The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 October 1925

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1925. NO. 11,610.
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  • 267 1 The Hank of England discount rat** is now four per cent Page 9. The seamen's strike in South Africa is over and the last hoats held up have now sailed Page 9. Home finance figures show a deficit on revenue and expenditure due mainly to decreased company
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  • 1113 1 LORD CLIVE: BORN SEPTEMBER 29, 1725. The career of the Shropshire lad. who »iist appeared on the HMM 01 an idle, daredevil seapegracc, the terror ol the neighbourhood and the despair of anxious re'at ivex and left it. tragically enough, one of the greatest soldiers and statesmen of his own
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 209 1 BUY "SNOWFMKE" [HE HETTER BUTTER RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2920. O AUTUMN RACE MEETING SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE ON Saturday, October ITtK AND Saturday, October 24tH. DANCING until 1.45 a.m. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor*. I fc ■^.^—^^tfcjs'4— L. fJ^aw .^a S^_-_-r-_*_^--stJB»r6B _____R_7^v i W«* l^^iJ I _tH_tP The World's Typewriter Amongst
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    • 157 1 PABCO SERVISPAR SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) S Malacca Street. SINGAPORE. Te,: 2800 Teleg: SIM IT. l -l THE "EUROPE HOTEL. AUTUMN RACE MEETING. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1925 Special Race Dinner and Dance on each occasion $3. Dancing u^til 1.45 a.m. THE
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    • 129 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Peps for all cold troubles Page Player's Perfecto Finos cigarettes Page 7. Try the Bulldog Guinness from Guthrie's Page 8. Make an inspection of Roopchand's silk stocks Page 5. Tenders required for Government toddy shops Page 6. Pahco Servi.spar sold by Sime. Darbv and Co. Page 1. Mr.
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    • 10 1 SEE THAT YOU GET "SNOWFLAKE" PI RE (HILLED CREAMERY BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 158 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 2nd. High Water. 10.36 a.m.. 10.3S p.m. Dutch homeward mail leaves. Mark Lodge, 5.30 p.m. Boxing: Key vs Perera. H. Valley A. A. A. Sports, Kuala Lumpur. Saturday, 3rd. High Water. 11.7 a.m.. 11.19 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. Jimah Rub.. Gattey and Batemai's. noon. A.
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  • 465 2 This morning eras the first opportunity xercise the Prince has had since he Banded in the Al gentine. He is spending it at Hurling—am, 20 miles from Buen< a Aire?, knocking a polo ball about ami tryin.ir ponies which he will play next week. This
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  • 105 2 Prince Tokugawa. whose residence in Tokio was putted on Sept. 20th, involving one million yen damage, j s the chairman of the House of Basra, He is a s*sr sorts t of the Tokugawa Shogunate, during the period of which Japan enjoyed prosperity sad peace for over two centuries and
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 187 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MKftICAL HALL LTD, SINGAPORE. MDM. KELVEY'S I jj| DANCING SCHOOL Private v Lessoi '"^^sW in *e ]atest Baliroon I Mj CHII.DKFA'S •W CLASSES from years old in Classical and all styles. Terms moderate. \W Writs for
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    • 251 2 Victoria Theatre. COMING SHORTLY WILLIAM HEUGHAN The Great Dramatic Basso Cantate WITH A 1 Strong Supporting Company. Ktall Particulars Later. I PAVILION I LATE PALLADIUM j ORCHARD ROAD. O ENTIRELY REMODELLED. o Watch for Opening Night. M J %%V."AV.V.%V. .V.V^V.'.V.'.V.'.V.V.V.V.W. .V.V.V.V.V.V.'.V.".V- ANSON ROAD SHOW GROUNDS Starting 5 MONDAY Night October
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    • 388 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd. Proprietors.) From Thursday, Ist October, to Tuesday, 6th October A METRO SUPER SPECIAL Adapted from a well-known story by F. MARION CRAWFORD As powerful a melodrama as any ever seen ,n the screen present in^ a film star who appeared in one of the
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  • 1983 3 THE AUTUMN RACE MEETING. (Inder S.R.A. Rules of Racing) Will be held on Saturday, Tuesday, Ihursday and Saturday, 17th, 20th, 22nd and 24th October, 1925. PROGRAMME. i: THE INFORMATION OF MEMBERS ONLY. Isl l)a\. Saturday. 17th October. Races Nos. 1, 54% 5. THE STEWARDS STAKES, PURSE AND
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  • 1836 3 PSi ALMERIC FITZROY'S CRITICISMS." Sir Almeric Fitzroy seems to be making I a bid (or the fame of a modern Pepys wi.h his "Memoirs" (Hut:hinson. Two vols., 425.), which are a record of things seen and heard in the 26 years during which he was Clerk
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  • 64 3 An interesting visitor to Hongkong on Sept. 21 was M. Pernot, a former French aviator who served in the war and lost both his legs, find who is on a tour round the world in order to win a prize of Frs. 7C0.C00. He arrived on the steamer Tean from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 269 3 FORD OWNERS Prolong the Life of Your Car by Using White Star Oil Positively a Profitable Investment MALAYAN MOTORS 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietor*. Progress is Nature's Way The growth and healthy development of the child shows this in so many ways at first he is so helpless
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  • 1127 4 LEGISLATION IN THE PAST SESSION. The last two year.' were barren with rt>inct to legislation chicly affecting women and children except for the achievement in 1928 of the Matrimonial Clauses Act. This year, on the contrary, there is a fine "bag" to record. The Widows', Orphans', and
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  • 728 4 MOODS MODES OF EVE Table Talk. It ia becoming quite commonplace to see women discarding their hats in restaurants and cafes. Out of doors, also, this love of freedom from any head covering is also being shown. On the top of a 'bus the other evening, I saw a girl
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  • 102 4 SILKEN LINGERIE. Some very neatly fashioned undies are illustrated here. The slip of schappe crepe is* made with a long pointed bodice. The skirt is of finely accordicn pleated crepe, Large French knots decorate the top of the slip and the straps. These knots are an easy
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  • 139 4 "Motion" frocks, the newest Paris sensation in dress, carry out the idea of speed in the queer names given them by their creators. There are, I am told, the "Orient express." a jumper coat and skirt in fanciful scarlet velour delaine, with zig-zag darts dashing all over it;
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  • Article, Illustration
    51 4 Wo nun Journalists To the Emp re Prtss Conference in Australia many women representatives have gone. Ab >\e from left to right Lady Newnes, Mrs. A. W. Moore (Sheffield Daily Telegraph. T. IVs Weekly znd Review of Reviews), Viscountess Bu.nham (Society of Wonun Journalists) and Mrs. Henson Infield (Southern Publishing
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  • 580 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD V Insid e one of the luxurious for cloaks seen in a very exclusive salon, was a marvellous Mending of sill: and velvet. Silver silk was used as the "ground," and the pattern of the appliaued velvet can hardly be described. It followed a futuristic schema with manv
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  • 53 4 St. Joseph's Church at Shaaghs scene of a very pretty weddme when Miss Kathleen Carter, danghl I Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Carter of Dun€ I New Zealand, and Mr. Charles Fredi Tavlor, son of the late Mr. J. I M.R.C.V.S., and Mrs. Taylor I England, were married, the Rfl MacDonald,
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  • 442 4 IBy Flora Fleming. I L_ I i Dropping ln "Drop tn any time, and take us as you find us," says the newly-found triend, or the re-discovered distant relative. This invitation is very charming in its informality, but beware of it! Personally, I tender thanks, and a non-committal
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  • 327 4 PAUL POIRET AND HIS HOUSEBOAT An Australian who has just come hadj from Paris talks ef bedspread- audi ermine. She saw them in an axhibitiot now being held in the Champ., El] i suite of rooms in the display showed j bedroom in which the carpet, earts woodwork
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  • LATE MAIL NEWS.
    • 49 5 Marries Daughter of Chimney Sweep; London, Sept. 22. The Hon. Richard Innes Ker, son of Lord Alastair Innes Ker, commanding the Royal Horse Guards, known as the "Blues," and brother to the Duke of Roxburghe, has married the daughter of a Weymouth chimney sweep.
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    • 183 5 Shanghai, Sept. 20. Well-informed circles predict a civil war in October between Chang-Tso-Lin and F cng-Yuh-Siang for the control of the most piosperous province of Shansi, and also for the control of Peking before October 10th. the date of the completion of the Citizens Conference,
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    • 133 5 Amazing Evidence at London Inquest. London, Sept. 21. A confession, said to have been made by i Alfred Kopsch (IS), to the effect that he ItianglM S woman at her own request, smi tad at the inquest on Beryl Thornton (21). whose body was found at Kenwood.
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    • 57 5 London, Sept. 21. King Feisul Is looking very much better and he has gained rive pounds in weight in a fortnight. He intends to return to Baghda:! as quickly as possible, and he will probably leave England within the next week and stay a few
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    • 145 5 To Follow Swaraj Party's Programme. "Takutta, Sept. 22. The All-India Congress Committee, at its meeting to-night, adopted a resolution yrarting the franchise to those who would pay annually four annas or would contriats 2,000 yards of yarn. Formerly membership was granted to those who would subscribe yarn.
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    • 71 5 Tracks Tampered With. Moradabad, Sept. 21. The down mail train was derailed between Chakkar and Moradabad early this morningThe engine and six bogies left the track Tnd one passenger and one railway employee were seriously injured. Eight other ":issengers were slightly injured. The cause of the
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    • 221 5 London, Sept. 22. The Daily Telegraph's Diplomatic corspondent says that no attempt is being made in official circles to minimise the "ravity cf the position which might arise it any moment over Mosul were the Turks yield to chauvinistic impulse and incitement and blandishments of certain
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    • 57 5 London, Sept. 22. Lady Cynthia Mosiey has been adopted as Socialist candidate for- Stoke. In a subsequent speech she said that she perferred being labelled Socialist to being called Labour. She was especially proud to stand for a mining constituency because the mining industry at present was
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  • 194 5 Rubber and Tin Quotations. <By courtesy >f the Nanyo NichiXichi Shimbun«ha). Tokio, Sept. 29. Buyers offered Y1.95 for a pound of f.a.q. rubber spot in to-day's market, while tin. Banks closed at Y2o."> per pikul. Baron Hodzumi Declines Presidency of th»> Privy Council. BaiOß Hodzumi was nominated as
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  • 185 5 English and Scottish Differences. London, Sept. 16. Ar a rticle written hy the former Presi- dent of the Rugby Union, Mr. Rowland Hill, to the Rugby Union Annual, confirms the existence of a split between English and Scottish members of the Internationsl Beard or the question
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  • 104 5 Mr. E. V. Lucas differs from M. Poincare on the subject of early rising. "The day rightly begins after breakfast," he writes. "Now and then, for worthy purposes, such as bathing in a Thames backwater, or inter- V cepting tin postman, early rising is desir- able. But in
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  • 37 5 Light-Weight Champion Defeats Dutchman. London. Sept. 17. Pi 1 lis. In a fifteen rounds' boxing match for the Light-Weight Campionship of Europe, Vinez, the holder, outpointed the Dutch Champion, Van Viet.— Times of Ceylon.
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  • 358 5 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily in Malayi; a live 'news" paper— 3s-40 columns of BOWS daily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams. Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, -pictures of the week" Serial
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 395 5 jSf x There's JfjTl nothing like a good nights rest for filling one for a qocd day's work -and theirs nothing like a cup of HorlidLS for ensuring a good nights rest. Never be without this easily made and nxnirishing night-cap* In 4 sizes of all Bazaars Stores I Look
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    • 164 5 7fa fined/ Breathedble Remedy rorimmi. CHEST v^>/*lM^i KhF M^ aaT C__ m^S. cupjn/c cotvCrt*' J«EPS Pharmacy. -UO-J. North Bridge Road! Singapore.*"' h l S The"TOPNOTCH"ScntfIi Jwx? £soryrs IV" THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. I Si x The approved voirue in Practical Styles. A unique collection of handsome and attractive
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  • 587 6 Walking to my City office this morning in a straight, steady downpour, my thought: s turned to India and the "monsoon season" now approaching its close. The "Rains" proper usually break in Ceylon about the middle of May, spreading gradually upwards and northwards till they spend their final
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  • 308 6 Mr. G. B. Shaw Contributes to Controversy. Mr. George Bernard Shaw has contributed in characteristic style to the d.session which is taking place on the proposal of the Irish Free State Government to separate the Irish medical profession from the British Medical Council. In the Irish Times he
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  • 437 6 Why Pilgrims Are Barred Approach Paris. Auif. The controversy which has arise the fact that visitors to the lit- d'u. near Rochefort, for the purpose of bowi*! before the tomb of Pierre Loti, are atically refused perimission to nt i grounds of the Maison des Aieux, whi remains
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  • 280 6 Niceties of Sportsmanship. Paris, Auu. 19. Zizi. the leopard which escaped from the Jardin d'Acclimation is dead; but he found very much alive this morning bj supervisor of the Ecole Leon Pascal, which stands in the Boulevard Lannes. seal fortifications, outside the Bois de Bou! and
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  • 135 6 In an address on mosquito* tNh Association, Mr. John P. M. there wan 1.40<» known sp c being in England. The male a compulsory vegetarian, and did I the society of human beings. It was fc male mosquito which attacked mai were many local. ties in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1258 6 TENDERS. tt aMflM a aaiMM l aB R a M^ TENDERS FOR TODDY SHOP LICENCES, SINGAPORE, 1926. NOTICE is hereby given that Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until noon on 2nd October, 1925, for *he exclusive right, subject to the limitations of the Liquors Revenue Ordinance,
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    • 873 6 3. Tenders must be entered on printed forms of tender obtainable at the Office of the Assistant Superintendent Government Monopolies and must be enclosed in sealed cover marked on the outside "Toddy Shop Tenders." 4. A separate tender should be mad e for each shop. It should specify the locality
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  • 1095 7 fcXIT "LE SMOKING." (From Oyr Own Correspondent.) Paris, Aug. It. The directors of the Opera Comique have long felt that the time has arrived for a startling innovation. Pained beyond measure at the spectacle* of men wearing their day clothes in the stalls, boxes and balcony, they are on
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 832 7 Singapore. Sept. 30. fcunra our last report the price of rubber shows a slight decline of Hid. The demand for rubber shares continues and all quotations are marked up. With the improvement in the price of tin this sect. on of the Shan marl
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    • 130 7 Singapore, Oct. 1. With a better all-round enquiry from the Trade and a keen demand for near-by rubber prices havt moved steadily upwards, and we close with a very Arm undertone. America is now taking more interns' and as stocks are st.ll very low, any large
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 453 7 BUSINESS CARDS. C itose Sh 4 f»>r the Illustrated stsiofMs si Musical Instruments. J BBABOM CO., LTD. 0 in nnd 113, North Bridge Road. Joe o HARDWORKING AND TKI STWOKTHY SKKYANTS. COOKB, AMAHS. AYAHS. ETC. sad under no obligation. We te any lady o r gentleman, anytMting th. r requirements
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    • 558 7 HUNGRY-YET aFRAID TO EAT! Such if the plight of Inonannda. They dread meal-lime*, for they know that sofferin- vii follow; they know-tint, diet as they v. ill. digeatlve disorder is remorseless, and it has them in its grip. The pity Oi it is that such suffering is quite unnecessary, as
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    • 772 7 ll^^^_Ry** ll,^_^ ll,,wl>>> jaaaamr ww jawan^nssswr .jmssbsbt nnnaaa mmmmaw aaamm I' a n_ SAs a result of numerous Jl enquiries we are now im- h jjj porting John Player and h Sons' famous Virginia h Cigarettes jJ PERFECTOS FINOS I and these can be obtained m sj II |fi from
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  • 805 8 S INGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1925. Cheap er Press Rates. No Press Conference would be complete without three references the value of the newspaper in fosterin g an Imperial spirit the cost of posting newspapers and periodicals: and cheap press rates for telegrams. The first of these is
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  • 414 8 Word has reached Kuala I.umpur that Miss M. Marsh, formerly Principal of the Methodist Girls' School, is planning to go to Mexico City as a missionary. It would be interesting ty* know the quantity and value oi soap imported into Malaya. This country is in a position to manufacture all
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  • 62 8 NEGLIGENT SURGERY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kual a Lumpur, Oct. 1. Mr. BasseJt this morning delivered judgment in the Japanese doctor case, finding the accused negligent as far as cleanliness of the operating theatre was concerned, and sentenced him to a week's simple imprisonment. The accused will give
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  • 87 8 The whole roof of a tram car was badly .-mashed as the result ol a collision with a lorry along: Serangoon Road on Wednesday nigh'. The lorry was loaded with a heavy concrete pipe which was being taken to Keppel Karbouf for the new power station. The
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  • 339 8 STOIC Y OF A HALFPENNY. Many persons know the story of the Frenchman who was in receipt of a quarterly pension from the Government. He omitted to call for it one quur er. and when he presented himself the following quarter the j officials would not pay him his due.
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  • 40 8 A public meeting will be held at Government House on Monday, October .">. at oA'r p.m. to aPP om t committee and make j arrangements for the sale of poppies this year. Miss Hose has kindly consented to preside.
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  • 311 8 Mr. Hubert Berkeley, D.O. of Upper Perak, will be going Home \erv shortly on retirement. The Lady Superior. Rev. Mother St. Marcellin, of .the Ipoh Convent, whose Silver Jubilee on the 27th. September, fell on Sunday, celebrated the event on Saturday. It was the Rev. Mother's wish that the celebration
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  • 33 8 HARBOUR COOLIES STRIKE T Aneta Service.] I'adanc. <><-i j The haihour coolies at Kauaal Italy struck yesterday for van. i *nd a hundred were immediat* l\ Police reinforcements have been es
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  • 43 8 I A net a Service. Wi Itexrcden. <M The steamer [jaaelatroom ol Us West Africa Una, en route from Liberia, is aground on tin- Swa Liberia. The Elisahethville I erear and pais* ng us. There ii of saving the >hip.
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  • 170 8 The Basy crou,, Prince. <Hy courtesy >f >he Nanyo N Niehi Shimbunsha). Takfe, Bept :it\ It is learned that the Prim i i;. proceed for farther big tour ii late areas including the Carolii Marshall Islands next June r J u y< Kans.m Wanted b> th«> Pa Mr.
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  • 238 8 How Radyard Kipling th technical slang and ling> of sailors, way-men. and engineer*., whu-h tigun man) of bis poems and shorl stories, been, revealed by Mr. S. F. MT.ean. a se. hand book dealer, of Pasadena, California, It was when he had a shop in New York that
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  • 47 8 The third training period, Mjhich combine the annual mobilisatiori ai d the G.O.C's inspection, will be held OS Saturday and Sunday. October 31st. and N vemher Ist. and later operations closer j Singapore on November 22nd. All avail- able members to hi present.
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  • 196 8 We ate ailed to state, for the informs* tion Of those who have reaOT the performance of "Mr. Pim Pa- '•>. that all such seats not claimed bj at noon, will be said to the first The Morulas. Post teii> si of m w Soviet decree which restricts the ti
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 151 8 r*_j By Mp P* -'l%jll I _E^_K _k '<_— -^T2ffl_^^_____lß_P% P^?-v ENgO'l rv^ P* **1 fe *3 B^ r £_s* Ha 3 asr* _S ______B^'SV__l__________________________^_Mi_l_^ »v ~Er'i? im I >^ I Br ma *ar- W^_____l WBBB^BugU-^a^m^tMUiJi^i^aWi! j i I'll in i iisss_HH__V -THE CONNOISSEUR" COMES TO CALDBECK'S At Fortytive, Robinson
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    • 51 8 li Parfums de Luxe > I OOTY Chypre J Origan 5 m Rose Jacqueminot S > Paris j Emeraude 4 EAU DE COTY jy to be had from all dealers C 5 Dupire Brothers. .5 >ef to? %V.VAV.".%rW.VbV."s%"AVWSV."--sVb Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. i MALAYA. MU R. K \V.
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  • 66 9 AS T SHIPS LEAVE CAPE. t HIKERS AM) SEAMBN FIGHT. f Reuters Service.] Kast London. Oct. 1. rews of the !a>t two vessels held up strike haw returned t<> work thus strike here. Capetown. Oct. 1. >ri have hith( rto behaved blame-l-feeling between tlu- remaining ikeri n
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  • 98 9 \l) M\V BE NEAR. Renter's Service. J W a-hinjrt'.n, Oct. 1. i the heel* of ar unconfirmed reCommissioii ra have reached M,( nt on the principle! of the of the Frmnco-Amtriejui deht. hi conclusion (> f tho actual ap:iwaited working out tho tin- am ounc< meni that the
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  • 129 9 RE FERENCE TO COOLIDGE. [Router'- Service.] Wa^hinirton. Oct. I. a French debt offer, which the >mmissioner will submit to Prege to-day, for his ultimate -alls for the payment of forty an annually for Jive year>; annually for the next seven 'Kindred million annually for the tty year-. This will asrpre-
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  • 73 9 I [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 1. reftsnry return for the first half of year khowi that the excess ex- amounts: to £36 millions comparin tlie corresponding period fUT. The revenue totalled ±344, nd the expenditure t.'i80, the debeing mainly due to decreases in from income and corporation taxes
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  • 49 9 fReuter'* Service.] Amsterdam, Sept. 30. tch delegation to the Customs in Peking on Oct. 2ti is com- Mi. Oudendijk. Minister a». Peking. 1 "U-ntiary delegate; Mr. Schabeek, ng official of the Dutch Indies cusriee; with Mr. Kat An^-lino, econori of the Dutch Indies Government nieal adviser. I
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  • 33 9 [Reuter's Service.] Philadelphia, Oct. 1. Icahy, member of the Dail Eireann, "ipanyin the parliamentary deleIn.lepindanee Hall, was mobbed by wd of rioters and rescued by the police ratted fifteen. I
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  • 30 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 1. H "I of Trade announce that as the requirement of import Will be withdrawn for all cumimported into Germany exsmall number.
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  • 27 9 [Reuter's Service]. Berlin. Oct. 1. hicherta arrived here from Warsaw received at th^ station by a re*«tivt of the German Foreign Office '••"> c-mbassy staff.
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  • 300 9 DOUBLE ADVANCE. OBJECTIVES ATTAINED. [Reuter's Service.] Fez, Oct. 1. The balance of the fighting on the first day in the renewed offensive was clearly favourable to the French whose losses were only twenty-two killed and wounded. They gained all their objectives north of Kiffane. The troops engaged
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  • 122 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 1. A report from Berlin .says that the Freiburg Court has fined the French airman Coste, who crashed flying over the Black Foiest on a flight to Asia, his companion being killed. f>.ooo gold marks for flying over Germany in a type of
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  • 77 9 R USSO-GERMAN ENTENTE. [Reuter's Service. J Berlin. Oct. 1. Important negotiations are proceeding between the German industrial concerns, banks, and Soviet authorities with the object of the formation of a Russo-German Company with a capital of ."0.000,000 marks for the erection of metal and other factories in Russia, of which
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  • 40 9 [Reuter's Service.] Constantinople, Oct. 1. The newspapers publish notices summoning for military service four classes, from twenty-two to twenty-four years of age. All officers of the first and second reserves are invited to present themselves for medical examination.
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  • 57 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Oct. 1. I A meeting of the Banque Industrielle de Chine on Sept. 30, under the presidency of M. Georges Maspero. Mr. Tai Ming Fu, Secretary of the Chinese Legation and Mr. Armstrong, representing tfhe Peking Syndicate as scrutators, adopted the re--1 port for
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  • 59 9 •Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 1. That the Prince of Wales's visit to the Argentine is beginning to bear fruit is evidenced by the fact that a number of proi minent business men have formed a socalled Anglo-South American Association, for the purpose of enlightening the public
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  • 367 9 LINKS OF EMPIRE. MALAYA A VICTIM. CReuter's i.ervioe.l Melbourne; Sept. 30. The Imperial Press Conference has passed a resolution, moved by Mr. Moore (India) urgently c.d\ocating a large reduction in the intermediate press rates between important centres of Imperial communication. He pointed out that the present cost
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  • 279 9 [Reuter's Service.] I ondon. Sept. 30. The Labour Conference has adopted a resolution moved by Mr. Clynvs, urging that steps be taken to ensure a closer political and economic relationship between Britain. India, the Self-governing Dominions and other State* of the British Commonwealth nations, requesting a survey of
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  • 89 9 [Reuter's Service.] London. Sept. 30. That the so-called Organisation for the Maintenance of Supplies is officially sanctioned is revealed in a le'ter from Sir W. Joynson Hicks to a correspondent, stating that if the emergency arose, Government would discharge its responsibility, but it would be of great assistance
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  • 793 9 This feller Pountney will have to be stopped don't you know. It can't po on like this. Here he is bringing up his day by day schemes for shoving our money down the good old stocking- and unless something happens we shall find enough put
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  • 142 9 Even exiled Royalty has its worries, to judge from the advertisement in a Berlin paper: Elegant German household in Holland seeks efficient cook. Good wages. Apply Lord Chamberlain, Doom. His lordship will have a busy time in sorting out the cordons bleus from the lady journalists. Signor Mussolini, being already
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  • 19 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 1. The Bank of England discount rate is now four per cent.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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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. DOLIUS Holland, London, and Hamburg In Port MENTOR London,
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    • 573 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havre, London, Hamburg and Antwerp Oct. 19 s.s.
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    • 694 10 P. O. j BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and Antwerp Dne l^.
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  • 431 11 THE "EMPIRE" LIKELY TO COME DOWN. If negotiations now in progress are completed, the Empire Theatre, in Leicestersquare, will be pulled down. On the site it has occupied since 1884 will arise a magnificent new picture theatre, modelled on the lines of the Capitol, New York. Parties concerned in the
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  • 226 11 An Ambleside correspondent thus relates her experiences: "A few years ago I was playing croquet with a friend when she said: T have dropped my brooch somewhere. It's an heirloom.' Having finished the game, I took the croquet mallet, held it against my breast, the handle pointing before
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  • 168 11 A Record Rush. The rush for the Adams River osmiridinnn field in Tasmania is becoming, more hurried each day. The public room at the Mines Department is crowded every day, and over 100 miners' rights were issued on one day to hopeful diggers, some of them experienced men.
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  • 488 11 By Sir Joseph H. Carruthers, Ex Premier of New South Wales. Conference ar.d talk will not create a PanPacific League of Nations. Nor can you have an effective League unless the United States joins in officially. The talk we have heard to-day of the United Stales
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  • 215 11 Sudden Insane Seizures that Lead to Suicide. Phobias a sudden impulse that results in an insane act over which a man has no control was advanced at the inquest, as a pcssible explanation of the action of an Indian engineering student. Ardeshir Jehangirji Karkaria, aged 23, who threw
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  • 162 11 New Weapon Which May be Fixed to Aeroplanes. A remarkable form of single-seater aeroplane gun mounting, which sprays bullets as the sprinkling-nozzle of a hose sprays water, is being considered by air tacticians with a view to fitting it to home defence aircraft. The original idea for this
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  • 444 11 British Legion Report. A full report of Poppy Day (November 11), 1924, has just been published by the British Legion. It recalls that in January of this year Lord Haig was in correspondence with the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Bourne, and the leaders of the Nonconformist denominations with
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  • 217 11 A remarkable scene took place in Waterford Coliseum Picture Theatre on the night of August 28 during the performance of the variety turn known as "sawing through a woman." The trick consists of placing a woman in a locked box which is then sawn tjrough transversely
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  • 185 11 m Remarkable Sermon. London. Aug. 31. Sir Oliver Lodge yesterday delivered a remarkable sermon in connection with the meeting of the British Association at Southampton. He declared that if the earth lasted one hundred million years, as he believed it would, the human spirit would last longer.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 184 11 maaaaaaaaaaamaw*^ 0^ rv ~_B___ Ever seen a Vitamin? "t. nthcr." lav* Montv But a.h r; happy, lend-a--pt rl chap, luce this. Pulpy Lemon Squash it n rh.- kind of vitamin which ur blood cool and your skin It's .i rattling fine drink, too." Pulpy Lemon Squash is pur- uice and
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    • 665 11 Don't get Weak and Run Down Qet Wincarnis. THOUSANDS of people let themselves get thoroughly weak and run down through overwork or worry, or after a severe illness. There is no reason why you should. Build up your health, protect yourself against illness by taking Wincarnis, The Wine of Life."
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  • 39 12 The outward French mail steamer Angkor is due here from Colombo on sth. instant at daylight and wil? leave likely the same day about 3 p.m. fcr Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan. Berth: Singapore Harbour Board's wharves.
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  • 221 12 In the Marine Court on} Wednesday, an Irishman named J. J. O'Leary was charged with stowing away on the American ship West Prospect from Hongkong. The accused was represented by Mr. Roland Braddell while Mr. H. B. Layton appeared for the owners of the ship. Giving evidence the
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  • 125 12 The Heap Eng Moh steamer Ban Poh Guan is due for docking and it is uncertain if the very extensive repairs will be carried out, there being a likelihood that the vessel may be scrapped. She is at present out of commission and anchored off
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  • 311 12 Rotterdam. Sept. 2. The former Ellerman liner City of Singapore reached here yeterday in tow of two Dutch tugs after a voyage of some 13.000 miles from Adelaide. This is believed to be the longest towage operation ever carried out. While in Port Adelaide in April. 1924,
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  • 243 12 Wellington, Aug. 22. The oil tanker Agwipo::g, which arrived from California yesterday, encountered a terrific hurricane east of Hawaii. Captain Van Der Hagen reports that the storm damaged the ship to the extent of £1,000 and £6,000 worth of oil was poured overboard in an endeavour to
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 618 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :Or— 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 Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming
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    • 462 12 HENDERSON LINE. SCHEDULE OF SAILINGS. BY FORTNIGHTLY PASSENGER STEAMERS BETWEEN RANGOON AND ENGLAND. with through connections from Singapore. (Connecting steamer arriving the same day that the Henderson steamer sails) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Leave Rangoon 1925 s.s. CHINDWIN Oct. 6 s.s. BURMA Oct. 2^ s.s. 'PEGU Nov. 10 s.s. HENZADA Nov 17
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    • 506 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO S.N. ft (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS Bi-monthly service for Brindisi v and Trieste via ports taking car, through Bills of Lading for Fi„ m Levant and Black Sea Ports, a N 0 i ports on the West Coast of Itah V DUCHESSA d'AOSTA x GERANIA the* ROSANDRA
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    • 672 13 O.S.K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept. London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, VI, i and Port Said. Alaska Mara Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Durban Cape Town, Rio, Santos, Montevideo, Buenos Aires via 1 >l<»mbo. t Hawaii Maru Oct. 18 Oct. 21 mbo and Bombay t indo Maru Oct. 3
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    • 404 13 -"^_l Wv *£m>S** Round -the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 58 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. nn Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, (.enoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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    • 625 13 GENERA,. AGes^- ASAKI ROOSEVELT LINE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET. NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE T6r BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERLARCH p -ft SILVERFIR due "J* ms SILVERELM dw J*" BORDEAUX MARU duc J m... SILVERAY due gj lor rates
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  • 821 14 The Edinburgh Review for July opens with a paper by Sir Frederick Lugard on "Education in Tropical Africa." The writer shows first the failure of former systems of education, especially in India, to produce good results. Based upon a purely secular and intellectual training which rated ability
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  • 83 14 The local Soviet of the village of Abramemeo (Smolensk) has introduced* a^spV cial "nose-tax" to provide 'for the catering and Jitertainment of a special "land-re-gulating" committee, which has arrived from Moscow, and has made the village its headquarters, demanding to be lodged and fed free. According
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  • 387 14 HOPE FOR TRAVELLERS. Paris, Aug. 20. Although practically none of the alarm which has arisen owing to the many serious railway accidents that have recently occurred in this country is reflected in the newspapers, British continental travellers need not be under the impression that the question
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  • 323 14 Are the Days of the Fox Trot Numbered? "Ther- is no doubt that the coming dancing season will see the return to popularity of the tango and the waltz to the exclusion of everything els j." The tango, which wi be danced is a modified form
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  • 126 14 In his last annual repo?t en Calcutta rickshaws, the Commissioners of Police states that while hackney carriages, taken a s a whole, have decreased, rickshaws Save greatly increased. 'In this connection," he aods, "it would, I think, be a leant ag". to reconsider the suggestion I originally put
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 201 14 The Best Battery For Your Car _t^_____E________B^__E_______l _V_r _Hfil PZr___^S _K_v_Si*_6_!i —AND IT COSTS YOU LESS TO OWN IT We sell Willard Charged Bone-Dry Batteries in preference to ail other batteries, because we know this battery costs the car owner less to own. This very different battery starts its life
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    • 342 14 mmw^y \m ri I So>^m*- _rT^_^^_ 2X •am a I ma**^* _Bfa_\ s^^B^^r The trusted friend of I miihom-makeityou^s f Andrews Liver Salt it the well-tried family remedy m the Old Conntry. It mav weft be ottered as first aid to those who have the devitalising, enervating conditions ol a
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  • 449 15 ERASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. during the past wSsWT^kTV^. a considerable business passim?^ n SS EES-S C r nt u t,,S BfftS been "a°dv throughou the period but the ton" of the share market has been very fim !ml lh '-st pan unchange<i and the "ha been tftris a,:
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  • 597 15 Singapore, Sept. 80. Kubbers continue to hold a practical i monopoly of in ereat in a verv Strong market, and share values in this section all show a sharp improvement over the week. Investment counters have the stronger demand, and scrip on offer is readily
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  • 64 15 Octobt-r 1. Bank I m.s. «i 4 16 32 Bank, demand 2(4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 New York, demand 56^ Credfta 90 days 58? France, demand 1150 India, T. T. 154 Hongkong, demand p. f Prem. Yokohama, demand 137* Java, demand ISfM Bangkok, demand u Sovereign, Bank
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  • 217 15 October I. Tin 200 Tons |IMJI GaapWet 2050 Pepper White t&JM Pepper Black MM Flake Tapioca Pearl Sago Small i/| )0 opra 12J0 l opra Sun.' tied Opiun,. Ben .res int uOO Bice, Liang His Chj* Marl Bbje Eagle (Old) 1M Hire. Liang flin Cbaa M-,rK Red Eaglp (New)
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  • 37 15 Singapore. Oct. 1. 12 noon. Singapore, S andard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.34 1.34% Oc:. L3S% 1.34; Oct. -Dec. 1.29% 1.30; .lan. -March 1.10 1.17.' London Quotation Sheet Ss. 6%d. Market Firm.
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  • 184 15 Yesterday's Alteration. Kuala Lumpur 28s 6d 2:»s 6d Mambaus ($1 > 1.40 1.45 Malayan Collieries (10) 81.75 32J25 x.d. Totaling Tin 2.30 2.35 Ramhutaa (t'» 26s 8d 28s Rahman Hydfl (.s)i 1.92% 1.97% South Taipings 82 65 Taiping 1.15 i.ju x (1 Tronoh <u 30 32 x.d.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 218 15 Singapore. Oct. I. Tin.— £267. (Jp S2s Id. Local 136%. 200 tons. Uu bber. 3s Bd. Up Id. Rubbers.— The share market ia wry strong and active, with scrip on demand and little on offer. The feature has been Brunei Uniteds which, after business yes erday
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    • 257 15 POSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT (L. R. Macphail). Singapore. Oct. 1. Rubber*— -3s 6d l*p id. Local 1.88. Tin.— l2d7. I'p A2> 6d. Local 2u(> t-.ns s«>ld at DC 1 1 The tubbcr share market continues firm with active enquiries for a!! st-.ek-. Mining shares an quiet and Industrials and Loans
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    • 231 15 Singapore, Oct. 1. Since our last report the market has been quietly steady, with Spot Sheet between 1.30 and 1.32 per lb. The total quantity catalogued for yesterday's auction amounted to 340 tons only. Although bidding was by no means brisk, a steady undertone wain evidence. 'Awarded Sheet
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  • 126 15 A cable from the secretaries of United Patani (Malaya) Rubber Eetatee, Limited. London, has been received by the agent hfeeere. Benetead and Company, (Penang), advising the declaration of an interim dividend of three par cent, pay on October 14th., in respect of the year ending December 31st. Messrs. Guthrie and
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    • 450 15 Assets over $5,500,000. i m»»s- Assurance in force over $19,000,000. I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE :-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON nvvwv wm t The C» m pa„ y ha. £2 ,,000 deposit Zggm Court 2S*?3?_ _S i _7_S_. ATTKACTIVE FLANS OF ASSURANCE.
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    • 829 15 BANKING. ___BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI -SSSSikm- BANKING CORPORATION. Capital Subscribed Y.100 ,000,000 (Incorporated in Hongkong) (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.83,500,000 Head Office: Hongkong President: K. Kodarna Esq. Authorised Capital $50 000 000 Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. Issued and fully paid up $2o'oOo'ooo DIRECTORS. Reserve Fund:— Sterling
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    • 40 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floo^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1918 16 I? A RIGHT OF WAY DISPUTE. I Tanglin Neighbours Go to Court. ln order to settle a right of way dispute, two neighbours at Tanglin between whom, counsel for the defendants observed, then was no love lost, decided to go to law. The case was heard
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 41 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Sept. 30. The following are the results of to-day's English League matches: Division 11. Darlington 3, Southampton 1. Portsmouth 5, Preston N. E. 2. Division 111 (Southern). Gillingham 1, Northampton 1. Reading 3, Luton Town 0.
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    • 128 16 The D>ne Cup. YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Miss L. Hutchison and Murphy minus 4 \s. Mrs. Hickey and Wild plus 1, postponed. Miss Fawcett and Holyoak minus 5 vs. Mi and Mrs. Ewing plus 2, postponed. Mrs. Saunders and Wishart minus 1 beat Mrs. Schafer and Dr. Maclver plus 4.
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    • 33 16 L. L. T. C. AMERICAN TO URNAMENT. r Competitors in the above tournament are I requested to he on the ground rt ady to play j a 4.30 p.m. sharp to-day and to-morrow.
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    • 79 16 Andrew Currie Cup and Ladies Championship of Mataya. The announcement of the draw of the above competition is cancelled and the following substituted: Mrs. C. Wilson vs. Mrs. J. Campbell, winner, plays Mrs. Braddell. Mrs. English vs. Miss Law. Mrs. Swindell vs. Miss Phillip. Mrs. R.
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    • 30 16 The Men's monthly Medal (Bogey), will be played on Sat unlay and Sunday, 10th and 11th inst., and the Ladies' monthly Medal (Bogey) on Thursday, 15th inst.
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    • 158 16 SAT URDAY'S FOOTBALL. Sensations at Tottenham. London. The torrenial rain which prevailed almost t verywhere during Saturday's League games led to torrents of goals being scored. Browell. of Manchester City; Dixon, of Halifax; Forshaw, of Liverpool; Loughlin, the Newcastle centre-forward re^uit; Kirkham, of Port Vale; Dillimore, <d\Miilwall; and Jackson, of
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    • 95 16 Object to Making Cheap Rackets. London. Sept. 21. The latest strike is of the tennis racketmakers who object to manufacturers making up rackets, of common or medium quality, in a style enabling them to meet foreign competition. The mas'ers declare that the men will be paid for
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  • 49 16 Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall, S.R.A. (v); S.R.E. (v) Signals; S.V.C. Band. Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Bukit Timah, European Units and S.R.E. (v) Signals; 2.15 p.m. Farrer Range, Malay Company. Sunday, 8 a.m. Bukit Timah, European Units and S.R.E. (v) Signals; 8 a.m. Farrer Range, Malay Company.
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  • 35 16 He bad suffered no substantial injury. After Mr. Williamson had replied, His Lotdship intimated that before giving I judgment he would like to again view the site, and this will be done to-morrow I morning.
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  • 499 16 SCENES AT THE WHARF. But for the absence of any camera men, the scene at Tanjong Pagar yesterday morning when mounted cowboys drove a number of long horned steers to their temporary parking ground at the Happy Valley, might have been take*n for a movie act. They
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  • 163 16 Doctors art' strictly forbidden t<> advertise or in any way to court publicity for professional purposes, but the limit in medical modesty is reached in the current issue of the Lancet. In an intensely technical discourse an Fractures, by Sir William tie t 'ourcy Wheeler, there la a
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  • 171 16 When two years ago the proposal to reimpose the dog tax in Calcutta was carried in the Municipality, the public were told that not only would the tax add a substantial annual nun to the revenues of the city but that an excuse would now be provided
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