The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 October 1924

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  • 17 1 Si ngapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924. NO. 11,324.
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  • 255 1 The Conservative-Liberal pact to avoid split voting at the election is extending Page 7. The Liberals withdraw in thirty-eight cases and the Conservatives in six Page 7. Thirty-nine women candidates are already in the field Page 7. The President of the N.Y.K. has resigned Page 7. At
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  • 1053 1 People of other part.- of Scotland usually talk disrespectfully of Dundee, not a little, perhaps, from jealousy o f the city, which is the third largest in population and tho second in commercial importance in tho country. It is not true (as a patriotic Aberdonian whom I consulted assured
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 220 1 f A (ii SPALDING BROS., Ltd. Amateur GoH (hampionship won with JtHF nkU BPALDDW ID GOLF BALLV J Obtainable at a" J r«ltf*«M H EEN'S i elegrams ;J J .< j S, I'rince St. Tennis m\ RAFFLES HOTEL. KNCiACJEMENTS.— AUTUMN RACE WEEK. HtIUAV. 17th October.— Tea Dance. 5.30 p.m. S\TIRI>AY,
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    • 256 1 PABCO PAINT. A paint for iron roofs. Setter than ordinary paint. Can be applied easily. Offers complete protection. PABCO PAINT. Absolutely anti-corrosive. Inexpensive. JV on-poisonous. Try it on your next job. i Sole Agents: Simc, Darby Co. Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) MALACCA STREET, SINGAPORE. THE EUiOPE HOTEL. FOR
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    • 117 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Corona flower-shop Page 2. Shipping on pagres 8. 9 and 10. Albion lorrie?. Barker's Pajie 4. Philips lamp?, Uniteea-j; Pajie 4. Firth's steel from Jack? Pape 7. Champagne, Dupiro Bros. Pa#e Pabco paints, Sime. Darby Paire 1. Expanded metal, Guthrie'< Page 6. Bear brand milk. Travers Page 12.
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    • 21 1 .V.VAVU%SV.%\WW%\V.VA%WVWI A. G. SPALDING BROS., Ltd. for High Class. GOLF EQUIPMENT call at Telephone QUEENS Telegrams 1634 3, Prince St. Tennis
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 93 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 11th. High Water, 0.5S a.m., 0.39 p.m. Dutch homeward mail closes. Muar Rubber, Evatt's, noon Children's Aid Society mtp.. Exchange, 5 p.m. Boxinp: Jamito vs Monahan. H. Valley, 9.15. Race Dance, Tanglin Club, 10 p.m. Satitnlay, l&th. High Water, 1.34 a.m., 1.7 p.m. B. I. outward mail
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 171 2 MACPHAIL CO. LTD 'S REPORT. Singapore, Oct. 16. Kubber. London Is. 4 1 4 d. Local 56. fin. London £247 10s. Down 2s. 6d. L <ral 122\s. (100 tons sold). Kuhbers. Market continues brisk, with t 1 London share market very active ani gjod enquiries for Sterling shares at ir.
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    • 192 2 Singapore, Oct. ltt. Tin.— tL'47 10,. Down ti ML Robber. U 1 *u. Down Iga. The market i- quieter to-day after yest./'lay's activity. Rubbers have mostly shed a few cents; due chiefly to profit taking. Mining shares at. firm and there are buyt i of most
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    • 119 2 Singapore, Oct. 16. After showing an all round rise in price of 3% the market closes quiet and a littb I-i >w best. IvT'ion and New York hav been strong and a good turnover has been done in both marketa. Locally we have had spurts of activity but
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    • 218 2 Singapore, Oct. 16. Since our la.-t issue the market has C ntinued to advarce. and prices show a!i improvement of ft-VHf two cents above those ruling las; week. The toying hat beta general all round, and a demand again been especially tttong for spot an 1
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  • 69 2 London. Oct. 1. The completion of the first half-year of the Labour Government's administration fliows a revenue deficit of £17,000,000 as compared with a £3,000,000 surplus in the corresponding peri< d of last year. Customs receipts show a decline of £lo 500,000. Income Tax is practically the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 144 2 YADIL. SPECIALTIES. PILLS. POWDER. CAPSULES. OINTMENT. LIQUID ANTISEPTIC. YADIL BOOK. MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTDSATURDAY. OCTOBER 18th. 1924. FIREWORKS WAYANG PEK JEE (Sin Sai Toh Co.) THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY INDIAN CONJURERS ADMISSION 20 cents. To Fireworks' Arena 20 cts. 10 cts. FREE— AII
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    • 384 2 Victoria Theatre. COMMENCING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25th. AND NIQHTLY AT 9.30 P.M. A Triumph in Cinema Entertainment. Norma Tain adge in 'SMILIN THROUGH From Allen Langdon's Famous Play. Special Prologue, Orchestra and Music Wonderful Lighting Effects A PERFECT PICTURE COMBINED WITH PERFECT PROJECTION MAKES A PERFECT ENTERTAINMENT. Booking will open at
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    • 266 2 Alhambra From Wednesday, 15th October, Ui Monday, 20th October, i<,>. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. A CLEAR CASE 1 Reel Fox Cartoon. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SSOCIATED FIRST NATIONAL PRESENTS MILDRED BAKIB IN "THE WOMAN IN HIS HOUSE" in 8 Reels. The photoplay is founded on an original story
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  • 1148 3 The Women in Shakespeare's Plays. By Agnes Mure Mackenzie. On her first page Miss Mure Mackenzie pays tribute to two othtr women's studies of Shakespeare's women, Mr?. Jameson's and Helen Faucit's; and then points to thiee disadvantages under which they worked. The order of the canon was
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 216 3 VM flv I THE TYRES MOST RIDERS WANT. (H'odyear Motor Cycle Tyres were As a result, they give exceptionally designed with a complete knowledge ),j s h mileage; they are dependable; <»! what most riders require in their they have the famous All-Weather lvres Tread that resists puncture, skidding, «*nd
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    • 205 3 Backache I THE treatment of Backache presents no difficulties when De Witt's Pills are used. Relief is obtained almost instantly and in a few days the trouble in I completely cured. Perhaps the experience of Mrs. Groves aftord* the best proof of the etlicacy of the remedy, for hers was
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    • 266 3 FORD OWNERS AVOID COSTLY REPAIRS BY USING White Star Oil RECOMMENDED BY THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA AS BEING MOST SUITABLE FOR THEIR ENGINES. Malayan Motors 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. j I','..' '.'.'.'.l fl a !v?|S||i|^B^B^^^^^^^ fcrC«"'^^^^^ LIU. >!•'« H^wVv^l Hill HBi^Bh JIM. ••••i 0..1 IB maintains its 1 prewar
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  • 1129 4 (By Miss McKane). We are all temperamental in varying decrees,' but in games, as in life, there is one criterion of achievement, that of success, which takes no account of temperament. If we could be certain always of meeting opponents who were, in character, the same as
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 248 4 ABRAMS MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Ponang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. -tic /I^S^TAfiSMH^^^* I^^ Scientifically constructed to thorA^ljfr™**™^***^^ oughly clean the teeth. The tufted Be sure to look for bristles reach into every
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    • 422 4 "Promise me you will try Sanatogen for your nerves" To many a man, the moment I when he was persuaded to try I Sanatogen has been a veritable I turning point in his life lead- j ing him from the perils of I nervous exhaustion to a state of I
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    • 208 4 BjBILE ESTATE. M r i AJ*^ x&z?^ nr **nW supplixi DmmhL M Let the Albion i save £ou money >^^ VEAR after year the British- built Albion goes on steadily yKglw' saving big sums in upkeep costs /^gW^ long 'after an inferior vehicle KfSiu would have gone to the scrap//^g/
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  • 488 5 MR. BALDWIN'S SPEECH. CONSERVATIVE POLICY IN INDIA. [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 15. At the Unionist rally at the Queen's Hall Mr. Baldwin appeared on the platform carrying a horsehoe decorated with red, white and blue ribbon. He was accorded an ovation. Mr. Baldwin said that the modern
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  • 82 5 Paris, Oct. 15. The French portion of the German loan has been entirely taken up by French banks, who are disposing of the bonds privately It is stated that the demand is so strong that the issue may be considered already virtually fully subscribed. London, Oct. 15.
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  • 232 5 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. Yesterday's Alterations. Batang Padang Tin 55 mmTTm m Hitam Tin 1.42% 1.47% Idris Hydraulic (£l) 25s 26s c.d. Johan Tin 1$) 52 54 Kinta Tin Dredges 92 93 Nawng Pe: 1.65 1.70 Petaling Tin 1.52 V. 1.57% Rawang Tin 90 95 South Taiping 95
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  • 678 5 WORLD'S RECORD. AIRSHIP'S ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. [Reuter'? Service.] New York. Oct. 15. The ZR3 has been sighted at Lakehurst. New York, Later. The ZR3 arrived at Lakehurst 81 hours 25 minutes after leaving Friedrichshafen, and made a fine landing. President Coolidjfe imtanediately sent a message congratulating Captain Eckener
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  • 112 5 The aeronaut Fernand Laporte intends, states the Auto, to leave France shortly for Shanghai, Peking and Mukden, where he will join the French airman Poulet. It is stated that China has bought from France several seaplanes also capable of coming down on land, which are to be
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  • 25 5 A gold sword is to be presented to the King of the Belgians by the municipality of Havre, as a gift from the French nation.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 471 5 BUSINESS CARDS. -SPKfTAKLEER" y,,r ipuitlf glasses. MOTION. SMITH SON, LTD., 14, Hatt-ry Road. i> fkm Send for the Illustrated i .locue of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO., LTD. 11l an.] 118, North Bridge Road. *J SOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS. printinc— I>evf!opini?— Enlarging. FRAMES MADE 2 KONG BIN CHEONG CO. 104. North Bridge Road.
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    • 195 5 •ft^Mowny When Monty (a little Mont' serrat Cordial) dashes into your drink, your thirst just isn't. Montserrat Lime Juice (Cordial, in water or soda, if your tooth's sweet Unsweetened, with soda and spirits) is pressed from cultivated limes only. And that's the secret of the flavour. xime Juice 'at**'**/*'*******'*'****'*' I
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    • 574 5 "Beautifies and Identifies" BRASS NAME PLATES COMPARE Best Material Rough Finish Deeply Engraved wi th Light Acid-etched Filled Wlth special wax Enamel painted 1 °UR WORK NOT OUR WORK Z*JS£IZISZZ [I From $5 to $50. staff of Engravers c. a. ribkiro co., ltd. ft KNG RAVING WORKS Auction Sale of
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    • 467 5 AUCTION SALES. REMINDER. TO-DAY, FRIDAY, AT 10.30 A.M. AUCTION SALE OF A Consignment of MiieeUaneous Goods made in the United States of America, in pood conduct,. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co's Saleroom, No. 30 Chvlia Street Comprising 4 cases 12 tins Trianglo Club Brand breakfast cocoa ju.cked in
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  • 22 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH ALVES. At Gombsk Lane, at 11.34 a.m. on October 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred. C. Alves, a daughter.
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  • 687 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924. Prosperous France. The fact that France is negotiating with Germany for a commercial treaty securing special treatment for Lorraine iron and steel, Saar products, and Alsace textiles, together with a measure of control over the Ruhr, lends special interest to the report on
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  • 484 6 Mr. and Mrs. Newell arrived at Penang from Singapore on Monday by the Tairea. We acknowledge receipt of the annual report of the Municipal Water Department. Lady Swettenham, who is en route to Bangkok, left Penang on Monday by train. There is to be a Boy Scouts' Jamboree in Ipoh
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 49 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 16. In the suit in the Supreme Court, in which Mr. de Gamier sued Nawng Pet Tin I for $899, Mr. Justice Whitley gave judgment for the plaintiff for $307, the plaintiff to pay the costs of the action.
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    • 46 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 16. In the United Trading- Company's case, in which Toh Chin Seong, the managing director, is charged on three counts of breach of trust, counsel for the prosecution offered no further evidence, and the accused was acquitted.
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    • 56 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 16. An Eurasian, named Walker, charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of three sums of money, the property of Borneo Motors, Ltd., pleaded guilty, and he was bound over in two sureties of $200 to come
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    • 59 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 16. The residence of Mr. Heah Swee Lee was the venue of the wedding of his son, Mr. Heah Seng Hong, to Miss Khoo Suat Huar, the daughter of Mr. Khoo Sw>ee Hongs. The marriage was celebrated in the reformed style and
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  • 623 6 The Calcutta Corporation hope to make a saving this year of Rs. 1,38,000 on coal tenders. The convent of the Sacred Heart. Malacca, is busy arranging a concert programme to be given when the Bishop of Macau and the Patriarch of ,Goa visit the Settlement. Hongkong experienced its first real
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  • 879 6 AN AQUATIC EVENT. (From Our Own Correspond,.,,. Part*. Btpt Two sporting Parisians have JIM themselves with jjlory by Mvjm j open boat from Paris to a p.,, nl Seine, fifty miles distant. Taking to row and to steer, they did tn|. journey in two days, gfojng asho^J meals and
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  • 19 6 News has been received i>f th> of Mr. W. J. Kemp, who «rayears the Captain of the C. S.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 125 6 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECKS." The Alpha Omega OF A Good Dinner. Harveys BRISTOL MILK S HERRY AND ROYAL TAWNY PORT. Galdbeck.^Macgregor Co., Ltd. j Tel. 228. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 45, Robinson Rd. Fresh Shipment Arrived. Oranges Apples Grapefruit SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LID. (Incorporated i.i the S.S.> Retail Depot,
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    • 36 6 jj O CHAMPA6NE I 11 MERGIER. •I y&\ EXTRA DRY. 3 At Moderate Price. \l i]^p^ Brothers $M SOLE AGENTS. J S.S. F.M.S. V^AWW.VAW.WV.VMVm J^ii^ 50 cff O* F pae»»«i W* <tmy IHiimh. C'.itiilM 4 Ccjia
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  • 59 7 TORY -LIBERAL PACT. rrr-NiNB womkn candidates. f ßenter's Service.] London. Oct. 16. etiolated that local pacts have been n,.,i by CuiMfin ■tJTM and Liberals in UM evenly divisions which bo« P»rt) WOB Bi th" last election ■ft I splii vote. The Liberals with- f tIMI ind the
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  • 117 7 [ReuterV Service.] Toki«», Oct. IK. Vonejii i I PreiJdwt of the Nipi Kaisha, baa resigned, in con- the recent trouble. Fi.'Ut«i caUe of Sept. 22rul stated: itandiag discontent amonjr the mphyem <»f the Nippon Yusen I ha- culminated in the resignation iiuiiibi-i of the Company's office I
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  • 69 7 [Scoter*! Beriitc] London. Oct. 16. M 1 British news of the Wahabis' Bto Mecca MUi the report that they leriaf the Kinff^a Palace and the tht rich meichaiits. London. Oct. i«. ■test Britisa telegrams from Jedhat only a few Wahabis enterThere ii m mention of th?
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  • 56 7 r it [■rater Service.] New York, Oct. 16. Tim,-, itatai that nearly all Um* kukM doinjr international have received requests for "•m Kuro,nan Governments, rail•ltctrc and other industries. that if „nly portion of the loans mated th,. American investment rMt w ul(1 c»Jtai upon to place over dollar,
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  • 52 7 [te«ter*i Service.] Amsterdam. Oct. 16. «p«t who went to PhilippoHs, •^'aphH U the Holland-India Com- the- Fokker ,an h, repaired and W to Java can be continued before -'^unf'f rHVr> tl> ihl Outch j ™en who "-Holland to Batavia and f'>nvd to land at Philippoli.. '^'-H. trouble, earlier
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  • 45 7 [Reuttr'< Service.] Wellington, Oct. 16. Wt£ e eader f the OPPo-tion -Japans amendment to the Mr. Massey, said "We L*"« to arbitrate. We simply sav Z^H here ™f^ Utt, JT ***m of Nations or no law ,f the country and w 11
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  • 58 7 [titte* Service.] h U- f'ari*. Oct. 16. f *24 TIT Ur th mm** U '.<>oo<)oo t 21V202 0() MOO francs ih wll1 an increase of I francs (2.000,000 tons) com- I t(lt Hm Period last year. t' 1 :iO 4 47.000,000 francs fnJ! A' a increase of
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  • 131 7 f m MILLER'S ESTIMATES. RESTRICTION SCHEME DEFENDED. Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 16. At a meeting of Messrs Harrisons, Crosfield, the Chairman, Mr. Eric Miller, estimated the tea production for the current year at 798,000,000 H>s. and consumption 794.000,000 lbs., increases of 9,000,--000 lbs. and 33.000,000 lbs. respectively compared
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  • 144 7 [Reuter's Service.] Lakehurst* Oct. 16. The ZR3 log shows that 5,066 miles were covered at a speed averaging 62 miles an hour, compared with 29 by the R34 in 1919. The ZR3 fuel tanks were one-quarter full when the airship berthed. Berlin, Oct. 16. The successful flight
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  • 78 7 [Reuter's Service.] P.iris, Oct. 16. Le Journal reports that the Note drawn up by the commission on the question of the resumption of relations with Russia very briefly outlines a vast system for an international regie to take up the re-orga-nisation of Russia's foreign trade, whilst assuring
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  • 32 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 16. More contracts for the construction of British ships have gone to Holland. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company are ordering two 2,300-ton oil-tanks from Rotterdam.
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  • 39 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 26. The departure of the light cruiser Weymouth for Hongkong, under the command of Captain B. H. Ramsay, with a relief crew for the Despatch, has been deferred till Nov. 4th.
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  • 38 7 [Reuter's Service.] Stockholm, Oct. 16. The issue of two-thirds, namely. 16.000,000 kronor, of the 24,000,000 kronor of the Dawes' loan allotted to Sweden, was oversubscribed within half an hour [Earlier cables appear on Page 51
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  • 80 7 The hearing of the divorce petition brought by Frank de Morney, shift engineer at Pulau Brani Smelting Works, against his wife, Leonora Josephine de Morney, and Frederick Victor Boswell, who is cited as co-respondent, was continued in the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Among the witnesses for the
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  • 1934 7 "ENDOWING" THE PREMIER. A SIDE SLIP IN CONDUCT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, Sept. 17. Now that the facts cf Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald's acceptance of a life interest ir 30.000 £1 preference shares of Messrs M'Vitie and Price's biscuit factory have become known, it is not too
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  • 41 7 The Assam Council passed the resolution of Mr. S. Dowera, recommending that the' present diarchical system of Government should be immediately replaced by full pro- vincial autonomy and that all subjects j should be immediately transferred. The Council was then prorogued.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 102 7 Fresh Supplies r% tHji/iA Delicious CJfM^^ Chocolates and Candies. f '^aH Ki. "''-I' ,^J£3 vIN PLAIN AND FANCY BOXES OF 54, 1, l'/z, 2, 3, 4 lbs. V/i lbs. AND UPWARDS IN SEPARATE AIRTIGHT TINS Also Presentation Boxes and Baskets. Robinson Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE.) tfWWWWWVWWWVWWWWI% VWWWWJWfI.vy. "AVAW. 1
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 734 8 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Services to. LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND B&SMBN. GENOA, MARSEILLES. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on throafh Bills of Lading for all Overbad PeiaU. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Dae SlßCuyere. X HELEN
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    • 450 8 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. a ELLERMAN LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. c s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW due Nov. 10 HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. S3. KNOWSLEY HALL doe Oct. 23 s.s. CITY
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    • 596 8 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA ANI> APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER ANI> CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Cu. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwerp Due I**
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 639 9 STEAMER SAILINGS ~~0. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Ait. Dept. 1 C < London. Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam. Antwerp via Colombo, \l, iad Part Sairf London Maru Nov. 8 Nov. 10 v c w York via San Francisco, Panama Havana Maru from Kobe Dec. 10 Cap* Town, Rio., Santos, Montevideo and
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    • 376 9 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. 8.8. PRESIDENT HAYES Oct. 21 Oct.
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    • 710 9 STEAMER SATJNfis STRUTHERS AND BARRY. Optnrthi* U. S. Government Ships. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT to discharge and load Nov. S U.SAB. WEST FARALON to discharge and load Not. U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT to discharge and load Dee. and subsequent steamers approximately 30 lays ipart. Taking
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 170 10 Arrival in Penang. j The new motor ship Centaur, built by the Scott's Shipbuilding: and Engineering Company for the Blue Funnel line on the Singapore-Western Australia run, arrived at Penang on Tuesday from Liverpool with 30 first-class passengers, all of whom, with the exception of six, disembarked
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    • 196 10 Madras, Oct. 5. Squally weather was again experienced on the Malabar coast, a country vessel, in the Tellicherry Roads sustaining substantial damage. Her sails were blown away, her rudder and two anchors were lost at sea, and a portion of her cargo swep^ overboard. The crew
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    • 246 10 Month in Gaol for Leader. For defying- the orders of the ship's master by refusing to sail unless paid £5 extra each, 10 seamen were sentenced to imprisonment at Falmouth. The men were members of the crew of the Blue Star steamer Gaelic Star, and
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    • 235 10 Evidences of an Early Civifization. Information has just been received in London from the steam yacht, St. George, ■which is carrying out a programme of scientific research in the Pacific, of an archaeological discovery on an uninhabited island off the coast of South America. In the midst of
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  • 116 10 It is. interesting, says St. John's Cathedral Notes, Hong-kong, to notice that within the last few weeks three cases in which cremation was resorted to instead of the old fashioned method of burial, took place here and the Cathedral Clergy officiated. There still seems to be an old-fashioned and somewhat
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  • 18 10 A London message of the 6th. instant states:— Wembley has so far lost £1,500,006 Visitors have numbered 16,000,000.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 555 10 Burns Pliilp line (Incorporated in Australia.) For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by th« wtlUcnown steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) •ad MONTORO (5.000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia, Cabins luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath, gymnasium,
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    • 278 10 60LDEN SPECIALS VIRGINIA p CIGARETTES -—A A BRITISH AMERICAN TORACCO CO. (Straits), LTD. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE— PEN ANG—K UAI.A LUMPUR. STEAMER SAILINGS. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYI) AND HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE (Companies Incorporated in Germany.) The undernoted are the Companies in- tended fixtures. OUTWARDS. For Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Due Singapore. "SAARBRUECKEN (N.D.L.)
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    • 324 10 -TKAMFR KAfUNtt HUGO STINNES LIS~ (Incorporated in Germany.) o^ REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND 3ONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND }\h s.s. Adolf von Baeyer 9,000 Inj Or] s.s. Hindenburp 12,2.',0 I s.s. Emil Kirdorf 9,000 t<-ns Ivc HOMEWARD BOUND ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM A>D HAMBURG. s.s. Oliva 12,2. r )0 tiM W
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 588 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Medan, Sabang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, Southampton and Rotterdam, taking correspondence for Southern India and Bombay (via Colombo and Dhanushkodi) and specialty superscribed mails for Europe Insulinde 7 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Cucob and Pontian Hong Soon 9 a.m.
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  • 69 11 October 16. Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 3 16 Hank demand 2 4 3-3^ Private credits 3 m.s. "^> 4 S.JJ New York, demand 5>. Credits 90 days 54]" France, demand y>Jj Indi T. T. 155 7 a Hongkong, demand 6 p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 134^ Nom. Java, demand
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  • 183 11 October 16. Tin 100 Tons ltt.% Gambier 2 T 00 Pepper White 3^oo Pepper Black 19 '5 0 Fluke Tapioca 11.50 Pearl Sago Small Copra 1270 Copra Sundried 13.10 Rice, Rangoon whit** 275.00 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice oiam N T o. 1 for export 30.00 Rice, Siarr No.
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  • 120 11 Singapore. Oct. 18, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 66 56U Nov.-Dec. 56 l i 56 1 2 Jan. -March 56 1 66%. London Quotation Sheet Is. 4 1 s d. Market Quiet. Preliminary estimates show that the income of the gold mines
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  • 755 11 MACPHAIL AND CO. LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT. VIfUM-., Singapore, Oct. 15. Notuthstanding lh unsettled state «nich the general election is bound io create, the prices of our commodities have continued upwards. Rubber has at last lumaur lrl >' raP|d rate and there are SSLS^a- a- shorta^e <* immediate supplie* in America,
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  • 641 11 Singapore, Oct. IS. Tin has remained s-teady throughout tinweek and business in Tin shares has been on a restricted scaie, quotations for the most part being, unchanged. Rubber on the other hand has had a sharp advance in price, the London quotation shewing 1 a rise of
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  • 218 11 Kubber.-Since our BTSTJSh^ shewn further strength and Spot price's have reached a higher level than for months past. There was a steady tone n yesterday, auction, and Awarded SheS •sold under the hammer at 56% loose ami o, for cased lots. Good Quality Sheet U*m"£?P* a r nd
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 469 11 Srt MM^ A ,.,t. «vet 55.U00.000. A»s«nince. in fotee over *17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. LBDTED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry EC The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and .omplies with the British rui
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    • 306 11 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BAWL LIMITED. —Established 1880— o Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,030 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 77,500,000 PrPsident: K. Kodama Esq. V;ce-President: K. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Es^. Baron K. Monmura. M. Odagin, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq K.
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    • 528 11 BANKING. CHARTERED BAM OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. o Paid up Capital in 600,000 fharea £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 88 Bishopssate, London, K.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Kangooc Amritsar liuiio Seigon Bangkok Ipoi:
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    • 200 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). jfire 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. Coilyer Quay. A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. BANKING. HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING
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  • THE AUTUMN RACES.
    • 2051 12 Some Surprise Results. Despite the smallness of the fields in most of the races, the second day's programme at the Singapore Autumn Meeting was successfully carried through. In spite of the discouragement of an unsettled morning, the attendance was somewhat larger than on the opening day
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    • 26 12 The Committee, at a meeting last night, decided to cancel the extra meetings which had been arranged for November Ist., 15th. and 29th.
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    • 27 12 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 15. The Ce?arewitch resulted: Charley's Mount (100-1) 1 Bolet Satan (25-1) 2 Savernake (100-6) 3 Thirty-four ran. Won by a neck.
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    • 41 12 In connection with the 1923-1924 Gold Medal competition at the Keppel Golf Club, the announcement published yesterday should have stated that only actual winners of monthly medals for the past year (October 1923-September 1924) qualify for this competition.
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    • 200 12 Bostock Hill Wins Crisp Cup. The Crisp Cup final was played off on Monday evening-, at Seremban, Bostock Hill just beating Ramage on the 19th. green after a most evenly-contested game. Both played very steady golf, and a feature of the evening's play was the driving, particularly
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  • 95 12 Penang, Oct. 10. Recruiting has been generally resumed in Madras Presidency but the following taluks are closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease: Salem District: Hosur, Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Uttambari, and Omaur taluks, Salem North and Attur North (under Emigration Commissioner, Madras's jurisdiction). North Arcot: Polur and Tirupattur
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  • 37 12 Friday, 5 p.m.— Balestier Range, All Units S.V.C. Saturday, 2 p.m.— Farrer Range, S.R.A. (v). 2 p.m. Bukit Timah, "B" Company. Sunday, 7.30 a.m.— Bukit Timah, "B" Company. 7.30 a.m. Farrer Ranee, S.R.A. (v).
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  • 38 12 Mr. Yone Noguchi, the well-known Japanese poet and exponent of Japanese literature and art. has been appointed a University Reader at Calcutta to deliver a course of lectures on some aspects of the arts and literature of Japan.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 108 12 TO-DAY'S TIES. > A. Class Doubles. Cameron and Whitley scr. vs. Kleinman and Paterson— 4. B. Class Doubles. Stewart and Jackson scr. vs. Hay and Munro 4. C. Class Doubles. Ziegele and Swithinbanl: scr. vs. Martin and McMullan 1. B Class Singles. F. Ruchwaldy scr. vs. R.
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    • 99 12 B. Class Doubles. baiter and Case 1 vs. Major Morgan and Baker scr. A. Class Singles. N. A Sedwick— ls.4 vs. A. A. A. Paterson scr. B Class Singles. R. A. N. Lyon scr. vs. N. H. P. Whitley —15.3. C. Class Singles. R. Crawford 2 or C.
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    • 22 12 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 15. At Sunderland the All Blacks defeated County Durham by 43 points to 7.
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    • 16 12 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 15. To-day's First League match resulted: Liverpool 0, Blackburn 0
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    • 259 12 The October monthly medal was played for on Saturday and Sunday, the 11th. and 12th. instant. The senior division was won by D. Phil- lip, with a net score of 76. The ball sweep on Saturday, the 11th. instant, was won by F. S. Gibson, with a
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    • 212 12 The result of men's monthly medal (bogey) played on October 11th. and 12th. was as follows: G. B. Adams 2 up Lieut. E. H. Drayson R.N. 2 up Major W. B. Little All square A. S. Adamson All square M. G. Marriott 1 down H. R. S.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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