The Singapore Free Press, 3 December 1925

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press i# CENTS. SINGAPORE S.S.. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1925. NO. 11,662.
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  • 282 1 M. Briand admits the complexity of the disarmament problem, but states that he is optimistic Page 9. The French papers are concerning themselves with Bolshevist dealings in China Page 9. The Mill Owners Association has restored wages to the old level again in Bombay but the mills
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  • 1093 1 Mr. George Blee, a b.-nt old man, stood at a Kate, looking in at his garden and ottage. The sun was setting, the thatch of the Mfttaf* *hone as if it had been sprinkled with powdered gold; tall trees beside a brook threw shadows across the meadow and garden
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 234 1 iIAFFLES HOTEL. Friday, 4th December, 1925 jhr *i. Andrews Society having; reserved the Ball-room for Ihdr gmuAu on the above night, the usual The Dansant will be cancelled. SEA VIEW HOTEL. Friday, 4th December, 1925 DINNER DANCE. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors I I Fraser Neave Limited J I Revised Price List
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    • 319 1 J IfJZ^^^^^^JF FROTECT YOUR BOOKS, J I|M^ I P TATIONERY AND 0F h i I ,d r j r ICE stores, by ini II I STALLING A I JMWJ I Roneo Fire ,!^^B| 'M Resisting Steel |P| 4 I Cupboard WBBBI VARIOUS STYLES MAY lfc|=p=^ I BE SEEN AT OUR
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    • 175 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Smoke Capstan cigarettes Page 11. Bitumastic solution, Uniteers Page 3. latest shipping on pages 10, 12 and 13. Four-seater motor car for sale Paga 7. Notice re Licensing Board of JusticesPage 7. Municipality require Foreman Timberman —Page 7. Bols liqueurs, Caldbeck, Macgiwgor Co —Page 8. Light railway material
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 78 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 3rrf. High Water, 0.19 a.m., 11.31 a.m. Friday, 4th. High Water, 0.15 a.m.. 0.5 p.m. P. and O. outward mail due. Dutch homeward mail leaves. P. and O. homeward mail leaves. French homeward mail leaves. Soccer: Scotland vs. The Rest. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. Services. St. Andrew's Dance,
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  • 392 2 fa Sharia Boulak there unv.i a tug at my hand from Susan, who la four, calling my attention to «in airy cargo of coloured bubbles <»f jade, of rose, of sapphire and pearl —-floating on invist-.u* strings, high above the heads of the crowd. A moment
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  • 309 2 i A Change Foreshadowed. A change is foreshadowed at an early da'.e U the spiritual administration of the British Army in India. Discussions which are DOW in progress are concerned with the adoption of me of two alterations in military enures: ei translation in the dependency.
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  • 348 2 v Sky Meeting will be held on Friday and .-alurday. 11th. and 12 h. December 1925. (Under 8. R. A. Rules of Racing:). Programme For Each Day. A Divided Handicap for all Ponies. 14.2 and under, lhat have raced under S.R.A. Rules. Distances First Day, Classes A..
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 125 2 4T THE HAPPY VALLCT. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. 'rojjri'amme as good as any, better than many. b TFT F rHOXE: 3516 -I£jl^£j GRAM KANZAKI, i SINGAPORE. KANZAKI GO. I)>er < ard Drycleaners of Silk and \Voo!len Dresses, Suits, etc. OUTBTATION ORDERS COD. PRICE
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    • 731 2 Victoria Theatre. ALHAMBRA Ta ch n S K <* «"<* Co., Ltd., Proprietors) Celebrity Tours Direction A. Strok F om Mo da r; B?S&^\££Si DECEMBER Bth., 9th., 10th., 11th., 12th., 14th., 15th., and 16th., At 9.30 p.m. Douglas Fairbanks will appear in his latest and best ,>;<., A MARVEL OF
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  • 1264 3 I A BENEFICENT RULE. The Italians occupied Rhodes in May, 1512, and after defeating the Turl:s, who thus lost the island very much more easily than they had pained it n 1522. at Psithm settled down to administer it and tl e t**t of the Dodecanese,
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  • 166 3 Year's Loss Wiped out in Three Months. Sir Alfred Butt, M.P., chairman and managing diieetor of the Theatre Royal, Drurylane, stated at a meeting of the shareholders that the play, Rose Marie, which was produced in March, in three months wiped out the loss on
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 157 3 Cofttessa-Nettel Cameras] I FlU v JUSTIFY THEIR REPUTATION AS h PEERS OF THE CAMERA WORLD Perfect Zeiss Tessar Construction, jH lenses can be Design and B^^^^l^H su PPHed to all Vppcarance jHI BB Models. COCARETTE 11. The discerning public insist upon CONTESSA NETTEL CAMERAS Obtainable from all first-class dealers throughout
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    • 136 3 ifj DOfl ASEPSO BRINGS TO YOUR NOTICE HIS ONLY RELATION. U J A Delightful Young Shaver r^k U 111 I ■ta^^^^^^^Hx^^ZJ ft *Lf5 1 Hv I^^B x ,^F !Sole Agents: Ujjl TEL 279(1 BARLOW CO. TEL. SIM. D "BITUMASTIC (REGISTERED) SOLUTION MANUFACTURED BY I WAILES DOVE BITUMASTIC, LIMITED. j The
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  • 240 4 THE WORLD'S COURT. THE KUALA LUMPUR FLOODS. WHERE THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS SlTS.— This picture shows the former French Prime Minister, M. Painleve, addressing the Nations' delegates. TO THE OFFICE BY RAFT.— How the officials of the Post Office and Mails were taken to and from
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  • 1527 5 A new Rapid-Transit Railway System, the 1 invention of Chalmers Kearney, an English H engineer, has been proposed to ivilieve trafj( he conditions in London. We quote a des- cription contributed to Conquest (London) by David Masters. London tu-day, Mr. Mast-re usserU, is a city of
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  • 491 5 "An Expert Player" says in the Daily Mail. Beginners are often handicapped by learning to play with somebody who is very 1 ttle better than themselves the worst possible course, for it is very easy to acquire a had style and terr bly difficult to ?et
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  • 24 5 If Communisn. achieves a certain success, it will achieve it, not as an improved economic technique, but as a religion. Mr. J. M. Keynes.
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  • 758 5 Seventy Summers. By Pouitney Big'clow. Mr. Pouitney Btgelow is known on hoth sides of the Atlantic as a shrewd observer of international politics who has never been afraid of speaking out, even at the risk of offending his own compatriots. No doubt he is a good American
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  • 159 5 FURNITURE FOR 50,000 HOMES A YEAR. Hire Purchase Firm's Few Bad Debts. "So great is the honesty of the British peoplethat the bad debts of my firm amount only to 1 per cent, of its total turnover— and this despite the fact that we furnish 50,000 homes every year." This
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 603 5 NOTICES. j iPPLKATIONS ARE INVITED L FOR THE TOST OF il j SECRETARY k AT THE SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. 1 IPPUCATIONB SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO: il THE PREBIDEXT ;lN(.\rcKF CRICKET CLUB p, AND <\- ULD REACH THE aUB NOT LATER THAN L™ Noon on Monday, 7th. If OKPKK OF THE
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    • 206 5 IONG Special Re^eaVc ScotchWhisky P Is entirely distilled in Scotland and matured JH^ naturally in His Majesty's Bonded VVarehouses, by a^e only. Hj^^^H A British Customs Certificate of Origin and P Age can be furnished with each shipment, K thus affording purchasers an indisputable W guarantee of purity and maturity.
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  • 1342 6 MOSUL -DEPORTATIONS. Murder and Rapine. The Chicago Tribune has received the following dispatch cabled by its special correspondent, Mr. George Seldes, from Mosul, detailing the result of his personal investigations into the recent Turkish atrocities inflicted on Goyan Christians deported by the Turks. Mosul, (via
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  • 481 6 There is no detail in the successful detection of crime that can be overlooked. Crippen was brought to the fallows by hi> clumsy forgery of Belle Ellmore's signature, when he left out one of the "IV in her name. A long firm swindler who was recently
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  • 319 6 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Mornin? Daily in Malay?: i live "news" paper—.T.-40 column* of new? daily, also the best Medium for Advertising Delivered with the Chota Hazri each moreing, with Latest Telegrams Latest Km and Latest Announcement- toother iM exclusive special features. "PictWN week" Seriaj Story, Ladies' Tape,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 81 6 r i v AFRTAT MATT I whiteaway's Xmas New Year BAZAAR IS NOW REPLETE. OUR DISPLAY I is the largest and best in the country, and so arranged that the choosing of suitable gifts hmmmmmmmmmam ls made easy. x THE PRICES are the lowest in Malaya and I every article
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    • 163 6 psiin Water Blisters. Itchinir lntense._Cuticura Heak "I was troubled wuhTr,^ months. The trouble w a f ninp wrist and arm and caij ln water blisters wh,ch later k,^* 1 1 formed small, sore erup"'^^ itching and burning were n J ht causing me to scratch whu-s Se it worse. At
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  • 864 7 SOpI APPALLING EVILS. The International Labrur Office publishes in its current monthly review a striking account of labour conditions in Japan by Mr. Shunzo Yoshisaka, the Japanese Director of Factory Inspection. Japanese employers, it appears, have to draw a large part of their labour supply from
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  • 1077 7 CRITICAL YEARS IN INDIA. In these difficult times it is a rare combination of qualities which is needed for the equipment of the Viceroy of India common sense and imagination, social tact and personal dignity, sympathy without sentimentality, judgment combined with promptitude of decision,
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  • 688 7 ANNUAL MEETING. The thirteenth annual general meeting of rhareholders of the Chinese Commercial Bank Limited was held at the Bank premises, No. 64 Chulia Street, on Monday, November 3Uth., with Mr. Cheok Cheng Kee, the Chairman of Directors, in the chair. Cthers present were: the hon'ble
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  • 52 7 Mr. Ellis St. John, the well-known Austtalian artist, recently arrived in Malaya after a tour of England and the Continent, and is at present staying with his daughter. Mrs. Arthur Holivcs, of Klang. Mr. St. John intends to hold an exhilvtion of his water-colours and etchings early this month in
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 423 7 I BUSINESS CARDS. H _-p bj the Y.M.C.A. School o for n«'w session commencini I fh French and Malay classes ii (ftayt <»f admission General Si-c-rotary. Y.M.C.A. I Nl;l K TOPS FLOORING. TILES. Etc. I fINGAPORE CASKET CO. H "Marble Merchants." H Telephone 75. l| i|,w Send lor the Illustrated
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    • 704 7 NOTICKS. "I SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB. Th, Committee having received notice unci- r Rule 11 of the Rules of the Club from 19 mem,7 I ¥7,^ Q T? n9i Kwttef W f the members mm be held on Mondxy n«xt, the 7th inst. at •>.lo p.m. Business*. Rule Xo. of the
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    • 410 7 SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUR VISION, THE ADVICE OF OUR FULLY QUALIFIED EUROPEAN OPTICIAN is available daily Hours 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. SPECIALLY MADE GLASSES SUPPLIED PROMPTLY. j MOTION SMITH AND SON LTD. 14, Battery Road. SINGAPORE. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Unredeemed Pledges,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 27 8 UACTLIFFK. On the Bth November, 1^25, at the Nursing Honit. Dumfries, Scotland, to Mr. and Mis. R. \V. RactliflfV of Wellington Estate, Padani; Ken^as. a son.
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    • 41 8 LKE. On December 2. 1925. at 2 Leonie Hill Road, Singapore, Tan Joon Siew* wife of Mr. Lee Pant; Soo. of Mamlalay Villa, Katonjr. Aged 22. Funeral will be announced later. No scrolls. English papers please copy. 3-12 5_ 12
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
    • 682 8 If there were a blue water equivalent to "It's thank you, Mr. Atkins, when the guns begin to play," we I should feel inclined to quote it at the present attempt to start another economy campaign against the naval expenditure of the Empire. Not that we do
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  • 313 8 Sir Malcolm and Lady Watson celebrated their silver wedding on Saturday. Dr. A. Picken returned from Home leave by the Elpenor. Mr. A. J. Forbes was also a passenger to Penan* by the same boat. Mr. S. P. Morton has arrived at Malacca from Penang to take Mr. V. H.
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 79 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 2. Four Punjabis successfully appealed igainst convictions for murder in the sensational Taiping case, in which, it was alleged, the corpse was dragged for mile? behind a motor car. Mr. Roland Braddell and Mr. Fisher represented the accused. The Chief
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    • 105 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Dec. 2. Although there has been no rain in Kinta for the last twenty-four hours, allowing the flood water to rapidly subside, fresh trouble on the railway is reported on the hitherto intact sections, the Taipinjr Pass Teiuk Anson branch line. At the
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    • 59 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 2. The floods have completely subsided, and the hminumi firm* in the affected areas arc engaged hi aaeeaaing their loaeea. Two Chinese hi JT3 got into difficulties while bathing in Campbell Road, and one wa< drowned. The body of
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  • 70 8 (From Our Own Correspondent. .Malacca, Dec. 2. The Dunlop Plantation*, Ltd. again appeared in the Pclice Court to-day on a chanrt similar to that of Friday last. The Company waa <ri!ered 10 pay a line of |2C-0 and costs. Last Friday Dunlop Plantations. Ltd. were fined
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  • 140 8 H. E. the Governor and the Chinese. The hon'ble Mr. Choo Kia Peng forwards for publication the t>llow ng copy of a letter he has received from H. K. the Governor. Sir Laurence Guillemard: Government House. Singapore. 26th November, IMi. Dear Mr. Choo Kia Peng. I
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  • 375 8 This Oratorio will be performed in Si. Andrew's Cathedral on thj nights of Tuesday, and Thursday December 15th and 17th, at 9.15 p.m., and also on Wednesday afternoon. December l«th. at 5.1") p.m. The afternoon performance is intended primarily for children and >ho«t people who. for age, distance,
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  • 359 8 THE MOTC»» 8 H, R||RR The preliminary t^,^ of murder preferred llKii U ch; >r*t Chinese who were arrested „n circumstances in N, v K the murder of a Chine a af W in broad daylight on was opened ye.sterday It Ui m i that the bus
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  • 336 8 "I Hi the Danes being usetl as a means of communication between >oul ami m.ulto express what is too deep, too tine for words." writes Ruth St. Denis, famous dancer in the eoures of an aitiei in the Denishawn Magazine, a quarterly review devoted to the Art
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  • 91 8 ■On SaUiniay HMrnißf, I Hospital. PlMlf UN <lrath I""-->!r. Katht't-itH' HenrietU H nether of Mcatrs. K. 6. Cullin \ngn, Mr. W. N. Cullin now ol pur and Mrs. L. B. U. H;«uk. par. Yrs. Fla\vkir.< eaHM b rVi I ker ftrst ImwHV. tht- late Mr. v( Cullin. the BdHor-Propriet< Pinan^r
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 355 8 1 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" S BOLS BOLS I BOLS UQUEURS ARE PREFERRED BY ALL WHO KNOW Every bottle contains over three centuries of Experience. CALDBECK, MACGRECOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai). 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228 > PATRONISED A W BY ROYALTY. QUALITY DESIGN AND ASSORTMENT IX THE
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    • 37 8 c _o£f^\ FOR ALL i T VERMIN USE c AGENTS: W. R> Loxley^A Co> H I GOLDEN SERIES. H ALWAYS ASK FOR Wllii^ffK ADAMSON, Df"K5 GILFILLAN CO. ft^wr Ltd. h I^^SIS Singapore, ItJw^S 1^ Kuala Lumpur Malacca.
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  • 105 9 FRANK DISCUSSION. f&SCU MINISTER PLEASED. [Reoter'l Service."? London, Dec. 1. I H!;;i n.i. his »<-^'P tion at Buckinjra 'j ;i1 which he described as most I t h«t thin' had been a further the Fotelga Office, at which onestioos, includinjr the Allied I GerBUMJ, »uw rejiimo for
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  • 90 9 [Renter*! Service.] Paris, Dec 2. ;.it:<lV new Government will face tea in tin Chamber to-nipht, M. Briand will demand a postal! the toti rpellatkMM in his pi licy until after the vote ur's so-called Inflation Bill, in the Inflation Bill itself. I videa for an issue of T
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  • 47 9 rSeoter*! Service.] New York. Dec. 2. rted in financial circles that the tin. .an Potash Monopoly to I Stales portion of the fifty lar international loan is disapthf Stat Department on the American financial assistance b given t<> foreign industries m irtual monopoly.
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  • 52 9 fßeuter's Service.] Athens. Dec. 1. •■.it bus rt'.-M l .c report af Rumbold'a commission on the frostier incident. finds tKr. it i« .-.npossible to sibility for the incident but fines £16,000 for invadinp Bulgaria invoking the intervention of of Nations, and assesses th" if« payable to Bulgaria
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  • 58 9 [Heater*! Service.] Paris. Dec. I. IUsI Party ha- issued a manitriag their readiness to collaborh the iVnu-eratic Parties, which it h(.i|>ed and supported, but as Baboration with the Government i ecerned, it cannot submit to the apof ministerial portfolios in ac- with J'ar iamentary strength. It by appealing
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  • 46 9 [Beuttr*! Service.] Washington, Dec. I. Rumanian Debt Commission has acAmerican offer for funding the debt to the United States. Rumanian debt arrangement is alonp fit-nd lines of the British settlement, hat slightly easier payments are I in the early years of a sixty-tvo tract
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  • 45 9 |Ha\;is Service.] Paris, Dec. 1. newspaper! comment to-day on shevwt dealings in Oh na. The Huding to reports that Russia dually call for entrance into the Nations, writes that it is im--1 Russia will prove that there nterferenca with Eastern races.
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  • 29 9 [Router's Service.l liury St. EdmunJs. Dec. 2. 1 '"-vtion due to the appointment 'on. Walter Guinness as Minister "l^re. the result was: Guinness N ''<-h"lls (Lil>eral) 8,703.
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  • 20 9 I L'Reuter's Service. J 1 The Hague. Dec. I. ■archaat has abandoned his attempt ak a Cabinet.
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  • 220 9 INDIAN STRIKE. THE COTTON DUTY. T Reuter's Service, i London, Dec. i. Following a private conference of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Master Cctton-Spinners' Associations and the Cotton-Spinners and Manufacturers Association as regards the suspension of Indian cotton excise duty, a joint statement was issued
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  • 71 9 [Reuter's Servicp 1 Kij;a, Dec. 1. Btorma and floods swept the Azov seaboard in the Crimea on Xov. 29th. A ti(l#l ivaw invniietl Mariupol, destroying several score of houses. The rivers at Simeropol broke their banks and flooded and damaged tillages in the valleys. The villagers took
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  • 63 9 [Reuter's Service]. New York. Dec. 1. Sevi n storms, accompanied by cloudbursts, swept parts of the west coast of Florida. Five persons were killed at Tamps, ind much damage to property has been lone in othe~ cities. Fourteen inches of rain 'ell in Miami in twelve hours.
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  • 49 9 [Reuter'o Service.] London, Dec. I. The House of Commons rejected, by 351 otes to 127. the Labourite resolution coniemnirp: the Government's action in initiatntf the i*ecent Communist prosecutions as i violation of the traditional British rights if free speech and opinion. A number of Liberals abstained.
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  • 43 9 [Jteuter's Service.] London Dec. 1 The British steamer Kendal Castle, from lankow, lying at the pier at Staten Island, aught fire in Number Three hold, containnjr rubber, etc. The fire was extinguished ut the cargo is considerably damaged by rater.
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  • 38 9 [Reuter's Service.] Chicago, Dec. 1. Wheat jumped three to five cents owing o heavy speculative buying 1 and hasty covlinp: by shorts, following- Argentine reports of hot mugpy weather and the spread f black rust.
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  • 23 9 [Reutor's Service.] Manila, Dec. 2. Three American vlostroyers have started or Shanghai owin? to the threatening conitions in China.
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  • 120 9 MV SUM STUDENTS AID FUND. A Committee Meeting of the Muslim Students' Aid Fund Committee held at Mr. Ally Khan Surattee's house No. 123 Serangoon Road, at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 29th. Present Messrs. Ally Khan Surattee, Bashir A. Mallal, R. Jumabhoy, M. S. Marican, H. Sadullah Khan, A.
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  • 1377 9 SALVAGE C3NTRACTOfe'S I UNSUCCESSFUL ACTION. Ftntocn in Sungei Benut. The endeavours of an Indian contractor named Suleiman bin Mcran Pillay to raise and beach on dry Wnd for Messrs J. C. g Common and Co., in July, a pontoon which had sink in th? River Bcnut in Johore
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  • 599 9 MUSLIM EDUCATION. To the Editor. Sir, I am the son of a poor man. My father's monthly pay is only $70. My poor r father has to work to feed himself, my B mother, my sisters and brother including J me, my mother's brother aged 11
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 133 9 vvwvywwwwvwww^^ vavmw.vav.v.vmvlvwa CHRISTMAS DAINTIES. jj JUST ARRIVED. i| I French Crystallized Fruits. I IN 1 !b. BOXES. 5 i MIXED FRUITS: APRICOTS, PSABB, 5 GREENGAGES PRICE $2.00 i m CHERRIES 1.35 IMPERIAL FIGS lib. tin.. .80 Do, 2 Ib. tin.. m 1.50 jj IMPERIAL MUSCATELS, CLUSTERS V 2 Kilo. 1.25
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 741 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE 1 REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON. AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA. MARSEILLES. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. RHEXENOR London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port TROILUS
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    • 587 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. KASENGA Havre, London, Antwerp and H'burg In Port s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 16 s.s. CITY OF BARODA
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    • 586 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR E AST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and Antww Due JJ Tonnage.
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  • 1147 11 |XD SHOWS WALES THE WAY. < Iwn orrcsponient.) London. Nor. 5. was brilliantly fine outside irday there was a good deal London and it rather spoiled the natches. In the First Diviuiih the cho ce of ground iphant (wo were in London; and Highbury). The ,v the same
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  • 461 11 Dr. Ludwig Wolff, the German cancer specialist, in an interview which appears Kb Daily Science News Bulletin (Washington), makes very licht of the English cancer discoveries, and, indeed, holds that "the results so sensationally trumpeted by the Press" had in fact been obtained in Germany some
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  • 590 11 MR. MACDONALD ON THE COST OF OFFICE. "One cannot I've in Downing-street on a pound a weelc, and the work of a Prime Minister entails under the care of the most thrifty an expenditure that would mate an ordinary economist blush." t This statement is made by
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  • 331 11 The strange spectacle is witnessed in India of mild-mannered old gentlemen belonging to the most pacific classes of the community publicly suggesting the necessity of inaugurating illegal projects for paralysing- the Administration. Members of the martial races which would dominate India if th? British were to leave
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 129 11 It does what^T) no other safety razor can do- 'T'HE "Valet" AutoStrop is edge for weeks and weeks and world that strops its blade with- you Strop it before every out removal from the frame. sna ve. Nothing to unscrew !^^£"c*& Nothi ng to ake to pi able shave because
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  • 27 12 Messrs. Thomas Cock and Son send us a splendidly printed brochure de luxe of the famous Mauretania, which holds the blue ribbon of the Atlantic.
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  • 963 12 The experience of the Battle of Jutland proved that salvo firing with torpedoes was invaluable for disturbing a superior enemy and turning her off her course. In the old days we used to build submerged tubes into cruisers, but as the speed of the cruisers increased these
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  • 28 12 There is a melancholy difference between the keenness of a small boy of seven in acquiring knowledge with what he becomes when he is seventeen. Dr. Edward Lyttelton.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 593 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :O:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :O:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-krown steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and «r;NTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to- Australia. Cabins <•* Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 489 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti Port Said. Marseilles from -Singapore. ANGERS 16,000 tors Dec. 4 A. LEBON 20,000 tons Dec. 16 FROM PENANG ONLY. AZAY LE RIDEAU 14,000 tons Dec. 8 OUTWARD MAILS. To Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. AMBOISE \6,000 tons Dec. I AMAZONE 12,000 tons Dec!
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    • 218 12 GOLDffl GUINEA jHIkSUI in' ('■oltVn t .ijinf> THE FINEST SPARKLING WINE PROCURABLE LOOK FOR THE GOLDEN COIN TRADE MARK. IT IS THE HALL MARK QUALITY. John Little U Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Ei gland). Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. ««*««»«r*»«H»*^»«^»«*V «^»«M.«r ->••''•' LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 632 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday C a m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. &ota Tiuggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah a. a. m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday ft p.m.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 662 13 O.S.K.ldne. Destinations. SUam*«s. Arr Dent. London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. r Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec 17 Purban. Cape Town, Santo&r-Rio, a nd Buenos Aires via Colombo. t Santos Maru Jan. 5 Jan. 7 Colombo and Bombay. Shinnoh Maru Dt«. 2 Dec 4 f
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    • 440 13 CTEMWffP UHE Round-the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE S8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port SaM, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in
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    • 610 13 genial LINE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m... SILVERAY In rt s.s. FUJI MARU due Dec BPO8 P 0 8S VENICE MARU due Jan 18 B.s. WALES MARU due Jan 30
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  • 922 14 A LAND OF BEAUTIFUL SOUND. What would the world be without bells? West and East, North and South, from time immemorial, bells have played a large part in the every-day life of mankind. They are indispensable to the East as they are to the West, and as
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  • 30 14 If the four seasons had not been invented long before England was discovered by civilised mas, I doubt if., they would have been given their present order. Mr. Robert Lynd.
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  • 888 14 THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. In nothing can men so greatly err as in their judgment of motives, not only of other people but of their own. A wise man is so conscious of this fact that he will refrain entirely from criticizing the motives of his fellows, and when he turns
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  • 84 14 Japan's purchases of wheat from this year's Canadian crop already amount to 150,--000 tons, three times the amount purchased up to this time last year. This amount, it is understood, will k«.«p Japanese four mills operating until December, when the Australian grain usually reaches that market. Australian wheat is cheaper
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 425 14 Progress is Nature's Way The growth and healthy development of the child shows this in so many ways at first he is so helpless soon he learns to crawl then to walk and later to run. In like way at the same time his mental powers and other faculties develop.
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    • 297 14 fl^Pv frt "WhiteHorse Letyour Toast bein* k Whitc Horse" The age and quality of this old blend are maintained by rigid adherence to the original recipe o! 1746. .ffl^fesß* S guaranteed by the largest inde- Bg^^ pendent whisky firm in Scotland to rraSS? satisfy the most fastidious. itfuiTE Horse f
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  • 69 15 December 2. Bank 4 r.7. s V4 5 Si Bank, demand 2 4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 11-16 New York, demand 56% Credits 90 feyi gg* ranee, demand yjr»o India, T. T. 1 5 4 Hongkong, demand p. t Prem. Yokohama, demand |3J Java, demand 140%
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  • 215 15 December U. Tin 100 Ton- SI 4 4.00 Gambler 15 oe Pepper White hs.om Pepper Black r,2.r»0 Flake Tapioca 550 Pearl Sage Snmll sv 4 Copra l Copra Sundried 12.45 Opium. Benarei unt. 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) We Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red
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  • 32 15 Singapore, Dec. 2. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Kihhed Smoked ;he_et. Spot 1.79 1.80; Jan-March I.H? 1 .(7; April-June IM% 1.67. London Quotation Sheet 4s 5%4. Market Quiet.
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  • 123 15 Singapore, Dec. 2. Tin. £282 7s. 64. Down :>s. Local 111. ICO tons. Kubber.— 4s. 5%d. Unchanged. Local 1.80. Kubbers.— The share market is dull and featureless, with sellers predominating. Mentakabs have sellers at 73 and Ulu Benuts at 1.03. Kedahs offer at 4.!>0, Balgowniea at
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  • 258 15 The 40th annual dinner of the Society of incorporated Accountants and Auditors at tin Mansion Home was the occasion of an important speech by the Lord Chancellor on the subject of the general strike. Though Lord Cave was careful to use language that could not be regarded as
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  • 184 15 NOVEMBER EXPORTS. N«* ltd \,,v. IM4 To .late Against. K. 0,080.88 IJU&.Q7 9BJM6M .UK) 197 I SA. 21,<;44..-»O t5,73».0S 206,747.47 l«8^«2.TI Europe i.987.1':< l.iisi.o-j M,t?L4l u;,4:{s.7i B. Poss. -)»;.{._>i is7.K2 MSS.C4 47.™ Japan 1,42.5. 1it 1.:U6.02 Lt,7«MI 14 57 4 Others ly.oo M.l| ;i5.50 2or> „j Total
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  • 128 15 YBBTUU>AY*fI LIST. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association, hold its TMhh. auction yesterday, when there was Catalogued 1.251 980 lbs.; r,72.2!» tons. Offered 790,1*4 lbs. :;."»L'.,»; tens. Sdd 642,017 lbs. 287.02 tons. Spot. T ml n 4s. f,%d. NVtV Vork $1.07 cts. PKlCfifl BAUOD, MUl.oi Smoked Shee
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 467 15 Assets over $5,500,000. mm^ mmm^^ m TUT PW AT V A OTrntT wr«n A Assurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:-Winche Bter8 ter HousltnZlT S6ttlement9) fhe Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Enrfand I^S W>}X v°^ E 32 ld JeWry
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    • 1393 15 ERASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 2nd. MINING. Asam Kumbane "Tff era Batanj? Padang Tin Tfli Hitam Tin 8o Jehan Tin 1 l f> Kinta Assn. (100) U jS Kmta Tin I HJ Kuala Lumpur l j" Kuchai ords. ($l, r~j! KuchaiPref..(sn 1.70 fcw Malayan Collieries (10) 40.2E
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    • 445 15 i ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in BngrUnd by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singaprv^ Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floo^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. M MACPHAIL CO.. LTD S REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 2.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 30 16 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Dec. 1. Ten thousand people at the Sports Palace paw the Spaniard Paolino knock out the German heavy-weight champion Breitenstraeter in the ninth round.
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    • 22 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 1. In a Football Association Cup replay Rochdale beat West Stanley by four goals to nil.
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    • 201 16 Special Meeting. The Committee of the S.C.C. having received notice under Rule 11 of the Club from nineteen members, a special general meeting of the members will be held on Monday next, 7th. instant at 5.15 p.m. The business* is as follows: Rule No. 3 of the
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    • 177 16 S.C.C. defeat S.R.C. Conditions were not favourable for good hockey yesterday afternoon, but the meeting cf the Padang Clubs produced quite a good game on the S.C.C. ground. Puddles of mud greatly interfered with midfield play, making the ball difficult to control. The S.C.C. forwards found no great difficulty
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    • 136 16 The following is an amended list of players taking part in the practice game to be played on the Padang this evening: Colours: Housley, Dr. Bain, Dease, Davies, Macpherson, Hutching*. Hay-Barclay, Stanfield, Bath, .Johnston*. Clements, Peet Niven, Kelly. Whites: Baskerville, Evans, Edlin, Storr, Niblock, Moffatt, Cave-Penny, Vignoles, Falls, Thompson,
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    • 220 16 "Soccer" Manager and Question of Drink. London, Nov. 23. An accusation, alleged to have been made by the Vice-President of the Football Association, Mr/ John Lewis, in a recent speecb, that the English cricketers in Austral*?, would have done better had they been teetotallers, met with
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    • 100 16 Teams Chosen For Australian Trial. London, Nov. 19. Melbourne. The teams in the cricket trial to be played at Sydney on December 4th. will be as follows: Australia:— H. Collins (Captain), W. Oldfield, J. Gregory, J. Taylor, A. Mailey, T. Andrews and A. Kippax, (New South Wales)
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    • 25 16 London. Nov. 19. C. Johnstont, who was one of Kent's most successful batsmen while on leave, returns to Calcutta shortly.
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    • 55 16 London. Nov. 19. Though they spent i'4,000 on improvements to the Old Trafford ground the Lancashire Cricket Club's accounts show a surplus of £3,532. They propose that only players who are qualified by birth should represent the County in the future. Present players will be unaffected
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    • 203 16 Eastern Province Beaten by Two Matches. I^ondon. Nov. 21. Port Elizabeth.— The British lawn tennis team opened their tour here in glorious weather. A large crowd was present and the courts were in splendid condition, when they beat the Eastern Province by 5 matches
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    • 66 16 London. Nov. 22. Paris.— The Committee of the French Lawn Tennis Federation has unanimously decided not to propose the institution of a challenge round in the European zone. It was also decided that the final ought to be played before July 16th., in order that the
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    • 140 16 London. Nov. 21. Results of matches played to-day in the Rugby League are as follow: Batley 12, Oldham 3. Bramley 9, Dewsbury 5. Halifax 7, Hull 22. Hull K. R. 21.. Bradford N. 11. Hunslet 27, Huddersfield 3. St. Helen's 12, Warrington 9. Widnes 23, Leigh 8. York
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    • 47 16 London, Nov. 19. Tucker, the Cambridge rugger captain, has awarded Blues to the fly-half, C. Bishop, of University College School and Christ's College, W. Sobey, the scrum half of Millhill and St. John's, and to the forward, C. Barlow, of Clifton and Caius College.
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    • 33 16 London, Nov. 20. It is stated in rugby circle's that the Harlequins-Newport dispute will probably be settled amicably and the announcement is likely to prove a pleasant surprise.
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    • 121 16 London, Nov. 23. Replying to Blakiston's appeal the Rugby Union have pointed out that a player has no light to appeal, except on a question of law. Thereupon Blakiston stated that he wished to register a formal protest against his suspension for an offence which
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    • 69 16 Chelsea Sustain First Defeat. London. Nov. 23. Harper, of Blackburn, who scored the two goals against Arsenal on Saturday becomes the leading goal-scorer. Arsenal played the better game and deserved to win. Chelsea, who sustained their first defeat, played poorly. Turnbull missed a penalty. Seddon. of Bolton. was
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    • 23 16 London. Nov. 21. In a soccer friendly. Oxford University def fated the Royal Air Force by 3 goals to 2.
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    • 77 16 Victoria Beat British Team. London, Nov. 20. Melbourne. In the third bowling test match Victoria beat the British team of bowlers by 135 points to 104. In another match the British team beat the Melbourne Club by 87 points to 77. The sectnd test yesterday was postponed
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    • 100 16 1 London, Nov. 21. The Evening Standard states that Newmarket will have a nevr trainer next season in the person of James Houston Crawford, who will have charge of Sir Victor Sassoon's bungalow stud and farm and Fitzroy House training establishment. Negotiations for the purchase
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    • 44 16 London, Nov. 23. R. Ferryman, the wel'- known jockey, marries on the 25th. instant Violet, daughter of Mr. Henry Beedle, headman of Mr. R. Sherwood's stable. The newly-weds leave on the 26th. for India, where Perryman is riding this winter.
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    • 42 16 London, Nov. 23. Cambridge. In the Colquhoun smlls final J. C. H. Booth (of Lady Margaret), beat R. L. C. Footit, (of Lady Margaret), by a length, in a great race. The winner's time was 8 minutes, 2 sees.
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    • 25 16 Tokio, Nov. 23. Miki of Keio University has tied the world's record for the 200 metre low hurdle race at 24.6 seconds.
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  • 42 16 We are requested to intimate that the G.O.C's residence in Singapore will, in future, be known as "Flagstaff House, Mount Rosie." Some such identification has become necessary owing to the recent construction of many other private residences on and around Mount Rosie.
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  • 611 16 WESTMINSTER COLLEGE (CHUANCHOW). The many friends of Westminster College, Chuanchow, will be interested to hear that it is now in its twenty-first year, and will come of age next January. In spite of the anti-British propaganda in China this summer, there are increased numbers in the Senior School
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  • 73 16 Conference on Recent Field Operations. The General Officer Commanding:, Major General Sir T. Fraser, will hold a conference at the Drill Hall at 5.15 p.m. to-day on the recent field operations carried out between the Regular and Volunteer Troops of the Garrison, over the Eastern part of
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  • 84 16 Thursday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, Officers, W.O's and N.C.O's. Lecture on recent operations. (All members, S.V.C, ara invited to attend). Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill ri:i!l, AH Units. S.V.C. Parade. Dresa— Drill Order. AH r embers who have not q alifiert should turn up for these parades. Saturday,
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  • 29 16 The annual Christmas Part}' given by the European Units, S.V.C. to the children of the regular Garrison is to be held at the Drill Hall on the 26th December.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 200 16 Moutrie Pianos Are the Best Value in the tropics to-day in p rice and Quality. In construction and tonal balance they are th finished Product of Art and Workmanship. Prices $600 upon terms. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD (Incorporated in Hongkong). The Arcade, SINGAPORE Shake the contents Do the same with
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