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

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, S,S,, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1924. NO. 11,181
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    192 1 The German Chancellor in an election speech advocates a policy of the execution of treaties, thus favouring the prospects of settlement of reparations —Page 7. The French press approve of the conciliatory nature of the replies to the experts committees reports Page 7. Casualties in the fire
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    "HULLO, GREAT BRITAIN!"
    1171 1 It is not wireless I dislike and fear so much as "listening in.'' It is when it is used not as a speaking tube but as a megaphone that wireless become?, «is I think, a possible danger to humanity. It is the latest, most subtle move in
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      318 1 f. SPALDIXG HROS., Ltd. 5 lH^ t 'M\t; equipment j; UEENf Teleprams < prii ce v> i nil J RAFFLES HOTEL T L N« 2920 (10 Lir.es.) GPRING RACE MEETING. CROAT, 10th May.— Race Tiffin, Dinner and Dance. \I),\Y. 12th May. Tea Dance. SPAY. ISth May.— Race Tiffin, Dinner and
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      238 1 I TYPEWRITERS^ Sole Agents: EONEO Ltd (Incorporated in England.) THE EUROPE HOTEL RACE WEEK PROGRAMME D an >\ Terms Afttr Dinner A la carte SATURDAY MAY 10th tverv or TUESDAY 13th Tuerday Inclusive. THURSDAY 15th Thursday SPECIAL DINNER AND and Orchestra DANCING TILL 12 P.M. Saturday every evening SATURDAY MAY
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      157 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Y.M.CA. School of Commerce Page 5. Estate and Trust two auction sales--Pajre 5. Municipality call for tenders for transport —Tag e 5. Carl Legien for Europe Page 10. Trade mark "Aridor'' Pap-e o. Best Vermouth at Caldbeck MacGresror Page 6. The Quiet Remington is worth its we ght
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      22 1 A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. -I FOR TENNIS EQUIPMENT Consult Telephone QUEEN'S Telegrams 1" 1034 3. Prince St. Tennis < 1 V.%W.W.V.V.V.W. > .W.V.VWA%/
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      131 1 T» ti' Ktwswr ■1 r. 1 B Tuesday, 29th. Hiph Water, 6.50 a.m., 8.16 p.m. Hotel van Wijk mtp., noon. Band in Gardens, 5.15 p.m. Lodgre SttJ<fcch ;el 9 p.m. Tangrlin Club mtg., 9.15 p.m. Wednesday, 30ffc. High Water, 8.8 a.m., 8.58 p.m. Football: R.G.A. vs Sussex, S.C.C. Hawaiian Dance,
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    THE SINGAPORE BASE.
    228 2 The announcement that the Macd--»nald Government has decided not to proceed with work at the Singapore Base will occasion profound disappointment in the Commonwealth. Australians will prefer to regard the decision as involving- a suspension of operations lather than the abandonment of the scheme. The policy has
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    BENARES WARE.
    179 2 Much of the brassware sold ir. the bazaars of Bombay or Benares is spurious, actually imported for sale. But genuine examples are not expensive, and are to bo obtained from many reliable shops in this country. Benares flower-vases are made in a number of shapes, with various quaint
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    MELBOURNE FIRE.
    134 2 Damage Exceeded £100,000. Damage estimated at ill". ».000 to £200,000 was caused by a fire which brake out in a large store of the Flinders Street Extension Free Stores. The Hames, fanned by i» strong wind which swept through the building, spread with extraordinary rapidity, and the structure
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    DEAR PINEAPPLES.
    68 2 The scarcity and clearness of the pineapple, due to the diversion of supplies to Germany during the dock strike, would have been a matter of great concern to John Locke had he been living in these days. The phUospheifs fondness for this particular fruit led him to propound
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      133 2 WATCH FOR THE COMING WEEK END Attractions. AT THE HAPPY VALLEY. y Iliill'ill'Jili"!! 1 T'^lliiJilli! i!Jillilllllllillll^ 2LOEMENM AG AZI JN CORONA j 31 Amber Mansions. 3 GROOTE KEUZE BLOEMEN VAZEX. JARDINIERES MANDEN SMAAKOOL OPGEMAAKT, RRUIDSBOUQUETTEN, I FANTASIE B^OEMWERKEN, I KRAUSEN. WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS, LTD. (Incorporated in Eng-land.) NOTiCE. Mrs. J.
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      357 2 Te1. 826. Victoria Theatre Tei.B26. THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE Will Present DANDY DICK A Farce in Three Acts by A. W. PINERO ON SATURDAY, MAY 3rd, MONDAY, MAY sth, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7th, and SATURDAY, MAY 10. At 9.15 p.m. Booking Opens at the THEATRE on Wednesday, April 23rd, at
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      348 2 Alhambra From Thursday, 24th April, to Tuesday, 29th Vn- m In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. CARL LAEMMLE PRESENTS FRANK V, Wo j "THE BOLTED DOOR"" in 5 Reels. If a wife refuses to "love, honour and obey" her husband after the wedding
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    COLOMBO WIRELESS STATION.
    904 3 MANY IMPROVEMENTS EFFECTED. Since July of last year various improvements have been effected and are being fcffe.tid at the Colombo Wireless Station. The purpose of the improvements is to overcome the d rtkuHes which have been ixptiumcd tmfng to screening- effects. Ever sin v the station has
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    84 3 A typical humour of innovation in the East is mentioned in a "Times" article on the history of the Shahs. It was Nasr ed Din who first introduced the telegraph into Persia. "At first this was less useful to commerce than it afterwards became, as tidy Persian clerks thought it
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      210 3 DOD6E BROTHERS CARS j OVER 90 PER GENT OF ONE MILLION STILL IN SERVICE j SINCE DELIVERING THEIR I MKST CAR, EARLY IN DEC- KMRER, 1914, DODGE BROTHERS HAVE MANUFACTURED AND SOLD ONE MILLION MOTOR VKHICLES. I OVER 90 PER CENT OF ALL J THESE CARS ARE STILL IN ACTIVE
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      711 3 THE GOOD MAXWELL SELANGOR AUTOMOBILE CLUB TRIAL The GOOD MAXWZLi; was: SECOND FASTEST IN THE CAR CLASS ACCELERATION TEST. THIRD IN THE SLOW RUNNING ON TOP GEAR TEST. THIS CAR WAS DRIVEN TO KUALA LUMPUR FOR THE TEST IN 10«/ 2 HOURS, ON TOP GEAR ALL THE WAY, AND COMPETED
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    WOMEN—AND THE LAW.
    576 4 WOMEN— AND THE LAW. (By Mrs. Horage Tremlett). The scene is in Central Africa. It is a village of thatched mud huts, pawpaw trees and mealie patches. The Chief, more like an old hippo than a human being, wearing a leopard skin cap, a necklace of teeth and a sporran
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    INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.
    398 4 Marking an epoch in the history of radio engineering, world \vide radio broadcasting was achieved on the niffht of December 31, li>23, when H. P. Davis, Vice President of 1 the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturinp Company, transmitted New Year'* greetings that were heard in many lands from Kdka,
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    41 4 The funeral of Sir Gordon Blennerhassett Voules took place at Bournemouth on Mar. 26th.. when the principal mourners were: Sir Francis and Lady VouWs (son and daughter-in-law). Mrs. E. M. Baker (daughter), Brigadier-General A. B. and Mrs. Hubback (son.-in-law and daughter.)
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      169 4 NOTICE NOTICE. o SIN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. OF CANADA, o Thie company ha9 removed its office to No. 2 Finlayson Green. 28-4 30-4 NOTICE. JOHN Co., SHARE AND GENERAL BROKERS, No 15 the Arcade, Singapore. Telephone No. 2998. The above beg to announce th.->: they have opened as share and
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      821 4 NOTICES^ Melville (Johore) Rubber I Estates, Limited. (Incorporated under the Companies Ordinance 1923). Authorised Capital $1,000,000. Oivided into 1,000,000 shares of $1 each. NOTICE is hereby given that the abovenamed Company is issuing a Prospectus dated 14th April, 1924, a copy of which has been filed with the Registrar of
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      456 4 You who tire quickly, feel depressed, or Run-down, remember Wincarnis is always ready to help you to regain strength to K?n*fh depression to promote new, rich, red blood to surcharge your system with new serve force and to create new vitality. Because Wincarnis is a Tonic, Restorative a Blood-builder, and
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      237 4 tennis RACKETS RESTRINGING SATISFACTION GUARANTEED 71, North Bridge Road. ROSE CO., LTD. Manu^t Qrcrs of (Incorporated in India) Athletic Good W Cheapness does not% j| mean eeonomv/ I JvL| Economy must always be considered, W but the greatest consideration M L j should go to the quality of the Lj
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    CHARTERED BANK.
    1770 5 THE ANNUAL MEETING. The 70th. ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was held or, April 2nd., on the Bank's premises at 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C., Sir Montagu Cornish Turner (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman said: Gentlemen, I should like
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      268 5 BUSINESS CARDS. %Vit I'OWKAMTE. f J of RUST). j mmhinfsf motor co. J vNII 10 7 5 D hoby Ghaut. f ;i===== Trn lT I. K A T TEA. Jh rHECUP. Dealers. SWEET SHOP. fisM Oor Tea Kiosk AT THE lOTANICAL GARDENS. STORES P) n phic I tfl HJ 5,
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      397 5 E MOTIWALLA COY 16, RAFFLES PLACE. Dealers in Stationery, Ervelopes *tr^ ri i mg A and P riritin Papers. Straw Boards etc. At moderate price. HIGH CLASSPRINfINC^^) Undtr Expert Supervision t'RY; ART PRINTING PUBLISHING Co. 20 Japan Street. ELECTRO-PLATING IX G ?r r, r LVER AND NICKEL. (Cold-filhrg a speciality.)
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      611 5 I AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF One 4-cylinder 5-seater Overland car No t. 1209, One 4-cyiinder I^-ton Ford trifck and 1 Trailer. At Godown No. 40 Empire Dock entrance from Gate No. 3. ON THURSDAY Ist MAY AT 10 A.M. And afterwards at 10.30 A.M. Auction Said of two trailers.
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      585 5 s^sssssss^^^. /^^"^^^^x vC^^"^^" ■J^T^^^^^^^^^^^^'^'SlßSJSS&^a^.^^^r*"^ T ia^ 7^ The hou?e of reliability for Scientific Instruments. Agents for STANLEY Co.. Ltd. NAUTICAL REQUISITES. Agents frr HEATH Co.. Ltd. WATCHES AND CLOCKS. Agents fur S. SMITH Sons, Ltd. Case of Drawing Instiunients $7 Drawing Pens and Ptncils '5 Pamp Spring Bonv Pen 10
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    27 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. CUXXISOX.— At Batu Gajah Hospital on the 2-tth to Dorothy the wife of J A. Cunniaon Rubana Estate Teluk Anson a daughter— both well.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1924. Reparations Hopes.
    525 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1924. Reparations Hopes. It is early yet to do more than hope that the experts' report regarding reparations may prove capable of translation into effective action. We have seen so many suggestions regarding" reparations received with the greatest sympathy by all concerned and then
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    A Rubber Point.
    286 6 A rather curious point has been! raised by a writer in a Home paper in regard to interpretation of that clause in the restriction scheme which provides for the successive reduction of percentage of standard production. Arguing on the possibility of rubber remaining for say six months
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    State Fisheries.
    138 6 We do not suppose that the Maiayan Government has any notion of starting a trawling industry for the purpose of reducing the price of fish. The Auditor General of NewSouth Wales, commenting on the Government enterprise in that state, remarks: "Almost eight years trading and the inevitable winding
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    127 6 Mr. I. C. McMillan, of the Straits Settlements Police Force, who returned from Home leave by the Khiva, will be proceeding to Kedah. Mr. W. T. Houghton, of Messrs. Lewis and Peat, is leaving for home by the Sarpedon. Mr. E. A. Stringer is taking over the hon. secretaryship of
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    LANGUID LABUAN.
    801 6 VISIT OF CHINA SQUADRON. H. M. S. Hawkins arrived in Labuan unde t ideal weather conditions on the afternoon of Wednesday the 16th of April. After the usual exchange of official calls between th> Commander of the Hawkins, Captain Argentine H. Alington R.N., Chief of Staff to the
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    215 6 Mr. J. R. Bennett, of Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery and Co., accompanied by Mrs. Bennett, passed through Penangr, on the Khiva en route to Singapore. He will come to Perang next week to take charge of the branch here whDn Mr. M. J. B. Watt goes hom e on leave,- P.
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      THE LABU ESTATE CASE.
      56 6 (From Our Own <mt Kual.i Lumpur M Mr. Justice McCain Resy i 1 r Apnl^ morning th e application by the I viser for a revision of th," JU<W Seremban magistrate, in the i •> I Mrs. Wright of Labu i with voluntarily cau ,r., the
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      HAPPY VALLEY.
      50 6 A spec-K.lly attiad ing gfcrm at Happy Valley > h f I including a series of hi] by the Aorai company with Wiiijl, I a> star performer, myst I the Amercan escai lB "*j I entertainment U fi every night there a,v I for the oik- admitsion prfee.
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    THE SUGAR THEFT.
    69 6 me two uninese w>. connection with the a lighter in the Hai yesterday convicted by Mr p n -,i; District Court and month! rigorous imi ragar in question waa „i,,i „r tr on April Ml, for il pur ner the that the 82 i on boa id
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    POLICE FORCE CHANGES.
    62 6 i Our former C.D.1., Mr wife, arrived ba< k in I jon board the Khiva. Mr. < i trans: erred to Penal wi. :as C D.i and Mr. D. K. jas Chief of the L j ment. Mr. Lu tpeetor Singapore, ha Chief Inspector at I 1
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    TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.
    60 6 Knocked down by Motor Chinese along N I wa.> removed to H a fractured ikull. M i Sennett Ul the Po I rda n}orning, the di of |500. It Ki reported thai > t along 1 Ca in.: Sunday morning. Tini said to ha\». bctn dftven Etti fW
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    362 6 Mr. A. E. W. ||a novelist was a visitor to Ctji and stayed with H. K. It Nuwara Eliya. Miss Doris Woods, the potato teacher of Hongkong, i Singapore by the Glen >gle. Shi her art at Home ami trill titan H kong in October. The Outlook bold* I I
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      163 6 'THE (CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECKB" If You Want M GOOD Mk You MUST use wliDTfflf Martini Rossi '^^p lidiidn :s&££&& Vermouth CALDBECK,- MACGREGOR iL Co., Ltd. Tel. 228. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 45, Robinson Iloud. PATRONISED BY KOYALTY GBNTS PRESENTS THE LATEST STYLES IX WAISTCOAT BUTTONS, LINKS, STUDS AND FULL SUITS,
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      71 6 THE I ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. j" (Incorporated in England.) J MANUFACTURERS OF j£ i m ELECTRIC MOTORS i |i FOR ALL Industrial Purposes. !fc l\ 'PHONE 301 t I* WINCHESTER HOUSE. > ■I l m >.W.V.V-V.V.VAV.V.\\%%V«VkV, .'.PEARS:. TOILET SOAP This is really the last word in Soap Excellence. BLAND SOOTHING
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    IMMIGRATION TROUBLE.
    119 7 PRESIDENTS VETO. V NKKIY SOLUTION. [Stater*! Service.] London, Apr. 28. Telegraph's New York that President Coolidge plainest way that he [mmiffiatiofl Bill, if the clause feptMM he allowed to rethal the problem may be terwta of California pro■OMi nna>ure accept- without danger of giving It i< understood that
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    118 7 rilK WAR MEMORIAL. i i rail that it should 1 i draw the attention of j to tin 1 entire absence, to the sanctity of the was intended to be a' aid hav t been designed ts. If it is a Memorial to Dead tho very
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    ST. ANDREWS PARISH MEETING.
    224 7 c annual meeting of the parishioners Cathedral was held in the last rreaing, the Rev. E. A. lial Chaplain in the ChairJ being Mr. R. F. Smith, hon. A. Dobson, hon. treas.. Messrs.! K. A Brown, Hon'ble D. Beatty, Ha vie-. Miss Tolley, Mrs. Law. Messrs.
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    113 7 I now a BOUMhoU WOtA ial hat illustrations of ine "complete in all its ry fine tiger, for Um bition. i. the report of the United mpany for 1923 that the !> of rabbet plantations <>« the Malayan Peninsula l ?U4l acres, which gives it lopply of crude adapt,,! to
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    EUROPE'S PEACE.
    150 7 GERMAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN. CHANCELLOR'S PLEA FOR MODERATION. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, April 28. A wire from Duesseldorf says the German Chancellor in an electoral speech advocated a policy of the execution of treaties, thus helping a Franco-German rapprochement. He said that the advent to power of the Right- Extreme
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    FRENCH APPROVAL EXPERTS' REPORT.
    188 7 Paris, April 27. The Allied replies to the experts' reports are very favourably commented on. The Press emphasises the conciliatory nature of the replies and declares that though there may still be certain divergencies and Allied conservations may be long and dvlicate, no difficulty is insurmountable
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    MURDER AT KALLANG.
    233 7 Evidence of a terrible struggle between a Chinese shopkeeper and some robbers was found in house No. 49 Kallang Road -fter 10 o'clock on Sunday nght, when Detective Inspector Higgins and other Police Officers visited the place in consequence of information received to the effect that a
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    HELPING MALAYAN AGRICULTURE
    246 7 The Malaya Agri-Horticultural Show I and trade exhibition was held in Kuala- Lumpur last year and the report and prize j ists have been forwarded to us for notice. The Show was held over nine months ago and the report therefore appears a little delated. However it
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    18 7 Mr. J. Crabb Watt succeeds the Hon. Mr. John Mitchell as Chairman of the Straits Settlements (Penang) Association.
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    EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION
    860 7 ANNUAL MEETING. ihe annual meeting of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malayan was he'd jn the Cricket Club last evening. The Chairman, Major N. H. P. Keys, presided over a large attendance of members and in opening the meeting referred, firs:; ot all, to the
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    140 7 There were less thai, half as many lynchings in the United States in 1923 as ir. 1922, and the famous negro institute of Tuskegee reports that 46 lynchings, were prevented last year "by officers of| the law" an encouraging fact. The Na-| tional Association for the Advancement of the Coloured
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    DECEIVING THE PUBLIC.
    746 7 PUSSY CAT OR TIGER. "As bad a case as has ever come before me," was the manner in which the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, described the case that came before him in the Supreme Court yesterday morning, when he dismissed the appeal of a Chinese trader
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    WORLD FLIGHT.
    209 7 When the Vickers-Vulture machine, carry- j ing the British fliers on their round-the-j world flight, left Lyons for Rome, the. opinion was expressed that it was veryj heavily loaded, as it rose with difficulty, i Attention is thus naturally directed to thei equipment of aeroplanes employed in a'r-
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    22 7 Sir Hugh Clifford, Governor of Nigeria, and Lady Clifford have arrived in London from West Africa, whence they return in I September.
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      85 7 PERAMBULA TORS Prices from $75.00 The Empire Folding Car. CON'S- .^^V IVw^s/ I Price $35.00 each t Robinson Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Singapore.) iiARRIPK __2hx\ Special Size UHllillUli > sphl^x^*) l^r-. p CIGARETTES MADE FROM THE FINEST AND MOST CAREFULLY SELECTED VIRGINIA LEAF ONLY. 1..-MI1: i;lllll."llll||llilMliini i BBJSSSriiS£2!^HB I PVPPVWhpPP
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      678 8 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Services 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. Doe Singapore. MACHAON London,
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      507 8 STEAMER SAILINGS "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. (Incorporated in En glared). PASSENGER SERVICE. PASSAGE RATES. *A Class Steamers Ist Class £86. 2nd Class £56. Deck £22. fB Class Steamers £7S. £50. £22. Cargo Steamers £56. FREIGHT SERVICE. s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In
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      498 8 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. o 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, Londcn and A:t^
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      568 9 STEAMER SAILINGS f" the OCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. AND ELLERMAN& BUCKNALL STEAM SHIP Co., Lti. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in England). TOIM SERVK E TO BOSTON AND NEW YORK Via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. BMMMis. Due Spore Route For rA
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      527 9 STEAMER SAILINGS DOLLAR Jo MWsM^t LINE Jußm. W "Aroand thm World** fe^ FAST PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE From Singapore and Penan*? to Boston and New York via Port Said, Alexandra, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. Arrives. Sails. s.s. PRESIDENT POLK May* 7 May 9 s.s. PRESIDENT MONROE May 21 May 23
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      772 9 STEAMER SAILINGS STRUTHERS AND BARRY. Operating U. S. Government Ships. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT to discharge and lead In port U.S.S.B. WEST FARALON to discharge and load May 15 U.S.S.B. WEST MONTOP to discharge and load Jun« an(l subsequently steamers approximately 30 daya i
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    422 10 The Telegraph Company's steamer Patrol has gone into the King's Dock. A British oil tanker went alongside yesterday morning. She arrived from Abadan two days ago and is due to leave for Abadan on the 3rd May. On April the Paul Beau, of the Can-ton-Hongkong convoy, was collided
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    WOODEN BATTLESHIP'S LAST VOYAGE.
    548 10 WOODEN BATTLESHIP'S LAST VOYAGE. Empress to be Broken I p. The old wooden battleship of the line Emp-ess, formerly H. M. S. Revenge, reached App'edore on Mar.h 18, after a verv stormy and adventurous passage from the Clyde. Soon after she had left the Clyde under tow by two of
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    46 10 Mrs. Grimburg, Mrs. T. T. de Vries, Mr. Alexander Handerzon, Mrs. Cremer, Mrs. Werner, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Baker, Mr. C. A. Davies Colly, Mr. J B Suflfolkiamd, Mr. W. Bierr se, Mr. C. T. Veenhof, Mr. and Mrs. v. Russen Groen Mr. J. Thon.
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      168 10 UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS. NEW MODELS S.S. CITY OF DURBAN. 10i/o, 14in. 18in. 26in. Carriage. PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Engrland.) w ban afii an p> 3i I (ujb^Whisky. I 93 The age and genuineness of this Whisky I HI are guaranteed by the Excise Department mS of the Canadian Government
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      88 10 Straits Parcel and Shipping Agency GOSLING CO. Estab. 1880. (Army Agents, by appointment). o Shipping and Freight Contractors. Forwarding and Receiving Agents. Insurance and Storage arranged. Goods shipped and Cleared to and from all Ports. Free delivery, or cash on delivery, terms. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. ARROL JOHNSTON CARS. If
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      214 10 BLACK AND WHITE SCOTCH WHISKY. OBTAINABLE IN ALL HOTELS. CI ÜBS AND BARS. OR FROM THE SOLE AGENTS TTie Borneo Company ltd. (Incorporated in England). SINGAPORE— IPOH— PEN ANG STEAMER SAILINGS Marseilles or Genoa to London overland Actual rail tickets Ist and 2nd class on issue at Thos. Cook Sons
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      273 10 STEAMER SAILING. LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. U (Incocpwth d Italy.) HOMEWAKI) SUIIM.S. For Penang, Brtaditi, V«ni I nd Tr via ports takinjr t*Tgo M throofk Mil if Lading: for Fiwne, the LcfMl and Black Sea Ports, also to :t I p 111 N Um We<t Coast of Italy. )lti t)( j,
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      721 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Kuala Pahang, Pekan Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Jerantut) By tram 6 p.m. Karimon Fook Mow 9 a.m. Prigi Radjah, Tembilahan and Indragiri Chye Hin Tay Yit noon Saigon M. S. Martinique noon Port Dickson and Tehik Anson Penang 1 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak and Pakan
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    40 11 Singapore, April 26, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 42, 42 V 4 May 42%, 42^; May-June 42V 2 42%; July-Sept. 43%, 44; Oct.-De?. 44% 45. London Quotation Sheet Is. o%d. Market Steady.
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    26 11 An extraordinary meeting: of Linfcui Tin, Ltd., was held yesterday Mr. J. M. Sime presiding, at which the alteration \.o the articles of association was confirmed.
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 11 April, 28. ank demand Q1 0., jrivate credits 3 m.s. 2 4 11-3> ♦ew York, demand 50?" fredits 90 days 53 'ranee, demand 720 Nom .idia, T. T. 165 Hongkong, demand 2 pc Prem* Yokohama, demand 129 Nom Java demand 140 J 3angkok, demand 79^ Sovereign, Bank Buying 8
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    PRODUCE.
    154 11 April, 2?. y-.i.*" 5121.50 _j 26.00 j Copra Sundried 11.00 Opium, Benares unt 4,000 Rice, Rangoon white 275.00 Rice Siam No. 1 for export 80.00 Rice, Siam No. for export 110.00 Rice, Saigon No. 1 for export 232.0C Rice, Saigon No. 2 for export 213.00 Rice, Siar Broken Al
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    B. A. T. CINEMA.
    393 11 The B. A. T. in Shanghai has a "movie Want" capable of producing 50,000 candlehower, to turn out 200,000 feet per annum o be used in the company's educational irogramme. Says a description: The new plant, which will be unique in he Far East, is to
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    40 11 Comparative returns of machinery imports by British Malaya during the past two years indicate a slightly increased value of electrical machinery and engines, and parts imported in 1923, but a serious drop in the value of other (uner.umerated) machinery imports.
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      FRASER'S REPORT.
      65 11 Singapore, April 28. Is O r> sd. Tin £240. 125 tons Mining. Souths 1.02 1.0'), Ifantfi 3.1<; 3.20, Ulu Piaha 1.70 1.75. Nawng IVt? 14~> 1.30, Johans 43 4<, Petalings 1.27 1 I.S" Penskalens 12 12.25. Industrials. Traders 25 2"».2">, Steamships 305 315, H*mmera 1Z7J60 142.50, Cold Storages
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      MACPHAIL & CO. LTD'S REPORT.
      198 11 M ACPH AIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. »mgapi;re, Apr I 2S. kubber. London Is or>«.0 r> Local 42. Tin. London April 20. i'24o. Local \2V, 12") ton: sold. Robbcn Alor Gajahs 1 1.10. Ba.-setts lS BlOgai Gu. Ciaigieleas 40 45. Jeram Kuantans 25 30. Kedahs 1.80 l.iK), Kuaia Sidnns 1.85 1.95.
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      LYALI AND EVATT'S REPORT.
      173 11 Singapore, Apr l 28. Tin.— £24o. April 26. Rubber. Is s sd. Unchanged. i Ul b rfn rs II nbys 105 113 A >' er Pana^ 4.<0 4.90, Balpownies 220 2.40, Bropa* 51 S o^^-' 1 Katils 50 55 Changkat Serdanj?--2.50 2.<0, Kedah? 1.75 1.90, Malaka
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      ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
      137 11 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. MacPhail). Singapore, April 2S. Rubber.— ls 0 5 »d. 42. Tin.— £24o. 121%. 125 tons sold. T n.— Norths 1.07U 1.12*2, Johans 45 47 Tyipjnsrs 1.17*2 1.22» a Batang Padangs 46 48, Asain Kambangs 44s Gd 45s 6d Petaings 1.25 1.30, Rawangs 82% 87%
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    PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE.
    297 11 into the language in use when the pyramid ;is opened." Apparently the chief thought that disturbs Mr. Harvey is that of the long period that will probably elapse beI fore our successors rediscover steel and dynamite and thus become able to break into the pyramid. Perhaps
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      387 11 V ..,t^ over M.UUIMWU. i W B THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAnV T I C^ff Th Coo^y has £20,000 deputed with the Court of E^Z N D I ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE BUranCe Com P anie Act H DWrict Manager Secretary Managing Director I "VERT I? C-. F. CHESTER
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      358 11 BANKING. HONGKONG SHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong Authorised Capital $50 ftnn nni ie^rve Fur.d:- |tcrlin K 4.500,00< r T D Benia J d Es Q- Chairman. A. L Pattenden Esq., Deputy Chairman «J>» I SEW SO. Lang, Esq. N. L Watson, Esq. :\J. Toon*, Esq. H.
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      525 11 BANKING. B CHARTERED BANK Or India AUSTRALIA AND CHINAS incorporated m England by Royal Chart** Paid up Capital in 600,000 3 i pJi areS i 5 ch £3,000,000 f Reser^e Fund 3,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 U HEAD OFFICE, Wf i 38 Bishopsgate, Lorxlon, E.C. Agencies and Branches »1
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      323 11 fSDAY, APRIL 30, 1924. r Per Dollar. reputation that the Firer^um Dipped Cords have i) has created a subetani ever increasing demand 11 quarters. itone mileage has attractb wide comment, that it y bringing hundreds of car owners, who, themhave experienced FIRE--5 service will accept no Jte for the make.
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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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    THE MERCANTILE BANK.
    1711 12 HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR TRADE. The thirty-first anrual general meeting of the shareholders of this Bank, was held at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, London, E.C., on the 28th of March, Mr. J. M. Ryrie presiding in the absence of Sir Robert J. Black, Bart., the Chairman. The
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    BRASTAGI FOR A HILL SCHOOL.
    265 12 j Referring to the suggestion of a hill school for European children in Malaya the Malay Mail says: Writing: from Brastagi. a we'l-known Negri Sembilan planter sends us an interesting: contribution to the growing dossier of Hill School suggestions. It is a j)ity that this
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    46 12 Mr. E. W. Hamilton, Magistrate, officially oper.ed the new Kowlocn Magistracy on April 14th. Exercisins: the prerogative of i ercy allowed him, Mr Hamilton discharged a Chinese charged with obstruction, afte,he had r'eaded jruilty, as he was the first prisoner to be charged in that court.
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    33 12 bead'fl T. C. and 0.T.F.C.. in the Second Diviaion of the League, which was to have been played on the Malaya F. A. ground on May 10th., has beer altered to May Bth.
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      YESTERDAY'S PLAY.
      106 12 Profession Pairs. fegliston and Cameron beat Capt. Davies Shackel, 6 3, 6 l. termark tnd Kleinman beat Whitley feSedwkk, 6 2, 10 8. i Championship. lyser beat Paterson. 3 6, 6 l, 6 o. fcniilton beat Roy Smith, 6 2, 6 3. fcjor Harrison vs. Salter. Postponed. TO-DAY'S
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      S. R. C. TENNIS.
      126 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Single Handicap A. V. A. Balhetehet vs. G. de Souza. unf. Knnna bear C. A. Bateman, G l. 8, Champions hip. E. E?s boat F. X. Oiiveivo, 9—7, 6 2. TO-DAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles. A. Norrif and Oliveiro versus Ballet and Gray, to finish.
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      STRAITS CHINESE R. C.
      53 12 TO-DA S TIES. [*iin Chorg Kuo v«. Seow Poh L-. r.c. >oh F< v.n Lip vs. Chong Thutt Pitt. iJhia S ma Choon Leon^. Singles B. 'huj I.; i Van ts. Qnek Cheng Y< n^. iibn vs. i rank V. Qoahe. Liai H< vb ]vv. 11;
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      LADIES' LAWN TENNIS.
      68 12 YESTERDAY S PLAY. L.idrcs' S:'n;'.s Handicap. Mrs. Guy St ei beat Mrs. R C. Br«r». -2. r .-> Abed beat Mr*, van Ha 7—5, -6, 6—2. ?»lis< Wallifl beat Mis? Rappa, 6 —^>. 6 2. Mens* Doubles Handicap. H. T. Hedley and Lyon beat Lt. KirVby d
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    WHEN GOLF BALLS GO' SICK.
    397 12 ■!':::•:.:;> to X-rays, If balls are getting every year. They drive farther and their tiu:n longer. And wher. they B become 'side pent n performed B time rarely fails h toring their ba!Ka'. whereas formerly they had to be Hcrapped. The time which elapses between
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    S.V.C. DRILLS.
    120 12 Tuesday 29th., 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, A Company, B Raeburn House (No. 5 Pltn.), Drill Hal!. C. Company. Wednesday 30th.. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, B Company (No. 6 and 7 Pltn.), and C. Thursday May Ist., 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, A Company, B (No. 6 and 7 Pltn.),
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    123 12 One of the points '.-are in a paper read the Japan So^etj in L-.jr.dor on Marc* 26th. by Mr. Hoffh Byas, Editor, "Japan Advertiser," Tokyo, was thmt T hncse newspapers still employ a pris< n editor, and to deposit £200 with the police as security for any fir.es that may
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    CRICKET.
    44 12 Positions in S.C.C. Tournament. P. W. D. L. Pts. P. S and L. 2 1 1 3 B. B. and I 2 1 1 3 Serv ee 2 0 2 0 2 Merchants 2 0 2 0 2 Etceteras 2 0 0 1
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      322 12 a HES MASTER'S VOICE" Every "H.M.V." gramophone is an evolution I finement in which are combined the c- re developed art of the talking machine with the best traditions of fine cabim I Whichever model you select you may be a it represents assured satisfaction and m value. EASY PAYMENTS.
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