The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 March 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. PVTG SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925. NO. 11,446
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  • 246 1 liavas agency is responsible for a report that Germany is willing to enter the League without making conditions or reservations. The report, a hilst welcomed in London, is treated *ilh some reserve Page 9. Kis .Majesty the King has left lor Leghorn on the royal yacht— Page
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  • 1246 1 I am slmoal too sad in write about it. To think thai the old familiar place has bet n burned to the gr wind, and thai shall never more be a'ole to go and see the latest political wax-work, or the mosl notorious criminal. And y<o ii is
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 137 1 TASTE OF HOME Snowflakc M OLD STORAGE 'RKAMERY BUTTER Raffles Hotel. RnTl I Tel. No. 2920. ROOM v> J TUESDAY, 24th MARCH. M FRANCONIA- in Port. Around The World Cruise De Luxe. Management of Thos. Cook Sons, Ltd. CRUISE TIFFIN at Raffles Hotel. WAYONG. Cruise Management. u.,m„ u i Th
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    • 279 1 "Kurlo" Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure nnd free from any deleterious ingredients. Un--1x t i shampoo i2^^J K m^3^^ Manufactured by: WILLIAM GOSSAGE ft SONS LIMITED. Widnes, England. EUROPE HOTEL. Terms: Ala carte, or ,1 rpi| f THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD. ARTHUR E. ODELL, Managing Director. 4 THE PIXIE GRIPPA PLAYS
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    • 174 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Golden Specials Pagf 11. Lotol to cleans.- your Home Page 12. Gold Spot are Ardath cigarettes Page 4. Try Gilbey'a Sp y Royal whisky— Page B. Sanatogen cures malarial debilitv Page 14. Get samples of Robinson's Duro fabrics —Page 9. Whiteaway's for the holeproof hosiery Page 1. Wm.
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    • 9 1 A TASTE OF HOME Snowflake COLD STORAGE CREAMERY BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 82 1 Mu»doy. ttrd. High Water, 9.26 a.m., 10.29 p.m. French homeward mail leaves. Lodge St. GeorgS, 5.30 p.m. Lee White Co.. Vic. Theatre, 9.30 p.m. rseassy, 24 th. Hiirh Water.. 10.15 a.m.. 10.59 p.m. Franeonia In Port. Tiffin. Raffles Hotel. Lee White Co.. Vic Theatre. 9.30 p.m. tFerfaecday, 2Sta. Hifc-h Water.
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  • 162 2 discovery of ultra-microbes org b small that they are invisible even under the rtl tigest microscope is anced by Dr. Robert S. Green, Assistant m r Bacteriology at the University Minnos >ta, U.S.A. The ultra-microbes, acci rd g to Dr. Given. le bacteria, have been li and
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  • 132 2 ENGLISH WAR WIDOW S. Although there are many more women men in England, the widow- apparently are "holding their own" against the spinsters. In one respect, at least, this is having a beneficial effect on the finance- of the country, for since Armistice Day M per cent, of the war
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  • 111 2 Sir <;. Anderson Critchett's Lsssg Service. Sir George Anderson Critchett. surgeon Oculist to the King, died on Monday. Feb. 9 in B London nursing home at the age of seventy-nine years aft .-r a brief illness. He was himself the son of a famoui oculist, and was
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  • 141 2 Lord Claud Hamilton's dislike for all modern methods of travailing and his fondneat for driving behind s horse whenever possible links him pleasantly with the great Victorian ape of which he was an avowed admirer to the end. When Lord ('land was a young man there was a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 117 2 AGNEfcIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. CURES PREVENTS PRICKLY HEAT. Prepared by MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY Every girl ought to know What should the girl do H.... D...... P Houghton Butcher's Clearance Sale. PRIMUS ENGINEERING Constructional Toys Clearing at 75% off list Prices CAMERAS 30% 50% Bargains for Everybody
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    • 326 2 VICTORIA THEATRE. To-Night at 9-30 p.m. Td-Night. FOR ONE WEEK ONLY JAMES McGRATH LTD. Present the "London Record" Revue Stars: Lee White 8 Clay Smith AND ENTIRE LONDON COMPANY 30— COMEDIANS— SINGERS— DANCERS— 30 including LEE WHITE'S famous "LITTLE PEACHES" T I The Latest London Production Thursday I Another Lee
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    • 266 2 From Friday, March, 20th to Wednesday. March •>- Another excellent seven-reel production.— This tim of a lively, thrilling and sensational character (At THE ALHAMBRA Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors. In the Second Show at 0 p.m. Sharp. A MARSHALL NEILAN PRODUCTION A mystery play which grips from start to
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  • 512 3 THE LIFE-STORY OF FRUNZE. A Record of Butchery and BruiaKty. London, Feb. 6. Now that Franz* has by official Decree been appointed Trotsky's iimhi sis it is not withe ut intercut to record some of the details of that person's career. Frunze, a Moldavian or Roumanian by descent,
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  • 330 3 There were nearly 10,000 people at the Albert Hall, on February 17th. to hear Padeiewski. It is unfruitful to speculate how many came to hear Packrewski and how many to help Earl Kail's Fund. The •esult was that the Fuiil benefited, to the .xtent of about £2,000.
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  • 59 3 The City of Ostend has received from the Belgian Government the two propellers and two masts of the cruiser Vindictive, the demolition of which is still proceeding in Ostend harbour. These historic relics will be included in a memorial which is to be set up by the city on the
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    • 473 3 ffi# Baby's Health ■^mk de P e nds principally h j/& upon his food which TW^yHK must be of the correct 1 J^t^A- com P os ihon and easily ~W" tt 1 digestible. j|- Ai A aSbarfa' Baby hi a pttt taeraS* FOODS are specially manufactured for infant feeding and
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    • 187 3 [USE: I BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. J Cold Storage Is Cream Ice e
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    • 40 3 I THE ERIKA fif at $80. ia^asaW (.Less 5 per cent, discount for cash) is the Cheapest Portable Typewriter in the market and gives no less service than any other make. C. AJRIBEIRO Co., Ltd. Sole Distributors IN SINGAPORE. g
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  • 744 4 [Turf Memories of Sixty Years. By Alexander Scott >] The Turf is the most inclusive of English institutions, and its votaries learn to be friendly with all sorts and conditions of men, and to exercise a wise toleration for the weaknesses of human nature. Moreover, a multitude of
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  • 276 4 Explorer's Death. Cave City (Kentucky). February 17. Collins will sleep undisturbed in the cavern which claimed his life. Ai. attempts to recover his body from the tomb in the rock, 00ft. underground, have been abandoned. The shaft will be filled with rocks, and sealed with cement. The
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  • 469 4 MAHARAJAH FREES 51,000 SLAVES. "CURSE OF HEAVEN RESTS ON SUCH A TRADE." Rallies Turn Away and Sold. Stories of slavery that recall "Uncle Tom's Cabin" were related to tho notables of Nepal— the Gurkha State on the border* of India in a remarkable speech announcing the abolition of slavery, made
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  • 224 4 A picturesque Cumberland village with a famous old hostelry, the Dun Bull, is about to he Submerged under a great lake to provide water for Manchester. The Waterworks Committ e of Manchester decided to recommend the corporation to proceed at once with their scheme, which i> to
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  • 180 4 Reals and Whites Clash at Woeaaag. i The Shanghai Times of March 11th states that three Russians were seriously wounded as the result of factional fighting between Whites and Reds at Woosung the previous afternoon. For 2 l 2 years there have been two small boats, manned
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  • 417 4 Mrs Dani I All followei of (";ii I he familiar w I duetory song i, I numbers in the H.M.S I pased original of I character -Mrs. Mary interred al Portsw I lta.D aniellu I and in her there oai awa I toika with tl Fnun her
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  • 94 4 The authentic. 0 have requested the i investigate the m, an number of CB I among the students of tht of the students have died fr of the poisoning, and traces of strychnine in the« Of the dead youths resulted ia I for an investigation. Some of
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 86 4 sjaseeH a/&4 a a Sr^il.'''' y That's what I like— cigarettes j gooc/ enough to be guaranteed!" Jl The NATURAL flavour NAVY CUT VIRGINIA CIGARETTES j Ab tongue-bite or throat-harm in a million of them! cigarekes are ®.Jj^' '^^"^S^ made of choice c- m^&t^&J'^* tobacco leaf 0&&»^: :sS 111 ii.
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  • 780 5 FLAME THAT BURNS UNDER WATER. I v SOVBLTI* IN BOILERS. I pnini' r <* Claims for His Invention. I Londoii, Feb. 12. I titution of Mechanical En- London yo-Urday, Mr. Osear I -i 1 aper on his invention, the irombustion boiler. In this I aiaing Steam the heating flame I
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  • 761 5 SINGAPORE "A MENACE TO ASIA." A Menace to the Peace not only of the Far Fast but of all Asia is the phrase applied by certain Japanese editors to the British Government's plan to build a naval base at Singapore. They admit that the Washington Treaty does not cover the
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  • 146 5 Worth i'2. r i,ooo on Fourpence a Day. Calcutta, Feb. 14. A atory of a fortune accumulated by the thrifty habits of a coolie has just been unj folded in the Calcutta High Court. An action was brought by the Administiator- General of Bengal relative to a man
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  • 69 5 Eros, the Piccadilly statue, will be' given B temporary home on the semi-circular terrace within the north frontage of the N«W County Hall, with his bow pointing towards the river. It was found at the last moment that there were difficulties in the way of providing
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  • 726 5 RELICS FROM AN ANCIENT CIVILISATION. A partial survey of the results of Colonel Kosloff's latest expedition to Mongolia is j BOW available. It is clear, says The Times ecu respondent at Riga, that the expedition, j which snas Started In 192.'J, has added con- siderably to the
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  • 256 5 Montreal, Jan. 31. Speaking a: a Juncheon given by the j Canadian Pulp and Paper Association Mr. Beatty, the president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. condemned sectionalism and spoke strongly in favour of reduction of taxation and increase of immigration. Mr. Beatty said: "No one who
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  • 292 5 Bandits Attack Motor Convoy. Baghdad, Mar. 9. The Eastern Transport Company's motor convoy, while crossing the Syrian desert from Baghdad to Beyiout, was attacked on Thursday night, about 100 miles west of the Euphrates, by .four desert robbers. The first car, a baggage vehicle, escaped with
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  • 282 5 Eros's Last Companion. London, Feb. 12. One of the Piccadilly Circus flower girls it showing the fine old British spirit. The others have migrated to their new "pitches,*' but she rotund, rosy-cheeked, and indomitable remains, or remained till tonight, where she has been for twenty years.
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  • 146 5 British Prime Minister's Appeal. London, Mar. 5. Something like a clarion call to the nation was uttered by Mr. Baldwin at Birmingham to-day, when he declared that there was a blight on Europe in consequence of the diabolic suspicion between man and man, and nation
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    • 385 5 §My Debt of Gratitude. •Ulcers the Size of Man's Hand: Our Portrait i, of Mr C M L THOMPSON, of 4. MidUod Grove Edward Road. Balsail Heath. B.m,,n«h*m. England, w..0 write*: "In July last I hapi^ned to get a Blood Mixture and llati lail to take scratch on my leg
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  • 408 6 THE SPRING RACE MEETING. (Under S.R.A. Rules of Racing) Will be Held on Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the 16th, 19th, 21st, and 23rd May. 1923. PROGRAMME. FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS ONLY. Ist Day. Saturday, 16th May. Races Nos. I, 8. THE STEWARDS PURSE, PLATE STAKES—
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  • 960 6 Race- See. I, S cV B THE ARCHDEACON STAKES. PURSE ft PLATE— Time 1.10 p m., !.30 p.m. R 5.20 om. Value $900 with $150 I each second h ri and $1< 0 I each a handicap for ex-grill tes; the 1 I] be divided
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  • 1193 6 Races Nan. I, i R 7. THE JOHORE STAKES, PURSE ft THE 6. P. OWES UP.— Time. 2.10 p.m.. 3.25 p.m., «SL 1.55 p.m. Value Claaa A $900 and Cop presented by G. P. Owen. Esq.. with $150 to the second horse and $100 to
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  • 535 6 A STIFF TEST. 't i (By Tally Ho!) In many respects the Grand National is the most romantic horse-race in the world certainly it is the most thrilling and the most dangerous. To enumerate the number of accidents the steepHe-chase has been responsible for since it was
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  • 386 6 Readers will notice that at the recent meeting f th< egislative Council the acting Colonial Secretary seUght to justify the Government's contribution of $20,000 to the St. Paul's Preservation Fund on the ground that it was arranged with the Unofficial. This merely goes to show that the Unofficial
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  • 69 6 Brussels, Feb. 12. Baron Coppee, one of the most prominent Belgian colliery owners, was to-day ordered by the Brussels Assizes to pay a fine of 20,000,000 francs (more than £200,--000) to the Belgian State as a penalty for furnishing coal products to the Germans during- the occupation of
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    • 36 6 HUDSON'S THE SUPPLY HOUSE FOR MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE OFFERING Solid British Made UprigV GRAND PIANOS PARTICULARS FROM THE HOUSE OF THE CATCHY MUSIC H. C. HUDSON, 100, North Bridge Road. Telephone No. 1705. Singspore.
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    • 417 6 -/f^pi Kill tlie Pain I SCIATICA, RHEUMATISM 1 r?m^J/i ALL RHEUMATIC AND NERVE PAINS. r-07j k Rheumatism and kiaaM COmplaintl are response'. I B thousands of men and wornm loMnsMime in,l W They c: r,l,nt work %vhen t,,>se cruel paint •<• <V r^ fe S l° a S L,n,ment a
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  • 225 7 EXCHANGE OF FISTICUFFS. INSULT TO CHRISTENDOM." fßeuter'* Service.! Paris, Mar. 20. In the chamber, in the evenin| there were scenes of almost unparalleled violence, wher in the Deputies freely exchanged fistieutTl which ended a hitherto most orderly debate on the withdrawal of the Embassy from the
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  • 50 7 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi, Mar. 20. The Council of State after discussing the Finance Bill, carried by 18 votes to 4 an amendment restoring the salt tax of one cupee and four annas. The Bill now returns to the Assembly where the amendment is likely to be approved.
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  • 36 7 [Reuter's Service.] 1 <mdon. Mar. 20. It is officially announced that Sir William Birdwood ha< been promoted to be Field Marshall and is appointed to succeed General Rawlinson as Commander-in-Chief in India.
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  • 28 7 [Reuter's Service.] Earl Corson will be buried at Kedleston >n March 2t*. A funeral service will be held at Westminster Abbev on the 25th.
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  • 21 7 Philadelphia, Mar. 20. The death is announced of the educator Mr. Herman Volrath Hilprecht, the educationalist and archaeologist.
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  • 21 7 Genoa, Mar. 20. Their Majesties the King and Queen have arrived well and embarked on the Roval yacht.
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  • 26 7 [Havas Service.] Paris. Mar. 20. Genera] Hsu laid a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. [Latest telegrams on page 9J.
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  • 151 7 Any otM who has had dealings with primitive native races is aware how easily, at any rate for a time, their minds may be subjected by the thought of the mjght of the British Empire and its King. An authentic story of New Guinea is going the
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  • 748 7 THE Ul M-RUNNERS. A British subject, said to be a rum-runner and a fugitive from justice, has been ordered to find' £10,000 bail by the United States Commissioner in Xew York. The Buccaneers of the Spanish Main never had so gorgeous a time as tne
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  • 196 7 j English Visitor Killed by Fall of Avalanche, j Mutm, Feb. 12. Mr. Edgar Wills, a member r" tlie well- j known tobacco manufacturing frmily of that Dame, was killed to-day by the fall e>f an I avalanche in the Engcthal while making an j I excursion
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 556 7 I "business cards. m m mma9nannnnnnnnnn mmm MmttMMuna fl sfjass end f(,r tne Illustrated J9 3 Cstaloßue of Musical Instruments. M SEASON CO., LTD. H ui and 113, North Bridge Road. g M the prbm mm Manila cigar, Insular" cigars have ...-.el ted brand in mansions, club- and hotels where
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    • 581 7 NOTICES. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. t— LINOTYPE-) The offices of Linotype Machinery Ltd., are being: removed from 1-4 Bernam Street to 64, ROBINSON ROAD All communications should now be sent to b'4 Robinson Road. LINOTYPE MACHINERY LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCH. Dissolution of Partnership. Xotice la hereby piven that the partnership heretofore existing
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    • 972 7 AUCTION SALE OF Extent Wax IVi; had Walnut Stain.: T^k Jaeakc*. design and Canton Blackwood HewsehoM rurn.turc. Iron safe, Hornless Gramophone R Records Crockery, Class and Plated Ware, Etc. TO BE HELD AT No. 129 Bukit Timah Road. SATURDAY, MARCH 28th., AT 2.30 P.M. Comprising:- An excellent hornless Columbia table
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    • 194 7 SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE SCPREME COUstT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINe.APO^J In the cause of I. IL Leopold and Co Ltd. Plaintiffs The Britiak Malaya Trading Co. Defesdoata AUCTION SALE OF TWO STEEL CABINETS i ONE STEEL DESK To be held at No. 10(1-12 Robinson Road ON FRIDAY,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 24 8 BADDELEY-CRAIG.— »b. 81, at Dandcs, Arthur Ernest Baddeley. >f Siusjapotf, to Eva Catherine, daughter of Carl, ami Mr-. James Crsil, formerly of Singapore.
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    • 77 8 LIM TEK WEE. On March 22nd. 192*. at 16 Stanley Street. Singapore, a^ed ~y2 years, L.m Tek Wee, SSB of the late Mr. Lim Kaag Eag, and foe upwards of 36 years on the clerical starT of the Strait;- Times Prsaa. He leavea a widow, two MM and a
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  • 629 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1925. Comment of the Week. The First Lord of the Admiralty made a point ot" the Singapore Basescheme in his speech on the Navy Estimates, but did not reveal anything really new. except that a decision had been come to with regard to the
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  • 554 8 Mis> McGsnn, of the Elim flail Mission, Ipoh, leaves for Ireland on the 29tn inst. by the P. and O. Kashgar. The crown which was ordered by tha Saltan of Parak on his recent ■hopping tour in this city is now completed, and will be on view at the establishment
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  • 163 8 K. L. EX-SERVICE MEN. I Th e Land Grants Question. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 21. I At th/? general meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Ex-Service men the report includ- 1 ed a statement that the Government was unable to reconsider its decision to refuse further
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  • 149 8 The funeral of the late Mr. J. P. Short. took-place on Thursday evening at the V* nning-rd. cemetery, and wai largely attended. The cortege left the European Hospital at 4.40 p.m. and was met at the entrant to the cemetery by the Rev. B.
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  • 159 8 A fine of 20 dollars was inflicted on Mr. Hickley of the Australasian Films, Ltd. by the District Judge on Saturday for abetting in the exhibition of a poster which had not been pas-ed by the film censor. Mr. Hickley was charged together with 8 Mr.
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  • 427 8 Mr. W. H. Ring has given notice of appeal against the Judgment given in tr.v recent sweepstake case heard in the [pi Supreme Court. It was disclosed at Wednesday's meeting of the Kinta Sanitary Board that the Government has made, and is making, an. enormous profit out of the re-sale
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  • 503 8 "To-aafht'i the Night" i I of Singanor,"*, time have tl, ..p piirtuil t I fost-clasi London revue I varld.famoaa star* -J ,pan v A I "*able theatrical sv^ I who, in company with L V nay s,„iu, r. r ,:::;,v I Theatre this m ■M* they woa fan,,,
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  • 25 8 Among th* l»t.M »«l. Al.«nder McU.n. of Roehampton, Surrey, »n« »1 „,orlv of M.-r.«. Fenchurehrtn t, E.C.. Mttrtstisi t ';;-;il: nt nresent i in w
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  • 30 8 Orders for week ending M Monday, I inl.-In-l— LIS p.m. Tuesday. 24th^Sign.Ul« Imbalance Class. H i I Thursday. MiV-BMd 1 ■uartera 5.15 p.m. I wSS« C. SAND* <
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    • 174 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BARCLAYS LONDON LAGER The "DOCTOR" Brand FIRST SHIPMENT TO THE EAST JUST ARRIVED. FOR FILL PARTICULARS AND SAMPLES Apply to SOLE AGENTS •> 111 1 I\/I s?_ sT l^ IIA i^aiaDecK iviacgregor oc k*v., i^lci. Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Ipoh. NEW SHIPMENT Ex: s.s. "President
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    • 32 8 i8 0 BERLIET Cars and LORRIES do not advertise, ask the owners. See them at the Eastern Auto Company. Dupire Brothers Agents. P BLACK WHITE t R- agL r e I WHISKY
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  • 179 9 !\S LEAGUE REPORT. LONDON CAUTIOUS. [Havaa Service.] Paris, Mar. 22. to "trustworthy information Havaa learns that Germany «red to seek ad mission to the League im* without conditions or reservaI.ondon. Mar. 22. i disposition in London at preept the Havas news with the erve, sltboogh such a
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  • 70 9 DUTCH INFLUENCE IN INSUUNDE. j [Reuter's Service.] 1 Amsterdam. Mar. 21. 1 peech 1 an industrial dub. Sir I erding i stress on the continu- and nun of rasponiibi- Dutch Indies, the people of which j < rnment He it a group of a dozen teachers rwentyfour boys should be
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  • 38 9 I [Reuter's Service.] I>ondon. Mar. 21. of the physiciana of the Earl states that, although his strength tained after the operation on thi the condition of the distinguished fhn i cause f r snxiety.
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  • 43 9 THE KING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. a 1 [Reuter's Service.] I Genoa. Mar. 21. I Yacht, with Their Maiesties I g and Queen, hai departed for I m. The King, after a restful night, 1 the quarterdeck. 1 [Earlier cables appear on page 7.]
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  • JAPANESE NEWS.
  • 10 9 TIM a tuchi apinning 231.50 Stock Exchange 115.70
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  • 23 9 tY. Bain Criclhton, iate manager at has been appointed Ijondon I the Mercantile Bank of India, takes up his sppointment some •u month.
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  • 70 9 DUTCH CROPS FOR AMERICA. FOUR YEARS' AGREEMENT. [Router's Service.] Amsterdam, Mar. 22 The Amsterdam Rubber Company announce, the conclusion of a large sale contract with the General Rubber Company, involving twenty-three million pounds weight from the crops, from 1925 to 1929 ar an annual average of five
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  • 132 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Mar. 22. L-Oeuvre says that Senator Lederlin called on M. Herriot to talk about the B n. easiness caused in industrial and commercial circles by the negotiations entered into with the Japanese Government, which had claimed .vision of the Indo-Chinese customs duties tariff
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  • 64 9 [Reuter's Ser\ice.] Ottawa. Mar. 21. The Canadian House of Commor.>. by 133 votes to 38, have adopted the Government resolution to refer the Petersen contract, for subsidised fleet of ten vessel-. involving Government control of ocean rates, to a committee for consideration. The Prime Minister made it
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  • 56 9 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney. Mar. 21. The Maritime Labour Herald announces the receipt of five thousand dollars from quote "Rilu" presumably the Red International Labour Union and the All-Russian Miners Union, for the relief of the striking Cape Breton miners. The Herald quotes l the cablegram exclaiming,
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  • 72 9 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi, Mar. 21. The Assembly, by 70 votes to 50, have j accepted the Council of State's amendment restoring the salt tax to twenty annas per maund. after Sir Basil Blackett had warned the House that the only effect of an adverse vote would
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  • 196 9 Forthcoming Departure. o It was generally understood' that the Hon. Mr. A. B. Voules, Resident-Councillor, Penang, who is due for retirement this pear, would remain here until September or even ia.tr. We now learn, however, that Mr. and Mrs. Voules will be leaving eariy in May, travelling
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  • 46 9 Appeal for Funds to Preserve National Memorial. The following donations have be<-<n received. Previously acknowledged $24,124.38 Mr. J. H. Roberts 10J00 Cheques should be made out in favour of Saint Paul's Restoration Fund, and ad messed to Reuter's Agent, 11 Collyer Quay, Singapore.
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  • 1646 9 A GOOD YEAR. The annual general meeting of the sharero.ders of this Company was held in the new Offices, Trafalgar-st. on Saturday. There were present Messrs W. H. Macgregor, D. T. Lewis, E. Walker, C. V. Bailey directors); Mr. R. L. Hastie, secretary; Messrs G. de
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  • 230 9 Find in Malacca Mosque. sja— —as—a Rubber smugglers and dealers in illicit rubber are in some instances adopting no- vel methods for secreting their carg~> prior to shipment. The latest hiding place reported is a mosque at Ayer Hitam, Malacca, where the Pengkalen Balak police discovered 7 pikuls
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  • 117 9 The large seizures of forged one dollar I notes made by the Police of late have given rise to the belief that there is another secret plant turning out these forged notes in large numbers. The Detective Department arrested a Chinese in Anson-road on Friday night with
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 324 9 NEW DESIGNS COLOURS r™*\T TrZ)>^*N CAMBR.CS i I M 1 I I J 38 inches wßmmmm^ JL V- r Par I m TRADE KSARK Fabrics-durable GINGHAMS fadeless Z t: STRIPES, PLAINS, CHECKS, IN RED, BROWN, GREEN, BLUE, MAUVE, PINK, GREY, YELLOW, If these fabrics fade through ordinary washing or sunlight,
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    • 818 10 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. THESEUS Amsterdam, London
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    • 495 10 STEAMER SAILINGS EUerman 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. 27 s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May
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    • 606 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. o.~""~ j BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in 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 Antwerp. Tonnage.
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  • 1397 11 OUR IRISH LETTER. GETTING A RAD NAME. BAD TIMES FOR REPUBLICANS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Dublin. Feb. 20. It looks as if De Valera and his merrie men will have to "gang cannily" should the new '-'Treason Bill" of the Free State become law— as it is likely to. It
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  • 166 11 Troubles of a Lost Birth Certificate. Rome. The Corriere dells Sera recounts the sai odyssey i f a lady in .Milan, Signora Maria Arese, who took a maid into 'aer service! without references a.id mislaid her own birth certificate. Durir-.c; the space of four years the servant has found this
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 192 11 Jjcftor^Spgciid >~-^^^7# The finest of all f Scotch Whiskies. W* '"jl Well matured, delightfully mellow and abso' lately pure, A Whisky imbued pith the spirit of good fellowship. R McSIbH cr CO. LTD.. GWm. ScotUnd. t ECZEMA vv A.ISH A touch of DDD Prescription to any ecsamas acre or itching
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    • 411 11 i» I 0 a wOgw 9 B g I 4.|_ 4. s J seasassssl TL I s >- "mfr llw'te ißf 'H /m 4m f< Ij VIRGINIA CIGARETTES t Distinctive label and unusual form of packing combine to create \j\ IL^* J atmosphere and interest for these wholly distinctive and
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 149 12 The Alness arrived yesterday from Swansea with a cargo of coal. H.M.S. Carlisle and H.M.S. Foxglove left Singapore on Saturday. The only warship now in port is H.M.S. Ambrose. Having run very successful trials the new 7,050-ton Dutch cruiser, Java, has been commissioned for service in the East Indies. V2,
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    • 27 12 The basis rate of freight on Green Snail Shells fiom Straits to Europe is reduced from date to 58s. Gd. per ton of 10 cwt.
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    • 217 12 We (Hongkong Telegraph) gave ar. interesting item of news yesterday showing the large nuwb.r of steamers in port, for which it was hardly possible to find accommodation. In recent years it has been found necessary considerably to augment the number of buo.vs in our harbour and also
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    • 260 12 The second motor ship of the Noith German Lloyd fleet, the Korigsbercr. is said to be one of the most up to-date motor ships afloat. She is eq-iiont I with the latest innovations, such as wireless telegraphy, submarine bell siena!>. gyro compasses, electric steering indicators, and an automatic
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 593 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) t i FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, 9 THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins •a Luxe, single berth
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    • 188 12 s.s. "City of Durban" Ccnsipne.s of eargS per above steamer from New York arrived 9th March J925, are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at Godowns 46 47 on Tuesday 24th -March 1925 at 9 a.m. No further survey
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    • 289 12 I \bur Qreatesf 1 kelp for Home > >> Cleanliness 1 >> Thorough (f V SPRAY THAT SLAYS /J Y\ t\ f&\ S"^*^ >| I because the LOTOL SPRAY i PT^avl nsects Cannot I ir^S LOTQL is used I wWli*"^ an<^ econom y hes in the character B/ v "^*v^f
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    • 171 12 LLOYD TRIESTIiNO S.N. 10. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly •srrlos f Vt n:c land Trieste via prl a t through Bills of Lading for Fiia*, the i Levant and Black Sea Por's. also to all i ports on the Wast Oast if Its D ue t-» DM to Arri
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 695 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Cucob and Benuit Mersing 9 a.m. North, North East and North West Sumatra Plancius 9 a.m. Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Djibouti, Egypt, Europe, U.S.A., and Canada Angkor noon Prigi Radjah, Tembilaban and Indragiri Sri Wongsee 1 p.m. North, North East and North West Sumatra, Ceylon, Southera
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 669 13 I STEAMER^SAILINGS O.S.K. Line. Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. loadan, Hamburg, Rotterdam. Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Alaska Maru Apr. 16 Apr 17 Kia York via San Francisco Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr end Durban, ape Town, Rio, Santos, e Apr ena rtevi'leo and Buenos Aires ris Ccloaabl
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    • 429 13 STEAMER SAILINGS j^fe Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in 110
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    • 649 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. J OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT Tn Pnrr U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA A U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Jg* and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further
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  • 1755 14 SOCIALISTS AND THE PRINCE'S TOUR. (Frcm Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh, Feb. 18. Much indignation has been aroused in Scotland at the conduct of Mr. Kirkwood tend the notorious Clydeside Socialists in opposing the vote in the estimates for the tour of the Prince of Wales. It is felt
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  • 61 14 The Board of Trade stated in a letter to the Cowes Harbour Commissioners that instructions have been piven to tho Cunard liner Mauritania ordering her not to travel at a speed which might occasion dangetr in Cowes Roads. This letter was the sequel to a complaint
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 313 14 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. i Reproduction of the largest mosquito in the world a three SBSt 1 high model in the Metropolitan Museum. N.Y. Malarial Debility
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    • 423 14 White house scotch Whisky To discriminating people the "Bottled in Scotland" mark on every White Horse Capsule ia of greatest importance. >d*l§i^§^v Possessing five Scotch Dis- S ?JB-' matured whisky, WHITE ff tg c 1 Scotch Whisky that has always >/ll^W§p^ "WHITE HORSE" /f^*^\ WHITE HORSE DISTILLERS, LTD., GLASGOW LONDq^,
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  • 616 15 SaL^df^T' ReP rt f r th ™etin*; on Saturday next state* nrlnl Z° th ACC Unt sh Ws a net 565 601 V? 6 1 f 50 201 21 as against 3 01 K 5* the u Previous year. To this broulh/ f th balanCe of *34,7«7.43 mTa^Vr??!
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  • 215 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Pllk y Singapore. Mar. 21. It ubher. Is. 7 7 sd Tin.— -£251. Tin shows a substantial rise of 95*. and mining shares are in good demand. Rubber is firm and share prices in this section are improving but business still continues difficult to negotiate. Industrials
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  • 69 15 March 21. Bank 4 m»s. 2 4 1-16 Bank demand 2 3 31-3'» Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 17-32 New York, demand 531" Credits 90 davs c-r." France, demand 1010 India, T. T. 15 Hongkong, demand 13 4 D c rjj s Yokohama, demand 131 om Java, demand
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  • 187 15 Copra Sundried 11.85 Opium, Ben.ures unt. 4.00U Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mirk 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 Bioken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken No.
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  • 32 15 Singapore, Mar. 21. 11.30 am Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 67' L > 67**; April-June 66* 67%; July-Sept. 63% 64. London Quotation Sheet Is. Bd. Market Steady
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  • 69 15 Johan Tin 50 53 Kuala Lumpur Tin (£) 25s 3d 26s Kuchai Prefs. ($1) 1.17! 1.2:, Kuchai Ords. 1.14 1.17 Lingui Tin (£) 5.30 5.45 x.d. Mambau ($1) 1.07 1.10 Petaling Tin 1.60 1.85 Renong Tin (£) 47s 6d 48s 6d x.d. South Taipings 70 75 Taiping
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  • 681 15 The following is the annual report if the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Exchange for the year l!»24, to be presented at the annual masting on March •'Wth at 2.15 p.m. The Accounts show rieaipta amounting to $27,358. 91> and expenditure including depreciation *2">,:525.89 leaving
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  • 131 15 Tin.-£251. Up r S,n ap re in light "on t al r u,ui with f w **E Basset |t 9 Uulat,o remain unchanged, v W •t* Bukit Jelotonga at at 1 r Ku v intai Malaka Pindas at JL49, Jimahi at 1.20, Bentakabs at 24 Kadellas
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 433 15 Assets over $5,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE WUnT HEAD OFFICE.-Winchester H*J^^ The Company has £20,000 deposited with X q?^ o LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. P ited with the Supreme Court .of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSITIMv™. Companies Act AGENTS
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    • 529 15 I BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) a *u I ead office: Hongkong. gsra sse^Ls, up fegs Reserve Fund -Sterling I Silver $26 500 009 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 ,?°H RT 0F DIRECTORS. S*Jt, Yo, 5»» Es <*. Chairman Iht n' v mVS£*'JP**- De P u
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    • 496 15 i 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 Biehopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hamburg Puket Amritsar Iloilo Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh
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    • 42 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE AaSSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). ■FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— lessrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • HOME FOOTBALL.
    • 277 16 [Reuter's Service.] Lonjon, Mar. 21. Sixty thousand spectators assembled on the Scottiah Union's new ground at Murrayfield, Edinburgh, for the rngby international, England vs. Scotland. The weather was bright, following light falls of snow in the morning. The early icrums wen fought out with great spirit. After
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    • 32 16 [Reuter's Service.] Ixmdon, Mar. 21. The amateur Intemational Association f< otball match played at Plymouth between England and Wales, to-day. resulted tr. -i v England by two goals to one.
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    • 23 16 [Router's Service.] London. Mar. 21. The following are the results of the Sc L tish Cup sem.-finals: Hamilton 1. Dundee i.
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    • 285 16 The following r.re the results of to-day "< English and Scottish League Matches:— Division i. Arsenal I Everton > Aston Villa 0. Notti County 0. Blackburn R. 1, Tottenham H. 1. Bury i- Cardiff City I. Huddersric-ld T. 0 Bolton W. P. Liverpool 3. Burnley U. Manchester C.
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    • 54 16 H MONDAY'S TIES. Doubles Handicap. V. H. Norris and W. A. Balhetchet owe 40 vs. E. E. de Souza and W. F. Carnegy owe 30.2. Single Handicap. F. Ephraums owe 15.4 vs. C. E. Rappa owe 1 5. N. E. Ess owe 30.4 vs. J.
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  • 38 16 Whit and Red Russians had a scrap at Shanghai on March 10th.. as the result of an attempted BdvkH coup to seize two small vessels whieh have been lying in the r»ve- for two and a half years.
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  • CRICKET.
    • 502 16 Dogged Hatting by Assiter. A far stronger team in all departments, the Services experienced little difficulty in defeating the Public Services and Law on the Pa dang on Saturday, thus securing three points ia thair opining engagement in the S. C C. Cricket Tournament. The bright batting
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    • 372 16 Time alond saved the S. R. C. from dfeat at the hands of the Lanka U/nion on the Padang en Saturday. The Union batted fit-! and compiled 123. Aiyathurai, who went in at the fall of the first wicket, carrying his bat for 65,
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  • 16 16 Taiping racecourse is to have a newgrandstand shortly, the plan of which ha^ already been sanctioned.
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  • SELANGOR POLO CLUB
    • 282 16 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 22. The Polo Club Gymkhana was run in wet weather. A large crowd included His Excellency Sir Laurence, and Lady Guillemard, His Highness the Sultan of Perak, Admiral Everett, Sir G. Maxwell. At the conclusion of tha racing
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    • 154 16 [Router's Service.] London. Mar. 20. Cambridge row oil a full course trial in 19 min. 30 sees. Conditions were good, there being a following wind and slight rain. They shot Hammei smith Bridge in 11 min. 15 sees., spurted towards Putney Bridge and finished fresh and
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    • 26 16 [Beater*! Ser***.] London. Mar. 21. At Queen's Club in the inter- Varsity sports. Oxford beat Cambridge by winning 6 events to 5. i
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    • 22 16 [Reuter's Serv*ce._ Sydney. Mar. 21. Major Goodsell won the World's Sculling Championship, defeating W. MePevitt by i fourteen lengths.
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    • 27 16 BOXING: ROSEN BERG DEFEATED. [Reuter's Service. 1 New York. Mar. 21. In a fifteen rounds bout for th? world's bantam-weight championship, Rosenberg outpointed Eddie Martin, the holder.
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    • 90 16 Keppel heat Singapore G.C. in Final. At Keppel yesterday Keppel Golf Club defeated the Singapore Golf Club in the final of the Wei-Hai-Wei Cup by five matches to two. The following were the scores: Spore G.C. Keppel G.C. Hardie beat Routley 2 and 1. Braddell lost to
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    • 38 16 The following cards were returned in the ladies monthly medal (March). Mrs. Webb, 50 10 40 Mrs. Mawson. 52 12 40. Lady Colina Hussey. ,55 10 45. Tie to be played off .before 31st inst.
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    • 55 16 The final of the Captain's Prize was played on Saturday and won by F. S, Gibson, who beat R. B. B. Donnell 3 and 1. The ti? between Harrison, Fordv, Nicoil and Yountr for the March Bogey Competition was also played and won by F. Harrison, who
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  • 47 16 Mr. F. S. Fales, a director of the S.nndard OH Co. of New York. Mr. E. R. Brown i Presid nt of the Magnolia Petroleum Co., and Mr. P. W. Barker, asst. general manager of Socony at Hongkong, have been j on a visit to Bangkok. j
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  • YACHTING.
    • 650 16 The third and last lace for the Odell trophies will always be noted by the Yankee's remark that "London beats the States every time because it's Historic" for this applies in a small way to the race that came off yesterday morning, as not
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    • 128 16 MONDAY'S TIES. Profession Pairs. King and Dttthis vs. Atkins and Preston. Nathan and Nathan vs. Huber and Ingold. Ifallinson and Robertson vs. Snowie and Sargant. de Stuers and Holmes Smith vs. Sneli and Hill. Wilson and Oggier vs. Webster and Davidson. Ziegele and If akin
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    • 65 16 Monday, Mar. 23rd. Championship Pairs Final (Men). Denham and Lee Warner vs. Whitley and Hamilton. Ladies Singles. Mrs. S. Cullen plus 3 vs. Mrs. Hamilton scr. Doubles Handicap Final (Men). Bridges and Hewitt plus 4 vs. Donaldson and Teale plus 15.2 or Dobson and Hickey plus 5.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 142 16 WHY BE WITHOUT A PIANO WHEN Rmjl A VERY SMALL OUTLAY YOU CAN HAVE A MOUTRIE SENT TO YOUR HOME TO-DAY. CALL OR WRITE FOR OUR LA' ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PARTICULARS OF OUR GRADUAL PAYMENT SYSTEM. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. J MONOPOLE CHAMPAGNE SEC, GOUT AMERICAN, ERUT. jigS From
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