The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 December 1922

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922 No. 10,775
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    163 1 A serious earthquake, which it is IVnred has dene much harm, has so currtd in New Zealand I»ajfe 7. In the American Senate a split is threatened owing t o Senator Barak's insistence on the appointment of an armaments conference Page 7. The Indian National Congress at
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    CONGRATULATION AND CONDOLENCE.
    915 1 The, writing of letters of congratulation* or condolence* often present itself at an. task of some difficulty, and MM that nv are inclined to put off unduly. It is eHiier rejoice with those who rejoice than t.» weep with thoee who weep. When the occasion for oi^g-ra
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      290 1 MALTHOID RaffksßoteL WEDNESDAY I Orchestral Concert 9-45 p.m. m Raffles Orchestra. P T* BDGAB HULLAND AT THE PIANO. KALAMAZOO. LOOSE LEAF BOOKS THE FINISHED ARTICLE CAN Be; SUPPLIED ]\JOW 3Y FRASER &NEAVE, LTD. THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. I WHITEAWAYS FOR EXCELLENT VALUE c f!R MEN FOLK. What more pleasing than a
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      244 1 The Store Which Gives You CHRISTMAS SHOPPING SERVICE AT ITS BEST FOR HIS BATH. Hooeyeonsb bath sponcea. Fine <rt > quality Mediterranean. Good l^V'U x I'KKKS $6.50 to Sis. *^^S%fes:.: &'o*'” Soap Bowls. Filled with fine finality soiip. Delicately perfunied and very free lathering: mCI including Whisk Slfi. noos he
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      180 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Pepi for ouLfhs and colds Page 4. WkiteawayTi for new ritta for men— Pace 1. M. If. Company latest sailing chancres Page 9. New film* at the Gigety and Surina citu ma Pagpe 2. WaUrbury's tastetoas cod Ihrer oil is great pick-me-up— -Page Alnmzoff*B circus is giving matinees
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      134 1 THE WEEK. 11 -Ith. Hiuh Wat. r. *M .i.m.. p n j Au.-tralian mail elosss. Thnrudmw, 9 Sigh Water, Utl a.m.. M p.m. .straits Trßding Co. M, k Arcade, noon. Homeward mail elosca I Phi Orchestra, Vic aT«m. Hall, 5.15. Band hi the Gard r p.m. Friday. TBth, Hijrh Water.
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    THE IRISH EXECUTIONS.
    237 2 J ar Dcpatics* < uiidli mmHw. IrndiMi. Dft. > I'Y.r 1.; i BiNTMcntatires'i ind other Depatiei in the \hn\ Eiremtm t.. <ia> s-ironjily ininil— Hi ii Ute»l exectttloiMi vairied oat in Dublin by \ht l ■-> Btoia authority;'. Mr. Johnson, lemkir of the Labour PaJrtgT, (iescribol the
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    MUSSOLINI WAKES UP OFFICIALS.
    209 2 Work. Discipline, and Concord. Rome. Nov. 5. To-day, on the fourth anniversary of 'S victory, Signer Mussolini publishes brief message to the nation The Gov- < nment BRMHU to rule, and will rule. Only through work, <li>vipline, and concord can ltuly definitely overcome this crisis and
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    CHILDREN'S STORIES.
    195 2 Here are some really g*>od anecdotes about children A small child saying its evening prayers WtBI corrected several time? by its mother, aa American lady, when suddenly the child stopped, and, looking up into her face, Uked quietly the question. "Mamma, are you running this prayer, or am
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      308 2 TO LET OR FOR SALE. LARGE COrtOWNS, aewly erected area from 10,000 to 50,000 aq. ft. facing river. LARGE STORES from 6,000 to j 24,000 sci. ft. near wharf and shipp- ing. Also three storied buildings for offices and godowms. Centrally situated. Ali immediate entry, proing cheap. i Apply or
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      453 2 "fc*caß*4*MaaßEHßßcn«fi"Sß™MHHß&o r i ±kIJb,A. aRT? j, rHE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON *f* qp Aq q rnvw^JW^ Ist Sho«.\ at 730 lHh< jshASON S irßhrui lNub. TRAILED BY THREE SERIAL. UII v A J'^J',-,-, CI?Dnl Episodes 8, 9, 10 ami 11. Right Reels. THE SILBN I AVENGER SERIAL. THE Jl NGLE
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      646 2 ALHAMBRa. I WE KXTEM) GRBHTINGS TO ALL AND S ISii A HAPPY AND PROBPBROUB M:\v N SPEt lAL ANNOUNCEMENT Programme from Misil) 25th Dec em at to Saturdax iou, JN THE SECOND SHOW AT B TOPICAL BUDGET tish New. Film Ti:< Modem Dominant Society Di A Graphic Deacripeion c f
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      313 2 NOTICES. THE STKAMX TKADIM. r^TiTT oSal 1. To rewvc and condd itM«a«t of Accounts and i e.d,d 3 oth Sept-nber, of the D.rectors and Auditora ther J 1° unction tke deck «J. To elect Direciors. 1. To elect Auditor.-. 5. To transact aay ort Company. By »rckr o: Um Boned,
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    BOXING.
    936 3 nil: MEN OF THK PAST. I v eoare t;«> ;<;," ha i lw»jri iren Mtociau* h i's mo— j. Brer since lar^e purses and stakes have I6M the vojj^ue fortunes have been in; J n droppMi almost as quickly by mo, i the ring*. BtOfid have been told with
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      306 3 fa a w lE* /Vz mmi m *fl M MM "Mv d«r lilt!,. «Tl a puiure oj he»Uh and h»v>pi n I nnot tpcJ, l{ liilhlj of Cluo" A Doctor says •My bain haa been led on Glaxo since he was a onth old and has thrived splendidly on it.
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      532 3 \*^^^^^^W*w X b Ha HxJ f? otto V T^fl that of littl* and w^v^r had a Whisky I liked so well WM ?c°. S f ys a ntleman in a letter to us under date W 15th June, 1922. ||-)/^l We are going to deserve more such letters JffSil by
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    NEWSPAPER INSURANCE.
    1720 4 GAMBLE, LOSS, AND DISILLUSION. In ihiit most amusing book "The Brass Bottle Anstey has written of a genie who Cftme out of the said braes bottle and of what? a job it was to get him back again. That is very much the position in regard to newspaper
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    188 4 There was yet another charge upon the oldtime candidate's treasury (writes "T." ii an exchange, on the subject of Home Elections). A well-selected band of pugilist* cost money even in "dem days." I have a report of a trial, in 1859, of a prominent Liberal on the charge of "bottling"
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      329 4 yy Marine Engines >\ All Parts Standard and Inter clusnceablc. I j \V /(mi-ri an dojch Mafnctoi impulse coupling. Jj K«nr tth Mm Ino F.nftlof* u« made with the prarxi >n of a «itch, all parts c*«nty bmlancod. elimln«tlnft vibratton and frtctton. Morr power *»lth lew fuel. For dep#od«billty Install
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      236 4 I^sQl|; Ww From all Garages SANITARY APPLIANCES MANUFACTURED BY SHANKS CO., LTD. BARRHEAD, Scotland. SOLE AGENTS, STRAITS. R. YOUNG CO., LTD. Civil Engineers Contractors. Telephone No. 1450 Robinson Road, SINGAPORE. p^ ne GROSVENOR HOTEL 8«r d FIRST-CLASS FAMILY AND COMMERCIAL BOTH* Fitted complete with latest sanitary arrangements. Rooms to let
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    TRAGEDY OF A GREAT CITY.
    1272 5 TO-DAY IN COLOGXK. Six months age Ok tide of an active snd optimistic \j£a was at flood in Cologne. The British occupation left that tide unstemmed, tor the relations between soldiers and civilians ;a< excellent, and nothing is done on either side that may exacerbate
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    ABOLITION OF SULTANATE.
    488 5 Grar« RevelatiosM. London, Dec. 1. It is learned on high authority in the lijrht of further knowledge whL-h hu come to hand that the resolution pawed l.y the Turkish National Assembly at Angora which abolished the temporal powers o f the Sultan wai the reroU of proeeedinga
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    IRAQ QUIET.
    362 5 Political (.'mms Ahead. Cairo. Nor. HUh. GejMfft] Jaafar Pasha e] Askaii, Minister of Defence in Isaq, who I'l-w hither from Baghdad, left to -day for I.'.n'on. In the course of conv station thv General said that he was Koing to reprem lit Iraq at Lausanne In Older to
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      602 5 TO LET. TO ,ET.— Shop No. O, Europe Hotel Ba:M-I^-h Street. Apply to The Manager, 1 Hotel. e.o J. u.c. Iff 1", Ml. Elizabeth, One storey -oiise, lour bedrooms, with dressing j, bathrooms uttuchetl. Tennis and t < r laid on. Available Ist January Appjr to, M. R. S. 'ii"
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      685 5 AUCTION SALES H: ord.r U f Th. Supeiintondent of Government M 'iiupolif-, S. S AUCTION SAI.K OK I »^MSCATi;i) ARTICLES To be held at I)Ur I.;-! 7 Rifles Place <>X WKDNESDAY, -7th DEC, AT 11 A.M. in,*: Opium „:,:<-. i;im^, mtm, Java tobacco. ii;; vU Aad also »M Sampan lying-
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      585 5 NOTICES. NEW YEAR SEA SPORTS. (1925). The usual Sea Spcits will be held on Ist January, off Johnston's Pier, commencing at 0.30 a.m. The Stvpits Steamship Co., Ltd., ha? kindiy i-lar-ed the s.s. "Kelantan," at the disposal of Subscribers, admission by tic!? t, obtainable Seerei •■>-. Subscribe ra will uv
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      124 5 MUSIC MTISir f 4tk -V n LATEST NOVELTIES While service is the Primary FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON uu of E Ota bp sura that Mountings AT THE an <* style conform to year HOUSE OF THE CATCHY MUSIC "ZSWi" in service, comfort, and style. H. C. HUDSON. 100, North Bridge
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATHS.
      64 6 PRICE. Nov. 11. at thi« l'ar-MMiag.v Puerto. Oroi;iva, 'IVneritTV. John Macmile Price, F. K. 0. 8., V, U. S., late BillTtJUl QtQCial of Hoagkf ft*, aad youngrest ton of Prancti Xu.U'nt pad Kit-hard Fvans Prlot, ttf Valparaiso. PENGBLLET. Oa Hmrtu 21, ittS, Donald Clifford PffiHaj only son of thf
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      ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
      28 6 Mr. C. HoiK'styno ami relativos bqg to thank all those who ■Mmmlml the :"unoral of his la to Virgins Dtdwlynis or swit witßtfca and letters of condolence.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922. The Boxer Indemnity.
    753 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1922. The Boxer Indemnity Considerable progress Ii being j tnade with the scheme for turning the Boxer Indemnity to a really usefui purpose. France proposes to emV'loy hers for a rehabilitation of the Banque Industrielle de Chine, thus not merely returning in business transaction
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    1285 6 A Forest Officer of Kedah shot a large rugue elephant last wreck on the new Selama Road in Kedah. lir. W. H. Macgregor hai up Taiping Bill to spend Christmas ai '-The Cottage" with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Mawveli. Ii really does look aa if thl Governor brought the
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    JOHORE NOTES.
    578 6 lIIK Ml iU RESERVOIR tog. tn of hiit 5c mUoM f fore "T <tl lh for .ppjvh.,,,,,., lh<. rush of the e.c.pi,, powerful u to iplit i tree tvunk of hard* meter. Ii is doubtful ■aructivm „f the ■dviublc u plentiful water B uppl substitm. «l. The Batu
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    12 6 Mr IfaecMfor, st.<t. T»- re tins this month ami P«©pOM in Australia.
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      191 6 /<W\ STOCKS /iff l^fi y f\\ NOW OBTAINABLE P^H^^lj ,fc*1 1 WWM PINTS B I #Cj 3| 1 5} j H3| *^f irom i^j7^" l^^ l SOLE AGENTS: V^^S^^y WftCGREGOR (Incorporated in Shanghai). WHOLESALE RETAIL WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. IWTKONISI.P '^^^IBfeS^* M ROYALTY. The Final Consignment of X MAS GIFTS
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      59 6 DO YOU READ THIS PAPER WITH DIFFICULTY? Pei haps nearer or farther than i iie normal 14 inches. The need of a good light. Headaches or Tired eyes. Blurred vision leading. These are symptoms of eye strain. Properly adapter! glasses a:c the only cure. At the first sign of failing
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    GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
    162 7 I r s AND ARMAMENTS. r VS SENATE [R n eo.] t^hin^on, Dec. 2.">. introduced in the Senate leader <■(* the irrecon* fOM Bill, COil Mlft> P< consider ,i re has plil in of but pro- 1 i in European affairs. tent rated that Europe 'The problem
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    A PROPER EGOTISM.
    152 7 Will be strongly ill supmbii ernmonts of the and KM.S. in their advice to the I ouncil to contest nham and hi* Coommitte arrangement to dump Malaya and ends at the Blitish tkm at W-enibly Park In r S.S., Federated and UttTederated rnmonts in June last that
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    PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
    145 7 its patrons the compliments Gaiety ia presenting a rramme to-night The first J biileel with The Trailed by Three 10 and 11 of which •i el with chapters The Jungle Goddess serial, a Gaxette and the sensational nui The Woman Untamed, raldina, the world's greatest rolf of female
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    35 7 •ffs South Ajfrican CiraUS conittrect large crowds to Beach the nsceul change of programme better acts than the opening revealed. There will be a this afternoon at five o'clock wher be admit**! at half price.
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    MEDICINE AND NATURAL HISTORY.
    1412 7 IHE OLD BLACK DBATO The twentieth century has teen the establishment of many links between Natural I istorj and Medicine, and it is interesting ■i few of th< together Thus l relopsd fan rarprisingrj short lime s vigorous science of Protoaoology i saadical side to do
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    AUTHOR AND SAILOR TOO.
    198 7 Lieutenant G. H. P. Muhlhauser, R.X.R., owner, skipper and most of the crew of the little auxiliaiy yawl Amaryllis, now lying in the shade of Penang harbour, is i r.oi only a hardy circumnavigator in the! I direct line of descent from Froude's "English Seamen of
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    OVER AN AUTHOR'S HEAD.
    127 7 Unpublished Kipling Manuscript. London' Dec. 8. Sir John Foster Fraser, writing in the Evening Standard, says that the offer by a London bookseller to sell for 800 guineas an early unpublished manuscript by Rudyand Kipling which he does not remember having written, raises the important question
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    LATE MAIL NEWS.
    761 7 ADULTERATED COCOA. Row n trees Fined. London, Dec. IS. The Home and Colonial Stores .were fin» d forty shillings at Richmond Police Com t fr? selting cocoa adulterated with *****. BJoua oxide to the extent of one-fortieth of a grain to s pound. Rowntrew Limited were also
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    26 7 Of all the marvellous works of the Deity, perhaps there is nothing that angels behold with such supreme astonishment as a proud man. E. V. Lucas
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      81 7 New Shipment JUST UNPACKED FULLER 'S DELICIOUS CHOCOLATBB IN SPECIAL FANCY BOXJtt AM) KLSJI HAMPI Robinson Co. Ltd. Incorponited in SINGAPORE. I I fij^ Netural-MiDs Food ADVICE FREE BY OUR QUALIFIED NURSE TO ALL USERS UPON APPLICATION TO: Nestle Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Go. LONDON 144-147 CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. 1 CLYNO
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      568 8 THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. AND THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. (The "Blue Funnel" Line— Alfred Holt Co.) (Companies Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE, FORT SWETTENHAM PENANG TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP HAMBURG. SINGAPORE to MARSEILLES, HAVRE and LIVERPOOL. SINGAPORE to GENOA, MARSEILLES and LIVERPOOL. SINGAPORE, PORT SWETTENHAM
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      559 8 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) PASSENGER SERVICE. Steamer OUTWARD. SiagapoM. s.s. CITY OF SIMLA China and Japan Feb. 6 s.s. CITY OF POONA China and Japan Mar. 9 HOMEWARD. *s.s. CITY OF PARIS Marseilles and Ixmdon Dec. 28 *s.s. CITY OF YORK Marseilles r»nd London
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      551 8 P. &O. BRITISH INDIA APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO BBBVICI PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO (Under Contract with His Ifajcaty'i Go? ran 1OM)ON PAK-BABTBBM BERVICI FROM LONDON T. MARSI U fL ONI ISiELLORL a%out Her. 26 1925. KASHGAR I DELTA (Transport) about Jau. 0
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      420 9 m aj«lf CO., LTD. For Krttay, Trenggaa*. KeUntan. Panenara t i Kohsamui, Langsua^ Caumpon. em] bT^- PMAHIDOL Arrival D..parturo i UGALA Dec °ec 27 ICHATIPOK J j an v 2 al 4 lonen art iitiwl throughout W i '*t Jan 10 >r first class passengers. l u "> atld bav
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      283 9 O. S. K. PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE. (subject to caange without previous notice) European Line For Marseilles, London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Suez Port Said. Shunko Maru arr. Dec. 26 dep. 28 ♦Atlas Maru arr. Jan. 15 dep. Jan. 16 ♦Omit Marseilles. New York Line: For San Francisco Panama,
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      732 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Stea s Navigation Co., Ltd. AND Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHUBIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in Englaad.) .4 JOINT SERVICE TO NEW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA FROM NEW YORK Steamers. Due Spore Route For TELEMACHUB Jan. 6 Suez Philippines
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      618 9 ISTHMIAN LINE FROM PHILADELPHIA VIA SUEZ s.s. STEEL TRAVELLER due Sin S ppore Jan. 7 ID2J TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DIRECT. s.s. MOBILE CITY due SingA] in 28 1923 s.s. STEEL TRAVELLER due Singapore I 1 17 192^ Taking cargo on through Bil!.^ Lading to all
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    CLOSING SCENES OF ATHENS TRIAL.
    260 10 London, XoYember SO. A message from Athens fires further vivid details of the trial which ended at midnight on Monday The Court withdrew to confer and reassembled at <:.:*o a.m. The ooart-room waCWwded, the spectators n. .luding armed parties from the imifclllHHlliilHML The ver«'ict was
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    IRISH EXECUTIONS.
    87 10 How They Were Carried Out. '.ondoiv Dec. 8. The Dublin execution! were attended by thret clergymen. The prisoners wore marched at 9.20 in the morning to a spot at the back of the prison. They %Ter e then blind-folded and vere placid side by side. The firing party
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    A WAR OF REVENGE.
    232 10 Humour^ of Ku^n-dermaij Conspiracy. London. Dec. 1. The Daily Mai! publishes a mem-nandum h is stated to nave been received from a person in close touch with the host informed circles in Berlin and Munich, stating thai the Germans are planning a war of revenge for
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    A CONFERENCE OF ISLAM.
    127 10 London, November 29th.— According- to reports from Constantinople. Aogora is apparently realising the necessity of enlightening the Moslem world on the subject of fei attitude towards religious affairs. According to a message from Angora, the Commissioner for Religious Affairs is artnging a conference of Islam in
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    226 10 MOTOR VESSEL FOR THE B. I. S. N. C- A twin screw motor passenger and cargo vessel, named Dunama. and built for the British India Steam Navigation Co. (Ltd.), has been launched by Messrs. Barclay, Curie and Co. (Ltd.), from their Clydeholm Shipyard, Whiteinch, Glasgow. She is of
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    SINKING OF THE SMERDIS.
    224 10 Ten of Crew Drowned. London, Deo. 18. Ten of the crew weee drjwned in the collision of the British steamer Smerdis with the City of London. The accident occurred in the darkness, und the impact ripped open the side of the Smerdis, which Bank in a
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    DUFF DEVELOPMENT.
    729 10 An almost incredible state of affair* was placed before the shareholders at the- meeting- of the Duff Development Company, says the China Express and Telegraph. Diffe- rences arose some years ago between the Company and the Government of Kelantan, from whom it holds- a concession. A considerable part
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    9 10 Kwoiyr.ntr. Brit. ir.7f>, from Swatow 26, for Bang-kok 87.
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      98 10 IJKE ALL Continental PRODUCTS OF HIGH QUALITY AND FINISH, Continental CORD TYRES are the ACME of perfection. These Tyres are unsurpassed for MAXIMUM MILEAGE and RIDING COMFORT. Their cost is cheap, and ALL LEADING DEALERS stock them. Sime Darby Co., Ltd. Sole Agents for Malaya. I PATZENHOFER LAGER BEER. I
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      138 10 I Genasco Roo^ni" 2 PLY AND PLY O COMPLETE WITH PATENT KANT-LEAK KLEATS I AND NAILS FOR FIXING fS I over 40 Vears W '3^ 5 i rf/fl cAl^ per GE/V4SCO K^^^B from f witnstanffs B^£y|H beginning to tropical heat K|g||^M e/id, because and rain and K?*O it is made
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      352 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. n fc*dina 9am < < Ul b Hoaf Aik 9 a.m. I Sarawak and Goebilt Kuchinp lOam JJuntok H iid l'aembai Both nO on H«»«ta«« Lak» Fields 1 p. m Hoackonc and Japan Kooksang 2pm Mo«ar»«aba aad Djambi Singkop Ir m Colombo. si» 2 p. Said MamuS
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      189 10 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Melchior Trcub:— Dr. E. G. E. Groin, Mrs. A. M. Rooseldaal, Mrs. Fluitrr and baby, Messrs. A. Abdqnhin, 1). Jacob, A. Sonoda, Mr. and Mrs. \V. Coolidge. Mi. s S. L. Mills. Mr. L. R. Tilly. Miss T. M. Smith, Mr. Taintor. Mrs. van Ecndonbur^, Mr. G.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    184 11 EASTERN SMELTING. The Penang ofißce has n'c-eM eii cable advu e the London office to th el thai the Annual Repor* i v.,\ Accounts for the y^n- ended 31st August, 1922; were i^'. ndon on 21st. inst. Tho balance a1 i idil of Profit and Loss Account
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED.
    128 11 Etepori to -July 31 .-Lows total produ< 2-TOl' tons, against 2;412; percentage of Week tin per ton of o»v treated, 1.4H, against I.*'::. Average net price real £100 pi toi against £132. Profit on mine aiu! alluvial working £*2,1<J2, ap^iist 260; <\ iu. ting London expenses and adding
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    284 11 The total quantity e>f rubber exported from the F. M. S. during November was 10.0*7 tons as compared with 9,186 tons in November last year, and the total for the 11 months of 1922 was 112,803 tons gainst 74,570 tons in the same period last year. The above figures appear
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      TYRES FROM GERMAN FIRMS
      116 11 India Office I.oiulon. Dor. 1"». In the House of Common: Mr. Griffith; complained thai the tdia Office had Riven an order for tyre o German Hi though the quotation of B only slightly higher than those of Lite Oennan Arms. Earl RTinterton, in reply, pointed oat
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      INDIAN RAILWAY PROGRAMMES.
      125 11 .■JO Tinrt-s l.u;ir;ini«-i-<| 11 1 It 11' Madras, iKv. 14. In reply to certain u. to him by members of the of C Hon. M < fnnea stated th< un< nt < I ii :i( j read] given «.-fl" V«-r to f the rscam- of ta<i Ackwortii
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      PETROL EXPORTS FROM BURMA.
      89 11 Indian Aferchants* Suggestion. Bombay, Dec. 11. l <• Indian Mercaanti chamber" Bureau in letter urpinp.- the Government of India to levy I a>s on petrol npi rrom Burma to foreign eountties contend that it is highly unfair and iniquitous to Indian consumers that while they have
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      THE RUBBER SITUATION.
      97 11 1 R.G.A. Delegates V'sitinj- America. London, Dec. 11. Sir Stanlo\ Bom, Interviewed In regard to the visit .<• America In Jan lary of Mr. Burg—, atrt Miller, and himself fo conference tetwe.-i. the R.G.A. and tue Rubber A -ooiatiou rtpresentfcthrea, laid ■treei on the importance of retaining
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      GERMAN MATERIAL FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS.
      51 11 GERMAN MATERIAL FOR INDIAN RAILWAYS. London. Dec. In the House of Commons, Mr. Warn* d why Indian Peninsulai and East Indian Bailwa; ,< each recently placed a con with a German firm fur work done in the past by English firms. i. erton i splied quiring into the aimtter from
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    716 12 The Services Boxing Tournament at the .urn on Pridaj night, reminiscent as it was of many first class st rvices meetings at home, was the best that has been hold in Singapore for very many months, and it was only lining that the audience was, similarly, 4he best
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    TASTES IN TOBACCO.
    174 12 The war has brought many changes. One of them W in the smoking habits of the Fiench. Not only do many smoke who never amoked before, but many others smoke won tian ever before. That is the case everywhere; but hitherto the Frenchman een faithful to the
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    CHRISTMAS AT SWIMMING CLUB.
    712 12 V CHEERFUL MORNING. Lively conviviality was the order of the day at the Swimming Club on Christmas Diiy, on the occasion of the annual Christmas tiffin. As a consequence everything (1 off U*3 usual exhilarating manner and the company, numbering dote upon '.wo hand ed, rpeni
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    INDIAN AIR FORCE.
    103 12 (iovernments "Hush-Hush" Policy. London, Dec. 7- In a long article dealing with the Indian Air Force, the "Star' declines to accept Lord Winterton's statement that Air ViceMarshal Sir J. Salmond's report was not published because of the strategic conside- rations involved. The Tg^ev declares that the reason
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      LAWN TENNIS.
      916 12 COVERED COURT CHAMPIONSHIPS. His Excellency, Major General Sir Neill Miilcolm, was among the interested spectators at the matches in the Covered Courts Championships, at the Sta<Li m yesterday. The competitors include B reiml from Kuala Lumpur, Malacca and elsewhere in the P.M. B. One of the most interesting
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      S. C. C. RUGBY.
      58 12 The following will be the teams in a !r ™°L S T e n the Padan to-morrow Thursday Colours: Dykes, W*bst«r, Heywood, Warren, Furber, Winter, Stewart, Ramsay, Ma<"millan, Law, Martin, Leonard, Wardle; Martine and Mackenzie. White**: McCullagh, Whitfiekl, Baugham, C. C. Morrison, Dunbar, Burton, Watson, Bratton,
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      THE KING-EMPERORS CUP.
      207 12 The Viceroy and Lady Reading- attended Calcutta races when the -race for the KingEmperor's Cuji va? run. The event resulted in a win for Mr. Sam's Orange William, which beat Galway Gate by half a length. Quarryman, which was third, was three-quarters of length behind da I
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      352 12 London. Dec. IK. To-day's Association football results are U follows. League DMsissj. Arsenal 1. Hudd rs. ri« 'd l; Aston Villa l. Newcastle lj Birmingham l. Everton I; Blackburn i. Bolton jWaadersn 0; Burnley 1 Oldham 1; Cardiff 18, Manchester 1; Chelsea 0 Tottenham 0; Liverpool 2. Nottingham
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    PRODUCTION OF STAINLESS METAL.
    97 12 Sheffield metallurgists have discovered a process of making: any articles of any metal stainless by a deposit of a film of! chromium, the same method being adopted as employed in the electro deposition of silver known as electroplate. It is thus possible to make knife of
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