The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 August 1924

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    18 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924. —^M^^^^^^^^— M NO. 11,272.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    216 1 Much progress has been n»ade at the Allied Conference and the outlook is brighter Page 9. With the entire settlement at stake, it is generally thought that Germany will accept the Herriot evacuation of the Ruhr plan Page 9. Further outbreaks have occurred in the Sudan and
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1004 1 Quicquid agunt homines noetri est fanag* Libclli Juvenal. The cat is out of the bag at lart. for at the I.S.P. dinner in London Winnie told his audience, with his moot cheery political persiflage, how it \va< that Malaya fot its frMt boon of rubber restriction.
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      213 1 £V.\\ '.'..V.W.V.V.V.W.V.V.V.V.V Jj A. G. SP ALDING BROS., Ltd. •J Amatour Coif Championship won with .-THE NKW BPAUHNC tD GOLF BAlxj 5 Ol.taiimMe at J telephone QUEDTfI Telegrams t < 1«34 3, Prince St. Tennis > RAFFLES HOTEL. GUEST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Even, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES,
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      130 1 /V»3 P THE ANALYST REPORTS: i that sand and dust are ever I present in machine manufactured cigarettes a warning for all smokers to study their health 1 and enjoy VIRGINIA CIGARETTES I MADE BY HAND— ONE AT A TIME free From SAuO >\.*j Ou^i •O* 8 W<^rKAC Tr "lF-k
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      185 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Bolter*! for biscuits Page 1. The Roneo, I, world famed— Pay..- l. Zirnbalist records at Moutrie*! Page it} "Th<- Fiirf at Palladium next-week— Pa^e 2. Chubb'a safes at United Engineers— Pajrt 4. A. E. C. 2 and 5 ton chassis at Borneo Co. Page 3. Clements Tonic, a
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      28 1 A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. 5 for i* Hijjh (lass— <1 m* GOLF KQI IPMBNT > > caU at -J Telephone QUEEN'S Telegrams S IG; U 3, Prince St. Tennis ■■■■■■■■■■>■....._..■"
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      75 1 THE WEEK. Satx >(]/i i/, lfttft, Hiph Water. 11.52 a.m, 1123 p.m. Victoria Institution Sports. Rfiffts. .Malaya Cup Football: S'pore v>. Malacca, Malacca. Tr.nplin C!uh Dance, 9. 50 p.m. S.i h day. \~th. Hiph Water, 0.24 p.m. S\v. Club: 100 yds Jackson Millar Ci.n. Mt»dmp t ISth. Hiph Water, o.r>
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    MORE HALLUCINATIONS.
    162 2 (With abject apologia! tn Lewis Carrol and to n o MM He thought he saw a slow full pitch Arriving: on the let' He looked again ;ir.l m it was A piece of buttered e;»jr Dear me! he said I wish th;\t 1 Hadn't had thai "ther pee.
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    SECRET WIRELESS WAVES.
    568 2 V I S. (mentor's Claim. Dr. John Hay> Hammond, Junr., th? American nvontor who recently performed remarkable feat< Ui the distant control of battleships ai.»i sobmarinoi by wireless, \\a~ interviewed by Reuter's correspondent afu-i- visit to Italy. France, and England in Connection with hi> latest invention. The
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      679 2 Victoria Theatre. Thursday, August 28th at 9.30 p.m. ZIMBALIST ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MASTERS OF THE VIOLIN BOOKING AT JOHN LITTLE'S. Prices $4, 2 and i. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. Friday Saturday, Aug. 15 16. FIREWORKS Imported direct from China. For the first time In Singapore set pieces depicting
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      219 2 l c^ PATH E CINEMA Can give private CINEMA SHOWS in any PRIV ATE HOUSES OR GARDENS, CLUBS, SCHOOLS, PLANTATIONS. FACTORIES, ETC. in the Vicinity of Singapore town or outside. We supply Electric plant (where necessary), Projector, complete programme of films to be selected from the biggest stoc£ in town
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      329 2 Alhambra FROM SATURDAY, AUG. 16, TO THURSDAY, AUG. 21. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. TOPICAL~~BUDGET British Screen News. HAL ROACH PRESENTS HAROLD LLOYD IN "DR. JACK" In 5 Reels. Harold Lloyd as "Dr. Jack" holds the pulse of laughter of the world F-f V *n the stethoscope
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    LONGER LIFE.
    532 3 (By a Physician). The average span of human life is stead:.y increasing. Three hundred years apo /the ..vtrage length of life in Europe WM I only tv nty year-! To-day it is-- i.earer [ftfty. Three hundred years he?ice it< will j probab!.. be somewhere in the neighbourhood i
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    A MANOR OF COMMERCE.
    386 3 A great deal *>f the old sentincsrt that, um(l t< be attached to ance>tral manors and b'oad acres and old tenants and ancestral curses and luck and all the rest of it ought rtaliy to be transferred nowadays :<■ our great shops that have remained in
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    43 3 A London cable of Aug. (sth. states: The revue stars, Lee White and Clay Smith, have arranged to tour the East in the season of 1924-25 under the auspices of James McGrath, Limited, the places to be visited including Bombay, Calcutta, and Rangoon.
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      320 3 77ie Fooc/ of Kings npO YOU. Baby is the King of your household, 1 and claims as his birthright the Food of Kings —and as the best is not too good for the children of Royalty, it is not too iiood for your Baby for Glaxo is the food that
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      205 3 (A Famous Singapore j Doctor's Advice! TO PREVENT PRICKLY HEAT AND OTHER LOCAL SKIN IRRITATIONS, WEAR OPENWORK UNDERCLOTHING AND USE ASEPSO SOAP. j I ASEPSO SOAP I S^ is supplied by all good chemists in two strengths *l \l I PER CENT. AND 3 PER CENT. a* m m |i
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    A CRICKET ANTHOLOGY.
    1290 4 (E B Osborn). Art, according to some of the Nineteenth Century authorities, is, or ought to be. a world apart from our work-a-day life as bright and remote and mysterious as the. Moon in midsummer midnight, and, M .r.-like or womanlike, keeping half of its wonders hidden
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    QUEST FOB BEAUTY.
    211 4 Htalth and BSMCtat the Secret. At 25, Old B l l jsmall but interested audience w*t fivei j demonstration of Miss BKanbetli Ari methods of beauty culture. In order to supplement the work of external treatment new department habeen opened, which |oei riuht to the of the
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      408 4 CTT TT "D "D O XX UI3Jj Q I i COMMERCE QUALITY DOORS p, >c^ j: I I I I Ir^ r^ llUlfi llßi IPPDlllliFmilHlii 11 ''i 1 'Hlllliniiiiii iiiiili'i'iiiii" liii Ti" 'n "i" 1 lft i>||| i| li*liHlHHli l ilHiillifi I IIPI re supplied either to open as shown
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    COURTING DANKER IN THE AUTOMOBILE.
    435 5 per.! cf the automobile, as on2 rvtf ~ees it. must be a principal feature ■tody of the social forces of ou' In other days the bey paid eou»t 'girl"' on an ivi«. I porch or in a parlour, llinlll the watchful eyes of a mother
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    U. S. A. TYRE MANUFACTURE.
    38 5 The tyre output of the U. S. A. during January i« stated by the "Wall Street Journal" to have been 3,220,292, against 2,437,148 in December. Shipments show a decrease, ar.d stocks are higher.
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    NEEDLESS AI" TO NOISES.
    472 5 Chicago*! Health Commissioner, Dr. H. X. Bundesen, calls the automobile "one of the worst offenders" in the production of unnecessary and object ionahle city noise?. I> r Bundesen announces in his Weekh Bulletin the inception of a "campaign for making Chicago a more quiet and restful
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    19 5 Someone suggested this as a sigrn to be erected at railroad-crossinsr-;, "Better Stop a Minute Than Forever." Howe's Monthly.
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    GAME OF "CHASING CLUES."
    327 5 "Outrageous Performance." The Hon'ble Lois Sturt, of 38 Port-man-squart. Marylobone, was summoned at the Marylebon* Police Court in mail week for exceeding the speed limit for motorcars in the Outer Circle, Regent's Park, for driving her car at a speed dangerous to the public, and for
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    ACCIDENTS.
    131 5 Interesting statistics relating to accidents involving motor vehicles have been issued by the Royal Insurance Company, Limited (London) in a special booklet. The figures specify the circumstances ~of each accident, and are based on an analysis of the accidents, in the United Kingdom, which have occurred to cars insured
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    AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
    220 5 "Fighting the Taxation Battle." Presiding at the annual meeting of the Automobile Association at the Savoy Hotel the Earl of Lonsdale quoted striking figures of the enormous work performed by the asj sociation during the year. The membership of the association at the present moment, he said, was
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    HIDDEN DANGERS.
    137 5 In the ignition system of the modern Continental cars lurks hidden danger, which might be the cause, temporarily at least, oi disabling the whole starting equipment. On many of these machines no method of controlling the spark from the driving position is provided, and the high speed engine
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    CARS IN AUSTRALIA.
    52 5 The stupendous growth of the motor car industry is indicated by the latest statistics issued. America now has 15,250,000 motor cars registered, Great Britain 665,000, Canada 642,000, France 460,000, Germany J52.000, and Australia 140,000. On a population basis, the Commonwealth has one car for every 44 people
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    CYCLING KOI ND THE WORLD.
    319 5 A party of five Parsi cyclists. IfeatM Bapasola. Pockkhanawalla. Bhamgara. Hathiram and Hakim (members of the 2nd Bombay Pioneers and of the Bombay Weight Lifting Club) art on a cycling tour roun'J the world, and when last heard of were in Baghdad. The party left
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    TALKING MAXWELL
    153 5 T A L K I NG M A XWELL A remarkably qjever advertising stunt \v ij^ijaged for the Maxwell car in Melbourne^^,ocated in one of the leadinp city shops the Maxwell became almost human, and gave an answer to all questions asketi. At times it discussed topical subjects, and appeared
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    MOTOR CYCLE vs. CAR
    236 5 At BrookJanda some time ago an hlttint ing event, providing many thrills for the spectators, took place between the British (motor cycle that had put up the fastest I time in the motor cycle events, and the j foreign motor car that had put up the
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    MASS TESTING.
    154 5 America being the home of mass production, H natuially follows that the first attempt at mass testing should be made In that country. The United States Bureau of Standards recently fitted no fewer than 16 different recording instruments to one car a tenT fl meter WaS fiUed tO
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    NEW BODY FINISH.
    82 5 A new material, known as Viscolac fa now being jsed in England in the building of motor car bodies. .A kind of combination of enamel and varnish, it is obtained from cotton. Tested under some of the most difficult conditions, even to having a stream of steam
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      51 5 CHEVROLET HIGH IN QUALITY LOW IN COST Spares Obtainable Everywhere Price including electric starting and lighting, magneto ignition, delivery Singapore. Easy Terms of Payment Centra! MotofsJLtd. 9 Singapore CENTRd ENGINE WORKS LIMITED. SINE. DARBY CO., LIMITED. AYLESBURY NUTTER LIMITED. CHIN KOOI COMPANY Kuala Lumpur Malacca and Seremban Ipoh and Taipeng
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    MUSIC AT WEMBLEY.
    460 6 The Instrument Show. With exhibits valued at about £100.000. i the manufacturers of musical instruments in England have revealed an astounding J < truth to the buyer- of the world. Co- 1 operating under one central committee, they have created a section of which Orpheus j himself
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    "SING SONG" GIRLS.
    1488 6 No one knows how many thousands of ring-song" girls there are in China, but it is a safe bet that if each one of these young ladies ld be questioned; she would claim the city of Soochow as her birthplace. The reason fo^ this apparent monopoly of
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      427 6 Sole Agents W. H. DOP'S TRADING CO., 54 Robinson Road. Telephone 2627. m_. nßikiif nnnQTE'Q iiiirqf pnpn» y I J».•I I rj "C3 [3 |O r\ wSm 1 Ivlv. Ei 1. 11^ y]jra| kII I C3 C* r*> I~} AK I r*\ |||j|jjl Ph 1 1", jtyr-ryr- %**ij _g TL"
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      72 6 2 Hr^VaW* 1!■ E itll >f|^ i\ ml' £9 '^*^^r^£^fi K n SBSBBST""" I**"^^^fc1 "^^^fcr 'm Ibh smßc— SS^BMB if Wfi -^Mnsai'i^ii "NUTZMANN" New TROPICAL models just received. Beautiful in lono rmpomhri touch anii perfectly consti-ucted to resist extrerm climatic c nditions. EXTREMELY MODERATE IN PRICE. CASH OR TIME PAYMENTS.
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    NOTICE.
    19 7 Mr. W. H. Lr.irbolil has bton appointed a procuration-holder in otr firm. HOOGLANDT CO. Singapore, 16th. August 1924.
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      577 7 JgjSjNESS CARDS. 4 THERINDEX" A (Metallic Thermometer) rot Hospitals, Schools, The Home, M Qgy obtainable at MOTION. SMITH SON, LTD., 14, Battery Road. Z EIKAVES MATCHES HRANCH FACTORY. J Port Swettenham Thone 0 «r«:«4»iflßa«4i. Please Send for the Illustrated S CaUlogue of Musical InstrumenU. SEASON CO., LTD. S *JJ* and
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      973 7 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING. (under S.R.A. Rules o f Racing). Wil be held on Tuesday, Thursday, and .Saturday the 14th, 16th, and 18th October 1924. PROGRAMME. For the Information of Members Only. First Day, Tuesday, October 14th. kiraft&£ THE FARRAXT STAKES, CLI B CLP AND THE
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      594 7 IN THE SUPREME COURT AT JOHORE BAHRU. The Sze Hai Tong Banking and Mjscellaneous Application Insurance Co. Ltd. Chargee* Tcb Soon Sian and Low Long The undersigned have leen instructed to^lf by public auction at their SaSe'rTo'n" Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore. ON MONDAY. 18th AUGUST AT 2.30 P.M. lot"
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      382 7 AUCTION SALES. REMINDER. TO-DAY. SATURDAY AT ItM A.M. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Teal: Household Furniture. Motor Cars, English Billiard Table tt*. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng C o'< Sale-room, No. 30 Chuha Street. Comprising bt-autifully carved gold-gilt \vi. k sideboard with marble top and mirror j anels, bevelled mirrors in
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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      803 7 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. August 17th. fJI a.m. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). -in a.m. M tins followed by Holy Communion 4 p.m. o Catechism. «> 30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEWS SEPOY LINES •>o Celebration. During the following week at the Cathedral:
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTH.
      18 8 FLETCHER.— At Bristol. England, on Ju*>' 16th. the wife of J. S. Fk-toher. Klang, of a son.
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      DEATHS.
      82 8 JARMAN.— On August 13th. at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. F. Jarman, A. M. Inst. M. E.. of the F. M. S. Railways, aged 38. CHIA —On 13th Ai*rust at 9 pjm. at 21 Sophia Road, Madame Soon Siew Neo. dearly beloved wife of Mr. Chia Soon Kim. mother
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924. London Prospects.
    422 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1924. London Prospects. It would appear rather absurd to say that the deadlock in the London 'negotiations was a hopeful sign, yet jit is, because in the present case it is a deadlock over methods instead jof over principles. Previous failures lof conferences have
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    The U.S. Republican Candidate.
    290 8 President Coolidge has accepted the Republican selection for the Presidential candidature, thus completing the course of events which began in his triumphal acceptance by the Republican Convention, despite th e sullen disagreement of some of the La Follerte Party. The news will,! we imagine, be received
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    353 8 Mr. W. E. Pepys is leaving for Home in a day or two, travelling: via Hongkong. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Kennaway are sailing for Malaya by the Morea, due on Sept. 15. Mr. F. W. Woodfield, Asst. Engineer, P.W.D., F.M.S.. is due back from Home leave by the Glenogle
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    ALLEGED ABETMENT OF MURDER.
    900 8 AN ACCOMPLICE GIVES EVIDENCE. At the continued hearing of the preliminary enquiry into the charges of abet- ment of murdejr preferred aga'inst two Straits-born Chinese, Wan Boon Seng and Wee Kim Chuan, in the Second Magistrate's Court yesterday, evidence was given by a Malay named Ahmat
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    LATE WIRES.
    299 8 [Reuter's Service.] London, Auk. 13. The death is announced of Lord Knoll^, Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra Mince 1910 and for many years connected with members of the Royal Family. Paris, Auk. IS The papers state that a feature of yesterday's Conference was the unity of the Allied front
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      PENANG NEWS.
      139 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Aug. IS, The wedding took place at St. GeorgeV Church, the Rev. Keppel Gamier officiating, of Mr. Arthur John Donald, of Messrs Robinson and Company, Singapore, and Miss Ethel Gladys Mary Squire, who arrived by the P. and O. Kaiser-i-Hind. Mr. W. Davis
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      A PENITENT AUSTRALIAN.
      164 8 Sentenced at Kuala Lumpur. "Guilty! Guilty! Give me three months!" exclaimed F. I. J. Robinson, an Australian, when he was charged on Tuesday, at the Kuala Lumpur police court, with overriding- in the train from Singapore. The accused, who entrained at Singapore, had a first-class ticket to
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    Dr. E. A. Smith has left for Home.
    95 8 Mr. Thomas Le Fevre, Superintendent. Survey Department, Penang, retired tm pension on Thursday. Mr. Le Fevre came out to the F. M. S. in November, 189S, as settlement Officer, Seremban, and hit^ retirement after service extending to more than twenty-five years is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      156 8 BOLS LABELS ON YOUR LIQUEURS AND GINS GUARANTEE PURITY AND QUALITY. BOLS BOLS CURACOA CHERRY BRANDY V O. GIN DRY GIN KUMMEL MARASCHINO Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. Incorporated in Snanghai.^ 4.">. Robinson Road. Telephone No. 228. PATRONISE!' tv! )H&aMSJ BY ROYALTY EB. P. De SILVA THE FOREMOST JEWELLER. RECEIVED FRESH
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      87 8 WISE PARENTHOOD A PRACTICAL SEQUEL TO "MARRIED LOVE" A HANDBOOK ON BIRTH CONTROL BY MARIE STOPES Eleventh Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Price $2.50 Post Free. "The author ably presents the case for birth control from the scientific point of view. She criticises several of the more important birth control methods
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    WILL GERMANY ACCEPT?
    731 9 HERRIOT'S LIMIT. AN<iIOAMERI<^Ai7vHF.T<, MARX. [Reiner's Service.] With the emir,, nd Ilt X 1:>- th, tort, ,u II on ZIT, P a atUi thought ,ha; »>; w •< half a loaf b StteTSS 2^2?* 'he 1.,,nd ,n papers endorse th aid. Mr. k.,l^ and* oth "r liuJi repi^tathrea,
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    59 9 An extensive advertising >»IP Jj wrbl watches, carried on by the merchants «f Bangkok, has resulted satisfactorily. The demaad is rapidly ::dvancin«, and judjnnfc '"Mi apiH-nranr.es generally, every man, lonian, and ekild lias one. The popularity Of wrist watches in Siam i^ M doubt due t,, tht- fact that the
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    COOLIDGE ACCEPTS.
    185 9 SOPS TO CERBERUS. AND PEACE EVERYWHERE. [Reuter's Service.] r r Washington, Aug. 15. it. ..olidge, accepting the Republican nommauon for the Presidency, proposed h lurtner tax reduction and promised to apPO-« a Commission to investigate means W a.d.ng agriculture. He summed up the '<>»e.jrn policy in the word
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    MORE SUDAN OUTBREAKS.
    316 9 Khartoum. Aug. 14. rwo hundred and fifty railwaymen a* Atbaia are confined to barracks guarde-1 >> Sudanese troops. The ringleaders are under close arrest. Labourers employed the steanur service, armed with sticks ami hammers attempted a demonstration northward of Khartoum but were broken by the police assisted
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    285 9 At the Singapore Bankruptcy Court yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Acton, a Chinese merchant named Eng See Swa was publicly examined in regard to his affairs. He stated that he was born in Swatow but came to Singapore 33 years ago and started a sundry goods shop at
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    12 9 Mr. S. C. Vickers is spending: a short holiday on Penang" Hill.
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    RESTRICTION.
    998 9 MR. LOWTHER KEMP'S POSITION. In connection with certain criticisms passed on him by the Malay Mail, Mr. Lowiher Kemp to that paper as follows: (To the Editor, "Malay Mail") £ir, You do me the honour of giving- my name a prominent position at the head of one of your
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    382 9 THE MUNICIPAL ORCHESTRA. To the Editor. Sir v Allow me through the medium of your valuable paper to express my views in connection with the above in so far is n; affects the Singapore Philharmonic Society, a society of which I am a staunch amateur supporter.
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    SINGAPORE BIRDS.
    123 9 To the Editor. Dear Sir, May I correct a rather bad slip in your report of my lecture on birds? I am reported as saying that "there were about thirty known birds in Singapore." This is a trifle misleading. What I said was that about thirty birds are
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    PULAU TEKONG FIRE RELIEF FUND.
    100 9 The Committee beg to acknowledge with many thanks the following subscriptions: Previously acknowledged $7,143, Chew Cha Yong Hui Kun. $30, Ku Kok Kau Konso, $20, Fairydale Association, $30, Ku So Shan Keng Tong, $10, Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company Limited, $50, Tong Sin Kok Association, $10,
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    86 9 (By Courtesy of the Nanyo Nichi Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Aug. 14. Another drought is reported from Kobe, where the Municipal water supply is expected to be suspended for a certain period. The hydro-electric power station has also stopped its supply of current. It is stated that Viscount Gotoh
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    162 9 For the week ending August 2nd, the P. C. M. O. returned a mortality rate per mille of 28.44, the total number of deaths being 258. Convulsion accounted for 33 of these, pneumonia 26, phthisis 22, malarial fever 21, beri-beri 19, and fever not. specifield 18. There was also one
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      139 9 hX< mseieit rrfc iroin f^^lSS^ < s^^W! f P 48 !^G. WIDE j "O pi^ Jbi.iopt! jara r'^^^Lr-^i- Guaranteed ;i Fast Colours. If any of our Solric fast colour casement cloth l\ should fade in use either through light, air or "i washing we guarantee to replace same absolutely free
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      748 10 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Servicea to. LONDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BRBMEN. GENOA. MARSEILLES. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES. HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on throagh Bills of Lading for all Orerland Prtata. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Dne Bi»*ft»*ra. TEIRESIAS Marseilles,
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      422 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. 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 BIRMINGHAM due Sept. 6 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN due Sept. 28 t s.s. CITY OF DURBAN due Oct.
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      697 10 STEAMER SAILINGS p. &Ta 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). oOUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwerp. Due Leave
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    IN VOLTAIRE'S COUNTRY.
    807 11 THE NEUTRAL ZONE. A ureat deal has been written about the neutral zone of the Pay< de Gex. near Geneva. When the French decided to advance their Customs frontier from the summit of the Jura to Grand Saconnex, between Voltaire** home of Ferney and the city of
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    BOMBAY LEGISLATURE.
    91 11 Total Prohibition Limit Fixed. I'oona, Aug. 1. The Bombay Legislature baa held the ting of the Autumn SessionAfter a lengthy discussion the motion of Mr. Sapwash, as amended by Mr. Surve. \va- passed fixing- 20 years as the limit for enforcing total prohibition ir Bombay presidency by 45
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    25 11 The forthcoming weddinjr is announced m Hongkong: of Lieut. O. Howard Brimr* of the U.S.S. Asheville, to Miss Gladys' Reaper, of Washington, D.C., United States.
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      343 11 j FRASER NEAVE, LIMITED. j y.v.v. ■■v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.vv.v.v. w.v.v.w, What about the High Cost of I I Haulage The most satisfactory answer to this important H" question is 5 The FORD 1-Ton Truck J Costs tittle, is Economical to run, and what is more it gets there every time j: chassis
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    231 12 MARINE COURT. Before Capt. J. E. Edwards, in the Marine Court yesterday, 21 seamen, members of the crew of the steamer Colorado, were charged at the instance of Capt. \V. H. Smith, Master of the vessel, with refusing: to go on board their ship while she was alongside
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    MUNICIPALITY OF SNGAPORE.
    249 12 WATER SUPPLY FROM JOHORE. CONSTRUCTION OF A PIPELINE ETC ON SINGAPORE ISLAND. The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore are prepared to receive tenders from competent persons for the laying of a pipeline on Singapore Island consisting of about 13 miles of 33, 36 and 39 inch mortar-lined steel
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    MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE.
    170 12 WATER SUPPLY FROM JOHORE. ERECTION OF COOLIE LINES AT GUNONG PULAI, JOHORE. Th« Municipal Commissioners of Singapore are prepared to receive tenders from competent persons for the erection of coolie lines near the site of the Headworks at Gunong Putai. Plans and specification can be inspected at
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    TENDERS.
    233 12 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 22nd Augußt, 1924, for the following works: 1. Erection of quarters for Fisheries' officer at Pulau Brani; 2. Re-construction ef the Woodlands Road from the junction with Kranji Road to a point on
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      594 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia, Cabins •> luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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      99 12 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of th Town of Singapore invite tenders for the Execution of Repairs, Alterations and Supply of Awnings to the Various Markets. Specification and Form of Tender may be obtained at the Municipal Architect's Office during office hours. Tenders to be lodged with the Municipal Secretary
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      287 12 Why Pay Exorbitant Prices When IS OBTAINABLE ASK YOUR DEALERS, AND MAKE A TRIAL SOLE AGENTS. The Borneo Company, Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, PENAN G, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH AND TELUK AN SON. I "HERCULES" m Pilsener Beer. Gives You Better Per Case of 4 Dozen Quarts $20.00 Duty $7.20
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      133 12 STEAMER SAILINGS. HUGO STBVNES LINES (Incorporated in Germany.) REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. t.s. Oliva 12,250 tons about Sept. 2 s.s. Carl Lepien 9,000 tons about Sept. 30 s.s. Adolf von Baeyer 9,000 tons about Oct. 2S HOMEWARD BOUND ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. §s.s.
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      396 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Bangkok Kamuning 9a Hongkong Mow u a.m. J-J-C Satan, .etc. Cm^SE Y5 Bauv. a 'V nd Kuantan "SfcW am p r Ra H dj h sapat «a- 2 n arr p^ aK r jah bitah H sjs p m Mo C a-Sa b a D*.* S JgZ
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      95 12 Sheer's Wharf Physa. Albert Dock Hermione. Victoria Dock Van Cloon. Keppel Harbour. Kinp's Dock Saarbrucken. No. 1 Dock Nil. No. 2 Dock Nil. CLEARANCES. Aup. 15. P. der N'landen, (Dut); Colorado, Kuala, Mirzapore. Devanha, Gle.ifalloch, (Brit); Fan-field City, (Am); Hafthor, Dux, (Nor). WEATHER REPORT. Kandan? Kerbau Hospital, Aug. 14. Barom
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      612 13 STEAMER SAILINGS O. S. K. Line. Destination. Steamer.. Arr. Dopt. London, Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, .twerp via Colombo. Aden, P. Said Argun Maru Sept. 11 Sept. 13 New York via San Francisco, Panama Alaska Maru from Kobe Oct. 15 Durban, Cape Town. Rio., Santos, Tontevideo Buenos Aires via Colombo t Panama
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      385 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 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. Arrives. Sails. s.s. PRESIDENT POLK Aug. 27 Aug.
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      783 13 STEAMER SAILINGS STRUTHERS AND BARRY. Operating U. S. Government Ship*. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. Sf2£ 25S £KH ANA tO disc^rge and load A U 24 L S.S.B. WEST CHOPAKA to discharge and load Sept. 19 U.S.S.B. WEST MONTOP to discharge and load Oct and subsequent steamers approximately
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    THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
    447 14 A Tactful Craftsman. Watih a blacksmith shoeing a horse, particularly :f it is of a heavy breed, and you will quickly be forced to the conclusion that the rf ob demands no: merely skill in the use of tools, but tact, infinite patience. and not a little
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    80 14 The executors of the late Sir Carl Meyer have made a donation of £300 f at the instance of Lady M*yer, to the Guildhail School of Music, to found a "Carl Meyt r Memorial Prize." The interest on this sum is to be used by the Principal of the Scho-
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    THE PHILIPPINE LIZARD THAT TALKS.
    888 14 If you happen to be out in the Philippine jungle, and the wilderness all at once resounds with voices of reproach, exclaiming in soprano, bass, alto or tenor, "What, you?" do not fear it is the voice of your < conscience. No, indeed, for, according
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    145 14 Two pictures of the Ex-Kaiser have been carved by nature into a circular piece of "Putian," a Philippine wood, which is now being exhibited at the Manila Bureau o i Forestry, says the Manila Times. On one side is the Kaiser's head with his -war helmet and famous eagle beak,
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    DETECTIVES IN FICTION.
    1015 14 SOME WONDERFUL CRIME INVESTIGATORS. Mr. Laurence Mack write! in T.P.s and Cassell's Weekly: The king of intellectual? in the worM of detective fiction is Edgar Allan Poe'a j Auguste Onpin. In "The Purloined Letter (where the valuable document is left BO openly revealed that no one things
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      229 14 -4ifeKi I** LONDON'S BEST Awaits your pleasure Sir There's such satisfaction in a Piccadilly •moke. It's a link with Home right enough. Rich, mellow and pure. Packed in airtight tins which keep them as fresh as the day they were made. Preserved in perfect condition. That's the charm of a
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      540 14 Hiw V V, a^ dexmaW *'I have had a rask on my BMsW Usd armt to the elbow, also on my (ace. f<>r tli>- i ist hve years. For the past 18 months i ha*t (MM und.r one of the leading spt-cialists o Sydney* wttbOfJl success. I, tlurefore, cann A
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 15 August 15. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 U Bank demand «> j 0., Private credits I m.>. j y_\s New York, demand 525 Credits 90 days gl France, demand 870 Nom India, T. T. IR o, Hongkong, demand |qf p c p rem Yokohama, demand 125} Java, demand' 138^
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    PRODUCE.
    176 15 August 15. Tin 100 Tons *i9«i_ Gambier O3 QQ Pepper white oo'ca Pepper Black Flake Tapioca J{^ Pearl Sago Small Tn pra 11.80 Copra Sundried 1° 30 Opium, Benares unt. 4000 Rice, Rangoon white 275.00 Rice Siaan No. 1 for export 30^00 Rice, Siam No. 2 for export blO
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    36 15 Singapore, Aug. IS, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 44 44 1 Sept 44*4 44%: Oct-Dec 45 45*b Jan-March 46 4CH. London Quotation Sheet 1? o% d. Market Steady.
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    TRADE IN BRITISH MALAYA.
    44 15 The total value of foreign merchandise, excluding parcel post was as follows: Imports. Jan.— June, 282,284, 308,035; Increase 25,751. July. 46,710, 57,719; Increase 10,769. Exports. Jan. June, 340,106, 342,761; Increase 2,655. July. 50,240, 55,298; Increase 5,058. In thousands of dollars.
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    FRASER'S SHARE LIST.
    73 15 Yesterday's Alterations. K. Kamuntings#(£) 46s 9d 47s 6d Mambau Tin 85 90 x.d. Pahang Con. 11s lV 8 d lit 10V 2 d Pengkalen 13.75 14.25 South Taipings ($1) 99 1.02 T. Harbour 8.75 9.25 Eastern Smelter (£1) 8.50 9 Mexican Eagle (10m) 16s 6d 17s 9d
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    GOLD OUTPUT IN CANADA.
    226 15 Ottawa, Ont. The swift growth of Canada as a gold producing country is disclosed in the latest Government report, showing that the Dominion now ranks third in the world in the production of gold. Ontario is now the principal gold area in Canada, and produces nearly
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      FRASEK'S REPORT.
      49 15 Singapore, Aug. 15. Rubber.— is. o-sd. Down > 4(1 at I'^T-r' 4 Lp M 5s m) i ™> MjninK.-The Tin ,ha,v market Mi M.tftuly more ftcthrc to-day and Ulu Piar.s were placed at I.M with further erum.ry goothl at 1.U2 and Lingui. at 477'.' -Mamhaus were taker: at
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      MACPHAIL & CO. LTD'S REPORT.
      65 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. •> kL T Singapore, Auk. 15 Rubber-London Is. o %d. Local U% uJ?aJr^ duo Rubbers. Weaker buyer, ft 4fc 6d 'i^,^*-^ Tt l-o N «»»ir Pets buyers General.— Traders 25.50 2fi er«* 18 w tr> 1 Kobmsons buyer^ 18. Wearnes sellers 7.70 UniS-l 5S fa^ ri
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      LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
      145 15 Rubber.-l s 0 7 s d. Down Ud Busmen in the Share Market continues ju'et; quotations are practically uncha nZ] in Rubbers, and very little in Tins A few deals in Industrials have be en p£ through, but Loans are neglected P Mming.—The Taiping- Group is
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      ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
      103 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. MacPhail.) r, Singapore, Auk. 15 Ri*W»er.— Is. o^ d. 43*4 tin ht improv nient in the price of tin has caused tin shares to firm a ltttlo and there are good enquiries for m stocks. Pilings art wa nted at r^ 40 m O8
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT
    157 15 from thp m« n^f nufact urers withdrawing irom the market speculators were anxio- to secure their profits ar^this resuked m a considerably amount of "Bulls" 1,",, dating their positions I nnHn imil Jh S" affairS haS exist^ London although the market there has not fallen so
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      465 15 Assets over $5,000,000. mtiT* /iw>n *nn mvm Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE Com P anies Act LlfC AGENTS WANTKn D^trict Manager Secretar> Managiflg C. F. CHESTER. G c KNOX mRAQE w RApfiß RO BINSON F
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      384 15 I _JBANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880. Capital Subscribed 100,000,030 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund y. 74,500,000. President: K Kodsma E.»q. Vice-President R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. laraakawa, Esq. Baron K. Monmura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N Igara-hi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mog&mi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq K. Takeuchi,
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      486 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 800,000 rhares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors g,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, EX. Agencies and Branches. A lor Star Hamburg Rangoon Amritsar Iloilo Saigon Bangkok Ipoh
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      286 15 BANKING. HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkon-) o Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised CiiDital Be«rve Liabim/^oprtetor, $t« W r C °P T ""SECTORS. BDP Sk Esq> Deputy Chairman I liief Manager. Hon. Mr. A. G. Stephen. Manager: Hongkong, A. H. Barlow, Esq. A. B. Lowson, Esq. Act. Manager, Shanghai. LONDON
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      46 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in EngUnd 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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    HOME SPORT.
    2032 16 KACING STILL PLENTIFUL. (Frew Our Own Correspondent). T London, July 23. iru Jubilee" Meeting of the Sandown iiub was begun at Esher this week in ■UjOwery, but not unpleasant weather. ihe attendance of the general public was not M large as ha^ been seen in soir.e ft, Uit
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      DAVIS CUP.
      212 16 Australia's Narrow Win. [Reuter's Service.] Providence, Rhode Island, Aug. 14. At the opening of the American zone finals for the Davis Cup, Patterson Australia) beat Shimidzu (Japan) 7 5, 11^—9, 6 l. O'Hara Wood, Australia, beat Okamoto, Japan. 6 4, 2 6, 6 4, 2 6, 6 l.
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      THE SOUTH AFRICANS TOUR .
      63 16 THE SOUTH AFRICANS TOUR [Reuters Service.] L«nd< n. Aujr. 11. At Eastbourne the South Africans v>. Harlequins Match was concluded In fine weather on a good wicket before a mode- rate attendance. The Harlequins made 213 (Jardine 40. and Evans 42). Carter taking 8 for 40. South Africa compiled \2~>
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      FOOTBALL.
      137 16 re-day *s Malaya Cup Hatck. Tlie Singap r team which U to meet Malacca in the Malaya Cup Competition lift Singapore by last night's mail. In the event of s Singapore win or a draw this Settlement will meet Selangor in the I. Malacca drew with Ne*ri Sembilan sfter
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      CRICKET.
      161 16 The following will represent the St. Joseph's Olb Boys at cricket this afternoon against the Y. M. C. A. on the Old Boys' ground. M6 p.m.-— A. Samy. A. Chelvan, E. van Jansz. T. Weerakkody, J. U. Karunaratne, K. Vteravagoo, K. Kenneth. C. Ess, F. Albuquerque, H. L. de
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    WATER POLO.
    38 16 The following will represent the Chinese Swimming Club again** H.M.S. Pegasus on Sunday:— Tan Soon Tye; Chia Kim Yam, Chia Kim Siong; Seah Tea* Ann; Chia Poh Chong. J. E. Tan (Capt)., and Tan Hock Liat.
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    SWIMMING CLUB RACING.
    53 16 There will be a noon tide at the Swimming Club on Sunday, when the 100 yards race for the Jackson-Millar Cup will* take place. The hon'ble Mr. D. A. M. Brown has been appointed an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council in place of the hon'b!-e Mr.
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    62 16 Saturday, 2 p m.— Balcstier All Units- 2 p.m. Bukit Timah Chinese Company; 2 p'm Farrer Range Malay Company Sunday, 730 a.m.-Balestier All Units; k a 1 1 Jard '«e Steps S.R.A. (v); one bus will leave Drill Hall for Jardine's Step, at 8 a.m. 7.30 aj* Brill
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    LAST NIGHT'S BOXING.
    498 16 MONAHAN OUTPOINTS GALIT. Over twelve three minute rounds in the presence of a large attendance at the Stadium last night Jerry Monahan outpointed Valentin Galit, and, although matters opened very tamely, he was very good value for his victory before the contest concluded a quarter of an
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    FIRPO TO BOX WILLS.
    228 16 Bout Arranged for Jersey City on Aug. 30. Tex Rickard, the foremost of American boxing promoters has scored another victory over his rivals in u e fight p'Oivoting business, for a report from Amerfcj stater that he has ivceivvd a cablegiam fieri Firpo. the Argentinian, who
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    THE GAME FOR ALL.
    236 16 Dean Welldon on Lawn Tennis. The Dean of Durham, Bishop Welldon, opened the tennis courts of the Durham High School. It was fifty years, he said, since lawn tennis was invented by Major Wingfield, and since then it had taken root in the affection of young
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    22 16 Printed and published by Reginald Downing Davibs at the office of the Singapore Free Press Ltd., 69, Robinsoa Road, Singapore, Strait* Settlement*.
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