The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 January 1926
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Title Section13 1926-01-04 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1926. NO. 11,687.13 words
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Article333 1926-01-04 1 The New Year was ushered m with tempestuous weather and gales and floods have cauctd havoc m Great Britain and on the Continent Page 7. .Many rivers overflowed their hanks m Holland and Belgium and the authorities have been working day and night m assisting the vie333 words
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980 1926-01-04 1 When we have sung, m honour of 1925, under the baton of the übiquitous Scot, possibly wiih the obligate <»f a good Scots 1 >-i ri t "lb k 'fl Is the year that's awa"." Sflj lurn our faces to the unknown 192 C,980 words
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Advertisement186 1926-01-04 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2930 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY I Dinner Dance. MONDAY FRIDAY The Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. <N.B. Evening Dress essenti il for Dinner Dances.) (.RILL ROOM! f SARKIES BROTHERS. Under the supervision of an Proprietors. expert European. \%W.V.V.SV.V.V.V.V.V.W.SV.V«A%SV.SVAVVA%V.V.%V.WiV. i I I Published m Malaya186 words
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Advertisement272 1926-01-04 1 SPp>^TK C*^ ytyf i*/y y^l?v^p^ **t^^jl«*^ Childs {Play ITS such an easy matter to I keep your dainty fabrics *W* fresh and new, your woollens soft and light. You need have no anxiety as to shrinkage; Kurlo preserves all the charm and daintiness of -&T^k every washable fabric. Kurlo washes272 words
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Advertisement123 1926-01-04 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attractions— Page 1. Little's provisions-- Page 8. Capstan cigarettes Page .">. S. S. 7 per cent Loan Page Ipoh Gymkhana Clvb Page 7. Leather suit-case lost Page 7. Booth's gin. 'aldheck's— Page B. Shipping on pages 10, 12 and 13. The Ten Commandments Page 2. Whiteaway's Doric123 words
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Advertisement7 1926-01-04 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'Sb HBCtJRB AND CAKES7 words
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Miscellaneous69 1926-01-04 1 THE WEEK. Mmiday, Ath High Water, IJM a.m., 1.4 p.m. Tinxday, '*th. High W;.ter. J. jr. a.m.. 1.45 p.m. W'rdmndau. iM. High Water, 3.4 a.m CM p.m. Thursday. Ith. High Water, CM a.m.. 3.31 p.m. Dalhousie Chapter, X.30 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. Friday, t*th. High Water, 4.33 a.m.,69 words
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Article333 1926-01-04 2 K. Jerf i« with influ r. snd i~ ike S :al. A i M.S. r est "Vn.fi a bare .1 sol lac auddlt of P\ -••>.,•■ xf I d mm their hooeysnoon W. 1 lj > fl Jv Irsfcai Sai ■s, r' the K. and \> P Singa B tee333 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement250 1926-01-04 2 'BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXIB I>OSITIVELY CURES COUGHS and COLDS. h MADE AND SOLD BY Medical Jail Ltd. c Price per bottle $1.25 and 75 cts y YEAST VITE~ TABLETS New Stock just arrived. J VICTORIA THEATRE. a a SATURDAY, JANUARY Mh., 192<i r At Ml p.m. c t THE SEREMBAN PLAYERS250 words
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Advertisement406 1926-01-04 2 PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From Monday 4th to Sunday 10th January. At 9 p.m. Sharp. THE LATEST PATHE GAZETTE. TWO UNIVERSAL JEWELS. REELS KArri^at\J R^LS The Amateur "CRACKSMAN. Featuring HOISE PETERS. More Fascinating Mian the 800k More Dramatic than the Play. Not tt crook among gentlemen hut a gentleman among crooks.406 words
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Advertisement323 1926-01-04 2 PROM SUNDAY, .*}rd To FRIDAY. Sth JANTARV. AT THE ALHAMBRA I (Tan Cheng Kee C->.. Ltd., Proprietory In (he Second Show at 9 p.m. A THOMAS M. LNCE Produeti:>n A drama of rapid action, punch, ehaiactt risation, awl raoUM I novel by T^llK)t Mundy and Rradely X: Featuring MAY Mc323 words
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Article810 1926-01-04 3 IN THE LONG RUN, by John Travers (Hodder and Stoughton, London). M;s. G. H. Bell, who writes under the at ore pseudonym, has had a long experience of life m India, and the present book I appears to le an attempt to weave a story lound ihe evolution810 words
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Article116 1926-01-04 3 Machine Invented to Measure Them. Mcjcow, Nov. ;>«>. Professor Skrispsky, of the Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute, who has ali- ady proved that the human body is able to radiate electro-magnetic waves, has succeeded m constructing an apparatus for capturing and measuring these waves, which, according to Professor Skripsky116 words
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Article408 1926-01-04 3 Big Came as Carriers of Disease. The Society for the Preservation of th* Fauna of the Empire 'nas issued a pamphlet entitled "The Tsetse Fly Problem and Solution." The pamphlet deals with I t theory, which has many supporters m South African official circles, that the408 words
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Article43 1926-01-04 3 Dr. G. W. Park, who was Municipal I Health Officer, Peaaag, from is;>s to 1917, sent a Christmas cable to his successor. Dr. I J. Stuart Rose, conveying "greetings to all old friends." Dr. Park is now living at 2 Abbotsford Crescent, Edinburgh.43 words
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159 1926-01-04 3 "In connection with the Bight of Mr. Alan .J. Cobham, from London to South Africa, it hi interesting," sayi Mr. C. Johnson, managing director, Bolls-Led, **to acts Lhal a successful liijrht to South Africa was sccomplished five yean Starting on February 4. LiJO, that159 words
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Article97 1926-01-04 3 FAM CUS A DM IRAL RETIRES. Admiral of the Fleet Sir Cecil Banter, who \\;:> second-in-command of the Grand Fleet at Jutland, has beea placrd sn the retired list. A few months sfter the hattle Sir Cecil Barney weafl to the Admiralty as Second Sea Lord, snd was later com97 words
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Article79 1926-01-04 3 HsSaaSng at Angara Inadequate. London. Dee. 2-. In tin House of Commons replying to questions Mr. Locker Lampson sai J at present it would he inopportune to rcmofU the Embassy from Constantino] <■ I i Angors where general conditions regarding housing, etc., were not yet nfloqnatt79 words
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Article51 1926-01-04 3 Mr. \l. 3. B. Clayton, af Tduk Anson. writes to the Times of Malaya: Mr. J. R. Wheeler, District Commissioner, Scoots, Perak, carried the banner of the FJLB. branch of Toe H. at the Birthday Festival at the Albert Hall on Dec. 19 and wit. that the birthday celebrations were51 words
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Article243 1926-01-04 3 Resignations of police Commissioner and Inspector. Shanghai. !»••<. 2'.i. Th« lim pal Council, m the Senior Consnl dated the 21st. inst-, __qri that I'otwithstandn.L: the fa that tiu majority ot the lodges forming the Commissi n << 4 Enquiry exonerate the pottm b dame. Mr. IfcEuen, Commissioner243 words
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Article84 1926-01-04 3 GLASGOW WHIST DRIVE S. Action by Police. The Glasgow police have tnhan action against two persons who mo In hi rJannjed i with having managed, conducted, or carried 'on gaming, by inviting: nMohess of the i public, on payment for admission, t,, n gage m progressive whist for prsaas which84 words
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Article74 1926-01-04 3 KING FEISUL 'S SON FOR HA RROW. London. Dec. 21. Emir Zaid. Recent of Iraq, interviewed by Rcuur was gratified at the nnriai of the League of Nations with regard to Mosul which m his opinion would prov« a turning point m tht history of Iraq. He a. so stated74 words
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Advertisement400 1926-01-04 3 Following m Grandpa's Footsteps. WiftVs gal it too Kruschen Salts into the child's tea, Forhealth.v.-ourandjolhtythere cocoa or porridge every moriiin.is nothing to eliiH.se between them. Half as much as will cover a ten Ulun your eluldren get tired, cent piece is enough, and they will money or naughty lor BO400 words
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Advertisement277 1926-01-04 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within A One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. [Jj^ly I \Sm&& Sole Distributing Agents: v Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEAHNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. @eep-Seated Abscess m277 words
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The Mystery of Mademoiselle
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Article2075 1926-01-04 4 < HAPTEK. XV. I I mutes an impulse bade Joy t ent< tm Lift arai ignore Mademoiselle Cecils, cense upon her so unexJ*»i what uftf fating look m t- oyot compelled Joy to ipenh to h 'T a aware that you were staying m this boti2,075 words
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Article1633 1926-01-04 4 CHAPTEfi Wl. "Yes. I'm sure the ownci of the house il named Marks." repeated Joy. "Hurker said that In- knew very Uttls al>out his tenants, except that the man who took the house railed ainsself Railton and that he paid six months' rent m advance.'*1,633 words
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Article165 1926-01-04 4 Chinese Velvet Taken from Tlppoa Sahib. The vicar and churchwardens of St. Stephen's. Westminster, have recently lent to the Victoria and Albert Museum a magnificent Chinese velvet, whic/h is now exhibited m the Loan Court. It is a hanging of great size, woven m seven separate165 words
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Article21 1926-01-04 4 Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, Registrar of Vehicles. Singapore, who went to Penang for the Christmas holidays, has returned to Singapore.21 words
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Article995 1926-01-04 4 UNQUALIFIED DENTISTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris. Nov. 28. According to a Paris dental surgeon, who has acted as locum tenens for a Southern colleague. a scandalous state of affairs exists m provincial dental circle-, which for some time past have been singularly illservtd. Dentists, who are far too995 words
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Article535 1926-01-04 4 AMONC. BOLSHEVISTS AND CHINESE. In the Heart of .Vs a. B\ Li Colonel P. T. Etherton. When the collapse of Ru.- tra! A-ia into complete confusi< fusibility that a Turko-Ger asm not to invade India through Mgl at least to stir up a Panblan m Central Asis535 words
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Article67 1926-01-04 4 Information was toeeeOl Pop Monday of the death m hansgnu% J. Concannon. says the Straits Bch 111 Concannon came to Penang Cor par M pal ity a couple of years ago as survey whilst here made himself very popular. 1 was a good cricketer and played for P« nang m67 words
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Article877 1926-01-04 5 DOCTORS ADVERTISING. In February, 1922, the British Medical Association, which is a doctors' club, addressed to the General Medical Council a communication asking if the time had not come when some authoritative pronouncement on the subject of "indirect advertising" by doctors should be made. The General Medical Council replied that877 words
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Article576 1926-01-04 5 DOMINION CONTRIBUTIONS. Admiral of IDS Fleet Lord Jellicoe, m an article m the forthcoming issue of "Brassey's Naval and Shipping Annual," states that, however may be the influence of aii u aft on the technique of naval warfare m narrow waters, such as the North Sea, Knglish576 words
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Article51 1926-01-04 5 Mr. H. S. O'Meara, Canadian Government Trade Commissioner, will arrive shortly from South Africa to take over the post n this area. His headquarters will be m Batavia. The out-going Canadian Government Trade Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Muddiman, who has been here over three years, will then be transferred to51 words
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Article199 1926-01-04 5 Tra^i-Comedy at Shanghai Shanghai's Hum! will soon achieve the reputation of the famous suicides' bridge m Talis. Again !;ist week a destitute Russian attempted to take his iife. but the circumstances of his case if they were not so pathetic would almost be laughable, says199 words
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Article77 1926-01-04 5 The Zoo has acquired by purchase from Mr. W. Goodfellow. who has just returned fiom a collecting trip m New Guinea and adjacent islands, six hirds-of-paradise, belonging to five species. Mr. Goodfellow met with very bad weather on the last part of his journey home, and the birds are not77 words
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Advertisement282 1926-01-04 5 I#U tv ssla" Ills financial group are J| prepared to purchase sound rubber properties and other estates with commercial possibilities, as well as all mining propei ties, preferably those already producing. Principals only. Buyers can furnish highest Bank references and guarantees. T. B. BROWNE'S ADVERTISING OFFICES, 163, Queen Victoria Street,282 words
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Advertisement178 1926-01-04 5 i£^__*^_f^ Chamberlain's Pain Balm rAl|i BALM A feeling of warmth, comfort and P*pT*iTTIf ATTCU relief from pain follow^ an applic:-.-Y^l umTmA^ZZmAco, tion °f Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It Mb i S a penetrating liniment fqr deep I OOTS, mMKXTwmMM, v jj burns", scalds seated pains, which reduces painful ill TOR *^Zl2£2£178 words
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Article1437 1926-01-04 6 CROSS-CURRENTS AT TEHERAN. I Since the attempt to create a Persian Republic failed m the spring of 1923 the general feeling ia favour af a change of regime m Persia has been dormant, waiting only for a sufficient excuse for action. The prolonged absence of the ShahTimes - 1,437 words
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Article309 1926-01-04 6 An Educatkmul Paper giving ant Scholarships to and from Government Schools m the X.M.S.. and the rules for n mission of fee ha- been published. The latter, applicable lo English Bcbeela, ere BOt without interest to the Colony. ia r« a parent <>r gnardiaa h<\> mens.309 words
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Article38 1926-01-04 6 The Tanker Fleet, of which we see a fail number here, costs per annum £780,000. Tl^e capital sum expended on the fleet is 110*4. Before the war the capital sum was- £248,000 and the cast per annum £2:i,000.38 words
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Advertisement96 1926-01-04 6 IO A.M. IN SINGAPORE. \i Jl fc Lrmi i AHMED Where did you get your new watch Mat? AHMAT My Tuan gave it to me as a present. It's one of Whiteaway's DORIC watches at $4.50. ■Willi IWt ,:c, i o jfi II W**[ bb-_______H ______A\ A^N*. ---AtTJ /+AY AVmm\\\\96 words
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Advertisement171 1926-01-04 6 Ihctos^Spmdl c of all I Cll matured, deughtI s^-_/ fully mell w abtoI luteiypure. A quality Whuk> r.rucd I with the »puit of good Wl wship I a. McNISH feS CO, LTD fe*^ Am ■I I A f__tV"w I bb> bBW bBB I aSBBBB *_Ul__B-^^^ -L fc-l BBS NATURE'S REMEDY171 words
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Article683 1926-01-04 7 A LONG LIST. I BUT FEW FOR FAR EAST. [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 31. Tbe iollowing are included m th« New fear's Honours' list: To be Viscounts: Lord d'Abernon, British Amba sador m Berlin; Lord Dunedin, the well-known Scottish Judge. To be Barons: Sir Ernest Pollock. Master683 words
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Article730 1926-01-04 7 [British Radio— Official Service]. Signs of better trade are to be seen m fact that there was a* record turnover of money during the past year. The annual BIaIOBBSSH issued by the London Bankers (leaiing House show.- that the bills and cheoues paid m IMS amounted to730 words
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Article199 1926-01-04 7 tics of the farmhouses. The mads, railway aad dykes are crowded with people who have Bed from their homes, leaving all their property In-hind. The level of the MeUSi and Rhine have risen further twenty inches m tie- last rwenty-foar hoars. The streets of Venlo are Hooded forty inches and199 words
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Article816 1926-01-04 7 GALES AND FLOODS. SEVERE CHANNEL GALES. [British Radio Official Service]. London, .fan. 2. Tempestuous weather was lenewed yesterday over the southern' part of the British Ifdes and rain persisted throughout the night. The rivers showed a further rise of levels and although the damage caused is small by816 words
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Advertisement492 1926-01-04 7 BUSINESS CARDS. W.V.V.-.W.V.SS-.V.V.V.V.V.V.V. 5 SPECIALITY At REDFEARN'S HORSE REPOSITORY. j| j_ Leather Dress Cases. 2 «<K><Kn>oo.oa.ofl.«.c-3-«-»a-o'-* mum j iw^ c J Please Send for the Illustrated J a Catalogue of Musical Instruments, o SEASON CO.. LTD. J 111 and 113, North Bridpe Road. J »oo*o«wi^o<«kk>o«oom >•&•& MMMM |f FUNERALS? SINGAPORE492 words
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Advertisement563 1926-01-04 7 NOTICE I i\iWl/_ J? NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Mark above depicted i- the exclusive property of THE CHINESE HOSIERY COMPANY of Bona Vista ft ,ad. Singapore and that the said Trade Mark is usd by them m respect of singlets, vests. towels, cloth, stockings, socks ami other563 words
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Advertisement409 1926-01-04 7 NOTICE. \\e has to notify the paMk that vee saea this day Ftarted bu>irie-- Sharebrols -t N... 23. The A. cade. .|<M I 4. I icsseee lot leaaatf Mtfc 11 4-1 iK.\i>KKS. i Ml NIC lI'ALITY OE SIM. \I»ORE. The Henicipsl Commi.rioners invite tender- for th» supply of of good409 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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Article42 1926-01-04 8 BIRTHS PARRY. At tae Earapsas Hospital, Ku«!;i Lumpur, t.i! Doc. _'*th. tht- srifc sf H. M Parry, .1 saasjhtor. KELSON N--\ 88, si Watt'i assjaas, Pocbi «f r. t" Dorotsty, srifs sf Qsorsjs GsssTroy Kelson, !l M. Ksvsl Rase, Siagapore, a *ui\.42 words
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670 1926-01-04 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JANU ARY 4, 1926. Week End Comment. Nru Year's newt preaenta two very different aspects. The weather has been unkind m Kit rope, but otherwise the outlook is decidedly optimistic. Even the French Chambers have got down to work on the January appropriations, and the prophecies670 words
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Article479 1926-01-04 8 Mr ar.d Mis. J. l.cc return to 3.Bjra|.ere to-da> by tht Ipoh. Captain Bertram Brooke, the Tuan Muda of Sarawak, and Mi^« Jaaa Bro ke arrived m London on Dae. s from Sarawak. Mr. V. G. Bell resume- duties a- Can-M-rvator of Forests. Kedah. thi> week, when Mi. A. I>.479 words
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Article188 1926-01-04 8 SINGAPORE BUREAU'S AT HOME. International delegates of the Advisory Council of the League of Nations, Eastern Bureau have arrived m Singapore to attend the annual meeting of the Council, and they were present at the "At Home" at the Bureau m Robin.s«,n-road on Saturday morning. The delegates188 words
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Article91 1926-01-04 8 hinese Workers on Strike Th« manatrintf diiectoi of Central Engine Works srrites (ea Dtoeeassa* Hat.) Some few days age our Thine.se skilled worker? formulated demand-* upon us for very cosincreases m ansgea, together with demands for jrreatly increased pay for work carried on during both Sunday-, public91 words
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Article22 1926-01-04 8 [Reuter's Service.] Khartoum Jan. .'I. Alan Cobham ha- arrived at M >njralla 1">0 MBBBS north of the Luanda h.-rder.22 words
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Article444 1926-01-04 8 The Rev. and Mrs. Kep|*l Garni* r art due out from Home on January 14 by the P. and O. Karmala. The Post Office send u> tn« Pi Forma Time Table for the quarter ended March 31st. it i- of use m all offices and hy all to whom the444 words
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Article267 1926-01-04 8 MR. PENNY GETS BUSY. (From Our Own Correspondent.: London Dec. Im Mr. F. G. Penny, M.P., has re<vntly be< rallinp attention m the House to the housing conditions at Singapore. :>nd you wi!! have found this question and answer m Hansard, but I imagine he will r. turn267 words
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Article317 1926-01-04 8 MOTOR CYCLISTS RA LLY The lain of the la.--would otherwise have been a pleasai run. Nevertheless, the part;, which I ut for the ride to Maw a: i n V Day thoroughly enjoyed the tnj they ia- h d Kulai in-!. daw&i At IJi a.m. only eight cyclist? out crowd317 words
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Article113 1926-01-04 8 [Reuter s Service London. Jan. 1. Marconi's announce the conclusion, of an agreement with the Po r -General. enabling the company to conduct services to nine further Furopoan countries, and all foreign countries outside Rut »ne. m addt tion to four European and to the I States, already113 words
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Article85 1926-01-04 8 SOUT H AFRICAN PROBLEMS. [Reuter's Service]. Port Elizabeth. Irec. .11. Mr. Creswell, Minister of Defence, m 3 speech outlined the Government's defenc proposals, the main feature of which is reduction m the peace strength from 10,00 to 8.000 men. Mr. Boydell, Minister of Labour, declared that the Government was going85 words
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Advertisement123 1926-01-04 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMLS TO CALDBECK'S" Ji to A [irll ASK FOR T^T IS Booth's §1 Gin m THE FINEST FOR 8 Cocktails ji Qm CALDBECK. MACGREGOR, (gg Ei CO., LTD. Pi |_gr_c_ rporateJ m Shanghai.) aJTrS P" J 4ft, Robinson Road. t~~*"jl f Tel. 228. •^t-P a X V. V.\V.123 words
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Advertisement67 1926-01-04 8 y m m MWwV.\m\W* m w**K*. M m m a m fmV^ f Parf urns de Luxe w m i OOTY I 3. Chypre > J Origan 5 Rose Jacqueminot i Paris J Emcraude jj EAU DE COTY < I* to be had from all dealer* 5 s Dupire Brothers.67 words
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Article294 1926-01-04 9 I HONGKONG FIRE. Hi I FJACKET KILLED. Our >vn Correspondent). Hongkong. Jsn. 2. f a fire at the Hongkong aiinat.-d at $2~>0,000 was U BaUhelor, H.M.S. Hawkins, the naval contingent helping :he flames, fell into a lane b*d to his injuries m hospital. -.read with feaiful rapidity and294 words
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Article108 1926-01-04 9 HO NGKONG'S SA D PLIGHT. P.e ■Ie r Se r v ice J London. Jan. 1. :;igr* of trie British community g. due to the "bU*kade." is disV. ring Post which. de>crib- organised attach «»n Bri- -ay- the position is unprehumiiiating and disastrous, and it had happened under a Labour108 words
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Article133 1926-01-04 9 CR OWN PRINCE RESIGNS. [Reuter's Service.] Kukharest. Der. 31. v i wn Pnnce Charles has renounced reel I to She Throne and all his pre as a member of the Royal Family. -\:ng has pro^l.-imeu his four-year-old >n, Michael, son of Prince Charles, as London. Jan. 1. rty-two-year-old Crown Prince133 words
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Article57 1926-01-04 9 Rugby. Jan. 1. th is announced of Sir John Le <ging editor of the Daily Telemany years. He retired m In his earlier career he served vorrespondent m many countries. the first to get news of the Germans into Paris through to Stanley at Marseilles, when after finding57 words
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Article88 1926-01-04 9 ITALY'S DEBT. A POSTPON em ent. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 2. It has been decided to postpone for two days the opening of negotiations m London regarding the Italian debt. Advances made by the British Government during the war date from 1915 and they amounted m88 words
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Article99 1926-01-04 9 DONCA STER COAL FIELD. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby. Ja,n. 2. The Royal Commission on mining .subsidence have issued a preliminary report on the Doncaster area of two hundred acres of virgin coal field, whose resources are estimated at 4JKf million tons. The Commission l»elieves that this coal should be99 words
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Article251 1926-01-04 9 [British Radio Official Service Rugby, Dec. SI. Fundamental changes m the F.ntflish law •f property are effected by the Pro|>erty Act.-, which conn into ojH'iation with the Nil Year. I'nder them real and personal profverty is assimilated. Copy hold tenure, which is a relic of feudal iimes,251 words
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Article159 1926-01-04 9 [British Radio— Official Service]. Rugby. Jan. I. A committee representing the Ministry of Health and the Board of Education is conj ducting an interesting investigation into the various factors affecting the growth and development of children from infancy to i eighteen years living under varied conditions. The159 words
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Article175 1926-01-04 9 EV ACUA TION OF COLOGNE. [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby. Dec. tl. Good! progress is being made with the evacuation by the A Hie:; of the Cologne occupation zone. Four thousand British troops have now been removed to new quarters at Wiesbaden, and yesterday the British Army officially took over175 words
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Article245 1926-01-04 9 FRANCE'S DILEMMA. DOUMER'S PLANS. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Dec. 31. Further details of M. Doumer's financial proposals show that they provide for an autonomous fund to redeem the public debt, to be administered by a council composed of independent and impartial high officials, besides a minimum allocation of 2,500,000,245 words
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Article57 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Jan. 2. The New Yoik Ht raid states that ihe! international lawyer, Mr. Owen Young, a dressing a meeting of the American Economic Association, said that it was more important for the Cnited States to restore the world's currencies and keeping them secure from57 words
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Article35 1926-01-04 9 f Reuters Service.) Damascus, Jan. 1. The notorious nbel leader. Hassan Kharrat. who lately announced that he had detailed forty men to decapitate M. de Jouvenel. was killed m n fight outside the)35 words
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Article67 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 New York. Dec. 1. Important international developments are believed to be foreshadowed on the arrival of Mr. Montagu Norman. Governor of the Hank of England, and Mr. Parker Gilbert, Agent-General of Reparations, who conferred at Washington with Mr. Secretary Mellon and Mr. Strong, the latter67 words
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Article87 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York. Jan. 1. The naval court enquiring into the disaster to the airship Shenandoah found that the final destruction of the vessel was due to large unbalanced external aerodynamic forces. It asserts that the disaster is "part of the price which must be paid m87 words
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Article81 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service.] Philadelphia, Jan. 1. After ninety years silence, the "Liberty Bell" tolled m the New Year. The Mayor's wife struck the l>ell with a golden hammer and her light strokes were heard all over the United States by moans of wireless. The bell is a sacred81 words
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Article106 1926-01-04 9 fßeuter's Service.] New York. Jar. 2. As a result of experiments m substituting the wood of eucalyptus for spruce as a material for making newsprint paper, the University of Wisconsin has made paper from eucalyptus grown m Sao Paulo, Brazil, which is said to have excellent printing106 words
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Article260 1926-01-04 9 NATIVES' "DAY OUT.** On the Sea. The time is very far distant, we hope, when a New Year will cease to be ushered m by the land and sea sports which have come to be one of the big events of the year for the native populace.260 words
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Article440 1926-01-04 9 The Stadium served its new purpose very ■roll on Friday afternoon when, the sea 'port- over, attention was turned to the land sports. The Stadium proved quite uitahle m nearly all respects, tbe only ifFerence being that the gharry pony races had to b( left out of the440 words
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Article95 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Dec. 31. Mr. Fred Holroyd, President of the Master Spinners' Associations, m a New Year message, advises the cotton trade to hold out for remunerative prices and says he is deeply convinced that if the spinners, especially m American yarns, insist on such a95 words
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Article41 1926-01-04 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 Pensacola, Florida, Jan. 3. A dozen corpses have already been recovered, victims of the explosion of one of the retorts m the Newport Rosin and Turpentine Company. It is believed that over twenty were injured.41 words
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Advertisement130 1926-01-04 9 *m 9 |a^_ Ladies' 1 W^t Foot- Wear J Just Received WHITE BUCKSKIN SHOES TN THREE DIFFERENT NEW DESIGNS. PLAIN STRAP AND CUT OUT STYLES. Prices $13.50 and 14.50 per pair SPECIAL LINE OF j LADIES' WHITE CANVAS SHOES. PLAIN ONE STRAP WITH "LOUIS" HEELS. Price $5.50 per pair Robinson130 words
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Advertisement757 1926-01-04 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Point*. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT.^ THESEUS Londor, Rotterdam am? Hamburg Jan. 9 ATREUS London, Rotterdam, and757 words
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Advertisement536 1926-01-04 10 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) "EIiIRMAWTI-INE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF CAIRO Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg -Jan. 5 s.s. CITY OF STOCKHOLM Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Jan. 11 s.s. KIOTO Havre,536 words
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Advertisement593 1926-01-04 10 P. O. 1 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) 1 MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES 3 PENINSULAR AND ORIENT** L STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) I o j OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles.593 words
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Article1684 1926-01-04 11 ROYAL SCOTTISH CORPORATION. Mr. Baldwin and the Scots. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, Dec. 2. The Royal Scottish Corporation, over whose 261 st. anniversary festival m London the Prime Minister presided this week, is older, under another title, than this statement of its yeara implies. As the1,684 words
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Article198 1926-01-04 11 Alleged Brutal Murder. A tragedy occurred at midnight yesterday at the Kuala Lumpur Fire Brigade Station, when a fireman named Rajakrishna is alleged to have stabbed to death a coun- tryman of his, says Wednesday's Malay j Mail. The deceased and the accused, together with198 words
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Advertisement272 1926-01-04 11 Cof-tessa-Nettel Cameras FULLY JUSTIFY THEIR REPUTATION AS PEERS OF THE CAMERA WORLD Perfect _______^__|__^B Zeiss Tessar instruction, lenses can be Design and wJ|l supplied to all COCARETTE 11. The discerning public insist upon CONTESSA NETTEL CAMERAS Obtainable from all first-class dealers throughout Malaya. •AS%'%V-V.V.V.V. J r%V.V.\V.V_SV.VA%S%%V.%V.%%%%VUVU -S%VWS r form* of272 words
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Advertisement433 1926-01-04 11 "IDEAL" the strongest and cheapest Woven Wire Fencing f7 RECT Ideal Fence, and you put an MaFw~^>^gg^ end, once and for all to the damage and m^/£ smt^yttm oss cause( by straying animals. -ff- infejJflJaaßlb Ideal is the most economical woven wire "y^fa^^&j^^B fence to buy, to erect and to433 words
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Article72 1926-01-04 12 The Norwegian steamer Knut Yarl arrived from Saigon on Saturday with a cargo of coal. The British steamer Sutler, with a cargo of asphalt, arrived m port on Saturday, from Tampico. The unmarried female European population of Singapore was considerably augmented as a result of the arrival m72 words
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82 1926-01-04 12 No further details are available relating to the trouble among Chinese immigrants which broke out on board the X.P.M. steamer Van Overstraten during that vessel's voyage from Singapore to Belawan. Seventeen coolies were injured during the fighting which took place. News of the trouble was contained82 words
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Article182 1926-01-04 12 On November Ist. the Ellerman Wilson liner "Idaho" homeward bound from New York, sighted the Danish schooner '"Eva" m distress and rescued the Captain and crew who had been m the rigging for some thirty-six hours previously. Severe weather had keen encountered and the rescue waeffected m182 words
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Article465 1926-01-04 12 Series of Minor Mishaps The last days of the old \ear and the first days uf the new year have been baay ones from the point of view of the port officials, no less thin 122 v ssels arriving m port during the wtek from December465 words
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Article47 1926-01-04 12 Holmes, Miss Leg.jrett. Miss Irvine, Miss Johnson, Miss Lamb. Mita Herbert, Miss Walton, Miss Elliott, Miss Avindal. Miss A. Glaskin, Miss WiMiamson, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Greig, Miss Wylie, Miss Grieg, Miss Constantino, Miss Hodd, Miss Rolfe, Miss Kilsall, Miss Newton, Miss Graham, Mrs. Sedgwick Mrs. F. Maxwell.47 words
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Advertisement426 1926-01-04 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Auatralia). :0:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-krown steamer MARELLA (7,375 tone) and MALABAR (4,512 tons). Tbe s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Auatralia. Cabins tt I axe, single berth426 words
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Advertisement246 1926-01-04 12 HUGO STINNES LINES. (Incorporated m Germany). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT. PASSENGER SKRVICE. OUTWARD BOUND. HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. s.s. Haver.stein 12.2">0 feOM Jan. 12 LS, Albert V— gkf 9.000 tons Feb. U) HOMEWARD BOUND. NAPLES. ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. Adolf von Baeyer 9.000 tons Jan. 19 Emil Kirdorf 9,000 tons Feb.246 words
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Advertisement485 1926-01-04 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE. OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM LLOYD iv HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. D Sailings on fixed dates via Suez to New York and B< %\rm. t s.s. STADSDIJK iv f s.s. MADIOEN due s.s. MADOERA ,lue Cargo is also accepted to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and to U.S.A. ar. dian485 words
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Advertisement369 1926-01-04 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO \\\ji (Incorporated m Ita HOMEWARD SAILL ,S Bi-monthiy service for B'-:' \>a and Trieste via ports tar through Bills of Lading f. r Levant and Black Sea Ports. |?0 J ports on the West o»a>* f vimixai.i: [Mi BBQUIUKO «M--OUTIrVARD SAILIN FOR CHINA AND JAI i>\' i:.i\< i369 words
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Miscellaneous763 1926-01-04 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.L-i. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi763 words
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Advertisement671 1926-01-04 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steame-s. Arr. Dspt. London. Hamburg, Rotterdam, v rwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, i and P>rt Said. Atlas Maru Jan. 14 Jan. 15 •^an. Cape Town, Santos, Rio, Buen< Aires via Colombo. f Santos Maru Jan. 4 Jan. 6 and Bombay Indo Maru Jan. 0 Jan. 11671 words
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Advertisement454 1926-01-04 13 a i»^ t£_rY^^ /Cm^^^mmmmXt^m^ t&Em Y_f_?4 WkV; steamship line jLw W r J^iSL Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 98 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Tort Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these454 words
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Advertisement580 1926-01-04 13 X A WAS AKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— 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) s.s. rem mahi! In Port s.s. VENICE MARU due Jan 18 s.s. WALES MARU due Jan 30 For580 words
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Article687 1926-01-04 14 Dramatic Declaration by Chinese. ''Send some of your men to my house, as I have shot and killed my wife, and daughters.'' This startling message, received over the telephone at the Central Police Station, Birkenhead, m the early hours of Dec. Ist., was the first intimation687 words
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Article116 1926-01-04 14 Naturalist's .Motor-Car Moved by a Reptile. An enthusiastic naturalist who was motorbig m Uganda met a twenty-foot python m the road. He stopped his motor-car on the tail of the reptile, and attempted to capture tin* python for his collection. He grasped it hy the tail116 words
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Article78 1926-01-04 14 An example of drastic censorship was to be seen at the Prince's Theatre during the week-end, says Tuesday's Malay Mail. "Riding with Death" has all the appearance Of home, a very L r <»«>d film of the "Wild West" order, hut the censor has rendered it quite impossible to follow78 words
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Article620 1926-01-04 14 A Political Quarrel. Berlin, Dec. 2. Herr von Somnitz, the Pomeranian landowner, who stood up to four opponents m a succession of pistol duels on July 3 and killed one of them, was tried at Stolp, m Pomeiania, to-day and sentenced to two years and seven months'620 words
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Article116 1926-01-04 14 Mr. Justice Bankey, lecturing: on the cir.uit system* at the Working Men's College at Camden Town, spoke of the days when the lodge nnd to be eeecnipnnied by the Sheriff With retinue of two hundred nun whet 1 travelling from Newcastle to Carlisle to protect him from116 words
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Article145 1926-01-04 14 The list of names suggested to describe artificial silk is imposing: I. am pros LoceJle Lias Silver thread Markand Silkcco Silver yarn Soiedisant Silketto Silveon Rnythnm Klis GloaaanM t Bysoe Radiant Siltax Artine Lustrose So mark Pilosiae Gliss Lucellose Cos Lnmpoae "'Soiedisant" is a pun, "Rayshnssf* is Hindustani ("rcsham"). and145 words
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Article485 1926-01-04 14 A Big (irey Man. A ghost adventure <>n the top -f l*"~ Mauihui, ihe highest mountain of the Cairngorm Range, was i elated by P r J. Norman (:11k, lecturer m anjnßic chemistry of London University, .he P*«*i<lent of the Cairngorm iub. which held its485 words
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Article270 1926-01-04 14 A _U.OtMI.OOO Scheme. Southampton. Nov. Jl. I 'he plan- far tiu- const ruction of taw .k- at Soul ton by 1 R nthnrn Rai!I aspe t the its p.- n lt will he pon mi the date on which real beginning will m- mmm\ There bus been270 words
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132 1926-01-04 14 RUS SIAN ARCHITECT PLANS NEW MOSCOW. Moscow will rise to a city < f greal proportions if and when the plans completed by Prof. Beegteos ■wtnbov, of the Man Architectural Society are adopted by the Covernmont. The present city is one of the most congested m the world with s132 words
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Advertisement157 1926-01-04 14 TheTOPNOTCH'Scotdi THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. I 1 < -J__^j--» jL£___B-w__--dBB-*J--{-^-»-*"»»^-«^""'^^_\ > '.-o^Jb-. w mT^ mrJ? JlKm S Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Rj U Indispensable as a Household Medicine M IT It is their searching, cleansing qualities m1 LjJ which make Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Wr* invaluable157 words
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Advertisement517 1926-01-04 14 THE I SINGAPORE FREE PR M The only Morninjr Daily mi n j., II dye -news" paper-35-40 :.m r ?< IB daily, also the best Medium for AdJL___H Delivered with the Cheta H„ ing, with Latest Telegran _B and Latest Announcemen- exclusive special features. II week" Serial Story, Lad I517 words
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551 1926-01-04 15 ERASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, JAN. 2nd. [Figures :n brackets show the issue 7aiut it the Share m dollars unless otherwise •narked, j MINING. t Huyers Sellers A.sam Kumbang it) 5^ 55^ Batang Padung Tin 70 7,-, Hitani Tin 1 l -/7 1 Johan lin 65 70 Kamuntint551 words
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Article209 1926-01-04 15 December 31. Tin 75 Tons $141"* Gambie r 15.00 Pepper White H5.00 Pepper Black 71.00 Flake Tapioca 6.35 Pearl Sago Small 8.25 Copra 11-82'^ Copra Sundried 12.10 Opium, Benares unt 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice, Liantf Hin Chin Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam oh! No.209 words
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Article628 1926-01-04 15 I With regard to th*- future of our export trade to the I'.S.A.. the greatest possibility of expulsion undoubtedly lies m the textile industry, food specialities, and m Ui grade goods. The more the prosperity of the United States increases the mote starkcd will become the tendency628 words
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Article75 1926-01-04 15 FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (Rugby Radio British Official Service*. Exchanges with Paris are 129 .VI 6; New York US; Brussels 106.97; .Geneva 2V09; Amsterdam \2M%\ Milan 120; Berlin 20.--17%; Stockholm 1H.08; Copenhagen 19.6; Oslo 23J9; Vienna :>4.:i7; Prague 163.7">; Helsingfors 192 5-8; Madrid 34.35; Lisbon 2%; Ri" TV*; Buenos75 words
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Article115 1926-01-04 15 Singapore. Dec. 111. Prices hate shown an unexpected ivDOVSiy on small business but the manket •lose- the year somewhat irregular and lubdued. The Tiade continues to hold off the market and the Continental enquiry has talleii sway. A small speculative interest is developing m futures with a leaning115 words
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Article194 1926-01-04 15 RAILWAY NO N- S"REC ORD." Further particulars sf the feat sf Im t snsdian National Railway's new oiielectric car. which crossed Canada from Montreal ts Vancouver m 67 hours, beating all "records." show that it was even mote remarkable tnan first reports indicated. T\\n world".- "records"' were achieved, one f<194 words
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Article218 1926-01-04 15 Dr. W. H. Hatheid. Principal of the Bt own-Filth R- search Laboratories. Sheffield, states that the success of the stainh -s steel used for cutlery had led to its application to ■ther purposes. Though m general engineering the demand for a similar steel had been met, the218 words
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Article45 1926-01-04 15 It is said that Dovenby Estate, Sungei Siput. the property of Mr. Chua Cheng Bok. managing director of the Cycle and Carriage Coy., Ltd.. has been sold v. the Central Perak Rubber Estates. Ltd. The new company takes MR the property on Jan. 1. i45 words
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Advertisement455 1926-01-04 15 Assets over $5,500,000. Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act455 words
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Advertisement1009 1926-01-04 15 BANKING. j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI J2SL- BANKING CORPORATION. -x ,o i. (Incorporated m Honekonel Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 ■^SST. Y -r oo m Aut h o ri c c B ar DIRECTORS. I Silver $26,500,000 Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. i Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,0001,009 words
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Advertisement41 1926-01-04 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (IneorporsvUd to BncUnd by Royal CUrUr A. D. 17«0). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap^e Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO. r IM CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.41 words
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Article1122 1926-01-04 16 SELANGOR'S ELEVEN YEARS RECORD BROKEN. Decisive Singapore Win. Singapore 7: Selangor 1. Selangor, with a long run of successes to their credit, met their first defeat m eleven years m the series of annual hockey matches with Singapore when they were decisively beaten on the Stadium on Saturday by1,122 words
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Article179 1926-01-04 16 THE HOLIDAY MATCHES. i I Reuter's Service]. London, Jan. 1. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Blackburn R. 1, Hudderstield T. 1, when abandoned at half-time owing to bad weather. Bury 1. Kverton 0. Liverpool t, Aston Villa 1. Manchester179 words
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Article323 1926-01-04 16 SATUR DAY'S RESU LT D. London. Jan. 2. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish Leaf**, matches: l)i\ision I. Binaiagkasl 2. Sundorland 1. 'tiurnley 2. A>ton Villa 3. l!ury S, Blackburn Rovers 1. Cardiff city 2. Matatttsr C 1 eedl t'niud 2. N< tt- C. 1. Liverpool323 words
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Article1349 1926-01-04 16 FREE PRESS CHALLENGE CUP. Jean II Wins Fine Race. The race on New Year's morning for the above trophy was m conjunction with j the sea sports, and the weather actually B behaving itself, a very fine race was the out- j come, with Jean II coming out as1,349 words
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Article281 1926-01-04 16 SCOTLAND DEFEATS FRANCE. _Keuter\s Service.] Paris, Jan. 2. Forty-thousand spectators watched the nternational rugby match between Scotland md France at Colombes, the ground being >acked to its utmost capacity. Drizzling rain jrevailed and the ground was heavy. Scotand defeated France by 20 points to 6. The Scots' victory281 words
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Article83 1926-01-04 16 [Reuter's Service.] Melbourne. Dec. 31. New South Wales defeated Victoria by an innings and DJ2 runs. Victoria made 111 (Lone 110, Pons ford 68, Woodfull 53, Macartney seven for >0> ami IM (Kelleway three for 12. Mailey I brae for M, Macartney two for if, and Gregory two83 words
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Article104 1926-01-04 16 The January monthly medal (bogey i competition was played on Saturday and Sunday. 2nd and ilrd inst., and malted m a tie. Thirty-nirw cards MM taken ..ut and the following MM rtlunu'tl: 1.. D. Haniu' plus 2 1 down M. Cell 10 I (I. Murph\ r, f104 words
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Advertisement406 1926-01-04 16 i ■■■■•iiiii a are bbb a a a HIS MASTERS VOICE v J RECORDS FEATURE S The Greatest Artistes and J The Finest Recording. J They stand supreme as reproductions of the J World's Finest Music. J Our Demonstration Rooms are at your Service I S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD Jp406 words
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