The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 January 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925. NO. 11,393.
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  • 240 1 A Sudan defence force is to be formed immediately, and efforts made to establish a new era Page 9. The U.S. House of Representatives has debated the question of the French debt Page 9. A series of misfortunes has befallen England m the third Test Match at
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  • 1266 1 Of the many rhetorical questions addressed Lo us m childhood the most unfair and exasperating was likely to be put by a eontemporary 'Think you're funny, don't you?" To give an answer where, the definition m the grammar-book assures us, one is not expected may on occasion
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 356 1 |MIN r iSK FOB FRESH Butter v sk FOR -SNOWLLAKE- I RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. (iUEST NIGHTSL— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Kvtrv Monday and Friday. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.— On Sunday Nights at 9.30 p.m. GRILL ROOM. j SARKIEg BROTHERS \d joining the Diningroom. Open
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    • 283 1 ''Kurlo" Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure and free from any deleterious ingredients. Unsurpassed for washing woollens, laces, silks etc. "Kurlo" Will not injure cr harden the most delicate fabric. Without (St PnSSii Shrinking makes a delightful *+L* >~^ >w)^^V /f*^^*) shampoo i^^^^^^V^^ t6^D solut on. /\j& V^ Manufactured by: WILLIAM GOSSAGE
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    • 163 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. W. D. eon tracts Page T. Snowflake butter Page 1. Whiteaway's sale Page 1. A;iams' motor fleet- -P.. c« S. Iz;.l frcm Guthrie's Page 8. Simonds stout. Katz Page 16. Lotol from Loxley's P...:e 12. Mosley's pert. Littles— Page 8. B. A. T. competition Page 11. Cold Storage
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    • 8 1 DON'T ASK FOR FRESH Butter ASK FOR 'SNOWFLAKE"
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 91 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 19. h. High Water, 4.38 a.m., 5.29 p.m. Tuesday, '20th. Hiph Water. 5.44 a.m., 7.11 p.m. Simpam Valley mtp:.. Barker's, noon. Wedm nday, 21st. High Water, 6.53 a.m., 8.33 p.m. B. I. homeward mail leaves. Volunteer Lecture, Drill Hall. 6.30 p.m. Famous Quartette, Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m.
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  • 246 2 MJVs Reply to Home Secretary. Commander Kenworthy, who with three other memben <>f Parliament took part deputation which approached the Home Secretary for reprieve of the Hull morr, Smith, made thc I >!1 iwing itat >ment m reply to the speech delivered by the H<
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  • 226 2 The State Pii>on Connr.kssion. which has been investigating charges of luxury, ease, an-l favouritism at Siivjr Sinjr, the New York State penitentiary, is now looking into the liberality with vhich the Stat? Beard of Parol- has been releasing convicts after they have terred trie minimum time allowed by
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  • 137 2 Native Chief's t'r.ivery. Nairobi, Nov. S. MorigO wa Tiimu, a Kikuyu chief, who v a magnificent specimen of native marhood, is tho hero of an ex- ning game story from Nyeri m Kenya. His district wa? terrorised by a leopard and, at the request of his people,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 206 2 "ACNESIA" ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF PRICKLY HEAT MAN I FACTIRKD BY MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. EVERY EVENING THE MERRY OPERA CO. INDIAN CONJURER ETC. -——-.—>—■—•**.*,—. i 'i im I 12 0 Page a Cookery oook I I of
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    • 230 2 Victoria Theatre. FOUR RECITALS ONLY. WEDNESDAY 21st, THURSDAY 22nd, FRIDAY 23rd SATURDAY 24th JANUARY. Celebrity Tours. THE WORLD-RENOWNED QUARTETTE. Dorothy HERBBRT CAVE. DAWSON-CAMPBELL. (The Great English Tenor) (The Brilliant English Pianist) M E L S A. PERCIVAL GARRETT. (The World-famous Violinist. (The Well-known Composer and Accompanist) COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
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    • 255 2 Alhambra.l From Monda\, January 19th, to Saturday, .Janim-. In the Second Show at 0 p.m. Sharp. •*<,' j /I iV/P TrSCQTCH I A 2 Reel Fox Comedy. kj INTERNATIONAL NEWS I William Fox Presents Tom fcj I SOFT BOILEbX In 8 Reels X It has everything including fast action, and
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  • 194 3 I mwsmmtmm W instructive cast the mind X twelve month, m Of tm E .b aI mW X thai there- can of Sir B the the X X to H he may ,-t -lie ground, H of MB' m scrific safety, rything i m v \(|\;iiu*-.
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  • 126 3 j v Re«wll and Cm I irsdaya Mi n sag< Th. re hai been m the affair ..f Ltd., resulting m the the- "irde-jK-::^ nt" director* when a resolution! connection with the re- of imaging Agents Urn ell A C©„ the voting d tc have gene against i
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  • 65 3 bmeirials. ftlt a m Fxlmbursh, Dre. 4. Sir Walter Scott, m "**i one of the moot n f« the world, end one <ver raised to m.- "Km declare 1 to be un- parts. P^theh^l r,,uneil hav now dentlv t, \i Parts hall bt> Public. Repairs would <*
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  • 460 3 Fifteen Mail Kags S.okn m London. I oadon. Dec. 13. "Nobody catches thie\es," remarked Lord Darling m the law courts yesterday. The -statement accurate' reflects public opinion. An unparalleled number of wurglaries and other thefts are taking place, especially m London, and m almoii eveff ease
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  • 246 3 CELEBRATION OF CHINESE NEW YEAR. c G .4 contains the rdej etting off oi crackers m c c Chinese New Year: daya i id et the follow- r.ly: Fr< 12 midnight. 23rd from 5 a.m. to ♦> 24th January; from 12 midnight 31s! y. to 1 i. I s| February;
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  • 163 3 Calcutta. Jan. (J. Bombay, Jan. stii. A public meeting ol Hindus has been held here to protest egahsst Gandhi's heresy m cemdemning unteiuchabiiity m the course of his Presidential address at the Belgaum Congress. Mr. Manamochandas Ramji, who pre-ile-d, explained that untouchability was nothing more than
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  • 300 3 Theory of a Famous Profetser. Was Tutankhamen the Joseph of thc bible J rofessor Selikovitsch, the renowned Egyptologist, maintains m the New York Jewish Forum, that he was. If this theory is correct it follows that When th t sarcophagus comes to be opened it will be
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  • 325 3 The Prize Moving Picture for 1923. "The Covered Wagon" has won the coveted Gold .Medal of the Photoplay Magazine which denotes the tinest picture produced m America m 192." alter greet fight with ""The Ten Commandments." "Scaramouche," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The White Sister." All
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  • 133 3 Japan's Huge Record for the Year. According to tho Chashi Observatory, near Tokyo, the number of quakes m the year \024 down to December 17th., reached 1,007 probably a record for the time since seismology became a science. The shocks aggregated 135 m June and 234 m
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  • 123 3 Leafield, Jan. 5. Mr. J. H. Thomas, Colonial Secretary m the late Labour Government, left London to-day, and embarked at Avonmouth on the steamer Changuimola for Jamaica. He is one of the party of Members of Parliament who are visiting the West Indies under the auspices
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 425 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN I Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. GRAND HOTEL BRASTAGI Unique Health Resort m the Sumatra Highlands
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  • 1717 4 ORGANIZATION AND STRENGTH. The Politic.il Bureau of the Russian Communist Party, which ?t the real ruler of Russia to-day througr its org&ns, the Soviet Government and the Communist International, i. at great pains to destroy Trotsky's influence on the Red Army. Trotsky has been for a long
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  • 160 4 The window cleaners of New York have m club of their own. It appears m the local directory as the Amalgamated Window Cleaning Employees' Protective Association. There are ten million windows m Manhattan, and the men who clean them need unusual qualifications.. It Is said that
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  • 103 4 Slide Down the Tail of a Runaway Elephant. Bombay. Dec. 3. Dunns a panther shoot m connection with the Viceroy's visit to Nawanagar, the elephant carrying the Jam Sahib (better known as Ranjitsinhji. the famous cricketer), bolted to rejoin the Viceroy's post. Six miles had been covered, and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 652 4 Skin irritation Germolene immediately stops all the irritation of eczema, rashes, eruptions. It cleanses and heals the skin. w Mrs. Hill, ol 9, Dißhton Street, St. Jsmes. Bristol. T^H TS EnK., i\-~ "M> liu>l>aiid nu^lit ee'zem.i <!.■« —*A—\ em^m*—. V v tht- r.-~» j1 1 <>f h i-jiill. It np|>»Mr.'d
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    • 347 4 as others do. Greys M burn with a clear even glow to the vcrj end because they are evenly filled with the purest Virginia tobacco m (fee GREYS Silk Cul Virginia CIGARETTES mw Large Size <8 Pgpula rww The same flavour distinguishes bod. Bu only difference is m their size.
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  • 1265 5 THE ROBINSON CASE. The facts of the case of Robinson vs. The Midland Uank make wh«t thi French call une bien sale histoire. I do not propose to moralize on thos- facts, first because all such moralizinß must unavoidably bs platitudinous; and secondly because we h;.ve not
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  • 632 5 (By Fritz Kr isler, the World-Famous Violinist). There V music m the sighing of a reed; There's music m the gushing of a rill; Ire-re's music m all things if men had ears; Their eaith is but an echo of the spheres. —Byron. '1
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  • 173 5 "i Wanted A Home and A Kitchen." Paris, Dec. 9. 'I have always wanted a heme with a kitchen." This is one of the reasons given by Anna Pavlova, the incomparable Russian dancer, foi marrying her accompanist, Andre Dernide. Pavlova announced the marriage yesterday, says s cable
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    • 302 5 Ijackache oi Backache i»re- At no dificnlUei when lis aro used. Relief '„1 almost instantly ami I f"s .layi :h, l m experience of Mj» H the be* proof of the remedy, for hen *m M _„,p. tsm. Writing from B [Umpatend. N.W., „n.-lv I eoeM think of, _^H niv
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    • 591 5 I C To all who value Ps> Health and Fitness 1 ENO is invaluable I The initial cause of much ill health, par- I ticularly m hot climates, is unintentional I g neglect of inner cleanliness. If the waste I products of the system are allowed to I B accumulate,
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    • 93 5 r^a/ "home" comfort I I STATE EXPRESS No. I 555 dre m perfect harmony I until that refined atmosphere I o/ the howe so chdrdcteriS' I ttcoH)! British. T/iev c.j~>peal I insistently to those ivho will I have only the one best I cigarette. mw__mm $f_3TE£P»KS I jtlriufl.K VIRGIN. A
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  • 1170 6 ATTEMPT TD MURDER LIBERAL LEADER. (From Our Own Correspondent). Tokio, Dec. 25. Christmas Day m Tokyo was marred by a despicable attempt to murder Mr. Yukio Ozaki, a former Minister of Justice and to-day famous as the foremost leader m the crusade being waged by the more
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  • 416 6 EGYPTIAN CRISIS AS A WARNING. Will the Riffs Attack the French? Paris, Dec. 9. I ant able now to disclose the reasons why the French Government suddenly adopted such a favourable attitude towards the British during the recent Egyptian crisis when the entire French press
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  • 131 6 Vicar Attacks Paint and Powder. "Even while we are signing the marriage registers m the vestry th? bride may get m a few moments' work before the mirror with a powder-puff, scissors, and a bottle," says the Rev. A. Wollesley OfT, the vicar
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 224 6 ABRAMS MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. 4.866.809^ '£&M]&y M^f Beginning each year, every 3SB^^VV_^Vl& 1 bott c ,s consecutively »£&£s// %%*+Ss numbered to prevent fraud. >^W/h %V Th
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    • 371 6 AC^^ m —m-——— mmm ***'>^ j eY^^tmvem ft -*^}o_lOf-^ifi fl I HE one vehicle you can $1 depend on for steady, day- Jl m. day-out service for yean f without a break is the British, i P built Albion. No conditions of road or climate are too severe for the
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  • 1012 7 POSITION OF DEBENTURE HOLDERS J I I. enth ordinary general i -eting < f Wntan E tat Ltd. was held at Chartered Bank hambera at noon on Saturday. The Chairman, Mr. John Bagnall, presided and tht re were also present the hon'ble Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. L. C.
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  • 114 7 SWEEPING CHANGES. BIG BHIPi POR EAST. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 16. The British naval forces m the East will be strengthened as a result of changes decided unon by the Admiralty. Ships at present serving m the Mediterranean, East inches and China squadrons, when they J Hum
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  • 508 7 Pans, Jan. 16. M. Harriot laid before the Council of Ministers the schemes of the treaties between France and Sian:. AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING DISPUTE. Melbourne, Jan. 16. All States ha\e promised to support the Federal Government with a view to ending the shipping dispute. An oarly settlement «>f
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  • 154 7 Rapid Growth of a New Idea m Shipping. How long will it be before I 60.000-ton motor-liner is built? It is only three years since the first motor passenger ship, the Aba, was put into service. She was of 7.938 tons. Today there are ten passen&er ships
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  • 799 7 A NX I A L M EET ING. The annual general meeting of Glenealy Plantations, Limited, was held m the offices of the Company, Hongkong Bank Chambers, on Saturday. Mr. W. P. Plummer presided and others present were: Messrs Aitken-Berry, J. A. Duthie, C. J. Stephen, Captain DaW
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  • 143 7 At a fully attended meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Liberal Federation on Dee. llth, a resolution was i.nanimouslv passed "recognising m the com position of the priwnt Parliament a mv( menace to Free Trade and looking with con fidenc? to every Liberal
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 356 7 M BUSINESS CARDS MANILA CIGAR B [a In u.'.'ir" cigars have I brand m mansions, H where highest quality B Obtainable trom: B UTTLE A CO, LTD. B JIN GHEE i <'•• 25 A S. Canal Rd. j |.£yjoOß SAHIB, D'Almeida St. I 1 BEE CO, Beech Rend. B 'tN
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    • 16 7 by Mr. Mitchell, Mr. Patterson was reelected a Director. Messrs Derrick and Co. were re-appointed auditors.
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    • 717 7 __fc~ «MHHMa_____M________________a HUNGRY— YET AFRAID TO EAT Such is the plight of thousands. 'hey dread a ltimes, for they know that suffering will follow; they know that, diet as they will. digestive disorder is remorseless, and it has them m its grip. The pity of it is that such suffering
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    • 515 7 NOTICES. PANTAI LIMITED. i Notice is herehy K iven that an Interim Dividend of 4 per cent on account of the v.ar endmp .-.lst October, 1925, has been declared by the Dnectors payable on Wednesday. J*th January, 1925, to the Shareholders on the Register on that date. Notice is also
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  • 24 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. WATMOUGH. On Jan. 15th., suddenly, at Chellow Den_\ Bradford. England. Stuart Watmough, beloved father of Mrs. Arthur Dob?on, Holland Park. Singapore.
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  • 914 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1925. Comments of the Week. The principal event of the past week was the successful outcome of the discussions at the Finance Conference, the agreement reached being satisfactory to all the nations concerned. Unlike most of the previous conferences connected with European affairs, the
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  • 145 8 Bflss Leslie and Miss Hodgson, two Nursing Sisters for the F.M.S. Medical Department, arrived by the Kashmir. Mr. A. A. Strachan. of the Posts and Telegraphs Department, F.M.S., and Mr. R. P. Clegg. cadet for the F.M.S., are due from Home by the Pembrokeshire. The Rev. W. E. Horley, Superintendent,
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  • 257 8 I. S. P. ANN LAI. MEETING. Sound Financial Position. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Jan. 17. At the Incorporated Society of Planters' annual meeting, the hon'ble Mr. Campbell, m a review of the year, said the financial position was sound. The investments stood at $Btio, which was
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  • 154 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Jan. 18. The Ipoh sweepstake case m the Supreme Court, m which Mr. Justice Watson reserved his order on the joint law as to whether it was right to sue for the recovery of the proceed! of a lottery on which the
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  • 30 8 H. E. THE GOVERNOR LEAVES PENANG. (From Our Own Correspondent). ipoh. Jan. 18. H. E. the Governor leaves Penang to-day to stay a week at Kuala KangSUT and Teluk Anson.
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  • 405 8 The hon'hle Mr. Wong Yick Tong, of Seremban, i> In Singapore. Mr. H. C. R. Rendle has succeeded Mr. R. K. Wilson a* Assistant Secretary to Resident. Taining. Mr. T. Lethen, of the P. and T., Taiping, will he proceeding Home on furlough early next month. Mr. Tan K.ong Ann,
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  • 672 8 CHINESE STUDENTS DINNER. GENERAL MAI.COl.sn, V'hletir KilliM (From Our Own I 'I' I Tlm annual dinm i n n J of hiaeee Studem Til M.I, Inland am held 1.v,.. th, Pr, Hole, presiding. In tlu- eourw of h i the toast Of "On. I chairman. Mr. riu Chart* d'Affsii. 1
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    • 107 8 j »l THE CONNOISSEUR |JB CALDBECK S 'BRI Jas. COUTTS 8 Cos. m-*S-W^Amml^ iPi^^'iH SUPERIOR LONDON H OLD TOM GIN I* SOLE IMPORTERS Caldbeck, Macgregor Company, Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 15, Robinson Road. Telephone No. 228. ll mmmS NEW SHIPMENT. t(E\: s.s. PRESIDENT HARRISON*') GRAPEFRUIT, APPLES, I ORANGES, GRAPES. CELERY,
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    • 24 8 WE HAVE READY STOCKS OF Champagne Mercier (extra dry) Anjou Sparkling Wines Burgundy Wines Bordeaux Wines DUPIRE BROTHERS. I BLACK WHITE ■B^BB^B B, WHISKY
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  • 61 9 BRITAIN'S SHARE. pgENCR FINANCIAL POUCT. I j., fcervicc.j London. Jan. 17. place the British h tiona under the ending Bept 11 d. allowing lor ar.d India, BriParis, Jan. 17. r.: il as regards I es m kind f be debate, ires resolutely inflation. Whathe formidable thi year, not
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  • 65 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 Khartum. Jan. 17. SII official garden b\ S c<'!.. >urSC Of natives, iais, Sir G. F. i i an important proclamation, E lish and Arabic tin- Sudan, to the i Sudsi I defence Pores will be missions will be ally to all serving officers
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  • 57 9 Service. Heme, Jan. 17. ber sd, sine die after I th, new Electoral to the system of singleThe Opposition pnored the merits measure and concentrated on ej reeentation of nder the present iss< 1 i.i left several f■• of the Chamber. ti proposals, which led would operate
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  • 35 9 [Renter*! Service.] ilerlin, Jan. 17. sV attributes Dr. to past] sne the meeting tag I Monday to differences -f the nembeis of the Cabinet. toon Nationals and Centrists ttion of the Governtatement.
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  • 26 9 [Renter's Service.] Amsterdam. Jan. 17. etherlands Bank tate of discount J\ j on Friday stated that B«n reduced the ral IH per jeut]
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  • 23 9 [Renter's y.rvice.] Noseaar, Jan. 17. of the French M. Malysheff, President of the I Preach commerpat m the Fair m 1920.
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  • 27 9 i: iter's Service.] Nea \ork. Jan. 17. D «ke:.nd Ducbees Boris have laying indefinitely. They I is connected with the lh Russian monarchy.
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  • 19 9 [Kented Service.] London. Jan. 17. J»l*ns Governments are *«a*le, thi, year. Mpear on Pa ge 7.1
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  • 242 9 j THE FRENCH DEBT. DEBATE IN THE HOUSE. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Jan. 17. The BOOM pawed a Bill extending the 'if- of the Debt Commission for two years, following a debate on the subject of the! French debr, m which the Democrat leader,; Mr. Garrett, said that France
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  • 125 9 [Reuter's Service.] New Bedford. Jan. 17. The Textile Council, consisting of seven affiliated unions, announces that its mem- bers return to work on Monday, having; accepted the ten per cent reduction m srages, but under protest. [A Reuter cable from lull River, dated dan. 3rd., stated: Thirty
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  • 104 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Jan. 13. The Observer. di*cussh\g the re-opening <»f the opium question at Geneva, says that America's de-ire for the suppression of the Indian crop is founded upon an internal anxiety which must be fully respected, but. m so far as India has impugned America's
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  • 74 9 I [Reuter's Service.] Bombay, Jan. 17. Altogether four arrests have been mad" m connection with the recent outrage, th? latest being Abdullah Tifahmad, a fruit con tractor from Indole, who. according to the police, had approached r-everal Bombay people with a view to the abdr.ction "»f Mumtaz
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  • 47 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Jan. 18. M. Herriot has instructed the French Ambassador at Moscow to protest to tha Soviet Government against the reoent speech by M. Rykoff when he described the French loans to Russia as Imperialistic and denying legal obligation to repay them.
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  • 26 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Jan. 17. The revenue returns from permanent normal sources m 1924 yielded 25,835,000,000 francs, compared with 20,303,000.000 m 1923.— Havas.
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  • 442 9 ENGLAND'S BLACK DAY. GREAT INNINGS BY RYDER. [Reuter's Service.] Adelaide, Jan. 17. The third Test Match was continued here j to-day m fine weather and before an at- tendance of 30,000. The wicket continued i good. Australia, who had scored 275 for the loss of seven wickets
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  • 98 9 [Reuter's Service.] Capetown. Jan. 10 Mr. S. B. Joel's XI won the third unofficial Test Match eH Capetown with ten wickets if) hand. After being dismissed for 113 m the first innings, South Africa fared a little better m the second, scoring 150, of which
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  • 30 9 [Reuter's Service.] New >ork 1 Jan. 17. The death is announced of the financier, Mr. Daniel Reid. the tin-plate "King." f Earlier cable* appear on page 7.]
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  • 31 9 In our report on Saturday of the meeting of Indra^ri Rubber, Limited, the remarks made by Mr. J. Lyle criticising the nonpayment of a dividend were inadvertently ascribed to Mr Keuy.
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  • 328 9 FOOTBALL RESULTS. ALBION AND HUDDERSFIELD LOSE. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 17. The following were the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches:— Division I. Arsenal 0. Newcastle United 2. Aston Villa l. Sheffield U. 1. Blackburn R. 0, Burnley g. Bury 3, Notts Forest 0. Cardiff City
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  • 324 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 17. In the Rugby International played at Twickenham to-day, England beat Wales by 12 points to 6. The weather was dull and mild and the j attendance numbered 85,000. The ground j was on the soft side. The Prince of Wales. who area accorded
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  • 100 9 High Street early on Saturday evening was the scene of a curious fatality, which had its origin m the snapping of one of the overhead wires supplying current to the Tramway service. The broken wire fell on to a rikisha coolie and immediately electrocuted him. A native
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    • 118 9 'His Master's Voice' j GRA^gHONE m^**S_\w am WW mm *ajr_*__\\__Y m ih. l** *lk _______r~^ Vl -r- r. ~*\mmmm— m **^mmreammmw^ Horn Model No. 24. MAHOGANY. Satin Finish Mahogany Cabinet, solid wood base \9Ve m., height 7H m., nickel-plated fittings, wooden horn 24 m. diameter, 1 m triple-spring motor, 12
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    • 786 10 STEAMER SAILINGS "bLuTTUNNEL LINE Regular Services to. LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. X ELPENOR
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    • 510 10 STEAMER SAILINGS EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) ELIiRMAIT~LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. s.s. CITY OF TOKIO due Jan. 28 s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK due Feb. 26 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN due
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    • 597 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. &o. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated ia England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Co. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London ar.d Ant**..
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  • 436 11 The firat two arrive at five minutes to eight. "Bongswar, Mademozel." they cry out together to the small, vivacious Frenchwoman. "We are rather early," exclaim* one of them, after glancimr at the empty chairs round the table. The words are hardly out of her mouth when
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  • 374 11 A food game of bridge is often spoiled f.y the irritating mannerisms of one of the players. I do not mean that these mannerisms are rude or ill-intended. Usually the offenders are perfectly unconscious that they are annoying their partners and opponents. There la a man of my
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  • 209 11 The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Me.srs. Cheong Koon Seng and Co., at their saleroom, No. 30 (hulia Street, on December, 24th 1924; .January, Tth and Uth 1925: Land and house No. 14 Oxley Road, area 570 sq. ft, bought by Madam Tan Seok Tay
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  • 267 11 What he Thought of the Kais«r. Sir Sidney Lee, whose first volume of the "Life of King Edward VII." will be published by Macmillan m M)arch, predicts that the new light he will be able to shed on the monarch will for ever dispel "the
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  • 45 11 *l The Railway Strike Enquiry Committee continued its sittings at the Council Chamber, Kuala Lumpur, on Tuesday morning, when the evidence of Mr. Sutherland Graeme, the Workshops Superintendent, was heard. The Committee met yesterday at the Central Workshops to hear evidence from the Indian workmen.
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  • 195 11 Berlin Version of Remarkable War-Time Letter. The Berlin "Lokal-Anzeigtr" has published the following letter which, it says, j the late Lord Fisher sent to Admiral von Tirpitz on the occasion of the latter's resignation as Lord of the German Navy m March, 1916:— Dear
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  • 81 11 PLOT TO RESTORE THE EX -KAISER? Secret Society found m Switzerland. Geneva, Dec. 2. Considerable indignation has been aroused by the reported 1 discovery of a secret German monarchist organisation m Bern*, which is actively preparing for the return of the Hohenzollerns to the German throne. Among the reputed leaders
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  • 193 11 Demo'.ilisa.i-n Mooted m Austria. Austria has only what U called "a torsi, of an army," consisting of not much more than 22,000 soldiers. According to the Peace Treaty, the Republic may have 30,000 nun, but the present number, their outfit, and the things belonging to it cost
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  • 100 11 Play Delayed by Miss Isobel Elsom'g Realism. The performance of *'The Wandering Jew" at the New Theatre one recent Saturday night was delayed between two acts while Matheson Lang had a wound on his fa-ce dressed. Miss Isobel Elsom. becoming immersed m her part during the
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  • 180 11 Extension of Krupp Interest*. Madrid, D*m:. I. It io reported from Oviedo thafc the important colliery company at Mieres, m Astmia, has been sold to a group m which the Krupp firm, of Essen, have interests. The deed of sale is stated to have been signed
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  • 118 11 New York, Dec. IS. Willie Rolls, the famous roller-skating actor, who has played m the music-halls for thirty years, fell dead m his wife' arms la.st night m a theatre m Detroit. The audience was so enthusiastic over his skating performance that it called him three
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 169 11 FREE WINEGLASSES Each one holds one dose of Hall's Wine -Get yours to-day! Pon't-nTer ill -health and weak- oger. Huy a bottle of Hall's Wineand start on the road 1 1 better health by taking m io the special Crystal Wineglatl presented v purchaser. HalTsV. tores your health, power and
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    • 455 11 A NOVEL. COMPETITION CASH fT_ AAA CASH I PRIZES <PI,V/UU PRIZES 1 NO ENTRANCE FEES. U 1 Prize of $500 $500 Sj 2 Prizes of $100 each 200 M 4 Prizes of 25 100 S 20 Prizes of 10 200 $1,000 W x. British- American Tobacco Company, (Straits) Ltd., Importers
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 42 12 The dredger Kuantan will be working m the centre of the Channel between No. 4 and No. 5 beacons south channel (Penang) up to January 21st. Vessels are warned that her side anchors will be laid across the fairway.
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    • 60 12 The recent accident on board the steamer Cyclops, m which the Second Officer of the steamer was struck by a sling of cargo while the vessel was being loaded, and' seriously injured, has had a result m the death of the injured officer, which occurred m
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    • 98 12 The explanation of the cruse of the delay of the arrival m Hongkong of the Ho Hong Steamship Company's steamer Hong Hwa is contained m a re.egram received here from the agents m Hongkong which states that the steamer was pirated just ouiv-ide Hongkong. The Hong Hwa
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 510 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) f FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, t THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tona) and MONTORO (5,000 ton*.) Tbe s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 54 12 Ny Carlsberg Beer m no **<. m*?^rs—W \^L^E^MEwvSEme\a SOLE IMPORTERS: [HE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Denmark) SINGAPORE. This famous old i I English Remedy for i Coughs and Colds i **_^__****°,+»*aito,siHiQA,s_i_j, l x,-roLU.tTC I mm*** imtsm*imrCmomomm***mat Generation «fler Generation have proved 5 3&0 1 i. h C o^«6rt>ncKitisA9U.mo
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    • 125 12 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England.) Direct Services to Japan via Hongkong and Singapore and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze ports, Formosa, the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA BARRTMORE Jan
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    • 424 12 Vy. "QO THRXXiiQH THE HOUSE WITH LOTOL" I Easy j Thorcu&h C( BS: iSav' 'rSISe *£Z iP£/ vaT SSS mwm\ icaw m-AA zxm a>iXd mr- arm i m aaa wswx ttumi mm m _*y.-> i f( THE SPRAY THAT SLAYS fc VERMINI^^aiaKEd 1) jS^^SCSjt y oi: wIM hnd LOTOL m/
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    • 140 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N .O (Incorporated m fa HOMEWARD BAILING* Bi-monthly service for Erindis.. iand Trieste via ports taking through Bills of Lading for Levant and Black Sea P«-rts. IW ports on the West O ast sf Italy. Due to i \rri>e. Jg 1 VENEZIA v F jNUMIDIA ut 1 OUTWARD
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 727 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Belawan Melchior Treub 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Cucob and Pontian Hong Sooa 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Kwong Yick 9 a.m. Karimon Soon Lee 9 ajn. S»bu Rajah of Sarawak noon Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said, Marseilles, London,
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    • 557 12 PASSENGERS \RUI\I'.). The following passenger* arrived by the P. and O. Kashmir: Rev W. W. Arthur, Mrs. A. Boyes. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. Dodds. Rr. R. Dawson, Mr. F. V. Duckworth, Mr. L. Fr.»ser, Mr. L. V. Gelder. Mr. W. Goodfeilow. Capt. H. North Hunt,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 601 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 7>S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. i aamsnhutE. K"tterdam. Antwerp. I.":: mm and Port Amazon Maru Feb. 6 Feb. 7 jrk via San Francisco, Panama Havre Maru fro™ Kobe Feb. 16 (Port F.lizabeth). Rio, Santos and Buenos Vl I l.mbo. Canada Maru Feb. 7 Feb. 9 j.
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    • 391 13 STEAMER SAILINGS m Round-the-World *^SN^ SIBINIBIPUKB PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine, new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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    • 712 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. 0 OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Feb U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT Mar U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA April and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulars
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  • 542 14 Sally had never been to London before. She once had a brother a soldier m the great war. She just remembered him as he marched away, a youth full of life and vigour. She remembered, too, what were almost his last words when he returned he was
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  • 182 14 A Hugger Analogy. Curiously enough, writes a correspondent to a home rubber journal, it was m a game of rugger that 1 first !<?arnt to sympathise \v_:h a mistreated pneumatic tyre. You may not believe me. but I assure you it is a fact. A brother player
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  • 153 14 Great Welcome For Him m the Argentine Officials at the Argentine Legation informed a Daily Express representative on Dec. 9th, that the Prince of Wales' visit to the Argentine next year, which was announced m the King's Speech, will take place between June and August, following
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  • 83 14 Rare Copy of the 'Elegy/ Portmadoc, Dec. 15. A first edition of Gray's "Elegy" was sold by a Merionethshire clerk to a Wrexham firm of booksellers for 15s. They sold it to a London firm for £470, and they m turn got £1,550 for it.
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  • 394 14 Madrid. One of the reasons why Spain has, shall we say, a little more difficulty m getting on with her war than the occasion would seem to demand is her system of enlisting "ghosts." It would be idle to pretend that the average young Spanish man-about-town likes
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  • 280 14 Echo of Poisoning Ca<e. At Kingston County Court on Dec. 12th Mrs. Mabel Theresa Jones, formerly of the Blue Anchor, Byfleet, who previously carri_<l on a catering and confectionery business at High Street, Kingston, applied for her discharge m bankruptcy. The Official Receiver
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  • 130 14 Dramatist's Drastic Suggestion. An outspoken attack on the "parsonic" voice was made by Mr. St. John Ervine, the dramatist and novelist, at the Glasgow Musical Festival. "The paisonic voice,* 1 he said, "ought to be punishable by law. Clergymen using the unnatural whining miserable-sinner' tone should
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  • 73 14 Copenhagen. Dec. 9. The Methodist Bishop Bast, who was arrested yesterday m connection with alkged frauds and falsification of accounts, has been remanded m custody for three weeks The bishop's residence and office and also *S0 offices of his accountant and solicitor have been saarched, and four motor
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 481 14 IThe first essential of good health is sound digestion. however, your food does not digest and assimilate, it only causes pain and sickness, creating heartburn and flatulency, palpitation, sour stomach and inevitably causes constipation, headache and nervousness. Nourishment is as Necessary to the human system as fuel is to the
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    • 318 14 $Jm you need Wincan I 2 fS&fljl /^^M'Jfc'M Because Wincarnis offers >„., Tlf v j\ 5 i/^7rß4?^M «trengthto banish your wriX- Tl 1 j( >^»r cw> rich red h,ood to rrm P* impoverished Wood- new nerve fc) 3 V/KW/J U/^t^k force to dispel your n W L*VW*U' i/v/Nfik I depression—
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  • 512 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 1 7th. [Figures m brackets show the issue ralu. i mart e dJ hartJ d U 1 Unl S^Sl K. Kamuntins (10.) 39a 41 Kmta W. (10) 0.30 eJJ* aU Kamuntmjr r<, A, Kuala Lumpur Tin £Sj Kinta Tin Dredges (.<?) (j
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  • 67 15 January. 17. Bank 4 m.s. ou 1/ y cans demand 2 4 5-: v Private credits 3 m.j.. 24 11-10 New Yoik, demand gfi Credits 90 days 'gg France, demand 975 India. T. T. 15 4 Hongkong:, demand i 4 p c Pram. Yokohama, demand 144a Java, demand l__«l
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  • 212 15 January, 17. Tin 225 Tons 8131.50 Gambier 27 50 Pepper White 43.00 Pepper Black 21.50 Flake Tapioca f^f Pearl Sago Small H. 50 Copra 12 28 Copra Sundried 12.50 Opium. Ben rag unt. 4.OUU Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red
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  • 34 15 Singapore, Jan. 17. 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 00 GO 1 Feb-March 00 OO 1 April-June 589 i 59. London Quotation Sheet Is. 5%d Market Steady.
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  • 188 15 LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT. Singapore, Jan. 17. Tin.— C26B. Down IB6e Kubber._ls sd. Unchanged. Conditions m the .share market show no improvement and a further fall mi n the price ot Tin has brought out cheaper sellers m that section. Rubbers nrovido not hin- of interest. Industrials
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  • 169 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore. Jan. 17. Rubber.— Is ."d. Tin.— £26B. i:>l»... 225 urns. Tin again .hows a substantial fall and with rubber unchanged the market remains inactive. Industrials are steady and Loans all offer at somewhat reduced quotations. Rubbers. Quotations unchanged and little business passing.
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  • 264 15 Sees: Sime, Darby Co. (Ipoh). Johan Tin, Dec. returns.- Dredge output 111.51 pkjs. (tables 97.91; puddlera 13.60); Yardage, 52,609; Hours run. 617; Revenue from sale of ore. $9.--064.10; Tribute received $398.60. Sees: Sime, Darby Co. Lingui Tin, 288.00 pks. (Sluicing, 250.12; Tiibute, 37.88). Sees: Sime, Darby
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 417 15 r nwr 55.000.000. 4 Ass< mnn A-wTmw^arw* nanre-*-.^- Assurances m force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD ,)FFICE.-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E C Thc Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the
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    • 407 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880.— Capita] Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Baton* Fund Y. 77,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiva, Esq. DIRECTORS. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi. Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq.
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    • 496 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Inccrporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares £b each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability cf Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Hoilo Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Saigon
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    • 198 15 BANKING. h^S^^haSTi banking corporation (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Honjrkonir Authorised CaDital nun S^ong Issued and fulfv LtA $50,000,000 Reserve Fund Z&^S 2 °*™>™ sterling 4,500,000 Reserve Liability of 'pL J 25 .500,000 COTTRT rZ P ,ct rS 20 000,000 W L vZ DIR ECTORS. HP ww? B tte S
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    • 42 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1888 16 SINGAPORE'S BIG SCORE AGAINST SELANGOR. Visitors' Gallant Recovery. In what wa< one of the nost remarkable UMtcbes that has ever been played between the two M rthern and southern rivals Singapore defeated Selangor at the Stadium on Saturday m the final of the Malaya Cup Competition by
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  • 39 16 Braddell Wins President's Prize. The match for the President's prize, which was postponed from Sunday, Jan. llth., was played on Saturday and resulted m R. L. L. Braddell beating H. R. Nicoll by 5 and 4.
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  • 59 16 During Friday, a bold thief was caught red-handed m St. Andrew's Cathedral, removing cassocks and robes from the vtrstries. The vestry clerk, on returning from tiffin, saw the thief with certain articles over his, arm. He was caught and brought to the' genfk men's vestry, where
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  • 462 16 ALAN L. WINS BIG RACE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Jan. 17. Fine, but warm weather favoured the last day's racing here to day and there was a good attendance. The going was good. At the conclusion of the racing Lady Guillemard presented the prizes. The following were
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  • 200 16 V.M.C.A. Beat R.E. The V.M.C.A. commenced their season on Saturday with a match against the R.E's, played at Pulau Brani. A low-scoring game resulted m a win for the Association by 17 runs. Scores: V.M.C.A. W. Collins b Mills 0 W. A. W. Davidson c Todd b Lomax 3
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  • 462 16 RACE FOR SOMERVILLE BOWL. June Wins on Protest. The race for the Lundon Cup that came off on Saturday afternoon registered a win for Ann (Baker), beating the Marion (Rattray) by seconds only after a brilliant set-to m ideal weather. The last of the series for the Somerville Bowl
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  • 121 16 [Reuter's Service.] Chicago, Jan. 17. Still another world's record has been established, Nurir.i winning the mile and three quartan m 7 mins. .^5 2-5 sees. His nearest opponent was seventy-five yards behind. [A Renter cable from New York, received on Friday, stated: The O'vmpic champion j Munai won
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  • 58 16 The following will represent the S.P.C. I vs. Royal Sussex Regt. to-day on the 'S.R.C. rroundt— JL T. Morrow; E. C. Wheatley and F. Albuquerque; A. F. Johnson. V. C. Westerhout and C. A. Pennefather; L. If. Pennefather. A. W. Moreira, H. G. Stack (Capt.), J. S. De Souxa
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  • 249 16 A large audience- at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night enjoyed every number of a sterling programme which constituted Madeline Rossiter and Co', farewell performance. It is, perhaps, invidious to select special artistes for mention m a company where all reach a high standard of excellence, but it
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 212 16 THE MOUTRIE PIANQ, IS a piano that has been tried and tested always proved satisfactory Call and inspect our stock and let us explain on system of easy payment Prices from $600.00 S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE. THE HOP LEAF m A SIGN of m\ 1 1 ll going to
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