The Singapore Free Press, 15 December 1925

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1925. NO. 11,672.
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  • 299 1 Sir Austen Chamberlain made an inspiring speech in connection with the dertositing of the Locarno treaty in the archives of the League Page 9. The League Council has decided that Greece shall pay Bulgaria thirty million leva* Page 9. The trial «f Hayley Morriss and his wife
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  • 1122 1 Anglo-Indian exiles, like most festive persons, look upon the perpetrating of practical jokes as an ngreeable and legitimate means of spending "the long, long, Indian day.' In endeavouring to play pranks upon each other they are not always successful, for experience has rendered them wary; but, in
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 169 1 W ING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL SLITS. 32. HIGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2920 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. I MONDAY FRIDAY The Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. (N.B. Eveninit Dress essenti si for Dinner Dances.) j (JRILL ROOM/ SARKIES BROTHERS, t nder the supervision of an
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    • 275 1 i^ri^m STEEL fiung m CABINETS rrrjr~___l give maximum f :^^^^^pl^^B PROTECTION FROM M IN MODELS OF ONE TO Wi^^B FOUR DRAWERS. AUTOMATIC LOCKS. DRAWERS RUN ON L BALL BEARING SUSPENSION SLIDES. C^ IK COLLYER QUAY W SINGAPORE AND AT PENANG The EUROPE HOTEL I^DII I Specially imported poultry and game
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    • 133 1 LATESf ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attractions Page 1. Long John whisky Page f>. Capstan cigarettes Page 9. Public entertainments Page 2. Shipping on pages 10. 12 and 13. Christmas fare, Little's Page 8. Xmas gifts from Mavnard's Page 1. Glass desk utensils, Ribeiro's Page 1. Madame Arthur for gowns, etc. Page 2.
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 139 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, lhth. High Water, 9.21 a.m., 10.31 p.m. Legislative Council. 10 a.m. Blue Funnel homeward mail leaves. Wearne Bros., annual mt§j., noon. Rugby: Probables vs Possibles. Messiah, St. Andrew's Cathedral, 9.15 p.m. Denishawn Dancers, Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Wednesday. 16f/». High Water, 9.58 a.m., 11.15 p.m. Messiah, St.
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  • 300 2 following note m time observation at Greenwich give- the method of s.ar ODMfH ;t; used in ant >\;z\ observatory on M m Faber, except that, as far as we km '.v. then is no recording chronograoh. •nly at noon that th observer -.-an the time from
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  • 254 2 Attempt to Enforce Ancient Act. New York, Nov. 9. Middlesex County, New Jersey, was the scene on Sunday ot" a strange attoir.pt by the police and the Public Prosecutor to se«W the legal indictment of practically the whole population of the county for violation of the antiquated
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  • 30 2 Mr. Penny, the energetic M.P. for Kingstoa, in the House of Commons on Nov. IH, raised the question of the position of newsagents in connection with the book trade dispute.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 401 2 AT THE HAPPY VALLEY. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any, better than many. TFT F PHONE: 3516 LSLtLirj GRAM: KANZAKI, SINGAPORE. KANZAKI GO. Dyers and Drycleaners of Silk and Woollen Dresses, Suits, etc. 01TSTATI0N ORDERS COD. PRICE LIST FREE. Postal
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    • 277 2 Victoria TheatreCelebrity Tours Direction A. Strok LAST TWO NIGHTS Programme No. 4 at 9.30 p m. RUTH St. DENIS TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS. BOOKING AT LITTLE'S Seats $4, $2 and $1. PAVILION (LATE PALLADIUM) From Thursday, 10th to Wednesday. 16th December AT 9.15 P.M. SHARP THE LATEST PATHE
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    • 272 2 From Thursday, 10th to Tuesday, 15th November io>- AT THE ALHAMBRA AN ALLEN HOLUBAR FIRST-NATIONAL PRODUCTION Adapted from "The White Frontier" by Jeffrev Dermml the well-known star l ****t Dorothy PKillips in one of the strongest indictments of gossips and roftsinint, m ever been produced at ta* Slander tKe Woman
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  • 368 3 Caprices of the Law. The administration of the matrimonial laws in Austria is in a state of the utmost confusion. As Austria is a Catholic countiy into which civil marriages have not been introduced, its matrimonial laws are still based upon the provisions of Canon Law,
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  • 352 3 Preserving the Old Scots Tongue. An Association was fornnd recently in Scotland having for its object the preservation of the Scots vernacular. This, says the Observer, is a step that has been in contemplation for some time and brings to a head the efforts that have b?en made
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  • 116 3 I was told a true story by a woman speaker who had been down to the East End during the municipal elections. She wore ear-rings, and when it came to question time the crowd, as usual, beoame personal. 'Ow much," asked a sleek-looking heckler, "did yer give for them
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  • 251 3 A Talk With His Widow. The other day I had some conversation with the widow of Johann Strauss the ycunjrer. the famous composer, the centenaiy of whose birth has just been celeL rated in Vienna. Frau Adele Strauss had mary interesting details to tell about her
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 304 3 Good Health 4 (hVfHot Climates '^sT~\ take A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In a ioI climate the weak link in a man's Health is either Stomach, his nerves, or his blood. Each nplaint renders him more liable to other iplaintS, so leftdittg towards general debility.
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    • 511 3 craSwtfobd s I I BUTTER I I PUFFS I 1 Are Delightful with Cheese, Stewed I Fruits or Preserves I Dainty tartlets may be readily made by splitting a few of Crawford's butter puffs, adding a little jam, and heating for a minute or two in a sharp oven. I
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  • 924 4 SYDNEY DARK'S PEN PORTRAITS— No. 7. A Series of Intimate Sketches. LORD RIDDELL. —By— SIDNEY PARK (Caricature by "Sava"). Lord Riddell is a solicitor. At one time he had a large practice, but he abandoned Law for newspapers. Nevertheless, in manner and appearance he is still the
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  • 1150 4  -  ALEC ST ANTON DANCING TIME— No. 6. The Mastery of Balance. SOME DONTS FOR BEGINNERS. -By- Author of "Ballroom Dancing and How to Enjoy it.") Whatever may be affirmed to the contrary, there can be no doubt that it is London which sets the pace for British
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  • 143 4 Prof. Abercrombie on Iron Tabernacles. The lack of architectural design, both as regards our towns and our countryside, was denounced in humorous terms by Professor Patrick Abercrombie, delivering his presidential address to the Town Planning Institute. Declaring that the Chinese had long ago reduced the development
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  • 190 4 Probably ninety per cent, of Parisians are eagerly awaiting the decision of the Chambers as to whether an attempt shall be made to lift the country out of its financial difficulties by means of a gigantic lottery or series of lotteries. The fact that proposals to
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  • 13 4 Marylebone wife: My husband increases his earnings by knitting Jumpers and trimming- hats.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 429 4 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TWe only Morning Daily in Malay*; a live "news" paper 35-40 columns of news daily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures of the week" Serial
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    • 239 4 1 9^^& E J^m^K* Mi T^^ W *lT"fc I 111 A §altoe I mJJ\X Every morning before breakfast take two tea. spoonfuls of Klliott's Fruit Saline in half a tumbler of water. Drink it during effervescense. Gently, yet effectively this healthful draught relieves the systern of its accumulations I and
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  • 521 5 peinorandam of information iceompanyiitt the High ComMeskfentto) address at the S ,,nci! we cu:l the following. (!> N ;>,n.nUire, l«5 $70,")00,000 x r,ve»" W** 84,500,000 t&* lvli 14,000,000 r rf^bt stands now at $95,185,714, Mi) »t $K(. 185,714. There is 137.142,965 unspent, and L from the total cash
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  • 77 5 ANOTHER MYSTERIOUS FIRE IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES. l>r »Wrm )ir PJUL oHce> Wednesday ni K ht a second •^•d to lave been made fo Kt 1 Off nl r Om at the Under >fficv i n the Federal buiidinj,^ "\v the tire original e«l 1 the only indication of was j-iven
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  • 35 5 fc >h^n i US joined the board kMr r Pan »P< rt and Trading Comtr^>ur (r r J«n?s, vice-president J«. rv Standard Oil Company h «n ehcted chairman P^m«l suc (^«1 the late Mr. A.
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  • 391 5 GIRL GUIDE MOVEMENT. To the Editor. Sir,— ln view of a certain missutsment which appeared in the -Times of Malaya" of the 9th instant to the effect that the Commissioner in Chief" of the Girl Guides n in receipt of "quite a good salary," tin Kxecutive
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  • 189 5 Kubber Market. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiXichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Dec. 11. Rubber was quoted to-day at Y.2.28 (sellers) per pound f.a.q. spot. Extra-Territoriality in China. Mr. M. Hioki, chief delegate at the Customs Conference, has been instructed to le present Japan on the committee dealing with extra-territoriality
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  • 234 5 Kdmonton. With due ceremony, the inauguration of the continent-wide telephone service from Alberta was celebrated recently, when Governor Brett, of Alberta, conversed over the long distance telephone with state officials in the States of Montana, Colorado and Arizona, and with Chief Justice Anglin at Ottawa,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 411 5 NOTICE. I Braad Lanja /^or ajww Bazaar Bell Bicycle V^^ A 3^l I crand. Bxa-Tvd/ Brand, Braitd Brand. BraiuA Xjraiu^/ XBr^td^/ M Dianvondl Diitrt'wal.l J \^v/ C^Ucn^e Cockatoo Diamorul «y Anchor cSxtsiiv Eivgitve V^ Fla.«t Braiti Braiut BraiuL BraxvcL BraxCd/ Briivd. BraSi I Bxajvd/ BraivcL Brand. I ARRULITE GLAZINOLA PHILORITE
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  • 976 6 GLOVE THROWN DOWN TO POLICE. The age cf chivalry is not dead. It was amply shown at Westminster Police Court that knights errant still roam the streets of Edward the Confessor's city, rescuing fair damsels from the perils of the highway. The knight errant in this
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  • 612 6 "ALL A QUESTION OF DOSE." "We have proved that the right dose of radium kills cancer. What we now have to ascertain for all cases is the correct '.mount, the proper distribution and the precise moment and period of application." This statement, the most encouraging that has
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  • 82 6 An American journalist had been ordered by his employers to "dig out" Clemenceau and get his memoirs for serial publication. Eventually he ran the 'Tiger" to earth in his seaside home and broached the subject of his visit. Clemenceau. who hates reporters like the plague, said: "\oung man, do you
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 389 6 LumtiagoO Here's the way to jt&jk f welcome relief jl The crippling pain of Lumbago, 1 m 1 and Harkache, as well as all forms of I' J ,ff \V \,ts M \\~Tf. ■V •l 1 41 m MS Rheumatic pain, Sprains, Strains V X Ji if If and Bmiscs,
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    • 379 6 British Doctors p^SpS? Strongly Recommend J i^" Hall's Wine —It quickly JE» a^ builds up ,i-. your strength HalusW lAn Winp |^s^s^^s^^^Big^<3Egys^^.: -':-:-r r Hall's Wine has jTfc^ great value where climatic conditions <> yU^-—^_ weaken the system, Itenrichestlie blood imparts energy quickly. HalFsiWineis a true tonic and does you
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  • 1464 7 SIR FREDERICK WHYTE ARRIVES. (From Our Own Correspondent). Hat a via. Dec. 12. Sir Frederick Whyte. latr 1 Prccic!^'«. of :he Legislative Assembly of British India, irrived in Weltevreden on Monday last by he Barentz from Singapore. He was reeived by the Governor-General, in tke com>any of the
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  • 241 7 After reading- of Sir Jaffadis Chandra Joso's discoveries of feeling in plants I im only waiting; for the formation or the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty .»> which will no doubt instai ir--- i> ori in every h» t-h:-use in the Ktogdom. \ot vvt n the Vfindow-box
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  • 100 7 (ierman Hotel Proprietor pined. Cologne. Nov. 4. A French military court sitting at Kail i>lautern has emit red Herr Bez. a hote roprietor, to pay 250 marks tine for no aying attention to a military order, an. or uttering libellous remarks about Frencl fticers. The trouble
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  • 893 7 BELIEVE GERMANS OF WAR 6UILT. [From N.E.I. Papers]. Loijo.i, Dp?. 8. j The lirst important step to put an end to the opinion that Germany aione* most I bear the guilt for the world war htis been I ir.ade in England by several prominent men I amongst
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 308 7 -^SJNESS CARDS. i for Iho Illustrated g l' lta V' ol Mu>i« Instruments. iatal °;'K\^>N CO. LTD. g Sorth Bruise Road, jrNKRALS? rtGAPORE CASKET CO. VDERTAKBW." 1 1. 1 EI'HONB 75. "cars for hire. Great Redu3ti3n in Rates VIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. »:9-h, Bukit Timah Rd. Ti S«s. 1 SOI
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    • 778 7 r STOMACH TROUBLES I QUICKLY REMEDIED. I-i orders of the stomach are, generally ipecking, hvays caused by harmful acid which iccumulutes, causing fermentation in t t itomach and often agonising pain. You have inly to pet rid of the excess acid and strenghcn the stomach-lininc when the whole trouble vill
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    • 427 7 T"b¥^b^bT J •H^w^^'x. SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT!!!! SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUR VISION, THE ADVICE OF OUR FULLY QUALIFIED EUROPEAN OPTOCIAK is available daily I Hours 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. j SPECIALLY MADE GLASSES i SUPPLIED PROMPTLY. MOTION SMITH AND SON LTD. 14. Battery Road. SINGAPORE. OUR SPECIALITY.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    • 21 8 STACK. On December 14th. ly^o. at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore, to the wife of Mr. H. G. Stack, a daughter.
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    • 21 8 BOYD.-On Bth December. Sheila AftMS, ajced 4. dearly beloved daughter of Mr. and Mr< Angus Boyu. of Btkjkom? Bank. Sourabaya.
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    • 42 8 The husband, son and daughter of the late Mrs. Mary Patetm'.n wish to thank all their relatives and friends* wh« *o kindly attended the funeral on December 14th» 1925. and also those who sent floral tributes, letters and telePIMH of condolence.
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    • 42 8 The funeral of the late Mr. Seah Lianjr oeah will take place on Sunday. December 20th next The Cortege will leave No. 14. North Boat Quay at 11 a.m. sharp, for Thompson-rd, Family Burvmg Ground, milestone 3» 4 10 1 16-12
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  • 241 8 Telegraphed accounts of the statement made by the High Commissioner at the meeting of the Council yesterday contain the long-expected declaration of the changes proposed. "Devolution" is the pass-word. Poweis now exercised by the Chief Secretary and the Federal Council will be passed on to the Residents
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  • 360 8 Application for Discharge. An application for his discharge from bankruptcy, which was made by Mr. A. Raheem in the Supreme Court yesterday afternoon, was adjourned by the Ac-tin* Chief Justice. Mr. P. J. Sproule at the request of Mr. V. D. Knowles, who appeared with Mr. John
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  • 352 8 We acknowledge receipt of the July-Dec. I issue of St. Joseph's Magazine. It contains much of interest t<> the Old Boys of the School. I Mr. Lfan Nee Soon, who has bOM to Japan on a health trip, is leturning by the Harura Main, which is due here on the
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  • 770 8 SI NGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1923. Health of School Children. The theory of education places the sane mind in a sound body, and thus theoretically those entrusted with the work of education should also have the care of the children's bodies as well as of their minds. Short
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  • 681 8 CHANGES k() OSRi( *W HIM. i .n IMls STATKMKNT Eks (From Our (h VM K« a um At the Mtttag h H <■•« duillemanl. made a Po~d alteration- %3 BanUeney said tha, to abolish the K,,|,. ra to the ',1 excite the loudest d.str.bute between il( i£L*++\ the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 160 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BRITISH BEER IS BEST! ALLSOPP'S PILSENEK is the BEST BRITISH BEER. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) SINGAPORE. Kl ALA LUMI»I R, I»ENAN(J AND IPOS. P4TRONISED A J^^JK B Y ROYALTY. QUALITY DESIGN AND ASSORTMENT IN THE LATEST ARRIVALS OF X'mas Presents in JEWELLERY
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    • 26 8 f VKIOIIN USE AGENTS: _W. R. Loxley Co. DRINK THE BEST BEER. VmCCHIBBERT CO Uf^/ V^k LONDON, Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. Singapore, Penally* Kuala Lumpur Malacca.
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  • RUBBER LITERATURE.
    • 74 9 t 'RAISE FOB CEYLON. [Renter's Service.] London, I>ec. 14. Times publishes a special supplement, including expert! in Malaya and by Mr. irisf in South India, who grafting. The editorial of that it is a little disi find that the Dutch Indies isideraMy inore progress in than Malaya and
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  • 172 9 [Beater's Service.! (J^neva, Dec. 14. adopted the re- mittee, consisting of Chamberlain, M. Hynmns and dorsing the findings of the OB the Graeco-Bul-ite. Erlain, as rapporteur, readit. said that the invasion of wras unjust i lied. Greece ditai ion, hat it was uuorder t-> re-occnpy litt'e
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  • 119 9 [ReuterVl Service.] London. IN»c. 14. rt of Mr. Parker Gilbert, Agent the German reparation payi the first year of the working ';>wes plan -hows that the 'plan led the objferti of halancinp the and stabilisißt i>>e German Full provisioa is made for theBold marks which it was
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  • 111 9 [Renter*! Service.] London. Dec. 13. 1 Khan, at 41* years of age, has "table career. Bom of a middle- ■>. he enttied the army as a pri■CC of fifteen, rising to be one oflcera of the Cossack division •i 1 he marched on and captured He became
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  • 38 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 14. interviewed by a representaMorning Post in London, said within the next three years inaugurated its own Easal"ng the route he followed, uld link up with the contem■ervice from Kantara to
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  • FRENCH AFFAIRS.
    • 454 9 ITALY'S EXAMPLE. [Router's Service.] T London, Dec. 13. Ihe uneasiness in France, owing to the all of th« franc, is reflected not only by Le Matm I support of a suggestion for the *oiniation of a committee of public safety to steer the country through the present
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  • 121 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Dec. 14. The trial of Mr. Hayley Morriss and his wife opened sensationally at Lewes Assizes to-day. The male defendant appeared in the charge of a warder. The woman walked briskly from a local hotel, smiling as the press photographers snapped her. Both pleaded
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  • 59 9 [Reuter's Service.] Bombay, Dec. 14. His Majesty's ships Colombo and Cairo are proceeding at full-speed to Cochin, on the trail of the pirates who looted a native dhow a few days ago. This is the first case of piracy in these waters within living memory. The warships are
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  • 40 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Dec. 13. The committee for the restoration of Louvain Library, of which Mr. Hoover is the chairman, announces the completion of the million dollar fund and instructions have been cabled to resume the rebuilding.
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  • 25 9 £Reuter's Rome. Dec. 14. The voluntary subscriptions raised by the Italians to pay their debt to America has passed ninety million lire.
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  • 1287 9 CHAP JEE KEE LOTTERY. Joh ore Stake rs. (By Our Own Correspondent). The fact that Chap Jee Kee lottery is being slyly conduced in Singapore on an extensive and elaboiate scale one need not Jovbt. for Johore (which at one time attiacied the people in Malaya by its
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  • 123 9 A telegram has reached Singapore, saying that an article in yesterday's London Financial News reads as follows: "Central Perak Rubber Company Limited four hundred thousand pounds issue, applications total twelve million pounds. We are informed that over nineteen hundred applications were received, totalling approximately twelve million pounds,
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  • 102 9 The Christmas Number of our bright local Punch appeared yesterday. It has a goodly number of subscribers to celebrate its fourth birthday. Quips and pictures against local foibles or weaknesses exist Raffles College coming on the screen, some time; Gunong TaTahan; the Rape of the Treasury; and statues
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  • 102 9 There was another large audience at the Victoria Theatre last night, when the Denishawn dancers scored another marked success. The programme was a repetition of Saturday night's and proved equally as entertaining as the previous performance. Tedv Shawn and Ruth St. Denis figured in the majority of
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  • 23 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Dec. 14. The Chamber of Deputies, by 262 votes to 9, has adopted the law for compulsory arbitration.
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  • 17 9 Madrid, Dec. 13. The death is announced of Senor Maura, the ex-Premier of Spain.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 120 9 a ...iirtirHflflJlJTHiiu- i i lillH^ r'HRI^TH/l AQ "i j H CHEER. j: S^K CRACKERS IN j j; |^^H LARGE VARIETY. j Pfß F °K THE KIDDIES :j I PRICES 65, 75. 85 cts. per box. 5 j: H|p FOR GRQWN ups j: |i PRICES $1.25 to $4.50 per box. l[
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 718 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. ADRASTUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port t PATROCLUS
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    • 550 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. w: (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAir LINE 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.
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    • 604 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 EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and Aniw«* Due I 1 Tonnage.
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  • 1043 11 MARQUESS OF ABERDEEN'S ANTHOLOGY. (By E. B. Osbom.) We ail like a story that is short and Rooa-even if, as almost always happens, it is but a new version of one of the fifteen übonsmai jests invented by Noah to re"*veth e monotony of his »«wh,thcr in a World
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  • 734 11 LESSONS OF THE WAR. Sir Thomas Holland, Rector of the Imjpeiial College ot Science and Technology, opened the session of the Royal Society of Arts with a paper on a subject that he has made his own— "The Organisation of Scientific Resea»?h throughout the Empire." The?
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 385 11 VQ y Qi^B Look after I your throat A bosky throat is not only a s jpn that you have a cold it be the cause of one. f,errr.< are always present. throat infl. imed membrane —offer them opportunity ilt:ply. An asionaj Evans' Pastille rotoct both throat and In Evans'
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    • 139 11 I^^lllll^ Diver iM^^^ r*/>r "Ml k feW tyUS NAVY CUT CIGARETTES W D. H.O. W I LLS BRISTOL LONDON does what l?k no other safety razor can do- TpHE "Valet'* AutoStrop is edge for weeks and weeks and /bV^y razor > n the so saves you money, because world that
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  • 33 12 The P. and O. Morea has left Hongkong, and is expected to arrive at this port at 4 p.m. to-morrow. She will proceed alongside the P. and O. wharf on arrival.
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  • 341 12 The much-rumoured merger between the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Toyo Kisen Kaisha will be an acorn plished fact before long:, according to Japanese papers. The Department of Communications is reported to have decided to grant a subsidy to the Nippon Yusen Kaisha on the San Francisco
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  • 167 12 Unique Adventure for President Vessel. An Associated Press message dated Yokohama, November 26, states.— lt was reported to-day that the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has attached the steamer President Grant of the Admiral-Oriental Line for 500,000 Yen in the controversy over a bill of lading connected
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  • 160 12 A New Type. The Alcinous, which was launched in October from Scotts' Shipbuilding and Engineering Company's yard at Greenock, is practically a sister vessel to the Prometheus, except that the machinery is installed aft. She is 425 feet in length with a beam of 54 feet
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  • 117 12 The British steamer captain who notified Gibraltar (which duly relayed the message via Marseilles to Paris) "of the presence between the Spanish and Moroccan coasts of two large whales, which constitute a menace to ghipping," must have been reading Milton on whales: "Him, haply, slumbering on
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 558 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :O:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, I THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :O:~ Regular monthly sailings by the well- kr own steamer MARELLA (7,376 tons) and MALABAR (4,512 tons). The 8.1. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Ijuze, single
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    • 401 12 MKSAGERIES MARITIMES HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said. Marseilles from Singapore. A. LEBON 20,000 tons Dec. 16 PAUL LECAT 20,000 tons Dec. 30 j FROM PENANG ONLY. CHANTILLY 17,000 tons Jan, 5 OUTWARD MAILS. To Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. AMAZONE 12,000 tons Dec. 14 FONTAINEBLEAU 17,000 tons Dec.
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    • 208 12 GOLDEN GUINEA THE FINEST SPARKLING PROCURABLE. LOOK FOR THE GOLDEN COIN TRADE MARK. IT IS THE HALL MARK OF QUALITY. John Little S Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Er.gland). Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. CO. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Brindisi, Veniw ind Trieste via ports
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 701 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemaa and Jerantut) every Monday. Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a#m# Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.in. Kota Tinggi. Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah q a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 pm Kota Tinggi
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 677 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Bt«an**s. Arr n^ Ann Hamburg, Rotterdam, U ?nt»W- Bremen Vift Colomb0 Aden ami Port Said Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec 17 Durban. C«P« Town, Santos, Rio, 1T an d Buenoa Aires via Colombo. f Santos Maru J an 5 Tfm 7 Colombo H»d Bombay via
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    • 438 13 SZEiIBBIP UNE rfBS Round-the- World I PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE S8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNBRS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTS CLBANLINBBB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new linen continue on Round the World, returning to
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    • 655 13 j KAWASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— mwmm j Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 1 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) j »^«5 EGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO j BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and r BALTIMORE > (via Suez) 1 FUJI MAP.U due 30 B'B8 8 VENICE MARU due Jan 18
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  • 3562 14 HE. THE HIGH COMMISSIONERS ANNUAL ADDRESS. by T H !s f pITn 1 'F™ address d Sir L; the Hi h Commissioner, meeting??. 'I""'" Guill «t the meeting of the Federal Council yesterday: lour Highnesses and Honourable Memln>rs O f the Federa Councj]> In pre this address I
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 185 14 i Beer BOLE IMPORTIRB: fHE EAST ASIATIC CO., Lm (Inccn>o7»Ud to Dcnm.rH SINGAPORE. It hoks and tastes like rich red wine— and does you much more good. Pi? C ht R fl nH UrSelf K Ut V 1 58 f WINCAR hold it UP to the wine An^ .T, at
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  • 583 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th. [Figures in brackets show the issue yaiue >t the Share in dollars unless otherwise narked.] MINING. Buyers Sellers .sam Kumbang (A) 54s 55s Jatang Padang Tin 80 85 litam Tin 1.55 1.60 diis (tl) 53s 6d 55s c.d. 1 ohan Tin
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  • 84 15 Mr. W. A. Addinsell, chairman of the Castlefield (Klang) Company, at that company's annual meeting, expressed emphatic views on the subject of the thinning out of rubber estates. To neglect of this practice he attributed the decreasing yield on certain old estates, and stated that after seeing the size to
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  • 201 15 Dtwki 14. Tin IM Tons $140.50 GamMer I"'- 00 Pepper White 000 Pepper Black !r 00 Flake Tapioca 70 Pearl Sapo Small 8.50 Copra I** Copra Sandried 1 > 40 Opium. Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Lianp Hin Chan Mark Blue Bade <oun 360 Rice. Lianp Hin Chan Murk Red
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  • 34 15 Singapore, Dec. 14, 12 noon. Sinjrapoie Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.76 1.77; -Jan 1.74 1.75; JanMarch 1.70 1.71; April-June 1.00 1.61. London Quotation Sheet 4s sd. Market Steady.
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  • 168 15 SYNTHETIC RUBBER A well-known weekly economic journal j in discussing the position in t\ >• rubbv.' market gives expression to the opinion th*t with rubber at over a selling price of tw. shillings per pound there is danger of synthetic production again being in evidence. We would recall that already
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  • 178 15 London. Nov. 19. Markets. The depression that has bam over France all this week has weighed upon us and American bankers have been actively employed in attempting to stoji the natural inflation of prices in thai country. Opper. American stocks are low, bu 1 here the absence
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  • 60 15 December 14. Bank 4 ra.s "14 15-32 Bank demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits m.s. 2'4 New York, demand 56% Credits 90 day* 58% France, dtMiiand 1475 India, T. T. 154Vj Honpkonjx, demand 2'^ p.c. Prem. Yokohama, di-maml 130% Java, demand 139% Bangkok, "demand 9V Bar Silver London tl 11-16
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  • 247 15 NYALAS RlltllEK ESTATES. Issue of New Shares Confirmed. Mr. K'~h San Hit) (Chairman) pvtsidtd >ver an extraordinary general meetng of the Xyalas Kuhlier Estates, limited, held in the French Bank Buildngs yesterday, when resolutions passed at in extraordinary general meeting held on November 18 last, Nga*4tag the
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  • 191 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT Singapore, Dec. 14. Rubber. London 4s. sd. I^ocal 1.76. Tin. London. Dec. 12th. £278 15s. Local 140*2. 150 tons spld. Rubbers.— Shares are dull. Ulu Be nuts are quoted 06 I*B and Mentakabs at 72 74. Chanjrl'at Serdangs have buyers at 10.65 with sellers at 10.75.
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  • 232 15 ROSE MACPHAIL, CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail) Singapore, Dec. 1 4. Rubber.— 4s. M. 'id. up. Local I.lt Tin. £*27K 15s. Dec. 13th. Ix>cal l">0 tons sold at 140 x /z. j The market is «lull in all sections. Rubber shares are still on offer. Mining shares are steady with
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  • 127 15 At a special meeting of the sub-corn mittee of the joint Industrial Council for the Boot and Shoe Manufacturing Industry, held at Tavistock-sq., it was stated that a shoe was advertised as having a leather sole and jrlace upper, whereas it in found that the upper
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 477 15 A gets over $5,500,000. Assurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 355 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.83,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTOBS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq. t.
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    • 442 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $*****,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $26,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairman H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman W. H. Bell, Esq.
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated Is EngUnd by Royal CharUr A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap'^e Representative Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LUI CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor;* A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 770 16 THE CHAPTERED COMPANY. Sports of No Dividend. (from Our O^TTkrre.pondent.) TU JeHselton, Dec. 9. the Ch n aCC Unt f the o tied T mpany haS yet forT h f neWB hES C me thrOU h th for the hrst t.me for many years the share Mde,s
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  • 82 16 The Chinese motor-bus driver, who was chafed with causing death by a rash act as the result of a fatal accident to a passenger on his motor-bus in North B.idge Road recently, was brought up in the Second Court yesterday, when the charge was withdrawn. It
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  • 151 16 To the Editor. vefJv7f S "Kr y butt in nn contromZl L Nept un: V and "Harpoon-.,- bu< »M.W like a little information f rom the of !T- S m the nosition of the owners dlht !f. t a d Si kinß ship (whirf > S»^t w-l. aS) in
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  • 323 16 MAI ARTNEY AND KELLEWAY TO TH FRONT. I The following description of the first day play in the Australian Test Trial is take from the Times of Ceylon: London, Dec. 4. Sydney.—ln the first cricket Test tria to enable the selectors to choose a team
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  • 158 16 "RANJI'S" VIEWS ON ENGLISH CRICKET. High Hopes of Capturing the Ashes. London, Dec. 3 Kanjitsinhji. interviewed prior to proceed- to India via Marseilles to-day, said he •as looking forward to returning for the est matches and racing and said that as fjrards cricket he was prejudiced as he new England's
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  • 53 16 r» i London, Dec. 4. Duleep S.nhji has been elected a member 1 t^ e K fa i mous Hawks Club, which is a rJ»I fi Ught Blue athle^«. the loahficat.on for which is an University -fXllTramer It is understood that the only other In iian ever
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  • 14 16 i j '^Midon, Dec. 4 Lords.-The Maryfcbone Club confirm*. d gaa.vaassss
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  • 96 16 MALAYA CUP RUGBY. The Selangor vs Perak Match. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. Dec. 14. The following message received yesterda morning gj V€s additional particulars regarc jr.* the pointless draw between Selangor an, Perak ,n the Malaya Cup rugby competitio match at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. The
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  • 156 16 An jmportant trial match, forerunner to the selection of the Singapore XV to meet Sclangor here on Saturday in the annual rophy match, will be played on the Pa*Wg this afternoon, between the following Probables and Possibles sides-— I'robables White) :-Wainwri*ht; Goldman Robertson, Burton, Webster; King,
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  • 52 16 Many Matches Scratched owin K to Frost. I-ondon, Dec. .1 The following: are the results of Ru^by football matches played on SaturdayLeicester beat the Harlequin. *bv 11 points to 9. Devonport Services beat Bath hv id points to f. I The remaining marches were scratched account
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  • 44 16 The following: cards were returned in the Men s December Medal:— Lieut. F. T. Cornelius 2 Up T aP H C D B ™™*>»»- All Square H. Murphy J. J. McMichael q T'* J H- W. Park J o wn n I
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  • 39 16 Mr. Horace W. Raper, Hon. Secretary of <he Singapore Golf Club, it leaving Singapore to-morrow «>n a business trip to India. Mr. G. C. Knox will act as Hon Secretary of the Club during his absence
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  • 51 16 The following will represent the YM C.A. versus Medical College to-day a' i\ p.m. sharp on the S.R.C. ground :—V Beim, E. G. Wheatley, F. Kemp, C D Smith, R. Lyne, C. Peni,efather, Van Geyzel T Retnam, O. G. Struys (captain), D. Dale, and M. Catchatoor. Reserve- Vaz.
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  • 68 16 INCOME TAX FROM AMATE UR CLUBS. London, Dec. 4. The leading amateur football clubs are «n a state of consternation as a result of the Treasury's sudden demand for income I U L the Past five >* ears operations The authorities even refused to make an allowance in respect of
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  • 60 16 Faint Prospects of Field Sports. Tl7 London, Dec. 4. With a thick fog: over the whole country combined with frost, the prospects of sport to-morrow are faint. Many "rugger" matches have already been scratched. Racing at Kempton was impossible to-day. The Cambridge trial eights
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  • 53 16 o London, Dee. 3. S f y^ ey T The team Of British bowlers beat New South Wales by 154 points to 148. c T London, Dec. 4. Sn^wT u he fiFSt Test a ainst New South Wales the team of British bowlers was beaten by 104
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  • 54 16 The Preventive Service are prosecuting a Chinese, named Sung Beng Thong, for runningr an unlicensed liquor shop at No 164, Queen-street, and exhibiting bottles of samsoo and other Chinese liquor for sale. The accused was remanded by the Second Magistrate yesterday on bail of 1500 on the fim count, and
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  • 1148 16 CHANGES OF FIRST DIVISION. Chelsea Second Again. The following are the positions in the English and Scottish Leagues to date: Ifhe figures in parenthesis denote positions O f clubs at the conclusion of last season]. Division I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Arsenal (20)
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  • 87 16 The management of Raffles Hotel advise us that they have made arrangements to entertain about three thousand tourists who are due to arrive on the following liners: Carmthia, arrives 7 a.m., January 16th conducted by Raymond and Whitcomb. Empress of Scotland, 7 a.m., February 2nd., Canadian Pacific
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  • 57 16 Two Chinese have been arrested and chared in connection with the shooting incident m Weld-road on Sunday, when two rival gangs of Sin Ghee members met in a fight. Shots were fired, two men being wounded. One of the injured men was wounded in the abdomen and
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 166 16 Moutrie Pian^ The expression of true music deman.i ment of the Highest MeHt ,V'" lstr MOUTRIE PIANO You have the best that skilled a ,-ti achieve. ait| -.«ns C a n Call and demonstrate^thlTfor v« urs Purchasing. S. MOUTwiT& "co, LTD (Incorporated in Honjrkon^ t^The Arcade, SINGAPOKF I THE SPIRIT
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