The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 March 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. :nt& SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY'. MARCH 25, 1925. NO. 11.448
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  • 236 1 lathe controversy over the Sakhalien oil rights the outlook appears anything but reassuring lor Sinclair Rape 9. The Soviet trade I nion International has offered to contribute fajM. for the relief of unemployed miners at (ape Jiret<;n Cape 9. The suicide of a former professor <d the
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  • 891 1 Wm. Herschel, as are have seen, discovered the planet Uranus in 1781. It was carefully watched and its theoretical orbit calculated. In isil. however, the French astronomer Bouvard, supposing that the observations had lacked accuracy, published hia own tables, which he believed to be yet more correct. By the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 128 1 insist ON GETTING "Snowflake" un: BETTER BUTTER Raffles Hotel, f^l Thursday, 26th March. CALIFORNIA" In Port. Around The World Cruise. Management of Mr. Frank C. Clark CRUISE TIFFIN at Raffles Hotel. Management Sarkies Brothers, Mr. Frank C. Clark. Proprietors. Hote, Agents: Mr. F. C. Clark. Tel. No. 2920. Tel. No.
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    • 130 1 Bodyguard Soap _^_k___Er 'THiS PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" SOLE MANUFACTURERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND j THE PIXIE GRIPPA PLAYS A FULL-SIZE 1 WELVE-INC H RECORD WEIGHT S% lb>. In atrong wood box. I covered In blue waterproof leatherette. j^xjE^ J The PIXIE GRIPPA ia of the finest ff J£^
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    • 165 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMEMS. F<»r js. Wearne Bros. Pape 5. Bnick cars at Guthrie's Pape 5. Ladies dresses for sale privately Pape 7 California cruise tiffin at Raffles Pape 1. Dodge Bros, cars, Central Motors Pape 4. Th'. 1 Maxwell car at Borneo Motor. Pape 4. The Gray car. Straits Motor Garage—
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    • 7 1 INSIST ON GETTING "Snowfiake THE BETTER BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 105 1 THE WEEK. ffodn—mmw, 85f». Hiph Water. 10.57 a.m., 11.28 p.m. Let White Co.. Vic. Theatre. *«.30 p.m. Thursday, 2<rith. Hiph Water, 11.38 a.m., ll.ofi p.m. California in Port, Tiffin. Raffles Hotel. Lee White Co., Vie. Theatrn. 9.30 pja. Fridai/. '2~th. Hiph Water, 0.18 p m. P. and 0. homeward mail
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  • 506 2 \nd th t Problem «.i" ihe Biiiht Man. Although it appears, writes John Blunt, that tiie forger arhoan the l^ird Chief Justice believed had practised his ••trade" in prison when aerviag a previous sentence Cur forgery had not done so, nevertheless it is admitted that lie Studied
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  • 396 2 Naples was asieep. Vast banks of grey cl<iu<i were fleeting acroaa th'j blue Italian, skies as the car gathered speed and we left the city behind. The headlamps looked like candlelight in a road painted sn"W while by the glow of a radiant moon. W< stopped under
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 189 2 AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. CURES PREVENTS PRICKLY HEAT. Prepared by MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. VALLEY Help her choose her life mate What should the girl do H.... D. P. Cnder the Auspie*es of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. A PUBLIC MEETING AT THE Y.M.C.A. HALL On Mondav. Mar. 30th. at
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    • 338 2 VICTORIA THEATRE. To-Night at 9-30 p.m. To-Night JAMES McGRATH LTD. Present the "London Record" Revue Stars: Lee White S Clay Smith AND ENTIRE LONDON COMPANY 30— COMEDIANS— SINGERS— DANCERS— 30 including LEE WHITE'S famous "LITTLE PEACHES" I Another Lee W T hite Personal Fridav First usical Comedy Seen in To-
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    • 258 2 From Friday, March, 20th to Wednesdav M. h T"^"*^v Another excellent seven-reel production -Th;. r his lime 11 of a lively, thrilling and sensational cJurraettr AT THE ALHAMBRA Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietor!! In the Second Show at p.m. Sharp. A MARSHALL NEILAN PRODUCTION A mystery play which grips
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  • LATE MAIL NEWS.
    • 207 3 Curious Attitude ai Wafd Candidates. Cairo, Mar. 12. Zaghiul Pasha, In an interview, claimed t tat a( least 115 members of the Wafd had been elected, and said that if they adhered to the ticket <>;. which they had been elected. he \\(.u!d have a clear majority
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    • 134 3 Drastic I aglslation Introduced. Calcutta, Mar. 11. A Statesman eorreepondent says that a new Press law has been Inaugurated in Afghanistan, which lays down that the proprietor and responsible Editor of a paper must be Afghan subjects. The Editor must be over twenty-one years of age, must
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    • 77 3 tort cast*, of Forthcoming Badge*. London. Mar. 1 1. Mr. Churchill, replying privately to a deputation of associated Chambers of Con:meree, expreeaed great sympathy with the question of taxation relief. The newspapers now announce ;hat Mr. Churchill has promised, with Cabinet concurrence, a (Ui. reduction in the
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  • 104 3 By the end of March. Great Britain would have spent -£00,006,000 on pensions, said Major Tryotl, moving, in th House of Commons, a supplementary estimate which h said, was due to a miscalculation by the Socialist Government. Th Ministry was now far on with th< system
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 171 3 Your Baby j needs this famous food i not only because the strong and sturdy. Th.s a fe clean .Royal Houae. h,w,h,e:; food ,or Bab, i. free from the Glamo, but because in all of such dr™d d aaaae. as Fnterfc and bng Infant Wsdhsra Centres Tuberculosa (Consumption which u>ed
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    • 114 3 13 A__jX_ Y S FAMOUS FOOTWEAR I A New Shipment Just Unpacked at WHITEAWAYS BLACK (.LACE KID BEADED SIL V E R BROCADE $8.50 No. B tl WHITE CALF SLEDE $4.95. No. B 108 BLACK GLACE KID #8.75. BLACK SATIN SOUVENIR $10.50. r^^^\ SH VER BROCADE I SILVER OR^GOuT BROCADE
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  • 81 4 "TWO MONTHS TO CURE TUBERCULOSIS." Claims of a fee** I tuberculosis has been invented b> t acientiat,**. L:: Wslbum. of Uh g State Serum Institute. It is claimed that promines an phyaiciana have results after empi-ymg th. I in a number of Ii have annihilated Ihe •iK-nu- in less" than
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  • 34 4 Eleven cars have BOW keen/" the Grand Pri* ir^V Z I held on June 28 over the Bpt circ gium). France has ajUred cars and one Guyot; GW™ _if_.Ro»**- Sunbeams; and Italy, three h*
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  • 361 4 To Reduce Accidents. Safety, these automotive days, has bccome siur. a mixtion of problema that nearly every aort of organization is interested in it. At the national conference on street and and highway aafety whkh jnat adjourned ai Washington, some of the organizat represented included not only
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  • 1022 4 A COMPLEX PROBLEM. London's traAc sccidenta steadily incree year by year, and on every publication of the sombre lists the daily pneas dISCUSses the matter almost a< though it wer a motoring phenomenon, says the Field. That. W€ suppose, is because serious accidenta have increased considerably since
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  • 120 4 Modern Alchemists. StwCMMMmtma MA Gasava, lek It E Tin Piagu ther particulars I Cxccl tly by ta 1 who have been aided, it stated, by M Dr. BL 11 note ch mist of I Tht Americans I who could convt rt I I lous B leadii
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  • 532 4 THEY ALSO HAVE A 1)1 TY. One is constantly reading of motorists getting into hot water for driving recklessly, or being drunk, or breaking some rule of the road, but who ever hears of pedestrians being dea't with for heedlessly running into danger or getting an unfortunate motorist into
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  • 434 4 EIM4-1t26 REVIEW. Prospect and Retrospect. The opening of the year 1924 saw the British motor industry revealing obviou. signs of recovery from the long and deep depression caused by the general slump in trade. A certain number of firms of inaufficient financial strength had been eliminated. Ochers,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 106 4 -o/ new. still better MAXWELL &ta lower price The Neuu Good 5 to 25 Miles per hour in iMA/Llßf E_L_L 8 seconds. 2 2 5 O 58 Miles per hour are but some of the features *<<s§_y^ UP Rfl E__^ the K)d Maxwell now selling W^S. B^\l I TTt^m _K_f
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    • 144 4 I Dddgb Brothers MDTDRCAR •t i r 3a i_ yt£ M__i._____riTaarr-r%s iti.nr Mr*^ \a___i_s______-^ is" The 1925 Models have been designed to give improved appearance and greater comfort. > J Lcwer, longer, with deeper seats and more leg room, the lines of these J new cars are low-swung and graceful—
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  • 880 5 TWO-WAY FLEXIBLE TRACK. The motor-road of the immediate future its pioblema present themselves to a ■>ing engineer, waa discussed before i Man hcstor members of the Institute of Transp< rfc, recently, when Mr. Walter Leigh refcd a er on the inland Transport of I
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  • 115 5 Peter Pan is to lose the grass plot at th* base of his statue in Kensington Gardens In spite of continued returfing and notices esking people not to walk on it, this circular strip of greensward has struggled unsuccessfully against the hundreds of young feft which have
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  • 447 5 Ir. very many respects the simple bicycle hes been over-shadowed of r-cent >ears by the type of machine of which it ia the prototype, the pctrol-propelkd two-wheeler, and the relative importance of the two types oi machine is apt to be confused by reasor of the greater
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  • 144 5 Evidence of a desire on the part of Darwinians to progress towards civilisation is to be found in a recent ordinance promulgated by the Administrator. After a course of laundering in the Japanese fashion, extending over many years, the Darwinians have become imbued with ideas on sanitation, hence
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  • 34 5 Abrasive particles in brass polish scratch and the polish should never be used on nickel trimmings. Also when cleaning a car with sponge or chamois the strokes should be in straight lines, not circles.
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  • 135 5 Great progress has been made recently in the construction and use of trackless trolley cars in place of ordinary tra wears. Various towns in Great Britain are steadilv deserting the tramway system in favour of this more flexible type of vehicle, and at least one that previously
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  • 124 5 j Any of the cars in the list below can be got from the Dealer mentioned. BORNEO MOTORS LTD. British: Austin, Clyno, Cubitt. American: Maxwell, Chrysler, Hapmobile, Chevrolet, Jewett, Paige. French: Peugeoc M<,toi- Lorries: A.E.C. and Denby. -Motor Cycles: Excelsior end O.K. CENTRAL MOTORS. English: Wolseley,
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  • 139 5 An eminent golfer, who plays the game even better than he writes about it, stated recently that "it is extremely difficult deliberately to top a ball with a brassie. The odds are against any striker succeeding in thr-e shots." Her- at long last is the golden hint
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  • 425 5 Wastes 2"> per cent, of Gasolene. A New Discovery. Did you know that when you "itep on it" for a speedy getaway one-fourth of your gasolene supply vanishes? This fact has just been established in the laboratories at the University of Illinois as a by-product of an
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  • 209 5 Nice, Feb. 11. Certain French newspapers, in their eagerness to retain for Mile. Long'en an unblemished prestige in the world of lawn tennis, have fallen during the Riviera tournaments into the error of describing her as the world's champion. j No blame is to be laid
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 114 5 1 *__-^Ly_-r _f___ I l_____l___J E^ ____n!l__i ____H__V_H WR^R^RJmmm E_B_________ FORD MADE BTf THE MILLION 1 or THE MILLIONS LOWEST PRICE EVER $?095 seli-starter $138 FORD ONE-TON TRUCK CHASSIS TRANSPORT IS FIVE-EIGHTHS OP COMMERCE. LD TRUCK WILL DO I V CHEAPER, QUICKER, MORE IMPLY THAN any OTHER METHOD WE CAN
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    • 120 5 THE GRAY CAR. __4_W iT!I ___K W_______________________________RBBk^ The phenomenal success of the GRAY CAR in a great measure is due to its nm___.l efficiency and has justified its claim to be the world, foremo" car In iS S Moreover the GRAY holds the world's economy record among American Cars ith
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  • 526 6 lt ia s a id that "mo-t men have more j courage than evei. they themselves think i r.^V have." This was proved beyond doubt A_riaf the war, when many soldiers, fired with pattffotism for King and country, displayed COUlfcge which has immortalised uieir names on the scroll
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  • 385 6 Ihe -Nelson" and the •"Rodney." Ii he two above ni battles! being in this country are to be entil I5 I di^ in design to battleships dat from the Dreadnought era, ai i mark the beginning of a new British Navy (says the "Daily Express**). I; each
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  • 892 6 A young- Polish actress shot and killed her finances as he lay dying of cancer in a Paris hospital. The doctors had given him a WRR\ to live, and he had asked to be spared that timeless week of tortuiv. 4< l CouUl not give hsm life;
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  • 62 6 Hankow, Mar. 4. An imposing ceremony took place at St. Faul's Cathedral this morning, when Dr. Alfred Alonzo Gilman was consecrated Suffragan Bishop of Hankow. There was a huge congregation representing many Christen bodies and Government officials, including the Bishops of Shanghai, Nanking, Hankow, Ch?kiang and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 456 6 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. STRAITS SHIPPING PARCELS tfSS? GOSLING CO. 41. ANSON ROAD. SINGAPORE. Freght and customs brokers, freight contractor?, insurance ttofage commission agents, information agents.
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    • 176 6 The Navy's Choice > s' PLYMOUTH Obtainable Everywhere. Ny Carlsberg ■r lGt yiwy 3*. MS jSj' 'm- iw __r _**-<* t \y >^ •■"u^*Si, In fc^_ j.Tfr.H _V /t'a SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, (Incorporated in Denmark) I SINGAPORE. HUDSON'S THE SUPPLY HOUSE FOR MUSIC* and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
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    • 967 6 rHOR LICKS 111 HALTED MILK mkd* fbom the first glass; WwfS^ r So K«r.: y do«. HORLICK'S MALTED Mk P^lffltl r.c0,n,.,d FOOD DRINK. > tur rhal YOU ca f\, f U- .Qcre_M»d v.t.lc.y ,rd !,fe fore, fro-r, tb. br»| gl Mi (f r»*>2^M ,o, in rundown, p* HORLICK'S tn.l mi
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  • 492 7 "A SITTER FOR AEROPLANES." MR. MACDONALDS MEWS. [Reuter's Servue.] London, Mar. 23In the House of Commons, i, the report •tagej of the Naval Estimate., Mr. Ramsay NacDonald attacked Government's decision to proceed with the Singapore Base and that the Empire did not consist ■Clely of Australia and
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  • 143 7 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi. Mar. 23. In the Assembly, Sir A. B. Muddiman introduced a bill supplementing the Bengal Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1986. Pundit Motilal Nehru said that the bill introduced in an underhand manner a rdid attempt to deceive the Hous« and persuade them
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  • 328 7 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, .Mar. 23. A Junker aeroplane flying from Tiflis to Suchum took fire in mid-air and dived to earth, killing two pilots and three passengers, Miasnikoff, member of the Presidium Central Executive Committee of Soviets; Mogilievski, president of the Extraordinary Trans-Caucasian Commission; and Atarbekoff,
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  • 137 7 TEN HOURS' SITTING. DRAMATIC SCENE AT CAIRO. [Reuter's Service.] Cairo, Mar. 23. Parliament has dissolved. The end came with dramatic suddenness, the Premier -topping the proceedings In the Chamber by reading the decree which was received with vociferous cheers by tha Ziighlulists. The House emptied rapidly. Zaghiul,
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  • 214 7 [Reuter's Service.] Seven candidates, representing all the groups from Fn-c-ists to Communists, now definitely compete in the first ballot for the German Presidency on March 2i The list includes Ludendorff, who stepped into the lists at the last moment as champion of the Fascists. There are, however,
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  • 47 7 [Renter's Service.] The annua] report of the Reichsbank for 1024. shows a frees profit of 30 million marks and a net profit of 125 million, wherein the Reich shares to the extent i.f 55 million. It is proposed to pay a ten per cent dividend.
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  • 49 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Mar. 23. Mr. Coolidpe ha? issued a proclamation inviting the forty-eight states, as well a.; foreipn Governments, to participate in the international exposition at Philadelphia from June 1 to Nov. 30, 1926, in commemoration df the hundred and fifty years of American independence.
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  • 921 7 NEW ARMAMENT CONFERENCE. What Japan Wants. (From Our Own Correspondent). Tokyo, March 3. ThAB-e is every indication that Japan would willingly welcome a new rouru Itablo conference to eliminate Sfly possibility of a fresh race for armaments and to Lmit, not merely the construction of auxiliary Teasels,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 506 7 BUSINESS CARDS. LIGHT MASSEUSE Ij DAttT 10 \.M. TO 10 P.M. H 3S, licncoolen Street. o <h>so utMHHM ;„-&0"»-&>a BHHH. iMeaoe S.nd for the Illustrated *> 2 Catalegns of Musical Instrument*. SEASON CO.. LTD. 11l and lIS, North Bridge Road £assafrg<>-33gg>'?#gtttt{H^g{K>---&gg.a "The premier Manila cigar. 383 "La Insular" cipars have
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    • 699 7 NOTICES. la-_N_\ \V If /Tl\x )1 NOTICE ii hereby given that the ftbOTO Trade-Mark is the property of Tai Kah Kee Co. of No. i River Valley Road, Singapore, and is used by them in respect of rubber and other goods manufactured by them and told in the Straits Settlements,
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    • 617 7 NOTICES. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. t— LINOTYPE— 1 The offices of Linotype Machinery Ltd., pre heinjr removed from 1-4 P>emam Stmt i to 64, ROBINSON ROAD All communications should now be sent to b'4 Robinson Road. LINOTYPE MACHINERY LIMITED. SINGAPORE BRANCH. ORDINANCE NO. 44 (BANKRUPTCY) IN THE SUPREME COURT OP THE
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  • 23 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. CORXEY.- M.irch 20th 1926, at European j Hospital. Kua:.\ Lumpur, tu Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Coraay. .t >on. i
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  • 770 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1925. Resurrection Pie. A pretty full report of the debate on the Navy Estimates as they concern Singapore is sent out by Reuter to-day. Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, late Labour Premier, belabours the decision of the Government to proceed with the formation of the
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  • 387 8 Mr. A. O. Wilson has been appointed to act as Assistant Auditor-General, F.M.S.. as from March 24. Mr. D. F. Topham has been appointed a member of the Railway Advisory Board during the absence on leave of Mr. H. B. Egmont Hake. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Thambyah left Penang by
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  • 179 8 AM OITIMISTIC EXPERT. 100 Per Cent. Rubber Next Year. I (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, Mar. 24. Major Knox, interviewed by a representative of thq Pinang Gazette regarding rubber prospects, said: We may expect cheerful conditions in 1926. The stabilisation of European exchange and the move towards a
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  • 34 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang. Mar. 24. Whilst a Malay and his nephew were out crab fishing their boat upset and the man i was drowned. His nephew, however, was saved.
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  • 225 8 The following h-ul the honour of dining with His Excellency the High Commis- sione:- anu Lady Guillemard at GovernJ ment House, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, jto meet H.E. Vice Admiral Sir A. F. j Everett. K.C.M.G.. K.C.V.O. C.B. H.H. the Sultan of Perak. K.C.M.G..
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  • 407 8 A small rhinoceros was seen in the jungle on Sunday off the L*lu Langat-rd. at about the 24th mile. A meetir.tr of Municipal Commission will be held on Friday at 2.15 p.m. when Mr. Lornie will tale his seat as Presidem. Amongst the business vrill be the prescribing of streets
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  • 669 8 Mnmxc Acnox im^ Glenfalloeh Mas t r N|)n The action in which the steamship Ban Ho U;u declaration that the )ft^V loch are responsible for the _I_7? by a collision between the the Bingapois Road. l ast resumed in the Supreme Court morning before the Chi^f
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  • 119 8 Mr. H. B. Stewna, B«ptrintei Singapore Fire Brigade, will proc« month.' leave on Monday. March 3W A. Newberry, the Second Ofl him in his absence. A somewhat lerioos accidwt oe i Friday night laat. aaya the Mala. ver. about I mile or SO out on qoarah Road, resulting in rath.-.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BARCLAYS LONDON LAGER The "DOCTOR" Brand FIRST SHIPMENT TO THE EAST JUST ARRIVED. FOR FULL PARTICULARS AND SAMPLES Apply to SOLE AGENTS Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh. j j_T ANCHOR JlfL, BRAND XTF BUTTER I New Zealand's .Best.
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    • 39 8 /p <\ BERLIET Cars and LORRIES do not advertise, ask the owners. See them at the Eastern Auto Company. Dupire Brothers. Agents. j_t v BLACK WHITE 1 I I _L P-"- "VjR k jt/^__^T' AWmmSmm r*"-- i i WHISKY I
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  • 50 9 I T \V() NEW CRUISERS. -rfDBBANK FIRM GETS order. [Renter's Service.] Melbourne. Mar. 21. leral Government has ordered two from Meeara. John Brown and of Clydebank, at an approximate 150,000. mated that i'SDO.OOO will <!h--pared with Australian price>. to devote the saving to i modern 5,000-ton seaplane car-
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  • 50 9 [Havas Service.] Paris, Mar. 24. natorial Finance Committee, disBudget, determined the expen- ,000 franca and the re- at 32,976,000,000, showing a ipectively of 2,644^000,000 and ►,000, compared with the Budget I thi Chamber. mmittee rejected new taxes which the Chamber but cut sharply order to balance the
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  • 49 9 I [Renter's Service.] New York, Mar. 21. Fullerton, formerly Professor of the American Universities, is appointed American ex»a< r at the Vienna University, luicide by hanging. The who was born in India, was ta, America!: missionary, and has th ever since his privations at camp in Germany.
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  • 53 9 [Reuter's Service.] Delhi, Mar. 24. embly by 72 v.. tis to 41 rejected Criminal Law amendment supI ill despite the Viceroy's ration 1 pass it in its original luding the three clauses which the had previously deleted. Th> the i »uneil <.f State which will LSI it in
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  • 28 9 I [Reuter's Service.] Moscow. Mar. 24. --Minister in Poland, and taken charge of the isaion pending the appointment [Earlier cable> appear on Page 7.]
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  • 184 9 •■a BadfOfl Adopted by the I pper House. irtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Mar. 23 ite an the national budget in the I Peers has now come to a full the fact that the way had been fsd ;n the direction of mutual conciliation the Government
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  • 139 9 Slingabv legitimacy case i> recalled the news of the death, in British Coluni- Mrs. Dorothy Warner Slingsby, wife Commander Charles Henry Reynard ingsby, R.\. She was an American lady married to Commander Slings- Some ten years later a malo j ,J wa.- born, but it was
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  • 165 9 POLITICAL COMPLICATIONS. IMKKIcn.TIES OF SINCLAIR'S CASE. [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Mar. 24 During to-day's hearing of the Sinclair oil eaae, counsel for the Government declared that since the concessionaire's rights had he-f| violated by the Japanese occupation of Sakhalien, the concessionaire, being an American citizen, should have sought
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  • 71 9 rßeuter'a Service.] Toronto. Mar. 21. The Citizens Committee, which is distributing relief to unemployed miners a: Cajie Breton, Las refused the donation of |5,000 fr m S viet Trade Union International on the abounds that its acceptance would be construed as Russian propaganda and would cause a diminution
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  • 73 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 21. Denying the report of the sale of The Senate rial Finance Committee, disvessela were originally sentenced to detention only, and condemnation as prixe. cannct be obtained, consequently the ships revert to the Reparations Commission. [A wire received a few days ago stares
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  • 26 9 [Renter's Service.] London. M;«r. 21. The death is announced of Sir CharleHotram. Admiral of the Fleet 1903-1913. [Earlier cable* appear on pa^e 7.1
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  • 241 9 I A Comprehensive Programme. Lee White's vivacious company presented •Scandals" at the Victoria Theatre last night, a show which included everything from a song and dance to a boxing contest. The "Peaches" of course figured in some of the most attractive of the number but Lee
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  • 73 9 Paris, Feb. 11. A message from Strasburg states that panic occurred among the audience at a theatre near the city last night, when an actress was seen to fall on the stage bleeding from a gunshot wound. A gun fired at her on the stage
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  • 339 9 DEATH SENTENCE IN MIDDLERI) SHOOTING AFFRAY. ihe lengthy trial of the three Chinese ho were arrested in connection with the -ffray in Middle-road on the night of February 4th. last Wl s concluded before the Assize Court yesterday afternoon when the special jury returned a verdict of jei'ty
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  • 457 9 Third Tourist Ve>sel. Singapore was overrun by over three hundted and fifty world tourists from on board the 20, 000-ton liner, Franeonia, which arrived in port at daybreak yesterday from Batavia. The tourists had but seven hours in which to cover their programme of sightseeing but when they
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  • 113 9 To-morrow night the Alhambra will show, for the first time, the notable film, "The Spanish Dancer," starring Pola Negri, one of the cleverest cinema actresses and dancers known. The play is based on the same theme as the Maritana opera and Pola Negri who achieved a great
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  • 22 9 Cornish mother-in-law: When he married my daughter it seemed to be a good match. Son-in-law: Y'es, it is now a test match.
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  • 857 9 STILL MORE RAIN. j (From Our Own Correspondent). Jesselton, Mar. 16. We are principally concerned on the West Coast at present as to how soon communication by rail with the Interior is likely to be restored. It has now rained persistently and heavily for several weeks bringing:
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  • 47 9 Appeal for Funds to Preserve National Memorial. The following donations have been received. Previously acknowledged $24,134.38 Mr. A. IL Theynappa Chettiar 25.00 Cheques should be made out in favour of Saint Paul's Restoration Fund, and ad dressed to Reuter's Agent, 11 Collyer Quay, Singapore.
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  • 33 9 Orders for week ending March 2i)th. Thursday, 26th.— Band Practice. Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Friday, 27th.— Officers and Patrol Leaders Class. Methodist Publishing House, at 8.30 p.m. FRAMK C. BANDS, Commisssioner.
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    • 819 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Service* 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. AGAPENOR London, Rotterdam,
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    • 494 10 STEAMER SAILINGS EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) u ELLEIMAr 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 MM. CITY OF ATHENS due
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    • 574 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. o u V_^ a BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER ANI> CARGO SERVICES O m PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAU NAVIGATION r LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's GovernnuTit)' OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and _apan. For Marseille.'
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  • 1245 11 Young or younger countries do not liko to be ignored. Neither do they like to be spoken of ill or slightingly. Older countries are too old to care. Australia is in a state out of which it may be questioned if we have emerged. What do
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  • 29 11 According to a Boston newspaper, the cross-word puzzle had its origin in ancient Egypt. This explains why the Israelites were so anxious to flee into the wilderness The Humorist
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  • 353 11 The Stevenson Scheme Speaking in London on February 17th at I the meeting of Culloden Consolidated Co., Ltd., Mr. Baumann said: "With regard to rubber the position has not been quite as good as we anticipated. Pe< pie have rather short memories, and, because rubber went t<-
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  • 274 11 When the cross-words craze has died away— it will not be for a long time yet India may take to rubber rollers. That ia what has happened in America, whore the cross-word puzzle first became really popular. Apparently you buy a rubber roller which is corrugated,
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  • 140 11 KaqiK'l Matter (i<>es to Rome. Paris. FOfc, IS. Raquel Melier. the famous Spanish singer, has terminated her muak hall engagement in Paris and left hurriedly for Home to seek an audience of the Ro|>e. It is explained in the "Ccmcedia" that the Pope recently considered
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  • 107 11 T>_ Ik iL Three Deaths. Paris, Feb. P_. Alexan<ler Rebogela, a young Pole, who was lodging with a family Demand Hoffa, at Bethune, fell in love with a daughter, aged 18. The parents discovered that the lodger was an undesirable character and gave him I notice to get
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 268 11 Jrv An exceptionally fine J old matured Scotch Whisky.delightfullysoft fc. and mellow. The best W of company and a tonic at all times. .1 R M NI^H b CO.. LTD. CU«g a. Sv<>; and. v n-^: 'llilll^iillltnillinimiliiiiiiiiiiuiuiHiMn:, Rheumatism \TYM\' little would be heard the difficnltj of treatimatiam if De Witt's
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    • 49 11 *^\aw^ w_l__f__fc^^^^ v^^' l Ii 1 1 a >ll I 111 il fir I I I n I f T _^^n, r^_ I a<^> r— _r*---» _<-^ aft fill at a^~ U Thxt athrertia-mcnt iMu*d b\ the ftrrt-ti fliiww T-nacco Co Straits Ltd roa_B_B__B___B___awß_-aa_-r(BiiiriB —a iii iij_c_aara_.-:i.^_L-gr_s--^^^ •™***-*»^Tiwß__y,?Ly__B_a^^ __.-__^_M______j7_i_ri J
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  • 118 12 A Member of Parliament asked the length, width and depths of the locks on the Suez Canal, an exposure of ignorance of which nobody on a legislative body ought to be guilty. The depth of the canal will take vessels of 32 feet draught, and the width of
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  • 470 12 Escapade on a Launch. What appeats to have been an escapade [on the part of two Chinese youtha named Lim Hoi Bin and Tan Toclc Siong on board motor launch in the Harbour yesterday was described in the Police Courts yesterday whv!i the two young men
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 672 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA). FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). Th s.s. MARELLA is tho largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabias de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bah.
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    • 261 12 s.s. -CITY OF GLASGOW." < onsignest of cargo ;nr abovi steamer from Continent, arrived 14th March, ii _.">. an hereby Red th.a a g< eneral survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held at Gcdowni 12 and 13 on Friday 27th .March at i» m. Xo
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    • 359 12 V "CO THROLLQH THE HOUSE WITH LOTOf 1^ __H_,_r-l g) -__-aaaW^A%_9 J >l _T\ m mmm m mw *mw A >? I horoudh I /jgj,' V-* 48 *x* x^\ «5 I 8^ -K3____t ITHEi SPRAY THAT SLAYS 1) >r^^B^ Y ou wiu Hnd LOTOL »ndis- z m/ *^_j \v» P
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    • 128 12 LLOYD TBIESTINO S.N. CO. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS-Bi-monthly M-rioa fof Brlad-A ind Trieste via ports taking CMP «J e -hrouuh Bills of Lading for Fioau Uvant and Black Sea Ports, ako to an ports en the West PERSIA Apr. GERANIA kar:-v on!y» Apr. D. d'AOSTA OUTWARD SAIIIMJS. FOR CHINA
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 695 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Djambi Singkep 9 a.m. Sibu Auby 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Mersing o, a.m Karimon Soon Lee 9 a.m. Pcntianak Donggala 11 a.m. Rhio and Billiton Myer 11 a.m. Banka Island, Pladjoe and Palembang Van Noort noon China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Siberia and Philippine Islands
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 646 13 STEAMER SAILINGS I 0. S. K. Line. I Destinations Steamers. Arr. Dept. J Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, 1 via Colombo, Aden and Port I Said* Alaska Maru Anr 16 Anr n 1I York v,« S.n Fr.ncuco Pan.-. Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr endj a Hay (Port Elizabeth) I Rio, Santos, and
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    • 397 13 STEAMER SAILINGS 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 days.
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    • 681 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE, OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD I BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LJS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CAJOOT In Pftrt U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA A U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT May and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further
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  • 553 14 (By An Expert.) One f the most interesting 'exhibits' in Scotland Yard's wonderful crime museum is a man's little finger preserved in spirit. It was found on a spike on a tall warehouse gate. The little natural markings on it, the ridges that every person has on
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  • 232 14 Death Rather than po to Hospital. Paris, Feb. 16. A case that recalls the tragedy of the Polish actress, Mile. Yuminska, who shot her fiance dead because h" was suffering from cancer, will be heard in Paris shortly A young woman came to ste the police
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  • 123 14 Tottenham Goalkeeper's Courtesy. Writing to Tom Roberts, the Burnley centre forward, who sustained a fracturepelvis j„ a collision with Fred Hinton, the Tottenham goalkeeper, in mail week Im ton, says:— "l cannot say how sorry I em that our collision on Saturday has had such a
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  • 636 14 (By Carleton Ashwell.) The statesmen are wondering ajiain howto secure their nations against war. The League machine has produced a Draft Treaty and a Protocol. We turned down the :>ne, and it looks as if the other might come to nothing. On the Pacific
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  • 327 14 J At last the story of Queen Victoria and a -amour comic song of the 'nineties appears in authenticated guise, and in no less la publication than Chambers's Journal jfor January. An Irish lady recounts how She was bidden to "hiirh tea" with her
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 205 14 WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE For Coughs, Colds and Internal Troubles military V1 uth and A PPE FRANCE is not unusually deceitful. Take "Greys" Cigarettes! for itist.iiice. Note their clean-cut end*, 1 "11 i v* their *?ik\ touch, their plump evenness, their promise of generous enjoyment to come. I lien light
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    • 178 14 MARINE ENGINES Used by over seventy per cent of the leadii u builders ot the world as standard equipment i« f boats. American Bosch Magneto. All nars _i V and interchangeable. P l $1,050.00 ii 'j%^v^^ a, *^W_«^ a n f.o.b.Detroit, ~jj?f MUKV.S.A. §if^r^^J_is«f llors^r warn I KERMATH AGENTS: I
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  • 633 15 FRASER CO. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TLESDAV, MARCH 24. of E t__F»!! m brac^ts shew the issue valu t marke d .f are h d llars otheSiw Asam Kumbang (£'i> Padang Tin Hitam Tin buyers 46 s 62 3 Sellers 47s a 65 Idris Hydraulic («) Johan Tin 1.70 29a
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  • 61 15 Bank I m.s. o;_ i Wank demand 2 3 Sl-a-* Private credits I m.». o 4 9-16 New York, demand 5 5 i ;> .T*7H r ranee, demand 1010 J 100 ■Hongkong, demand l': 4 pc r>j. Yokohama, demand ijj Xom Java, demand l^gi Bangkok, demand 79^ Sovereign. Bank
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  • 183 15 Pearl Sago Small s 5o Opium, Banana unt. a^. Rice, Liang Hin Chan M<uk Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 298 Rice, Siam old No. 1 «>qn Rice. Rangoon Bintan Rice, Rangoon Sioka 257 Rice, Siam Broken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 200 Rice.
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  • 31 15 Singapore. Mar. 21. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Spot 69 69*14; April-June 67% 68; uly-Sept. 64*4 64%. London Quotation Jtieet Is. B%d. .Market Steady.
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  • 326 15 The failure of one of Japan's great comnercial props, the Tskata Company, a louse which ranked next in importance for he last quarter of B century to the great n use of Mitsui. has come as a shock. I; lad been known for some time that the Takata
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 248 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. T Singapore. Mar. 21. London u B%<L Quiet. Local Tin-London tt4t 10.. Ucml 124u> 1-5 tons sold. Rubbers.— Firmer. Mentakabs have buv_2ui w: th ,eUeri at 24- Nt>w cnTi. giekas have buyers at 52 an.l sellers at »o lantais are quoted MO 85. Bukit Jelotongs oifer
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    • 125 15 3~~ Singapore. Mar. 24. Tin.— C249 10s. Down 30b. Local 124.50 125 tons. Rubber.— is. B%d. lp £d. Local 68%. Rubbers remain quiet in spite of the considerable rise of >_.d. Kuala Sidima have made 2.10 cum, Pajama are wanted at 5.40 and Radella. at 4
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    • 250 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (I, R. Macphail). Singapore. Mar. 21. lin.— £249 LOs. 12 P.. Tons 125 Rubber.— N. Bffcd. The cabled price of tin shows loss of oOs., but mining share price- have not been affected. Rubber shows a lubstantial gain of l 2 d. but business in this
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    • 123 15 The Sze Hai Tong Banking and Insurance Co., Ltd., in its annual re|>ort for the year ended Dec. 31st, 1924, shows a net profit of $501,940.79. subject to Directors lees and bonus to staff, which together with the sum of $15 4, 590 .8 5 brought
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    • 84 15 The total export of tungsten ores from the Federated Malay State, during the yeir 1924 amounted to 07 tons. Of this quantity 89 toms were scheelite and 8 tons wolfram. During 1923 there was no export of scheelite, but 37 tons of wolfram were
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 466 15 Assets over $5,000,000. mmM^^ mmmm9a^^^^ k m W********* m THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE OmWW fim_T HEAD HouJtXr Strai S Sel "^Z N OP FI CE. __U E C The Company has £20,000 deoosited with tfc_ c,,-, x, nuv QFFICS'.X Old Jewry, E.C. deported with the %remeCourof England, and complies
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    • 430 15 j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880.— Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V. 50.500.000.00 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. T. yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri. Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K.
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    • 625 15 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 !>_<, r- S,lver $26,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. _r «5; Youn S« Esq. Chairman rV' t?' te V Esq De P"ty
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    • 42 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (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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  • 1419 16 Interesting details of the 6-metre yacht "Monsoon," which is to represent* the R.S.Y.C. during the yachting season at Home this year, were given in the account of the Sunday's yacht racing. The project is so unusual however that it calls for something more than the interest of those
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 113 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Mar. 23Several members of Oxford's crew in Saturdays trial were suffering: with an epidemic of throat affection. Bennett has j now developed a t temperature and was abi sent from practice to-day. Kis place in the bow thwart was taken by Franklin. Mowerj white
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    • 45 16 Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 23. in the First Division of the League, played to-day, West Ham beat Arsenal 2 l. In the Second Division. Wolverhampton beat Blackpool 2 o and in the Southern Section of the Third Division, Norwich City beat Iferthyr 2—o.
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    • 9 16 There was no play yesterday. i
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    • 88 16 Championship (Preliminary). Moss vs. Poyaer. Mallinaon vs. Palmer. Cutler vs. Ziegele. Preston vs. Lt. Bourke. Profession Pairs. Col. Haseldine and Major Vyvyan vs. Lee and Baker. Taaffe and Smith vs. Merrier and Mergler, to finish. Snowie and Sargant vs. Furber and Loerry. Championship Pairs. Co< per and de
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    • 85 16 Championship (Preliminary). Hickey vs. Poyser or Moss. Wilson vs. Palmer or Mallin?on. Profession Pairs. Anderson and Motley vs. Col. Haseldine and Major Vyvyan or Lee and Baker. Bell and Hoblyn vs. Ablitt and Morrell. Cameiv n and Hewitt vs. Denham and Sells. de Stuers and Hi-inus Smith vs.
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    • 50 16 TO-DAY'S TIES. Championship Pairs (Mixed). Miss Hope Falkner and Denham vs. Mrs. Hamilton and Whitley. 1 itdits Singles. Mrs. Hesta plu< 15 vs. Miss Fawcett scr. The Tanglin Club "At Home" will be h€ld on Wednesday. April Ist., weather permitting. Final. Championship Pairs Mixed. Presentation of Prizes.
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  • 1086 16 RUGBY HONOURS FOR GLASGOW. (From Our OwVi Correspondent). Edinburgh, Feb. 25. The defeat of the Watsonians at Glasgow makes it practically certain that the Scottish Club Championship will go to Glasgow. Like Heriot's (F.P.), the Watsonians have now lost three matches; Glasgow Academicals have lost one; and Glasgow
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  • 488 16 TEN YEARS FOR CHINESE WOMAN. The following from the Malay Mail gives fuller details of the bomb outrage trial which our corre?pondent»wired to us yesterday. The Selangor Assizes began on Monday morning, before Mr. Justice Farrer Manby, at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court, when Mr. W.
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  • 116 16 The March monthly medal (Bog-ey) will be competed for during the week-end 28th and 29th. and the Ladies' spoon on the Monday following, 30th instant. Sarawak Races are April 30 and May 2nd. these days being local holidays in Kuching. "His Highness the Raja has been pleased
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  • 138 16 The Government's attitude towards Commander Kenworthy'i bill for the legalising of boxing remains undefined, but the debate is hardly likely to bring the Prime Minister to his feet in defence of a brea h of law. Something of the sort happened, however, in 1860, when Lord Leraine attacked
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  • 58 16 Programme of drills up to and for Sunday, Mar. 29: Thursday, Mar. 2G, 4.45 p.m.— Drill Hall. Officers' and N.C.Os' Course. Saturday. Mar. 28, 2 p.m.— Bukit Timah, S. R. A. (V). 2 p.m.— Farrer Range, Malay Company. Sunday, Mar. 29, 7 a.m. Farrer Range, Malay Company,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 234 16 y^ri vf w "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" aV lit V/lxUij ARE HERE. Ask for Latest Lists. *r-*a t_ _r S. Moutrie Co., Ltd SINGAPORE. C- MONOPOLE CHAMPAGNE SEC, GOUT AMERICAN, BRUT. wßi*^ Nomp^ Obtainable at all Retail Wine Sole Agents for the Malay Peninsula KATZ BROTHERS LTD. Singapore and Penang. m
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