The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 October 1930

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1 20 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13,155 ESTABLISHED 1835, SINGAPORE. S.S. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1930. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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  • 353 1 Capt. Matthews arrived m Singapore on Saturday afternoon, on his flight to Australia. He landed on the racerour>e Page 11. The Governor at the Durbar of Malay States rulers at Government House on Saturday disclosed the possibility of help from the Colonial Development Fund for the development
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  • 1096 1 We had been invited out to tea at the hotel m Brastagi. but as the time set was five o'clock, we decided to take a walk first, guiding ourselves by our map. The surface of th* Karo plateau is covered with a network of small paths, and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 123 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS, St. HIGH STREET. Raffles Hotel EXCELLENT ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE WITH MODERN I SANITARY MHUMGBMBNtI. MONDAY, OCTOBER Mh. j i THERE WILL BE NO TEA DANCE OWWO TO THE BALLROOM i BEING RESERVED FOR THE BOfGATOBI ROTARY CLUB i j DINNER AND DANCE,
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    • 242 1 DOMINION ROYAL! I Distributors Throughout Malaya, t McALISTER Co., Ltd. I Singapore, Penang, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur. <^> |EBR(H«#HOTELi| li "RENOWNED BY RECOMMENDATION" i j j Special Notice. j j |S Saturday, 18th October, 3 I Special Race Dinner 8 Dance DANCING TILL 1.45 A.M. I GRILL. I I| Telephone
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    • 132 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Public notices etc. Page 9. Carron ranges at Robinsons Page 11 Have you tried Makedon cigarettes? Page 6. Notice re St. George's Society meeting Page 9. Try Itaiit asbt*stos roofing m\A feltinn Pace I^. T.K.K."s tennis shoe, from Ter.g Seng Guan Page 10. McAlbter\<: »te distributors (or Dominion
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    • 13 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CIASS TAILORING. Style, Cut Finish Guaranteed 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • 120 2 An entir* change of programme will take place at the Capitol to-night, when the film record of Rear- Admiral Richard Byrd "> famous South Polr expedition will be the attraction. This picture is stated to be one of the finest records of any Polar
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  • 183 2 Described a# a 'musical romance," "One Mad Kiss** which opens at the Alhambra on Tuesday introduces to Singapore the new FoxMovietone star whom America has hailed as a Singing Valentino. 1 Eton Jose Mojica. a Chicago Grand Opera Company artist who has played opposite to Galli Curci.
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  • 216 2 Interposition of a Mother -in -Law. R<imp. Sept. 3. The cth» r day. Luigi. who lives near Pistoia. sold hi wife. Rina. an attractive brunette, to his friend. Arturo. for a hundred-lire note and a few flask* of wine, with some rabbits and fowl? thrown m Rina.
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  • 126 2 Pr©ftsw>r L- H. Krol. the well-known zoologist, arrived m Kuching from Sibu on September l&th. leaving for Singapore by t he Kuching on the following day Professor Krol :tarted from Pontianak early m June with a Dutch AssL«?tanf and two survey parties on an expedition through the interior of Borneo.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 297 2 TRUFOOD. HUMANISED AND FULL CREAM. An Up-to-date answer to the big problem of INFANT FEEDING. AGENTS. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 3, Battery Road. Opp. General Post Office. Quality Service Price Economy 1 RESTAURANT I 1 Malaya's Most Modern 1 I and Finest-appointed I I Restaurant I I Our Speciality. 1 Capitol
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    • 267 2 VICTORIA THEATRE] t COMING NOV: 22nd. 23rd. TWO RECITALS ONLY j Dame Clara Butt j I AND Mr. Kennerley Rumf ord. \j/.w w xVy ,ww u\d uumluuwmv. ww y y wW 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.15 and SPECIAL MATINEES. TUESDAY 14th WEDNESDAY 15th AT 3.15 p.m. All School Children Admitted at Half
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    • 308 2 |6-15| TONIGHT RAMON NOVARRoI I The Greatest Romantic Figure ot \g Talking Screen I HIS FINEST ALL MUSICAL PERFOini\\ CF B "IN GAY MADRID! 1 1 DOROTHY JORDAN LOTTICE HOWELL I jj HEAR SPANISH MELODIES BY THK (;KK\TE<J 1 1 MALE CHORI'S EVER ASSEMBLED I A TALKING PICTIRE I.XI) m
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 157 2 THIC WEEIL Monday. 13th. High Water. 01 22. 8.2 ft., 12.45. 9.0 ft. Legislative Council. Budget Meeting 10.30 a.m. Hockey: SRC. vs Vehicles Dept. Tuesday. 14th. Hißh Water. 02.15. 7.5 ft., 13.20. 8.8. ft. Pulau Bulanp special meeting. Harrison's Barkers, noon. Session of Wild Life Commission, Johore Bahru Wednesday. 15th.
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  • 1130 3 BRUNETTE TO BLONDE. A Too Short Holiday Season. fFrom Our Own Correspondent] Paris, Sept !l. En Dieppe, where there is a fair -sized population, and m other small towns on the coast, the barbers do well all the year round. Nice, the capital of the Mediterranean-washed
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  • 95 3 The mortality returns for the week ending October 4th. give a rate for the Municipal area of 27.68 compared with 28.75 the preceding week. 25.91 the corresponding werk of last year and 29.51 the five year average. Sixteen deaths occurred of those resident less than three months and deducting the^e
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 294 3 "MALAYAN PICTURES" I A PORTFOLIO OF DRAWINGS by 1 MISS HOPE-FALKNER. I 1 Each Portfolio Contains Six of Miss Hope-Falkner's well-known drawings of Malayan Scenes m Black and White, and are obtainable on liuf)\ White, or Grey Mounts. •> Size of Pictures qg Spedd Envelope 1 Mx B inches. For
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    • 331 3 ELECTRIC TORCH With the ROTOMATIC SWITCH The GREAT Battery Economist The constant purchase of batteries is due m no small way to the light being turned on accidentally The ROTOMATIC SWITCH insures you against waste of batteries Always lights when you want it. Positive prevention against accidental battery discharge. Illustrated
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    • 421 3 I Estate Trust Agencies (1927) Limited. r BRANCHES SI, Jlrst Cross Street MALACCA. i }J» "p ht S if« e PENANO. i j 14, Klyne Street KUALA LUMPUR. jr Registered by and Security deposited with i the Straits Settlements Government. Act as Trustees, Administrators, Receivers, jg Guardians, Rent Collectors, Investments
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  • OUR NEW SERIAL.
    • 1030 4 (Continued). AN INTERESTING DINNER PARTY. It was amusing to arrive a second time at the house which was called Six Chimneys, and to be admitted at once Into this atmosphere of mystery without a challenge or a password In the hall was Vivien, about to go upstairs to
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    • Article, Illustration
      384 4 VIVIEN CLEMENT opened a photographer's studio m London: she lived alone except for her Persian cat, Josephine. EDWARD CARR, a young man working m the motor car showrooms opposite, is her first customer. One day a foreigner. PRINCE PAUL MIDANTI. comes to the studio and asks Vivien if she
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    • 2677 4 A ROAD ATTACK. Vivien waited until he had lit a cigarette and then she said "I will tell you what happened before and after the night of my supposed disappearance. That day a stranger called —a dark man, who passed me m the street just about the time
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    • 457 4 THE PRINCE'S SUBTLE PLAN. The captain's prophecy was correct, the first day of the voyage was extremely pleasant. The sea was placid and almost as still and serene as the sky, and the sun was warm so that the company, although late m retiring were on deck fairly
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  • 122 4 "Lutembe," the famous tame crocodile of Lake Victoria, is feared to be dead, as it has been missing for several weeks. For many years it has been a source of eatertainment to visitors to the lake shore at Mile 13, on the Kampala-Entebbe road, through Its willingness
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  • 197 4 Two Young Men Plead College Cos torn. "It is the custom of Cambridge underfiriuiuates to enter one another's rooms aiui hefy themselves to wine." This defence was successfully pleadrd »t Cambridge Police Court by John Steanie Price. of Hatch End. Middlesex, and Leslie Gerald Chance, of
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  • 24 4 Recent appointments In the Colons eminent Service include Mr L. B CHtoO" Solicitor-G?n?ral and Mr. A D Tort as Assistant District Officer. Butterw" 1
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 167 4 Jvadiant I\CLtiir<\l hcMity y y y y langee is m# y lipstick which gives you rt\~ natural color required for yo*r Individual complexion, for Tangee changes as yo« p+ it on and blends perfectly wiH; your own natural coloring. Tange* leaves no greasy fUm on the lips, but gives a
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  • 687 5 ITS LOST ODOUR. Botanical Problem Without a Clue. Dr. A. W. Hill. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens. Kew, has drawn the attention of* the British Association to the tragedy of the musk p!?nt. which, "a few years before the war, quite suddenly lost its
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  • 361 5 Why Whitehall is Anxious. The authorities m Whitehall are anxious Kknow when John Gialdini will be put on trial m Italy for his alleged part m the Hatry frauds. Gialdini has been m prison m Milan for nearly six months, is still m prison, but no date has
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  • 257 5 Ministers for Beer, War, Gambling, and Vice. Chicago. Sept. 9. •Scarface" Al Capc"< the notorious Chicago gang leader, is now Mated to hay" b?come dictator of a great b?cr. vice and Rambling corporation i:i Chicago. HLs cabinet, which is composed oi th i:y leading racketeers. contains th°
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  • 148 5 Rome. Sept. 7. Sentence of d^ath, which had be?n passed only eight and a half hours earlier, was carried out at dawn yesterday on four young ..erroristT of Jugo Slav origin, who had be°n found guilty of bombing the Trieste office of an Italian newspaper.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 118 5 I f^wfll Waß^sß/^I kit 111 I I HEY never VAKI [I mtmmm PTj 9 Maaniaiaßß«»jaßfi«a«ay a wli gatf y, ;u: S!fi i < i !B^ I RAFFLES CAFE, BAKERY CONFECTIONERY "QUALITY and SERVICE." MEALS A LA CARTE." NEW UP-TO-DATE KITCHEN AVD SPECIAL GRILL INSTALLATION IN USE. i INSPECTION INVITED UNDER
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    • 391 5 Check your baby's weight WHAT A iun> SHOI ID ff\ WHOM v H*>A» \f lmcnth q lhs i\ I 2 months j io> Jbs. -*^jf'-^&\ I V^^y^N^ 3 12 lbs. ft W IO<« You can't ask a baby how he is or how And the reason why Lactogen 1 he
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  • 371 6 M.iy AJ9411 End of the WorU A day r.cw may take plac the wcrld'c most amazing 2xpcrimtat--che !?"e3te?t effoit ever made by rcience to split the atom. On the tcp cf the famous Mcnte Generoso. ovei locking the Lc!:e cf Luganc m Switzerland, two Gennon Frofe?scrs
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  • 305 6 Mme. Pavlova's View. Mmc Anne Pavlova, who has returned tc Lender, after nearly year's absence thinks that the "talkie are ruining dancing 'It is terrible." she s.'id to a reporter "Dancing is an art it i^ M important an art as music cr painting, and yet those
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  • 123 6 Mr. W. R. Hearst's Purchase. Wijjan. It has been revealed that Mr W. R Hearst, the American millionaire newspaper magnate has. through London agents, bought the valuable cak panelling m the sixteenth-century mansion. Bi=pham Hall. Billinge. near Wigan. from th& cwner. Mr. G. H. Bankes. of
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  • 88 6 Remarkable Affair m Kansas. Leavenworth (Kansas). Sept. 8 Carl Panzran, who was hanged here this morning, was the first man to be ?xec-jtod m Kansas since 1870. He is alleged to haw confessed to having murdered 22 people. An application for mercy to President Hoo 1
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  • 63 6 It is announced that the Opel Motors Company, which is now m the hands of General Motors, is preparing to plact n small car on the German market at tne low price of 1,190 marks '£74 10s.) Evidently the Opol Company intends to capture the market
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  • 144 6 Conventions of Chinese Warfare. It is news to me that the side arms carried by Chinese soldiers include umbrellas, yet a correspondent who knows their battle order, tells me that it is usual for them to go into a fight prepared to resist not only a rain of
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  • 147 6 Children's Wreath for Blind Chinaman. Known as the "Fairy Godfather" m the Chinese quarter of Liverpool. Lee Ah Sim. the blind Chinaman who was the fifth victim of the fire m Pitt Street. Liverpool, was buried m mail week. The children m the district subscribed pennies and half-pennies
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  • 95 6 Encounter Off the Coast of Corsica. Paris, Sept. 9. An English girl named Rutter has visited a French submarine off Corsica. Whilst cruising slowly on the surface the look-out man heard a voice say: "Will your captain let me come on board? lam English." The officer
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  • 621 6 Calling Which Demands Many Qualifications. Tvs career of hospital vurring ha.-; over hid a glamour all ito own; the call Lj help Jx sick and to alleviate sufiering has always ishi cat a magnet to women, and it \vo;ild t isem that the calling of hospital
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 499 6 M AKEDON 1 II PRONOUNCED MAKE-DON ji GUARANTEED TO CONTAIN 1 1 /^^^^^fe. MADE FROM j| Sra la^'l mh THE FINEST l! Rll^\^ SPidKi T ffiflT TOR4fnj LH fsOITT^TAT SOI! IMPORTER: }j I f^^'^rTp ADI7TTVS' 50^1 »i Vm N A S& WEHI MONTOR 1 L L ONDON- SALONICA w rr\T\
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    • 236 6 If *T ill- Jy'H^asifki i I |c, Hi? I Ensures rest and relief for those who I suffer from Neuralgia, Headache, or Toothache, and is invaluable for easing aching joints which are so common m the tropics. When applied to insect bites it kills the the irritation immediately. pw y.
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  • 647 7 PROFESSOR'S TESTS. Views at British Association. Some interesting points m child psychology were discussed by Professor C. W. Valentine, of Birmingham, m his presidential address to the Psychology Section of the British Association. The theories of laughter. Professor Valentine said, which were based on a
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  • 129 7 Libel Action Postponed to Monday. Judgment for plaintiff with costs was entered m the Supreme Court befor? Mr. Justice Sproulc on Friday m the action brought by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Oriental Ltd.. against a partner m the Imperial Cinema. Geylang. for $535 for films rented by the cinema.
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  • 101 7 New Monopolies Buildings. The contract for the erection of the new Government Monopolies Offices and Godown, new Post Office, and Office for the Censor of Films at Maxwell Road and Wallieh Street has been awarded to Mr. Woo Mon Chew, whose tender ($195,400) was the lowest of twenty.
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  • 332 7 Story of Ghostly Visitors Before Fatal Fire. A remarkable story of ghostly visitors to the home of the Yen family, m Pitt-street. Liverpool, which was destroyed by a fire m which four Chinese children were burned to death and a blind Chinaman fatally injured, was told
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  • 62 7 The Government Gazette states that the Kincrs Exequatur empowering Senor Don Neftali Ricardo Reyes to act as Chilean Consul at Singapore has received His Majesty's denature. A special meeting of the Committee of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association is to be held on Friday next at 5 p.m. m the
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  • 103 7 Mr. Justice Sprouli', who is away m Smuapoit Mfl Urn Straits Echo, will sit m tin- Supreme Oouri th. i probably Until Octota i It, ».im ovlvr airan^em-'nts to fill th. gap r.ii. Ml ov Mr. Justice stev.'ns' injprtura on I- U se-ms likely that a third )Mff 1 may
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 214 7 I A FEW OF Keiller s of Dundee j I Delicious Products 1 f LITTLE CHIP ORANGE MARMALADE I ASSORTED JAMS I i ORANGE MARMALADE I I JELLY FRUIT JUBES I I CHOCOLATE ALMONDS 1 I SWISS FRUITS I 1 ASSORTED DROPS I PARISIAN DROPS. 1 I STOCKED BY ALL
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    • 108 7 They always go together— the meat and the wmstard .^>. .^♦.a. »yv A -yv »yv »y^. A <ftk iWfc <W> A ▼xfiy^yiy^Myiy<y<yiyiyiy<y<y^y<Mr^y <r <r^y V T y^|r^t y Wj y '"y V *v^yyyyvyyyyyvyy^y CHRYSLER f f ENTHUSIASTS Now have an opportunity to see the Demonstration cut away. j* CHRYSLER "70
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  • 656 8 SUCCESSFUL TRIALS. Rapid Fire from Eight Barrels. Successful trials by the Admiralty of an improved type of anti-aircraft gun, for use at sea and on land, are recorded by the Morning Post Naval Correspondent. The new weapons, he points out. take the form of multiple machine guns
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  • 205 8 Invention Which Increases Their Speed. An invention which increases the speed of aircraft fitted with radial engines, sometimes by as much as 25 miles an hour, is now being fitted to standard Royal -Air Force aircraft. The device is called the Townend Ring; it was tried m model
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  • 93 8 The Tho Van Club is called upon to furnish proof of its existence under the Societies Ordinance. Mi. H. Wylly has been appointed a member of the Singapore Harbour Board m place of Mr. O. C. Clarke resigned. Mrs. Robert Blau, formerly Miss May Dexter, of Sydney, returned to Australia
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  • 200 8 Original Owners of "Farm" Found. fFrom Our Own Correspondent.] Penang, Oct. 10. An interesting case involving a question which has been going on for years as to who were the original partners of the Ban Kee gambling iarm at Sungei Patani was decided by Mr Dmsmore m
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  • 66 8 Marquis Tokugawa's Magnificent Gift. [Nanyo Nichi— Nichi Service.] Tokyo, Oct. 10. Marquis Yoshichika Tokugawa. descendant ,of one of the most wealthy Daimyos (feudal lords) announces that he has proposed to give to the Municipality of Nagoya his magnificent mansion m- Nagoya. which constitutes one half of his whole
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  • 186 8 The annual bazaar conducted by the members of the Ladies' Aid Society of Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church was held on October 3rd. The day was ideal and a large number attended. Tea was served m the garden beside the church and the church hall was beautifully
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  • 160 8 A meeting of prominent members of th»> Moslem Community was held at the Malay Volunteer Club. Bras Basah Road, on Thursday at 5 p.m.. at which the Honourable Inche Mohammed Eunus was m the chair, to organise Poppy Day Fund for 1930 the following gentl" men were
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  • 147 8 Luncheon m a New York Tunnel. Professor Leonard Hill to.'d a story ••> bers of the Engineering Section of the Br::i>J Association when ht was IhMtntfe* Ji might happen under rapid CtttOfM pressure. A tube tunnel, he said, had br>"n cotnpirt m New York, and the City
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  • 82 8 Departures Exceed Arrivals *V T Ten Thousand. Statistics published m Ibe l Gazette on Friday show that tbc I of arrivals (disembarkations* o! C sengers at Straits Settlement* pot foreign ports during September whom 7.976 came from China M D.E.I, ports. Departures totalled 27.212. liv I to China
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 344 8 cAfosquitoes —Wreckers Ss^W>^ o-J Ueclthl x\^"^v Most people fear mos- L^^^ d'r i]uit(Hskc>uscoHhe i^^^^^. /'lll torment these pests inflict. r^'i^^C^T Little do they realise that k^Pi^e^^ the mosquito's sting may result m body-wracking fever! Mosquitoes are the only known carriers of malaria. And yellow fever, dengue andintermittentfeverareall f*W. caused by
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    • 253 8 fSore Places Heal! i to Stay Healed I Ovr portrait is of MaMrrf^ns, of When the BlOOd 64, Jacob Street, Dingle, Ln.rpool, IS CleaDSOd Wittl JP^. "My l>oy got a scratch from a >^Bl^^. I Jj nail which cau>>ecl blouil j», zoning JfJP' was covered with sore places I f^(M
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 471 9 BUSINESS CARDS. AS SAGE ANICUBE ISS FUMIKO Dhoby Ghui FUNERALS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Noa. lAS. Penha* Road, •ir LsTender Htreet— Phone M 75. MASSAGE^ HALL MRS. HARU AND MISS HANA 60, Waterloo Street TELEPHONE 7467. toTTetT No 87 MEYER ROAD Apply Meyer Brothers. No. 4 and 4A Raffles Place. Apply
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    • 743 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. N OTICE to hereby g lven thßt nmf invited or the following materials or services. »'-d I that particular, of such tenders may be obtained m tht Vmda Kintttftl Offices:Closin* Date. Fn lor the supply of torflet f or the materials mi fc»] Depots I Railwaj
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    • 695 9 TENDERS. TENDERS INVITED. Federated Malay States Railways. CONSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT. Proposed New Quarters, Singapore. Tenders are invited "or the const/ucticn of the following Staff Quarters at Kampong Bahru Road: 1. Police Barracks. 2. Running Bungalow. 3. One Block Class VI Q'jaitevs 8 r.nits. 4. Ore Block Clas: VII 8 units. 5.
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    • 602 9 NOTICES. ROYAL SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, SINGAPORE BRANCH. The Annual Meeting of this Branch will be held m the Lounge SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB AT 5 p.m. Thursday October 23rd, 1930. A full attendance is requested gefilSTEflCD TRADEMARK NOTICE is hereby given that tlie Trade Vlark depicted above is the exclusive
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    • 571 9 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE of VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND 99 YEARB LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES. To be held at The Saleroom of Messrs Ching Keng Lee Co Ltd. Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place. Singapore. On Monday, October 13th, at 2.30 p.m. PARTICULARS. Lot 1. Valuable 99 years Leasehold land at Outram Road, area 3.934
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    • 288 9 Sllcnburgs Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of infants m hot climates. They are free from harmful germs and are readily prepared by the simple addition of boiling water only, thus giving complete independence of doubtful milk supplies. Milk Food No. 1 Milk Food No. 2 Birth i,i 3
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 17 10 MILLINGTON— Sept. 15. at Minehead. to the wife of W. M. Millington. Malayan Civil Service, daughter.
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    • 30 10 Scarff Somerville. Sept. 16. m London Gordon Russell Scarff. F.R.C.S.E.. tc Janet Layton. younger daughter of the late F. G. Somerville. Singapore, and Mrs. Somerville. Maida Vale. W. 9.
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    • 13 10 W ARRACK Sept. 12. at KersweU, Carnwath, Frank Warrack. late of Sir^pon*.
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  • 634 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. OCTOBER 13, 1930. WEEK-END COMMENT. Unquestionably one of the most interesting events m the modern history of Malaya took place over the week-end when a meeting was held m Singapore of all the ruling authorities of the Federated and Unfederated States of Malaya. This meeting, it
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  • 474 10 SATURDAY'S RUBBER PRICE. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. London, Oct. 11, noon. Messrs. Symington and Sinclair notify to-day's rubber prices as follows: Spot 3 13 16d (down 1 16). Forward 4d (unchanged). The market is steadier. Mr. and Mrs. Stamford Raffles are leaving for home about the middle of
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  • 763 10 A ROUND AT ROBINSONS. Latest Craze Introduced into 1 Singapore. A Free Press representative who, m his anguish, recently broke a complete set of clubs over his knee on the ninth green and flung multilated balls to the four winds of heaven, ventured forth again on
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  • 263 10 How the Attack Will be Launched. Concrete arrangements for the forthcoming collections m aid of the Earl Haig Fund were made at a m?eing of the Singapore Poppy Day committee for 1930 at the Europe Hotel on Saturday. Lady Murison. organiser of the Singapore committee, presided. In addition
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  • 986 10 YESTERDAY^ PARADE Malaya's Widespread Field of Opportunity. His Excellency the Governor Clementi > accompanied by his Am v F G. Sillitoe. and by Lieut A c 'Scottish Co.. S.V.C.t and Mr Q b, u^ ASP., as honorary ADC's, attended p of Volunteers and Police at th,- Tin
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 193 10 I CALDBECK,MACGOEGOfi A 091™] I 'Incorporated under the Companies' Ordinances of Hony Kong), I (Incorporated m Shanghai). THF. LEADING WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS IN THE FAR EAST. I Try our Celebrated I PORK SAUSAGES MADE FRESH DAILY AT I —COLD STORAGE i ORCHARD ROAD AND SUB-DEPOTS. I The Original and
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    • 87 10 j 634 j NORTH BRIDGE ROAD J J TENG SENG GUAN. Established 1935. I T. K. X's Gent's Tennis Shoes Sizes 25 to 43. j From 70 cts. to $1.15 t per pair. j U. S. De SUVA BROS, j JEWELLERS > I A NEW SHIPMENT S OF J j
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  • 169 11 THE CONQUEST OF THE AIR. AMERICANS FLY ATLANTIC k Warmly Welcomed at Croydon. IReuter's Service.] A graphic Italy of the trans-Atlantic rie'it m M v 7 BO>d n hiS arrival at Croydon Hte at* that aft,r leavin R st. j otm% New- -.undland. at CJI pm. on Thursday they en>untered
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  • 26 11 Hill Arrives at Reuter's Service. Kara* hi, Oct. 11. The airman Hill who is flying to Australia <: rived here safely at 5 p.m.
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  • 25 11 Kingsford Smith at Athens. [Reuter's Service.] Athens. Oct. 10. Wing-Coramander Kingsford -Smith arrived ti re to-day on his flight from Croydon to istvalta.
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  • 153 11 England Honours the Dead. [Reuters Service. 1 London. Oct. 11. London's principal thoroughfares between Westminster arod Euston were thronged with tens of thousand of sorrowing citizens to watch the passing of the funeral cortege of the RlOl Victim on the way to their burial place at Cardmgton
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  • 109 11 fßeuter's Service.] London. Ort. 11. B«'diord town was silent and almost deserted thia afternoon, the population joining the crowd T.t.000 lining the road to Cardington who Gently watched the passing of the long proMon of coffins of the RlOl survivors to St. Mary's churchyard where they were buried
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  • 104 11 Bandits Desecrate the Dead. f ßeuters Far Eastern Service. 1 Foochow. Oct. 11. Ii appears that the two go-betweens m the ;«t umpt to rescue the kidnapped missionaries Miss Nettleton and MLss Harrison, went to the 'otnmunists' camp: one was taken prisoner but the other returned with a
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  • 29 11 (Reuters Service Santiago. California, Oct. 11. The death is noted of Colonel Milton J. M'Rae one of the founders of the Scripps-Mi-Rae league of newspapers.
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  • 40 11 I Nanyo Nichi— Nichi Service. I Tokyo. Oct. 11. Trad* reports for the first ten days of this month show totals of Y33. 190.000 and Y44.569. 000 lor imports and exports respectively. I Saturday's cables on page 12.1
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  • 1438 11 MESSAGK TO THE KING. Help from Colonial Development Fund. r v.. men^ J m Sln a P™. took place "lt r^ fr HOUSe on Sat^day when '*t t Per" 01 a Ver thC COUntr y- fro \nd "J?- called together by the f oaf. md
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  • 605 11 AN UNUSUAL HAZARD. The Arrival of Captain Matthews. Golfers and others who happened to be on the Race Course on Saturday afternoon were greatly surprised to see a compact looking little monoplane glide down out of the sky and make a perfect landing on the
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  • 157 11 MANY POLICE RAIDS. Congress Centres Proclaimed. fßeuter's Service.] Bombay, Oct. 11. Fifty-seven civil disobedients. including three women, arrested by the polic? m a raid on a house here this morning, were sentenced to periods of from three months' simple to eighteen months' rigorous imprisonment under the
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  • 296 11 Foreign Warships to the Scene. [Reuters Service.] London, Oct. 11. The cruiser Delhi has left at full speed from Port of Spain, Trinidad, fcr Pernambuco. Washington. Oct. 11. Th» United States cruiser Pensacola has been ordered to Quantanamo and will proceed later to Brazil if it becomes necessary
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  • 121 11 Penalty for Fighting Camera. [Reuters Service.) New York. Oct. 11. "Indefinitely suspended" is the sentence passed on Maloney by the New York Commission for fighting Camera who is not m the Commission's good books. (They rule that a boxer of good standing must not fight a boxer m
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  • 73 11 Moscow Conference Opens. fßeuter's Service.] Moscow, Oct. 12. The first session of the Chinese-Soviet Conference called by virtue of the Khabarovsk Protocol of Dec. 22. 1929 was held yesterday. The Soviet delegate. M. Karakhan. addressed the Conference and the Chinese delegate Moh Teh-hul replied. The Conference discussed
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  • 54 11 America's Delegates Appointed. [Reuter's Senrice.] Washington, Oct. 11. Mr. Hoover has appointed Mr. Hugh Gibson. American Ambassador to Belgium, and Mr. Wilson, the American Minister to Switzerland, the United States delegates to the League at Nations Preparatory Commission on Disarmament which will meet at Geneva m November. [Saturday's
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 170 11 CARRON RANGES X* CARRON- Ranges are Foremost m X Construction, Durability Efficiency* f I "CARRON DOVER" RANGES No. 6. 33% inch $45.00. with boiler $75.00. t I No. 7. 37% $55.00. $85.00. f No. 8. 40i/, $65.00. $95.00 I No. 9. 42i/ 2 $75.00. $105.00. X V COMPLETE WITH 3
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  • 312 12 -MEMORIAL SERVICE. A Scorched and Tattered Flag. I British Radio Official Service. Rugby. Oct. 10. The Prince of Wales, representing the King, accompanied by the Duke of York, took part xn the memorial service to the victims of the RlOl at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Prime
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  • 231 12 L Examination of Tariff Proposals. i British Radio Official Service. I Ru?by. Oct. 10. The third meeting of the committee of the Imperial Conference on certain aspects of inter-Imoerial relations was held this afternoon at the House of Lords under the chairmanship of the Lord Chancellor An exchange
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  • 61 12 hNo Embargo on Export. (Reuter's Service.] Washington, Oct. 10. Mr. Hcover stated that the American Government Ls encouraging rather than hampering the export of helium. The law expre s y provided that the Government might at any time issue licences for the expert of gas and every
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  • 48 12 h lncrease m Defence Costs. I Reuter's Service] Paris. Oct. 10. The budget for 1931 shows estimated revenue at 50.251 million francs and expenditure 50.145 million. Taxation is not increased. The cost of national defence has risen by 748 millions. Other expenditure has been drastically cut
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  • 143 12 Discovery at Afflighem Abbey. Brursrlss Sept. 4. The body of a Queen oi England has been unearth >d m the old ab-jy jf Afflighem. ;.tat?s Dr. Tricot Royvr. Professor at the University of Louvain. who has conducted excavation work lor sev-ral months m the
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  • 695 12 MURDERED MISSIONARIES. Fiendish Cruelty of Chinese Bandits. IReuter's Service.] London. Oct. 10. The memorial service to Miss Harrison and Miss Nettleton (the British missionaries who were murdered by bandit., m China i at St. Bride's Church. Fleet Street, to-dcy was attended by relatives and by
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  • 53 12 Terrible Crime m Mexico Church. Reuter's Service. I New York. Oct. 10. A message from Mexico City states religious enemies murdered 83 peasants m a church at San Carlos, m the state of Tobasco. They set lire to the building and the inmates were inolnerated or shot while
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  • 173 12 Indian Family Complains of Malignant Spirits. Calcutta. Sept. 4. A letter cf interest to Spiritualists appears this morninrr m a Calcutta newspaper. This communication. which is signed by "Mukundlal Agar-val. advocate, of Pilibhit. United Provinces," appeals to anyone willing I to help 'the respectable Vaishya family" there, I
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  • 941 12 I STAGES OF DRUNKENNESS. The Thoughts of a Professor of Philosophy. Why men laugh and swear was discussed, and an entertaining analysis of the stages of drunkenness given, by Professor A. E. Heath, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wale^. m a
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  • 160 12 In Darkness at a Height of 11,000 Ft. Geneva, Sept. 7. An Englishwoman. Miss G. Fitzgerald, has j just accomplished a remarkable mountaineering jfeat by crossing for the first time the Grands- Jorasses chain without a halt. Miss Fitzgerald, who was accompanied by the guides, Bozon and
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  • 627 12 NEW STATIONS. Piccadilly Circus as Model. A further step m the development of London's Underground Railway system will be taken shortly before Christmas, when the work of building under Charing Cross-road a railway station modelled on the lines of that at Piccadilly Circus, with a
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  • 227 12 Programme of Drills up to and tor weekending October 19th. Monday. 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. Nos. 5 and 6 Platoons "B" <English* Coy.. Platoon Parade*. S.R.A. <vi. Battery and Battery Signal Parades. "C" (Scottish) Coy.. Practice—30 yards Range Competition. Tuesday. 5.15 p m Drill Hall. 2nd Bn.
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  • 75 12 Dozen Houses Transferred m Ten Years. New York. It is estimated that m 1929 £6.000.000 worth of antiques, furniture, silver and old masters were shipped to America frcm England alone. During the last ton years, a doz-n English nouses have been bought as a whole for transfer to
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  • 487 12 FILM FAVOURITES. Screen Comedians Who Raised Ha Ha's While the talking screen is stiil In the experimental stage with regard to slapstick comedians, it is good to recall r,om. old time favourities who raised many a laus;h m the days of silent shadows.
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  • 463 12 Plan to Ban Methylated Spirit Drinking. Glasgow authorities are k?..ily interested .n the report that the Government have und -r cont mplation drast.c m rasures fcr dealing „ith the- sale and consumption of th^ concjction I known as Red Biddy"— cheap r:?d wine mixed Wit.i methylated tptn:—
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  • 53 12 The Bangkok Karn Muang iSiam> states that the Ministry of Interior has applied to the Ministry of Finance to build three K«-ffotn« motor-boats at an approximate cost of Tcs 16.000 each. These are wanted because the number of alit-n boats that come and fish m MMMM waters m ihe Gulf
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  • 283 12 LANDING IN 9CILUB& Capt. Bif#| Advent u rous. Career. neuter's Service I -m.! O The monoplane Columbia m «htetl Erroll Boyd and Lieut. Harry Qn: the Atlantic from Harbour Oracc. N -u land, landed safely at Tresco m the at 4.30 this afternoon, it is tmdento had
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  • 98 12 Crusaders' Wait and Sw> Policy. I Krulor s Service Ixmdon. Oct. Ift Loid Bv.ivei brook, m a statement with to Mr Bakhrtel imUmnlOan, says Hh Emp.n Crusaders mv.st continue to riyht until thn knew that what Mr Baldwin mutiL" U> submit to the peple mrludr.i a duty on
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  • 32 12 New legislation m India. IKeuters Service .l Simla. Oct. 10 The Viceroy has promulgated an ordm;u.<» empowering the local governments t> s* property of any association declared t<> t. lawful
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  • 39 12 No More Unemployment Pay _i I Reuters Service.; Momow, Oil Iff. It :<! officially announced that owing to the acute shrrta'U' of industrial esorlwfl m IbMll the Commissariat of Labour has ordered in"mployment pay to be discontinued
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  • 280 12 Pilots Who Just Get on With Their Job. Heroism, tragedy and comedy a.. I Place m the latest report of the United Post Office Department on thf Optra) American air mails. The dauntless spirit of adventure iv. tin i:i mail pilots is nvtaled m a letter
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  • SPORT OF THE DAY.
    • 604 13 Future Japanese and American World Beaters. Despite the fact that the water is never too warm m Japan, swimming is oasily vhe most popular spor o' th. nation, und during the part OCMk tii. improvement m the national s'nndard hat, b»en amazing. To Gay, Japanese wa^rm^n can hold
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    • 301 13 Australian Ladies' Golf Final. A chip shot from 40 yards that hit the cup and stopped stone dead. A gallant putt from 18 feet that rimmed the hole to lie on the very edge of it these were the dramatic touches that marked the play at the 36th
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    • 89 13 P. W. Adams to Succeed Wakefleld. At the general meeting the Harlequins chose P. W. Adams, the team secretary, as captain In succession to W. W. Wakefleld, who has retired from the game. Adams is a class forward, and has played with distinction for some years for
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    • 397 13 Controversy Over Broken Time. Londcm. Srpt 11 The athletic season is now practically over and we are now looking back to ntfcnat? he value of the season both fro- v ,i n t at ,iew of fee sport und the man JttaMtV* m he first place, there
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    • 396 13 Birthplaces as Numerous as Homer's. Washington. The craze for "Tom Thumb" golf has spread throughout the United States with the rapidity of a prairie fire during this hot summer. Little oases of artificial green grass with papier-mach? rocks and wooden slopes and towers apptar wherever there is
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    • 111 13 Wife Witnesses Brooklands Tragedy. (Prom Our Own Correspondent). London, Sept. 11. Tiie British Road Race, at Brooklands was aoandoned on Saturday owing to the death of Arther Walter, aged 25, of Steyning, who- was driving an M. G. Midget m the first heat. He jcook the "S"
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    • 49 13 Miss Mercedes Gleitze's Long Swim. Stamboul, Sept. 2. Miss Mercedes Gleitze. the English swimmeT, has succeded m crossing the Dardanelles at their widest distance, near Kum Kale Fener. The space covered measures about four miles. Miss Gleitze remained m the water two hours and fifty-five minutes.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 274 13 CO»V«,o»T /MM nBBV iKimrfwormlir ■fipiSfTliT™ OLO scotch feiill. iHJ WUICKY il w 111 I •»>« OISTICLERS A*«NCr LIMIT €O. Tkstißaxt, eOINBURftH." THE BEST VALUE FOR MOSEY. WATCHES The biggest nuricty. (Over 100(1 different patterns) The best movements from the Hest Swiss Watch manufacturers sold at the Lowest possible prices with
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    • 348 13 your ivay MIJB Swin^in? on a sinrlo »'f:l^ Armour Davis Cup ?p V y% y tennis string: l.^O t,^^/-j:- J^(Or pounds of live weip'U o^» J**'*s£-£.' ■'■x££ a single string! Thnt's wj rftA&B evidence of the amazing I jf f r^^m strength and resilienro if f /wtjr of Armour strings
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    • 845 14 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. KXrVSS 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 Dew. ADRASTUS For Amsterdam, London and Hamburg
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    • 482 14 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd* (In orporated m gangland) LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VTA POSTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dae Singapore. U. CITY OF SHANGHAI HOT. 7 HOMEWARDS. mm. CITY OP MOBILE For London, R'dam, H'burg,
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    • 486 14 P. O. Biitish India and Apar Lines, (Incorporated hi England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA JAPAN. Dae. Dt% Tannage. Singapore. Tonnage. Mn| >Mr MACEDONIA 11.120 Oct. 17
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 786 15 O. S. K. Line. uo* Angeles and and New York:— (from Kobe* (Express Freight Service) Kl:iai Ma ni Oct 23 victoria. Seattle and Vancouver:— (from Kobe> A Ol Mar > Oct 26 London, Rotterdam. Hamburg (Bremen) and Antwerp. > W Maru Oct 15 16 Ourban. Port Elizabeth. Cape Town, Rio
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    • 554 15 i ffili Hr~ I 1 f OF FAMOUS Uk PRESIDENT LINERS. fl» TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON ROM SLNIiAPORE AND h£.\AN(i via COLOMBO. St'E/' PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES AND GKNOA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Sinjfapo-*. Singapore. Penang. New York. Pics Jchncon l.\ Pert, Oct. 16 Oct. 18 Nov. 25
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    • 812 15 k. p. m. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY, OF BATAVIA] (Incorporated m Holland.) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to:— Passage. Freights, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan* > of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 718 16 Burns Philp Line. C JUDOOtDQu^KtO^a lH £»UattjH?sUs*flaJ FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via HV4, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. •wafer monthly sailings by the well-known steamer (7.375 tons) and tbe motor Teasel MALABAR (4,51* tons). Iks a*. UARELLA Is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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    • 459 16 s.s. TRIANON. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Oslo (arrived Oct. 6th, 1930), are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Oodown No. 50-51 on Tuesday 14th October, 1930 at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be
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    • 463 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. l nt (Incorporated m USA.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Saih Due v MB. SILVERWALNUT Oct. 28 Nov. 3 Ij>c 1<f M.S. SILVERBEECH Nov. 9 Nov. 15 PACIFIC— PHILIPPINES-STRAITS. INDIA EXPRESS SERVICE. Singapore to
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    • 68 16 T.S.OEDAH Intending passengers are that this vessel has, on account c» annual survey, to be withdrawn ironi the PENANG and BELAWAN run lor two weeks, and her sailing* i rOID Singapore on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30th 1930 and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6th 1930 will therefore be cancelled. KEDAH resumes on Thursday November
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 668 16 MAIL DESPATCHES, BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahanf, Pekan, Bungel Lembln and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday. Tuesday. Thursday and Friday. 6 *«n Bangkok every Thursday 6 ftjn. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower 81am 0 >m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday a
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  • 310 17 [I* PandM irrived with 4.1 pi, s ..fnri Mm hlßlllMa arrived yesterday from BaiMn 78 pt| an board. Calcutta Main arrived with 300 shvp ,i goat! OH board on Saturday Captain C H Holttum has been re-elected •.win., of tlv Mercantile Marine Scrvfcv I ..it ion.
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  • 124 17 ih l. Hi wing is the health bulletin of the ol Nations. Eastern Bureau, for the ended October 4th. liDuUve: l plague case. \Je\ondria: 2 placue cases and 2 deaths. I'.ichd.ui: 2 smallpox cases, lumbar: 1 plague death. 3 cholera cases 1 deaths. Calcutta: 4 cholera cases and
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  • 303 17 Affairs of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. Bombay, Sept. 18. M: Walchand Hirachand. speaking at the letcntta ordinary' meeting of the Scindia suam Navigation Company m Bombay, said tkM the company had a loss of Rs. 5.72 lakhs ■>i year's working. This included a provision >' Rs 4
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  • 47 17 London. Sept. 6. fa«|e shark that barred the path of the »<>n liner Homeric as it was steaming Km the Atlantic on Wednesday, was impaled on the liner's bows. It remained jammed there till the Homeric WU about to enter Southampton yesterday.
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  • 39 17 K-m.t: Mr and Mrs. W. Nichollson. Mr. Nvmi, Mrs s Brown, Mr W. L. Kerr. Mr. 1 H Dmlon Moir. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Trentt. Mr OUben Mr. E>avid Frankel. Mr. and Mrs. '-'I Mr Peaera.
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  • 713 17 Dalmuir an Industrial Casualty •i the War. TIJ P u:«!i'' for dismantling of the naval shim ird 0 "T"! William Beardmore and Co.. Urn*** Dalmuir signifies the appro;. of an establishment which, m the s Weeding the War. played a great e *«pptag Britain for defence at
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  • 174 17 111 >rdance with tradition. Sir Walter Runcr. n present owner of the Sunbeam, now on h v a y to be broken up, is having pieces of nmitan made from the timbers of Lord Bras^ famous old ship. It is seldom ihat a ship with a
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  • 119 17 Pe ports can have declined so rapidly as <" :.stantinople. When the World War brok« (M|| was the scene of intense maritime activi 1 Twenty-one thousand vessels called ever> „a r> After 16 years more than 50 per cent o| that number call no more, and the
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  • 1157 17 A Sea Tragedy of 60 Years Ago. I As the new battleship lay ready for th- ceremony of commissioning m April. 1870, then* were features about her which gave food for thought to the sailor folk of Portsmouth. Her tall masts, supported by tripods instead of
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  • 13 17 French laid-up shipping totalled 105 ships of 204,682 tons on April 15 last.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • 829 18 METEOROLOGIST EXPLAINS Influence of Weather Conditions. The thunderstorms which accompanied the recent "heat wave" were good examples of a type of atmospheric disturbance with which experience has made us very familiar. It requires, however, little study of meteorological statistics to establish the facts first that hot f
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  • 276 18 It is refreshing to learn that the present ill trade wind is bringing good to somebody. Just as an epidemic of influenza is profitable to the doctor, so. it appears, is an epidemic of unemployment to the publisher. Books being a consolation of idleness, what more
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  • 312 18 Burglar Injured by General. 'I do not think X matters m the least il you broke your neck; no one would have the slightest sympathy with you." said the Recorder (Sir Ernest Wild XC.i at the Old Bailey j to John Claridge. aged 30. who pleaded guilty
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 441 18 I A Youthful Complexion FOR YOUR CAR J^ by using regularly X KOLORTONE II AUTOSHINE POLISH 1 ♦j* A new and modern preparation, made m colours to match your automobile. J^ Has a wonderful uninjurious and lasting effect Sold m handy tins. X i at $1.10. by Borneo Motors Ltd.
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    • 619 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, E.C. 2. Agencies and Branches: Alor Star Hong Kong Saigon Amritsar Hollo Scmarang
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    • 216 18 INSURANCE. I fill /S\ SOUTH KM. BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMM 1 FIRE, MARINE, TRANSIT AND MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED vi LOWEST CURRENT RATQ L. C MARGCLiOUTH. Maria*. r Office: 2, Finlayson Green PERSONAL ACCIDENTS FATAL ACCIDENTS are everyday p llltl(< HAVE you made provision for th< tm< of your dependents
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  • 448 19 The prices quoted are J£STS£t£a Clyde Terrace Market. At the oth^mark there may be small variations MEAT. Beei steak (Round) Knt Beef stew or curry Pork, lean 4 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) do To Mutton Indian Jr Mutton Australian f An Fowl Qo 55 Hens
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  • 98 19 Brown, Phillips and Strwart. Penan*. Agents Perak River Valley 23.699; Juru 33.024 Semanggol 32.750. Paterson, Simons and Co.; Agents: Henrietta no tapping; Sungei Matang 43,000 Laras (Sumatra) (Petatel Estate) 59,80( Rampah Coconut Estates Ltd. 135.000: Kua:, Pergau 56.000; Leggeng 98.000. Evatt and Company. Secrciarieß: Changket Serdang
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  • 49 19 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Kuala Lumpur. Agent* for Banteng Rubber Estates hay« re i cived a telegram from the Secretartw advising that this Company's profit for the year '•nded April 30tfi. 1930. was £10.608. The sum "f £11.723 has been carried forward Mbject j staff commtsskm. t
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  • 87 19 Panic Conditions on Wall Street. [Reuter's Service.] New York. Oct. if. JJi of selling, the like of which has not T,? WaU Street since the slump of 'tumn. swept over the Exchange this sweeping away hundreds of millions S quoted and sending such oil nartrt stalwarts as
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  • 495 19 limination of the Weaker Producers. immediate problem now confronting the companies is that of escaping heavy loss aucir.K greatly below cost. say. the FinNews. The financially weak undertakU will be forced into liquidation, and some ition of ouput will result. If this relief over -supplied market were
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  • 122 19 Decline m First Half of This Year. A cable from Batavia to Messrs. Symington •ni Sinclair gives figures of Dutch East Indies ;bber exports for July. Gross exports amount to 22,032 tons (June, 19,448 tons», estate exerts amount to 12,105 tons (9.657 tons), and itive exports to
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  • 83 19 [British Radio Official Service. J Rugby, Oct. 10. Foreign exchanges are: Amsterdam 12.045, Uhens 375. Bombay Is. 5 13-16 d.. Berlin 20.425. Brussels 34.835. Bucharest 818. Rio 4*,, Buenos \ires 38"Si. Copenhagen 18.16. Geneva 25.00, Helsingfors 193 1-16. Hong Kong Is. 3 »-16, Lisbon 108.25. Madrid 47.85, Milan 92.79.
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  • 32 19 The Cia. Brazileiria de Artefactoa re Borracha Is the only native tyre company operating m Brazil. Its average output la said to be about 20 tyres a day and of poor quality.
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  • To-Day's Price Changes.
    • 202 19 October 11. SELLING. London 4 months' sight 2,4 1|32 London 3 months' sight 2|4 London 60 days 1 sight 2[3 15|16 London 30 days' sight 2|3 29|32 London, demand 2j3 7)8 London, T.T. 2|3 27|32 Lyons and Paris, demand 1435 Hamburg, demand 235 Vi New York, demand 56
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    • 209 19 October 11. Tin 250 Tons $57 00 Gambler 9^ Pepper White 42 Pepper Black 2 6 Flake Tapioca 4^ Pearl Sago Small fl% Copra, Sundried 570 Rice, Anam No. 2 250 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle 'New) eso Rice, Siam old No. 1 32 q Rice, Rangoon
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  • 891 19 SATURDAY, OCT. 11TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Mayers Setter*. Asam Kumbang 20s 25s Bangrin Tin 13s 14s Batang Padang ($1) 10 IS Batu Caves (11) 35 40 Buklt Arang ($1) 35 40 Burmah Malay 10s 12s norn Chenderiang 3s 6d 4s 3d Eastern Slam NOM. Hi tarn Tin ($1)
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  • 569 19 Alternative Ceylon Industry to Rubber. The encouragement of rice -grow ing m Ceylon is of the greatest importance m view of the fact that Ceylon is by no means self-supporting m respect of the staple food of the inhabitants. In 1929 over 11 million rupees worth of rice
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  • 61 19 We have to express our regret that a misleading head line was by inadvertence, given to the statistics regarding local rubber stocks on Saturday. The actual figures for dealers' and port stocks for September are materially lower than for August, which was the second highest month
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  • 64 19 October 11th., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to London Standard, Latest Cable: London Spot sheet 3 13 16d per lb. New York Spot Sheet G.cts. 7"\ per >b. Spot UK 12 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Oct. 12 12^ November 12 4 12 Nov-Dec.
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  • 202 19 Profit Carried Forward. The following is the report of the Directors to the twentieth annual general meeting of shareholders to be held m the Exchange Room. Pullerton Building, on October 18th. at 12 o'clock noon. The balance brought forward from the previous year after payment of Directors"
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  • 268 19 The Forces Holding Back Recovery. William Green, president of the American Federation of Labour, replying to a question asked him regarding the recovery of business said: "There arc certain forces holding back business recovery. One of these ia the tendency on the part of some employer*— thos-f associated
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  • 361 19 London. Sept. 17. Most commodities are now obtainable at or below cost, but users of raw material and especially retailers are still unwilling to pass on to consumers the full benefit of the cheap raw material, and that seems to us to be one of the principal reasons
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    • 64 19 ASSETS EXCEE,) ..^OO ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000.000 THE GIiMT EASTERN LIrE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry EC The Company has £20.000 deposited mh the gupreme Court of Assurance Companies Act. ATTRACTIVE PT,ANS OF ASSURANCE, AGENTS WANTED Secretary
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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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  • 1819 20 DERBY PREVAIL. Chelsea Hold Their Own at Huddersfield. IPREE PRESS SERVICE— COP YRIOHT j London, Oct. 12. League football to-day was played m fine weather but it was somewhat heavy and overcast. At Derby where the Arsenal met with their ftrst defeat of the season, going
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  • 165 20 Draw for the President's Prize. The following is the draw for the first round m the "President's Prize" competition which must be completed not later than Sunday the 19th. inst. Morrell and Partner vs. Nisbet and J. R. Strachan. Wakeford and Ashbrook vs Savi and Barry. Boulter
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  • 914 20 PUBLIC SERVICES BEAT S.C.C. A SCRAPPY GAME. Bad Packing m Uneven Scrums. PS 9 pis.; S.C.C 6 pta. The S.C.C. first XV m their first match of the season against the Public Services on thej Padang on Saturday certainly did experience] a stiff test and were beaten m a scrappy
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  • 88 20 Sensation m International Tennis Match. [FREE PRESS SERVICE— COPYRIGHT. J London, Oct. 12. There was a great sensation m the tennis match between the British International Club and the French International Club at. Queen's Club yesterday, which the British won 9 6, Bunny Austin, the ex-Cambridge Captain
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  • 527 20 Saturday's Work on the Course. The weather was pleasant on Saturday moming but not very many turned up for the training at the Racecourse. Exercise had to be confined to the inner track owing to the condition of part of the course proper on the far side. The
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  • 104 20 Phelps Repeats Victory Over Barry. [Reuter's Serviced London, Oct. 11. Phelps has easily won the return contest for the world's professional championship against Barry over the same course m 22 mins. 48 sees. Phelps won the title by defeating Barry over the Putney-Mortlake course last May by 35
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