The Singapore Free Press, 11 December 1925

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  • 11 1 SingaporeFreeftess 10 CENTS. SINGAPCRE, S.S., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11, 1925. NO. 11,669.
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  • 286 1 A late cable gives General Laidom-r's report on the Turkish atrocities in the Mosul region Page 9. Christians were massacred, homes pillaged and terrible violence used. Deportations are now proceeding from the Brussels Line zone Page 9 The Turkish d< legation to the League have withdrawn in
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  • 1640 1 In Rome, amidst all their bewildered gropm^ s, glimpses of beauty were continually .ouchsafed to poets and naturalists. Masson, on 'Lucretius' (P. 421). says: "Over and over again he has told us that the Wet Id is chance born, but at the same time he says to us through
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 263 1 BUY -SNOWFLAKE" THK BETTER BUTTER RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2920 I TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY FRIDAY The' Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. (N.B. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances.) (.RILL ROOmT" sarkies brothers. Under the supervision of an Proprietors, expert European. NOW READY Singapore and Malayan ROUGH DIARY for
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    • 197 1 Pabco Metal Paints FOR Iron and Steel Structures. Stock Held of Green No. 127 Red No. 128 Black No. 129 In One Five Gallon Drums. Pabco BEST CHEAPEST ASK FOR QUOTATIONS Sole Agents: Simc, Darby S Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 5 Malacca Street, SINGAPORE. Tel: 2800.
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    • 128 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Capstan cigarettes Page 5. Piccadilly cigarettes Page 11. Turf Club debentures- Page 7. Shipping on pages 10, 12 and IS. Pabco paints, Sime, Darby Page 1. Izal kills germs. Guthrie's Page H. British beer from Caldbeck's Page 8. Black and White. Borneo Co. Page 8. Fancy notcpaper. Kelly
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    • 10 1 SEE THAT YOU GET <4 SNOWFLAKr PURE CHILLED CREAMERY BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 141 1 THE WEEK. Friday, llth. High Water, 6.31 a.m., 6.46 p.m. Dutch homeward mail leaves. Denishawn Dancers, Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Saturday, \2th. High Water, 7.21 a.m.. 8.1 p.m. Devon Rubber, French Bank, 11 a.m. Hockey: S'pore vs N. Sembilan. Denishawn Dancers, Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Sunday, I3fh. High Water, 8.4
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 419 2 BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXIR POSITIVELY CUBES COUGHS and COLDS. MADE AND SOLD BY Medical Hall Ltd. Price per bottle $1.25 and 75 cts. YEAST VITE TABLETS New Stock just arrived. IS~THE HAPPY VALLEY. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any, better than
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    • 325 2 Victoria TheatreCelebrity lours Direction A. Strok TO-NIGHT PROGRAMME No. 2 At 9.30 p.m. WORLD TOUR OF THE FAMOUS DANCERS RUTH St. DENIS TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS. FOUR PROGRAMMES OF DANCES. Booking at Little's. Seats $4, $2, $1. PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From Thursday, 10th to Wednesday, 16th December AT
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    • 299 2 From Thursday, 10th to Tuesday 15th November T*""^" AT THE 9r ALHAMBRa AN ALLEN HOLUBAR FIRST-NATIONAL PRODUCT! Adapted from "The W T hite Frontier" by Jeffrey Dem-end the well-known star lll(i f <*tun n Dorothy PKillip^ in one of the strongest indictments of gossips and w>^u ever been produced thitt
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  • 740 3 Rnther more than a year ago, when dealing with modern selling problems, we pointed out that some firms had come through the depression of ths last few years with relative success solely because during the year; of plenty they had devoted as much time and thought to
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  • 142 3 Douglas Fairbanks has built himself a new residence overlooking the Californian resort called Long Beach, in addition to his palatial establishment in Beverley Hills. The house is described as a cross between a Bagdad palace and a Mexican railway station. Its bathrooms are tiled from floor to ceiling.
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  • 23 3 Mn W. B. Paterson, of the editorial staff of the Pinang Gazette, accompanied by Mrs* Paterson, has returned to Penang from Home leave.
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  • 458 3 THE LOTTERY PLAN. Paris, Nov. 5. The franc ret up a new low record this afternoon, when it was quoted at the opening of ;he market at 123.10 to the pound. Profit-taking Selling of sterling very soon made its effect felt, and when the market closed the
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  • 263 3 A German Mystery. A mysterious accident, which is the subject of much speculation in the Press, caused the death of General Muller, Commander of the Fourth or Sagon Division of the Rsichswehr. At»the time of the affair he was supervising a training party of officers in combined artillery
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  • 147 3 At the Bellevue Zoological Gardens, Manchester, Mrs. Eliza Lambert (52), a woman cleaner, was killed by a t'ger. No one saw the incident, but she is known to have entered the cage in order to clean it about 10.30. A few minutes later she was fbund
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 301 3 After an illness take Wincarnis the best tonic of all. Build up your health again by taking a course of this delicious, strength -ening, and restorative tonic wine. Put new vitality into your S) stem, feed your nerves, repair your wasted tissues, create new rich blood do all this simply
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    • 130 3 FORD OWNERS Prolong the Life of Your Car by Using White Star Oil Positively a Profitable Investment m MALAYAN MOTORS 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietor*. jffikf£kon/6 IV "top notch" t "Zflfcislti/ %lfe&^ "The"l9^ Hole"' 'H|f^' THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. CoAtessa-Nettel Cameras FULLY JUSTIFY THEIR REPUTATION AS
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  • 1921 4 -ROUGHING IT" IN BORNEO. We realised it was exactly three years since our party of five had ridden along those interminable miles of bridle path, which wind up and on in graded zigzags over the foot-hills of Kinabalu— just long enough ago to revive pleasant memories ■and
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  • 649 4 Those who have the good fortune to attend the Royal garden parties at Buckingham Palace, and to see the wonderful display of flowers, do not always know how much of their beauty is due to the Queen's personal attention. Each morning:, after breakfast, Her Majesty's first duty is
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  • 613 4 BOUDOIR S BOULEVARD. ■rt models are, at the moment, tr:m--i some way or other with fur. Fur ing gives an effect which is daintily soft and light to the coat or frock it adorns. To destroy any wintry appearance, the fur is not dyed to look like
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  • 1143 4 (Specially Written for Free Press). '•What on earth the Mems find to do with themselves all day, beats me!" confesses Mr. Snooks, who groes to the office six day a week and toilfully earns his bread alon* with that of Mrs., Miss and Master Snook* He
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  • 460 4 By Flora Fleming. Venus and Others. Ihe Ideal Woman," runs the newspape ■line, and beneath it one reads of th< very of a marble statue of a Greel is girl, which surpasses in beauty th< s of Milo. The ankle and the toe o Jtstretched foot, are said
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  • 451 4 Administrative Post in Home Civil Service. The name of Enid M. R. Russell-Smith appears in the list of the successful candidates at the recent open competitions (or the junior grade of the administrative cljs., in the Home Civil Service, her position among: 22 successful candidates being; ninth. In
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  • 17 4 Tht" Girl at Shoreditch County Court: defendant was formerly my *»<< but I have now found iNMtfcfaf tt(
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  • 240 5 MR. CHURCHILL'S SPEECH AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. ttetter Trading Conditions Next Year. Lea fie Id, Nov. 30. Mr. Churchill, speaking at a Conservatixe meeting at Tunbridge Wells, said that in the memorable election of l<*24 a decisive national mandate was given tor peace and stability for the
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  • 145 5 London, Nov. 29. Seventeen Labour members of Parliament and others, including the Countess of Warwick, Miss Wilkinson, Mr. Maxton, Mr. George Lansbuiy. Mr. Neil Maclean and Mr. A. J. Cook, have signed a letter to the Press urging all participating in the nation wide protest of Labour
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  • 129 5 Lea field. Nov. 28. The snowstorm which visited London while the Royal funeral was in progress is said to be without precedent as far as London is concerned. It followed the coldest night in November since 1890. Apart from causing delay on the railways, the snow
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  • 113 5 London, Dec. 1. In a speech at Limerick, Mr. de Valera declared that the boundary crisis was another instance of British perfidy but it the Fiee State Cabinet was firm and stood up to England, they would have a united people to combat Great Britain's
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  • 99 5 Bombay, Nov. 30. Mr. Jacob J. Huber, a Swiss engineer, employed at the cotton mill, committed suicide in the early hours of this morning. At the inquest Mrs. Huber deposed that at midnight Huber called her to come out with him to the seashore nearby
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  • 102 5 Londonj Dec. 1. Haifa. The rebel leader, Zeid el Atrash, has issued a manifesto to the Druses, Shiahs and Sunnis of Lebanon, alleging that the object of the French in arming other sects is to stir up a religious war. This will enable them to declare that
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  • 106 5 London, Nov. 30. In the House of Commons, Mr. Scurr asked whether private correspondence from Europe and America was still opened and detained by the censor in several post offices in India. Earl Winterton, replying, referred to Section 26 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898, under which
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  • 176 5 The following is the proposed proeramme (subject to alteration) of H.I.J.M's Cadet Training Ship Iwate at Singapore. Friday, Dec. 11th: Ship's arrival, 9 a.m. The Japanese Consul-General's official eali on the Commander of the ship. The Commander of the ship's official call on H.E. the Governor. The
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  • 48 5 The Sunday Times recently created a record in week-end journalism by issuing a thirty-two page paper with 132 columns of advertising. This is the largest amount of advertising ever carried, in any one ordinary issue of any newspaper in the country. Many columns of adveitiFements were held over.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 414 5 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE v.-ihiablc teak and (anton blackwood .Household Furniture At No. 56-3 Neil Road ON SATURDAY, 12th DECEMBER AT 2 P.M. rfring B complete set of carved Canton blackwood sitting room suite with kln 19 puces, handsome dining mom and bedroom furniture of v i a &W Hutch pattern
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    • 239 5 |£*3|b you realise Jjy\ juiat you can buy 'a a* genuine *\%let* o razor set for $1.20: You have heard of the "Valet" Not the same razor, of course SISd aB liffci e ra fl rin he With all its fine embellish-' ZkL if t° f t eep^ ments but
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  • 1526 6 "Opium." By John Palmer Gavit. (Routledge. 12s. 6d. net.) Although the results of international Opium Conference held recently at Geneva were disappointing, they at least caused the opium traffic to be acknowledged as one which concerns the whole civilized world and not merely the Governments of those
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  • 270 6 Dismissed After Flying From Amsterdam. An allegation that drinking had affectec flying man's service as a pilot led to ar ction— the first of its kind— in the High Court before Mr. Justice Avory. Captain Harry Saunders Robertson, ol Old Ford-road, Shoreham, a pilot, claimed
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  • 722 6 TRACTS NEVER SEEN BY THE WHITE MAN. Mr. F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, the explorer, delivered from 2LO a wireless chat on "Life in the Primitive Wilds." "Tin majority o peopk believe," he said, "that the whole world has been fully explored. This is not so. There are still
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  • 130 6 The article by our (Times) New York Correspondent, is well deserving of careful consideration. It sets out very clearly the dilemma in which the United States frnds itself in regard to the tariff issue. Now that America has become a creditor nation, it must, as we have
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  • 24 6 Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dupree are returning to the Straits by the P. and 0. Malwa, due at the end of this month.
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  • 345 6 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily in Maltyv live "news" paper— 3s-40 columns of daily, also the best Mo<liun>. for Advertising Delivered with the Chota Hazri uch no* ingr, with Latest Ttkfru*. Latest Net, and Latest Announcements toother wi* exclusive special feature?. 'Pictures of ft week" Serial Story,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 283 6 Every tooth as clean as "Calvert's" can fmake it I That means every tooth is looking its best, doing its share in adding to the brightness and charm of your smile. And, besides, you want your teeth to last, you want every hidden corner and crevice between them kept just
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    • 69 6 Doctor^&^i AfmeoldScotchWh-M.v,,,,. cd by Nature n j m C S' 9 t«e. ExcepfonriTy lr 'V^ Ife .Bl Screen your court with Bh« t Screens Beaurif u] Lnexcelled in quality a}l J,^ship. For quotation wfjZT MOHAMKD BIX HOOSAINi ISA, Robinson i: Psu>a« No. 2454 PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL INSTRl '>IEST>
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  • 591 7 LYALL AND EVATTS YvEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 9.f A quiet wtek is recorded in all branches ot the share marnct. Kuboers have had the chief interest evinced, and after a weak opening with a preponderance of sellers, the market in this section closes quiet but steady, and
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  • 220 7 Singapore, Dec. 10. Rubber. A quiet market has been met with during the period under review. At yesterday's auction approximately 325 tons were offered, and generally speaking little interest was ?h->wn. No sales of Awarded Sheet were made but Good Average Quality sold at 1.78 to 1.79 and
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  • 219 7 Singapore, Dec. 10. The announcement by the Colonial Office that the exportable allowance is to be increased to 100 per cent for the next quarter caused a sharp drop here, and prices were marl ed down about 7 to 8. The other markets, however, did not
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  • 42 7 For a week commencing to-niu:ht the special film feature at the Pavilion will be the Shepherd King, a William Fox viper production in nine reels, in which 20,000 people re-enact the battles of biblical times. In support is the latest Pathe Gazette.
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  • 626 7 (By a Master Mariner). I have served for thirty-seven years at soa: the odd seven in the old clipper sailing bhips, others in tramps, cattle-boats, mailyteamers, warships, trawlers, and even mystery sailing ships, during the Great War, ro that 1 may, with confidence, say that I know
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  • 256 7 (hanging Fashions in Toy land. Shingling the hair of old-fashioned dolls is the latest activity of a London doll hospital. A Daily Express representative who calk d there found the chief surgeon surrcunded by semi-bald patients and piles of shingled wigs, cut in the latest fashion
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  • 28 7 Willesden wife: My husband is engaged to another girl. Magistrate: He can get engaged to as many girls as he likes, but he cannot marry any of them.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 529 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ l-TNKRALS? II sIN(l \P()RE CASKET CO. 'EXPERT TNDERTAKERS?" TBLEPMtfI 75. 1 I pttagt Send f«r the Illustrated 1 .1 ilo'iit* of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO.. LTD. J US, North Bridf* Road, g "cars for hire. Great Reduction in Rates ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. )V Orchar.i Koftd 69-b, Bukit
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    • 528 7 Get a Bottle To-Day! *t II Bfltfl^ The breatheable character of the PEPB medicine accounts for it* great value for Throat and Chest. Peps clear the air-passages of mischievous germs, remove all soreness *nd Inflammation and keep dangerous colds, chills and throat troubles at bay. Of all medicine dealers 75
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    • 351 7 DOCTORS WHO SUFFER FROM due to or accompanied by acidity or food fermentation, almost invariably pet relief within five minutes after taking Bisurated Magnesia. If you suffer after eating, if food lies like lead in your stomach, causing pain, distress, and keeping you awake at night, get a package of
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    • 676 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Cigars, Cigarettes, Javanese Tobacto, CMmm Samsoo, Sampans. Twakow. Brass Tins. etc. To be held at THE GOVERNMENT MONOPOLIES, Cecil Street, ON MONDAY, 14th DEC .'EMBER. AT LM P.M. POWELL CO., LTD., Auctioneers. Singapore. 9th December, 1925 10-12 |4. M AUCTION SALE OF OXE 5-H.P. Hornsby
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 41 8 The funeral »f the latF Mr. Seah Liang 3mll will take place on Sunday. l>ecember 20th next. The Cortege will leave No. 14. North Bout Quay at 11 a.r.\. ■'harp, for Thompson -nl. Family Burying Grcupii. nulestone B%< 10-1J 16-12
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  • 463 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1925. Turkey and Mosul. Turkey ii going to give trouble before the Mosul question is settled. The tract of country in dispute lies between Anatolia and Syria and north of ancient Chp.ldea. It roughly corresponds to the old Assyria or Mesopotamia, "between the rivers,"
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  • 465 8 Time was, not so very long ago, when the town of Singapore was considered the only part of the island in which health work could be undertaken. The advent of the motor carriage and the spread of the population of the town into the rural areas has altered
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  • 979 8 Mr. Guntrip, of the F.M.S. Railways, is due in Penang by the P. and O. Khyber. Mr. \V*. L. Leonard, of Linggi Plantations, has returned from Home and resumed his duties as manager of the company's Mantin division. The condition of Mr. J. Concannon, formeily of the Penang Municipality, who
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  • 216 8 BRITLSH (AI IAIN HNEi) Pleading guilty t( a against, him as the r*tuh „f H tity of non-Government ehaada on his vessel, Captain J,. hn the steamer Hong rYmr u by the District J«fci r^lf* Captain McKellar c-xp'am,,)^,, bin ,n which the dr«g Was f,' cupied by
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  • 332 8 Last Night's NVvv Prograjaav If the Denishawn Company'i v. was cordial OB the opening ni-jht if tht-ir Singapore season, which cordiality v... peated on Wednesday, their succe>- la.*; nijrht when they presented a more entire change of programme wai i mai'tad. The audience n\a\ not haw ]*tn
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  • 181 8 Story of a La* Cat A missinsr Fiat car. irhidl d from a parade and was eventuall> the owner while it WM hv\ne «f* the Padan*. formed the batti of I etet was tried by the District Ju^ir* >' r David, yesterday. The owner, Mr. Yeo Chenp GttM,
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 136 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COM L^ TO CALDBECK'S" BRITISH BEER IS BEST! ALLSOPFS PILSENER IS THE BEST BRITISH BEER. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) SINGAPORE. Kl ALA LUMTL K, I'ENANd AM) IPOH. ENGLISH PHEASANTS PARTRIDGES GROUSE. Singapore COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd, owe. n s.s.> SHOES OF QUALITY AT THE MOMENT
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    • 48 8 l\ Parfums de Luxe > I COTY j! Chypre Origan Rose Jacqueminot Paris Emeraude j; EAU DE COTY 5j to be had from all dealers I* 'i D\ipirc Brothers. i •MVAW.W.V.VV.Vd'.WiW.VA I 1 Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. Singapore. PMHUIg, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Alur Star and Teluk Anson.
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  • 107 9 TI'RKISH ATROCITY. (F \KKM LAIOONEB'S REPORT. [Reuter'i Service.] (icnvva, IV o. 10. <?' O neral 1 aido>..>r. the ;ijl w ho was appointed :K- League of Nations as com- intestinal he Mean] de- nted to the League -tn'ci'H :its of refugees soldiers, commanded by villages, obtained arms,
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  • 205 9 Ml H AIM) -r< Service. 1 Paris. Dec. 10. the espionage eaae, the suites that no British ever In ra in touch itish Wireless ("om- I'aiis. whose British representan arrested, nor has it any oj erations of this cornParis. Dec. 9. .1 spionage case is now be- only
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  • 169 9 fßeuter's Service.] Washington, Dec. 9. t estimates for the coming year, ili'-ns of dollars, show an expendi- an increase of $160. Most' erease goes to the postal service operating a new schedule of wages the Veteraai Bureau, to meet the "tag requirement! of the soldiers' Th y and
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  • 39 9 [Reuter's Service.] j n London, Dec. 9. M aitl lK<(h v Pontypool, Sir A. Steel a '<i that unquestionably the in- had turned. The cotton trade >»uch better, the woollen trade 1 'l^tinctly better and engineering '"proving.
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  • 107 9 MAKING READY. I DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. r Router's Service.] Geneva. Dec. 9 The Council of the League has approved of the disarmament committee's recommendation to circularise all Governments With a quest. onnaire on the subject of the control of the private manufacture of arms, munitions and implements of war,
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  • 129 9 [Renter's Service.] London, Deo. 9. Drastic reconstruction of Vickers Limited is rvvoiu mended by the commission appointed to enquire into the company's financial I position in consequence of reduced earning powvr arising from the after the war dejpressior.. The commission advises that the capital be written down by
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  • 96 9 [Reuter's Service. l London, Dec. 9. The Irish Bill passed all stages in the House of Lords without a division. London, Dec. 9. Both the Ulster Houses of Parliament passed a lesolution approving of the Boundary Agreement. Sir James Craig paid a tribute to the sympathy Mr.
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  • 70 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Dec. 9. A telegram from Santo Domingo says that the Japanese steamer Belgium Maru, from Calcutta to New York, stranded at the entrance to Samana Bay. She is not leaking. Madras. Dec. 9. The German cargo steamer Trifels, which arrived from Hamburg last week, was
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  • 72 9 fßeuter's Service]. London, Dec. 9. In the House of Commons, questioned as to the extent of the Government's efforts to end the boycott by Canton of Hongkong, Comr. Locker Lamps( n said that the conditions prevailing at Canton necessitated leaving the local British officials a large discretion. Their
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  • 62 9 T Reuter's Service]. i.ondon, Dec. 9. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Safeguarding of Industries Customs Duties Bill, one clause of which* provides that Empire produced cutlery, gloves and gas mantles shall pay only two-thirds duty. A motion by Mr. Phillip Snowden for
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  • 51 9 [Router's Service.] London, Dec. 10. The Daily Telegraph says that the Department of Oversea Trade is considering the possibility of promoting: the production of raw ailk within the Empire. A preliminary investigation shows that Cyprus, Kenya Highlands, North Queensland, Hongkong, Iraq and parts of India are «ui
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  • 25 9 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Dec. 9. The chess tournament has concluded with Boguljuboff 15 V2- points, first; Lasker 14, second; Capablanca 13^, third.
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  • 1479 9 COURT REFUSES WIFE DECREE OF NULLITY. Cried at His Wedding. Although a medical witness stated that there was almost no hope of the recovery of her insane husband, the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. P. J. Sproule, yesterday morning refused the petition of a young Chinese wife for
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  • 177 9 Japang Measures in Manchuria. (By courtesy of the Nanyo Nichii Nichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Dec. 9. The headquarters of the Japanese forces in Kwantung are reported to have proceeded to Mukden, where the garrison troops of the Japanese zone are to be concentrated simultaneously. Chan Tso-Lin to Fight Out.
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  • 48 9 Five Committed to Trial: the Rest Acquitted. London, Dec. 2. Rome. Dumini, Volpi, Viola, Poveromo and Malacria have been committed to trial by the Indictment Section of the Court of Appeal in connection with the number of Signor Giacomo Matteotti. The remainder have been acquitted.
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  • 36 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 9. British imports for November were £114,--693,000 and exports £60,977,000, an increase in imports over October of £5,854,000 and a decrease in exports* of £6.105,000 compared with the previous month.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 213 9 FASHIONABLE JADE JEWELLERY For Morning or Evening Wear. NEW STOCK FOR CHRISTMAS Just received from Hongkong and Canton i 4 4«v\ I*V \fjV\li Pl?\n AAITC 4 —"1^ v BR OOCHES I^JISp in carved pieces j m\ i Jt jade beads f^^y \T^^^Jjyr< JADE ROp ES <^S-P^^ ChainS etc ROBINSON CO.,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 702 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG A 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. ADRASTUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port t
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    • 468 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" UNE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 16 s.s. CITY OF BARODA Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 28 s.s. CITY
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    • 605 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVIt Es PENINSULAR AND ORIENTS L STEAM N A VIG ATIOM i» LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For Cfein* and Japan. For Marseilles. i. ondl
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  • 1776 11 I YS HBTENCI OF THE VDMIRALTT. the Fleet Lord Beatty, First nding for the Navy at the Houw Banquet, said:— of recovering from a great irml that demands should duce those national Forces „n of the country defended in We do not need to probe i thai this
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  • 106 11 Some Americans may feel more than commercial anxiety over the warning that their oil supplies may be exhausted within a very few years, for when drilling for oil first commenced some pious and prominent citizens were afiaid that premature exhaustion of oil supplies might spoil the effect
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  • 316 11 Mr. Zangwill on "Filthy Financial Fingers."* That actor management, commercial management, and what he called "uncommercial" management of theatres had failed, and should be replaced by author management, was the declaration of Mr. Israel Zangwill, the dramatist, speaking at a meeting of the "0.P." Club, held at
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  • 197 11 Whole World Beaten in Intelligence. Intelligence tests lately carried out in British Columbia by Dr. Peter Sandiford, of the Educational Survey of Canada, show that school children born in the British Isles are 3.8 per ctnt. above the average of the whole world. Those born in British
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  • 221 11 Experts Find a New Way to Breed Them. Oysters may in the future cease to be luxuries. Experiments which, since 1918, have been carried out at the Government's experimental station at Conway, North Wales, to discover the conditions by which oysters may best be cultivated on
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  • 25 11 Monsieur Roger de Chateleux, correspondent of the La Nation Beige, is tlue in Penanjr shortly. H<> i* on a tour of the* S.S. and F.M.S.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 84 11 4«4^ FROM LONDON i^^Msws»»* fWlia And thev rcach vou as fresh as >f >ou bought thorn V^^^^N^% Piccadilly Virginia Cigajrettes will bring you joy_ I *tyfas W X% K Jb+ for the > are c ol and f?agrlnt. *JZ4BwJjfr^& J jfffr \'s%r* Pure Rolden smoke made only from the finest
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  • 333 12 For. service as an around-the-world cruise ship, the steamship Empress of Japan, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, has been purchased by the Roberts World Tours company. The M.M. outward mail steamer A mazone is due here from Colombo on Dec. 14th at 6 a.m. and will probably leave
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  • 50 12 Busy Week at the Wharves. During the period Nov. 27 to Dec 4, the tonnage handled at Port Swettenham was as follows: Import. Export. 14 Ocean Steamers 6.343 1,073 15 Local Steamers 1,888 1,286 8,231 2,359 These figures are thought to be a record for the port.
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  • 62 12 The Japanese training cruiser Iwate, in command of Captain Yuriichi Edahara, arrived in port yesterday from Manila. There are 800 men on board the cruiser, a vessel of 9,770 tons. The main armament •f the Iwate consists of four 20 cm. guns, eight 1,6 cm.
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  • 86 12 The Rotterdam Lloyd mail steamer Slamat, which left Singapore at noon on Nov. 13th, has made a record voyage to Rotterdam, arriving at that port at 8 a.m. on the 9th inst. The Slamat, by which H. H. the Tuan Muda of Sarawak, Captain B. W. D.
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  • 282 12 Ship Struck by Huge Seas. Captain Berni, 3 f the French steamer G. G. Roume (owners, Societe des Affreteurs), reported on his arrival in port yesterday morning that five passengers, three Malays, a Chinese and an Indian,' were swept overboard by a terrific sea which struck
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  • 172 12 An Interesting Book. The Aberdeen Line this year celebrates its centenary, and to commemorate the event the firm of Geo. Thompson and Co., the managers, has published a volume, "The Sea Carriers," by Mr. L. Cope Cornford, which tells the story of the rise of the line
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  • 31 12 The liner Africa Maru, of the Osaka Shosen Kaisha, arrived at Seattle recently from the Orient with 6,010 bales of raw silk, establishing a nrw silk record for the O.S.K. fleet.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 406 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). -:O:J FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. O: Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and MALABAR (4,512 tons). The 3.5. MARELLA is the largest and Anest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins *t Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 155 12 HUGO STINNES LINES. (Incorporated in Germany). REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT. PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND. dCNGKONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. s.s. Emil Kirdof 9,000 tons Dec. 18 u s.s. Havenstein 12,250 Jan. 12 HOMEWARD BOUND. NAPLES, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. Tirpitz 12,250 Dec. 21 Adolf von Baeyer 9,000 tons Jan. 16 Agents: Singapore
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    • 519 12 JAVA-NEW_YORK LINE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. YD The following are the intended sailings of the abovp r SINGAPORE TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK vi a r t s.s. MEDAN t s.s. STADSDIJK ue Dec u t s.B. MADIOEN Jan s.s. MADOERA Jan. i 6 Cargo is also
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    • 432 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV fl) (Incorporated in luiy.) HOMEWARD~~SAIUNGS Bi-monthly service for Brindisi v and Trieste via ports taking through Bills of Lading for >in m I! Levant and Black Sea PortJ 1 1 ports on the West Coast of italv PERSIA about rvc 0, VIMrXALE (Mutur» T Jc'in. OUTWARD SAILINGS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 482 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.n Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.n Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 pn Kota Tinggi and Kedah every
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    • 657 13 O. S. K. Line. Destination*. Steam*** London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Anr Otpi. Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Ported. Andeg M Durban, Cape Town, Santos, Rio, Uec 16 Dec. 17 and Buenos Aires via Colombo. f Santos Maru j* n K Colombo and Bombay via Penang. f Celebes Maru TW* IK
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    • 441 13 fflßßi Round-the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE «8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNBRS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTS CLKANLINBM. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseille. From New York these fine new linen continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in 110
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    • 578 13 GENERAL AGEN K TS^ AKI ROOBEVE T Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) BALTIMORE (via Suez) s.s. FUJI MAT.TJ VENJCE M ARU V. WALES MARU j^» For rate, and other particular, apply:- QUTHRIE CO., LTD. Agent.;— Singapore ami Penang. K. P. M. (Incorporated in
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  • 920 14 (By Stacy Aumonier). My friend, Ward Muir, pointed out a thing 1 the other day which had never struck me before. "Man," he said, "is a gregarious creature. It is natural for him to live in cities. To live in the country is to lead an unnatural
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  • 45 14 One of the oldest members of the Hongkong Police Force left the Colony recently, on retirement. He is Mr. James Kerr, assistant superintendent. Mr. Kerr is proceeding to Australia where he intends to settle dowr after 35 years in the service of the Hongkong Government.
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  • 587 14 William J. Makin writes to the Daily Mail from Pondoland, South Africa. It is one of the cynical sayings of South Africa that this country is a refuge for the broken men of England. I had not been trekking many hours through the wild, rugged scenery of
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  • 321 14 Why British Merchants Went to India The Minister for Overseas Trade. Mr A. M. Samuel, M.P., was the M o f London Commercial Club at a luncheon Jfiven at the Trocadero Res f aurant. Mi Herbert Kay (president of the club) was in the chair. Pepper
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  • 927 14 l', 2 d. RIDE COSTS FIVE SHILLINGS, Travelling by tramcar on a system of deferred payments is, it appears, possible, but it ia also expensive. Mrs. Messenger tried it recently, and we heard all about it at West Ham Police Court. Mrs. Messenger boarded a tramcar and
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  • 320 14 Disease Itanisrud After Twntj Ton If any man seriously propomd that the civilised world should abandon > rlotbei or reduce them to the size of a ochet handkerchief, he would probably be a lunatic, yet there Men to be *1 reasons why mankind should wear M clothes,
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  • 73 14 Supreme Council of Stair F«nM* When the Privy Comeillon went Council to be twon in to the K His Majesty jniTirili his creating: a Supivme Council men who have beta familiar i oxperienced in th administration i of state, it until with foil b? trusted by all,
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  • 27 14 hi says it's for the warrant oA they try to make bin V^y ni^ht he says it's for me." "Take a summons," said the Be»* ing horrified.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 196 14 NATURE'S REMEDY Clements Tonic is Nature's greatest remedy for the nerves and brain, loss of appetite, debility, poorness of blood, neuralgia, insomnia, etc., and is strengthenand reliable. In the fatiguing tropical atmoshere you will appreciate the nourishing stimulus of this invigorating medicine, ms It I promotes normal health, energy and
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    • 134 14 G. 832 |L When appetite fails, r J 11 reineinber If your system is not clearing itself of impurities, B S appetite fails. To aid the proper functioning of the system, to purify the blood, and to restore S the conditions of digestion which bring hack a i healthy eagerness
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  • 632 15 MACPIIAIL AND CO. LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT. In snit*> r>f A Singapore, Dec. 9. Rubbers.— Ne w Scudais have with buyen at 71 and wlkra at 74. SuSS offer at sS lu^ 'S&fSt have buyers at 18s sellers at l.s 75 Allin! br. offer at 4. 0 :>
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  • 172 15 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, Dec. 10. Rubber. London 4s "'-id. Dull. Local 1.71) Vs. Tin. London £280 12s Cd. Local 141%. 150 tons sold. Rubbers. Shares are quiet. Kempas are quoted 11.75 11.95 and Changkat Serdanj?s 10.50 10.70. Bukit Katils have buyers at 1.87% with sellers at 1.92% and
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  • 34 15 Singapore, Dec. 10, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.79Mi 1.80; Jan. 1.78 1.79; Jan-March 1.74 1.74^; April-June 1.62% 1.63%. London Quotation Sheet 4s. 7Msd. Market Dull.
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  • 66 15 December 10. Bank 4 m.s j»I4 i 6 32 Bank demand, 24 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 23-32 New York, demand 56?^ Credits 90 days France, demand 1430 India, T. T. X54V., Hongkong, demand 2\ p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 131 4 Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand 7914
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  • 209 15 Tin IM Tons $141", Guinbier 1 ■>-, Pepper White 86.00 Pepper Black 70.00 Flake Tapioca 8.00 Pearl Bage Small 8.50 Copra lj.jr> Copra Bmdried 12.4.") Opium, Btwum unt. 4.000 Kicc. Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 360 Rice. Uaßg Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle < New) 330 Rice,
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  • 213 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Kainuntinjr t>4s G<l G6s M Kinta Assn. (10» 12.25 12.7-") Kinta Tin 1.11 1.11 Lin^ui ($1) 1.52 1 l.r.7 1 c.i. Parian*; Plandok IS 21 PahaiiK Consd. (ss) 14s Vd 15s 9d Ruirbutan 29a 6d 30s 6d Kawang i.sl) 1.3.") 1.40 South Taipintfs SO B6
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  • 170 15 A profit of $37,(508. 45 is recorded in the annual report of the Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd., for the year ended Sept. 30th, which is to be presented at the annual meeting at Derrick and Co.'s offices, Hongkong Bank Chambers, at noon on Saturday,
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  • 704 15 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. r* Singapore, Dec. it. JST^S, the V ?*l week Tin has remained veiy steady and there has been a good de■uuul t or most of the Tjn shares n>und market quotations. The price of Rubber vSSMS .t (iv antC both in Lon(lon *nd New
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  • 247 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail) Singapore, Dec. 10. 179"!* Cnchan^<l- Wai Tin.— -£2BO 12s 6d. Up 7s 6cJ. The rubber share market is still on the quiet side although more buying interest is being displayed. Mining stocks continue steady and Industrials and Loans are quiet. Rubbers.—^ Aye r
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1003 15 Assets over $5,500,000. Till? Cm? A T V A OTDDiT r nui r.™^ Awrance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED Incor Porated in Straits Settlements) nU Company has ftjn^m. r LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. C SUP e %°ZL?/S? eimd> C mpUeB With the
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal CharUr A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapo-* Representative Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRI3ONS, BARKER CO., Ltti CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 552 16 COLLISIONS. To the Editor. Sir. In "Admiral's Yarns" by Admiral Sir Charles Dundas, K.C.M.G., one reads the account of the collision between Admiral Tryon's Flag-ship H.M.S. "Victoria" and H.M.S. "Camperdown" which took place in June, 1K93, off the Levant Coast. This collision was the result of
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 43 16 The final match for the Naguda Cup will be played between the Darul Taalam and Marine Police teams at the Malaya football ground. Beach Road, to-morrow ut 4.45 p.m. Mrs. Hayes Marriott has kindly consented to distribute the prizes.
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    • 33 16 To-day's Tie. Moss and Hatch vs. Dr. Murison and N'icoll. Monday's Ties. Pierrepont and Hughes vs. Ewing and He wet son. Dr. Elder and Donaldson vs. Rutley and toward.
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    • 164 16 European* Beat Mahommedans. Bombay, Dec. 1. The first match of the quadrangular tourlamvnt was continued to-day. The European innings closed for 450, F. 1. Travels contributing 121 not out. The ast wicket partnership produced IHJ runs, vhich is a record for the tournament. The Mahommedans then went
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    • 31 16 Testimonial to Secretary Toone. London, Dec. 2. The Yorkshire cricket club is opening a testimonial fund in recognition of Secretary Toone's long services on behalf of the club.
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  • 277 16 To the Editor. Sir, I must congratulate you on the article which appears in your paper this morning: on the above subject. It is a correct statement of the present position as regards this evil which is ruining many homes, and threatens to sweep the whole
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  • 43 16 Friday, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, All Unts, S.V.C., Make-up Parade. Saturday. 2.30 p.m.— Farrer Range, NonEuropean Units; Bukit Timah, European Units, Musketry Classification. Sunday, 8.30 a.m.— Farrer Range, All Units, S.V.C., Lewis Gun Classification; Bukit Timah, Chinese Company, Rifle Meeting.
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  • 36 16 London, Dec. 1. At rugby Oxford University lost to Swansea by 11 points to 12. London. Dec. 2. In the Rugby County Championship Hampshire beat Middlesex by 10 points to S at Portsmouth.
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  • 117 16 RETIREMENT OF BL LOCK AND SMYTH. London. Dec. 2. A unique function took place at the Piccadilly Hotel when a dinner was given by the jockeys to Frank Bullock and Victor Smyth on their retirement. The table was a replica of a racecourse with a judge's box and a finishing
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  • 28 16 London, Dec. 3. Following; a break of 1,047 a week ago Willie Smith, the ex-billiards champion, made a break of 990 against Davis yesterday.
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  • 38 16 London, Dec. 2. Melbourne.— Patterson, the Victorian Champion since 1919, was sensationally defeated in the third round of the Victorian Championships by a former Davis Cup player, R. Wertheim. by 6 4. 3—6. «_1 a
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  • 812 16 ENGLAND AND THE REST DRAW. Strenuously Even Game. England 3 pts: The Rest 3 pts The weather conditions which prevailed for the England versus the Rest match oi Saturday endeavoured to repeat themselve when the game was replayed on the Pa dang yesterday. They failed in that th ground
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  • 79 16 There arrived in lpoh on Monday a thooughbred English horse, named Daybrook r or Mr. A. E. Dick. The animal arrived n Singapore on Sunday by the Carnarvonshire and was taken delivery of personally >y Trainer Phil. Logue. The animal is a >rown gelding four years old and has raced
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  • 229 16 BOMBSHELL AT LIBERAL DINNER IN COMMONS. Mr. Lloyd George Offers to Resign. London, Dec. 2. Mr. Lloyd George dropped a bombshell at the Liberal dinner in the House of Commons last night when proposing Lord Oxford and Asquith's health. "If I am an obstacle to Liberal
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  • 158 16 A "Crook's" Funeral. Chicago, Nov. 17. An amazing display of respect and affection marked the funeral services of Sammy Amatuna, called "fcamoots" the benevolent despot who was the former leader of a gang of thugs, murderers and bootleggers. Amatuna was shot by members of a
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  • 104 16 Alleged to have Shot an Afghan. Delhi, Dec. 2. Peshawar. Dec. 2. News has been received that a German, Herr Sauer, an assistant in the Geographical Institute at Leipzig, while motor-cycling along the Jalalabad to Kabul Read, is alleged t«» have shot an Afghan who
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  • 57 16 King Sentenced to Imprisonment. Bombay, Dec. 1. Wilfred King, manager of the Bombay skating rink, charged with the illicit sale of cocaine valued at Rs. 54,000 to the Excise Inspector Navalkar, who posed as an Upcountry buyer, was sentenced to-day by the third Presidency Magistrate to nine
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  • 66 16 Emphatically Denied in London. London, Dec. 2. Reports in Arab newspapers that Sir Gilbert Clayton promised Ibn Saud a sum of money for the conclusion of the Wahabis War in the Hedjaz, and that the financial weapon was used on the occasion of the Treaties which
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  • 98 16 Began 24 Hours Before Signing of Pact. LeaKeld, Dec. 1. The evacuation of the Cologne zone, which has been held by British troops since 1918, was begun nearly 24 hours before the sipnintf of the Locarno Pact. A motor transport company of the Royal Army Service
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    • 275 16 HIS MASTER'S VOICE^^ RECORDS FEATURE The Greatest Artistes and The Finest Recording. They stand supreme as reproductions ,f World's Finest Music. f the Our Demonstration Rooms are at your S S. MOUTRIE CO,, LTD (Incorporated in B<N^koiif>. The Arcade, SINGAPORE. V i The Shrewd Judge I Smokes an Orlik "C
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