The Straits Times, 27 February 1929

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. 29,02.7 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1929, PRICE 10 CENTS
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      519 2 Shipping Announcements P. ft 0. BRITISH INDIA ANB APCAR LINES (Incorporated I". England) MAIL AyND PASSENGER AND CARGO BEKVICBS. PENINBULAR AND ORIENTAL B.N. CO. UNDER WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWAKDS FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN. Tonnage due Spore 19Z9 uai.wa li.ioo Ml i*
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      564 2 (NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA) TO LONDON Naples, Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessels Tonnage Da* Sail SUWA MARU 11,100 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 FUSHIMI MARU 11,000 Mar. 14 15 HAKOZAKI MARU 10,400 Mar. 28 29 HAJLUSAN MAKU 10,600 Apl. 11 12 t KITANO MARU 8,000 Apl. 26 U HARUNA MAKU 1u,500
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      516 2 BUMS PHI? UNE (Incorporated la Australia) FOB BBISBANI, SYDNMY AND MILBOUBNB. VIA JAVA, DABWIM AMD THURSDAY ISLAND Regular monthly sailing* by the wallknown .teamer MARELLA (7371 tea*) and the new motor vessel, MALABAR (4,512 tan*). The s.s. MARELLA ts one of the largest and finest steame j trading to Australia.
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      670 2 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with" the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 5640, with sub-connections :o Passage, Freight, Transhipment Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives for BingMtn and Strait* Settlement* of the Official Tourist Bureau ef lava. AU information, detailed itineraries
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      555 2 THE BLUE FUNNEL UNE THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England) REGULAR SERVICE TO LONDON AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN— GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW.— MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW— BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALT1MO)"". WEEKLY SERVICE -LONDON AND NORTH
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      525 2 THE SIAM STEAM NAY. CO., LTB. (Incorporated in Si am) BANGKOK COASTING SBRVICB. For Kretay, Trengganu, Kelsntan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patent, Singora, Lacon, Sichon, Bandon, Koh.amui, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure PRACHATIPOK In port Feb. t» SLDDHADIB Mar. I Mar. I MALINI Mar. 11 Mar. la The .teaman are fitted
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      488 3 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Ir.corporated In England) "EM.ERMAN" LINE PASSEVCrR AND FREIGHT SERVICE TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTIK FnninnT service OCTWARDS To Hong Kerf, Shi'igh.i and Japan Due S'porr 5... CITY OF DXI.HI Mar. 10 s-s. CITY OK OLAB Apl. 10 s.s. CITI May in HOMKWARDS
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      452 3 DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE ofarf AMERICAN MAIL LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD SERVICE From SINGAPORE and I'ENANG via COLOMBO, SUEZ, PORT SAID, ALEXANDRIA, NAPLES, GENOA and MARSEILLES to NEW YORK and BOSTON A.-riT. Leave Leave S';«re Spore Penang lUTII ALEXANDER \.:.r. i Mar. 7 Mar. I I MB. BABTUU) .v,.ir. IS Mar. 21 Mar.
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      521 3 DUTCH MAILS SteomYiArt MaatechtpytJ Ncderland and Rotteidam Lloyd WEEKLY MAIL *nd PASSENGER SERVICE TO Geaoa Awetirias r.'UlKaapini. MaraellUa Rotterdam Ton.ui> Lsaro B't«n .Slamat 11 .500 R.L. Mar. 1 Prinses Juliana 8,100 S.M.N. Mar. 8 Tambora 5.600 TI.L. Mar. II R C. Hooft 14,600 S.M.N. Mar. Zt ludrapoera 1-Y.miu R.L. Mar.
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      357 3 JAVA PACIFIC LIM DIRECT QUICK V* **GCLA» SERVICE Betw MB SINGAPORE AND LOS ANGELES (SAN PEDRO) SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE rla HANILA. NEXT SAILING t S.S. BINTANG Leaves Sinzaporo Mar. 1 Arr. Los Angles Apl. 2 Excellent passenger accommodation available. For fan information please apply to INTERNATIOI^ALE CREDIET AND HANDEIS VEIir.EMGING
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      125 3 The Cine-Pictures yon have always wanted are now possible. ■I In lam VafH^ft ll^^^Ba^ssßßSHHjgSk |^1«5k5 A KODALITE will enable you to make moving pictures at nifht, in the house or outside, with a CINE-KODAK" f 1.9 lens THE SPEED CAMERA. KODAK LIMITED (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE. y\ map an A
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      732 4 INVESTORS' GUIDE III.— A Retiring Allowance (lly "SEARCHLIGHT.") Wh.-U would it cost you to create a.i in com*, in perpetuity not only for your own life out for the live, of your cfclMrat jt: their children ami no on, of $60 a month, through mn Insurance Company You woubi not
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      92 4 tttintiHi fucSin TWI B/\ 1 \i i f LaH M OIC 'I 1 1 1^ TilC JUUitM lll* ljtßr jjiiiHnHtTTMtftMl|l gn\i M J r lif^^^ iO C~* V V' *T\. *\(Y *HI Ni i" 1 $1 10 r\ KC.y'' l^ > i\ \v N Sl.7!»'i IVY COMM. CHASSIS it!).", -J
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      245 4 i *^i Colder Refrigeration Users of Kelvinator electric refrigeration never worry about whether or not foods will keep. The intense, dry cold not only "keeps" foods but actually improves them. Installed in your own refrigctator, Kelvinator will not only keep your foods perfectly but will relieve you of the annoyance
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    DEAN INGE DAMNS DEMOCRACY.
    1913 5 AN ELECTION PUZZLE, I'rince Among British Miners. EX-KAISER'S BIRTHDAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 31. N t content with trampling roughshod i most cherished affections, to say nothing of our prejudices. Dean Inge must perforce go down to Oxford, damn n ilmiai 111 J. and
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    NORTHCLIFFE STATUE.
    26 5 London, Feb. 18. A committee of distinguished newspresided i vac by Lord Ri-.ldell, 1 formed to arrange for the crecne late Lord NorthFleet Stitwt
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    NORWEGIAN ROYAL WEDDING.
    486 5 Attitude of Labour Party. The engagement °f Princ? Oiav, of Norway, anil I'iinccss Martha has been announv I, An incident both humorous and regrettable took place when representatives from different <>i utilisations assembled to discuss the purchase of a cottage for the Prince near Oslo. There is
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    NOTES FROM JAVA.
    306 5 A New Broadcasting Company. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Feb. The French Consul-General for thDutch East Indies, M. Bodard. who left for Hanoi a short time afro to make arrangements lor Governoi -llcniial Pasquier's visit here in the near lutiue. is due to return this week. On
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    A VATICAN FILM.
    103 5 Signature of the Roman Agreement. London, Feb. 18. Vatican City. The first cinema film ever publicly shown inside Vatican City was seen yesterday by hundreds of people, including many well-known members of Roman society who waie •resent at a reception given by the Papal Noble Guard of
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    LEWIS CARROLL'S COMIC OPERA.
    718 5 Offered at Sotheby's. DR. JOHNSON'S LETTER TO HIS \Y: M.-my lii-. liti.ins of modern author*, are to bo offered .a Sotheby's, i»ndon, thi> month, and also a number of nulablo manuscript.-. lYiiiiiinenl unMlg the* il :m tmpub-li.-hed ballad <i|>era by 1.. Dodgsotl ("l.iwis Carroll"), iitt^ :i<;
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    CHILD MARRIAGES HILL.
    170 5 Second Reading in House Of Lords. London. Ktl). 11*. The House of Lord*, on the motion <;f Lord Buc-kmastei passed the Mead reading of the Am of Marriages Bill, which seeks to make void mama:. r es in which cither of the contrac-tinc parties is Bate 10.
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    60 5 At the annual mei'tinjr of the Seremi>an branch of the Kx-Service M.-n's Association of Malaya, the following were elected office-hearers for 1'.i29 Chairman, Mr. C. W. Teniplrr Vice:hnirman, Capt. R. M. Koti..rtson. M.C., Hon. Secretar> and Tmaaniai. Mr. W. Aucutt. Committee membm Major 3. S. Ofihrie, Capt M. G. M..tfatt,
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      64 5 bvhey pair guaranteed 2002 P.H. vJWatf M 900° POINTED HEEL SILK HOSIERY c Obtainable from all Leading Stores. FOOT EASE HOSIERY MILL, SHANGHAI i j Haaaif* tf T-<yang»aaa MTl~' ■^aw^, fWaVaayMOe} 1 UMbb* I *'Si SmM NEW "SBASON- PIANO, solid l^ktood c«ne, mahogany noliohw} full iron frame, overstrung, German made.
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      168 5 THE DIFFERENCE Between an ordinary tea and the very best will astonish you TRY UPTON'S PURE CEYLON TEA Every tin of Lipton's Pure CEYLON Tea can be identified by a coupon to be found in each tin and on each tin is a slip bearing the agent's name. Sole Agents
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    CIVIL AERODROME FOR RANGOON.
    93 6 Statement in House Of Commons. London, Feb. 18. Replying in the House of Commons to Captain Garro-Jants, Earl Winterton pgned that a Dutch aircraft had been flying from Calcutta to Bangkok without alighting at Rangoon en route. He said Rangoon racecourse had been used as a
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    SHARK TRAGEDY.
    216 6 Passenger's Fatal Leap Overboard. 1) vk p..^s' MCI M board the Rangoon mail sUame;- Arunkola which arrived In Calcutta recently were, earlier in the day, I witnesses of a shark tragedy which cv.si la fMMg up-country Indian his life. As' Ifca s'camer was entering the oalitola I ('hnnnvl
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    ADMIRAL'S WARNING.
    99 6 Disarming Would be Menace; To Peace. Rcr.r- Admiral E. A. Taylor, addressing the worn— 'l branch of the City of London Conservative Association last month, declared that disarmament under present conditions would be a direct menace to the peace of the world and a complete I loss of
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    100 M.P.H. LUXURY AIR LINER.
    161 6 Largest Dirigible Being Launched. A British luxury air liner with capacity for carrying 100 passengers across the Atlantic at 100 miles an hour is within a few weeks of being launched 'for trials. This is RlOO, the biygest airship in the world, which has been
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    MOCK-SUN IN ROME.
    133 6 Orbs Joined by Luminous Arch. Rniiu', Feb. 18. i The city was startled at noon yesterday! by the straiure phenomenon of two suns in :i blue sky, joined by a luminous arch, which Trade them appear like inverted cye(llllM Superstitious folk expressed the op r.ioa that it
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    A MILLIONAIRE'S WHIM.
    102 6 Worker Brought from America To Build Roof. To satisfy the whim of Mr. Edsel Ford, son of Mr. Henry Ford, a Cotswold roof slater travelled from his home irt Stow-on- 1 the Wold, Gloucestershire, to Detroit. Mr. Edscl Ford wished to build a re- plica of a
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      143 6 Suitable for Road and Railway culverts, Di nagc PRICES and Sewer;. —^^^/jBa«\ Schemes, el< /nv^^ vvV V| AIM'LICaTION. Made in all ifan I l^___ -^—^^jm^Vt JjL up to ten foot fsK^^^^K diameter. > I tijff&vfifl i^fr[\ GAMMON (MALAYA), LTD. OCKAM lit lUHN6. BIKCAWMW. >— ii ii ii ii ,j For
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      238 6 Scotland is the Home of Fine Whisky and the Best comes from Glasgow. "OLD MONARCH" ■>* Bm in Ihr Veur lx:>^. f j I'ur ih<* La»l 7(> ymn ALEX. McfiAWM CO. "OLD MONARCH" To ;(M Parts of S!u- World. There has been an ever-incruiu ing m-mand, so that to-day it
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    "NO MORE GODDARDS."
    275 7 Future Police Policy in The West End. l.i.ndnn. i'el.. 11. Thi-i-e will 1m- no more del. lams In the London polic." acennlinsf to tnent made by a hijth police official. The Commi^sionei ol Police (Visvuii,,: Byngl had a lengthy consultation v. the Secretary of State foi Hi.
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    WIFE ARRIVES TOO LATE.
    66 7 WIFE ARRIVES TO O LATE While hoini ward iH.un.i fr-..m Colombo tn l/ilidon, Mr. .1. I .in kinjc died i.r lioard the Orient liner Orfi.nl. Mrs. Lucking, on hearing of her husband's illness, went to Plymouth from Worthing to meet him. He became unconscious Bl the Etramer approached the port,
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    83 7 All Saints' Church, JpsseUon, was < -rowili-d for the wedding of Mr. 1) Round-Turner and Miss Barbara Bond, which took place on Jan. :tO. The Uev. .1. Collis onViated. with Ike \'en. Archdeacon afereer, who was pa >\n, r through on his way Hi. me. The In id MM given
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    AMERICAN INVESTMENT TRUSTS.
    1594 7 BIG SPECULATORS. Far Eastern Cotton Trade Outlook. TIN PROSPECTS. (By A. W. Still). [Copyright] London, Jan. H. I'npasinoss about the American money itualion appears to be increasing, aad h>. in view of the simple facts, is not ing, as the duuund for credit and .hv granting of
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    M.P.'s ALLEGATIONS.
    142 7 Are the Unemployment j Figures Correct Allegations ;ii.'.imsi th.' Mir Labour t( the Employment Exchanges wen- i.m.l. |J r Arthur Mayday. Socialist M.l. rVesi Nottingham, v Insur.i: Conference in Maix Bded by 320 delegates from mii Trades Councils, Mr. Hayrlsy alleged that there was deli Dciati disqualiflcatioo of
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    HEALTH BULLETIN.
    144 7 lleakh t»ulloti!i of the Leagm ..f Nation* 1 Bureau, for tk* week ended r. ■>-. Ifl tm Bombay: Om' |i!a;;uc death; n smallpox •ases km I deaths a Vi doath- daring the preceding week. Calcutta -ihirt; rholi ra mull'"" deaths. Karuchi ii smallpoi eases and seven leathi sixty
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    82 7 A K'uUr's telegram from the Ilr.RU>- i dated fch, aaaoancea th; death ■>; Mr. W. p. s. stein CaUenf ela, I Krgincer of the Royal Irrigation Department, Sian ho wai at hone i. Holland »n leare. He wai the mm of P. I. V'>n Stein Callenfela and al tpf ITenjin
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      84 7 GODET Pariums cle Luxe j Specialities ">^JC CONCENTRES de Rose and CJj^_/ Jasmin j-«^jr PETITE FLEUR RI.EFE fl^- FOUE BLEUE JASJIIN d'ORIENT /<T DIVINITE (.cooctJ MONDANITE M' \JJV EXQUISITE t f^ Solr A«a_i for S.S.. I.M.S. and SIAM FRANCO EASTERN TRADING CO. \y r f PARIS Pl.\;;.\rOßE BANGKOK. SPECIFY CROMPTON'S
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      174 7 [NEVER SAG. 3 PATENTEDdiraRECISTERCD. Mattress Support Restful sleep for all Benarkable British laventioa of >\hi.»i over million I io been old hi Britaia. Fn v BeH SpritlK i ileea ;n'.ii aanse *> th< ipiw ths cor r.. rent or two to tix an. l lasts a lifetime. Ma LJ I
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      343 8 VICTORIA THEATRE The Macdona Players IN PLAYS BY Bernard Shaw FRIDAY. MARCII 1. SATURDAY. MARCH 2. Mrs. WARREN'S PROFESSION CANDIDA MONDAY M\RCH 4. TUESDAY, MARCII 5. YOU NEVER CAN TELL DOCTOR'S DILEMMA WKDNKSDAY. MARCH S. THIRSDAY .MARCH 7. WIDOWERS HOUSES PYGMALION VRIDW MVRCH 8 SITTRDAY. MATCH 9. MAN AND SUPERMAN
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      333 8 GAIETY CINEMA SURINA THEATRE Junction Albert and Brncoolrn Strrrls. ih BrUee Baal. TkaM Ra, 62K9. Patbe Gajettc and New I'omcdv PATHE REVIEW. DOROTHY DEVORB, JOHN PATRICK Irish Wit! Jewish Humour Italian Fun MONTAGUE LOVE in American Comedy French Pep I TH2'] SUNSHINE OF PARADISE AWMI JUllulllllLi l/l I rtllflLJljL rh*
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      513 8 Coming Slittrtly to the ALHAMBRA A Masterpiece of Circus Life filled with Dram Thrills LIFE'S CIRCUS SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT. A OFF I I' rod net ion Released by FIRST NATIONAL. .7*— > THE S.S. POLICE BAND WILL I'LAV AT WATERLOO STREET, 5 p.m. KATONG PARK, BJS p.m. FRIDAY, MARCH 1
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    ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.
    158 9 Me.ln.~tnv. l.l.ruary 17 OJM r>m-. M. nml ...ners, .i.. p.m. Annual Meeting, B. Raffles Quay, nd v. Borneo Co. (Cup ii hlremea in Malaya, annual II |.c Hotel, <i.30 p.m. Tharaah] Pefcraarj L's 11. W, 1.17 a :n.. M, 1.32 p.m., 0.0. I isei 3 a.m.'
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    208 9 t/adaaaaay, Feb. 27. Ships alongside ihe Wharves or expected to arrive. KKPPKI. HARBOUR. I rana Poatooa Ni>. I, Baa Belle. f»H Whirf Nil il Daisy, Lighter Lfl IN MtT DOCKS. Tnninnq l'.iear. Islandat Nil. 1 liarbour. 11. rraaa, I.imajc Andrew, Mutiara, W. Ignai I. K. lit. Tsajong
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    HILL STATION RECORDS.
    25 9 HILL ST ATI ON RECO RDS. lays ending midnight 2.100 ft. i. ay. temp. 70.69 F.. rainfall :1.114 inche.;. limp. 71.11 K. fall tM inches.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    28 9 MAILS FOR EUR OPE. XT S'por* Ix<ndOß Jin. 17 Fab. 0 Jan. 24 Feb. 18 .lan. M F*b. 18 i«n V 4 *:>, m I. b! 1 Kcbl iio
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd.
      124 9 Blwgaama, Feb. 27. ltiibbcr.--Local 40Vi cts. per lb. Kirm. Tin.- London TJ'JJ. Kublnr Finn. New Scu.laii Raaiitana l.fil'a-i., cents, Clv llcnut. 7U-71 >. cents, Uandai-Tekonga B«-«8 eanU, Balgowr ?,.',r,, Allenbys -j.:t:,-a.r.u. Parlt Para r Moleks l'.::(i-2.45. hrun..,.s BJ6-C.60, Malaccas IJ6-S4ft, Kukit J. 1.11,-1.17' a, Hukit Katils
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      Rose Macphail and Co.
      169 9 Singapore, Feb. 27. London. Rubber In. I'ml., unchnnged. Local I'!', rents. London.- Tin £L'2_'. dowa 12s. 6d. Mi.iinit. Steady. Johan 40-41 'h cents. Uls KUnjr l.in-i.!.;. Petallng MMJtii ex. div.. Peaawal tO-M centa, Malaya Consols, r.i-r.:; rents. Honi: Fatts 88-61 eanta, Klant River .■'..Mi-:1..-,0. Kinta Dredge
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    116 9 Three Warships Due From Home Next Month. The Norwegian freighter Mabella wiil make her first voyaßo to Malacca from Bangkok via ports, early next month. The Hero, belonfrinc to the Hunc I'liur.e Steamship Company, of Bangkok, has discontinued her run to Port Swett< ii hit in and Malacca.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    217 9 To-day. Djanbl ,Van der Capalln) 2 p.m. Kcinum.in, Krctay and Tp.n^canu (Uoril.ati p.m. B.inka Island, Tladjoe nnd Talembnng I p.m. l>jan,!,i (Moorabar) 1 p.m. s.ia; Pandjaag (Will tha Wtap) a p.m. BangkaJla, Siak and I'akan Baroe (\an Bogandors) 4 p.m. South-East Borneo (Pahud) 1 p.m. Kelantan and
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    RAFFLES LIBRARY.
    232 9 The undernoted non-fiition works will be ready for is«ue on Saturday at 9 a.m. D'Abernon (Viscount I An Ambassador Of Peace. 1929. Vol. I. Kroin Spa (1920) to Rapallo (192-21. illus.— Davies (R.I: Kd. Caricature of To-day. Autumn Number, 1928. ilius.— Davis 11. i Myths and Legends of
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  • FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
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      260 9 EXCHANGE Singapore, rih. 17. On London, Bank 4 m,s 2 3 29/32 Demand v U U Trivate 3 m. credit 2/4 7/)0 On New York, Demand Private 90 d/s M On France. Bank T.T. 1"31 1 On India, Bank T.T. On Hunt- Kon,;, Hank T.T. 11' |v. dls. •in Sh
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      SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
      54 9 SINGAPOR E CHAMBE R OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION. Tons of Market I Latest Cable London Spot Sheet 13' Ad. per lb. New York Spot Bhaat (i. cents 28% per lb. R.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F. Standard R.S.S. Un Tender Bj 4 Bj .t March AprU-JwM ■l-.ily-.S.i.i. i~ m 47', \2
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    • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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        MINING.
        445 9 Issue Val. I'd. £i n Aawa KaabMw £1 £1 B.ingrin Tin 1 1 Batang Pndang 1 I !!atu lavi-s 1 1 BnUt Arang £1 £1 Hurmnh Malay £1 n Chandmriaag £1 £1 Kasu-rn Siam £1 Haad Yai I 1 tfiiam Tin 1 1 llotlK Katt £1 £1 Huey Yot
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        GENERAL.
        226 9 Val. IM. Buyers Sellers 2 2 Alex. Brick Prefs. 2.07VJ 2.1^'.2 2 Alex. Brick Ords. 2.50 2.60 cd. ti i'l Urit. Am. Tobacco G.7.G Uti Canadian Eagle 11/6 12/6 1 1 Central Engine 0.70 0.80 cd. 1 1 Cycle and Carriage 0.60 0.63 10s. 10s. Duff Development 11/- 12/I
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        DEBENTURES AND LOANS.
        120 9 U. Eng. C p.c. 1,225,500 Norn. Spore Cold Storage 7 p.c. S^V/ M 26 i r di 1931-36 m 103 Cl Sngapore Municipal 5 p.c. of 1901 red. 1930 $1,878,000 par S% prem. Singapore Municipal 4'/i p.c. of 11)07 red. 1947 $1,600,000 95 par. Singapore Municipal 44
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        RUBBER SHARES.
        397 9 Franer and Co. and 1.y.i1l and Evatt's quotations. To-day's Prices Frasi-r lyall Co. Kvutt Allenby (|1) AJor GaJaJi i,M) A. ll Hum ($1) A. kuning- ($1) Am. Malay i K i A. Molck ($1) A. I'anus (s.">! Balgowak (*1) Bassett I*ll Brogas N. ($1) Brunei U. ($1 B.
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    RUBBER PRICES.
    58 9 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable, dated Feb. 26, their quotations, being in gold dollar cents closing bid prices Rubber Exchanges sales t-oday MM tons. March 26.00, April 26.90, May 27.10^ June 27.20, July 27.30, August 27.40, September 27.50, October 27.50. To-day's
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    CHANGKAT SERDANG.
    45 9 CH ANGKAT SERDANG. K\.itlandCG.informus that the directors of the Changkat Serdang Estates, Ltd., have made the following forward contract: 25 tons ribbed smoked sheet eiiual to I^mdiin standard at HI > t cents per Ib. in cases, delivery L"j tons monthly March- I December, 192 U.
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    MAILS EXPECTED.
    41 9 From Western Australia, by Kangaroo, due at Singapore to-morrow morning. From Indo-China, by G.G. Roume, due at Singapore to-morrow morning. Fr"'ii Australia, by Marella, due at Singapore to-jno«"ow. From Cfiina and 4apan, by Suwa Maru, due at Singapore to-morrow.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    78 9 Wednesday, Feb. 27, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, A i M.G.I Co., Company Parade. Friday, Mar. 1, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Ist Battn. Sin. Sec, Flag Drill; 5.15 p.m., Drill H»!l, M.G. Sec. (Eurasian). M.G. Training. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, "A" (M.G.) Co., Company Parade 5.16 p.m.. Drill
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    I RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    919 9 Lewis and Peat's Annual Review. Hasan. Lawk an.l Poat, 1. ti1., London, jfoiuanl us g c"py th?ir chart anil report on Para and P.antation fTMra. rubber fir !!'2B, UM y.-ar >vh;cli will long be re- j numbered by the industry not only for j the release of
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    86 9 [BRITISH IMPEBIAL RADIO] Rugby. Feb. 26. Foreign exchanges are Amsterdam j IJ 1 1 Athens 375. Berlin 1!0.45. r Bomba Is. I tl-CM, Brussels .14.935, Bucharest 111, Buenos Aires 47 11-32, Copenhagen 18.20. I Geneva 25.235, Heljingfurs 192' i. Honx Kong Is. II I d. Kjbe U. 0 15-lnd..
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    930 10 The St raits Times SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27. TWO VIEWS OF CHINA. By that irony of circumstance whi?h has so often attended affairs in China, an unusually optimistic viaw of the outlook in that country comes at a time when there is a fresh gathering of armies and a threat
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    HENRY FORD'S ADVICE
    1175 10 The Young Man in Modern Business. There is but one door to industry the workshop doc-!," declares Mr. Henry Ford, the American motor-car magnate and multi-millionaire, in an interview given below. Mr. Ford aiao discusses the question of whether an ambitious young man should start on his
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
    613 10 Mr. G. A. Potts, of Penang, is leaving Loßdon for Malaya by the P. and O. Morea on March 22. A short talk on Reincarnation will be delivered at the Singapore Lodge Thcosophical Society to-morrow at 6.30 p.m. Mr. C. Gwatkin Williams, who is wellknown in Malaya
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    866 10 ANOTHER GRIEVANCE. Flags were flying bravely in Orchard Road this morning— large flags and of a redness that could not be improved upon by Moscow itself. Along the roadside stood mountains of granite (MMttod si7.es) and other hard things which delight the heart of those whose
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    THE GRIM WINTER OF 1929.
    323 11 Arctic Conditions Return. SNOW IN BRITAIN. Deaths Through Tornado In United States. London, Feb. 27. Blizza. 's in Great Britain and Ireland, tornadoes n the United States (which have l^en responsible for B deaths) and !<1 ilecn-s of frost in Sweden are among Mm latest
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    MINERS BURIED ALIVE.
    88 11 Coolies Overwhelmed By Mud and Slime. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 27. Another i lining accident involving the two Ch'jume coolie* is reported to have o;ii.rod nt Seta;>ak n?ar here on Monday. Sevtral coolie, were working at the bottom of an open cast min>! when
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    THE KING'S HEALTH.
    68 11 (Jreat Improvement in Ten Days. BMjfttr, Feb. 2fi. It mm officially stated at Crai^weil Hour that the Kin^ passed h food day. The witlicr remained dull and cold throughout tho day, and although His Majest\ was :>t>i. to sit up the window? had to remain cIMMJL M«nben
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    MAJOR SEGRAVE.
    64 11 Speed of ISO Miles on First Test. Rugby, Feb. 26. M.i r Scg.-.-ivc. the British motorist, who is alou' tn mal.e an attempt on the mot i n thai ho has attained MM i -il i •<> miles an hour on his first test on •.hrcc-quniter throttle. Weather
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    GALLERY OF FILMS.
    75 11 Presentation to Duke Of York. Lomlc!-.. Fi-I>. 27. Before n trreat assembly in the Albert Hall, the Duke of York accepted, on behalf of the nation. foM the trustees of the I'.ritish Empire Film Institute tlie film story of Scott's last expedition to the Antarctic, The Epic
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    BRITISH UNEMPLOYED.
    59 11 Rugby, Feb. 26. The total number of unemployed in U wi- 1.458,000. Thi-> was 1 l.i,4'.''< more than in th' lie' He :n,d 521.511 n-.ore than a year ago. Tho increase mer tht previous week was spread ever the Hole country, and is no doubt accounted for by
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    NATIONAL UNION OF CONSERVATIVES.
    106 11 Former Miner Elected Chairman. Rugby, Feb. 22 r >. Mr. G. Wilym Rowlands, a workine man who spent many years in a coal mine in Wales, was to-day elected chairman of the Council of the National Union of Conservative Associations in succession to the millionaire, Col.
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    ANOTHER M.P. DEAD.
    145 11 Fifth Within Present Month. Rugby, Feb. 26. Another Conservative M.P., Mr. A. E. Jacob, who sat for the East Toxteth division of Liverpool, died to-day. He is the fifth member to die this month. All five were Conservatives. Since this Parliament was elected in 1924 there have
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    THE STEEL-HELMETS.
    272 11 Hindenburg Not to Sever Connection. Berlin, Feb. 26. The leaders of the Nationalist SteelHelmet organisation have submitted to President von Hindenburg a statement of the policy am! aims of the organisation. They declare that it does not oppose th» Republican Government but the Parliamentary system, which they hope
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    BRITISH INDUSTRIES.
    69 11 Record Attendance At Fair. Rugby, Feb. 2fi. The first week's attendance at the London section of the British Industries Fair at the White City was 75,000 being an increase of 5,000 over last year's record ficure. There was an increase of buyers from all the Dominions. India sent
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    SLAVE TRADE.
    60 11 VS. Senate Ratifies Convention. Washington, Feb. 26. The Senate ratified the convention signed in Geneva in September, 1926, to suppress the slave trade. Mr. Kellogg issued a statement declaring that certain territories in Africa still have slave traffic and the convention was designed to suppress it and to
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    CHAPLIN BETTER.
    33 11 Hollywood, Feb. 26. The condition of Mr. Charles Chaplin. who U suffering from ptomaine poisoning, has improved, but he is likely to be in bed be at least a week Reuter.
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    NEW BRITISH SUBMARINE.
    27 11 London, Feb. 27. The submarine Orpheus has been launched at Glasgow. The Admiralty has placed contracts for five new submarines and two sloops. Reuter.
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    MILITARY PACT ALLEGATIONS.
    251 11 Belgium Indignant. STATEMENT DENOUNCED AS FORGERY. Brussels, Feb. 26. Stronc: indignation was voiced in the Chamber with regard to the allegations made as to a secret agreement between France and Belgium. The Fwlgt Minister, M. Hymaiu, replying to interpellations, denounced the agreement as a forgery, and said
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    DISARMAMENT.
    175 11 Japan Willing to Stop Building. Tokio, Feb. 14. The question of naval construction hulked largely in the proceedings of the Budcet Committee of the Diet to-day. Replying to interpellations whether the Government considered proposing to the Powers an extension cf the naval holiday after 1931, the Premier, Genera! Baron
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    SOCIAL LEGISLATION.
    60 11 Ir.crea.-in?; Cost In Britain. 1. -n Imm. Feb. 26. The inereasinc cost of social legislation ll revealed in the joint estimates of the Ministries of Health and Labour, which amount to tl9/BStfioo, showing an increase of £2.417,000. Housing grants account for 1!K),000, unemployment for £265,000, old are per.-
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    MR. RASIKLAL GANDHI.
    58 11 Death of a Grandson of Mr. Gandhi. Nov.- Delhi, Feb. 8. Mr. F.asiklal Harilal Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, died here this morning of typhoid. He had been here for the- last six months teaching spinning at the Jamamilia National Moslem University). The funeral was attended
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    PASSPORTS WARNING.
    99 11 An F.M.S. Cin-ernment communique states :—lt: It h?.s been brought to the notice of the Government of Burma that China deck passengers frequently arrive in P.ar.goon without the passports which are required to be produced by all persons entering British India from any place outside India. It is
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    89 11 A new post has been created in Hong Kong, that of Deputy Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, Hong Kong. Dr. W. B. A. Moore. L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S. (Ire), D.T..M and H. (Lond.) has been appointed to it. Dr. Moore was acting Principal Medical Officer. Then the post of Director of
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    THE RIOTING IN BOMBAY.
    1147 11 Hindus and Moslems. DETAILS OF *A TERRIBLE WEEK. A message sent from Bombay on Feb. 9, when rioting still continued, gave the following account of conditions in the city The situation in Bombay is graver this morning, although rioting on a big scale has not occurred
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    UNITY OF CHINA'S LEADERS.
    469 11 Consul-General and A Rumour. The Chinese Consul-General in Singapore, Mr. Tong Lao. has written to the Straits Times to protest against a cablegram sent by our Hong Kong correspondent which gave currency to a rumour that Generals Chiang Kai-shek and Yen Shi-shan were combining against General
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    COL. LAWRENCE.
    135 11 A Shy Man and not a SuperSpy." London, Feb. 9. A little man attired in the uniform of the Royal Air Force to-day visited the House of Commons. It was subsequently lound that he was Aircraftsman Shaw. He conversed with Mr. E. Thurtle, the Labour member, who is
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    SIAMESE CORONATION.
    61 11 Magnificent Display By Aeroplanes. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 27. A very successful Coronation review of the first Army Division was held by the Kinc The outstanding feature was a n.agnificent display by 35 aeroplanes. Last night a State ball held at the Grand Palace was largely
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    MORE FIGHTING NEAR KABUL.
    474 11 British Legation Rescues. COMMONS STATEMENT. Cable from Sir Francis Humphrys. Moscow, Feb. 27. It is reported fron- Tcrmez that fighting has begun bewcen Amurullah's troops ami Habibullah's supporters near Maidan, 19 miles from Kabul. Reuter. Rugby, Feb. 'JH. Earl Winterton, Under-Sccretaiy for India, statul in the
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    THRILLS IN SURGERY.
    109 11 Patient Attacks His Dentist. Two Chinese who were charged in the Fourth Court this morning w:»h disorderly conduct by fighting proved to be a dentist and his patient. The magistrate asked what happened, and the following details were divulged. The dentist was at work on a particularly
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    CZECHO-SLOVAKIA.
    40 11 PltlW, Feb. 2C. The Governor of the National Hank of Czecho-Slovakia has announced the forthcoming stabilisation of the currency at 3.5 crowns 75 hellars to the dollar at the equivalent of 44.58 milligrammes of sold to the crown. Reuter.
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    NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED.
    35 11 NEW CRUISER LAUN CHED. London, Feb. 21. The 20,000-ton oil-bu-ning Orient liner Orontes hae b*M launched at Harrow. It is designed for the Australian service and will carry 500 fir^t-class and 1,100 third-class pa >uter.
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    PEACE IN INDUSTRY.
    35 11 London, rV>. ML The General Council of the Trade* Union Congress accepted the invitation of the employers t,i attend a conference, which will probably be held within a week or two. Reuter.
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    16 11 Rumours continue to be circulated in Kuala Lumpur concerning allegations of serious labour troubles in Sumatra.
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    25 11 It is understood that Lord B rkcnhead will receive a salary of £15,000 a year as chairman of the Greater London an'l Counties Tru.it, Ltd.
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    LOCAL RELIGIOUS HISTORY.
    1511 12 Seventy Years Affo. ATHEDRAL MISSION EFFORT. Intel OSllng local history was contained In a survey of St. Andrew's lines its Inception 7:; years ago given !>y the Rev. R. Richards, the ho:.. secretary, at the annual general meeting Bishop of Singapore, the lit. Uev. It. C. I'.oberts.
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    CANTON FIRE.
    202 12 Starts Through New Year Entertainment. Canton, Feb. 19. There was another big fire on Monday aftqrnoon, in Sai Kwan, 11 buildings being burnt out. The fire, which lasted for three hours, started in a matshod where New Year entertainments were being given. The walls were hung with pictures,
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    MALAY PAPER FOR MECCA
    50 12 It is reported that a Sumatra Malay, who ir. now in Mecca, is proposing to pulilish a Malay newspaper there as soon as the BedJM Goveraaseat gives him permission to do so. According to a report from Mecca, the prices of foodstuffs there are !'*ill dear.
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    34 12 The three Chinese who were charged witii tacking Mr. Cfcjsw Woon t'oh, in ■lalan Beiar last Thursday niirh'. did nut M'" ar when it'e ease agamst Uwm was called in ihe Second Ccurt to-day.
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    47 12 The death took place at Pudu at the age of 71 of Towkay Ho Yuen Sung. f:itln-r Mr. Ho Cho3 Ci'uan, of the Rubber Research Institute of Malaya. The late Towkaj 110 Yuen Sang was a mining pioneer and a highly esteemed member at* the Chinese community.
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    97 12 The Rev. G. M. Nicol, Presbyterian Minister of Perak. was involved in a serious motor accident on Sunday morning, says the Times of Malaya. Mr. Nieol had arranged to exchange pulpits with the Rev. Fergus Ferguson, of Kuala Lumpur, on Sunday and was proceeding from Klang, the previous day. in
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    TO CONQUER EVEREST.
    310 12 New British Expedition j Formed. Professor N. K. Odell, of Harvard University, who was a member of the; 1924 expedition, announces that a British expedition will make pHwr attempt to conquer Mount liverest, says a message from Montreal. It is hoped, be states, that the difficulty arising
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    CAR BAN IN OXFORD.
    296 12 "Isis" Seeks the Reason: For New Ruling. A protest against a recent edict of the Proctors that undergraduates' motor-cars must b< In their |at If* by 11 p:>i. irstead of midnight. Is made in sa Oxford undergraduate weekly. "Quite frankly," the "Isii" states, "we cannot, tor
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    DIRECTORY OF MALAYA.
    147 12 Messrs. C. A. Ribeiro and Co. send us a copy of the current year's Directory of Malaya which is being published this week nt $5 and, considering the amount of information embodied in a compact, classified and elaborately indexed volume the price is extremely moderate. The contents
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    COLD STORAGE CO.
    25 12 The Sinprapve Cold Storage -Co., Ltd. has il'dartl a I pei con. ntiiin di'id< ad for thi- year ended June 80, IMS.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    27 12 The Social Highwayman." a crook drama, will be screened at the Surma from to-night. Dorothy Drvore, John Patrick and Montagu Dove play the principal parts.
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    26 12 The Pinang Gazette is informed that the firm of architects and surveyors, Messrs. Swan. Maclaren and Craik. wiii in future be known as Craik and I.
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    35 12 At the annual meeting of the Bangkok Nursing Home the chairman, Mr. C. S. Richaroson. «aid now that the new buildings had been completed they had a home second to none in the Far F.ast.
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    31 12 Senttnce of s'X months' rigorous imprisonment, to be followed by one year's police sup. vi-ion. was passed iii thi |)istiict Court this morning .n a Chinese uick-pocket with two previous convictions.
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    A NEW USE FOR TEMPLES.
    60 12 Superstition Must Be Exterminated. Nanking. Feb. 19. With a view to exterminating superstitious beliefs and idolatry" and pieventing Illegal confiscation of temples :>>• Irresponsible local authorities." the Minister n( the Interior. Hsueh Tub ii J i. has ordered the formi'lation of regulations governing the conversion
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    MALACCA BOY SCOUTS.
    132 12 Departure of District Commissioner. (From Our Own Conespondent.) Malacca, Feb. 2H. The lic.-al Scouts have lost a very good f.iend and leader by the departure on leave of District Commissioner Brunton. When Mr. BrUßton took over the Association in 198S, there were. I believe, only 3(1 l>oys.
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    MR. F. W. LYALL.
    148 12 Well-Known Sportsman Retiring. Mr. F. W. Lyall, senior pa>lner of I. vail Keira, I.UI-, is leaving j Singapore this afternoon on retirement I afu-r upwards of IS yean work in j Malaya. Mi. Lyall lirst came to Singapore to join Messrs. Brinkmarm and Co., and nfter
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    MR BALDWIN'S SEAT.
    77 12 Liberal and Labour Opponents Possible. At a meeting of the Bewdley Division Labour Party Mr. Handcock. who fou:rht the division as a Liberal in 1H22 and r.iL'i, \v:;s selected for recommendation to the Labour executive as the Labour candidate to figlit the Prime Minister at the next
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    MALAYAN ENGINEERS.
    118 12 The Malayan Engineers' Association, with whom Selangor, Penang, and other places were strongly represented, led by the Hon. Mr. J. Strachan, had a busy week-end in Perak. Early on Saturday they motored to Upper Perak to inspect the great works of the Perak HydroElectric Company, where a coffer
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    OLD WOMAN'S BIRTHDAY.
    88 12 It was an old woman's birthday party" protested one of six Chinese charged in the police court to-day with gaming in a common gaming house. The person making this protest was a woman, and the occupier of the house. The other awaad said they were her guests.
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    16 12 are informed that the name of the urn Flight has been changed to <c Baal >:<iuadron.
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    22 12 Mr. N. A. Mallal. barrister-at-iaw, will lecture on "Indian Students in Kiiulan<! on Friday, at 8 p.m. in the Indian Association Hall.
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    25 12 A fancy jf.vmkhana for troops will lie held on the upper Rug-by srround, Tantrlin Barracks, on St. David's Day, March 1, •ommencing at 4.15 p.m.
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    19 12 Trunk telephone lines in Johore have lv'en opened as follows Buloh Kasap *<efr:imat, Sa^il-Tangkak, Johore BahruTiram and Kluanu-Yonu Peng.
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    65 12 M M Yan£ Nai Mei. the leading movie star of Shanghai, Yang Nai Li, Yang Nai I.iat and their musical artists K"ve a performance in aid of the Shantung Relief Fund at the Marlborough Cinema Hall and realised $785.50 which together with their own contribution of $.10 making the cxihantT
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    FREE PASSAGES.
    267 12 British Farm Labourers For Canada. The Fetish Government have agi" d to pay the oc< ::m fares of f;im Is rtcrutted in C:\:.\ Britain by the Canadian Pacific an the Canadi in N Railways. Under the Br ti«h Ministry of Labour faim training cheme 5,000 men will go
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    £703,857 FORTUNE.
    70 12 £197,000 in Duties on Estate Of A Scottish Solicitor. Mr. June* .v. v Iker, a r 5 solicitor companies (he was g the Glasgow I) ianl cif the Alliance Assurance Co. Hiiil the DistlUi i ties on I £197,000. Mr. Aiken bad ng h >!!irg-. in iesnranco compaci
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    SARAWAK'S FINANCES.
    85 12 The Budget Sgurea for .Sarawak for the 1929 provioV for an estimate of $6,139,072 revenue and Sf,.-.-_»: (i.V) expenditure. Duties, taxes, licences, etc., provide $:{.67H.fi?j and n venue from Government j property, inch-dins: rent, for $1,280,68!).' On the expenditure side, the. chief Items are Public Works Department 51
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    HUSBAND'S ALLEGED JEALOUSY.
    74 12 Tragedy in Sin Plantation. T(w Chi-vrc \\h" inn .1 p off Bum In on bad been aroused bj accompanied hia wife on h in him fivm Chinn, *;ir trial. 1hi p I ing ill. bI1< .-,i atta d in tho plantaticn an i tag >iut. fit 'VH-
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    ALEXANDRA BRICKWORKS
    152 12 Payininl :>i the Fii Dividends. report <>' the I ctoi of Brickworks, I.ti!.. r. the I' 31, 1928, pi i :>■ >.... t.i.' i from the rn additional Mm k xA land Butt < Buildings have n k< pi ivprir. :imi addition building! at botl m have been
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    DISPENSARY PROFITS.
    79 12 A' ihe annual mcc'injr of Dfspensary, Ltd., Prang, final dividend of :M per cent making !!fl DM c"nt. for the year wu decia the staff WM VOM two month while the directors tional reniun- '-.-.t on of $2,000. Mr. J. V. Davis, presiding, said the boxim Unuod to
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    S.C.C FOOTBALL PROSPECTS.
    1018 13 Plenty of Material. GOOD PLAYERS AMONG NBWCOMEBS. B.C.C. soccer promises well thN leasWl, and 1: iiu- standard of play ii anything like the eßthnataani which is being displayod thi-re -a;11 b. no need for veteran membei men thfootball world New recruit <l. ami 120 members h.ty» signified
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      214 13 O.T.F.C. and Hong Kons Bank Again Draw. 1!.•■1 second meeting of the Oriental Telephone Co. and the Hong Kong Bank ace at the Stadium yesterday in the first round of the Inter-Commercial C'jp. :i:i.l the gaajM again ended in a two- j goals draw. The match will be
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      28 13 (■lastfow Rangers Still Forging Ahead. London, Feb. 2G. playing in ;h«' First Division of the Scottish League to-day, Glasgow Rangers Third Lanark l>y s—l.—Reuter5 1.— Reuter
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      ATHLETICS.
      61 13 Cross-Country Race At Leeds. Leeds, Feb. 10. There were 70 competitors in interYar.ity Uourd cross-country championship ace run to-day, which resulted as follows: Richards (University of Wales) 38 mins. M sees. 1, J. Davis (Bristol) 38 mins. J, S. Drew (Manchester) 38 mins. 1. 3. The team result was
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      YACHTING.
      205 13 Easy Victory at Port Dickson. The sixth rave of the year at Port I Dickaon was h« !<l on Sunday over the same course as that held a fortnight ago rood a mark l>oat out le sea, round I'ulau Aiang and back. There was a much ebb tide and
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      LUCKY 816 TO 1 SHOT.
      48 13 LUCKY 81 6 TO 1 SHOT. Dividend on Double at Madras Races. A .lividend of Rs. X.lfi.T for Rs. 10 was the M;niias races on Feb. 'J. This wu.- on a double, and Mr. K. Srini-va-an, the- ptoftriotot of The Hindu, held the >u. ly cornet ticket sold.
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      TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS.
      57 13 Ties for to-morrow M,n's Doubles Hep. Davics and Meade vs. Alilitt and Assiter. Mixed Doubles Open.— Mrs. Wurtzburg and Donnell vs. Miss Wallis and Stephen. Mr. and Mrs. Cutler vs. Mrs. Zylstra and D. Anderson. I. allies' Doubles Open.— Mrs. PierreI. i'ii 1 and Miss Trevor Smith
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      HOCKEY.
      97 13 la a match played on Monday on the Y.JI.C.A. ground between the V.M.C.A. and Fort Canning, the former were lucky in forctlkg a diiiw of three all, scoring their hist two goals a tew minutes before time. The military side led in the first half by 2—o. The follownig
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      S.C.C. BILLIARDS.
      45 13 for the S.C.C. billiards handicap Thursday, March 7, and not toBMH row. as previously stated. Competi1 be divided into two classes. ai.o v.;.h to compete and have not .1 1 pat down their names ate asked to do ao as soon as possible.
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      M.C.C. UNLUCKY.
      129 13 Draw Against Southern Districts. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Sydney, Feb. 26. The M.C.C. tourists' match with the Southern Districts of New South Wales at Goulburn resulted in a draw. Batting first, the tourists compiled 250, of which Ames was responsible for 94, Hobbs for 54, Tyldesley 33 and
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      CRICKET TOURISTS.
      163 13 Beaten Easily by AllJamaica XI. London, Feb. 2C. Playing r.t Kingston against an AllJamaica side, Mr. J. Cahn's team of English cricketers was beaten by s-vm wickets. Batting first, the visitors com l<iled 217 runs, lddon being the chic! com with Ti. Hylton howled well for the Jamaican.s
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      698 13 Labuan's Narrow Win Against Beaufort. At Chinese New Year (writes a correspondent) a band of cricketers steamad out of Labuan for the opposite Borneo part of West on to entrain for Beaufort. On arrival at Beaufort Uie captain* decide! to start the match after lunch. Mi. t.ilmour,
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      RACECOURSE GOLF.
      777 13 Annual Meeting of The Club. The annual meeting of the Racecourse Golf Club was held yesterday, Mr. E. S. Manasseh presiding. After the disposal of the formal business the chairman, in moving the adoption of the Committee's report and the balance sheet, addressed the meeting as follows It
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      GOLF.
      227 13 Garrison Mixed Foursomes. A mixed foursomes competition was played at the Garrison Golf Club on Tuesday. Nineteen cards m taken out and the following; returned Miss Hope-Falkner and Capt. H. B. W. Savile 44—10 —34 Mrs. Perkins and G. C. Clarke 46— B\— 37% Major and Mrs. E. J.
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    930 15 UNEMPLOYED FOR( Monate oi Disbanded Soldiery. INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. With has a largei I than any other individual state in ths writ China fa monwhich perly handleil. could jjiv la "1 Ihfl .:.-.K i miiiioi ly '"> .•;.kI that thid country contains so.which. hali maj be col
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    85 15 Scenes of (iri^f Among Gipsy Folk. •v folk of the Foreet recently 'sut^ 1 f their nsort of the 87-year-old Romany King, Wi rhe ■r:ir for >o '.c time, and during I ii days many ca irnved filled v ith Komani. Bl il by their King in
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    KING GEORGE'S TACT.
    149 15 Remarkable Tribute in Berlin Newspaper. "Sines his aceeeeieei to the throne in 1910 not v tingle instance is known in «l;ich Urn last <v" the King politic.il as weli as personal tact and the wisdor.i 01 his actions can be called in question." That is tho opinion
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    62 15 1 According to the London correspondent 1 1 of the Malay Mail. Mr. Ju.-tice Sproule was the principal goest at the Kmpire Its moating OB Jan. 30. Another truest att"nding was Mr. Walter Barnett who was as-wiated with Freemasonry in 1 j Malaya over f nrty years ago when he
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    MAGICAL ORIGINS OF FOOTBALL.
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    INDIAN DIVORCE.
    47 15 Action !<roii'/!it l>y Calcutta Magistrate. .'..1. i.i 19. Kr. < ipta, .>■ i 1 Ma h;:s !>• it!i i the High div. rcc froi i ti wifp, who i< :i daughter tat Lon an thu '•.ii.nl or' IVtilioi I; i.-,i). i:,i Mi T. C. who i.--cited as cu-rcspomlent.
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    22 15 Dr. 11, Tempany, Malayi Diri-ctor i Agriculture, arrived from Home wiri Mr.. Tempaay by the P. and O. muil tCcamer on iriday.
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    THE RECOVERY OF BELGIUM.
    298 15 Britain I lien 1 And Friend. The British Antb I Gran villi, ami M. li.. '...,:> II a Belgia Minister, \m re pn ni at ii». :i in qoet of tin- lt:i; i.-^h Chamber of t ommerco in Branch in nail Earl (iiiinviiif. in propo of
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    PLAIN WORDS ON REPARATIONS.
    992 16 INJUSTICES TO BRITAIN Suggestions for Debt Settlement. PAYMENT ()l U Mr' SIM. Is »n article in Reynold* Illustrated .Mr. Philip Saowden, ex-Cbai •i tv« kchaquer, sxposei th^ injustice M^CtrfeJ by Great Britaia in the various a*T*bf«<n«nU as to reparations and i|*»r-AUi«U d«bts. He demands that Whatever
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    VIRGIL'S TOMB IN ITALY.
    862 16 Elaborate Birthday Plans. On the occasion of the 2,000tn anniversary of Virgil's birth, a movement has been afoot not only for the erection of a monument at Verona, with an adequate celebration, in October, 1930, but steps have also been taken to embellish the tomb of
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    STAR SEEKS DIVORCE.
    90 16 Once Phenomenal Child Actress. Viola Dana, the film star, who srinds only 4ft. 10in., has (says the Britbh United Press) entered an action for divorce against befty Flynn, the co\vl>o\ actor, her 6ft. 4in. husbund. She began her stage cuncr ;i- a child, and at the age
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    39 16 Madame Elizabeth has arrivod in Sings'- pore from Paris with a collection of j original models from such famous -ilcns as Molyneux, Philippe et Gaaton, Vionnet, Patou, Jenny, eU-. They will be I shown daily at Room !")."> Rii(Tlo> Hotel.
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      392 16 AJjAjAmj/m.A3Aj A JlI Si Rue Decamps, Paris HAS ARRIVED ANP WILL SHOW lh:K SPRING COLLtCTION OF Original l reiu*h \l<h!*'ls iioi.v\i:ix I'llil ll»l'i Et ii IST<>\ VIO.WET PATOU JEIWV, ETC. ihese models are now being shown in the current collections of the Paris I louses and include many design In
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    FORM AMONG THE RUGBY CLUBS.
    1952 17 THE ENGLISH CUP. British Tennis Success Recalled. AMERICAN •CHASB1 (From Our Own Correspondent.) j London, Jan. SI. K>r<ii n ami foreinn-owni-d horses ale certain to attrac MOM attention in the *pr nv; lian.|i.ai>-. '1 1 1 .Americai Count lias lii i withdrawn from eofta, Imt
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      477 18 10 THE PUBLIC OF SINGAPORE UNO THE LOCAL FIRE BRIGADE A Mark of Appreciation The CYCLE CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. take great pleasure in tendering their thanks to tho publi- who were present at the fire on their premises on Saturday afternoon, for the help they rendered in removing cars
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      148 18 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada A TOWER OF STRENGTH X/ V T INSURANCE TN FORCE Wtf\ NE W INSURANCE PAID SJV/' ASSETS AT DEC. 31, 1928 |P |Si $9 SURPLUS CONTINGENCY *W Dividends to Policyholders in- creased for Ninth successive In addition a Special Dividend _8 j to participating
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      2088 19 Assets over $8,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $30,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore LONDON OFFICE 17, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company baa 120,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      126 19 rr= DAY by day the Brooke Bond factory is packing more tea in the patent containers. Day by day more people are buying *Brooke Bond— and liking 1 cover 1 cutopenl Vs >-^*^!'jjjp tender leaf tea eV^SIaU*9 from the finest gardens tjt^TyH is chyjcii iyr this blend. I^tor daily use
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      238 20 TALCUM POWDER NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED. Enquiries Solicited. LEE KIM SOO 40, HIGH STREET. ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING ENQUIRE WITHIN has an answer for every question you put to it. Whatever you may wish to do, make, Im or enjoy, ENQUIRE WITHIN will never fail you. In many cases you
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      855 20 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, 80, Stevens Road. Apply 7, De Souia Street. TO LET 607-5, shophouse. East Coast Rd. Apply 14, Market Street. VACANCIES at the Crescent Flats, Tanjong Katong. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO BE LET, No. 153. Boat Quay. Apply S. Manasseh Co., 4, D'Almeida Street. TO LET
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