The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 April 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. v ENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1925. NO. 11,475
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  • 248 1 Intense excitement exists in Germany ever the results of the Presidential election held yesterday Page t. The King and Omen had hearty welcome on their return from the .Mediterranean trip Page 9. Whilst shipbuilding employers and employed have agreed to discuss trade difficulties, engineering emplo>ers are displaying
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  • 969 1 Ptrhapi it was hardly fair. rVrhapi to go straight from the real thing to the sham, from a thirteent h-century Bsjßft manor-house to "The Hamlefl of Heart** Desire," was not quite playing the gam But I was innocent of malicious design; I had simply received two invitations, om
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 127 1 SWALLOW AND ARIELLS AFTERNOON TEA BISCUITS UNEXCELLED RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. GUEST NlGHTS. —Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. i GRILL ROOM. SARKIES BROTHERS, Adjoining the Dimngroom. Open from S.OO a.m. to 1 1.45 p.m. Proprietors. REMINGTON The Predominant Portable FRASER
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    • 243 1 Bodyguard Soap ANTISEPTIC B^lllfe^Sja PURIFYING A^Q JL. 1 1 k4^^ J^B i w -THE PROTECTOR OF HEALTH" SOLE MAMFACTI'RERS WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. WIDNES, ENGLAND THE "EUROPE" HOTEL SPRING RACE MEETING. Saturday, May 16th and Saturday, May 23rd, 1925. Special Race Dinner and Dance on each occasion $3.00. b Dancing
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    • 150 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Stetson hats at Little's Page 8. Capstan f*>r solid satisfaction Pafc 11. Try tht- (old Storajit Eskimo pic Pag* o. Coty perfumes from Dupirc brothen Pajre 8. Madam Butterfly at the Theatre to-night Payre 2. Programme for the Spring race meeting Page H. Bols specialities at Caldbeck, llacgre*
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    • 12 1 AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST TINNED BUTTER G. N. C. GIPPSLAND NORTHERN CO-OP.. Co.. Ltd.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 60 1 THE WEEK. Moiuluy, -21th. High Water. 0.13 a.m., 1.20 p.m. Italian Grand Opora, Vic. Theattv. |JQ p.m. League I: S.C.C. vs Malays. y«e.W«//, 2Xth. High Witter, 0.44 a.m., 2.1 p.m. Municipal Commission, 2.15 p.m. Ho Honp Punk, 2.30 p.m. Liapue II: S.C.C. vs S.C K A (B) 0 T F
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  • 459 2 O JERUSALEM The preparations tor the welcome of Lord Baifour at Jeiusalem must appeal to our veteran statesman's iather delicate sense of irony. They include, or so it is sai'i, a horde of secret police, eight armoured cars, the loopholiny of points of vantage, and a regiment of Lancers from
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  • 171 2 ALLEGED F RAUD IN FILMS. Anglo-Indians Arrested. Calcutta, April 5. Nine Anglo-Indians have been arrested in connection with alleged misrepresentation and fraud. These men styled themselves as representatives of the Gaumont Company, film producers in London, but, it is stated, were subsequently found to be frauds. They induced the Bengal
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  • 131 2 r Remarkable Rangoon Case. Rangoon, April 6. Th- Court of the District Magistrate was crowded to-day when Mr. Sitzler delivered judgment in th*» case in which Mr. E. A Majid, of the Scandinavian Motor Stores, charged Mr. E. A. Mamsa, land-owner and hardware merchant, with criminal breach
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  • 56 2 The following appointments to the Colonial Service were made by the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the month ended March 10: Hongkong. Mr. M. G. O'Connor, 8.A., to Assistant Master, Education Department. Straits Settlements. Mr. A. R. England, 8.A., LUB., to European Master. Malay States. Mr. J. N.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 212 2 NEW STOCKS of the following have just arrived. FLEXIBLE STEEL NAIL FILES BADGER HAIR TOOTH BRUSHES. BEAVER and SWAXSDOWN BATH PUFFS. BATHING CAPS. TURKEY SPONGES. MEDICAL HALL LTD. BATTEKY ROAD. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. THE ELITE CINEMA. The Arabian Nights' Story THOI\SAND AND ONE NIGHTS At 9.30 pm. Preceded by
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    • 356 2 AT THE PALACEGAY New Bridge Road. From Tuesday 21st to Monday 27th April; THAT WONDERFUL FILM THE NIBELUNGEN. (First Instalment: SIEGFRIED) The Film you cannot miss. v I Tel. 903 1986. Jt £tllBtClllllll Orchard Road To-night at 9.15 UNITED ARTISTS* CORP. To-night at 9.15 present "Richard the Lion-Hearted" adapted from
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    • 362 2 AGAIN, ANOTHER TWO- FEATURE PROGRAMME will be presented From Friday, April 24th f to Wednesday, April 2Uth AT THE ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd.. Proprietors.) In the Second Show commencing at 9 p.m. TOPICAL BUDGET of interesting scieen news. PICTURES WHICH FURNISH SPLENDID ALL-ROUKTi ENTERTAINMENT The First is A
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  • 697 3 DR. BESANT'S DRAFT BILL. Dissatisfaction with British-Made Constitution. Cawnpore, April 14. Before a crowded meeting: last night Dr. Besant stated the Draft Bill prepared by the National Convention had reached the final form during its three days sitting.on 11th, 12th and 13th April. The draft was first considered
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  • 416 3 Frince who Founded "La Tribuna." Rome. Prince Sciarra, who also united the baronies of Colonna and Barberini, has just died at hi? villa at Frascati, aped «eventyfcur. It is felt tlat a real Roman personality has passed nway, one who, belonging: Lo the eld Vatican world, yet
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 870 3 Always Merry and Bright. ,<!nM'_ r i^ more infectious tlinn i enough <>f (hose m\ salts from your humour, ;tn<l ;> cheerful <lis- food, then what follows? Ilcad- ,n i> always welcome, aches, constipation, liver and kidney ||j<rh spirits, a happy outlook, and disorders, rheumatisni, gout and a heart vappctitearethedaily
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    • 346 3 USE BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within A I T 1 One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. Jl Vv* Sole Distributing Agents: K -*Z*\^iaSj M! alava n ]VE o t ors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penan*;, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur,
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  • 1550 4 SOUTH AFRICA'S FORTUNES. Less than sixty years have gone since the "curtain was rung up" on the drama of the South African diamond-fields, a drama more sensational and astounding: than almost any other of which the world has been the stage. In the middle 'sixties of last
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 224 4 SUPERTWIST The Vital Factor in Balloon Tyres. Kalloon Tyres give wonderful riding "SUPERTWIST" far outstretches comfort because they are not inflated the ord i narv cord is infinitely more so hard and can flex more easilv. elastic, more durable. Knt constant flexing demands a cord of extreme elasticity. enaMeg Goodvear
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    • 357 4 Children 's Skin Ailments For children's skin ailments-ringworm, impend I spots and sores, chafings and tenderness, Germn be confidently relied upon. It soothes and healT all infection from spreading. and s{u^ Tho skin »»f a fhi!«l ia very tender— a prev to rnanv lin I t But ihar. is no
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  • 560 5 rKrS K\T I>AY KEI'KOIU CTIONS. ;i genuine piece of Jacobean ffftdt during the earlier part of nth century, be placed by tl.e I, reduction of that sty! I difficult to realise that the •I MUM mode. It would be v that not more than one person: I]
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  • 111 5 TOW N PLANNING AMENITIES. ppe«n to ho pursuing 3 «W«e in the F.M.S.. unitary Board, naturally do not lri aala Lumpur an unofficial Board complained of se?- •rorkofth* Town Plan-! *> gather that Sanitary' V' 11 •fNnl delegates to thi< Tom-! 1)l( y 'in not know what Um« Ud doing,
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  • 840 5 Mr. Theodore Cook illustrates a slab of Bognor rock, the same Eocene formation as the London clay, revealing the fossilised cross section of a Fusus or whelk shell. The pattern shown is a circle divided in two by a double curve, by which two commalike figures of equal
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  • 143 5 Viscount Leverhulme, who has just returned from a visit to West Africa, in a j speech at Bolton criticised the Government regulations which prevented Englishmen from buying land from willing natives in Nigeria. lie ifrged the need for the developing < f fresh fields for cotton
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  • 22 5 London magistrate: The fine is ten shillings. Old offender: A few more instal- mer.ts and I shall have bought Brixton pri- eon.
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  • 425 5 The Cur«e of Golf. In the National Review for March there are some interesting QWMMBfI by Mr. L. J. Maxse on the present eelime of British athletes. "Golfers," writes Mr. Maxse, "indignantly repudiate the suggestion that the eclipse of England in many international sports and pastimes is in
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  • 553 5 A subject of public importance is the modern fashion of the treatment of both mental and physical disorders by what is called psycho-anaiysis, which is one among various method? founded on a common theory-. That theory may be roughly defined as the rousing of the sub-conscious mind
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  • 333 5 Arrangements have been finally concluded for an interesting experiment in connection with Vauxhall Colliery, situate in the North Wales coalfield, between Wrexham and Ruabon. The owners had given notice that they intended to close the pit as they were not prepared to carry it on
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 287 5 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. Birr XPRE ss I I l!» H P *«CtLS I merit before price and rely on reputation as your surest guide to
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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. 19th, 21st, and 23rd May, 1925.
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    • 402 6 FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS ONLY. Ist Day. Saturday, 16th May. Races Nos. 1, 8. THE STEWARDS PIRSE, PLATE STAKES.— Time 2.10 p.m-. Mf p.m., 5.20 p.m. Value |900 with $150 to each second horse and $100 to each third horse; a handicap for ex-griffln horses; the horses shall
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    • 473 6 Races Nea. 1. ii ft. THE ARCHDEACON STAKES. PURSE PLATE— Time 2.10 p.m.. 4.30 p.m. 5.20 p.m. Value |900 with $150 to each second BOfM and $100 to each third horse; handicap for ex-tfiiffin horses; the horses shall be divided by the handuappers into three
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    • 468 6 Race No. 1. THE FARRANT PURSE.— Time. 2.10 p.m. Value $700 with $150 to the second pony and $100 to the third pony. For conditions see Race No. U Second Day. Class C. of a divided ex-griflin pony handicap. Distance, 7 furlongs. Entrance Fee $20.
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    • 510 6 Kates No* 1. I 7. THE JOHOKK STAKES, PURSE THE <i. P. OWEN CUP.— Time. 2.10 p.m., 3.25 p.m., 4.55 p.m. Value (lass A $W)0 and a Cud presented by G. P. Owen, Esq., with $150 W the: second horse and $100 to the third
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    • 654 6 Stabling Accommodation and Bedding Free for horses brought to Singapore and entered for the Meeting. $25 Travelling Allowance will be granted for each horse other than those trained in Singapore, entered for and attending the Meeting. The Advertised Value of the Stakes are $43,450 which does not include added money
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  • 1310 6 CHINESE WAR HORRORS. Christians Spared. What war means to the Chinese in the provinces is something beyond belief. Coldblooded politics, national hatred, revenge, and such motives were responsible for horrible atrocities in the European war, but there is no comparison between the circumstances of that struggle and
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  • 381 6 RU BBER REFLECTIONS. Advance estimates of the weekly rubber figure* declare that the statistical position will show another drop of l,">oo tons when the calculations are made up says the Morning Post in a recent issue It has become the habit to attempt a forecast of the deliveries and Landings
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  • 222 6 Bishop's Criticism of Mr. Hickson The Bishop of Durham (Dr. Hcnsley Henson), speaking recently at the Dm ham Diocesan Conference, dealt at length with spiritual healing according to the doctrines advanced by Mr. J. If. Hickson, wfcose healing missions in the Far East attracted wide- attention. Mr. Hickflon's
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  • 59 6 Two Ulstermen attended a concert in Portadown at which a vocalist rendered "The Bonnets o' Bonnie Dundee." When the singer came to the line, "Come, fill up my cup, come, fill up my can," one of them turned to the other and said, "I know Philip McCann all
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 13 6 Ny Carlsberg SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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    • 511 6 SDVGAPOREJURF CLuT SPRING MEETING. Ma7 Kith I*. and 23rd. t !<*>-, EXTRA MEETING, M av :«> th and 6th., ,;>,.• Jun LADIES' TICKETsTTi the races are reminded that -l\ J the Grand Stand and Lawn will kets only which are oUai£b members, free, and which name of the bearer and
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  • 1310 7 RBPOKT AND CONCLUSK>N& i I Mi. afftcGrcgei Kbox, rumtandlil of the F.M.S. Rubber Propaganda Committee, proceeded to China in December iast for the purposes of (a) Estimating the possibilities of China M a market for raw rubber and manufactarad rubber >rood*; (b) Investitfatinp the possibilities of
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  • 207 7 If disease statistics failed to remind us that the cleansing rains had come and prone many months ago, our noses would he an j unfailing indication of the insanitary con- i dition of our city. Of course there might be better sanitation, there might be
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 459 7 BUSINESS CARDS, Please Send for the Illustrated Catalogue of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO., LTD. 11l and 113, North Bridge Road. g THE PREMIER MANILA CIGAR. Since 1883 "La Insular" cigars have n the accepted brand in mansions, ibi ;md hotels where highest quality is demanded. The following brands have just
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    • 830 7 TENDERS. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore are prepared to lfceive tenders from competent persons for the laying of j< pipe line between Woodlands via the causeway and IGanoag Pulai, Johore, consisting of about 17 miles 191a, 36in, 33in and Mfa mortar-lined steel pipes and ancillary works. Drawings instructions
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    • 790 7 SITUATIONS VACANT. "LEST WE FORGET." It is requested that where all things are equal, employers give preference to application for employment to Ex-service men. WANTED.— Qualified and experienced MapDraftsman. Apply stating age, Tiationality, experience, and amount of salary expected, to Box T o. 40«.. care of Free Press. PUBLIC WORKS
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    • 689 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. THE HO HOMJ BANK LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that the Eighth Annual General Meetin K will be held at the Bank's Registered Office No. 94 Market Street, Singapore, on Tuesday, the 2hth day of April 1925 at 2.30 p.m. AND NOTICE is also hereby fiv«l that the
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  • 710 8 SINGAPORE FREE' PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1925. Week End Comment. Germany is in a state of great excitement at the time of writing over the election of a President of the Republic. It is unlikely that the result off this' second final attempt to choose the first citizen of the
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  • 448 8 Truthseeker's letter is too contentious on religious matter* to be suitable for newspaper publication. Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Oliver have left Ipoh to catch a steamer at Singapore en route for Home. Mr. Charles Grenier has returned to Kuala Lumpur from Madras after a successful operation to his eyes.
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  • 468 8 SATURDAY'S RILL. The Gonsalez Opera Company had a busy day on Saturday for in addition to the production of that very popular work, Rigoletto, in the evening, they presented one of the few opera comedies, II Barbiere di Siviglia in the afternoon. In both cases they played to
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  • 122 8 Action taken by Committee No. i». Approved construction of sewage well at Albert Street Pumping Station at an es timated cost of $31,000, subject t<> approval of Loan. Approved erection of Pumping Station at Albert Street at an estimated cost of $55,000, subject to approval of Loan. Accepted
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  • 120 8 At about two o'clock on Sunday morning, a fire broke out in the engine room of the Heap Bee Saw mill, in Lavender Street. The Fire Brigade sent out two engines and the flames were subdued before any very serious damage was done The boiler house
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  • 165 8 TsinK -Tao Cotton Mill Strike. Tokio, April 2i. Intimidated by insubordinate men, four thousand Chinese workers of a Japanese cotton mill, owned by the Nai^ai Menka Kaisha, at Tsintf-tao have struck. The Chinese military authorities the'e arc taking the attitude of lookers-on. A posse of Japanese troops was
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  • 39 8 M. MKKLIN IN KN VN( IL Merlin, CiovernoM^,^^ China, proceeding home bf tr RidnU, on his arrival P, ri;t! by the Resident Councillor »nd th, Consul. His Excellency UhA Z rand the island and KmcHH r Residency.
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  • 74 8 lVnan,c. Apri M In connection with the triple mintkr Argyle-rd on Apri! 12th, Mr. w Bennett, Coroner, found that dtatk in fac i, case had resulted from stab m returned a verdict of wilful murder ap Low Ah Sek, alias Low Ban Cheng. Probably distressed at Um deals
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  • 147 8 (Fr«»m Our Own Cerraspoadeat), Ip<»h. Vpril Colonel Rae, the President, it meeting of the F.M.S. Chamber f merce, referred to the prospttitj Vi |f|| due to the enhaiu-i'd tin price ;n. i rubber restriction, the latvr undoubtedl) the country and people from ruir\ H with the
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  • 381 8 Th** new Chinese chuivh u 1 Street was the scene of an inters tion on Saturday afternoon, whe in the prcnarar of large father presentation of the A«Mriear Mihe Chh»CSf con^ivi-atHiii- f I churches the hon'ble Mr. H Secretary, who wa> pi« declared the
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  • 92 8 A eriMt Of part!. ter WM reported to th P last. Two ChiMM fti tadnd rhim-hev v l> •lone Beach Lam in r»kl*ha thrown e«p full of »ulph< him. The Chinchew. apparel awares, had M time to |»r"t with tIM NmH that tIM very badly. He WW tak(
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 120 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" W^k W I I VBEI.S ON VOIK II M M I LIQI'EI RS OK (.INS I^l I I (;lARANTEE PURITY mJ\J MIJ\J ANI) wality V. O. Stoi\e Gin C/Vll*C^Cfi^O (KEI) CORNER) OK Brandy <««■ >^») K.tsnvnvel -Or de MentKe. i Caldbeck, Macgregor 8 Co., Ltd.
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    • 23 8 PARFUMS DE LUXE COTY. ORIGAN CHYPRE ROSE JACQUEMINOT PABB I EAU DE COTY Agents DUPIRE BROTHERS. BLACK WHITE PE- &FS. s; 1 WHISKY
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  • GERMANY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    • 55 9 ACTIVITY IN RHINELAND. [Reuter*- Service.] Cologne. Apr. 21. Hindenbarg'l candidature is heinsr keen.[,,l in the Khineland, the stronghold •hr CentN P-«rty. The "pfennigs" fund hi- 'eotion expenses |g strongly suprted. Speeches, pamphleta and leaflets behalf <tr<»rjsrly contrast with the inactivity <»f the Marxites. per cent, turnover of the
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    • 119 9 [Reutor'f Service.] Berlin. Apr. 25. ttraordinaril) rimltat pnmiiiiiilial (fn, which is Cery likely to produce voting on April 2o\ con>\ith broadcast ■peachee bf Herr [an and Fi« -ldrmtrshal Hindenburjr. The former emphasised the need of the peaceful derelopneni (»f while th« Marshal, who lias taken ft] par; in
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  • 102 9 [Reuter*i Service.! London. Apr. 23, >rtancc is attached to the acrevments between ind Czecho-Slovakia mentioned on 24, uunel; commercial, arbitration n, as possibly the prelude to hing developments in the situation' Europe. The agreements indite si linkable wttlement of the disputes bai pered the attempts at a
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  • 49 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Apr. 25. German Government regard* the i" Bulgaria ai very serious, enally the danger of intervention by YttgOnight easily lead to a Balkan The German Foreign Office welcomes to Bulgaria to "u-rease her that Bulgaria thereby will •<'l> with the Communist noit. bb
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  • 48 9 [Renter*! Service.] Sofia. April 24. Mam*. nembe* of the secret 111U of the Bulgarian Communist fu>,d to surrender to the police hoi him dead. Riga. Apr. 25. 'ravda. commenting on the Sofia *JT« that the Church showered' ■W the Bulgarian Government! Wernal machine worked. 1
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  • 21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Brussels, April 24. ■"fenrelde, the Socialist leader, has rfl Kint thai he is unable to 1 ftbinet
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  • 30 9 [Reute,-> Service.] I Jsbon, April 24. f 'he Republic has ten-" 1 nation. Lisbon, Apr. 25. '"'<• by IN votes to 14 declined '•^nation of the President the Kepubii,..
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  • 14 9 [Reuter's Service.] Nhw York, April 26. beffa. «t fcwo this morning
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  • 206 9 A NASTY JAR. ENGINEERING EMPLOYERSDECISION. [Reuter's Service.] London, Apr. 2.*>. While the employers and Trade Unions the shipbuilding: industry have agreed to at-Kin a joint enquiry into the serious plight af shipbuilding, a less conciliatory S pii -it narks the engineering industry whose troubles are equally serious. The
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  • 112 9 fßeuter's Service.] New York. April 21. Sterling has risen to tM% the highest since 101 This i> due to heavy buying in anticipation of the probability that Mr. Churchill will announce Britain's return to the told standard in hi* budget speech of April g& A report is current
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  • 45 9 [Havas Service.] Paris. April 26. M. Doumergue will officially open on Tuesday the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts.wheie the art and industry Of 22 nations will be represented in stands ;«nd buildings covering an extensive area on either bank of the Seine.
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  • 43 9 [Reuter's Service.] Halifax. April 26. The Dominion steamer Arleux has been dispatched to search for bodies from the Raifuku Maru foundering:. She reports she is unable to tight any bodies or wreckage and the search has been discontinued.
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  • 66 9 [Reuter's Service.] Wallace. Idaho. April 24. Seventeen miners have been trapped in the two thousand foot level of the Bee lit Mine and all hope of rescue has been abandoned as the rescuers who brought up thre^ men alive from the thousand foot level yesterday, report that below
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  • 58 9 f Reuter's Service.] Washington, April 24. Official circles expiess the hope that France will soon ratify the two nine-power treaties relating to China which, with the declarations regarding the use of submarines and poison gas, are the only ones of the Washington convention still not put into
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  • 75 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, April 24. The Chamber has voted a credit of thirtyfive million francs as the first instalment for the building of a light-cruiser, threedestroyers, four torpedo boats, and a number of small craft, the keels of which Will be laid down in 1925 and will form
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  • H.M'S HOME COMING.
    • 73 9 WELL CHEERFUL. IN PARIS. [Reuter's Service.] Rafts, April 24. The Kin* and Queen lunched with Prei sldant Douniergue at the Elysee. The Earl and Countess of Crewe, M. and Mine Herriot, MM. Painleve, and Briand, M. and Mme Poincare, Marshal and Mme JoaTre, Marshal Foch M. Franchet d' EsT>< rey,
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    • 76 9 London. Apr. 25. The King and Qweea arrived at Victoria at one in the afternoon, looking bronzed and very cheerful. Their Majesties were wel!Omed by the Duke and Duchess of York, by I'rince Huny and Prince George, by the Princess Mary and Karl Lascelles and Prince Arthur
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  • 78 9 [Renter's Service.] London, Apr. 23. A large force of police restrained the <'i n^c throngs of enthusiastic Jewish admiters welcoming Eail Balfour home in London. Balfosjr, who is bronzed and cheerful, in an interview with Reuter said he was mole sanguine than ever about the future »f Palestine
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  • 146 9 [Renter's Service.] London. Apr. 2.'>. There were remarkable scents at the Cenotaph to-day. The High Commissioners had to struggle through a vast crowd in order to place wreaths on the occasion of Anzac Day. Thousands of men and women from Yorkshire and from Wales, who had arrived to
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  • 22 9 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney, Apr. 25. Customs officers found ten thousand sterliry: worth o'f opium on the steamer, Arafura, from Yokohama.
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  • 89 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Apr. 25. The Chamber by 330 votes to 204 voted confidence in the Government in its ability to deal with disorder, after a debate on an interpellation moved by Taitlinjrer, with reference to the Communist attack mentioned yesterday. Taitlinper declared that the Communists were then
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  • 112 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 24 H. E. Chao Hsin Chu gave a dinner to General Hsu and his mission at the Chinese Legation. Field-Marshal Sir J. Robertson, the Japanese Ambassador, Admiral Sir A. Chatfield, Sir J. Jordan, Sir Eyre Crowe, Sir Charles Addis were among those present.
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  • 25 9 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, April 24. The Sinclair group has appealed to the supreme tribunal against the Saghalien judgment which revoked their oil concession.
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  • CRICKET.
    • 382 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) o Malacca, April 26. St. George's Day was celebrated here last night by a fancy dress ball at the Malacca Club which was most successful, while a two days' cricket match against a Singapore Cricket Club eleven commenced on Saturday in splendid weather.
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    • 147 9 Negri Sembilan at Kuala Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. April 25. The match between Selangor and Negri Sembilan commenced here this morning. The home side batted first and Green and Bostock-Hill j.ut on over 150 for the firsl wicket. On Bostock-Hill's dismissal, however, a rot set
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    • 33 9 (From Our Own Concspondent). Penang, April 26. In a whole day cricket match on the Esplanade on Saturday, the Married members of the Penang Club beat the Single by eight wickets.
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  • 16 9 TO-DAY'S TIE. Profession Pairs ,Semi- Final. Nathan and Nathan vs. Hamilton and Griffin-Jones.
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  • 16 9 Profession Paris. Semi-Final. Kleinman and Sinclair vs. Nathan and Nathan or Hamilton and Griffith-Jones.
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  • 23 9 MONDAY'S TIES. Championship Pairs. N. E. Ess and E. E. de Souza vs. V. H. Norris and W. A. Balhetchet.
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  • 48 9 Mr. H. G. Gough, assistant editor and leader writer on the staff of the Calcutta Statesman for the last fifteen years or so, has retired and is now on his way Home. He is revisiting Bangkok shortly. He was editor of the Siam Observer before going to Calcutta.
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    • 222 9 Spring face Meeting. eß^n Newest Styles in l» K"' 1 WV I ii F i Now Unpacked \j and Displayed. Robinson S Co., Ltd. (Incorpomted in the Straits Settlements.; SINGAPORE. i 1 1 Raise your kiddie iters have been easily and \A^KJ^f\ suc cessfully reared on Lactogen I J^ljfflw aU
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    • 785 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. LYCAON Marseilles, London,
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    • 497 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO h UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. 8.8. CITY OP CANTON due Apr. 29 s.a. CITY OF ATHENS due May 28 s.B. SUTTON HALL due June
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    • 606 10 Pc^Fi C I BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) -o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMZWAIM For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and lU*. Due
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  • 1212 11 THE OXFORD DICTIONARY SIIMMJSMENT. AlonK the walls of the Old Ashmolean at Oxford run many rows of narrow shelves They are stacked with square slips, resembling folded sheets of notepaper. Each slip contains evidence of new words or new meanings of existing words, collected by contributors and
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  • 318 11 Arrival at Ilorin. Ilorin (Nigeria) April 16. Owing to the fact that the local Emir, the only great chief in the Northern Provinces, was unable to attend the ceremonies at Kami. H.R.H. the Prince of Wales halted at Ilorin, 170 miles north-east of Lagos, where he
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  • 58 11 A three years legal fight over an estate of £25,000 in the City Court of GalesburIllinois has been settled, it being represented to the court by the attorneys on both sides that there was no money left for further legal costs. It is this splendid spirit of give and
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 147 11 The Great British Tonic Take Hall's Wine to build u[) your health. Take Hal I*l Wine to back strength and energy. 1 akc lall'l Wine to enrich the blood and feed t he nerves. I Ice 1 fill's Wine to overc e effecti of a trying Take Hall's Wine reIl
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    • 213 11 w^bm^^MWw _pBHBBHBr J/otttttttt _FM~HH__T jj^^^^g— If— «==-=i==^-sc-_^s=f_-j 1 "v. «■<. W0 There's a whole lot j! \S/$[ sound, solid satisfaction in a Capstan \^^J[/vyA Cigarette. First, the satisfaction that r —3 f^L^/^yCf comes from the personal enjoyment of a L^W /y/ 7 te ally B d c *Barette. Secondly, the
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 33 12 On Friday, Revenue Officers searched the steamer Hong Peng (Ho Hong Steamship Company) and found about 40,000 dollars worth of chandu. The Hong Peng arrived from China Ports.
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    • 141 12 The sleamer Feng Lee which stranded on the Tanjong Brakit reef about 30 miles from Singapore was refloated on Friday. She was towed to Singapore, arriving on Friday night, and we understand that she will be beached off Tanjong Rhu when her cargo will be removed
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    • 222 12 A score of otherwise perfect Australian beaches along the eastern coasts are patrolled, more or less regularly, by sharks, which fire remarkably abundant in Australian waters. While these tigers of the •ea abound the world over, we have more than our share here. Our largest shark is the
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    • 171 12 Low Wages and Long Hours. A significant comparison of the workng hours and rates of wages in British and German shipyards is offered in a Parliamentary answer circulated by Mr. Betterton (Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour) in reply to Mr. Wardlaw Milne (C. Kidderminster).
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    • 175 12 The new American submarine 'V.I" is expected to visit Port ot' Spain, Trinidad, from April 11 to 21, ami Kingston. Jamaica, fn.m May 10 to 14. This is the first of the new "Fleet submarines" in the American Navy, and was completed last year. It ranks second,
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    • 146 12 A Warning to British Shipbuilders. Some light on the recent capture by Germany of British shipbuilding orders is to be found in the rules of the agreement regarding: the "construction" loan offered by the German Government to German shipyards. They include the following: "So far as prices are
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 820 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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    • 451 12 \bur Qreaf esf kelp for Home >) Cleanliness r^THE SPRAY THAT SLAYS 3/ S^K/ I ing l^ e nouse of Inject f I// J J J^W- 1 Pests and Vermin is LOTOL, sS-f^P^S— ecause tne LOTOL SPRAY j» R^y Vt^^m"^"^^--^ 1 »s so. Quick —so active so y *^B^ JSgFi
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 665 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. TO-DAY. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 602 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept. Load Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, Adin uri ivrt Said. Amur Maru May 12 May 13 York via San Francisco, Panama Shunko Maru from Kobe Apr. 30 Durban, Caps Town, Rio, Santos, Mon- lUu-nos Airts via Colombo, f Mexico Maru May
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    • 421 13 jlpb Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in 110
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    • 635 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Mav 9A U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA j u "> U.S.S.B. WEST FARALON >T, U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For rates
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  • 94 14 Shanghai, April 13. Following close upon the murder of Taw Kau Ming, ex-Tuchun of Kwangsi, the China Press reports a second political assassination which occurred in Shanghai ot, Thursday, when Yang Tsi Tsong, com mander of the First Mixed Brigade of T 3nd Force? of the Fukien
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  • 98 14 Rich Yield from New Fields. Moscow, Mar. 20. According to an official statement issued by the Rosta Agency, the goldfields in the Aldan district of the Republic >f Yak H (Eastern Siberia), which were discovered at the end of 1923, yielded 5,950 kilos of god in the
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  • 54 14 The wireless novice's apparatus refused to function, and an expert neighbour was called in to diagnose. "Have you tried putting- a sixpence under the transmitter?' suggested the expert. The adjustment wa«made, and the novice listened again. For a moment there was silence; thence a voice spoke from the
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  • 1029 14 PARISIAN A. SHOEMAKER TURNS SINGER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, Mar. 25. Although, despite a falling-off in trade, vexatious taxes, bad debts and other tiresome happenings, the Paris shoemaker** usually contrive to make ends meet, one cf the fraternity recently deserted the paths of commerce for the lyric stage. When
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 112 14 00m^^ \l I y^^^^Nv an expert to tell these M (A cigarettes are^ood- produced for your p easi*^7~Z--^^^ T ure undcr the brand Gold fjytr**^^ i^i\\ Spot. Get your tin to-day A <^ he and j ud g c for yourself V^^t B^9^^H B^L^^B iu&_a*^Sv BflCft^H 2)rl lt^^%3 O^Bt 1
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    • 251 14 CROSSAVITH S °^W IPhul-nana^ PERFUME ]M An Exquisite and Lasting Fragrance. y^LL. the enchantment of the mysterious \ww East breathes in Phul-Nana. T PHUL-NANA FACE POWDER is adherent and unoblru*ive, and delightfully fragrant. «az» PHUL-NANA TOILET CREAM ijrj? T r ~A (vani»hin«) softens and beautifies the skin. '*""fi I A
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  • 543 15 SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING. Th. ch ht for the report anT""" the ad °P tion the it port and accounts saying•J7£t th tS crop T kin account you that the crop harvested for the vear an.ounted to 172,600 lbs. which left us wUn a BtOCk at the end of
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  • 26 15 We shall take no notice of people who say they want to strike twice a day and six times on Sunday.— Mr. J. H. Thomas, M.P.
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  • 66 15 April -Jo. Bank 4 m.s. o 4 f-tf Bank demand 2 4 3-:{J Private- credits :J m.s. 24 11-16 New York, demand Crerflts 90 days 5s France, demand 1010 India. T. T. ]srt Hongkong, demand 3 pc dj s Yokohama, demand 132 Java, demand 140 Bangkok, demand 7>.).a s
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  • 160 15 Flake Tapioca 6 50 Pearl Sago Small $5d Opium, B»>n. r-A unt. 4 000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mirk Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Siam Uroken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Broken No. 2 200 Rice, Siam Glutinous No. 1 360 Rice,
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  • 44 15 Singapore. April 2">. }\.:ii) a .m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot T.{ 7:} 1 4 May 72 1 72%; June 70% 71; July-Sept G6% ♦>7 1 4 Oct-Dee 64% 66. London Quotation Sheet Is Pd. Market Slightly easier.
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  • 101 15 Toronto— Preparations are under way for the 192.") Canadian National Exhibition. All the Canadian provinces will be represented. The exhibition of last year which set a record for attendance, is to be eclipsed thin year, and many new attractions are being added. The Canadian National Exhibition
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  • 65 15 Saturday's Alterations Batantf Pftdang Tin fi2'j G"> Kamunting (£> ,14s 55a x .d Kuchai Ovds. i.rw y^ Kuchai Prefs. ($1) I*4o 1.45 Malayan Collieries ($10) 28.25 28.7."> Rambutan 22s 2:>>> Hd xd Runongr Tin s 55^ Taipinp 1.1.-, t 20 Talam Mines (S> 55 rq Telok Kruin
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 174 15 MagaN'*« April 2*» Tin £247 10s up 80*. Local [23% «•> tons. Rubber.— Is iki unchanged. Local 7>' Rubbers Most issues are quiet in dJ- mand, Malakoffs are wanted at &25, Nyaat 2, Brunei Uniteds offer' at 2.60 Bukit ti S and Bukit Katils at 77
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    • 215 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore. April 2& Tin.— £247 10s un Ms. Local 76 torn at 2o Rubber— is ML— Unchanged Local 727 S Tin has advanced lids over the holidays and mining share quotations show improvement all round. Robber has gained %d but enquiries in this section arc not
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    • 313 15 London. Mar. 2f>. Genera] condition* remain dull, and buying of all metals by consumers is still <f ;> hand-to-mouth character. The sagging markets are no doubt caused to a large rxtent by the trade position in both America and the Continent, which h;t- up-tt confidence generally for
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  • 114 15 The report of the Nestle and Aafclo-SwiM Condensed Milk Company for 1t»24 show- .1 profit of |f.fltß.<7Tf ;<> which is adde i ">,72rt,275f. brought forward, making a total of 18,2:i.'l,i*">2f. It is proposed to reduce the value of investments in other companies (participations) by 10,000,000f., and to pay on May
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 414 15 Assets over $5,500,000. m¥wri y Assurance in force over $19 000 000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LMIED. Hr n Amfcf (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) nfcolpaTh* £»EL. LONDON OFT.CE: 52 Old JewW E.C. epo^itea mth the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance AITKACVE PLANS
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    • 517 15 BANKING. 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. IY. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura M. Odasiri, Esq. N. Ijrarashi, Esq. Baren K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Eaq K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi,
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    • 512 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $20,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor* $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman Hon. Mr.P.H.Holyoak,' T. G.
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    • 35 15 Royal Exchange Assurance (Incorporated :n England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720 > SINGAPORE BRANCH. Change of Address From 27th April the address of the Branch Office of the Corporation will be: CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist FLOOR).
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  • FOOTBALL.
    • 348 16 Sheffield's One Goal Win. [Reuter's Service.] London, Apr. 25. At Wembley Stadium, in the Football Association Cup Final, Sheffield United beat Cardiff City by one goal to nil. The weather Mas fine and there was an attendance of i»0,000. which included the Duke and Duchess of York.
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    • 716 16 Chinese Defeat S.C.C. By a goal scored in the last minute of a fast and strenuously contested match, the S.C.F.A. defeated the S.C.C. in the Singapore League at the Stadium on Saturday. This was an outstanding game in local football, the result of which may have an important
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  • 777 16 A TR AL OF PATIENCE. The second, and final race for the Visitors' Cup, tcok place yesterday morning in weather which is unfortunately to be expected in the weeks between the two monsoons. Most of the yachts paddled to the starting iinc and when Mr. Roy Perry fired the
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  • 30 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 24. At Hoylake in the first English Amateur eloNd golf championship, T. F. Ellison (Royal Liverpool) beat S. Robinson (Southport and Ainsdale) one up.
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  • 321 16 LEAGUE MATCHES. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 25. The following were the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Birmingham 2, Manchester C. 1. Bolton W. 2, Liverpool 0. Burnley 1, Aston Villa 1. Cardiff City vs. Blackburn R. not played. Everton fl Sheffield U. not
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  • 525 16 (.'lose of Regimental Meeting. The very successiul Regimental rifle meeting was finished at the Bukit Timah range yesterday. Shooting was in progress throughout the week, the programme being a very extensive one. and some good results were achieved, particularly in the Vickers gun matches. In match No. 9.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 247 16 [Reuter's Service.] New York, Apr. 25. The following are the week's Baseball results: Saturday: National League: New York 7, Brooklyn 1; St. Louis 20, Chicago 5; Philadelphia 14, Boston 13; Cincinnati 12, Pittsburg 2. American League: New York 6, Boston 3; Philadelphia 3, Washington 0; Cleveland 5.
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    • 76 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 24. The Manton trainer, Taylor, reports that the Derby favourite. Picaroon, has fallen lame and is very unlikely to run in the Two Thousand Guineas on April 29th. Another report states that the leg ha* filled. If this is so his chance of
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    • 39 16 London, Apr. 25. At Sandown a steeplechase match between the Grand National veterans. Shaun Spadah and Music Hall, over 3 miles 100 yards, was won by ten lengths by Shaun Spadah. The betting was 8-13 Shaun Spadah.
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    • 517 16 The opening of the track proper, coupled with it being Saturday morning, drew a l'rge attendant to the Racecourse and jilthough the heavy mist prevented all but the most expert from doing much in the way of accurate timing, there was a lot of interest in watching the
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 145 16 MOUTRIE GRAND. The piano of truly distinctive quality. Distinctive in its richness of tone distinctive, too. In fract of line, in the satisfying beauty which is the product of nicety of finish in .every material detail. The highest grade instrument priced at a moderate S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. THE ARCADE.
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