The Straits Times, 19 January 1929

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. 28,99: SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1929, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      145 1 TROPICAL SUITING 'FLORODOR" (RDjU WING LOONG, HIGH ST., SINGAPORE. I A Sweetened Condensed Milk Par Excellence "SLEDGE BRAND" Prepared in the heart of the Bernese Alps, from milk of the finest cattle in the world, by the Bernese Alps Milk Co., manufacturers of the famous "BEAR BRAND" Swiss Milk and
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      156 1 0-SO-EZY POLISH THE FINEST POLISH MADE For Furniture, Pianos, Floors, Motor Cars, etc. «»««♦♦♦♦»»»♦♦♦♦■«-»< flfcan POUSH YOUR h PROTECTS AND CAR u*SO*EZY DDrcrD\/rc WITH O on F-7V mum KLSLKVLb WITH O-SO-EZY THE FINISH OBTAINABLE FROM j IHSII FI IP MITI IDCLOCAL dealers. I FURNIruRE I D-5C y V.P^JCTJ CO. <^
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      7 1 FLORODOR (B.D.A.) WING LOONG TROPICAL t WEAR.
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      516 2 P. 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PKNINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO. UNDBB CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S yOVF.RNMENT. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. ouTWAnns fh"M London tor china AND JAPAN. Tonnage Hue R'pore 1929 PADUA T..900 Jan. IS MACEDONIA 11.000
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      598 2 Shipping Announcements (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles. London, Antwerp and llottcnlam Vessels Tonnage Due B*ll t KASHIMA MAKU 10,000 Jan. 81 Feb. 1 HAKONF. MAP.U 10,600 Fsb. 14 16 SUWA HARI' ***** Feb. 28 Mar. 1 lt'SniMl MAKU 11,000 Mar. 14 18 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,600 Mar. 18 HAKUSAN
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      518 2 BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated In Au.tralle.) FOR B&ISBANI, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE, VIA JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly .ailing, by the wellknown steamer MARELLA (7375 tons) and the new motor vessel. MALABAR (4,612 torn. The i.s. MARELLA is one of the largest and 6nest steamers trading lo Australia. Cabins
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      628 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. GO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Undur contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. :IGIO, with sab-connection* to Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marine Dipt*, and Manager's Desk. Representatives lor Singapore an d Strait. Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of .lava. All information, detailed
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      519 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated in England) RE--ULAR SERVICE TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN-GENOA. MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW-BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND NORTH CONTINENT. LONDON. ROTTERDAM
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      468 2 THE SIAM STEAM MAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated In Siam) I '1 BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. For Kreuy, Trengganu. Kelantan, »»"<?"•"• Telupin, PaUni, Singora. Lacon, Sichon Bandon, Kohsamui, Langsuan, thumpon and Bangkok Arrival Departure MALIN'I J»n. 21 Jan. 2» VALAYA .lan. H Jan. 30 feunDHADir ivi.. i Ft*. <■ The lUamen are
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      508 3 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) "ELLERMAN" LINH PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT F tLIGHT SERVICH OUTWARDS To Honf Kong, Shanghai and Japaa Dv« B'pore PITT PEKIN In port 'i V i)| KHAKTODI I in MMKWABM TITY OF MANDAI.AY Havre, L'don.
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      457 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE s «Arf AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE NEW YORK «nd BOSTON via COLOMBO, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES GENOA and MARSEILLES Arrive Lea** Leave S"pore Spore Penang President Van Bur.n Jin 21 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 President il«v., a,, i Feb. 7 F«b. y President Polk K. h
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      549 3 DUTCH MAILS Stoomvaart Maatschappij Nederland and KutU'rdam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL and PASSENGER SERVICE TO G**o* Amntprdim Southampton I Marseille* Rotterdam Tonnag* Leave S'pere Sibajak 13,000 R.L. Jan. If rins der Ned. U. 200 S.M.N. Jan. 2> Tjerimai t.OOO K.L. Feb. i "hr. Huygen* 13,700 S.M.N. Feb. 8 •atria 10,000 K.L.
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      325 3 THfc BANK LINE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE SERVICE •Owners Uturi. ANDREW WEIR CO.) For BOSTON and NEW YORK VIA SIEZ f ri^n I1u S «'> LEVERNBAXK Jan. 22 J»a. 26 BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD., AsenU THE MAXK IJNE AMERICAN ORIENTAL LINE. SENTOBA HALL 61, STEVENS ROAD. Private Residential Hotel Beautifully Situated Tennis,
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      101 3 "The Whisky you ask for again" SPECIAL SCOTCH WHISKY, McNish Whisky HAS THE QUALITY McNish WMsky HAS THE FLAVOUR McNish Whisky HAS THE AGE AN INDEPENDENT HOUSE OF OVER 70 YEARS' STASHING. ROBERT McNISH CO., LTD. Glasgow London ILmJ Offio- m the I [.art ol the Empire uhxh romrois ihe
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    ENGLISH HUMOUR.
    713 4 THE RETURN OF THE PUN. AN ECONOMIC VALUE. Then is joy to-day in the homes of the long-snubbed punninK men, and the smile on the face of the punster is not caused wholl> by contemplation of his own puns, ihe Tinrns. His is a deeper and nicrical joy,
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    SOLDIER SETTLEMENT.
    327 4 Its Value In Pioneering Days. The pr.'.-it hotly of effort which has been exerted save the War in the matter of •ttlemt'iU has done much to recall lhi> old pioneerinK day:;, but it is doubtful whether the t>art played by the regular soldier il yel properly appreciated, writes
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    FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.
    679 4 INTERNATIONAL LAW PROBLEMS. Mr. Sanford D. Cole, barister-at-law, WritM in the Daily T. legraph:— In a recent bi.ok by a well-known publicist the idua i» put forward that, if people- in geMMI know more of the rules of internal ional law, the result would he a
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    NEW ARTIFICIAL LIGHT.
    318 4 Therapeutic Value Claimed. A i.'.-w lorn of artificial light, which to all intents and purposes cannot be distinguished froan .-.unlight, has been devised lv a 1 ondon physico-chemist. The light is produced by making a mixture of 'oxygen and special hydrocarbons tmptafe on pastilles of thorium oxide.
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      199 4 MT% Tw *■*>* Sa6» CXi Car «k^ jrt INTHEOPEMCOMPETETEON fg^\ FOR Jll^^.":- -^i it Tin u^l''^^ BREWERS E^HiBiTIOH HEPBURN »SROSS, CLASCOW. n 0 l*py ttf PMii judge wJf y&w&£ijr Wood's Famous ''Anchor" Brand qc|F RMQINfi Fini-R v 2 fJ>. PACKETS. For Lighter Pastry and Scones If you canno: obtain it
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      647 4 BY OKDFIt OK THE DFfll lAL ASSIGNEi AS AU.HINISTKATOK OP THE (STATE OF CHEW JOO CHI AT, DECEASED IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE 01 shophouse MaMeaUal pi< i:t Joo Chiat Rom. Ju,. C! Chiat Ti-rrn. At Messrs. Chfum. Koon > I loom. No. SO, Chalia blrcrt, an V.Vdnctdty. January i*. ai vm.
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    GENERAL ELECTION
    698 5 THE WOMEN'S VOTE. ANNIE S. SWAN'S PROPHECY. The women's vote is already looming very largely c, the political horizon, and is likely to be one of the most powerful facton iti determining the fate of partio..11 th« coming General Election. For that reason it is occasioning not only
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    120 5 Four nurses are attending King George m his serious illness. Nurse Black and Naraa Davies still belong to the London llispital, Imt Nurse Gordon (St. Thomas') ■ad Nurse Purdie (Westminster) have left the hospital service and are member M a co-operative nursing estahlishmen I St. Georges-square. Westminster •Nurse Gordon," the
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    164 5 Mi. A Q. Walker has completed his i latter -ketch of the statue of Mrs I'ankliurst. which it is proposed to erect in I tmiem hofore the General Election. Lady Khnndda is treasurer of the committee v ha arc gathering funds for this monument. Appeals for subscriptions are to l>e
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    MORALS AND POLITICS.
    581 5 An Unusual Agitation. The agitation in the South Kciisir.pt Division against raprwsmlslhlill in t House of CoSMMMM l.y Sir Willij: Davisnn, on the groand* thai h- is divorced persoa, is now broadened by t entry of the Church party, .ays th" Kvc ing Standard. At a conference
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    CLOTHES AND SCHOOLBOYS.
    398 5 Dr. Graham Kittle On Originality. Dr. (.rahum Little, M.!\. di.sli ilmtimr pn«ei at Quaiatoi Hall School, Hai MM that ton many schooima -rs Mencd t<i have the unbition of turning nut their hoy* all dreaaed exactly alike, ami. if they could BMUMge it, all thinkiiiv exact!* alike
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      236 5 y The Perfltmid Touch that I MAKES YOL'R TOILET <:OMPLIiTE s Cuticura Talt>t,:m 1»ow«l<i> mdb to the daintiest I mi toilet... Coolinj rerreshiqg, and de- I it I i tod medicated it I c- i a a delicate and I r- Uld leaves the X >:nij. It l '"T. OimaMM
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      823 5 r NOTICE IN THE ESTATE OF WEE CHIOK THAU OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WEE GEK BOON NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any claim* or demands ajrainßt the Estate of Wee Chiok Thau [otherwise known as Wee Gek Boon, late of No. 56-16, Neil Road. Singapore, deceased, who died
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      88 5 rc'wus c~d 1 :90i. ccc: It is ;is of imiu.sti> ...y <.f labour lni_. pend d in M well i! u labourer! One of tnar tfa :ti the E!ai4 in the general, i Quinine i treatmcn; ujiu pens in writing:. n :ir :i ab d by tfa tern in <■<>-•.
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      205 5 MODERN BALLROOM DANCING Miss J. IJOSHOFF. liilo i.f tlio TV\K(; A! K-SMITII. •CBOOL Of l).\\< !N(;. SliaHcshiiry Avenue. LONDON. Announces that she will piw 1 ix m in the Latest Ballroom Dancing. Variation in Quick and Slow Fos trot, including the new Varsity Drag. Waltz, Tango, Vale Blues. Heebi Sugar
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    SPORTING ITEMS.
    995 6 MAIL-WEEK BOXING. Spain Coming to The Front. Spain is joining in the race for boxing supremacy with other Continental nations; the great new Stadium at Barcelona, which is now nearing completion it an indication. For this, it is claimed that it will be the most up-to-date building in
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    SWIMMING SQUABBLE.
    260 6 Northern A&A. to Hold Yet Another Meeting. The extraordinary situation created at the beginning of October regarding the English Team Swimming Championship, the race for which was held in London on Oct. 3, remains the same. The executive committee of the Northern Counties A.S.A. met at Manches'er recently
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    BARSON SUSPENSION.
    158 6 F.A. Ignore Petition of 15,000 People. Th* (tiant petition organised by the Watford Football Supporters' Club, and signed by 15,000 people, has suffered the same fate as its predecessor. The Football Association declines to re- consider the case of Frank Barson, the Watford international centre half, who was
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    TUNNEY'S NEW ROLE.
    173 6 Champion Boxer as Fellowship Ambassador. There was a historic interchange of international good-fellowship between the Royal Marines of Great Britain and American Marines, at Eastney Barracks, Portsmouth, when Captain James J. Tunney, American Marines, better known as Gene Tunney, the world-famous boxer, on behalf of the American
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    LARGEST INDOOR RINK.
    156 6 Room for 1,000 Skaters at New Richmond Club. Richmond's Ice Rink Club, which was opened during the mail week, and can accommodate 1,000 skaters on the ice together, is the world's largest indoor rink. It is to be open to the public on several evenings a week,
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    LEEDS UNITED FINED.
    123 6 Young Oldham Player Also In Trouble. Leeds United Football Club were fined £25 for illegally approaching S. Lloyd, a young player, en the books of Oldham Athletic by a special commission of the Football League sitting at Manchester. Lloyd, who was fined £10 for signing two forms
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      350 6 Doctors feed their own babies on Glaxo "I am more than satisfied ivith the result of Glaxo feeding in my own child f s case. He is firm, has cut his teeth up'tO'date, and there is plenty of bone. My child is doing ivell, and we have no anxiety about
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      265 6 TEA loses its fragrance if damp reaches it. So Brooke Bond Tea is packed in an atmosphere free from humidity in containers that keep it fresh until it reaches you. 5^5SSS2*^ f^ r proactive tin-lining Jfft|iSW| and enjoy the fine gWPOnI flavour of garden fresh ifev3nH tca '#r^yv?ri?d^ V* 01
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    THE HOME TURF.
    1398 7 INSTALLING THE TOTE. CONTROL BOARD'S PROBLEMS. One listened recently with great intrrost, write- ihe Racing correspondent of the Observer, to the speech made bj Sir Clement Hindley. the chairman of the Racecourse Betting Control Board, on the subject of the revolution which is soon to occur in
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    THE NAVY'S GROG.
    439 7 No Issue for Officers. From the amendments to King's I "emulations ami Admiralty Instructions JJist promulgat-d it would appear that tnr Admiralty has recently had under c< nsi<ieraiion the rules relating to the jisMiitij? of rum to t"ie men of the Fleet some of Dies;' are of
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    NASTY BOOKS AND PICTURES.
    308 7 The Trade in Pornography. Frori time to time complaints reach nnis i.-ikp. .says Truth, vi.out the rathor furtive traffic in indecent pictures. In 'Per. of indifferent reputation advvri 1 .|ieni.; arc inserted offering for sale reproductions of pictww* in various lamnut; picture galierier.. These repro'Kiel i
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      162 7 1 jyWBACO SCIATICA^ #i DUPIRE BROTHERs7u^TED^^ D 11"'« j^fflß AND pi $j& THE WORLD'S RECORD Pbfrfc^W instantaneous, acceleration tcrRESULT OF 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE DEMONSTRATION GIVEN GLADLY. Full particulars and prices from UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in thu Straitj Settlements) SINGAPORE. Novel Shoe for Ladies SS* mZI"7h {> farfor > and
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      298 7 A Delicate Girl t m The value of sufficiency of calcium in the system is not appreciated at its full worth," writes a physician in V"The Canadian Practitioner." For fast growing girls a sufficient calcium content in blood and bones is of vital influence on their future. Symptoms of calcium
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      283 8 Tuesday, Jan. 22 ALHAMBRA M ASTERI'I ECE J^vMJM »f 7^ S'J^^W^v'fWl^ in 9 Reels. \KfVI JANETCAYN O«^ WATCH FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS. ALHAMBRA I TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD., Proprietors. PROGRAMME Commencing Wednesday, January 16, ending Monday, January 21 In the Second Show at 9 p.m. THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS First National
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      654 8 Victoria Theatre FOR TWO RECITALS ONLY TUESDAY, JAN. 22 AND WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, at 9.30 p.m. MOISEIWITSCH THE FAMOUS PIANIST. Booking at LITTLE'S. Prices $1, $2 and $1. January 24 to 31, at 9.30 p.m. W. R. BANVARD'S NEW MUSICAL COMEDY CO. IN THE LATEST LONDON MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESSES. January
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      443 8 DON'T MARRY unless you're UN you're going to he h«ri>y as otherwise you may It sorry. But you wont be sorry if you MM the picture DON'T MARRY in fact you will enjoy it as it >* A Comedy Drama nhch TecniH with Humorous Situations and which feature*. LOIS MORAN
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      802 8 PERAK TURF CLUB SPRING MEETING 1920. Saturday. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Feb. 1(>, It, 21 and :J.J. 1929. TWO BUM FOX B V( H CLAM OF HORSK AMD PONY. EKTEI rEES KM per horse. ?J."> per pony. THK PKKAK COP. A special race for la i I Horses t,. lie
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    167 9 lIXTLKES. Kalurda;. January 19 M, 4.24 p.m., 7.9. mail Ni.-uw Holland) closes I of Control. Orchard Road, A v. South Johore. DU. Sunday. January 20 11. W ,v> ;..m.. U, 5.52 p.m., 7.5. Monday, January 21 W. p. m 7.5. Bpecial Mfctinir, Guthric U a.m. >.. Chinese.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    261 9 DM HARBOUR. Kain Wharf Cthm Lighter No. 2, Lch. liiiit'i'ru'ia, Putrol, TjiBai, Scotl Hurley, Keel... Nil i .1 Im Belle. VKSSKLS IN DRY DOCKS 'I.Miinni: I'atar. Nil Sia KheiiR Seng. hrppct Harbour. Dach Pinna, Amalthui Perry Boats Tanjong an') Kulim I.ch. Diana I, Sambo.ija. Vessels Arrived. U
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    132 9 To-day. 2 p 111 land. fr'ladjoe and Pilim- '""•'> -2 p.m MK-kalis and Bagan 2 p.m. h«ra and Western India 2 p.m rr, and Western India 2 p.m. Captlba) 3 p.m V> e»t Sumatra. South■!fbn, Moluccas, tralasia (extoatralai) (Nieuw ;ld S p.m. Pamtjaac, Hrnekalii. S.ak and ■•'■w.t.
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    RUBBER POSITION 1929.
    499 9 Messrs. E. A. Barbour and Co. report as follows under date Jan. 17 We find the general opinion with regard to Malayan production for 1929 is 330,000 tons, we think this is insufficient. Standard production was assessed at 1926 321,000 tons, 1927 343,000 tons and 1928 320,000
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    THE TIN POSITION.
    307 9 The position in the tin market, says a Home paper, is still a very interesting one, and the fluctuations from day to day in the market, which arc often very violent. indicate that a keen struggle is proceeding between the bull and the bear parties. So far
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    35 9 By Tarn born Kannala Indmpocrt I.ert Arrd. S'pore London Dee. 6 D«e. 20 Dae. 7 Dm. »1 Dec. 7 Jan. 4 ll.r. ID Jan. 7 D*c. 21 Jan. 12 I iias,Vi JM.U
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    TIN DISAPPOINTMENT.
    125 9 The dhectors of the Kay Yew (Kintal alloy) Tin Mines. Limited, floated by the j Scottish Finance Company, Limited, with a capital of £250,000 to work a property! at Selcnsing, in the Federated Malay' States, state that having heard conflicting reports al>out the property, independent expert advice was
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    55 9 WtfILYUSdr Brilliant 2 «W«. ta JB 6 si°o: 5l g °e? Red She?| rr 0 S 80 ir cv iTL A^ iatio e x 4 dru n> 0.95. ex. 4 K l. tin 0.98*. "run, OKO «I1 P P V, e^, 2 «f'« cans °f. 4 <«""■
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    59 9 Tone of Market Qatet, Milan reserved. Latest Cable -London Spot Sheet lO'nd. per Ib. New York Spot. Shod (i. rents 20 per Ib. 12 o'clock noon Jan. IS. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Spot Standard R.S.S. on Tender January Feb.-jlar. >• April-June >• >.
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      MINING.
      466 9 issue Val. Pd. £1 £1 Asam KunibanR £1 £1 Ban^rin Tin 1 1 Batanj; I'adang 1 1 Batu Caves 1 .75 Bukit Arang £1 £1 Burmah Malay £1 £1 C'henderiang 1 1 Chin Chio V £1 Eastern Siam tl £1 li.iad Yai 1 1 Ilitam Tin 1 1 Hone
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      GENERAL.
      234 9 Issue Va >- P«l- Buyen Sellers 2 Alex. Brick Prcfs. 2.05 2.10 cd. 2 2 Alex. Brick. Ords 2.50 2.60 £1 £1 Brit. Am. Tobucco 6.7.6 6.12.6 Canadian Eagle 11,6 12/6 1 1 Central Engine 0.55 0.65 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.40 0.50 10s. 10s. Duff Development 8.6
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      DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      386 9 To-day's Prices Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Alk-nby ($1) 2.00 2.10 1.95 2.10 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.40 1.80 1.35 1.55 A. Hi tarn ($1) 2.50 2.75 2.45 2.70 A. Kilning ($1) 0.60 0.70 0.55 0.65 Am. Malay ($2) 2.70 2.90 2.65 2.85 A. Molek <*1) 1.70 1.90 IM 1.K5
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    RUBBER AUCTION.
    258 9 Rumours of Heavy Local Losses. Guthrie and Co. report Singapore, Jan. 18. The commodity market h^s passed through an exhilarating week and considerable activity has been shown in futures, speculators blazing the trail of optimum over the second half of the year. The buying movement started in London
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    SHARE MARKET REPORT.
    183 9 Rose Macphail and Co. Singapore. Jan. ID. London. Rubber 10' m!., dorn ',d. Local 34*. cents. London. Tin £223 .'is., up 17s. Cd. Mininif.— Dull. Hone Fatt 37-3'J cents. 111 Klan X l.lil-1.22, Klan^' Riv.-r 3.50-3.60, Petalinp ii-.1.10, Kinta Dredtft 1.50-1.55, I'enawat 88-UO cents. Kuyoh 27-2U cents,
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    TIN SUPPLIES.
    273 9 The Chinese have a saying that tin if left in Urn ground will breed," states Mr. Ormsby Gore. The alluvial soil in the river beds of Malaya teems to be continually in process of being enriched with ore washing down from the mountain sides. It is idle to
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      82 9 Spend Your Holiday at BRASTAGI (4,800 feet above sea-level) GOLF— TENNIS— RIDING BILLIARDS— DANCING. GRAND HOTEL BRASTAGI BRASTAGI— SUMATRA, E.C. See our advertisement on Saturday. Page 13. 634 TAN KAH KEE CO/S. RAIN COATS (Ladies) from $10 to $21 each. RAIN (OATS (Gents) from $8 to $2:> each. FEI.T HATS
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      805 9 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts.. see page 20. WANTS, FOR SALE. El C. WANTED, a law paying truest*. Writ* limes. dp) MALE TYPIST WANTED, Chine*- with net. Apply ni. gtraiti rim*. LATKSI STTU <if dressmaking at moderste inanH at Our Shop, 2, Victoria St. (lp) FOR SALE, quantity of old
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      77 9 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Station. (By Courtesy of Government Health Office.) For the 24 Hours ending at Midnight on Jan. 18. Dec. Max. shade temperature H7.2 Min. shade temperature 72. f> V. Mean shade temperature Max. sun radiation IN I'. ;«>n. grass ruliation 71 K Si-a temperature Vax. 82. Min.
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    The Straits Times SINGAPORE,SATURDAY, JANUARY 19. WHINES AND SPIRITS.
    1018 10 There are various subjects, some of them of profound importance, with which a newspaper may deal frequently and at considerable length without arousing more than a passing interest in the minds of the preat majority of readers. There are others, some
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    305 10 The death is ann^'K.ceU of the !Hh Ki'il of Egmoiit. His bafer, the Hon. Frederick Joseph Tr.-velyan Perceval, is a greatgrandson of the 2nd Eari and a remote cousin of f.ie 9th Earl. He has been a farmer in Alberta, Canada, for 20 years, and is a widower with one
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    17 10 The well-known French statesman, M. Cai'ilaux, was injured in a motor collision in Paris on Jan. 11.
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    20 10 Mr. J. G. Hay, the managing director in London of Messrs. Guthrio Co., Ltd., is at piesent visiting the F.M.S.
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    18 10 Dr. H. B. Dodds, medical officer, Straits Settlements., has BOOa IIH)«ild for service under the Governmi'nt of Kedah.
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    23 10 Mr. 1". G. Penny, M.P., lift Loottoi on Pec. 22 for Cannis to s p >en:l the Chr> mas respite from Parliamenta! > I
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    27 10 Aiis. Elwell. wife of the Rev. \V. Dun- !<.(> Klwell, and formerly widow of Mr. G. J. W. Oowie, of Shanghai, cii*-«l at Manaos, Bnxfl, on Dee. 19.
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    31 10 Mr. G. A. Heieford, late of the Malayan Civil Service, ami now practising M i solicit!"- in Penanff, will, it is stated. .;,> to l[>oh in the mar fatun to practise ..here.
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    24 10 The late Mrs. Irene Mary Diana S.r.i"!i--(56). of Cadogan-gardeas, London, widow of H. M. Simons, of Paierson. Sinv.nand Co.. "eft U!.2B"> (nit persoaalt) f4,aG4).
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    31 10 According to a London paper, Urn Countess of Seafield is shortly tawing England for an extt ncie 1 L.>u: in Ji' a and the lesser known parts of the Malaj Archipelago.
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    30 10 Mr. R. W. Grunt, M.C.. Malayan Civi. Service, has gone on leave for seveii months and Mr. C. G. E. Baughan, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Straits Settlements, for nine months.
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    32 10 It is notified in the Government dazi-i;. that the Kinp s Exequatur empowering Mr. John B. KeUrham to act as Vice-Onn-sul of the United States at Penang has received His Majesty's signature.
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    35 10 His Excellency the Governor Las a; pointed Lieutenant P. Chick, D.S to be Mis First Ai<le-de-Camp, with effect from Dec. 2s, 1!>28, inclu« ve, \ice Mr. L. K. Knight, who is appointed Second Aide-tie Camp.
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    41 10 News has been received in Kuala l.am,>ur of th.' death at his home near Gia.--vjow of Mr. James Craig, founder of th« .inn of James Craig, Ltd., engineers, tvlang. He retired about two years agn md leaves a wife and family.
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    43 10 An engagement is announced between William Stanley Robinson, of Muar Johore, son of the lute Major J. E. Robinson and of Mrs. Jefferson, anil Joan < az rove younger daughter of the late A. Lawford and Mrs. Lav. ford, of Bronti Cottage, I.ympstone, Devon.
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    52 10 The Hon. Dr. A. H. Wellington Md Mi Wellington expect to ieave Kuala Lumpu' :iy the night mail for Singcpore nexl WeJr.csdaj. They will travel to Hony i<ong by an ita i:!ii steamer. Dr. C .Vilson, the now Principal Medical Officer 's expected to arrive from Hast Afrit-: .o-day or
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    86 10 H.E. the Governor anl High Commissioner, Sir Hugh Clifford, will preside ai the me. ting of ihe Federal Council whiei is to be held in Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 30 Sir Hugh will leave Singapore for Pori Swotlenham by the Scabelle on Monday lan. 2N, and proceed to Kuala Lumpu:
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    85 10 Death duties amountinj: to t2SS,O(X will be payable on the estate of the lat I Sir George Sheppard Murray, of Oew land House, St. Jamcs's-s;jiure. S.W. formerly manager of the Mercantile Ban! of India. Singapore. He left estate ii liis own disposition of t7N'.i,2l I, anil sail in his will
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    92 10 The death at the age of 64 of Ml Caspar Whitney, the American war eorree pondent, is reported in a Reuter cabl I fioin New York. Mr. Whitney was a wa correspondent in Cuba in IS9B, and afU i waids was on £he staff of Harper's, i i edited various
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    93 10 A Reuter cable from Washingto announces the death of Dr. Joseph Gold berger, the noted medical research worke: who will chiefly be remembered for his dis covery of the cure for pellagra. Born ii Austria-Hungary in 1874, Dr. Goldberge was educated in the United States an. engaged in private practice
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    148 10 H.M.S. Cumberland arrived at Poi Swettenham on Thursday. She i-. Malay Mail, the 15th ship of her nanu her predecessors having fought at Negu patam, 1758, Pondicherry, 1759, Ushan 1778, Finisterre, 1780, Hyeres, 1795, an Cameroons, 1914. The present holder c the honourable name was launched i 1926 and is
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    836 10 GETTING RICH QUICKLY. ■When rabbet lists mini 30 to :17 cents a pou:vd in two days, MM realises how a fortune could ha.c been made by t lumen prW«M <>f bajrfaC se.'enil hundred the ri|{ht time ami tlicn si-Uintf. A fin tn-itfht spirit* do this kind
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    29 10 The officer for the time being aorfomn ig the duties of Second Magistrate, Pi-nantr, is to bo Deputy Collector of j i Land Revenue for the Settlement of Penang.
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    KING'S PROGRESS SATISFACTORY.
    185 11 PROMISING OUTLOOK. QUEBN MARY VISITS WINDSOR. [■com Human] London, Jan. IK. ■'!ii> iaily staUii this murninp that Urn satisfactory progn i i>-<l in xhv Kind's condition yesterday lias mm maintaiiuii. The i>ull.;iti i>. ut .l this traiag sUit«l "Hi Kinjr hail a quiet <liy. HiMajct.'s .Tuiit: >:i
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    MALAYANS AT HOME.
    500 11 A Christmas Gathering At The Hotel Cecil. (From Oat On Correspondent.) London, Dec. a we\ Christina* h rend red the wecther mild for the n ~r.\ .1,111. With nioat people spend">K t.i hoi country it has noi tav< arable time for jrathpr- an reader*. A Chiiatmas At
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    BUSH FIRE HAVOC IN N.S.W.
    44 11 Damage Estimated at V 50.000. Sydney Jan. 11. Tha i'U.-h fins. !ar,!icd tiy strong winds, continue to <;ium' devastation in New SdVtk W.il, I'lr .lutnajre hitherto is :.timat«l at i.-)O<UMH>. The heat wave has Hi pmnmm died of heat-stroke.
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    £6,800 FOR HARDY MANUSCRIPT.
    46 11 £6,800 FOR HARDY MANU SCRIPT. New York, .lan. 11. \i the Ken Ituumplete ;t c!" Thonuu Haidy's A l'uir M of IjrlMf of which I'-. ii.- 101 ii U.-U-. referriag to the era I'nUaml ;in<l Amelien." IVuhnl tl I with 0 10s. lUd. in KM L
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    GERMANY'S BUDGET.
    218 11 DEFICIT CAUSED BY REPARATIONS. [reuter telegram] Berlin, Jan. l'.i. -\n increase in existing tUM to help :netl the dt-iicii of G00,0O0,(N!O marks ir. the ordinary Budget of the Reich for 192'J was foreshadowed by the Minister of Finance. It is proposed to raise MBjDM^WM marks from beer, 1)0,000,000
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    THE POLICE FORCE.
    241 11 Administrative Changes In The Colony. In order to facilitate administrative changes in the Police Force, it is proposed to introduce a hill into the Legislative Council to consolidate and amend the law relating to the force. The more important amendments air: a re-classification of various ranks it
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    TEAPOT DOME SCANDAL.
    79 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] New York, Jan. 18. to the- New York Times, Mr. John 1). Kockfeller, senr., who is I'O years of age, has thrown the whole weight of his influence into the ti;rht "John D., Junr." is making to prevent the reelection of CoL Stewart as chairman
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    AUSTRIA'S WAR DEBT.
    37 11 [REUTER TELEGRAM] Washington, Jan. 18. The Senate Finance Committee reported favourably on the Burton Bill, authorising the postponement of the payments of Austria's war d< ;>t in view of the proposed $100,D00,000 reconstruction loan.
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    THE SOVIET PROSPEROUS.
    50 11 [trans-ocean via pan-asia] Moscow, Jan. 18. It is announced that the Government's receipts during the past fiscal year haw exceeded the estimates by 350 million roubles. NYx; year's budget has been balanced n\ 7, 7:; 1, 000 ,000 roubles, which ia 582,000,000 above that of last year.
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    ARMS FOR BOLIVIA.
    32 11 [RELTER TELEGRAM] Buenos Aires, Jan. 18. Th> authorities have seized 2,000 cases containing rifles consigned to Bolivia whii-h wore on board the German steamer Sachsenwald, anchored at Santa Fe.
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    84 11 According U) a London wire of Jan. 10, the death has occurred of Colonel Gladstone Millner, a prominent Salvation Army officer. He was a pioneer worker in India and Ceylon, and afterwards in South Africa. He was born in 1867, and joined the Salvation Army as an officer in 1883.
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    SALVATION ARMY SURPRISE.
    288 11 INJUNCTION GRANTED. SUDDEN DEATH OF A COMMISSIONER. [BELTER TKLECRAM] I.oi;do;i, .Inn. 1& Commissioner Haines, the manaain director of t!ie Salvation Aimy AaM ance Society, died suddenly dj:injr *li .'iftemoon inmtlltg of the High Council. The Chancery Divisor, of the Hit Conrt mated an application for j. Injnnction
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    ENCOURAGING THE BIRTH RATE.
    93 11 Preference Given (o Fathers In Italy. fTKAN.S-OOEAN VIA I'AN-aSIA] l!r%f, .1:1;!. 1 Si. At a rr.<vtin;r < thr Italian Cabinet in which the Secretar the Fast- Partj participated for the first time] under Ihs aew stalulor arrans«m«iiCt lamsuvei were pasted making it oMi^a-1 tory to bH«
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    42 11 Reported Agreement on Tariff Question. [relter kar eastern service] Tukio, Jan. 18. The Minister foi 1 Foreign Affairs announced in the Cabinet that agreement had been reached in the negotiations between China and Japan on the question of tariffs.
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    SIMON COMMISSION IN CALCUTTA.
    76 11 Uoycotters Parade Principal Street. Cairulta, Jan. 12. The Simon Tommis: iin and the Central Committee arrived in Calcutta early this morning, and were received at the station l>y officials of the Bengal Government. The boytottwi made a poor attempt to stage a demonstration. Later, however. MTcral
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    SIR GEORGE MAXWELL.
    229 11 Portrait Lnveilcd at Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Ov.-n Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 13. At the Kuala Lumpur Town Hall at noon to-day. Lady Peel unveiled ihe portrait of Sir George Maxwell, K.8.E.. C.M.G.. formerly < n;ef Sacntery, F.M.S. the u-if: of the Chinese community i>: Mahiya. The
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    BRILLIANT WORK BY AIR FORCE.
    620 11 A STRIKING TRIBUTE. HABIBULLAH ACCLAIMED IN KABUL. [REUTER TELEGRAM] New Delhi, Jan. 18. j Hy arrangement with the new Amir, i H;i!>iU;lluh, the Royal Air Force evacuat- j td the deposed King Inayatuliah an<l his h^ii.-chold, who have arrived at Peshawar i |t-n roate to
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    FASTEST AIR LINERS.
    66 11 Ordered for Lujidon-India Service. London, Jan. 11. Claimed to be (he largest and fastest air liners in the world, a l'urther fleet of all-steel Arnv.urng Sidde'ey machines has been ordered for the London-India service. The design has been improved in the litfht of two years' flying experience,
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    MARSHAL FOCH.
    22 11 [REUTLR TELEGRAM] Paris, Jan. l'J. Tin- lull*. tin is?ucd to-day reports a slitfhi improvement in tile condition of Marshal Foeh.
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    52 11 Mr. ''.<><!ak;i, one of the leading cultured pearl jewel manufacturers of Japan, i> tiring !.:i exhibition at Kobin^nn and f'o.'s .-.torr for I- n days commencing on Monday next. IYail culture is becoming one of the loading industries of Japan which exports larga quantitic- every yea' to all parts of
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    78 11 Mt I!, r BrMh presided at the annual meeting .> fetok Kruin Tin Co. held at 11 1 > l Mt**.dajr, He spoke optimistically of thi property and emphasised the iiuira- i nues. Aft«r declaring a final i mt per cent, making 40 Far the year the meeting decided to
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    REMOVED FROM ROLLS.
    97 11 US. JUDGE AM) WOMAN EVANGELIST. [RETJTER TELt.;n.\M] S.?n Francisco, Jan. IS. The name of Judge Hardy has bcrii rc--inoved frcin the roll of membership (.f :",p American Bar Association, following hia admission during; a grand jury inciuiry that he received a fee of ?-,500 from Mrs. Ainiee
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    AFRICAN DEPENDENCIES.
    242 11 Hilton Young Commission's Recommendations. [BRITISH IMPERIAL RADIO] Rugby, Jan. IS. The report of the Commission under Sii Hilton Young on the closer union of the British dependencies in East and Central Africa proposes the immediate appointment of a High Commissioner for the territories of Kenya, Uganda and TanSika,
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    CHINESE POST OFFICE.
    51 11 Resignation of French DirectorGeneral. [reuter far eastern service] Shanghai, Jan. 18. M. totmti (1 'Ksttlan lias n-fiirned his post as co-Director-Geneial of the Chinese IVstat Administration. It is understoo I that Mr. TeUefMB. a Norwegian, who mi formerly Poatel CwmJMto—r in Shaiuhui, has been appointed to the
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    OPIUM COMMISSION.
    79 11 [TRANS-OCEAN VIA PAN-ASIA] Geneva, Jan. 18. j The Opium Commission discussed re- i lations with the newly-formed Central] Board for the supervision of the opium traffic. The president of the board, Mr. I Lyall, and with the chairman of tlw Commission, M. Votech, were btttractad to draft proposals.
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    CHINA'S MINISTERS.
    48 11 [REUTER FAR EASTERN SERVICE] Nanking, Jan. 19. The State Council has appointed Dr. Alfred Sze, who is at present Minister in Washington, to be Minister Plenipotentiary in London, and Dr. Wu Chao-chu (Dr. C. C. Wu), the former Foreign Minister, to be Minister Plenipotentiary in Washington.
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    28 11 Dr. Hattori and Marquis Tokugawa will leave Tokio for Java during the latter part of April. They will attend the Pan-Pao.fic Science Conference, to be hclil in Java.
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    231 11 Archdeacon F. G. Swindell and the Rev. I J. V. Westlake officiated at the funeral of I Major Georjre E. Ryan Millard who dW on Wednesday and was buried at Bidadari the following evening. Besides the floral I tribute from the widow and daughter, the following also sent wreaths Dorothy
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    WILLIAM CONGREVE
    1241 11 A GREAT COMIC WRITER. BI-CENTENARY MEMOIR. (Died .Ian. 19, 1729 William Congteve,' greatest of the Engl\>h writen I pate dramatic comedy, was born near Leads in February IMS. IIih father, an army oaVer, was sent to Ireaiid soon after the toy's birth, anil William went to tfcl famous
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    1445 12 Foolish and Reckless Extravagance. There was another long list of cases to )n- heard ir th.- Bankruptcy Court yesteri.'ane. ■>n in MMMetiw with the bank- I in Mi S.>(,n was made under TMs MM •••cover certain Moatoi in a PlwMaBl Kund. Tin I Mr. T. B. Geeker, leave
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    TENNIS STARS DISCHARGED
    171 12 D.P.P. Satisfied No Intention To Defraud. The case in which Khoo Hooi Hye, the Malayan tennis star, and his tennis part ncr, Chua Choon Leeng, wore charged at the instance of Tan Hong Tee with cheating by giving a cheque which, it was alleged, they expected would
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    KRAKATAU ACTIVE.
    51 12 Violence of Eruptions Still Increasing. (Aneta's Service.) Batavia, Jan. 18. Tho activity of Krakatau is still increasing. There weie 3,928 eruptions today, ami some reached a height of 1,000 metres. This evening the surveyors on Long Island witnessed flames shooting high into the air. Many earth tremors MH
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    AN EARLY MORNING SURPRISE.
    93 12 Sin Ghee Hin Society. A while IMatar, and all the paraphernalia generally used at the initiation ceiemony of a CUMM MCNI s-ciely, were in evidence when Mr. B. F. Oakeshott and party of detectives came upon a group <v Chinese in the early hours of this
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    PENANG RACES.
    45 12 Scratch ings for To-day. I.— Dixie. 2. Richmond I>ady, Ali and Candidate. 3.— Cinderella, Fairy Belle and Crisp. 4. Rosy Boy. 5. Lord Cambridge, Black Moon. MM True Boy. (>. Theebaw and Lady Bounce. 7. Direction and Prowess. All engagements.— Fairy Belle and Kllaline.
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      167 12 To Play Singapore Teams Next Week. The Siamese football tourists arrived in Singapore last night by train from Bangkok, and taking into consideration lhat they ha>e spent three days and three nights on the train they were all looking lit ami well. TIN form of the visitors is
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      RUGBY.
      103 12 S.C.C. to Meet Welch Regt. On Tuesday. The S.C.C. ground will be the scone oi a vety interesting match on Tuesday afternoon, when the club will play a return match against the 2nd Bn. the Welch Regt., und hope to get their revenge for the recent defeat. The club
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      ASIATICS AT RUGBY.
      107 12 Give Good Display in Ipoh. (I'Vom Our Own C.v.ti- pendent.) Ipoh, Jan. i.). In the firsi non-Europvan Rugby match ;it Ipofa M-sunhiy Birch Rompers beat South Kedah by :\> point:- to tl.rce. Witt the ucption of A. Douglas and N. Lock for Kedah, thr teams Wan composed
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      ASIATIC SPORT.
      200 12 Western Ball Games in the East. American football has made it- way into the ever-growing list of Far Last poits. The past summer an 1 autumn has seen the par.ie take firm hold in Manila, with proariM of spread into China. Easeball lias a firm hold in many
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      MALAYAN POLO.
      68 12 Principal Fixtures for the Year. The following are the fixtures of the Malayan Association for 1929 Ecster Holiday: March 29-Apri! 1, in renan?. The Sultan of Perah Cap (Senior Handicap). The Spooncr Ci.ii (Junior Handicap). King's Birthday May 81-JuM Singapore. The Mackruy Cup <i Malay States). The MacDougai!
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      HOCKEY.
      153 12 The following will represent the S.C.C. against the S.R.C. on the letter's tjiouml I on Monday P. W. F. Mills ;W. P. Day and R. E. Cox B. E. Abliti, M. S. Bonaventura and W. L. Abel Smith C. B. Pecker, R. B. Goteh, Fl.-Lt. Wigglesworth, D. H. Palmer
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      A CRICKET RECORD.
      71 12 Din intf the cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales at Melbourne on Dec. 26, A. F. Kippax and H. Hooker scored :Wi runs for the last wicket in New South Walcs's first innings, so establishing a necord in first class cricket. The previous best stand
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      340 12 Scottish Cup First Round. The first round proper of the Scottish Cup will be played to-day, and the draw is as follows yuee:i of ihc South vs. Inverness Caledonians. Civil Service Strollers vs. F.aserburgh. Berwick {Cancers vs. Ayr United. Nithsdule Wanderers vs. St. Mirren. Celtic vs. Arthurlie. Kast
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      PAGET CRICKET CUP.
      157 12 Impossible to Send a Team To Bangkok. There hau been a proposal to send a .Malayan cricket team to Bangkok at Chinese New Year to play for the Paget Cap, but it has now baen found impossible to do so. Tht f-'airet C"up WM presented for competition
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      GOLF.
      105 12 Fourteen cards wero taken out for the ladies' monthly medal competition at the Gan \mm Golf Club, and the following were returned 1-! cards were taken out. Singapore G.C. Mixed Foursomes. A mixed fociMßMt competition will be he!d on Friday at'tvrr.oon, Jan. 2.">, followed by an informal dance at
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      S.C.C. RUSSIAN POOL TOURNAMENT.
      286 12 jI 'lojrnamcnt will stait :it i Mmday. FtM :;re H;i:munced M .1 Lm and C. P. Burke vs. H. M. Bright and H. E- Trenerry. W. W. Speid and Vsugfcan Jo— I vs. Forbes Guy and E. R. I J. L. Mayger end A. G. Hay
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      27 12 Dr. G. S. Aiunda'.e. the well-known educationalist *nd Theoßophical lecturer, will lecture on New Ideals in Education at the Victoria Theatre on Monday next at Ml p.m.
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    DAYBREAK IN THE CLUB.
    115 12 Sportsman Fined for Causing Hurt. (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, Jan. 19. An interesting Police Court case lasting all day yesterday ;-.l Taiping was that in which Mr. J. H. Allan, Secretary of the Perak Club, charged Mr. John Cameron, the well-known sportsman, with causing hurt
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    DEMAND FOR WELSH COAL.
    84 12 Welcome Inrush of Foreign Orders. London, Jan. 11. A welcome inrush of foreign orders for coal from South Wales is denoted by the oriskncss of business in the Cardiff Coal Exchange. Exports totalled 440,000 tons during the first week of the year, excluding the coastal trade
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    TROUBLE IN HANKOW.
    29 12 hi-Nichi Servie*.) Tol:io, Jan. 17. Two thorn— 1 Japanese in Hankow arc- now i onflned t^ the conceaakM ami ablo id Mean only tinned i L
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    BOXING IN BATAVIA.
    187 12 There was Rood attendance of members <.f th«- Bafa ia xing Club at Deo Park last Sunda>. Two amateur and two professional contest! formed th? bill. The main amateur went was between the miudleweights CornelisMa and van Donjren. both of tiM Dutch Navy. Van Donjren v.-.a; willing
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    74 12 At the Empire Cinema yesterday evening, patrons witMMMI an interesting programme of Kuiopean and Chinese classical dances by Miss Violet and Miss Helen, two Chinese actresses who have arrived here from Shanghai. The following will be the programme at the orchestral concert at Raffles Hotel to-ruorrow evening Overture,
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    48 12 The Secretary of State for the Colonies has notified the Governor that the King will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance in respect of the Chandu Revenue Amendment Ordinance, 1928, the Ordinance to repeal Ordinance No. 196 (Rubber Restriction) and the Labour (Amendment) Ordinance, 1928.
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    87 12 The filial dress rehearsal of the play Nyai Saminah and Ahmad Marican to be .staged by the United Chinese Musical Association on the 24th instant, in aid of the Lim Swee Bock Memorial Fund to be applied to the Singapore Chinese Girls' School in the form of scholarships, prize fund,
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    115 12 It may not be generally known that an Ordinance is on the statute books of the Colony und-r which a charge is imposed on the Governor, or Officer Administering the Government, for the use cf the furniture in those rooms in Government House which are not used for the public
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    109 12 The annual general business meeting of the Chinese Christian Association was held on Jan. 17, in the Hall of the Association. The Rev. William Murray presided and office bearers were elected as follows President Mr. Song Ong Siang, vice-president Rev. William Murray, hon. sec. Mr. Tan Boon Chin, hon. asst.
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    CALLOUS MURDER.
    208 12 Two Penang Syces to Be Hanged. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penanjc, Jan. 19. After a trial lasting: for four days Ismail bin Abdullah and Mansur bin AM, two Boyancse horse syces t'liipl.iycil bf Mr. H. C. Bathurst and Mr. J. -MiN'eill. respectively, were convicted of the murder of
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    SIXTY YEARS AGO.
    249 12 Theft by Hylam Chinese Servants. (From the Stisita 'limes, Jan. 10, I860). We have to warn MB readt is that it behoves them to be en the look out for thrir property as the Chinese Ne.v Year is approaching, and thefts by II;, 1...; i Chinese .servants
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    LORRY UPSETS RICKSHA.
    153 12 Escaping Driver Caught By Car. In a Third Court case yesterday afternoon in which a Chinese lurry driver was charged with causing hurt by a rash act and failing to stop after an accident, it was stated that the lorry, coming up from behind on the Thomson
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    42 12 E. M. Judah, who wa* charge! with giving false evidence for the defence in .1 case prosecuted by Inspector Btggtes, rtcently of the Traffic Department und n at Gcylang, was discharged by the Dtatiiet judge, Mr. C. 11. (i. Clarke, this morning.
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    1463 13 THE SITUATION AT CHRISTMAS. (By A. W. Still.) [COPTWOHT] London, Dec. 27. We arc very much as we were, but Christ mu^ holidays have made the market dull, and ha; .rs and seller have been glad of the pause, because the one set is as anxious as the
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      103 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Wherever I go I am confronted l>y placards exhorting me to "Cook by Kas. Your food will cost you less." The Municipality run a showroom showing the advantages of doing everything by gas. I, and a number of others, have
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      173 13 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your leaderette on Capital Punishment cannot be allowed to go unchallenged, lama" would be reformer but not a sentimentalist," and I most distinctly object to soiling my hands with judicial murder and as a member of the public that tolerates
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    RETIRING ALLOWANCES.
    258 13 •Nurses in the Public Service. A bill is to be introduced into the legislative Council to provide for the granting of retiring allowances to certain nurses in respect of public service in the Colony. According to the objects and reasons appended to the bill it is a common
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    HEALTH IN THE TROPICS.
    578 14 QUININE AND MALARIA. (By A Medical Correspondent.) So much has been written on the subject of quinine and malaria that it seems almost impossible to say anything on the subject that has not been said before. But as time advances new observations are made, new drugs
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    254 14 SUNDAY, JAN. 20. S. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. Sunday 2n.l after Kpiphany. Deification Festival,' Jan. 20. 1U29. 7.3 C a.m.. Litany 7.-15 a. ml, (Choral) Holy Comn. and Sermon U. 15 a.m., Matins and Holy Comn. 4 p.m.. The Catechism 5.30 p.m., (Choral) Evensong and Sermon Holy Comn. on Mon.,
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    41 14 The poor of Paris will drink throe million quart* of beer as a gift of the city of Paris during 1929. The public charity service recently placed an order for the entire output of a brewery at two cents a quart.
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    37 14 The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, famous for two generations, has been sold to the Bethlehem Engineering concern for $20,000,000. The hotel is to be demolished next summer and a 50 storey office building erected in its place.
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    81 14 American bootleggers, according to the Soviet weekly magazine Projector, aye the people chiefly satisfied by the election of Mr. Hoover to the Presidency. A fullpage cartoon in that publication shows Mr. Hoover wrapped in the American flag toga-fashion, his brows crowned with laurel, receiving a delegation of bootleggers. They are
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    NEW WEATHER SECRET.
    783 14 GERMAN ENGINEER'S CLAIM. PREDICTIONS FOR ANY DATE. Berlin, Dec. IS. Is there concealed beneath the majestic caprice of the weather a latent regularity as ameiuiMe i i aeientiflc diciplinc as the niDVviiiiir- of the heavenly bodies That is a question an .iliirmative answer to which i permanent
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    31 14 Liv Yam Tin Dredtfintr-—285 hours, 50,000 vaiiN. Id piculs. value $10,480. Thabawleik Tin Dredifinif.—227 hours, linooil >::r.ls, 216 picuN. nett value $19,400. Lost 50 hours due to various breakages.
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    117 14 The eyes of all Paris were fixed one day recently for more than twenty minutes on an aeroplane that seemed riveted to the clouds at a height of about f.OOO feet over the centre of the city. Meichi'.n'.r- came from their stores, sUk k broker- left their oAeM and promenadeis
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      454 15 Ilf You Would Be Beautiful R Make This Test! Soap and Water Alone Will Never Cleanse Your Skin Q oap and water alone am never I^sB thoroughly cleanse your face. il HI nu <^ ou c t^ ls statement, try y^ 22^^^Bs^^J this simple experiment. Wash B|jjpQ N rj <a^
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    1203 16 A MISSION STATION REVISITED. EFFECTS OF NATIONALIST OCCUPATION. We who mMi in flic Treaty Ports find it difficult, if not impossible, to visualize the inland Hi tan tati>n. writes a correspondent of the North China Daily News. 1 have found visits to such a surprise, an education, and
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    635 16 "KEY TO SECURITY." RELATIONS WITH CHINA. Mr. Sadao Saburi, Charge d'Affaires of the Japanese Embassey in London, delivered a lecture on Japan's Position in the Far East at the Royal United Service Institution recently. Field-Marshal Viscount Allenby, chairman of the Council, presided. Mr. Saburi
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    132 16 Unfortunately there is abundant evidence, says the Shanghai Times, that many men of influence in China to-day are unwilling to accept General Chiang's doctrine that control of all national affairs must be vested in the National Government. And also unfortunately, as we have seen in the case of Mi. Edwardes,
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    1081 17 THE RECENT TREATIES. SOME OF THE CRITICISMS EXAMINED. Then has been some criticism of the ■etgJM and Italian Treaties, says the' China Pm i-m do no good! in such matters, and wi wish to avoid it. Inataa, much of th>? criticism of the Treaties seoms to
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    385 17 Constantinople at School. Up the Bosphorus steam liners, merchant ships, ferries chug-chug across to Scutari and i stand among the throng at the corner of the Bridge of Galata, and watch the worried faces round me, wriies Dorothy Monro in the Morning I'"-:. For no lnnjrer may
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    152 17 Amaliru;. ;.f<! Ma1ay.— 30,792 lb. Baranang. 50.000 lb. Beitaai (Tnisho'.— 62,Bll lb. ItaiiK Kara.— 13.298 11). (19 rainy rays). 80rr11i.— 50,842 lb. «r<.okl:.mls— :34.000 lb. Batu VillaKC— l.473 li.. Ciii-nil.iinir. 102.fi'_>4 lb. Cnnncmara.J— lo.ooo Hi. Cheras.— s3,soo lb. ],,vi.|lv— l4.ooo lb. (ilensihifl.— 74,96B lb. JSTBB Kunnlan. 17,781 lb.
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    53 17 There is no doubt in my mind that within I rWMOMbij short time the tier- man people are going to say This hive i filled; we must swarm; we are entitled to fro somewhere." and the whole problem will be before the wor! !'s court ajjain. —Hon. Mackenzie King, Premier
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    74 17 Though Japanese Christians number I barely 200,000, compared with 48 million Buddhists and 16 million Shinto followers,' it is sii;nin;-ant of the influence of Christ-! ianitv in the country that Christmas !'•.l) vapidly assuming the aspe?t of a national, < festival. Christinas inoUoea and tions wore displayed everywhere last year
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    95 17 It is reported from Paris that 134: French intellectuals, including the Nobel j Prizeman Ferdinand Bousson, Victor:. Marguerite, Romain Roland, Jean Rost- L »nd. General Sauret. have issued a mani-ji festo urging- the general revision of the j [>eaee treaties, l>y the Le;:j;ue of Nations.! The manifesto says that the
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    436 18 THE HICHEN fi^FERREH TO PIJIHIC AFFAIRS. WHM 'i-V llvikt ami 1 .:ir-iniiiJfd and Aawricaii women poliUcteM arc en;;l>Ollt the paychato| msolvos of taktag r: ri i < H I wrltea the New Yol-kY ol -k of lha Evening Standard. -i believM thai W..1-.KM have 'liti'-al condi-.
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    71 18 A'liinssp'i: a MMttag in aid of distressed lain. i. ;it Wilwyn in Knpland, Cieorge „,,1 that lie looked forward to Ifca USM when the world would L Ha declared it was lunacy to Mad men in t. > the l«>wels of the i-arlh ta <liir cvai and advocated utilizing the
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    76 18 iiN of I'ost tl r.tatiims to Urn I'< tmarter-GcneiaU Lorf I rding the itmiatai aa i r•worn— in the pos1.11 married mothers. Th. I i-> t policy v hi* M BO iin.iiarricd BMMhat could lea, and the '.hi- vitrid applicatu Btljf MM to nu:< »tloß did not 111 1 .i
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    543 18 i ountry Heady for Assault On "Old Bad Ways." India, at any rate. Northern India, is ready for a general assault upon ail its bad old ways," dtdaiwJ Mr. V. L Hiayne, speaking bcfoft the EMt India Association a: ('axton Hall, West- i minster, m Village Uplift
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    NEW "BABY" MOTORS.
    277 18 NEW BABY MOTORS. To Cost Under £100. Two new l>a>>y motor-tars are to make their appaUMK* op English roads this year. Both arc expected to be on sale early in the spring and at a price not exceeding two figures. One is being made behind the locked iMH ti a
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    39 18 A Wa.-hinirton correspondent states that Meordtog to th. figures of the C'en-:-us Bureau there was approximately one divorce fur every ten marriages in the United States during 1927. The total of V.rZSY.Vi shows an increase of 11,184 over !i<26.
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    85 18 A fleet of triant all-metal Blackburn Rolls-Royce flying-boats, which art- being built in Yorkshire to equip a new Empire flying-boat base at Basra, at the head of the Persian Gulf, will be flown out to Basra early this year. Each of these huge flying-ships is driven by three RollsKuyir engines
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    85 18 The exportation of draft horees has become an important item of Belgium's E trade, while vast numbers of inforeign horses are imported for v i post's. In the first tin months yeary c ar 13.296 horses were shipped and 14.054 foreign horses brought into the country. Most of the latter
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