The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 May 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS. SINGAPORE Si., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 192.5, NO. 11,480
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  • 231 1 The debate m the House of Commons on the Budget was quite exciting. Resenting a remark of Mr. Wiaatoa Churchill the Labour members refused la hear him. and he refused to withdraw the remark, but he and Ministerialists left the House Page f. Mr. Baldwi-n remained and
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  • 1197 1 Qmmnjmmi ajam. ksmimet nastwi est fanagm Libelli Juvenal. The Topieiat was inclined to be a lit In. aceptica] about the impossibility of estimating the probable ailting up of Prai Dock, hut he has changed his mind as te this since the following came under his notn
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 145 1 WING LOONG ;in: keccm; nised house for Xl ROPIAM TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HK.H STREET. RAFFI FX HOTFI I\iTa.t I J_/I_/VJ 11 V 1 MJ-Xj SINGAPORE Race Dinners on Sat. 16th May Sat. 23rd May Dancing until 1-45 a. m. Special Carnival Novelties on the above Nights. DINNER DANCE $3.00. DANCE
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    • 288 1 x _H^ m _v_ u4 [j _4f t-^A___\_T' m A_\r^3^*rJtlW-msW-ti**' -f if fe^*fc^**aaaT''^eh_V jL* have achieved unique favour with i discerning smokers because of their unfailing high quality, and arc smoked m the confident knowledge that this high standard maintained for 30 years will never be departed from. SWEgCPRESS VIRGINIA
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    • 132 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Municipal tenders Page 7. House to let m Newton Road Page 10. More novelties at Happy Valley Page 2. Sheriff's sale of landed property Page 7. Shorthand-typist wants position Page 7. Caldbeck Macgregor have a variety ia Bols gins Page 8. .ns of household furniture, piano, motor cars
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLAM TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 111 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 2iid. High Water, 3.48 a.m., 6.32 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. League II: Fulo Brr.ni vs Sussex. Folice Spcrts, Stadium. Italian Grand Opera, Vie. Theatr' 9.30 p.m. Sunday, 3rd. High Water, o.li) a.m., 7.36 p.m. Monday, ith. High Water, 6.46 a.m., 8.46 p.m. M.M. homeward mail
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  • 193 2 To find live frog embedded m solid rock was the surprise that awaited workmen engagtd m excavating at the Rylstone District Hospital i New South Wales). The workmen first dug through about 4ft. of surface soil, and then came upon solid rock, which had to
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  • 174 2 During the last few days, says the Parliamentary correspondent of a Honn raper, all members of the House of Commons have received a curious gift by registered post. The envelopes contained corn plasters. One might suppose that it was intended to advertise the corn plasters with
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  • 139 2 Wigs, which the Free State Bar Council are m favour of retaining, came into fashion after the Restoration. Lord Campbell says that when certain young barristers adopted the new fashion, "the judges thought wigs so coxcombical that they would not suffer young aspirants to plead before them so
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  • 99 2 A correspondent writing from Bangkok to a Henang paper states that owing to the heavy rains there the mail train which should have arrived on the 11 th instant did not turn up until the 14th. Two bridges somewhere near Chumphon were washed away by the high tide owing to
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 199 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. THE ELITE CINEMA. New Premises I New Premises Two 7 Reel Features. THE LOVE LIGHT The Price A Woman Pays. THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY. WAYANG PEK JEE. Cantonese Wayang. VICTORIA THEATRE Last Three Performances OF THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA GO. TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 P.M. CARMEN MONDAY.
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    • 289 2 p^& PATHE CINEMA I Can give private CINEMA SHOWS m any I PRIVATE HOUSES OR GARDENS, CLUBS, SCHOOLS, PLANTATIONS, FACTORIES, ETC. m the Vicinity of Singapore town or outside. We supply Electric plant (where necessary). Projector, complete programme of films to be selected from the biggest stock m town according
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    • 358 2 SOULS FOR SALE I IN IS a motion picture to be presented From Thursday, 30th April, to Tuesday, sth ALHAMBRA Theatre, Beach Road. A METRO— GOLDWYN— R I PERT HUGHES si PKR PRODUCTION m which MANY FAMOUS FILM STARS INCLUDING CHAIUE LaUn AJXY, ERIC VON STROHEIM L,N appear and which
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  • 426 3  -  (By Hayden Chappell Sadler's Wells, like most places whose names terminate with that word, was originally a place resorted to by folk m need of a "water cure," m the same way, although m a lesser extent, that Bath was, and Tunbridge Wells. And, as always happens, m
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  • 100 3 Mr. Yukihama, a Japanese photographer, who attended a recent Hongkong event to take a flashlight photograph of the proceedings, met with a nasty accident. Thinking that his ribbon had gone out, Mr. Yukihr.ma lowered his apparatus and picking up a tin of magnesium pow r der dropped
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  • 29 3 "Between twenty and thirty thousand married m this count iv." says Dr. Nathan Raw, "are certified lunatics." It doesn't seem many, considering what they have to co through.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 291 3 The ENERGY Vbbbbl of HEALTH Your growing child is expending far more energy m The Glaxo-fed baby is free from order to keep his health than he trie sk »uch dread diseases would m England Everything is as Enteric and Tuberculosis against him— the heat, dust, mos- (consumption), for wherever
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    • 132 3 i®®®®®®®®®®@®®®©©©®.^>o©©^ *^j j^^L^f- T^!!s*^'P^Bl^3rrs^ l -x %i*^a_saa^ __^P^ i Stocked by all First Class 1 Provision Dealers. I C&y *T*) jpS mr S Sole Agents: 1 BARLOW CO. I I Telephone 2790. j S w B ALHAMBRA Ooti\tiL\eivcii\s "Wednesday, May 6tK v WORTH LIVING AND HEARTS 1 J!/ Barthelmess m
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  • 559 4 Important Carburetter Adjustment. While the majority of motorists, especially those who are new recruits to the ranks, are content with the speed of their car, inevitably there comes a time when the desire for a little more speed disturbs their elated but satisfied state of mind. It
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  • 175 4 Works for Sydney. Sydney, March 25. Messrs. Richardson and Wrench, Ltd., of Sydney, have completed the sale to the Ford Car Manufacturing Company, of Canada, of the Sandown meatworks property, of Granville. The area of the land is 165 acres, and it has a frontage to the Parramatta
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  • 116 4 The Crown Agents for the Colonies have ♦rdered a fleet of Wolseley 16-35 h.p. cars for the use of the Prince of Wales and his staff during: his forthcoming; tour of Sierra Leone and Gambia. The models selected are all 16-35 h.p. Wolseley
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  • 38 4 At a staff dinner of the London General Omnibus Company at the Hotel Cecil Lord Ashfield, the Chairman of the Company, said that their omnibuses ran 153,000,000 miles m a year, equal to 19,000 journeys round the world.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 198 4 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 luring a taxi. I"fr* /COTORDOM'S glass of fashion reflects the IV A Hupmobile. Internationally famous for its mechanical perfection and efficient performance, Hupmobile is likewise
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    • 189 4 MOTORCYCLES j In choosing a mount the average prospective purchaser usually places too much importance on the original outlay and m consequence buys an inferior machine which cannot give him the Service, Reliability and sense of well-bein^ afforded by a better class product. The Running expenses are usually higher, the
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  • 567 5 End of Third Year. Depreciation, thief of good dollars, appears to be astonishingly active m the automobile business, and even more active than usual during the first year. "I can't understand why my car depreciated so much m just one year," complains the owner who feels that
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  • 91 5 Tearing up more than 16ft. of the plank track and hurtling through the air for 64ft, the racing car driven by Stuart Wilkinson effectively halted the 250 miles race of the American Automobile Association at Culver City, California. Wilkinson and his mechanic escaped injury m a manner almost
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  • 60 5 London, March 25. The Royal Aero Club has awarded the Britannia trophy to Wing-Commander Goble and Flight Lieutenant MTntyre f o e their .seaplane flight round Australia as the best performance of the year 1924. Thi* 1% the first time the trophy has been awarded for a
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  • 46 5 Melbourne, March 23. As the result of a sickenine sma^ between an electric railway parcels coach and a motor car at a level crossing ataalH near the Highett Railway Station, about IS miles from Melbourne, shortly before 0 o'clock to-night, eight persons were Uttaii
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  • 251 5 Aluminium Pain! to .Make the Car Cooler. Aluminium paint, applied to the under side of a motor car top, will greatly reduce the amount of heat absorbed from the sun and re-radiated en the under r'u\e, according to the U. S. Bureau of Standards. The temperature
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  • 71 5 Mad Midnight I)ri>e. Paris. March 21. The decision of the authorities, that chauffeurs responsible for accidents should be deprived of their driving licences, ha* nrgorcd Parisian cabmen, and as a protest a hundred cabs drove madly along the boulevards at midnight, blowing motor horns at full blast, cursing
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 207 5 SUPERTWIST The Vital Factor m Balloon Tyres. Balloon Tyres give wonderful riding "SUPERTWIST" far outstretches o.mfort because they are not inflated the ord i na ry cord, is infinitely more h> hard and can flex more easily. elastic, more durable. Hut constant flexing demands a cord ol extreme elasticity. v
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    • 248 5 I THE MATHIS CAR. (French) < The MATHIS known as the great masterpiece of French Engineering has I an international reputation, and has built up this reputation, second to no other, f through its unfailing performance, economy and reliability. J It has a petrol consumption averaging 55—65 miles to the
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  • 66 6 It is reported that Fran i to classify all motor c.wli -t tion purposes into two cal and professionals. The definition of M amatcui .Motor Cycle, is strict and C I but considering the peculiar under which motor cycle ipoii the implication that all ot! riders who
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  • 550 6 Bombay to the Central Provinces. I read a short article m your columns a few days' back on long: distance motoring: m India, writes a correspondent of the Times of India weekly. Personally I cannot understand why more people do rot do this during some of the
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  • 130 6 A man from Australia, an automotive old-timer, on a recent visit to America lamented the standing of the .\merican manufacturer m his country (writes the American Motor). He said he had been deprived of an agency after he had spent years building it up because another man offered
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  • 301 6 Somebody speaking m public t stained the great increase m ti. Baaratn of motor cars and motor eyelet aa dication of the growth af luxury English middle claaaaa. Rather aruul regard it as an inert laf m the 1 spending, says the Field. No
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  • 170 6 Not an Ornament. The design on a tyre tread is not put there for decoration, but is scientifically worked out to serve a very definite purpose. Some people think tyre treads are decorations, like embroidery on women's dresses or distinctive patterns by which the manufacturers can leave
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 435 6 |plllllllin.lllll!llllll!llll.lM^ rs^| YOU DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER ra^ ®3Vj^ NOR A CAR BY ITS APPEARANCE ONLY H^y^Bßi I WHY NOT LET THE SPECIFICATION TALK TO YOU Q^____WM_ 1 jj glj~A_~~/ lif f _«v #VT4. _q~_ EE < JB___l //Jzl The stron est Buick selling point to-day, as
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    • 30 6 The Traffic Branch yesterday issued S-").")28 for a Dodge car, the latest number issued. The last number issued up to yesterday for motor cycle registration was S-110S, an A.J.S. cycle.
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  • 215 7 I RECEPTION IN CAPETOWN. COLOURED LOYALTY. I Reuter's Service. J Capetown, Apr. 30. Among the addre: <s presented to the Prince of Wales on the Grand Parade m the afternoon were those of Indian, Chinese, Malay and other Moslem bodies, as well as "the Cape Coloured Committees."
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  • 94 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Apr. 30In the House of, Commons at question time. Mr. Bridgeman, First Lord of the Ad miralty, pointed out that of the four large floating docks handed ever to Britain by Germany, one of which was sold, two are being utilised for Malta and
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  • 80 7 [Router's Service.] London. April 30. In the House of Commons, Mr. Locker Lampson, replying to Mr. W. Forrest (L. Bat ley and Morley) said that the advisor;, committee to assist the Council of th» League of Nations m dealing with the drup ♦'••fric is still existent and
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  • 119 7 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, April 30. The British Government has written to the Secretary-General of the League, asserting that the export of opium from Bushire had increased m value from £664,000 sterling m the year 1923-4 to €1.246,000, stating that £846,000 worth of the latter period had
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  • 65 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Apr. 30. In the House of Commons at question time, Mr. Chamberlain said that he was aware cf the growing danger of inland mirsions m certain districts of China. Warnings were issued lo the missionary bodies concerned from time to time, both by the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 459 7 BUSINESS CARDS. THB PREMIER .MANILA CIGAR, Since 1883 "La Insular" cigars have B the accepted brand m mansions, r luhs and hotels where highest quality is demanded. The following raada have just arrived: King Alfonso XIII Puque de Hernani •"•ivrritos de St. Marina 1 iviritos de E. Carrion Reina Victoria
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    • 10 7 Book the date May 9th Y.W.C.A. FETE. At Government House.
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    • 733 7 TENDERS. SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY. The Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Singapore invite tenders for the Erection and Completion of a Market m Reinforced Concrete at Beach Road. Plans may be seen end Specification and Form of Tenders obtained ft the Municipal Arohitect's Office during office hours. Tenders to be lodged
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    • 1136 7 **-^^-***S-^-$ v *ss-_WM£ For WATCH VALITR ***** l 1 111 l l llll **~~~--a Specialising: m accurate timokeepera to withstand the climatic conditions of the East. POCKET WATCHES JOHORE LEVER 1 $5 Each. IN TWO SIZES 1 MOTION LEVER THIN PATTERN WITH SCREW ENCASES Stocks of Gold and Silver Hunters
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 707 7 I CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. Ti!.: THrfcD SI NDAY AFTER EASTER. Sunday, May .3rd. 7.30 a.m. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. Children's Service. o.'AO p.m. Evensong and Sermon. I Scouts' Parr.de). Preacher:- Rev. F. S. Hoilis (Sarawak) ST. MATTHEW'S
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925.
    • 247 8 The Bill for the Registration ot Architects comes before the Legi** lative Council on Monday next for second reading. The chief interest ot the public, as we have already a^aid, is that nobody but competent persons should be allowed to submit plans for buildings m the City
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    • 360 8 The discussion at Home over the protection duties which Mr. Winston Churchill has proposed for his Budget is likely to wax furious, for there are two sets of interests at stake, just as there are m the rubber industry. The merchant is all for free trade, because
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  • 957 8 Dr. L. W. Evans, medical officer, S.S., has been seconded for service m Kelantan. Mr. Harold Dove is appointed a member ot the Licensing Board for Penang, Vi i Dr. J. Gossip. With the approval of the Secretary of State. Mr. Ralph Scott is appointed Resident Councillor of Malacca. The
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  • 193 8 Action Against Mr. F. C Peck. In the Supreme Court yesterday morning before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule, and Mr. Justice Barrett -Lennard. the dates for the hearing of actions thi<* month were fixed. There were forty cases on the list, but several
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  • 258 8 Prince Chichibu Visits Taiwan En Route To Europe. i (By courtesy of the Nanyo XichiNiehi Shin bunsha.) Tokio. April 30. It is understood that H. I. H. Prince Chicbibu, second son of the Emperor, will leave Tokio on board a warship on May 24 for Formosa and the
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  • 918 8 BANKRUPTCY FAAMIN U JN Story of Rig Property Tran^,^, I A well-known figure m tteaal I Mr. Poey Keng .Seng. director of the Eastern Mining, Company, made some intemth r I tions regai ding property tran a. I course of his public examination ta I I ruptcy,
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  • 35 8 The official annoum-eim-nt tkftl JJ'-J ley Obeyesekere has been tppoinft V Solicitor-General. Oylo". Ceylon Govemment GuttU. JV th< X new appointment, CVMttd I B Solicitor-General of tho iliorilW of work entaile<l m prepare prosecutions. X
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 222 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" WF m _M 111 LIQUEURS OK GINS ■^fcfl I I GUARANTEE mJ\_i¥ MsU\J i V. O. Stone Gin. OtartVCCVO. (Red corner) Cherry Bravtidy. c"« '-abed aK.-uti\ti\el. Or erne de Menthe. Caldbeck, Macgregor U Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 45 Robinson Road Telephone 228 i PATRONISED
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    • 30 8 __X a fjncuaijflaineu t //A-t*u. I 1 :££-.-3<^*<£_l*< I 1 Glasgow I 1 mmMßttfummsmmm SOLE AGENTS: W. R. LOXLEY CO. Robinson Road, Singapore. j PEARS* I I GOLDEN SERIES. U
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  • THE BUDGET DEBATE.
    • 132 9 WINSTON AT BAY. [Reuter's Service.] London. April 30. u r i hare-ill, replying m the debate fighting mood violighting the He speedily faced an When he expressed the opinion a;»s m the interests of the trade md employers to ascertain that earning how to qualify for -.•ment wn*
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    • 45 9 twin subsequently moved the amid back-bench and Labourite "dirty." The Labourites challenged a division but persist, on account of the ndmonii from Mr. Ramsay fttacDonald, who. the Lai front bench members, did pate m the interruptions. mittee stage w->< thereaft< r arithout division.
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    • 86 9 E [Reuter's Service.] I.ondon, April .10. sion will be continued May 7. representative m the Lobby, Ministerialists are very resentful apt ending of Mr. Churchill's rvativei urge that Mr. <i inocuous manner are 6 maintain that they are Red m. challenging what they flection on worker*. While the
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    • 72 9 [Reuter's Service. 1 London, April 30. the House of Commons the gold ecUMW Waa assailed by a broader©* the Conservative, Sir Frederic faaacial expert, who after detailed Of thil •gamble," which prob•sill benefit nobody but the United declared that we did not want to roar more from America
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  • 138 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, April 30. to the silk impost is developing eettaii trade circles. Under the enhanced ruling articles containing any __B be taxed 81 per cent for tho article, hence it affects a wide f leeda like clothing lined or "•end with silk. Walter Guinness, defending the
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  • 255 9 f ßeuter's Service.] M Sf >- LOnd n May U the sd k industry will meet Pnvately t o-day to review the r ;^r the Budget proposals 1 <it| t t handed m amendments fr <>m the Budget the proposal to tax silk, on the ground that
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  • 34 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, May 1. It is understood that an AmericanHungarian commercial treaty, similar to the American -German treaty, will be signed shortly and submitted to the Senate for ratification m December.
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  • 110 9 I.ondon. April Ml. In the House of Commons, Mr. Boothbv (U. Aberdeen) asked whether, m view o the restoration of the gold standard, iir mediate steps would be taken to facilitate the summoning of an international financial conference, including representatives of the 1 Central Banks, with
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  • 54 9 [Reuter's. Service.] Berlin, Apr. 30. Germany's net budgetary surplus for last year was 134 Million marks. The Finance Minister, Heir Von Schilieben m his budget speech m the Reichstag, estimates next year's expenditure at 4,900 millions and revenue 4,652. He proposed to increase the beer and tobacco excise
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  • 37 9 TReuter's Service.] London, May. 1. The standard production of rubber exportable at the minimum rate of duty from Ceylon and the Straits and Malay States lor next quarter is fixed at sixtyfive per cent.
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  • 178 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 1. Mr. Stafford Talbot has resigned fro.n the executive of the Association of British Creditors of Russia, of which he was the first president, and intends to form an Ang-lo-Russian Conciliation Association as a protest against the negative policy adopted towards. Russia-
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  • 18 9 The charges to be made for cranes at the Singapore Harbour Board Wharves are published m the Gazette.
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  • 173 9 AN AMERICAN VIEW. MR. HOOVER SPEAKS OUT. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, May 1. The Secretary of Commerce (Mr. Hoover) m a statement to-day said with the return of the pound to a gold basis the entire international trade wouk. be calculatted m terms of gold prices. He predicts
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  • 240 9 [Reuter's Service.] Capetown, May 1. The post dance at Government House last night was attended by several hundred guests. The Prince of Wales danced untiringly. The Prince was out at 9.30 this morning, his appearance occasioned the most successful unrehearsed demonstration Massed bands and students, including
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  • 38 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York, May 1. The police last night dispersed ten Communist gatherings m the boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx and drove the members into the streets. They captured a quantity of May Day literature.
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  • 60 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 1. Ho Tung, who is busily engaged at Wembley m connection with the Hongkong Pavilion, to-day met at the docks the Hong kong contingent, numbering about eighty, which includes twelve women for the silkworm industry. All are now comfortably housed at Wembley where
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  • 39 9 Washington, May 1. The Immigration officials assert there is nothing m their records showing that Miss MacSwiney was there illegally and unless investigation shows she had violated the immigration law they would not attempt to deport her.
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  • 24 9 Rome, May 1. Major Dipinedo has arrived at Charbar, Baluchistan, on his journey of 55,000 kilometres which will end m Australia.
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  • 33 9 Berlin, May 1. Tt is reported that between 30 and 40 were killed many injured by the derailment of the Eydtkuhnen express between the stations of Swaroschin and Preussisch Stargard.
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  • 890 9 NEW SESSION OPENS. A new session of the Sanitary Inspectors school has been commenced and the P.C.M.0., Dr. A. L. Hoops addre -sed the Inspectors and Students as follows. Sanitary Inspectors and Sanitary Students. The adage "Prevention is bettev than Cure" is an old one, but it has
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  • 101 9 This year there is little prospect of the resumption of the Haj pilgrim traffic. The ineffective bombardment of Jeddah continues, but the latest news is that neither party seems to be making any headway and leisurely shelling may last for sonu time. In th« meantime Ibn Saud is reported to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 260 9 SUTTON'S FLOWER VEGETABLE SEEDS. Just Arrived Flower Seeds. _d__B^^_ Vrrived Aster, Mixed Colours /PrWfck Vegetable Seeds. Antirrhinum, Sutton's Intermediate. J* __^^^^HBBfi§^^^_Jf|L Beet, Sutton's mm LaaV Celery, Mm m W^'^fJJ**} mm American. _F m W S ft Coreopsis, Suttons' W*^ Carrot, Sutton's special mixture. 3 early gem. Chrysanthemums, *_f fcj Carnation,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 773 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. EUMAEUS London, Rotterdam
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    • 477 10 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES j TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT* m VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. 8.8. CITY OF CANTON In Port s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May 28 s.B. SUTTON HALL due June
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    • 595 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION (0 LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and iapan. For Marseilles, London and 'int-... Due I J*"*
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  • 906 11 COTTON FIELD PEST. Method of Control. It was L- O. Howard, Chief of the United States Bureau of Entomology, who declared that the boll-weevil possesses the unique distinction of having risen from comparative obscurity to be one of the world's chief pests m the space of 20 years.
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  • 56 11 Mr. L. C. Dalton, Puisne Judge, Gold Coast, who has been appointed Puisne Justice, Ceylon, m succession to Mr. Justice Porter, retired, took his oaths at the Chief Appellate Court, before the Acting Chief Justice, as an Acting Puisne Judge of Ceylon, the King's Warrant under the Roya» Sign Manual
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  • 458 11 A Policeman's Crime. Warsaw, Mar. 31. The case of Lieutenants Baginski and Wieczorkiewicz has had a tragic sequel. Both men were killed on Sunday last by i fanatical policeman. The lieutenants were the authors of the bomb outrages at Warsaw University and elsewhere m June, 1923.
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  • 110 11 The memory of a single speech m the House of Commons pursued the late Lord Spencer to the grave and left a very unfair impression of his capacity. The single nhrnae "Soapy Sam" tends to obliterate all Wilberforce's services to the Church. "Lime house" threatened to follow Mr. Lloyd George
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 324 11 -L__SP toughs (olds &/nffuenja Elliott's Cinnaaaon Cocapound is a most effective medicine for relieving Coughs, Colds, Catarrh, Asthna and Bronchitis. Its principal ingredient, Cinnamon, is officially recognised as a prophylactic against influenza and similar throat and chest __Fe__ion. Its curative properties quickly relieve Indigestion, Colic and Dysentery. It wards off
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  • 142 12 May 6th bein* gg AcC___iuii Anniversary, it is requested by Government that all vessels that are m harbour on that date should dress ship. The M. M. homeward mall steamer Paul Lecat is here from Saigon on Monday, May 4th. at 8 a.m. and will leave for Colombo,
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  • 85 12 The East Asiatic Co., which already ows a fleet of 20 motor vessels, has one und*-: construction with Burmeister and Wan., and has ordered a sister ship to this lastmentioned vessel from the Nakskov Yard. It has a deadweight capacity of 12,000 tons, and
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  • 74 12 The following appears m the report of the meeting of the Penang Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Bulford Although wireless messages are possible between Penang and Singapore, frequently messages from Penang to Singapore have been refused. Is it possible to secure the transmission of messages by wireless to
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  • 120 12 The motor liner "Indrapoera" now building for the Rotterdam-Lloyd Steamship Co., at the works of the Shipbuilding and Engineering Co., de Schelde, was launched last month. She has a displacement of 15,000 tons on a draught of 27 ft., and is 500 ft. m length. Two
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  • 126 12 The Chamber has been hammering away at this for some time, and now at last action has been taken and the Channel is dredged throughout to a depth of 21 feet L.W.O.S.T. At high spring tides vessels drawing 24-25 ft. can enter by this Channel, and so
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  • 166 12 An order for two motor ships has beer placed by Messrs. Alfred Holt and Gc with Workman, Clark and Co.. Ltd.. Belfast. These vessels will carry a deadweight of over 10.000 tons. They will be equipped with twin-screw machinery constructed by Burmeister and Wain, Copenhneen. Th^
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 515 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 torn) and MONTORO (5.000 tons). Thr s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia, Cabins 4e Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming ba
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    • 27 12 l_______i__\^_\ i_V_\ H\ \*L __P_J PIANOS, PLAYER-PIANOS ORGANS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF ALL KINDS AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES ——m———m——TlME PAYMENTS ARRANGED W. J. GARCIA 219. ORCHARD ROAD.
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    • 98 12 MIX!Q A fVDHTC iIiADTTTIIiIIX* MEmAuEKIES MAKiIIItIKS Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseille* via Colombo, Djibouti and Port Said. P. LECAT 17,000 due May 4 ANDRE LEBON 20,000 due May 18 OUTWARD MAILS. To Japan via Saigon, Pongkong
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    • 332 12 fl^' Jg» ALL OTHERS. Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. s.s. MARELLA Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Australia (arrived April 24) are hereby notified that a general survey of all cargo landed m a damaged condition will be held on
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    • 336 12 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated m U.S. A Travel Made Easy Passages booked by all steamship lines Independent and Conducted Tours Travellers' Cheques. Letters of Credit Remittances by Draft and Cable Transfer. Foreign monies exchanged. Baggage and Accident Insurance effected BOOKING OFFICE FOR F.M.S. Railways, Royal State Siameit Rlys.
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 669 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahane. Peka« Bi»* Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 am Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah g a>m# Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 681 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamera. Arr. Dept. London. Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Amur Maru May 12 May 13 Ne w York via San Francisco, Panama Hague Maru from Kobe May 31 narbaa, Caps Town, Rio, Santos, Mon- Buenos Aires via Colombo, f Mexico
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    • 424 13 Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINBSB. yia Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore m 110 days. Next Sailings
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    • 648 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD I i BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT May 21 U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA June U.S.S.B. WEST FARALON j_ ly U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Aug T and subsequent steamera approximately SO days
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  • 317 14 Enormous Damage. New York, March 20. Revised figures of the casualties m the fiv. States affected by the tornado of Wed aaadaj bear out the early estimates. Illinois was th heaviest sufferer, with 454 known dead and 1,945 injured. The latest ascertained figure for all five States
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  • 213 14 Just how great is the added strain upon a stadium produced by the enthusiasm of a crowd of ball-game spectators is now measured by the U.S. Bureau of Standards by means of a carbon strain-gauge. This depends upon the variations ia the electrical resistance of carbon with changes
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  • 60 14 The Dae de Nemours, son of the Due d'Alencon and nephew of the King of the Belgians, has left France for Canada. He is to learn farming on Lord Rodney's ranch m Alberta, which is not far from the ranches of the Prince of Wales aad of PVjnce Erik of
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  • 1302 14 By Order of the Five. (Herbert Adams. Ss. 6d. net. Methuen and Co. Ltd. 36 Essex Street, London). It is to Turners, a Spanish speaking island m the South Pacific, where they have a republic that is reminiscent of South America, that the reader is taken m this
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  • 685 14 AMUNDSEN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE. New Route to Far East? Captain Roald Amundsen sailed from Oslo recently for Spitzbergen, whence he is to attempt to reach the North Pole by air m at least eight and not more than ten hours. Captain Amundsen (fays the Central
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  • 48 14 A public meeting of the Tamil commu mty met at Krishnan Temple, Waterlo > Street, on April 25th under the kartell..! j of S. Muthutamby Pillay and unaniniousl t passed a resolution to claim back the money paid by the public to Mahadeva Avar foi the Tamil Gurukulam (University)!
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  • 88 14 Once get rid of M dyspepsia, gastritis, your stomach troable harmful stomach „l,t sary to take a dose ol Bi I his preparation stop* ll fermentation the inst .-tc.rach; it prevent! of pain and ensures thai you food Doctors r, .Magnesia; hospital* reople every whore
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 660 14 The CROCODILE RUBBER MANGLE ■s___aß -^^aaaaT^^ lll BißiHil^^aaaa^Baaaaaf THE _W Pi II TjiJ diameter i| M Lr 9BS ____T __aW^am\ -Raaaaaa^ 1 I ■V W k 4 _H LONG. I **k J ON THE a al aaaaaaaa-^aaßSaaaaßsal^SH*!^^ 1 am I V_| MARKET. ■__R vSJB RA ißwtMiTi tMs\NJf^mmmmMmSmmmm»mr^^^^^^^^^fito_________\ aa_a **_a _a_
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    • 124 14 STRAITS SHIPPING PARCELS AGENCY GOSLING CO. EST. 18M). 41, ANSON ROAD. BENGAPOtt Frc-'ght and customs broken h contractors, insurance storage commi» agents, information agents. You need us if you are p, ing, storing or booking a pa Agents: GRINDLAY CO., LIU, IN] Great Britain. NEW ZEALAND EXPRESS. AUSTRALIA. New Zealand.
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  • 536 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. FRIDAY. MAY i st of t SEEu£ t ac 5 e ff show the ias^ v.hi fc marked.? d Uars unless otherwSa MINING. Asam Kumbang (£1) Sellera Hitam Tin .SL, b7l /2 Idris Hydraulic V£ Johan Tin 33s K. Kamunting (i os 4 1^
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  • 130 15 Singapore. May 1. The market opened weakly, but improved on a moderate trade enquiry, and values are again a point or two better at the close. The feature of the week has been the shortage of ready rubber for end of April commitments. This led to a demand
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  • 67 15 May 1. Bank 4 m.s. 24 9-3*' Bank demand 2 4 3-3'> Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 23-3° New York, demand Credits 90 days 58l France, demand lOlJj Indi«. T. T. 15 6^ Hongkong:, demand 3 p c> d_ Yokohama, demand 133 Java, demand 140 I Bangkok, demand
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  • 213 15 May 1. Tin 150 Tons 1121.71 Garrtbier 19 50 Pepper White Pepper Black 1900 Fluke Tapioca 5 75 Pearl Sago Small J?*" 11.60 I opra Sundried 12.10~ Opium, Benares unt. 4 ouu Rice, Liang Hin Chan Matk Blue Eagle (Old) 360 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (Now)
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  • 43 15 i Saturday. May 1, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 74 74 1 4 .May-June 73 73* 4 July-Sept. 1834 6*%; Oct. -Dec. 05*, 65%. I London Quotation: Sheet la. 9 1 6 d. Murk.* Eaaier.
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  • 182 15 Singapore. May 1. Tin. £247 10s. Down 755. Local 121%. 1 ."*.<) tons. Rubber.— ls. <M s d. Down "sd. Local 74. Rubbers. Ayer Panas are wanted at 6.30 cum, Jeram Kuantans at 42. .Jimahs have sellers at 1.30, Bukit Katils at 77 and Bukit K.
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  • 216 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT (L, R. Macphail). Singapore. May I. Tin.— £247 10s. 121%. 150 tons." Rubber. Is 9^d. Tin has experienced a setback and share prices m the mining: section tend to be easier. Rubber has fallen m price an. sellers predominate m this section. Industrials and Loans remain
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  • 648 15 INCREASING THE AREA. The ordinary general meeting of th* above Company was held m the raffiatatad office at noon yesterday. Mr. J. M. Sinn; presided and others presort were Messrs. E. Hong Guan, Lewis, Clumeck, Wakoford. Ward and Plummer. In moving the adoption of the report and
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  • 233 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. T Singapore, May 1. Rubber.— London ls. 9'/,d. Local 74 Tin.-London £247 10s. Local 121.7... 100 tons sold. Rubbers.- Malaka Pindas have buyers at Ii G6 4 oS lle v at £3: F 9 ;ir waatad at 4.20. New Craigieleas have buyer- _f TL and sellers
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 455 15 Assets over $5,500,000. mTTn Assurance m force over $19,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LBHTH). HEAD OFFICE (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) T^s£_i_^ r m LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jew^.E.C. aeposited *ith the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE Com P
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    • 496 15 j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BAItiL LIMITED. Established 1880.— Capita. 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. IV. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. j M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami. Eaq. K. Tatsumi, Esq.
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    • 503 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 T Silver $26,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. tt X Y^ng. Esq. Chairman v „j e Es< Deputy Chairman Hon. .Mr.P.H.Holyoak, i
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated m 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. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1591 16 OFFICIAL EaVQUIRY. The Marine Court of Enquiry to investigate the circumstances attending the burning of the steamer Flevo on Afarch 3rd. last, and which resulted m the death of the European mate and eight members ii the crew, was held m the First Magistrate's Court yesterday.
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  • 406 16 An interesting function took place yesterday morning when Lady Guillemard officially opened a new wing to the FairhrlJ Girls' School m Neil Road. There was a large gathering of scholars and others present, including Bishop Titus Lowe of the American Mission, The Rev. F. H. Sullivan, the
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 52 16 [Reuter's Service.] Los Angeles. Apr. 30. Nurmi ran 11/.l1/. miles m 6 mm. 41*\_ sees., breaking the world's record. In the same |iace he beat the World's record for 2,000 yc/s. and I*4 miles m the respective times! of 5 mm. 3 o-o sees., and b mm.
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    • 29 16 [Reuter's Service.] London. Apr. 30. In the second league Southampton beat Bradford City, by 2 goals to nil. In the southern League, Swansea beat Reading by I—o.1—0.
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    • 197 16 Tbe following final matches m the English League will be played to-day:— Division I:—Aston Villa vs. Nottingham F. Bury vs. Arsenal. Cardiff City vs Preston N. E. Everton vs. Leeds United. Hudderstield T. vs. Liverpool. Manchester C. vs. Tottenham H. Notts County vs Birmingham. Sunderland vs. Burnley.
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    • 356 16 A billiard tournament will commence at the S.C.C. on Monday. Sixty-four entries were received and the following are the handicaps and the draw: A. Class:—B. la Cloche owe 75 vs. D. Stewart owe 50. P. Cave owe 25 vs. T. M. Lamb scr. Dr. R. Crawford owe
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    • 55 16 Sets P. W. D. L. For. Agst. Pts. Ryl. Engineers 2 2 12 0 4 R.A.O.C. 2 2 10 2 4 R.A.M.C. 2 1 1 6 6 2 Head Quarters 2 1 1 4 8 2 Royal Sussex 2 2 4 8 0 Royal
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    • 31 16 The Men's monthly medal, stroke, will be played on Saturday and Sunday, May 16th., and 17th. The ladies monthly medal, stroke, will be played on Thursday, May 21st.
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    • 25 16 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Championship Pairs. N. E. Ess and E. E. de Souza beat W. Balhetchet and V. H. Norris, I—6 6—3 6—l.
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  • 86 16 Order for week ending May Bth. Saturday, May 2nd. Combined Parade, Fort Canning Road (Anglo-Chinese School end) 4.30 p.m. Sunday, May 3rd. Church Parade a t St. Andiew's Cathedral. Meet at back of V.M.C.A. at 4.45 p.m. Monday. May 4th.— lndividual Troops Parade, 5.15 p.m. Tuesday, May
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  • 52 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, May 1. The One Thousand Guineas, ran to day, resulted as follows: Saucy Sue (1 —4) J Miss Gadaboout (20—1) 2 Fvroze Mahal CI—1) 3 Eleven ran. Won by six lengths third two lengths away. I Special place betting two to one second.' and
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  • 134 16 Services' Good Start. The Services opened well yesterday afternoon m their ma£ch against the Merchants m the S.C.C. Cricket Tournament, scoring 71 for the loss of only wickets. Col. Postlethwaite started the run-getting with a valuable 21, and Major Vyvyan sent up the total with an admirably
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  • 48 16 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. versus Royal Sussex Regiment at cricket to-day at Tanglin, commencing at 2.15 p.m:—H. G. Stack (Captain) R. Lyne; E. Newton; T. E. K. Retnam; M. Ignatius; F Vine; M. King; J. Watt; S. Hurst; Wr. A. Dean* and O. C. Smalley.
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  • 491 16 W ALLEY vs. YEW JL\ FIGHT DECLARED A DRAW. The Boy Walley vs. Yew Jin bout at the Happy Valley last night produced some excellent boxing. Yew Jin was overweight and Walley's title was not at stake. The weights were. Walley Tst 2, Yew Jin Bst. 3. Yew Jin
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  • 32 16 Saturday, May 2nd., 2.30 p.m., Balestier Ranjfe, A Company; Bukit Timah, Eurasian Company; Farrer Range, Chinese Company. Sunday, May 3rd., 7.30 a.m., Bukit Timah, Eurasian Company; Farrer Range, M
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 302 16 NEW H. M. V. RECORDS ARE HERE. GET YOUR SELECTION NOW. LISTS ON APPLICATION. RESIDENTS OF MALACCA, MUAR, JOHORE (NORTH), TAMPIN, PLEASE NOTE Our Piano-Tuner, Mr. F. Beech. wiU leave here for your District on May Ist. Address, P. O. Malacca. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. THE ARCADE. r Gerrard Wire
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