The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 June 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925. NO. 11,525
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  • 268 1 lhe position in China is still complicated Ther t has been fresh trx-tible at Shanghai, whilst attacks on Japanese and customs officials are reported from Jreaty Ports. At Canton an attack was made on the foreign settlement which was repulsed by British and French troops. Most of
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  • 1163 1 It is Strange that work should he %o well spoken of, and play M ||1, Ui[ MIUI M a of the mind, what bequest of dark <ii\ iniiydetesting superstition. moVOf Us U) >pc:ik our enemy fair u\u\ miscall MR friend 1 Even so did the old
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 291 1 WING LOO N G THE KE<O(;MSEI> HOUSE for KIROPFAN TROPICAL SUITS. st hk;h street. RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone Xo. 2920. (il EST NKiHTS. Dinner and Dance. Ever* Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, c_ Seventy r£«L besides SARKIES BROTHERS, the daily special dishes. Proprietors. Not woVds alone Not words alone convey
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    • 201 1 Investigate the 20 Royal Reasons. THE EASY WRITING To-day the number of Hoya] T>pc« liters in use exceeds 800,000. There are twenty reasons for this phenomenal record. Let us prove them to you in your Office, or send you the book expiair.injr them. r°ne:o Ltd. COLLYER QUAY 'PHONE 6-a BEACH
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    • 112 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Use a De Lux can»-ra Page 1. Sime, Darby and «'u for steel shrives— Patre 2. No throat irritation with State F> press Page 1(5. Notice re Ueeming of j.nns fa .Tnhore Page 11. Corrected list of Camnaini randMatai Page 14. Try the Expamet and lathing sold by
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH ntBRT.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 132 1 THE WEEK. Thmttdtty, 2oth. High Water. 1.18 p.m. Inter-Sehoo4 Games, Rjiffles. 2 p.m. Leajrue 111 Y.M.C.A. vs. Police. Friday, '2*th. High Water. 0.35 u.m., 1..*>4 p.m. Dutch homeward mail closes. St. Andrew's School Sports, Raffl. 3 p.m. League I: S.C.F.A. vs M: lays. Automobile Club mtjr., 5 p.m. Saturday, 27
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  • 199 2 Thf Committee gratefully acknowledge the following special contributions Per Mrs. Jas K enne dy. Lee Kim On, $50; S. J. Chan 50; On>* H« I Hin. Yap Teck Hai, Wee Bock Yan, A I v t- SSeng Lee Keng Kai of Chop G Jo4 and Co.
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  • 168 2 i \V at is «!eclared to be one of the finest season*! Cinema productions U comIng r.tr Alhambra Theatre shortly al i Fir-- National Attraction. It is "Omar j T The Tentmaker" with Guy Bate«. P the titular role, and is an adapta- J tfol Richard Walton Tully's
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  • 177 2 gh he lackl Lord Former's pi ysieal i d tu ami athletic prowess, the new Govei -General of Australia. S v Join J e Baivd. Bart, is aD.S.O. as well I ai M. P., and quite likely to hit it off j "\\t ith The Aussies. He
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  • 111 2 wry of a kindly action by the Queen i by Mr. F. G. Penny, M. P. for Ki'.. who addressed a leathering of I 1,000 school children at an Empire Da; ration at Kingston recently. He ■U1 .a the other day his chauffeurs was playing with another
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 515 2 TO-NIGHT! at TO-NIGHT; THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. CONQUERING THE WOMAN A Great special feature supported by LARRY SEMON, JIM AUBREY Etc COMEDIES. WAYANG PEK JEE. LEW KENDAL THE WORLD-RENOWNED PALMIST RAFFLES HOTEL, (Room No. 85) Consultation hours 9 to 5. SITUATIONS VACANT. Applicants for post of Junior Typist. Box No.
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    • 329 2 HAROLD LLOYD, KING OF MIRTH, IS < AGAIN WITH US. Safety Last His first 7 reeler has arrived. Watch for Alhambra's date 24th JULY R. M. DONATI, Distributor. PRELIMINARY NOTICE THE ESTATE OF SIM BIAX CHIN (Deceased). IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE 999 YEARS LEASEHOLD SINGAPORE BUSINESS PREMISES TO BE
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    • 477 2 AUCTION SALES. SHERIFF'S SALE. IX THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of Aik Chiang and Co.. Plaintiffs. versus. Chop Chi- Kkeag Huat Defendant,. AUCTION SALE OF All the stock-in-trade and furniture of a Rice Shop. Compr iron safos. chairs, picture?, Canton Uackwoed furniture,
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    • 334 2 From Tuesday, 23rd June, to Srnidav 9UITE A FINE ARRAY OF PICTURES OF DIVFP^r FROM DIFFERENT PRODLTKK^ 'V '< > A Delightful Variety to Entertain Rv»rvi AT THE K w yoody. ALHAMBRA In the Second Show at 9n n A PARAMOUNT PICTURE OF THRILLS Vtimy MELODRAMA U X T T
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  • 2044 3 REUNION OF SCOTTISH CHURCHES. NOTABLE PKJGRESS. <Frmn Our Own Correspondent V BJinburuh, May 27. fa 2S2S jf!* 1 1 the PresbyUt tan Churches of Scotland are at im sess:on in Edinburgh. In view of the™ wthrcuKh Parliament of the Church of Scotland Property and Endow met Act the
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  • 188 3 While the arrival of an aercplare in Biisbane from the South still excites the curiosity of residents, few realise that in this State continuous service, which so far has been free of accidents, has been in operation for four years. This applies to the Queensland and Northern
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  • 73 3 The King" has appointed Sir Malcolm Stevenson, Hieh Comniitioncr and Cow-o!an(!er-:n-Chi€i of Cyprus BiIMC Ui2o, to be first Governor of the bland* This follows on the decision of the Imperial Government t'> make CypriM I Colony. Thv 1 Admini*.at*"on <.f the Colony rince 1907 has beei
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 216 3 5» "^^•r i f OW^f Colds &/nffuonj& EUioft't Cinnamon Compound if a most effective medicine for relieving Coughs, Colds. Catarrh, Asthma and Bronchitis. Its principal ingredient, L Cinnamon, is officially recognised as a prt phylactic apa nst influenza and saailaf throat and chest aiFe&ion. Iu curative MOBCftirf quickly relieve Inciigr»tion,
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    • 183 3 This is the Prickly Heat Season The Ideal Preventive is Sole Agents: BARLOW 8 CO. Telephone 2790 HAND PUMPS. I FOR FACTORY, WAREHOUSE, CONTRACTORS' AND SHIPS USE. FOR FILLING TANKS, SPRINKLER CARTS AND GENERAL HOUSE PUMPING AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES. jfiMMf^ DEEP WELL PUMPS. I iJHI^^ w\> U¥T AND force puMps
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  • THE EDUCATION REPORT.
    • 1611 4 Dr. Winstedt's report on Education for the Straits Settlements contains much matter dealing with the activities of th< Department. We extract frtoiy. Staff. (a) At last the salaries and prospects of the Malayan Educational Service seem to have attracted notice In the United Kingdom. Seven European
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    • 1609 4 Higher Education. At present the highest educational Institution in the Colony is King: Edward VII College of Medicine, Singapore. This College is not under the supervision of the Education Department. Raffles' College, which is controlled by an Executive Committee of which the Director of Education is ex officio
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  • 317 4 A u-w veeka I ike, the wi-:i-i. Daily Mail. 1 «M it thick ivy, ami I iav a form b< lently before it. Th« next i plunged into the leave*, and ran- out, a crj thai one wo*M ha it impossible for bird to u
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 423 4 The trusted friend of |t mil/ions-make it yours II Andrews Liver Salt is the well-tried family I! remedy in the Old Country. It may well I be offered as h>*t aid to those who have I I the devitalising, enervating conditions of j a tropical climate to contend with. It
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  • 783 5 THE MYSTERY SOL\ El>. Recent trouble Ifa San Bias Indians, *an«iv.a, which has made necessary the ,vmlm K of an American warship u> tei the peace, ituses K au-r interest by reason of the fact tha: it is among those people that the -white Indiana," of mysttrioui origin,
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  • 161 5 ,!r. C»nh« Sel'rklv M h land of Gmem. Ifr. Gordon Sdfridsje, who has jus. returtM d from a lour ot Soviet Russia, recording his hmpressioni iii The Weekly Dfapatch, asjd: I do d«4 consider then' is sufficient money in Russia Co buy British roods. Nobody in Russia has
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  • 853 5 THE TWO SYSTEMS. In describing the agricultural extension 1 work in Java it must be kept in mind that OP stations serve two different kinds of agriculturists. We have one system of production on a large plantation scale, each unit comprising several thousand acres. The native
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  • 94 5 Tht diseovtiry of benzene by Faraday. I Inch supplied on€ of the foundation-stone* tl-.t synthetic dyesuiff industry, i? to be •lebiated at the Royal Institution (in the brratory of which the discovery \va* ade* 09 JviM lfith.. the date on which, a indred y«ars ac:o, Faraday's rommunica<n
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  • 583 5 Public Misapprehension. The death -f L.)id Milner from encephalitis lethargic*, oi» -sleepy sickness," baa brought into prominence diseaai of which much waa being written year ago, when thU country was subjected to a smart epidemic, not for the first time. The earliest appearance of "sleepy sickness" in ;nis
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  • 147 5 Pervious to Ullra-Violei Rays. A rcw l';is.s which will let into the homo, th< hospital, The workshop, and the office those ultra-violet rays of sunlight which .'.i lest at present owing: to the opaqueness of ordinary window glass, and should have curative and health-pivintr effects, has j been
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 101 5 a i "^^> v^^DnißC^ f Safety First! I with jrouf B ENO'B V 1 B tL e system i Jf i roubles, M alent in i; every i u<rr- 1 >;• 1v KVWHERE M 1 IN TWO SIZES »i»NS BAftkn M fiillCiCUS, p^ The Stindtr^ IHOIESOME, i^l for Purity u4
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    • 508 5 WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles Always Rub jrft «r> 4 j 2A^ U 3 ore Blistered Feet tj f[\ M IT Q UICKLY SOOTHES AND HEALS. \J M pEETthat are sore and blistered fnder infUroed tksoe, rooting out the cmn ii X A&s-^^ %M with
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1071 6 e w Hi Hi IH Hi I^IHIB HHII W OFFERED BY THE y SINGAPOBE PBEE PRESS H IN A GIGANTIC I I POPULARITY VOTING CAMPAIGN J CAMPAIGN OPENED MAY 23rd CAMPAIGN CLOSES JULY 18th. t vs X^vf^k I H --B1 m¥ll Ih A I $3,119.29 STUDEBAKER STANDARD SIX mHt I
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 224 7 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS 3 MAGNIFICENT CARS— A HOST OF PRIZES EASY TO WIN E~~ $400 Electric Chandelier fOF VENETIAN CUT GLASS Purchased and on Display at Frankel Bros. VICTORIA ST. No connection with any other firm in Town. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH AND NEW 'l PROCESS RECORDS-VALUE $200. PURCHASED AND ON
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    • 860 7 The following prizes will be given free to the persons having the greatest numbers of votes at the close of the campaigh, July 18th. 1925. Votes are given free and may be secured by receiving paid in full subscriptions from one's friends for the Singapore Free Press, and from coupons
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    • 204 7 $400 SILVER Tea and Coffee Service PURCHASED AND ON DISPLAY AT SINGAPORE'S LEADING JEWELLER B. P, de SILVA IHIPH STREET, The Store of Service >»=^ I Ht^Lji No. 1. A Kodak 9 I fillip W^^ ec^ a^ Lens. E m«S Purchased and on Display at fijP^iil^ KODAK LTD. 3, BATTERY
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    • 70 7 LEO FROM PARIS Is Showing every day his beautiful collection at PRICES WITHOUT COMPETITION. N. Amber Mansions. ONE $100 PARIS GOWN WILL BE GIVEN AS PRIZE. j— DAILY VOTE COUPON GOOD FOR 20 VOTES Save This Coupon Name Street Town This Coupon, neatly cut, name and address filled in and
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  • 861 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1925. "Dies Irae." Considering that we are within a few months of the seventh anniversary of the signing of the Armistice marking the conclusion of active fighting in the Great War, which was to end all war, the state of the world to-day as
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  • 322 8 Mr. J. D. Dalley. F.M.S. Police, is going OH long leave next month. Capt. R. L. Phillips 2-20th Burma Rifles is taken on the strength of the Malayan command. A late report las* nivcht waa received at the Shipping- Office notifying a typhoon J sixty miles distant in Lat 14
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  • 411 8 BIG BONUS PERIOD BNMNG. Saturday, June 27th, at 1 p.m. mark^j the closing of the second period of the Singapore Free Press's greatest of gre;*t Popularity Campaigns, and until that tinv the big bonus vote offer of 400,000 extr.v for every hundred shekels will remain
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  • 167 8 At the ordinary meeting on Friday. b< ■idea routine business, th p following will taken. Resolution by President with regard I th, plan> of the proposed Mew Municipal Offices. 'That the plans embodied in the repor dated 18th July 1924 and accepted by the Board on the 88th
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  • 335 8 We hear that Mr. K. N. \V. Wyatt hibeen admitted to hospital. M.M. Mr. J. Shelton hud an accident wlvuruling the other morning and has had t.. pro to hospital. M.M. Major H. K. Wallis, who Las !>et'n iclected as successor to Lieutenant-Colonel (ivahan as Commandant. Malay States Volunteer Regiment
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 31 8 (FlomUllr0 The Police iVpartn,,,,! Wi** mnel course of action by Z« m on the cinema screens [L man wanted in 00,,n,cti,,.' Wl/. Of I fisherman at lUtan
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    • 24 8 (From Our Owi. The engagement L« Hnnoiiiwi J< Weihen of th e Ctern S,,u a!i<l Dorothy, daughter of I Buffalo, U.S.A.
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    • 30 8 (From Our Own In«> preliminary enquiry hai in the caso against Dewsoi Borneo Motor,, for h am! breach of tru>t in l~ of petrol TWc.
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    • 48 8 (From Our Own 0 rretp M I'.nanj;, J unt Ihf Kedah Indian As«ocitl a resolution deeply deoloi doaUi of Mr. C. R. 1,,, n-coni profound appi fold sen*icei to th al?o asked tin- Editoi ward t eoi re 3 t<> the family.
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    • 32 8 (Prom Dar i Tin- Calcutta eorre.«p< iett< says th< employe I Bank of [ndia <'n li<iui.i:. ed Rs. :;4.">s»'. -ion found m Ti.. HrJ I June held I
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    • 14 8 The Indiar Tarifl that the rost< ms dui ink be Jais.
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  • 270 8 Reagkoai Strikf (By courtesy o( Nicl i £himbun»ha.l Tokin. Ji TK- anti-Kriti>'i strike in H I spreading and the Japanese Kemoved to th< Sh.m'" All the Japan *e residing settlement h.-r i oved to S (Canton OMtear] The <r ath it announced Mr. Diet member for Katosahi i
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  • 55 8 Mr. C. W. ««W the omw oi th« i Customs, h»« U( ..i,, Superintendent ol Mr. tolnei b r ac-tinjr Sun. rintendei I Dickson, irher tl Swvttonluiin t»- I l1 1^ Aceoffliitrto thf P sitv of London for i Dominion. »nd in th- Mr. (h- Ptow Lok« Lift A»nraP-' I
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 187 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BOLS SV 0 (wIN i» s tone Bottles) TO APPRECIATE THIS GIN THOROUGHLY THE BOTTLE SHOI LI) BE KEPT ON HE AND THE GIN DRINK NEAT WITH ORANGE Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) i:,. Robinson Road Telephone 228. > PATRONISED <^ -JSL tE^C^
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    • 10 8 J VERMIN ISE ■SH L AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co.
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  • CHINA IN TURMOIL.
    • 225 9 If] m h ON CANTON KI KOREANS. dn ..f >tud t.t>, woiknun. citizen^ 8 paraded ftkmg the Bund around quarter *\ui\ opined rhe oppotoria Hotel in the British C onind French marines ith machine-guns. The firing •>• minute* and a Fit-rich merisqtiier, ww killed and the ComCttstom* Kdwards
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    • 124 9 i mON GROWING WORBB. E[Reuter*a Service.] Hongkong. June 24 I haa l> en issued of a note f\v -h Consul-General at Canton fee eni on June '22 warning the thct nty attempt to penetrate "lurssioo at Shameen woul > force of arms and the Gov- be h-
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    • 36 9 fH t tert Service] London, June 24. «>f Combmnm, Mr. Chamng to CapUin Fairfax, said i evklenec that the disturhad Iwm fomented by anotaer Govenunrat. Close at:i being -iven to the si nation
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    • 41 9 [H:-.\.i^ Service] Paris, June 23. to the n cent incidents at ion, l'K'h) de Paris ISI not florftl the quite Uurn majority of. in France, especially •"•< ftrc showing magnificent attending lectures at the ■tudytec French civilis?- 11
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  • 403 9 THREATENED CLOSURE. THK I'REMIRK INTERVIEWED. [Router's Service.] London. June 23. Tlu crisis in the coal-mining industry wa* the cause of an interview between Mr Baldwin and Mr. Cook, Secretary to the Miners Federation, at Downing-street to-day, with a view to the Premier receiving a deputa tion of
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  • 77 9 [Router's Service.] London. June 24. The Houm of Commons has agreed to Government amendments to the* silk clauses of the Budget, reducing the duties on noil yarn and noil tissue to 17 and 19 pence perj lb. respectively, fixing the duty on undyed unprinted habutai at 6s.
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  • 175 9 NO CHANG* NECESSARY. [Reuter's Service.] London. June 23. In the House of Common.-, arising out. of a question as to whether, in view of j the high price of rubber, it was intended t«> make any change in production and res- j tiiction policy, Mr. Ormsby Gore stated
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  • 97 9 AM ATEUR WIRELESS SOCIETY'S ACHIEVEMENT. Programmes Picked Up at Nibunj? Tebal. IN >ides jrivine considerable- enjoyment every Sunday to listeners in Singapore and n iirhbourhood, the concerts transmitted by tin- Amateur Wireless Society of Malaya apparently are entrtaining folk far away Dp north. Information is to hand that the programme*
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  • PAINLEVE AND MOROCCO.
    • 67 9 A LARGE MAJORITY. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, June 24. The Chamber passed a vot:- of confidence in the Government by 510 votes to 30. Paris, June 23. The meeting of the Socialist parliametary party after the referendum was most confused, but the upset appears to be that the Socialist
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    • 317 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, June 23. The Chamber was packed for If. Painleve making a statement regarding Morocco. He emphasised the Government's wish for m»ace ami explained that France VU merely defending her territory. Government hoped to publish the joint FrancoSpanish peace terms shortly, but if the French
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  • 207 9 In addition t<> a selection of new 'fiction the undernoted works have been added to Raffles Library and will be available for issue on Saturday at 9 a.m. Arrow (G. J.) Fauna of British India Colcoptera. Bennett (Mrs. A.) Arnold a biography. Bradford (G. Bare Souls biographical sketches.
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  • 86 9 New Building Fi:nd. Previously i ckno\vledgr<.d $52.741. 1# Mr. Gan Khok Bcn# 100 Mr. Tan Soo Jin 500 Per Mr. Chco Soon Kenp;. Chop Tiar.gr S. n£ Chan $200 Chop Ban Mob 100 Chop Hiap Thye Cheanpr 200 Chop Encr Hin Konprsie 100 Chop Chiat Honp
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  • 572 9 CHINESE SITUATION AND ITS EFFECTS. (J vat anxiety is being felt amongst those whose staple food is rice, as the result of the continual increase in the price of this commodity, which has taken place during the past ftw days. With a view t<» be immune from exorbitant
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  • 92 9 This Council will meet on Monday a* Kuala Lumpur, when amongst other business the Chief Secretary's motion adjourned from last meeting that pending further information regarding the tilting problem it is undesirable to incur any further expenditure in connexion with the Pr:ti wharves or with dredging the Prai
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  • 46 9 The Royal Corps of Sipjnals will give I demonstration at Siglap Camp to the S.R.E. (v) Signal Section on Sunday ai 4.30 p.m. All Officers, W.Os. and N.C.O who are interested are invitttl to attend If transport is required Headquarter, should be informed.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 132 9 J£XM| Just Unpacked j The Latest in 7 Ladies < 'ih Morning 'Y/f -*^ys2o Vk 1/ and i \f Afternoon Hats. also Tally Ho Hats for Sports Wear. Robinson h Co., Ltd. (Incorporated i.i the S.S.) SINGAPORE. \v J] W. D. &H. 0 WILLS 8 rt INTRODUCE A NEW ft
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 198 9 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. There is a full agenda for the meeting on Monday next at 10 a.m. Mr. Everitt will ask whether the salary cf the Chief Justice has been reduced from $2,000 to $I,BOM monthly and if so why. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock will ask for returns of sales of
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 762 10 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. Taktaff cargo on throaf h Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Dn« Singapore. PYRRHUS London,
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    • 568 10 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. B.s. SUTTON HALL doe June 27 •I s.s. COLORADO doe July 28 s.s. CITY OP MADRID due Aug. 28 s.s.
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    • 590 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES o 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, London and Vm Due Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 1984 11 THE ATTACK ON THE GOVERNMENT. MR. CHUUHILL IN FORM. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, May 28. The attacks on the Government are rather dying away The House Qf Commons ?ave last Monday a second reading to Ihe finance Bill, which Mr. Churchill defended a speech of extraordinary
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 370 11 For WATCH VALUE ifing in accurate timekeepers itand the climatic conditions of the East. POCKET WATCHES JOHORE LEVER $5 Each. IN TWO SIZES MOTION' LEVER THIN PATTERN .11 BCREW Br>o E rl ASES -Id and Silver Hunters and Half Hunters. WRISTLET WATCHES NT.W PATTERN MOTION LEVER $12.50 Each. SCREW CASES
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    • 648 11 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. 30-6 THE STRAITS TRADING~co7TtD~ By Order of the Board, W. B. PENMAN, i- fi Secretary. 19. 21, 23, 25, 27; 29-6 THE STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD. Notice is hereby given that an Ordinary -nera Meeting of The Straits Trading ctZ Roistered Office. Ocean Building, Collyer Quay m
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    • 286 11 ON FURLOUGH. An officer of the "Greys" on furlough in the days of George If I. Much admired and much m love! Appreciative of all the good things in life. THE "GREYS burn with a clear, even glow to the very end, because they are evenly filled with the purest
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  • 994 12 MODELS OF STUART WARSHIPS. Southampton. Model ships of the rarest quality that are on view to the public any day of the week, and are hardly seen by anyone except a prospective American purchaser, may Idave the country in the next few months. This is the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 769 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUCTfcALJA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7 375 tons) tea MONTORO (5.000 tons). The u, MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins it I.uxe. single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 312 12 BOORDS I L Obtainable. Stocked by all dealers and Hotels. Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR \> MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djibouti and Port
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    • 206 12 LLOYD TRIESTINQ S.N. fo. i Incorporate HOMEWARD SAILINGS Bi-monthly wnriei For and Trieste via porti through Bills of 1 Levant and Black Set ports on tlu W. < D li i VEXEZIA j FIUME L. TRIESTE (carfi EBQUIUNO M.V. OITWARI) SAILINGS FOR HIN \M) JU'\\ Due t<> I Arrive, VT'MIDIA
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 727 12 SHIPPING NOTES. Almost a record number of arrivals were reported yesterday, over 30 vessel* entering during the day. MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kual* Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala
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    • 67 12 CLEARANCES. June t6: Ilinderoo, (Brit). METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (By courtesy of the Government Htalth Office). Kandan? Kerbau Station. For the 24 hour? ending midnight June 23 rd. Max. shade temperature 2 F Min. shade temjHriature 7^ Mean shade temperature s2.£ F Max. sun radiation 140 Min. gra>s radiation 74." K Sea
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 621 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers l(: Hamburg t Rotterdam, Arr Dept. •werp. Bramtn, via Colombo, Adtß and Port Said. Atl M Durban, AlgOt Bay. (Port Elizabeth.) Jlll> l6 Town, Rio, Santos, Buenos Aire.s C >lOmb f Chic Maru Juiy JuJv 4 1 t Ar^unMaru June 27 June 29 Btbo
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    • 445 13 SI2IMSEK* LINE Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK HLBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINBSS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in 110
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    • 699 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO L^S ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST FARALON Julv lft U.S.S.B. WEST SEQU ANA X^ 19 U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT efJ U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Oct and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For
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  • 1635 14 A WARM SPRING. DECIDING THE DERBY. (Fiom Our Own Correspondent). London, May 27. It is a lon.j time since the Derby has attracted so much attention, mainly because t?:e result was quite open until the very last moment. There was no popular favourite ami very little interest was
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  • 205 14 Captive Cubs. "Bili"' Ryan, the Boy Scout who attracted attention lasU year when he i'ccompanied the Kenya Cubs to Wembley, has added archer lion to his bag. On this occasion he performed a good deed in strict accordance with ths Scout principles by saving the
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  • 906 14 LIST OF STANDINGS. The following: is the state of the poll in our great popularity campaign cheeked up to 9 *m. yesterday morning. The list will be published at regular intervals on this page. D. P. Nathan, Kim Seng Place, 977,500 Miss H. M. May, cio Brinkmann
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  • 259 14 In all ages women, when they wished, have posed successfully as men. The converse, exemplified by ihe male "journalist" of .">2 sentenced at Halifax for obtaining inoiity under the false pretence that he was "a rather pretty young woman,' is rare enough. Anyhow, the gentleman in this case did
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  • 244 14 l.tm and New York to Act. The London and New York Stock Exchange* ara co-operating in an interna tional campaign to defeat *secuvity" swindlers and fraudulent stock promoters. This is revtaled in the annual repor: of President Simmons, of the New York Exchange. The activities of the
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  • 139 14 William Moore, 18. who, five weeks affO, walked from Sydney to Melbourne in search of work, is now walking to West Australia to see if he will have better luck there. He. left Melbourne recently on his 2000-mile tramp. Moore has to* help to support his
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  • 133 14 Years ajro a Bengal Pilot despatched t ?ea turtle from Diamond Harbour to Sealdah. It weighed about 2001bs. Confronted wi.h this monster, the booking' clerk was completely thrown out of his stride, an-i began a hurried and flustered search through the lengthy schedule of rat*^. He erave
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  • 114 14 The hi^ air»hi] wiA whici be mad.- of th( European i year, and n; India-Australia rom S eof U* derations In Commander Burney the Institute i f rrai »p standing charges of an lirship paitly o\v:>.vr he said, be la tWe "i v: and unit--- of the total
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  • 50 14 In hi tlj rtat* ferent bn w< tanks, itrnc the be* Ha* Par-.- Ss mon C< Haworth'i hv discovery *ai I palm sff eggs oft tion for the to he f and of the palm, the!pheless] Haworth' elusion thai would be riologisl I Times of India
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  • 35 14 Old. an! thoW Japanew I to be present I i wedding ol I Jap* Umt, h harakiri. open h letter expla mp under tin WiBh-tc ,<••■• entail wplanatioi tisgraet foi n a »'.t
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 128 14 Ny Carlsberg Beer SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, i (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE. I 1 The Navy's Choice I PLYMOUTH Obtainable Everywhere. E PIANOS, AYER-PIANOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES TIME PAYMENTS ARRANGED W. J. GARCIA I 219, ORCHARD ROAD. DYSENTERY AND
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  • 62 15 D June 24. Bank 4 m.s. r Bank demand }Ha££ Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 *J1! New Yoik, demand T£? Credits 90 days Fiance, demand sg?> India, T. T. U0 Hongkong, demand 4, r, 155 Yokohama, demand Java, demand 6 V Bangkok, demand "JJ 4 Sovereign, Bank Buying J?2
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  • 190 15 rni m Tons Gambier 1K7.50 Pepper White Pepper Black JV?J Flake Tapioca "JJ Pearl Sago Small Jf.? Copra 900 Copra Sundried }J^ Opium, Benares ;,r,t. Rice. Liang HH :hxn M ir 4000 B'ue Eaple (Old) n Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (N«w) n Rice, Siam old Xo.
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  • 295 15 London. May 27. There is little change to report in the general situation since we last wrote, and although the outlook at present leaves much to be desired. sentiment u improving, there is a more cheerful tone with regard to business in the near future. Copper— The
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  • 190 15 N Stock Afloat In Harbour. May robber declared in June: 2,483 tons Fi,«re s ..elating to stock, are those to, ,he iast day of the month. Harbour Board Stocks. i y H hoar B Q" «»»t May; Singapore and Penan, «ii on THIRD RESTRICTION YEAR. November. Exports
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  • 248 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. <.l. k. Macphail). \> ul Singapore. June °l tJ!, s 2 i up ld L^ i~ at JS^. 4 6d UP lOs Local ton. The rubber share market is active con sequent on the further rise in the price of the commodity and share quotation, 'tend
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  • 180 15 Singapore, Juno 21. I Tin.— £2."4 7s. Gd. Up 10*. Local 127.50. 22 >. tons. Rubber.— 3s. 2d. Up Id. Local 1.26. Robbers. The share market shows marked improvement, and most issues are in i demand. Nyala.* are wanted at 7, Crai j Kieleas at 82,
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  • 55 15 Yesterday's Alterations. K'.ichai Ords. 1.47 ||f Kuala Lumpur Tin 25s 6d 20s 6d c.d Malayan Collieries (10) 29.00 29.50 c o N. Taiping- <$) 80 82 1 Potalinj? Tin 1.78 1.81 xrfs R.'non^ Tin 52s 9d 53s 9d Talam Mines 81 84 Straits Traders ($100) 28.75 29.25
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  • 111 15 YESTERDAYS LIST. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 713th. auction yesterday, when there was Catalogued 1.089.410 lbs, 486.34 tons. Offered^ 585 601 ton. tOnS S ld 441 638 lbs W7 Ui London wkiSi PRICES REALIZED Uibbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per I b Standard Quality No
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  • 273 15 The annual report of the Ting Kil Tin Minn.-. Ltd., for the year ended April 30? h (which is to Le presented at the annual general meeting at Derrick and Co. at 13.15 p.m. on July 4th) states that tin:>r«»fit for the year, after providing for
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  • 39 15 Singapore, June 24. 12 noon, bmgaporo Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Spot 1.25% I.2G' j; Julv 1.25 1.26: July-Sept. 1.21 1.22; Oct.-Dec. I.IO V. 1.1 P'. London Quotation Sheet 3*. 2d. Mark t Strong 1
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1293 15 Assets over $5,500,000. llMiilll— """"'■■■^■■^"■■■■■■■■■^■■■a^aWMaWßß THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CmfiTSfiT HEAD OFFICE :-Winchester Hous* J s nCOrpOrated in Straits Settlements) The Company has £20,000 deposited with tSpremG (M v L °N D °N OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. bu P r eme Court of England, and complies with the
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    • 44 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). j FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds i Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. j Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. ft
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 293 16 TurnbuH's Great Fight. [Reuter's Service.] Wimbledon, June 23. In the second round of the singles iv. the Ail -Indian match, Jagat Mohan Lai beat Jag Mohan 6—2, 6 l, 6 2. The American, Hennessey heat the Englishman, Dicks, B—6, 6—3, 6 4. Crole. Rets beat the Davis
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    • 66 16 [Reuti-r's Service.] Troon. Jun«* -3. The weather to-day was jrU-rious with a very light breeze. In the qualifying round the leading scores were O'Neill 141'. Aubrt y Boomer (France), A. Compston (North Manchester* May 147. Other? who qualified include MacJonald Smith 154, Barnes 1 ,"».">, Kirkwootl 153,
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    • 24 16 [Reuters Service.] London. June 23. SeUu Nichimura, the Japtaeac champion swimmer, is training at Dover for a channel swim in early August.
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    • 348 16 Another Big Cambridge S*«»re. [Re.uter'< Service.] London, June 23. At Nottingham: Iliddtem defeated Notts by four wickets. Notts made 167 Payton 78, Durston four for 4ts> and 461 for declared (Whysall 82, Carr 123. Payton 126 not out). Middlesex replied with 127 (Barratt five for 44. Staples four
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    • 121 16 W. L. W. L. lst Ist Pts. Per. In. In. Vork- 10 0 0 1 51 92.72 Lanca. 8 13 0 49 81.66 S»rre-f 7 13 0 44 80.00 J****** R 2 1 0 43 78.18 Kant 5 9 1 n 28 62.22 ■Jjj*-*" I I 0
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 488 16 fcc!c Defeat S.R.C. Before a fair attendance at the Stadium \estirday, the S.C.C. defeated the S.R.C. by three goals to two. Th t > game was well C<mt>rt>d and marked by plenty of incident, hut thi quaiity of il.e football was not of the hi >t. A curious
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    • 97 16 Oilman Shield and K. Namitha's Cup Fixtures. Colman Shield. July 4th Java Pranakan vs. Marine IKpt. Meamlaunch 11. 11th Darul Ta'aiam I. vs. Kalzoni Bahar. ISth Personanpan Stia vs. Rhosdiah. tStk Kota Raja vs. Marine Dt*pt. Steamlaunch I. Kyes. Singapore PranaVan: Fathol Karib; Darul Ta'aiam Club II;
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    • 58 16 Goal* P. W. L- I). F. A. Pts. S.C.C. 6 4 1 1 16 6 9 S.C.F.A. 3 3 0 0 11 0 6 R. Sussex 3 2 10 7 5 4 R.A. 4 13 0 6 9 2 Malays 5 1 4 0 4 6 2
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    • 97 16 Goals P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Royal Sussex II 6 4 I 1 8 9 S.C.C. II 6 3 0 3 5 19 Police S I 1 2 9 6 "6 Y.M.C.A. 7 3 4 0 9 8 6 O.T.F.C. 5 2 1 2 S
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  • 139 16 The Indian community of Penang held successful "At Home" on Monday in honour of Mr. A. K. Muthiya Chettiar, who has just been appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Settlement. The function took placo at the Indian Association premises, which had been tastefully decorated for the occajsion; there
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 154 16 The Barnes Cups. The quarterly competition for these ups, which was begun on Saturday was •ontinued yesterday. In the first match B team met A team i very even and good chukker resulting icither side being able to claim any ad PMttftgj* as th^ 1 chukker ended
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    • 49 16 CUP FOR PEN ANG RACES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penan g. June 24. Mr. (hung Chee Choong, one of the partners In the Silap Kongsee. has offered I cup for the forthcoming Pfcnangr race meeting to be called the Chung Ah Yong Pup. in honour of his late father.
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    • LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
      • 43 16 Ladies' Open Singles Final. Misi David beat Miss Wallis »>—4, IU-— 8. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Mrs. Salzmann and Hirulhede beat Miss Abed and Abed 7 —5, t? —1. Men's Double Handicap. Hazel! and Smith beat Hill and Moss 7. t—S. 7 —.">.
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      • 33 16 Indies' Singles Handicap Final. Mi>s Richardson \s. Miss Abed. Mixed Doubles Handicap. Ifigfl Wallis and Stephen \s. Mrs. Finlav and Winter. Men's Doubles Handicap. Abed and Abed vs Hazell and Smith.
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      • 100 16 Stevmson played another ji^me at th«" S.C.C. last evening his opponent beinp 0 E. Winter to whom In etneedf^l the half of Too. Thi* pmfrnional was inj pood form, and Making 175,»»3,'j0, ."».">, 40, 47 unfinished ■IQWglt his breaks, easily ran to nil points. Winter BMcMajg only 455 t'
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      • 69 16 C RICK E T. The undermentioned have ln*en PelOeted to represent Services vs. Lanka Union en Saturday at Balestier (opposite Polo Ground). Start at 2 p.m. Lt.-Col. Haseldine. Lt.-Col. Postlet'.waite, Major Vyvyan. Capt. S.ephenson. Uapt Kidd, Capt. Russell. Capt. Brownjohn. Lieut. Phayre. Lieut. Seville, Cpl. Maynurd. 2nd Bn. the Royal
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      • 47 16 The Division A. competition will be h« Id on the Raffles Institution ground to day at 3.:*0 p.m. Parents and friends aiv cordially invited to attend. The following schools have entered:- Rafflt* Institution. St. Andrew's School Victoria Bridge School. Anglo-Chinee School. St. Anthony's School.
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      • 112 16 i 'asi.no. May IW. The Inquiry by Mr. W. H. Carmont, stipendiary steward of the North Coast Racing Association, into the case of alleged confession by V. Pyers (jockey) that he had used an electric battery when riding the horse Out of Fashion at Ballina recently, was
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  • 168 16 Lkut.-Col. Morgan, D.5.0., and the officers Df the 2 20 Burma Rifles entertained the following members of the M.S.V.R. at dinner on Wednesday night: Capt. V. C. Upton. Capt. W. A. D. Edwardes M.C., Lieut. L. C. Pearson, Messrs. J. H. V. Clarke, G. T. Holford, 6. L T Fiuude
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  • 465 16 TRAFFIC BRANCH CASES. Mr. S. P. Wilcoyson of the Straits Trading Company was charged in the Third Police Court yesterday morning with rash and negligent driving, driving without a licence and disobeying the lawful orders of P. C. 907. The offences are said to have been committed
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  • 295 16 Brisbane. May 18. With his !*'fr ey completely cio c ed and face considerably swollen, the little Spaniard. Gene Fernandez (i*.4>, presented a sorry spectacle at the Brisbane Stadium on Saturday night. Owing 10 seven cold Paul Demsky was unable to nu i et Jamito, and Fernandez,
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  • 25 16 An increasing number of officials are playing. golf, both in the morning and the evening, on the Royal Pages course at the Turf Club, Bangkok.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 223 16 HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEW "His Master's Voice" PORTABLE MODEL We have received new stocks. Choose ymiiv tt) j S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. THE ABCADB. SINGAPORE. The cause of throat -irritation Dust in an If /4y%//%/^ m m^ The husky effect produced by smoking mass-production cigarettes is caused by stalk,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 95 16 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CO^PS. Programme of drills up to and for Jun<> 28. Friday, 5.16 p.m.— Brill Hal, Band; 5.1Q p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Companv; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (V). Saturday, 2.15 p.m.— Drill Hall S.R.E. (V). Signals; 2.15 p.m. Bukit Timah "A" Company; 2 p.m. Farrer Range ChintM Company.
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