The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 April 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. f:nts. SINGAPORE, S.S.. TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925. NO. 11,159.
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  • 233 1 The scheme of M. Demonzie, the new French Finance Minister to meet the financial crisis is for a voluntary levy on French wealth with a threat of compulsory action if the levy is insufficient Pape 7. A temporary appointment to th« office of Commander in Chief China
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  • 1277 1 FIRE- FLIES. Borrowing we beheld The night come on; out soon <li<l night display .Alert' WOnden than it vt'ii'd: innumcrable tribes 1" ton the wood-covi r swann'd anil darkness made Their beauties visible: one while they stream'd A bright blue radiance upon Bowers that dosed Their gorgeous colours from the
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    • 217 1 W ING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for ROPEAN TROPICAL SI ITS. .12. HIGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. Gl EST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday r<nd Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. LEVIN E HOPKINS DANCE BAND if ft GRILL ROOM. SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Dinin^room.
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    • 162 1 has all the refinements that would be expected of an aristocrat of typewriters. Its title has been earn d, m>; inherited. It is selfmade. Thouph mute, its actions are unmistakably those of a thoroughbred. Masterly craftsmanship ha< i:',\i.n it true distinction. The Easy Writing Royal comb&ea the strength and durability
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    • 207 1 LATEST AD VERTISEMEN-I S Pomeranian dog lost Page 1. Cargo notice re Jut land ia Page 10. More sale specialities at Little's Page 6. Get Hall's distempers at Wm.-Jacks Page 7. Sime, Darby and Co. for Read's la«>er Page 2. All style? of steel castings at Uniteers Page 3. The
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. .Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STRUT.
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    • 81 1 THE WEEK. T;tesd(ij4, ~th. High Water, 9.8 a.m., 9.58 p.m. Amateur Wireless Soc. mtg., Union Phig., 5.13. Widii* Kdcy, Sth. Hi>rh Water, D.48 a.m.. 10.22 y,.m, Robinson and Co., H. Barker's, noon. Straits Steamship To. mtg., noon. Sungei Gau Tin, Derrick's, 2.13 p.m. Thursday, 9th. High Water, 10.27 a.m., 10.47
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  • 449 2 Some acute students of human nature, sny that if you Want the explanation of the Red triumph in Rus-ia you have only to h-ok at the nun ami women of the refugee colonies abroad the ruling daises who fled before the Red tide. That goes too far.
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    • 409 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. Shall she marry, rich man, poor man, beggar man, which What should the girl do H D P COMING BARm|LMESS The story of a great courage and a love sublime, toM in a drama of vigorous action, and set in background* of regal magnificence. A superb
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    • 278 2 POSITIVELY THE ONLY SEASON in SINGAPORE OF EPIC F 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. MATINEE WEDNESDAY AT 5.15 P.M. VICTORIA THEATRE
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    • 426 2 AT LAST THE PICTURE YOU HAVE LONG BEEN W\mw will be pre«nted MM From Wednesday, Ist Apri', to Monday, (ith r ;i AT THE AL.HAMBRA j Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors. In the Second Show whith commences at 9 p m TOPICAL BUDGET of Interesting Screen News' IT IS
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  • 1757 3 TRAGEDY OF THE INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh, Mar. 1 1. The first appearance in Scotland of Sir Robert Home on his return from the East was at the annual dinner of thv Hillhead High School Club of Glasgow, and in hi* speech in reply
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  • 162 3 Sir Christopher Wren died two bundri d and two years mgo at the ajre of ninety-one. Ht was found by a servant dead in a chaii, yiter his dinner. In spite of St. Paul's, ■lid the many churches and public build in^s which he gave to London,
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  • 69 3 "Enicland a Second-rate Power." Addressing the Foreign Policy Association in Boston, Mr. Frederick Moore, an American Foreign Councillor of the Jappnese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, now stationed in Washington as a member of the Embassy staff, told his audience that the United States was the predominant
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    • 282 3 g EiUoii'i Headache Tablets I ,i\r hern specially prc- > noted to give quick relief E from .'ll m rve pains. Tlipn n r t.tl:rn with prrfed a v because tlu v do L nol affttS the hcatt. No 9 ion in«u to sutler witli Ariip i he I eve*
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    • 280 3 NEW SHIPMENTS OF CRAWFORD'S BISCUITS HAVE ARRIVED Obtainable from the following jhe High Street Provision Stores. Messrs I I\f YPW PHYF qa\ t c For Samples, Prices, etc., apply tne new J| H BBS mtS mmSEB^. sSa«S EE3J m M sL^i vk MS L*Jm BL^^^3 Has excited widespread favourable You
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  • 1004 4 KETURNINC; TO NORMALITY (By Herbert Hoover). A forecast of the famines* future mus\ be simply a weighing of the economic and political forces in motion. The annual survey of the United States Department of Commerce shows that the New Year begins with the economic structure of the
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  • 833 4 EDUCATION NARROWED DOWN. System is, if one may believe the dictionary, a word capable of many and varied interpretations. There is system in a business sense, system as applied to the world of planets, and system as it concerns thu physical body of man or animal.
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  • 190 4 siderable improvement in all phases of its < eonomic life. Th<* commercial and industrial situation in France, Italy and Belgium shows steady Improvement during the year. Some progress is being attained in these countries towards reduction of expenditure and increased taxation, directed towards the better balancing of budgets and more
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  • 629 4 FOREIGN PILLS OUSTING THE NATIVE PIPE. "Opium may have slain its thousands, but morphia will kill its ten thousands," writes Dr. Graham Aspland, M.D., secretary of the International Anti-Opium Association, of Peking, to a correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, giving a terrible picture of what
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  • 345 4 West Australia and Federation. Paris, Mar. 2. Mr. A. J. Monger, ex-president of the Primary Producers' Association, gave evidence on Saturday before th? Federal Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the disabilities suffered by Western Australia as a result of Federation, after which the Commission adjourned to Bunbury.
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  • 147 4 Discovery in Transvaal. Johannesburg, Feb. 11. Following on the discovery of the Taunts skull, which is believed to provide the miss. ing link in the evolution of mankind, interest has been aroused by the discovery o; an enormous footprint embedded in gran he near Ermelo.
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  • 302 4 Threat of Bijr American Syndicate. Bombay, Mar. 13. When the grant for the Industries Department came up for discussion in Bombay Legislative Council, the Minister in charge, Mr. B. V. Ja lay, came in for severe criticism. Member-, one after the other. accused the Minister of want
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  • 274 5 HERRIOT OPPOSES DEMONZIE. NO TRI KUNG To the rich. [Router's Service.] Paris, April Millerand haa b« t)) h Senjll for the department of the Seine on the firs ballot, securing, an absolute majority ove rovenunentaJ candidate Autrand an several others, including socialists. A< cording to the newspapers,
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  • 36 5 London, April 5. A telegram from Genoa says that about two thousand bags of copra, from the Dutch steamer Simaloer and the German iteamer Usamabara, took rtre. The tire was. later extinguished.
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  • 55 5 [Reuter** Service.] Bathurs*, April 5. The Repulse, wit}, "he Prince of Wales ■board, haa left for Sierra Leone. The Prince made a triumphant tour thr jujrh the streets of Bathurst, walking the !a>t onnJred yards t(. tht- (juay through a throng cf cheering nativat), I
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  • 395 5 Glasgow, February 24. Continuing his zxidi nee to-day before the Rents Commission in Glasgow, Mr. Jas. B. Stewart, house agent, was asked by Lord Constable, the chairman, what had been done to get a remedy before this, his Lordship pointing out that he would have thought, when
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  • 608 5 High hill for Costs of Litigation. In th'j hancc iy Division on March 5t Mr. Jostle* Toinlm continued the hearinj ot the application by the Duff Developmen Company to stay the proceedings in a sum h ons taken out by the Government o K< lantan for
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  • 299 5 (iir\s (Foreign Theatrical) Engagement* Colonel Day asked the Secretary of State foi Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many young English girls are being engaged as dancers and chorus girls for foreign tours, principally in South America, by bogus managers who
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  • 56 5 The fatigue of metals causing the breakdown of machine parts is stated to have been proved by recent researches to be the result of microscopic impurities, or plain "dirt," and not, as so often explained to recrystallization. No evidence is found that the natural crystalline structure of the metal is
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    • 437 5 BUSINESS CARDS. ""Thk I'KFMIFR MANILA CIGAR Sin. li:>ular" cigars have B the accepted brand in marrsions, c!ub« and hotell where highest quali. t> la denMUided. The following i.Var.i- have just arrived: King A fonto XII I Daq ie de Hernani ritoa de St. Marina j.- ;iV f'. < arrion i
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    • 877 5 TELI K ANSON RUBBER ESTATE h LIMITED. t Xot-ce is hereby given that at the Sixteentl Annual General Meeting of the Company to b f held on Thursday, the 16th day of April, 19£| e^ the Directors will recommend, that a Dividen< of 5 per cent for the year ended
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    • 975 5 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. The Exchange Banks will be closed for Easter Holidays on Friday, Saturday and -Monday the h 10th, 11th and 13th April. 3 4 9-4 !i THE SINGAPORE M AJRINeInsl R VXCE ASSOCIATION. THE PIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE. MOTOR CAR INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF MALAYA. i The office
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  • 42 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS. MACNAUGHTON Oa oth Aprl ll»25 at Glasgow to Mr. and Mis. J. Hay M.vcnaughton, a son. both well. AITKKN At Bukit Karangan Estate, South Keiiah. c:-. tin* 4th instant to Mr. »nd Mr*. W. A. Aitken, a <iaughn r.
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  • 796 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925. French Money and Politics. The rock on which recent French Governments have been wrecked is the financial one. It is not our right to criticise the way a friendly nation likes to carry on its business, so long as the interests of others
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  • 532 6 The King has approved of the nominations of Mr. Ritchie and Mr. J. H. Rich to be Unofficial Members of the Federal Council. A large m\v school (or Malays, capable of accommodating 300 pupils, is to be erected by the Government in the near future at the DfttO Kramat end
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  • 424 6 JUDGES CHARGE TO JURY. Plaintiff Awarded £5,000 Damages. London, Mar. 21. Mr. Justice McCardie, in the course of hia summing-up, observed that there was no charge of collusion against the Solicitors in the matter of the dissolution of Colonel Dennistoun's marriage, but until three weeks of
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  • 469 6 Mr. Robert Greg, the British Minister in Bangkok, and Mrs. Greg: have arrived back from England. Mr. A. Williams, of the Civil Service, has gone from Malacca to Balik Pulau as District Officer, vk« Mr. G. Haw Kins, who has pone on leave. Proceedings are pending in tho Police Ccurcs
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 50 6 (From Our Own Com p Pcaans A municipal motor lorry, which eeediny: towards the District, k an Indian cloth pedlar who iru a Ug bundle, and ran w«| died in hospital three hours |f In Penang-road on Bund motor-car knocked <i< vmi a fracturing one leg. Bhe
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    • 62 6 (From Our Own Corn p IVn «n»r. lar At the Meeting »f the Municipal missioners to-morrow, the move for an advan.v .>f «i Municipal Fund for th»- tram* meat, for the puriM.se if track. Interest at ."> per cent. previously advanced will bear the of interest and
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    • 35 6 (From Our Own Corn Kuala Lumpur. Judgment ha* been reserved application of Mr. Ford, I fendaitU In tlv F< rn r Times lib eat*, to tel I service outside the jurisdiction.
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  • 288 6 he [poh papei and I 1 1 .iems in indignant I I that to boon the hy I ;of the IN'iak River on tl I A i ctri« ity could I"- lupp cents a unit WU reckless. V. that in the town of Nis I inclusive nett
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  • 182 6 I To cope with the famine disaster of 1924 in North China. 000 square miles of ■ffrfetlltUl flooded, causing damage hundred million dolUun and it millons, with other Mrioiifl fl and Southern China, the China Ifll a! Famine Relief < j started. The personnel of the Comau*
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  • 83 6 The Kin*'* tour In the M Will mark Ml longest th so shores lidoi th«' via in IUII,. We hav gO< I old understanding that the should never UftVl tkt nalm. coming of the Oto>ft, iHw refi parted from thoir lu-lov. .1 destroyed the tradition alrea-iy William of Oranpi-, though
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    • 177 6 "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. PATKOMSED g^^^^^^^^ ROYALTY THE PICK OF THE LATEST MANUFACTURES JUST
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  • FRENCH FINANCE.
    • 60 7 l;i i COMPULBOBT LOAN. t[Savai Service.] I'ariw, Apr. (i. to le Mating M. Dei roomie in- itiiena for a voluntary bearing interest st inCe Mini t» r leave! them free :ey or bonds, and thrill to estimate th.' amount of tat if tlif vo notary contri- iffii
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    • 56 7 Set vice.] J'aris. Al>r. ration* mr the in the crystallisanew financial measures which <! in the Chamber f M. Demoaisie'i a compulsofy loan .1 capital levy and »1 to to make a individual fortunes hut <<f this voluntary ike -t l'ps to en- B. li
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    • 44 7 rvice.] i*:<ris. Apr. (i. he will join t>up In thi- Senate 1 member. Paris, April H. return to Um in the teeth of the Government I mt. i irernment orpan. {in staguent but it is unOpposition newsthe final collapse stated that
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  • 29 7 ce.] Lsadon, Apr. a. diplomatic corthal Sir Matthew Nathan tartei ai S Herbert Samuel *eek a renewal of his Mine which is expiring shortly.
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  • 35 7 [R< Service.] r»ru>sels. Apr. 6. standing feature of the elections gains all over the have also advanced. arently, are the prin--1 both cases, but definite yet available. Hut eafclss appear on Page 5.]
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  • 108 7 r I ikahasM Retired. of the Nanyo Nichi. Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tukio. April I. lelieved that Mr. Takahashi, the Agriculture and Forestry addition to that of ComIndustry, has tendered h!> aiN tha\l he has mentioned to resign from tin- Presidency '■•"ty. It is rumoured tuhee«l Ncda and Mr. T.
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  • 30 7 '•f Funds to Preserve National Memorial. °*»ng donations have been re••"•KnnwledL'cd $!24,297.9K -''M be made out in favour «rs Rest-,, at w>n Fund, and ad- Agent. 11 Collyer
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  • 50 7 THE NATIONALIST CANDIDATE. JARRES VS. MARX. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin, April fi. General Hindenburg has declined fee aanii as a candidate for the presidency and Doctor Juries will once again be the candidate of the Nationalist comr.ine. His nomination in this connection nr be expected shortly to be announced.
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  • 60 7 TReuter's Service.] I^>ndan, Apr. 6. Rear-Admiral, D.ivid Anderson, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief on the! China Station temporarily in succession to Bil A. F. Everett. ■tear-Admiral J. E. Cameron succeeds Rear-Admiral Anderson in the Yangtze region, f Vice-Admiral Everett, has been sufferjng froir. a temporary
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  • 47 7 [Reuter's Service.] Freetown. Sierra Leone. Apr. H.M.S. Repulse arrived here in glorious' weather and the Prince of Wales had a' mom. enthusiastic reception on landing with' the Governor, the crowds cheering tremendously while the guns of the battery 1 j boomed out salutes.
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  • 103 7 [Renter's Service.] London, April 6. v the Royal Geographical Society 'Meeting the President announced that the King had approved the award of royal medals as follows: Founder's Medal- j Brigadier General Bruce for lifelong geographical work in exploring in the Himalayas culminating in the leadership of the It
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  • 93 7 Paris, April K. With reference to the report the Franco-Chinese agreement in regard to the French share <>f the Boxer Indemnity l will be tigned en April 15, The Quai dV Orsay state- that negotiations were begun at Peking last autumn and have now taken a very
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  • 33 7 Bombay. Apr. 6. i All the nine accused in the Bawla murder case (Mvmtai Begum abduction) have been committed for trial at the sessions. [Earlier cable** appear on Page 5.]
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  • 150 7 DRAW ING- ROOM RECITAL. Mr. Laeslo Schwartz, the Hungarian violinist and Miss Dawn Assheton, the wellknown English soprano, presented a pro- gramme of music to an audience of invited j quests at the residence of Mr. Manasseh Meyer on Saturday evening. Mist Assheton sang a number of Hunt arian and
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  • 124 7 The first issue of The Indian, a magazine. published under the auspice of the Indian Association. Singapore, has made its ap- t pearance. It is to be a monthly publication,' subscription towards which is within the teach of all, and its ojbect is to forward; the right* of the Indian
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  • 1003 7 SEQUEL TO MOTOR COLLISION. (lief Ju-ticc on Reckless Driving. j In the Supreme Court yesterday morning the attention of the Chief Justice was occupied with three criminal appeals, two of which were dismissed, whilst in the other j case the sentences were reduced. The first appeal was made
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  • 974 7 DECEMBER EXAMINATIONS. The following Singapore students have I been successful in obtaining certificates:— Special Malayan Certificate. Boys under 18 years:— Honours: R. 1., D. S. Marshall e, G. Oehlers e, m. A. C. S., Oeij Bian Hian. Passes: R. 1., V. Ambia- vagar, Hu Chee Ing, Khoo
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  • 88 7 for evidence to be taken that a Blue Funnel ship was a British ship. He thought, however, that th? accused would be sufficiently punished if he reduced the sentence on the first to one year and on the two other men to nine months. Conservancy Coolie's Appeal. The Chief Justice
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 266 7 GOLF REQUISITES. I SPECIAL QUOTATIONS TO GOLF CLUBS. /?r r?'r silver hi\«, JP tSB M BALLS G lf BallS W Black bellow COLF BAGS. PRICES:-*.! ;o. (,00. $8.00 and $11.50. HOODED GOLF BAGS. PRICE $12.50 EACH. DRIVERS —^^&F M AXWELL i BRASSIES <^^^^^ <>!t Cluhs AND SPOONS. Mashies, Irons, S^
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    • 787 8 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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    • 469 8 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS ANI>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 June
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    • 592 8 STEAMER SAILINGS P. CX BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVR KS. o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION 00 LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). _o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and japan. For Marseilles, London aiM
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    • 618 9 STEAMER SAILINGS O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept BUibtrg, Rotterdam, Bremen, via Colombo, B nd Port Said. Alaska Maru Apr. 16 Apr 17 fork via San Fr:m< isco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr 30 Durban, Aliroa Hay (Port Elizabeth). wn. Rio, Bmtoe, and Buenos m;i < '."inbo
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    • 435 9 STEAMERJAILINGS Jjiiss Round-the-World gaßa^^^rW.% ga^an^Vr^^ iL^n^v^gW GC^ga^T^ -*^^M BfLl H B ga^gaVnV iSI^S g^S fwY^ I \m^M 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
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    • 640 9 STEAMER SAILINGS AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD J BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS I SINGAPORE TO L3S ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Anr ifi U.S.-S.B. WEST PROSPECT M«v U.S.S.B. WEST CARxMONA ju"e and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates and
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  • 239 10 The new 502-ft. steamer Qoeda, built by William Gray for the British India Line, has run her trials. The Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. have sold the Cardium, Strombus and Prygona, all of 6150 tons, built in 1900. Mr. W. Smith, late Chief Officer of thv. Ban Hong Liong, left
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  • 86 10 Mr. Alexander, A.S.P., charged several tongkang men before Capt. Calthrop Calthrop in the Marine Court yesterday for causing obstruction in the river at Tanjong Rhu. The accused pleaded guilty and said that they were held up by the first accused's tongkang which had been towed to the river
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  • 237 10 It is announced that the bids for the "President" liners, which have been the subject of so much discussion, have been opened in Washington and a rather unexpected situation came to light, when it transpired that the Dollar Line, as such, had made no bid for any vessels,
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  • 214 10 Mr. Chairman O'Connor, of the United States Shipping Board, is carrying on with j his plan to procure the scrapping of all the surplus steamers owned by the Board. I in spite of the opposition that is fired a; him from ail source*. His
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  • 184 10 There is a considerable tendency in Italy at the moment to victimise foreign shipowners, especially Englishmen, and linncompanies who call in at Italian ports complain that the regulations appear to b«. made as vexatious as they possibly can. At the same time, the Italians are looking to
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 560 10 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA). FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, vi* 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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    • 24 10 Solicitor at Shoreditch County Court: Give your own opinion of your wife's ways. Man: What husband has the pluck to say that in public?
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    • 393 10 "GREEN STRIPE' ('■^HalSwl Blend of >o^-^< dioice Old Whiskies. Obtainable from all Dealers. Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djibouti
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    • 192 10 Passages booked by all steamship Hafl Independent and Conducted Tours Travellers' Cheques. Lttttn f Ckl Remittances by Draft and Cablt ft Foreign monies exchanged. Eaggage and Accident bmraaei mVtsi I BOOKING OFFICE KOR F.M.S. Railways, Royal BUU I Rlys. Java Btsti Rly?. Offices in the principal citiet thruughefc I the
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 696 10 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. Java, South- West Sumatra, SouthEast Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, Timor Dilly Australasia Malatian 9 a.m. Cucob and Benuit Mersing 9am Pulau Soegi Sultana 9 a.m. Karimon Fook Mow 9 a.m. China, Hainam, Japan, Korea, Formosa, East Siberia, Philippine Islands, U.S.A. and Canada T n Tangistan 10 a.m. Pngi
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  • 60 11 April 6. Bank 1 m.s. 24 1/ Bank demand 24 Private credits 3 m.s. 4 19^2 \c\v Yoik, demand Credits M dayi ,-,7,; Franco, demand 1000 India, T. T. lM Hongkong, demand 2 p.c. DU. Yokohama, demand 133 •Java, demand ***** Bangkok, demand 793^ Sev^reiirn, Bank Buying «h.54 Bank
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  • 211 11 April 6. Tin 100 Tons si 18.50 Gambier 24.00 Paper White 37.09 Paper Black 19.50 Flake Tapioca 0.59 Pearl Sago Small g^ Copra IIM Copra Sundiied 11.75 Opium. Benwrei unt. 4.000 Rico, Liang Hin Chan Mirk Blue Eagle (Old) 375 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 298
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  • 34 11 Singapore. April <J, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 70 70H; May-June 68% I IK3.J July-Sept tr^o 66. London Quotation Sheet Is 7 7 !*d. Market Firm.
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  • 274 11 The experts are beginning to a>k if rubber shares are not too dear. Considering :he anxiety with which investoi have held :o this stock during a most protracted period of depression, it is encouraging that -ecovery has set in to such an extent as to raise questions
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  • 29 11 The joy of nosing- out, running to earth, and finally capturing a valuable work of lit ll one of* the finest field sports I know.— Sir Ocil Harcourt Smith.
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  • 228 11 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. T Singapore. Apr. 6. London Is. 7%«L Firm. Local Rubbers.— Steady. New Craigieleai have buyers at 62 and tellers at 65. Malaka Kimias are unchanged at 1.52 155 CoUnsburgs art- enquired for at 1.30 Xni'ilgftmated Malays have buyers at 1.96 and sellers at
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  • 178 11 t- Singapore. Apr. H. nJi m -~fhn\ 10S L BdOn A irU 4 L«H*l 1 lo9i. 100 tons. Rubber.— U 7%d Up 's«l. Local TO I*.1 MBfteiß. The market opens quiet with most issues on offer. New Scudaia have sellers at 1.33, Kluanga offer at 3.r>o
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  • 234 11 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macph.nl). Rubber. Is. 7 7 g(J. Tin.— £237 10s. 118%. 100 ton.. W ith no cabled news of tin :ind a small riso 4 d. in the pi ire of rubber the week opens quietly in all sections. Industrials have no features of Interest
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  • 208 11 Berlin, Feb. 24. A sad story of a German's attempt to enter the "bootlegging" trade was related yesterday in Hamburg, where the police p nested two American seamen telieved to have formed part of the crew of a liquor pirate who plundered a bootlegging ship. A
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 401 11 Iffetfl over $5,000,000. mwm t_ Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD 0F^ ICE r Wi nches ter House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C The Company has £20,000 deposed with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with
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    • 460 11 IiAJNMNG. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880. Capital 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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    • 1092 11 ERASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, APRIL 6th. of 5f S hl r b in a llf^" 0W the issue value marked.] dollaps unless otherwise MINING. Idns^draulic «fi g K- Kamuntinj, i Os 4^ 4^ Kamunting ZJT s Kinta Assn. (10) /J A' S c d Kuchai Ords. G
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    • 104 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— lessrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. Branch Office 64. The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. United Engineers (10) 7.70 7.r»0 Wearne Bros. ($5)
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  • RUBBER SMUGGLING.
    • 615 12 Capture in the Province. Tlit* F.M.S. Custom preventive d part* ment are extending the sphere of their Activities, which now embrace Province Welleslsy, whence two cases of smuggling, ii preparations i"or smuggling, are reported. 'I h«* total quantity of lubber wised, according to the captures reported this
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    • 165 12 The Ceylon Rubber Restriction Committee met on Monday 25th in the Legislative Council Chambers and after more than six hours' discussion arrived at a basis of i-ecommendations for the draft report, for the signing of which a meeting was to be held on March 31st. The
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  • 78 12 The April number of the local Punch U out and contains much interesting and amusing material. O.P's portraits are good, especially that of the late Mr. Frank Adan». Kis cartoon "the return of the Prodigal Son" is also effective. Santry {rives us ft page on the American Invasion
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  • 55 12 The public are reminded of the Fete which is being held on Saturday, May 9th, in tlie Government House, grounds to mark the Jubilee year of the Association in Singapore. Arrangement-- going on apaer and full Infill— Him will soon be availa v u n. regard to
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 38 12 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, April 6. In the Cricket League, the Cricket Club beat the Chinese and the Public Services \t at the Eastern Smelting Co. Seenimadar, of the Eastern Smelting Co., performed th« hat-trick.
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    • 297 12 S.C.C. Defeat Aston United. The C.C., fielding a rather weak team, f\pi rienctd little difficulty yesterday in defeating Aston United, the Chinese team that i^ playing th<* Selangor Recreation Club at Kuala Lumpur at East?r, who COQld reply only once to the Club's three I. .Is. A weti ground
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    • 67 12 S. C C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. TO-DAY'S TIES. Profession Pairs. Bailey and Moss vs. Bell and Hoblyn. Cameron and Hewitt vs. N'athan and Nathan. Webster and Davidson vs. Green and Whitley. Newcomers' Handicap. Major Watson plus 1 vs. MacLennan, scratch. Championship. Kleinman vs. Zit^rele. Denham v«. Wilson lioy Smith vs. de
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    • 44 12 Champ onship Pairs. Hewitt and Bridges vs. Fuller and Mm phy. Griffith-Jones and Doig vs. Potts and Cameron. Newcomers'. Final. Hudson vs. Major Watson if he wins on Tuesday. Profession Pairs. Kleinman and Sinclair vs. Bailey and Moss or Bell and Hoblyn.
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    • 57 12 To-day's Ties. Doubles Handicap. E. W. dc Cruz and G. B. Leicester owe 4<» vs. E. E. de Souza and W. F Carneav owe 30.2. Mixed Doubles. C. A. R. Bateman and F. Ephraums W3. W. A. BalheUhet and W. Neubronner. Championship. E. G. Wheatley vs. F.
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  • 180 12 Mr. Ralph Scott, District Judge, delivered judgment yesterday morning in the casa in which a Singhalese named K. C. Pereir* was charged with criminal breach of trust i.i respect of two sums of money l>elonging to the Seremban General Agency. The accused who was a director of
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  • 22 12 Members of the Y.M.C.A. are journeying to Seremban during the Easter holidays and will engaov local clubs at cricket, football and tennis.
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  • 909 12 LEAGUE POSITIONS. Division I. Goals. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts W. Brom. 36 21 8 7 54 31 49 Huddersfield 35 18 5 12 59 24 48 Bury 36 16 6 14 50 42 46 Newcastle 38 15 7 16 59 35 46 Bolton 35 17
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  • 52 12 Dunne the Easter vacation two competitions Will be played off; on Good Friday a one club competition and the following days an "eclectic" competition under Bogey conditions. Members are reminded to note then- new handicaps and that no entrance fee is being charged in respect of the
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  • 45 12 The following will represent the Past vs Present Rafflesians to-day on the school ground:-J. V. Moss; J. R. Rodrigues F B Oehlers; E. Mowe, C. D. Smith, G. Towers N. fester. Ong Kee, H. G. Stack (capt). f. A. Xorri s> A N Other
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  • 56 12 His many friends in Penang will be gl d to learn that Mr. R. H. Pinhorn, headmaster of the Free School, who left Penanvery ill *ame time ago. is making a good recovery. If he passes the doctor, Mr Pinhorn may possibly return here for a short spell before finally
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 398 12 Race Described. London, March 27. The following is the result of the Grand National: Double Chance (Mr. D. Gould) 10.9, Major J. Wilson 1 Old Tay Bridge (Mrs. W. H. Dixon") 11.12, J. Anthony 2 Fly Mask (Mr. T. K. Laidlaw) 11.11, Doyle I Betting: —100 to
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    • 202 12 London, March 27. With the Boat Race, the Cup semi-finals, and the inter-Army Rugger at Twickenham, the climax to a great sporting week will be reached to-morrow. It is estimated that an aggregate of nearly a million will witness the first two. At the Grand
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  • 131 12 During the Easter holidays the Machine Gun Platoon, S.V.C.. will go into camp at Pulau Brani for four days, and will cany out firing practice during each morning from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The kindness of the Royal Engineers in accommodating the Platoon has made
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  • 47 12 Programme of drills up to and for Monday, April 13: Tuesday, April 7th, 5 p.m:— Drill Hall, Chinese Co.. Recruits' Drills. Band Practice. Wednesday, April Bth, 5 p.m:— Drill Hall, Chinese Co., Recruits' Drills. 9 p.m: Drill Hall, "C" (Scottish) Co. Practice Highland Dance.
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  • 27 12 Orders for week ending April 10th. Tuesday, 7th.— Signalling Class, 5.16 p.m., Headquarters. Thursday, 9th.— Bard Practice, 5.15 p.m., Headquarters. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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