The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 September 1925

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  • 12 1 Singapore Free Peess CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1925. NO. 11,589.
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  • 277 1 The annual gathering ol the Trao.--union Congress is expected to be a momentous anair Page 8. (■eneva is en lete for the sixth Meeting of the Leagm oi Nations Page K. The Prince of Wales has received a great reception m 1 hi.e Page 8. In order
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  • 1003 1 LaiM illi dcbctur et a mc gr.it ia m: Home. There are prohahl] faa Britoas non ».-i lent m the Straits who-. -choo|-day- iffi m the glorious levantta, of last century. pad thi re hath arisen feneration that haoweth not the literary heroes thai excited tht id
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 241 1 >V IMG LOONG lIX RECOGNttnm HOISE f,,r „.j TROPICAL SUITS. 32, RIGH STREET. RAFFLES HOTEL j Telephoae No, 2920. TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY FRIDAY The Dansant. LEVINE HOPKINS DANCE BAND. SARKIES BROTHERS, GRILL ROOM. Proprietors. Ind.r the supervision of an LEON. H. YAYMEN. expert European. Manager. I ____P
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    • 180 1 I _____________mmm__m m mm 9mamaam' m9r^^mmmr\ f> ammwww^9. m^Sm\ r /T m B^___T l •••aIH _P__. _r _9' Thi -uffy vcritim§ ROYAL TYPEWRITER writing nnn hh.e nf sit rftii***i t if tXCtUi r'Ct' m f^^^^Cj^l E f\ Sole Agents for Maia>a and Siam I li I I.A Singapore and Penang.
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    • 156 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Stenographers wanted Page 7. Goodyear trademark notice Page 7. I Sale of unserviceable stores -Page 7. Notice re Wiseman and Co. Page 7. Black Label dooi not cost more Page S Irving Jones for cut tyre prices Page 2. A few of Robinson's Sale specialitie>Page 4 Capstan cigarettes
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    • 19 1 W I N G LOONG FOR MICH CL\SS IWIORINC Style, I ut and linish < .ua rantee<l 12. WtQW STREET
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 97 1 THE WEEK. High Water. IJI a.m.. t.4fi p.m. Wednesday, 9th. j High Water, 2.22 a.m.. (Jf p.m. French homeward mail leaves. League I: S.C.F.A. vm. R.A. Selangor Races. Thursday, 10th. High Water, Ml am.. p.m. P. and O. homeward mail cio-' Friday. Wth. High Water. 4.27 a.m.. p.m. S.F A.
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  • 217 2 The public erouM like to know who is risible for the thoughtless and absurd j action of the F.M.S. Rubber Propaganda Committee which has perpetrated the incomparable folly of abandoning propaganda at a time when, as the industry is beginning to look up. it is most wanted! To make
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  • 179 2 UMM Insurance at Stake. Sea York. Aus. a. The police of San Francisco are searching for Mr. Henry Schv general of the Pacific Cellul s Company, wh ■supposed to have he killed by an explosion m his laboratory on Thursday. Only charred remain.-
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  • 142 2 Prince and Princes? Arthur of Connaupht were present at a reception given by the Government on Au#. nth at Lancaster House j tri honour of the delegates to the International Prison Congress Hvhich meets m London. The quests, who numbered over 1.000, were received by the Home
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  • 105 2 H.H. the Sultan of Perak, accompanied by Mr. Lindsay Years, arrived m Kuala Lumpur on Friday and brought down eight polo ponies. -M.M. The first winners of the cricket shield offered by the hon'hle Mr. O. F. Stonor. British Resident of Selangor. for competition between local cricket clubs m the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 302 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.V.V.V.V.SVV.V.W.'.V.W.'i TYRES UP IN PRICE, jj J Hut whilst we have stock 3j ■I we are selling at the follow- J. w£ in<r
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    • 346 2 Victoria Theatre CELEBRITY TOURS Under the Direction of Mr. A. STROK. RETURN VISIT OF THE FAMOUS PIANIST MISCHA LEVITZKI One Night only Tuesday, September 22nd AT 9.30 P.M. Complete Change of Programme. SEATS $4. $2. and $1. Booking opens at Little's on Tuesday, Sept. 15th. liiiii PATHE CINEMA Can give
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    • 309 2 ALHAMBRA From Monday. 7tll to Saturday. 12th Sepleml,, AN HISTORICAL PHOTOPLAY CENTREING on KNOWN CONTINENTAL CHAftACItt Presented m all the royal splen 1 ur of the pant Lya Mara lovely and eharminjr actress who took tht letd Continental productions a* rOLSTOFS RESURRECTION, «N vPOLEON s dvm.i ii t ARNIVAL' VN
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  • 694 3 Tlie following is taken from the minutes ol a meeting oi the general committee he!d m the Singapore Cricket Club on Saturday. 20th August, and presided >ver bj the President, Sir \V. George Maxweil. Australia., Wittkh} Players.— The IV dent reads the ..rrespondeaee on tb< v.
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  • 218 3 In one respect Calcutta is reverting t<> the usage which obtains m many parts of mofussil India, where there is a European population but no municipal market. Owing to the growing unpopularity e>f the NewMarket as the result of the swarms af beggars that infest it and
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  • 22 3 The trouble hi that most people wlio I have wit enough to h<- good servants arc out hunting fof sewvrnts,— Manila Bulletin
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  • 539 3 Mr. C. EL Griggs, ex-Commodore of the Royal Colombo Yacht Club, passed through Singapore recently aud was much impresm d with the excellent situation Df the Yacht lub. He tried a sail m the Joy but was foiled by failure of the wind. He- hopes I come an!
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  • 134 3 Final Positions. W. L. W. T.. Ist l?t Pts. Per. In. In. York*. 21 n 8 3 117 W. 6* Surrey. 14 2 4 2 S4 7H.2C I ncs. li* 4 7 1 117 75.4* Notts. 15 l »i S4 «'»7.20 > Kent l" 7 l i
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  • 56 3 P. W. L. I). F. A. Pts. S.C.F.A. 0 0 0 0 87 4 IS B.C.C. 10 2 22 1} 19 Royal Sussex 10 o 4 3 12 1$ 1) S.R.C. S 2 4 2 10 17 6 R.A. x 8 o 14 19 v Malays 10
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  • 115 3 ROTHSCHILDS BUY RAHMAN HYDRAULICS. Under the heading "Rothse-hilds' Invest j m F.M.S. Tin" the Industrial Australian j and Mining S andard of July 16 says: Colonel Cecil Rae has heen appointed chair man of directors of the Rahman Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., F.M.S. Many Australians Will be interested to learn
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  • 37 3 (Jeneva, Aujj. 2. _\lr-. Cornelius Vanderbilt, while travelling; m the night express from Prague to Hark nbael yesterday, was robbed of a jewel ease c-emtaininp: a pair of diamond earrings valued at £6,000.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 150 3 f y%m 'j I FIRST hV S^k\r 'f* Of the fDAY ing before bro wo tea -1 lliotfs l-ruit tumbler of it during c Gently, yet this healthful elieveti the sys;iv, umulationc regular haIn tn pical climate^ onful ol Elliott*! I ri| jj taken m a uinejtlass will act as
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    • 222 3 j To MOTOR CAR OWNERS. I If you want to keep the body of your Motor Car m first class condition, to improve its appearance, and to avoid constant painting and varnishing, make your Syce use Mastic Polish every day. jfc jjj Mastic Polish is a genuine Var />ish reviver
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    • 229 4 OUR GENUINE CASH CLEARANCE SALE SI i -i m r:, J 1 TnriTnrr rl FAMOUS A.I. CALICO "f p= "jf mwß S__ a__r .i j o«^dm* iii.iii. B)«\e«A wy^g .oi m. w_v. I a____ I I I___l ___J Bf Nil io«oo«. iu'WM .1-... >-^t r3>Vtl I i_i jB I I
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  • 1823 5 tliere, painfully hesitating, ,1 vipon the thin line of light then- came to his ears, up ing stalfcass, frcm out the eriouf night, the voice of the he heard it, he sighed pror -ignition, hut with despair of something weak forced rong into a terrible position is no
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  • 718 5 Widow and Sons m Court. In the Supreme Court, Penang on Thursday, Mr*. Justice Whitley commenced the hearing of a claim m which Kang Cheng Swee Neoh, the widow of the late Mr. Heah Swee Lee, is claiming a sum of $110,000 out of the
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  • 257 5 What w&t^the Cause? In regard to the landslides reported as having occurred on Saturday evening between Menglembu and Lahat, I now learn says a writer m the Times of Malaya that there is an extraordinary feature m connection with these accidents. I am told that a series of
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  • 231 5 Cakutta Iniversity Decision. Tht Senate of the Calcutta University discussed the report of the Matriculation Regulations Committee at a meeting held recently. Sir Ewart Glares, Vice-Chan-cellor, was m the (.hair. The outcome of the debate was the acceptance of the report with minor amendments. As a
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  • 134 5 American Expedition. New York, July 30. Hundreds of rare marine specimens, including 42 unknown to science, are aboard the Arcturus, the ship of the New York Zoological Society's Oceanographic Bxpedition, returning after five months m unchaited regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The explorers exhibited a "bobbed
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  • 40 5 Mr. H. G. W. Woodhrad, editor of the "China Year Book** and the "Peking and Tientsin Times," has arrived m England on holiday. Recently he was lecturing m the United States on China's r< la ions with the Foreign Powers.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 593 5 §My Debt of Gratitude. 'Ulcers the Size of Man's Hand. gyr Portrait i. of Mr CM THOMPSON, of 4 M.d Und Grov. Edward Road. BalaaU Heath. Binrnocham. England, who wtita. "In July last 1 hapi^ned to Ket a Blood Mixture and SIS-M t«. take scratch on my leg. It was
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  • 527 6 I can tell you where to go to see mermaids. But lest you should be disappointed m them I must warn you that they will not be combing out long tresses, nor passing their time admiring themselves m a mirror. Instead, they are much more likeL
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  • 392 6 Canadian Alpine Club Successful. M<»unt Logan, tho highest peak m (anada. whose summit is IWJUW feet, after many fruitless attempts was scaled OH June 23rd., the summit being reached by amateur climbers, members of the Canadian Alpine Club. The expedition, which was headed by Captain McCarthy, form-
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  • 484 6 All the best shops and stores are at thi moment devoting special space to the display of English cut glass. The reason is twofold. In th^ first place, its great beauty is beinV realised and so it has become fashionable; m the second, manufacturers have
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  • 382 6 "WIRED WIRELESS" TRIU M PH. Race With Germany. I I Intense research on "wired \\nvlt»" has beea carried out m Britain for some time by the Government, both for war and for commercial purposes, ami it is possible to reveal that telegraph communication between RamsSjntS and Brussels has bsSB effected
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  • 24 6 The power of production of the world is too great for the absorbing power of the world at the present moment. Sir Hugo Hirst.
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    • 386 6 Is there anyone ill at home to-day? A NYONE who is completely run down through overwork or Anyone just up after a serious illness? Anyone whose health wants thoroughly rebuilding? If there is iC> a case for a course of WINCARNIS. More th..n 10 000 doctors have recommended this great
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    • 447 6 After Fever Real Aid m Convalescence You will be rapidly restored to perfect health and strength if you take Dr. Cassells Tah The worst pha.*o of tropical illness is its «t"t.-t ffi,-. t* i j( typhoi«l R«p tlir l»<»i|\ nerve strength _i„| t ,.i, „v OSSy IsSjtDsi, therefore, that iv
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  • 508 7 ATTIRES OX LAND AM) SEA. Contraband n Graveyard. On ABC. 12, off Telok Gon*, at B p.m. the launch Thornycroft No. 2, on infor mation received, intercepted a prau loadec with rubber. On the' approach of th< raider, the three men who manned th« j; beat damped thr
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  • 368 7 The Singapore naval base was recently discussed by a special correspondent of the "Journal de la Mai me Marchande," with particular regard to its value to the Dutch East Indies. He says it is unnecessary to call attention to the obvious fact that there are
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  • 17 7 Our knowledge, iV*-l eacl ing as it is, h only the balance of probabilities. Sir Ri..' Lankester.
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  • 715 7 MIL HAMMOND AND MR. DENHAM. At the annual meeting of this Company on Aug. G\ the hon'ble C. H. Strutt. chair- man, m the course of his spee-h, said: You will remember that m the year 1911 Mr. Hammond, when we were anxiously "looking for a new representative
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  • 234 7 i The sole surviving wild wallal.y m England, which was thought to have died hrm ago. has made a sensational reappea ran c m i old haunts m the neighbourhood of Tring Park, Hertfordshire, running moic wildly and faster than ever. Recently jit was within live
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  • 22 7 The history taught hy ev< ry nat.on to-drtj is far more uatioaal propaganda tbnn nn exposition of truth. Mr. Ramsay Ma Donald.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 368 7 BUSINESS CARDS. -=c i _ls_i %i» t > m' M end for the illustrated r.ii.t oi Musical Instruments. SOU CO., LTD. North Uridge Road. CAI FOR HIRE. Q rea t Vduction m Rates THE ISIATK MOTOR CAR CO, 1 r.'lb, Bukit T^mah Rd I, IMI and 109 K> po HIRE,
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    • 536 7 NOTICES, j GLIDE GOOI^EAR GOODYEAR ,^;^>OI)VKAU TIRE i Rl BHKK f()M <-^. a Company incorp<, ra ted under the law, cf tbe >„v. oi Ohio, i« tht rnit (l states America, and tnrryin« on hmainaaa at No: 114^ -•-t Market Strec-t. Akron, m tho C„ unt anmndt and State of
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    • 1124 7 .J kJMLJ V MmimW Iff SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT SHOILD VOL KXPKRIKNCK ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUI vision. i THK ADVICE OF OUR I I LLY Ql All I IKI) EUROPEAN OPTICIAN is available dail> .1 Hours 9 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. SPECIALLY MADE fll IHIJI SUPPLIED promptly. MOTION SMITH AND SON
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  • 26 8 MACKIE. On tht- 4th instant, at tlh European Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, to Ida Beatrice, wife of Vivian Mackie of Koala I. umpur. a duutrhtt'..
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  • 770 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1925. The Moroccan Campaign. To-day the cables tell us of renewed and vigorous fighting between the combined French and Spanish forces ?nd the Riffs, the latter evidently attacking to anticipate the commencement of the big operations contemplated by the allies. The campaign is much
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  • 237 8 I Mr. A. K. Haley, of the Sarawak OUfu ids, Ltd., Sarawak, is m Penang on a bntinett visit. Mr. F. J. Hodgin**, director, Messrs. John i r «le anti Co., arrived m Penang OU Fri!rt v, and will return m about three days' rDr. anti Mrs. Elder and their
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  • 771 8 itJPUDfI COI XT TUIIU TES. Moving Heferences to a "(ireat Judire In tho Sapient Court yestierday morning hefore the Acting Chief .lustier, thr hon'ble Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, and Mr. J istice Deane, moving: references were made to the tragic death of Sir Lionel
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  • 227 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.! Kuala Lumpur. Sept. 7. Touching references were made this inorning m the Buprtmt Court hy the Legal Id vim* on behalf of the (lnvi'inment. and the Court staff, ami Mr. D. Freeman on b. half of the Bar. Mr. Justice Farrcr-Manby added sympathies, and
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  • 92 8 TRADKIMox j ()N( FINAL STUU.M [Im* The pr 0,,,..;, alliun tsnpkd l" united th, 'ndustrn pmnii Hin Im Mm i haa tptMtd I Mr. Swales h whnW to th, ttonunk ami m iraar. He fe ahich the b i w rad from since nn H. think that further
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  • 90 8 I'\l\l K\ I RO| I p| NM| I I I t i on the I sixth Antt I The hotelf I I a I Train I M the Ai I I M. Pnink I mnly ti I „i ,t her uni I principle of I ■n nrhM I
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  • 36 8 [H, I atllauv. m t It t X I •i ieting, making tUUI mM I* wt I co»ntry 1 receives from itt CM ttributioi H ,1. ntttt- mgi" > I det.t pay ment-. I
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  • 26 8 [lentei I IMntttr" t> h N Tilnmphnl m tho rtfeets 10. f.i witl with peep*? Mntilj of Wales who 1. 1 *tnv.
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  • 13 8 r Reo ter v .he dtutn tai m PIMMM II
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  • 42 8 (I ...in Ont < h I X, 1 The funeral si 1 ward faatt I tery. Wl 1 Mtmhtn tf Ut J fron. Pernk I ■looieutr, tet Cut 1 tan sf Pawn seel en M itettd 1* fl the fl
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 201 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK /dSl^\ l_^^^ GUINNESS bottled by E. .1. BURKE of DUBLIN. m Quarts. Pints and Nips. CALDBECK, MACG_REGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Shanghai.) 46 Robinson Road. Telephone 228 PATRONISED <Q BY ROYALTY. f > mjtff^'-^t^** .i-_P___iT^g_j| J PRESENTS FOR WEDDINGS AND ALL OCCASIONS Entirely Near Goods
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    • 52 8 mgft**& FOR ALL VERMIN USE If S_^f? f I j-. f I AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. PEARS' J I GOLDEN SERIES. j i I I < i ff fr^ ALWAYS C 3 ASK FOR *w P^H^VRr' ADAMSON, I-SEIMtS CILFILLAN Co.j^rv:!r*v Singapore I r^i^^rr-Jr jXZ* Penang mJjZ^.+^^Tzi Kuala Lumpur *j^gg^|r
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  • 117 9 STKIKK AT BEIRA. MORE IDLE SHIPS. ters Service.] lleira, Sept. 7. mployeei of the Mozam- for improved conditions Office, the Customs and threatens to bring all activity to t standstill. Fifteen ii port. The lighting seriwn are suspended and no received or despatched. seriously affected if the ..ed.
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  • 69 9 Riff* i »nen an Altai k. Madrid, Sept. ti. Morocco say- that daj I ng on the lor. I. ems !>• i Hosmar Massif icks with Th troops ere conh onl Pari-. Sept. <i. 1 saj 8 t kat enemy The i cd. quadi on co-operated men!
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  • 131 9 -kai'* Victor; m the Bye-Election. Nanyo Ni.hi- Shimbui sha. Tokio, Sept. ">. j ki Haw. (Seiyu-kai) was elected Nagano. Hitrhcr School Match. played la>t week beSchool (Tokio) and Hiirh- S Kyot«. i. has rethl ■'••ty by 2 plus Woplar;. Vrrived m Tokio. <sian aeroplane which arrived m enthusiastically
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  • 65 9 mber of Inter-ocean t and Company, Bata ti»h Malaya number. Kop. having made a emnsula to arrange for illustrations are well nely reproduced. We Peninsula, portraits of '"1. Mr. Hose and Sir ■*I«xwi «v--respective consuls; 'ticlet on the Port of Railways. Malaya's ltlv life, the Malaya "'ti. the Chinese
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  • 32 9 I' flin School, formerly ii "< l the premises there -w school building Road. •,7 i M,. Place m October sd An ,oh Gor of Kuala 1 Doreen Rsan, Mi hael Bgaa, Pyr-
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  • 2235 9 YESTERDAY'S MEETING. Aid Society to be Formed. A large and very representative gathering a t Government House yesterday afternoon definitely decided to form a Dischnrged Prisoners' Aid Society. The Acting Chief Justice. Mr. P. J. Sproule, presided, and m opening the meeting emphasized the need for such
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  • 166 9 ACTING CHIEF JU STICE ON SPECIAL JURORS. Appeal of Malay Syce Allowed. L' Supreme Court yesterday Morning before the Acting Chief Justice. Mr. Justice Sproule, a Malay svee appealed, through his counsel, Mr. R. p IiZV against a conviction an.l 8m Of $50 for causing grievous hurt to a Tamil
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  • 114 9 The following contributions are gracefully acknowledged for the building fund. Previously acknowledged $66,446.47 Ht> Hottg Bank Ltd. ioo Chineee Consult rr ml Bank Ltd. 100 Mr. Tan Quee Siong (Chop Ban Hin and Co.) joo Ho Hong BariK Ltd., (being balance of Entertainment Fund m aid
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  • 120 9 According to the results of the London Oh;, mber of Commerce Examinations of Ml y 1925, the following students of the V.M.C.A. School of Commerce, have passed, several with distinction: Senior: Book-keeping and accountancy. Distinction: A G. Menon, O. R. Nizam and David S. Marshall;
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  • 108 9 Pro. James, 0.8. E., Visitor to the Christi; n Brothers' Schools, Far East, has re turned to Penang. Two hundred and seventeen deaths occurred m Singapore during the week ending August 29th, two of these persons being Eurasian, 184 Chinese, 18 Malay, and 10 Indian. Pneumonia accounted for 32 deaths,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 203 9 DINNER SERVICES II BEST QUALITY. SEMI-PORCELAIN. mm\ _^__T^"" _H-*__™^~_ S^-L-U^ M f J >>^V______k ___r THE "WHITE IMPERIAL" SERVK E. Full Service. SALE &vr HnH Service SMK A|« r 70 Pieces. PRICK )d3. M Pieces P.IICE J> 1/. 50 X)-v _>^ vS. c j. xSi. r vv' HMB Mn^ ■■nr
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 766 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Servieee 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 pointa. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapora. DARDANUS London, Rotterdam and
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    • 565 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE tASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO ITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE IA 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
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    • 517 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA ANI) APCAR LIM (Incorporated m England.. MAIL, PASSENGER AND CAM3O SKR\ PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM \\\|i LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER\ I Q (Under Contract with His Majesty's I o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. BOMBB For China and Japan. lor Marseille! Due Nnu m Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 656 11 SUNKEN TREASURE SHIP. A fresh touch of romance has been added to tlie excavation of the city und- r the sea, which was reported some weeks ago by Sir E. Denison Ross, the Director of thc School i.i Oriental Studies, o n his return Irom Africa.
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  • 237 11 One Year Imprisonment for Son Of Gen. Wood. Paris, August IX. Lieut. Osborne Wood, son of the Governor-General of the Philippines, was to-day sentenced to one year's imprisonment and a fine of G. $7.^0 following conviction on a charge of passing a worthless cheque for G. $1,750
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  • 662 11 AMERICAN FLEETS VISIT. Vi*it Exceeded Expectations. M« Ibourne, Aug. 5. Th,- visit of the United States Fleet has concluded, and with a buliiant ball, whose scenes of gaiety to-night filled the decks «>f the three battleships, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and Nevada, the Admiral and start* made an adequate
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  • 341 11 A USTRALIA THROUGH AMERICAN EYES. Some old bushman down Melbourne way has been doing a bit of terrific "leg pulling," h>s victim being the correspondent of a San Francisco paper, the "Examiner." There are some choice oddments of information m his article on th» Australian aboriginal or, as he libellously
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  • 223 11 School a Pleasant Place To-day. There are no 'truant schools' m London now, because there are no truant V Mr. \Y. G. Rushbrooke sated the other day at I school prize-giving. It is quite true. Truancy has ceased to exist, largely, it was explained at the London
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  • 35 11 Peking, Aug. 27.— The bandits with their captive, Dr. Howard, escaped on August 24th. by boat and proceeded to Huachuan m Kirin province. Chinese troops are pursuing one day behind.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 334 11 protect your j Complexion j Calvert'i Carbolic J Toilet Soap it a picas- j ant ly perfumed Anti- i peptic Soap for ordinary j toiletuse.preparedwith I tsuita ie proportion of 1 crystal carbolic It is an f excellent Soap for thc j s^in, delightfully re- j freshing to use, and
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    • 219 11 Wt/M'f. r I n tJie East, "Capstan" Navy ft $ti^!kl5 O'UM0 'UM STRENGTH^ 7 g^^^^g? <-ut l__igarettes are recognised It CAPSTAN^ as tJlc dependable cigarette, rtM-____P_SKf dependable from the points ol J |k£ 9 N ,eu M !U «"d packing dependable, also, trom the ne\er varying sound satisfac||^D.& H.O.Wills tion
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 377 12 Notable Local Figures. Looking at the local reports of arrivals of vessels during the past month, there appears to be some indication of the truth m the prophecy that, even as the steam driven tramp swept on to drive the rom irne of sail
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    • 59 12 A tine of $500 was inflicted on Captain Mackenzie of the steamer Hong Hwa m the Distric Court yesterday. The case was brought m consequence of the seizure on the vessel on August 28th last, of 2,880 tahils of opium. Mr. St. George pleaded guilty
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    • 172 12 The Kairey Aviation Company have recently completed a most important order for the Dutch Navy, consisting of a batch of their Twin-Float Serk. Three aeroplanes, fitted with 450 h.p. Napier "Lion" engines. These machine- are constructed j so that the wings fold up to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 458 12 Burns Philp Line (INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DABWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7.875 tons) «.>_ MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 4s Laze, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 156 12 GERMAN AUSTRALIAN LINE. (Incorporated m Germany). Direct for Marseilles, Havre, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam Hamburg. S_s. "CASSEL" Due to arrive 28th September. For passage and space apply N. V. STRAITS JAVA TRADING CO. (Incorporated m Batavia). *****6 Cecil Street. Telephone 2593. HOLLAND-EAST ASIA LINE. (Monthly Service to Philippines, China and Japan.)
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    • 18 12 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC To be had of Three Dispensaries m Battery-road, and of MISS BROWN. MB__________________H_______________________________i
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    • 557 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES 1 Under contract with the French Government W Mail and Passenger Services. I T^ DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY •10 II II 111/) FAR EASTERN SERVICE. V Vllim L HOMEWARD MAILS. To Msrseilles yia Colombo, Djibouti snd Port Said. Mat it P. LE( YY 17,000 due Sept. mmt 1 \r aa
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 664 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday ft a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m Kelantan >_very Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tinggi
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    • 120 12 Colonel Blackborn, Mr. R. M. Carter, Mr. D. J. Broderich, Mr. Taka Kawata, Mr. Hachiroe Olkawa, Mr. Srichi Kaneko. Mr. L_ A. Visser, Mad. A. Fretz. Mr. N. J. Sarkies, Mr. M. A. Martin. Mr. and Mrs. A. Stecgstra. Mr. K. I). Hibbeler, Mr. P. C. Wiison, Mr. and Mrs.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 646 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamer. Arr Deot London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, T u x Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, A Port Soudan and Port Said. Alps Maru Sent 14 <W i* p Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth), P &ept 15 Town, Rio, Santos, Buenos Air, via Colombo. t Canada Maru Sent 17
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    • 417 13 a STEAMSHIP LINE Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE US Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. ria Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore m
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    • 655 13 GENERAL AGE^_!L ASAKI ROOSEVI!LT "NE j Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., I 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (VIA SUEZ) m.s. SILVERCEDAR m.s. SILVERLARCH due *J** ....RHINE MARU „J J*" m... SILVERFIR due BORDEAUX MARU due Oct m.s. SIBVERELM
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  • 920 14 SNAKE-CATCHERS OF SUNDERBUNDS. RIVER TRIBE'S STRANG! PROFESSION. "A Veiling Horde of Amazons." Working through the maze of creeks which go to make up the Western Sunderbunds, while after tiger last winter, I had the good fortune to encounter a unique tribe of natives known as the snake-catchers of the Sunderbunds.
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  • 21 14 Three Egyptian students who failed m their examinations at Cairo attempted 1 suicide by means of carbolic acid.
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  • 49 14 Perlh, August .'>. Handcuffed together, two youths jumped from the window of a moving train yesterday and escaped from their police escort. They had been arrested with two others about SO miles from Perth, on a charge of having: stolen a motor car. They are still at larj_;e.
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  • 759 14 ASIATIC COMMUNISTS IN CHINA. It is said by Dr. Lim Boon Keng, President of the University of Amoy, taya thf Chinese Students' Monthly, that there arabout 5,000 Russian communists m Canton, 7.000 m Shanghai, 3,000 m Tientsin, nnd 3,500 m Peking. They have aucceedt I m bringing a
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 429 14 XaX4]9^ the wide spaces of ]£_Jua!_C iPHNatural Health^ I Bii! Glorious, breezy, energetic Health iflSlfl fj Ell When every nerve and every cell B^BsE' j And so long a. you do not suffer si SiS r'* ■SI f ron^ i>onip organic disease, such fff »3 I B, L you r
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    • 306 14 THE DRESSING FOR HOTCmTmT^t "«o U «o? MAGNIRCENT T^SS ES o s»s isr^.SS «ST? X mm inrparih to it the lustre and freshn... eradicates dandruff, prevents li.i. < >-" oteanly of .11 Hair pa '.'i'" m Clear aa crystal. Coatalm n" d y. ,V Ti'tcßtAT f::climi_hvr_ (ffl^w|ffljs 36 Y£tRV R
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  • 754 15 ANNUAL MEETING* The twelfth a-MOal gmmatam meeting of tlu Eastern United AWanoe Corporate, Limited w at the- Banque de L'lndo Chine Building, yesterday. w h en there were present Messrs. See Th_f Wah T^'To '*W KhCk Khlam lee, &Q. onff> K()h g an Hjn Mai,,o„outh I T.
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  • 65 15 September 7. Bank m.s. g|| 16 32 Bank, demand 2,4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2,4 New York, demand 56^* Credits 90 days 6g^ France, demand 1160 India. T. T. m Hsagkona, demand s'_. p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 1 3V»' 4 -lava, demand 140-v Bangkok, demand 7<ji 4 Sovereign,
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  • 222 15 September 7. Ti! 128 Tons IIMJM Gambier 2250 Pepper White 9\M Pepper Black ...too Flake Tapioca (> Pearl Sago Small </ no Copra UM opra Snadried v Opium, bei ,r M nnt 4 "q 00 Rice. Liang Mii <"hin |f ar fc B'ue Eaple (Old) ppQ Rice. I4iag Hin
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  • 30 15 Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Spot and Sep! 1.13 1.20; Oct 1. 1.17..: Oct-Dec 1.12 V, 1.1846; Jan-March 1.02 1.03. London Quotation Sheet •".> _<!. Market Steady.
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  • 231 15 The following is .he director!* report the shareholders for presentation ai th.' annual meeting oa Sept. I9th at Penang. During the period umler review the dredge made 6*o6] hours' running time a. id recovered pikuls 2,133 (127 tons) t'i Die, also taels 2.*>7 r_sB oz. Troy, gold
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  • 50 15 Messrs Guthrie and Co.. Kuala I. umpur. arc- m receipt of a cable from the Bl retariei of Komboh Rubber that the Dire;- tors have deelUlWd an interim dividend of per cent, payable on M h instant, m i pect <>f the financial \ear ending Hat December 1025.
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  • 47 15 Yesterday's Alteration?. PetalinK Tin 1.97 »<• 200 Taipintf 1.20 1.25 v d Titi Tin ($2) 2.70 .100 Allenby 2.60 2.70 Basset t 1.15 i.2(i Kempas 6.8. r > 7.tH> ranzgor IJU 1.40 S. Steamship ($100) Ml.un :u."».0») United Engineers ($10) 10.40 10.60 Wearni' Bro.s. ir>.j:> |>.M
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 231 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Sept. 7. ■banner. London :'.>. 2»_,1. Steady Gun-. Local 1.19%. Tin. London Sept. sth. __">x li»« l 130*V_. 125 tuns -old. Buhners.- Ulu Beauti can !;<■ taken hi u'.» sellers asking 61. Ma aka Lindas ;n quoted 2.50 2.55. Mental abs have buyen at S8
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    • 239 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. K. Macphail). Siagapere, Beat. 7. ">-■ i, lin. E258 10!. Bept. Sth. Loe-al 12:. tees at 1304. The market opera th,- neeh uuietk all section!. Jiiibhers. Quotation- sre inclnie-d M er. deram Kuan. an- -tier at 1.66 and Nev rraigieleaa al 1.54. Nee Scudai! v'^iv
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    • 210 15 Singapore. Sept. 7. I I ocal 1864. 128 tons. Rubber.- 244. Dears '-.(I. Kubbers. --Share- quotation! IeUMUfI I erally unchanged. Tnpahs have < h uor.-.l hands at 20. Sungei Pagan- atv want.. 3.10, N'yala- have buyen at 9.60 ssking r.5... Ha> on ..tr. k.25, i have
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    • 148 15 Bees: Guthrie and Ca, <ivnang>. Renong Tin, output for Ist half of Aug:--Dreoge No. i. 188 pks: Dredge No 2 239 pks. Sees: Sime, Darby (Ipoh.) Johaa Tin. Aug. returns, output 886 pk-. Yardage K8.00P; Hours nm 161.16; Re venue from sale of on 624,806 1
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1299 15 1 4ssets «>ver $5,500,000. i rrt m xOWmin a— n a Assurance m force over $19,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. I ~™t™ X (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) fl HE. OfrlCE: Winchester Houip Hfai______ I 1V has £20,000 deposited SS tKnrl. r .m LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporatad m England by Roy!l Chartar A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LM CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor> A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 213 16 To-morrow's Handicaps. The following are the handicaps for the second day of the Selangor summer race meeting to-morrow. Ex-Griffin Ponies. Class B. (Race Course): .Druid 9.6, Merry Maiden 9.8, Marquise H.H, Kiwi 8.7. Dreadnought 7.9. U uptaway 7.5, Silver King 7.2. K\ -Griffin Horses, Class B. (Five Furlongs):
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    • 109 16 Several Tamil coolies were thrown out of a Municipal lorry which overturned m Havelock-road on Saturday afternoon. One man was so severely injured that he died. The Malay driver and a Chinese named Yeo Cheong Ann who is employed by the Municipality, were charged m the Third Police
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    • 145 16 YESTERDAY'S RESULT& C Singles. Cartwright beat Willis, 6—l. D— 7. C. Doubles. Piatt and* Lindsay heat Capt. Moors and Watt, w.o. Fisher and Lovett ra. Rogers and Boardman, (unfinished). Mitchell and Williams In-at ("air and Pearee, 6 2, 6 4. Dr. Crawford and Berry l>eat
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    • 117 16 A. Singles. De Stuers vs. Cooper. Cave vs. Cartwright. Swithinbank and Pape- vs. Bripht and Prentis. to finish. Manchester and Parish vs. winners <>f above. Cartwripht and Green vs. Munro and Marshall. Nadip and Strevens vs. \jee a nd Smith. Banks anel Hallows vs. Sehudel and KohA. Doubles.
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    • 20 16 No doubt a cynic is all right m his place, hut he never poes there until he dies.— Columbia Record.
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  • 816 16 LEAGUE TABLES TO DATE. The following are the positions m the English and Scottish Leagues to date: GoaLs. P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Smderland 3 3 o 0 14 5 6 Spurs 3 3 0 0 5 2 6 West Hani 3 2 0 14 1
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  • 120 16 The result of Sunday's match between Keppel and Garrison Golf Club was a w n hy Keppel Golf Club. The scores were as he-low. Garrison players mentioned first. McMichael and Murphy A Hendris -mo D. Stewart 1. K. A. Stevens and Phayre 0. P. C. Stewart and
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  • 33 16 The Y. M. C. A. swimming peiol will le re-opened to-day when the usual programme wi 11 be resumed. England's main fault is depreciation of herself. Colonel House.
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  • 507 16 THE PRINTERS' STRIKE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Batavia, Sept. 5. The strike of the printers' employees has now spread to Sourabaya, where the native personnel of the firm van Dorp and Co. have stopped work. Attempts aie being made to carry on with employees from other printing works.
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  • 304 16 Their Majesties. The Kinp and Queen, visited the Malaya Pavilion <>n Wednesday afternoon. 12th Aupust. The Royal I party made a complete te>ur of the Pavi- lion and showed keen interest a nel appreciation m their inspection of the various exhihits. His Majesty was particularly interested
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  • 618 16 DARING EXPERIMENT ON DARTMOOR. Among various fur-farming experiments now being carried out m this country one of the most daring is a farm, the Wild Pine Ranch of Dartmoor, whose stock includes skunks. The mere thought of skunks m Britain, outside the Zoo, may send a tremor
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  • 179 16 Chinese General s Vie* of Canton "Reds.*' It may Ik- recalled that tho Daily Press, say* fhav Hongkong paper, jecently published the text e>f a communication sent to the Chinese Central Government hy Mr. (or Major-General > Loo Chung Yun. of Macao, tp protest apainst the misrule
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  • 70 16 Programme of Drills. Tuesday. Bept H. 4.1a p.m. Drill Hall, Chinese Coy. Thursday, 10th. 5 p.m. Dril] Hall. Eurasian Coy. Friday, ll'th. 5 p.m. Drill Hall, S.R.A. (v) S.R.E. (v) S.V.C. Band. Saturday, 12th 2.15 p.m. Bukit Timah, European Units. 2.15 p.m. Farrer Range, Malay Coy. Sunday,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 215 16 The Moutrie GraiwP An instrument embodying Qm ir of Art, together with the lateat d< Pianoforte Construction MOUTRIK is unsur])assed for Beauty and .la j CLet us demonstrate this to S. MOUTRIE AND (U, m Incorporate-d in The Arcade, SIM. Would you use sand to clean your teeth? _f^^ M*^*
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