The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 December 1923

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    17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. i SINGAPORE. S.S.~ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923. No. 11,079
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    211 1 Ihe Germans have presented a memorandum to the Allies suggesting subjects connected with the Occupied rtrntory. The list can be argued -aver lei six months Page 9. Meanwhile the British Red Cross has declined the International Red Cress's invitation to feed BerlinPage 9. A rich AustTian has
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    THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN THE EAST.
    1537 1  - THE LIGHTER SIDE OF LIFE IN THE EAST. B. MILNE. We have much to complain of out East, lrom the climate and ins. ets of the steaming tropics, to the snows and dust-storms cf Korthern China; we have plenty to be glad of, In thr rich colour ard romance of
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      146 1 THURSDAY, December 27 -Cue vu- Dance. W,est Dinner and FRIDAY, December 28— Tea Da nC 3. SATURDAY. December 9Q _n-__4 **i Dance. <*^*tt Night. Dinner and Fancy Dress Optional. Distribute, cf Parisian Novelties. Mr, JULIUS 8. FISHER win kind!, jo n the O^eTtra ir. Jazz. Keaerratit— Uanal Charges oniy. nes
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      268 1 COMPARE THE WORK |J has its mom its of iuj|y§||s^ §J soiration no less than the arts fr==- .^^T^j^ and sciences. But m the offices of v _f II SX**t and successful executives, t^^^^B tt Royal Typewriter acts as n W(QlW\n ff organization nerve-centre, transW=*^mMM muting the quick spark of
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      172 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. jmmmKm*.* th. t :,w,; ta Williams ,:„ub: t cap ,h.v:B« .tfck- age Koko for the hair— Page 3 Gioeamith'a fame as Phul Nana— Page 11 Montserrat lime iuie, ccrdial—Page 11* Framroi for aerated waters—Pa^ 5 Pa c l l6* W iS haVC Ch iCe ri V X"' Stfts—
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      95 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, -21th. Hlfh Water, 0.58 a.m.. 0.20 p.m. Lodge Zetland Installation, 5.45 p.m. Friday, 2^'h. Outward mail dtM by .Mt-ntor. Linjrui Tin mtp. Chan Sze Onn's, neon. Municipal Commission 2.15 ?^.m. Tfi n jrl m Club Fancy Dress Dance, 9.30 p.m. Saturday, 29th. Hijrh Water. L'.lK a.m.. 1.51
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    "LOVES REDEMPTION."
    162 2 On Tuesday. January Ist. the manage-' ment of the Victoria Theatre will screen a dramatic film of special local appeal. This' production, entitled "Love's Redemption" features the famous screen beauty. Norma Talmadge, who portrays the role of the tropical island waif, through whose influence and affection, the life
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      382 2 NOTICE. Mrs. Douglas, Beauty Specialist, receives Ladies at Raffles Hotel, Room 124, foi Shampoo, Hair Treatment, Face Massage Manicure, Marcel Waving. MANICURE FOR GENTLEMEN. Hours 9 a.m. to 1; 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. GOSLING AND CO. Established 1880. O HRISTMAS NEW YEAR HAMPERS o No. 1 Hamper, $17.50. Two
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      328 2 Victoria Theatre I COMMENCING Tuesday, Jan. lst at 9-16 p.m. m A BRILLIANT ATTRACTION FOR THE NEW YEAR A Production of Intense Local Interest. NORMA TALMADGE HOT GINGER, A DAUGHTER OF THE TROPICS IN "LOVE'S .REDEMPTION" THE ROMANCE OF A PLANTER. -mam A Powerful story of Tropical Fires of Passion
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      316 2 Alhambra From Wednesday, 26th December, to Monday, 31st Decemh In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp THE RADIO HOUND A 2 Reel Universal Comedy. TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. UNITED ARTISTS CORI ORATION PRESENTS DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN "His Majesty, The American' The picture starts with a rush, goes on
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    "ALL'S WELL" AT WEMBLEY.
    835 3 FOUR MONTHS TO GO. (Fron a Special Correspondent.) tt: more than four months t the Brtish Empire Exhibitio. •W) It < pen tv thr: public enormous m Uiest is being taksn m th w.iy things ar Fbap.ng iiemselvi- m the new city of con crete which
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    AUSTRALIAN SLANG.
    412 3 I M S Lily T t!-er :drrc> sister of Miss Madue Tit!pradgp, the well-known act* is, fuii been writing to th> papers on the prenlen.e of slanir 'n Australia, It is acme-< no rlaimod that th* AaatraUans are retting a n w raef The? certamlv have •rcattd a
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    16 3 !1 life was ferrule originally, and the world-revival of feminism is approaching. Miss Abadam., j 1
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      189 3 jj Baby's peaceful sleep I ft not sleep, or s restlesi i- oL I°^ "he does tW I j**a__Wßtfclt^ I I ui,r^iht^ k cV h xS:ot:^ f a^ 1 nourishing and most IwUTW ,S m St J Qaxo has only to be mixed with hot, boiled water to M and
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      302 3 The SERVICE BEHIND YOUR Car. After Huyinjr a Car SERVICE is one of the (.reat est Considerations. lhc best car needs spare parts at times. Are there spares for your car at reasonable pries ir. this country? Have the Agents got the service too!s necessary to keep your car m
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    HONGKONG'S OPIUM.
    818 4 NEW LAW. Thc Attorney-General at a Council j neetirg on Dec. 14. moved the first readng of a Bill intituled An Ordinance to j imeml and consolidate the law relating to; i)pium. He said: This Bill is a long aad j •ather formidable looking one, but, of, .ourse,
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    105 4 During the course of thi LevXthanJs passage from New York to Southampton a secret panel w*s discovered m the firstelass Social Hall. It contained a complete! hairdresser's equipment and r.umerousl photographs of the German Royal Family, which had apparently been placed there- by a German steward before the war. Mr.
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      194 4 _W -Jf»* I N LW/ Mt-tW _L 1 IS I **»5^ t.ME *Bj£? fr r Christmas' A EN who appreciate the hygienic *L A value of self shaving are welcoming the New Improved Gillette. It does its work so neatly, so cleanly and so comfortably that any man can AT
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      354 4 NOTICES. MINK ll» VL NOTICE. m o Mun c pui I .miii »sion< th rou a pore invite tender tor the -»iur>.\ oi about 6,090 tons of irood lound cken cor.! to bo delivered al Alexandra Road Sewage Dis i' Works m quantities as required during the months of January
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      333 4 m-sw* flfc m\ jft^ AWW —fWm\~W'^m\ AvAW' __*«3_i *^___i ____s__f ___a _k\ F" This is 1 Williams 9 idoublecap SHAVING STICK A solid piece of soap A ring m the center Acapscrewedtoeach side of the ring You can use both ends of thif new Williams' Dou clecap Shaving Stick: half
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      469 4 NOTICES. m Ml STRAITI IITTLEJiENT, Between Mana Koon tl ir Plaintiff and Sim Boon Kn, To Sin Roon Eng late cf^r*! Take Notice that Mana IL Pillay of X... 42 Mar K( J s!:; U s V Money Lender has commenced! sgainst you m our Supreme Ctiii*" above settlement, _>
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    THE INDIAN ABROAD.
    547 5 Al a result of the detadeces of tlie ori- filial Polynesian an.i Mebrusian inhabitants, who are rapidly du'ndlirg m numbers aid may disappear altogether m next few decades, a racial struggle af i ovel typo is proceeding m the Pac'ftc Isl*. where Indians, Malays and Chinese :;.v
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    ON A NFW CRAZE.
    273 5 I. proposi to take a* subject of my song rhe prospectivi growth ar.<! triumph ta Mali .lor (Is which plan I an. supported By the fac— which can't be thwarted There are several well-assorted Rhymes m "ong"). Out of China (whence we also ;r-ir Souchong) Came
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    THE "SAHIB" ELBOWED OUT.
    615 5 The fact that a Royal Commission is ■short .y to tour India to investigate the ■-la.' us of the Indian Civil Service to highI pay invites attention to the general nnditions. under which Europeans ia India arid work. For some time past news- apeiv have been
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    BURMA'S CINEMA STAR.
    260 5 Filmograph, a Loa Angeles cinema »p r. contains the following under the ending "Buck Black aelec ed for difficult ole m Tcm lncc film." "When Gene Strar ton Boiler started to omb th.- casting cilice. s of Hollywood for ne little fellow who was capable of plavng
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      232 5 /IAI V _REs2uisitT_J? i-i Jt M RT l NI'ACKEI) l^frr.|y iHMm Make. <.<)] F STICKS:- Driver.--. Krav^ lZ Jiircr Mashies, Xiblicks Sammie^'T* M,d ho^« irr n <:.-;f Balls (Jrf l^^fr A Ladies), ieer^ (All Kindai. ,v >| X Xl MANSIONS. *ix--wo»e, RAJA CO "nTTISSI s ■>— nun«*pt« Chamberlains Colic and
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      279 5 I jGhSick Headache §JBiliotisness Bj far These troublesome complaints arc generally due W JT to a iluggish liver, and are most frequently *SP experienced by those who lead a sedentary life. A tcaspoonhil of ENOS "Pruit Salt" m a gla.s of cold water will prove soothing and refreshing, and by
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    BATU CAVES PORTLAND CEMENT WORKS.
    287 6 The Trustees of the I.ate Dr. loke M. <; in\ite offers for the purchase. or would consider the leasieg, id The Batu Caves Portland Cement Work-, tha Istter subject to the approval of the Selanj;e»r Government, situate at Batu Tne power plant consis of t\\>.
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    BOMBAY CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    360 6 \\odehen~e m I'ortn. Bombay, Dec. 13. Th< ing dcscr.ptio f the tinul al iin tl above annual event is taken j fn n T.H an papi i to hand. Ti• aj ci <i- m thc final of the Qt:i I• lai Tournamei ded a most xcitiny md
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    Scottish League.
    91 6 Rangers 18 i t o 44 3 :;•_> Cel ic 19 :t 2 8 SO 13 2f> Airdr'eonians 19 7 2<J 19 25 Raith Rovers i* 10 3 26 is 23 Durdee 18 8 r> r» 36 25 21 P:.rtic-k T. l!» ;i 7 an ->o ->i i
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    HOME SPORT.
    1543 6 FOii SPOILS FOOTBALL. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Nov. 29. Fo;: settled down over all the country last Saturday and severe frost interfered with all foctbali. Three League gamesManchester Uniud vm. Coventry City (l)ivii on 11). Bury v. Leicester O.tiy (Division II), and Crewe Alexandra v. Hortlepools United
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  • HOME FOOTBALL.
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      494 6 London. Dec. IS. The following an the result* of League foo; hall matches Kirst Division. Arsenal I, Huddersfield 3. Boltoi Wanderers 7. Nous County 1. Burnley 2, Chelsea Liverpool o. Cardiff City 2. Manchester City '2. Bverton 1. Nottingham 2, West Ham li ited I. Preston J. Middlesborough 0. Sheffield
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      The League Tables.
      243 6 Huddorsfield 19 11 4 4 Bolton 21 1« Astoi V. 21 8 Sheffield U. 19 9 J :il Sunderlund 20 10 I Bverton 21 U Blackburn 19 8 5 I M C. 19 8 6 5 24 Tt 21 ham 19 7 i Bornles 19 "> >
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      212 6 ihhi i TiT^^ _o 1 hree Cats I CIGARETTES are made m London by an Hi: Knglish firm with over 140 years' experience to help them m their endeavour to produce the perfect cigarette. Finest tobacco —care- fully selected bright i g fl 1 h^-i^^^ tnc P c^ ect Qualities
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    BOOK REVIEWS.
    762 7 THROUGH FORMOSA. Owen Rutter. (Fisher Unwin). This delightful book is an account of a journey of the Author and Mi*b. Rutter through a fascinating, but little known island to which foreigners are not usually encouraged to go; an bitrodus- t'en to its romantic history, and to its rich
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    AN OIL "DISCOVERY"
    153 7 Perth, Nov. 28. A few weeks go a mild sensation was caused here by the report of a discovery of miri'. rai oil on the edp-e of a salt lake 20 milts frcm Southern Cross by two prospectors who showed oil-bearing samples from a bore and small
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      723 7 BUSINESS CARDS_^ /^HIGH-CLASS PRINTING. )f* STAtTiivi F i_,o ~^v l nd r Expert Supervision Office Statin R V rZZ x t,Oßeiy at Moderate Prices. A RI PRINTING PUBLISHING Co J* a d New Yfar Cards. 20. Japan Street. J H KIAT Cn. i I"^^^^^^^^^^^! l Are r^SS?- J For anything
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      590 7 _J NOTICES. JOHORE POLICE FORCE. o RENEWAL OF LICENCES IN 1924. DOGS. All dogs must be re-licensed by the 31st January, licences may be obtained at any Relict Station, the fees for licences are $1 tor dogs and $3 for bitches, printed receipts should be obtained m addition to the
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      1014 7 hr Watches at Uw Cost I^Q^^^J'^^sf^^.-^""^ We have ust receive d followfe^^?^fe fc y **&C --t watches, specially made to withf $'4 K '*,^^M "tMMI the peculiar climate of fllll* V^*;* 4 "?S|^ <'' ,r We adviie an early call before *> &g£ H V our stock is exhausted. r
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH
      21 8 BRETT.—At Kuala Lumpur, on the 24th December, the wife of Captain E. W. Brett (retired Indian Army), of a daughter.
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      DEATHS.
      60 8 STRACHAN'.—At Btdong, Kedah, on Saturday, the 22nd December, 1923 Anthur Milne Strachan, aged 33 years. AUGUSTUS. -On 22nd December, 1923, at the General Hospital, Penang, Maud Mary, wife of Mr. R. J. Augustin, Sungei Tukang Estate, Sungei Lallang, aged 30. FOSTER.—On the 22nd Nov., suddenly, of pneumonia, at Gordon
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
      46 8 Dr. S. K. Lim, Messrs. Oon Beng Teck, Lim Roberts, Lim Soon Chin and sisters beg to thank their kind relatival ami friends who aamt telegrams, ietters of condolence, wreaths, and attended the funeral of their mother, the late Mrs. Lim Cheng Wee. 25-12 27-12
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923. Rubber Frauds.
    734 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1923. Rubber Frauds. A serious warning, officially issued by the Government Department concerned, calls attention to the need for particular care m scrutinizing rubber coupons owing to the belief that an unusually good forgery will shortly make its appearance. This presumably is a forgery
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    471 8 A special jjereral meeting of the Singapore Diocesan Association will be held m the Chapter House, on Dec. Slit, to ratify alterations m rules i», 10 ar.d 17 which j were passed by the Council on March 12th. We regii-t. says the Pii ang Gazette, to announce the death of
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    A PRECEDENT FOR FLOGGING.
    340 8 Sir J. W. Murison, introducing that excellent piece of preventive legislation the Criminal Law Amendment Ordinance, which strengthens oac P^nal Code, by empowering the Courts to sentence ruffians convicted of crimes of violence, to the "cat," suffered from a curious lapse of memory when he inform,
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    ITALIAN GAMING SCANDAL.
    216 8 "Marked (ard..* Rome, Nov. 25. The eluh gambling BCfcMJal, m which princes, dukes, < out t-. and other eon-1 spicuous members of fashionable Roma*; society are concerned, will -oon become public matter, for the preliminary court: inquiry is nearly completed. Marquis Torrigiani. brought an accu-a-; tion of
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    294 8 m The new water scheme for Calcutta, for Which the contracts have been let, contemplates TO gallons per head of population of filtered water and M of unfiltered 120 million- of the latter per day. The tirst Sikh lady to become doctor i- a daughter of Rai Bahudar Sardar Xa.ain
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    115 8 CHRISTMA^^T Vhs (From Our On Ctria.,,^ I'enang, jw. His Excellency the Governor Guillemard. attended divin,- M n i( H George's Cnurch on Chri>t n .a- rj St Excellency reading the first I\. Qhristmas passed off quiotly^'p Impressive services- were held at tl ous churches m the morning an.i
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    MR. DARBISHIRE'S ELECTION.
    164 8 The Times made a poor estiuufc position at Westbury a> will the following: In Westbury th c fight vi] jThe parties are arrange] a- year ago. but th c Unionist new one, and he offers the dh ition for its many difficult;,- whid I available at the
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    DEATH OF A MINING EXPERT.
    156 8 Wf regie: to have o r Mr J. R. V June to S;juth S;am. via Siagsfi order to prosp ct foi gold il the Tomo ::.v-a- oelonging to Phya Viraj V (Di- R. E. G. Tilakat. TI c ftvm Australia atid wa- i x<j.\ known
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    THE DARTMOOR SHEPHERD.
    102 8 Da\i<; Davies, the Deri now eighty-one yean eld, once moved Mr. I pleaded guilty at Oswestn sevenpence from the offertory bei church—hi- favourite form of indu "I don't want to die m pr tea, when he wa- any-;. i. and he r be sent to the workhouse.
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    125 8 A large uang of workm engaged on work connected with I railway station for Kuala KubU situate some three m*.w 1 old station, on the main trunk new station wil be nbout tl tei Kerling. ar.d there il a rumour fchta GovcJrnmqpt offices, whid moved sunie time I to Rasa,
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      220 8 _T i———- i ii— i— »rii 11 Napier Johnstone's ilk N J CLUB A SCOTCH J WHISKY Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai). OFFICE, 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228. J PATRONISED f^^^f^lwlltf^^S BY ROYALTY THE REQUIREMENTS IN JEWELLERY, SILVER AND E. P. WARE. TO SATISFY EACH INDIVIDUAL TASTE HAS
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    THE GREAT PROBLEM.
    481 9 ECONOMICS. GBBMAM SUGGESTIONS. [Reuter's Service. 1 London, Dec. 24. j n continuation of the conversations of i German memorandum has beerr at Paris, Brussels, Rome and iuating the various questions „g with the exclusively occupied terru which the German Governmerf the <»pen;ng of discussions. The ra 1
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    THE "OGPU."
    158 9 Nam Soviet Creation. -> Riga, Nov. 23. ha/ ial decree th e Soviet Government 1 new Supreme International 'tate Political Department), which "Ogpu" (Unified State Political Anient). ■ten! d P r <*laims the Ogpu as the 1 -ritut\)n for combating polip^ na i <- > counter- revel ution,
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    BRITISH POLITICS.
    691 9 LABOUR LEADER BLAMED SPEECH AT ELGIN. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 24th. ire Liberal Organs and the Daily Tele ffiaph refer m severe terms to a speech by Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, at Elgin, where he suggested an attempt was impending to wangle the constitution. The papers dec.are that
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    CEREMONIOUS "SCRAP."
    52 9 Sydney, Nov. 25. The Minister of Defence has announced that the warship Australia will be sunk i utside Sydney Heads m the presence of the visiting British squadron next Anzac Day. The Australia, of the Royal Australian Navy, is a battle cruiser of 18,800 tons, armed with eight
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    21 9 The estimate* of revenue and expenditure for the State of Negri Sembilan for the year 1924 are respectively $6,105,484 and $6,285,066.
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  • OUR IRISH LETTER.
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      IMPROVED STATE OF COUNTRY.
      1140 9 (From Our Own Correspondent). Dublin, Nov. 29. Although murder and violence take place yet with regrettable frequency, the general state of the South and West ha; vastly improved compared with this time last fear when rebellion against constituted authority all but prevailed. The stern action of
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    WINTER IN ENGLAND.
    424 9 rog and Ice. Heme papers b)y the last mail give devils of the sharp winter conditions prevail ing at the end of November. Air pilots from the Continent yesterday (Nov. 28). Icoked down on a great bank if fog hundreds of miles wide and hundreds of feet
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    ROPE TRICK FOR WEMBLEY.
    144 9 London, Dec. 14. The Indian rope trick will most probably >c performed at the British-Empire Exhidtion, says the Evening Standard.. A pecial theatre is m course of building m he Indian section of the Exhibition m tfahomedan style. It will be one of the irehitectural beauties
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      639 10 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Services to LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Point*. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. AUTOLYCUS London,
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      547 10 STEAMER SAILINGS "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England). PASSENGER SERVICE. Steamer. OUTWARDS. Due Singapore. *s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY China— Japan Jan. 3 HOMEWARDS. ♦e.s. CITY OF PARIS Msrseilles— London Jan. 7 *s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY Marseilles— London Feb. 26 ♦s.s. CITY OF YORK Marseilles— London
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      674 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, Londen and Artwero Due u^'
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    THE NAVAL BASE.
    924 11 DOCK PROJECt |h. Opposition Case. k iralty'a announcement m the of 1923 of a decision to naval baae at Singapore, with docka ard a dockyard, at a upwards of i'l. ,000,000, has cause of an acute controversy. ancem'-nt is one of the conae- Washington Agreement betpowers. Under
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    THE ORDER OF CRUSADERS.
    288 11 THE OR DER OF CR USADERS. New Bod) Vowed to Loyalty. London, Dec. H. A good deal of interest waa aroused re!v by the commemoration service held v r Abbey on November 28 of ()>.del of I Crusaders." Conflict'ng ap| can d m the Pri sa with i c-! to
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    THE NEW AMERICAN AMBASSADOR.
    268 11 E- .>. atoi i k H. Kellogg, the newlyappointed Cn ted States to country, will be tie. tirst diplomatic representative to Great Britain from the modtm .Middle West America. From that dpo'nt his tenure i f office here ia likely prove particularly interesting and instructing, both
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    MIDDLE EAST SHIPPING.
    697 11 Colombo is becoming a merchandise distributing centr e of considerable importance. Of iate the United States has paid very marked attention to th c trade of Ceylo.i. The shipping line- operating vessels between American porta and the Middle and Far East have all introduced regular sailings and
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    DICTIONARY MAKING.
    190 11 From Mr. Chapman's letter to "The' Times we learn that the Oxford Dictionary now completed with the exception of tin- letter* r. and V>' and these cause ome difficulty: ITh repeats a larga proportion of the entire English vocabulary. \v has no recently formed classical derivatives, with simple
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    CHEERY CARPETS FROM CHINA.
    289 11 Brighter Floor. The fashion m carpets is changing m 'orformity wth the gvow public desire Ci r brighter and mor.- inspiring homes, k ys a Heme paper. The Persian <arpet. beloved b. our parf.ytt anil pra nei parent.; because of its durability and attracthraly intricate pattern,
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    YELLOW SONGSTERS.
    363 11 Much amusement can be obtained from the Chinese hawker- m Honß*l?on^. A i Chinaman always tries to sell his jrcodwith a smile 0.1 his face, and it would appear to be a n atter of supreme indHTe enee to him whether you are a pnrchase. Ol tiot. When
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    REVENUE OF CEYLON.
    165 11 Its. 9M0M99 Laal Year. I On enquiry from the Colonial Treasurer,j the Hrn Mr. W. W. Woods, t was learnt thlt Urn total revenue of tiie Colony during id" Rnancial year 1922-23 was v. the neijrfckoiirhood of Rs. 93,Q00,000, as against I ai. origfial estimate of Ks.
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    27 11  - G. Bernard Shaw. Nothing is mor. certain than that hard- hip is necessary to health, and that preocfctpation with comfort is the most y [sort of hypochondria.—
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
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      232 12 The Brit'sh steamer Cape Point arrived m Singapore with a cargo of phospat^ yc=?terday, having touched at Aden. Tne Dutch steamer Van Der Parra brought a cargo of copra from Midai on the 25th. The Doure (Norwegian) arrived m Singapore on the 25th. bound for Bangkok from Newport Mon. She
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      THE EMPIRE CRUISE.
      260 12 The waraklps af the Special Service Squadron assembled oIT Plymouth on Nov ember 27 ta start on the world cruise. Roth at Chatham and Devon port a tremend '•us amount of work haa bean don.- to protiii the ships with everything neceaaarj fcr so tx tensive a
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      RELIEVING CREWS AT SINGAPORE.
      203 12 RELIEVING CREWS AT SING APORE. Th light cruiser Durban, Captain li. Washington. C M.C., D.S 0.. and the sloop Magnolia, Commander V. E Ward, belong. ;ng to the China Station, are ordered to j piece d to Singapore to reeerre new crewel Which are to be .sent out to ihem
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      SHIPPERS NOT FOOLISH.
      110 12 Free Trade and Independence. Messrs. Alfred Holt, and Company, tha well-known Arm cf Liverpool shipowners hay* written a letter criticising a proposal that the State shotfd subsidise the s*p building industry. "We arc rati lie.!." they sa- "t.'.a; both shipbuilders and shipowners are able to surmount their
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    41 12 at. L seem, that Pr; fe-*or Einstein who a now at Levden, -has received several nenacng letters fhia B-rhn anti-Semitic organisations." It m his. fate to b* he print o' contact between the h>ner r.ath«. matics and the lower poliCce. m
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      104 12 STEAMER SAILINGS. THOS. COOK SON. PASSENGER AND FORWARDING ACKM'S, BANKERS Etc. •O Bex 102, 6, Battery Road, Singapore. Ihiof Official Passenger AgenU to the British Empire Exhibition 1924. Passages booked by all Lines. Ra 1 ti. kcts issued for trie principal railways throughout the World. Passengers' Luggage landed. Stored and
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      637 12 MAIL TABLE. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (va Jerantut) E$y train 6 a.m. P. Sambu and P. Soegi Amg Hong 9 a.m. P. Sambu and Pulau Soegi Benuit 9 a.m. Rhio, Lingga Smgkep Pontianak 9 a.m. Sourabaya, Stagen, Kota, Baroe, Balik Papan Samarinda Elout 9 a.m. Bangkok Warina
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      389 13 STEAMER SARJNGS I THE OCEAN STEAM SKIP COMPANY, LIMITED THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd AND Xl I.ERMAN BUCKNALL STEAM SHIP Co.. Ud (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE). (Incorporated m England) ()IN SERTOB TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK Y,a SCKZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. SI tamers. Due Spore, Route For
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      604 13 STEAMER SAILINGS *r (Incorporated m U.S.A.) FAST PASSENGER SERVICB 19 DAYS— HONGKONG TO AMERICA PRESIDENT GRANI j aß 5 2 PRESIDENT MADISON lan 17 £1 t PRESIDKNT MCKINLEY Jan. 29 JS^tl PRESIDENT JACKSON mL 10 Eft oo PRESENT JEFFERSON y,i, 22 Mar 7 h And orary U days ther Salter
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    HOXINGA ONQUEROR OF FORMOSA.
    1378 14 HOXINGA ONQUEROR OF FORMOSA. KLIP KLIP. i In Tainan, the ancient Chinese Capital mt Formosa, there stands, a quiet sanctuary dedicated to the meauory of Koxinga, the rebel chief who wrested the island from tne hands of the Dutch East India Company three hundred years ago. At the time of
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    27 14 Wtn ell our fa-. Its, we are ahead o' rthei nations :n probity and far-mind di*e«s, and geruine desire to proeaets the advance of the Dean Inge
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    W. S. GILBERT.
    985 14 i [W. S. Gilbert: His Life and Letters. Sy Sidney- Dark ar.d ttowland Grey. M^thuen. l. r >s. net.)l '•Who d-ives fat oxen should himself 6fat*' is ne doubt, a fallacy m logic, but v ias its biarinjr on biography. In a Lif if Gilbert we have
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    THE FIGHTING INSTINCT.
    558 14 Tha Fighting Instinct B\ p. Translated by J. Y. T. C ie.g, vondcr tna <*• Oncanij not the mo;: im] »rtant evolution; id f, pro iter sti ov < ,v. sin.net tha. :.i t still be without i un< genera] acceptance, tl among nvilised m ul for
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      800 14 ____r Vi% mm I Va ti Mm 1 Baftk/ KML uK\Wr- Modern research also discovered EL _Vt/__\____\___\_\\^ *:MSKwP two eT essentials, and Pepsoaa«tSa_Js^4 TAaa_WT W"" i lt multiplies the alkalinity of the ?Vrfftfl_^^a wW m***€^\ 1 saliva. That is there to constantly KgjVl| Jy w I ceutralue the acids which
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
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      ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO.
      64 15 Presiding at a meeting of the Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Sir Kenneth Anderson stated the profit was £279,964 and the bular.ce at disposal £342,533. It was proposed to pay a dividend of 12M» per cent. Every section of revenue had declined. The total number of dispatches
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      WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW AND CO.
      70 15 An interim dividend of 5 per cent, free of tax. m respect of the half-y<iar to August 31st., is announced by Whiteaway. Laidlaw and Company, m comparison with 2 1 per cent, paid for the corresponding half of the previous year. The dividend wa> payable on
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    MARKET PRICE LIST.
    419 15 Singapore, Dec. 22. MEAT. B^ef Round steak Kati 45 Do. stew or curry do 38 Pork, lean do 61 Perk, lean and fat (1st qualitv) do 40 Mutton. Indian do 63 Mutton, Australia do 60 Fowl do 55 Hens (Localiy reared) 3-4 katis do 2.20 Ducks do
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    198 15 JACKS' REPORT. London, Nov. 21. The fall m the American exchange and the set-back m gilt-edged securities, due to the approa#hing Election, have affected prices unfavourably. Copper, i Last week's rise was more than lost this week on American producers reducing their prices on account of the
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    215 15 It i-- officially announced m London that' the export dnty or. pah.! oil an.i -urn from j Sit! ri Leone has been abolished. Official atatistica have ju -t revealed the interring faqt that Great Britain !asr Fear attained the position of Switzerland'^best customer. The United States held this place m
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    BINTAN ESTATES REPORTS.
    559 15 The following is the fifth report by the directors to be presented at the annual meeting on Jan. 2nd at noon at the offices of Harr.sons Barker and Co. There sJll remain debentures of BinUo Plantations Limited, to be surrendered for fully paid shares m Bintan Estates,
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    THE DUTCH AND RESTRICTION.
    248 15 The Malc-y Mail m an editorial on the rubber position, suggests a partial undertaking by the Dutch m the following term*: W e should make a suggestion to those considering just what form the new advances (if any) to he made to our Dut.-h neighbours shall
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    23 15 Great Britain is in no position to go on any longer bearing and relieving the burdens that legitimately belong to 'others- Lord Weir
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1199 16 The result of the Trophy Match on Saturday, when the history of the 1922 match m Kuala Lumpur repeated itself, will have the effect of restoring to the Colony whatever confidence of success m the Malaya Cup final next month they may have lost by reason of Selangor's
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    INTER-STATE MOHAMEDHAN FOOTBALL.
    124 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penaag, Dec. 26. In the Inter-State football match be* twi Penang Mohamedhan Football Association and tht Kedah Football An a« tion, for I cup presented by Mr. J. S. W. A i thur. Penang won by two to nil, Chech m scoring both
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    THE TROPHY MATCH.
    278 16 THE TROPHY MATC H. Tho Malay Mail commenting n thc Singapore»Belangoi rugby match says:— Selangor woe beaten by their Inability tay fast pa c with which they ned. Throughout the early stage* «f ga nc -it manner m which the- Ser three-- moved boded .ii for the Celcny, whos< Bryson
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    "THE BEGGAR'S OPERA."
    173 16 The Final Perfermance. Gay's early Eighteenth Century masterpiece 'The Beggar', Opera" at the London suburban theatre co. eluded ltl three and a half years' run on December 17th.. when th: 1463 rd. and final performance Xl bein; riven. The- advance booking for the last performance began one
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    SINGAPORE'S CHRISTMAS.
    939 16 THE NEXT BEST THING. Christmas m the Eas>t is not the Christmas of old England, 'tis true, but it's the next best thing, lf we cannot feast 'and celebrate m the surroundings of the home ccuntiy, .at all events we can emulate the spiiit and see that>it is
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    LATER THAN THE MAIL.
    200 16 SUGGESTED LABOUR CABINET. Londen, Dec. 16. Mr. J. H. Thomas, whose suggested appointment as Foreign Misister m a Labour Cabinet has been criticised m some quarters, interviewed with regard to the suggestion that various Unions are sending an ultimatum to Mr. Ramsay Macdonald for posts for
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    "A QUEER REWARD THIS!"
    151 16 London, Dec. 16. "A queer reward this!"' remarked Mr. Frank Hodges, m an interview, commenting on the action of the Miners' Conference yesterday m accepting his resignation of the Secretaryship which was apparently only formally tendered m accordance with the constitution of the Miners' Federation m
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    BENGAL MINISTERIAL CRISIS.
    124 16 London, Dec. 17. A New York message says Lord Lytton'i offer to Mr. C. R. Das has considerably impressed public opinion m America. The World expresses a good deal of bewilderment and says the success of the British as Colcninl Governor! ha< long puzzled Europe and must
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    TURKISH INDEPENDENCE TRIBUNAL.
    107 16 i London. Die. 14. A Constantinople message says Lutfi Pikri Bey. leader of the Turkish Bar. and Captair Ekrem Bey. Arde-de-Camp to the Khalif. have been arrested by ordei of the Tribunal of Independence. The TurknWNatior.fi] Assembly m secret ■eaafon to-day discussed the powers of the Tribunal
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    CONVERSION OF ENGLAND.
    85 16 London. l),>c. 15. A fiery cross passed through paiis^ throughout thc country will be the .ymbol of continuous intercession, chiefly for the conversion of England, which Anglo-Catho-lics are holding throughout next year. While a church holds the cross it will be responsible for continuous prayer, day and
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    111 16 Not alone m thi. Colony is the nuisance of late come- to theatrical performancei felt, a Hongkon? sortemponuy raggesti that a abort ordinance be passed, making a condition of the ticket the following--I "The purchase of this ticket not entitle the holder to come late to the performance to the
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