The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 July 1923

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, SJS.. FRIDAY. JULY 27, 1923. No. 10,952
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  • 197 1 In spite of, or perhaps because of, tht German Government's efforts, there is a mark scare m Beri n, with a desperate demand for suit oases m which to carrr away a few poufads worth of marks Page 7. There is a shortage of thousand mark notes.
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  • 1443 1  -  A group of women were discussing, withthe charming gravity which they alwaya bring to bear on matters of personal adornment, the fashions of the immediate future. One of them had just returned from ashopping expedition m Paris, and the others listened to her reports much
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 226 1 RAFFLES HOTH,. WKE LY amm mm v MONDAY —Tea Danaau Telephone 2920. (10 Lines). TUESDAY— Dinner Dance. WEDNESDAY —Orchestral T c Flneat BaDrooo, m th. Eaat. THURSDAY.-gS NightGffHl Room open till 12 p.m. ""RIDAY.— Te^DanaL' 0 06 SATURDAY.— SpeciaI GueH Night. FRIDAY. Dinner and Dance Ton nnncnnt raffles orchestra. I
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    • 106 1 Pabcolin Tht artistic durable floor coveriiri FOR HARD WEAR ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE {It is nol Linoleum) AGBNTH FOR S.S. AM) F.M.S. Gordon and Company, LIMITED. 6, Battery Road, SINGAPORE. Telegram*: Telephone: VAPOHOSITY. SINGAPORE. No 2 024. Europe Hotel SINGAPORE. "A beautifully cool and attraclne Dining and Ball-room and an excellent Orchestra
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    • 158 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Raffles Hotel Page 1. Smoke "Capstan" Page 3. Trade Mark Notice— Pa^e .">. Holer's for Jam* Pagp l. Wfttcll Ccld Stor-}tfe Ailvt.— Page 0 Expamet from Wm. Jacks— Page 7. Buckeride:e for Photographs— Page 3. N. Lazarus for R.m GUssc^— Pa^ Auction by Checng Koon Seng— Page 5
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 139 1 THE WEEK. Hiph Water, 10..'W a.m., 9.51 p.m. Municipal Commission. 2.15 p.m. St. Andrew's School Sports, 3 p.m. Anr o-Chin »w^ Schoul. nrrsnit nion of eertilicatvs. 8.15 p m. Tha Truant. rWetre, ;'..30 p.m. High Water, 11.-J0 a.m.. |§Jg p.t... B. I out\v::r»l mail due. Bloc Funnel outward mail due.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 64 2 LOVERS OF MUSIC SHOULD VISIT H. C. HUDSON BEST SELECTION OF ALL THE LATEST MUSIC ALL KINDS OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE HOUSE OF THE CATCHY MUSIC. 100, North Bridge Road, SINGAPORE. Telephone No. 1705. I i__^^^^^___^^__^___ THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY. COMPANY, LIMITED, -m BhipcJ»andlera, Contractors, Commiaaiea Agants. Offices:— MAYNARDS BUILDING. 16
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    • 521 2 TO I «T OK FOR SALE. LARGE DOWNS, newly erected inta frc*u 10.000 to 60,000 sq. ft. f.'cir»u river. IRGB STORES tram 6,000 to 24,000 ■q. ft. near wharf and shipping. Abo three storied buildings for office* u<\d godowns. Centrally situated All immediate entry, going cheap Apply >r arrive to
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    • 338 2 ~m.\*\.-". Xfrx*; ,f ."Viirij#i^t; v< i 4 _»_u.-- am immmm- \^a^ i Ist Skip it 7.30. 2nd Show at 9.30 p.m. CHINESE FUNERAL PROCESSION, j LFE MO RAN IN "TWO OF A KIND." j. the lato Mr. Gan N^oh F>ee J. P., PenanfcW with New Gazette and Western Drama. INTERNATIONAL
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    • 286 2 Alhambra I In Our Next Change Monday, 23rd July, to Set j In the Second Show at J) p.m. than TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. GOLDWYN PRESENTS, TOM MOORE AND HELI n• From the Ground Un i One of the happiest and hi coziest comed.es m which Toi l Many
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  • 156 3  -  GEORGE CECIL Despite the inroa<fs made by tht conquering motor-car coaching is not quite dead m I'nr:*. Coaches, drawn by Weilmatched teams occasionally arc to b iam i n a race day, lovely lady occupy lng the •)'>x sent. The eh.c thin.c is to provide ">■(.( If
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  • 212 3 Evid nee >n bshalf of oj companies given before ths Select Committee of the House of Lords (Viscounl Younger presiding), which i; considering the Petroleum Bill, was largely directed to show that the dan*: rs <>f petroleum storage m awr time have been exaggerated, and that
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  • 30 3 Captan G. H. Benn^t, the rider oi Servant Murphy, winner of the Grand Nat*ona!, was married at St. George's Hanever Squait, to Cicely, daughter of C'vlone' anr! Mr.'. Ckiyton Swan.
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  • 879 3 THE KI'IE SEASO> (From Our Own v'orrespoiu! nt.) Paris, June 28. Most Frisians being on the point of r t children to the seaside, kites arc d splayed m the Paris shops. Not the un- reteatiooi article m which ordinary litth vs and girls del. ght, but s nsonPtroi.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 278 3 t a v- \i? A l A y m.mg m I' rmf. A ii. I _l I iV^y-Vi. r s ,r*\ r i&^r 1 Reduction m Prices EFFECTIVE 25th JULY, 192:5. rhis latest reduction m price of the All-Weather Tread nai Wintffoot Cord Tyres places these guaranteed cord tyres at
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    • 380 3 p CSU6HS, COLDS A SORE THROAT S||S| I The Pepi medicine m breathed m ox o Pept tablet dii- .^nriiiml W nil** I I aolres m the mouth. Tt thus reaches direct erery part of efljfffi I j>lL~ 8 I the throat and chest where a chill strikes firtt. Peps
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  • 263 4 Ascot finished under strikingly favourable conditions, tines although the weather was a little broken at times, it w:»6 on the other hand, never cold. All the papers l y that the gathering was most enjoyable. Happy Man won the Gold Cup, after a desperi tely close race
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  • 148 4 Considerable intereet has been aroused il electrical circles by thc announcement that the research department of the American General Electric Company hab succeeded m generatng sitVlrfc current at a pressure of 2 000.000 volts. The higher pressure attained m experimental work m this country, up to the
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  • 13 4 A constitution ie something to bo worked, not worshipped.— -Dr. N. Murray Butler.
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  • 917 4 IHE s:<-. ,ES OF CRICKET. V ro ai Ou r ov. n Correspoo de nt London, June 28. week ..i I Manchester to see the opening day ol the North vs. South mi'.tch, but the cricfc far iesa interesting than one's genera] conversation afterwards with the two te&ras,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 493 4 ■■■■:>* 'TrTri Ihiwa 1 ps. .'^h^^-njNv^ :^<> lit a SiSr liS on every "im of i and you can be sure of getting a cigarette that cannot be bettered no matter what you pay. 1 L The bright golden leaves of Virginia Tobacco used m the making of 'THREE CATS
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    • 130 4 ataaammmmmm v M^i^.»^>.»^ m St p a n i T GIRI BRA' LAGER Bl R Mitt -iS n The Original "Girl Brand" S G OF 50 YEARS REPUTATION. D 1* African Eastern Trade Corporation (Incorporated m England). Sole Agents. S. S. F. M. S. *J jj^L. m l j4 'Mr
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  • 1071 5 Ib almoat all eo-eailed rubber articles, the strcngt.-.enir.g or s' v.iiii-resisii.g- element consist- o! fibrcus material— chiefly cotton] either m the form ol cords or threads, or m the form cf knitted or woven fabric. n ury process of preparing these i iabricr, for use" m a rubber
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 356 5 W LET. OFFICE TO LET, m Laidlaw' Puildinj? iro™ August lst, Area 600 et. Apply Whiteaway, LaidLtd. Battery Road. I, la Europe Sti i For n.-. rtieulars .c. id. Apartu). Bathing. TV ire. Pre 2 Aaaber Koad. Ninebedpbt; aarronta quarters; gnrnfe a or to Meeere. Meyer Street. Apply to 1
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    • 657 5 2 NOTICES. NOTICE. "> tf a\ V XOTICE ii hereby given that the abev« ark ia the pnoperty of Mr. shinjo Utaubominaflai-dorl 2-chorae, k. k Japan, waonefmiluiee and and la uoed by bim as a Trade Mark m \ported and sold **-X Straite Bcttlo- I'nft derated M and Joi a
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    • 564 5 NOTICES. THL Singapore Dollar Director? Free Railway Accident Insurance undertaker by The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Co. Ltd. .-J i'er Copy, Post Free ORDER NOW. Dollar Directory Company. Dunlop House, ROBINSON ROAD. VHE FOLLOWING IS PUBLISHED FOR THE INFORMATION OF IJRITISH SUBJECTS IX JOHORE. Und tht- pro. laio'ni legial ■n
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    • 764 5 NOTICES JR VI NGS. L'.cies' Velour Blanket Cloth Coats for motoring Price $10 and $15 Ladies Coat of Camel Hair and Wool, Price $25 L-tdies Cravenette Coats, Price $15 White Voile Blouse^ Price $1, 2, and 3 French Valencienne and Torchon Laces per packet of 12 yards 25 cts, 50
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  • 793 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1923. Air Navigation and Defence. There is a fascination m the three dimensional travel, was well as m the I j. eed, of journeying through the air, and sometimes this fascination leads Ub neglect the lessons of experience. r nc timid are always slow
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  • 431 6 Another picnic party is going to the Northern Territory of Australia, composed of 25 Members of the Austr. iian Pari ament. Mr. M. R. Hartley, manager of the Ct vernment Plantations, Sapintas, is rel gning m order to take up an estate apI»< intment. The deaia tock place m Bangta
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  • 1408 6 ANNUAL MEETING. Mr. H. J. Fougere presided over p very small gathering of members at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Automobile Club held m the Exchange Rooms yesterday. In his address to the meeting the Chairman said: I have once more to apologise to you for
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 79 6 (From Our Own Corr,,^ Mian" i I The deal, las tahrn pi a ,> Gawthorae, of Keecri fcmZTL S thews, who was formerly fa, th Bd Of the Supreme Court. Hj, At the annual Meeting Vi^^ Andrew's Society, r j q siding, it was resolve,! u ho M
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  • 118 6 (By Courtesy of the X anyo N Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, J U T The Ramo-Japane;c Confer^ adjoutned iti eleventh meetirTJ^ telegram from Moscow rea the Russian envoy, instruct:! turn and If. Karahan, the Vice tary tot Foreign affain of ihT^ Government, will succ, th. r„ n The Prince
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  • 43 6 I evicted on two rb«_J a public larvaat, I beiqg m fr. ado „o n of J clothing, an ex-; day remanded f< I the Second 1 men was am-'. MututJ coolie lines m Buk early hours of j F.rquharson pr lei v
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 190 6 /MTV VVELL KNOWN OVy' ill. Brand /<£?/ I jH I j f W&mxlk HAVE ONLY y/ TO TRY IT y' 4^%^ y/ TO PROVE ITS QUALITY SF/ CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai) OFFICF: 45 Robinson Boad. Tele 228. RONEO Loose-Leaf Books IN ALL SIZES AT HONEST PRICES. RONEO
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    • 70 6 Make a point of reading the Cold Storage Advertisements appearing m this space on Mondays-, Wednesdays and Fridays. They will interest you. JOHN DUKE OPTICIAN Fellow of the British Optical Association. Fieeman of the Worshipful Company mt Spectacle Makers. Freeman of the City of London. Late of Old Broad St
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  • 227 7 MARKS AND CIPHERS. THE GOLD LOAN. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, July 25. Negotiations between the ministry of th<> Reichsbank and the big banks .v regard to th? issue of the internal i on a goid basis have been concluded. ihe loan will shortly be issued, the total m to
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  • 319 7 Paris, July 25. that M. Letrocquer, after r, declared that Holland, to ignored the Francoto a certain extent it, and an agreement I prepared botWOOal the Dutch railn to establishing a Paris. July 25. Por.^. ecehred the Belgian odor who communicate*! the Bel- vmm regarding th«j reply
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  • 33 7 :^Z IT* b om m «>"on has J Per <*nt oT2 tllrnGd Ut abo^ 4?* with Stimned 7 Wd Want trat!o 9tZ or eanised labour and I ult <wies the odium for 1
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  • 195 7 WORRYING THE BASE. EFFECT ON JAPAN. [Reuter's Service.] London, July 25. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. LambsTt, Mr. Baldwin said that he did not know whether the Foreign Office was specifically consulted witn regard to the Singapore base, but of course it was represented m
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  • 524 7 London, July 25. In the House of Commons, Mr. Ronaul McNeill, replying to S«r II Brittain, stated the Government was d^ing everything possible to safeguard British live* and property m China. The British Minster at Pek ng had been authorised to join with his colleagues m
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  • 1234 7 LONDON AGENT GENERAL'S VIEWS. Reticence or Naval Bise Question*. Although he himself volunteered the statement that m Austral. a generally the proporals for a naval base at S ngapore were warmly welcomed, the Hon'ble Mr. H. P. Colebatch, C.M.G., the newly appointed Agent General for Western Australia m
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    • 411 7 **-*t The July Ch nese Recorder d scusses the question as to what should be the attitude of Western Christians m China. Should the missionary follow those business men who endeavour to secure armed protection while itinerating? Extra-territorality and missionaries m China has been written v.pon m
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    • 137 7 YESTERDAY MORNINGS VIOLENT STORM. For several hours yesterday morning Singapore experienced a pi rticuiarly v c!cnt rainstorm, accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid lightning. The ran continued heavily long alter the violence df the storm had passed, with the result that considerable are^s, including some of the .lew-lying paiis of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 245 7 British 'Ever-Ready \\~^j^tm\\\m---^mfi -\\\m. z^TiJfrtew *8 m iBJ HUF^ *-%h W\W "-Wr No. 295 *£*"^.^^33 K^*.^~^ No. 1613. I Wall Lamp New Model Leather Covered Price $4.50 nett. Inspection Lamp Pocket Lamp Lonjr Ranf?e Nickel Plated Fittings. Price $B.M nett. p,; CP 52.;,0s 2 .;,o nett TrrTf •''•■^*'*-'-^"s^MBBsi Nickel Plated
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 587 8 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Service to 4 WDOtf, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVFRPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, lIVLKFOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. r*kiog cargo on through Bill of Lading for all Overland Petals HOMEWARDS. tne Singapor*. KiNGCHOJV Genoa, Marseilles, Liverpool and Glasgow July 28
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    • 594 8 "ELLEMSAN" LINE gLLERMAN BLCRNALL STEAMSCdIP C*„ Ltd (Incorpon<.*d m Xr^land) PASSKNx?r«R SEKVIC2. Steatiei i/tJTWAKL. Slegepere. tt.t. CITY OF KARACHI China— Japan Oct. 6 ♦s.s. CITY OF PARIS China— Japan Nor. If •s.ft. CITY OF CANTERBURY Ci ma—J apan Dec. 17 HOMEWARD. ts.s. CITY OF MANCHESTER Marseilles— London July 28 is.t.
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    • 548 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA and APCAR UNtg (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICRg PENLNSULAR ORIENTAL t-'TE AM NAVIGATIOX LONDON FAR EAST MAIL SKKVI (Under Contract with His Majesty's Gov rur. OUTWARDS from LONDON. HOMIWAR] For China and Japan. If M Maraeillaa, London Tonnage. Sngat »r«. j DONGOLA 8.100 Au-.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 356 9 Oceia Steam Ship Company, Limited, bin* Mutual Steam Navigation Co^ LU. AND Bfleraaa Bucknall Steam Ship Co.. Ltd [OnUCAM ft MANCHURIAN LINE.) (bcorpoanled _m t England.) COTTON <ND NFW YO«X via SUEZ Om. HAVA**. FROM NEW YORK, ■mere. Dee S'nera Route g #r OF NORWICH Aug. 7 Suez Philippines and
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    • 442 9 ADMIRAL LINE I -:orix>rat^d i" U.S.A FAST PAB6RNGBR BBRVICR IS D/.YS BONGKONG TO AMERICA. Stenmet. Sai;» Hoagkong. Aftfeea Seattle. PRLSIDENT MCKINLEY Aug. 2 Aug 21 PRESIDENT JACKSON Aug. 14 Sep. 2 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON Aug 26 Sept. ld PRESENT GRANT Sept. 7 Sept. 26 PRESIDENT MADISON Sept. 19 Oct. b \nd
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    • 244 9 N. Y. K. LONDON LINE. Kashima Maru Ang. 7 Hakone Maru Aug. 21 LIVERPOOL LINE. Tokuahima Maru Aug. 27 Durban Maru mid. Sept. HAMBUBG LINE. Tsuruga Maru July 29 Mito Maru Aug. 29 Matsuye Maru end Sept. NBW YORK LINB via SUEZ. SOUTH AMERICAN LINE. Kamakura Maru Aug. 5 BOMBAY
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    • 730 9 ISTHMIAN LINET Arriving from America via tanama and Loading for BOSTON. NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DI3ECT. FAIRFIELD CITY due Singapore Aug 10 STEEL TRAVELER lac Singapore Aug 2 8 STEEL NAVIGATOR due Singapore Sept! 28 Taking cargo on throu*:. Billi cf J. rri \g to all Inland Points.
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 240 10 European Restoration the Remedy. Mr. Theodore E. Salvesen, of Leith, m hU Prudential Address at the amnjual wetting at Gothenburg of the Baltic and White Sea Conference, said that since the previous year there had been a -eduction m the tonnage of laid-up rh.ps, but that the
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    • 486 10 £3.000,000 SHIPBUILDING ORDER. Furthei" d» tails from authoritative shipbuilding circles were available m Belfast regarding the financial arrangements associated with the order for three new reaeelfl placed with Harland and Woltf by the Royal Mail Bte&m Packet Company. The three sh ps will cort £2,900 000. Two of them will
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  • 124 10 A Rangoon paper of July 12 says. Mr. H. C. Pinching, Senior Scientific Officer, R. G. A. Ipoh arrived from the United Kingdom on Sunday on the s.s. Oxfordshire, and on Tuesday morning visited Mr. Patel's rubber plantation. In the afternoon he left by launch for Twante to visit the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 258 10 m t^ m^mA.mmmj :^m mmmm mimA.mmmmmmmmm- m A.mm mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm~m _mm UNDERWOOD I Improved PORTABLE Model THE MACHINE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BUY. < Sole Agents: PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. j I (Incorporated m England). j SINGAPORE. PENANG. KUALA LUMPUR. j I i ROB IN SON Co. Ltd.. j Stockists rtlkl I
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    • 353 10 Genasco Roofing 2 PLY ANP f PLY Q COMPLETE WITH PATENT KANT-LEAK Xi fak AND NAILS JFOR FIXING l 5 GENASCO fs > Mjg OCW4BCO f c t/ie result of Sn t/> e j over* 4Q Years jj>^ run f cherp^p -W&6 osj^Bfel than 'ntan h oxpet .nice jpi^jiJjjH manufacture
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    • 175 10 iJuOYD rUESIINO&KOi Incorporated it) Kail HOMEW Atl SAILINGS For Penane Co. ombo. Aden, Mssu» bnea, Port Baid, I Veoki A Ts tak Lg cargo on through Bills ol U^r C me, the Levante aud Hack Srt fl* l De ts Urn DUCHEBS D'AOSTA TRIRBTE ■■>] ROSANDRA Oct W w OUTWARD
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 697 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Pengerang Despatch 9 a.m. Kerimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Cucob Hong Soon 9 a.m. Cucob Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Bangkok Kepong 9 a.m. Moeara-Saba and Djambi Ban Teck Guan 10 a.m. Prigi Radjah, Tembilahan and Indragiri Sri Wongsee 1 p.m. Malacca Kheng
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  • 72 11 Juiy .'l',. Bank 4 m.s. 0,4 Bank demand 2i3 29-32 FiivHDs credits 3 m.s. 2\A at i V xr- 1 1 I -m -New \olrc. demand 53 1^ Credits 91 days nr,*, r ranee, demand 820 India, T. T. 172% Hongkong, demand 2% p.c. Dia. Yokohama, demand 109 Java,
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  • 151 11 July 20. Tin 76 lons ?93% Gambier 12.00 Pepper White 21.75 Pepper Black 13.50 Tapioca, small flake f g. 10.20 Pearl Sago small 8.50 Copra 975 Copra Sundried 10.25 Opium, Benares one. 4,000 Rice, Rangoon white 250.00 Rice, Sifm No. 1 for expoit 255.00 Rice, Siam No. 2 for
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  • 40 11 Singapore, July 26, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Pale Spot. 50%, Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 51 51%; Aug.-Sept 62% 53* Oct -Dec. 56% 57; Jan.-March 58 59. Lr-n--don quotation sheet Is. 2%d. Market Quiet.
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  • 77 11 m+Estimates made of the cost of threshing Saskatchewan's 1922 crop are placed at the figure of $57,000,000 which is believed to be among tho biggest threshing bitts on record. It is estimated* tiiat the value of the field crops m the Province of Quebec will be about $225,000,000 this year.
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  • 138 11 LYALL AND EVATTS REPORT, Singapore, July 26. Tin:— 4lB6, down Sse. 98* (75 tons sold). Rubber:— ls. 3d. Ip ftd. Market Htm. Kubbt-rs: Sbaraa m good demand. Uukit Jelotongs 84*70, Ulu Benuts 2D SS, Bassetts 1.12H 1.20, Indrapiris 5 5.20, Mentmkaht 20 31, Punggor s 62 61
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  • 146 11 MACPH AIL'S REPORT. Singapore. July 26. Lubber. London ls. 2 7 sd. Loc tl 51. Tin.~-London £186. Local (75 t<-ii* sold). Share Market. Quiet. Rubbers.— Ulu Benuts 28 00, Bukit KaUU R2% 87 1 Bukit Jelotongs H~, 70. Ayer Bfoleka 1.40 1.46, Malaka Pindas I.s2V__ 1.57%. Tins. Johan? 30 16,
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  • 196 11 Singapore. Jnly 26. Sinco our last we have had a steadily risinp: market, with much more activity. Both London snd New York have been much more inclined to deal and considerable business has been transacted. It certainly look? as if manufacturers were taking a 1 and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 404 11 $5 <X>o.ooo. mnn /inn 4 m n a nmrnat w Assurances m force over $17,000,000 THE fcREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMITED. m nmr« Wl (Incorporated to Straits Settlement) ecu. m iJ£SF22 ™^^J"-*m. s?. P^oisasu wi./. tne supreme juowrt ot BngUPa nnd implies with the British Life H VIVE PLANS
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    • 396 11 CHARTERED BANK. of India, Australia and China. Incorporated m England by loyal Charter. Psid up CapiUl \n «eO,OOO shares £5 eack J coo.Of o Reserve Fund 5,800,M0 Reserve Liability ef Proprietors lOtt.Oftt L HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishopsgate, London, E. CAgencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Puket Amntsar Eoilo Rangoot Bangkok
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    • 868 11 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated iv Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 I aid up-Capital $20,000,000 K« servo Fund*;— Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $24,500,000 Krasrve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. A. O. Lang, Esq., Chairman. D. G. M. Bernard, Esq., Deputy Chairman. A.H. Compton, Esq. I W.L.
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    • 177 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated ii England l>y Royal Charter A. D. 1720.' FIRE MOTOR-CAR MARIN* FideDty Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Represent atfcet- -Messrs. BARLOW Co Messrs. WEARE Cc, KI4 Messrs. HARRJSONS,BARKER Co., Li 4 Branch Office~64, The Arcade, CoUyer Que, A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE "COMPANY.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 546 12 Singapore, July 25. A welcome revival m the price oj both tin and rubber was reflected m both sections of the share market, tin shares keeping very steady with increasing demand for the more popular stocks and all rubber shares being m gocd demand at advancing quotations.
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    • 212 12 Singapore, July 26. Rubbtft*.— The local market, since our las: report, has shown a considerable advance i*i valuer. In tho auction bold yesterday ttsndf tone prevailed, all grades meet nir ith a good demand. Although awarded s! cci was withdrawn from the sale, bu«inesc WM done outside at
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    • 416 12 The following are the minutes of a Com- ttee meeting held on June 30th, when i»n re were pre*?nt Messrs. F. W Pinnock <m the chair), W. A. Anderson, J. George, V. M. Matthews, C. Watt, Soh Siew Boh, with C. K. Langlands (Honorary Secret-
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    • 207 12 In tbe r. porl of the above company for Ihf year 1922, r stated that life policies •vere issued for 56.X92.163..U, and applications for M 8426&38 were declined. The total life insur: nc, m fOTCC at the cad of the year amounted to $51,162,710.41 and
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  • 92 12 Concluding Words of the Hou K intr Commission Report. "It i> because we think that the improvement and development of Singaporo must take place upon broader and more generous linos than has hitherto been the case, that we lay such strasi upon the appointment of an Improvement
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  • 66 12 Programme of Drills up to Mid for Lnday nth August 1923. Monday 30, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall. S.R.E. v) F. Section. Friday 3, 5/5 p.m.— Drill Hill. Chinese 'ompany. Saturday 1, S a.m.— Seleti'r Range. '.V.R.A. Sunday 5, 9 a.m. BslstPr Range. "A" 'ompany; 10 a.m. "C"
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  • 18 12 Friday, 27th. Route March. Parade Y. M C. A 8.15 p.m: FRANK C- SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 50 12 A Chinese living at 46 Mohamed Sultan Road reports to the Police that he was held np by two unknown Tecchews while he »vas proceeding along River Vailey Road m a rikivha after midnight; on Wednesday, and robbed of seme cash and his w*hite iat. He cannot identify fhe men.
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  • 85 12 The Editor ot the Lat Pau Press, Mr. Chew Kuenam, 8.A., 8.E.C., has translated into Chinese the pink-cover "Explanation of the Town Improvement Ordinance Bill" and Town Piannng: and 3,000 copdee are being printed for immediate I (Hstrbut'on. It makes 64 pages m Chinese, against 40 of the same size
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 212 12 The Singapore Volunteer Rifle Arsocia. t.-.-n prize meeting, to be held on August 4 and 6, at Seletar Range, is open to all members of S.V.C., Regular troops and Johore Mil. tary Forces, The programme, commencing at 8 a.m. on Saturday, August 4, ht as follows: 200 yards.
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    • 93 12 -lohore will meet Negri Sembilan m tho Malaya Cup Competition at Johore Bahru i Saturday. th»- following boing the teams: Johore: Unku Abdul Rahman b. Ahmad; T. A. Duggan or Abu b. Haji and Abdullah b. Jaffar or Unrtv., H. F. Newell, R. G. Dickson and Mohamed
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    • 111 12 rho following will he tho teams m the match. Volunteers m% tho Garrison, to be I layod on tho S.C.C. grout? 1 on Saturday. Garrison: Lt. Col. R. H. Haseldine Major T. C. Spring, Major H. C. Harrison I Major T. S. Wolloeombo, Captain C. T j Whinney, Lieut.
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    • 148 12 [Reuter's Service] London, July 24. .'.t Lovi-: Hampshire defeated Middlesix by tight wickets, Mend scoring 145 ta tbe winners 1 firrt innings. At Sheffield: Yorkshire bsnt Gloucestershire by tin wickets. Holmes making 522 Ut t out m the first innings. At Birmingham: Lancashire defeated Warwickshire by an innings
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    • 144 12 Won Lost Pta. W. L. Ist. In. Ist. Fobs. Obt. Per. Yoiks. 17 1 2 0 100 89 89 00 Hflttft. 13 2 S 0 90 71 78.88 Surrey. 10 2 2 85 56 65.88 Hcnts. 9 3 1 2 75 47 62 66 LtfiCft. 10 1
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  • 41 12 The engagement is announced of Mr. C. E. Chubb, General Manager of the North Borneo Trading Company, Sandakan, and M ss M. E. Dipple, for two years Nurse Matron of Jesselton Hospital, and at present m a similar post at Sandakan.
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  • 249 12 Distinguished Gathering Present. London, July 13. At Lords there was a large attendance. The weather was torrid and the brill. ance of the scene outshone Henley and Ascot. Unlike the inter-Varsity match, the women's toilette* were of all shades of colours and generahy touched with either
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  • 21 12 London, Ju.y is. At Bisley, m the Humphrey Chaik-ngc Cup, Oxford University scored 803 and Cambridge 779.
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  • 18 12 Pontet'ract, July 16. Result:— Minority i Druid's Orb Man-at-arms Bottintr: 100 to agaiu-t Minority.
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  • 83 12 London. July 14. Stokc-og-Tint.- The annual Triangular International Athletic Contest was won by Scotland, with 124 point*. England «;ored 12 points, and Ireland h\*. Lidd*l! was mainly responsible for the Scottish victory, winning the 100 yards m 10 2-5 sees., the 220 yards m 22 3-. r
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  • 27 12 London, July 12. At Bis ley, Charterhouse won the XXaily Graphic Challenge Cup. The Ashburton Shield was won by Eton with a score of 492.
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  • 88 12 Ties Postponed to To-day. Owing to the heavy rain yesterday pi: y was impossible on tho Padamj m tho ftornoon and Ibe tiea whicb have boon postponed until a -day. To-da>*s Tie.* S.C.C. S. -Baker and Holyoak VS. G reen and Denham. B.C.C. X. Nakamura and Uyeda
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  • 118 12 Tht "A" class singles handicap will commerce on Monday, July 30th. All the o.urts at Fort Canning w.ll be reserved for the Tournament. Monday's Tie? are as follows: A. Van Cuylenberg, owe 30 vs. Tan Koon Ir.n, owe 15.3. E. F. White, owe I vs. Lim Bong Soo,
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  • 69 12 On Sunday, July lst. Pauline Olive Lashmore, the two months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roberts of Miri, Serawak, was christened on board the s.s. Deli, while the vessel was at se?, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. D. Bower, M. A., Chaplain of Mr.lacca. It is thought
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