The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 December 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press i i CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1925. NO. 11,665.
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  • 288 1 The rubber share boom at Home ha* attracted buyers from Glasgow and other northern centres Page 9. The situation in and around I)ama«cuH is devcloi*mg, new bands of brigands are being formed and no traffic is allowed in the streets after ft o'clock in the evening Page
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  • 1273 1 "A thoroughly good sermon, thoroughly well delivered" in the opinion of Miss Austen's Henry Crawford, "is a capital gratification." Such gratifications are not cxceed'ngly common either in fact or in fiction. The man in the pew has never been slow to complain of the man in the pulpit, ami
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 191 1 gWALLOW ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2920 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance* MONDAY FRIDAY The' Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. (N\B. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances.) (.RILL ROOM! I SARKIES BROTHERS, Inder the supervision of an Proprietors, expert European. Fraser Neave Limited J Revised Price List for Singapore
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    • 248 1 "Kurlo" Soap Wafers, j Absolutely pure and free from any deleterious ingredients. Unsurpassed for washing woollens, laces, silks etc. "Kurlo" will not iajwrv or harden the ir.ogt f'elicate fabric. shampoo Sm I solut on. Manufactured by: WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. Widnes, England. Singapore Depot: 55, Robinson Road. The EUROPE HOTEL
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    • 166 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest shipping on pages 10, 12 and 13. Fox terrier lost, finder rewarded— Page 7. Seah's Agency, Ltd. in liquidation Page 5. Shoes of quality at John Little's Page 8. Singer cars give you satisfaction Page 11. Presentation silverware at Robinson's Page 9. New shipment of fruit ,at
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    • 7 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIHTS. BFSCUITS AND CAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 88 1 THE WEEK. Monday, Ith. High Water, 2.54 a.m., 2.10 p.m. Legislative Council, 10 a.m. P. A. M. meeting. Exchange, 10.30 a.m. Special meeting, S.C.C, 5 p.m. Tuesday, Hth. High Water, 3.42 a.m., 3.4 p.m. Keppel Golf Club annl. mtg., 6.30 p.m. Rugby: S.C.C. (A), vs. Services. Denishawn Dancers, Vic. Theatre,
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  • 348 2 The banker. Sir R. M. Bert James Black, left £535.471. J The death has occurred of the mother of Sir Robert Home. Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Samuels, of Tanjong Ramlutan, have returned from Home. Mr. E. G. Shaw, Secretary for Agri- culture, S.S. and F.M.S., is on a visit
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 285 2 BALSAMIC COUGH ELJXIK POSITIVELY CURES COUGHS and COLDS. MADE AND SOLD BY Medical Hall Ltd. Price per bottle $1.25 and 75 cts. YEAST VITE TABLETS New Stock just arrived. AT THE HAPPY VALLEY. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any, better
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    • 187 2 Victoria Theatre. Celebrity Tours Direction A. Strok DECEMBER Bth., 9th., 10th. 11th., 12th. 14th., 15th., and 16th., At 9.30 p.m. WORLD TOUR OF THE FAMOUS DANCERS RUTH St. DENIS TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS. FOUR PROGRAMMES OF DANCES. Booking at Little's. Seats »4, »g, *1. PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From
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    • 181 2 ALHAMBRa^ (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., Ltd p rn X Last Two Nighty To. mo^ Moniby 9 December 7 d li the Second Show commencing p m Douglas Fairbanks Not a screen version tPSfSSStS 11 U^ DON Q SON Of 2O RRO that are said to w^ far tn n
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  • 1234 3 PEKING AS IT IS TO-DAY. Sir Perceval Landon, the special corres- endent cf the Daily Te'egraph, in a mail rticle, dated October Bth., drives the folmfaf interesting per. picture of l fe the CfcfateM capital u he has l>een i ceing it. Yesterday the sun was low
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    • 205 3 I 'WIT He Keeps Young. He is 60 years old but he feda less salts of M>hn. -it i Itrimful of Ixalth and needs It 'ill <h TT b dy "■■< -<■■ '"> »r being <,u a .'..iC^T ''T l v<s I hafs Ihe K ruschen IV ,.|i,, K i
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    • 577 3 USE: BRITISH TT TUT TT T7 1 "KT JL JLYx J3l Hi JN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within [All? 3 11l One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. J/j^/V Sole Distributing Agents: -^^^tJ/^S i Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.:
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  • The mystery of mademoiselle
    • 279 4 GERALD HUTTON, a brilliant yomg diplomatist, has Mysteriously disappeared \vhi]s» returning hone from Italy on leave, ha\ing .iu>! gained high and coveted promotion. His sister, JOY. and her fiance, DENNIS ELMORE, are endeavouring to solve the mystery, in conjunction v.iih Scotland Yard. It transpires that Gerald
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    • 1983 4 CHAPTER VII. "Please do not trouble," protested Joy as Superintendent Shean made a move to ring the hell. **I am quite all right again. I merely felt faint for a moment. I have been hurrying. Yes, you were saying that the French givi is meeting Mr. Elmore.
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    • 2082 4 Having established herself in the hotei Joy awaited an opportunity of speaking u Cecile. Apparently the latter was ou during the afternoon, for though Jo? searched the public rooms, she was unabli to discover her. Xot until dinner-time die she see her, when Cecile took her place at
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    • 484 4 The Sesquicentennial International Exposition, commemorating: 150 years of American Independence to be held at Independence Square, Philadelphia, from June I to December 1, 1926, promises to be th? greatest show ever htld in America and applications have been received from almost L'Vd-y country in tlu world
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    • 224 4 The unfortunate fate of Mr. Charles Sims in the matter of his poi trait of King George, which had been intended as a permanent possession of the Royal Academy, is not unique. John Riley painted a portrait of Charles 11. "Is this like me? asked the
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    • 50 4 It is understood the delay in the payment to Mumtaz Bejrum of the remaining Rs. 80,000 out of one lakh of rupees of Bawla's bequest is due to the fact that the money has to be raised from the sale of Bawla's property, for which negotiations are half way through.
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    • 519 4 After the Son of Hea\,. n A Turkey, and after the s u| t,„ Shah. The dynasty of tl,,' K i deposed by the Persian M,;,'''' ha Ahmed Shah, who has tii[ ]A. t[ *M N* inattention to public affair..' I of afire, has ceased
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    • 340 4 THE THOUSAND ELEPHANTS THRONE At the age of 18 the prop. es»ive I Kin>jr of Annum. Khai Dinh, ha- j his fathers after a shot iljWss and I j parntivelv uneventful reign <>t' aboal years. I! right of raecession tr- tan at Hue, when- e la controlled M nearly 40.000
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  • 722 5 CRIMES HE CANNOT HELP. Is the human being a sland-conti oiled hemical marionette? This is the fascinating question to which Dr. Louis Berman, a prominent American authority on glands, attempts to give an answer in a new book, The Personal Equi ion, published by Gwrgi
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  • 125 5 Sir John Tilley, the new Brifsh Am 1 sador to Tokyo, had the unpleasant t when Ambassador to Brazil, of tempora retiring Mr. Walter Annesley Steu Counsellor of Embassy. A Foreign C inquiry found that Sir John's action in cumstances of exceptional difficulty was together justified," and Mr. Stewart, wl
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  • 775 5 COSTLY AMERICAN EXPERIMENT. iO AT D«ma are usually built to last. The idea (JL, ;>f tons' ructinp one, and then deliberately puttfng such a strain on it that it will i?ive wey would seem to be a new one. This is now lo be
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  • 217 5 lgs. l^ c Mr. W. H. P. Anderson, General SeCfl*> avo taiy cf the Mission to Lepers, at a spec ml nes< :Kit i;tf held at the Central Hall, Rave n ItW lttO unt of an tx.endcd tour he hud BMMIf to the mission's stations and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 381 5 fc Chamberlain's I PAIiALM Pam Balm ijl ~*z:Z.b For soreness of the muscles r< RHEUMATISM yB UM l Ma> .'^a M ab R ter violent exercise and for jjLjS^av rheumatic pains, much relief ji j| BU EL A -^l UO9 s afforded by massaging the l li iI'HORB THROAT. O«
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    • 901 5 NOTILKS. \Pi LICATIONS ARE INVITED iP ►R THE POST OF SECRETARY 1 THE SINGAPORE CRICKET A Sk ,ÜB. I Satur (I APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE )DRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT MGAPORE CRICKET CLUB AND A lOULD REACH THE CLUB NOT r^J kTER TH AN NOON ON MONDAY, Dis i. LIMA 5 Se«
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    • 634 5 NOTICES. OH GYMKHANA CLUB. v Meeting will be held on Friday and day, llth. and 12 h. December 192"». Jnder S. R. A. Rules of Racing). Programme For Each Day. Divided Handicap for all Ponies. 11.2 mder, that have rated under S.R A. tances First Day, Classes A., K, anil
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  • 1569 6 THE LATE DARREL FIGGIS. I j (From Our Own Correspondent.) I Dublin, Nov. I By the tragic death of the late Mr. I I rel Figgis, the Dail has lost one oi I most brilliant meml)ors. Polished, sch( I ly and intellectual, he gave his very I
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  • 229 6 Patriotism in P: Ipit, But No Religion. Berlin, Nov. 1 Dr. Otto Dibelius, die of the hi-her di nitaries of the Lutheran Church, has be visiting England after an absence of fifte years. He finds, as he explains to t Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the atm« phere
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  • 69 6 SHEIKS PROTEST AGAINST TURKISH GOVERNOR. 'We D« Not Want Infidel Officials." London, Nov. 27. Constant'mop}e.~A section of the popu tion of Erzeroum, including a number o leiks, according to an official statement tempted to close a portion of the bazaai id assembled in the Governor's Palace outing: "We do not
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 90 6 I <CT AERIAL MAIL^> I white a way's Xmas New Year BAZAAR IS NOW REPLETE. OUR DISPLAY I is the largest and best in the I country, and so arranged that I the choosing of suitable gifts I is made easy. I x THE PRICES \Z~ are the lowest in
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    • 146 6 I t^tegf facial e i McNISH CO LTn r I NERVE PAINS I I Banished! I I Eniott s Heada.he T.b.Vrs I 1 have been .pectallj pre I I f lred «o five M kk reltail E lrom a nerve pains. |,ev I I with Wuicklv I I on the
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  • 844 7 Dwellers in West Ham seem to find great difficulty in living in that state of neighbourly amity which s so widely advocated. Most of the time was taken up at their local police court on Oct. 30 with listening to neighbours' opin ons of each other, and,
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  • 816 7 A HEROINE BEHIND THE SCENES. GLAMOUR RUINED— BY KIPPERS. The first night of a new play. A second act has fulfilled the promise of ihe first. Over the theatre is that electric iautness, that marvellous feeling that every word is "getting over" to the still rows of bleached fac.s in
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  • 990 7 WHAT THE ROMANS LEFT IN NORTH AFRICA. From Constantine to Brne is a decided change, though for the same number of miles one may make still greater changes in this varied and intensely interesting country. But one leaves Constantino, perched en its rock, with every visible
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 450 7 I BUSINESS CARDS. 111 KS. Etc. gf^GAPOM CASKET CO. "Marble Merchants." H Telephone 75. J r|nr >< nd for the Illustrated J H o i.t Jo '(i<- "f Musical Instruments. SEASON CO. LTD. H I ii] 113, North Bridpe Road. I iIRDWOWING AND TRUSTWORTHY I SKRVANTS. I COOKS, AMAHS, AYAHS,
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    • 648 7 NOTICE. RIANG TIN SYNDICATE LIMITED. < In Liquidation). Notice h hereby given that at an Extraordinar. General Meeting of the above named Company duly convened and held at the vllfT OffiCCS f the C ™Pany. Battery Koad, Singapore, on the 18th November, I<>>s the resolution ,et out below was duly
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    • 511 7 i SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUR VISION, THE ADVICE OF OUR FULLY QUALIFIED EUROPEAN OPTICIAN is available daily Hours 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. SPECIALLY MADE GLASSES SUPPLIED PROMPTLY. MOTION SMITH AND SON LTO. 14, Battery Road. SINGAPORE. DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC To be
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 22 8 BHEERAK.' At B:itu Gajah ra Thursday, the or»i of December, to Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sheehan. of Ipoh, a son.
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    • 36 8 Mr. I.i v Pans 800 bt«u:s to thank his relatives ami friirds who >o kindly attended the funeral of his beloved wife and also those who POBt wreaths, telegnuni and letters of condolenc*. Ml s-12
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  • 799 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. DECEMBER 7. 1925. Week End Comment. By the help of many pleadings, M. Briand has got his finance bill through just in the nick of time to meet the short term obligations on December Bth. It means further inflation, the borrowings from the Bank of France
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  • 1067 8 Mr. and Mrs. Roger Swettenham returned to Malaya by the Macedonia. Mr. G. P. Cuscaden. Deputy Commissioner of Police. F.M.S., is due back from Home leave by the Khyber. It is reported that Mr. A. F. B. Livesay, Secretary, Ipoh Club, and Secretary, Ipoh Gymkhana Club, is severnj? his connection
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  • 45 8 LOCALJV'IRE^^ ST. ANDREW^TM.KnK VlI(|V (From Our Own^Cor^.m*^ 'The St. Andrew's «aj^ E. and O. Hotel last nigh, cessful, n< less than «50 Httendiß? ing the Resident and Ml I?' inclu^ Acting Chief Justice. Dancing was carried on uatfl tK hours of the morning.
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  • 413 8 A Tribute lo ll^ll,,hn.e, anc,. rv Is;«mu Susno, writing in th, Times, on Sept. nth., pan th(. f Jai 'an tribute I. the Denishau" U^''^ commence their season »t the V Theatre to-morrow. |a Jam "J" little chance of seeing ballet cb cmg, and when t eeme.,
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  • 207 8 jo.ooo Trees Psetreyfd. In connection w th the reports "f dsi done by the loedi on rnbbei estate* bitbf Kuala Selangor district, concerning wheri the agency houses in Kuala Lumper s» disinclined to confirm statement! es from the distr'ct which we stentioats tbl other day.
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  • 77 8 I WWrftf whether the Bmt u: PIM Illl a delightfully naivr ftdl that prolific journalist. Lord Birkenl in a current article on "Adfw Strand Magazine. As an except! contention that a gfffti 9*n* most always he eloquent" in th- sense, he quotes the hit I I ker, who
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 155 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BOLS BOLS BOLS UQUEURS ARE PREFERRED BY ALL WHO KNOW Every bottle contains over three ce Uuries of Experience. CALDBECK, MACGRECOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai). 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228 NEW SHIPMENT APPLES ORANGES GRAPES GRAPEFRUIT Singapore COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. (inc. m s.s.>
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    • 60 8 Parf ums de Luxe OOTY i Chypre > Origan Rose Jacqueminot J j! Paris < J Emcraude > 11 EAU DE COTY 2" to be had from all dealers Dupirc Brothers. (vßi «l Wa I^^^^^^^*\ A>-. 'k |H V W Till Y s*T. y -.«£> i, Yi' 7 iii mh
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  • 131 9 SHARKS RUSHED UP. EVINCES COM! IX. [Baiter's Senrfae.] l.rndon, Dec. f>. vrmc one «'f the biggest days m on the robber aVarc market. prices have rushed up dramatie,inv iobben admitted that they out in AW". One feature was I, (ilasg.'w and other north.uirht scares unceasingly, from ng till
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  • 24 9 Ll: iter'a Service.] London. Dee. I. H f t omn ns, Mr. Baldwin import duties on i!d noi be taken this
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  • 66 9 [Reuter*s Service.] l.rnd<>n. Dec. f u nators, local members manufacturers and mill-owners fternoon c< nsidered the posi- woollen industry in Co. Cork. aken urged the necessity of the a tariff on imported woollen i of Posts, undertook the views <>f the conference to w. !!<• mid he
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  • 39 9 NO US E FOR COMMUNISTS. [Renter's Sorties.] \msterdani. Dec. B. era] Council <>f the International of Trade Unions by 14 votes to 7 i its decision <>f February not to the proposal for an unconditional with Russian trade unions.
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  • 24 9 J. L Lonie have arriv "r<'- the former to take charge Co. Mr. H. O. Maas will "f the Penang branch of the fir
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  • 38 9 [Router's Service.] I r.iHcn. Dec 6. ■ding to tl. newspapers the police better, Liverpool and Glasgow are g roand-up of ComB a rcs^i't of the official confeLoadon. Warraati for the arMBy alleged active Communists led fMtcrday.
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  • 127 9 BRIAND'S FIAN ANCE BILL. F Reuter's Service.} Paris, Dec. 5. tic aai passed the entire Finance 1 6 vote* to M. Senate also by I9f> votes to 59 pass use of the Government's Financt regard to the advance of tht urdi from the bank of France am i the clauses
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  • 84 9 [Re liter's Service.] New York, Dec. 6. 1 the gold rush of 1849 has Ann tl *»ttd such a concerted flow c state as is now happening i ''<'. where the <m-at real estate booi swing. A hundred thousand tou: ttlers are putting up with tr <ts
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  • 119 9 ACCORDING TO PLAN. RESULT OF NATIONALIST W RESIGNATIONS. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Dec. f>. The Cabinet resigned on the return of Jo Herr Luther and Dr. Stresemann from Lon- Op ion, in accordance with its decision to do be so after the signature of the Locarno Trea- as
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  • 39 9 [Reuters Service.] Stockholm, Dec. 4. Tl e Swed;sh Government on the invitation <>1 the United States, has decided to signify its adhesion to the treaty with China signed °r ;«t Washington on Feb. 6th, 1922 de
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  • 51 9 fßeuter's Service.] Melbourne, Dec. I. The Pan-Pacific Labour Conference will be opened in November 192(5 at Honolulu, instead of at Sydney, as at first proposed. Representative* of China. South Africa, w Singapore, India, the United States, the fl. Philippines, Hawaii. China and Japan have tfc been invited to
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  • 79 9 [Renter*! Service.] New York. Dec. I. .Morgans have announced American 1€ participation in a new credit arranged by rc British and other European banks for im- v j proving the monetary position in Celgium. rc The credit is unofficially reported to be Sl about twenty-five million dollars,
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  • 97 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Doc 6. Mr. Dwight Davis. War Secretary, in his annual report to President CoolUlge. deals mainly with the defences of the Panama Canal. The report affJH that the security of the Canal should be assured without delay and America's western outpost, the sland of
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  • 96 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Dec. 4. The United Committee for Prohibition t Enforcement, representing both Roman y Catholic and Protestant Reform Societies, has appealed to the Pope to support morally the enforcement of prohibition in the United j States. The appeal laments the apparent indifference of sonio
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  • 223 9 Japan's Population Greatly Increased. V (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Dec. 4. The official census carried out on October 1, throughout Japan proper, Taiwan and Saghalien shows a total population of r 99,736,000, which is an increase of 3,740,000 1 as compared with that of
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  • 244 9 THE CURFEW. WELCOME TO NEW COMMISSIONER bj [Reuter's Service.! n of Damascus, Dec. 5. t^ Coinciden ly with the arrival of M. de el T o::venel, the new High Commissioner, bands m operating around the cky, reported to num- ber 2,000 men, threatened an early attack C)
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  • 72 9 tl [Reuter's Service.] Moulder. Colorado. Dec. 5. Heroic efforts are proceeding for the rescue of twenty entombed men, as ihe result of a fire at the entrance to the Fair- view silver, gold and lead mine. Several rescuers were overcome by fumes and one J succumbed. The
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  • 41 9 b [Reuter's Service.] t( London, Dec. 4. Reuter learns that the Banque FrancoChinoise pour le Commerce et I' lndustrie is the new title of the Societe Francaise l dt Geranee do la Banque Industr el!e de Chine. r
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  • 559 9 MUSLIN EDI CATION. To the Editor. Sir. Having gone through a letter by "A Muslim Student" in your issue of even date I should like to put forward my humble views in the interests of the Muslim Community. I wish to point out to this student
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  • 523 9 UNSUCCESSFUL APPEAL AGAINST POLICE COURT CONVICTION. Chan San Men?, who had been convicted by the District Judgx- on charges of assist- n?; and bsing a member of a local branch J of a Chinese nationalist society known as the Kuo Min Tang: which has its headquart- ers
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  • 140 9 Lord Oxford's assertion, at the Working Men's College, that "a little French is better than no French at all," is not true in all circumstances, according to a delightful anecdote of Lord Beaconsfield, told in the late Mr. G. W. E. Russell's "Recollections." Lord Beaconsfield was attending
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  • 150 9 t William Morris, the American theatrical y magnate, has just signed a contract for Sir r Harry Lauder's fifth farewell tour in s America, to begin next October, r "Lauder will do his real farewell when g he is 88," said Morris to a Daily Graphic
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 147 9 wwwwvwwwvwvwv^ Sterling Silverware i For Presentation. jj 5 ROUND "CHIPPENDALE" WAITERS i jE ON THREE CAST FEET. l\ DIAMETER 10 inches PRICE $150. 12 n 200.' 14 m 250. ■I 16 n 285. > 5 n It n 350. J SUPPLIED IN OAK CASES LINED BLUE VELVET J ij AT
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 686 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE .™™,.t REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP. HAMBURG A 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. TROFT rQ mm T Due S in *«P©re !hd
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    • 432 10 Elierman Buckna Steamship Co., Ltd. M --j. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) u ELL£RMAN n LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL FREIGHT SERVICE CITY OP GLASGOW Marseilles, London, Rotterdam s s rrrv nv d<d nn and Hamburg Dec. 16 ss. CITY OP BARODA
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    • 524 10 U p. o. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER_AND_ CARGO SEnvic Es PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGAT.nv LONDON AND PAR EAST MAIL SERVitI C (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. Tonnage. Singapore. U iT 1925 I"nna Ke Smir,^, KHYBER 9.X00 Dec. 18 MOREA
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  • 1224 11 THE BRITISH COLONY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) lia'.avia, Nov. 28. In connection with the death of Queen Alexander, the British Consul at Batavia ent a telegram to the Minister for Foreign Affahs, in which he, in the name of the British Community at Batavia, expressed his deep sorrow
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  • 153 11 Many in the City have learned with regret of the death, at the early age of 44. of Mr. R. Evelyn Henderson.' formerly a partner in the firm of Messrs R. and J. Henderson, until it discontinued business in 1921, and a director at the time
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 192 11 The Green Island Cement COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) <^!^?^^y No 45 Robinson Cooking g Economy. fuel you hum, and 1 1 1111 onl\ burn what you If 0111 Gas Cookers, Geysers and other gas appliances ■ay be hired from ihe Gas Department at reasonable rates. No charge will be
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    • 201 11 KORRENGZAL OINTMENT I 9 An approved pharmaceutical JK~ rgl I^APDl?\ir>7Ai preparation for the Skin, liuKKfcNuZAL is prepared x In cases of simple or infected W E Wo<^ L)^» LTD., 0 WOUnds, deep-seated SOreS, eCZe- t3^^^Sl Manufacturing Chemists, Sydnev. <2 j| mic eruptions, Dhobie Itch or 1 M W Australia kindred
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  • 312 12 A recent move of the Unions in Swatow bans Japanese shipping, and the vessels of thi P'ormosa line were not allowed to receive or discharge cargo. The Dutch steamer Khoen Foeng (Thong EL Steamship Co.) had to put back to Port oil Sunday after clearing for Pontianak. The
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  • 189 12 The Straits Steamship Company's Kuala and the British oil tanker War Bharata came into collision off the West coast on Friday evening just before six o'clock. The Kuala was lying at the end of Jardine's Wharf and No. 1 wharf when she was stiuck by
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  • 371 12 An Ownership Question. Who owns the steamer Okhotsk? This question posed regarding a little, almost insignificant, Russian steamer lying in the Whangpoo off Kiangnan Arsenal is. says the Shangha' Times, worthy of the Drains of a Sherlock Holmes in its solution. Neither the people who
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 561 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :O:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :O:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-kr own steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and «'^ORO (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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    • 940 12 JAVA-NEW YORK LINE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. A M> The following are the intended sailings of the above C SINGAPORE TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK >h oT* frm t s.s. MEDAN t s.s. STADSDUK Dec. t s.s. MADIOEN Jan. s.s. MADOERA Cargo is also accepted to Philadelphia,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 759 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via G«maa and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0 a. m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tinggi, Sere m ban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 681 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. O«pt. Hamburg Rotterdam, *l [twerp. Bremen, via Colombo, ilen ami Port Said. Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec 17 ,'.b»n. CW Town< Santos Rio Buenoi Aires via Colombo. f Santos Maru Jan. 5 Jan 7 god Kombay via Penang. f Celebes Mt.ru Dec. 12
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    • 442 13 STFAMWnP LINE wBS Round-the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE *8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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    • 686 13 GENERAL A G^4^ SAKI ROC)SBVELT LWB Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA Mid BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERAY I n port s.B. FUJI MARTI due Dec< 30 s.B. VENICE MARU due Jan. 18 B.s. WALES MARU
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  • 1016 14 AN ATHLETIC CRAZE IN GERMANY. In Germany at the moment, if you an a young man and wish to be th( ught dash ing, you must learn to glide, writes Sybi Vincent in the Evening Standard.' I sounds like a dance, but is, in reality, ih< kind of
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  • 338 14 Naval Invosdjjations Now that the dvvelopnunt of Sin-apore nto a prreat naval base has Vcomp rrtllity L whick no future counsels are rery likely t<> neutralize, says a Service paper, the rather important question of the health con- r ditions of the plac, is occupying official at-
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  • 115 14 j King Greeted with Cheers for Zaghlul Pasha. ver tal London, No.. 27. eye Cairo.— Shouts of -long live Zaghlul" were louder and more persistent than the «H ones of 'long live the King" raised bv the Hll| large crowds in the streets on the occasion crc
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  • 718 14 DR. PAGE'S TRIBUTE TO "GENIUS OF THE WAR." It la row mealed for the Ant time th m the famous terrain which announced the .openmjr of Germany's -sink without trace' sihmarine campaign in 1917 and invited Mexico to Join an alliance against Am enca— and was
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    • 282 14 We re jHU Happy Nou)—Dadfe(%iosthis Ln/er' c t y \V^ _V BV Jwc WUJJCbR A^f f^^^^m /^£§s b^H Lb^/ I r* ~/y/^B /^^^^iE^B fc a M *r*\''l' I BJBTfc'ii' i B^B^bl B^H Y^This Illustrated •A^ Guide FREE B^h^T 11 dCC^ de T hat kind Of fence >' ou will erect
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    • 411 14 THE mm *S^j COMPANY, LIMITED Shipchandlers. c« mmissir/n Wn)< SBUII 'v ISftrtterj u ail PIANOS, PLAYER-PIA NOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL I\sl!{|uk m< OK ALL KINDS mckkativ RBDVCBD PRICB& 2 TIME PAYMBNTO U»AW* I W.J.GARCIA 211), ORCHARD ROAD music M1<1(... HUDSON'S Great Music Sak r NOW ON For 10 Dfegn Onh.
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  • 72 15 December 5. Bank 4 m.s j )4 i 5 S2 Bank demand o 4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 23-32 New York, demand 56^, Credits HO days sg7^ France, demand 1400 India, T. T. 1541/2 Hongkong, demand 3i 4 pc p ren i. Yokohama, demand 131 Java,
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  • 582 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5th. rf C 5 ir,, SP in brack «t« "how the issue ralut Marked? 1 116 m d 1Iara unle 3K3S MINING. Asam Kumbang S 5> ieM Batang Padang Tin sn 5 Hitam Tin Johan Tin WJ Kamunting -JJ J 5 Kinta
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  • 217 15 December 5. Tin 125 Tons $143 00 Gambier 15 25 Pepper White 90.00 Pepper Black 74 qq Flake Tapioca s^o Pearl Sago Small gi^ Copra 1210 Copra Sundried 12.40 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Ea R le (Old) 360 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark
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  • 38 15 Singapore. Dec. .">, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot and Dec. 1.78 l.7tj Jan 1 77'., j.<B; Jan. -March 1.74 1.75; April-June 1 K4 1.66. London Quotation Sheet 4s 5%d Market Steady.
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  • 323 15 COMPANY TAXATION IN NETH. INDIA. The Dutch East Indies offer importan advantages to both producers and consum ers. If foreign capital had formerly beer less heavily taxed and the American* ha< not needed a rude awakening by the higV rubber prices and the S.tevenson scheme many estates which bad to
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  • 54 15 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Kuala Lumpur agents for Kombok (F.M.S.) Rubber Co. Ltd., advise that they are in receipt of i -able from the Secretaries informing then that the directors have declared a secom ntorim dividend of 5 per cent, payable oi 2nd prox., in respect of the financial yea
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  • 91 15 GUTHRIE'S REPORT. Sintfapore. Dec. 4. Ihe Commodity Market slumped in no uncertain fashion on receipt of the official announcement that the permitted export would be raised to 100 per cent in February 192« and closes weak with sellers predominating Quotations.— Dec. 1.77, .lan-March 1.72' Anril-June I.G2 1
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  • 239 15 Markets. All markets have suffered this week from the situation in France, as after all France is nearer us than America, where the trade position is unprecedentedly pood, although motor shares and other speculative stocks may have a set hack. Copper. American stocks are low. ami the
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  • 295 15 JACKS' METAL REPORT. London. Nov. 4. Market. —All markets have bten steady during the past week, on excellent American trade rt-ports, which have had some effect in removing the depression here. It is expected it in well-informed quarters that the franc will shortly be stabilised round about the present quotation.
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  • 88 15 :s A notification in the F.M.S. Gazette of Dec. Ist notifies that certain land is likely ;e tc be required by Armstrong Whitworth and Co. in connection with the hydro-elec-tric power scheme. r« The late Mr. William Henry Figg, of Eaton-place, S.W., merchant, interested irt a Messrs. Whittall and Co.,
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    • 455 15 \wts over $5,500,000. mTTn nnn A m r, o.«w,w^ Aflßonuice in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN IM ASSURANCE (XMUPANY UMfTED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) .mAt-nv. plans or assubakcb, agenis wanted G HOEA CE W. BAPEB. a. ROBINSON, P. LA. INSURANCE, THE /til SOUTH \|§r BRITISH I>nl KAM E COMPANY,
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    • 689 15 BANKOfG^ BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPHffi BANK, HONGKONG AND SHAMJHAI JSBBRL. BANKING ZS Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. COURT OP DIRECTORS Prince I. Matsukata. W. H. Bell Esi Q ty r Chai snfen5 nfen sass.^ LMu. aH- sti"; WS^* v Changchun Lyon^^ itZZ?" L°NDON BANKE«S: N Canton Manila 3 81 Westminster
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1780). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap^* Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 637 16 ENGLAND'S MUDDY VICT« RY. England 17 pts: The Rest 0. England mudlarked through the slush and water of the Padang on Saturday afternoon to a victory over the Rest by a goal and four tries (17 points) to nil. The rain which had been falling most of the day
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  • 97 16 Selangor Defeated by PtnanK. j (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Dec. 6. In the Malaya Cup rugger match Penang beat Selangor by 8 points (a goal and a t penalty goal) to 7 points (a drop goal and a try). The game was strenuously contested. Wilkinson kicked
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  • 47 16 London, Nov. 26. w Ipswich (Queensland), Ipswich beat the British team of bowlers by 215 points to 169. O! London, Nov. 27. n Brisbane.— The team of British bowlers v] were beaten by the Combined Southsiders g by 21,7 points to 201. 1 H
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  • 49 16 TANGLIN CLUB BOWLS TOURNAMENT. C* I The following ties are fixed for to-day, bi Moss and Hatch vs. Raper and H. E L tl Dyne. n F. C. Stejvart and Walker vs. Cantrell ti and D. Stewart. R] Tuesday's Tie. h. Dr. Elder and Donaldson vs. Howard and Rutley.
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  • 1069 16 PLTEH WINS VICE-COMMODORE'S 1921 CUP. The last and decidng race for the ViceCommodore's 1921 Cup wijl go down in history as noted for several 'episodes that are each noteworthy in their separate ways, tlie first being the brilliant and popular win Of the Cup by the Puteh (Owner: Professor
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  • 327 16 FIVE GOALS FOR MANCHESTER C. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 5. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Birmingham 2, Leeds United I. Blackburn R. 1. Liverpool 1. Bury vs. Burnley postponed owing to frost. Cardiff City 2, Notts County 1. Everton 2, West
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  • 26 16 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi, Dec. 4. It is understood that the Indian Lawr. Tennis Association has decided not to invite Jacob to play for India.
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  • 64 16 Orange William a Red Hot Favourite. Calcutta, Nov. 26. The first entries for the Viceroy's Cup to be run for on December 26th have awakened deep interest. Orange William is in splendid condition, and is a red hot favourite. With Morris up he is confidently >expected to
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  • 88 16 Bombay Corporation Considers Prohibition Bombay, Nov. 26. The Bombay Corporation considered today a proposal, in the shape of an amendment, that municipal officers should be prohibited from attending: the races during office hours. The mover referred to the existence of a similar rule in the Calcutta
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  • 57 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C. A. vs. S.R.C. to-day on the S.R.C. ground: —J. V. Moss; H. G. Wheatley and R. lyne; T. Damadoram, D. W. Dale and E. Fisher; M. Catchatoor, E. T. Brettelle, H. G. Stack (Capt), E. V. Smith and C. D. Smith. Reserves: D.
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  • 1072 16 SUNDERLAND UP AGAIN. Derby County Advance. s The following are the positions in the English and Scottish Leagues to date: Division I. Goals. fc, P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal (20) 20 11 5 4 47 32 26 Sunderland (7) 18 10 5 3
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  • 63 16 "Andy" Ducat now out of Danger. London, Nov. 27. "Andy" Ducat is now out of danger. [A previous message said: "Andy'! Bucat, of Surrey, the England cricketer and "Soccertie" and now manager *of Fulham Football Club, has been taken suddenly ill. He was conveyed to hospital
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  • 46 16 Programme of Drills. Friday, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, All Units, S.V.C., Make-up Parade. Saturday, 2.30 p.m.— Farrer Range, NonEuropean Units; Bukit Timah. European Units, Musketry Classification. Sunday, 8.30 a.m.— Farrer Range, All Units, S.V.C., Lewis Gun Classification; Bukit Timah, Chinese Company, Rifle Meeting.
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    • 421 16 There are no substitutes for "HIS MASTERS VOICE" GRAMOPHONE RECORDS They have been tried and proved to be mi in every respect. The Manufacturers of 101 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Products have maintained their standard Quality until to-day they stand supreme. f Gramophones from $50 up. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated
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