Malaya Tribune, 22 December 1926

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    21 1 The Malaya Tribune Vol. XIII, No. 299 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1926.
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    JAVANESE LABOUR
    419 2 North Borneo Chamber of Commerce Meeting The following are minutes of a committee meeting held at Sandakan on Friday, November 26:— Present:—The Hon. Mr. F. W. Pinnock Mr. C. B. Brewer, Mr. S. D. Key Mr G stret r ar a y n V Absent:—The Hon. Mr. C.
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      237 2 EVERYBODY HAPPY BUT YOU If that's how von f*»<»i likely is con rt ipYtU'V, r and the remedy you need is Pin! dainty little laxatives wh„ nor purge. n -^*-r Pinkettes restore- brightness gently stimulating diges ltf constipation and reguUtinp banishing the causes „i ,25 C?! Ihu > biliousness, liverishness
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    COMPANY REPORT
    350 3 Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Limited The seventeenth report of the Directors to th.- shareholders of the Alor Gajah liubbt r Estate, Ltd., is as fol:ows. Gentlemen, —Your Directors submit herewith their report and statement of accounts for the year ended September 30, 1926. Accounts:—The profit for the year
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    SALVATION ARMY IDEALS
    387 3 General Booth Interviewed at Colombo General Bramwell Booth has sailed for England from Ceylon. "We have 400 lepers at Medan," said the General to a representative of the "Ceylon Observer," who had an interview with him. "I have decided upon an immediate extension of that work," he
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      291 4 lEMI»IRE Tuesday December 21 and Wednesday December 22. ffi Second Show at 9 p.m. jc William Fox presents WILLIAM FAR NUM In a stirring Western drama, .that is thrilling, crammed I? hill of actum, emotion.il and enterrainimr j Lone Star Ranger In 7 long Reels jjj 5j To be preceded
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    SINGAPORE DIARY
    95 5 To-day. December 22 High Tides. —0.42 a.m., 11.46 a.m. Hockey. R.A.M.C. vs. S.R.C. Hiawatha, Victoria Theatre, 9.15 p.m. To-morrow, December 23 High Tides. —1.20 a.m., 0.25 p.m. Rugby. S.C.C. (B) vs. Hdq. (A) D.W.R. B. L homeward mail closes. Friday, December 24 High Tides. —1.59 a.m., 1.6 p.m.
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    35 5 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 154 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 158 equal to $100.
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    FINANCE & COMMERCE
    1225 5 FINANCE COMMERCE PRODUCE Singapore, December 22 Rice, Siam No. 1 per Koyan $332 Rice, Siam 2 $317 Rice, Siam 3 $303 Rice, Saigon 1 $294 Kice. Saigon 2 $200 Rice, Saigon 3 Rice, Rangoon 1 $298 Rice, Rangoon 2 $268 Rice, Par Boiled No 1 per bag 9.70 Rice, 2
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      614 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS QiagapT* Marine Insurance Association Fire Insurance Association of Singapore Motor Insurance Association of Malaya. 71i9 OffioM ol afemben r f the above Afsociations wi 1 hi closed for tin transaction of business en the following dues: Sa urday, December 25. 192 V Monday, Decemb<r 27, 1c26.l c 26.
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      240 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS KEW ESTATE LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a First Interim Dividend of 6 per cent on account of the financial year ending 30th June, 1927, has been declared payable to Shareholders on the Register on 14th January, 1927. NOTICE IS ALSO HEREBY
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      132 5 GNANI STAR OKRA' Alexandra Hall North Bridge R ad. Wednesday, December 22. SAKUNTAL A A Great Indian Drama Watch for the Opening Performance: Noonmim Ainmim, Production "THE YOUTH'S FOLLY" directed by H. O. Nani. A Reflective Play that wilt appeal to all young and old. TAN KAM CHOON, Proprietor. H.
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    BRITAIN AND CHINA
    923 6 Pending publication of the document submitted by Mr. Miles Lampson to the Diplomatic Corps in Peking it is possible only to comment on the amazing change which has come over the Chinese situation since the arrival in China of Mr. Lampson. His appointment signified that Britain's period
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    1113 6 We have received a beautifully made diary for 1927 from the Overseas Assurance Corporation. The Editor of the Malaya Tribum desires to thank ««J.D.R.» for' his wiX and 'Xmas present. ailS Friday s is?u e o.f "The Pinang Gazette was a special Christmas issue book er tWenty PagreS f hijrh
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    SOCIETY AND PERSONAL.
    286 6 Mr. Kuan Ching-Hin «5 Chinese Foreign Offic? U V ,f in charge of the Pres* V Evelyn and Erfc^Jt?', an 1 'dUU in April next vc a r H (twins born i n ifif I ]fi Eng and, says V-ftV It is the intention of W t
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    LONDON RUBBER STOCKS
    14 6 On 18th December 97U tons nn< London Rubber Stocks #7316 torn.
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    42 6 From China and Japan v I Maru. due at Sing»po^tXo^w^ uecemoer by s.s. Tara. due at Penan* at 6 a.m on Friday, the 24th n, ant 8 From Australia by s.s. Marella, due at Singapore about Saturday, the 25th instant
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    FLU IN SWITZERLAND
    24 6 [Trans-Ocean Sen Berlin. December 21 An epidemic of mild influenza is sareatfilfn 1 The i. filled and the schools closed a
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    CABINET NOT FORMED
    20 6 [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin, December ZL Belgrade reports that Usunovheh ha, tailed to form a Cabinet and netirea
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    HUDSON RIVER FATALITY
    30 6 Reuter's Service. New York. December EL T S e ath roll froni lht Cii: 5" luach in the Hudson River la bow a&o rtained to be thirty-three.
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    ITALO-ALBANLAN TREATY
    28 6 [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin. December 2L The Italo-Albanian Treaty will be the main issue of the January Plenary Balkan Conference at Paris in which Italy is participating.
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    CUMBAL IN ERUPTION
    24 6 Reuter's Service. Guayaquil, Decembei The town of Carlosania, Colom been destroyed by an eartbjftake. Mount lumbal is believed to be erupting
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    CONDITION OF EMPEROR
    24 6 Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokyo. December The Emperor's temperature rose ia.-t night. He was somewhat delirious and sleepless with occasional coughing
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    BAD TIME-KEEPERS
    40 6 [British Official Press Service.J Lor don. December 2L A joint effort is being made by employer! and Trade Unions to eliminate the loss which has hitherto occurred in shipbuilding yards owing to bad time-kee] ing bj the men.
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    THAT PAPAL INDICTMENT
    31 6 [Trans-Ocean Set vice] Berlin, December 21. Rome reports that the Italian Government eschews the controversy raised bf the Papal indictment of Fascist excesses expressed at the Monday Consistory.
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    MOTOR-VEHICLE TAX
    30 6 [British Official Press Service.] London, December 21. Over eighteen million pounds w* in taxes on one and a half million n vehicles in Great Britain during th< year.
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      327 6 J JUST ARRIVED I The Ever Popular 1 I 'CALABAR" STEEL TRUNKS j Si7o S I 24 inaj 27 ins. 30 ins. 32 ins. 34 ins. 36 ins. B I Prices $13 50 15 50 21 co 25 50 29 50 34 50 I I I S i a S
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    MR. LAMPSON'S PLAN FOR CHINA
    562 7 Official Reticence In London WILL SURTAXES BE MADE OPERATIVE Memorandum Said to Favour Treaty Revision Reuter's Service. London, December 21 i*h< Manchester Guardian declares that morandum of the British Charge > at Peking proposes that the surpromised to C hina under the Wash Treaties of
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    America's Cruisers
    121 7 NOT TO BE BUILT AT ONCfe Ponds not Requisitioned in New Bill Reuter's Service. Washington, December 21. t( '■.""■'dently with the move in Congress Butl,?- 1 p^?T di t consideration to Senator CooliH v r new cruisers, President £rv i emphasised that it is unneces- t.» begin forthwith
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    U.S.A. AND PANAMA
    67 7 1 in Case of War Outbreak Reuter's Service. Washington. December 21. "f the treaty pending between If j t d th e Un >ted States is published, tterai r u l fit<i Pa nama is bound to coCai V the "tmoat to protect and defend ton i
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    KUOMINTANG GAINS GROUND
    285 7 Shanghai Nominally Anti-Red FARMERS DEMAND RENT REDUCTIONS (brom Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, December 22. M Ia^ OW the K uomi ntang have threatc iron lift. Penalty on all opposing the whne the" r ft 00 000 war bonds ,e the newly Bolshevized farmers are that tJle
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    Germersheim Trials
    179 7 FRENCH OFFICER NOT GUILTY Indignant Comment in Berlin; "Justice Travestied Reuter's Service. Berlin, December 21. The news of the verdict on the Germersheim affair has been received here with fcreat indignation. Official quarters described it as a travesty of justice and asserted that all the weight of the
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    A PETROL SUBSTITUTE
    98 7 Important Experiments with New Fuel Reuter's Service. Paris, December 21. A report on the tests of the so-called "white spirit" petrol substitute, which is claimed to be non-inflammable at temperatures below eighty-five degrees Fahrenheit, in which it is said that it is possible to apply a match
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    OSWALD MOSLEY M.P.
    43 7 Labour Successful in Election for Smethwick Reuter's Service. London, December 22. The by-election at Smethwick, due to the resignation of the Labourite incumbent J. E. Davidson, resulted es follows:—Labourite, Oswald Mosley, 16,077; Conservative, Marshall Pyke, 9,495; Liberal, Edwin Bayliss 2,600.
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    DUTCH SHIP ON FIRE
    54 7 Reuter's Service. Port Said, December 2J. It is possible that damage has been done to cargo in No. 3 hold of the Koningin der Nederlanden, bound from Batavia to Amsterdam. owing to a defective drainpipe below the waterline. I he damage hss been temporarily repaired and
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    BANDITS RAID RANCH
    34 7 Reuter's Service. El Rio, Texas, December 21. Bandits have raided a British-owned ranch 90 mffes south of the Mexican border, and have driven off several hundred horses and thousands of cattle.
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    VARSITY'S DEBT APPEAL
    337 7 Adverse Comment In New York CONFERENCE MUST TAKE iN REPARATIONS Reuter's Service. London, December 21. Commenting on the Columbia University war debt memorandum, cabled on December VJ, "The Daily Telegraph" declares it a most courageous document and emphasises that any conference c lied by the United States.
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    Portugese Revolt
    67 7 NOTHING KNOWN IN LISBON Papers Censored: Movement Said to be Suppressed Reuter's Service. London, December 21. Nothing: further is known at Lisbon of the revolutionary strike on the Sulesueste Railway. The movement was started by employee* of advanced views, who tried to carry* tln> whole staff with them.
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    EMPEROR OF JAPAN
    66 7 Condition Better; no Immediate Crisis Expected Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokyo, December 21. The Emperors condition is warranting the belief that there will be no immediate crisis. The Cabinet members except the Premier have returned to Tokyo in connection with the convocation of the Diet on December
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    TIN MINING IN BOLIVIA
    62 7 American Bankers Purchase Big Interest Reuter's Service. New York, December 21. An American banking group headed byMessrs. Lehman Brothers it is understood have purchased a substantial interest in the Patino Mines Enterprises Consolidated, Incorporated, which operates the largest tin mines in Bolivia. It is proposed to
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    GERMAN DISARMAMENT
    63 7 Stresemann not Anxious to Flirt With Mussolini [Trans-Ocean Service] Bdtlin, December 21, All the Paris papers detail Dr. Stresemann's Hamburg speech "L'oeuvre" Yully endorses it and thinks that Geneva opened the way for the negotiations for the early evacuation of the Rhineland. The paper emphasizes Dr. Stresemann's moderation
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    RENOWN NEARLY READY
    57 7 British Official Press Service. London, December 21. The battleship Renown, which will carry the Duke and Duchess of York on their visit to New Ztti and and Australia, will leave Portsmouth on January 6. Four destroyers and five flying boats are accompanying the cruiser as an escort
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    COMPANY MEETING STORM
    2030 7 Mr. Peck and Malaka Pindas POLICY OF EXTENSION CRITICISED Not a Good One for Present Shareholders of T ttn M X te^ a nn^ al gent ral meeting of the Malaka Pmda Rubber Estates, Ltd was held at noon yesterday at the offices ot the Secretaries, Messrs.
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    Sporting News
    113 8 BOXING Featherweight Championship Bout to be Staged It is more than a year since Singapore saw an attempt to wrest the featherweight championship of Malaya from the holder, but a bout has been staged for January 6 at Happy Valley, when Y. C. Song, a promising Chinese boy
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    FOOTBALL
    63 8 S.H.B. Apprentices vs. Bendemeer Athletic Club There will be a friendly match of football at the S.C.F.A. ground this evening between the Singapore Harbour Board apprentices and the above club's mixed XL The latter will be composed of the following:—Way Yong, Siak Cheng, Lee Wan, Choon Teng, Boon Lay,
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    RIFLE SHOOTING
    281 8 Annual Prize Meeting of Chinese Club The annual prize meeting of the Chinese Volunteer Rifle Club will be held at the Bukit Tiniah range, on the 26th instant at 8 a.m. The following are the conditions and events Match No. 1 A, 200x deliberate 1 b.S. and 7
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    BADMINTON
    69 8 The entries to the "Singles" open championship Tournament for the residents in Upper Serangoon District from 5 miles, Paya Lebar, to miles. Upper Serangoon Road inclusive, closes on the 27th instant. Intending competitors are kindly requested to send in their entries early in order to avoid disappointments, and address
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    96 8 (By courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shimbunsha) Tokio, December 20. On account of his illness, it is stated, the date of H. I. H. the Prince Higashi Kuni's departure from France for home is not yet fixed. In expectation of increasing burglary owing to the depression in general at
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    HOME MARKETS
    86 8 London, December 21. Manchester Market— 8% lbs shirtings, fair (new basis) lis 40's Grey Yarns, single twist' 14*>4 6 lbs T. Cloth, for 24 yarns 7f Liverpool Market— Cotton —fully Middling American (Spot) $6.67 Egyptian Cotton $13.60 Metals— Tin Standard 3 months £298.2.6 Product Copra, fair merchants £24.12.6
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    98 8 At a meeting recently held at the Manila Hctd under the presidency of Mr. J. C, Rockwell, of the Manila Electric plans were discussed for the forfnation of a Philippine Yacht Club. The meeting was well attended but no final decision was come to. The driver of the Wolseley garage
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    SIR RONALD ROSS IN IPOH
    261 8 Special Doctors for Malaya TRAINED IN ANTI-MALARIA MEASURES (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, December 22. In the course of an interview at Ipoh on the impressions gained in his visit to Malaya, Sir Ronald Ross before his departure highly commended the sub-soil drainage work at
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    BRITISH GOLD RESERVE
    141 8 Not Sufficient to Substitute Coin For Notes British Official Press Service. London, December 21. The annual report of the Deputy Master to the Comptroller of the Royal Mint shows that during the year 1025 three and a half million sovereigns were struck. It is made clear, however,
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    CHRISTMAS BY AIR
    133 8 Whole Fleet of Air Liners Put into Service British Official Press Service. London. December 21. A feature of this Christmas, according to reports from the railway companies, is the great increase of bookings to seaside resorts. The practice of spending the winter festival at the seaside has
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    BULGARIAN LOAN
    135 8 British Official Press Service. London, December 21. An offer is being made to-day in London of the British portion of the Bulgarian seven per cent settlement loan which is issued under the aegis of the League of Nations. The total amount of the loan in the form of
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    LOCAL AMUSEMENTS
    71 8 Surma Theatre The Great Mons Film in eight parts is the special Christmas attraction at Surma Theatre to-night. In the first show are two new chapters of The Winking Idol Serial and the final two rounds of the New Leather Pushers Series. There's also a new Century comedy
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    CROP RETURNS
    58 8 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Ltd., of Kuala Lumnur report the following crop returns for November: Sungei Buaya (Sum.) Rub. Co., Ltd., 102,840 lbs. Am pat (Sum.) Rubber Estate, Ltd., 60,032 lbs. Kwaloe Rubber Estates, Ltd. 53,265 lbs. Sumatra Caoutchouc Maatschappij 202,176 lbs. W Continental Plantation Co. 51,572 lbs.
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    Sir S. Hoare's Fligth
    121 8 PREPARATIONS FOR TRIP TO INDIA To be Accompanied by Lady Hoare British Official Press Service. London, December 21. Preparations are complete for the departure of the Air Minister, Sir Samuel Hoare, whose flight to India will inaugurate a new Egypt-India air route. This projected flight, on
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    GERMANY AND FASCISTS
    53 8 Paris Press Fears a Pact in Contemplation [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin, December 21. The Paris press is uneasy about a possible Stresemann-Mussolini meeting during for former's Egyptian trip. The "Quotidien" discusses possible military pact negotiations. At Berlin the press considers such a meeting unlikely in view o. the
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    LOOTING IN AMERICA
    38 8 Senate Investigation For After Christmas Reuter's Service. Washington, December 21. Senator Borah declared that the Comp-troller-General's report .cabled yesterday, had disclosed the worst system of looting ever known and predicted a Senate investigation after Christmas.
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    INTER-AMERICAN AMITY
    51 8 Twenty-Thousand-Mile Flight to Show Friendship Reuter's Service. San Antonio, December 21. With the two-fold object of demonstrating the friendship between North, South and Central America and awakening an interest in commercial aviation, five army aeroplanes undea* command of Major Dargue have left for a mile flight around oouth
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    LITHUANIA AND POLAND
    35 8 [Trans-Ocean Service] Paris, December 21. The Quai d'Orsay considers that the Lithuanian-Polish conflict danger has passed. The Polish H me Minister has assured the English. Italian and Russian Ambassadors of Poland's passivity.
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    NEW TREATY SIGNED
    15 8 [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin, December 21. A Swiss-Czecho-Slovak Juridical Treaty has been concluded.
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    HUNGARIAN ELECTIONS
    25 8 [Trans-Ocean Service 1 Berlin, December 21. The Government has gained 208 seats out of a total of 245 in the Hungarian general elections.
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    AUSTRALIAN SUGAR CROP
    20 8 Reuter's Service. I.- W Brisbane, December 21. The Australian sugar crop is expected to total 420,000 tons.
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    MADEIRA NOT SHAKEN
    17 8 Reuter's Service. Funchal, December 21. The earthquake mentioned on Friday did not affect Madeira.
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    BEAM WIRELESSING
    47 8 British Official Press Service. London, December 21. During preliminary tests with the beam wireless between the stations at Grimsby, England, and Melbourne, Australia, speeds utp to 225 words per minute during fifty hours of continuous working have been maintained and the signals were exceptionally clear.
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    PARK ROAD ARREST
    51 8 A Chinese, arrested in Park Road yesterday, with an automatic and a quantity of ammunition in his possession, was produced in the Second Court to-day before Mr. W. F. S. Corry, Police Magistrate, and charged with being in illegal possession of the same and remanded to December
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    THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS
    50 8 "The Malaya Tribune" will not be published on Saturday next. Christmas Day, but publication will take place as usual on Monday, which is a public holiday. Advertisers are asked to note that changes of advertisements intended for Monday's issue should reach this office by noon on Friday.
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    Big Baseball Deal
    149 8 STAR HITTER GOES TO NEW YORK Man for Whom $250,000 Transfer was Offered Reuter's Service. New York, December 21. One of the biggest deals ever made in the history of base ball was revealed tonight with the announcement of the transfer of Rogers Hornsby, manager and second
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    HIAWATHA
    427 8 Musical Treat by Local Talent at Victoria Theatre The first public rendition here of Longfellow's "Hiawatha," as set to music by Samuel Coleridge Taylor, was presented at the Victoria Theatre last nig«ht, in aid of the building fund of the Wesley Church Hall, the hearers being students. To-day it
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    SHIP'S OFFICER PUNISHED
    95 8 Charge of Being Drunk While on Duty A charge of being in a condition of intoxication while on duty at the forecastle, and of leaving his post when the vessel was within port limits, was preferred against the chief officer of the SeLstan, Mr. J. Mac Donald,
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    71 9 [British Official Press Service.] London, December 21. Exchange rates: Paris 120.875. New York 4.*****5. Brussels 34.88. Geneva 25.095. Amsterdam 12.13. Milan 108.0625. Ber.in 20.38. Stockholm 18.15. Copenhagen 18.21. Oslo 19.285. Vienna 34.375. Prague 163.75. Helsingfors 192.50. Madrid 31.745. Lisbon 2 17|32 Rio 5.875. Buenos Aires 46 13,32. Bombay
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    52 9 The French Municipal Council at Shanghai has decided to honour Father Froc, head of the Siccawei Observatory for 30 years, by renaming the Rue de Observatoire after him. The change will come into effect on January Ist next year and the road will thenceforward be known as the Rue dv
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      118 9 AGAIN CROWDED HOUSE LAST NIGHT The Ever Popular THE STAR OPERA The Premier Malay Opera in Singapore. (Established 1909) AT THE THEATRE ROYAL North Bridge Road TO-NIGHT Mr. Y. L. TAN presents Miss ROHA.NI In a New Play A WISE SON New Fc?nery and Dre-sis have been completed for MUN
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      289 9 I 55, SELEGIE ROAD, SINGAPORE. I I LATEST~ARRIVAL I I of j j Ladies' and Children's I Trimmed and Semi-Trimmed I j HATS I Prices Very Moderate. I To-Night Wednesday Dec. 22 To-Night AT THE NEW WORLD SHOWS JALAN BESAR VARIOUS ATTRACTIONS THE CITY OPERA will present a Very Interesting
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      136 9 CUSENIER'S j I 3 CROWN I W BRANDY 1 Attractive Decanters I (gig Each $3.75 S I Including Duty. S I SOLE AGENTS: 1 JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. j G (Incorporated in England.) S I Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. k Whisky Ik Essential for Cocktails. Blends excellently with Jf(
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    525 10 Singapore, December 18. MEAT Beef steak (round) kati 52 Beef stew or curry kati 48 Pork lean kati 64 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 56 Mutton Indian lb. 50 Mutton Australian lb. 50 Fowl kati 70 Capons (Locally reared) kati 80 Hens (Locally reared) kati 85
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    52 10 In New York there is sixteen times as much danger of being robbed as there is of losing property by fire, according to insurance rates. In an average section of New York City, household goods may be insured against fire for $2.00 a thousand dollars' valuation Burglar insurance costs $31.50
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      254 10 I ICE CREAM 1 1 i i OBTAINABLE IN SEVERAL STANDARD FLAVOURS—DELIGHTFUL I I g Obtainable from: k John Little Co., Bun Bee Co., Kirn Ann Co„ Lim Khoon Heng, Luna jc I Cafe (Dhoby Ghaut), or from The Cold Storage Depot. I I I f EVEREADY FLASHLIGHTS 3 I
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      175 10 WHICH IS BETTER? DEADENING THE SENSE OR REMOVING THE PAIN The physical man is subject to numberless pains and aches which may arise from various causes. In many such cases it is not possible or practicable to trace the cause and root it out. The best thing to do is
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      446 10 I FAIRBANKS-MORSE 1 2 H.P., 3 H.P., 6 H.P., 10 H.P 2 THE FAIRBANKS-MORSE "Z" ENGI\t B'Pa economical fuels, requires the least attention Cessfu, lv v*. I and easily at any time. llon an <» starts J 3 THE FAniBANKS-MORSE "Z" ENGIXf S Engine for you to use because it
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      891 11 AUCTIOJ^SALR^ I CHEONG KOON SEN^G^CoT~ I THK ONLY OPPORTUNITY OF PURCHASING I BUSINESS PREMISES ALLOTMENTS ■ORNER OF VICTORIA STREET AND ROCHORE ROAD To Be Sold By Auction AT MESSRS CHEONG KOON SENG COS. SALEROOM NO. 30, CHULIA STREET. On Wednesday, December 22, at 2.30 p.m. 9 freehold building allotment fron
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      571 11 STEAMER SAILINGS INDIA AND APoTuNrF (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL~STEAM NAVIGATION m WNDON AND FAR EAST MAILSERWCE nnmßl (Under Contract with Hit Maje.ty'. Government) OUTWARDS from LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For Chm, J.pan. Fox liJfffu-K Antwerp Due Tonnage Singapore Tonnage Singapore 11,000 D ec 7 31
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      571 11 STEAMER SAILINGS (NIPPON f LONDON LlNi. v v mm Tonnage Destination n o Kashima Maru 10,000 M'seilles L'don aw a Due Sal] Hakone Maru 10,500 M'Sues,' L'don,* A'werp I R'dam "S 24 Suwa Maru 11,000 M'seilles L'don aS f 5.S Jan 7 8 Fushimi Maru 11 000 M'se mil' iml'
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      104 11 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Penang from Singapore for f" of Tientsin, v' A y *BJ Formosa, PorU For PENANG CALCUTTA LA IS ANG 1 A HOSANG Jan 2 FOOKSANg" HONGR ONG KUTSANG Jan I a.mJTT™ m ked C<,U 8 Shathllt op e t i a P
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      566 12 PUBLIC NOTICES WEARNE BROTHERS, LIMITED. Motor Engineers and Importers, Singapore. NOTICE is hereby given that the 14th Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Wearne Brothers, Limited, will be held at the Registered Offices of the Company, 3-A, Orchard Road, Singapore, on Tuesday, December 28, at Noon. BUSINESS. L To
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      355 12 PUBLIC NOTICES. THE OVERSEA-CHINESE BANK LTD. Notice is hereby given that in exercise >t the lien and power of the sale provided ->y the Bank's Articles of Association, the indernoted shares, particulars of which are <iven below, have been sold and the original certificates Nos. 843 and 85 are nereby
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      493 12 BANKS THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE: 94, MARKET STREET BRANCHES Penang 85" Beach Street. Malacca 131 Jonker Street. Muar 77-79 Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat 109 Jalan Rahamat. Palemoang 16 Hong Kong 13 Queen's Road Central. Seremban 63 Bin* Road. Batavia 47 Corner Lloyd Street. AGENCIES AT: London, New
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      500 12 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Registered in London, under the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2nd December 1892.) Authorised Capital ggMg Subscribed Capital l 1^ 0 Paid-up Capital fJ^S'SS? Reserve Fund and Rest £1,612,884 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF
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      474 12 INSURANCE 2J2B?2fefc THE BRIT,BR INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE TRANSIT MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Manager Office 2, Finlayson Green. ORIENTAL Government Security LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in India 1874.) Results of the Company's Operations during the three years 1922-1924. PROFIT Rs. 51,00,000
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      313 12 MASSAGE AND Mam^ Misses MISAKO AND No. 20, 8cnc001,.,, St S. SEAH kTs."^ «M VICTORIA STBEET (Ground Floor, WORKMANSHIP up.' SENG MOTOR JgSj 80. ORCHARD R OAD Latest CHRYSLER and CLy for Hire Day nd TERMS VERY MODERATE Cars! Cars!! Caiyn BUICK MOTOR fiW 216, ORCHARD ROAD, sSSJjX (Opp. Amber
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