The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 June 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925. 10 CENTS. NO. 11,507.
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  • 186 1 The King's birthday was favoured with brilliant weather for the Horseguards ceremony Page 9. The list of birthday honours whilst long contains only a few for Malaya —Page 8. The Parade and ball held in celebration of yesterday were a great success locally Page 9. Considerable progress has been
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  • 770 1 There is a story that a lady, recovering from a serious illness chose when she was allowed to read for the first time, a work of Browning's, then just published. A few moments later she was weeping hysterically, and it was found that she thought her mind
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 273 1 WING LOONG IHI RECOGNISED HOUSE for K l ftOPEAM TROPICAL SUITS. St HIGH STREET. |j RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2020. GUEST NIGHTS-— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. GRILL ROOM. SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Proprietors. Open from 8.00 a.m. to 11. Ao
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    • 222 1 r Investigate the 20 Royal Reasons. M-sssaasSassssssflsssK THE EASY WRITING To-day the number of Royal Typewriters in u<e exceeds 800,000. There are twenty reasons for this phenomenal record. Ltt us prove them to you in your Office, or send you the book explaining- them. ROflEp Ltd. COLLYER QUAY 'PHONE 6-a
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    • 119 1 THE DAY'S NEWS. The hygienic cigarette Page 1. Government launch for sale Page 11. No skeletons in State Express Page 14. •Give Andrew's liver salts a trial Page 5. Barlow's for Crawford's biscuits Page 3. Fraser and Neave for artistic printing —Page 1. Visit the Municipal Gas Department show room
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    • 15 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET. I
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 119 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 4th. High Water, 8.19 a.m., 8.29 p.m. P. and O. homeward mail leaves. Friday, oth. High Water, 9.12 a.m.. 9 7 p.m. Edaljee Khory Mark Lodge, 8.30 p.m. P. and O. outward mail due. Boxing, Happy Valley. Saturday, 6t/u High Water, 9.5'.J a.m., iAi p.m. Trafalgar, Paterson
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  • 64 2 I (From Our Own Correspondent Penan?. June 2. An Important Eurasian wedding took I see hare yesterday when T. B. De Crus i the Eastern Smelting was mankd to IS\ elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. t-. Aeria. Father Devals officiated and the I cepiion was
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  • 235 2 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, June 2. The funeral of Sister St. Patrick was gely attended among those present beg Mr. Peel the Resident Councillor who i jo sent wreath. Rhone* tSwapected, th« news of th i sth of Biatei St Patrick (Mary Theresa dergaet) of
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  • 233 2 An effort is being mace to improve the i -tern of collection of refuse from private 1 jses more especially in the suburban and :c-idential di-tricts. In order to make improvement more elective the co-operation of householder* i earnestly requested. A house to house collection is
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  • 134 2 Ten Acres of Forest Cut Down. On a Chinese named Sim Bow being tn^ed before the Kuala Lumpur police ■nistrate with carrying on mining- operants on Government reserve, the officer Assenting stated that the accused was and living In a hut on the reserve along with two
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  • 37 2 The appointment «of Commandant, Fe- <\ rated Malay States Volunteer Force, and C ommandant, Malay States Volunteer RegiI ent, is held in abeyance pending the select Ofl by the War Office of an Officer for the i ppointment.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 491 2 AGAROL COMPOUND. Modified MINERAL OIL with Phenolphthalein and AGAR-AGAR. Dependable Original Palatable Indicated in Constipation. To be had of all Chemists. Distributing Agents for Malays. MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. THE ELITE CINEMA. 9 Reels Comedies 6 Reels Special Feature THE MAN BETWEEN With Edna Murphy Allan
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    • 343 2 VICTORIA THEATRE CELEBRITY TOURS FOR TWO NIGHTS ONLY Wednesday June 17th and Saturday June 20th at 9.30 p.m. A. Strok has the pleasure to present MABEL GARRISON America's Foremost Coloratura Soprano from the Metropolitan Opera, New York. At the Piano, Mr. GEORGE SIEMOUN. Booking: opens at Little's on Friday, June
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    • 389 2 From Saturday, 30th May, to Thursdav nu i AT THE Une ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co.. Ltd. Proprietors) In the Second Show at 9 D.m Shin. TOPICAL BUDGET of interesting MreV, SPUDS 1 Reel Star Comedy. THE GREATEST HUMAN DRAMA SEEN FOB SAW* As true, as real, as full of
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  • 343 3 SATirROAVS HANDICAP. The fol!owii. K are the handicaps for the ms ,Jii v tht Spring Extra Race Meeting an Saturday. Itoca I. Kx-C.riffin lfcnies, Class C. »hcuny Course):— Lady Sydney 9.9, Posh *.7, Kismet 9.3, Chandan 8.13, Uniptaway Sita 8.2, Chinta Hati 8, Kaa 7.13. Nora .11, Master
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  • 216 3 Under adverse weather conditions, on May 25, the Hongkong Interport Rifle Team fired in the annual competition against Shanghai, Singapore and Penang for the interport challenge shield, which was won bf Hongkong last year. The best 10 scores, totalled 875 as against 892 in the third shoot
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  • 97 3 The Championship. The a love, played on Saturday and Sunday 30th and 31st May, resulted in a tie between F. C. Stewart and S. C. Campbell with a score cA 75 and 76, I&l. The tie was replayed on Monday. Ist June and agaii: resulted in a
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  • 202 3 Ft tkc week ending; May 23rd, The Municipal Health Officer gives a total of 257 deaths, of which 37 wt.e due to phthisis, 86 to pneumonia, 21 to convulsion. 19 to malaria. 12 to dysentery, and 11 to beriberi. Of the three cases of enteric fever reported,
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  • 173 3 Mr. Inukai a* Agitator for China's Unification. »K\ taortasy af the Xanyo NichiNichi Shinbunsha.) Tokio, May 30. Mr. Kenzo Adaehi has been appointed Minister of Communications in succession to Mr. Inukai who is stated to have decided 10 start on an agitation tour throughout China for the speedy
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 326 3 i Ii Y/**' i Correct Feeding \f during early infancy is of gr« a t imporfance. jj It is during this per od that the foundations of baby's welfare are be.ng laid the wise I mother who is unable to nurse baby herself, I either wholly or in part, will
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    • 307 3 rfhtrhtrth |&4WS/ Si4WS//l HIGHEST SL LOWEST I QUALITY. .ITSSSL- *>ff/C£. I a? Ii HAND SAWS, -j < BUTCHER'S SAWS, J 1 CIRCULAR SAWS, -j 5 HACK SAW FRAMES AND BLADES, BAND SAWS, TAPIOCA SAW BLADES, jl CROSSCUT SAWS, PRUNING SAWS, ETC., 1 jj I LET US QUOTE FOR YOUR REQUIREMENTS.
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  • 2105 4 NEW WORLDS FOR OLD. In "Truths and Fictions of the Middle Ages— the Merchant and the Friar," Sir Francis Palgrave breaks new ground in historical reconstruction albeit the metaphor is somewhat mixed. He refuses to regard the period embraced by the term "Mediaeval Europe" as the
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  • 141 4 A eorresp ndent m addendum t<> the Times I UcDouaU Stuart's erossi I .from the Southern to the [ad says that Stuart v*vd to I experience, that sheep of exploration In tropical .> than human being- sad I other domestic animaL Bl uirt 1 I taste of
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  • 99 4 Two paasem Bthue going nom Oal nada -had the whole »f I "Minnekahda" I tin m eiden voyage to Nea Mr. J. V. Hon (in totic Tear.-] <rl I vessel, told s Da "Minnekahda" sailed fn i When there WS and that a dock itl
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 423 4 Disease/^^^\ DOES your skin get rough and irritable? Are you distressed by outbreaks of pimples, prickly heat or inflamed spots? Have you patches of eczema or other old-standing skin trouble that defy ordinary treatment? If so, a daily dressing with Zam-Buk will soon put you right. This famous herbal balm
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    • 28 4 Ji a^ r j r r 5, «J ■r r 1 f DRINK s* j> BURNETTS GIN.) ■j Obtainable Everywhere. African 8 Eastern Trade Corporation, Ltd. a J
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  • 1200 5 |HK H(TlO\ or MAY. Our Own Correspondent). N.r.don. May 7. hN itarted May, and presumably spr i nf I see one of the papers u Kg resume of the atmosn? which Is not unfair: Fit t ion. (lf the rlac Sen Eenr, (1 the maddest, merriest day;
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  • 271 5 CesjTi laatieua With England. Svdney, May 4. During the week-end. .Mr. C. D. Maclurcan (of Sydnay) tuecaadsd in holding a number ol wireless conversation? with a British experimenter, Mr. W. E. Symons, Gerald's Cross, Buckinghamshire, England Speaking on the matter to-night. Mr. Maclurcan said that he
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  • 125 5 A campaign for increasing German sales abroad is now under way, according to United States "commerce reports" The Government M aiding by increasing credits, cutting freight, rates and communication eharges, reducing onerous taxation, lowering the discoun.' rate on foreign bills. negotiating new commercial treaties, reorganising the consular
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  • 748 5 MRS. KING— INDEED A QUEEN. One of the richest women in America, lira, Henry at. King, who died the other day at the age of eighty-three, had for years "ruled over a principality containing 1.280.0(j0 acres and a town as large as many county seats," we are told. Her domain
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  • 776 5 I am not one cf those who quarrel with the old-fashioned classical curriculum in which I was educated on the grounds that it does not tsaeh you things that will be useful in making money. I think it is an excellent education as far as
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 278 5 j KORRENGZAL OINTMENT An approved pharmaceutical /k^m a KORRENGZAL is prepared I g preparation for the Skin. MrfliS^lL only by J§ In cases of simple or infected jjgs^^lfa W E WOODS LTD S X 11 j. j 1 M W Manufacturing Chemists, Svdney, r\ y wounds, deep-seated sores, ecze- Mkm^^'^WM
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    • 1464 7 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS OFFER 3 MAGNIFICENT CARS— A HOST OF PRIZES $400 SILVER Tea and Coffee Service PURCHASED AND ON DISPLAY AT SINGAPORE'S LEADING JEWELLER B. P. de SILVA HIGH STREET, I The Store of Service &^mV Cl 9 af\sT\ |f|Lj| No. 1. A Kodak W\ flllf iw with
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  • 66 8 BIRTHS. PBDLOW. -To Mr. and Mrs. J. 11. Pedlow, Pt-nan^r. on June \n\.. a son. STEVENSON. On Whit Sunday SIM May. 1925. at the Nursing, Homo, Byers Road, ffuaia Lumpur to Robert and Lilian St-v. ton t«r" Bukit TungffU Estate, B;<'-^:. a son. HANSELL. On 80th May. st
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  • 786 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1925. The Pact. If the diplomats got as tired of negotiating as common people do, they would give up their job in disgust. We have always thought that tne blatant demand of democracy for "open diplomacy" in the hope that treaties would not be
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  • 337 8 Mr. T. A. Melville has been appointed to ■ct as Director of Posts and Telegraphs, F.M.S. The British Resident of Selangor was unable to take part iti the King's Birthday Parade ceremonial owing to an injury :■»> his leg. Tbj marriage of Miss Muriel Stanhope to Mr. L. V. J.
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  • 100 8 RIVAL CLAIMANTS. WASHINGTON PERPLEXED. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, June 3. Official circles are perplexed at the report from Ottawa, that Mr. Stewart, the Canadian Minister of the Interior, told the Dominion House of Commons, that Canada expects to claim any lands discovered north of Canada as far
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  • 65 8 [Reuter's Service. J Ottawa, June 3. Mr. Mackenzie King announced in the Commons that the Government expected shortly to appoint a Canadian representative at Washington but difficulty had been experienced in obtaining anyone willing to accept on account of the personal financial outlay involved. The
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  • 194 8 [Renter's Service.] Reeae, .June 2. The bene banks haw jointly opened a contingent eradit at Morgan's, New .r'.:. of fifty million dollars \\i h the object ol Btabiliaing the Lira. New York June 2. An Arg ntine refunding loan of fortyfive mill' n dollars, interest at six per
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  • 50 8 THE SIRDAR' MU RDERERS. 1 Renter's Service. 1 Cairo, June 2. Of the nine accused in the Sirdar's murder, two are students, the brothers Enaiat; two are railway shop-workers, a csrpenter and an engineer; a taxidrivsr an I a lawyer, an ex-Zaglulist deputy, Shaftk Mansur and aii official Mahmoud Ismail.
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  • 47 8 London. June a* Admiral Lcveson. in the Morning P<»st. calls attention to the lack of a ruitab Seamen's Institute at Shanghai and hopes that contributions will be forthcoming from Britain to supplement the anticipated generous provision by the small community oi Shanghai. aaaaaaai
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  • 354 8 The Bishop is not expeited t<> leave England before some time in August. A vers heavy programme of engagements had been fixed up for him, which prevented his doing other important things I\^r which time must be found. To star' beck from furlough fatigued, and to travel
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  • 239 8 LOCAL RECIPIENT THE HORSE(U\\RI>s i>. XHm [Reuter's Service.] Congratulation* on the Kin, birthday began to arriv* a early in the ■torning Including i from all over the Empire Wales, Prime George. The latter, who is route I Wei, from Shanghai cabled com The official celebration of the colour
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  • 379 8 1 The new ISCOUnI W eminent public and natioi ally in conm ctn n a ith I oilfields in tin Far Easl 1 of petroleum in bulk thi He hat tra lied extei and Japan. h affairs at h London I9of to 1903. Sir William T Und
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 158 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S '^B WW Caldbeck, Macgregor G Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) PATRONISED A JflO&C^ BY ROYALTY. ESTD. fc^^^^K^^ft^^^X IS72 SILVER PHOTO FRAMES. Just received a large assortment IN THE MOST POPULAR SIZES AND ELEGANT DESIGNS Largest size 16* in. by 12 in. nicely engraved. FOR QUALITY,
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    • 22 8 z AIILD ScOTTIC Whisky. •»«m>o«.C£!Cl*soci» J afl'l InJaß^ai SOLE AGENTS: W. R. LOXLEY CO., Robinson Road, Singapore. i PEARS' I /WC^'/^ t£
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  • 70 9 (FRMA N COMPETITIONS. FAST FLYING [Renters Service. l Berlin. JssnS entj aeroplanes out of vfour had completed the socood and '/difficult cil flying competinUinous and timbered Berlin. June 3. aeroplanea completed the ding tin- Daimler baby tted uitr two m->t..rs each nineted by Loam r who m hours
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  • 35 9 [Re St rvice.] ;irn;tn<»!i. NN S \ustr;ilia, June 2. ai d, IVr;h. Jum- I. d here. < ftrnarvon iv-rth, hours. -:t'ni he had flown !4 tl .-:i!nl miles a.,- uncertain when 1 fht.
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  • 24 9 S< rice.] London. June 'A. th< ReichI attend the imperaonated at I muiunist Stocker nor any srent t«> Glasgow British official em-
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  • 41 9 I I •'lieu. Jll.Jt' D orw sponch m at i of advent ised by tht- (art that. pay her annual v the couponn avisl j 400 fas rial must have cost a also recalled that I been made foiina.
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  • 17 9 Cairo, June 2. -guarding the laar ha- l>een I ministry of agri- j I >stined
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  • 35 9 I [Reuter's Service.] I June 2. I seized the British I First of Halifax, toI of a hundred th'.uI quor. The captain I been arrested and I *>th conspiracy to smuggle in Ii-
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  • 45 9 OARCH FO R AMUNDSEN. I[B iter's Service.] Oslo. June 2. lecided to send two pl nes Reamer to Spitsberawn for Amundsen. The h Spitsbergen at the "«t week. I, i s generally consider. w,u,. is unmble t )retuni bv ape Columbia or wn op. foot
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  • 57 9 [Reuter's Service.] A he -r New Vork June 2- *«ve has swept the country from -J to the .Middle West. Six deaths bnWin v thm? in Cleveland edstu-i i rk Uhile nine were Milwaukee, seeking relief from fwo men in Missouri were rfthT^*" fttttom °S"e owing
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  • 149 9 oT-!ft al T u keenly awaitin •Hand. Th the new road to carried lm P rov «*«nta which have ,f t u. ut ■jeentljr have rendered t dangerona corners easy the old road above the r an i u t M that two ""!i*ntl v ,:uh other
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  • 124 9 THE ALLIED NOTE. A LONG IKK TMENT. [Renter's Service.]* T1 M ,>ar «H. June 2. The Allied Note to Germany with regard to disarmament will be presented at Berlin SB June 4 and consists of five pages and twe annexes, firstly setting out what has been done and
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  • 48 9 [Reuter's Service.] Sofia, Juno :t. The Government has ordered the demo. Wisation of the 10.U00 extra men which he Ambassadors' Conference permitted to be called to the colours to deal with th Communist menace. The Conference had previously rejected an application suspension of the demobilisation.
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  • 146 9 EQUALITY Gi ACCIDENT TREATMENT. [Renter's Service.] Geejevn, June 2. The Labour Conference has adopted without opposition the report of the Suggestions Committee on the tonality of the treatment 1 f t*v< workers in the rase tents at work. c nfeicnci alee adopted a resolution introduced the Indian
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  • 80 9 Geneva, June •*>. The action of the Anns Conference. In exempting Eathoaia, Finland, Latvia, Poland and Rumania from the obligation to supply periodical returns of the imports of munitions, pending Russia's adhesion to the Convention, drew caustic reference- from Mr. Burton. United States, asking whether the League protection
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  • 103 9 [Rent ei's Service.] Riga, June 2. Soviet Government circles are reported to be very perturbed at the Chinese continued disregard of the Soviet demand for the dismissal of non-Soviet officials of thj Chinese Enstern railway. They als<i accuse Chans; Tso-lin of exerting an anti-Soviet influence, for example
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  • 75 9 [Havas Service.] Paris, June 2. Deputy Outrey bus informed the President of the Chamber that he would question the Minister for Foreign Affairs as to what measures had been taken by the French Government In order to protest to Pekin, concerning the monument erected at Canton by revolutioners.
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  • 82 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. June 3. The Times city Editor notes that the coupons, due yesterday, in. two out of the three Chinese loans, have been met, and an announcement with regard to the third is expected. He says it is to China's credit that, despite political disorders, the
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  • 22 9 r ßeuter's Service.] London, June 3. The honorary D.Sc. of Cambridge will be conferred on Professor H. Naga-">ka, of Tokio.
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  • 946 9 LOCAL CELEBRATIONS, The Parade. Cnlike previous years, yesterday's birthlay parade, the opening and outstanding event of the King's birthday celebrations, was favoured by brilliant weather and in- ead of having to view the parade through v.-^or splashed wind-screens, or from the .sne iter of the clubs, tremendous
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  • 727 9 A fitting conclusion to the day on whic'.i the British Empire celebrates the anniversary of the birth of H.M. King George V is the Government House Ball. Last night between twelve and thirteen hundred people were the guests of H.E. the Officer Administering the Government, the hon'ble
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  • 193 9 Mr. J. Hobbs, chief superintendent, Preventive Branch, Trades and Customs, F.M.S., has returned from Home leave. Mr. F. B. Sewell (Superintendent cf Surveys), and Mrs. Sewell, have returned to Malacca from leave. Mr. Chua Ghee Keng of Chop 'Hock Tong Guar' was elected a Trustee of the Sehnh Chua Burial
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 172 9 I Billiard Requisites 1 BONZOLINE BONZOLINE f| I MatchSize feLUAR»f!^.BALLs|a Match Size. eg ■iA i^irjKß.'jßm aaSßSavSaaanßaMt^j^^ii^te a .>*.■—■ *•;< gv "Stevenson" Billiard Cue as used by the British ex-Champion 522.,">0 each. "Pcali" Record Cues. $12.00 each. -J\ <b$ 1 t Four Point ebony butted Cues S7-50 each. K S? Billiard
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    • 768 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Services to. I 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. RHEXENOR Marseilles,
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    • 471 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND I'KEIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. SUTTON HALL due June 27 s.s. COLORADO due July 28 s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aug. 28 MARSEILLES. LONDON,
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    • 561 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SER\ K Es PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION DO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICK. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMKW \KhS For China and japan. For Marseilles," U r. n
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  • 2227 11 THE COMPANY'S POSITION. The fourteenth annual general meeting of tho members of the Central Engine Works, Ltd.. was held in the offices of the Company on Saturday, Mr. H. Gill presiding and others present being Messrs. Isaac Ellison, Butcher, Duthie, Lee Kong Chin and F. A. Dennison,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 319 11 rnr WATCH VALUE in accurate timekeepera [hsUi »1 the climatic conditions af the Ea.n. PQCKBT WATCHES JOHORE LEVER U Each, N T wo SIZES gOTION LEVER THIN PATTERN WITH S( REW mM Earh I and >:iver Hunters Half Hunter*. WRISTLET WATCHES ffEU PATTERN MOTION LEVER $12.50 Each. ;FW CASES i
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    • 589 11 NOTICES, TRAFALGER, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Fifteenth Onb^ry General Meeting of Trafalgar, Lifted wdl be held at the Registered Office, NckT Prince Street, Singapore, on Saturday the 6th day of June, 1926. at noon. By Order of the Board, PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD.. o e Secretaries. 4,
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    • 477 11 AUCTION SALES. SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE Suit No: 2tS of 1925 Writ of Seizure Sale d<ted 27th M»reh 1925. between Mana Roona Madivc-lu Pillay Plaintiff versus 1. Yeo Oh Leng 2. Yeo Oh Leng Brothers Co: Defendants The Undersigned have been
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    • 309 11 Their soothing antiseptic vapours prevent cure colds Pop an Evans' Pastille into your mouth and you feel instant relief from the most obstinate cold. Your harsh, burning throat is eased. Breathing becomes clear. Evans' Pastilles made to the formula of the Liverpool Throat Hospital contain valuable volatile remedies* The soothing
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  • 700 12 Navy League Warning. Lord Linlithgow and Sir Cyril Cobb, M.P., as president ana 1 chairman respectively of the Navy League, issued the annual St. George's Day Message to its branches on behalf of the Executive Committee. The message asks whether, under the conditions of the day,
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  • 218 12 Theft from the Amboise. The disappeaianee of a large quantity of women's gowns valued at Fes. 00,000 from the hold of the Messaperies Maritimes liner, Amboise. is being probed by the French police at Shanghai. One man ha# already been arrested in connection with the theft. After
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  • 29 12 Warning has been issued throughout Madras Presidency that an outbreak of cholera is generally prevalent in the Presidencv and that early steps should be taken to combat the disease.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 521 12 Burns Philp liine (INCORPORATED IN AUSTRAUA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOtiRNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known sUamer MARELLA (7.375 tons) and MONTORO < 5,000 tons). Thc s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 300 12 HENDERSON LINE. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS. BY FORTNIGHTLY PASSENGER STEAMERS BETWEEN RANGOON AND ENGLAND. vith through connections from Singapore. Connecting steamer arriving the same day that the Henderron steamer sails) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Leave Rangoon. s.s. CKINDWIN June 2 s.s. BURMA June IG s.s. PEGU Jons 30 s.s. MARTABAN July 14 s.s.
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    • 205 12 Rheumatism \/ERY little would be heard about the difficulty of treating Rheumatism if De Witt's Pills were employed more freely, for De Witt's Pills cure cases regarded as incurable and banish the pain of sufferers who have resigned themselves to a lifetime of torture. Perhaps the experience of Mr. Hobbs
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    • 436 12 GREAT REDUCTION. DANIEL CRAWFORD'S J^L RED STAR gpf| SCOTCH WHISKY. ESBS9 Now ■■k $20 per case m) w Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. I I il m*m i C fraM Across Canada r^ Trffl 1 See ramous Rocky Mountain un SMmKTOIiSS excelled
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 484 12 SHIPPING NOTES. The P. and O. Nagoya has left Hongkong, and is expected to arrive at this port at 6 p.m. on Sunday. She will proceed to the P. and O. Wharf on arrival. MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every
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    • 666 13 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. j^ rr Dent London. H:.mhurg. Rotterdam Antv BISSSSn, via Colombo, A ;t and Psit Said. Andes Maru June 13 June 14 Nevr Tort da Francisco, Panama Havana Maru from Kobe June 14 tlgoa Bay. (Pitt Elizabeth,) Kio. Santos. Buenos Aires via Colombo, f Chicago
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    • 433 13 A v fOjjUUll: mSSSb* Round the World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning
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    • 676 13 1 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD I BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST. CARMONA Jun m U.S.S.B WEST FARALON Ju K. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Auj? y and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and
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  • 1350 14 LIST OF STANDINGS. The following is the state of the poll in our great popularity campaign checked up to 9 a.m. on yesterday morning. The list will be published at regular intervals on this page. Dr. P. S. Loh 71-T, River Valley Road, 106,900 Mrs. Benz, the
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  • 306 14 A Costly Vindication. Twenty crows made the supreme sacrifice in the Klang town area durine the first week of this month, soys the Malay Mail, in order to save their tribe from total extermination, by bird protectionists of the F.M.S. Government; and, we hear on very
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  • 350 14 Three Capture* in Two Hours. C< mpared with the previous week's captures by the Preventive Fleet, the raiders' had a comparatively easy time last week. The Simbang appears to have been the only launch which was kept busy. She captured three boats in one day between the hours
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  • 274 14 We notice that Major-Genen.l Sir Theodore Fraser, the G.O.C in expressing his thank? to all who worked assiduously in organising and carrying through the Assault-at-Arms and Military Pageant at Singapore, says the one regret is that, financially, the show has not been a success, and there will be little
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  • 202 14 At the "Q" Theatre, Keu hVidgj *as opened only ss recently there Ii being «roduced i "Mamie Hour-," by Howard I' won a 1100 j»r I ST rseenl from Malaya i London just not nUsj it. Thc inajorit; Singapore, and on a rubber Malaya. Mr. I
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • 864 15 WHAT DOES IT SIGNIFY. A varied significance is found bv editorial and financial -.Titers in the group of transactions transferring ownership oi tht great Dodge Brothers automobile manufaeturing business from the w-dov.s of tinmen who. founded it to Wall Street bankers and the investing public. First of
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    • 371 15 V^ets over $5,500,000. i^■ ll l THE GREAT EAOTRN LIFE ASSURANCE mwmTmmT r. n nvvirv wm u (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Sinffanor^ T^ Tht- Company has £20,000 deposited with the C n LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. with the Supreme Cour of^ngland, and complies with
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    • 496 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880 Reserve Fund Y.M),500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. 1 1 VNatanabe, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq Esq J Matsukata. Esq i HEAD OTFICE YOKOHAMA Singapore Branch 81 -A Chulia Street BRANCHES. Batavia Kobe r; i i i} (inihnv D Kl,> »S .Janeiro Bomba% Kaiyuang Saiga*
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    • 513 15 banking. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Otfice: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50 000,000 Issued and tully paid up $20,000,000 Keserve frundr—Sterling f 4,.-Oo[oOO c Si J ver Wfioojm Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000.00.1 COURT OF DIRECTORS. it V>* r P attenden Esq., Chairmai. u- u »n h
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in 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. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 284 16 HOME CRICKET. [Reuter's Service.] London. June 2. At Lords (J. W. Hearne's Benefit): Middlesex beat Sussex by eight wickets. The winners made 383 (Hearne 117) Tate eight for 10 and 45 for two wickets. Sus sex were all out for 218 and 209. At Nottingham: Surrey beat Notts
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  • 115 16 W. L. W. L. Ist Ist Pts. Per. In. In. Lanes. 4 I 2 0 M MjM Yorks 4 0 0 1 21 84.00 Surrey 4 I I I 29 KJBS M'sex 4 110 23 7€jM Essex 4 10 1 21 70.00 Notts 3 0 0 2
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  • 441 16 The Y.M.C.A. brought off a good win when they met an S.C.C. 2nd XI yesterdav on the Padang. The Club side batted firsJ and at one period had lost five wickets for the total of one run. They were eventually all out by lunch-time for 53.
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  • 27 16 INTER VARSITY TENNIS. [Renter's Service.] London. June 2. At Cambridge, in the inter- Varsity lawn tennis contests, Cambridge beat Oxford by 11 matches to 10.
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  • 125 16 At the Kajang lawn tennis tournament, the following were the finalists: Open singles: Huggins beat Doncaa ♦;_4, 4_6, 6 2. Open Doubles: Bagot and Johnson beat Huggins and Bridges G 4, 6 2. Handicap Singles A: Evans beat Bryant 6_3, 3_6, S-6. B: Whatford beat Grice
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  • 195 16 Anderson at the Garden Club. Seldom has Colombo had thc opportunity of witnessing such a brilliant display of ttnnis as that given by J. O. Anderson, the Australian Champion, at the Colombo Garden Club. His opponent was F. de Saram. the local Champion. Although Anderson
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  • 269 16 The Kuala Lumpur Mate he*. At the Selangor Polo Club Tournament, on Saturday, th*? Colony played the Malay States for the Mackray Cup. and won by six goals to five. The Colony got thai? six goals in the first three ehukkers, petting two goals in each chukker. In
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  • 131 16 Melbourne, May 1. The last has apparently been heard of the litigation between John Ramsay Corteen, George Tye, Cecil Temple Godby, and Hugh Harold Cairns, on the one hand, and the Victorian Amateur Turf Club and the V.R.C. on the other, in respect to the disoualification of the
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  • 121 16 Bombay, May 22. The cricket world la Bombay is full of I expectation of a unique cricket season this year. Indian Clubs and Gymkhanas have taken on themselves the task of finr.ncinjr the M.C.C. team to the extent of forty-four thousand rupees to enable it to
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  • 358 16 TURF CLUB DIVIDENDS. To the Editor, Sir, Being a new and ignorant member of the Singapore Turf Ciub, I shall be pleased if some of the older members will be kind enough to let me know how dividends on the Place Totalizators are being calculated. On
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  • 487 16 To the Editor. Sir,— The writer of the R. S. Y. C. Yr.ehting notes deplores the absence of one er more yachts which have gone the way oi" all things and have not been replaced and can be seen no more. Is it to -be wondered at that under
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  • 207 16 To the Editor. Sir Residents in the Straits Settlements deriving any income from Great Britain will be delighted at the New Budget, as the income tax remissions are very real. Briefly they a i*e as follows: Reduction in the standard rate of tax from 4s.
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  • 564 16 LIST OF STANDINGS SHOWS CHANGES ALL ALONG THE LINE. But contestants who lead to-day may be well down the list to-morrow. One of the most important things is that those whj have promised subscriptions should give their subscriptions now, as this is the greatest vote getting period of
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  • 59 16 TO-DAY'S TIES. Ladies Single (Open)Miss Wallis vs. Mrs. Olafsson. Mixed Doubles (Handicap). Mi^s Niblock and Moss vs. Mrs. Douglas and Rev. Douglas. Gentlemen's Doubles (Handicap.) Messenger and Rahussen vs. Hudson and Hudson. Hindhede and Lloyd vs. Abed and Abed. Cartwright and Hatchings vs. D. H. Hozell
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  • 68 16 Mixed Doubles (Open.) Miss Richardson and Ham vs. Miss David and Abed. Miss Wallis and D. H. Hozell vs. Miss Van Ess and Mosley. Ladies Singles (Handicap). Miss Olafsson vs. Miss Abed. McMullan and Gogan vs. C. E. Winter and Davies. Mrs. Meadows Frost and Mrs. Kirby vs.
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  • 51 16 Programme of Drills up to and for June 7th. Friday, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall. Band, Band Practice. Saturday. 2 p.m. Farrer Ranee, "A" Company, Musketry Classification; Bukit Timah, ,4 B" Company, Musketry Classification. Sunday, 7 a.m. Farrer Range, "A" Company, Musketry Classification; Fukit Timah, "B" Company, Musketry
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  • 16 16 Thursday, June 4th. Band Practice at Headquarters 5.15 p.m. FRANK. C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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