The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 April 1925

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  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. i I CENTS. SINGAPORE S.H., SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925. NO. 11,157
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  • 250 1 In this issue will he found pictures of lion hunting with a camera in which Mr. Low t her Kemp has Mjcceoded in getting a photograph which is believed to he unique Page 6. A serious crisis has arisen in France in connection with the finance of
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  • 1306 1 Quicqnid ayiai? homiius ***tri (nt far rage Libclli Juvenal. Bulan Puasi il with US with its accretion of piety and its diminution of cncrg\ during work boms for all our efohamedhans. The observance is rather more demonstrative than Lent but does not Inconvenient the world's business
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 112 1 MATINEE TO-DAY THIEF OF BAGDAD ALHAMBRA THEATRE RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. GUEST NIGHTS-— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.— On Sunday Nights at 9.30 p.m. (;RH ;k M SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Dmingroom. Open from 8.00 a.m. to 12.00
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    • 190 1 Why do you tap a cigarette Most smokers tap the end of a mass- j production cigarette to prevent pieces of loose stalk and sand coming into contact with the tongue and irritating the throat. It is unnecessary to tap State Express 555. In these hand-made cigarettes there are no
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    • 153 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Good syce recommended Page 7. Golf requisites at Robinson's Page 9. The Hupmobile Is an hom^t car Page 3. Sandycroft R. Company meeting Page 7. The Good Maxwell car does not vibrate Page i>. Capstan cigarettes high quality, lov price Page 11. Stamp exchange open in St. Helen'.Court
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    • 7 1 MATINEE* TO-DAY THIEF OF BAGDAD ALHAxMBRA THEATRE
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 55 1 THE WEEK. B. I. outward mail due. Sunday, rtth. Monday, 6th. French homeward mail leaves. Tuesday, Ith. High Water, 9.8 a.m.. 9.58 p.m. Amateur Wireless Soc. mtg.. Union Pldg.. 5.15. Wednesdmgt sth. High Water. 9.48 a.m., lO.l'l' p.m. Robinson and Co., H. Barker's, noon. Straits Steamship Co. mtg., noon. Sungei
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  • 306 2 British Chemist's Great Disc-oxer*. A young Leicester chemist, who refuses to allow his name to be published, has invented, after three years oi experiment, a stereoscopic film device which may turn out to be the process for which th« whole i cinema world is waiting. His resources
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 131 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. Shall she marry, rich man, poor man, beggar man, which What should the girl do H D P COMING RiCf-ARD BARTHjgLMESS nthti| B^ The story of a great courage and a love sublime, told in a drama of vigorous action, and set in backgrounds of regal
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    • 308 2 I EPIC <* EVEREST A FIGHT OF STRONG MEN AGAINST NATURE A BRITISH FILM, TO THE GLORY OF BRITISH ADVENTURE GO TO THE ROOF OF THE WORLD 9.30 p.m. TO-NIGHT 9.30 p.m. i and nightly at 9.30 P.M. VICTORIA THEATRE Popular Prices $2 and $1. Combined Orchestras of the Theatre
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    • 468 2 \T LAST THE PICTURE YOU HAVE LONG BEEN WAITING rr will be presented K From Wednesday, lst Aprii. to Monday, fith April. AT THE ALHAMBRA I Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors. In the Second Show which commences at 9 p.m. TOPICAL BUDGET of Interesting Screen News. IT IS A
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  • 119 3 Views of a Kacing Official. Orange William in Indit few years has raised the to what his chances would be the big Handicaps in England non he to be shipped to There seemed a j >«sibllity champion going to Australia but a been dropped, and he
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  • 31 3 s rites to a friend in a trip made U Kuala Lumpur, by himself and two others. "Sixty back) for |10. Thi- beati addi the Arcade I pot hi figures mixed
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  • 167 3 Vltwi of Lord Wodehouse. London, Mar. 20. Lord Wodehouse, in an article in the Evening Standard, says England's lost polo prestige can only be regained by preparing straightaway for the next international contests. An England team should Us formed as <nhcn as possible after the bei^nning
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  • 34 3 Mr. Reid. acting District Officer, Pert Dickson, will assume duties as assistai t District Officer, Rembau district, on Saturday, \*he.n Mr. K. K. Pengilley, the present Assistant District Officer, goes on eight months leave.
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  • 554 3 (By a Yachtsman.) I'.ople who see the Royal sea-going yacht Vkt« ria and Albert or 'V and A' as she hi familiarly called for the first time are always impressed by her extremely hand■OOM appearance. She is one of the biggest and most perfectly equipped of all
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  • 66 3 A Berlin message says that some excavations of a small temple at Treves (Trier), in the Rhineland, erected during the Roman occupation, have revealed that 2,000 years ago beer was not unknown in Germany. According to an inscription the donor of the temple was "a soldier of the Roman Rhine
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 185 3 An- J Appointment u> tfir Coufl IS l*e Couft ll*U J .t SP4I» Your Baby will be sturdy and happy Sturdy, if his food contains all the Your Baby needs Glaxo to make nourishing elements of the purest him as you would have him, miilt obtainable, and happy if that
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    • 196 3 SOME OF THE ADVANTAGES OF SYNOLEO (THE OIL BOUND DISTEMPER) 1 RESULTS EQUAL IN EVERY WAY TO A FLAT ENAMEL. 2 PRICE IS NO GREATER THAN THAT OF SO-CALLED WASHABLE 3 POSSESSES STRONG DISINFECTING PROPERTIES. 4 FORMS A DURABLE, WASHABLE, IMPERVIOUS FINISH. I 5 Can Be Scrubbed Without Injury. 1
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  • 823 4 POINTS TO BE OBSERVED. What i- more irritating than to be held uj on the road? What sight more pathetv than a stranded motorist standing helplessly by an immobile car? Sometimes these things have t< he- Fate may be inexorable. Kind to some, to others favours
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  • 130 4 -A most unusual accident occurred in v.i-L, Kuala Lumpur, between the police station and the bridge, on Tuesday morning, a bullock cart running into a rikisha from the back and turning it completely over, not sideways but forward, so that when the wrecked rikisha was picked
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  • 107 4 For determining whether life is extinct in a human body, Dr. Icard, of Marseilles, passes a needle and thread beneath the skin and tests the blood serum so obtained If the serum is acid, the body is certainly dead. It is explained that the tissue fluid remains alkaline during life,
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  • 579 4 Cutting Across Dangers. We propose to give a few hints about the "Rule of the Road," making particular reference to the much vexed question of "cutting across" overtaken traffic, says "The Motor Owner." This common driving fault most distinctly needs ventilation, but it is by no mears confined
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  • 908 4 MINOR MOTOR ANNOYANCES. Nothing, perhaps, is more annoying to the owner-driver than the accompanimen en his tours of those elusive squeaks and I rattles which sometimes develop in his car. The advice and experiences of a motor owner, which are set forth in this article, should
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  • 46 4 Workers employed in the Ford motor-car factory at Copenhagen were some time ago forbidden to consume any liquor during working hours on the factory premises. The men, who objected to being forbidden to drink beer with their luncheon, have brought the matter before the Arbitration Council.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 66 4 THE NEW I A NEW TYPE OF BEAUTY MANY UNIQUE FEATURES EFFICIENT HYDRAULIC FOUR-WHEEL BRAKES. SPECIAL STEERING DESIGNED FOR BALLOON LIGHTS CONTROLLED FROM CENTRE OF _i GENUINE BALLOON TYRES. jjj BALL TYPE ACCELERATOR. Handsome and Complete Equipment j; The new models represent the crowning achievement of 5 Studebaker's 72 Years
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    • 196 4 JSMM**^ FooMf- Cyknafar 7 o«r.*< Cm* Th*) Standard a4 Cor* par mm X/^^jAJP^^ 1 A Car of Greater Utility I lit I A^^-xl f J Jl v^rU/lnother reason why---1 Doors on Buick. cars I close firmly and do not rattle, are two I rubber bumpers and ,nJ 1» a dovetail
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  • 433 5 <A true Story.) sM be more pleased than myU* news that the King is on the to "'"very. Though he does not *"<>W 1 ftk< f Kiritf was indirectly the cause f>w lr^.n t tl a redy f my bo >' hood Ufe u !t ln this
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  • 262 5 The Motor-Cycling Manual, the sixth eaiticn of which is just to hand, is perhaps more comprehensive even than in past years. Everything that the motor-cyclist Ii ever likely to need in the way of information is contained in this book, from aovice on the types available and on
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  • 112 5 "White lights cause dazzle, orange light? do not." This truth has been responsible for the invention by a South Australian of a cheap anti-glare device, which transforms the colour of headlight beams at will to orange. The invention, which is being marketed throughout the Commonwealth takes the form
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  • 87 5 Reports are renewed that the Ford Motoi Car Company will establish a branch factory in Japan as its first move in the Fax East, and if this is successful the next move will be a second factory somewhere in China In February this year 7803 pneumatityres were imported into British
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  • 134 5 The mysterious happenings that occur at times with lighting and ignition equipment, although often ludicrously simple when one locates the true cause, are, by their very nature, highly misleading. One mystery submitted by a reader was that of a magneto that refused to spark when coupled up
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  • 54 5 The last car registered up to yesterday was a Fiat for which the Traffic Branch issued No. S-5437. A dozen tars were registered during the week. The last number issued for motor cycle registration to date is 1186 which was issued for a New Hudson cycle. Only three cycles were
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  • 107 5 Leyland Motors Ltd., England, have announced a new policy regarding the sale of their products. The company will offer its lorries direct to the Australian publi: at the English factory list prices plus the actual cost of importation. This in made possible owing to the company having their
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  • 80 5 At a conference held in Washington last month it was stated that 22,000 persons were killed and 678,000 injured on the roads in the United States during the previous 12 months. Strenuous efforts are to be made to reduce this heavy death-roll, which is likely to
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  • 156 5 Judging from reports from South African newspapers which have recently reached us, the bracing air of that country has a most exhilarating effect on motor cars. For instance, "The Rand Daily Mail," dated November 11, contains an account of a motoring party at Bethal who were journeying
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  • 130 5 Of Henry Ford's activities there is no end. He already owns the mines from which the iron ore and the coal required to smelt it, and so produce steel for his cars, is produced, while he has recently inaugurated a line of steamships to convey the famous "flivvers"
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  • 114 5 I The record beiween Cape Town and Jo hannesburg would appear to be very keenly sought after by sporting South African motorists. We lately recorded the establishment by Mr. H. P. Rose of new figuies, but it is now announced that Mr. I>. J Rooyen, of Vereeniging,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 195 5 liimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiH ofr-CIAL _as v^^"_________ii__l _P_d_a x «£**^^_s^_c _K____L >^^|i!_^fl K^lß^l vSr_l ssrat _______3 V_v^_i j A Long Time Investment I CENTRAL MOTORS j Tel. 1863. LIMITED. Singapore. 1 Kuala Lumpur Malacca and Penang 55 METCALKES CHIN KOOI 55 WORKS LTD. CO., LTD. MOTORS. CO H llllllllltlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll^ THE MATHIS CAR. (French)
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    • 115 5 mar a% TheQood MAXWELL If you have always thought there must be vibration in a four cylinder car-drive this New Good Maxwell. Here you will find an absence of vibration that will astound you. The ability to accelerate from 5 to 25 miles per hour in a few seconds, and
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  • 982 6 AUSTRALIA'S DECLINING BIRTH RATE. Endowment Proposed. lecturing on Feb. 26 at Brisbane on "Wage regulation and the white races' movement for family endowment," Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.( suggested that an endowment should EM paid to the mother for each child, the money being obtained by taxation
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  • 1332 6 Mr. LOWTHER KEMP'S ADVENTURE. SPORT IN EAST AFRICA. Mr. W. Lowther Kemp, on his departure from the Colony on retirement, planned his journey to include India. He then formed tjie idea of going across to Africa and photographing lions Mr. Kemp is known as one
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  • 590 6 THE FIRST FOREIGN WOUav* ENTER LHASA Madame Alexandra I); known for her Oriental I* arrived in Colombo on her wa In 1916 Madame Neel Tashi Lama at Shigatzo. w_ with utmost kindness and advised*! settle in his vicinity so as t prosecute her studies in the of
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  • 74 6 At St. John's Cathedral, Hoi Mar. 2f>:h. the wedding v. a- -<«1<Capt. Alexander Vernon Harcoui Shanghai, and Miss lima Raul, S in the Colony a few hours earlier fi tralia. The bride is tin- daugl I Saul and the late Mrs. Said, of ton, McLay River, New South W Capt.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 454 7 i BUSINESS CARDS. LIGHT MASSEUSE jj DAILY 10 A.M. TO 10 P.M. lj SS, Kencoolen Street. j Please Send for the Illustrated J Catalogue of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO, LTD. 11l and US, North Bridge Road. THE PREMtn MANILA CIGAR. 1883 "la Insular" cigars have een the sccepted brand in
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    • 531 7 PORT DARWIN AS BASE. LONG CONSIDERED. COM HON WEALTH QUIESCENT. [Keuter's Service.] London. Apr. 2. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Wedgwood Benn. Mr. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, said the establish- 1 ment of a naval base at Port Dav.vin was originally suggested by Admiral Henderson
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    • 650 7 NOTICES. IHE SANDYCROFT RUBBER CO., LTD (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements). NOTICE is hereby given that the Twentyhrst Ordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Sandycroft Rubber Company Limited, will be held at the Offices of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Thursday, 30th April, 1925, at 12
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    • 1213 7 gtrrW*^; For WATCH VALUE Specialising in accurate timekeepers to withstand the climatic conditions of the East. POCKET WATCHES 1 i JOHORE LEVER I $5 Each. IN TWO SIZES I MOTION LEVER THIN PATTERN WITH SCREW JsBr, Each CASES Stocks of Gold and Silver Hunters and Half Hunters. WRISTLET WATCHES NEW
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 123 7 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 8 p.m. (2nd floor) 02-63 Robinson Rd. Bel* less Saadayi 10 a.m. Testimony Meeting. Cast Wednesday in each month 5.30 p.m. Reading Room open, free to all, on Wednesdays an 1 Fridays from 9.30 a.m. to 11 a.m. ST. JOHNS CHURCH,
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    • 794 7 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. The Sixth Sunday in Lent, (Palm Sunday) April oth. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) and Sermon. 915 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. Children's Service. 5.30 p ,m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEW'S SEPOY LINES. No Service. JOHORE RAHRU.
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  • 557 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY. APRIL 4. 1925. A Rubber Illusion. Some time ago we referred to tne proposal which had been made locally that estates might consider the possibility of having their surplus lubber used up in local roadmaking. and raised the question as to exactly how such action would
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  • 392 8 American cables of the past few days have told us of what are called record deals. The acquisition of the Dodge Motors business for $175 mil lion, from the widows of the founders, by a New York bankers' syndicate, is said to be one of the biggest
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  • 1015 8 Malacca Assizes commence on April 20th. Mr. Chai Won-yen is recognised as Consul General for China at Singapore. The Malacca Club is exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance. Mr. G. B. Linford is appointed to act as Registrar of Criminals, S.S. and F.M.S. Mi. S. H. Belson, Master Marin-r,
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 69 8 (From Our Own Corvtepoadi Kuala. I.umpur. r Near the two and a quarter m Sungei Besi Road. Service down a Tamil woman and t with a tree. The passenger! out, one being tnatantaneou > killed another died before reaching the hot The woman is in a grave
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    • 42 8 (From Our Own Correspond* Khoo Teow Swee who eras c Sitiawan on Feh. 17th and fined a thnn dollars for retaining LOB pikul coupon out of a lot missing from tl Office, got the conviction mi.. peal here to-day.
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    • 38 8 (From Our Own Corres] IVnanu. tpril An Indian Mohamedan named >•. mad and a twelve year Chines* it is alleged the former kid:,, arrested on the arrival of the I Singapore. They will be Singapore for trial.
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    • 77 8 From Our Own Cori" i. I'e" am;. r i| ;j The teporl of the dire< t< i nnggol Rubier Co. shows a it after providing foi- deprei iai i< $25,106 from last y ar 1 19,488 A five per cent interim U $*****, leaving a balance of a
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    • 129 8 (From Our Own Correspondent), Penang, The Malay Peninsula v. ation's annual meeting wax I Mi. Gray presided and gav< i sume of the year*, work in the i which he said there was i i He dealt at length with t h. hour and eulogized the work Immigration
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  • 108 8 A fatal accident which occuin day afternoon under somewhat eumstances, resulted in the desth of lady named Mrs. Webb. Tin lady was standing outside her I tb junction of Mackenzie and Thompt i reed when a lorry which Was bei .another lorry, swerved "tf the crashed into
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  • 103 8 His Excellency the Governor [phased to appoint the followii to be members of s Com: lon the customs, rites and eeren lating to marriage obsem sd bj resident in the Strait- Settlements, submit, if thought desirable, pro| legislation as to what forms or should constitute B valid man-.
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  • 94 8 Damage to the extent of 1,500 said to have bt en incurred by a broke out In No. is Lavender Chinese shop house, and which desl the building. The Brigade i. call at about ten minutes aft r yesterday morning and three were sent out. On arrival.
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  • 35 8 News has been received from M a very successful operation has I" formed on Mr. Charles Grenier he expects to be out of hospital end i j way back to Kuala Lumpur In weeks time.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 166 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S'* BARCLA TS LONDON LAGER The DOC TOR" Brand FIRST SHIPMENT TO THE EAST JUST ARRIVED. FOR II LL PARTICULARS AND SAMPLES Apply to SOLE AGENTS Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai. l Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Penang, Ipoh. PATRONISED rV^_^^^i^^^£ BY KOY A1 TV THE
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    • 23 8 n Aulo Scorns Whisky. sole agents: W. R. LOXLEY CO., Robinson Road, Singapore. 1 PEARS' I i y GOLDEN SERIES. 4 j I
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  • 375 9 I HAS THE CABINET I RESIGNED? I RUMOUR AND DENIAL. I [Renter's Service.] m Paris. Apr. 2. m usneSS of the- financial situation attention. It appears asur) does not know which V its liabilities, which bj the fact that many :t term loans are maturing n r.
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  • 53 9 [[Beater*. Service.] Geneva. April t. ing of the managing board of the Labour Office, the Directorrequested to give his attention question of child labour in Shanghai collect inf. rmation with a view to "on within the limits of the draf. Previous!, adopted bv the
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  • 38 9 I[ Reuter's Service.] Baltimore, Apr. 3. y million bushels of rye which have 1 "i the elevator, at Baltimore to Rossis before April If TOngementa with the Soviet arll «r eahlsa appear on Page 7.]
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  • 38 9 tt «*ting of t h Committee of the rvants' Co-operative Thrift s <'cie,y, Ltd., Penang, held on L Regiel red OAce, Govern- Mr. Thomas R. P. Dawson, Tr, "-no-land), Of tin Government *«i unanimously elected Hon. ""I Treasurer.
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  • 188 9 GEDDES ON RESTRICTION. HAMPERING DEVELOPMENT. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 3. Presiding at the general meeting of Dun!<»ps Sir. A. Geddes announced the payment of a dividend in three classes fcr preference shares, hut the dividend was passed on the ordinaries with a view to accumulating substantial n serves.
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  • 104 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. April 3. The text of the China Indemnity Apjlicatioo Bill as amended by the Standing L-fcrd rs C remittee has been issued, it provides that any sums received any time sfter December l. vj22 on account of the China indemnity shall be applied to
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  • 31 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, April 3. The S Lst ex-Premier Brana has been acted Prussian Premier by 2_!<> rotes I I I Earlier cables appear on page 7. J
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  • 334 9 Farewell to Mr. Laaghasa-Carter. Al the last meeting of the Malacca Municipal Commissioners on March 20th., the members bade farewell to the retiring prelent, the hon'ble Mr. W. Langham-Carter. when Mi. Tan Soo Hock said: Mr. Piesident and gentlemen, before we adjourn I should like, ai a
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  • 91 9 The recently formed Literary and Dramatic Society of Raffles Institution is giving B series of performances of "Scenes from Shakespeare" in the School Hall. Special matinees have been arranged for school children, while parents, old Rafflesians and the general public lire being catered for on Monday and Wednesday
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  • 22 9 If a dog is present when musk* is played he hears a noise, but he does not hear Beethoven. Sir Oliver Lodge.
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  • 333 9 AX ORDER CANCELLED. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, Lefe__- Mr. Justice Barrett -Lennard, an application was made by K. Nagalingam to have cancelled an order made by the Cou rt for the payment of $25 a month. In reply to his lordship the applicant stated that he was
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  • 445 9 The Everest Fii'm at the Theatre. Probably no expedition to regions untrodden by Mankind has thrilled the world like the three attempt.- to reach the towering heights of Mount Everest, the king of the world'- mountains. The t:rst attack in 1021, though it stopped
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  • 77 9 A reminder is given of the concert to be held <at the Tanglin Club to-morrow commeycing at 9.30 p.m., the programme of which we published on Thursday. The artists include Mrs. Arthur Harris, who has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in such famous company
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  • 61 9 The heating element of "Globar," an electric unit designed for industrial and domestic heating, is stated to resemble carborundum, being in part silicon carbide and containing no metal. In roond bars the material is strong and rigid at any temperature applied, and is claimed to endure satisfactorily heating to 2400
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  • 137 9 FIRST TELEGRAM BROADCASTED. The Far Eastern Health Bureau, under the auspices of the League of Nations, and directed by Dr. Gilbert Brooke, is now settling down to its important work anu the first telegram containing information concerning epidemics in ports throughout the Bast was sent from
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  • 243 9 Sumitomo Opens Sacramtnto Branch. (By courtesy of the Nanyo Nichi Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, April 2. The Sumitomo Ginko has obtained a (haiter from the State Government of California to establish a bank at Sacramento. It was formerly a bank managed by Americans, which the Sumitomo interests bought. It
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  • 232 9 The following certificates were gained by pupils of Raffles Institution in th. last exa- m ination: Senior Examination. > Typing: Ke Cheng Boon: Leong Yee So >. Junior Examination. English: Loh Menu: Heem (Distinction): I Chan flhong L.ck, Lee Teng Geok. Handwriting: Kow Biow Cheng.
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  • 49 9 Appeal for Eunds to Preserve National Memorial. The following donations have been received. Previously acknowledged $24,184.38. Special offertory at All Saints' Church, Taipeng 213.60. 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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  • 71 9 Another success was achieved by the Hoi Thin Amateur Dramatic Association on Thursday night, when they presented the second of their three plays, The Adventure of a Modern Girl, a number of Europea.i ladies and gentlemen being present. Those taking the leading roles did themselves credit. Last night The Reformation
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 283 9 (golf requisites. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO GOLF CLUBS. TH W Jam fW-p^ tT*^- -flj _d_£_rf£^^d____S__ SILVER-KING DIM. Of MmWWr P tK^PS__B_-_ (Oil UAIIS. G lf BallS W§BWf^^pH|y I.Vd. Clack. Yellow Blue Xos 1 4 P CrerMi ud Blue Dots. GOLF BAGS. PRICES:— S.J .0, $6.00. $8.00 and $11.50. HOODED GOLF BAGS.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 791 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. AUTOLYCUS London, Rotterdam
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    • 502 10 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. CITY OF CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May 27 s.s. SUTTON HALL due
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    • 690 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. o. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION o. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMBWARM. For China and japan. For Marseilles, London ar Due
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  • 1010 11 CRIMEAN AND MALAYAN MEMORIES. The Times gives the following in ita obituary notice of the former Governor of the Straits, who died on Feb. 26, at the age of 98, after drawing a pension since 1882. A book which Sir Archibald published some years ago entitled "About
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  • 240 11 "Co-operation and the brotherhood of man dkm't work. Co-operatives have to stictr strictly to business." That is the keynote of an interesting summary by the N w York correspondent of the Melbourne "Age" of the basis of co-operation in the United States. Co-operation and Socialism are entirely
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  • 153 11 t For obstinacy an-1 selfishness It would be difficult to match the record since the end of the war of the workers in the build- J ingr trade. They absolutely refused to allow of dilution when it was desired in the interests alike of SO peculiarly
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  • 125 11 Mr. Hannon asjted the Postmaster-General on Feb. 24, the amount of the payments made by his Department to British mail steamers carrying the weekly nail from India to Europe during the year 1924; and the amount receivable on this account from the Government of India? Sir
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 335 11 Good health is your chief asset. Cheerful vigor, robust appetite snd restful sleep— to obtain them and retain tliem. take a course of Clements Tonic for a week or two. It promptly relieves nPr ve fag and depression, n stores the appetite and tMSSH digestion. It is the most effective
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    • 290 11 CAPSTAN^ Cigarettes H K^ol K_B vn^^ Wr\\ \\yO^^ _r _H Cy u^ dUUUA \I hllill.Hlir^' ■■--■•i A '/_B al T^^y^2m*momomm\ \\m H y f^k *\v^m WE-' H- r '/™/y/ m\\w/^/!r^^^r^^^mm¥'s i\ I momWx S/moW, y s' **Sm I 1 SMMmy WaW/\S M M \W mm *Mmmm\yk I __K W*^ JHEfi
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 251 12 Modern Lights on the Mole. Although at the time the breakwater in the harbour was completed concrete foundations to receive and support modern lights were built, such lights have only just been installed. They are a great improvement on the old oil lights which have marked the two
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    • 165 12 A charge of obstructing the Kallang River was preferred against a tongkang man in the Marine Court before Capt. Calthrop Calthrop yesterday morning. It was stated that the accused had caused the obstruction with logs of timber. The accused stated that the logs of timber had been left
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    • 567 12 Travelling a total of 1,340.000 miles since the establishment of the service, without a single overhauling of its vessels, tl»e American Oriental Mail Line, operated by the Admiral Oriental Line, for the L T nited States Shipping Board from Seattle, has created an interesting record in transpacific trade,
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 490 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) snd MONTORO (5,000 tons). Th- s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 187 12 STRAITS SHIPPING PARCELS AGENCY GOSLING CO. EST. 1880. 41, ANSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. Fre'ght and customs brokers, freight contractors, insurance storage commission agents, information agents. You need us if you are receiving, forwarding, storing or booking a passage. Agents: GRINDLAY CO., LTD., INDIA. Great Britain. NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS, AUSTRALIA. New Zealand.
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    • 144 12 The East Asiatic Co. has now 110,258 tons of motor ships, and has 9,000 under construction. A note of interest in the March number of the Motor Ship, says. From the Nakskov yard there was launched last month a coastal passenger Diesel ship for the Siam Steam Navigation Co., Bangkok,
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    • 354 12 I "GREEN 1 I H STRIPE" I ('^ai?4| Blend of I Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. I I (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. va MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseille*! via Colombo,
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    • 324 12 __^_^_^_^-^~~b_^_^__^_^-^-^b^-_b__^__H Passages booked by all steamship lines Independent and Conducted Tours Travellers' Cheques. Letters of Credit Remittances by Draft and Cable Trar Foreign monies exchanged. Baggage and Accident Insurance effected BOOKING OFFICE FOR F.M.S. Railways, Royal State Siamese Rlys. Java State Rlys Offices in the principal cities throughert the World.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 595 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Singkawang, Pemangkat Sambas Singkel 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Karimon Fook Mow 9 a.m. East Coast of Pahang Mahidol 11 a.m. Siam except Western Siam Kuala 11 a.m. Prigi Radjah, Tembilahan and Indragiri Indragiri 11 a.m. Kelantan Hye Leong 1 p.m. Selat Pandjang,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 663 13 STEAMER SAILINGS O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. DeptH tinburg, Rotterdam, :>. Bremen, via Colombo, j Tort Said. Alaska Maru Apr. 16 Apr. 17 k via San Francisco. Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. 30 j, m Bay (Port Elizabeth). .un. Rio, Santos, and Buenos vii Colombo f Hawaii
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    • 444 13 STEAMER SAILINGS JSbi. Round-the-World ""mm MsnAmmr I tor H l__Bf F^ I JnmtAW^&^S. T^mnym. isßS^ Sli^aM_l_fillXS^E 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
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    • 654 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS I SINGAPORE TO L3S ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA An, ir U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT M av U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA j™l and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. I For rates
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  • 390 14 Win for Oxford. London, Mar. 21. At Queen's Club, in the inter-'Varsity ■porta, Oxford beat Cambridge by 6 event < to 5. The results were as follows: Hundred Yards. 1. A. Porritt (an Oxonian Now Zealander). Time: 9 9.10 sets. I ('Varsity record); 2. J. Rinkel (Cambridge); 3.
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  • 66 14 The story goes that in his early days at the Bar Mr. Birrell appeared in Court on behalf of a client for the modest fee of fifteen shillings and sixpence, whereupon some of his colleagues remonstrated with him that the acceptance of a fee of less than a guinea was
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  • 166 14 Far-Eastern Championships in 1927. The annual bulletin of the All-India Olympic Association, of which Ceylon comprises one of the fifteen regions, has just been issued. Colonel E. H. Joseph is a member of the working Committee, consisting of five memters. It is announced that the Far Eastern
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  • 152 14 Experiments with aeroplanes sent up without a pilot and controlled by wireless from the ground have just been concluded successfully by the French Air Department. The system employed is the invention of a French engineer, M. Guy du Bourg, who believes that the problem of wireless control
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  • 116 14 Dr. Karl Hauch, who has been charged in Berlin with stealing valuable books and manuscripts from the State libraries, seems to have made a very fair haul, but his record can hardly compare with that of Count Guglielmo Libri, for many years' Inspector General of Public Libraries in
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 185 14 FRASER NEAVE, LIMITED. mW I i i afcj-H_fer==i %7 _r > M. o ■■H-l _^_B r___ _^l mmm\\W^L\\\m.aa\\\f I -kl _^_^H _A _v H H _A. ™_fl _K _^_^_B ™_i V _^_*_^_i _^taa _^_H I (sX&K£)®®®©©©®(§XS(S^ /-V-\<_V-V<^^_V_\^U_v /g! i j_Vi_\i_V<_\i_V < ~V/_S M^ i_\ig>- f=V/=VOl<«-V _g> !_MWMOn«_<es ,-X^x -x >-v^-v
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    • 95 14 Comfort Tired Aching Feet With Cuticura When your feet are tired, hot and burning bathe them with warm water and Cuticura Soap and follow by a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment. Cuticura Talcum dusted on the feet is cooling and soothing. 8o_» Olatm«nt, Talcw sold throujrhoat tho yarjd. Bntiah Depot:
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    • 42 14 I _A II _4^_P^^__ _^_^_^_l HUDSON'S THE SUPPLY HOUSE FOR MUSIC and MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ARE OFFERING Solid British Made Upright GRAND PIANOS PARTICULARS FROM THE HOUSE OF THE CATCHY MUSIC H. C. HUDSON, 10«, Nor* BrHr» RmC Tiinliai N«. 17H. Stmt >r»r«.
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    • 59 14 |fEE DELICIOUS, P" The Standard 6|M t for Purity ar/ fejyl bcellence. A rj^a^^^i 1 roB f,u SAFEGUARD flj^aS^y.] AGAINST flffi^^l^l u,BfJ,i LIME JUICE OBTAINABLE FROM? BUN BEE CO. AND ALL HIGH CLASS DEALERS Representative. J. K. GWINNELL P.O. It Singapore. THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED Shipchandlers, Shipbrokers, Commission Agents.
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  • 7 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. d,fdmfkjfkdhf
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  • 49 15 J sixteen -year-old girl, still attending school, has been elected to the board rectors of the Federal Life Insurance !>any in Chicago, e is Miriam Hamilton, daughter of ounder of the company, who urged her ion because there are no sons to carry is work.
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  • 62 15 Ajjril 3. Bank 1 m.s. 2 4 3-:;j Rank demand 2 4 Private credits 8 m.s. 2 4 19-32 Xtw York, demand 5.">' L France, demand 'AW i Hongkong, demand t% p.c. Di<. Yokohama, demand 133 Nom. Java, demand 139 s Bangkok, demand 79* 4 Sovereign, Bank Buying *«<.54
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  • 205 15 April t. I Tin 12.") Tons $ltf.oo Gambier 24.00 < Pearl Sago Small 8.5" Copra Sundried 11.75 Opium. Benares un:. 4.UUU Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Blue Eagle (Old) 373 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 298 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 285
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  • 35 15 Singapore, Apr. 3, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Spot 68% 69j May-June Bl\* Cu\; July-Sept r»4' L C>o; Oct.-Dec. 6*3 68%. London Quotation Sheet Is. Btt*. Market Weak.
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  • 200 15 Mi>s A. Rockefellers Choice. New York, Feb. 2H. The engagement la announced cf the world's wealthiest heiress. Miss Abby Rockefeller, only daughter of Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, junior, to Mr. David Merriwether Milton, junior, a comparatively poor young lawyer. The wedding will take
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  • 121 15 Piccadilly "Eyesore" to be Remedied. Work on the building of the Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly, which is at present a "girder skeleton," will begin shortly. A pro visional licence for the hotel was granted by the licensing justices for the Hano-ver-square Division on Feb. 25. Mr.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 168 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, April 8. Kuhlitr. London la 8' 4 d. Quiet. Local 19. Tin.— London £241 sa. Local 11!> !2"> _MS sold. Kubbers.—Ulu Benutl have havers at 28 H with sellers at 25. Bukit Jelotongs ire unchanged 6] 'i:; 1 New Craigielea ire firmer 62 65. Malaka
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    • 182 15 Singapore, pr 3 1 in. £211 ss. Down 60s. Local 119 128 Uubber.— Is. B%d. Up ',d. Local 68%. Rubbers remain active. New Scudail have made 1.85 and offer further. Kempas are wanted at :i.*~k sellers asking 4. Ayer Uoleks can be placed at 1.19, Alor
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    • 209 15 ROSE MACPHAIL, CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore, April 8. Rubber. Is 8*- 4 d. 68*:.. Tin.— £24l r>s. 111). Tons 12.'). Tin shows a loss of 00s but share prices in the Mining section have not been affected although the market is quieter than for some time past. Rubln-r
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    • 106 15 Annual Meeting. The thirty-ninth ordinary general meeting of th? Singapore Slipway and Engineering Company, Ltd., was held at tht •ffkes of the Company at Tanjong P_gnr yesterday. On the motion of Mr. D. Paterson, who *as elected to the Chair in the absence of l\%* Chairman,
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    • 127 15 Singapore, April 3. The market after being very strong il the beginning of the week had a sharp decline, mainiy brought about by liquidation in London and nervous bulls. The break in the London market cam. a distinct surpriso to most operator-, athe market had shown
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 358 15 B-—— Assets over $5,000,000. Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Tho Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 519 15 BANKING. j YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, 1 LIMITED. —Established 1880.— Capita] Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 80,500,000.00 President: K. Kodama Esq. Viae- President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami. Esq. K. Tatsumi,
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    • 611 15 BANKING. t HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) n Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling k 4,500,000 Silver $26,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 V COURT OF DIRECTORS. t G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman H. P. White, Esq. Deputy
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    • 43 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds j Singapore Representatives— lessrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Cu., Ltd. Branch Office 64, The Arcade, CoUyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 983 16 VISCOUNT GOTO'S MEWS. j Some Curious Conceptions. (From Our Own Correspondent). < Tokio, Mar. 13. < Your correspondent to-day had an interview with Viscount Goto on Russo-Japanese relations, and was astonished to barn that, from this astute Oriental atateaaaan'a point of view, the Great War did not originate
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  • 204 16 IPOH GYMKHANA CLUB. The following are the Handicaps for the j First Day of the Skye Meeting to be held Ml the 11th April. I Class F of divided pony handicap is canjelled, and polo ponies and hacks are diviied into two classes to run in races 1
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  • 722 16 WHAT WE BUY. Slightly crumpled, also slightly soiled, q hat emerged from a large cardboard hat box wearing a sort of desperate expression as if to say, "for pity's sake buy me and It me find a home." Created, it is alleged, in Paris, shown for a season
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  • 22 16 No community in this world has ever flourished, or can ever flourish, if it is faithless to its own past. Lord Balfour.
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  • HOME FOOTBALL.
    • 301 16 The following matches in the English and Scottish Leagues will be played to-day. Division I: —Arsenal vs. Cardiff City. Aston Villa "vs. Sunderland. Blackburn R. vs. Notts C. Bury vs. Burnley. Huddersfield T. vs. Everton. Liverpool vs. Birmingham. Manchester C. vs. Preston N. E. Newcastle U. vs.
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    • 52 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. versus Royal Sussex Regiment to-day at Tanglin commencing at 2.15 p.m: H. G. Stack (Captain), W. A. Deans, S. Hurst, D. Jackson, M. King, R. Lyne, E. Newton, O. C. Smalley, T. B. Smith, F. Vine and J. Watt. Reserve: G. Kraal and
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    • 152 16 President vs. Vice-President. The following are the teams for thi "President" vs. •'Vice-President" match to be held at Keppel on Sunday. 9.0 Trimmer and Calthrop-Calthrop WE, Niblock and Paterson. 9.5 Bath and White vs. Hickey and Gardner. 91.0 Irving Jones and Strachan vs. Campbell and Joyce. 9.15
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  • 118 16 The annual general meeting of the members of the Selangor Club was held on Saturday in the card-room, when the hon'ble Mr. O. F. Stonor, President, took the chair. Messrs. R. C. Russell (vice-presi-dent), J. R. George, Russell F. Grey, F. W. Palmer V.C., W. S. Reeve-Tucker (committee)
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  • 34 16 Orders for week ending April 10th. Monday, 6th. Individual troop Parade, 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, 7th.— Signalling Class, 5.16 p.m., Headquarters. Thursday, 9th.— Band Practice, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 43 16 Programme of drills up to and for Sunday, Mar. 29: Saturday, April 4th at 2 p.m. Bukit Timah, S.R.E. (v) Farrer Range, M. G. Platoon. Sunday, April sth at 7 a.m. Bukit Timah, S.R.E. (v) Farrer Range, M. G. Platoon.
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  • 44 16 Of 700 whooping cough patients to whom X-ray treatment was applied. 15 to 20 per cent are reported to have shown improvement within 24 hours. Improvement in the other patients was early and rapid, except in two babies, to whom the disease proved fatal.
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  • 552 16 WALLEY REGAINS FLYWEIGHT TITLE. There was a good attendance at last night's boxing. Mr. Geo. Redfearn officiated as referee. The main event quite lived up to expectations in that it was a splendid match. Walley was giving away 10 pounds, but he won a very good fight. Trono boxed
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  • S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    • 60 16 Profession Pairs. Bailey and Moss vs. Bell and Hoblyn. Cameron and Hewitt vs. Nathan and Nathan. Webster and Davidson vs. Green and Whitley. Newcomers' Handicap. Major Watson plus 1 vs. MacLennan, scratch. Championship. Kleinman vs. Ziegele. Denham vs. Wilson Roy Smith vs. de Stuers. Winter vs. Fuller. Potts
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    • 39 16 Championship Pairs. Hewitt and Bridges vs. Fuller and Mur phy-Griffith-Jones and Doig vs. Potts and Cameron. Newcomers'. Final. Hudson vs. Major Watson or MacLennan. Profession Pairs. Kleinman and Sinclair vs. Bailey and Moss or Bell and Hoblyn.
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    • 22 16 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Mixed Doubles. C. A. Norris and F. Norris beat V. H. Norris and G. de Souza, w.o.
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    • 63 16 Championship Pairs. L. Gammell and F. de Souza vs. G. de Souza and S. L. Oehlers. V. H. Norris and W. A. Balhetchet vs. E. W. de Cruz and G. B. Leicester. Championship. C. A. Norris vs. C. A. Bateman. F. J. Monteiro vs. V. Misso to finish.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 345 16 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS ARE/ HCRE. Ask for Latest Lists. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. I SINGAPORE. j i Gerrard Wire Tying Machine. A 1e OPttATING complete j iNSTtucnom MACHINE. Place flat end |w wj re in inner slot A,f .^mn Wire Gripper NO SEPARATE > \^r^/ T marked "A," be-'
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