER TIN OF 50 I^l .&M always ms/f mniffiuno I ARDATH TOBACCO Co., LTD. LONDON I REMARKABLE SUCCESS
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 453 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ASSAGEI XMCCRE ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhoby Ghaut. MARBLEFLOORING TILES. gIKGAFOU CASKET CO. V.s. 1 A 3. IVnh.is Road. (> ti I .Milder Street Phone 60?!>. JM'KRIENCED AND <jl \l IFIED TRANSLATORS. lens Moderate. documents, account books and pondencf, etc. either English r \.cr MM, P LAU of 24.
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    • 628 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO NEW TENDERING RULES POSTED IN TENDER ROOM. NOTICE Is hereby given that tenders an now Invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained In the Tender Room. Municipal Olflces:— Closing Date installation of Sanitary
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    • 656 9 NOTICES. In the Matter of THE STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD AND REDUCED and In the Matter of ORDINANCE NO. 155 (COMPANIES). NOTICE is hereby given that a Petition foi confirming a resolution reducing the capita' of the above Company from $11,250,000 was or the 14th day of May, 1930, presented
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    • 678 9 AUCTION SALES. REMINDER. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28th, AT 2 P.M. AT "THE MANSION." OXLEY RISE rofl Tank Road) IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of EXCELLENT WAX POLISHED AND WALNUT-STAINED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE Comprising: A fine toned cottage Piano by GEORGE RUSELL, London, m splendid condition, handsome design teak dining, sitting and 25 bedrooms'
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    • 980 9 ABSOLUTELY 3 LAST PERFORMANCES <♦ (Wednesday, 28th. per s.s. LOUDON leaving for JAVA). J>+ I Miss RIBOET'S Co MOONLIGHT-HALL (New World) Jalan Besar FRIDAY, MAY 23RD. "SOIREE-VARIEE" f 1 ORAND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT! V V- ONLY VARIETY TURNS! WITHOUT STAGE-PLAY" ONE NIGHT OF VARIETY by Miss Riboet and her Special Variefy
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  • 825 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1930. MALAYA'S PRISONS. The Malay Mail, very usefully to our thinking, has directed attention again to the question of the prison system m the Colony and the Federation, pointing out that m response to a report by the first magistrate m Kuala Lumpur on
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  • 339 10 At the usual cinema show at 8.30 to-night at the V.M.C A. that excellent film. The Four Devils, will be screened. H. H. the Sultan of Perak. attended by Raja Kechil Bongsu. A.D.C.. and suite returned to Kuala Kangsar on Monday from Singapore. His Lordship Monseigneur J. M. Merel. of
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  • 778 10 BEHIND THE SCENES. Malay Delegate's Story of Shanghai Conference. Sensational WMmea was gtWQ before Kb District Judge (Mr. C. Wilson* yesttrd.iy vhn the eight Chinese who were arrested by the Criminal Intelligence Department m a house i: I-iassim Road were charged. The accused, it will be
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  • 169 10 A most unfortunate mechanical breakdov.:: marred the opening invitation performance at the new Capitol Theatre last evening. The opening overture. Capitol March, specially recorded by Victor Talking Machine Company for the opening of the theatre. Finding his Voice, demonstrating the Western Electric system of sound reproduction <as
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  • 72 10 A Chinese wedding m the reform style between Mr. Tan Keng Hawke, son of the late Mr. Tan Ban Tong and Mrs. Tan Ban Tong (travelling representative of Messrs. Harper and Gilflllan). and Miss Chan Gaik Sung, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chan Yen Tarn and granddaughter of the
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  • 67 10 STABBED IN HER sii; K rnknovm Assailant Escapes. (From O:r Own r Kv.;!.i m Mv A MattttOOa] bin. a.m. to-day v.'r. a Mtm I' I k at the Ge.io-.il H<;.spita:, asleep by an unknown lailant It i.; under, i from the Si t;>: V n m
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  • 131 10 A Popular Appointment I From Our Own Con. Kuala Lumpur Mj> H It is olrieially annnum id the Hon'ble Mr C W. L Co confirmed as Chiel Se< retary. KM B Tht <, has been received with Mtfcta Lumpur where Mr. OoctttMM I As Mr. Cochrane will
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  • 94 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK Tl> AND RIBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS BERVICE— COPYRIGH" London, May 22, 5 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sou notify to-day's tin prices as follows. Spot £142 816 (down £1 12 16 1 Forward £144 6 16 (down £1 12 16) The market is steady.
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  • 223 10 Mr. Noel llorley and Mi» In-nr Heeley. A very pretty Wtdrtllll We.siev Church, F->r f Ca: ■fteraa n, when Mr nel Hort Of thf Rev W G .:»ri M' H ma«. ru d to Miss Ilk. H- l England The R< v H B Vbridegrooms tether oOctafc
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  • 36 10 Up to the time of goinu I no news of the progress ol M on her flight lo Awtnlk cable from Sourabaya stating that she had ler Timor Island, the nearest poll I
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  • 50 10 The four Cadet* who we« P.MS, have b«vn pos^-d .1 Hodykinson has bMB attach." Office, Kuantan; Mr J P been attached to th.- Pistru-: Perak. at Telok An>on. Mr br;>n attached to IIM W* mi Selaiigor. and Mr. J. S. H 1 has been attached to th.- 1«»>' Kuala Lumpur
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  • 49 10 In spite of the present b» low tin and rubber pn« traders are continuum to I owing to the fact that the Un ber estans must haw NVPU< also not any gMMnI uni'mi>!<* (and we hope this will not hap helping local merchant- U employed labour ha* niontv T.O.M.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 197 10 COATES ORIGINAL t PLYMOUTH GIN The Navy's Ohoic* A splended DRY GIN for pahits or cocktails. SOLfc. AGENT. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinanreg of H"«<7 K«%».. (Incorporated knnck.it 90, Robinson Road. Telephone No. £228. f&\ "PINEAPPLE" I |m HAMS BACON (rMn 1 HAVE THAT I V
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    • 123 10 THE JNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER! A guaranteed Machine with a guaranteed service. t PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LIMITED. 4 Prince Street, Singapore. J PHONE 2700. North Bridge Road. J TENG SENG GUAN. j Established 1905 Tele. No: 141 R. Agents for T.K.K.'s TyTes, J Shoes, Hats, Balloon Toys and other goods. Our prices
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  • 110 11 HINDRED PERISH. Ti:iuic Homeward Voyage From Mecca. X' Renter's Service J Port Sudan. May 22. tat a hundred perished m a fire Prenck steamer. Asia, taking pilgrim to Red Sea ports. >.;iv abandoned. Marseille?,. May 22. lT<m tIK captain of the Asia ship caught fire on
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  • 112 11 (amp Broken Up at Dharasana. ter'i s> rrtce.] Bombay. M.iy 22. communique says that only three NatiooaJM volunteers were ir.- battl-" at the salt depot which 2.t>00 volunteers par::C fTeai sources put the total ■••ir.ents of volunteers were ahte mid -last night a detachmer.f Hyderabad Regfemol arrived
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  • 64 11 Morr than 6.000.000 Rupees Paid Out. Rcutel'a Service 1 Bombay. May TZ. India paid out yesterday bemUlion rupees to depositors me < an all day "run." Wednesday stated: Hundreds -day besieged the Indianf IndJ to withdraw their their accounts m the exciteMi that the
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  • 42 11 Enquiry as to When it will be Introduced. RSBB SERVICE- -COPYRIGHT J London, May 22. C mmons this afternoon d Shiels .Under Secretary for nlMd Col. Harry Day <Lab. would enquire when Compensation Act will be ktion m Malaya.
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  • 27 11 THE GRAF-ZEPPELIN'S FLIGHT. Sighted Off Hrazilian Coast. Router's Service.] trnando da Noronha, May 22. lm has been sighted 125 Brazil coast. n Seville for Pernambuco on at-]
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  • 36 11 lert Senrlee. l Philadelphia. May 22. United States Secretarj- of UM Joseph Grundy. the \ti -erne Protectionists, by election for nomination to the -andidate of the William V r cables on page 12.1
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  • 50 11 Babi<v Deaths m Berlin. I London. May 15. batata have died and 24 are irom tuberculosis at Lubeck. by the modern system of with a view to preserving' is hi later life. '"> >-t<d of giving the food, Bsrau irom tubercular tthoritftM have .twpped the oTO>rad an
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  • 25 11 announced between Mr. J th. chief Resident EngiW Railways, second son of the trlOß, Government pensioner. -V, ,d s a »d Miss Margaret Gomes. M.M.
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  • 234 11 ANTI-SOVIET WARNING. Nanking's Hands-off Notice to Moscow. (Reuters Far Eastern Service.) Nanking, May 21. The Mongol an Affairs Conference to discuss the internal development of Mongolia was formally inaugurated yesterday, more than forty delegates of the Mongolian tribes being present. «*""is In connection with the
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  • 163 11 The Duce on a Spectacle of Human Hypocrisy. 'Reuter's Service I Milan. May 22. Mussolini, addressing an immense crowd a. a meeting at which he was presented with "a baton of authority" subscribed for by ex-servicemen said: "All the geese m Europehave been cackling m defence
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  • 47 11 Heavy Damages. FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT I London. May 22. Pra\at Sukham. a brother-in-law of Rama Roghob, of the Siamese Legation, has been mulcted m the sum of £3.500 for killing a man and injuring his daughter with a motor-car m London
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  • 46 11 Short Trial Flight. FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT Londdn. May 22. The RlOO. which left her hangar at Cardington last night on a trial flight before flying to Canada, put back to-day. It appears that the envelope was somewhat damaged. (Earlier cables on pa^e 12.
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  • 298 11 Present Trend of Fashion. London, May 2. One result of National Cotton Week will possibly be that this years Ascot will be a "Cotton Ascot.'" owing to the success which promises to attend the efforts to render cotton garments not only popular but fashionable. Lancashire's efforts
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  • 15 11 Mr. G. J. D. Walters has been compelled to leave Sarawak on urgent medical grounds.
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  • AMERICA AND THE LONDON NAVAL TREATY.
    • 149 11 President's Desire for Early Action. I Router's Service.] Washingting. May 82. In the course of a conference with the Senates Republican leader. Mr. Watson, who warned the President that the London Treaty might be postponed to the next session. Mr. Hoover emphasised that he wanted the Pact considered
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    • 87 11 I Nanyo Nichi-Narhi Service. I Tokyo. May 2?. Government circles are stated to be optimistic as to the passage of the London Naval Treaty m the Privy Council, while the differences between the Admiralty and the General Staff OfSce are likely to be brought to settlement by the
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  • 95 11 Application Refused. I Reuter's Service. London. May 22. In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. James Marley (Lab. N. St.. Pancras) asked whether the Home Secretary had received an application from the Provisional International Trade Union Committee of the Negro Workers of America" for
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  • 71 11 Change of Constitution Effected. I Havas Service. J London. May 22. The new constitution for the Near Eastern territories under the French mandate was promulgated to-day. Syria becomes a Republic with a Chamber and a P:csident, who must always be a Moslem. The Alaouite and Druze
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  • 48 11 Work to be Resumed Next Week. IReuter's Service.! Newcastle. N.S.W. May 22. A conference of the miners' and mineowners" representatives to-day agreed to general resumption of work next Wednesday, thus terminating the protracted stoppage m the NewSouth Wales coalfields. Earlier cables on page 12.
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  • 285 11 Woman Doctor Appointed to £1,500 Post. London, May 2. Over 30 men applied for the post of Medical Officer of Health at Stepney, but the choice of the Borough Council fell upon a lady. Doctor Julia Marcelle Browne, who thus becomes the first woman
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  • AN ECHO OF A COURT CASE.
    • 553 11 Dismissed Because He was Bankrupt. A curious story was told by Chua Hau Chin. a late employee of Ching Keng Lee and Co.. publicly examined at a special sitting of the Bankruptcy Court before Mr. Justice Stevens yesterday. Examinee, who was aged 51, said he ceased
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    • 358 11 Excuses for Non-payments. More bankrupts were examined m connection with arrears m instalments. Lee Chim Hock of 10. Maiaccu Street, said he was ordered to p«.y $50 a ir.onth m June 1929. H? paid one instalment on July Ist.. 1929. but failed to pay .subsequent instalments.
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  • 42 11 Captain Barnard's Plans. London, May 12. Captain Barnard is planning a flight round the world m 30 days. He declines to divulge the make of the aeroplane he will use. or the names of the passengers.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 108 11 {ROBINSONS jj FOR CARPETS AND [FURNISHING FABRICS Nothing is more displeasing to the eye than faded ifj draperies or coverings. By using "SUNDOUR" jg fadeless fabrics ail difficulties cf colour are overcome. Sir jg The colour outlasts the fabric. S We are Sole Agents for Malaya, and shall be jjr
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  • 1441 12 CHINESE BOY'S DEATH. Mother's Story of Brother's Alleged Confession. The hi ;r ng of the case m which a wellknown Chinese jeweller and goldsmith. Yeo Nghee Keow, is charged with abetment, of murder was continued m the Assize Court before the Chief
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  • 146 12 Australia's Objection to U.S. Programme. I Routers Service. 1 Washington. May 22. How two British Dominions objected to the cruiser building programme of the United State? during the London Conference has been disclosed by Senator Reed, one of the American delegates. Cross-examining Admiral Pi ingle before
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  • 158 12 "Free Trade" Doomed. i British Radio Official Service. I Rugby. May 21. In the House of Lords, a motion expressing grave concern regarding the industrial outlook, and demanding, as the most immediate and practical remedy, a comprehensive policy of safeguarding of industries, anti-dumping and Imperial economic unity, was
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  • 56 12 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva. May 21. M. Motta, on behalf of the Swiss Government and Sir Eric Drummond on behalf of the League of Nations have signed an agreement to establish a wireless service normally working under a Swiss Company but passing exclusively into the hands of
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  • 38 12 I Reuter's Service. Simli, M.iy 21. News from Jhelum says 33 p rominent Nationalist leaders were arrested after process toiists, who had gone to the station to meet Pandit Malaviya. had refused to Jisperse.
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  • 26 12 IReuter's Service.] Washington. May 22. The lowan banker. Mr. Hanford McNider, exissistant War Secretary, has been appointed United States Minister to Canada.
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  • 16 12 •IReuter's Service. 1 London, May 22. The Archbishop of Canterbury is very ill.
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  • 102 12 Lieuts White and McMullen recently made a record breaking flight from New York to B enos Aires of five days and five hours. As an instance of American alertness m advertising stunts, the aviators carried copies of a host of papers from all over the world on the trip and
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  • 577 12 MECHANIC KILLED. Mysterious Fall at R.A.F. Aerodrome. A shocking tragedy, which has cast a deep gloom over the R.A.F. Aerodrome at Kai Tak, occurred yesterday morning, when Leading Aircraftsman A. J. Jarvis, attached to No. 440 Flight, fell from a height of 200 feet from
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  • 73 12 Control of Heavy Industry. [Reuter's Service.] London. May 22. A big industrial rationalisation scheme m which the Bank of England will take a direct concern is announced. The Bank will have a controlling voice m two new steel, iron and coal companies named the Lancashire Steel
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  • 85 12 (British Radio Official Service.! Rugby; May 21. Replying to Sir Austen Chamberlain m the House of Commons, Mr. Arthur Henderson saM the Government thought it desirable that the Covenant of the League of Nations should be amended as to bring it into harmony with the
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  • 77 12 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, May 21. The Under Secretary for the Colonies, Dr. D. Shic ls, stated m the House of Commons that it was proposed to present to Parliament, on June 20, the conclusions of the Government regarding a closer union m East Africa.
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  • 135 12 Mr. A. S. Haynes, now Secretary for Postal Affairs, is going to Kelantan at the end of the mcnth as British Adviser, on the retirement of Mr. R. J. B. Clayton. We understand that Mr. Haynes' successor as Secretary for Postal Affairs has not yet been selected. M.M. Three pipers
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  • 144 12 INTERNAL STRIFE. Encourages External Attack. Reuter's Service. J London, May 21. To-morrow's meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party may have very Important results. Sir O. Mosley has notified he will move a resolution disapproving of Government's unemployment policy. It is expected Mr. Mat- Donald will demand
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  • 271 12 $11,063,350 a Year Loss for Canton. Canton, May IS. The importance of likin. vhich constitute: a major part of the revenues of the Knag. tung Government, is stressed m a recent report to the National Government submitted by the heads of the Kwangtung Provincial Government regarding tht
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  • 147 12 RlOO Preparing. I British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. May 21. The Air Ministry's airship RlOO was taker, from its shed at Cardington before dawn today, and an hour-and-a-half later she wps safely locked homo to the mooring mast. Major Scott was m charge of the cperaiion. which
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  • 185 12 British Subjects Return Home. Washington. April lfc. Numerous applications for repatriation aiv being received at the British consular offices throughout the United States from British subects who have been discharged and are m financial difficulties. During the present industrial depression American employers, finding that reductions m staffs
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  • 105 12 London "Terriers' Privilege. The battalion's privilege of marching through the City with bayonets fixed, colours flying, and drums beating was exercised at Easter by the Ist City of London Regimeat (Royal Fusiliers), Territorial Army, returning from Easter training at Shorncliffe. The battalion, which was under
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  • 735 12 CLASH AT KWEITEH. Price on Heads of Marshals Feng and Yen. Shanghai. May 13 A state of confusion is reported to exist at Kweiteh along the Lung-Hai Railway, where, following a misunderstanding between the <mminchun Commanders, a contingent of defeated Kuominchun troops retreating from Mamutsi clashed with
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  • 103 12 Town Near Hankow Looted. Hankow. May 15. It is reported that Simakow. forty miles from Hankow, has been captured by "Reds," many of the houses being burned down and two hundred people being killed, while $600,000 worth of property was looted. The garrison fought stubbornly, but were
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  • 23 12 The nearer women's dress can approach nudity, having regard to reasonable decency, the better it will be for them. Sir William Arbuthnot Lane.
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  • 263 12 HONG KONG CIR< I i.\ k Nearly I.JOO l)urin v Ti, i... Month. ls( Up to y<vl<".-lay the total nun registered v.ilh the 50.ni;,,,,. Affairs, m accordance with til the Mui-Tsai O.dimuue vhfch the Legislative- C uneil was ir '«6- a hun number ,-f rhon registered during
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  • 165 12 200,000 Children Perish. Sianfu. M.»% I A taßfbh famine L> pr.vailuiK and Kansu Provinces and other <: north-western China. and MMrial I hsinng. wham armr h;is for th. years been c(»ntrollm« that part of CM announced a strict prohibition atairiM .raffirking m nmi and ehttdran, on
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  • 304 12 Valuable Leather and Foods Johannetihunc. A company with a capital of £SO 000 bjl IM formed to establish shark-rishmt: M an md MQ m Durban. Its objects will be U> capturr thr sharks which abound m South Afnran and turn them into commercial product Nearly 200 sharks
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  • 49 12 Damage Estimated at M i.,,' »W Fire started m kIM dealers m wood oil at H.uu: spread rapidly to |odowiia and Co.. who have 1« Jesse and Co. Damage estimated at a mi done, including a ttWHOTi lost. The Hrc was Mi out ti..
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 986 13  -  William T. Tilden By It is fully a decade since England could be called a possibility for challenges m the Davis Cup competition. Not since J. C. Parke and A. R. F. Kingscote made their memorable stand against Billy Johnston and me m 1920
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    • 168 13 Where Headhunters Have Become Football Fans. Changes wrought among the natives of the Solomon Islands were described by the Bishop of Melanesia when he passed through Adelaide on his way to England says the central News. Once upon a time, he said, the natives visited their neighbours
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    • 94 13 Penang Enquiry. The Pinang Gazette understands from Mr. E. A. Davies. president of the Penang Football Association, that the recent conduct of two players m the League match between the Sepoy Lines and the Post Office Recreation Club will be enquired into at a meeting
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    • 197 13 The Perak Turf Club is holding a professional meeting on July 5, 8, 10. 12 giving three runs each for Horses Classes I. 11. 111. and Ponies Class I. and three runs for Ponies Classes n and 111 combined. Entries close on June 25th The entry
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    • 294 13 Referring to Grimmett's feat agamst Yorkshire <ten wickets for 37) a cable to the Indian papers says: Greatness apparently so easily achieved as Grimmetfs must be the envy of English bowlers. It was accentuated by the fact that Hornibrook. who was so deadly against Essex, was quite innocuous m thfl
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 271 13 *^PBk X *C^^^^^^^^^^ Bt JT%. W 'ftt tJ mm J^^^l^fcW CO«-I> yffS/P LAB,, Bb B& HW^ """^KfO >rt SCOTLA»W l AW m B^V Bk. I B^Bm. .^Bhß^B^B^bV^p i soups i MADE BY E. LAZENBY AND SON, LIMITED. j| When Babyi food turns sour m m the Stomach TS tACIDnTY,aATUUNCE t
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    • 279 13 J Start taking j {[I tnOKOINCIP »U.-O-«AN> *m* I TO-DAY lit revitalizes and rejuvenates! CHALLENGE ACCEPTED 1 YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS SENSATIONAL i PROGRAMME j SIG SCHLAM <The W.A. champion* Australia's met fearless rider, who Ls never i (2 Vis laps to one mile trarkt known to shut his
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 800 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES, EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration wthout notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Doe. EUMAEU8 FtT Londo Rotterdam and Hamburg To-day
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    • 574 14 Ellerman Buck nail I Steamship Co*, Ltd* (Incorporated in England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL.) I FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Singapore. s.s. CITY OF MADRAS June 2 s.s. CITY OF DELHI July 5
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    • 374 14 P. g^O. British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERN mkxt LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Sinfapc JEYPORE 5.300 May 25 MANTUA 11,000
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 681 15 v. o. jcl. jjine. Df tlmtton m»-. toturdam. Hamburg. Bremen gnd a twerp via Colombo, Aden, Sues 4X1(1 s>T Sald Amur Maru May 24 M Durba:. Cape Town. Rio de Janeiro. Santos. gMtevedta, and Buenos Alies. [Round-ihe- M M., M llontf Tanea. Zanzibar. Dar-es -Salaam f^u, i MwfUWi Durban and
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    • 350 15 I Cinemas aboard ship FIRST run cinemas are shown regularly on every voyage of the President Liners This is just one of the service features we provide lo make your trip more enjoyable. DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES and AMERICAN MAIL LINE THE BANK UNE, AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE. Messrs. ANDREW WEIR
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    • 495 15 KWBNKLYKE PAKETVAART MAa'tSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OP BATAVIA.) (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER Te Ie O pS A N7 JST 1 N^HERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. leiephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to:-Passage, Prei»ht. TrHushiament^ Marine Departments and v d Manager's desk. Representative* m the Strait, Settlement, (Storage and Penanr. of the TRAVELLERS
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 670 16 Burns Philp Line incorporated m Australia FOR BRISBANE SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE vi» JAVA. DARWTV VND THURSDAY ISLAND Secular motaiuy fc**:;^^t u.t welJ-known steam<»r MAREIXA <J£lb ton«i and to* mntr>: WSJfI MALABAR (4.512 tons). Tbo v. MARELLA one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Auot'tit* Cabin* <1» Vrth cabins,
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    • 374 16 gg NORDDEUTSCHKK Iffigj LLOYD. incorporated 1' Gennarr The under uubed are the Compttii.v .>>.*jiieo MM 1 OUTWARDS. COBLENZ For Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai. Taku, Dalny and Tslnjrtau May 2> FRANKEN For Hong Kong, Keelung, Shanghai, Moji, Osaka, Kobe, Yokohama, Chinnampo, Taku, Dalny Tslngtau June 12 t WITRAM For Shanghai, Moji,
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    • 350 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co W ♦4 BEAVKR STREET, NEW TO&K flncorpor&tei J^ D.B.A GENERAL AOENT6 REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE K> BOSTON. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE. (via Bue« Out Salli M.S. SILVERBEECH MBy 26 June 1 J M.S. SILVERBELLE June 9 June 13 PACIFIC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO \\i> LOS ANGELES HARBOUR
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    • 78 16 LLOYD TRESTI.NO NAT. 4 (Incorporated in Italy). I SINGAPORK 10 ITAI-V B Calling; at COLOMBO KKlNDBl I I and IK II STI 4 HIMALAYA I VIMINALE I FUSIJAMA I HIl.H-X For HONG BONG, 5HAN0*"" JAPAN PORTf. MONTE PIANA COL DI LANA i These fast Motor Vesv h.iw -F weU appointed
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 668 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Ktmiu. raiutug, Pekan, Sungel Lembln and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantutt every Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and Friday 6 ajn. Bangkok every Thursday 6 ajn. Kota Tinggi. Seieir.ban. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Talping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Bism 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 215 16 Alting, Dut. 795. from Djambi 22, for MSaba 24. Buyskes, Dut. 983. from Samarinda 22 for Billiton 25. CLEARANCES. May. 22— Edendale. Kola. Daghestan, Glenbeg, Kheng Seng, Edavana, Karuah, Tronoh. Kedah. Gemas, Sin Kheng Seng, Pontianak (Brit); Mesarong. Toboali (Dut); India (Ital). PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per President Monroe: Roy G. Lam*,
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 291 17 Att ix it it- of Hontf Kong and Whampoa Dock Co. Wll launched at I Han Kong and Company, Ltd during 1929. itb Dio.st 1 engines, five .< by various manufacIrtes made by the Dock mi t r shipbuilding Importation of motors .< curtailing the activilinf department
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    • 172 17 A I'enang Product. Ottw builr at the Straits G Ltd's Dockyards at Sungr-i Betel trial on Monday tternoon took a smn 1 n en for a shor* run m the Plnani Gazette. ~j •:-v pMMOfm, sixteen of mmodotcd In the saloon el ramini and outgoing passengers
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    • 112 17 STEAM DRIFTER ON VOYAGE TO MAURITIUS. *rint the words "Why Not?" •iH-ad. the small Lowestoft '41 tons, left Fleetwoci wnm of n.ooo miles to I a The voyage Ls one of tempted by so small a craft. men Commander J. R. Koyal Australian Naval oI lhv Raphael steam Louis. Mauritius,
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    • 703 17 A Survivor's Vivid Story of Kitchener Tragedy. tegs zsx sHfS Isurvavors. Chief Shipwright William Cartes I Phillips. n h:s book. "The Lo. of in*? £S£^ with a for word b >- s S25 Arthur. Bart. M.V.O. -The sea was wicked." he writes. "The two as
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    • 351 17 A Court Sequel. Before Mr. C. G. O. Anderson. acting-Regis-trar. A -B. Seaman Wilson, of the str. Arlington Court, was charged m the Police Court at Shanghai with assaulting his captain. Mr. K. E. Newman for the complainant briefly outlined the case to the effect
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  • 785 17 LARGE LINERS. China Merchants' Building Programme. I To btiiJd forty-five ships in two years, to have j big liners going to Europe and America and to I construct modern wharves and godowns are I parts of the programme of reorganization of the China Merchants Steam
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  • 215 17 London. April 19. A new development m the international struggle for supremacy m the Atlantic passenger-carrying trade was announced yesterday. The United States Line is planning two 60,000-ton liners which will have a speed of 28 ''j knots and will each carry two aeroplanes. These will be
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 319 17 r^**vE Bsßs^aisß4kMs> i^si Esb^sb^\V »»i tfi»jßigifk« it **i* ANNOUNCING A NEW O OF AMAZINGLY LOW PRICE ",T E PI! ■s» ■>•*• C 8«) Body, the most advanced constnSion lnJXn%oTheT!du^^ i>l-m Q A NEW O N SENSATIONAL IN VALUE HS f™ N f VAI -OE m engi«ering-with Down-Draft carbnmfc*, both air
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  • 982 18 BLOWING UP OIL. Measuring the Shock Waves. Baby earthquakes, created by dynamite, send I waves through solid rock and earth to guide! the up-to-date prospector for oil and ore. I By measuring the speed of these waves, he I gets an idea of the character of the
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  • 29 18 The Kedah Government has acquired a site at Bukit Pinang for a new water reservoir, which will be welcome news to the local public, long suffering with water shortage.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 292 18 I ANYONE CAN START A CAR 1 1 j| The main thing is to be able to stop it. jjj g In other words, are your brakes m order g You cannot afford NOT to have them m jfj perfect condition m these days of congested jjj 5 traffic and
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    • 425 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. i Incorporated in England by Rcyal 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. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Hollo
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    • 256 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated In England). Capital £3,000.000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050.000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,646,505 BOARD OP 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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    • 240 18 INSURANCE. SOUTH .(SMM BRITISH N^lP' INSURANCE COMPANY. lIMITFD FIRE, MARINE, Tlt-Wsrr AND U MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED \i LOWEST CURRENT KATES L. C. MARGOLIOUTH Office: 2, Finlayson I PERSONAL ACCIIIENIT PATAL ACCIDENTS are everyda> powibtutw HAVE you made provision for pn/mJI of your dependents should nek h i overtake you
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  • 794 19 Vu Low Levels Reached. Singapore. May 22. for Urn present decline haw durtna Urn wmk m both the Tm qiinf Hona. The metal price rrof £8.2 6 on balance closing at have been heavy at 1.125 tons. .'.41 15(1 is wry close to the lowest during
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  • 479 19 Provisional Executive Appointments. Basle, April 24. The members of the board of the Bank of International Settlements met to-day. Something of a crisis had arisen owing to* the anomalous position of the Bank pending ratification of the Young Plan by Italy and Great Britain. It became
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  • 46 19 I Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Sen ice. I Tokyo. May 22. It is understood that further drastic measures to restrict the output of the cotton mills on a large scale are now under consideration with a view to putting the scheme into operation after Au^ist.
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  • 138 19 The steamship Biddenijd is reported as having burned near Port Said with 11,000 cases of rubber. It is interesting to recall says the Times ot Malaya that tin fell to £120 a ton m 1914 and rose to £419.10 m 1920. Let us hope then that m six years from
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 212 19 May 22. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2,3 15 16 London 3 months' sight 2 3 78 London 60 days' sight 2 3 1316 London 30 days' sight 2 3 25 32 London, demand 2,3 3|4 London. T.T. 23 11 16 Lyons and Paris, demand 1431 Hamburg, demand
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    • 199 19 May 22. Tin 200 Tons $73", Gambier 8 0 J Pepper White 50 Pepper Black 37 Flake Tapioca 41^ Pearl Sago Small 6.75 Copra Sundried 900 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) gjo Rice, Siam old No. 1. 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan
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  • 874 19 SINGAPORE. THURSDAY. MAY. 22nd. Closing Quotations. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang <£> 20s 22s 6d c.d. Ayer Hitam <ss> 14s 14s 9d Ban grin Tin 23s 24s Batang Padang ($1) 13 16 Batu Caves <$1> 80 85 Bukit Arang ($1) 45 55 Burmah Malay 15s 16d Chenderiang 2s
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  • 262 19 Was the Truth Told A serious indictment of the recent statement issued by the F.M.S. Government m regard to rubber land alienation terms is contained m the following letter: [To the Editor Malay Mail. I Dear Sir. In last Saturday's issue of your paper you give
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  • 173 19 Russia as a Competitor. Writes John F. Sinclair for the Free FfeM and N.A.N.A.: Probably no American industry is facing more strenuous competition outside than trat cf steel and iron. Germany is forging ahead with its blast furnaces m the Ruhr, tied up as they
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  • 169 19 The United States Exports for 1929 reached 55.241. 000.000. gaining $113,000,000 over 1928. and establishing a new market. Imports, on the other hand, showed tren a greater increase. 5309.000.000 greater than tru preceding year, the balance of trade being *?41. 000.000 m favour of the
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  • 62 19 May ?:ihl.. 12 o'clock noon Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 23 23 1 i Stan-lard R.SS. on Tender June 23.. 23 July 24 24', July-Sept. 24 l 24 Oct.-Dec. 25 l 26 Tone of Market:— Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet 6
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  • 172 19 Sinffaporr, May 22. Rubber.— London. 6 13 16d. 1 16 d. Up 4 p.m. Price tLdon Std.) Spot 23: S.B. R.S.S on Trader June 23 L> July 24. July-Sept. 24. OctDec. 25 L> Dull— steady. Tin.— London. £145 12s 6d. £2. Up. Minim?.— Steady. Sungei Ways
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  • 119 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. Singapore. May 22. Tin. Steadier.— Hong Patts 53 57.. Penawats 57 60. Kuchais 1.18 1.23. Khitas 1.18 123, Kuyohs 10 13. Norths 47 51. Sunset Ways 3.10 3.25. Talams 95 1.02. Petalings 5~15 5.30. Klang Rivers 2.30 2.45. Ulu Klangs 1.14 1.20. Ayer Hitams 14s 3d
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  • 136 19 Singapore. May 2». The Market has been featureless since the dai» of our last Report, and prices haw declined by >._.. 3 16d. and «gold» m Singapore. London and New York respectively. Production durint> April <by estatis <,f 100 acres and over m the S.S. F.M.S. Johore
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  • 140 19 English Financiers Interested. Latin Americas importance shows up once more m the announcement Uttfl English nmnciers are striving to MCOR a financial foothold m Buenos Aires, and are eager to .secure all or part of the new $100,000,000 loan which th Argentine government expects to issue
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  • 48 19 The Chartered Bank advise having reealwi from Haad OOec m London a telegram to the following effect: Shell Tran.>:>urt and Trading Co. Ltd. declared dividend at the rate <>i as per shaiv free of income tax payable July Bjh. Bearer coupon to be presented No or.
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  • 74 19 We have been requested by the local R.G.A., Kuala Lumpur, to publish the folowng: "There would appear to be some doubt whether it will be m order for Estates which are adhering to the May Cessation Scheme to re-open topping cuts a few days before the
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  • 92 19 It is ellmateJ that tourists entering Canada via ocean ports expended a lotal of $10,685,000 (gold); those entering Canada by automobile from the United States. $208,744,000; and tourists from the United States who came by rail and steamer, approximately $80,000,000 on the basis of incomplete returns. Thus the total value
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 49 19 ASSETS EXCEED ,11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER ,38,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF AWTO OT AGENTS WANTED G S C Cr Ssx. Managing DireCt r Ac^ U C. KNOX. HORACE W. RAPER. A. ROBINSON, P. I. A.
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    • 33 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD., BRANCH OFFICE: CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor)* A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 420 20 A PONSFORD CENTURY. Fine Opening Partnership with Jackson. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT] London, May 22. Although the weather was cold and drizzly there was some attractne cricket at Chesterfield when the match between the Australians and Derbyshire was continued to-day. The Australians had scored 54 overnight
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  • 255 20 D. V Moore's Remarkable School Record. D K. Moore, who scored 206 m Gloucestershires remarkable innings of 627 for 2 against Oxford University, d a ycur.g amateur, just out of Shrewsbury School, where he had two seasons as captain of the cricket eleven, m which he playec
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  • 99 20 Leon See Sells for £30,000. Primo Camera, the Italian giant, has certainly proved a human goldmine to his finder. Leon See. Camera has had a dozen ngh,ts m America, and averaged over £2.000 per contest, and See's contract calls for 35 per cent, of the purse On Monday,
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  • 40 20 Al Foreman Beats Webster. IReuter's Service.) London, May 21. In a lifteen-round bout at Premierland for the lightweight boxing championship of Great Britain. Al Foreman (formerly of Canada) knocked out Fred Webster (holder) m the first round.
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  • 24 20 London. May 9. The Soott-Stribling fight has been cancelled owing to the illness of Scott. Stribling is leaving for America shortly.
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  • 360 20 AMATEUR MEETING. Selections for To-day's Races. Much interest has been taken m the two day amateur meeting which begins this afternoon; indeed the pony entries have been so large that three divisions have had to be arranged. This has necessitated a slightly earlier start than was fixed
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  • 83 20 Sir Thomas Lipton's Sporting Offer. Ht'Uiers Service.) London. Ma> 21. In view of the speed developed by the SuUBVOCk V i challenger for the Americas Cup' which WOO all four races she etrtwed •it Southend <in«l Harwich. Sir Thomas Lipton has communicated with the Yacht Racing Association
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  • 235 20 Mr. R. I. Fearon to Challenge Harbour Classes. Mr. R. I. Fearon. one of the keenest Shanghai yachtsmen, both with the Yacht Club on the Whangpoo and the Midget Sailing Club at Henli. has engaged to moke a novel challenge Hhas had a wide experience
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  • 115 20 On Sunday, the "A" Class yachts will race for the third of the series for the Black Swan Trophy. Start 10.00 a.m. Points to date Kilat 14; Tromp 8. Kathleen 7. The "B" Class will race for the second of the series for Mr. Marchants Trophy. Start 10.10
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  • 69 20 O'Dowd Leaves Blackburn Rovers. James Peter O'Dowd, the Blackburn Rovers' half-back, who has played m 50 First Division games, was transferred to Burnley for a fee of £5,000 on March 10. A native of Halifax, O'Dowd. who is 22, was secured bj the Rovers four years ago
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  • CLOSE MATCH AT THE STADIUM.
    • 575 20 Welch Turn the Tables m Second Half. Welch 5: S.R.C 4. The Welch suffered an early setback m their match against the S.R.C. at the Singapore Stadium yesterday afternoon. In the first five minutes Oehlers broke through and sent m a fast drive which was deflected into
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    • 22 20 S.CC. II 2. S.C.F.A «At 0. G.E.C 2. St. Josephs Servers Brigade 0. Police 6. M.P.H. 2.
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    • 94 20 The folk wing team has been selected to represent the S.A.FA m the charity match against a contained Army and Navy team which is to be played at the Stadium on May 25. the proceeds of which will be given to the dependents of the
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    • 48 20 The following will represent the S.C.C: against I.C. PA. on Tuesday (May 27th. > on S.C.C. Padang: L. J. Brittain. J. Lee. R. Craik. E. S. Bell. A. K. Reade. A. Donald. A. C. Perdriau. H. Millen. E. A. Joy. N. Fyfe and A. F. Johnson.
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  • 151 20 Harbour Board Football. The Harbour Board football club will stage an exhibition football match between the Winners vs. The Rest, of the Empire Dock Football Challenge Shield on Saturday. May 24th. kick off at 5 p.m. sharp at the clubs ground. After the match the President
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  • 65 20 The Chinese Sports Association has decided to hold an all-Chinese Sports Meet open to Chinese Clubs. Associations, Schools and Residents m Singapore, m August. A meeting will be held on the premises of the Association on May 27th at 5.30 p.m. sharp to discuss the above.
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  • 318 20 S.A.F.A. COUNCIL MEETING. Welch and Malays to Visit D.E.I. A meeting of the General Council of the S.A.F.A. was held at the Stadium yesterday. Mr. R. L. Hastie presiding. The Secretary announced that with the approval of the President, a wireless message had been despatched to Mr.
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  • 113 20 Yesterday's Results. Result* of yesterdays ties m the Tanglin Club lawn tennis tournament were as follow: Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mrs. Taylor and Scott owe 15 beat Mrs Tc-nnent and Nelson owe 1 6 4. 6 3. Men's Doubles Handicap. A D Anderson and Wise owe 15.4
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  • 327 20 Cup Final Referee on His Trials and Responsibilities. "It is so easy to criticise after the trend and yet many people still fail to appreciate kIM responsibility, courage, and immediate rle-ci.-ion which a referee is called upon to p:ich Make." So declared Mr T. Crew
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  • 48 20 Through the kindness of H.E. the G.O.C. the Singapore Miniature Rifle and Revolver Club have obtained a miniature range at Tanglin Barracks and shooting will take place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5 pm. and on Sunday mornings from 10.30 a.m.
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  • 47 20 In the final of the Ladies' Singles Handicap which was played off on Wednesday Mrs. N. S. Hogan (owe 15) beat Miss P. Milne (scratch) 6—2; 6 4. The "B" Singles Final between R. M. Armstrong aritt G. B. Armstrong will played off trday.
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