The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 January 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. [0 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925. NO. 11,:)95.
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  • 215 1 The latest move m the Opium Conference is a defence of Persia and a rather hitter attack on I nited States policy Page 9. Native Communists m Java created a disturbance and collision with the police Page 9. Affairs m China are far from settled and the
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  • 1140 1 Hilton's 'morning's incense' one of :he fruits, may be, of his blind years. Perhaps gentle Whittier had that m mind when he sahg: 'The Green earth sends her incense up From many a mountain shrine; From folded leaf and dewy cup She pour her sacred wine." The 'Times,*
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 228 1 v .IXOW AKIELL'S CHERRY RIP^ CAKES GENERAL I WOl RITE SEA VIEW HOTEL. WEDNESDAY, 21*t JANUARY. BATHING. AFTERNOON TIDE. Special Dinner and Cinema. ON THE HOTEL LAWN. Cinema Programme at 9.45 p.m. CITIES OF EASTERN CANADA. FORBIDDEN TRAIL. THE GUIDE. ORCHESTRA. „,1,1, k_,, nations. SARKIES BROTHERS, I, 1 ifl. Proprietors.
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    • 100 1 Bodyguard Soap ANTISEPTIC S^^ *PURIFYISg \tSm\ \-*\j*, ,mj Ii I jiirrinjm^lP -THE PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" SOLE MANUFACTURERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND RACHALS I PLAYER PIANOS $1,650. ENGLISH PLAYER PIANOS MAHOGANY CASE. SPECIALLY BUILT FOR THE TROPICS »1,2Q0. THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY., LTD. OPPOSITE THE POST OFFICE. SINGAPORE (Incorporated
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    • 194 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Lotol <!<»es it Page 12. Hairy Lauder coming— Page 2. More about the Remington— Page 1. All the motor news Pa_r_< 4 and 5. Fresh flowers at the Corona Page 1. Still a chance fjr the $500 pi ize Pajr^ H. Wm. Jacks for the Wizard oil erwine—
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    • 8 1 SWALLOW ARIELI/S CHERRY RIPE CAKES A GENERAL FAVOURITE
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 105 1 THE WEEK. Wedh Mtey, ___>•/. High Water. (..53 a.m.. 8.83 p.m. B. I. homeward mail leav.-. Volunteer L?cture, Drill Hall. 6.30 p.m. Famous Quartette, Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Thursday, 82nd. Hiph Water, 7..~>fi a.m.. 9.40 p.m. Phil Orchestra, Mem. Ball, 5.i0 p.m. Famous Quartette, Victoria Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Friday, 22
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  • 434 2 A huge fine of £25,000 has been impose.! Mrs. Irving Bloomingdale, a woman known m society, on charges of smugjewellery worth E12,000 into Anu 1.t.-c l. s. de V. A. lulius, who gave a interesting lecture at the Drill Hall, Penang, on Monday last on the Gallipoli ling, bas returned
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    • 248 2 ANTISEPTIC~buSTING POWDER FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF PRICKLY HEAT MANUFACTURED BY MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road, SINGAPORE. START THE NEW YEAR AT THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. AND YOU WILL DRIVE AWAY THE OLD YEAR TROUBLES. MMEROUS NEW NIGHTLY ATTRACTIONS AND AMUSEMENTS Admission 20 Cents BOXING SINGAPORE BOXING STADIUM
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    • 286 2 Victoria Theatre. FOUR RECITALS ONLY. WEDNESDAY 21st, THURSDAY 22nd, FRIDAY 23rd SATURDAY 24th JANUARY. Celebrity Tours. THE WORLD-RENOWNED QUARTETTE Dorothy HERBERT 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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    • 266 2 Alhambra From Monday. January 19th, to Saturday, Januar. jnu In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp. A NIP WSCOTCH A 2 Reel Fox Comedy. INTERNATIONAL NEWS William Fox Presents Tom Mj x v SOFT BOILED" In 8 Reel. It has everything including fast action, and has even surprise. It
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  • 549 3 Expelled from Siberia by Bolshevists. Copenhagen, Dec. 1. Csptain Knud Rasmussen, the explorer, nna aftivad m Norway from Alaska, and Ml given further ot tails of the last part Of his three MBA' journey m the- Arctic. As is known, be travelled from Greenland to
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    • 363 3 \Yx 'Ml \w¥ V. *f hrn, h m *F 'W~** -JL, Ip j^—^JeV rN \m 7\^^C^/'X.C 1 X rl AoOmietemma SB v-/"^ #y sp m w .<■ Your Baby needs this famous food only l>ecause the strong and sturdy. This safe, clean h.vcbeen food for Baby is free from the
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    • 27 3 Serjeant-Major Elliot, th. noted fencer ■kill-at-arms champion, received a New Year promotion from the rank- to Lieotl enant and Quarter-master of the Scots I Greys m India.
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    • 294 3 WHITE AWAY S SALE THC CELEBRATED Zg\ 1 REGISTERED. "I /^■t^&OV \'<¥ I JrLlp FAMOUS HOSIERY V I*v/OaJ 9H I APPEARANCE WITH I JA LAD,ES INWA (iUZE I SATISFACTION IN 14 A special line which we are ■Jfjrr m^mw*\Wm I LADIES All tixec m stock. fc^--^^ 7 To he elearad
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  • 486 4 A Curious Effect. Mr. S. F. Edge, who has a positive genius for keeping himself and hv« cars m front of the public by investigations of practical matters of interest to motorists, has passed on from demonstrations of balloon tyres to bursts of the effects of engine braking
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  • 39 4 Mr. W. L. Kitserow, of Kuala Lumpur, drove to Penang and back m his 10. h.p. Swift car during the Christmas holidays* He found all the roads m excellent condition. His car arer&ged nearly fifty miles to the gallon.
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  • 451 4 It was only to be expected that the modern criminal would sooner or later adopt the motor-car as a valuable accessory to his operations. The burglar of to-day m appeal _ir.ce and education bears no resemblance to th. burly, brutal Bill Sikes of a decade
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  • 75 4 When a tyre gradually softens it is reasonable to suspect an air valve leak. In this case turn the wheel so that the stem points downward, remove the cover, but allow the -cap to remain on. Hold a tumbler of water against the rim so that the valve stem is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 wv_lVVW^«vvv__VJV^AV.v.v^■.•w^^ vw.%yA^.wwwwwwvwww*^^ t BUY NOW BUT BUY RIGHT"! aßaaaaß__Bßa_a_M________________a_______________Baaaaaaa____________Ba' R I I Y I ■^■^^■•■aß_____BßßT____a_____________________-___ B a ane__aa._aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB_. m ~n_T!^tt^f mm a m vsf _P_r *JL 'UJir 'II II lvi Lli a_S- r "^^_^____P___P i aII x Jltli i il 'iv. f IL X yffl] C mTAmmW i _a^v IMlillnr'
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    • 83 4 What about the answer to this important The FORD 1-Ton Truck Costs little, is Economical to run, and what is more IT GETS THERE EVERY TIME CHASSIS PRICE $1 150 V^-F JL _3L mmm* 9 \_w* Price on request of ;> Standard Body to suit your business. AmW**\m JaTmmmm****' mS—Amr
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  • 154 5 I, „jent OCCtnn owing to a Y«ry i q| of inexpert drivers. They where their near side wheels •h respect to the edge of the road, m a tight corner they greedily take ai the road width than ..ctuallv requires. nsple tost for the comparative _ak. a car
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  • 106 5 just been issued of wring ears organized m Australia, by the Royal des, which were even complex need to constitute a com- ts ompetit.g into account endurance, ,l >'« fli imption, hiil climbing, at waa from Sydney, Kosciusko, the highest ince of about hill climb the fastest
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  • 51 5 to 10,- 71. (rß Corp. U>get snd four-wheel 1 by public demand, has '"^e ratio of B to 1, they -hHe f..u,-wheel brake's ration of to 1. In Mb are best they almost both uaprmrsmwis. Low mi more popular m hilly 00* braking system is tant m cities
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  • 66 5 of the I> nn e ((f Wal <**** «*aiag, Sir Arthur Wn speech. He d »w_r m the same hall. x the Chinese Minister. »id Z that he ,poke W Arthur "and my ChinesSo neither of v h hr* r th wmrtMfag of BS? ire „i U d think that
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  • 803 5 VITAL PART OF CARS LIFE. Nowadays, when so many people are buying' their first motor car, the question arises as to whether the new owner has been sufficiently instructed m the method of properly handling and caring for his or her car. Automobiles are now being s»»ld
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  • 157 5 As the result of complaints made by road users the police are active against dazzling headlights on cars. Some day, possibly, a really perfect headlamp will be devised which will not only provide the motorist with ample illumination of the road m front of him, but wiH not
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  • 143 5 If the two giants of the automotive industry, the General Motors Corp. and the Foul Motor GQn had pooled their assets on June 30 they would have had a total of £1,151,035,109 dollar--, or about ten dollars S piece for every man. woman and child m the
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  • 123 5 Britain still possesses her wonderful skill m body work, and some of the expensive •it ki.xe cars at the Olympia m London were objects of real beauty (writes an English exchange). The Roils Royce has nov some serious competitors m sheer ex-« pensive efficiency, for both the Lanchester
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  • 47 5 From Northamptonshire comes a story ot a robin which built m the tool-lag of a motor cycle. Just before the nest was completed the owner used his machine for a trip of several miles, but the nest was not deserted, and four eggs were laid shortly afterwards.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 120 5 THE GRAY CAR j ____-____________a____-__-________ J^-\umm*W^^^^^ S a< \my^^-w^rk*m^m\^^mm\ X ""V^BT^VVW-n^^^v-^V [■___!^^^l__HCyK^^"^ I I America's Most Efficient and Popular Car. cat of the day holding THE WORLD'S OFFICIAL RECORD FOR ECONOMY (35 MILES < GALLON). Fitted with Be sch magneto and lighting set. There is ample seating for five persons,
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    • 196 5 THE J MORRIS One-ton Truck ECONOMY IN TRANSPORT II II EQUIPMENT INCLUDES: LUCAS THREE LAMP DYNAMO LIGHTING SET. BULB HORN DRIVING MIRROR NUMBER PLATES SPARE WHEEL AND TYRE 32 x A\ 2 PNEUMATIC TYRES COMPLETE SET OF TOOLS FITTED WITH THE RENOWNED MORRIS OXFORD 13.9 H.P. POWER UNIT. PRICE COMPLET.I
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  • 1623 6 IMPROVED RUBBER OUTLOOK. Reduction m l osts. The twenty-second ordinary general meeting of the members of the Duff Development Company, Ltd., was held on Dec. 19th at Winchester House, Old Broadstreet, E.C, Mr. H. Hubert James presiding. The Chairman: Gentlemen, I have first of all to explain
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  • 82 6 Sixteenth Conviction. Pleading guilty to a charge of theft of 1 $2.20. a middle-aged Malay told the Kuala Lumpur police magistrate on Thursday that I he had had 15 previous convictions. The magistrate: And you came out of prison only three weeks ago? Yes. The complainant, a
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  • 57 6 Nine Arrests m Shanghai. i c T Shanghai, Jan. 9. Six Italians, two Poles and one Russian woman have been arrested m connection with the seizure of a large quantity of counterfeit American twenty dollar notes photographic plates, cameras and other counterfeiting equipment. Their arrest followed the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 232 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. i ~ti ip -a-. fryyfflSpßg 9 V m**\ L" /0 nn mm:iio i f*T '^GJo^k *"•_>» cym^r- J^^^l _^t_3______P^^^ -W* s_ ■i
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    • 162 6 Baby's Health depends principally upon his food which must be of the correct composition and easily j digestible. I HMKCT Aa mmmmmS bmej SkeL hed/i jut a aliotograSk 2_illenburus FOODS m are specially manufactured for infant feeding and long experience has proved that they give the best results m all
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  • 487 7 A I OWN BAND. I m Our Ow.: CortespoMent). Malacca, Jan. 17. 1 til I Malacca unieipal 1 1 held at 2.30 p.n. on In. 'ay Inst bl the Resident Councillor's Ofllce, there lain- present:— The hon'ble Mr. I angham Carter, (President) Dr B. G. Weir, Mr. W.
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  • 371 7 Mile. Vivienm d. Watteville, of Berne, father, the bi_r irame hunter, was attacked and killed by a lion m the Belgian Congo while ht was pursuing: a white rhinogives iurther particulars of the ex-l titioa which led to her father's tragic death la a
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  • 103 7 THE BROWN LIE INCIDENT. London, Jan. 7. The referee m the E'i':!and All Blacks match, Mr. Freethy, has- presented a re t ))rt on ihe Twickenham match to the English IHmby Union. Besides dealing with the Brownlie Incident, he mentions the E"pashman, Edwards, for alleged rouph play. Edwards, interviewed, denied
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  • 136 7 i U. S. NOT BOUND. PRE&IbCXT COOUDGI APPROVES. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Jan. IH. Mr. Hughes, m a statement, says the agreement of the Paris Conference imposed o obligations, legally or morally, on the I United States, which remain^ as free as •ver from Commitment m European matters. j
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  • 353 7 Brisbane, Jan. 19. In .1 speech after turning the first sod of tht new Ky ogle-Sr uth Brisbane Railways, the first phase of a scheme to unify railway jraug.es which it is estimate! will cost 21 millions sterling. Mi. Theodore. Premier of Queensland, suggested that the Commonwealth
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  • 177 7 "A R AS HERRIOT." Paris Students' Anti-Socialist Demonstration. I Paris, Dee. 9. fne Paris students enjoyed a field day yesterday oa the occasion of thc celebration ;.t the So. bonne <•_* the anniversary of the independence of Peru, when they seized the opportunity to express their .pinion < f M.
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  • 247 7 Kilimanjaro's Tee-Cap. A remarkable travel film, "To the lf< antain of Mystery," eras presented at the Philharmonic Hall, London, recently. This picture i the recard of the third expedition since the war of Ratcliff Holmes* ih_ British cine i atograpfaer-explorer, to Centra] Africa. The mountain of mystery
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  • 110 7 In the shale area between Glasgow and Edinburgh, at Grangemouth, Scottish Oils. Limited, have established east refineries. Crude oil brought from the An__lo-Persian Oil C( 'ripany's fields. Is there distilled into P.P. motor spirit for use m vehicle, on ht* road m Scotland. About 10,000 workpeople
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  • 239 7 THE SECOND DOSE. MORE PLATITLDES AT GENEVA[Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Jan. 19. The second Opium Conference was opened by a. long speech from Lord Cecil wherein he expressed the strong views of the Bri tish Government m favour „f practical conclusions. Hy declared th it Bri am decired to end
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  • 244 7 London. Jan. 19. The arrest on Jan. sth. of men and a vomaa alleged to be memoers of an Irish Republican organisation concerned m a plot to blew up vvarships, had a sequel at Bow Stieet to-day when two men were remanded for a week. Jeremiah Joseph O'Leary,
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  • 172 7 Trainer Refuse* to Leave the Den. Boulogne. Dec. 10. A large crowd _>f spectators present at a show at the Kttrsaal In {he Rue Victor Hugo, Boulogne, yesterday, witnessed a thrilling duel between a lioness and her trainer, Dr. Ivanoff. The trainer had been m the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 247 7 ■Business cards mj insolar" cigars hava L- brand m mansions, I quality I' ghEE I -'■••alßd. ft h Road. Ayer St. I HYE m SONSL, High St. 4GRNCIES in>- Chualia St. iXm w 9^ B Pl.a^ > iuf f,,r ,hr n,Mlrated f- rltators* of Musiral fn-truments. SEASON I <>• LTD.
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    • 686 7 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will b^ received at t! Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon o: the 2Kth January, 1925 for the following works:--1. Construction of a Gravel Tennis Court at Mount Rosie; 2. General repairs and limewashinj; to the Assistant Surgeon's Quarters, Hospital Avenue. C_erv Ho spital; 3. C.ne:_.l
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    • 592 7 1 NOTICES. SCHAFER COMPANY, LTD. RUBBER MERCHANTS. Notice is hereby ojven^ that the mboT* Company was incorporated m Singapore- <»n l Jth January, 1925, with Registered Office at Union Building, Sth Floor, Collyer Quay. SINGAPORE rHA.iI.ER oi COMMERCE RUBBBI ASSOCIATION. NOTICE is hereby given that owing to Satur. day, 24th
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  • 32 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. LEYH At tho General Hospital Singapore, Monday, J_.ni_u.ry 19th, 1925. Justine Patricia, daughter of Mrs. Leyh and Paymaster SubLieutenant S. G. H. Leyh, Royal Naval Reserve, (latS Royal Navy).
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  • 720 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1925. Cinderella. We have not been accustomed to look upon Mr. Theodore, the Premier of Queensland, as a constructive statesman of high ability, for his chief policy of a few years back alarmed financial circles and definitely alienated the sympathy of sober business circles
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  • 1424 8 The annual open prize meeting; of the Malacca Volunteer Corps Battalion Rifle Association will be held on February 21st. ar.d 22n I Mr. F. F. Mair, partner In the firm of i Osbome and Chappel. Ipoh, who returned to Malaya only recently, sailed for home on Saturday from Penanir. Members
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  • 123 8 MOHAMEDA* ll:| v I I i.h- hear! >-v !>• sns m the Sup? i I of case bi which v. I to-do landi Msagoff snd four uth. V Mercantile Press, foi E An application by m, east against Urn ft defendants, bas B The proceedingi B and tin
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  • 194 8 a lllage Fight M (By Courtesy of the Nam. I Xk-hi Shimbunshs.) X Jdn I Over a hundred per- I have been wounded B serious conflict between vi Strata m Glioma Prefo V Suihei-sha (the water level is alleged that the latter. X ir. number indignant mra H
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  • 169 8 Prince Adds Is Csllsctlss si N I Sir Harry Lauder's r I lof walking sticks hss I gift from the Prince of wa I desciibed as "The crook< world."' While this may i I true, as tho Lauder col! 'ctioi I number remarkable for their n.'ituril cflSj*
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  • 56 8 The new Union Jack I I North Bridge R« I. <• PP I li. Cathe I has jrst been completed s I opei ed by His Excellei I Laurence G dllemei I day. .Januar- 27th. I Invited as i I but If any ha, I- ped that
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  • 94 8 By the arresting snd kidnapper, the < ai has been solved li man named Lum H certain bandit chief of tl S trict to kidnap worn n ai I offering them smployiW them to the bandits' ti were held for ransom. *^i*** 11m traces of the missing kidna
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 128 8 L^H, THE CONNOISSEUR M COMES TO JJ CALDBECKS fk. Jas- COUTTS U Cos. >*# j SI PERIOR LONDON m OLD TOM WN I lr fc ZJ? SOLE IMPORTERS Caldbeck, Macgregor 8 Company, Ltd. (Incorporated m Snanghai.) Robinson Road. Tel< phone No. 228. NEW SHIPMENT. I (E\: s.s. "PRESIDENT HARRISON GRAPEFRUIT,
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    • 26 8 r h WE HAVE READY STOCKs 01 Champagne Mercier (extra dry) Anjou Sparkling Wines Burgundy Wines Bordeaux Wines DUPIRE BROTHERS. I 1 BLACK WHITE —j WHISKY
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  • 97 9 I PERSIA* POSITION. I J.l' (KHMISM OF AMERICA. n.,.:'- Service^ H London. Jan. 20. H restrici consumption H m of opium, is H I mold Wil- Tina which he H i trj OkU been H fal m r cent years, but piUH tiade m H and one- Sir
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  • 46 9 CHINA THE STUMBLING BLOCK. f Ri it __Vrvice. Bctllty owing to ►1 Straits snd India, the thai the key v jrh China. It adds has bei a griev- the production and n m China, where unruly 1 the culti- ■•'•>• they obtain- npl( f i paying their
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  • 131 9 I [R Sendee.] I OelKi. Jan. 20. pened m state I secfa which welI f prominent Afghan B sroiy manoee_rraa, B f the friendly relations R Amir of Afghanistan. H ation oi Waxiristan to India's excellent lid then wa.- markW economic conditions H I decided to
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  • 97 9 E rvice] Mosc.u Jan. 20. of the Communist Kdution eoneerning •_> f V UnaeUW, received Trctlky's statement lunist Party executive that he favoured a retied Lenin. Far refractory to discipline he was > t**k imposed by i I discussions ncccs*ed of the post of -..uncil.-A reeoluth« meeting affirmed
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  • 12 9 I, ".of*. F.M.S.R. ha Ku.,,, Krau (Pahan X X M >tatod week,
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  • 116 9 COMMUNIST DISORDERS. i POLICE Omen ASSAULTED. [Aneta Service.] Weltevreden, Jan. 20. At a tumultuous meeting of native Communists at Bandoeng, the speaker, Soetan Djenain, made a seditious speech. A police C .mmissary demanded his arrest and grasped Soetan by the arm, whereupon there was an uproar by the
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  • 62 9 [Aneta Service.] Weltevreden, Jan. 20. Messages from Peking report that the Increasing gravity of the situation at Snanghai is viewed with considerable apprehension m foreign cirvle_ as a result of the despatching of additional troops to the south by the Peking Government to resist iv operations
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  • 91 9 [Havas Agency.] Paris, Jan. 20. AM c! Krim, chief of tbe Riff tribesmen, interviewed by a special correspondent of le Journal, expressed his earnest desire to reach an agreement with France, whom he Considers to be the queen of Islam, because I she helps and
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  • 119 9 [Reuter's .Service.] Paris, Jan. 20. According to the newspapers M. Herriot, conversing with M. Kra^sin yesterday, characterised the lecen: Rvkoff statement that French loan- to Russia were Imperialistic and couid not be repaid, as an interference m French internal affairs and a breach of the Soviet's undertaking.
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  • 41 9 TReuter's Service.] Perth, Jan. 20. .Mr. Collier. Premier of Western Australia, m a speech before leaving for London said it would be a positive danger for half of the great continent of Australia to remain unoccupied.
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  • 72 9 [Reuter's Service. l Paris, Jan. 20. Tht Governmental bloc has received a set-back m losing a by-election for first time since the general elections last May. The opposition candidate m the Loire et Cher Department, who was heavily defeated m May, turned the the tables on ni-
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  • 57 9 [Havas Acrency.] Paris. Jan. 20. M. Herriot having: gathered m his private room at tht Quai d'Orsay the controllers appointed to superintend the accounts of every Government service, impressed upon them that they must do their utmost to cut down public expenditure and authorize only indispensable
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  • 873 9 MICH NEEDED BUILDING COMPLETED. Nearly twelve months have elapsed) since, on a comparatively small plot ol land at Police Bahru m North Bridge Read. His Excellency Sir Laurence Guillemard laid the foundation stone ot the new tfnlon Jack Club. Within the next week tre commodious building, v.hich
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  • 100 9 Looking for Work m K. L. Hugo Schilling was produced before the Kuala Lumpur police magistrate on Monday on a charge of having been found m a drunk and incapable condition m public. He pleaded guilty. The magistrate: Are you out of work? I have applied to
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  • 503 9 SEQUEL TO CONSTABLE'S DEATH. i lal of Chinese Desperado. The shooting affray which followed the arrest early m November of a Chinese washerman and the discovery m his possession of six Mauser pistols and anumtunition which he had just purchased from a seaman on the German steamer, Coblenz,
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  • 274 9 Verdict of Culpable Homicide. The details of the brutal double murder and lobbeiy, which was committed m a Chinese house off Changi-road on Christmas Eve. were disclosed before the Coroner during the holding of the inquest concerning the death of the Chinese man and his wife who
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  • 144 9 The police have succeeded m effecting the arrest of several persons who are a'leged to have had m their possession some of the one -dollar notes printed at the bungalow m Paya Lebar. Some short time back a Chinese was arrested m Victoria Street
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  • 43 9 The engagement is announced and the marriage will take placo shortly of Mr. Yeoh Teck Soo, senior assistant, St. John's Institution, and eldest son of Towkay Yeoh Kirn Swee, to Miss Mary Chin, of the Convent. The parties are well-known m Kuala Lumpur.
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    • 124 9 I CHINESE NEW YEAR. I CHOCOLATES. 1 lb. IVi lb. 3!bs. "REGENT" Chocolates $1.85 $2.75 $5.50. l'/ 2 lb. 31b. 4 lbs. "BROOKLYN" $3.75 $7.25 $10.50. WALNUTS. ALMONDS. BRAZIL. HAZEL NUTS. 70 cts. lb. a Muscatel Clusters Shelled Jordan Almonds $1.25 per 1 lb tin. $1.75 per 1 lb tin.
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    • 772 10 STEAMER SAILINGS blueTOnnel 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 Pointe. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. PYRRHUS Amsterdam,
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    • 491 10 STEAMER SAILINGS EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VTA 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
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    • 588 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m 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). oOUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and A-*.* Due
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  • 966 11 A COMMUNIST TOOL. It seem* clear that the Russian Baltic Fleet— which though but a remnant of the old Imperial Fleet is still by far the strongest force m those waters— is being employed m support of the Soviet Government's policy of "frightfulness" against the Border States.
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  • 33 11 The Perak Criminal Assizes commence on Monday, the 19th inst. There are •eventeen cases so far on the calendar, four of which sre murder, one gang robbery charge and one of alleged forgery.
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  • 1159 11 "STOP THE SINGAPORE SCANDAL." Mr. John Albion writes m the Sunday Pte4or ial: The announcement m the King's Speech that the Government propose to go m with th- construction of the projected new naval base at Singapore, which was topped by the Mac Donald Administration. has caused dismay among advocates
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  • 179 11 (By Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Jan. 17. Mr. Yoshisawa, although confine<l to bed from his recent accident, has conferred with Bf. Kaiakhan who visited the former. Another Big Fire m Tokio. Over three hundred houses have been demolished by a fire which occurred at Tanaka-cho
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    • 249 11 lumbago mied nuM oi' humm ot DrWitl'l Pillsa.Pl e*otmS ZU perm«nfn< baeMM I „.Mi.d\ tin- cauje of roablc. pxperienoe «*f Mrs. TZonls l ,roof o( tnfthe remedy, »'«t ben was a r Wrftini fmm 18, Num.. ton, .Mrs. Wykes 9 r .1,, p.4.n^ m my l»»<k and loin.. ilmi Ml
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    • 470 11 |lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHM^ A NOVEL COMPETITION PRIZES vPl S V/l/U PRIZES NO ENTRANCE FEES. I mw^ mm LJ UJ l rv I,_r1 r > SS •mmm c g 1 Prize of $500 $500 2 Prizes of $100 each 200 §jj S 4 Prizes of 25 100 s H 20 Prizes of 10
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  • 84 12 The British steamer Seattle arrived here from L. Marques on Monday with a cargo of coal. Two launch helmsmen were charged m the Marine Court yesterday with failing to keep free passage for ether boats off Johnston's Pier. It was p :nted out by Inspector Higgins, of the
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  • 165 12 C. P. R. PURCHASE. Deep-Sea Tugboat for Coast Service. A new deep-sea tug has been purchased by the C.P-R. to replace the Nitinat, now known as the Salvage Chief, which was sold to the Pacific Salvage Company, last summer. The name of the new tug is the St. Florence, and,
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  • 128 12 The Master of the Borneo has reported to the Hongkong Harbour Office that the Amherst is at Hoihow, and has become a Chinese gunboat. The Amherst is a vessel with a history. The vessel, 241 tons net, was built m 1886 by Messrs. Blackwood and Gordon at Glasgow.
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  • 88 12 To Visit Vancouver. Official advice has been received m Vancouver by the Japanese Consulate to the effect that the Japanese training squadron, comprising the Llzuma. flagship, Yakumo and Asama, will arrive there on February 2. and remain at Esquimalt for four days, sailing on February 6 for
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  • 77 12 Replaced by Tyndareus. When the Blue Funnel liner Protesilaus arrives on December 21. says the Daily Colonist (Vancouver), of Date ia.fr 14, it will be the last appearance of this vessel here for some time, as orders have been issued at the head office of the company
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  • 65 12 Washington, Dec. 29. It is understood that Stanley Dollar, steamship owner, has made an offer to purchase the ten President ■teaman plying between Seattle, San Francis, o and the Orient. Mayor J amies Rolph of San Francisco has offered to purchase five, while H. M. Gleas-on of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 541 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known fteamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) •nd MONTORO (5,000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest snd finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins #c Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 227 12 THE EAST ASIATIC CO. LTD. (Incorporated m Denmark). MS. "FIONIA" Due here 18th February taking cargo for Genoa, Hamburg and Copenhagen and with transhipment to all other Scandinavian ports. Excellent passenger accommodation with separate bathroom to each cabin available. Ports of disembarkation Genoa or London. For further particulars please apply
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    • 142 12 No fewer than 35 drivers of hire and private motor cars were brought before the Ipoh magistrate on Wednesday to answer charges of breaches of the motor regulations. They were all convicted and fined. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. (Companies Incorporated m Germany.) The undernoted are the Companies intended fixtures.
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    • 546 12 <f( "Insects cannot live where LOTOL is **k*m\ H << f One Certain 1 c( 1 Core >) m FOR^UJMSECT PE3TG \W^- I iO ■"wf^ LOTOL DESTROYS I S-^Vlßfvi M) MOSQUITOS. ASTS, I f (C Mi FLEAS. FLIES, MOTHS. tf\|\ 'f> A 1 >lX COCKROACHES, ?VA-' It, f S 9
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 717 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. P. Sambu, Tongkai, Moeaia-Saba and Djambi Singkep 9 a.m Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Cucob and Pontian Hong Soon 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Belawan, Port Said and Amsterm i &m Sembilan 10 a.m. Saba and Djambi Toh
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    • 638 13 STEAMER SAILINGS |0. S. K. Line. H lunation* Steamera. Arr. Dept. ■llTff Rotterdam, Antwerp, I H m a Y,,lon_bo, Aden and Port I B*"""' Amazon Maru Feb. 6 Feb. 7 York n» S»n Francisco, Psnama Havre Maru from Kobe Feb. II) I Skes Bay (Port Elizabeth), H^T.-un. Ki-..' Santos and
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    • 428 13 STEAMER SAILINGS -jfejL.. Round-the-World 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 m 110
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    • 798 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST UNE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD i BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT 22 U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA April and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulars apply
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  • 908 14 THE FASCINATION OF SPRINGS. When streams are turbid, and fields miry, there is a double attraction m the clearness of a well-fed spring. Natural fountains are not found m every parish, for much spring water feeds rivers imperceptibly beneath the surface; and both among the hills and m
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  • 23 14 Four police officers m Calcutta have been ordered to stand their trial for alleged fabricating of false evidence m the cocaine possession prosecution.
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  • 730 14 SIR LEE STACK'S LAST REPORT. Sir Lee Stack's "Report on the Finances, Administration, and Condition of the Sudan m 1923" was issued recently as a White Paper. The report is dated from Khartum en June 19 last and is addressed to Lord Allenby, as High Commissioner.
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  • 135 14 Frank Dempsey, Australia's leading lightweight jockey, rode 3 winners and one second at Moonee Valley m one afternoon recently. He leaves for England this month. His record this season is 27 wins The West Australian Derby at the Christmats meeting of the W. A. T. C. was
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  • 951 14 THE DIRECTORS NOT FREE FROM RESPONSIBILITY. To the Editor of the Singapore Free Pres< Sir, The circular i^ued a few days ago to shareholders of Malayan Collieries, Ltd., and signed "Malayan Collieries, Ltd., Hy. D. Brown. Secretary" (vhich does not indicate very clearly who is responsible for it)
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  • 40 14 Tuesday, Jan. 20th.— Signalling Class, Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. Musketry Class S.V.C. Drill Hall at 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22nd. -Band Practice, Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. Fwday, Jan. 23rd.— Musketry Claas, S.V.C. Drill Hall at 5 p.m.
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  • 440 14 "■VAI. Hh..?^.^ (From Our (hi L 1 ft I ADthele.din I garnet last eek. X that the met inf Wk> F.V.'* i.nd Royal B provide H time th. fl correct, but m th< I g<»w player. I ultimately ian < H Glasgow ba. ks had Hi runs. The
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  • 97 14 List* tiers- In Who Do Not I Radio broadcast ii an end- at lea-* th* [remoter, is concerned Por the last thr c bone title boa fought before tha n in<__ to listen rs I the shouts of the [dainly distinguisl i I" described the contests, snd
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  • 72 14 rori. Mr. Owen D. V< America.* representative*. Committee speaking St a I j- i fin it Hnt*' dinner here, praised v advancing money for Gei notwithstanding the eompet goods. "Great Britain." he dc-lar when there was great unc n:i country, and when her gl suffering from serious depreM
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    • 337 14 WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles Marine Engines >\ AO Farts Standard and Inter changeable. If American Bosch Magnetos impulse coupling. II fUnr .th Moils. Fn j'nti trt mide with tht praniton of witch. all parts balanced. rllminatiDt Tlbratloo aad frlct. m. Mora po«M with leas
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  • 315 15 ANNUAL MEETING. The twelfth ordinary general meeting of Simp«D Valley Hydraulic Mines, Limited, was held at the officei of tho Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, yesterday. Those present were Mr. Chew Woon Poh Chairman, Mr. John Mitchell, Mr. H. L. Watkins. Mr. Cooke Yarborough, and Mr. P. X.
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  • 264 15 The following is the fifteenth yearly re_y it cf the Directors to the shareholders of the above Company to he presented at the annual meeting on Jan. 2^th: at Derrick and Company's office at noon. Your Directors beu to submit the Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account
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  • 34 15 Yesterday's Alterations. K. Kamunting (10s) 40s fid 41s fid ex. all. Kinta Tin Dredges fiT 71 Pcngkaien (£1) 14.7:, 15.25 x .d. C. A. Ribeiro and Co. (10) B. To ««_^r.
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  • 22 15 One of the greatest mistakes a woman can make is to think she can reform a man after marriage. The Hammersmith Coroner.
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  • 70 15 January 20. Bank 4 m.s. 2 |4 7-32 Pank demand 214 Private credits 3 m.s. L> 21-32 New York, demand fam Credits 90 days anu *s r ranee, demand 975 India, T. T. Hongkong, demand J£ p. c p r m Yokohama, demand 1 4 1 1 Java, demand
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  • 209 15 January 20. Tin 175 Tons $131.50 Gambier 27.50 Pepper White 4100 Pepper Black 21.00 Flake Tapioca 700 Pearl Sago Small H.SU Copra 12.25 Copra Sundried 12.50 Opium, Ben;. res unt. 4. 000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Fagle .Old) 375 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New.
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  • 35 15 Singapore, Jan 20, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 58% 58%; Feh-March 57% 68; April-June 56% 57; July-Sept. 56% 56%. London Quotation Shee r ls. 5*4.1. Market Easier.
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  • 206 15 Lord Inchcape on i.s Effect on our Trade. Viscount Inchcape, m his address as chairman at the eighty-fou.Th annual masting of the P. and O. Company m London saiil that when some Dominion and foreign G' vemmenta had rid themselves of the incubus ol Stateowned vessels the public
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  • 117 15 FRASER'S REPORT. Singapore. Jan. 21). Rubber.— ls 5%d Tin 1.263 sa. l:;i 50 17i> tons. With Rubber down agftffl and Tin onl )s up conditions m the ...aie market remain depressed and business is on a very restricted scale. Rubber shares are entirely neglected. Among: Tin stocks
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  • 181 15 M ACPHAIL CO. LT D'S REPORT. Singapore. Jan. 20. Rubber.— London is ..'*<.. Easier. Local •>* lin.— London £26:; ss. Local 131%. i::, tons sold. Rubbcra.— Weaker. .lining.— Kinta Dredges have buyers at rO and sellers at 72. Ifambaus are weaker With sellers at 1.02 buy. is 98. Petalingare quoted
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  • 157 15 Singapore, Jan. 20. Tta— £263 ss. Up sa. Local 17.". ton. at 1o 1 g Rubber.— ls sttd. Down S4<L Conditions m the ..hare market remain depressed and business is on a restricted Scale. Rubber shares attract no attention. offering at slightly easier quotations. The •mh.
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  • 192 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (L. K. Macphail). Singapore, Jan. 2<>. Ri rbber.— Is r>vi. 5& Tin.— £263 5s. 181%. 1715 tons. The cabled price of tin shows imsll sdvance hut rubber Is sgain marked down v*d. Inactive conditions »till prevail in the market and business in all section* is dirtiCttlt
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  • 114 15 Sees: Rennie. Lowick md Co. Pundut, 22,220; Bintang, 11.700; Pelepa i Valley. .0.000; K<»ta Tmggi. 21,500; Siginting, 14,000; Clovelly, 5.500; Burma. is.no. Sees: Guthrie Co. (Penang). R.'mmg Tin. output for i'nd half of Dec. Dredge No. 1 00 pks; No. 3 251 pk.>. Approximate total outffc.l
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  • 25 15 Ccmmon sense is undefmable. The only thing that may be said of it with certainty is that it is nett common. kittle Rock Arkansas Gazette.
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    • 362 15 over 55.000.000. ls mnn nnnim r*Anm_nnaT m Assurances m force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) BEAD FR n heSte f° U S i nga P° re LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. TIH Compwy ha* i 20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court
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    • 428 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4.500,000 t> t Siher $25,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairman, i IL P. White, Esq., Deputy Chairman. B.
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    • 487 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Inccrporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares ff 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 Tpoh Saigon
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    • 132 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. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Incorporated m the United
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  • 567 16 AUSTRALIA ON TOP. Rvder and Ponsford's Fine Hitting. [Reuter's Service.] Adelaide. Jan. 20. The weather continued fine for the fourth day of the third test match but there was a small attendance, only 8,000 being present. The wicket which had lasted well is beginning to show signs
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  • 65 16 The men's medal for -January, resulted as follows: The tie must be played off before January 26th. Lieut. A. E. Barlow, 88 18 70 R. C. Gi^Kins, 88 18 TO I. S. Law. 88 18 70 Major H. C. Harrison, 82 8 74 P. H. Battishill, 88
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  • 122 16 The City of Paris has just opened a competition, with 50,000 francs m prizes, io order to find the best means of preventing all the saucepans m the kitchen jingling whenever a heavy lorry or an omnibus parses m the street. It is hoped to discover some kind of shock
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  • 1518 16 Favoured with large entries, fine weather! for the actual racing, and a distinct desire on the part of some owners to recoup themselves for losses caused by abstention from Singapore, the Penarg Turf Club held a highly successful four day meeting last week which, financially, should be a
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  • 44 16 HOME FOOTBALL. [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. IH. In the English Cup replay Can lli AT beat Darlington by 2 goals to nil at Liverpool. In the soccer trial mutch the South beat the North by 3 goals to 1 at Chelsea. w
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  • 356 16 The horse and pony grif.iy for the Spring meeting of the Turf Club were drawn for yesterday with the following result. Horse Griflins. 1. Bay Gelding 6yr.. by Ponzano— Priscilla by Footbolt M. A. Namazie. 2. Ches. Gelding 6 yrs, by Cunieforra— Meevah by Bundoo!;— Chartered Bank
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  • 28 16 The result of the January ladies spoon >s a win for Mn ~H. J. G. Blits with a score cf 40 12 37 n ;t.
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  • 825 16 WHY JUDGMENT WENT AGAINST PLAINTIFF. Mistook Assizes for Civil Court. A curious explanation that the judgment was given against him by Mr. Justice Bar-ntt-Lennard while he was waiting m the other Court, where the Assizes were being held, for his case to come on there, was put
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  • 106 16 Programme of drills up to and for 25th. instant. Wednesday, 6\30 p.m.. Drill Hall, All ranks, S.V.C, and friends. Ladies invited. Lecture by Captain R. W. Russell, subject: "The Japanese Army." Friday, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Officers and N.C.Os, Eurasian Company, Guard Mounting; 5.0 p.m., Johnston's Pier,
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  • 30 16 In connection with the murder of Miss Oleson, at Shanghai, two men have been sentenced Ho be shot, one man to ten years) imprisonment and one to three years' imprisonment.
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    • 372 16 THE I MOUTRIE^^JANO. I IS a piano that has been tried and tested I always proved satisfactory Call and inspect our stock and let us explain n I system of easy payment I Prices from $600.00 I S. MOUTF^^ Ltd. I SINGAPORE. I g"2 THE HOP LEAF I M A
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