The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 May 1925

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925. NO. 11,196.
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  • 248 1 Prince George is travelling through the K>J.fe. to Singapore by tramPage A new (iernian tariff, to niett the tariffs impostd by other countries, has been dratted Page U. The Soviet Government claim lhat the Russian budget has been satisfactorily balanced and the currency put on a stable
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  • 1087 1 lizzie, the little Polar bei r, whose a<idress is the Mappin Terraces, Regent's Park, has won a bigger circalation th;< any animal at the Zoo. thanlu to a lucent escapade. She tell into the pit the deep and wide concrete pit that. on the best
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 227 1 W INC LOONG HK rBCOGNISBD HOUSE I jpjOPEA.N WOPICAL Sl'lTS. HIGH STIIKKT. RAFFLES HOTEL IS; RACE DINNER Sat. 23rd May Dancing until 1-45 a. m. Special Carnival Novelties on the above Nights. F DINNER DANCE $3.00. DANCE ONLY $1.00. Residents and Diners will have prior claim for seating accommodation m
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    • 237 1 Investigate the 20 Royal Reasons. THE EASY WRITING To-day the number of Royal Typtm liter i In use exceeds There are twenty reasons for this phenomenal record. Let us prove them to you hi your Office, or send you the book explaining them. t R°NElo Ltd. COLLYER QUAY PHONE 6-a
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    • 135 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. More Cabaret revels Payre 2. Barlow's for Crawford's biscuits Page 3. Go to Guthrie's for Milnor safe? Pa^ Reduction m Crawford's whisky— Page 12. Performances of Shakespeare pUv*-< Page 2. Win. Jacks stock tht PWTo^Tet* cemeM Pafce 0. Exshaw brandy at Caldbeck, Macgregor'a —Page 8. Remington purchase carries
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 136 1 THE WEEK. Thurwdmy, 2\*t. High Water. 9M a.m., 9.45 p.m. Spring Rate Mestfog Sccontl Pny. P. and O. Home\v:ird mail closes. League II: Police v«. V.M.C.A. S.R.C. vs. O.T.F.C. Tanplin Club Dance, fj§ p.m. Military Tournament, evening, Our Cabar.t. Vie Theatre. 0.:{0 p.m. Fridcy, 22nd. High Water 10.32 a.m., 10.16
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  • 540 2 The Best Methods. The British North Borneo Herald m questioning whether it would not l>e possible to open up a trade m ciocodile skins, give.the iollowing details of how to cure them: In taking off the skins, they should always be cut at the side of
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  • 264 2 St. Joseph's Church, Bukit Timah, was the scene of a very pretty wedding on Satuiday last, 16th. instant, the contracting parties being Mr. Joseph Clement Mendo- j za of the Admiralty Works, Mandai, only son of Mr. C. Mendosa of Mangaloie, and j Miss Augusta Maria Png, second
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 529 2 THE BAPPY VALLEY Lffr THE ELITE CINEMA. Rex Beach's "THE IRON TRAIL" Max Linder m "BE MY WIFE" and usual comedies THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY. WAYANG PEK JEE BOXING THE Ha7Fy~VALLEY FRIDAY, 22nd MAY. For the Flyweight Championship of Malay,? BOY WALLEY vs. KID LIMBACO (Holder) (Challenger) 10 (Three Minutes)
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    • 354 2 VICTORIA THEATRE For One Week Only. JAMES McGRATH LTD. present REGINALD SELLECK AND CHARLES CHAMIER'S LATEST LONDON CRAZE IN ENTERTAINMENT OUR CABARET AN ENTIRELY NEW STYLE OF MUSICAL SHOW. TO-NIGHT at 9.30 pjn. "Cabaret Players" Friday, 22nd. Saturday, 23rd. "CABARET FROLIC "CABARET FINALS" BOOKING AT JOHN LITTLES. PRICES $3, $2
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    • 319 2 From Monday, 18th to Saturday >% r <\ Z. AT THE Vi ALHAMBRA Theatre, Beach Road (Tan Cheng Kee Co.. Ltd. Proprietors.) In the Second Show commencing at 0 n m TOPICAL BUDGET of interesting screen news. A MODERN DRAMA WRITTEN FOR MODERN Pimm. A BRITISH PRODUCTION WITH WBU^KNoW\2££°^ SCREEN
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  • 1332 3 TH E ADM I MSTK ATION It KI'ORT. The repot of Mr. A. fc Huyncs on the SUfe of Pahang fur 1924 consists largely of statistics, whk-h aie perhaps the souiHest criterion of prosperity, although not pmtkularly attractive. The tlVtMl exceeded the expenditure by •$l4K,aOO, which went
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  • 478 3 The report of the Mines Department for H'24 contains the following: Methods and Machinery. Tht-w was no difficulty m obtaining all forms of machinery which remained at about the same price as last year. Tht number of bucket dredges incrcascJ l;y two and there were nine under construction
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  • 113 3 Edward Whymper would have sympathised with the Scots folk who are said to be abandoning porridge for breakfast. Mr. Edward Clodd has described a visit te a country house where his bedroom was next to that occupied by the famous Alpinist. As Clodd lay awake m the
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  • 155 3 Bombay, April 30. With obvious pain, Mumtaz Begun* the central figure m the Bawla murder trial, replying to the Advocate-General yesterday, said that she had given birth to a baby m the palace at Indore. After the birth she was unwilling to stay on at Indore, as
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  • 116 3 The Ministry of Health has informed the Chertsey Council that the mere question of cost is not a sufficient reason for omitting to supply its new houses with bath-rooms. The Chertsey Council, it is understood, will urge m its rejoinder the following additional reasons: (a) The proximity of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 180 3 id y^g^Sy^^^^^^^g^gJ fTTTTVnBfvM*! nliOjjs tttf^^^ffl _iJk!j t^ IHPI [FIRjf'i>RINKJOFTHEMV Cuhivate tin- habit ol taking j little of kll'ott's bruit Saline m half tumbler of water fV tn, morning before break- j fjst. Gonilv yet effectively, I aaihtahfaM draught relieves ilrt. syaam ot its accumulations, provide* ««n interna! j dtasMt «»hich
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    • 171 3 1 Stocked by all First Class 1 Provision Dealers. I Sole Agents: I BARLOW CO. I Telephone 2790. J HAND PUMPS I FOR FACTORY, WAREHOUSE, CONTRACTORS' AND SHIP'S USE. FOR I I FILLING TANKS, SPRINKLER CARTS AND GENERAL HOUSE PUMPING AND DOMESTIC PURPOSES. jf^Bf DEEP WELL PUMPS. 1 |j^_^^V^ LIFT
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  • 1361 4 tßy Sir William Beach Thomas.) English naturalists have long been distreesed at the pollution of the water*, asfJOCiaUy m the southern harbours and estuafsM by floating oil. At last, after many bitter protests, the need for reform has been taken seriously by the shippers. Many tlvng- combined
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  • 201 4 There has recently developed an interesting corollary to the smuggling of liquor across the border from Canada into the United States. When the "rum-running" began cargo wa? carried one wav r.ly, and the automobiles that transported it returned empty to Montreal. It was soon realised that
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  • 894 4 THE ALGARSSON EXPEDITION. London, Mail Week. Mr. Giettir Algarsson, the young Canadian who is leading the first expedition to attempt to fly to the North Pole by airship, expects to set out from Liverpool early m May. It is understood that the expedition is
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  • 354 4 Dijon Pilots' Guide. Paris. During the week-end the most remarkable lighthouse m the world ha? been lit up for the first time m the heart of France near Dijon. It is intended to act as a guide at night to all aeroplane lines passing a cross France towards
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  • 201 4 An Echo of Olden Days. I was interested to read that the Bean ear that crossed Australia ran 140 miles with 71b. of beef dripping as engine lubricant, remarks a contributor to The Motor. This brought back a memory of the early days of motoring, when lubricating
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 110 4 I KORRENGZAL OINTMENT I An approved pharmaceutical >ffgg»| KORRENGZAL is prepared g preparation for the Skin. iJIffiSSSi^L only by gj In Cases Ol Simple Or lnieClea Ih^HUMV Manufacturing Chemists, Sydney. g fi) wounds, deep-seated sores, ecze- J^^fSßlw^ Australia. g 5> mic eruptions, Dhobie Itch or C: '(fflM»|© Proprietors of the
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    • 557 4 %%%>* THE NEW Rik^^^^ kept clean by c Uwjjf holder has bowiaoiirnpllficd that Ml s matter o^ l»t a moment Hni to r#movc an<^ replace with nlpi another. Use only Everthtrp [■11 cra»ert they fit exactly and tro 2 fil Pi fi 1^ Quality. Buy them wher- I iS 1
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  • 957 5 "GLOVE TROTTERS" IN INDIA. IMK narrow to dm mi r 0* (lobf trotter m his .(or ht r Ifra i,, Delhi. At Bomtten ;.iv little distinfroni tin other components vl I outflowing streams of rishlj \:s)tin?r the ageacy „,..1 struggling wuh Mcal»-driv« rs, transport .hi Kgagc to the railway pier
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  • 343 5 Creaking Shoes m Ward. 'Uon't have one creaking shoe, or, worse s*ill. two c-reaking shoes," remarked Dr. Gaorgt Steel-Perkins m a Isetava to nurses m London. Other points fr< »n hi« lecture were: J)«.n't try to do ail the narsing day and night and never
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  • 1316 5 MOON GOD'S TEMPORAL AFFAIRS. Writing from Ur of the Chaldees, Mr. Leonard Woolley gave some account m The Times of the important discoveries nirde on that site during the work of the season, which has now ended, including the finding of sculptures depicting the building of
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  • LATE MAIL NEWS.
    • 122 5 The Killed and Wounded. (Rangoon Gazette Cables). London, May 9. A Vienna message says at th> moment m a play when Peer Gynt is shipwrecked amidst a thunderstorm a woman fitting m a third row box m the Burg Theatre fired five shots from a revolver
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    • 116 5 Lea field (Oxford), May 8. The last instalment of the report on the Census of 1921 contains interesting particulars on the size of families m this country. Dividing the population into industrial groups it shows that miners have the largest families, about fortythree per cert above
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    • 65 5 An agreement has been reached between the British Broadcasting Company and Theatre Managers' Associations as to the broadcasting of plays. One of the mai.i clauses of the agreement is that no more than twenty-six plays shall be broadcastel and that first nights shall not be transmitted. It
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    • 268 5 Karachi, May 6. Mr. George Kruck Cherrie, who is managing the Roosevelt exploration and hunting trip to Central Asia, arrived et Karachi early this morning per s s. Homestead. Interviewed by an Associated Pre^s representative, he said he would remain In Karachi about four days
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    • 156 5 Finances Causing Concern. London. May 7. Sir Atul Chatterjee, presiding at the annual meeting of the Strangers' Home for Asiatics at Liniehouse read a letter from Earl Winterton stating" that the finances of the Home were causing concern. The institution was doing excellent worK which could
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    • 120 5 LONDON -INDIA AIR ROUTE. London, May 12. According to the correspondert of the Manchester Guardian the construction has begun of 2 new Empire aeroplanes with which Imperial Airways will carry out experiments on the India-London rout"*. The aeroplanes will be the largest commercial aeroplanes m the world, all steel except
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 464 5 i iS^^cT^ Chamberlain's I B^Wffil Colic and Diarrhoea it i fßaVn^^^l R *J\ fH PAIH B THE STOMACH, Possesses one unique charac- j Ii! cJZfcST"** teristic among medicines. It is PWJ_* WLWUI COLIC, I lit fir mmZXiM made solely and onl .y for the one > orsi-SSStRHtu PUrp Se f
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 880 6 r~ I V U ml M II I I B I t I I OFFERED BY THE 1 SINGAPOBE FREE PEESS lj IN A GIGANTIC I POPULARITY VOTING CAMPAIGN U CAMPAIGN OPENS MAY 23rd CAMPAIGN CLOSES JULY 18th. I lo^ffisV M I H*^a B %JM\jFmi^J^ 11%. \^l >2f I Including
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  • THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS OFFER 3 MAGNIFICENT CARS—A HOST OF PRIZES
    • 441 7 m>t^o lth a leelin^ r of pardonable pride, THE SINGAPORE FREE rofcSS announces m their Popularity Campaign, the most lavish uistribution o t motor cars and other prizes m the newspaper nistory of Singapore. These gifts of beauty and worth will
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    • 336 7 One $2975.00 Studebaker Standard Touring Car, purchased and on display at MALAYAN MOTORS, 212 Orcfcjwd Kd. One $1650.00 Gvay Touring: Car. purchased and on display at THF STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE, 4 Orchard Rd. One $1350.00 T'ojan four passenger Touring: Car. purchased and on display
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 154 7 I $400 Electric Chandelier OF VENETIAN CUT GLASS Purchased and on Display at Frankel Bros. VICTORIA ST. No connection with any other firm m Town. ■^r (GIAMBI A PHONOGRAPH AND NEW PROCESS RECORDS— VALUE $200. PURCHASED AM) ON Ijjljjl Robinson Piano Co. Opposite the IN>st Office, r~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^ (Incorporated m Hongkong.)
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    • 96 7 VALUE OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENTS. B<.Jow are shown the subscription rates and the f^gukir number of votes given m accordance with the amounts paid on subscriptions: (All subscriptions must be paid m rdvance before votes «rlll be issued.) SINGAPORE FREE PRESS Votes 3 Montht 7.50 2,000 6 15.00 5,000 1 Year
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    • 65 7 ENCOURAGEMENT COUPON GOOD FOR 50,000 VOTES When Accompanied by One Subscription For $30. Candidate Address Only one of these coupons can be used by any one candidate, and will be honoured only when ac- I companied by a $30 subscription, either new or old. This is m addition to the
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    • 219 7 $400 SILVER Tea and Coffee Service PIRCHASED AND ON DISPLAY AT SINGAPORE'S LEADING JEWELLER B. P. de SILVA HIGH STREET, TKe Store of Service |n^ No. 1. A Kodak if I Jji| with Special Lens. jßp|Lri|j^^ Purchased and on Display at SHfc^aE& kodak ltd. I 3, BATTERY ROAD. wk FOR
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 22 8 KINOBBUET. At the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur on May 19th to Lucienne wife of Dr. A. Xeave Kingsbury, a daughter, Gerniaine.
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    • 20 8 IN ME MORI AM. Emcst O. R:ickett, late of Sin{ra' t >oi and the Malay States. Died May -'Ist 19J4.
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  • 884 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925. Opening Blind Alleys. It ia interesting to read m tht, various reports of the Residents of the Malay States, both Federated and Unfederated, and m various reports of the Colony, of the steady growth !of the teaching of hand-work m the elementary schools.
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  • 220 8 Letters franked with air mail stamps t'.re being; receive'! m Ftnang frrm Siam. iir. 7)vr»p, Executive Kn^ineer. Johom, who ua- tDnuetly m Kuala Lum\nu\ goeM on Home )ea\e this month. The Sultan of Kelantan and his partj will pay an unofficial visit to Singapore next week. HU Highness and party
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  • 634 8 TALK OF THE TOWN THE SCHEME OF NOMINATION. The great "popularity campaign announced by the Singapore Free Press, whereby $10,000 worth of prizes is offered free, i«* causing the keenest interest m the community. Everyone is asking:, "How is it done" and "Who is m it?" In reply
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  • 356 8 I Ratßes Institution Sports will be held on FrWay, June Sth. at 2J5 pjn. 'The attention of Old Boys is called to the fol lowing events: Old Boys 440 yards (Hep.) I OKi Boys Race (Over SO) Old Boys Halt Mils all* poet entries. Tho British Engineers Export JournaJ contains
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  • 67 8 PRINCE GEORGE'S ARRIVAL. (FlOmoui Priace feorn «rho v P- an.i |Ulw, on hi Station to join hi* is tti,, K ,tf Jlt spscial train througi It is expected that h lpoh ;<f WBMIBBAI CLAIH (From Our Own < >m. In th» Supreme Court, b 1 M.H.Whitl, y .th,,, .n which
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  • 22 8 (Fro;u Our Own Corrupt tm i, IVn:tnii The Italian lirnuu i of. Hi' did not an evening.
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  • 111 8 Mr. Justta Barrel ,j j, foi England by tb< P to-morrow (Fridaj months' leave on Justice G. C. Deane, fi i xpected to ii-Mii, i on Monday next, M pleasant fun< I ambers of Mr. Jusi i at t):e Supn m« < when Mr, Athysaya staff of
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  • 46 8 Five Mr* far Fargsn Ik;! fed with eount< possession of coi i stmmentfl And n rhui H<> Meitf H I Hcnjr wnd Kann T< yruilty and m re ricorotia inipri«< Another Chinei I charfred writ fed cum fchif es m irill I-m;\il appeart foi
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  • 56 8 As Empire Ds •j Ith the ch< take p ace on ti Fi occAsion will be spi all the ich items including I parades, sinj it g riotic recitations, V petitions dramatic n i twenty ichoi col shorn i that a res of X:, pire
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  • 128 8 Tbkio's Bart! Tit**, (By Courts*) of tl N Nic-hi Shin h.ki... Mi The ■tronj rt si perienced thin yeai niirht though no damai lit"- (i f OMtnasy. The death i> annou Tokogawa, member of •'<• H Imrwrr «»t st..<k \-> The new Department if Forestry Intends, to introduce
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  • 32 8 Tbt Govtrnmei I to open a new cinch vi bud m th. Anai 20,000 icm. I" dimiaatkN) In th< vate planUtions, bring undtr i ten v,ar. The i of quinine will thu
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 134 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDPECK'S" Caldkck, M&cgregor 8 Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) ESTD. §8 4^\ <*• 1572 PATKONISBD HY ROYALTY. THE PICK OF THE LATEST MANUFACTURES JUST ARRIVED IN LADIES GOLD MESH BAGS WITH VANITY COMBINATIONS, SILVER MESH BAGS, IN NUMEROUS DESIGNS, AND VARIOUS OTHER USEFUL PRESENTS. PRICES BEYOND
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    • 19 8 17 *^P~~l 1 Glasgow I I WRIOXLEYIC'AGENTS.&WK-S I SOLE AGENTS: W. R. LOXLEY CO. Robinson Road, Singapore. pEARS* I
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  • 162 9 f GERMAN TARIFF. WOTIIKK UFA PON. [Heutcr*! Service] Iterlin, May 20. ft Economic Affairs sjuseunGovernment was introducing) ris duties protecting indus- i ighest duties would Ik- on Merlin. May 20. \v tariff proposals for •he duties <>n cotton, artificial >i!k and motor-cars, I Economic Affairs said that
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  • 113 9 London. May Itf. 11 was bombarded m nimons this afternoon with: He told one not be charged artil i articles worn country. uld be mad m personal luggage, Wilkin < Middlesboro' I m old benefit I abroad. iter W. Lab.) j g amount of I ter thi
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  • 139 9 ilK FRENCH \IMS. Paria, May 20. f llther French rein■lTived The enemy is inning and conceotrat- nobilisation is said ordered throughout the Riff The uar ia said to be causing the Rirt". publuhei itaterneal of M. M there Xi no question of, insion. The French Govern-
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  • 68 9 l.»ndon. May 20. "f CommoM replying to ■Mr. hamterlain stateJ "'•>• had informed him last red to be relieved soon mirft his retirement •|n UM \u received thJ w hia iatentioni with gretit Chamberlain*! request t:i(i continued to hold the' «"»iMioner. His resign-. now accepted and His;
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  • 98 9 SAYS SOKOLNIKOFF. BUDGET BALANCES. [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, May 19. SokolnlkoflP, r [nance Commissar, mtrodn I ing the Soviet Union budget, said that the I estimates of revenue and expenditure balanced at 2.:>r>B million roubles. The Soviet had succeeded m creating order and solidity m their finances and a
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  • 82 9 [Reuter'-s Service.] London, May 20. Her Majesty the Queen paid a surprise vi>i: to Wembley this morning and Inspected the Malaya section, She was received by the Commissioner, Mr. Caldecott, and was keenl.\ interested m the two new dioramas representing high fore»t and mangrove swamp, also
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  • 146 9 [Renter*! Service.] Moscow. May 20. t rting to the Soviet Congress said that the Red Army had been reduced tenfold, to half a million men. which was the smallest army m the world relative to population. He advocated the adoption >f a territorial system for defence
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  • 97 9 [Reuters Service. j Geneva. May 19. The general committee of the Arms Conference voted by B large majority m favour of the freedom of transit, entailing deletion of Article Five of the draft convention. Vevcrka, the Csecho-Slovakia nte, proposed that instead of the, 1 article BOOM form
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  • 80 9 f ßeuter's Service.] London. May. It, Renter is informed that nearly all the j British missionaries' societies m China had j notified .Mr. Chamberlain and the Chinese! Minister that they had resolved not to apply j for any share of the Bt>xer Indemnity and} would not
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  • 88 9 [Router's Service.] Moscow, May 20. The com il of the Red Trade Unions has forwarded to the Amsterdam Trade Union inUrnationa fresh proposals with a view to unity. [In February thi found: of the International Federation of Trade Unions it Amsterdam passed a resolution offering t(.
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  • 67 9 [Rerter's Service.] Madras, May 19. Reports are pouring m describing the havoc wrought by a storm on the East <'o:i~t, damaging the railways, bi-eaking r'owri telegraphs, blowing off roofs of housM and endangering shipping. Thirteen b:vo been killed and fourteen seriously injured a> the result of the
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  • 39 9 London. May 19. Tho House of Commons has read for a second time the Widows, Orphans ;;nd OM;.ge Contributory Pensions Bill a? outlined m the budget, after rejecting a Labour MncrdmcPt by 401 votes to 123.
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  • 790 9 WHAT THE PRISON DOCTOR DjES. lnurtstii.g Evidence m Assize Case. Interesting evidence regarding the application of tests to malingering prisoners m the Singapore Prison was given m the c arm of case before the Acting Chief .Tu*iice, Mr. Justice Sproule, at the Assizes yc.sicrday. The accused was
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  • 62 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome, >lay 19. The Chamber has unanimously read for the second time the bill for r<*gu^»tir:g secret societies. [This bill, directed against secret societies, including- freemasons, forbidding public officials t"> belong to secret societies, and compelling them to ('.ivulge the constitution, rules, «'tc, of such organizations,
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  • 1033 9 YESTERDAY'S PERFORMANCES. The first afternoon performance of the Militaiy Assault-at-Arms and Pageant, which is m aid of xMilitary Charities, took place yesterday afternoon on the Stadium ground, commencing at 4.15. There was aj very £ood attendance, including His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government, the hon'ble Mr.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 151 9 I STAIR CARPETS j i Assorted Designs Colourings Swiss Jute Stair Matting— Plain with coloured &j Borders 27 ins. wide $2.50 yd. Tapestry Stair Carpet— Various colours 27 ins. H wide $:J $:].25 $3.50. g Axminster— English— Assorted Designs colours H 27 ins. wide $5.75 $7.75. g 36 ins. wide
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 774 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. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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    • 456 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND VKEIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. s.s. CITY OF ATHENS due May 28 s.s. SUTTON HALL due June 27 s.s. COLORADO due July 28 MARSEILLES, LONDON,
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    • 575 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION (n LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMBWARDfI For China and japan. For Marseilles, London and Ant Due 'twerp, Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 1683 11 **WILI> MEN" AND INTELLECTUALS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh, April 22. There was a n unintentionally amusinir quality about the discussion at the Scottish Trades Union Congress on the subject of the influence wielded m the Labour party by the intellectuals of Socialism. A resolution was proposed demanding
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  • 306 11 It is interesting to note that the Governments of the Straits Settlements and the federated Malay States are the only ones <>f the British Dominions represented at the Nations Food Exhibition now being held at Olymv>ia\ and opened on the 11th inst. by T»ord Leverhulme. The Malayan
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  • 66 11 The powerful (Jred^es usod m placer mining m Alaska dig to a depth of sixty feet, and the 200,000 cubic yards of material that may be removed m a month is all sluiced and washed m the dredge itself. It is estimated that m the years 1896 to 1922 as
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  • 957 11 THE AMATEUR GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, April 23. The competition for the Amateur Golf Championship opened on Tuesday at Hoylake, and among" the entrants were nine youths and aped veterans. There were" two matches on Tuesday which engaged the popular fancy. In one of them
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  • 31 11 The people who are actually engaged m banking and bill-discounting are much better judges of tho safe limits of credit than the "issue" banks are likely to be.— Mr. Wyrmard Hooper.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 375 11 For WATCH VALUE sjfif m accurate timekeepers i the climatic conditions of the East. POCKET WATCHES JOHORE LEVER Each. j\ two SIZES MOTION LEVEE WITH SCREW Br>o Each ASKS Gold and Silver Hunters and Half Hunters. WKISTLET WATCHES NKW PATTERN' MOTION' LEVER $12.50 Each. S4 REW CASES i SOLID SILVER
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    • 875 11 NOTICES. EXCHANGE RANKS NOTICE. The Exchange Banks will be closed at noon on: 19th May, Tuesday and 21st May, Thursday, for the Race Meeting 125 21-5 HOTEL VAN WUK CO, LIU. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlement-. 1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the TWENTIETH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING "f the Company
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    • 348 11 NOTICES. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that Oxley Road will be closed to traffic on Friday, 22nd May, 1925, from 9.30 p.m. until 5 a.m. the following morning, for the purpose of effecting certain repairs to the Railway Level Crossing. By Order, W. MARSH. Municipal Secretary. Municipal Offices, Singapore,
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  • 165 12 FLEVO DISASTER. Result of Official Enquiry. The following is the finding of the Marine Court of Enquiry which investigated the circumstances attending the fire on board the steamer Flevo. It will be remembered that the fire broke out when the Flevo was on a voyage to Batavia from
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  • 66 12 Sentence of six months' rigorous imprisonment was yesterday passed on the Chinese who was charged before Mr. Franklyn Robinson the previous day m connection with a serious stabbing affair which took place on board the Tangistan recently. The accused put forward the remarkable defence that he
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  • 88 12 Rates of freight on cargo to New York as set forth m Freight tariff No. 3, with the exceptions noted below, have been advanced by G $1 per scale ton, effective August Ist. The rate of freight on Gutta Percha has been increased by G $2. Tea, cutch,
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  • 102 12 Various improvements are contemplated at the Customs wharf m Bangkok which will provide the much needed additional accommodation. The vacant piece of land between the Customs and the old 4 ite of the American Legation is being filled up with the earth ballast brought out from London
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  • 256 12 The mention m our notes last month of the Danish five-masted barque Kobehavn, which has recently visited the Thames and which is being used as a training ship by the East Asiatic Company, calls attention to the fact that we have no sail training ships m England, although
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  • 237 12 The first of two 1200-ton steamers under construction for the Australian Commonwealth' Lighthouse Service was successfully launched at Cockatoo Island during December. The new vessel, whi rt h was named the Cape Leeuwin, was' expected to be completed by the end of February, and the keel of
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  • 101 12 Madam Bochanavisuddhi, wife of the First Secretary of the Siamese Legation m London, on April 21st. lauched the river irunboat Ratarakosindr, constructed by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company, Limited, High Walker-on-Tyne. The vessel is intended for river, estuary, and coast line patrol, and is the first war vessel
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 511 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). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Ac Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 424 12 GREAT REDUCTION. DANIEL CRAWFORD'S RED STAR v SCOTCH WHISKY |2kS¥*^B now hH| $20 per <A i 1 (Dl TV EXTRA) Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. M1?C0 A CVQ TVO MAD ITIMUV Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT
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    • 301 12 THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., INC. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) Travel Made Easy Passages booked by all steamship lien 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 SUt« Siimnt Rlys. Java
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 680 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gem as and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a>m# j 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.
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    • 210 12 '♦Suicide during temporary insanity" was the verdict returned by the British Coiteul m Canton who held an enquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Capt. Francis Michael Dillon who was found shot while his boat (the C. N. Co.'s Sui Yang) was against the wharf at Canton. From the
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    • 645 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Xrr. Dent. j, Hamburg, Rotterdam, AntwerPi Bfewe*, via Colombo, Ador Mid l >ort Said. Andes Maru June 1,1 June 12 N York via San Francisco, Panama Havana Maru from Kobe JuneTT Dorbi C»pi Town, Rio, Santos, MonBoenoi Aires via Colombo, f Mexico Maru May
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    • 443 13 fTrrß H\ IHfafl'HH In lfn< I ™we P*^9^^^B BUI MwljS^wl &SwlJw^Wi ■X SZlSfilfiSSßli. J«2£sl£ $BsBh* 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 Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these
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    • 683 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE I OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD I I BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO L3S ANGELES AND I SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA June 6 U.S.S.B. WEST FARALON j u i. 4 U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Au j and subsequent steamers approximately 80 days
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  • WOODS' GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE
    • 541 14 Malaya, like most tropical countries, jriories m many species of the feathered creation which abide m forest and field i?nd flit about m the bright tropical sun. Unfortunately, the Malays, whose attitude towards Nature's creatures is not very sympathetic, have invented various methods cf trapping some
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    • 227 14 To the Editor of the Times. Sir, With regard to the remarks of Sir Francis Voules at the Kepong meeting, commented on by you, I have just returned from an extensive tour m Sumatra (where it is possible to compare restricted with unrestricted estates), during which
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    • 119 14 At the St. Albans school sports J. A. G. Anderson, threw the cricket ball 106 yds Ift. lOins., an extraordinarily fine throw for a boy, as all who have seen some of the feeble throwing m first-class cricket will realise. Three throws of 140 yards or over are
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    • 584 14 Some interesting notes by Mr. F. G. Souter accompany the lengthy report of Sir W. G. Maxwell on his visit to "Cameron's" Highlands m March, this year. Mr. Souter remarks that the planting community has long been keenly interested m thir tract of country for tea
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    • 354 14 Details of Life m Indore. Calcutta, April 29. In the Bawl a case, the »hro« Counsel defending the seven accused sought to extract from Mumtaz that she was r.ware of the contemplated warrant Boon after bhe became the late Bawla's mistress. The Court room was crowded when
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 265 14 A Mothers Word to Mothers JiJ\ Mrs. N. Monmouth, 93b, High Street. Ufracombe. if§& 81^ tells m the following letter, what a comfort /2§P^ Woodward's (iripr Water h.<<N /jfillf* V proved m preserving the health PIA JagTir^ "I am a mother of five and from "T DT NT n UnT
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    • 355 14 UllY DtUGOOSS* "lor what they „ot the burning mmtch. riding „t 4 tenommation <■/ Ormgoons I pal!of>, may somdhiua is not cosy to !r told, hut j resemble Unit beast which (I musketeer on j natnrulists call ,i term horseback with his dragon." T^ALUE m cigarettes depends on the amount
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  • 583 15 Tli^ p, vi Singapore, May 20 'EfiB aKain attia^ d ness is recorded A I a lount »t bus,Hse ill,; Practically phenomenal dU>. Uenii^o; 1 tlO Y >f the COmmo-'-short c.how;e .how a P, wmmm priced counters offering large y p r w IT? fluc
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  • 96 15 Hitam Tin I.CSH 1.67 Idris Hydraulic 32s 83i Kinta Tin ($1) 1.11 1#] o Malayan Collieries (S10) 27.7:") 28.25 Tronoh 26.50 27.."0 Telok Kruin 1.19 O'2 Allenby l*6fi 1.75 C( j. Ayer Panas (s:>) 7.20 7.:"0 Bukit Katil WVg 07 l C. Serdanj* ($5) 4.00 4.20 c.d.
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  • 66 15 May 20. Bank 4 m.s. 21 5-1G Bank, demand 2,4 Private crt<di& 8 m..s. _> 4 jt New York, demand sgy Credits 90 days 53^ France, demand 10**0 In.hu, T. T. ,55^ Honjfkonjr, demand ja^ p c j)^ Yokohama, demand 133» 4 Java, dem-and 140* Bangkok, demand 79 s
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  • 217 15 •May 20. Tin 220 Tons $r )%> Gambicr j 9 Pepper White 36 00 Pepper Black Fl^ke Tapioca 575 Pearl Sago Small g5O C °P ra 11.50 Copra Sundried 12 00 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan M«uk Blue Ea^le (Old) Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Red
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  • 238 15 Sees: Evatt Co. Bukit Timah, 7,765; total 4 months, 40.322; Brunei United. 15,038; total 10 mot. 149.662; Changkat Serdang. 7.672: total 3 nios. 29,264; Indragiri, ft 6£39; total 7 mos. 258,722; Lunas, 22,000; total 6 mos. 138,300; Xyalas, 16.101); total 11 mos. 189,821; fapah 25,283; total
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 94 15 YESTERDAY'S LIST The Singapore ('•hambcr of COMMfNt Rubber Association held its 708 th. auction yesterday, when there was Catalogued 1,240,344 lbs.; 553.72 tons. Offered r,77,712 lbs.; 302.55 tons. Sold 410,000 lbs.; 187.05 tons. Spot. London 2s. oi.d. New York a etß|i Trices Reali/ed. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents Per
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    • 185 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. M Qutet Local Tin.— London 1247. Local 1214 ootons sold. <»i:m-inaras h.-.ve buyers at 1.13 .th sellers .< 1.17%. JeiVw Kuanta s be placed at MH lellen hoidinufor 661 i N^w Seivndah. are „voted :i.:,n 3.75. United BUlaccu I. to 1.75. UUn Simpana have buyers at
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    • 185 15 Tin.— £247 up ss. Local 122\. 225 tons. Rubber.- 2s. 9%d, down Pad. Local t. Rubbers. Kuala Sidima have had business at 2.35, [ndraciril can <>c taken at ♦5.15 and New s« rendaki offer at :'>.ho, Baasttts have sellers at 1.15 .Jeram Kuantans at 67%., Bandycrofta
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    • 224 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. Singapore, May 20. Rubber.— 2>. »Hd. 99. Tin.— l 247. 122%. Tons US. The drop of l%d. m the London price of robber has had the effect of weakening share prices and uyers are hard to fimi at recent levels. Tin shows a small advance m
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  • 34 15 Singapore, May 20, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Slieet. Spot 98 90; JoM N !»7; Jllty-Bcpt 87 88; Oc-t-Dec 77 78. Tendon Quotation Sheet 2s 9HA Market Easier.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 438 15 \ssets over $5,500,000. miin /inn Am nmm™ Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LOOTED(lncorporated m Straits Settlements) vfSZ^SSfiZSJZZ S3SSL. C ,fNDON OFFICE: 52 0,0 Jew^E.o. posiwa with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance ATTRA CT,VE PLANS Q F AS
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    • 493 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880.— Capita] Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund y. 80,500,000.00 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vic«-President: R. Ichinoraiya. Esa DIRECTORS. r. lamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. 1. Odapiri. Esq. N. Igraraahi, Esq. taron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq.
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    • 505 15 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 p t- L Silver $26,500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. G. M. Young, Esq. Chairman w Vr r>^, h rr c Esq De
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    • 40 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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  • 224 16 SCRATCHINGS AM) SELECTIONS. The races postponed from Tuesday will be held this afternoon and the scratchings and selections are repeated for convenience. The following are the scratchings: Kace 1 Whitestone. Race 3: Gentle Eva, Orelway. Race 4: Thane of Athole. Race 5: Genzano, Silver Grist, Victrola. Race 6:
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  • 146 16 Rl NNERS AND JOCKEYS. 1 [Renter's Service.] London. May 19. The following: are the Derby p obablt/: Aske (McLachlan Junior) Bucellas (Jelliss) Conquistador (W«st«a) Comtuntius (H. Beasley) Crossbow (Frank B-llock) Dalmagarry Winter Dignity (flunptj) Ethnarch (J. Leach) Field Ardent (R. Jones) Foxlaw (Evans) Flying World (Thwaites) Manna (Donophue)
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  • 56 16 Won by Spit head. London, May 6. The following is the result of the Chester Cup, 2 miles 2 furlongs. Spithead 1. Daimyo 2. Invercauld 3. The starting prices were. Six to one against Spithead, hundred to nine Daimyo, hundred to ten Invercauld. Twenty ran. Won by half-a-length,
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  • 52 16 London, May 12. The British Army which meets the American Army at Hurlingham m June will consist of the following. Captain McCreery, 12th Lancers, S. McCreery, 12th Lancers. Captain Denning, Indian Army, Major Jockett, 17th-20th Lancers. Reserves, Major Boles, ~i7th-12th Lancers and Capt. De Wend Fenton,
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  • 63 16 London, May 12. The Jodhpur polo team composed of Thakur Prithu Singh, Captain Williams, Rajah Hanut Singh and Thakur Ram Singh, was beaten at Ranelagh by 10 goals to 6 by the Hawks composed of S. Sanford and Colonel the Hon. F. V. Willey (play ing
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  • 142 16 "Swee Lee" Tup. Favouied with rine weather and m response to the cordial invitation of the members of the Penan g Polo Club, there was a good gathering; at the Polo Ground on Saturday afternoon, to witness the final play for the "Swee Lee" Cup, between "A"
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  • 26 16 P The high tide OH Sunday is at 11.48 a.m. and the 50 yards handicap o f the Swimming Club will be swum off.
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  • 304 16 HOME CRICKET. Some Big Scoring. fßeuter's Service.] London, May 16. At the Oval: Surrey beat Glamorgan by 173 runs. Surrey made 287, Jardine scoring H4 and Mercer taking six for 93, and 335 for >ix wickets, declared, Jeacocke compiling 140 i»r,d Hobbs 101*. Glamorgan replied with 275, Bates
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  • 123 16 W. L. W. L. Ist Ist Pts. Per. In. In. Yorks 3 0 0 0 15 100.00 Surrey 3 0 0 0 15 100.00 Kent 2 0 0 0 10 100.00 Lanes 10 10 8 80.00 Notts 2 0 0 111 73.33 M'sex 2 1 0 0
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  • 34 16 [Reuter's Service.] Vienna. May 19. By winning three of the first lour matches, Austria defeated Ireland m the first round of the Davis Cup and meets India m the second round.
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  • 34 16 [Router's Service.] Troon, May 2. In the British ladies golf championship third round Miss Joyce Wethered (Holder) beat Miss Glenna Collett (America* Holder of the Canadian Championship, by 4 and 3.
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  • 44 16  -  London. May 12. At Burnham (Somerset) the army go)t championship was won to-day by Captain Gordon Barry of the Tank Corps, who returned cards of 79 and 80 for two rounds respectively. Captain Barry held the titV m 1922. Rangoon Gazette
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  • 21 16 The May monthly medal, a bogey competition, will be played off during the weekend, 23rd and 24th May.
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  • 77 16 The first rowing regatta of the season will be held at the Royal Singapore Yacht Club on Saturday, June 27th., -when the following races will take place: Fourg: Xutt-Beresfo d Challenge Cup for junior oaismen. Fours. Scratch Fours. Siullinj::— Handicap Sculls. Entry lists and particulars are posted at the
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  • 157 16 I London- stocks of rubber, from being lound about 70,000 tons before Restriction, have, thanks to the Stevenson Scheme, been brought down to under 10,000 tons. Report has it, says the Times of Malaya, that practically the whole of this stock m London is now m
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  • 1282 16 EASTERN MINING COS CLAIM FAILS. Malayan* Collieries Involved.' In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard, an action was heard m which the Eastern Mining and Rubber Company, Ltd. claimed from Mr. F. C. Peck the sum of $2,089.32 alleged to be had and received
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  • 301 16 Junior Department. The following books have been purchased for the Junior Department and will be available for issue on Saturday. Arkwright (J. P.) Carpentry and Cabinet-making for Amateurs. Arnold (M.) Ed. Poetry of Byron. Attwell (Henry) A Book of Golden Thoughts. Avebury (Lord) Pleasures of Life. Avebury (Lord)
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  • 184 16 King's Birthday Parade 3rd June. (i) The King's Birthday parade will take place on the Padang on Wednesday morning, 3rd June (Public Holiday). The Commandant hopes that every member will make an effort to attend this parade. Tho parade offers one of the few occasions on which the Corps
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  • 40 16 I Friday, 22nd 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, S.R.A. (V). Saturday, 23rd 2.30 p.m. Bukit Timah, Units S.V.C.; Seletar, Eurasian Coompany. Sunday, 24th 8 a.m. Bukit Timah, Unit; S.V.C.; Seletar, Eurasian Company.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 226 16 YOU'LL FIND THE BEST ON H.M.V. RECORDS ENJOY IT BEST ON THE H.M.V. GRAMOPHONE With thousands of H.M.V. Records m our stock to choose from, and with new lists issued monthly there is no question about getting your kind of musi on H.M.V. Records, and getting it at its finest
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