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

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AN D MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1925. NO. 11,458
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  • 202 1 Our London correspnndenl. \> ho drew the attention of the Colonial Office to Ihe l»rai Dock question, cables out the reply from the Department Page 8. The financial crisis in France appears likely to lead to the fall of M. Harriot's Cabinet— Page* 7 and 9. There
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  • 938 1 "It is aa necessary i<> know your boatman At it la the water-- you arc Ashing." This reflection came home to me with force as we returned to oar hotel After the fishing this morning. Our hotel i< perched on some rocks ov< looking the sea, and
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 208 1 .W LOW AMI ARIELLS AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS UNEXCELLED RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. GUEST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, ORCHESTRAL CONCERTS.— (lRII I K R I M SARKIES BROTHERS. Adjoining the Diningroom. (kptn from S.OO a.m. to 12.00 p.m. Proprietors. is 1925 DIRECTORY NOW
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    • 283 1 "TEETH LIKE PEARLS" i TOOTH! AGENTS:— WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. (Incorporated in England). f -ft THE "EUROPE' HOTEL. St. George's Night, April 23rd. RED ROSE DANCE. Special Dinner and Dance $3.09. THE EUROPE HOTEL, LTD. ARTHUR E. ODELL, Managing Director. V: I I THE PIXIE GRIPPA PLAYS A FULL-SIZE TWELVE-INCH
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    • 200 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Jse Timken bearings Page T. Gold Spot, the new cigarette Page 4. Lactogev is the mother"* friend Page 9.J G.N.C. the choicest Australian butter Pape 1. Crowther Shaw for evening: dresa* Pagre 2. "The Thief of Bajrdad" at the Alhambra Pape 7. Swallow and Ariell's afternoon tea biscuits
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    • 12 1 AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST TINNED BUTTER G. N. C. GIPPBLAND NORTHERN CO-OP., Co.. Ltd.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 85 1 THE WEEK. Mondial, 6th. High Water, 8.31 a.m., Ml p.m. French homeward mail leaves. Tuesday, Ith. Hiph Water, 9.8 a.m., fj| p.m. Amateur Wireless Soc. mt^r.. Union I*l.l--., r,.15. Wednesday, Hth. Hiph Water, 9.48 a.m., 10.22 p.m. Robinson and Co., H. Barker's, noon. Straits Steamship Co. mtp., noon. Sunpei Gau
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  • 228 2 The gfauMttr of travel in th* Orient is not what it was. The motor 'bus and tram Ml taking toll ot the i ikisha. We read th;:t a rr.ov men' h;.- 1 MB inaugurated in Sinuapore for tin* "b Wition of this very handy vehicle, and that since
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  • 173 2 A correspondent, who must be a bit ol a WBff, WIIMWtI that the Government's reason for not appointing a Public Trustee for the Colony is "shortage of officers." Ye Gods! Why, the Malayan Civil Service is so overstaffed that down in Singapore even its mildest members occasionally get
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  • 503 2 The Boa. Mr. J. H. M. Robson and Mrs. j hobson, who were on a visit to Penany, returned to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday. The trial at the Selangor Assizes of Kamalingam. a Java-st. jeweller, on a charge of retaining stolen property, diamonds Identified as part of the valuablestolen from
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 214 2 AGNESIA ANTISEPTIC DUSTING POWDER. CURES PREVENTS PRICKLY HEAT. Prepared by MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD7 Shall she marry, rich man, poor man, beggar man, which What should the girl do H D P COMING 1 Barth|lmes§ The story of a great courage and a love sublime, told
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    • 260 2 EPIC OF 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. and nightly at 9.30 P.M. VICTORIA THEATRE Popular Prices $2 and $1. Combined Orchestras of the Theatre and Adelphi
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    • 460 2 AT LAST THE PICTURE YOU HAVE LONG BEEN W\m\, will be presented From Wednesday, Ist April, to Monday, 6th 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 PICTURE WHICH
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  • 555 3 18th Century Cup from the Sulgrave Institution. A special meeting of the Board of Governors of the Sulprave Institution of Great Britain was he d at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Gardens, London, on Feb. 12th, for the purpose of bidding farewell to the American
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  • 495 3 I came aercss "Gaffer Jack" some-where on the south coast II is reputed to be an octogenarian, but he carried his years as befits a veteran of the E-sa. His eyes u re bright, keen, *:nd u blue as the Mediterranean, and his face had
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  • 35 3 Dame Elizabeth Frances Cornelia Trea«her, of Cromwell-road, South Kensington, 8.W., who died on December 7, intestate, widow of Sir William Treacher, K.C.M.G., Ifaft unsettled estate of the gross value of £8,096, with net personalty £4,565.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 452 3 TV S _r^* mfOm \\W^\ W _P_o_. r a* I _f-^^ JwWaw Wincarnis gives a feeling of NEW LIFE I to those who are I Weak, or Anaemic, J Nervous or Run-down Good health is necessary to your well-being Wincarnis is necessary to promote good health icarnM is not a
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    • 210 3 USE: ■TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penan*, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. w II ,^^^^B .^^^W m Mm BIC mß*
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  • 1063 4 The debate in the House of Lords and a "friendly" question .in the Commons revealed the notable fact that the little colony of Hongkong has offered a quarter of a million sterling towards the construction of thdi naval base at Singapore. This spontaneous and generous act
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  • 491 4 Vivid Story of a Famous Raid. Berlin. The vivid impressions of a Zeppelin pilot, Lieutenant Emmering, as he saw the sister ship of the L 33 come down in flames, before his own aftship made a forced landing in Essex "during the German raid on September
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  • 229 4 "America is a plutocracy, where big business calls the tune and pays the piper" says Dean Inge in the Morning Post. "Bitr business has imported swarms of European cheap labour a very lucrative policy for the time, because the importing country has escaped the cost of breeding and
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  • 189 4 Expelled from a Famous Rendezvous. The deaf and dumb in Berlin have been ejected from their historic gathering place, "Deaf Mutes' Cellar," in Alexander Platz, because they made too much noise. The deaf mutes for years had met there to play cards, carry out business deals, and discuss
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  • 43 4 different parts of the Empire requires a aegree of mobility in the British Navy unneeded by any other in its normal functions; and mobility is as impossible to a fleet without a base as constant running is to a motor-car without a garage.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 109 4 Bm I ir uT "ir^ THE SINGAPORE SHIPGHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED Shipchandlers, Shipbrokers, Coniinission Agents. Officer— MATNABITB BUILDINGS. 16 Battery Road. T No. -1°.3. TENNIS BLUE SCREEN I«| t— n I'TL .1 ii- 1 I A A\ m W\ All rises. 80.-t materials only. Prices second to none. Supplies Guaranteed. For
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    • 352 4 UHjn .11 N V X^SW^> AT m m^H// IIU W7# 07 r IJ^^^^^JU^-^^: i^ The NATURAL flavour NAVY CUT pUjy>P<| VIRGIN.A CIGARETTES MADE IN LONDON BY ARDATH TOBACCO CO.. ITD THF* SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER The only Morning Daily in Malaya and the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered
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    • 356 4 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of the 9th April. 1925, for Supplying approximately the following quantities of 2 1 inch laterite on the und rmentioned roads: 1. 175 eobei on Ponggol Road bet-seen 7}; and i1 l i milestones. W3
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    • 223 4 MUNICIPAL NOTH The Municipal Commissioninvite tenders for cutting awaj I 1 part of the hill on th- L of tho new Municipal Power Bt Keppel Road. Specification and form of t< on application to the u; .i r deposit of $10, which will i eewt vf a bone Sde tend
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  • 583 5 '"Supposing it had happened! Supposing the tremor that shook the city had been a real earthquake! What would have become of us?" writes Kathleen Courlander in the Daily Express. Thousands of men and women in New York must be asking one another this ques_ lion now
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  • 272 5 London, Mar. i>. The Daily Express says that Hobbs, who was found guilty of having- conspired to defraud Sir Han Singh and sentenced to two years' imprisonment, has had an amazing: career m the underworld of crime. Scotland Yard has known him for thirty years
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  • 16 5 The proper study of mankind ia man, and *Vi«» most dangerous is woman. —Mr. Gilbert Watson.
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  • 647 5 A celebrated man once said that genius was an infinite capacity for taking pains! I admit that this is true, but not wholly so. In these days of "astounding: this, amazing that, and awful the other," there is no term more frequently misapplied nor one that
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  • 144 5 A MILLION -DOLLAR TOOTH. What has been termed America's most valuable tooth, the hesperopithecus molar, which anthropologists consider as evidence that a man ape existed in America in prehistoric times, recently was broken, but later was reconstructed. Th f i tooth, found in Nebraska, had been taken to an X-ra>
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  • 132 5 Fifth Marriage with a Woman of 22. The village of Turkowice in the province of Posen (Poland) has been stirred by the wedding of Alexander Kulas, aged eighty, and Jadwiga Palec, a pretty woman, aged twenty-two. The octogenarian bridegroom has been married four times.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 333 5 The pain of/ «jL. Sprains 1 ||fi BANISHED WITH jS^kw! SLOAN'S ,'iml preventing congestion, I^S^^^^S^*^^* jus, Strains or Bruises >\ jiS^lW^^'S- lend to serious injury. j\ V JO £&j'™ "V- 1 Ni\t-r he it.tte As soon as you ™"I /yj^"**\ feel thepain apply a lttle Sloan's Liniment. Just lay £3
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    • 299 5 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seatcr Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. "P CR.OSSMITHS YJH 5 PERFUME A t7 The Scent of Araby. fjf A^ inspiration in perfume, exquisitely suggestive \l] 'Tjl SHEM-EL-NESSIM FACE
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  • SINGAPORE TURF CLUB.
    • 26 6 (Under S.R.A. Rules of Racing) Will be Held on Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the 16th. lf»th, 21st, and 23rd May, 192."».
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    • 408 6 FOR THE INFORMATION 7 OF MEMBERS ONLY. Ist Day. Saturday, 16th May. Races Nos. 1, 5 8. THE STEWARDS PI RSE, PLATE STAKES.—Time 2.10 p.m.. 3.50 p.m., 5.20 p.m. Value $900 with $150 to each second horse and *mo to each third horse; a handicap for < x priffin
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  • 474 6 Ra<e> \os. 1, fi s. THE ARCHDEACON STAKES, PI USE PLATE— Time 2.10 p.m., 4.30 p.m. 5.20 p.m. Value |90Q with $150 to each second hone and $100 to each third horse; a handicap for ex-giiffin horses; the horses shall he divided by the handicappers
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  • 472 6 Race No. 1. THE FARRANT PURSE.— Time. 2.10 p.m. Value $700 with $150 to th e second pony and $100 to the third pony. For condition? see Race No. 0 Second Day. Class C. of a divided ex-griffin pony handicap. Distance, 7 furlongs. Entrance Fee
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  • 1166 6 Kates Nos. 1. 4 7. THE JOHORK STAKES. PURSE THE C. P. OWEN H\— Time. 2.10 p.m., 3.25 p.m., 4.55 p.m. Value (lass A .H)0 and a Cup presented by G. P. Owen, Esq., with $150 to the second horse and $100 to the third
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  • 921 6 REMINISCENCES OF A BRITISH OFFICER. In the new issue of the "Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News" Lieut-Colonel Miller continues his interesting reminiscences of his sporting experiences in Ind a cf thirty odd years ago, and illustrates his article with excellent wood-cuts. The colonel tells us
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  • 92 6 The impending change in the name of the Colonial Office which is to be made in order to do away with any suggestion of dependence there may be in the word "colony" emphasises the change which has come over the attitude of Downing Street to the Dominions. There in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 36 6 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, 100, North Bridie Road. Telephone No. 1705. Singapore.
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    • 318 6 INOICESTtON I I NERVY j MALARIAL Break thatV^ J Vicious Circle I rT^ror-raL Tropical Debility Atr^^^ Ageing prematurely! I Ageing prematurely That it the result of the vicious circle of complaints and debility from which most residents in the tropics suffer. J Nearly every resident of a hot country is
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  • FRENCH CABINET CRISIS.
    • 200 7 MAN FINANCE MINISTER. [Reuter's Service.] x, c Paris, Apr. 3. ine fiscal measures recommended by M Clementel, including a f.fty per cent in crease of income tax have been dropped; the Government resolutely opposed any increase in the note circulation but in order to provide the
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    • 75 7 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 3. According to the Temps, tho proposed capital levy will be of ten per cent, payable over ten years with facilities for settlement in advance. Impartial obatrvsra, however, anticipate" an early political crisis, resulting in a dissolution and fresh elections. Lf Temps confirms the
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  • 111 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Apr. 3. A private conference of employers of all branches of the cotton industry' has been held in ManchesUr to consider the serious position of the industry after three years trade depression. The conference is the result of a suggestion of the special committee
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  • 48 7 [Reuter\; Service.] Sydney, Apr. 3. The managers »>f the Walsh Island dockrard have submitted to the navy board PTopoaall for the construction of a floating doeft at Newcastle. New South Wales for commercial and naval purposes. The estimated cost is over i'l oo,ooo sterling.
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  • 34 7 [Reuter's Service.] l.4ti\d«m. Apr. 3. The Knglish parcel mail for the Far East. India and Australia will depart on April Tth instead of the Bth, in consequence of th« Easter Holidays*
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  • 44 7 [Reuter's Service.] Chicago. Apr. 3. The corn market is in a state of semickim.rali*ation to-day. Prices declined by six to seven cents and reached the lowest Iwel of the season. Urgent selling to stop losses showed that the market was unrapportad.
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  • 20 7 [Reuter's Service.] Nice, Apr. 3. The death is announced of the famous ax-operatic tenor. Jean de Reszke.
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  • 22 7 [Router's Service.] The Hanur. Apr. 3. The BelKo-Dutch Navigation agreement has been signed. I Latest telegrams on page 91.
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  • 234 7 WAS MUMTAZ WILLING? CONFLICTING STATEMENTS. [Reuter's Service.] Bombay, Apr. 3. A new turn to the Malabar Hill case is p. stat -merit to the Bombay police at Indore read out wherein Mumtaz Begum is alleged to have told Phanse that she was willing to return to Indore,
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  • 160 7 [Reuter's Service.] Patna, Apr. 4. A conciliatory speech was made by Mr. Das in response to Lord BfrkenheatTi statement in the House of Lords, which he described afl frank and courteous. Mr. Das agreed that freedom would not be reached by violence and said
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  • 91 7 [Router's Service.] London, Apr. 1. Mr. Baldwin presided over the first sitting, this morning, of the International Air Commission, at which twenty-one signatories to the treaty were represented. Welcoming tin delegate*, the Premier said, that their work was all in favour of peace. Aviation had been christened
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  • 77 7 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Apr. 3. The Government's efforts to secure a ciiminal conviction against ex-Senator Fall and the oil magnates who negotiated the celel>rated Western Oil Land leases with him, .encountered a serious set-back to-day, when all the indictments were thrown out of court on the
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  • 29 7 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Apr. S. A joint conference of the Centre De niocrat and Social Democrat parties ha nominated ex-Chancellor Doctor Marx a candidate for th? presidency.
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  • 33 7 [Renter's" Service.] Washingtcn. Apr. S. President Coolidee has appointed Ml McMurray, Assist Secretary of State, a successor to Mr. Schurman, Minister a Pekinjr. [Latest telegrams on page 9].
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1597 7 I Important Auction Sale of Valuable 999 yew* IcankoU BincapoN town PmpwtiM Estate of Shaik Awath bin SalllM Harmloon deed At BCtMTB. Theory Koon Sen* Co:'s' Saleroom No. 30 Chulia Street O.C WEDNESDAY APRIL 15th AT 2.30 P.M. M ru° X 'X Va Uable 9 O yeai S leasehold land
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    • 378 7 SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE SUPREME COfRT OF THK STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of Brinkmann :ind Company Plaintiff* Vtnn Tho Hup Hin Bakery Defendants AUCTION SALE OF All the Stock-intrude and furnituiv of a Bakery shop at Nos. and 10 Duxton Road. Comprising: Pastry hoards and roll-i-*,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 23 8 STURT. Mar. 4. at Eastbourne, to Eveline, the wif*.' of H. H. Sturt. of the Asiatic Petroleum Company tS.S.i. Ltd., Singapore, daughter.
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    • 75 8 WINSLEY-WHITE.— On 4th April. 1925, at St. Andrew's Cathedral Singapore, the Venble Archdeacon Swindell officiating. Tom Mead Winsley of th*? Asiatic PetroKum Co. Ltd.. Singapore, to Alice Kathleen, daughter of Mr. W. A. Whit.' Auditor-General S.S. and Kli, White. BARBOI R-FAIRLEY.- Mar. 6. at Mayfteld Parish Church. Edinburgh, by
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  • 702 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1925. Week End Comment. The sad plight of Prai, according to a special cable from our London Correspondent, is occupying the very anxious attention of the High Commissioner, the F.M.S. Government and the Unofficial Members of Council. We suppose so, for Malaya cannot afford
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  • 1239 8 Mr. J. Wallace, of Messrs. Osborne and Chappel'f staff, has returned to Ipoh after hi- holiday at Home. Mr. E. G. Browne, Locomotive Foreman, Ipoh, will be leaving for Home on furlougn on April 10. The Perak Boxing Association loses a valued supporter on his departure. The Yang cU per
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  • 82 8 STILL SOUNDING. COLONIAL Omci IMH:}v lhi (From Our Own Corn Leeslea, pril In vil'W of your leader .»f F"!>. ing the future of Ptai, I h.-m !n;i(ll ries from thv Hon. W. o niU) uadei Secretary of State f,,. who tells me that "the M mm
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  • 295 8 Lai:der Sa>s Some! h in; i> rtrun "There is something very i the Orient," Sir il,in\ Laud Scotch comedian, said t" V representative shortly after hi^ arm/ Manila. "It is hard to put i actly. but I believe it if wr to the attempt to
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  • 191 8 Commenting on the repor! I Maxwell is vetiiinsr on pensi year, when he reaches the Straits Echo says: It is almost Inconceivable tl Office will allow Sir Geoil M is just in the prime of life, U> itth year, auv-limit or Do age-limit, win I making an
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  • 99 8 Articles in the Sinffttpore snd r.N.^ paper.- show that Sir Georgi M cent visit to Cameron Rights to revive public interest in I lay out and develop "P<'k < on that plateau. The idea El an admiral, take it there will be ;i thorottgl investi iration
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  • 33 8 Appeal for Funds to Pi—^m Nilf Memorial. The following doßStlom li»'< ceived. Previously :u kno\vU'<lt;t-<i Cheques should bv Made of Saint Paul's Restoration Fu^l, dressed to Reuter's Apotit. Quay, Singapore.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 121 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BARCLA TS 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. i v (c| "ANCHOR" t?> |f ffl BRAND BUTTER New
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    • 39 8 "PARFUMS DE LUXE" COTY- j ORIGAN CHYPRE j ROSE JACQUEMINOT PARIS EAU DE COTY Agents DUPIRE BROTHERS. BLACK WHITE ML Kfofr i— m WHISKY Mr. sad Mrs. L. G. F ELK IN. p.p.c. 55 St. Georpe's Square, London. S.W.I.
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  • HERRIOT IN DANGER.
    • 123 9 DISLIKE OP CAPITAL LEVY. [Renter*! Service.] Paris, Apr. I. M Herriot, k»- M. Poinearo, wiH il! in consequence of the as> of any Increased taxation pro- idea underlying press comq the present lutim of the minis- entry into the Ministry will rt it- defeat on the Vatican
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    • 104 9 [Renter's Service.] I'aris. Apr. 3. tremment has examined l 'he ihortage of paper note having in iev commercial n the Senate, discussing i advocated the tl rai teed by combills, but M. Hen iot speaking retted that the question of nnected with that of nd m
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    • 145 9 [Renter's Service.] Paris, Apr. A. the rvu Finance Minister, 45 and a member of rroup m the Senate known as "Gauche Democratique." He wa- the of .the resumption of with Rossis poaod the aboof the Embassy to the Vatican, it that his acceptance of office is the
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  • 46 9 [Reuter's Service.] Maaeaw, April Agenc; announces that in With the Soviet's demand the 'lat Minsk has been withdrawn. demanded the recall of th» ■1 Minsk on the -round •rboured the Russian priest one of those concarnad n iffair.] r cables appear on Page 7.]
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  • 75 9 I the fact that the new being manned by Ru*using German machines, the rities, if we are to judge issue of one of their official prepared to take Bolshef«ce value, The paper, after conclusion that the peasants the place of the nobility in 'If thU new batch of the annihilated
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  • 148 9 PROPORTIONAL VOTING POLICY. LITTLE EXCITEMENT. [Reuter's Servico 1 Brussels, Apr. 4. A record number of electoral lists has been prepared for the general election to the Senate and Chamber, being held to- I morrow. The Communists contest every I constituency but the ex-service candidate's have completely dropped out.
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  • 80 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Apr. 4. Eleven are missing and two bodies have been r covered from the pit shaft of a Stiluses Colliery at Katnap, near Essen, t following the failure of the winding engine, causing a cage containing seventy miners to plunge to the bottom. The
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  • 67 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Apr. 1. Anxiety i- felt in missionary circles at j sensational reports from Tientsin, of band- z it outrages In Shensi and the abduction of I a thousand women and girls, many of whom were drowned while fleeing. The English r mission at
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  • 42 9 [Reuter's Service.] San Francisco. Apr. 4. Ten of the defendants, in the case of the c steamer Quadra, have been found guilty of conspiracy to violate the prohibition laws. Thirty-two members cf the crew have been I acquitted. L
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  • 31 9 [Reuter's Service.] Bathurst. APr. 4. The Prince of Wales has arrived after a t voyage of a week with magnificent weather. (Earlier cables -appear on page 7.]
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  • 363 9 Difficulties of Medical Treatment. Melbourne, Feb. 8. Dr. R. W. Cilento. the chief of the In- stitute of Tropical Medicine at Townsville, Queensland, who. for the last year has been on loan to the Home and Territories Depart- ment. and who has been conducting an examination into
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  • 657 9 GINSBURG-CLUMECK. Tfcs marriage *;f Mr. Charles Ginsburg to Miss Anetta Clumeck, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Clumeck, was solemnized at the Chesed El Synagogue in the presence of a very large gathering of friends yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was followed by a reception at "Waring. Hill,"
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  • 290 9 New Piers Ready. The two new piers, at Church Street Ghaut and Bagan Luar, which have been in course of construction for some time for the Penang Harbour Board by Messrs. Topham, Jones and Railton have been completed (except for a little work yet on the Church
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  • 387 9 IN PRAISE OF EVEREST. T(, the Editor. Sir.— l am writing these lines in the hope that they may stir some of your good readers into giving their best thoughts and support to a cause that has no parallel in the world's history. It is the
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  • 418 9 History of the Oatbrcak. At the meeting of the Kua'a Lumpur Sanitary Board from the history o* the outbreak. M furnished by Dr. Kmgshury, it has been practically established tliat rabies was introduced in Kual-i Lnnipar by a dog belonging t«> a circus which visited the
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  • 37 9 So great has been the demand for admission at the Alhambra to "The Thief of Bagdad," that the management has decided to extend the reason for three nights, up to and including Thursday.
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  • 106 9 In its tests of the germ-killing powers of ultra-violet rays, the U.S. Bureau of standards has exposed water containing great numbers of Ba^teriuiv coli communis, the sewage geim, to ?ucc°s-ive portions of the rays from a quartz mercuryvapor lamp, screens beir.g used to confine each test to a certain range
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 347 9 GOLF REQUISITES. SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO GOLF CLUBS. 'I'll V .^fli if^^^rWm^ SILVER-KING MWIII WU^^^jl I Golf Balls I <i Black> Vellow Blue N«s. 1-4. ((n and B ue Datg (;OLF BAGS. PRICES:— SJ :>O, $6.00. $8.00 and $11.50. HOODED GOLF BAGS. PRICE $12.50 EACH. JACK WHITE'S !SHH3BP^^^ N SONS .j*a/^^
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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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    • 478 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.b. CITY OP CANTON due April 27 s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May 27 s.s. SUTTON HALL due
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    • 564 10 STEAMER SAILINGS P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His JMajesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWAUDS. For China and japan. For Marseilles, London Ud Due er TOnnage
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  • 1378 11 SIR ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM. v\ OF THK MOUNTAINS." rs 1 I'uruh" of Jamaica has an gander Swettenham which many <>ut here who know that entleman. The Writer says: by which Sir Alexander folded hi.- actions when a limpfo, and from it he i ted. I-» K<>chefoucauld has gratitude Is an exj>cctation
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  • 180 11 Mahsuds' Ambuscade. Allahabad, .Mar. 5. The Indian Order of Merit has ,been awarded to Sepoy Gul Asghar for conspicuous gallantry in action in May last, when in retaliation for the Frontier Constabulary's success in accounting for an entire gang of Maasud raiders near Draband, a detachment of
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  • 41 11 In a written answer to Captain Wedgwood Benn, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury stated that the war debt of Franc* to *he British Government as on January 1, 1926, is £038,000,000 in addition to £6,000,000 due to the Disposal Board.
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  • 296 11 After spending 22 years in brigand-infest-ed China, 2,000 miles from th|V coast, Mrs. R. I MTntyre, a Gympie resident, returned to Australia, on her BOCOnd furlough since leaving these shores, by the E. and A. steamer St. Albans recently. The Border of Kwei Chow, in West Szechwan,
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  • 261 11 Few people realize the extreme minuteness of the image received by the eye, according to Dr. Fraser Harris in The Optician. The eye is a camera, which has a double convex lens in front, a sensitive plate (the retina) behind, and is blackened inside and,
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  • 53 11 treaties of Mrs. JVl'lntyre, the brigands relented, and g av it back. When asked what progress Christianity was making in that part of the world, Mrs. M'lntyre replied that although the Gospel had ha/* v,ery preat conquests, they hoped that the coming of the King would set things right ir
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 44 11 /^"""V 4 I k This advertisement is issued by the British-American Tobacco Co.. (Straits) Ltd. Q-8t (Incorporated in England) ll Jk. k\j mII 111 v I maintains its pre-war delicacy I of BOUQUET and FLAVOUR I The Distillers Agency Limited, J Edinburgh, 1 SCOTLAND.
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  • 122 12 TO-DAY. North, North-East and NorthWest Sumatra Plancius 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Hong Cheang 9 a.m. Upper Burma, North and East India Hamburg Maru 11 a.m. Saigon Kampot 11 a.m. Prigi Radja, Tembilahan and Indragiri Sri Wongsee noon Ceylon, Southern and Western India, Djibouti, Egypt, Europe, U.S.A., and
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 344 12 In a vigorous editorial commenting on the losses of the Commonwealth line, the "S. M. Herald" says:—"The Government has not played fair with the Shipping Board. For two years it has merely held the ring for the fight between the boanl and the unions-4>etween a body that was
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    • 177 12 Submarine XI, which recently went round from Chatham, where sh c j was built, to Portsmouth, is not only the largest submarine in the world, tut has probably set up a record for the length of time she has been under trial. She was commissioned for the
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    • 372 12 In the United States the Coastguard Service is distinct from the Navy, and is conI trolled by the Treasury Department, while its work includes everything from searching for icebergs, maintaining lifeboit stations and salving ships, down to the prevention of smuggling. Recently it h^s been under
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 916 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 the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 537 12 "Insects cannot live where LOTOL is used." A\ < f One Certain f 1 C-"Q 3t*e 4 FOR 4LLJNSECT PESTS A) FURNITURE BORER. A 7 'J'HE seven notorious insects illustrated above C are the most troublesome of the household )l A insect pests. To exterminate them in the past i
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 564 12 MAILS EXPECTED. From Indo-China by Compiegne at Sngapore 9 a.m. to-day. Noon: Wireless in communication with: s.s. Africanic, Agamemnon, Anamba, Glenshane, Houtman, Java M.S., Jeypore, Kibi Maru No. 6, Kumsang, Malaiian, Melchior Titub, Minderoo, Mirzapore, Nanking M.S., Plancius, Selvio PelllCO, Toshin Ifaru, Yankee Arrow. VESSELS ARRIVED. R. S. Baroe, Dut.
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    • 58 12 Per Tara from India: Mrs. G. Redfearn and children, Mr. and Mrs. E. Silas, Mr. R. W. Davks, Miss Leith and Mrs. Cobb Penanj?). Per Penang from Lumut: Miss R. Parsons. PASSENGERS OUTWARD. Per Darvel Bay to Borneo: Messrs. Cook»on, Finn, J. H. Barinp-Gould, Fraser W G. Lingrard, E. Hilton,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 614 13 STEAMER SAILINGS O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept. I burg, Rotterdam, Bremen, via Colombo, Alaska Maru Apr. 16 Apr. 17 ,ia San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. 30 a Bay (Tort Elizabeth). rn, Rio, Bmtoa, and Buenos lombo f Hawaii Maru Apr. 17 Apr. 20 Africa
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    • 429 13 STEAMER SAILINGS N Ms£k<.s 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
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    • 648 13 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO L3S ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Anr ir U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Mav U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Jun e and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further
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  • 275 14 the IVjambi oilfields in Sumatra, while prospecting for petroleum has been carried out in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Celebes. There would appear to be great quantities of petroleum in the Netherlands East Indies, and prospects for this industry are very bright. In all the producing centres the outputs have increased.
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  • 19 14 Mr. I. C. MacMillan, A.C.P., is appointed to act as State Veterinary Surgeon. Kedah, with effect from March 14.
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  • 955 14 IMPROVING CROPS. For the past two years the financial position of the Netherlands East Indies has steadily tended towards the normal, and in 1924 the revenue on ordinary services exceeded the expenditure. This has been largely due to increased receipts from in-come-tax and the greatly
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 861 14 JOHN GILLON A CO. £STABLISHEL> 1817 V^TJHCIi-^Sx Mdimgto %oin on "Quality rIT IS EASY to write the word limits of available stocks of old malt ff quality "in a Whisky advertisement Whiskies, but it is not easy to put quality j t < i _i 7 tm r i lo
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    • 551 14 "IDEAL" the strongest and cheapest Woven Wire Fencing M 1 pKlXT"l<leal- 1-Vnoe, Rad ww "^fsifc ■L-' end > onre anil u ;i I'"- >i ,1' n»3wTBHv Ideal "is the most e» oik.ihk ai «i?m}:^j^E^|fflPJg fence to buy, to erect and to niaimaiii i M Every part of the standard [deal
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  • 40 15 Private credits 3 m.>. 2 4 ly-3'2 France, demand 1000 Hongkong, demand f% p.c. Dis. Yokoh .ma, demand ISfl T.I 1 Bangkok, demand 79*4 Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.54 Bank of England Rate 5 p.c. Bar Silver London ft] 7-i»;
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  • 211 15 April 4. Tin 360 Tons 118 H Paper White "5700 Paper Black SiS Flake Tapioca ;..-,i. Pearl Sago Small s5O Copra u Copra SundricJ 11.75 Opiuri. BftMtirn unt. i.oou Rice, Lianp Hin Chan M%rk Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eac'.e (Xew) 298 Rice, Siarn
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  • 34 15 Singapore. Apr. 1, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot and April 68* <»!♦; May-June B6H 67; July-Sept. 64 64H. London Quo- I tation Sheet Is. 7«4<1. Market Firm.
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  • 100 15 i'20.000 Spent on "Nearer, my (rod, to Thee." Representatives of phonograph interest! who appeared before the Congress Patents Committee in Washington, in opposition to j the Copyright Bill drawn up by Thorvald Solbergi *t the request of the Authors' League, declared that £20,000 was
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  • 21 15 "Gamblers are invariably kind to an inals," says a statistician. They always like to see plenty in the kitty. London Opinion
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 159 15 Apr 1 lin.-£2,';7 10s. Down 75s P Rubber.— Is. 7* 4d. Down '„,1. Local 19. Kubhrrs.— The share market closet oo a quiet scale followin. the drop in price of rubber and there is little business to report Jerana Koantana offer at 42»_. and Crairielfas at
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    • 191 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore, pr i. Tin and Rubber both show a loss but snare prices have n<» t been much affected in either section. A feature in the mining shares is the continued strength «>f Kuchais industrials and Loans are him. Rubbers.— A llenbys offer
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    • 127 15 S'lKapore, Apr. 1. I he- commodity market ha> suffered a MVere setback and the tone at the moment ii weak and declining. Prices ware rushed up to the point of inflation and the bubble burst on the withdrawal of American support, causing wild speculative selling in the London
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    • 88 15 Sec: Bruce and McGregor (Taiping). NaWßf Pet Tin, Hours run T,:»7: Yardage treated .10,200; Ore won Ml pks; Approximate revenue $24,836; Approximate cost of mining $."»,SOO; Rainfall 18,89 ins. Sets: Hooglandt and Co. Pangkattan. 110.000; B.uu Rata, :!4.M»>.". Sees: Barlow and Co. Muar Itam, 9,820, Majedie,
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    • 204 15 Sir Edtrar Walton (High Commissioner for South Africa), who in shortly relinquishing hus office, was on Tuesday, Mar. 3rd entertained to luncheon in London by the South African Luncheon Club. Sir Edgar urged that machinery should be established by which the Dominion Govern ments could be kept
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 400 15 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LUffED- (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry E.C Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance ah u
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    • 483 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880. CapitaJ Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y. 80,500,000.00 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-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, Esq. K. Takeuchi,
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    • 920 15 _Jf_M____M_________mmmm____ m ERASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATI :RIjAY, APRIL 4th. MINING. K. Kamuntin^ (10.) 4ls Kamunting 1 (£> r Kinta Assn. (KM G 5 S tAt Kuchai Ords. JU Kuchai Prefs. (si) {'T'^ »"«y«j CoUieriei ($10) 29M 410 Xawny P, t f« f-jfej. Padanc PUndok 15 0 S!Tk
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  • SCOTLAND BEATS ENGLAND.
    • 131 16 [Reuter's Service.] GaMge/W, Aprik 4. For the International Soccer match, tflere I was bright weather and an attendance of nearly a hundred thousand spectators. Scotland beat England by 2 goals t<> nil, thus winning the international championship. Play was fast, but, except OH the left wing, neither
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    • 368 16 [Renter*! Service.] London, April 4. The following arc the results of to-day English and Scottish Iveague matches: Division I Aratnal 1, Cardiff City i. Aston Villa l, SunderlsJnd 4. Blackburn R. 0. Mottl C, 2. Bury 1, Burnley 0. Huddersfleld T. 2, Evevton o. Liverpool 1, Birmingham 1.
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  • 225 16 r President vs. Vice-president. The heavy rain which fell throughom yesterday morning failed to mar the enjoyment of the match between teams representing: the President and Vice-President of Keppel Golf Club, and an excellent event concluded with an "all-square" result. Forty-eight players participated and the following were
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  • 455 16 A FOUL DAY. The race yesterday was for the Wood-ruffe-Dash wood trophies f which tock the form of a mug: for the skipper, main and jib sheet hands of the win- a ing boat, the Polly (T. Wearn. 1 event- I ually stowing away the prizes in her 5
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  • 393 16 Saturday morning was clear but rather close at the Racecourse. There was a fair attendance of interested spectators although the horses are doing nothing but slow work. The griffins have reached the stage when they have put on the first polish from their rough state and have not
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  • 93 16 The annual general meeting of the Selantror Polo Club took place at the Selangor Club last week. The accounts for the year ending De v 81, 1U24, were passed. Mr. C. W. Harrison was again elected President, and the other members of the committee were elect-d as
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  • 102 16 Mr. H. Hammer (of Seattle), Roald Amundsen'? chief aide in the 1923 transPolar flight attempts, has announced that plans are being made for a test flight from London to Tokio, via Alaska,, this year, with the object of establishing a commercial air route. It is said that 5,000 miles will
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  • 430 16 S.C.C. AND S.R.C. DRAW. Plenty of Runs on Hard Wicket. The team selected to represent the S.C.C igainst Selangor at Kuala Lumpur at Saster met the S.R.C. on the Fadang on •Saturday, and had the worst of matters in i drawn game. Batting first, the S.R.C, taking advantige of
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  • 375 16 Good Came at Tanjrlin. A very interesting: jrame resulted from the meeting' of the Royal Sussex Regt. and the Y.M.C.A. at Tanglin on Saturday afternoon. Battinp first, the Y.M.C.A could only raise the moderate total of 129. The batting was of a restrained character against
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  • 59 16 S.R.C. II vs. S.C.C. 11. The S.R.C. second eleven met the S.C.C. second eleven in a friendly on the Padanjr on Saturday, the match resulting in a win for the S.C.C. who went in first and knocked up 132, the S.R.C. being unable to pass this total. The batting
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 94 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 4. In the Queen's Club British covered courts in the final of the Singles S. Jacob beat P. Spence, holder, by 3 —6, 7 —5, 6 —o, 3—6, 6 —3. In the doubles, Spence and C. Kingsley, holders, beat S. Doust and
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    • 39 16 [Reuter's Service.] New York, April 5. For the first time on record a foreigner has won the national indoor lawn tennis title, Jean Borotra defeating F. C. Anderson by 3 sets to 1.
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    • 64 16 MONDAY'S TIES. Profession Pairs. Bailey and Moss vs. Bell and Hoblyn. Cameron and Hewitt vs. Nathan and Nathan. Webster and Davidson vs. Green and Whitley. Newcomer-' Handicap. Major Watson plus 1 vs. MacLennan, scratch. Championship. Kleinman vs. Zi?gele. Denham vs. Wilson Roy Smith vs. de
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    • 42 16 Champ nnship Pairs. Hewitt and Bridges vs. Fuller and Mui 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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    • 291 16 MONDAY'S TIES. Championship Pairs. L. Gaivimell and F. de Souza vs. G. de Souza and S. L. Oehlers. V. H. Xorris and W. A. Balhetchet vs. E. W. de Cruz and G. B. Leicester. Championship. i C. A. Xorris vs. C. A. Bateman. F. J. Monteiro vs.
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  • 63 16 A coo<lie was the victim of a fatal assault which was committed in a rikisha coolie house in Duxton-road on Friday night. The Police have information that Uh deceased was stabbed, but the report was not made till several hours after the crime had been committed and when they arrived
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  • 34 16 Orders far 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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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 123 16 "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" RECORDS are: here. 9 r I Ask for Latest Lists. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. >^ I MONOPOLE CHAMPAGNE SEC, GOUT AMERICAN, BRUT rja| From the famous house of M HEIDSIECK CO. £Bjjk RHEIMS WmMM Established in 1755 Mon'opoU Obtainable at all Retail Wine I Sole Agents for
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