The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 June 1930

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  • 14 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,056. ESTABLISHED 1835. 19TT93S 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 391 1 "I find that the shot was fired m exercise of the right of private defence,'" said the Coroner yesterday exonerating from blame hm.it bin Ali, the Malay mandoor who fatally shot Sapper Elmer R.E. at Pasir Ris Jage 10. The Premier has refused Mr. Lloyd George's offer
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  • 1238 1 Old Wilkinson was rather a joke m the tract of adventure" so called, a joke which I everyone enjoyed good-humouredly. We all hiked him and laughed over him. He was a I character. "What is old Wilkinson doing now?" I was a frequent inquiry m those
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 207 1 WING LOONG. «)B HIGH CLASS TAILORING. M cut F^L Guarantee HIGH STREET. I RAFFLES HOTEL EXCELLENT A CCOMMO DATI ok WITH MODERN SANCTION I TEA DANCES EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FR,DAY X DINNER DANCES f EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY MONIA LITTER'S ORCHESTRA I G R L L ROOM Under
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    • 201 1 W27 1928 1929 Three successive Royal record years I ROYAL SALES INCREASE J 1 because the Royal typewriter is an acknow- < ledged superior product backed by the SP 8 1 organised typewriter service m Great Britain. «i Comparison is the only infallible test of 1 y the relative value
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    • 152 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Waarnc Bit* dr.iciend notice— Page a. Aucta us, trade mark notices etc Page 9 Take no risks, take Gena«.prin— Pa-- 13 The Kelviiiator. upreme by test— pLo 13 Syncopation at the Capitol to-nieht— p c 3 Ciievroiet six-cylincer trucks and busaea— Page 7. Orange Smash stands supreme and
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    • 12 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS, 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • 199 2 this easy way to increased vitality Are you enjoying We as you'd like to I Or do you feel robbed of all your energy? It's not much fun for the woman who feels depressed, "washed out." spiritless.— who seems to be getting thinner everyday. Men turn
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  • 307 2 At the Alhambra. There is a remarkable feature m Fox's musical movietone A Song of Kentucky which lifts the otherwise conventional story right out of the rut. It is the rhapsody (prepared by Conrad Mitchell and Gottlen which is composed ty the promising young song writer hero and
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  • 210 2 Court Presentation Cancelled. London. June 7. A setisation has been created m Society rirofcas by the announcement m the London Gazette that the presentation of Mis. Christupgn i Courtney at Their Majesties' Court on aff^y 4 has been cancelled. The Court was the jtat of the season, and
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  • 64 2 More than a thousand delegates from the different Masonic lodges In the Philippines attended recently the first Masonic Independent Congress m Manila. A resolution was pMHtxl asking for the political emancipation of tt» Archipelago from the sovereignty of the "United States. A second resolution appealed to the members of the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 224 2 SPECIAL OFFEB: 4 B 14kt Gold wrist j J^^^J watch Lever 15 for Gent:* |C A A < MT^^Sk f«r Lady: JIO.VV 4 Wai^^Y Absolutely guar- BltL*^ >J 3 IM an teed. Delivered KaSU^AiW or sent anywhere In 1 Malaya against cheque or morMy" j <|BB| order of $15.00 package
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    • 267 2 VICTORIA THEATRE I 1 I NIGHTLY AT 6.15 AND 9.30 PJL A REAL SUCCESS Triumph off BrltlsH Talkies ATLANTIC I with MICKY MOUSE THE GAUMONT GRAPHIC I BOOKING AT LITTLES: *2, 1& 50 cts. v I r PAVjUON 1 X From Sunday 15th to Saturday June 21st, at 9.15 p.m.
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    • 333 2 I J iLHAMBRl J the: theatre of perfect sound 17 VI REPRODUCTION f«-« i 6.15 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9.15 p.m. WILLIAM FOX Presents An I ALL TALKING MUSICAL MOVIETONE I"A Song of Kentucky" 1 WITH t LOIS MORAN— JOSEPH WAGSTAFF— DOROTHY MJBOOI HEAR AND SEE I THE CLASSIC KENTUCKY DERBY OF
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 201 2 THE WEEK. Tharsfey. 19th. High Water, 02.47. 7.9 ft, 16.20. 7.5 ft. Welch Regt. B Co. Sports, Tangjta. Telok Kurau English School Sports 3 p.m. Football- Div. II Mansflelds vs. BAT.. SRC ground. Ords. Sigs. vs. Robinsons. Stadium; Police vs. F. N.. A.P.C. ground: Res Div. S.C.C vs. 1.C.F.A.. Padang.
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  • 353 3 An Interview With Lord Wakefield. Miss Amy Johnson hns achieved fame with Byronic rapidity. A few days ago she was known only to fellow members of the London Aero- plane Club and to a few others interested m aviation as a remarkably keen flying
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  • 119 3 Charlotte M. B. Mortimer, of Bedford Park, W., stated to be a saleswoman m a large London firm, was fined £b 0 at Folkestone on a charge of attempting to avoid payment of duty on two silk dresses and slips on her arrival from Boulogne. Mr.
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  • 350 3 A Congregational correspondent of the Manchester Guardian pays high tribute to a Chinese who occupied the pulpit at the City Temple, London, on May 15. Anyone, he says, who hns seen some yrea* ecclesiastical pageant m Rome knows how the sense of the Church's universality comes
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  • 58 3 Distinguished Lawyer Killed. London, Jane 9. A notable holiday casualty was Mr. Henry Roome, third senior prosecuting counsel to the Crown at the Central Criminal Court since 1928. While motoring from Retford to Nottingham a tyre burst and the car was overturned. Mr. Roome and his wife
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  • 350 3 Soldier Guillotined During A Bombardment. A graphic itorf o' a v.T.r-timr execution vm related to the Seta t Committee of M.P.s on t;::-. Capital PunfaJ mcni Bill. r. was v ;'J b? Profenof Suc-er. of Brunei* University, who WM called to tell the MPr about
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  • 21 3 Mr. It C. Corbett who has been attending the Mining Congress m South Africa, is expected back m Ipoh next week.
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  • 407 3 No doubt a most cordial welcome awaits Prince Damrong v hen again, after many years, he sets foot en English soil, af he will do m the course of the next fevr weeks. (aafl the Cli; -a Express and Telegrapni. It wa^ In 1891J2 that His Ro;v;;l K:gnness,
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  • 52 3 A fatal nccidevt h lcp.ited '.>.< v.\ B.itu Oajah. where LBQO| T>un. the pi the Heng Wall Mining Koi^-i. |pfl hi* lilo. The unfoitunatfc :r. n poL his clothinn ontiiuLlid m some machinery which was iv motion ar.d was drawn between the fly-wherl nnd the txitins to be crushed to
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 291 3 t CAPITOL THEATRE l# Mriava's Largest and Finest Picture Theatre \5/ TO-NIGHT at 6-15 and 9-15 p.m. Entire Change of Programme For 4 Days only li' RADIO PICTURES have pleasure m introducing the World-known Orchestral Conductor FRED WARING an 1 his famous PENNSYLVANIANS M'"' One of the Most Entertaining and
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    • 322 3 ECZEMA ON PETRIFYING ENAMEL I nn nin ninflni m FORMS A SOLD UNBROKEN GLOSSY SURFACE I Mfl W MIMMIrN i THAT IS WATF.KPROOF, IN THAT IT WITH f JUnL 111 I 1111 l LLO I STANDS THE PENETRATION OF WATER AND 1 I~Uo#: A IT«k«^.k!« I FORMS AN INEXPENSIVE SUBSTITUTE
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  • 258 4 SHAMROCK VAX SOUTMEND AUSTRALIAN WHALING INDUSTRY. NVMBER ONE COMES FIRST. Lady Helen McCalmonf* Empire Builder < No. I) winning the Princ, of Wales's Stakes at Kempton Park m maUweek. Sidonia ion the rails* was second and Artist's Pi oof (No. 2> third. THE RlOO took London
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  • 848 5 PARISIANJPICNICS. What They Find to Eat and Drink. (From Our Own Correspondent.] Paris, May 22. Although draughts— no matter how slight— -re anathema to the French. Parisians know how to make the most of the open-air life Consequently, on Sundays and fete days, the suburban trains
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  • 104 5 Rangoon Firm's Partner Fined and JailedMr. W. T. Palmes, additional district magistrate. Rangoon, on June 6 passed orders m the case m which Velagala Dana Reddy, partner m the firm of K. C. V. Reddy and Co.. was sent up for trial on a complaint
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  • 68 5 The year's total of serious crime, which comprises murder, gang-robbery and robbery only was 160 as compared with 157 of the previous year m the F.M.S. There was one murder committed m the course of gang-robbery. There were fewer murders with robbery than m 1928, being five as compared with
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 442 5 f^rm\^F 2* ••■at •mi»A«s ki rs^o f Tired Nerves J?d n it^ U tK^ Ye and you arc easily f tiled it is the sign that your nerves are starving J tor want of nourishment. »wrvmg y f Stimulants and drugs will not restore your nerves i than^^^i 611 These
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    • 251 5 The Famous and the Original Orange-Smash has tempted many to produce inferior lm 1 1 ion w ORANGE-SMASH Supreme and inimitable. Framroz 8 Co. I URINARY PAIN— IMMEDIATE CURE! Do you <mtlW when you urinate" If there i« a burning sensation when p;i»iu^ urine and you are almost afraid to
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    • 133 5 t coo» Jvocet Hfl^ iTHAT AFTER TRYING OTHER BRANDS. I "SUGARCANE" HAMS and BACON I The Best by Test I TRUTH IN ADVERTISING j INDICATES SOUND JUDGMENT j fgPRE SH FGDIU RErPRIGERATIMG Co LTD I I Orchard Road, Selegie Road, Keppel Road, Grange Road Market S |p since A JOHN
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  • 1276 6 NOVELIST EXPLAINS. Making a Century at Novel V Writing. With the publication of his latest book on May 15. Mr. G. B. Burgiii at the age of 74. scored as a novelist. 100 (not out). Mr. Burgin explains m the following article how this unusual century
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 315 6 fe^^^ The Handiest Snack K \^m JmA Motarists, picnic partis, bridge MfflPJf^ players and everyb, dy else are I f^f?^ delighted with Skippers." A I w s lVl>^ of thc kcy tUJ !hi rolK j back and they are read> to I is^-^*- iutie siiv jr i> ;hes m rurc>t
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    • 348 6 MORRIS 1930 i MODELS OUTSTANDINGLY A Ul? A T\ TRIPLEX GLASS A ByJfj^^^^^^Jg^ THROUGHOUT 9 LJ m BE CHROMIUM v RSBr PLATING V ••1^ MORRIS COWLEY Completely equipped $2075. YEAR AFTER YEAR quality of maximum motoring V MORRIS MOTORS LTD. value— it is inbuilt— inherent- have consolidated their characteristic of
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  • 507 7 ECKENEITS PLANS. Aerodromes That are Mechanised. A vision of great airships speeding across tnej Atlantic, of luxurious passenger-carrying craft \TZ 1 l a Parts of the world of monst-r I lißhter-than-alr vessels which will carry goods Ulih^mu 01 QUeer mechanlc al contraptions which will house these
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  • 232 7 Language Adopted at Congress. Paris. For the last three years the arrest of thieve' of a certain class has revealed m their possession letters and even telegrams m a code which proved the despair of experts. Of the **t jargon, there was not a sign. The fact
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  • 103 7 Jumped from Shanghai Hospital Window. In the morgue of the Paulun Hospital, Shanghai, before a small gathering, the inquest on the body of a young lady who committed suicide was held. She was identified as Miss Regina Shammass, British. The inquest was adjourned. The late Miss Shammass
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  • 109 7 Programme of Drills up to and for weekending June 22nd. Thursday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, S.R.E. <v), 30 Yards Range. Friday, 3.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, S.R.A. <v>. Battery and Battery Signal Parade. "E" (Chinese) Coy., Weapon Training. Ist Battalion Signal Section, Section Parade. Malay Drill Hall, "P"
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 413 7 I is f tV The of \J rw y&i^F* climate brought I **~~7~Z! i— to tr °P ic j 1 I Kalzana puts I backbone into boys! f "A CHILD from three to j i~V thirteen year, needs a. j mucT Calcium a day as two I grown men. for
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    • 91 7 P or years Chevrolet has meant "Economical W^^ HiC Transportation" to truck users throughout W/f the worla. In designing the six-cylinder engine Bf economy was one of the prime factors considered. and low petrol and oil consumption were obtained by a greatly improved combustion chamber design, better manifold construction and
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  • 521 8 MORMON HIGH PRIEST. Brigham Young's Biography by Forty-first Child. Mrs. Susa Young Gates, the forty-first child, by his twenty-first wife, of Brigham Young, famous m his day as the high priest and leader of that curious sect known as the Mormons, has written a biography of her
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  • 536 8 Freshmen's Dinner. Every year writes a correspondent the newcoiners to the Medical College entertain the old stock at dinner. The Indo-Ceylonese had theirs on Saturday June 14 at the Capitol J Restaurant where covers were laid for 35. Mr. A. R. Kandiah presided. Among those present were
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  • 405 8 Last of an Ancient Calling. When next year the census of Britain is taken there will be found m the returns for the Parish of Fulham the sole remaining representative of an ancient calling that of the linkman numerous m the bad old days when streets
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  • 12 8 i« British Columbia, oi J" umpire who did much >"* bowlers m first
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 282 8 I \bucamtot I j I send themllome I I During the hot season— keep up the vitality 1 m their little bodies and build up their I I strength by giving them regularly three I I times a day Waterbury's Compound. For I over 25 years Waterbury's Compound I has
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    • 122 8 Ik' wK^ *^k *wv. "vMjJf :> V^^B|Km^ y Ti I jj li— 7: :'x y mr^^lff*^T& > -4T v- > m at i b t Taßik. I v .-:< if jC ifj 'li^*. i! y 7.:- l/t* mi* /iji^^ V Cl JH ■r' Ox All my friends said I ought
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 481 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ASSAGE ANICURE ISS FUMIKO 32 Dhoby Ghaut. MARBLE MERCHANTS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Nos. lAS, Penhas Road. off Lavender Street Phone 6075. DON'T WBAE A TRDBBt ;•< Brooks Rupture Appllance. New discovery. t ?W Wonderful I No lumpy f^ Bd pad.-, no springs, dur- J^r Able, cheap. Binds and
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    • 690 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ATTENTION IS DRAWN TO NFW TENDERING RULES POSTED IN TENDER ROOM. NOTICE is hereby gi^n that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room Municipal Offices:— «**«u. Closing Date Installation o'
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    • 821 9 AUCTION SALES. A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY OF ACQUIRING WELL-KEPT TEAK FURNITURE OVER 425 LOTS TO SELECT FROM IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF HIGH GRADE MAHOGANY STAINED TEAK AND CANTON BLACKWOOD HOUSEHOUD FURNITURE ETC. The property of F. G. Herose Esqr. AT "SHELDON" NO. 55 MEYER ROAD (TANJONG KATONG) ON SATURDAY, JUNE 21st,
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    • 500 9 Jt* jnvJL JnxJnSjrW JFScI JtXk^i NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above trade mark is the e\rlu.< ve property of FAIRBANKS. MORSE ft CO.. a Corporation organized and existing under the Laws of the State of Illinois. United S'.ates of America and carrying on business as Manufacturers, with a principal
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    • 1184 9 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE of VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTY. A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR SOUND AND PROFITABLE INVESTMENT IN UmO AND HOUSE PROPERTIES NOT TO BE MISSED BY ENTERPRISE* CAPITALIST*. IN THE ESTATE OF SULTAN KHAN SUR4TTEE, (dac* IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE OF MOST VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL
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    • 76 9 AUCTION SALE of EXCELLENT DESIGN WAX POLISHED AND> WALNUT STAINED TEAK HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE ETC. At our saleroom Nos. 30 and 31 Chulia Street. On Saturday, June 21st, at 10.30 a.m. COMPRISING:— Sideboard, oval design extending dining table with 1 extra leal, and chairs, dinner wagon, refrigerator, wardrobes and almeirahs with
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 16 10 PEARCE. At Singapore 0:1 June 19 to Mr. and Mrs Roland M. Pearee a son.
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  • 922 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 19. 1930. THE CHINESE CUSTOMS. A very difficult situation seems to be arising m north China m connection with the Customs arrangements. The right to an extra 2V 2 per cent customs, a surtax, has been argued back and forth between China and the Powers
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  • 89 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.] London, June 18, 5 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £134 2)16 (up 15U6). Forward £135 10|16 (up 11(16). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's
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  • 1890 10 PASIR RIS INCIDENT. oroner Exonerates Malay Who Shot Soldier. Ahmat bin AH, the Malay raandore employed f Mr. J. A. Elias at his estate at Pasir Ris. as yesterday proclaimeu by the Coroner. Mr. G. Bourne, to have fired the shot which llled Sapper
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  • 296 10 Funeral of Mr. J. J- Con***The funeral of the late Mr J. J O"*^ who. as reported m the Fret Pre* J"** died m hospital MMN moWr at Johore. took place yesterday aIOT-. a choral service at the Cath-ural «<™l Shepherd, at Bldadari Cemetery. J*^ Rev. P.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 182 10 pi I CALDBECK'S I SELL BY THE BOTTLE I NO ORDER TOO SMALL. 8 RETAIL HOUSE 190. ROBINSON ROAD Telephone 6228. ■<■..■ ■>.! M'"wm\Mmmt\ t nmMNW i^ a VMm mw m > mmMm^* BY SPECIAL Bsff *^l HJW THE KING II APPOINTMENT TO OF S^ M 1 THE NEW TABLE
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    • 80 10 I JOKES ABOUT PROHIBITION, MOTHERS-IN-LAW AND FORD CARS are being discouraged on the American stage. In England there is as yet no attempt to interfere with pantomimes. Those who have any dealings with any one of the three should protect themselves with "GAFLAC" ACCIDENT POLICIES. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE
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  • 104 11 rfllUP, THE TASKMASTER. Ix-njrthy Wrangle Over Finance Bill. I RfUWs SerTKe I London. J uiu- Is I!. H.u« of Commons was stl li aittin"' at t2 S Ilkeli^ood of its cwiu ...-mght session. The nast 21 v -e^M kl a wrangC dJculTon mti iauses of the
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  • 98 11 SEIZURE OF THE TIENTSIN CUSTOMS. lieclaration May be Made to the Powers. R/ ,:<Ts Far Eastern Service, j Shanghai. J une i B> rti from Nanking say that th* Councu. the highVn or^ sat,-nal Government, to-day ducusLd kuic of the Tientsin customs and passed that a derlr^tlon should t tatd
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  • 58 11 INDIAN VILLAGE DRUM BEAT WARNING. "Here Comes the Revenue I Man." :Reaters Service) \hnvd-ib.id. June 18 Sepcr* (r rr. villages m Gujerat indicate f campaign to refuse to pay the land üb* be^n Peasant*, warned by drum i> approach of the Revenue officers I M Itadr bmmm and hide m
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  • 44 11 *ie*a Committee Throw Out Workers' Proposals. -r .s Service. I Grnrva, Junr ix. on Hours of Work m Coal by 27 votes to 16 the worker V n■ -hour day The British tc was one of three deleI from voting.
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  • 132 11 MR. DWIGHT MORROW'S VICTORY. TV Prohibition Problem. ißeuter's Service] Newark. Nnr Jersey. June 18. hitherto available from the In Duitht Morrow is winning an torj- m the primary Senate M Morrow opened his cam- month for a seat m the Senate, be 5. 15 world b v the advocao- of
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  • 55 11 W r Planes Which Will N °t be Shipped. •Outer's Service] Washington. June 18. B* the Umted Sutes Gov k Mkptod a policy of banning ship '<ujpment to Russia on th< fiave no diplomatic relation Twenty bombing aeroplane a-'e not to be despatches '"vcrnment will
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  • 51 11 MR. WAKATSUKI BACK IN JAPAN. VVith^the Emperor. ■fcfaft-MfaM Service.] Tokyo. June 18. V 4l J Chief to the LonS at cr nee arrived m Tokio this t and sul ««iuently was Cc b H.I.M. the Emperor. *> v, l me€t ing. Mr. Wakateuki course of the conference. r^ cables on
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  • 47 11 RACECOURSE TRAGEDY. Bookmaker Killed at Ascot. PRESS SE RVI C rcoPY RIOHT The rain put at i end M^ Sf C UDtry 4^rdX k rir tntaB tb^?.^ L he enclosu :s P"« of The <WhiCh UM storm. »«s run m a thunder- gj;sdkljgmdgh
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  • 91 11 latest Returns from Hoylake. {Reuters Service J the leaders including Compston 70 tW'^ '2.5—14,. Vo^ Elm 7176—147: Ernest Whif 73^ lirV U8; Mi M 7673 NtolSS; Smith 7576 ls^ Duncan BOBBY JONES EQI ALS COURSE RECORD. London. June is. At Hoylake the Britishers are keeping up
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  • 73 11 Tragic Leave. {From Our Own Correspondent] Pmang. June 18. News has been received by cable that the death has taken place suddenly of Mr lan Stewart Mackay on June 14th. Deceased was divisional manager of Kuala Muda Estates and formerly of Johore He went home on leave
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  • 104 11 Satisfactory Year. FFrom Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. June 18. The Penang Tramways Department annual report shows that passengers carried increased by 1.(534.684 and also that the running costs increased by approximately $40,000 while revenue increased by over $31,000. Without the profit of the Workshop Department, the tramway*
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  • 115 11 Governor Lands Safely. We are officially Informed that the Sea Be"? II struck an uncharted coral reef at vui. on Tuesday, and is understood to be fast aground half a mile from the shore on the northwestern side of Northern Perhentian Island, off the northeast coast
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  • 139 11 Mr. Syed AlsagofT J.P. An interesting function took plac? yesterday afternoon at the premises of the Arabic Social and Literary Club when a tea party was given m honour of Mr. Syed Ahmad bin Mohamed Alsagoff on his recent appointment as a Justice of the Peace. Amongst
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  • 38 11 The death occurred yesterday unexpectedly of Shaik Mohamed bin Ahmat Bashaib. who had been for a number of years a faithful and conscientious employee of this paper as collector The funeral was largely attended by relatives and friends.
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  • 410 11 HOW TO HELP RUBBER. To the Editor. Sir.— The above subject is every d*v m mv and the position is getting daily from bad to th 3 h"?,T to that^ne! venrnrtZ^ST 1 <>Venment iook after those governed, and It the Dresent m 101.380 tons stock m
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  • 147 11 Ironside Reverse Reported. 'Nanyang Siang Pau Press Service.) Shanghai, June 18. Five gunboats bombarded Changsha and 500 defenders evacuated Hokien's trooos entered the city yesterday. Li Chung-jen directs operations. The main force is retreating south via Yuihsien. others are proceeding to Chuchow. Government troops recaptured Pmgkiang and
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  • 68 11 [Prom Our Own Correspondent] Penan*. June 18. Mr. \ang Nien Su. the newly arrived Chines* Consul for Penang. was married to-day m Style to Miss Ye Han s *e- who arrived from China on Tuesday. The bride was attired m a specially made Shanghai silk bridal
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  • 40 11 Tobacco Agents to be Abolished. fNanyo Nichi-Nichi Service! Tokyo, June 18. me Tobacco Monopoly Bureau has decided to abolish divisional selling agents from tiiis month, m order to comply with the policy of rationalization of Government enterprises
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  • 51 11 The following pupils presented by Mrs. E A Paulusz nave passed the Piano Practical Examination held m Singapore this week: A T C. L. Diploma— Miss B. Beranger; Higher Local Division— Miss R Supramaniam, Mrs T Thompson; Junior Di vision— Mrs T H. Wee Miss J
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  • 1043 11 LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. Nationalists' Campaign Against Rebels. The following summary of the position m CWnahas been forwarded by the Sin Kuo mid .Press. President Chiang Kai-Shek's position as leader and President of a united China has beea challenged by the Kuominchun generals and their allies and although
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    • 17 11 Mr. V. W. W. S. PuioeU, and Mr. C. O SoUis •re due m Penang next month.
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    • 155 11 > V ROBINSONS SPECIAL MILLINERY NOTICE I ft t A SELECT ASSORTMENT OF NEW MILLINERY I IS ASSEMBLED IN OUR SHOW ROOM- I TfflS SPECIAL R4NGE WE ARE OFFERING AT ONE PRICE ONLY $7.50 I Robinson Co., Ltd. (Incorporation m the S.S.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. I ii Bk 9Kb^
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  • 135 12 UNEMPLOYMENT. Executive Responsibility of Government. fßeuter's Service] L London, June 18. ai After the conference of local authorities on tl unemployment Mr. Mac Donald held a conver- sation with Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Lloyd George si separately it is understood, with regard to un- g'
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  • 149 12 Passing of "Very Courageous Gentleman." > i I British Radio Official Service.l Rugby, June 17. The body of Sir Henry Segrave. who was killed after breaking the motor-boat speed record on Lake Windermere. was cremated at Golders Green crematorium to-day. The funeral was of the simplest
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  • 71 12 Official Confirmation of Critical Action. I Reuters Sen ice] London. June 17. In the House of Commons Sir Dennis Herbert tCon. Watiordi drew attention to happenings m Tientsin and the report that the CommLssioner of Customs had sought refuge at the British Consulate. Mr. D&lton (Under
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  • 87 12 Statement m Parliament. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. June 17. Asked m the House of Commons whether he ■could give any further information regarding the situation m Malta. Dr. D. Shiels. the Under Secretary for the Colonies, said that owing to the state of public feeling the elections
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  • 23 12 Chamber Supports Nahas Pasha. (Reuters Service.) Cairo. June 18. The Chamber unanimously adopted a resolution supporting the Nahas Pasha Cabinet.
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  • 48 12 Chinese Bandit's Captive Released. [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Peking. June 17. Chinese soldiers have freed Mr. Clifford King and brought him back to safety. (Mr. Clifford King, of the Society of the Divine Word, was captured by bandits m south Honan, on June Ist. 1
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  • 16 12 I Reuters Service.] Washington, June 17. President Hoover has signed the Tariff Bill.
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  • 72 12 Six Women m Record Entry. London, June 9. A record entry of ninety-six planes has hitherto been received by the Royal Aero Club for the Kings Cup Air Race on July 5. including planes m the names of the Prince of Wales and Prinre George which
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  • 50 12 A great deal of uneasiness, says the Times of Malaya, has been caused m the Railways Department by rumours of retrenchment of subordinate employees. These rumours, coming as they do m the wakt of the notices given to the clerks m the Construction Department, have camfd unsettlemeut among Railway employees.
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  • 626 12 COUNTY CRICKET. Slow Bowler Takes His Hundredth Wicket. Both A. P. Freeman, the googly bowler, and •eslie Ames, the oatsman-wicketkeeper. who re among the possibles for Test match honours his year, played a big part m Kent's victory ver Derbyshire at Tonbridge, where the
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  • 143 12 Capacity of Trains and Buses Overtaxed. London, June 9. Tanned faces m the offices and workshops to-day will testify to the glorious Whitsuntidt enjoyed to the full after a long and dismal spring. The capacity of the trains and buse* was overtaxed. The organisers of sporting
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  • 100 12 The post-war nervous sufferer is still with us, writes the "Lancet" m editorial comment on a complaint that war-strain is no longer a serviceable excuse m British courts. "The cases under discussion," continues th« article, "indicate the absence of regular machinery to ensure recognition, and
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  • 548 12 OFFICER TAKES ACTION. Town Besieged by Communists. Chenynan. Kwei., May 16. For more than a week. Yuanchow, Hunan, has been besieged by some 8.000 troops from Hungkiang and Changsha trying to conquer General Li. who has thrown m his lot with General Hsieh of Tungjen.
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  • 259 12 Foreign Companies* Threat to Withdraw. Shanghai. June 4. The long fight between the British i»nd Danish cable trust and American radio i:ivrests reached a climax here this week wh..-n the British-owned Eastern Extension Cable Company and the Danish Great Northern Cnb\ Company threatened to withdraw their lines
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  • 119 12 Madame Lambrino Glad. Paris, Jane 10. Madame Lambrino, King Carlo's first wife, m an interview at her villa m Neuilly with regard to King Carol's return to Rumania, said. "I am so glad. It is the best thing for him and for his country. He ought to
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  • 448 12 SENSATIONAL RAID. Manufacture of Heroin and Morphine Pills. Peking, May 29. What is described by the Chinese Press p* I a drug factory with a capital investment of I $300,000 was raided by Morrison Street Police j shortly after noon on Tuesday, when ov.rj twenty
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  • 439 12 Guarantors Wanted. Drawing attention to the fact tViat "squeeze" is the worst form of corrupt irti m official circles, an interestinp proposal has been submitted to th° National Government by Mr Chang Sung-fuh. of the Legi>lative Yuan and Mr. Wu Cheng-ching. secretary to Gen. Chiang
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  • 112 12 Plucky Rescue of Indian Law Students. London, June 8. An unknown girl heroine made a plucky rescue at sea m Eastbourne to-day. Two Indian law students were swimming some distance from the beach when one of them got into difficulties. The other student went to assist him
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  • 1891 12 CHILDREN OF THE EAST. Their Life and Their Characteristics. Five years on Pulau Brani brought me into close and intimate contact with the Malays, and it was net lens before I learned to like these brown -skinned, happy-go-lucky children of the East. It rr.av ba
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  • 119 12 OFFICIAL REPORT. Butchers Aid to Anti.j> riti IRI uUr's t'*-n:i The Oorenunent ol I the situation [or the v, t the tMaatkm In North fr«ai i is ■tafetllMd. Thy vhoh trll scrupuloii ;?y riipiiwrod fw.m t r V" molh ran<nrtlni tntl-Brttixh propt^ia^ 1 mrans ol
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  • 69 12 British Share MM to Reduce [British EMitO Oflctel Kucby Janr 1; In the Houa of Oortmoog. U Chti Ihe Exch \v PhUlp «IM* reply to a mnatfon that the ■rftM] elMti the pnx«. I- if the Ml r f parati' M Loan would b»- applied to dtbi
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 970 13 Mailers Cricket Practice. Leeds. In a park here this morning, while I wat searching my mind for a subject on which could write. I saw a small boy take up his stand before a tree and then start to bow] googlies at it.
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    • 153 13 Cambridge's Big Lead Against Oxford. London, June 6. Cambridge.— After the first day of the Inter- Varsity Lawn Tennis tournament, Cambridge are leading by eight matches to three. The Cambridge victories were registered by Avory, who beat Mather, 6 4. 6—l: Gandardower, who beat Tinkler, 6 2,
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    • 860 13 Practice Against Men. Miss Dorothy Round, one of England's leadsfing girl lawn tennis players, considers the best I J training to sharpen the wits and bring fleetsi ness of foot is play against men. Writing m lithe Evening News she gives Rene Lacoste's I notes and
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    • 195 13 Rose of England's Easy Victory. Describing Rose of England's .victory (m 2 mins. 29 sees.) m The Oaks at Epsom on Juno 6 a London cable to Ceylon papers saysThe weather was glorious at Epsom when The Oaks was run to-day. Gordon Richards scored his
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    • 26 13 Drra. L. Burt, HQ Wing. Welch Regiment Is suspended from playing m any representative football until October 31st. for unsportsmanlike behaviour during a recent football match.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 179 13 Take pjwjsasi: rake 2Si^rit;i?3 GENASPRIN The SAFE Brand o/ Aspirin <* *Ti^z^^rr^?*- j >♦ H^^4»<^^AAMMA/ jKELVINATORI SUPREME BY TEST >* _^___j~ j f Product of the t fe l^^^ 1 S exclusively de- V k voted to the manufacture of I^^ S**wm e 'ectric ref ri^ era- JL 16 YEARS
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    • 213 13 1 c<;?Soh IMPORTANT %l|ltnP *"T NOTICE Vl 11 *9»0 SUzenyer Tennis Bath ft aJ-epaJccJ m hermetic- %|J C» A •f\ ally sealed cylindrical **>% Q 1•' uns m whuh the air f 4 W >^ A that m the ball*. Hence _i XV W the age ot the ball com-
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    • 761 14 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. FfTWf BBKVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twfts* Monthly Serrtee Liverpool ana Glasgow. (Via Genoa and U*m). I Baste sabject to alteration wtheut notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT ORESTES For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg June
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    • 620 14 EUerman 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. Bfalfmpore sjs. CITY OF DELHI Miy 2 BJt. CITY OP ATHKNB AuB# 6 8A CITY OP DURBAN
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    • 425 14 P. &»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 GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnagr. Sinn*, KALYAN 9.100 June 28 RAWALPINDI 16.600 n,
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    • 727 15 O. S. .K. Line. lm Angeles »n1 New York: —(from H(xxg Kong) (Express Freight Service). Tokal Maru Aug 21 vir wru^ Smitle and Vanco«ver:-(f r om Kobe) t ft**, July f lyjruion. Rotterdam. Hamburg, Bremen and Antwerp. Altai Maru j u i y 19 20 Durban. P. Elizabeth. Cape Town.
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    • 583 15 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE AMERICAN MAIL LINE TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON From SINGAPORE and PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES and GENOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive. Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. PRES. HARRISON June 9 June 12 June 14 July 22 PRES. JOHNSON June 23 June 26
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    • 820 15 X, P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OP BATAVIA.) (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan*) of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 680 16 Burns Philp Lme.\ (Incorporated In Australia). I FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. V Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and the motor vessel Malabar (4,512 tons). The s-s. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia
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    • 286 16 JKg NORDDEUTSCHER IfflS LLOYD. ll+kjlj Incorporated to I Germany) I TUe undernoted are the Oompany-t Intended I dxtures: I OUTWARDS. t WTTRAM For Shanghai, Moji, Osaka, I Kobe. Yokohama and Hankow Juna 20 1 FULDA For Manila, Hong Kong, I Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau June 22 I HOMEWARDS. t
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    • 490 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. j nc 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated m U.S.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM) BALTIMORE. Doe- Sails. j^ y M.S. SILVERPALM July 21 July 27 Au M.S. SILVERASH Aug. 18 Aug. 24 Oct l PACIFIC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 703 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. I BY TRAIN. I. Kuala, Pahang, Pekan, Bungel Lembtn J I and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jeran- 1 1 tut) every Monday. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ajn.l Bangkok every Thursday 6 a_a,| Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, I Ipoh, Taiplng, Penang and Kedah |i and Lower Slam 6
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    • 217 16 Karuah. Brit. 103, from Muar 18, for ur certain. Magnet. Brit. 207. from S. Liat 18. for Sing kawang 21. Singkel, Dut. 285, from Singkawang 18. for 1 Priok 18. Perak, Brit. 519, from P. Swettenham 18, fc P. Swettenham 20. Tantalus, Brit. 7777. from Hankow 18, fc New York
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 54 17 BRITISH TRAWLER FIRED ON. Report Against Danish Gunboat. HH- Oflh W Strvu-- Ru^by. Janr 17. •m the House of Office had real four livt shelLs I QrlOUbf trawk-i on ;r the Under-SecrrU.ry for the !d the attention of txin called to this .id certamly make repreb Government ii he warranted
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    • 45 17 Ship Owners' Annual Bill. Reuteri Oeivlue. London. June 17. nw Of Commons to-day, replying Mr C G Ammon (Under-Secy s^r said the .substitution of police for arj guards on 'merchantmen In Chinese p BHt about $80,000 a year and wa* borne .:v companies.
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    • 217 17 ISSIAN PIRATES OF THE NORTH. Outlaws With Islands As Base. t Bundftjr.— To capture and crush Uh mt ptolftH of the frozen northern seu* HttOO i berne organised :n Ar- &>on as the ice melt* enough I :nake its way through tbf> 1 Furnish, and Norwegian been disappearing frcm B
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    • 154 17 T'Kile Dash to Men m Peril. I Hastings. May 21. I ;>• .-d-boat to the rescue v fifteen-foot dinghy. 1 py s-a about two mile v inched by hundreds of 1 -m»-nade this evening I I bo saw the mishap I font, hastened to v lowered
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    • 11 17 K. a pistol called a lemon I i a grape-fruit.— American
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    • 501 17 62,000 LIVES SAVED BY A WOODEN BOWL. Romance ofjhe Lifeboat. EwL 7 UeSday (WriUs EOB m DaUy jxpress m mail week) is Lifeboat Day. and we Natinn^i Ve T a f n v!^ POrtUnity of helpin the Royal work c- lnstitu "on m its splendid since its foundation m 1824
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    • 229 17 A Cunard Challenge. London. May no. Tht news that a new giant Cunarder will b~ built by John Brown and Company. Limited. Clydebank. has given great satisfaction on the Clyde, where the local shipbuilding industry has been for some time at low ebb. The Cunard Company is
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    • 237 17 ATLANTIC TOI T RIST FACILITIES. New Canard Liners on the Service. London. May 20. So successful has been the introduction of tourist -third-cabin accommodation on the Atlantic routi that two additional Cunard liners have been equipped for the service. The whole of the second-class quarters of the Carinthia and Franconia
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    • 188 17 .Admiral Discloses New Cruiser Plan. Washington, May 20. A remarkable secret concerning the United States shipbuilding plans was inadvertently disclosed yesterday when the Senate Committees were discussing the London Naval Treaty While speaking before the Foreign Relations Committee. Raar-Admiral J. V. Chase revealed the fact
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    • 250 17 Rear-Admiral Chase let the cat out of the bag m his evidence on the Naval Treaty before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United Stat«; Senate, when he referred, m public to the proposed improvement m the design of the new American eight-inch gun cruisers, says
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    • 305 17 66 Warships m the Mediterranean. Paris, May 11. Sixty -six vessels of war steamed yesterday before President Doumergue. under a cloudless sky m the Bay of Algiers, while three squadrons of hydroplanes mano;uvred m the air. This is the third naval review that M Doumereue has held
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    • 195 17 London, May 21. Thy departure for China next Saturday of a number of British O class submarines, sister ships of the Australian vessels Otway and Otley with the mother ship Medway. which form the nucleus of the Fifth Submarine Flotilla, will be an important
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 167 17 Superlative Quality at an Economical Price State Express 900 ir^ Aw <-u~ 1 «y^ \^s 999/ ARDATH-LONDON PURE |£J"MILK~~~ p?*^ *^>«-'^'l>.^^^^i77^- >^ f-y's ii*y^-^^^^r JnT-^'^sf r^7<ss^?j^ tuy^-^j^w^^ n X HE RE «s a charm i^ENSED Mjjl| Sleek well-keot cnw« aboutthe 4 Milkmaid" "Kl*Sfc; B raze aII day lon« m pastures
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  • 518 18 QUARREL LASTS 20 YEARS. THE LONELY RICH MAN. Brothers Who Ignored Each Other. The fact that two brothers had not spoken to each other for 20 years and often passed each other In the street was stated at the inquest at Croydon on Percy Thomas, aged 72, a recluse, reported
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  • 237 18 Mr. J. R. Lynch's New rosi. Many readers of this journal will >robably remember Mr. John R. Lynch, ormer Assistant Traffic Manager of the federated Malay States Railways. and vho now. after spending some years irranqing and directing cruises lo many parta >f the world, is
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  • 175 18 Commemoration Plans. 1 Preparations have already been begun to mark I the centenary of the death of Sir Walter Scott, 1 who died on September 21. 1832. I A committee of representative men throughlout the country, with the Duke of Buccleuch las President and Professor Grierson
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  • 62 18 British Malaya for May contains an article on Singapore port problems by Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer. Children of the East by Mr. P. Stephen Clark and a description of the charms of Tobameer by Mr. A. R. Linton. are interesting appreciations. "Palia Dorai" writes on "Boo^ Troubles m the
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 109 18 Mm Mm/ indigestion and man > utmr ninor .lilnicnK lf ViYML cdi TTT C T T" lit H& X i tk uscon i !a#t-i*oc wax| f STA/N and POLISH J J for 3( Cement and Tile Floors j Imparts a uniform colour. Can be attractively polished. *J A Adheres to
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    • 525 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up Capital In 600.000 share, Relrfe ".°<*>' ooo Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE! 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo Saigon Bangkok ipoh Semarang Batavia
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    • 269 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England* Capital ««J»d Reserve Fund «nd Rest 1.646,505 BOARD OP DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie, Esq., Chairman. I p R Chalmers, Esq. Charles J. Hambro, Zsq. J O. Robin? n, Esq. W. H. Shelford. Esq. Sir Thomas Catto, Bart. LONDON BANKERS: Midland Bank,
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    • 228 18 INSURANCE. SOUTH |.te| b&tish N^p INSURANCE COMPACT lIMITIn FIRE, MARINE, TRANsn MOTOR CAR I INSURANCE ACCEPTED it lowest current rates L. C. MARGOLIOUTH. Manas* Office: 2, Fml.i\ r-reen PERSONAL ACcfif FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday poj^ HAVE you made provision for the r^ of your dependents should such c^ overtake you
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  • 503 19 What Government Could Do. In rid of the fact that the home Governjh t*-rn asked whether it can arrang- for rubber road making m order tc r rubber industry the following letter Mi Francis DeverfU to the Financial Times ir.terert: With spot rubber about 7d a pound it
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  • 132 19 I Hi net profit of the Kuala Sel&ngor Rubber l^-c^j lot 1929 amounted to £12.301 (against I 1928 > and £8.550 wa»s brought forB l^- A turtbm diviaend of 2d. per share t3 1 -.-dung Id. per 2s. share for the year •cc.i 3d per snare leaving
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  • 82 19 I i?C9 the crop of the Pemambang JJ^r artat«-; amounted to 2.028.3251 b. < against I fcJßfe r I93g>; the average net sale price I'^ ERn yisd to 8.84 d. per lb. The net v J t( £-3.739 'against £14.049). I r ;>ase to tran. f» r £1.000
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  • 125 19 M^° c effect of the P resent industrial ■2^^ past, and the world's trade is I Q tfcc up-grade, increased demand will 'abtedjy lead to a higher price, but on l^" iiaad# a cannot U)O stron S lv im 1 ypon shareholders that foUowing the of rubber m 1925 and
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  • 390 19 World Output and Consumption. An analysis of the probable world tin production and consumption for 1930 is contained m the May Lssue of Tin. which states as follows: "The figures issued by the Tin Producers' iHirllllW are the only authoritative source on v.nich to base an estimate, and
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  • 367 19 In an ißtMNttaf booklet "The Future cf Rubber." Lieut. -Col. J. C. G. Kunhardt. uho:>e name will be lainiliar to many people connected with UM piantatiori industry, surveys the tarU ous economic and statistical a>p<*ctj> of the rubber situation a> at the end of March
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  • 84 19 The proSt of the Klahang Rubber Co.. for 1929 amounted to £21.624 against £19.387 ior 1923> The dividend is unchanged at 7 1 o.c. ItM report states that tht crop was 1.335.700?»\ (against a restricted crop of 1.024.2001b. i. As from January 1 la?t the company acquired the
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  • 57 19 The Rubber Age reproduces a photograph of the reception hall of the new Council Chamber at Colombo showing the Macinlop rubber flooring. It is of very attractive design, the main area consisting of tiles, marbled pattern, alternating white and blue, with a black and white key pattern border. When Is
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  • TO-Day's Price Changes.
    • 207 19 June 18. BELLDIO. London 4 months' sight 2,3 15 16 London 3 months' sight 2j3 7|3 London 60 days' sight 2(3 13(16 London 30 days' sight 2\3 25 32 London, demand 213 3 4 London. T.T. 23 23!32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1429 Hamburg, demand 234 New York.,
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    • 206 19 June 18. Tin 250 Tons $67 l i Gambler 80 0 Pepper White 52 Pepper Black 37 Flake Tapioca 4.25 Pearl Sago Small 514 Copra Sundried 7.50 Rice, Anam No. a 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mart Red Eagle (New) gjo Rice, Slam old No. 1. 920 Rice, Rangoon
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    • 821 19 SrNGA*»ORE. JUNE 18TH. CLOSING QUOTATION'S. Bmjtn Soucn. A<am Kumbang 21s 6d 22s 6d Aver Hitams «ss> 12s 12s 9d c.d Bangrin Tin <£> 18s 6d 20s Ha tang Padang ($1) 10 14 Batu Caves ($1) 45 55 1 Buklt Arang ($1) 40 50 i Uurmah Malay (£>
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  • 638 19 Market Manipulation. Singapore, June. 17. Market manipulators were busy m the Industrial section during the week and "bear." have had matters very much their own way. but a good deal of covering Is now m evidence with a steadier atmosphere prevailing m consequence. United Engineers came m
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  • 28 19 Bou>tead and Co.. Penan?. Agents: Ratrut Basin First half Junet 419 houn 51.500 yards. 462 pikuls. Takuapa Valley. 581 hours. 156.000 yards 739 pikuls.
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  • 64 19 June ISth.. 11 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 19\ 20 Standard RS.S. on Tender June 20 20 t July 20 20 AUfUftt 20 'j 20 July-Sept. 20-.. 20 Oct. -Dec. 21'^ 21 g Tone of Market: Quiet. Latest Cable: London
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  • 112 19 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association, held its 972 nd. auction yesterday, when there was catalogued 762.651 lbs.; 340.47 tons. Offered 553.237 lbs.; 246.98 tons. Sold 502.260 lbs.; 224.22 tons. Spot. London 6d New York nr s ets PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet C'enU Per Lb.
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  • 159 19 Singapore. June 18. Rubber.— London. 6d. Unchanged 4 p.m. Price (Ldon Std> Spot 19 S.S. R S.S. on Tender June 20. July 20',. July-Sept. 20".. Oct. -Dec. 21... Steady. Tin.— London. £134 10s. 12s 6d. down. Mining.— Dull. Sungei Ways 2.50 2.70. Kuchais 1.02 1.04. Kintas
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  • 103 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY REPORT. Singapore, Jane 18. Tin. Quiet Kuchais 1.01 1.05. Kintas 1.02 1.05. Penawate. 51 53 Malay Consols. 20 21... Petalings 4.25 4.37 Klans Rivers 1.75 1.90. Talams 60 75. Batu Caves 43 50. Hong Fatts 48 53, Ayer Hitams 11s 61 12s 3d. Tekka Taipings 15s 3d
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  • 86 19 [British Radio Official Service. 1 Rugby. June 17. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam 12.08 Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5 25-32 d., Berlin 20.365, Brussels 34 835. Bucharest 818. Rio 5 17-32. Buenos Aires 41 9-16. Copenhagen 18 16. OcneVß 25.09. Helsinglors 193. Hong Kong Is. 2 T sd., Lisbon 108
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  • 91 19 The production of rubber by the Sungei Siput Rubber Plantations for 1929 was 785.4301 b. (against H37.2871b of which 742.7811 b (against 592.8C81b have been sold m London and tht East at an average gross price of 8.94 d per lb. (against 8 99d The profit amounted
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  • 269 19 As doubtless you are aware, a large majority of British and Dutch controlled wtalll throughout Malaya, Ceylon and the MtUmrfcu <i Indies agreed to stop tapping during thmcnlh of May. and, m view of the fact that this is the fust time that British and Dutch planters have been able
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 45 19 bALEED M1 000 000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER 138,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). Amm Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSITRAUri? ur A^URANCE. AGENTS WANTED. Secrecy Managing Director Actuary KWOX HORACE W. RAPER, A. ROBINSON, F. L A.
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    • 32 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINEFidelity 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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  • SPECIAL SPORTS CABLES.
    • 271 20 Hobbs Tired After Test Ordeal. I FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT. 1 London, June 18. After their defeat at the hands of England at Trent Bridge m the first Test the Australians went back to London and opened their match at the Oval against Surrey to-day. Hobbs, who
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    • 187 20 Duleep Will Get his Place. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT London. June 18. The critics are busy to day over the test teams. The writers generally admit that the balance of luck was against the Australians but say that changes m the England side are inevitable.
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    • 80 20 London. June 9. Tht Australian team, with the exception of a'BeckPtt and Jackson, motored to Sandringham and lunched with Viscount and Viscountess Downe at Hillington Hall on the borders of the royai estate this afternoon, and thru walked to the gardens fronting Sandrin^ham House, where Their
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    • 42 20 Seeded Players. I FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. London, Jane 18. The players seeded from the early rounds at Wimbledon are: Mrs. Wills-Moody, Senorita d'Alvarez, Mile. Matfchieu. Frau Aussem, Mudford, Watson, Ryan, Cochet, Moon. Doeg, Austin, Tilden, Morpurgo and Lott.
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    • 60 20 Team for Argentine. (FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.] London, Jane l«. The Lawn Tennis Association has decided to send a team of four men to compete m the American singles and doubles championships this year; also a ceam of three men and two women to the
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    • 36 20 Italy m European Zone Final. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jane 17. In the Davis Cup Japan beat Czecho-Slovakia by 3 matches to 2, and will meet Italy m the final of the European zone.
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    • 37 20 IReuters Service.] London. June 18. The Lightweight Tourist Trophy motor cycle race (m the Isle of Man) was won by— Guthri* (Britain) on an A.J.S at an average speed of 64.71 miles an hour.
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  • 489 20 S.R.C.'S SUBSTANTIAL VICTORY. GUNNERS BEATEN. Oehlers and Hay In Scoring Mood. S.R.C. 5: R.A 1. For the first time this season the S.R.C. had out a really strong team when they met the R.A. m the first division of the league last evening. The result was that the Club dominated
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  • 338 20 The following are the positions to date m the S.A.F.A. Leagues: DIVISION I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Malays 10 9 1 0 52 9 18 S.C.C. 11 8 1 2 24 10 18 S.C.F.A 10 8 1 1 32 4 17 Welch
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  • 64 20 The MacNab's 100-7 Win. [Reuter's Service.] London, June 18. The Hunt Cup run at Ascot to-day resulted as follows: THE MACNAB (by Abbott's Trace-Sunny Moya) l GRAND IDOL (Grand ParadePlying Scud) 2 LION HEARTED (Sir GallahadGuerrere) 3 Betting: 100 7 The Mac Nab- 28—1 Grand Idol; 10
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  • 42 20 The half-yearly accounts (to end April) of the Selangor Turf Club show $26,717 carried to Profit and Loss account. Totalisator net receipts were $62,699. sweeps $29,155, visiting members $10,135, horse entry fees $10,715. Stakes accounted for $65,550 and officials salaries $8,500 odd.
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  • 821 20 GRAND NATIONAL MULES. Waterloo Anniversary Celebrations. The 2nd. Battalion the Welch Regiment were on holiday yesterday— the anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo. A swimming gala 'took place at the swimming baths m the Barracks m the morning and a gymkhana of amusing events was held
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  • 60 20 The ties put down for Monday last will be played at the Cricket Club to-day (June 19th) at 4.45 p.m. Ties are as follows. Aitken and Kleinman vs. Balhatchet and Peterson. Donnell and Smith vs. Hamid and Kassim. John Lim and Bong Soo vs. Abed and
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  • 49 20 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping. Jane 18. The following are the scratchings m to-day's amateur races at Taiping: Race 1, Jay a, Burok. Race 2, Flash. Race 4, True Blue Race 5, Striking. Race 6, Barca, Stiffy. Race 7, Lady Tessie. All engagements, Soultsway, Red Blazes.
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  • 1007 20 SUTCLIFFE'S SUCCESSOR. The Claims of Leyland, Sandham and Whysall. A difficult complication arises m connection with the selection of the British team to meet the Australians at Lord's on June 27 owing to tht' fact that SutclifTe, by reason of his damaged hand, is not likely (according
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