The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 October 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free fress 10 CENTS SINGAPORE S.S., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925 NO. 11,621
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  • 262 1 The Locarno Conference. hich has mm resumed, has decided to adopt the greater part of the Security Pact Page 9. The situation in Morocco fa complactnt and Primo de Rivera is handing »ver the Hijfh (ommissionership t« (•eneral Sanjurjo Pago 9. A violent and prolonged earthquake shock
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  • 1094 1  -  G. S KEMP Edinburgh has been fortunate in uving had three great literary Scotsmen (all Huberts and two <>f tlu-ni her own sons) to celebrate her beauties. Vnese were Ferguson, Burni and Stevenson, The greatest admiren the Aral ever had were kid two fellow>poets and in fa.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 205 1 phone No. 2 9 20 •I Raffles Motor Garage have just installed -I a fleet of \Z I New Hupmobile 1 ■i ON HIRE AT USUAL RATES. IP( Ol MRY TOURS ARRANGED. EFFH lENT DRIVERS. '< Not words alone Not words alone convey the message you would tell your customers
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    • 256 1 I The mi*]/ urit'niff ROYAL TYPEWRITER n writing mwhine of surpassing xcttii nc>\ r^QM |^0 S le ApelUs for Malava an <* Siam I I iij Singapore .m<l IVnang. >> THE EUROPE HOTEL, SINGAPORE. GRILL ROOM AND RESTAURANT. Just arrived from Home: SCOTCH (iROISE, ENGLISH PARTRIDGES, SURREY CAPONS, GOLDEN PLOVER.
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    • 139 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Race day traffic regulations— Page 7. V^assiamull's for ludies wear Page 7. Only four more days of Rodeo Page 2. Goodyear tyres and tubes are exclusive Page 5. Getzbest pure food may l>e prorured in Singapore Pa^e 3. High Admiral are high-class Virginian cigarettes Page 11. Ribeiro and
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 123 1 THE WEEK. Thurxdny, IftA, Hijrh Water, y.lB a.m.. |J p.m. B. I. homewaril mail closes. Eastern Gate Lodtre, 6.30 p.m. Rodeo Show. Ansnn-rd., 9.15 p.m. William Heujrhan, Vic. Theatre. |J| p.m. Friday, Idth. Hi^h Water, 9.41 a.m.. .t.42 p.m. I'nited Engineers mtjr.. noon. S.F.A. Cup Final: R. Sus>e\ v S.C.F.A
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  • 308 2 I am inspired, lays Boomerang in the Malay Mail. t>< mak* t! suggestion that the F.M.s. Government shoald make a liberal donation to th> 1\ Ass«viation of Malaya to put up a tiiv- building in Kuala Lumpur to be u^ul as the planters* headquarters, mcement by the
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  • 192 2 A number of calls for well trained and especially equipped ytmng people for missionary service have recently been received by the Board of Foreign Missions from the bishops and other representatives c.l the church in Malaysia. China, Peru, Burma. Most of these missionaries are lequired by
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  • 36 2 A prisoner who recently escaped from a ii'il in South India was re-captured while j loitering in a church after the morning service. This kind of thin* is enough to discourage people from going to church.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 187 2 VICTORIA THEATRE. ONE WEEK ONLY. Commencing Monday, October 19th at 9.30 p.m. GONSALEZ BROTHERS Present THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA CO. Monday. October 19th. FEDORA. Tuesday, October 20th. MADAME BUTTERFLY. Wednesday, October 21st. MIGNON. Thursday, October 22nd. FRA DIAVOLO. Friday. October 23rd. LA BOHEME. Saturday. October 24th. LA TOSCA. Booking at
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    • 292 2 Victoria Theatre. TO-NIGHT AND Friday 8 Saturday, Oct. 16th 8 17th at 9-30 p.m. WILLIAM HEUGHAN SINGER AND ACTOR THE GREATEST INTERPRETATIVE ARTISTE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN— DRAMATIC, LYRICAL AND HUMOURUS. BRILLIANT ASSOCIATE ARTISTES HYMAN LENZER. GLADYS SAYER. Australia's Greatest Violinist World-famed pianiste Box Plan at Littles— Prices $3,
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    • 275 2 TWO EXCELLENT PICTURES PROVIDING SPLENnn ENTERTAINMENT From Tuesday, 13th October, to Sunday, 18th Oetobir ALHAMBRA A METRO SPECIAL PRODUCTION PRESENTING SCREEN STAR I(t who has figured prominently in many a famous product* i MAE MURRAY who appears to advantage in this picture THE FRENCH DOLL Based on A. E. THOMAS'
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  • 231 3 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Morning Daily in Malaya; a naper :*">-40 columns of news best Medium for Advertising. ,th the Chota Hazri each morn- atest Telegrams, Latest News Announcements together with features, "Pictures of the SI ry, Ladies' Page, etc. < abb Address, "Advcrtisei p. O. Box No. 206. icationi
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  • 857 3 VICEROY'S FAKEWELL. In dissolving th? Council of State on th.cmpletion of its term, the Viceioy spokethefce appreciative words, It is interesting to pause and r?call some of the developments connected with the birth of this Chamber. Those of you who have followed the fortunes of the
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  • 37 3 The ofßct of Food Controller, Hongkong, which had bet n admirably conducted by Mr. X. L. Smith since June 2'An\., was aboliftßMi <»n Feptember :30:h. last, there being then no shortage of food supplies in the Colony.
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  • 920 3 A STORMY PETREL." 4 I knew," says Mr. Kipling's chauffeur k o the ebulii^nt Mr. Pyecroft, 'if something didn't happen something worse would. It never fails when you're aboard." The words seem to fit this fresh instalment of Mr. Nevinson's stormy autobiography. No doubt it
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  • 33 3 Objection has he^n raised in Brisbane i to u.«ir..er Mlt-water for strct watering on the ground that it causes heavy damage n< t only to motcr vehicles but also to the tramway lines.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 78 3 The Great ifish Tonic I lalTsWinc to build ir health. Hall's Wine to L r^t n«tli and encrt:\ e Ha 's Wine to enrich feed I he nerves. I i Us Wine CO ovcr- e effects of a trying d:mate. Mill's Win? red lor over thirty h doctors. 1 run
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  • 193 4 An Obstinate Customer. H..M.S. Repulse, uhi.h !'i-ni- rnnv brings home the Prince, after his triumphant tour ot South Africa and South America. Scenes at the landing of the Iri>h Maidens. The First Off. The Stipendiary Steward Tries Coaxing A famous flier given by the Air to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 155 5 RED TUBES fll )GX I W/QtyJ f fH|\ j\ 1 H I m 11 M I 11 M M m9t m ,^^m V m .^^^l 1« mm m^^^m Facts about Sxipert wist The Superiority of SUPERTWIST lies vmi Hutt •t'h^ B^n *v, you Duy. They spell the difference in its
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  • 468 6 The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 1. held on Bth October. Confirmed former decision that the Prinsep Street offices to be vacated by the Water Dept. should be utilised for the Vehicles Dept. and ndt Cor extension of the Child Welfare Clinic. Authorised
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  • 198 6 Details of the expenditure on the woods and parks of Windsor are contained in the report just issued, of the Commissioners of Crown I^ands formerly the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues). The expenditure in the wo«^ds and park? amounted to £64.760, chiefly made
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  • 157 6 Mr. Oliver Marks C.M.G., takes over on October I,st.. the Secretaryship of fHe Association of British Malaya in London, and We congratulate that body on the selection made. Mr. Marks, as British Resi-(k-nt, first of Perak and later of Selangor, showed marked administrative abilities, and combined the
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  • 735 6 THE SITUATION IN SOUTH' CHINA. The Hongkong Daily Press in a thoughtful leader, thus sums up the position. There are those who profess to believe ibat satisfactory trade relations will not be restored until the Canton troops hav e been defeated and driven out by General Chan Kwing Mine's army.
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  • 175 6 The late Miss Lilian Suzette Gibbt, F.1..5. has heqyoathod to the Trvstcei of the British Museum all her collections of plants and books and papers connected with them. The collection, numbers some thousands of specimens. Miss Gibbs was a most able and enthusiastic botanist, and in one
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 534 6 You can buy them at WHITEAWAYS Sit fe^^S. PRO-PHY-LAO-TIC PEN-E-TRA-TOR" HAIR BRUSHES \aß^g|^EwSs»B^^^^^^^^^y Tlu> backs of these wonderful brushes Ka^^^^B^^J>fT»^"">^ alv »"»de of solid walnut, which is s**^ l 1/ treated chemically. They are water- VM 4i-' m&MvSI r "'<l N>. 1 Fourteen rows choice lor.jr V^ > •xtra stiff
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    • 196 6 NATURE'S REMEDY Clements Tonic is Nature greatest remed> or nerves and bra.,, oss appetite, debilit> P mrnes of blood, neural^., insori ma, etc., and is strengthen and reliable, la the fatfe uing tropical a,niosrur e you will appreciate th e nourishing stimulus of ftj, invigorating medicine, as it promotes normal
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  • 1147 7 I OIK BOWLING PROBLEM. Wh; (arr Should Skipper Our Side. Writing in the Sunday Express. Jack Hobbs says: The close of the cricket season seems to me an appropriate moment to have a look round and to take- stock of MT cricket forces with an
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  • 584 7 INVISIBLE NGNAL& Keplacing the Flash. A "Wireless Lighthouse" is the latest of the wireless adaptations devised by Senaore Marconi. its possibilities ar<- such that it may quite conceivable largely supplement, if it does not attperteele, presentday methods of shore signalling and convjiic r the terrors <>f darkness
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  • 104 7 INOCULATION AGAINST RHEUMATISM. The Wiener Klinischen Wochenschrif, a medical paper, states that Dr. Gustav Paul, Director of the State Vaccination Institute in Vienna, has discovered a method of skin inoculation as a cure for rheumatism. It is ataVtod that the rt medy has proved suc<essful in over r»00 cases, the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 352 7 BUSINESS CARDS. r? Send lor the Illuxti ated CatategM of Musical Instrument*. SEASON CO., LTD. and lIS, North Bridge Road. HARDWORKING \ND TRUSTWORTHY SKRVANTS. >OKS. AMAHS, AYAHS, ETC. i under DO obligation. We to aaj lady o r yvntleman, anyng th< ii re«piiren)cnts. Intending pit ;i write. The A. S
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    • 847 7 NOTICES. a^Vm 1 liCrtl>V Ven t! ;t SWALLOir and ARILL LIJIirBD of Victoria, AaatMlia, have naointed i:UROL FRANCIS MONK of Francis Monk nnd of No. M Anton Road, Sincapore, their Attorney for Sin^pore. the whole of the v. ;!..y Penin.uli, „,< Siaai unoev Powt •fAttomey dated tlu 4th day of
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    • 703 7 Wassiamulls ;~l^^r ~^a^"*^*~^-— —^fc^JjSsat>aaiaafc»a^^^^^^^ MM nf a^ of all kinds. ln'Tan. Chiacfle, Japanese and E**- C A 1717/^TT A Dl\ ush ,00*. oArLuuAKU m YOUR iVlt'iehants. Unique sekM-tions availablr. Also f JL/WlUll 1 Li adies dressmaking done in SHOULD YOU EXPERIENTE ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUR VISION, aUfttest fashions and designs
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 20 8 MORRISH. At Batu Gajah Hospital, on Friday. October yth. to Mr. and Mr*. R. MorrUh. of Ipoh. a daughter.
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    • 52 8 FhRRAO. At the General Hospital. Singapore, at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. Joseph Kdward Ferrao. Newton Post Office. aped 33 years. Cortege will leave Newton Post Office at 4.30 p.m. to-day for the Cathedial of the Good Shepherd, and thence to Bidadari Cemetery for interment. Penanp and F.M..^ papers please copy.
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    • 475 8 The main object of the Stevenson Scheme is to keep the commodity up at a price which will pay the producers a reasonable return on their money, the standard price being fixed at Is. 3d. A secondary object, some claim and only extremists deny, is to prevent wide
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    • 365 8 There is now going on in Shanghai an enquiry into the circumstances under which certain Chinese were kiiied while said to be threatening a .police station on May 80th. the |beginniltg of the bitter stage of the feeling against foreigners in general and the British in particular.
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  • 89 8 Sir Montague Barlow accompanied by Capt. Hughes, arrived at the Station Hotel, Ipoh on Friday last. The Hon. Mr. J. L. Humphreys, British Adviser, Kedah, is on a holiday at Hua Hin, Siam. It is understood that he will be going on long leav e next month. The Banerkok Times
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 130 8 To the Editor. Sir, —I am very glad indeed that somebody under the nom-de-plume of "Through the Specks'' has opposed your notes under the abow heading in this morning issue of your \ery greatly-improved paper and I cordially support him. -Most of our marriages arranged according
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    • 212 8 To ihe Kditor. Sir.- -Can you or any other l<Tg time resident of Singapore advise me- why thousands of residents in Singapore should be awakened x\ o or 4 o'clock in the morning on aea ant of the slaughtering of pips at Pulau Saigon. I live in the
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    • 70 8 To The Editor Sir. It would considerably add to the interesting contributions under the above heading if any protests made and the decisions of the Sailing Committee of the Royal Singapore Yacht Club thereon are published. .Above information would also materially assist sporting sailing members in knowing what would
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  • 210 8 Mr. H. B. Ejrmont Hake has returned to Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. A. Cherry. C.1.K., Chairman of the Rangoon Port Commission, has been in Singapore recently. Mr. W, C.. Bowse, of Messrs. Manser^h and Taylei-, Seremhan, is re; urn in jr to Malaya in December. Miss Howard, Nursing Sister, has
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  • 479 8 CHINESE WIDOW'S BtICCKgSFUI PLEA. The one time owners of H pi o at Siglap were unsuccessful plaintiff T^ fore the Acting chief Justiee (Mr T Sproule) in the Suprcm, Co-,--in an action which they brought Chinese widow, who, it transpired the hearing „f the case, had W
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  • 214 8 The following action wu taken ing <>f Committee No. 4 held <>n IU Disapproved proposal t<« it. pump at No. 142-1H Orchard Rn;i«l Decided that no type plan kiosk can In- approved, BU* th .ich case must \n> considered separately. Approved propoeed alteration* at Nt. 4 D'Almeida Street
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  • 79 8 Mr. A M. Alsajroff. of Si arrived by the mail train in B K Oct. (»th, has |WM to lUffcok with the charge brought against > man who used the name of Al I is now awaitinp trial <»n a I )ff defrauded HWtl b«J tun has been to the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 197 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR GOME'S TO CALDBECK'S" I j mmm 04^/40/ Air 4&>% &r /40f Macgregor.Calobeck&O LONDON GLASGOW 1»T»»U»«!» MACGREGOR'S V. O. S. THE WHISKY WITH A PEDIGREE. CALDBECK, MACGREfiOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 'Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Klang. PATRONISED A BY ROYALTY I ESTI). '-^^^^^^S^ 1S;T: A Continued
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    • 55 8 f1 y^<^ FOR ALL r VERMIN USE a.. f\ l AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. FA v*^ in~> y^ L M I GOLDEN SERIES. L RENOVATE YOIR CAR OR CYCLE TOUKSELF WITH 3toto^*^firiif i toe Instrucv y^v lions from j A DAMSON. Rs^ >i C*m Ltd. t 1^ Kuala Lumpur
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    • 36 8 STOP PRESS OUR GOVERNOR. LEAVES LONDON TO-DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Oct. 14, 2.35 p.m. It is < mCially announced that Sir Laurence Guilk-mard, Governor of the Straits Settlements, will leave fat Singapore on October 15.
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  • 343 9 I HOPEFUL SIGNS. IBTICLI SIXTEEN. Rents**! Service.] Locarno, Oct. 13. nee M for ninety minutes in Ml and examined the proposed •natM's. also the question of Eastern frostier and several referred back to the »xj>erts ther consideration* Locarno, Oct. 14. munique states that after hearHdieal experts 1 report
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  • 106 9 Reuter's Service.] Panama, Oct. 13. have ihe situation well in When they raided the headquarters rike leaders, seized the literature*the place, a strike, jumped from I broke his spine. The fatality ng effect on the populace. is no continuation of the report United State* troope fired on the
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  • 37 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 13. H. Attfteld, who has been >n prison because of his f> the High Court order 1 custom* Consolidation Act, in- <»f £27,000 in connection with Pun-running case, was released
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  • 46 9 Neuter's Service.] Paris. Oct. 14. the approval of the Plenary ComnHtM, the InterI* CoafMMMl have agreed 1 t^minal transit charges lhaU be applied on April 1, ttia wllkh considered formally adopted despite JV opposition, and merely consti- X nuni chargeable, and r<l| tfatory.
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  • 221 9 TRAVELLER'S BEWARE. RESULT OF ANARCHY. [Reuter's Service.] Mr. W. W. Grantham, K.C., Recorder of Deal, who recently returned to London via the Trans-Siberian Railway, after visi ing China and .Japan, writes to the press warning intending travellers by that route to be prepared for accidents, fatal or otherwise,
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  • 439 9 NKW PHASE. [Reuter's Service.] Fez. Oct. 1 L The fact that the French and Spanish forces have attained all their objectives, coupled with the advent of the rainy teason, which will prevent a further advance, is mentioned in an official statement as marking tin- beginning of a new
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  • 91 9 WM. HEIGH AN. To-night's programme tp be given at the Victoria Theatre by this popular artist and his brilliant associates will include the following: Two Grenadiers Schumann; Scena and Aria La turbinie fameticlu Ponchielli; Se il rigor (Though faithless men)— Halevy; The Soup: of the Flea Moussorgsky; Widdicombe Fair Arr.
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  • 109 9 HOLIDAY TRIPS. USING UP STOCKS. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Oct. 14. The country is completely unruffled by the anthracite strike wh'ch has been proceeding for six weeks. The miners themselves are enjoying a prolonged holiday, fishing, camping and touring. Some hare taken temporary employment. A number of foreigners
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  • 56 9 i'Reuter's Service.] Paris, Oct. IS. The Ninth Correctional Court has begun the hearing of the appeal of Pernotte, manager Wti Senator Andre Bert helot chairman, ar.l others, apains 1 the sentences passed on them by the Eleventh Correctional Court in 1988, in connection with the affairs of
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  • 48 9 [Reuters Service. 1 New York. Oct. 13. Mr. Weeks, secretary for war. has resigned for health reasons. Mr. Dwight Davis, the donor of th e Davit Cup, who was acting secretary for war for many months during Mr. Weeks' illnes.-. has been appcinted his successor.
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  • 34 9 AN EARTHQUAKE— WHERE? [Renter 9 Service.] Florence, Oct. 14. The Observatory seismographs recorded a violent prolonged earthquake at 6.30 this evening, estimated at a distance of four thousand miles, probably in the East Indies.
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  • 41 9 IKeutor's Service.] London. Oct. 14. Reuter's correspondent aboard H.M.S. Repulse, with the Prince of Wales, telegiaphs that H.R.H. arrived off Madeira on Monday, when they picked up the mails from H.M.S. Curlew, which is now acting M escort.
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  • 60 9 f ßeuter's Service.] Amsterdam. Oct. 13. The fifth conference in connection with international civil law opened at the Pea".' Palace at the Hague after an interval of twenty-one years. Britain, which hitherto has refrained from participating in the meetings, is now represented, although the British delegates' activities
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  • 63 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Oct. IS, The ex-Chief Controller of the Reichsbank. who was pensioned on Oct. 1, has been arrested in connection with the alleged embezzlement of six hundred thousand marks from the Charlottenburg branch. The accused is believed to have had a number of accomplices and to
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  • 21 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 14. I The death is announced of Eugen San- 1 (low, the famous strong man.
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  • 1131 9 him on the chest. He stabbed him several < times. Mr. Campbell: Can you recognize the knife? Yes. Witness said on being shown the exhibit that it was the very knife that was used. She said, continuing her evidence, "after the accused had stabbed my husband, he
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 194 9 Shipments of New I i Goods Continually Arriving. /*k J8(l Bf Sunshades with j: J|Sl| Wulfffk ori Binal8 inal handles, WWf COVe: ed Plain or I I- Vf W/ Fancy Silks. j! Ladies' Leather and Evening Bags. >. Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs, Scarves, etc. i i t A very large selection
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 707 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. RHESUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 15 t HECTOR
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    • 567 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 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havre, London, Hamburg and Antwerp Oct. 19 s.s. CITY OP DUNKIRK Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 28 s.B. CITY
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    • 592 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA L STEAM NAVIGATION en 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 Antwen Due 1 Tonnage.
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  • 419 11 Arizona Keport of a Vast Store. As detailed some time a^o in The Observer, the biggest meteor that ever fell from the skies is believed to be buried be■f the eminence known a s Coon Butte. ir Ariiona, and Coon Butte itself, it is i t
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  • 481 11 Criticism From a Young Chinese Visitor. The Chinese visitors iv London at present like least. the cold food that i s served in summer time. Most things to eat must be warm in China, according to a Chinese bride who Has spent hrr honeymoon in
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  • 640 11 Easily Severed Bonds. The four British women Trade Unionists who paid a visit of investigation to Soviet Russia from April te July of the present year have certainly viewed the land and its institutions through very Red spectacles.. rh.'ir report, issued under the title o" "Soviet
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  • 191 11 At a recent congress of the Ninth Economic Region «>f Toulouse and the Pyrenees. attended by representatives ol numerous chambers of commerce, the project was discussed of es ablishing an inter-contin-ental railway between Africa, Spain, and Prance, with view to its ultimate connection with England
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 244 11 J^j; f^-^y-^y''' l"-''}:'''^.* ,«-.0. -wi >g^ w I St> 16<)7i762 U mtmtt p'^^. ;^-v g^H^^n jS^ I Aj V 7^ High Class Virginian .iilllMl^Pf^l Perfectly prepared, perfectly packed. -^^c^ jfC^^r M made entirely from finest matured X^rßf^^ V leaf. In short, the ideal Virginian Y\\ oa\ f G Cigarettes. Never
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  • 67 12 The outward French Mail steamer Angers is due here from Colombo on Sunday at daylight and will leave likely the same day at 4 p.m. for Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. The P. and O. Soudan has left Hongkong, and is expected to arrive at this port at
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  • 107 12 JAPANESE STEAMER WRECKED. The Tomashima Maru (2,500 tons), of the Narazaki Risen Kaisha of Tokyo, chartered by the Suzuki Shoten, Kobe, is believed to have foundered near the Pescadores, in the violent rainstorm of the I,sth. ult. She left Keelung for Canton on the 13th. with a foil
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  • 102 12 The cholera epidemic has thrown about 4,000 Tokyo fishermen out of work, and as the ban on fishing in waters near Tokyo is to be continued for a time even though the epidemic is largely subsiding, the municipal authorities have decided to grant support to
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  • 285 12 A Year's Trade. A reflection of the state of the shipping trade was provided in a review, submitted to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, of the financial results of the trade at Glasgow Harbour during the past year. The tonnage of vessels using the port during the period was
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  • 392 12 the one side of the ship resulting: in the complete turning: over of the ship in its rope cradle to an upright position. The whole operation was carried out within thirteen days, during seven of which no work was possible owing; to gales which swept the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 438 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :O:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :O:— Regular monthly sailing B by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and ■tONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading* to Australia. Cabins Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 151 12 HUGO SHNNES LINES. (Incorporated in Germany). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT. PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND. tIONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. IA Tirpitz 12.250 Oct. 23 Adolf von Bayer 9,000 Nov. 24 Calling at Manila. HOMEWARD BOUND. NAPLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. Scheer 12,300 Not. 17 Not calling at Naples. Carl Legien 9,000 Nov.
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    • 469 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseilles rU Colombo, Djibouti and Port Said. PORTHOS 19.000 due Oct. 21 D'ARTAGNAN 20 500 due Nov 4 FROM PENANG ONLY. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djibouti and Port Said. COMPIEGNE
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    • 253 12 BOORDS GIN OLD TOM AND DRY mi m\ THE FINEST OBTAINABLE. Sole Agents: John Little 8 Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Ei gland). Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. LLOYD TRIESTINO S,N. CO (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Brindisi, Veuw and Trieste via ports taking carffo m through Bills of
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    • 570 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuan tan (via Gemas and J era n tut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 aim Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, lpoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 mm Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 674 13 O. S.K. Line. Destination*. Steamers. Arr. Dept. London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Alaska Maru Oct. 22 Oct. 23 I inrban Cape Town, Rio, Santos, U Mitevideo, Buenos Aires via Colombo. f Hawaii Maru Oct. 18 Oct. 21 lombo and Bombay f Hamburg Maru Oct.
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    • 405 13 «jK^/ STEAMSHIP LINE Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 58 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. *in Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, fjuiuu and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in
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    • 667 13 GENERAL AGES^ SAK| ROOSE>rELT LINB Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERFIR Port SILVERELM dlle Oct> 8.8. BORDEAUX MARU due Nov 15 -...SILVERAY due Nov *or rates and other particulars apply:—
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  • 1201 14 The "modernization'' of the new Turkey continues apace. Not content with the abolition of the Caliphate and the expulsion of l he Caliph, with the conversion of the Ministers that administered the Sacred Law of Islam and its pious foundations into mere deparfcmen s of
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  • 296 14 Dunearn is the nam e of the new property in Singapore purchased by the Methodist Mission, to which the Oldham Hall boarding school is to be transferred. This property, comprising 12 acres of ground, is admirably located on a hill just beyond Xewton Station, and
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  • 243 14 Schemes of Polish Monarchic s. Warsaw. Monarchist societies in Poland have by no means given up hope hat the Republic will one day br ruled by a king. They have not so far been able to ,t. which king they wan*., bu, at
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  • 58 14 M ALARIA SPECIALISTS IN COLOMBO. Drs. Russell and Barnes, of the Rockfeller Institute, who have been engaged In malarial work in the East, arrived in Colombo un Oct. 1 from Singapore 1 y the Danish motor vessel "Jutlaadia." Their services have heen len to the Ceylon Medical Department in connection
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 194 14 \f627\F JSP of S 9p&> ocorcn THE qLDEST DISTILLERS IN THE WORLD JOHN HAIC &C? L T MARKINCH, SCOTLAND. THB 4NGLO-BIAM CORPORATION LTD. SINGAPORE. Cocking S Economy. U ith a (rd> cooker F BBS= r^ a TZ ~^^^B you only pay for the jaglj^^^p^pn va\m fuel you burn, and I
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    • 440 14 Baby Sleeps Well and Enjoys his Food n owl JJI J< Mothers are saved a world of worry owr babies' ftedinx difficulties and teefhinn Jis. tA\ Ol "dcrs by Rivin« Woodward's Gripe Wafer i --M Read the experience of Mrs. J. J. nn,. r f 7, Willard Grove, Liverpool: "My
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  • 67 15 October 14. Bank 1 m.s. £14 16-32 Bank, demand 214 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 19-32 New York, demand sfia 4 Credits i»0 feyi France, demand 1180 India. T. T. 154 L Hnnirkonj*. demand T' L pc Preni. Yokohama, demand r |gg Java dt'niatui 1 10 Bangkok,
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  • 219 15 October u. Tin 7:. Ton 12.M Gambier 1 7 qo Popper White mi Popper Black 11. <hi Plain Tapioca 650 Pearl Bago Small Copra 12.00 Copra Sundried 12.25 Opium. lion r>s ntil 4 000 Rice, Liang Ilia '"n,m M-.rk B'up Ea^le (Old) af§ Rire. Liang 1 Hir, h.:n M
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  • 37 15 Singapore. Oct. 14, ".'2 noon. Singapore S andard Ribbed Sinok?d Slieet Spot 1.5] 1.52; Nov.-Dtc. 1.4-1 M: Jan.- March 1.32 1. :>:>: Apr:l-Ju:»e Lit) I. 1 Liondon Quotation Sheet is. u Market (•i.ier.
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  • 336 15 fcu Sime, Darby «.<• (Ipoh.) Johan Tin. dredge output 290.26 pks; yardage 90,102; hours run revenue from sak' of on 623,748; tribute -1.22. Sees: Sime. Darby Co, Linirui Tin. 158.40 pks; (sluicing 160.07; tribute 8.38). Bees: Siim\ Darby Co.. (Malacca). Hukit. Lintautr. S.5.001); Chimpul. 22,000; Colinsburgn,
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  • 124 15 RUBBER AUCTION. YESTERDAYS LIST. The Singapore Chamber of Comment Rcbber Association, held it. 729 auction yesterday, when there was Catalogued 880,091 ibs. 3O3.t>i tons. Offered 122,580 lbs:; lsx.iu toas. Sold 120,719 Ibs. 143.18 tons. Spot. London 4 S o%d. New York t»7 eenti PBICBB REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked
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  • 171 15 M ACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, Oct. 1 I. Ratter London 4s. o%d. Quiet. Local 1 .iU 1 Tin. I. din i,,n £277 15s. Loral 112 7") tons sold. Rubbers.— Sharea are linn with an inci cased enquiry. New Scudais an- quoted and Colinsburghs at i.L'.". 1.50. Sungei Ramals are
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  • 186 15 Singapore, Oct. l I. Tin. 827' 15s. Up ;<«. <;<!. <• tons. KubhtT. Is. o-Vi. Up 2%d, Rubbers. The ihare market [i r much firmer ami fair business is >»;;>■ Nt w Craigieleaa, after falling to 2.20 I been taken in quantity at 2.32%, New bcud:iis
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  • 278 15 POSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT (L. R. Macphail). Singapore. Oct. 1 I. Rubber.— 4s. o\d. t%d up. Local l.. r »O. Tin. £277 i:>s. lp 41s 6d. Local 7:> tons sold at 142. The rubber share market is better wi»h quotations marked up all round. Mining 1 shares continue firm. Industrial
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 396 15 Assets over $5,500,000. A M ™w™ Assurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House Sinranorp t rkXTT\/\xT rwm^™ on ™o T The C, W ha, ,20,000 depose SSKL. Co« *^'i2?X^3?i.tSlL^7i^ M Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE. AGENTS
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    • 1471 15 KKASEK CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11th. [Figures in brackets show the issue raiut marked.] l d llarS UnleB3 oth er*'se MINING. Asam Kumbang SfTS S era BatangPadangT^n "\g H nir ulic l Kamunting 64s g Kinta Assn. (10) 6 0( f^ c d Kucha. OnU ($1) JJJ
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap^* Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floo^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 698 16 Minutes of Committee held on the October 12th., 1925, in the Singapore Ex- change Room at 5 p.m. Present. Messrs. A. P. Robinson (President), J. G. Campbell (Vice-President), D. Santry, H. T. White, E. A. Elias, H. W. i Raper, W. J. Wilcoxson, W. B. Penman, i
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  • 118 16 Of course you have heard of "The Prisoner of Zenda," who hasn't Why, every school boy has read it and discussed it wifti someone else's sister for so many years, tha^ it is a household name. Now everyone will want to see it picturized and once
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  • 58 16 An item of historical interest in connec- tion with last week's flood, says the Times of Malaya, is that a sampan bearing four Malays came up from the Kinta River into Belfield-st., in th e early hours of Tuesday morning, passed Oldfields' Dispensary, and went back to the river over
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  • 291 16 Congress of Far-Eastern Medicine. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shinibunsha). Tokio, Oct. 12. The sixth Far-Eastern Tropical Medicine Portress was opened here to-day at the newly built hall of the Imperial University. Premier Viscount Kato, in a speech in English, welcomed the delegations from various countries, expressing:
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  • 202 16 l.intutt Wallace. The marriape of Captain Leslie E. Lin:ott. of 2 20th Burma Rifles, to Miss Barbara James Wallace, younper dauphter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. James Wallace, of Taipnp, took place at AJI Saints Church, Taipinp, on Saturday, at 10 a.m. The ceremony was performed by Rev.
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  • 266 16 Another Conviction in Juasser Case. The case which was reported in these columns sometime last month, says the Malay Mail, in which the Malay Station Master of Juasseh was convicted of being concerned in a big rubber swindle will be remembered. The charge against him was one of
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  • 17 16 Several cases of cholera have occurred in Bangkok, of passengers from the Norwegian steamer Solviki,n from Swatow.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 21 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 13. In a Scottish League match Celtic beat Queen's Park by four goals to one.
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    • 39 16 Members of the Race Course Golf Club are notified that the links will be closed from to-morrow (Friday) morning until Oct. 31st., both dates inclusive. Play will be resumed on the morning of Nov. Ist.
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    • 211 16 Boy Walley's Latest Win. Boy Walley had little trouble in defeating Pio Rosario in the Stadium main event last night, says the Manila Times of Oct. 4. The invader's defense was entirely too good l- r Pio, most of \vr<>se punches were wasted on the atmosphere or Walley's elbows,
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    • 196 16 The Singapore Polo Club are hqldinp an American Tournament to-morrow (Friday >. Monday, Oct. I'Jtr, Wednesday. 21st, and Friday, 23rd.. play commencing each day at 4.45 p.m. sharp. The teams will be as follows: Wasps. 1. Ferguson, 2. Yuen, Major Davies, 4. Manasseh. Hornets.— l. Newell. 2.
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    • 163 16 The tour of the M.C.C. team" in India and Ceylon, which was at first expected to take place this year has now been definitely fixed for 1026-27. The original arrangement was for the team to visit Ceylon in October-November, but now according to the new programme
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    • 156 16 Invitation to Play in Ceylon. An invitation has been sent by the Ceylon Cricket Association to the Australian Board of Control asking that the team visiting England should play in Colombo, as previous Australian teams have done on their way to and from England. No
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  • 450 16 &.C.C. DEFEAT ROYAL ARTILLERY. Useful New Players. Cricket Club 4: R.A 0. The meeting for the first time this season on the Padang yesterday evening between the Cricket Club and the Royal Artillery introduced several fresh players, military and club, to Singapore hockey. So far as the Club is
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  • 22 16 The following tie will be played t«» day: Mess ami PteirepoeA versus RevtJ. Douglas and Ewing. to finish.
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  • 89 16 A day which was considered as auspicious as, if not more so. than Republican Day, was yesterday the birthday of the levered Chinese Sage Confucius. Most of the leading Chinese business houses celebrated the occasion in the usual characteristic fashion, flags being in evidence practically all over
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  • 100 16 The death of Towkay Than Say Peng, which occurred at his residence. No. 10, Tranquerah-road. Malacca, is announced, and great will be the regret of those in Malayn who knew him i>ersonally. n 'ht deceased was a very prominent member in the Chinese community and was well-known
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  • 50 16 Programme of Drills up to and for Oct. 18. Friday 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall BJLA. (v); S.R.E. (v) Bigi; S.V.C. Band. Saturday 2.30 p.m., Bukit Timah Chinese Company; 2.30 p.m. Farrer Range Eurasian Company. Sunday 8 a.m. Bukit Timah Chinese Company; 2 a.m., Farrer Range Eurasian Company.
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  • 16 16 Thursday, 15th. Band Practice. St. Joseph's Institution 5 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS. Commissioner.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 194 16 HIS MASTERS VOICE^^^ RECORDS FEATURE The Greatest Artistes o n fi The Finest Recording. j They stand supreme as reproductions nf m. World's Finest Music. the Our Demonstration Rooms are at your Service S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD (Incorporated in Hongkong). The Arcade, SINGAPOHF. Avoid cigarettes that contain sand Sand is
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