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

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S.. TUESDAY. JULY 7, 1925. NO. 11,535.
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  • 241 1 r lh<- Daily Ttlegraph regards as dangerous the American suggestion of reform of extra-territorial rights as ii will react seriously on Japan Page That Britain i« getting vtry tired tf the continued Russian propaganda against her is trident Page 3. The "test" call of the American defence
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  • 1276 1 A carillon m the flock Tower augmentir.g the voice of Big Ben, is a proposal upon which, M 1 do not live m Westminster or Chufog Cross, 1 havv no right to Ml opinion. But it has made me think of tome of the noiseless bells to
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 289 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for BUKOPBAM TROPICAL SUITS. 32, UGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. GUEST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. X.R. Evening Dress essential for Dancing. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. SARKIES BROTHERS, <;RILL Proprietors. Seventy varieties besides yAV VAVMI?W the daily
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    • 161 1 Investigate the 20 Royal Reasons. THE EASY WRITING To-day the number of Royal Typewriters m use exceeds 800,000. There are twenty reasons for this phenonu-r.al record. Let us prove them to you m your Office, or send you the book explaining: them. RoNElo Ltd. COLLYER QUAY THONE 6-a BEACH ST.
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    • 139 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. What Millionaires Miss Pftgt 2 Aspeso and safety first Page 3. Uniteers for ail types of saws Page 3. Capstan, the popular cigarette Page 8. Tzal for stamping out disease Page R Sanatogen for nervt repair Page 11. Omar Khayyam coming to the Alhambra —Page 2. Speedicut drills
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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
    • 132 1 THE WEEK. Tmsday, Ith. High Water, 11.31 m., 10.47 p.m. Leajrue II: C.F.A. (A) vs V.M.C.A; S.C.C. vs O.T.F.C. Tennis: Singapore Championship. Final of L.L.T.C. Tournament. D. L. Meeting, 6.30 p.m. Wedvratlay, Rth. High Water, 0.16 a.m., 11.32 p.m. B. I. homeward mail leaves. League I: Mr.lays vs R. A.
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  • 316 2 rA Story of Treachery. Tangier. May 20. A native of Raisuli's stronghold in the Beiii Aros tribe lands describing to me today the famou s chieftain's capture by Abdel Krim's contingents on January 27, informs me of two incidents which have remained unreported. Hariro. Abdel Krim's lieutenant, who
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  • 64 2 Cairo, June 1. Ti.- .-und-up of Communists yesterday appe;.;. to have been due to the discovery of evidence of a conspiracy to foment a Commanist revolution in Egypt. Paper< have been found seriously compromising the Soviet, and there eppeafl to be' some cor.nection between Bolshevist activities
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  • 78 2 Mr. A. S. Roe, author of "Chance and Chance n China," informs the Daily Mail that canefcr is far less prevalent in the Par East than in the Near West. Comparativaly few Chim so suffer from cancer, but in CUaa rats and cock-roaches are distr i-.giy to the fore. *T
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 74 2 TENDERS. gMIr Tht it rmentioned Naval Stores now lying at ti. A- rruralty Oil Fuel Depot, Normanton, an- for by tender and may be inspected any day, except Sunday, between 9 a.m. and I 6 p.m. Thrso tun DENBY motor lorry (old). Fornv af tender, which are returnable on or
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    • 356 2 ALHAMBRA From Sunday, July sth to Saturday, JULY 11th. A PICTURE YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING AND WANTIN'r Tn The One that Won IIN <' To SEE THE ADOLPH ZUKOR $10,000 PRIZE In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A METRO SUPER SPECIAL PRODUCTION Adapted for the Sbreen from the the
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  • 955 3 Of all the popular -hips that crossed the PaciH.- betwctn Vancouver and Aus ralian port*, ours wan probably the most popular. The Old Man was a groat favourite with the passengers, and did hi? best to maki> the long; trek enjoyable to them. He was a
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  • 135 3 Ah ohol not Necessary m Tropics. London. June 22. At the World's Womens' Christian Tem1' ranee Convention, vhieh v -?s opened at Edinburgh, Mrs. Price said that India wanted prohibition an.l was v ir.g to win it. The educated classes m India were lear ning to
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  • 665 3 THE YANG 1)1 PERTUAN'S VISIT. (From Out Own Correspondent). London, June 11. On Tuesday His Highness the Yang di Pertuar Besar, who is the Federal So/oi*eign of the nine small polities which together form the Malay State of Negr; Sembilan, the southernmost of the Federated Malay
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  • 165 3 Stigma of Guilt Removed. The question of the guilt of Mary Queen of Scots, which has intrigued historians for Centuries, is now claimed to have been definitely cleared up by means of impartial scientific investigations carried out by Mr. Ainsworth Mitchell, editor of the newspaper, The
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  • 118 3 The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases is continuing its good work, but is short of £50,000 which will enable the Institu f e to be firmly established. Many large donations have been made m London by firms whose head offices are ihtre and their work out
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  • 167 3 Our ancestors cannot be accused o* taking: their Whitsuntide pleasures sadly, as witness the account of the Whit-Monday celebration at Hendon m 1786. A prize of a gold-laced hat was offered m a grinning-through-the-horse-collar competition. Above the heads of the six candidates was a notice "Detur Tetriori";
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  • 107 3 Amonir recent arrivals m London from Malaya are the Yam Tuan of Negri Sembilan, who is staying at the Hyde Park Hotel; Mr. G. H.tmmant, Under Secretary for the Straits Settlements; Mr. A B. Voules. who was recently officiating as Resident Councillor, Penang; and Mr. G. P. Cuscaden, Chief Police
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 227 3 m 1 11 d L M peiiments with your M C !i l\ely on I: NO'S V 1 "Irn I Salt "to prevent t'lat >^m Ift of the system -^^P <• to li\er troubles, !^f i. i km ailments. W heat con^tip;itioi^and ,l:sonU'rs so prevalent m H ji i mates
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    • 276 3 SAFETY LAST! Is a picture all normal people will enjoy, and as it will be shown m Singapore m the near future, make a point of seeing it. GOOD PICTURES ARE RARE. If you would like to both look and feel your best when enjoying this picture, make a point
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  • 273 4 Ont has to go abroad, preferably to other countries under British rute, to realist what a neat, clean, and pleasant plac p to live m this Penang of ours is. Pretty w^ all know it to be, but its cheeriness and its freshnltuss the resident is apt
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  • 41 4 Mr. G. Robert Oswald, A.1.M.F., who has been associated with tin mining: m the East for a considerable number of years, has left for Malaya and Siam to report on tin properties under offer to the Strait* and General Development Co.
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  • 1181 4 him LAW-BREAKERS OF LONG AGO. Eileen Arnot Robertson m a broadcast talk from London said. It was a woman smuggler of the olden days who remarked, coolly, that it was a good thing the penalty for smuggling was death; it kept the profession from being overcrowded by
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  • 930 4 HOW IT IS DONE. Writing m the Manchester Guardian Mr. H. G. Barwick says: The cult of sunbathing has many devotees m Australia. On any fine day the splendid Sydney beaches are crowded with athletic-looking people of both sexes acquiring health and a coat of tan
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 447 4 I DRINK BURNETTS GIN I (Old Tom Dry). i I Obtainable Everywhere. j; African Eastern Trade Corporation, Ltd. ;\va%%v.\\ v.svs%%sv.v. v.v.\v»%v. v.%v.s\va%%\^ Deep-Seated Abscess m the Hip. 4«*A '^^^B^ Remarkable Recovery after undergoing M fe Sfe-- Our Portrait U of Mrs. LAMBDON. of Mott t MilL Withyham. Siuaez. jl s<^|m^
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    • 222 4 There's Health m every dose of Hall's Wine Hall's Wine is a great tonic m every case of weakness. It enriches the blood fcoJi the nerves builds up y O ;r strength all round. Take Hall's Wine if v u ;ue run-down, or oxfa vis a trying climate. It is
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  • 1649 5 WE REALLY GET WARM. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, June 11. The weather is quite nice here now. It has been very ffien c indeed for a fortnight and the temperature yesterday was 83 m London and nearly 86 m Newcastle. One would think that we had
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  • 444 5 London to N>w York m 46 Hours. London to New York m 40 hours and London to San Francisco m 4 (toys; the Atlantic crossing to oe effected m a series of flights between great floating aerodromes. This is the project which the Oceanic Airways Company has
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  • 155 5 I note the Budiret breeze still Mows And still the indignation grows About the tax or\ silken bore, Which MNM find very shocking; With fierce reproach away the* 1 peir. But as for me, my friends, I teg To say I liko the female kft In taxed
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  • 661 5 AN OLD CUSTOM. The story which wr.s told at tht Willesden Police Court on May 26, of the BUM who sold himself m marriage for the rm of £10, reminds one of the old custom of wife-selling which prevailed among the masses ol the people m all
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  • 94 5 At the annual meeting of the Over-Seas beagut, Sir Ernest Birch presiding, it was stated that the membership was B^ttl, in(]i4(lintr .")..".'{B life members. Following the opening of Overseas House, Xo. Park Place. a> rt sidential (|uarters, the L»ftgV« had also bought th«* lr<eholtls 9$ N,. s 4 and 5,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 553 5 1 Is there anyone ill at home to-day? ANYONE who is completely run down through overwork or neurasthenia? Amone just up after a serious illness? Anyone whofC health wants thoroughly rebuilding If there is— it's a case for a course of >X INCARNis. More th.n 10,000 doctors have recommended' this
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    • 118 5 KORRENGZAL OINTMENT f An approved pharmaceutical mw^m i/nDDUMfjAi 5? preparation for the Skin, fl^^l Illvhv Prepared In cases of simple or infected l^ffS^ftf^ w E WOODS, LTD., WOUnds, deep-Seated SOreS, eCZe- ill^^^M Manufacturing Chemfsts, Sydney, g mic eruptions, Dhobie Itch or wlliiiii» o 4 Tlu 'w m l S i-
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    • 952 6 4 bbbl I L\ I 4 Lshbl OFFERED BY THE I SINGAPOBE FEEE PRESS 1 IN A GIGANTIC POPULARITY VOTING CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN OPENED MAY 23rd CAMPAIGN CLOSES JULY 18th. I 3$ i V^k I I I W mm £A IV II i jf ■H b^a fl aw b\ IBVa. W
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    • 221 7 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS VM*****D 3 MAGNIFICENT CARS— A HOST OF PRIZES $400 Electric Chandelier rOF VENETIAN CUT GLASS Purchased and on Display at Frankel Bros. VICTORIA ST. connection with any other firm m Town. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH AND NEW PROCESS RECORDS— VALUE $200. I^^^^^ __J.^^Bi^ PURCHASED AND ON I^3 /^o
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    • 656 7 EASY TO WIN The following list of prizes will be given free m the Raffles Hotel ball room on Saturday July 18th 1925. The prizes will be given by choice m the order of their standing to the contestants having the greatest number of votes. ..THE CAMPAIGN CLOSES SHARP AT
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    • 21 7 HOTEL VAN WIJK, SINGAPORE. THE ONLY DUTCH HOTEL IN THE COLONY. Two Monthly Tiffin Books will be given as a Prize.
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    • 221 7 $400 SILVER Tea and Coffee Service PURCHASED AND ON DISPLAY j AT SINGAPORE'S LEADING JEWELLER B. P. de SILVA HIGH STREET, The Store of Service V j£j± $200 1 jm^!^<m No. 1. A Kodak Si 'ill H^ with Special Lens. Wh i^^^S. Purchased and on Display at I^^^^ KODAK LTD.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 23 8 CULLY. At the Nursing Home Syers-Rd. Kuala Lumpur on July 3rd to Marjorie, wife oi" C;. Cully, Madingley Estates Kajang. a son.
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    • 71 8 The Family of the late Mr. Tm Tang Xi&h express their deep appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind sympathy m sending letters of condolence, wreaths and scrolls and for their kind attendance at the funeral. They also wish to thank tho staffs of the Chinese High
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  • 943 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1925. Catching up the Lie. Once a lie is started on its journey round the world, especially when it is issued by those well coached m the art of propaganda, to catch it up is one of the most difficult tasks that one can
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  • 422 8 The Rev. E. H. Key mer, who will act as Colonial Chaplain, Penang. during the absence of the Rev. Keppel Garnier, has arrived there. On Saturday morning Mr. Lotr. who met with a motor cycle accident a few days ago, was still in aa unconscious condition at the General Hospital.
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 165 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I'enang, July 6. The Pinang Gazette's Calcutta corres* pondent learns that through an anonymous letter the Commissioner of Police has traced the girl slave employed by a rich Mohamedan Government servant, who has been ill-treated by his wife. A charge of causing grievous hurt
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    • 96 8 (From Our Own Corresponded) Kuala Lumpur, July 6. The Somme W/eek carnival dance, organised by the Kuala Lumpur branch of the Ex-Service Association of Malaya, and held m the Town Hall, was a great success. There were 680 present, including the Chief Secretary and Lady Maxwell. The
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    • 61 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July ft, Dr. Wilson returning from a dance at Batu Gaji'h to Ipoh wds seriously injured as the result of his car colliding with ;i telephone post. He was sent to hospital and was recovering consciousness on Sunday night and
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    • 26 8 A.D.C to Sultan of Perak. (From Our Own Co-respondent). Ipoh. July H. Captain Lindsay Years has been appointed A.D.C. to H H. the Sultan of Permit*
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    • 110 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, July 6. H.H. the Sultan of Perak gave a very successful At Home on Saturday on the occasion of the ear-piercing of his daughter and the berchuchi ceremony of his son. Football and polo -were played, the latter being the finals for the
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  • 66 8 His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government will leave Singapore a1 10 a.m. on Monday 13th July embarking In the Sea Belle. H t will be Accompanied »>y Miss Hose and Miss Fraser. His Excellency the General Commanding Malaya will join the party at Pfekiui
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  • 97 8 Action taken at meeting of Committee No. i. Decided to reduce the assessment of the Japanese Elementary School at No. 14 Mt. Elizabeth from $1,200 to $600 per annun,. Decided to educe the assessment of the Parsonage attached to the Church of Or.r Lady of Lourdes at Ophir
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  • 91 8 Mr. G. H. Kiat, who was released on I >ail of |10,000 last week, was again called I U|> before the Polite Courts yesterday j morning, the case against him being mentioned and postpone 1 until the Bth. instant; hail was extended. It will be remembered that
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  • 54 8 A lobbery is reported to have occurred m Grove road at noon on Saturday. The complainant is a Hokien merchant carrying: on business under ihe name of Chop Chin Hoon, Teluk Ayer Street. He states that three Hockchews committed the crime and that thpy grot away with
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  • 316 8 BONUS OFFER FOR ONLY ONE WEEK. STILL TIME To X TK| The new bonus offer th Free Press, Popularity 200.000 extra credits h scription money will rvn»j n dates far tht priwi sh', u the advantage of the extra v .,t cured by turning j n thoj| Holding subscriptions until
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  • 440 8 DONORS TO THE GIRLS' SCROOI KIN Slowly but steadily donations an i m, and the last report of the H surer iboWl that the sum of *"»4.74 i inclusive of the latest contrflwtkNU >een collected. But tin- Cmmittc Sinjraport Chinese Girls* School proposition before them v IIMjIM, tttimated,
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  • 12 8 Mr ind'Hn, A. B. Voule- inir ar SumiinndaU-. Btrkt, M« trolf eourit.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 177 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S nAY n CURACAO. Cherry Uf II V Brandy, Kummd, Ijl II Jt f Cremc de Menthe 1/VIJU j V. 0. Gin. J Acknowledged by Connoisseurs as being the best. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 4.-,, ROBINSON ROAD. TELEPHONE 225. PATRONISED /fib H ffl/^
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    • 17 8 FOR ALL J VERMIN USE p tp AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. T^B^^^^^jft__ u^ <L*^ j\ wj
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  • 209 9 A COMPLICATION. II p. 031 EXTRA TKRRITORIAIJSM. tied States 'well-meaning sugiminediatcty to reform extra- rights m rhina is the theme of ;idcr m the Daily Telegraph, which the opinion that hy doing so at hazardous moment, the United be assuredly regards by Japan ;i t last
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  • 49 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, July .">. stood thai two of the Nine- relating to China will be to the Fix nth PfcrtfauMßl for early this week. [Havai s. rvice.] Paris, July 5. un<: l« :hat Parliament c ratification of the Washing- m the early part of this week.
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  • 154 9 B*Kj I'rince Regent. Wtesy of the Xanyo XichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, July 5. '^t h, H.I.H. the Crown visit the South Sea mandate X'ar if he finds an opportVonaKo Karthquakes. earthquake visited Yonago and timea early j n the morn- I'nni-ys eolkp^d and rooftile.s fell Men m various places
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  • 89 9 h; the Alhambra shown M MIV M "Scaramouche" t la| 1 the screen from "*•< BotW. A huge «ht«nd lat, elmc lm r8 had to be Ingram must go the placed on the silver T h; WI soon be forN mi« i^, and a younj? lovers
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  • 13 9 I Ins I "I. t|. v lor Wf»t Mate I Ult "a: A.ade.uy.
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  • 164 9 OSLO'S WELCOME. NORWAY REJOICES. [Router's Service.] Oslo. July .">. Amund en and his compui ions have arrived by air from Horten. They were accorded a most enthusiastic welcome The Polar flyers' aeroplane was escorted to Oslo by five army and five navy aeroplanes, all of which descended m
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  • 404 9 [Havas Service.] T Paris. July 6. The Ministry of War denies the pessimistic messages concerning the Riffan infiltrations which are only the normal consequence of the singular conditions of tne operations. The regular troops are taking steps to [make the Riffans pay dearly for their attaeka against
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  • 45 9 [Router's Service.] Paris, July 6. Protracted Franco-German commercial negotiations have broken down which is attributed to the fact that both countries are about to introduce new protectionist tariffs and it is impossible to conclude a permanent convention until these have passed parliament.
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  • 35 9 [Rtuter's Service.] New York, July I. It reported that the city of Manizales. Columbia, has been destroyed by fire. New York, Juty 6. The reported destruction of Manizales is inaccurate.
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  • 42 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington, July 6. Reports received up to now by the War Department indicate that the test muster of the defence forces yesterday was only two-thirds as great as m September Nevertheless the results are considered satisfactory.
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  • 59 9 [Reuter's Service.] Boston, July 6. T went:' -four bodies have hitherto tain recovered from the Pickwick Club. Boston, July 6. Thirtynine bodk 1 have now been recovered from the debris of the Pickwick Club including Police Inspector Alexander who it is believed was searching for
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  • LATE MAIL NEWS.
    • 164 9 What Brave Men will Endure. Lon Jon, June 20. A message from Spitzbergen states that Captain Amundsen shows the most traces of hardships which the party underwent, j'-nd others state that this is because he worked the hardest. Captain Amundsen says that on the
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    • 109 9 Oslo. June 18. At the opening: of the Storting the Prej sident said he wished to express the sentiments of all on the occasion of the safe return of An.undsen and his brave comrades from a daring- journey m which they staked their lives. A telegram was
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    • 393 9 .Major Kingston's Thrilling Lecture. Simla. June 26. Raivly has the Gaiety Theatre been so crowded as this evening when the Earl of Lytton, who is acting as Viceroy, presided over a lecture delivered by Major R. W. G. Hin^ston, the Medical Officer with the Mount Everest
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    • 86 9 Further Investigations. Bombay, June 25. According to the Evening News, the J Bombay City Police are conducting further investigations into the Malabar Hill murder case, with a view to tracing others be- hind the scene. The journal adds that one Bombay Police Inspector was deputed to go
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    • 61 9 Bombay, June 25. The Bombay Presidency contribution towards the Viceroy's Leprosy Relief Fund amounts to nearly one and a half lakhs. An offer has been also received from a Bombay Hindu, of a donation of one lakh of rupees for a skin disease hospital m Bombay.
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    • 96 9 i Bombay, June 25. Saiyyid Tahir Adtlabagh, Finance Mini- to the Hedjaz Government, and two notables, stated to be envoys of King Hussein of Hedjaz, arrived this evening, per the steamer "Naldera," and were welcomed by a large crowd of Arabs and local Mahomedans. The object
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    • 112 9 Caravan Arrangements Satisfactory. Simla, June 26. A telegram has been received from His Mar <ty's Consul at Jeddah that pilgrims from all three steamers have landed at Rabagh without interference, and the cara van arrangemen s appear to be quite satisfactory. London, (undated.) A telegratm received
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    • 49 9 Port Sudan, j Mne 2 2. A Message from Jeddah says the Wahabis, who were besieging Jeddah, evacuated their positions on the night of June 20th without giving any warning and without fighting. It is now supposed that they ar e retiring on Mecca.
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    • 80 9 Simla. June 27. The VWroy has rejected the petitions for mercy of all the seven accused m the Baula murder case. It will be re called that Mr. Justice Crump, m the Bombay High Court on May 23rd, sentenced Shafl Ahmed POnde Dighe t»> death, and
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    • 86 9 ALLEGATIONS OF GAMBLING DEN KEEPER. Police Officers Dismissed. Bombay. June 20. As a result of a Departmental enquiry held by the Bombay City Polic c Commissioner, Mr. P. A. Kelly, into the allegations made by a bucket shop-keeper, who was arrested a week ago, that he was cartyißC OB a
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    • 148 9 Fierce Fight and 50 Raider* Killed. Nairobi. June 24. In is unofficially reported that there was a raid recently at Kenya, on the Sudan j border, m which a section of the King's j African Rifles took part successfully and j rourfHed up the raiders who
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  • 224 9 Bad Smash m Orchard Road. Two rikishas were smashed by a Ford Laxi car which appears to have swerved )ff its track at right angles while being Iriveu along Orchard Road late on Sunday light. Both the rikishas appear to have )een crushed m the drain at the
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  • 53 9 Thj Malacca Observer is informed that a large quantity of rubber coupons to the i amount of 100 one-pikul coupons were recently mysteriously lost m the Land Office, Mua/. An official inquiry was held on Saturday by Mr. Marcus Rex and Mr. Burton D.P.i\, the result of which is at
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 750 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 Point*. WEEKLY SERVICE—LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Doe Singapore. Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and
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    • 569 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE? i TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. U s.s. COLORADO due July 28 s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aug. 28 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN due Sept.
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    • 567 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and \ntwem Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage Sin
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  • 1567 11 Mil. CHESTERTON THE JUDGE. Amusing Incidents m Mock Trial. Mr. G. \f. Chesterton srood-naturedly lent himself m the capacity of judge to what has become an established WhitMonday jest at Ilford the trial for the Dunmow flitch. Torhaps Mr. Chesterton was attracted by the hearty old-English sound
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  • 278 11 CAUSATION OF CANC ER. Sir W. Arbuthnot-Lane, who read a paper at a Congress o»f Medical men including doctors from Canada on "The First and Last Link," said a quart?r of a century had elapsed since he called the attention of the profession to what he believed to be by
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  • 104 11 The wedding took place on Wednesday <f Mt. Murupiah Pillay, the son of Mr. S. SuL»b".raya Pillay, ck- Vice-President of the Penang Hindu Sabha, and a member of the Committee of Management of the Hindu Endowments Board, and Miss Pahpathi Aninal. The attendance was on^ of the largest that has
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 381 11 Tor WATCH VALUE sing in accurate timekeepers the climatic conditions of the East. POCKET WATCHES JOHORE LEVEB ]S TWO SIZES MOTION LEVER THIN PATTERN ft p WITH S« REW mm Each < ASES nnd Silver Hunters Hall Hunters. WRISTLET WATCHES NFW PA [TERN MOTION LEVER $12.50 Each. it* CASES i
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    • 710 11 NOTICES. GLENEALY PLANTATIONS, LIMITED. Dmdend of 7* per cent, on account of the year ending 31st October. 1925, has been declared by tho Directors payable on Saturday, 18th •luly 1925. to the Shareholders on the Register on that date. Notice is also hereby given that the Transfer Hooks of the
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    • 313 11 How Nerves are repaired through suitable nerve-food r i Mi< H««ltby noTTO i .br» Ner»e libra \:oint wronf" Notm thm destruction of th* fibrm Destruction m a mon ad van -H slat* I commencing rapnir. irvtril n«w f ibrat ha va I •proutad ana grown through tha di«ea*ed at aa
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  • 39 12 The British steamer Warawala, loaded with rice arrived m Port from Rangoon yesterday. The Edendale is now out of dock. She went m for repairs having sustained dimage when she ran aground off Billiton on June 23rd.
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  • 54 12 SEAPLANES FOR BORNEO. We understand that two seaplanes were unshipped at Singapore on Sunday when the Tairea came into port. Thfc planes are to be sent on to Miri and Borneo for survey work and are m charge of Major Kemp, who was a pessenger for this port
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  • 155 12 Ptecent Koticss to Mariners by the Royal Naval Hydrographic Department have made plain the intention of the Ministry of Marim to establish lights on th« East Coast of the peninsula, says the Bangkok Times. The lights are now an accomplished fact. At Lacon, Pattani, Telupin
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  • 293 12 In the annual report on the Settlement of Penang", the 1924 trad? returns are given. They show considerable improvement, and are the best for four ymn. Compare the figures for 1921, exports, $105,649,000 and import $82,492,765, with those for last year, $215,260,552, and $214,450,540 respectively, and then compare
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  • 445 12 Ask how far the sea penetrates into London and there will be many answers; but travellers who have to engage berths may perhaps even hit on Cocks pur-street, and if so, fancy will abet them. For m these day*, with imagination for a ticket and experience for
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  • 20 12 CLEAR ANCES. July C: Rr»iV Piamiu*. ff*w*>; Ban Sioncr 800 (Brit): W"*»7i*. (T^ml^- Rorouw. CDut>: Tcyooka Maru. (.Tap); Hnrratta, (Brit).
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 424 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUCTRAUA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.375 tona) and MONTORO f5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins <J« Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming *bath,
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    • 131 12 HUGO STWNES LINES (Incorporated m Germany.) REGULAR MONTHLY FREIGHT PASSENGER SERVICE. OUTWARD BOUND HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN s.«. Albert Voegler 9.000 July 30 i.s. Scheer 12,500 Aug. 28 HOMEWARD BOUND ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG. s.s. Hindenburg 12.500 July 80 r s.e. Emil Kirdorf 9,000 Aug. 8 x Calling at Naples
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    • 139 12 I BOORDS I y^y Obtainable, Stocked by all dealers and Hotels. Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. HORLICKS I MALTED I 9 TW» m fmm Fmoi-Drmk I^J 1 a»a». tU. HORLICICt 3 4 MALTED MILK. TU -f .^liiim WH OR LICK' S J
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    • 346 12 MESSAGERIES MARIFIME Under contract with thy French Govr-.-r-i Mail and PIMMOfM* B«vkM DIRECT FORTMf.HTIY FAR EASTERN SKRVKE HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseilles via (olomhi). Djjiw and Port Said. AXdKOR ii\,mi,» U( Ju COMPIEGXK 17,000 dtti J u FROM PBXANG DULY. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djil Port Said. FONTAIXBLKAI OUTWARD. To Saigon
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 627 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 726 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr TW ijßJf- Hamburp, Rotterdam, Arr Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Atlas Maru Durban, a l X Town, Rio, Santos,' Montevideo, ioenes Aires via Colombo, f Manila Maru Aug. 5 Au Colombo and Bombay via Penang. f Hamburg Maru July n
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    • 431 13 ■ft ls^ssT^TrsPsssUtH M^T^™^ 1 BKsi^ SniislM llllimi imp »iBS Round the World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. N 0 C OAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLBANLWMS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, GcMt and Marseilles. From New York these fine new
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    • 636 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST UNE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST FARALON ln^ ta U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA I* 7 l U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT A f U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart For
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  • 576 14 LIST OF STANDINGS. The following is the state 6f tfie poll m om* great popularity campaign checked up to 9 ajn. yesterday >lonung. The list wiU be published at regular intervals on this page. Miss Isaac, 2, Oxley Road, p 1,032,630 Sergeant C. Maidment, Canteen, Tanglin Barracks.
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  • 466 14 All Cambridge is talking about the remarkable "rag" when a lamb was "sacrificed" by undergraduates, and afterwards roasted whole and eaten on the banks of the Granta, recently. The feast was m celebration of Argentine Independence Day, and those taking part were either students from the
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  • 377 14 New York. American tourists abroad last year spent £120,000,000, according to the Department of Commerce, and this year's expenditure is expected to exceed all previous records. About twenty-five per cent, of the sum thus distributed m foreign countries was spent m Canada. By far the greatest part of
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  • 485 14 London's "oldest inhabitant," Miss Elizabeth Lisle, the lonely centenarian of George Street, Portman Square, died recently, aged 104. In the words of one of her servants she 'simply fell asleep. Miss Lisle had outlived all her relatives. She was was 104 on Match 31st last.
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  • 314 14 No Need for Birth Control. Our knowledge is not l ucl. as to justify ither the advocacy or th« mndamiMltkNi of ntraceptives on the ground of alleged dangers of over-population, bu'. otj the cont«ry within the Bntirll Empire the time is lipe for a ca*i [.aign
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  • 100 14 The movement for Brighter Prisons has extended to Perak. The Resident says m his annual roport that coconut h"sk h°:it 1117 has replaced stone-breakinp, the latter beiner only retained as n punishrnen^. "Hush tlttng promires to be a most int'restinjr a.id remunerative industry.'' The death took place on June 22,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 475 14 from the j§ Passengers] E&intome^J —^and that, m the end, is one 5 t of the most important factors a S IkS passenger vehicle owner has to §5 consider— the Albion 'Bus and Motor S Coach Models approach more nearly I S the comfort of a private car than any
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    • 372 14 PIANOS, PLAYER-PlANos I ORGANS I AND MUSICAL INSTRUm^I OF ALL KINDS AT GREATIy REDUCED PRi CEs TIME PAYMENTS ARR AN J| W. J. GARCIA I 219. ORCHARD ROAD. (HE SINGAPORE SHNUUp COMPANY, LIMITED Shipchandlers, Shipbrokers, I Commission Agents. OffiCM MAYN\RDS BUILDING! It Batteiy R > T«lephon« No. 433 THE SINGAPORE
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  • 76 15 July 6. sant5 an t m s J 2 4 1 6- 3 2 Bank demand 2 |4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 314 y New York, demand 66% Credits 90 days 58 France, demand 11O! India, T. T. jJJ?? Hongkong, demand iy 4 p c Prem lokohama, demand
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  • 513 15 FRASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, JULY 6, 1925. •narked.] ars unIe8a otherwise MJNJNG. Asam Kumbang (£i> 4SJ"* Sellers Batang PadangViT 46S 47s Hitam Tin 63 36s 1 6 1 37/11 x d Ln^i^f) (1 S) «.W45a£ Kinta Assn. (10) 5^ /7s x.d. Kuchai Ords. 6.00 Kuchai Prefs. ($1)
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  • 53 15 I am convinced that ultimately the return to the gold standard will not raise, but lower, the value of money m British markets; it will lessen the cost of living and the cost of production, and m the course of time we shall again become the principal lenders to foreign
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  • 196 15 July 6. Tin 130 Tons O8 Pepper White Pepper Black ~jj Flake Tapioca 6 Q Pearl Sagro Small q Copra jj-jjj! Copra Sundried 12 *9 0 Opium, Benares unt. 4 qq 0 Rice, Liang Hin Qua Mark B'ue Eagle (Old) 360 Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New)
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  • 36 15 Singapore, July 6, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.37 1.37V2; Aug.-Sept. 1.33 1.34; Oct.-Dec. 1.22 1.23; Jan.-March 1.10 1.11 y 2 London Quotation Sheet 3s. 4d. Market Firm.
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  • 282 15 Sees: McAuliffe Davis and Hope (Penang). Cicely, 53,259; Eow Seng, 21,245; Lowst Perak, 15,601; Yam Seng, 33,370, Gordon, 17,500; Sungei Tukang, 13,914Tebing, 16,200; N. V. Langsa, 25,700; Glengowrie, 17,350; United Plants. cO.889; (Coconuts) 934,100. Sees: Boutead and Co. Buloh Kasap, 23,000; to date 40,100. Gadek, 25,336;
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  • 45 15 No American comes to England quite a stranger. Mr. Houghton. e According to a telegram from the Amsterdam Head-office of the N. I. Bank the annual general meeting was held at Amsterdam and a dividend of 10 per cent for the year 1924 was declared.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 43 15 (From Our Own Correspondent). A. Peiwnff. July 6. At an extraordinary meeting of the Kuala Kangsar Plantations, the resolution that each of the existing $50 shares of the Company be divided into fifty fully paid up dollar shares was confirmed
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    • 226 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. x Rubher.-London 3s ft"^*^ m^USt £255 2s 6d Local 128yfi^Ubbe^~ The Rubber share is nrm with prices up and buyers chiefly m evidence Sandycrofts have buyers at 260 sellers holding for 2.75. New Scudais are quoted 237 2.40. Hamilton* offer 1 buyers bidding 1.65. Ulu Benuts
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    • 173 15 Singapore, July 6. Tin £255 17s Gd. London July 4. Local 128%. 150 tons. Rubber 3s 3%d up %d. The feature of the share /market is the rapid advance m prices of nearly all Rubber shares. There are strong buyers, and few sellers to meet the
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  • 293 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore, July 6. Rubber. 3s 4d up %6. Local 1.37 Tin. £255 17s 6d unchanged Local. l."0 tons at 128Vi. Active conditions prevail m the rubber share market consequent on the further rise m thr price of the commodity. The mining section of
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  • 112 15 At the sixteenth general meeting 1 o<* the Lendu Rubber Company. Ltd., hold mi No. 4, Lloyd's Avenue, Fenchurch Street, Ix.ndon, E. C, the chairman, Mr. T. C. Owvn, said that the profit and loss account showed a credit of £10,785 ajyainst 3,376, and together with the amount brought forward
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 434 15 Assets over $5,500,000. lllil llillil 1 Till? zinrim n i nm™^, Awnrmnce m force otot $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN \M ASSURANCE COMPANY LMnED(lncorporated m Straits Settlements) The^mpaX £S?£S£s SEL tfp ,«""">« Old E.C. posirea with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF
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    • 946 15 BANKING, YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— 1 Y1 ««.»00.000 K. Koa.JIT' 000 V.ce-President^R^^.i,., M ma aWa Esq Baron X Morimura. I M da lr i' Es T. N I&arashi, Esq. ar X'K Iw ««W- K. Mogami, Es q q K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq. F. Jatanabe, Esq. T.
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    • 41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Roy.l Charter A. D. 17X0). j FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    • 822 16 Win For The Chinese. One of the hnest struggles of the season was wit reused on the Stadium ground -terday afternoon when the S.C.F.A. :;dded another to their succession of wins. It took the best that the Chinese couid give to put away the Sussex
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    • 49 16 Goals P. W. L- D. F. A. Pts. S.C.F.A. o 0 20 1 10 S.CC. 6 4 J 1 16 6 9 Roya! Sussex 5 1117 8 I R-A. B 2 S 10 4 Malays 7 15 1 122 3 S-R.C. 4 1 5 14 1
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  • 55 16 When the Waits Mam came mt< port yesterday she w» nt into dock. The vessel WM aground for six days m the Banka Straits. Her cargo was taken off by the Hutch steamer SwahUento which arrived m Port during the week-end, and she pro«Mtd to
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  • 34 16 Orders Fo r Week Ending July 10th. Tuesday 7th.,— Signalling. Ambulance and Wireless Classes. 5.15 p.m. Headquarters. Thursday 9th.,— Band Practice and Ten Pitching. 5.16 p.m. Headquarters PRAXK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 23 16 [Reuter's Service.] Havana, July 6. Spain has eliminated Cuba from the Davis Cup winning by two singles and one doubles.
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    • 24 16 [Reuter's Service.] Wimbledon, July 6. Ir the mixed doubles final Borotra and Mile LtngiCfl bent Me>rpurgo and Miss Ryan 6 3, 6—3.
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    • 280 16 l\>or Play m Opening Matches. The Singapore Tennis Championship opened yesterday, when three matches two liltylai and OM doubles were played on the S.< Courts. In none of the three games did the tennis reach higher than B. etasa standard, and m the case of the two
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    • 37 16 Khoo Hoot Hye vs. E. G. Wheatley Court 1. Chua Choon Leonp vs. G. C. Denham— Court 2. Chunp Thutt Pitt and Cheonp Chee Tonp vs. N. K. Es« and F. C. James Court 3.
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    • 20 16 Cheong Che c Lim vs. S. Abed Court 1. Y. Asano vs. Bain or I. Abed Court 2.
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    • 226 16 S.R.C. Beat Services. The S.R.C. scored a good win over the Services at Tan^lin on Saturday, making KM m reply to the home eleven's 72. Services. Pte. Ford b Leijssius 4 Capt. Stephenson b Bt.rUl> 1 Capt. Brownjohn c Anthonis-z b Leijssius 9 Major Vyvyan c Morrow b Leijssius
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    • 145 16 The T uly Ladies' Spoon competition was played yesterday over the first nine holes and resulted m a tie between Mrs. H. M. Hill and Mrs. P. S. Hunter who returned nei scores of 37. Twentyeigh* cards were taken out and the following were returned. Mrs. H.
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  • 41 16 Dr. Fen, of Port Swettenham, having gone on long leave* the Assistant Surgeon of the Klanir Hospital, Mr. Vsrdaraja, has been transferred there, while Assistant Surgeon, Mr. B. S. Bhathal, from Kuala Lumpur ha« come m hi.s stead to Klantr -Ex.
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  • 922 16 [To the Editor of the Spectator.] Sir. One of the legitimate and reputable pursuits m Singapore to-day is that of brothel-keeping. It is estimated that there are m that city over 500 brothels (of which 300 odd are registered, and some 200 are "sly" or unregistered),
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  • 54 16 Tht- 75 hmls novices handicap race at the!' Swimming: Club on Sunday attracted eight j competitors. A jrccd race resulted m a win for La Cloche (who went at 12) m the time 1 of 1 mm. 8 sec, with Atkins (going at 8)j 4 MCODd and Hyde 'going
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  • 316 16 THE LATEST NEWS. Exchanges received by mail yesterday from Hongkong are up to date Monday. June 29th. Our contemporaries are issuing abbreviated editions, but full news of the strike situation is given. The Chinese were beginning to cooperate with the authorities. Five hundred coolies registered with the Chinese
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  • 133 16 Manila. June 9.— That baseball is the most popular sport m the Philippine Islands was indicated when the total receipts at the Far Eastern Olympic games became H I known to-day. The receipts at the six j baseball games played between the Philippines. Japan and China amounted
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  • 74 16 Mr. Lye Shoo Yuen, Chinese Consul m Penang. is on a visit to Ipoh. A Chinese \»a- charged m the Courts i y» >terday with burying the body of his son m a place which was not licensed as a burial ground. The body was buried at Tionr Bahru and
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  • 244 16 Orders by Major E. F. G. Da vies M.C.. Commanding. Parades. Under Platoon Commanders arrangements. The Johore Bahru range will be at the disposal of the O.C. No. 1 Platoon except on Saturday 25th. July. The "Ross" Cup. The "Ross" Cup will be competed for on Saturday
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  • 95 16 Programme of Drills. Tuesday, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Chinese Coy. Recruits' Drill. Wednesday, 5.16 p.m., Drill Hall, S.R.F.. (V). Training. Dress Drill Order with rifles. Thursday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall, Chinese Coy. Officers and N.C.Os. Classes. Recruits' Drill. Friday, 5.30 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (V).. Camp at
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 184 16 CONSISTENCY Has always been allied with "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Hence the Superiority of "H.M.V." GRAMOPHONES and the popularity of "H.M.V." RECORDS Let us Demonstrate this To-d;n S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. The Best of Bath Soaps Whether your water supply is hard or soft. VINOLIA OTTO SOAP is
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