The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 January 1931

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    Masthead
    19 1 The Singapore Free Press NO. 13/228 ESTABLISHED 1835. SINGAPORE, &S. THUKSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1931. 20 PAGES DAILY. 10 CENTS.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    355 1 A 28-years-old Otterburn girl has died after beta* found beside her burned car on a lonely Northumberland moor. She was attacked by a man, placed m the car, soak- ed m petrol and left to die— Page 11. Ninety per cent of the miners at yesterday's Perak
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    BORNEO MEMORIES.
    1259 1 We had been making especially attractive plans for Christmas; one looked forward to work chucked aside over a long week-end, to the swelling oi our numbers from estates and districts which would help towards the making of a right royal time. "With all this m prospect it was
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      241 1 WING LOONfi. FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. 51 !r. Cut Finish Guaranteed It, HIGH STREET. IRAFFLES HOTEL! SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF V The Famous Moscow Trio Toropoff Goncharoff AND 1 I Vera Velkova I WHO WILL APPEAR 4* DURING TEA DANCES V ♦> FRIDAY. JANUARY 9th and MONDAY, JANUARY 12th. V AND
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      198 1 EUROPE HOT E L i i > "Renowned by Recommendation" S g DANCING: After Dinner every TUESDAY, j[ j j THURSDAY and SATURDAY. I MUSIC: On the \^ERANDAH every SATUR- fi DAY from 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. and every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY from 7.30 to 8.30 p.m. E
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      150 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Zam-Buk for skin ills Page 5. Hotel announcements Page 1. Ruston engines at U.E I Page 3. Ttv Makedon cigarettes Pag? 13. Notices, auction sales etc. Page 9. Cinema and amusemsnt quide Page 2. Buy an Austin and banish care Page 6. Reasons fcr Chevrolet superiority Page 18.
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      12 1 WING LOONG. THE RECOGNISED HOUSE FOR EUROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS, 32. HIGH STREET.
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    FRASER'S SHARE CIRCULAR
    652 2 The Prospects of the Quota Scheme. Singapore, Jan. 6. Meetings continue to be held m the F.M.S. to discuss thi desirability or otherwise of supporting the lato-t Tin Restriction proposals.' And so f.tr it would appear that the majority of the Chinese mining community at any rate
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      270 2 [For- jlj The Most Tasteful Dishes I j The Most Delicious Pastry S and Confectionery S And the Best Service at S Moderate Prices i Try j I THE i CAPITOL RESTAUMHT j Our LUNCHES and DINNERS J are of a QUALITY unequalled 1 m Malaya. ?hone 4906 for Table
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      212 2 Victoria Theatre I ALL NEW TALKING EQUIPMENT NOW BEING INSTALLED^ i PERFECTION IN MACHINERY GOES TO MAKE 1 |i PERFECT SOUND PRODUCTION. w w I 1; Watch for Opening Date s S WITH THE LATEST X I BRITISH PICTURE I <fiifafi!n!rariifi^^ iv x.v\l/y^vl^ v yU4 N^.^"Vl'^ v l^ o^o o
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      208 2 jj *^*p LAST PERFORMANCES j 1 6.15 TO-NIGHT 9.151 1 FOX MOVIETONE'S 1 g Smart, Sophisticated, Comedy-Dranui j{j with j S I II Lois Moran 8 Phillips Holme h i IN THE BRILLIANT SCREEN jjj ADAPTATION OF SI R g GERALD DU MAURIERS STAGE PLAY. THE DANCERS) MODERN MORALS AND
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      214 2 THE WEEK. Thursday. X'.h. Blfta W..V:. 0116. 9J K. 12.25. 10.4 ft. Rutbv: S.CC Tourii.-aietit. Publ.c Services vs. s Johon D iMC I Co Welch v s RAF ;it E'.l-lar. NruiYi;y MkM CatiK'tliil 6 pm. UniMjsul Wick *l Pra>er Presbyterian Church B II I ritl.iv. !»th. HiL-h V'attt. tUt, 8
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    DEAN INGE ON FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE.
    1142 3 DEAN INGE ON FAITH AND KNOWLEDGE. SCIENCE AND RELIGION. The Surrender of Antiquated Traditions. In the course of an address on "'Science and Religion." which the Very Rev. W. R. Inge. Dean cf St. Pauls Cathedral, broadcast from London, he said: 1 Within the last hundred years the advance of
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    BRITISH MUSEUM CHANGES
    280 3 Expert on Ancient Coins as a New Director. j The King has r.ppointed Mr. George Franri'Hill, Beeper of the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum, to be Director and Principal librarian at the Museum m suc- -<-i(-n f) S:r Frederic George Kenyon. who is
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    THE SKULL OF A CHIEF.
    132 3 Anglo-German Discussions on a Missing African Relic. Mr. C. Williams <C. Torquay) asked the Fcrei;;n Decretory m the Commons whether Article 2<lt) cf the Treaty of Versailles, m so far as it i.fleeted the British Government, had been fully carried out. The article referred to
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      390 3 I FERODO I T*l_ i S i QUALITY LINING I if* ji 2 We stock cut linings for j 2 brakes for: i if I l S MORRIS i B i I I ARM STRONG -SIDDELEY J HI i sn> THE J SINGER A i wmmm world AIJSTIN I British
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      466 3 ©<ig)® > I 1892. THE FIRST "FOOLPROOF' OIL ENGINE. 1 m 1912. THE FAMOUS RUSTON COLD STARTING OIL ENGINE. I 1930. ENTIRELY NEW COLD STARTING ENGINE. I ALL Wf lUw H o otn> it r. ■■IBkBJ BY I BB^*^^ ]xc B bY w^k"*^ sr.K /g\ o L. SAiV^ RELIABILITY— SIMPLER
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    BURIED IN THE MIGHTY DEEP
    70 4 OUR GLORIOUS DEAD. FIELD MARSHAL Sir VVm Robertson unveiling at Southampton a memorial to 1.852 officers and men of the Forces of the Empire who have no grave but the sea. ONE OF THE DEAD with a watery grave The tablet that records Lord Kitchener's
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    ONE ASPECT OF A TUBE SHAFT.
    49 4 THIS ISN'T a tuAiel or the bore of a nightmare rifle, but the view from the bottom of the 60ft. tube shaft at the new Manor House Station. Finsbury Park. A frail skip, suspended from a crane, is seen coming down the shaft.
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    EVENING WRAP OF SEQUINS.
    18 4 EVENING WRAP OF SEQUINS. SHIMMERING evening wrap of black sequins with a \ihet collar. Seen al Si. fudge's.
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    FOUNDER'S DAY AT ETON.
    27 4 FOUNDERS DAY: Sir Joh-i Salmond left MTiVtaf at Eton When lM unveiled a memorial to RAF. Old Etonians who fell m the war.
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    ON THE WAY TO VICTORY.
    33 4 A FINE camera study showing Prospice <F. Ren up) p«! I pond on the way to the post to win the Annual Handka] Hurdles Race at Sandown Park
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    AN ASSOCIATION OF PRISONERS OF WAR.
    45 4 MEMBERS of the Ruhleben Asscn. who dined at the Stadium Club. London, humorously congratulating the chef on the menu, which, they averred, was more tempting than any meal they had m the war at the prisoners' camp at Ruhleben!
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    SOME CHAMPION SLEEVE DOGS.
    23 4 SOME CHAMPION exhibits at the Sleeve Dou; Association Shew at Great Portland Street Trinity Church Hall m mini week.
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    DANCE GOWN IN SCARLET TAFFETA.
    18 4 DANCE GOWN IN SCARLET TAFFETA. A DANCE (SOWN m seal If t and net ißy Swan am! 1
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    MRS. ROUSE AT WORK.
    29 4 MFUS ROUSE at work m a Northampton shop to get money to help her husband defend the charge of murder m the blazing car mystery
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    CHAMPION BLOODHOUND.
    24 4 1 BLOODHOUNDS: One of the many fine bloodhounds shown at the Ladies Kennel Asscn's. show at the Crystal Palace m mail week.
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    A BORZOI BEAUTY.
    18 4 MYTHE PETROV. a Borzoi, shown at the Mwvt Dog Association Show at Gnat Portland Street.
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    A LONG LIFE AND A MERRY ONE!
    678 5 OH, THE DANCES! Disappointed m Centenarians. I am being grievously disappointed In centenarian* not a souring disappointment, fou must understand but a slightly melancholy ttnse of disillusionment for the knowledge that they are not upholding their reputations, writes James Xei.ny, Daily Express Special
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    277 5 Last Request Before Leaving for Russia. "I shall always remember that, when leaving for Russia, Lord Kitchener's last request to me was to protect a certain officer against' the persecution of a member of the Government, which he, Lord Kitchener, thought to be wholly undeserved." This revelation was
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      287 5 ■i i vpuget a cat. scrat«*k v fl iilW «If your s*n ??tch J I?"*' «Pram- I W®m\ tC uickf tes> you ca Sty °v poisoned *>y B $-'oMmml h h ln^ com P°unded f I NEW LIGHT S NUTRITION I "Food should refresh and m- I vigor ate the
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      306 5 ■<ssl r *^»«ji. (S) JBBk f Wl a. «ft»* /SSI ISfill i/» t\£JJ 2s f J i ituim I I Obtainable at all Leading Provision Stores 1 THEHEIs BB^K^B^^BB^feißß^ til "»yv •^SHBR\vKyji--V-~-«« •s??i3S' *^«f v»S"'^<SaßBfc]X^»V^" r -"iSDß*^ i Fifty-odd yeais ago your Grand- without a particle of sediment or parents
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  • BACK TO THE COUNTY TRADITION.
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      RECRUITING METHODS.
      357 6 Scarlet and Blue Again. The alarming shortage of recruiio for the Army —the infantry is more than 10,000 below establishment strength has had a dramatic sequel. The Army Council has decided to revise entirely the method cf recruiting on and from Janur.iy 1. Hitherto men enlisting In the
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      SIR HARRY LAUDER "BARRACKED."
      103 6 Ycung Men Ejected From a Music-Hail. Sir Harry Lauder was interrupted during hi? performance at Finsbury Park Empire by somt young men m the stalls. After being warned, they continued to inter-n-.pt Bnd were ejected by the management. Sir Harry, addressing the audience, said "Do you
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      BANG WENT A SHILLING !
      87 6 BANG WENT A SHILLING Scots Comedy m the House. Mr. Ben Tillett. M.P.. created a drama -cum comedy scene m the House of Commons. He said that he had fcund a shilling on the back bench occupied by the '"Clyde rebel" group "I bhall mount and frame it."" he said.
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      AIR FORCE DOCTOR FOUND DEAD.
      83 6 Artery Severed With a Safety Razor Blade. Dr Charles Frederick Moore Wil;i!i. aged thirty-eight, tlr« civil assistant m?dicn> officeof the Mirin? Mr Experimental Estnb'i hrr -n?. who is a native of Cork, was found de?.d m a sick bay m the hospital of the station.
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    CHANGE IS GOOD.
    261 6 Change Is m fashion to-day. We change our husbands and our wives. We change our fashions In frocks; knees brazenly out yesterday, ankles modestly hidden to-day; to-morrow probably crinolines with zip fastenings. We change our taste m jewellery, passing from diamonds and pearls to glass, from plass
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    THE EMPIRE MARKETS.
    174 6 A Significant Hint To Britain B> General Hertzog. Bloemfontein. Dec. 3. > Gcneir.l Hertzog. the Prime Minister cf South Afi:ca. at a meeting of the Orange Free Stale Natior.:tli:.t Parly tc -day said: "To u>. ar I also to Canada. Australia, and New Zealand, i it io
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    UNIVERSITY CHURCH DAMAGED.
    111 6 Death-Watch Beetles m the Roof. The death-watch beetle is causing damage to the roof of University Church, Oxford, m which Latimer and Ridley were tried. Suspicions had been entertained for months, following the finding by a verger of a number of beetles m the centre aisle of
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    AXE WOMEN THE "CRUEL SEX"?
    179 6 Provocative Speech by Eton "Head." Dr. Alington. Headmaster of Eton, branded women as the eru:l sex In a speech he macl: at the speech day of St. Monica's Gin/ Schcci. Kingswood. Surrey. "I have never tried to teach girls." he said, 'but I have a
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    THE UNKNOWN ANIMAL.
    104 6 Prehistoric Relic 24 Feet Long with a Tail and Flappers. Cordova, Alaska. U.S. fere-try officials have brought definite confirmation of the finding of the well-preserv- ed remains including a portion of the flesh of an unidentified prehistoric animal on Glacier Island, near Valdez. Tho creature was twenty-four
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    KINGSFORD SMITH STAMP.
    69 6 Mf't i Wt* Thi Kingsford Smith stump comni his wonderful flights will Ml be about two months. The Director of Postal Sen. < Saturday that the design I- *Df prep.' Ihe two hemisphere, surmounted by em Cro:;s. s\ .nbolising the fact that Smiih was the first airman
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      216 6 WASSIAMULL The Premier House for Shopping m Town NEWLY UNPACKED Ladies 9 Silk Underwear CHIFFON VELVETS. Just pay your earliest visit and have your first Selection. jj I. CO»»«OhT *£<&^ 9 rvingUeorgel¥ j 1 OLO SCOTCH L -;4 WHICKY Mmr^ lwi THS OiSTtLLEftS AACMCT LIMITCO, 2bA/Anr. €OINBW«fiH. I Allen burgs
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      258 6 \M^ MM. Is the time to buy your m I new car and let the m AUSTIN he your choice. £1 a! 7 HJ». 12 H.P. 16 H.P. ,;J TOURER 1250. TOURER 2695. TOURER 860. SALOON 1395. SALOON 3150. SALOON 345(1. |j BUY AN AUSTIN AND BANISH CARE I Borneo
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    AFTERNOON OF ART AT NO. 11.
    332 7 MRS. SNOWDEN'S GUESTS, Tea-Party m a Hcuse of History. Mrs. Philip Snowden. whose interest m grand opera is already appreciated, extended her patronage of the arts to painting and sculpture when shr converted two of the reception rooms of No. 11, Downinc-street into "galleries"
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    ARE YOU ALLURING ?
    186 7 ARE YOU ALLURING Have you sparkling vitality and womanly appeal Men always prefer the woman who's 'alive'— who seems to possess unbounded energy and bubbles over with high spirits She is. naturally, always preferred to her tired-looking, depressed! thin, 'never up-to-the-mark' sister. Are YOU as attractive and FIT as you'd
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    FUGITIVE OUTLAWED.
    239 7 Property May be Forfeited. The terrible sentence of outlawry-, by which a person loses all his rights as a citizen, was pronounced on a fugitive from justice at Inverness. Sentence of outlawry had not been pronounced m Great Britain for thirty -six years before last March, when an
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    KING CAROL.
    199 7 Looking for a New Wife. Vienna, Nov. 28. I am confidentially informed (writes a Daily Express Correspondent > by persons m the entourage of King Carol of Rumania that the young king, realising that a reconciliation with Queen Helen is out of the question, is now trying to
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    NURSE SAVED FROM BANDITS.
    125 7 Officer's Report of a China Rescue. Miss Emily Gomersal, the English woman missionary-nurse, and her American companion, of Seattle, have been saved from the Chinese bandits, and are being met by a British officer. The news of the rescue was received by the Foreign Office and
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    SCOTT AND SOUTHEY.
    599 7 Reason for The Vacant Laureateship. The circumstances m which Sir Walter Scott declined the Poet Laureate :hip on the death, m 1813. of Pye are well known from Lockhart's Life, where there are printed the two letters, from Dr. James Stanier Clarke, librarian to the Prince Regent,
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    DAYS OF RECKONING.
    53 7 Said Mr. Justice Eve m the Chancery Division: "Some people are different, but I could not go out lor a day's enjoymfent and put down what I had spent when I came back. "I certainly could not do it over a period of three or four weeks
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      275 7 rife <£^- B.S.A. Motor Cycles arc »^YJ^^" machines with an InterHie backbone of Vlk "5 lk fIBJ'V >rgcd steel on the \v\ B^t lw« Motor Cycles gives an *^B W\ mmense strength that m\l hB^STH B^7 /I ill means the certainty of 1 M II II iff I lB v.,tc(\
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      56 7 There is nothing more welcome on a hot day, when Old Sol seems determined to shrivel you up, than a glass of Montserrat. Thi» delicious Lime Juice makes a good thirst a thing to be treasured LICNTSEWKT •Wl &.IME JUICE Of all Dealers, i Prepared m England by EVANS SONS
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      316 7 \^l t/i jJ\ ±^M d[ 7 °M <m>in X f 1 advert- ¥%A^^ 0 \^kOm%kt isement composed entirely *t*L QOjjfw^f^^^ °f extracts from tributes (.y rft i m g*h+m MjOF**^ famous users, this lom/xisice fmftAf^f*^^^^ A statement shows cfx.it th*-ir l^^tftr^ praises of the purity. %<i/et> unj __H#/fc/Yj*^^ efficacy of
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    "GOOD TIME" AND NO WORK.
    579 8 DEMORALISATION. Dole Spent on Pleasure. j Judge Holman G-.c-or X.C.. and the ;n,-m--b^rs of th? new Ro al Commission on Jnomployment Insuranc^ rhould visit this town of Northampton, writes a Daily Express Special Correspondent. Thry would thtn ree bofora their own eyo3 cxtrao.dimry evidr.ic? of
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    DARUL ADAB CLUB.
    290 8 Matters of Muslim Interest. (From Our Muslim Correspondent). The Darul Adab Club, one of the oldest Malay clubs hi Singapore, held its annual general meetirg at the club premises. No. 106. Desker Rd.. on Sunday December 28. Mr. Syed Gulab Shah being m the chair. After the
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    WHAT GLADSTONE SAID.
    78 8 A barrister asked a witness m the Kings Bench Division when talking of whisky-and sodas, whether he mixed his drinks. Mr. Justice McCardie: Why need he do that? Mr. Oladstone. you know, when asked if he ever mixed drinks replied. "Certainly not It seems to me absurd
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      112 8 1A FEW OF j Keiller's of Dundee j Delicious Products I TTLE CHIP ORANGE MARMALADE 1 ASSORTED JAMS I ORANGE MARMALADE I JELLY FRUIT JUBES I CHOCOLATE ALMONDS I SWISS FRUITS 1 ASSORTED DROPS I I PARISIAN DROPS. j STOCKED BY ALL DEALERS. I i i SIME DARBY CO.. LTD.
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      162 8 f J /or Discriminating Smokers VIRGINIA CIGARETTES \>s^K3*^^ ?^j|iiß^B^ jC^ XTT ARDATM TOBACCO CO., LTD. LONDON. 2«7 PURE~'gT_ MILK~" /h )Wtb m^ vC T^ERE «s a charm I^ENSED M^l Sleek well-kent cows A L ~L ui/.il .1,, M "-"K»rD B»«W r j OiCCR., WCll'Kepi COVV>> A aboutthe Milkmaid' '"S-^S^ graze
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      415 9 BUSINESS CARDS. ASSAGE \M(IRE ISS FUMIKO 22 Dhoby Ghaut. MARBLE MERCHANTS. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Kos. 1 3. PenhM Road, off Lavender Street Phone 657 5. MASSAGE HALL. MKS. HARU AND MISS HAN A 60. Waterloo Street TELEPHONE 7467. DON'T WEAR A TRUSS Brooks Rupture Apnee. New discovery. ,^^^^^^PV x -<
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      679 9 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL NOTICE. TENDERS. NOTICE is hereby given that tenders are now Invited for the following materials or services, and that particulars of such tenders may be obtained In the Tender Room, Municipal Offices: Supply of 6.500 tons of Gas Coal. Delivery end of March. Utl. Date of closing.
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      591 9 NOTICES. m me Matter m THE PAN ASIA NEWS AGENCY LIMITED. (In Liquidation) At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above-named Company duly convened and held at the registered office of the Company. 18 Battery Road. Singapore, on the sth day of January 1931, the following Extraordinary Resolution was duly
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      633 9 NOTICES. THE CYCLE CARRIAGE CO. (1926)^ LTD. Reduction of Capital. c Notice is hereby given that an extraordinary a general meeting of The Cycle and Carriage 8 Company <1926> Limited, will be held at the f registered office of the Company 41, Orchard y Road. Singapore, on the 17th. day
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      371 9 AUCTION SALES. MORTGAGEE'S SALE of One (1) TONGKANG called "SHOON FATT" As she is now lying m the harbour near Teluk Ayer Godown No. 4. To be «old by Public Auction by Messrs. Powell Co. Ltd. at their Sale-room, No. 12 Robinson Road. On Friday, January 9th, at 2.30 p.m.
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      540 9 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The Premier Morning Daily m Malaya, a live "news" paper 30-40 columns of news daily. Also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning. Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements, Special Daily London Cables. Rubber and Tin Price Cables together with
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1931. MORE OF THE "QUOTA."
    820 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1931. MORE OF THE "QUOTA." When consideration is given to details of the proposed "quota" tin scheme fathered by the Tin Producers' Association, it is found that the possibility of complications is very marked and a great deal of care will have to be
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    354 10 Calendars received: Prom Malaya Publishing House, blotter and calendar. Capt. R. X. Whitty, Welch Regiment, has been gazetted Major dated Nov. 22nd, 1930. Major F. M. Montresor R.A., having left Malaya for Gibraltar has been struck off the local strength. Mr. F. W. Palmer. V. C. who was taken suddenly
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  • REPORTS FROM THE COURTS.
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      KATONG INCIDENT.
      571 10 Jewish Landowner and Workman m Scene. "You are telling a lie" said a witn?ss m the District Court yesterday when Mr. Rhodes, appearing on behalf of a OUMM charged Wttt\ j voluntarily causing grievous hurt, stated lhai ho (\vitn?ss) had walk?d into his office with a. big walking
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      THREE YEARS' LITIGATION.
      156 10 Builder and Contractor m Dispute. The Special Court of Appeal hearing the cross-appeals In the S. Muthucumaru-Alkaff and Co. case yesterday reserved their judgment. Mr. H. D. Mundell with Mr. E. A. Stevens appeared for Alkaff and Co. and Mr. Knowles represented Mr. Muthucumaru. The matter arose
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      A DIVORCE POINT.
      248 10 Java Decree Not Valid m Straits. The question of whether a divorce granted by the Batavia court m 1925 was binding m the Colony was raised m the Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Whitley yesterday when th? case m which Ethel Theodasia Mitchell is suing her husband.
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    TRAFFIC IN CHINESE CHILDREN.
    360 10 "SOLD FOR LIFE. 9 For Travelling Musical Show. A few days ago a Chinese paftka happened to be a member of the Chit. visory Board, saw a Chinese mrl bt-n. along Johnre Road. The girl was dragged by her hair into a motor car The incident
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    COMMODITY MARKET.
    103 10 I LONDON AND NEW YORK TIN AND RUBBER PRICES. I FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT London, Jan. 7, 5.15 p.m. Messrs. Lewis, Lazarus and Sons notify to-day's tin prices as follows. Spot £121 11 16 (up £3 6 16). Forward £123 3 16 (up £3 8 16). The market
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    SIAM LETTER.
    161 10 Two New Books on the Country. [From Our Own Correspondent I Bangkok. IXv. 31. Two new books dealing with Siam have been published one by the Ministry- of OMMMM and Communicatioris. entitled "Siam Nature and Industry. tnd a companion volume published by th* Executive Committee of tht Eighth
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    PERSONAL NEWS.
    238 10 Of the old brigade of for< Siam. the birthday of the Rev Colombet. (the Father Couvreur of Ban took place on Sunday Pero Colombot 1* W hLs eighty-first year, and oJttMMfll P'> ailments compel his residence m h<> was able to receive many drtOSftUow and friends. Another veteran
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      262 10 WHOLESOME, REFRESHING. E lt*^3 Prepared solely from pure West In^ia ij B^^H Lime Juice, and the finest refined Sugar m |^p) j nj jj^ on having ROSE'S, fj CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO.. LTD.. ilncorporated under the Compun iet' Ordinances of Ho'.q Kong). (Incorporated tn Shanghai) 90, Robinson Road Telephone 6228 BY
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      64 10 W li^ ASPARAGUS] t HOW DOES HE KNOW? The average woman's voice has the range of a grand organ, says a scientist. But far fewer stops, of course. "GAFLAC" POLICIES will stop many forms of worry. GENERAL ACCIDENT, FIRE LIFE ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Hongkong Bank Chambers. Telephone 6480. |h.b. winter!
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  • ANOTHER BLAZING CAR CRIME.
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      GIRL MURDERED.
      155 11 Sbodtiftg Affair on Lonely .Moor. ESEK VICE—COPYRIGHT.] I «mml..m. Jan. 7. terriMe annter, similar m several tin \"i tlKimpton blazing car crimo. the country. r a pit tty 28-y*ars-old pirl, .1 cheJPMBM for her father, a I ..t Otterburn. NorthumberUrn M Mopped at du*k last night. Oitei bum,
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      FOG AND FROST.
      62 11 Real January Conditions at Home. Bnti>h Radio Official Service] Rugby. Jan. 7. b i\p ri"nced m -nost Britain. was particularly sewre laj a:id continued to-day, although con- •uifwh.it improved. Fog. vhich m d dtmvaalnftlHi of k riffic vesternucta Im KVcr u>-da\ and m London Bt a:< bum
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    HIS DYING TESTAMENT.
    73 11 Mohamed AH and HinduMoslem Problems. BrtUstl Radio Official Service. J Rueby. Jan. 7. Of State lor India m Council the rlatnvs of the late Maulana \l. ofl his wish that th° cost of coi\::.ba lined body of the late delegate should be met from revenues. potttfca] u-.<tament.
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    PEACE IN BURMA.
    39 11 i Hounding Up Rebels m Tharrawaddy. Reuters Service] Rangoon. Jan. 7. i< tivity of malcontents m a lew rebd outbr-?ak is virtually crushed. > "mmunique states the rounding up retell m Oh Tharrawaddy district Is UH| satisfactorily.
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    V. J. PATEL.
    71 11 Released from Prison Owing to 111-Health. I Reuters Service f'oimbatorr, Jan. 7. Patel. who was sentenced to seven imprisonment at the beginning of For defyii.tr a police ban on meetings, ised on account of ill-health. Patel, ex-President of the Legismbly. arrived m Delhi n to hold a
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    THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
    39 11 Funeral Service at St. George's Chapel. Radio— Odd*] Service. Rugby. Jan. 7. ror toe Mi Prtneeai Royal m Saint George's Chapel. WindIt win b« attended by the King and nben of the Royal Family and ntatiwi
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    LIBERIAN SLAVE TRAFFIC.
    78 11 Stern Demand by Mr. Stimson. I R uti r'h Service. U.ishinylnn. Jan. 7. revelations at Geneva allegi;""ly all the hi«h officials m Liberia m slavery. Mr. Stimson Mil I QOffanMT of Ukartl demanding ill" si iv traffic upon pain of forAm< 1 1- an friendship, declaring m:-
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    A GREAT FUNERAL OF THE CENTURY.
    349 11 FRANCE MOURNS. Last Rites for Marshal Joffre. i Reuters Service.] Paris. Jan. 7. The body of Marshal JcfTre was transferred to the Cathedral of Notre Dame last night m preparation fcr the funeral to-day. Tin- streets along which the procession passed presented a gloomy
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    THE ITALIAN SEAPLANES.
    239 11 x Two Lost During Atlantic Crossing. [Ren. or V Servuv.] Rio Je Janeiro. Jan. 6. The Brazilian naval wireless station is m wireless communication with the Italian trans-Atlantic seaplanes, which are 350 miles 1 east-north-east of Natal. j Rio de Janeiro. Latr. 1 General Balbo's Squadron arrived
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    AMY JOHNSON'S FLIGHT.
    74 11 Assistance From Russian Air Department. f Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Jan. 0. A special conference of experts of the Air Department on Miss Amy Johnson's proposed flight to Peking expressed the opinion that continuation of the flight from Moscow to Peking is possible provided the aeroplane is sufficiently
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    THE TRADE WIND.
    69 11 Trans-Atlantic Flight Resumed. I Reuter's Service. I Hampton Road, Jan. 7. With 200 lb.'.. of tinned food as cargo, the Trade Wind resumed her flight and calls at Bermuda to reiuel. Mrs. B; i ryl Hart, a New York widow, accompanied by Lieutenant William MacL.iren, an ex-Naval
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    LORD COLWYN.
    37 11 l\ ath of 16-year* old Son and Heir. [FREE PRESS SERVICE COPYRIGHT.] London, Jan. 7. Th:> de'Uh has occurred of Fredrick, the ovwy son of Lord Colwyn of Oolwyn, Carnarvortbliire at th" age of 16.
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    "DESPERATE SITUATION" IN AMERICA.
    155 11 SENATOR'S THREAT, Plight of Former Wealthy Farmers. I Reuters Service, j Washington, Jan. 7. "The situation is desperate and if it is not mended ?oon there will be revolution." declared Senator Merlin, raising the question n the Senate of distress and unemployment m the poorer agricultural
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    BANK DIVIDENDS.
    246 11 Lloyds Example Not Followed. IReuter's Service.) London. Jan. The example of Lloyds Bank, m reducing the dividend on then- A shares, has not been followed by three other members of the "big five" group, namely Barclay's, Midland, and Westminster Banks, which have announced dividends at the same figure
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    A DISMAL RECORD.
    27 11 Further Increase to British Unemployed. I Reuter's Service.! London. Jan. 7. The unemployed m the United Kingdom hav# reached the record total of 2.643.000.
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    THE LUCIA ENQUIRY.
    178 11 Depot Ship and Cruiser Detained. [Reuter's Service.) London, Jan. 7. Following the hearing of evidence by the court of enquiry into the Lucia incident, it is reported that orders were given last night cancelling the instructions that the Lucia should leave her moorings to-day m readiness to
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    JAPAN'S ECONOMICS.
    156 11 Optimistic Review by Mr. Inoue. INanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] Tokyo, Jan. 7. Mr. Inoue. Finance Minister, reviewing the present economic situation at the first Cabinet meeting which was held to-day, said that the turning point of the situation is already within sic In and he has no reason to
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    MINERS AND OWNERS HOLD CONFERENCE.
    77 11 MINERS AND OWNERS HOLD CONFERENCE. SOUTH WALES DISPUTE. Important Movo m Cozl Deadlock. [British Radic— Official Service.] Riiff./y. Jan. 7. Following conversations which the miners' leaders held yesterday, first with the Union. then with the owners, a conference between representatives of the South Wales coal owners and their workers began
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    THE COTTON DISPUTE.
    76 11 General Lock-out m Lancashire Threatened. [Reuter'3 Service] London, Jar. 6. A general lock-ou; m the Lancashire cotton mills involving 500.000 workers is possible m consequence of the strike at nine mills In Burnley yesterday where the employers threaten a lock-out if the strikers do not resume by
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    SILVER PRICE DECLINE.
    149 11 "International Pegging Syndicate." [Reuters Service.] London, Jan. 7. The well-known Austrian economist. Dr. Joseph Hans, has written a letter to the Financial Times urging the need for international co-operation to check the decline m the price of silver, and suggesting the formation of "an m- ternatior.al silver
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    TORNADO FATALITIES.
    34 11 Seven Deaths m North Carolina. [Reuicr's Servu c. New York. Jan. 6. Seven fatalities, of whom five are negroes, occurred during a tornado m Rockingham County. North Carolina, which caused great damage.
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    THE SCREEN.
    243 11 Wheeler and Woolsey Make Merry at Capitol. There was a very che?ry atmosphere at ihs Capitol last night whei "Half-shot at Sunrise" was screened. the audience being subject to an almost perpetual fi* of laughter. The picture is an RCA photophone production and the dialogue was distinct and
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    HOTEL SCENE.
    130 11 European's Injured Ear. A rough and tumble at the Adelphi Hotr>! on Boxing Night was the subject oi a charge of voluntarily causing hurt which was preferred against a Roumanian named of J. I. Paskeove. m the Second Police Court yesterday. The complainant m the case is F.
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    POPPY DAY.
    52 11 The full returns of the Poppy Day Collections m Singapore are not yet available but it is of interest to record the excellent returns made by the following Services: The Naval Base, Air Base and Wireless Station collected by Mrs. Ardron 855.00 The Army, collected by Mrs. Buchanan
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      123 11 I PARFUM i I JEAN PATOU jKk^^\ ///A LffiLlunlrUL I j/Ir^vu FRAGRANCE I AMOUR-AMOUR ADIFU SAGESSE THE ABOVE ARE IN THREE SIZES PRICED AT I $9.50 $18.50 $28.50 Nett. I POWDER, IN THE SAME EXQUISITE PERFUMES IS OBTAIN- I ABLE IN THE FOLLOWING SHADES BLANCHE, ROSE, NATURELLE. RACHEL, ROSE BISTRE,
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    THE POWERS OF THE VICEROY IN INDIA.
    1089 12 CONSERVATIVE VIEW. Overriding Powers for Sake of Minorities. Reuter's service. I London. Jan. 6. Router understands that m view of the progress made and the fact that all the reports of sub-committees will be submitted rViiit the end of next week the Indian
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    FARE "CURES" THAT KILL
    345 12 TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE Drugs Enquiry Ends m Calcutta. •The market is flooded with all sorts of proprietary medicines, most of which we know nothing about. A lot of them are inactive and urxlcss and only a few have any value." Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Sandes. IMS.
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    S.V.C. ROUTINE ORDERS.
    317 12 By Lieutenant -Colonel M. J T Rtilly. M.C., Commanding SS.V.F. Singapore. Jan. 7. Ranges. The folk wing Rar.go Allotments during the month of January are published for information Bakit Tiirah Ranjfe.— Sunda: Jan. 11th— A" (MjO.) Company—Practice. Sunday Jan 18th C" Scottish. Company— Rifle Mteting. Farrtr Ranre
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    KURDISH REVOLT.
    69 12 An Open Rebellion Proceeding. Jerusalem, Dec. 30. According to a icpcrt from Teheran. Kurd tribesmen on the Turco-Persian frontier are again m open rebellion against the Turkish authorities, whose military forces are reported to be inadequate and are falling back after sanguinary engagements. According to the f ame
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    BOMB HOOLIGANISM.
    71 12 Wholesale Destruction of Jeweller's Stock. Beau Soleil. Dec. 29. At lour a.m. a bomb explod?d m front of a jeweller's shop, the splinters breaking^the shop windows within a radius of fifty metres. All the jewels m the windows were ruined, and the watches smashed to pieces. Though an
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    ROAD vs. RAIL IN MALAYA.
    1104 12 SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. F.M.S.R. Start Lorry and Bus Service. I A reminder that the comoetiUon between road and rail transport which is taking place m other countries has arisen m Malaya fa no hnceitain manner was provided on New Year:, Day by the inauguration of the
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    TROUBLE BREWING ON THE BORDER.
    1132 12 MENACE TO PESHAWAR. The Clans and the Government. For the last six months the Secretary of State for India and the Indian Government have been shirking the situation on the Peshawar border, and if there is one place of all others where shirking does not
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    GROWING DISCORD ON ARMAMENTS.
    1115 12 UNEASY EUROPE. A Real Danger to the League. Recent references m the oahtoi Lo fears of wai m Europe add interest io the following article by the diplomatic correspondent of ThObserver: Tho combined efFect of the latest events at Geneva and of Germany's iinancial policy on
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    HISTORY RETOLD BY ANCIENT COINS.
    624 12 RAJA 6ANES. Forgotten Kin^s of O{ Bengal. i*.itn.i. Presiding .it tlic aunt: >l ir Numismatic Society of India thi Mr. h. c. gtanlrton shoes m i.h v of his tddrdsa a dleciuaion 0.-. coLi Easton India inch had not pre\ i< a place m any
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    VILNA FRONTIER EPISODE.
    105 12 Siberian Deportee's Bolt Im Freedom. W.irsnw, l)t< I Alarm was raided amunu th.- mh.ur' ti i the frontier ct East Vilna when a tattll suddenly baud coming from Smi. i I continuing fcr he urs. aitir «hld) ti armed Russian peasants canyiiv sever. il ed i-usheri m
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    MISSING AEROPLANE.
    62 12 I'm'xplained Mystery .■Morocco. Ajfadir. I A commrniai aetophuie, caii\it. rlcan radio-tekt;raphi.st. a Moorish and the Italian OottSUl at Pea, feefl I' gal) for Toulouse, but disappeared of Villa cie Cisrercs between Agadlr Juby. on the night of the tawards two o'clock. Since then no has reached Anadir. Aerc.phmes.
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      THE WEST INDIAN'S TOUR.
      743 13 Slo'.v Wickets Blamed for Non-Success. N(.v h t the vrriting Wet Indiei team has been b'.wUn m turn by New South Wale:;. Vlc',oria. and S qtb At tralia and it will me t Australia hi a test mztrh on Friday, people r.ro beg ir:i:v, to vender
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      SPORTING CROWDS.
      1021 13 British People the Best Behaved. I Crowds always interest me. I have looked them over m many parts of the world and H is not racial pride alone that induces me to cp.y that the most easily t -:::it rolled the most sporting, and the best-behaved are to
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      NEW ZEALAND CRICKET.
      441 13 Bidding For Places m Team For England. Lan Hamilton. Nnv Zealand representative, at Timaru mad" 153 <six successive fours and vhre? c ixes. two of the latter out of the ground > In two and half hours. Hamilton is about ihe tiaicu' '.-hitting WIT tlindfT m the
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      219 13 nr\EKN&c».. nuVEEN Co., i l\!::> TXULK ■l^fA^K J^^H BILLIARD TABLE j MANUFACTURERS fj n^B^Bti^H WELTEVREDEN .'(ABIKS lUVECO MmM JAVA D.E.I. j THE ADDRESS FOR BILLIARD TABLES i PROOF AGAINST THE TROPICAL CLIMATE I ALL TABLES ARE MADE OF FIRST CLASS TEAK WOOD WITH SLATE OR MARBLE BED FRENCfI TABLES COMPLETE
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      394 13 fw^ Ragged Nerves J/ and Restless Nights V *l I 'HOSE nights of madJenir.o sleeplessness, A when the slightest noise b magnified into something terrifying, are the result of worn and ragged nerves. Only nourishment will soothe and restore the nerves nnd enable you to enjoy sound, refreshing sitep. Whnt
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      841 14 Blue Funnel line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES. KXPBESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre). Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Doe. Sails ACHILLES For Marseilles, Casablanca, London, Rotterdam
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      523 14 Sl Bucknal 1 Steamship Co*, Ltd* I (Incorporated In England). "ELLERMAN" UML PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. (VIA POSTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Dae Singapore. s CITY OF WELLINGTON Jan 10 s.s. CITY OP KHIOS p^ 16 HOMEWARDS.
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      465 14 P. O. British India and Apar Lines. (Incorporated In 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. Doe Due Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnafe. Singapore 1931. KALYAN 9.100 Aor KASHGAR
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      756 15 O. S. K. Lone. iniek and New York:— (from Kobe) [Express Freight Service.) Kinai Maru Feb. 2 Victoria s«att'.e and Vancouver— (from Kobe) Africa Kini Jan. 27 nmd> lMierdam. Hamburg Bremen i »nd A;.;werp. Altai Mn.u Jan. 12 13 Durban. Port Elizabeth. Cape Town. Rio df Jam r Sintos. Montevideo
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      494 15 I^W oF FAMOUS m*K 4M PRESIDENT LINERS. ggf TO MARSEILLES, NEW YORK AND BOSTON, FROM SINGAPORE AND PENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAFLfcS AtkM o-.SLA. Arrive Leave Leave Arrive Singapore. Singapore. Penang. New York. Pres. Harrison Jan. 19 Jan. 22 Jan. 24 Mar s Pres. Hayes Feb. 2
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      908 15 K. P. M. KQNINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. [ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA] (Incorporated Id Holland.) ONfJER CONTRACT VfTTH. THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5451, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight*. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Representatives m the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penan** of the TRAVELLERS OFFICIAL INFORMATION BUREAU.
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    POSITION OF THE CARGO SHIP.
    646 16 From the beginning of 1930 up to Dec. of the same year 142 motor ships of over 1,000 tons gross have been ordered. Of these. 91 are tankers and 51 cargo and passenger ships, but the latter are mainly of small size. If we exclude
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      463 16 Burns Philp line. (Incorporated In Australia). FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. TUjiiisu monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,513 tons). Tb* ftjs. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia Cabins de
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      211 16 ma. MEONIA. Consignees of cargo per the above motorship from Burope (arrived January 2, 1931), axe hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown Noa. 48 and 49 at 9 a.m. and at Banded D and Add Store at
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      529 16 KERR STEAMSHIP Co. Inc. (Incorporated la ÜB.A.) GENERAL AGENTS. NEW YORK SERVICE. Regular Freight Service to Boston, New York. Philadelphia and Baltimore (via Suez). Due Sail* Doe New Yw% M.S. SILVERASH Jan. 9 Jan. 16 Peb 21 M.S. SILVERWILLOW Jan. 25 Peb. 1 Mar 6 To San Francisco Los Angeles
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      680 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. ajn Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.*n Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Talping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Biam a.ta Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota
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      63 16 Peiho, Fren. 3760, from Haiphong 7, for Port Said 7. Ranchi, Brit. 8849, from Yokohama 7, for London 9. Katong. Brit. 863, from Bangkok 7, for Bangkok 11. Glenshane. Brit. 4011, from London 7, for London unc. Nagara, Swed. 3980, from Dairen 7, for Penan* 7. CLEARANCES. Jan. 7.— lris,
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    EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND.
    461 17 Destruction m Harbour Fin Inevitable. Blyth (Northumberland). Dec. The total destruction by fire of the ok Canadian Pacific liner, the 25,000-ton Empresi of Scotland, m which one« the Prince of Wales travelled. inevitable, following an outbreak which was discovered m the ship at Blyth early to-day. Desperate
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      PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
      115 17 :ir.d O Ranch; Mr A. Korbach. Mrs ||c .Inner. Mr. E H WUson. Mr Tuner. Mrs. Turner. Mi H V. Whelan. Win -hm. child a::d 2 infants. Chinese Dr R D. Fitzgerald. Mr. W. Ranger. La v lor. Mr V. R Vick, Mrs. Vick. E NVuberv Miss E.
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      PASSENGERS LEFT.
      22 17 KNI I- M plane from Singapore to on January 7th Mr Harry B. Dollar. larrf B Dollar. Mr. Douglas Dollar
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    LOSS OF THE TRICOLOR.
    60 17 Denial That Arms for China rWere on Board. Router's Far Eastern Service. 1 Shanghai. Jan. 7. ■us agents deny that the Tricolor N egian vessel which sank off Colombo explosion* was carrying munitions to ther than a hundred cases of "safety" rndt.es from Hamburg, which were
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    SHIPPING MERGER.
    23 17 Two Large American Lines Combine. New York. Jan. 7. amalgamation is announced of the Inttom] Mercantile Marine and the RooeeBhlpptat Companies.
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    GROWTH OF FISH TRADE.
    243 17 industry's Benefit from Advertising. During 1929 over a million more pounds" rtk ot fish were sold m Great Britain than m previous year As a result of this remark- velopment it has been possible to build net trawlers, with British capital and Briabour. for the extension
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    A NEAR THING.
    194 17 I\rrvst on Steamer ir» Bangkok River. t motor- launch was used by the Chalt- police to catch the Kweiyang on Tues--ht. says the Bangkok Times of Jan. 2. P left at three p.m. of the same day. V the vessel could not get over the UM tiny
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    SAILED IN CHINA CLIPPERS.
    406 17 Captain F. M. Tuke Dead. Th? death of Captain Francis Melville Tuke deprives a large circle of lriends o! 0M who had been intimately associated with die old windjammers, and wax also a pioneer m several of those developments which have helped to chan«? the status
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    MOTOR SHIPBUILDING RESULTS.
    319 17 The payment of a dividend of 8 per cent., combined with the issue of one bonus share m eight held by the shareholders, is a result of which any industrial concern might be proud, but is exceptional for the shipbuilding industry which, as a whole, has not
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    COCAINE WORTH £3,000.
    106 17 Big Drug Seizure m Karachi. Karachi, Dec. 4. Excise officials here, through the ruse of a bogus purchaser, were enabled to seize a large quantity. 500 ounces, of contraband cocaine^ valued at £3.000. which was being smuggled by four Indian seamen of the steamship Gamaria. which arrived
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    SAFER NAVIGATION.
    112 17 Gyroscope Compass Patents. Two patents relating to the gyroscopic compass for use on ships taken out m the names of the late Professor John Perry and Mr. Sidney George Brown, of S. G Brown Limited, electrical engineers, were extended by Mr. Justice Luxmoore m the Chancery Division for
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    AN HISTORIC SHIP.
    327 17 Wireless Room Destroyed m a Previous Fire. Alter carrying on the Canadian Pacific express service from Southampton to Quebec for eight years, the Empress of Scotland was sold for £42.000 to Messrs. Hughes Bolckow. of Blyth. for breaking up. She would have provided nine months" work for
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      111 17 s.s. GLENGARRY. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from London (arrived Dec. 29 are hereby notified that a General Survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held at Godown No. 13 on Friday January 9th. 1931 at 9 a.m. No further Survey will be held.
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      307 17 fl n&^Bfl S .^-^r I «^W I W. v '->i ym Aw \^fflr J B MSm 1 i-' .^K&&- ■'<'• Smt MM B m?- -m~' Bb«%v Tbi, i^ued br th- BntlhTm^^^!!^^^^^^^^^^^ l^^^^"^"" I^^ Inr irr>or»t*d m England) LLOYD fibTTNO (Incorporated In Italy). FAST PASSENGER SERVICE. SINGAPORE TO ITALY. CALLING AT
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      44 17 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. INC. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) International BANKING and TRAVEL SERVICES. I Travellers Cheques. Letters of Credit. Money Orders. Drafts. Transfers of Funds by Mail and Cable. Tours. Cruises. Steamship Reservations. Railroad Tickets. Raggage Insurance SINGAPORE union Bids. PENAN G—E. O. HOTEL.
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      134 17 For Everything Appertaining to Travel, Banking and Freight Apply 39, Robinson Road, Singapore. Tele. 5907. SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY COMPANY. SHIPC HANDLERS. i SHIPBROKERS. COMMISSION AGENTS. Offices:— MA YNARD'S BUILDINGS. 11, Battery Road. Telephone No. 6433. HENDERSON LINE. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS By Fortnightly Passenger Steamers Between Rangoon, Marseilles and England. HOMEWARD SAILINGS.
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    MR. BONAR LAW'S NOTE BOOK.
    1055 18 A VALUABLE RECORD. Material for Political Controversy. Th? Parliamentary collection at th? LaodDd Museum ha? been enriched by a imall notebook used m the House of Commons by Mr. Bonar Law. Ordinarily, the Conservative i-rider epeke without notes, relying on his r.-markabl-mtmory for accurate quotations
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    POLICE CONSTABLE CHARGED.
    178 18 Electric Trap on a Wallet. A tobacconists ingenious electric trap to warn him of theft was demonstrated at Liverpool Poiice Court when Jam..s Mortimer Twamley. aged twenty-five, a Liverpool police constable living m Lingfie!d-road. Old Swan, was remanded on bail for a week on a charge of
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    EXPLOSION IN OPERATING ROOM.
    143 18 Berlin. Heat. 1. While a patient wa> waiting to da J m ih npyatlm room of a Berlin doctor \ho was engaged m opening a bottle of bcazme t"! facilitate the removal of bandages, a terrific explosion took place that blew the windmv pines out into
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    MY HAT!
    25 18 A Luton magistrate who lost his new hat while looking m at a local jumble sale discovered it among jumble specimens ticketed two-pence.
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      285 18 REASONS FOR THE SUPERIORITY 1 OF j Jfl I ihe m l I < < > TOURER $1,495 i NO. 5. There is no doubt about Chevrolet quality (T j I being ahead m its price class here, for $1495 is f a car with all mechanical parts guaranteed for
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      837 18 BANKING. MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Incorporated m England^. Capital £3.000,000 Subscribed 1.800.0'K) Paid-up 1. 050, QU0 Reserve Fund and Kest l .645.505 BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J. M. Ryrie. Esq., Chan man. P. R. Chalmers. Esq Charles J. Hambro, Esq J. O. Robinson, Esq.. W. H. Shclloid. Esq.. Sir Thomas
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    PERAK MEETING UNOFFICIALLY APPROVES QUOTA SCHEME.
    805 19 PERAK MEETING UNOFFICIALLY APPROVES QUO TA SCHEME. I 91) Per Cent m Favour. MINERS WILL NOT BE RUSHED. Last Word with the Home Government. ftJUMWg- Iks Ckaaman irfiiMtl to put a resolution, when Mr. D. A. M. Broun M..IM aiattli ystiis-j imUninj the tin quota ■Uad up ii ihe.v w;e
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    MALAYAN TIN DREDGING.
    207 19 I ended June 30 last the dealt \\ith by Malayan T:n 143.900 cubic yard- .ntcnt of 0.42 kati per I »red with 6.049.750 cubic re mnttnt of 0.5 kati par ProdneOan of tin on v to 1.529.76 tons, while price d.cliMfd from £132 Bs. par ton. During
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    SEROM RUBBER.
    119 19 The proflt of the Serom Rubber Estates f or j the year ended September 30 amounted to C 1.644 (against £6.893 fur the previous yeaD.J which, together with £1.863 brcunht m. it is proposed to carry forward. A dividend of 5 per cent, was paid for 1928-29 and
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    To-Day's Price Changes.
    454 19 To- Day's Price Changes. EXCHANGE RATES. Januaiy 7. London. 4 mrnths' sight 2 3 7 8 London. 3 months' sight 2 3 27 32 London. 60 days' sight 2 3 25 32 London 30 days' sight 2 3 3 4 London, demand 2 3 23 32 London. T T. 2
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    901 19 WLDNLSD.VY. JAN. 7TH. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers >e«icrs. .-\>am Kumbang 21s 23s Ayer Hitams Tin ism 12s 3d 13s 3d B-tngrin Tm (£> 13s 14s Butar.g Padang ($1) 10 i> Batu Cavos .s!> 50 55 Bikit Aran* ($1) j<, 40 Barman Malay <£> 10s 6d 12s nom. Ctasndcrteni
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    MALAYA TIN STATISTICS.
    97 19 ter. ST* Pr dUCtiOnt f Tln a »<* Tin.n-un. at 72 W r cent., dun,, the menth cf D,,, Federated Malay States T ToMs Unfederated Malay States 501y Johore 4 1 Kedah 18 Perlis 1 y Kelantan Nil Trengganu 34 lft Straits Settlements lw Nil Ma lava
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    YESTERDAY'S RUBBER AUCTION.
    119 19 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its I.OQOth. auction yesterday, when thsre was eatalofued 2.064JM lbs.; 921.56 tons. Offered 1.726.695 lbs.: 773.85 lone. Sold 1.182.314 lbs.: 527.82 tons. Spot. Lcndcn 4 3 lGd. New York 8 1 cts. The next auction will be held on
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    NEW CHINESE TARIFFS.
    78 19 Serious Effect on Bradford Woollens. [Reuter'i Service. Shanghai. Jan. 7. There is growing nsimtion over the new tariff en v.ocilen goods which severely penalises Bradford. The duties are very complex but. it is estimated that the import tariff on all-wool cloths under G ounces per square yarcf
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    66 19 January tth., 11 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers. R.SS equal to London Standard. Tone of Market:- -Dull. Latest Cable: London Spot sheet 4 3-16:1. Pc:- Ib. New York Spot Sheet G.cts. 8 1 per lb. Sp a 12 13 Stand-aid R. 3.5. on Tender Jan. 13
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    LYALL & EVATTS DAILY REPORT.
    142 19 LYALL EVATTS DAILY REPORT. Sinjjap<»r»\ .!.in. 7. Again rubber is about uneh:;n:-.;-d md ;i dull Bad uninteresting market. Tin baa *aed off both m London and New York and locally There is no change m r.:bb r lhar quotations to-day. Tin shares one:i?d ■jrmpathicaltjr torn it with the metal. Kuchais
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    U.A. WHEAT MARKET.
    65 19 Restricting Dealings by Foreign Governments. Renter SkTvicc.l Washington, Jan. Bills tabled m the Benal and House of RepnaentattVai prohibit activities on the Wheat Market on behalf of any foreign vernment without th? consent of the Secretary toir Agri- ouiture j The Bill^ limit to 2.000.000 bust) -1..
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    217 19 McAatfffe, Davis and ll< p<\ Pbmuv, s etvtaries: S T I 090 ■eeggcter Mil M r'in. Kuala Lumpur. Ag-rnts: Man bait, 218 pkl Ml hours, 8 i.ooj yards ■anfsciK, Barker and Co., ItaMi, Agaata: Kinta Kella 1,290 pkls.; s:>i hour 1t5.090 yard;, tsumated realised value ol
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    EXCHANGES.
    84 19 I British RadL; OfTkial Son le I Rusb\. .fan. 6. Foreign exchange; arc: Amsterdam lLVO<i',. Athens 375. Bombay la. 5,d. Berlin 2040. Brussels 34 79-. Bucharest 818. Rio 4.. Br.fnos Aires 35. Copenhagen 18.16 "-j. Qemni 25. 05-. ■•Mngfon 193. Hon« KoOg Is. OUd.. Lisbon 108.24, Madrid 45.90. Milan
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      72 19 ASSETS EXCEED $11,000,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $38,000 000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMTTED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 27 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      79 19 I IN A.D. 1 720. I I (two hundred and ten years ago Ifj I f I j There were no Railways j f no Omnibuses 1 j j I no Stage Coaches j i I Steamships were unknown. War S j vessels were built of hearts of oak. j}j
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    PERAK WILL WIN BY A 10 POINTS MARGIN.
    833 20 AN IPOH FORECAST. Prospects m Saturday's Cup Final. That Perak will beat Singapore by a 10 points margin is the hint "contained m a reference to Saturdays Malaya Cup final m our Ipoh contemporary'- Nevertheless, Perak's prospects of winning at Kuala Lumpur
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    RUGBY.
    188 20 The following have been selected to represent their Companies m the semi-flnal for the Regimental Inter-Company Rugby Cup on the Thomson Road ground to-morrow: "C" (ompanv. Ft?. Williams. Pte. Shaughnessy. A N Other. L Cpl. Williams. 2nd Lieut, j J. N. Goodwyn; Pte. Thomas. Pte. Parry; Pte. Jones, Pte.
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    YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY TRIAL.
    929 20 YESTERDAY'S HOCKEY TRIAL. ABUNDANT TALENT. Hard Task for Colony Selectors. Colours 6; Whites 1. The successful combination of a set of forwards who have never played together before, was one of the features of yesterday's hockey trial between sides drawn from the S.C.C.. SRC. and the Welch Regiment. Judging from
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    SINGLES PING-PONG TITLE.
    127 20 Results and ties m the above tournament now m progress at the S.C.R.C. are as follows:— lYodzu beat S. C. Wong 3—l Lum Kok Son beat Kung Jit Seng 3—o: T. Terai beat Lo Kum Hong 3—l; Lum Weng Kee beat Leong Teck Wah (w.o.>; Leung Hock
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    ENGLISH RUGBY FOOTBALL.
    930 20 BLUNDELLSANDS GAME. The First Trial Match. The Whites beat the Colours m the first of the Rugby Union Trial Matches at Blundellsands by six goals and five tries (45 points) to three tries (9 points). It was l fortunate that the fog which had enveloped most of
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    INTERNATIONALS RE-APPEAR.
    150 20 The first-grade cricket match between Gordon and Manly at S.C.G., says the Sydney Referee, had quite an international flavour. C. G. Macartney and W. A. Oldfield were making a re-appearance m N.SW.C.A. competition games, with Gordon, while two other internationals m J. M. Taylor and C. Kelleway also
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    HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP VACANT.
    395 20 SCHMELING LOSES TITLE. Boxing Commission Takes Up Sarcastic Challenge. Max Schmeling, the German heavy-weight boxer, is no longer holder of the world's championship title. The New York State Boxing Commission has withdrawn the title (a Reuter message states) and has also indefinitely suspended him and his manager,
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    GALLACHFR'S FUTURE.
    197 20 Denial that Gateshead Will Sign him for £8,500. "There is not a vestige of truth m the report that the Gateshead F.C. (formerly South Shields* have offered £8.500 to us for the transfer of Hugh Gallacher. our Scottish international." In these words a director of the Chelsea F.C
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    ROUGH RUGBY IN FRANCE.
    64 20 Several Players Ordered Off. Paris. Dec. 6. French Rugby m the south is not becoming any less brutal, m spite of the defection of the twelve "rebel clubs, who have broken away from the Rugby Federation because brutal tactics, among other things, are permitted. In one
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    75 20 In the Ladies' eclectic competition m aid of the Order of St. John and British Red Cross Society Mrs. G. F. Jackson (39 6) and Miss K. Stewart (42 9) tied with a nett score of 33. This tie is to be played off on any Ladies'
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    S.C.C. BOWLING TOURNAMENT.
    41 20 The following are the ties m the S.C.C. bow ling tournament for this week: THURSDAY. E. H. R. Bowerman vs. H. Henshelwood. FRIDAY. F. Sands vs. P. Carmichael or E. A. Brown. K. H. McFarlane vs. W. Davies.
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    67 20 Home papers, referring to the second Rugby international trial, remark that the inclusion of M. S. Bonaventura, the Blackheath. and former Singapore player, added weight and thrust to the Probables' forwards. Tucker. Bateson and Bonaventura mad* a solid and efficient front row, the Blackheath man coming through his first trial
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      224 20 25% REDUCTION I Diaries Calendars I and I Desk Pads for 1931. i I Malaya Publishing House, Ltd. I SINGAPORE. j GREAT GOLF WITH A GREAT BALL! I Henry Cotton's 30 Rounds j I of Tournament Golf aver- j I age 71.07 per round, with I a record round of
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