The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 September 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free IVess 10 CENTS SLNGAPORE S.tt, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1925. NO. 11,587
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  • 207 1 Tha shipping strike appears (o he dying out and many more *hips are getting away Page 9. The Shenandoah broke its hark m a stcrm hut fortunately, being helium tilled, did not catch fire Page The flight of thc third I .S. seaplane to Hawaii from Frisco
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  • 1044 1 QmM*mM agumi homines vostri est farragt Provision for tlie future seems m th, air. It is prapaaad t«. ngiatar all rikiaht aaattai ■a a- t<> command a Utter class pulei. Their are probably IMM men engaged ia pullitijf the 'sha m Singapore, of whom tainl.v not
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 212 1 f WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOCSE for BUROPBAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32. HICiH STREET. SEA VIEW HOTEL This Evening 5-30 P.M. TEA DANCE Levine Hopkins Band. SUNDAY 6th SEPTEMBER. HIGH TIDE NOON. SWIMMING PAGAR NOW READY. Special Dinner on the lawn 8 p.m. CINEMA 9.30 P.M. Gloria Swanson m BLUE-BEARD'S EIGHTH*
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    • 151 1 lf cigarettes were //v X-rayed k^M I mass-production cigarettes contain stalk, sand and dust, which harm the throat. State Express 555 Cigarettes ro~itain only long strands of golden tobacco, free from stalk, sand and dust. The accepted superiority of State Express 555 is the result of superlative golden leaf and
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    • 181 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Municipal tenders Page 7. Sea View week end programm. Page 1. Auction of household furniture to-day-Page 7. Drink the baat l*>er Bass and CoPage 8. Furnished house wantad by married <aple- Page 7. Singapore Stamp Exchange rules on application Page 2. Phoenix aerated waters are 'as pure as
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    • 15 1 WING LOONG FOR HK.H CLASS IMI <>R|N(. Style, Cut and Finish (.uarantecd 32, HK.H STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 136 1 Sl tn, lill It. tth. High Waler. 1.11 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. St. Joseph's Old Boys Sport-. prn. League I: S.C.F.A. v- S< I Selango r Races. High Water. o.s a.m.. Mf p.m. Sw. Club: 100 yds. Jackson-Millar Cup. Monday, Ith. High Water. 0.51 a.m.. I.U p.m. Discharged
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  • 472 2 (To the Editor of the Spectator). Sir, You published recently an article by Miss Freda Sternberg, who was one of Dr. Stefansson's party which made an expedition into Central Australia and the Northern Territory. As Miss Sternberg praised the Northern territory as m every way
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  • 102 2 A scene of great enthusiasm was witnessed at the Hongkong Theatr c Royal on Aug. 26th, when a great mass meeting of Hongkon- residents adopted, practically unanimottsly, a resolution urging the Home Government to deliver an ultimatum to the Canto?! authorities. The hall was crowded. fully onr thousand people being
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 538 2 AT THE HAPPY VALLEY. THE MERRY OPERA COMPANY In Choice New Plays. THE ELITE CINEMA Programme as good as any, better than many. GUA KANG SHANGHAI WAYANG. ■.V.V.V_fI.%V.V-V-V.V-*-%SV.V-V.V l i TYRES UP IN PRICE, p J But whilst we have stock we are selling at the follow%Z ing prices: 2-
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    • 576 2 PATHE CINEMA Can give private CINEMA SHOWS m any PRIVATE HOUSES OR GARDENS, CLUBS, SCHOOLS, PLANTATIONS, FACTORIES, ETC. m the Vicinity of Singapore town or outside. We supply Electric plant (where necessary). Projector, complete programme of films to be selected from the biggest stock m town according to wishes of
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    • 225 2 ALHAMBRA From Tuesday, Ist September, lo Sunday In the Second Show commencing N p.m. AN UNUSUAL MOTION PICTURK. SUPOUU 1 THOROUGHLY WELL ACTED A picture so true to life— to the \htm of Monfa every- day— that it is con riMdMg m It features RALPH LEWIS. EMORY JOHNSON HI I
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  • 930 3 THK YOUTH MOVEMENT. There are no Oxford trousers; they do noi txist m Germany, writes Lady Drumj mond Hay m the Daily Express. Walking down Inter den Linden affords no sartorial thrills, and no flapper's heart flutters at the [sight of^a knut. because there are no knuts I
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 292 3 T* I W W' :L ml 1 _H The ENERGY X J__________l of HEALTH \__W** rowing child is m w ng far more energy m T" e ylaxo-fed baby is free from keep his health than he tne s^ of such dread diseases Kngland Everything is s Enteric and Tuberculosis
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    • 258 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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  • 404 4 Drivers Who Really "A^k Par Trouble." The normal rrop of motoring complaints about police traps has shown >ign- of increase during the la.-t week or ten days. b BOOM of these CUees one> sympathy is with the motorist. who gets pena! -od fot a purely
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  • 162 4 When the car is to be left m the garage for the night it is a very good plan to stop the engine on the switch, and not on the throttle. The beet procedure is to "rev." the engine, then elOßs the throttle and swi eh off.
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  • 268 4 1 have often advoca ed tbe BSS of B US an aid to business as by its mean* not, only are expenses considerably reduced, I ll >o much time is saved that it i- potJ Ue to do double the amount ef husiru I haw just received,
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  • 130 4 Any of the cars m the list below can be got from the Healer mentioned. BORNK.O MOTORS LTD. BriUsh: Austin. Ciyno, Cubitt Rolls R American: Maxwe 1. <hi fi I Hupmobile, I let. Tew et:. Paige. French: Psngeot, Motor Lerriee: AJSjC. snd Denby. Motor Cycles: Exeeieior
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  • 108 4 The Mot,, i Col nritini to i alia: -"With hich com| wr:--incrsasii the pow< at bifb Horn. al MT) n. rhm *t up intrsdw si noti ing trunsfoi Ih> d. neterietiei i itrnis pm missiofl tear td this must i. deeign. devin I i I <:
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  • 63 4 I si I I A i 1 1 .iv. m unique Bal H fore !.a\ their eai Drive so that photogiaph en' I up te tht attempt! d thei fe i mote the) ths fort* v. hide Md owne. pstnn port BSXI tm ;i Uns Bssrbsmd tenni
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 134 4 t 1 THE NEW 14/30 H.P. j ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY HAS ARRIVED. ■A r\ «Ml^ S |141_.p. ARMSTRONG SIDDELEY I 1 with fiv-teattr CoUwold Body. 1 ij I i The Best Family Five Seater 1 FOUR WHEEL BRAKES. Adjustable Front Seats— -Longer Wheel Base. j There is No Better Car. Price
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    • 133 4 THE GRAY CAR. Magneto driven Disc wooden wheels ""^^^S^^^^S^MR^^^^^^^^"*^ In blue, grey, green If It *^^*W A GIARANTEEI) CAR. If lil^**. lw»a fu *M WSIJL _r m i -J^^, JkiX^ taM mmmMSrtmmm\ What has brought thi- GRAT CAR to its present prominent po.ition a- thi- t***\ i f U Straits?
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  • 286 5 E_M>rs_Ors Couth cf Motoring. The tourist industry is now said to ran-: third among all Canada's industries. This year $150,000,000 will be derived from United States tourists, according to estimates of Canadian Government officials, an amount which "Sppmsshss half the value of the wheat crop. Another striking fact
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  • 175 5 A movement is being organised on the C« ntinent to develop a sense of "noblesse oblige" among motorists. It has already made some progress m France, where apparently the novelty of the idea has made for its preliminary success. Switzerland now follows this excellent example, and the
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  • 147 5 Alarming Increase Keported. London, Aug. 22. The alarming increase ir motor accidents has led to an agitation that the authorities should take drastic action. The Ministry of Transport does not keep a lecord of accidents, but a table published m the newspapers shows that 105 persons
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  • 108 5 Gibraltar Penalty of Imprisonment. Pillion riding, allowed m England, is forbidden m Gibraltar. A new rule promulgated by the Governor reads: "No person other than the driver thereof shall ride n a motor-cycle, provided that this rule shall not be deemed to prevent or prohibit z. trailer
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  • 247 5 It has always struck me as strange that tin* theory should be accepted that road ripples transverse ripples, should be caused by longitudinal traffic; one would certainly expect the corrugations to follow the route of the traffic. The suggestion has been put forward now that road
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  • 151 5 If any motorist imagines that the evolution of the ear is about to reach a fixed or final st^ge, let him take note of the remarks of Mr. C. F. Ketterinjr, President of the General Motors Research Corporation. "To-day we get 5 per cent, of energy out af
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  • 64 5 The 5-seat 14 h.p. Bean touring iar, the first machine to make the trans- Australian journey from Sydney to Port Darwin and back, a distance of 14,000 miles, with a load equal to 16 adult passengers, was recently entered for the Land's End-John o'Groats trial m spite of its having
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 236 5 AmMAM M AmW mmmma mfm mM^mmm m mt^mm. Amm Jm FOR aQ^T CONSEC UTIVE jl HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RIDING A STANDARD mmmmA^m: Rudge-Whil worth Four Valve 'Four Speed 2*4 H.P. MOTOR CYCLE o\ THE MONTHLER\ TRACK NEAR PARIS 2f 4 H.P. MODEL
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    • 277 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. \m y(^ i: 1 ~\w y '£> ASTOUNDING!-the verdict of all who examJ-\. me the new Hupmobile Eight Cylinder. One hardly realizes
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  • 149 6 Man Takes Seventeen Years to Make It. Madrid, July 2S. The inhabitants of the village of Alcolea. m the province of Guadalajara, have held a celebration m honour of Lino Bueno, an old man who has just completed a rockhewn dwelling: started seventeen years ago. The
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  • 95 6 Questions m Bombay Council. Poona, Aug. 10. During question time to-day m the Bombay Legislative Council, Mr. K. F. Nariman asked if the Government were aware of the proceedings of the Bawla trial at the special sessions of the Bombay High Court m May last and whether,
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  • 923 6 OBSERVATION TRAINING. Why Weil-Known People Pass Unnoticed Daring the discussions and inquiries ah«>ut two recent cases of mistaken identification attention has naturally been focussc 1 <>n the principal actors, the victim anil the officials. But the general public may well be equally interested m
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  • 124 6 Motor Engineer i»»ed Hon R motoi tiny m at the Britisl 1 told at an inqiM Court on Hai I. ol House, Gondhi it, X w an aeronaut! of the ha 110..: hi. employ Saturday ti through tht m at the top, t**\ atui th' i. Nichliason
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  • 41 6 The tint i I their tare I -i. m m the pans sl I dedarii: I I pntting I maile I I sekahirs ki I down. Berber! boring Helse I owim; to th. M twelve wui' champ §m
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 260 6 „W.V., .W.V. .\"//AVAV,V WdVVAS^^ !j 20 HP. MODELS XT SUB AGENT& J STANDARD SIX f I XK A n,. touring HHHBEBHHI^HP'^H IBM _s__^ AmW mm* MM W^^ *W j^M tmm STANDARD SIX ff JHfIV 1/ 8 ~*Wmt. by A _____r IV/IACTI7D CTV I I 1 F s Jl I I
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  • 443 7 Both for speed and for staying pow-r m <wimming we have shot ahead m Lhe last two genera ions. There was a song popular somewhere about the time when Mr. Gladstone was leading his first Mmi -try. vvhi'.h ran roughly: J. B. Johnson had a
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  • 310 7 DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO GANGSMEN. lhe Shedield Murder. The closing stages of the Sheffield gang murder trial were reached at I^eds on Aug. 1. when counsel's speeches were made and tbe Judge summed up. The seven men accused of the nuirder of the Sheffield exsoldier, William Francis Plommer, are: Laurence
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  • 181 7 It takes long to change the hahit? of people, and tho French arc 'inly v. ry s{ \vl\ ..jetting accustomed to using banks and che tues m their ordinary busin: BS, iti spite o the fact that an account paid by ehequ* does not now require a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 394 7 BUSINESS CARDS. Pteese Send for the Illustrated J Catalogue of Musical Instruments. SBASOI9 CO.. LTD. X i *nc_ US. North Bridge Road. g "CARS FOR HIRE. Great Reduction m Rates THE ASIATIC MOTOR CAR CO. i Rood C9-b, Bukit Timah Rd \os. IHOI and 109 IO lOR HIRE, less 20
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    • 768 7 NOTICES. KLUANG RUIJBER COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the eighth annual feneral meetiag of the Company will be held it noon on Monday, 21st September, 1925, when the Directors will recommend that a Dividend "i T> pe r cent on the Ordinary Shares and 15 per cent on*
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    • 258 7 j" I New "BUICK" and "Maxwell" I seater Cars "Hudson" 7 seater Cars ON HIRE phone 2358 R VTNE MOTOR TOURING CO. 214, Orchard Road, opposite Amber Mansion. Car Contractors to Messrs. THOS: COOK Sons, Ltd. THE AMERICAN EXPRESS. Co.. Inc. I n y&»J? 1111 l L /j-M Jf%t~ mSF'
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    • 344 7 SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT IHOULD vol EZPKBIKNCI ANY DIPPICULTY m YOUK vision. THE ADVICE OK Ol'R FULLY QUALIFIED EUROPEAN OPTICIAN is available dail) Hour;* a.m. to 4. .'10 p.m. SPECIALLY MADE QLAStt SUPPLIED PROMPTLY MOTION SMITH ANO SON LTD. 14. Battery W*M*\ SINCAPORE. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OK Unredeemed PfedgSS, the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 618 7 CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. V a.m. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (.Chorait. 3.15 a.m. Matins followed hy Holy Communion. I p.m. Children's Service. M p.m. Evensong and Baptism. ST. MATTHEW'S SEPOY LINES. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. JOHORE BAHRI. 0 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Monday 7.30
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 26 8 BTAARGAARD ROMEB On Frida> 4th September .HL'.t. at II (.range Road. S i n ga ;><•:«• to Mr. and Mr-. J. J. Staaitraard-Ronie: a daughter. t
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    • 33 8 SENG. On September 2nd at No. 4J. Jeddah Stivet. Seng Ah Moh. tkgti N proprietor at Chin \\':ih Henjr and Co. Funeral M Sunday September Uh at .1 p.m. .<• Buk.it Timah Ccnetcri
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  • 710 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRSSS. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1925. Slum Areas. Tt is a great and continuing pity that a start cannot be made with clearing some of the slum areas m Singapore. Something is being done to open up the suburbs and a very nttle towards providing accommodation for those who
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  • 1118 8 Tbe Canton Oa/.ette i> forbidden U) be brought Into the Colony. Mr. H T. W. Oswell has been eppeMM an Assistant Controller of Labour. Dr. R. B. Wallace has been seconded for service under the Johor." Government. Rules m connection with the business of pawabroking, and specimens of the documents,
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  • 95 8 a *w [M} court. I Yokohaam i aatheaah sf chok »a* spread reroas the bay. Mr. K. hMI MP II deal}, I- ;ln WUI, M V. at k irri S| tour. Ibe I 1I 0 r,uin of th, i the Lea, woman -1., tn.ns Added th. Mililsr> lludee.
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  • 39 8 B Standard < I ,<ite<. Xi H Compel < r to ha\,. d, if th. iin Ka stall- all over 1 m llOt be -pint. On I informed thai Standard < I mar!.. 1 M I
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  • 61 8 The official •pm > •ti •hi I 1 Tho t. undoring <»f the .hu idden and vi hqai 11 rosultin. m I -01. <'n tlu l i urt 1 1 r be oMkk i Thi I bifl of eensui on h I li
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  • 17 8 Tho third I oo Monday, Ith, I I an.i Ei I I I 8 Fort I
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  • 27 8 1b... >. lii ai sm k< 'VV llh I B •iltimate aumbei cided, buf Bi itiah: 11 chai rei aan hs |'i" i<!« i I
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  • 15 8 I (bom. I to bo m I as batt. >"' I I the paatht I TOM
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 285 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COME* TO CALDBECK'S" Jr-^yi.:. "m_oL*m m *^t____ _r *J I I _______*v L^£aXJLM^LJLI4 pi V v appoint wr **1/y "jr^^* r Cj**~mm^ > i^^riji CALDBECK MACGREGOR Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) v v S^ >C tS^^St^^ BY ROYALTY. '^1L \L_T L sIS FOX WEDDINGS AND ALL OCCASIONS Entirely
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    • 58 8 i-^K FOR ALL VERMIN USE I AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. m *m**A^Mt* m m *A mm *m* m mm m m^AT m *t rm rMrmrmrm^m^MrmmTmmm^mMrm I PEARS' 1 GOLDEN SERIES. 1 I > I DRINK THE BEST BEER B co g. V^Sv LONDON. y _W'/ Y«v ENGLAND. >fl^. X
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  • OFFENSIVE IN MOROCCO.
    • 68 9 M M SPANISH CO-OPERATION. I iter's Service.] iun- of s combined Praaeoe iri Morocco, on an im from the land, the sea and pected within forty-eight m Tangier says that [ment of the coast, south rr,d 1., already begun. The rted to be landing and >k will Ik'
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    • 33 9 Paris. Sept. a] I of 11. Painted i ommand m the m Morocco, under acting m close conail exercise political Lyautey accordMorocco on Sept. 12 acquaint the Gov- of the operations.
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    • 26 9 London. Sept. li. r battleship has bee*. Whitworth's oa an and named biggest warshio a displacement of ns. The keel wa and the estimated
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    • 107 9 I ondon. Sept. i ike posi. ion" by V. S well, al! <hips are where there is no were obtained at to leave, including A ust r.i lia. Klsewhere nn filled without ifl apparently end. London. Sept. 'vice from South- oed to-day, and er, Glamorganshire, London. Sept. li.
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    • 141 9 [R< S< '"Vice.] London. Sept. li. issued a state- inced on behalf nl al the special I of the League tO- eration of His Government after treaty. This will additional Imperial exwhat was previously H 3 Majesty's Govsson to hope that continue to show a nd. Geneva, Sept.
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  • 292 9 CAUGHT IN STORM. I NEXPLOSIVE HELIUM. [Reuter's Service. l Cambridge. Ohio. SepL 3. It i s now reported that twelve weie killed and fifteen injured m the Shenandoah disaster. Commanders Hancock and far sdowne are among the dead. Ambulance- are just In-ginning to bring m the dead and
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  • 50 9 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Sept. .Mr. Wilbur has ordered an indefinite postponement of the flight from San Francisct) to Honolulu of the third naval seaplane, PBI. which was due to start to-morrow, as he desires all efforts of the navy concentrated m the search for the missing PV.'.
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  • 44 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Sept. .i. It ia officially announced that Sir Herbert Samuel ha- been appointed chairman. Mr. Kenneth Lee. Sir William Boveridge and tie neral Sir Herbert Lawrence to be members of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into tho coal industry.
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  • 49 9 [Reuter's Service.] Rome. Sept. li. The submarine Veneiro i> reported to have been sighted on the sea bottom near Cape Passaro at a depth of three hundred feet. The Xavy De, art ment has notified ;he families concerned o: the death of fifty-five of the irew.
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  • 354 9 Clnsst- m English and Malay re-open' at the Y.W.C.A. Monday next. Sept Tth. j In tiie English there are three grades. Beginners, Intermediate, and Advanced. These are but a feu of the classes which it is hoped will be held m the near future. Education plays a big part
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  • 133 9 PROTECTION FOR PAPER. BAMBOO PC LP. [Reuter's Service]. Simla, Sept. 4. The Assembly unanimously passed the cot I grading bill designed to enable India to recapture her overseas markets. The Government formulated provisional conclusions on the Tariff Board's report, on tne subject of paper industries, whichythe 1
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  • 44 9 FReuter's Service.] Paris, Sept. li. M. Caillaux, making a statement about the debt negotiations, said that four Senators and four deputies will accompany his mission to Washington. Franklin Bouillon has declined to join the mission on the giound of ill health.
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  • 93 9 [Reuter's Service.] Detroit. Sept. li. Mr. Kefogg, M speech last evening, intimated that .Mr. Silas Strawn had l>een appointed special commissioner to the proposed commission on extra -territoriality treaty revision and other special privilege questions, for which the date is not yet fixed. Washington. Sept. 1. Nine powers,
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  • 53 9 [Reuter's Service.] I*at|e, Sept. li. Hank employees deoio i trated m s« eral quarters of Paris this afternoon, tin owing stone-, ink bottles, tomatoes an; other missiles at the hank windows. sciiile with the polios took place m ur Roe Scrihe. resulting m injuries on both sides.
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  • 124 9 [Reuter's Service.] Sydney Sept. 4. Speeches at a dinner given by the State Government, m honour of the visiting pressmen, developed the discussion of the '"White Australia" policy. Tho Governor presided and Minister Loughlan opened the subject by explaining that the policy, on which Australia is unanimous,
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  • 76 9 [Reuter's Service.] Cairo. Sept. 4. The Egyptian Government has requester. the Residency to secure the co-operation of Britain m effecting the capture of Prince Ahmed Seifeddin, brother-in-law of King Faud, and return him to England, where he i ysteriously escaped from a lunatic asylum m Sussex yesterday
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  • 103 9 Shanghai. Aug. 25. In connection with the French police seizure of arms ami ammunition, estimated m value at $40,000 there have been arrested Colonel James Christie, a British army officer, retired, Brigadier General Charles Krausch, alias Charles A. Nelson, an American named E. Chaperon, a Frenchman named
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  • 107 9 ALL-METAL GERMAN AEROPLANE. Brings Reparations to Britain. London, Aug. 25. The arrival at Croydon to-day of the Junker Company's triple-engined all-metal monoplane was witnessed by many prominent avaitors. The aeroplane brought bonds to the value of £96,660,000 representing the loan security under the Dawes Scheme of
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  • 91 9 PROTEST AGAINST MECCA ATROCITIES. Demons.* rations m Bombay. Bombay. Aug. 26. Mahoasedaas are holding trig demonstrations as a means of showing their abhorrence against Ibn Saud's alleged misdeeds m Mecca and Medina, particularly the reported attack on the tomb of the Prophet Mahomed at Medina by his Wahabi followers. Crowded
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  • 221 9 American Prisoners Abscond Rawalpindi. Aug. 2... A great sensation has been caused m the Punjab over the escapo from India of two Americans. Messrs. H. Mac William and K. L. Sheehy. both of whom were convicted and sentenced to six months' and three months' rigorous imprisonment,
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  • 116 9 NON-BRAHMIN CONFERENCE AT TANJORE. Diarchy Condemned. Madras, Aug. 24. At Tanjore. where a non-Brahmin Conference is being held. Rao Bahadur Tnanikachalam Chatty, of Had ras, is presiding, and resolutions were passed condemning the Diarchy as unworkable and urging the immediate grant of provincial autonomy and the Indianisation of the Services
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  • 184 9 A Curious Situation A curious situation w«s brought to the notice of Mr. Justice Deane m the Bankruptcy Court yesterday, when the Official Assignee mentioned the case of a discharged bankrupt named Cheang Jim Khian. It appears that this man had left a sum of money with the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 170 9 AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUY HOUSEHOLD LINENS BARGAIN PRICES AT ROBINSON'S SALE YELLOW FLANNELETTE DISTERS Hard Wearing Soft finish for polishing. Size IT ins. 22 in>. Sise 17 ins. x IB ins. §AIE mcX „m SALE PRICE 7". cts. par Half Doaca. IVr Doaea. Cannot be repeated at these Prices. Robinson
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 812 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 throngh Bills of Lading for all Overland Pointa. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapora. DARDANUS London, Rotterdam
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    • 547 10 Ellerman BucknaU Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAJrIINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. KNOWSLEY HALL Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Antwerp Sept. 20 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Havre, London, Rotterdam and Antwerp Sept. 29 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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    • 503 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIM H (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SEIUh PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA L STEAM NAYh m,_'_v LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SBRV| (h (Under Contract with His Majesty's Govern, OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. ROMEI For China and Japan. EW Marmili.v Due '••< M>> Tonnage.
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  • 570 11 IHE SB* CURB& „f a Notable Conference. nation of Aunt Mary and Un- by way of a bottle or the one of thi' health aphorisms i of Chicago, at the last j International Conference of Savoy Hotel on Aug. .">. fen nee of osteopaths of j
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  • 607 11 A PLEASURE AND A NUISANCE." The London dovecotes are fluttered by af threat against the residents. The pigeons have so multiplied, and are so overfed, that they have become a nuisance. Now you naay not shoot a I/ondon pigeon, or poison it, or snare it,
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  • 161 11 ShuttlecockeJ Across the Atlantic. The White Star Line have at last got rid of an unwelcome guest who has travelled free backwards and forwards across the Atlantic since the early part of the summer. Ho .s a "Russian named Samuel Dascheresky. who wa> tirst detected as
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  • 49 11 Paris, Aug. 2. A French aeroplane, which landed m a field yesterday, near Brussels, was charged by a bull, which became enraged on account of the noise of the motor. The aeroplane was totally destroyed, and the bull grievously injured. None of the passengers was hurt.
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  • 578 11 Evacuation Celebrations at Midnight. Essen, Aug. 4. Yesterday, the day on which the last Etc neh troops marched out of Essen, it poured with rain from six m the morning j until well after midnight. On my way toi Essen from Cologne I passed the outwardmarching troops
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  • 222 11 Sir W. de Free asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether, m view of the increase of amenities thereby likely. to be effected m life m many of the Colonies, especially where these are thinly populated, he can state whether the vari- j ous
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  • 79 11 Geneva. Aug. 2. The hody of an Italian smuggler has been found on the Italian slope of the Splugen Pass, hanging m a crevasse, with an alpine rope round his neck. An ice-axe was planted m the ice above the precipice, and the victim's sack was
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  • 199 11 Considering the work now being done on Singapore roads, the following is of interest: Referring to the address on "Making the Modern Motor Road," broadcast from 2LO the other evening, Capt. W. G. Hurt MkJ*: "The statement was made that 'the city street carrying the greatest number of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 174 11 i^iMiMMH}inmiMHnnnii[iiiMnn i; 1 ..un. '^HMrituinMiiiinitt.n^HniniiMnnninniMiHiniiiininininiininiM niiMMiiiMMii i m I l l iny^r ss ss I I She asked for "Capstan „i m^ M m/ SEE :lsE^J,^^ accovnfs /or f/ie popularity of Imi "Cjupsiam I f^B|ipV9lfffi^ j NAVY CUT 1 ■n________L___) *i i A~** W At~** A W% T^ 'W IT"
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  • 123 12 A fourth surveying beacon has been laid out m a position on the East Coast of Johore, m Lat. 1. 49. N., Long. 104. 27. E. In connection with the surveying operations on the East Coast of Johore, unlighted surveying beacons carrying iarge flags on masts about 30
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 58 12 As we stated previously Capt. Andrew Dunlop who has retired from sea, leaves by the City of Palermo for Melbourne on Monday next. Captain Dunlop was last m command of the Giang Seng. He served with the ships of the late Oei Tiong Hani's firm for many
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    • 344 12 An element of mystery surrounds the arrival, at the Surrey Commercial Docks, of the Danish steamer Elie with 14 survivors of the French lishinp schooner Valkyiie, statts the Daily Express. The men were picked up m one of their ship's boats off the Noith Foreland early m
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    • 227 12 There are many different cargoes which eanaa trouble .writes T.C.B. m the London Daily Maill. Some years ago five steerage passenpers died durinp the passape across the North Sea. and as the symptoms were those of poison an inquest was held. It was found that nine lons of
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    • 108 12 Two American seamen, the engineer and the electrician of l\ S. S. Beaver's speed launch, which was recently destroyed by fve at the Army and Navy Club landing ul Manila, are now m the Sternberp General Hospital. The men are badly burn- < d. according to a
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    • 114 12 Sept. 4:— Aing Leonp, Mm, Rompin, (Brit); Pontianak, (Dut). On c of the excitinp incidents of the voyage of the Empress of Asia which might have turned out a tragedy, occurred at Nagasaki. A young lady going out as a missionary to China went over the side of the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 610 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7 375 tons) •ad MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins «s Lmxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 449 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Und^r contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseiliea yia Colorttbo, Djiboati and Port Said. P. LECAT 17,000 due Sept. 9 AMBOISE 16,000 due Sept. 23 FROM PENANG ONLY. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djibouti and Port Said. CHILI
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    • 188 12 Johnnie Wiib Whhky if,; ii N V M- AA.AH' 1 -i.i M ...,m>\ -I i m. m .•*t_U t,j»»» r i n X/ Obtainable at ALL CLUBS AND HOTELS I Ask For It BY Name John Little 8 Co.. Ltd.. In. Singapore Kuala Lumpur LLOYD TRIESTINO U I (Incon l'*lj-)
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 571 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m Bangkok every Thursday 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
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 577 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamer.. Arr D t Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, A port Soudan and Port Said. Alps Maru Sept. 14 Sept lfi goa Hay (Port Elizabeth), Town, Rio. Santos. Buenos Colombo. t Canada Maru Sept. 17 Sent 19 .nd Bombay vi a Penang f Celebe.
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    • 441 13 fH^ Sl£&£*3Hlf> LINE Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE M Days to BOSTON j 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 Singapore
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    • 640 13 GENERAL AGE^ri^^^-" 008^" NE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. I Incorporated m U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHITsERVICE TO IJOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (VIA SUEZ) m.s. SILVERCEDAR p m.s. SILVERLARCH due tv s.s. RHINE MARU due Sent 2» m.s. SU-VERFIR due <£ v s.s. BORDEAUX MARU dte
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  • 927 14 TAKING THE CURE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, Aug. 9. At the moment Parisians, quitting their cherished Paris, are busy taking the "cure." Several find it necessary to repair the ravages caused by high living; others, having danced themselves to a shadow, believe that the "waters" are bound to
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  • 807 14 COLLECTING IN VIRGIN AREAS. Captain Wilkins, who has just returned from his natural history expedition m Australia, m a statement said: The genesis of my expedition was that tbe British Museum's records of the fauna of Australia were, m the opinion of the authorities, insufficient. Moreover,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 365 14 Don't be a Slave to KIDNEY TROUBLE Kidney Trouble is recognised as a serious complaint, but you should not let it m?ke you miserable, or spoil your life. Excepting m rare cases Kidney Trouble yields quickly :to treatment with De Witt's Pills, and thus the remedy is within your easy
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    • 365 14 *^m\^***7 MnSiHr NERVE PAINS Banished! Elliott's Headache Tablets have been specially prepared to give quick relief from all nerve pains. They cure a headache quickly without any weakening effect on the heart or system. Taken at first symptoms, they will check influenza, fever or cold m one night. Do not
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    • 330 14 1 INOICCSTION NERVY I MAIAD JH 1 _____T «-a L Dc Tr Break that V J Vicious Circle] Ageing prematurely! Ageing prematurely That is the result of the OU t circle" of complaints and debility from which mo_t residents m the tropics suffer Nearly every resident of a hot country
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  • 57 15 September 4. Bank 4 ra.s. 2|4 15-32 Bank, demand 2 1 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 New York, demand s<}i t Credits 90 days 58^ Hongkong, demand g p#c prem. Yokohama, demand lW* Java, demand I Bangkok, demand 79^ Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.54 Bank of England Rate
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  • 220 15 September 4. Tin m Tons |U| Gambier 22.51) Pepper Whit- Peppe r Black ;5 ,)0 Flake Tapi.ua Pearl Sago Small y„0 Copra Sundried 12 jq Opium, Benar.s unt 4 000 Rice, Liang ?_in '"hai Mark B'ue Eagle (Old) 360 Rice. Liang Hin Chan Mirk Red Eagle (New) Ml Rice,
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  • 39 15 Singapore. Sept. I, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.24 1.24»_ Sept LHH 1.24: Oct. 1.21*4 1.22; Oct.-Dec. LIS 1 l.l»; Jan. -March 1.06 1.07. Leaden Quotation Sheet 3s. 4,.d. Market Weak.
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  • 516 15 voice calls. 'Buy 10,000 Daejans at ls. 9d." The broker, or, rather, the client who "limited" him haa missed his market. That, all day long, is the strujrjrle m pr^gress "between buyers and sellers of the seven hundred tea, coffee, or rubber securities dealt m i«
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 153 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Sepl. 4. Kubber. London.'!. 1 .< i. Easier. I 1.24. Tin. London BM Ub H. Lmbl 11 12. r > tons sold. Rubbers.— Stead... l'lu IVnuts have buyers at 80 unh telleri al 62. Bukit Katils arc quoted i.::7'_. 1.40. Pajaau *g* m demand at
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    • 186 15 Singapore. Sept. I. Tia.— £2ss 12s. «;.l. Un 275, Id. Local 129%. 125 tons. Rubber. Ss. md. Down -\«i. Local 1.2 1 Ituhbers. Ulu Benuts ars quoted M 12, Mentakaba v. Ne* 8 n be taken at 2..V, und Craigieleas a- I.M. l'lu Paadans have buyers
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    • 262 15 ROSE MACPHAIL C O'S REPORT. (L. R. Macphail) Singapore. Aug. 1. Rubber. lVfcd, dowa. Local I l Tia.— £2ss 12s. Id. 27.-. Id. up. Local 125 tons nl IM The market is <^uiet m al section- with business on a restricted -cale. Rubbers. Allenbys have improved 2.00. Ayer Panas have
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    • 114 15 Singapore. Sept. J. Demand continues t.« be verj nlacl and values have a tendency to sl* hough there ia no pressure to sell. The ur reduction of 1,000 tons In London St« k leave a fillip to the speculative market fa the early pan of rhe Mt k.
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    • 69 15 The following have been tl sp "declared Storks" of uncoupi hold by licensed dealer On paj ment of OXpW duty at 12 iM-r lb. F.M.S. July (Costoms' corrected figure |,t F.M.s. Aagest :.<;::. Total to :;i-t Aag. 2.1 Kedah July Nl i Kedah August No exports „f -„,1,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 338 15 VsMts over $5,500,000. A Assurance m force over $19,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements} HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore lONIAN nmrp. <w nu t Tho Company has ,20,000 deposited with the^preme Court of *^£?2S£^^ ..TTRACTIVE PLANS OF ASSURANCE Com P ai **Act AGENTS WANTED
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    • 950 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 i> t v.-. Si i ver $26|500!000 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmar W H P White, Esq.
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    • 544 15 KHASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. of Thf Shaie mHSf*"" the iBBU9 Iu marked.] UnleBS oth MINING. Asam Kumbang (41) S ew Batang PadangVin 4 1 X d Hitam Tin .JJ J*M Kamunting la.'S Johan Tin 56s KS H draUlic 4 4s li 45s 6d Kucti A
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (IncorporaUd m Engl.nd by Boynl 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.
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  • 786 16 MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATION. A Farce Meeting. What was supposed to be the most important question to be discussed at the extraordinary general meeting held on Thursday at the Garden Club by the Straits Chinese British Association to fleet a nominee for appointment as Municipal Commissioner m place of Mr.
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  • 81 16 A steeplejack named James' Costello, aged 51, fell from the top of a chimney 'stack about 08ft. high at Dundee, and died shortly afterwards, it \m sta ted that the accident was due to a section of the ladder leading to the top having given way. Owing
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 56 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 3, 7.40 p.m. The St. Leger betting is ,3 to 1 Manna, offered, 7 to 2 taken; 9 to 2 Solario; 7 to 1 Zambo, taken and offered; 8 to 1 Spelthorne. offered; 10 to 1 Picaroon; 20 to 1 Pons Asinorum: 22
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    • 24 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 1. Sirdar was scratched at 10 o'clock last} night. Ptolemy's name was deleted at 9 a.m. to-day.
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    • 358 16 At the beginning ot the eighteenth century the Corporation of Doncaster ordered that "i."is. sa. Od. he paid for five years to encourage horse racing on the moor." In 1710, Jta 17s. Id. wa> given towards s town's plate, providing that the gentlemen of
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    • 415 16 It will interest many to learn that ia Java none of the Malayan wireless difliculties have boon •.need. The Ane.a I Bureau has made countless experiments all j of them with complete si- so that as consequence within a ye.c illy equipped broadcasting station wili
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 44 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 3. The following are the results of to-day's matches m the Southern Section of the Third Division of the English League: Charlton A. 0, Newport C. 0. Merthyr T. C, Gillingham 0 Q. P. Rangers 1, Reading 2.
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    • 215 16 To-day's Matches. The following matches m the English League will be played to-day: Division I. Birmingham vs. Blackburn R. Burnley vs. Leicester C. Bury vs. Bolton W. Cardiff City vs. Everton. Leeds United vs. Aston Villa. Liverpool vs. West Ham U. Manchester U. vs. Arsenal. Newcastle U. vs.
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    • 67 16 8.8. and I. Again Champions. The Public Services ami Lav have given ;he Bankers, Brokers and Insurance a walk-over ir the last match of the S.C.C. Cricket Tournament, M that the B. B. and I. become champions for the third year m succession. The cricket season will
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    • 95 16 Final Positions. P. W. L D. Pts B. B. an.i I 4 S| t 1 10 i Merchants 4 2(2 t> I Services 4 2 11 i jP. S. and and l_. 4 1 0 3 Etceteras 4 0 4 0 "SOCCER" OAKS CHEQIE FOR CRICKETERS. Cardiff.
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    • 47 16 "Britannia" Wins Big Cutters' Race. Tor hay Aug. 25. In the regatta held here. H. M. the King's Britannia won the chief race, for j yachts exceeding 100 tons, by 49 second from Mr. W. Weld's Lulworth. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock was third. I
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    • 107 16 G O L F. Keppel G. C. vs. Garrison G. C. The following is the draw and times of starting. Garrison players mentioned first. To be played on the Garrison Course. 0.00: McMichael and Murphy vs. Hendrie and D. Stuart. 9.05: Stevens and Phayre vs. F. Stewart Campbell. 9.10: Miller
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    • 54 16 The following will represent the Y.M.CA. vs. Indian Association at Hockey on Monday at Telok Ayer:— J. V. Moss; E. G. Wheatley, and R. Lyne; G. Towers, D. K. Samy and H. S. Duncan; M. Catchatoo, P. B. Dawar, H. G. Stack, (Captain), C. D. Smith and L. Brisk.
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    • 36 16 Saturday 2.00 p.m. Bukit Timah S.R.F. (v)- 2.00 p.m. Farrer Range M. G. Platoon. Sunday 8.00 a.m. Blakang Mati S.R.A fv); 7.30 a.m. Bukit Timah Eurasian Coy. 2.U0 p.m. Bukit Timah Chinese Company.
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  • 94 16 PENANG FINAL. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Sept 4. Tfcf Penang Cricket Club tennis tournament doubles final was played this afternoon. There was a large attendance. Bird nd Winter l>eat Threlfall and Sayers 3 6, B—6,8 6, 6 2. A good game was provided m the second set,
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  • S. C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    • 126 16 C. Singles. Willis vs. Cr.rtwright. CL Doubles. Capt. Moore and Watt vs. Piatt and indsay. Fisher and Lovett vs. Rogers and Boardn.pn. Mitchell and Williams vs. Carr and Pea ree. Messenger and Reid vs. Dr. Crawford f,'u\ Berry. A. Doubles. Hickey and Wilson vs. Donnell and Wishait. K.
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    • 147 16 A. Singles. l >♦• Staen i. Cooper. C. Singles. Cave va. Willis or Cartwright. B. Doubles. Swithinbank or Page or Bright and Prenties Vs. Hay and Cave or Manchester and Parish. (arwright and Grven vs. Hanro an<l Marshall or Borneman and Short. Nadig and Strevens vs. Lm and
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    • 301 16 Largest Playing Field m Malaya. In Green I_ane. far from the noise of motor cars and buses, the new Free School is rapidly nearing completion, and should be m use m the CM**** of the next two years at the latest, says the Pinang Gazette. For
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 208 16 Moutrie Pianos Are the Best Value m the tropics to. p and Quality. In construction and tonal balam-. finished Product of Art and Work.,, Prices $600 upon terms. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporate m Bt^kaaf), The Arcade, BfNGAPORE THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE GRAMOPHONE. The hundreds of thousands of Deccas m use
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