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

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, 5.8., SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925. NO. 11,551.
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  • 264 1 A distressing accident occurred in Melbourne to a number \iewing the maj-ch of the American marines I'age 9. Mr. Baldwin made his eagerly awaited statement anent naval construction In the House Page 9. The naval construction statement by Mr. Baldwin evoked liveTy questioning by Labour and other
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  • 1184 1 Quii'uuiit aynnl homines nosl ri tat jarraga Libdli Juvenal. The Topielst learns that the Singapore Municipal dccis.on. tinu all their servants must retire at sixty rive years later than civil servants is not animated by consnU ration <'f* the case of any one particular, officer, bat
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 175 1 (W ING LOONG lHi: RECOGNWBD HOUSE for gtjtOPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREET. I RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. CI EST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Saturday 25th. (THK SISTERS HARE will appear between the Sh. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. p- a SARKIES
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    • 195 1 A water test for a cigarette Shake the contents of an ordinary cigarette into a glass of clean water, and see the dark, uninviting tobacco, stalk, sand and dust. Do the same with a State Express Cigarette and observe the long strands of bright, clean Virginia tobacco, free from sand
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    • 135 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Wiacarais the wine of life— Page IG. Rynin Aniara a powerful tonic Page S, Shop houses and bungalows to let- Page 7 ll Bungalow la let furnished aa drove Estate Page 7. Coodyear tyres can I\. procured al Boineo Motors Page 4. Barlow- and Co for paint or
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 12. HIGH STREET.
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    • 106 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 25tJ?. High Water, 0.21 a.m., 1.24 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. Shooting: Singapore Bisley. Cricket. Merchants vs. P.S. 1 L. Football: Malnya (up Final, Stsidium. League II: S.C.F.A. (P) vs R. Sussex. Cathedral Carnival, 10 1 p.m., 4 7 p.m. Sunday, 26th. High Water, 1.0 am.,
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  • 383 2 (T<» the Editor ,4 the Spectator.) Sir,- A. s member of the Advis Committee appoin eo nsider the above subject, w:ll you permit me t< rj> that public discussion upon this subject might well he postponed until Mr. Amery ha* had an opportunity to consider th<
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  • 85 2 Mother's Discovery at Th. Graveside. Wells-ton (Oklahoma), June 19. A sensation was caused here when a sixteen«year old girl, named Bertie West, who waa about to be lowered into the grave was found to ba merely in a state of coma. Th-> mother bad naked
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    • 365 2 THE HAPPY yALLEY LTD. FREK DEMONSTRATION TO INTENDING PURCHASERS OF WIRELESS SETS From 840 upwards complete on Wednesday and Sunday. GRAND CHANGI OF PROGRAMME AT THE ELITE CINEMA NEW PLAYS AND SPECIAL EXTRA TURNS AT THE MERRY OPERA 00. CHINESE WAYANGS. feaanßaaa^Bartßasßaaaaawaaaw^MSßßSesaaeaav I MISS ISHIYAMA. LIGHT MASSEUSE daily 8 a.m.
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    • 444 2 VICTORIA THEATRE M FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS August 10th: REALISTIC FILM ZEEBRUGGE CELEBRITY TOURS, under the direction of A. Strok August 27th: MISCHA LEVITZKY THE FAMOUS CONCERT PIANIST December 10th: RUTH ST DENIS WITH TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS January 1926: JOHN McCORMACK THE WORLD RENOWNED IRISH TENOR. Soiiday, July
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    • 156 2 TO-NIGHT. The Great British Super p n "MOON OF ISRAEL AT THE SURINA THEATRE (North Bridge Road Matinee To-day at 2.30 p.m CHILDREN HALF Price Booking at Messrs. Kelly and Wahl NO FREE LIST. The Film that Packed the Pa| 4C{ Theatre, London, Twice Daily for Nine Months I rl
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  • 949 3 WHAT EXILES REAO. (By H. M. Tomlinson.) There is a book-store in Raffles-square* Singapore, in which, as in the Botanical Gardens of the island garden^ so deserved famous tbat as a rule you may Have them to yourself *U day you may learn much that is not
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    • 347 3 The ENERGY <^a»afJ of HEALTH y__W^l Your growing child ia expending far more energy in The Glaxo-fed baby ia free from on ler to keep his health than he "sk of such dread diseases would in England Everything is 8 Enteric and Tuberculosis against him— the heat, dust, mos- (consumption),
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    • 301 3 I£ L U a lr you have any a Paint or Varnish Problems 1 Let Wilkinson Heywood Clark Solve them for you P With their experience of over one hundred and seventy LnJ jU years, their up-to-date research Laboratories staffed with 3 IH keen and capable analytical chemists, they have
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  • 722 4 SPORTSMANSHIP ON THE ROAD. Hew very safe and easy motoring would be if everyone who drove were a good sportsman! I drove horses as a child in pair, in tandem, sometimes Oh, happy hour! a team, and for a large part of my life I have driven a
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  • 114 4 To thoroughly test out the possibilities and performing ability of the new Hupmobile eight, a prominent Sydney business man planned an extensive tour through the country districts. On a trip covering 12M miles, and embracing all kinds of roads and conditions imaginable, except for starting the car
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  • 98 4 In moving th e adoption of the report at the annual general meeting held in Glasgow, Mr. T. A. Gallie, the chairman of the company, intimated that the company had no forward sales, but was selling from day to d-^v as shipments arrived, thus taking advjifTlage of the good prices
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    • 255 4 THE mechanical parts of the Hupmobile are 1 conspicuous by their silence. The engine, I ever powerful, ever docile, runs smoothly and quietly. The springs, the truss rods, the doors, all parts perform their respective duties without clatter, without rattle. The Hupmobile driver must of necessity signal his approach by
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    • 221 4 FOR bbWT CONSECUTIVE HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIEUT COL. aft MRS STEWART RIDING A ST.\Nh ARI) rf^m9mmammmww. Rudge-Whiiworth [Four Valve n Four Soegri 2*4 H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERY TRACK NEAR V H \s Ift H.P. MODEL 21 World's Records WERE CAPTURED IN THE EXECUTION Of
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  • 544 5 F. Bradley, Continental eorres- The Autocar, has recently eon- to thai journal his experiences in of a car fitted with the I.avaud atic transmission, tha peculiar funcjun of width is to provide a gear-box Krtion which requires no change of gear. ntk>n takea away the need fur
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  • 305 5 New Tower of Arrest for the Police. London, June 20. The peril of the roads was one of tha subjects debated in the House of Commons yesterday during the third i catling of a lengthy Public Health Bill which embraces a wide variety of subjects. 1 ord
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  • 155 5 Coroner's Comment. At the Inquest held at Lancaster on a woman who was knocked down and killed by a motor-coach as she was crossing the road after alighting from a motor-'bus, the driver of the coach, admitted that he had no left hand, but said he
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  • 210 5 The Asiatic Petroleum Company send us an illustrated brochure bearing the above title, explanatory of the method of applying m» xphatte and spranaex to roads. Tropical country 'oads are largely dealt with and there are seveial views of tholoughfarts in Singapore. The technical -ide of load-making is
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  • 147 5 Years ago, when the bicycle was new, theie was a picture in "Punch" of a gentleman grinding toffee with the strange machine. And, indeed, it is a wonder that the bicycle has not been adapted to do household work. This week, however, there has been in our
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  • 130 5 Disturbing as is the noise caused by heavy lorries and cars driven at an excessive speed, we hope that our road-makers will not be worried with it. In Parliament. Mr. Penny asked the Minister of Transport whether he will consider the advisability of introducing a system of Caniveau
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  • 37 5 At a public house in N< rmanton hangs a notice which reads as foi lows: "Horses to follow Puncral horses. Horses to watch Pocking horses. Horses to miss U.'.naway horses. Horses to avoid Race horses.
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    • 100 5 I GARDNERcar im i.. -u^ j B driven. /^*^~___^_\F^^m\\ BL jfd__ki^^lm__ J^m^^_B__B__j*r mv j__m i___*^^ mm 'wLmmmm Br mmm^^^^^^^Ktm\ ■AW-e-Bm^ WW V H BB^^fl H' B^^^b V fc m^ p» Iv w'^^Sar >^ S^ Z^MM^zx^BBBBaBBBBIaB^BBIBBIBB^BV hHI B^^l m^L^f i.iuuiteed. —^Z^^^^km- •'•^BMB^B^^^^^^^ Quality has been the chief factor in the GARDNER'S
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    • 153 5 I THE NEW 1 A NEW TYPE OF BEAUTY X MANY UNIQUE FEATURES j? EFFICIENT HYDRAULIC FOUR-WHEEL DRAKES J IMPROVED GEAR CHANGING. SPECIAL STEERING DESIGNED FOR BALLOON TYRES. 5 LIGHTS CONTROLLED FROM CENTRE OF < STEERING WHEEL. GENUINE BALLOON TYRES. BALL TYPE ACCELERATOR. Handsome an Complete Equipment 5 The new
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  • 1446 6 FOOTBALLERS AND THE BLACK ART. It is queer how the mascot habit cling? in football. I suppose there is more superstition in our game than in any other sport, and the faith-healing belief in the mystic powers of colours, charms and lucky signs it, as powerful
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  • 578 6 Young Australian's Experience. In an effort to demonstrate, in order to win a bet. that it is possible to travel round the world on a capital of £10 Mr. J. W. Wright, an adventurous Australian of 22. has completed half the journey by arriving on
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  • 533 6 Jack Kearns, manager of-Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, states a New York message, has informed the New York Boxing Commission that Dempsey will never fight again. The champion is now married, he is more than well enough off not to enter the ring again despite the big pur-L~
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  • 241 6 Discussing the desfre of the Dsjsjsjssjassj for closer consultation and more continuou-co-operatiim with the Home Country. MiHarold Spencer, in the Contemporary Review, says they have not. strangely enough got very much further. They ar.' certainly not satisfied with the official machinery af our present Commonwealth relationship"The
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  • 141 6 Notwithstanding the denials which h:«\been made during the past few weeks, th Un.on Government has been directly ap proached by the Pokker Company, of Ams terdam, with a view tt» the early es'nhlish ment of a commercial aviation service in South Africa. The proptisals provide for
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    • 452 6 A Powerful Tonic jq Y N I N k AMARA 4 Bynin* Amara quickly restores strength and energy to the system when run down or suffering from the after effects of illness. It stimulates the digestion and enables those who suffer from loss of appetite to enjoy their meals thoroughly
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    • 295 6 Don't be a Slave KIDNEY TMui| Kidney Trouble complaint, hut yo« you miserahlr. oi k in rare casts Kidn. to treatment uith I) the retneth is u,tl, I hemists cxervM and ,t h A Wise Plan to keep ana >ou v m t.iK, inaaaaana am n 'l-L I here n
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  • 968 7 AQUATIC PARIS. (lrom Our Own Correspondent). Paris. O* lata athletic Paris. ans, ho h young and middle-aged, have taken rowing most seriously, exery evening and week-end holiday seeing them afloat. Beginning with the art. heal lake in the Bois, they learn to pull I LogeUlcf, with a long ami
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  • 793 7 'Tahle Talk of G.8.5." _f$ Ar.hibal.l Henderson. It would be difficult for Mr. Shaw to have found a better reporter than Mr. Henderson. Mr. Henderson is no Boswell; he hasn't the slightest idea of Art in dialogue. His notion of conversation is to throar a stone at
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  • 98 7 "A.M.8." wishes to express his admiiatlon of General Riminjrton's letter. "an«l his wonderful presentation of his picture. I try to visualise a scene at the Oval. Jack Jones, honest workman and Trade Unionist, has laid his hundred and Nth hriek (restricted output). He strolls (,ff to the
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  • 614 7 1 pn ihe occasion of my engaging h'm, Mr. Pereira, in addition to a number of highly > uphemistic statement a anent bla experience will ability, infor. i.e.. me that m spoke English "100" weli. 1 am inebneo to agree with him. The mastery he displays of
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  • 248 7 Secrets of a Doctor's Consulting Room. Paris, June Li. Th<- Ifaraeilles poliea affirm ;hat Dr. BoUgratf who ia under arrest on a charge of murdering; a bank cashier named la; (pies Rumebe, was in the habit of hypnotising his patients in order to rob them. The body
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 418 7 BUSINESS CARDS. 2 V**r- a [Vast nd for the Illustrated J a ratalognc of Musical Instruments. S \SON CO., LTD. HI nnd 113, North Bridge Road. g .-.OS >o**tt**********»ttfl.«fl.« "CARS FOR HIRE. Great Reduction in Rates THE ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. j Road f>9-b, Bukit Timah Rd, Nos. 1801 snd
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    • 579 7 AUCTION SALES. REMINDER. TO DAY, SAURDAY. AT lO.S* A.M. DISTRESS BALE. IN THE SUM B Si E (GIRT OF illE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE In tho C:.v.<o of Mrs. A. S. Hay.,,, Landlord versus XV Seelhorsl Tenant AUCTION SALE OF Ail the Stock-in-trade, furniture and fittings ol a Dispensary.
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    • 544 7 r 11 m ~^B vns w; PRISMATIC (OMPASSKS DUMPt LF.VKLS. TRANSIT THKOIm.LITKS. ARNKV LBVBI S I and Surveying Instrument- af BOOTS deaCTiaiioa can be delivered imm< dJately, also large .st<»cks af KKRRO— PRI'SSIATK PAPKR KKRRO- GALLIC PAPKR TRACING (LOTH TRACING PAPKR SKCTION PAPBB AND DRAWING MATBBIALt. THK MOST < OMPRKHKNSIYK
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  • 29 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. DEATH. PARK: At Glasgow. 23rd July, tht- sridee of tht late William Ross Park, mother ot* G. J. I'ark. Straits Trading Co. Agvd T."i. i Hy cable!.
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  • 558 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, JULY 25. 1925. The Devil and the Deep Sea. The Premier has succeeded in j doing exactly what many impartial minds regard as the genius of British politics he ha-s made a compromise, between the Treasury and the Navy in the matter of nev cruiser construction.
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  • 496 8 On the assumption that the original explorer of the group of mountains that lie in the interior of Perak never saw the real plateau, an attempt is being made to suggest another name for what we hope will become the much wanted Hill Station of Malaya. Major
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  • 807 8 Mr. D. J. Lynch is recognised as vice •onsul for the United States at Singapore. 1 Mr. J. T. N. Handy is appointed an 1 >xtra assistant Controller of Labour, Sinpa- I pore. Mr. G. S. Chapman, manager, the Knglish Electric Co., Ltd., has left Penan* for Ipoh. Mr. A.
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  • 76 8 There was a sequel in the Police < Bart* yesterday morning to the fight BOtao n f'aptain,-Van der Wai ami Mr. Hopkins, ftf the Hotel Orchestra, the day Before. Tin Dutch skipper was rOTgsd v. iti, volun- tarily causing hurt and the esse was postponed until the
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  • 193 8 The Hon. Orgs h.s aaVa ths R IMth. Th, n,, •ill ki Kl In Bodee ka their seas,,,, opens, r,U, rai shop. i„ K *o»July2*th aoaooii an ngjanra Lumpur aad I -aaaoof half h,. ssaai 01 lto Fxh,!,-., -EOOsOOOtO mn;. gee, Al ttdcet aad oeej fca
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  • 66 8 TMrtjr-Bvf In tin pn the men i I-, i OaVi Master Genei > Dr| and me in b) perinl v l wa- >. li in t m Yahin Use > Tin pri u I Mr. H Governor, in lecipient Ehrol 'i N -ta... I liigfa u/ lb-;..
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  • 19 8 BJ Im >• aitaool mu (al aorai a -t.-it.-i. dies t«> -I ■eso I for raea > l tan
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  • 17 8 ItreiU am' him. nt i Veaten ;,u BooU Wi 'HI. .11 m|' fj mha an. l \ft
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 162 8 -THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" ll Veuve Clicquot M\ CHAMPAGNE *^^^^^K-' ea Sole Agents L^fibsil Caldbeck, Macgregor U Co., Ltd. S^ftraiszS^ i (Incorporated in Shanghai). Njg-- r> Ro binson Koad Telephone 228 PATRONISKI) ♦> A J^O&K^ BY KOYALTY PRESENTS FOR WEDDINGS AND ALI. OCCASIONS Entirely New Gooda Consisting of Moat
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    • 25 8 FOR ALL J VERMIN USE a^S L AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. a^aLg^BLJP^-ao^ oj sj m *B_ m m W r .PEARS' GOLDEN SERIES. i
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  • 227 9 A COMPROMISE. rWO TWO— THREE. I Reuter'a Service.] London. July 2:5 ,n. making his eagerly expe< c..ns' ruction statement in the Dromons, announced that two ...tild ba begua in October, two and three yearly thereafter. ernroeirl bad also decided oa tao nation of nine destroyers, six together
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  • 121 9 SI RESSING A( IDEMReuter's Service]. mm mm m Melbourne, July 23. two divisions ot* the American i California, flying the Vdmira] Robinson heading thirteen .it Sydney, and Admiral Coontzs Melbourne c n>i>ts of four bat'fiii f!-\ and twer.tyeight de.= i the American naval oujrli enormous and ent'iu.
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  • 67 9 r [Reuter's Service. l Paris. July IS. reports that on the night of exj upiii; of tho Emperor ee, of Leningrad, were exthout trial and sixty deported to North of Russia or imprisonited include Prince Nicholas as! Russian Premier. i for th. executions i s alleged 1 in
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  • 12 9 Service]. London. July 2.1. Rea ling have sailed fo»«
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  • 58 9 Reuter's Service]. London, July 21. 1 strike of the wool and ferred to in the House Wednesday has already itives arc resisting a 5 the cost of living employers declare is nemeet foreign compcti- Sunday, August 2nd will vive another recinusic, and dining the service of methods
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  • 254 9 A WEEK LONGER. SAFETY MEN KEI»T OX. [Renter's Service.! London. July 23. The Miners Executive is instructing the miners to cease work on July 31, except foi a minimum number of safety men. On the conclusion of the meeting of the Miners Executive, a special committee of
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  • 33 9 [Renter's Service.] Ilerlin. July 2:\. After a speech hy Herr Stresemann in the Reichstag, that body by 235 votes to 158, with thirteen abstentions, approved of the Government's foreign policy.
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  • 112 9 [Reuter's Service]. Capetown. July 23. The Assembly has read for the first time a bill embodying, the Government's Asiaticpolicy, and directed towards a very considerable reduction of the Indian population by the application of pressure tc supplement the inducements held out te Indians to leave the
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  • 67 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. July 24. A communique from Fez says that the enemy were caught under a heavy bombardment <tf artillery of all calibres in the vicinity of Ainaitcha and Ainmatouf in full retreat northward of the Wergha. with the people and herds of many villages. The
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  • 39 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. July 23. A fire in the cargo of eggpulp, gambier and feathers in No. 1 hold of the P. and O. liner Kalyan at Tilbury Dock to-day was extinguished after three hours.
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  • 100 9 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow. July. 21. The Norwegian air man, Captain Brans, has arrived at Berlin and submitted to a conference of experts the plans for a Zeppelin expedition towarda the North Pole under Nansen in 1i»27. The route is to be from Murmanck to Franz
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  • 56 9 [Reuter's Service.] Melbourne, July It. Anxiety Of t<» the effect of the shipping sti ike is deepening. Unemployment is in- creasing. The Prime Minister (Mr. S. M, Bruce) is urging both sides to strive foi i an early settlement as it is impossible for I the Government to
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  • 77 9 STATED TO BE NON-EXISTENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, July 24. I have made particularly careful inqui- lies amongst prominent Chinese Es ate owners who declare that the supposed 6,000 tons of uncouponed rubber is non-existent. All excess stocks of rubber were exported long ago, and consisted
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  • 552 9 The Cathedral Carnival, to which many have looked forward for some time, opened yesterday afternoon \t\ the Victoria Memorial Hall, and the scene presented was one of the gayest that has been witnessed there for a long time. After Mrs. Hayes Marriott had declared the carnival i
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  • 49 9 Sentence of six months rigorous imprisonment was passed in the Police Courts on a Chinese named John Cheng who was convicted of having stolen a jade bangle areas a marflh a motor bus in North Bridge road a few nights ago. The accused had been previously convicted in Johore.
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  • 176 9 keeper enter the house. Accused waited about five minutes, but the Malabari did not come out, so accused went to the house, waited on he staircase for about ten minutes and, fiad_ ing the door open, he slowly walked up the stairs to the room, where he saw the Malabari
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  • 981 9 MIDNIGHT MLRDEK IN KAMPONG. Malay Sentenced to Death. A sordid story of a brutal murder in a Malay kampong at Telok Kurau about midnight on May 18th., when a Malay woman was s'abbed in twenty places all over the body, was told at the Assizes before Mr.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 117 9 "TRICOLINE" Equal to Silk Materials #NEW STOCKS JUST RECEIVED Our pattern card of 20 different Shades will he sent on application. r Suitable for jj j Ladies' a>i\d LJil OKildreiVs Yf Frocks etc. '^9 Men's SKirts. Robinson Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlemeri SINGAPORE. ij You get full value
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    • 736 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Servicee 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 Pointa. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. GLAUCUS London, Rotterdam
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    • 521 10 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "EIIERMAirn.INE PASSENGER AND TREIGHT SERVICES TO -UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s.COLORADO due July 28 t s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aug. 28 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE due Sept. 28 Calls Antwerp.
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    • 488 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIM (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CAMO HotV* PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM h in Mm LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER\ r (Under Contract with His MajestyV G OIIWARDS FROM LONDON. ROME* For China and Japan. lor Marseille- i Due d ***>-> Tonnage.
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  • 694 11 WHAT USE ARE OUR PEERS? i KOM THE AMERICANS. t ri American tells the he d.scovers something we had forgotten. America's wartime Ambascame here a child in our death his letters have many of them are postto us, platitudinous it ling, know that he concluded nobility was not degener.lly, the
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  • 689 11 CIVIL WAR IN ENGLAND INEVITABLE. Army Must be Won. The fifch chapter of" Trotsky's book, Where is England Going?" is devoted, says our Russian Correspondent, to preach.ng the necessity of "revolutionary violence" in the opening stages of the "pending English revolution," and the inevitability of the
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  • 69 11 'Tin a self-made man," announced the father, introducing his son to the Head of a big Public School. "I never had no education, and I don't want Bert spoiled by over-education, but I'd l.'ke you to teach him some of the things I never 'ad time to learn." The
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  • 1133 11 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. HONOLULU'S SURF RIDING. "Paradise of the Pacific and centre" I beg pardon "centre of surf-riding." So might tbe writer of a tourist-agent's
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    • 91 11 j w ±i. j _^>a»«^^^^^gjpjpr __*mame___ "meeee -d**m^__ wsy __m mm m^l ~^_f_mm_r ,^»ji; \W j* mmmm— mmm— —w—*ww—. 1 IT IS USELESS I I Ai _f k I spending money advertising h an article which cannot ft fal honestly be recommended i V to the public, hence V I
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  • 82 12 The master of the Noorebar reports that the Takong Light was not burning on the night of July 20th. The P. and O. Lahore, has left Hongkong, and is expected to arrive at this port at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, the 29th instant. The P. and O. Delta,
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  • 60 12 Three twakow owners were charged in the Marine Court yesterday with, failing to keep free passage with their craft by lying outside No. 3 buoy in the Singapore River. In the first case, the defendant was fined $4 and costs. The other two men were fined $3 for
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  • 116 12 Under the command of Admiral Thomas Washington, who as a captain commanded the battleship Florida in the Great Fleet during the war, the forces in the United States Asiatic Fleet include the cruise** Huron as flagship, 20 destroyers, ten gunboats, three minesweepers, three fuel ships, four
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 490 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUOTRAUA.) f FOR SYDNEY, MIJLBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tona) nnd MONTORO (5,000 tons). L- 'm 1- mm 'l The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia, Cabins Luxe,
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    • 657 12 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. SEVENTI* SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Matins and^fcitany. 4 p.m. The Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. During the following week at the Cathedral: Monday 7.40 a.m. Matins, fe a.m. lioiy Communion. 8.30 p.m. Social (Mtn)
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    • 267 12 I BOORD'S tl Ll^i Obtainable. B I _*a Stocked by all dealers and Hotels I I Sole Agents: I JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated in England.) I SINGAPORE AND KUALA U l|p| R. I I MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Servicer. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY
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    • 249 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO SA t Ineorp •i HOMEWARD SAILING Bi-monthly service for Brintoi, and Trieste via p<rt- takinf cup through Bills of I ah- t Levant and Black Sea port L P'rts on the W. t ,f i t lhi.- wU \rn\f S,i 1 nun i r DUCHESSA .IAOST OITWARD S
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 677 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala 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 Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 720 13 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr Dent Tondon. Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Amazon Maru Aug. 14 Aup- 3? purban. Cape Town, Rio, Santos, ideo, Buenos Aires via Colombo, f Manila Maru Aug. 5 Aug. 8 Colombo and Bombay f Bingo Maru July 24
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    • 440 13 ■H^ SfEAMSBIP UNE t^SS* Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 88 Days to BOSTON 41 Dayß to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTS CLBANLINBSS. via Colombo, 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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    • 686 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST UNE. OPERATED FOB UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST FARALON July 27 U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Aug 14 U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Sept U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Oct. and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates
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  • 339 14 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER The only Morning Daily in Malaya and the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements. Telephone 56. Cable Address, "Advertiser." P. O. Box No. 206. Communications relating to News and Editorial
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  • 482 14 Logic of the Subconscious Mind. People* who regard palmistry as a means of finding out when they will be married or whether they will ever be wealthy may not be greatly interested in Scientific Palmistry, by Noel Jaquin, but those who are interested in the subject
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  • 200 14 Proposal to Subsidise British Producers. A move has been made by a powerful group of British industrialists to promote a Government subsidy for British film producers. The proposal which they have put before the Government is that all non-British films shown to the public should be taxed
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  • 132 14 "You Cannot Sell Goods by Strikes." Mr. C. T. Cramp, industrial secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen, speaking at a railwayman's meeting at Dovercourt, said: "I do not depreciate the- strike weapon, but it is useless to blind your eyes to the fact
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  • 29 14 Modern journalism has suffered from an absence of a moral science to assist it in facing the difficult problems that arise as to its responsibilities. Mr. G. K. Chesterton.
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  • 401 14 EX TR A -TER R ITO R I A LITY. Powers' Policies Defined. Great Britain, the United States ani Japan are compelled to act in harmony in their China policy and they are compelled to work out a China policy which is of benefit to that Republic. But it must
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  • 430 14 The Chinese "Christiai general Feng Yu-Hsiang. has ore of the most remark- I able armies on earth. His men arc for- bidden to smoke, drink, gamble, or loot— and they s\vea r very littlf. This in a land where the cigarette is universal, gambling j übiquitous, lootinir
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  • 24 14 The ideal politician would be the elderly woman who had brought up a family, and learned to deal with human nature. Miss Rebecca West.
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  • 465 14 "MOSELEY UM." American Proposal to Honour A British Scientist. From Copenhagen comes the announcement that Professor Bohr, after two years of experiment, has succeeded in obtaining by refined-chemical methods the new element "hafnium" in the metallic form, though at present the process is so costly that it cannot be utilised
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  • 184 14 TWO MORE ELEMENTS DIS COVERED. Two ynuiikf German scientists have, according to Professor Walter Nernst. one of Geimany's scientific Nobel prizemen, sur'ceeded in discovering two "new" elements. The list of "missing" eiemen's has now been reduced to three. These two elements whith have heen [rounded up are found in fantastically
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  • 185 14 First Flight Achieved by a Pigeon. The following remarkable iter? is told by the Times of Ceylon of the 17th inst.. as follows: News has just been received ly Mi. Fred Ginger, of Riverside, Mutwal, that a Rac ng Homer having a ring bearing his tegistered
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  • 53 14 At a weli-kr.own seaside hotel where "every BO dern convenience'' is offered, electric baths and massage are now to h- hati. During lunch there M Whit-M.mday a ladwas heard to say: "1 have often seen th* 1 word* 'Massage, its Maritime*,' but till now I never realised what
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  • 23 14 Kxctpting tho < fficials of th.- Soviet, I don't remember seeing I single mile during my trip in Russia. —Mr. Gordon Be*» j fridge.
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  • 273 14 Too many aid ed. and an- r I county fannh,.. their librar*. order t„ saVi ■till aaaM b ft. octavos „f Bm Bey, and Mluiilj mi)! [leather which t, i, UM and W I thos, Seventeenth lure of sermoi ee ■nlaappy if i did Btatt the ah. I
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  • 193 14 Volume V. of Um ara rad aaai Hotaaaidevf, I Mai -hai. is fee IM< spt.tkv of the aperai la at the aaajiaaiiaaj al 1 1 say* that the much more favourat remi command "in th. i uiit arrived a; >.• v Moltka and myself ii stopped operat
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  • 68 14 I tl. I llH< The authonn--1 evidence confirm,! oaaaaoi tioo aoiaw iiun.i*t M cent 1\ am led. ketee laiaaioaptad i I h.k. < m "f the airoat io Cairo. The letter i* OT** the It IaOO Ihi head,, d« tailed instruction-* i minute parti. -u' tion*.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 198 14 Ei^l^^AMcllln's Bal^^^l^gn l\ l Is a Happy Baby g\ f *$£ss^ ZZj That is because Mellin's is specially <\)&**&___\+ E Ze suited to baby's delicate digestion. Any vJ^£-> E doctor will tell you that if the digestion Hv^ -1 is right.baby is right. Start with Mellin's V A it::: 1
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    • 22 14 PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES TIME PAYMENTS ARRANGED W. J, GARCIA 219, ORCHARD ROAD.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 452 15 Assets over $5,500,000. r MkAiftiiA 9 Assurance in force over $19,000,000. I I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMlTED(lncorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE --Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British
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    • 494 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 t fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.80,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. i Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq.
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    • 480 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. k (Incorporated in Hongkong) B Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 p Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 P Reserve Fund: Sterling 4,500,000 j Silver $26,500,000 F Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 C COURT OF DIRECTORS. I J W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmar. I
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    • 667 15 m^^^^em ____________________Z MARKET PRICE LIST. TV Singapore, July lg. ne prices quoted are generally those urrent at Clyde Tenace Maiket. At the ther markets there may be small varial ions. MEAT. ieef Steak (Round) Kati 44 jeef stew or curry do :jS lean do 64 <>rk, lean and fat (Ist
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    • 660 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Ronds Singapore Representatives—Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. EXCHANGE. I Julv 14. Bunk 4 m.s. 2|4 15-32 Bank demand
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    • 836 15 TRADE ANI) COMMBBCB. MACPHAIL CO. LTD\S REPORT Kahber. Loaalaw la -\d. Quiet. Laaa 1.73. Tin. London i_»»;r,. |.o I.;; 1 88J8 tons aeld. Uubber*. Pinßßiff .letani Kuan an I'lot.-d 1 I j,ml Alor Rajahs .Hi l.'.Ht. Mentnkaba bnve bnyen ai with Belter at 40. New ('raigiel«-a> have aellei 1.48 buyen
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  • 1004 16 VIEWS ON JAPAN'S RECOVERY AND THE NAVAL BASE. Mr R. Fujiyama, one of Japan's most prominent business men paid a brief visit to Singapore arriving on Thursday evening by the Haruna Maru and leaving yesterday by a K.P.M. steamer for Java. Mr. Fujiyama is on a trip
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  • 754 16 S.C.C. DEFEAT GUNNERS. Two Goals for Smith. An excellent attendance at the Stadium yesterday saw the S.C.C. defeat the R.A. by three goals to nil. As a result of this success the Club make a brief appearance at the top of the First League table, having only one
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  • 87 16 HOME CRICKET. [Reuter's Service.] Lonlon, July 23. At Kettering: Yorkshire beat Northants by an innings and 110 runs. Northants made 107 and 42 (Macaulay six for 19, Kilner four for 21). The winners compiled 259 for four, declared (Oldroyd 109, Rhodes 55). At Bristol: Gloucester defeated Derbyshire by
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  • 214 16 Colony's Team Against F.M.S. The Colony will meet the F.M.S. in the annual cricket match at Penang on August Ist and 3rd. Singapore will provide five members of the side and Penang the reremaining six. W. R. King was among the Singapore selections, but unfortunately he is not able
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  • 161 16 TReuter's Service.] New York. July 24. Charley Rosenberg retained the world's bantamweight championship by knocking out Eddie Shea in the fourth round. MALAYAN TENNIS HAMPI<)NSHH\ List nf Entries. The following are the entries for the Malayan tennis Championships, which will be contested on the S.C.C. courts on August Ist.
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  • 127 16 No game as yet can be called universal, but surely Association Football will soon attain this distinction. A rubber planter from North Borneo was, the other evening, describing the enthusiastic play in the matches which he organises for the Coolies on his plantation. The Chinamen, he ex plained,
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  • 24 16 The following Competitions have been arranged for the August Bank Holidays:— Sunday, 2nd August, Flag Competition. Monday. 3rd August, Mixed Competition.
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  • 68 16 Orders for Week Ending 31st July 1925. Monday, 27th. Individual Troops Parade. Tuesday. 28th. Signalling and Wireless Classes, Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Friday, 31st. Parade at Headquarters at 5.15 n.m. All Scouts going to Camp must attend this Parade. Uniform not required. Saturday, Ist.— Rally at Government House.
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  • 567 16 DEADLOCK NEAR CONCLUSION. Exchanges arriving yesterday reveal a much more hopeful sign of the strike ;omir.g to an end. The H.K.D.P. of July 17 says The general impression prevailing in the Colony was that the strike in Hongkong ha 1 spent itself, and it is agreeable to be
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  • 91 16 Bill Collector Attacked. Another serious crime is reported to have been committed in the Geylang district on Thursday night. The Police understand that a Chinese bill -col lector wa« attacked by some armed men, said to be Cantonese, who shot the eollector in the stomach. The affair
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  • 65 16 Provision for national playgrounds, with cricket, football and hockey fields, for both sexes, with lawn tennis courts and running tracks, is the aim of the National Playing Fields Association of England which was formed in London on June 10. The Duke of Sutherland who presided read
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  • 44 16 A surprise was created in Sweden last month when Edwin Wide, a Swedish runner, created a new world's record at the Stock holm Stadium, running 2,000 metres in 5 min. 25 9-10 sees., beating Nurmi's world's record for the same distance.
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  • 37 16 Programme of Drills. Saturday. 25th 2 p.m. Bukit Timah Chinese Company, Farrer Range S.R.A. (v) and S.R.E. (v). Sunday, 26th 8 a.m. Bukit Timah S.V.R. A. and S.V.C, Farrer Range Ist Reinforcement and Auxiliary.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 327 16 Moutrie Pianos Are the Best Value in the tropica to-nV and Quality. In construction and tonal balance the :11 finished Product of Art and Workman Prices $600 upon terms. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. < Incorporated >n Hongkong). The Arcade. SINGAPORK i >e l M^m i swr m* ''•am C aB
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