The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 February 1923

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 1923 No. 10,812
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    201 1 A notable event has been proposals Irom two bodies of Irish internees to try and arrive at a peace agreement with the Irregular leaders and so avoid lurther bloodshed Page 9. Allied warships are hurrying to .Smyrna instead of away from it, and the 'Harbour is now
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1435 1 Qu.icq.tid <iyv)f >>ilmi vostri esi f array* Llhrlli Juvenal. When it comet to apportioning blamo "the absent IN always in die wrong 1 Moralising over this in the case of our ->un peop;e, we feel that it is too tru». j Even His Ex. was i
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      207 1 MALTHOID RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone. 2920. (10 Lines). FNGAPOU THE FINEST BALLROOM IN THE EAST. SATURDAY, Guest Night, Dinner Dance I RAFFLES ORCHESTRA. EDGAR HULLAND, MUSICAL DIRECTOR. (iROSVENOR HOTEL. Centrally situated. Tele: 2586. r Singapore. Family Hotel <IKNTS.-Wkh or without Loan!. lnclu^ ,har*e for ApaH- 0,0 person can occupy san ,o
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      162 1 KEUY AND WALSH LTD. (Imorporated in Hcngkonpr). NBW HOOKS JIST RECEIVED. D cffion AT o^ TS™ E TO HE IN ENGLAND" ets PousMac Uimwn l b y A Book of the Open Air, by Ulustmion; ™"'«'"">K fxmuo,, and >. I>. Jfaeki -son, 25-00 SJS by A. Bettmson and B. Rennison,
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      108 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. gymkhana nrogimmme Page 7 Offices and houses to let— Pa^'*7 Men s wear at Robinson's Page Hupmobile announcement— Pa«v 11 Vermouth and gin at Bolter\s_p aK e 1 I ourtne M J ff c an f{ Hol'o^ay repertSre— I Oriety, Surina and Alhambrn new pro. gramme* Pape 2.
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      142 1 THE WEEK. S+Uunday t 10th. »i~ Water, 1.41 a.m.. SJ| Practice Match, s>., p m Dalhoutie Chapter, 130 p.m. Globe Trotter-. Theatre. i>.rw p.m. Smmdmg, lie. Hi«h Water, a.m.. B.H p.m. I U. I. Outw.tnl Mail due. M'-.a'tm. \ttK i Bich Water, 8.18 >..-n.. 7.1»? p.m. Nat Hist Society Annual
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    £100,000 COUP.
    165 2 100,000 COUP. tilery broker strolled Into a club th< BuuW'vanls, Paris, raioking magnificent an. her hol«J<r To the a<ir..iiirijr circle of club member! iwed round him he explained fleetly that he oouid iell them similar n at "i 1 frana .W each. had Invented a product which could be detected
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      323 2 I TO I i OK IOH BALK. LARGB GOQOWNB, newly erettad t\ »M LOjDM to r »(>.(>0(» |q. ft fagh i nr, LAKt'.K STOitRS from 8.000 t> i t m. near what! and shipp ir»ie, three storieti buiWingi toj oficet ■nd godowna. Cent tally situated Immediate entry, going cheap Apply
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      654 2 2nd Show a. 9.1"> p.m. S DETECTIVE HAIGH SBRIAL. 2 new episodes. Ltu Lady In Black P*rts« rh« Belle of the Gambling Den 2 parts.* ALICE JOYCE In tho Bupei ViUcrapta Film in 6 parts. 2 HER LOUD AND MASTER. I By Martha Morton. \r\Y PATHE GAZETTE. Is- Show, "THE
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      470 2 S. C*J THEATRE =r* Splendid Comedy i From thi» Ambassador's Theatre, Tendon. I THE VERY IDEA 1 BxeeUestly Produced in 6 Bi^r Acts. lAi 9.30 Charlie hxiplin in "Shoulder Arms" NEW EVE'S FILM REVIEW. I FIRST SHOW AT 7.30 ITHK ADVENTURES OF TARZAN Serial, Episodes 8, 9, 10, 11 Eight
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      537 2 iiLHAJVLBRA FROM SUNDAY, 11th FEI?. to I UIDAY. Kith v; IN THK SECOND SH()\V AT B p.m. I OPOSSUM TOPICAL I! h IFT 1 Reel Pathe Film. Brit Playgoers Pictures Present J. P. M (GO WAX in Ruse of the Rattler [n Parts. The liveliness of the pi.-ture, its interest
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    OUR IRISH LETTER.
    1145 3 WHAT ENGLAND THINKS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Belfast, Jan. 3. Speaking to-day to a prominent C>,. arliamentary representative and a di*tin hed cfllcer, who is „'so a Member oi !t lm P« a i I asked him wha4 general view of the English peopk on the present
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    ALGAE BULGAE.
    453 3 Anottg hir, discoveries of Calcareous AlgM, which tat beinpr shown at the Exhibition of Scientific Novelties* Professor Garwood found in Westmorland a type with an unusual bulgy appearance. One of his KtndeaCa hit on the obvious name. "Alffy met a bear, the bear was bulpry, the bulge was
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      260 3 ,j If your Baby lived in England I KOUTmIL he would J :i1 L lour i>abie» "at home, on Glaxo In In ninaled. cliseasenddeam"UBu event* such a clai to Baby th«| itt aiteniaiive t»> mother's milk. WP l Imj hot, hoileil vvater, Glaxo W P«>yidc i a B:.i,y nccs lo
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      434 3 I O. K. JUNIOR 'HR LITTLE BUS WITH A BIG HEART" AT UjU "D,,*^^, X-i. THEREIN lies the phcnoJLJI l» LIG JE3TI Vft 9T. menal success of the O. K. **"t/ U Junior Motor Cycle. A X 2 4-4-1 T\^T^~k T^_ The finest two-stroke on A .Little Maintains It% osg0
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    AN ADMIRAL'S SAD END.
    55 4 Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 6. Rear- Admiral H. G. Leopold (retired) was found dead in the bath room of his bone to-day with a razor wound pctoss his throat and his head resting on pillow. Recently he suffered a nervous breakdown. He served with Commodore Pewey in
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    RUSSIA FROM THE INSIDE.
    893 4 SWEDE'S DESCRIPTION i,V PBTROGRAD. An unusually interesting description of jfe in I'etro.urad, frOQl the point >f view of a foreigner v> provided with .is own precious currency, coi uined in n i rticle (the first of a m ries) published y the newspaper Stockholms-Tidningeii riie author,
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      293 4 l^^^ l2l^^ Made by Hand m. J^ HAND CRAFT Hand-Making costs approximately ten B mu Y^ times more than Machine mass produc\i i tion, but it produces an infinitely superior vji I extra cost in MAKING 555 BY HAND 1 I II VIRGINIA CIGARETTES I I H IB B B
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      49 4 |/^xceiient\l Irwith Hot or U flCold Foods! I-joints,entrees| ft savouries I ORICINJAL. M HI Worcestershire notice! Mrs. Douglas, Beauty Specialist, receives Ladies at Raffles Hotel, Room 124, lor Shampoo, Hair Treatment, Face Manage, Manicure, Marcel Waving. MANICURE FOR GENTLEMEN. Hours 9 a.m. to 1; 3 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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      672 4 I Of All Deal? gS-Ill&s^y Stocked I j ■^^^"ZZSggj Everywhere, j j: ;<< c s»i. \i>^ r o"\ v BROTHER^ v J I 181 S ulh Bridff i] I- -^^^rlilrr^^ Telephones N AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN AND SEA-SIDE PROPERT] At Messrs. CHEONG KOON SENG A Saleroom, N ON WEDNESDAY,
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    CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN CEYLON.
    591 5 rri rf v, el Ike MoMinent. ia often aaked whether Ike „l Mc nt haa aueceedad m UH Hon. Mr. F. A. Btockrtpori M K L-istrar of Co- Those who have the among the villagi re Vi lage Credit Societiea uh as Katutara, latTna. and some
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    F. M. S. PRISONS.
    247 5 The thiity-flfth interim report of the P M. S. Retrenchmen Commi lion on the subject oj Prisons a f ,ins among othera the following recommendation*. That the Inspector of Prison*, Straits mentis, Ik> made adviser to the Feder- i. Stetea Prisons Depann*ent. liiat an extra grade
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    EXCLUSIVE.
    151 5 Among the many ?>ifts bestowed on Senator Lodge a fgitt of humour seems to be la Icing, sa> [fame paper, so he may fail to Appreciate the wording of the petition praying for" hi* Removal from the ►Senate, a petition in which ht is described M "the man who
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    16 5 In the arts, as in the nursery, the primitive appetite instinctively make for sweetmeats*—A. VVyatt Tilby.
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    MUST A HUSBAND PAY?
    190 5 Wives Who Work. Musi :i husband support a w Jf e w ho \.(-tks c.nn an inccmt 1 The ease in which the iej?al point was raited thai husband ii not. bound to I. maintain his wife when she is in a position to rapport herself,
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    15 5 It if \f,y fortunate that judges, and not Psycho-analysts, deal with crime.— Sir Etne«l Wild.
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    OUR MANDATE IN IRAK.
    1062 5 til >\ M iii the El be English D ft ale, that it P«O] B Of 1 ttle 1 and into u merely and the matter from \.i the risk of b rrtng from a surfeit i maa on out I le n ing at this
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    21 5 A chair may be a collection of whirling atoms or an idea in the mind of God.— Prof. G. H Hardy.
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    SCOTTISH SPORT.
    878 6 DOWNFALL OF CELTIC. (From Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh, January 10. The result of the final Scottish Rugby trial should give satisfaction to the advocate- of the policy pursued by the selectors in their difficult and sometimes thankless task of building up a representative national team,— that by trial
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    MILLIONS OF POUNDS UNDER THE SEA.
    131 6 MILLIONS OF POUNDS UNDER THE SEA. As fascinatii ■ca'i itory of accounts of the sean and t<,-day a.- n bed* of the mm f, worth of sunken gold, fantastic as any diet 11m methoda that a, il'C MM gfo bats mtst notable i n v-alth to bo elahne J»g-aWit Singh,
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    MARKET PRICE LIST
    291 6 The prices quoted current at Oh other mark ti<... Beef.eak VL r, D rorcv Poik, lean Do. leu ai M«tton, Aui r. to fs.(«^ kat Do medium Du U cf alltll rfcrvs TM Do. domesti. do W Ft eich Fowl Duck Prcsen d (duck) ngfl Chencharu .yell-
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      213 6 it '< <-*"■• h* w/ Wl|§4' .x."''^' Ic* t* -*Pl <- O\\ ft <~ if 9 n%. /X^*^-/ i^ 4 N I «r x r/^ n U ti <df 1 J r N j The Dunlop Rubber Co., (S.S.) Ltd. S 73 Robinson Road, SINGAPORE. BRUNOLINUM WOOD PRESERVER THE M^RK
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      267 7 TO LET. 10 LET Small godown and goad offices, Malacca Street reasonable rent, fipply Box No, 1030 care of Frea Prsss. i LBT. Park J' tutifully i localit] 1 Pmel A| t Bsl u.c. g. I"n'' m Ist M u c. i Mind Bej«an Frw Pn 11. C. li Xo.
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      564 7 AUCTION SALES REMINDER To-Day. S;:ttirrla\ :it 10.:t0 am. IUCTION SALE OF fan* ry, nosanilsiag i CoJognp. white- i> OA, touk househojd furn ituio, &c. Nt ■.'<■:.'••..■'. No. 10 Challa Street CHSONG KOON" SKNT, CO., Auctioneers. 'i •> io-2 REMINDER. To-hay. Saturday, at 10.30 a.m. AUCTION SALE OF Oni> I fyHnder
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      675 7 NOTICES. SIN^APORTpOLo'cLUBr m GYMKHANA To l>i h««Id on Saturda.v, March. 10th. Iflt, at :>:?() p. m en Ike SINGAPORE: RACE COURSE 15} arrancenienl \>irh tht Sinrnpore Sporting i lub. ADMISSION— To (irand Stand, l,a»n and Paddock $2. Ladies S]. 1- LLOYD UNDSAY RACE 2Jt s,m. T Ovtr tWt > J««P«
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      996 7 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenden v ;i be received at Colonial Secrf* tary J s Office, up to noon. the 15th February^ L928, for supplying approximately the follow-! tag «|UHntitie.s of SH inch bltsrles on' the I ui naerticn?d roads as per position shewn dute; 1. lf>B cubes on Ponggol Road
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      379 7 THE EYES OF A CHILD ARE TOO IMPORTANT TO ITS FUTURE WELFARE TO BK NEGLECTED. i -onsuh, J. BBKNAKDINB DOYLE Ophthalmic Optician. Member of the National Association of Opticians, and the Scottish Society *> c Ophthalmic Opticians. S. Smith Son (Siam) Ltd. r (Incorporating J. Motion anj Co.) i 14,
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      150 7 NOTICES. ft of pooJs nd f« n, HOUSE REMOVING i.y experienced Japancao pjickor UTO ft CO, phoiK No. 1128. 29 Robin, on R 1 i, MAH lONGG 8 S: Wi-h or without Cow et< w'.th boi i—trwetl— a and From I GOSLING v». CO -i Robinson Fto«& V.i M g
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1923. Watery Sunshine in Ireland.
    547 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1923. Watery Sunshine in Ireland. The report from Ireland has a joyi'ul sound about it which it may earnestly be h(>!>ed will not in the end ring false. There have been indications ol late that the Irregulars were acting under the dictates of a
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    Trying Friends.
    446 8 i Curious complications have ariser iis national politics and ambitions as j a result of the war, but one of the most curious is that revealed by the fragments of President Harding'! Bpeecl) on the subject of the British de!>t. The President commends the British acticn as M
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    187 8 Major H. P. Spence, 2nd. Bn. The Midd'x. Regt. is granted leave of absence on private Affairs from Feb. 14th. until Oct. 14*]! with permission to proceed to the United Kingdom. The Chinese woman who was stabbed by Chan Ah Urn, now under anvst, while she was walking in Harefock
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    LOCAL WIRES.
    86 8 PENANG NEWS. From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Feb. 9. Jr. the Supreme Court to-day a claim for $f>,oo<> apainst the Yontf Shin^ Fire Insurance> and Investment Company by a Chine.-** owner ii^ a sequel to a fire at lfacaftster Ko;i,i in July was heard. A witneßfl toiled to
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    TENNIS AT IPOH.
    126 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). ipnti, Feb. 9. 4 c iiplf of hundred tennii enthueiastfl burned out last evening to watch J. A. Dean pay Chung Ah Minj;-, Perak Chinese chain--1 pioit. Dean completely eaHpsed his opJ p«)npi.r. the icorci reading i> l, «>— o, o—3.0 3. A
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    GUNONG PULAI WATER SCHEME.
    24 8 We understand that the Gov< proved of the scheme for bringing wat< i i to Singa] ore from Guncn^ Puiai.
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    467 8 Mra, and Misa Anthony and Mita Walker were expected in Kuala Lumpur from Siam sterday. The hon*blc Mr. Kemp and M. Meyer have been appointed member* i f the Raffles College, Financial Committoi The British Resident of Selai fi sppointed Mr. M. Cumarasami to be itaber of the Kuala Lumpur
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    118 8 In vi Genera! M notifying the G offer an amm derm* before th< Washing ntittee In the H.. voted in fa debt funding dement and authoi lioi to settle with similarly "B« term K.o v no jmm ol Lithuanian d provoked the Ifei to delay of e> »>•,--,
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    228 8 j Tht /'.i -a jUw Volui>t... been u-o-. tted. Lieut. -< rdCM I I I the Norfolk Reginu I Commandant i i Corps, |o Lieut.---22, Charted si Bhangha session uf (6 k Peter Makaroff wai months' imprisonment rested carrying the boi Twenty-thivc of their, .v *ra V«e«l Dp were in
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      160 8 STOCKS i firf l^f] \j f\ NOW OHTAINABLE 11^/ SOIE AGENTS: J^.aJUL/» CALD3ECK V^!S^^7 MACGRECOR (Incorporated in Shamghai). WHOLESALE RETAIL I WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. I ZBISB AND GOBBTI BINOCULABB lj ,-\t I MEDICAL HAIL BUILDING, BATTBET ROAD. r |/O//A^ LITTLE' S\ I Annual Chinese New Year j 9 vD
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      71 8 10. 100 ALL THE FAMOUS TYPE "Z" EH i N S carry this fairbanks-morse 1 guarantee. Tom pact, protected fuel taxk. TH ROTTLE GOVERX >\I. LARGE BEARINGS. BOSCH H. T. MUNITION. MORE THAN RATED POWER USED IX EVERY COUNTRY UNDER THE SUN. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF The Borneo Company, Ltd. (Incorporated
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    THE COUNTER-IRRITANT.
    112 9 WA [PS RiSH FOR SMYRNA. (MV.n FXTENDED. f i Sei .;»<■• J siiiitaatlßaplr. Feb. 8. rnor of thi C< isul -.rht I •ntsr.opU*. Feb. 8. Nicholson, in < red Smyrna and inter It i.^ un- 1 fl the Turks of! niae untU afl 1 Lined them the fin
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    ROYAL MOTHER WELL.
    16 9 I London, Feb. 8. I r son art- wf 11. rtablc ni^ht and
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    VICTORIA THEATRE.
    176 9 B rthf jag \tn actions. B I [ge'l r.nd W. K. H Compaay art diif to I I brief visit on B from India, where fl Mfal season. B prmatad by Band- B I-1.. will open at B hum t-vciiing B Ma tight three act B Toronto." This
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    102 9 I whose husband wan 9 uault eas-e which was 1 I. hawson. the B Hil Worship' B That while she 9 »nd at the Tan Tock B <anie up, her 9 Bkc report at the B Station which she B tor Dtle took charge of B Jjfurmation, the In- i
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    SICK OF BLOOD.
    136 9 IRISH REBELS WANT PEACE. LEADERS URGE SURRENDER. [Heuter's Service.] Dublin, Feb. 8. It b officially aaaourjced that Liam Deasy, depot) chief of th^ Irregulars, who was arrested on Jan. 1 ith, and sentenced to death, has signed 1 andertakir, In the- immediate unconditional anrrender of arms and
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    RUHR TRIVIALITIES.
    223 9 llerlin, Feb. S. lemi-oaVial report from Beddingbauaeu .nates that eight policemen have ad for refusing to salute occupation onVers, Tanks cleared the market square, a/here a crowd was tinging patriotic scng>. -I IFFING GERMAN RAILWAY* Paris, Feb. ft. Four thouaand, ihe hundred mihraymen, all Vohnteerß, are k*tvins for
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    CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY.
    151 9 9th List of Subscription*. Previously acknowledged $4,*4<vl.> Una. A. Qavendish, Taiping 100 3olieeted by Mrs. Bime (2nd list) Henderson l) rot hers 200 IfcAUster Co.. Ltd. 100 Mansftetd Co* Ltd. 100 The Bast Asiatic Co. 100 Diethehn Co., 100 Hooglandl a- Co. Ltd. 100 Brother* Ltd. SO
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    74 9 The *iu»rtality returns for the week ending Jan. 27th. give the total number of kMtkl as 250, representing a ratio per milk of population of 28.62. The chief i •auses of death were: Phthisis 37, malaria 2!>, pneumonia 25, convulsions 22, beriberi 16, fever not specified 15, debility and ige
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    ZOOLOGIST IN ASIA.
    1857 9 MR. FRANK BUCK'S INTERESTING EXPERIENCES. Wandering through th* representatu: zoological gardens that exist in practically all th-e civilised countries of the world how often doM the visitor pause to thinl of Ihi diilieulues and dangers that have to be Overcome before the fine specimen* ■Him*] life reach
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    67 9 The Municipal health return for the week ended Feb. 3rd shows 210 deaths, a ratio per mille of population of 29.28 compared with 29.93 in the preceding week. The chief causes of mortality were beriberi 12, phthisis 31, malaria 13, pneumonia 21, convulsions 16, dysentery 9. 57 under twelve months
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      237 9 ROBINSON CO., LTD. Incorporated in Sinjjapon 1/ GEKTL£MEN*B DAY SHIRTS i -_f >^5A Soft Fronts, DouHo ctxlYs, jgl Cream Cotton TafTcta s-^^ffl^'ftwti Pv^ One Pol Collar to 1m fil& sizes u to Nwrkbimds fe' r 'l |JI_J_II?_S TENNIS SHIRTS f?fift^iPi( iji New i'o:<> Collar and Pockel /|j 1 11 1
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      520 10 THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LTD. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. (Companies Incorporated in England) BLUE FUNNEL LINE. Regular Service to lONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GRNOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bill af
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      581 10 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. {Incorporated in England) PASSENGER SERVICE. Steamer OUTWARD. f>*« 8»Bfapor«. b.B. CITY OF POONA China and Japan Mar. 9 s.s. CITY OF MANCHESTER China and Japan April 22 HOMEWARD. ♦s.s. CITY OF YORK Marseilles and London Feb. 20 ♦s.s. CITY OF SIMLA Marseilles and
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      525 10 P. O. BRITISH linDIA APCAR D LJNE. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CAK(,O !SER\ in PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. LU (Under Contract with His Majesty's Govern LONDON FAR-EASTERN SEKYII K. FROM LONDON Tc MARSEILLES, LO*\ I TT DUE SINGAPORE. LEAVE SING 1921. DONGOLA t about I 18
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    HAIG'S GENERALSHIP.
    1043 11 I !<•>! it.iis eOMMCta I let of tliv War none haI and discussion thar I I none has beer I m snd coanterriain I IDICRt The greatest I which Mr. G.A.B I i i -1. Boraston havt renI «'o!U!nes is gfcc UlI BC «>f the story of I
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    "BLIND SPOTS" IN BROADCASTING.
    279 11 IVaMiaaa of taaaeffili Workers. v releaa research workers are seeking for an explanation of several "freak" results which bar* been observed since bmdcasthlC hvi:nn in this country. One- problem is why the Loads* protrammc ahould be heard faint% in Yorkshire and strongly in th*- North of
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    SNIPE SHOOTING.
    261 11 A r-.-r respondent of the Pioneer at Tonk recently said that while he was out shooting in a local jhil :i wisp of some eitfht or ten snipe grot up in front of him, and that on his firing both barrels into them six birds (Jrof ped, five
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      704 11 ffitt ■Ui |Jp I t^f LP I 1 13 KHJ Ki^J Frequent radical changes may i»o the result of r^vlr"^ k l5^J mistakes ami misdire* ted effort. It is significant Ng fjjA M!M that the makers of the Hupmobile have changed IL^^J f^M models only Cwr times in fourteen years,
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    208 12 All the vessels of the Hugo Stinnes Line lave on their funnels the letters "H St." Capt. W. Brown, of the Penang Pilot Association, has been ordered home by his medical adviser and leaves Penang immediately-. A florist and his staff are important membersl of the crew of
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    DUTCH EEL-BOATS AT BILLINGSGATE.
    432 12 Elizabethan Survival to End. i London. Ala lovers of the? picturesque will miss he brown, blunt bwnd, Dutch eel-booti Billingsgate), which src about to be re•<i by motor-craft. Boats of their type been there for at least 2">o years, and ''a \y since tre'i time. Hollar
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    ENGLISH FROM AMERICA.
    161 12 Some of the correspondence clerks 'n the city have to deal with funny foreign letters. Here is a letter from a concern in South America to a Mincing: lane firm "My Wear sir We know; you ask for agentsWe can offer you this, our oihYe has the
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    POET LAUREATES.
    94 12 England has had eighteen poet laureates ;n unbroken line, Edmund Spencer being the first. The poet laureate receives £100 a year, and he used to get also a tierce of Canary wine, nowadays commuted for another £27. While a few great poets and several others of note have
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      532 12 1 1 xVULi r,. TO I) A Y. liucob H g Ch B 9 r,.,-, <rt Ho '^on 9 a.m. Batata, Ch ribon, Samarang, Soura- Jvi Singkawaag, Pemangkat and Samhi M Singkawaag 11 a.m. Horsing, Koala Pahang snd Kvaataa Ranoe u a.m. > rt, Labu m, Jesaolten, Kndat, Sandakan, Suiu
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      633 12 CHURCH SERVICES. i QUINQUAGESIMA. I Sunday, Feb. 11. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion. (Choral.) 9.15 a.m. Matins and Litany. 4 p.m. The Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon S. MATTHEW'S SEPOY LINES. 4 p.m. Sunday Schoo 1 9.15 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. I During
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      481 13 Iht Ocean Steam bh Com|NUiy 9 Limited The China Mutual Stea ,atiun Co., Ltd. Flier**!! Si Fiurkn&U uam Ship Cm. Lid (AMERICAN iC MANCHURIAN LINe!) 0 (Incorporatod fc England.) u |IN R v» i 111 r.OMON AND iiTW YU..K~ila SUEZ Oli i-A >'AMA FROM NEW YORK Due S'pore UmmU y
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      511 13 ADMIRAL ONE (Incorporated in U.S.A.) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE It DAYS— HONGKONG TO AMERICA. PRFsin™? m i e lWc™ SailS R°** koa Arrives SeattU. JACKSON Feb. 15 Map fi IPR«SIDENT JEFFERSON Feb. 27 Mar' IS PRESIDENT GRANT Mar. 11 K!' 'o PRESIDENT MADISON Mar. 28 w T? PRESIDENT MrKINLEY Apr. 4
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      258 13 JN JL J&.. LONDON lINE. AUuia Maru Feb. 20 Kanhima Maru March G LIVERPOOL LINE. Delagoa Mam Feb. 15 Tsushima Maru i arly March HAMBURG LINE. Mi to Maru about Feb. 14 Matsuye Maru Karly March Lima Mam mid. April NEW YORK LINE via SUEZ. south american line. bombay~une! Rangoon
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      590 13 ISTHMIAN LINE I FROM AMERICA VIA SUEZ. s.s. STEEL NAVIGATOR due Singapore to d. n. Mar. 3 UtU TO BOSTON. NEW YORK, ANJ> f BAITJMORE VIA SUEZ DPIBCT^ s.s. STEEL TRAVELLER doe Singapore to load Feh 19 2023 s.s. STEEL WORKER S ipore to load hlmr. 17 192 I s.s.
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1249 14 THE NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kdinburgh, Jan 10. In view <»f tho wide controversy in ic^axl to the Scottish National Wav Memorial proposed to be elected in Ednhurgh Castle, the Fiist Commissioner of Works has issued an otrk iai suuemert. He thai '••> M'htmc was
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    THE SHILLING.
    208 14 Rather a curious eJio from the past was suggested in the debates in the Common? ently when a Labour member sang the praises of the old British shilling as something which recoivexi "in all parts of the rorld its just and due value." We might 'lave to ko
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    ILIODOR'S 'FIVE YEARS OF HELL.'
    199 14 The celebrated Russian monk Eliodor has arrived in the United States. His wife and M children were with him, and he stated it was his Intention to become an American citizen and join tho Baptist Church. Ho eaid he went through tive years of hell,
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    HOME SPORT.
    1141 14 FOOTBALL CRESCENDO. Prom Our Own Correspondent.) lA> mi; m. Jan. MtK We are on the eve of the Internationals ind the Football Cup Competition proper. Saturday was one of the most important jfternoons of the season. England ami W Scotland both held their final Trial V aTatrhee in
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    THE OCCUPIED TERRITORY.
    188 14 Position ol Hrii.sh tmet, A.ihoj-.-'' 1 the < Hrkish on tin- Rhitu ed both k the Ptench an-J t law that if uQJ i -native problen c Kb: area it would Rhine Agreement, authority for adi.. the a ■one, and the Pow occupation would I It Is
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      275 14 I \a, Sported bVvjss# i P a <. Marred furniture! Scarred woodwork! Sapulin makes thorn good as new WHERE furniture and woodwork shn ■iifns of weararul ugly s.ars and serar you wiJl find it very easy to renew the brightness with Sapt,!ir a Varnish Stainw. Sapolin comes in a K^eut
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    EXCHANGE.
    91 15 February 9. Bi.i.k 4 mj, t\4 1-4 Bank demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2j4 17-32 X< -w York, demand I Credits 90 days Prance, demand 810 India, T. T. 17*% Hongkong, demand i l n p.c. Dia. Yokohama, demand 112% Java, demand i ios* Bangkok, demand 79^4
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    PRODUCE.
    85 15 (iHinbkr Cube Xo. 1. 22.00 Peppwr (white f»xir) 22J69 PenrJ Stags n»al] 8.00 Opium, Benaroo unc. 4,500 Rice, Rangoon white 280.00 Ric»', Slam N'u. 1 for export 296M Rici 1 Siam No. "J for »->;port ".00 Rice, Saipron No. 1 for cxpor' '.'32.00 Rice, Snipon No. 2 for export
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    RUBBER & TIN RETURNS.
    292 15 RUBBER TIN RETURNS. Kawng Pet Tin, hour.- iam »i»30: yardape 40,000; output 424 pikuls. Kramat Pulai. from th< mine, 220; from tribotors, 33<>; total 566 pikuls. A cents; StandLy F. Wairl Mid Co. Talani Mint's, 540 pikuls. Agents: East Asiatic Co. Mount Austin (Johore) 130,919. Secretaries: Adamaon, (lilfillan and Co.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    72 15 ERASER'S REPORT. Singapore, Feb. 9. Rubber U. 5Hd. Tin £186. 200 tons at 198.87K. Rubbers.— lnactive, Tins.— Souths |1.17tt $IJO, Tfciptagi C'T 1 *l, KawaoL si ..J 1 11.17*, Nawng l'cts $I.4r> $l..;0, Noiihs $1.15 $1.20, Mambaus so 86, U!u Piahs $1.70 $1.75 ex i'iv.. Peta'ing-s 70
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    139 15 Sinßapore, Teb. 9. Tin.— £lBo. $93%, 200 tons sold. Rubbers.— Dull. Allenbfl $1.15 $120, BasKtti $1.25 $I^o, Brofmi 57 H I fi: iuiti-;.^ 7(1 75, Jeram Kuantan> 87% I2H, Jimaha $1.00 $1.07%, Malaka Pindaa M.05 $1.75, Tapatw $12 $12.50, McnUkabs 2"> :;o, Utan Simpana $L92H $2JtH.
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    MACPHAIL'S REPORT.
    112 15 Singapore, Veb. 9. Kuhber. London Is. S%dL Local 61. Tin. London i'lS»s. Lochl $98%, (200 tens sold). Snare Market. Quiet. Rubbers.— Very little enquiry. Tins.— Taipinpr* 97% $1.02^.. North? SI. IT 1 $1.22%, Souths |1.15 $1.20, Johans 50 55, Linpuis $4..",0 $4.50, Mambau« 99 85, Fettling* 72% 77
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    GUTHRIE'S REPORT.
    114 15 Singapore, Feb. J*. The commodity market ha- been quiet iy steady, with a moderate demand for ready dcirvety, and values have been fairly well n..,intained. The usual weekly auctions opened to a dull market and, apart from some eovermg by Chinese "shorts," buyer.- were not keenly Interested. Good
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    41 15 C OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION. Singapore, h\>b. Pth, 12 bom Sii .'inori- Standard Pale Cr*p Singapor SUndard Ribbed Smoked I Spot tU 81%; March 62 62%; Ai.ri 1 fl 66; JuJy-Sept. fin-, 66. London 1 1 iao«t Is. 6%d. Market Quiet
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      452 15 p^P"i»— H^^^^ >^ ii^^^ aH^^ Baaaia> K-"*Hi^B^Bßi^^HHnnnnnnnnnnnnnnßnnHinHnlnngnnn^BnßlßlSna Assets over $5j000.000. Assurances in force over $17,000,000 I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) U H^ AD OFF u lCE nir S^ n s hest ?5 H o^. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company
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      535 15 CHARTERED BANK. of India, Australia and China. liccrporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capita! in 600.000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,700,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors 3,ooo,ooo HEAD OFFICE. 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong I'enang Amritsar Ilcilc Puket Bangkok Ipob Rarjroon Batavia
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      888 15 YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880. Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (folly paid op) Reserve Fund Y. 65,000,000 President: K. Kodama Eaq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq DIRECTORS: N. Soma, Esq. N\ Kajiwara, Esq. T, Yamakava, Esq. S. K Suzuki, Esq. M. Odagiri, Esq. ISarcn K. M*x<a«Mk Baron K. Jwasaki. H. Mori,
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      117 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720.) FIBE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives—Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. WEARE Co., Ltd 0 Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. THE LONDON LANCASHIRE INSURANCE
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    579 16 IKmTnCTa DISCHARGE GRANTED Among the matters which came before Mr. Justice Si-nmle n the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yvsUvday, was the application by the hon b!e Mr. C. Everitt, on behalf of Seah Eng Choe, described as an architect and mgteeejr, formerly with the fttm "f Seah and Le
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    PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
    279 16 Surin:. change completely to-nk<ht. The •-tar feature is "The Verv Idta" from the Ambassadors' Theatre London. To those who like American fa ire with a Palais Royal flavour, this should prove an attrac- i live inlertainment. Taylor Holmes grfta a vrr perfomiMM as the IrraspoaaMa younq: hushand, and
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    91 16 (By Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Eh'mbuni) Tokio, Feb. 8. The death of Princess Tada-ko Arisugawa nnci need. Mr, Kisaburo Ohkura, a son of Baron Grkura, a multi millionaire is announced to be dead. The motion to condemn the Cabinet to want of confidence, will be subn.itted by
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    CLAIM AGAINST NEWSPAPER FIRM.
    516 16 The bearing of the action by Mr. H. A. .J. Woodfall claiming $548, eooamiooiQa and expenses from his former employers, the Straits Post Publishing I'oinpanjJ, came before the hon'ble Mr. Justice Sproule in the Supreme Court yvstenlay morning. Mr. Deniuth aanoand for the plaintiff and Mr.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    106 16 OTiccr* and N.C.Os' Course. Tactical E\«-rc;se.— Saturday, 10th February: Rendezvous at junction of Pas r ng and Alexandra Roads at p.m. Members mpiriag transport must notify Headquarters by 1140 am. on Saturday, 10th. Transport for members notifying will leave Headquarters at 2.15 p m. Tj'.ctica! Biarclse. Sunday,
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    108 16 The Earl of Cavan, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, was telling: some little boys who are training to be Army musicians how important was u'iscinline. In the Army, he said, 'twas not to reason why. The Chief of the Imperial General Staff, is well as the youngest ch-umm?r boy,
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      ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
      129 16 The race on Sunday is for the Joan Cup. The COUCBC is from the Club line, starting I .n a southerly direction, round Peak Island, rcund the Sisters and through Keppel Harbour back to Club, crossing finishing line in a northerly direction. Yachts may, if they
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      CRICKET.
      62 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. 80th Coy. R. G. A. at cricket to-day (Batcrday) at Biakan M-ati Commencing ■it 2.30 p.m.:— H. G. Stack (Capt.), S. Svtemmaniam, C. Smith, T. A. Cordeiro, P. E. Thon pson, I. Yunos, S. D. Krieken!>eck, D. J. Ponnuthurai, C. M. Elliott,
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      KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
      30 16 Tiu- usual monthly medal (Stroke) for i hrtMii'y ♦>« pl*y*d for durin 0 thi* 1 v\^?k-end, 10th and 11th inst., and the Ladies Spoon on the following Monday.
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      Y. M. C. A. NEWS.
      138 16 olley Hall. All maUhcs in the c ix-a-Ifckfc Volkfr Ball Competition have been postponed until after the Chinese New Year. A list of the new dates will be found on UK- notice board of the Association. There w l! be practice Volley Ball match to-day
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      SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
      21 16 Tin! date Dor cotn^letiofi *»f first and »nd pseincM of the Langhan-Carter ('up Competition is Febraary 25th.
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      S. C. C. CRICKET.
      353 16 S. C. C CRICKET. Fixture* for the (.'"ming Season. The Singapore Cricket. Cub's cricket tix'uies for the coining- season have been ar- ranged as follows: S. C. Tournament. Feb. 24. Merchants v. Brokers. Ban- n and Insurant v'. March 3. Public Service* and Law v. Etceteras. March 17. Bervkei v.
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    BOXING.
    421 16 GOOD DISPLAY AT STADIUM. At the Stadium last night, Claude Rozairo, feather-weight champion of Malaya, defended his title against Johnny Perreau. He had perhaps his hardest fight since he entered the professional ranks, but after six hard rounds he was declared the winner on points, and thus retains the
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    THIRTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
    236 16 From Free Press of February 6th. The Editor discusses the valu< o( iiu*hoit railway lines in the IVninsula in the lijfht of ultimate railway connection with Knylaiul. The Duke of Sutherland was in Sinrupoie :n his yacht Sanspcur, t:> rouU- to Siam in connection with the development
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    194 16 Olden for week ending Feb. 11th, 1023. Saturday, 10th. Compulsory Combined Pair.de, Headquarters, 4.30 p.m. Individual Trcop Orders as issued by Scoutmasters. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner. Li Col. Thompson of the Middlesex Repiment prosecuted his Hylam servant before the second court fmimw it^j Bwrnilif on a charge
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      438 16 ml M auiiiuni; ii > THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE 0F MOUTRIE PIANOS. ARE THEIR RELIABILITY* AND VALUE THIS 18 EMPHASISED BY THEIR E VER-INCRE AST KG Pi MOUTIUE PIANOS BEING FOUND EVERY INgftlCTlOf ASK FOR NEW ILLUSTRATED CATALOG S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) GROSSMITH'S "Golden Stiir Elau de Cologne
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