The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 September 1930

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1 20 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 18 1 The Singapore Free Press. ESTABLISHED 1835. >3.»9 SINGAPORE, SS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 471 1 >■ After an atrocious start, mainly due to p the devastating bowling: of Tate, the Australians made a good recovery in their I match against Sussex at Brighton Page 20. The English league football season opened on Saturday in tropical weather but at- tracted good attendances Page
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  • 1173 1 Mr. Stanley, who lives in our street, is a shoemaker. But he Isn't going to be be a shoemaker much longer. He is now aged forty, and has been a shoemaker for nearly thirty years. But really his days as a shoemaker are nearly ended. He
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 173 1 J()HN MdOKMACK I o' V, HEART W" R \!FLES HOTEL I leoecini Commercial Luncheon 1 RVED IN THE GRILL ROOM vioXDAY, Ist SEPTEMBER. Mulligatawny Soup ■i Bed Steak and Kidney Pie. A §a^Bi rota a la Vlshy Mashed Potatoes Apple Pudding Custard Cheese Coffee. m $1.50 per person. y ~MULL~ROOM
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    • 180 1 I Green Island Cement 1 CASKS IL| >^\\^;rr^p^^f^>L^~ 4 7r^^/i^ BAGS x I I BRITISH MANUFACTURE X ♦> Sole Agents:— S.S. and F.MJS. *f I McAlister Co., Ltd. Phone No. 5171. I EUROPE^ HOTEL! I "Renowned by Recommeßdation." i j DANCING.— After Dinner every Tuesday, Thursday il W and Saturday.
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    • 129 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Robinsons sale Page 11. Try Bißia Estate Tea— Page 9. Ferroconcrete beats time Page 10. Use Armour tennis strings Papr 13. Government Evening classes Page 9. New stocks at VVhiteaways Page 6. Buy fresh Bukit Timah pork— Page 9. Choose from the Austin range Page 7. National Shoe
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    • 8 1 TO-NIGHT JOHN McCORMACK IN SONG 0' MY HEART
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  • 374 2 Savagery in the Philippines. Baguio. Aug. 7. The head or a little three-year old yirl. her hands and the hands of her baby sister, are now the trophies of some wandering headhunters who entered the isolated home of Ballong. a Benguet Igorot. in the temporary
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  • 166 2 Governor's Scheme to Suppress Gambling. Now OrJcirus, Au». 13. Governor Huoy P. Long of Louisiana plans, it was loomed to-day, to p!acc New OrtettlM une'er mar'i-U law to-nipht in an effort to ;;up- I POM ffjnKHny Tlie Govrrnor's order will include all BUburbSs ■xdtemmt of
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  • 108 2 And Win £9.000 on a Betting Scheme. Mr. Jacobus de Wei, a wealthy South African visitor to London, has been robbed of £9,000 by cOofidMIOI tricksters ULing a new method. The victim Wtt (ortuapta in picking out from the Sco*land-yard rcjjuej' gallery the photographs
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  • 12 2 Mr. P. M j. Hennery, a parlncr m tnc BangkolLr Bangkok Times
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 261 2 RODINE RAT POISON, j FASCINATING AND FATAL. 75 CENTS PER TIN, j SOLE IMPOBTEBS MEDICAL HALL LTD. j Wholesale Dept. 29 B CoUyer Qaay DbtainabSo ai a£ Chemisto and Dispensaries. I Unequalled Cuisine 1 j 1 French Pastry I I Delicious Ice-creams 1 I MAKE THE I I CAPITOL I
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    • 314 2 j VICTORIA THEATRE. To-Night and Nightly at 9.30 p.m. j j Matinee Thurs: Sept: 4th 5.15 p.m. jj Why Be Depressed j I ELSTREE CALLING I AND GO HOME HAPPY. AN EVENING WITH THE STARS jjj WILL FYFFE, CICELY COURTNEIDGE, JACK HULBERT. iff j LILY MORRIS, TEDDY BROWN etc. Sfi
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    • 184 2 6.15 TO-NIGHT f 9 15 All Records Broken over r/, I Week End I |j THE GOLDEN VOICE 1 1 of the World's Greatest Teaor 1 1 Sings its way into the Hearts of I SINGAPORE AUDIENCES I JOHN McCORMACK 1 "Son* 0' My Heart' IS A MASTERPIECE 1 I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 151 2 THE WEEK. Monri^y, s^pt. Ist. IZisn ;v,.rcT, 04.25, 7.5 ft., 15.36, 8.4 ft. Queens Birthc'ay Reception a*., Outch Polo Barnes Cup Final at Balestkr. Tmmtmft Ki^h Wiuer ••♦i.i7, 7.0 ft. 16/.1, 80 ft. H.E. the Governor returns from Java. Football: S A.F.A. Cup replay. I.C.F.A. vs. Pulau Eran'., Anson Road.
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  • 553 3 HINDU WOxM AIM'S U4AU. Curious Assertions in Calcutta Case. The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice C. C. Ghost', at the Caicutta High Court recently delivered judgment in an appeal from a judgment of Mr. Justice Bii'.kiand in a suit for damages against the East Indian
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  • 285 3 To Pay Father's Medical Expenses. A somewhat unusual deviation from the general type of kidnapping cases was revealed before Mr. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Magistracy when two women were charged by the Secretariat for Chinese Affairs in connexion with the kidnapping cf a baby which
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  • 136 3 Head Master's "Remedy." Speaking at the prize-giving to the junior boys of the Guildford Royal Giammar Schnl the headmaster, Mr. A. J. B. Green, said he had had one or two boys wanting to stay away from school because they were frightened ♦<? corns. The cause
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  • 146 3 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Pro-ramme of Drills up to and for week ending September 7th, 1930. Monday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall S.R A (t) Battery and Battery Blgna] Parade; Barr and Stroud Range finder. "B (English, Coy Company Parade. Nos. 1 and 3 Platoons. "E" (Chinese) Coy., Platoon Drill Tuesday. 5.15
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  • 318 3 Singapore. Aug. 27. By Lt. Colonel J. M. Mackenzie. D.5.0.. Commanding 5.3.V.F. Camps. Tht following camps during the month of Septembt aix published for ir.lormation: Saturday, September 6th to Sunday, September 7th. "D" (Eurasian) Co. Saturday. September 13th to Sunday, Bfp« tember I4ti v S.R.E. (v). Saturday,
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  • 163 3 Safe up to 2,000 Feet. Mr. G. E. J. Pistor. a. member of the executive council of the American Institute of Steel Construction, in a lecture at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, sa'd that as an engineer he was of the opinion thnt buildings could
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  • 36 3 We understand that the Controller of Labour, F.M.S., is particularly active at the moment in regard to unemployed estate labourers. No one need fear that the F.M.B. Government will neglect the welfare of estate labourers.- T.O.M.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 146 3 mk PARAMOUNT,^! fc^?; TAKES GREAT PLEASURE ■'IJannouncing the welcome return of THE PRINCE I H^ HHHOHK *3fQKr^Si& w V HM m J J H irresistable ii H irrepressibl E I I #^w P^-v As THE NAUGHTY I PRINCE consort* S I if THE LOVE I hV w in £> gA
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    • 34 3 V^V^vSM EVANS' Antiseptx ViJjjM Throat PASTILLES btc good for your From r *herniirt» ev«*rr 8 Wh< r*- Maxia io Bnifland to a formula of th* I ,lver pool Tbroat Hospital EVANS* ANTIitPTIC THROAT Pastilles
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    • 329 3 i Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. 1 BRANCHES l\* iuS± S£SL Street MALACCA. (< 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. I Registered by and Security deposited with the Straits Settlements Government. 1 A^ as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, I Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised I and Interest collected, Probate or Letters of
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  • Mysterious Mr< Malaford
    • 2352 4 CHAPTER XX PARADISE SQUARE. ONCE more the difference between Gray's ideas and methods and those of the detectives became apparent. Gray, as he left the telephone, made for the door, silently motioning the rest of us to follow. But the two detectives showed no signs of moving. "Half a minute!"
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    • 2287 4 CHAPTER XXI. THE COMMISSIONAIRE. The new arrival had no sooner set foot to ground than Clitheroe and Wigan let out exclamations of surprise: up to now they had seemed so unconcerned and phlegmatic that I, in my turn, was surprised to see them manifest anything. They instantly moved across the
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  • 133 4 The Bangkok Criminal Court convicted Nai Kim Toon, a Chinese youth of sixteen, of having murdered a woman who was his guardian. He committed the crime with a hatchet at their home in Sathorn road on the night Of June 20th, last. He was also convicted of having made off
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  • 343 4 EXCAVATION AT ST ALBANS. LONDON'S siy,,, (T Fortification- 0 H Examined. H The exev.ation &lt; H lam him adjoining n* I I under the direction of l Keeper of the U trace to in;- I V^H lopnv -u of the Hi I St Allans. MM The site en which place
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  • 304 4 Lloyd's Impregnable Strong Koomv The new head office and Cn&gt; Bank, which has been &lt; ;th frontag* to Lombard-street is an mv,) containing mam n.' effort has been ma de to make th&gt; space available, and while Ihc |MU roof rises 106ft above the basements,
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  • 69 4 The Municipal BIOTUMj ended August 23rd tUU registered ftflng a rate of 2 pared with 27.68 Um prevfe i corresponding VMfc ol the five year avera-o Dedw 14 persons less than thnv moi rate was 26.53. No plar; or cerebro-spinal BffV Phthisis, malaria, phncumonw were the chief causts of &lt;!••&gt;'
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  • 417 5 Working on a Super Range-Finder. Dublin. July 29. Sir Howard Grubb, the scientist, celebrated his 86th birthday to-day continuing his work on the creation of new optical instruments in his study overlooking Dublin Bay. His eyesight is somewhat impaired, and this hinders him in his work,
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  • 82 5 At the meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission this week in the course of passing the •supplementary budget for 1930. tht Presiden* announced that he had appropriated $25,000 for the purpose of experimenting with rubber pavements. The Commissioners were agreed that more experiments should be made with the hope of
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  • 620 5 Placating Mr. Gandhi. London, Aug. 20. The conviction that the result of the Indian Round Table Conference would almost certainly be confusion worse confounded was recorded by Mr. Churchill in a speech at Minster in Xent. in the course of which he strongly criticised the
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  • 29 5 3 The Raja Uda has been appointed A.D.C. to H.E. the High Commissioner. Mr. Simpson, Assistant Postmaster. Ipoh. !)M retired after many years of excellent rorvicr* in the Department.
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  • 310 5 No Trace of Missing Rs. 183,000. Calcutta, Auk. 19. The latest sensation in connexion with the recent theft of Rs. 183.000 belonging to th? Royal Calcutta Turf Club is the arrest of Mr. F. Binning, the manager of the totalizator. Mr. Binning's duty, it is understood,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 327 5 ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE SALE A YEAR— USUALLY TWO BUT THIS IS THE LAST ONE GREAT CLOSING SALE COMMENCING MONDAY SEPTEMBER We beg to inform our Clients and the Public in general that the whole ot our huge stocks valued at approx 50,000 must be cleared at
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    • 234 5 y^^- Severe Eczema yjflHH^K on Face, Arms and Legs BMM B^L Our portrait iBoflfi6S Florence Big- ff -m rm j M ir K nell, of 67, Scholars Uoad.Balham, *****60 &gt; I.omion, England, who. &gt; mother I M Wf K writes When eleven years old By Cleansing the Blood with f
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  • 1074 6 AMERICAN EXPEDITION. To Photograph Phenomenon From Pacific Islet. Washington, July 19. A queer, lonely little island in the mid-Pacific will be a centre of world interest for 93 seconds next October. Niuafou, a palm-covered circular ring of !nnd rising abruptly out of the ocean
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 509 6 JUST ARRIVED New Stocks in All Departments WHITEAWAYS 1 4,k I Low f/^^tS, \^-J^ $W? t^W s Prices IL\ n -Y- l uLArA^ \i rices //z r j|j y "jfe* \sl:i?£~ Men's Plam stiff front I J\ i\ ffl "I. y dress shirts, longdoth .^7 'l! 1 X fi Ar-
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    • 208 6 I Ensures rest and relief for those who I suffer from Neuralgia, Headache, or Tooth B ache, and is invaluable for easing aching I joints which are so common in the trepiu When applied to insect bites it kills thf the irritation immediately. MAP M Stocked by MEDICAL HALL Ltd.
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  • 1101 7 KALLANG ROKO MALAYS. Removal May Become Necessary. (By Our Muslim Correspondent.) Behind the Firestone Rubber factory at Kallang there are hundreds of attap houses, a great portion of which are occupied by Malays. These people have been living there for many years. Borne years ago there
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  • 917 7 LYDNEY CASTLE. Norman Remains of one Period. A small castle which dates trorn about the end of the twelfth century has recently been discovered and excavated by the Society of j Antiquaries at Lydney. on the borders of the Forest of Dean, in Gloucestershire. It
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  • 158 7 Mr. E. Nuttal! Taylor, who prior to his leave was Assistant District Officer, lower Perak, vili be transferred to Singapore when he returns from leave shortly T.O.M. The Hindu Advisory Boards for the Settlements of Singapore and Penang for the year 1930 are constituted as follows: Singapore: Mr. R. H.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 322 7 Check your baby's weight WHAT A BABV ftNCH LD ff\ WEIGH r &gt;^ f^\ AGE WEIGHT i^ 0 f^ month I 9 |hs W\ 2 months I |&lt;&gt;4 Ihs. \&gt;^_ V n k-i 4 1 3i lbs. I &lt; 10*. Ss^Z* *^«C lt&gt;«. 1 2 21 lbs. You on &lt;
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    • 427 7 We suggest thaf^^L you ask your nearest W distributor to show you V the complete line of RAY- 1 O-VAC Electric Torches I and RAY-O-VAC Bat- M teries. There are no 4^^^^ better made. Illustrated Catalogue tent without charge upon request. PILES CAN BE CURED. i Trtfttment That Is Different
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  • 1154 8 WEATHER WEAKENS. Royal Garden Party Ends The Season. rFrom Our Own Correspondent.) London, July 31. The London Season is ended with the Royal Garden Party, at which about 10,000 people were present. The Clerk of the Weather was not very kind, since the sun did not
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  • 39 8 Lieut. Commander G. T. W. Perkins, R.N. (retired) has been appointed to act as Harbour Master and Deputy Superintendent, Government Monopolies. Labuan, Commissioner of Stamps for the Settlement of Labuan, and an Assistant Superintendent of Chandu and Liquors Revenue.
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  • 158 8 The follow::. g action vai taken at inwtlm of Committee No. 8. hold on August 22nd. Decided not to accept Government's conditional oUer of vacant land on the west side of Clemenceau Avenue, for an open spacv for public recreation. Decided that schools should not be granted the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 293 8 i vJv CO»V(tlO»T King George IV FIS H111|IiIi|!' F^B? OLD SCOTCH "111 1^ 1 liilliii. vvhisky J^-^i THE DISTILLERS AOCNCY UMITCO f 2ksti/t*iV, COINBUR6N. i C B. J CROSSE BLACRWELL'S READY MEAT MEALS. c S Embodying Excellent Quality at a Low Price. i I xr l RE fDY MEAT j^.,^
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    • 130 8 rj\t^=3^ PRE-EMINENT IN EVERY COUNTRY OF THE WORLD V-.7V nS2j s —^jm 7 mW- 1 I \rf //\r'A 'K'.V V"- ff. 1 /fi,Av^.. ■•-.•.&gt;.-' jr Only long strands of pure golden Vircnua tobacco are seen when 555 Cigarettes ire subjected to the close scrutiny of the mi rev scope. The
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 302 9 ■^IFSS_CARDS. RfX?SAGE ■VI miko ir "i"^;- 1 1 I 9 tm l&gt;rnhas Road&lt; I .lender Slr^t-Pbone 6«75. fife i!i m sale 9"*' Siding I itfUe Tombstones Mi 1 inscribed ■fAS3AGi HALL M[ ;s IMKI AND MISS HANA I ;;n, Waterloo street I TELEPHONE 7467. I TO LKT. I Meyer Brothers.
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    • 521 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders ar now invited for the following materials c services, and that particulars of such tender may be obtained in the Tender Rooir Municipal Office: Closing Date. Supply of Steel Fabric suitable for Reinforced Concrete Roads, delivered 4 p.ni at Tiong
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    • 660 9 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE Of UNREDEEMED PLEDGES AND JEWELLERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. 3r At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co.'s saleroom rs No. 30 Chulia Street, On Monday, Sept. Ist. at 10 a.m. On Tuesday, Sept. 2nd. at 10 a.m. On Wed., Sept. 3rd. at 10 a.m. On Thursday, Sept.
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    • 253 9 Speedier fflij Writing Wt TV)R speedier transportai" H tion the air- plane. For speed- H ier writing the fer^j^a Parker Duofold ilHini Fountain Pen. P^jHll) V Parker Pres- [9|| I sureless touch enables you to write effortless- yflKi I ly, speeds your ||||j| hand and your 9H|;| I thoughts. I^BI
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    • 316 9 I BIGIA ESTATE TEA I I IS 1 GROWN IN MALAYA w Cheaper than any imported Tea. I yet twice as good. OBTAINABLE FROM S 1 iKh H7; h ViSi S O t n r ec.? tOre Chi Co.- I g Kim Ann Co., The Eas 3 bl s on
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  • 1362 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 1. 1930. WEEK-END COMMENT. For the first time for months the news from India is of a more hopeful character and although the prophecy of the Pioneer of "peace in a week" may prove to be too optimistic, the fact that this paper, which only
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  • 62 10 I Mr. P. H. Carter, of Ben ton g. has been admitted to the European hospital. Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. Wishart, Chief Health Inspector. Kinta Sanitary Board, and Mrs. Wishart have left for Home on holiday. Reports from Pusing show that several more Chinese mines have "thrown up the sponge"
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  • 81 10 The engagement is announced between Stephen E. Thorburn of Ulu Remis Estate. Layang Layang, Johore, and Gertrude, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Kirkham, of Fairhaven, Lytham St. Annes. A feature of the tin mining industry is that the number of coolies employed therein has dropped by approximately 30,000
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  • 143 10 The gross profit made by the Municipal Gas Department, last year, allowing for Public Lighting at cost was $264,107.07 and after deducting interest on loan, sinking fund and renewal charges, there was a nett profit of $150,269.86. Of this amount $106,083.71 was expended on additions of a capital nature to
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  • 118 10 Statistics as to the number of unemployed Chinese labourers in Penang are still not available but it is officially learnt that two batches of 256 and 100 odd have already been repatriated and that there are 200 more on the -waiting list. All these are decrepit labourers or chronically ailing
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  • 348 10 Count S. Cambiaso arrived at Penang fro.-n Bhuket on Thursday rrtorning by the Matang but left later for Singora by car. It is said that the Mayor of Canton is coming on a visit to Malaya. If he is coming on a money collecting mission, he will not get much
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  • 84 10 Exciting Exhibition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. 31. There was some exciting tennis in the P.L.T.A. Championship doubles semi-finals to-day. Yeo Wee Yang and Tan Thean Seang beat Donaldson and Marshall 6 2. 6 2. The brothers Wat Hye and Wat Sun won the first set
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  • 61 10 [Reuter's Service.] Warsaw, Aug. 30. The President has signed a decree dissolving the Diet and Senate from to-day and ordorin» the elections for a new Diet and Senate in November. The decree is accompanied by a m^ssag? in which the President declared he was unable to improve
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  • 220 10 NATIVE NATIONALISTS ON TRIAL. REVOLUTION (or,^, A Long rawn i dsv. &lt;From Our O* Ratavta Last Monday (he D National leaders (So and Soeriadinata, u.t.. Magistrate in Band.-:. were spent in examinli I** P.N.1.. Soekarno j The outstanding p examination were That ftwkarao'i put of whom 6.000 wen H '^ab^
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  • 381 10 Before Mr. n. h Whfttto* Ike Butu-n ltl Police Maoist rat.- UK CM m wha-h Wan Mohammed Raz/ali. tltai de Btmm paper correspondent ka charped wr:. j defamation, was rruntiunid aßuii. Razzali was char^-d a&gt; lUtovi M August H "That on or about (he Ttli day d
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  • 176 10 The following WCN Professicna! Exs-imiutior. rf Hi KMi a"* l KilM rrilN I:-Miss P. E. tod** M W Physics and Biolo K &gt; try&gt;: Lim Chin Kh&lt; a:i mm. 'Biology .Exemption In &lt; Sics&gt;: Miss Too Tuiik Yid: (jm Pass in Chemistn and Pfcjrfw
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 330 10 JOHN HARVEY AND SONS LTD. BRISTOL Sole Agents C ALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., (Incorporated under the Cor.ruaries' Ordinances of Hong Kong), (Incorporated in Shanghai) I 90, Robinson Road. Telephone 6228. I FINEST AUSTRALIAN MUTTON— I IN PRIME CONDITION I 1 SHOULDERS 35 cts. per lb. 1 I LEGS 52 cts.
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    • 120 10 j 634 j North Bridge Road j TENG SENG GUAN. j established 1905. J j T.K.K.'s Fancy Rubber Matting. J 3' 6" long by 2' 2" wide $4.00 3* 1" long by 2' wide $3.50 3' long by 1* 10" wide $3.00 i 2' 10" long by V 8" wide
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  • 194 11 BATHING BEAUTIES IN REGENT-ST. HE AMAZING HEAT WAYS. npath a rfkw in Tr °p' cal Storm. S- TV ICC] London, Aug. 30. •.iids all over Europe i mazing breaches of instance, girls in bwn classing Repent tops of omnibuses en I. id., (the Serpentine) Ouardsmen, similarly een marching from r-~-
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  • 122 11 Time'* Revenge on Leguia. BervfeeJ Lima. Aug. 30. been imprisoned on await trial. It is the in which Legula. when in power. Illlr&gt;. New York. \ug. 30. Hyi the American naval •r H B Qrow, who acted as head fcflmnfcn Plying Corpi under the Leguia y-n imprisoned and
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  • 63 11 Failure of Unemployment Conference. Service.) London, Aug. 31. says relations between M Geortr, and Mr. .MacDonald are Th lb al La UnttierenO in London last Wednsulllf ss Another meeting is *W next failure of which is reatj and complete rupture is cue the Liberals will join mZ
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  • 32 11 Fn rm&lt;^ Deficit. W-NleW Service] Tokyo, Aug. 28. &lt;* tIM Finance Ministry "''♦el to proposals for a the authorized estimates Mated to have estimat'it for the current fiscal "00.000. Ctbtooafew 12!
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  • 42 11 Oklahoma Scheme. Service.] 1 ulm. Oklahoma, Aug. 39. drawn up md is awaiting »Wen for the amalgamar iming and malting Phillips Petroleum Com"Htenl Oil Gas Company. asMU are over $156,000.PMiy, will have a lease of awljr production of about
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  • 98 11 PEACEMAKERS AT WORK. Bridging the Political Gulf. t ßeuters Service] Allahabad. Aug. 30 Peace in India within a week is forecasted by the newspaper Pioneer, which learns that the negotiations of the peacemakers, Mr. Jayakar and Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru. with the Viceroy have proceeded
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  • 109 11 Death of Inspector Lowman. Reuters Service. I Calcutta, \ug. 31. Police Inspector Lowman has died. Calcutta, Aug. 30. Lowman's condition is causing grave anxiety and he will be operated on to-day Hod.son is not yet out of danger Later. Lowman has been operated on but the sur■aoßfl
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  • 202 11 Indians Financial Peril. [Reuter's Service.] Simla. Aug. 31. "Unless civil dLsobedience ceased to paralyse India's economic activities, the provinces would find themselves at the dawn of n?w reforms so financially crippled that Indians would have no chance of showing the world what they could do for their
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  • 33 11 President of Bombay War Council. [Reuter's Service] Bombay. Aug. 30. Mrs. Hansa Mehta. a member of the Congress Working Committee, and President of the Bombay War Council, has been arrested.
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  • 72 11 First Heat Won by Gar Wood. IReuter's Service.] Detroit, Aug. 31. The first of three heats for the Harmsworth Motor-boat Speed Trophy was won by Commodore Gar Wood in Miss America IX. with his brother. George Wood, in Miss America VIII second. The British woman enti\ai£,
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  • 58 11 Late U. S. Army of Occupation Commander. [Reuter's Service.] Buena Vista Springs, Pennsylvania, Aug. 31. General Allen, ex-Commander of the American Army of Occupation on the Rhine, died of heart failure whilst viewing the scenery from the porch of the summer residence of the German
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  • 68 11 Forced to Return. INanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokyo. Aug. 30. Lieutenant Bromley started this morning at 520 on a trans -Pacific flight from Kasumigaura near Tokio to North America but he subsequently returned owing to fuel shortage. The airman experienced difficulty in taking off which necessitated his letting
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  • 268 11 A COUNTERBLAST. Bankers 9 Resolution Condemned. [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 31. A reply to the bankers' resolution has been issued over the signatures of 116 influential bankers, members of the National Association of Merchants and Manufacturers and others. The reply states the signatories have no reason
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  • 141 11 Recent Great Flight. IReuter'.s Far Eastern Service.] Tokio, Aug. 30. Mr. Yoshihara (who has flown from Berlin), arrived at Tokio and was greeted by an eathusiastio throng. He is momentarily a national hero. In ten and a half days. Mr. Yoshihara averaged over 1.000 kilometres daily which,
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  • 81 11 Airman Killed. t ßeuter's Service.] Chicago, Aug. 30. Another tragedy has marred the air-races here. George Fernic, an ex-Lieutenant of the Rumanian Army, flying a small home-made plane crashed and was killed before the eyes of 40.000 horror-stricken spectators. fAt the National air races at Chicago
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  • 102 11 Miss Nuthall Beaten in the Mixed. [Reuter's Service.] Brookline, Aug. 30. In the mixed doubles semi-finals in the American tennis championships, Miss Marjorie Morrill and Francis Shield beat Miss Betty Nuthall and G. M. Lott 6 2, 6 4 and Miss E. Cross and W. P.
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  • 113 11 Holder Wins All-Scottish Final. IReuiers aeroce.i London. Aug. 30. James Lindsay (Palkirk) the holder, retained the boys' amateur golf championship by beating James Todd (Kilmacolm) 9 and 8 over 36 holes. This championship, instituted by the Royal Ascot Golf Club in 1921, has nearly always resulted in
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  • 45 11 No tennis ties are compulsory on Wednesday, September 3rd., owing to the races. The Acting Secretary will be pleased if any members will notify him of their desire to play on that date, and so assist in carrying through the Tournament
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  • 309 11 RECORD LOWERED. Achievement in Second-hand Fiat. The Penang -Singapore non-stop run record which was held by a Chevrolet "Six" was lowered during the week-end by three motorists viho left the A.P.C. kiosk at Bagan Luar at 8.30 on Friday night and arrived in Singapore at 9.21 on Saturday
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  • 586 11 The Cutting-In Danger. Of late the Traffic Department has been posting Inspectors at the chief crossings along Stamford Road and elsewhere, presumably for the purpose of taking down times and figures with a view to lessening the congestion which is caused when the traffic either one
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  • 138 11 [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 31. The death has occurred of Dr. W. A. Spooner. The Rev. William Archibald Spooner, D.D., was 86 years of age, having been born in North Staffordshire, where his father was a judge of the County Court, in 1844. He was educated
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    • 139 11 @®@®(§)®®®®®®®®®®®@@@(g)@(g)(g)@@(g)@(g)(g)@ ROBINSONS SALE.! Special offer of SILVAL Cutlery Knives, Forks, i &lt;§&gt; Spoons etc. LOOK AT THESE PRICES I Spoons. Forks. i Doz. ©Egg Spoons $1.60. Desseil Foiks $4.50. 1 Per I)oz l)oz -i Tea $1.80. Table Foiks $6.00.© Doz. Dessert $4.50. Soup Spoons $6.00. MOSQUITO CURTAINS. 1 SALE PRICES.
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  • 1358 12 FEARS JUSTIFIED. Lakes on Kuala Lumpur Padang. (Froin Our Own Correspondent. 1 Kuala Lumpur, Aim 30. Fears that, if it rained, the venue for the "Malaya Cup final, i.e.. the Selangor Club Pariang. would be rendered unplayable, were fully justified here to-day when the all important
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  • 119 12 PILOTS STRIKE. Dissatisfied With Proposed Salaries. I Reuters Service.! Amsterdam. Aug. 30. The air pilots who are on strike hers number 17. They are dissatisfied with thej arrangements for the resumption of regular air services to the Dutch Indies and declare that their pay is
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  • 131 12 Labour Party to Investigate M.P.s' Charges. Reuters Service. I London, Aug. 29. The National Executive Of the Labour Paity has decided to hold an enquiry into the charges made by Mr. Sandham against members. The cosaaUttsc will consist of ICtes Susan Lawrence ul. airman* Mr.
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  • 63 12 No Prospect of Revolution. {Router's Service.! Huepois Aire Aug. :&gt;O. Reports ot an lmucndmg revolution were freely circulated yesterday but did not mat rialise. It is now stated that there is no indication of any political b &gt;dy or detachment of the army joining any
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  • 60 12 I.') More Deaths. [Reuters Service.] London. Aug. 30. There were 13 deaths in the heat wave yesterday when a maximum temperature in London of 94 degrees was reached. There were severe thunderstorms and torrential rain all over the country and serious damage to crops was
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  • 47 12 Plane Too Heavy To Take Off. [Reuters Service.] Shanghai, Aug. 31. At Kasumigaura Air Base. Bromley, the American airman, and Galley, his navigator, who propose to make a trans-Pacific flight, attempted to hop off but were unsuccessful because of the weight of their gasoline.
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  • 55 12 Official Call at Colonial Office. I British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Aug. 29. Among those who called at the Foreign Office and were received by the Secretary of State this afternoon was Sheik Hafiz Wahba, the first Minister of Hejaz and Nejd to be accredited to
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  • 2451 12 AUTUMN RACES. Successful Opening Day. The Singapoie Turf Club Autumn race meeting commenced on Saturday in weather which looked rather threatening at first but which turned out quite satisfactory. The attendance was moderately good for a first day and in the matter of dr esses there was
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  • 316 12 The foOowlng are the weights fur \v- toe day Rate 1. Ponies Classes and 3 (combined) Mr, I (fttt furs.)— 2.4s p.m. Kylpa 9.4. Dame Fashion 8.13,- Cclake 8.12. I^eult 8.9. Very Naughty 8.8. Highland Lu: La4e Little Sister* 8.7. Rammy 8.1. Woodbine 8. Lady Remington 7.6.
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  • 312 12 MONDAY'S TIES. "A" Class Singles. R. B. Gotch owe 3 vs. O. J. Stephen plus 4. H. S. Haskins scr. vb. W. B. Wigs plus 15. "B" Class Singles. F. T. K. Hobbes owe 15 vs. W. Rodger scr. "C" Class Singles. W. G. Taylor owe
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  • 174 12 COUNTY CRHKRT A Hohbs Ontnrv t Biitsm. n&gt; i feu cricket, the v •one biu totals Chi r'-y-.s «61 for I Oval, where h&lt; Mm ind s, century before (Ul the Vtsita shire put togt Hampshire, and I a good win sgalnx i to icmarkabto bowlini
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  • 95 12 w L W L I) R, Lancaahirc Gloucester 21 14 4 2 Yorkshire 27 14 2 fi a Notts h 1 i| Kent 27 12 &lt; Sussex L&gt;B 7 S I Surrey Derby 27 7 7 4 i Essex 27 Wofcesfe i 21 I a h CHamoriaa
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  • 39 12 Mr. Ma&lt; Donald's HoHda) in Scotland. [British Radl &lt; ■■jaf, In The Prtaae afinister, m Ranaai M returned ir. in London I thLs Bsoraiiif. n&lt; will ipend ten "i'T* 1 on holiday at bonk moutll bH London
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  • 25 12 Final Arranurmonts Made The Una] anmngen enl for the visit ol Um RUI Oaatk lo ne the uewb i rrrt
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  • 97 12 ALEXANDRA INVITATION TOURNAMENT. MONDAY 8 34&gt; p m Major Reckttt W t\t|,\ Captain Duncan VI C Major Douglas-Wh;'' 4 15 p hi Captain Prfct and Mi and Mrs. Riley Captain Deardi-n and Mr Parry-Evans and Wm Captain B:»rl«;w and Major Champncy and Ml TI'KSDAY B 3 45 p m Captain
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 2237 13 MACARTNEYS COMMENTS. England's Lack of Team Work. Although Australians resumption of possession of the Ashes is now un fait accompli. U&gt; many readers the following comments of C. G. Macartney. Australia's Test veteran, in the Times of Ceylon, upon England's failure will •&gt;-; of interest. London. Aug.
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    • 58 13 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Aug. 2*.h The foOovini arc Iftteti !&gt;a.Mb;ill results: NATIONAL UEAOI7B. New York 7. Bi(.&lt;&gt;klyn 8. PhUadtlphl i 10 ton 13' PicLsbui^h If, 1.Pitt:bui^h 11. 1 Chicago 7. St 3 AMI. UK AN LEAGCC St. Lou; ?&gt;. Detroit l devetend id. urn d. WiUtUnftOC] G.
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    • 102 13 A ureat bodv of Surrev DMttbm 111 thoroughly ttegnmtled, bocaaee, m q&gt;M of 1 1 pious declaration by the TOnmtttce at th»« beginninc of tht tmmm that they liitimdeel t&lt;» play more MlMteuw, an entirely piolrssJenal eleven has clone duty for the DOUnt] »n KNIM raoent
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 411 13 (fringing fhe Qame f\JiP II -si your wuy '-m& ngth and resilience /Jf Turnout strlnfi and iM JeVl "&gt;f reasons wi£ f /KB 1 gSard Dl quality. For J* t** *ho are not t& ]{K t!»«- (•&lt;-!'' star and r^fy}^ n,. 1n mi% itrni/:i \W Tropical have i*"t*ctrsra%i kxrs a
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    • 177 13 Curriers i^j "^gigiag Of F®iZ€tt&l FROM the reeking marsh h 1 I^^^ comes die dreaded mot- S^-/^ l^^^^:-/ A n'^^ quito ii?e earner of ma- V\ \vVlaria, dengue, and other -v^rs i r 4^jo^^ wasting diseases! ?^L^ Xx A~ f 1^ In the dark of nipht mas fc^A A^^r^JWi: quitoes
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 901 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 without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Due. GLAUCUS For London. Rotterdam and Hamburg In
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    • 563 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Singapore. s.s. CITY OP HEREFORD Sept. 5 s.s. CITY OP JOHANNESBURG Oct. 5 s.s. CITY OP
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    • 397 14 British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERN*^ LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVK I OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN Due. Tonnage, Singapore. T0m.,... &gt;m I&gt;w MALWA 11,100 Sept. 6 COMORIN 15k
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    • 669 15 |0 S. K. Lone. I tad Sen V»rk:— (from Kobe) I OWN* 1 trei bi Str****)- Kwanto Maru Oct. 6 \:inf onver:— (from Koh*) t Africa Maru Sent 15 r V. :i .Hamburg. (Bremen) Amazon Maru Sept 17 19 c&lt;iOC Town, Rio de Janeiro. StJitoa, I 0 and BUMM Aires.
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    • 329 15 (is -M w-^-.^d sY i I V TRAVEL COMFORT THE BANK LINE. AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE. (Owners: Messrs. ANDREW WEIR CO.) BOSTON, BALTIMORE AND NEW YORK. Yia Sues Due. Baila. t&gt;— R«w X«s m.v. IRISBANK In Port Sept. 6 Oct 12 m.v. LOSSIEBANK Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Nov. 9 m.v.
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    • 494 15 K.P. M. (Incorporated in Holland.) Transhipment. Marine Department/a^' PtelghU Manager's desk Representative, In the Strait. SettlemenU (Sincere and Penan,) of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU. j BOOKING OFFICE ROYAL DUTCH INDIAN AIRWAYS. OP TEN NOORT-Monday. Sept. I. Belawan-Deli s,lfo M K Tp-Tu^ 12L2zr to s Menwldar. Asahar. and B^a^n Del?
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  • 84 16 Ten men were gassed in the hold of the steamer Bilton at Newcastle and were removed to hospital, but only one, William Morrison, a married man, living at Wrekenton (Durham), was detained. The vessel, which is owned by the Tyne-Tees Steam Shipping Company, had
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 724 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Dsfiiisr monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and ttsf motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The us. MARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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    • 322 16 GLEN LINE, LIMITED m.v. GLENGARRY 9,460 tons. The above vessel sailing for London via ports about Sept. 8 has available accomodation for Saloon Passengers. PASSAGE Singapore -London $514.29. BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., Agents. 3& NORDDEUTSCHER Eppf LLOYD. Germany The tmderaotod are the Company* Intended fixtures: OUTWARDS. I ISAR For Hong Kong,
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    • 503 16 KERR STEAMSHIP CoTl 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW TOP.K *^S (Incorporated in U.BA.) GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICF n, BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA t. BALTIMORE. A Av (via Rue*) Doe Halli. V I M.S. SILVERWILLOW Sept. 7 Sept 13 ?L M.S. SILVERYEW Sept. 16 Sept! 22 0« M.S. SILVERCYPRESS Sept. 30
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 696 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahan*, Pekan, Sungel Lembtn and Kuantan (via Oemas and Jeran- tut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. e a.m. Bangkok every Thursday e am Kota Tlnggl, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Stem 6 a m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and
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    • 41 16 Hong Keat, Brit. 73, from Indragiri 30 for Indragiri 2. Esmerelda, Brit. 71, from Bagan 31, for Bagan 2. Petaling, Brit. 59, from K. Tinggi 31 for Muar 2. CLEARANCES. \ug. 31.— de Weert, Rokan (Dut)- Steel Voyager (Am); Rengam (Brit).
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 18 17 PAYMENT OF FREIGHT IN AUSTRALIA. bills of lading for payable at doe* Ing.* 1 I from Pa- &lt;•: coaL
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    • 50 17 In ol tin the weak i x mthematlcua. and l death; and 6 deaths as the preand 9 deaths. and 3 deaths, and i death. tth. i I death cholera cr 9 deaths as i ;hc preol Greater Shanshai: .:r and 1 death kding Aun. :»oth. i
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    • 151 17 (aiudian Pacific May Build More Big "lit 10- Empress I there would be the Clyd 'i the Canadian m mtreal on the In an Interview Emprena of Britain wore far distant fill i and head of ned to d up in iii? ace channel to Ible to operate
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    • 110 17 reports have now been which are to be raised b&lt; held of the International rhe countries which now ry or voluntary insur- Belgium, Germany, the Sweden. It may be recalled in a report by Sir iget Insurance Com;&lt;chocating a system of nance applied with and subsequently scheme of
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    • 77 17 ur &lt;» th, Soottish Herring Season, Aberdeen. Jinti I^^^ snort time ago. owing to popped to levels which boats' crews to earn an exceptional scarcity landed in a week at -ho year is unprecebenint fishing ports. king at full pressure. a!l But Coast and Shet- below the
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    • 235 17 Collision in the Mediterranean. Gibraltar, July 31. A serious collision between the British India Ste,m«-hm Company's Nerbudda (7.911 tons) and the Spanish steamer Legazpi (4,300 tons) occurred this morning in dense fog 100 miles (ast of Gibraltar and 45 miles south-west of Aimeira. The Ne.budda reports
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    • 451 17 World's Biggest Submarine Terror. If you would rather have been a sailor: if you aie a girl who would rather have been a boy; if you have ever had a smothered longing to go to sea. or simply a curiobity to pry into the life
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  • 276 17 Control of International Marine. c New York, Aug. 3. Plans for the building up of a powerful new American shipping company by the consolida- tion of the Roosevelt Steamship Company and the International Mercantile Marine Company are now under discussion and are believed to f be
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  • 1003 17 Changing Conditions of Sea Transport. Motor ships under construction now represent 63'- ptr cent, of the tctal world's tonnage being built. In this country the figure is 60 per cent.; abroad it is 66 per cent. These proportions are. in each case, high-r than have
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  • 66 17 The battleship Malaya, Captain H. S. Shipway, which left the Atlantic Fleet in advance of the summer leave period, has now finished her rent at Devonport. Two-thirds of her ship's company were sent on leave on July 17. Malaya was to proceed to Portsmouth, where leave
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  • 19 17 I am against rationalisation that would treat men as cogs. Men and women are not cogs. Mr. Angus Watson.
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    • 226 17 U r-v:;,';..;;}:--;^::V.;.:;';^- :&gt;-: .■-^■■'■''.■y^ V- &gt;-v-^- ---^:--A-: -;.s I :;:::^v^^v^; :&gt;^#:^^ i&, '■'•&&gt;' &gt; :-v'-^. &gt;. I L. V¥ W^u'l \A vtf lonoon FEEL FIT AND FRESH IN THE EVENING jff\ W.THOUI 5 »i 34®^ WITH on 7. W ViEP^iSf^ SiNATocEN gz\J/o fatigue /iv\l Vj^^SSfe^ r«^wsw Scientific experiments showing the
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  • 798 18 "THREE GLORIOUS DAYS." Courageous Speeches Under r Umbrellas. i Paris. July 22. I The official commemoration of the centenary of the July Revolution this afternoon was ruined by the weather Immediately after the beginning cf the ceremony rain began to fall, and while M. Tardieu
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  • 256 18 French Gendarme's Objection. London, July 30. Shorts and silk pullovers may be all very well for the Thames river girls or the belles on Brighton beach, but English holiday-makers in Brittany must be more careful, as iwo London girls who have just returned from a stay
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  • 219 18 Murder Trial of a Soldier. Madras, Aug. 14. As soon as Mr. Justice Reilly came on the Bench at the Criminal Sessions of the High Court to-day, Mr. C. Brooke -Elliott, K.C., obtained special leave from His Lordship to mention a matter of urgency. He said
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  • 47 18 No Estrangement with Wife. Deauville, Aug. 21. The Aga Khan has motored to Aix les-Bains, where his wife is ill. The Aga Khan stated that she had an abscess in the face and declared that talk of an estrangement was quite untrue.
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  • 27 18 The Sri Krung states that an Army 'plane crashed at Khoke Kathiem on the 18th. inst., and Lieut. Joti, the airman, met with instant death. Bangkok Times.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 306 18 I POWER is yours when you need it most, if you- are !fi equipped with one of our well-made but 1 INEXPENSIVE 1 LIFTING JACKS. I j{j Prices as low as 3.05 §i and ranging to $11.00 Hi "A SIZE TO SUIT ANY CAR" I BORNEO MOTORS. Ltd., !fi Singapore,
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    • 905 18 BANKING. BANKING. INSURANT^"" CHARTERED BANK MERCANTILE BANK OF OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. i vjtai a m|\ 1 H t, (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter) IlllilA^ Lilt/* (Incorporated in England). C*f\M VT*\ I iii L Paid up capital in 600,000 shares OV-IU 1 H of £5 each £3,000,000 Capital
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  • 175 19 Aug. 29. &lt; generally those current ket At the other markets variations. HEAT. Kati 50 do 45 do 64 luatttjr) do 49 Each 80 P:nr 85 do 70 I .&lt;■&gt; I ISH. Kati 1.10 :n. Mi h) do 14 do 24 do 50 mat r.eiel* do 45
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  • 117 19 Situation in the States. rV forecast ymt says: "The trade depnarim is cannot be very far npariaon with other hai hrld up .surprisingird to tho disorgani- to pricai of primary pro- the raw material and h world, our export »us|f curtailed. ide of h?r raw -material 1 u;
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  • 115 19 Another Scheme to Save Rubber Industry. (Reuter's Service] London, An*. 30. Muiciuk Lam is discussing a new rubber restrict icn scheme according to the Morning Post winch will be determined not on price but by world stock level. The underlying principle is that supplies will be curtailed
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  • 87 19 I British Radio— Official Berrfce.j Erj'jy, Aug. 29. Foreign exchanges are. feu*,* riam 12.085. Athens 375. Bom ha v 1?. 5,1, Berlin 20 39 Brussels 34.835. BlKlMNft 815- Ro 4 11-16 Buenos Ainv, 40 1-16. Copenhagen 18 16, Geneva 25.05. Hfebtagfon 103 n-32. Bong Kong ls. J \d.. Lisbon
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  • 367 19 Convertible Debenture Issue. In order to comply with the regulation:; cf the Stock Exchange, particulars arc published of an issue of £150.000 Seven per cent. Convertible Mortgage Debenture s'ock of Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limits. Vu OOOIJMUW iias an authorized share capital cf £1.000.000 in £1 shares, of which
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  • 208 19 For the war to Ifßieh 3J last dividends at the rate- of 8 per c?nt. p?r annum an proposed on the Ordinary share, of British Intimation ~i Pictures Ltd., and iU subsidiary. Associated Brit ill Cinemas. Ltd. The combined trading profito of i.i? two companies, after
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  • 131 19 A profit of £G2,114 is shown by the accounts of the Sennah Rubber Company for 1929 (against £68.927 for 1928), and £53.372 was brought forward. A dividend of 5 per cent. Is recommended (unchanged) and £25,000 (against £43.437) is to be transferred to estates amortization reserve, increasing it
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  • 412 19 To-Day 's Price Changes. EXCHANGE RATES. August 30. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2|3% London 3 months' sight 2|3 27(32 London 60 days' sig^t 2;3 ***** London 30 days' sight 2)3% London, demand 313 23J32 London, T.T. 2 3 Iljl6 Lyons and Paris, demand 1428 Hamburg, demand 234 New York,
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  • 875 19 SATURDAY, AUG. 30TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Bayers seuera. Asam Kumbang 24s 28s Ayer Hitam (ss) 9s 3d 10s Bangrin Tin (I) 14s 15s Batang Padang ($1) 10 15 Batu Caves ($1) 55 60 Bukit Arang ($1) 3a 49 Burmah Malay 13s 15s com Chendenang 3s 3d 4s Eastern
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 218 19 To the Editor. Sir —In the near future we may export to hear of directors of rubber companies remarking in the presence of their shareholders upon the satisfactory manner in which they have reduced their costs of production to meet the emergencies of the present deplorable
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  • 36 19 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, Aug. 30. Sungei Tin has been successfully floated, although the profit has been reduced to £4.713 owing to a loss on Kota Bahru. which has beer soM.
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  • 158 19 A Billion Potential Customers. For the purpose of fostering American trade, commerce and industry in the Far East th? American Mail Line has recently published ewe booklets, bearing the title, 'A Billion Potential Customers." The first volume concerns itself with the selling of American goods to
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  • 159 19 Report for year ended March 31, 1930. states that during year opportunity occurred to purchase Nada Plantation EstaU' fu.m Pahang Consolidated Co. Property adjoins Kuala Reman Estate and consists of 5.1G8 acres. Purchase price was 280.000 shares jf 5s each, lulled as fully paid, and in addition
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  • 64 19 August 30th., 12 o'clock nuon. Buyers Sellers. R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 1 5 1 5 j Standard RAS. i b Sept. l.v, is*. October 15 15 Oct -Dec. 15* I Jaw-Mar. 19% 17 Tone of Market: Dull and BUghtrjT BnrrtirT Latest Cable: London
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  • 758 19 First MorttfaßeJ[)ebentiire Issue. [FREE PRESS SERVICE -COPYRIGHT 1 London. Aug. .10. Tavoy Tin are now inviting shareholders apply for £125.000 7', per cent first m*** debentures at par. In view of the continiKri fall n, the pi of tin and after a thorough investigation of the position, the
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  • 62 19 The directors of the Majedie tJohoiv. Rubb"r Brtatea announce that in view of the sent price of rubber they have decided, in the best interests of shareholders, to suspend tapping operations us soon as prartu- ible and to conserve bark and cash tmounm W*M times improve.
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  • 34 19 Rent collector at Clerkenwcll County Court: When she opened the door and saw in she said "Prom you and all other evils the «ood Lord save us," and shut the door in my face.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 71 19 ASSETS EXCEED ,11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry EC Thc Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England- and. complies with the British 'lie Assurance Companies Act
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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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  • 353 20 SIX FOR 18! Australians Recover After Atrocious Start. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] London, Aug. 31. Recovering from an atrocious start, brought about by devastating bowling by Tate, the Australians on the opening day of their match at Brighton against Sussex, finished up with a total of
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  • 256 20 British Rugby Tourists Beaten. 1 neuters fciervicel Sydney. Aug. 30. In the first Rugby Test match to-day Australia beat Britain by 6 points to 5. The Waratahs overwhelmed the Rest of Australia in a test trial prior to the visit of the British team to
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  • 76 20 Penang beat Perak. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Aug. 31. Penang Europeans beat Perak Europeans by 4 2, after fast game. Penang scored early on and added two more before half time, one being ruled off-side. The visitors only replied with one. On the resumption the
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  • 212 20 With the last ball of the match the S.C.R.C. beat the Press XI on the S.C.R.C. ground by 57 runs yesterday. The scores were: S.C.R.C.: Slow Hian b Jeans 31; Choon Liang b Wilson 8; Evan Wong b Wilson 60; Lian Hee c Vine b Jarvis 45;
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  • 394 20 JOHORE M.F. SUCCESS. Police Robbed of Warren Shield. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Koala Lumpur. An** 31. The Police, whose lead seemed to assure their carrying off the Warren Shield, lost this envied position to "B" Company, Johore Military Forces, the second team to fire this morning:, who
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  • 1223 20 WARREN SHIELD. B" Company. J.M.F.. 424 2 J.V.F.. 324^; Negri Sembilan M.V.1.. 305; "A" Company, MS.V.R.. 354'^: "E" Company. M.S.V.R., 242; F" Company. M.S.V.R., 365 1 Revolver Aggregate; (Deliberate, snapshooting, rapid 10 yards, rapid 20 yards). Class A.: Jem. Ba Yin. 7. 18. 14, 1, total 40; Pte
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  • 202 20 HARDIE RETAINS TITLE. Convincing Victories in Weekend Matches. In accordance with anticipations, L. D. Hardie had no difficulty in retaining the Singapore Island golf championship title, his victories in the final and the penultimate round during the week-end being by convincing margins. On Saturday afternoon he
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  • 169 20 Club Championship. The Club meets every Friday evening at the Adelphi Hotel. The scores in the Club Championship are as follows: No further progress has been made in the Handicap Tourney since the last published figures. NECOMERS' TOURNEY. The newcomers' tourney has now been completed, the scores
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  • 52 20 MONDAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles Handicap B. Class. Miss Dunne and Watty scr. vs. Mrs. Fulcher and Assiter plus 3. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. S. Brooke owe 5 vs. Capt. and Mrs. Mansell owe 3. Miss E. Stephen and Bullen owe 3 vs. Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 37 20 MONDAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles. Mrs. P. James and F. James vs. Miss P. Richards and E. WoodfonL "A" Singles. S. L. Oehlers vs. C. A. Peterson. "B" Singles. A. G. Armstrong vs. G. H. Kraal.
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  • 869 20 SATURDAY'S RESULTS. Reverses for Promoted Clubs. The English League football season was given a good send-off on Saturday in summer weather, which may have accounted for some of the unexpected results. The opening matches were particularly interesting as the promoted clubs were engaged in games that would
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 203 20 MOUTRIE S I SALE a HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS. We are offering deleted and old htu j at greatly reduced prices. I COME IN NOW! I i j S. MOUTRIE Co.. Ltd I ilncorporatcd In Hong Kong). J RAFFLES PLACE SINGAPORE. S| The World's j mKjk Obtainable at\ |UH All
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