The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 December 1925
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Title Section13 1925-12-21 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, &BL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1925. NO. 11,677.13 words
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Article308 1925-12-21 1 The U.S. Senator, Tilson, waxed very indignant over what he called the "manipulation"* of rubber prices by the British and Colonial Governments Page 9. I A certain Colonel House is causing t puzslement m American official circles because cf his presence at the White House; why. we308 words
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Article1066 1925-12-21 1 'MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE.' La Rochefoucauld, or some other Preach ihilosopher, observes that there is somehing m tbe misfortunes of our friends hat conduces to our own satisfaction. kVhother this be true or not, the misforunes of human existence are an essential ngredient m the enjoyment we obtain from the1,066 words
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Advertisement163 1925-12-21 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS Sea View Hotel i i XMAS EVE-DECEMBER 24th, 1925. Children's X'mas Tree 1 KOR RESIDENTS OF SARKIES BROTHERS HOTELS AND OUR REGULAR PATRONS. I'arents applying for tickets are requested to please state sex, a^e. and name of child. c X'masjTree will be Lighted at 6.15 p.m.163 words
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Advertisement255 1925-12-21 1 A BOON IN THE TROPICS agents:- WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. (Incorporated m England). I I The EUROPE HOTEL ■T^ljff 1 Specially imported poultry as\d game s X M now available. CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS NIGHT Thursday, 24th December, Friday, 25th December. DINNER AND YULETIDE DINNER. nvnpppi i an a xt^i? Distribution255 words
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Advertisement170 1925-12-21 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Capstan cigarettes Page 11. Dollar Academy, Scotland Page 2. Latest shipping on pages 10, 12 a*d 18. Return of the Rodeo Co. to Singapore Page 2. Notice re recent Manila collision Page 7. Triumph at the Alhambra to-morrow Page 2. N. J. Whisky, Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co.— Page170 words
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Advertisement7 1925-12-21 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S. BISCUITS AND CAKES7 words
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Miscellaneous78 1925-12-21 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 2lst. High Water, 2.22 a.m., 1.47 p.m. Lodge Emulation 8.30 p.m. Tuesday, 22nd. High Water, 3.17 a.m., 2.52 p.m. Wednesday, 23rd. High Water, 4.16 a.m., 4.7 p.m. Bagan River, Chartered Bank, noon. Malaka Pinda mtg., Chan Sze Onn, noon. Lodge St. George, 5.30 p.m. Thursday, 24th. High78 words
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Article478 1925-12-21 2 Singapore, Dec. 12. The prices quoted are generally those :urr~nt at Clyde Tenace Market. At the clhtr markets there may be small variations. MEAT. Beef stank (Round) tva.i 4fBet t" stew or curry do 40 Pork, lean do 64 Porfe, lean and fat (Ist quality) do 52478 words
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Advertisement308 1925-12-21 2 BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXIR POSITIVELY CURES COUGHS and COLDS. MADE AND SOLD BY Menial Hill Ltd. Price per bottle $1.25 and 75 cts. YEAST VITE TABLETS New Stock just arrived. 4 FAREWELI7 RETURN SEASON of A WEMBLEY RODEO WILD WEST. WATCH FOR FURTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS T ITT?T "F PHONE: 3516 ir_LiT_ GRAM308 words
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Advertisement331 1925-12-21 2 PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From Thursday, 17th to Tuesday, 22nd December. 2nd SHOW AT 9\15 P.M. SHARP. We offer you a Double Attraction that will please you all. WILLIAM FOX Presents EDMUND LOW 7 E and an all star cast. IN 'Champion of Lost Causes 5 REELS. iM An.azing Tale of331 words
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Advertisement294 1925-12-21 2 BRITISH FILMS! BRITISH Fit \i< NOT ONLY FOR l\ BRITISHERS AND BRITISH SUBJECTS BUT FOR EVERYttnt,^ From Wednesday, 16th December, to Monday, 2154. V AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors). In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A PICTURE THAT FOR ACTING AND THEME IS EQUAL To294 words
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Article605 1925-12-21 3 (By Grace L. Morrow m Chamber's Journal). In no other city of the world can he found wuth a superb shopping centre as m Peking! Leaving the aiodern 'Legation Quarter" Mhind, the ncki.sha coolies amble s^adily down the wide dusty roads which do duty for streets m605 words
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Article208 1925-12-21 3 '."Mure Spoken than English or Hebrew." Berlin, Nov. 13. The German Consul m Jerusalem reports that not English and not Hebrew, although the Zionists are making most strenuous efforts m favour of the latter, but German is the language most generally spoken m Palestine. A German traveller208 words
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Article36 1925-12-21 3 Two young women, wearing Russian boots, acted as touch judges m a Rugby football match between St. Thomas' Hospital and the Civil Service at Richmond recently m the absence of the appointed judges owing to fog.36 words
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Article683 1925-12-21 3 THE GAOL. This Rajputana gaol was unlike any other that I had ever seen. It was not a collection of frowning buildings, but a great walled compound, m which big lowopen sheds were scattered here and there, and there were patches of cultivation. The Superintendent took me round683 words
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Article141 1925-12-21 3 A friend m China sends me a refreshing account of (hang Tso-lin's tr at merit of some Students who wished to hold a procession at Mukden. l'ermi.;si,,n was refused for them to do this aagcordipg to their own ideas, but Chang Tl --iin allowed the procession on141 words
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Advertisement178 1925-12-21 3 Young Blood. he a boy as al the just as well. They are only single r I k,,.us \„u too can keep salts, but Kruschen con a^ns six spmts and mtg. of youth salts-every one of them necessary „|,.,|.vi >.>magemay be. Thcrcis for healthy life ""-"'necessary w^Tzfz K^c k hcn178 words
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Advertisement302 1925-12-21 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within iwj'^T One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. U// C r 3 li I Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents m F.MLS. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors.302 words
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Article, Illustration287 1925-12-21 4 William Lqueux - The Mystery of mademoiselle William Lqueux hu SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS. GERALD BUTTON, a brilliant young diplomatist, has mysteriously disappeared. His sister JOY, and her fiance, DENNIS ELMORE, are endeavouring to solve the mystery, m conjunctic n with Scotland Yard. It transpires that Gerald travelled from Italy, with a young287 words
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Article1867 1925-12-21 4 CHAPTER XI. For a second the sound of the door being slammed echoed weirdly about the house. Despite her terror, Joy was capable of sensible thought and judged from the sound that the house was either empty or of considerable size. Once inside the house, neither of her captors1,867 words
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Article2138 1925-12-21 4 CHAPTER XII. When Joy returned to consciousness BBS I had no idea of how long she had been lying m the room. She felt very cold, which suggested that she had been there for some considerable time. Rising to her feet with some difficulty, she made her2,138 words
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Article391 1925-12-21 4 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily Ma]t I live "news" paper— 3s-10 columns w I daily, also the best Medium for Adver I Delivered with the Chota Hazri each I ing, with Latest Telegrams, Lfhat jf* I and Latest Announcenu sti tsectli exclusive special featu- week" Serial Story,391 words
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Advertisement144 1925-12-21 4 _M_l^| JQagaa J f^aaaT Every morning befare breakfast take two teaspoonfuls of Elliott's Fruit Saline m half a tumbler of water. Drink it during cffervescense. Gently, yet effectively this healthful draught relieves the system of its accumulations and promotes regular habits. In tropical climates one tcaspoonful of Elliott's Fruit Saline144 words
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Advertisement291 1925-12-21 4 Doctort ;Spe c jjl I full-, I lutelypure. A quahty Wh« fl I tn. the r m VH IPIPLES CAIiSEDI GREAT PAM On Hands. Suffered Years. Healed by Cuticura. My daughter's hands started itching and then small pimples formed. They filled with water and would then break and fester causing291 words
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Article793 1925-12-21 5 I lecture By Prof. Shellshear. An interesting lecture on "Early Man m ■Borneo*' was delivered by Protestor J 1 ■Shellshear, D.5.0., M.8., Ch.M., of the ■Hongkong University, at the Helena May ■Institute on Dec. 7th. Prof. -Shellshear prefaced his lecture with emarks concerning the development of793 words
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Article137 1925-12-21 5 For the third time m the history of Japanese horsemanship a man has ridden up the long stEep stairway of the Atagoyama Shrine and made the return journey without injury either to himself or his horse The intrepid horseman, Toshita Iwaki. declared that it had been137 words
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Article542 1925-12-21 5 (By Kathleen Ussher). Another expedition is about to start for Cocos Island to seek for the £14,000,000 worth of buried treasure. Cocos wafts her honeyed perfumes on the breeze as our giant liner slips all too swiftly over the placid blue mirror of the Pacific. Roddy wanders542 words
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Article367 1925-12-21 5 A member of the Japanese delegation to' the Governing Body of the International Labour Office at Geneva, Mr. K. Sato, has en- i tered the discussion referred to last week of the competition of Japan with Bombay' and Manchester m the Asiatic market for* cotton piece goods. While367 words
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Article412 1925-12-21 5 Wireless Unable to Convey Thoughts. The conctr/ rated thoughts of approxi- mately ten million listeners-in failed on Nov. 12 to convey to the minds of eight prominent men and women, seated m a locked room m the Savoy Hotel, six simple subjects on which the vast multitude412 words
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Article429 1925-12-21 5 Experiments with New Projectile. Experiments m connection with small arms and ammunition are constantly taking place at the Small Arms School, Hythe. It is understood that the streamline or ■'boat-tail" bullet the new projectile that has undergone extensive trials at Bisley and has emerged from them successfully has429 words
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Advertisement626 1925-12-21 5 TENDERS. (i() \I;KVMKNT NOTIFICATION. W U| be received at the Colonial (due. up to noon of the 28th IS2S, for the following works and I t Quarters for 50 Married Men I 11,,. ion Bond Police Depot; I r; .n of main and approach roads at I „1m r including626 words
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Advertisement369 1925-12-21 5 BURMAH OIL Co., Ltd., RANGOON. ALL TYPES OF MOTOR LUBRICATING OILS NOW OBTAINABLE AT LOW PRICES From the Distributing Agents THE SCOTIA LUBRICATING OIL CO. 1 0 Robinson Road Particulars on Application. General AgenU BOUSTEAD Co., Ltd. ftF^-S^r-i A REAL REMEDY KS3? A REAL COUGH OR GOLO. Kill] pi 1369 words
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Article726 1925-12-21 6 SIR G. BUCHANAN'S SURVEY. The Royal Colonial Institute on Nov 17 gave the first of a series of luncheons arranged to take place at the Cannonstreet Hotel. The guest of honour was Sir George Buchanan, the engineer, who lately returned from a long visit to Australia.726 words
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Article150 1925-12-21 6 An American from the Middle West was talking to me to-day of the danger to motorists of giving lifts to strangers on lonely roads m the States. One night, however, a harmless-looking little man stopped him and asked for a lift, and he allowed him to jump m150 words
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Article855 1925-12-21 6 A NAVAL RETROSPECT. Each year since the war ended, members of that historical and charitable institution, the Royal Navy Club, have met at dinner on a night m the Armistice month "to commemorate the work of the Fleet m ali theatres of the Great War, 1914-18, culminating855 words
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Article74 1925-12-21 6 Lunenberg, N.S. The Lunenberg, N. 9., Grand Banks fishing fleet of seventy vessels has completed its season's work with a catch of 245,372 quintals (27,482,000 pounds) an average catch of 3,505 quintals per vessel, the largest catch per vessel on record, according to figures just74 words
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Article589 1925-12-21 6 HOW THE TANK WAS EVOLVED. Claim Against > wm* Mr. Winston Churchill v"*""' m the case m which Ca'pUi n IW V is claiming i.'100.000 from th connection with the invent,,,,, tanks, said that he convened Admiralty experts on Pebruan as a result of which an j^£ ships committee wni589 words
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Article95 1925-12-21 6 BRIGHTON "HOLLYWOOD Central Studios for Prodmti"** el Films. The prospect of Brighton I film centre is conjured np hi )u P r fe.r the establishment there of tral tin" studios, discussed a t the m«general committee of the rfnen* 1 trade. The projected studies would MOM able for large and95 words
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Article36 1925-12-21 6 The prize winners at the Agri -H orl j ral Show held at Teluk Anson on We* have not yet received their pciee* writes a coireroondent. are bogi»» W* wonder who.'.cr they eve/ will ft* M.M.36 words
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Advertisement35 1925-12-21 6 MAKE YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING A PLEASURE. COME TO WHITE AWAY'S Battery Road, SINGAPORE. (Opposite Johnston's Pier.) FOR TOYS, DOLLS, GAMES, PRESENTS, AND CRACKERS. WHTTEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated m England). I SINGAPORE AND BRANCHES.35 words
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Article882 1925-12-21 7 INTER-'VARSITY RUGGER MATCH. IRRESISTIBLE CAMBRIDGE OVERWHELM OXFORD. Cantab* Magnificent and Devastating r London, Dec. 10 WK-kenham.-Th, Intel -Varsity rugger was played m sunshjne [Jg* laige crowd. The gre.und was softish -bridge beat Oxford by 33 points Three-Quarters i„ Magnificent Form. It was decidedly Cambridge's day. They a polished fa* playing882 words
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Article703 1925-12-21 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annua) gereial meeting cf tjhe above Company was held em Saturday, Mr. W. L. Watkins presiding. Others present were: -Messrs J. M. Sime, D. G. Ward, V. Clumeck, S. H. Moss and Capt. Daly. In moving the adoption of the report and accounts the703 words
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Article830 1925-12-21 7 WHERE AND WHAT TO Bl Y. Lew things serve io bring home the spirit cf hristmastide anci the sweet appeal of the season more strongly than the shop winelows, and there ,s no task more closely associated with Clhristmas and all that it means than Christmas shopping. This830 words
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Article63 1925-12-21 7 The Chief Secretary for F.M.S. h^s ao c.pted the c*«»mplete specification relating tf ?n invention by Mr. W. H. Evans, of Seremban, entitled Partition Plate for Coagulating Tanks. The partition plate is made of niuminium and so constructed that when m position it forms its own lining te> a tank.63 words
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Advertisement419 1925-12-21 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ pteo— _y_a ■feast en d or Illustrated J i ••it'alonue of Musical Instruments. S j SEASON CO., LTD. -> HI and US, North Bridge Road. RARBLB TABLE TOPS, ELOOKING, TILES, Etc. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. 'Marble Merchants." Telephone To. CARS FOR HIRE. Great Reduction m Rates ASIATIC MOTOR CAR419 words
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Advertisement792 1925-12-21 7 Important Mortgagee's Sale. The undersigned have been instructed to sell by public auction their Safe-ffMMa, RSaiss Chambers, Raffles Place, ON MONDAY, DECEMPER 28th at 2.30 p.m. (1) Valuable rubber plantatiem sif.iate e>ff Reformatory Bond, m the District Cf Pnrdan, essaprised m Statutory Land Grams Nos, 2.704. 17.225. l<;.2_r. 1,588, 1,587792 words
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Advertisement440 1925-12-21 7 SALES. SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THK STRAITS SET lI.KM EVTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE In the cause of Osg Beng Sin pj a .t t Verses. Keng Koe>n Company Dofosdaata The Undersigned have been instructed t sel' by Public Auction at Raffles Chamber- Piffle* Place. ON TUESDAY, 22nd440 words
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859 1925-12-21 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1925. Comment of the Week. The fortunes and fate of rubber ought to claim first notice. There is little happening, however, that is really surprising. The commodity has had a flop from artificial heights and the market is dull. The United States Senate is859 words
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Article283 1925-12-21 8 !>r Fitzpatrick. Batu Gajah, has left for Home. The Hongkong Philharmonic Society have successfully staged lolanthe. with a strong cast. Mr. Guy Clarke, of the A. P.C, and Mr. Patrick Hadow, the well-known rubber expert, have returned from leave. The late Mr. David Drummond, of Scott's Hotel, Langham-street, W.. and283 words
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Article129 1925-12-21 8 POLICE INVESTIGATIONS PROCEEDING. The Police are investigating the circumstances responsible for the death of Olnord Wohl Schroeder, a Norwegian, w.ho was I found m his bed seriously ill on Friday j morning after the door of his room had been broken open. Dr. Rattray was called but129 words
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Article171 1925-12-21 8 Ia the Supreme Crurt on Saturday, ihe Hoe Aik Steamship Company appealed against a fine of JTO impeded by .<ie District Judge for permitting an excess number of passengers to be carried on board one of their steamers running to Pulau Samboe. The captain and chinchew of171 words
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Article523 1925-12-21 8 Sir .George and Lady Maxwell intend to spend Christmas at Taiping Hill. Mr. A. B. Cross, who is retiring from Malaya, sails for England on Jan. 18. Mr. F. R. Twiss, Superintendent. Revenue Surveys, Selangor, has returned from leave. Mr. R. E. Falkner, probationer. Straits i Settlements Police Force, arrived523 words
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Article70 1925-12-21 8 H.M.S. DELHI PRY »~0»0«(w ins iuw. shi 14th. arrived yesterday n 1( was overdue is interesting v ceoding through the EediterraiieiL I ceived instructions to Athens and Africa to look Z t* (obham. the aviator. m;tkln '?__*S Capetown. For two t av th( JJ rotted the points without70 words
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Article180 1925-12-21 8 No Notice Taken of r ls v (From Our Own Comspoudi*.) I The rnquest OS th, Ts.il tlu- electric department of the Jluniei, who was electrocuted recent!) th.s aeorninej and concluded the evidence ef Mr. Dsnson. the di* Sltf engineer. who produced a replic, poles, wires,180 words
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Article54 1925-12-21 8 (From Our Own Csnespsnsssl I iVnantr. I)er. m. At an extraordinary meeting of tht shareholders of Simpang Estste, Mr. H. E. Thiede presiding, a resolution MS pa-*d that the sale of the Company* prn^rty j and assets to Assvssson Gilfillsn and' comprised m the agreement <>t" 0. 25th,54 words
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Article243 1925-12-21 8 Let us summarize (ssyn the Msuty Hail) lour argument, which m Au> coarse, v- preI mised. we intend to elsborste much moie fully. The High Commissioner is m favour of local autonomy far the Btsb •if we. He thinks this will weaken Hi [Federal Government. We243 words
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Article133 1925-12-21 8 It la a remarkable fact that BWtSfl the Colony nor m the F.MS, bsi H found possible to carry out anything hi* the full programme of worfcl U* provision was made. At Kssle LSSS the High Commissioner attributed t a shortage of contractors snd IsSOSr, SS* lack of133 words
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Article66 1925-12-21 8 Miss Vera Orth, the new >»tary of the Young Women- <"'' Association, arrived last week to as he general work of the Association )rth has followed a most meeessful sna* •areer m Australia and Japan. *Sf [iven it up at the urgent reque-t el ociation m Singapore. It i> bjoped,66 words
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Advertisement126 1925-12-21 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" N. J. WHISKY CALDBECK, MACGREfIOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai). SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR PENANG IPOH KLANG. A i APPLES, ORANGES, TOMATOES, GRAPEFRUIT, GRAPES, RADISHES, POTATOES. Singapore COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. (inc. m s.s.) ORCHARD ROAD. g^M^Mto ~"^U**"\ **m^** 9 U FOR ALL CHRISTMAS GOODS 4]126 words
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Advertisement58 1925-12-21 8 >*% «£*>■ J Parf urns de Luxe COTY Chypre 5 I o*. i Rose Jacqueminot > J Paris *z J Emeraude > I EAU DE COTY < —*M m*** to be hsd from all dealers ■> I Dtipire Brothers. I {P »> I I I I A^M BBBSaBBBBBBBB^^aSaaV Sole Agents58 words
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Article289 1925-12-21 9 PLANTATIONS' RIVAL. rfo H DICED THOISAND TONS. Reuter's Service.] I .ond a, Dec. 19. nl of Commerce states the the United States rubber replants I. as been greatly enlarged past six m< ntbs. and will proprobably 4»o,000.000 lbs., com- 170,000,000 m 1!)24. Failing a ease m consumption,289 words
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Article27 1925-12-21 9 WHY [Renter's Service.] Washington. Dec. 20. and diplomatic world is much the unexpected and unheralded Coloosl House, who is stay- Whit* House as the guest of lidyv.27 words
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Article44 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 18. Ofrden Hammond. President of the Iway Improvement Company, has been AwHsitadsr to Spain. »d is s Kentuckian and graduat- isk». He has a prominent real estate m New York and Hoboken and to the R publican party.44 words
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Article43 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] New Jersey. Denver. Dec. 18. J**r comparatrssly small banks and on* topsas have suspended business for two days. This is attributed to Paper" representing livestock man was president of two of ■^srrsssßd banks and his wife was f another.43 words
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Article17 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] j, Washingt</n, Dec. 19. "f Representatives has pass"'ducing the taxes by 325 mil-17 words
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Article59 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Mexico City. Dec. 19. unanimously adopted the c <W*tit nactment of Article 27 of the n regulating foreign ownership watst and minerals. tiii r,/ the debate on the bill several 4 •"•Iments were made, but these the purpose or effect of the v >»<-h will now59 words
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Article15 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] m Wady Haifa. Dec. 20. ,n Cobban has arrived.15 words
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Article367 1925-12-21 9 WELL RECEIVED. EFFECT ON FRANCE. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Dec. 18. Ihrtooa important groups of French in*Mtrjr, including the silk and metal trades, SI here m principle to the plan of the Nord mdustualists, who are chiefly textile- and most vulnerable to fluctuations m the •ranc. The loan367 words
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Article80 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Dec. 19. M. Briand explained the consequences of the Locarno agreement on foreign affairs and army commissions m the Chamber. He emphasised the conviction that a similar pact m 1914 would have prevented war. Replying to a Communist, M. Briand said that the Locarno80 words
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Article37 1925-12-21 9 (Reuter's Service.] Paris. Dec. 19. Le Petit Parisian states that the inventor. M. Edouard Belin, has informed the French Photographic Society that he has solved the problem of television, and gave a public demonstration of it.37 words
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Article38 1925-12-21 9 T Reuter's Service.] Rome, Dec. 18. The Queen Mother passed a quiet night and the local symptoms are unchanged. The temperature is high. The report that the King had hastened to the bedside is incorrect.38 words
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Article36 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Dec. 19. The Chamber by 237 votes to one has adopted the bill embodying the Washington Agreement of Nov. 14th. for the consolidation of Italy's debt to the United States.36 words
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Article35 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 18. It is understood that the executive committee of the Food Council has made a preliminary examination of wholesale tea prices at the request of Sir P. Cunliffe Lister.35 words
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Article22 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 18. The House of Lords has read for the third time the Safeguarding of Industries bill.22 words
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Article261 1925-12-21 9 JAPAN'S STAKE. A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 19. The Daily Telegraph m a leader calls attention to Japan's very serious problem as a result of the developments m China "Sscoftr or later clearing up the situation m Manchuria will either give Japan reasonable assurance261 words
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Article208 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Dec. 19. Tewfik Rushdi Bey, interviewed by Reuter, said he could not forecast the decision of the Angora Assembly regarding the Mosul situation, which he described as delicate and even critical. He emphasised Turkey's desire for peace, but Turkey, though abhorring war, would, if208 words
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Article33 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service]. Moscow, Dec. 20. The Foreign Commissariat has received the League Councils invitation asking Russia to participate on the Preparatory Committee for the Disarmament Conference at Geneva m February.33 words
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Article53 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Dowse. Dec. 18. After making prisoner the town marshal, the telephone operators and the railwaymen, and severing the wires communicating with other towns, half a dozen bandits made a raid on the village, wrecked the safe of the bank and carried off cash securities53 words
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Article63 1925-12-21 9 Reuter o Service.] Berlin, Dec. 18. Recent experiments m wireless telephony from railway trains have been so successful that from Jan. 4th travellers by express trains between Hamburg and Berlin will be able to telephone their families and friends as easily as if they were at home.63 words
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Article37 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, Dec. 20. A law has been promulgated prohibiting trie planting of more than one-third of the arable land with cotton during: 1926, the penalty being a fine or imprisonment or both.37 words
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Article189 1925-12-21 9 ALL OVER NOW. DEFENSIVE MEASURES. [Reuter's Service.] London, De c 18. Though barbed wire entanglements were erected and the guards doubled at the hostel, namely the Derry head-quarters of one of the disaffected platoons of the Ulster specials, it is generally believed that the Londonderry men will189 words
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Article117 1925-12-21 9 I I [Reuter's Service.] London. Dec. 19. Congratulations from Australia, New 1 Zealand, the Argentine, the United States, i Shanghai. Penang, Jerusalem, Rangoon and other parts were read out at the tenth birthday of "Tec H.," otherwise the famous j Talbot House of Poperinghe, which was j117 words
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Article50 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Dec. 20. Expected to produce ten tons of sil'^ daily, a new firm, Glantzstoff, Courtauld, Limited, reported to have been formed by an agreement with Courtauld's, London, and the Nereinigte Glantzstoff Works, Elberfeld, will immediately begin the erection of new artificial silk works m Germany.50 words
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Article166 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.J Paris. Dec. 19. L« Temfls announces the death of Professor Sir Paul Vinogradoff, F.8.A., M.A., Hon. D.C.L., LI.D. [Professor Vinogradoff, who was bom m Russia m 1854, was a member of many European academies. While professor m Moscow he exerted himself for the spread166 words
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Article136 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service.*! London, Dec. 19. The death is announced of Sir (William) Hamo Thornycroft, the noted sculptor and member of the Royal Academy. [Born m London m 1850, Sir H. Thornycroft secured the Gold Medal at the Royal Academy of Arts m 187f; A.R.A. 1881; hon. member136 words
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Article17 1925-12-21 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 Berlin, Dec. 19. Tchitcherin has arrived from Paris en route to Moscow.17 words
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Advertisement254 1925-12-21 9 X'MAS —B~t_. X'MAS DAINTIES l^tefiSE! DAINTIES LYONS CAKES LYONS CAKES a oc^t. CRYSTALLISED FRUITS ASSORTED, PINK AND WHITE PEARS, GREENGAGES APRICOTS. IN 1 LB. WOOD BOXES. PRICE $2 00 J. LYONS CHRISTMAS PUDDINGS IN TINS I LE. PRICE $1.25, 2 LBS. PRICE $2^5. 3 LBS J. LYONS MINCEMEAT 1 LB.254 words
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Advertisement756 1925-12-21 10 BLUE FUNNEL UNE 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. t PATROCLUS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow Dec. 20756 words
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Advertisement571 1925-12-21 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "EIIERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VTA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF BARODA Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 28 s.s. CITY OF CAIRO Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Jan. 3 s.s. CITY571 words
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Advertisement584 1925-12-21 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTaTsTEAM NAVIGATION re LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles. 4 London and Ant**, Tonnage. Singapore. 1925 Tonna584 words
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Article1075 1925-12-21 11 RECORD TRANSFER DEALS. I doubt, sftys J. G. Orange m a Home paper, if there has ever been more activity m th'j Soccer transfer market than there has been m the last few weeks. Certainly there has never been so much changing of quarters oa the part1,075 words
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Article424 1925-12-21 11 Boon to Lawn Tennis. Many experiments and many improvements have been made with hard courts m the last few years, but hitherto there has not been found anything that satisfies all the many conditions that are required for lawn tennis. The perfect hard court would entail, among424 words
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Article193 1925-12-21 11 Doctor's Advice to City Workers. "Success m work demands training m health as well as m your job, and you must have some hobby." This was cne of a number of original hints on how to keep healthy while working m a City office that193 words
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Article31 1925-12-21 11 A telegram has been received from Hongkong stating that Mr. Yuen Sze Chung, 3on of Mr. Yuen Tak Sam, ha« passed his final examination m medicine md surgery it Hongkong Unversity.31 words
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Advertisement271 1925-12-21 11 ,AV*AW Jt .iij&d^i f\ all other forms of li>htinjr, -J_Ha*\l *l ,an not explode, as they have no pHL=TI < J taataiaer with a quantity of fuel. >_P_E? V^S^l J •J i, r M heat like kerosene. /fsr ==g *^^i^A ;/M«-r, and more economical. hp T§r>K vv _§J «J no271 words
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Advertisement121 1925-12-21 11 Singer Cars The Story of the Singer is always a Story of Satisfaction New Shipment Due Mere Shortly De luxe 10 26 H.P. 4 Seater Price $2,225 Book Now CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., LTD. Singapore, Penang. Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. (^J^mWmW MJ*tMm%^tlm% MMMWwm4> I An Entirely British Product stands121 words
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Article320 1925-12-21 12 The Bangkok Times of Dec. 11th says: The cool weather experienced m Bangkokhas meant very bad weather m the Gulf. The Dukat fared very badly m the gale as she was m ballast and had no cargo at all on board. According to reports the vessel320 words
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Article366 1925-12-21 12 The Siamese gun-boat Ratanakosindr, 399 tons, arrived from Colombo yesterday and leaves for Bangkok on Wednesday. A round-the-world service with motor liners, with monthly sailings, is shortly to to be started by the Osaka Shosen Kaisha. The British India line have ordered a vessel of 8,500 tons deadweight366 words
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Article429 1925-12-21 12 Hamburg. Rotterdam and Antwerp. G Hamburg. The battle between Hamburg and its two great North Sea rivals, Rotterdam and Antwerp, for the trade of the German hinterland has entered upon a newphase. In spite of all Hamburg's efforts to divert to its own harbour the overseas carrying trade429 words
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Advertisement638 1925-12-21 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). :0:— I FOB SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, <\ THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tone) and MALABAR (4,512 tons). Tbe s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia.' Cabins t» Loxe, single638 words
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Advertisement389 1925-12-21 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM LI ny HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. AN Sailings on fixed dates via Suez to New York and Boston t s.B. MEDAN ue t s.s. STADSDUK (iv IS f s.s. MADIDEN (Juo s.s. MADOERA 'n. 16 X X Cargo is also accepted to389 words
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Advertisement374 1925-12-21 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO NAY. nj (Incorporated m Italy., HOMEWARD~SAILINGS Bi-monthly service for Brindisi v and Trieste via ports taking J™* through Bills of Lading for Fin? Levant and Black Sea Port" a So^ oorts on the West 0^ f J "J" 4 VIMINALE (Motor) >iun. OUTWARD SAILINGS FOR CHINA AND JAP\N*374 words
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Miscellaneous485 1925-12-21 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a m# Bangkok every Thursday 6 a li. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah q a m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6485 words
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Advertisement676 1925-12-21 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr jw^ L<xdon, Hsmburg, Rotterdam, w r Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, A !.n and Port Said. Atlas Maru Jan 14 Jan II Durban, r aP« Town, Santos, Rio, and Buenos Aires via Colombo. f Santos Maru J an 5 Jan 7 I ombo and676 words
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Advertisement447 1925-12-21 13 j|L MLLAR. ■B^ STEAMSHIP LINE 35a" Round-the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE «8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CtNDBftS. ABSOLUTE CLBAN-INBSB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples. I S Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round447 words
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Advertisement646 1925-12-21 13 KAWASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) t REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and > BALTIMORE (via Suez) s.s. FUJI MAS!! due Dec 30 8.8. VENICE MAKU due Jan 18 8.8. WALES MARU Uue Jan< 30 For646 words
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Article1409 1925-12-21 14 A professor m Berlin recently had the curiosity to weigh first the wearing apparel of his assistant and then the wearing apparel of the assistant's wife. He lound that the man's boots alone weighed as much as the woman's entire clothing, and that m every detail the1,409 words
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Article1117 1925-12-21 14 THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION'S REPORT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Dublin, Nov. 15. It is announced to-day that a reinforced staff of the Irish Boundary Commission is very busily engaged m preparing a huge map, outlining the new frontier between Northern Ireland and the Free State. It is understood1,117 words
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Article154 1925-12-21 14 Popular on the Stock BJUhaef* Sufferers from lumbal on D. A. and E violin Mrim shops of late, beea ise the oM noti a pure Italian gut string tied the body cures the compl:. I revived. "We have had a r.gular i till strings for154 words
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Advertisement160 1925-12-21 14 "TOPNOTcr "The 19- Hole" If; THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. It is Not the 3j Quantity of Food H S We Eat, but what R m We Digest and Ii H Assimilate that [5 H Nourishes the Body _v jjC-j| cause further complications. Indigestion is the r~^l most prevalent160 words
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Advertisement118 1925-12-21 14 lIWMJI IWMJ W)|| y^ M y WW W _y^ W|||)tßW M <| _j q i W rt W| KORRENGZAL OINTMENT 1 An approved pharmaceutical £3_§Sl KORRENGZAL is prepared I preparation for the Skin. IfflffllSlpal only by In cases of simple or infected W E W00I)S ,;il > wounds, deep-seated sores,118 words
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534 1925-12-21 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 19th. [Figure* :n brackets show the issue ralut ifarked.? d l,arS otherwia^ MINING. Asam Kumbang le Batang Padang^Tin si £> Hitam Tin .2 Johan Tin "f» °7Z C,d KamuntinK (J4s fi«< d Kin^T^V/^ 12^ i-S Kinta Tin Ll j Ufi Knchai Ords.534 words
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Article71 1925-12-21 15 December 19. Bank 4 m.s. g| 4 15.32 Bank demand 2;4 5-32 Private credits I m.s. 2 4 New Yoik, demand 56 7 4 Credits 90 days 5gr H France, demand 1450 India. T. T. 154 Vi Hongkong, domain" 3*4 p.c. Prem. 1 Yokohama, demand 129 1 Java, demand71 words
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Article208 1925-12-21 15 December 19, Tin 150 Tons $139** 1 Gambie r 15.00 Pepper White 86.00 Pepper Black 72.00 Flake Tapioca 6.25 I Pearl Sago Small 8.25 Copra 12.10 Copra Sundricd 12.35 j Opium, Benares nut 4.00a Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Baffle (New) 330 Rice,208 words
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Article34 1925-12-21 15 Singapore, Dec. 19, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.47 1.48; Jan. 1.44 1.45; Jan.March 1.30 1.40; April-June 1.20 1.30. I»n--doa Quotation Sheet 3s lid. Market Weak.34 words
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Article395 1925-12-21 15 No Land for Extension. The annual general meeting of the above company was held on Saturday. Mr. J. M. Sime presided and others present were Messrs E. Kong Guan, D. J. Ward, J. A. Duthie and Captain Daly. The Chairman, m moving the adoption of the report395 words
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Article189 1925-12-21 15 MACPHAAL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Dec. 19. Kabber. London 3s 11 fed. 'I m. London i' 277 2s 6d. Rubbers. The rubber share market la still weak, and the following are a few quotations quoted on th« market at 11 o'clock to-day: Jeram Kuantans 1.50 .1.55 Malaka189 words
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Article232 1925-12-21 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail) Rubber. 3s 11 a d. Down '-d. Tin. £277 2s 6d. Up 33s 6d. The market is quiet m all sections with sellers predominating. Rubbers. Ayer l'anas are wanted at 15.25 and Colinsburghs at 5.25. Bassetts offer at 1.00 and Jeram Kuantans at232 words
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Article398 1925-12-21 15 Increased interest is being taken by diplomatic quarters m the problem of reconciling Russia with the rest of Europe. Although the problem primarily affects, and, indeed, revolves round, Great Britain, British quarters show less interest m it, at any rate on the surface, than do the rest. During398 words
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Advertisement509 1925-12-21 15 Assets over $5,500,000. I m„n m Ammrmtee^in force OVer $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTCRN IM ASSURANOT COMPANY IBnTED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) I HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OF-Frr*'- WftH 1..™ irr- I rh company h,s «M. dep^u,, C«rt mem^S^^JiZ^S^^. I Companies Act PLANS OF ASSURANCE. AGENTS WANTED Secretary Managing509 words
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Advertisement894 1925-12-21 15 BANKING, YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,] LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.lOO/000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.86,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice- President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. i DIRECTORS. f. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. H. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. 3aron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq.894 words
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Advertisement40 1925-12-21 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. 'Incorporated tn England by Royal Charter A. D. 1TZ0). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singap^Q Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO.. Ltd CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.40 words
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Article1530 1925-12-21 16 SINGAPORE WIN TROPHY. c Selangor I'nfortunate. I Singapore. 19 pts. Selangor. 5 pts. j By defeating Selangor at the Stadium on Saturday afternoon by two goals and three tries (li* points) to one goal (I points) Singapore took possession of the Rugby Trophy for the twelfth time m the1,530 words
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Article332 1925-12-21 16 I*erak 11 pts. I Vnanj; 0. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Saturday. Perak beat Penang m the northern section of the Malaya Cup competition to-day Ly eleven points to nil. Both sides played fine game m the loose and at the start the Penang threes332 words
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Article316 1925-12-21 16 BIRMINGHAM DEFEAT ARSENAL. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 19. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Birmingham 1, Arsenal 0. Blackburn R. 0, Leicester C. 0/ Bury 4, West Ham U. 1. Cardiff City 2, Burnley 3. Everton 2, Bolton W. 1.316 words
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Article56 1925-12-21 16 The following will represent the V.M.C. A. vs. Royal Sussex Regt. to-o\ay at the Telok Ayer ground: R. H. Penne father; R. Lyne, C. A. Pennefather; I). W. Dale, L Arathoon, C. D. Smith; M. Catchatoor, L. Arathoon. H. G. Stack (capt). E. V. Smith, Hamzah. Reserves: H. S.56 words
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Article167 1925-12-21 16 Charles Hugo, manager of the Wembley Rodeo show, arrived m Singapore on Friday from Saigon and is making arrangements to play a brief return season m Singapore the end of this month. The Rodeo show has been playing to record ciowds throughout Indo-China for the past two months.167 words
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Article132 1925-12-21 16 J. M. Meade and C. L. Green. Penang. C. P. Liston; D. B. B. Cook, G. H. Pinckney. G. E. C. Bangham and F. Reutens; K. L. Chuan, M. Z. Ariffin; K. W. H. Austin, D. Campbell, C. H. Kent, J. G. Inglis, I. C. Macmillan, J. L. Potter, H.132 words
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Article53 1925-12-21 16 The following will represent the United Services against the S.C.C. "A" team on the Padang to-morrow: Lt. Fendall; Pte. Jones, Lt. Matthews Sgt. Holden, Pte. Irving; Capt. Johnstone, Lt. Beville; Capt. Brownjohn, Gnr. Smith J., Gnr. Smith W., L/Cpl. Rickwood, Pte. Prideaux, Pte. Cummer, Lt.53 words
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Article768 1925-12-21 16 VICE-COMMODORE 1921 CUP. At 10 a.m. Captain Flett sent eleven boats away over the Burton Cup course for the competition and with the hard winds and strong flood tide prevailing the going was anything but a picnic. At gun-fire, the Ella-Dorothy, Betty, Ella, Joy and Jean II were first768 words
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Article109 1925-12-21 16 The test of any function of the nature of a fancy dress dance is the amount of the enjoyment extracted from it by the participants. Applying this test to the fancy dress dance which was held at the Tanglin Club on Saturday night, this event may be.109 words
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Article13 1925-12-21 16 Tuesday's Tie. Layton and Roo.< vs. Smith and "Webb.13 words
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Advertisement324 1925-12-21 16 There are no substitutes for m HIS METERS VOICE GRAMOPHONE RECORDS They have been tried and proved to be sui m every respect. The Manufacturer ntf* "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Products have maintained their standard Quality until to-day they stand supreme. Gramophones from $50 up. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m324 words
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