The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 July 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, JULY 20, 1925. NO. 11,546
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  • 167 1 The point of difference between the diplomats and the Shanghai .Municipal Commissioners is m a fair way to be settled. Also the Powers are m accord rtnardinu the ra linir «f a conference 'Pa^e 9. Dosser had been ordered to leave Shanghai, if the power of the
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  • 52 1 Finchley Chamber of Trade is sue^<'<tin>r thr appointment by the Ministry of Transport of a commission to inquire as to the seemins: necessity for the removal of all tramways, having- regard to the congested state of the streets and the an -VJents caused directly or indirt ctly
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  • 1675 1 A MONTH IN F.M.S. RBCOLLBCnONI BY D. >l >\ Tart IX. We then made our ITS] bad. m p. ThOHMM had returned tarty m 'he day arriving at 10.30 a.m. A fur an Imui wait for mo, and M I did not retrrn. 1.,' bagttl to get
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    • 216 1 VLLOU <V ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone \o. 2920. G1 EST NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. VH. Evening Dress essential for Dancinp. TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. SARKIES BROTHERS, i RILL -n Propnetors. Sevent) varieties besides the daily special dishes. I I-EON. H. YAYMEN.
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    • 178 1 J Little Miss Kurlo \^S\ f voduces you to the solution of U S^^^^^^ >OIW WH>hinkr diff i^Jlties. You need C "^J l^^ \yy^( Ye T r> anxsety about washing your /^^i\^TT^^rJ^\ rtafifc* garments; the KURLO lather v \^--^^rZ-fVV cl so pently tha t shimmering >/ k the m st
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    • 171 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Cathedral < arnival m the Memorial Hall is close at haml -Pago 2. Trade marks of Chop Kuda Page 7. Also of th« Samhisky Cement C<> Pago 7. House to Itf on Mount Sophia Pane 7. V» hat the eye does not see Pa>re V. That Kruschen
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    • 7 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S MSCriTS AMD CAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 114 1 THE WEEK. Monday, 20th. Hitfh Water. 1<).54 a.m.. If m. League I: S.C.F.A. vs R.A. B.C.C. Rugby mtg., »>.15 p.m. Emulation Lodge, 8.30 p.m. Tutuday. 21*f. Hi;rh Water, 11.27 a.m.. 10.30 p.m. League II: S.C.F.A. ihi rt. S.CF.A. (a); SCO. vs. 5J.0.8. W'edne xdvy, 22»d. Hi>rh Water, UJi a.m.. 11.11
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  • 243 2 Th j Hanaya Shokai of Singapore semi us 'Present Day Japan" a well-printed gigantic supplement m English of the Osaka A^ahi. Recent Malayan visitors to the Malayan Court at Wembley include Mr. and Mrs. A. J» Dishman, J. Dawbarn, J. Arathoon, H. A. Forrer, Peter Slowe, Williams, Mr?. Waddell, Mr.
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    • 320 2 DUBARRY SPECIALITIES New stock of the following lines has just arrived. SILKASHAVE SHAVING STICK. DUBARRY SHAVING MILK. GLOSSAXA SHAMPOO POWDERS ROUGERETTES IN GILT CASES POWDERETTES IN GILT CASES. BATH CRYSTALS. CRYSTAL BATH SOAP. AT POPULAR PRICES. MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. fIT happYvalley ltd 7 THE ELITE CINEMA First Shew MONTE
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    • 282 2 VICTORIA THEATRE FORTHCOMING SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS August 10th: REALISTIC FILM ZEEBRUGGE CELEBRITY TOURS, under the direction of A. Strok August 27th: MISCHA LEVITZKY THE FAMOUS CONCERT PIANIST December 10th: RUTH ST DENIS WITH TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS January 1926: JOHN McCORMACK THE WORLD RENOWNED IRISH TENOR. Sunday, July 19th
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    • 292 2 SURINA THEATRE NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. Commencing Wednesday, 22nd Jyj m iv ufCdt Rcch, PLANS OPEN TO-DAY AT Messrs KELLY AND tJ PRESS CRITICISMS EVENING STANDARD— "I will say boldh that from nm^ vk?w thi:i "unknown Continental producer has outdone th;, lauded C.4J. De Mille of America. -THE MOON Ol \<\{\\\
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  • 932 3 A Wonderful Collection. In the Patharghatti Quarter of Hyderabad City there is a house with the legend, "Pasteur Hall,'' inscribed over the door. Evidently the name of Pasteur has been adopted by Hakim Syed Mahomed Cassim, the owner of the place, because he specialises m treating
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  • 55 3 A negro preacher, announcing that a white brother had contented to occupy the pulpit <<n the following Sunday, paid that brother a flowing tribute. "Dis noted divine." said he, "is one oh de greatest nun ob de a#e. lie knows he unknowable, he can do de undoabte, an'
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  • 38 3 Thf suggestion is generally made m Hongkong that those who remain on strike should be sent out of the Colony, to Canton preferably, whore there is already a shortage of food, and the strikers are Ketting no strike-pay.
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    • 460 3 That Kruschen Feeling. G takes Knrechen and m collect m your body. You need six ()1 life Bge feels lit enough to salts to wash those poisons out— the leapfrog with anyone That six salts which your body ought to tJg'Knischen feeling. He gets get from your food. If it
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    • 276 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Eff icient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within A f^m One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. \vli^/\l Sole Distributing Agents:— Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietor*. i* Have you Tasted
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  • 1679 4 WHY NOT TWO DEGREES OF MURDER? Mr. Rhys Davis, M.P., has presented to the House of Commons a Bill to amend the criminal law (including the law relating to the administration of criminal justice and to the prevention of crime) and for kindred purposes, writes the
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  • 103 4 What is the best thirst quencher for hot weather? George Steevcns, the famous war correspondent, remembering his experiences of thirst on the road to Khartoum, used to answer unhpsitatingly, "Abu Hamcd." On the effects of this particular concoction gin, vermouth, angostura, lime juice, and soda he grew
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  • 78 4 A lady went into her butcher's with a neat brown paper parcel, and m a sweet tone said: "I wonder if you would be M kind as to weiprh this parcel for me on your scales." "Delighted," replied the proprietor, "no trouble at all I assure you.
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  • 556 4 The Now Baltic States and their Future. An Account of Lithuania, Latvia, an 1 Estonia. By Owen Rutter. F.R.G.S. Mr. Rutter's tour through Lithuania. Latvia, and Estonia was m no sense "offuially conducted," hut the Govunmints of the new Republics gMt him every possible assistance m travelling
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  • 70 4 H I I ♦<• t I lum th I I l.Kli I I of ni.nu r I ■low I ■mi* I n of W I with i«n I r* birds o( I safety." I Mr. M I (((AMI m| I lofMtWtl I of birds I uliil.'
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    • 32 4 TWO DEPENDABLE PRESERVATIVES pi B For Timber For Iron and Steel (I JODEUTE SIDEROSTHEN SOLE AGENTS The Borneo Company, Limited. (Incorporated m England.) Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Teluk Anson, Ipoh, Alor Star, Penang.
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  • 649 5 Mr. Lowell Thomas retired from the Faculty of Princeton m 1917 to help m the task of stimulating: enthusiasm for the cause of the Allies, and he has just concluded a three years' tour of the world, during which he has introduced to several million people the
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  • 14 5  - Tba interests of h»eh finance and indvstry are not always similar.- Sir Alfred Mond
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  • 415 5 Cattle Lifters. The Governor of Singgora with the ait of the Gendarmerie has for some time been carrying out a cru.sade against cattle lifters and others to that ilk, and up to the pre.st.nt over one thousand men of the criminal cla have been rounded up and sent
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  • 259 5 Papon laid before the Federal Council at the last Meeting Included a memorandum M the purchase of tin and tin-ore by the F.M.S. Government, m other non-official terms, on the savin? of the tin industry at a very critical period. Th? pessimistic view disclosed at one time
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  • 22 5  - Tlv mm who makes a surross of hi basin— is of the greatest va'ue to htl count i y.- Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister
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  • 421 5 No Danger mi n Uritain. Malaria has made its appearance m England, and malaria, as is well-known, hi carried by mosquitoes. Reports from all quaitcrs show that the mosquito is greatly on the increase, and several specimens caught have proved to be of the type- that carries
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  • 71 5 I .ii>our Member^ (Question m CommnnM. iM.nditt. July 1. Tn tno ITou?c tf CmMM Mr. K. Thurtlo (I.ahouvi Mbal whetlur Indiatw were *lifiblt for appointWMO< as diplomatic ropr«»■MltailVM m any A>i:.tu- country or else- here. Mr. ChambtMlai'i r« ;>! i«»«l tha* an«li<'a «-s n.l thfir panntv mr-t
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  • 107 5 Om» notitts that the old" < ry of "!'V. li tine" is being trotted out one:.' m <• nho fmtwt to crit;> m fcht n panel. Have ih* 1 Const;. i. of tl.i \fta% all who (Ij :i r<v with thorn hoard of a dinner table uiwnl .-<t ?i
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    • 301 5 "TOP NOTCH" jL Scotch Mof rare Flavour y^^^^M^ and always DISTILLERS AGENCY LTD.^J^^^^S^^M^ EDINBURGH. A^W^M^m^^^M. SCOTLAND. j HIGH CLASS VIRGINIAN U CIGARETTES. J THE NEW CIGARETTE J EXQUISITE AROMA C 80 CENTS j PER TIN OF 50. <^ro-p%- lac-tic iSSf^ UmiAfi ^({^^BB^^^^ Gets into every little nook vv ;^S^w^s^"^ anc
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    • 621 5 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. New touring 5-seater Gardner cars- for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. SHERIFF'S SALE. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS 3STTLBIOBKTS. SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. In the cause of Chop Guan Soon Hong- Plaintiffs
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    • 40 5 M&hy&n Agri-Horticultur&l Show and Trade Exhibition. KULALA LUMPUR JULY 31st TO AUGUST 3rd Exhibitions, Shows, Trades, Football, Ronggeng, Boxing, Dancing, etc., etc. First Class Catering Tiffens, Teas, Dinners. ADMISSION FIRST CLASS $1.00 SEASON $2.00 SLCOND CLASS 20 cents SEASON $1.00
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  • 378 6 The first conclusion drawn by feminine visitors to Singapore from the Ulu, after they have cast an tye over the shops, il made with a slitrhtly envious siph "Anyone ought to dress well and have a nice house if she lives here. It's so easy." So it
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  • 403 6 Progress Outlined. "We are now getting very close indeed t.» the working of a great Imperial trfotfesi system." declared Sir William MitchellThomson, Postmaster-General, speaking at a members* luncheon of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. Transmission to Canada and to South Africa, he added, would, he hoped,
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  • 412 6 A t'lo,ooo Treasure Hidden m Mavfair. Stamp-collecting has had i' >hane of sensations, and many famous stamens mijrht be described as square hehM romance. A "Brattlebon." was jtacoffd by a ragpicker, and a men- boy first Ml eyes upon the world's rarest -tamp, the uniciue
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  • 149 6 Praaidant Coottdga'i trpia nation that the prevalence of Clint m Antrkl Ifl due not t" criminality, but to ctrrimßMi is injrenioua enough to ha\ »ppaaled to CoM, i I "Codd*! yu/./Av" fame. Codd'l client v\a- a. cused of stoalinp a duck, tfu- awkward cireumstaiwc In tlw mat bains Urn
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  • 119 6 Ascot dress certainly did not include oni item of apparel which figured conspicuously at thy famous rare nutting half a eenttpv OffO. On the optnteg day blazing mmMm followed a cool and cloudy morning. an<l at the close of the racing over three hundred flannel petticoats were found
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  • 37 6 Captain Sir Arthur Young. (J.C.M.C. was to preside at the meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute at the Hotel Victoria June 23, at 4 p.m., when Dr. Vaughn Cornish read a paper on "Singapore am' Naval Geography."
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  • 501 6 tehanti mn Ml!i With th.- v formation Dt the hn tot m Rnfknd an<l what qu.-ntly. Guardiaa In v tfc partaon t Frank, and l: I London, th.- > I I trfey't B It the ana told I t-> m d been owi I I Di
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  • 86 6 K. ai i:. o* milk. Mid it I from one littK of w fciooi wnlb i olom |h« tfc* comes from one 'ii- 1 tain>. The inhaL tfitrtN m mm takii oroloetkM Pot their cult baoiacM, for -l>«Miig made m i»«> < QHBtl tf I' uould bonooM othw quef
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    • 139 6 "(£)&re /111 Happy Now—Dadfetsdost his Liver INDIAN ROOW W Jlh Britain's best Motor Vehicle The best criterion of what a Motor Lorry can do, is what it has done! On the roads to-day still running, there are f i hornycroft Motor Vehicles which have been m service 10, 15 and
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    • 54 6 PARIS Garters MO MSTAL CAN TOUCH YOU are the most economical to buy as they last the longest. They hold the hose securely and smoothly.Their patented rubber fastener prevents tearing even the sheerest hose. Look for the name on the box. A STEIN* COMPANY Chifgo, UJJL New York. UJA. ■rikrtnfcpt(Malip)LiJ.
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  • 925 7 THE LUCKY CONTESTANTS. OVATION FOR WINNERS OK MOTOR C \RS. The Singapore Free Press Popularity Campaign has passed into history. The Motor Can and the other Splendid Prizes have been won and awarded to the lucky contestants. For eight weeks the Competition has been the talk
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    10 7 Mr. Geo. H. Teall, the untiring and courteous Campaign Manager.
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  • 671 7 Mm Fanny Fisher, Middle East Film Co., 37,031,990 Mis. G. M. Benz, The Mansion, 32 443 220 Mrs. 8. R. glum, BD-1 Orchard Rd. 26,776*220 A. Van Cuylenbur*, 27 Newton Rd. 1 7,249 *240 T. T. Tan, Chinest* Overseas Bank j-, 744 V m A. Theynappa,
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    • 405 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ di..m Send for the Illustrated g .lofOi of Musical Instruments, g f|t sE4SON CO., LTD. .ii sod 113, North bridge Road, g 3Aa*o«*a<>*********»**»*#» CARS FOR HIRE. Great Reduction m Rates THE ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. Orchard Road 6t-h, Bukit Timah Rd, Te l. Nos. 1801 and 109. xR
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    • 536 7 NOTTCKS. /Tiap\ /^T jap\ XBoenga/ xßoio,/ V^^/ v^Singa^/ Tjap Koeda NOTICE is hereby Riven that the above five trade mark:, are th* trade marks of HANDELMAATSCHAPriJ VOORHEEM FARMER EXPORT GEBELLBCHAFT of 4-5 Cecil Street. Singapore, a Company incorporated m Rotterdam and arc used by them m respect of iron work,
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 34 8 In loving memory, of Kathleen Melita Simmonds, Died July 20th 1924. Inserted bj hvr husband and children. Requiem High Mass Ht the Cathedral of the Good ShenhTf?T on Tuesday, nt T a.m.
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  • 701 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 20, 1925. Week End Comment. The event of the week-end is the commencement of the evacuation of the Ruhr, the French troops being quietly and unostentatiously withdrawn, without any beating of drums and flying of colours. The last of the French colonial troops will be
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  • 468 8 An International Congress un Navigation will met m Cairo m 1026, and King Faud has appointed his Prime Minister. Ahmed P.isha Ziwar. president of the orjranizinjr committee. Captain Welburn of the PetMMg reported or arrival m SinKapoii- yesterday that he picked up a Malay prahu with its crew of three
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  • 246 8 Da thr (U-.vth of hi< father. Colonti the Hon'ble Edward Muujij Colston, C.M.G., D.S.O. X.V.0., denadui Ciiiard.-. ha- >u« ended to tIM 'itK- of Lord Roundwav. H married m 1904 Blanche (Jladys. only daughter of the late George Puddeli. of Queer's Par!.. Brighton and Honirkon v. •»nd has ui ;v
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  • 620 8 MALAYAN CHINESK IWENTOKS. The late Mr. Lim Tian Swee, of Messrs. Lim Kong \V*an and Son, Singapore, is ci edited with being the first Chinese, as far as records tfo, to have applied for a patent m Singapore m October 18tfO. He was authorised to file a specification
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
  • 109 8 In connect i-i }nhl ;it Kual.i I ift it Ntt H aty ofcua* s'Ti tv ml clang a! Mich ti« aa. «.f tlnir IUUf tortMt v |f •re aaveaaa 'I MOM 'i MSoni i) Thi- oik Mition i.f ohw Irw nn«l < Bias Krainar] t<»
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  • 99 8 I I I 111 I miai M I I 1 1 H-h the vmw I GttMl* 1 pIMMU.tf- I I Bhai I I the owiif I I thi I own. i if I mi. i. I Roadi la 0 I I Theap.na I led {<•!■ plaintiff v
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    • 223 8 -THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" BOLS iV 0 filN <m Stone Bottles) TO APPRECIATE THIS GIN THOROUGHLY THE BOTTLE SHOULD HE KEPT ON ICE AND THE GIN DRUNK NEAT WITH ORANGE HITTFRS Caldbeck, Macgregor Co Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 4:,, Robinson Road Telephone 228. v New Shipment PARTRIDGES PIGEONS AND
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    • 36 8 1;^ Parf urns de Luxe I OOTY < Chypre Origan Rose Jacqueminot Paris Emeraude [l EAU DE COTY > to be had from all dealers 2" i Dupire Brothers, .'i Y^ Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.
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  • 123 9 TRIBTTBD To RBBTEICTION. }|I(i^ QST OF COMMODITY. Washington July 18. lidge's suggest ion a d?itpresenting the rubber interests •hi Secretary of State, Mr. Kelexplained the unprecedented diffit t h<> industry owing to the high f rubber. which is attributed to Bri.ction>, though it is not alleged ,nfair
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  • 37 9 Louden, July 17. ••-•niiuns m Ixmdon the constitution of a prominers, railway-men. tl rt workers, represent- wrorken for •'mutual particularly for the support i the present dispute. The the various unions and report to
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  • 62 9 MONKEY VILLE TRIAL. l>a>lon, Julj IS. > been taken which .l-»hn Si;.|h.'s. teacher, charged with teaching law, most of the k-.ing been \im i uj wuments Mr, SN J Hiwin, fur the n. fina jected to the admis- evidi mists. Judpe all twed th« point, which will thus experts, many
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  • 120 9 [It Service.] Paris. July 18. Fea states that the ft idi Harima pod repulsed tucks bj the Riffi who suffered I retired to the mountains. Ira thai Riffs intended to at•vm Babhoceine and I i marked improvement ">.:•.: ion. gram from Tangier says that the r heavily
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  • 105 9 I'a.ris, J u ly J9. Rabat and later ?*V Sultan of Morocco. terviewed before going ap J decision, to send is presence would ilin said that there I 125,000 troops m the Riff believed that this force was French aims. |ne French press of Riff actin of
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  • 373 9 JUDICIAL ENQUIRY. GENERAL AGREEMENT AT POWERS' CONFERENCE. [Reuter's Service.] v London, July 18. It as understood that m the cur., f T^T* on July J^h. between Mr. Chamberlain and the French, Japanese and American ambassadors, it was intimated that a purely judicial enquiry be institufd at Shanghai
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  • 55 9 Shanghai. July 17. The Magistrate and the British Assessor m the Mixed Court have ordered the expulsion of Dosser from the International Settlement. The sentence was suspended for a lOrtnight pending a possible appeal •gainst the court's authority to expel foreigners. The charge of be.'ng m possession
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  • 66 9 [Router's Service.] Paris. July 17 Charles Maurras. editor of Action Francaise, }ia^ been sentenced to two years imprisonment m default, and fined a thousand francs, vn a cho'-.-e of publishing an open letter, declaring that if the minister of the interior, Bchrameck, attempted to disarm the members
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  • 67 9 [Renter*! Service]. London, July 17. The discovery of a new local anaesthetic, possessing all the virtues of cocaine and none of the perils, was announced at the annual meeting Of the British Medical Association, Bath, at which the Dominions, India, Ceylon and Hongkong were represented. The discoverer is
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  • 116 9 ThrtC mining coolies wer t buried m a land slide at Salak South on the 6th instant. Two of the bodies have been recove rtd. His britannit Majesty's Government haw conferred upon Mr. J. F. Johns. His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General for the Kingdom of Siam. the local rank of f%st
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  • 153 9 THE RUHR EVACUATION. [Reuter's Service]. C«lo if no. July 18. A message from Berlin states that the French evacuation of the Ruhr which will he completed by July HI b proceeding quiet!y and unostentatiously. A thinning out policy is preferred to the more conspicuous and spectacular policy
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  • 97 9 [Reuter's Service]. Brussels, July 17. The immediate recognition of Soviet Russia was demanded by the Socialist Brunfaut m the course of a Chamber debate on the foreign office vote. His speech was punctuated by considerable interruption. Mr. Vandervelde, Foreign Minister, m reply said that it was futile
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  • 51 9 [Reuter's Service.] Warsaw, July 18. After an exciting wild west chase m motor cars through the main streets the police captured three Communists on the outskirts of the city. Two of the police and one Communist were killed. Fourteen pedestrians and the remaining two Communists were wounded.
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  • 182 9 Y. 2..V) Per Pound of Crude Rubber. (By courtc.-y of the Xanyo NiehiXiehi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, July 17. The rubber pi ice still maintaining the highert p..st -war record. The quotation for f.a.q. spot dosed at Y. 2.55 per pound today. Mr. Kawamura Enters the Hont"h. Mr. Tekoji Kawamura,
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  • 32 9 [Router's Service.] Hanoi, July 18. The Annaniitt- revolutionary, Phamboi-c-hau, recently sentenced to death m contumaciam on a charge of attempting to poison the Hanoi garrison, arrived escorted from Shanghai.
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  • 71 9 [Reuter's Service]. New York, July 17. Morgan's have announced the offering on Monday of the balance of the Commondeath Loan. Berlin, July 17. The Bourse Committee has decided to resume official quotation of the pre-war loans as from July 20th. Chicago, July 17. Basing its decision on the presumption
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  • 28 9 [Reuter's Service.l Perim July 17. After survey the Singapore Maru has been certified as seaworthy, the salved cargo was re shipped and the vessel proceeded.
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  • 482 9 The papers will doubtless contain much about Bishop Ferguson-Davi«s going to Bisley, fo r his favourite recreation of target shooting. The Morning Post writes:— Dr. C. J. Ferguscm-Davie is a silver medallist. This indicates that he was once (11)04) the leading marksman m the King's "Hundred."
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  • 218 9 The strike of motor bus dtivors has lasted longer than was at first expected. More and more buses have stopped running and daring the week-end there were only a few to be seen on the roads. The Police are not 'Aving to deal with any trouble m
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  • 193 9 There was a very enthusiastic audience at the Adelphi on Saturday evening. Our Cabaret grave a fine performance; all members of the Company were m ra/e form, and the applause which greeted each artist must have been gratifying to the Management. The sonjrs of Miss M. Varna were
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    • 181 9 f New Consignment of I Fine Ceylon Tea jj BROKEN ORANGE PEKOE ij Especially Selected for Robinson U Co.. Ltd. jj inxbao i Tl lALL MARK OF FXCELLENCEi IN IFA]> > packets i FINEST CEYLON TEA packets I>ER I „c,,u MBk, 95cts. CKOftl |95cts.jj Robinson Co.. !ui, SINCAKWE. REMINDER MESSRS
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    • 718 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. Due Singapore. TROILUS Marseilles, London,
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    • 524 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. H s.s. COLORADO due July 28 s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aue 28 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE due Sept. 28
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    • 488 10 p. o. r BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIG \T!o\ LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVK E (Under Contract with His Majesty's Govmm lit OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMKw \wi.s For China and Japan. lor Marseilles. London n d
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  • 2238 11 GHOSTS AND VAMPIRES IN CHINA. LSCTUBB BY MR Wiixoi ghbyMEADE. A food attendance of number, at meeting of the- China Society m the School of Oriental Studies, Finsbury Circus F C recently, listened with much interest to an account *N*o by Mr. G. WUloufhby-lCeade, A.1.A., ol ghost and vampire stories
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  • 153 11 The death of the Bishop of Oxford recall, a war story of which he iin< r j^ y Tawney WIN the principals. \Vh< n t hi- war brok« out Mr. Tawmy VII l^m^ at the I niversity of Manche«ier lin ininn-diattly jointMl the Manchester Pals'
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    • 167 11 b|LES CURED LtHOUT AID OF KNIFE. >r 20 vt.irs been successprinf from Tiles. Ulcer, rs, Conti pation and all ected < isv df Piles will Mil it is very dangerous, a' Cancer. Dr. Van III 1 AS\fA is COnsti- ausea the swollen ar. KeacJ tliis rate M l»: ur Plasma
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    • 140 11 v \y& 4 W xAf i M™u can depend t t l 2li||#Xl^l upon if iJ §JB?J* T3 In the East, Capstan Navy {J l l^^^^^^^^ M^ Cigarettes arc recognised |J as the f -P<-ndahie cigarette. \i Dependable from the points of M k! view of qualit\ and packing rj
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  • 408 12 Vicar of 13,000 souls ashore and countless .thousands afloat, the Rev. W. C. Bown, of St. John's, Tilbury Docks, is truly skipper and parson too. His floating parish stretches from Greenhithe to the Nore, a good 30 miles as the river twists, and every ship that
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  • 945 12 EXPERIENCES OF "CLAN MACFARLANE." Rudder Goes Wrong m Monsoon. The adventurous voyage of the "Clan Macfarlane" which was reported to be m distress about a fortnight ago came to an end with its safe arrival m Colombo Harbour on July 5. The vessel ran into trouble when she
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 471 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUOTRALIA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) •nd MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins j <• Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 657 12 BRITISH M)U STEAM NAVIGATION S^^ (Incorporated m England.) APCAR LINE. s.s. "TAKLIWA" (8000 Tons) FOR HONGKONG, AMOY, AND J\la N The above fast oil-burning vessel is due to Itavt f at 4 p.m. on Thursday, 23rd July She has modern and luxurious passenger accomnv.. For full particulars apply to ADAMSON,
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    • 614 12 MAIL DESPATCHESBY 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 5 a#m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m Kota Tinggi and
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    • 645 13 0. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr rw* -j.r Hsmi.unr. Rotterdam, Arr IBtwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Tort Said. Amazon Maru Aug. 14 J? n u rban, Cape Town, Rio, Santos, Buenos Aires via Colombo, f Manila Maru Aug. 5 Augr. 8 c lonbo and Bombay f Bingo Maru
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    • 439 13 gH^ SITEAMSHIf LINE s&mSS* Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 58 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTS CLEANLINMB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning
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    • 664 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED POE UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD i BY STRUTHER AND BARRY, MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LDS ANGELES AND 1 SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B VTEST FARALON July M U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Awf U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT o^' U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Oct! and subsequent steamers approximately 30 days apart. For
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  • 534 14 The text of a bill to amend the Women and Girls Protection^ Ordinance is published m the Gazette. The following is the definition of "Mvi Tsai" (i) A female domestic servant whose employer for the time being shall have made, directly or indirectly, within or without the
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  • 475 14 First Annual Sports. Punctual to time the first anr.ual sports of the Royal English School wer c held yesterday afternoon at the St. Joseph's Institution's field, kindly lent for the occasion, before a large crowd representing the .various communities. Within ten minutes the weather threatened to be
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  • 212 14 RITZ OR "JICKS" Once uron a time a Royal personage was visiting: a Dominion, and a great banquet WMM arranged, with a beautiful wine-list, m which a Montilla lead up to a Meur--ault, that to a vintage Champagne, that again to a great Margaux, after which came a Clos Vougeot,
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  • 126 14 "As there seems very little chance of an early abatement of the mosquito scourge, it may interest your readers," suggests "A Former Sufferer/ "to know of a really protective measure. It is a French remedy- called 'oil of citronella,' and it can be got at any good
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  • 29 14 Mr. G. J. Ford, who was Superintendent of Mails. G.P.0., Penang returned from hom e leave by the Kashgar on Saturday and has assumed duties at the G.P.o!, Singapore.
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  • 190 14 Considerable discussion is going on m the English press of Bagdad on the subject of the correct spelling m English of Arabic words. "Baghdad" is spelt m the English home press m two different ways, and 'Basrah" can be seen on the notepaper of various British
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  • 134 14 Winter Trip "VirtraUy Settled." The London correspondent of the Sunday Times of Ignore, states on the authority of an India Office official, that it it virtually settled that H.M. the King Kmperor will visit India next winter. His Majesty's health has of late not been
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  • 50 14 Mnu\ Eva Gauthier. a niece of Ihe late Sir Wilfrid Lau?ier, who spent much of her earlier career m the Dutch East Indies and made a memorable concert tour m the Far East some years ago, gave a recital at the Wigmore Hall on June 18th. and was well received.
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 231 14 A rents: Messrs. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. \JI Sinsrapore, Straita Settlement*. After all— the charm that outshines all others, when the lips part m a smile, is the gleam of daintily polished teeth, a charm which Calvcrt's Tooth Powder can help so much to secure. Again, besides polishing to brightly
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    • 161 14 Cooking S Economy With a Gas cooker mF^*---^ J^JT you only pay for the fr^^^§i M fuel you burn, and only burn what you j j Gas Cookers, Geysers and other gas appliance may be hired from ihe (ias Department at n» sonable rates. No charge will be made for
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  • 528 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATI-KIIAV, Jl |.V 18, IMC. MINING. Asam Kumbang (£1) JSfS t *|gj" K. Kamunting (10a) 44s Id 45s Jd* Kamunting Cc- b a Lmgui ($i) Mambaus (fl) [jf J^J Mur! tT^i Ti (£> JJ <.d N^vng Pet T/,1 7^ cd Malayan Collieries (10) 2^0
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  • 61 15 July 1&, Bank 4 m.s. 4 ie 0.. Hank demanu 2,4 5-32 Private credit> m.s. ;_> 4 •_>;{.,•{•> New York, domatxi Credits 00 day* g8 a^ FmMI, H< ||35 Into, T. T. id Hongkong, domaiul p c fnw. Yokohama, dt-mand IM% Java, dt-maml j jj Bangkok, demand 791^ Sovereign.
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  • 191 15 July 18. Tta 14* Ton- tMt Cranibi r lg.ll Ptpper Whit. |4^ Pepper Black •>•• na WkC Tapioca t Pearl Sapro Small g M Copra M < opra Sundried Opium. Renar- ii\t. 4 (1 Rice, LUag Hin »^un :»i r B'ue Eajrle O!iH I iaag Hin Chan Mark Red
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  • 34 15 Singapore, July IS, 11..J0 a.m. Singapore standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spt-t 1.T9 1>0; pt !.7> 1.79; Oet-Dto 1.0,1 l.«; Jan March 1.37 1 > London Quotation Sheel Is .Market Easier.
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  • 291 15 London. .]unv 17. Market Although the outlook is uv i tain, there is a MOM optimistic feeling with regard to Markets generally and enquiry for all metals since the holidays has batS) batter than for sonic time pa-t. Copper More interest has l>een sbiiwn by ConsuSSjtrS. and
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  • 243 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). SinuaiMire, Juix In. ,"!;.r L 5 u p Mls <>i:i! tow at !.•>•>. Kuhber.— i. M. Up Is. Lecal i. I Ifa kft. weak. The further rise m the price «f tin eon njodtty has had th« effeci of
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  • 168 15 Sinuaporv. .lul> 1 The Commodi*) Mark*! rloeei thi v\««r. a; tin- fresh hiffh level* <»f: London. Is »>il. IHi m ajaftd N< w. York. 17« Singapore, for ipei aa)d neari rubber. The position i> sharped wuii n«i iroasneM honvwr, an. l th« forward narkei lias fluctuated claiming)) on
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  • 90 15 The ptpori for presentation to the annual general meeting at Malacca, on the 24t l i states that profit, with brought forward amounts to $61,9. r and it i- proposed I pay a dividend of 12 per cent, transfer t-' reserve $20.»>0(> ia4 arry fiWM< $."..9.*>r. Th<-
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  • 41 15 The DincAorti of the Kundong \i .M.. K>tatf have declared a second interim di\ idend of 10 ])Cr rent m n^pn t of thi financial year ending .'lutli September. 102.", payable to shareholder- on the Reiriatti (»n 2"» th July 1,925.
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  • 221 15 Prospects for thi- oil-palm industry m both Sumatra and Malaya are improving, and the West African oil-palm merchant a arv seriously alarmed at the outlook. Th<whole question, which has been catvfulU lonsidorcd by I Committee, form- th< vul* ject of ai> olVioial report. Then-
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  • 15 15 l>. not >•»•!!. that America i.- any more i wonderful than .u :r own ww Riddell.
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    • 433 15 Assets over $5,500,000. mrDP A T DA omrnir Assurance m force over $19,000,000. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:-Winchester Ho J^ZZT The Company has £20,000 deposited Sth tX LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. P Slt6d the Su P ren ?f Co «rt of England, and complies with
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    • 956 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $20,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairman H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman W. H. Bell, Esq.
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1723). 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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  • 974 16 The second race of the series for the Lipton Challenge Cup took place on Sunday morning m weather which was entirely feminine m its fickleness and uncertainty. An early morning light N.E. breeze changed at 9 o'clock to an even lighter S.W., while clouds hurrying across the sky seemed
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 18 16 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney, July 18. The English soccer team beat Australia by 5 goals to nil.
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    • 85 16 Atlantic City, July 19. The Oxford and Cambridge athletes easily defeated the Princeton and Cornell combination. Seabright New Jersey, July 19. The Oxford and Cambridge tennis playera defeated Princeton and Williams Universities by nine snatches to three. Hrook lines, Massachusetts, July 19. In the Longwood lawn tennis tournament
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    • 469 16 The Chieogmai Cup. The race for the Chiengmai Cup, tlw principal cup for rowing m Singapore, took place on Saturday over the full course of one mile. The race was rowed m bad water, Goldman's and Martin's crews finding considerable difficulty m reaching tK breakwater without swamping. Beaman's crew,
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  • 80 16 Programme of Drills. -Monday. 20th 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall. S.R. (v). Tuesday, 21st 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Company. Wednesday, 22nd 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.E. (v). Thursday, 23rd 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Company. Friday, 24th 5.15 p.m. Drill Hail S.R.E. (v), S.V.C. Band. Saturday, 25th
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  • 34 16 At iiKry Win m Second Round. London, July 6. Hurlinsrham.— ln the Becood round of the inter-Regimental Polo Tournament, the Royal Artillery beat the Ist Dragoon Guards by four goals to three.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 26 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, July 18.. At Bisley the King's Prize was won by Sapper A. Smith, late of the Royal Engineers, with 226.
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    • 260 16 Glamorgan's First Success. [Reuter's Service.] London. July 17. At Maidstone: Kent defeated Gloucester by 24 runs. Gloucester made 351 (Han* mond 121, Bloodworth 62) and 129 (Cornwallis five for 47). Kent replied with 115 and 389 (Johnstone 102. Ashdown 83, Hardinge 99). At Cardiff: Glamorgan obtained their first
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    • 36 16 [Reuter's Service.] Noordwyk. July 18. In the European section of the Jiavis Cup, m the final Lacoste (France) beat Thinner, (Holland) 7, 7— ■>. 6—2, 6—2; Borotra (France) beat Dienurkool (Holland) ♦>— 2 6—4. 10-^B.
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    • 90 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, July 18. A sensation was caused at the conclusion of the Amateur Athletic Association's championship meeting at Stamford Bridge, for which there was a strong foreign entry, when the Secretary at the presentation of trophies stated that two medals earned by the American,
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    • 56 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, J u y 19, Although one hour-, rain marred the police sports, it did not blunt the keenness and enthusiasm of the competitors and the programme was gone through despite the water-logged ground. The Detective Department won the Championship Cup m the Inter-Division
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    • 55 16 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) IV nan jr. July 19. At the Polo Club meeting at which Mr. Pratt presided the Report and Accounts were passed; also new rules. It was decided to ask the Resident Councillor to accept the Presidentship. In the case of non-acceptance,
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    • 97 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 18. In the Selangor Tennis Championship doubles Yaik Foo and Kon Fah beat Ec Kong and Ban Poh 6 4, I—6,1 6, 6 4; Richards and Braine bt^it Thong Koon and LWonc Tseong 6—4, 3—6, 6—3; Bridge and Joynt beat Cooting
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  • 44 16 London, July 2. The Racing Calendar anounces that Michael Beary's jockey licence will be with drawn ir accordance with rule 96. [The rule referred to is as follows:— "If a jockey becomes a disqualified person his licence is thereby revoked."]
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  • 17 16 England is a «mall country with a vile climate, hut with good railwayg.— Sir W. Se.fton Brancker.
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  • 907 16 The Clarke Cup. Europeans and The Rest Draw. The annual match between the Europeans and The Rest for the handsome cup presented by Mr. C. H. Clarke attracted <\ large attendance to the Padang on Saturday •iternoon and throughout Sunday, and some excellent cricket was witnessed. Although the game
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    • 162 16 /<g*\ m MASTE R'S VOICE New Records ARE HERE Write or call for Catalogues S. MOUTRIE AND CO., !.TU The Arcade. KLOSTER f1»! OJuJLIv. I 'jt f| f 1 1 1 i J (P^ J|H fflHi world s Obtainable al all UtUn i^ffl Ratz Bros. Ltd. CORONA "FOUR" A regular
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