The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 October 1925

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press. lv CENTS. SINGAPCRE, S.S., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1925 NO. 11,616.
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  • 309 1 The Laonudon, which is beinj; Urm ed to port by tho Phemius, has MN tons of rubber aboard Page 9. The French, German and Italian newspapers are d<;ing their be.st to latht.m the proceedings at Locarno Page 9. Tribe* are submitting m win It sale fashion to
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  • 1118 1 Many untravel'ed Britons who (ln;\r a Making delight from conning the redi o.oodedly male exploits of pirates, have read with surprise and disappointment of the appearance of lady pirates m the devious and muddy estuaries of chaotic China. Thfs is no development, howeret. Lady pirates have t
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 242 1 rrv "SNOWFLAKE" THE HETTER BUTTER RAFFLES HOTEL. Telephone No. 2920. AUTUMN RACE MEETING SPECIAL RACE DINNER DANCE ON Saturday, October ITtK Saturday, October 24tK. DANCING until 1.45 a.m. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. *M 999 BB_M WPtS___*** mmt^ WMm tmml Jt^JTrtTHTWr 9 The World's Typewriter Amongst the many exclusive features of the
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    • 139 1 PABCO SERVISPAR *g_lii-*^*w™™T^^ SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. (Incorporated m tho Straits Settlements) 5 Malacca Str^t, SINGAPORE. M: 280#. T#leK SIMIT era II THE "EUROPE HOTEL. -a*-**^——-.. --iB- -w <_-— yi—i. 1., i.a -■^-"■■l TM** p 1 i~ j AUTUMN RICE MEETING. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17th and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21th, 1925 Special
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    • 124 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest shipping on pages 10. 12 and IS. Use Peps and avoid nieht chills- Page 5. Rodeo changi ot' programme on Sunday Page 2. Guthrie's are agents for Spey-Royal whisky Page 8. Waterproof canvas blinds, Mohamad Ua Hoosainsah Page 2. Artists' colours and materials, Kelly and Walsh. Ltd.
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    • 9 1 SEE THAT YOU GET "SNOWFLAKE" PURE CHILLED CREAMERY BUTTER
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 111 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 9th. Hijrh Water, 2.54 a.m.. t_N pm. I. and O. outward mail due. P. and O. homeward mail closes. Dutch homeward mail leaves. Rodeo Show. T. Papar. t.lf p.m. Saturday, ,oth. Hijrh Water, 3.53 a.m., 3.9 p.m. Rodeo Show. T. Pagar. 9.11 p.m. Sunday, Mth. Hijrh Water,
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  • 323 2 These wen the words i m I ench on th« back of the visiting-card w v v > she found m her pocket m^ the rafe where she and h< r hu spent an hour bef< ar back to theii hotel: are .chat ep\ my mvi ation
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  • 248 2 A Serious Indict nu nt. The Malay Mail, which v COI ducting a campaign for better hospital amenities m Kuala Lumpur, m ihe conrae <>f a leading article makes the following eh;.: agaißft the Singapore II tanttal: The daily charge for tar from comfortable single room ir. the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 233 2 Nine Popular Face Creams CREME SHALIMAR LA REINE DE CREME MALACCEINE CREAM. Obtainable at MEDICAL HALL LTD SINGAPORE. VICTORIA THEATRE. ONE WEEK ONLY, "ommencing Monday, October 19th at 9.30 p.m. GONSALEZ BROTHERS Present THE ITALIAN 6RANO OPERA CO. Monday. October 19th. FEDORA. Tuesday. October 20th. MADAME BUTTERFLY. Wednesday, October 21st.
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    • 279 2 Victoria Theatre. r Thurs. 15th. Frid. 16th, Sat. 17th instant 9-30 p. m. WILLIAM HEUGHAN SINGER AND ACTOR THE GREATEST INTERPRETATIVE ARTISTE THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN— DRAMATIC, LYRICAL AND HUMOURUS. BRILLIANT ASSOCIATE ARTISTES HYMAN LENZER. GLADYS SAVER. Australia's Greatest Violinist World-tamed pianiste Box Plan at Littles— Prices $3, $2,
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    • 346 2 ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors.) From Wedftesday, 7th to Monday, 12th October. AN ENTERTAINING PARAMOUNT PICTURE Featuring a great screen favourite THOMAS MEIGHAN m an adaptation of Booth Tarkington's story Pied Piper Malone In 8 Reels. A romance of adventure and thrills on the high seas contari Booth
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  • 720 3 "A BACHELOR SERVICE." My Lords, Commissioners of the Admiral..:, and the.r permanent civilian assistants have been opposed to marriage m the Navy ever since the Navy Office was established. ■Senior officers of the old school were equally hostile to matrimony m all ranks and ratings of the service.
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  • 260 3 W.th the resignation of Tang Chik Yu, Salt Commissioner m Canton, one of the elder leaders of the Kuomintang and a personal friend of the late Dr. Sun Vat Sen, the Canton Government is now free of the so-.alled "Elders" clique. Wang Ching Wei, still nominally chairman
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  • 773 3 CHARACTERISTICS AND FANATICISM OF A NOBLE RACE. The present rising m Syria has brought into prominence a peculiarly interesting, though almost unknown people. It was my good fortune to spend the summer months of 1924 m the Lebanon mountains where I was able to make
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    • 328 3 Their soothing antiseptic vapours prevent cure colds an Evans' Pastille into ith and you feel instant m the most obstinate V .ur harsh, burning is eased. Breathing lear. Pasttttaa made to the ol the Liverpool Hospital contain .olatile remedies. The vapours reach every ths throat, nose and and kill the
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    • 224 3 S^^^^^___^^^B_-____B______^__----^ __V__A I _f_t V L--H ____r^_l H A V~-^^X| *iJ fly __H !_________^v] b_H il I W^ 9 y -m^Lw m*mlr*[\ jjj m p3__\Mz m p jgf !i fl^ri S _L _J_^^^__i P^__J ~*~**Lmmm\m*——^k v_^^^^_P^^^^^aaa_^^^^^lil_^^^7 WI Avoid experiments with your M health. Kely on ENO* 3 M Fruit Salt"
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    • 247 3 FORD OWNERS Prolong the Life of Your Car by Using White Star Oil I Positively a I Profitable Investment MALAYAN MOTORS 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. 1 "That's a nice TcnzCj fthe Taste is Delicic:::./' V 7HEN you take the first sip of WINCARNIS, at once you say
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  • 1228 4 Some time. ago m these pages I expressed the opinion that, s-o far from it being likely that the future would see all women wearing trosaera, ie was much more probable that it would see all men woaring skirts. A paradoxical opinion, I admit one which'
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  • 688 4 MOODS MODES OF EVE I Table Talk. There are, of course, fashions m dogs. From time to time a particular breed enjoys considerable popularity, but I was unaware, until recently, that there could be such a thing as a fashion m dog-wear, since the dog wears nothing bul a collar.
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  • 121 4 This pretty wrap is the style of cloak which is very charming when the owner knows how to wear it. lt can be the most graceful article m thi wardrobe. It is made to fit quite loosely. The cuffs are wide and circular, and the hem-line also
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  • 596 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD Paris ia seeking the most extraordinary trimmings for use on the new gowns an.i hata. Strangely clipped furs, and weirdly patterned ma'e rials are being used. But more rare than these is the trimming of anique co.ns which is to adorn the newest millinery. These coins are not
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  • 345 4  -  Poppy Paris By The autumn is quite often a trying time .to the house-wife whose garden fails to i supply all that she might demand by way |of flowers; of course, there are autumn I leaves m all their glory, but when it comes jto buying flowers,
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  • 495 4  -  Flora Fleming By About Time, Too Those who conti^ol the moving picture industry have an uncanny way of foreseeing changes m public taste. The b:g film plays are produced long before they are firs: shewn upon the screen. Sometimes a film is completed a year or more before
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  • 358 4 In many instances (writes our San Francisco correspondent) ethics are cast to the winds m these United States, even m the medical world, and this is being aptly illustrated m som c parts of the country, notahly m the cinema colony of Hollywood, Southern Cal.fornia, by the curious
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  • 387 4 English women hay, women m the tru<« Long before the great women's sport came ji were quietly pursuir games, and hunting. A c w door forms of physical have been steadily plaj piaetising archery without six or ■even hundred >. the modern desire fof organisation that has
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  • 299 5 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily m Malay*; a "news** paper 35-40 columns of news the best Medium for Advertising. d with the Chota Hazri each morn- with Latest Telegrams. Latest News Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures of the week" Stria] Story, Ladies' Page, etc. 1
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  • 724 5 Let us be honest about log-rolling. Well, what I mean is let us be reasonably honest about log-rolling. Pure honesty is, of course, beyond the scope of human nature. Motive is too shy a quarry for curiosity to discover; it lurks too deep, amid such a
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  • 360 5 Tre St. John del Ray mine m the State of Minas Geraes, Brazil, is of extraordinary interest, both on account of the time nearly a century it has been worked, and as the deepest ore mine m the world. It was purchased m 1834
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  • 765 5 In the purplish, mercury vapour light of •he boxing ring two smilling young men shook hands, and then began to hit one another most violently on the nose. Save for the brilliant pool of light the place was m semi-darkness. I could see hundreds of
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  • 574 5 The temptations of a woman appear to me as significant landmarks m her psychological map. They are mostly innocent enough, but their importance lies n ot m themselves. It is a matter of endless interest to watch her emotional reactions to them. Her behaviour then is
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  • 256 5 Differences over Most-Favoured-Nation Clause. According to telegrams from Moscow printed m the Rui, a Russian newspaper published m Berlin, the interruption of the German-Soviet negotiations [mentioned m a dispatch from the Berlin Correspondent of The Times recently] developed unexpectedly owing to the sudden withdrawal by the Soviet
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    • 61 5 NERVE PAINS Banished! I lliott's Headache Tablets i lihvc been specially prepared to give quick relief from all nerve pains. They ure a headache quickly without any weakening effect on the heart or system. Taken at first symptoms, they will check influenza, fever or cold m one night. Do not
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    • 390 5 I NIGHT CHILLS! I PEPS fha Raal Safeguard against Branchltla, fl Pleurisy, Pneumonia, A Cansumatlon. I WHEN broiling hot daya are followed by damp, chilly nights, tha danger of eTen tha strong contracting pleurisy, pneumonia. and even consumption is doubly great. t_W\ To al ways haT« s>f ew Peps handy
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  • 1132 6 A CROSS-CHANNEL IMPRESSION. II connut, says Flaubert of Frederic v Moreau on his travels, la melancolie des r paquebots. This concise, quaint, intriguingly cryptic phrase was long a mystery to r me, as it must have been to many another o reader of L'Education Sentimentale. What could be
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  • 473 6 It is not a rare occurrence to find the most entertaining of sports comparatively unknown. When I was bidden to arm myself with the equivalent to a Zulu assegai and told to be prepared to shelve my shoes and stockings, pull my flannel trousers knee-high, and paddle across
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  • 321 6 Lr. I.eilin's Researches.. By the recent researches of Dr. Keilin. ef the Molteno Institute, a new light is thrown upon wha; happens to these organisms when the water is oiled. I had ah ways assumed, m common, I think, with most zoologists, that mosquito larvae and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 298 6 THE TOILET DRESSING gM^S^jm FOR HOT CLIMATES /^SSSW Cleanses and Refreshes the Scalp. Wf^fW iSiffi Feeds the Hair Follicles. IV^ TOlß^. f Strengthens Thin and Weak Hair. IT and produces Thick. Luxuriant. L_______B___/' '^V 1 CLEAR AS CRYSTAL 'ffirmmX f^dHw CONTAINS NO DYE. OIL OR GREASE. DELIGHTFULLY COOLING. REFRESHING, V&ks^l^^
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    • 530 6 TKAHL2?m ~M Companion to the t > New Perfected IS hj mmsmftp Bm I TH E perfected comb feed fa V that is built into all Wahl M fJ/ Pens holds the ink, just as a rViWr comb holds water. Itreieasesa rIPml steady flow at ali writing speeds ml lm
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  • 1013 7 PARISIAN A. A MI IK CURB. (Fran Our -Own Correspondent). Paris, Sept. B. Talis doctors, always aolicttOOS lor their patients' welfare, ;.ic advising them tt) drirk milk, and m tie largest possible quantities. Hut ths is easier said than don.. he health-giving lipjle Hirg scarce; also extremely ixpinaivc. i.vc:- since
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  • 754 7 Vv> hi\e beon !n the hands of the Fascist:, ird on thi whole we rather liked it. The occasion was a climb to the little :hurch oi Madonna di Losa, a famous pla.e o* rM.rimajre on a shelf of .he (ottian Alps, al the height where chestnut
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 434 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ O oo •fMMMHMMMMMMMMMMI** o-ooo^ijo^ <* Pieaae Send fur the Illustrated J Catalogue nf Musical Instrumenta. SRASON CO., LTD. _> J 111 and 113, North Bridge Koad. J hf\RDWORKING AM) TRUSTWORTHY SKKVANTS. BOYS COOKS, AMAHS. AYAHS, KTC. i antl under no obligation. We .(.[.ly te :tny lady o r
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    • 654 7 TREAT DIGESTIVE TROUBIFS AT HOME. i :c_«lB«sfi--_ l _?S_S SJ. ,»>.v doc ...rs and uy.<\ In hoapiteU. Such disorders a8 indltaatlon, djrapepaui, a n.l sas ttit.s arc dug to the preaence of excess acid •n the stomach, and Bisurated Ma- nesia neutrahse. this harmful acid th, moment it enters the
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    • 957 7 ZEISS Auto Lamps, *fj t X_\m&F^ i i :xnd all Surveying Instruments. Sole Agents M. Wiseman Co., (Eastern) Ltd. (Incorporated i:i England.) [j SINGAPORE, S.S. THE EASTERN STUDIO. LEE THOTOC-RAPHER SINGAPORE. Enlargements, Miniatures, Wedding and other Groups, Indoor and Outdoor. Modern Style Electric Lighting, etc. We Also do Amateurs' Work.
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  • 798 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 9, 1923. The Law —and Outsiders. The Fascist movement m Italy was Of great value t 0 the country at a time when syndicalism, socialism, and communism threatened the stability of the state. It came, by the will ot the people at that time, to
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  • 372 8 Mr. A. G. Xemain has heen appointed net aa teYgraph engineer. Johore. The Registration and Military Service Lnactment. 191*. of Johore. is to he repealed. The Muar Civil Service I lub has been exempted from registration under the Societies' Ordinance. Mr. W. Auvache. Warder, Straits SetUeta Service, has \>wn appointed
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  • 166 8 ALLEGED LIBEL SUIT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, Oct. 8. In the Supreme Court here to-day, before Mr. Justice Brown, m a civil suit m which W. L. Crick, a planter, sued the Dunlop Plantations Ltd. for damages for libel, was concluded. Plain'iff claimed $1,771 special damages and
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  • 71 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. Oct. S. The through railway service. Singapore to Penang. which was interrupted on Moi day at the Taiping Pass, was resume 1 this B-orning and normal times w< re restored. During one of the first train passages through the tunnel here, a
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  • 520 8 Si!" Montagu Barlow. M.P., am.. Mujn* Hughes are staying nt the Empire Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. Mr. E. N. W. Oliver, the we l-known Selangor tennis p ayer. is due hack from h< me by the Sarpedon. M Preston, until recently m Singapore and formerly m Ipoh for the B. C.
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  • 194 8 SERIOI s LANDSLIPS. No Mails for Penang. The rainy season has set ir, severity this year, iayi Tu.-.:.. Echo, for there has already i by this we mean that sever. the heart of the town have beei a foot under water ami thi i no stopping its spread
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  • 522 8 (SiffgC-ri Since IM|> In tht early hours of S says Tuesday's Time, of Malaya, Kinta River overflowed its banks Ln regarded as the normal way, on!, fl ground floors of houses m h« lug to the rent aid ihowen Sunday niirht. however, th.- river overflowed ita hanks
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  • 56 8 i An order to exhume tinChinese, who was buried at 1 cemetery on October Ist, f examination, was issued h> ncr, Mr. F. G. Bourne. The A attacked by a gang af Chine Quay some time last month. ly died. The Doctor, who i was suffering from dyaentery. aware of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 154 8 2 rvj 1^351 y E*_^e_B^tß WM WW __i _L __P______l m __r l_r^__l 1 __rJ^ i_r Fl --hJ-i _!i-_-i^^_r_^ 1!^ _J| &__B_B___MC W— ™-_^k mm\—^M m\~~~~~^^~t™m mw 1 I '>^!i VSF-m WamM 1 <I^___________l fly -y I A -tr j_t______\ PIl- _fl t^% m_\Jr a_________B I "THE CONNOISSEUR" COMES TO
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    • 71 8 ■W-%%%VW_SV.VWJ '.W.V.V.V.V. 1$- J Parfums de Luxe f: GOTY Chypre J_ <_l Origan j: Rose Jacqueminot S Paris j Emeraude S EAU DE COTY > m > > > to be had from all dealers ■C J S *D\jpire Brothers. .5 >& V.WAV.,.W.VW.V.V.V.VASVk% //L-ZL r"*~«^«*" V_______^__^y H^Et *$XH__*2H-r--w-^^ ~BBYMA>Y^ r
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  • 151 9 SHARES BUMP. -AN IT T.KRS LAMENT. ter*! Service. l I.ondon. Oct. 7. Exchange, despite a slight •mmod-ty prices, the excite- share* continues and buyMrid to be coming from rieei Maria*. London. Oct. 7. S. venson rubber res--i.nl now served its pu.pose uith to be abolished was ion
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  • 24 9 Is- ivies.] I.ondoq. Oct. 7. ri Said says that the that m 10.40 Nortfi amer Pttemius is towing f nine knots.
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  • 137 9 [Reuter^ Service.] London. Oct. Bely scenes at the opening n nee of the National *_>tive Unionist Associ- -his morning which two attended. pell, m moving that the hv .referred hack, raised a by declaring that the tented with Government's tion and unempl -ynient was increasing Government's failure
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  • 54 9 iter's Service. J I.ondon. Oct. 7. gold withdrawal* from the it ii believed for America, usual autumnal payments and istment, haw been without t-edged securities, m view large arrivals are expected Africa, which .*re held up itrlke. «vithdrmwa| reduced the nei the restoration of the gold April t..
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  • 101 9 ENTH USIASM DAMPED. Service.] I.ondon, Oct. 7. British Fascists to enrol as es have been abandoned at •ihamp-on and Manchester. from t| u c hief constable of the Commander of the Manread at the Manchester lining the Fascisms offer constabulary, the chief that he was confident that iseni m the
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  • 445 9 OPENS WELL. BUT SOME DOUBTS. fßeuter's Service.] I-ocarrto. Jc*. 7. An Italian newspaper has published a .crsion of the text of the pact which is declared httt to be a mixture of truths and untruths, the latter considerably preponderating. It is not proposed t<> publish the authorised text
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  • 125 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 7. Messages from Berlin (from I_ocarno) indicate that Luther and Stresemann's task at the Pact Conference is rendered more difficult by the critical attitude of the German newspapers and political parties, the former particularly protesting against the report cf a possible" German
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  • 134 9 [Reuter's Service.] Atlantic City. Oct. 7. The position of the American Federation of Labour with regard to the Russian labour movement is vividly indicated m the reply of Mr. Green, President of the American Federation to an address by Mr. Purcell, M.P., a representative cf the British
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  • 131 9 ALLIES JOIN. PROGRESS DESPITE RAIN. [Havaa Service.] Fez, Oct. 7. The French and Spanish cavalry have effected a junction m he region of Jebel Bouaidir. [Reuter's Service. l Fez, Oct. 7. Franco-Spanish cavalry have joined up at Jcbel Eouaidir, m the district north-east of Syah. This marks the
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  • 64 9 I Reuter's Service.] Paris, Oct. 7. In connection with the re:ent fall m the franc, the ministry of finance denounces as purely speculative the recent operations on the Paris and foreign bourses, which resulted m a rise of several points m various fore.gn currencies. He announces that Government
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  • 139 9 fßeuter's Service.] Capetown. Oct. 7. The Kildonan Castle has sa.led for England, leaving behind the men who deserted the ship. The Edinburgh Castle and the Keni! worth Castle will sail for England on Oct. 12 and Oct. 16, after which there will again Ih 1 a regular
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  • 147 9 [Reuter> Service.] London. Oct. 7. Sir F. Lugard presided at a luncheon at the Nigeria Club as a farewell to Sir Graeme Thomson, the new Governor of Nigeria. Mr. Amery, m a speech, declared that it is essential that the various groups of colonies should come closer together.
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  • 98 9 [Reuter's Service.] I.ondon, Oct. 7. A crowded meeting of the Church Conpress at Eastbourne discussed race problems. Lord Willingdon declared that the imperative problem will be solved by peaceful methods, not by the clash of races, which would be the most ghastly tragedy the world had ever
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  • 27 9 LReuter's Service.] Berlin, Oct. 7. President Hindenburg has informed Chicherin that the German Ambassador m Moscow is authorised to sign the RussoGerman commercial agreement.
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  • 34 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 7. The Prince of Wales is due at Portsmouth on Oct. 16. There will be a state reception at Victoria where H.R.H. wilt be met by Their Majesties.
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  • 848 9 "Charged with causing voluntary hurt to a Mr. Robertson and committing mischief and breaking electric lights, pictures, chairs, etc., the property of Government," Mr. Sia er, a European, was produced yesterday morning m the Third Court before Mr. F. V. Duckworth, Inspector Martin prosecuting. Questioned by His
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 356 9 WM*\W*rW*aTM^ m m a tr^^ ROBINSON Co., Ltd. *m -a* J (Incorporated m Singapore). < STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. I* \l Y_T New £-r_d /jfe'Jl Bxcltasive (XI.WI ywij Af m|| Atternoon f I |||f Lvening j 1 Frocks. Milll-HT ter I Morning Afternoon Wear. I l %if_ Where will they lead Juat
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 727 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 o f Lading for all Overland Points. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. HELENUS Marseilles, London. Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 11
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    • 546 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) "EUENMT .UK PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havre, London, Hamburg and Antwerp Oct. 19 s.s. CITY OF DUNKIRK Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Oct. 28 s.s. CITY
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    • 607 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVK Ks PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION tm LONDON AND FAR EASI MAIL SERVICK U (Under Contract with His Majesty's Governn* o OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARD. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London .-,d Due ™*l|
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  • 130 11 Sys'em with Many Advantages. Regarding tho suggestion that Dominions' subjects ought to be allowed to enter Britain without passports, the Times states that as a result of neprotiat-'ons between tho Dominions and Home authorities, the conclusion has been reached that the advan 'ages of passports on the whole
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  • 626 11 Nowhere else m the world, perhaps, does the astrologer flourish so well as m India. The help of his art is here sought m almost all the affairs of life. His .functions are thus quite multifarious. When a marriage is contemplated m a Hindu household, the astrologer is
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  • 302 11 Rate of Deterioration. As the result of tests carried out overt a peiiod of several years by the Structural Materials R. search Laboratory, Chicago, the rate of deterioration of cement with storage has been determined. The cement Sfaa stored m bags such as would be used bf}
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  • 686 11 The Rev. J. A. B. Cook writes as follows: This epoch making event has just come to an end. The conference was opened by the King of Sweden, m the palace, to which all the delegates were invited and among whom he and the Queen mixed freely. The
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 385 11 j Thejmst^ friend of millions-make it yours j Andrews Liver Salt is the well-tried family 111 remedy m the Old Country. It may weN be offered as first aid to those who' have tin devitalising, enervating conditions of a tropical climate to contend with. It is lhe little ailments that
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    • 18 11 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC To be had of Three Dispensaries m Battery-road, and of MISS v BROWN.
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    • 407 11 Illiimiiw^^imill I _r a^*m___7\_\ A GREAT FEMALE MEDICINE •QR. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS are frequently prescribed for the many ailments peculiar to the female B sex, for the very reason that these Pills are purely vegetable, mild m their action, and effective as a laxative and cleanser of the whole
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  • 30 12 H M.S. Cairo will probably leave the China Station the third week m October, and should be back m Ceylon waters at the end of October or early m November.
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  • SHIPPING NOTES.
    • 17 12 H.M.S. Weymouth was expected to leave Colombo, for Singapore and Hongkong on Sunday 4th October.
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    • 94 12 The Fairey Aviation Company have recently completed a most important order for the Dutch Navy, consisting of a batch of their Twin-Float Series Three aeroplanes, fitted with 450 h.p. Napier "Lion' engines. These machines are constructed so that the wings fold up to allow them
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    • 219 12 Attempt on Jardine Steamer. Shanghai, Sept. 27. When the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company's steamer Tuckwo, which arrived at Hankow this afternoon from Shanghai, was about two miles above Wuhu on the evening of the 25;h inst. a violent explosion, accompanied by smoke, occuired m the Chinese third-class
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  • 779 12 Apart altogether from its possibilities as a development m marine eng.riee.ing. the placing with Messrs. William Denny and Brothers, Limited, ship-builders, Dumbarton, of an order for a new turbine-pro-pelled steamer for the Clyde paaaenger services of Turbine Steamers, Limited, Giasgow, is a matter of peculiar
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    • 607 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). :0:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins ac Luxe, single berth cabins,
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    • 458 12 JAVA-NEW YORK LINE Regular three weekly service of the NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM I I oy, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE VN,J Intended mailings of above Companies from Singapore. s.s. SAPAROEA To Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, and to C.S.A. and Canadian Points on through Bills of Lading. For shipping orders and information apply
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 649 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 0am Bangkok every Thursday 6 a!m Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 8 m Ke Ian tan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m Kota
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    • 569 12 PASSENGERS DIE. The following passengers are due to arrive at this port per Kitano Maru on Monday from Europe:— Mr. and Mrs. J. F Harbour, Mr. and Mrs. A. Berchmans. Mr. G. M. Burns. Mr. S. E. Butler. Mr. J. A. Cas'le. Mr. V. O. Churlesworth, Mr. ai-d Mrs. C.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 674 13 O. S.K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dent. .ition, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Bremen, via Colombo, tde- and Port Said. Alaska Maru Oct. 17 Oct. 18 Durban < :ip<- Town, Rio, Santos, Montevideo! Buenos Aires via lho t Hawaii Maru Oct. 18 Oct 21 .mho and Bomhay via Penang. f Borneo Maru
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    • 409 13 <____ ___SF^fi_? Ibi m^W^W T^_W_W_^ STEAMSHIP LINE *^S5L> Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILRURNERS NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLBANLINBSS. vin Colombo, Port SaW, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the
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    • 669 13 GENERAL AG_N^- 4SAKI ROOSEVELT LINB Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERLARCH p m. 8 SILVERFIR fue Qct m.s. SILVERELM ,ue £J 24 s.a. BORDEAUX MARU due N lg m.s. SILVERAY
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  • 1121 14 DR. DYOTTS ADVENTURES. It is nearly two years ago since I said good-bye to my friends m London and disappeared into the great forests of equatorial South America, but it seems like centuries, writes G. M. Dyott, the famous explorer, m a Home paper. And now
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  • 653 14 SERIOUS HINDU-MUSLIM RIOT AT ALIGARH. 2 Killed; Over a 100 Injured. Delhi. Sept. 24. Reports of a serious. Hindu-Muslim riot have been received from Aligarh, where last night, a Hindu procession m. connection with Ram I iia. a famous H?ndu festival, was passing through the locality called Madhodharwaza
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 276 14 Greatest Reliability I and _V J Lowest Running Cost f -______tJ____JH IjS} V /HERE reliability is a vital conW sideration, the 30-cwt. Albion is the vehicle selected by many Governments, Municipalities and Railway 3 Companies throughout the world. A Comparison of the performance 55 of different vehicles under the most
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    • 587 14 1 i ■_n-_B__Ma__^ M Progress is Nature's Way The growth and healthy development of the child shows this m so many ways ;at first he is so helpless— soon he learns to crawl— then to walk and later to run. In like way at the same time his mental powers
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  • 357 15 ERASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. T-_*m k Singapore, Oct. 7. ment' n tht prt^t^^TS^r^ 10 h B»^ week nnd aTal rolSS?' th l>ast i been transacted tn Ruhh J 1 busint^ ha« *2»at_«_«3{S2 it .v i.az Talama l.lfi and Johens ftfl There are buyers Nawn p^ ll^ 8 W?
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  • 552 15 Singapore. Ou. 7. Another wry active week is recorded m tne Rubber share market, and share values again show a rapid advance. The commodity quotation has improved 6d over the period, eiosing at best with local and New l orh conditions responsive and the greater
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  • 65 15 October 8. B,rk lm, 2|4 15 32 Mark, demand 2,4 5.39 Private credits m.s. 2 4 19-32 New York, demand 56^ Credits 90 imjt 5gV France, demand H5O India. T. T. 154 Hongkong, demand t% pc p rom" Yokohama. demand 137} Java, demand 1397W Bangkok, demand 79 V Sovereign.
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  • 213 15 October S. J?" T,ms $139.00 p a We 17.50 Pepper Black r tak.- 1 apioc r l> .m 0.50 rearl Sngo Small a ra 12.00 opra Sandrfed r 0 Liang Hin »;h m Mark B'ue Ka-!e (Old, :M 1 Hfo I han .Mm-k Rp<* Bagls (Ne 330 Rice, Siam
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  • 47 15 Singapore Oct. 6, 12 noon. Singapon Standard Pale Crepe. Spot ami Oct. 1.49 1.50. Singapore Standard Ribb d Smoked Sleet. Spot and Oe 1.50 I.SUX; Nov.-Dec. 1.45»_ 1.46 V.; Jan. -Mar 1. Ix 4 1.35. London Quotation Sheet 3a. lid. Market Firm.
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  • 219 15 KOSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (L R. Macphail). Singapore. Oct _L Rubber.- 3s. 11,1. dawn. Local 1.51. i2i :JGs L °cal 160 tons sold at 13*j. The rubber share mar! ct is qI ,U-t Mining- shares are Steady. Indus rials ami 1 oam continue m demand. Rubbers. Share
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  • 235 15 Singapore, Oct. B. Tin. £272. IX Ms. oca 139. 150 I Rubber. :x. lid. Down Kd, Rubbers.— The cheai speculative countera have suffered a set-back and are moetlj on lr< a easier quotations. Th e higher priced st x are well held and continue m demand
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  • 235 15 Yesterday's Altetations. Hitam Tin 1.47 1 L.52 1 Idris Hydraulic :>n> s_ a x.d. Kamunting 63a 64s c.d. Malayan Collieries (10) 32.50 33.00 x.d. Nawng Vvl l.gjfl i.j>o Taiping <$) >tv a) q tv i. b'unibuan t) 26s tid 27a 6d Padang Plandok <••>> 17 to Renong
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  • 182 15 Singapore. Ocl. v Rubber. A tirm tone has characterised the market during the- nast week, and substantial advance. Ln price have taken place, f Ycsterdayi cables quoted the London market active, but closing slightly below the best at Ss. 11 Xd. and New York firm at 9 <
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  • 99 15 Singapore. Oct. H. Since our last report the market haa experienced a most senaational rise brought about by heavy buying by manufacturers. Heavy orders appear to have been eeived almost simultaneously by most of the bigger firms he re. and m the- absence <>f sellers prices
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  • 34 15 Messrs Barlow and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, agents of Chersonese Eatate, advi>i- that this Company will be paying an interim dividend on the 14th inst.. of 2d. per share (8.1-3 per cent).
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  • 29 15 Sees: Boustead and Co. (Penang.) Takuapa Valley Tin. returns from Sept. lst. to Sept. 27th:-— Output 655 pikula; 491 hours worked; 110,000 cubic yards treated.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 1295 15 Assets over $5,500,000. 1 ll^" mr«Dl? imn nmnrk*T w Assurance m force over $19,000,000. GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE:-Winche S ter HounZlZT Sett,ementS) Tho Company has £20,000 deposited ZTh tie XL. r LON °ON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. SUP "ToSS ef A^ gland C mpHeS wltt
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    • 42 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporatad In. England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FII *E MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Smgap'— Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor^ v A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • AUTUMN RACES.
    • 180 16 The following are the handicaps for the first day of the autumn race meeting, on Saturday, Oct. 17th. Ex-Griffin Ponies, Class C. (Five Furlongs). Chandan 9.4 Silver King 0. Tabasco 8.8 Lady Sydney 8.8 Sanhozza 8.7 Kismet 8.2 Loch Ess 7.7 Lockstitch 7.4 Meklong 7.4 Chinta Hati
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    • 300 16 The weather has changed at rather an unfortunate time as the horses are just nnw needing their tuning up gallops and it can only be hoped that there will be an improvement for the last few days or so. The heavy rain overnight which broke out again early
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    • 108 16 THE PRISONER OF ZEN DA. Coming to the Alhambra on October liHh, is the screen adaptation of Anthony Hope's neatest novel, woven into a wonderful film fey that master producer, Rex Ingram, of 'Scaramouche," The Four Horsemen of Urn Apocalypse." "Turn to the Right." Again he has collected round him
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  • 17 16 Major W. M. L. Bower, CP.O., Malacca, it expected back from leave within the next few weeks.
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 74 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Oct. 7. The following are the results of to-day's English League matches: Division IL Biadford C. 0, C.apton X). 3. Division 111 (Southern.) Bristol City 1, Crystal P. 0. In the Glasgow Cup semi-final replay. Clyde vs. Queen's Park, the score was 2 aoals each.
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    • 137 16 The semi-final of the S.F.A. Cup competition between the S.C.C. and the Royal Sussex Regiment was to have been !>'«>'- ?o to-morrow, but owing: to several of the Sussex team being detained m Penang it has been postponed to Tuesday. The S.C.C. team will be: Pratt; Sinclair and Lee;
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    • 45 16 The Selangor XV" team, \-jhich is to oppose the Seremhan "A" team at Seremban on Saturday, will Ih* as follows: Gibson; Little, H. T. Stivtn. Smith. Collett; Morris and D. F. Stiven; Cruikshanks. Dowse. Gregory. Lloyd, Mearns. Ogg. Ramage, Sutherlanei Brown.
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    • 34 16 TILDEN TO COMPETE AT WIMBLEDON. A < able from Xew York of SeptemWr 23 states that William Tilden, the American tennis .champion, has definitely promised to compete at Wimbledon m the Jubilee Championship next June.
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    • 43 16 The "Dyne' Cup. MONDAY'S TIFS. Mitt Griffith-Jones and Fulcher minus 1">1 vs. Miss L. Hutchison and Murphy minus 4. Mrs. Hunter and Moss minus J, vs. Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton minus 15.5. If wet on Monday to play op Tuesday.
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    • 30 16 Mrs. Fuller and Savage plus 4 vs. Mrs. Hunter and McM minus 1 or Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton minus 15.5. If wet on Wednesday to play on Thursday.
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    • 37 16 [Reuter's Service.] Chantilly, Oct. 7. Arnaud Massy has won the French open golf title defeating Compston (North Manchester) m a thirtysix hole replay match by 143 to 150 strokes. The players tied with 291 yesterday.
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    • 54 16 London, Sept. 29. The Royal and Arcjent Golf Club rejected the proposal for the adoption of the American ball on the grounds that the Amateur and Open Championships were held m order to select champions of the game a* ordinarily played, and should not be used for
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    • 40 16 The* final of the S.C.C. Snooker Tournament (J. Lee and W. Scobie vs C. Ej. Winter ami A. R. Robb) will be played to-day at ti p.m. and at the conclusion of the game the prizes will be presented.
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    • 52 16 Claude Falkiner th« vHI-known billiards professional, arrived m Colombo on the P. and O. liner Mongolia from Australia. He will remain m Ceylon about ten days, after which he will go to India. He has befn engaged to play m Bombay, and will probably also play
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  • 89 16 ForLy-seven snakes m one night afflicted the camp of the Third Asiatic- Expedition on one occasion, according to its leader, Roy Chapman Andrews, who has just reurned from Mongolia. These vipers, said Mr. Andrews, get into the tents so that when clothts were p.'ckcd up m the morning a skirt
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  • 445 16 "TROJANERS" TAKE TO THE SEA. j Messrs. M. Canagasabay, A. P. Scully and C. de Silva, the three local motorists who hoped to reach Europe by road m the course of six months leave, have had to take to the sea. After reaching Singora they
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  • 115 16 The Wembley Rodeo show continues t«> pro\e a big attraction and large attendances are the order at the Anson Road ground. Colonel Jack Burroughs and his daring performers deserve all the public support they art- getting, for they present a show novel mi n conception, thrilling \r.
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  • 232 16 The Annual Sale once more draws near. A greater necessity this year than heretofore. Wiiy? The new dormitories and classrooms are paid for. most necessary repairs also, but the balance m the Bank is extremely low. There are twenty to thirty orphans and destitute ones
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  • 77 16 The selection from Haydn's "The Creatio to be sung by the Choir after evensong on Sunday Harvest Festival is as follows: Recit. and Chorus. No. 2 "In the beginning"; Chorus No. 3 "A new Created world"; Rccit No. 12 "And God said "Let there be light"; Aria
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  • ROUND THE COURTS.
    • 195 16 Prisoner Admits Bribery. "Bribed by a compatriot to stab another," was the curt reply given by a Chinese, before Mr. H. F. Monk, the Second Magistrate, m the Second Police Court, yesterday, when he was asked to answer the charge preferred against him of a
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    • 165 16 A case of interest to the Indian (Sikh) community, m which Pooran Singh and Sapuran Singh were charged with voluntarily causing hurt to another, was heard m the Second Court yesterday, the eompSainant being represented by Mr. Wilson, while Mr. J. C. Cobbett appeared .on behalf of
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    • 300 16 A lVnang View. The Pinang (iazette m the course of a leader on the Council meeting 1 says: But that is not all. No less than one half of the total revenue of the Colony of the Straits Settlements is threatened by the decision of the Government
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  • 30 16 Mrs. W. E. Kinsey received, by last mail a Diploma from Wembley Exhibition, for her 1924 exhibits of jams, pickles and preserves. Congratulations to Mrs. Kinsey on her success. M.M.
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  • 48 16 Friday, 5 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.E. (v) Signals; 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.R.A. (v); 5.15 p.m. Drill HaH Band. Saturday, 2.30 p.m. Bukit Timah Eurasian Company; 2.30 p.m. Farrer Range Malay Company. Sunday, 8 a.m. Bukit Timah Eurasian Company; 8 a.m. Farrer Range Malay Company.
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  • 23 16 Thursday, Xth. Band Practice. St. Joseph's Institution p.m. Saturday, 10th. Bridge Building Fort Canning 2.30 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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  • 22 16 Printed and published by Reginald Downin" Davies at the office of thp SirsrMnorr Fr<v Press Ltd., 69, Robinson Road, Singapore Straits Settlements.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 298 16 The Moutrie Grand An instrument embodying the iinest traditi< of Art, together with the latest, develops Pianoforte Construction, the MOUTRIE is unsurpassed for Beauty and Clarity of To Let us demonstrate this to you. S. MOUTRIE ANO CO., LTD. I (Incorporated m BtOfkenff). The Arcade, SINGAPORE. v- I I I
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