The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 July 1924

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1924 NO. 11,258
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  • 255 1 Four people were killed and twentynine injured in a railway disaster at Edinburgh Page 9. Nearly two hundred passengers and crew of the Japanese steamer Taireu Maru are reported drowned owing to a collision off Cape Notoro Page 9. Late despatches indicate that France will evacuate the
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  • 1086 1 The funeral VM over, ;«nd the worn blinds of my office had been let up to their customary height again. Once again I could pee, across the intervening shipyards. the tall masts of the anchored vessels, which aetmed to peer in on my de-k. The little office
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 212 1 > A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. i Amateur (iolf Championship won with >THE NEW MAI. DING RED GOLF BALU t obtainable at 3. Telephone QUEEN'S T<>l«> K ram» j l«4 3, Prince St. Tennis f RAFFLES HOTEL. GUEST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every
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    • 151 1 Little A7\ Miss Kurlo /3/^tt? A*>\ Introduces you to the solution of x^^/V*T*\^^v^ y Ur washin difficulties. You need \vOT) have no anxiet y about washing your dainty garments; the KURLO lather Sr*+s^~y^tfrvsr{+\ cleanses so gently that shimmering>i \^V-U-rTT^v r i-f^ S lkS Bnd tHe m St delicate of fabrics
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    • 180 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Lactogren, Nestle'? Page 7. Bankruptcy notice Pajre 7. Coming of Wireless Page 7. Buicks from Guthrie's PllffC 4. Shipping on pages 10, 12 and 1 Concert at Dutch Club Page 2. Fruits in syrup, Little's Pagt 8. Blazers, Crowthcr Shaw Page 2. Whiteawf y's sale offers Page 3.
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    • 28 1 <VUVUVUVVVrVVVVVVVVUVVVVv\MrVVvV 5 A. G. SPALDING BROS., Lid. < "I for Hi«;h (lass. COIF BQI IPMENT > call at Telephone QI "BEX'S Telegrams S ■I 16M 3. Prince St. Tennis mVVVVUVMAMMMMiuuujuuiJUUUuiJC
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 92 1 THE WEEK. \Ycdnrsduy, 30ffc. Hiph Water, 10.22 a.m., 9.31 p.m. S'pore Golf Club mtR. re Club House, ♦">.lo. Tennyson Lecture. Y.M.C.A.. 9 p.m. Premyslav Concert. Dutch Club, 9.13 r-™-Thursday, 31«f. Hiph Water. 10.53 a.m. 10.8 p.m. Polo Tournament. 4.4"> :>.m. Phi?. Orchestra, Mem. Hal!. 5.18 p.m. T*:e Gondoliers, Vic. Theatre.
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  • 527 2 1 ack of Co-operation by KailroacN. Mr. Frederick William Wik. writing from Washington aija: "Unholy alliaiu es" between American railroad companta and foreign ■hipping are hampering the development of i the American merchant marine, according' to T. V. O'Conner. chairman of the United vs Shipping Board. For the
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  • 196 2 ITS SECRET AND HOW TO OBTAIN IT. o -Those who «re fit and well." writes a London physician, in his book "Nerves and the Nervous," "find it difficult to imagine the condition of a person, who is never able to feel fresh, but is weighed down by that feeling
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 280 2 To Dog Lovers. A Comprehensive Stock of Spratt's Dog Medicines Just Received. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Batterv Road. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTO7 TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT THE PREMIER CIRCUS. WAYANG PEK JEE (Yong Chia Heng) WAYANG SHANGHAI (Kwan Ung Co.) KRONCHONG-AN INDIAN CONJURER. HOTEL DE BOER. MEDAN. DELI, EAST COAST OF
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    • 247 2 Victoria Theatre. THE SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE Presents "THE GONDOLIERS" To-morrow Night at 9 15 p.m. ALSO ON Saturday, August 2nd. PRlCES:— Reserved $4, Unreserved $2 and $1. SPECIAL MATINEE FRIDAY NEXT AUG. Ist, AT 5.15 P.M. PRlCES:— Reserved (Adults) $3, (Children) $1.50. Unreserved $1 and Gallery 50 Cts. BOOKING
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    • 183 2 Alhambra. FROM TUESDAY, JULY 20th, TO SUNDAY. AlGl.sT 3rd. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. ASSOCIATED EXHIBITORS PRESENTS LEATH BAIRD IN "THE DESTROYING ANGEL" In 6 Reels. ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PRESENTS CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN "THE LOVE EXPERT" In 7 Reels. In the First Show at 7.30 CARL LAEMMLE
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  • 598 3 (By Sir Herbert Barker.) What KipHng wrote of the 'unforgiving minute' was never so true for us who live in i-iin-drenched and leaden-skied England, as It is in its application to the few brief months that we are vouchsafed of sunlight At long last summer has
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  • 278 3 A collection of trunks, rouphly wAfn from t'ltf trots, b mystifvinp visitors who enter the Musical Section of the Britlnh Empire Kxh)bition at Wembley. The tree trunk* j are pianos in the WQgh. P—*lng through the exh:bit. which ha? been organised by tht Fed e rat
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  • 126 3 Thiepval to Remain in Ruins. Paris, June 17. A monument is to be erected at Boau-mont-Hamel in memory of the Scottish troops of the 51st Division who fell in the fighting- on the Somme in 1918. Officers and men of the division will be present
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 499 3 i«- rrtSS Your Baby will be sturdy and happy —sturdy, if his iood contains a)] the Your Baby needs Giaxo to make nourishing elements 01 the purest him as you would have him. milk obtainable. and happy it that milk abounding in good health and is given in an easily
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    • 286 3 WHITEAWAY S All p;r Ul VVitney Blankets. ThicK W^^^^t^Klt^^m^JJ i n-.k, w ,th B.ue Stripe fcrfc,. iTTTIS^^STX B^ WSUVmS: Mze 84 by 64 inch. Exact to sketch. Whippu] Ends. PRICE 512.50 EACH. Width .",2 inch Lencth 21, Yards. S.ze SO by >;<• in h. PRICE 53.25 EACH. PSICE $7.:>0 BACH.
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  • 407 4 The "Why" of Valve Troubles. Why does a carbonized engine knock, a cold engine mi>< tire? Why d o valves need grinding 1 Why does carbon form.? These and other questions are answered in interesting fashion by Alfred F. Loom is in an article in the
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  • 62 4 In constructing its open car bodies Buick uses bolts in fastening the metal braces to the wood instead of ordinary screws. These bolts, passing completely through the wooden frame, prevent joints from loosening under driving strains. A more than usual number of bolts secure the Buick body to the chassis,
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  • 541 4 CELLULOID VARNISH FOR CAR BODIES. Probably the only thing- about the motor car which has not improved during the course of the past 20 years is its finish- we mean it? paintwork finish. In the earliest days our cars were finished by coach painters, and the process had all the
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  • 315 4 l.'iiwi.iTi. June 1 E. T. Brown writes in Rangoon Gazette Police persecution it can be called noth.nu else continues to flourish. The latest craze in this country i< to vjmmon motorists who have a -pot light affixed t > thencars, one of the most useful accessorial ever invented
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  • 111 4 The jvdgc* appointed by the loaneil of the Institution of Automobile Kn^im- decided lUUUliou>Uftly to -iivido tlu- priM offered hy the Hambor Company equall 1 between Mr. F. A. S. KtXm fof hil |>a ni en the -Reijuirenunts o f the ('(.lonia! Market" and Mr. E. A.
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  • 17 4 r.rn^^'V Vict ria <A^traliu) BmUi in the championship event BMkr 9M rnumph riders finished se.ond ana thmi."
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 189 4 Economical Popular ant/ British 1 MORRIS COWLEY IL9 PF/LL G/VE FOtf BETTER SERVICE AT LESS COST. 7Vffi PA?/C£ OF 7Y/£ FOUR-SEATER Including s 1 f^j^^r^i Lt/cas //orn, Lucas Lighting Set y Spare Wheel, i I\_JK^7 -a 7V/^ Qnd Ti/6e, Spare Petrol can and carrier, H i 1^ iBoi/c^ Motometer, Spring
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  • 333 5 I f the Kuala Lump iv B itly the Chairman (Mr. a c h' ••tir from the C. P. O. 1, j, oi dr:v ng mirrors Ofl f ikk d that he had re- j f tIM K-gi-trar of Vehi-j t bin thai h eonld i"t
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  • 74 5 The secret of touching up the car with bltick enamel that will last is first to sandpaper the bare spots in order to remove the rust. Unless this is done the enamel will not be able to get a proper foundation. If a large spot or a part
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  • 19 5 Fast, powerful and perfectly controlled, the new 1924 Buicks fulfil every performing wish of the experienced and cTitica motorist.
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  • 140 5 •'Th s car isn't much for iooks, but for one-hundrtd-pei-eent American who >Vd to sj end a pretty Sunday with his j *nv..\ among the grade-crossings, ours is j it- only me. Our dealers report that in wner test- with the Twentieth Century t nd Broadway Limited*
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  • 111 5 Perhaps. Still people find the money to buy motorcars. Why Well because they have worked tht thing out and they find that after they have paid their regular rikisha fares ifnd found H impossible to pet one in wet weather, after they have reckoned the occasional hire cais
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  • 166 5 NEW TRACK RECORD OF 114.5 MILES PER HOUR Jimmy Murphy, 1922 Champion of the Amer can speedway, registered his initidl win of 1924 by taking first place in tht Altoona, Pennsylvania, national championship, June 14th. Murphy, driving a Millpi Special, made the fast time of 114 mile; per hour for
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  • 31 5 The latest car on the Streets is numberc ."•033 and it is pleasing to note was sold b one of the firms that use our motor Be< tion lor advert. sing.
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  • 298 5 The Auto-Cycle Union has lately been vine a trreat deal of attention to the drafter of rule* and by-laws governing record taking attempts, and the new rules which ley have just Jrawn up are very stringent. hia is as it should be. because every re,nl should naturally
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  • 119 5 Motor-Cycling in Japan. About twenty members of the Osaka Motorcyclists' Club recently made an excursion along: the interesting points of the Island of Kyushu. They left Osaka on the O.S.S. liner Murasaki-maru one morning and arrived at Beppu the following- day. Their trip started thence and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 244 5 GOOD WORDS TT^% TT"^^^. k I v^A IV I VI Good Maxwells THE GRAY CAR. PRICE FOR f/Z^. !hj\ j4 hSII COMPLETE CAR Mf^^^^^^^^SßßlSffi^TjY JP~f»Mfr^^^^^fifaßff B. MODFL Hjl^^^^^^J H0 1^ AMERICA'S MOST EFFICIENT CAR. The Light Car Beautiful. Everybody likes the 1924 Gray Cars instantly, for there is beauty in
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  • 1590 6 COMPANIES AS LANDLORDS. A Legal correspondent writes 1 in The Times: Under the pressure of the very great burden of supertax upon landed estato owners, particularly upon those without other means than th?ir rents to maintain their traditional style of living, and of the heavy duties
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  • 343 6 WHO ARE THE MYSTERY RACE Prehistoric Viking Wanderers. New York. June 16. Widespread interest has been aroused here at the new- from Colon iPananni that Professor Richard Marsh, of the Smithsonian Institution, is returning from the jungle of Darien with two members of the golden-haired, blue-eyed Indian mystery tribe. Ethnologists
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  • 76 6 A novel experiment in milk transport will shortly be undertaken by the United Dairies, Limited, by which milk will be conveyed straight from the country in large glasslined tank-motors, instead of by rail. These tankH have a capacity of 1,250 gallons. It is claimed for the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 829 6 mmj^j Shavallo gives a uSWI cool clean shave fipjjfi£BßK3&\ You s^onlil us* Shaving Stick if you M'tklf/j I vTKSSr.V would expentrnce the cool, clean comfort "f a Wf#p^</^yr f P^ rfcc t shave. It's perfect purity makes n^, *t^^^c^c^J/fm Shavallo espeiially desirable in those climates i/mlj^^fKJßttFj where the heat has
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    • 199 6 XROSSMITH'Sx "Golden Still\ Eau de Gblo^nes, has a wonderfully refreshing: odour of invigorating 1 quality. Don't merely ask for Kau de Cologne 1 but Grossmith's "Golden Still" Kau de Cologne— 1 the product of nearly a hundred years' continuous 1 f improvement. Magical in relieving headache. 1 fatigue, or distressed
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  • 728 7 RAIN AFFECTS CRICKET. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, July 2. Cricket in the West of Scotland was next to impossible. Only at Uddingston was any match of importance carried through. In the East and the North better conditions prevailed, but even in those quarters the conditions were not
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  • 271 7 Man With 3 Lives. In an old wine shop, the oldest in London, at the foot of St. James'-street may be found on most days a man who has twice hung- on to life by the veriest thread, and once ap.iin is prepared to risk
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 595 7 CARDS, Students. Mc,li,al Practitioners, Me- anunry, IVtr K,py, Ph«.to-Micro|rra- S P»ease Send for the Illustrated pr> (U Catalogue of Musical Instruments. 2 Inquire at SEASON CO., LTD. MOTION SMITH son: im H1 and 113 North Bridge Road. S (f~ PHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS. STEVEDORE S Printing— Developing— Enlarging. BolTs'lsn, G mra C<;ntrl>CtOr
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    • 435 7 ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY). o IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy No. 70 of 1i»23. Ke BeVir Cornp:.ny. Notice is heivhy ghflM tnat a First Final Dividend is intended to be declared in th« aU.ve mntter. All creditors must prove their cLiitrs by
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    • 383 7 g -m-m-m-jl.^b_wi nps w pifmito m rrry-q B The Singapore Radio Society I I The Coming of Wireless jj P On a Wave-length of Sympathy. H j|j |rp he Members of the Singapore Radio Society have good j§ H A grounds for the belief that wireless privileges and to benefits
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    • 149 7 SWEE KIAT SHIPCHANDLERY CO, NO 42, CROSS STRET, Opposite Side of Robinson Road Market, SINGAPORE. SHIPS STORE PROVISIONS SUPPLIERS. SUPPLIERS TO ALL NORWEGIAN COASTING STEAMERS. OFFICE PHONE No. 888. TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA. Mr. E. T. Sheaf, The Australian Government Trade Commissioner in Um East, will be pleased to furnish upen
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    • 347 7 AUCTION SALE. SHERIFF'S SALE. o IN THE SUPREMK COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF UNGAPOftC la the Caus* of The World Biscuit Factory Ltd. Plaint ffs. versus. Chop Tong- Hong, Defend* nts. AUCTION SALE OF Shop Fittings and Furniture comprising 4 Canton blackwood arm chairs and 4 teapo\ s
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 29 8 NEWTON-HOWES.— On Sunday, 27th July, at Kuala Lumpur, Aubivy Vernon Roy, the beloved youngest son of Mr. arul Mr*. R. W. Newton-Howe*. Aped 1 ye:v and 1 week.
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  • 631 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1924. Traffic Problems. The matter ol" the safety of the users of public streets is becoming a world-wide concern. The enormous increase in motor traffic, bringing w:th it the need for higher speeds on the streets and roads— since it is an economic waste
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  • 574 8 Mr. A. H. Waddington, Assistant Controller of Labour. Seremban. will shortly be proceeding to Klang on transfer. Mr. Alan Loke if taking: a party of amateur Chinese actors to Singapore during the August holidays. They propose staging two plays, the proceeds of which will be devoted to charity. W« hear
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  • 951 8 RUBBER EXIH)RT LAWS. (From Our Own Correspondent). i Kuala Lumpur, July 29. Rubber was the principal theme at the meeting of the Federal Council, when Bills to repeal and re-enact the law imposing export restrictions, to consolidate the law J relating to the supervision of dealings in rubber,
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  • 95 8 [Reuter's Service.] London, July 2'«. There is a new tone in the French prei to-day, in consequence of despatches tronFrench correspondent^ in London st.r that negotiations are about la beijin aa regards the evacuation of the Ruhr, and suggesting that there is a likelihood e4 satisfactory result if
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  • 227 8 Aiuju'l M.'etin:;. The annual general meeting of Singapore Recreation Club was held i ]\-t\...-.i: ■>»; Mondaj evening. The dent, the hon'ble Mr. B. T in the Chair and n wei members prew nt. The report and accounts for the Hi. led June 30th, 19*4, w. paated on
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  • 220 8 THE HIGH COM MISSIONER. The following hati the honour <>f dining with H:> Excellency the Hijrh Commifsionei at Government House, Kuala Lumpur. 01 Monda) July 2S:— H.H. Sultan of Relangor, K.C.M G H.H. Vang di Ftrtuan Besar of N bilan, K.C.M.G.; H.H. Regent <>f p. i C.M.G.. H.H. Tunku Beaai
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  • 147 8 At the S.ng-apore Affatt y»ltl ifternoon a Sinhalese named Ba-tian Mirige S.nerho Hamy was charged with thittempted murder of another Sinhal. i goldsmith's shop in BnU Basah \l .i >n the evening of May 13. Evidence Wai riven of a quarrel between another man UM the accused in
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  • 182 8 Mr. [in Kee Cheok, aceompanie i |> v M hon ff Siong Lim. visited Pulau Tekoi n Saturday to iaWMtifmU the burnt arn Ltter a thonMftfh look around and wit!, he ai.l of an old resident named K<ah hey found oat that M attap hotU* u omplotely
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 118 8 Tlm Conaoitatu Comes to Caldbeck's" FOR WHITE PORT THE IDEAL PORT FOR THIS CLIMATE. j Caldbeci Macgregor Co., Ltd. f Incorporated in Shanghai.) 4". Robtnso- Uoad. Telephone No. 228. For Breakfast, Cold Tiffins etc. COOKED OX TONGUE COOKED CORNED BEEF BRAWN SAUSAGE BOLOGNA SAUSAGE WINDSOR LIVER BLOOD TONGUE Real Table
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    • 53 8 BERNA ;i SWISS CONDENSED MILK. I Is Switzerland's best, and So the best of all. DUPZRE BROS. Sole Agents I S.S. and F.M.S. j f> -> II THE NAME IS ON THE PENCIL. S_ o— Stockists IB JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. IV p ttL ROBINSON Co, Ltd. PUfl \P,,l| MAYNARD
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  • 37 9 I KILLED 29 INJURED. COLLISION IKt liter's Service.] |.ond,m. July 2S. 1 were killed and •_>;♦ injured 1 %U >*« Hayma.k., Station, Edinburgh, when tmb, for Port Kduar thrar Into a sUtkmixJ agt of the d.
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  • 409 9 I ««rvl,,n. July 28. fe^nc. m\ and ■fternoon. It is understood the ojuestiau of invit- the headi v; TI ere «u the tIM qUesn *n d«f««H Mid it m decided further meetiiii < ommittee »s morning. London. Later. thai the Germans will be immediately an 1 -.mm
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  • 201 9 Kf<»ult of April Examinations. i- Union of Educational Institutions, Birmingham, held its examinations in S rapore for the first time in April last, and the following: students of the Y.M.C.A. School of Commerce have passed succi Klennntary Typewriting: Omar bin Mustafa. Sons Low Meng, Um
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  • 42 9 Damage amounting to Tcs 40,000 was done bf <i NMrt fire in Bangkok, which inatcd in one of a row of shacks opi iU the tramway depot in Hualampong K«>:td, and only with jrrcat difficulty was the depot savfd fnnn the flames.
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  • 126 9 JAPANESE BOAT LOST. NBARLT 200 DROWNED. Reuter's Service. Otam North, July 28. The North Japan Co.'s Taireu Maru, from (Human, la reported lost off Cape Notoro One hundred and thirty-eiy:ht passenger* tad fifty-four of the crew are reported drowned. Eighteen sasesngsrs and fiv* of the crew were
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  • 262 9 U S. NOTE TO PERSIA. waifriagtoa, July 28. Th». Ifinister Kornfeld's Note indicatei that the United Stati-s exi>»- ts Penal tr meet the expenses of lending an American i> to I'i'ir.^: home the Consul Imbrie'i body, and also t<» furnish military SjUardl at the American Legation as long as it
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  • 511 9 The statutory meeting of the British Malaya Trustee and Pxecutor Co., Ltd., was held at 2i> Chartered Bank Chambers at noon yesterday, those present being Messrs. A. F. Baddeley, in the chair, R. M Meyer, W. A. Sims. Gaw Khek Khiam, W.
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  • 683 9 -THE AFTERMATH OF THE BOOM." Thomas Lazarus Chater, against whom eight charges of criminal breach of trust involving sums amounting to close upon seven thousand dollars have been preferred by his former employers, Messrs M. A. Namazie and Sons, at in the dock at the BingapOTe
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  • 219 9 When Nazimova first began sketching jut her portrayal of the vivid and grislv <tory cf the daughter of Herodias, and John the Baptist, she found herself confronted with the dilemma of adhering at jnce to the facts of the story and yet providing no cause for perturbation among the
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  • 82 9 A demonstration of attack by a platoon of the Royal Sussex Regiment will be. given at Siglap for the Eurasian Company Cainp on Saturday, Aug. 2nd. at 7.i& a»m. It is hoped all Officers and NX.Os. of A. B. and Companies who -have not already witnessed the
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  • 702 9 JAPANESE FIRM'S RUBBER. The Netherlands Trading Society were defendants in an action which came before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Society was sued by a Japanese firm. Messrs Nanwa Koshi and Xanshin Koshi for the sum of $3,393.67, the facts
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  • 192 9 Heralded as a picture which marks the pinnacle of the photoplay art, the much-talked-of Cosmopolitan production When Knighthood was in Flower, starring Marion Davies, opens at the Alhambra Th2atre on Monday, August 4th. This beautiful love story, taken from the*ponular romantic novel by Charles Major,
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  • 112 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 29. At the meeting of 'the St. Andrew's Society Mr. J. G. Brown presided. The report and accounts weie passed. It was proposed that the Feast of "St Andrew be celebrated on the Friday prior to the date of the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 89 9 OUR CANINE FRIENDS REQUIRE SPRATT'S" Dog Biscuits $2 50 IN 71b. HERMETICALLY SEALED TINS. £uppy Biscuits $2 50 IK Tib. HERMETICALLY SEALED TINS. Dog Soap 30cts. I'ER TABLET. Bembows Mixture $1.35 PER BOTTLE. FOR AILING DOGS. Mangeodine $1.00 PER LARGE BOTTLE. MEANS A PERFECT COAT. i Robinson Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED
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    • 736 10 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEITTINE 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 throigh Billa of Lading for all Ovarian* 1 PelaU. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Dae Singapore. PELEI'S London,
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    • 524 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. u ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK due Aug. 7 t s.s. LEPANTO due Sept. 12 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN due Sept. 28
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    • 628 10 STEAMER_SAILINGS 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). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON.""*"" Antwerp. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwerp Tonnage. Sin^pore. 1
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  • 2163 11 WB HXNKKRS OF (H U KITS DX Y Historic Lombard Street. T V. n 7 T F Tout «■»>. f,,," hV 522 <> f NMtaMI medieval ;r' r It« volume was l.r ir i,v "!*«**<»» *in,pl e its methods nnntne. N<>t thl mtin nant or and the pne.t
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  • 40 11 There is a general strike of Chinese employees on the Shameen, Canton, the men demanding complete abolition of the new traffic and police permit regulations, and that Chinese should be free to enter or leave Shameen before twelve o'clock midnight.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 95 11 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. WOODS' GREAf >EPPERMINT^CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles Ny Carlsberg Beer IE <■ KJimiwi l»^y 01 SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC
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    • 893 11 "When we have produced an antiseptic which c.in be taVen internally without risk oi injury to cdl'tMMie, w.- sh.i.l have conquered inl ctiuu* J.scj 3 c."— Lord LiaTER. IVT y\ T RT >\ Yadil' Antiseptic THE reports received from various parts of XX TITH YadiP there is not the slightest
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  • 702 12 H. M. S. Pegasus, the sea plane carrier, is expected at Port Swettenham very shortly. The offices of the Admiral Oriental Line are now located at the Hongkong Bank Chambers, third floor. The following information has been received from the Harbour Master, Selangor: Surveying operations are taking place
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  • 150 12 At Lithgow's yard at Port Glasgow the first of the two 10,000-ton motor ships for the Nippon Yusen Kaisha was launched. It was named the "Atago Maru," and is 440 ft. long, with a beam of 57 ft. and a depth of 38 ft. 7 ins.
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  • 123 12 The -Marudu." The motor ship "Marudu," which was due to run trials in the last days of June, is a novel vessel, says the "Motor Ship." She has been built by Messrs. Workman, Clark and Co., Ltd., for the Straits Steamship Co., for service in
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 468 12 STATE SHIPPING SERVICE i M.Sw KANGAROO Sailing from Singapore Sept. 8. For FREMANTLE, (W. A.) For particulars regarding Passage and freight rates apply to McALISTER CO., LTD. Burns Philp Line For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons)
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    • 48 12 Forty-two castaways from four Shantune junks were discovered on North Saddle Island bv the cable ship Store Nordiske, says a Shanghai message of July 18. The cable ship communicated with the Great Northern Telegraph Company's Shanghai salvaere tue Saucy, which was sent out and took off the men.
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    • 648 12 Gensaco Roofing MADE FROM PURE TRINIDAD LAKE ASPHALT. THE PERFECT NATURAL TROPICAL WATERPROOFER I TWO-PLY. FOR ALL ORDINARY THREE-PLY. WITHSTANDS SPECIALLY SEVERE I^S^Sfessa ii I I 1 J > HBJ^H^^Sn KANT-LEEK CLEATS. ARE PROVIDED INSIDE EVERY H^^^^^^HEH roll, these insure per|^^^9hT'^^Sl^R fect application of the ■raliiP^^iiPk-I ROOFING. Kwl l^^^ CROSS
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 665 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Aing Hong 9 a.m. Cucob and Pontian Hang Chiap 9a m Cucob and Pontian Edina 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Mersing 9 a.m. Pulau Sambu and Singkep Van der Does de Bye 9 a.m. Saba and Djambi Toh Lam 10
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 645 13 STEAMER SAILINGS ~~0. S. K. Line. Deatinationa Steamers. Arr. De*. London, Hamburi;, Bremen, Rotterdam, Artwtrp via \de.i, p. Sudan Colombo, v PB v «»t, o" S d Amazon Maru Aug. 11 Aug. 13 lork via San Francisco, Panama Alaska Maru from Kobe Oct. 15 Durban. C*»t Tow,,. R io Santos,
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    • 383 13 STEAMER SAILINGS g^h\ -ink 1 S K^ W^L A ,T~T ROUND THE WORLD. FAST PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE From Singapore and Penang to BOSTON and NEW YORK via Colombo, Suez, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa, Marseilles. Returning to Singapore via Havana, Panama, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu, Kobe, Shanghai, Hongkong and Manila.
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    • 789 13 STEAMER SAILINGS STRUTHERS AND BARRY. Operating U. S. Government Ships. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND 1 SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST JESTER to discharge and load In Port U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT to discharge and load Sept. U.S.S.B. WEST CHOPAKA to discharge and load Oct. and subsequent ateamers approximately 30 lays apart.
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  • 1581 14 A CENTURY OF INVENTION. The British craft of safe-making is more than a century old. In the records of the Patent Office about the year 1830 there appear the names Milner, Tann, Chubb, and Chatwood, names which to this day inspire the banker with confidence and the
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  • 225 14 Tasmanian's Message in Barrel of Apples. A young farmer out in Tasmania wants "a nice, quitt, homely pirl." who would suit him for a wife. His requirements are set out in a letter found carefully placed inside a barrel of apples delivered to Mr. E. Champkin,
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  • 137 14 It is not always realised that the British Museum possesses b.y far the most comprehensive insect collection in the world. It has not Defore been possible to frame an exact catalogue of all items, but after three years' work one has been now completed and
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 770 14 K Tired, K^b Sleepless, mtWS Run-down, Nervous 'JiPI The cure f a Man i!> Mill who could not eat nor &C W\ P sleep, because of W\ \J» )\MK Nervous Breakdown. W( Vvh F&L Mr John Stott s an Insurance Wv\^Ml^ wtfA m^^ A ent lils livelihood dcptiuls on '^-^Jw^SAJ^aV^^^*'
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    • 134 14 ST PAULI GIRL BRAND LAGER BEER l /40^§<£\ p H *^^^B^^ V n The Original "Girl Brand" u G OF SO YEARS REPUTATION. R African Eastern Trade Corporation LIMITED. < incorporated in England). SINGAPORE I Sole Agents. S. 9. F. M. S j I II I II I J I
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  • 570 15 rUASER CO., EXCHANGE WU SHARE BROKERS. TCBSDAY, JPLY 29th MLNV G quals ex div j Batansr Padan ff Tin 55 60 Jiitam Im 1.40 i Idru Hydraulic (£i > 28a 6d 25, x r Jphan T.n 37 40 K. Kamuntin K s 4 r )S Gd 47*
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  • 52 15 B.ink dmand 2 4 *~?l Private CTedita 2'4 17-32 New York, den Credits DO feyj l"ndia C nUUUI N m< Hongkonir. demand 4 pc p Wm Yokohama, fan joy ur^ Java, demand i.> K Bangkok, demand 79^ Scvereipn, Bank Buyinf tg Bank of EnjUnd Rat 4 pc Bar Silver
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  • 166 15 July 1'... Tin 175 Tona Bisii Gambier T Popper whitPopper Black ■•><■ Plafa Tapioca UM Pearl Su^o Small -g-t I i *> >Pra 1155 Copra Sundried 12 05 Opiuqj, Benares unt. /non Kice, Rang-oon white 275 00 Rice Siam No. 1 for export ~30 00 Rice, Siam No. 2
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  • 32 15 Singapore, July 29, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 43 40 1 Aug-Sept 43H> 43%; Oct-Dec 44tt 44*4 London Quotation Sheet Is. O'-d. Market Quiet.
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  • 170 15 In spite of opposition from certain industrial interests. German financiers and bankers are steadily pur-uing their policy of restricting: credits. Then i* little doubt that their persistence will ultimately provp beneficial to business generally. The Reichsbank has now found it possible to abandon the rationing of foreign currency
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  • 55 15 The Sarawak Oilfields, Ltd., produced 558,294.04 tons of oil in 1923, an increase of 38 per cent, over the production for 1922. One hundred and thirty wells are producing. During: the year thirty-nine new wells wetv drilled to production. The Lutong Refinery dealt with 53«;,582.r)!) tons, an increase of 51.0
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 50 15 Singapore, Jah It Kui>lx?r.— 1 1. ii I 44 7 <»- l"5 tona iold at 121.:;: i M uitaf.— KinU Tin Dredging BO t u Piahs i.>o i.s., L .ngu;, 44K1 5, South: W 1.01 dividend, Taipinga i.i;-. j >, rnaer and Neave* 46.26 4:,?-, Hammer, 1.,u 166,
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    • 47 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT Rubbers.— Are firmer bum. at 1340 -'.lk, at W"S; H at 88, Od. Mambaus have bu V ei> it KSfi? -J 88 Plahs offer'a S 2 > £o, z-t^z g JS Per cent 104'; 106V lisa P S rcen,,O4. 21 0r,.,. Victory B,n,,s'^ .7.^
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    • 92 15 With the price of Rubber further ance<l to Is. o^«|. the demand ffSjl Hfa and Jeram kuantans at 25 limah maiket s on a restricted scale. Petalini.are a K ain eas.er with seller, at U& h5 Pen^ka ens continue to move upwards* an -4> bd. are
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    • 211 15  - ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. L. R. MacPhail u Singapore, Julv 25* Rubber. Is i)\ t 4:1 Tin. 844 7.6J. lfl\. 171 tons sold. The rise ol %d in the prfa« of rubber Baa called attention in the share market to the rubber section and the market opens today with a
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    • 174 15 Americans who can afford to buy highgrade cotton good- usually purchase tt\" Imported article in preference to the New England product in spite of the hiirh Customs duty. The United States Ta^ff Commission has now virtually admitted thifact, and is apparently disinclined t.» taK»' any
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1535 15 Assets over $5,000,000. TUI? /inPATi YianmnnmT Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPAJVY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE:- Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OPFIPP- v? nu t Ihe Company has 2 0.000 deposited with the lup'rem* .Court of aJS^and onXJLTe MM S£ ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF
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    • 137 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). KKE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. WEARE Co., Ltd. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd Branch Office 54, The Arcade, Coilyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
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  • 1559 16 If there is one time of the year when sport rises above al! other considerations it is at the Aupust Bank Holiday period. Notably is this the case in this country, probably in a more enhanced degree than in Enpland. and no greater proof of the fact is
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  • 137 16 Duplications of famous building? in r^urooenn lor.ntries are prominent features in Jackie Coogan's first Metro picture. Long Live the King, announced for the Palladium Theatre on Friday. There is an exact replica of the great castle <>f New<chwanstein in Bulgaria, one of the world-renowned opera hou-es
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  • 136 16 Programme of Drill? up to and for August 4th. Wednesday, July 30 at 5 p.m. Balestier, M. G. Platoon, Drill Hall. Chinese Co, Practice 30 yds range competition. Thursday, July 31 at r > p.m. Balestier, M. G Platoon, Practice 30 yds range competition. Friday, August 1.
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  • 125 16 Alderman William Dennis, known throughout Lincolnshire as the "Potato King," died at his house, Kirton, near Boston, at the age of 83. Mr. Dennis's career was one of the romances of modern industry. He was born at Horsington, in the Lincolnshire Fens, the son of an agricultural labourer. He never
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  • 570 16 FOOTBALL. S. F. A. Team Against The Military. The military turned out a strong side at the Stadium yesterday evening t o meet the team selected by the S.F.A., and which it is hoped with one or two changes, will probably represent Singapore in its first Malaya Cup
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  • 108 16 [Reuter's Service.] Paris. July 2S. Twenty-six nations scored points in the national classification, which system wae ciii.wn up by the French Olympic Committee. The award of medals is entirely distinct from the points award. Twentyseven nations have received medals: I'nited States 45 firsts, 26 seconds and 27 thirds;
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  • 33 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, July 2s. At Manchester there was incessant rain during the night and morning and all hopes of play for to-day were abandoned at 1.50 p.m.
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  • 35 16 The tinal round for the Captain's Prize was played last Sunday, between H. R. S. Law. handicap 7. and G. B. Kellagher, handicap 10. G. B. Kellagher wot by 2 and 1.
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  • 41 16 The Jult Ladies Spoon was won by Mrs. R. D. Finlay with a score of 50 14 36 nett. The following competitions are arranged for the August holidays. Sunday, August 3rd, Flag Competition; Monday, August Ith. Mixed Foursome.
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  • 39 16 The prevailing period of dry weather necessitates a rest being given to the tennis courts at the S. C. C, and we are informed that they will not be available for play this week.
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  • 23 16 Thursday, 31st July, Band Practice Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. Orders for week ending 3rd August 1924. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 334 16 GOOD ATTENDANCE AND FAST GOING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, July 29. The weather was fine, but warm, for the racing here to-day and there was a good attendance. The going was fast. The following were the results: Race 1. One Mile. Carrie B. (Logue) 8. l Gentle
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  • 439 16 The first round o f the August Polo Tournament will be played to-morrow (Thursday) at 4.45 p.m. at the Balestier Road ground. The draw resulted in JohOre A and Johore B teams playing against each other. The winner of this round will, together with three other teams, contest
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  • 82 16 Penang, July 29. In the polo match for the Swee Lee challenge cup C. team beat A. team by one goal to nil. The winners were superior throughout and scored through Danson in the first ehukker. Seng Hye nearly equalised in the second period, a
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 286 16 THE MAJORITY AND DISCRIMINATING ARTISTS CHOOSE THE MOUTRIE PIANO FOR TONE, TOUCH, FINISH AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR ART CATALOGUE S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. RAFFLES SQUARE, SINGAPORE. *^^^^^^^^> m^ gp^ THE HOP LEAF IS if A SIGN OF M EXCELLENCE mm 'Um I sv^' tI u wWlMms\
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