The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 6 July 1922

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    18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922. No. 1,822.
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    CONTENTS
    221 1 KADERS PAGI A Lesson for Reformers 1 Singapore, Oil Station 1 Week End Comments 2 Ireland's Struggle for Freedom 2 One of the F. M. S. 2 Call fur SPR 2 i oLK E AND COURT NEWS. Daring Daylight Robbery 6 Attempted House-breaking 9 Serious Charge Against Director 10
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    EXCHANGE.
    82 1 July 5. s I 2j4 1-16 dfm-;ml 2|3 15-16 PrnraW civdits m.s. 2|4 7-32 •e-.v York, de/n.-.nd 61 ''redits 90 days 53^4 PnuMty demand 585 lF> dia, T. T. 175 ifon-kongr, demand 15 p.c. Prem. I okohuma, demand 106 72 Java, demand 135H Bin^kok, inaaad 90% >^ Bank Buying
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      173 1 FULCHER.— On June 29th, 1922, at the Nursing Home, Wimbledon, to Mr. and Mrs. E. W P. Fulcher, a daughter. THORNLEY JONES,— On July 2nd, at the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Thornley Jones, a daughter. TAIT.- -At the Maternity Hospital Singapore, on 30th June
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      MARRIAGE.
      138 1 BENJAMIN— CAUNTER— At St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Penang, on the 28th June, by the Rev. Arch. Ewing, Everit F. L. Benjamin, manager K.P.M., Balik Papan, Dutch Borneo, and eldest son of the late Mr. G. Benjamin, Director, Colonial Bank, Amsterdam, to Adelaide Palmer, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
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      THE WEEK'S NEWS.
      297 1 A mail from Horn? arrived on Saturday with dates up to June Bth. A homeward mail leaves to-day. An important meeting of the Municipal Commision was held on Friday, when the Er.gineer-in-Chief gave details of his concrete roa£ schemes the President moved a resolution for the lessening
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      40 1 A message from Mo-rgantown, dated June 10th. states: Major Louis Davis, retired circus dwarf, died last night aged 81. He was only 35 inches in height. A month ago he prepared for death, paying all his funeral expenses in advance.
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    A Lesson for Reformers.
    809 1 June 30. There is still a strong popular feeling in the Straits in favour of Council Reform, partly arising from the disregard of the report of the Committee appointed by the Government for the purpose of ma!:ing recommendations in that direction, partly .from those who are
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    Singapore, Oil Station.
    706 1 July 1. The telegram which we received the other day that a tender for the erection of fifteen additional oil tanks for Singapore had been accepted, involving the sum of several hundred thousand pounds and giving: employment to a large number of men on Teeside for eighteen
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      168 1 baeriben to the "Singapore Free Press" returning from Europe to the Straits of the mail lines, are invited to send Mir k*ez the name of their steamer and a in Singapore. Copies will tb-,n a> m^ -o n i,. t .t them at various ports of eall. >^b^, i.- •;-s
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    Week End Comments.
    863 2 July 3. The desperate affray in Dublin has held public attention and we now know that the Provisional Government troops, described in the wires as Free Staters, have ousted the antitreaty men of the Irish Republican Army from their stronghold in the tour Courts, Dublin. The struggle
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    Ireland's Struggle for Freedom.
    736 2 JuK 4. We have no hesitation in using the above caption to express the events that are now taking place in Ireland it is a struggle of the people against the advocates of republican disorder, and the proclamation of the Provisional Government, printed in yesterday's wires,
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    One of the F. M. S.
    845 2 The text of the annual report* <>: the Residents of the Federated Maia\ States, and that of the Chief Secretary, show very clearly some facts which even at the present day in overlooked by a good many people, We are constantly reading- advern criticism
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    Call for SPR.
    904 3 July n. fhe recent development of wireu ephony and the broadcasting messages, precociously developed the United States by manufacturers of the listening-in instrui, has rather put into the back--0 the M-- question of the wirehaiD of .-tut ions for the Empire. rial Wireless Commission -'Ji' and recommended
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    F. M. S. IN 1921.
    1339 3 THE ANNUAL REPORT. The Report of the Chief Secretary to Government for 1921 appears as a supplement to the Government Gazette. The prefatory note, giving a sketch of the historical and geographical features ci the countries, is in response to the 1 commendation of the
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    THE F.M.S. RAILWAYS AGAIN.
    224 3 THE F. M.S. RAILWAYS AGAIN. The F.M.S. Railway Department is in a fair way to make itself ridiculous as w*>!l as notorious. The- latest example comes from Kua'a Lumpur. Jt appeals that there i< a public stand for motorcars and omnibuses opposite Sultan Street station, a natural enough place since
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    44 3 The funeral of the late Lieut-Commander Reginald Gregory, R. N., Officer in chaise of the Chart and Chronometer Depot, Naval Yard, Hongkong, who died after a brief illness at the Peak Hospital, took place on June 22m? at Happy Valley with naval hen ours.
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    A LAKE DWELLING.
    1191 4 There art- moments when the recognition of time's swift current strikes a vivid sparx in one's consciousness, so to speak, and invluces a thrill not a 'together pleasant, alcrg the spine \vh Sox example? one receives an invitation ;> spcitd few days in the country, and realises
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    THE KIRK AND SPOOKERY.
    922 4 Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quern -mihi quem tibi Finem Di dederint, leueonoe, nee Babylonios Tuitaris numeros. HORACE. Il is well known that there has recently been a tremendous spate of Spiritualism and Spookery in all its branches, following tht heavy and prolonged tear-fall during the
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    THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY."
    1214 4 THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY." The Bounty" was fitted out by the Government under t'lO direction of the Royal Society, and was intended to collect bread fruit from the South Pacific Islands and introduce it into the West Indies. Unfortunately, the expedition was put under the command of a man
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      33 4 About fifty machine-guns. rifiV* other arm's captured by the Japanese perial Expeditionary Forces in Sibi t ia be presented to the Priiwe Repent trophies will be preserved in th^ of the Imperial Palace.
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    FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922.
    712 5 The Hon. Mr. Choo Kia Peng's racehorse i la ir dfod in Kuala Lumpur recently. i; 11. the Yang di Pertuan Besar, Negri Scnubilan, K.C.M.G.. is on a visit to Kuala Kaagssr. Mr. L ft, Hedgeland, Assistant Sur- i- (ieneia'. F.M.S. and S.S., is now on
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    LIPKOWSKA—SKLAREVSKI CONCERT.
    599 5 LIPKOWSKA— SKLAREVSKI CONCERT. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. We have had a long experience of Singapore musical audiences and it can safely bo 6akl that there has never been so enthusiastic a house at a classics?] concert, as was that which assembled in the Victoria Theatre last evening to hear these two distinguished
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    CLERICAL UNION.
    233 5 At a meeting of the Literary Department of the Clerical UnJOTI held on Tuesday night the subject came up for debate "That the Legislative Council of the Colony should be entirely reconstructed and, (r larged." The speakers for the affirmative were Messrs. M. Pereira and M. F. Gomes
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    153 5 "JUSTICE FOR ALL." To the Editor. Sir, In your leader of this morning's date, you make mention of F.M.S. railway godowns and of the likelihood of them ever being uso.-i as originally intended. This brings to mind, The Harbour Board. This octopus-like Monopoly continues to build
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    IS IT HOT?
    278 5 To the Editor. Sir— ln the New York Herald (Paris edition) during Gordon Bennett's lifetime there used to be the picture of the Old Philadelphia Lady who asked how you turned Centigrade into Fahrenheit. No one ever answered her but her persistency was undismayed. I think the.
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    NOVELS AND NOVELISTS.
    377 5 Under the auspices of the Y. AI. C. A. Literary Society, Mr. James Johnston dei vered an address on Wednesday evening on "Novels and Novelists." The subject proved to be highly entertaining, as \v<'l! as instructive, and was listened to b\ a more than usually Large audience.
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    REFORM IN CEYLON.
    749 5 THREATS OF NON-COOPERATION. The Colombo correspondent of the Malay Mail writing on June 18 says: Threats* of non-c3 operation are ;n the .\ir in Ceylon r the iv.onu/K. but so nebulous are they tJ-at no one treats them very seriously, ar«d His Excellency the Governor (Sir Wiliiam
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    PRINCESS MARY WEDDING GIFT.
    599 6 PURCHASES AT MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION. It will be remembered that the Princess Mury Wedding Gift fund, raised by the Press from the People of Malaya, amounted to $5,395-85, and following the wish Her Royal Highness had expressed in reference to tfifts made .elsewhere, it was decided to
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    THE MALAYA DINNER.
    524 6 The fallowing is a fill list. v,i those attending the annual dinner of the Association of British Mala-ya in London on May 30. E. Ambrose A. 1). Allan, J. M. Allinson, Mrs. Allinson. Sir John Anderson, Lady Anderson, Miss Anderson A. G. Angier, Col. Agg, D.5.0., Mrs.
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    MAN-EATER SHOT.
    211 6 Terror of Sungei Patani. By the 9.20 train on Thursday morning a full-grown tiger, known to the Malays as "Trong Kasan," the largest kind roaming our jungles, wafi brought to Penang and offered for sale. The brute was shot in a plantation at (lurum, near Sunged Patani. It
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    SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1922.
    763 6 Mr. Justice M. H. Whitley has been appointed to act as Senior Puisne Judge, Penang, with effect from June 16th. The Rev. J. H. Lewin, an ordained minister of the Methodist Church of Australia, has been granted a licence to solemnise marriages in the S. S.
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    DARING DAYLIGHT ROBBERY.
    143 6 Captain Robbed of 84,000 in Batiery M(i An audacious robbery was oommiu battery Road in the middle of yartfetfey rncrning and there an- no tracer f f t^,,. thief or thieves, and there is no Butpici n Captain Riley, of the Straits Siu.>> Company's s.s. Kuala, was
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    175 6 We arc in<iebted to the Nanyo \ichi f< r the following: Tokio, June 2h. The Japanese Court will «ro into moon ing for three days for the death of I'm Higashi Fushimi, and the Government u close for two days. The funeral of the btc Prince will take
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    SUPREME COURT
    171 6 S UPREME COURT The list of oaaei to bi in SUipKine Court duritur -July w.v- mm acting (/lik'f Justice >pn/ule I > justice Ba: rett-Lemia wi yesi-THKiy. i Acting t'h.vf .Ki<\.rv stated il H fet thai they \v t aii:i lie n^simi allow only ooe week for the Aaefam op-en
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    217 6 Loti£ List of Petition-. A list comprising fifty owes, n| 2C petitions for receiving orders mu i for disposal in the Bankruptcy Co Urday. before Mr. Jusii-e Barrett There is bo much work In tha Bsi i Office and cases arc bo m;n-h },< ifeid that ai. extra
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    3673 7 KIGUfSWS REPORT ON CONCRETE ROADS. meeting *i the Municipal CommisginiwTi was hekl yesuird&y afternoon, the President, Mr. It J. Farrer, presiding. Tfcere were also present; Messrs W. A. S i O. P« Griffith-Jones, \V. P. Plummer, r Teameasokn, D. T. Lewis J. A. Elias, 1. Meyer, S, Q
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    THE INFORMATION AGENCY.
    537 8 Publicity for Malaya. The report on the Malay States Inf< rmation Agency for 1921, signed by Mr. J. R. Inncs and Mr. Thos. H. Reid, was laid before tho meeting of the Federal Council, and from it we take the following Mr. Inneis says that a noteworthy
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1458 8 Quicquid agunt homines nostri est farrag* libelli Juvenal. The usual Irish sense of the dramatic, theatrical rather, has dominated the proceedings in Dublin, when one section of the Irish Republican Army attempted to turn out another section from the Four Courts, an important public building in
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    CONCRETE BUILDINGS.
    136 8 According to the report of the Legislative Council meeting on Monday, the Colonial Engineer, in justifying the use of B.R.C. ferro-concrete, as against Mr. l>owther Kemp's remark that it was possible to get another contractor to carry out the work at a price $210,000 less, sai<i thai perhaps
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    LECTURE TO THE C. C. A.
    92 8 Under the auspices of the Chinese Christian Association (Straits Chinese Reading: Club) an interesting and instructive lecture on "Christianity in China" was delivered by H.E. The Chinese Consul-Gene-ral, Mr. Lo Chong, before a good audience at 136 Prinsep St. on June 22nd., at 8.30
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    MONDAY, JULY 3. 1922
    693 8 The mail arriving on Saturday inV] a<. vices from London up to Imw m. Mr. T. G. Hk-kiey. formerly i,: ;i r Negri Sembilan. ii rum o, Florida. The Foundatiti,. Stone Layin* „f «u Medical Mission Hospital N arranged for the sacottd week Tientsin paper- state
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    LIPKOWSKA-SKLAREVSKI CONCERT.
    484 9 P Saturday's Success. N tWO ait Btfl gave the second of concerts, in the Victoria Theatre on Saturday before a large and extremely sa< sfied ouse. As wai to be expected >i '1 l.: -'iav's DttformanCe the pubtook noeli greater interest and Saturday's programme was followed ..'i. the
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    CONCRETE ROADS IN MANCHESTER.
    230 9 Two arterial roads have recently been coastructed in reinforced concrete for the Corporation of Manchester under the direction of Mr. J. B. h. Meek, the City Engineer. Om of these, Princess-road, estimated to iost i'l 44,000, found employment foT numerous ex-Service men, of whom more than
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    SOMME DINNER AND SMOKER.
    355 9 Under the auspices of the Singapore Branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya, a dinner and smoking concert was held at Goodwood Hull on Saturday night to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Opening of the battle of the Somme, the first bi^r British offensive in
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    ATTEMPTED HOUSE-BREAKING.
    436 9 Soldier's Strange Act. On account of his peculiar behaviour the District Magistrate, Mr. David, on Saturday remanded for a week's observation Private Harry Thomas Best, of the Middlesex regiment, on a charge cf attempting to break into a house in Penang Lane on the previous night. The accused
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    INTER-SETTLEMENT CRICKET.
    973 9 S. C. C. OVERWHELM MALACCA. Lieut. Clarke's Haftrick. Although both Major Spring and E. J. Riches were unable to play for the S. C. C. against Malacca in the all-day match on Saturday, the substitution of F. R. Craig and C. H. G. Clarke left the side little
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    Y. M. C. A. vs. R. G. A.
    303 9 The R. G. A. had an easy win, over the Y. M. C. A. when they defeated the latter o M Saturday afternoon by 81 runs at Blakan Mati. Going in first the Y. M. C. A. put ui> the poor score
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    HOME CRICKET.
    126 9 London, June 30. Oxford beat Surrey at the Oval on the first innings. For Oxford LyOfl scored 60 and Hopkins 61. At Gravesend Kent beat Leicestershire by an innings and 162. Woolley 123 a»d Hurst 104 not out were the top scorers for Kent, and King 79 for
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    INTERPORT POLO.
    159 9 Shanghai heat Hongkong. In the Intcrpovt Polo match at Shanghai on June 22nd., Shanghai beat Hongkong by 6 goals to 5. The weather was fine and the play fast and excellent. At the end of the fifth chukkfer the score was 5 goals to 4 in favour of
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    HENLEY CANDIDATES SCRATCH.
    27 9 Brussels, July 1. The Ghent nautical club's eigrht has scratched for the Grand Challenge Cup at Henley owin£ to an accident to its stroke.
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      60 9 Mr. HoUuuu Brown, of L'iO, Harrington* road, VV rklQgton, Cumberland, has laid, without way help, 700,000 bricks in two years. lit has btiilt practically sijiglehfebded the Oxford Theatre at Workingtuiu which -cats 1,400. After he had laid 1 t first 100,000 bricks people christened the building "Hothy's Monument." But; t«»-(iay
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    LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    224 10 London, June 30. 'i: the ladies' sing) a at Wimbledon Miss McKanc meets Mile Lenglen, and not Mrs. Mallory, in the second round of the singles At Wimbledon a tremendous crowd, inchiding the Prince v>f Wales and Duke of York, was present. Interest centred on the Lenglen-McKane
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    SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
    616 10 TBE ELIZABETH CUP. The iirst of the races for the Elizabeth Challenge Cup was sailed yesterday morning over the new course, which is practically the Club Course reversed, and as 15 boats started the competition was very keen. The Polly had stepped a new mast, and with
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    TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1922.
    793 10 Chief Detective Inspector D. Hillary of Kedah, and Mrs. Hilkry arrived in Penang rom Singapore and proceeded to Kedah. The report of the Stevenson Rubber Commission shows that the restriction proposed was not "by 75 per cent" of the present output, but ''to 75 per cent,"
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    A PINE-APPLE TRANSACTION.
    918 10 A PINE-APPLE TRANSACTION. DIRECTOK CHARGED WITH CHEATING. A somewhat remarkable transaction by Messrs Latham and Co. was referred to in detail in the District Court yvsterday afternoon when C. B. Ort, a director of the Company, was charged with cheating Lim Ah Hang, the manager of Messrs Shu by and
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    THE RICE CASE.
    614 10 POLICE COl RT TRIAL DFKfcfi The case in whi.h Cecil 11. an assistant w:r. ion < stands charged vifn bavin criminal broach of :•-.!-< 11,000, the stone; > f ttla commenced in tin Distr I < morninjr. before M v it| The accused i deCendt i Mr
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    85 10 The Hongkong Routs OfdittMM* !V--third reading on Juno 1«. Mr. J. Hassig has severed Ml with Messrs Aldens* Successors Fatt« r Ltd. «s from the Ist inst. and ha:- j nei Mr. O. C. Srralltv. public iMseooi Winchester Houso, from the same Mi Kapitan Cheena Chunj? Thyo PI an "at
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    MORE RESTRICTION VIEWS.
    282 11 LIMTS MIXED METAPHORS. Kiv Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 29. I Colombo correspondent of the Malay Mail ststM that the Rubbergrowers Con- v :vt 0B reassembling at the Hague gflef the adjournment on account of Mr. Bart's deatfci cimn to decision in prin- n favour of
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    LATEST RESTRICTION VIEWS.
    180 11 h;:t ?he Dutch lUci-ion Means. I mn Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, July 1. Tin Colombo correspondent of the Malay i 1 cables that the Times of Ceylon has ivnl a message stating that Mr. Lou- >un Shandj presiding at a meeting of the i latvMi Malay
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    LEYLON RUBBER MARKET EXCITED.
    34 11 i> '!.\n Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, June 30. M; Mfl 's Colombo correspondyi then v.as intense excitement at auctions on Thursday. The I sheet and crepe both jrlon cents, while other
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    BEDFORD PLANTATIONS
    41 11 '.i Own V>rrespondent.) that the coat of production had fir n 35.64 to 124.9 cents c.i.f. re. There wiß be a further reduc- nts this year. There was a Og rofil last year, and the a! If weather the
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    ALLENBY RUBBER.
    100 11 1 Own Correspondent). Kuala I.umpur, June 39. Mathewson, presiding at the annual ■kg ol AUenby Rubber, said the reducapita] was now an accomplished I khe Company was thus enabled mm a clean start on a sound basis circumstances, regarding the condii' the e>tate and working costs, which Alleiiby
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    1167 11 A PLAN FOR RUBBER RESTRICTION. To the Editor. Sir -In discussions on the subject, and in the Stevenson Report, restriction by a certain percentage is advocated. But on what basis is the allocation to be made amenp the different Eatate3? Sa cesa or failure, it svems
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    AQUITANIA'S GREAT SPURT.
    60 11 To the Editor, Sir.- It may be news to delvers into -peed statistics that during a recent spurt by the Cunard Line giant, the Aquitania, this great oil-burning steamer made a record of 27.40 knots per hour for four hours. This is equivalent to 31 land miles
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    THE COST OF WATER
    248 11 Sir.— From the 1 report of the meeting of the City Fathers on Friday Last I gather that w are likely to be charged double for our water, in the near or distant future. Scn,? two years ago when there was a shortage of water, and
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    TELEPHON CHARGES.
    168 11 The following circular, dated. June 30th, has b^cn issued by the Oriental Telephone and Electric Co. to subscribers. This Company has with reluctance eome in the decision to further raise the existing telephone rates here to the extent <f 2o per cent as Cram Ist October next, and
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      WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS.
      162 11 British Mainstay Defeated. London, July Showery weatl prevailed at Wimbledon. The day was mainly occupied with the opening: matches in the men's and mixed doubles, but there were three fourth-round matches, the chief of which saw the elimination cf the British mainstay, Kin^scote, who, after a magnificent display,
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      AUSTRALIAN RACING.
      43 11 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, July 3. The Sydney oorrerpondent of the Malay Mail cables that at the Warwick Farm meeting, the New Sou^h Wales grand hurdle race was won by Fiscom (6-1), Roisel (4-1) second and Rahda (12-1) third.
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      SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
      53 11 (From Our Owm Correspondent) Ku^ia Lumpur, July 3. Dr. Travers presided at the annual meeting of the Selangor Turf Club. The accounts were passed. It was decided to hold a three-day meeting or August 15th., 17th., and 10th. Alterations in the programme were left in the hands
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      GOLF: S. G. C. MEDAL.
      140 11 The July Monthly Medal (Bogey) Competition was held on Saturday and Sunday and resulted in a tie between A. H. Gallic and M. W. Chill with net scores of 1 up. Fifty three cards were taken out and the following* were returned: TTie Sweep on
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      NO BOXING COLOUR-LINE.
      124 11 Xew York June 30. Dempsey has accepted the challenge of the Negro heavyweight. Wills which he has hitherto dbclined on the ground of colour. The decision follows a ruling of the New York Boxing Commission that the challenge must be accepted by July 10 or Dempsey will
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      THE INNOCENTS ABROAD.
      137 11 In the early part of next yeai *"<> American tourists under the n anagement of the Frank C. Clark's cruises, propose to see the world in four months. To do this they leave America in the Empress of France, the eighteen thousun i ton Canadian Pacific liner,
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    WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1922.
    764 12 The Ulu Piah Co., Ltd., declares an iriterhn dividend of 5 per cent payable on July 15th in respect of the working of the first half-year. In Pahang in 1921 seven deaths were caused by animals, viz. tiger 3, crocodile 2, bullock one, elephant one, in
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    THE FERNANDO CASE.
    556 12 THE THREE OTHER CHARGES. The alleged defalcations by Eugene P. Fernando, a former reception clerk at the Europe Hotel, were further investigated before Mr. David in the District Court yesterday. Fernando was sentenced to 12 months rigotrous imprisonment on other charges of criminal breach of trust, and
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    JOHAN TIN DREDGING.
    249 12 The report of the d ector's for the meeting of July 7th at h >h, states:— The Accounts represent the position of the Company as at 3lst January 1 .*2" and the Development Account therewith includes all expenditure under that heading from the incept n of the
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    N. T. S. DIVIDEND.
    29 12 Telegraphic advice has been received that the Netherlands Trading Society has declared a dividend of 7 per cent, for the year ending 31st December 1921.
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    ALKAFF WILL DISPUTE.
    660 12 QUESTION OF CHARITY. A trust deed executed by the late Syed Shaik bin Abdulrahman bin Ahmed Alkaff. made on Feburary 6th, 1910, occupied the attention of Acting Chief Justice Sproule and member* of the Bar in the Supreme Court yesterday. The plaintiffs were Syed Aboobakar bin Hussain
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    LABOUR LEGISLATION.
    128 12 There may ce abuse*- m connection witii factories and labour in the Strait?, bat heaven save us from further bureaucracy such as is foreshadowed in the Government machiaary regulations, recently introduced into the Straits, which Been rather to aim at the creation of posts to be filled by
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    194 12 JOHOKE SCHOOLBOYS Sfi:i lv} I To the Editor. j Dear Sir,— lt mus; have I many «f your reader* to «ee the at,-,, m in thio morningr's issue of the vrr, 6D 9 8d strike by the boys of the Kn-i,., I lepre, Johore, ajrain?t the
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    JOHORE NEWS.
    416 12 SCHOOLBOYS STRIh F I (From Our Own Correspondent a Johore Hahro. Ju!> I The Education A-ttthortttet were I modi Burpriged when they board mi i l nes lay morning last thai pr; tleally ail 1 the boys at the Knjrlish t'ol'.^e. lofa I Bahrd had retained bo ttteir
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    THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922 MONEYLENDERS' ACTION.
    390 13 THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922 MONEYLENDERS' ACTION. JUDGMENT FOR A DEFENDANT. tvering judgment in the action brought Vhvena Vayna airain>t Moona DoraiJ Mudaliyar an.} Ahna Lana Vayna Lam, foi ti:.- retain of an unpaid exchange foT ike sum of Rs. 27,250, *jj.--ii.; o. Mr. Justice Barrett-Leonard \;.::tit!"V case was thut he
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    THE ALKAFF CHARITY SUIT
    198 13 l i mil arising out of a trust deed :•>-: in lull) by Syed Shaik bin Abdulf mai bin Ahmed Alkaff was continued ighooi yesterday, judgment being reap tin- Acting: Chief Justice, the v Mr. SprouU\ The terms of the ecd directed thai 70,000 French dollars
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    WRAPT IN SHIP'S ENSIGN.
    74 13 Indiai who was found trying to get Igh the porthole into the cabin of aptain of ff. K s. Merlin on the preoight \a> produced before Mr. B yesterday. Inspector Williams Pound the man detained by the police He was totally unclothed said be was a
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    52 13 pfojed is on foot to introduce the heal forms of the Chinese culinary inl the Imperial Household of Japan. v> -*n *h s in view the Superintendent of imperial Kitchens is leaving Tpkio -vostigate Chinese cooking and in the HBc of his tour he will visit Peking, mtsin, Tsingrtao, Shanghai,
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    CRESSON RUBBER PAVEMENT.
    440 13 TAXJONG IWGAR EXPERIMENTS. An interesting experiment was made yesterday with a section of rubber pavement made on the Cresson principle, which, it will be rememberer was used to pave the entrance of the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition. The secret is in the composition of the tricks, which are composed
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    A JEW FORTUNE-TELLER.
    160 13 A -lew named Jacob Harry, whose address was given as the Hotel Republic, Bencoolen Street, was charged before Mr. Dawson yesterday under the Minor Offences Ordinance, with telling: fortunes. When charged he persisted that he could tell fortunes truthfully, and said that he couki prove it by
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    M. B. E. IN SLUYTERS' MONTHLY.
    181 13 M. B. E. IN S LUYTERS' MONTHLY. The July number of this East Indian &!aga£ne, which maintains its hi^rh standard of quality for printing an t i illustrations, takes for its first subject the MalayaBorneo Exhibition at Singapore, with an article by Mr. B. J. Krol, delegate from the Board
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    BALGOWNIE R. E.
    1069 13 CHAIRMAN'S SPIRITED CRITICISM. The seventeenth annual general meeting 1 of shareholders was he d at Gresham House, Battery Read, yesterday at noon. There were present. Hon. Mr. R. C. M. Kindersley (in the Chair) W. P. Plummer, T. F. Anderson Pole, Directors, F. C. Peck, shareholder. Notice
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    SHANGHAI ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
    272 13 Singapore Tram Project. The sixteenth annual general meeting of the Shanghai Electric Construction Co.. Ltd., was held** on May 31, at Basildon House, Moorgate, London, Sir Alfred Dent, K.C.M.G., chairman cf the company, The Chairman in the course cf his .speech said We were recently approached
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    MORE RUBBER PROPHECIES.
    48 13 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, July 5. The Malay Mail's correspondent in Colombo saya that the Financier in an article believes that the rubber industry is within night of economic sanity, and that there is little likelihood of a reversion to abnormal low prices.
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    PROPERTY SALE.
    148 13 At the Sale-room of Estate and Trust Agencies Ltd: the following were auctioned en Monday:— Right, title and interest of ami in the 12 pieces cf freehold land off Teluk Koran Road, area 23,496 sq. ft., bought by Mr. C. V. Miles for $25; freehold land and house
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      24 13 The drought has been so severe, writes a Home correspondent, that the strawberry and gooseberry crops are ruined. The raspberries, are. however, promising well.
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET.
    156 14 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 558th auction yesterday, July sth, when there was catalogued 1,71 2,035 lbs.; 764.70 tons. Offered 1,588,358 lbs.; 700.08 tons. Sold 1200,345 lbs.; 535.86 tons. PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per 1b Singapore Standard Quality 26 Ms (4
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    MACPHAIL'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    243 14 Business during the week has been molerate and embraced all classes otf stocks Rubbers had a fair turnover, tins were slightly better and Industrials were trade*] n to some extent. Tin doses at £154.15.0, 275. 6d. better over the week. Rubber is qu ►ted at Bd. London
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    FRAFER'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    364 14 Singapore, July 1. The Share Market has been muc-h more active daring th^ week than for some time pa.-t. all sections being in demand and closing at the best with the exception of R 6bers. Tin at £155 12s. 6d. is £1 His. higher *vhilst Rubber after
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    FOOTBALL.
    468 14 S. C. Defeat 3. R. C. On the Padang last evening the S. C. C. avenged their previous defeat by beating the S. R. C. by two goals to Love. The natch had an additional interest, in view cf the fact that the outside to pLay in the Malaya
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    MALAYA CUP TEAM.
    82 14 Jamieson Chosen to Complete. The Selection Committee mjet in the Cricket Club after »ast evening's game and. as was generally anticipated, selected Jamies n t i complete the Singapore side against Johore on Saturday. The team, therefore will be: Oliveiro; Gale, Pennefather; Seng Chye, Chee Lim, Edlin;
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    FIRST LEAGUE TABLE.
    54 14 P. W. D. L.GIs.A. Pts. Middlesex 7 6 1 0 11 4 13 S. C. C 8 5 0 3 17 7 Hi R. (I. A. 6 1 2 3 4 19 5 S. C. F. A. 7 2 0 511 10 l S. R. C. 6
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    HONGKONG BANK SPORTS.
    194 14 The annual Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Athletic Sports were hold at the Bai k's sports ground, New Beckenham, on May '21. Favoured by perfect weather, the ir.eet ng vras again a great success, the Limes being generally bettor than last year. All arrangements worked very smoothly. reflecting
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    TELEGRAMS.
    5333 14 HOME. [Reuter's Service.] London, June 28. 'lhe Provisional Government has issued a statement declaring that outrages must etase immediately and for ever. Government is determined that the country shall no longer be held up from the pursuit of normal life and the re-establishment of fice institutions. It calls on
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    FOREIGN.
    2075 16 [Reuter*s Service] Amsterdam, June 27. A conference of the International Association of Rubber-growers of the DutchIndies is opening here to-day and will consider the proposal of Heer Burger, managing director of Serbadjadi Rubber Company, whereby producers and merchants would form a pool of a hundred thousand tons of rubber,
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