The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 November 1924

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. i.t CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924. NO. 11,347.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    244 1 World-wide celebrations of Armistice Day are recorded m Reuter telegram Page 5. A supplementary list of Ministerial appointments is given on page >. There are indications of troublous times ahead for the Italian Parliament, which opened on Tuesday Page S. There is a widespread contention m the
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    THE COLDEST NIGHT I EVER SPENT.
    1321 1 I One need not go to the North Pole, nor ij. et ascend the ojpmost >.ummit of the Al] to experience wintry discomfort. tV.adcx'.ai though it may seem, the plains i India can iurnish so f »eezingiy cold a right, that thi frozen traveller
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      288 1 v TASTE OF HOME" «SNOWFLAKE" (CHILLBD) IMKK (KKAMKRY BUTTER Darkies Singapore hotels. ,r loetfd nnd» the personal supervision of the Proprietors.) (,UN KOOM OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT oirriPC"V ilk Kimst Ballroom m the East. U R AI I LLo Tea Danee Every Monday and Friday. Goesl N'iphts. Dinner and Dancinp. Every
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      330 1 Y_%V_Vl_rV._V_V_WV_VA^V_V_%%V^^ t I PARATYPE I k f: ij THE NEW WAXLESS STENCIL PAPER FOR j: DUPLICATING MACHINES. 2 May be crushed m thc hand but will not crease. Several J. thousand copies fiom one original. < PARATYPE is not sold at a fancy price, but Bfl it *Z 5 costs
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      148 1 LATEST ADEVERTISEMENTS. Use Asepso seap Page 3. "La Insula"' cigars Page 5. Lipton's tea, Guthrie's Page 6L Xeth. Indies Annual Fair Page 2. Latest shippinp on pages S. 8 and 10. Rubber machines, 'Uniteers'' Pape 3. Dodge cars at Central Motors Page 5. Change of programme at Palladium Page 2.
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      9 1 "A TASTE OF HOME" "SNOWFLAKE" (CHILLED) PURE CREAMERY BUTTER
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      84 1 i THE WEEK. Thursday. 13th. High Wate:. 11.9 a.m. Eastern United Assurance mtg., noon. Municipal Commission, 2.15 p.m. Phil. Orchestra, Mem. Hall, 5.15 p.m. Friday, 14th. Hiph Wr.ter, 0.10 a.m., 11. 36 p.m. Dutch homeward mail closes. Automobile Club mtg.. Exchange, 5 p.m. Saturday, loth. Hiph Water, 0.45 a.m., 0.3
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    SIR PATRICK HASTINGS K.C., M.P.
    476 2 Mai' Who Caused the Election. (By Middle Templar Little Cacti betray big secrets. This adage wa bona m upon me when I watched tho Attorney General. Sir Patrick Hasting:-. he made his final speech m Mm prosecution of Vacquier, the poisoner. It was n c
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    LEGISLATORS AS PRIVATE SOLDIERS.
    124 2 Sir Herbert Raphael, whose death wa_ recently recorded, was not the only legislator who aarvad as a private m the Great War. At least two other members of the House of Commons and one Peer joined the ranks of the Army during the early days of
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      348 2 TBE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. t TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT THE MANILA SHOWS, THE MERRY OPERA CO., WAYANG PEK JEE (Sah Sai Toh). Etc. ISoTEL DE BOER. MEDAN, DELI. EAST COAST OF SUMATRA. THE LEADING HOTEL Accommcdation and Cuisine are unsurpassed m the Dutch East Indies. The private bungalows, with American Bathroom. Mosquito-room
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      262 2 Victoria Theatre Commencing Wednesday, hovember 26th m THE ITALIAN GRAND opera ca Booking wiil open at JOHN UTTLE'S ON WEDNESDAY NOV. 19th. Te. 903 PALLADIUM THEATRE 0r hard d At 9.15 p.m. TO-NIGHT At 9.17) p.m. PTETFOG BOUND"FFI Dorothy Dalton Maurice Costello m A Mystery Drama. Supported by LATEST PATHE
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      398 2 Alhambra From Saturday, November Bth. to Thursday, NoveaW '•''h. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp THE DISSATISFIED CO B B L I I 1 Reel Pathe Film. CARL LAEMMLE PRESENTS~HERBERT RAWUNM STOLEN SECRETS k m 5 Reels. A gripping mystery romance, with Herbert Rawlins*,,, dashing, daring role as
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    RUSSIAN OUTCASTS.
    762 3 IN A WARSAW XIGHT SHELTER. Beyond the pale Vistula and the cobbled roadways crowded with the barefooted poor, stand two wind-blown refuges, facing waste land and the desolation of the outskirts of a Warsaw suburb. One of the refuges is for women only; the other for women and
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    36 3 I The Sourabaya Handelsbad learns that bubonic plague has broken out at Grisee I and that cholera haa also visited some vili lages m the eastern parts of Java. There I have been a fe*w deaths.
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      89 3 ft __k^£B^____S_-J-JiS_ ___N_\ rS ITHE ANTISEPTIC SOAP. 1 I "A. X C." "1 The Builders of London's Buses. l± J*f mmm W m k____________l______^ WW* Ar'^__\^^___ff__x\^-l___V TWO AND FIVE TON CHASSIS IN STOCK. Borneo Motors Limited. Ipoh, Penang Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. RUBBER MACHINE FOR HAND OR POWER "D" TYPE with
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    PENANG'S WATER SUPPLY.
    703 4 NEW SCHEME APPROVED. At the last meeting of the Penang Municipal Commission final approval was given to the new water scheme. The President said the next matter they had to deal with was an important one, as it involved a sum of money which ran into three
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    WHAT WE OWE TO SPORT.
    190 4 Thoughts of the Prince of Wales. A correspondent writes to the Morning Post: I have just been listening: to the Prince of Wales on the gramophone. With characteristic thought for the exService men he consented to allow a gramophone record to be made giving his
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      258 4 CVXC Slops y^^WW &&by*s Pains With Woodward's Gripe Water Xb^'v^^/ \m at nan babies are spared the >2_kS!/^ J^mmi su^ ef i n X ar| d weakness inflicted r^*o*\*/ J^wif y teething and stomach pains. y4f^f&\ l° ss of sleep, and attacks of j 4A*+y m \fs m r6\arT\\i*i\i. And
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      342 4 NOTICES. NOTICE is hereby given that the above Trade Mark is the property of NIPPON PAINT SEIZO KABUSHIKI-KAISHA of No. 600, Shinagawa-cho. Ebara-gun, Prefecture of Tokyo, Japan, and is used by them as a Trade Mark on Paints, White Zinc. White Lead. Red Lead and Varnishes manufactured and sold by
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      283 4 Katne Motor Touring Co IN ASSOCIATION WITH MESSRS. THOS. COOK m im, New Good Maxwell Cars HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR FLEET OF CAI SPECIAL TERMS T_»U r_ Oc_ r\ for Phone 2338 >,on,h,v <^v,r wt: REGULAR CUSTOMERS. 214 ORCHARD ROAD 31 h( I ITv M When heat^k I becomes
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      82 4 -•■•.III m *h\z mmm^ o **^t if mrjMV HUDSON'S THE house or catchy mt Just arriwd from London. GUITARS A VIOLINS TAMBOURINES. VIOLIN STANDS. .JEW'S HARP& SUBMARINE KAZOOBANJO MANDOLINE* FLAT HACK lIANDOUNB BELL MOUTH ORGANS KRONTJONGS fro* JAVA. 100 North B-tfft R<»« d Telephone No. 1701. I DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA
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    HOME AFFAIRS.
    193 5 GOVT. APPOINTMENTS. THE PAGE MEMORIAL. Reuter's Service. London, Nov. 11. A supplementary list of Ministerial appointments includes Parliamentary Secretary on the Board of Education, the Duchess of Atholl; Postmaster-General. Sir William Mitchell-Thompson; Minister of Pensions, Major G. C. Tryon; Minister of Transport, Lieut, Col. Wilfrid Ashley; Under-Secretary of
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    HOURS IN COTTON MILLS.
    204 5 London, Nov. 11. The Federation of Master Cottonspinners at Manchester has decided to recommend its members t > vote at the forthcoming ballot that the weekly hours of! en rk m mills spinning American cotton bo increased on De -ember Ist. from 32 to 10*4. This
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    WEMBLEY TO REOPEN.
    234 5 "Modified Scale." The Government has decided that the -Bri.ih Empire Exhibition at Wembley shall i ba ntinuetl next year on a modified scale, j Thi, >t:.tement was authorised by Mr. W.I Lunn, the secretary of the Department of Overseas Trade, say? the Daily Express. Tne original decision
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING.
    129 5 Two Chinese, who were arrested by the rew of the Peningat, on Nov. 2, off Tandjong Johore, were charged, before Dato Mohamed Sho, at Muar, with smuggling I pikuls and 41 katis of rubber, but were lischarged for lack of evidence. The men were m a boat and
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    30 5 Divorced women m Prague have a journal of their own. It is entitled the Divorced Wife, appears every fortnight, and aims to instruct the divorced woman regarding her legal rights.
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    ITALIAN POLITICS.
    319 5 ROCKS AHEAD. OPPOSITION TO FASCISM. [Reuter's Service.] Rome, Nov. 11. The! Italian Parliament opens to-day wi-h indications of troublous times ahead. The Opposition ha<= published a strong manifesto lo the Nation reiterating its decision not to participate m Parliamentary work as long as the situation it denounced m
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    U. S. NAVAL MATTERS.
    167 5 Washington, Nov. 11. In pursuance of the widespread contention that the United States is the only country carrying out the scrapping of capital ships, which were placed out of commission by the Washington treaties. exJudge Hitz has issued an order designed to restrain Mr. Wilbur, Secretary
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    AIR MAILS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
    388 5 Linking up Wth Rhodesia. Capetown, Sept. 26. It has been decided to begin as soon as possible an air mail service m South Africa. "As Minister of Posts and Telegraphs," said Mr. T. Boydell to me this week, "I mean to try and pet my
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    ALLURING POSTAGE STAMPS.
    510 5 ALLURING POSTAGE STAMPS. THE COLLECTOR'S QUEST. (By a Philatelist.) In the course of a few days letters from France will bear the stamps of the new issue. A new issue always intrigues the collector because it gives him pause m his persistent quest for stamps of rare and valuable sorts,
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    76 5 A picturesque figure m the Election campaign, trudeing* m the rain and canvassing women electors, was Lady Cynthia Mosley, daughter of Lord Curzon and wife of the Labour candidate, Mr. Oswald Mosley, formerly Conservative M.P. for Harrow, who opposed Mr. Neville Chamberlain at Birmingham Lady Cynthia featured Mr. Mac Donald's
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      315 5 rJuSNgS CARDS. C^S-r jl c riiraiette Factory, Inc. I Manila, IMhed hi IMS. i I ways obtainable. r«e |S per box of I from all important i ■U Insular n Road. JJ 1 Selepie Road, re 80-dat Stadium). (MI „N.. INDIAN HOTEL. h dishes a speciality. n d courteotU service.
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      15 5 Constantly Improved but No Yearly I Models Dodge Brothers Motor Cars CENTRAL MOTORS LIMITED. SINGAPORE.
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      1032 5 I _-T^g -*^___^J^ >- *> "iM'iiiJ > J-T'-I______ L^^ffg-?g The house of reliability for Scientific Instruments. Agents for STANLEY Co., Ltd. NAUTICAL REQUISITES. Agents for HEATH Co.. Ltd. WATCHES AND CLOCKS. Agents for S. SMITH Sons, Ltd. Case of Drawing Instruments $7 i Drawing Pens and Pencils 5 Pamp Spring
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      DEATH.
      22 6 WHEATLEY.- On the llth November at No. I Wilkie Road. Singapore, James Wheatley; m his 55th year. Madras papers please copy.
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      ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
      30 6 Mrs. Wheatley desires to thank all those who 90 kindly sent letters of condolence and wreaths, and those who attended the funeral of her late husband, Mr. James Wheatley.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924. The Postal Report.
    613 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1924. The Postal Report. It is a matter for some regret that the report of the Committee which was appointed m June to enquire into the organization of the posts and telegraphs departments of the Colony and the Federated and Unfederated Malay States, has
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    560 6 Sir Harry Lauder and Lady Lauder arrived m India last month. Mr. H. A. Nisbet, Registrar at the Hongkong Suprenfe Court, is homeward bound on the P. and O. steamer Kashgar. Lieutenant G. C. Fawns, R.A. left for Hongkong on November 9th. and is struck, off the strength of the
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
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      EX-SERVICE MEN'S DINNER AT PENANG.
      109 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Nov. 12. The Armistice celebrations were brought to a successful conclusion last night by the dinner held under the auspices of the ExSeivices Association, followed by a dance, at the E. and O. Hotel. Over 150 sat down to the
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      SIR G. MAXWELL ON WARS REACTION.
      96 6 i From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala lumpur, Nov. 12. The large gathering of ex-service men at the Selangor Club included His Highness the Sultan and Sir George Maxwell. Replying to the toast of The Guests, Sir G. Maxwell paid a tribute to the work
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      FATAL FIGHT AMONGST LEPERS.
      145 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penan"*, Nov. 12. A fight occur ied between two gangs of lepers at the Pulau Jerejak leper settlement yesterday a.- 1 r.s'_ltcd m se eral being injured or. 1 f W*hOTfl died as a resul\ of a stab wound through the heart.
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      520 6 Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Morgan have returned from leave. Mr. A. R. Somer*-Cox and Mr. J. W. C. Brydetl have left Bangkok homeward bound. The hon'ble Mr. D. A. M. Brown and Ifrs. Brown will be going Homo early next year. As a result of disciplinary action taken age inst
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    CURE OF OPIUM SMOKERS.
    443 6 iUDGI RKirsKs iv JiNrTf The Chief Justice (Sir the Supreme Court refused to grant J, Anglo-Chin,,.. a former employee. selling an ant,-,,,,,,, part.es had been making and lolling H wai :au 1; n that, llth m Urn form of pjij there are none m tn, cerned
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    130 6 New Vke-PreeMeel <>t Ihe M (By Couttcey af tfca St Nichi Bhimbaa-*a.l Tm*m\ v Mr. Komatsucni OdahiM. Sumitomo's topper n_ia« afn Besshi mine. was app-inted t- tr* PreaMawy af tke Beat! alae?l-al CO m lnd»-« 1 Japanese Mission lor I react Mr. J. Inoue, envo. <ies to the
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    PALLADIUM.
    64 6 The change of pm dium to-night include* ar n> Fog Bound, starrmg Do roth Maurice Ceetello m "hicMJ a mystery will baffle th denouement m th. last will give anothor mour and the latest eludes a good all round rot will be a matinee »1 r h f on
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      297 6 -THE CONNOISSEUR COMI-S TO CALDBECKS." j_/^_^j^v^^^|SsS&_F_i__k mfmmmmmmAmm^ X^______yT7 I^Wllvfi-. WmmmmA^MWu. *m mmm mtm r_>_nt\ /mmm* v* s^_~________i Wm^mmWWW^ T DI V-. v"' M,R __V_____W__ MMmTmmm— mP^^Bl sLh__________________________i___________l "^B IV___.W^__F^V______r__l Sole Agents: CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co., Ltd. 45, Robinson Rd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) Tel. 228. PATRONISED C!^^___^^tes-^_3 BY ROYALTT TO SELECT A
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      31 6 CREAM'S ONLY RIVAL. I ff^J BRS.NO IS I J S *^ENE_ rXmtX**' €0 I Sole Distributors: W. R. LOXLEY CO., Robinson Road, Singapore. PEARS' I J GOLDEN SERIES. Ef N \m
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    ARMISTICE DAY.
    101 7 (^.EBRATIONS. 001** P.• -tonrtee.] i.ondon, Nov. 11. for two hours i>u< crowd--1 X day celebrai. eoriad m da ii r ranee. eetl beflagged. plana at the Marshal peiaai and M. at the memofa lien In Notre Stm fai*. Nov. il. ved all over tho v i i j,
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    CORDIAL ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS.
    34 7 CORDIAL ANGLO-FRENCH RELATIONS. Service.] Paria, Nov. 12. thai Mr. Baldwin' J ••< ti lea at die Frarx c, IU-l_iiu.ii and are as satisthty certiljr •ri I tlevelope here and permit of the l>t t>tablished Haves.
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    MANY EXTREMIST ARRESTS IN SPAIN.
    32 7 MANY EXTREMIST ARRESTS IN SPAIN. Service.] Perie, Nov. 12. from Madrid militant extremists n Madrid alone. U than ever and allowed to mmmpreviMee. m Bar- found m public eh there were five
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    BRITISH DELEGATES OVATED.
    52 7 Bereiee.] Moscoh, Nov. 12. the British Trade i vai piaaenl at the Soviet ■tm* where they weee lh > the proceed•lrty eriticiaed Mr. MacMTati P^ma-i and ur*ed an of thi. 1.1 i havin X endorsH, .U he <Hf| no l > f -ittta. the Russian this. -'"i
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    AMERICAL TO RECOGNISE RUSSIA?
    52 7 AMERICAL TO RECOGNISE RUSSIA? [Renter** c„ vir I Service.] Harrivhur-. ov 12 **.'t\ot\ „f r„._.- advo- ***0 is mentioned -f Wgeto tho Affairs Com- not believe markets and t -'Hhtums of the previous problem. Re''"^'tion to the re"i,: Communist asked how. Ek atl n t ******l>***M troing to tha itdaH-ne
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    THE DUTCH FLIGHT.
    12 7 H_ rr Service.] x »ahalMd. Nov. 12. —Hed Amballa
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    POISONING TRAGEDY.
    315 7 MARRIED COUPLE'S DEATH PACT. Tho tragic death at the General Hospital i arty yesterday morning of Mrs. W G Richards, discloses what is believed to be a ser.-iational poisoning afair. Mrs Richards, togethei with her husband, Mr W G. Richards, of the Architects' Department Singapore Municipality, were taken
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    TANJONG PAGAR MURDER.
    135 7 Culpable homicide amounting to murder i was the verdict returned by the Coroner, Mr. F. G. Bourne, at the conclusion of the inquest on the death of Suliman Khan, the Indian Police Constable, who was shot j and killed by a Chinese washerman off Nelso n Road
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    CONTRACTOR'S MISDIRECTED CLAIM.
    193 7 Mr. E. A. Barb-jur was unsuccessfully sued m the Supreme Court yesterday after- j J noon by an Indian contractor named K. i X'adesan. who sough* to recover a sum of 1,123.80 which he alleged was due to him i for work done m connection with the
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    S.V.C. LECTURE.
    46 7 The General Officer Commanding the Tioops, Malaya, will give a lecture at the Drill Hall to-morrow at 6.30 p.m. to all ranks. His subject will be Iraq To-day. The Commandant feels sure all members of the S.V.C. will avail themselves of the G.O.C's offer.
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    CHINESE SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT.
    69 7 Mr. Tan Hock Ann, formerly Chief Clerk »f the Supreme Court, Penang, has been appointed Deputy Registrar of the Supremte Court, Singapore, m succession to Mr. T. B. Cocker. This is the firs* time, we understand, that a Chinese has been appointed Deputy Registrar of the
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    STEAMER ASHORE.
    83 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 12. The Cullercoats wireless station reports 1 that an Anglo-American Oil Company's 1 steamer of 4,987 tons is ashore m latitude 16-12 deg. north, longitude 2-46 deg. west and requires assistance immediately. Later. A message from Methil states that the steamer is the Cheyenne
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    WEMBLEY—AND AFTER.
    1084 7 WEMBLEY— AND AFTER. WHERE THE EXHIBITION HAS SUCCEEDED. Value to the Empire. A special article m the Financial News of October 9th. stated:— -Unless some totally unforeseen event occurs to change tne preaent outlook it would appear that the British Empire Exhibition will close on November Ist., and that there
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    BRITISH ELECTION COMMENTS.
    527 7 FAREWELL TRIBUTES.' London, Nov. 2. In the course of a review of the general election results, the Ixmdon Observer pays a tribute to Mr. Mac- Donald, who, though he will probably never I again be the head of a Government, still leads a Party whose achievement m
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    BANDOENG FAIR.
    110 7 At the sixth Netherlands-Indies annual Fair at Bandoeng next year, which will take place from June 20th. to July sth., a special feature wili be the electrical section, m which the leading electrical firms are combining with Government to promote the development and extension of the use of
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    MIDDLESEX REGIMENT RE-UNION DINNER.
    94 7 A re-union dinner of members of the Middlesex Regiment took place at Raffles Hotel last week, when there were present Lt.-Col. R. A. Haseldine, D.5.0., 0.8. E., Lt.-Col. B. A». Thompson. Captain G. A. Stephenson, Lt. H. A. A. Howell, C.S.M. A. Preston, C.S.M. A. J.
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    50 7 An elephant was shot recently on Sungei Batang Rubber Estate B. N. Borneo by an estate employee. As these animals were really becoming a pest, steps had been taken to scare them from the Sandakan peninsula, but intelligent anticipation on the part of the elephants has caused them to decamp.
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      427 9 STEAMER SAILINGS r^***** Wgi JKHiLtUL m -*-»^_______—e. mm m**asjm*mm/ mm mWws*k**m\r^ IMP' S&SM_k_D____^^___H_Ll_r A_JU^a_r I PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine, new liners continue on Round the World, returning to
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      744 9 1 STEAMER SAILINGS STRCTBERS AND BARRY. Operating U. S. Gorernment Shipe. SINGAPORB TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. C'lil W_!_ P^RA^ON 1° a d ,oad P rt U.b^.B. WEST FARALON to discharge and load Nov. U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT to discharge and load D« and subsequent steamers spproximately 80 lays apart.
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    217 10 The Dutch motor vessel Van der Does de Bye arrived from Singkep on Tuesday with a cargo of tin. The H.M.S. Pegasus arrived at Jesselton frcm Labuan on 23rd inst. at 5.30 p.m. and sailed on 28th for Kudat and Hongkong. An illustration appears m the October issue
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    H.M.S. PEGASUS.
    189 10 Naval Seaplane Carrier m Hongkong. H.M.S. Pegasus, the naval seaplane carrier, arrived m Hongkong from Singapore on Nov. 3rd, and until night fell was the cbject of intense interest to passengers, especially Chinese, on passing ferries. The vessel, which is said to be the smallest of the seaplane
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    TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION AT PENANG.
    287 10 Pelau Rimau Connected. The Pinang Gazette states: We understand that the Government Telegraph Department have completed the laying of a small cable from Penang to Pulau Rimau Light House, which is now m communication with this island. Mr. F. J. Ward and Mr. W. Curran Sharp
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    HONGKONG NAVAL BASE.
    220 10 lt is true to say that a great body of <lear and prudent thought is now gravely questioning whether the Washington Agreement has not imposed undue sacrifice upon the British Empire, writes the Naval and Military Record. The case of Hongkong is a striking illustration. Hongkong is
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    NEW C. P. R. STEAMER.
    129 10 The new turbine steamer, Princess Kathleen, was launched from the yard of Messrs. John Brown and Co., Clydebank, m the presence of a distinguished, company. Speaking at the luncheon afterwards, SiV George McLaren Brown, European General Manager of the C.P.R., said the Company's ramifications were
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      527 10 Burns Philp -Line (Incorporated m Australia.) For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, Tia JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE i. Regular monthly sailings by tha wall-known steamer MARELLA (7.575 toot) aad MONTORO (5.000 tons.) The s.a. MARELLA ia tha largest and finest Bteamer trading to Australia, Cabins $m ISLxa, single berth cabins, swimming
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      383 10 mm m l m*m JOHN LITTLE'S Co., Ltd I (Incorporated m England.) SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. v I STEAMER SAILINGS. LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. CO (Incorporated m Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Brindisi, Venice and Trieste via ports taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Fiume, the Levant and Black
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      286 10 I otbamrb "aa_____r HUGO STRESS" (Incorporated m Germany.) REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND HONGKONG. SHANGHAI AND JAf. s.s. Hindenburg 12.250 tons N«rj s.s. Emil Kirdorf 9,000 .onife! I homeward" bound ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND I HAMBURG. s.s. Carl Legien 9.000 tow ht s.s.^ Adolf von Baeyer 9.000 ton? Dr..
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      579 10 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Bangkok By train 6 a.m. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Je____2_3_ By train 6 a.m. SSSS^L. Kis tna 8 a.m. krrr^nn nd BCnU,t x. Mersin 9 Kanmon Fook Mow 9 Pu au Soegi Aing Hong 9an Li*" v- Be am. Saba and Djambi Toh
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    562 11 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY, Nov. 12t h. [Figure* m brackets show the issue valu. Ltd.? 113 d lUrs MINING. K. Kaiiiunting 48s g d j£ Kmta Assn. (10) 5 50 Kinta Tin Dredges Kuala Lumpur Tin I 7i 18s 6d Kuchai Prefs. ($1) Llo
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    EXCHANGE.
    66 11 November 12. Bank 4 m.s. 2 j4 3-16 Bank demand 214 3-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 19-32 New York, demand 53a" Credits 90 days 5tJ France, demand 959 India, T. T. 157 4 Hongkong, demand 3 p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 13g Java, demand 13g Bangkok, demand 77
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    PRODUCE.
    181 11 November 12. Tin 275 Tons $130^ Gambier 31 00 Pepper White 41 00 Pepper Black 2 1.00 Flake Tapioca 10 75 Pearl Sago Small 9 oo Copra 12.90 Copra Sundried 13.20 Rice, Rangoon white 275.00 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice Siam No. 1 for export 30.00 Rice, Siato No.
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    35 11 Singapore, Nov. 12, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 59 1 59%; Nov.-Dec. *mw**M 60: Jan.-March 59 59V*; Apul-June 58 58V* London Quotation Sheet 1«. s*4d. Market Weak.
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    44 11 The London Office of the Italian State Railways and State Tourist Department states that there is no foundation whatever for the report that the gondolas m Venice are to be done away with and superseded by motor-boats. Such an action has never been contemplated.
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      MACPHAIL & CO. LTD'S REPORT.
      180 11 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. m Singapore, Nov. 12. Kubber.— London la 5» s d. Steady. Local o9 Tin.— Lond«,n £26] 15s. Up 10>. Local 130 Vs. 2.5 tons sold. Mfcti* Unchanged. Kuala SMimj offer at 2.20. Mentakabs at New >aigi I leas at 57, Allenbya at _7*_, and Suneei Tukangs
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      LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
      156 11 Singapore, Nov. 12. Tin.— £26l 15s. Up 10s. Rubber.— Is. s'*d. Down '>d Following the holiday, a rather quieter tone prevails m the share market, m all -sections of which business is difficult 1-übber.— A decline of M has made I share business even less practicable;
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      ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
      174 11 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail.) Singapore, Nov. 12 Rubber. 1- .V,... Tin.— £2ol 15s. 130%. Tons 275. A further rise of 10s v reported m thi? price of tin but rubber has had a setback Jt HO over the holiday. The market is dull and business on a
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    FOREIGN FIRMS IN SHANGHAI.
    139 11 A list of foreign firms is contained m the Shanghai Customs Returns for 1923. No figures are available for Chinese firms, say.* Mr. L. A. Lyall, Commissioner of Customs, but it is possible that they have increased even more extensively m the past eight or ten
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      382 11 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880. Reserve Fund y. 77,500,000 President: Kodama E? q Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya Esq DIRECTORS. 4 V Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura iur2?*# iri i' Esq N if********* e^ Baron X- Iwasaki. K. Mogami, EsJ P* w.; Ur n!: ■ft X T **eu_hi, Esq. F.
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      483 11 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Roya! Charter. o Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors 1,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, EC. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Iloilo Rangoon, Bangkok Ipoh
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      194 11 j ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. <Inco__K>r»Ud m England by Roya! Charter A. D. 1720). W*E 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 Manaeer. 3BANKING. B nSm^i
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    HOME SPORT.
    1747 12 ALL BLACKS* WINNING WAY. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, Oct. 16. The All Blacks go on v inning. The first match m the north against Cheshire at Birkenhead Park, was attended by a curious illness that befell some of the players. A mild form of ptomaine poisoning affected
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    GAOL FOR DE VALERA.
    118 12 London, Nov. 1. When De Valera appeared m Court at Belfast, the prosecutor said that an order of the Heme Secretary, under the Civil Authorities Powers Act, was served on De Valera on 25th October prohibiting him from entering polling areas m the North t of
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    HOCKEY.
    53 12 The following will play for the S.R.C. against the Royal Sussex on the S.R.C. ground to-day at 5 p.m. L. Gammel, E. G Wheatley, L. M. Pennefather, F. Albuquerque, V. C. Westerhout, L. da Silva. A. E. Johnson, R. C. Oehlers, C. A. Norris (Capt) A. W T Moreira
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    36 12 Orders for week ending November 16th. Thursday, 13th. Band Practice, Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. Friday, 14th.— Hall Football ShieldTenth Troop versus Seventh Troop, St. Andrew's ground at 5 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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      FOOTBALL.
      222 12 Padang Clubs Draw. The S.R.C. and the S.C.C. met m a friendly game of soccer on the Padang yesterday afternoon, the match resulting m a goalless draw. The Club teams were about equally matched as far as attack was concerned, but the S.C.C. defence was euperior. There were many
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      RUGBY.
      94 12 To-day's Practice Game. The following teams will take part m the S.C.C. Rugby practice game on the Padang this afternoon, commencing at five o'clock. Whites.:— Marshall; J. T. T. Webster, Poison, Morrison, Robinson; Beville, Geoghegan; Leonard, Weston, Martine, Holiday, Tiddeman, Stone, Wilkinson and J. I. M. MacKay. Colours: Dr.
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      LAWN TENNIS.
      131 12 Garrison Sergeants' League. The winners of the Garrison Sergeants Messes lawn tennis league challenge shield are the Royal Engineers, Pulau Brani, with a possible score of 20 points. The following table shows the final positions of the participating teams: The members of the Royal Engineer Sergeants Messes Liwn
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      SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB.
      170 12 The result of last Sunday's match between the Singanore and Keppel Golf Clubs was a win foi the former by 114. Details are appended. Singapore Golf Club .•layers given first: Gibson and Forde 1. Rutley r.nd Hendiie U. Cameron and Newell 0. Stewart and Stewart IU. Winter
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      Holiday Competition.
      119 12 The President has kindly presented a beer mug* as a prize for the best nett score for 9 holes put m during the holidays. Members can put m more than one card, but the 9 holes .must be played on the 15th, 16th or 17th instant. They are
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    19 12 Three brothers, partners m a real estate firm m Detroit, are increasing their life insurance from £1,400,000 to £3,000,000.
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    THE PASSING OF ROTTEN ROW.
    693 12 THE PASSING OF ROTTEN ROW. Rotten Row is dead! So is Queen Anne; but we did not know Queen Anne, whereas we did know Rotten Row. There are still the lime trees, there is still the tan not J much of the latter, it is true there are still the
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      Skye Meeting Handicaps.
      105 12 The following are the entries and handicaps for the Perak Gymkhana Club's Skye Meeting to be held at Taiping next Saturday: Race I.— H.F. 11.7, Shanghai 11.7, Cyril 10.5, After Hours 9.12, Chantek 9.7, Digger 9.7, Mah Jong 9.7. Race 2. Rifleman 11.7. Dougal Cratux 11.7, Sambrani
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      KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
      31 12 The following competitions are arranged for the November holidays: Eclectic. To extend from Saturday, Nov. 15th to morning of Nov. 17th (inclusive). Mixed Foursome. Monday afternoon, Nov. 17th.
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      ROYAL SINGAPORE YACHT CLUB.
      116 12 The following Royal Singapore Yacht Club arrangements are announced On Sunday the 16th inst. the last ol the series of races for Mrs. R. O. Winstedt's trophy will be sailed for over the Boden Kloss Course. Handicaps are: Kathleen, Gertrude, Marion, and Jean 11. scratch, Polly
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      188 12 -V_v_www_vyv«r\_w.^^ K N WITH THIS POPULAR MoSl^ I v HIS MASTER'S VOICE Ifl m*J*> N_^_-»A fosJ clubs 9 always— the one best cigarette! As certain men carry with them an indefinable atmos* phere of refinement am* distinction, so STATE EXPRESS No. 555 stand apartfrorm _zll other ctgaretta Their appeal to
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