The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 July 1925
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Title Section17 1925-07-21 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. 10 EX SINGAPORE, S.S.. TUESDAY. JULY 21, 1925. NO. 11,.% 17.17 words
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Article181 1925-07-21 1 Late telegrams show that a discussion is taking place over the Admirahy construction programme. Earl Oxford objecting Page 9. A movement of thi KiHis to the northwards is not explained yet. The French are actively attacking wjih aeroplanes Page 9. There is a hitch m the Coal181 words
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Article1069 1925-07-21 1 A little booh iif the old ballads, the best texts :>n the liit'^t theori- ;i to their origin, ha:- long been urgently qejfoedj. We fit the very thing we wanttd m a ittoeCkM nuulc by Mi-. I-Ya"k BMgwtdt, a MMMI scholar, who between IMI am! Iff] edited "Popular1,069 words
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Advertisement210 1925-07-21 1 WING LOO N G [ECOGNISBD HOUSE for TROPICAL SUITS. HIGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL. NlGHTS.— Dinner and Dance. y, 21st, Thursday 23rd. and Saturday 25th. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances. (THE SISTERS HARE will appear between the dances 9 TEA DANCES, Every Monday and Friday. v\ SARKIES BROTHERS, GRILL Proprietors.210 words
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Advertisement154 1925-07-21 1 FOR THE TROPICS. In addition to the 20 features that make the Royal Typewriter the most popular machine m Malaya, >ye can now offer an additional outstanding feature m ANTI-RUST RJlY^l TYPEWRITERS. INCONVENIENCE AND HKiMIK BILLS ELIMINATED. > [The "EUROPE" HOTEL Terms: Ala carte, or >«•*» 1 f GRILL Inclusive.154 words
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Advertisement152 1925-07-21 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. La«h typist wanted by KurojH-an firm "P.ige 7. Auction sale of furniture bf Ouong Kooa Seng Pfeft 4. Notice re licenses for arms Pago 7. Loss of receipt books of Central Engine Work? Page 7. .Government of Johore call for tenders for roads Page 7. Cargo by the152 words
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Advertisement14 1925-07-21 1 WING LOONG FOR HK.H \SS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. .12. HIM! STKKKT.14 words
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Miscellaneous132 1925-07-21 1 THE WEEK. Tx< .tdaif. 21 *f. High Water, 11.27 a.m., 10.30 p.m. League II: S.r.F.A. (fc) vs. S.C.F.A. (a); S.C.C. vs. 5..1.0.8. Wednexdvy, 22nd. High Water. 11.56 a.m.. 11.11 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. Singapore Golf Club Meeting. Vernacular Schools Competition*, 1 p.m. League I: S.R.C. vs R. Sussex.132 words
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Article207 1925-07-21 2 M. Vlete* Berard's Suggestion. Paris, June 11. M. Victor Berard, the emineni authority on Homer, who has Just published a new translation of the Odyssey, makes a snggi >- tion that the right way to popularise the eric poems would be to film them. In an interview207 words
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Article175 1925-07-21 2 "Tht following Information, recently brought to my knowledge on the spot, is." ggtstl Mr. Charles L. Burrows m the Morning Post, "of interest as allowing how others see v*. It i< generally known that pap >re, hi a true spirit of loyalty, voluntarily levied income tax175 words
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Article160 1925-07-21 2 Luxuries Flying-Boat. A luxurious private flying-boat has been built at Long Island, New York, to the order of Mr. Harold Vanderbilt. The machine, which carries three passengers and two pilots, is intended for pleasure purposes only. It *s the first air yacht which has been built. The160 words
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Article23 1925-07-21 2 A utility company should bo free and encouraged to give the best possible services 10 the public. Mr. \V. Morris (AnjdoArgentine Tramways Company).23 words
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Advertisement688 1925-07-21 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 19th688 words
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Advertisement288 1925-07-21 2 SURINA THEATRE NORTH BKIIK.K KOAI). Commencing Wednesday, 22nd J u PLANS OPEN TO-DAY AT Messrs KELLY AND WaLj PRESS CRITICISMS EVENING STANDARD— I will >•>> b<»ldl> thai rromevmiiterf view thit* unknown Continental producer M hu^ outdont the^ lauded C. B. De Mille of America, THK MOON oi ISRAEI *Z that288 words
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Article1299 1925-07-21 3 THE SCOTTISH SUNDAY. (Krom °W Own Correspondent.) Edinburgh, June 24. Lo,,] l,uhc; t ,H's indictment of th,. Wav Scottish Sundny is f ot,,;^ I predicted last week, rise 01 it. People, he says, need to enjoy themseh.es n Sund ingtead J y^them heoloKu-al discourses which can only be1,299 words
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Article165 1925-07-21 3 Have we readied finality m carburettors? Almost it seems so, says "Carbon" m Motor Cycling, for it is long since anything new or revolutionary appeared on our horizon. Looking back one can remember legions of instruments which arrived with much heralded claims as to m.p.h. and m.p.165 words
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Article147 1925-07-21 3 Coke Exhibit at Wembley. That there is no longer any need 1o cut off vitalising sunshine from our towns by the hellish clouds of sea-coal smok<? Was claimed at a tour of inspection of cok^ fires, coke stoves and coke-heated boilers, at the exhibits of the Gas147 words
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Article138 1925-07-21 3 Maßij Russians Reported to have Arrived. Enquiries made by a .Daily Hongkong Press representative on the steamers arriving from Canton one day recently showed that the position there has a serious aspect. Their representative was told that a ship arrived at Cantan that week which brought m a138 words
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Article36 1925-07-21 3 Many of the crew of the Empress of Canada, which sailed from Hongkong: recently, are volunteers, numbering among their rarks several lady members of the community, who have signed on for the return trip as stewardesses.36 words
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Article213 1925-07-21 3 A biithing tragedy, m which a man gay his life to save another, has just had a strange epilogue m the First Chamber of the Court of Appeal, m France. In July, 11*23, M. Rouanet saw a young woman drowning m the river Cher. She had213 words
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Article79 1925-07-21 3 Mr. X. W. Hamilton, of the F.M.S. Police, has issued a second edition of his useful "Easy Malay Vocabulary." Thtre are improvements on former edition, with revision and addition?, and a phonetic system of spelling: introduced, as well as the iccsplOtl system of Romanised spelling. The prtfacr should be read79 words
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Advertisement291 1925-07-21 3 iflltfi DRINK |ofthepay| Cultivate the habit of taking i Ikils nf Fttfttt'f Fnk Smliut lO haif a tumbler of water evro morning before break- I fa«t. Gently yet effectively, this healthful draught relieve* the system of its accumulaMM, provides an internal dMaiiag eradicates all poi*on> from the liver, kidneys and291 words
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Advertisement194 1925-07-21 3 I CRAWFORD S I CREAM I I CRACKERS I CRISP CREAMY i The name "Crawford" is closely associated with their Cream Crackers. The sale is enormous, and is steadily infTtlltf M g evidence of public appreciation and public recognition of their S delightful flavour, their uniform quality, and their general194 words
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Article902 1925-07-21 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. The papers arc full of China. Perhapn the appended paragraph is the most significant evidence of all, and I quote it from The Times: "The effects which the disturbances m China are causing m the Lancashire cotton industry have become so seriou*902 words
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Article309 1925-07-21 4 A number of I be tiring the This tak*-, :ip;.ar,-. I Mt man H< I under a gfaai I lies on a hnthm m most oasc« I tht Mne- d I Si 1 aY o met io ted f-u weeks, pion«N 1 nu-nt have found it i309 words
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Article22 1925-07-21 4 ■•rod tain> Siberia, I i 1 H eri. Th« n persons, w > v pikH civil irmr. 1 i the <• inir Unto*, Mom22 words
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Advertisement721 1925-07-21 4 NOXIOE. Braud Larxlera Aruiior Arrow Bazaar Bell Bicycle Bull /\J!i-Jr-S.J BTandL Bra^rui/ Branxi Braiui Biani BraivcL \Brandx \Bra,it4/ A Diamonxi Dtrtgwall V Challenge Cockatoo Diamond, g^AiLchor e^ Coxxsin, Exi^iTce XJ^ Flas Brancb Braiux Brand Braxtd BraxvdL BraivcL BraTxxi /4Ss§\ BSM "^^F^ J^ J^. Hors c SKvelA Star xO^ lAT'II BraixcL721 words
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Article1657 1925-07-21 5 iUK 111 SIEST SPORTS WEEK IN THE YEAR. n Our Own Correspondent.) London, June 25. so much sport this week th r> hardly knows how to deal with it. is the Open Golf ChampionWimbtedon Lawn Tennis MeetInternationa] Horse Show at Olympia— which is productive of so much eni1,657 words
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Article120 1925-07-21 5 How many people associate this word with the great battle which was fought between the French and Austrians sixty-six years ago? The famous aniline dye received its name from this battle, Sir W. H. Parkin having discovered it m the year m which this battle was fought, viz., 1859.120 words
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Article846 1925-07-21 5 THE UMPIRE. "When, at the end of a strenuous county match, the stumps are finally pulled up and the players leave the field, it is nil i to say that amid all the joy? and regrets, the thrills and incidents that <jo to form the memories of the846 words
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Article141 1925-07-21 5 1p any busy LMdtM Mf-t The treasure s»eker-- you may inert; They set a fence of -r.ik" ;u<ind And dig for tatMMV ir tit" <.und. And there l>y day tiny dwell ar>:<rt. Safe from the wheels of r And th«>»-e at nijrht they li./'it th. r To141 words
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Advertisement34 1925-07-21 5 TWO DEPENDABLE PRESERVATIVES For Timber For Iron and Steel HH^^Sm^tHH I If' 'i^l I JODEUTE SIDEROSTHEN SOLE AGENTS The Borneo Company, Limited. (Incorporated m England.) Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Teluk Anson, Ipoh, Alor Star, Penang.34 words
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Article1164 1925-07-21 6 "GRUB BORING INTO THK OAK." A warning 1 to British trade unionists against the insidious propaganda of the National Minority Movement "a hideous grub boring: into the oak" was given by Sir William Joynson-Hicks, M.P., the Home Secretary, speaking at a Conservative demonstration O n Saturday1,164 words
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Article400 1925-07-21 6 "President of the Balkan Communist Federation." l»fl_rra(lr. Juno 1 1. Alar.y Bulgarian ComaUH-istl occupy high posts m i he Soviet hierarchy, which is one reason why Bulgaria attracts so much attention ftron Moscow. The Bvlgariaju theio l<<»k forward i<< Pttvndnit to their mother-court iv aft-r it has400 words
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Article137 1925-07-21 6 Sir lan Hamilton and the "Mailed Fist." How he answered a foreign joimlili who wished to know if there was a "mailed fist" behind the British Legion was described by General Sir lan Hamilton at Ports mouth. "I have a notion that our ex-Service men have137 words
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Article108 1925-07-21 6 The health statement issued by the Municipal Health Officer for the wtvk ending July Jlth. jjives a total of li>9 deaths, of which two were Europeans, four Eurasians, lf>;"> Chinese, 20 Malays, and 1!> Indians. The chief causes of mortality were pneumonia 23, phthisis 20, convulsions 19, malaria 17, beri-beri108 words
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Advertisement240 1925-07-21 6 30-*w/. Albion Wagon s*p- v\\\\\\» plied to the (,overnv:nt oj X V*%AI Bring down those Haulage Costs by using Albions TRADERS and Manufacturers owning large fleets of commercial vehicles state emphatically that the carriage on goods can be greatly cheapened by the use oi Albion* J Overwhelming evidence that J240 words
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Advertisement439 1925-07-21 6 "The road to full convalescence I^JJ (An Edinburgh Phyician'e pertmnal experience) *7 Buffered from a tevere attack of Septic Pneumonia fa 1923, followed by a eevere nervout breakdown. u,th rs, lymptom* of nervouenet*. inaomnio, period* of at utr dear and general weakneee nothing eeemed to be of muih he till439 words
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Article1166 1925-07-21 7 WHY POLK E CANNOT MAINTAIN ORDER. President Cool id ge has been deploring the lawlessness of America and pleading for a letter enfoftftmMtt of the law. This will] .surprise no one for the United States havet BOW rhr highest murder rafe m the Sunday t ic!:1,166 words
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Article643 1925-07-21 7 SIR SAMUEL HOAXES ANNOUM EMENT. Saving of Five to Seven Days on Journey. An important announcement of the ex- J tension of British commercial flying was made m the House of Commons m mail week by Sir .Samuel H are. Secretary of State for Air. In643 words
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Article989 1925-07-21 7 (I I TIRE, SENTIMENT, FIN. ATHLKTICS. .)rßanis(<] m Masses." The numbers m an American StaK* university are prodigious; one is said to have ."0,000 students. Eveiy tax-payer conceives it to be his right to ■end his sons and daught< rs if) the institution which he has supported, if989 words
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Article31 1925-07-21 7 There is no duty caal OH the f'" ConHttCAS which is cf groat urgetny < •which demands more un-easing scrutin than the supervision of the country's fu antes. Lord Oxford and As.quith.31 words
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Advertisement351 1925-07-21 7 "business cards. I; Send tor the Illustrated g „f Musical Instruments. I \>l)N U., LIU. Morth bridge Road g t i CAR- r 0R HIRE, j i Great Redaction m Rates THE aSIA tic motor car co. 69-b, Bukit Timab RJ. j K < FOB HIRE, less 20 per cent.351 words
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Advertisement719 1925-07-21 7 NOTICES. STk AITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE. POUCfI MOTICK. Ordinaacc (Aiwat and Expl«, < RcBCWal of permit* for tin-arm*. Ptnou who have- net yet renewed their li-r«-n>«--- to posaeu firearm* are hereby reminded that their old peraita expire* on the :joth Jun< SC and should hi» renew*. r| ,it unco. Tho-« failing719 words
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Advertisement657 1925-07-21 7 For WATCH VALUE Specialising m accurate ttaflßNptH to withstand the climatic eondH of the East. POCKET WATCHES JOHORE LEVER IN TWO SIZES $5 F ch MOTION LEVER TUTN PATTERN ft w WITH SCREW Kaih> CASES Stocks of Gold and SilveT Hunt«r* and Half Hunters. WRISTLET WATCHES NEW PATTER M MOTION657 words
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Obituary38 1925-07-21 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS. On thi> loth inst.. the d«arly beloved child of Mr. Htiil Mi>. K. A. I'orbin, Inoh. a>re Tl.--months. IRVI.VC- In -Muar on July 18th. Iff*, L. A. living, tht- Manager <>f Muar Itam Estate! I.t<i.38 words
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646 1925-07-21 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1925. Republican Troubles. One wonders whether the peoples of the world who have turned to the republican form of Government are quite so happy m their choice as seemed possible when they discarded the old form for the new. Not that republics are entirely646 words
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Article475 1925-07-21 8 H. H. the Sultan of Johotv ha- fivefl :i sum of $2,i ;>o<> towards the Johore Church (Anglican) Building Fund. Next Saturday (St. Jame-;' I>ay» then will he Holy Communion at 7 a.m. (no 4 7.30 a.m.) at St. Andrew's Cathedral. At the .nnual meeting of Bukit Meftejejß Rubber Company,475 words
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Article93 1925-07-21 8 ItATHING FATALITY. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, July 20. Mr. R. C. Fry of Sydney Estate, one of a party bathing at Port Dickson yesterday, dived into and struck the water rather flat. He came up immediately, when it was discovered that he was dead. Dr. Trawrs,93 words
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Article713 1925-07-21 8 Mr. Q, E. Wright-Motion lUimj to Pcnanjr from Home by the P. and Macedcnia* Mr. J. Cunradi, formerly of HtMTi* Adamson. Gilftllan and Co., is on v visit to Penanjr.— P.G. C. VV. Tur!ey arrived m Peiiapj; M V 'lday morning with his itrinff of ton hot so for the713 words
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Article225 1925-07-21 8 THE POPULARITY CAMPAIGN. 111 t!,- L, I •i man>. t» lM /I minting I B licity. Th.< pm- Hw,,r.|,.|. I SiniM,),,,,. X..- inriiimd I "atunt." though si,.-,-,-, >. Icon*. U. 1,,-, I kt heard „f I removed from v I patpej mi. I hay. not M >r)m|. I many „f225 words
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Article66 1925-07-21 8 Tic ie ha\«' i Smith met with -urh m Throuirh t t',V K.i r..ri« edbb ai Of iwiM Virw Hotd ft! did Mttr Hit and .win. nur. i from the Sr:« V nil. \V un.l Tsi H paffars nre to 8.. w Hotelai I rauai66 words
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Article41 1925-07-21 8 Tli. fur, ;'i'"i'* i^^, p Übah v,:,!: ror hi. t,.. n licliir I :im<l .n to resume rui of the rumour v >„tenl,v would NNM t 1 i,KK-tivU> fd I hu«es running > arc- being !.«<! I utm-t limit. I41 words
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Article14 1925-07-21 8 T YM.C.A I The mfcjtd hunting animal- I is hoped I will Mti. I14 words
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Advertisement181 1925-07-21 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" wvsvv r% CURACAO, Cherry Dili V Brandy Kummd 111 II ji I Crcme d€ Mcnthc Acknowledged by Connoisseurs as being the best. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 4.V ROBINSON ROAD. TELEPHONE 228. PATRONISED 4& J^pl. VA RoYALTY WATCHES OF RENOWN. Diamond »et platinvai181 words
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Advertisement12 1925-07-21 8 £FOR ALL VERMIN USE AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co, N GOLDEN SERIES.12 words
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Article126 1925-07-21 9 OFFICERS AGAIN. N OTHKKWISK- NOWMAL. [Heater's Service]. Lisbon. July 19. li. beaded l>y a number of were arrested after the outbreak i>th »nd who escaped from the v all Juliao, broke out early this t The cruiser Yasco da (Jama declarrevolotionarieftj The Government measures to suppress the126 words
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Article127 1925-07-21 9 [Renter** Service.] Fez, July 19. unique states that the French lost' iabhosein and WYdbamrin after a ;t!tack m which the Riffs lost Paris, J. y 20. ims fi run Fei, the Riffl .vin^r northward, en to carry on Th<- i<- <.f the movement '•nl. The French aeroplanes aritlv127 words
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Article94 1925-07-21 9 Paris. July 20. place yesterday all m the Paris area, for the Generaux and Conseila Arrondis--1,127 results bo Far are to hand, md 1. :.<»(» expected. They show eft bloc has lost one seat and whereof 8 were conquered by Ream! Radicals. 4.J by Radical, and b) Socialists.94 words
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Article97 1925-07-21 9 I IV Seoul Flood. •»rie>y o f tl|( XaMyo NfcW Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, July |f. near Seoul again has* ove»thl>( hundred casualties WfPort from Seoul, t'.r. el «*tricity supplies have been «J ir numbw of bridgM collapsed the overflow of the river !h<l n i ni M .rsity.97 words
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Article117 1925-07-21 9 TRADE AGREEMENT. SOVIET HOPEFUL. [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, July 19. Ganetsky, head of the Soviet delegation which is negotiating the Russo-German trade agreement, interviewed by R o «ta news agency, said that the negotiations Pmrs now almost ended, only a few que«tjons being unsettled. He declared that the117 words
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Article46 1925-07-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Quebec, July 19. The death is announced of H. E. Mo!>t Rev. I.ouis Nazaire Begin, D.D. [Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec since 1898, h e v.as created Cardinal m 1914. He was noted scholar and has many publications to his name.]46 words
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Article118 1925-07-21 9 Direct Communication With F.M.S Recently we Stated that the local telephone department had made immense Strides and that a submarine cable had been laid across from here to the Province that would make direct communication with Kuala Lumpur, etc, possible. Yesterday's >>x office Daily list made118 words
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Article185 1925-07-21 9 BAKR-ID HIOT AT MATI ABLI Z. Calcutta. July 3. A Bakr-id riot occurred at Matiabluz near Garden Reach, KSddeipove, at half past two this afternoon. In the 8.1.5.X. cooly lines trouble appears to have occurred over ttve alleged slaughtering of a cow by a party of Mahomedans. The185 words
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86 1925-07-21 9 Simla. July 2. Early reports from all the main stations m India regarding the celebrations of the Muhamedan Id Festival slmw that no disturbance occurred anywhere m Delhi where trouble was apprehended. Special police and military precaution; helped to keep things calm. The business of86 words
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Article73 1925-07-21 9 Calcutta, July 3. British troops were called out this morning to patrol the Kidderpore dock ai*ea ot Calcutta where serious fighting between Hindus and Mahomedans occurred yesterday resulting m a number of casualties. Mahatma Gandhi, and other popular leaders, visited the affected area last night and appealed73 words
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Article38 1925-07-21 9 "This," said Sir John Sutton to the American doctors, "i- s an irruption from the greatest republic m the world the republic of medicine." And wo have been thinking ri{,ht along that it vas a diearchy!38 words
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Article297 1925-07-21 9 CABINET DIFFERENCES. STILL MOATING. [Reuter's Service.] London, July 20. The Cabinet has not \et reached a decision on the subject of the Admiralty programme for new construction, mentioned on the 18th. It is understood that Lord Birkenhead, Lord Salisbury and Mr. Wood are the chief protagonists of what297 words
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Article148 1925-07-21 9 [Reuter's Service.] Shanghai. July 20. A wireless from Laehou, m the province of Sztvhuan. says that two vessels, escorted by H. M. S. Teal, have arrived to bring down the foreigners from Chengtu and elsewhere m Szechuan. Chinese troops fired on the vessels en route. The Teal, which148 words
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Article73 1925-07-21 9 Penang. July 15. Recruiting has been generally resumed m Madras Presidency but the following taluks are closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease: Salem district: Salem, Rasipuram and Thiruchangodu taluks. Madura: Periakulam Town, Therumangalam, Periakulam and Xilacottai. Ramnad Aruppucottai, Thirupattur, Paramakudy, Strivilliputhur, Thiruvadanai and Ramnad. S. Arcot:73 words
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Article84 1925-07-21 9 Solario Repeats Ascot Form. London, July 22. The Princess of Wales' Stakes, run at Newmarket to-day, resulted as follows: Solario 1 Obliterate 2 St. Germans 3 Seven ran. Solario won by 1% lengths, 4 lengths separated the second and third. Betting. '11 to 4 against Solario; 784 words
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Article58 1925-07-21 9 Jodhpur to Meet Eaton m Final. London, July 3. Hurlingham. In the semi-final of the Champion Cup Competition Jodhpur (Prithi Singh, Williams, Hanut Singh and Ram Singh) brilliantly defeated Whatcombe (Duke of Penaranda, Lieut.-Colonel Pley* dell Railston, Captain Roark, and Major Magor) by 10 goals to 4.58 words
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Article152 1925-07-21 9 FEDERATION OUT. ANOTHER RUMOUR. I Reuter's Service.] London, July 20. At the court of inquiry m the coal dispute, Mr. MacMillan announced that the Miners Federation had refused invitation? to attend the inquiry. It is learned that discussions which may lead to most important developments m the152 words
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Article248 1925-07-21 9 Chinese Seaman Imprisoned. Sentence of a years rigorous imprisonment on each charge, to run concurrently, was passed on a Chinese named Seng Ah Wah who was found guilty by the Distr..' Judge yesterday of being m possession of two revolvers and a4so two hundred rounds of ammunition without248 words
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Article308 1925-07-21 9 The following action was taken at a meetintr of Committee \\>. 5 hold on July 15th. Decided that the public stand pipe m Grange Road adjoining the Bukit Wakaf Buiial Ground may he removed to River Valley Ifoad near that part of the Burial Ground that is at308 words
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Article91 1925-07-21 9 When a Chinese who is at present serving a sentence of seven years passed on him at the Assizes for taking 1 part m an armed robbery was brought up before the District Judge, Mr. Franklyn Robinson, yesterday morning:, His Honour said that he was sure the Assize Court had91 words
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Advertisement215 1925-07-21 9 ,3L scon's seeds :s:r Sealed Tin.. NEW CONSIGNMENT -IBT.'imiiifl lTu 65 cts. per pkt. fnvountc. ASTER, Mtatd Colours. m KLKRY, Wriirht's ANTIRRHINUM, ttot- ti'i VKA^ "V giant whit.-. tons Intormediatf. > OS LETTL'CK, SutBALSAM, improved f VJ^Hft 9 ton > *upcrb white. row-flowvreil KVUMiE LR TTI >.. annual. ***^jj i^^215 words
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Advertisement730 1925-07-21 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 Sinrapor*. TROILUS Marseilles, London,730 words
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Advertisement517 1925-07-21 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. S.s.COLORADO due July 30 s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aug 28 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE due Sept. 28 Calls Antwerp.517 words
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Advertisement449 1925-07-21 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporatod m England MAIL, PASSENGER AM) CAftGO SKln k Xv PENINSULAR AND ORIENTALSTEAM N\\ m T i r v LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SK|{\ i (Under Contract with His Ma.jr t\ OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. For China and Japan. For Mi,. Due Tonnage^Singapore.449 words
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Article669 1925-07-21 11 AMERICAN VIEWS. Mr. Hoover The following b Mr. nUfrror'* foreword to the report ot the U.S. Department of I Commerce representative (Mr. Fifart) on The Plantation Rubber Industry m The Middle Fast' Our rubber imports m 192,'J, were valued at $185,000,000 or about 72 per cent of th whole669 words
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Article272 1925-07-21 11 We talk of American "big business," and] compared with the past, it is big. In some ways however, we are -small, and, strange as it may sound to the rampant radical, we are too small even, m some of our business enterprises. You understand the folly ofNew York American - 272 words
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Article650 1925-07-21 11 Story of The Attack. I'ariH, June 22. Further details of the incidents which occurred at the Chinese Legation here v sterday show that th«« affair war carefi'My planned by an organization of Chinese t+aaenU and workmen among whom there Is a strong section of Communists. Between650 words
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Article187 1925-07-21 11 That all m America are not of one mind on the subject of restriction is shown by the statement of Mr. H. Stuart Hotchkiss. Vice-President of the United States Rubber Company. He seems to be quite m favour of, the regulations now m operation, for m187 words
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Article724 1925-07-21 11 Over m Canton the Kuomintang have defeated the Yunnanese with somewhat surprising: rapidity— surprising, that is, as there is as yet no hint that the Yunnaneswere bought over. The struggle, brief it was, might furnish the strategist with a pleasant little discourse on the value of naval724 words
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Article137 1925-07-21 11 "I understand I am not easy to caricature," said Mr. Baldwin, opening the exhibition of Mr. W. A. Lloyd's cartoons from Punch at the Sporting: Gallery, King-street, Covent Garden. <4 I am supposed to have no feature easily taken hold of. I never, for instance, thought much137 words
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Article119 1925-07-21 11 -I I Thus" The British North Borneo Herald on July 1. Possibly most cooks m Tewau deserve to have their throats cut, but all the same it was not sporting of the water carrier to carve the man up while he was j asleep, especially as the119 words
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Advertisement130 1925-07-21 11 >♦•' aW ism an fc < The Great British Tonic Wine to build i th. ne to £et and energy. mc to enrich d the nerves. c to overof a trying r |j f II,:: 1 nf re- thirty (.tors. f f f 1 V» JL *k*vL Mi Job sftkJFT130 words
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Advertisement316 1925-07-21 11 PHOENIX AERATED WATERS are manufactured under Ideal conditions IDEAL m respect of MACHINERY employed IDEAL m respect of MATERIAL used IDEAL m respect of WATER used IDEAL m respect of the -SUPERVISION. THE PHOENIX AERATED WATER WORKS. OFFICE AND WORKS. Telephone 3463. 63, Anson Road, Singapore Telegram "PHOENIX" Shell Lubricating316 words
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Article31 1925-07-21 12 Messrs. Paterson, Simons Co. Ltd., inform us that the rate of freight on copra to Pacific Coast ports has been reduced by Gold $1 per scale ton, effective immediately.31 words
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Article66 1925-07-21 12 The master of the Van Swoll reporls that the Melville Reef Light was not burning on the night of July 19th. Information has been received from the Chief Staff Officer (Naval) that during the course of recent surveying operations at the Paracel Islands the position of Discovery66 words
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Article311 1925-07-21 12 Praise was given m our issue of June 11 to the opening of Vladivostock as a free port and the seeming anxiety of the Soviet authorities to improve conditions there and attract shipping. We said that emancipation from the numerous formalities of the old regime would be311 words
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Article206 1925-07-21 12 The Secretary of the Lascar Fund, from which Fund pensions are payable to seamen between the ajjes of 6.~> and 70. informs the Secretary of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild m reply to enquiries, that the Minister of Labour has now agreed to the removal of the qualification of insurance206 words
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Advertisement703 1925-07-21 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUOTRALJA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN. THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.875 torn) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 4« Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,703 words
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Advertisement41 1925-07-21 12 GLEN LINE (Incorporated m England). For LONDON Fare $642.86. M.V. GLENTARA The above moter vessel, expected to sail about July 22nd, has excellent accommodation for first-class passengers. For full particulars, apply BOUSTEAD CO., LTD., (Incorporated m the F.M.S.) Agents. Telephone 3121.41 words
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Advertisement507 1925-07-21 12 i BOORD'S H ll I 11 1 v b^^^i I II t^^KQ4j>' tj^^J a^aa 11 ufl^s Jp^^BSk]| Stocked by all dealers and Hotels I Sole Agents: I JOHN UTTLE Co., Ltd. I (Incorporated m England.) I SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappjj K. P. M. STRAITS CHINA SERVK X507 words
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Miscellaneous655 1925-07-21 12 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 and Kedah655 words
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Miscellaneous163 1925-07-21 12 White, Mr. and Mrs. Prins. Mr. E. A. Tissot v. Patot, Mr. Mandagi, Mr. Wirio, Mrs. A. Hekina, Mr. F. J. Houwerf, Mr. J. yd. Broeke, Mr. Tan Kian Ching, Mr. M. Kammerer, Mrs. Goeo Imai, Mr. R. A. McCovern, Mr. K. R. Armstrong. Mr. L. H. Roona, Mrs. and163 words
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Advertisement664 1925-07-21 13 0. S. K. Line. I irst iiiations. Steamers. Xrr Dept I* H«mbur*. Rotterdam, ()rp Bremen, via Colombo, Aden and Port Said. Amazon Maru Aug. 14 Aug. JS Town, Rio, Santos, Buenoi Aires via Colombo. Manila Maru Aug. 5 Aug\ 8 Bombay t Bingo Maru July 23 July 24 i Bombay664 words
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Advertisement444 1925-07-21 13 Vk SIEAMSBIP LINE «SSL» Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE S8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINBSB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore444 words
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Advertisement682 1925-07-21 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST LINE. OPERATED FOR UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD *1 BY STRUTHER AND BARRY MANAGING OPERATORS Jl SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND 1 SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B WEST FARALON July M 1 U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA Ao/ U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Sept' U.S.S.B. WEST CARMONA Oct. and subsequent steamers approximately SO days682 words
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Article173 1925-07-21 14 The New Route. The disclosure that night flying would be employed for a stage of British air service between Egypt and India was made by Air Vice-Marshal Sir Sefton Brancker when addressing a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute. The route, he said, would be via173 words
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Article88 1925-07-21 14 Stella Benson, the novelist, who is Mrs. O'Gorman Anderson m private life, is on her way back to England via California, after over three years' absence m Yunnan, where her husband has a post m the Chinese Customs Service. Before her marriage she worked her way round the world. She88 words
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Article1965 1925-07-21 14 Honolulu, Hawaii, June 6. The immediate results of the Institute of Pacific Relations, which meets here July 1 to 15, will probably be mainly educational, it is pointed < ut by Dr. A. L. Dean, 3\-esident of the University oij Hawaii, and one of the Honolulans prominent1,965 words
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Article324 1925-07-21 14 i o*^. I h^OT almost the I PM*W •< .U TJ -till being niM«k <> I a whole ffS a I lutions drafts! I otvaaiaatiaai ainaz. d "I. ThY\ ill :v one i I too fn HHTOOJ Hi Will I ■•Ml Ml d M I 111]-324 words
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Advertisement599 1925-07-21 14 DRINK I BURNETT S GIN (Old Tom Dry). jj ■i 5 Obtainable Everywhere. :j African U Eastern Trade Corporation, Ltd. I ttifl^BslMfea. Deep-Seated Abscess m the Hip. Remarkable Recovery after undergoing afl HL Our Portr^' t >• f Mrs. LAMBOON. of Men's Mill, Withyh*m, Ssmmx. Bhl. rncUod. who write* |kV599 words
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507 1925-07-21 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY, JIM 20, 192.-,. marked.] d llars >Jnless otherwise MINING. Asa.n Kumban* «1) SfS Seilers sap** 1 nj s ESS ftTffi Tin < jj "JS Nu'.vng Pet J-JS ?i? t d N. Taiping do, w Padan g Planduk x.d. Rahman Hyds. ($1) 165 l507 words
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Article35 1925-07-21 15 Singapore July 20, 12 noun Sinjrapoie Standard Ribbed Sniuked Sheet. Spot 1.73 1.73 Vj; Aujr.-Sept .172 1.72^>; Oct.-Dec. 1.07 1.59; Jan.-March 1.20 1.31. London Quotali(*n Sheet 4s. sVid. Market Easier.35 words
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Article70 1925-07-21 15 July 20. Bank 4 m.B. fiA ie o» Bank oemand 2 |4 5-32 I'nv.iU- credit- ni>. 2 4 23-32 New York. derr.tn.i ~»C,\ Credit* yO day< |g* France, demand i.-j.-, India T. T m Ho?^'kong, dvinanci L% p o I»r L .m.. IOKObaiMI, dt-mand 13^-"< Java, denmnd l 470 words
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Article184 1925-07-21 15 July L'O. Tin «M) T,ns S1:;J Uambier m 0 Poppe, wim, 4 (rt Topper Black Plllkt Tairoc, K-ud BAgo Baud] ,oi» < opra Btmdried Opium .Ken..,Kkv. Lfojif Hia >:h.\n M B'ue Kaple (Old) liice. Lfany Hin Than M Red Back (New) y3O Rict', Siam old No. 1 ggQ Rice,184 words
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Article331 1925-07-21 15 .Markets. Aii nietali remain quiet. while advices from America continue opti mJstic for the future, the financial situation m Germany is not re-assuring, and rhicombined with the further tall m th<- tram-, is materially hindering any return to confidence. Copper.- -Xhe better torn noticeable la.>t week- has331 words
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Article123 1925-07-21 15 Thf annual rejx.rt of Kianiat Pulai, I.t for the year 1924, shows a not profit <:' £18,069 6> Id. and when £*,241 Pi 10.1, balantv brought forward from last year. hai been add^d, und provision ninde for corporation profits tax, there remains £4">,018 5s lid. Dividends equal to s ptr123 words
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Article187 1925-07-21 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Sinjjap<>n\ Ful> JO. |{übb«T.~ London 4s 6lid. Easier. I 1 1 2. 1 Tin. London, July IXth k'2i>:> i ,i'-n 132%. 800 tons mSI Uubl*rs.— Market weaker vvi l| Mlltl prcdom.nating. New rai^-i.:. ten at I. no buyera bidding Ii Kuantana are <|uot<-<i 1. 10 l187 words
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Article247 1925-07-21 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (1., i. Marahill) Singapore. Jab >U. Itabbtr. -M 5)44 down -VI. LscaJ 1.70. hn— i2«;s 6 I oc«| 112.76. lOo t«.n>. Robber iharei are ea*ier most being on Dlfer rather than m demand. The mining section of the inai ia [a bettei and there •re «:o«.(i247 words
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162 1925-07-21 15 NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES' GROWING COTTON GOODS MARKET. Statistics furnished from the ofticv <>f i»uAmerican Tvade Commissioner at Batavi.t liMni that duiing last year imports of totton goods into the Netherlands East Indies increased considerably a> compared with IMS. Great Britain and Japan appear t> have profited by (Ml increase, the162 words
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Article165 1925-07-21 15 Mr. H. M. M. Davidson, m Utt.r It the Press, states neither Amerira nor Sir Eric QtdiM can now dictate the price bt paid for raw rubber. Th»frewtrt, drive, i It (!.v, M ration by *tarvath.n priiis, pooled their common intmtU, with the result that, nt the moment, they definitely165 words
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Advertisement324 1925-07-21 15 ysets over $5,500,000. 1 TUP rPEAT VA em < Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:-Wincheste r House S TnZoT """T' Thc c-.mi.any has £20,000 deposited with the SuZ™ r LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. the S»Preme Court of England, and complies324 words
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Advertisement837 1925-07-21 15 j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANJL LIMITED. Established 1880 M a makaw Es <l- Baron'K. Morimura Vu^T r l 7~L ar «^i, Esq Karon K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq K. Tateun^ Em, k. Takeuchi, Esq. \Vata,:alK Esq. T Hod,umi. Esq. i^^'J^' 1 M »tsukaia. Esq HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA. Q Singapore Branch837 words
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Advertisement40 1925-07-21 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). 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.40 words
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Article1360 1925-07-21 16 EVIDENCE AT COKONER'S INQUEST. Shark Or Crocodile? The appalling deiails of the sad fate which befell Miss Doris Bowyer Smyth while 1 was bathing at the Swimming Club on Tuesday evening last, were graphically described by witnesses who gave evidence before Mr. F. G. Bourne, the Coroner, yesterday.1,360 words
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Article496 1925-07-21 16 ANOTHER WIN FOR S.C.F.A. Chee Lim In Good Form. Of the many excellent games this season has produced, yesterday's first division encounter between the Straits Chinese and j the Royal Artillery stands out as one of the best. It was a game m which both teams rose to496 words
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Article60 1925-07-21 16 Goals I*. W. L- D. F. A. Pts. S.C.F.A. ti <; o o 24 I 12 C C. B 4 1 S 18 s 11 Koyal Suuex 7 2 2 :i U 10 7 R A. 7 3 4 0 14 16 6 Malaya v 1 260 words
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Article38 1925-07-21 16 Mr. B. C. AJhlip. a Muslim barrister from Ceylon -wfro has come to Singapore to practise here was' entertained to a teaparty on Sunday by the Moslem Association. Mr. If. H. Dawood being m the chair.38 words
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Article452 1925-07-21 16 Khoo Hooi Hye Wins Singles Final. Khoo Hooi Hye will represent the Singaporeans in the singles of the Malayan Tennis Championship. He did what he was expected to do at the S.C.C. yesterday and defeated his doubles partner, Chua Choon Leong, in the final of the eliminating452 words
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Article100 1925-07-21 16 From Our Own Correspondent). iVnaiiL'. July 20. In the final of the tennis singles, Mano beat Sin Earn 7 f>— 2. Mano is undoubtedly the better player and showed more stamina. Sir. Earn was leading at 3 2 m the first set. when Mano played up and100 words
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Article45 1925-07-21 16 [Reuter's Service.] Noordwyk. July 19. France eliminated Holland from the Davis Cup. Lacoste and Brugnon beating Van Lennep and Diemerkool 6 l. 6 3, 6—B, tf 1. Mexico City, July 18. Spain has eliminated Mexico from the Davis Cur, winning all the singles.45 words
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Article151 1925-07-21 16 Y.W.C.A. Sports Club. The final of the singles championship was played off on Saturday when Miss R. Russell, who played right through, successfully defended her title as champion by defeating Miss I. Russell 6 3, 6 3. The game was exciting and well contested to the finish, including many151 words
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Article57 1925-07-21 16 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. July 20. In the Selangor Tennis Championship singles, Ec Konj? beat Bryant 4 6, G 2, 6 B; Yai Kin Moo beat Arunasalam 6 l, 6 o; Jalleh beat Ban Poe (5—2, 6 i. In the doubles Bridge and Joynt beat Thaver57 words
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Article709 1925-07-21 16 THE "CAT FOR VITRIOL THROWER. At the Singapore Assizes yesterday, before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, two Chinese, Lee Chook and Eng Ah Heng, were charged with a. tempted robbery and causing grievous hurt to Tan I Tong Heng. Both pleaded not guilty. Mr.709 words
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76 1925-07-21 16 The above will be held on the Ra.'.l* s Institution ground to-nioii-»sv, July :"!12:,<!. (Ist. Moharram), commen inp at 1 p n. Sixteen schools are taking jmrt and vt>r> keen competition is expecteci. Ka«.h leaM will execute a «et drill ami then COMpsU m76 words
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Article70 1925-07-21 16 Programme of DriHs. Tuesday, 21tf 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall Chinese Company. Wednesday, 82nd ft.ls p.m. Drill Hall BJLB. (v). Thursday, 23rd r».15 p.m. Drffl Hall Chinese Company. Friday, 24th US p.m. Drill Hall S.R.E. (v), S.V.C. Band. Saturday. 2">th L> p.m. BtUrft Tiinah riiinese Company. Ranjre S.R.A.70 words
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Advertisement185 1925-07-21 16 HIS MASTERS VOICE Qfir New Records ARE HERE Write or call for Catalogues S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. The Arcade. It looks and tastes like rich red wine and does you much more good. i< POI'R youi-M-if „ut y:la-s \VlNr\i;\|> i and .<e* \vha< a bvautiful dear ii:> it. What185 words
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