The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 September 1925

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  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS m SINGAPORE. S.S., MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1925. NO. 11,606
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  • 994 1 Mr. John Adam had in the eourse ef iwenty-tive years made a great deal of money in great many ways. But now at last his; ants had betrayed hint They ha«l lured him into trying a short cut, and landed him on the brink of a ditch. No
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  • 246 1 A I .S. submarine which came intei collision with a coasting steamer sank immediately and it is feare^d that many lives were h»st—Page 8. That Australia is faced with the menae*e e>f the destruction e.f law and order by extremist Labour is the opinion of Mr. Rruce—Page
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 356 1 SWALLOW ASJBLL'S j MARIE BISCUITS I «a_ia________________a____Hnßßßßßr RAFFLES HOTEL. fjA ccm*™) Telephone No. 2920. T WjT o -^C W r_L__SJ_il_i AUTUMN RACE MEETING XN^Ik 101"7 SQ4PS SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE V^^lrS__>^ Saturday, October ITtK /^y^f*'^^ Saturday, October __4tR rVplf l- c'b 9 mm tin. MCerresfung as a Oca /freeze DANCING
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    • 172 1 Klla-Dorothy wort the Joy Trophy comfortably yesterday—Page 16. The chief results of the Medan races which te>ok p'ace e/n September 17th anel 19th are given on page IK. LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Ladies' wear at Robinson's— Page 9. Mentakab Rubber in. no'ice—Page .">. latest shipping -n pages 10, 12 and IS. The
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    • 7 1 WOULD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S. riSCIITS AND TAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 118 1 Monday. 2*th. High Water, 7.11 a.m.. |_M p.m. Cbsmhs? of Tommene mtg.. 2 p.m. Tne*day, 29th. High Water, k «g a.m.. 7.."t» p.m. Rugby: An "A" Team rs. Newcomer-. Psdsng. Lodge St. Michael Installation, p.m. Wmdmeedmsh BOfJk. High Water, %M a.m.. M p.m. Saagel Bsgat. Rubber. H. Bsrfcer'fl, noon. S.F.A.
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  • 188 2 Then eras s mild sensation in the Penang v Court compound <u Wednesday at ;i m p.m. II appeanj that one ltd. Wris bin Aboo had been to th. Court sine early morning and appeared obe under the delusion that three persons wire attempting I i murder
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  • 85 2 i an age ol advertisement, original, ?tive, surprising or blatant. The bi_ dm: the megaphone r the mos lis, and arc wjak >.inn' on wou 'i 1- strain the > indr iduals \vhe> th"! OUg t ;uh morninf bellowing and booming the fen- a rinems show or
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  • 333 2 Dividend Declared. I annual general meeting ol the ahovi Company was held on Saturday in the leong Bank Chambers, sir. H. B. Baker presided an i others present were Messrs A. S. K. Macdonald, he Hon'ble I). J. Ward, i.t.-i Magaw and J. K. Cookson. I?' moving
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  • 78 2 Advices from London state that the certificates for new shares are ready, and w.ll now he exchanged fe>r Letters of Allotment. Th,. surplus shares applied for amounted to 32.1(0, including MM by members of the Board. The number available, however, proved to km only 1,440; and after
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 314 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. Mdm. KELVEY'S school of DANCING The well-known professional Teacher. Classical. Character. Clog. Natiemal. Ballet. Exhibition. Pupils trained iriacefully. Individual styles studied and developed. Children's classes on Thursdays and Saturdays from S p.m.
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    • 293 2 Victoria Theatre. COMING SHORTLY WILLIAM HEUGHAN The Great Dramatic Basso Cantate WITH A Strong Supporting Company. Ftal! Pavrtictilavrs Later. iiSmii cinema Can Rive private CINEMA SHOWS in any PRIVATE HOUSES OR GARDENS, CLUBS. SCHOOLS, PLANTATIONS. FACTORIES, ETC. in the Vicinity of Singapore town or outside We supply Electric plr.nt (where
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    • 352 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co. Ltd. Proprietors.) From Friday, 25th September, to Wednesday. 30th Septembti PHOTO-DRAMAS EXTRAORDINARY I In the Second Show, commencing at p.m. A POWERFUL MELODRAMA OF TENSE SITUATIONS \\< SUSPENSE. A PICTURE OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO THE JEWISH OMMi vm YET EVERYBODY WILL WANT TO SEE IT.
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  • 844 3 MYSTERIOUS FIND IN AFRICA. I A mysterious limestone pit, nearly a' bunded yards in diameter, around which) centre many na.ive legends, including the belief that it contains living prehistoric" creatures, has been found in the unexplored region in Northern Rhodesia, some fifty miles west of Broken Hill
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  • 34 3 Both the Medical and Health Departments are shortly to be augmented by supplementary doctors, writes a Seremban correspondent. Dr. Field, formerly attached to the District Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, has already gone to Seremban. M.M.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 439 3 The only Complexion Aid you need. t.randpas advice He I Cleanse vour blood with little V7T\. V,H i nUr (h,il > <los< Krusehen Salts. Meal. It lacks he radiant Just as much as will lie on a ten youth and health the c*lll |)i( V ou jf -I tha Kmsc-iri,
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    • 221 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. V ~*^^sa Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within |4 i^T i nb One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. UilO/l V£__f Sole Distributing Agents: '^•■l'lmW Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED,
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  • Article, Illustration
    5824 4  -  W.L. GEORGE -8Y- WILFUL MURDER. CHAPTER. VIII. "I.i view of the nature of the injury," ■am the coroner. 'I will ask the jury to vuw the body forthwith." The t welve jurymen, called together for LLc inquest, shuffled and bumped their way vm of the box, led by an
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  • 226 5 U .S.A.'s PROSPERITY. Increase 1 Fxpenditure on Luxuries. Washing on, Aug. 24. of living in the United States is i y rising. According to informtiot .red from th*. D* -par ment of it ia 75 per cent higher than it was Ths means that food and other esarie* of life
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  • 83 5 Vacation, which aa eßiiaant should be drafts-ally curtailed, titoted as a holiday for judges l*ut purely out of considera'ion the Idea being to prevent a man •nod to Westminster on legal b P time when he was needed in > Ida. Orig nally the Long ted
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  • 603 5 In 1914, when the invading armies first swept down upon Belgium and France the world was horrified, w e seem to remember, by stories of atrocities committed by German troops. Very justly there were, we recall, passionate cries of execration when defenceless towns were tombed by German neroplanes and
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  • 140 5 A SPECIAL COURT FOR SHANG HAL. Suggestion from Peking Peking. Aug. 29. In connection with the negotiations betwe the Chinese Government and the Pcwers for the rendition of the Mixed Court at Shanghai, it i s stated that there is a growing opinion in Chinese judicial circles in favour of
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  • 121 5 London, Aug. 30. The British Medical Journal, commenting on M. Calmette's vaccine for tuberculosis, observes that the results thus far obtained an very promising. During the past year •2,000 newly-born babies had been vacc'nated in France, and If. Calmettc was able to trpce 423 of those who
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 285 5 ABRAMS' MOTOR TRANSPORT CO. 3, Penang Lane TELEPHONE 3140. 5-seater Gardner cars for hire. Price $3 per hour rating. This is cheaper than hiring a taxi. Scofc/i 'W/zusfcu j) T OPNOTCH_ig# S cotch "of rare Flavour >^_S_®w' and always y^mU^^l Guaranteed y/\. l j^ij^^fejfJS^3|| if '•'•J* and Q"°''^ /^^^^P^^^Hp S^l^'l
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    • 267 5 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. Notice la hereby given that the Half Yearly General Meeting of Members will be held within the Exchange Puildings on Monday, 28th September, i925, at 2 p.m. for th« following purposes: 1. To inform Members of what has taken place during the previous six
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    • 251 5 CAPSTAN MAGNUMS 1 "Capstan" navy cut medium cigarettes in larger size are available for those smokers who prefer a larger cigarette BRITISH— AMERICAN TOBACCO. COMPANY (STRAITS). LTD. (Incorporated in England). FREE SURINA THEATRE TICKET. GOOB CHANCE FOR ALL (I STOMERS. AT H. D. ROOPCHAND S ANNUAL CLEARANCE STOCK-TARING SALE. WHICH
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  • 622 6 At the risk of making bluntly and belatedly a point which Mr. Galsworthy has made already and with his usual precision we are- moved to inquire whether everv ascertainable fact is always relevant t f the business on which Coroners are engaged. We will not reproduce
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  • 162 6 There were 249 deaths in Singapore during the week ending Sept. 19th, one of which was Eurasian, 181 Chinese. 41 Malay, and 21 Tamil. The P.C.M.O. returned a rate of mortality per mille per annum of 2*5.4 1. Twenty-nine person* succumbed to onvu.'sion, f£ to malaria) fever, 21
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  • 147 6 A good deal of spade work has been done in c< enaction with the new Batu Ferrtnghi Water Supply Scheme which, it ii expected, will take about three years to complete. It is only when the newsupply can be fallen back upon that the catchmc.it area known
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  • 440 6 The Malay Mail in a leader on the subject of Government Hospitals writes: It is open tc question whether Government hospitals, apart from the important matter of effici ency, are as economically run as they might be. "Other people's money" is apt 10 flow rather freely. Suppose an
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  • 319 6 Merchants Bad'y Hit by Ban on Moving Stocks. Once more the question of releasing from the various g* downs British and IsjpaniU goods accumulated by the Chin.se merchants prior to the Nanking Road incident of May 30th has been raised by the Tser. Hua Tang Cotton Goods Guild
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  • 80 6 Rangoon Boy's Success at Home. Rangoon, Sept. (i. Sergeant-Major Jackson, Rangoon Battalion, A.F.1., has received QCWI from Home to the effect that his s on, Pt«*. .Ja-k--son, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, has won the Young Soldiers' Individual Champion- for shooting. The lad. before going. Home in IM2, was
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 292 6 WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUE LINES. i £m_j q M V. -1Represent the utmost value in everyday usable articles. They cannot be purchased elsewhere. X/ Jowel ONE OF WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUES. THE "SEMITIRC" TOWEL. Specially woven with terry on one side More absorbent than the ordinary weave. I Size 38 by 20
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    • 137 6 THE. "MAXiMtf T >TOWEL \fc4t I t e a way's Standard Values A lemarkable example of keen value >eeured only by making huge purchases Made from good cotton yarns and will be found soft and absorbent. Fawn and white stripes, heavy thick pile, fringed ends. Size 27 by 50 inches.
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    • 203 6 MIPfcMTH x^s^ujr___Gi ONE OF WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUES These are made of extra heavy yarn with long thick pile, of exceljtnt wearing quality and heavy in Weight. Will be found very ab sorbent and a good friction bath towel. Fawn and white stripes. Made in a generous size with hemmed ends.
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    • 384 6 PILES CURED WITHOUT AID OF KNIFg In England we have for fully treating patients uiffei I Fissure. Prolapse. Tumo ir Rectal Troubles A nsglscte not only not cure itself, bat as it may lead to the dsedlv Ca VleciCs Aasogpfiea Pn tutional as well a, local, a Piles t> shrink
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  • 232 7 FRENCH GAINS EXTENDED. A CHANGE OF TACTICS. [Reuter's Service.) Fez. Sept. 25. it is announced that Mm French position _t KifTan. lias been extend d by occupation i of the height ef Jebel Ruchun. Thus the centre of interest has moved from the west to the east
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  • 88 7 TReuter's Ser\*ire>.l Weahingtin, Sept. 2.">. Though there ia no indication available of what is going on behind the- scenes, the j. greateet activity is evident in to-day's i debt-funding negotiations. After tho joint ens ting each de-legation met separately in neighbouring aparti menta. The advisara of both groups
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  • 67 7 ANOTHER U. .S. DEBT SETTLED. [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Sept. 25. Mr. Secretary Mellon announces thai the i Anu-rieo-Latvian agreement for the settle- BSent *»f Latvia's war-debt to the United States has been signed. The total debt of Jo.TTo.OOO will be funded into bonds which mature serially over a period «.f
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  • 34 7 [Reuter's Service.] Shanghai. Sept. 25. Soldiers fired on strikers at a Japanese cotton-mill at Pootung. who refused to vacate the mill and resisted the military erlorts for their ejection.
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  • 29 7 f ßeuter's Service.] Capetown, Sept. 25. The Edinburgh Castle and the Guildford Castle have sailed, the former wholly manned by its original crew, the latter partially.
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  • 20 7 [Reuter's Service.] T<.kio, Sept. 25. The Soviet Labour delegation has gone to Osaka, under police protection.
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  • 42 7 [Reuter's Service.] t Berae, Sept. 25. The congress for the legal protection <>f workers and the amalgamated international association to combat unemploy- ment, have passed a rt_olaticn dealing with the Washington Eight-hour Convention and labour conditions in China.
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  • 64 7 > [Reuter's Service.] Geaeva, Sept. 25. In connection with the despatch of a League commission to investigate the deportations at Mosul, it is now learned that the Turks have to go to Angora before replying, consequently the Council of the League meets on Sept. 28 to appoint
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  • 212 7 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Sept. 25. General Hsu attended a reception by the French Aero Club and was welcomed by i— where horses were useless to help. The heavy '"TV was unhitched and hauled up the hillside at amazing speed by two long lines of men. The
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  • 69 7 XL. Eynae, Under Secretary for Aeronautics. TBeuter's Service.] London. Sept. 2"». The ;e>ta! deaths in the Royal Air Force, wing to crashes in Kngland and North iic and for ;he past five weeks have been laised to fourteen as the result of two Mr Force aeroplanes colliding
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  • 473 7 TWO PLANES COLLIDE. Three xMticers Killed. Two machines from Duxford (Cambridge) i Aerodrome crashed at Hinxton, near Dux- t ford, on Aug. 27. after a collision in mid- I llr. Three airmen we re killed. The dead are: Flying-Officer Harry Butlin. aged 26. Pilot-Officer Dermot de Bobeck,
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  • 112 7 I Following even's are the special features^ of the V.M.C.A. programme for this week. Monday —Hockey vs. R. E*a at Anson Road 5 p.m. Tuesday—iFootball vs. Municipality at Anson Road 5 p.m. All-round Swimming Championships: Life Saving Race and Water Polo Bail Throwing 5.15 p.m. Wednesday —Volley Ball
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  • 952 7 I "..CSINESS AS I Sl \aL" IT, MILES AWAY. Hard-Working Infantry. Fez, Aug. 22. c I have spent strenuous days and ivouacked during chilly nights this I reek with an advancing column in the noaataiaoui country north of Taza. where In- French were reducing two powerful albes,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 377 7 P JSINESS CARDS. 'l-r-____ c s 0 0 Send for the Illustrated of Musical Instruments. 1 SEASON CO., LTD. and 113. North Bridge Road. 5! j, vK |>WORKING AND TIU STWORTHY SF.KN ANTS. OOKS, AMAHS. AYAHS, ETC. .nd under no obligation. We ttt] lady Of trentleman. any- requireasdnts. Intending write.
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    • 631 7 SITUATIONS VACANT. •LEST WE FORGET. n It is requested that where all things are ;qual. employers give preference to application -or employment to Ex-service men. WAXTKH. A full, „uali.u-d Midwife fo. Muar (.overnment Hospital. Apply with testibX'u Medical Officer. .Tohore 23-8 U AN rKI> Ku, "l»«;'n A.M>t ,nt for Kstate
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    • 899 7 tfOTICBS. SEAHS \(.EN( Y LLMI'I EL. f n liquidation i Notice i.- hereby ghrea that at an Extra trdinary General Meeting of the above named (.'ompany duly convened sad held at the r* gistered offices of the Company, I Basses Place, Bingapqre, mi tho 24th September IMS, resolutions -et out
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  • 23 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTH. BEBIOT. On the 30th Au>;.. at Wort') kO Winifred, artfe of James Guy Heriot. of Pertan>: Estate. Kahau. a daughter.
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  • 708 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1923. Week End Comment. It really looks as if the Communist sky was becoming more clouded. In France the adherents of the creed and the brothers of the Bolshevists are being strictly watched and sternly punished for attempting to endanger the safety of the
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  • 416 8 Sir William and Lady Murison are among th gUCSta at the Hotel Ryyal. Dieppe. Di. C. J. Smith, the eminent Singapore Surgeon, is oa a visit te Penang.— Ex. An attempt to sell Abbotts Cur's Biplane in Hongkong failed to elicit any real money bid. Mr. D. K. Walters, of
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  • 70 8 PENANG VOLUNTEER MOBILIZATION (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang Sept. 27. The Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteers and Free School and St. Xavier's Cadets held a very successful practice mobilisation lasting for nearly four hours and carried out a tactical scheme consisting of street fighting. The Cadets formed the
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  • 59 8 (FltMfl Our Own Correspondent). Penang Sept. 27. At an Inquest in connection with the death of two Chinese women at Weld Quay who were gathering mussels off the side of a tongkang which careened over on them as the tide fell, pinning them underneath, a verdict of
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  • 673 8 The rock up which the Strike Committee of Canton will eventually be wrec-Ked is this article of their regulations: "Al! wageearners shall contribute one-tenth of their salary to the coffers of the Strike Committee, for the maintenance of the whole body of strikers." The number- of the Peking Governmenl's de'egation
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  • 455 8 MANY LIVES l< )S t RESCUED MANS sTOin [Reuter's Service! Keei York, s, p( The suhmar.n.. 861 said, fol liakm with the s-eamer City of R miles oast of Block Island Tl the submarme crow are rep been drowned The -teae*i Washington. Sept. The fate of
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  • 126 8 (Pth and Final List of Sohacriptiol 1924-192? >. Previously acknowledged Se iangor Club. Kuala Lumpur Fraser and Neave Ltd. Mr. A. K. Dado*ley (2nd donatioa) Per Mrs. Dr. Braddou, Beremhaa. Hon. Mr. Wolff Mrs. Dr. Braddoe Per Mrs. Hickcy. Batu Anam heir B. .1. R. Barton Mrs.
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  • 70 8 The Nanyang Bros. Tobacee Con cently found their liuetn.n. V leaps and bounds. There *ai skilled packers and paeket-nnik.-r consisting of children. The\ th plied to have th<. aas daj n*ek regulation removed temporarily I en's and children were inclined to the wave of prosperity but the G officials tamed
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 231 8 "THE CONNOISSEfUR COMLS TO CALDBECK'S" r 7 J^R, -4e*£aaphaaae> '■i T ir^^ B___a_____-^P^ I Macgregor.Caldbeck_o LONOOM S GLASGOW tiT..,i>.— im* MACGREGOR'S V. o. s. THE WHISKY WITH A PEDIGREE. CALDBECK, MACGRTOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Klang. NEW SHIPMENT Ex. s.s. -PRESIDENT HAYES" mm
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    • 47 8 irf urns de Luxe < DOTY J Chypre > Origan J "j Rose Jacqueminot t 3j Paris j J Emeraude 1 EAU DE COTY |i 5 to be had from all dealers I* Dupire Brothers. *0f- TO? «*i __B_ ?t> _v^^fc__^ Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA. I
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  • 84 9 STATE DEFIES KEDERATION. H M HON CAMPAIGNING. rf Reuter's Service.] Melbourne, Sept. 26. the Federal Minister, have re- eonstituea iea and the elecn :uil -wing. S>dney. Sept. 26. addressing the Convention of Association, said that Aused with a greater menace chan namely the destruction of law i. added
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  • 24 9 .tor's Service.] Sydney, Sept. 26. sustained a seven bloat when >lombo at' or a delay SI carried cargo but no rs.
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  • 22 9 iter*. Service. l Moscow, Sept. 26. fl sa Foreign Com- the absence of If. Chicherin, ad owmg to ill-
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  • 18 9 [Renter**. Service. I Paris, Sept. 26. e give a dinner to-day in hon- Hsu.
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  • 225 9 nhiKM.M. CONFERENCES HELD [Reuter'< Service] \Na>hington. Sept. 26. ss >n of the Fran o-American Commissioners only lasted ites; the Americans indicating iered the French proposals and unsatisfactory. The Ameer data which the French noon in examining and prefurther proposal for presentation ct M —ion. iff) the members
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  • 65 9 [Reuter'< Service "J. Madrid. Sept. 27. de Rivera arrived at Ceuta ling to Alhucemas aboard the fonae XIII. Paris, Sept. 27. to the Petit PariS-an from that a credit of four million een opened for the constructions in Morocco. to a statement bv Primo de will become
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  • 44 9 Madras, Aug. I§. ***** the famous rock inside 'fhinopoly and caused panic nibly of 500 worshippers lu "dred-pillared temple which summit of the rock. temple servants was struck toother rendered unconscious. A perseae were injured in the >> from the building.
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  • 121 9 THE PRICE OF PROGRESS. ENGLISH TEAM FOR SCHNEIDER TROPHY. [Reuter's Service.] London. Sept. 2«> A team of British airmen, who will try to win back the Schneider Trophv has departed for America, together with four of •he fastest machines ever built in England, though only two are actuallv
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  • 114 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Sep'. 2K. The aviators Tarascon and Favreau, started at noon yesterday in an attempt to break Drouhin-Landry's long distance record flight. They crashed at Dreux to-day. both beiflg seriously injured. The machine", srhich Was. specially bttilt for the..- proposed fl'g-it from Park to Neu
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  • 23 9 [Reuter's Service.] Kushimoto. Sept. 26. Col. di Ptaedo, the Italian aviator, has arrived. Tokio. Later. Di Pineda bus reached here.
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  • 31 9 f Renter's Service. I Paris, Sept. 2H. Plight-Lieut. Thored, piloting a sea) lane weighing a ton. has accomplished a flieht witb his engine shopped lasting for 213 minutes
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  • 230 9 [Reuter's Service]. < Geneva. Sept. 26. The Assembly of the league adopted th_ rcport on the League's financial position which is described as satisfactory. There il a surplus of «.*,:W5,72l gold francs for the three League organisations of the Laagne of Nations, the Labour Office and the
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  • 141 9 Rubber Quotation. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NithiNichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Sept. 25. Several lots of rubber in to-day's market were transacted at Y1.94 per pound f.a.q. Ex-German Cables. It ia stated that Ambassador Matsudaira has lieen entrusted to act for th e Japanese Government in the forthcoming conference
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  • 837 9 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY. A "Wang V That Was Justified At noon -oB Saturday Union Building, the palatial premises of the Union Insurance Society of Canton in Collyer Quay, was formaKy opened by Mr. J. Lonie in the preI sence of a large attendance of members uf the mercantile
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  • 65 9 Lovers of the spectacular should not miss this last opportunity of seeing this superfilm which commences showing at the Palacegay Cinema to-morrow night. The magnificent oriental settings depicting the splendours of Bagdad in days gone by are alone worth a visit. The film depicts the tragic love story
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  • 868 9 GAYLANG EPWORTH LEAGUE. LECIDES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. A Closely Contested Debate. Among recent topical subjects for diss cussion, none has occasioned so much general interest in the debating circle as the question: "Should the dhobies of Singapore be licensed?" which was thrashed out
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 220 9 NOW BEING SHOWN FOR THE Autumn Meeting LADIES' WEAR V*s|p^,^ MILLINERY "N|jH|l^ GOWNS lll^ SUNSHADES SPORTS COATS f_/ AFTERNOON > r tk COATS f^ \ll\ Fancy Goods etc. ROBINSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE. rfi < <C^ %JP Proud because of the sturdy, glowing health of the
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 741 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON. AMSTERDAM" ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA. MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. EUMAEUS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In port MENTOR
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    • 558 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND F HEIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF PLKIN Mane-lies, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Sept. 30 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havee. London, Hamburg and Antwerp Oct. 10
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    • 604 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION I n LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Goveram< OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. -KMEWARD. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. Laadon tea— Due ■■**> Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 399 11 Where Men t.ather To Buy Diamonds. London. Aug. 21. A shipment of uncut diamonds, of which buyers in London yesterday were given a tight," as the trade expression goes, is part of the most exclusive merchandise In the world. Ninety per cent, of the entire
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  • 233 11 Arrival ?t Calcutta. Calcutta, Sept. 16. Their Majesties the King and the Queen of the Belgians arrived here this morning and were received at the station by the Governor. wh< came down from Darjeelinjj for the purpose. A special train conveying Their Majesties the King
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  • 443 11 Terrible Tale of Excesses. Bombay, Sept. 3. The Bombay Chronicle publishes the following private radio message received frcm Medina via Jeddah, despatched on Sep ember 1 and received in Bombay on September 2. The following is a summarises translation of the message: Moslems must be aware of
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  • 96 11 The matter of an Artisan School for Ipoh was referred to by the chairman of the Kinta Sanitary Board at its mee ing this wee!:. He said that the Directors of Education, replying to the Board's enquiries as to the possibility of opening an Artisan School at Ipoh, had said
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  • 128 11 Interesting Developments Expected. The Naval Authorities in Hongkong on Sept. 18th received a message from Swatow that the Cantonese or 'Red" troops had left that Port. No fighting has been reported and this message must not be taken as evidence that the Bolsheviks have been turned
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  • 295 11 The leal vastness of the sidereal universe was begnning to be recognized a generation or so ago. Referring to a statement hat up o within about ten years estimates of the diameter of the Milky Way varied from a thousand to thirty thousand light \ears. Prof. J.
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  • 203 11 White Women in the Tropies (To the Editor of the Spectator.) Sir. As a former resident of Queensland, the most tropical of the Australian States. I wish to support Mis s Sternberg's view that women can live and be healthy 'bore. The idea that women cannot stand
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  • 170 11 An Amah Story. At the beginning of the strike, an ama'.i, with her son (an employee of the Tramway Company), her daughter-in-law and three children, left Hongkong for Canton. To-day the son is ia the Cantonese army, earning 20 cents a day; the amah and her family have returned
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 353 11 *_E__r fe_s} (iOOD FAN IS ALWAYS WORTH PAYING FOR IN THIS COUNTRY. SPECIFY CROMPTONS THEY'RE GOOD FOR 20 Years. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT BATTERY ROAD SINGAPORE. 44 fl e Cooking S Economy. With a Gas cooker »l_sS^s^2SS_^____rl you only pay for the r^?^^_§2rl I
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    • 134 11 KORRENGZAL OINTMENT I An approved pharmaceutical mm j I<nppi?F_r7Al 1. preparation for the Skin. {filll oni bv Pr<>Pa I In cases of simple or infected r ''___S_-__. U E WOODS LTD I wounds, deep-seated sores, ecze- tS_IBS_L M«n B fMtorin^che-i.t.. Sydney. mic eruptions, Dhobie Itch or aflffi_iil_r i» 7Z "w
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    • 106 11 _r__r /^v. _J- Ja _S_ i^a _k NATURE'S REMEDY Clements Tonic is Nature's greatest remedy for the nerves and brain, loss of appetite, debility, poorness of blood, neuralgia, insomnia, etc., and is strengthen and reliable. In the fatiguing tropical atmoshere you will appreciate the nourishing stimulus of this invigorating medicine,
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  • 197 12 BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang* and Kedah 6 a.m Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m Kota Tinggi
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  • 129 12 Kinta, Brit. 50H, from Penang 26. for Penang 28. Hye Leong, Brit. 302. from Malacca 26, for Malacca 26. Koemai. Dut. 164, from Belawan 26, for I>eli 29. Sicilia, Bit. 4171. from Bombav 26. for Kobe 26. City of Evansville, Brit. 4158, from Dunkirk 26, for Japan 26.
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  • 114 12 Per Khiva: Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Miss J. Bartlett, Mr. R. Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton, Mr. L. Giles, Mr. H. G. Goddard, Mr. and Mrs. Grade, Mr. Gill, Misses (two) Gibson, Mr. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. Heron. Mr. V. F. D. Hallsworth, Mrs. J. H. H.ll, Mr.
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  • 304 12 A typhoon was reported yes'erday wi hin 120 miles of Lat. 18. N., long 12S E., travelling N.W., intensity unknown. A Curtis biplane and a ouantiiy of spare parts for same, which were the property of the short lived Abbott Aviation School, were put for sale by auction
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  • 64 12 Following the dock trials of the Vhangte on Saturday. Sep 12th, which were extremely successful, the ship turning out a much higher speed than the contracted 13 knots, her official run wi 1 l> made on Saturday September 19. The Chang e is scheduled to sail on
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  • 155 12 In view of the importance of reducing th e c°st of operation of ships at the present time. Um figure- published in this month's issue of The Motor Ship giving the fuel consumption of some of the latest oilengined vt ssels are of interest. The largest motor
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  • 354 12 For some months one of the most discussed projects in the development of Vancouver has been a proposed high level bridge to span the entrance to Vancouver harbour, known as the First Narrows. On behalf of English interest a survey is now being undertaken, and
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  • 986 12 GERMAN FLOATING DOCK TO BE USED. An interesting development of the salvage operations at Scapa Flow took place when Messrs. Cox and Danks, Limited, who have recently purchased in public tender from the British Admiralty one of the two 40,000--ton floating docks which were surrendered from
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 527 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in 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 is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins 4m Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 43 12 GLEN LINE (Incorporated in England.) FOK LONDON— FARE $642.86. M.V. "GLENAMOY This vessel expected to sail about 10th October has excellent accommodation for first class passengers. For further particulars, apply BOUSTEAD CO., LTD. j (Incorporated in the F. M. S.) Telephone 3121, Agents,
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    • 448 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N rn incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARITsAILINGS Bi-monthly service for firing v and Trieste via port, tß*£**** through Bills of Lading f 0 V* r Levant and Black Sea Port. lht ports on the West Coast J? < DUCHESSA d'AOfTA x GERANIA ROSANDRA x SILVIO PELLICO Nov ]'i OUTWARD
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 198 12 SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. Ship* alongside the WharrM. or expected to arrirc. East Wharf (Entrance Gate 1). Plancius 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Hakusan Maru 18; Kanprean 10; Un<Un Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3). Rhodesia 30; Rosandra 34; Honolulu Maru 36. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 4). Suisanj? 46. West Wharf
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 1628 13 ji_™** -LjlllG. TV' l GIINERAL AGENT^ ASAKI ROOSEVELT LINE Destinations. St _T^ S uan_KAL AGENTS:— j, don, Hamburg, Rotterdam, «me- s Arr Dept if*|__|___| Q- 1 a^l \r l^riM.' Colombo A1 fc M MSB* \\^€Wm!f,MW Kerr Mea mship Co., Inc., I,. .han (ape Town, Rio, Santos, U ct 1T Oct.
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  • 311 14 LEAGUE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. As^ist-mre Welcomed By India. London, Sept. 14. A Geneva mesaage aays the Maharaja, of Patiala addressing the committee of the League of Nations dealing with traffic in women and protection* of children said, he counted it an honour to be selected to serve op a
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  • 203 14 The Ex -Kaiser an Ohjet-t of Derision. Paris. Au*z. 21. A French citizen, who has just returned from a long stay in Austria, has brought interesting: details concerning the --popularity of the ex-Kaiser in that country. According to this authority, the Austrians hold him responsible above all
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  • 128 14 Pipes Flung Down After A Speech. Belfast, Aug. 24. Geld and silver cigaretb? cases, pipes, tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes were flung down by more than a thousand men on the Moderator's table in the Asssmbiy Hall Belfast, yesterday afternoon. A great pile that would have
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  • 235 14  -  To be Shaoowed by Armed Detectives Sir W-flteß Joynson-Hicks. the Home i Secretary, ift pursuance of his determination to stamp out the race gangs, has been in consultation wi h Scotland Yard, and .trtain special police measures have been nrov's.onally settled. X body of men may probably be
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  • 261 14 A FIGHT AGAINST S AND. One of the oldest historic places in .he Mysore State is the town of Talkad am. there can be seen a regular tight agai wr the encroaching sand. Their is little left of the old city for i is hur.ed l>eneatrr hi' f sand stretching
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  • 154 14 Forgotten Treasure in Leningrad Moscow, Aug. 22. The Leningrad authorities discovered today another treasure trove in a house previously occupied by the Russian Imperial Court tailor. A wall-safe, which sin e the beginning of the revolution has remained unlocked, was found to contain a great
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  • 631 14 The Christian Science Mi lecentiy published i corresp. ndent whom It the effects up.,- Ettrop lmmigiatioii Law oi H The cor i i] ii dent. Mi visited (Jen. .a, Trii I Waieaw, Hambun a. reaehe. no positive con vinced that the Am ric essentia s and
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  • 13 14 Th»* lime* of India has a double-pane i < w "The End of Asia."
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 354 14 "(£)&re Jill Happy Now— Dad fei^llost his Liver] Dr MORSES aft I TMMIM Diwvi^ll Wef mmm v *W^f>'Am\ H___l __T^^__! lllcv /y.'Jrm _k/ -__T_. HI _PI __^_^_^_H Mp^ jm» _h ___7___rtf--\ x •_^J_-I _8i IC?v___^V\ ____________i —"a a^^^v w—^B— H— al I a —^~^Bh'^ I r\ __«^SJ—^^• aa^V B I_4_/
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    • 12 14 Things look pretty dark for China. They've reached the conference stage. Life.
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  • 154 15 RATI LINTANC R I BRER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang Sept. 27. A the annual meeting of Batu Lintang Rnbber Company Mr. Thorne. presiding said the estate could produce 520 pounds' of number one smoked sheet with the ordinary percentage of krwer grades. The (ompany was entitled
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  • 91 15 (From Our Own c rreepondent) Penang Sept. _7. Mr. Thome presided at an extraordinary meeting of Caen Chemists ar. which resolution was passed that the provisional agreement between tht Company and Mr. Edmonds be ratified and aao confirming that the Company be wound Dp and Mr. Edmonds
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  • 138 15 Propoaala were being made on Aug, 26 in the London market for the insurance of property in Bhamccn —the foreign settlement ot Canton against the risks of dan-age by war. riot, or civil disturbance The view tak,n by underwriters seemed to be that the risk
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  • 151 15 Cobalt. Ont. Reverting to the old mining method- of many centuries ago. Mining Corporation of Canada, a lending operator En the South Lorrain Silver Camp of Northern Ontario has developed ore so rich in silver that it is necesaary to heat the chunks of
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  • 34 15 Asam Kumbang (£1) r,os Sis Idris Hydraulic 50s 51s 6d x.d Ny-Jea n.oo n.r.o Pajam (5) 10.50 10.70 Mexican Eagle (10s) 10s Gd 17s 6d Shell Transport 4.2.0 4.r>.0 Saturday's Alterations.
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  • 65 15 September M. Bank I m.s. ?!4 16 32 Bank, demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits m.s. 2 4 56 New York, demand "56% Credits HO days gg» France, demand U5O India, T. T. 54 Hongkong, demand f;i 4 pe p ren okohaam, demand igai Java. demand _jq Bangkok, demand 7.,!,
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  • 221 15 September Tin Ton, %l*tM Gambler •>„-,,, Pepper White A 0 Pepper Blaek 38 50 Flakl Tapioca Pearl Sago Smal! 00 0 Coprs |2]_o Copra Sundrird 12.45 Opium h, n »> a Mt "ice. Liang Mi *i '"mo \ltrk B'ue Eaple (Old) Hire, IJ in* His Cha- M srx Red
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  • 36 15 Singapore Sept. 20, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.50 LftOV.; Oct 1.29 1.30; Oc Dec 1.24 1.24!.- .lan March 1.11 1.12. London Quotation Sheet Sa sd. Market Quiet.
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  • 233 15 POSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT Singapore. Sept. 20. Rubber. Ss sd. Tin. COS 10s. Rubber share prices remain steady in spite of the fall in the price of the commodity. Mining shares continue s eady and Industrials and Loans are in demand with sellers scarce. Rubbers. New Scudais were placed a'
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  • 161 15 Th t Consul for France informs expor'ers to France that according to the new financal law, vise is no longer required on invoices for the following products: Hides (fresh, dried or salted) oleaginous seeds or fruits. Rubber, gutta-percha, batata. entered into a contract of ions a mon h for the
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  • 799 15 STROM; FINANCIAL POSITION. The annual general meeting «,f Brunei United Plantations. Limited, was held at the French Bank Buildings on Saturday, those present l>ein_ Meesr a A. Sims (Chairman), Lee Chim Tuan, J. A. Clarke and S. Judah. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1299 15 Assets over $5,500,000. ■_^___h_mb_^_b__i mTDr A W n oirainn Assurance in force over $19,000,000. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE :_Winche S terHouse (I sTn_a P n° rated Th.- Company has £20,000 deposited with the S_^L_ n LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. with the Supreme Court of
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. ancorpo rated in EngUnd by Royal Charter 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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  • 608 16 SERVICES DEFEAT VOLUNTEERS. Mainly as a result of good batting byCaptain Kidd and Lieut. Phayre and/ effective bowling by Pte. Coombes, the Services recorded a comfortable win against an S.V.C. XI at Tanglin on Saturday. Batting first, the Volunteers, among whom were several S.C.C. first eleven players including E.
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  • 219 16 This match, played on the S.R.C. ground on Saturday resulted in a win for the Regiment, thanks to the batting of Dodsworth and Pearce. Royal Sussex. Pte Richardson b Gauder 2 C. Q. M. S. Dodsworth c Keyt b Oehlers 47 Pte Saunders b
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  • 318 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 26. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Arsenal 4, Leeds United 1. Aston Villa 2, Notts County 1. Birmingham 3, W. Brom A. 0. Blackburn R. 6, Cardiff City 3. Bury 7, Sheffield U. 4. Huddersfield
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  • 358 16 MEETING AT Kl ALA LUMPUR. The following is the list el entries for the Malayan A.A.A. Meeting at Kuala Lumpur on Friday and Sa'urday: 100 Yards: C. T. Page. M. E. Mathews. Victor ('han. V. Kandiah, A. Nadaraja. Maung Tin. Kan Choke. I.int Khay Seng. N*. M. Vasagam.
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  • 56 16 "Seme kind friend has told me that my facial expression in the pulpit is not all that could be desired." said the Rev. C. Hitftfs, of Walgrave, Northamptonshire, preaching at Romford. "My reply," he added, 'is what about the fiddle-faced Christians in the congregation I_et them
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  • 53 16 SINGAPORE TURF CLUB. The Secretary of the Turf Club has received a letfter from The Irish Bloodstock Agency, advising that the Bay Gelding by Grand Parade out of Paragon, (No. 22) became unfit for shipment, and they have substituted Mountain Lover, 2.y.0.g.f., by Royal Canopy out of Lady
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  • 146 16 There was a large attendance at the Race Course on Saturday morning for the training. The inner tracks are still in use and the continued dry weather has made the going pretty hard. As a ma ter of fact except for the new candidates the trainers are not
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  • 254 16 The following were the chief results in in the races at Medan (Deli) on Sept 17 and If. Deli Race, (lass C. 1.200 metres. Gaylad. Bowden 1; Bobadil, Thompson 2; Slippery Sam. Maine 3. Time 1.21. Won easily. Straits Race. For ex-Straits Griffins. Class B. 1.200 metres. Minuette.
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  • 181 16 looking plan opens at Moutrte's to-da\ Tht huge grand-stand that is being contructed at Anson Road for the Wembley Rodon Show will be able to take care of about 1.000 people very comfortably. Nice roomy wicker aim-chairs will be arranged in the j^rand-stand and will afford
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  • 80 16 A serious faction fight would probably have ensued in a lane off Cross Street on Friday night had not a Bengali constable immediatey fired his rifle over the heads of the rioters. The constable was with an armed special patrol and the action he took had the
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  • 31 16 Monday, Sept. 28th.— Individual Troops Parade. Tuesday. 29th. Wireless and Signalling Classes Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Thursday, Ist. Band Practice. St. Joseph's Institution 5 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 554 16  -  THE JOY TROPHY. Won by Ella-Dorothy The second and concluding race for the Joy Trophy was sailed yesterday when Mr. Roy Perry started twelve yachts punctually at 10 a.m. Joy, Polly, Eve and Irene crossed the line in a bunch at gun-fire with Joy leading slightly in the windward
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  • 39 16 I Reuter's Service.] Rickntansworth, Sept. 25. In the News ot* the World thousand sterling golf final. of thirty-six holes. Compston. Xorth Manchester, beat Gadd, Roehampton. by throe up and one to play.
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  • 31 16 The October monthly medal will be competed for on Saturday and Sunday, 3rd and 4th October. The October Ladies* Spoon will be competed for on Monday, October sth.
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  • 44 16 The last attempt to swim across the English Channel this year was made by the Egyptian champion swimmer Helmy, who tried to cross the stretch from" Cap Griz Xez to Dover but was compelled to give up 3*_ miles from th e Dover coast.
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  • 90 16 Programme of Drills up to and for Oct. 4. Monday, 5. p.m. Drill Hall, Competitors, Rifle Meeting; 4.30 p.m. Bukit Timah, Lewis Gun Teams. Wednesday, I p.m.— Drill Hall, S.R.E. (v) Signals; 5 p.m. Calypso East Wharf, Competitors, Rifle Meetinp. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, S.R.A. (v);
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    • 23 16 Printed and published by Reginald Downin" Davie, at the office of the Sinjrarore Fre< Press Ltd., 69, Robinson Road, Sin,?- port Straits Settlement*.
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    • 362 16 Moutrie Pianos The expression of true music demands ai ment of the Highest Merit. In a MOUTRIE PIANO You have the best that skilled artis Call and demonstrate this for yourstlt befi Purchasing. ****•****•**> U -r M mm S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD (Incorporated in Hongkong. The Arcade, SINGAPORE ____I'' KATZ
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