Malaya Tribune, 3 January 1927

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  • 21 1 The Malaya Tribune Vol. IV. No. 1 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 1927 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune MONDAY. JANUARY 3. 1927
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    • 186 1 PRESENTS! jy a Davis Cup Tennis Racket. B. F. SANTOS Tv The Sport Shop j j 15. ARCADE, j Singapore. 8 I' Pi The World's Famous Car. j 8 I i I I Full range of models from f j 7to 40 H.P. j Distributors all over British Malaya. I
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    • 430 1 |p»l— HWtKIN ani TMlllllß Z M O 1 I 511 \r I I m~ mfm ft I ■rnTrnmi mi iiiiiun iiiimnii iiniiiimn niiiiiiiiiiiiiumwi—— PJ 3 EL JH> W**" «ili.lMnl. I. llil l ii;t iiiiiii i in i i: mtti TTMIIinWI I Guinness 1 Sole Agents for S.S. F.M.S. Sime, Darby
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  • 478 2 No Longer a Christian General? Has Feng Yu-hsiang, China's widely advertised "Christian General,'' lost his Christianity? asks Mr. Randall Gould, writing for the United Press. Yes, says an American missionary who has been on a long trip far up-country to see Feng since his recent trip to Soviet
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    • 115 2 REMEMBER I THROUGHOUT j I 1927 I 1 j IT ALWAYS I COSTS LESS I AT I WHITEAWAYS j THE HOUSE j L FOR HIGH VALUE f T j I And Low Prices i s I i I 1 a I I OUR SPECIAL I a I I ONE DOLLAR
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    • 419 2 HOW ARE YOU?"^ This is the first question asked, the World over, when friends or acquaintances meet, ani it indicates universal of the fact that Health is the paramount concern of every man and woman no matter how important other personal matters may be. Yet. curiously enough, in many cases
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    • 251 2 40 million! prescribed portions ofl VIROL were given in j 3,000 Hospital^ and Clinics last ye# For over 20 years Virol has been prescribed by doctors and used in I Hospitals. During all this time j doctors have been carefully observing the effects of Virol, and proving its I permanent
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  • 291 3 Remedy for Aversion to Work Being Abandoned The credit that is often given to Siam as the ori >in of bobbed hair was declined by Cclonel Phya Damrong while in Manila atteiu-ins: the Anti-Tuberculosis Congress. Cclonel and Mrs. Damrong, and Miss Proum Svetasobhana, Chief Nurse of
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  • 70 3 Isaias Abadeza was fined P2O at Manila for refusing to go with the policemen who arrested him and giving two of thorn a kick each. It was shown at the trial that Abadeza had kicked and rolled and thundered all to no avail as the policemen were many and each
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    • 307 3 vLL EYES ON PHOENIX. •Phone 3463 Isould have remained i cripple-hit for InstallU for Rheiatian I I Soreiroits /^S IbeslolA tu^i^^^lc Bruis et«. EMBROCATION For cver y com plaint in stable l/lzi'r l untt to soy tfot had f*i stall, for I &*n /or Elliman's Em- hOTSCS, Cattle, •on I
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    • 572 3 i t I E Selected Lemons, specially imported for c I the purpose, give to 1 F and N J LEMON SQUASH a distinctive flavour that is not equalled by any other brand. And then too, you WFjf/ know for certain when you drink it that r: the inherent healthfulness
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  • 2230 4 Brooklands (Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited The sixteenth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Brooklands (Selangor) Rubber Company, Ltd., was? held on November 5, at the Cannon Street Hotel, Cannon-street, E.C., Mr. E. D. Money (Chairman of the company) presiding. Mr. A. E. Allen, F.C.1.5., representing the
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  • 58 4 Archbishop Nathan Soderblom of Stockholm says if women insist upon shortening their skirts he is in favour of them wearing trousers instead. The rate of issue of If oner Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 153 equal to $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India
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    • 178 4 Crack the nut of indecision and buy the I IDEAL QUALITY Aerated Waters with B J experience of 34 years behind. I SZSESZSHSHSHSHSHiJHSHSHSHSHSrISHSZ^ C mttt ktpt htadt I >^\^y^fy >'o«r Aorr f //raf new, smooth effect you want HAVE you wondered how It is a light, velvety, rnvisfti* other people
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    • 317 4 fi hr. f I"I owe my beautiful |f|| I hair to KOKO." jjjjjj^ =j How often we hear this remark. Never a day passes but letters bearing*&i moc S uj beneficial and beautifying properties of Koko reach us. 5 Approved by KQKQ T b! I Doctors. Kpalty. g rfl Every
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  • 1820 5  -  (BY ROBERT S. ANGUS Edinburgh, December 2. With a celerity that was unexpected in the circumstances, the Scottish coal-owners and miners reached agreement as to the terms on which work should be resumed, and by the beginning of next week it should be in lull swins*. Wages at
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    • 375 5 Hot Season Languor A you tired, listless, wearied of the heat fhen take Dr. Cassell's Tablets. They will finvigorate you and enable you to pass the veary months before the Monsoon with fortitude and confidence. Pom t weather oppress you? Do you grow listless, tired, debilitated? P„ y& interest in
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    • 283 5 THE MALAYA TRIBUNE on sale at the following depots— SINGAPORE. The Federal Rubber Stamp Co., 32 Raffles Place. A. P. Aliyar and Co., 70, South Bridge Road. P. Abdul Razak, 88 South Bridge Road Abdul Aziz, 89 New Bridge Road. N. Hussain, 180 New Bridge Road. M. Mohamed Dulfakir and
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    • 423 5 Feel Fit aad Fresh. with Sanatogen Energy 1 Bodily health and nerve strength These are the secrets of those happy exceptional days when everything seems to go right,*' when you have an unwonted feeling of vigour and cheerfulness, and every one remarks: "You're looking awfully well to-day." Read the figures
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    • 256 6 nj oj A Prosperous and Happy New Year to Our Patrons. I EMPIRE I I THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 1926, TO MONDAY JANU**' 3 1927, I In the Second Show p,m j R underneath the water —A polo 0 1 A P";ture ot thn s including Junettes in swimming costumes-a big
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    • 545 6 Amusements. I Our Patrons A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year! J A MOST ENJOYABLE PROGRAMME I Commencing Friday December 31 I AT THE ALHAMBRA IN THE SECOND SHOW COMMENCING 9 P.M. re A First National Super Comedy S Featuring the increasingly popular A SYD CHAPLIN gj In one of
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    • 233 6 i GAIETY CINEMA Surma Thlatre l Alb-t «i B««~l- 8t«-. North Brid« Roac. T „X, N, TO-NIGHT V 9.15 P. M. I Until Thursday January 6. Latest 2 Part tfox Comedy Wv**^Lv^m\\ The Human The Man with Wiog-j The Greatest of all AL WILSON in S*» 1 3 His most
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  • 1754 7 ENGINEERS statement (N ST. JAMES' (Jovernncnts Allocation to the Seerage Scheme At the mo'jhly meeting of the Municipal Commission, Friday last, the President (Mr. 1 Farrer) replied briefly to the points re*'® > n Mr. L*> Cain's letter to the local ess on the subject of the excess
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  • 346 7 Mr. Glen Hickens, who has been several weeks in the General Hospital, was discharged this morning. Mi. K. Kanagasabi, Usher at the Third Court, is proceeding during the New Year on transfer to the Civil District Court ac Senior Tamil Interpreter, in place of Mr. R. Sopaya,
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  • 65 7 To-morrow, January 4 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall S. R. E. (v) Signals, All Recruits to p,ttend. 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall S. R. A. (v) Recruits Parade. Friday. January 7 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall Chinese Company, Recruits Pi.rade. 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall Eurasian Company, 30 Yds. Range Practice for Recruits. Sunday, January 9
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    • 439 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS WANTED—PupiIs on PUno, Mandoline and Guitar by an experienced Tutor. Apply Pianist c/o Malaya Tribune. WANTED—Mine Manager for Tin Dredging Company in Perak. Throa Dredges. To an experienced man with executive ability the post offers first class prospects. Apply box No. 429, c/o Malaya Tribune MERCANTILE INSTITUTE DAY
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    • 172 7 Births, Marriages and Deaths DEATH At the General Hospital on Wednesday, December 29, James Dashwood Saunders, aged 62. (China papers pleaHe copy). eoM«*l «CCUNU RfjM with V\lU «TTCK AJXtWCT■ HCOMMTT MCtt HIII VVfc ATM «RT7-CUSS STOBtSMC ĔiH \\V\ watocmaheu*. HI I SCHIFFNER CO, 1 Wholesale Distributors: Schiffner Co., Meyer Mansions,
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    • 144 7 1 Telephone No. 4467 Telegram ••Voltage" I National Electric Co., Show-room and Office a I 2, Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. I i We have a pick of the World s best in money value of M 3 things Electrical. S jj A visit to our show room will reveal the fact.
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  • 441 8 A year at once prosperous am remarkil Io for many changes, closed less optimistically than we had a right to expect after the boom with which I92ti opened. Rubber is a faithful index of Malaya's commercial strength or weakness and it is none too pleasant
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  • 413 8 Pineapples and Copra have been moderately steady, exports being level or on the increase. At the time of writing our information is that pineapples amounting to over 40,000 tons had been exported, at the beginning qf December, at prices which have clung to the 4 7 level for
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  • 242 8 A shortage of labour in the early months of 11*26 led to a general outcry by estates and to the stimulation of recruitments from India. Figures wtre recently published shewing a valuable comparison on Indian Labour for the past six years (the first 10 months of 1926 being
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  • 651 8 From the labour aspect it is interesting to turn to the production figures. At the beginning of the year it was estimated that the world's production of rubber would be: Tons British Malaya 1,250.000 Estate acres at 350 lbs per acre 195,000 700,000 Native acres at 200 lbs
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  • 360 8 Compared with rubber, the tin industry has had a brilliant career during 1926. At the beginning of the year stocks were high and prices were £281.12.6 ($142 a picul). On December 31, stocks of tin in the principle warehouses of Great Britain, as compiled by the Statistical
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  • 129 8 Statistics of Imports mi< Bxporta cal) offer a fairly favourabfc mparis in with 1925. The items "cottir foods" are interesting-, especially if »ea«l in nmjunction with tur cotton industry statiati b, given elsewhere in the Retrofct I lin i: oris. TwelvJ ninths Ten m >aths Rice «2,675,686 Cigarettes
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  • 463 8 When the year opened the Devolution Policy was the centre of local discussion, Sir Laurence Guillemard's scheme having been announced in December. 1925. In his Annual Address, in that month. His Excellency, after dwelling on Federal history and the Anderson policy, stated hi? proposals briefly tej be. to appoint
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 258 8 1 VICKERS Model-de-Luxe I Hand Sewing Machines I price 1 I VICKERS MODEL-DE-LUXE I rO T.-us model embodies all the most recent improvements as X ft applied to Sewing Machines, has a new reversible feed which jjj rG allows the operator to sew backwards and forwards without re- jC S
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    • 51 8 COMPARISON I I is the only infallible Test X of the relative value of S X Typewriters. 5 By comparison the Royal G proves its superiority. S ii TYPEWRITERS S Ask for Booklet g S Describing the 20 g Reasons S I To rone. 0 I LTD I Penang, Kuala
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  • 247 9 Less chtt u l s the state of the Lancashire eottor. depression in which has continued t blacken the trade record of the once pi H roUs North. A production of 4,-I.Ti mi n linear yards in 1920, of a value of .900,000 or an average of
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  • 567 9 Great Hi tain s v a record which if all pether resj ia at least ample proof f her ability to "come the tremendous ties with wl the post-war period usu unded hei A balanced budget, a the go! standard and a free aarket, a dc funding arrangement.
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  • 285 9 In India the year Was marred by outbreaks of Hindu-Moslem rioting in Calcutta, which led to many deaths and upset the entire country while they lasted. The whole trouble arose over the playing of a band, by a Hindu procession, as it passed a Moslem Mosque during the evening
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  • 217 9 Throughout 1926 China has been in the threes of internecine strife. Agitation had fomented anti-British and anti-foreign feeling to an extent which found violent expression and did untold damage to world trade with that country. Hong Konjr has been in a state Ixwdering on total bankruptcy throughout the
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  • 298 9 In Europe the trend of politics has been critical. France witnessed the spectale of ministry after ministry losing office owing to the incomparably serious state of the country's finances. In the last quarter of the year Monsieur Poincare formed a Government which, with the aid of drastic measures
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  • 502 9 America, in the whole world, stands alone in her astonishing record of prosperity. For his annual message to Congress the President, on December 7, reformed the country that a budget surplus was expected of no less than $G 383,000,000, of which some portion will be utilised for tax
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  • 457 9 To travel back from America to Europe, is to discover a Germany in which immense strides forward have been taken since 1925 ended. manufactures are in a strong position, and the Engineering trades have recorded at a pace which strikes the casual observer as perfectly extraordinary. Stebilised currency
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  • 566 9 The prolonged stoppage in the coal mines for more than half the year, entire ly overshadowed all other events during the past twelve months, and the story of economic and financial conditions in Britain during 1926 is a sad one which unhappily belied the optimistic hopes with which
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  • 572 9 Statistical evidence as to the state of internal trade is scarce, but such as is available may be of interest. The iron and steel industries were very severely hit by the coal stoppage. At the end of April there were 147 blast furnaces in operation, but by the
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  • 702 9 In the forergn exchange markets, the feature which calls for first comment is the steadiness of the quotation for sterling in New York; this affords an abundant justification for the restoration of the gold '.tandaiJ in April 1925; ,f.r otherwi-e the indu~tr'a! upheavals of the year would have
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  • 1772 9 By "Centre." With the limited space available it would be impossible to attempt anything approching a comprehensive review of each State or Settlement in its activities in the Association Football world during the year 1926. Therefore, in the main the year must be reviewed from the view point
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  • 1258 10 The Dukes and the S.C.F.A contested the final in which the Regiment, won by the odd goal in three. In the semi-final they had a hard fight with the Malay XI., and only ordered the final after a second attempt, as the first match was
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  • 445 10 Many Entries in Sea Events LAND SPORTS HAMPERED BY WET TURF Although the usual crowd of enthusiastic spectators turned up to witness both the New Year Land and the Sea Sports, bad weather sadly upset runners and hurdler; at the Stadium on Saturday. For the
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  • 66 10 Heavy Decrease in Comparison With 1925 Figures Reuter's Service. London, January 1. The Treasury's revenue returns for the United Kingdom for the nine months to Dec. 81 show a revenue of £479,020,563 compared with £499,678,926 in the corresponding period of 1925 thus indicating a decrease of £20,658,363. The
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  • 37 10 Resignation of Cabinet Again Expected [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin, January 2. I ollowing the Radicals' defection, the resignation of the Juero-Slav Cabinet is rePorted imminent. The Ministers of Social Welfare and Afforestation have already resigned.
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  • 50 10 Reuter's Service. Berne, January 2. Eight were killed from a party of ten ski-runners which was overwhelmed by an avalanche in the Arlderg district of the Australian Alps. The party comprised five Englishmen, two Englishwomen, two Germans and a ski instructor. One Englishwoman and one German were rescued.
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  • 569 10 No Confiscation Yet Occurred UNITY AGAINST U.S.A.'s DOMINATION Rumoured Withdrawal of America's Ambassador Reuter's Service. Washington, January I. The new Mexican oi] law came into operaticn at midnight. The Calles Government maintains the law will be enforced without delay. In view of the possibility of confiscation
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  • 94 10 Loss of $1,000,000 Reported From the South Reuter's Service. San Francisco. January 1. Severe earthquake shocks in Imperial Valley began at midnight and were still continuing at five o'clock this morning Calexico, Mexicali and adjacent border cities are badly damaged. $1 000 000 tal IOSS
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  • 109 10 Proposal to Ask Permission of The King Reuter's Service. Bloemfontein, January L Colonel Creswell, Minister for Defence addressing the annual Congress of the South African Labour Party, announced that General Hertzog had authorised him to state that the Flag Bill will be proceeded with. In
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  • 277 10 America's "Blow At The Law" COSTA RICA MEDIATION REFUSED Reuter's Service. Managua. January 1. The Conservative Government has refused Costa Rica's offer of mediation on the ground that United States recognition of the Diaz Government renders mediation unnecessary. The Liberals admit total casualties in the recent three
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  • 224 10 HON. G.C.M.G. CONFERRED ON SIR LAURENCE Mr. Miles Lampson Given a Knighthood Reuter's Service. London, December 31. The New Year Honours' List contains the following':— G.C.B.—General Sir George FranchS Milne. Lord Burnham, Sir Laurence Guillemard. G.C.M.G. (Honorary).— King Faisal of Iraq. K.C.M.G.—Mr. Miles Lampoon, the new British
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  • 130 10 Japanese Officer's Suicide so as to "Follow Ruler" Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Tokyo, December 31. Places of entertainment which have been closed since the Emperor's death are reopening- to-day. The ban on music and dancing has been removed. It is announced that an amnesty affecting fifty thousand
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  • 22 10 [Trans-Ocean Service] Berlin, January 2. The Austrian and German Presidents exchanged cordial New Year's Greetings and stressed Austro-German brotherhood.
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  • 714 10 Priests and Nuns go to Hankow GENERAL EVACUATION OF OUT-STATIONS Mixed Court Handed Over in Shanghai Reuter's Far Eastern Service. Hankow, January 1. Catholic priests, arriving* in Hankow from various outlying stations in the Province, relate a number of anti-foreign and antiChristian incidents. At the Catholic Mission
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  • 34 10 [Trans-Ocean Service] Kovno, January 2. General unrest is reported following the Government's acknowledgement of the execution of four Communists. It is known that there are two hundred further Communists awaiting trial.
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  • 28 10 [Trans-Ocean Service] Rome, Decemb* r 31. The General Secretary of the Italian Fascists has officially congratulated the Lithuanian President, Mr. Smeton:;, on his successful coup d'etat.
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  • 25 10 [Trans-Ocean Service] •Berlin, Decenber 31. The Prussian education establishments close for the one hundred and iftieth anniversary of Pestalozzi's death o\ Februarv 27,
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  • 463 10 "Will Help Northern Militarist" SHANGHAI ASifIEATHK OF \\'M Reuter's Service. [ftettter*i Far EasM? Sen-ice j HA A January l. The first official exprAn of opini v the Nationalist Goverrfct in con with tile British is k m a Note wired to m M-trg by v. Eugene
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  • 212 10 CELEBRATION OF NEW YEAR Calarets Packed; Prohibition Agents Off Duty Reuter's Service. New York, Januaiy L PyPite the rain and the widely advert taed repdrt- 0 f poison in alcohol, New York nailed the new year with all its tradiiorAl revelry. stated that prohibition agents were n-(«ea
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  • 41 10 [Trans-Ocean Service] Athens, December SI. .A highly organized Royalist secret society called the Invisibles and aiming st the overthrow of the Republic has been discovered. Many army officers sre inyolved. There art 114 well-armed branches n Athens alone.
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  • 21 10 Madrid, December SI. The Government has dispatched aeroplanes to the relief of snow-bound trainbetween Alicante and Albacete, [Trans-Ocean Service]
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  • 3521 11 Heav Scoring at |{ombay HINDU B TSMAN'S PROUD CENTURY (From Oui )wn Correspondent.) 'olombo, Deeember 20. It certainly st.nds to the credit of the M C.C. that it K s so far lost no match India. A ver trying time fell to its when it
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  • 248 11 Mr. R. Sopaya, Chief Tamil Interpreter, Civil District Court, Singapore, retired en pension from the Government Service at the end of the year after having put in over 36 years' service. From a law rung he has gradually worked up to highest rung. His first appointment in
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  • 61 11 At the Second Court before Mr. W. P. S. Corry on Friday. Teo Bah Loke, driver of car No. 3075, was charged with causing the death of a Chinese boy of 14 years by a rash act, to wit, driving his car in a rash and negligent manner at Changi
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    • 140 11 TO-NIGHT MONDAY JANUARY 3, 1927. TO-NIGHT! At The New World Shows Various Attractions Including Chinese Wayang, 44 Low Sye Ton" and 44 Tong Chek THe City Opera will present A Very Exciting Play KING LEON B")OK YOUR 8E»T« EABf V TO BEE! Another Hirduttani Play of Ebeik Abdullib, •soubagya Sundari
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    • 249 11 i***************E***************Z*************************252 By Special Appointment To flis Majesty The King of Siam g ESTABLISHED 1872 jjj Please Call and See DE SILVA'S Beautiful Collection of Specialities in Jewellery and Silverware I FOR NEW YEAH PRESENTS I mmmmmmmmammmmmmtmmmmammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmm, pj For all Prices jjj Gifts that will suit even the most Fastidious
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  • 1421 12 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hong Kong, December 18. Upon the departure of the principal leaders of the Kuomintang for Wuchang and Hankow, Mr. Koo Ying-fang, a member of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee, will be in charge of local party affairs and General Li Tsai-hsin in charge of
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  • 372 12 Singapore, December 30. In addition to the usual Christmas festivities, with overseas exchanges closed, severe up-country floods have rendered this market practically isolated. Business has, in consequence, been disorganized and on a restricted scale, but, despite a fall of £4 in the metal quotation since last reporting, the
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  • 219 12 Casco Man Caught Kissing Telephone Girls Kisses stolen or freely given have a very strong appeal and "strange fascination to a.l sorts of men, arrd a waterfront labourer is no exception. A man who gave his name as Ciriaco Tolentino, owner of a casco in Manila, was
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  • 266 12 House Problem iifjingapore To the Editor of the •f aya Tribune Sir, —Is the Governments are of the tenants are sufferiifffrom the l(w landlords For example*' landlord ow a few houses, and lear-Jj to a con' tractor for a fixed sumif7 $20 a month for one
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 319 12 i PAINT S'A*""' P y~M. UseHubbucks j HI Preserve your Plant, Stock, Buildings, etc., W/i wmfu and avoid the heavy cost of renewals. Mw mm It is more than ever imperative to safeguard mm your property by constant care in the matter fflf nWI of paint —the one defence against
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    • 118 12 >gL •O- A/r V arK d*™* upon it as well. Horlick's contains barley, wheat V r an d P ure ■wSfc- A// these X' V nutrients are combined in fjA eosity digested /orm. Mdde j in a moment u/tth hot or cold Representative—Mr. H. M. Hodges, P. 0. Box 274,
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    • 227 12 every one. They rime revive when Tanglefoot SpJr is used. Ask your dealer. H knows Tangle- iW foot qufcy is equally effocti\f igainst all II flies, cockend green mofhs r SPRAY a Stocks carried by Chemists. Jf Provision and Bazar Shop* THE ta&EFOOT COMPANY. Grand Rapids. Mlctiigaa MT-LER, MACLEAN CO..
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  • 1933 13 FAVOURABLE PERIOD FOR TIN INDUSTRY Floods Will Have an Adverse Effect on Mining in F.M.S. (1 I The half yearly meeting of Straits TradJ] ing Company, Limited, was held at Ocean j] Building at noon on Dee. 30. The Chairjj man, the Hon. Mr. John Bagnall, presided
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  • 229 13 In an excdurive interview with a representative of the "Straits Ech»." prior to his departure for Rangoon, Sir Ronald Ross said that on his visits to the plantations he found that culex mosquitoes had largely been reduced there and the same measures and similar steps i hould
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  • 29 13 A writer says that Society resembles the sea in its ebb and Mow. And, also because you can't be in the swim unless you doff most of your o'othts.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 290 13 0* GETZBEST 1 CALIFORNIA I Fruits Fish Vegetables I When you want the best insist en Getzbest Packed in attractive tins and glass jars. X a g 8 E Olainable at all leading Provision Dealers. jj In 5 H 0 S R igDistributors. g jj '&3\ GETZ BROS. Co., I
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    • 104 13 I CUSENIER'S J 3 CROWN jr- BRANDY I Attractive I' Each $3.75 llncludingI Including Duy. SOLE AGENTS: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. £1 c fe Radian (BnjT 9 W Essential for Cocktails. >3 Blends excellently with U\ Dry Ginger Ale as a y\
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  • 505 14 Not the Biggest Built On The Tyne The Singapore dock contract, as offi- jC cially stated, has been secured by Messrs. g Swan, Hunter, and Wig-ham lC {j» rdson [J (Ltd.) of Wallsend. Work will be pro- g vided for many men for nearly two years. The question
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  • 73 14 Pope Pius, addressing 1,000 members of the Pvome section of the Catholic Men s Association, took the stand that what seemed increasing immodesty in woman s fashions constitutes "an ugly, ruinous and catastrophic tendency which Catholic husbands, father* 'and brothers should attempt to check at all costs." The Pontiff solemnly
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 353 14 I ICE CREAM I I OBTAINABLE IN SEVERAL STANDARD FLAVOURS DELIGHTFUL!! I Obtainable from: I John Little Co., Bun Bee Co., Kirn Ann Co„ Lim Khoon Heng, Luna g Cafe (Dhoby Ghaut), or from The Cold Storage Depot. jjj FLASHLIGHTS I SAFE-DUX ABLE-RELIABLE W W II c3T«S AgenU:-MuUer ft Phipp.
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    • 160 14 A MISERY OF LIFE. SCIENCE TO THE RESCUE. The sufferer from rheumatism presents a sorry sight. Limbs that refuse to move, and ache at every attempt, pain in every part of the body, the knife thrusts and shooting pains which all but drive the victim to suicide, —these present an
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    • 261 14 i BEARDMOREI SEMI-ROTARY WING PIMP, 1l Some Characteristic* of this I |k ALL BRITISH PUMP Ml ACCESSIBILITY g I SB DIRECT ACTING, 8 \A <$BC 1. F TS cr FORCES, i <~tJ#BIK\ FEW WORKING PARTS, g j RELIABILITY. 3 ENGINEERING DEPABTMENT OPj jj s THE BORNEO CO., LTD. (Incorporated in
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    • 700 15 AUCTION SALE CHEONG KOON SENG CO. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable freehold land and Shophouse premises known as Nos. 203, to 210, Tanjong Pagar Road, Singapore. AT MESSRS. CHEONG KOON SENG CO.'s SALEROOM. NO. 30. CHULIA STREET. oN WEDNESDAY JANUARY 5, 1927, AT 2.30 P.M. l Valuable freebolfl land and thopbouse
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    • 521 15 STEAMER SAILINGS i P 0. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR UNES (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with Hit Majesty's Government.) OUTWARDS from LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China A Japan Fox Maraaillas, London 4k Antwerp. Due
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    • 703 16 PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF REMOVAL The Union Dispensary 330, North Bridge Road, has moved into 3 47, North Bridge Road, opposite the old remises. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that the Pole Fiat Belling Concession for the territories of Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang heretofore granted to Messrs Cardo a
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    • 333 16 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED—First-Class Motor Oar Driver, Chinese or Milay with workshop experience. Speak and write English. 150—9100 with prospects. Apply Duncan Roberts, Ltd., 137, Cecil Street, Singapore. WANTED—Experienced Typewriter Repairer and Cleaner, Chinese or Malay. Good p roepects. Apply, Duncan Roberts Ltd., 137, Cecil Street, Singapore. WANTED IMMEDIATELY—An Imposer to
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    • 498 16 BANKS THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Registered in London, under the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, oa 2nd December 1892.) Authorised Capital £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,612,884 HEAD OFFICE: 15, Grace Church Street, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS: J.
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    • 483 16 INSURANCE I x THE BRITISH INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE, MARINE TRANSIT MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Manager. Office 2, Finlayson Green. ORIENTAL Government Security LIFE ASSURANCE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in India 1874.) Results of the Company's Operations during the three years 1922-1924. PROFIT Rs.
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    • 515 16 Guan Hong Co Army Contractors Importers and Exporters, Genera] Commission Agents, Wholesale and Retail in Wines, Spirits and Provisions and Estate Suppij ers Orders Promptly Executed. 20 27, Robinson Road, LEE KIM PUAT, Bole Pro P ri etot Thone 721. M. HASSAN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 36, Brass Basah Road, SINGAPORE. If
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