The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 February 1924

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS, SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924 No. 11,1:50
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  • 179 1 (Jovtrnnunt havo cosBC 'successfully through thtir first cunttntio^s division over the Poplar matter Page I. The Secretary for India has <!<ar\ stated th.it progress in India must follow the Methods] lad down in tht reiorn schemes Page ?>. Liberal nenbera are to net ap debate on the
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  • 969 1 A happy childhood is one of the best K'ifts that patents have it n their power On rainj day, whin w t children e tired of inventing new illnesses for the dolls, or of planning battles tor »>ur tin warriors; when, in fact, we were 01 verge of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 257 1 t. PfiTTBK OIL ENGINES tys GIVE ENTIRE W SATISFACTION (iuthrie Co., Ltd. vw WEEKLY PROGRAMME. AulllCC) OOIGI MONDAY. Tea Duuant TUESDAY.- Dinner D rebphonc 320. (16 Lines). WEDNESDAY Oi tral •Concert. THURSDAY. Guest Nighttill 12 p.m. Dinnei I- Ivll Y, I< Danaant. o SATURDAY. Guest Night Dinner uvA Dance. '.TEST
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    • 132 1 COMPARE THE WORK THE MASTER MODEL Sole Agents: Koneo Limited ===r— n The Europe" Griil Has already well established ltae!f in the public favour daring its EVEN THE FINEST HOTEL IN THE WORLD. Could i tisfy the Individ a tast< -of each and every but h ph^. e of t
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    • 176 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Snow-ball light— Pag< 16. I'i ai Iden series Pagi Capstan d< luxi I cents— Page l. Ford trucks: utility, speed— Pa.ee 14. Whiteaway's shoo selections I':. 16. Gilettea for i». if t shaving Pajre 11. Wm. Jacks for Sisson's olutlona P Wearne's for Champion plugs I'.-, n Latesi
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    • 13 1 FOUR WHEEL-BRAKES I aaaaaarW>? MECHANICALLY /a>Tw*£? VVAU ECT jlkl^Ml Cuthrie Co., Ltd. C^^sJ
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 135 1 THE WEEK. Thtti-gday, 2fi Hi^h Water. 3.20 «.m. !.n ;>.,„ and <*. Morea leaves. Phil. Orchestra, Ha 5 15 p.rn Sinwpore Golf I i. W. A. .Tumi Friday, 29th. 4.23 a.m. 6.22 p.m. Me ville Syndicate, Guthries, noon. Municipal Commission, 2.15 v Ist. h Water 5.46 a.m. 8.1 i p.m.
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  • 571 2 We a.i lovi stories of buried treasure and there i- splendid one in Chambers'a Journal --'l- p..- Treasure Hunt of the Age," by Mis. Deecker w.th the added mer t of being true. The Gi nor belonged to old -John I pany and was wrecked <>iv t:
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  • 225 2 The c <>f l4 taksheesh" is an eternal practic* i.i th and in the new Turkey it has rather increased than diminished. This is perhaps hardly to he wondered when ialariei are 10 low for Government lervants. It is. indeed, a mystery to the foreigner how even the active
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  • 11 2 r..,, l ','h, hil >S th comment r imwrii ii. Wrkenhead
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 129 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY. o Free Shows! Free Shows!! SPECIAL CHINESE CONJURERS. Malacca Ronggeng, Marionettes and Special Orchestra HiJJJlsffil -ft'?l^ *F >■•• >$\4rA WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS, LTD. (Incorporated in England.) PARIS TOILET. No. 1 Toilyt'i- Quay. o LADIES' SALOON. EUROPEANS IN CHARGE. HAIR DRESSING $1.00 HAIR SINGEING BO MARCEL WAVING LOO
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    • 315 2 Prices as Usual CIRCLE $2 STALLS $2 and $1 FOR THE GREAT SUPER PICTURE Blood and Sand STARRING Rodolph Valentino. COMMENCING SATI'RDAY NEXT MARCH Ist. AT 9.15 P.M. Booking Open At The THEATRE. Friday Next Feb 29th Telephone 82(>. From February 29 to March 1. At the ELDORADO CINEMA, MALACCA
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    • 353 2 Alhambra I From Sunday, 24th February, to Friday, 29th February. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp. TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PRESENTS RICH Alii BATHELMESS IX "SONNY" I In 8 Reels. (From the play by George V, Herbert). The story is human in conception and
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  • 535 3 Fiarce Cutter C>eC Under Water 1 ..'te.e.n years ago, a diver could not have hed a sunken wreck, lying 180 feet tti.t ;n tht i .face of the sea. He would have beer, ijushe 1 by the enormous pressure cf the water; he. icald not have been
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  • 199 3 Abolition Demanded hy Women. (.onstantincple, Jan. 18. I fit- cu: it t of opinion in ftrvour of U gaily abolishing polygamy is growing in connection with the proiosed new laws reuu'atinjr family life, which the Angora As: embly Commissior. is drafting. Yesterday I meeting of about four
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  • 198 3 Im'ran Government's Policy Critfefacd. Discussing the placing of orders with Germany ivr locomotives for the Indian St;itt railways, the Railway Gazette states thai the British maker does not fear fair competition, but he i< entitled to some prottiticn and consideration in the case of a ccuntrj
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  • 163 3 Open Chal'enne to Treasury Bench. Ltndon, Feb. 19. The first open chfrlleugc to the Trt-asuiy Bench from its miliu.r.t Scottish supporters Kn the House of Commons came at the vn<] of questions to-dfcy when there were protests that the question paper was BO arranged that Scottish questions
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  • 165 3 The Government of India are prepared to enter into an agreement with and a licence to private enterprise In India for the establishment and operation of the necessary radio services to provide the Indian Ink of the Imperial Wirelezft Scheme and commercial iadk> communication with other
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    • 213 3 DODGE BROTHERS CARS OVER 90 PER CENT OF ONE MILLION STILL IN SERVICE SINCE DELIVERING THEIR FIRST CAR, EARLY IN DECEMBER, 1<)14, DODGE BROTHERS HAVE MANUFACTURED AND SOLD ONE MILLION MOTOR VEHICLES. OVER 90 PER CENT OF ALL THESE CARS ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE. THIS STRIKING FACT STANDS ALONE—
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    • 227 3 PEUGEOT We Beg to Announce the Arrival of a New Shipment o f PEUGEOT Cars. 7 H.P.— Two Seater. FUted with Detachable Wheels, Flectric Lighting and Starting, Speedometer, Clock, Horn, Spare Wheel and Tyre. DEFERRED PA YMENTS m QCA YOUR USED CAR ARRANGED TAKEN IN PART PAYMENT The Borneo Company,
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  • 747 4 FMst-war depression calls for a mixture ft Htrcules and Mark Tapley, and there is plenty of room for philosophic huoyancy, according 1 to Dr. Arthi'r Shadwell's 1 paper in the January Nineteenth. He takes the u!il) and frequent platform references to the' prevalent distress as repeating
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  • 139 4 The recent adoption of vour- wheel brakes by the widely popular Buick car has caused public attention to be centred on this important advancement in automotive enpineerine:. Four-wheel brakes are not a newdevice They have been used by makers in Europe for a good many year-
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  • 465 4 (By 'Esme'.) Twenty years ago ankles were demode. They were hdden one did not mention them. Now they are not merely displayed, but they are most important. In short, they are in vogue, and in estimating 1 a women'.- looks now a critic glances at her
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  • 376 4 One public man to whom 1«.<24 has I brought a great accuse of labour is Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, who has been describing, with a touch of humour the strain H I wiemouth Post Office as a result of the correspondence which has be^un lo i in upon
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  • 156 4 There are votne ostrich-feather f#ns being shown in the shops at the present time. 1 One of these, with drooping feathers mounted on real tortoise-shell, is seen in white,! pink, jade, or mauve. Another upright fan has stems of mother-o'-pearl, and fefttlu n are either black, white, jade,
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  • 1482 4 LETTERS OF A HEARER. Rassul Galwan ia a Mahomedan of Ladak, who for a reat many years, from youth .onward, accompanied British and American traveller- in the Himalayas an.l the countries to the north. Among these was one whom he calls "the poor Sahib". who was
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  • 258 4 State Efforts to h.r mnt It. In an instructive booklei Department of Airriculture, I Malay States, Mr. H. W. J« h the effort being made bj rnment to encourag i ultivation <-f rice. T it t of importance will he readily admitti it is reaHfl d
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  • 125 4 I in Mi (litf^inv: their waj Im Flood. The o >'.< 'late d exai writing, and the oldest ki ai-t in nu tal, K 1 there. According t«> Bi i-ii Mu iaw Flood >< era to be i A report fr<>m Mi. C I leader <>f
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    • 437 4 NOTICES. RBITISH WAR MEDAL AND MERCANTILt MARINE WAR MEOAL. o Tin- above medal* hare seen swarded »o the hc low Application for these ■fcOOld be mad- p.rsonally to the Master Attendant. Strait! Settlements (Medals Branch), •^in^apor<\ SURNAME. CHRISTIAN NAME& Dalftieish, David. Norton, Alfred H. Baair^Masaat, K:irU Rehert E. Robertson, Robert
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    • 620 4 NOTICE^. ORDINANCE No. 44 (BANKRUPTCY), o IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In Bankruptcy. No. 16'.» of IftS. Re '1 Chop Buan JOO Loßff. SUMMARY CASE. ReeeiTing Order mad.- 27th July, IMS, Date of Order for Summary Administration 22nd KoreMBM Itlt, I>att- and place of
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  • 4241 5 S. BBLANGOI AND N. SKMHILAN. By K. S. Willboarn Asst. Geologist, F.M.S. i Ki.ila I.unpur IMain. In the neighbourhood (f Kepong the granite hiUs near the contaci with limestone have been hydrau ieiacd to a considercbli '-Lent and. in ami district, the alluvium is
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  • 43 5 never read ;i 34 ir.e of Sir Ian llai.r!ton'i without f.«-liri"- that here is k man who f<: :<ht and did hia bit and '-amc a^av run. j; man who took from the turmoil that Btranffc peace whidi passetJi underPtsndinc*— *Mr. Ramsay IfaeDonaM)
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    • 506 5 AKTION SALES. MORTGAGEE'S SALE. d and Hoass Prapcrtias and A< Maasra. Ckvoag Ko*s Saieroaam, No. :u» chulia str.-et l-AV r.th MARCH, AT Mt p.||. 1 <! land situated at Upper b< h Lebar Police I 'ii Terminus, area 22 B »f I'an of (,rar,t So. S. on I Hurkinshaw, BoiicJtora)!
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    • 351 5 TAPPINC; THE NERVE-FORCE. o M j WOKBB THAN BLEEDING. r^ "It is better to los^ pint of blood than to have thr nerrei tapped. No one can i) rasuiv your nerve-tone as it rttltl aua.v,'' wrote that tmmoQM Doctor, Oliver Wendell Holmes. It is easy to explain why this is
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  • 846 6 PRODUCE GATHERBB OF MALAYA. This is what the Manchester Guardian has to say of this Company, under the head of "Feeder Services." All visitors to Tenant, Singapore, or the Btnaller poitl up and down the coasts of Malaya are familiar with the business-like little steamers of the
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  • 124 6 The appointment (>;• Raja Chulan to the Federal Council i we believe, :n partial fulfilment of the pledge given by Government some time ago to Increase the number of members by the addition of a Malay representative, and an extra Chinese member. The Secretary of State had approved the appointment
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  • 626 6 Searchlights and Machine (iuns. At the invitation of the Marianing-Direc-tov of the Tsin-Pu Railway parties of foreigners and Chinese were the guests of the Administration on special night trains which left Tientsin East recently for Tientsin West, with a view to demonstrating the precautions now being adopted
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  • 296 6 All journalists, Londoners o> not, will be interested in "a splendid failure" which Mr. Harcourt Kitchin contributes to the I-\-'«--puary Cornhill under the title of "Ad- ventures in Printing House Square**. It dtjN with the fortunes of The Times from L895 till 1908, and the kvyiu.tr •>:' these
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  • 44 6 Mr. A. R. Robb. Wraneh ntenaprer at Seremban for Messrs. Fraser and Neave, Limited, is shortly leaving for Penanjr to relieve Mr. J. H. Littlefair who i> proceeding home on leave. Mr. Lyle, of Singapore, is coming to Seremban to take Mr. Robb's place.
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    • 207 6 [A^ T N 1 y° ur^y a^ AlPv^v^i \Nf ives baby n&a T n/ Allenbums i *f The 'Allenburys' Foods or Infants arc invaluable 111 1^ i n the prevention of infantile diarrhoea and cholera. They are entirely free from harmful germs, and are quickly and simply prepared by the
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    • 276 6 Double-Ribbed Core Sparking PlugFound All Over the World Motor car drivers and boat owners of every country Jo«»»-"oi.i and clime have tried Champion Sparking Plm;s anJ »~~~jta have not found them wanting. The unfailing spar'c r^^^^^fc of Champions has been as sure as the setting sun. But everything becomes less
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  • 788 7 The "Hall" was packed by an audience n prestnt-ative of every walk in life, lrom the partisan who insists on shouting to ivory competitor his advice of "Mix it for him" to the rinps.de seat enthusiast who points out to the indifferent occupant of the next
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  • 281 7 Island Ki I d by Kx-Cahin Hoy. j Three adventurous travellers have arrived in Auckland after completing a 2 000 mile voyage in a 30-ft. yawl, through a littleknown part of th< Pacific Ocean. They are Mr. R. A. Sampson of the United States; Mr.
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  • 660 7 'Coasters" ard "Potato Kings" If some poor lover of old .-ilver should wish to start a collection, and ytt does not legard teaspoons as adequately exciting objects for hi.« hunting, why should he not ccnsicer the chase o? the "coaster"? These coasters j_ot their name in Ireland
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  • 120 7 It is. of course, not yet certain that the new Government will scrap the scheme for the establishment of a naval base at Singapore. Unfortunately, it has been n ade the subject of hysterical comment in some cases instead of being sanely considered in the li^ht
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  • 112 7 Mr. A. H. Preece, of the firm of Messrs Piccci', Cardew and Co., Consulting Engi- eers to the Crown Agents in London, who recently investigated the Ceylon HydroElectric scheme and submitted a report on it, arrived there from Singapore on Feb. 12. by the P. and Macedonia.
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  • 79 7 A very striking example was pointed out \v Ai;hbjshop Whately 00 years ixgo. Docs ot tvtryone still say "I won't be longer han I can help" instead of "I won't be longer than I can't he'n"? What is meant s that the minimum time will not be exeeded.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 585 7 BUSINESS CARDS. ITOGRAPHIC STORES. INTERNATIONAL House for iphic EMPLOYMENT BIREAU. l:. M ui- supply: Domestic Strvants, Ships* in k< V. < T. M ,rKPr,I, Crewa, Kstate and Mining Labourers. tW I HIM. to-. .»■>, N-Kh Kr.dirt-n. Appl> jfi, ROBINSON ROAD. DENTISTRY. "HORROCKSES." j 1 rot beal work LONGCL6THS, SHBETtNGS, DRILLS.
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    • 470 7 ITS SO EASY TO STOP INDIGESTION! It is one of the easiest things in th»- world o get rid of Flatulence, Wind, Heartburn and ther forms of Indigestion arising from an xcess of acidity in the stomach. Just take lalf a teaspoonful (or if you prefer it two r three
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    • 452 7 The house of reliability for Scientific Instruments. Agents for STANLEY Co. UJ. NAUTICAL REQUISITI Agents for HEATH Co., Ltd. WATCHES AND CLOCKS. Agents for S. SMITH Sons, Ltd. Case of Drawing Instruments $7 Drawing Pi-ns and Pencils ."> Pamp Spring Bow r< n 10 Faber/a Slid*' Rui n ISJi Magniflen
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  • 22 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. USHER. At tho Maternity Hospital. Sing* pore, on '.'Ttti February, to Mr. and Mrs. J I P. Usher son.
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1924.
    • 542 8 :ould only be made by the export of ?oods, and that the world would agree to accept 6,000 million pounds worth r of German goods is incredible. In no i authoritative quarter is there any expectation that Germany can pay anything like so large a sum, but whatever
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    • 200 8 The statement of Lord Olivier that the Government was not prepared to meet the wishes o f the Indian Extremists and revise the scheme for the grant of responsible government to India, following on Mr. Ramsay Mac Dona Id's ?arly message to the Indian paper, will greatly relieve
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  • 1315 8 Tht Times nf Jan. Slftt has a portrait of Sir Frederick Seton -Tames, who has been Appointed Governor of the Windward Island-. The Indian and Ceylonese Communities are giving a Garden Party in honour of the departure from the Colony of Sir Frederick Seton James, K.8.E.. C.M.G., ai No. 393
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  • 183 8 [Revtei Wetliagton, i A recent larestlgat w of th, m Mb of opining up trade uith tauten cm ha>. resulted in the offer <>t ut(h pins compan> U prmidt- provided Nt* Zealand h^ r ferential duties imposed on product! the Dutch Indies. It |g >t;it((| ((u r is
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  • 85 8 The following w» re th< Ext ellency the Govemoi 1 mard at a dinner at Tuesday. i Hon. Mi i He. Mr. H. C. Cooke-Yarboi Cooke-Varbo rough. Hon. Dr. J. Graj and M Ah. T. I. M. Gordon Mr. D. T. Lewis. Mr. M. B 9 elley. Mr.
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  • 239 8 Tlie dress critic of the Ms I mentlng on the froclu Lumpur races "u Saturday tainly put <>ur l>e>t foot mattt r of diesa and '"our bt to ton it in putting on the ligl te I we could find <•! io ii »eei took a cui
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  • 102 8 "I Tin- Committ notice of all int< to tin eff( offer the use f modious Club Prei j| VI, Gaylang R I for Mrslim purpoa or political). Tin lub H ionally well lighted ing- and lectui i.-iii. u ith the pi in< tion, will be availal. i.
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  • 46 8 Ifa sy, I f l house wai Him I I rict Court \< terd*o lodging house without s The geographi i says that because I-'""** been Viceroy of India, si •rnorsMps in Austral!*, First Lord of the Adn lon the side of the Singfai llt lM I
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    • 319 8 What is a Connoisseur A CONNOISBBUR IS ONE WHO KNOWS AM) LOVES THAT WHICH IS GOOD, BEAUTIFUL, UNCOMMON, INTKRESTiMi. EVERYTHING THAT IS THE BEST OF ITS KIM) AM). ABOVE ALL. GENUINE. I The Connoisseur comes to Caldbeck's Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai). WINK AM) SPIRIT MERCHANTS. OFFICE, 43
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    • 30 8 .1 I DEWAR'S "Victoria Vat" I A WHISKY OF GREAT AGE, AND ONE ESPECIALLY SUITABLE CLUBS. Sole Agents: HUTTENBACH LAZARUS SONS LIMITED. SINGAPORE. [i PEARS'I M I GOLDEN SERIES. t
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  • 467 9 I SURVIVES DIVISION. IMI POPLAR SI l« HAKGES. [Reutei 'a Service.] London, Feb. 27. j Ho I "Minions the Government thstOOd it- ftrst serious Op. ight to-night in a debate B( '101l of Mr. J. Wheat ley t<1(1 reviou Gov< rnment's ng the atnot nt of p aw
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  • 48 9 London, l\b. 28. executive of the Stevedores Union recommended all its mem-to-morrow, under the terms Agreement, pending the having promised that particular shall be favourably considered Leadea^ Feb. 2tt. has occurred in connection with on of work by the ■teredorce turned down the executive*! ition.
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  • 60 9 rtt«j of the N.-inyo XichiNichi Shimhi-nsha.) Tokio, Feb. 2«. Matsukata,, at his villa in Okizu in ritical condition. inced that the Governmei t has till the Fire Insurance groups til ko million Yen at a >>f four per cent redeemable in Ired hooaee have bees destroyed which oeeoired
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  • 217 9 BARBED WIRE HEROES. LUDBNDORFF ON TRIAL. [Renter's Service.] Munkh, Feb. 26. 'Hie trial of Ludendortf, Hitler and sd accomplices, on charges of revolutionary attempt in November, opened in the ex-infantry echool. The approaches •<> the court were blocked with barbedwii.-, armed solders and police held up
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  • 448 9 Rome. Feb. 2tt. It is semi-officialh denied that Spain has withdrawn from the naval disarmament committee. It is explained the conference members were not empowered to take >ns but merely to frame opinions in the Form of reports. Basse, Feb. 27. The naval conference dosed with an
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  • 104 9 Th Amateur Sporting Association will five their Second performance entitled "Improvidence" at the Theatre Royal, North Bridge Road on Thursday at 8.4."> p.m. -harp There was a crowded house at the first performance and a full house is expected for the second performance in view of the
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  • 11 9 Everybody tf«>«'- through the lying and tf.ii'vinu >tauv.-- -Miss Barbara Low.
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  • 1263 9 THE APPALLING COLL. Remarkable Scenes. The Moscow correspondent of the Manchester Guardian in the course of a fino descr.ption of the funeral of Lenin says: After the dirge, the lid of the coffin, covered with red silk, with three windows on t.e tcp and side, was placed on
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  • 497 9 THE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS. The ease for the plaintiff was concluded yesterday afternoon in the action which has bier, occupying the attention of Mr. Justice Acton for three days, in which G. C. Evance, former manager of Elkayes match factory, i? claiming damages from Lim Kee Soo. tht
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  • 252 9 The 34th Anniversary was celebrated in the V. If. C. A. hall on Friday last by an overflowing audience, with the Rev. J. A. B. Cook in the chair. The annual report, which was read by the Secretary (Mr. Tan Boon Chin) described the activities of the'
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  • 60 9 In the District Court, Malacca, on Monday, the six Malaya who were captured by the Port Dickson customs nun in a sailing j)rahu off Pilau Undan some nights ago.l with nearly 30 pikuls of rubber on board,l came up for sentence. They were each! fined $500 or in default six
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 118 9 Robinsonj&. Co Ltd. SPECIAL QUALITY i. ivh. V ili Lj IN jr xiUCjO THE TYNWALD MANX TRAVELLING RUG Price $8.75 Each. A NICE SELECTION OF REVERSIBLE CHECKS AND STRIPES ON GREY GROUNDS. GUARANTEED ALL WOOL WITH ntINGED ENDS Robinson Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Strait* Settlement*.) GOLD FLAKE CIGARETTES Famous
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    • 699 10 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE RtgaUr S«rrirM U LONDON, A.MSTKRDAM, ROTTKKDAM. tNTWMMP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA. MAHSKII I KS. I l\ I KPOOI AND GLASGOW. MAKSKIIIKS. RAVKB, LIVBkPOOL AM) (ILASGOW. CiOCTON \NP NKW YORK. Taking cargo on through Hill* «>t I ndiny for all Overland Point*. WEEKLY SKKYUK IONDON AND
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    • 513 10 STEAMER SAILINGS i "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). PASSENGER SERVICE. Steamer. Due Singapore. HOMEWARDS. *s.s. CITY OF YORK Marseilles— London April 4 *s.s. CITY OF CAIRO Marseilles— London Apr. 23 PASSAGE RATES. *A Class Steamers Ist Class £86. 2nd Class £56. Deck £22. IB
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    • 528 10 STEAMER SAILINGS 1111 P. O. 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. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and CHINA
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  • 220 11 lueal of thi 1920, a Com Archbishop o ri upon w ltl c "f Hands, of th» piritua Their report, pub y f <- fruit <»f mod m and Alll)utt Mid Sn 1 mseh ea fn. f tftie n ke I; reporti oi its 1 1 evccy <>t
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  • 77 11 cf wrai itably I Still Serbia, p is ti ty cents .i'jo, however, •iid have appeared in the century statt thai Hr. till tig a word for his an ai i nymous i i ran: 1 was a in Indian 1 hiw i.r, t •tun Leeds copy and foul d
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  • 367 11 Sir \v. .1.-yr son-Hicks, Minister of Ili; presided on JaMiary 11 at a lecture Towns." by Sir Th< <><.< ,-<■ Chambers, Fellow of the Surveyors' Institution, and chairman of the Welwyr (iarCity, i«> the London Society, 18 John- w.r. T. Chamben laid the "garden city" u a protesi
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  • 172 11 IliuJih Protected Market. In hia on the commercial in Inrio-China, 11. M. Con*oli. }> marks that Prance ia lie of hei Far Eastern on a?-,! is disinclined to admit any artii n t i.i prospai ity of untry. 1 rensh cla t by an xt nsive am! railwa
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  • 208 11 Those who think they are (retting a little •Id ,'t ftftj may take inspiration from adicr-Genera] C. <;. Bruce, who at 56 command of the third Mount Iv< 1 1 t Expedition. third esstaidi tin the greatest of all will lu' made in the coming spring,
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  • 444 11 Insects Shipped to New Zealand. A i amber of mincte cafes, containinj the products tf a new scientific mimele 1 .\c just been despatched from England U New Zealand and West Af ri a. Xeu Zealand -e i ntly s t an S. 0. S message
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  • 277 11 A motor-car *h-u can be steered crabwist across the ;oad ;:t,<l thai posse ether in ten feature* i? now going timugh the stage of experimerA and test, has already achieved interesting results. It hat been made to cross ditch u t\ te n miles an hoar,
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  • 110 11 The Director of Medical Service* report: a progressive deterioration in the health a British troop* in India -in|e 1914. Up ro year th n had been a steady improve ment, due to the very dose and successful udy of the various causes of sickness. The iii\v
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  • 57 11 The Procurator of thr Belgium Mission at Shanghai has received a message reporting the capture by bandits of the Her. Fredrick Van Pi act, a Belgian missionary at Talesou, Shansi, near the Mongolian border. The captive was taken in the direction ofTokoto, and the bandHi are demanding
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    • 294 11 X^^dyMj mmmmi A wfia^i 'sfcv *-i "Jf I The New Improved Gillette '"pHIS New Improved Gillette, an The New Improved Gillette cannot A instrument of precision, is a clog with soap and hair. The blade revelation to men who are accus- is curved into exactly the correct tomed to ordinary
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    • 134 11 E gp| MALTED \A\Uk 6 P^ft^ HORLICKS part H 2 t^J^^-^SI Tho-JMr. oi Folk luve t.....,K^ HO^i.JCK'S C -5TXr!^ MALTED MiLK— d» FOOD- 1 for U < R the tren t: ■<■ thc:n to "ca It it Jl *wl"^^J Mri» ■!■< for 013 aad youog difca hiOH LICKS Q HI
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    • 44 11 I m ARROLJOHNSTON GARS. If you buy an Arrol-Johrwton Car at home th e makirs will pack it and ship it to Singapore FREE OF ALL COST when your leave is up. Let us tell you MON ah. cit this scheme. CENTRAL MOTORS LTD.
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  • 198 12 The Brit sh steamer Manoia from Livev- pool yesterday, brcught a carj?o of coal. The cable ship Mapnet arrived in poit yesterday after a trip to the cable grounds in the West. The P. and O. Jeypore has left Colombo, and is expected to arrive at th.s port
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 168 12 I UNDERWOOD j TYPEWRITERS. NEW MODELS 1 S.S. CITY OF DURBAN. I 10' LS 14in. 18in. 2Gin. Carriage. PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) f\ t\ in pvr li fifm o np ninr Finest Old Scotch Whisky. f j John Little Co., Ltd. 1 (Incorporated in England). j| Singapore
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    • 53 12 SWEDISH EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD (Incorporated in Sweden). For Barcelona, Christiania. Aarhus. Copenhagen. Gothenburg and Swedish port* M. V. HEMLAND due Mar. 17 a M. V. CANTON Apr. 10 r; M, NIPPON May 20 h For Hongkong and Japan. <.s.MPPON Manh M For space apply to: VDAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD
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    • 346 12 1 ra ■M i .ji'>sa?.ita:-!/iStWy^^r^: f BLACK AND WHITE SCOTCH WHISKY. OBTAINABLE IN ALL HOTELS, CLUBS AND BARS. OK FROM THE SOLE AGENTS. 77?e Borneo Company I td. (Incorporated in England). f INGAPORE— IPOH— PBNANG Burns Philp Line FOR SYDNEY MELBOURNE via DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND BRISBANE The British T.S.S. MARELLA,
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    • 194 12 STEAMER SAILINGS LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. Co (Incorporated in Italy)HOME W AkT> s"\ 1 1. 1 NGS. For Penang, Briadisi, Venice and Tne»M v port! taking cargo on through B;l)> oJ Lacing for Fiume, the Levant and Black Sea Ports, also to al] ports on the W»»« Coast of Italy. Due
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 595 12 TO-DAY. Bangkok (By train) <] a.m. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Jcrantut) By train a.m. Ivarimon Fool- Mow 9 a.m. I ucob and Benuit Hong Cheantf i* a m Cucob and Pontian Hong Soon j) aim' 'u au S®** l Sultana a.m. Delagoa Bay, Durban, Port Elizabeth,
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    • 960 12 1 King's Dock Nil. No. 1 Dock Sri Tunda, F.M.S. Hopper No. 1, Khoen Foeng. No. 2 Dock Nil. CLEAUANCES. Feb. 27. Esmeralda, Singkep, Swaerdecroon Coen, De Weert, De Eerens, Emile, ir of Sarawak, (Sar); Phemius, Medusa, Ban Whatt Hin, (Brit); Prachatipok, (Slam); Ryokai Maru. (Jap). WEATHER REPORT. Kandang Kerbau
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 486 13 SAILINGS as jsss&zrs(lncorporated in EEtfland). ;,,VT SERVICE TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK Vi. SUEZ OR PANAMA FROM NEW YORK FOR NEW YORK. ■•amen. Due S'pore. Rout* BATES In p ort K ute m For ,v, ()N M. r f UCZ Boston aml New York. r( ir, «>F manila V,;;.- n
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    • 465 13 ___^^_STEAMER SAILINGS tSjXmumk "Around the World" tt^S FAST PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE From Singapore and Penang to Boston and New York via Port Said, Genoa and Marseilles. s.s. ROBERT DOLLAR .is! PRESIDENT HAYES S s.s. PRESIDENT ADAMS M A arc !j 12 s.s. PRESIDENT (JARFIELD V pn o^ s.s. PRKSIDEXT
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    • 508 13 L STEAMER SAILINGS ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via Fit.ma and Loading for R BOSTON, NEW YORK, AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DIRECT z. s M r° E^ G^s R crTY t: Ear Mar -STEEL MAKER KgES S T.k.ng cargo on through Bill, of Lading to .11 Inland Pointt Apr 25
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  • 725 14 IN THE PALATINATE. An Investigation. rjy, Ludwigshafen. ine two towns Mannheim ami Ludw.j shafen are really one. They are ecmecU by the treat bridge that spans the Khin Mom one to the other is a walk of on! a few minutes. Thousands of worknu who live in I.udwig-hafen
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  • 173 14 Kohinson Crusoe Island. In the new issue O'. Chamben'i Journal B Ilrilnrt Rus-vll has a href sketch of the island of Labuan, which he saw while <»n the Renown at the time <»: the visit of the Prince <>f Wales. He suggests that if a cinema producer were Marching
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  • 653 14 Mock Suns and Fairy Tea -Tables. In the theatre of the Royal Institutioi recently Sir William Bragg showed his au dience of children several models whicl lepresented the exact way in which th< atoms of oxygen and hydrogen fitted to f«th«r in iin in crystal. Twenty years ago
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  • 418 14 A new West African Governor, touring :hc colony fcr the trsi time and wishing I imprest upon the natives hi.- own im[oitance and tht paternal rare of the Biitish Government, he'd a "palaver/* oils the fashionable Governor.- call it to-day, i "durbar," of native chiefs and their attendants.
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  • 672 14 Secret of the Damascus Blade. "We are now in an Elizabethan age of physics," said Sir William Bragg- to the Royal Institution children. "We have just discovered a new world. The use of X-rays to look into the structure of crystals has explained all sorts of things
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  • 282 14 DON' T WORRY. Mr. K. K. Thompson, M. A., says worry ii a demon that can make the whole world look black. Brood nj? in secret warps and twist- the mind, and makes misery for everyone concerned. It is worth while, next time you are irritable and venting your an^er
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  • 47 14 *ril l sent him a.s Ambassador to 7hT(W hm t V :> u' *Z™™«™ «JL2S him to teach her ladies to kiss in the En&!i«h manner. Puritan thocjrh he was WhUelocke joyfully obeyed the eomnr nd' and found that his pupils- offered Zly 'a few pretty defences." Ex
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  • 363 14 Behind the prosaic charge of sending prohibited matter through the post, on which Count George Hay Du Barry was indicted, was one of the most remarkable schemes that has ever come before the Federal District Court (says the Seattle, Wa-hington, correspondent of the Central News). The
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  • 422 14 U«n*y Kasm K :n America. Younn women are very much in request m Ntw York just now for the purpose of Wising money. The Salvation Army raises money by mean, of red-cloaked* young wonun who ask one to keep the pot boiling bj putting money
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  • 212 14 I In endeavouring to abolish ceremonial kisses the French Boxing Federation follows an example set in hi K h quarters. M MiMewndj on aacuming office, antiounccti his intention to discontinue the kiss hitherto bestowed by the President on various deI serving persons, to the acmber of at
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 534 14 Yovallwho Value g£ GoodHealth HARRISONS, bAhXER &m£ JL$ jL Jjjl j end Company, Limited. -K.U. £J. O-/x I BADMINTON RACKETS f^'EVr-'" ROSE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in India) EUROPE HOTEL BUILDI! Preliminary Noticed FOR SALE BY AUCTION AT AN EARLY DATE ONE COMPLETE CHINA CLAY FACTORY NOW PRODUCING, TOGETHER WITH 5
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  • 586 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. r WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27th. MINING. [Figures in brackets show t^e lisue value of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked. C. Cum dh r x equate ez div.j Batai Padang Tin 37 42 >. Hitam Tin 1.47 1 1.52 1 Jelantoh 20 nom. Johan
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  • 108 15 The report of the directors of the Bangkok Dock for the year endede December 81, 1923, shows that the profit for the year, after writing off ticals 34,746.33 as depreciation on the company's property and plant, .amounted to ticals 230,992.49. To this sum has to be added
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  • 64 15 February, 27. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 1-16 Bank, demand j 1 Private credits :i m.s. 2 1 I'. l :>_' N«W York, demand 50 Credits 90 days r>L' France, demand 1080 India, T. T. ICTi. Hon^kontf, demand 1 4 p.c. Di-. Yokohama, demand inc.. Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand
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  • 149 15 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Rangoon white 276.00 Rice Siam No. 1 for export 30.00 Rice, Siam No. 2 for export 310.00 Rice, Saigon No. 1 for export 232.00 Rice, Saigon No. 2 for export 213.00 Rice, Siarr. Broken Al for export 190 Rice, Siam Broken Cl for export
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  • 40 15 Singapore, Feb. 27, 12 niM>n. Singapore Standard Pale Crept'. Spot 47. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 46% 47; March 47 47\; April-June 48 48%; July-Sept. 4l» 49%. London Quotation Sheet Is. l%d. Market Easier.
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  • 361 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT. During the past week the share market ha- been considerably more active and with the. price- of many tin shares showing large fluctuations business is to be recordtil on a large scale. At the close strong tone is iu, evidence with large buying orders unsatisfied.
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  • 92 15 (From Our Own Correspondent). PCMBf, Feb. 27. The report <»f the Mayh'eld plantations pives the crop as 327,914 pikuls, the all-in cost 23.87 Cts, ar.d the »Yer*fC price 4U.X~) cts. The total nuts haiTCStcd amount. ed to 100,008. The nett profit for the y«at was $78,233, to which
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  • 118 15 YESTKUDAYS AUCTION. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held it- 644th auction, i >UMili»y when there was Catalog [,636,508 lbs.; 730.68 tons. Offered 1,064,578 lbs.; 17.').^.") tons. Sold Dil.r.nT Iba i<tons. PRICES REALIZED. Spot New York 26% cts. Ribbitl Smoki'd Slunt Cents Pet H>. Singapore Standard
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  • 159 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, ivi>. 27. Rubber.— London 1 L%d. Local 17. Tin. London 8279 io>. Local ili'i tons ><>]<) Kuhhers. AUenbya L.lO 1.17' L Ay.-! Moleks l 1 .07 M», Br< Craigieieafl 47% 52%, Kedahs l .:«<• 1.97%, Malaka Pindai i.::»» i.:;;>. Pajams 5 8.26, Perak Rivera l
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  • 146 15 Singapore, ivi>. lit. 'I a.— £279 LOs. l'j> 95 L39 IT-". 1..11-. Rubber.— ls. 1^ 4 <l. Down Vol. KuhluTs. \t-\v Craigieleaa 49 51, Lu 7.25 7. New ScudaU L.05 1.15, Kedaha 1 95 2.05, Mandai Tekonga :j l 36, Bukit Jelotonga 19 52, Mentakaba 20
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  • 115 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (I, K. Mad'hail.) Singapore, f «*i». 27. Rubber. li. L%d 47. Tin. Ll'7!* IDs. 1:5!>.(;l" l 17.". Umi K>ld. Robber. Temerloha I"- 50, Bi Amalgamated Malay- 1.92% L.97%, K Sidima l .'.*■"> 2, Ulu Pandana .">(» ;>:;. Kempa 3.90 4. Tin.- PeUlings l.ir. l/jo. PenfkmK L4.50
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  • 102 15 The sfcinual report of Maynard Mid for the yri.f ended Oct. 31st, (to be at the annual meeting <»n Wedr.< (day, March sth at noon) states: Alter mriting oft' bad debts ;iti<l making provision depreciatioi and transferring $:*<>, mom from ri'-trvc. the profit pnd nt ihotl
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  • 37 15 \NY an- ofVicially Informed that th»- <;o\ cnimt'tit of the Federated Malay Stat«- has uj. to date sold ."),r.(lii f>ti> i>t" it< st«<*-k> of tin. This repreeenta the total rtitjrn uhlit thi Bandoeng Agreement.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 438 15 V^ets over $5,000,000. a x Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life .iiimctivp m
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    • 495 15 HAJNIOJNU. i HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued .ind fully paid up $20,000,000 Re* rr* Kui.d: Sterling t' 4.r>00,000 Silver $2o,r,()0,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang., Chairman D. G. M. Bernard, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
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    • 526 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK Or INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 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. A lor Star Hongkong Puket Amritsar I'oilo Rangoon Bangkok I{;ok
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    • 46 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by k.-ya! 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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  • 736 16 ALLEGED FRAUDULENT TRANSFER OF MEDICINE (Hors. Allegations that the estate of the late Towkay Tco TeOW Slat, a wealthy Chinese merchant who had large interests in Singapore. Penang, Java and China, had been defrauded by the sale of certain business*! in Singapore which piwiously belonged t«the estat€,
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  • 106 16 Police Court Safe Rifled. During th* week-end, burglan paid a visit to the Sai rtary Board Offl at Si i i mban bnd made stn i break open the safe. They managed to smash the lock from a stout girdle which had been put round the bj
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  • 1378 16 A VISIT TO LOS ANGELES. Hollywood, Los Angeles. '■Well," said the editor of the fourth journal I had encountered on this continent claiming to be "the world's greatest newspaper," "the studios don't like visitors any more and it's hard to pet in, but I'll introduce you
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  • 380 16 The hearing of th< action in which Mr. 1,7. I. Harte-Lovelace of Kuala Lumpur laimcd the return of 183 ban-- of gambier, their value uum the Singapore gumbier merchants, Sim Soo Siong, ended before the Chie Ju tice, Sir Walter Shaw, n th< Supreme Court
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  • 349 16 MALAY A'S WATER SUPPLIES. In the course of an interesting paper on the above r-übject read at the meeting of the Engineers Association of Malaya at Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, the President Mid that in this hot climate water was QSed freely by all classes, and there miyht c waste.
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  • 102 16 LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB. Tennis players are reminded that the entries for the Ladies' Open Doubles American Tcurnament on Tuesday, March 4th, close on Saturday. The annual general meeting: is to be held the same evening; with Mr. Linton in the chair. Thi- American Tournament should be a
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  • 123 16 The following will represent S.C.C. vs. I A.P.C. en Friday, 29th in-t, at 5 p.m. C. L. Blunder, G. C. Nash. W. W. McMullan, T. H. Holyoak, P. N. Knight, P. Cave, C. M. Jam'eson, G. P. Murphy, H. L.I Marshal, F. C. Stocks, R. D. Hoblyr. Co!.' Tyte
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  • 202 16 I- Singapore they indvige in yachting; rowing, and. very spasmodically 1 we lieHeve, in fishing! Europeans in Penantr do none of then things, so far as we are I aware, at least not ya.ht nir and rowing. What about "game fishing' 1 so called? II There an admirable
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  • 218 16 A patent has been taken out for a >uk case which is automatically adjustable to the size of the contents. It is a very ingenious idta. and one that has long been re of every person who has tried rca down the lid of an overcrop trunk. This
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  • 122 16 On Sunday, a man was knocked down y a motor car in Serangoon road and kl'td. The Police have arrested the driver of the ear who has been charged with causing death by a rash act. The Chinese driver of motor car Slol4 who s a to have
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  • 84 16 En exercise of the powers vested in him section <t of "The Export of Rubber (Restriction) Enactment. 1923,'" the Chief Secretary to Government appoints tht under-mentioned gentlemen bo form the s ssment Committee for the Federated Malay States: •.Mr. M. Hex (Chairman) The Hon Mr. J. \v.
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  • 72 16 mme of Drilli u] to and for 2nd S i -b. 1924. Thin- day, 28th, Eurasian Coy M G Platcon. Friday, 20 th. Eurasian Coy., M (I Platoon, S. I! A. (v). Saturday, March Ist, Farrer Ran.^e S. V. C. vs. H. If. 8. C&riiale, teams of
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    • 107 16 New "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECOKD- FOR hh BRUARY Choose Yours To-day. S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hrngkongr) EmW < -jCf-^jnßßw > v%k aJ'' < >> it> > n IGtt^k Li< "l CulflrJL- J ti f*^—^^^^^ _^t *tf %o 1 ns '^siM—r^'^ *?^^B 'fi i^gpt tor-. j^fg ~l—fi 4
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