The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 March 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1925. NO. 11,1:54
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  • 211 1 I he meetings and discussion m Paris regarding the s^vurity pact hi Europe occupy all attention. Mr. Chamberlain will revisit Paris after leaving Geneva Pajere 9. German political parties are arranpin>r for the appointment of an interim President Pajre ft, Mr. Baldwin has stated that Government will
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  • 1498 1 There are times when .Mankind \a glad to turn from the contemplation of mundane affairs and think of some of the higher purposes of life. We m most Of m very apt to be like lUrtha "busy about much serving" and m consequence forgetting: to live; hut
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 174 1 v TASTE OF HOME "Snowflake M p STORAGE CREAMERY BUTTER Raffles Hotel. |SS2J i i S Friday, 13th March Cruise Dinnre and Bail. "Empress of France" Around the World Cruise. In Port. trratwns. :mp>« n office. SARKIES BROTHERS, W Nu ir Proprietors, il! be no Tea Dance en Friday, the
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    • 262 1 "Kurlo" Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure and free from any deleteriotlfl ingredients. Unsurpassed for washing: woollens, laces, silks etc. '"Kurlo" will not injure or harden the most delicate fabric. :^^^€w Without &S&P£lM\ Shrinking 'Kurio*' K^" L makes a £IJ '.."JT^^J^VC^O dvlightiul C v-' •'^V^O ■hunpoo Xf^^^^rci* "^3 solution. CH/^"' Manufactured by:
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    • 173 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Lctol— and peace Page 12. Use Pimken bearing Pa^e 3. TPy Kurlo soap wafers Page 1. Th- best spot on carth Page o*. -\< -tie is the best cream Pag c 9. McNijfti for fine Scotch whisky Page \2. Ice cream, the cream of creams— i'auv See Rohinson"s
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    • 9 1 A TASTE OF HOME Snowflake COLD STORAGE CREAMERY BITTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 101 1 THE V »CKk Monday, 9tl>. High Water, 9M r.m.. 10.40 pjn. V. M. homeward 1 11 il li ayes. Thr Covered Wagon, Vie. Theatre. Titeudap, 10th. High Water, 10.8 a.m M 11.1 p.m. Presbyterian Basaar, Memorial Hall, 10 a n. Wedneidmv, Utfc High Water, 10.45 a.m., 11. 29 p.m. Girl
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  • 213 2 B;.tik de>ign< have leapt so swiftly into favour that their interesting origin ha? r.ot called forth a question from any but the most curious, remarks a Daily Telegraph fashion wziter. Everyone is familiar by now with the fine colour tffects pro- j ductd by the batik process
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  • 146 2 Tax on Cigarettes Proposed. New York, Jan. 21. In her rir.st message to the Texa« Lesislature Mrs. Ferguson, the new Governor, declared that she would regard unfavourably the imposition of any additional direct school taxation during her administration, and rtcommended that a tax be imposed
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  • 13 2 Policeman at Willesden: The prisoner ace mod me of being a war baby.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 128 2 SINGAPORE PRESBYTERIAN CHL'RCH A GRAND BAZAAR and OLDE ENGLISH FAYRE will be held m the VICTORIA MEMORIAL HALL On Tuesday. 10th March, at 10 a.m. to be opened by H. E. MAJOR-GENERAL SIR THEODORE FRASEK. G.O.C. ADMISSION FREE THE HAPPY VALLEY 1 EVERY EVENING. ELITE CINEMA FIRST CLASS PICTURES. THE
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    • 293 2 rt Ottre Yotxr Bltses At The PALLADIUM Where a Programme ALL HAROLD LLOYD Including DR. JACK Is PRESENTED from MARCH 13th to ISth. O a,a PALLADIUM THEATRE oKhard Road At 9.15 To-Night At 9.15 I For Five Nights Only (Sunday night— Nett receipts to Hok Eng Hylam School Fund) CHARLIE
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    • 340 2 ALHAMBRA From Sunday. Bth March, to 1 rida> ju, TAN CHEN(i KEE CO.. LIMITED p,,,^?'' A PICTURE THAT EVERYBODY WILL Ifu on account of it > TENSE HUMAN INTEREST AND THE SPLEXDin ,< THE PRINCIPALS X( IIN Q| In the Second Show, which Commences at 'i RUDYARI) KIPLI\(, S Greatest
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  • 472 3 EINSTEIN SAVED BY HIS WIFE. WOULD-BE ASSASSIN FOILED BY RUSE. Woman Who Tried to Kill Krassin. Berlin. K>b. 1. The courage and resource of his wife saved ProfMMr Einstein from being assassinated during the week-end at the hands f a half-demented Russian woman named Eugeaievna Dfekson who recently attemptel to
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  • 213 3 Wed and Estranged m l J Weeks. New York. Feb. I. Mr. Edwin McMurray, a San Francisco lawyer and a relative of Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, has announced that negotiations are proceeding between representatives of Mr. Chaplin and his schoolgirl wife for a financial settlement.
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  • 158 3 Danpcr of a Holy War. London, Feb. 24. The Daily Chronicle's Special Correspondent, who has arrived m Rome from Jeddah, alle^ns that an extraordinary con-fi»-nef j is takinjr place at Mecca between ibn Baud and Sidi Ahmed Eshsherif, the Grand Sheikh of the Stnussi retels m
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 344 3 Remember Wincarnis is a positive necessity to you if you are I Weak, Anaemic, Nervous or Run-down W n^ a luxury it is m positive necessity to all i- Weik, or Anemic, or Nervous, or Run-down. i exercises an extraordinary power m ring New Strength and Afap Vitality. -Wincarnis is
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    • 457 3 USE: BRITISH XI M KEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. j Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Mo tors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEAKNE BROTHBKS LIMITED, Proprietors. vs SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE
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  • 670 4 Brains are good things to have, especially when thought is required; but thoupht is not necessary for many of our actions and the brain takes no part m these. They are reflexes of a lower order, and the nerve-currents that control them do not pass through
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  • 176 4 Sat on the Pavement for Ten Minutes. Mr. Gladstone used to insist that after cne received a physical shock, even if no actual harm were done, it was necessary to remain perfectly still for at least ten minute*. Lord Coleridge, the late High Court judge, tells m
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  • 503 4 (By Hugh Barrie.) Is there a connection between masculine virility and a big: whisker growth? i One of our most distinguished politicians and students of contemporary society seems t to think so. He points out that m Vicj torian times whiskered Adam was a terj rific lady-killer. Eve
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  • 218 4 95,000 Houses Rebuilt. Dl ■Sßfla. Jan. 19. Th? work of restoring t- areas m Belpum devastated by the war may now h} regarded a? finished. \Yh- n the Armistice waa signed about 100.000 house? were m ruins m the cities nnd communes adopted later by the Government.
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  • 150 4 Alleged Theft. Countess Roberts was a witness m a case at Ascot Betty Sessions on Jan. 2ist, when Richard Wallace, alias Anthony St. George, who was sentenced at Guildford m December to fivo years' imprisonment for burglaries m Surrey, was charged with breaking into her Ascot
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 243 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. FREE WINEGLASSES to all buyers of HALL'S WINE. Every purchaser of a Bottle of Hall's Wine will be presented with a FREE
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    • 381 4 THE TOILET DRESSING S^^l FOR HOT CLIMATES I /P^M Cl^ases and fidresh'j the Scalp. I^^^S^ Feeds the Hair Follicles. X /^'W T*i Strengthens Thin and Weak Hair I r^«SSi iSff I and produces Thick, Luxuntnt, IV 3fr Brilliant Trtsses. I CLEAR AS CRYSTAL if; K )tes. 1 CONTAINS NO DYE,
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  • 580 5 (NN N\K Sl' A UK EKOS-? Our Own Correspondent). I < mil- n Felx 5» M Piccadilly Circus and "Ed- swan 1 -to naeta, I beP "frt-or Rol WtS and the Cafe Monu-o n though the Bar went long did not recognise the new The
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  • 55 5 1 tfa, 1 1 j Ruda P*st, Feb. 2. tjdded bracelet which had yy Pighaa been recovered a Wealthy landowner who '^tyard of an inn where the .^n at first that the pig J*J bracelet, but after a vain (1 to slaughter th, hf brseelH wa.
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  • 943 5 HOW £3,000 A YEAR GOES. London, Jan. 28. At Durham last night, before an audience composed laigely of miners, railwayman, i-mi their wives, Bir-hop Welldon, the Di an of Durham, and |fr, fc A Westwater of the Durham branch of the National Union of Railwayman, debated the
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  • 960 5 WHAT IS NEEDED. A broadcasting station consists roughly of yvo distinct portions, the radio trans- i..ittiV-r apparatus and the speech input apparatus. The radio transmiUing apparatus is thy collection <>f electrical machinery, mctors generators, valves, etc., which supply electrical waves of high frequency to the
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  • 888 5 THE WAY TO CONVICTION. This is an age of discussions and conferences, sseldom about the foundations of religion, but often about its modes of expression and organization. If the leaders of the Church are not engaged m these matters they are absorbed, with equally distracted followers, is considering the
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  • 136 5 The transfer of Dr. V. V?erasingham, Government As-st. Surgeon from Butterworth 'o Sungei Bakap was the occasion of elaborate entertainments held m his honour on Saturday, the 28th. February at Butterwcrth. meter included m the panel to cut down the potential applied to its proper value, when the 350 volt
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 375 5 A Stand-by tof the Elderly j jT r^ ith ac vancin g y ears comes the need of a light, nourishing food which does not overtax the digestive system. For delicate and elderly people Malted Milk (PKEDIGSSTED) provides an excellent stand-by, especially when ordinary I foods prove unacceptable, for it
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  • 715 6 HOME SECRETARY REVEALS HIS INTENTIONS. Automatic Doors to Baffle Haiders. Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, revealed his intentions regarding night clubs to a deputation organised by the Council for the Promotion of Public Morality, and headed by the Bishop of London. ''I am not
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  • 122 6 London. Feb. 23. In the House of Commons to-day, n plying to Mr. Lanshury, Sir Samuel Hoar > ■tated that sine- January Ist, 1024, there had been several aerial bomhinp operations m Iraq and Trans-Jordania. and two m India, tho most important of which wore for
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  • 53 6 T.'mdo-n, Feb. 20. Tho Registrar-General reports a grreat increase m influenza deaths m the great towns. There have been 1,030 m the month, and a further increase is expected, according to the doctors. Nearly 6,000 of the 40,000 school-children m Bradford are absent from school, and m Leeds
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 446 6 Do you know the best spot on earth lIL/Cll til i-/l HIJV I (^^goff^^^^y\ H ere is the unfailing rule of steady good I i3J&!^rf%L* -tT~x»\ health: first thing every morning, drink I -"^jflJ^A a p J a s water sparkling with a dash of I V^^^W^VVlmk (.curly yet surely,
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    • 578 6 Is Pain! r SDoilincr your* pleasure 9/pi^ I Free yourself from any J ,JV\v Wy tV* form of Rheumatic or ff lif Vi /Jf I Nerve Pains with Sloan's I ?'i' I f'flL I f/ie World's Liniment. WJ^-Jtl '< 'W& F instant you apply Sloan's Liniment /[r'f'^^^ni/ v W Why
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 402 7 I^lness cards. Sfl I t Sen d for the Illustrated < W pl '*f'.,,* uf Musical Instruments. 2 1; o^Sason ca, ltd. hi and US, North Bridge Road. ■■^hTS^" MANILA CIGAR. W n "la Insular" cigars have aafef the accepted brand m mansions, ■Tk and hotels where highest quality mrLnided.
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    • 629 7 EMPIRE EXHIBITION. TEA-SALE CAMPAIGN. SIR H. iIICHAM'S VISIT TO I.S c, [Reuter's Service. l London, Mar. 6. Shaking at an Empire Exhibition luncheon. Sir H. Blcfcam, who advocates the claims of the Exhibition daring his forth- 1 cominp; visit of the United States, stated thai the visit was primarily connected
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    • 648 7 TRADE UNION BILL. PREMIER'S AMENDMENT. WHAT THE GOVT. STANDS FOR. [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 6. The House of Commons rejected Mr. I Macinii -ten.- tiadeunion political levy bill dealing with i-eparation of union funds for political and ordinary purposes and carried by 325 to 153 an amendment by Mr. Baldwin
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    • 650 7 NOTICES. LICENSING APPLICATIONS. The list of applications for Public-House l.cences and Billiard Room licences, to be considered at 2.30 P .m, on Thursday, March 19th, by the Board of Licensing Justices, Singapore can be seen on application to the Secretary,' Board of Licensing Justices, Government Monopolies, Department, Singapore. C V.
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    • 1359 7 AUCTION SALE OF ENccllent Wax Po'iVhcd and Walnut Stained Teak Household Furniture Upn K ht Gravd l»iano, His Master's Voic c Gramophone and Records, Ttnnis Gear, Plants, Etc. TO RE HELD AT "Claredands" No. 6, Set on Close, Tanglin Road. SATURDAY, 14th. MARCH. AT 230 P.M. CompriMnffr-An excellent toned Upright
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 20 8 WILSON. To Mr. and Mrs. W. Arthur Wilson, at the Earon— Hospital. Kuala I.umpur, on the 7th inst.. daughter.
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    • 104 8 BOWKS. Jan. J7. at Strathmore. Wentvvorth Falls, X.S.W.. Jo>eph Edward Bo\\\>. F.C.A., formerly of London and Pteltang. NICHOLSON. Fob y, at Fexhill. Joseph Collinson Nicholson, late of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. Bataria, Java, ag« I 88. PEST AN A At "St. Anthony.- Grovi" M Bast Coast Road,
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  • 832 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. MARCH 9. 1925. Comment of the Week. The visit of the Polish foreign minister to Paris, coupled with the conferences of Mr. Chamberlain and 11. Herriot. emphasise the importance which is attached m Europe to the efforts being made to secure the sanctity of frontiers. The
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  • 1072 8 The Hon. the Resident Councillor of Penang and Mrs. Voules are spending a short holiday up the Penang Hill. Mr. G. C. G. Muller, Assistant Treasurer, Penang. is leaving for Singapore on transfer and Mr. F. K. Wilson, who is due back from leave, will relieve him. S.E. Among the
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  • H. E. THE GOVERNOR.
  • 65 8 raembi rs of i I I I teer I I t^f rain, a X i I Loi 1 bin Abdullah, Mr Baddeley, H I I 1 of the Malay Football A I f Mr.MeredH I R therm- lht H football a- for all that he I Hwifhing
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  • 249 8 Preparations fo This T«W*| m Full Swini(. hmdon. In lh Painters ire m at w. paration for the re-opening I Empire Exhibition m May. eding on the exteriors oversea* pavilions a(rounds. Marked pn rresi 1 direction of reconstruct rder I effects of ram. \V rk is v. arc!
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  • 162 8 A baby »how undei the Child Welfare Society "f Under the patn>nairc f I -"i will be held at the i day. April 29th. There will be thn which the first rill be held I 11 m the morninir. and tin' twtefl 4 and ISO m the Children
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  • 27 8 The Elite I tne« rives complete el to-ni*ht, the feature o Ham Duncan In. *here i cin,ma is now m nou pwmi* the shew running from |U
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 106 8 v The Connoisseur Comes to CaldbecfcV I o<j«» TRADE ffc**^^^ 1 -J y 'V"* n l *m^.' I Cdldbcck Macgrcgor Co., Ltd. N. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) >w 4.") Robinson Hoad. Telephone 228. NEW ZEALAND PUM CRKAMBKT PREBH E BUTTER "AM HOR BRAND. JAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. (Incorporated i.i the
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    • 26 8 BERLIET Cars and LORRIES do not advertise, ask the owners. See them at the Eastern Auto Company. Dupire Brothers, Agents. JP v \jJ BLACK WHITE WHISKY
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  • 263 9 188 GUARANTEE PROBLEM. i X vimm. \iv< PLAN. rrfee.] Paris Mar. H. houi "s i-unvcr-rday norn- the rued at lunch i un were Marshal >;. Briand and t.he Japanese and Am<M M. Herri. ,t pi to the corM. Herriot that an oxf llowed by dipnl with the sei
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  • 49 9 EASTERN FRONTIER DIFFICULTY [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 8. «*t diplomatic interest m the rtl^' t. PoUnd gives weight |J**inf h Boer! Sen Couriei% w the German Gor««Mn*d there is no question of the eastern fron- Gonwmy stands upon arf th€ League Covenant. P»PW adds, Germany <te»foet to hrn thisfron-
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  • 31 9 P ke IVeserve National Beaserfal. "—Hon. have been fowled,* $23,959.13 J'Z 20.00 r^rsk, UM nia^^t m favour of r ritt F "nd, and address. A U, Collyer Quay
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  • 88 9 CANADA* EARTHQUAKE NO SLEEP POSSIBLE. [Renter's Service.] (Jueber, M»- "We hay,,,,, a(la wink of sleep d'u-ir~i P** f,ur days, and the suspense i. awful. If theee conditions continue we thai] h IUVe home* sh l(tk s h .,v, U fcH M i«Urv :l ls since SaturdaY
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  • 66 9 t [Beater*! E Trice.] JJerlrn. Mar. 7. B ahe majority of the parties m the Rei cnatag have Bgraed to the drafting „<• B taw ulu,vl,y the President of the Leipzig Supreme Court, Dr. Simons will be ap- interim President of the Reich until the new President
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  • 62 9 [Router's Service.] Washmjfton. Mar. 7. Preeideni CoolUge is considering the calling of an international currency conference aiming at reetoriag world gold •tandaxd, on the recommendation of the Senate gold lad silver committee, which was appointed to consider the causes of the decreased production of precious nu-tals hut
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  • 48 9 [Havas Service.] Paris. Mar. S. M. Wilden, French Consul at Shanghai a been named an officer of she Legion d*Honneur; while If. Kremer, Consul at Hongkong and M. Leuxquui. interpreter at the consulate at Shan-hai have been named Knights of the Legion d*Honnear.
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  • 29 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome. Mar. 7. Signor Mussolini received ministers and officials, who congratulated him on the recovery from his illness. [Earlier cables appear on Page 7.]
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  • 437 9 The office oi Master of Ceremonie* i< to be revivtd at Bath. It is doubtful, however, whether the successor of the famous Beau Na^h wiil present to the citizens of Bath such an elegant appearance as did his meticulously dressed predecessor two centuries ago. Fmhioni m men's
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  • 885 9 presentation; ,;f French BONCUR. Peabtfi of the Indian and Ceylonose munities of Singapore gathered m <cc at the Kaiikal Mahal, East Coastroad, the palatial residence of Mr. Moona Kader Sultan, tho well-known Singapore cattle trader, on Saturday, there being alto nt ntembei of the other communities
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  • 22 9 The death is announced of Sir Jame* Ramsay, the historian and father of the Duchess of Atholl.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 27 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 7. At Thurston's Hall, London the Amateur billiards' championship final of 3,000 up resulted: Sydney Fry 3,000. W. Marshall 2,778.
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    • 26 9 [Reuter's Service.] Kuffah:-, Mar. 8. Nnvmi ran a mile m 4 mins. 12 sees. ftting Cahn's world record by one and two-fifths seconds.
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    • 109 9 The (iuillemard Cafe (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. The following were the results of to-day's matches m the GuiUemard Cup. Kh'.nman and Khoo Hooi Hye (Colony; beat Scoveli and Oliver (F MS 6—2 3—6, 6—2. Johnstcne and Duncan (F.M.S.) beat Lee Warner and Abed (Colony) G—
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    • 135 9 TODAYS TIES. Handicap Doubles (Men). Rutley and Cameron, scr. vs. Bridget and Hewitt, plus 4. Dobson and Hi; key. plus 5 vs. Phayre and Beville. Pius 6. Donaldson and Tta'.e. plus 15.2 vs. Hut. his ->n and Summerhayea, plus 6. I>. Class Doubles (Mixed). Mrs. Foot
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    • 175 9 The following teams will represent the S.C.C. against naval team>: Vs. China Squadron on the Stadium to-day: W. McMullan; G. C. Nash. Lieut G. B. Matthews; B\ E. Ablitt. P. N. Knight Lieut. R. O. V. Thompson; R. D. Hoblyn, S. P. Holmes-Smith, Lieut. C. Beville, A. G. A.
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  • 77 9 The amount reported recently as the total amount subscribed and raised for the An-glo-Chinese Primary School was $25,390. The campaign has been progressing well. The negotiations with the Government for the grant ase favourably proceeding, and the following added subscriptions are reported:— Kader Sultan $1,000. M. A.
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  • 105 9 Big Celebrations m March. Rcme. Jan. 23. The Grand Fascist Council's reopening has been signalised by a considerable rally of Combattenti leaders to Signor Mussolini. Before proceeding to th? particular work of its agenda the Council decided to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the foundation of the Fascist
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 110 9 ATTRACTIVE FABRICS FOR ALL FURNISHING PURPOSES NEW SEASON'S MATERIALS IN ALL THE LATEST FURNISHING COLOURS You are invited to write for patterns and prices and special schemes will be submitted gratis. ROBINSON Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements. 7 2 1 1 I meaning. It's so easy to add
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 786 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. Takfnc cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Pointa. WEEKLY SERVICE—LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore* MERIONES Amsterdam,
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    • 539 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON, ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. BLOEMFONTEIN due Mar. 28 s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May
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    • 529 10 STEAMER jAIUNGS P. 0~"" BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO 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 Antww,. Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 590 11 UNINTENTIONAL HUMOUR IN THE PAPERS. iour of the daily press is by onfined to the Golyums" and remarki dwaffal inwhtiat ely been looking over the of the Boston Globe and public Lodger. Headlines likely to <>ntain amusing ■i 1811) I thing we notice m any the headline* All newspapers apera
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  • 658 11 Of our five senses through which alone we are brought into touch with the world surrounding us and become cognisant of anything at all, that of hearing is the most highly developed and efficient. Nothing is done without creating sound of some kind; every
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  • 133 11 Total Prohibition Advocated. Calcutta, Feb. 24. Bor./_ay. The possibility of the Bombay Presidency going dry is foreshadowed m a Government resolution on the report of the Provincial Excise Conunittde. The Government says that the successful execution of the policy recommended by th« Committee the total extinction
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  • 70 11 London, Feb. 19. "The leisurely siege of Jeddah is picturesque m incidents," says the Diplomatic CorI respondent of the Daily Telegraph. The bombardment is, apparently, very mild. It occurs m the mornings only, the shots averaging about 20 daily. The shells arc poor m qualf y
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  • 661 11 A MOSLEM MINISTER'S REVIEW. fa the course of a long letter to the Pioneer a Moslem Minister urges that unless the systematic misrepresentation of every act of Government is checked, there is a danger of India being reduced to the same condition Kj Egypt finds itself m
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 278 11 fi RESULT OF jj I GOLDEN SPECIALS ■>■ I I M RUBBER EXPORTED DURING FEBRUARY 1925, Mj V 21,622.47 TONS. Rl fi Several of the competitors having arrived at the same figure it was decided to increase the prize money to $1,160. IK PRIZE of $500.— Won by Ang Teck
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  • 233 12 THE FATE OF MISSING OFFICER. The fire which broke out on the Chinese owned steamer Flevo while she was on her return voyage from Sungei Liat to Singapore, is understood to have originated m the neighbourhood of the base of the funnel, it was learnt m
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  • 143 12 The Altai Maru, the O.S.K. steamer which was considerably damaged as a result of a fire which broke out among a cargo "i* cotton during her voyage from Bombay to Japan, arrived at Singapore 00 Saturday, m tow by the Loncbfl Maru, another of the
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  • 152 12 The transport Derbyshire which wa>< m port during the week-end is homeward bound with 848 troops and families on board. The Japanese •teanter, Rangoon Maru. with a cargo of Indian cotton, arrived m port on Saturday. Arrangements for the first aerial trip from Manila to Hongkong are
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 592 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) «od MONTORO (5,001. tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 6« Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 241 12 Mr. Coulctor, Mr. 11. T. Rose, Mr. H. R. Ferrers, Mr. .1. A. Brown, Major Lawson. Per b.s. Kelantan: Mr. .1. McGaffin, Mr. i Millar. Mr. Dobson, Lt. Haji Alias. L: Abu Bakar. Lt. H. A. Aziz. METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the 24 hours
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    • 448 12 C( "Intects cannot live where LOTnr >> f On Ce rtain c A Cure jl F O^4kklt JS ECT pests W LOTOL DESTROYS /^-O\\ vS^' J?/ MOSOUITUS. AXTS A N,\ V rtO^j FLEAS. FLIES, MOTHS, t\ f N 1 >"W > COCKROACHES, t\\ 4 AW. I F X J\ BILVERFISH,
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    • 135 12 LLOYD TRIESTINOS.N.OJ (Incorporated m Italy.) HOMEWARD BAIUMCft Bi-monthly Itrtiot for Lrir.disi. Vet* and Trieste via portl ttkng c* l 9 through Bills of 1 H"* >J Levant and Black Sea Por's, also to i pcrts on the Wctt l'«a>L tf I Due t<» l )u v ,\r^^>^ g FIUMI L.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 727 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Cucob and Benuit Mersinc 9am North, North East North West r S r u a r, Plancius 9 a.m Cochin China Commandant Matres 11 am' v ar lu a xT v Rajah of S«Mwak 1 V .m. North, North East North West Sumatra Meriones 2 p.m Trengganu
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 623 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 0. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. London, Hamburp. Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Sft& A1 P S Maru Mar. 14 Mar. 15 Yew York via San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. end porUn, C«pe Town, Rio, Santos, and Huonos Aires i
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    • 411 13 STEAMER SAILINGS jßlift Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore m 110
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    • 718 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FARIJAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND us,.. w EST CAJ oot SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA A^[j 1& U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT M^y and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulars
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  • 1614 14 TRAGIC END OF A ZEEBRUGGE HERO. Mother Says She Saw Wraith of Murder«d Daughter. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Belfast, Feb. 9. One of the most pathetic tragedies yet •rising out of non-employment took place m Belfast, m the small hours of the morning. Alexander McEwan, aged 26,
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  • 142 14 Lord Birkenhead's Views. I onden. Feb. 23. Lord Birk^ihead. m the course of a ppeecfa m Birmingham, paid a tribute to Mr. BSacDonald's manner of handling the Inoian ar.d Egyptian problems. He remarked: There never was the slightest failure on the part of the exPremior to indicate
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  • 86 14 LeanV-d, Feb. 17. Reviewing the work of Approve;! Societies under the National Health Insurance Act, Mr. Neville Chamberlain stated that during the past year no less than £14.000,000 had been distributed m cash benefits to ai'ing members of such Societies, and £10,000,000 paid m medical benefits. He
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  • 62 14 London, Feb. 19. A message from Cairo states that the Rift leader, Abdel Krim. is being put forward as a new candidate for the Khalifa te, and a group of influential Egyptian Moslems has decided to urge his claims at the Moslem World Congress, emphasising that he
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 506 14 J^\ Good Health U /r. v"if" Hot Climates «S a§s^\ take Sanatogen. A drain is only as gtrong as its weakest link. In a hot climate the weak link m a man's Health is cither his stomach, his nerves, or his blood. Each complain: renders him more liable to other
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    • 352 14 V^Mtitt Illustrated pI.FORE you decide what kind of fence von v,n i^> Idea! Fence Catalogue— the co»^/^ guide. It illustrates and describes the most suitable f«K as f, purpose— heavy or small stock, sheep, piirs rv ostrich, plantations, &c.- Is styles m all. bi deer M Ideal Woven Wire Fences
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  • 69 15 March 7. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 XL JBank demand 2 4 1-32 Private credits 3 m.s. o -i-\ Xew York, demand 551* Credit! 90 days 5T Franc*-, demand 10 10 India, T. T. 154% Hongkong, demand a; p c j)j. Yokohama, demand lyg O i.;. .Java, demand 139", Bangkok,
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  • 194 15 1 March 7. Tin 175 Tons $124.71 Opium, Benares unt. 4.0u0 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
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  • 36 15 Singapore, Mar. 7, 11.80 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot *>7 67%; April-June 6541 »">•'>; .luly-Sept. 63 a 4 04. London Quotation I Sheet Is. 7 l 4 d. Market Steady.
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  • 154 15 Wellington, Dec. 27. Sir Sam Fay, one of the Royal Commissioners who inquired into the Dominion railway system, m conversation with Mr. Coats (Miniate* for Railways) before lea*, ing for Australia, said that if New Zealand decidf ed to sell its railways he would undertake to find
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  • 99 15 i The committee appointed m connection r with the competition instituted by f 2 Rubber Propaganda Committee, to produce a type of rubber footwear suitable for the 1 labouring population of the East .sat on q Thursday afternoon. d No decision is yet announce], but ii is
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  • 625 15 I I FAVOURABLE FORWARD CONTRACT. The annual general meeting oi Hay tor Rubber Estates Limited was held at French Bank Buildings at noon on Saturday. The Chairman (the hon'ble Mr. V. Gib- bons) m moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said: The profit for the year
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  • 69 15 Saturday's Alterations. K. Kamunthitf (10s) 4N 42s c d Idris Hydraulic 28s 29< xV Kuala Lumpur Tin (t) Ml U CSi Id Pahanff Con. (Os) 8s lid fh 9d Petalin^ Tin 1.47 >1» 1.52 South Taipinps h2' Br> Taiping 1.20 1.22% c.d T. Harbour 13.2. r 11.76
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 382 15 ye* over $5,000,000. r THE GREAT EASTERN WE ASSURANCE CMOm UmßbT (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE -.-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OPFTfV- *> nw r has ,20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of fj^l^^^^^l^^ PLANS OP ASSURANCE. C AGENTS WANTED Secretar V Managing Director Actuary G C KNOX HORACE W.
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    • 401 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED. Established 1880. Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 77,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. jY. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura, M. Odagiri. Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami. Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi,
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    • 510 15 I BANKING. CHARTERED BAM OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,900,000 Reserve Liability cf Proprietors 3.000,000 HEAD OFFICE, 33 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Iloilo Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh
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    • 611 15 7 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. BANKING. HONGKONG" AND SHANGHAJ BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated
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  • CRICKET.
    • 86 16 Drawn Game at >\est Maitland. [Reuter's Service.] West Maitland, Mar. 7. The match botween the M.C.C. and the Northeni Districts was concluded here today, the result being a draw. The M.C.C. made 337 for seven wickets and declared, Sutcliffe scoriae IM not out and Rihter (56. In
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    • 329 16 The match between an S.C.C. XL and the China Squadron was continued on the Padang on Saturday afternoon and resulted m an easy win for the naval team. Scores: S.C.C. XL H. L. Marshall b Haytti 1 B. \V. Hare c Hussey b Hayttr 0
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    • 188 16 S.R.C. VS. AUSTRALIA EAST INDIES. This match was resumed on Saturday afternoon, the result being- a win for the S.R.C. by 83 runs. S. R. C. M. G. Anthonisi c Kav« b Perry. T. LeijsftilM b Watch A. \v. Iforeira c Burnett b Perry A. H. Gander c Trebilco h
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  • 114 16 Milan, Feb. 9. A romantic echo of the days of piracy is linked to Siffnor Calouzi'a decision to claim legally a fortune which is said to be worth millions of pounds sterling, and which s now lying m a bank m Bombay. SiffUftr Calouzi asserts that
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  • 59 16 An interesting game was played at Tanjonq: Katong yesterday morning between the Swimming Club and a team from H.M.A.S. Sydney. After a food game m which the naval yoal-keeper did some useful work, the Huh, who were superior m attack, won by 3 to nil. The Club team
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  • 1356 16 SUCCESSFUL ANNUAL MEETING AT TANG LIN. Favoured, until their closing stapes, by brilliant weather the annual Garrison sports, which were held on the Tanplin Barracks recreation ground on Saturday afternoon, were an unqualified success. The various events, which produced some very interesting- performances, were watched by a larjre
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  • HOME FOOTBALL.
    • 41 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 7. The fourth round matches m the F. A Cup, played to-day, resulted as follow: SouthamptJn 1, Liverpool 0 Cardiff 2, Leicester 1 Sheffield U. 2, W. Brom. A. 0 Blackburn R. 1, Blackpool 0
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    • 37 16 LonJon. M.:r. 7. The results of the fourth round matchei m the Scottish Cup were as follow: Dundee 1, Broxbum U. 0 St. Mirren 0, Celtic 0 Aberdeen 0. Hamilton 2 Kilmarnock Rangers 2
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    • 252 16 London, Mar. 7. The following are the results of to-day'? Knplish and Scottish League matches:— Division I. Arsenal 1, B. Wanderers 0 Aston Villa 0, Tottenham H. 1 Bury 1, Everton 0 Manchester City 2, N*otts C. 1 Newcastle U. 3, Preston X. E. 1 Nottingham F. 1,
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  • 477 16 ANN WINS A GOOD RACE. ■The first race for the Odell trophies brought out eleven boats m splendid sailing, weather yesterday with the Ann registering' a most decisive victory. The day will go down m the annals of the Club as remarkable for two events which will have far
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  • 258 16 The Malay Mail of Friday has the follow. mg: The dispute between the up-country owners and the Singapore Turf Club has led to what many pei nsider to be an exposure of the :val truth of the matter m P*«l m this country that m feu instances are
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  • 65 16 A practice match has been arranged to take place en the Padang this afternoon between the following teams: Colours: Barnes; Penrice, R. Brown: Everall, Young. Thomas; Dawson, Mosley. Lindow, Anderson, Lindsay. Whites: Snell; Saunders, Wallich; Crawford, Holland, Nesbit; La Mothe, Tait, A. G. Mill, Crowe, and T.ee. Other players
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  • 53 16 Orders for week ending March 15th. Monday, March 9th.,— lndividual Troop Parade* Tuesday, March 10th.,— Ambulance Class Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Wednesday, 'March 11th., Signalling Class Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Thursday, March 12th., Band Practice Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Friday. March 13th.. Practice for Military Tattoo Headquart?r's, 5.15 p.m FRANK
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 190 16 WHY BE WITHOUT A PIANO WHEN A VERY SMALL OUTLAY YOU CAN H\v A MOUTRIE SENT TO YOUR HOMP TO-DAY. E CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR LATEST ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PARTICULARS OF OUR GRADUAL PAYMENT S. MOUTRIE& Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. v* 1 HERE ARE THeTru^? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR —packed dry
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