The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 October 1925

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  • 12 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE. S.H., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1925. NO. 11,611.
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  • 218 1 There is much rejoicing in Spain over the successful advance of the Spanish troops in the difficult Alhuc-emas area. The French advance at KifTane is also continuing Page 9. Active diplomatic intriguing is going on at Berlin with a view to preventing Germany entering the League of
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  • 1116 1 Cjuicqunl a/juHi kMUM host'i eat fniruo* LibeM Juvena: "We ouuhH understand why the brilliant scheme for Mortgaging the Colonial Revenue- in preparation for the time uh«n Kxeter Hall shall have destroyed our opium receipts was not disclosed while Sir I L;.urence was in the felony. There
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 207 1 WING LOONG THE RECOGNISED HOI'SE for El ROPEAN TROPH AL SI'ITS. 32. HIGH STREET. Sea V7_-a; Hotel i I- This Evening Tea Dance 5.30 p.m. LEVINE HOPKINS J I DANCE BAND. ji Sunday, October 4th ij |i HIGH TIDE 11.37 A.M. jj CINEMA 9.30 p.m. SHARP I I* MAY MCAVOY
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    • 148 1 If ciqarettes were v Y- H i 1 mass-production cigarettes contain stalk, sand and dust, which harm State Express 555 Cigarettes contain only long strands of golden tobacco, free from stalk, sand and dust. The accepted superiority of State Express 555 is the result of superlative golden leaf and skilled
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    • 118 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Dog lost, reward .Page 7. Notice re closing Tank Road Page 7. Why buy foreign shaving soaps? Page 8. Capstan cigarettes are sold everywhere —Page 11. Closing of books of United Engineers Page 7 Three sections of Raffles Chandlers to let —Page 7. The new Ford car has
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    • 15 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH (LASS TAILORINC. Style, Cut a nd Finish Guaranteed. 12. HIGH STREET.
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    • 160 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 2rd. High Water. 11.7 a.m. 11.19 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. Jimah Rub., Gattey and Ratema.i's, MM, A. A. A. Sports, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. Pirn Passes By, Vic. Theatre, 930 p.m. Sunday, 4th. High Water, 11.37 a.m.. 11.59 p.m. Monday, sf/i. High Water. 0.0 p.m. Legislative
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  • 255 2 'fen Day> Leave from Hongkong. >an DiegO, C'a.if.. tag. 15.- What he sai(i was a new itOT) ei the battk. oi Manila Ka\ ami .old to-night to JoO SpaniahAroarkan war vctemni by Lieutenant M. S. Holloway oi the Navy at a dinner in eek--I.ration.ration of the _7th
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 22 2 Ny Carlsberg Beer I '\_f^____y JT I m __^___X_^ ,^--^______.^^_i/____|_B m SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD, Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE.
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    • 182 2 MDM. KELVEY'S 1 jj| DANCING SCHOOL I > Lessons T^^^ in the •>j^ *^K ,at6St Ballroon Ba» Dancing _\W .CHILDREN'S IL ASSES from 3 years old p in Classical and all styles. Terms moderate. \f Write for M appointment" MDM. KELVEY Grosvenor Hotel DRY CLEANING AND DYEINCr. Remember that the
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    • 124 2 Victoria Theatre. COMING SHORTLY WILLIAM HEUGHAN The Great Dramatic Basso Cantate WITH A Strong Supporting Company. Full Particulars Letter. TO-NIGHT'S THE NIGHT To See "Mr PIM PASS BY" AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE At 9. 50 p.m. ALL SEATS $3. r PAVILION LATE PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD. O ENTIRELY REMODELLED. Watch forOpening
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    • 332 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd. Proprietors From Thursday, lst October, to Tuesday, f>th October A METRO SUPER SPECIAL Adapted from a well-known story by F. MARION CRAWFORD As powerful a melodrama as any ever seen on the screen, presenting a film star who appeared in one of the biggest
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  • 476 3 So defiant and resourceful have become trawlers poaching in the Firth of Clyde— a i miser and a hydroplane have been useless to prevent the illegal fishing- that the submarine chaser Spey has been drafted into those wafers, states the Daily Mail. One morning a
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  • 238 3 Water Ordeal As A Test For Sin. Capetown. Aug. 26. There i s fTMIt excitement among the natives of the Congo because of the forI cible baptisms by a native '"prophet." Mwanalesa. or the "Son of (Jod." He preached at Sakania, in Belgian territory, that he
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  • 147 3 A well-known American banker said: 'This Churchill-Cailiaux deal is a pood sample of the sort of thing 1 that make? our folks distrust European politics. Caillaux welcomes the twelve and a half million figure because it will accustom the British public to the idea of a large remission of
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    • 395 3 A* Your children should be full ol the i energy of good health. To ensure ffOOtl j- vS snouJ<l iorm P* n their daily l g diet. Ordinary milk, however, is un- TOY suitable, for it is always exposed to Jl the dangers of dust, flies and germs. Growing he
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    • 205 3 Why Buy Foreign Shaving Soaps P If, of course you are convinced that they are better than the British made article, then by all means buy them. No goods should be supported simply because they are British, irrespective of their quality. If however, they are not only British, but better
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  • 379 4 £2.000.000 Project Outlined. Austria's consumption of petrol ia now estimate at 52.000.000 gallons a year and details have just been announced of a project by which all users of oil are expired to obtain their fuel supplies at from od. to Gd. per gallon cheaper than at
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  • 215 4 Once an engine has started firing it should be run on a light throttle w.th the ignition not too far advanced because, at this stage you do not want it to develop power, but to get warmed up. The lubricam will have stiffened overnight. Consequently, even if the
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  • 275 4 The Rule of Contrary. In a special article to the "T.0.M." a correspondent says:— Talking of the traffic problem, 1 have often wondered why we have not adopted the safeguard of "White Lines" on our roads. For the edification of the uninitiated I may say that this
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  • 40 4 The last number isMiod by the j Traffic Branch yesterday was S. 5960. r a Fiat car. The last motor cycle re- F gistered yesterday was a Harloy fc Davidson for which the number S. 126"' was issued. B t»»»ti»:tantrntun?n»:i;:iiiB»u^ts-;tnuj
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  • 92 4 Motor-bicycles are much in evidence nowadays in Borneo. Mr. Goh Kim Swee has recently imported four new Douglas motor-bicycles. One with side car attached unfortunately encountered a tree on one of its maiden trips and has since been in hospital. The driser escaped unhurt. Mr. Delay of Tuaran was not
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  • 188 4 I tyres, if the car is of a small type, and th? suspension system has been at fault, oi the engine balance really bad, then the gains of using a balloon tyre more than outweigh the disadvantages, because on? does not notice the disadvantages in the course of enjoying the
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  • 549 4 Every road-u-. r should learn the jniscd signals and give them in suA j time to enable his fellow- fc profit bj information. Far too many dril ei >ignal their intention! do M at the l moment they are making the given oeuvre, when, perchance, other u-er-
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    • 125 4 THE IMS OXFORD CTffli -^^_j^r"^C& fffflll r l l Jt?ffB lff Xt\ ___HiTtT*i 4. -_*JlllJU^liKlUi_llll_WlUlUn_____^_____fl_-T^ 4 s Seater^^Mm $2745 $3,685 t^^^^m^immmmm^^l A Great British Achievement which at the above prices Defies Foreign Competition Book your order at MALAYAN MOTORS, Sole Agents. (Proprietors: Wearne Bros.. Ltd.) r_______r___-_______________=^_^^---^s— > THE NEW MODEL
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    • 55 4 THE VAUXHALI BRITISH CAR. 1 T**Y f B-Wb B_?_ m ~~___^^^_________T______^____m m m__^_[_i'TmmL __i "^"^-~^^m_ The British Car of super excellent quality with an internationa.l reputation. Unsurpa^r in construction, beauty, finish, power and comfort. Recognised as the masterpiece of engineering skill. Now booking orders in advance. Shipments fortnightly. STRAITS MOTOR
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  • 460 5 The Ministry of Transport is credited with having under consideration several automate forms of warning intended to induce or compel motorists to slacken speeds utL>re reaching cross-roads. One is stated to he a very fatuous application of he "loud speaker" of aerial telephony, the approaching car or
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  • 362 5 In connection wi h the evolution of the light car it has been pointed out in these columns on more than one occasion that as yet America has been unable to compete with the European industry because she lacks roads to develop such a home
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  • 142 5 Even the French are becoming somewhat alarmed at the increasing number of motor accidents in their country, and various suggestions for mitigating the evil have been made. One is that motorists should be allowed to travel ..e the Routes National I without speed restriction, as at
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  • 249 5 International Thirty Days' Trial. Riga, Sept. 2. With an eye to the future and encouraged by the immediate prospect of a midi tiling good harvest, the Soviet authorities have instituted a reliability trial for mo-tor-cars of all makes and sizes. The trial consists, in the main,
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  • 218 5 Motorist killed in Crand Prix. San Sebastian Sept. 19. In the Spanish Motor Car Grand Prix Race, Torchy, who was driving a Delegate, crashed into a nee at the fifth lap, and was killed. A cable from Los Ang'des, published in the "Sun." stated: 'A gigantic
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  • 154 5 To (Jovern Speed. London. Impatient motorists who canno; wait for the first 500 miles of their new cars to be run before "letting her out" are being restrained by a new slow-speed devi t just marketed here. -A special washer is inserted in the inlet pipe of
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    • 253 5 pm m •V IMM "jj FOR £aM- conse CUTIVE HOURS THIS IS THE REMARKAPLE ACHIEVEMENT OF LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RIDING A STANDARD I Rudge-Whiiworih I Four Valve Speed 2\ H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERY TRACK NEAR PARIS 2*4 H.P. MODEL 21 World's Records WERE CAPTURED IN THF EXECUTION
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    • 354 5 MEN and motor cars are known by their past records for service. Service is the foundation upon which the fame of the Hupmobile has been established. It took many years of experi- their individual identities for ment and delevopment to thegood of the whole that properfect the Hupmobile and duced
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  • 519 6 Improved Japanese Process Explained. E\ -jvlen-e at bo tht- process of producing I v.iture pearls was given at Maryi. hone P lice Court during the hearing of a summons against William Giles, of Insidecrescent, on a charge of attempting to obtain £15 by false pretences from Harry Laughton,
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  • 331 6 I^gal Proceedings Threat. "Ritual is too Advanced.'' The Bishop of Birmingham is being threatened wLh legal proceedings in connection with his alleged refusal to institute an Ang-lo-Catholic curate to a vacant Birmingham living. This step is the latest development in the contioversy between Dr. Barn.s and
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  • 380 6 A New Conception by Metcecslsi-_l«. Southampton. \u_ Wo have had d waaltl before thi vun, m lection i; Association to-day in which been dealt wi h tlron many s»pt The Association hai i tation trom the Lord Ma- meet there in 1927. Dr. 6. C. Bimpsoa,
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    • 288 6 _B| S STANDARD SIX I I f/x 5 TAI IDIMr PENANG _________________-___________________Pf_r „__r n six __p____________________________________________r ______________f I/ SALOON _^^^^^H^^B I if >/ MCTCALFES $4,200 /Vi 1 \\y^J //I ■f _^B W M Wl f rWCISION MOTOR WORKS 28 H. p. MODELS (M IF _^^B 0 W MASTER SIX f
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    • 541 7 BUSINESS CARDS. I o _>o* -•_-<>«}• ..•-■»^ftMw«^-OW.OMj j Ma-ss^p c c Please Bead for the Illustrated J Calslacae of Musical Instruments, ti y I SEASON CO., LTD. g o nl and 113, North Bridge Rosd. to s*<J »##«HMMMMMas>»«»»4MMMHMHM»aHAKUWORKING AND TRUSTWORTHY SERVANTS. HOYS, COOKS, AMAHS. AYAHS, ETC. g eksffge end under
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    • 672 7 JAVA PRESS CABLES. ifOKM DAMAGE IN HOLLAND. I N.E.I. Papers.) I The Hague, Sept. 28. The damage at Borcalo, Holland, wrought ■storm 11 estimated at 2,000,000 «uildRassiaa Politics. Nauen Sept. 28. Tha attention of. diplomatic and political circle-- in all the capitals of Europe is centr- J ed on Warsaw
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    • 567 7 CRUKCH SERVICES. I ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. TEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Litany. Holy Communion (Choral Matins followed by Holy Communion, 'hildren's Service. Evensong and Sermon. JOHORE BAHRU. Evensong and Sermon. Holy Communion at 7.30 a.m. the following week at the Cathedral: iy 7.40 a.m. Matins. 8 a.m. Holy CornTuesday 7 a.m. Holy
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    • 803 7 SCIENCE AND RELIGION. THE ESTRANGEMENT, can inge gives the (.rout;:!. i in its relation to Reason" was by Dr. Inge, Dean of St. Paul's, Residential address to the ConferMod^rn Churchmen, which opened I •♦•bating Hall of the Oxford Union, j had discarded, he sa.d, the two inies the Infallible Church
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    • 742 7 I JNOTICES. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Transfer Books of the above Company will be clo-.d from October 9th to October 16th 1925, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board. P. K. DAVISON, Secretary. 9-19 9, s. io, 19, l-vio
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    • 242 7 i— i -j II SAFEGUARD YOUR EYESIGHT!!!| SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE ANY DIFFICULTY IN YOUR VISION. THE ADVICE OF OUR FULLY QUALIFIED EUROPEAN OPTICIAN is available daily Hours 9 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. SPECIALLY MADE GLASSES SUPPLIED PROMPTLY. MOTION SMITH AND SON LTD, 14, Battery Road. SINGAPORE. o- I FOR SALE.
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  • 7 8 SATURDAY, OCTOBKR 3, 1925.
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  • 561 8 While there is not quite an impass< as regards action to remedy Singa pore's slums, considerable discussior has taken place, and is likely tc follow, on the right body to carryNul tht improvements. As far as we car .^ee, there will be no difficulty in getting the money,
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  • 1325 8 Morocco what follows? To-day's cables show that the end of the campaign against the Riffs la jin view. It was not t u be expected that Abd-el Krim and his mountaineers, brave and well supplied with weapons as they are, could with- stand a determined combined effort ot France and
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  • 40 8 ANOTHER SHII> A(.li<)l Nj, But Refloated Safely [Aneta Service.] The VOW Maru is agrouul »ites "orth of lUkaaear Stean.erPynackerHordUkandth.'', ment steamer Castor r ,>n»nU,l Maru, after taking MO tans ot I uk, Maru is undamaged and to Denggoia.
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  • 17 8 I A net a Service.] Iheßatav.a branch of ths is being wound up.
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  • 295 8 Solicitor Gieee Kxiden^. I^St__._£fe_£_« M. J. I-aycock of BraddeU ItartW 5" t artro is Straying or coa ,j: ai coum boaki o< s before his bankruptcy. Ifr. Ujeaek said be had ktl uvx aceneed for i year or two. Sen* was a well-knowr. man here. In reply
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  • 270 8 The following is the pregran me of thf Pan-. P. B. Clayton M.O vil M.S and Penang, His boat being delayed by shipping he erill not be able to a op in Sings previously arranged, but i- due I by the Matatian on Oct 7th. Oct. _tb Arrives Kuaia
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    • 137 8 \j'THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" v* fss _______c <<^__.v_\ v v^ /#__l_____N_fe-* ;^v»\ _>•* y&si___d4r il **> cw ji __*>_a ___J d_> *__^____i /CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTR\ (Incorporated in Shanghai.) >* Telephone 228. 45 ROBINSON ROAD. X PATRONISED <*6> J^^Xf^ BY ROV ALT ESTD. 1872 A Continued Success for Over
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    • 40 8 ftj FOR ALL VERMIN USE AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. saa__«_C-_a-_sa_____i i PEARS 1 J GOLDEN SERIES. i I i PRINK THE BEST BEER. //I 0 _-f _k YvS^ LONDON, j£y/ Adamson. (.ilfillan Co.. Ltd. Singapore, Pena..g. Kuaia Lumpur Malacca.
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  • 125 9 CAPITAL LEVY BURIED. IBANK OWNERSHIP I RGED. [Reutcr's Service.] Labour Confereaes has adopted the e'l resolution in favour of the ownership ol the banking and credit also of national finance. The itioa re-affirm- opposition to food nd protect ive tariffs, demanding vi- -:«ps lo increase the taxation of tied
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  • 258 9 IGREEMBNT REACHED. j rßaater*! Service. J I Washington. Oct. 1. unced that the French propog the French debt to the sen rejected. Washiagtoa, Oct. l (Later). I ement has beea reach negotiations, providing for of forty million dollars an- i vara s period 1 I r->\v t„k*-< back
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  • 156 9 [Reuter's Service.! Leaden, Oct. l. ndly gesture to China is made in banned to Peking to-morrow, the measures that the Powers to improve the atmosphere at -pressing readiness to instruct l8 «la at Shanghai to endeavour to relation, between employers •mea China gives similar in- 1
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  • 253 9 SPANISH MOVE INLAND. SUCCESS HUUn MADRID. LReuter's Service.] Madrid, Oct. 2. 11 ith the recent captures of the heights hncludmg Adrarsedoun, a CommuniscUinu that the Spaniards have completelv established the military base required for the advance towards Ajdir and are now masters of practically the whole of
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  • 203 9 __AIO OP SE( IRITV PACT [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Oct. I. M. Chicherin ia extremely busy, repeatedly conferring with Herr Luther and Herr Stresemann. He was banquette.} by the latter yesterday, luhched by Luther to-day and is negotiating with German hankers to secure credits of a hundred million marks.
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  • 31 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Oct 1. Colonel Reginald Kahn. war correspondent of Le Temps, has been killed on the Erheur road, en route to visit the French advanced posts.
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  • 39 9 GERMANY RELEASES FRENCH AIRMAN. [Reuter's Service.] Paris. Oct. 2. The airman Costa has been released without serving the remaining twelve days in prison, after assuring the authorities of Freiburg that h:.s firm would pay the balanee of the fine.
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  • 52 9 [Renter's Service.] Melbourne, Oct. 1. The Imperial Press Conference warmly reclaimed and passed resolutions exhorting the Press all over the Empire to do its utmost to promote inter-Empire trade and establishing a sub-committee to deal with the question at the next Conference, to meet in London
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  • 48 9 Ladies and gentlemen intending to take part in the rendering of this Oratorio should be in St. Andrew's Cathedral on Monday afternoon, the sth instant, not later than 5.10 p.m. The practice' will start at 5.15 p.m. and those possessing copies are requested to bring them.
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  • 113 9 MEETING AT WASHINGTON. MR. -TH-HHUM WELCOME. [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Oct. 2. Welcoming 4CO delegates, representing thirty-eight nations, at a meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Secretary of State, Mr. Kellogg, said that the attention of the world was centred in steady selfgovernment. Nothing could be more stimulating for
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  • 142 9 [Reuter's Service]. London, Oct. 1. The reduction in the bank rate has dumb-founded city circles, because the announcement is made only two days after the Government accepted the Conversion Loan tenders. The result was a sharp rise in investment issues, under the head of gilt edged securities
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  • 27 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 2. The summer time in Great Britain willend officially at three i n the morning of Oct 4th.
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  • 56 9 Reuter'? Service]. Santiago de Chile. Oct. 2. Following the refusal of Colonel Ibanez Minister of War. to resign, owing to his acceptance of s nomination for the presidential election, the Cabinet has resigned Tho President, Senor Aleaean*. has also resigned. Luis Borgono, Alessandri's unsuceesaM competitor at the
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  • 207 9 I nfortunate Tokio and Yokohama Districts. (By courtesy at the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha). Tokio. Oct. 1. As a result of heavy rain which came down in torrents, thousands of houses in various districts, including Tokio. Yokohama have been washed away, it is io far at present recorded twenty-n.ne
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  • 157 9 The first performance f this play, produced by Mrs. Arthur Harris, in aid of St. Andrew's Hospital, takes place this evening, the cast being.— George Marden, J.P. (Mr. T. H. M. Hussey); Olivia (Mrs. Arthur Harris); Dinah (Miss Elizabeth Fraser); Lady Marden (Lady Colina Hussey); Brian
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  • 919 9 MR. EU KENG CHEE'S LIFE IN ENGLAND. I A^ bdef f ef€rence was »»ade recently m these column s to 'the arrival of Mr Eu Keng Chee, M.A., A.C.A., SO n of Mr! Eu Tong _en 0.8.E., from Europe, a fter an absence of fourteen years from the
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    • 167 9 7 Wireless High Tension 8 Torchlight s E_^^B SwS__ fr ¥^9™fc'm* *_T ¥S^^^S__|^____ _j iry v jgSteflF JL swn-»r '*'•_>-'»^» J3_ > -sK *^^_l^i p 3| y-"- iat^ Approx. ROBINSON CO., LTD., (Incorporated in the S.S.) SINGAPORE. jj»S»&__S/S___. J As a result of numerous h enquiries we are now im-
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    • 752 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— I lONDON AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP. HAMBURG BREMEN. P 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. UWfl^^ MENTOR London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port HELENUS Marseilles, London.
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    • 567 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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    • 617 10 P. O. I BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTA L 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 Antw_ Pl
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  • 1005 11 I The fifth annual general meeting of fawng Pet Tin, Limited, was held at the egistered office of the Company, No. 4, wettenham Road, Taiping, on September Mr. A. J. King, managing Director f the Company, being in the chair. Mr. T. J. McGregor on behalf
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  • 721 11 The second ordinary general meeting of Huey Yot Tin Dredging Limited was held at the registered office of the Company, No. 4, Swettenham Road, Taiping, on Sept. 25th, Wr. A. J. King, managing D:rec l or of the Company, being in the chair. Mr. T.
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  • 132 11 Probably you think that if you had a R<>qu< fort cheese in the house you would know it. As a matter of fact, you might quite eas ly be mistaken in the pungency, for if a Roquefort by any other name would smell as sweet, the name
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  • 51 11 Polish Girls Beaten in a Church. Warsaw, Aug. 31. The Pope's erusade against immodest dress has found many supporters among Polish Women. Two girls, fashionably dressed, who appeared in a Warsaw church, were thrashed, stripped of their garments, anxf driven out by an angry crowd of housewives and
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  • 220 11 Scientist Says We Must O rcquer or Die. Hay ling Island, Aug. 31. "Man has to fight the mosquito in order to live at all. If the mosquito is allowed to breed unchecked, man must leave the place. The insect will dominate." This warning was uttered
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  • 104 11 The office-boy had been detected in a lie. It was not one of the ordinary prevarications of the everyday world, and, 'moreover, to make the crime more gsievous, he had persisted in adhering to his original mendacious statement. "Do you know, my lad," asked the chief clerk sternly,
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    • 378 11 Don't be a Slave to KIDNEY TROUBLE I Troubled recognised as a serious int, but you should not let it make ..hie, or spoil your life. Excepting > im-n Kidney Trouble yields quickly nt with Dc Witt's Pills, and thus edy is within your easy reach. everywhere sell De Witt's
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    • 331 11 j JM>^^^ kJ t y~ r^**w_L r^^l>_-_-_--_-i_-_-_-fc^^^fl^^f^l -I tSBBS-Bl* *WB| V__B £p>~,^^fai t f_ S I^PVrmV/l'-^l fl _J^ t: r W^ E %ws^ SfviOKE /-Mt^K Inn tea v___j CIGARETTES SB 1 1^^^^vrHE-^^ 1 1 s J/ fa -A\y/^ lf_^«H.ow^sll _X Debility Waning Nerve Force If you feel you are losing
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  • 70 12 m The master of the steamer Tohlam reports that the North Brother Light in the Durian Strait, was not burning on the night of Sept. 30th. < «v*«*««_n-S-___ H NEW EAST INDIES FLAGSHIP. I The new flagship of the East Indies Squadron, H.M.S. Effingham, under the command of
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  • 86 12 H.M.A.S. Brisbane in China. Sydney, Aug. 31. Information has reached Sydney by the H.M.A.S. Brisbane that a seaman on leave in a Chinese port accidentally broke a glass, and offered to pay two dollars for it, but the Chinese demanded an exorbitant amount. The sailor was attacked by
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  • 106 12 Mr. William Unite, an ex-naval man, intended to sail from Plymouth on Sept. 3 for New Zealand in a nine-ton yawl-rigged boat, accompanied only by his 15-year daughter Dora, who, he says, can handle a craf as well as he can. The voyage, by way
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  • 118 12 For th e next 10 years or sm. according to American Shipping, mines Vjaid in dec: water in the North Sea will cause unpieasent qualms to ship captains sailing those waters. "Thousands of mines were laid in deep water during the war, and now the time has come
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  • 114 12 Scven new Submarines to be Built. Paris, Aug. 27. In pursuance of tire- provisions of the 1.;.w of July 13. 1925, authorizing the construction of seven submarines to be begun, t the Minister of Marine has decided that two of the vessels' shall be built at Lorient
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  • 118 12 Intention to Double the Steam Pressure. The decision of Sir Charles Parsons and William Denny and Bros., of Dumbarton. to build a new turbine steamer to demonstrate the thermal efficiency of high steam pressure, is an event of the greatest im- portance in marine engineering, says the
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  • 256 12 ''The Baby Ship" was the nickname giver to the Beltana by her passengers long before she reached Australia recently. The reason for this christening was not far to seek, for on the Beltana there were 140 children. On arrival a t Fremaittle the number of migrants on
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 593 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 in Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 468 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES Under contract with the French Government Mail and Passenger Services. DIRECT "FORTNIGHTLY FAR EASTERN SERVICE. HOMEWARD MAILS. To Marseilles yia Colombo, Djibouti mud Port Said. CHANTILLY 17,000 due Oct. 7 PORTHOS 19,000 due Oct. 21 FROM PENANG ONLY. To Marseilles via Colombo, Djibouti and Port Said. I AMAZONE
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    • 253 12 BOORD'S j GIN OLD TOM AND DIY H I THE FINEST j OBTAINABLE Sole Agentn: John Little 8 Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in E? gland). Singapore and Kuala Lumpur j [H„n„nXß„a„nra„arnl_Hln:;C«; .r*,.*.r***.ry.%.r^. %f\*\r>..** iriHMi.ni vr-»»«"> •-.<■- [arnxa-r3:[Bj:B]:n„ararsxi:n::«:«: LLO¥D TRIESTINO SA ft 1 (Incorporated- in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service far Brindisi,
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 628 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a m< Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 am Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 668 13 O. S.K. Line. Destinations. St-amr*s. Arr D I.ndon, Hamburg. Rotterdam, mm n m Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, .den and Pari Said. Alaska Maru Durban Cape Town, Rio, Santos, UCC 18 Montevideo, Buenos Aires via mb n Haw *ii Maru Oct. 18 Oct 21 an, Bombay t Indo Maru Oct. 3
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    • 405 13 _-__-*__W ■K- SgßftMSfffl* LINE *£m!l%- Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 58 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBTJRNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to
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    • 582 13 GENERAL AGEn£^ AKI ROOSEVELT "NE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporate^ in U.S.A.) __^_-n-3 EGULAR FREIGHT^ERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERLARCH m.s. SILVERFIR n Port m.s. SILVERELM 0ct 9 s.B. BORDEAUX MARU T 2* m.s. SILVERAY J Ue Nov 15
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  • 598 14 WAY TO EUROPEAN MONOPOLY. Information which has just become available proves conclusively that Germany's great effort to dominate Europe in commercial aviation is meeting with un-dreamed-of success. She is on the way to securing a monopoly in European air traffic. She hAB left Great Britain
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  • 224 14 Four British Seamen Drowned. Karachi, Sep. 21. Another drowning accident occurred here last evening, resulting in the death of four British seamen from the Warfield belonging to the British India Steam Navigation Company. A party of five officers left the Warfield on a pleasure trip to
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  • 1001 14 Jerome K. Jerome contributes to Harper's Magazine an amusing collection of reminiscences under the title "When I was an Editor." The Idler was a great success so far aw circulation was concerned. G. B. Burg:n was our sub-editor. He was a glutton Lt work even then, and
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  • 617 14 After a period of comparative neglect, accompanied by an assumption on the part of superior persons that the poor V.ctorian authors who, though well enough in their way, perhaps, did not know their business, the great English novelist, Anthony Trollope, is like to come into,
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  • 216 14 News reaching Honpkonjy fron Canton, il to the effect that the Strike Committee' art- concentrating their efforts on a tijrhteninjr up of the anti-British boycott and that a larger number of revenue cruisers is to be employed for the express purpose of holding up vessels which are
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 242 14 D Watch baby grow U Evidence of the proper feeding is clearly shown in I |k baby's rapid progress when put on Mellin's Food. Mixed fl as directed it provides a perfect substitute for mother's tC milk and contains every subs'ance necessary to build 4 Il body, bone and brain.
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    • 280 14 NATURE'S REMEDY Clements Tonic is Nature greatest remedy f or the nerves and brain, oss 0 f appetite, debility, poorness of blood, neuralgia. i„ som nia, etc., and is strengthen and reliable. In the tat.-. uing tropical ■foslm t you will appreciate the nourishing stimulus of this invigorating medicine, *j
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  • 62 15 October 2. Bank I m.s. 15.32 Bank, demand 2 4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.g. 2|4 New York, demand s(>\ Credits 90 days .> France, demand 1150 India, T. T. 1541 Hongkong, demand 5 7 p.c. {'rem". Yokohama, demand 157% Java, demand 139% Bangkok, demand 79 y 4 Sovereign.
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  • 218 15 October 2. Tin 20C Tons $I*7-25 Gambie- 29J8 Pepper White 58. 50 Pepper Black :< s .;,n Flake Tapioca ,-,n Pearl Sago Small 900 Copra i (l Coprs Saadried Opium, Bem.r^s nnt 4 000 Rice, Liang ■1i j '"hn Mir. B'u? Eaple i O],) ggQ Rko, Liang Hin Chan
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  • 136 15 MACPHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT Singapore. Oct. 2. Rubber. London 3s 6% d. Steady. Local L33tt. Tin.— London 1269 12s od. Rubbers. Shares remain firm frith the better classes in keen dl mand. Ma> 'fields, I'a.iams, Sungei Rama >. and Co'insburghs have unsatisfied buyers. Tin. Shares are steady. Takuapas have buyers
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  • 109 15 Singapore. Oct. 2. There has been Little movement in the market the past week, and business continues on small lines. The general undertone is steady, however, and values close slightly firmer. Futures show a strengthening tendency. Small business has been done over next vear at 1 to LOL
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  • 148 15 Financier Pays Over _1.000.000 to the State. New York. Sept. 1. Mr. Rockefeller, jun., paid 0.2X8,000 dollars in income tax for 1924, *he largest amount any individual has so far been cal- led on to pay. Other notable payments were: President Coolidge, 14,000 dollars; Mr. Henry Ford.
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  • 203 15 SEPTEMBER EXPORTS. The following is the statement of quantity and value of rubber exported during September: Sept 1926 Bept i T.. data Agist. T. K. 5,824.58 _.s(V>._h 29,815.19 25,028.32 D S.A. IS, Bt4. tl 29,295.98 i.;:;,m;m:{ 159.757.44 E'rope ;{.:U0. 17 1.1!»7.M«* _1. n.imn.::7 B. P<><>. 347.01 1
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  • 264 15 Singapore. Oet, 2. Tin. _2»>;> 12s. od. Up 525. Od. Local 137%. JOO tons. Rubber.— 3s. ii',,l. l' r i 4 Local 1.33 Rubbers. The share market is quieter than yesterday but a good demand continues t<»r the better c!a<s issues on a rising mark< t.
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  • 250 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (L. R. Macphail). Singapore, Oct. 2. Rubber.- 3s. »i',<l. ■»<!. up. Local L33%. Tin.— £269 12s, fid. "»2s. fid. up. Local 200 tons soid at 137%. The rubber share market continues tirm. Tin shares ate quiet and Industrials and Government Loans an- in demand with sellers
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  • 53 15 Messrs. Wearne Brothers Limited wish to advise their shareholders that Ford Motors (Burma) Limited, on the 26th. September 1925 paid an interim divide ml of 10 per cent which will be included in the Profit and Loas account of Wearne Brothers Limited, for the year ended
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 405 15 Assets over $5,500,000. A I m Assurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LlMlTED(lncorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE:-Winche_ter House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Tho Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 479 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,] LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund \\83,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinoraiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. K. Takeuchi, Esq. P.
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    • 465 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 lasued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,000 Silver $26,500,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairmar H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman W. H. Bell, Esq.
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    • 642 15 MiASER CO.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2nd. [Figures m brackets show the i Mue yaI Ut mark^dj^" d ,,ars Un,e 3iS5 MINING. Asam Kumbang U) sl!tT H^ T p Tin «J Idris Hydraulic jjS \j? Johan Tin 'Jj Kamunting (t) r lKv; -i TL 5" j Kinta A*«n
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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 (lst floor^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 401 16 JUDGMENT BY ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE. The Acting Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Sproule, gave judgment in the Supreme Court yesterday morning in the action heard in his court last week in which a Chinese lady, named Lee Chwee Keow Neo, sued the P. and O. Banking
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  • 279 16 (>uilt> of Criminal Libel. In the Criminal Court, Bangkok, last week, the cane came up for hearing in which Nai Nngem Kai Hiran, the registered proprietor and editor of a vernacular weekly newspaper called Sri Sabdaha. was charged with libel. The case arose through the
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  • 180 16 Admirers of W. J. Locke will have the opportunity of seeing a film version of one of his most popular novels at Sea View on Sunday. "The Moials of Marcus" like the majority of Locke's books, ran into numerous editions and when dramatised had a record
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  • 315 16 RUBBER SMUGGLING. (To the Editor, "Malay Mail.") I Sir. Week by week, with sickening: regularity, you record the inflicting- of fines of $5,000 or six months' r.i. on the nominees of the smugglers. Have these fines, out all proportion to the "option," ever been paid? Why
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  • 157 16 The report ol the Entertainment Committee of the Hoi Thin Amateur Dramatic Associations performances in aid of the Child Welfare Society states: The above performances held under the auspices of the Singapore Child Welfare Society and staged at the Poh Cheung Choon Theatre Hall on the
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  • 172 16 Limelight Show of Stroke-Making. Cricket has been spared a great controversy, thanks to the level-headedness and good taste of Jack Hobbs, the greatest of living batsmen. The Coliseum authorities, with enterprising ingenuity, made Hobbs an offer to appear on their stage in a demonstration of
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  • 110 16 The Rev. Arthur G. Barker writes from 3. Clare Avenue, Bristol:— Following the great innings in which Hobbs equalled Dr. W. 6. Grace's record, certain newspapers published a photograph, or recorded the "fact" wi hout the photograph, of Hobbs drinking champagne brought to him at the
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  • 69 16 Orders for week ending 9th October 1925. Monday. sth Individual Troops Parade. Tuesday, 6th. W T ireless and Signalling Classes Headquarters 5.15 p.m. Thursday, Bth. Band Hractiee. St. Joseph's Institution 5 p.m. Saturday. 10th. Bridge Building Fort Canning 2.30 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner. Rev. Mother St.
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  • 47 16 HOME FOOTBALL. [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 1. The following are the results of to-day's English League matches: Division I. Nott s County 1, Liverpool 2. Division 111 (Southern). Newport C. 1, B'mouth and B. A. 0. Division 111 (Northern). Tranmere R. 0, Grimsby T. 0.
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  • 262 16 ,The following matches in the English and Scottish Leagues will be played today: Division I:— Bolton W. vs. West Ham U. Burnley vs. Liverpool. Cardiff City vs. Bury. Everton vs. Huddersfielfl T. Leeds United vs. Manchester U. Manchester C. VS, Sunderland. Newcastle U. vs. Arsenal. Notts County
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  • 113 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. Indian Association at Cricket to-day (Saturday) on the Telok Ayer ground commencing at 2 p.m.:— H. G. Stack (Capt), R. Lyne, O. C. Smalley, M. Ignatius, S. D. Gauder. F. Vine. E. A. Newton. F. R. S. Martinus, D. J. Ponnuthurai. P.
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  • 117 16 Hyne Cup Tennis. Yesterday's Play. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton beat Mrs. Savage and Fuller. 7—9, 12—10, 6 4. Mr. and Mrs. Teale beat Mr. and Mrs. Heron, 6 3, 6 4. Monday's Ties. Miss L, Hutchison and Murphy owe 4 vs. Mrs. Hickey and Wild plus 1. Miss
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  • 38 16 The tennis courts at the Singapore Golf Club are now ready for play. The courts are free, but members must book them in advance. Tennis balls can be purchased at the Club House if required.
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  • 165 16 In connection with the Malaya Command Rifle Meeting which takes place in Penang on October 2, 3 and 4, the Second Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment has put up a team consisting of 9 officers and 52 other ranks to compete. They arrived and have
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  • 199 16 FMRST DAY. {From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 2. The A. A. A. sports began in good weather, rain falling at the. sixth event. Sir G. Maxwell and Mr. Stoonor were present. At the close Selangor had scored twelve points, Singapore eight, and Negri Sembilan ten. 100
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  • 492 16 Key Wins Again. After ten rounds of hard fighting. Battling Key was awarded the decision over Vincent Perera at the Happy Valley last night. Mr. Johnny Regan refereed. Both the men looked rery fit. Key weighing 9 st. 9 lb. to Perera's 9 st. 8 1 lb. Perera boxed
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  • 81 16 The following will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. R.A.M.C. at hockey on Monday on the Telok Ayer ground:— J. V. Moss; R. Lyne and T. B. Damodarm; D. Dale, R. R. Mehta and G. Samy; M. Catchatoor, A. N. Katyal, H. G. Stack (capt.), E. V. Smith and E. A.
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  • 37 16 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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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 188 16 There are no substitutes for "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" GRAMOPHONE RECORDS They have been tried and proved to be .sune.-m, in every respect. The Manufacturers of "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" Products have maintained their star.,l-,,-,i Quality until to-day they stand supreme f Gramophones from $50 up. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in
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