The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 October 1925

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  • 12 1 Singapore Free Press. CENTS. SINGAPORE. S.S., WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1925. NO. 11,632.
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  • 258 1 Over sixty Hulgarian seddiers and civilians have been killed, wounded or are missing as the result of a Creek bombardment Page 9. The Council of the League pri\ate!y deliberated the (iraeco-Bulgar frr/ntier incidents and came to an unanimous decision Pegs 9. A crisis, has been reached by
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  • 1259 1 A r< -reading of "Peter Bchlemihl" has minded me ef th-- existence of shadows fiction. What Sic the novels m which v expect shadows (I mean real ihadowi (I not shades or phantoms) to be most ten mentioned? You will not find sny ss you might have anticipated il
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 156 1 SWALLOW AKIEI.L'S GINGERNUT BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No 2920 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY FRIDAY The Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. N.B. Evening Dress essenti il for Dinner Dances.) (.RILL ROOM. S ARK IBS BROTHERS, Under the supervision of an Proprietors. expert Kuropean. NO W RE AD V Singapore and
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    • 189 1 In Aid of tKe 0.E.-Z.M.S. AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE ON November Uth, 19th 21st. Mrs. Griffith -Jones presents ROUND THE TOWN. A Topical RLevxie Produced by Mr. Francis Graham. Booking at Little's ON Saturday, Oct. 31st at 8.30 a.m. Prices All Seats $3.00 November Uth, 19th 21st. Space kindly lent
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    • 193 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Paige car for sale Page- 7. Suitings from Shaw's- Page J. I Eurasian clerk wanted— Page 7. Italit roofing, Guthrie's Page 8. Round the Town Pages 1 and 2. Blinds from Hoosainsah Page 14. Framro/'s aerated WUtera- Page 0. Eskimo pie's. Cold Storage Page 7. Roe.pchanel's silk emporium
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    • 6 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S VARIETY WAFERS ARE DELICIOUS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 95 1 THE WEEK. Wetinmmdmpt -*th. Hijrh Wster, SJ sjb 7.45 p.m. Legislative Council Meeting. Choral Union Concert. Vie. Theatre, BJM p.m. Thiirnrlttjt, '2^rh. Hiph Water. BM a.m.. X.54 p.m. B. I. homeward mail leaves. Fri<Uiy, 30f/i. Hiph Water, 3.52 a.m.. 2.57 p.m. Dutch homeward mail closes. C. K.Z.M.S. Sale. Government Hill.
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  • 240 2 Half a century ago, MOft <<• lee**. Dr. Goo. M. Beard described a peculiar hysteria ol the "Jumping Frenchmen" of Maine logging camps. These men, apparently m perfect heal'h. showed no «>utward sign of abnormal condition, but involuntarily gave response to any sudden >ound, and when ■tock on
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 313 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREMESHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MEDJCAL HALL LTD, SINGAPORE. atlbe HAPPY VALLEY. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any. better than majiy. WAYANG PEK JEE. Ts?l TT PHONE: Kit, ir.i_.r_ CRAMj KAXZAKI SINGAPORE.
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    • 443 2 I Victoria Theatre Saturday 3l«rt mat., 9.30 p.m. Positively Farewell Concert Prior to Departure for the United States of America. William Heughan j THE WORLD FAMED SINGER AND ACTOR AND ASSOCIATE ARTISTES. HYMAN LENZER GLADYS SAVER Australia's Greatest Violinist. s The Brilliant Pianiste. Do Not Miss This Last Opportunity of
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    • 392 2 ONE OF THE FIFTY-TWO BEST PICTURES Or ThT From Sunday, 25th to Friday, 30th (>,, AT THE ALHAMBRA In the Second Show, at 9 p m AN ALLIED PRODUCERS AND DISTRIRUTadV TION SPECIAL PICTURE (RELEaIeTP^y* !&s_* ARTISTS' CORPORATION) NIT W' Featuring Jack Pickford ty,~ < Brother of Mary Pickford) The
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  • 456 3 Colonel's Cure for Inem ploy ment. A plan by which unemployment would be reduced by many thou.ands, the steel industry placed on its feet, and industry m general throughout Great Britain revivified, at small cost, if any, to the taxpayer, has been drawn up
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  • 250 3 Danger of Foreign-made Jars. Out of thirty-one jars of fish and meat pastes examined, twenty-nine wcrv found to contain splinters of *rlass. This statement is reproduced on the authority of the Analy>t by the British Medical Journal. Inquiries made by a Morning Post representative ihow that such
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  • 150 3 Hench and a "Scandal" of Rich Firms. "This is nothing short of a scandal, and \i unfair to other citizens," said Alderman Sii David Burnett at the Mansion House Police Court, when dealing with summonses for non-payment of rates. In some instances, firms whose
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  • 190 3 How a Wager Was Won m Calcutta. Calcutta. Sept. 20. A question whicn has been agitating jute circles during the past few days was settled on Friday afternoon on the Royal Calcutta Golf Club H>Ufve vi Tollygunge. says the Statesman, when i certain member, not unknown
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  • 92 3 OLD N OHM AN CASTLE. Purchase by American Newspaper Owner. I^cndon, Sept. 15. Mr. W. K. Hearst, the American news paper owner, has purchased St. Donat's Castle, on the Welsh coast. The London agent reports that Mr. Hearst was so fascinated with a description of the castle, which he read
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  • 37 3 Manila, October 2.— A magazine- at Fori McKinley exploded, raining shells on the reservation of the adjacent village. Theie arc believed to be no casualties. The cause of the explosion has not been determined.
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    • 368 3 _2 y^_#^ __t__i __L_-___ that thousands of H I L/O YOU RTiOW b »^s have her E A constitutions F? 8 undermined, if not ruined, by having milk |k from Tubercular cows E£ S How is a mother to know that her baby L| 5 is safe from this risk.—
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    • 315 3 J^ Eveready Flashlights bring t 't lan rs ml that lurk m darkness. They Rive instant light i vs t where you want it. when you need it. I AMERICAN EVEREADY WORKS 30 East 12nd Street Ne* York City, N.Y.. U.S.A. It |^TlwEkEl*?l m\\\:3>^_i_Bfi[__3__fiaS_*__P^^^^^^ Stjthrt u,,,l Si :i s I
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  • 693 4 A NATIONAL MOVEMENT. Road Fund Grants to Meet Expenses. With a view to the promotion of safety on highways the Minister of Transport has taken various steps to encourage the general adoption of tlie "white line" on carriage ways, which bids fair to reduce the
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  • 120 4 Paris, Sept. 17. A .telegram from Bukharest states that a fire has broken out m the petrol bearing properties of the Romano-American Company at P!oesti. The company is losing 300 wagons of oil a day, and the fire is dangerous to the surrounding neighbourhood. The Minister
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 103 4 I THE MORRIS OXFORD 14 28 HP 4 5 SEATER TOURING CAR $2,745 A GREAT BRITISH VALUE THAT AT THIS PRICE DEFIES FOREIGN COMPETITION sole agents MALAYAN MOTORS ,N mala ya (Proprietors, Wearne Bros., Ltd.) m9^mMmmmmnmmmmmmm9S9sm9smmmmmmmm9S9J9MS9mo^^o^omMtm9MMmMS9MMMM9smwsms9s^ i THE NEW MODEL 11/22 H.P. TDOLSELEY" HAS FOUR DOORS THIS FEATURE WILL STILL
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    • 281 4 54 94 FOR Ammi^M* CONSECUTIV HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RIDING A STANDARD Rudge-Whiiworih Four Valve Speed t% H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERY TRACK NEAR PARIS (Me m^f _^G_B^__sm lMk^___Tj s^^bß w ktl mwm&S. /^*m\ I fl__9s_Jrl C* '^S^ *»l II! I l^y
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  • 822 5 .HERN v GREATEST INDI "STKY. may think that one is quite the size of the motor indus-to-dmy, and the extent to i Lea are used m that countil the actual figures are ir colossal magnitude is Exactly 30 years ago, m hut tour passenger motor United
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  • 168 5 Exciting Sea Rescue. Llandudno. Sept. 16. Motorists played an important, if indirect, part m an exciting rescue m Conway estuary last night. While getting under way the Hoylake fishing-boat Montpelier encountered heavy squalls which snapped her mast. The crew of two flew signals of distress, which
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  • 145 5 As business increases, the demand for labour increases also. The real reason for the failure of many storage batteries will be found behind the steering wheel. The less compression space m a cylinder head the less carbon it will stand before knocking. Pieces of fresh blotter ml 1 urouo.l th~
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    • 255 5 THE GRAY CAR Big Reduction m Price. Owing to enormous increase m production the manufacturers are enabled to reduce their et b) $100. per car. J The GRAY Car has made itself famous throughout the world on account of its unequalled ;j ..my, beauty of construction and its absolute reliability.
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    • 286 5 A VEHICLE to meet your Heaviest Demands An ever-widening circle of satisfied users is standardising on Thornycroft Commercial Motor Vehicles; merited recognition of the qualities that have made a name synonymous with excellence all over the world. Let us co-operate with you m solving difficult transport problems. There is a
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  • 373 6 CHINESE MARRIAGES. j To the Editor. Dear Sir, For some time I have watched with interest and great care to see what views readers of your paper have relative to the above subject. And waiting patiently I have been rewarded with those giv^en by your correspondent
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  • 535 6 The annual general meeting of the Singapore Chinese Girls' was held at the- Garden Clah, Raffles Chambers, on Friday. ZXfd October at ."> p.m. Those present were- the Honourable Mr. Bong Ong Slang, (m the- chair > Hist A. W. Curtis. Dr. Lim Han Hoe. Messrs.
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  • 854 6 FORTNIGHTS CAPTURES BY PREVENTIVE FLEET. A Woman Smuggler. With rubber prices high, smuggling has become a very attractive occupation, and a recent recruit is a woman. Over 350 pik^uls of rubber were seized by vessels of he Preventive fleet during the fortnight upon which reports are now available.
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  • 43 6 Analysis of census figures has shown the National Safety Council that falls are the chief accident hazard of the aged, causing 572 deaths per 100,000 persons of eighty or more. Asphyxiation, automobiles and burns are other leading sougces of danger to old people.
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    • 424 6 NOTICE. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that .he undermentioned Bonds which form part of the issue of the Government of th c Straits Settlements 7 per cent War Loan are the property of the late Seng Ah Moh who died at No. 44 Jeddah Street, Singapore, on the 2nd day of
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    • 164 6 P.irair.. Or VX* Maauf.ctarer, W^^^> Works. Gripoly Mills. Carliff. 6&3t\ U m¥V Gmipoly PATENT BELTING STOCKING AGENTS:SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd SINGAPORE, KIALA LUMPUR, IPOH, PEN AM MALACCA. jl f" r=,N :;^r<G^. The newj Ai/CICSr£LL/tXL£ Built m at the Ford Factory aa optional equipment on new cars and trucks. the only
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  • 1273 7 THE POSTAL RATES. (From Our Own Correspondent). Batavia, Oct. 24. it is with interest and even with humour that we read of the new postal rates whicn have come into force m Holland on October J Ist. and especially those for the pe>stal service to the Netherlands East
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    • 425 7 BUSINESS CARDS. FUNERALS? SINGAPORE (ASKET CO. "EXPERT UNDERTAKERS." TELEPHONE 75. -j |M*as* Send for the Illustrated (atalof ue of Musical Instrumenta. I SEASON CO., LTD. J 111 and 113, North Bridge Road. g HARDWORKING ANT) TRUSTWORTHY SERVANTS. OOKS, AMAHS. AYAHS, ETC. it charge and under no obligation. We t* SSI
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    • 637 7 NOTICES. SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION. Parents and guardian* of children of suitable age for admission to English Schools are reminded that registration for 1926 is now proceeding and will close on 11th December 1925. 2. Foes for the first month may be paid on registratloa. G. C DAYIES. Acting taapeetor of Schools,
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    • 600 7 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. »«Sr* uill be received at the Colonial Sebe.. IgJa, for the following works: 1. Kiwtion of Quarters for SS Married Men at Thosaeoa Road Folioa Depot. 2. Erection af Quarters for 200 Siorfsoae* U Inonison R on< j p 0 )j c< Depot. X. Erect.on of a
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    • 603 7 A BAR OF COLD STORAGE VANILLA ICE CREAM, CHOCOLATE COATED, IS WHAT IS KNOWN ALL OVER SINGAPORE AS AN "ESKIMO PIE A Sweetmeat m its Most Delightful form a Frozen I Confection II WE ARE SELLING THOUSANDS DAILY HAVE YOU TRIED ONE i OBTAINABLE FROM THE DEPOT. ORCHARD RO\l> \NI)
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  • 747 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1928. Ex-Service Men's Slackness. Criticism of ex-service men is always an unenviable task and one to Ix taken up with considerable reluctance. but slackness is something which should be as alien to the exfighter's character to-day nearly seven, years after the Armistice as it
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  • 395 8 On and after Ist November, the Offices oi the Eastern Rubber Co. will U- at Union Building-. The Actinir chief .Justice (Mr. P. J. Sproole) and Mr. Justice Donne arer< engaged during Momia\ and yesterday m the Johore Court of Appeal. We are asked to remind parents of children of
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  • 53 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. OVEREB. Oa Saaday, the •_'."»t!. h bjb. .la'i.-t Ovaiaa, the beloved a*»th< Mr Richard Ovaree of the Aeeeamtaat'i Department. Poal ami Telegraphs, Kuala Lua ami af Messrs Valaatlae .and Palis Overec af Malacca. Tlu- faaeral look place >>n Mondaj BM>ming at the Boaiaa C ktheik sametery, tinRev.
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  • 151 8 TROOPS ATTACKED BY ACHINESE. Thirteen Dead and Many Wounded. [Aneta Service]. Weltevreden, Oct, "-7. The Army Staff at Bandoeng have W ceived a telegram stating that Captain Paris landed with four detachment at Bakontfan, near Kampong Padang, and was attacked by thirteen Achinese armed with klewangs. The military
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  • 177 8 Prior to bis departure for the United States of America Wil'iam Heughan, the world famed linger and actor, will, r announce I, -i a farewell ncert ii I ►ria Theatr< on Saturday. .'Ust. inst. The wide-world tour on arhi h he is _1 ent engaged is
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  • 206 8 Amateur* and the Cnion Jack Club. A very Btrong programme has been arranged by Mrs. c |t__Alfbrd for the Vaodei viile Nights entertainment which ia l>eing presented at the Theatre on. Nov. 6 and 7. The first part of the programme is to eonI sist of songs and
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  • 55 8 The following Town properties were sold by auction at Messrs Powell and Co.. Limited's Bale-room yesterday and realised the following prices: No. 40 High Street. $20,f>00; No. 40- A High Street. $28,100; No. 40-B High Street. 128.600; and Nos. gt-5, 27-b\ 27-7 ami 27-8 North Boat Quay. The
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  • 108 8 GoorgC and Louis Carrol were acquitted and discharged on Monday morning by Mr. Stark, th t Kuala Lumpur police magistrate, on a charge of assaulting a Tamil detective at Scott-rd. on the 18th inst. "A fifty per cent error m a scale, was a big deficiency." said the learned magistrate
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  • 259 8 ISSIE OF DEIIKNMK. The following atatemei y 'aid M th- tal lative Council on IsOndi Issue of $22.O0ii.h<)i. bcnture Stock, 11)20. The Municipal Commit of Singapore desire to rai* mmWbttbiiMsm bearing interest at the rat (6 per centj per annum. the years 1964 and \:>. paying the
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  • 97 8 j A Bumper Attendance U. At the Europe Hotel or Noveasl r lit h.. the annua! dinner will held under the suapfe 9 T, .ga|>< branch of the Ex-Servfo 'Malaya, who want thi- year'? fill beat all records aa regards i Nc-eerviee men pre-. Tickets for tht
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  • 89 8 Fill aasii a Repair- to hi I »rried Oat We understand that detained m Hoc! h re engine room reouin s < i before ahe car. depart 01 age to Australia. Th oil tanker < !onus on Sunda sel mms off t he E suited m conaiderable dam
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  • 39 8 Repor.ed Daaaatreoa I Nowa of a disastroos was contained m a l< pore by a local firm feat munication state.- that town was involved ami thai damage area caused. \n petroleum is said to ha' the fire.
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  • 47 8 The Police have m format I what sensational murder R mined m No. i>o Kallang afternoon. A Chinese is sa Led his wife. Injuring her afterward- used the same The man was taken to Ho«| OOS condition. The eiinu he the result of jealousy.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 213 8 f'THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" "D&C WHISKY. NEWLY [NTBODUCBD TO THIS MARKET IN THE BARREL SHAPED BOTTLE A REALLY GOOD WHISKY AT A LOW PRICE i 1 1 CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) Singapore. Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Ipoh and Klang. FRESH ENGLISH SALMON PARTRIDGES AMERICAN CALIFORNIAN DUCKLINGS HALIBUT
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    • 39 8 VWWYVWWb%VA*VJW.VWWWW.V V Parfums de Luxe f GOTY Chypre < Origan Rose Jacqueminot Paris j \l Emcraude EAU DE COTY J» to be had from all dealers Dupire Brothers. < V.W.W.'.WAWW.WAWWi ///*>*?<■ r^^^m§v} t ~±i-^ Set Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.
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    • 63 8 FORGED DOLLAI NOTES. few days ago th" Detective D partment arrested a Chinese m a coffee shop m New Bridge-road with nearly a hundred forged one-dollar notes m his pocket. The accused was brought On m the Police Courts yesterday and committed for trial at the forthcoming Assises on a
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  • 283 9 KULGAR LOSSES. BEFORE THE F\l>. •Ri itei Servi c. Sofi i. Oct. 27. cc of the Greek bombardx Bulgarian aoldiera and an including Aye eased oi wounded. Also believed lo .1. S\ us DELIBERATIONS. Paris. Oct. 26. I pi ivately delibsrat•ir innounehsg the •don. This was emboition drawn
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  • 50 9 iter's Service.] airo. Oct. 27. i Coningaam and Flightj and Baggt tarted froea i* this morning on three on a flight ts Nigeria General Raking and others God-apeed. The first bait will and then at Khartoum. 1 »»her, after which they will fly ""explored Prench equatorial
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  • 22 9 I" Renter's Service]. Paris. Oct. 27. ;--m baa agroed to the a P Rskovaky Si Soviet AmbasKrasßin will be Ambassador
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  • 17 9 [Renter*! Service.] Riga. Oct. 27. Gone to Sukhum m the aaeergo a cure for throat
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  • 23 9 T Reuter's Service. 1 Batavia, Oct. 27. a bridge near Medan, l f three peVBOSM being *tfously injured and fifty
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  • 74 9 BOTH AGITATED. BERLIN'S DECISION. TReuter's Service. l Berlin, Oct. 27. The Cabinet has decided to remain m office and submit a bill relating to the Locarno treaties before December. The portfolios vacated by the resignation of the Nationals from the Cabinet have been taken 'over by other
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  • 119 9 THE FRANC SPECULATIONS 1 Reuter's Service.] Paris, Oct. 26. Well-iaiornaed circles consider it ptacticSlly certain that the ('ahinct will resign bloc to-morrow, apparently with the oblecl of vetting rid of M. CaiUaox, aa to the Cabinet .decision to proceed against speculators m the franc. The controller of the
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  • 151 9 AMERICA WINS. [Reuter's Service. J Baltimore, Oct. 26. The British team for to-day's Schneider Cap SIT race has been reduced to one, Hinkler piloting the raoerve ftrtshtr Nopicr failing to qualify m this morning's tryout. The machine struck the water heavily und damaged its floats. Baltimore. Oct. 26.
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  • 43 9 [Reuter's Service l London, Oct. 27. Addressing the London Diocesan f'onfe T rence. the Bishop of London said that he proposed next year to visit Korea and attend the consecration of the Cathedral; ihen £o to Kobe. Singapore and Colombo.
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  • 32 9 T Reuter's Service.] Rushire. Oct. 27. It is now stated that the casualties m the Persian Gulf disaster are greatly saggerated, although the effects of the cyclone were serious.
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  • 32 9 TReuter's Service. l London. Oct. 26. A meeting this afternoon of the members of the Empire Exhibition Association passed a resolution that the company be wound up voluntarily.
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  • 35 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 26. Hay ley Morris, charged with a criminal offence, has applied to the superintendent registrar at Uckfield for a licence to marry Madeline Roberts, described as his housekeeper.
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  • 110 9 The significance of the above phrase, which has been advertised freely round the teem since last Saturday, has now been.revealed. It is the title of the Topical Revue which is being presented by Mrs. Griffith-Ji rasa and Mrs. A. Harris at the Victoria Theatre on Novomher Uth.
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  • 144 9 A WILD MARKET. SERIOUS SLUMP. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. 27. The Government cotton crop report has caused heavy speculative and hedge selling on the market, prices slumping 113 to 129 points, to lowest since 1922. Covering brought about a partial rally m prices, Which closed at
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  • 277 9 OTHERS TAKE NOTE. Ts he Editor, Sir.- U appears anotlu-r Gendre ia on the seem m Singapore now. Bui this time surely he cannot be Manager. California. 1 saw this morning a Chinese tailor wandering m Battery Road holding a bnaaaesi rard m his hand, making
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  • 203 9 The Epworth League Choral Cnion gives its third annual concert m the Victoria Theatre at 8.80 p.m. to-day (Wednesday) and Friday. :50th October, under the distinguished patronage of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government (The Hon. Mr. E. S. Hose, C.M.G.) and Miss Hose, and Messrs.
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  • 136 9 The report of the Select Committee on the Estimates for 1926 contains the following. The Education Department put forward proposals for a number of new schools to replace existing schools: these have all been omitted. We are informed that two of these schools are urgent. At Melekek there
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  • 18 9 Out of 26,358 deaths m the Colony m 1924, 5,135 occurred m Government Hospitals, and 10,596 were uncertified.
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  • 706 9 STRUT MEASURES FOR SUPPRESSION. Two ordinances prepared with the object of dealing with the position of Chinese girls known as Mvi Tsai passed their third reading at the meeting of Council on Monday, and will come into force at the beginning of next year. In regard
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  • 124 9 The ever popular Harmston's Circus will soon be with us again and is assured of its usual cordial welcome. The Circus, which opens at the Rodeo ground m Anson Road on Noveml>er 4th., is composed of many newcomers who give excellent performances, whilst there are many horse ami
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 297 9 Irish Dress Linens New Shipment Just Received In The Following Plain Fadeless Colours BLUES— SKY AND SAKE; GREENS— DARK JADE AND GRASS; PINKS— SALMON AND ROSE; BROWN, GREY, LAVENDER, MAUVE, WHITE. OWING TO A LARGE REDUCTION IN IRISH COST OK MAKING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BUY AT VERY LOW
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    • 748 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA. MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LI VERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. MACHAON London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 30 CALCHAS
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    • 534 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "EtlßMAir LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANALFREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OP DUNKIRK Havre, London, Rotterdam Hamburg In Port s.s. CITY OF TOKIO London, Rotterdam, Hamburg v a oniro am Dunkirk Nov. 7 s.s.
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    • 556 10 P. o. i BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated m England MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERV, (Es PENINSULAR AND ORIENTALSTEAM \x\w LONDON AND FAR (Under Contract wttH HU Mlj^"^^ OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. asnatarai For China and Japan. For Marseil"! Due London and A aw Tonnage. Singapore. U, T| 1925 T
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  • 211 11 Tennis Racket Makers (io on Strike. From Sept 20 every maksr of lawn tennis frames and Stringers of rackets have b. en on strike. Tlie trouble is stated to have originated from notices posted m the factories of rirjns affiliated to the Association of British Manufacturers
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  • 253 11 Eight Balls Stolen m One Round. A raven and a seagull figured m two extraordinary golf incidents reported recently. Three gofers playing on the Aberdare Valley course, G'amoiganshire, saw a raven fly off with one of the balls on the green. Two ho'.es further on
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  • 470 11 Government Remits Royalty. At the last meeting of the Ceylon Legislative Council, the Acting Colonial Secretary, m introducing a motion to remit the export duty on plumbago, said that it was something more than a proposal to remit a tax. Under the Kandyan Law and the Roman-Dutch
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  • 173 11 Desperate Fight for Life m a (reek. Duncan Campbell, after fighting desperately for his life m live feet of water, escaped from a large alligator m a creek near Houston, Texas. His rigfe* leg and lef foot, however, wars badly manged. Campbell, who is fifty-two, was with
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  • 94 11 Remarkable Feat. London, Sept. 23. The Central News Agency records a remarkable feat by Miss Eileen Jackson, a 15-year-a!d Essex girl, who, accompanied by one guide, ascended the Matterhom. Switzerland, on the 60th anniversary of its first ascent, taking seven and a half hours., including halt*?, whereas the
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  • 53 11 42,000 Dwellings Partially Submerged Tokio, Oct. 2. The heaviest rainstorm for half a century occurred on the night of September 20th. Twenty lives were lost m Yokohama, six we iv killed by landslides at Yokosuka, and 42,000 dwellings m Tokio, were partially submerged, but the damage
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  • 230 11 For most oldsters and all Surrey Walking Club men the hero of the thrilling struggle over the trying .">2 miles between London and Brighton is K. C, Hurt on. This veteran is a wonderful walker with a great record. Only recently he won a veterans' race, and
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  • 178 11 Says the South China Morning IVsi. Finding economy harder than it seemed already we begin to repent that approval We recall that the Imperial Gove i nment recently offered loans to the Colonies for i. productive works, and rememlu'raitr that ln> local stringency may soon bj over it
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  • 15 11 Advertising never yet made a permanent success of a bad article. Mr. C. E. Wiles.
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    • 214 11 =^=~~~^~~==------s_=-__--=_-^ The Green Island Cement j COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated m Hongkong.) i im OFFICE No. 45 Robinson ••GREENLAND." ij Sole Agents: UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. Incorporated 'n the Strait 3 Settlements.) Electrical Department. IS. ll.i:<er> Road. SINGAPORE. U|. 7 7 Q!____i__r_s PHONE. 3134, and 3135 y -_aaS— B^^a" T^ i^ e%?m**^^
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    • 422 11 Marine Engines V\ All Parts Standard and Interchangeable. II American Dosch Magnetos impulse coupling \^L Kaiuiatb Matin* Engine* ara mad* with the BBSBBBBS of a watch. nil porta e»anljr balanced, allmlnatlnt vibration and friction. Mor* po- ci with I«m fuel. For depaodabillty Install a Kerm-tn. Vv KERMATH AGENTS: >V^ >
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  • 90 12 Heavy gun practice will take place from Blakang M»ati on Tuesday, Nov. 3rd, commencing at 8.30 a.m., and the firing area, Southern, as defined m the Government Gazette of August 25th, 1922, will be closed during the practice. The International code signal "D" above a large red flag
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  • 180 12 The degree of care enjoined on Army cooks m the use of tinned foods for troops i£ emphasized m some recent additions by Army Order to the instructions on soldiers' messing. All tins containing food must be thoroughly examined, and none may b e accepted
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  • 187 12 Speaking of changes m Ceylon whose administrative head, Sir Hugh Clifford, will shortly take up his duties.' a recent" development, or a "novel departure." may ha.ye some interest for Malaya. A member of the Service there has been appointed Assistant m the P. C. M. Pi Office.
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  • 153 12 According to the N. C. Standard the friends of Dr. Sun Vat Sen have collected three million dollars 'from the Chinese merchants and labourers m the Straits Settlements and elsewhere" to construct a tomb for Sun m the Purple Gold Hills of Nanking! They refused to pay a "fair price"
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 1045 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE^ via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE :0:— Regular monthly Bailing, by the well-known ateamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) snd MONTORO (5,000 tone). The s.s. MARELLA ia the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 21 12 Ny Carlsberg Beer fl f**A J __l A^_\\ SS __f\Hl SOLE IMPORTERS: rHE EAST ASIATIC CO,, LTD, (Incorporated m Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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    • 570 12 JAVA-NEW_YORK LIN^ Regular three weekly service of the NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM r f ov, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. Intended sailings of above Companies from Smgapore to New York via Suez. t s.s. SIANTAR s.s. SAPAROEA f,Ue 22 Cargo is also accepted to Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore an 1 and Canadian Inland
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    • 274 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. CO. (Incorporated m Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Brindisi, Venies and Trieste via ports taking cargo cb through Bills of Lading for Fiume, tht Levant and Black Sea Ports, also to _U ports on the West Coast sf Italy. ROSANDRA al Oct 21 x SILVIO PELLICO
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 639 12 IT J MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. U t* U Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (rU Gcmas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesdsy, Thursday and ■Friday Bangkok every Thursday 2 M? Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah Kelantan every Monday. Wednesday and Saturday s Kota Tinggi and Kedah
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 719 13 O.S.K. Line. Destinations. Steam e-s. Arr. Dept. ndon Hamburg, Rotterdsm, Mitwerr. Bremen, vis Colombo. Vn P ,rt Sa,d Amur Maru Nov 12 Nov. 13 Hay. Cape Town, Rio, I n i_ i j enos Aires via Colombo. f Panama Maru Nov. 26 Nov. 28 olomb" nnd Bombay t Hamburg Maru
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    • 407 13 2_W fflVlMMffffM ssffi 3*mSL* Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE &8 Days te BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTS CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Cenoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning
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    • 638 13 R A WASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— wo-it»_» _l«» Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) „^REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and > BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.a. SILVERELM j_ A OA _.-s_?— £s IT-., .4. J a.l. dUe NOV for rates and
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  • 368 14 What America Has Learned from Prohibition. Washington. The cose connection between crime and liquor has been so thoroughly established theoretically that nobody now any longer questions it. but some figures made public by the Warden of Sing Sing, the great penai institution of New York State, would
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  • 131 14 Alights on head of Preacher. Extraordinary behaviour on the pan of a blackbird broke up the evening service ttritT n tHe Ba «Le at^n! L^' an b> tappin r r lIJII at the windows until a number of women, becoming alarmed, rose and went out. Thi.
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  • 117 14 D London, Oct. 11. Paris.-Despit* the increasing rains the French forces are continuing to make raids into the heart of the Riff country and French cavalry are advancing along the Mediterranean. Nevertheless winter quarters' are beinir prepared and huts erected all alone the tn*** while outposts from
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  • 93 14 Epstein Condemns the Trafalgar "Mess." LonH hCl^ are ard,y any m London says Mr. Jacob Epstein, the fin* nf n r-aiace. \ou have seen it? f „„7 m is bi B enough to see- one cannot avoid seeing it. "And look at Trafaijrar-square-what an unholy
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  • 318 14 Communist M.P.'s Share Sales. A "flutter" m rubber shares by Mr. Saklatvala, the Communist M.P., was revealed by "Aiuolycus" m the Financial Times. The writer says: By odd coincidence, as I was looking through the register of a well-known rubber company, my eye caught the name
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  • 268 14 Book borrower are the Look lovers' Kieatest pest! says J. T. Jackson. I have a tine collection of books; it would have been much larger, and far more representative, but for the fact that I number many borrowers among my acquaintances. Normally honest persons are hopelesslyimmoral when they
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  • 143 14 An American baseball player is considered to have reached the peak of fame when he has a ten. cent cigar called after him. An English cricketer whs has a dahlia called after him, as Jack Hobbs has. may well claim to have "bumped the stars with his head," for
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  • 60 14 A class of older boys m a metropolitan elementary school recently wer c discussing the various an*** m which the word relief might be used. Upon the work of he relieving officer" being mentioned the teacher asked, "What does the relieving ofncer relieve people from?" Without hesitation and
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  • 469 14 Refusal to Deliver Grain. The efforts of the Soviet Government to I pacify the discontented peasantry have so far met with scant success. The peasants are refusing to sell their products unless they can obtain their requirements of manufactured goods. They even send special investigators to
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  • 165 14 Be l wet n some of the reef-bound islands of the Tonga group, m the PacihV Ocean. where it is dangerous or impossible for steamers to land, an unusual form of airmail service solves the problem of getting letters into the postal channels. Skyrocket! are used to
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  • 143 14 Indians are known .for their charity but a food amount of this is misdirected Indian charity besides supporting thousands of sadhus and able-bodied fakirs also feeds armies of the descendants of the Hindu monkey-god Hanuman (50. at least the front epic tells us). Kites, crows, street <logs,
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  • 35 14 C ivic Reception at Nairobi. c- Nairobi. Sir Edward and Lady Griff have arrive,; here. A civic reception was accorded them, and numerous nddreaaea were prnaonad by pubic bodies representing- all races.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 254 14 WOOD'S GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles That's a nice Tonic, the Taste is Delicious.' 9 m f j WINCARNIS is a choice rich ruby wine (hat does you ever so much good, because it is perfectly blended with valuable bodyj building extracts of meat and malt.
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    • 175 14 l»*willliiiiiiiii;i mi 11,,,,,,,,,,,;;] D »"'t be^ a siaj 1 Watch son «nd >ou will M vsm this I hand I with We Witt', i I 1 I and, when back I 1 tor, -j Hill K et Wo, Pills to-day, :l, chemists stock tha .^TM 4 those w|„, i,. m
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  • 445 15 FRASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TLESDAV. OCT. 27th. Ed dollars unless otherw,V MINING. Kumbane HHe™u c™e Sellers Padang Tin s 54s Tin W 5 2J 53 S nting 1;); 1.60 Johan Tin G )S 67s cd Kinta Assn. (10) «J Kuchai Ords. ($i > ?-*J 8.75 f>in K ui
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  • 83 15 21.176,606 Tons Lsed 1924-25. Calea ta, Oct. 16. The report on the production and conumption of coal m India for the year 1924--!5 shows that the total production amounted o 21,176,606 tons. The average value of coal was 7 rupees anna, and the total estimated
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  • 38 15 (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Cuarantee—Administration Bonds Smgap<-v ReprtsentatiY* Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO Ltd CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist nW __A_GORDON_ lee, Resident Manager.
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  • 43 15 October 27. Bank, demand Private credits I m... 2|4 5 ;f New York, demand \<i.' Credits 90 day- f^ Franco, demand Yokohama, demand nX Java, demand Bangkok, demand ™2J Sovereign, Bank Puyine R Bank of England Rate p Bar Silver London m
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  • 208 15 October f7 1 m 200 Tona Pepper WMte tlzH Peppe I':'lL1 lL nm! IVarl Sara Small Copra Copra Suadried [I*JJ Opium, ben rti b*ii Rice. Lianc Mi', »:iw, Mark B'ue Eagle (Old) <, Rice. Liang Hin Than Mim Red Eagle (New) r Rice, Siam old No. 1 Rice, Rangoon
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  • 39 15 Singapore. Oct. 27, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked S!u-et. Snot 1.60 1.61; Nov. 1.56 1.57: Hoe. 1..V2 l.r.2 1 Jan.- March 1.37 1.35; April-June 1.26 1.2,. London Quotation Sheet :»s. ll%d. Market Quiet.
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  • 320 15 Optimistic- Forecast. 11. Fougere. president of the Silk Federation, recently made an Interesting statement regarding the future of sil|§ and artificial silk m France-. He said that the world's production of natural silk was assured and would be sufficient luring the next quarter of a century,
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  • 33 15 Captain A. j. r. m. Leslie, Adjutant. F M.S. V. F. has been appointed temporarily Commandant, F.M.S. V.F. with the local anil temporary rank of Ueateaant-Colonel, via Lieut enant-Coknpl R r v nr.ii:.
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  • 167 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTIVS REPORT. 2 i?..ki^ BlMnnam, o c t. 27 Kabber.— London 4a. Dull. ij| i F^T ,on 1 d 1* Local ij::.,. _».o tone soul. Kubhers.-Ruhhor sha.vs aro qu.ot. Nfl Craiffieleaa era quoted 2.70 2.76 and v ■I w and Uonnemaraa at 2.0r Jeram Kuantana
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  • 224 15 P OSE M AC PHAIL COS REPORT. OU K. Macphaiii. Singapore. Oct 27. K ..,i u -r.— is. Lnchanged. Local 1.60 1.n.--i2>o 17s 6d. Down to. Local 200 ton. sold at 1 l:ji,. Tin- rubber ahare marl et is tteady with Jair enquinea. Mining stock, continue firm, industrials and Loans
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  • 303 15 London. Sept. 30. Markets. Optimists have for some time past based their conclusions upon the WellftOWn common-sense of the British Work-ing-man. and the whole nation therefore welcomes to-day'> news that the Labour Party have decided to have nothing whatever to do with the small but noisy Com
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  • 89 15 A correspondent writes to the StraitEcho: Sines the death Of Mr. Tan Kheam Kiat. a wellknown resident of Penang h\< nephew Mr. Yeoh Cheow Bang and Mr. Lim Mah Sian*. second son of the late Mr. Lim Kek Chuan, all of Penan* but now of Sin*a pore, have been labour
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 415 15 Assets over $5,500,000. i "I— _j THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMP^T™^ HEAD OFFICE:-Winche Bter8 ter Hou JsTnlT^ Settlements) The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court LO DON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Dupre 'Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurar,™ ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSITRAMri*
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    • 864 15 BANKINGHONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) AuthoriaedX^^ P OO smm &ve aD F d vn f d Uny C*L UP ™wX» reserve Fund :-Sterling Reserve T $26,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 520,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. H X' w^ tten a? en Esq Chairmai. wV^Elq 110 A G H
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  • 1396 16 The race meeting which concluded on Saturday will go down as one of the most successful that we have had m Singapore. The entries, having regard to the fact that there were no griffins at the meeting, were a record for an Autumn meeting, the attendances, also, wer
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  • 57 16 HOME FOOTBALL. [Reuter's Service.] London.. Oct. 26. In the First Division of the League ShefRe!d United defeated Manchester City by I goals to 3. In the Second Division South Shields defeated Portsmouth by 5 goals to 1. Cambridge University were defeated m a friendly match with the Amateur
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  • 174 16 This Week's S.C.C. Programme. Members of the S.C.C. Rugby fifteens more out for practice on the Packing yesterday evening. There will be no game to-morrow evening, but there will by scrum practice, and it is hoped that there will l>e a good turn out. Singapore has been unfortunate m
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  • 36 16 The final of the Cricket Club lawn bowls handicap was played at the Club last vening. Robb and Williams beat Rev. G. H. Douglas and Ewing by (14 plus 2) lb* points to 9.
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  • 36 16 Final of the Dyne (up. At the Tanglin Club yesterday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton defeated Miss Grif-fith-Jones and Mi. Fulcher by S 6. 12 —10 m the final of the Dyne Cup.
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  • 31 16 I Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 26. The Lawn Tennis Association has prohibited Jacob from competing at any of its meetings until he is reinstated by the All India Association.
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  • 16 16 A Reuter's telegram from New York states that the famous dancing master John Tiller is dead.
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  • 658 16 FORM IN A NUTSHELL. A few brief notes on the form shewn at the recent meeting may be of interest to followers of local racing. Open Horses. Coleus: One of the best we have seen here. Genzano: not at his top. Highway: out of form and tired.
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  • 209 16 Handicaps for Skye Meeting. The following are the handicaps for the Amateur Skye Meeting, to be held at the Race Course on Saturday: Race 1. Open Ponies, Class D. (Four Furlongs): Bay Rhum 12, Black Satin II 11, Ginger 10.5, Gloaming 10.2, Pat 10. Poppy 0.7, Miss
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  • 897 16 LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE. The following are the position Bin the English and Scottish Leagues to date: Division I. Goals. P. W. U D. F. A. Pts. Sunderland 12 8 3 1 36 21 17 Spurs 13 7 3 3 23 21 17 Huddersfield 11 6 1 4
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  • 77 16 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. vs S.R.C. at hockey to-morrow on the S.R.C. ground:— J. V. Moss: E. G. Wheatley and C. Richards; R. Lyne. C. A. Pennefather and R. R. Mehta; M. Catehatoor, D Dale, H. G. Stack (Capt), E. Y. Smith and E. A. Newton. Reserves:
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  • 32 16 Snooker Tournamcn*. The final of the above, 6. F. Strickland and R. H. W T ild against H. W. Hughes and P. Howard, will be played to-morrow at 6.30 p.m.
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  • 31 16 The Indians of Hongkong did not celebrate Deepavali festival with the usual display, as they have been hard hit by the state of business resulting from the strike ir the Colony.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 433 16 HIS MASTER'S VOlcJ) GRAMOPHONES AND RECORDS Are renowned throughout the world for th, qualities. It is quality, first, last and all the time. These qualities have placed and rnainta the front rank of musical achievement. LET US PROVE THIS TO Y( S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE I -*LuZl&l
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