The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 February 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AN D MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. l« CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1925. NO. 11,418.
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  • 243 1 The Government is beginning to change its mind about the Soviet Treaty Page 9. The final expert report on St. Paul's has bten issued Page 9. 1 H.M. the King is suffering from a t cold but there are no complications Page 9. t The debate on
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  • 833 1 Th atmosphere of our streets lately has seen redolent with gaiety both in prepara:ion for the New Year festivities and in :heir absolute fulfilment. As festival follows festival, our own Christmas and New Year, Chinese Tahun Bahru, and Malayan Hari Raya with all the relaxation
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 243 1 |)oNT VSK FOR FRESH Butter K FOR "SNOW-FLAKE" SARNIES SINGAPORE HOTELS. under the personal Mipervision of the Proprietors.) GRILL ROOM OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT ftirtl E\'* Finest Ballroom in the East. •j[\frLL*3 Tea Dance— Every Monday and Friday. Nights. Dinner and Dancing. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. hestraJ Concert.' Every Sunday
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    • 120 1 "Kurlo Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure and free from any deleterious] ingredients. Uninrpaatad for washing woollens, laces, silks etc. u Kurlo" will not injure or harden tbe most delicate fabric. /Jf^^Mw/iw Washes Without X Shrinking shampoo V^^^^^'^^^Q^ solution. Crf Manufactured by: WILLIAM GOSSAGE SO^S LIMITED. Widnes, England. Singapore Depot: 56, Robinson
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    • 217 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Coates' gin is the Navy's choice Page 2. Lotol cur.i-s all insect troubles Page 12. Try Little's famous drying tins Page 8. Notice re the Swiss Fair in April Page 7. Notable new fiim at the Alhambra Page 2. WMtcaway, Laidlaw b for men's clothing —Page 3. R.
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    • 8 1 DONT ASK FOR FRESH Butter ASK FOR "SNOWFLAKE"
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 59 1 THE WEEK. Hfataestleg, isth. High Water, 4.48 a.m., 6.46 a.m. B. I. homeward mail leaves. Hollywood, Vic. Theatre. 9.30 p.m. raarsskg, I9*ik. High Water, 6.2 a.m., 8.31 p.m. Phil. Orchestra, Mem. Hall, 5.15 p.m. Hollywood. Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. Friday, 20th. High Water, 7.22 a.m., 9.32 p.m. Nursing Assn. Mtg.,
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  • 270 2 Mw C lubhouse Scheme. The fJaMiiiiMit'i latest decision with re**ard t i i iti far th.- now Clubhouse for Th Panaak Hatsaatioa Club has just been conveyed tc tin Clab officials and it is this, that, as things in at present, they may build DO the praaanl
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  • 598 2 The hon'ble Mr. F. J. H. Cowan. LL.D.. Director of the Department of Justice, vi:>, trill leave for Holland on retirement on April B. Mr. J. 6. Steward, «f the Convict blithmtnt, Taipins. has arrived at PtpsUfl and assumed du;i I as gaoler there relieving Mr. F. W. Fairy. The
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  • 20 2 Wife at Old-street Police Court: I hare been married twenty-seven years and have never hardly been free from black eyes
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 173 2 CROMESSOL THE SPRAY OF HEALTH FOR PUBL{€ HALLS, CINEMAS, SICKROOMS etc DISINFECTANT AND INSECTICIDE MEDICAL HALL LTD. 23 Battery Road, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. CINEMATOGRAPH. Twig Shows Nightly 7.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. Admission each show 40, 20 10 cts. THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY. Several new Actors and Actresses
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    • 309 2 I Victoria Theatre. I SJ TO-NIGHT AND NIGHTLY Moitd*)', Fcfe, 25 at 9-50 p.HV. AT 9.30 P.M. Under the Distinguished Patronage of H.E. The Governor and Lady GUILLEMARD, and H.E. Sir |fl\l W \T THEODORE ERASER HULL I Gr&ftd Variety UIAAH £oftcert AJAf I II A UN AID OF DIOCESAN
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    • 284 2 ALHAMBRA THEATR? (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Pi *V[, From Wednesday. 18th, to Monday In the Second Show Commend] A PICTURE THAT WILL CARRY TOl rti'S Henry Wadsworth Longfellow'* THE VILLAGE R «tH^?it j BLACKSMITH Adapted for the Screen by William! interpolations, and coveri 8 R< el >f Film B
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  • 319 3 London, Feb. 6. A Cairo message says the Indian Moslem Cnsnnssteion visited to-day the Rector of Al A Khar Mosque, who is president of the Cairo Khilafat Committee. The Rector naked the Commission if it was ready to participate in. the projected General Moslem Khilafat Corgi ess in
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  • 268 3 Bricks, Granite or Mud. j There has been some discussion lately 'concerning a bricklayer who laid 879 bricks i within an hour, which is at the rate of 4.losec. f«T each brick. Mr. J. E. Drower, la recognizi i authority on house-building, pointed ut in l*he Times
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 433 3 f\ JL a J^at thousands of IJO VOU RflOW ba^es have their IS** constitutions F undej mined, if not ruined, by having milk I I from Tubercular cows fcJ How is a mother to know that her baby £3 is safe from this risk.— Better not to run the M
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    • 401 3 I_W HI T E AWAY S I n.a, ri^Ps.o^^W< l aZJ 7 J* FT I B *M^tyfflmr nolqpra&f Hasieru v WM'r I< 4 %*ir\ ;IH A Sock that will stand hard wear In Dlack y 3 £1$ V% \\\k llPf;'| White, Grey, Champagne, and Blue. I Price $12.50 each. 1
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  • 350 4 Efficient French Product. The name Houdaille, pronounced Hoo- 1 dys)i is one that during the war eras ut| great prominence. Monsieur Houdaills was the inventor, and patentee of the rec. il absorbers on the big French guns used during the war. The French "75's" wtre (heavy guns,, which,
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  • 100 4 Every Buick owner knows that from every standpoint there is no greater value than a Buick. But not every Buick owner knows just how it is possible for Buick to give such remarkable value at such amazingly low prices. The answer is found in the huge Buick factories
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  • 342 4 Shanghai's P>ig Quota. China has a population, when not in- j eluding Thibet and Mongolia and two districta not yet investigated, of approximate!} i 4GG.0C0.000 people, and there are 8,508 motorcars, 1,180 motor truck? and buses, and 1,100 motor cycles in China, according to
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  • 78 4 Akron, O., Some of the large tyre manufacturers, including Goodyear and General, have decided to increase the number of plies in balloon tyres from four to six. The reason for this is that, after a year's trial, engineers have noticed that four-ply balloons could not
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  • 26 4 "There are three things in this world which never should be jerked. The rudder of a boat, the head of a wheel of a car."— Ex
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  • 521 4 Over the Simp'on en a Wolaeley. A Hongkong paper has received from Mr. F. H. Forahaw the following account oi an exciting Alpine tour. I started from Sion on the morning oi the 29th August last in my 15 h.p. Wol- 1 aeley car with three other
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  • 67 4 Conditions for 1J&23 Racr A n i for the I nal mot gulat ns la «ion has to the internationall; f p the we may be qi unless s i of American mano I u with much mailer than that Insr. going serious th.' limit of sii mum
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  • 138 4 Dunlop tyres a 1 58 motor-cycle* and car. whid rer cms Is the There are f. w payers in tl number of h more than 15 mill Good motorists scq pear shifting. Thej enables them to change qw out a dangero nintr i Practice makes perfect The maximum ipeeo i
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 121 4 Vk%%%V B VWAfIA%fIaVWI^WWW^ I BUY NOW BUT BUY RIGHT J msl THE "GOOD" MAXWELL i A \TT\ I TOURING. SPORTS TOURING. E I $562.50 Deposit. $625.00 Deposit. $178.87 Per month for ten months. $198.75 Per month for ten months. I YOUR OLD CAR TAKEN IN PART EXCHANGE. aj BORNEO MOTORS
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  • 358 5 I a. ready known to pioneer of eommer n ompeted in flights attempts to show „i aeroplane and .i bimaelf to purel> Prom London he has of business men, to u re of important* as Belgrade, ;,,.<! he baa al.s. i in i count! ieI ranee.
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  • 132 5 exceptional business fd by th, valuable use of bis various reported that last year "> more than £2,500,000. reduced on such a large rd -Motor Company has over the control of one aterials after another, and -li from these subsidiary tfspsnsad to the Cial department. Not for
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  • 38 5 thaT CloJlr I****""- realise L n "J not only has the right Ht,, r(f '"K'to prove it, if he to H, h hould top i" the road h >- Ir, km T*"** to proceed. "*•**> mtended to do in any
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  • 675 5 typical Examples of a Potential Danger. 'ihe motoring differences between the i rule of the road, the unwritten rule of the load, and the courtesy of the road are not always appreciated very fully. And .he v eaknesses of the average driver are usually found in the
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  • 257 5 When Sir Geoffrey Salmond first prepared •he air route fio.r* Cairo to Capetown in 1918 one of th proposals was that a Government flying-boat should make the trip, but this proposal came to nothing. The flight was made by Sir Hesperus van Ryne- vc Id and Sir
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  • 27 5 "Lie* sleeping here one Silas Blake, he mounded his horn but he had no brake. Also >! nether named Silas Fidd; he thought she wouldn't hkid but did."
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  • 492 5 I Congestion Problems. Two outstanding problems confront motordom to-day. They concern— 1. 1 raftic. The motor bus. A o improvements, fuel supply costs, um.<: can, ad are practically lost within the shadow c t these two questions. Important as they an in themselves, they do not approach the
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  • 210 5 If vve could cut the weight of ouv motor cars in half, what a reniai kable revolution in Raster construction and motoring it I would make. For one thing, we would reouiie much less powerfvl engines to do the same work, and that would mean much less
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  • 155 5 Transport Ministry's Plans to Aid Motorists. Plans are being evolved at the Ministry of Transport for the erection of a number ci mile-stones of a new and more effective design than are at present on the reads. An official av the Ministry said to an Evening Standard representative:
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  • 20 5 Don't set out to do with the horn and brakes what should be done with the head and the throttle.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 207 5 pnuuuniiHHHHmiiinnnn^ I DaHeßßrarastg I «MM "^k QUICK ACTION BRAKES 1 I W £k BXTRA LARSE AND EXTRA SAFE M I -A^wV^'.lJ i^^A alala^^BCsfe-^S^^/ I ,>%AC 'ftfXl'j/ fJ I""""; Jfll M^tt^tl!!^^mr-¥-ia« Wl^> ss H Please request Catalogues and Prices from I CENTRAL MOTORS I I I Tel. 1863. LIMITED. Singapore. j
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  • 429 6 Listeners Demand Better Programmes. Listeners-in in the United States have, appears, begun to realise that there is mile more ploasure in listening-in to a programme broadcast from a local statior than endeavouring to out-class one anothe in the "logging" of distant stations, whic it is impossible
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  • 238 6 In an editorial dealing with the management of the Ssaaaen'a Union, the Sydney Daily Telegraph says:— "Our national marine has been made a laughintj stock among foreigners by the attitude of the stewards on Commonwealth ships. Their behaviour has done more to set back the White Aus-
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  • 186 6 Gunboat Requested to Destroy Seals. A paragraph appeared in one of the London newspapers recently stating that a large number of seals had appeared in Kevin Bay, North Wales; that they had 1 een busy destroying the fish, and had actually endeavoured to climb on board the
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  • 477 6 [To the Editor, "Malay Mail."] Sir, The affairs of the Malayan Collieries have loomed large in your columns on many occasions during the last year or so, in consequence of which, I trust, you will grant me a little space. A proposal has been made to shareholders, which
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  • 333 6 In a cage in the coffee stall in the compound behind the Supreme Court where peons and proeass servers se-ek the mild refreshment which enables them to perform their disagreeable duties with greater efficiency, says the Pinang Gazette, sits a drabfeathered bird of lugubrious aspect, whose
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  • 105 6 A number cf American "efficiency experts have recently tackled the tough 4 of investigating the lives and habits or office boys Among other interesting f,et "dhL vered that 12 Per cent read dime novels" (surely an underestimate!). 17 per cent spend a great part of the dav
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 284 6 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penary Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring Sweater Gardner cars tor *>. Price U per hoar atfeg. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. A)j J J W/°. 1 Correct Feeding Fr during early infancy is of great importance. «J s during this p?rod that the
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    • 210 6 j VALUE in cigarettes depends on the amount of enjoyment you get from the amount you spend. Try Greys if you want to get the fullest possible measure of smoking satisfaction that a cigarette can yield. GREYS Silk Cut Virginia CIGARETTES large Size <B Popular Size That quality, which equally
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  • 639 7 A MILD DEBATE. BALDWIN < ELECTION PLUGS. [Renter*! Service.] London, Feb. 16. In the House of Commons, the debate on the Government's policy for eafeguarding industries was initiated by Mr. Ramsay MacDonald moving the Labour amendment. He accused the Government of deliberately depriving the House of the right
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  • 185 7 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Feb. In. Addressing the Cnamn r oi Deputies on subject of the EtabiHty of the franc, which is falling Ln a disquieting manner, H. Herriot said thai despite bor unemployment and Industrial crisis, Britain was reti.rning to the fold standard and the franc must
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  • 509 7 STATES ABSENT. TBE GERMAN TOUCH.'' Geneva, Feb. 16. There wa« an atmosphere of lassitude at the Opium Conference when it concluded the discussion of the chapter in the drug convention relating to tho Central Board of Contra! of international traffic in narcotics and drugs. The Conference adopted
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  • 79 7 Lont'on. Feb. 16. Renter is informed that the report that the British Government is negotiating with any other Tower in regard to the Geneva protocol is untrue. The British Government cannot define its policy until it knows the minds of the Dominions. Any suggestions of the Committee
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  • 37 7 Delhi. Feb. 16. In the Assembly during the discussion of the estimates Sir Charles Innes. Commerce member, said it was not likely that the Government of India would participate officially m the Empire Exhibition.
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  • 44 7 The Hague. Feb. 17. Heer Pleyte, Dutch Minister at Rio de Janeiro and an ex-Minister for the Colonies succeeds the late Heer Van Carnbeek as Minister at Madrid. Washington, Feb. 17. The Senate has confirmed Mr. Kellogg's nomination a? Secretary of State.
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  • 42 7 Paris. Feb. 17. A cable from Niamey states that Vuillemin has a fractured skull, Dagneaux broker ribs and Knecht a dislocated shoulder bu all are progressing favourably. [The^e airmen were injured whilst flying at Niamey in French West Africa.]
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  • 27 7 London. Feb. 1 6 The King is suffering from a feverish cob and is unable to fulfil his engagernents fo j a few days.
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  • 19 7 Rome. Feb. K Sig. Mussolini is a victim of influenza an has been medically ordered to bed.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 395 7 BUSINESS CARDS. I fox-trot mV iCTOGEN BABaRj 60 cents. j Co., Ltd., or I Milk Co., Sitgapore, Penang, Kuala Lr.mpur. 7, PREMIER MANILA CIGAR. u La InsnlaJr 1 cigars have I brand in mansions, where highest quality Obtainable from: S LTJ rLE i CO, LID. jN 25-A S, Canal Rd.
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    • 604 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that K. M. V. K. Ramasamy Chettiar of No. 93 Market Street Singapore has been appointed Manager of the Chitty Temples at Tank Road and at New Bridge Road from 10th. February 1925 until further notice. All persons having business in connection with the
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    • 683 7 The Swiss industries Fair. Basle 18th to 28th April. You have a good opportunity to see and buy in Baals the world renowned quality oods of the Swiss industries and to make it the occasion of excnrsioni to view the noomparal le natural beauty of Switzerland. Particulars from the Consulate
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    • 349 7 REMINDER. TO-DAY, WEDNESDAY, AT Ran P.M. SHERIFFS SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of The Ho Hong Bank Ltd. Plaintiffs. versus S.V.R.S. Palaniappa Chitty trading under tbe name of Pharmaceutical Caisaaists Defendants. AUCTION SALE OF 1. Freehold land situate at .1;
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  • 869 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1925. Le Matin's Balon. The main fault about le Matin's newspaper diplomacy is that it is founded on a series of errors. This French paper attributes to Mr. Chamberlain and M. Herriot a desire to find a way out of the "security" question which
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  • 514 8 Miss Breen of the Medical Mission. Malacca, has gone on leave. Mr. Lavallee, Director of the Post and Telegraph Service of Indo-China, at Hanoi, is arranging to visit Java. Mr. Rex Thompson, of Messrs. Thompson and Company, Australia, who is interested in dredging in Malaya, is in Kuala Lumpur with
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  • 362 8 The following action aras taken al meeting of Committee No. 4, hehl on February 13th: Decided that application for Mandatory Order for demolition of unauthorised I tensions to the Chee Seng Rubber Factory be confirmed. Accepted the tender of Mr. Graham Hutchison for repairs etc. to houses Nos.
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  • 529 8 The Sultan of Pahang and party arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Monday from Kuala Kangsar, and left later for Pahang. Mr. G. H. Day, a brother of Dr. Day. and formerly a lawyer practising in this country, has arrived at Penang on a visit, with his wife. We are sorry
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  • 26 8 '■fc-^rs; Mr.J«„ ,v.,, H h toHtay. W v« ».H. Wh, MID °f ItCOO b.i», Bidn.il, who tttrt fc^ Rin .r. Sewal Europe., both .Mm.
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  • 41 8 Appeal f»r Pajajg Nation.,! Iteaaaritl Tha following fa jceived: 'Previously ackaowh Collection St Andres Cat! Mrs. A. M. Ganno Mr. p. Howard I Cheque> should M I Saint Paul's Bsstaratloa Funs ed to lUatar*. Agent, n< Singapore. T
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  • 37 8 The Officers rrstefullj ceipt of th* following dsi it H. K. the Governor Hon'blc Mr. Guy i Cla W. A. Sims, Methodist Pnbliahini W. Allen, F. c. Bands, B. (i. HACKER, Honoran Ire*
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  • 60 8 Te>day*s Tite, Championship Pairs (Ver). Huber and Bain vi Winte? and w Hewitt. Murphy and Fuller rs. R Wilson. Fnlcher and G InthJone? and Teale. Holmes Bmitl 1 Rut ley. Denham and L I Salter. Hutchison i Sutrmerhaye? w, and Neatby. Pitt and Pa Da vies. Whitley
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  • 41 8 The following esrds v\«:r rd men's monthly medal: T. C. Mai tine. I If G. B. Anders n, I w. L. Stevens, l A. W. W. Ker, 1 si U. A. E. Barl.w. I Lt. W P. I
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  • 147 8 A picture that will carry OSS childhood's days will be presented at th- AIhambrs, to-night It i> an idaptal I Longfellow's Immortal, The Villasmith which every achsol key i should know. The Aha nisasaiwai aid series of illustrations fitting line- il *J poom. the story
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  • 94 8 Programme of drills up to ess" B 22 Thur>dav. B pan.-Drin H Coy.; 5.15 pjn. Drill Hall Ms*** „.m. Drill Hal! Chinese and Eur. Recruits. <; R Thursday. 5.15 p.*.— Driß Ha 5 p.m. -Drill Hall Chin, panv; M5 p.m. Drill Hsll Basd;W "C" Company: 5.16 p.m.
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  • 20 8 Orders for week ending 925. Thursday. Itth. Bsnd P"*** marters at 8.15 p.m. ..i.inerFRANK C. SANDS. Common
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 128 8 j THIS CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S'* I i I I A N.J. H WHISKY. Caldbeck, Macgregor U Company, Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 15, Robinson Road. Telephone No. 228. L I ST. IVEL LACTIC] CHEESE In 4 oz. Cartons. i SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated la the S.S. 1 Retail
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    • 4 8 -"^>^B^B****^B^aaaa^naaaaVaVa«aalaVaaall^aaSaaaHaaaaloaiaSKS"VßlaaalßS BLACK WHITE WHISKY
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  • 76 9 rxPEBTS 1 NNAL REPORT Hi |l ;l(TION LNNECESSARV. [ReUter'l Service.] London. Feb. 17. port of the expert advisera oa of SI Paul's Cathedra rs ilidstion of the pic ra b\ the insertion of metal drums of the dome with dii ociste them: elve# 1 for complete reconf the
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  • 70 9 I[Hava.« Service.] Tari>. Feb. 17. M. Herriot made ap* union of all Frenchmen on the incial r. si ration, which it and optimiam t or checking the h capita] abroad and far f! f »reign capital to ed but with- .'ki:it r capital uh a level where
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  • 67 9 (Service.] Nsaaasw, Feb. 17. speech to five thousand i, ridicule the reports of •ary preparath ns on the w«.-st-Ha the Soviet Gov- absorbed in intensive econotion. S riet-Jspsnese agree- of the highest importance I. He hop .1 f.»r a success•nt <.f relations with France, OS/here nrticted with
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  • 61 9 SENSATIONAL ARRESTS IN WARSAW. [Keuter'a Sen ice.] Warsaw. Feb. 17--«*1 arresta of alleged spies and agents are becoming a dailv ocWaraaw. police arreted on Feb. 16. to' f a well-known oil concern in apartment at an hotel, where numerous compromising docuconsiderable sums of foreign -r.. discovered. ted ihat his fraasj
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  • 44 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb, 17. to the newspapers a British troap is working in connect ion American -roup and arranging to "ty <»f uhi, thrt c millions tel Bewasje system and six millions Th, latter will be partis and machinery.
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  • 22 9 T HE KING'S COLD. [Beater's Service.] London, Feb. 17. ndl <ion of His lUjeet, the King g and there are no com-
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  • 40 9 [teaaer*| Service.] l.ond,m. Feb. 16. I;, ''.mmonwealth Fund has Mrtiah twenty annual scholarr) n enable for two years, in Ame- „;^,,s hy British graduates and "^rt t .1 ha,rmans nip of Committee ,h Prince of Wales who has
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  • 24 9 ltssjter* a BsTvlea.] v Moscow, Feb. 16 -authorise, the import of a cer- > of textile and cotton yam. «■>!<* ap^ar on page 7
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  • 192 9 LORD D'ABERNON'S VIEWS MIST HAVE RECIPROCITY. [Reuter's Service.] Hamburg, Feb. 17. I rd D'Abernon. in a speech at a banquet th- opening of the British Board of Comni res, .ii which prominent British and German merchants, the burgomaster and Consular onViala were present, referred tc the dang ir
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  • 165 9 Reuter's Service. Berlin. Feb. lfi. The question of payments by Government to Ruhr industrialists during the period o 4 Inflatioa has been attracting considerabb attention in Crmany along with other financial scandals. A memorandum submitted t.» the Reichstag by the Government points oat that these payments were In
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  • 72 9 [Aneta Agency.] Weltevreden, Feb. 17. A mission of Dutch sugar experts is leaving Batavia to-morrow by the mail steamer Kawi and proceeding via Singapore to Saigon, where they will make preparations to establish large sugar estates in French Indo-China. The whole project has bien initiated
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  • 230 9 Franchise Reform Bill. (By Courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Feb. 16. Th.* Privy Council has accepted the Cabinet'> request for an alteration in the for mer's supplemental clause in the Manhood Suffrage draft. The alleged supplemental clause providing for exclusion of men who are unable to
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  • 106 9 j .IGOVT. WILLING TO MEET I RUSSIA. WITH DIE PRECAUTIONS. I [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 17. The report that negotiations will be re opened between the British and Soviet Governments appears to be without foundation, but it is learned the Government has net closed the door against future
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  • 60 9 SIN VAT SENS ADVANCE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Hongkong. Feb. 17. Information has reached here that reports to Canton state that forces supporting Sun Vat Sen's cause have capturtd the towns of Tamshui and Sunyu in Kwangtung, whilst it is further alleged that Kweilin and Pinglck, further
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  • 71 9 [Aneta Agency.] Weltevreden. Feb. 17. It is now believed that the Communist movement in the Preanger Residency has been completely suppressed, and the antiCommunist fueling is now so strong tha* the Communist leaders no longer feel safe 1 from public attack and are in consequence! constantly changing
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  • 317 9 Notorious Malay Convicted. Admitting: two previous convictions for cheating and criminal breach of trust. Ahmat Affendi, who was convicted on a charge of cheating: by Mr. P. A. F. David in the District Court yesterday, was sentenced to 12 months rigorous imprison- ment. Court Inspector Meredith conducted the
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  • 167 9 Amsterdam's Tribute to Loum Bouwmeester. 1 1 Amsterdam. 1 The Municipal Council has granted a yearly pension of 4,000 guilders (approximately £350) to Louis Frederik Johannes Bouwmeester, the veteran of Dutch actors, now in his eighty-third year. The proposal j was accepted under great enthusiasm, and
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  • 20 9 To-night at Sea View Hotel there will be a special dinner and cinema, the feature being the film. Blind Youth.
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 439 9 To the Editor. Sir, —In the columns of several of the Home papers received by the last mail there appears correspondence on the subject oi introducing an innovation in the matter of the choice of innings in Test matches. One writer goes so far as to sav
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  • 250 9 Preventive Fleet's Activities. The crew of the new auxiliary launch Mina, at 9.10 a.m. on Feb. 1, off Pulau Undahg, Malacca, salved 9 pikuls 65 katties of rubber which they found floating. The raider Pikat, at midday on Feb. j 5, off Singgarang. Johore, captured a boat! manned
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  • 218 9 The biennial Session of the Malaysian Union Mission of Seventh-Day Adventists will be held beginning on the twentieth of February. The local Headquarters of this denomination are at 399, Upper Serangoon Road, and as all the meetings are open to the public, a condial invitation is extended
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 158 9 ROBINSON &> Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements f SIZES l^^fe^k a__ No. F 5 ;L^^^^ i ROBINSON'S QUALITY SHOES BLACK PATENT LEATHER Oxford Shoes. No toe cap as illustration; lined leather; light sole: medium toe; stocked in Fittings 4 and 5. Sizes 2 Sizes from 5 to 10
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 789 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 Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. GLAUCUS
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    • 499 10 STEAMER SAILINGS >^ M^l^— Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) I EUEiIMAN^ 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 <lue Feb. 27 s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar. 28 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 534 10 _STEAMER SAIUNGS -p. o7^~~^ BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES o- PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION Cn LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Due u
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  • 261 11 i „ils as spies has been in .Japan from renala as saasd were ajMl i at. which were trained Naturalhts say that the lined oven to imitate the bterras the World Magjn vet of the animal in tlil very effective, especially ((i l0 u tt r loaf
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  • 211 11 I been seen I i imtry, hut which ;.s I >ming into proI Persian Greyhound, or I I with their long face- and I cans, tail ami I sen a good deal at recent I Lttract the atten- Tl hunting of foot swifter, I
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  • 110 11 I Parallels might be found ,!1 'H the current Inter--tte, of the wife of an that she saw a Haw which her husband was •n work near Lon■nachinery iraa examined »nd end disaster such stories, hoover, like that told by *arning disregarded. poodle named Fan- daughter of the
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  • 8 11 W the countrv. hut -..<■ I" ''l-B Buffalo News
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  • 501 11 here is a crying need in our advanced stage of civilisation for some deliberate ■sign of respect that a woman may make to correspond with the raising of the hat by a man and the soldier's salute. What can it be? Even in these shingled t^ays one
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  • 282 11 No one has sttessptsd to classify the la oi the world's great cities. Yet each city has a smell peculiar to itself, Iso pronounced that the traveller is batmediately concious of it. If a blind man who has travelled about the world were suddenly transported to various
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  • 148 11 Hoy of 12 Presides at a Congress. Bolshevist groups for school children are; the latest creation of the Communist Party j in France. Admission is limited to "class- j conscious" boys and girls up to the age j of 18. A congress of child Bolsheviks was recently held
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  • 38 11 The death is reported to have taken place at the Canton Sanatorium; Canton, from peritonitis, of Dr. Erwin Remy, the German Consul-General in Canton since January 1924, and German Consul in Hongkong since May in the same year.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 494 11 v> riS m m 4 ii .I^4 -4^\ g I The Cioarettc that I i suits °th e dim ate m You cannot offer your guests fe wfc a better or more acceptable %k ffi cigarette than "Capstan'— every fp smoker in the East regards Jfe Capstan as the criterion
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  • 327 12 A case of forging third class tickets of the British India Steam Navigation Co. is now being investigated by the Madras police. Two persons have been arrested. Submarine XI, at Portsmouth, is the largest submarine in the world, being 350ft long, with a surface displacement of 2,780 tons
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  • 127 12 MARINE COURT. Before Capt. J. E. Edwards, R.D., R.N.R., in the Marine Court yesterday, two Chinese lightermen were charged with making fast their craft under Anderson Bridge. Mr. R. Paulusz appeared for the accused who pleaded not guilty. Inspector Higgins of the Marine Police prosecuted. After many witnesses
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  • 182 12 Preference System Abolished. The leading transatlantic passenger lines have abolished (says Reuter's New York correspondent) the preference system whereby socially or professionally prominent people have beer, able to cross the ocean in first-class accommodation upon payment of steerage rates of far The action was taken by
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  • 76 12 Professor Carl J. Arnell, who was credited with knowing fifty-thiee languages, from that cf the Eskimo to that of the African Hottentots, has died at Tacoma (Wash.). He was Secretary to America)! Ambassadors to Japan for twelve years, and was the second white man to complete the course in Oriental
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 775 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer M ARELLA (7,375 tons) •ad MONTORO (5,000 ton*.) The s.a. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Auatralia. Cabins ffe Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 126 12 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Direct Services to Japan via Hongkong and Singapore and to Calcutta via Penang from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze ports, Formosa, the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. HOSANG Feb.
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    • 439 12 "Insects cannot live where LOTOL U u j»» A One Certain J >) j| FOR^LLJNSECT PZc T5 %V LOTOL DESTROYS^^^^^^ tl VOO\^>^\' BJ MOSQUITOS, ANTS, 'u f *Z\\ t g( FLEAS, FLIFS, MOTHS, J&. f JT^ A f( J^V« COCKROACHES, t A^vAW P 1 V\ SILVER FISH, RED RUGS, VV^T
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    • 130 12 BBBY LINE. of fast twin-ecnrar Mail Paan Bteamen bttaraea RANGOON, COLOMBO, HAMsffJ* \M) LONDON, with through conned and Penanjr. HOMEWAKI) SAIUNtt Steamer. > s.s. OXFORDSHIRE s.s. LANCASHIRE s.s. YORKSHIRE s.s. WARWICKSHIRE M LEICESTERSHIRE s.a. HEREFORDSHIRE s.s. GLOUCESTERSHIRE Passat Rates include Port of Esaharkation frow Earn or PENANG TO LONDON. ♦■M
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 433 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Prigi Radjah. Tembilahan and Indragiri Sri W T ongsoe 8 a.m. Pjambi Singkep 9 a.m. China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa. East Siberia and Philippine Islands K. Maru 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Sarawak
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    • 184 12 Attaka 30; Saigon Maru 32: Ekma 34- 37; H. M. Submarines L.l and L.2 Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 4). Billiton 48. West Wharf (Entrance Gate 4). Atreus 1. KEPPEL HARROITR. Main Wharf Sehne. J. B. Aug. Kessler, The Cable. Sea Belie. Johanna, Angas', Angas, Magnet, Ladv Evelyn. Oil Wharf Nil.
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    • 655 13 STEAMER SAILINGS O. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. London. Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, mace, via Colombo, Aden and Port Alps Maru Mar. 12 Mar. 13 N 'ew York via San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. end. Darban, Capt Town, Rio, Santos, and Huenos Aires nbo t Panama
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    • 416 13 STEAMER SAILINGS J&fin Round-the-World aaaa!"»i 4 *^G*&^ STEaa^fISHIIP SLIME 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,
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    • 704 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AM|KR;AN far east OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS f SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT Mar U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Apri U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT M ay and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulars
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  • 492 14 Mr. Forbes Lankester, who is about to reach the seventy-year-old age limit appointed for London police-court magistrates, has, seriously or otherwise, announced his intention of returning to the Bar. Neither a judge nor a paid magistrate loses his status as a barrister, and it is
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  • 431 14 Man "Connect ,d with Peerage" Sentenced. A remarkable story was tvld to Sir 1 Char. res Biron at Bow-street Police Court on Jan. 3, when Stanley Woods, forty-.-even, described as an a. tor. of no fixed home, was charged on remand with stealing, or, December 11. an
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  • 18 14 I Lady Clifford sailed on Jan. 21 in the I Adda to join Sir Hugh Clifford in Nigeria.
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  • 443 14 Bulgaria, since her downfall, has behaved on the whole very well, and there is no harm in wishing King Boris good luck in that search for a wife on which he is said to be embarking. This delicate matter, we remember, greatly exercised the mind
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  • 367 14 Crib-ago used to bear: that in its meat. works it utilised everything but the squeal of the pig, and the cynic suggested that thai might be utilised as a gramophone i record. But, according: to the Sydney Daily (Telegraph, a Sydney man has beaten Chi- capo; in
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  • 130 14 A good story about Sir John McClure was told at a recent Old Miilhillians' dinner in Newcastle-on-Tyne. The speaker descrined how, as a little boy at s:hool (he could not now fathom the reason), he had gone to the head master's study and asked him if
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 297 14 WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles Is^"^^ SAFE, SURE, ALWAYS CfeiS^l CURES. r^;i t^t> -^wct^'v [i Do not suffer from cramp [I]l|Jf^^ TulfniMaUaL l colic or pain in ihe stom ach >: |-afc£!i£s" ,< when Chamberlain's Colic and I rAINTKRB* COUC. M J snuuro wfu'wus* Diarrhoea
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    • 374 14 Lumbago T^IIK deep netted pains of Lnmbaj;o are (piiokly dispelled l>y the action of De Witt'i Hills an enres thus effected are pertynnent because De Witt's Tills reiuc iy the <;i:;ho of the trouble. Perhaps the experience of Mrs. Wyhef affords the !-<st proof of the efficacy of the remedy,
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    • 281 14 SWGAH«E T mß rtssg MBWANTILE^ADv-j^ The cn'y Won the best Medium M with the srith Latest Ti Latest A relephone M. Cahl< a U. CDißmiwicationi Editorial ma i rhs Editor, I ...u,i. :4l to be addressed to The il i'roe Press. e bj torn I el SUBSCHrnON I (Payable in
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  • 554 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th. (marked.; ta olJars othenv"' MINING. \*g**m Fadans; Tia Se !i^ s 1 Hitam Tin 6 Idria Hydraulic l B K. Kamuntinjr (10.) 4 V: Kinta Aaaa. 1 10) *io *r, Kamunting r- 6 I Kuala uJnpurTia °'*.?t 8s o^ x 4
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  • 68 15 February 17. Bank 1 m.s. •> 1 M Bank demand 2 4 1-16 Private credits m.s. o 1 9-16 New York, demand 55 i a Credits 90 days France, demand 990 India, T.T. 15 4*:- 4 Hongkong, demand 2 p. c Prcm. Yokohama, demand lil" t Java, demand 139
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  • 172 15 February IT. Gambier 25.00 Flake Tapioca 7.50 Pearl Sago Small >..vi Copra Sundried 11. tin "mun. B*»n- rus unt. 1,808 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice. Rangoon Bintan 288 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 257 Rice, Siam Broken Xo. 1
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  • 193 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT Singapore, Feb. 17. Rubber.— ls 5%d. 62»a 4 Tin.— 2266 12s od. 188%. 150 tons. The market continues on the quiet sidfl in all sections. Rubber shares bay Tew enquiries in spite of the steady rise in the pi ice of the commodity. Tin share.- have
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 94 15 Singapore, Fab, 17 Tin.—London £'2b'b 12s 6d. Local I:;!*,.:*'; 150 tons sold. Rubber. —1* 5 7sd. With an upward tendency in the price of Rubber theft has been an improved enquiry for the more popular stocks with but litti. -crip offering. Tin shares continue active with LingUH dons
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    • 174 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Feb. 17. Rubber.— London Is 6%d. Rather sellers. Local 68%. Tin.— London 1266 12s fid. Local 183%. 100 tons sold. Mining. Hitams have buyers at 1.73 am: sellers at 1.77. Kinta Dredges an quired for st B7 sellers holding For 81. K. L. Tins are
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    • 207 15 Singapore, Feb. 17. Tin.— £266 12s. 6d Down 225. fid. Local i:tt 4 100 tons. Rubber.— ls. r,&„d. Up Vsd. Local 64. With the steady rise in tin- price of Rubber, buyers are beginning to come forward again and there have bssn enquiries for both dollar
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  • 37 15 Singapore, Feb, 17, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smok -d Sheet. Spot 6:: 63%; March 63 63%; April-June fi\ v .> CA\; -July-Sept. 60> 4 60%. London Quotation Sheet is. ."-^id. Market Quiet.
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  • 252 15 KRUPP'S STATEMENT AND BALANCE-SHEET. Krupp's first balance-sheet on a good basis since the inflation period puts the share capital of the undertaking at £8,000, GOO and the reserves at 12,000,000. The report states that during the last year no war material was made at the Essen work-. At the Annan
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  • 35 15 The Bristol Customs figures for last year show that the duty paid on tobacco amounted to £21,429,508 and on beer to £1,957,:J69 The docks traffic returns showed a marked advance on the previous year's figures.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1499 15 Usets over rriir' annnim ninmnn%T Assurances in force over $17,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LBHrTED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) ;A!) F1 h lC^nn n f' eSte f USe Sin^ ore LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry E C I ,i, ompany has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court
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    • 147 15 KOYAL 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 Ifansoa* THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Trcorporated in the
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  • 1397 16 It was a very apposite suggestion whici was made at the S.C.C. football meetinj. on Monday evening that the Club captaii should invite the S.C.F.A. to meet then in a friendly match on the Padang in th< course of the next week or two, and th< hops will
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  • 446 16 AUSTRALIA FOLLOW ON. Taylor's Fine Batting. [Reuter's Service.] a j' Melbourne, Feb. 17. The weather to-day proved uncertain Tht r< was a short period of sunshine durj ing the day which, at first cloudy, became .'bad but improved as time went on. The attendance reached twelve thousand.
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  • 1302 16 I A PROFESSIONAL SHOULD NO! CAPTAIN ENGLAND. What English Cricket Lacks. English newspapers may, as wa. i in a recent telegram have hit Lore :e for six. But th: famous old York skipper has not been knocked off his b and it is by
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 58 16 [Reuter's Service.] Philadelphia, Feb. 17. NaUrnai established new worid records for the indoor and dirt track mile, mile and three-quaiters and two miles, in 4 mins. 35 2-5, 8 mins. 17 2-5, and 9 mins. 30 2-5 respectively. Ritola ran 3V4 miles in 15 mins. 38 sees.
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    • 51 16 [Reuter's Service.] > Bloemfontein, Feb. 16. Playing at Bloemfontein against the Orange Free State, Mr. S. B. Joel's XI made 442 (Tyldesley 96 and Jameson 133). ihe Orange Free State replied with 38 J (Coen 103). The match was drawn. Owing to rain there was no play
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    • 49 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 16. In the Second Division of the League the match played to-day between Clapton Orient and Stockport resulted in a draw I—L1 L In the Southern section of Division HI Charlton A. and Swansea played a goalless draw. Aberdare beat Brentford 2—l.
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    • 22 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Feb. 16. In the Scottish Cup replay, Solway Stai beat Yale of Leven 2 l at Glasgow.'
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    • 147 16 The report of the Singapore Football Association, the annual general meeting o.' which will be held at the Cricket Club on Wednesday, February 25th, states that expenditure for the year exceeded receipts by 427.92 dollars. With the balance brought forward from last year there remains a I
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    • 197 16 Scottish Co. vs. Swiss Club. Last Sunday a return match between the Scottish Company and the Swiss Club tool, place at the Swiss Club Shooting Range, which for the occasion was gaily decorated. Each team consisted of 11 scorers; each a. srer being entitled to 3 series of 10
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 365 16 WHY BE WITHOUT A PIANO~~WHFnTT~' A VERY SMALL OUTLAY YOU CAN HAVT A MOUTRIE SENT TO YOUR my Z TO-DAY. CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR UTEBT ILLUSTRATED CATALOGU E A X n PARTICULARS OF OUR GRADUAL PAYMENT S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd J SINGAPORE. If HERE ARE THE PRVNFs YOU'RE LOOKING
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