The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 January 1924

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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, SJB* FRIDAY. JANUARY 11, 1924. NO. 11.091
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  • 192 1 Russia s idea of grant ng a large oil ccnc€^ S ,«n to a e w York company apparently implies a large loan-Page The President of the Bavarian Palatinate separatist movement has been assassinated Page 6. Jgiiy lidge has ban barred and bolted the door against the
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  • 1332 1  -  Plants with evil properties are generally evil in appearance. The henbane has sticky leaves and a foul smell; its flowers are unhealthy-looking. The poisonous aconite h»* a make-like curl. The purple and scarlet berries of the Deadly Nightshade and Lords and Lades ought not to deceive a child.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 243 1 Karrles notfl sas^Sir: r A D L U hone 320. (10 Lines). WTEDNESDAY^-Owhesttml f^ Tlu Rs *r Preservative Paints FRIDAY.— Tta Pansant. BATURDAY<_42vMt Xi^} lt FRIDAY Dfamr and Dance. Tdq Honnnf "ah les orchestra. ffl» ICd l/dllbdni KDGAF JIULLAXD, ffi^Sf Mus.cal Director. KKIES BROTHERS, 'twkWmaph, 7 THE UTMOST RESISTANCE AGAINST
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    • 220 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Pafre S g d f r tHe thr at and rhest B^;-Pa^^ Co!i:tnSedmilkfr mDu P ire Lady wants pas?a^*| Home as travellire •Jpipanicn Page 5. Ka > Troubadours at the Victoria Theatre on Monday next Page 2. Brcwn and Poisor/s corn-flour T» ape 4. Europe Hctel dancing anansrenients—
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    • 65 1 THE WEEK. Fruiau, llth. High Water, IM a.m., 1.21 p.m. So'io-day, 12th. Hiph Water. 2.24 a.m.. 2.11 p.m. Penanp Races. I-'H'.Kf Zet!andg^B.3o p.m. S I >ia;i. 13th. High Water, 3.4 a.m., 3.6 p.m. B. I. outward mail duo. Monday, I4f/. H;*:h Water, 3.49 a.m. 4.7 p.m. rmwfay, i~th. Hijrh Water.
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  • 296 2 Have you any idea of what is meant by a million? To reply that it "a thousand thousand" is merely hedging the question. The humai. mind, though it is capable of juggling with figures and statistics, has realty to true conception of large numbers. A correspor<ient recently wrote
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  • 67 2 Penang Pass List. The Rev. Keppel Gamier. Agent for Malaya of the Hongkong: University, notifies that the Penan g centre's pass list in the Matriculation examination for the University (November 1923) is as follows: No. 792 Chee Loon Woh, St. Xavier's Penang; No. 794 Lim Kim Cheang, St.
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  • 23 2 we had had to do with a loyal and well-intentioned debtor, wie should not hav*> dreamt of putting in the baillffa—M. Poin •art.
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    • 257 2 LUTON HAT DYES and AURORAL COLD WATER TINTS. New stocks received. o MEDICAL HALL LTD. 28. BATTERY ROAD SINGAPORE. _^v^^a^nn#A ant nanan^ *^^bbbbl V A«L^^^ OOQ v Of all chemists and medicine vendors. Is seals* settles, with full directions, g U it's your NERVES I| 8 you mast hare WL
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    • 822 2 VICTORIA THEATRE A 1 h o TO VIVQ FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. JLJL JL XJ. CX) JLX JL KJ X CL n Commencing MONDAY', Jr-nuary 21st at 9.30 p.m. mt 4 T c 4 A y From Monday, 7th January, to Saturday, 12th Jaa^. iVaai S JN eW Jn the
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  • 262 3 Irniu in Dublin. the pr it. l»c picked up cheaply by th i I over 1 a piscei I munis bj the Irish peasantry <i ;i to up fragments they gath- Thij coui.' nor to So it went shillnai 1 I *rn which es of the wh
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  • 88 3 ii of A rfca advertif ad 'Send nu- :i ■•'r^l l drop of your blood, I will tell > -i what »>l* you." 9 n. td; i u blood ip< i:: »a, and ■■Y<;i have taneer of the b cin <iv;t Hi- <f: ear, ctnoer id tuborn path hip
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  • 676 3 I H GREAT WALL OF CHINA. Z oonv pr, Um only work hands which w moon i-^ th-- >• i ICr. H. J. 81 o i.kg.s., la "Great Thoughts." »e I of taxi stupendous may be gahwd from the calfckm that ii Um materiala of which
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  • 122 3 The latest nov ity in American fashioncbif -tation'.?* if the divorce MUHWnccawl a'd. The commercial possibilities of such BTi intimation are t nphasised in an engraver: catalogue which ca)lg attention to its opporttmitiee for the retail stationer. A d\oice, he i.s to]rl t i^ "an event in huoMUo life that
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    • 47 3 A ~^x **^y h vw y FOR ENDURING SERVICE :>u: Goodyear traction of the AU-Weather 1 3olW T5 es Tread They are the tyres you maximum of will choose if you are genuinely *y service, interested in true tyre e< momy. th< ?.ft»tj improved %B^ SOLID TYRES
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    • 283 3 THE MONOGftAM /yXf f^ WITH WHICH THE f Tl7g|l]S i&l i T n r HT n K^ 11^,^1 HI(iH Q UALITY ls iL^T^'^^X^r ASSOCIATED. \'K\v STOCK JUST ARRIVED OF WILLARD THREADED RUBBER CHARGED BONE DRY BATTERIES. SOMETHING ({I'ITE NEW. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. n Um Straits Settlements.) I SINGAPORE. no. io4
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  • 621 4 Mfcny gocd of Irish Ife charactei are told in a book, "Memories— ;.t d Otherwise," just published bj .Mi §1 („>stll. The author is Sir Henry nscn, Bart., h*> was vice-president of I Local Government Board of Ireland from l x to 1922, fcnd whc has
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  • 50 4 History shows no surer mod, „f Bowing the *eed* of war than the occupation of the tarritoty of any nation hy a fomirn Power.- Prof. Gilbert Murray. The fisht we are now in is not Pr;>UvHoh versus F,ee Trade; but Protection versus the Labour poliiy.-^J. Ramsay MacDonald, M. P. I
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  • 721 4 SCOTS DISAPPOIN l.\ R| GBY. Bdinburgk, pee. 12. The mic. ng of teams representing Scot land and the Resl of Scotland at Gala- 1 sh*ela w«a on the whole disappointing. It had been anticipated that th<. Scotland XV. wuui;! not expericn« any r-a: difficulty h wntiing, but ni
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    • 442 4 vBSv no vHR v^<* 4 ty j^ y j ~y y^"^ .^^^^w and you can be sure of getting a cigarette that cannot 1 J be bettered no matter what you pay. t The bright golden leaves of Virginia Tobacco used in El the making of "THREE CATS cigarettes come
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    • 339 4 NOTICES. <o\si LATE GENERAL FOR THE NETHERLANDS. lOTICE. o r East < ruesday the 'J'.»-.l LI a.m. hree a 1924, tor the East Coasi itra with 'I1 n of divisions A tahan and K.-n^k l». the division c. f divii on B ngka wrill '"< roceiTcd :\>r each o\ the
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    • 299 4 CfOLF STlCKS:— Drivers. BrastSin, B'• Patten Mi,; Jiercrs. Mashiet, Niblicks, Sammie Mi Patten. (I<»if Belli (AU Makes). Golf B and Ladks), Tees (All Kindt). METER MANSIONS. t-\ At a rs "ZT s ,Nr.A.. OK p. RAJA CO \^s Children jump for Joy S Nothing whets young appctit [j like the
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  • 478 5 Singapore, Jan. 5. Tl e prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the cthtr markets there may be small variations. MEAT. B.cf steak Round Kali -*J btci stew or curry do 37 Fork, lean do 63 Font, 1 -an and fat (Ist quality)
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  • 275 5 t n:sadtrs on Their Track. T 8 Order of Crusaders, who recently held a service n Westminster Abbey, have ,hc< n their hand. They claim to have, put a check or. rrablinf for high itakes :n coun:ry neighbourhcod where many men who became rich during the \.ar
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  • 203 5 'For Years We Kav* Deceived Ourselves.' Berlin, Nov. 25. Dr. Stresemann made a significant ami striking admission in his last speech to ie I eichstag as Chancellor. He proclaimed the fact that the Germans are only now realising that they lost the war. He acknowledged that "We have
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  • 232 5 While London was at its darkest a spectacle of quite fantastic splendour met every countryman's gaze. Almost a sierra or an Alp of hoarfrost rimmed every twio- of every tree, every hedge, every wjre or post, every blade of grass, making model of a peaked mountain range. X<-t
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  • 205 5 "Minister's S:\ty-Foot Shaft. Sfcaftotfcmry, De<*. :o. The Rev. Blandfleld, Wesl yan minister fc v. >?..- pven np his jold hunt after burrowing under Dorset for six months. Hundreds vi ton< of Band al the top of a sixty-foot shaft testify to his faith in hia own trea&ure-divming
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  • 196 5 \n Ancient Rcac in Celebes. DfFcriptions cf an ancient race who used tobac o abctzt the beginning of the Chris- era ware srivfn to the British A-s<>-iati.n by Dr. A. C. Kruyt, a Dutchman, who is home on furlough from Celebes. f>r. Kruyt said be had been
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 655 5 BUSINESS CARDS. r* 'HLINDMAKERS LUCAS ACCESSORIES i tan Panel, Canvas and JIST XRRIVFn oov ll MuoH WIKD bin HOOSAINSAH. a v/. J, J mPS etC M<) ,2 Koh.nson Road. T ANGLO-CHINESE MOTOR CO. r z K 101< No- 5. Dhohv fihp»f I f im)RIAR NIMBERS. {T~Z fn.1.1 Number riates. I
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    • 614 5 AUCTION SALE. AUCTION SALE OF One t-eylfoder, 7-seater, mdHer" rector Car. (in excellent running order) At our Salerooms, 16 18 Raffles Plate, ON SATURDAY, 12th JAN. AT 10.30 A.M. POWELL 4b CO., LTD., Auctioneer?. W-J 12-1 aIXTIoN SALE OF Slightly damaged Chinese Silk at Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, ON FRIDAY
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    • 461 5 TO LET. Offices to fet At (5-8 lUJa«a SneeL Apply No. COt, Free P: Garnished Ljum to w BUn g~* and v.ator, garage. Apply No: GO! care' of Free Prefs, IQ 1 17-1 From Ist April for t-ight month,, furniahell bungalow ,n Tanglin district. For all particulars. Apply Box 227
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  • 500 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 1924. Wooing Russia. On behalf of the Labour Party, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald ho'.ds out the hand of friendship to the Russian Soviet, in which he is departing from the already expressed intention of that other great democracy, the United States, which has declared it
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  • 666 6 A good many curious possibilities are contained in the incident of which we have news to-day regarding the strike on German ships at Hull. It seems that German crews oi German ships arriving in English ports are going on strike for the British rate of pay.
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  • 63 6 AT HOME AT CARCOSA. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 10. At an at home %X Carcosa, Mr. Maxwell received 350 guests including H. H. the Sultan. Tea was served indoors owing to the rain, and tennis had also to b e abandoned but a pleasant time
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  • 63 6 In Touch with Singapore. We understand that the W r irele.-s Staticr. at Seletar was successful yesterday in getting into touch with the H. M. S. Hood, which is at present at sea somewhere off the East Coast cf Africa. Arrangements for the Fleet here are progressing
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  • 67 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 10. In the District Court, a Chinese merchant pleaded guilty to selling soap with counterfeit; trademark affixed, resembling Pears' mark. He was fined $150 and costs or one month. At the Assizes a Chinese postman, for theft of postal articles was
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  • 545 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Jan. 10. Considerable interest WMI takr.n in the Ccroner's inquest into thr r sent vaiiwa fatality, in which a trair. crashed into tlugates at a crossing in tr hrart of the town, knocked down a Chin-. ?t lad dead and ovn
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  • 427 6 [Renter*! E I.«»ndi»n. j an The board of Trade &gv the imports for IMS Ware [,093 sterling compared with 1.00 •Xportl were 767 milli" pared wit-h 719. Re-ex p lions as compared with lo:; lu FWmonton, j Hn The University of Alberta $10.(00 from the Carnegie t enable
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  • 104 6 B E: Major G* Malcolm. District o:.""l Ma I farewell visit to Lodge i ami waa received by a lar^t gatherwf the Br* r The DUtii t Grand Bl I Bro. the hon'bie Mr. .1. U hi- Deputy, in pit Vv who ha>- tendered hii i I
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  • 45 6 In connection with th. Lumpur t vreoh I those proposing to notice in the S. C. C. It I order to ensure train accommo i eating accommodation at th<- match the numbers goinjr ihould !><• ki beforehand and Bieml < quested to sig^n tie early as potsiblo.
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  • 93 6 The Hongkong Daily Pn 8 records with regret death Mi ll E. R. Hunter, who for over M w<l in the asrvlus of the Hongkong mi 31 Kai Banking: Corporation in Hm I For many years he wa> tao Ch tf v ant in Hongkong and later l manager of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 144 6 IJ Napier Johnstone's JMmk \I I /(111) mmk W J C-LUB SIS SCOTCH H y WHISKY M^f K BOLB IMPORTERS. Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai). OFFICE. 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228. NEW SHIPMENT CHOICEST CREAMERY BUTTER SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. ORCHARD ROAD. [Incorporated in the S. S.]
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    • 79 6 BERNA SWISS CONDENSED MILK. BERNA USERS ARE QUALITY CHOOSERS. DUPIRE BROS. Sole Agents S.S. and F.M.S. n»ninmii»»ii;»»»iiiii!iittt/tmr!iinii»» OCULAR HEADACHES. Eighty per cent of headaches are Ocular Headaches caused through some defect of vision. If your headache is so caused you will never be reliaved until you wear scientificaliy-fitted glasses to
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  • 268 7 IVIi ()lK IN PARLIAMENT. IMAGINARY GRIWANC*. r'a Service.] London, Jan. 9. Ml Of the Time? and f the morning papers Mr fclacDonaU'i speech. h il marked nsUerable tion that the I purely on larnnw will not merely -f the Brithe main point Mi. ftfacDonald has familiar on
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  • 178 7 Paris. Jan. 9. expression of friend -h p I favourable imu shall do Macintention! justice and 131 thoflte of Fra If Mae- WntilßMlbl ex. it goodwill in to discard mutual >nd build up a sound policy. the organ o f the Extreme idyllic lamru- 1848 -The illusions
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  • 205 7 HUNS WANT BRITISH PAY. SOME OF THEM GET IT. [Reutet's Service.] London, Jan. 9. The strike of Germar. seamen at Hull, co enforce the Maritime Board rate of wages, has extended to London. The National Seaniens' and Firemens' Union, which is supporting the men, report that a
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  • 496 7 Paris, Jan. 9. I The Atlantic coast il in the grip of a irale accompanied by ar. exceptionally high :ide pract oally amounting to a tidal-wave. |Th. from Brest to Biarritz is strewn with wreckage. Quays have beer wrecked, houses flooded an«i flahicfj boats sunki and fishermen
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  • 18 7 There will be a special matinee at the II Palladium to-morrcw (Saturday) at 5 p.m. of Fair Lady.
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  • 1487 7 HEAVY PENALTIES ON DARING ROBBERS. Seven Years and Cat for Two Dollars. Very severe penalties were imposed by the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, under the recently passed Criminal Law Amendment Biil. at the Singapore Assizes yesterday upon two Chinese desperados. Chia Ter.g Koh and Tang Yong Seng,
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  • 286 7 The indignation and perpirxity of London Conservatives over the antics! of the main nart of the Consvrva-1 tive press in London moves even Li- j beral> to sympathy. Nothing remotely resembling the present state of thing-s hasi ever been known in London before. No evening paper
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  • 60 7 a A fashionable wedding tcok place at t Shanghai recertly when Dr. E. Tartois was married to Mdlle Christ:ane Guerrier. The 0 bridegroom served with distinction in the war, and sirce his arrival in Shanghai has e taken a great part in the affairs of the 0 French Concession. A
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 132 7 PRESENTATION CUPS IN STERLING SILVER AND FINEST SHEFFIELD ELECTROPLATE ON NICKEL SILVER, IN ALL SIZES. ON EBOMZED PLINTHS. No. 581. BEST SHEFFIELD ELECTRO- HAND MADE STERLING PLATED CUPS. SILVER CUPS. Height 9 in. Price $33.50. Height 3 l j in. Price $18. 1U in m $40. 7 in. v $r,O.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 660 8 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regalar Service to LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Point*. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Dim Singapore, PATROCLUS Marseilles,
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    • 527 8 ____S TgAMER^ SAILINGS "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). PASSENGER SERVICE. Steamer. OUTWARDS. Due Singapore. *s.s. CITY OF YORK China— Japan Feb. 11 HOMEWARDS. *s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY Marseilles— London Feb. 26 ♦s.s. CITY OF YORK Marseilles— London April 4 ♦s.s. CITY OF CAIRO Marseilles—
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    • 484 8 STEAMER SAILINGS BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMBWAKM. For China and Japan. F< r Marseilles, London and Artwert) Du€ Tonnage.
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    • 461 9 STEAMER SAILINGS OCEAN BHP COMPANY. LIMITED. Uii; CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. z\ 1 1 ELLEEMAN A BUCKNALL STEAM SHIP Co.. Ltd \Y'Hiir\S x MANCHUBIAN LINE). 1 England). y\ e rO BOSTON AM) NEW YOKK Via BUBZ OB PANAMA. PROM NEW YORK. Due S'pu; Ron For I OR NEW
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    • 476 9 STEAMER SAILINGS ffiJNBmc.A&A By Around the World" KJ^ln PAST PASSENGER AM) FREIGHT SERVICE From Singapore and Penang to Boston and New York via Port Said, Genoa and Marseilles. *s.s. M. S. DOLLAR loading Sinpaporo January IT B.s. PRESIDENT HARRISON February 13 •s.s. ROBERT DOLLAR February 21 s.s. PRESIDENT HAYES March
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    • 662 9 STEAMER SAILIf^GS ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via Fiiama tnd LuaAinm in BOSTON, NEW YORK. AND KAIKFIKU, CITY STf-F.L WORKER r.kin earco on t1,,..,. Bill, ot L.dii I i; r .,j p otatt For freight ar>.! particulars, McAUSTEU CO.. LTD. Agents. RONDVKLIIE PAKETVAART MAASSCHAPPIJ ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA
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  • 137 10 The British ttt*mer Ell&bton, from London aniv-f' vn Wednesday. The steamer Sunc^p from Cosseir on Wednesday, brought a cargo of phosphate. The Sun s.s. Co's. steamer, Sanfield also brought Phoshphate from Safaje yesteday. Yesterday, the British rteamer Clan Murray arrived from Durban with s cargo of coal. Information
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  • 203 10 Sckfttifc Siu«i af Fishrk^. i: ia officially announced thai the International Counc I for the Exploration of the Sea, which met in Paris in October, decided Ito cany out ;i scientific investigation of the en of Iceland and the Faro t. Much of ihe work w.ll be carried
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  • 202 10 Mr. Warrea on Official "Editing." Me W. R. Warren, Pr*m< Minister cf NewfonmiUnd, speaking at s dinn r given iti his honour by the Newfoundlatwd club, at the Hotel Victoria! ss Prime Minister's lot was cot 1 one. The fcirutan (Lord Morris-) had referred to the fact
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    • 210 10 ST PAULI GIRL BRAND LAGER BEER l p rQ N^*t ~~JjSf^^f ff H V n "b« Origin "Girl Brand' u G OF 30 YEARS REPITT ATION. R African Eastern Trade Corporation LIMITED. (ln t 'orrx)ra*ed in England). SINGAPORE. Solf A«PiJts. S. S. F. M. S. Shanks Sanitary Appliances a^^^a^aW^HL t
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    • 130 10 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England), t>;r«>ct Services to Japan via Hongkong and Singapore and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore, Taking Cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze "Us, b'otuto*i\. the Pi iiippincs. etc, For pen am; and c
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    • 505 10 Genasco Roofing I i.\ AND 3 PLY COMPLETE WITH PATE T KANT-UAK ivLfcALS AND NAILS FOK FIXINC OVKi: ■:<■ vi:.\i:rfi HH uun, (h, \k;i: EX''i-!-^ r! Jpib~Q^|j|y| THAN .VI IN THE _BN[/ J MAN!.TA(Tn:K Rii'su^^^Bi -..AMI TIVE ROOF STITUTES. The Borneo Company Ltd. SINGAPORE, PENANG AND IPOH (Incorporated ir. England
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 795 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAV. i Y.cob and Pontian Hong Sr-yn Ji a.m. f cub and Bemih Hong Chvang U a.m. i Pulaa Soagi Suhan% «> a.m. Pragemng Despatch 9 a.m. Karimon Scon Uee 9 a.m.' Mir;, Labuan, Jeaselton, Ku^iai Sandakan KajanK 11 a.m. Mflacta Khi n^ Seng 1 p.m. S !;n
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    • 51 10 PASSENGERS LEAVING. Per Ethiopia from ■..uK i r on Jan. 12th for "Gloocesteral ire" g from Rangoon on 17th ,»av.. Mi Wood Mr. G. A. Steel, Mrs. F. P. Br wn and Miss F E jm. i; fro 1 Rangoon on 15th January. Mr*. J. King and Mrs. M. I
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  • 70 11 Januaiy, 10. Bank 4 m.s. £'4 14 Bank demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 New York, demand 501 Credits 90 days 52^ Nom r ranee, demand cjgQ India, T. T. 163U Hongkong, deman I 1 p c d; s Yokohama, demand 110 a 1 Java, demand ISSy
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  • 161 11 January 10. Tin 200 Ton< $123 00 Gambier 19 50 Pepper White 26.50 Pepper Black 17^0 Flake Tapioca 13 qq Pearl Sago Small y |0 Copra 1190 Copra Sundried 12.20 Opium, Benares ant. 4,000 Rice, Rangoon whiue 275.00 Rice Siam No. 1 for export 30.00 Ric Siam No. 2
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  • 199 11 The principal subject which dominated the proceedings of the Imperial Economic Conference was the paramount necessity for developing the resources of the Empire, and among the various factor? conducive to such development none promises a greater measure of success than that of transport. Without reasonably cheap facilities our vast latent
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  • 610 11 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. THURSDAY, JANUAKY IOtK. MINING. [Figures in bracket* show th« .asue vam« of the Share in uoi a*-3 umeas otherw,s< marked. C. —Cum div. x equals ey div 1 Batang Padang Tin 37^ 42 Hitam Tin 1.35 1.40 Jelantoh 20 nom. I
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  • 86 11 A general meeting of the Babul Aman Club was held at the Club House on Sumdny. After ha/ing passed thr? accounts and dealt with o<ther subjects, the following were elected managing committee for the year 1924, Patron Mr. M. Adamsaiboo, President K. N. M. Rauten, Vice-Presiident P. Md. Ismail, Hon.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 100 11 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). LL Singapore, Jan. 18. Rubber Is. 21/4d., 4'."^. Tm £245 10s. 123. 200 tons 1 I Rubbers.— Alltnb.-s 1 07H 1.12 .Malaka Pn.<las 1.40 1.45, Bassettfl 10'-.. iO7” Sur.gei Bagmnii 1.50 i.fo), Brogaa 60 65* Lra.git-ieas 52 s">. Tip.—^etaLnfi »5 ys, i> nukalms
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    • 104 11 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, Jan. 10. Kubber.—London U. 21id Local 49U Tin.--London £245 10s. Loctl 123 (200 tons sold. Rubbers.—Allenbys 1.05 1.12>.. Amai ?-0 Vs, f Kur,longs 1.10 1.20 Malaka Pindas i.:*7». 1.47'. \Ten takabs2i 26. New Scudaia 1.05 i 5 w Serendah, 2.20 2.40. Sungei Ba^ans !:^uo Bt!luts2-
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    • 32 11 JelotJn^' 47S 52^?!P ?B* Buk* Mentaiib, tl% a f iSTSK 1! 1 HH m--1 1.03. Xorth. 105 1 -'~"h r° Uth> Loans.— Steady. Cor version 103.50 104 50
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    • 181 11 £«s =£Ss£," Pa>>ed En Awarded Sheet up to 50> 4 in :.e>terdays local auction oIJ was neridence. In spite of this, hJweVw the pricw realised for all grades shovTtn iniprovemert on those ru!.:n B in f.i«n iT, Qua!l; y ami Off Qu:-!it >- Bbeet at 4.' 1 491,
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  • 42 11 Singapore, Jan. 10. noon. Singapore Standard Pale Crepe. Spot 49Mj. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 49H 49%; Jan. 49% 50»4; Jrn^March 50% 51; April-June 51% 52; Jily-Sept. 53Vi 53H. London Quatatdon Shee* Is. 2%d Market Easier.
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  • 113 11 The Queensland Insurance Company, Limited, whos? local agents are Messrs. McAlister and Company, Limited in their annual report for the year ended September 30th., show a profit of 065,551 12s. Id. after transferring £25,000 to reserve fund, leaving, with the balance of £8,114 Bs. 9d. carried forward from last year,
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    • 458 11 \.sets over $5,000,000. s mtip /lnrtArr ninmnniT Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMED. lir (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) TRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCF. AS§UranCe Com P anies AGENTS WANTED District Manager Secretary Managing Director Actuary C, F. CHESTER. G C KNOX. HOEACE W. RAPER. A.
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    • 447 11 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA Incorporated in England by Royal Charter, Paid up Capital in 600.000 ehares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3 800 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishops-gate, London, E.C s Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Puket R mri l S
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    • 648 11 BANKING. HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:— Sterling 4,500,000 1 Silver $24,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang., Chpirmar. D. G. M. Bernard, Esq., Deputy Chairman.! A. H.
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    • 46 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. WEARE Co, Ltd. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co, Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A^ GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 579 12 Singapore, Jan 9. With tho ord of the holidays there has' been a renewed interest in all section? cf thf share market. Tin on higher prices continues firm and Tin shares in Mineral demand with considerable busir.es- pas« ng in all the more popular stocks. Th e
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    • 141 12 Mr. Oliver Wethered (Geevor Tir Mine*). Prom 2to 4 tbs. of tin are used in the bearillffi of I motor car it is said and we know that .cars are turned out at the raU of millions per annum; the manufacture of I in South Wale* [g
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  • 139 12 A varied and extensive programme has been arranged for to-night and wttJ be presented at the Social to be held at the Y. M. C. A. The first part of the evening wil". be devoted to BNUfc and many wellknown amateurs are taking part— Messrs.
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  • 496 12 SUNDAY SCHOOL WORK. The work done by the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday Schools- was outlined in a report which was read by the Rev. W. G. Parker at the conference session held in the Wesley Church yesterday morning. The most outstanding feature in connection with this branch of
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  • 84 12 The following: foreigners in the Siamese G< n rnncM batw i< e were made Kni^ha. Commanders of the .Most Noble Order of the rowu of S am on the occasion of H. M. the Kltf of Siam's birthday:— Mr. R. Dudley Ctaiff, Adviser, Land Record! Department, Ministry
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  • 121 12 (By Courtesy of the Xanyo Nichiil Xichi Shimbunshu.) Tokio, Jan. 9th. It It announced that Mr. I noU e Jtn- nosuke, ex-minister of Finance, is leaving I Kobe on board of the Fushimi Maru for 1 Europe on 31st inst. i A dreadful attempt against the Premier K.y.ura
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  • 603 12 BRIGADE DEMONSTRATION. The working possibilities of two new additions to the Fire Brigade were demonstrated before a large gathering at the Central Fire Station yesterday afternoon. Amongst those present were Mr. R. J. Farrer, Capt. Calthrop Calthrop, Mr. D. T. Lewis. Mr. Marsh, Mr. Hannigan, C.P.0., ami several
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  • 60 12 In the S.C.C. Billiards Tournament (A Clmm) P. Carmichael beat C. E. Winter by M. E. J. Richrs beat Curties by 34. Lick, fold beat Bright bv 66. In B. Class T*. cric beat Martin by 32. Jamieson beat Clayton by 35. Bak^r b-at Eber in the
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  • 219 12 Conservatives L ose Faith in Premier. London December 31.— A Conservative' correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" who recently visited Lancashire, West England and East Anglia. says he has discovered much evidence for the general indignation of the Conservatives with' regard to the blundering in London. j General sympathy
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  • 391 12 SECOND DAY'S RESULTS. The following were the scratching for to-days racts. Extra race, Gay Lad and Chantak; Selangor Plate Kangaroo, Selangor Purse, Alan L., Victrola, Red Tape and Gin SI ng; P^rak Purse Maharani and Hayston. (From Our Own Correspondent.) The weather was fine, and the going good
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  • 54 12 Tb? following will it present the S.R.C. v S.C.C. at hockey to-morrow on ttuj S.C.C: ground: J. V. Mos?; L. M. Pennefather and E. O. Angus; F. Albuquerque. V. C. Westerhoot arc! J. S. dc Souza; E. E. joe Souza, A. W. Morcira, H. G. Stack, J. i Moore
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  • 76 12 To-morrow*! match will be the last trial j be.<ort the Malaya cup final, Singapore v= Svlangor, to be played at Kuala Lumpur en the 19ih in-t. The teams have been selected as follow*: Colours. Dr. Lindow; Robinson. W. Wefc&tefcJ Dyker, Adams; Morrison and I-cannon^ Leonard, Phayre, Simpson* Eonaventrra. Mallir.son,
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  • 114 12 Kty Matched with Jamito. Battling Ky, Lightweight champion of I Mitlaya has signed articles to meet Silvino Jamito. lightweight champion of the Orient, 'who has Ift Manila for Singapore. The coi^st, which will be over ten rounds, -will t'.l-e place at the Happy ValU,y, Tanjong Pagar, and has been
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  • 23 12 Capt. R. W. Morris, Superintendent of tt« Sailors' Institute wishes to announce that the Nautical Academy wiß be reopened on Monday, January 14th.
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    • 92 12 m PROPERTY SALE. Th e following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messrs. Checng Koon Seng and Co., at their saleroom No. 30 Chulia Street on Wed: :«Kfey. Freehold land: At the 5tt m *Wone I Thomson Road, area 18 acres 2 roods and M poles, bought by Mr.
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    • 240 12 WHY NOT GET A "HIS MASTERS VOICE GRAMOPHONE FOR X'MAS? YOU CAN PURCHASE THK FOR A VERY SMALL OUTLAY OX OUR EASY PAYMENT PLAN. LET US PLAY YOUR FAVOURITE RECORDS AND E\im N OUR TERMS. Prices $60. and Up. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) SINGAPORE. Retail Price $90.
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