The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 October 1927
1927-10-12
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Title Section14 1927-10-12 1 Singapore Free Press < ENTS SINGAPORE, S.S. WEE NESD AY, OCTOBER 12, 1927. NO. 12,2:50.14 words
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Article251 1927-10-12 1 Miss Mnna MacLennan, the Harley Street doctor, has succeeded m svvrm". minj? the English Channel, her time being a record Page 11. The alleged attempted suicide of an old resident of Malaya is reported on page 11. Earlier cables received yesterday are published on page 9. 'The251 words
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Article1170 1927-10-12 1 Jt was thought m the "Fowl 1 to bt thousand pounds to a hayseed against Ned Fletcher ever getting married. Not that he was unpresentab.e or badly fav-»uie«l m any way. Indeed, he looked well when he was "donned up" m his Buttda) siit. Uut he had never1,170 words
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Advertisement302 1927-10-12 1 ifsWALLCV AR!EU/S wi Ri.o KKNOWNEI)) i; wscurrs and cakes j" RAFFLES_ HOTEL BVBST TUESDAY, TF THURSDAY, BATIK SATURDAY DANCE SPECIAL DINER DANSANT GRILL y\)\{\ a( whfcii the following artists will OPEN DAILY appear >-' AY Miss Tania Svctlanova B Tm. WEDNESDAY, AND friday. Mr. Alexander Sahvikoff n PM PREMIER BALLBT302 words
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Advertisement224 1927-10-12 1 BOOYOUARD 5 11 a Wo£u^p/if it mi 5 ■Z dAd iH Rlh ovorv m Z 5 THE HEALTH SOAP S < PURIFIES AS IT CLEANSES 5 SP^S^F™ IS IN VIGORATING AND REFRESHING 5 < IN USE AND THOROUGHLY CLEANSES THE PORES OF THE SKIN. ™kim> J < OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE MADE224 words
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Advertisement115 1927-10-12 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Cinema programmes on pag^» 2. Latest novels at Little's Pagj 10. tilaxo builds bonnie babies Page 3 Latest smail advertisements on page 9. Firestone tyres are trum-dipped Page 7 Latest shipping notices on pages 12. if and 17Lectures by Dr. E Stanley Jones Page 9. Blilloch Lad. j115 words
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Advertisement18 1927-10-12 1 I SWALLOW ARIEU/S i 5 IN 5 LB. HA(;S i PATENT ROLLER FLOUR? •c\V.V t W«W.WcV B V.V.».VoV.».\V.18 words
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Miscellaneous209 1927-10-12 1 THE WEEK. Widufdduy. 12fh. Hi>:h Water. 11.6 a.m.. V.4.. 1141 p.m., 10.2. Mala tea: H. W. 8 a.m.. *.o. >.:io :>.m.. 6.9. Selanjror Races. Tkmnimg, IStA. Hitfh Water, 11. 35 a.m., M. Malacca: H. W. 5.40 a.m.. 7.1*. 9.0 p.'ii., ti.S. B. I. homeward mail closes. Dr. Stanley Jones, V.M.C.A.209 words
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Article468 1927-10-12 2 11l s>ite "f Soviet effort* to ridicule it •>ut of existence. ieliiri»p \< said to be wi\ :it r m Russia, and the workmen themM»lvei IN said to be 1 uildinp churches m whirl ;<• worship. Sir <leor*ie Hume, who >v; 4 s educated m Russia468 words
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Article185 1927-10-12 2 The- story of the man wWo has deposited (•ne dollar m a (.hie-ago hank m the expectation that with compound interest accumulating ai I per cent, his descendants will receive 2,i>')0,000 dollars m ."WK) years' time recalls a discovery made m LMO regarding a185 words
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Article254 1927-10-12 2 Who are the women who are happy who make others happy, whose faces (no matter how ordinary they may be) art- always attractive to look upon; whoso health is, as a rule, good; who are nev.r short of friends, or presents, or invitations; who are taken out,254 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement157 1927-10-12 2 FOR AN EASIER, CLOSER, QUICKER SHAVE USE. BARBASOL. No Mess, No Lather, Less Troubled 65 cents per tube. MEDICAL HALL LTP., Battery Road. Wholesale and Retail. THE HAPPY VALLEY. CINEMA— SIDESHOWS UNION STAR (MALAY) OPERA. Various Amusements GATE 10 C?*^ I Mdm. 1a Kelvey's *W^^^f School of I DANCING M157 words
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Advertisement335 1927-10-12 2 VICTORIA THEATRE BOOKING NOW OPEN. FOR ZI MB A L II«I T THE MASTER VIOLINIST. Recital Dates MONDAY and TUESDAY OCT. 17th and 18th at 9.30 p.m. BOOKING AT LITTLE'S. PRICES: $4, 2 1. GRAND BALLET. Under the distinguished patronage of:— H.E. THE GOVERNOR LADY CLIFFORD, In aid of the335 words
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Advertisement488 1927-10-12 2 From Friday, 7th. to Wednesday, 12th. October THE SCREEN ADAPTATION OF A WELL-KNOWN j-, n j^rr THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., Ltd., Proprietors.) .In the Second Show at H p.m. A UNITED ARTISTS' SPECIAL picturised with emotional power seldom s«en on the- Krecti LEO TOLSTOY'S FAMOUS CLASSK RESURRECTION488 words
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Article654 1927-10-12 3 Regime of Terrorism m Shanghai. COMMUNIST PLOT. Shanghai, Sept. 21. A daring assassination, carried out m bioad daylight and m the presence of 20 Chinese clerical employees of the Compagnie Krancaise de Tramways et d'Eclair. age Electrique de .Shanghai, occurred yesterday morning shortly past 8.30, when Yang654 words
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Article162 1927-10-12 3 A serious fracas is reported to have occurred on the niplu of Wednesday last says the Malay Mail, between Chinese and Tamil coolies employed at the Perak River Hydro-Ek'ctiu Co.'s dam at Chenderoh. The greatest excitement is said to prevaiJ and owinjr to the tense situation a162 words
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Article24 1927-10-12 3 The Macedonia brought cut the following assistant engineers for the P.W.D., F.M.S.: Messrs. P. McNee, J. L. Chambers, R. P. Kelly and F. Pelton.24 words
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Advertisement183 1927-10-12 3 GLAXO builds firm flesh, plenty jj of strong bone, and a sound ij > constitution. It contains nothing :j whatever to harm baby or cause j| j: him pain. That is why if Baby is fed :j on Glaxo he will progress steadily jj j: day by day into happy183 words
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Advertisement108 1927-10-12 3 1W 0$ G9@irA IT IS, THEREFORE. THE BEST LUBRICANT FORTHE "MAN IN THE CAR" I < SSr^^B 1 WAKEFIELD C.CWAKEFIELD&OnMTD lncorporated m Kngiand). 17. KoMnso.i IN;ad. Singapore, 9//^ \v ENGINES dP^ I "A Krrmaik A Wrs Rams" TNSTALL a Kcnxartb Marine Engine m your Unmrh, fishing boat, tug, or cruiser108 words
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Advertisement186 1927-10-12 3 \lli i j y l^ Good taste always pre--^^^^^^^P iar ls cvei reminiscent A i\ i il 1 J II I il ij PUIHHIIOF IV mmj mmy 91 95t9RTST^ltf P ARDATH TOBACCO CO LTD kmSi^^^^^ LON i X )N BRAND \9^9i fL' PRODUCTS-<S^ i POTTED MEATS, I TINNED FISH, j186 words
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Article119 1927-10-12 4 CONDITIONS FOR MOTORING. KUALA LUMPUR-POUT IHCKSON. Many miles of the Kuala Lumpur Port Dickson road are lined with dumps of htavy road metal and repair work is m progress m half-a-dozen places. The fairway is being widened, the bad hairpin ben 1 between the 25th and 26th119 words
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Article80 1927-10-12 4 Tampin-Seremban Road: Widening operations are m progress between milestones 23 24 and 29— SO; motorists should drive with caution. A bridge re-construction is still m hand neai* milestone 18 *4 motorists shouM traverse the temporary deviation at dead slow speed. Seremban-Kuala Lumpur Road. (To SeL angor boundary): Deviations80 words
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Article182 1927-10-12 4 Reductions no Effect on Speed. Reducing engine sizes does not seem to have any effect on the speeds at which Grand Prix races arc run. Two years ago, on Montlhery road-racing circuit, Benoist, driving a 2.000 c.c. Delage, won at 70 m.p.h. In the French Grand Prix, which182 words
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Article139 1927-10-12 4 '.'This stealing of motor-cars is becoming an industry, and it must be put an end to if possible," remarked Mr. J. Sharpe at North London Police Court when he passed sentence of six weeks' hard labour on John James Barnes, aged 29, chauffeur, of Philipstreet, Hoxton, for139 words
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Article167 1927-10-12 4 A scheme to enable Indian motorists to take their cars from India to the Continent and the United Kingdom and tour with all possible Customs facilities has been matured by the Western India Automobile Association. The procedure adopted is as follows. A motorist has to obtain167 words
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48 1927-10-12 4 London, September 24th. Amsterdam. After Nov. l^t licences for motor-driving will be issued only to applicants tested by the official experts and who are provided with medical certificates as to their fitness which must not be more than a fortnight old.48 words
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Article76 1927-10-12 4 Because diamonds an- tr. m the wwrld they aro used facture of automobile*. 1 1 P to*" 1 can be reduce! to dust m vef] by bringing it into eofttfttf wil wheel, but <>n diamond little effect. What expert hardest diamond m the »orW discovered a diamond76 words
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Article56 1927-10-12 4 Cable information Kwi Dunlops London office f Grand Prix the first thivby Delape Cars fitted witl base Rims and Dunlop Tj I proof of the emViriu durance of the Dwtfop 1 as applied to motor Oil extreme durability of t* Ito the vast experieiuv lop organisation liacc were first invented)56 words
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Article19 1927-10-12 4 They're pickin' ur tfc« With a dustpan Mid Because he used his I When he oujrhta usi-d h I19 words
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Advertisement144 1927-10-12 4 Graham Brothers U I X SOLD BY DODGE BROTHERS UVUwJIAJ dealers everywhere NOW FITTED WITH THAT WONDERFUL NEW DODGE ENGINE GIVING MORE POWER, SPEED AND EXTRAORDINARY LOW PETROL CONSUMPTION. Graham Brothers Trucks and Buses are products of a great institution sound, stable and experienced a division of Dodge Brothers, Inc.144 words
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Advertisement105 1927-10-12 4 High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes j Tim* f o ff*-ttr* PL,,Jft"M I I lr V v &^^^m^Jv I 111 IftJU I 111 U"mJ| L llf k Jf BK^^rl I < Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. Singapore. Koala Lumpur. Penan?. Ipoh, Malacca J f^;^ I |RV105 words
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Article139 1927-10-12 5 tin new British uaplanei m the Schneider Cup rtm ■n is the fastest of man's vances. That had already FHgrht Lieutenant Webctei mile, per hour, hut last year Bemhardi reached 246. vrar before Lieut. Doclfctk imaged 23t.5T0. The 19X8 1 owever, 177.35. and Majoi 1 motor <ar at139 words
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108 1927-10-12 5 Every day some fifty niotor-car.s are stolen m the streets of Taris despite all the "tfadjrets" invmted lo prevent such thefts, and MK-h a lurge force of detectives had to be detached for special duty investigating thsse cases that the Minister of Justice108 words
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Article81 1927-10-12 5 CHARABANC SMASH CAUSED BY A CAT. A cat was the cause of a motor-coach ipash on Farningham Hill, two miles from Swanley Junction. Kent, one London man was killed and 11 London people were injured. The cat ran across the road. A mo* tor-cyclist swerved to avoid it, and fell.81 words
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Article25 1927-10-12 5 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. M. Robson left London on Sept. 21 for Nice, where they propose to spend the greater part of the winter.25 words
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Article854 1927-10-12 5 A New-Found Market. POSSIBLE FCTURE INFLUENCE. At the inception of the motor movement the majority of car buyers were under thirty >sail of age, for it was a pastime as strenuous as uncertain. But as soon as reliability had been leached the greater part of iul!854 words
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29 1927-10-12 5 Tube R»il System Suggested. London, Sept. 19. The Manchester Underground Railways Committee urges the introduction of a tube sytem to cost £25.000,000 to relieve traffic29 words
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Article500 1927-10-12 5 Skidding Dangers. LOCAL CONDITIONS REVIEWED. A matter which might suggist itself to the local Automobile Club or the Police is the erecting of signs to warn motor car drivers of the dangers of slippery roads. The latest issue of the Motor states that certain new roads500 words
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Article131 1927-10-12 5 It baa recently boss estimated that the pVMtttt World's motor tjth reouirpments annually art- m the region o f 250,000 machines, and an investigation has baa* [made of the capacity of British factories to I supply this Bomber. The result indicate ,that equipment and organisation exists .which can be expand131 words
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Advertisement74 1927-10-12 5 T f r^ /lßnmZZlMsss^ZZZZussssmUr^ I k9bU^BUUUU^BUUUUUUUUUUUUM 1 I 41 jHfes $1,825 1 I Jj t'Sr* I Ton Chassis $1045 (BORNEO MOTORS LTD j Incorporate*! -n -IM.xroHK. MALACCA, SEREMBAX. KUALA I.IMPIR. IPOH lAM) PEXANG. Wm^\\\VmVA\ViViViViViVi'ViiVjV»\VViViSS\V«ViViVVi i iViVi'i I The Aristocrat of Cars I Dots not need a large amount of Advertising.74 words
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Advertisement160 1927-10-12 5 G3LTNO I I THE ECONOMY CAR 1 1 1 Here is a car that offers all the luxuries of high-class motorinjr com- 1 I bmed with really reasonable initial price, and maintenance coTZ Ovtr- 1 It 252-ili u y 4S* grOU d clearance efficient cooling and thoroughly f protected mecharasm.160 words
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Article946 1927-10-12 6 ;»AVIl> BLAKKWAY - KILLING THE MONOTONY OF LIFE. TOILING AT HOBBIES. by ;»AVIl> BLAKKWAY [SPECIAL TO Fh'EK PSMO.] Wby is it that Moat people grumble etarnally about the monotony and irksomeness of the r particular occupation, and yet spend hours and hours at work oft times equally as monotonous946 words
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Article344 1927-10-12 6 Famous House m Elba Falling to Kuin. Rome, Aug. 31. The definition which Signor Mussolini once gave of the island of Elba, "ferruginous and Napoleonic," will be inappropriate m the near future, for the iron mines have been exploited to the utmost limit, while the Napoleonic relics so344 words
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Article, Illustration1167 1927-10-12 6 Hints on Doubling. BY "Horotraa. [SPECIAL TO FREE PRESS.] Doubling, even more than the rest of bridge, ii a chancy business. The wise men can lay down the law about other bids. They can say that such and such str«ngti \> .equired for such and such1,167 words
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Article807 1927-10-12 6 ROGER CARNFORTH - ROGER CARN FORTH. WISHES CARRIED OUT ANNUALLY. MONEY LEFT FOR DISCOURSES. By [SPECIAL TO FREE PRESS.] "Human life is a bubble" is the subject of a sermon which members of one of the most ancient companies m the city of London hay. 1 to listen to807 words
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Article37 1927-10-12 6 The Hon. Mr. T. W. Clayton, British Adviser, Kedah, who went to Singapore, has returned to Kedah. Mr. B. O. Bush, Executive Engineer. Kuala Pilah, and Mrs. (Dr.) Bush will be proceeding: on long leave next month.37 words
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Article269 1927-10-12 6 63 YEARS LATE— AND 3d. TO PAY. LBTTBR DBUVBRRD A MILK PROM PLACE OF POSTING. A letter posted sixty-three years ar<> has just arrived at its destination. It was posted on Nov. 30th., lSt)f>. at Kniphtsbrid^e and delivered on Sept Ist m Baker street, little more than a mile awaj269 words
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Article28 1927-10-12 6 Mr. C. T. H. Lowe, S j sessmont Officer of the X I Board, has been offered I the office of Preekfeat of Club- -Klamr's only Mai I28 words
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Advertisement633 1927-10-12 6 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION [$100 For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish every Wednesday and Saturday morning coupon* f weekly Football Competition. A prize of $100 wilt be awarded t,. fh v who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE MAißfc m the coupon below. In the633 words
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Article646 1927-10-12 7 JOHORE LAND TRANSACTION. To the Editor. £ir, I have read with interest the article under the above heading by "Pro Bono Publico" published m your valuable paper of the 3rd. instant. It is singularly strange that Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, who is considered to be a646 words
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Article292 1927-10-12 7 Most of the new clothes demand j»i rules, and a food many of them have bolts of a more or less i igid character. While belts were used chiefly to adorn day dresses. the> have now become not only a necessity ot the evening dfCM but very292 words
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Advertisement222 1927-10-12 7 g i I \mJ TUBORG BEER j Once Tried I Always Drunk E The Borneo Company, Ltd. r j j; SINGAPORE PENAN* IPOH, KUA LA LUMPUR AND TELUK ANSON. TDHVSICIANS know ITioxcger., rr.d they know the danger of inferior hydrogen peroxides. r he latter r.re often < fftr-.d i:\ a222 words
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Advertisement284 1927-10-12 7 s x'Jh.iftt Ka£m» r«Mf <M-ut I y*^^ R 4A.^Uk y4^ft :tw<( J s^t. K^i ijjP^^ ''^^^^^^^^^Bfc fl mm -\v'"v-":>'-'v :''OV-i -""V J^k\ R|^^ mV fl ft AflE^kT fl X fl -'v flV' iflflP^^ fIEcS, l^|^ il^^flLl fIV AP^^a IL I REASONS why you should smoke "Three Cats" Cigarettes ■flflfli?^ 1.284 words
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Article244 1927-10-12 8 RE-ERECTED NEAR LONDON. A large Tudor house oak beams, bricks, and tiles— has been moved 80 miles from a Suffolk village and reconstructed on the outskirts of London. This 14th century building, which has had MKk an adventure after centuries of peace, formerly stood m the244 words
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Article416 1927-10-12 8 Brown was shy. ti'.md fellow, afflicted with a stammer. He lunched regularly at the same restaurant, always sitting at the same table, always waited on by the tame waitress Millie and always eating the Bane faro. When he first went there he asked for, and got, egg>416 words
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Article183 1927-10-12 8 (ierman Third-Class "Too Comfortable!" Travelling; third m Germany is still a sport of the intellectuals impoverished since the war or even travelling fourth, which is a matter of pride among the new generation of ex admirals' and exgenerals' sons and daughters. Travelling fourth can be recommended to nobody183 words
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Advertisement280 1927-10-12 8 SING A SONG OF SAUSAGES! No poet has ever sung m praise >i the tasty Sausage. Yet, with its delicious flavour and its cr j> brown richness it is surely L worthy of an epic. To right this wrong ami to give Singapore poets a chance we offer three prizes280 words
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Advertisement625 1927-10-12 8 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. NOTICE. NOVEMBER RACE MEETING. 1927. Saturday, 12th., Monday, 14th. and Saturday, 19th. November, 1927. SIX races for horses (Plate) THREE DIVISIONS. EIGHT races for horses (Purse) FOUR DIVISIONS. EIGHT races for ponies. FOUR DIVISIONS. STAKES. Total STAKES, excluding ADDED MONEY and CUPS, $40,500. ENTRIES. ENTRIES CLOSE625 words
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Advertisement310 1927-10-12 8 Foods The 'Allenburys' Foods are particularly suited to the feeding of babies m hot climates. They <ne germ free, and being simply and easily prepared by the addition of boiling water, their use gives complete independence of doubtful milk supply, and is an absolute guarantee against inlanti!. diarrhoea and cholera.310 words
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Article195 1927-10-12 9 GOVERNMENT TO GOVERN, r MEMBERS TO HE ADVISERS. t neuter's Service. a-. xr Madrid. Oct. 10. Natu.nr.l Assembly has been ina^u-»-Ued without i'leide.it. There are 30' i nil nbers who delude- nine women- km* Alfonso took the President's chair ™k* Di Rivera on his H** and De Rivera195 words
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Article154 1927-10-12 9 Reuter's Service. 1 New York, Oct. 10. The bullish interests of the stock market received a severe setbac) as a result of a lenewal of selling pressure directed against some of the leading industrials am iaii\va> secuiities. Prices mm* sent tumbling and United States Steel Corporation dropped154 words
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Article115 1927-10-12 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 10. '"A" army reservists to the number of ltfSO are affected by the home coming order from China. Most were employed m civil life and many are married. Their conduct m China has been most favourable. Many employers have agreed to reinstate exomployees115 words
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Article80 1927-10-12 9 [Reuter's Service.] Warsaw, Oct. 10. Aicoiding to information from Soviet sources, continuous executions of former high Government officials and imperial army officers occur daily m Russia. Many execu lions are stated to have occurred lately m Jenisejak, Ufa, Kazan. Minsk. Kiew; consequently many ex-officers and ex-officials are trying80 words
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Article76 1927-10-12 9 [Renter's Service 1 Salonika, Oct. 10. Greek gendarmerie have been m conflict with a hand of Bulgarian Comitadjis at midnight near Fiorina. After an hour of fighting the Comitad.jis escaped into Bulgarian territory leaving two dead. Sofia Oct 11. The Premier on behalf of the King, who76 words
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Article56 1927-10-12 9 [Reuter's Service.] Amsterdam, Oct. 10. The newspapers give pi eat prominence to the success of Koppen who flow to Batavia from Holland within ten days. Handelsblad emphasises the possibility of reducing: the duration of the flipht to a week with the co operation cf the British and56 words
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Article170 1927-10-12 9 (British Radio— Official Service.] rrru Ruirby, Ort. 10. J ne motor show at Olympia, which opens for nine days next Thursday, will enable ihe latest products of every motor manufacturing nation of importance, including tnis year those of Germany, to be com pared under one roof. Its international and170 words
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Article104 1927-10-12 9 [Reuter's Servic Mexico City, Oct. 10. Federal columns operating against the insurgent Generals Gomez and Almada have been reinforced. Meanwhile the bandits are taking advantage of the political confusion and guerilla leaders, each with fifty followers, entered ungarrisoned towns and sacked a number of shops. One carried off104 words
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Article107 1927-10-12 9 MAPPING OUT AIR ROUTES. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Oct. 10. Sir Alan Cobham. who flew from Cairo to Cape Town and back, and from England to Australia ami back, is leaving England shortly for Rhodesia with the object of establishing there a systematic service. In an107 words
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Article96 1927-10-12 9 [British Radio— Official Service. 1 Rugby, Oct. 10. The longest flight ever undertaken by a woman will legin on Wednesday morning, when Mrs. Keith Miller will leave Croydon aerodrome as a passenger m a small twoseater Avro Avian light plane to fly to Australia. The pilot96 words
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Article92 1927-10-12 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 10. Mr. Amcry. Secretary for the Dominions and Colonies, arrived at Albany, Western Australia to-day. He proceeded to makn a tour of the fruit-growing districts. In an interview Mr. Amery expressed the hope of seeing for himself the condi92 words
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Article79 1927-10-12 9 [Reuicr's Service] Washing tun Oct. 10. The action of the Supreme Court to day m setting- aside the leases granted to Harry Sinclair on the Teapot Dome oil estate. Wyoming, is apparently the last phase ofthe protracted dispute over the legality of the leases and the79 words
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Article54 1927-10-12 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 10. An official welcome and Godspeed was given by the City of London to the American Legion at the Guildhall, where the members were entertained to luncheon, the Lord Mayor presiding. The U.S. Ambassador Mr. Houghton, Sir A. Chamberlain, the Lord Chancellor and54 words
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Advertisement358 1927-10-12 9 [BUSINESS CARDSWEE BROS: UNDERTAKERS. MONUMENTAL MASONS. J r«-.h Floral Wreaths. Made to order. \rfifirial Wreaths Always m Stock. 15, Mhgii Road. Tel 3869. ,V.V.VWVWVW%%VWVWVAV a VUiArVb SINGAPORE CASKET CO. S > XF'KKIKNCED UNDERTAKERS. S May .md Sight Service. Tel. No. 75. v.\\v.%\\s%WAWw%%vw*rVwvrt£ v.v.v.w ■■v.v.v.vw\\vvw\v.vw%Vb j: ALBERT L. A. DALEY, 5?358 words
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Advertisement346 1927-10-12 9 NOTICE. W»S«W THAW MARK. Unsweetened +$t+ f+ SWEETENED CONDENSEO I ca l ALDhN EmfDenhhdl SWITZERLAND STALDEN "BEAH BRAND" €?®v HYGIENICSWISSMILK %>**%(/ t Brand Notfet is henhv triMTl I hat the above fiv. IV i •> eitadMft, also trading U goeMU Uitiere do, 4ln Pro^ B-n-alpon Mil,l, X Stock r ompany346 words
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Advertisement325 1927-10-12 9 NOTICE. f MR" (HEANG THIAM (HL of N,, U Pasi jnubl.e th :it by mutual armneein, nt WtWWr vh^h i lac Sl "^P^e. the marriage contract ;^hich heretofore cvistocl between them U m j determined. ALLBM OLKDHILL I faUdtMl for Chmng Thia,,, (hu. I 18-10 WEARE COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTRE 18325 words
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Advertisement121 1927-10-12 9 Boot Polish I (m the mauve tins) I gives the I Brightest I Shine tin the I Shortest I Time. I SOLh KVFnrWTTFTin. I RONUK. Limited, PorUUdc, En C land. i Let your cook take a lesson from the check apron girl. Aa a thickener for imparting i Ju*t the121 words
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1193 1927-10-12 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1927. The Opium Revenue Fund. Tn referring to His Excellency's budget speech yesterday occasion was taken to suggest the advisability of a I least a consideration of the question as to whether we were not m reality living beyond our means. To-day it is proposed1,193 words
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Article33 1927-10-12 10 The following members of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association have been nominated for the vacancy on the Municipal Commission: Messrs. F. S. Wood, W. P. D. Parson, L. Stuart Bell and Sefton Cullen.33 words
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Article85 1927-10-12 10 WEBSTEK— vSHEFFOKI). (Ficm Our Own Correspondent). l» nanj?, Oct 11. The wedein^ took place at »t. Ooorgefs Church, the Te\. Kenpcl Gainiei offitiatinff of Mr. Thomas Georßo C Uikson Webet«T a wll-known Johore planter. t«> Miss Gla<'ys Ada BbeeTord el London. The bride v given away >y Mr. Gordov85 words
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Article41 1927-10-12 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I\nan«, O<t 11. After a hearing lasting four days, tha Supreme Court case m which two chettiet are .-uir»^ three Chinese for $***** due on promissory notes, was concluded, Mr. Justice PrL-haicl reserving judgment.41 words
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Article46 1927-10-12 10 (From Out Own Correspondent.) Pmanff. Oct 11. The funeral of the late Mr. E. A. (i. Stuart. Superintendent of Education, Kedah, which took place at Alor Star yesterday was largely attended by all communities, including the Regent and the British Adviser.46 words
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Article53 1927-10-12 10 CHINESE NOXIA CHARGED. (From Our Own Correapondent.) Ptnang. Oct. 11. The case m which a Chinese nonia named Lino Joo T>r is charged with causing hurt to a Chinese Rirl m her employ is occupyintr the attention of the police magistrate. The prosecution alleges burning and beating; The53 words
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Article384 1927-10-12 10 POPPY DAY ARRANGEMENTS. A well Attended meeting of the Poppy Day < ommittee, presided over by Sir*. Kupeit Mana>.~eh (Organiser for Malaya was held m the Kur. >}><.• Hotel yesterday to consider arrangements for tie Mile of poppie, m a il of Ear! Haig's Fund on November384 words
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Article84 1927-10-12 10 The -ilken BCI ill presented at the Chinese Association function on Sunday was from theChintse National Language Educational Association. Shanghai, to the Mandarin Class of the Chinese Association. In addition to the ordinary programme at the Pavilion this week the management are screening International NeWf No. 00, depicting scenes during84 words
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Article377 1927-10-12 10 Government Committee's Report. CKNIRAL BUREAI KECOMMKNDEb. A Committee was recently the Governor ;in<l Riga Con pnquhe and report wheth- tistics n.- w eolkcteif and <..| be cxi.ndcd or reduced due tc}.-: 1 d to: n» The di-i wei.i the ioreiffD ttade i lit as a whole and377 words
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Article191 1927-10-12 10 VMM. RAILWAY BMPLOYKES MM' RESPONSIBLE. I The Coroner yesterday inquest Ml the <!eath oi I I fatally injured on tin- Hav< crossing at about I2J i SO. Deceased iru walking others, the rail\va\ *i open to trailn at tin- time. A broke through the gate* a-1 and191 words
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Advertisement305 1927-10-12 10 "THE CONKOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" m YOU /|m Must have Brandy flf v^ n c House WHY NOT BUY THE BEST vftjffi^ Caldbcck, Macgrcgor 8 Co., Ltd. I '^j i,'-^' ln.\rri>nr<it>(t ttndrr the C.''*panirs' Ordinance* i I >k\{ J&£ °t Hmgkcng) wpf V^ ST [Incorporated m Shanghai.) t^'Jl* JL' J305 words
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Advertisement72 1927-10-12 10 Parfums dc Luxe COTY > Chypre r^ Origan Rose Jacqueminot > "> Paris Emeraudo EAU DE COTY > to be had from all dealers^ j s~* Dupir« Brothers. VA%V.V.V.V.V«VIrt I WVr%VA q W"W-^W- ffl Gcrdon s I &m Dry Gift I :lLiGfeN|ih HEHEART; i C $St 1 OF A GOOD72 words
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Advertisement9 1927-10-12 10 To-day's Feature. j FOOTBALL COMPETITION No. 8. Page 6.9 words
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Article47 1927-10-12 11 ANOTHER ENGLISH WOMAN (iETS OVER. riIIRTBBN HOOTW. uterV Service.] London. Oct. 11. ishwoman has swum the Mona Mad.cnnan, who It i ...v.i. landed at Folkestone v. having started from M p.m. yesterday. >n1 of her success was the flu- public that she was mpt<47 words
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Article93 1927-10-12 11 i record swim surprised ..nl her landing caajeed the beach arhere only vv«'it- assembled. All rushed but nho WMM ;;-> "fresh as .1 w ry of itamina and dei vraa favoured l>v warm liant moonlight. During the sugar and meat •thy C\ chraril Lomedicine she hat m93 words
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Article78 1927-10-12 11 i:i\ XX i II ami;kki AIN <i\\ RRS I lONS. >erviee. I London. Oct. 11. uthoritatively informed that not five Press intten, on bis conver Chamberlain except a the Preai at Palma 0 i: An indica.i of the < 'hamberlaia-de fv. m the Sunday ishei an interview78 words
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Article87 1927-10-12 11 REBELS ROUTEDiter*a Service.] Mexico City. Oct. 11 latter* announce that the lively routed after a six S inday afternoon near State of V.i a Cruz. The and Almada, escaped but icd by Federal troops. casualties m the six-hour 'i '.>> have been K2 wounded has promised an it*!87 words
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Article43 1927-10-12 11 GOKRING FUiI'RKS iter'i Service.] NN ashington. Oct. 11. isador has been officially the United States do not ding of the $100,000,000 loan. ■re completed for an to loan S-20.000.000 to the tnnd Privat Bank at 5% rate of a (Jerman issue43 words
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Article16 1927-10-12 11 Service.] Brussels, Oct- 11. *t*id ha> driven birth to a name will be Josephine16 words
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Article18 1927-10-12 11 1 Btert Service.] Moscow, Oct. 10. mam fisheries convention itialled. i ctfalM on page 9.)18 words
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Article88 1927-10-12 11 MORE FENGTIEN SUCCESSES. SHANSI FORCES THROWN BACK. [Reuter't, Far Eastern Service]. Peking, Oct. 11. An official message states that counter attacks on all the fronts yesterday wen ■UCeeaefal and the Shansi forces were thiown back on Ting Chow. Ten thousand were taken prisoner while troops from Shantung captured88 words
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Article52 1927-10-12 11 POLITICAL AGITATORS IN FAR EAST. FRANCE STRENGTH KNING HKK PKNAI. CODS. rn-uter's Service. 1 Paris. Oct. 11. the instance of Leon Perrier, Minister I>f the Colonies, the President has signed a str ogthening the ptxmsieas of the penal code as applied to Indo-China for the punishment of persons guilt? of52 words
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Article42 1927-10-12 11 ANOTHER LONG-DISTANCE FLIGHT. [Reuter's Service. l Villa CouMay, o«t. 1 1. < a?. tain Chalk and a mechanic are living Rome on the first stage of a flight to I'ar.-kok. which he proposes to reach very ■oon at tate of 1,50') kilometres daily.42 words
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Article52 1927-10-12 11 [Renter's Service.] Malta. Oct. 11. i understood that the Third Destroyer Flotilla, which has been lent to Chinese waters from the Mediterranean Fleet. •rill remain m the Par East and will be replaced m the Mediterranean hy a Home flotilla. The hospital ship Maine is returning from China52 words
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Article31 1927-10-12 11 [Route's Service.! Perth. Western Australia. Oct. 11. Mi. Amery has arrived from Sooth Africa to diaeoaa questions of migration and the marketing of Australian produce m Great Britain.31 words
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Article55 1927-10-12 11 [Reuter's Service.] Ottawa. Oct. 11. The Governor C— aral and i^dy Wiliin«r<lon are officially rutiting the l'nite-1 States, leachino Washington on December 6. They will stay at the Canadian lag! tion. The visit is unique as it is the first time His Majesty's representative m Canada visited55 words
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Article45 1927-10-12 11 (Router's Se vice.] London, Oct. 11. A national V.M.C.A. Day is being held tomorrow to raise funds foi the Assoiia tion's work, particularly among toe Shanp hai and Rhine armies. An appeal is made f<>» £50,000 »>y the end of the year.45 words
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Article189 1927-10-12 11 REVIVAL INDICATED. fßeuter's Service.] London. Oct. 9. A revival m ihiptyiiildtac is fedicaftad by I lords' rellinM Cor the quarter ended Sept. Si. They show l,MtjWft tons construe tinpr m dreat Britain and Ireland an Increase of 140. 000 as compared with June 3<: and an increase189 words
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Article34 1927-10-12 11 At the V.M.C.A. to night there will be i special Cinema show to raise funds for Junior Department camping. A good programme has been arranged. The Friday light them will be held as usual.34 words
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Article445 1927-10-12 11 THE PRICE OF BEEF. TV the Editor. s Your correspondent of the inst on "The Price of Beef" has based certain! of his remarks on wrong information. It i.s a fa-t and no rumour, as he suggests, that the pi ice of beef is on the445 words
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Article169 1927-10-12 11 ft the Kditor. BIT, In his very interesting budget speech {{is Exoe'lency the CJoveinor is reported to have said that we are "confronted by a plain alternative;" either the Colony is gofcftg to fall below the requisite standard, or we must reconcile ourselves to a material increase of169 words
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Article258 1927-10-12 11 WHAT'S IN A NAME Sir, Will you allow me the use ot your valuable columns to draw attention to a method which has lately been used by a ChiaeM gentleman to keep his name m the public eye. A small road hitherto un named, off the Upper Serangoon Road, has258 words
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Article31 1927-10-12 11 The monthy religious meeting of the C.C.A.. announced for Thursday, will not be held owing to the lecture to be given by Dr. Stanley Jones m the V.M.C.A. on that evening.31 words
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Article435 1927-10-12 11 "Poppy-Day." MUSLIM COMMITTEE APPOINTED. (Our Muslim Correspondent). On the invitation of Mr. Syed Mohamed Alsagoff and the Honourable In?he Mohamod Eunos bin Abdullah a meeting of the local Muslims was held as reported at the Istana Kampong Glam, on Saturday, the Bth. inst. at 4.30 p.m. to consider435 words
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Article132 1927-10-12 11 Mr. W. Guldener, senior partner of Jaeger and Company, was removed from hi> resi denee, 11 Dalvey Estate, to the General Hospital yesterday morning at about iK'-W a.m., suffering from severe wounds m the neck and region of the heart, which are believed to have been self-inflicted.132 words
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Article121 1927-10-12 11 Inspector Kessler and D.P.C. No. 15 of the S.H.B. Police broutrht about a seizure of over $20,090 worth of chandu just after midnight on Monday. While on duty the two officers noticed a sampan alongside the it— BMr Hector which was lying- alongside godown Nos.121 words
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Article112 1927-10-12 11 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 11. The British sugar refineries are reported to be faced with a serious crisis. Four out of five firms of refiners at Greenock have suspended operations and as a usult thousands of workers will he unemployed this winter. Tate and Lyle fear112 words
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Advertisement373 1927-10-12 11 XMAS &NEW YEAR GIFTS for FRIENDS at HOME i JEAN VALJEAN "EL ORIENTE" CIG VRS PERFECTOS Box of 25 6 .75 netJ REINA VICTORIA Box of 50 $11.50 nett. Box of 100 $22.30 nett HALF CORONA Box of 50 5i:,.00 nett. FULLER'S FULLER'S CHOCOLATES. A/) J J\ CHOCOLATES. "BROOKLYN" LM^MjJJ^^373 words
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Advertisement705 1927-10-12 12 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES IPttBSS SRBVICB MARSEILLES. LONDON N. CONTINBNT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINBNT. Twita maathlj merriem L4mpc*l mud Pliiji (Via Genoa «nd Han*.) Dim Spore. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. MLNELAUS London, Rotterdam Hamburg: and Hull Oct. 15 PHILOCTETES Marseilles, London, Rotterdam705 words
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Advertisement491 1927-10-12 12 Elierman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AMD JAPAN. Due Spore. s.s. CITY OF OSAKA N O v 2u s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Dec. 17 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY491 words
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Advertisement346 1927-10-12 12 I*- CM British India and Apcar LiJ (Incorporated m England). I .MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO I SERVICES. I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL &M C J UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVBm i LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEK\ I. h 1 OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR^ CHINA AND juj Due f Tonnage.346 words
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Article116 1927-10-12 13 FIVE POLICEMEN SHOT. Fvansvi'le (Indiana), Sept. C. The body of a negro, riddled with bul lets, was dragged from his blazing home last night af^or dozens of tear bombs had been hurled into the house by the police, who were trying ta force their way116 words
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Article238 1927-10-12 13 The -Preserved" Monarch. From a lisi of "school-boy howlers" published m a Home paper m mail week we select the following gems: A budding historian's effort: "Henry VIII was cold and preserved; he bad eight \\ive.s whom he changed about as he got tired of them." Ancient Britons— "The238 words
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Article220 1927-10-12 13 M Jnal Twenty enU' Worth of Fighting." Peking. A very typical story of the Chinese civil v.ar is told by a business man who happened to be m Yenchow. Shantung province, which is just a little north of the mi called battle front. There220 words
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Article257 1927-10-12 13 Tke celebrated Professor Voronoff m ventor of the 'monkey gland" rejuvenation treatment, says that he hopes to be able to reduce the price of his operation before very lontr. At present the lowest fee that he has been able to accept is 20,000 francs, which is not the257 words
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Article414 1927-10-12 13 It ha* Keen recalled that just hundred years ago m mail week Sir Waiter Scott had to prepare to defend with a pistol something m his "Life of Napoleon 91 which had offended General Gourgaud, who had announced his intention of taking the road to Scotland to414 words
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Advertisement511 1927-10-12 13 $tg* of gfl CW 1 <rent <*? a^nnn^^aaß Bnv« ftonDiseasg jl gfgf .^annna^^S F w^ gas a^* I m .^H annnV m. anmnw^gW BnnW^^^^^ M .^r am an^^^^'^annnnnnnn^F a^anx. Br^^'^V,^^*^'* *^o KSk. 7 T^^gW Will It Turn To ECZEMA? pvOVT neglect any skin trouble Unless \J attended to right away511 words
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Advertisement116 1927-10-12 13 TTTHY do 70,000,000 men V daily use and enthusi- \'i? astically endorse the Gillette Safety NjTO Because Gillette means shaving \f luxury smooth, cool, clean shaves, '""^^B^ without smart, or chafe or sting. Used with genuine Gillette blades. K^^^^^^Tl^^ this razor takes away every dis- C^wSfw The Gillette is made116 words
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Advertisement217 1927-10-12 13 GDAK.D THET /D/WGER. LI\E WHERE TEETH MEET GUMS Tiny Trenches That Shelter a Deadly Foe! 7 A L °NG The Danger Line where teeth and M J. gums meet are tiny crevices. In these, particles of food hide safely, for the tooth brush cannot reach ihem. Here, unseen, unknown, they217 words
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Article1106 1927-10-12 14 Mr. Ridley's Apes. CONVERSATION RESTRICTED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 15. Mr. H. N. Ridley, who was m charge of the Singapore Botanic Gardens for 30 years has been asked about the collection of apes which he made there, and their "language," on which he discoursed1,106 words
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Article36 1927-10-12 14 Mr. E. T. F. Elbury, Assistant Engineer, P.W.D. is attached to the Executive Engineer's Offioe, Kuala Kanpsar, for special work m connection with the erection ■f the steel road bridge across the Perak River at Enggor.36 words
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Article97 1927-10-12 14 With ail dot rites Md tence passed dining the peeled French •oldier hrn nulled. Every eoaeeival respect has attended this has been a proctuiofl t.. memorial, m front of which I not only recited the <lr>i« petent authority dtcbring vious trial embodied a mi tice,97 words
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Advertisement475 1927-10-12 14 lasting SBectuty for Svery c lo)oman BEAUTY is the touchstone of life. Happily, no woman's beauty need fade if she faitnfully uses Pond's Two Creams to protect and keep her complexion young, beautiful, healthy and attractive. fpoNp;s^ 1 ggftfff Use Pond's Cold Crlam Tond's Vanishing every night to thorough- Cream475 words
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Advertisement406 1927-10-12 14 I hP v \ANa In iiiv viniiA y m OUTBOARD is supplied to suit an\ shape or m\ f '"SBilr draught of boat. It will drive a l."> W\ /r li> l^Bf foot lij?ht boa< at a s P et>(l of 7 k; t(U \yJ:\^rWr and cover 30 miles to406 words
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Article639 1927-10-12 15 SKELETON IN A TREE. The trunks of trees, as of men, often yield stiange contents. Many a surgeon has encountered cases of men living for years with an unsuspected needle, bullet, fragment of shell or spear, or even a relic of a former operation, m his639 words
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Article292 1927-10-12 15 An Interesting Find The discovery m Russia of an album-leaf by DostoMfaky is of mrhc literary importance. The album m question was owned by Fanni (iermanowna Sasulajew, the pretty jroOßff wife of a former naval officer who had become a writer. In 18K0 Satrulajew dedicated <»n.»292 words
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Article373 1927-10-12 15 THK CULLINAN DIAMOND Somewh re m the world, but nobody knows where, there is the other half of the Cullinan diamond. When the mighty stone that was found 22 years ago at Premier Mine. Pretoria, was examined it was noticed that one side was373 words
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Article25 1927-10-12 15 The Hon'ble Mr. Tan Cheng Lock an<! Mrs. Tan Cheng Lock arrived hack m .\La lacca on Wednesday after nearly five months' holiday m BnstaffL25 words
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Advertisement678 1927-10-12 15 A QUICK WAY TO BANISH YOUR BACKACHE H l li l r 1 yoa to »>«i to-n^ht. „unn« lt«.-k«cho M M^ They will cure while voa m W&B&^KA Blet p and m the morning -us. iml.-hu your pain win ||c Ko^ ..r ..ni«.nH'..tio.,B. ||ll No interference with work {nr m678 words
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Advertisement379 1927-10-12 15 HOW TO HEAL SORE STOMACHS. Whoa your ktOataeh ftels seta and ttnder aft<M eating, yon can he sure that a dan^erou> acid condition i* the cause. The nie>ence of cxeeaa stomach acid brings about food fermenta* tior«. and harmful gaaoi an generated which tea 1 'h" rton.ach and cause great379 words
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Advertisement205 1927-10-12 15 BIG TIGER BALM. Price: 50 cts. per bottle. ferior balms, and refmc to gfo them tht THE TICIER MEDICAL HALL. SMALL TIGER BALM. Price: 20 cts. per bottle. N 47 Ni n Roal Sin P a <^ A. G ENERAL MOTORS PRODUC ALL THE QUALITIES OF A LARGER CAR TO205 words
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Article192 1927-10-12 16 A cargo of rice arrived on board the Norwegian steamer Hero from Bangkok. Some of the coasting vessels had rather an unpleasant time last week owing to the roughness of the sea m the Straits. Hong Kong Observatory yesterday reported a typhoon within sixty miles of lat. 16192 words
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Article71 1927-10-12 16 A collision between two launches occur red m ihe inner roads yesterday opposite the Master Attendant's Pier. The launches concerned were the Jane, belonging to Messrs. Mansfield and Co., and the Chantek. of the A.P.C. The Chantek was proceeding downstream when, according to eye-witnesses, she veered round71 words
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Article47 1927-10-12 16 The P. and O. Stean^hip Company's plan to wedging m the Dahen line of the N'.Y.K. i< alleged to have bw opposed by the latter <>n the ground that the P. and O.s plan contiavtnes the provisions regulating the coast service.47 words
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Article334 1927-10-12 16 MGRB CAPTURES liV PREVENTIVE LAUNCHES. The launches Lalat and Kalai when oli Singatam, Batu Pahat. on Sept. 22 noticed piau leaving Sungei Kiat. On sighting •.he launches, the- prau lamed back. The launch commanders followed it up:river ir motor boat and found the prau abandoned. It contained 88.79334 words
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Article40 1927-10-12 16 Owing to Chinese naval and military operations, the North Channel Approach to the Yangtse River is closed and the following aids to navigation withdrawn: Drinkwater Point Light-vessel, Liuchiao Buoy, East Entrance Buoy, Crossing Buoy, and Shoal Buoy.40 words
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Advertisement523 1927-10-12 16 Burns Philp Line 'Incorporated m Australia.) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. Reguar monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). Th« s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe,523 words
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Advertisement137 1927-10-12 16 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD (Incorporated m England). CODirect Services to Japan via Hong Kong Amoy and Shanghai and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton. Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtsze ports, the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. LAISANG137 words
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Advertisement468 1927-10-12 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) General Agent*. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE M.S. SILVERBELLE due M.S. CUBA MARU due PACIHC-JAVA-CALCUTTA-SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO AM* LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERFIR due Nov. 6 OUTWARDS TO CALCUTTA via PORTS468 words
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Advertisement189 1927-10-12 16 LLOYD TRESTINO NAY. (0. (Incorporated m [li (O) SINGAPORE TO ITALY. Calling at COLOMBO. F>};l v ;i.;<i VESICI and TRIESTE by the Lint ESQUILINO 14,000 ROMOLO 14,000 These fast Motor VctM ll well appointed MCOBUBOda! salo lb, Cuisin«> i For HONG KON(i. SHANGHAI*! JAPAN PORTS. VENEZIA 10,000 I RE MO189 words
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Miscellaneous668 1927-10-12 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6668 words
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Miscellaneous69 1927-10-12 16 (Fch.); Japan, (SwecU; Usedom, (Dut.); Fook Sanp, (Brit). METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (By courtesy of the Government Health Office.) For the twenty-four hours ending midnight Oct. 10th. Max. shade temp. 88.4 F Min. shade temp. 74.5 p Mean shade temp. H0.2 F Max. sun radiation 152 F Min. grass radiation 71.4 F69 words
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Advertisement652 1927-10-12 17 O. S. K. Line. Initiations. Steamers. Arrive. Leave Loariirr Kjtterdam, Hamburg, Bremen. Antwerp, via Colombo, Aden and l l>r t Said. Alaska Maru Oct. 13 Oct. 14 Oorbea, Cs#S Town, Rio, Santos. M ..ntwideo and Buenos Aires. fL a Plata Maru Nov. 7 Nov" 8 M rrHasa. Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Beira.652 words
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Advertisement573 1927-10-12 17 TMffiL-COMHOHT UNEB x z***^ffSßFDollar President liners offer yon luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running water. The spacious steel573 words
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Advertisement554 1927-10-12 17 K. P. M. UNDER CONTRACT W^^Sm^ INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:-Passage, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Krpreaentatives m the StraiU Settlements (Singapore and IVna,,*) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA AH information, detailed itineraries, free of charge VAN SWOI 1 WIT' AP^ 7 ILPJL554 words
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Article451 1927-10-12 18 LADY'S STARTLING DISCOVERY IN SHANGHAI. An Owner Wanted Where fVWt charity is concerned, any newspaper of standing invariably is only too please*) gratuitously to lend the aid of its advertising columns. Surely it would be a charity to restor? to some modest, perhaps imrtcunious, and certainly forgetful man451 words
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Article316 1927-10-12 18 Pays a Pot of Gold For Freedom- Few have seen the Leprechaun, the littlfairy shoemaker of Irrland, but the children of the old country know all about him. For does not Mother Machree put them to Bleep with taks of his doinjrs? Oh, "the Leprechaun, she316 words
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Article32 1927-10-12 18 Mr. Murant, late manager of the Enggor Coal Syndicate, accompanied by Mrs. Murant, left Ipoh on Wednesday for Singapore en route for Australia. They hope to return to Malaya early next year.32 words
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Advertisement364 1927-10-12 18 MflfltflfllfllJ KORRENGZAL OINTMENT fIHB *****1% H** WOUNDS, SORES, AND ALL SKIN DISEASES. Wlllllln GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE V V WW W FOR COUGHS, COLDS, AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS. h>.t weather makes heavy meals unattrac- I B 3 tlst BOVRIL sandwicrhes ai"e li^'ht, tempting and highly nutritious. They are especially handy and delicious364 words
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Advertisement94 1927-10-12 18 Trade Mark "VaaeUne" 6Sfcs°3^~gyg« f f your protection Vaseline TRADE MARK PETROLEUM JELLY PREVENTS BANDAGES STICKING To dress wounds, spread "Vaseline" Jelly on clean linen or gauze Change dressing daily. "Vaseline" Jelly keeps bandages from sticking. Chesebrough Mfg. Co., Cons'd New York London Montreal Ny Carlsberg Beer. SOLE IM PORTE94 words
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Advertisement345 1927-10-12 18 {The Best Battery) For Your Car j I ASK YOUR DEALER FOR A J WILLARD J AND SEE THAT YOU GET IT. J SOLE AGENTS: PHONE 3131 and 31 C. J UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. •J (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements I •I ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. 13. Battery Road, SINGAPORE. j LL345 words
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841 1927-10-12 19 FRASER CO. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TIESDAY, OCTOBER Hth. Buyers Sellers Asani Kumbann T>6s 57.Bangrin Tin 31s 6d 32s 6d Batang Padang ($1) 60 65 Batu Caves ($1) 1-17% LSS% Chenderiang IDs 2ls fid Eastern Siam 23s 3d 24s Haad Yai (£1 > 29s 80s Hitam Tin ($1) 85 HO841 words
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Article66 1927-10-12 19 October, 11. Ba? 4 k 4 m.s. 2,3 lU-32 Bank demand 2 3 23-3? Private credits »n.s. 2)4*4 Ne>v York, immmui 56** Credits 90 days 57',Franco, demand 1420 Irdiu, T. T. 153Va Honj; Kon,:, demand 12% p.c. Dis. Yt»k ihama, demand 11S>'» Norn. Java demand 139 Bangkok, demand 80%66 words
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Article215 1927-10-12 19 October, 1 1 Tin ir>»< Tons fllSJi Gambier tf 1 Pepper Whit,- 106 Pepper Black 65 Flake Tapioca 7 'a Pearl Sago Small 7.40 Copra ll.lt C«pra Suiuirit'J 11.50 Opium, Benares 'int. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin han Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1. 330 Rice,215 words
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Article57 1927-10-12 19 October 1 lth.. 12 o'tlock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standanl Q.C.I. Standard R.S.s. on Fender Oct. r>7 :)7' 4 NoT-Dee. ,")> 1 4 7^^.^ .lan-M;u\ ft »i 0' 4 Apr-Juiu 1 »">l ;i 4 ♦>■_' Tone <>i Marktt: Steady. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet ltd57 words
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Article130 1927-10-12 19 Yesterday's Alterations. Ortefcer Closing Prices. Buyers Seller* Hi tarns 7«» S4 Kuchai 2.11 2.15 Kuyohs 1.27';. 1.32% Unpui 1.7T 1 I.X2 1 Xai Hoots 25 27 IVnawats 90 Petaling 4.47 4.55 Kantau Orda (#1» 1.(12'- I.C7'. HoeyYot Prof. 2!«s <;«i :;is Kamuntinjr Tin lHs iss M Katu130 words
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Article110 1927-10-12 19 After many years, the assets of the "Selected Gold Mines of Australia," a COMpany promoted by Horatio Bottom y, is being distributed to the shareholders. The sum of about £24.000 has been divided into 187,660 parts, and will represent About 81 It will be of interest to passengers going Home110 words
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Article60 1927-10-12 19 Rl BBER STATISTICS. FIGUBBS OF DEALERS' STOCKS. ■tttteHMttt of Singapore and Pmaßg IVaWs' Stocks at the cad of September 1027. Smoked l'»W«il ('ropr Scr; 4 p ShcM Sh,-,-t Hark Lamp Total Kstinuit.-.f ***** ITEIGHT Drj Sinftaporv «;,«'J:; MM 11,101 I* 1,001 |t 4S4 Penaac i.">r>!> wr, 160 words
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Article219 1927-10-12 19 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, Get, 1 1. London. Rubber Is 4d. I'nchanu.-.; Local 56%. Tin. London t'2<J4 2s 6d. Up 2k M I.<j<al 13t19i for 150 tons. Mining. South Taiping TG I 78, Malaya Consolidated 1.19 1.21. Kinta 1.46 1.50, Hong Fatt 1.09 1.06, Rantau IVif. 1.70 1.77! i,219 words
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Article423 1927-10-12 19 I*jnd«n, Sept. I|. Reports of the Harvests of the world, which MC all three weeks late, are Mm Coming to hand, and M they are all e\ teediiitfly favourable their affect shoulrf shortiy he felt. Copper. -This market is n<.w under Ame lican control, and the Standard423 words
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Article10 1927-10-12 19 25,000,000 poppJM arc btißf made ai Richmond for Armistuv I>a>.10 words
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Advertisement423 1927-10-12 19 ASSKTS OVER $730,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER -$27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LffE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: 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 Act.423 words
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Advertisement358 1927-10-12 19 BANKING, YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880- -< apital Subscribed V.100,000,000 fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.96,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: K. Takeuchi Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri.Esq. k. Moganu, Esq. fiaron K. Iwasaki. H. Ichinomiya Esq. K. Tats-umi. E»q. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq. Haron358 words
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Advertisement464 1927-10-12 19 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund— Sterling £6,000,000 Silver' $13,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTO. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman A. H. Compton, Esq., Deputy Chairman W. H.464 words
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Advertisement39 1927-10-12 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO.. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.39 words
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Article1440 1927-10-12 20 The Kuala Lumpur race meeting started Well on Saturday with a good attendance and some good racing. The weather interfered only once, rain falling heavily at the .start of the seventh race which was run m a downpour. The arrangement for two Saturdays and a Wednesday will probably1,440 words
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Article497 1927-10-12 20 Services Trial At Tanglin. A VERY PO<JR GAME. Whites, 5, Colours A Services trial game took place at Tanglin y.sterday, where a very poor game was witnessed, the hockey on both sides being of an exceedingly mediocre character The sides could, how.ver, hardly be termed ej.resentative Services teams owing497 words
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Article49 1927-10-12 20 (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Oct. 10. Bythorne and Cap a Pie have been scratched from the Cesarewitch owing to .ouphing. Lightning Artist is quoted at 7 —l, Saint Reynard and Eagle's. Pride at 9 —l, Masked Ruler at 100 —7 and Bcis Josselyn at 100 —6.49 words
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Article40 1927-10-12 20 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 10. An important international chess tournament m which twelve well-known masters are enprag;ed has opened m London. The feature of the first round was that F. J. Marshall (United States) beat Sir George Thomas.40 words
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Article99 1927-10-12 20 London, Sept. 24. The following are the results of Northern Union matches played to-day: Batley IS, Hull HBradford N. 18. St. Helen's R. I^>. Castleford its Pontypridd i> Huddersfield 7. Hunslet 14 Hull K. R. 14. BwkrtOß B. Keijrhley \'2. Broujrhton K. 10. Leeds 'J7, Oldham 11.99 words
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Article22 1927-10-12 20 London, Sept. 8. In a Northern I'liim inter-county match. Yorkshire beat Ghunoitran -Monmouth by J> point* to 12 at Hunslet.22 words
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Article145 1927-10-12 20 London. Sept. 24. The following are the principal Rugby Jesuits: Guy's Hospital S, Catford Bridge 0. Old Merchant Taylors If, 8t Thomas' Hospital 0. Bristol Old Blues 3. I.lunelly 20. Pontypool :>. Liverpool 6, Northern 0. Newport 11, Abertillery t. Swansea lft, Cardiff It Hcriotonians :>.145 words
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Article39 1927-10-12 20 For Middle- Weight Championship. London. Sept. 92 Tommy Milligan, holder of the Middle Wcieht Championship of Europe, has signed up to meet Akx Ireland at Edinburgh on December 7th m a fight for the title.39 words
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50 1927-10-12 20 London. Sept. 28. As a sequel to a joking boast of Ernest Wrutcombe. m which he offered, with his brother Charles, to meet "anybody for anything." a 36-ho]es, challenge match for £200 was played at Burton-on-Trent. The Whitcombes defeated Robson and Ockenden, 1 up.50 words
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Article64 1927-10-12 20 The following cards were returned m the men's monthly October Medal. 22 having been taken out. The ties must be played off before Oct. 30th. A. .1. L. Lee, 2 Up Ci. F. Murphy, 2 (apt. Sir Robert Henniker, All Square A. W. W. Ker, All Square64 words
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Article58 1927-10-12 20 The rrsult of play for the Septembei Medal (Bogey) Competition, was a.« follows: Tan Boon Poh 4 up E. C. Van der Beck 1 down H. Makino 2 down F. R. Martens 3 down. Members are reminded that entries for the Championship and the Eu Tong58 words
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Article68 1927-10-12 20 MATCH FOR PHIL SCOTT. [Reu f er's Service.] New York, Oct. 10. Negotiations for a twelve-round contest between the heavyweights Phil Scoit and Uzcudun m Madison Square Garden on Nov. 1 wer. 1 completed to-day by an agent of Tex Rickard A r ho is promoting a sort68 words
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Article31 1927-10-12 20 G. E. B. Abell Joins the I.C.S. London. Sept. 30. G. E. B. Ahell, the Oxford Treble "Blue," has left for India to Join the' I.C.S.31 words
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Article814 1927-10-12 20 THE LEAGUE POSITIONS. Division 1. Goals. P. W. L. I). P. A. Pt>. 8 0 11 23 l". 13 <> 5 2 t 21 IS Evercon i> 4 1 4 26 l»? IS Blackburn 10 4 I 1 16 IS 12 Buiy I 3 0 23 IS 1-'814 words
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Article82 1927-10-12 20 Programme of Drills up to and for 16th October, 1927. Wednesday, 12th. 5.15 p.m. Tan Tock Song Hospital S.V.F. Ambulance. Thursday, 13th. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Company. > Friday, 14th. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V. C. Band. 5.15 p.m. Tan Tock Seng Hospital S.V. F. Ambulance.82 words
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Advertisement262 1927-10-12 20 THE STEINWAY] IS- THE INSTRUMENT OF THE IMMORTALS J IS USED BY ALL EMINENT MUSICIANS COME IN, WE WILL BE PLEASED TO DEMON; ■J THIS SUPERB INSTRUMENT. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. j Raffles Place Singapore AYi B .W.VyAViVASS i AWiVA i < V.V.V.V. W.V.V.W. 1 LUXURY or ECONOMY?! you need not262 words
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