The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 July 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, JULY 27, 1925. NO. 11,552
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  • 273 1 Ihe PremitT. in an important speech at Knowsley Park, touched on the trade outlook the problems in China and tha entry of Germany into the League of Nations Page 9. Mr. Austen Chamberlain, in a speech at Birmingham, emphasised the Kritish interest in a settled Continental situation
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  • 1562 1 A MONTH IN F.M.S. KKCOLLKCTIONS BY I). MAW. Part JL As soon as we ha^rinished our llfaj and teeny, em of the .Malays turned up. Um news they had to impart bum not vciy encouraging as they had not come MVMNI any fresh footprints dui ing the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 149 1 S WAM<OW ARIELL'S MARK BISCUITS I RAFFLES HOTEL. (,l I ST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday N.B Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. jf— PT¥ i SARKIES BROTHERS, i KILL -_j a. "ropnetors. >e\enty varieties besides Ihe daily special dishes.
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    • 159 1 Bodyguard Soap ANTISEPTIC f|pg| Pl kifYIM; a? at '^a mjmJxfj \_m MS* \mw^^^*^mr^fß^Beeaa^mmm^^^mmwmmmmm^^?^^^^^^^^^^^ml!im [li^L^^M "THE PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" SOLE MANUFACiniERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND V [The "EUROPE" HOTEL Terms: Ala carte, or I 3X2 I f GRILL Inclusive. m After-dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. THE EUROPE
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    • 136 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Mortgagee's sale of jewellery Page 7 Cromptons fans at Uniteers- Page r], H.M.V. records at Moutrie'* Page lb*. Latest Paris dresses, p. Pattara— Page 2. High Admiral cigarettes, B.A.T. Pago 2. Latest shipping on pages 10. 12 and LS. Sandicroft rubber declare dividendPage 7. Collapsible gates. William Jacks
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    • 7 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S BISCUITS AND CAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 97 1 THE WEEK. Monday. 21th. High Water, 1.42 a.m., ttl pm. League I: S.R.C. vs Malay*. S.C.C. Rugby Meeting. Tuesday. 2Hth. High Water, 2.28 a.m.. 3.9 n.m. League I: S.C.F.A. vs R. Sussex. League II: S.C.C. vs Police. Wednesday, 29th. High Water, 3.28 a.m.. M p.m. League II: St. J. O.
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  • 327 2 Writing on the recent decision in the case oi the Duff Development Co'fl case against the Kelantan Government the Strait* Echo says. lt may quite possibly be true that the Duff Development Company's claim Ka exaggerated and that Mr. Duff would have been well-advised to accept
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 493 2 DUBARRY SPECIALITIES New stock of the following lines has just arrived. SILKASHAVE SHAVING STICK. DUBARRY SHAVING MILK. GLOSSANA SHAMPOO POWDERS ROUGERETTES IN GILT CASES POWDERETTES IN GILT CASES. BATH CRYSTALS. CRYSTAL BATH SOAP. AT POPULAR PRICES. MEDICAL HALL LTD SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. FREE DEMONSTRATION TO INTENDING PURCHASERS OF
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    • 196 2 VICTORIA THEATRE 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. ZI^S% PATHE CINEMA
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    • 246 2 A Three-Feature Programme wortli i., From Sunday. 26th Ml to lrJl ,u ji,k ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee and Co.. Ltd.. I',, tlir In the Second Show, commencinu ,i AN ASSOCIATED AUTHORS PROD OF POWERFUL HUMAN AM Released by the United Artists Corporal Peter IL KyneV Btor> The Harbour Bar Featuring
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  • 591 3 SOLDIERS' UNWITTING PARTICIPATION. itemarkahle Scene in London. Four officers and seven f y men of his Majesty's Army yesterday provided an anwring spectacle for London crowds, when they formed a bodyguard for an American film "magnate" and fifteen tins of film, and marched from Waterloo to Wardourstreet.
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  • 249 3 For some time past the Department of Home and Territories, Melbourne, has been in communication with the Government Botanist (Mr. C. T. White) regarding thc specie! of Characeac, or stone worts, found In the fresh-water r ivers, ponds, etc., of Queensland and New Guinea. These plants
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    • 387 3 IPOH GYMKHANA CLUB Summer Meeting 1925. FIRST DAY TUESDAY 18th. AUGUST 1925 SECOND DAY THURSDAY 20th. AUGUST 1925 THIRD DAY SATURDAY 22nd. AUGUST 1925." day f r (a> H rSeS (b) Ex Griffin H^ses, and stakes to the value of $30,000 in addition to 10 per cent of Nnn ;]li
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    • 266 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within M ft 3 Ji One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. J /Mil I Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors.
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  • 8379 4 (By Major W. G. St. Clair) The fact that the question of the restitution ot the lost, Of rather the cast away and lost, Public Hall accommodation in Singapore should still remain a "question" is a matter that reflects gravely upon the corporate morality cf the
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  • 148 5 The silk hat, which once bloomed in scores at midday in the season along Piccadilly and Bond-street, has faded from the scene, states the Daily Express. It has become an article of uniform. Weddings and Ascot see it in its formal glory. It blossoms at
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 695 5 63. Valuable land and the shophouse premises No. 9 Hokien Street, comprised in Statutory Land Grant No. *****, area 1180 square feet, monthly rent $110. 64. Valuable 999 years leasehold land and the shophouse premises Nos. 58 A 58-1. 58-2, 59, 60 and 61 Dunlop Street, area 3,167 square feet,
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    • 1361 5 A good opportunity for sound and profitable investment in land and house properties not to be missed by enterprising capitalists. ESTATE OF SHAIK ABOOBAKAR BIN MOHAED LAJAM, DECEASED. Important Four Day's Auction Sale of Very Valuable Freehold and Leasehold Singapore Town Business Premises, Residential and Country Properties. at Messrs CHEONG
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  • 542 6 Indian Agitators* Responsibility. To the Editor of the Times. Sir, The Ha} has started; the last pilgrim ship left Bombay some days ago. Publicity has been given in the Press in the telegraphic dispatches of your Correspondents In India, for instance to 'he circumstances in which the pilgrimage
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  • 367 6 Com position of Rebel Forces. Paris. June 21. Telegrams from Fez state that the Sultan of Morocco and Marshal Lyautey have arrived there. Several aviators from Larache have likewise arrived and have been presented to General Daugan, the French Commander-in-Chief. Yesterday's reception of the local authorities, both French and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 341 6 I TWO DEPENDABLE PRESERVATIVES 1 B For Timber For Iron and Steel JODELITE SIDEROSTHEN j i D SOLE AGENTS B The Borneo Company, Limited. (Incorporated in England.) I R Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Teluk Anson, Ipoh, Alor Star, Penang. i j 111^ 1^ 11^!! I! II AT -W/XAfM *\|l 1 A
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  • 995 7 Moscow's attempt to Bolshevise the ade unions in Great Britain is showing finite results. One method of tc.ting up the machinery Red i evolution here is by establishing ommunist "cells" or "nuclei" in Worklops and factories and by the organisai»n of «o called "councils ef action"
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  • 626 7 .'iKAMNd OF SHINGLES AND OXFORD TROUSERS. j di Jane Hawthorn writes in the Sunday fi Pictorial. Delilah shingled Samson and sheared tl him of his strength. To-day she shingles nr herself and shears him just the same! h There are, in fact, terrible portents oi si
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  • 514 7 NEW PLANT OF YENt 'HIN (J UNIVERSITY. Consequent upon the number of students desiring to enter the Yenching University from all parts of China, the Straits Settlements, Macao, and Sumatra, the removal of the LTniversity to the new plant has been made. Donors and friends of the University
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  • 160 7 I l LONDON TO AFRICA IN THREE DAYS. I No more striking instance of time-saving k has been given than is now available by aa inter-connection, over more than 3.000 nrles. of fast aeroplanes and trains. Every afternoon at 4 p.m. a big Napior D. H. plane ascends from Croydon.
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  • 181 7 PARADISE. In New Zealand they havei been electing member of Parliament to take tbe late Mr. Massey's place, and the Government defeated Socialism by thousands of votes more than ever. In Maoriland Labour has never had a big voice; that is, Labour with the capital "L." The old world asks
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 498 7 BUSINESS CARDSJ < f nd for the Illustrated j J ?.!!iofne of Musical InstrumenU. tx Lj J Ctt SEASON CO.. LTD. 5 S ni and 113, North Bridge Road. Xl Q^ee tMHHH'r«NH'r»«»«MHMHMMMI sh FOR HIRE, i Great Reduction in Rates THE ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. 0 orchard Road C9-b, Bukit
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    • 1103 7 REMINDER TO-BAY, MONDAY, AT 2.30 P.M. At our sale-room. Raffles Chambers. Raffles Place. IMPORTANT MORTGAGEE'S SALE ROBINSON ROAD Two pieces of valuable land containing a total area of 4,542 square feet and mprised in Statutory Land Granta Nos. ***** and *****, together with the siness premises erected thereon No. 65,
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  • 734 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. JULY 27, 1925. Comment of the Week. I The outstanding feature of the 1 Week End telegrams are the two important political speeches made by the Premier and by Mr. Cham- < berlr.in. Mr. Baldwin dealt with the situation in China, and our obligations. both to
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  • 522 8 The Association of British Malaya has j lemoved iv** office ta Yeoman HoVJae, fei Haymarket. S.W. 1. Alor Star was en fete on July 20, an the, occasion, of the SMI anniversary of HH. the Sultan of Kedah's hirthday. Report- ar tn hand from Sungei Besi of two suspected cases
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  • 31 8 KM IRER B )NMRE. (From Our Own Correspond: nt). I'enang. July 2'*. The Customs Department at Prai hurnt 400 pikuls of illicit smuggled ruhher, which made a hig "honfire.
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  • 45 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 25. At a meeting of the Penang St. Andrew Society it was resolved to hold a dinner and a dance, and also play a soccer match. Dr. Sharp ami elected president and Mr. V. Thomson vice-president.
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  • 170 8 (From Our Own Correspondent. Taipeng. July 2fc. The kgi\ bantkullaiaJ show at Taipaag was opened hy His Highness the Sultan aa Saturday, and is very successful CamaJl constitute the largest section, there behaj I*ooo exhibits in this section alone. A pleasing and important feature ia tlu cellent
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  • 601 8 l'.irhr, evidence against Mi. CrOMp Cooper, lata amployea o Ifeaai John Little and < .mpany. wa> rded in tlu liat I oorti on Fi (day, I fai the ptoeecvtlba being eanehaled an«l th furI ther heaiing adjourned. Accu-«d who pan formerly chief ca.-hie. at John Little
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  • 214 8 IMF'ORTAV, MMK((I[ [BeBB 1 ••'don i Mr. Baldwin I.anca hire af. l i maid K that the foreign aaUooa aa Ui eaatii i< ritau, arul r ran. would enter the l M aa. ihle. whi BM) diaanaaaa Letter as|N'ct Ml __*i n Ali Baldwin facta? m ch.-. k
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  • 104 8 THE SITI I BUS BIS IHT I «'\ll\|V [a> I ..adon. J» British mi' -I" ll..! >* retai i expi al th.- char* I ird to ||s vole*- a real id nfl hammer < it I h.- me our owii attth aarnl af tl i* mov. lan an
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  • 23 8 News al Hs lagan*! and Shoal h. Chinese liav rn m paaaj i [anj asa* I .■ncount.i. d half th. la the levaritj
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 139 8 'THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BOLS tV ft (iIN (in Stone Bottles) a VTa Villi TO APPRECIATE THIS GUN THOROUGHLY THE BOTTLE SHOULD BE KEPT ON ICE AND THE GIN DRINK NEAT WITH ORANGE j BITTERS. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co Ltd. v lncorporated in Shanghai.) 45. Robinson Road Telephone 228. New
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    • 48 8 JVAWA'.W.VW.'J.V.WAV.VA Parfums de Luxe jp i OOXY 5 Chypre J Origan jl Rose Jacqueminot 5 Paris > J Emeraude i I EAU DE COTY to be had Iron, all dealers 2 W Dupire Brothers. >$& IBS //^Mls -fArer v \^/,/_____fMM >II I f Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.
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  • 195 9 INDUSTRIAL S ITUATION. ({)X I \M) TEXTILES. rRA pi i \io\ SUPPORT. [Ri r's Service.] London. July 25. liu London Trade-union committee with th three nd the Transport Workers h event of the miners teps to prevent moving .all a special conference itives of all the tTMde unions in i..
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  • 123 9 Service]. London, July 25. emphasising the adverse their int of legislative reat- i exports from Malaya -ft ned I y th t Society Manufacturer!! ami Traders, the ii' :he Commercia: «ers Association, nm! the British i Motor-cycle Manufacturers and Thc manifesto points out •.•rmous increase of the prices
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  • 52 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, July 26. "> the World Federation at Edinburgh com"Jay. Mr. Nicholas Hans, h «H of the Russian teachers, and West would never be Russian co-operation. Dr. «*ellor of Peking University, said learly recognised that the <>f her ancient civilisation itj if th*- rising generation cheated
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  • 34 9 ter's Service.] S *"emt. Rhode Island. July 20. utstanding social event »t n....n. when Miss 7 -as married to Mr. Mill.-' TL. ne ceremony was very R Bishop of New York
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  • 69 9 f 8 Mich rare elements 1 •»>'*. tantalum, and colum- la,v earths, frequently oc- dykes of th^Tana- which is estimated 1,825,000 square miles, M the older 5et- the pegmatite has been :r fiu for feldspar. The an- i 0n the last 20 years is 1 from about 12,000 to u
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  • 279 9 y SUCCESSFUL MOVES. RIFFIS RETIRE. [Reuter's Service.! T Paris. July 21. Ttm Moroccan situation may he summed up that Abdel Krim is losing ground from a military and political standpoint Le Temps says that th, Ruffian withdrawal to the north of the Wergha indicates that Krim Is
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  • 50 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris. July 20. The French Financial Mission is going to London to-day to negotiate with regard to the settlement of war debts. The Mission includes M. Nevet of the Ministry of Finance ami If. Thion de la Chaume, manager of the Banque de lTndo-Chine.
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  • 55 9 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva. July 20. The report of the Mosul Boundary Commission is being published in a few days. The greatest secrecy is being observed as regard.- the contents, but it is understood that the Commission has not defined a boundary, but apparently has left i' to the
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  • 43 9 [Reuter's Service.] Helsingfors. July 25. The nurses organisations of Poland, France. Ireland and Cuba have been admitted to the International Council of Nurses, the new president of which is Miss Nina Gage, China. The next Congress will be held at Peking.
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  • 41 9 [Reuter's Service.] Swampscott, July 25. It is stated "that President Coolidge does not sanction any attempt to revise the Tariff Act next congress, as he is of opinion that tampering therewith will crea'e general uncertainty, reacting unfavourably on business.
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  • 36 9 [Reuter's Service.] Capetown, July 20. Parliament has passed the South-West Africa Constitution Bill, the result of which is that South-West Africa will have an executive committee, an advisory council and a legislative assembly.
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  • 28 9 [Reuter's Service]. Melbourne. July 24. Most of the injured people in the verandah collapse are not seriously hurt and only seventeen were detained in hospital.
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  • 73 9 Poor Russian female Communists are in Tientsin, says the Sino-Japanese News Agency, sent by the propaganda department of the Moscow Communist University for the purpose of agitating Chinese girl students. Prior to their arrival In Tientsin from Mukden, they went to Dairen with the intention of giving lectures there, but
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  • 398 9 KEEN COMPETITION. The V.K.A. and S.V.C. Bisley M«eting opened on Saturday a.ternoon at Balestier Range, the events being for revolver shooting. There was a good attendance and the competition was keen. ih e prize-winners were Match 1, Part I (10 yards deliberate) Ut, Caot. Dashwood (Royal Sussex),
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  • 313 9 Glenamoy and Fiume-L Action Decided. A case which involve*! a claim and counterclaim far damage arising out of a collision l>etween the Glenamoy and the Fiume-L. in Singapore Roads was heard in the Admiralty Division on June IT. Plaintiffs' case was that their ship, the Glenamoy, a
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  • 20 9 [Reuter's Service.] Brighton, July 25. In the international athletic match, France beat Britain by fiftynine points to fiftythree.
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  • 41 9 [Reuter's Service.] M New York, July 25. In a two day tournament for the Prince of Wales Cup the Oxford and Cambridge tennis players on the first day won five of the six singles matches against Rockaway Hunt Club.
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  • 37 9 The following appointments have been made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies during the month ended June 10: Straits Settlements: Mr. G. Fraser-Smith, to Medical Officer; Mr. C. W. Bloomfield, to' European Master, Education Department.
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  • 541 9 I FCSSIBLES SPRING A SI RPRISE. Contrary to general expectations, the Malaya Cup trial match at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon went greatly in favour of the Possibles, who defeated the Probables by three goals to nil. On paper the Probables appeared to be a much
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  • 55 9 (From Our Own Correspondent. Penang, July 25. In excellent weather and before a large t*rowd Fern* beat Penang by two goals to nil. Penang tried hard to score, but were unsuccessful against the stalwarts of Perak. Play was most interesting throughout and the match was played to
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  • 18 9 [Reuter's Service]. Melbourne, July 25. The English soccer team beat Australia t>y two goals to nil.
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  • 161 9 Sasaki Mean Elected M.P. Tokio. July 24. Mr. Yasugoro Sasaki was elected M.P. in the bye-election held in Tokio constituency. Mr. Inukai Re-Elected M.P. It is stated that Mr. Inukai has been re-elected M.P. fo r Okayama in the re.ent bye-election. Rubber Market. The price of rubber in
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 317 9 I Robinson Co., Ltd., sP (U»corp*,rate*l in the St rafts Settlement |:RS@SEDB!M "MERIDIAN" jH UNDERWEAR Ifj. MJ swimming I.H J&i W l^^ Hal COSTUMES a*anß 1 >_mrw> bbW«* aanH /(/^4d^^'^e^lM^ r,M .'l Jind comfortable. 111 V Sj 1 5 jßpKP^lliSr^ a^H ;:hc s am ■II fl^H wel1 it s 'i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 728 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. 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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    • 530 10 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLHMAJTIINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s.COLORADO due Ju 28 t s.s. CITY OF MADRID due A s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE due 28 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN
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    • 489 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINKS (Incorporated in England MAIL, PASSENGER AND^CARGQ Sfcß\ Fs PENINSULAR AND ORIENTS LSTE AM N VTinv LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER\ u C0 (Under Contract with Hls Majesty's <;, OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. Hn\n\\\, n For China and Japan. lor Maraahnm i, Due d
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  • 1177 11 THE MALAYS' ANXIETY The following letters appear in the Malay Mail. Sir, -I .should like to bring: to the notice of those In high office the anxktv and unrest caused to the local Malays by the article on Breaking the King's Pledge" appearing >n your issue of
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  • 571 11 HOW OUTPUT PEK MAN HAS FALLFA. Another stage in the coal crisis was reached on June 22. The Executives of the i Miners' Federation met in the morning to receive the report of their representatives on the joint committee of inquiry. After hearing the report, the Executive
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  • 121 11 On what was a small farm in 1886 nou stands Johannesburg. From a small mininir town of a few straggling shanties it IsM grown in less than 40 years to be the larg, -t town in Africa south of Cairo, with buildings which compare favourably with Lie inn for
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    • 227 11 PILES CURED WITHOUT AN OPERATION. H Case Too Chronic to ba Cured. thousands of former sufferers <■ ::ianently cured. "With Dr. -okptive Pile Plasma no :n or too long-standing to be :i ermaoently cured. The easy wonderful power of absorption Lzing. It soothes and fives pe] ei the rst application,
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    • 78 11 I EXPERIENCE COUNTS I mmmm J and S A HIGH CLASS VIRGINIAN V CIGARETTES. \j have the years of v j W. D. H. 0. WILLS' L experience behind them n s 80 cents for 50. c BRITISH AMERICAN TCirtACCO CO. (Siraits), I I I v Wi a^ (Incorporated >
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  • 188 12 A little time ago we mentioned the cas a af the Chief Officer of the Carnarvonshire, while at Vladivostock, being arrested by the Russian authorities for handcuffing a coolie whom he found stealing, which the Russians say is degrading (the handcuffing not the stealing). The Chief Officer was
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  • 199 12 Passers by have no doubt noticed a very smart looking motor boat displayed in the show window of the Malayan Motors, in Orchard road. Few, however, are aware that this very attractive looking boat was construe. ed in Singapore. She is 21 feet in length by 4ft.
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  • 130 12 Harland and Wolff have no less than 150,000 tons of the latest type of shipping undergoing construction or reconstruction, and the number of employees at the Belfast establishment alone is about y.OOO. which will be augmented as work on the vessels reaches a more progressive stage. Of the
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  • 146 12 A ship that is 124 years old is still on active service in the Solent. She is the little ketch Bee, which trades between Southampton and Newport in the Isle of Wight, and has made more than 38,000 crossings of the Solent since 1801. She is one
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  • 214 12 Interviewed by an Evening Standard representative recently, Phil Mead, the Hampshire cricketer, described an exciting adventure at Highcl.ffe, in the Solent, with an eight-foot Thresher shark, which was afterwards landed. Mr. Mead and a Mr. Tarrameli were standing knee-deep in thc water fishing, when, according
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 716 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUOTRALIA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by tfie^well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) end MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins ale Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath, gymnasium,
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    • 738 12 Shell Lubricating Oils I Each gallon is exactly the same, no m ttt.r l I you buy. In Using SHELL OILS, you have the P I satisfaction of knowing that it is S\ rr I H Shell Lubricating Oils I THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (SS.) LTD I (Incorporated in England).
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 740 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei I Lembing. and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every 1 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fr iday 6 a.n». Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala I Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping:, Penan* and Kedah 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 694 13 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arp n dor B.mborg, Rotterdam, Arr D «P t Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden v i P-rt Said. Amazon Maru Aug 14 Ano. te porban. Caps Town, Rio, Santos, 14 Au^" F M Buenos Aires via Colombo, f Manila Maru Aue 5 A a
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    • 437 13 iHk|^ STEAMSHIP LINE *£%£&*> Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 88 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLDXaUM*. 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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    • 708 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD v l BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO L3S ANGELES AND I SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST FARALON Julv 27 U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Au/ 11 U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Z 7 U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days
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  • 175 14 Only Mails to Ih? Carried At First. London. July 14. According to a Manchester Guardian Correspondent it is hoped that by next Spring a preliminary England to India aeroplane service will be commenced. It is understood that the authorities have put up the operation of a
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  • 847 14 CASUALTIES ESTIMATED AT 250. The terrible landslide on July- 17th which was wired down by our correspondent, followed on continuous heavy rains. Up to the middle of June these was a drought. Then came ten inches of rain in a, single night, and there has been a good
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  • 17 14 Ratott Mr.— "The prettiest women alwavs marry the biggest fooß'' Mrs.— "Try your flattery on somebody else."
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 656 14 JOHN GILLON CO. .^^UfSt*^ESTABLISHED I*l7 >*^~iSiSS_L V^\V V\*WIUiAM IV. J Mdingtotdn on Quality IT IS EASY to write the word limits of available stocks of old malt quality "in a Whisky advertisement Whiskies. but it is not easy to put "quality" To do cosd hcnce inside the botfle. The remark
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    • 226 14 I Scotch 10/usku I top notch;^/ I I "Scotch" of rare Flavour Sl^'.' I and always >^^0/ I in Favour. y ;^jm^^^, I J Quarantced yT '£&^J&S <. I I THE l'-S^^^ > DISTILLERS AGENCY LTD. fJgS^^^^^ 1 EDINBURGH. /j^^^^'^ii yC-flSn^ >.** *ft- f N I SCOTLAND. J '-'J f
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  • 607 15 ENGINEERING CONTRACT IN D.E.I. The terms of payment in respect of enfndiee; ,n off crr ts in the Si Indies offered by merchants of all national! ties, other than British and American and consistently required by the Chinese, aie one-third with order, one-third against hipping documents, the
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  • 17 15 Nations canned understand each othei, and they cannot help disliking what they do not understand —Viscount Grey.
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  • 63 15 July 25. Bank demand 2|4 fi-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 j4 23-32 New York, demand 564 Credits yo days sh v France, demand lj. {6 India T.T. 154 Hongkong, demand 1i 4 pc p rem Yokohama, demand 137 > Java, demand i tn 4 ringkok, demand 7 Sovereign,
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  • 195 15 Julv LT.. 2" r. 0 ToMS Itouoi Pepper White |qm £TV ,ack SS Flake Tapioca 6 50 Pearl Sago Small fJi C Pra 1190 Copra Qnndrwd v >' m Opium Ben*-.* en*. {t Kice, Liang «Im *Jk*e Mart B'ue FJaple (Old) .< fio Rioe. Lian;r Hin Chan Mora Red
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  • 38 15 Singapore. Ju'y 2">. 11.30 a.m. Singapore Stanelard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Snot 1.01 1.61 Aug.-Sopt. IJO 1.61; Oct. -Dec. 1.42 Ms L43; Jan. -March 1.17 1.18. London Quotation Sheet 4s. I Hei. Markt Quiet.
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  • 208 15 Sees: Rennit l.owick and Co. Burma Devel. Synd., 3,11*1. Sees: Sime, I>arby and Co. (Malacca*. Bukit Lintang, 00,000; Chimpul. 19.300; Colinsburgh, 22.186; Heawe>od. 1.000 Hevea, 23,3"-5; Jasin, 30,000; Kempas, 60.300; Krtibong, 12,548; Lendu, 18.50b; Merlimau, 110,677; Pegoh. 68,807; IV" mata, 9,538; Radella, 11,800; Rembia. 33,900; Shanghai
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  • 149 15 Important Discoveries in Egypt. It is ofiicia ly announced 'hat excavations j which have been carried out at Sakkara. near the Step Pyramid, this season hive j been product. ve. Two temples have been j discovered, one ol* which is considered to he a funerary chamber.
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  • 206 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (L. Msrphail). Singapore. July 2.V Rubber.— 4s. 4d. n —t2*;J 7s- <;d l*4Kal WL <>n». Ihe Rubber share market la dull with ittle business passing. Tin has dropped DSM id. on inmours of the Coal str.ke at home, and Mining shares are quiet
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  • 373 15 London. lul*. •> Ar. ir.lcierting summary of the condition British trade was given by Sir Philip Cunl -<i m introducing the Hoard of 'I ?;.d ssttsaatM in the House «.f Commons He stated that in the hrst three month 1025 ti.e outputs of coal and pig iron
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  • 172 15 Montreal. Que.—For the past twentv years the Walter M. I.owney Company of Boston has operated a branch plant in this city with agem-a- and sales offices throughout Canada. Recently the interests ot the parent company were purchased bv Canadian capital, of which fully 80 per cent furnished by the employees
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 445 15 Assets over $5,500,000. Till? TPI7 A T P A omrii**T* a TO in force over $19,000,000. IHE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMITEDHEAD OFFICE:-Winchester HbJSST" SeUlementS) The Company has £20,000 deposited with SESS n LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the
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    • 501 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. LIMITED. Established 1880 1 Yloo^ooo Reserve Fund Y.80,500,000 v;, eSU !5 nt: K Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. v DIRECTORS. 4 1 M OH« a aW Esq Baron K Morimura. i Lo°n d T r {wa^ K JfJSS^ v t wasaK1 K- Mogami, Esa. F
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    • 470 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) aau ead ffice: Hongkong. UvtVSTa ?T tal $50,000,000 Reserve Fund 2£i UP $20,000,000 Keserve b und Sterling 4,;"00,000 A t i..,. Silver $26,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. tj \>' hf ttendei Esq., Chairmar. mr m m-mi^ Es
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    • 41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Boyal Charter A. D. 1710). j 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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  • 490 16 S.C.C. TOURNAMENT. Merchants' Comfortable Win •Over P.S. and L. The Merchants secured a somewhnt easy victory over the Public Services and Law in the S.C.C. Tournament match on the Padang on Friday r.nd Saturday. Baiting first, the Merchants put up the formidable total of 220 for eight wickets, when
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  • 348 16 The S.C.C. second eleven visited Blakan Mati on Saturday afU j rnoem and took the spoils in a game which, whatever else it may not have been, was certainly keen. Both innings were marked Jjy one goenl batting performance, to wit, that of Lt. Beville fcr
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  • 511 16 The first inter-schools match of a series cf three for a cup and medals presented by Mr. Conrad Clarke, who is to be commended for the great interest he is taking in cricket in Singapore, took place on the S.R.C. ground on Saturday, when St. Joseph's defeated Raffles
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  • 221 16 Kent Out for Forty -three. [Renter*! Service"]. London, July 24. At Southend: Essex beat Kent on the first innings. Essex made 157 (Wright four for 34, Freeman four for Si) and C4 for live, declared. Kent were dismissed i i for 43 (Nichols three fe>r 14. Douglas two
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  • 39 16 SCOTTISH A M ATEU RS. I [Reuter's Service.] 4 Muirfield. July 25. I In the Sce>ttish Amateur Golf Championship final, T. Dobson, Dirleton Castle, beat I Willis Mackenzie the holder by three up t and two to play. 1
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  • 32 16 The August Medal Competition will be r played on Saturday and Sunday the Ist and 2nd prox-, and the August Ladies Spoon o Competition on Monday the 10th prox.
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  • 23 16 The man of sixty- five who is capable of working is an object, not of compassion, t: but of congratulation.— Mr. Lloyd George.
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  • 948 16 THE LIPTON CUP. A Win for Marion. The final race of the series for the Lipton Challenge Cup took place on Sunday morning and resulted in some fast racing which left the destination of the Cup in doubt to the very end. At 9 a.m. a moderate West wind
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  • 333 16 FIRST DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. July 25. Fine weather and good going favoured the first day's racing of the Penang Turf club. There was a large attendance. The results of the races were. Race 1. 1. Box, Sleigh, 8.4. 2. Horace L., Hobbs, 9.0. 3. Cesarion
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  • 87 16 (From Our ©wn Correspondent.) Penang. Ji,ly 2">. ki the Jelf Cap competition the Burma Rifles beat the Penang Polo Club by three goals Ui two. Penang notched the first point hrough Magiil. playing as substitute for Seng Hai. whose horse rolled over with him. causing injury to
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  • 49 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. July 25. Ong Ee Kong beat Loke Yaik Foo B—6,8 6, 6 2 in the final cd* the Selangor Championship singles. The play was uninteresting but there was a hard fight before the first set was won and lost.
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  • 48 16 The Royal Sussex Regimental sports will be held on August 29. The events will include a half mile race open to all members of the Regular and Volunteer forces in Malaya, and with no entrance fee. Entries must reach the sports officer by August 20.
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  • 76 16 against the next Great War. The flagstaff and yard-arm have been varnished brown anti rendered quite invisible from the sea. In preparation for the race round Singapore Island on the Ist and 2nd August there has been much furbishing up of boats. Halliards and rigging have been renewed and the
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