The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 January 1924

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924. No. 11,106
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  • 160 1 Late wire news foreshadows prospects of a dock strike Page 6. Mr. Mac Donald has spoken plainly «i regard to the Ruhr policy Page 7. The chances of a settlement of the railway dispute are improving Page 7. Affairs m Russia are unsettled and there seem to
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  • 1107 1 Flop. The cone-shaped bar of lead tied to the end of the fishing-l.ne droppeel into the sea without causing a ripple. It sai.k rapidly through the long seaweed thai grew on the face of the rock. It -ank twemyfive feet and ther. struck the bottom. It tumbled around
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 203 1 i+4 FETTER OIL ENGINES J c;:\ entire -■fa SATISFACTION g§6 Cuthrie Co., Ltd. R££| If J WEEKLY PBOGBAMMK. aifles note l s^r* 72 ILESDA\. Dinner Dance. Telephone 2920. (10 Lines). WEDNESDAY.— OrcheetroJ Concert, t B l m the B«t THURSDAY.— Guest Night— i m --i Dinner and Dane* 1 t
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    • 173 1 COMPARE THE WORK l^'-^iXE&S has its moments of iu-<-Sg||g^ U ~:>irj&k>n no Jess than the arts rpd^^^^s-a *nd sciences. But m the offices of Vk j| II great and successful executives, i^B MII X Koya! Typewriter acts as an \^r^7T\n I organization nerve-centre, transW^^^J muting the quick spark of business^
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    • 271 1 FOUR WHEEL-BRAKES gaaaaarW^ MECHANICALLY /#J/7/7vff PERFECT Hm^^k Guthrie Co., Ltd. OS^^Sl LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Zbyshko— Page 3. Little's for Pommery Page 10. W incarnii for tiredness Page 2 Glbey's pert from Guthrie— Page 6. Keplei's for (mining strength— r»aj:e 4 apstan de Luxe at 85 cent-*— Page 7 Moron's for scientific
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 118 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday, 29th. High Water, 3.15 a.m. 3.47 p.m. If. M. homeward mail eloges p.m. Lodge St. Michael, 9 p.m. Wednesday, 30th. Hiph Water, 4.10 a.m. 5.S r.m. Stanton's Midway Show?. Lodgx; St. George, 5.30 p.m. The Globe Trotters, Vie. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Thursday, 31st. High Water, 5.11 a.m.
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  • 288 2 More than one of our readers may have noticed that this phenomenon is out here almost invariably followed bjy rain "Q. A. Buck." writing from Newton Abbot to th.2 'Spectator,' says: '"I shall be much obliged if you can give me any information about
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  • 212 2 Mr. V. K. Wickwar, presiding at the annual general meeting of The Majedie (Johore) Rubber Estates, Ltd., held on Dec. 28th at Ceylcn House. 49 and 51 Eastcheap, London, E. C. mentioned that he was filling the place of their late chairman. Mr. A. R.
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  • 151 2 The 226 deaths which occurred m Singapore during the week ending; Jan. 12th, included one European, two Eurasians, 182 Chinese and 31 Malay*. The P.C.M.O. emulates the mortality rate per mille at 24.92. Phthisis accounted for 33 deaths, convulsion 30, pneumonia 24, malarial fever 14, and fever not
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  • 29 2 If w e once have v Labour Government I do not believe we can ever pull round again; i t will be the end of everything Mrs. Arthur Webster.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 271 2 TO-NIGHT. Dr. PAUL Palladium Theatre SPECIAL Matinee for Ladies only Friday Feb. Ist. DO NOT MISS THIS. The Happy Valley. (Tanjons Pagar and Keppel Road). The Best and Finest Amusement Place m Malaya. FORMAL OPENING ON FRIDAY, Ist FEBRUARY By Mrs. LEE CHOOX GUAN, M.B.E. Watch for further particulars. flc^^
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    • 411 2 VICTORIA THEATRE o For Four Nights Only. COMMENCING WEDNESDAY, JAN., 30th, at 9.15 p.m. DICK NORTON PRESENTS HIS COMPANY "THE GLOBE TROTTERS" The most up-to-date Shew touring the East. Introducing ALL THE LATEST LONDON SUCCESSES. o Booking Now Open al the Theatre. Prices $3, 2 1 FROM JANUARY 30th to
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    • 349 2 Alhambra From Friday, 25th February to Wednesday, 30th F e h In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PRESENT^ DOROTHY PHILLIPS m "MAN-WOMAN-MARRIAGE' In 9 Reels. Allen Holubar's drama eternal the big modern love story thousands of years are covered. It
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  • 468 3 Singapore, Jan. 19. Pie prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the fher markets then?, may be small vanaI'M if! MEAT- Js< 1 Bt#ak, round Kati 42% beef st« v. or carry Ho 34 Pork,, I' do 61 Pork, hi n and fat
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  • 274 3 Danßoroup Propagandists Chanting Prayers. Remarkable scenes wro nltlMJMfirl the prour:d 3 o' H.B at ComaUa at Shanghai, reports the Shan-hai Mexcvr r, when i a crowd of some two hundred S khs mads a demon-lvation supporting floor of the*ir countrymen charged .n the British Police Court
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 381 3 1923 MODEL I DODGE CARS ITHE NEW DODGE CAR IS BETTER VALUE THAN EVER AS IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL EFFICIENCY SO LONG ASSOCIATED WITH DODGE CARfI THERE ARE VAST IMPROVEMENTS IN THE BODYWORK. THE HOOD IS OF AN IMPROVED TYPE CORD TYRES OF LARGER SIZE ARE FITTED ALL ROUND.
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    • 345 3 PEUGEOT BABY QUAD. We Dtg to Announce the Arrival nf aSi w Shipment „f PEUGEOT Cars. 7 H.P.— Two Seater. FUted with Detachable Wheels, Electric Lighting and Starting, Speedometer, Clock, Horn. Spare Wheel and Tyre. DEFERRED PAYMENTS A-IQKA YOUR USED CAR I ARRANGED. \^J.O<JKJ TAKEN IN PART PAYMENT, MAY WE
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    • 363 3 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that A. K. A. If. Allag.ippa Chitty of No. 92 Market Street, Singapore has been appointed Manager of the Chitty Temples at Tank Road and at Outran Road from 26th January 1924 until further no.ice. Ail persoas having bcaiaeas m connection with the said Temples
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    • 167 3 rREAL TORTOISESHELL WORK. -MANUFACTURED LOCALLY. J. K. KAGAWA 34, BRASS BASAH ROAD. '<• J (f I ZBYSHKO ONE THOUSAND DOLLAR CHALLKNGB STANTON'S MIDWAY SHOW R Al). J Nights of Agony or Nights of Sleep It is foolish to lie awake ail the long n-.ght through with that intolerable Hoi ting
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  • 1840 4 Inspector King of the Sepoy Lines Police Station, Singapore, informed me one day that recently on a gambling raid the t:hims«- and Malays are inveUratr gambIgea p t had *een two peculiar skull-, wh.ch had been handed down from father to son for several
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  • 253 4 I: w r r I i 1 1 at <>:i\ Wi re bora A G o^allicn, of course, not a mere kampong hack. A recent prescription that we rave- s-een directs that a bottle of beer and six raw eggs heto a Government Stallion if he
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  • 240 4 the j -'re fitting and appropriate Heaven forgive the deception. It's different ha presents. Everyone is on the "useful;' tack. One little girl 1 •d tl is year invested her last savings i' mouth organ of an aggressive typo, wiih a bell attachment "Why" asked her pi rent. "Well" she
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  • 888 4 THE END OF THE ELECTIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Dec. 27. The trail of politics nearly, but not quite, managed to spoil the Xmas holidays. On the Eve of Xmas we had the last, result of the General Election m West Derbyshire, where there was a
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 288 4 feep-Seated Abscess m the Hip. Our Portrait is of Mrs. LAMBOON. of Mett's Mitt, WitkyKam. Seassaa. Knciand. woo w riles "I am writing to tell yon of the began to oat hotter, and the discharge benefit I have received from your began to get less. 1 persevered with Clarke's Blood
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    • 519 4 CRICKET I OUR FRESH LONDON VI l PRICES ON APPLICATION GEAR ite_^ I /^KEPLER-^I TRADE MARK \s*> V vl Cod Liver Oil /tiffi. with Malt Extract I&A :^M ALL Nursing Mothers can benefit r^B by taking 'Kepler' Cod Liver Oil riS a^Ttu with Malt Extract. It increases the S.Y^(fcfy& quality
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  • 661 5 SANGER'S ELEPHANTS POISONED. Children beyen*. number, says the Newsj of tr.-c World, wih grieve to hear of a calamity on a Surrey farm, when ha s robbed them of Christmas and circus- joys. Of the /x c.ephanta which Mr. James Sanger was accustomed to keep m winter quarters on nis
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  • 264 5 The statement, apparently authentic, that. the eldest son of the lat:- Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary is being edu-, rated with the use of prs-war maps, the! intention of which is to keep from him until he is grown up the history of the last ten
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  • 17 5 There is plenty of room m the Conservative Party for all who profess Cor.scrvri've principles— Lord Derby.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1132 5 BUSIJ^EST^A R D S I MOL^T^F^f iHAieusAa eaUaff write to ll! (Radiorayor) Ten fine views of Devotees' Penances IKE CO, 41. The Arcade. MITS I'BOSHI ELECTRIC CO. NOW ON SALE— 4O CENTS COPY. I 2318 :{2R > No^h Bridge Road. I NAKAJIMA— 91, Br as Basah Rd. H. SWEET SHOP.
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    • 694 5 RUCTION SALE. Estate of Dr. G. F. WISE HOWORTH. deceased AUClllsft is ALE Or Jacobean Design leak Household Furniture At L 7 ad ff GiUtead and »«wtoa Roads and cose to Thompson Road OX SATURDAY 2nd FEB. AT S0 P.M Compiling well-made artistic 'Jacobean design wa.nu; rfsined teak dining room,
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    • 453 5 'iilliii The houst? of reliability for Scientific Instruments. Agents for STANLEY Co.. Ltd. NAUTICAL REQUISITES. A rants for HEATH Co., Ltd. WATCHES AND CLOCKS. Agents for S. SMITH Sons. Ltd. Case of Drawing Instruments 17 Drawing Pens and Pencils Piiinp Spring how ien 10 Faber's Slide Rubs |»KS :dajinifiers wit'n
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 15 6 IRVING.— At Weltevreden, Java, on 25th January, to Mr. Mrs. Alan Irving a son.
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    • 26 6 LLOYD. At Sungei Patani, on Jan. 27th, John Lloyd, last surviving son of the late Mr. J. T. Lloyd and Mrs. Lloyd, late of Singapore.
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  • 742 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1924. Using the Railway. In honour of the tourists on the Franconia, or perhaps because a special was p?.id for, on Saturday a passenger train, consisting of six or eight coaches, and drawn by two engines, proudly mounted the slope leading to Pearl's Hill,
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  • 539 6 We have received a calendar from Messrs Rickard and Co, Ltd. A marriage has been arranged and will shortly take place m Singapore, between William Charles, younger son of the late Edward and Mrs. Logan, of Southport, England, and Iris Ismay, niece of M. S. Myers, 11, Buckingham Palace Gardens.
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  • 67 6 NEW LAWS FOR THE F.M.S. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 28. Bills for introduction at the next meeting of the Federal Council include a Criminal Law Amendment, aiming at suppressing extortion and arms offences, identical with the Straits Ordinance; also a bill dealing with Life Assurance,
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  • 249 6 (By Courtesy of th^ Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Jan. 23. It is announced that H. M. the Emperor will make a grant of one million yen for the social welfare m commemoration of the Crown Prince's wedding. It is announced that Admiral Y. ShibaI yama has died of
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  • 544 6 Mr. Mitchell A. S. P piodueed befoiv the Second Court yesterday, a Chinese who is wanted m X ang tor the alleged murder of another Chinese, the (fence being com mitted about three years ego. The accused was remandee pending the arrival of an escort from up-country. Many m Singapore
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  • 442 6 [Rental London, J ln A new transport crisis j a the dockers, who are not dis the employers' dadsioj crease of two shiHinj The Bristol branch has ii presentative> at the de tiansport-uorke.lv to-mon negotiation with the n. latter refuse to rsquesl a national stoppage of v a
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  • 244 6 Arrested m Traft sits US $2,000 worth of IHM G m his possession, a Chinese $.",.000 by the Se< ond Mai The Rising Star Amateurs repetition on the 31st. last v I Theatre. Royal, North Bridge lai Spanish drama "Senorita Fl I Shepherde>>" which will BS leading local Portuirims.- art
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 152 6 Holsten-Pilsenor (fk KNIGHT ■Mil RFFft l^^raj Brewed m Germany. Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai). OFFICE, 45 Robinson Road. Telephone 228. THE REQUIREMENTS IN JEWELLERY, SILVER AND E. P. WARE. TO SATISFY EACH INDIVIDUAL TASTE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY' STUDIED BY YOUR WEIL-KNOWN JEWELLER. B. P. De SIL VA, Franch:
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    • 67 6 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 relieved until you wear scientificaliy-fitted glasses to correct the defect. Let me test your sight and make certain. You will r.ot be advised glasses
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  • 192 7 PREMIER STATES HIS POLICY. ABJV SDON THE OLD TRICKS' .tor's Service.] Paris, Jan. 27. red by representativu of the leii bloc, Mr. Ramsay fered that British public i with regard to the In. two peoples at heart md the dangerous clouds tonntnal misunderstanding, mpsthetrnc explanations I-it Reparation.-
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  • 230 7 Washington, Jan. 27. >lidge has made a statehe intended to employ ■paclal secute regarding the naval oil urta, "if there ii any guilt, puniahed if there hi any civil will be enforced; if there is 11 be revealed; and if any con- ■<:. they will be
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  • 63 7 "^'telegram has been received .^HU-ncy the Governor from the We James Henry Thomas. M.P., State for the Colonies Mttary— His Majesty the King en--0 yesterday the Seals of the jpartment and I take this op'rtngyou that it will be my X and endeavour to preserve 't^'tic associat
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  • 80 7 has retn T amuse »"ent enterW,.,ir j to Sin *:apore and will a Jan 30th onthecorn*oad and Prince Edwaixi St. r,>u h the rw a Very successful tour vt n it and America, and have «aai amny new ideas for the enter--1 the publiCt including number lat^t
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  • 221 7 LEADERS QUARREL. WHO FOLLOWS LENIN. [Reuter's Service.] Warsaw, Jan. 27. A telegram from Moscow says that a complex political situation has arisen from the death of Lenin. The Bolshevist chiefs aie said to be squabbling behind the scenes. Trotsky is said to be m disgrace. Dzer-z'n-ki, who
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  • 202 7 London, Jan. 28. Mr. Bromley, arriving late at a meeting of the locomotive men's meeting at Willeeden, after a conference with the railway tnanagera, announced that he brought good' news. Negotiations were proceeding which' he was confident would result m many of the objected points shortly ceasing
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  • 139 7 The Solicitor General applied to Mr. Justice Acton m the Supreme Court yesteiday morning for an extension of the time m which an appeal has to be made to the Privy Council. The appeal was by the Crown against a decision of the Court of Appeal
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  • 210 7 A pleasant tea-party function arranged by the Anjuman-i-Islam m honour of Mr. H. G. Sarwar, the patron of the Anjuman, who is sihcrtly go ng to Europe on leave, took place at No. 40 Niven Road, the residence of Mr. R. Mahmood Sahib on Saturday last at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 74 7 From a Hankow message it is learned that Mrs. Goff, one of the American missionaries captured and wounded by the Hupeh bandits, died on Jan. 13. It will be remembered that on Dec. 30th. word was received from Siangyang that bandits had captured Tsraoyang, Hupeh, and had taken prisoners the
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  • 585 7 A YEAR OF BIG EFFORTS. The annual meeting of the Y. W. C. A. was held at the Hostel, Fort Canning Road yesteruay afternoon, Mrs. J. M. Sime presiding over a large attendance of members and friends interested m the Association. i ollowing the opening hymn and
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  • 200 7 D UBASH'S UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM. Chief Justice Disbelieves Both Sides. The hearing of the action brought by a dubash, N. Hameed, against a Malay widow, Fatima binte Abdullah the former owner of the Keppel Harbour Hotel, m which he claimed $10,000 commission for negotiating the lease of the premises to the
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  • 133 7 Mr. D. L. Adamson, who has been m charge of the Penang offlfce of Messrs Adamson, Gilfillan and Co. for some time past, will be proceeding to Kuala Lumpur shortly to open a branch there. To facilitate delivery and insure safety of mail delivered by letter carriers' m Manila, the
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  • 793 7 7 a m. Back from the land of dreams and time to get up. I lie still for five minutes more and think a little, totting up my assets so to speak that make life worth living. There's that dance at Mrs.
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  • 180 7 His many friends will be pleased to heav that Mr. A. Neave is out of danger and is improving, says the Malay Mail. The Rev. H. C. Henham, formeily of Province Wellesley and Perak, has been nominated by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Vicarage of Monkton, Thanet. William Reeves,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 129 7 New Stocks of O-So-Ezy Polish i jfflnl \MuSs\ i V «i "O-SO-EZY" POLISH IS A SUPERIOR PRODUCT FOR CLEANING AND POLISHING FURNITURE— FLOORS— AUTOMOBILES Sizes 1 Gal. y 2 Gal. 1 Quart 1 Pint Prices $3.50 $2.10. $1.10. 60cts "O-So-Ezy" Polishing Mops $1.75 R0BINS0¥& Co., Ltd. (Incorporated ir. Straits Settlements).
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 673 8 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regalar Services ia LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES. HAVRE, LIVEKPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Point*. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. EURYADES Amsterdam,
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    • 552 8 STEAMER SAILINGS "EU.ERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated m 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— London
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    • 595 8 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m 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). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London ar.d Arrwern Due Tonnage.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 580 9 SIbAMEaK SAILINGS OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STE VM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd AND ELLERMAN BUCKNALI STEAM SHIP Co., Lta\ (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE). (Incorporated m England). |ajHT SERVICE TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK Vis SUEZ OR PANAMA FROM NEW YORK. Summers Hue Spore. Route For D RBAN Feb.
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    • 384 9 STEAMER SAILINGS DOLLAR A AM LINE v^ft^ A| If U Arosmd the World" g^ I EM FAST PASSENGER AN!> IREKHT SKKVICK From Singapore and Penang to Boston and New York via Port Said, Genoa and Marseilles. I < PRESIDENT HARRISON February 13 •aa. ROBtST DOLLAR February 27 •a. PtEStDENT HAVES
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    • 684 9 STEAMER SAILINGS I ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via F siama and Loading for BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DIRECT. •A FAIRFIELD CITY doe Sin e apore W^ l -s.a STEEL MAKER due Singapore end April Taking cargo on through Bill, of Lading to all Inland Point.. For
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 500 10 Tunnelling from the Shore. It is about time that Reuter enlightened j us, says the Pirian£ Gazette, upon the re- j suit of the tunnelling to the wreck of the Grosvenor, which the' engineers- expected to reach by about this time last month. This is net
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    • 178 10 A sinister ill-luck appears to haunt those German ships that found their way to Am- erica under ether flags after the war. Quite an impressive list of nifchepo to the*e vessels have now been compiled by the loni; f.rm of coincidence. But the "Leviathan ormeriy the "Vater'and must
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 413 10 UNDERWOOD Improved PORTABLE Model i avattaSBBBBBBBna a^_j_oKß aaW _SSZ Bj_l ai MbW JEM] VSm*mmSm BnW C i *HMirrfl_fl_HMr i y-naVm M aITaTS^ I T%% B aMlrlßl I Wm mTsmJM AttMst w I THE MACHINE YOU WILI LYENTUALLY BUY. mmm I I Sole Agents PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England).
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    • 336 10 •^^S^-^^'V^jO fmSaieLjf^i^'ii y I '^'?7^__K^^'',e_K^ *-~i°-.* Aai i«M( IKS jaMaP^^.* taw i- Mar i v.-,"i il i BLACK AND WHITE SCOTCH WHISKY. OBTAINABLE IN ALL HOTELS, CLUBS AND BARS. OK FROM THE SOLE AGENTS. The Borneo Company ltd. (Incorporated m England). f ING APORE— IPOH— PENANG. STEAMER SAILINGS. PROPOSED SAILINGS
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    • 254 10 STEAMER SAILINGS LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N, (Incorporated m Italy) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. For Penang, Brindisi, Venice and Twe v*:i» ports taking cargo on through B3»< Lading for Fiume, the Levant aad Ria Sea Ports, also to all ports on the Vm Coast of Italy. Due to Dv« I Arrive Sail PERSIA Fob.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 674 10 SHIPPING NOTES. Information has been received from the Port Officer, Rangoon, that the Light Vessel Krishna is reported aground. The M. ML Homeward Mail Andre Lebon is expected to arrive here from Saigon' to-day the 2«Jth instant, at daylight. She 1 will leave the "same day at 5 pjn for
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    • 183 10 KEPPEL RM?RO» ft B Slp W n rf Ed 2 h Unda R^der, Sea <™%£S!*^ Sprin Bithi Oil Wharf.— Nil VESSELS IN DRT DOCK Tanjong Pagar. Albert Dock Nil Victoria Dock s.s. Elout, Steel Lighter K. Keppel Harbour King's Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock Nil, No. 2 Dock Giang Seng.
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  • 68 11 January 28. Bank 4 m.s. 2]4 Bank demand 2i4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 21-32 New York, dtmand 49 i 4 Credits 90 days 50 x om France, d.mand 1050 India, T. T. 162 Hongkong, demand li^ p>c p^ Yokohama, demand "ins Norn. Java, demand 239 3angkok, demand
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  • 166 11 I January 28. Tin 100 Tons $1U Gambier 19 50 Pepper White ll™ Pepper Black JIJ-JJ Flake Tapioca earl S^go Sm a 0 Copra 12.50 Copra Sundried 12 90 Opium, Benares unt. 4J)00 Rice, Rang-oon whit.c 275.00 Rice Siam Xo. 1 for e-p rt ao!oo Rice. Siam No. 2
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  • 49 11 Singapore. Jan. 2S. 12 noon. „a?, mgap c ore Standard Pale Crepe— Spot S Singapore Standard Ribbed Smokli S eet M T Spot 49 49 4 Feb-Mareh 49% 50; April-June 51 51%; July-Sept 52% 5r L° nd °n Quotation Sheet Is 2d Market Firm.
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  • 93 11 Singapore, Jan. 2s. Rubber: Is. 2d. Puir* 251 103 124.62% 100 tons sold dull, quotation" nlmt 1 i ft 7v in f/r 1^ Ur is 3 3 25 Petalingis. 1.12% 115 lon'p U L h l 107V2 L 12 Nort "s Pets \i% P E|_*2L 17 25 1775
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  • 223 11 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. R„kk^, t Singapore, Jan. 28. Rubber;_London Is. 2d. Local 48% LoTaT'To^^nn 2?' 11- J&nU&r y £251 W dLL 8 (10° tons sold.) Rubbers:—Ayer Moleks 1.07^ 1 l_i* 5 If/ Ked 6 a 5 h Bt [ZS aa t 6° 65 HiJ£>« 2 021 £?l t I
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  • 136 11 LYALL AND EV ATT'S REPORT. Singapore. Jan. 2S. Tin:— £2ol 10s., 124%, 100 tons sold. Rubber: Is. 2d. Rubbers New Craigieleas 52 54, Lunas o o*?n New Scudais 1.05 1.15, Kedahs 2 2.10, Mandai Tekonfs 34 36, Bukit Jelo- tongs 48 51%, Mentakabs 21% 23% Ulu Benuts 22% 25, Ayer
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 636 11 The record that wa.^ presented by the Chairman of the Duff Development Co. at the meeting of shareholders on Dae. 28 rtads like some accovnt o. proceeding! \\e *hould expect to have transpired a coupie of centuries ago. The acton oj the Coloii a' Office, and
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    • 133 11  - ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT L. R. MacPhail Rubber:-ls 2d 4 in ap r <« J SfJ^J 881 100 tons sold. Kubber:— Tambalaks 57% 62Vi R r M 60 65, Bukit Katils 60 65, New C^Xs Pajam s 5 2 0 Kempas 4.15 4.25 t oo in: 7" a u pmgs
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    • 46 11 We are officially informed says the Stra ts Echo that m view cf the approaching Chinese New Year arrangements have been made for the immediate issue of licences and coupons for the quarter February-April. Licence holders should apply to the Collector of Land Revenue.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 435 11 Itaeta over $5,000,000. wm^^~ mm^ THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE O*TW ÜbS*"'"^ hfad OFFTPF. Wi v (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) Am_____FA Sa ai W e« «K"oS3fi W d> a d comp M with th > Brituh Life AGENTS WANTED District Manager Secretary C. F.CHESTER. G.C.KNOX. HORACE W. RAPER. A. ROBINSON,
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    • 418 11 j BANKING. HpNGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) o Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000 000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds:— Sterling 4,500*000 p t Sllver $24,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang.. Chairman D. G. M. Bernard, Esq.,
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    • 534 11 ■aaaasaa aaaaw aw aaaaHaVaWaVal BANKING. CHARTERED BANK Or INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. o— Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkor.g p u
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    • 687 11 STOCKS AND SHARES. FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, JANUARY 28th. MINING. of C _2 U ST lQ bra( e s B *o* the issue valu. marked cV,? d L TS °therwi.l marked. C.— Cum div. x equals ar div 1 Batang Padang Tin 37& 42% Hitam Tm L
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    • 46 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). J 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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  • 1273 12 GENERAL MALCOLMS FAREWELL SPEECH. H. E. Major General Sir Neill Malcolm,' who, during the time he has been General Officer Commanding the Troops m Malaya, 1 has taken a very considerable interest m the affairs of the Union Jack Club, pre-' sided at the sixth annual general
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  • 695 12 A BRIDGE LAMENT. Mr. Max Pemberton has discovered that true graatiuas m the world's fields of endeavour, does not necessarily imply the ability to play bridge, and he draws, m the Daily Mail, a sorry picture of the result. Great men financiers to whom millions of
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 201 12 ißeuter's Service.] Los Angelas, Jan. 27. Sarazen was two up on Havers at the cr.d cf the forty-fifth hole. Havers won four of the first nine played to-day, and Sarazen three, halving two. The putting of both was unsteady. At the end of the fifty-fourth hole Savazen
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    • 63 12 (Frcm Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Jan. 28. A challenge has been sent by wireless to the; Light Cruisers of the Special Service Squadron to play Perak at rugger. The following team has been provisionally -eievtcd: Farcer; Barr, Ropes, Hime, Stafford; Dunlea,- Whittaker; Rendle, Bradley Hoblyn. Mutch, Bullard,
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    • 51 12 S.R.C. vs. Y. M.C.A. The SRC. soccer players will turn out on the Padang" this afternoon against the Y. M.C.A. The following will represent the V M.C.A. side: Grunstein; C. A. Pennefather and C. A. Norris; Catchatoor, A. Kirn. and C. D. Smith, Hurst, Pereira, C. Smith, Strays, and
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    • 102 12 There will be a Men's Open Singles and! a Mens' Open Doubles Tournament on the ">th. and 6th. February, play commencing at 11 am. Entries close on Saturday 2nd. February, at noon. Entrance fees to nonmcmbers $5 to members $3. Competitors can only enter for one
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    • 76 12 The February Monthly Medal and Gold Medal for 1P23 will be played for on Saturday and Sunday mxt, Feb. 2nd and 3rd The sixteen be?: scorers of these two com- etitions will qualify for the President's Piize 1i)23. Ladies February Spoon will be played for on Monday,
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  • 200 12 A Chinese man and woman were stabbed to death m house 11 Blanco Court, a shoemaker's shop Sunday morning. The affair wa> mentioned before Mr. Venables, Second Magistrate, yesterday morning, when Inspector Lamb proeluced the alleged murderer and asked for a postponment. The facts of the
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  • 121 12 Lady Mann ng, wife of H. E. the Governor of Ceylon, entered the Fraser Memorial Nursing Home, Colombo, on Jan. 15, to undergo a slight operation. The operation took place next mcrning and proved entirely satisfactory. Mr. J. Corvis, an Austra'ian against whom a charge of cheating m respect of
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 255 12 S-R.C. vs. R. E. The S. R. C. hockey team was again successful yesterday afternoon when the Club met the R. E. and won by two goals to one. The Club's victory was well deserved and Stack, who scored' both the points for the S.R.C.. was m fine form.
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    • 282 12 The following were the results at th* swimming sports of the Scouts held on Saturday at the Y. M. C. A. swimming pool, "A" Division. 40 Yards Free Style: 1, Mohamad Yusoff bin Sawavali (Fifth Troop), 2, Hwang Soon Chong (Third Troop), 3, H. Beins (Seventh Troop).
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  • 168 12 Two Chinese dealers of 473 North Bridge road were produced before the Third Magistrate yesterday morning, and charged at the instance of Inspector King of the Arms and Explosives Department, with importing explosives, secondly with making a false declaration co the Import and Export Office and thirdly with
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  • 24 12 Wednesday, 30th. Officers Class, Raffles Imtitution 5.15 p.m. Band Practice at 5.15 p.m. Thursday, 81a*. Officers Class, Raffles Institution 5.15 p.m.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 218 12 THE INCOMPARABLE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT "HIS MASTERS VOICE" GRAMOPHONE That is why the truly great artists of the present generation m ever-increasing numbers are found among the ranks of famous "Celebrity" arti S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Hongkong.) SINGAPORE A i M I Malayan China-Clay! and Pottery Co., Ltd. offer
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 81 12 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Tuesday, 29. 5.15 p.m., JJ-rill Hall, S.R.E. (V) Signals Lamp and Flag Instruction. Wednesday, 30th. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, All Unit? Training for Garrison Sports. Friday, Ist. 5.15 p.m., Jrill Hall All Units Training for Garrison Sports. Drill Hall, S.V.A.(V) Voluntary Cla, of Instruction. Saturday, 2nd. 2.0
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