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

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE. SJ3., MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1924 NO. 11,267.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    238 1 Ihe French Cabinet states that the Allied Conference cannot discuss the military evacuation of the Ruhr— Page 9. Economic questions will form the subject of further conversations, whilst another conference will be held in November Page 9. The U. S. world flight has been abandoned and now
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    KITTY CARTHEW.
    1238 1  -  R. H. S. in Manchester Guardian now 1 shall not have many more opportunities of seeing Kitty Carthew. Even her ski'l with cosmetics and clothes will not be able much longer to set years at defiance. It is one of the tragedies of Kilty's profession that those who
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      320 1 *l A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. i-r^V*"* <nampionship won with JTHE NEW SP AIDING RED GOLF BALL t Obtainable at J Telephone QUEEN'S Telegrams MM 3, Prince St. Tennis RAFFLES HOTEL. GUEST MGHTS.-Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, J Evcry Monday and Friday. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.— On
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      124 1 Bodyguard Soap ANTISEITIC ■yfea PURIFYING "THE PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" SOLE MANUFACTURERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND THE EUROPE HOTEL. FOR COMFORT— FOOD— MUSIC— DANCING Terms: A la carte or Inclusive. The after-dinner dances are held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The Europe Orchestra plays nightly during Dinner, and for
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      175 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Goodrich tyres Page 8. Public notices on page 7. Dor's special offers— Page 4. Abrams' motor fleet Page 6. i Malaya Trustee Co. Page 15. Public entertainments Page 2. Philips lamps, U. E's Page 11. Shipping on pages 9, 10 and 13. Marine motors, Bai-ker's Page 1. Bodyguard
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      25 1 A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. < for High Class. 5 GOLF EQLIPMENT 5 call at m* Telephone QUEEN'S Telegrams J 1634 3, Prince St. Tennis m_\
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      79 1 THE WEEK. Monday, llth. High Water, 7.28 a.m., 6.54 p.m. St. Andrew's Society Mtg., 5,15 p.m. French homeward mail leaves. Salome, Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Tuesday, 12th. High Water 8.53 a.m., 8.11 p.m. Football: Malaya Cup Practice, Stadium. Salome, Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Wednesday, ISth. High Water, 9.52 a.m., 9.9
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    IMITATION PEARS' SOAP.
    602 2 Seremban Conviction Quashed. 1 tbe Seremban Supreme Court, on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice McCaba Mnmj, Myi the Malay Mail, the criminal appeal Wai argued in which Chin Tan Chew. Manama* af Cfcmab and Co.. Birch-road. Seremban. appealed against the convict and sentence pasaad upon him by Mr.
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    SUICIDE OF WIRELESS OPERATOR.
    42 2 Boml>a>, July 28. Due to disappointment in a love affair nnd mlental depression, Mr. Omar Douglas Canning, a European wireless operator on the s.s. Varsova. committed suicide at Bombay on Sunday, soon after the arrival of the boat.
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      208 2 To Dog Lovers. A Comprehensive Stock of Spratt's Dog Medicines Just Received. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road. SINGAPORE. THE MANAGEMENT OF THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. Have placed their Premises at the Disposal of the PRESIDENT AND COMMITTEE OF THE FOKIEN FLOOD RELIEF FUND On Saturday and Sunday. Aug. 9
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      333 2 Tei.B26 Victoria Theatre Tei.B26 For Four Nights Only. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT AT 9.15 P.M. NAZIMOVA in SALOME BY OSCAR WILDE SUPPORTED B\ r GAZETTE, OPENING OF JOHORE CAUSEWAY Etc. Booking Now Open at John Little's PRICES $2 and $1. Tel. 2836. S°h ca o l f PATHE CINEMA Can give
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      339 2 Alhambra From Monday, llth August, to Friday, 15th August. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. TOPICAL BUDGET British Screen News. ASSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PRESENTS LEWIS STONE in "THE DANGEROUS AGE" In 8 Reels. Its story is a powerful one replete with tensely dramatic situation.that holds the spectators spell-bound.
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    THE SUDAN.
    1698 3 HCILMM THE SENNAR DAM. 1"• .special corresponds v> es: 1* "Uteri years ago the inhabitants I I ecttaia IBtll village on the Blue Nile Mid patiently pastured their flocks cultivated their land when Allah saw to lend thorn rain, little heeding the utaide world except in so far
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    THE BLUE DIAMOND.
    206 3 T<»ar and Dancer Story Denied. Paris, June 24. Duke George of Le-uchtenberg (who held the rank of Imperial Highness in Russia) writes to the Matin denying that the famous Russian blue diamond which I*- now in the hands of a consortium of jewellers at Nice was ever
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    GERMANS IN JAPAN.
    129 3 Motor Agent Refused Admission. Officially, it appears, the war is not over yet. In 1915 some employees of Messrs. Otto Reimers Co. were deported from Japan, no charge being made and no reason given. One of the deportees, Mr. Karl Fischer, is how in business in Shanghai,
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    BEFORE THE MAIL.
    334 3 SENSATIONAL TRIAL AT CHICAGO. Boys Charged With Murder. London, July 30. The Central Criminal Court at Chicago, where Loeb and Leopold are being tried, is crowded daily. The State Prosecutor said that he will demand a verdict of Guilty or Not GuiUy without regard to evidence of
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    LADY ASTORS PORTRAIT.
    237 3 London, July 30. The huge painting by Charles Sims, R.A., commemorating the introduction of Lady Aster in the House of Commons and depicting her between her sponsors, Mr. Lloyd George and Lord Balfour, which was hung yesterday on the staircase leading to the Committee Rooms, in proximity
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    WIRELESS PROGRESS IN INDIA.
    211 3 Calcutta, July 29. Bombay. Commander Nicholson, Director of Wireless, speaking at the Bombay Radio Club, said that it was not sound at the present moment to say that India would be properly served with a commercial radio service if it was worked entirely on "beam" stations.
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    COUNTERING SWARAJIST TACTICS.
    65 3 Calcutta, July 30. Nagpur. The Central Provinces Government, which has teen seriously embarrassed by the Swarajist majority in the Legislative Council holding up all legislation, has decided on the drastic step of removing all Departments of Government subject to popular vote, reserving them to the Executive. This
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      153 3 27 world-wide tests set an average of 26.9 miles to the gallon of petrol (HA Malayan Motor sill 1 MONDAYITIS *g~* m n_ As a general rule everyone feels less energetic on Monday than any other day in the week. This is very aptly termed w Mondayitis. Instead of the
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    A LONDONER AT LARGE.
    1115 4 SPACIOL'S DAYS The Londoner is a faithful l.ver. To suggest that his sweet niistress could under any circumstances bore him were the gr est libel which he would summarily and I hops successfully resent. To intimate that he could at any time be unfaithful to her,
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    ETHIOPIAN PRINCE.
    205 4 A Visit and a Gift to St. Thomas** Hospital. The Regent of the Empire and Heir to the Throne of Ethiopia, in fulfilment of a wish expressed through the Foreign-Office before his arrival in this country, was conducted over St. Thomas's Hospital on July 9. His party was
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    LOURDES "MIRACLES."
    123 4 Cripple Who Returned Fit to England. Thirteen hundred pilgrims from Lourdes have returned to England, tha majority crossing by special steamer to Folkestone. The pilgrimage is claimed to have been one of the most successful on record, there being more than one remarkable cure. The principal case was
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    ENGLISH FOLK MUSIC.
    1267 4 SONG AND DANCE. The recent death of Cecil Sharp, whose lifework it was to nurse folksong into health and to rescue folkdance from the 1 grave, makes us ask ourselves once more what it is that we understand by foikart and why we prize it as we
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    RESTORING THE 'VICTORY."
    213 4 'Westminster Abbey of the British Navy.' I Admiral of the Fleet Sir DorstOß Stur- dee, presiding at the annual meeting <r" the Society for National Research at the Royal United Service Institution, rsfarta I I to the Victory Fund for the restoration of I Nelson's flagship, and
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    COLONIALS STRANDED IN BNGLAND
    123 4 The surprising suggestion was made in the form of a question by Mr. Q. Lanshurv (Labour, Bow and Bromley) in the Hs of Commons that there wa, a consid r number of people from the Dominions al present stranded in Great Britain. He m that a
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      139 4 Sole Agents W. H. DOP'S TRADING CO., 54 Robinson Road. Telephone 2627. w^^mf^^^m UKUblilb iiiIULULAIhS. Ira Is 2 H LNURSE'BRANDIg _7~ m Bum R sFbRANDI g W I BWWB^^ I DROSTE'S PASTILLES per 1 lb. round decorated §2.00 '1^^, ,,--;,,—^-^l' fA 9* W rs do $1.10 I— —————.J 03 ts
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    CROSSING THE GOBI DESERT.
    362 5 China to India on Horseback. Calcutta, July 28. Mr. Caspar, British Telegraph Kngineer, has just arrived in Calcutta after a journey from Pekin on horseback in which he traversed the Gobi Desert and tho Himalayas. Mr. Caspar is a superintending engineer,! who has been travelling in
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    HEATLESS LIGHT.
    207 5 Reported French Discoverv. f* Paris, June 24. A private* demonstration has just been given in Paris of a form of heatlers light which has been discovered after 5 fifteen years' ressareh by a French scientist named I Uissaud. The eminent French scientist. Dr. F.<b»uard Branly. one of the
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    THRILLING TRAIN INCIDENT.
    190 5 The bravery of a fireman averted the possibility of a serious accident on a High Barnel to MoorfßtS train recently. The engine back-fired when near Totteridge Station and when the driver attempted to shut off steam flames, smoke and •team filled the cab, and he and his
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    LOCUST POST.
    120 5 Note (Carried 200 Miles by an Insect. Johannesburg. While the district mounted patrol of the Knajßtadorp police was at work destroying large swarms of locusts on the north-west-em boundary of the West Rand at Middelvlei, Constable Jonkeri noticed one locust which seemed to have a white body. He
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    NATIONAL HERO IN POVERTY.
    357 5 Soldier who Captured 132 Germans. Ntw York. Alvin C. York, America's grtat hero of the world war, cannot make a success <i" living. During the war he silenced a nest of thirty-five German machine guns, killing twenty-two Germans and capturing 132 others. He has been decorated
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    CHINESE CIVILIZATION.
    215 5 Respect to Confucius. It is good news, says a Peking contempcraty that the President has headed the movement to obtain contributions for the repairs of the Confucius Temple at Chufu by giving $20. 000 himself. This will no doubt be S gieat encouragement to those who are interested
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    A QUARANTINE ELYSIUM.
    207 5 With a coastline of 12,210 miles, and with the nearest lands, both islands and mainland, inhabited by thick hordes of native populations, amongst whom all manner of disease, as plague, cholera, leprosy and small-pox ave often rife, it is only natural that Australia should have established a
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    "THE KING OF SONG."
    143 5 Honour for Chaliapin. A group of young poets, writers and musicians, led by Mr. Osbert Sitwell, Mr. Sacheverell Sitwell, and Miss Edith Sitwell, waited on Chaliapin, the great Russian singer, at the Savoy Hotel recently to pay homage to him. "We take the occasion of your
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    PRAYER BOOK REVISION.
    285 5 Attitude of the English Church Union. The Earl of Shaftesbury, presiding at j the sixty-fifth anniversary of the English Chuich Union at Church House on June 24, said that the reunion of Christendom, j and BSOTB especially reunion with the great I Church in the West, was
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    A ROMAN MAP.
    219 5 Legionary's March. Paris, June 22. M. Franz Cumont showed to the Academie des Inscriptions yesterday a fragment of a shield discovered during excavations at Salihiyehd, near Damascus, on the skin of which was painted a map. The shield had belonged to a Palmyene archer in the third
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    CHINESE "EXCLUSION" FROM JAPAN.
    184 5 A Complaint to the Chinese Foreign Office. In spite of denials from Tokyo about the exclusion of Chinese from Japan, says a Peking News Agency. Mr. Lin Wenchao, Chief of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Yokohama, has wiled to the Government from Japan urging the
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    STORY OF WAR-TIME ESCAPE.
    166 5 British Submarine Commander's Adventure. Copenhagen. Captain Layton, commander of the Bntisb squadron which arrived at Copenhagen recently, has told the story of his escape from internment at the Marine Barrack*, Copenhagen, after his submarine, El3, was sunk by the Germans in August, 1915. He gave the
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    RUBBER PROPAGANDA.
    36 5 London, July 31. A movement is afoot to treble the amount at present spent on rubber propaganda and research, and it is suggested that the necessary funds should be derived from rubber export duties.
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    THE THIRD "R."
    227 5 Boys Better than Girls at Arithmetic. A curious fact is brought out in a report by an expert Departmental Committee on the teaching of arithmetic which came before the Education Committee of the London County Council in mail week. Dr. F. H. Spencer, the L. C. C.
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    EX-PREMIER'S MANCHESTER SPEECH.
    209 5 A Warning To Indian Extremists. London, July 28th. Mr. Baldwin, in a speech at Manchester OB Saturday, said that the situation in India filled him with grave misgivings. The great Reform Scheme was on its trial and its Btoat ardent supporters must be disappointed at the way
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    RECENT ST. "DEAL."
    180 5 £80,000 Sad to have been Paid for Lyons Premises. An interesting property deal i« revealed in an announcement that Messrs. J. Lyons and (ompany have disposed of their Maison Lyons, a seven-storev building, at 211 and 213. Regent-street. It is stated that £80,000 has been paid by
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    A MISSIONARY RANSOMED.
    194 5 After fix weeks in bandit captivity the Rev. .E. H. Came, of Wuchow. has been ransomed by a payment of $4,000 and 13 rifles. The ransom was provided by the Chinese military force in the district, who, of course, had raised it from the merchants. It appears
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    HOOLEY TO BE FREED.
    91 5 Terah Hooley will regain his freedom I from Parkhurst Prison, Isle of Wight, this month. E. T. Hooley, of Risley Hall, Derbyshire, was at the Old Bailey in April, 1922, sentenced to three years' penal servitude. He was convicted, wi<fch four others, of conspiracy to defraud
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      677 5 IN THE SUPREME COURT AT JOHORE BAHRU. wi 1T The Sze Hai Tong Banking and Miscellaneous Application Insurance Co. Ltd. Chargees No. 97 of 1923. R_ te l**** 1 leo boon bian anti Low Long The undersigned have Leen instructed to by public auction thejr Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore.
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      218 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town and Country Properties At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co's Saleroom. No. 30 Chulia Street ON WEDNESDAY, nth AUG. AT 2.30 .P.M. Estate of Ee GEOK ENG, deceased 1. Valuable freehold land and house known as No. 96 Devonshire Road, off Killiney Road
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    "RANJI'S" GIFT TO THE ZOO.
    422 6 How the "Tigon" Became an Orphan. I. ond ern, June 30. A wonderful animal "freak" has just been presented to the Zoological Society by the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar--affectionately known in this country a.; "Ranji." This creature is a "tigon" that is, a hybrid
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    A MYSTERY SOLVED.
    436 6 "Murdered" Man Seeking *A Little Peace." Rome. June 29. Just a month ago all Italy was thrilled by the mysterious disappearance of a traveller from a second-class carriage of the night tram going from Verona to Trent. The her 0 of the story was Giovanni Zec-chi-tto, a
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    INDIAN AUXILIARY FORCE.
    87 6 Calcutta, July 31. A keen discussion took place at a meeting of the Calcutta Corporation yesterday as to whether the Corporation's employees who are members of the Auxiliary Force should get full pay while on military duty. Swarajist members objected to this on the ground that the
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    SOMETHING FOR NOTHING.
    1547 6 INSTRUCTIVE LESSON FROM MONTREAL, Bottle of Beer "For Nix." A curious incident is reported from Montreal. A local brewery announced that it would give a bottle of beer to anyone who applied for it on a certain day, with the result that a crowd of twenty-five thousand
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    KEATS'S HOME AT HAMPSTEAD.
    518 6 A National Puuaeasiaß. June 28. Keats's home at Hampstead BS a national possession, and a< n r a< arrangements can be made it will l el certain specified times, opened to th.' public Under the terms of the oflV r made by the Committee of the
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    EXCHANGE RATIO OF RUPEE.
    66 6 Motion in Legislative Assembly. Calcutta. July JM. Bombay.— Sir Puroshotamdas Thakodaa has given notice of two Bills to h. moved in the Legislative Assembly aiming at a revision of the exchange ratio to the old standard of fifteen I llpasi to the sovereign, on the ground
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      519 6 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT W. 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. /^%\yi Sj^'^c £_Q V' >A i W^* '**r v_ V< Jd^-4- S V I V Jys-^^-V J\ 1 i*li n i Pi
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      63 6 Ny Carlsberg Beer __*__r_{ I B@w mm I npQ^-*-~ "i±f?_—--I T J^ j IC rmma. mmmmW*W SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE. THE PIANO OF DISTINCTION. "NUTZMANN" New TROPICAL models just received. Beautiful in tone responsive touch, and perfectly constructed to resist extreme climatic conditions.
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    BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA.
    1238 7 BEHIND THE SCENES. (By Sir Martin Conway, M. P.). Like most other people I had read newspaper stories of the Russian Revolution and had listened to the stories of refugees. I had heard of how the Winter Palace had been stormed in Petrograd, and the Kremlin at Moscow
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    MRS. BESANT HONOURED.
    335 7 London, July 24. The completion of 50 years public work il by Mrs. Besant was celebrated at a crowded I meeting at Queen's Hall this evening. Major Graham Pole, presiding, read let- L ters of apology for absence, including one from the Premier, who wrote that Mr*',
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    FIRST FRUITS OF WEMBLEY.
    249 7 Stimulus to Empire Trade. The British Empire Exhibition at Wembley has now been open for over two months, and signs are not wanting that the harvest from it will be a rich one not only for (Great Britain, but also for all the Dominions and Colonies.
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    THE COWBOYS OF THE CAMARGUE.
    1177 7 A FESTIVAL OF PROVENCE. Our English papers tell us of the interest excited Joy the feats of the cowboys at! Wembley. But how many of the spectators know that the prototypes of those daring riaers sti'l herd the wild cattle in France, as ihey did
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    INDIAN ORATORS.
    1148 7 COMMAND OF GOOD ENGLISH. T a. 1 may have been especially fortunate j in India, but I am leaving: it with a profound admiration for the linguistic abilitj of the educated Indian and for the innate sense of style which enables so many Indians of different races to
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      660 7 1 IJHJSIWESS CAl^r M^W 1 BALERS 1 nntinß-Developing— Enlarging. S 8 u-^.„ FRAMES M ADE lS_ IN ™«ONG CO. North Bnd se Koad. ELKAYES MATPHirg BRANCH FACTORY L P «l SWettenham '?*<>** 29. I S»«*»««»WB4>4>«4S„„^;t»tl *M^9 m Please Send for the Illustrated i Catalogue^ol -Musical Instruments. 5 111 EA *»ON
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      601 7 I NOTICES. NOTICB. Singapore Yolunteer Rifle Association. The Annual General Meeting will be held at Headquarters, Singapore Volunteer Corps (DRILL HALL) at ."i p.m., m Thursday, 21st August, 1'.»24. (Rule 8, Rules and Bye-laws „f the Assoc iat ion.) NOTICE. Mr. P. E. Smith having cea-.d to be <:np)o\>d by
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1924. Comment of the Week.
    740 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 1924. Comment of the Week. The ill-fortune which overtook MacLaren on his world flight has now i spread to the Americans, who looked as it' they were fairly assured of accomplishing a record which would have formed a fitting finish to their triple crown
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    327 8 Hainanese women and children are now coming to Malaya for the first time for many decades. Mr. C. L^ Sansom has arrived in Kuala Lumpur to take over Mr. W. L. Coplay's duties as Commissioner of Police, F.M.S. Considerable improvement in the conser\arcy of the town is clearly indicated for
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    MALAYA'S GOVERNMENT.
    1707 8 B.M.A.'s SHARP CRITICISM. THE LATEST DESPATCH. "Malay States not Rritish Colonies." The report of the British Association of Malaya contains the sting- in the proper place the tail, that is to say it is among the appendices that we find severe criticism of various matters in F. M.
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    MISS SARKIES ENGAGED.
    34 8 MISS SARKIES ENG AGED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penan r. Aug. The tngagtmtnt is announced of Ge Milner, grandson of Mr. Gsoi of Manchester. England, to Margaret second daughter ,»f Mr. A. Sarkii Penang.
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    NEW CHINESE COMMISSIONER.
    40 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.! Penang, Aug. Mr. Lim Cheng Fan was tlattS I 182 votes to 76 a- the member {< rej sent the Straits Chinese British. A tion on the Municipal Commission mb, to the Governor's approval.
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    STRAITS-CHINESE IN ENGLAND.
    51 8 Visit to House of Commons. (From Our Own Correspondent London, Jul\ 17. Mr. C. W. Darbiahirs, M.P. this week has been showing over the House of Com mons and Lords a large party of Strai*Chinese. He was assisted by Lady GuifU mard, Lady Malcolm and several othei
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    FAILURE.
    347 9 I S. WORLD-FLIGHT OVER. EANNI AND LOCATELLI LEFT. [Renter*! Service.] Reykjavik. Aug. H. it ii --.ated that Admiral Magruder bat conference aboard tht Khars' hmond to discusi tfce *cM«abiU*y Off the Amenun WOl'd-flight c mdhioni on the Greenland < Reykjavik. Aug. 8. v »'< c H ha bcen decided
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    JOHORE WATER SCHEME.
    482 9 t BsamHansßßßrs' Visit u, Gssaaaf Pulai. Members of the Municipal Commission spent an interesting morning yesterday at! Ganong Pulai, whence Singapore's future' water luppliee are to be drawn, and thus supplemented, by a personal inspection, the information obtained in the report recently' made by Colonel H. L.
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    EUROPE'S PEACE.
    833 9 FRENCH WAR-CHIEFS VIEWS. CREATE DISAGREEMENT. [Reuter's Service.] Parks, Aug. 8. It is intimated that M. Herriot. General Nol let. and M. Clementel are going to Paris to-morrow in order to consult with their Cabinet colleagues on the question of the evacuation of the Ruhr and the maintenance of
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    28 9 In connection with the reported theft at the Hotel Europe we are informed that it is complainant's own boy and not a Hotel boy who has been arrested.
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    SIGNED.
    117 9 SOVIET GETS A TREATY. A "LEGAL" DOCUMENT. [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 8. The Anglo-Russian Treaty was signed in tbs evening, by Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Ponsonby for Britain, M. Rakovsky, M. Scheinemann, M. Joffe, M. Tomsky, M. Redcheiiko for Russia. London, Aug. 8. The Anglo-Russian Treaty is unique because
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    FRENCH HONOURS: LOCAL RECIPIENTS.
    177 9 Pans, Aug. 9. Official. The French gold mutuality medal has been given to King Sisowath. (HavasL Paris, Aug. 9. Chevalierships of the Legion of Honour have been awarded to the French consuls: M. Danjou of Singapore. M. Teissier of Foochow; the consulate interpreters It. Eynard of
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    "SALOME" AT VICTORIA THEATRE.
    216 9 The feature of the film presentation of Oscar Wilde's story "Salome," which it being shewn at the Victoria Theatre tonight, to-morrow and on Wednesday, ia the remarkable aetianj of Nazimova as the caprieious daughter of Herodias. In many productions in the pa<t Nazimova has proved herself
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    HAPPY VALLEY CHARITY ENTERTAINMENT.
    176 9 In aid of the Hokien Flood Relief Fund, the Happy Valley gave up their grounds luring the week-end to the organisers of a variety show, in which the Nanyang Chinese Students' Society took the chief part. Judging from the crowds which flocked to the favourite amusement
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    THE GOVERNMENT OF SIAM.
    152 9 In a letter to a Sunday paper "Tical takes Mr. Harold Cox to task for a statement made by that publicist in an article on India and Democracy, where he states: "The only part of the continent of Asia in which there is still any established
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    ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH MALAYA.
    880 9 THE YEAR'S WORK. The annual report for 1923-1924 of this Association was presented at the meeting on July 25 in London and from it we extract the following: The statement of accounts shows receipt^ of £921 18s. 6d. as against expenditure of £760 16s. od., leaving
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    40 9 A popular illustrated lecture on "Birds in Evolution" will be given by Mr. F. N. Chasen, Curator, Raffles Museum, at the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Wednesday, at 9 p.m. Dr. G. E. Brooke will take the chair. All are cordially invited.
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    A "DRESSY" PRINCE.
    1170 11 r STUDYING COLOUR-SCHEMES. (By Our Paris Correspondent). On- of the several London daily papers Kest circu! »tion" has stated that the Prince of Wales is the best dressed the kings sons. The flattering pronounceensast is, however, as incorrect as are W tne opinions contributed to the Loadon
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    NAWAB SUES MONEY-LENDER.
    125 11 Calcutta. July 31. The Nawab of Murshidabad, the premier nobleman of Bengal, prosecuted at the Calcutta Police Court a local money-lender for criminal breach of trust in respect of Rs. 00.000 worth of heirlooms, jewellery, cU.. mortgaged to him. It was alleged that the money-lender had disposed
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    BISHOP OF LONDON'S QUESTIONNAIRE.
    131 11 Ijondon. July 30. Writing in his Diocesan Magazine, the Bishop of London says that he has asked every Rural Dean to summon a RuriDecanal conference in the autumn to consider the question of a division of the Diocese. Each conference will be asked the following questions:
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    NATIVE CREW'S DISOBEDIENCE
    116 11 London, July 3,1. Thirty-four of the native crew of the City of Venice were sentenced to 21 days' imprisonment at Liverpool for combining disobey the Dancers' orders on the 23rd July. The r.. refused to go to the engine room, telling Capt. McKella that the serang had
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    EXCITING EPISODE IN BANNU.
    131 11 Murderers Dislodged by l."> Pounder. Peshawar, July 26. A report from Tochi states that twj K! a>sadars in one of the towers on the Bannn-road managed to get rid of the rest Of the garrison and murdered their Haviliar. They then seized the tower with all
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    GROWING GRASS IN MAN'S FACE..
    144 11 From Hay Seed Lodged in the Eye. An amazing case was recently treated at Glouctatsrshtta Royal Infirmary. A farm labourer got BCaasthhH into hi- eye v. hich l.e was anal le to remove, and because of the pain he visited th- hospital. The ophthalmic surgeon,
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    NATIONAL THEATRE DESIGNS.
    618 11 Two Theatres Side by Side. The Shakespeare Memorial National Theatre have asked the Prime Minister to receive a deputation on the subject of the suggested site in Whitehall for the National Theatre, and have invited the British Drama League and many other institutions to take part in
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    MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER CHARGED.
    107 11 Nellie Joel, aged 28 years, daughter of "Solly" Joel, the South African millionaire, was prosecuted on July Tth. tor failure to pay £7 000 inherited from her mother's estate. Mr. Justice Rowlatt ordered the defendant one year's imprisonment unless the duty was paid within ten days. The
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    POMPEII TO-DAY.
    1272 11 RE-STARTING THE EXCAVATIONS. The "new" excavations at Pompeii are beginning to be fairly well known, for permi «ion t 0 visit tlie in li no longer hard to obtain. It is.still forbidden to photograph or to draw, but I fancy that many cameras are clicked when the guide
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    608 12 THE SARIE BORNEO. Steamers Arrive Without News. j Two steamers arrived from Bandjermassin on Saturday, and although a special look-out for the missing Sarie Borneo was kept, no signs of the vessel were rt ported. The Ban Ho Guan (Captain Van den Berg) left Sourabaya on the 3rd.
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      106 12 STEAMER SAILINGS. HUGO STINNES LINES (Incorporated in Germany.) REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. s.s. Carl Legien 9,000 tons about Sept. 2 HOMEWARD BOUND ANTWERP. ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. §s.s. Emil Kirdorf 9,000 tons about Aug. 25 s.s. Scheer 12,250 tons about Sept. 8 Calling at
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      755 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Medan Melchior Treub 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Aing Hong 9 a.n. Colombo, Djibouti, Port Said, Marseilles, Europe, etc. Amazone 11 a.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis and Bagan Api Api Ban Lee Gwan 1 p.m. Mersing, Kemaman Trengganu Barratta 1 p.m. Malacca Kheng Seng 1 p.m. Prigi Radjah, Tembilahan
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      596 13 STEAMER SAIUNGS O. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dspt. London, Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp via Colombo, Aden, P. Sudan J Said Amazon Maru Aug. 11 Aug. 13 New York via San Francisco, Panama Alaska Maru from Kobe Oct. 15 Durban, Cape Town, Rio., Santos, Montevideo Buenos Aires via Colombo
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      416 13 l__ STEAMER SAILINGS 'WV _^oFS^__s\. Jt^ 1 I AWJ_U_Wk*_fff^m^K .i v ><"^< «Zffi] *—_w rfmm I"^ (Kf^aTN I*~g* fci.' 1 >ve_%£jm\_¥!*Wm_W^\*_Mwß^ 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,
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    EXPLOSIONS & SOUND RANGING.
    1250 14 EXPLOSIONS SOUND RANGING. THE EXPERIMENTS IN FRANCE. The explosion of ten tons of melinite at La Courtine, in the gorges of the upper Dordogne (South France), and the attempts to detect the sound waves caused by it at distant stations in Switzerland, France, and in England, have again brought the
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    WEMBLEY'S TREASURES.
    243 14 How They are Guarded. The guarding of Wembley's treasures, valued at many millions of pounds, is a task controlled by one man. Major Crookes, and his staff of nearly 200 specially picked assistants. The guard, which patrols day and night throughout the grounds and the various palaces and
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    SOAPWORKS FIRE.
    275 14 130.000 Damage. A fire at the Atlas Works, Elland, on Saturday, July 5, did damage amounting to £30,000 or £40.000. The main building, owned and occupied by James Dyson and Company, Limited, soap, etc. manufacturers, three storeys high and about 40 yards long and 20 yards wide, was
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    KLAN'S TERRORISTIC METHODS.
    172 14 K LAN'S TERRORISTIC METHODS. New York, July 12. From Battle Creek (Michigan) comes the story of a new mystery involving the terroristic methods of the Ku Klux Kian. It is causing discussion and indignation all over the States. The Rev. Oran Vanloon, a pastor in a neighbouring community, who disappeared
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    HUNTED GORILLAS.
    1298 14 "IMMINENT RISK OF EXTINCTION." Mr. Albert Gray writes to the Times: Some time ago Sir Harry Johnston raised in your columns a despairing cry on behalf of the white rhinoceros. You will perhaps allow me tb follow him with a plea for a species of far greater interest
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      280 14 j/wT^teorders of the Liter jitt^raSf Biliousness, fick headache, giddiness, lassitude, \jk_\s\w% drowsiness and depression of spirits, all result QS from an inactive liver. A teaspoonful of ENO's "Fruii Salt'' taken in a glass of cold water at intervals will prove soothing and refreshing, and stimulate the sluggish functions nto wholesome
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      290 14 Ask your dealer to show you the New Williams' SHAVING STICK At a glance you can see its wonderful convenience and its perfect economy. You always have a perfectly balanced full hand hold. It's as easy to use as your .shaving brush. You can use up the soap to the
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    RUBBEA AND TIN RETURN.
    275 15 Kramat Pulai Tin. July output, 866 pikuls (Mine, =60; Tributors. 306). Sees: Gattey and Bateman. Jimah. 20,053. Sees: East Asiatic Co. Mount Austin, 174,071; East Asiatic 161,580. c Sees: Brown, Phillips Stewart (Penang) Mendembu Lode. July output, 211 pk* Sees: Adamson, Gilfillan Co. (Penang). Rahman Hyd.
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    ONTARIO IRON ORE ENTERPRISE.
    88 15 Sault Ste. Mario, Ont.,— A- group of Glasgow financiers are reported to have purchased 55 iron ore claims at Gourdeau at a price of $1,500,000. The syndicate is also said to be contemplating spending' approximately $12,000,000 in the development of 180.000 horsepower on the Missinaibi river,
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 15 August 9. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 Bank demand Private credits 3 m.s. 4 17 J 3^ New York. dtlaWad |_> 1~ Credits 90 day- 54a K# 1 ranee, demand S TO Xom India T. T. m% Hongkong, demand B% p.c. Prem roMaama, demand 125 ,m. Java, demand 138 1
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    PRODUCE.
    185 15 August 9. Tin 50 Tons «,o- r. vl-».°s ambl 20.50 Pepper white 32 50 Pepper Black 17 o 5 Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small 7 7 r, Copra U2 Lopra Sundried _m 75 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice, Rangoon white 275.00 Rice Siam Xo. 1 for export 30.00 Rice,
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    37 15 Singapore, Aug. 9. 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 47 47 1 Aug.-Sept. 47 47%; Oct.-Dec. 4S 4S i; Jan. -March 49 49V». London Quotation Sheet Is. l*.»d. Market Easier.
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    RUBBER ROADS
    174 15 Mr. V. De La M. Hurst writes from the Junior Army and Navy Club that the suggestion of rubber roads in the Metropolis has been spasmodically the subject of controversy, yet we have never been told why the suggestion has not been adopted. The arguments for its adoption
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    ONTARIO GOLD PRODUCTION INCREASES.
    113 15 Toronto,— For the first three months of 1924 the output of gold from the mines of this province amounted to 277,369 ounce3, compared with 213,263 for the same period of 1923. An increased value of $1,36^667. and exceeding in value the best previous year, 1922, by
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      LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
      176 15 Singapore, Aug. H. I in. £255 sa. Down ii. Rubber.— Is. l%± Up ud. in consequence Of the .-u-a.lv impna,ment In the price of the commodity i lather more optimistic tone prevails la the Kubber section of the Shan .Markei. ani quotations are slightly better all-round.
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      ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
      140 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, Aug. 9. Rubber.— ls. Hid. 47. Tin.— £2.-)5 os. 127%. 50 tons sold. The news to-day of a further iitharfc of 20s. in the price of tin has not adverselv affected share quotations. Interest i^ maintained in Kinta Tin Dredges, business having been put through
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    BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
    154 15 In some notes on the commercial result I of the British Empire Exhibition to date it ia stated that buyers from Germany. France, Norway and Sweden have made eager inquiries for gums, gutta-percha and rattans at the Malaya Pavilion, says the China Express. A curious inquiry was
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    ALBERTA WOOL FOR BRITAIN.
    59 15 Calgary, Alberta.— According to the Cooperative Wool Growers' Association a large volume of Alberta wool is being marketed in Britain. Already much of the new wool crop has been contracted for there and inquiries have been received for 500,000 pounds of the Western wool clip. Shearing
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    64 15 Saturday's Alterations. Hitam Tin 1.45 1.50 Kamuntings (£1) 38s. 6d. 395. 6d Lingui Iss) 4.70 4 80 Moral Tin 2.85 2.95 Malayan Collieries 27.25 28 Pengkalen 13.50 14 Taiping (1) 1.20 1.25 Eastern Smelter (£1) 8.75 Mexican Eagle (10m) 15s. 9d. 17s. Shell Transports 4.0.0 4.2.6 LOANS.
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      557 15 Assets over $5,000 000 I mnn Assurances in force over $17,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) ThP r. HEAD V OFFICE Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewrv EP I The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and
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      398 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880. Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,030 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund y. 74,500,000. President: K Kodama E:*q. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. w ma kaw a. Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N Igarashi, Esq. I Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi,
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      499 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. o Paid up Capital in «00,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 8,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, EX. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Rangoon Amritsar Uoilo Saigon Bangkok Ipoh
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      182 15 BANKING. HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) O a Head Office: Hongkong Reserve Fur.d:-Sterli„ s MwoMO Reserve ffiBs£ w i H7 °7 DJ SECTORS. HP wf£ te 2 den r? sq Chairman. B D F lK e, ir Esq D T eput y Chairman. A. H. CompSn.^ J WISS^
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      46 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in EngUnd by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). EIRE 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, Collye* Quay. A- GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    EASTERN MINING CASE.
    1071 16 POEY KENG SENG TO REFUND $413,000. Judgment of Mr. Justice Acton. Poey Keng Seng, formerly managing director of the Eastern Mining and Rubber Company Ltd., has been ordered to refund to the company the sum of more than $413,000. by virtue of the judgment delivered by Mr.
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      BLOOMFIELD OUT.
      144 16 (Reuter'p Service.] Wembley, Aug. 9. The weather was glorious and a crowd of 64,000 assembled for the Gibbons (America) vs. Bloomfield (England) boxing match. Gibbons knocked out Bloomfield in the third round. In the first round Gibbons rushed in with heavy blows to the body, but Bloomfield more
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      DEMPSEY TO MEET GIBBONS.
      33 16 [Reuter's Service.] Los Angeles, Aug. 10. It is announced that Dempsey will probably meet Gibbons in London, as the result of a tempting offer from a syndicate in England.
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      DAVIS CUP RESULTS
      63 16 [Reuter'? Service.] Baltimore Aug. 9. In the Davis Cup the Australian victory in the doubles by three matches to nil eliminates Mexico. Montreal, Aug. 9. In the Davis Cup Crocker end Wright (Canada) beat Okomoto and Handa (Japan) 7 5. 6 4. 6 3. In the singles
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      24 16 Reuter's Service. Illoeml'ontein, Aug. 8. The Orange Free BtaU defeated the British team by 7 points to 3.
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      TERESINA WINS GOODWOOD CUP.
      53 16 TERESIN A WINS GOODWOOD CUP. London. July 31. The following i- the result I f the Goodwood Cup: Teresina i. Leonardo J. Ken r 3. Six ran. W\>n by a neck. Three lengths between SOCi nd and third. Betting: 9 to 4 aeainst Teresina. 3 to 1 srdo, ard 5
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      SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
      65 16 The Duffers Cup, a handsome silver cup kindly presented by Messrs. Robinson and Co., Ltd. will be played for over the N«* Course during the current month. Members whose handicaps are 16 or over are eligible to enter and all entries must be in by 6 p.m.
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      SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
      49 16 The first two rounds in all events in the tennis tournament at Sepoy Lines Golf Club must be played off by Wednesday. August 27th. The draw is posted in the Club house and courts may be booked a week in advance for tournament games only.
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    REMARKABLE HONOURS CASE.
    103 16 Money Paid for a Knighthood. London, July 31. After legal arguments in the Parkinson case on the question of the illegality of the contract, Mr. Justice Lush dismissed the action and gave judgment for the defendants. In this case. Colonel G. W. Parkinson, a member of a
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    79 16 (By Courtesy of the Nanyo Nichi Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Aug. 8. The scat* of the parliamentary understjj^taryship are to be apportioned to the Kensei 4. Seiyu-kai 3; membership of the House of Peers 2 and Kakushin 1, instead of as in the report in p.n earlier cable. An
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    CRICKET.
    680 16 CLARKE CUP MATCH DRAWN. "Sitting on the Splice." The first of the series of annual matches between Europeans and The Rest for the Clarke Challenge Cup took place on the S. C. C. ground on Saturday, the game ending in a draw. The public interest this competition has aroused
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    COUNTY MATCHES.
    370 16 London, Aug. fl. At Hastings: Sussex were beaten on the first innings, Hampshire scoring 516 for 8 wickets before declaring To this total Mead contributed 154, Aird 113 and Day 97. Sussex were out for 347, Tate scoring 164 and thus achieving- the distinction of being the first
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    YACHTING.
    706 16 SIR THOMAS UPTON'S CUP. Yesterday's Exciting Race. The first of the series of races under the Lipton Cup competition came off under conditions that dished up one of the most exciting finishes ever seen from the Club's verandah, and winners and losers for first positions have every cause to
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    THE SOUTH AFRICANS TOUR.
    137 16 London, Aug. 8. At the Oval: The weather was fine when the match ag-ainst the South Africans was resumed in the presence of two thousand spectators. The Tourists scored 418, to which Susskind contributed 137 in four hours and 20 minutes. His innings was chanceless and
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      217 16 S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT FROM AUGUST lst HIS MASTER'S VOICE RECORDS. ARE REDUCED TO j Plum label Dance record 10 iff. 1.75 12 in. 2.50 Bla <* n 2.50 3.50 Red Double sided 3.25 4.50 B uff 3.75 5.25 Pale Green n 6.0<Pale Blue 7.00 Wh
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