The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 February 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. I SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1925. NO. 11,t16.
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  • 215 1 The financial situation in France is causing considerable concern in Government and financial circles l*aj*e 9. A Berlin story has gained currency that a Russo-Japanese-Chinese treaty was signed at Peking in January— Pape 9A Franco-Siamese treaty of friend ship, commerce and navigation has betn signed at the
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  • 1222 1 It was during the campaign on the Salonika front (one of the few side-shows of t htGreat War where there were no Australian soldiers, although there was a fine Red Cross Hospital, staffed by Australian nurses 1 that British soldiers, when turning up trenches and making dugouts, came across
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 304 1 I lOW AKIKLL'S Y RIP, 1 TAKES v f;ENERAL FAVOURITE V RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. NIGHTS. Dinner and Dance. E Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. n:\ DANCES, Ev< ry Monday and Friday. rRAL CONCERTS.— On Sunday Nights at 9.30 p.m. GRILL ROOM- SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Diningroom. IT- |«t Open
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    • 228 1 DOES NOT IRRITATE THE SKIN l^B^t^ *^si^E ii cut of t'i«»t mo<t d:s(:nv; i .i i «hed and «iei;\;htlul s«rrie» CROWN Toilet Dainties Jn nrh red lar^uer and Cold contdineri comprisif.g in addition <o th«* nbove Tafcum Poudcr \fanisfting (.'ram Complexion Powdi-r Sharing 'Powder SoltJificd Brilltantine *Jooth Pr.sfc Brillitinfinc ti.^+uiJ>
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    • 154 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. \V. D. Contracts— Pa jre 7. Little's drying: tins Page 8. Robi&sonV for shoes Piige 7. Lotol from Loxley's Pstgc 12. Hollywood a: Theatre Piijrt 2Loke Yew scholarships— Page 7Dod(e chassis for sale Page 7. Oil engines fron Jacks Pajre 9. Crorr.pton's fans, U.Es Page 14. Cold Storage
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    • 10 1 C\ SWALLOW ARIELI/S CHERRY RIPE CAKES j A GENERAL FAVOURITE
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 64 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 16f/i. High Water, 2.55 a.m., 3.29 p.m. S.C.C. Football meeting, 5 p.m. Tuesday, \lth. Higll \V;-.ter, 3.4*5 a.m., 4.48 p.m. Wednttimfft lsth. Hijrh "Water, 4.48 a.m., 6.46 r..m. B. I. homeward m li! leaves. Hifch Water, 6.2 a.m., h.31 p.m. Phil. Orchestra, Men. Hall, Ml p.m. Friday,
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  • 178 2 Automatic Switch Exchanges «»t <he Future. Dr. Alexander Ri ssell, speaking on Jan." tht opening of tlu- new session of tanior Institution of Engineers, at the Royal Society of Arts, said that in the ted Stj i th the Western Union and Company would shortly offer typewriter service
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  • 206 2 Manchester will hav< longest railway rn in the world 2,175 feet— when the :a sfl I Exchange stations arc linked up. At present this distinction be] :rirh, for one of the nineteen plat-; «r Waveriey Station, is 1,680 feet Apparently the largest station in' Great Britain is
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  • 173 2 important Dtci.ion by the Air Ministry. Kviiy pilot o f tne Royal Ai| Folve wiH be equipped in future with a parachute v henever flyinjr. This decision has been reached by the Air Ministry after carrying: out exhaustive experiment* at South Farnborough. suitable type <>f aerial
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  • 318 2 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER The only Morning Daily in Malaya am Medium for Advertising. Deliver ed with the Chota Hazri each morning with T :.u-t Telegrams, Latest News am test Announcements. Telephone stf. Cable Address, 'Advertiser. P. O. Bos No. 20*3. Communications relating to News am Editori:;':
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    • 196 2 PNSUMATtC *o*e& r I K\ RUBBER SHWINC lUil SITKS V#^"^VN 4 QualitU b. P^xj "3^ \V Sl.."i« US vS^T^\ 2.73 V MEDICAL r//M ■ALL Ltd. tr//A BINGAPORB THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. CINBMATOGRAPH, Change of programme to-night. f TOO MUCH BUSINESS." SUPER-COMEDY FEATURE In 7 Laughing Reels MANY OTHER ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE
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    • 276 2 VICTORIA THEATRE. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT At 9.30 p.m. HOLLYWOOD Booking now open at Little's. PRICES: STALLS S3. Sf and SI. CIRCLE $3. Children Half Price to Matinees. AH seats can be booked. VICTORIA THEATRE. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 23rd, AT 9.30 P.M. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF H.E. THE GOVERNOR AND LADY GUILLEMARD
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    • 301 2 ALHAMBRa From Thursday, 12th February, to Tiu«(i,i h In the Second Show a TOPICAL BUDGET THE FIRST OF OUR BIG ATTRACTIONS FOR Tui FINEST PIECE OF FILMERY Ol THE YEAR to£ EA Mta JUDGES ONE OF THE THREE BEST p|( I V Vih < AK^i \> On Thursday, February 12th.
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  • 384 3 PEUCATB QUaWnwt. I uctcst writing Idlers j vS l witt] corresponds letten that would llt h while receiving— the one I i. iff. snd Siickum, Sol«>rs., eccentric stranger has ounda or the letter of the Grand Ma- it Ing us to coa«c 5] rtl fot B month
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  • 44 3 Dec UK and Sin Kapore, v left estato .;;V" ''f «U». with net i-i.OOO to Dr. U.OMlt., St. Dun.tan', i' 1 000 the Rova; '^'tutu.n; £2.000 to tho of the H n V(>1 nt ***«fl an<l r -^r.,,,, r Philanthmknt in uch shares th
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  • 1109 3 V. Mi THAT MIGHT MAKE HIM A NAPOLEON. This is the second of two remarkable articles in which, for the first time, the real ramifications of Russian politics are m« ie clear and undervlandaUe. Communism has reached its crisis. Recent telecrams prove that then- has been fightine in
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  • 750 3 THE STANHOPE MEDAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 14. Once a year there is a meeting of "experts in heroism," to decide who is the most fit and proper candidate for the Stanj hope Gold Medal of the Royal Humane So- ciety— at least the most
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  • 96 3 London. Feb. ft, Progress is being made with the idea of steel dwelling houses, specimen* of which will be shortly erected in London and main provincial centres. The idea was recently opposed by building union*, drawing a retort from Mr. Neville Chamberlain, who in a speech iast
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 287 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within I Osie-Twelvethousandth of am inch. I Sole Distributing Agents: Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Pcnang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. V 1 j ICEfCREXM SUNDAF. pour crushed Berries or hot The
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  • 286 4 Aeroplane for Business and Pleasure. Mr. Alan J. Cobham, the famous British airman, who is piloting Air ViceMarshall Sir Soft on Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, on his "All-Red Air Route" survey, in the course of an article contributed to the Statesman, state*: It may be difficult
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  • 315 4 The death cf Csrruthers Gould reviveuaturally the old question a« to the exact balance of advantage as between the caricaturist and the caricatured. Which of the two has the better reast n to be "rateful to the other? There is a Harcourt story rather to the point.
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  • 199 4 While the comfortable families of Briibane chase boredom away with the colourful came of Blah Jontrc: or the exhausting intricacies of bridge, they of a fort in North Siberia, who eke out loner days in a monotony of snow where nothing ever happens. have other diversions. Driven
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  • 150 4 Welsh illage Isolated. Cardiff, Jan. ft. The mountain at Troedyrhiwfuwch, in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales, is again moving and causing much damage to the public services. The main road is cracked for a considerable distance and has been closed to traffic, which has been diverted through
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  • 337 4 Sir S. Brancker'a Views. Delhi, Jan. 8. The Indian Air Board, after a long: period oi inactivity owing to retrenchment measures, met to-day to discuss possihle developments of civil aviation in India with Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker, Director of Civil Aviation, and Group Captain Fellowes, Director
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  • 216 4 No More Trench Soldiers for North AfricaParis, Jan. 13. After two generations of agitation Biribi is to be abolished. Biribi i? the generi: name for i- 1 military pri a ins i North Africa ich sol'diera ci nbd by court-martial are co' lijjn The revelations recently
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  • 130 4 A Patrol Fired At. Dublin, Jan. 6An exciting Incident which r« raited in the arrest of two well- Ircneod young men armed with revolvers took place to-<lay at Drumcondra, Dublin. About noon four members of the detective fore- were patrolling the Drumcondra-road when their attention
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  • 109 4 Vienna. .Great intr-rest is shown throughout Austria in the "Holy Year" pil P rima P e to Kome. At Christmas eleven special trains left for there, apart from many small parties who used the ordinary trains The first official pilgrims' train in the new year is to
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  • 67 4 The garden at Kledang Hill, [poh'b miniature sanatorium, is shortly to be cxtended and developed on Approved line Ne w flower gardens are 0 be opened near the smaller bungalow /and an addition;' area of the forest arytfnd both bungalowIf 2° be C le u a red for >e cultivation
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 620 4 Deep-Seated Abscess in the Hip. £nMz*- Wss^r?- il^^^^ Remarkable Recovery after undergoing JKB&Z W^S*:'- -^^B^Sk rce operations without success. M JB^ Our Portrait is of Mr*. LAMBDON. of Mott'i MiH. Wtthyham. Smv, W&k l ai r tin t4 to tell you of the began to eat better, and the discharge
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    • 189 4 lutcly pure Backache s «*Wned ui,,,,... m few Oay g ipmpletely cumL •««cy <>f r u ]\P' f^ere case. r l uvh u iu;. "I triinl .-very m »»l x b« he pain in Mai.afewdsjr.l Many eminent commend D, Witt's 1 while thonsan It Ir,:,: I'■.:1 If yon gnffer, y
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  • 542 5 Report of Dark Soviet Plot. I A striking report was current in Shanghai yesterday, says the N. C. Daily News it the 20th inst., with reference to the •mill ivment of Russian troops in the present campaif* in Kiangsu. The battalion, of n.'v. belongs to
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  • 262 5 PRAIRIE FARMERS AND THE WHEAT POOL. Money Value of Crou's Nest Agreement. Toronto. Jan. 8. Mr. H. W. Wood, leader of the United Ffirmers of Alberta, and chairman of the Mberta Wheat Pool, announces that action will be taken in the Courts against those farmers who signed the agreement to
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  • 70 5 The Canadian destroyer Patrician was despatched from Esquimat, British Columbia, for the Gulf of Georgia in an attempt to overtake a band of bandits who escaped with £8,000 from a branch of the Royal Bank of Canada at Nanaimo, before they could reach the American shore. The
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  • 57 5 London had more rainy days during 1924 than any other place in the country. Official statistics on the year's weather, issued by the Meteorological Office, show that there were 200 rainy days in London. Gorleston was second with 183, and Edinburgh third with 175. July was London's wettest
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  • 458 5 How It Can Be Cured. Leeds, Jan. 5. In his presidential address in Leeds to-day to the annual conference of the Science Masters' Association, held for the first time ,n the North of England, Sir Berkeley, |f< ynihan had much to say on the close relationship
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  • 267 5 London. Feb. 4. According io a communication from Mr. Austen Chamberlain to the SecreiaryGeneial of the League of Nations, the two expei ts accompanying Javed Pasha on tht* Mosul commission wcrt recognise^] at Bag- J dad i n January 'r>th as ex-convicits. who recenriy attempted* to incite
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  • 121 5 New York. Jan. 8. Mr. George Bellows, who was recognized bcth by critics and his fellow painters as one of the foremost of United States artists, died this- morning at the Post Graduate Hospital. New York, after an operation for appendicitis. He was 42 years old.
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  • 87 5 Threatened Strike at Power Station. London, Feb. 4. Discussions have been taking place today at the Ministry of Labour between representatives of the Metropolitan Railways ind of the Electrical Trades Union in an effort to avert a strike which is threatened hy 300 men employed at one of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 348 5 //rr Perfect Comftanitma K T I WAHL PEN and the New Perfected |J| Jj |A' OPRSBARP HUp TH same handsome de- jj K/IL^ signs that are so popular Bsß^^^ Kvcrsharp ami Wahl Pen arc, f^^^^^W i^b hi- a new process, now en- MHQf Efl^ ch^'U.T Wahl Pen who MtM |g|^P
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    • 403 5 S f\^jjSft m p£r Here is the way \j^ 3 I 7 '^BRs\ }D¥ to the health you need.^Sk f5 fiii ,£[jk Anaemic, Nervous, Run-down. Q^ n Jl£is^ I^SS^A ThcwaytoKcaltKi«tKeWincamit fAI £d ivwMsk&. kr way —because it has l>ren proved Xi| /Jv/Vj^F f' -tfskk^ During the past 30 years Wincarni«
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  • 945 6 PROBLEMS OF TRANSPORT. In 1922 about 2,000,000 cases of apples were shipped from Australia, the luigest number in the history of the trade; but the season was also one of the most disappointing 1 on record because 500,000 to «300,000 of the cases arrived with their frui'; severely
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  • 722 6 REDUCTION IN PAY- A recent Army Order states: As there appears to be a general misunderstanding on the question of the 5V 2 per cent, reduction on pay, half pay and retired pay the following explanation is issued for general information: (1) When the 1919 scale of pay,
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  • 217 6 EIGHT CARS UPSET BY SIR E. GEDDES'S. Fog and Ice the Cause. >ir Eric Geddes wtm involved in a motoring mishap south of Handcross Hill on the Brighton Read, on the afternoon ot Jan. 12th, but fortunately escaped withou' injury. His car, a Rolls-Royce, skidded op the icy surface of
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  • 21 6 r.-„ Paris, Jan. 9. fp™!,.. Who 1S Performing at the Cirque le Pans were stolen yesterday afternoon
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 388 6 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. f New touring 5-scater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. the purity is maintained. Scotch W HIS K Y WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS, LTD., GLASGOW AND LONDON C.P.4. m Agents: Messrs Adamson
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    • 343 6 I The most I efficient I I 2-ton vehicle I O INCE its introduction the i 2-ton model has considerably I enhanced the reputation of i the Albion as the most economical j I of all Commercial Vehicles o( a I J similar load capacity. Improvements in construction, 1 j
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  • 182 7 VICTIMS OF INDUSTRY. mourn pAPßsra allegations. [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 13. The Manchester Gunidian in en editorial ir.-K 1 <I "modern chili 1; .<:>" says thai *v,.nen and children nrf being exploited ii; China under conditions far worse than those which the English factory reformers agitated against a
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  • 109 7 [Rein ei's Service.] London. Feb. 13. Viscount Cecil, -peaking at Bournemouth for the first time since his return from Genevai said that broadly speaking he thought the delegates to the Opium Conference might congratulate themselves on a very successful issue of their labour?. The Conference decided that
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  • 77 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 13. The text l u:s been issued of a bill tj iimnd the law relating to wireless tele rraphy. It provides that anyone establihng. or maintaining, a wireless telegraph tation without a licence is liable to twelve nontha imprisonment! n line not exeeding :i
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  • 56 7 [Reuter's Service.] Rerlin, Feb. 13. The Prussian Minister of the Interioi has granted the application of Herr Rich ter Chief of Police, for leave of absence Ii is generally believed that Richter wil si. on resign especially as he has fre quently been mentioned in the Press
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  • 306 7 An experience reminiscent of the famoui novel of Edgar Allan I'ot befell a promi- t nent BricbMM shipping man during his Christmas holidays, although the affair in c this east was nut such a gTuesOOM business j as -The Mystery of the Rue Morgue." It 1 lif
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  • 177 7 AMUSING CONGRESS RAG. RIDICULOUS POETRY. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Feb. 14. Congress was agitated to-day owing to Deputy Vina m (Democrat, Kentucky) attempting to read an allegedly humorous poem, entitled "Cal's Hobbyhorse" referring to the mechanical horse recently installed at White House, similar to those used in gymnasia, on
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  • 156 7 [Reuter's Service.] (ieneva, Feb. 13. The second Opium Conference read the draft convention on drugs for the iirst time. Article one w&* maintained by 14 to 11 votes. It provides ihat contracting party may authorise supply to the public by chemists, in urgent cases, of the tincture
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  • 31 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Feb. 14. The budget bureau has requested Congress to grant an appropriation of thirty million dollars to carry out the naval eonItmetion programme recently authorised.
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  • 28 7 [Router's Service.] Sofia, Feb. 14. If. Mileif, Minister-Designate at Waehington, hai been assassinated. His assailant escaped. The criiiu is attributed to I Hacedo* rian Federalist vendetta.
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  • 356 7 H»»n Famous People Escape Attention. v When the Rt. Hon. Montagu Collet Norman, Governor of the Bank of England, and Sir Alan Garrett Anderson, a director of c that same institution, arrived iu the Unitel Slates in the Cunarcler Cavonia without b* ing detected by the army
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 433 7 *JOINESS CARDS. MANILA 1(. AR. a Insular" cigars have Sir brand in mansions, i u o t4 Is whore highest quality 'ft5.,10.1. V\ —Me from: ,v it i I K CO, LID. iiVJOOR SAHIB, D'Almeida St. JrKBEE CO., Be** BomL srv TAI CHAN., 49 Wok Ay,r St. frtf YEW I
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    • 688 7 NOTICES. j LOKE YEW SCHOLARSHIPS. HONGKONG UNIVKR.- -ITY. Two of these scholar-hips, which provide free board and tuition at the University of HongVong, fall vacant on September, 1925. They are open to indigenous students of British Malaya in poor circumstances with good school records. Applications for them should reach the
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    • 853 7 Estate of Chua Lip Sian, Deceased. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Sale by Auction at an Early Date. TOWN AND COUNTRY PROPERTIE S. ESTATE TRUST AGENCIES LTD., Auctioneers and Estate AfMtS. AUCTION SALES. SHERIFF'S SALE. Th IN TH*: SUPREME COURT OF THE b y STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of
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  • 757 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 16, 1925. Comment of the Week. Having defeated Mr. Ghandi at the Congress and apparently wiped that remarkable leader out of existence, the Swaraj Party is now steadily and possibly, in the end, successfully, reducing government bv Legislative Council in India to a farce. There
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  • 779 8 Mr. -I. H. Roberts, of the P.W.D.. whc j irftS seconded for service temporarily with the Town Planning: Department, has be,i posted to Ipoh. Wong Sang, the Chinese woman arrestei in connection with the bomb outrage at th< j Chinese Protectorate, Kuaiu Lumpur, wa produced again on Friday at Um
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  • 525 8 LIEUT. H. A. A. HOWELL AND MISS MADGE 3 HOMl'SON. The military atmosphere predominated at the very picturesque wedding, which too]v place at the Cathedra] of the Good Shepherd, Singapore, early on Saturday morning, of Mr. Harry Alfred Adrian Howell, of the Middlesex Regiment, an 1 Miss Madge
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  • 206 8 The Borneo Company have opened a?' agency in Alor Star, says the Straits Echo. The Rev. the Hon. Sydney Msitland he sai'ed by the Kashgar for Hongkong. We .g.- receipt of pictorial wpll calendar from the Lanka ta'lor- U outfitters, Malacca. Mr. A. McNab. M.A.. Principal of th A. C.
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  • 609 8 wow V l»,v Sinirup.,,-.. Ul American woi I the first tour Star liner, <:. Batavia. Th, BU tf !r srtrE and the countrie Panama Canal, I lands. Japan i i pines, and Java,! York Havana, Co B San Francisco, II Kobe; Shanghai, H,, Batavia. I Belgenland <„-• off
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 117 8 i "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" i Caldbeck, Macgrcgor Company, Ltd. (Incorporated in S:^an.;hai.) IS, Kobinson Road. Telf phone No. 228. New Shipment of Cheese. SWISS and FRENCH PETIT GRUYERE (In S oz. Cartons of 6 Portions in Tinfoil.) ST. IVEL LACTIC in 4 oz. Cartons. SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.,
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  • 68 9 Oi *rERN ALLIANCE FORMED. vV SOLDIERS FOi (4IINA. Rl*" 1 '••1 Bersm, Fet> 14 Chinese I Jai nary, I kai Ani of i on of which Gi Britain, i inares :ain-i ry, Rsjss lal ol f Jape Cl -< Easl has hitherto Sakhaon conRussia with eship, Vladhn
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  • 51 9 Home. I el). 14. 58, adopted form Bill, ral voting for and tther dated Jan. of plural S gnor Mussolini's n with the It v. electoral plea of Engilar. An n faction of the utweaii the dis- I the new elec- twenty days. ettet cliance of table
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  • 42 9 [H e.] Geneva, Feb. 14. taint which exists attitude in con01, it is now that the dish u:i^ due to be be postponed, i d with it remainder of the deckk Great Bri adjv>urnment of n tocol, which in March.
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  • 41 9 [Renter's Service.] Paris, Feb. 14--rank in Toulcn ■f the txplosioa with a loss of hat be n refloated and ft rapping. The nmk deeply m t silt at thf •our and the difficulties i ur,. very <(rreaU
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  • 27 9 [Heater's Service.] Wa>hinyton, Feb. 14. PresW -.t Ooettifc v policy as regards limiUtion of arma- carrftfly watching „r,puv,cl tO rtimc Moment occurs 11 convening coofercne*.
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  • 24 9 [K«uter»« ferric*.] Washington. Feb. 14. TV ■•'""I Present of th, «ricuUoml Collate hm bm A^uulture. Mai g^ SWmaly »!»|>«'ar on page 7.]
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  • 263 9 INDIA SATISFIED. IMPORTATION OF arms. fßeu*. r's Service.] Gejßtva, Fefc. if*. I wood Opium Conference has eon* iinc: of the draft COO--1 fcy-nine articles relating t> h effective limitation of the produttlMi manufacture of narcotic drugs. I Indian hemp, from which b«shish ts extracted, a solution ha-
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  • 166 9 [Reiner's Service.] j Paris. Feb. 14. The financial situation is causing eon* ~i<i utble concern in Government and financial circles. The unprecedented sum of ;'i milliard franca hai to he found to meet the estimated budgetary expenditure foi 19"2~>. or nearly 6% milliards in excess of 1924.
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  • 109 9 fßeuter's Service.] Paris. Feb. 14. Tlv. report la It Journal, that M. Philipi Berthelot will probably succeed M. Ma gery. M French Ambassador at Berlin, fo lowi the announcement that the Foreija Ministry Has recognised M. Berthelot's rig] i und-r the amnesty law to be reinstated ;hN diplomatic
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  • 73 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ottawa, Feb. 14. Announcing the extensive remodelling and enlargement of the Canadian exhibit at Wembley, the Canadian Ministtr, Mr. RoM>, states that the Canadian motor-car industry would be represented. [This follows on the incident in January when the Society cf Motor Manufacturers and Trad-rs stated
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  • 384 9 FRIENDSHIP, TRADE AND NAVIGATION. RELAXING FOREIGN TUTELAGE. [Router's Service.] Paris, Feb. 14. A Franco-Siamese treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation wii sijnied ai thi Quai d*Orsay, replacing the ollp treaty of 1856. It contains two main j clauses. The first confirms the frontier between Bian an<l Indo-Chna, deniilitari/.i'.
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  • 72 9 [Renter's Service.] j < Paris, Feb. 13. January revenue from normal perma- MBt m urces totalled 2.076,000,000 francs j an increase of 506.0U0.C00 francs compared with January. 1^24. Imports totalled; 3,173,000,000 francs (3,500,000 tons), an increase <>f 200.00Q.000 francs and a decrease of 500,000 tons, compared with
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  • 198 9 Appeal for Funds to Preserve National Memorial, n it The following donations have been ren ceived:— Previously acknowledged $23,304. Cheques should be made out in favour or Saint Paul's Restoration Fund and address- ed to Reuter's Agent, 11 Collyer Quay, l Singapore. The Venerable Archdeacon Swindell writes.
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  • 31 9 The wedding of Mr. L. A. C. Biggs, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners, I Penang, and Miss A. Minnit will take place at St. George's Church, Penang, on March I 28.
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  • 635 9 MALAYAN COLLIERIES. To the Editor. Sir, I have taken legal advice with respect to the proposed compromise between Malayan Collieries, Ltd. and Mr. Russell) and his firm; and I am definitely advised j that, in view of my opposition to it, that compromise would be ultra
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  • 210 9 The Government Budget. (By Courtesy of the Xanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Feb. 13. The Imperial Diet has passed the total budget unanimously after rejecting a resolution, disapproving of the Government budget, submitted by the Hontoh party, the only opposition, who subsequently left the rhamber. American Views on Russian
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  • 17 9 Mr. A. R. Thornton, who had been on a short visit to Singapore, has returned to! Penang.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 216 9 ROBINSON £r> Co,, I>td. (Incorporated in the Btrmitt Settlement.- ROBINSONS QUALITY SHOES j BLACK PATENT LEATHER Oxford Shoes. No toe cap as illustration; lined leather; light sole: medium toe; stocked in Fittings 4 and 5. Sizes y 2 Sizes from 5 to ia»/ 2 Price $11.50 Pair nett. BRITISH MAN
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    • 812 10 STEAMER SAILINGS BLUE FUNNEL 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 Pointi. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. TROILUS
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    • 501 10 jTEAMER 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 DUNKIRK due Feb. 27 s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar. 28 s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April
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    • 518 10 STEAMER SAILINGS^" p. d H BRITISH INDIA AMI APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Ivlaje&ty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London ard L*
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  • 429 11 A Planter's Testimonial. [To The Eiitor, "Malay Mail."]. Sir, -The information given in your leadLM of Fei>. f, re destruction of crows in Ki.-iii district., has ben noted by one, who Basil that as possibly he was imported to :he East with a little knowledge of nature,
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  • 317 11 will wit in L925 (says writer in thaLon- 11 ic). This fa vividly when I examined tl i. In a yt nil parti I the eounnrgi ni inquiry in will simply take o5 their reeeiv- .'ive the telephone number of the, m, Thii ehanga alone will be nvpluable
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  • 79 11 Within a short time it will be possible fi r a traveller to po by railway from Sinf?a--p in the Straits Settlements through Bangkok in Siam to Saigon in French Indo(hina. Work is proceeding rapidly on the extension of the Siamese railway line to the border of French Indo-Qhina. The
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  • 289 11 Boyai Sportsman: Siands and Fires. A eharge by a rhinoceros at the Duke ol Vork is described in thrilling account, given below, <>' a Royal hunting adventur:in Kenya Colony. The Duke and a fellow sportsman stood .heir ground, fired at 30 yards and (he
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  • 203 11 Grand Trunk Canal Scheme. Calcutta, Jan. 28. A conference in connection with the Grand Trunk Canal scheme was held JT€Sterdcy at Government House. Several members of the Legislative Council snd r prescntathrea of ioadir.p: firms and interests attended the conference. Lord Lytton, m opening the conference, said
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  • 52 11 Mr. ML Munisamy Odayar, a planter and contractor of Ipch and Parit, died on Friday last at Ipoh. He was the President of the Hindu Thevasthana Paripalann Sabha and was reputed to be a publicspirited man and a philanthropist here. He leaves a widow anA covomI •WU»mi *r mourn his
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 115 11 wJi. (l FREE WINEGLASSES bxaflUirsWim j -Gri to-day! I <;• jthandweaJc- I u Suya bottle E tartootlH 5 th by taking > P a tl ial hi Bled i beahh, itic lonic si say ca^e of Wine PFFUr TOSIC RFSTORATH I MJ Chev.i rats, «Nd H.IRVING JONES. SINGAPORE. t FrcprittOf
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    • 414 11 ness of life, were the reigning S j spirits of the time. l ........,f^Ht||t# VIRGINIA CIGARETTES iNpl|||^| Distinctive Libel and unusual form of packing combine to create ©Ja^j^jf^lfySiJll® (ls*s atmosphere and interest for these wholly distinctive and unique cigarettes. Packed in dainty blue and gold tins of twenty-five, "Golden Specials'*
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  • 443 12 The submarines, L5, LB, LI, L2 and L2O will be among the British Naval vessels visiting Singapore during the next few weeks. Mr. S. C. J. Freeman-Matthews, senior purser of the White Star Line, has retired after thirty-eight years at sea, during which he travelled nearly 3,000,000 miles.
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  • 28 12 11. If. S. Ambrose (Commander J. G. Bower. R.N.), accompanied by Submarine LI (Lieut-Commr. M. Bailword) and L2 (Lieut-Commr. E. C. Barraclough) arrived yesterday from Hongkong.
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  • 93 12 The pa>t week has been an exceptionally busy one so far as the number of ship? that have arrived and departed from the port is concermd. Saturday, the 7th. saw the arrival of 20 steamers, on the 9th there were 25 of a total nett tonnage of
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  • 282 12 Per Soudan:— Mr. W. R. Marnoch, lit. D. Jenniners. Major R. W. Justice. Mr. an! Mn, W. Gutman, Mr. and Mrs. Dixon, Miss Harris, and Mr. W. L. Brasnett. Per Derfflinger: Mr. A. D. Salthand, Mr. H. Doulatram. Mr. H. KirchlofT, Mr. Keilinghousen, Miss Frances Stolie, Mr. and
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  • 44 12 Capt. Hashim addressed a meeting of Malay padi planters at Tanjong Malim on Saturday on the principles of co-operation. The meeting: which wts largely attended decided at the close of the address to form a Co-operative Society on the lines suggested by the lecturer.
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    • 724 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) f FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, r THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,001> ton«.) The s.B. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 525 12 M CP THRX>UQH THE HOUSE WITH LOTOr w) A ft j* I vJ'uick. Jv L^Mitt an— mum -^-wa^Efc. mnrab Y m wSim 'jSSSSmO^. s^S«Tr^2' SS ISSS^ a »S SSL -!^s' aa l >\ 1 THE SPRAY~THAT Slavs' >f^^^ VOU will find LOTOL indis- \Tv- pensable for use in your home.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 635 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Siberia and Philippine Islands Barrymore 8 a.m. North, North East, and North West Sumatra M. Treub 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a!m. Pontianak Khoen Hoea 11 a.m. North, North East, and North West
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    • 16 12 Mean wet-bulb temp. 74.3 p Mean relative humidity 92 p.c Evaporation 037 ins *»™**H 1.349 ins'.
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    • 590 13 SitAMtK SAILINGS 0. S7K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. ii Hamburir. Rotterdam, Antwerp, via C ulombo. Aden and Port Alps Maru Mar. 12 Mar. 13 m« York via San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. end. Town, Rio, Santos, BUMMM Aires t Panama Maru Mar. 21 Mar. 23 Seattle.
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    • 410 13 STEAMER SAILINGS W&Sh 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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    • 694 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMHUCAN FAR EAST ~UHL OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT M U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA /p*j[ and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulars apply to. HtTPTENBACH, LAZARUS SONS,
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  • 608 14 SUTCLIFFE— A GENTLEMAN OF ENGLAND, A mid-September day at Kennington Oval Yorkshire, the champion county, are fighting" a stern but losing battle with the Resl of England. Two Yorkshiremen emerpc from the pavilion and walk jauntily, bat ir hand, to the wicket. One, Holmes, wears a faded blue cap with
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  • 321 14 During the last few year? the new medical sciences have thrown open fresh gates of hope. These gates reveal wonderful future for humanity if that genus will have the sense and grit to keep straight along the new paths. One of the most important things in this
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  • 718 14 FASHION'S TORTURES. (By a Physician). Women have always been prepared to t pay a high price for beauty. To Eve in e every age the possession of allurements which would make her the envy of her own sex and the desire of all men, has 1
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  • 173 14 Calcutta. Jan. 31. Writing to the Statesman this morning. Mr. N. N. Sen Gupta, who it will be recalled was found innocent in the Mussulmanpara bomb case trial and who subsequently confessed his guilt, it is said, to Lord Lytton says: "From my own experience, I
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  • 88 14 Relatives who Worried Invalid about Will. Edmonton, Alberta. A death certificate recently filed here gave "Talked to death" us the contributory cause. After some investigation it was learned that the wife of the man who had been "talked to death" was blameless Hehad been admitted to the
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    • 180 14 f *w^W^ Keep Fit by taking You can give yourself the strength and vigour to I succeed in your work if you take Sanatogen, the tonic /ood which produces a steady increase in mental and nerve energy. Millions use it all over I the world, among them some of the
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    • 360 14 Alter all— the charm thatoutshincs all others when \h I lips part in a smile, is the gleam of dai n polished teeth, a charm which Calv Tooth Powder can help so much to secii/ Again, beside* polishing so brightly th™, > that show, this delightful dentifrice 2 e^ thorough
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  • 583 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY Uth. [Figure^ in brackets shew the Issu^ 7altK of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.] r> T Kuyara Sellers B&tang Padang Tin 62 1 6."s !:tam J 1.70 1.75 Wua Hydraulic 28s 20s c.<i. Johan Tm M M K. Kamunting (10.-)
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  • 68 15 Feoruaiy 14. Bank 1 m.s. 4 5.30 Bank >.cmand 2 i 1-16 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 1 9-16 New York, demand 551^ Credits 90 days 57^ Franco, demand 970 India, T.T. 154 a 4 Hongkong, demand p.c. prem. Yokohama, demand 141 X O m. Java, demand 139 *,i
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  • 210 15 February 14. Tin 200 Tons $134.21 Gambier 25.00. Peppor White .50 Pepper Black 20.50 Flake Tapioca 7.50 Pearl Sa-o Small 5.5 Copra 11.60 Copra Sundried 11.80 <_>;>mn. tv mi "int. M uuo Rice, Liang Hin Chan Maik Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Rod Eagle New
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  • 41 15 Singapore, YeU. 14, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Paie Crepe. Spot fil^. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 6H 4 &2: BUrcfa 60% 61: April-June 59% 60; July-Stpt 58% 59 London Quotation Sheet Is 5%d. Market Steady.
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  • 138 15 LYALL AND EVATTS REPORT, Singapore, Feb. 1 1. Tin.— £267 l.'>s. Up 12s 6d. Rubber .—ls 5%d. Up 4 (l. Rubbers. Remain neglected. The Tin share market shows little activity and there are few transactions to report industrials remain generally stead) in demand. All Loans are in
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  • 200 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. H. Macl»huil). Singapore. Feb. 1 f. Rubber. li 5%d. Tin. i_'i'.; Ls*. Tin and rubber have both idvanetd In price and the market displays mon activity In th«s« sections. A feature in [ndnsti II the weakness of Traders. Loans continue to have good enquiries. Mining.
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  • 282 15 Sees: Brown, Phillip.- Jfc Stewart (Penan*;). Menglembu Lode, -lan. output. Mill 167 pks; Tributera iv Sew: Paterson, Simcni Co. (Ptnans>. Henrietta, 12.000, tgnst 87,000. Sung* j Matang, 13,238, agnst *****. Lara*, 87.995, agnst 80,500; to date 340,096 Rampah, 103.700. agnst 184,300; t«» date 376,200. Benar, 9,540,
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    • 353 15 K Jww^i ia«i Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HBA D OFFICE:-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E C Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 411 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880.— CapitaJ Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 77,300,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. If. Odagiri. Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baroa K. Iwasr.ki. K. Mogami. Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi,
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    • 501 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares £5 each £3,000.000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability cf Pioprietors 3,000.000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritoar iiMio Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Saigon
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    • 218 15 HOYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in 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. aßiHßEBß^«sa»3aEsaKKasEai3Sffll BANKING. HONGKONG~AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in
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  • 401 16 ENGLAND'S BEST. CREAT SEVENTH WICKET STAND. Rcutcr's Service. Melbourne, Feb. 11. The weathxr this morning wa> glorious when the fiuth Test Match m rtlll led f> fore a crowd of thirty thousand specta- i tors. The wic-W't was perfect. Sutcliffe (141) and Woolley (26) the overr>it:ht not
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  • 181 16 At About < o'clock on Friday, Mr. J. Rajam. late book-keeper employed by Dupire Brother-:, shot h'mstlf with a singk- uarrel shot gun. On returning to his house in Bencoolen Strt^t from work, the deceased's son heard a shot and ran upstairs what he saw his father
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  • 139 16 The Paramount production Hollywood which opened its season before an au- j prtciative audience at the Victoria Thea- tre on Saturday, introduces a big cat of screen stars, who give splendid perfor- mances. Ruby Lafayette takes the part of i the grandmother, and Luke Cosgrave, who acts as an
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  • 254 16 FIRST DAY'S HANDICAPS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 14. The following are the handicaps for Saturday next. Race 1. Ponies C. <6f.) Bobadil 9.10, Master Rep'Rie 9.9, Dodger 9. Baloo 9. Ningpo 8.10, Cutty Sark 8.8, Silver King! 8.7, Chinta Hati 8.6, Hajat 7.13, Moyra 7.2,
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  • 47 16 The followinpr will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. Medical College to-day at the Stadium:— >W. C. Tripp, E. G." Wheatley. W. H. Collins, R. Lyne, T. B. Smith, D. Dama<loram. Raja Ram, G. Towers, H. G. Stack, A. N. Katyal, C. D. Smith. Reserves: R. Day, Varma.
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  • 349 16 To-day's Ties. Haniiu:;p DoubLs (Men). Bridges and Hewitt, plus 4 vs. Potts an 1 -Miller. Mr. Hunter and Bain, pfol 2 v. Hedley Btevend and Meredith, plus 0. Ciuickshank and Hendiie. plus 15.2 vs. Dtnhaan and Lee Warner, minus 3. Winter and Salter. pitta 1 vs. Holme*
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  • 45 16 Orders for week ending 22n<L February 1920. Monday, 16th. Individual Troops Parade fit 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, 17th. Signalling: Class, Headqnartifi at 5.15 p.m. Ambulance Class, Headquarters at 5 16 p.m. Thursday, 19th Brnd Practice, Headquarters at 5.15 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 222 16 RUGGER INTERNATIONAL. A FINE GAME. [Reuter's Service.] Twickenham, Feb. 14. The weather was unsetled and ths ground soft for the international match between England and Ireland to-day. There were thirty thousand people present when th" game started. A\ the outset Ireland pressed, but after six minutes play Kittermaster
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  • 406 16 SOCCER— SCOTLAND BEATS WALES. [Reuter's Service.] Edinburgh. Feb. 14. Twenty-five thousand people attended the Scotland vs. Wales soccer match. It raining and the ground was very muddy. Scotland attacked and after r.in mittct** Ifeiklejohn scored, whilst eleven minute latex Gnllscher netted tland'a second. Just before the interval Williams scort for
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  • 789 16 THE GUILLEMARD CUP. Governor Watches Fine Race. On Saturday afternoon yet another contest came off for the Lundon Cup, in which the Ann beat the Golden Girl by 52 seconds on corrected time. Rumour has it that strong compass variations on the latter boat accounts for the usual loser's
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  • 160 16 Some industrious person has been compiling statistics of attendances at the leaJhlg sporting events of 1924 in the United States. Although we generally think of baseball as the most popular American pa me, the figures show that the largest baseball crowds of the year were considerably smaller than
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    • 225 16 WHY BE WITHOUT A Pi ANO WH^T^^ A VERY SMALL OUTLAY YOU CAK H l A MOUTRIE SENT TO YO1 II t TO-DAY. CALL OR WRIfE FOR OUR LATEST ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AN:,' j PARTICULARS OF OUR GRADUAL PAYMENT SYSTEM. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. i HERE ARE THE PRl^x YOU'RE
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