The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 March 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. I NTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, MARCH IS, 1925. NO. 11,440
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  • 227 1 Germaay'a note regarding adatiasiaa to the League was discussed at <iene\a before the session was brought to a close Page i*. A collision between police and Communists at Halle resulted m th« deaths of six persons I'age 9. M. Beaes, m speech at Geneva, defended the protocol,
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  • 1215 1 All Suey has brought me my tea. He thinks i am asleep, and so he has crept very softly across the sand and hai down the wicker table besid me with an elaborate caution that could not rail t wake me. H- has set upon
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 98 1 TASTE OF HOME f Snowftake ,J OLD STORAGE CREAMERY BUTTER RAFFLES HOTEL. I Telephone \o. 2920. J I i.IESI NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. F Everj Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. i [ESTRAL COKCERT&— On Sunday Nights at 9.30 p.m. GRILL ROOM. tJt.h.l.- ik. n;„; SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Dimngrroom. Open from
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    • 357 1 "1 /£^/*Y{Vi^sV Introduces you to the solution of jr^^Y^^L youl wasttU, f difllcnkiaa. You need A *^/T~7i-~<r^ \yyn> have r »««lcty about washing your C^Sv^i'T'^S^'^ oainty garments: the KURLO lather I l/\ w]/rf^\ c Je«nBea so gently that shimmering S/l iJ^r siiks and *he most delicate of fabrics ollKirS Kirs
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    • 144 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. All new at Whiteaway's— Page I. Zam-Buk. the great healer— Page 4. Capstan cigarettes, BJLT. Page 11. Eiith's Saws. William Jacks— Page 9. Latest shipping on (fcget, 1(i.'12 afifl rg! Commg attraction a; Alhamhra Page 2. "Walk-over" shoes, Robinson's Page "The Sign on the Door" at PalladiumPage L.
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    • 9 1 A TASTE OF HOME Snowflake COLD STORAGE CREAMERY BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 80 1 THE WEEK. Monday, l*' 4 !i. High Water, 1.30 a.m., 2.15 p.m. Legislative Council. 10..50 a.m. rueadag, 17r*. Hiirh Water. 2.11 a.m.. :MS p.m. St Patrick's Society, Dinner and Dane. Europe. Wedi tttday, lata. Hicrh Water, 2. 59 a.m.. -J. 45 p.m. Thus, l, I, i, 19th. High Water, 4.0
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  • 372 2 •We deal with savages and cannibals, BO why should we net be on good terms with the Bolsheviks?" v the astounding "argument" of the soap-boa brigade. It Is scarcely worth while replying to BUch ar incredibly silly argument as this, which h a typical example of the depths
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  • 230 2 THE SUCCESSFUL FAI LUR E. .Many a man Is a failure m his chosen ation —or that which has been chosen lei him the ugh he would have succeeded hi some other sphere of life. To illustrate this truism Mi. \V. X. Alexander, m a paper that was read at
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  • 94 2 Perth, Jan. 31. Beaman Vincent John Heller (01) died at the Old Men's Home, daremofft, OB Thursday night. He was the last of the Crimean War veterans at the home. Hellier and his father. Commander Frederick Helier. both served at the Crimea, Helier being a gunner
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 309 2 VICTORIA THEATRE, NEXT MONDAY, MARCH 23rd, AT 9.30 P.M. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY JAMES McGRATH LTD. Present the "London Record" Revue Stars: Lee White 8 Clay Smith AND ENTIRE LONDON COMPANY 30— COMEDIANS— SINGERS— DANCERS— 30 including LEE WHITE'S famous "LITTLE PEACHES" Monday The Latest London Production j Thursday Another
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    • 346 2 From Saturday, March 14th, to Thursday Ma. l AN ENJOYABLE TWO-FEATURE PROORAmt.?^ AT THE "WUEAMME ALHAMBRA (TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD., PROPRIETOR In the Second Show, at 0 p.m. sSqj RS TOPICAL BUDGET of interesting screen new. A UNIVERSAL FEATURE Presenting HERBERT Riui m a story of Mirth, Thrills, Action
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  • 901 3 A HIDDEN RIVIERA PLAYGROUND. Host WsrUra to the Riviera know the Eatetel only as a .sky-line. Before you reach Cannes and thence all the way to Cap Martin, and even from Bordighera, as you look back, vju tee it barring the view to westward: lovely il y-iine, boldly
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  • 157 3 Scurrilous Cartot n on Sale m London. In its issue of February 1, the Moscow Pravda, the official organ of the Russian C< mmunist Party -nd of the Zinovieff-Kameneif-Stalin clique, publishes again m the form of a scurrilous cartoon, a personal attack on his Majesty the King.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 236 3 How Nerves are repaired through suitable nerve-food Healthy narva fibra fc'OTW fibra Koin* wrong-' Not* the Jttruction of th* fibrm P-.tmetton t B a mora a -Wan ,:> t..»m«Bciri mrnum\ammmu\ *«w fibre* ha** sprouted ana si own through tha diseased ai aa n ito are- Ye UR nenres Sleeplessne •itasi
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    • 489 3 TIMKEN I Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. TPI? PTJiTAIWI lltJj UJaijAIVI ll SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE C
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  • 616 4 Mr. Wood on Meaning of the Election. Mr. Edward Wood, Minister of Agriculture, was thf principal guest at a dinner at the Manchester Constitutional Club on Jan. 16th. to celebrate the Conservative victory. Lord Derby, president of the club, presided. Proposing "His Majesty's Ministers," Lord Derby
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  • 198 4 British Legione Welcome. London. Mar. ."S. Paderewski arrived a f Victoria s ation, London, last Bight, from Switzerland. He is to play at abort fifu m concerts n this country, and the or >e< ids P fi em :jr devoted to Earl Haig's British Legion Appeal
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  • 130 4 iUmarkahle Derision hy a South African Minister. Capetown, Febi fi. A thousand prisoners were set free from South African gaols to-day by the extraordinary action of Mr. Tielman Roos. the Minister of Justice. He sent an order to all prisons throughout the country to release immediately all
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  • 101 4 Enthusiasts Wait for th e World's End. New York, Feb. B. Thirty-five Seventh Day Adventists have jrathered at East Patch y.ue, Long Island to await the end of the world, which they expect at midnight to-morrow. Robert Reidt, a German, and the s*lfstyled "Apostle of Doom," who
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  • 102 4 Insanity and death follow closely m the wake of the Volstead (Prohibition) Act, according to figures just made public. Insanity resulting from alcoholism hasincreased steadily tn New York State since 1 v/. New cases of insanity admitted to State institutions last year were 373, as compared
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 279 4 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. I 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. MONDAYITIS How to Avoid It I i As a general rule everyone feels less energetic on Monday than any other day
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    • 381 4 m ."l a «*se& v-A T' Irtrh 0^- 1^- X \U V//V Zam-Buk Swiftly —7^ Ends Pain, Kills k4^ H Germs Grows < CS-^^ New Skin. vT*" At any moment m street cr bazaar, I ground, you are liable to happen cuts I i These call for prompt treatment with
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  • 510 5 CONSERVATIVE CLUB AS "GAMING HOUSE." When Parliament Said What it Meant. The secretary of the West Bowling Conservative Club was fined 40s. by the Brad-loi-d city magistrates on Jan. 20th on a rumm&ns, charging him with having conQUCted lhv> ciub as a common gaming .louse. Fot the prosecution it wis
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  • 285 5 "Felix ILV Return. London, Feb. 8. "Felix IL' the ear m which Major F. A. C. Forbes-Leith recently travelled from London to IIndiaa a distance of 8,527 miles arrived at Tilbury yesterday little the worse for its long and trying (ideal. Stained by
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  • 113 5 Sir Philip Cunliffe Lister, President of the Board of Trade, speaking: to the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce last month, said: "The great thing; is ha sell more abroad, the one thing the country should not do la to underrate the value of advertisement. "Advertising properly applied can create
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  • 472 5 Court Story of a Picture. Lancaster, Jan. 23. A picture purchased for 15s. and now stated to be a genuin- Van Dyek and worth i' 12,000 was the subject of an action opened at the Lancaster Arsizes to-day. Harold Gordon Riley, auctioneer and dealer, Barrow,
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  • 224 5 Lunatic Serves for Criminal. On a certain day about a year ago two prisoners from Kegalie arrived at Welikade jail, says the Times of Ceylon. One was Horathal tfedige Sin<:ha, an habitual criminal, who had been sentenced to four years' rigorous imprisonment and two years' police
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  • 123 5 Mr. J. P. Morpan and South African Mines. Capetown, Feb. f. "An American syndicate which ha? Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan at its head, has offered to purchase the whole of the De Beers and Premier mines'" diamond output for the year." The output is estimated at
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  • 75 5 Matale. Feb. 27. Mr. D. Whitelaw, of North Matale Estate, while out shooting m the Matale East last week, met a large she-bear, which sprang Ms him unawares. Mr. Whitelaw stepped backwards and fired on the beast, killing her. A half-grown cub then made its appear,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 644 5 After all— the charm that outshines all others, when the lips part m a smile, is the gleam of daintily polished teeth, a charm which Calvert's Tooth Powder can help so much to secure. Again, besides polishing so brightly those teeth that show, this delightful dentifrice gives the thorough antiseptic
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    • 1368 5 AUCTION SALE OF WAR DEPARTMENT, UNSERVICEABLE OBSOLETE STORES. To be held at The Ordnance Store, Pulo Brani ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18th, AT 2 P.M. Comprising:— Belts, braces, straps, slings, brass buckles, hooks and screws, haver, sacks, fiutes, pjecolo?, helmets, ammunition pouches, intrenching implements axes, shovels, parangs, scythes, spanners, buoys, lamps,
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  • 280 6 In the cradle days of the earth, probably many ages before man made his first ap pearance, two stars crashed m their orbits, and their broken fragments were hurled through space. One of them, apparently about half a mils m diameter, struck that portion of the earth which
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  • 222 6 An astonishing story is told m New Yoik papers of a visit recently paid by a group of reporters to the great prison at Sing Sing. They Avere invited to see the prison's kinema m operation. They foun 1 an audiei < r from 1.200
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  • 99 6 PICCADILLY CIRC US IN 1927. An application for the removal of the licence of the Recent Restaurant, Airstreet, to the top floor of a new building of Messrs. Swan and Edgar was granted recently by the St. James". Piccadilly, licensing justices. "The new buildintr will be an enormous one," said
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  • 110 6 Probably the last action m an English Court associated with Nan- leon the Great himself was heard just a hundred yean ago m the City Sheriff's art. The e\Emperor, when he left Prance m the Bellercphon. little knowing that he was to eke out his last years at
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  • 109 6 The general opinion of several visitors from the East who arrived m Brisbane ty the Teaman on Wednesday, Feb. 4. was that trade m the Fast was not as good at pre. sent as it had been, but all were of the opinion that the outlook
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  • 68 6 During a very rough crossing from the Hook of Holland a steward came up to a passenger who was sitting alone m a sheltered position near the companionway. "I thought I would bring a little of something to eat up here on deck, sir," he said, 'to
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  • 24 6 Willesden magistrate: What is your husband T Wife: He is supposed to be a manager, but I think he is too quiet for that.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 731 6 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. THE SPRING RACE MEETING <^nder S.R.A. Rules ef Radgg) Will he Held on Saturday. Tresdav, Thursday and Saturday, the Hsth. U)th, 21st, and 23rd May. |ffff PROGRAMME. j FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS ONLY. «st Day. Saturday. Kith May. Races Nee. I, *i t^ g. the
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    • 984 6 B. to run m Race No. 9 on Second Day; Class C. to run m Race No. 1 on Third Day. Distances, Classes A. and B. Race Coarse. Class C. 7 fnrtsngs. Entrance Fee $20. For added stake m: nies ste footnotes. 3rd Day. Thursday, 21st May. Rue No. I.
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    • 788 6 three classes, viz: A. B. and C; each class to be handicapped separately; Clas^ A. tc run m Race No. 5; Class B. to rum m Race No. 3; Class C. to run m Race No. 8. Distances, all classes, Scurry Course. Entrance fee, Ex-Griffin Ponies $20. Griffin Pcnies, Free.
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    • 280 6 FREE P^awfeffl I WINEGLASSES f^o»f^ ji|7J I dose of Hall's Wine l" eBFW^ I ness any lonper. Buy a bottle f r "^v^jjgiß I I r* E l* '^nßfe^^auJ^aansßSw^s, nnV conditions. This great Tonic, i£&*k&V<l& 1 W which Britisli doctors have i ~SSe^^^SSV^^^^^L|K I recommended for over thirty ~3r m
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  • 379 7 MORE SWARAJ OBSTRUCTION. TUB OriUH PROBLEM. [Reuter's Service.") NagSwr, Mar. 13. The Swarajist bud- amendment) reducing minis! am' salariei to tm »up?cs per annnm, was carried by 37 to 28. The Swarajists generally are voting against having any ministers; thus the constitutional deadlock continues and the reformi remain
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  • 70 7 [Reuter's Service.! Geneva, Mar. 13. The council of the League has unanimoualy passed a resolution of M. Benes deferring delegates' statements m regard to the protocol to the next September assembly of the League. M. Benes. m a lengthy speech, defended the protocol for which he said all
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  • 75 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 13. At the annual meeting of the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship m London, after a statement by Miss Alison Neilans, representing Social Hygiene, m regard to the present condition of morals m Singapore, decided to send a letter to the Colonial
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  • 153 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 13. The Summer Time Bill, enacting summertime yearly m a permanent form instead of the annual legislation which has operated m the past nine years, has passed second reading on a free vote m the Commons. The measure was a private bill introduced
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  • 137 7 ZAGHLUL IN MINORITY. THE NEW MINISTRY. [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, Mar. 13. It Is Officially announced that 101 Zaghiulisl i and ioi candidates cf other parties hjtherto b*en elected. New elections have been ordered m nine constituencies ll nd are likely to result m the return of two Zaghlulists
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  • 64 7 [Reuter's Service.] Ottawa, Mar. 13. In the course of debate m the Commons m regard to the ratification of the agreemenl with the Petersen shipping company for a State shipping; service. Mr. Graham, I Minister of Railways, said that if a measure of control was secured for the
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  • 26 7 [Reuter's Service.! The Hague. Mar. 13. [j The First Chamber has approved last < year's Washington Treaty concerning the j transport of alcoholic liquors.
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  • 63 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Mar. 13. The Senate has ratified the Anglo-Ameri- can Treaty defining the Canada-America boundary and also ratified the treaty recognising Cuban sovereignty over Pine Is-|( lands. »j Senator Reed urged 'the United States' j retention of the islands m the interests of national defence and
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  • 42 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Mar. 12. The Lausanne Treaty, re-establishing Turco- American relations, has teen sent ba.-k to the Foreign Relations Committee by the Senate. Senator Borah explained that the action was taken hscSUfS "we haven't votes to ratify it."
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  • 19 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 13. Lord Curzon had a quiet day and his strength is maintained.
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  • 98 7 [Reuter's Ser\ice.] London, Mar. IS. Mr. Biidgeman's memorandum on the naval estimates says that the disturbances m China and the piracy m the Yangtse and Canton rivers have bern a strain on the resources of the China station. The gunboats on the Yangts? were rapidly nearing the
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  • 159 7 "All Smoke Opium." A Tokio paper (published m English) gives an essay on China written by a Japanese student: There is one country with many generals now making war and troubles without peace on perpetual horizon; this country is named China, near to Japan but customs
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  • 486 7 A CALENDAR THAT WORRIES CHRONOLOGISTS. Now that we have forgotten our brief celebration of the New Year, the Chinese m this country are m the midst of their prolonged welcome to a New Year, a whole fortnight being set apart for the rejoicings, which finish up with
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  • 526 7 THE CHEQ UE IN FRANCE. A Question of Patience. It was announced the other day that the French Government is encouraging the practice of payment by cheque, which at present is something of a rarity on the I other side of the Channel. The French Government keeps an anxious eye
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 354 7 CARDS. 1^ H__«_i^^agmmma*^ ♦>end for the Illustrated p|<>i N e r,,u i m Z •miiitue of Musical Instruments. v CO.. LTD. North Brides Road, g gkMHKHHHI HWWHHHHHMMI MANILA CIGAR. Insular" dears have ed brsnd m mansions, where highest quali. anded. The following arrived: \ill J puque do Hai I Carrion
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    • 622 7 ff i J. CROWTHER SHAW CO. 1 Jim/jr Evening Dress ipj If P^EUROPE HOTEL BUILDING, M| j| P High Street. I&f'jf' i v THE SZE HAI TONG BANKING AND INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Eighteenth Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Registered
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    • 498 7 NOTICES. ERASER NEAVE, LIMITED. Drdinarj General Meeting of the Company will held at the Registered Offices of theComP'n.v. Nos. 8 7, Trafalgar Street, Singapore Saturday, .Ist March. 1,,,. 3 3^5 me following purposes: t To receive the Director.' R 4 mrt n J Accounts for the year ended list December,
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  • 39 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. ADAM. At Bridpe-of-Ailfn. Stirlingshire, on the 10th February, aflat a !on_ and painful Illness, Frank Adam. F.R.G.S.. F.S.A. (Scot), lata of Singapore, eldest son of the late John Lindsay Adam. East India Merchant, Glasgow. 16-3 17-3
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  • 612 8 SINGA PORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1925. Comments of the Week. The election result- m Egypt maybe taken a.- an indication that moderate opinion there, although it has not yet succeeded m gaining a strong hold, has at any rate progressed. For that result the firm action taken m
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  • 663 8 Mr. Ashley Gibson is better and may be j out of hospital m B day or two. It is ascertained that Mr. S. C. Goho of 1 Messrs. Rogers and Sons. Advocates and .Solicitors, Malacca, will shortly open a i branch m Seremban. Mr. R. H. Lavevton has beer, appointed
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 93 8 The China Market. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 1 I. Major Knox, rubber propagandist, m ;..i interview stated that there were great possibilities m China, if there can be produced locally a cheap rubber sandal I I compete with the existing straw one. There was a
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    • 104 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). re— g. Mar. 11. At the meeting: of Bassett Rubber Company, Mr. Thorne, presiding, said tht- c.i.f. costs were 88.29, the increase being: due to the smaller amount of rubber harvested and the heavy expenditure incurred on weeding and drainage. The liquid assets were
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    • 29 8 (From Our Own I i rrespondent). Penang, Mar. 1 1. Dr. Toll, who is going Home, was gi a farew!: dinner by th- members th.-
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    • 42 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala l.umpur, Mar. 1 1. With reference to the new scales of pay m t!i.- police force the Commissioner states that the terms apply to the F.M.S. as arell as the Colony.
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  • 257 8 Th-.- District Judge had before him on Saturday two Tamil cigarette stallholders who were charged m connection with an incident m which two sailors from H.M.A.S. Brisbane were involved. The incident referred to occurred m North Bridge-road on Thursday evening and as a result one of the
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  • 211 8 Sad Death of Lady Paaoenger. i The news of the death or* Miss Edith Louise McKee. one of the passengers on board the Emrress of France, cast a cloud over the proceedings at Raffles Hotel on Friday night. The dance, which was m progress during the
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  • 46 8 Appeal for Funds to Preserve National Memorial. The following donations have been received: Previously acknowledged $24,004.1:: Mrs. M. B. Broekwell 27.00 Cheques should be made out m favour of Saint Paul's Restoration Fund, and eddreesJ ed to Router's Agent, 11. Coltyer Quay, Singapore.
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  • 337 8 chin. 5„u.„f,„ f" r boxing t by th, N**,, nd His Bxcclttiey n. wi.h ii^„ t i„: ■ndvthtr N.».| te-y t.v« thl prh rive out Of th,. r L th, chin. r l A_t«U_ „„„,;<>; i "J~«lAt. .nd «,it, rw> 1 c_.^*£ l'>*eiuht. O. S. Haugh (Hawkins) Boy rTemmmg
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  • 66 8 Recruiting hts Madras P... sre close of di^<-:i-< Salem, taluk ra taluks Pi riak il Thirumcngalam. P< tai: Coimbator, Town Ramnad taluk. Ramnad, Parai i Sarin- Strivilliputhar, Thii ard Sivagai Viruddhuchallam. Thirucoilur, Chidambaram and Tindivai of Arantai (fi. Papji tai, snd Thiruthuraipoondy; Trichu of Odayarapalayi ™**l* T <
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  • 48 8 Trinromdu Mai Mr, H. W. Gavin, the well-known and Visiting Agent, ha. beei bathing m the lea at Trine Hospital. |f. It Seeing Mr. Gavin Thorpe v-, fi t to hi fishermen brought Mr. o*l wai too late. Mr. Thorp* of 7 collapse, hut revivi
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 96 8 »>. The Connoisseur Comes to Caldbeck's" Caldbeck Macgregor 8 Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) V^ \a Robinson Road. Telephone 228. >^ NEW SHIPMENT Ex: s.s. "President Adams'' FRUIT AND VEGETABLES Oranges, Grapefruit, Celery Beetroot Potatoes. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. Retail Depot, Orchard Road. i C" GOLDEN GUINEA" SPARKLING MUSCATEL,
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    • 28 8 te 0 BERLIET Cars and LORRIES do not advertise, ask the owners. See them at the Eastern Auto Company. Dupire Brothers. Agents. BLACK WHITE i I—- __r WHISKY
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  • LEAGUE SESSION ENDS.
    • 188 9 b[HK OPIUM REPORT. [Router's Service.] dfneva, Mar. 14. to Germany's note of last n1^. r rcir.irdinsr her Emission to the Council nolci with satisfaction t leek early admission. Germany that she will be f equality with other memout that the neeanea of the •itution is equal rights and
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    • 29 9 POLISH LETTER-BOXES AND POSTMEN. l.eneva. Mar. 14. has decided notwithsh representatives' die- i ial seaaion of th. International Justice tl I r-boxes arnl lg, which has oec-a-with German citizens*
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    • 61 9 [H Service.] Paris, Mar. 1">. y the Figaro, the achievements at if the Cotmc the League ■i stat that despite the the Protocol the League thanks to the settlelifficult problems. Francnew British proposals 8 the Protocol. France, m proarhitration m ail conflicts, f ion for the essential
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  • 77 9 [Reuter's Service.] Halle, Mar. 14. nod Vt r.. killed, 23 serious. thirteen injured m a collision and Communists. occurred immediately after speech- and French Communi>t>. bad been previously informed «mnunist Party that foreign Com- not be allowed to speak. Communist started to eches a police officer protested
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  • 42 9 Warsaw. Mar. 11. >'"niatic circles here seem th fact that the Soviets have t( > the appointment of '•P* I**1 Minister at Warsaw, '"•^rnment had appointed A ff*,res at Moscow. ar, '<*l- cahl ,cv appear on Page 7.]
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  • 157 9 DUTCH-INDIES CIVIL SERVANTS. ENDOWMENT AT UNIVERSITIES. [Reuter'y Service.l The Hague, Mar. 15. Certain reported important concerns connected with the Dutch Indies have offered to endow Utrecht State University with as many Chairs as may be reouired for the complete training of future Colonial Civil Servants on the
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  • 133 9 [Reuter's Service. Ottawa, Mar. \'.i. Mr. Mackenzie Ring m his speech on the protocol said that Canada would Ir< prei t > participate m any g neral conferer.ee for reduction of armaments which did not involve prior acceptaac <^f the i protocol. Washington. Mar. IJ. Opining that developments
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  • 60 9 A break m wheat prices was re>ponsi- i for the wildest scenes on the Chicaeo j and Winnipeg exchange-. May futures dropped fourteen cents t.. 186 cents at Chicago and 174 at Winnipeg the latter; being a record decline. The collapae is due to heavy rains which. it
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  • 68 9 [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City, Mar. IS. The United States Ambassador m an interview stated that the Mexican Government is not differentiating beween the American and British petitions for the protection of interests threatened through the violation of Agarian legislation. Representations by the United States Embassy on behalf of
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  • 204 9 Lenin of the Chinese Republic. (By Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiXichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Mar. 13. The remains of the late Dr. Sun Vat-sen are reported to have been wrapped up by a red cloth for embalming after the example of M. Lenin'>. The formal funeral service is arranged
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  • SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
    • 892 9 mterday's <:.er«.mon> _y the Governor. His Excellency the Governor and Lady uuiiiemaru were tne central figures of a very large gathering m tne new Singapore Golf Club House which His Excellency jOiierly ueciareu op_n yesterday m the course of the morning's proceedings. ibe charming little building
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    • 20 9 Messrs. R. D. Donnell and F. S. Gibson are m the final for the Captain's Prize.
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  • 133 9 There was a sequel m the Police Courts on Saturday to a piracy which was committad off a neighbouring Dutch island recently. A gang of six Chines? are said to have boarded a vessel carrying rubber from Selat Pandjang to Singapore and after tackling the master of the
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  • 914 9 THE ANNUAL MEETING. Ladies -on -Sunday Question Shelved. The annual meeting: of the Swimming J Club was held m the Club House yesterday morning, when the President, Mr. W. C. Hill, presided over a fair attendance of members. Speaking on the accounts, the Chairman s-^id he thought that
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  • 41 9 Thursday, 4.45 p.m. Drill Hall. Units, S. V. c. Saturday, 2 p.m. Bukit Timah. S. R. A. (v): 2 p.m. Farrer Range. Malay Coy. Sunday, 7 a.m. Bukit Timah. S. R. A. (v); Farrer Range. Malay Coy.
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    • 213 9 ROBINSON Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements.) NEW SHIPMENT OF "THE CLARIDGE" /^rP^ E KESEN T Oxford Shoe m l'\ |,A Black Patent ni, _j f -2§[\\\ (iI£H Leather Dancing xslack and lan. v\^^^ LJ -J« vr J V Js^> M^ts/ Pttmpa, THE METEOR*' j E R U)NOR 11l
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    • 804 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, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. t
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    • 470 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar. 28 s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May
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    • 541 10 STT_AMER SAILINGS P. &o. aBBa BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVH PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty s Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARD* For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwer,.
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  • 1460 11 STORY OF SUCCESSIVE RESTORATION.! .1,000 Years Ago. Ur, December. During December the Joint Expedition of the British Museum and of the Museum of the University of Pennsylvania has been carrying on work on both the sites described m my last report. In that I announced the discovery
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  • 195 11 Echo Of An \5.000,000 Deal. The death of Mr. Thomas \Y. Law_on,l of Boston, famous for his exposures of American "frenzied finance," was announce.! m mail week. Mr. Lawson, who was sixty-eight years j old, knew his subject, for he had been an associate of famous financiers
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  • 76 11 Near the Jelutong police station, on the Malacca-T:\mpin-rd., a motor bus, with only the driver m it. met a hired car the other day. The road is very narrow at this place, and the bus driver swerved to give more room to the car, when the bus wheels skidded, with
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 308 11 Ny Carlsberg Rper SOLI IMPORTERS: THEEAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. t rated m Denmark) SINGAPORE. THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AM> MERCANTILE ADVERTISER Haily m Malaya and j r Advertising. DeliverHaari each motTJng, Leteet News ar.d nts. rVddreea, '-Advertiser." I. Box No. 206. 'ig to News and rs should be addressed to
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    • 332 11 i 1 >il I iii»<...^...v.. w x v mi. l mill gi,,,,,,^!,,,., rrnrri.r.. 1.ju.j..._l .ju.j..._ r 'i' < 1 SSah^_ eB_SIS^ <HHMr ~<aiß>_tsF j_*i_^ __al<vi«a»- "~^k_ JlTlil'r* > ,v ~*"'~*"'":r"'""!**".:' "y*"— -.w~»-^»»»^..v ..^w ,^^mM ._»l^ n* B i ef^^^m^i'^tamV r it*" 11 *^e_ft^ ju aa Jl,lJJl, rr r —^^«.«>-— L
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  • 160 12 The British steamer Nagpore arrived from Bombay yesterday with a cargo of cotton. She leaves for Shanghai and Japan to-day. The outward-bound mail steamer Karmala did not get alongside the wharf till yesterday morning about seven o'clock. Her stay at Penang was prolonged owing to a considerable amount
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  • 307 12 The Canard liner Franconia, which arrives at this port on March, 2Mh is making he.* second cruise round the world. The Franconia, which is one of the most recent una». ders, represents a successful effort to create a ship which realises the most modern ideas of
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  • 428 12 Recent Improvements. At the meeting of th* Penang Chamber of Commerce held on October 22. 1924. Mr. F. A. Pledger, the Chairman, referred to the then proposed experimental dredging m the South Channel and briefly described the situation. The work ha^ now been completed at a
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 864 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) f FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, r THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins ff« Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 438 12 V^ "QO THRXDUQH THE HOUSE WITH LOTOL" Thorough s a_ iSjf' 9Vl 552 tAX 1888 a£» Ibsb; esse sate _o« T^S i l,_BWa. S-4 >„• _«p .:<F Mini's SS Sm B V& v^^i?* KOHSOfI >t^^sb YOUV OU Wlll imd LOTOL indts- (S \T VTv* P ensa b^ use m your
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 701 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. China, Hain&m, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Siberia, Philippine Islands, U.S.A. and Canada Karmala 8 a.m. North, North East and North West Sumatra M. Treub 9 a.m. Western Australia Andrew 10 a.m. Piigi Radjah, Tembilahan and Indragiri Barratta 11 a.m. Selat Pandjang and Bengkalis R. Schiff Bahru 1
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    • 60 12 shott, Dr. E. C. Davies. Mr. H. Brightman, Mr. N. F. M. Burns, Mr. A. Cooper, Mr. J. H. Matthews, Mr. C. A. G. Goebell, Mr. E. D. Morgan, Mr. A. Henry, Mr. C. O. Tabitt, Mr. N. M. Hogg, Mr. W. Dick, Mr. W. Makepeace, Mr. McPherson, Mr. R.
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    • 620 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 0. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. far. Dept. j Hatttburir, Rotterdam, Antwerp, W»nen, i Colombo, Aden and Port Sad. Alaska Maru Apr. 16 Apr. 17 am, Tt* via San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. end p5» <*** T,,vr Km, Santos, tevideo and Buenos Aires bo t
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    • 403 13 STEAMER SAILINGS §4 Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK 3ILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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    • 630 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS* SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND s AN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT Aor2l U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA A ri i U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT May and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and
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  • 1156 14 INCREDIBLE CONDITIONS. The Np\v York divorce case which a few days ago flung: a bombshell into Congress by its revelations of the Prohibition members of the American House who are accused of not only "Bacchanalian festivities" hut of smuggling Whisky over the Panama bolder, is a peep-hcle
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  • 426 14 WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF CATHEDRAL COLLAPSED. The lack of accurate knowledge a? to the condition of St. Paul's and the need for immediate action are forcibly commented upon by Mr. William Woodward, the architect. "There is far too much talking and experimenting on the question
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  • 264 14 Interesting accounts cf the many cunning devices and tricks employed by opium smugglers were related to a Courier representative by Mr. J. C >oney, Customs Officer at Singapore, who arrived m Brisbane from thai port by the Tasnian on Wednesday Feb. 4. on a holiday toui
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  • 119 14 One Kerr Nord has the distinction of 1 eing the first German Consul-Genera] to be appointed to Palestine since the war. Germany itself has, of course, small interest m the modern Holy Land; it is the thousands of German-speaking Jews who have been allowed, or. rather, encouraged,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 541 14 Let the Albion A save you money V/^^R a^ ter y ear the British//|§|w built Albion goes on steadily /|g§W saving big sums m upkeep costs f//^_sr// /J^_Sf/l A 1 111 f/l_3(/ Actual records kept by owners fI^HH °f immense transport systems )^3| have proved that for low running [(^j|
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    • 343 14 scotch Whisky To discriminating people the "Bottled m Scotland" mark on every White Horse Capsule is of greatest importance. _^_si^i^^_w Possessing five Scotch Dis- IN v\ tilleries, with ample stacks ol ft fi^^ESßß'^ HORSE DISTILLERS. LTD [it^^fJ?* are able lo GUARANTEE Vnß_Rb > _f > the same high standard of
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  • 186 15 THIRD RESTRICTION YEAR. Stock Afloat m Harh:»ur. February Rubber declared In If arch 400 tons. All figures are m tons; All figures given as imports foreign rubber are gross weights. No allowance has been made for moisture m lover grade rubber. Exports of Restriction Area do not include
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  • 183 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphuil). Singapore. Mar. 11. Robber Is 7 K .d. Tin.— £2s2 15s. 1 2«J 125 tons sold. Tin has again advanced and share prices 111 the mining section are tinner. Rubber shares are steady but the volume of l s,- Uness passing m this
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  • 70 15 March 14. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 1-1 »> Bank demand 2 3 ,'> 1 -:i_ Private credits I m.s. 2 4 S-1S Saaf York, demand ">•">•"•„ credits 90 days a/rrn^ France, demand 1906 India, T. T. 155 Hongkong, demand 1% p. c Dis. Yokohama, d. mand 134 Xom.
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  • 361 15 FRASER AND NEAVE. Directors' Report. The following is the report to be presented at the annual meeting m the Company', Offices, Trafalgar Street, on March 2lst at noon. After making ample privision for de* preeiation and doubtful debts the net profit -mounts to $314,418.73, which, with the;
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  • 95 15 I For the year ondod December 81 10^4 the Daily Telegraph Newspaper Co., Sydney after making provision for depreciation of plant and machinery, shows a net profit of 115^28, compared with *****4 the previous year. With £5,624 brought forward. £20,970 it available. Including interim dividend, the distribution
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  • 169 15 March 14. Tin 126 Tons 1126.60 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Ria?, Liang Hin Chan MarkRed Eagle (New) 298 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 286 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 257 Rice, Siam Bioken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 200
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  • 34 15 Singapore, Mar. 1 1. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 66^ 66^_; April-June 65% 66; -Ui.v-Sept 02 a 4 63. London Quotation Sheet Is 7%d. Market Steady.
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  • 198 15 R UBBER AND TIN RETURNS. Sees: Sime. Darby ft Co. (Ipoh). Johan Tin, February output. 173.3.1 pks (tables KJ4.31; puddlers 30.04); Yardage 47,1)83; Hours run 618; Revenue from sale of ore $13,701.61; Tribute received $427.77. Sees: Adamson, Gilfillan Co. (Penang). Rahman Hyd. Tin, 800 pks. Sees: The East Asiatic Co.
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  • 19 15 Depend upon it, that the Universe is ultimately intelligible, however complicated and hopeless it may appear. Sir Oliver Lodge.
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  • 126 15 Singapore. Mar. 14. I m.— __.">_ 15s. Up 86a. Rubber.— is 7%d, Unchanged. Rubbers. Jeram KuanUns otter at 41, Mtlaka Pindas at 1.50. Radellai arc want, ed at 3.80 ex and New Scudais 1.50. Punggors have been done at ♦>•_>. Redahs offer at 2.80. Bukit K.
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  • 57 15 Saturday's Alterations. Kinta Tin Dredge- [k\ ftg Johan Tin ,2 Kuchai Prefs. ($1) 1.02 1.05 Mambau (81 > 1.02 v j Petaling Tin l.;,o 1.55 Renong Tin (i*) |gs 6d 44i 6d x South Taipings 7^ 82 Taiping 1.174 1 .22 <-.d. Telok Kruin 1.12'- 117' „>
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  • 28 15 London policeman of a country reveller: He stood m front of an OgMlibtlS and wanted to buy it. Reveller: Well, it was marked "Sd." Policeman: No. sir. "8a
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    • 308 15 wts over $5,000,000. TUT TDPAT I? A orrnniaT .r-^_-*. Assurances m force over $17,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) I HEAD OFFICE :-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFTPF •*> ni„ r. vn I has 2 S^. c»« f*_^_X^L?S__^_«_ ssam OF -saga Compa KS
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    • 403 15 BANKING. S YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880.— Capita] Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V. 80,500,000.00 President: K. Kodama Esq. Yicve-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri. Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K.
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    • 533 15 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated ie England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability cf Proprietors 3,900,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Iloilo Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Saigon Batavia
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    • 219 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch, Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. g BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated
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  • 1198 16 SATURDAY'S MEETING. A Successful Function. The sky pony meeting promoted by the Singapore Polo Club, with the kind asMstance of the Singapore Turf Club, proved a great success on Saturday, the weather being brilliantly fine, although if anything, rather too hot, and the attendance large, including a
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  • CRICKET.
    • 88 16 [Reuter's Service.] Adelaide. Mar. 14. The weather was fine and the wicket good and there were ten thousand spectators to see the resumption of the M.C.C. vs. S. Australia match. South Australia made 443, Pritchard 87, Rundell 00, Rymill 146. Tate took four for 105. There WCI
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    • 357 16 Good Win for Local Side. When this match was continued or. Saturday afternoon the weather was all that could be desired. Marshall and Anthonias faced Cantreil and Watch and disaster came early, the S.R.C. player being clean bowled by Watch m his second over. The four
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    • 60 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang. Mar. 14. The cricket league match between the Cricket Giub and the Public Services resulted m a draw and was remarkable f o ts high scores, 305 runs be^ng scored by the two sides m one afternoon. Donaldson made 96, and
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  • 51 16 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. vs. S.R.C. to-day on the S.R.C. ground: W. C. Tripp; E. G. Wheatley and D. O' Connell; R. Lyne, T. B. Smith and G. Day: G. Towers. R. H. Yorke, H. G. Stack. (Capt), A. N. Katyal and C. I). Smith Reserve: D.
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  • 234 16 INTERNATIONAL RUGGER. Ireland's Win. [Reuter's Service.] Belfast, Mar. 14. The weather was dull and following rain m the morning the turf v/as softish on top for the rugger match between Ireland and Wales. There were 18,000 people present. Wales kicked off against a slight breeze and after three
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  • 22 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 14. The English League beat the Scottish League at Liverpool by four goals to three.
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  • 308 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 14. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League Matches: Rangers vs. Aberdeen, St. Mirren vs. Airdrieonians and Third Lanark vs. Morton were not played. Division 1. Birmingham 1. W. Ham U. 1. Bolton W. 4. Astun Villa 0. Burnley 1,
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  • 92 16 The rugby match at the Stadium this afternoon between the S.C.C. and the United Services should produce an excellent game and prove a big attraction. The teams will be: S.C.C: Lindow; Ablitt, King, Robertson, J. T. Webster; Geoghegan and Burton; Leonard. Weston, Reed. Wilkinson, Bath, Mallinson. Vignoles
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  • 36 16 [Reuter's Service.] Ixindon, Mar. 14. Both the Varsity crews are now at Putney. Cambridge rowed a full course trial this afternoon m 20 mins. 4 sees, which is cons,(lered a very creditable performance
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  • 49 16 The Incorporated Society of Planters will mold the second annual Planters' Conference at Kuala Lumpur on June 20, 21, and 22 It is probable that there will be a course of lectures as before and an I. S. P. dinner will be held on the night of June 20.
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  • 620 16 NAVAL BOATS DO WELL. Two Wins for China Flagship. This Sunday's racing will always b? memorable owing to the participation of the Navy m two events, both the gigs and whalers sailing splendid races. To add zest to the competition the first Sumatra of the season broke about 9.30
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    • 80 16 Championship. (Preliminary). Haybittel vs. Moss. Ziegcl? vs. TaafTe. Lowry vs. Cutler. B. J. Wright vs. Hk'key. J. Wilson vs. Laybourne. Lt. Bourke vs. J. S. Nathan. Newcomers' Handicap. R. G. Cooper vs. M. B. Bell. R. MacLeod vs. Arthur. Major Watson vs. N. Tupholmes. J. K. Carr vs.
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    • 104 16 To-day's Ties. Handicap DouMes (Men). Denham and Lee Warner, mirrus 3 vs. Joyce and Bartley, plus 3. Dobson and Hiekey plus 5 vs. Donaldson and Teale plus 15.2. Championship Pairs (Men). Donnell and Rutley vs. Pitt and Palmer. A. Class Doubles (Mixed). Mrs. Hamilton and Whitley minus
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    • 22 16 [Reuter's Service! Dfchvich, Mar. 14. In the covered court lawn tennis, London beat Paris by 11 to 10 matches.
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    • 162 16 WHY BE WITHOUT A PlANO^^^^l A VERY SMALL OUTLAY YOU CAN H I A MOUTRIE SENT TO YOUR ho^ I TO-DAY. CALL OR WRIfE FOR OUR I I ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND I PARTICULARS OF OCR I GRADUAL PAYMENT I SYSTEM. I S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd I SINGAPORE. I te H
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