The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 November 1925
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Title Section15 1925-11-27 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SING APC RE, S.S., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1925. NO. 11,657.15 words
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Article304 1925-11-27 1 The French political crisis is the worst in the history of ihe Third Republic Page 9. M. Herriot is now trying to form a Cabinet, but the stumbling-block is again the Socialis s, who decline to participate Page 9. Sir R. Redmayne and Mr. Frank Hodges are304 words
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Article85 1925-11-27 1 Friday, 21th. High Water, 8.8 a.m., 8.37 p.m. Memorial Service, St. Andrew's Cathedral, 9.30 a.m. Dutch homewr.rd mail closes. Municipal Commission, 2.15 p.m. Saturday, 28th. High Water, 8.48 a.m., 9.32 p.m. B. I. outward mail due. Polo: Barnes Cups. Sunday, 29th. High Water, 9.23 a.m., 10.19 p.m. Monday,85 words
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Article978 1925-11-27 1 He is a' sick man, down in Calcutta. He sickening, may be, to his end, and he is wondering what to do. Often he wishes that he were bad: among the Pathuti herdsmen, among the lop-eared sheep where they graze north of the frontier. But Drear cannot go978 words
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Advertisement261 1925-11-27 1 BUY "SNOWFLAKE" THK BETTER BUTTER I RAFFLES HOTEL Telephone No. 2920 I TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY &FRIDAY The' Dansant. LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. N'.B. Evening Dress essenti al for Dinner Dances.) yh,.., b« no The Dansant at Raffles Hotel and Dinner Dance at Sea View Hotel on Friday, the261 words
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Advertisement153 1925-11-27 1 [keylock! A Chap and Reliable ROOFING $8.00 per roll of 216 sq. ft. 3 PLY Complete with Cement Paint and Nails. Sole Agents: i Sime, Darby S Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 5 Malacca Street, SINGAPORE. Tel: 2SOO. Telegrams: SIM IT. The "EUROPE" HOTEL After-dinner dancing EVERY Tuesday,153 words
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Advertisement115 1925-11-27 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Lathe for sale Page 7. Municipal notices Page 7. Capstan cigarettes Page 14. Hoosainsah for chicks Page 7. Shipping on pages 10, 12 and 13. Medical Hall's cold cure Page 2. Special offers by Gosling's Page 7. Keylock roofing, Sime, Darby Page 1. Margarine from Cold Storage Page115 words
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Advertisement13 1925-11-27 1 SEE THAT YOU GET I "SNOWFLAKE" I PURE CHILLED CREAMERY I BUTTER I13 words
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Article423 1925-11-27 2 TREAS URE HUNT SCARE. The night game of the hidden treasure hunt, which originated with the Society of Bright Young People and was at first confined t< London, has become so popular in part- ol Kent that it is now a source of ann» vance to residents in thc outlying423 words
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Article354 1925-11-27 2 I>etectives Enter Room by Smashing: Window. A Chinatown raid by detectives was described at Thames Police Court when three Chinese, Loi Quai, Lok Kwai, and Chong Pow, all of Pennyfields, E., were charged <n remand with possessing utensils for opium smoking and being unauthorised per- sons in354 words
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Advertisement179 1925-11-27 2 BALSAMIC COUGH ELIXIR POSITIVELY CURES COUGHS and COLDS. MADE AND SOLD BY Medical Jail Ltd. Price per bottle $1.25 and 75 ets. YEAST VITE TABLETS New Stock just arrived. Kl THE HAPPY VALLEY^ The Merry Opera Company. In choice new plays. THE ELITE CINEMA. Programme as good as any, better179 words
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Advertisement326 1925-11-27 2 Victoria Theatre. Celebrity Tours Direction A. Strok DECEMBER Bth., 9th., 10th., 11th., 12th„ 14th., 15th., and 16th., At 9.30 p.m. S. FIRST VISIT TO THE EAST OF THE FAMOUS DANCERS RUTH St. DENIS TED SHAWN AND THE DENISHAWN DANCERS. mamm I Hooking now open at John Little's Seats $4, $2,326 words
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Advertisement337 1925-11-27 2 ALHAMBRA^ (Tan Cheng Kee and Co., Ltd., Proprietors.) From Tuesday, 24th November, to Sunday 29th In the Second Show commencing 9 pi^ einb r < lift, THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE~FILMED IN NATPim. The sublime colouring of nature in all her monriJ i 0i -oUp< the greatest of all Zane Grey',337 words
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Article1024 1925-11-27 3 WAILING WAITERS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Paris, Oct. 26. There is a talk of the Paris gaiters ?oirg on strike, increased tips being the bone of contention. They complain that, although ten per rent is the recognized rate for tipping, many a tipper meanly reduces it, some even bringing1,024 words
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LATER THAN THE MAIL.
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Article219 1925-11-27 3 Leafield. (Oxford), Nov. 12. Great electrical development in this coun try was predicted by Sir John Snell, Chairman of the Electrical Commissioners, in his evidence before the Coal Commission to-day. The whole tendency of the development of electrical industry in this country, he said, was towards concentration, towards219 words
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Article98 1925-11-27 3 Great Gold Crown on Head. London, Nov. 14. A Cairo message from Luxor says that" the feet of Tutankhamen, which were the first part of the mummy to be uncovered, are reported to confirm previous theories that the king was no more than fifteen years98 words
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Article81 1925-11-27 3 Entertained by Lyceum Club. London, Nov. 14. The Begum of Bhopal was entertained at reception at the Lyceum Club for Women. She was accompanied by her daughter-in-law and grand-daughters. Lady Aberdeen presented a number of ladies to the Begum, who sat on a throne unveiled, and the81 words
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60 1925-11-27 3 Guarded by Detectives in Event of Raid.. London. Nov. 16. In consequence of information reaching the Police that a raid might be attempted on the London offices of the Irish Boundary Commission^ Irish Republicans, with the object of obtaining certain documents, nine armed Scotland Yard detectives60 words
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66 1925-11-27 3 To Help in Indian Leader's Work. Bombay. Nor. 15. Miss Madeleine Slade, daughter of Admiral Sir Edward Slade, formerly of the East Indies Squadron of the Royal Indian Marine, has joined Mahatma Gandhi in his work for the regeneration of India, and is now staying66 words
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50 1925-11-27 3 Calcutta, Nov. 15. A Viceregal Lodge bulletin issued this evening states that Her Excellency, the Countess of Reading, continues to make excellent progress towards complete recovery. Her Excellency will not. however, be able to take part in any public functions for a considerable time.50 words
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Advertisement282 1925-11-27 3 fEvery^ tooth as clean as "Calvert's" can make it! ffi£% J har means every tooth is looking its UT *fi t*st, doing its share in adding to the J^~ brightness and charm of your smile. And, besides, you want your teeth to last, you want every hidden corner and crevice282 words
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Advertisement230 1925-11-27 3 FORD OWNERS m Prolong the Life of Your Car j by Using White Star Oil Positively a j Profitable Investment I a MALAYAN MOTORS 209—212 ORCHARD ROAD. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietor*. BURMAH OIL Co., Ltd., RANGOON. I ALL TYPES OF MOTOR LUBRICATING OILS NOW OBTAINABLE AT LOW PRICES From the230 words
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MOODS AND MODES OF EVE
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Article974 1925-11-27 4 AMUSING DISCUSSION IN COl RT. Some amusing passages occurred during the hoarinir of an action (one rnin^ the supply of number of i opliu to*, nis frocks which eUM before Mr. Justice MeCardie in the King's Bench Division. The plaintiffs McMH. Lewie Williams and Co.. of974 words
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Article631 1925-11-27 4 1 "Classical" Wedding Cakes. 4 Brides are questioning whether their wed--5 ding cakes should be so ornamental as they usually are. Some think the highly adorned wedding cake is quite unnecessary, and altogether unfitted for the really serious ceremony of matrimony. Orders are now I being given for631 words
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Article72 1925-11-27 4 In a prominent women's club, where I social standing, philanthropy, beauty, and/ the arts meet together, the awful fact had been discovered and was wjhispered over cigarettes that Mrs. Blank was 1 what do you suppose? the discoverer and vendeuse of a cure for obesity! "But on what possible ground72 words
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Article, Illustration64 1925-11-27 4 Soft pink moire silk is used to make this cosy dressing jacket. The long collar, cuffs and bow are made from plain crepe de chine, whose colour tones with the moire silk exactly. No dressing jacket, however pretty it looks, is really attractive unless it is also very64 words
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Article715 1925-11-27 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD. Kiddies love to have flowers on their frocks. They are delighted when the pock- ets of their cotton frocks are carefully embroidered to represent baskets holding flowers, which have been embroidered or appliqued on the frock itself. Long ribbon ends sometimes hang from either shoulder of the party715 words
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Article441 1925-11-27 4 Precepts and Presents. By Georgette St. James. How very true it is that presents often speak louder than words. I had a birthday only the other week, and it was forcefully brought to my notice that some of the gifts sent to me were really quite ill-con-sidered. There441 words
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Article292 1925-11-27 4 Beauty Due to Race and Healthy Life. London has the most beautiful girls in he world. The business girl, the waitress, the shop-girl, and the merely dilet- tante Shopper have played tennis in summer and hockey in winter; they have taken a> much care of their292 words
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Article642 1925-11-27 4 (By Princess S k, t ;ir r °P Like a good many other being entangled in a eonti am not sure that I win win So let me state at once that I A every woman wants i "1,0 1 i). i are, of course,642 words
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Article195 1925-11-27 4 Highbrows object to art iri relation to pound- and phi I what will they have to SB) being estimated in terms stones 1 Boasething of the done by the film production Bri Mos iothy Mackafl, who. I screen "sar." has just accept* niv-n on the understanding ible195 words
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Article1591 1925-11-27 5 CITY SHELLED FOR 48 HOURS. (Times Special Correspondent). Damascus, Oct. 25. Xow that a calmer atmosphere reigns it is possible to give some connected account of the recent trouble and its beginning. The events in the Jebel Druse undoubtedly played a contributory part in causing the Damascus tiouble1,591 words
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Article230 1925-11-27 5 Dr. Samuels, medical superintendent of the Tanjonjr Rambutan Mental Hospitals, writes in bis report for 192-1. I apain diffeientiate. when making up the aetiological table between Chinese and Tamils whose illness was due to alcohol, ard find that the Chinese appeared two and a half times as often230 words
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Advertisement330 1925-11-27 5 Build up your^^f Health with VQ^b 1 Kails Wine 1 THE SUPREME TONIC RESTORATIVE 1 I When you arc exhausted by a trying I climate take Hall's Wine. When run down through overwork ig or worry take Hall's Wine. K M mW* When weak because of illtiess— take Hall's Wine.330 words
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Advertisement358 1925-11-27 5 l^S R5 Wmmfmmmm^ml m\ I Thewajr to get really cheap Transport— is to find out the make of vehicle which gives the longest service at i. lowest running cost. <Sf i r vehicle which appears to cost very little to run, but whose active life on the road is both358 words
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Article1578 1925-11-27 6 ELEVEN GOALS IN ONE MATCH. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London. Oct. 28. It was a beautiful warm day for football on Saturday. After England's goalless draw at Belfast, chief interest centred on the fact that for the first time since the middle of last January. Huddersfield lost a1,578 words
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Article259 1925-11-27 6 To many followers of cricket, writes The Gentleman in Black in the Athletic News, it must have come as a distinct disappointment, though possibly not as a surprise, to find that the method of counting points in the County Championship has been postponed indefinitely. The present state259 words
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Article97 1925-11-27 6 Reported Extension Scheme. The Government, writes a correspondent, has recently purchased the block of shophouses in Birch-road, Seremban facing Fraser and Neave's factory, which, together with the land at present occupied by the Hindu Temple in Paul-street, will link up the old Recreation ground of the Negri Sembilan97 words
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Article171 1925-11-27 6 Gracie's Genius for Manchester. A correspondent in a Home paper states: "Manchester have done well in having that great player, A. L. Gracie, as captain for this season. There is. I think, more of a touch of genius about his play than that of any other player who has171 words
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Article605 1925-11-27 6 Mr. Seymour Hicks the Best Actor. Mr. Charles B. Cochran's reminiscences, "Secrets of a Showman," (Heineman. 255.), says the Daily Mail will put a cat among the theatrical pigeons. Writing about the production of "The Better Ole," at thc New Oxford, Mr. Cochran says: I605 words
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Article95 1925-11-27 6 Wiesbaden, whither the Britid Army, or what is left of move, is one of the m<-<t .r in Europe, with a nuignitu. I K an Opera Hcuse that Wfon cd down— delighted the heart with its rococo splendour-. W great paper mark swindle MU the poor of95 words
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Article17 1925-11-27 6 I should imagine that four remarriages contract, d in this COWII tappy marriages.— The Kev. D« Cihb.17 words
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Advertisement85 1925-11-27 6 From London for You! 4&mm^%m/W !sss /^'^,;^V^^-^ And they reach you as fresh as if ISLm *Z'k you bou S ht them at our London Picadilly Virginia Cigarettes will V\\ \%y/+f'~**m. hrlvg you jcy fcr they are cool and > %> V 12 fcfv Ar fragrant. V*^^(^^^>4rl>//ftS£"V' fc% ure g°85 words
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Article172 1925-11-27 7 i Thc wife of a well-known London physician fc cam? a sufferer from digestive disorder, and, naturally enough, she asked h:r husband for a remedy. The doctor ma ie her up some medicine of the kind usually given to mild cases, but it failed, so,172 words
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TRADE AND COMMERCE.
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Article162 1925-11-27 7 MACPHAIL CO., LTD S REPORT. Singapore, Nov. 26. Rubber. London 4s 4d. Quiet. Local 1.i5. Tin.— London £280. Local 142^. 125 ons sold. I Rubbers. Shares with the exception of < the better class have mostly sellers. New 1 Serendah* have buyers at 5.70, Tapahs at i •»2 and Lunas162 words
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Article261 1925-11-27 7 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT I Singapore. Nov. 20. Rubber. 4s Id. Down l%d. Local 1.74%. Tin— £280. Up 30s. Local Iti tons sold at 142 2 The rubber share market is weak with sellers predominating at easier quotations. Mining stocks continue steady with fair j enquiries. Industrials and loans are261 words
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Article218 1925-11-27 7 Singapore. Nov. 26. Rubber. Since our last we have nad a firm and advancing market, and at one time business was actually done at 1.80 for Spot and 1.81 1 2 for December. Yesterday however, London was reported a farthing down lor Spot, to 4s. 5%d. and this218 words
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Article160 1925-11-27 7 Mrs. Laura Knight will hardly expect her assertion that English girls are the most beautiful in the world to find general acceptance outside the British Isles. One authority on the subject. Professor Bergmann, of Munich, published a treaties some irears ago in which he ranked Italians,160 words
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Article138 1925-11-27 7 Perhaps the one thing which the average man regards as the most typically British of his personal possessions is his briar pipe; and yet almost the whole world production cl briar pipes came, until recently, from the neighbourhood of the one little town ol Saint Claude, in138 words
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Article670 1925-11-27 7 LETTING THE PUBLIC SEE FAMILY I SKELETON. Tht* autumn publishing season has broken loose with its usual violc nee. and the rlail.\ tale of rew books i.s such that hard:ied leviewers turn gtCjf in a night, bite their editors, and are led away, gibbering, to mental homes. It670 words
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239 1925-11-27 7 FnuiM is becoming seriously conc-v-rntH about tht* depopulation of her agricultura districts, especially in the south-west Brittany, which is the one really piolitii part of the country, is being induced V send her superfluous sons to colonise Gas cc ny instead of emigrating, but this doe:239 words
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Advertisement431 1925-11-27 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ lIINKRALS? dWGAPOU CASKET CO. Expert undertakers." j j rBLBPHONI 75. I I Jj J l auaai Bmd for the Illustrated ft tt! rue of Musical Instruments. t> CO., LTD. J j HI god Worth Bridge Road. Jl ;RD WORhING AND TRUSTWORTHY j SERVANTS. j COOKS, AMAHS, AYAHS, ETC.431 words
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Advertisement652 1925-11-27 7 NOTICKS. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ASSESSMENT LIST, 192.3. Notice is hereby fit— that the Assessment List containing the annuU valuation of and amount of Assessment to be levied on all houses, buildings and lands, situated within I the Municipality of Singapore, for the year 1926 is open to the inspection of rate652 words
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Advertisement623 1925-11-27 7 AUCTION SALE OF FULLY EQUIPPED HOSPITAL ACCESSORIES, MODERN X RAYS. FURNITURE AND FITTINGS, ETC. TO BE HELD AT GOLDEN BELL, No. 10, Pender Road (off Keppel Harbour). ON SATURDAY, 28th. NOVEMBER, 1925, AT 1.30 P.M. SHARP. Comprising:— Operating table, glass trolley tables, high pressure steam steriliser, glass instrument cupboard on623 words
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Advertisement298 1925-11-27 7 AUCTION SALE OF Unredeemed pledgee and jewellery At our saleroom No. 30, Chulia Street, ON WEDNESDAY. 2nd DEC., AT 10 A.M. ON FRIDAY, 4th DEC, AT 10 A.M. ON MONDAY, 7th DEC., AT 10 A.M. The pledges comprise watches, chains, dianond and other rings, brooches, earrings, Chinese and Malay gold298 words
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Article43 1925-11-27 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS. £OPER. At the Earopeaa Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. <<n November 24th, IMS, t<> Mr. ami Mrs. E. 1. Suiicr. daughter. HARDING. Oa the r.uh November, at hsm. K i.t Peag Road, Kosls Lumpur, to Mr. ami Mrs. Prank L Harding, man.43 words
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SINGAPORE FREE PRESS.
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Article595 1925-11-27 8 Periodically in Malaya there arises the demand for representative Government, or representation on bodies ithat more or less control public affairs, and periodically have the treasons tor proceeding slowly to be J repeated. These reasons have been stated often by men who have had the ruling of595 words
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Article651 1925-11-27 8 Mr. Rube Billett, of«£enanpr, the wellknown Malayan jockey, and Mrs. Billett iue- returning from England by the P. and O. Macedonia on Deceml>er Ifeaara. Huttenbach. Lazarus and Co.. 1.u1.. have BeciUPed khe contract for the electric Hffht installation in the mw Chineac Town Hall. Kuala Lumpur. A short memorial service651 words
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Article55 1925-11-27 8 FLOOD AT KUALA LUMPUR. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 26. The low-lying areas of Kuala Luiv.pur are fle>oded this morning, following the overflowing of the Klang and Gombak rivers. Business is not possible in many offices, and the Malay Mail, whose premises are flooeled. are unable55 words
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Article162 1925-11-27 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Nov. 26. Alarming reports of floods on the Perak Selangor border, as a result of abnormally prolonged rains for the past few days, continue to be received. Besides another hold-up erf last night's mail train between Kelling and Kalumpang fe>r five herurs.162 words
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91 1925-11-27 8 The net* n brought by. Messrs Arthur Arbcns and Company agninat Yong Yoon Kong, which commenced before Mr. Justice i Deane in the Supreme Court ca Wednesday, came te> a sudden conclusion yesterday 'morning. When the case was eulled Mr. F. A. Stevens, who appeared for91 words
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Article464 1925-11-27 8 A message t<» Paris from Casablanca says] that snow is falling in the mountains of the Riff, interrupting operations on both Bieles. The London Gazette announce- that Sir' George Uoyd hue taken the title of Baron Lloyd of Dolobmn in the County of Montj gomery. Mi. Julius s. Fishei is464 words
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Article435 1925-11-27 8 SMUGGLERS LOSK OV K Ml DOLLARS IN TWO M0v,,,, Would-be iaaa M Wu K non-Government chandu hav, *k bun deprived of IW^Uim, and three m llion dollars of pr fits, it is roughly ca!,-,!,, V lelating to captures which ba, fect*d by officers of th,- I tive Service.435 words
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Article197 1925-11-27 8 i, aw Cooße a Bia ch Rye. Mr. T. F. Andrews, nnnnger ul Bul Sembnwang Rubber Estate, plsadrri in the District Court ye-stcr.lay. bef«*e Mr Franklyn-Robinsim. to charm i»f B*sauK j The complainant ams the Chine« tapp j Who was recently alleged Ul ha\. two buchots sf197 words
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Article56 1925-11-27 8 Soloists ami Members of thc oi requested to Mte that, ia add ti practices for next weeh shows rehearsal list, the-.v will bl I f» in the Cathedral ou Tuesday, D at r».ir, p.m. This is necessary owii enforced cancellation of the week, and it is hoped that56 words
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28 1925-11-27 8 We- are oAciulb Informed graphic eouununieetios arith K pur, other places iu the P.M.S and Siam. which was Interrupt day, has now been completely rest28 words
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Advertisement121 1925-11-27 8 EMPTY BARRELS CAN VERY USEFULLY BE EMPLOYED TO HOLD LARGE GARDEN PLANTS WE HAVE A NUMBER TO DISPOSE OF. f mmm 'PHONE 228 Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 4ft, ROBINSON ROAD. VAN DER BERGH'S BLUE-BAND MARGARINE THE FINEST PROCURABLE OBTAINABLE FROM ALL BRANCHES AND SELLING AGENCIES OF SINGAPORE121 words
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Advertisement39 1925-11-27 8 Parfums de Luxe l\ COTY J Chypre Origan m Rose Jacqueminot Paris j \l Emeraude \l jj EAU DE COTY j: to be had from ali dealers Dtipire Brothers. fc B ?fsf Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. MALAYA.39 words
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Article147 1925-11-27 9 JAIL FOR ALL. THK SENTENCES. [gtater'l Service.] London. Nov. 25. ,(1 t twelve Communist lead.Oi.l Bailey resulted in all the 'Ybt'itm f. und guilty. Five, namely .j. Gallagher and Bamm tt sentenced to twelve months' n( division. The others refused i „v. r nnd were sentenced te» six147 words
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Article104 1925-11-27 9 [Ki it< r'l Service.] London, Not. 25. 1 mm na, ii series e»t tin Bttl .narine Ml that from 1902-08 300,000 sterling had •marines, £5,700,--£1,308,000 annually was Alao that surface in exorcise! with the red flag -i.. v. that a submarine ll mi holm. Nov. 2.">. natioi104 words
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Article68 1925-11-27 9 [R nt< r*f St-rvice.] London. Nov. 25. i.s. Mr. C. P. Treve••—lfor tin- results of the- Aelmiralty's -Jr. win. Colonial Office into •''n'i of the Singapore l'nited Plantations Company, that less ■"Ul'l l'i- paid for coe)lie labemr on btn ground that it was the cost ot' local68 words
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Article57 1925-11-27 9 fßeut rs Service.] London. Nov. 25. -fne- ehess mastera are competing ■teraational Toonuunent nnt— i of which, as the result of r /"nds hitherto played, Bogu'jubov pointa, followed by Lasker featuiv „f the tournament has comparts IVI failure of the world's pablanca, 5%, who has been l57 words
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Article51 1925-11-27 9 [Beater's Service.] IU-rlin. Nov. 26. announced of the Abbe 'an priest, whose pro- IVltu as a member off the Reich- :i "i"'" of Alsace-Lorraine wciv ;j continual source of sen'ai and once landed tt tterle earapsd to France aC f UUI bUt lvturned to »n» and continued51 words
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Article56 1925-11-27 9 fH r'l Service.] Iterlin, Nov. 26. Vi)1 a '"-"'"'K of the North-German- *ld on Dec. 21st. to ohtain l(J -^'"n »f the Company with Hamburg Wr— Afri-a HorT > Shipping Comptoy H| connection the North? ti- lease its capital b? *< Aft-:- completion of chv capital will56 words
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Article370 1925-11-27 9 HERRIOT TO TRY. PARTY NEGOTIATIONS. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 25. M. Doumer has declined to form a Cabinet. M. Herriot has agreed to form a Cabin*;.. Paris, Nov. 26. In face of the depreciation of the franc the public are languidly interested in .he Cabinet crisis, and generally370 words
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Article93 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] L« ndon. Nov. 25. In the Houae of Lords, referring te> disarmament as an essential part of the pacification of the world, Viscount Cecil stated that th..- ce»mmittee e>f the League Council would recommend te» the Council the constitution of a body to investigate the principles93 words
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Article64 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 25. A telegram from Beirut says that martial law has been proclaimed in the town of Damascus and in the Sandjaks of Damascus and Hauran, owing to continued brigandage. It is officially explained that martial law in nowise denotes aggravation in the64 words
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Article46 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Nov. 26. Mr. Frank Hexlges, ex-Secretary of the British Miners' FederaCoiv is accompanying Sir Richard Redmayne, whe> is visiting the Ruhr with the object of organising a European coal syndicate to regulate production anel sales and ensure aeieejuate prices.46 words
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Article42 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] Austin, Texas, Nur. 26. '"Ma" Ferguson, Governor of Texas, has issued 10" clemency proclamations to Texas prisoners, effective on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Ferguson, since her inauguratiem as Governor, has shown clemency to over a thousand prisoners. i42 words
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Article41 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 26. Ch'cherin is at present at Wiesbaefen and I has obtained a visa to come to France, osI iensibty on a holiday to the South, hut to consul: political circles in Paris en route.41 words
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Article858 1925-11-27 9 DEATH AT BANGKOK. YOUNGER BROTHER SUCCEEDS. [Reuter's Service.] Bangkok, Nc-v. 26. His Majesty the King of Siam is dead. He s succeeded by his younger brother, Prince Prachatipok. [This is confirmed by a message received from the Consul-General at Singapore, who states that Prince Prachatipok has858 words
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Article124 1925-11-27 9 SENSATIONAL BOMBAY COCAINE CASE. Accused Sen enced. Pcirh?»>, Nov. I^. Captain J. E. Turnell and M. L. Messias, who pleaded guilty to the charge of abetment in the cocaine smuggling case, were sentenced to-day. The former was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment and a fine124 words
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Article193 1925-11-27 9 London, Nov. 18. That our knowledge of the history of India would be entirely changed by statements he had discovered written in the third century after Christ on walls of solid marble, was the claim maele by Professor Ernest Herzfeld, the great authority on Babylonia, who193 words
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Article160 1925-11-27 9 i London, Nov. 18. Towef^was found guilty but insane and was ordered to bi detained during His Majesty's pleasure. Evidence was given that there had been disputes on the Melita and suspicion rested on the accused for making a report to headquarters about the Captain160 words
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Article73 1925-11-27 9 London. Nov. 18. At a late hour to-night the fire on the Clan Mackay was still raging fiercely. Tons of water have been poured into number two hold, but the fire increased and spread to number one hold. The vessel's side plates are red hot and73 words
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Article43 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's, Service.] London, Nov. 26. The Stock Exchange opened very quiet, price movements, generally, being small. Business in Rubbers was fairly good, but selling is again progressing, owing to the end of account, and values are inclined to be easier.43 words
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Article20 1925-11-27 9 [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 26. President Cosgrave has left Dublin for London in connection with the Boundary crisis.20 words
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Article33 1925-11-27 9 A Turkish Government organ advocates Sunday as the day of rest instead of Friday, to bring Turkey into line with the Western Powers and avoid the loss of two days in the week.33 words
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Article81 1925-11-27 9 self of leaving his country for a while, he should visit his nearest neighbour. During his stay in Singapore His Majesty paid visits to attractive parts of the island, he visited H. H. the Sultan of Johore, dined with members of the Garden Club* at Tanah Merah, attended a special81 words
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Advertisement93 1925-11-27 9 Lots of Joy and Fun 1 for the Kiddies at 1 Robinson's Bazaar. I I Toys, Sweets, f/Jij^flul. 1 I Robinson Co., Ltd^ W (Incorporated in the Straits Settlenwjnts.) B SINGAPORE. does not see/ How do you know that the fresh milk you buy is clean? Ko other article of93 words
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Advertisement758 1925-11-27 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG ft 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. RHEXENOR London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port TROILUS758 words
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Advertisement556 1925-11-27 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) tt aiSSr une PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Marseilles, London, Rotterdam rt and Hamburg Dec. 12 s.s. CITY OF BARODA Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 28556 words
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Advertisement586 1925-11-27 10 P. &O. "1 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIf vt.^v LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SER Wp TlON CO. (Under Contract withHU Majesty's Govern^nt) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEW For China and Japan. F o r Marseille*. London 1586 words
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Article1878 1925-11-27 11 I FOREIGN CONTROL. t f Tht- following survey of the situation in t China is extracted from a letter received by a correspondent from a resident in Shanghai. b Not only we out here but you, too, in a overseas countries, will suffer greatly should C the Powers1,878 words
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Article21 1925-11-27 11 For the first time in the world's history it pays to pay good wages. Mr. Edward A. Filene (Boston, U.S.A). I21 words
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Article362 1925-11-27 11 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. The only Morning Daily in Malaya; a live "news" paper 35-40 columns of news iaily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures of the week" Serial362 words
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Advertisement200 1925-11-27 11 nators' Special mellow YM tl < ,j f im ni urpa-a* U .ltd. fey Qi^P C~Z^^ m^mmmmw^l II MmM Happy you can te with either m hoi. Hue iy J yi u'.i be j.lad Lemon Squish nnd CorJiat, both th pure m their th remarkably ltmk! immer drmka Thc pure200 words
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Advertisement584 1925-11-27 11 C 831 A E \\^en'Ever' troubles yoii, j I remember ENO l <J A glass of ENO first thing everv morning is the £j I safest and most pleasant corrective of liver troubles. A That is why ENO is so necessary to a healthy life R in the tropics. You584 words
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Article57 1925-11-27 12 I The British steamer, Royal City, arrived from Durban yesterday loaded with coal. The British steamer, Anhui, arrived from Hongkong yesterday with 400 tons of general cargo. The following Notice cancels the previous d Notice of Nov. 25th:— Masters of vessels in harbour are requested to keep their57 words
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Article740 1925-11-27 12 THE SAILOR'S DIARY. Telling the Story of a Voyage. I A logbook is the diary of a ship's life in port and at sea; from the stocks to the scrap heap every hour of her existence is put down as lasting evidence of her crew's untiring efforts in740 words
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138 1925-11-27 12 Privy Council Reserves Judgment. London, Nov. 16. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council reserved judgment to-day after a four days' hearing of the appeal of the owners of the steamship "British Ensign" against the Government of Ceylon. [This is the case in which the138 words
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Advertisement614 1925-11-27 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :0:— Regular monthly sailings by the wall- known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and GNTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins Mm Luxe, single berth cabins,614 words
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Advertisement786 1925-11-27 12 JAVA-NEWJfORK LIN^" Regular service of the NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, -ROTTER!) v., in HOLLAND AMERICA LINE AN,, Intended sailings of above Companies from gin J to Boston and New York via .Su<*. U f- t s.s. MEDAN m t s.s. STADSDIJK t s.s. MADIOEN Im j e s.s. MADOERA ,ia n786 words
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Miscellaneous641 1925-11-27 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang. Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every s Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 am Bangkok every Thursday 6 aim. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penan* and Kedah a %>m KelanUn every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday <j DJ^ Kota641 words
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Advertisement672 1925-11-27 13 ■O. S. K. Line. j^stinations. Steamer. Arr. Dept. ir g, Rotterdam. Bremen, via Colombo, Art port Said- Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec. 17 I* i:.,,, Cape Town. Rio. tires via Colombo. t Panama Maru Nov. 26 Nov. 28 !,ay via Penang. Indus Maru Nov. 25 Nov. 27 Bombay. t Tacoma672 words
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Advertisement416 1925-11-27 13 Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE S8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK 3ILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE CLEANLINEBB. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore in 110 days. Next416 words
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Advertisement663 1925-11-27 13 KAWASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and I BALTIMORE (via Suez) m.s. SILVERAY due Nov. 30 s.s. FUJI MAP.TJ due Dec. 30 I s.s. VENICE MARU due Jan. 18 s.s. WALES663 words
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Article1025 1925-11-27 14 VAST HOARDS VALUED AT *T4,04»,000. Despite scores of failures and disappointed hopes, one more expedition ia about to endeavour to wrest the romantic secret of Cocos Island and recover the £f4,000,000 treasure known to be buried there, says the Daily Express. Its leader is Lieutenant F.1,025 words
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Article581 1925-11-27 14 The Thirteenth, Clare Sheridan. (Duckworth, London). This book is from the same pen as "Stella Defiant," that passionate history of a modern woman, and like its precursor is of a very intriguing character. There It to be a popular fallacy, it amounts ft to an expectancy, that anything581 words
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Article166 1925-11-27 14 In one of Lloyd George's early campaigns some one threw a brick through the window, and it fell on tho platform at his feet. Picking it up he cried: "Behold the only argument of our opponents." From the gallery a sullen fellow kept calling out "Rats! Rats!"166 words
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Advertisement210 1925-11-27 14 "King George W CJhiskn j^v it^WI mmmwxmm m^rk THE DISTILLERS AGENCY, LTD., EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. i h You may try others but jj Ij you'll come back to jj j CAPSTAN j] Cigarettes H Ss tl II II W. D. H. O. WILLS. BRISTOL LONDOV |l a s^mmm* ammmmm ammm sssmmsm*.210 words
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Advertisement313 1925-11-27 14 It looks and tastes like rich red wine— and does y OU much more good. POUR yourself out a glass of WINCARNIS, hold to light and see what a beautiful clear ruby colour it h I taste it What a delicious taste, just Idea rich, I -ine. And what a313 words
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Article659 1925-11-27 15 xMACPHAIL AND CO. LTD'S WEEKLY REPORT. r» Singapore, Nov. 23 Dunng: the week under review ou market continued active but closed eaSer Local, rubber shares alter heavy buying and tn" n°,^ WST U hea?y and in spite ot the gain in the price of the commodity sellers659 words
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Article701 1925-11-27 15 i Singapore, Nov. 25. i In the Rubber section, active conditions in the opening stages at advancing prices, have been superseded by a weaker market with the tone rather unsettled, and speculators in both the commodity and shares inclined to take profit. The Rubber quotation,701 words
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Article68 1925-11-27 15 November 26. Bank 1 m.s fl4 i5-?e^ Bank, demand 2 4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 11-16 New York, demand 56% Credits 90 day? 58% France, demand 1400 Mia, T. T. 154V, I Hongkong, demand 3 p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 132 L Java, demand 140V4 Bangkok, demand68 words
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Article215 1925-11-27 15 November 96. Tin 125 Tona Sl -12.50 Gambler 10.00 Pepper Whit*- oo Ptpper Black 50.00 Flake Tapioca sat Pearl Sago Small j j Copra 12.15 Copra Saadried 12.:*5 1 Opium. Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Liang Hin Chan Mark j Blue Eagle (Old) 360 Kice, Liang Hin Chan Mark Rod215 words
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Article34 1925-11-27 15 Singapore, Nov. 26. 12 noo::. Singapore Standard Ribbed. Smoked Sheet. Spot 1.74 1.75; Dec 1.74 1.7"; Jan.-Mareh 1.70 1.71; April-June LOO 1.01. London Quotation Sheet 4<. 4d. Markei Quiet.34 words
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Article69 1925-11-27 15 (From Our Own Ger respondent.) Penang, Nov. 26. The report of the directors of the South Taiping Tin Company. Limited, stales that $337,503 were realised from the sale of tin j OTO, the nett profit for the^yea.- amounting ti. $83,877, from which the directors rej commend the69 words
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Article485 1925-11-27 15 KRASERS WEEKLY REPORT. mm Singapore, Nov. 25. Alter a busy week the share market Mioses with a quiet lone m a!l sections. Rubber continues to maintain a high price hlkd euoiatmns foi the hotter class shares m near.y ail cases shew an advance. The cheaper counters, however,485 words
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Article166 1925-11-27 15 Singapore. Nov. 20. Daring the past week the market has lien firm and reached as high a level as I in July of this year. Business has been fair, but has boon restricted to a certain extent by the extreme caution shown on the part of166 words
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Article152 1925-11-27 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Johan Tin HO b7, Kamunting (f) fis s 67s Od Kinta Assn. (10) 10.00 11.00 Kuala Lumpur :jss SOe Kuchai Ords. ($1) 1.05 1.70 Kuchai Prefs. ($1) 1.65 1.70 Pahang Consd. (ss) Us Od ISe Od Pengkalen ix.25 18.75 T. Harbour 14.25 14.75 cr. Tronoh152 words
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Advertisement392 1925-11-27 15 -^^^^I^HHHHHaHBmMMH m, Lewis over $5,500,000. miir« nnn 4 m n a nr*™^* Aflßormilce in force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LfflmU). (Incorporated in Straita Settlements) HKAI) OFFICE :-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFTOF nw t vn rh m!) any has £20,000 deposited with the R^g Court fWM^S^^^^^^j^^ PLANS392 words
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Advertisement848 1925-11-27 15 BANKING. BONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) a„*v e J? d ffice: Hongkong. f^H nBe 2 ltal $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000 000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling Silver $26 500 000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $2O;0OO,'oOO COURT OF DIRECTORS. w tten^ en Es( J- Chairmar w tt848 words
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Advertisement40 1925-11-27 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Boyal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singapo Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (lst floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.40 words
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Article887 1925-11-27 16 NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, F.M.S. OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL WELCOME. Mr. H. H. J. Gompertz, the new Chief Justice of the F.M.S., was welcomed in the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, the hon'ble Mr. W. S. Gibson, the Legal Adviser, speaking on behalf of the Government, and Mr. Rogers, its887 words
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Article14 1925-11-27 16 Saturday 28th, Ambulanee Compet'tior I 3 p.m. Frank C. SANDS, Commissioner. <14 words
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Article437 1925-11-27 16 WALLEY BEATEN BY PAL AGIO. A Spirited Content. Tommy Palacio is the new flyweight chani pion of the Orient, vice Clever Sencio, wh is now in the United States. Taking at least eight of the 12 rounds J Palacio handed Boy Walley an artistic trim ming fast night at437 words
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Article172 1925-11-27 16 Tokio Tin Price. (By courtesy of the Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha). Tokio, Nov. 25. Tin. Banka, was quoted at Y212 per pikul in to-day's market. Ainu Enrol in Japanese Navy. For the first time in the Empire's naval almanac, three men of the Ainu race have been enrolled. They172 words
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Article83 1925-11-27 16 The following is a copy of a cable which Mr. John Cameron, of Taiping, has received from Sydney regarding the Federal Elections: "Sweeping Government victory party strength new parliament probably Senate 27 to 9, house representatives 52 to 23 stop Pratten's majority 16,000." Mr. H. G. Pratten83 words
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59 1925-11-27 16 London, Nov. 18. The Shannon hydro-electric scheme, which a German firm is carrying out, must be treated as unclean and untjuchable by all Free State workers, according to a resolution adopted at the joint conference in Dublin of the Irish Labour Party and the Trade59 words
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Article38 1925-11-27 16 Delhi, Nov. 16. The Amir returned to Kabul to-day after a prolonged tour in the Kandahar Province where he made a speech at a public durbar and enquired into the conduct of public afficials.38 words
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Article332 1925-11-27 16 RUGBY. Interesting Practice Game. 0 Although there was not a 'nil turn out for yesterday's practice game on the 5> Padang, the meeting between the two teams, i_ consisting principally of other than first XV e players, contained much that was interesth in *> e All the scoring332 words
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Article272 1925-11-27 16 Results of Yesterday's Chukkers. I The chukkers in the Barnes Cup Polo tour- nament were continued at Balestier yester- day afternoon, when play was of an inte- resting character. The going was on the > soft .side. Among the large attendance of visitors were Lady Guillemard and272 words
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Article46 1925-11-27 16 For reasons that may seem obvious the t more sporting members of the Imperial Press Delegation to Australia, were "on" Windbag, the 6to 1 winner of the Melbourne j Cup, to a man, says the writer of Random i Notes in Straits Echo.46 words
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Article150 1925-11-27 16 London,* Nov. 17. In the House of Commons moving the omission of the Aliens' Restriction Act from the expiring laws and the continuance of the Bill, Mr. J. Scurr (Labour), declared that the Act was aimed particularly at poor Jews although it was originally designed to deal150 words
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Article36 1925-11-27 16 FOOTBALL. 1 v [Renter's Service.] London, Nov. 25. The following are the results of League matches played to-day: Division I. Huddersfield 0, Liverpool 0. Scottish League. Motherwell 1, Rangers 3. Celtic 3, Hearts 0.36 words
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Article37 1925-11-27 16 [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 25. Miss Helen Wills, the American champion, is coming to* Europe to take part in tournaments on the Riviera, competing in the Beaulieu Tournament, for which Mdlle. Lenglen has entered.37 words
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Article105 1925-11-27 16 Yukon Wins at Fifty to One. London, Nov. 18. The Irish Cambridgeshire run on the Curragh resulted as follows: YUKON MISCHIEVOUS 2 DUKE OF MONACLEAR 3 Nineteen ran. Yukon won by a short head, a head separated second and third. Betting: 50 to 1 against Yukon, 10105 words
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Article138 1925-11-27 16 Sandhurst Beaten After Fast Game. London, Nov. 18. At rugger Woolwich beat Sandhurst by 12 points to 6 at Richmond. There w&s fine weather, the game was fast and hard and neither side gave any quarter. The game was an object lesson to many first-class sides. While138 words
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Article41 1925-11-27 16 London, Nov. 18. The following are the results in the Rug>y Union County Championship matches )layed to-day: Middlesex 17, Kent 10 (at Teddingtonl. Hampshire 23, Eastern Counties 13 (at >outhend North Midlands 19, East Midlands 17 (at Birmingham41 words
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Article159 1925-11-27 16 London. Nov. 18. The gloomiest passage of Mr. Lloyd George's contribution to the Locarno debate was concerned with Dominions' relations. He pointed out that there had been seven or eight months, in which the Dominions might have been consulted, and cited the speech of General Smuts, regretting159 words
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Article81 1925-11-27 16 Programme of Drills. Saturday, 2.30 p.m.— Bukit Timah and Farrer Range. Teams competing for Brom-head-Matthews Shield, Practice. No transport will be provided. Allotment can be given on application to Headquarters not later than Thursday 12 noon. Sunday, 8 a.m.— Bukit Timah, Teams com. peting for Bromhead-Matthews Shield.81 words
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Advertisement338 1925-11-27 16 HIS MASTERS VOICE^ RECORDS FEATURE j The Greatest Artistes The Finest Recording. ji They stand supreme as reproduction, nf World's Finest Music. f the Our Demonstration Rooms are at your Se I S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. i (Incorporated in Hongkong). j The Arcade, SINGAPORE. You Cannot Better the Best UPTON'S338 words
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