The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (Weekly), 30 January 1924

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  • 18 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. WEEKLY MAIL EDITION. THIKIi SERIES WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 30, 1924. No. 1,904
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  • 197 1 I.tAOEKS. 1 Baldwin Defeate»i So \r.erica" a- Great Jok»- 65 .pan's Fort-i*rn Policy 65 I ill ||i J Cabin*: 66 J\ int of View 66 D :t.^d Russia 66 I:*'-Assessment 66 A Fecbl* Str.ke 66 Week-Fno. Comment 66 I tht- Raihway 67 Hi! R I HID COURT NEWS. >
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  • 114 1 I OHMV^ 21 I 19.50 i 6.50 iCft 17 «»0 14.25 -.•> 12.SC 9a«irie4 I2^f Bcnarf-3 o: 4.000 •~fftor 275.00 2 for txpi.r- 80.00 X J■— exporl KM I •>. 1 tm export tMM i 2 for export tfILM Mi B» Al for expol Bnken C1 for expor* r
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 47 1 BARNES. On 10th January at Calcutta t» Mi\ anc Mrs. O. J. Barnes a daughter. HAWKINS. At Macernity Hospital, Penang, on 21th. January, to Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins pf Balik PuLiu, a daughter. IF.VING.— At Weltovreden, Java, on 25th Jamnary, to Mr. Mn>. Alan Irving--a son.
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    • 82 1 M.»i:LS?DALE.— Or t>-e 20th 'January, IIS4 M Mviesideiiea "Red Uocka/* Hoylake, Urer- WOiiSH Edwxrci MoulsJaic, .T.P., cf Siagapan and somelimo resident m SingftpOfli li^rod 61 yeurs. GORDON. On 2l?t January at the General I!o«p.uil, Penang, Mary Catherine cldeat liiughter of Mr. and Mr*. E. H. Gordon, Hongkong and Shanghai
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  • 221 1 Ttfe trail which arrived on Saturday, Jj runry 2C>th, brought datas to January 3rd This weekly leave 3 by the Macedonia to-morrow. Thera has been increased activ ty m the share market, a big volume of bcaineaa bein£ done m t^n. Rul>ber is still negUctThe Chetty community
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  • 60 1 January 28 I v, t\4 \i H-.nk demand Private, credits 5 hls. 3|4 21-S2 NVw V..rk, dtOMOd Creditl H day* 52 Nora. cc, c nr 196% f. T. 162 HOBfflßOßgi d«MMd l^s P 0 is Vokoharau. demand 10H Norn. I dem -nd I ;J 9 i*un ::!•:<"'■:. dprytnd B
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  • 186 1 The T*mei ©I J*J W innouncea the at Tooting, o! Mr John StoiTOck g rymgeour, witWß thirteen days of Wl 9«-Lh birthday. Mf. Scryingcoor, father of M-. Scrymfeooi of the Hongkong Bank, v.a, m the Oriental Bank, In Sincrapon from 1866 to the Seventies, arri way manager so long ago
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  • 458 1 Jan. 2.°. The closing .stage* 01 the debate m j^urnament wmen has settled the present poiiticai impasse seem to lu.vc been marked by a curiously persistent recognition of the inevitable by some politicians and a distinct bitterness by others. Mr. Chamberlain's cynical gibe that Sir John Simon
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  • 275 1 Wo fear that Mr. Denby has given the unrighteous opportunity for a £ibe which threatens to make the latest American exn edition of conquest the bicrgest joke of the century. The New York World ha> started the ball rolling by declaring that alter enough ice-tields have been
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  • 464 1 Jan. 24. The statement of policy made by I the Minister for foreign Atlairs m t)i 3 Diet at Tokio, is interesting because it shows the general trend of Japanese policy at a time when her domestic circumstances are, through the visitation of Nature, m a state
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 98 1 Ami to rh- itawNi Fice Pr^s' »*twi h Emu to th Strait* «r. inviUd to md ol thtir steamer &nd v. Copie* will then Ir WftfiMH pert* 9f t i;i -.ir.gr detiviled m I v I U hare a cupy vet C\.\* I pe.iixd |o tl t., the w, »k!y
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  • 521 2 Inevitably there will be a good deal (,f criticism and curious commentary regarding the constitution of the first Labour Cabinet which has ever been m power m England. Elsewhere vu give details of the public careers cf most of those nominated to office ana it is interesting
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  • 451 2 Jan. 25. There are moments when we doubt whether after an upholders of the rubber restriction poacy are not more human and kindly than they would generally appear. Such a moment was when we read recently the remarks of the Chairman of Indragiri Rubber Company and
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  • 317 2 The new Cabinet will have to consider almost immediately the question of the recognition of Russia. Not because Lenin is deed if he really is, and Trotsky has a political illness that necessitates him going to v country residence to recover. Almost at the top of the
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  • 513 2 Jen. 26. r ihe oiticiai aim^u^cement is made eisewnere tnat tne iju'ifrtaijp oi £>uue LJi' tne L/O^oiues nas appioveu of tne ieassessmem of sianuara proauction ol rubber on the lines suggested by tiie Central Advisory Committee, which reported about the middle of last year. The intimation advance? the
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  • 224 2 On the whole we are not impress so far by the railway strike. There is an air of unreality about it which induces the feeling that it has been got up for a purpose other than thai of remedying a real and seriou.grievance. It has caused a
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  • 679 2 Jan. 28. The situation m me railway otnkt at home is still indeterminate. Hrn locomotive men have been unu induce the Naticnai Union BM t 0 join them m any Ikmglk Mai the train service, though mmgn «i sufficient, is not m such a bad posi lion
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  • 721 3 '..r 0a .jaxiits on tiie til' |fi_a ***mjf-A U^vmujC U ••«-k6 Iw-A, Oil OttcOi.* piling r vain, io:uow sli or o .k coach is, sIaJL by two engines, proudly :he s«ope leaJing to ?car/s and tlun 3iJ gracefully the curvrs. t^rou^rh a miser- of Singyw and ov^r
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  • 1284 3 GENSftAL MALCOLM'S PABBWBLL SPBBCH. K. E. M^jor Qenenl Sir N* ill ftfalcohn, wiio, Anting tho time ho has been Genera) OfTi.er QosAmandxig the Troopa m Ifaiaya, has taken a very nsideraMl interest m the affairs of the Union Jack Club, presided .\l the sixth annual generai meeting
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  • 252 3 (By Courtesy of th Nanyo N chiNichi Shimbunsha). Ti;kio. Jan. 25. It is announced that H. M. the Emperor will makt- a errant of one* millkn ye:; for the soc'al welfare m commemoration of the Crown Prince's wedding. It is announced that A hniral Y. Shibayama has died
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  • 169 3 Two Chinese dealers of -170 North Bridge read wore produced before the Third Magistrate yesterday morning, and charged at the instance of Errpeetor Kin>r of the Arms and Expletives Department, with Importing explosives, secondly with making :i false declaration ;o the Import and Export Office and thrdly with
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  • 87 3 The following telegram has been r^'eivexl by His Excel'enry the Governor from be R ght Hor/b'e Janes Eenr h< ma MR, So ffimry rf Stat* for the Co'o^ifs 24ti Jarrary— H Ma'esty the King en*n'- r( j to me ye erday the Sea's (f the Ccc^
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  • 806 4 7 am. Back from the land of dreams and time to gen up. I lie still for five minutts more and think a little, totting up my ass€ s so to speak that make life worth living. Th-Te's that dance at Mrs.
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  • 141 4 The Solicitor General applied to Mr. Justice Acton m the Supiemp Court yestiicay morning for en extension of the time n which an £j»pea! has to be made to the Privy Coum-il. The appeal was b; the Crown a^« n>t a decision of the Court of
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  • 206 4 THE WORLD'S SPORT. [Reuter's Service.] Los Angelas, Jan. 27. Siraaen was two up on Havers at the ::<l of tba forty-fifth hole. Havers won four of the first nine played to-day, and Sarazen three, halving two. The putting of both was unsteady. At Me tnd of the fifty-fourth
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  • 260 4 S R.C. vh. R. E. The S. R. C. hockey team was again successful yesterday afternoon when the Cub met the R E. and won by two goals to ore. The Club's victory was well deScrvtd and Stack, who scored both the points for the S.RC, was m fine
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  • 288 4 The foi lowing vcre the results at the swimm'ng sports of the Scouts held on Saturday at the Y. M. C. A. swimming pcol, 4 A' Division. JO Yards Free Style: 1, Mohamad Yusoff bin Sawavali (Fifth Troop), 2, Hwan* Scon Chong (Thud Troop), 3, H. Bens
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  • 25 4 The Rev. T T C. Henham, formeily rf Province Wellesky ar.d Porak, been nominated by the .\rchbishop of Canterbury to the Vicarage of MonkUn, Thanet.
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  • 647 4 The record that was presented by the Chairman of the Duff Development Co. at Llic meeting of shareholders on Dec. 28 jtads like some a-count oj proceedings we should expect to have transpired a coupie of centuries ago. ihc acton oj the Coloual Office, ar>i the
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  • 262 4 Is it wrong to v.j. h thai one mete a horse? A Government Stallion, of cour.~\ nut a mere; katnpung hack. A TONttt prescription that we have icen direct! that a bottle of beer end s >: r.tv eggs be given to a Government Siallicn if
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  • 35 4 A marriage hrts bc<?n ■ranged and wi: Portly take pla.e m Shtgapore, ktwn KTi!lia?n Chariefl, yoinfer ron o' t c late w* Mm Lonm, af Sootiiporc and, and Wa Finuiy, n c c of M
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  • 529 4 \MKkKA\S PLANS A« boih Portugal ;nd England aro no injr out expeditions jound the world ear ■OCt year, th American Government an hurrying forward the plans for their world-llifchl attempt, and will make their effort m the spring of thi* year, instea of waiting until J92S,
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  • 218 4 1 with ab v. 12,000 worth of no:!-Govcmmint <-h.. m Ins possession, a Chinese haa bom ftm i by the Second Ma.^ stratc. Among tne visitors who Ere short 1 1 pecUd m India is Mrs. Ernest Thonnv i Seton, the wife of the famous writ; r the wild animal
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  • 108 5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1924. DEATH OF Mr. MOULSDALEL Th»* dc ith has occurred at Home of Mr. K. Moulsdale, formerly of Singapore, at r Gl years. Mr. Moulsdale waa bead <f W. E. Moulsdale and Ca, I j> t \'o\ and London, and served fora num-rK-r of y^aiv> as Chairman
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  • 96 5 .i ivod from the Colonial stary an interest ipy and voluminous i above BW^fed by Mr. David who was lent by the Government f m South Wales to this Government into the fisheries liana. The report nted m Australia, \'s t» ..tuuraphs ana stends to S6Q
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  • 159 5 I Koyul I! own Purachatna, I". jra. Coir.missioner- Km i-Chicf, Slam State Prtr. Punwhatra, their tm ar.d pany arrived m Penang If left Bangkok on I A rpecia 1 I.MS. K:.ii\vay from Padang Prai to which was attacht-d the .<n. Tr.e Prir.ct' and party Mid r-.\
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  • 169 5 .1, on Dec. 22, of ■I ID fort man Mansions, of M i :i" Goodyear, formerly F. :i. and S. S.; aged re of Kuala Lumpur, who ion through a motor- o Saturday was reported ol immediate danger I fin took place at Tanjong j week when a crroup was
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  • 566 5 MALAYAN RUGBY. Good Records of Finahst IMay e rs. One has ».ften wond:-red daring the three cr four month.-- that rugby is m progress m this eoantry t >\v the standard of the game a- it is played :n Ma.aya compares with that of home sides. That, question
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  • 276 5 Point of Law m Inltrnutionul Trial. The international trial at Coventry ncrntly pru; c rise to m> Interesting point of law which call* for a definite ruling on the part of the Ragby Unon, l.i t'r.e course of the fame Eyre-, who was leading the Possibles 1 forwards, was
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  • 415 5 Our Ov/n Correspondent). Malacca, Jan. 21. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Mills left Malacca on Wednesday Tor Penang, where Mr. Mills takes ever the duties- of D. P. P. The loss to Malacca society of Mr. and Mrs. Mills, who have made themselves 1 extreme ly pojmlar during
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  • 165 5 Yesi marked the open'ng of the asum festival av.<i the Hindu ecmmonxty of Singapore celebrated the occasion m th< u.-'ja! manner. Throaghont Ihe day, processkns of worz-hippen were tt> be seer. mak ng their way to and from the different I Crowds dressed m their festive <;.•!• r.i,< thronged
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  • 36 5 William, Prncc of Orange, was shot ta the Netfaerlandfti Greece b 'the juice out of fat." A cow is hrjrhsr at the back than at the front to keep the milk out of the mud.
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  • 148 5 The following were the results of the match Sepoy I.n s Golf Club vs L.L.T.C.— Miss Stephenson and Mr L nton beat Mrs. Dorr ngton Ward and Mr. Sells, 11— j. 4__o 6_o. Mr. and Mrs. Sedwick beat Mrs. Schafer and Mr Hindhede, 7 r>, C 3. Mis-
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  • 542 5 The :ack of any actual statistics as to Ibe Revenue and Trade of the Onimry handicfap* as (Sarawak Gazette) m attempting to uive a review of the pa>t year at this 1 me. Complete returns will .ituraily n<>t be r. ady far some tinn* to ccme, but
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  • 67 5 Lond-wi, Jan. 13Captain Bennett, the aasatinr* steeplechase jockey, who wen the Grand National last year, and who was injured by a fall from Ardv-'n at Dunst.a!l Park on DLcemb'.'r 27 diid this mcrr. ng- m a nursing home. Ho underwent an operation ye-t. relay «n«I at tirst
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  • 255 5 1 am always ul td wn.. profound wond r (writes "A G L-' r when our American cou >ins really let themselves go about baseball. Anu they co It themselves go when the Worlds Sries comes ar:> nd. This car he competing fHa ists weie two New Yoik sides, th
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  • 822 6 IHl RSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1924. WEALTHY MALAY'S ESTATE. TEN COUNSEL IN THE LITIGATION. The Supreme Court presorted the appearance of a cakndar fix ng day yesterday during the hcarinp: of the litigation ans.ng 1 out of tho estate of the late Daing Passaiiuri Umbok Dally bn Hadji Alt m which
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  • 1024 6 ON A TEA PLANTATION. Could one spend all the time travelling I by tiain, or bsing carried up hills, a hoiiflay m Java would be within the frequent reach of many of us. Unfortunately a good deal of travelling: must be made by motor-car and this m
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  • 607 6 I From the Japanese Consulate we have received tkf fallowing: Tokio, Jan. 22. The Minister ;>f Foreign Affairs .n Tokio go\e the .allowing address m the Imperial i^ct on the 22nd January: 'Japan's general policy m lnternatonal a.iaus s the promotion of peace and tflM (ie\eopmcnt of
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  • 111 6 Tokio, ja n 22. The House of Feen and the Diet w present congratulatory addtaMMi on the occasion of tlrs Imperial wedd ng. The Hon -e of Peers will not sit on that day. Ueno Park and Shiba Detached Palace will be granted to the Municipality of Toko
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 103 6 January .14 The Amrirthi Football Cup <ira« (second round) is as follows. Barns ley or Brighton v. Everton. MaiK-hcst* r Cit\ v. Northamptoi Halifax. Ciy.«-tal Palan- v. Noil- County. -t Ham (Jaittd v. I_<» d« Unitt Derby County Newcastle Unitei iwindon Town v. Oldham Athletic. Southampton
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    • 31 6 NVw York Jan. U. India for the Davi- < j l*ari«, Jan. HL Ir a t\v«_r.t;, roan f< r the Frcftrt Bantemwc :^i«i i hampionship, Vulan^er pointed the holder Ledorx.
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    • 83 6 ('.ii.ro -Ii: the I >f thi Beau^rvr tennis touiiutm. r.'.s, Mis.- 1 Rettan lv Miss Cadie, 8-1, M, m the ladies' sit. nd llaycK and J. M. Hillyaivi K«f A. B. BeUiauui nti R. K. Watson, T-.*» j 7-. M, 0-7, m ih: nit..'> doubl s.
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    • 302 6 F. A. CLP. Corinthians Heat Blackburn Rover* -M<>i\: than sevjn hundred thousand jh erftneeeei the BMtchee m the first round proper of the F. A. Cvp, erhch was p ayi«<f j(n January 12. the rt.upts »eteltfoc BCMQQ. II revrd brasN I viva! ef Buuqr Cap feada while providing
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    • 101 6 to int- boxing- compet tions <rot UT> Pcnfc Boxinc- Association at. Kua> Uunpw on Saturday Yeoh Chai Lai MM f^i lierht-weight champion of Ma!a> ««Uy Chan Pm«- San Taken all roumj rho tournament, warca; success from the sporting vicw-po n Th, Hon. Mi. Ralph Scott the Brif KtMdent, was
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  • 582 7 The three Da Uh seamer. of the motorp Malay;., who vero chanr^i m HonpIsoßg with unlawful aasavsaioii of twelve r>. 1 ;v» beer. sentenced to twelve months imr me-nt each. Xlh af Jan. 11th marked the ,^ve-iakinr »l Mr. J. B. Mauchan from Mtal North Borneo,
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  • 391 7 ARAB LAND-OWNEK SUED. Claim Against Syed Alsagoff. Sjrcd Omar AUajroff, the wealthy Arab land-owner, was defendant m an action commenced before Mr. Justice Acton m the Supreme Court \esterday morning:, m which an Indian contractor named N. V. Vandayar claims $5,i*34, beinp balance due fat work and labour
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  • 370 7 jbe rtor> how he wwi assaulted, >\n h poshed by two nu-ra-i of K• HawaHans, while tl i t his hitiea at th< junction of V rh Street ar.d St. Andrew's road, was rccoonteJ by an Indian police constable n the Third Hagistimte, Mr. Gooriay, vc
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  • 56 7 The Hon. Mr. H. W. Thon;s-on. BritUh B Ident '»f Pahar.T, end Mrs. Thomson an- tanricg far Hon^e on or about the 27ti: f M < \t month by Ike P. and O. Nalicta and it :s liuaouwd m Parana that Mr. A. E. Worth ingtor from Kt*!antan i» C'^
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  • 726 7 Leasing Rest House to A. P. C. The hearing of the Action commenced before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, m the Supreme Court on Wednesday, m which a dubash named N. Hameed sue? a wealthy Malay widow, Fatimah binte Abdullah, claiming $10,000 commission for his services m
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  • 130 7 m Mr. A. B. Wells, As>:Lstari Conservator of Forests, I\raU. b retiring f> r. pennon it an early date. Mr. K. B, Laneworthy. Assistant Commissioner of Police, m charpe of the coast Sttsagora will bt sailing 1 for Home the 25th ir.-tar.t Mr. Langvorthy is 3, ver>- popular officer and
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  • 505 7 HOW THE CORPS STANDS. The tbtkmiug interesting tletaiiLs of *he years work m the Corps are forwarded horn Headquarters. The actual strength S.S.V.F. on 31-12-2.; was 2304; the enrolments during year lotiTUd 56«T and the discharges 396. Of the European Volunteers, exclusive of Auxiliary Service, 65 per
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  • 222 7 The hearing cf the- svquei to an accident which occurred within the Harboar Boari limits m December la^t, when a motcr lorry driver, along: the n ad leading to the docks from No. 3 apparently set out of control and dashed into a rikisha. smashing the
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  • 76 7 m Arrested with an unlicensed revolver hie possession, at the junction of Shjladarsah lane and North Bridge roar Tuesday, a Chinese later escaped from the Pa! ice Station whore he was detained. Whf.o attempting' to arrest a Chir.t ie who had stolen some clothing from a hou>e m Loren£ 15,
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  • 491 8 FRASERS WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Jan. 23. With Tin maintaining its steady ad vane* m price increased activity has to be noted m the local share market and a big volume of business has pasted m all the more popular counters. Rubber shares continue to be neglected but
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  • 102 8 Thr Chetiy Community certainly provided a very atti active ir;U itammcJtt for *1\ ciasses of the Singapore population last niirht m the fine display of fireworlu on the Esplanade. All parti oi' the district were crowded with sight-seen on foot and m various vehicles, and the ionjr draw*
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  • 189 8 Mr. 6. 0. Ham, who was recently hurt In a noior car accident is going on leave shortly on medical advice. (Ex.) Mr. C. B. Whitened, C.P.0.. Province 9/ellealey, and Mi*> Whitehead, who had been on holiday k> Honukon^, returned to Penang by the P. and O. Khiva. Mrs. Stephen
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  • 165 8 YESTERDAY'S AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. held its 639 th. auction, yesterday when there was Catalogued 1/474,790 lbs.; 658.38 tone. Offered 1,068,258 *bs.; 47G.90 tons. Sold 8.57.448 ibs.; 373.86 tons. PRICES REALISED. Spot. London 3dNew York 25% Cto. Kibbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per Ib.
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  • 409 8 S. C. CVI il Points \gaii\M lV.rii.-lo SvV.r;.: fonncr Singapore First Fifteen ayen were included m the .S. C. ude which turned out <>n the Pa (J anr yesterday againpt a Fifteen from H. M. S. Carlisle', aiM the visitors were boaton by 31 points to nil. In the
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  • 75 8 (Bj Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNi«'hi Shinibunaha.) Tokio, Jan. 23. A bi«- fire occurred at Meiji-Za, me of the most famous theatre halis m Kyoto, which is situated m the busiest quarter named "Shin Kyogoku'' with many picture shows-. Over forty houses are reported to have been destroyed.
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  • 67 8 Sentence of 12 months rigorous impriaonment has been papsexl by Mr. David District Judge on the Chinese who was charged with exorting money from .1 ricksha puller and a clerk. Tho case against Mr. T. 1.. Chater was mentioned m the Third Court yesterday iroining- when it was stated that
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  • 1419 8 Singapore"? two victories over Selangor, first m the trophy match and again m the friendly which somewhat questionably toon the place of tho Malaya Cup final at Kual Lumpur on Saturday, although secured by small margins, undoubtedly give to the Colony an indisputable claim to the premVr honours
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  • 194 8 VisJt by th c Sultan of Selangor. H.H. the Sultan of Selangor, accoinj^n. Ed by Tengku Alam Shah (Tr-ijiku Pangl; ma Raja, ADC), Mr. A. S. Haync* (Sec retary for Agriculture). Mr. B. Buntinp (Agriculturist m Charge, of Government Plantations), and other officers of the I> partnvent
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  • 99 8 Chc^r^ed m connection with s»ffi.ir which took plan I Prison some time ajjo. Chinese con h flooded guilty before Mi. Dftvtt m the Di> trk't Court yesterday and \>a.^ v.: cJ t» t%vo years rigorous imprisonment. cused, it u-^s stated by Inspector St who mentioned the case attacked tkt i
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  • 590 9 SATURDAY, JANUARY 26. 1924. EUG ENE FERNANDO'S AFFAIRS. In thr afterm .sitting of the Bankruptcy t'ourt tfct* i uM -examination cf Eugene l-Vmando i pened. In reply to Mr. 5 agher, I tant Official Assignee, i- laid :hat he was at present t m ployed at the Ade-lphi Hotel. He
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  • 85 9 f'xv.ve to the high service reposed to establish on Fort nferrcd to m Municipal yesterday ar.u the hancinir ■ceaaajy land for the purposv i ntnasßag thai the Municipality -J' h accommo<iation for the mill 'horitie> as is found reasonable, th-at thi- reservoir will cost rwc rai.'.ior^s and
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  • 44 9 avoigv price stated u> be ItM ulfj-ence per unit. Ihe Poplar C r. rttc report hav'ng 6old. •orvher (luarter, 5,870 95.*> ICICftM over the correspondir.^ rof ,ar of MtgM3 umfc*. The •wed an increase during the O< £"i,39."». and workin? tXn JBtffil of £3.958.
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  • 1487 9 Quicquid count homxv -\< megtri Ml farrago tftlM Juvenal. I Tiu dm »a*a -i the Labour Premier I t! t Madra? Hindu p^per, *that no |»itl m Britain w.U be ptitaeiieed >•> threats j vi br nifinv thy (Jovernment to a rindstill w.ll act as a
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  • 104 9 I By Courtesy of th* Nasyo NichiNichi Shimbunnha). Tokio, Jan. 24. I "Shi; sei ("tub" irhich separated from the Seiyu Party, has acquired 141 rcbers, tliu-/ gaining the largest political j rty m existence. Tin* inauguration ceremony going tv> be ht-lu on January The Managers who tendered resignation
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  • 79 9 Edward Kilney and James Rodri>rac?, the two members of Kaai's Hawaiian* who were arrested and charged with assaulting an Indian Police Constable, were each fined £50 by Mr. Gourlay m the Third Police Court yesterday. His Worship remarked that it wa iOf reliable that the affair had arisen from an
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  • 643 9 RANGOON ROAD FIRE. To the Editor. S;r, It certainly should be a matter of much *rratifi Nation to the Committee of the Racoon Road Fire Relief Fund that their call for help has met with such a rauty impoiisn from the public that the sum ha-
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  • 206 9 Leave of aix-uiee hM L:-' n granted i< Dr A G H Smart for twleve months. Mr. S. Codringtcn has been appointee a commissioner of the Mohamedhan and Hindu Endowments Board fcr Ponarsr. The Unotncial members cf the Hospitals Board for 1924 are Mr. H. B. Baker, Mi C. V.
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  • 2552 10 SIPPOKT HOME IXOrSTRIKS. Hep for Fire Sufferers. A meeting of the Municipal CommissionMl was held yesterday. The President. Mr. R. J. Fairer, was m the chair and there wore also present Messrs W. Dunman. O. P. Griffith Jone*>, A. E. Baddeiey, H. B. Ward. J. A. Elias. I).
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  • 620 10 POSITION OF A DISCHARGE!. BANKRUPT. A ruling as t»» tt v poftJtfcm of a bankrupt, after his dfceharp^ from bankruptcy waj, Fought from Mr. Ju.-ii<. Actor ir th.-Sing-aporo Barkruptcy Court >\*st< roa>, when an application wa« mad<« by the* Act inp Assistant Official Assignee, Mr. G. B Kcllagher,
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  • 102 10 SJt.CV O<Jd (roil Against MuniciDaln> The Municipality turned out w th .m vera well-known piafc^ers m their *\4o against the S.R.C. on the Padan^ yesterday, bu: after ha\ing every bit as much of tn.jramc as the Ciub i-ide, they were eventu all&- beaten by the odd goal m five.
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  • 33 10 Mr. H. H. Loh, who >. i Patron of the TiMf H- ?o:i Kok" a t> volent Association, iai offered li nt» huarso of the: lut >n tyr« ;n h< -ro-jr ll h election.
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  • 1367 11 Mr. J. P. Saunders presided over the annual general meet.ng of the Singapore ling C!ub h«ld m the Exchange Rooms yesterday afternoon. Chairman raid that for the year Uv the Accounts, after writ ng 1 |af depreciation the sum of $8,433.07, arvl paving to retserve for leave
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  • 171 11 Ifi Alec TweecHe, a famous Brtish wosnrn |onrnalTat a:-d artist, Vce-Pre^'dent o* the Sol* e'y of Vv r omen JoantaltttS, Lonc'on, is to ng round the world on beard th Francon:a. With the approval of His Majesty's Hoyo -tv" ent. Hil E v ce*lency the Governor I be ,n p!eaFcd
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  • 1417 11 CEN TRA L CX»! MIT l EE'S REPORT. The Central Committee appointed last year to consider the assessment of standard mbber estate production after Oc f tober 31st., 1923, issued the following memorandum which was forwarded to the Imperial Government. The latter has now Agreed to action on
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  • 153 11 The Cunard liner Laconia, !efl for her I world crvise, from New York on January 15. This will be her second voyage round tin world. Ou the last occasion she created a record, being tn<J first liner tj ciri cwnnavigate the .trlobe by means of j
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  • 67 11 Th 2 \>Uowing unong other •ip'> ntnents to the Coloii'al service have been by j the Secretar of State I r the Colon'es*— i Straits Settlements —Mr. R. Walker to Art Master; Mis- J. If nraham, to Bam. j p€en Teacher Pr'jra^v Cl» me* M-hya.— Lieut J C.
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  • 41 11 It is rurrourcd that ?J~ p^ v 0? Sc retary for Igricntare, 9 S and F M S i will act as Resident o p Paha^g w\n» A ho Ron. Mr. H. W. Thompson g si on 'cave 1 (M. M.)
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  • 748 12 Qafett information has been received that Insj;.?cter Hanitm. who some time ago went II Win i on furlough, died on December 28 says a Penang paper. Mr. V. G. Ez-echkl, of the Malayan Civil Service, who is- clue hack from Home leave by the Naldera, will
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  • 1048 12 THE FRANCOMA IN PORT. The procession of tourists from the j United States on an organised itinerary of the world has commenced again, and Singapore cam-e within the range of their attention on Saturday, when the elegant Cunard liner came into port bringing over four hundred passengers,
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  • 324 12 To the Editor, Sir, Ycur yesterday's leader commenting on the Japanese Foreign Minister's speech m the J^t has supplied quite a BOCCd and sympathetic reading as a whole, though m certain respects you seem to us t; have committed a mistake or wrong interpretation. As is expressly declared
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  • 385 12 Story of a Rubber Permit. A correspondent of the Malay Mail writes: A shcrt time ajro a certain amount of satisfaction was expivs-ed. locally, at the news that about a thousand tons of rubber had been destroyed by fire m a London ware-hou.-e. What saiisf
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  • 570 12 PLEASANT SAILINC-. The handicap race lav the trophy ate ci by Mr. C I. V%Mse» 1 started at t< > jullllda, morning brought out twelve boats ,n splendid sailing wtather, and tli course was rather a weKome chanpe f the u.-ral C !ub round. The Puteh and G< I
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  • 79 12 HOC KEY AT PENANG. (From Our Own Correspondent Penantr. Jan. -i Dmpifto Ike Inct th^t Pecnk ieMed il <- better side, they had to adtnowtedce d> at the hands of Prnarir by two iror I i cnc. They pk r «d the Utter r^nre d by one goal during: the
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  • 193 12 Calcutta, Jan. 2. I V of t>ie Jrui an Poo I ship m placed to-day between th Vfcttof v iff <(\vt:.in Combe, Nftwa mid Hair.i-'ulia. Major Atkins, n and Ctptftfo Urarcaee,) ;ird tat Foona Horse (t Hal Captain Be MS, p ain Ma kicthi and Colonel
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  • 47 12 Dvriag the hrarnjr of a<v t b-fo •> Mr. Jr«Uce BcCtf* Rta.., m tfct hpnv >urt. Bi r< b: n, on Tuesday, p Kr*la I My, MMd X VPL. Voerap-i CMI Bit committm* petjoty m the v.itnc --b..v tM f, n »Mj IM, the altcmativo oil <!ays' r.i.
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  • 827 13 Say now, IV* not seen you m ape*. Where Ve you been? Oh, you went across It Jc-hoTL». I don't set a great deal by OMK Oriental cities. They're quaint enough, r bui din^s wal, I guess our Woolworth fcmlfrHwg has them beat every time. Do 1 like "Singapoie?
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  • 672 13 Adviaory B e n. E. V. Lucas. (Mothuen). This \h an enxertaining s.ory by an author whese charm is universally appreciated, r.nii thougn his charm of style ou;--weigha the strength of plot Miss Ben is a character with considerable anpeal to a modernise. Humour mingles h«?re with a
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  • 24 13 Vr H E. Bunr. ha*? annvrd Jr i T^o'" r *-o— Km\ VBWfnr a*;d ha? r\rtVl r^rf pi i'«"vfret o* the An^lo-Chinee School there.
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  • 947 13 SINfJAk'ORE BEATEN BY SELAMtOiS. F.TKt Reverse m four Months. The history of many previous S ngaporeSei«Jigor Jio.key meetings repeateu itself on the Pauang on Saturday afternoon when Singapore whose chances of suec^fp aga.nst tr.e Federal capital sid? have e\er b»>en brighter than they were thir. year, were beaten by
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  • INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.
    • 304 13 Xt liter's Service.] Dublin, Jar., 2fi. At R«- r, Ireland boat France by >• poi:;is t<» nil* Eighteen thousand I ttmiltirt the match. Vht» Frenchmen kicked off against a strong wind and for a time their forwards operated vigorously m the Irish half. Soon, however, Ireland assorted
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    • 93 13 The following members were elected t<» i>rxn the Committee of Management of the C for the jrcaT 1924:— M( ars. J. D. Saraders, A. W. Vii-k, E£. \si.r.asseh, H. J. Fongero. L. J. Gilberteon, V C. Hynes, and R. PajreThe follow ng are the Election Committee together
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    • 206 13 Figures are always fascinating to NBC people ami tables of the arrival? and departurea by sea, m the Straits Settlements, from and to foreign ports, do not lack interest. The tables are compiled by the Statistical Office from returns supplied by the Marine Department, tad are for
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    • 156 13 Th? Aneta Telegraph Agency wires from Weltevreden, that Sir Ro'irck Jone>\ Chairman of Renter's Telegram Co, has made a ?ix daya liUto-trip through Java. acoraparrcd by a iJ're f or of the all ed Xews-apen y Aneta. Sir Roderick was received m special aud en c by
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  • 619 14 TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924. YOUNG WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. A YEAR OF BIG EFFORTS. The annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. was hold at the Hostel, Fort Canning Road yesterday afternoon, Mrs. ,1. M. Sime presiding ovtr a large ;:tt enhance of members and friends interested m the Association. Followi:i£
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  • 212 14 A pleasant tea-party function arranged by the Anjumar-i-Islam m honour of Mr. H. G. Sarwar, the patron of the Anjuman, who is rihcitly go'nsr to Europe on leave, "took place at No 40 Niven Road, the residence of Mr. R Mahmood Sahib on Saturday last at 4MO p.m Amongst
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  • 75 14 The v,-edd nq: took place on Dec 19, at St. Ma thew's Church, St. Leonards-on-Sta by the Rev. Charh? Alkwith, HJL, Rector, assisted by the Rev. G. Eden-K ng, M.A R'-ctor o' St. John's, Upper St. Leonards, of H rlert J. G'bb^ M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., of the Straits Settl<?m«nts Medical Service,
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  • 90 14 STRANGE AFFAIR AT TEMERLOH. Four Persons Statobed. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 22. A tragic affair has taken place at Mengkarak village, near Temerioh, owing to a performance by two Ban-jarese conjurors o a crowd, mostly of Chinese. One of ■Jht> audience accused a conjuror of
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  • 42 14 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 25. Boardman arrived m Kuala Lumpur this iiWrn ng by mail-train m charge of Mr. Hussey who went to Australia to secure his extradition. He was product*! at the police court to-day.
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  • 99 14 PEN AN G NEWS. (From Our Own Correspandvnt). Penang, Jan. 25. At the meeting of Perak R-ver V-aLey R. Co, Mr. D. A. M. Brown presiding said tliat the Company's prospects were excellent The ail-in co-ts on the crop of 196,088 H> was 27.409 cents. The report and- accounts were
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  • 66 14 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 28. Bills for introduct on at the next meeting of tne Federal Council include a Criminal Law Amendment, aiming at suppressing extortion and arms offences, identical w.th the Straits Ordinance; also a bUI dealing with Life Assurance, preventing
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  • 205 14 A Chinese man and woman were stabbed to death m house 11 Blanco Court, a shoemaker's shop Sunday morning. The affair was mentioned bet ore Mr. Venables, Second Magistrate, yesterday morning, when Inspector Lamb produced the alleged murdertr and askid lor a postponment. The facts of
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  • 205 14 CMcf Justice Disbelieves Both Sides. The hearing of the action brought by a dubesh, N. Hame.d, against a Mala willow, Fatima binte Abdullah the former owner cf the Keppel Harbour Hotel, m which he claimed £10,000 commission for negotiating the lease of the premises to the A.-intic
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  • 35 14 Mr. D. L. Adamson, who has been m ehftife of the Prrang cffice of Mesrsrs. Adamson, GilftUan md Co. for soir.e t'me past, will be proceedtef to Kuala Lumpur shortly to open a branch there.
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  • 7745 14 [Reuters Service.] London, Jan. 21. In the House of Commons cries of 'vspeech" at question-time when ardent niembfciß pressed their supplementary questions, marked the impatience of members to reach the final stages m the decisive debate which was resumed by Sir J. S'.mon, who described the proceedings as not
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  • 99 16 A ca<*» of theft of Wbtr u« proprietors of the Sim Sconp Mills are the complainants. an< Chinese taikong of a ;w; kow i\u- i was mentioned btfv>n- ihr Ti.ird CMrl tcrday moniingr. Court lnsjKct^r lien said that the Court would pnbftU) I I no authority to tr>- the a
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