The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 September 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press rSo. 13,129. ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, &S. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 360 1 An important announcement on the subject of disarmament was made by Mr. Henderson at Geneva yteist^rday. Great Britain, he declared, was prepared to go still further. The Naval Treaty was only a beginning Page 11. A circular has been issued by Sir Eric Geddes, on behalf of
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  • 1036 1 1 do not suppose many people read Miss Edgeworth nowadays. She died just 80 yeans aRo. In my childhood I learnt to know of her through one story only, read to me by my grandmother, and I never pass an old-fashioned chemist's shop, bearing the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 265 1 j ALHAMBRA I DIVORCEE" IS COMING iR AF F LES HO T ElTf ■l OvinC To Their Tremendous Success The Balalaika V 1 Orchestra and Cossack Choir Will Give I TWO FURTHER PERFORMANCES If FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12th. J If TEA DANCE V m BALAi \IKA ORCHESTRA COSSACK CHOIR I.) Admission
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    • 131 1 i Qualitq i I EUROPE (g| HOTEL] s "Renowned by Recommendation." S |i DANCING.— After Dinner every Tuesday, Thursday |i and Saturday. MUSIC.-On the VERANDAH every Saturday from [i 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. and Every Tuesday, Thursday I j and Saturday from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. S I GRILL.
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    • 103 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Formamint for sore throats Page 8. Public notices, auctions etc. Page 9. Military brush sets" at John Little's Page 10. Protect yourself with an Ocean policy— Pave 20. You get full service from a Willard battery —Page 8 Ask for the new Fraser and NYave s Lime Crush
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    • 5 1 ALHAMBRA "THE DIVORCEE" IS COMING
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  • 292 2 At The Capitol. Second Wife, now screening at the CapituV :npiy domestic matrimonial drama, adapted fnni the sti play All the King's afen. it i^ i Dnelj acted story of .1 nd marrii with the wife's temptation by an oSd admirer There -> much emotional appeal relieved b\
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  • 93 2 Budapest. July 30. The Trauajrhranian pipers report that a young shoemaker recently settled m the town of Bataaeg, and quickly borarae famous fog his miracle etires. The doctors of Hatsaeg who had Buffered aevi rely owing to the becession of their patients to the 'r.iraci^ worker proaecoted
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 298 2 PARFUMS CHANEL. Nos. 5, 11, 12, 21, 22, 55 and Bois des lies. Eau Chanel, Talc de Chanel, Cremes de Chanel, Poudres. Lip Sticks, Cream and Liquid Rouge. Stockist: MEDICAL HALL LTD. Opp. General Post Office. Outstation orders carefully and promptly executed. CAPITOL I RESTAURANT I Malaya's Most Modern I
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    • 301 2 1 VICTORIA THEATRE j| Booking Now Open For 1; j THE MOST THRILLING PLAY EVER |j W PRESENTED. W 1 OUTWARD I 1 BOUND 1 "3 |j SINGAPORE REPERTORY PLAYERS PRODUCTION Sept: 17th 18th A9th 20th I at 9-30 p.m. 1 BOOKING AT LITTLE'S $3, 2 1. m W \iAi/y^sV:.w,wy
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    • 225 2 i 6.15 <msMmiLm 19.15* Sfi j I All Comedy Programme! LAUREL and HARDY I Their Latest Mirthquahe I 1 "MAN 0' WAR" AND L I A bUKLAIVI MBSNDI j with that funny team X pROM cleaning up j4^ g in the kitchen to cleaning up m ih^ AJ^y j; stock
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 169 2 THE WEEK. Friday, 12th. Hißh Water, 00.19, 90 ft 12.31, 9.1 ft. Rotary dub Tiflto. Merchants' Ragtaf Meeting. S.CC. Boys' B:;f;ade Concert Rallies In.-t., 8.15. Footbal) S.A.F.A. Cup: S.CC. or Welch, v1.C.P.A., Amon Road. S:.turd;:y, 13th. High Water, (X) 54, 9.3 ft., 12.5 G. 9.0 ft. Cricket: I- ice Foresters
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  • 595 3 COUNCIL TRIBUTE. Wonderful Loyalty, Discipline and Self-Restraint. "Whether m Calcutta or m the mofussil. the police of all ranks and grades have done their duty with wonderful loyalty and discipline and have shown wonderful self-restraint m dealing with a difficult situation." Thus declared Mr. W. D.
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  • 416 3 European Councillors Absent. Calcutta Corporation have elected Mr. Subhas Chandra Bose Mayor for the remaining period of thus year m place of Mr. J. M. Sen Gupta. The proceedings, which were brief, were witnessed by about 50 visitors m the public galleries.
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  • 168 3 HOW TO ENJOY YOLK FOOD WITHOUT PAIN TO FOLLOW. Probably no food causes more stomach disorder m the East than rice. Many people find that a dish containing rice invariably causes a "blown-out feeling of discomfort, often with flatulence and .stomach pain. The reason for this
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  • 586 3 COUNCIL DEBATE. 'Reward' For Support to Calcutta Loan. Because an Indian Insurance company subscribed to the Calcutta Corporation lo:ui. it is to br gtv -n preference In dealing with proposals for the fire and marim Insurance of Corporation propei ties. This was the decision arrived at by
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  • 71 3 Poet Laureate's New Work m U.S.A. Magazine. ■i 'Is it a slight on Britain V" asks The NewsChronicle, referring to an American report that the first work of Mr. John Maselield since his appointment us Poet Laureate has been published m an American magazine. The work
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 190 3 i fi/K? antiseptic \h a J v Cleanser I hV '1im NUK LimteJ r> "rt»Ude, ENGLAND. I I \\Jj_ /7OA r IN PENS CEO. W. HUGHES' "AJUSTO" (OF RUSTLESS METAL) Smoothest Pen ever made. IE "BAYARO" (OF STAINLESS STEEL) pens do not deteriorate m use, S Iways keep on writing
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    • 8 3 LEA* PERRINS SAUCE SO CONCENTRATED Qft SO APPETIZING
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    • 314 3 I Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. I MIANCHES: S 21, First Cross Street mat Arr a }2 xi, i.iffnt street pfvaica I 14, Klyne Street KUALA I Registered by and Security deposited with I the Straits Settlements Government. I Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, I Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments Supervised
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  • Moods&Modes of Eve
    • 530 4 Royal babies have a far happier I -id less ceremcnious babyhood than they had m past years. Even the fact that Mr. dynes, the Home Secretary, had to go up to Glamis Castle Castle for the happy event which took place there only conforms to an age-old
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    • 275 4 Arms and The Woman. Paris, Aug. 7. Every part of woman's dress ensemble with one exception has received more than adequate attention during the post-war decade?. The short skirt, the cloche hat, the collai, the low back and the waistline have all danced m the
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    • 781 4 (By Our Woman Correspondent.) TPHERE is one colour combination which is always chic, no matter what colour combinations fashion may for the -moment favour, and that is brack and white. With this combination you can hardly go wrong as it may by worn at
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  • 1204 4 •THERE is a new craft m paper, namely the making of large beach hats. They are given a professional air by means of rows of machine-stitching around the brim, and a lining underneath. The crowns are gathered and tucked m at the top. and it is their
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  • 381 4 117 E are told m our extreme youth, that beautiful features, combine! with an unlovely soul are as nothing compared with a beautiful nature which, shining forth from kindly eyes, makes lovely the homeliest of countenances. I suppose we did believe all that once upon a time.
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  • 182 4 Mrs. Victor Bruce's Lone Trip Plans. A lone flight which no woman has attempted before is planned by the Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce for the end of this month. "I am considering two ideas for the flight," she said. "I am undecided whether to
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  • 1402 4 Modern Architecture m the Metropolis Twenty t* Service: A House Made of Fish Boxes Barh'.l lrs i m Finger Nails Woman Who fLh£s T\ F^O Apartments: First Woman to be TH.v Mulor^ The Queer Hobby of An Actress London, Aug. 12. JLJODERN architecture m London seems to
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  • 427 4 IT goes without comment, nowadays, that all evening frocks are long and on draped lines Black laces and nets are modish, and most of the new designs are modelled m old-fashioned modes. There are frills to the waist, and flounces which flow to the heels at the
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  • 698 5 FLIGHT MYSTERIES. An Ornithological Discovery. Pioneers of Hying from Icarus until the present century believed that they could find success by imitating the movements and equipment of a bird. They mi^ht have done it if they had had more than a vague and mistaken Idea ol
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  • 383 5 Woman who Added two Inches or her Height. Dr. D. I. Connolly, of Sale, describes m the current issue of the British Medical Journal the case of a woman, thirty years of age who recently added two inches to her stature, after staying m bed. She was
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  • 594 5 Mr. Edward Unwin's 90th Birthday. "I am a Cockney out and out." Mr. Edward Uiuun. of Unwin Bi others. Limited, the doyen d! London printers and a leading CongregatiraaJiflt, told me when I went to see him at Brotoley, Kent, to congratulate him on his rtnettetk birthday
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  • 213 5 UNEMPLOYED WHITES IN SOUTH AFRICA. Government's Drastic Scheme. Johannesburg, Aug. 5. Details of the Government scheme to subsidize the employment of Europeans m pos at present held by natives ore now available. is understood that the Cabinet regards the scheme as a definite solution of Ifco unemployment problem. A start
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  • 219 5 Teacher's Complaint of the Wireless. Mr. George Dodds. the Newcastle teacher of singing, continuing his lectures at th? summer course m music teaching at Oxford, condemned the "wobbly" voice. "You have only to listen to the wireless," he said, "to hear these wobbly singers. One of the sad
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    • 244 5 gggl gv Sal Bb gggTMu^ivJ g3Bga I gV w^^kgSk. m m^% ~m~^ W ga as^Bj I Hs^Sl Sun and Wind I sSSIiS^ RCVJM^ appli^tion of ASHES OF I />- A i^" 3 151 3^ ll^ that ensues from sun I vf P^f /I d i™* 1 her to lo °k
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    • 290 5 Sometimes a baby's natural food fails. know the difference almost from the Dairy milk would be the next best first feed. A»d it is this. "Lactog*n ft thing. But Baby can't digest dairy is milk which Baby can digest. The milk. And that's where Lactogen'' "Lactogen" process makes the curd
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  • 1122 6 HORRORS OF YOKOHAMA. Where Thirty Thousand Perished. (From Our Own Correspondent.*, Tokyo. Sept. I. One Oi the most hallowed spots m Tokyo to-day is the place where the grimmest episode Of the 1923 earthquake was enacted. Here the souls of more than 33.000-orid men, women and
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  • 147 6 Medical Board to Examine Congress Leader. Pandit Motilal Nehru, the Indian Congress leader, who has just boon released from gaol, was m pom" health, according to an Mtahabad message of Aug. 25 which stated that he had been examined b? Sir Nilratan Sircar, on examine Pandit
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  • 221 6 Police Behaviour m Dacca Riots. The police force at Dacca did their duty without fear or favour and tn l!h- whiole i EBctefotly, during- the riots at Dacca m May. This is the verdict of the Riot; inquiry Committee presided over by Mr. Justie? Adami. Tin* Comsalttec
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  • 45 6 On July 4th a six-year-old boy was taken by a crocodile at Stumbong, Sebuyow, while bathing from a boat with a companion, his body being never recovered. During that month 80 crocodiles were caught m the Sebuyow River including a sixteen-foot maneater. Sarawak 1 Gazette.
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  • 31 6 Gruesome Discovery m Park. Berlin. Auk. U« An extraordinary suicide of a family was dLscovered m Rothschild Park at Koenigstein this Mom (>■-. I I man b«d ■omen i'" 1
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 499 6 tTafte Tit em^V^^ft^J To Protect Your Throat Chest npHE potency of Peps is due to the ingenious idea of sealing within a silver jacket certain volatile chest-strengthening medicines which are concentrated m every tablet. When you let a Pens dissolve m the mouth, the healing and ah ,h~i*u fierm-killina fumes
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    • 178 6 NsmH M m m MmmwtßnE—ifff^Xlmm 1 Cf^bJ^l^ *t£^^S2jU Ar?m T*<B fl J kA^B^S^3a9tfcsrfaiif O'^BB^Lm^ssmuS I j The world over more people ride on Goodyears J than on any other make I t m i^m*M¥ n it t w.'W r jr BBB3MBVBBHBjK: «r B^a^BW 4 r >^Br Z* i,*^ii mQ^mA ~SJrT
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  • 2558 7 BACK TO HISTORY. Blurred Visions of Great Men. Almost too much is known about the Members of Parliament of to-day, specially wh?n Beckett lifts the Mac-, said Mr. Josiih Wedgwood m a talk on July 22. But. when we jet back beyond the great Reform Bill
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  • 389 7 Suicide Follows False Charge.' Berlin. Auk. The suicide of c s'xteen-year-old f;irl from shame at having been I'd handcuffed Ih/eugh the streets of her horn town, the final innouncement to-night of her rooiplttc innocence of the charge of theft which had been brought against her by
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  • 27 7 Mi. A. H J» maims, the M na^er ««i tin 1 E. uul O Hotel is IndtapOMd Bad ll Ml likely to resume duty for MM time.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 294 7 r*r.». r n 9 I %k Worn* -W^2 I t TMI >'\HY TO SRRVE FOODS ?J ;»\|RY I»ROCDUEOF H Rt- I cook to c erve all St. Ivel I Mire. Tliere is a full se- H l !u-v are perfect m flay- rt V r S Fish, Sausages, En- 31
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    • 179 7 if 7 H.P. SALOON $1,495. 7 H.P. TOURER $1,275. CHOOSE from the 12 H.P. SALOON $3,350. A Nf^ F 12 TOURER i ;2 595 Hi m <— >*■" jft A. xi *a* BORNEO MOTORS, LIMITED. A A A A A A A A A A A A. A .A. .A.
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  • 947 8 CLEANLINESS A FASHION Ups and Downs m the History of Washing. Hard on the heels of the news that Russians are about to be compelled by law to take a bath crce a month, comes a report of the constci notion ihrcugliout Poland *v a
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  • 84 8 Berlin, Aug. 5. Hiram O. Burbank has just reached Germany, having travelled on a steamer ticket his father bought m 1891. The elder Burbank had to postpone his trip, and then forgot all about the ticket. When he remembered it m 1911
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  • 742 8 CHAMBERLAIN STEPS IN. When Separation Was West Australian Motto. The secessionist movement m West Australia, never entirely quiescent during the last few years, has strengthened rapidly under the influence of the Black Budget, says the Adelaide Obser er. Western Australians who clamour for a separate State,
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  • 229 8 The second annual general meeting* of the Amicable Athletic Association was held at the Association's premises. 147. Hill Street, on Sunday. Mr. Goh Teck Swee was m the chair, and there was a good attendance of members. After the second annual report and the statement of accounts for the past
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 175 8 COLD f&f^SJf m *B r L criiOiyslV OMscrtcJ?WhuMf Mill "I I You get FULL SERVICE Bjf 1j sW^JW^ Vitlard Thread-Rubber IfVnJStlm -a /'^ffiJlls^W n y I»atterv wearn out llkT IL Ty<l Iff IIBCI lllc 9illlle a9 an > otl r r.Ar illard H| entirr battery may have Co l»** i'"<"/
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    • 133 8 Sore Throat? II We are never with i-FORMAMINT-a littio common-sense protectior. all that matters." Mrs. R.J. VV. t- ttrnuimint rffifrovi wL*& vX? r J the d,sease fjerms »n l| mouth and throat. I ■*«9 O6famoi)/r of a// C/icmi»f». The Germ-killinL; Thro.it I BY SPECIAL >^SP^<^^ lIM l KIN(, APPOINTMENT TO
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 306 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ifTsSAGE (I/I 111 I TMIKO m inb-j Ghaut. r^MEMORIALSL CASKET CO. I'pnhas Koad, Mreet— Phone 6075. LET. !v Meyer Brothers. t 111 NORTH BRIDGE I h< i fly renovated. Apply Meyer Brothers. Plaea. Apply Meyer I ;e entry. Apply y September Ist. id. Entry October m ent and
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    • 737 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are -vow invited for the following materials or ervices, and that particulars of such tenders nay be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Closing Date. Supply of asphalt during 19J1 for Municipal En- Extended to 4 p.m. ginger's Dept
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    • 679 9 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Level Crossing at Stevens Bridge will be closed to traffic from d p.m. on Monday September 15th, 1930, until the completion of repair work on the following I morning. i C. H. GOLDIE, Ag. Municipal Secretary. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given
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    • 680 9 AUCTION SALES. I j AUCTION SALE HANDSOME DESIGN WAX POLISHED AND i WALNUT STAINED TEAK HOUSEHOLD J FURNITURE, ETC. to be held at our saleroom Nos. 30 snd 31 i Chulia Street, I On Saturday, Sept. 13th, at 10.30 a.m. now on view. i CHEONG KOON SENG AND CO Auctioneers.
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    • 250 9 BIGIA ESTATE TEA I GROWN IN MALAYA 1 Cheaper than any imported Tea, I yet twice as good. j OBTAINABLE FROM 1 High Street Provision Store. Chin Swcc lions Co j 45 High Street. 31 Robinson Koiid. 2 Kirn Ann Co., The East Asia Store. 3 243 Orchard Road. 76
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  • 749 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1930. THE CHINA PHANTASY. For others than those who are affected by the rigours and intemperance of the present civil war the political situation m China at the moment must be regarded as being, to say the least, whimsical. Here we have first class
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  • 578 10 The Chinese Association picnic will be held on Saturday and Sunday at Mr. Aw Boon Haw's bungalow, Pasir Panjang. Lady Murison has undertaken the duties of Organiser for Poppy Day m Singapore and a preliminary meeting will be held on Friday, September 26th at the Europe Hotel. Mr. A. Hartland.
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  • 1302 10 $276,672 ALLOWED. Collector's Award Doubled. The judgment of the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison) and the award of the two assessors (Messrs Ft. H. Young and C. M. Van Cuylenberg) was given m the Supreme Court yesterday on the Changi land acquisition appeal case, the effect
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  • 96 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN tvn RIBBFK PEICEB, IFREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT London. Sept. H, 5.15 pm Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £134 916 (up GIG) Forward £136 7 16 (up 8 16) The market la steady. Messrs. Syminuton and Sinclair
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  • 130 10 Sultan's Birthday Celebrations. An interestins prograjMM of Ml >p^» h^ been arranged as paH >: connection with tho birthday el HH the Sultan of Jobcft ob Wt taeelej The event bepins In tbc mominc *tth a series of koleh race ower ril mi!' for boats with CTeWI
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  • 101 10 Motorists, and other, MBCOnMi »:thJocular traffic, should not, that High 6 Chulia street and Stamford *e< I junction Vtttl Queen Street to Its with North Bridfß Road are now subjen rules 8 and 8a of the Minor OfTenc« Ordto^ These rules as DOi to f Ol Vt
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  • 127 10 The latO fcfejoi r I «who curred at Folk^t.r, stands last we,k> bl about two years fa I I I niHiu and ractacol Bone on account him the be* Wi J^idrf Duncan Elidor O son Of Captain 11.... Uei Campbell. Who is th. Cawdor Major I daughter Of th, 1
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 172 10 YES! its BARCLAYS DARK AND LIGHT LAGER. I FINEST AUSTRALIAN MUTTON— I I IN PRIME CONDITION I I SHOULDERS 35 cts. per Ib. 1 1 LEGS 52 cts. I I LOIN 58 cts. I I Fu CHEAP PRICES 1 I AT i COLD STORAGE— ORCHARD ROAD AND SUB-DEPOTS. JMILITARYBRUSHSETS.iI AN
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    • 95 10 FT634 J NORTH BRIDGE ROAD j TENG SENG GUAN. j J Established 1905. J 2 DEALERS IN S j DIAMONDS, I GOLD AND SILVER j JEWELLERY. j Latest Designs and Mountings by Ceylonese J Jewellers working m our Shop. i lU.I U. S. De SUVA BROS, j I JEWELLERS j
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  • 66 11 |KK (;KI)l)KS f STATEMENT Alarming" m Recent Decision. Service.] London, Sept. 11. lainnan of the Dunlop circularized the sharebehalf of the Board, that km price of rubber is ol the policy of restric<d consumption m conrld trade depression. The the Dunlop plantation i munificent condition
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  • 36 11 lestridion Co-operation or XariH mi Dutch Tea S*n i < < liimtm. S«*nt. 11. advocates the imposi- •>! an import tarifl" on the paper declaim, thr more than half the terlanda Government n of rubber.
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  • 89 11 Appeal to Government. hwi Correspondent.* "Malacca. Sept. 10. '•■inters, led by Mr. Tio submitted a petition to Resident Councillor. which the latter has with his comments. hich has 450 signatures at- Mowing fjrounds: Khieen are suffering a IK I on rubber produced; relief is accorded by will
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  • 152 11 Examination Committee May be Closed Down. :-Nuhi Service. 1 Tokio. Sept. 11. i meeting of the Privy Committee which was fternoon, it is reported that dm nben' antipathy towards the •a. intensified and that n members ol the Committee even prothat tin Committee close the examiI
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  • 56 11 CR OYDON AERODROME CRASH. Wlol and Mechanic l{ «fn to Death. Service.! A Behu^ London, Sept. 11. *Wrw,fM <! crashed m the nornim outside Croydon. and the mechanic, both 1 to death, the mails were Iwee-engined Fokker mono- thi ff Visil >ility was very to ,trik to have caused the
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  • 23 11 SIAM'S IMPROVED HEALTH CONDITIONS. '< VICE-COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok, Sept. 11. 7*mr, a «n« for the week ending there were no cases of 'Hpox registered through-
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  • 23 11 1 --ived yesterday afternoon MMI Co that Captain '■I'H-, from Australia to »«**e Batavia early this iirnv at Singapore early
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  • 320 11 INDIAN REPRESENTATION. Diverse Personalities m AIIEmbracing Selection. [Router's Service.] London, Scot, ii A scrutiny of the names of the delegates to he momentous Brittah-India Round-Tabie C~ n ference on India's future constitution reveals some interesting personalities among theXer sity of sections represented, including every merest a
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  • 206 11 Shamrock and Enterprise to be Launched This Morning. [Reuter's Service.) New PoTt. Sept. 11. The "toilets" of the Shamrock and the Enterprise have been completed. They will be launched m the morning. Mr. Nicholson, the Shamrock's designer, who was the guest of Mr. Starling Burgess, the
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  • 59 11 British and American Banks 9 Offer. Renter's Service.] New York, Sept. 11. It is reported from Buenos Aires that three British and two American banks have combined m offering the new Argentine Government a short term loan totalling 13.000.000 Pesos to tide over
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  • 140 11 Daughter of Wealthy Merchant. Miss Wang 1 Chu, 17, a pretty Singapore-born Chinese, was m the net of the Nanking Government's determined extermination quest for Communists. Arrested by the Shanghai Settlement police at the request of the Nanking authorities, she was turned over to Chinese
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  • 71 11 Shanghai is soon to lose a couple of popular members of its foreign community. Reference is made to Dr. B. H. Stanley Aylward. M.8.. Ch.B., Port Health Officer for the Chinese Maritime Customs, at Woosung, and Mrs. Aylward, who are to leave Shanghai about the middle of next month for
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  • 328 11 MR. HENDERSON AT GENEVA. ARMS LIMITATION. Great Britain Ready to Go Further. [Reuter's Service.] M G«n«va t Sept. 11. Mr. Henderson (Great Britain) m a speech m the League Assembly said he hoped that any decision to prepare a detailed scheme to carry out M. Briands proposed European Federation (m
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  • 45 11 Leader Elected to General Committee. [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Sept. 11. Prince Varnvaidya. head of the Siamese Delegation to the League Assembly, was to -clay elected Chairman of the Agenda Committee and a member of the General Committee of the Assembly.
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  • 462 11 Presentation from A.P.C. Local Staff. The members of the local staff of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd. at the Company's offices yesterday morning made a presentation to their retiring chief, Mr. G. C. Clarke, who leaves Singapore to-day. The presentation took the form of
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  • 35 11 [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT.] Bangkok, Sept 11. Commencing on October 1 "cash on delivery" parcel post within Siam will be Introduced. The maximum collectable will be 100 Ticala per parcel.
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  • 283 11 COURT SEQUEL. Trial of Would-Be Assassin Commences. [Reuter's Service.] Calcutta. Sept. 11. The court room was strongly guarded by armed police for the special tribunal at Alipore on the opening of the trial of Majumdar, aged 28, who is charged with conspiring with Manuja
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  • 332 11 European Official Summoned By Surveyor. Alleging that m the course of the removal of his belongings from his quarters to the watchmen's barracks, certain articles were lost, S. Rayappu. an Indian surveyor employed by Sir John Jackson ar.d Company (contractors for the Naval Base) appeared as complainant
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  • 129 11 Chinese Fined for "Doctoring" Tote Ticket. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Sept. 11. There was an echo of the racecourse fraud at the Ipoh July meeting m the Supreme Court yesterday when a local Chinese named Yong Hian Khai, a middle-class worker, was charTed with fraudulently altering the
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  • 119 11 Only Surviving: Son of Ex-Premier. London, Sept. 1. The City correspondent of The Times announces the retirement of Mr. Henry Neville Gladstone, only surviving son of the late Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, from Ogilvy, Gillanders and Co., of London, and Gillanders, Arbuthnot and
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  • 18 11 Mr. and Mrs. John Seaton and children, of Kuala Jelai Estate. Bahau. left on furlough by the Sarpedon.
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    • 167 11 ROBINSONS I SALE. f I HOUSEHOLD LINENS I f AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES S aw VyJL.uiMs> ■II II M hrcri'ijc (Gn ii 1 1 11 IB GLASS CLOTHS I MOU&B MOLT) BLUECHECK ~g; 20 ins. x 26 ins. a fNr-yrN|r> /g\ DISH CLOTHS JM^U^Wi^W^^T^ POLISHING W, $1.90 65cta I A
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  • 117 12 PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. Never Been a Politician and Does Not Intend to be. [Renter's Service. New York, Sept. 10. News from Buenos Aires states that General Uribuni disclaimed any aspiration to a politic- al Career and SajfS he has never been a i politician and
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  • 42 12 ARRESTED AMERICAN OFFICER RELEASED. New York, Sept. 10. News from Lima says Mr. Harold Grow has been relea <l. iMr ciiiiw. an American naval reserve '.nicer, was arrested m Lima »>n August 30 on the pretext thai he intended to bomb Arequipa.j
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  • 135 12 Difficult Conditions. [British Radio— Official Service.] ttmgby, sept. 10. The exact time taken by Miss i\ :u> Duncan. South African girl I tn Cap t.ris IB 1 rs 11 first person to swim the Channel thu year. The the water, and a ilood tide which swept her
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  • 70 12 Unemployment Remedy. I Router's Service. 1 Ottawa. Sept. 11. In the House of Commons to-day th? Prime ■Minister announced that nmonp Government's lIW JIM 1 1 to cope with unemployment is Lhe complete prohibition of all Asiatic immigration < xcent from countries with which Canada has a.
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  • 60 12 Entries from America, France,! and Italy Probable. I British Radio— Official Service.] Rusby. Sept. 10. Plight-Lieut. Ateherley. the British Schneider Trophy pilot, who reached Plymouth to-day from Chicago, where he attended the American national air pageant, said he believed the United States would be entering for next
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  • 55 12 Help from British Marines. 1 Reuter's Service.) New York. S*pt. 10. A Santo Domingo message, states that British marines and a medical unit from H. M. cruiser Danae have been landed at Santo Dominyo to assist the authorities and relieve the. troops who have been guarding
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  • 51 12 Sir Win. Morris' Generosity. [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Sept. 10. Sir William Morris has contributed the whole sum of £100.000 required for the RadclifTe Observatory site at Oxford on which a hospital is to be erected. Sir William recently gave £40.000 towards a new maternity home.
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  • 190 12 A Barcelona Enterprise. Madrid. Aug. 11. Preliminary work lias begun m Barcelona for the construction of an aerial cablo transport or to convey passengers from the city, across the port to the neighbouring beach known as San Sebastian, after the Basque resort, says a message
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  • 1121 12 RUBBER DIFFICULTIES. What are the Shareholders Doing [From Our Own Correspondent.] London. Aujf. 14th. Although it is August, there are enough people m town to discuss with a good deal cf j criticism the very seiious position of the rub- 1 ber industry, and mo.st of
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  • 747 12 WESTCHESTER CUP STAYS IN AMERICA. INTERNATIONAL POLO. Thrilling Battle at Long Island. IReuter's Seivice.l London, Sept. 10. America won the We^tchester Polo Cup to-day. lecturing victory m the second match at Long island by 14 goals to 9. Beneath a broiling sun relent f\;sly bcutin;; lown from a cloudless sky
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  • 131 12 Annual Cost £7,500,000. Madrid, Aug. 10. The newspaper El Sol draws attention to the serious economic situation m Spanish Morocco, and refers to a speech made m Molilla by Lieutonant-Oeneral Count Jordana, the High Commissioner for Spanish Morocco, m which he. recognizes the gravity of the
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  • 494 12 POLITICAL SITUATION IN NORTH CHINA. NEW GOVERNMENT. Reported Mobilisation of Manchurian Forces. Peking. Au£. 30. The centre of political interest m North China has suddenly shifted from Peitaiho to Mukden *vith the departure of General Chang H>uch- I liang back to the Manchurian capital this I morning. He travelled on
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  • 282 12 Programme of Drills up to and foi weekcndnij,' September 14th. Thursday. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall "E" (ChfeMM) Coy. Company Drill. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (v) Pro- motion and Laying Tests Classes; 2nd. Bn. I Signal Section Section Signal Training; Asiatic Units S.V.C. Recruits drill; "A"
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  • 40 12 New York, Aug. 5. Two tobacco companies are to market 1 matchless cigarettes before the New Year. Each packet will contain a hard sabstance '< over which the end of the cigarette is stroked I and lighted. <
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  • 1178 12 JUNIORS ASK FOR MORE. So Swimming will be Added. <P'rom O;;r Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Sept. For a long time the younger members of the Sports Club have been agitating for mote for their money, despite the fart that as Mr. Button reminder! them when .spying good
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 289 12 To Hie »;di Btr.—K secma signs point to n made ooacen oondui I d ii- i sport and KBUUrks, BKM helpful Uiai, The official m < has the treat gives up much t noble art, both 11 i thOUghi it l: letter to the Pidesire t<> explain
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  • 44 12 Aberdeen I way »;t maktag He would acci Bl c chan my Little brothei The effect wa ductlon of aw tl directed to the wh d be tried tl Clothes man tWi Mere than 3 poc L: 1 1
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 1224 13 A Queer Collection of Candidates. IBv Grantland Rice.l IT is a simple matter to place a crown upon 1 someone's head if you happen to have a crown and a head handy at the time. But to make the crown fit is another job. When Jack Sharkey
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    • 388 13 Football Prospects. (From Our Own Correspondent] London, Aug. 7. There was a wide variety of rport for the big holiday crowds expected over the Bank Holiday week end but unfortunately the weather conditions were more akin to April than August and so sport suffered considerably m
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    • 278 13 Incident at the Oval. (Prom Our Own Correspondent I London, Aug. 7. The old question of wicket dressing was raised m connection with the Surrey and Notts match at th? Oval on Monday when heavrain which had fallen during the night and ceased before nine m the morning,
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    • 214 13 IFicm Our Own OorrMpondeni.] London, Aug. 7. The entries for the Duke of York Handicap, the Cambridgeshire, and the Cesare witch were published last week. No fewer than 120 horse? have been entered for the Cambridgeshire and 115 for the Cesarewitch. Both m quality and quantity the
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 253 13 pass Four Clubs _N I. Clubs, of course!— The Whisky that 1 p U !!s you together- mckes a new man of M you Fo r that's why \Ue Planters a H drink it. W% pure. Haiis from >corland wi/h a pedigree B 9 as j your ffe\. I Irl
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    • 202 13 The soap that purifies Use Bodyguard for all the household cleaning and washing. See that the family use it. It purifies as it cleanses and so guards against infection. Its clean smell is particularly invigorating. BODYGUARD SOAP Wlf. OOSSAGK A «O*S LTD., WTDWM, IWGLAWS d®®®®®®®@®®®®@m®99m%**Qs c •^'a'sv®®.*^®.®®®^ RENE ULLMANN'S Special
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 871 14 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON A 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 Doe. HELENUS For London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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    • 537 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., -Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Singapore. 8.8. CITY OF JOHANNESBURG Oct. 6 s.s. CITY OF SHANGHAI Nor. 7 HOMEWARDS. m.v. CITY
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    • 421 14 P. O. British India and Apc&r liJ (Incorporated In England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO I SERVICES. I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co I UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY s (.ovfpv I LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL URVICI I OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA jap an I Doe. I Tannage.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 619 15 0 S. K. Line. Ywrk: (from Kobe) l:, it, Service). Kwanto Maru Oct. 9 Vancouver: -(from Kobe) f p ar is Maru Sep t. 27 1 Hamburg (Bremcm Amazon Maru Sept. 18 19 h, Cape Town. Rio de p Montevideo '>iui Buenos. world passage £190.] t Buenos Aires Maru Oct
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    • 551 15 1| OF FAMOUS y t Vi PRESIDENT LINERS. fffl I T 1 II^ RSEILLES N£ W YORK AND BOSTON. ntOU MNOAI-OHfc; AND rSNAMQ Ma COLOMBO, M t POHT SAID, ALEXAxXDKIA, NAPLES AND GENOA Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. Pres. Adams Sept. 15 Sept. 18 Sept. 20
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    • 770 15 B K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO, OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated In Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVERNIOHT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to.-Passage, FreightT^^' Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Espresentatlves In the Straits Settlements (Singapore an* Pen*,,, of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU.
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  • 613 16 Cruise to Romantic Ross Sea. Tourists, led by a noted Polar explorer, are at last about to penetrate the fastnesses of the Antarctic, and the most novel and romantic of luxury winter cruises is being arranged. A specially-strengthened -2.000-ton liner will carry passengers round the world,
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    • 700 16 Burns Philp Line. (Incorporated In Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Begular month'y sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). Tbe sjr. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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    • 166 16 jBL NORDDEDTSCHER Ippl LLOYD. The underacted are the Company* totendeo fixtures: OUTWARDS. SAARBRUCKUN For Manila, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny and Tsingtau Sept. 16 8 PFALZ For Saigon, Yokohama, Kobe, -Osaka, Moji and Vladivostock S pt. 19 8 ALLER For Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taku, Dalny, Tsingtau, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka and
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    • 505 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. 44, BEAVER STREET, KSW TC~.T **V (Incorporated In U.BA.) GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE ivi BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA a, BALTIMORE. Ay (via Hue* Balls. 4v M.S. SILVER WILLOW In Port Sept 13 N U M.S. SILVERYEW Sept 16 Sept 22 1 M.S. SILVERCYPREBB Sept. 30 Oct
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 650 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuan tan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 62 17 port arrived m London at ml Sipru.k arrived from mi board yesterday. uner MMtM arrived yesit li a cargo of rice uid m s on China coast following: Mr. B. A. W. licer, Antung to be Chief I P. Beatty, Chief Officer. Officer, Antung; Captain Waishing to be master ;nn
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    • 66 17 M,,, Rises Likely. Melbourne. In freight! for wheat for the next three eceived by Melbourne en »l general rise m v. for wheat is 255. a ton for flour. This will 6d. for September, and ..ir increase of 2s. 6d. for t the rates will be raised
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    • 114 17 jaaert Appeal m Indian Ocean. Durban. Aug. 12. ■<k\ (5.065 UMW), which •al cargo, hai asked vessels i Indian Ocean to be ready under control. been cut m the engine room In their efforts to cope I ire bad. but so far the which was bound
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    • 134 17 (ar*o of Wheat Badly Damaged. Seattle. \v.g. 25. b mage has been caused to the n Maru by a fire which broke rturday when the ship was 850 miles states a message to the tt*M ol the ovnoi here. The Oregon put ibout and should arrive at
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    • 66 17 CALLING AT NEW ZEALAND PORTS. to meeting an ever-increasing filing at New Zealand ports, An Kaisha nave decided that trails m ers shall call direct at Auckland, commencing with Man. sailing from Hong Brisbane Maru. M.S. Mel- Sydney Maru also call direct r m New ■enrlee from Hong Kong to
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    • 92 17 p U %d as Floating Stations. Seattle, Wash., Aujj. 20. fwd up among patriots here "1 the country when it was Mr. Abe Goldberg, pro- recently purchased the P l U;, i it o cruisers Huron and ttntat to sell them to some ntof the reports Mr. Gold!"ps
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    • 979 17 Passenger's Story Of Tahiti's End. Pago Pa*o, Aug. 12. Dramatic details of the sinking of the Tahiti were related to-day by passengers put ashore by the Ventura. Their stories reveal how the Ventura arrived just m time to rescue scores of men. women and children who
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    • 21 17 Solicitor at Wlllesden: He even had stained glass put m the scullery window to prevent his wife looking at other men.
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  • 401 17 OPIUM SMUGGLING CASES. CHINESE SEAMEN FINED. Seizures on The Planorbis and Sarpedon. The sequel to the discovery on board the oil tanker Planorbis of $24,000 worth of opium on the vessel's arrival here from Hong Kong on August 30. was heard m the District Court yesterday when a Chinese member
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  • 411 17 Greatest Trading Mission of the Century. Nearly fifty steamers, a large proportion of which are Cardiff-owned vessels, have just started on the greatest trading adventure of modern times. They are heading for the ice-bound and little known ports of the Kara Sea. and are accompanied
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  • 130 17 An Official Survey. Dr. Harold Thompson. Senior Naturalist on the staff of the Fishery Board of Scotland, has sailed for Newfoundland, where he will undertake on behalf of the Government of Newfoundland and of the Empire Marketing Board a survey of the fisheries. This is the first step
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 235 17 ARDATH Co., Ltd. TOBACCO *ff^P LONDON DOUBLE ACE VIRGINIA CIGARETTES cents per tin o/j fj ALWAYS r^~ A Hew io you mortage to keep thin Jim mcAis btasciy c/imatt* Gmmrtif /always drink Whhkty and fbliy which contains natural got y %iilj[iipi and does not blow oo* out." /K^\ Apollinafis j/^^^^K
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  • 508 18 £4 CLAIM. Servants Who Absconded From His House. London, Aug. 15. Mr. Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer, gave evidence m two cases yesterday at Farnham (Surrey). The first case was against Jack Tarratt tor maliciously damaging a fence and gate. Mr. Snowden claimed £4 damages, and
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  • 194 18 Belle Alliance Farm Partly Destroyed. Brussels, Aujr. 14. A fire which broke out early this morning Dartly destroyed the Bellf Alliance farm at Plancenoit. At the first sight of the flames the bell-ringer gave the alarm and the ringing attracted many onlookers. Lack of water
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  • 176 18 Simla, Aug. 28. Friendly Halimzai and Tarakzai Mohmands m the Peshawar district have gone to hold a Jirga with the Haji of Turangzai and the hostile tribesmen m the upper Mohmand country. It is understood that the Tirah Afridi Maliks and elders intend to hold
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  • 47 18 Mr. D. L. Leach and Mr. J. L. Noakes have been appointed Asst. Surveyors, Survey Dept and Mr. T. E. Parker Land Officer, Sarikee and Binatang. m the Sarawak Government Service Mr. N. E. Hughes has been appointed Assistant Secretary and editor of the Sarawak Government Gazette.
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 232 18 I For To-morrow We Buy Si S Make this your Friday Motto, and I SAVE MONEY. jjj Every Saturday morning we are offering at greatly Jji reduced prices certain motor car accessories. This will mean I A CONSIDERABLE SAVING. S So make a point of dropping m to look over
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    • 571 18 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter) Paid up capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund £4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London, EC. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star i Hong Kcng Saigon Amritsar j
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    • 255 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). a P Jtal £3,000,000 Subscribed 1,800,000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,645.505 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. R,Tie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq.. J. O. Robinron, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq., Sir Thomas Catto, Bart.
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    • 146 18 THE SOUTH |Mj BRITISH i'■ j FIRE, MARINE, i!; AV|T MOTOR AR INSURANCE ACCEPTED rr LOWEST CCRREM i; "i ,V L. C. MARCH Office 2, i PERSONAL A! FATAL ACCIDENTS have jrou nadi of your depends n overtake you IT only costs $1 Policy for 110 :>:i OBTAIN ful] from
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  • 804 19 GERMAN RUBBER TRADE'S PROGRESS. port Figures 1929. I made another rapi-.i trade, when the Lmporti at a large: the World War according to reports Commerce. But the ar's trade was the war. the value the pre-war year 1 700. I mbber goods for 1929 wore I an Increase <>i 11
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  • 478 19 How often out- hears m the market! which handle the products of Asiatic powers: "It is below the cost of production and the low price cannot last." But it does last, and the produce 'concerned continues m regular supply -it "below cost of production.* Has anybody
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  • 210 19 Lace-making In Shanghai and its neighbourhood is done by women at their homes employed by the lace merchants or shops, who supply the workers with raw materials and pay wages upon return of the finished article. The number of shops engaged m this line of business
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 197 19 September 11. SELLING. London 4 months* sight 2|3 2932 London 3 months* sight 23 78 London 60 days' sight 2|3 13J16 London 30 days' sight 2!3 25>32 London, demand 2|3 3|4 London, T.T. 213 2332 Lyons and Paris, demand 1428 Hamburg, demanc! 234 New York, demand 56 Vs
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    • 206 19 September 11. Tin 125 Tons $68 >s Gambier jq Pepper White 21 Pepper Black 2 1 Flake Tapioca 4 Pearl Sago Small 5% Copra. Sundricd 670 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Pice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 3.39 Rice, Siam old No. 1 320 Rice, Rangoon Bintan
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  • 880 19 THURSDAY. SEPT. 11TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang <£) 23s 27s Ayer Hitam <ss> 10s 3d lls 3d Bangrin Tin 13s 15s Batang Padang ($1) 10 15 Batu Caves ($1) 50 55 Bukit Arang ($1) 3-> 40 Surmah Malay 13s 15s com Chenderiang (£> 2s 3s
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  • 337 19 Ousting British Exports. Our export market m Asia for cotton goods is now seriously threatened by Russia. This startling and unexpected fact is disclosed m the report on economic conditions m Persia, published by the Department of Overseas Trade. The total Persian market is certainly small and
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  • 169 19 The Sixth International Road Congress will meet m Washington from October 6 to 11 at the invitation of the U.S. government. The meeting will be the occasion for th:, gathering of the leading highway engineers, administrators and economists from virtually every civilized country m the world.
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  • 36 19 I Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service. I Tokio, Sept. 10. Trade returns for the first ten days of this m nth show totals of YJ1.795.000 and V. 46. 994. 000 for imports and expert: rwpectivlv.
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  • 63 19 September lltb., 11 o'o!«ck noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Spot 12 12 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Sept. 12% 12 Oct. 12. 12 Nov. I2»a 12 S Oct-Dec. 12 H 12 Jan-Mar. 13 13'Tone of Market: Steady Quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet
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  • 114 19 MACPHAIL CO.'S DAILY RETORT. s n ;l P<>re, Sent Tin. Quiet -Kuc -iviis H 72. Rtnto 'M Malay Consols ifl 9( fenawftti 12 «8 Bunn 2.10, Mambaus 4,') 50. P^Ulino 4 3., 4JQ Fatt,.s4o 45. Purlum,, Ms «d l;,s 4' -d V Rivers 4s 3d 4s ocl. Bong X, n,
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  • 118 19 Singapore. Sept. 11. Towards the end of last week the market developed an easier tone m the absence of any news of Governments policy on the qu,,. tion of Restriction, and also owing to Mm Iwm increase m United Kingdom stocks which wis forecasted. Late on Saturday our
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  • 136 19 At Least 50 Miles Likely to be Included. London. Sept. 4. "The strictest secrecy Ls being preserved m regard to details of the scheme." says the Manchester correspondent v.t the Financial Times, "m announcing the forthcoming vi it to Bombay of a representative of the well-known Manchester
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  • 83 19 Government Appoints A Committee. H. E. the Officer Administering th< Government of Ceylon has appointed a Committee composed of the following members to watch the situation as regards the rubber industry and to make recommendations to the Government: The Controller of Revenue (Chairman). Messrs. H.
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  • 135 19 A German View. Th London .atof Urn "Lokalan■eiger." notes thai Imperial Preference is v. madvocated ai the be t mirani «.i vi-jvunimr the old, convenient petition of NpnoMWf that England held for su h laffi prut of the nineteenth century. "If continental Europi slept, as it did. mere
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  • 83 19 [British Radio— Official Service] Rugby. Sept. 10. Foreign exchango* arc: Am t -niam 12.07 Athens 375. Bombay Is. 5 d. Berlin 20.4 1! Brussels 34 86, Bucharest 811'/.. Rio BUHM Aires 43' Copenhagen 18 1G Geneva 25.0<i. Helsingfors 193 3-16. BOBg Kong Is. 11-lCd. Lisbon 108.25. Madrid 44.75, Milan
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  • 37 19 Messrs Gut brie and Co., Kuala Lumpur, have received a cable from London stating that the Beaufort Borneo Rubber Co, Ltd.. annual report and accounts issued show profit for the year, £1,322. Carry forward £7,433.
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  • 13 19 Guthrie and Co., Penan*. AsenLv Temcngor Tin 124 pkla.
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 72 19 ASSETS EXCEED 11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). BEAD OFFICE: Winchester Hou,e, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: *7 Old Jewry, EC T Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England- and complies with the British lift 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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  • 256 20 UNOFFICIAL TEST. Delayed Start and Early Conclusion. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. London, Sept. 11. Play m the second "unofficial test" between An England XI and the Australian tourists at Scarborough, did not commence to-day until 3 o'clock on account of rain. The English
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  • 87 20 Liverpool and Huddersfield •Forwards m Form. [Reuters Service.] London. Sept. 10. Results of English League football matches to-day were as follow: DIVISION I. Arsenal 3: Blackburn 2. Birmingham 1: Newcastle 1. Blackpool 2: Portsmouth 2. Liverpool 7: Bolton 2. Manchester U. 0: Huddersfield 6. Sunder land 1 Derby
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  • 422 20 No Physical or Mental Reserve When Needed. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 8. Although interest m the actual cricketing events was rather curtailed this week-end by the indifferent weather only few matches escaped being interfered with there are a great many topics of interst to recount.
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  • 346 20 SINGAPORE RACES. Handicaps for the Last Day. The following handicaps have been Issued for the last day (Saturday) of this meeting: Ra«« 1. Ponies— Classes 2 and 3 (combined) Div. 2 (7 furs) —2.ls p.m. St. Andrew 9.0, My Posey 8.13, Irish Lady 8.9, Micky Free 8.9,
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  • 432 20 Breeding and Ages. Twenty-six thoroughbred Australian horse griffins shipped by Mr. F. K. Dickson for the Penang Turf Club, were landed m Singapore on Monday. Mr. S. V. Vickers, Secretary, Penang Turf Club, came to Singapore to meet the horses and to see to the transhipment arrangements.
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  • 85 20 Famous Owners Decide to Reduce I Establishments. London, Sept. 1. The Daily Telegraph states that following Lord Derby's decision to cut down his racing establishments, Lord Furness proposes to disperse his big breeding stud m Ireland. Mr. J. B. Joel intends to reduce the number of
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  • 40 20 Mr. F. C. Johnson asks us to notify that 1 avaUahfT thC Memo Hall will not Som SJn h r PraCUCe f r about three *<*** SS wC T* neXf i Members wm notified 'c wier uncn it is again available
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  • 485 20 THE LATE G. A. FAULKNER. His Contributions to S. Africa's Record. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 10. The voice of Major Faulkner (the South African cricketer, who was found dead on Wednesday st his Cricket School at Fulham) was well-known to wireless listeners for he broadcast a
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  • 26 20 Queensland Beaten by Tourists at Brisbane. London, Sept. 3. Brisbane. The British Rugby team beat Queensland here to-day by 26 points to 16.
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  • 37 20 Match m Colombo on October Ist. The English Rugby tourists are due m Colombo on their way Home from Australia on October Ist. The tourists will meet a Ceylon fifteen on the same day.
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  • 113 20 Dewsbury's 51 Points Win. London, \vg. 30. The following are the results of the first days play m the Northern Union (Rugby League) season Broughton 5: Warrington 6. Dewsbury 51: Castleford 8. Featherstone 13: Bramley 5. Huddersfleld 25: Leeds 8. Hull 10: Wakefield 11. Hunslet 16: Batley
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  • 55 20 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Sept. 11. Latest baseball results are as follow: National League. New York 3, St. Louis 5. Brooklyn 6. Chicago 0. Boston 5, Pittsburgh 0. Philadelphia 5. Cincinnatti 4. American League. Cleveland 2. New York 7 Detroit 4. Philadelphia o Chicago 2, Boston 6 St.
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  • 78 20 On Wednesday on the School ground, St. Joseph's Institution met the Hong Kong and h Shanghai Bank XI and won by 2 goals to nil. j Chia Keng Hock, inner left, was the successful i marksman. Bateman, m the Bank's goal, saved 1 many good shots. The school had
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  • 24 20 The Police hockey team opens its programme v 3n Monday with a match against the Air Force s it the Thomson Road Depot. j
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  • LOCAL SPORTING NEWS.
    • 206 20 Yesterday's Results and Ties. S.C.C. Tournament. "A" Class Singles. C. J. Stephen plus 4 beat O. R. S. Bateman plus 4, 6 2, 7 5. B. Singles. P. T. K. Hobbes minus 15 beat W. H. Drooglever minus 15, 7—5, 6 4. C. Singk*. A. C. C. Perdriau
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    • 111 20 YESTERDAYS RESULTS. Championship Doubles. S. L. and R. C. Oehlers beat W. A. Aeria and R. Nicholson, 6 3, B—6.8 6. "A" Singles. N. E. Ess beat N. S. Hogan. 6 4. B—6.8 6. M B" Singles. C. Baumgarten beat F. Scully. 6 3, 1111.3 11. Mixed Doubles.
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  • 78 20 Britishers Eliminated. Forest Hills, Sept. 1%. In the fourth round of the American lawn tennis championships Van Ryn beat Perry (England) 4—6, 6—3. 6—4. 6—l; Sutter beat Berkeley Bell 7—9. 6 4. 6—l. 2— B—6: Tilden beat Lyttleton-Rogers (Ireland) 6 4, 6 l, 6 2; Mangin
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  • 175 20 Alleged Insult to Lady Player. London, Sept. 3. An incident m a tennis tournament at Budleigh Salterton, at the conclusion of a singles match between two international women pl?yers may have a law courts sequel. It is alleged that the loser, who retired whe i 5
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  • 108 20 On Sunday, the "B" Class will sail the third of a series for the Cardosa Challenge Trophy. The start will be at 10 a.m. and the course will be posted m the usual position. The notice of owners and helmsmen is again drawn to the special
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  • 113 20 The following will represent the Indian Association against the Ceylon Sports Club, to-morrow at 2 p.m. on the C.S.C. ground: A. Abbasbhoy, P. K. Bhaskaran, C. Choor Singh, D. S. Fernandez, R. Jumabhoy, A. Amarchand, Wazir SUgh, A. N. Katyal. R. K. Pradhan, Q. Kennedy, N. A. Mallal (Captain):
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  • 28 20 In a lively innings against Hampshire last veek Hunt hit three sixes and 12 fours while coring 80 of 110 made m 50 minutes with A. G. Marshall.
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