The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 January 1926

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1 17 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1926. NO. 11,693.
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  • 294 1 The award of the Arbitrator lo the Duff Development Co. has been telegraphed to the High Commissioner, «;tir London Correspondent says Page 8. The United States newspapers combine m ridiculing Mr. Hoover's tariff proposals m connection with foreign monopolies, such ay rubber Page 9. Further details of
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  • 1513 1 The accused, Patrick Hauphy, went into the witness-box and was duly sworn. Just a> he was about to bepin his statement, JV strict Justice Murnihan interrupted him. "What did you say your namt was?'' said th. Justice. The accused was a very disreputable young tinker with red
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 125 1 SWALI-OW ARIELL'S MARIE BISCUITS RAFFLES HOTEL m No: 2920. SARKIES BROTHERS. Proprietors. 1 TUESDAY, THURSDAY SATURDAY Dinner Dance. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY FRIDAY The' Dansant, LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. (X.B. Evening Dress essential for Dinner Dances.) GRILL ROOM. j y pkate, Lndrr the supervision of an Manager. expert European. _J i Published m
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    • 202 1 dOSSAdPS' =i \%w *-j *y vlw li ij/-%v i\a m m V: WJril3±3Li > j; V\^of|)^ TOIIET SQAPS I l^Rsfresning as a Sea Breeze t m j> WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. -1 (Incorporated m England). The EUROPE HOTEL i i GRILL Specially imported poultry game now available, THE EUROPE HOTEL,
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    • 157 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Latest shipping on psjfjsf It, 12 and 13. This week's Pavilion programme Page 2. Trunks ;ind bjfcfl at John LiitK-V Page S. Madame Ktlvey's Rchool <»f dancing Pad 2. Milliner} just airiwd at Robinson's Pace 9. Notice of removal by Malayan Motors Pace 7. Jiniah Rubber Efltate* <livi(k-nd
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    • 7 1 WORLD RENOWNED SWALLOW ARIHTS. BISCIITS AND CAKES
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 104 1 THE WEEK. TfHcUiif. \2th. Hijrh Water. H.m a.m., '.«.st» p.m. Hu^by: Probables vs Po>sible>. Lodcc Zetland regain; %M p.m. Wed m i-'doy, I Hijrh Watt r. 9.S a.m., 10.47 p.m. M. M. homeward iiittil leavt's. Thursday. Wth. Hitfh Water, Mi a.m., lUI a.m. Total Eclipse of the Sun. 1.13 p.m.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 276 2 Buy Best British Brushes. MERITOR. Tooth and Dental Plate Brushes. Every Brush Guaranteed. Stockists MEDICAL HALL LTD. Singapore. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMISEMENTS. MdmKELVEYS S( 'iiooi. OF *fr DANCING Privut< lessons I lai^^ latest r.all-r....v> y^ m \a lancimr. ■m^ (i
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    • 278 2 Victoria Theatre Friday and Saturday, Jan, 22nd. and 23rd.>r v AT 9.30 P.m/ DICK' NORTON presents. THE New Globe Trotters ENTIRELY NEW PRODUCTION DIRECT FROM ENGLAND. NEW SONGS. NEW DANCES, NEW SKETCHES, NEW COSTUMES AND SCENERY. Booking Opens at Little's on Saturday, .lan. 16th. PRICES $3. 2 and 1. COMING
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    • 248 2 From Saturday, 9th January, to Thursday ]ith AT THE -m. ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Cs., Ltd., Proprietors.) In the Second Show at 9 p.m. i A United Artists' Production featuring The World's Sweetheart Mary Pickford m a role than m which she was never more appealing, m«m laughter vokinjr and
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  • 1070 3 SHOCK TO THE GUARANTORS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Londjm, Dec. 10. f Although the announcement (Joes not com? as surprise ii is still a shock to the Guarantors ol ihe Wembley Exhibition to to told that owing to the loss of £1,581. 003 2s. Id. there
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  • 270 3 Snow Thaw Drowns H>o Persons. Budapest. Dec. 28. Over a hundred persons were drowned a« the result of a sudden thaw of the heaviest BttOwfall m the Transylvatiian district. Thousands have been rendered homeless and hundreds are fitfhtinp for refuge on the trees and housetops. Others
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  • 56 3 Arrival Aeroplanes at !)i«m Hum. i Calcutta, Dec 2">. Six aeroplanes arrived at Dum Dum yesterday after traversing 1.400 miles from Risalpnr. The object of the fliuht a loag Government free of interest for very ing cross-country fiifrht can be conducted and to test the condition and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 405 3 fw SCRATCHING ltiy>NLY MAKES llßt IT WORSE Why Endure it -When you can Cure It, Just think what it must mean after such terrible itching, such burning torture, to have the skin cooled and soothed, the itch banished as if by magic. A few drops of D.D.D. Prescription, and you
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    • 75 3 USE: BRITISH TIMKEN Tapered Roller Bearings. Most Efficient Readily Adjustable. Every Roller Gauged Accurately to within m" I One-Twelvethousandth of an inch. y /L Sole Distributing Agents: Malayan Motors Agents m F.M.S. SINGAPORE. Messrs. WEARNE BROS., LTD.: Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur, Malacca. WEARNE BROTHERS LIMITED, Proprietors. i dont argue. i
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  • 945 4 MHAT OF THE TEST MATCHES? 1 hoosing the Selectors. London. Dec. 6. Whil^ Lfidwt folk m this country are watching wlih deep interest the weeding©ut process amongst Test aspirants m Australia tney pause to wonder if matters are moving m England by ways conducive to HMtM. There
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  • 546 4 Problems of Prayer. Some stimulating answers are beginning to come m to the "Questionnaire" that has been addressed by the V.M.C.A. to their branches throughout the world m an effort to discover the elements m Christianity which to-day are most needed by growing boys as they face
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  • 148 4 The welding of Renter'- Agency with the Pres* Association will probably convey I it: tit- to the general public. To them, of I Btse, the HUM Router is familiar enough, nu* few know much about the Press Association. ?he gutafl news-gathering and distributing organisation for the
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  • 132 4 The discovery that oil extracted from tht fruit of Hyonocarpus, a little-known plant, cures leprosy, many not be followed by a revival of the herbalist's art, but should compel the medical fraternity to revive the neglected study of medicinal plants. It is known, for example, that some
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  • 955 4 The debate which has been raging over a demand for the immediate abolition of Mr. Epstein's relief involved two questions, one of art, the other of conduct. There is evidently matter for endless discussion on the question of art: the question of conduct was urgent, and, put briefly,
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  • 481 4 I Statement by Lord Hardinge. The Organization for the Maintenance of Supplies issues the following: statement: An impression prevails m some quarters that the Government scheme for securing necessary supplies and services during a general strike has made the voluntary Organization for the Maintenance of Supplies
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  • 253 4 Romance of £3.000.000 Fortune. A remarkable mystery is mnmn ted with the fortune of itf.uOU.OOO left h\ n Australian to a relation m Poland reported by the correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt at Lodz. Some time ago a man named Reich*, living m the suburbs of the
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  • 141 4 Tost Office and a German lm«*n ion. The British Post Office is experimenting with German telegraphic apparatus, by means of which six separate messages can be sent over one wire at, it is claimed, a speed of 100 words a minute. At present six messages can
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  • 18 4 What nobler war monument could he wished for than Waterloo Bridge? I). S. Mac Coll m Saturday Review.
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  • 1022 4 You can depend upon petting your moneys full worth when you go to the Ring I big nights. There are fights within and its without. >ueueing up is not a fashionable habit m Blackfriars Road. Shoving is. [ot, bothered, bashed, crumpled, tossed, almost torn, I knew
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  • 389 4 The Rubber Market London, 1^ The wheels of the rubbei are revolving at a pace 1,.. :arm bwU than that which caused showers of sparks on Monday and la*. Everyone was tkutki Urday to snatch at the res| few hours of breathings; From
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  • 142 4 I was talking :-> a rum who makes v«/ >n.n>! f buys matt-rials an.l en i lu-apt'st mark*:. i>. The British public." h< shown at the elections tha* prepared i«. have a full \w tion for industry. They ha to sin- through the pan wfcP the LiU-ral^
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  • 49 4 Over 150.000 Convictio''- l During the t\\v and a hall have elapsed since Prohibition fective, prosecutions m th»- 1 for breaches of the law hay. rvarf** 1.*>4.772 convictions, says a n by (he Department of Ju.^ of imprisonment totalling: l-*'° lave been imposed on 29.0 <i persons.
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  • 1105 5 AM EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO AVOID. (By the late William Came). There is nothing more tedious than other people's dreams, and nothing harder to evade. Any person who has had a dream which seems unusual is instantly compelled to recount it, and the Ancient. Mariner himself had not a
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  • 537 5 LONDON— CAPE TOWN. The King's Messenger, carrying despatches to the Commanders-in-Chief, was a familiar personage to all who travelled during the war by the naval train to Thurso, or by the Fleet Messenger from Tr.ranto to Malta. Perhaps a future war niay take place m other parts
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  • 120 5 Major O. Har\ey to he Military Secretary. It is officially announced that the Rt. Hot Edward Wood Viceroy-Designate^ has pppointed Major Charles Offle Harvey. C.V.0.. C.H.E., M.< to be Military Secretary to the Viceroy m April next when \h assumes charge, and that he is retaining the
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  • 60 5 \?w York has no justification for its claim to be the only port whiih provides tekphonic communication between the shore and iners arriving m the docks. When the liner Leviathan arrives at Southampton a telephone cable is immediately taken oil board, ami the ship's passonjrors are thus
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 188 5 j: The World Famous Italian BIANCHI CARS 1 The car that has been selected by the Royal family of s Italy for over 30 years. Each car built to order, 4 uheel brakes, balloon tyre overhead valves, ad- J justable shock absorbers etc., Can be Obtained Throughout i Malaya. 5j
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    • 230 5 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT COMMERCIAL CLASSES AT RAFFLES INSTITUTION. Shorthand, Typewriting, Book-Keeping. 3 I FOUR STAGES IN EACH SUBJECT: Beginners, Elementary, Intermediate, Advanced. I Applications for enrolment should be made personally to the Superintendent at Raffles Institution on Tuesday, January > I 12th at 5 p.m. A good knowledge of English is
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  • 2462 6 The river looked like a stream of oil flowing between the walls of dense, im- penetrable woods that fringed its banks. Now and again it eddied strongly and seemed to boil, as some great rock or snag peeped up menacingly. Then it flowed on again,
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  • 194 6 IT\ dragging .i primitive iir.try of th which l- aloft tht Brtti romantic :l:irs.r>." ford t"n y« I :n-i oa fpj S..n>y if Alderley and Sir H.. cently. B<-th Chairman an.: g note which i> of nMSMOI Fel.ows < I the R< >... Sir Hugh
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  • 98 6 PRISON FOR AN HEIR TO £500,000. HfIrMMM Who Tried M K« (airo. I»K i One of the most rvmarkal'l. history of moilern Egypt tnd< the conviction of "Count" He- heir to half a million ■OOBoV, tempted murder- «>f the jiMBB ■•< that he was not entitled t. iofcefi balance of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 278 6 SEE THEM AT WHITEAWAYS iui^t»».'»i»»»i»n»»n»»»»ii»i»»;imnuiJ p.* jQ "VvTHITEXiAW" Bedstead J ONE OF WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUES S MALAYA'S BEST VALUE, THE w WHITELAW «-PART BEDSTEAD. BRASS BEDSTEADS. Pitted with 1-inch steel pUlai tubes, strong anple Iron frame, and ar.ti sagging spring mattress constructed of -avi jost receiTed a Wtm skipment of
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  • 2465 7 The river looked like a stream of oil flowing between the walls of dense, impenetrable woods that fringed its banks. Now and again it eddied strongly and seemed to boil, as some great rock or snag peeped up menacingly. Then it flowed on again, resistlessly
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  • 214 7 1 I primitive country of th which l- aloft thy li mails :t> r-omantic things." So wi te S ford lan y. i to mind as we ttaaley of Alderley an<i Sir Hj tha farewell lunt I. th Chairman an«i j; note which is of
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  • 96 7 PRISON FOR AN HEIR TO £5000,000. afcypataa Who Tried la Xl .i,r... **> One c»f the most remarkal'K ir history of modern Egypt i-nd« the conviction of -Count" H< i heir to half a million pound-, tempted murder of the judir. ■■< that he was not entitled b hjj* balance
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 287 7 SEE THEM AT WHITEAWAYS Q ,Q Aa/TTTTEIaAW* y^^^yg bedstead ONE OF WHITEAWAYS STANDARD VALUES S S MALAYA'S BEST VALUE, THE w WHITELAW G-PART BEDSTEAD. BRASS BEDSTEADS. Pitted with l-indi steel pillai tubes itrong antit Iron frame, and anti sajr^in^r sprinsj mattress constructed ol ban josl reeeifed aen shipment I esc
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  • 386 8 HOLLAND'S WOE. ANOTHER EXTENSION. [Reuters Service.! Amsterdam, Jan. 9. It is reported from Kampen, near Zwolle, that the river has inundated practically the entire triangle, Elburg— Kampen— Hattum, including many villages, and many refugees and cattle are being accommodated at Ka m pen. Even if the floods subside
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  • 76 8 [British Radi* Ottcial Service]. Hugh*. Jan. H. The new British Orient kfawr, Atrano, mak( s her first voyage t<» Australia tomorrow. She is an oil drives rteamer <d 2«),oO(» tons, built Ity Vii-ktMs, and is thithird vt'ssi'i of her tonnage to bt delivered to thf Orient Company
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  • 575 8 [British Radio— Official Service]. HuKby. Jan. H. It is announced m Italy that negotiations fot the funding of the Italian debt to Cicat Britain will bv'srin m London «.n Friday. Conversation.- will open m ;*n atmosphere favourable to the settlement The goodwill with which Great Britain will
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  • 79 8 In lecture delivered before the Netherlands KoJoniaal Instituut. Di. A. A. L. Rutgers, Director of Agriculture and Commerce m NetberlandH India, stated that provided Urn price of robber did n-.t fall betow l*. pe» lh ll >' 11):1 tlH> nativt rruhrb r OVt|Ml m t v «> Nothcrland< Ka<t IndlM
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  • 436 8 THE PRACTICAL RESULTS. •'Sowing Deep for Deferred Harvest." (Fron; Our Own Correspondent). Ijondon, Dec. 17. Now that the Wembley Exhibition has ied and the Malayan exhibit dispersed, •feed Mr. A. Caldecott exactly what, m opinion, had been the practical results the great efforts which had been made
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 424 8 BUSINESS CARDS, <" SPECIALITY J; < At REDFEARN'S > m HORSE REPOSITORY. ;j I' Leather Dress Cases. J AV ...V.V.V.VASVA%V.VV.VU%VW 1 f rka>e Send for the Illustrated .t.lflcue of Musical Instruments, o SEASON CO.. LTD. and 113. North Bridpe Road. 6&®" UNERALS? j >|\(i\PORE CASKET CO. ■■"XPERT UNDERTAKERS/ TELEPHONE 75.
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    • 547 8 NOTICES. JIM AH KIBBKR ESTATES, LIMITED. NOTICE is hereby given that the Directors have declared an Interim Dividend of ten cents per share payable on 30th January, 1926, to all shareholders on the Register on that date. NOTRE is also given that the transfer books of the above Company will
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    • 985 8 The Es ate of Fatimah binte Abdul lan bin Syed bin Marie, (deceased.) AUCTION SALE OF vaii 4RIF FREEHOID AND 999 YEARS LEASEHOLD PROPERTIES £m£J*r^**W AS NO. 52-4. RIVER VALLEY ROAD and NO 605, NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, SINGAPORE TOWN. To he held at our Sale-Room, No. 17. Raffles Place. OX
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 53 8 dyke. RNGLISI WKATHEK. [British Radio Official ServkeJ. Itugby, Jan. 9. The Thames at Windsor ha< fallen eijrht laches m the last twenty-four hours. The weather to-day was One owr Most ©f Earland, akhoaga thf outlook i« unsettled. Boaw raciac ttxtom and many dosMM of week-end football matches were cancelled OWiag
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  • 15 9 ROSS. On the Slst December, t<> M,,y. mi ■>f R. V. Ra«b, Pakang, daughter.
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  • 43 9 LOWSON MACIVER. Oa 7th January, at Si Andrew* Presbyterian ("hutch. Kuala Lampui <>> the I: R, D. t/hitehorii, M.A William, m>i of Mr and Mrs. Alexander Lowson, Kirrierauh t<» Agile Russell, daughter <■:' the* late Rer. H Maclver, MA., and of Mrs. Maelver, Edinburgh
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  • 814 9 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, JANUARY 11,1926. Com ment of the Week. The United Stales i> letting itself pro on the iniquity of robber restriction, but thf Hooverites d«» not seem t<» be having it entirely their own way. Tiie fan is brought out that the tyre maker- are keenly alive
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  • 359 9 Mi. C. H. Redway, of Kennedy, Borkil Mid bai returned to Ipoh from holi da) at Home. Mr. N. C. Reddish baa arrived m IVnauy from Sinvrap >r»> lor doty with Borneo i Motors Limited. Mr. I B. W.iv>. of the legal firm 4 \I« ■>>!•- .1. <;. Campbell and
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  • 155 9 BEING CONSIDERED LOCALLY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 9. An officiaf repfy to an enquiry as to the award of tho Arbitrator to the Duff Development Company is to the effect that the award has l>een telegraphed to the Higrh Commissioner, and it may be assumed
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  • 399 9 LABGBLY AYTBNDD HNKK\L The funeral of ih<- late Mr. K. C. Lewis which took place at the Bidadari Cemetny on Saturday afternoon, m lastly attended and bore ample te.-tinioiiy fes the popularity of th*' aßreased. The coffin waconveyed liy motor hearse from the (i«ii«.-ral
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  • 71 9 Tfcc ivsult «>f tht- Ks>ay competition f »r 1925 has n»>w Ih^tj published. In (lass C". competitor* lia«l to writ* 1 on il) Sh«»u what part ndi oi the f illowinu took m Empire Building: !i\r, Kir Stamford RaffW'^ and Living rtonc. l)r CJi At Bri:i-b I'
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  • 29 9 From the G— tral Deetrir <'«». than with eharaiag coleejved pfcetavM, ■hM Bead net be discarded when l!»2T NMM, The (K«;in Accident tad Guarantee < '<>. *«*Nd :i bridal rrarker.
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  • 148 9 The World*! P«*Mtry Con^rr»'s< will he I<'1«1 m Iv<-nu' this (resr (v -i\\ Kpr\ J:* t«> Hay r Vv>m the !iix iMW <-i" Nati<»nal Savings f rrtiticatt's m 191ti to March 111. l^L 1 fMt^JMli li:iv<- htta invt-stod. tb«- numU i of t-iititicates U'inp TlM,!)!*."..!^ In the SupiXMiio Court on
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  • 404 9 •HER HUSBAND'S HIFIT REsPv AT THE THEATRK XTEj It is quite a lonk time ir i,. audience was gfc«n >> much ju^*j* for hearty and continuous Inujrht^r company of amateur.* a.- w a > ttwSaturday ni K ht. when the S. r m h ers presented A. K.
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  • 108 9 SINGAPORE AMATEUR DRAMATIC COMMITTEE. Tin- Sm?ap SC AmiuU W il runt*-. ,-.>n: fiiip!;tt<' prixluoinj:. 'iiiun, »noth«'r <»f tru ;> -'liar Gflfc >ii]|i\an i>pvras. Sim- proArtK" «»i thi> fiatun-. th«- Garni lieris nM| i >. Mi«-!s ha\f arrive! *r many <»M friend- ha\«- Th- ..mmitt««-. tln-n f U 1..H thf p?.H\.l.
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  • 60 9 l-'rom tu-ni^rht. for M I'Mv.iion. |MIM U 1 Worry, mm 11 ollaWoratinu- with h'.:i *iM I J juoduoii.in i> th«- N"' AaM-n. who |i l.t-: I 1 4«0 lh>. and wvars si» j whuh 10 lh>. H- I of afte an«i according M more year- to
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  • 68 9 On Saturday night < hinen w I J and seriously wounded b> a I j I wh.»m he did not see. H* 1 1 al.'tiir Merchant Road vtMi I fired and although a |>ol:«v I.ar. I went t<. the scene immediat. "'/tkl 1 th« rvp-Mt he
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 117 9 "Tf/f; CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" THE WELL KNOWN iS BRAND J| EXSHAW No 1 BRANDY CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. liu-orporatttl m Shanghai SBNGANU. Kuala Lumpur. IVnanu. Ipoh and Klanu. y.\V.VA\VAVA\\\\V.V.V.V/.V,V.VAV.VASV.%V-V.V.V.V.V.V JUST ARRIVED jj I St. IVEL PALETHORPE'S PORK SAUSAGES I ij TRY SOME FOR BREAKFAST OR TIFFIN jj •j TO-MORROW—
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    • 50 9 Parf urns de Luxe I GOTY j Chypre Origan j Rose Jacqueminot I Paris \l Emeraude j| EAU DE COTY I to be had from all dealers Dupire Brothers. W.WAr.V.'.".VbVIVW.VAVW%%V ft msssjM&E^/EElg Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. Smgaprre, lYr.aim. Kuala l unipur. Ipnh. A lor Star and IVhik Abmm.
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  • 404 10 POLITICAL OBJECT. I POLICE ENQUIRY. [Reuter's Service.] Budapest. Jan. 8. evidence at the police inquiry on Note affair, the military Roman x Bishop. Stefan Adravecz. admitted Yatm the objects inspiring the but dissociated himself therefrom he discovered what a:** proposed :».iopted mearv. There are now six 4
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  • 49 10 [Reuter- Service.] K. .rr.i.i, Jan. 10. mt vandal has hern un- j rding to the newspapers. The *he Belg'M'U' detective force, ♦nquiring m (lermany into the a th >u-and dinar notes, disHicit pre-- at Bielefeld. The am the alletrvd counter•ry hi I i aWAected with the
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  • 61 10 [Reuter's Service*] Berlin, Jan. 10. < enmrittee at th** Reichstag is the Democratic motion submitH» i ,_r before Christmas auhmj Federal Stan- to settle ruling prime- as they conrting to the courts. Kxtrer.i- i kclare that if the carried tS-y intend t > -übmit a awi i demanding
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  • 40 10 tK- ;:> r > Service.] Bernard. Maine. Jan. 10. Un unprecedented m.*currence j tidal wave slowly j harhour dry and then slowly -hore. carrying with it fifty -•r craft. I was preceded by a deep rumbut there v\:. no earthquake.
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  • 393 10 BEATING THE BUSH. TYRE TARIFF. [Reuters Service] Washington, Jan. 9. Mr. Hui: introduced a Bill m the House of Representatives for the repeal of the 10 pec cent, tariff en rubber tyres. He declared: Tlk liepublican tariff and accompanying trade- restrictions invited the British rubber monopolj PRESIDENT'S
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  • 134 10 [Router's Service.] Washington. Jan. 9. Th*. S; nat>- Judiciary Committee ha* be_"un invent iuution into tht affairs of th«> j Aluminium Company of America, of which Mr. MeOon b a prominent -hare-holder. with thr object of accing why no proceed" I ing< for contempt w*-rt- brought against j
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  • 193 10 [Reuter's Service.] Washington. Jan. 9. The American Ambassador at Mexico City has formally protested against the retro-active features of the new Mexican anti-Alien Land Law. Mexico City, Jan. 9. The Department of Industry officially states that it intt nds to continue a policy of equity and fairm
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  • 42 10 Sentence of 12 months rigorous imprisonment was passed on two Maeaos who were charged with robbery of a gold watch from a Chinese towkay m Emerald Hill Rd. recently. The complainant was m a rikish.i when the accused attacked and roblied him.
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  • 86 10 ROW'S VACCINE. REMARKABLE EFFECTS. [Router's Service.] Bombay, Jan. 9. What is described as a new vaccine treatment for leprosy was demonstrated at the Indian Sou nee Congiess by an Indian, Dr. Row. President of the medical section, and memben of the Congress state that remarkable results have
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  • 105 10 [Beuter'f Service.] Calcutta. Jan. 9. A specml tribunal has f Rind tre nine [Bengalis, who wi re arrested m connection with the discovery of a bomb factory m a suburb of Calcutta on N >v. loth., guilty. Three were sentenced to transportation for ten years, four to
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  • 184 10 [Renter's Service]. London, Jan. 10. The Observer, commenting on the latest developments m China, opines that nothing has been seriously at fault with the spirit lof British policy, declared long ago. except that it sadly lagged behind the opportunities of making itself practically clear. The paper notes
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  • 164 10 [British Radio -Official Service I. Kugby. Jan. f. Bel >!< an audience which ineludt i n targe number of well-known scholars :>n.! men of letter-, and specially invited p prestntativea of various educational anthnritie-. the Prime Minister, Mr. Stanley Baldwin, last night delivered his presidential addresf <-n "The
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  • 164 10 [British RadU, Official Service]. llugby. Jan. N. A detailed analysis of the course of unemployment from July 11*2;> to October 11>2."» has been prepared by the Ministry of liabour. It shows a rapid improvement m the position between January and June 1t«24 and its subsequent, though more gradual, worsening
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  • 155 10 [British Radio Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 9. During the whole of the. past year, there ha?- been only one fatal passengers' acci- dent on the British railways. In reporting 1 this fact the Railway Gazette adds that even tHs solitary fatality wjuld probably not have occurred if
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  • 124 10 [British Radio— Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 8. The directors of the London and Northeastern Railway at a meeting to-day decided to place orders with a British firm for thirty three thousand tons of steel rails. This railway company recently announced all that its new contracts will stipulate that
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  • 98 10 [British Radio— Official Service]. Knghf\ Jan. 9. Mr. Lloyd George returned to London this i i afternoon from his holiday m Italy and immediately visited the Nursing Home j j where his daughter, Miss Megan, is re- i ported to-day to be making excellent progress after her operation
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  • 75 10 [British Radio Official Service]. Kujfby. Jan. 9. The rime*- trade correspondent, m a I review of British industries, says that reporti from tbe chief industrial districts indicate no weakening >f the more confident lone that ha< been m evidence of late. This is particularly true of the iron
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  • 67 10 [British Radio— Official Service]. Rugby, Jan. 8. The revival of issuing of Colonial loans an begun and two loans fur Australian States have been underwritten to-day. One is of two and half millions sterling for Queensland and the other is of amount of i'l,Soo,oo<> sterling for South Australia.
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  • 63 10 [Renter*! Service. l Athens, Jan. S/ The Yugoslavian Minister has informed trc Foifeigß Minister that Yupo-slavia is prepared to agree to ihe conclusion of a Balkan Security Pact and Arbitration Treaty, on the lines of the I^ocarno Agreement, but m order to ensure the success of Midi
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  • 160 10 Oremonial Openinjj. Tilt' first Session of Assi/.es of the year will open on Tuesday morning before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. P. J. Sproule. As was the case at the opening of the First Assizes last year the judges will attend a special service at the Cathedral
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  • 21 10 Mr. S. K. Wong: is leaving for Hongkong a^ain shortly and on his return he will proceed to Europe m May.
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    • 247 10 New Shipment /"^S^ Millinery J9d Just Arrived i. J*^ Ladies' White j Ribbon Hats 4^ READY TO WEAR fl li m black, white and V^ B Coloured Sports V Hats. Children's White Semi-Trimmed Straw Hats. ROBINSON*&Co.,Ltd. (Incorporated m the S.S.) Raffles Place. SINGAPORE. Where will they lead Just a crow
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    • 775 11 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO:— tONDON. AMSTERDAM. ROTTERD A M ANTWERP^HAMBURG BREMEN. GENOA. MARSEILLES. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOWMARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading for all Overland Point-. WEEKLY SERVICB^-LONnON AND N. max^ Aa^ wm9m ATREUS London, Rotterdam, md Hamburg l n P° rt THESEUS
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    • 521 11 blierman bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) U ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE s.s. CITY OF STOCKHOLM Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Jan. 2\ s.s. KIOTO Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Dec. 28 PASSENGER SERVICE. MARSEILLES, LONDON,
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    • 602 11 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.; MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR BAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles. London and Aatvtri Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage. Sin».».
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  • 541 12 A MUNICIPALITY AT LAST? Committee of Inquiry. A meeting of the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board was held on Wednesday, when Mr. M. W. Miilingtcn, the Chairman, presided. The Chairman then, before introducing the next item on the agenda, read the following letter received from the Secretary
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  • 194 12 PRICELESS JEWELS IN A Q UEEN'S TOMB. Woman Who Once Ruled The Sahara. Paris. Dec. 4. Queen Tinhanan. ruler of the Agageai people who once inhabited the mountainous region of the Sahara, has l>een discovered it Tamanmsset, m an immense tomb filled with jewels. The discovery has been made by
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  • 80 12 Air Ministry's Intention. London, Dec. 30. Detail* of the proposed development of Hendon aerodrome as an aerial defence base far London show that it is the intention of the Air Ministry to station at the aero drome one regular and one special reserve and two auxiliary air
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  • 32 12 Mr. F. C. Ebbels, manager of Juru Estate, P. W., who was operated on for appendicitis on Tuesday, is, we are glad to hear, going on quite well, says Wednesday's Straits Echo.
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  • 500 12 Proposed Attemp. to Recover Hullion Th«- Germaa diving apparatus sent from Kit-1 by the firm of NeufVklt and Kuhnko t< hflp m the location of the lost submarine Ml il JH'injr kept m readiness for a further descent when the Navy have found anything to be
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    • 223 12 Singer Cars The Story of the Singer is always a Story of Satisfaction New Shipment Due Here Shortly De luxe 10 26 HP. 4 Seater Price $2,225 Book Now CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., LTD. Singapore. Penang. Ipoh. Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. j^S^j A REALREMEDY P S N REAL COUGH OR
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    • 436 12 The Wander-Working Zone of Kelvination i < i t" 1 iiiiiijijj^^f^^i ßMPßf' t^ttKf Bfril keep fresh for day Just a few degrees below the temperature up" until they almost fall apart at the of the ordinary ice-cooled refrigerator is a touch of the fork. Meats mellow apd accolder zone that
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  • 344 13 Capt. Claude Waller, late of Kepong estate, has been appointed an aide-de-camp to the new Viceroy of India. The Japanese steamer Yamato Maru which struck a rock m the Banka Strait after midnight on Thursday, arrived m Singapore on Saturday and proceeded to dry dock for repairs. In
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  • 125 13 TOKYO HA RBOUR PLAN. A cable from Tokyo to the Xanyo Xichij Nichi Shimbun States: Th- Harbour construction work of Tokyo Hay, which had been planned by the Home Department, was dropped when the Finance Department eliminated the appropriation for it m the budget for the next fiscal year. Consequently
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  • 151 13 Relative t,, the I r .-akdown of the steamer West Rowa 2.(K)H miles at left, information has now beta received by the local agents thai tiu- vessel has reached Hakodate m safety, says r«-c nt Hon§> k<»nir paper. According to the report of the master. the WV>st
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  • 259 13 The Shanghai Municipal ouneil has decided t.. boy from the British Admiralty two big motor launches capable (»f l>einp converted into lire floats at a wry small cost. The price of the launches, with range of spare parts, ii Tls. 1,750 each. According to
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  • 62 13 A farther step following the acquisition at the I*, and 0. Wharf [a the mimlßMing <>f the entrance "Gate 7" and the liorthing: alongside <>f a useful but humble looking steamer with a big "X" on the funnel. "Icbabod" as the head tamby said when be brought out, ready for
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    • 452 13 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia). :O:— FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. :O:— Regular monthly sailings by the well- kr own steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins H Die. single
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    • 108 13 NORDDEUTSCHER-LLOYD. (Incorporated m Germany). The undernoted are the Company'! intended fixture*. OUTWARDS. For 3ONGKOXG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Singapore. t FULDA Jan. 22 t DERFPUNGEB Feb. li< HOMEWARDS. For •.E.NOA. ANTWERP, HOLLAND, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. Due Singapore. LUDWIGSHAFEX Jan. 18 t COBLENZ Jan. 28 ANHALT Feb. 18 t Cabin and
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    • 348 13 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERDAM LLOYD" HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. Sailings on fixed dates via Suez to Xow York and Boston, f s.B. MADIOEN s.s. MADOERA due Cargo is also accepted to Philadelphia, Ha.timoro. and to I.S.A dian Inland Points on through Bills of Lading. For shipping
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    • 324 13 LLOYD TOIESTEVcTNAvTi (Incorporated m I HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Bi-monthly service for Knnfltf y and Trieste via ports taking '^x^ through Bills of Lmdirjr f r Fiaiu 1 Levant and Black Sea |»..rr> a !sc ports on the West Coa-- VIMINALF <M TRIKSTK ESQUILINO «.M OUTWARD SAILINGS FOR CHINA AND JAPi\ x
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    • 600 13 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday. Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a :i. Kota Tiaggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota
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    • 678 14 O. S. K. Line. Ur r Hamburg Rotterdam. Arr \nrwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, M** and Port Said^ Atlas Maru p,- :.,r. 'ape Town, Santos, Rio, lb Jan 1T Buenos Aires via Colombo. f Manila Maru Feb peb and Bombay Indll Maru Jan f and Bombay via Penang f Borneo Maru
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    • 469 14 s^^^^^a£^3 a^s^Bß' Cr* <f tA fi^^^fc CC3t CdsE9^ .^BBB^g^fcjBKSW. J^^^aJßi^L^^^Sa^Bk ■B^ STEAMSHIP UNE =JSSL Round -the- World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE *8 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABBOLUTE CLBANLINBW. via Colombo, Port SaU, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York
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    • 645 14 KAWASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE GENERAL AGENTS:— 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) a.B. VENICE MARU <*"* Jan. 18 a.s. WALES MARU d J n 3fl For rates and other particulars apply:— GUTHRIE CO.,
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  • 1029 15 REPORT OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR l«»2l. .Mr. G. N. Otm, Director of Education, prefaces his Report for 11*24. which we have just received, with the following remarks on some of the aims and difficulties of educational administration m this Co--1 ny:— The numbers an<i circumstances
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  • 456 15 l.onflv limrMT PltCf m Terror. Aberdeen. Nov. 3A. If B*n Macdhui. the famous jK'ak m the Cairngorm mountain-, Scotland, haunted? Professor J. Norman Collie, K.R.S.. of London University, declared at the annual netting "i th- Cairgoini Club here, of which he II president, that there
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  • 766 15 SEQUEL TO THEFT FROM ING ON CO Before Major C. Willson at the Hongkong Magistracy on Dee. 2% the two Russian women, Daria Sramoiloii and Tamars LoskooloflF, attain appeared <<n remand on a charge of the theft of four rolb of Ik. valued at $47."), from
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    • 271 15 DoctorsrfSpeaal y *^2^^7^ The finest of all j J^^-rZl*-.-* Scotch Whiskies. I >^§Kr Well matured, delight- I fully mellow and ab«o lutely pure. A quality Whisky imbued with the spirit of good fellowship. I I ft. McNOH V CO, LTD GU*<ow. fe«tuad m NATURE'S REMEDY Clements Tonic is Nature's greatest
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    • 192 15 "(s)e*re JW Happy Now--Dadfet%>lost his Liver" Db MORSE'S Jjl b^r Indian Room WJm 1 As good as you can S get the V Cigarette. L V. II A: H WILL?. BRISTOL L \l II In order to maintain good heal, h it is essential that a (rood I supply of
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  • 62 16 January 9. Bank 4 m.s. 24 >/£ Bank demand 2|4 5-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 25-32 New York, demand 56 13-16 Credits 90 days |7% France, demand 1425 India, T. T. 131 Hongkong, demand p.c. I'rem. Yokohama, dem;m<! 129^4 Java, demand 140 Hangkok, demand 79% Bar Silver
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  • 135 16 Janaary Tin Kid Tons |§Ji (iatnbie r 15.00 Pepper White Ts.oo Pepper Black 69.00 K!ake Tapioca t',.4.") Pearl Sajro Small 8.25 c.pr-a lUi Copra Suadried 1141 opium, Benarei unt. 4.000 Rice, I.iariK Hin Chan Mark Red Back t New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 3.10 Rice, R.mroon Bintan
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  • 33 16 Singapore. .lan. i, 11.30 a.m. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot and Jan. 1.46*4 1.47; Feb.-Mar. 1.40 MO I*.1 April-June 1 l.::u. London Quotation Sheet '■'.>. B»£d. Murk.-i. K.
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  • 424 16 The X* w York correspondent of the Times tells us that maize is a ASCII fortunate commodity than rubber, as it secnu to have ss rapid the ban of Mr. Hoover** m w economic policy. Possibly th.' explanation i< that nUUBC i> piwduct oi tK> United State-
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  • 66 16 Gardens. Ceylon. This tree yielded: X 11>. of dry rubber m 1909, X lb. of dry rubber m 1910, (57 lb. of dry rubber m 1911. 86 lb. of dry rubber m 1912, 68 lb. of dry rubber m 1913. In Aujrust, 1913, tapping was discontinued. The above figures speak
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  • 229 16 ROSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. (L. K. Macphail) *my a purr Jan. W. Rubber.— :ss. s' L .<J. ltyd. up. Load 1.46 Vs. Tin. i 27* ift. L'nchan*red. The market continues duli with business difficult to negotiate. kubbtrs. hang'kat Serdanirs weiv tak en at 10. Bassetts made l.tfO.
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  • 236 16 l^mdon. Dec. Hi. M;:k«!>. -After (arlv \veakn« \ho French political i the aautotti etaa* ed tiit>', on the trade poftitfcm m Aawrfnl which promise t> improve steadily from ROW !i. Gaapar. 1- 'fj.iKi' <\ a- I k* i n tr a jrilt- .i investment at peaaeal priaea»mi
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  • 333 16 An espnfi views on the subject aiv griven !>y a correspondent to the Financial Time* a> to the economic lift' of a rubber treo. In the recently published American iv|>ort on "The Plantation Rubber Industry m th«. Middle East," compiled by Mr. David M. Fi*rart.
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    • 441 16 Assets over $5,500,000. M (maaaaaaa Assurance m force over $19,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN UTE ASSURANCE COMPANY LDHITEDInCOrporated StraitB Settlements) rhP rtlam hS^^d^^L? 01^ Sin «»P 0 LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deported with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 1405 16 ERASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9th., 1925. i rf C 2r2L£ brad e f? Bhow the iMae ™u t Marked.? 3rS UnleM oth BONING. Asam Kumbang **S S fi Je -K»han Tin 5 Jj x (i Kuchai PkJS ($1) lIS |--n Malayan Collieries (10) 10- m- X1
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    • 41 16 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporate! ill England by Royal Charter A. D. 1710). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singap^e Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., Ltd. v BARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 628 17 ENGLAND BEAT THE REST. A Fluctuating (iarae. England 19 pts: The ltest 16 pts. Although the sides were not representative. Wainwright, Thompson. Beville and Hoblyn heing absentees, the match on the Padang on Saturday betVOCa England and the Real contained plenty of interest. It m irame of fluctuating fortunes,
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  • 114 17 MAC. IN WEST INDIES. Tourists' Mammoth Score. FReuter'c Service.l tornado*. Jan. 8. In the first Taot Mat< h against the Wrs* Indies the HX.C team had scored 2I)K Im five wickets at the daaj <»f play on th< first day. Holmes made O, Smith 73, and Hammond 100 not
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  • 88 17 [Reuter's Service.] Melbourne. Jan. 9. Victoria defeated South Australia by 281 runs. Victoria 232 (Woodfull 97, Arthui Richardson three for 49>, and 604 (HendVv ."9. Ryder 9S. Woodfull 256, Ransford 55). South Australia replied with 462 (Victoi Richardson ."6, Rymill 124, Alexander W) and 87 Hendry
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  • 403 17 FIRST DAY'S RESULTS. Some Big Dividends. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, Jan. 9. t The weather was fine for the opening day of the races and there was a good attendance. The following were the results: Race I.— Star of A thole Red f earn) 8.2 1 Fop
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  • 466 17 \\all.-\ Beats De Vera Those who witnessed the Walley I>e Vm MStttt at the Harpy Valley on Satur•iay night had little cauM- f«>r complaint. The fight went the full distance with Walley a popular winner. However, it MeMtd t^ntl the l<K-al boy was not m his BS«a] lighting •••ii'lition
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  • 848 17 THE LIPTON CUP. The first of the long series of twelve races for the Lipton Cup was sailed off yesterday morning m strong squally weather, the big bodied boats having a day out, and capsizing all previous records. At Ifi a.m. Captain Flett started eleven boats over the usual
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  • 260 17 A FEW F. A. CUP SURPRISES. TReuter's Service.l London, Jan. 9. The following are the results m the third round of the Football Association Tup played to-day: New Brighton 2, Wednesday L W'olverhampton 1, Arsenal L Derby 0. Portsmouth 0. Notts County 2, Leicester 0. Everton 1, Fulham
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  • 129 17 The results contain one or two >urprises. Hrn Wednesday last by the aid tr« -«1 m thrw.* at New Brighton. We^t Ham were IsMVOf b—f n sf five Hear jroals against Spurp, while th«- Pint division lost another rtpreseatathne ta Lwds, who were h*at*n by 1 at MiddU'sbroutrh. \V..lvtThampton did
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  • 286 17  -  Straits Echo Monday, -lan. nth. Dr. Smith and Webb v-. Nicoll and I»r. Murison. MrM(ir\i.m: Our Kuala Lumpor friondi have Uvn a>kinjr th«* question. "Shall M hay. I Municipality?" The answer is Ml unanij mom: though dissatisfaction with tht existing state of affairs has been v
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  • 28 17 Orders for Week Ending 15th Jan. 1926. Monday 11th. Executive Committee Meeting Bull p.m. Wednesday 13th. Officers and S.P.L/s Meeting ."> p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commissioner.
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    • 275 17 HIS MASTER'S VOICE I RECORDS FEATURE H 5 The Greatest Artistes I > and 1 The Finest Recording. j S They stand supreme as reproductions „f th 1 I; World's Finest Music. 1 Our Demonstration Rooms are at your Service I MOUTRIE CO LTD I f (Irc«irpo-ated m Honj>kontr J
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