The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 August 1925

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS. SINGAPORE. BA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925. NO. 11,568.
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  • 288 1 Further details of the terrible railway incident which occurred at Amiens where the Boulogne express was derailed when proceeding at full speed are forthcoming Page It The Times, in a leader. ad\iv* Government to send out an expert on Chinese affairs to Cltlna to investiuate and report
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  • 1464 1 Q,<tr<inid fif/um: h<>iniiirt nogtri rst fmraf Libilli Juvenal. When the Singapc Town Hand i*- mH ii-hed. it is intend* d that it -hall play m ItVeril Open places in the 'own. nut mu i Oil th Esplanade. A.gi.iug ah «ir tin t alcutta Town Hand the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 185 1 WING LOO N G THE RECOGNISED HOUSE for ROPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HIGH STREET. SEA VIEW HOTEL. This evening: 5.30 p.m. Tea Dance. Raffles Dance Hand. SUNDAY, 16th. AUGUST, 1925. Special dance on the lawn 8 p.m. CINEMA— 9.3O P.M. THE EXPLOITS OF THE RAIDER MOEWE" KXHIRITFJ) BY SPECIAL ARRANCxEMENT
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    • 189 1 The cause of throat -irritation Dust in an If '#yy/% vV II w^r\ c^y&kz'*?*. 11l >|V A -%^M V J/J The husky effect produced by smoking mass-production cigarettes is caused by stalk, sand and dust. This may be seen by stripping the paper off the end of ran ordinary cigarette
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    • 167 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Capstan cigarettes, B.A.T Page 14. Latest shipping on pages 10. 12 and IS. Mortgagee's sal*, of jewellery -Page 7. High Admiral cigaretu m, B.A.T. Page 11. Firth's circular saws, William J;. U Page 9. Trademark notice bf Guthrie and Co. Page 7. Erasmic shampoo is .deai for the
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    • 15 1 WING LOONG FOR HIC.H (LASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish (Guaranteed. 32. UK. II STKKhT
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 82 1 THE WEEK. S^ttiirday. 15f/i. High Water, 8.15 a.m., 7.14 p.m. Sunday, \Gth. High Water, 9.lrt a.m., 5.12 p.m Monday, \~th. High Water. 10.1 n.m.. 9.3 p m. League I: S.R.C. vs R.A. Emulation Lodge, 8.30 p.m. Zebrugjj;e Film Theatre 9.30 p.m. Tmnduy, \Hth. High Water, 10.35 a.m.. 9.11 p.m. Wrdmsday,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 317 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Elite Cinema Presents ALL FOX FILMS This week. THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY WAY ANG SHANGHAI PEK JEE PUPPET SHOW. WEDNESDAY and SUNDAY Free Wireless Demonstration 4r, There's Health in every dose of Halls Wine HalTs Wine is a great tonic in every case of weakness.
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    • 119 2 Victoria Theatre. Commencing Monday August 17th at 9.30 p.m. The famous film ZEEBRUGGE A GLORIOUS NAVAL EPIC Produced by British Instructional Films and passed and approved by the Admiralty Booking at John Little Co. Reserved seat $2 Gallery 50 cts. Thursdav, August 27th. MISCHA LEVITZKI HAROLD LLOYD IN SAFETY LAST
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    • 263 2 From Thursday, 13th August, to Tuesday, .s, n Xl| AT THK ALHAMBRA A PICTURE YOU'VE LONt; BEEN YVAITINi. m u The Great Metro. 01,000,000 PhotopUj A Rex Ingram Production. Adapts from the Novel by Vicente Blanco ll.an throughout the world as marking n.-w epoeh in ment of motion picture.The Four
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  • 548 3 Singapore, Au/f. 12. A comparatively quiet week is recorded in Rubber shares. The London and New York commodity quotations have been weak throughout and show continued depreciation locally, however, with the increased standard allowance interpreted as a negligltli release, a s eadier undertone, closing w.th
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  • 352 3 "Neither brokers nor jobbers," writes a House Correspondent to the Morning Post on July 14 h. "expected to jret much relief this week from th t pressure of work flung: upon them by the rise in the price of the raw mater til to 4s. 4d. per
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  • 73 3 Belgrade, June 26 Vaaea Tchabrinovitch, the father of NTedelko Tchabrinovitch, who in 1914 was one of those who threw a honib at the carriage of the Arvhduko Frarcia Ferdinand at Sarajevo, last niirht attempted to commit suii-i«l" at Sarajevo. Although fatally injured, Tchabrinovitch was able
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  • 63 3 An experimental vacuum atornge chamber is S by B by 8 feet in size. an<! baa nonporoui concrete walla 8 inches thick. I'eepholea of jrlass on two sides provide for watch ng the interior. In the par ial vacuum, mice, as weil as moths and other insects, will be unable
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 324 3 a .i c, f^i vsgP I V**>»^=f The ENERGY < Jaaaaaaai of HEALTH jSH g rowing child is far more energy in e ylaxo-fed baby is free from > keep his health than he ie TlS^ °f such dread diaeases i England Everything is as Enteric and Tuberculosis against bim
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    • 256 3 Why Buy Foreign Shaving Soaps P If, of course you are convinced that they are better than the British made article, then by all means buy them. No goods should be supported simply because they are British, irrespective of their quality. If, however, they are not only British, but better
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  • 222 4 It may be of interest to Triumph cycle enthusiasts and to others interested in motor cycling, to know that at the motor cycle reliability trials held in Singapore last Sunday under the auspices of The Singapore Automobile Club, the Triumph team, which secured the first prize, consisted
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  • 78 4 Fire 57,000,000 Times Perfectly. Illustrating the great advanccmc-.it made tn spark plug: construction and dependability in the last two years, the Champion Spark Plug Company issued figures showing that spark plugs in ten leading cars in the- 500-mile race classic at Indianapolis Memorial Day fired some
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  • 29 4 QUICK -FIRE PINES. Oxted petty sessional magistrates collected money from motorists in fines recently at the rate of well over £1 a minute for two and a half hours.
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  • 65 4 The Ford Motor Co. (England), Ltd., anamonncaa that Mr. Edsel Ford, president of the Ford .Motor Co., U.S.A., has confirmed reports from Paris stating that the company lias acquired property and buildings fpr the nslsMialinasnt of an assembling plant in the French capital. Production at the new plant WIU start
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  • 353 4 Engine not Overhauled for 14.000 Miles. Cape Town, July The Renault trans-African motor expedition arrived in Cape Town yesterday evening*. Some miles OntSMC the city the party, consisting: of Laptain Delingette, his wife, a French mechanic, and a rtative aarvant alighted from the mudbespattered "caravam"' running
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  • 64 4 A motorist, who was fined for exceeding the speed lin>*C is stated to have given as an excuse to the constable the fact that he was an orphan, says the London Motor. The journal comments that, although the excuse did not succeed, the man was to be congratulated upon producing
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  • 335 4 Production of Alcohol. The question of making an efficient :.iot«.r fuel in the tropics, where imported spirit is expensive, is at present attracting considerable attention. Various materials have been suggested, and in some cases tried, as source of power alcohol, such as starch-con-taining roots, and
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  • 100 4 Quite the most interesting publication ever yet produced from th e point of view of the Overseas motor cyclist is the recently published Overseas Annual issued by "The Motor Cycle." It contains a series of very valuable and informative articles giving much useful information
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  • 1021 4 FEEDING THE HUNGRY MOT3RIST. On a journey, let us say from London to Manchester, by road, writes E. L. in the Manchester Guardian, one is forced to the conclusion that the art of providing the weary traveller with an attractive tea is unaccountably neglected. It is mor? and
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 78 4 o^ m f m 9____ A.E.C. Commercial Motor Vehicles, used in the transport of your goods, set your mind at ease on three important points. They are Reliable, Economical and Sturdily Constructed to withstand severe usage. Perhaps the best evidence of A.E.C. economy and reliability is the fact that they
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    • 216 4 ft**-**. aa# I M.r.H. FOR A-mVM. conse cutivi HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RII)L\(. n X n, mri I{—^*Mmm——-——————m —————mm—————— Rudge-WhiiworThl [Four Valve Speed 2 H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERV TRACK NEAR l*\|(is 21 World's" Records WERE CAPTURED IN THE EXECUTION Ol Tills REMARKABLE
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  • 382 5 n^ »t' a section of the Mr. Walter Bond delivered ir« on "Ti e Balloon Tyre, its design. which is of interest y as Well as to traders. i- preliminary remarks Mr. Bond pointfunction of tyres waa to tie i oad ahock: springs provided to deal with Under
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  • 269 5 Although clear-cut photographs of bullets in flight can only be obtained if the plates are exposed for a period of time thousands of times less than the shortest so-called "instantaneous" expoeurea of even first-class cameras, yet the feat is not an impossible one. The earliest pictures of
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  • 183 5 And BO the much advertised Motor Act is not to he brought in this year after all, in spite of the fact that it was mentioned in the Kind's Speech at the opening of Parliament. The Home Secretary made this announcement in the course of the
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  • 59 5 In a twelve hour.-- race over the Guadarrama circuit* a distance of 93 kil- niotres, the winner, Antonio Diaz, of Spain, ttatea an Exchange message from Madrid < mpleted the circuit eight and a half times rhe Englishman Whalley was second with i iit circuits, and
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  • 311 5 The Bangkok Times to hand gives the following extended account of the fatal accident to Mr. B. Baugh: In the early hours of Aug. 7th, between four and five o'clock, Mr. Bjarne Baugh, the aecond office.* of the Hermelin, was driving a five seated car along along
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  • 225 5 1 Invasion of Entebbe-" The invasion of Entebbe, Uganda, by two lions, one with a cub, necessitated the calling out of 100 men of the King's African Rifles, who, with loaded rifles, patrolled the town for several nights. The first report of the activities of
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  • 46 5 The „A uto" for June 25 contains a photograph of H. H. the Yam Tuan of Negri Sembilan and the Tuiiku Laxamana about to step into the fire 18 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley 6 cylindrred landaulette which has just been supplied to the* order of His Highness.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 139 5 THE GRAY CAR. The Aristocrat of Small Cars i i MINBNT IN (LASS. ok u ft ItODIES, DISC OK Jfr wS^ /^WFt! JaaßaW i woe! I WHFKLS. A\ii\ V^^S %_t_\ JIB MalHaiiiii^ssnnn^^^BßsWsMßß raordinary rapidity with which the GRAY Car has jumped into popularity has been phenomenal. It the only small
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    • 153 5 THE NEW A NEW TYPE OF BEAUTY I MANY UNIQUE FEATURES jj EFFICIENT HYDRAULIC FOUR-WHEEL CRAKES J IMPROVED GEAR CHANGING. i SPECIAL STEERING DESIGNED FOR BALLOON 5 TYRES. > LIGHTS CONTROLLED FROM CENTRE OF i STEERING WHEEL. 5 GENUINE BALLOON TYRES. 5 BALL TYPE ACCELERATOR. j| Handsome and Complete Equipment
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  • 29 6 I THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING. (Uttdee S.R.A. Rules of Racing) Mill be held on Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 17th, 20th, 22nd and 24th October, 1925.
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  • 7 6 FOR THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS ONLY.
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  • 282 6 Races Nos. 1, 5 THE STRUABni; sl 2 A .o KES PU £F MESS )s v .V.T' 330 pm and p.m. Valnea $1100 with $200 to each second pony and $100 to each third pony. A hand.cap for ex-grirhn ponies 14.2 and under; the ponies
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  • 368 6 Rate No. i. THE PENANG STAKES— Time 2.30 p.m. Valu^ $1,100 with $200 to each second pony and $100 to each third pony. A handicap for ex-griffin ponies 14*2 and under; th e ponies shall be divided by the handicappers into three Classes i.e A
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  • 321 6 Races No.. ft r,. THE PKNANG PURSE AND PLATE— Times 2.30 p.m.. ft 4.45 p.m. Values $1,100 with $200 to each second pon V and $100 to each third pony. For conditions see Race No. 1 on the"Second Dav. Classes A. and B. of divided
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  • 351 6 Races Nos. 1. 3 5. THE KINTA STAKES AND PURSE AND THE GOLD CUP— Times 2.30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., and 4.45 p.m. Values Class A $1,750 and a Gold Cup presented by the Singapore Turf Club; Classes B and C $1,500; with $300 to each
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  • 681 6 Stabling Accommodation and Bedding Free for horses brought to Singapore and entered for the Meeting. $25 Travelling Allowance will be granted for each horse other than those trained in Singapore, entered for and attending the Meeting. The Advertised Value of the Stakes is 547.275 which does not include added money.
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  • 976 6 TO SERVE THE CAUSE OF POLITICS. The Game and the Woman. (By George Cecil for Free Press). French tennis-parties serve two purposes, of which the game is not the most important. In the provincial towns they enable gossiping, elderly ladies (such prim-looking old dears) to take away
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  • 622 6 VICTORY NOT THE ONLY AIM OF THE TOUR. How Tate was Misreported. London, July 15. The af.CC has to-night at the Savoy Hotel received into its forgiving arms Mr. Gilligan and the team which failed to bring the ashes back from Australia. The dinner was
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  • 237 6 One of the most familiar effects of climate is sunburn, but in a recent Royal Institution lecture Prof. Barcroft showed that it is one of the least understood. In the experiments of Finsen, parts of the arm were exposed to the sun's rays under different coverings. These screen* varied in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 267 6 Shell Lubricating Oils Each gallon is exactly the same, no matter whet* you buy. In Using SHELL OILS, you have the Maplefe satisfaction of knowing that it is SAI Shell Lubricating Oils. THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (S.S.) ITU. (Incorporated in England). I _o-ewt. Albion Wagon •*«•*>- I plied to the
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  • 1784 7 WHAT CHINA DESIRES TO SEE RBCTIFIBD IN HER INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS. By Ta Chen, Tsinghua College, Peking. (An address delivered at a public session of the Institute of Pacific Relations, Bishop Hall, Punahou, July 6, 1925). China is awakening. In this, process 'wo general tendencies are discernible.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 397 7 BUSINESS CARDS. J lftM send for the Illustrated J e r.tsloaoc af Musical Instrumenta. \SON CO.. LTD. J nl md US. North Bridge Road. g ,IJ}P VV mm— ————m— ———.m—. CARS FOR HIRE. Great Reduction in Rates THE ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. id A 00-b, Bukit Timah Rd I, N«»s
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    • 482 7 NOTICES. CAUTION i I^ <)TU^ 1 HEREBY GIVEN that the* following Trade Hark: iytr\<mlu9Hto\ltiiit&tfn Is roistered in England under the Trade iSK»o as thf «*««lw«i^e property of GUTHRIE m COMPANY, LIMITED, of Battery Road, Singapore, M.aits Settlements, and 5, Whittington Avenue. London, England, in respect of the following goods: Substances
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    • 587 7 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER The only Morning Daily in Malaya and the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements. Telephone 56. Caole Address, "Advertiser." P. O. Box No. 206. Communications relating to News and Editorial
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    • 520 7 bs^bswß I a S aM ■^wiksV^~PRISM ATK COMPASSES. DUMPY LEVELS. TRANSIT THEODOLITES. ABNEV LEVELS and Surveying Instruments at every deserii>tion ean be delivered imno diately, also large stocks of FERRO— PRISSI ATE PAPER FERRO— GALLIC PAPER TRACING (LOTH TRACING PAPER SECTION PAPER AND DRAWING MATERIALS. THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE SELECTION IN
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    • 74 8 TAN. On Friday. August 7th al 1256 p.m. at No. 397 Beach Road, Tan Hang Thaßg at the age Of 72. He leave.- >ons. Tar Khentf Tin. Tan KheNLr Suan. Tan Thoh lay. Tav. Seng Tsjr, Tan Koh Chsoag, Tan Siok Tay, Ton Boon Tay and Tan Tenjr Seng.
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    • 43 8 Mi. Wee Kf.h Kiat and family heir to exprest their thsakl sad gratitude to those friends and relatives who >.. kindly >ent letters of condolence, telegram-, wreaths and Chinese scrolls and who attended the funeral of his Inn father Mr. Wee Km> Biaag
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  • 1042 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1925. A Municipal Forecast. In June 1921 Mr. C. F. Green, the deputy president of the Singapore Municipal Commission, issued < "forecast of the financial requirements of the Singapore Municipality for the period 1922 to 1931." It is perhaps an even more interesting report
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  • 901 8 A tender of $24,H00 by R. Young and Co., Ltd., has been accepteil for the construction of a Masonry Impounding Dam for water supply to Camp K. J'ulau .Jerejak, Penang. The Government Gazette confirms the appointment of Mr. George Gordon Wilson as temporary Official Member of legislative Council in place
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 47 8 Prom < I Although been Bjangf BMUHJag Veiled hf Hm I Kuala I ampm uf Malaya the meeting dl-. in the Chit! m solved ta eahlr they riau nitl the runaouf i posal will tn i fat public ana g publa aimbilit] ol i naaaoui
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    • 70 8 (Pisa, oi, M i I < hurra, th. 1 ing. sf Mi I;. I aaet, el Kaiaa i I l: I'- M I I a ha arrived by I Mr I:. M,- i Mr. IV lug I srai aft*, ami h I < oaaaaana\ i I I I
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    • 25 8 (From Our C I I I I of A m I I i r «li. at i'ii it,. i I on I
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    • 18 8 V H I employ-- i i i j I ad guilty of crii I h| tfi
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    • 98 8 I rails), r „t Tin re am* officii! I.M V.W.i H rda) sftei noon, th«- oppoi tun i tO hid tai.u, I U i retarj I i an i< osse Mi 1 1 Kf* t chu 1 1 antui with, and tt,. inal. Miss V*lnt, of I -he
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    • 74 8 rhe Y.af.C.A. I j the I l.( I Puuisha ml I by Mr. t I h\ Mr N| I I I I will ha m I will in- glad I Mi I dislly Invited I I I Y.M.C.A I fefhau I Beetarj I Thui aaj H I take
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 113 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMKS TO CALDRECK'S" BARCLAYS LONDON LAGER The DOCTOR Brand NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED QUARTS PINTS. Sole Agents: Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in .Shanghai.) PATRONISED j& (ft> Y "OYALTY. PRESENTS FOR WEDDINGS AND ALL OCCASIONS in Silver and P. Ware LOOK FOR THE ROYAL JEWELLER. at B. P.
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    • 21 8 g-flp*-^ F°R ALL F VERMIN USE l^aSwtn It: f .*j»»«»n'<^ i AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. PEARS' I I GOLDEN SERIES.
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  • 289 9 FURTHER DETAILS. i \ll.KI) AT AMIKNS. (Reuter's Service.] Paris. Aug. 13. logne express proceeding at full derailed at Amiens. .Vine were ••> injured. 1,-ater. i- known thai twelve were ighty injured. The engine srrested. unusually full of holiday-third-class, going to the seaua- due to stop at Amiens
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  • 58 9 Service.] Berlin, Aug. IS. ithoritiea are disappointed London negotiations, which they not helped the conclusion of ueh aa Germany de- I thai Briand and Cham- agreed that Germany must of .Nations unconditional- **<**. So has the asser- may be permitted to wage in certain eventualinews thai Poland and
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  • 118 9 Moate Video, Aug. 14. JVale- hai nv \lM>oir,tment. Nanyo Nichi,cn > Shimbunsha.) Tokio. Aug. U. been appointed Pre:!:r »f Legislation. Support Far New Ministry. Viscount C. Mizuno. Vi Mount Kyosiro Jiromaru Itoh, have »*the Cpper House th POSts vacated by the h «ch a*
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  • 78 9 TIMES ADVICE. SEND AN EXPERT. London, Aug. U. falling attention to the "most damaging capon," namely, the boycott of British SCKHtI in China. The Times in a leader sav, that ,t is ma.ntainc d by an idea or obsession and a definite object of British policy should
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  • 87 9 (Reuter's Servict.] New York, Aug. 1 4. A telegiam from Uuderdaie, Florida say> that there waa a running fight alo'.g he shore between an alleged DOOt-legger •*»"neh and a coastguard cutter, which reaulted in one of the launch's crew being •*<lly wounded, the other s being captured Th
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  • 131 9 Constantinople, Aug. IS. he official statement regarding Mustapha Kemal Pasha's divorce says thai the President, having decided to separate from his wife issued a decree of divorce as from Aug. sth The reasons havi- not been given, but rum our bav been busy for some time.
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  • 36 9 A communique from Morocco soya that the combined Franco-Spanish operations in the Loukkoa sector have been continued by the investment of the Sarsar Massif. The Spaniards carried out the encirclemenl between Bosons and Wcdsedra.
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  • 82 9 [Reuter's Service.] Madras, Aug. 14. Thirty w re injured, some seriously, as a result of hooligans attacking a procession of National Confrre^s supporters on the ive of the further city municipal elections. The assailants are stated to have used sticks, crowbars and mineral water bottles. Stone-throwing and
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  • 29 9 [Reuter's Service.] Brussels, Auk. 14. The Chinese Minister entertained General Hsu at dinner. The Premier. Ministers and many diplomats and other prominent people were present.
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  • 13 9 [Reuter's Service.] Marnuke, Aug. 14. t 01. di Pineda has arrived.
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  • 121 9 The Committee beg to acknowledge with many thanks the following subscriptions: Previously acknowledged $925 Mr. I.iau Chia Heng 110 Mr. Coo Ah Hoay |ofl Mr. I>*e Choon Seng i;»o Mr. T. O. May hew ;,0 Mr. O. Olsen 50 Mr. Cheong Chui Phuan 50 .Mr.
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  • 1465 9 REFUSAL OF APPEAL. In the matter of pn arbitration between the Duff Development Company and the Government of Kelantan. Mr. Justice Russ- I! dismissed, wiih eoeta, a summons in which the Government of Kelantan asked the Court to order an arbitrator to state a special case for
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  • 282 9 An arrest has been effected by the De- I tective Department in connection with the alleged gang robbery and murder in Ju- 1 rong Road a few day s ago. The accusal i j was produced in the Police Courts yesterday and remanded. Alleged to have ixtorted
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  • 114 9 Coolie Killed at Sungei Besi. A few days ago three miners employed by the Cheng Hing Kongsi, Sungei Besi, while at work, were engulfed by falling sil\ Fortunately they were extricated little the •vorse for their experience. At the newly opened Cheong Yuen mines, Sungei Besi, a fatal
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 142 9 Robinson Co.. Ltd. (fneovporated in the Straits Settlements). MU: WOOL P^l'l--OVERS JSK^^gffi^ I VTEST DESIGNS CO LOIRS *U.!^|^pjffij^Hß N «'<•'»'■■ lame. Extra Lime. r\ Pure Wind Travelling Ku >^%**\ large selection in stock reversible It f_A Robinson i Co., Ltd. f^2«**^n*w miiiiiiiiio msswaw jmamajpsmw amsmsr ansssim n j ssssxsw _i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 676 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Services to. LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. r BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Tsking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT Due Singapore. KLPENOR Marseilles,
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    • 519 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES LTO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE HAVRE, LONDON ROTTERDAM. HAMBURG. t s.s. CITY OF MADRID due Aug. 28 t Calls Dunkirk. Calls Antwerp, omits Hamburg. MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. 1
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    • 527 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LOfKI (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CAftGO SEK\|< PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVK. VI n LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEKVK I (Under Contract with His Majesty's Governm< OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. KOMKWAtDH For China and Japan. I'or Mameillea. London u-» Due Tonnage^ Singapore.
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  • 921 11 THE DOCTORS ART. The discussions following the visit of tho American doctors have shown us that medical science rolls on like a stone, excepting that it gathers plenty of moss, says Robert Magill, i n a London weekly. You can never be sure which facet of it
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  • 265 11 Government on Petty Fire Insurance Bill. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Aug. 11. It is understood that the Department of Communication is drafting a bill to establish a new section to deal with simple fire insurance business. Unwanted Imports from Shanghai. Tokio, Aug. 12. A
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  • 69 11 In future paper is to be bought and sold on a new basis. An agreement has been ratified between the Federation of Master Printers and the Wholesale Stationers' Association standardizing the sizes of all cards and papers and abandoning the ream, containing a variable number
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  • 91 11 This month's number of The Planter is of great interest and importance. One of its principal features is Sir Malcolm Watson's letter concerning Bukit Fraser, and the subject of the leader leave pay and passage money for the acting man touching many planters very nearly. A caricature by "0.P." of
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  • 193 11 Junior Department. The following books have been purchased for the Junior .Department and will be available for issue on Saturday, August 15. Borrow (Geoigc) Romany Rye. Craft (Mrs. D. M.) John Halifax, Gentleman.. Crockett (S. R.) The White Plumes of Navarre. Froude (J. A.) Short Studies on Gnat
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  • 82 11 Toronto, Ont. To gat Canada Ift representative British educationists will tinyear be the guests of the Canadian Naaaal al Exhibition. The- party, which repn sents the educational authorities, the pub lie and secondary schools of the Bnti-k Isles, is said to be the first organized
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  • 70 11 Sir George Maxwell, th** hief E tary to the F.M.S.. accompanied by Lad) Maxwell were the guests of th*British Adviser at Alor Star during the week-end. A dinner was held in thwir honour in the latter'* residence on ghe nth inst. at which the following were preaeiit U-sides the host:—
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 278 11 Don -t be a Slave to U iii bago mind that vou will never rei you. It is a terrible ailment like this gets the y oU become litda better than a Home, business, friends, and mal needs are forgotten i.<M your Lumbago claims nd care, ht.and il only you
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  • 148 12 H.M.A.S. Moresby, a surveying vessel bound for Australia, came in last evening and went alongside the East Wharf. She leaves for Port Darwin on the 23rd. The P. and O. Nagpore has left Colombo, and is expected to arrive at this port at 6 a.m. on Thursday, the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 589 12 y-0 *a-- t *a3aj^-*>t*** -•.•*..< •*»i>.wr*a**<^tr«aama>T>waa J aaaaaaala^^ 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 (7.876 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia.
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    • 637 12 B BOORD'S f rap are the _.*fj Obtainable. E Stocked by all dealers and Hotels. 1 1 Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPI K LLOYD TRIESTINO S.V in (Incor|»oraterl in Its HOMEWARD S\||[\ Q| Mi-monthly aervfee for Ihtarjaa. Taaa and Trieste via p
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 557 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Fridft y 6am Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6pm Kota Tinggi and
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    • 597 12 CIIUUCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 7.30 a.m. Litany. 7.46 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. No Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEW'S SEPOY LINES. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. During the following week at the Cathedral: Monday 7.40
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 693 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamera. Arr. Dept. London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, crp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden, Port Soudan and Port Said. Amazon Maru Aug. 19 Aug 20 Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), l.wii, Rio, Santos, Buevios ia Colombo. f Canada Maru Sept. 17 Sept. 19 I and Bombay f Indu s
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    • 463 13 a STEAMSHIP LINE Round -t he-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE S8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples. Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to
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    • 705 13 AMERICAN FAR EAST UNE. OPERATED FOR UWTED STATES SHIPPING BOARD i BY STRUTHERS AND BARRY MANAGING OPERATORS SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO. U.S.S.B. WEST SEQUANA In Port U.S.S.B. WEST PROSPECT Qpnt U.S.S.B. WEST CHOPAKA qZT and aubsequent ateamera approximately 30 days apart. For rates and further particulara app
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  • 1881 14 From the report of the Deputy Chairman, Mr. W. H. Collyer, ML Sc, 8.C.E., are extract the following: I Continued uncertainty as to establishment of an Improvement Trust, ar.d as to the passing of an Improvement Ordinance providing modern powers and better resources for dealing with congested
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 371 14 i I P 1 I •■:"Hl^- V ~^^M&M P _%€_w w r f/x vS i; 1 r w/,fi //'s ,j > s==^ mi sum upon it! a In the East, u Capstan-Navy f IrlCAPS^aH^i as the dependable cigarette. M a^aaaaaaV^fl P Dependable from the points of L ItßSaa^Sl view of
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    • 91 14 NATURE'S RLMi.DY Clements TonL i- Kraataal raandj fat nm nis •«"«J Nraia leai tppetite. dehilitx •J b,ood neural •na, etv.. and i\ and reliable. In stlag tre.pi.al >oi» will „pp, naariaaliag sti.ro Invifjnratlaf mm a promote* ne>rm..l .p., ttntffwj and iltep INHaia able at aii csWml and kedais Ny Caiishorj!
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  • 1136 15 HOW THE PRICK IS n X EI). In an action in th, KingV Bench Divide!., over metal contrac a, the following particular, were disclosed of how the market is run. Mr. Willta, opening the case, said that the action had reference to dealings on the London Metal
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  • 60 15 MagUfft 14. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 15 32 HanK demand j>|4 6-32 Private credits 'A m.s. H-i»j New Teak, esaeaad rr,-. Credits 90 days f>s v* France, demand i -„i India. T. T. m Hongkong, deaaaad p, p Pren. Yokohama, demand 1.:7>, •lava, demand Pan^kok, demand 7..^ Beversign, Bank
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  • 156 15 Aioru 14. Tin 125 Ton- miM (■ambler (U| n u i Rice, Slum old No i 33Q R ce, Rin^uin Bfoka ffj\ Rice, S.am Rroken No. 1 220 Rice, Siam Glutinous Xo. 1 tajf Rice, Siam Ciiutino's Xr>. Rice. Rangoon Glutinoe. _> ;cj" Rice, Anam Xo. 1 >n Rice.
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  • 36 15 Singapore. Aug. It. 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Si Sheet. Spot and Aug. 1.28; Sept. 1.25; Oct. -Pec. 1.17: .Tan. -March 1.10. London Quotation Sheet -i>. sd. Market linn. No Sellers.
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  • 51 15 The deoaj oi the rare old stained glaaa of York Minster in England i< attributed t<> improper mixing of the glaaa and about twenty kinds of microscopic plants. Minute holes form, with (taking, the brightest colours being most affected, while gray i- acted on .--lowly, and golden yellon u--maina almost
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  • 211 15 M.U'PHAIL AM) CO. LTIVS REPORT. Haagaaaee, UK \i. kuMht. Isadon Is. t Firm, i Tin. London C259. Local 121 U tuns told. Rubbers. Cimigieleaa ran ea talaaa I.M aellera holding for 1,12 Men akati have buyers at fj and aellera at n ii. nuts are quoted :.p
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  • 199 15 Singapore, lag. 1 1. I in. £266 ss. Down t.'.s. i:,i'.. i». tons. Rubber. Ss. 1% d. Up '4.1. 1 Rubbers.- The Arm local position o£ the commodity is -reflected in shares and the market is more active than for some pas Jeram Kuaotana have naariu
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  • 278 15 CL. R. MaeahaH). Singapore, \u«. 1 1. Kuober. -.A. '..d. ap Loi a 12 lin. £259. 25a. down. Local 12." ton" a 121-Vb. Rubl ei than ,1 demand at ini| rov« <l <]**"<•'' ioi M nit quiet while Indus rial and 1...:,n--bj placed at quotations.
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  • 130 15 A lot of atoriea aboi t oil I buying and wiling tons ra her have are ciliated. That a hrokolder from an -e I„,\ In u lK ana. Most peopk have difhYuly in ordV ton of coal aithout raaerences, mud a ton of rubber. This story, hen ear, true. fcfj
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 294 15 |gsets over $5,500,000. A m miiri m -Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE :-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFIPP* S2 t)M t. has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England/f^ ATTK.U-TIVK PLANS OF ASSURANCE. Com P a ™*Act
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    • 496 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. Established 1880 Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (*ully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.80,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq DIRECTORS. Y. yamakjWJ, Esq. Baron K Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq K. Tataurai, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq. F.
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    • 466 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $.50,000,000 issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Keserve Fund:— Sterling 4,r>op!oOO m_ Silver $26[500,000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmar ?y h ii e Esq De Puty Chaiiman r^nSr*
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Roy.! Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Monds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARKJS.ONS, BARKER CO., Ltd CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 698 16 OOOUB CONVICTED OF ATTEMPTED M TRUER. first .Serious Case F«r Ten Years. Christmas Island is one of those places where everyone 1 appears to live a qtltct and peaceful existence, which is disturbed only at very rare intervals with a crime of a serious character. Such an
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 84 16 Mr. F. G. Penny, M.P., who was one of the winning: finalists for two years in succession of the Parliamentary Lawn Tennis tournament, has been dropped this* year. He and Mr. Pethick Lawrence (owe 30) met Lady Astor and Sir William Davison (receive 30) on the lawn tennis courts at
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    • 176 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A vs. Royal Sussex Regt. at cricket to-day at Tanylin. commencing at 2.15- p.m.: H. G. Stack (Capt). R. Lyne, at King. E. C. W heatley, F. Vine, E. Newton, A. Van tiylenburg, W. A. Deans. T. E. K. Retnam, O m C. Smalley and
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    • 161 16 Services Batting. The li>ei vices made good use of the hour allowed for play last evening in their encounter with the 8.8. and I. and when stumps were drawn had compiled 85 for four wickets. Capt. Brownjohn played steady cricket for his 33 and Lieut. -Col. Haseldine's 26 included
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    • 86 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Aug. 13. At Hastings: Sussex defeated Nor:hants bv 180 runs. The winners made 106 and 334 (Bowley 89, Tate 121, Jupp fiv e for 40). Northants replied with 130 (Woolley oO not out, Tate four for 53, Wensley six for 67) and 110 (Tate four
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    • 53 16 [Reuter's Service.] Baltimore. Aug;. 13. In the Davis Cup Haraela (Japan) beat Flacquer (Spain! by 6 2, 6 4, 6 o. Montreal, Aug. 13 In the Davis Cup Anderson (Australia) e.'efeatod Crocker (Canada) by 6 l, 6 3 b— 2. Alonzo of Spain beat Shimidzu, Japan. 7—6,
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    • 113 16 MONDAY'S TIES. O. E. H. Cutler vs. J. Bright. (J. R. Xesbit vs. T. N\ Baxter. C. E. Hudson vs. W. Swi hinbank. A. Buchanan vs. W. Williams. T. B. Rogers vs. R. H. Hodgson. B. J. Wright vs. P. Hohler postponed. P. T. Hutchings
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    • 78 16 TUESDAY'S TIES Major R. C. Sayers vs. G. S. Lovelt. C. B. Hecker vs. C. E. Brooke. J. K. Carr vs. W. H. Palgrave. R. M. Pearce vs. A. G. Hay. R. H. Gale vs. O. E. B. Crowe. F. V. Boardman vs. H. R. Corbishley. A. D/Hallows vs. E.
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  • 146 16 THE TRAFFIC PERIL. To the Editor. Sir, The public is now faced with a common danger, in fact has been so for some years that of the traffic. Sometimes the fault may lie with the unfortunate victims and sometimes with th e drivers. It should be
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  • 1030 16 nouncemcrt on the subject, but sharer->)d-era can rest assured that their interest will be protected in every w'ay possible. Tbe meeting passed a motion declaring dividend of 12Vi* per cent, to be paid to shareholders on the register at the present time. Mr. Tan (.'hong Khee was re-elected
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  • 113 16 August Monthly Medal. The above competition will be played for by stroke play to-day and to-morrow and the Ladies' Spoon on the following Monday 17th. Keppel Cup. The quali-t-y«g round for the above wil' b«. played in conjunction with the August Medal. The best eight cards returned
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  • 232 16 To the Editor. Sir, Those persons who had rea I the novel and, even more so, those who had seen the unabridged film, must have left the Alhamhra last night in a not too enviable frame of mind. First of all must have been
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  • 184 16 To the Editor. Sir, It was with growing wonder that I read the article "A Vanished Royalty by, "Jock," which appeared in your issue of to-day's date. May I point out through the medium of your columns, possibly for the guidance of would-be visitors to the district
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  • 121 16 A special attraction at the Sea View Hotel Cinema to-morrow will be the screening of the British Admiralty film "The Exploits of the Raider Moewc." This is a pictorial record of the sinking of numerous British merchant vessels by the notorious 1 aider, and was used by
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  • 38 16 In a term is match on July 20 between teams representing the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, Mr. F. G. Penny, partnered with Viscount Curzon. lost to Lord Dalkeith and Lord Drogheda, I—6,1 6, 2—o.
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    • 213 16 HIS MASTERS VOICIT^^ RECORDS FEATURE The (.reatest Artistes and The Finest Recording. They stand .supreme as reproduce f World's Finest Music. Our Demonstration Rooms a?v at iron m S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD Irrnrpu aNwl in Lvaagfcai The Arcade, NNGAPOtU ffi iil I jftfiffft A 1-T-* *2l f t 4 *4
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