The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 6 March 1925

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. |0 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925. NO. 11,432
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    240 1 The Times has a>;ain reiterated the arguments in favour of the Singapore Baas Page 7. Opposition to the Base scheme has been shown in both Houses of Parliament. In the I'pptr House lord Curzon stated the amounts to be spent in the next three years Page n.
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    KAMPONG HOURS.
    932 1 To the Malays of the kampong every day i.s a Sabbath, for every day is a day of rest. I say advisedly to the Malays of the kampong, f<»r to the toddy collectors tin re is Unceasing toil morn and eve as they ply their trade therein. Graceful
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      287 1 FRANCIS MONK U Co. HAVE KF. MOVED TO No. 44 ANSON ROAD TEL. SIM. RAFFLES HOTEL. THIS EVENING ROOM TEA DANOE. Reservations Tel. No. 2920. SEA VIEW HOTEL. Dinner end Dance. March. -Bathing. Morning Ti-le. Special Dinn?r nnd Cinema. me.— Jackie Coogan bs "DADDY.*'- Coated? Drama. Fireman. My Child. Tony
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      114 1 Sime, Darby U Co., Ltd. v lncorpoiaU'd in the Strait? Settlements) 5. MALACCA STREET, SINGAPORE. Telccrams: Telephone: SIM IT No. 2800 l v THE EUROPE HOTEL. .^mm^m.Z.m.^m'Z-~mm^—.—mm.-'mt**mo**'mm*-'m.--m.*-'m--.^ Terms: Ala carte, or j GRJLL I ■m i v*ax <__. jj Inclusive. After-dinner dancing every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT,
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      162 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Goodyear balloons Page 3. Try Nettle's thick cream Page 7. Spey-Royal whisky at Guthrie's— Page 6. Raffles and Sea View Hotel fixtures Pape 1. y Wm. Jacks for the Plentv engine*— Page 7. Use the Willard battel v in vour car Page 3. For*! owners should uss White
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      14 1 FRANCIS MONK U Co. HAVE REMOVED TO No. 44 ANSON ROAD TEL. 34!) 1.
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      83 1 THE WEEK. Hiirh Water, 6.51 a.m.. _U?, p.m. Football: S.F.A. vs Chin;. FUmt Football: S.C.C. II n S.R.C. 11. Carter at Vic. Theatre. 9JSO p.m. *V i 7 "4 m. High Water. 7.58 a.m.. 9.4>? p.m. B. I. outward mail due. Haytor Rubber, Evatt's noon. Garrison Sports, Tanglin. Garter at
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    PENANG IN THE PAST.
    556 2 There arc BOOM rather piquant passages in that interesting book of reminiscences, "About Myself and Others," written by Sir Auhibald Anson, the last Lieut. -Governor of Penang, who.-e death, at the advanced aye of i>9, is announced, says the Straits •Kehu. A resident here in Sir
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    WOMAN GOVERNOR OF TEXAS.
    211 2 Mrs. Ferguson Sworn in. New York, Jan. 20. Ausi.in, the capital of Texas, has been c elebrating the inauguration of Mrs Miriam Ferguson a* mmmt woman Governor of Texas to-day. About 50,000 visitors are said to have assembled at iJhe Capitol, including about 100 cowboys. It
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    86 2 By suitable selection of aggregate and bonding material, Paul E. Sabine, in his t. f arch at Galena, 111., has produced a plaster for walls that takes up about 10 to 30 per cent of sound energy, and is about as effective a sound absorbent as h-avy rugs or tapestry.
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      225 2 SINGAPORi PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A GRAM) BAZAAR and OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE will be held in the VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL On Tuesday, 10th March, at 10 a.m. to be opened by H. E. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THEODORE FRASER. G.O.C. ADMISSION FREE "the happy valley" TO-MGHT TO-NIGHT I SERVICE BOXING (A l ST R
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      242 2 VICTORIA THEATRE To-Night and To-Morrow at 9.30 p.m. MATINEE SATURDAY, AT 5 p.m. Children half price. THE GREATEST SPECTACULAR ILLUSION OF THE AGE Miss EVELYN MAXWELL THE PSYCHIC MARVEL OF THE DECADE. 100 OTHER NOVELTIES. -i- Hooking now open at LITTLE'S. Trices |4, 3. 2 and 1. Soldiers Sailors Half
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      346 2 ALHAMBRA TAN CHENG KEE CO., LIMITED PROPPfP-v A PHOTOPLAY OF THE MODERN STAGE'S rßpinffiS? From Monday, March 2nd, to Saturday,' March 7th HIT In the Second Show at 0 p.m Sirup GHOSTLY WALLOP 1 Reel Fox Cartoon. INTERNATIONAL NI \Y s of interesting screen news. IT IS A METRO SCREEN
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    OUR IRISH LETTER.
    1266 3 TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Four Killed, Many Injured. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ilelfast, Feb. 2. A terrible accident took pla.e on the Lettorkenny.Burtonport railway on Friday night last. During a terrific gale the 715 I train was crossing the 400 yards viaduct Wbieb span.s the mountain defile between
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    GREAT WILLY-WILLY.
    173 3 GREAT WILLY- WILLY. Airmen's Lucky Escape. Perth, Jan. 26. The great "willy-willy," which destroyed the Point Samson jetty, doing £100.000 worth of damage, is the first in the Hedland Rot bourne aria since March 31. 1912, when the B.S. K( ombana was lost there. It passed rapidly inland, lost its
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      260 3 elastic new (ioodyear cord lj IK w+yVi material—far outstretches W^ \\l rH b^| n K P< iint of stan- J />VI \rf£n! It* extreme elasticity t?H V /-rfSrf \1 results hi a stout bodv #s^i a l v rc^' cls a ains J* Kxyl WmmWrtl AY 1 _r y" I
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    SCOTTISH LETTER.
    1353 4 SPREAD OF THE HOUSING WAR. (From Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh. Feb. 4. The housing war divides itself into two separate parts, the first affecting Britain as a whole and the other being at present restricted to the West of Scotland, though there are signs of it spreading over
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    SURGERY OF 100.000 YEARS AGO.
    270 4 What Prehistoric Man Looked Like. London, Jan. 22. The prehistoric man whose skull, found in 1021 in a cave in Rhodesia, was the subOf a lecture by Sir Arthur Keith, conservator of the Royal College of Surgeons' Museum, on Wednesday night, may possibly hart been
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    HANDED TREASURY NOTES TO STRANGER.
    170 4 Woman Deceived by Impudent Trick. A new and ingenious form of tilckery ha? just come to the notice of Scotland Vard, and police officers are engaged in a search for a man who has su< ceeded in obtaining from a woman £12 in Treasury notes.
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    RUSSIA—AS ONE LABOUR DELEGATE SAW IT.
    746 4 RUSSIA— AS ONE LABOUR DELEGATE SAW IT. NO FREEDOM OF SPEECH OR PRESS. The Political Prisoners. In the January-February issue of the Bulletin of the Joint Committee for the Defence of Revolutionists Imprisoned in Russia there appears a report from Mr. John Turner, who was a member of the British
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    56 4 The Rockefeller Foundation has accepted an invitation from the Straits Settlementto make a hookworm and health survey as previously carried out in Siam. Dr. M. E. Barnes, from San Francisco, has been assigned as director for Siam and Malaya. He will in all probability make his headquarters in Singapore, and
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      201 4 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. [Doctors' Special A f mc old Scoter. Whisky, mcllo\v cd by Nature and matured by nA time. Exceptionally soft and of lfl(
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      103 4 Shanks I Appliances RB9e^3tS___Bi-MH»Jl__lji x .^_&i*7 \lkX "-""ja'*^- -3mm mM f m>>." ma*w*^£- y mm 3_ffi-y*f a ,t\ Xo* >ft j t t JjPW _1L j EVERYTHING CONSTIitCTiO^AL SANITARY. SPECIALISTS e> R. Young Co., Limited. PENANG. SLVGAI'OUH. §?SLH AGENTS FOR S.S. AND F.M.S. Phono 1451 li >\ The Green Island
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    THE NAVAL BASE.
    383 5 HONGKONG'S GIFT. DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 4. In the House of Commons at ouestioi time, Mr. Amery said the Honirkong Gov eminent had generously offered a quartei of a million sterling towards the cost oi the Singapore base (Cheers), represent ing the profits
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    HOW THE MONEY WILL BE VOTED.
    244 5 London. Mar. 4. In the H< ;;.-e of Lord?, Lord Wimboine the Government i consider the i )£anon scheme with a view r<» its nodi- n or abandonment. He de-la 1 d the tcheme had ci anxiety and offence I Japnn. 1 Tt>rd Balfour
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    CONGRESS SALARIES.
    43 5 [Reuter's Service.] i Washington, Mar. 4. Before his inauguration, Mr. Coolidge signed a number of bills including that of the increase of salaries of Congressmen from 7,500 to 10,000 dollars and Cabinet members 12,000 to 10.000. {Latest telegrams on page 7J.
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    38 5 Mr. H. H. Abdul Cader, who has just j been app< inted a Municipal Commissioner, Penang, was entertained to a picnic recently at Tanjong Bungah by members of the United Indian Association, of which he is President. I
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    THE FOOD COMMISSION.
    149 5 LANSBURY'S MOTION. BIG TEA DIVIDENDS CITED. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 4. In the House of Commons, moving a re- solution condemning the composition and irfortwdimi of the Food Commission, Mr. G. Lansbury (Labour, Bow) asserted that i high dividends proved the existence of profiteering. He cited the
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    RESTRICTION OF OPIUM.
    140 5 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi. Mar. 4. The Council of State has rejected a resolution recommending a governmental enquiry with a view to restrict inf opium to medical purposes. The mover. Sir Deva Sarbadhikari. complained that the consumption of opium was rxtrtmely high in Assam. Burma and portions of
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    THE JAPANESE TREATY.
    91 5 [Reuter's Service.] Tifli- Mar. 4. BC Ryk.rf, in his speech here, emphasised he importance of the Japanese Treaty as olving the Far Eastern quests n fcr the Soviet and guaranteeing its Pacifi fi :..ier. rle opined that there would be n imminent level' pment in Russo-Japanese Economic
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    FUNERAL OF EBERT.
    117 5 I [Reuter '.j Service.] Herlin. Mar. 4. When the funeral pr cession of Ex-Presi-lent Ebort wended its vay thro«igh the hronged streets decorated in black and the Republican colour?, and halted at the steps jf the Reichstag, the crowd of two hundred thousand silently and reverently listened
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    THE BURNING FLEVO.
    73 5 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 4. A wire from Batavia says the British steamer Flevo taught fire forty miles on* Tandjong Priok and sank. The crew wtve picked up and landed at Putavia except the I British mate and eight Chinese who are missing. [The above appeareo in
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    87 5 At St. Stephen's Church, Sydney, on January 28th., the wedding was celebrated of Miss Elma Percival, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Percival, of Richmond, and Mr. Henry Stratton Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, of Stratton estate, Petaling, Selangor. A beautiful sheath gown of white crepe
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      370 5 BUSINESS CARDS. Please Send for the Illustrated Catalogue of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO., LTD. 11l and 113, North Bridge Road. HHHHHHHHHHIItSJtIIia ■■■PEjHHr THE IKE.MIER MANILA CIGAR Since ISS3 "La Insular" cigars have v n thc accepted brand in mansions, labs and hotels where highest quality emsnded Obtainable from: JOHN LITTLE
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      533 5 NOTICES. GIRL GUIDES HUT CEMETERY ROAD. The Foundation Stone will be laid by Lad: Shaw on Wednesday the. 11th instant at 5 p.m All interested are cordially invited. NURSING "ASSOC! AtToN The Singapore Nursing Association wiii be r«°A C T eive the names und »**»weea of anj mhmnlt Wh are
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      657 5 AUCTION SALE OF High Grade Wax Polished, Walnut and Mahogany Stained Teak Jacobean dc s.gn Household rurn.ture, Cottage Piano, Hornless table grand Column a Gramophone with Records. Crockery, Glass and Plated Ware, Etc. TO BE HELD AT "HILDFRED" No. 6 St. Michael's Road (off Serangoon Road) SATURDAY, 7th. MARCH, 1925
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      495 5 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. IN THE ESTATE OF CHCA LIP SIAN DECEASED. The undersiern.d have been instructed to „-11 hy pubhe auction at their Sale-room, Raffles hambers, Raffles Place. ON MONDAV, 16th MARCH. AT Uf r.M. East Coast Road areaVr> a U -n bK S^SJ lan<l an erroJ. H" <****— House
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH.
    25 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. STl'RT.— On 4th March, VJ-o, at JT Hyde Gardens, Kastbourne. to Mr. and Bin. H. H. Sturt (autrefois, Ewline Brooke*. :i daOffhter.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925. Base Construction Plans.
    411 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925. Base Construction Plans. There continues an extraordinay reluctance on the part of the Imperial Government to show any notable anxiety lo get on with the Singapore Uase. There IS, of course, plenty of talk and reiteration of policy, but the solid facts are
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    Rubber Niceties.
    486 6 If, as it seems reasonable to expect, restriction is to continue for a good many years to come, a rather curious point is raised in connection with some remarks in a contemporary recently as regards local manufacture of rubber paving. The point is this: Is it possible for
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    256 6 Mr. Justice Deane is expected to proceed from Penang to Seremban towards the end of April. Captain J. V. F. Macdonald has ceased to be attached to the M.V.1., Perak, with effect from Feb. 28. Mr. G. P. Bradney, Auditor-General, F.M.S., who had been to Penang, has returned to Kuala
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    DEATH OF MR S. C. HARRIS.
    41 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). if on gkong. Mar. 5. The death has occurred of Mr. Stanley Clay Harris, of the staff of the East rn < Extension Telegraph Company, vho was I formerly stationed at Singapore.
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    SCOUTS APPEAL. 1925.
    80 6 The Officers acknowledge receipt Of the I following donations and would like to re j mind everybody that the amount required is $2,000. Already acknowledged |520 Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd.. .V.) Lewis and Peat Ltd. 25 L. H. Campling 10 W. H. MacGregor 25 J. Dickenson
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    ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.
    49 6 Appeal for Funds to Preserve National Memorial. The following donations have heen re-' ceived: Previously acknowledged $*****.50 Offartoriea at St. Mark's Seremban 85.63 Cheques should oe made out in favour of Saint Paul's Restoration Fund, and ad-! [dressed to Reuter's Agent. 11. Collyer l Quay, Singapore.
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    206 6 The following notifications appear in the first issue of the "Kedah Government Gazzette": Mr. I. D. Robeitson, Executive Engineer, F.M.S., seconded for servic t in the State of Kedah, reported his arrival and assumed duties on January 30th. Mr. F. J. Button. Assistant Engineer, F.M.S.. seconded for service, assumed duties
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    378 6 The following missionaries of the Nether-lands-Indies Conference left for furlough in the States, during February, Rev. and Mrs. H. W. Bowers of Sourabaya, and Rev. and Mrs. Mark Freemaj: and family of Palembang. A Ceylon paper reports that Mr. T. Fetch, Government Botanist and Mycologist, Ceylon, who is retiring from
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    A JOHORE FUNCTION.
    351 6 -m-m-l*, tl[^ DR. WILSONS I>ORTO A n -x, N,K "-tt_ An interesting f i" the mw. M d dispensary at j D ■fternoon, wh.n HU li Sultan of Johore, u, Thi Honourable h, D.P.IU., laU iv, Johore. Then wc. a v eludinc Hli Highnes* T, ■Si HiKl
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    GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
    243 6 The following had the honour if with Hrs Excellency the Governor asd Guillemard at Government 11 4th to meet the Admiral, sad Officer.* I the China, East Indies and AosU Squadrons: H.H. the Sultan of J G.C.M.G K.8.E., Vice Admiral Sir A. F. Everett, K.C.M.G.. K.< .V. CJ-
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    FAREWELL TO REV. AND MRS. P. L. PEACH.
    112 6 The Stlldenti and itaft Chinese School and branch semblod in large nn«herf in 0 grounds last Saturda;.. to bye to the PVincinal, Rev. W no has io merge. ititution for the past thr* ground wai tastefully decora* of the occasion and there
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      148 6 The Connoisseur Comes to Caldbeck's" la* Vr ~\V_____A 1 1 I i *uSP^S3I 4 I "'^St- 1 XXXX^ L»c** V C^ V -•-■'■-'■T ;:!r^|^' 7 Caldbeck Macgregor U Co., Ltd. N. yX^ (Incorporated in Shanghai.) XT. Uobinson Koad. Telephone 228. NEW ZEALAND KRE CREAMERY FRESH UTTER ANCHOR* BKAM). m+m IE
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      33 6 {a BERLIET Cars and LORRIES do not advertise, ask the owners. See them at the Eastern Auto Company. Dupire Brothers. Agents. 0 BLACK WHITE I 1 i _k 1 m mk 1 WHISKY
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    THE NAVAL BASE.
    122 7 ..^HK PLATITUDES. OLD UMSUMBNTB. I. ra [Reuters Service.] London. Mar. .">. recapitulating the naval :.,i .rguments in favour of the Singapore base, say. m khe Par East fc0- are leal likeiy ional ci isis the ild hardly be justi- :hvVV- present operate us speech in the IFectiveiy
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    HONGKONG'S GIFT.
    48 7 AITS IH\\K> .PPLAUMD LN < ol SCIL. b Our Con< -pendent Hengfteng, Mar. 5. Hongkong L (gislalay, His Excellency K. Stubbs, read cables -.<.■•{ from the Secretary niefl regarding the fa million sterling ssadc thc cost of the cable character- generous one, which thc work of lly applauded.
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    FRENCH VIEWS ON SECURITY PACT.
    69 7 FRENCH VIEWS ON SECURITY PACT. [Hsvaa Service.] I'aris. Mar. Paris, M. Herriot i the German suggestions guarantee only under the ftimons: firstly, the conclusion taflo-Belgian military ar- independent of the pact; lenssny'i entry into the League with the acceptation of all the mw ramfi thirdly, sani of the German prop<
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    JAPANESE NEWS.
    165 7 lVace Preservation Bill. '■«"">• of the Xanyo XichiWeki Shimbunsha.) 1 Tokio. Mar. 4. noßcisUy understood that the Ration Bill will pass the Diet been modified fcy the three i lIV l p P<* r House I hallenged. House Reform Bill will bt j IT. l M*r House on
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    PREPARING FOR BATTLE.
    67 7 DAWES ON CONGRESS OBSTRUCTION. NEW RILES NEEDED. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Mar. B. Vice-President, General Dawes, deiiverf"f M inaugural address as President of the Senate, recommended changing the ml Which permits individual Senator, ar ■mall minorities to kill legislation bv filibustering or talking it to death. He drew
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    POISON GAS.
    65 7 [Router's Service.] Vienna, Mar. .">. A newspaper slates that 10,000 cylinders I of extremely poisonous ras have been discovered a. BlumaU by the inter-Allied Control Commission, which has demanded punishment of the owner and has drawn the attention of Government to it, and also addressed B note to
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    SOVIET WANTS BRITISH AID.
    135 7 [Renter's Porvice.] Tiflis. Mar. In a speech to the Soviet Central Executive Committee. M. Chicherin urged an earnest attempt to reach an Anglo-Russian agreement. Re was convinced such an agreement would soon be reached with Mr. Chamberlain through Mr. Hodgson, the British representative at Moscow. He
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    LE MATIN'S PEACE PACT EXPLODED.
    74 7 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Mar. .">. Interviewed by le Matin. Genet a' Snyders, who was commander of the Dutch covering troops in war time, said that Hoi- land would never agree to a guarantee pact on a limited basis, as by doing so Holland would be
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    BANK DISCOUNT.
    25 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. The Bank of England discount rate is now fixed at five per cent. [Earlier cables appear on Page ."LJ
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    CARTER THE GREAT.
    321 7 Remarkable Performance at Theatre. 1 That the Singapore naval base Is assured nnd the price of rubber is not yet at its highest point were items among the infor mation vouchsafed to a Victoria Theatre audience last night in the course of what must rank as a
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    WRONGFUL DISTRESS.
    693 7 JUDGES DECIDE INTERESTING POINT. An interesting point relating to the is'Ut ul warrants oi aU-mss upon tenants whose rent is in arrears, was decided by the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, and Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard, sitting as a Court of Appeal from a decision of the District Judge.
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    "GOLDEN SPECIALS" AND RUBBER.
    248 7 Result of the B.A.T. Company's Competition. The "Golden Specials" competition organised by the British \merican Tobacco Company, who offered $1,000 in prizes for the nearest estimates of the quantity of rubber exported during February, created great interest and drew a very large number of competitors. Several
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    JOHORE EDUCATION PLANS.
    811 7 J AN APPEAL TO GOVERNMENT. j Tho undermentioned application for the I organisation of the late Sultan Abujßakar's Fund was submitted to Govt: on 10th November, 1924, by the Committee of I the Johore Literary Association. Later on 22nd. January, 1925, the Govt: was again approached on
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    MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.
    60 7 The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 1. held on March 3rd.: Approved Transport Allowance No. 2 $40 a month as from the Jan. lst, for the stocktaker. Decided to continue the policy of not licensing new jinrikishas. Approved parking places for jinrikishas in
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    TELEPHONE DIRECTORY.
    27 7 Telephone subscribers are requested to insert the following- name in the January, 1925, issue of the Telephone Directory: 3099 Learmount, L. W. "Murton." Holland Road.
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    36 7 Taipeng; Low Chye Guan, Perak; A. R. Green, Malacca; Yap Gim Tiong, Penang; Chan Geok Eng, Malacca; A. E. Lambert, Malacca; M. Dragon, Penang; T. C. Teong, Penang; Ong Siong Bok, Malacca; Toh Thean Hock, Penang.
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      149 7 NEW SHIPMENT of HA TS J\tst Received GOLD ,4M) SILVER TISSUE HATS. Trimmed lP^\ INSPECTION INVITED. ROBINSON Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE. 7/J 7 O i?^ //y _f It contains dozens of splendid yet simple Reripes which can be made and enjoyed by anyone. Is ideal with
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      792 8 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 aU Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. MERIONES
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      528 8 STEAMER SAILINGS EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. I (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) u ELLEMr~LINL Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar. 28 s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    233 10 THE FLEVO ABLAZE. European Officer Missing. A cable has been received by Ifr, Thio Hoo Lye, oi Chop Soon Bee. Beach Road, the owners of the steamer Fievo, which was reported on fire off Tanjong Piiok in a message received on Wednesday. The cable states that the vessel
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    MARINE COURT.
    94 10 Three Chinese, a sampan man and two boarding runners, were charged before (.ape. J. E. Edwards. R.D.. R.X.R., in the Marine (Curt yesterday, with going along. side the steamer Mahidol and boarding th*vessel before she waa properly anchored in the Roads. Inspector Bostock stated that j the sampan
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    BIGGEST BUCKET DREDGER IN FAR EAST.
    236 10 The powerful seif-piopel!ing bucketi dredge'-. Nanking, owned by the Nether jlandr Harbour Works Company of Amsteridam, Macao and Hongkong, arrived at i Hontrkong on February lGth. This vessel. lone of the largest backet-dredgers of the world, and by far the largest ever seen in
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    101 10 A iv tice to mariners announces that the Pile Beacor. on the _tOUt!_ astern edge of the sh„~.l south-east of Pu!.» Bukom, Lat. 1. 13. 26. N.. Long. 10::. 46. 51. E.. has been removed. When H.M.S. Bluebell visited Teluk Anson, Chief Engine, r Officer, Lieut. J. F. Webb, R.N.,
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      754 10 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Australasia City of Palermo 8 a.m. Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m! North, North East North West Sumatra, Ceylon, Southern and Western India Tjerimai 9 a.m. Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis and Bagan Si Api Api B. Lee
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      184 10 I J Willis, Mrs. J. Wood. Mr. and Mra. Wood. PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Klanc-:— Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, Mr. H. J. Fougere, Mr. R. Manasseh, Mr. J A. H. Hardie, Mr. A. H. Carmiehael, Mm. Deacon and child, Mrs. Elpick. Mr. Collins. Mr. W. Orr, Mrs. E. F. Harris.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    505 11 R ASEirs WEEKLV REPORT. The Rubier Markel fiEfS^JL corH».,l t\, ln L «ndon stocks ren v £^5^ B Sili n the C '°»>- As a ',-esu .f fk mom<;nt ""V ha. VJn aI ti I" price Hick active no o a ldr froni being an s?lftS h^'
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    TO HAVE CANNED SALMON MARKED.
    175 11 Vancouver, B.C. The British Columbia salmon canners are to ask the Imperial Government that if canned salmon from Canada could not be given a preference on the British market in its competition with similar goods from Siberia, Japan and the United States, that the government
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    EXCHANGE.
    68 11 Maxell 5. Bank 4 m.s. o.a u ■a 1 j Bank demand 2,4 1-32 Private credits A m.s. •> Xew York, demand 55:^ Credits MO days 571, Fr. n, a, d mand ioiq India, T. T. lu% Hongkoag, demand >, p.c. dj s> Yokohama, demand 137v. Nom. Java, demand
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    PRODUCE.
    187 11 Copra Sundried 11.81 Opium, Unn'.res unt. 4 (U Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 298 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 285 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 257 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken
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    C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    31 11 Singapore, Mar. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 64% 65; April-June 63% 64; July-Sept. 61-% 62 U. London Quotation Sheet ls. B%d. Market Steady.
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    BARLOW'S REPORT.
    217 11 Singapore, Mar. 5. Rubber. Since last reporting the market has been steady with Spot Sheet between 64 and 66 per lb. The general tone of the auctions on Wednesday was quiet, but although bidding never became brisk, most grades met with moderate support. Business was done in Awarded
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    IPOH TIN DIVIDEND.
    35 11 The Borneo Company, Limited, agents for Ipoh Tin Dredging Limited yesterday received a cable from London iifformiirz them that the Board have declared an interim dividend of 9d. payable on March 31st.
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    261 11 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 5. Knbber. London Is G'-d. Steady. Lota Tin. London 1*257. Local *****. IT". tons sold. Rubbers.— Malaka Pindas have buvnv at 1.40 with sellers at 1.48, Pantais have improved buyers 70 and sc'lers a' >t. Mentakabs have buyers at 4> l
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT.
    145 11 Singapore, Mar. 5. I in £267. Up 60s. Local 127 4 i:r, Rub'er.— is. _-._d. Down Ud. Local ill 1 Rubbers have enquiries all round with little business passing. Brofai have buy- irs at 63, Changkat Serdanss at 2.1*5, Kempas offer at 5.75, Bukit Katils ttt
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO'S REPORT.
    165 11 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore, M*r. 5. Rubber.— ls. 6%d. 64% Tin.— l2s7. 127%. Tons 175. The market continues dull although tin shares are slightly firmer on the rise of 50*. in the Metal price. Rubbers continue in demand but business is difficult to negotiate buyers' and
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    LEWIS AND PEAT'S REPORT.
    139 11 Singapore, Mar. 5. The tendency of the market has been very firm since our last report, but at the time of writing weaker advices from Lon- don and a little .profit taking has caused a slight set back. Manufacturers' interests have been limited and have chiefly
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      429 11 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4.500,000 Bihrer $26,500,001 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. S* Hi Youn K« Es 4- Chairman u -I- r^ hlte Es, l- D«P«ty Chairman
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      497 11 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 Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. a i c A Sencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar lioilo
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      160 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by R oya l Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co, Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Incorporated
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    BOXING.
    507 12 THE NAVY CONTEST. The eliminating contests for men of the Australian fleet were fought last night at thc Happy Valley the sailors providing MUM excellent sport. The results of the fights which were three round affairs were as follows. Bantam Weight. A. B. Sutton (H.M. A.S. Sydney) beat Sto.
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    WHO IS TO BLAME?
    311 12 Discussing the Prai fiasco, last week, an remarked that effort* (onoAcial) to a] tion the blame had been made with considerable freedom and perhaps doubtful accuracy. The report itself is certainly illuminating on the position as it is, but so far as it purport! to be
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    CHINESE-MADE PIANOS.
    145 12 That a Chinese firm should be serious competitors in the manufacture of musical instruments in Hongkong is surely a strange state of affairs, yet this is nevertheless true. Messrs. Tsang Fook Company are the builders of high grade instruments, which they have been putting: on the market for
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      HOME FOOTBALL.
      42 12 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar.. 4. In the Southern division of the English I/ague, Bristol City beat Luton 2 to nil. In the Northern division, Bradford beat Tranmere 5 to nil. In the Scottish League, Cowdenbeath beat Motherwell 4 to nil.
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      HOCKEY.
      161 12 Fast Game at the Stadium. The Singapore Stadium was the scene of a very k?en encounter yesterday afternoon between teams representing the China Squadron and the Australian and East Indies Squadrons. Five goals were scored, China winning by the odd goal. From start to finish there was never a
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      FOOTBALL.
      124 12 Singapore versus China Squadron To-day. On the Stadium this afternoon a Singapore side will meet a side selected from the China Squadron at soccer. This is the first of the three matches in which a representative Singapore XI will meet naval sides, the other matches being against the Australian
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      TANGLIN CLUB TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      113 12 Yesterday's Play. Handicap Doubles (Men.) Hutchison and Summerhayes, plus G beat Green and Coleman, minus 2. 6 3, 6 1. A. Class Doubles (Mixed). Ifr. and Mrs. Hewitt plus 3 beat Miss Hope Falkner and Denham, minus 2, 3 6 7—5, 6—3. Ifr. and Mrs. Cameron,
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      To-day's Ties.
      69 12 Championship Pairs (Mixed). Cameron and Yyvyan vs. Winter and Winter. Donaldson and Teale vs. Donnell and Rut ley. B. Class Doubles (Mixed). Mi. and Mrs. Hutchison plus 1 vs. Mrs. Kesta and Fuller minus 3. Handicap Doubles (Ladies.) Mrs. Brooke and Mrs. Heron scr. vs. Mrs. Hamilton and
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      GARRISON ATHLETIC SPORTS.
      104 12 The following programme will start at 2.30 p.m. to-morrow. Competitors must report at the competitors' enclosure at 2.20 p.m. They are warned that unless it rain-, the gound will be too hard for running she>es. Events. 100 yds. heats, putting the weight, hand grassade competition, 220yds. heVts.
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      CRICKET.
      51 12 The following will represent the S.C.C. against the China Squadron starting at I p.m. to-day: E. C. Baker, C. D. Fenn, E. W. Hare, C. Hewetson, G. S. Lovett, H. L. Marshall, G. F. Murphy, R. C. Mushet, A. J. Tait, J. T. T. Webster and N. H. P.
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      KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
      27 12 The replay for the February ladies' J spoon between Mrs. A S. Gardner and Miss D. Bowyer-Smyth resulted in a win* for alias Bowyer-Smith.
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    CRICKET.
    55 12 FINAL TEST MATCH AVERAGES. The final averages of the members of the English and Australian cricketers for the series of five Test Matches are as follow: Conturies: Australia: Collins 114; Ponsford 110, 128; Taylor 108; V. Richardson 138; Ryder $201. England: Sutcliffe 115, 176, 127, 143; Hobbs 115, 154,
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    HOME RUGBY.
    168 12 HOME RUG BY. London. Feb. 21Cambridge Univ. 12. Blackhcath R. Guys Hospital 17. Plymouth 3. Harlequins -J!. Oxford I'niv. 11. Londcn Scot. >. Bristol A. St. Barts Old M. T. 14. Gloucester Richmond J. Bradford Beadingley 14* Cardiff 14, Leicester 6. M«sley IS. Abertillery i Newport 15, Swansea Glasgow L'niv.
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    BOXING IN INDIA.
    43 12 Calcutta, Feb. 25. Attridge, the Australian bantam-weight champion, who last week defeated Brighte, the Indian champion, has accepted a challenge for a return match for any amount Brighte likes. Attridge shortly leaves for Bombav, to meet the Western India champion.
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    S.V.C. ORDERS.
    82 12 Programme of Drills up to and for March Bth. Friday, 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall Chinese Co.; "C" Company; Band; 5 p.m. Off. and NCO's Euras. Coy; 5.15 p.m. M. G. Platoon; S.R.A. Saturday, 2 p.m.— Tanglin Barracks. All Competing in Garrison Sports; Farrer Range Malay Company; Bukit Timah
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    79 12 S.S. -and F.M.S. Victorv Bonds 107 108 Dividends Mambaus Ist. interim 5 ner I IVrW f£T bIG an 6 Ha y tors Per cent final payable Mar. 7. Radellas iu. per cent final payable Mar. 7. Southern Peraks Is 6d less tax payable Mar. 17 g i J per cent
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    580 12 LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 4. Steady business has continued throughout the week, with Rubber shares the chief centre of attraction. Stimulated by a rise of %d. in the commodity and v/ith stocks further decreased by 1,750 tons, active enquiries in this section have been
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    MACPHAIL'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    602 12 Singapore, Mar. 4. Since our last report the price of tin has declined £10 16s. Tin shares, especi- aily Sterlings and Australian Dredgers. hare been in good denvund, closing slightly .easier. Rubber shows a little improvement I and with Lcndon Stocks again reduced by »50 tons, a
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