The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 October 1925

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press li) CENTS. .SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925. NO. 11,612.
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  • 228 1 Thcrf is much rejoicing in Spain over the capture of Adjir which cut* the Riffs off from the sea Pajje 9. M. Painleve has delivered an important speech on French foreign p<.!icv Page 9. The Labour Conference is over and Ramsay MacDonald claims it has proved very
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  • 1167 1 Those long wild gardens which shelter hemselv«.s bsneutfa Kn^lish cliffs, created My the convulsions of balf-forgottefl lan Islips and seeming from the extravagance of their vegetation to cling to mother earth by every means in their power, gain from their downright outiandishncss a peculiar fascination. Whether the keener climate
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 203 1 SWALLOW ARIEIJ/S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. O AUTUMN RACE MEETING SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE ON Saturday, October ITtK AND Saturday, October __.4tH. DANCING until 1.45 a.m. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. I i S%%V_%V_VA%%V.%^S%%V_'_%%V%V.V.V.V.V.-_%%V_S\%V. 8_5%%%%5%B _S%%%%S%l s Fraser j and Neave Ltd. I 5 > > Manufacturers of Aerated
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    • 196 1 "Kurlo' Soap Wafers. Absolutely pure and free from any deleterious ingredients. Unsurpassed for washing woollens, huts, silks etc. "Kurlo" will not injure or harden the most delicate fabric. Shrinking ir.akes a C^.S^^-C^Aj delightful t__\\\ shampoo \^mKmJ d^D solut on. £/C? V) Manufactured by: WILLIAM (;OSSA(.E SONS LIMITED. Widncs, England. Singapore
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    • 141 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Motor car for sale Page 7. Government launch for sale Page William Heuuhan at the Theatre Page 2. Try the Cold Storage pineapple hams Page 7. Clear crystal ice from the Cold Storage —Page 8. Guthrie and Co. for the best port Page 8. The great Rodeo Show
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    • 7 1 WORM) UNOWNED SWALLOW ARIELL'S. BISCUITS AND CAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 123 1 THE WEEK. Monday, of/i. High Water, 0.6 p.m. Legislative Council, 10 a.m. Poppy Day Meeting, Govt. House, 5 15 p.m. Rodeo Show- T. Pagar. 9.15 pm. Mr. Pirn Passes By. Vic. Theatre, 9Jfl pm Tuexday. 6 1 h. High Water. 0.40 a.m. Rodeo Show T. Pnirar. I.li pm. Wednesday. Ith.
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  • 157 2 Forest Tribe in the Heart of Siberia. Moscow Pr fesi B. N. Gorodkoff, who recently traversed Western Sil>eria. reports the discovery of a new race on the River Pura. He found five clans containing more than r.::i people. The tribe is called by the Samoyedss "Pyan-Ha-Sovo"
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  • 343 2 Mystery Relic of the drey Friars. A leaden casket containing a heart has just been found during excavations at the ancient house of the Grey Friars at Cardiff. Five mural vaults and two skeletons have ■lso t-een discovered. Mr. J. P. Grant, F.R.1.8.A.. who made
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 422 2 Three Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL LTD, SINGAPORE. f^~ MDM. KELVEY'S j^ DANCING SCHOOL C Lessons y^ in the *^K ,atest Ballroon \JT CHILDREN'S )F CLASSES from 3 years old B in Classical and i all styles. Toms moderate. \jW
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    • 177 2 Victoria Theatre. Thursday, Friday Saturday October 15, 16, 17, at 9.30 p.m. WILLIAM HEUGHAN THE GREAT DRAMATIC BASSO— CANTATE assisted by GLADYS SAYER, PIANISTE, HYMAN LENZER, VIOLINIST. Rooking at John LitUe s Tuesday Oct. 6th Seats $3, $2, $1. VICTORIA THEATRE TO-NIGHT At 9.30 p.m. Mr PIM PASSES BY (In
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    • 336 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co.. Ltd. Proprietors.) From Thursday, lst 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 0 n the screen present ing a film star who appeared in. one of
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  • 1311 3 The result of M. Caillaux's visit to London is that each side know s more accurately than ever before what is in the other's mind a bout the debt. If a n agreement can be reached it will be reached soon There has never been a better
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  • 586 3 "GOGDB NOT IP TO SAMPLE." Increased Unemployment. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, speaking at Elgin on Aug. 2<)th, said that a Lossie fisherman once said to him, "Man, it's gey hard to dee under a Tory Government." "I am afraid," said Mr. MacDonald, "that some of you
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 348 3 PILES CURED WITHOUT AN OPERATION. Ho Case Too Chronic to be Cured. bv thousands of former sufferers ennaatatly cured. With Dr. tsaoarrnra Pile Plasma no ra or too long-standing to be perms cured. The easy wonderful power of absorption amazing It soothes and gives nrst application, and effects possible time.
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    • 166 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within (AltelT One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. YIM-mmV V J Sole Distributing Agents: --i^gw'iS Malayan Motors Agents in F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. v* I __>
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    • 117 3 f ROAST MEATS I Serve with a gravy which has I been seasoned with LEA PERRINS' I SAUCE IS SIMPLY ANOTHER TERM FOR SHELL The regular use of Shell Motor Spirit and Lubricating Dili la a marked reduction in running cost<. THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (S.S.) LTD. (Incorporated [»i Knpland).
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  • 3483 4 mammequins WCL GEORGE EVIE OK GABRIELLE? CHAPTER IX. At last, on a Monday morning, Ptaiton returned to his office. His nerves were still shaken by ths tragedy, bur he feit it would do him no good to abstain from his business occupation. Besides. l\e was lonely, fov Barbara, whom he
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  • 279 4 A fain, us author once expre I for -a hundred gallons of ■Jeep." H mfcH not have been BO Well Satisfied with lons of mice. They estimate their eatebei of these rodents en the Downs now by pr lons, or by the sack. A correspondent in
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  • 132 4 Pose As Workers' Champions." London. Sept. 1. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the latest behests of the Third Internationale rill three pages of the chief organ of the German Communists. The Moscow executive declares that there must be no attempts at armed revolution, but,
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  • 146 4 Mr. Thomas Smedley Oldfield, of Oaking-ton-avenue, Maida Vale, London, who died on Monday in mail week aged SI. was the tutor of many well-known men including Bar] Jellicoe. Lord Swaythling, the late Hon. E. S. Montagu, Sir Harcourt Butler, Mr. Gilbert Erankau, the novelist, and
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  • 140 4 Most people regard the American aborigine a< now inhabiting exclusively the fiction of their boyhood, the remote fastnesses of Arizona and New Mexico, and the studios of the Los Angeles Moving Picture factories. They will l>e surprised to learn that in New York State 23,000 acres
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  • 138 4 A captain sends his batsmen out; Another hands his man the ball: The bowler moves the field about; The umpire speak-, and that is all And that is all that man ean do. You see hint play his little best A bye, a catch, I run
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  • 108 4 Tested and Approved in Britain. London. Sept. 21. Golf balls made to American s|>ecifications have been subjected to exhaustive tests in Great Britain and are found to shorten the drives on an average by six yards. They are slightly larger and lighter than those permitted in
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  • 268 4 Whenever attempts are made in India to control railway passengers the latter are generally apt to regard it as a grievance. A case in point was the erection of barriers at Howrah some time ago to prevent thirl class passengers from rushing the platform. This innovation was
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  • 108 4 Reported Due at End of Next Year. We learn from a reliable source that it ■is very likely that a British regiment will come to Ceylon at the end of next year. The Imperial Government has made certain proposals on the subject, and these are still
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  • 109 4 A vital bearing upon the economics of defence btlongs to the "oneman tank" which Captain Liddell Hart has watched in operation. It is calculated that three hundred of these vehicles, moving with the speed of cavalry, and each carrying a machine-gun, could be placed in the field
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  • 73 4 The posters advertised "The Forty Thieves." Full of excitement, he approached the box-office of the small local theatre. "Give me a good sea\ please," he said. And he handed in half a crown. In exchange he was given a ticket. "What about the change?" he asked. "No change.
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  • 1649 5 UNDER THE BOLSHEVISTS. Like a Town in the War Zane. Lord Norton, »!n in his diplomatic j days was well ac aimed with St. Pettisbutg, has jus- returned from a visit to the famous city on the Neva, which is now known as Leningrad. I In Finland it was
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  • 183 5 Allegations that a first-class county bowler tamper* d with the ball during a recent match at Worcester against Worcestershire have caused a surprise in cricketing circles. No complaint, the Daily Skt tch is informed, has been made officially by the Worces- j tcrshire County Club. It has been
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 313 5 TURF CLUB. NOTICE. tjTl >|N HACK MEETING, 1925. fUBDAY. HEsi/\Y. THURSDAY _nAI OCTOBEB 17th, 20th, 22nd aad 24tn. OPEN HORSES. f r EX-GRIFFIN HORSES. EX-GRIFFIN PONIES. ra for OPEN PONIES. r] _KES, excluding Addmmencea each day at [MITED SWEEPSTAKE will tor MesassHrs only. nable at the Secret- -kong Bank ChamvnlFS
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    • 213 5 |two special star VALUE LINES. j ____r ____lP__r __F I \\v\^___, ___r ______F '__r W \\WW ___-__r aw JP I T^ ___P_r M IV \\V \s^ THE IMPERIAL M WHITE Weatherproof Helmet. I Covered plain drill The "Imperial" is the result of an effort to place on the market a
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  • 1335 6 THE AUENSf "UNDERGROUND." The "underground railroad" for the fu tive importation of unwelcome- aliei across the Northern border i s the scene < exciting incidents of hunt an d capture, or of which is described by Boyden Spari under the suggestive title "Crashing tr Gate." He introduces
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  • 328 6 Power*. Enjoyed By Animal> Denied to Man. While man can repair little more than broksn skin and broken bones owing to his very highly specialised structure, the possibilities of regeneration, as Dr. C. M. Yonge points out in the current number of Conquest, are enormously greater. Whereas
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  • 112 6 A new method of road-surfacing-, designed to eliminate the need for breaking up the roads and obstructing the streets for long periods, has been successfully tested by Holborn Borough Conasii A patch of road from Kingsway to South-ampton-street was chosen for the experiment. Instead of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 321 6 WAHLPIN BE Companion to the ffllJ New Perfected /5/Hk/ SVERSHARP MM THK perfected comb feed _*/4_T that is built into all Wahl mIM Pens holds the ink, just as a fmW comb holds water. It releases a nPwS steady flow at all writing speeds uii Imff bur never an excess.
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    • 292 6 King George IV Pl5 4^____^ The TOP NOTCH "Scrtdi THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD.. EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND. |[||jP !Jii^lJ| 1 A GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE p)R. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS are frequently prescribed for the many ailments peculiar to the female sex, for the very reason that these Pills are purely vegetable, mild
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  • 201 7 DEMODOCUS RAIDED. SOUTH AFRICAN TERMS. [Reuter's Service]. Fremantle, Oct. 2. Hundreds of strikers last night raided the steamer D.modocus, drew the fires, dropped the firebars, and threatened the captain and officers with violence if they resisted. It is noteworthy that Mr. Bruce recently telegraphed to the Westralian premier,
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  • 90 7 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 2. The greatest textile machinery exhibition ever held was opened to-day in Manchester City Hall. A hundred and twenty films, including British, French. German. Italian, Dutch, Austrian and American are represented. It is hoped that as a result Of the exhibition Lancashire will develop
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  • 101 7 [Reuter's Service]. London. Oct. 2. Despite the first surprise, the reduction of the bank rate fa gcaerftlty welcomed and a good sentiment prevails on the Stock and somewhat disappointing. Following Exchange to-day. -but business is quieter yesterday's strength, gilt-edged securities are easier in tendency, with the new
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  • 55 7 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 2. The Labour Conference has, concluded. Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, in an interview, said that he is delighted with the Conference. It had been a great consolidating conference. They had removed mountains of misunderstanding and the industrial and political sections cf the party were
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  • 63 7 [Reuter's Service.] Port Said, Oct. 2. The Britisb steamer Slavic Prince, from Hongkong and Batavia to New York, .-truck a bank in the Suez Canal and is leaking in Number One hold, containing sugar, some ol Which has teen wetted. As a re-ull. a Burvey is recommended.
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  • 113 7 [Reuter's Service. J Lcndon, Oct. 2. Air Vice-Marshals Brooke-Popham and Sttel have been appointed to command u-spc-tivoly the fighting area, ramely all 'the fighting units ar.d Wessex area, namely all bombers engaged in Home defence. These ure he first appointmerts under Sir John Saimond who is responsible
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  • 673 7 A CHANGE IN THE RULES. The coming Rugby season will be watched in England with very keen interest, and events will attract attention wherever the game is played. Certain alterations i n the rule3 are to be introduced, of which the most important is that which
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  • 217 7 Reviver That Revives Great interest is being shown by athletes and nodical authorities, as wall as by scientists, in a beverage introduced by Mr. Arthur Newton, well-known South African athlete, who broke the world's record for running on the Brighton Road. Known provisionally :is the "magi.' -.rink."
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 420 7 BUSINESS CARDS. C r*ir»s« Send or th Uluatrated j 0 itstoCM of Musical Instruments. SEASON CO., LTD. o ni Br.d 113, North Bridge Road. 5 fIN I WORKING AND TRUSTWORTHY SKKVANTS. OOKS, AMAHS. AYAHS, ETC. harge and under no obligation. We anj lady o r gentleman, any- i requirements. Intending
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    • 631 7 NOTICES. ARMISTICE NIGHT. EX-SERVICE WOMEN'S DINNER. The Dinner for Ex-Service Women will be held at the Europe Hotel on Wednesday, November 11th. Tickets will be $5 each payable at the time of application. The Committee are most anxious this dinner shall be an even greater success than in previous years;
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    • 415 7 I "Pineapple" I f Ham and Bacon I i )>S> CT£D w)h. j Ix^ I rn fflk < The Finest Procurable. I LATEST ACHIEVEMENT CONTRACT i SECURED with Indian Government for COW AND GATE MILK FOOD to be supplied to Hospitals throughout India. Obtainable of all chemists and large dealers
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  • 55 8 QACHNANG. On Oct. .<rd at the Maternity Hospital. Singapore. Hortense. wife of H. W. jachnang. of Angullia Park, of a daughter. ELLISON. Ol Oct I at 1. Wiikie Road, to Mr. and Mr- I Kllison. a son. Both doin* well. GRKKN At the Maternity Hospital. Singapore. To Mr. and
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  • 31 8 Tho funeral of the late Mrs. Tan Jink Kim will take place thi- afternoon, thf cortege will leave the _OM*C at '•'> p.m. foe the family burial ground at Alexandra Road.
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  • 660 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1925. Week End Comments. The Labour Party Kb Britain has trained a good deal in prestige during the past week, as the result of the decisions of the Labour Conference Ito put the Communists in their place. One felt instinctively that British Labour had
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  • 441 8 We bent that Hr. and Mrs. A. S. Jelf wire to leave for Jamaica on Sept. _lst.. Mi. Jelf acting as Governor of the Colony for six months. The ire walking ceremony of the sfnliamman Temple. South Bridge Road, will he performed at the Temple this nitenUMMS, [between 4.3»> p.m.
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  • 182 8 THE COLONY'S RESEK\ I FUND. To the Editor. Sir, It is proposed to set aside in future a considerable proportion of our gross colonial ncome as a Reserve Fund. This of course necessarily means increasing our gross income beyond the normal needs for expenditure. We pay
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  • 107 8 Who won't ke glad wh.n the new road t« Johore is opened up to traffic. The number of ears using the old road increases every day and const qiient.y, the accidents increase in proportion. It is quite safe to Bay that there art.' on an average
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  • 478 8 O; Saturday night about 1<» o'clock four hinese robbers raided a house at Lorong 22 and ransacked it of all tht- jewellery and other valuable t hirer- that tiu-y COUI i get hold of. At the particular moment thi people ol the house were away.' leaving a
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  • 121 8 A PENANG LA\y CASI (From Our Own Coritsp, Penan. Mr. Justice Whitley delne, ment in the suit wherein th. Trading Company sued Sel to recover $12,153, that being una between the contract a pikul on May 26th <- n IT her, which the defendants failed t on contract.
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  • 188 8 Thousands Vi>it .he „r j Vesteriaj AH is hustle and bi. R( ad sl.ow grounds, an I durin K the last few da\ soil at the elaborate Grade for to-night's perforn All the eowboyi and 1 own 'on'- and have ipecisl tii; dining :<-.it.<. and thi lent
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  • 153 8 Y.M.C.A. NOTES The following special evenl place during the week ending I M< nda> Hockey v RA M R ari Ground at s.lfi p.m. TVecdej Football vK.\. v Ground at ">.l"> p.m. Wednesday Volley EU tut ion at 5 p.m. Thursday Hock j Ind an Ass at Anson 'Joad 5
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  • 41 8 Friday. 5 p.m. Drill Ha." nals; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall si: p.m. Drill Hai: Bond. Saturday. U0 pjn. Bukit T siau Company; _.'<<* p.m. Ft lay Company. Sunday. 8 a.m. Bukit 1 Company: I a.m. Farrer R I Company.
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  • 33 8 Monday, Hh Individual Tn Tuesday. oth. Wireless and Classes Headquarters 5.1E Thursday. Mh. Band rt Joseph's Institution 5 p.m, Saturday. H)th. Bridge arming 2.'10 p.m. I FRANK C. SANDS, Con
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 85 8 -THE CONNOISSEUR COMLS TO CALDBECK'S" MACGREGOR.CALOBECKiO LONDON GLASGOW tlT_,Q.i»»_» >QO* MACGREGOR'S V. o. s. THE WHISKY WITH A PEDIGREE. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) Singapore. Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Klang. CLEAR E CRYSTAL ICE Spore COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. ions f 1 CHAMPAGNE POMMERY Extra Quality. Sole
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    • 40 8 jcfc_\ Jg I Parfums de Luxe 1 COTY Chypre m < Origan Rose Jacqueminot Paris Emeraude j; EAU DE COTY i> to be had from all dealers |i Dupire Brothers. s*_r ■.■AV_-_-AV_"AV."AVA%WAW.V _w»_—_—_ m Sole ApenLs: THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.
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  • 188 9 SPEECH BY M. PAINLEVE. I, IP GRUDGES) MIST GO. [Reuter*! Service. Paris. O c t. 3. an important speech at N dared that France's foreign "liberate and reconcile" was still idesl but reconciliation, to beble in Europe must first be reaRhine. Franco-German reeoneithe corner-stone of civilisation and such
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  • 68 9 Sendee.] London. Oct. S. til has beci ian cm in Mansurprising allegations against America:: .tlkial cotton bj Mr. A. S. Pearce. Int* national Feck-rat on of _rs' and Manufacturers' As- \vh«> has just completed a tour t, declares that Department of Agriculture v hy averaging: the eies'
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  • 38 9 [Renter's Service.] Atlantic City. Oct. 3. ite between the bricklayers' and which has lasted four 1 up huge building opera- I 1 ork and elsewhere, ended gning t' an agreement drafted by Federation of labour.
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  • 19 9 [Reuter's Service.] Florence, Oct. 4. local Fascist leader, Lupomurdered. The assassin was rowd and seriously injured.
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  • 23 9 [Reuter's Service.] Santiago. Oct. 2. kbinet includes, Luisa Concha j Barroajarpa as foreign Minis- ei Mi nir ter for War.
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  • 22 9 [Reuter's Service.] Amsterdam, Oct. 3. I* of the Netherlands is lowering discount from four to 3V_ per to-morrow.
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  • 92 9 I" Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Oct. 3. intent has been completed for »f over to Britain the prothe former British Embassy at 9 'rtiet Cable* on page 7.) Malayan ivil Servants due "in Home leave is Mir. R. D. i« in Class lb. Mr. Acton was '<*«
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  • 369 9 RIFF STRONGHOLD CAPTURED. ADVANCE AT ALL POINTS. [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 4. The Spanish Embassy in London has reel ived a telegram from Madrid stating that Spanish '.roops continue to occupy the territory around Ajdir and the bay of Alhucemas without resistance. They have reached the banks of
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  • 140 9 [Reuter's Service.] New York. Oct. 3. Disappointment with the result of the abeence of a permanent settlement of the Prench debt is reflected to-day by an initial break of eight points in the franc to 4.66 1 cents and a decline in all French bonds listed here. Wall-street
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  • 111 9 TReuter's Service.] London. Oct. 3. Anx.ous to see the Empire Exhibition before it closes crowds are nocking to Wembley in unexpectedly high numbers which will probably total ten millions by the end of the season. The at'raction is increased by a £100 prize awarded daily to
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  • 95 9 [Reuter's Service.] Moscow, Oct. 4. The Council of Commissaries has issued a decree that ex-prisoners of war and those interned of the old Imperial and Red armies and also participants in the risings of White armies who came under the conditions of amnesty shall lose their citizenship
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  • 376 9 CHICHERIN'S SENTIMENTS. SOVIET ANXIETY. I Reuter's Service.] Berlin, Oct. 3. Signs of the Soviet's anxiety at Germany's participation in the Locarno Con- ference are forthcoming in an in erview with Chicherin published in the Berliner i Tageblatt, in which the strongest anti-Bri-I tish sentiments were expressed. Chicherin
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  • 77 9 •Reuter's Service.] Richmond, Virginia. Oct. 3. The western section of the deep tunnel jon the Chesapeake and Ohio railway has eanad in and it is believed that there are j many casualties. It is stated that fifty labourers were working in the tunnel at the time of
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  • 37 9 [Reuter's Service.] Newport, Rhode Island. Oct. 3. It is officially announced that submarine SSI has been found flooded from stem to stern and all aboard her are dead. (Earlier Cables on page 7.)
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  • 168 9 Rubber (.notation. (By courtesy of the Nanyo Nichi- Nichi Shimbunsha). Tokio. Oct. 2. Rubber was quoted at Y1.99 (middle price) per pound f.a.q. spot, the tone of market being steady. Ambassador Matsri. The new Ambassador, Mr. Matsui, will leave here on the 24th inst. for England via Canada.
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  • 931 9 A NOTABLE AMATEUR PERFORMANCE. A crowded audience on Saturday night at the Victoria Theatre testified by their close attention a nd frequent applause that I hey had found in Mrs. Arthur Harris's production of A. A. Milne's comedy, something attractive to the intellect and to the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 173 9 Robinson Co. Ltd. Cellular Tennis Shirts with New Polo Collar with and without Pocket. Siisil Lijrht weight strong and A^^^fej^BS serviceable $y.^ v£v:v' S. *:> .o>:v& :>v. Price $4.75 each. I Sizes 14 to 18» -j Collar l|i| fff WSS. British Manufacture pSvl|sp|pwSffl Y( Easyneck Tennis shirts with the new
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    • 755 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. MENTOR London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port HELENUS Marseilles,
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    • 571 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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    • 659 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENT.. LSTEAM NAVIGATION rti LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and A*l»tff_i TOnnaK 192 S 3
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  • 930 11 Melbourne, July 16. E\er since Mr. Thomas Walsh became the leader of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australia the coastal shipping trade of the Commonwealth has been the centre of sporadic industrial warfare. This is so, notwithstanding that for the especial bene> fit of Australian
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  • 234 11 control. An Unreal Settlement. On these terms the strike was settled, in so far as it applied to the ships of the Commonwealth* Line, and twenty-four hours later Mr. Walsh was exercising job control as effectually as ever by forcing the Line to accept seamen for engagement regardless of whether
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  • 189 11 Four exhibition trains have been built by the leading British railway companies to travel England, Scotland, and Wales in the interest of British-made goods. Three hundred cities and towns are t# be visited. The trains consist of corridor carriages. They will be stocked with all
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  • 1034 11 The Pan-Pacific Union is arranging to send Dr. Frederick E. Trotter, Superintendent of Public Health in Hawaii, as its delegate to the Sixth Congress of the Far Eastern Association of Tropical Medicine, to be held in Tokyo, October 11 to 31. This selection has
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  • 264 11 Reducing Accountants' Corps. Step.- are now being taken for the redll tion of the Corps of IfUPsrj Account int s in accordant-,., with the decision enaon <■■ 1 in the House of Commona on July 30 ly the Secretary of State for War. Th< Corpt established
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 223 11 I m I _B mmm\ tf_ I GOOD FAN IS ALWAYS WORTH PAYING FOR IN THIS COUNTRY. j SPECIFY CROMPTONS THEY'RE GOOD FOR 20 Years. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) ELECTRICAL, DEPARTMENT 13. BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. llft.tggrs j Cooking 8 Economy. With a Gas cooker 'J^^'^^l^S^T' you
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    • 113 11 g «®®©®®®_s®Ss_s®®@®®® 2>©€X_'®€€>@_K_K_X_><_X_X^ KORRENGZAL OINTMENT I An approved pharmaceutical (W£M KORRENGZAL is prepared I preparation for the Skin. )|W_>__L on lv bv In cases of simple or infected ,f^__ffii W E W00I)S LTD i j .j mhmW^^r^ Manufacturing Chemists, Sydney, wounds, deep-seated sores, ecze- \>j* Ti Australia. mic eruptions, Dhobie
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  • 47 12 For failing to produce a certificate for a number of Chinese immigrants who travelled to Singapore on his ship, the Captain of the Clara Jebsen, was charged in the District Court on Saturday. His Honour treated the case lightly and ordered defendant to pay costs.
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  • 286 12 CAPT. JOHN KERR'S DEATH. Pioneer of Penang Hill, A well-known figure, and a very highly esteemed old resident, and property owner of Penang has passed away in the person of Captain John Kerr whose death we regret to announce, says the Pinang Gazette. We understand that Captain Kerr
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  • 430 12 Admiral Sueter on Lack of Cruisers Bear-Admiral Sneter, M.P.. in an article in English Life on the present condition of the British Navy. deckiies ihere is great cause for alarm at our present lack of cruiser Strength. He says: "When we recall that it took 32
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  • 52 12 The following leave from Penang and Singapore per Ethiopia to connect at Rangoon with: Bibby Line Yorkshire sailing from Rangoon on October Bth. Miss C. M. Trowell, Mr. A. H. Hambrook and Mr. F. A. Mallard. Henderson Line Chindwin sailing from Rangoon on October 6th. Mrs. H. R.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 601 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). :_:0:— FQR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :o.— Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and UONTORO (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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    • 16 12 MASSAGE HALL. MANICURE AND MASSAGE 60, WATERLOO STREET. Mrs. HARU and Miss HANA. Telephone No. 1467.
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    • 363 12 The Green Island Cement COMPANY LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) SINGAPORE OFFICE Phone No. 2751. "GREENLAND.' 1 i JAVA-NEWJYORK LINeT^ Regular three weekly s ervice of the Model lan.l Steamship I •ROTTERDAM U.OYD" AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE, Intended sailings of above Companii from Singapore. SAPAROEA due To Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
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    • 269 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO SJi CO. (Incorporated in Italy.) HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Brindisi. Vt-r.d and Trieste via ports taking cargo ra through Bills of Lading for Fiume, th« Levant and Black Sea Ports, also to tli ports on the West Coast of Italy. I GERANIA abort ROSANDRA x SILVIO PELLICO
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 614 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6am Bangkok every Thursday 6 am Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 am Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p i_ Kota Tinggi
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    • 643 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations Steamer,. Arr D j, d, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, nd P©H Said. Alaska Maru Oct 17 Oct 18 Capt Town. Rio. Santos, 10 H tevkleo, Buenos Aires via t Hawaii Maru Oct. 18 Oct 21 ;tn(l Bombay t Indo Maru Oct 4 Oct
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    • 406 13 mmSks SIE__MSHI?> UNE j___ mi* '^^SSL Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE *8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINSBB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseille >. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World,
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    • 600 13 GENERAL AGE §AWASAKI_ROOSEVELT LINE Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHTIHSRVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERLARCH Tn p Arf silvekfir im Po m-S. SILVERELM ue £t 24 8.8. BORDEAUX MARU due j^ JJ m.s. SILVERAY due tor
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  • 698 14 WATCH CANCER GERM AT WORK. The possibility in the near future of making cinema films of the- wonderfully minute organisms of the cancer virus, so that its life, developments, and activities can be thrown on a scret.i, was suggested to me by Mr. J. E. Barnard, the
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  • 169 14 What is regarded in Shanghai official circle s as one of the most important discoveries in recent weeks i n connection with the activities cf agitators and strike promoters, was made a few weeks ago by police of the Wayside Station under Detective Irspector J. W. Prince
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  • 557 14 GENERAL HERTZUG'S PLANS. As Minister for Native Affairs, General Hertzog, for the first time since he became Prime Minister, is visiting the native territories. He i s making a tour by motor of about 1.000 miles through the Transkei and Ciskei. His first important speech
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  • 82 14 India to bo Visited London, Sept. 19. Prince and Princes! Andrew of Russia will be members of a party numbering forty which will tour thc word aboard the yacht Star which is one of the largest privatelyowned afloat. The tour starts in January and covers thirty
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 418 14 from the il Rassengeiif Point of Vie#l and that, in the end, is one E of the most important factors a j= V-/ passenger vehicle owner has to consider— the Albion 'Bus and Motor Coach Models approach more nearly =j the comfort of a private car than any s other
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    • 512 14 Jfc^iL Eczema, Rashes m *Qw m M -iu s Sores Emotions Wis Weeks my Jace *»f».»vi*a l| was entirely cLarcd! SOOII H( k al _T__^M______. mm* >: ¥Mr s v when the Blood is cleansed f '^»i__k^S_fe i^llsK^ W K^ndleshiun Road, Clapton, London, With I!!-- '^W&J** places and was very
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  • 61 15 October 3. Bank 1 ni.s. 214 15.32 Bank, demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 New York, demand 56% Credits 90 days 58^ France, demxnd 1150 India, T. T. 1541^ Hongkong, demand 5% p.c. Prem" Yokohama, demand 138 Java, demand 139% Bangkok, demand 79*4 Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.54
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  • 225 15 October 3. Tin 150 Tons $137 -n Gassbisr 20.50 Pepper White 5S 50 Pepper Black 3H.50 Flake Tapioca 6.50 Pearl Sago Small 900 Copra i_r M Copra Sundried 12. .'55 Opium, ben r-s int 4 000 Rice, Liang Ilia '"nan Marl B'ue Eagle (Old) 360 Rice. Liang Hin Chan
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  • 33 15 Singapore. Oct. 3. 11.30 a.m. Singapore, S'andard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.85 H LM; Kov.-Dse. LSI 1.3-2: Jan. -March 1.20 1.21. London Quotation Sheet .Ss. GKd. Market Firm.
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  • 341 15 ATTACK ON KOWLOON -CANTON TRAIN. Further details have been received by the Wah Kiu Yat Po regarding the attaek on the through train from Kowloon to Canton at Namshea on the Chinese section on Sept. 18th. It is stated that over 100 bandits, intending to rob the train, removed and
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  • 803 15 FIFTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The annual general netting of lhe Jimah Rubber Estates, Limited, was bold '>n Saturday in the Chartered Banlv Chambers, those present being Mess»-. A. Baddeley (chairman), G. A. Watt, I. liobertson, Lee Ban Soon, G. K. K. Mugttston and H. Reiley, for the Secretaries,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 438 15 .wets over $5,500,000. A Assurance in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LlMlTED(lncorporated in Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE:-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C The company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF
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    • 1581 15 TRADE AND COMMERCE. UOSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT (L. R. Macphail). Rubber._3s. f* 4 Sinffa P« r Oct. 3. Tin.— £269 15s. The Rubber share market continues firm with quotations improving. Mining shares are quiet with no features of interest Tl£ nd Industria,s remain in demand llJffefe PanaS We,e Placedat ii.w.
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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 floo^ A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 939 16 IHE VISITORS' CU Yesterday morning the first of the scries of three races for the Visitors' Cup took place in mixed weather. Thc visitors who sailed the yachts last Easter and presented this Cup to the Club would have seen some excellent racing however. At 9 a.m. heavy clouds
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  • 377 16 SUSSEX WIN WARREN SHIELD. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Oct. 4. Except for slight rain this morning which did not interfere with the shooting for the Warren Shield, excellent weather conditions have prevailed through all three days of the Command Rifle Meeting resulting in good all-round shooting.
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  • 266 16 Royal Engineers beat S.C.C. XL A very enjoyable game took place at Pulau Brani yesterday afternoon when an S.C.C. XI. had to _-dmit defeat by the narrowest of margins. Batting first, the military made use of the uncomfortable C( nditions prevailing during the first part of the game and
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  • 110 16 A very sporting event took place on the track on the Selangor Club padang on Friday, says the Malay Mail, the result of a wager, in connection with which the sum of $100 has changed hands. A well-known local merchant declared 'hat he couid run the
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  • 48 16 The follow'ng will represent the Y.M.C.A. vs. R.G.A. 'o-morrow, at 5.10 p.m. sharp, on the Anson Road Ground: P. A. Beins, C A. Pennefather, J. S<d-adurai Vaz K Bnmy, C D. Smith. E. Newton, B. Dudlev,' T. Retnam, R. Sinnathamby, and M. Catenatoor. Reserve. G. Towers.
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  • 320 16 HOME FOOTBALL. [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 3. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Bolton W. 1, West Ham U. 0. Burnley 2, Liverpool 1. Cardiff City 3, Bury 2. Everton 2, Huddersfield T. 3. Leeds United 2, Manchester U. 0.
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  • 83 16 Singapore Championship. The second round of this competition resulted as follows: F. Harrison beat J. R. Morrison 2 and 1. K. C. Baker beat Dr. .1. S. English 5 and M. D. Rutley beat D. J. Ward at 19th hole. W. Hendrie beat C. Everitt 1 Up. S. C.
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  • 113 16 The October monthly medal was competed for on Saturday and Sunday, and resulted in a win for Mr. A. Dickson Wright who returned the excellent net score of TO. Fortyeight cards were taken out and the following were returned: A. D. Wright S8 18 70 A. Roose
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  • 160 16 Dyne Cup Tennis. Monday's Ties. Miss L, Hutchison and Murphy owe 4 vs. Mr*. Hickey and Wild plus 1. Miss Fawcett and Holyoak owe 5 vs. Mr. and Mrs. Ewing plus 2. Saumiors and Wishart owe 1 vs. Miss Griffith-Jones and Fulcher owe 15.1 Mrs. Hunter and Moss
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  • 252 16 SATURDAY'S FINALS. Burma Rifleman Champion. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Oct. 4. The A. A. A. Meeting was continued this morning owing to rain interfering towards the end yesterday. Results were as follows: 100 Yards Final: Maung Tin (Burma Rifles), L:m Chay Seng (Penang), J. S. de
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  • 643 16 Saturday's Gallaps. With the Autumn Meeting now comparatively near the work OB the course is more interesting: and there- wa s a good gathering on Saturday of those interested. The morning started off fairly clear hut later a heavy mist rose about the thrcv furlongs and did not
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 438 16 Moutrie Pianos i The expression of true music demands an i., t, ment of the Highest Merit. In a MOUTRIE PIANO You have the best that skilled artisan achieve. Call and demonstrate this for yourself L f Purchasing. or( S. MOUTR!_nTcO. 5 LTD I (Incorporated in Hoagkoag). I The Arcade.
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