The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 September 1930

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  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press jjO. 15.134 ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, &S. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 481 1 The young: Australian airman Dave Smith, crashed while testing an aeroplane at Sydney and was killed Page 11. At the League of Nations Assembly at Geneva Mr. F. B. Kellogg- was elected as 'Judge of the Permanent Court of International Justice Page '1. The Bombay C.I.D. raided
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  • 1370 1 The Finklesteins were the m<>6t amiable of all the families who lived m our street. v«#nj»*ly speaking, they were anarchists. At least, Mr. Finklestein was an anarchist, and It would not have occurred to Mrs. Finklestein, being a good wile, that she should not be an f.narchist too.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 279 1 WING LOON& fOm HIGH OLAM T < II OILING. f)f^ cut Plnlsh OuanuotMtf If, 8108 BTUBT. jßaffles_ Hotel! J FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th. X i TEA DANCE 6.15 p.m. I FAREWELL CONCERT A AT 9.30 P.M. A <& f BAi I AIKA ORCHESTRA AND COSSACK CHOIR Q ADMISSION TO BALL-ROOM $1.50
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    • 231 1 I STANDARD j I STEEL SHELVING j Standard S JL 22" I Depth. W% 15U" -^^^^^gSjj/t^M ml V 97 1 Bbß"B^^^^^^ I ADJUSTABLE SHELVES Adaptable for every storage purpose m I OFFICE, STOCKROOM OR WORKSHOP 'Nothing to burn' is the best method of fire prevention and Roneo Steel Shelving is
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    • 108 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notices etc i*ag> it. Dunlop tyres Page 23. Wassiamuirs sale— Page 1. Worth perfumer? Page 13 Hotel announcements Page 1. Wills Gold Flake are fre°.li Page 7. Zog saves enamelled surfaces Pare 7. Choose from the Austin ranne Pa°'; 5. Fresh Food for hams and bacon Page 6.
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    • 12 1 WING LOONG. TH* UCOONISBD HOCU for ■ÜBOPXAM TROPICAL SUIT*, It. HIGH STREET.
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  • 218 2 The Brl Kruni reproduces a photo <>t Im British b «pl inea I recently Hew [ran Singapore to Kelaxxtan and then paid a v.sir ti Gfongora 01 tlio 2nd but. The return flight td Kelantan w;ts made- the next day. Bangkok Tim Nicolai Stepaiotr. .t merchant, way sentenesd to year
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 353 2 1 CAPITOL I I RESTAURANT I ft) G) 1 Malaya's Most Modern and Finest-appointed Restaurant I I Our Speciality. S I Capitol Grilled I Sole. I FRENCH PASTRY. I g Private Parties Catered For. KELVEY'S SCHOOL OF DANCING Parents desiring their children to take a course of dancing with MDM
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    • 290 2 VICTORIA THEATRE 1 1 TO-NIGHT 1 1 j Friday Saturday 1 1 j at 9.30 p.m. I I OUTWARD I BOUND i Hi g See What Happens After I JOURNEY'S END I w Singapore Repertory Players. j{j BOOKING AT LITTLE'S S3, 2 1. yyyy v^w :ww ww yy \./w vu\i)d
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    • 168 2 6-15 TO-NIGHT 9.f5 I ifi 1...... 1 j I I Iv U waaaa *«m m 1 The picture that's creating sensations the world over INORMA SHEARER IN HER GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT THE DIVORCEE DARING— BUT TRrillßl! An Amazing Story of one j| woman who dared to defy i society's conventions 1
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 163 2 THE WEEK. Thursday. 18th. High Water, 08.03. 6.7 ft.. 17.24. 7.6 ft. Blx-a-stde Boccer at s.c.c. Repertory Playera Preaenl "Outward Bound/ l h lr* .1 nr D.m. Friday. 19th. High Water, 09.00, 7.5 ft.. 19.17. 81 it. Sultan of Johore leaves for Europe on Mantua Licensing Board* 2 15. Aut
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  • 162 3 IF AN ENGLISHMAN STARTS TO TALK. iin^s Says an American. 1 cinema and you hear a reen declare 'i.l, im on. This hunch is to me!." '.y to yourself and Bay. lean talking. I know. I can mm.vi r wondered what your voice n Amertean? Id Bernstein, and find out.
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  • 296 3 Value of Advertising. Sir Sydney Skinner, chairman of Messrs. John Barker and Company and other companies, m his official capacity as president of the Diapers' Chamber of Trjfde welcomed students at the summer school organised by the Drapers Chamber of Trade of the United
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  • 171 3 Sinking Boat Outside Sing-Sing. New York, Aug. 11. Sing-Sing Prison authorities to-day reconmended for pardon four convicts who saved two men and their wives from drowing m the Hudson River m front of the prison yesterday. Two thousand prisoners were amusing themselves m the recreation grounds
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  • 265 3 A Few Hints by a Man. "In my opinion, it is a work of art to be able to sell a woman a dress," said Mr. Percy A. Best, managing director of Mtssr. J. Shoolbred. He was talking to the Drapers' Chamber of Trade
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  • 123 3 To Build a Scouts' Hall. St. Baniabub Chun h, Gillirmham. i^ iai.-itu; 15,000 for the erection of mi.v-iou-hall ;;iljoiniii^' the church, but m Urn BM :uinr th«» RTfC company of Scouts and Cubs attach* d lo tlic church ;ut m Mtd Of ;i imtt'n^ luill.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 194 3 t CAPITOL THEATRE (The Home of Capital Entertainment^ 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 «w^sfe^-^^i Paramount's Wonder Picture %fefe \j: 11*^ The Sensation off the Screen World FOOR FEA.HER.S' Produced by MERIAN COOPER and ERNEST SCHOEDSACK, who made "CHANG" William Powell, A ROMANCE of Thrills and adventure that is greater Richard Arlen, than
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    • 62 3 4 a* 4 f ♦*_Af k V'U^lU^sU^lU^U^^_^ 4>^^«|>^^ *a **a I WORTHINGTON-SIMPSON, Ud. HIGH LIFT RAM PUMPS I X I Pressures from 100 lbs. to 1200 lbse j: t JJvll\CriC» if^Wri JkaT Ti t^fSl A lltV3 V Jt Stock. l Application. <t I UNITED ENGINEERS, LIMITED, f (Incorporated m the
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  • 404 4 Laying the Oval Bogey Scenes from the Last Test Three Cheers for Hobbs Changing London Rectory Fire Great Engineering Feat. BRADMAN GETS BACK to his crease quickly after changing his mind about a run. R. E. S. WYATT. the English captain, takes a turn at bowling.
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  • 665 5 Examination Results. The following are results of the Londor Chamber of Commerce Examinations held m May, of the Raffles Institution: Junior. Commercial Ari hmetic: (With distinction) Kwee Thiam Sioe, Nah Koon Yong, Ngo Beng Hoe, Pang Peng Kee. David Solomon, (Passes) Abdul Aziz bin Ismail, Chan
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  • 78 5 »From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 15. Last Thursday evening, Amoerang, near Menado, was startled by a severe earthquake, which lasted I 1 minutes. The population fled m panic. During the night many more shocks were felt. In the morning of the 12th., columns of
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  • 109 5 The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 2, held on September Bth. Decided to reduce the size of notice boards, indicating streets forbidden to itinerant hawkers, and not to include Tamil and Jawi characters. Disapproved application, on behalf of the owner of East Coast
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  • 60 5 More than 100 empty whisky bottles were found hidden m various parts of her room after the death of Mrs. Ada Jeans, aged 54, of Peabody-buildings, Holborn, according to evidence given at an inquest. Mrs. Jeans was said to have been drinking since the death of her
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  • 650 5 The Kingfisher. a fisherman must take tne g<x;a tiays with the bad, but the keenest will coniess the loneliness and disappointment WkftU Alter ions hours on the water he is forced at last to retrace the weary miles along the river bank homewards. The rise has
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  • 77 5 Why is it that Americans talk with a masal twang? The explanation is given by Mr. F. G. Blandford, the authority on English pronunciation. "It can all be blamed," he said, "on that little tail called the uvula which hangs down at the back of the
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  • 515 5 New Diseases for Old. It is well known that diseases changr their characters from century to century and even from generation to generation. Forty years ago. for example, scarlet fever was a vtry carious affliction: to-day it has fallen, m respect ol its power of inflicting death, below measle"
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  • 136 5 Montreal, Aug. 11. The giant airship R 100 will return to England at the end of her Canadian trip with an entirely new set of glassware. This fact is not due to crockery casualties on the voyage out. but to the untiring zeal of the
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  • 26 5 Mr. V. T. Mills has been appointed to act temporarily as a Judge of the Supreme Court for n period of five weeks from September 29.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 190 5 CHEF BRAND I I j PROVISIONS J Embody G.ood Value. f SAUCE ASSORTED JAMS I I MIXED PICKLES MARMALADE j I PASTES BAKED BEANS j SOL'PS TOMATO CATSUP f j SAUSAGES I FRESH HERRINGS I I OLIVES HERRINGS IN TOMATO AND MANY OTHER VARIETIES. 1 Stocked by All Dealers. I
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    • 281 5 B^H ■^■^^^"^^"^^^^^^^^^^^^^^A^BJ ■■F H^P^ ~^^*V^^*^^ iv^^^^B^ B^B B^^b ™b*!^^bbWJ bWb^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^-^-^__^bJ bW» 7HP SALOON 81,495. 7Hp TOURER $u?5 I CHOOSE from the I m A V t .^B^ f x ip^^^^^^ <^^^^^ 4^ fl BMF X 12 H.P. SALOON $3,350. I? A jV/^fl? 12 HP TOURER $2,595. B^^Br 1 /x k^
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  • 1781 6 THE UNDERGROUND WAY.' Brushing a Tunnel Through the Earth. Now what is the Post Office Railway Briefly it is the railway owned and operated by the j Post Office. It may be useful to add that it is' m London, that it runs m London underground,
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  • 167 6 Trousers and Shoes Removed at Hotel. New York. Aujf. 8. How a young Englishman m New York was deprived of his shoes and trousers and detained for five days m an hotel because of his inability to pay his bill is described m the New
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  • 123 6 Two American Women Accused m Paris. Paris, Aug. 10. Another big round-up of fashion pirates was carried out yesterday. In one concern alone the police seized 7,000 designs and models of dresses fraudulently copied from the "creations" of the most famous Paris dressmakers. In another 8,000 drawings were
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  • 79 6 RUBBER BALLS ARE DEATH TO HIPPOS. Perth. The hippopotamus at Perth Zoo has died. A rubber ball m its stomach was the direct cause of death. The hippo was m the habit of begging with open mouth from passers-by, and the ball Is thought to have been thrown down its
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 199 6 I c 4 Delightful Hot-weather Drinl^ j 'T'HE best of all hot-weather drinks is cold Ovaltine." It is delightful m flavour and wonderfully refreshing and invigorating. 1 i When you drink and enjoy cold M Ovaltine I you arc not merely drinking a particularly I delicious beverage but you are
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    • 314 6 Safety First «iPfor GeiriosprinJ When buying aspirin put safety fin, Genasprin, the safe brand of aspirin r makes pain fade away without dbtur^^J digestion or endangering the heart. Tho., i British Doctors have written praisin- ,hV S° f sure pain-relieving properties of GenasprfLS following their advice and buying (,cn.,.p r
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  • 90 7 r> robust strength this fall" U| way. o on merrily, enjoying a cave for the way ttlnumlly sapping our vitailwaya comet when Nature thoroughly run-down* inability to exert oneself the Inevitable results. vitality must be new reserve of health .a of ICeOoy*! Tablets n
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  • 1716 7 ARTIFICIAL CONTROL. Rinsing the Changes on Depressions. Weather belongs to the air that surrounisus, the air m which you live' and move and have your beinu. It is the changes m the position and movement of air-masses and their relation to sea and land and
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  • 401 7 Fate of a Paris Blackmailer. Paris, Aug. 12. A notorious and enigmatic personality of vhe Paris underworld who was mysteriously fhot and killed m the Hue de Petrograd last week was identified to-day as the professional dancer. Casimir Micheletti. better known is "The Terror of Soho." who
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  • 116 7 Their Clothing More Moral than Americans. Southampton. Bishop Alma White, head of the Pillar of Fire Church m America, before sailing for home gave an interview on her experiences m England. Dr. White, who is the world's only woman bishop, said: Your women are a most sensible bunch
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 108 7 J Saves enamelled surfaces tops," so easily the surf ice is maged, arc best cleaned with Zog paste. Zog gets he dirt and the surjcc, but never goes deeper. I; presi rres the surface. m original /irt*fittm LOCAL AGENTS.— <IME DAaBY CO. LTD. Singapore Strrits Settlements ■M LIB*., LOHMN) tNUUJt*
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    • 148 7 j['-v '1 ■i\ I^M I'll \\m i! IB 1 j t I !l I jfc^l c i ®|jUfi) _FD,A^ WILLS'S GOLD FLAKE VIRGINIA CIGARETTES W.D& H.O.WILLS BRISTOL 6- LONDON o*clockishness Bobby turns up his nose at ordi- middle of the morning, what Joes nary milk and says it's skinny. mother
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  • 686 8 KING CAROL TO WED A DUCHESS WIFE'S ATTITUDE. Drama of Queen Marie's Dash to Rumania. Budapest, Aug. 20. King Carol of Rumania, according to Die latest reports, m now planning to many a beautiful French duchess, wires a Daily Express correspondent m Budapest. It is also declared, despite semi-official denials
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  • 320 8 Problem for the Treasury Solicitor. In the London Gazette, recently appeared the following laconic notice. Deceased British subject, who has recently died abroad, nnd whOM nc\t of kin Ls desired to Ldmmunlcate with the Treasury Solicitor <B.V.>. Storey's gate. London. S.W.I. JOHN BROWN. Neither the
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  • 288 8 Mary Pickford to go on the Stage. New York. Aujr IS, Curing to the change* m the- cinema industry Which have accompanied the advent of the talkies, and the difficulty of finding new stars for the legitimate stage, an important experiment to try out film stars m
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  • 144 8 Medal for Long Service. Cowes (Lsle of Wight). The proudest man m Cowes is Mr. Frederick Draper, fir^t waiter at the Royal Yacht Squadron, who was decorated by the King with the Royal Victoria Medal. For twenty-five years Draper, who is a native of Southampton, has
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 346 8 j DUVEEN&Co., DUVEEN&Co., I BILLIARD TABLE H^LAAI^-J^H BILLIARD TABLE I 0 MANUFACTURERS P MANUFACTURERS IVELTEVREDEN 1 CABLES DUVECO I ftJ I CtH JAVA D.E.I. i THE ADDRESS FOR BILLIARD TABLES I PROOF AGAINST THE TROPICAL CLIMATE 1 ALL TABLES ARE MADE OF FIRST CLASS TEAK WOOD WITH SLATE OR MARBLE
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    • 127 8 FT^Y 3^ PRE-EMINENT IN EVERY COUNTRY QF_THE wHFT^V '/^//iJJllll DIS CLOSED BY X-RAY 'I 'f 'I 111 I The lon strands of finest golden ("[■•i'' I I Virginia Tobacco, used exclusively tr\ >V C //< f"7 l/Jt *^^^^H ■^&^L^S^ s MADE IN LONDON BY ARPATH TOBACCO CO: LID V^" ?^^A>^«2AsXs)®®(isXs)®®®®®(a
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 385 9 uISINESS CARDS. |(T\SSAGi 111/ I M<l RE tIISS lUMIKO li' 2 Dbabf Ghaut. IuARBi > FLOORING WT TILES. dUGAPORE CASKET CO. H 3. r« nh.is Road, t g U>h -i r Street— Phone 6075. ■JoNT^ i:AR A TRUSS! Ie Agents: )!A Y.V\i:i> ft CO., LTD. BATTEEY ROAD. pE 7^ IMITINGS,
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    • 674 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained m the Tender Room, Municipal Offices:— m Closing Date. Supply of asphalt during 1931 for Municipal En- Extended to 4p m gincer's
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    • 650 9 NOTICES. NOTICE. I RENE ULLMANN begs to thank all his 1 g Customers who have so unanimously g ||> answered his special announcements 6 which were made for the purpose of |> facilitating for the public purchase of 1 goods of well known brands and of |j guaranteed qualities at
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    • 627 9 NOTICES. ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. > In Bankruptcy. N o 145 of 1930. Summary Case. Re HUSSAIN BIN HAJI MOHAMEI) SAID of No. 165 Arab Street, Singapore, Trader. Receiving- Order made March 28th, 1930. Dale of Order for Summary
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    • 399 9 CKiversJams Tkouaand. oi tons oi frcah fruits are taken eTcry year from Meaara. Chhrera' hcommindu wdiarda direct to Orcbard Factory **o*mm EVwmrwuEmw to be made into Jama and other fruit PWducta. Every jar i, »e^ed witb GkW P^ent Hy^enic C^e, LSSt&mm camea a guarantee of absolute purity. Singapore. CHIVERS' I
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  • 66 10 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. MARRIAGE. CHEANG— WOON— The -narriage of Miss Cheang Seok Cheng Neo (Emily Cheang) second daughter of- Mr. and Mrs. Cheang Jim Chuan of "Riviera" Pasir Panjang Road. Singapore, and Mr. Woon Chow Tat of Master Attendant's (Registry of Shipping) Office. Marine Department. Singapore, fifth son of Mr. and
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  • 685 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1930. RUBBER ROADS BY THE BARREL. Referring recently to the possibility of increasing the use of rubber and the lack of appreciation m regard to the real difficulty m the way of cheapening rubber roads, we mentioned that the main difficulty m regard to
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  • 442 10 The next regular meeting of the Rotary Clut will be held m the private dining roorr of the Raffles Hotel on Friday, when the speakei will be Mr. R. J. Farrer, and his subject "Reminiscences". Archdeacon Frank G. Swindell lias accepted the benefice ol Isfield. Sussex, m the diocese ol
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  • 677 10 E OUTWARD BOUND." Excellent First Night Performance. In their presentation oi "Outward Bound.' Button Vane's sensational three-act play, the Singapore Repertory Players have definitely jstabltehed themselves as a highly accomplished company. In commenting on the first performance which was given at the Victoria Theatre last night, there
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  • 91 10 LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT London, Sept. 17, 5.20 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows: Spot £134 216 (down 316). Forward £135 12 16 (down 316). The market is steady. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify
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  • 193 10 A fiie broke out at 2.30 a.m. on Sunday m a Chinese Club situated at the corner of Lok* Yew and Sungei Besi Roads. Pudu Village, Kuala Lumpur. The fire engine arrived nine minutes after the fire was reported, but. by that time, the upper storey, which was wooden was
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 876 10 "And the Voice of the Hawker was Heard in the Land." Heann^;^ To the Editor. Sir.—Apropr* of th(. Chamber of fin—iuu to aii,v, the street hawkers U* JJ| to suggest that the their turn. make nofte HTm activities even ban «*bJ! on whom they inflict »h, ni, t** 1 None-
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 361 10 A REVELATION IN ICE TANKS. bottle |%2Si2*«^ II requires PRICES AND DEMONSTRATION GIVEN BY CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD., i lncorporated under the Companies' Ordinance* of Hong Kong k Ineorporuuc, '"^"«£«nu;;. AT 90. ROBINSON ROAD. BY SPECIAL A W-M- THE KINH S APPOINTMENI TO F SIAM I -^^>^_ PYREX OVENWARE i^^^
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    • 75 10 I I m I i 1 S 1 I TOY MOTOR-CARS are equipped with every fitting- that a real car has. Some even have a set of clockwork pedestrians producing realistic squeaks when knocked down. Compensation for all such squeaks is provided for under GAFLAC Motor Policies. GENERAL ACCIDENT FIRE
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  • 178 11 1)A vf: smith killed. Hi. Flight to Singapore Recalled. t:. liter's Service.] Sydney, Sept 17. 1 aye Smith, crashed here toing a Tiger Moth machine m an races on Saturday. It 1 180 miles an hour at an altiwben the engine apparently raj flung out. more closely
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  • Article, Illustration
    2 11 Dave Smith.
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  • 115 11 Offices and Residences Entered. [Renter*! Service.] Bombay, Sept. 17. C 1 D simultaneously raided nine places city, including the offices of the Red Flag i the Young Workers" Union, the priva'e Miss Chattopadhyaya. HeadmisI Bombay Girls* School, and Mrs. both of whom are sisters of Mrs. ho
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  • 64 11 KellotfK International Court Judge. [JteUter*a Service.] Geneva, Sept. 17. y of the League of Nations, by votes, elected Mr. Frank B. Wed Mr. Charles Evans Hughes the Permanent Court of Inter--'"OnaJ Just., tMUtRY into M. UK I. NIKS PLAN. unanimously voted m favour -> committee of representatives of
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  • 47 11 Aew Y <>rk Pictures Picked up m London. free pd-,. b b service— copyright. London, Sept. 17. mateur wireless enthusiast, reusing his own short-wave teMnr, picked up television <<d from New York. This the first instance on record. 1: <I uo aa TI jßa]
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  • 66 11 twelve Years After. London, Sept. 10. iq, !t r their divorce, Dr. Des--IHIIM Moore and Mrs. C H' a„ Moore were remarried at the "ffiee. After his divorce Dr. position m the medical ser-' When he returned to London months ago he met his for- V
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  • 117 11 NANKING AGREEMENT. Completion of Canton-Hankow Railway. [Router's Far Eastern Service.] Mr r t xx, Nankin*, Sept. 17. r JrhJr 8 and Sir Milea L^Pson have reached agreement over the Boxer Indemnity. Canton-Hankow RatTway. The work will be supervised by a board of five, comprising three Chinese
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  • 85 11 Failure to Secure Seat on the Council. I Reuters Service. 1 Geneva, Sept. 17. In the League Assembly to-day China failed to secure the two-thirds majority necessary for her election to a non-permanent seat on the Council. Forty-eight voted of whom 27 were tor China. Guatemala.
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  • 52 11 Bfar M. Lampson and Mr. Wang Exchange Notes. I Reuters Far Eastern Service. J Nanking. Sept. 17. This afternoon Sir Miles Lampson. the Foreign Minister, and Mr. C. T. Wang, signed and exchanged notes covering the agreement reached m connection with the rendition of the British Concession
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  • 27 11 Rendition to Take Place on Oct. Ist. IReuter's Far Eastern Service.] Weihaiwei, Sept. 17. It is officially announced that the rendition takes place on Oct. Ist.
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  • JAPAN AND THE NAVAL PACT.
    • 210 11 [Reuter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokio. Sept. 17. It is authoritatively stated the Privy Council's Examination Committee. m its twelfth session, decided to recommend Council to approve the London Treaty, but m advising the Emperor to ratify they add a resolution warning or censuring the Cabinet. The drafting of
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    • 90 11 (Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokyo, Sept. 17. It is now anticipated that the Examination Committee of the Privy Council will recommend the forthcoming entire Council meeting to adopt the Naval Treaty with a warning. The Committee is meeting this afternoon when, it is expected, a report
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  • 101 11 Rugby, Sept. 10. When the British seaplane squadron now visiting Scandinavia reached Stockholm yesterday afternoon from Copenhagen it was led by Colonel the Master of Semphill m his Puss Moth seaplane. The Master of Semphill, who had the British Minister as passenger, headed the machines to
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  • 443 11 CUNNINGHAMS PLANS. Departure for Alor Star This Week. It was learnt yesterday that m addition io the broken propellor (replaced by a spare) and damage to the wings of Capt. Cunningham's machine, a perforated float m the carburettor had resulted from the unorthodox landing m the swamp at
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  • 153 11 Fight Over 10 Cent Loan. (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Sept. 17. News of two tragedies is just to hand. Last Sunday evening a tamil tapper m the Surkam division of Merlimau Estate is alleged to have stabbed a companion with a chisel. The injured tapper subsequently
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  • 185 11 Japanese Fined for Exhibiting. Katsugora Hamada, a Japanese residing at the Sagura Hotel m Sophia Road was yesterday fined $400 or m default three months' rigorous imprisonment when he pleaded guilty m the Fourth Police Court to charges of failing to deposit 23 reels of cinema films m
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  • 95 11 Failure to Produce Licence. London, Sept. 10. A policeman m Canvey Island saw a twoseater aeroplane standing on its nose m a aeld of oats with its propellor and undercarriage wrecked. He asked the pilot, who was standing by, to produce his licence. The pilot replied that he
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  • 76 11 Rare and Obscure Disease. Rugby, Sept. 10. A London physician named Dr. Leonard Mark, who has just died aged 75, suffered for half a century from a rare and obscure disease. During that time he made most careful notes of his symptoms and left instructions
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  • 591 11 QUESTION OF IDENTITY. Lengthy Cross-Examination of Plaintiff. The continued hearing of the case m which Vong Man Nun is trying to establish his identity as the legal son of Vong Swee Tong, a former well-known Singapore merchant, with a view to proving his share m the
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  • 344 11 Court Sequel to Beach Road Assault. Bad feeling between Sikh and Pathan taxi drivers occupying the taxi stand opposite Raffles Hotel is the motive advanced by the prosecution for an attack on a Sikh driver named Phag Singh and Dara Singh, his assistant, while they were m their
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  • 68 11 The Russian Balalaika Orchestra and Cossak Choir are giving a special concert with an entire change of programme on their final appearance at the Raffles Hotel tc-morrow at 9 p.m. The Company will sing for the last time, by special request, the famous Volga Boat Song. The
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 118 11 McNISH x V E w k x E T X rj^l < 1 "THE WHISKY YOU ASK FOR AGAIN"! X AGENTS: J ROBINSON Co., Ltd. f 4&> (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). V <♦ SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. V T^^ T "w^^^^t^^ I SAFETY FIRST 1 1 HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE KEYNOTE
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  • 604 12 A REVOLT COMING Moderate Opinion and the Conference. I British Radio Official Service.] Ruffby. Srpt. 16. Thf Government of India, m its usual weekly survey of the situation, says: "The general trend of public opinion outside Congress circles regarding the breakdown of the recent peace conversations
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  • 94 12 Fuller Consideration of M. Briands Plan. 1 Reuter's Service. Geneva. Sept. 16. M. Briands proposal for a European federation has entered on an interesting phase through the action of the 27 European States attending the recent conference upon it having submitu*d a draft resolution requesting the League Assembly
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  • 37 12 Increase m Unemployment at Home. IReuter's Service. 1 London. Sept. 17. The latest return shows that unemployment figures m Britain increased by the substantial number of 79.127 m a week, the total now exceeding 2,100,000.
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  • 42 12 Good Progress on Australian Flight. I Reuter's Service. I Sofia. Sept. 17. Th(; a *™an Matthews, who is flying to Australia m an attempt to break Bert Hinkler's record, arrived at Belgrade after average 115 miles an hour. 8
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  • 658 12 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY. Committee's Appeal for Most Rigid Economy. The fifth annual report of the Management Committee of the Singapore Municipal Em- ployees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society. Limited, to be presented to the general lmcting to be held m the Board Room, Municipal Offices, on September 23rd.
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  • 305 12 Details of Sino-German Air Service. Nanking, Au 20. Important details of the ambitious contract entered into between the Ministry of Communications and the German Lufthansa Company for the operation of a Sino-German air mail and passenger service have been disclosed. The contract, it is learned, provides for the
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  • 1119 12 CITY OF SHATTERED BUILDINGS. SIEGE OF NANNING. Buildings Wrecked and People Killed by Aerial Attack. More than sixty per cent, of its population has left Nanning a city of shattered buildings, dead and dying and on the verge of famine, consequent on the city's siege and bombardment by Cantonese and
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  • 582 12 PROFITABLE DIVORCE. Chinese Wives' Western Ideas. Shanghai, Aug. 16. Devotion to husband, one of the many virtues of truly Chinese women, like many othei Chinese institutions, is at its lowest ebb m face of overwhelming onslaught by Occidental ideas and ideals. While m the
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  • 95 12 To Check Frontier Raiding. .Amman (Trans- Jordan), Sept. 9. Four Wapiti aeroplanes with British pilots have left for Koweit via Baghdad to form a nucleus of the Air Force m the Hejaz to check frontier raiding. An important tribal conference opened here to-day, when a special
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  • 96 12 Quadruple Crime. Paris, Aag. 18. The maid, on taking up breakfast m a Imuse m Paris, found pinned to a door the following note: "Four dead persons are inside." The maid called a gendarme, who found that a lamp-shade manufacturer named Hoock, his wife, and two children
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  • 52 12 $10,000,000 for Religious and Educational Institutions. London, Sept. 4. New York.— The schcol for the Children of Presbyterian Missionaries at Kodaikanal receives a bequest of $50,000 under the will of the late Mrs. John S. Kennedy, who left $10,--000,000 to be divided among fifty religious and
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  • IMPURE DRUG PERIL IN INDIA.
    • 435 12 "Starch and Sawdust" Medicines Exposed. Calcutta, Sept. 2. In view of the recommendation of the Gover-nor-General m Council that all provincial Governments should take sieps to control the indiscriminate use of medicinal drugs, it \f, interesting to note the position which fat the Committee appointed to examine
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    • 247 12 Deterioration of Drugs Caused by Climate. In addition to the reasons for vhe introduction of control referred to above there is the still more important one of fraudulent adulteration and direct substitution of substances of similar appearance, but lower value, of which there is far more than is
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  • 139 12 Famous Engine At Exhibition. Mr. Rufus C. Dawes, the president of thr Chicago Century of Progress Exposition, which will be held m 1933. is at present m London, arranging for the op?ning of an office m Vic-toria-street, S.W.I, to create the organisation necessary for the participation
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  • 74 12 European Manager of Tea Estate Drowned. Calcutta, Sept. 5. Nowgong, Sept. sth.— lt is reported that Mr. W. G. Forbes, European manager of the Hatikhuli tea estate, was accidentally drowned yes- terday m the Nowgong area, seven mouzas of i which have been devastated by the
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  • 68 12 HURRICANE DAMAGE IN LEEWARD ISLANDS. CROPS j)E OYE|) Six Deaths hjurcd. [British ludio The Gmnnor ?1 telegraphed to tb < inspection after the that the dam .-<• d making oonsidi r»bl« Six deaths 1, r Injured are m R,, country districts. H per cent, of the t of the latr
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  • 41 12 Present Situatioi m Ob- i v Thr Finaru, Wn\ the 1931 B revenue will be ture 012.n00.000 Fl< rii as a result ol v normal Increase 00 will cease and that m 1 I I ON 1 rery obscure.
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  • 23 12 $20,000,000 Allocated for Relief. 1 The House r Comi third reading of .1 1 $20,000,000 for uni on puUkS v.-( rta
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  • 27 12 New Dwellings for De-Hoihed Eli AvMliim. vpL i; Within two nootl Quake the l»rt t of tin tbe first batcb ol Many BOP ''ill be n
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  • 152 12 Programme of Dn)].«; up lo and toi ending September 2 1st. Thursday, 5 pm., Drill Hall, 9VFA, Ueture—Sanitation. 5 15 pm, Drill Hall N<* 1 and 8 Platoons "B" < English i Coy.. Table A" 30 yards Range. Friday. 1.19 p.m. Drill Hall, SRA Promotion and Lavmu
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  • 106 12 By Lieut -Colon.) J M M;« K.rwe, DS Commanding S.S.V F Bil *Tt l Ranges. Tne following lUßfi tl w lished for informant-: 1 Buses Leave Drill Hall. Sat. Sun. 2 p.m. 7.30 am B Sept. 20 Sept. 21 H ,E Co: > Sept. 27 Si: MO
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  • 62 12 Strain of l'ubli. i:.»-^m<" Owing to IIM «W health, Miss Amy John to abandon ill te* to tako a prolonged I Miss Johnson, aftei flying font, was to hi a-' resorts m a fcWO m <:. enthusiastic >end-ofl a VNk ago. At was estimated that
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 303 13 Lean Time for English Cricket. (From our Own Corresj'oncjent). London, 4*T< We sh.ill probably have to pass through a Pftttl Jen time m respect of Test cricket Me t of our older men will have to <*o and Hotot* has, cf course, played m his la*. TOSt
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    • 224 13 Close to World Record. Tokyo, Aug. 23. From among the girls of Japan, no longer the prim little dolls of song and story, has emerged another potential holder of world records. She Is Hideko Maebata, 16-year-old schoolgirl from Nagovi. who set a new national record
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    • 135 13 Stockingless Twins as Bridesmaids. Miss Mercedes Gleitze, who swam the Channel m October. 1927. was married last month to Mr. Patrick Carey, a young Dublin engineer. Many holiday-makers gathered at St. Pauls Roman Catholic Church Dover m mail week when the church for the ceremony. The bride
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    • 117 13 A Sixpenny Fund has been opened for Jack Hobbs by the Daily Herald m view of the fact that he has played his last Test, writes our London correspondent. To start the Fund the Daily Herald gave a donation of 10,000 sixpences, and other newspapers are
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    • 106 13 The Jovial Badminton Party were the guests of the Chinese Swimming Club last Sunday and wore engaged tn five friendly matches. Ilia result was a very clcte win fcr the latter by 3 mat shi li 2. Boh Choo Lock I al beat Lob Blew Ngee (cs.c.) s~i,
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    • 74 13 Struck on the hand while he was batting against Yorkshire. Frank Woolley, the Kent batsman, had a sninll bone of his right hard broken and as a result was unable to play again this season. It is understood that the vacancy for the position of secretary of the Yorkshire C.C.C.
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    • 346 13 May he Arranged m 1931 Cold Weather. Delhi, Aug. 30. Mr. A. S. de Mello. honorary secretary of the Indian Cricket Control Board, m a communication to the Pre s. says that the next meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference will be held early m September, and
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    • 136 13 £20,000 Riddle of Heavy-Weight Contest. New York. Aug. 14. Attempts are being mad? to arrange a fight between Camera and Sharkcy at Chicago on September 29. Everything, it is said, depends OH the ability of Mique Mullov. who wants to promot? the fight, to make satisfactory
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    • 211 13 Wide Difference of Opinion Over Verdict. New York. As was not wholly unexpected, the sporting critics of the New York morning Press are widely divided over the decision m the BergChocolate fight. Here are the opinions of the leading boxing writers: New York. World. Chocolate won.
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    • 192 13 Walter Lirsdnim. before he left Australia for England, yt.ited to the Melbourne Argus that the British professional championship h?.d beeotne trade afT;«ir. and was not to bo taken so seriously as formerly. In the couise of his statement Llndrum said Instead of the contest be int?
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 201 13 r Foods \c from the purest milk of cows pastured m the me counties, the Allenburys* Foods are as easily ted as mother's milk. They are germ free and simply and quickly made by the addition of >oiling water only. Fresh supplies, specially packed for the tropics, are received each
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    • 443 13 Are Your Teeth Discoloured from Tobacco and other Stains? If so, use ODOL Tooth Paste for six kVv^i ]5S^ f A days aiivl notice the V^?s:t. #|L amazing improvement J Wm the whiteness of '^t^fr^Mf^^^^ your teeth. J?**-'^^ ODOL Tooth Paste contains antiseptic and other ingredients which remove film and
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 868 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 anl Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Dae. MENELAUS For Marseilles, Casablanca, London, Roterdam and
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    • 525 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. s.s. C7TY OF JOHANNESBURQ Oct. 5 s.s. CITY OP SHANGHAI Nov. 7 HOMEWARDS. m.v. CITY
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    • 444 14 P. £r> O. British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England) I MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVtt]Q| LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVK F OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA t japan Doe. Tonnage. Singapore. T n« KHYBER 9,100
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    • 715 15 0 S. K. Line. rtlrt and and New York:— (from Kobe) *VV X rew Frelght service). Kwanto Maru Oct. 9 and Vancouver:— (from Kobe) f Arabia Mar\i Get. 4 tfif> rdam. Hamburg (Bremen) r, d am- Amaam Maru Sept. 18 19 Pnri ElUabeth, Cape Town, Rio de «rfc- n> Montevideo
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    • 508 15 >^ J a Q A|i* V I V yo?/ E*^^Oj%^>w See Beautiful Canada l V (Cx^.^ Rockies. Stop over at V^^L {^S^&4 S Banff and Lake Louise \l"^^^b^TV^\/vIP* l COVV£ wl=^ ai Jasper NaUonal Include m your itlne-V-C^^sL^A \i\l O CA rTtt m M rary the marvellous V\^^ }>)\ Yellowstone
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    • 775 15 k. p. m. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN OOVBUQfZm. Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Frelghta, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives la the Straits Settlement (Singapore an* F of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU.
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    • 747 16 Burns Philp Line. Incorporate! la Australia;. FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4.512 tons). The a*. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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    • 329 16 sjs. THALATTA. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Oslo (arrived September 13) are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 50 on Saturday September 30th, 1930, at 0 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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    • 520 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co ij 44. BKAVER STREET, NEW TOKr 'QCj (Incorporated In U.BJL) M GENERAL AOENTB. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICV I BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILAI)EIP H ff BALTIMORE. IA *M (via Hu^« M.S. SILVERYEW In Port S^t 22 M.S. SILVERCYPREBB Bept. 30 Oct 6 Oct I PACmC-JAVA-CALCUTTA SFRvi^l SINGAPORE TO SAN
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 677 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. ft Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei T*mhtn n and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jeran- It tut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thura- C day and Friday. 6 aan. 1 Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggt Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedan and Lower Siam 6 a.m.
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    • 116 16 Bulan, Brit. 441, from Penang 17, for Penang 21. Tairea, Brit. 3756, from Calcutta 17, for P. Swettenham 19. Mantua, Brit. 5933, from Yokohama 17, for London 19. Mahidol, Brit. 440, from Malacca 17, for Kuantan 18. Talma, Brit. 6154, from Osaka 17, for Calcutta 18. Rompin, Brit. 72, from
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  • Port and Shipping News.
    • 186 17 IY^ I i)i*to of clothing was all the possession of a Chinese .IC.J.L. steamer Tjipanas i! mg Kong from Sandakan dakan on September 2. and ml m <■■ < "vcred mingling with the later Defendant was fined i moQth'l lmprtsonment. Prlnoe. «>f til* Furne.ss Prince Hived m Shanghai on Sept.
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    • 252 17 All Well on Ho Hon£ Steamer. per ol Sept. 11 stales: topectinp pirates among the large numbor tigers aboard. Captain H. G. r Hong Peng, is taking every Is m ronstant wireless compilation with the Hong Kong agents. Comthe ship is expected here Pr.day morninc. m Hong
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    • 180 17 ON A SHIP OR IN A SHIP. lay bubble, particularly one the colours of the sea. writes the Evening News. But so i h being slopped out about ayinff. Even lately I meant to on believing that a sailor TThart hLs collar W you ask him: ooat ht :.s ON
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    • 2375 17 From South of England to South of France. (Continued from yesterday.) Oporto, which the geography books tell us is 3 miles up the Douro, was hot, definitely hot and seemed to lack air. owing to the height of the river-banks I suppose, when we arrived there
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 194 17 a^2^f| Made Specially to Prevent Sore H^^rß frawats tested and l-fr^l approved for the 9* Iftfe i successive war «£flk* by the Institute G^^ ene l^^^ ii i n i^^i j i ■^jltippw I m^jl t^ llf I■ Mil *4VENA CORK -TIPPED VIRGINIA CIGARETTES ii:jiS::ss:i>/^ I Made Specially to Prevent
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 42 17 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. k aor oplane from Batavia on N| to M. Frijlinck; (from Paternal <""•<•• Mr. M. P. Tielens. Mr. 1 '-ISSKNGERS LEFT. X ft) i i r Bent P c from Singapore to Mr I<th: Mr M G <*xlman. Mrs. irv Moreau.
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  • 703 18 STRANGE MONEY. Currency Difficulties Worse Than Russia's. The small change crisis m Russia, which may necessitate coins being ordered from the British Royal Mint, recalls the much more serious money trouble of early Australia. There was a time when most of Adelaide's ready money
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  • 141 18 Farthing Damages m Divorce Suit. Sydney. After Mr. Justice Owen had pointed out that m assessing damages only the value of a wife as a wife must be taken into consideration, the Jury, at the conclusion of the Johnson divorce suit returned a verdict for
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  • 128 18 Quarryman's 60 ft. Descent m Old Lead Mine. A terrier walking with its master near Matlock disappeared m pursuit of a rabbit, and fell down a disused lead mine. His master gave the dog up for dead, but two days later sounds of barking and whining
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 169 18 '^r <r <*r *r <•> <*r A 'a* 'iaT CORONA CHAMPION OF PORTABLES X T\ I t T U f BLACK OR /t :^\3\ COLOURS "ft" i W# t I L. C. SMITH I X TYPEWRITERS FOR THE 3IODERN OFFICE. For Sale by ♦J* KELLY A WALSH, LTD. THE FEDERAL
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    • 815 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England). Ca P ital £3,000,000 Subscribed t, 800.000 Paid-up 1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest 1,645.505 BOARD OF DIRECTORS. J. M. R/rie, Esq., Chairman. P. R. Chalmers, Esq., Charles J. Hambro, Esq., J. O. Robin? on, Esq., W. H. Shelford, Esq., Sir Thomas
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    • 167 18 THF x"~~" SOUTH BRITISH Wi INSURANCE OOMPAMI H M T FIRE, MARINE, njjj MOTOR (AH INSURANCE \< (mp LOWEST CURREwTjLfi l. c itAßoou- n, Tv Office j PERSONAL ACCIDENTS FATAL ACCIDKN HAVE you Be* of your depend) overtake you 1 IT only < Policy lot |1 OBTAIN from th. EASTERN
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  • 885 19 A REMARKABLE VIEW. m Dutch Consent not fl Imperative. S K'itti the Governor's announceH v. ill be no interference on S Malayan Government m the 9 r industry, and that ceofl be allowed to take their fl i Guardian representative call--9 Mr. Tan Choiif:
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  • 116 19 All Round Increase of Duties. fßeutcr's Service.^ Ottawa, Sept. 17. The Government anti-dumping Bill, to reduce unemployment, passed its first reading It involves an upward revision of rate*, particularly on textiles, agricultural implements, iron and steel products, heating and electrical apparatus. Great Britain is affected by duties on
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  • 227 19 Shareholders of the Hong Kong Engineering and Construction Co.. Ltd.. at an extraordinary general meeting la«=t week approved of a reduction of the Company's capital from $1,000,000 to $200,000 by reducing the nominal value of the shares from $10 to $2. Mr. J. p. Braga. Chairman, m
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  • 126 19 During August the Royal Dutch Indian Airways carried 1.348 passengers m all. The decrease m comparison with July is due to the fact that during last month no joyrides were held m various places. The returns of the regular services are. however, unfavourably affected by the present financial
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  • 83 19 [British Radio Official Service.] Rushy, Sept. 16. Foreign exchanges are. Amsterdam 12.07, Athens 375, 'Bombay Is. 53UL, Berlin 20.40, Brussels 34.855. Bucharest 814 i. Rio 5 1-32. Buenos Aires 4 1 1 1- Copenhagen 18.16. Geneva 25.055. Helsingfors 193, Hong Kong Is. 3 9-16 d.. Lisbon 108 25. Madrid
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  • 42 19 K'Uu Tin: (Ptnl hrlf September) Hours 290; Yards 36,000; Pikuls 188. Botistead S: Co., Penanff, Agents: Ratrut Basin (First half Sept.) 517 hours; 34.000 yards; 369 pkls. Takuapa Valley (First half SeDt.) 596. hours; 165,000 yards; 672 okte.
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 135 19 September 17. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2|3 3132 London 3 months* sight 2 3 1516 London GO days' sight 23 78 Batavia Sour.baya. demand .39% Ca,cutta 155, 3 Ban*X£ Madras. Colombo, demand 155% Kong Kong, demand 42 p.c. Dte. m°« am n a> T^ H3% Mania, demand
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    • 133 19 September 17. Tin 150 Tons $68 50 r- QTv,KW pep^ r white *tJT', gj B-7 2ao Rlce, slam Broken NQ Rice, Slam Broken No. 2 200 Rice- Siam Broke» Cl for export 265 Coconuts, per thousand $5 00 Sago> flour DeVoe's Imperial Brilliant Kerosene per 2 tins 5 38
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  • 901 19 WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 17TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers Sellers. Asam Kumbang 23s 27s Ayer Hitam (ss) 9s 9d 10s 9d Bangrin Tin 14s 15s Batang Padang ($1) 10 15 Batu Caves ($1) 45 50 Bukit Arang ($1) 35 40 Burmah Malay (£> 13s 15s nom. Chenderiang 3s 4s Eastern
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  • 136 19 497 Tons Sold Yesterday. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 985 th. auction yesterday, when there was catalogued 1.822,075 lbs.; 813.43 tons. Offered 1.507.249 lbs.: 672.88 tons. Sold 1.114.869 lbs.: 497.71 tons. Spot. London 4 1-I6d. New York 8\ cents PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet.
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  • 106 19 Singapore, Sept. 17. Tin.— Steady. Kuchais 70 75. Kintas 88 90 Penawats 42 L 45. Malay Consols 16 18 Sungei Luas 90 95. Sungei Ways 2.05 2.15. Hong Fatts 42 45. Ulu Klangs 70 75. Souths 20 23, Mambaus 45 50. Ayer Hitams 10s 10s
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  • 272 19 "Crude Colonialism" of Compulsion Proposal. Rubber company spokesmen are now declaring that the industry can be helped out of its difficulties (whicl with rubber at less than sd. a pound are grtflt) only by Government interference. And they think this interference will come about, not through
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  • 65 19 September 17th., 12 o'clock noun. Buyers Sellers R S S. equal to London Standard, Spot 12 13 Standard R.S.S. on Trader Sc^jt. 13 13', October 13 13 November 13 13'-O;t-Dec. 13', 13'> Jan-March 13', 14 Tone of Market: Steady Quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet
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  • 733 19 Uncertain Rubber Market. Singapore. Srpt. IK. The price of Spot rubber has Ililnn< ,t 4d. per lb practically U» wholi oi I m mk, but the immediate tendency of the mark-* i-; somewhat uncertain although U.S.A. OOCpumption figures for August arc considered to be moderately satisfactory. Very lit
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  • 172 19 No Dividend and $25,318 to be Carried Forward. The? following i. the directors' report to th«* r-harehold; s t> tr j,re ciucii at the annual meeting of TMntalAk Rut* r Mai I ;i s. 27th. at Derrick and Company's at noon. The profit fcr the year is $4.(ii:<>.74
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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). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry, E.G. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England- and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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    • 33 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE. Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BAKLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD., BRANCH OFFICE: CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 52 20 ENTERPRISE'S WALKOVER. Shamrock Disabled Soon After Start. [Reuter's Service.] Newport. Rhode Island. Sept. 17. Soon after the start of the third Americas Cup Race the Shamrock V was disabled, her mainsail coming down on to the deck. Enterprise only had to complete the course to win
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  • 56 20 County Beaten. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 17. Lancashire lost their match against the Rest ol England to-day by 10 wickets. The county scored 105 m their first innings (m which Jupp took six for 28) and 190 m their second. The Rest of England replied
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  • 325 20 Ramponi Injured m T.T. Trial.' I From Our Own Correspondent. 1 London. Aug. 21. Signur C. Ramponi. Italy's crack road racing driver, and Signor Franteras. his passenger, escaped death by a miracle on Wednesday during practice for the International Tourist Trophy Race, which takes place over the
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  • 139 20 Interesting Programme for Tanglin Event. The officials who have had charge of the arrangement of the programme for the gymkhana which is to be given by the Welch Regiment at Tanglin Barracks on Saturday, Sept. 27. appear to have done their work exceedingly well, and the event
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  • 160 20 To-day's Matches. The following matches have been arranged lor this afternoon. G. Bennett, R. N. Elliott. S. A. Woosey, Capt. D. V. Hill, R. G. W. Scholes and Capt. E. A. Barlow vs. C. Kendall, J. Crichton, Lt. M. H. Waring. P. N. Adam. J. Philip and
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  • 96 20 (Prom Our Own Correspondent.) London, Aug. 21. England has beaten Australia m a Test Match but not alas the Cricket Test. This was m the third dirt track test match at Stamford Bridge track and won by 49 46. a thrilling match which was watched by 40,000
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  • 59 20 U °i H Heathcote. who was manager of the Dublin Estate till he went on leave returned to Penang recently and has been an pointed Manager of Wessington Estate, Rengam belonging to the same company (Malayan American Plantations. Mr Heathcote TZ a popular figure m planting circles m Kedah and
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  • 965 20 SEA SPORTS. Exciting Koleh and Motorboat Races. Though the weather was exceptionally fine, a cloud hung over the royal house of Johore yesterday, the occasion of H.H. the Sultan's birthday. Usually it is a day upon which the Malays of the State go en fete both
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  • 68 20 [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] London, Aug. 21. A new rule instituted by the Royal Automobile Club which is to apply to the Tourist Trophy Race m Ulster and a very good one Is that every driver who takes part must have passed the doctor before
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  • 177 20 PENANG GRIFFINS. Draw for the 1931 Arrivals. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept. 17. The draw for the Penang 1931 griffins took place to-day m the presence of a large gathering, which included many out station residents. The draw resulted as follows: Merry Monarch Messrs. J. J.
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  • 88 20 Yesterday's Result. "C" Class Singles Final. V. P. S. Walsh plus 4 beat A. C. C. Perdriau plus 2. 6 2. 6 4. THURSDAY'S TIES. "A" Class. Doubles. W. B. Wigg and W. Rodger plus 15 vs. S. H. Moss and C. Salter plus 4. "B"
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  • 64 20 Yesterday's Results. Dyne Cup. Mrs. Buchanan and Armitage owe 15.2 beat Mrs. Franklin and Moss scr. 6 2, 6 2. Mrs. Stephenson and Wise owe 15.3 beat Mrs. Taylor and Soott. owe 15.2 6 l. 3 6. 6 4. C'ullen Cup. Miss Stephen and Stephen owe
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  • 791 20 VIENNA CRAZE. New Science m a Human Circus. Vienna, Aug. 20. I have just met Court Max Thun-Hbhenstein, the famous Austrian athlete who founded the scie.ice of Natural Movement, which is sweepIng Vienna at the moment. According to the count we move m the wrong
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  • 68 20 The new Island Golf Club course is to be constructed on a charming site m the region of the Kallang River Reservoir. As will be seen from the above photograph the site has been cleared of jungle growth, and will shortly be ready for the
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  • 157 20 Ding-Dong Struggle. A cable of Sept. 10 describing the St. Leger, m which Lord Glanely's Singapore won by IH lengths from Parenthesis, says: Settling down to the race. Ut Majeur led from Parenthesis. Diolite. Singapore. Rustom Pasha and Algonquin, with Fairy Prince last. At the half
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  • 114 20 Programmes for Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, September 20th, there will be a Ladies Race m the "B M Class Boats. The start will be at 4.30 p.m. and the course will be posted m the usual position. On Sunday, September 21st, the *'B" Class will sail a fourth
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  • 49 20 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Sept. 17. Latest baseball results are as follow: New York 7: Chicago 0. Brooklyn 0: St. Louis Philadelphia 15: Pittsburgh 14. St. Louis 10: New York 19. Chicago 4: Philadelphia 6. Chicago 2: Philadelphia 10. Detroit 7: Boston 5. NATIONAL LEAGUE. AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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  • 23 20 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 16. In a Third Division (Northern Section) match to-day Southport and Accrington drew at Southport 3 3.
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    • 75 20 f «tW-^ I I How to Keep Healthy I i In the Tropics. I IJ. N. DUGD ALE I Price $2.00 I Malaya Publishing HcuseLtd I Singapore. I s>®®®®®®®<S)®®<?>^^ I THE MOST MODERN EXPRESSION UF TYRE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION aiaigiafiai!fi!fi!rdfi!n!fi!n I RAFFLES CAFE, BAKERY CONFK( TIONERV "QUALITY and SERVICE." "MEALS
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