The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 July 1923

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, SA. FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1923. No. 10,934
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    241 1 Once more the French have tigutened the cordon round the Ruhr and further severe restrictions have been imposed —Page 7. Martial law at Duisburg has been extended to include four other towns and hostages in connection with the recent outrage have been plunged into prison Page 7.
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    RESIGNATIONS.
    1182 1 Prime Ministers resign in fiction as well as in fact, and the events of tlvj past week se»t me searching for examples of how incidents of this nature are recorded bypolitical novelists. To my surprise, 1 found that very few of them are recorded !n Disraeli's novels. Even the
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      234 1 r RAFFLES HOTEL. SINGAPORE. WEEKLY PROGRAMME Telephone 2920. (10 Line,). mont>ay-^ZT»^ T^ Fin.,, B.l.roo» ta th. lUn. TS^lJ^hS' (.rill Room adjoining Dining Room THUESDAY^SS Nightopen 8 ajn. to 12 p.m. 01 1 -i SATURDAY.— Guest Night. FRIDAY D i n "ei and Dane*. Tea Dansant M f% S3?ffi. SEA VIEW
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      133 1 AMIWUD WALL BOARD AMIWUD *PQES NOT WARP CRACK OB DISCOLOUR. AMIWUD IS LIGHT DURABLE EASILY HANDLED. ASK FOR SAMPLES AND SUGGESTIONS. SOLI AGENTS FOR &S. and F. M. S. Gordon Company, Ltd. 6, Battery Road, SINGAPORE. Telegrams: Telephone: VAPOROSITY, SINGAPORE. No 2 024. v> Europe Hotel SINGAPORE. The After Dinner
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      160 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Raffles Hotel Page 1. Fox terrier last Page .">. Goodyear t> re paint Page 3. N. Ltzarus. optician Page •">. Ra fieem's open to-day Page 12. Roneo loose leaf hooks Page Raisley laurfng pewder Page 4. Notice re C):i;r chooi Ton Page 2. S: natogen, the tonic food—
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      128 1 THE WEEK. ■Vide* w*. Ulgh Water, 4.24 a.m. 2.32 p.m. P. av^Q. outward mail due. Tenn* Championships. League I: St. J O B vs. S R C, S C C. Saturday, Ith. High Water, 5.9 a.m. 4.31 p.m. Cricket: S. C. C. vs. L. U., S. C. C. Cricket: Services
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    LEWIS AND PEAT"S REPORT.
    240 2 Siagapor .;u!> J. The i ist week iias MM a very dull i nd xlle market but very little chaj u>- prlees; ii the time of wntinj. T t latot newi .s better, slight rise in prices :h a ftrm ut quiet Market, j-Uo Indicate an
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    JUDGE'S STORY OF FRANK LITIGANT.
    152 2 How the Court is boand by what a litigant says in evidence, and not by what i his counsel says for him afterwards, was I illustrated by the following story told by Mr. Justice Bailhache in thi King's Bench: "I was once counsel in a
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    37 2 i wish there was just one word of appi«(iation in France and Belgium of the fact that seven or eight millions of men went to tKe war from the Britiah Empire.— Rt. Hon. •P. Lloyd Goor^e, M.P.
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      488 2 lU ...A UK FOK SALH. LAHfrK <.«>MOWNB, newly erected ft fr« ri .O.uOO In ".^,OOO jiq. ft. >.cin4r river. LAKGfI STORES from 6,000 to 24,000 §q. ft. near wli.-irf and shipr Aso three ■totted btt idmjr» fat office :.i»d godowrn Ontraliy IJt—ttii \'l immediate entry, going cheap App'y or write
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      582 2 Another Startling Offer of Three Sup.r Special Productions 730 MR. NOBODY Episodes 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14. THE BEGGAR PRINCE WITH SESSUt HAYAKAWA (5 Parts) 845 THEifOODLUM VVITH MARY PICKFORD (6 Parts) With a Latest Pathe British Gazette. Telephone Nos. 1477 and 1390. SURIN A SKA SON EXTENDED TO
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      304 2 Alhambra In Our Next Change, Thursd ."»th July to Tuesday, lou fci the Sc: ond Show at 9 p.m. Sharp. FOX AND THE CROW 1 Keel Pathe F:lm. TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen N<ws. KAMOUS AND POPULAR STAR IN THB MOST AMBITIOUS PRODUCHm OF SPECTACULAR STAGE CRAFT. A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION.
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    BOOK REVIEWS.
    1555 3 Beanstalk, by Mrs. Henry Dudeney (Col 1 Sons and .->., Loni on). Wh M< rtha Pailisef man.es l.oberi Shcosmith, a Sussex farmer, and settles down to Lfe in the country, anyone who n< :ow her early history would be inlojned to lose interest ami to leave her alone
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    THE RETROCESSION OF WEIHAIWEI.
    218 3 I I .1 >p,inese (\mimnil. iu an article dealing with the rstroc— > t 11 of Weihaiwei the Japanese paper Jiji nments: Eight long months have alra«iy elapsed since the Anglo-Chinese negotiations were tiist commenced on th's n.;.tler, and yet nothing has been disclosed a; to
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    22 3 OeniociWes more than any other form :>f Government depend for success upon ti>e r.oral qualities of their individual citizen* -Tfcc hrp Darham,
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      219 3 J i .^rJ^^^M^^^C -^*h^f^^ftm^M^Bßißßßßß! I "'^Bh^^- >e!« rJ^flyfTflßßi 5 r i ~jiC" i^S^tt ?-yj?^ B iB^SBSSSujE^ 2 h£^^ >^^y^^^BßWß^B^^^^ff^^ I EffWwWWF' >l •3 7 I ImprffVe the Appearance cf your Tyres by using Goodyear Tyre Paint Goodyear Tyre Paint gives a beautiful finish and appearance to your spare tyres (Fig.
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      111 3 I Stop that huslvy cough! The Mn viii» a Imslcy cough it a nu:s.ifire lo limHfK and In? nei(ihbours. In nine cun out of ten i' can he cured hy fctv Eoans Pastille*. Th^se kill lh« gei rm tlirtf lurk in tha husky throat, an' i;tie tlif beet remedy known
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      192 3 Tbotfi^l WQ* 111 SAVE time by saying M J Pro-phy-lac-tic when H\ 1 you buy a tooth brush. m Just specify hard, soft, \g M or medium, and you will i S get just the right brush. 11//I 1 It will be handed to you en- I dosed in a
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    THE OLD ACHEEN WAR.
    861 4 EXCITING NAVAL ACTION. Mr. .J. C. Pasqaal'fl Memories of Malaya, now appearing ha the Pinang Gazette, contain the following interesting account, from one Matt, a native skipper, of the slate of affairs in N. E. Sumatra in and about 1884.— 'I wcj an ordinary sailor on
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    81 4 The new poster in the Tube trains entitled "Trooping the Colour," and showing a squad of Guardsmen on parade like the wooden scldiers of the Chauve-Souris. contains a curious error on the part of the artist. The Guardsmen are standing at the order, but they are holding their rifles in
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    591 4 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE ANB SHARE BROKERS. THURSDAY, JULY :>th. MINING. [Figures in brackets show the issue vuiu* of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked. C. Cum div. x equals ex div.] Batang Padang Tin 40 45 Hitam Tin ($1) 1.30 1.35 Jelantoh 10 20 nom. Johan
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    U.S. AND DRUG TRAFFIC.
    178 4 U. S. AND DRUG TRAFFIC. Geneva, America again took up the offensive this mrirning at the meeting of the Opium Commission in connoct on with the League of Nations. Speaking on the report of the Commission, the Chief of the State Department nt Washington, Mr. Edwin Neville, vehemently attacked tho
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      348 4 iITIK il<Ufl I fie xT I\\ jfmn i« si\ifi \ny*Ji Till w C til 111 *Jlt^*ls*lJlm vV-SL-J Ree|> your nerves and hculy at t lie l\l M highest pitch u\ efficiency by taking AjJveV Sanato^en. No matter if vour bad F7%J\\t health has existed for years, it is sure r
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      333 4 ST PAULI GIRL BRAND LAGER BFFR F \^^P^^^- N "*>^ V f n The Original "Girl Brand' u G OF :>0 YEARS REPUTATION. African Eastern Trade Corporation Ltd, in England). Sanitary Appliances fc^Bß^^Bfifc^^^^ fir**r^K^A^J^^^SZJSlßß3y7^3C^;r* i fc^Bßj^Hkiby3Bj^B»%~^^^^^r^^^CS^^TCj^T^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Mßy^^B^y» SMh^B^S^^B^Bk m&**~ -*^^T^^7^tTjr!"T!s"JJ"*^|w^B^Biß^B l r v jj**^?^-^ >^^<c-i^ y-'r i, ''■isr^^BDDQuTiTTSj! i r tMf
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    SCOHISH LETTER.
    1257 5 I H K(iBR M AN FLEET AT SC A I' A FLOW. i (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, June 26. < vii g operations will be commenced in Lu% ih'..j iuture, on several of the ex-j< German destzoyers wh.ch formed part of'i i he fleet sunk at Scapa
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    E. S. A. M.
    319 5 War Service and l.vaw. The issue of Truth for May 30 contains he following; One of the penalties t Mitt are incurred y men who li^ht for their country if evenled in some correspondence betwctl he Ex-Service Association of Malaya and ho Secretary for the Colonies.
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    FREE PORTS.
    217 5 Says th« Malay Mail.— The truth ia that, in the Colony, there baa been all too much vapouring about 4 \ra ports." For <»m ounce Of sincerity in n there has been a pound of tongue-in-the-cheek commercial manoesming. All the invocation of the Shade of Raffles ha? been
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    8 5 The real pfoce for advertising is in fchf
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      635 5 TO^ LET. I IX> LET.— Offloea in Raffles Quay facing the •ea. Magnificent riew f t» Harbour and ihipping. Three floors, total area about 6.000 vjaar* feet. Rent (at leos than half the usual) I*oo p«? awsos^m. Immediate Entry. Apply POWELL CO LTD. 16 and 17 Raffles Place. u.c. TO
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      628 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION OF Pawnbrokers' Unredeemed Pledges and Jewt]!ery of every description. At our saleroom. No. 30 Chulia Street ON SATURDAY 7th JULY AT 10 A.M. The pledges comprise watches, chains, diamond and other ring*, broo :h >s earrings, Chinee and Malay gold und siiT« r ornaments, etc. On view
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      487 5 NOTICES. Dolls r I Jirectorv iy^3-4 Issue $5,000 FRfcE RAILWAY ACCIDKNT INSURANCE Undertaken by THE OCEAN ACCIDENT Am! Guarantee Corporation Limited. (Incorporated in Great Britain.) PRIC*; PER COPY $2, Post Free. To be published shortly. Dollar Directory Company. Dunlop House, KOBINSON ROAD. LIGHT MASSEUSE :r>, BENCOOLEN BTREBT. JOHORE HOTEI^— JOHORE
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      406 5 THE changing activities of the scho<:l rooMi demand dur.abilily, precision and perfect u<.'.justment cf spectacles. They should also b. comfortable that they can be M u*n without consciousness. R'm Glmmb offer an Ideal vice for the ■dsOcll room. These frames hold the lenses prescribed in the scientifically correct ]>os lion,
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      BIRTH.
      16 6 VTIBHART. On July sth.. at "Twyford." to Mr. and Mis. L, J. Wishart, a iiaughti;r.
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
      39 6 Mrs. Foo Tens Quee und family beg to thank their friend* and relatives who kindly attended the funeral of tho late Misa Teng Quec and also those who sent wreaths, letters of condolence &.c. in their recent bereavement.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923. Games and Physical Development.
    944 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1923. Games and Physical Development. The great crowds that gather on the Esplanade and the Reclamation ground when football is on, especially during the time of the League and Cup Tie matches, show an increasing interest among the inhabitants of the place in games.
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    992 6 His Excellency the Governor is paying- a visit to Johore on Saturday, the 7th July. His Highness the Sultan is giving an At Home in his honour at the Istana Berar from 5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. to which all residents of Johore are invited. Mr. B. C DOrville has
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      RUBBER COUPON CASE.
      68 6 I'erak Broker Heavily Kintd (From Our Own Correspond. A hue of $75,000, cr one y\ ,:ent, was imposed on an educti plaiitec Bad bfoktr »>f Upp r r Police Cou.t to (1 ly, for t ptkul rubln-r coupons to the < M J W. Pykat, of Ipoh,
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      PENANG NEWS.
      75 6 (From Our Own Cor: P*M*f, July 5 H. E. Major General Sir N tock part in the Royal Prfa Lof'^re ordinal y Meeting ii sreech on masonic duties. There were five pa.<-u.;r< i j n p^ ijrtr H rbour to-day. At the Nibong Tt-bal Court Ch» WOt fine.l
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      SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE.
      225 6 A French Op ni«>n Writing in the "X. and M. p,, 0 > M. I. B. Gautieau remarks that the? trntion devoted to the new British cjn b--.se at Singapore has extpointa d'appui (Bizerta, D^kar, S-.urez, Noumea. Baie d*A!o. FniMt). Great Britain, it U world Power in
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    DANGER OF TRIAD SOCIETIES.
    143 6 s Mr. Inphani. of the Chirv-e Protect::--produced a Chinese before Mr GotrilTl the Third Police Court yesterday mor.a on charcre of being- i. pottOMfai d litentOfc nlatinp to triad Mdttiil T'r man was arrested as a r.'-ult nf Eftd conducted bv Mr. foffhinn tl ibout o'clock
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    TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN CALCUTTA.
    109 6 Collapse of Orphanage Ruildinc Cfekotti Jn* Thirty-seven wore killci tad I'" 1 W* by the collapse of tkt Ifa !jrl l> phann-'o, CaVutta. yostenl.'v. An adci. t onal storry wi< I> --w. to the building, and it ia bli the heavy rains which soakoi the wcro
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    STUMPED.
    77 6 In a locftit County Court lllilTvi< a solicitor Mlfitd for an ailjournm. [client had not turned up. "Wl '*P r s on was that?" asked the J it is a slans: phrase," explained thi <l I should have said that my d«< ha(l n put in an appearance, and
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      118 6 fl PIMMS i^A DE LUXE |2--r^l FRACBANT j\ A I I, M P |gQM9|cj COOL X^Vf» M. W* REFRESHING Famous (Isk f o^ The World Over Sole Agents. GALDBECK MACGREGOR Co., Ltd. Inc or j- orated in Shanghai) |j OFFICE: 45, Pobinson Road Telephone 228. Loose-Leaf Books RONEO Limited, 1
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      68 6 PHEASANTS PARTRIDGES BLACK DUCK GROUSE. SINGAPORE Cold Storage CO., LID. (Inc. in S.S.) ORCHARD ROAD. JORN DUKE OPTICIAN Fellow of the British Optical Atkwciatlon, Fre«man of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers. Freeman of the Cit> of Londoa Late of Old Broad St. London. Lat« Senior Optician British Army. Aldershot,
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    TIGHTENING THE CORDON.
    195 7 RUHR ISOLATED. NOT A BIRD PASSES. [Reuter's Service.] Cologne, July 5. ,-ordon round the Ruhr and the oc- territories is now as close as Stationary patrols are within I tack other, while flying patrols gad in preventing evasion through 1 by-paths. The severe restrictions \-!a-Chapelle include the
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    THE CONDITION OF CHINA.
    435 7 London, July 5. Fcan regarding the situation in China wore roiecd in a numbvr of questions in of Commons to-day. Mr. Ronald McNeil! to!<i Sir Edward Stockton that the tit tail not received any repre- from missionary bodies in China rning the serious effect of the
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    PAYING OUR DEBTS.
    99 7 BRITAIN'S EFFORT. ALMOST A CREDITOR NATION. [Reuter's Service.] London, July 5. In the House of Commons, speaking on the third read.ng of the Budget, Sir W. Joynson Hicks stated that £449,000,000 had been paid off the debt since 1920. We were now rid of all foreign debts,
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    HOLLAND'S TAXATION.
    405 7 The Hague, July 5. A report was read in the Second Chamber of the States General on the bill for the continuation of the duty on agricultural products from the Indies during 1923, and the introduction of the duty on petrol. Many deputies objected to both measures and
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    FINANCES OF OLDER UNIVERSITIES.
    90 7 London, June 22. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Universities Bill. Mr. E. F. L. Wood pointed out that the interim nrrant of £30,000 yearly made to each University was intended as a further measure of assistance sufficient to meet the
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    PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
    114 7 The Gaiety js presenting big pictures this week. In the first show five new episodes of the lone: serial Mr. Nobody will be continued, followed at 8.45 p.m. by a startling r.nd most sensational feature nlay iin f> parts. Sessue Hayakawa, the famous I Japanese actor, is 1
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    32 7 Mr. H. A. Smallwood, lrvte Treasurer, F. M. S., who was seconded for duty as Financial Adviser to the Palestine Adi ministration, is retiring in February next. on reaching" the age limit.
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    1481 7 THE WAKAFF DEED APPEAL. Judgment in the appeal arising out of lit gation before Mr. Justice BarrettLennard in regard to a wakaff deed executed in ISI7 by Shaik Abdul Haye, who owned considerable property in India and S ngrayorc, was delivered in the Singapore Cou:t of Appeal
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    PICKPOCKETS AT THE SHOW.
    182 7 Mr. Frankel's Wallet Taken. Inspector Neave charged two Sumatra Malays before Mr. Pryde, in the Kuala Lumpur police court on Monday, with picking the pocket of Mr. Julian Frankel at the Agricultural Show. In the course of his evidence, Inspector Neave said that Mr. Frankel kept
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    ALLIANCE BANK CASE.
    173 7 Bombay, June 12. This morning, before Mr. Justic? Kajiji n the Bombay High Court, a ense came up for hearing, in which Mr. Merwanji K. Alpaiwialla. u,h; rehoMer of the Imperial Bank, pralyed for an interim injunction against the Imperial Bank paying the creditors, of the Alliance
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      272 7 ROBINSON Co., Ltd. Sole Agents for 'Sturaiey- Archer" jfEtJf a^a^B^aYn^^f Mr^mmm «T^a w^^^mmwimw 3-SPEED GEAR 3-SPEED TRICOASTER It* GcaflL which are always in This latcst improvement in trico mesh, are dust proof and the entire iY:echanism runs in oil with that asters, the "K C," embodies several "silkiirss" only to
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      463 8 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Service to I IMP OW, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVEKFOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo 00 through Bill of Lading for all Overbad Points HOMEWARDS. lw Singapore. MACHAON London, Rotterdam, Hi-mbin^ and Bremen July
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      559 8 M ELLEhS2AN w LINE OLLBRMAN ELCKNAM STEAMSHIP C**, LMI (Incorpcfxic-d in Xi-jfoad) PASSBN^^B SERVICr <* l «»«*r OUTWAkD. 0«e SitCtrsre. fs.s. CITY OF KARACHI China— Japan Oct. 5 *s.s. CITY OF PARIS China— Japan Not. 16 •s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY Clina— Japan Dec. 27 HOMEWARD. tt.t. CITY OF MANCHESTER Marseilles—
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      552 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA and APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR ORIENTAI77SEAM NAVIGATION IX» LONDON FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with Hia Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS from LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. *or Marseilles. London and \«w«^ Due '^^"Wfc Tonnage. Singapore Tonnage. SinJTix^ KASHMIR 9,000
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      502 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co- Ltd. AND EHerman ft Bucknall Steam Ship Co- Ltd. (AMERICAN A MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated i», England.) NT SWtVICI TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK ria SUEZ Ok V aN4j* a FROM NEW YORK. Steamers. Due S'ym Route p«r jCiTY
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      478 9 ADMIRAL LINE (Incorporated in U.SJM FAST PASSENGER SERVICE 1» DAYS— HONGKONG TO AMERICA leaner. Sails Hongkong. Arrifes Seattle. PRESIDENT MADISON Juiy 21 Aug. 9 PRESIDENT MCKINLEY Aug. 2 Aug. 21 PRESIDENT JACKSON Aug. 14 Sep. 2 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON Aug 26 Sept. 14 PRESENT GRANT Sept. 7 Sept. 26 And cv-ry
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      319 9 N. Y. K. LONDON LINE. Katori Maru July 17 Atsuta Maru July 24 Khshima Maru Aug. 8 LIVERPOOL LINB. Tottori Maru July 15 Tokushima Maru July 29 HAMBURG LINI. Tsuruga Maru July 28 Mito Maru Aug. 29 NKW YORK LINE ria BUBZ. SOUTH AMERICAN LINK. Kamakura Maru Aug. 5 BOMBAY
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      629 9 ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via Panama and Loading for BOSTON. NEW YORK, AND ill BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DISECT. ANNISTON CITY due Singapore In port FAIRFIELD CITY .!ue Singapore July st STEEL TRAVELER due Stltftftpif* Aug. tt STEEL NAVIGATOR due Singapore Sept 28 Taking cargo on through Hills of Ladir.g
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    ORIENT LINES NEW SHIPS.
    172 10 The Orient Line announces lhat its twe now 20,000-ton oil-burning liners, now under construction by Messrs. John Brown at Clydebank and Mmfl. Vickers at Bar row respectively, will be designed to carry about 600 pmMfm in the first-class -«J 1.200 passengers in the third-class. The vessels
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    LOST IN THE AIR SPACE.
    458 10 Ho* Pilots are Guided by Croyd >n Wirelee*. The w.r-iess achievement in guiding a fogbound air express to the London "a r I station would have been impoaaiblc N few year* ngo, but it is now a matter of mathemat cai certainty. The aeroplane became
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    89 10 The amount of money expended by American tourists reaches an astonishing figure, and contributes no mean sum to Euiope'a depleted revenue. Last year ap- pioximately 200,000 citizens of the United States crossed the Atlantic, and this year's fibres are expected to be considerably greater. Calculating that on the average each
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    33 10 There is every possibility of broadcasting *nd receiving licences being issued in Hongrkonsr before long, the Government having: just appointed a committee to enquire into the whole subject, and to submit a report.
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      206 10 UNDERWOOD Improved PORTABLE Model s^s3t^^^~^r AtSr i I THE MACHINE YOU WI LL EVENTUALLY BUY. Sole Agents PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). SINGAPORE, PENANG. KUALA LUMPUR. Stockists R OBINSON Co. Ltd., stockists RONEQ Co Ltd m— m mm mmm'mmm^mmimm^m^^m'mj^m m^ mm^m mmm—t~ y I I r~i*». i m
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      373 10 Genasco Roofing 2 PLY AND t PLY O COMPLETE WITH PATENT KANTHJEAK KLEATS AND NAILS FOR FIXING tue resu/t of -j t/)e over 40 Vc-trs 3 1>^ *^S run > che. per experierrr,. a awv manufacture K^SJj "7°' a#ll/ www Wt^^ w hk ti^ «£'V4S<;«l R^ T i»sßg satisfies from
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      109 10 SHIPPING NOTES. The Chinese steamer Yuan Heng from Rangoon yesterday, brought a cargo of rice. The M. M. Outward Mail steamer Chamlord is due here from Penang on Monday, July 9th at daylight. She will leave the same day at 2 p.m. for Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. The Dutch
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      634 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Hoihow, Swatow, Amoy and Hongkong Kiungichaw 8 a.m belat Pandjang, Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api Api Koemai 9am Pulau Soegi Benuit (J Kerimon Soon Lee J a .m rwh Hong Soon 9 a.m Ti r L Hon Cheang 9 a .m xVliri Labuan, Jesselton, Kudat and Sandakan
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 11 July 5. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 6-32 Bank demand 2j4 1-16 Private credits 3 m.3. 2] 4 7-1$ New York, demand 53 Credits 90 days 55 Vi France, demand 820 India T. T. 173^ Hongkong, demand 2 p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 108*4 Java, demand 139 14 Bangkok, demand 79%
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    PRODUCE.
    137 11 July I. Tin 150 Tons $88.50 Gambier 12.25 Pepper White 22.00 Pepper Black 13.60 Tapioca, small flalw f.jj. 10.50 Pearl Sago small 8.60 Copra 10.20 Copra Sun dried 10.76 Opium, Benanea tine 4.000 Rice, P.Mijcoon white 230.00 Riee, Sirm No. I for expoit 2H6.00 Rice, Siam No. 2 for
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    35 11 Singapore, July 5. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 46'<» 47; Au^-Sept 49 4»Hf Oct-Dec 52V2 r >3; Jan-March 54 55. London Quotation Sheet Is l%d. Market Steady.
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    JUNE RUBBER EXPORTS.
    123 11 June 1923 June '22 6 mos. '23 6 mos. '22 U. K. 88,284 55,743 422,207 356,217 a. S. A. 252,914 323,703 2,096,520 1,894,292 Eui. 31,925 39,030 181.182 183,697 B Poss. 8.773 3,941 36,414 47,920 Japan 34,828 16,309 155,460 138,536 Others 400 693 1,635 2,495 Total 417,124 439,419
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    MACPHAIL'S REPORT.
    140 11 Singapore, July f>. Kubticr. London Is. l%d. Local 47. Tin. London i'l77 r>s. Local 82^ (150 tons sold). Share Market.— Quiet Rubbers. Tambalaks 72 Va 77 J /2, New Craigieleaa 55 60, Bukil Katils 72 V 2 Tt\k, Temerlohs G5 70, bassetts LOtH 1.07 Vfc. Tins. Ulu Pbiha
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    94 11 Singapore, July 5. Tin.— £177 ss. down 40s. 88% 150 tons. Rubber.— ls. l%d. up lid. Share Market. With the exception of Loans flat. Rubbers. United Malaccas 1.32% 1.37%, Ulu Benuts 25 30, Kuala Sidims 2.15 2.25, Bassetts 1 1.05, Indragiris 4.80 4.90, Mentakabs 22% 25,
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    405 11 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Ju.'y I. With the price of tin continuing to fall away steadily and tubber remaining on the dull side, there is very little business to report in either section of the share market. Quotations in t.n shares are all on the weak side
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    BARLOW'S REPORT
    219 11 Singapore, July 5. Rubber.— During the past week tht market has remained very quiet, with littlor no change in market values for Spot Sheet. The tone of the local auction held on Wednesday, was dull. No .sales of Awarded Sheet were made under the hammer, but business was
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    73 11 There is no instance that I know of where a beer duty has been reduced.— Mr. Baldwin. The Nederkndsch Indische Handelsbank (The Netherlands India Commercial Bank) has declared a dividend ot 6 per eoil for the year ending 31st December 192^. In America the opinion is held with astonishing vigour
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    28 11 Engineers 11.50 11.75, Wearnes 8.40 8.80. Loans. Strong, little paper offering. Conversion 104 105, War Loan 103 104 ex irt., Victory 104.50 105.50. 7 per cent 106.5* 107.50.
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      1601 11 A*«^« over $5,000,000. a THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAM n LliS:'" (Incorporated in Strait* Settlements) -iK.UT.VE PLANS OF MWnMT. Co m pa*. Ac, AGENIS WANTED Secretary Managing Director Actuary G. C. KNOX. HORACE W. RAPER C. C. NICHOLL, F.1.A., P.P.A. of India, Australia and China. Incorporated in England by
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      48 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated im England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720.) FIRE MOTOR CAR MA KIN ft Fidelity Cnsrantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Rftpmmtativeft— Mean*. BARLOW Co. Messrs. WEARE Co., Ll4 Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co, LXX lir^nch Office— 64, The Arcade, CoDyer Quay. A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    OUR IRISH LETTER.
    1355 12 r,A NEW LAND WAR. (From Our Own Correspondent). Belfast, June 12. For the thirty-third t.me in the past two years a Soviet has been declared in the South, and the latest one the Waterford stunt is proving more successful than its predecessors. I.i short,* the laboureiv of
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    THE DEMPSEY-GIBBONS FIGHT.
    170 12 iKiuttr's Service.] Shelby, Montana, JuU .">. In a lil'teen rounds rontest for thw rld's heavy-v.ei^ht championship, Dempsey beat Tom Gibbons on points. Tiiy weather \va»s »ery h>t and the ipectaton annibc rod six thousand Con- v to fMtnl expectation, Gibbons made food light against th_- title-hoMrr. He
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    156 12 Result of PeiUUlg Veterans Challenge Sh< Id Competition, which was competed roi by Volunteers of the Straits Settle^ t M-ris. Thirty-one teams took part|and the; ilowinK WWi the highest thiiteerl soore^: Tt-bonp Section, Xo. 2 Platoon Company, M.V.C. 118 Ist. No. 5 Platoon "B" To. (A. Team) P.
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB.
    27 12 MilW fcclectic Card Competition. Mrs. Whitmark 11 12 32 Mrs. Ward 10 G 34 Mn. Joms 1G |Q 36 Mrs. Nelson 50 12 38
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    23 12 The qualifying round for the St. James' Cup competition will be played during this fctek-end, on July 7th and Bth.
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    Y.M.C.A. TENNIS.
    19 12 Itcmbcn are leminded that entries for Ik* "A" Class Sinßles and Doubles HaTiditAf will c-los* on Saturday.
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      MALAYAN LAWN TENNIS.
      407 12 No Doubles Championsh'p. It ii announced by the Singapore Lawn Fernil Association that there will be no lout-lea championship here to qualify for t.e open doubles in the annual lawn ti.nis champ onships of Malaya, which !te to be held in Pen.'tng in August. Vhe doubles event
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      TENNIS AT WIMBLEDON.
      334 12 f Router's Service.] London, .luh t. •At Wimbledon, in glorious, though hot Wither, and in the present of an cnonnous crowd, im ludin^ th t Doke and Duchess of Y«»ik. the stnii-iinals were played Hunter heat Gordon Lowe, 3, 7 5, 6 4. Lowe was very slow
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      FOOTBALL.
      56 12 Although the state of the ground after the rain did not make good football possible, there was plenty of amusement in the S C.C. practice match played yesterday afternoon, when Whites defeated Colours by two goals to one. Harvey scored both the points for Whites while Le Sueur put
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    LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER AND PRODUCE.
    874 12 LONDON ASIATIC RUBBER AND PRODUCE. STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. At the meeting- of this Company in Londo'i, Mr. H. J. Welch presiding, The Chavnnan saicfi: Gentlemen, Our iflGNd taptal remains the same as last year. The reserve account has been increased by the transfer of £1,052, which was standing* to the
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