The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 February 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1925. NO. 11,404.
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  • 195 1 A delicate situation has been created owing to the expulsion of a Greek Patriarch by the Turkish Government I'age The Japan-Soviet agreement seems likely to cause trouble unless Japan is firm with her Bolshevik partner Page 9. The Feb.-April exportable quota of rubber from Malaya has been
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  • 1291 1 "Oh. True Believers! to travellers and wayfarers be ye kind." Al Koran. Mr. Smew, Secretary of the Anti-I)ance and Whist Drive Society, being: overworked and suffering from a relaxed throat, had been granted by hj 9 Committee a week's have of absence from duty, and this grace
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 288 1 UTAIXOW ARIEKL-S cK BRY Wl CAKES KSERAL I WOIKITE HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. ST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. K\er\ Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.— On Sunday Nights at 9.30 p.m. R^° M SARKIES BROTHERS, \d joining the Diningroom. Open from 8.00 a.m. to
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    • 206 1 "TEETH LIKE PEARLS" AGENTS:— WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. (Incorporated in England). g Terms Ala carte, cr Inclusive vCV GRILL yS <sp, Europe ROOM <fr ORCHESTRA PLAYS yS C\* MGHTLY DURING yS S^V DINNER. yr AFTEK DINNER DANCING y/ >^ EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. Tt ensure the further Comfort of
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    • 125 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. "Hollywood" is coming! Page 2. Latest sailings >;i pages 10. 12 an<! IS. Sale notices, Estat. and Trust Agencies— Page 7, Whitemway'i olftr special sale l>ar«rains Pag*. 1. Robinson's have Rlissardeen raincoats Pagt 8. Stupendous forth fo:ninir attraction at i*alia-.huin paye 4. John Little and Co. arc sole
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    • 8 1 SWALLOW ARIELL'S CHERRY RIPE CAKES A GENERAL FAVOURITE
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    • 107 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 2nd. Hi^h Water, 4.39 a.m.. 5.49 p.m. Legislative Council. 10.30 a.m. French outward mail arrives. Harry Lauder, Vic. Theatre, 9M p m. Tiicsdfttf. 3/*«Z. Hiph Water, 5.33 a.m.. 7.21 pm. Harry Lauder, Vic. Theatre, i'.SO p.m. Wed* ttday. 4th. High Water, 6.29 a.m.. 8.35 p.m. t B.
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  • 153 2 Lord Darling and Counsel in the King'i Bench on Dec. IS. are not the only people confused by the difference between the reive title> of Prince, and Emir. A Prince, in the Near East, even ain the Occident, is a male member royal family. Emir Is purely
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  • 86 2 St. Thomas, whose festival is placed on the shortest day to punish his unbelief, shares tht date with his militant namesake. Thomas a Beeket. whose spectre can be atcn occasionally in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. It is a real ghost, and has been photographed, one snapshot
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  • 72 2 A>re 14: Weight 31 2 Stone. Paris, Dec. 21. Menage from Snbles-d*Olonne, <>n the Biscay coast, states that b<>y afttcd 14, name Pan! Merlaud, livinjr i;i the Ven- village of Bernardiere, when weiirhed on hii recent birthday wu foaad to top the icala at 200 kilograaunes,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 195 2 "AGNESIA" ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER FOR THE CURE AND PREVENTION OF PRICKLY HEAT MANUFACTURED BY MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD~ Owin^ to unprecedented success the present attractions are being continued. ADMISSION 20 cents. Sunday: Feb. 1. DAYLIGHT FIREWORKS. Wed. Thurs. Feb. 4 5. WOXOSORO CHARITY
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    • 199 2 SEASON POSITIVELY CLOSES WEDNESDAY NIGHT VICTORIA THEATRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT. at 9.30 E. J. CARROLL Presents THE WORLD'S GREATEST ENTERTAINER Sir HARRY LADDER Together >vith a Company of I INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS 44 A Real London Show" Prices Stalls and Circle 85 Gallery $2 COMING NIBELUNGEN A Geiman Screen Adaptation
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    • 340 2 Alhambra. From Saturday, 31st January, to Thundai ltk r l!n I "thruary In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp THE WALL NUT l Ree! Star Comedy. TOPICAL BUDGET A POWERFULLY DRAMATIC AND APPEALING Nm, IT LS A J. STUART BLACKTONVITAGRAPH si>k< i with an unusually strong cast of note
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  • 483 3 iMjjrm.ov for November, sayi Burnsing article; i ung man. on ng life. The ion, calls his ,1 especially Ministry sf nee he at- onal death i. thai nsw ■to the world and all r a1 the bsm rts that hid life after and he increasingly tannot
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  • 867 3 LluUetH and Blowh. The fact of the closing down of a newt- i pap«r is in itself, I suppose, an indication that it is unwanted. But even the most Unworthy of us expect stray tear to maiv our passing, and, to journalists at least, the
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  • 1061 3 STKANGE EVOLUTION OF TERMS. Popular vs. Academical. The relation of slang: to speech may not inhaptly be compared to the relation of salt to food. When Vaemion is paid to the need for observing due proportion, it is stimulating and improving; on the other hand,
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    • 306 3 USE: BRITISH Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Sole Distributing Agents: Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penangr, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. > -n^n^_H_nD____i__E_H6 _A I __^K M __R 9 < —B_9 _93^Bv __^_l _^___^_^B^^_^_l _IB
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    • 29 3 CHINESE NEW YEAR SALE. FOR TWO WEEKS ONLY. iß^^Bwfl ZEISS TESSAR LENSES ISfe^^S^^^?-^ we are offeri nR a few M° dels at SINGAPORE STUDIO PHOTO CO. 195, ORCHARD ROAD
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  • 43 5 Open Mixed Doubles Mr. and Mrs. Dando vs. Migor Watson and Mrs. Sayers. I Gentlemen's Open Singles Dando vs. Du .an. j Another picture of Mr. and Mrs. Dando a\d Major Watson and Mrs. Sayers. j I
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  • 686 5 HEAD MASTERS' TILTS AT OLD METHOD. Cambridge, Dee. 22. The Head Masters' Conference at their annual meeting which opened at' Cambridge his afternoon under the presidency of Dr. Cyril Alington, head master of Eton, passed a resolution welcoming the indication in the Board of Education
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  • 138 5 A. S. M. Hutchinson's jiovel, If Winter Comm, was the best seller of its year and s ttfll in large demand. The film presented by William Fox, which was considered the best production of the year, caused .Mr. Hutchinson to cable saying that it was .in absolutely
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    • 376 5 [Cooking S Economy I Gas Cookers, Geysen and other sas appliances na y bo hired from ihe (ias Department at reaBtnabk rates. No charge will be made for fixing such appliances in houses where £as is in use or which are within fifty feet of a gas main. For further
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    • 303 5 H Remember Wincarnis is a positive 11 Nervous or Run-down I Wincarnis is not a luxury it is a positive necessity to all who arc Weak, or Anaemic, or Nervous, or Run-down. Because Wincarnis exercises an extraordinary power in promoting New Strength and New Vitality. And this is the reason:
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  • 695 6 BEHIND THE SCENES AT CRIMINAL COURTS. Father of Lady Churston Retires. Worthing, Dec. 21. My afternoon has been spent with the man who has heard more death sentences than any other person in England to-day. He is Mr. Alfred Smither, father of Lady Churston who
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  • 145 6 A Canadian's Success. Twenty-eight silver foxes, from Prince Edward Island, were landed from the White Star-Dominion liner Canada ait Liverpool on Dec. 22. The consignment was made to Mr. A. E. Jarvis, of the Silver Fox Farm, Limited, Ben Bhraggie, Sutherland, who took delivery of
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  • 616 6 INDUSTRIAL STUDENTS TO TRAIN ABROAD. Anonymous Gift to Bradford. Bradford, Dec. 23. The members of the Council of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce had a pleasant surprise to-day, when tha president announced the receipt by the Chamber of a gift of £40,000, the interest of which
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  • 119 6 Egyptian Prince's Expedition. Cairo, Dec '-'->. Prince Kemmal-ed-din Hussein left Egypt to-day at the head of an expedition into the Libyan desert with the object of discovering wells which will render possible the opening of the desert to camel transport. The Prince last ye^.r led an
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  • 109 6 Remarkable Claim by a French Amatear. Paris, Dec. 14. "Hello! 4 A A Bell of Palmerston, New Zealand, speaking. Congratulations to French and British wireless amateurs for their splendid performances." The above message was heard by M. J. L. Menars, of Pau, France, last night. The
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    • 154 6 ABRAMS' MOTOR 3, Penang Lane f New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 mm* Ji* the purity is maintained. IW||l B S^ V* Scotch YY HISKY WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS, LTD., GLASGOW AND LONDON AgenU: Messrs Adamson G'lfillan Co., Ltd. Singapore. Straits Settlement*. After all— the charm that outshines
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    • 14 6 TRANSPORT CO. TELEPHONE 3140. per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi.
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    • 612 6 %SLdw'>y/rf///4fo^ The PrimEu-y Causes of Most 111-health. Carelessness about one's personal condition is the cause of much of the distress and the source of a large part of the serious complaints which to-dav contribute to ill-health. Constipation is at the bottom of nine-tenths of all the ailments from which we
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  • 125 7 WAR DEBTS. A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING" [R< i.j.v's Service.] Washington. Jan. 31. OB the occasion of the official presentation of his credentials M. Daeschner. the 1 new French Ambi. a<' r, declared; inter alia, that rVaaeo-Ameriean wartime kuoperatiea should Ik irtfdtj to the payment of material debts as
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  • 471 7 I 1 "indun. Jan. 30. Though he denies knowledge of the aetioa of the Army r.uthorities in conjunction with the railway <.<mnanits for the nv.uitnent of railway lvstrvists. Mr. Stephen Walsh, in a letter to Sir Arthur Ihndeison on Jan. Bth., published by the Trades Union Congress and
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  • 191 7 The colossal demand for whisky emanat'nir from the West Indies, the Bahamas, .1 Mexico, whence large supplies pass into the United States, is threatening home consumers with a famine. In face of the diminishing supplies of manured whiskies, the demand from across the Atlantic is very hag?.
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  • 19 7 Mr. P. R. Tudor Owen's appointment as Chief Police Officer. Johore Bahrn, is resetted with effect from Dec. 29.
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  • 142 7 U. S. SENSATION. A BRIBE CONSPIRACY. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Jan. 30. Gaston Means, an ex-agent of the Department of Justice and Thomas B. Fekfcr, his attorney, have leer, convicted en a charge of conspiracy to bribe a .Government official In connection with the "glass coffin" fraud
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  • 362 7 Paris. Jan. 30. The French court has refused to prant the extradition of Captain Arthur [A.D.C. to Sir Hari Sinjrh, the Mr. A. of the recent sensational blacknii.ilinu ease] basing its du-ision upen the French Statute of Limitations. Paris. Jan. 30. Captain Arthur is
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 450 7 i BUSINESS CARDS. PlMic Send for the Illustrated g o 't.ineue of Musical InstrumenU. Ut SEASON CO., LTD. ill nnd 113, North Bridge Road. ■■■am ->^»nn««»»in»»inn>#<«»- MANILA CIC.AR. 0^- |fj| "l.a Insular" cigars have n h,. aseepeai brand in mansions, ]ü bs and hot.N where highest quality man ded. Obtainable
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    • 34 7 An echo of the great earthquake in Japan is furnished by the announcement el a sale to dispose of the remaining portion of the furniture manufactured for a super hotel in Yokohama. all> killed.
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    • 197 7 NOTTCES, NOTICE. JOHN CO. Stock, Share General Brokers, The Arcad«, Singapore. We hereby authorise Mr. C. C. 81-ike to sign per pro the firm as from February Ist, 1925. H. J. FRASER, CHAT PONG SOO, Managing Partners. 2-2 7 2 I Please note we have to-<!ay removed our office from
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    • 668 7 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenors will bv received at the Colonial Secietary's Office, up to noon 01 the 10th February, 1925, for the following works:L Errction of one Class I Quarters at Mount Rosie; 5. Extension of the P.W.D. Coolie Lines at milestone, Tampinis Road; o. General repairs, painting and limewashyg
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    • 465 7 NOTICES. EXCHA N (»E KA NK S. I Thi Exchange I' •ks will be ell -1 on Saturday, February 7th, for the Hindu Festival of Thaipusam. 2-2 G-2 PIANO TUNING. Sfi each. Walker Factory Expert. Phone 104. 1 St. Thomas Walk. IPOH GYMKHANA CLUbT SPRING MEETING 1925. Thirty-four Races Eighty-seven
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    • 464 7 FIIERIFFS SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE BTRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause if The Ho |M| Bank Ltd. I'l vintiffs. versus S.V.R.S. Palaniappa Chitty trading under tne nam? of Pharmaceutical Chemists Defendants. AUCTION SALE OF 1. Freehold Im< situate ,t J»lan Datoh off Bclcstier Road, >rea
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 40 8 OSWELL. On January sth. at .V.phill. Hiijh Wycombf. th« wifi of H. T. W. 0.-vveil. Malayan I Civil Service, a son. LIVINGSTONE. To Mr. and Mrs. A. G. F. Livingstone. Saturday. January 21. ltSi, at Wellington, N. Z.. daughter.
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    • 32 8 RYDER-SPENCE.- At the Presbyterian, Cfcarch, Pvnanff, by the Rev. Archibald Ewillff, J. T R. Ry.ler to Vera. eldest (iuuijiit t of Mr. ar.' 1 Urs. Sp«MM of Sydney, N. S. W.
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  • 1084 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1925. Comment of the Week. Following: the receipt of the Allied Note to Germany regarding the eva- cuation of the Ruhr, M. Herriot, in the French Chamber, caused some- 1 thing of a sensation by his declara- tion that "behind the dust she was
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  • 196 8 WOMAN CHARGED IN COURT. The Chinese bobbed-haired woman who was concerned in the recent bomb outraj; at the Chinese Protectorate. Kuala Lumpur, was produced in the police court on Friday morning-, before Mr. Stark, and charged with attempted murder. Inspector Gowland informed the magistrate that the police
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  • 67 8 Appeal for Funds *o Prefer National Memorial. The following do:mt. ons hnvj been cri.vd:— Prev!ou*ly acknowledged $1,620 The Hon. Mr. Sons Om«- Siang and Mrs. Song O:vi Swing 25 Iftr. E. Gattey L8 Mr. and Mi re Parbury l< Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Darby, Johore 2"
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  • 536 8 Mr. Gordon Crmnna, General Secretary of th Y.M.C.A.. Singapore, has returned from a visit to Ipoh. The hon'ble Mr. P. K. Kambyar li in Singapore for the Legislative Council meeting. We acknowledge receipt of calendars from the agents of the Hugo Stinnes Line and the Ho Hn Biscuit Factory. V".
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  • 620 8 Malacca Lead, u.. v ncj -> <„,v Hollow'' thing: :y h to. fact thai th< orefroni brighter Malt, city being the first, v. n with thec i which hai been tl tarn circl s in I ondon and which i H iper soil --I erson with no ta
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  • 30 8 The enj?ajfen^iit If tniMHincK Eric C Lawford, of Teluk An.F.M.S.. and Joan, third daufh |ri r d late John Ferrier and of Mr* h Mrs. r«rrfor, of W wlluiy**' Common.
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    • 116 8 C jB THE CONNOISSEUR f J^ COMES TO 13 CALDBECK'S M, Jas. COIiTTS 8 Go's. SIPERIOR LONDON SOLE IMPORTERS Caldbeck, Macgregor Company, Ltd. (Incarcerated in Shanghai.) »">, Robinson Uoad. Telephone No. 228. o NEW SHIPMENT (EX: S.S. PRESIDENT VAN HUREN) GRAPEFRUIT, APPLES, ORANGES, CELERY, CABBAGE, POTATOES. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO..
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    • 31 8 WE HAVE READY STOCKS OF Champagne Mercier (extra dry) Anjou Sparkling Wines Burgundy Wines Bordeaux Wines DUPIRE BROTHERS. BLACK WHITE r j I lM"™^~™^__i I Ltft»:. p g^ w* -i WHISKY
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  • 63 9 Tl KKISH_^ T!ON- GREECE. !.<»nd«ni. Jan. 31. in lituation has of the Turkish with nil tht \ih.-n-. Jan. SI. the expulsion, of the ii being ted th- cancel- rnment had r,.rps. R Government the Tur- i Kpulsion refer I of Justu e. Athene, Feb. I. A rculatad I
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  • 38 9 [I:-/ S< v. („neva, .fan. SI. ttei fli\ opium n their ob- on ami till the illicit ed. ift protocoli has grned .mulai i second .onven-Franco-British itatetnenti of prum lutla meet I ex- Ijournment until
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  • 34 9 it-e.] Lamio*, Jan. SI. ir Clydebank UA were grantEvictions, ii ex- l>eing- that the to particular I generally. ..-<.- was nber 24th, ttatei evicted at retorned to their f :houI d not attempt
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  • 30 9 '••ndn. Jan. 31. narkct upened ngrer bring paid ex*|riWa« Md If. :.\,i. average price kial]y the quota t*M« at a mini- Strait, and bf B per ,:ent.
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  • 37 9 [H 'Vice.] Tardier, Jan. |L Abdel Krim EUi.«li. who is 1 "3 a nt avy iii'ieniX| adrid, Jan. Wver. rttud: -Stac ;he Spanish line in k «W hM been n«. a fthe Moroccan Govern-
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  • 22 9 I'-riv. Vtb. 1. th, B ud*et I aid he in. a f m Bataviu.— '>l*ar on page 7.]
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  • 122 9 PRESS WARNING. A S! AVO.ASHTK ALLIANCE. [Renter** Harris*.] London. Jan. SI. The Daily Telegraph's diplomatic e«>rre»--pondenl says that, notwithstanding Bu:oa bara'i friendly de Urations to Britain, Sagacious Statesmen in Japan are likely to be ocfrarrasssd by the flamboyant talk emanating from M. Chiehorta and the 80l- 1 shevik
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  • 192 9 Renter's Service. London. Jan. Si. Sp^akii at Birmingham, Mr. Austen beil;.;:-. to the recent exchange lof notes with Gormaay regarding the occupation of rne. He regretted the tone and tamper of Dr. Luther's speech last :^ht, ;>ut declared: "I am not going to :i controversy conducted by
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  • 219 9 [Reuter's Service.] Petersburg. Florida, Jan. 31The death i< announced of the novelist. Mr. George Washington Cable. [The lati Mr. Cable, who was born in New Orleans In i>44. at the age of 1«4 was required, owing t;» the death of his father, to assist in *.h<- support
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  • 101 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ottawa. Jan. 31. In an address to the League of Nations' Society, Sir Robert Borden warmly supported the Geneva Protocol and thought that the matters rai-ed in connection with, the Japanese amendments were irrelevant] to the question of participation in a disarmament conference. He suggested,
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  • 49 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Jan. 31. latent! ha* been created by the reappearance of Soviet representatives in the Lancashire cotton market during the past few days. They have placed orders for over 100,000,000 lbs. of yarn against security of Russian skins. [Earlier cables appear on paj?e 7.]
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  • 1033 9 COMPANY'S STRONG FINANCIAL POSITION. Soli Crepe Manufacture. The annual general meeting of Lunas ui ber Estate Limited wa? held in French nk Buildings at noon on Saturday. The Chairman, Mr. P. M. Robinson, presided, and there were also present Messrs. H. B Baker, W. H. Macgregor (Directors) ami
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  • 450 9 THE FREIGHTS CONTROVERSY. A "Singapore Owner Member" writes: rurther comment on the proceedings of the Singapore Turf Club's annual meeting as dealing with the payment of freights controversy in inevitable for the following reasons, which can only be accorded due publicity by the courtesy of the local
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  • 167 9 Probably one of the most wonderful alms v* r made, for the cast is unknown. but all the supporting players are all the best known stars. This surely constitute b record for the ordinary film has the star, and unknown support, while here w-> have every star you can
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  • 98 9 A billiards tournament is being arranged for and entry lists may be signed at the Club Rooms of names submitted 10 either Mr. Bashir A. Mallal, Mr. S. H. Mclntyre or Mr. J. Chong Weng. There will be A and B class singles and championship class. Two prizes
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  • 64 9 Several cases of theit during the fire which destroyed consideiable property at Paya Lebar on Thursday night have been reported to the police, and Chinese arrested in connection with minor misappropriations were charged in the Police Court on Saturday. The occupant of shop premises destroyed reported; the
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    • 97 9 <c ROBINSON Co., Istd. (Incorporated in the St-aits Settlements.) 'BLIZZARDEEN' RA'NCOATS. I h The Tiverton as illustraj tfon in a neat Olive shade, 4S-VQ I Q With Ra^ !an shoulders Jtf A Y Chesterfield collar, square i I I pockets, straps on cuffs, I I lined check. Tailor made, 'i
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    • 778 10 STEAMER SAILINGS nBLUETUNNEL 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. t SARPEDON
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    • 490 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" 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 in Port s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK due Feb 26 s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar
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    • 507 10 STEAMER SAIUNGS^"^ p. 6^^ BRITISH INDIA ANI» APCAR LINES (Incorporp.ted irj England) MAIL, PASSENGER ANI» CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVMmm. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERvicE C (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government, OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWI For China and Japan. fttfc^^ Tonnage. Singapore. MAL^A 11,000 Jan. SI
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  • 755 11 „KMK IN THE AIK. NMcfl M Hour? h r Will.ur and I made D *J*r 17, 1903/' Mr. O n the twenty-first *orWi first aeroplane pictare, even in imajfitf j nf of the American conti- or the encircling of N<»r did we m miles an hour. resi
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  • 642 11 Sir A. Geddes's Warning. Sir Auckland Cieddes gave an address on -National Unity" at a meeting of the Bri- tish Women's Patriots League held at the Langham Hotel. Lady Hmry presided. Sir Auckland Geddes .aid there was a very determined movement in Britain to I produce
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  • 16 11 Mr. Justice A. V. Brown, who returned from leave, assumed duties in Johore on January 3rd.
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  • 438 11 Rivals' Trick to C>»nfne Him in Asylum. An astonishing tale of fame and misfortune, of treachery and poverty, is revealed by ihe ariivai in London of Signor Vincenso Gemito, one of Italy's greatest living artists. When he wa s fourteen years old Signor Gemiio. whe is
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  • 152 11 Comedy of a Practical Joke. Genera. Dec. 28. Few will believe that the name of Paderewski has never been heard in certain parts of Europe, but the fact that th« I famous pianist was unknown to a dance committee of a village in the Canton of Vaud was
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    • 181 11 ~^fy^^ ROMG 3OBCrI4A.D. \\J ir v l '^>L^^^ u i^^^v' < I y^ > e a<^ iators on entering n. I ;si!rV j and learning, and careless- ness of life, were the reigning i spirits of the time. j I w wi tgL^gl ssimS aw^BH i v^^^awJ^^lßa^^awS V'^^a^ata^BsssßawV /^bbvssbbj^bbmi f
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  • 328 12 The Dutch steamer, Berouw brought a cargo of coal from Palembang on Saturday. The Dutch steamer, Van der Does de Bye, which arrived from Singkep on Saturday, had a cargo of tin ore. With a cargo of soya beans the British steamer H. H. Asquith arrived in port
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  • 100 12 Shanghai, Jan. 23. Jardine's Loongwo, with foreign and Chinese passengers aboard, was fired on, stopped and searched by Chi Hsieh Yuan's troops* just as the ship was rounding thepoint at Woosung yesterday afternoon. A shot passed about twenty feet in fron r of the bow of
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  • 123 12 Apart from the fact thr* it was u.-ed on her most notable pas«c_'es, there is an I interesting story attache;! to the original bell of the Cutty Sark. Wr.en famou- ship was under the Portuguese flag a British officer secured the bell, and her I then owners
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  • 86 12 Shanghai. Jan. 19. Tht British steamer Wenchow. owned by j Messrs. Buttei-field and Swire, was heavily 'helled 7 miles abov? Chinkiang, on Friday. One -hell passed Jvat over the bridge, but did not hit it. The vessel was forced to return to Nankin*, whence H.M.S. Scarab
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  • 117 12 Various papers at Home are raising a note of warning as to the sinister possibilities of the ReJ Fleet revival. The appearance of a mysterious squadron off Reval, evidently prepared to support the Comn-.i\inist insurrectionists had they been successful, was an event too significant to escaps general
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    • 781 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) f FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, f. THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Repular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) ißd MONTORO (5,000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabini ft Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 214 12 ff SPRAY LOTOL FREELY-1T 'DESTROYS ALL G£l?v7-\\ In unsewerec! districts every >> home should have BS l^lv i***i /Si Sal fej-^-v.TCk jb»; j!um m: V j THE SPRAY THAT SLAYS N Vk ■Mfti VERMIN^^aKEI yi PROTECT your family from €4 *^WjjL the dangers that lurk in out- jft houses, drains,
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    • 152 12 (Incorporated in Germany.) o— REGULAR MONTHLY FUKH PAMBfGBI SFKVICE. OUTWARD BOUND I HONGKONG, SHANGHAI ANL JAPAN ■A Albert VoepL-r 9.000 tons Fck B •A Carl Lifton 9,000 tons Mf»r. 12 HOMEWARD BOUND ANTWERP, ROTTKKDAM AND HAMBCBG. IA Emil Kirdorf P.' IA Srheer 12^50 t- Calling at Na:>U- I I and
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 763 12 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Cucob and Pontian Hong Soon 9a m Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Belawan Melchior Treub 9- a.m. Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong M Amazone 11 a.m. Malacca Kheng Seng 1 p.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkaiis and Bagan Si Api Api Esmeialda lpm
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    • 134 12 Robinson, Mrs. Childs, Sir Malcolm Watson Ifr. C. H. Willcoeks, Mr. T. Crabb, Mr. A. G. Robins, Mr. M. H. McKillar, Mr. Buxton. Per s.s. Hye Leong: Mr. and Mrs. Burton, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Richards, Mr. McNeil. Per s.s. Kelantan: Hon. Mr. Tan Cheng Lock, Mr. Hodge, Miss E. E.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 599 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 675. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. Urn Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Colombo, Aden and Port Amazon Maru Feb. G Feb. 7 Upp Tori via San Francisco, Panama Havre Maru from Kobo Feb. It m Bay (Port Elizabeth). iwn> Rio, Santos and Buenos A:r ria Colombo. Canada Maru Feb.
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    • 421 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 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 in 110
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    • 676 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD 1 BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS I SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Feb G I U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT Mar U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Apri j and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For
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  • 395 14 Bishop's Tribute to the Eightsome Reel. The greatest dance the human race has produced is, in the opinion of the Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Eightsomt reel. There are many probably who will differ from this verdict though all will agree with his contention
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  • 380 14 North-South Line. MelbourneThe Commonwealth Government entered I into an agreement uith the Government of South Australia f, i the fulfilment of its ohligatioa to hep in ;he construction of another trans-Australia line to connect Adelaide with Darwin. A definite decision a? to route has yet to
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  • 142 14 New York. A despatch from Tampico, Mexico, states that Ofelia Rivas, the famous Cuban actress, met a terrible death in an attempt to save the life of her pet dog when the Ward liner Esperanza piled on the rocks on Nov. 25. Both the actress
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  • 614 14 Seeking the Dinosaur. Mr. L. S. B. Leakey, who arrived in London from East Africa on December 17, told the story of the successful search of the Cutler Expedition for fossil dinosaurs in Tanganyika. Mr. Leakey has been acting as a chief of staff to
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  • 254 14 Wondrrs of the Arabian deserts of Jafura and Jabrin, which he is the first European traveller to have explored, were disclosed by Major R. E. Cheesman to the Royal Geographical Society at a meeting" in London. These were some of the wonders: Fish that live in hot water
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  • 126 14 The annual general meeting of the members of the Bar of the Federated Malay States took place at the Ipoh Supreme Court on Saturday, the 17th instant. Mr. F. J. Bryant, Ipoh, presided. 1 Mr. Leong Yew Koh was asked to conf tinue to represent the Perak Bar
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  • 786 14 New Line of Research. At the Society of Antiquaries Mr. O. G. S. Crawford. F.S.A., Archaeology Officer of i the Ordnance Survey, gave an account of some air photographs taken recently by j Mr. Alexander Keiller, F.S.A.. Scot., and himself. Lord Crawford presided. The lecturer beßun
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  • 242 14 Sab-Lieutenant hit Royal Richness] Prince George, K.G.. G.C.V.0., has been appointed to hi* Majesty's ?hip Hawkin?,' to da*e Jan. 15th; says the China Express. The Hawkins, which i^ at present undergoing refit at Hongkonp, ia the flagship of Vi<<>-Admnal Sir Allan F. Everett, Com-! mander-in-Chief, China. Prince George's
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  • 416 14 If I were quit* koncst I m u h little fu«r of their „.f j an cwmbling all M shabby *ueco in their concrete, i,,, very bright, an efficient people. I won ai 1 step and am caughi U| young person in. -n my way
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  • 81 14 ARTICLES POSTED WITH NO ADDRESS. 117 IVr Day in Bengal. i; Madra^ The annual report graph! of Indu for 19 following. Tlu nnmbei 65 "dead" was I out of every 1,000 of the rota out at p«1 eluded a laifi their nature w< i i iln Bengal. Boi agraffe of
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  • 88 14 The death in I (*r" tinotti, the veteran of recalls the famous CrippM Mr. Martinetti and hi< «•>!*•* of j* Mr. Martint-tti «M Elmore, Cripptn's wife. members of tki Mwk W Guild. o j Mr. and Mrs. Martinott. Miss Le Neve, with whom < intri^e, wore
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    • 209 14 yS&E** pp". •••••-•.•.•.■.•.■••■'•.■.•.•::::;-.v C v V:- I^---... /WB^^^eCredfßred^edb/e/hie^f]-: COi/c/fS COLDS. C/Y/ILS. fi[ SO!!£ 'THROAT BRONCtt/riS. 1 \J^^S^ P 1 g Ve Ofl pOwerful l;eali »K and gernnculal V fumes which you breathe into chest and lungs jjs| ;is the tablets dissolve on the tongue. JAg<9i I>epS sootlle ;uul puiify the
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  • 606 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 31st. [Figures :n brackets show the issue value if the Share in dollars unless otherwise > i marked.] Kuyers Sellers Batang Padang Tin 60 85 Hitam Tn 1.6', i. 7O Idris Hydraulic (i> 27s 2>'s Johan Tin ~;,l ">7s k. KanjunUng (lu>)
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  • 64 15 January 31. iiar.k 4 m.s. 214 7-32 Bank demand 2i4 U Private credits 3 m.s. 2|l 21-32 New York, demand 55 r s Credits 90 days 58 France, demand 975 India, T. T. 155 <_. Hor.jjkong, demam! p.c. Prtm. Yokohama, deinur.d 144 1_, Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand 79^
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  • 205 15 January 11. Tin 125 Tons 9132.50 Gambier 27.50 Pepper White 3P.50 Pepper Black 21.00 Flake Tapioca 7.00 Pearl Sago Small Copra 12.20 Copra Sundried 12.50 Opium, Bftn;ir»s unt. 4.0U0 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Ea^le (New) 298 Rice, Siam
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  • 35 15 Singapore. Jan. 31, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 58tt~58%; Feb-March 58 58^4 .April-June ofi 1 56% J July-Sept 55tt 1 London Quotation Sheet 1; ."Ussd. Market Easier.
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  • 179 15 Record Held by Wireless Developments. Last year's record of H.M. Patent Office shows patent applications totalled over 30,000. While this figure It 1.000 less than that for 1923. the latter reriod showed decrease of dver 3,000 compared with VJ22. Mr. George. H. Rayner, Patent Agent, of Cbancery-lane,
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 164 15 Singapore, .lan. SI. Tin.—£-265 ss. Down 60s. Kul>ber. —is SVfcd. Unchanged. Local 58. Rubber shares remain .stationary without enquiries. Tins continue to provide fai business at generally unchftngad quotation-. Industrials remain lirm with unsatisfied buyers, while Loans have better enquiries. Mining.—K. L. Tins offer slightly easier
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    • 193 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. MacphaJl). Sin^ap >re, Jan. :i\. Rubber.— 1 s)fcd. Tin.— £26s ss. Fin ha.- lost 60a in price and with rubber unchanged the market is on the quiet side. Indi stri;.is continu. in demand ami Loans are steadv at unchanged quotations. Rubbers. Continue neglected. .Minintr.
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    • 326 15 London, .Jan. 7. Markets: Thv.' outlook generally continues good, and si<ins »>f improving trad ■re surely thoujrh perhaps slowly making themselves felt. The njsjority of workfl have not yet settled down after the h0..--day, but order-books, are fairly full, and prospects for future business are decidedly food.
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    • 93 15 At Aberdeen, the second largest fishing port in the United Kingdom, the great total of 119,161 tons of white fish was landed during the past twelve months, to the gross value of £2,291,330. A striking feature ha* been the enormous landings of Icelandic caught fish
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 294 15 VM t« ov k >. Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LOTTED(lncorporated in Straits Settlements) HE AD OFFICEr-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E C Th Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 409 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880.— Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 77,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Yice-President: R. Ichinoraiya. Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. V;uiiaka\va, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odatfri. Esq. N. I-arashi. Esq. Barm K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami. Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi,
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    • 497 15 RANKING. OF INDIA, AUSTKALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 000,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability cf Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bisshopsg3te, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Xiiilo Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Saigon Batavia Karachi
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    • 122 15 BANKING. HONGKONG~HIHAiHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hon^konosss^ Is Reserve Liability* d $25,500,000 .er%e Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. BD F 8q Deputy Chai ""an. A- Si C F om B Ist JA G Hon. Mr.P.HJiolvoV W H Bell L^' A. O. Lang, Esq. G M.
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    • 42 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Roynl 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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  • 1196 16 THE NEGRI WELL BEATEN, lhayre's Accurate Kicking. The second meeting between Singapore ami Negri Sembilun on the Pailang on Saturday afternoon provided an altogether fitting finale to the rugby season. Singapore won by 24 points (1 goals, 1 penalty goals, and a try) to nil, a far greater rntaruln
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  • 329 16 FIRST DAYS RESULTS. I (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, Jan. 31. There was an excellent attendance at he first day's racing h^re to-day. The 1 roing was pood. The following were tie esults: Race 1. Thelacorn (Bowden) 9 1 Nadir (Sleigh) 8.9 2 I Suka Hati (Glemwn) 9
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 36 16 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney, Jan. 30. Paiklon having 1 relinquished the world's sculling championship \V. McDevitt and Major Goodsell have been matched for the title and £200 a side on the Clarence Riveton March 17.
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    • 63 16 BjCjG versus Royal Sussex Regiment. The match between the S.C.C. and the R.A.. which was arranged for this afternoon, has been cancelled. The Club will play the Royal Sussex Rejcinunt, and will bo represented by the following side: Barnes; Penrice, J. \V. Winter; J. Lee, K. MacLennan, G. Edlin;
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    • 79 16 New Zealand and Scotland. Mr. S. Dean, the manager of the All Blacks, has announced that the New Zt aland Rupby authorities have extended an invitation for a team from the United Kingdom to visit New Zealand in 1926. and has added what amounted to a tactful appeal to
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    • 19 16 Members are informed that a tennis tournament will be held commencing February 11th. Entries close on February
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  • WORLD SPORT.
    • 109 16 [Reuter's Service.] 4 London. Jan. 31. I The following 1 were to-day's results in the second round of the F. A. Cup: Bristol C. 0, Liverpool 1. J Sunderland 0, Everton 0. Blackburn 0, Portsmouth 0. c Sheffield' U. 3, Sheffield W. 2. Birmingham 1, Stockport
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    • 230 16 London, Jan. 31. The following were the results of today's Entrlish xnd Scottish League matches Division I. Huddcrsfield T. 2, Leeds U. 0. Manchester C. 0, Bury 0. Division 11. Coventry City 3 Stoke 1, Middltsbro' 1, South Shields 1. Division 111. (Southtm). Aberdare A. 0, Brentford 0.
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    • 24 16 [Reuter's Service.] London. Feb. 1. At Glasgow in the European fly-weight championship, Clark (Britain) defeated j Montreal! (France) holder, on poi/its.
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    • 96 16 [Reuter's Ser\ice.] Hobart. Jan. 31. The match between the Bf.CC. and Tasmania was continued heiv to-day in fine weather and before 3.000 spectators. The wicket was good. Th? M.C.C. were all out for 44!\ Sutdsffe making 188 and Hendren SO. Suteiiff" played loand and attractive cricket and'
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    • 35 16 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney, Jan. 31. In the Australasian lawn tennis championships' finals Anderson beat Patterson 11-9, 2-6, 6-2, 6-", and Patterson and O Hara Wood beat Anderson and Kalms 6-4, i>-7, 7-5.
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    • 41 16 [Renter's Service.] Boston, Fteb. 1. Willie Plank beat the Italian, Frigerio, in the 3.000 metres walk, his time being 12 n.inutes 52 4—5 seconds, thus beating his own world record for indoor walking by 1 and I—s1 5 seconds.
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  • 134 16 The great Scottish comedian, supported I by his tulented company, stored another triumph at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, when he was accorded a fine reccptfcfl by a crowded house. Sir Harry was again in excellent form and all his contributions, given in his own inimitable
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  • 776 16  -  W M. Blake A BUSY WEEK. The past week has been a busy one for he Club, two races having been decided for the Lundon Cup, in which the Ann (Baker) beat the Joy (Richards) last Monday morning:, only however, to hand the over to the Kathleen (Pitts) on
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  • 133 16 Menace in Shanghai. (By Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Jan. 30. A landing party, 150 in number, has landed from the H.M.S. Tsushimva at Shanghai, in order to protect resident Japanese there. Count Ohtani's Visit to Soviet Russia. It is stated that Count Ohtani, Superintendent priest
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 205 16 iiIEY OM.v PAID /rs^£E&i>v ERY SMAU iiKi '«-n IOR tiiis w() NI)ER^ svstemol m;.rfu;Tl pa>m Ml> S. Mot»trie Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. v THE HOP LEAF S m A sign of m- /I^Hh^l inB t0 enjoy yourself ■II II the bottle conta i"s real Milk I P^s-~^^ An that is the
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