The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 September 1925

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press CEN TS. .SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1925. NO. ll,ttlM>
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  • 225 1 There h- s been another disastrous fire m Tokk causing s(\ire damage Page 9. The French nnd Spanish campaigns m Morocco appear In be meetinu vith considerable success PSge t. The position m the Druse country seems slight'} more fa --our able lor the French Pane 9.
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  • 956 1 Sues Aery tumult m her mind, she seeks fch birthplnce ol the srh Acolia. realm tor cor rife With turbid elemental life-. Hei Aeolus In a cavern \a-t With b and bonier f« tesi Inst Rebellious stomi snd howling Unod They, with the rock's ret rberunfl i hnfe blnsfcering
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 123 1 X1.1.0W ARIEU/S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL elephone No. 2:i20. TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY FRIDAY The Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. (X.B. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances.) a UUI nearer 1) SARKIES BROTHERS. (,RILL ROOM. Proprietors. rr the supervision of an LEON. H. YAYMEN. expert European. Manager. JWS.S\SV.SV.\V.V.V.V.V.V.V'%\V.V.V.-.-.V.V.V,V.'.V.%VASSS'y\ j
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    • 218 1 "Kurlo Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure and free from any deleterious ingredients. Unsurpassed for washing woollens, lares, silks etc. "Kurlo" will not inju»" or harden the most delicate fabric. rC —A*-w//Ar Lift <^^^^mm without 1 1 :^^m Shrmking Kurl 3s§ *s2_s* makes a £2/Qs?^fl^PO delightful **C > V^v^Cr-^Q^n shampoo t^-^^^^^\fz% d~_o
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    • 151 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. lien's wear at Whiteaway's Page o. Text hooks on how to play golf Page 16. Lactogen is th t best food for bub| Page The White SiMer at the AlhuutbtU Page 2. Kurlo wal'.rs wash wi hout shrinking Page 1. Cargo noiko re Vondel and Walt, v Hall
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    • 7 1 world UNOWNED SWALLOW AUDI'S. BISCUITS AND CAKBS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 116 1 THE WEEK. Mmetmmm. 2l*f. Hi»rh Wat, r. 0.2 p.m. Kluang Kubber. Derrick'^, noon. S.F.A. Cup: S.C.l'. VS O.T.F.C. Emulation I flags 8.30 p m. T»t*(lu}t, mm*mm\ Higk Wator. 0.19 a.m.. 0.32 p.m. Macks Lcrttsky, Vie. Theatre, 9M Wedmt siLi ,t, 2'\rrf. High Wat*-:. 1.1 a.m.. 1.1 p.m. Lodgs St. Csorgs
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  • 261 2 Mr. W. S. Dunn, Municipal Engineer, ng Municipality, will be going on k^ave prior to retirement early next month, and m him the Commissioners an rate- p^ ers of Penang lose sn efficient snd conscientious officer. Never fond »-f the "limelight," Mr. Dunn hus served the Dent
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  • 461 2 There must be vt.ls few, to be counted hand perhaps, who remember Cspta;n Jsaper Graham Mayne, formerly of Inntekilling Fusiliers, and A.D.C. to H.F.. Sir Frederick Weld, during the latter'rnorship of the straits Settlement! ii at came to a close m the latter part of v T.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 288 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR s LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL LTD SINGAPORE. AT THE HAPPY VALLEY. The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. P -ogramme as good as any, better than many. WAYANG PEK JEE. DRY CLEANING AND DYEING,
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    • 220 2 Victoria Theatre < CELEBRITY TOURS Under the Direction of Mr. A. STROK. RETURN VISIT OF THE FAMOUS PIANIST MISCHA LEVITZKI One Night only Kday, September 22nd AT 9.30 P.M. Complete Change of Programme SEATS $4. $2. and $1. BOOKING NOW OPEN AT LITTLE'S. SiJSfS PATHE CINEMA Can give private CINEMA
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    • 319 2 ALHAMBRA REACH ROAD. (Tan Cheng. Kee Co. Ltd. Proprietors.) From Saturday, 19th to Thursday 21th 5,.„. i A PAIR OF PICTURES EQUAL IN ENTERTAIN Ml- MANY A SUPER PRODUCTION AM X In the Second Show commenting al <i A PARAMOUNT-JAMES CRUZE PRODUi Adapted trom Booth Tarkinjrton's novel MAGNOI IA ERNEST
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  • 1778 3 CONTRADICTIONS OF RANK. How many men, who served m the Great War, must have wondired at the many! -strange discrepancies and st»*nge customs!' met with m their Military life. Them though now possibly out ot date all hay a history, and when understood ar? Roman- Uca \v
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  • 114 3 Englishwoman Climber Killed. I'ralojinan. Tarentaise. Miss Dick May, an experienced mountaineer well-known m London and Paris, has fallen while climbing alone the Petit Mont Blanc near Pralognan. She was killed instantly, receiving terrible injuries. A search party of guides discovered the body i hia morning. It
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 331 3 Jjoctors Special ~^W TJlc finest of all l^^'^Jf Scotch Whiskies. i ~J* Well matured, delight' fully mellow and abtO' pure A quality Whisky imbued \\it spirit ot good fellowship. R kIcNIS i J 0(X LTD.. (.Uagow Scotland. Ny Carlsberg ißeer \__WmOßm**^mm\ SuLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, (Incciporated m
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    • 260 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within A —J One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. \JllSSl\\ \Js&' I' J Sole Distributing Agents: I Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED. Proprietora. i)
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  • 193 4 Frederick Harton is the young and pros- pe roul head of Harton's, Limited, the dressmaking firm of Hanover Square. He re- alisei that, despite his prosperity he is not happy. H;s wife. Adeia. is a brilliant crea- j i,i'v. i:: hard and glittering; they hay-; reached
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  • 2287 4 CHAPTER. VII. I four actors m the drama only well. It was Evie. her rosy cheek indenting the pillow, a dark. red plait lying across tl whitenesi of her neck, and her mind filled with thoughts of power, power to spend, to enjoy, to have ease. As
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  • 1637 4 "iHE FIGURE OF THE COLONEL'S WIFE." Im Our Own Correspondent.) Paris. .tars atro the decorative Parisians were reproached with not being athletic. "Why." demanded the travelling Briton, fresh from his prowess m the fields of; cricket, football and hockey, flushed with golfing successes and rejoicing m the possession
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  • 368 4 During Cabinet Meeting at Peking M August 'J r »th, the Ministers passed a te Solution supporting the disciplinary actions of Mr. S. C. Cluuig. Minister of Education, for ihe restriction of the student: as well as tin- establishment of a women's university to replace the dissolved normal College for
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  • 193 5 BRITISH TRADE UNION CONGRESS. Heated Scenes Mark Discussions. London. Sept. 8. Warm interchanges marked the discussion at the Trade Union Congrsss on the resolution of the Union of Vehicle Workers conferring on the General Council autocratic powtrs to call a stoppage, or order a general levy on
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  • 113 5 The 'Methods of Capitalists." London, Sept. 7. Mr. Swales, addressing the Trade Union Congress, waxed scornful on the subject of the methods of capitalists, asserting that m "recent years our mechanics have been busy manufacturing machinery for textile factories m India and that the capitalists,
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  • 123 5 London, Sept. 7. Mr. Swales, m his Presidential address, alluding tc India, said that the British movement joins with the Indian workers m demanding political freedom, the right of self-determination, and a measure of franchise covering a large number of people, including the depressed classes and
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  • 112 5 Dropped by 'Planes Over Riff Villages. j Madrid, S.-pt. 7. j A message from Tetuan says that Spa fnish aeroplanes flew over Riff villages ant '•dropped thousands of copies of an ultimatun •translated into Arabic and signed by Gene rai Primo De Rivera. The pamphlets declare that Abd-el
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  • 84 5 Geneva, Sept. 6. A perfect babel prevailed as 350 delegates representing lifty-four nations, trooped int their seats. The Maharajah of Patiala, weaving a sky blue turban, was a conspicuous figure anion; the British delegates who were seated m body on tho left of the platform. The Duchess
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  • 129 5 Cairo, Sept. 7. The Ministers of Agriculture and Piot Foundations have resigned their executh appointments. The Liberal Constitutional Party passe an unanimous vote of confidence m Abd-t Aziz Fahmy and decided that the two r maining Liberals must r:sign and that tl Liberals must no longer co-operate
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  • 446 5 (From N. E. I. papers.) i The Druse Campaign. Berlin, Sept. 12. A big French offensive against the Druse tribes is scheduled for to-morrow. A Jerusalem despatch states that eight former Turkish officers have secretly left Palestine for Syria to organise a regular Druse army. Berlin, Sept. 12.
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  • 147 5 c Free Passage on Wing of Aeroplane. Los Angeles, Aug. 15. Snubbing the freight train, which is the usual method for tramps to travel m this country, the seventeen-year-old Jack Richman grabbed the wing of an aeroplane and beat the best railway time here from Las Vi'gas.
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  • 188 5 i- j Santall's 119 not out m 78 minutes against the Yorkshire bowlers at Dewsbury is not, of course, a record for fast scoring against the Yorkshiremen m Yorkshire. The Harrogate and Dewsbury grounds are about the same size, and G. L. Jessop show1S ed his appreciation of
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 572 5 FREE SURINA THEATRE TICKET. GOOD CHANCE FOR ALL CUSTOMERS. H D. ROOPCHAND S ANNUAL CLEARANCE STOCK-TARING SALE. •7HRH WILL BE CONTINUED TILL 30th SEPTEMBER. dSroMERS BUYING GOODS IN CASH WILL GET FREE SURINA THEATRE TICKETS AS FOLLOWS:— On $30 worth goods; Box seat one ticket On $20 worth goods; Reserved
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    • 237 5 I Memßmmmmß*mmmfm***mt*fmmmmmfmmZ ■S__FS_s#__SSl_S_-FSS_FS-| GOLOFINA I JAMAICA CIGARS. i| li New stocks have arrived and h can now be obtained from all [I high class dealers. 1} Perfectos $6.50 per 25 Elegantes $6.50 per 25 |l Bouquets $5.00 per 25 8 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO Co. (Straits). Ltd. (Incorporated m England). mmmmßf
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  • 1691 6 LITTLE KNOWN COUNTRY. It was my good fortune recently to spend some time m the Shan States which form the Eastern buffer of Burma's Border; those* of the North lying between Burma and China, while the Southern States fill the void between Burma
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  • 138 6 The sijrht of unman atstoftst Hslag powder-puff to remove the dust sf tra* 1 is not unusual (obsarsst sarrsspsudsat)i but I noticed an incident on one af SW main streets which seems to indicate an I I tension of the practice. The BSWIOf tJfCllsl with his
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 NEW GOODS AT WHITEAWAY'S. H_i SN__t aY v^' !B^B3lt_____lß^_________'B|__i Bl > "w S it" BH i If^t I L Ik.' .-•HP F.I.P UEGILATION 111 l^KBi_r^#il r <'\S" F.I.P. TROPICAL SPIK M. PI TTEES. !ll U KI(,HT 5,,,, i Vl ,>l KES ■l£ 'Bill" 11 ■«iiMlilli<gu»M feT^llllllfß Shade 00. Lifrhl Khaki.
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    • 201 6 KA J" M\ I is M MORAMI tt, i: HUDSONS Have m Stock a larg> New Instruments Including PANJOLINES. I WJomv LINES. Bl 1(( MANDOLIN». I h! I ELFB and SWANEE 8AN.10.1 hi LELE also ONE M\\ »v// THE HOUSE of 1 H. C. HUDSON. 100. North Brid fa X
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  • 284 7 MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH. POLICY IN CHINA. [Reuter's Service.] Loudon, Sept. 18. A large anti distinguished gathering* presided over hy Mr. A. N. Leefe, was present at the luncheon of the China Association at the Hotel Victoria. Mr. Austen Chamberlain was the principal jtuest and made a lonp: speech
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  • 161 7 THE SYRIA CAMPAIGN. [Reuter's Service.] Parle, Sept. P>. A telegram from Pcs says that the Spaniards effected another landing m Alhucemas Bay, disembarked t toons at Erailes point, tbe western extremity of Alhucemas Bay ar.d occupied a position tl ree kilometres wide on the flank of th.
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  • 100 7 Shanghai, Sept. 7. The International Settlement police lire: <>n s ni(»b. which gathered on Honaa Road Avenue Edward. The demonstrators, foij lowing a mass meeting: at Nantao. traverse^ the French town without causing trouble and concentrates! on Honan road, proceed ing northward. When approaching the
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  • 102 7 "A Face-Saving Measure.** I 'eking, Aug. 22. It was decided at to-day's meeting of tbe Cabinet that the Vice-Minister of Education, Mr. Lv Fu, should be sent to the Malay States for the purpose id* studying the educational system there ;i nri that Mr. Chen
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  • 100 7 The i.ews of the discovery >f ai.-nracite m Devon will be received with mixed feel- i ings. H is a lovely couniy, and coal has a depressing effect on landscape. It is a peaceful county, and SO'tl verus to be a rancorous mineral. V h c\ 'te* county, and coal
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  • 1274 7 DISCISSION ON THE Ml DDLMAN REPORT. Nationalist Criticism of Dyarchy. Sim'a, Sept. 7. A discussion to give effect to the Majority Report of h? Reforms Enquiry Com- 1 mittee was opened to-day m the Assembly J by Sir Alexander Muddiman, who asked for concurrence m the
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  • 179 7 Cc aeral Li's Outspoken Comment. Peking, Aug. 21. A full report m regard to the recent incident at Tientsin when a mob smashed the machinery ol the Yu Ta cotton mill bi S been lurnished to the Government by che Tupan of Chili, General Li Ching-lin, and.
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  • 162 7 At aa infor. nai meeting al Mr. Fitsssaurite's house, Bangkok, on the 9th. Inst, sf s few prominent members of the European British business community of Bangkok it era* decided to form, subject to dne n giPtmtien according to law. an association t > be called
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 360 7 nUSINESS CARDS. -..ill looking fo? n< ed have 1 1 mote troub s card for m pood n Tho A.S. Quarter, n s reel Singapore. f -end for the Illustrated 9 I Monica! Instruments. kasON CO., LTD. J rth Bridge Road. tKM»onioaona»s>asi CAPS FOR HIRE. Reduction m Rates THE ASIATIC
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    • 539 7 NOTICES. SINGAPORE TURF CUK NOTICE. UTIMN RACE MEETING, 1925. BATURDAY. TIESDAYTTHIRSDAY B SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th. 20th. 22nd and 21th. Nine race a for OPEN HORSES. NilM races for EX-GRIFFIN HORSES. Nine races fer BX-GRIPFIN PONIES. One racs for OPEN PONIES. ADVERTISED STAKES. exctadk* Added Money, $47,275. FIRST RAtE commences each
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    • 931 7 TENDERS. Tenders will h« received M the ecret;iry's Office* un ;il ne.nn ..>, Sept. iiilm r SiLTr, for the isllswing -civ.cc fe»r the tiuvirnlent Motiopnlie 1 'cpnrtment t«.r Hrn Ml '1) Suptdy ef bSSI Amo\ M..n»jk. sach snpaMs sf sasilj lontaiaing three shsss ef sheada. The sets t«« ss i
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 80 8 TEO. or; Friday. September 18th 1925, >t _\Mi> p.m. at lv' r residence Xo. '20-i Xiv.-n K«> id, Singapore Teo Chye Lian *mm 4 te, be Weed irifc of Mr. Poll Tiang Swee of MOMn. Kujurt Manaseeh ..nd Xl as. Shi- leave* widower, thre»- tons and one daughter t«>
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  • 708 8 SI NG APORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1925. Week End Comment. The struggle m Morocco ie continuing, apparently with success for the French, but only partially for tl*e Spaniards. The capture of the Bib* lto Heights, over to the north of river Wergha. some forty miles north ot j
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  • 412 8 Yesterday morning rikisha-rul.fr died ni Katong, Last Const Rond, eftei having pulled his rikish a from town to that place. A young permanent nr »y overseer, ni.med Geuuputhy Pillai, nrae run oner by iijfh' engine oa Tucsdn) between Bungei Reni nnd Batu TuJoh. >Ie was rensoved to hospital, but died
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  • 479 8 CATCHIXti RUBBER SMI (itJLERS. A correspondent sonde the following The fact that there i.s nt) restriction m Sarawak has led to much iMtnglllf <»f rubber t>ut pf Brunei into Sarawak TVrr.tory but circumstances over which they have no control make it difficult for the local Government to suppress
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  • 161 8 Successful Snipe shorn The H..n*hlt Mr. K. 8. Hose, IJlfi Hich Commissioner, arent t-« Kedah oa Tuesday and nai received at Alor Bt by a guard of honour nf hoy scents. ID thi r. proceeded to Balei Besar, nrhen salute wns tired and members of the »i\i!
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  • 224 8 Perhaps it is bccauae lure i> a Catholic tradition m Prance although there ks ac determined and convinced anti-Catholic major. ty that there ar,. BOBM Frenchmen who have never quite mown accustomed to the idea of divorce, and an COflStanth taking the country's nmtrimonial pal s
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  • 58 8 GOOD NEWS FROM SWATOW. Mm i h i havi i. tow. 11,.,, i'\ all Chin The t«. oa the 19th, societies ka t rnde k see i Thi- rm nou In- rei nig ki coarse ef trs has practicall) the cooliei r< foreign m tMs t:ade kl pert, which I
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  • 19 8 Urn r, i nild injui M< Tl X I nn 1 dan l kigh. tl
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  • 27 8 n i>. ..ii, buildii i 'Fit tv i- ••-tin the i i- nil he ren i t hi nnd tne dan 1 1 hand
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  • 32 8 I during th lock i n p Mlioke hou** i»fl The 1 »fld at Ham At 1 i rou ..i .-hop hoi To rxtingui*! bonis and I cnn*uk rub lan
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  • 83 8 Mr I I h 1 Lumpoi V. U.dhs. \1 si iMi l ft hv tin i I Knd "f There •"< bori (liMU^ Ol I p.W.D I AI 1 Ml M X I i rend tt n It hai that ih. hai navelled s Uhiteha! ll tion threatens dif* declaration
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 236 8 I Suitable for making- attractive 5 garden furniture FOR SALE. I A number *of > j EMPTY BARRELS, j I Apply to i CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. I- 45, ROBINSON ROAD. UJ Telephone 228. J WHEN YOU HAVE j THAT JADED APPETITE j TRY OUR t FRESH SALMON. j ■Iq
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    • 49 8 Parfums de Luxe J I OOXY I JC Chypre IH i Origan j Rose Jacqueminot i Paris [l Emeraude EAU DE COTY -j: J tv he had fron-. all dealers 2 < W Dupire Brothers. < /'Mr -*r-.Tl°* FRO/k, A~ //?Jr e f_ZZ§i /^________gg^^/^a Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD.
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  • 145 9 rH E DRUSE OPERATIONS. y N( ONTIMBS IN MOROCCO. I [Hava* Service.] Paris. Sep 1 19. j rom B rou h announces •h garrison m Mousaeifre ated strong Druse forces to run nway, leaving >• rvice. 1 London, Sept. 19. tails of the flight embnrk <1 nt Marl'ti,
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  • 101 9 5 roce.j Paris, Sept. 20. a Spanish Abd-el Krim was left leg during d ia lying m a r irguis. He is a tsurgeons, mem bets I Ml w \i hi: DIFFICULTIES. Madrid, Sept. I**. rhe whole protectoAlhucemas sector, h anced troops were are exerting tbe se
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  • 29 9 Service.] Washington, Sept. 20. has fnstructed Mr. diploma ie agent American airmen French against the Riffs ir< serving m violation States. >" shies on page 7.)
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  • 125 9 'f notation m Tokio. the Nanyo NichiShimbunsha). Tokio. Sept. 1. ted to-day at V.1.95 Pi r pound i'.a.q. snot. 's Tariff Question. t the negotiations be- md Japan to conclude a new for Indo-China haye 1 ill. owing to disparity of Deatrayed hy Fire. "t Peers and Commons
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  • 199 9 BRITISH DELEGATES. LEAVE FOB CHINA. r ßenter's Service.] London. Sept. 19 Sir RonaCd Macleay, British Minister "to Chinu with Lady Macleay, the Honourable Sydney Peel and Mr. B. Q Newton of the British delegation, have sailed for China Sir J. VV. Macleay and Mr. Morris, the owner
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  • 113 9 [Havas Service. Paris. Stpt. 20. L IV it Parisien -ays that the troubles > China have at last reached Yunnan 1 nrhere Marshal Kvao, a friend of France governs. Pirates had especially cut every railway paralyzing traffic. They were Stopped and defeated by Marsha' Tang Kyao at
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  • 80 9 NEW YORK'S TROUBLESOME CHINESE. [Reuter's Service. New York. Sept. 19. As a result of the continued murders of. laundryraen and other humble Chinese m! t« nsequenee of the war now raging between the rival Hip Siny and On Leong Tontrs of 1 respectively worker! and shopkeepers, over five hundred Chinese
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  • 32 9 PRINCE'S PALACE DESTROYED. fRe liter's Service."] Tokio. Stpt. 20. Another fire ia .s occurred here involving damage amounting to one million yen. The residence of Prince Tokugaws was completely gutted.
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  • 49 9 Paris, Sept. 20. L'Echo de Paris state- that the German authorities at Freiburg have been ordered to prevent the French airman Coste leaving Freiburg ami returning to France. The French (Government is dealing with the matter. The Germans seized Coate*! machine and dismantled his motor.
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  • 44 9 Arfca, Sept. 19. Jose Villanueva, ex-President elect of Bolivia, has arrived at Arica and declares that In order to escape arrest he was compelled to flee from Bolivia, where a state of siege ens declared on Thursday. (Karlier Cables on page 7.)
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  • 168 9 On the" Mth inst., the Khiang Heng Lee rice mill and its valuable stocks at Bangkok were destroyed by tire. The mil] belonged to the Privy Purse Department, and was leased by Mr. Tan Lee Buay. It was doomed from the start, and not only was
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  • 169 9 GRAVE DIVERGENCE. SIB-COMMITTEES REPORT. TReuter's Service]. Geneva, Sept. 1». Tht sub-comn.i tee of three, appointe by the —segue Council to investigate th evidence m the Mo>ul dispute, reportet recommending that certain points of juridical nature should be suhmitted to th International Court at The Hague. Mr. Amery
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  • 108 9 MANY SUBJECTS TO STUDY. Reuter's Service. l London. Sept. IM. It is announced that the Commission o Enquiry into the coal industry at th.- thre sittings held hitherto, discussed the bes method of investigation and provisional!: divided the subjects on arnica informatioi is required into seventeen groups,
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  • 38 9 [Reuter's Service.] Capetown. Sept. |«>. The offices of the Union Castle Line an inundated with applications for employmen m response to yesterday's invitation. Abou a hundred suitable men have already beer pn visionnlly passed for duty.
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  • 70 9 [Reuter's Service. l Ottawa, Sept. 19. Lord Byng regretfully declined an mvi tation to attend with President Coolidge tin National Convention of the American Legi on. which is being held m Omaha m October stating that he feels he ought not to depar from the established policy
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  • 100 9 GERMAN-JAPANESE AGREEMENT. [Reuter's Ser.ice.] Berlin. Sept. IM. Representatives of the German dyestufl industry are shortly going to Japan for tht purpose of reaching nn agree ment with tht Japanese dye industrialists regarding tht sale of Gei man dyes m Japan. Negotiation! between the two countries are subject to eommeicial treaty
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  • 86 9 [Reuter's Service.' New York. Sept. 19. It is claimed that the airman Lieutenan A. .1. WiUiams. flying m tht aerodrome attained a speed of 302J) miles per hour. Paris. Stpt. 19. The aviator M. Nognes left Le Bourge at 8.10 this morning m an attempt to fl]
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  • 94 9 Near the prison at nfalaag, In Des. Pandean, I holy well has been discovered which has been dry for years, but it ii suddenly giving water, states the Suniatr; Bode. The water, which is crystal cleai faring daytime changes to red at night Thousands of nrtives visit the well for
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  • 558 9 THE RESTRICTION ORDINANCE. Judge I pholds Crown's Contention. In the Supreme Court on Saturday Mr. Justice Deane gave judgment m tho appeal by the Crown against the acquittal of Chew Liang I by the District Judge of landing rubber without a permit m contravention of t the Rubber
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  • 265 9 Sir Edward Cook's first annual report jon the Budget of the Kingdom of Siam f does not attempt exhaustively to review c the finances of that country, for Sir Ede ward hat! been only four months m hi! B post of Financial Adviser when the pcI riod with
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  • 119 9 Report comes to hand that on Monday v Malay woodcutter named Mat Akip bin j Lebai Ali, living at Tambun, was severely j assaulted and is lying m a serious condi--5 tion as a result of stab wounds. The story is that he went to Teluk Am pang to coL
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 579 10 Ellerman Bucknail Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLEnWtfIINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE? 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 MarseilVs. Havre, London.Antwerp and Hamburg Sept 29 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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    • 529 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LIM (Incorporated m England > MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVK I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM N LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER\ im M (Under Contract with His Majesty's OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. BOMB* For China and Japan. For Marseilh- Due Tonnage. Singapore. 1925 w*n
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  • 933 11 RNGUBH JOURNALISTS IMPRISONED. The Hongkong Daily Press of Sept. 7th has a long account of the treatment of two newspaper men who went to Canton on the Honam, the first steamer to go there since the permits were discontinued. Mr. F. S. Oliver and Mr. Fox arrived safely
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  • 841 11 NEW YEAR OF THIRTEEN MONTHS. The League of Nations has fathered a system of Calendar Reform, m which it is proposed to divide the year into thirteen months containing twenty-eight days, leaving one odd day to be reckoned as outside month and week, and two days m
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  • 63 11 Numerous letter* t.-> thi \*reee relative to Australian immigration ha%«! appeared lately. The Writer the other seuning accidentally encountered a Cockney youih, who announced that he was departing shortly for Australia under Governmeat auspices. He declaied himself a Socialist, and went on: "No back-blocks for mc. I'm
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 244 11 :"TOP NOTCHTji I "Scotch" curare Flavour y^SSSS^ ..nd always y^tM__\WM'^\ -r v~ _r__p^U____P~ r *w iin Favour. y^fi^^^^^^t^^ y^''^A^!^^A-W-\^^i -^oP NOr c ll *->.> uar Age J^ ?=2^^.sJ_^_Sfl st^ '11l < m Atr Jl *jM a _H_f _^X _L^^B I i t i agency |S_SSj I i SCOTLAND. Jg^^^kp^^T^^^ After
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    • 295 11 CR.OSSMITHS YU fe 7 PERFUME a J 11 The Scent of Araby. tT J/ A^ inspiration m perfume, exquisitely suggestive I^2L of Oriental luxury. IJ yl SHEM-EL-NESSIM FACE POWDER I Vi is adherent and unobtrusive, and delightfully fragrant. J I SHEM-EL-NESSIM TOILET CREAM (\j (vanishing) softens and beautifies the skin.
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  • 64 12 (By courtesy of The Government Health Office). Kandang Kerbau Station. For the twenty-four hours ending Sept. 18th Max. shade temperature 87^ F Mm. shade temperature 75 F Mean shade temperature 79.9 F Max. sun radiation 148 F Mm. grass radiation 72 F Sea temperature 82 F Mean wet-bulb
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  • 84 12 CREW SAVED. Strikes Uncharted Reef. [Aneta Service.] Weltevreden, Sept. 20. The cargo steamer Leeds City, of the St. Just Steamship Company, on a voyage to Japan went ashore m the Java Sea near Pulu Bawean on an unknown reef. She sank within forty minutes. Thirty-seven of the
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  • 39 12 The rates of freight on Rubber and Latex from all East and West Coast Malay Peninsula Ports, with the exceptions of Port Swettenham and Malacca, to North Atlantic Ports, have increased by Gsl.oo per ton, effective immediately.
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  • 591 12 Modern John Silvers and Billy lioneses. A few recent cases m the Admiralty Court indicate that the scuttling of ships on the high seas, for the purpose of "salting" the underwriters of Lloyd's, is a practice that still persists. Inquiries made show that a determined effort is
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  • 815 12 \M) SELF-LIGHTED FISH. To speak disrespectfully of Shark* appears to be the privilege of a seagoing naturalist. "Sharks?'* Pooh! They're no more dangerous than minnows," William Beeb. exclaimed when he sailed back to New York the other day on board the Arcturus, after a six months' scientific cruise, with
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 653 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). :0:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA rs the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 4* Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 349 12 LLOYD nEfIWDUa (Incorporated m i k]y) HOMEWARD RA_J__. Bi-monthly serv, V N, -> and Trieste via V^ through Bills of La Levant and Black J»* v* ports on the We«l i tl tn DUCHESSA d'AO x GERANIA ROSANDRA SILVIO PF1.1,1 OUTWARD <\UI\, i FOR CHINA v ROSANDRA VS x SILVIO
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 610 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 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 t Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 8 p.ia. Kota Tinggi
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    • 26 12 CLEARANCES. Sept. 21: Kuching. (Sar). PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Per Teesta from Madras: Miss MacDonald. Mrs. Gustor. and two children, Mrs. Rule and two children, and Mr. Fatichand.
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    • 98 12 The appointing nt dates from Aug. LM of Commander J. B. Hughes to the gam Bee. as Chief Staff Officer to the new Admiral and Senior Naval Officer m the Yaagtsss, Rsar-Adu_ral J. K. Cameron. C.8.. M.V.O. 'mnmander Huerhes has just taken the Intelligence Course at the K.N. Staff College.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 645 13 O.S.K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr D-nt Hamburg, Rotterdam, Arr [reman, via Colombo, Soudan Snd Port .Said. Alaska Maru Oct IT Oct 18 Town, Rio, Santos l gl uct 18 w Buenos Aires via t Hawaii Maru Oct. 16 Oct 18 Santos Maru Dec **l t Honolulu Maru Sept. 2G Sent
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    • 418 13 41 VK; Sl__MSEli LINE Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE H 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 Singapore
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    • 702 13 GENERAL AGE^^ ASAK, ROOSEVELT Ll Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK f PHI LADE !_PHU and BALTIMORE (VTA SUEZ) 5... RHINE MARU du<? M.s. SILVERLARCH *f pt 25 m... SILVERFIR due m.s. SILVERELM 14 s.s. BORDEAUX MARU
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  • 738 14 WAVE OF MYSTICISM Berlin. Occultism, mysticism, weird creeds and cults, have firmly wound their shadowy tentacles round the groping imaginations of the Germans, whose chief tendency since the war appears to be an overwhelming desire to escape from orthodox life, and m the half-forgotten mysteries of
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  • 379 14 Fly and the Sugar. Calcutta. July 30. A Bill which is to come before the Bengal Legislative Council seeks to suppress wagering- associations m Calcutta. To reassure European readers it may be as well to say at once that the Calcutta Sweep and similar racecourse institutions
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  • 1217 14 A FRENCH TRAVELLERS IMPRESSIONS. The Bombay of to-day with its tine hotels, its up-to-date methods of locomotion and its amenities of life, is very different from the Bombay of sixty years ago. M. Rousselet an accomplished French writer, artist and traveller who landing m Bombay m
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  • 91 14 It would be Interesting to kn. w whether any of the entrants for thc British Chesi Federation COttteS' at Stratford-on-Av<m put faith m the method of training f< r play followed by the famous champion Znkertort, Once daring s chess t rarnainent Znkertort was asked
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 141 14 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. 1 KORRENGZAL OINTMENT J 1 An approved pharmaceutical %k^s_%_\ KORRENGZAL is prepared H preparation for the Skin. j iuTFjjjJ^ only by *j
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    • 437 14 tsTl^3=r^ Chambe lj HB Cough R e ldy I j_j__ *™<'»»> << *m I 'IBSEBSE, Cftamberlata's Co I jiijl Goughs,Colds :> sU,mlanl 1 l'l. CROUP. P«»l>t. reliable I lj j^Bg^g— for coughs, colds, i v n- I P SORE THROAT\ chial coughs, couj I 1 onanru. 1 iR from whooping
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  • 906 15 JAVA'S I>ROSI>ER()I s SUGAR VHLLS< Demand For Machinery and Material. Java, third only to Cuba and Britiafc lru.a as a suvar-pnulueing country. is an V teljd almost exactly the same 'size a, Er*tad („e.,with<,ut Wales and Scotland) .■ci about the same population, roughly M mil «<«« Cuba
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  • 64 15 September If. Bank X cv.. 2j4 15 32 Bank, demand o j g..^.. Private credits I m.s. 2 Xew York, demand 5S\ Credits 90 days syv France, demand 1160 ladia, T. T. mM Hongkong. dssMad 4 p A Prsm. \'oko!/am;i. demand J;{ S Java, issisad 140: Bangkok, demand 79v
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  • 222 15 Sept. ruin', If Tin 100 roai >1:;j .arnbur Pepper White Pepper Blaes M r lake I spioca t Pearl gags Small 9 o q Copra Copra Suadrisd ]j'- (U Opium. Hen »r M ant Qfg Rife, Liang 'li-i Ch*»l M Rue E.nple (OM) fff Rice. Liana His Chss Marl
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  • 135 15 Saturday"- Alterations. Hitani Tin 1.40 1.47. Idris Hydraulic <A'» 4<ss <-d 17> id x.d. Munbua i-Sli i.:5.~> 1.45 Murai Tin 2.10 2.X. N. Taipiag is> 87H i»o Petaling Tin 2.10 t.15 Penjrkalen (f» 15.M 1645 t-.d South Taiptngi v U »;i Aver Panaa (§•">> 10. 40 io.«;o
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  • 235 15 LYALL AND EVATTS REPORT. lt Sin K aiM»re. S.pt. l«i. 1.n.-iL'nj 2.. Bd. Down 7s, 3 Loca I32^s. 100 tons. ■ether. Ss. r.',d. Up id. Local 1 Kubbers. Nen Craiaieleaj have had sharp rise to U»i, seller* asking 1 IV, Jeram Kuaatani offer at 1.12, Mentakab., have
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  • 245 15 Rose MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L.R. Macphail). Singapore, Sept. It I la. E262 2i». 6d. Down 7s. 6d. Lo i<»<> tons at i:;_.:.". Robber. Bs. 9** d. i' P id. Local I Rubber has again advaaeed m pries share quotations aie Reiner. Tin iharei are quiet. Industrials and Loan* eonl m
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  • 36 15 Sinuapore. Sept. 19, 11.30 a m Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.31 I. "J; Oct 1.284 (Kt. DOC. U*\t\JU*_; -lan. March 1.12 1.14 London Quotation Sheet :'.s. »>d. MarJ\< S'eady.
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  • 138 15 Washington, Jul> 22. An official report on the Government survey which has just been completed m con nection with the inquiry into the suitability of Latin-American countries for producing rubber, states that the successful operation of a number of private ruttet plantations m Mexico is regarded
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  • 95 15 Messrs Guthrie and < Koala Luu have received a cable from tha Seue'an. < advising that the Mncton af :hi- CoU pany ha\e decided to recommend, to audit and usual adjustment-, the merit of a final dividend of IJ 1 i (payable ..n 2!Uh proximo! m i. of the
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    • 367 15 Ajgets over $5,500,000. mr»DI? ATri omnnii w _nr,« Assurance m force over $19,000,000. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY UMITEDHEAD OFKCEr-Wineli^r H^S_^ SettlementS) Th Company has £20,000 deposited SS tKn n LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. eposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 970 15 BANKING. I HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,00 issued and fully paid up $20,000,00 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500^00 r, a T ___> Si,ve $26!500!00 Keserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmar xxr ti i>n' h he'~
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    • 41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER <fe CO, LM CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor> A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 312 16 A FIRST AND A SECOND. (From Our Own Correspondent). Condon. Aug. 27. Monsoon has now finished racing, being laid up on Monday last at Kemp's Yard a-. Hythe. Mr. W. M. Blake writes me: "Yesterday (August 22nd) to signalize the finish of her first racing season m England,
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  • 753 16 THE IGY TROPHY. The first round for the Joy Trophy was re-sailed yesterday morning when fouryachts Paced the starter. The course for this race waa from Club starting line Man of War Buoy to mark boat off United Engineers' Pier, Tanjong Rhu, theiut to mark boat off Sea View,
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  • 337 16 SATURDAY'S GAMES. [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept, 19. The following are the results of to-day's rngliah League matches: [Bury wen two up whin the match had be abandoned six minutes after the interval, owing to a gale of rain.] l)ivi>io n 11. Bradford C. 1. Blackpool 0. Barnsley 2.
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  • 76 16 The following matches m the English and Scottish Li agues will be played tO--1 day: Divisie-n 1. -Arsenal vs. West Ham U. Birmingham vs. Evert on. Blackburn R. vs. Sunderland. Cardiff City vs. TottenI 'i.i H. Notts County vs. Burnley. Division II. Wednesday \s. Stockport Swansea T.
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  • 141 16 The match arranged to lake place between the Services and Newcomers on September 22nd. has had to be oatponed, but tho Padanp ground aril] be available for a run-about and scrum practice on that day. The season will open on the 24th. inn. with a pick-up fame, and
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  • 103 16 TILDEN STILL CHAMPION. [Reuter's Service]. Foresl Hills, Sept. IH. J In the semi-finals of the men's national championship Johnston beat Williams 7 o. G— B, »j— 2. Tilden beat Richards 6—B, 6—4, 6—4, 6—l. I Forest Hills, Sept. 20. In the final of ihe Men's National Championship the
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  • 289 16 Win For S.R.C. 11. Th.c employees of John Little and Company tried conclusions with the S.R.C. second sti ing on the Padang on Saturday afternoon and came off very badly, the only man to reach double figures being Houghton 11. The S.R.C. II batted first and compiled the quite
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  • 91 16 The Racecourse was officially opened foi i training for the October meeting on Satur- j day morning when a few enthusiasts turned up to celel rate the event. As however i there are no griffins this meeting on.y the regular habitues are expected to be m i attt
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  • 112 16 A hockey match wil be played to-day on j the V.M.C.A. ground at Anson Road be twaen the A. P.C. and the V.M.C.A. Th teams will be na follows: V.M.C.A. J. V. Mosa; K. G. Wheatley and R. Lyne; R. R. Men a, F. H. Lamott* and C. D.
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  • 48 16 In the second round of the S.F.A. Cup competition the S.C.C. I. will meet the O.T.F.C. this afternoon at the Stadium. The S.C.C. will be represented by the following: Pratt; Sinclair and W.lson; Craik. Jamieaon and Lambert; Meredith, Lee, Smith, Moss and Rogers.
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  • 120 16 WEDNESDAY'S TIES (Sept. 23). A. Class. Mrs. Hedley Stevens and Hatch vs. Mr. and Mrs. Goldie. Miaa Griffith Jones and Fulcher vs. Mrs. McLay and Prentis. Mrs. Sykes and Beatty vs. Miss L. Hutchison and Murphy. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton vs. Mrs. Miller and Poyaer.
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  • 597 16 A SFCXESSFI L AFTERNOON. The s^y meeting arranged by the Royal Fohore Polo Club, the outs anding feature j )f the celebrations m honour of His High- I riess Sir Ibrahim's birthday, drew a big i :rowd to the Passir Plangie Race Course yesterday afternoon, His Highness
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  • 200 16 Programme nf Drills up lo and for 27th. Monday. p.m.— Hi iii Hall. S.V.C. Revolver Practice (Competitors Command Rifle Meeting). 130 p.m. Drill Hall. M. G. Platoon, Practice, Bukit Timah. Boa leaves Drib [Jail 4. d0 p.m. Tuesday. E p.m. -Drill Ha!!. European I nits. March and
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  • 32 16 Monday. Sept. 21st.— Individual Troops Parade. Tuesday, 22nd. -Wireless and Signalling Classes Headquarters •~>.i~) p.m. Thursday, 24th.— Band Practice. St. i Joseph's Institution 8.15 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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    • 233 16 HIS MASTER'S VO!CE^^ RECORDS FEATURE The Greatest Artist and The Finest Record m They stand supreme as reprod World's Finest Nui Our Demonstration Rooms an *i S. MOUTRIE CO. ITD Inco: i n The Arcade. SIM. a_ an B_ fl^Stjß M n», i I d§d3mkß^Y». \Am *4 5b I /*"^v
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