The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 January 1926

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    13 1 Singapore Free Pess Pi CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1926. NO. 11,710.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    282 1 The forged banknote affair i> still occupying the attention of officials m Hungary and France l*aj*e S. I.attst rabies will be found on page 8. A fuller account of v hat passed httwicn M. Briand and Sir Austen Chamberlain at their meeting m Paris is given on
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1025 1 Quicqttid nguht /.■>■/< ;.< BMfri id tn >■ The pnmM of a distinguished former scholar of Raffles Institution and his teii:ng address, arousd enthusiasm the ether night, and warm admiration of th work that is h.-ing done at his I'niversity m China, thank- t> th. liktral
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      218 1 WING LOONG THE iRECOC.NISED HOI'SE for ■OadmOl TROPICAL SbfTS. 32. HIGH STREET. y.V.'.V.W.'.V.W.V.V.V.V. .V» M\ W.V.V.V.'.V.VSV.\%V^.-.V.".V.; ;j SEA VIEW HOTEL, i I > SUNDAY— Oft JANUARY, 1926. 5 HIGH TIDE, 11.30 A.M. :j CINEMA 8-30 p.m. Sharp. jj I v The Prisoner of Zeada >f 1 1 J 10 Reels.
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      96 1 All the tuorld over there are tiuo points of vieiu the man's and the woman's. But their vieius on cigarettes are identical. They both mill have only the best I VIRGINIA CIGARETTES f I X ARPA TOBACCO Co., Lftf. I The EUROPE HOTEL. GRILL Specially imported poultry game now available.
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      123 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Small ads on pajje 7. Hotel attractions- Page 1. Cap-tan cigarettes Pa*re (Jrange champagne Page 14. (Joodyear balloon tul>es Page 4. Cold Storage ice cream- -Page 14. Three CCattl e cigarettt t Page 11. Sharps suprr-kreem Toffee- f'age 1»». LitMt shipping on f»ages 10. 12 arul U. CrmwfonTa
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      14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32, HIGH STREET.
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      103 1 THE WEEK. Sit f unlay, Mth. High Water, M a.m.. ll.lt a.m. Scuts Rally. Covt. Ha«te, 1.30 p.m. Boxiafi Happy X'alk-y. '.«.15 p.n. Sunday, 31*f. Hich Water. 0.29 a.m.. 11.44 a.m.* Mm, tin lj, Ftb. lxf. Hiph Water, 0.54 a.m.. 0.17 p.m. Legislative <'<>uncil. 10 a.m. Ltmaa RaaWr, Kvatt'.-. noon.
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    MARIE CORELLI AND HER METLEMANLY DEVIL
    72 2 -V., i Sii ;i ttheri T" 1 Miss M C t*m- itettinjr the M Mr Si m Dark -;i: tO I*--" H I «raa I Hay-mj rket Satan.* 1 Tret* diplomat I morning, hi m, an«l he q and aHon ber t 18. Tr<-
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    SOVET DESIGNS IN MANCHURIA.
    162 2 S 1 1 China, irad I afe nqp I capture ol M t I Da Karakl hand \r. establisl "It. Karakka Mukden tv. tke <li.v- scheduled for Ku Km failed to bring- off his c lined. !l d up train oops f>? Mukden. I <>t win-'
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      790 2 ththappv^evltd. yjctorja Theatre. IIIC1 IIC I OWn AlllUSlinClu Saturday, February 6th, at 9.30 p.m. ma. ay opeba. (,nema Kendall String Quartette. SIDE SHOWS ft AMUSEMENTS. I)IRK( T KROM A SUCCESSK^ TQUR 0K ENGLAN|) THE HAPPY VALLEY. katbarinb kbudall, dorothy ..ones. I'vitßvmik'W (\lohn), (\iola), JAW -AKi u»in DOROTHY HROOK. EDITH HANSON.
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      286 2 From Wednesday, 27th January, to Monda.v s t .j r ALHA.MBRa" (Tan Cheng Kee Co.. Ltd.. Proprietor.., In the Second Show at 9 p.m. OHarlie Okaplin In his Latest and Greatest Con THE BIGGEST HE HAS EVER MAht A United Artists' Super Prodia* THE GOLD RUSH IX 10 REELS. In
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    NEW ARABIAN POWER.
    949 3 THE FIT I RE OF WAHABISM. At last, after many months of siege, MeI dma, the second most sacred city of Islam, has capitulated to the Wahabis. Whether or not the events farther noith m Syria, where the Arabs and Druses have from time to time ?ut
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      398 3 The Food of Kings I HTO YOU. Baby is the King of your household. 1 and claims as his birthright the Food of Kings —and as the best is not too good for the children of Royalty, it is not too good for your Baby for Glaxo is the food
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      141 3 Sole Agents: IFI ♦"MO w.-™ BARLOW CO. TEI 7 CHAIN PULLEY BLOCKS. I THOMSON'S FITTED WITH If) FEET LIFT CHAIN A i |> AND 20 FEET HAND CHAIN. JjL SIZKS IN STOCK TESTED TO LIFT FROM TON TO 8 J^k WESTON'S FITTED WITH GUIDES TO PREVENT f^f 8 CHAIN FROM
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    MOTORING NOTES.
    959 4 THE LIGHTING EQUIPMENT. Electricity is now employed on every modern motor-car, but upon Mfff of the older modi Is acetylene and oil lamps are still to be found. The oil lamps burn paraffin, and m order to give reasonable satisfaction great C are must be paid to cleanliness
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      294 4 Shipment Jtist Arrived. The Studebaker Duplex Meets All Weather Conditions THE Studebaker Dupl«x-Pha«ton mnd workmanship. Unlike other Americombines all the desirable fe»- out automobile manufacturers, Studetures of an open car with the pro- baker and Ford build cars complete m tection given by an enclosed car. their own great plants.
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      26 4 A code of motoring ethics is to In* drawn up \>y a ffovp of nationally known m^n. The code is sponsored hy tb<? American Automobile Association.
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      168 4 54 X M.P.H. PjUL CONSECUTIVE FOR Sdm. HOURS THIS IS THE REMABKAIU.E ACHIEVEMENT W LIEUT COL. MRS STEWART RIDING A STANDARD Rudge-Whiiwoiih Four Valve 'Four Speed 2 J H.P. MOTOR CYCLE ON THE MONTHLERY TRACK NEAR l» \KI--2^ H.P. MODEL 21 World's Records WERE CAPTURED IN TH F EXECUTION OF
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    THE CURT-TREATT MOTOR EXPEDITION.
    204 5 THE CURT-TREATT MOTOR EXPEDITION. < .tp* Km Cairo by Crossley. ■artvn af the Couvt-Treatt 1 .t rx> Motor KxrH-dition has just >m th« (lovernor of Khartoum My and th* two Osswltyi are n Wav and El QsMmt From zathtred that the mH -tair* is now m progress. •r.issk'V Motor> Ltd..
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    THE £100 CAR IDEA.
    545 5 i By H. Massac Buist) v. unfortunately, the raying that .*■;>- i.i even m the days of John Lyly. h.: ;J! countries) stand m need of Britain <■ Britaia <>f none" has ceased to be true inn thrt <ireat War. none the less it was shown
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    73 5 semi-balloon, with a heavy, or rather heavier, tread. It will bo little biptfer than the old hijjh-pressure type, and will serve every purpose, both m comfort, safety, and efficiency. lam about to make an experii ment with this type for the benefit of my readers, and, m the near future,
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    BALLOON TYRES.
    938 5 MY EXPERIENCE ON A 4,000 MILES' TEST. ADVANTAGES AND DEFECTS. by Major F.A.C. Forbes-kith, F.R.G.S. (Author of "By Car to India"). I am often asked to express an opinion on the merit, and defects of the balloon tyre, compared with the hi^h pressure tyre. I have just completed
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      258 5 i i Ipvlann r S 1 tEVtA.NO LASCS :f^ \J_ n i^^i^T^ ?:**■> f_. ptie^ m In use m every country m the world. Has an INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION of beinff the finest lorry made J m England. Kxamine the LETLAND Chassis and then compare it with other makers and you
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      126 5 i The World Famous Italian BIANCHI CARS The car that has been selected by the Royal family of I; Italy for over 30 years. Each car built to order, 4 wheel brakes, balloon tyres, overhead valves, adij justable shock absorbers etc., f- Can be Obtained Throughout Malaya. 5 Importer j|
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    THE TOUGH OLD DAYS.
    1514 6 \real sporting recollections. Eighty Years of Sporting and Bohemian f| Reminiscences. PLEASURE GROUNDS OF THE HAPPY U VICTORIAN. Z% b\ PRANK DA VIES, (Doyen of EUce-COttraS Tipsters). The author of this remarkable series ol old-time reminiscences, Mr. Frank DIBVSSS, has li\ed through Ive reigns. He has
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    ENGLAND'S RUGBY PROSPECTS.
    1394 6 SPECIAL RUGBY ARTICLE. Good Chance of Regaining Her Old Position II as Champion. U 1? J| FULL-BACKS POOR. 1% -r li. P. MARSHALL (The Oxford Blue). o Rugby interest is now chiefly centred on the preparations for the coming International Matches. The English Selection Committee has not
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    PSYCHOLOGISTS IN KAST AFRICA.
    354 6 Study of Primitive Peoples. Kduc; 'tionists m Kenya aiv kienly interested m the visit which the two wollknown psychologists, Dr. C. .Jun«r, <>t Zurich, and Dr. H. E. Baynes. of London, •re making to the Bagishu people on Mount EHgon. It is their intention to reside
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    RHEUMATIC PAINS QUICKLY DISAPPEAR.
    149 6 Health Improve* Remark^. Fiom the great caj from far off Australia derful cures affected by D| ney and Bladder Pills T| cnriimed by the cv; local people and m ra talcs an- told of M who have bee* fi. < stored to health ani remedy. Physicians
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      383 6 RINGWORMS ON CHILDXHEAD Had To Cut Hair. Itched Badiy. Healed by Cuticura. My child was troubled with r.r.gworms on the front of her head. I hid to have her hair cut off for tht trouble soon spread all over her hetd and itched badly. I could not take her m
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      41 6 THE NAVY'S CHOICE PLYMOUTH GIN. Obtainable Everywhere. Ny Carlsberg Beer. brri n SOLE IMIMUnK-l> THE EAST ASIATIC GO,. LTD. It <i m P< mcAPon THE SINGAPORE SHIPCHAHDLEBY COMPANY, LIMITED. Shipchandlers, Shipbrokers. Commission Agents. Offlcesr-MAYNARDS BULDIN^ 16 Battery Road Telephone No. 43&
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    BRITISH TRADE.
    566 7 HOPEFUL BANKERS. c CURRENCY NOTES. [Router's Service.] r) w London. Jan. 28. L^-tin -^Peakinff at the annual meettag of the Wet minster Bank, said that •tud. ed trade and given confidence, but U^h le th Ur tO n rmality was Wtth the whole foundation of our currency l^-iem
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    INCREASED FRENCH CUSTOMS.
    79 7 [Reuter*s Service.] Paris. Jan. 2S. Ths Government has prepared bUJ increasing the customs <has by approximately thirty p r cent and this i.< expected t.. yield four hundred mil i<. n franc*. The Chamber during the past f w dayi ha~ been bosj with tnatten of procedure.
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    TAIPUBAM FIREWORKS.
    100 7 The crowds at this pear's Taipu am ceremonies have been larger than those of the last two or perhaps three yean. On Thursday night the Temple m Tank road presented a miqne si^hi. the passage* being bbeked op and movement almost impossible owing to the number of people
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    BOY SCOUTS.
    927 7 LOCAL ASSOCIATION'S UfHUAL MEETING. Two New Troops k; fcj FormeJ. The annual meeting of ihe Sirjrapo; and Scuth Malaya Local Association of Bo £<ciuis was held at ;he V.M.C.A. yesterda evening:, the Pits. dent, Mr. A. E. Browr pi csiding. The Chairman stated that he was gla< to
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      1842 7 i^L^LNESS CARDS. CCLU-SEASON CHEST church services. y/.w.v.w.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.v.\v. PERILS. ST. Andrews cathedral. SPECIALITY "C :i At REDFEARN'S f ***B=£. "j g HOESE REPOSITORY. <OL» BROMmAL A.LMENTb. J5 h^C— n^W): Serve LeatllSr D/CSS CaS«~ The C)lder soon finds out any *-50 a.m. Sermon. 'weak spot' m the chest and is particularly 915
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      59 7 i p.m. Benediction. CHUKCH OF OUR LADY OF LOUKDES 1 a.m. High Mass and Sermon. I p.m. Prayers and Benediction. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING POOM R>.-.(Unr JNwna open**-** to nil. on We«lne« Frid.vs from 9.30 a.m. to 11 a.m. <?nd floor) 82-«a Robinson Rd s uni ys 10 am Te timony
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH
    34 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH BAREAUT. Jan. mi Oxford-fardens, I W.l#, Edward Henri Barrant, latt <»f tht-Hnt;-h North Borneo Company's Senriee, an<l ion of the laU Adolpht Rodriguei Barraat, i nial Sargoon, Mauritius, ..i:<'': S7. i
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. 1926. Prophylaxis and Our People.
    1071 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, JANUARY 30. 1926. Prophylaxis and Our People. In the last published minute- of the Committee of the Straits Settle- jl mentfl (Singapore) Association it ii recorded that the bon*ble Mr. C. l Kveritt l>e requested to briny up the i matter of venereal diseases m the
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    LOCAL WIRES.
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    WEDDING.
    79 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang. Jan. 29. The wedding was solemnized at St Andrew's of James Latimer, mining engineer, of Gopeng, and Elizabeth Grace Harbison, of Glasgow, who arrived by the steamer Hector. The Rev. Archibald Ewing officiated. Mr. J. W. Lewis, of Kuala Lumpur, was bestman. Mrs. Heddle
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    STOWAWAY ON KASHMIK.
    42 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang. Jan. 2». An European boy named Harris has bsea sent to the H >use of Detention for vagrancy. He was found aboard the P. and 0. Kashmir. He has no money, friends or relations.
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    612 8 Mr. Justice Deane will be engaged m the .i .h<»re Court of Appeal to-day. Among passengers l<»r Singapore on Jan. l.y the I*, and 0. s.s. Mantua, was KearAdmiial W. Nunn. 8.. C.M.G.. < S.I. Sir J. W. Murisi-n. X .< wa> Mi <«utv. hound paaaNBJKW I r Singapore by
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    FORGED BANKNOTE.
    129 8 ENQUIRY CONTIMELS. FRANCE PRESSING <>k v [ReuterV Servic. BudaprM. Jan The forged banknote alf, and is the subject of an inquir. liamentary committee. A demanded. The Fn-nih -i pursuing the French j Doulcet, and an- reported A re-examination of Win. Nadosy t.. clear up alleged their evidence. Doulcet.
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    HUGO STINES FLEET FOR SALE.
    58 8 lierlin. .lai 1 la' ioOf foi < Hut'i Stintn ti- \\>b Shipping ('<•-. (••irpany rt*sulte«l ,> ;tew+Th<- Stinnes ti< 1 1 eifrht and I Mai law juk tw motor-ships «»f lo>. n ri tti urti<»n. Th«- iKutsch Au>trali><n« contpaniet have capital «>f i v milUoa
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    AMERICAN RAILWAYS
    74 8 fßeater Service 1 \«-u Wk. Jan According to Time* tbe and enfrittv-driwi v..>- )ia\« U**n instruct* L'nioc rui m a sch«'duU- mantis <* Feb. l>t >«'<*kint th< wa*p ■••<! by the fia. Botrd m l: L'". H.nh i> i 1 r. tk rj <-f thi- »ailua\-. Th<- spokesman
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    SIR E. TROUBRIDGE EDAD
    86 8 [ReuterV Serv Taris. Jan. J». A mes a>re from Biarnt ■BJH>aaft» tk death «»f Sir Ernest Troubridi failure. [S E:n« st w;iv \.i\a V y at Vienna. Madrid ;m<i Toki »iuriif years UMM-4; Bpi Ihf of Start m the MedttefTMMm i safst tfce Vm Staff. Admirall\.
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    CHANG INTERVENES.
    31 8 iKeutirs Service.! Mmaaa lan- 2JThi Ta^s Age m- mi euhaMMi «'t" wi wi C«'tisul-(ieperal at Muk.:. lin the latter has BluV* Napisyas of the «'hin« i« sunie \v< rk.
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    ALLIES QUIT COLOGNE.
    22 8 [Ron:- r' S. r. m. >■ Th.- Contents tie<i th<- German L oatioa of th» C < mpk ted by Midalghi
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    81 8 A matinee petfirman* will be (fiver a< th. noun commencing' at 4 i ission will be: children $1 I> »imeta i child! m k»\f ft km Tlu- i:«\. I»:uii. O.ina an fvantri'list iiN.nl h> a^rii. ivtuiiu'ti W\'(lntMla\ After i m Shaimha'. limlHTr P tai other s«'a-port W*i h.. tmewmi th*>
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      105 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMLS TO CALDBECK'S" V^^^fe/ The More You'll X^^g7 Like It. CALDBECR, MACGREGCR CO., LTD. Incorporated m Shanghai. > 45, Robinson Road. Telephone 228. VARIETY INVITES SELECTION THEREFORE SELECT THE BEST OF JEWELLERY SILVERWARE BLBGANTLT ABBANGBD DISPLAYED 13. P. De SILVA THE ROYAL JEWELLER. *2 Hich Street. SINiiAI'OHE Brnnch:
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    FRANCE AND BRITAIN.
    344 9 PARIS MEETING. \I.KIN<; OVER THINGS. [Kor.er's Service.] Paris. Jan. 28. ham" e> Lin and M. Briand twe m urs al :he Qu:ii D'Orsay and disci 1 d a whole range of A::,'l -FrUMI interest— •.-—but n» decision* were tak^n. H Bri" m\. interviewed. ;t hi c ::.ount?red.
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    PRINCE OF WALES.
    95 9 V HIMIMi IDKNT. [Reutf! Service.] London. Jan. 2v Hiirhrs- \V;ik-> rsfciiY «M tnrown Ml ffka r..ne. i •rtkially that. ;i;coniinu to indication.^, th Prince*- t-n--wi mot bt if t TiVu-d with by the B.Jm. spoke over tht- telephone '••..n with his prirati -cnvtary at when he made
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    THE ATLANTIC STORM.
    78 9 Service.] New York. Jan. 2H. trans-Atlantic lint- is -st crossing for forty Ai i uit: > .riia and La France i;itf. The former's capmpestuous winds and IS, a hurricanr lasting 1 c >n- i. viwo hours, and hattlinp :ty t",,t hijrh. Whon he Antinoe's 8, O. S,
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    LUTHER SADDLING UP.
    160 9 SECURES CONFIDENCE. FRIENDLY ABSTENTION. [Reuter's Service.] Berlin. Jan. SH. rfcc Reichstag byvlf] votes to 149. passed a vote of confidence m the Government There were 1">1 abstentions. Th? rote confeis on Herr Luther a mandat: to cairy out the policy of Locarno, the consummation cf which would
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    FAR EAST AND CHRISTIANITY.
    242 9 [ReuterV Service.] Laadou, Jan. 28. 14 A world call to the Church* was disccssed at Convention at Westminster, moted by the missionary council of the Church Assembly anil attended by three thousand delegates to-day. Th Reverend v>. F. Sayv.ell dealt with the Far Fast and aid
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    JAPAN'S LATE PREMIER.
    171 9 FRIEND OP ENGLAND. [Beater's Service.] London. Jan. 29. Baron Kate is the subject <>t long and vulojristic ot ituarit's m the London morning ;>aters. dwelling on hi.* friendship with ants, which was instrumental m initinf th;- Anglo-Japanese Alliance. The Mornteg Past, m a leader, regrets he departure
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    ITALIAN FEELING.
    133 9 [Banter's Service.] London. Jan. 29. A dt nionstration by the students of Florence University, who, according t > a Rouse report, protested against the "antiIlalian campaign m Germany," is the latest phase of Italo-German disagreement. which, tht newspapers state, IS seriously training relations. The trouble, which is of
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    TURF CLUB.
    1514 9 ANNUAL MEETING. The Past Season's Records. The annual gon; ral meeting of members of th? Sin-apoie Turf Club was held at the Exchang: yesterday evening, th? Chairman. Mr. J. D Saunders, presiding over a large attendance. In moving th: adoption of the Committee's repoit and accounts, the Chairman
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    SHIPPING IN AUSTRALIA.
    72 9 [Reuters Service. l Melbourne, Jan. 2H. In the House of Representatives, m the debate on the bill amending the Navigation Act permitting British ships under certain conditions to carry inter-State passengers. Mr. Bruce said that the bill did not infringe the White Australia policy. The ex-premier. Mr.
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    APPOINTMENTS.
    65 9 I British Radio Official Service]. sTugbj. Jan. 2!S. His Majesty the King has app wed of the appointment of Mr. R >l>en Hyde Greg as minister plenipotentiary m Boumania. Kugby, Jan. 2S. Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edward Garraway. resident commissioner of Basutoland. will retire from the service on April 20th
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    LATE CARDINAL MERCIER.
    31 9 [British Radio— Official Service!. Rugby, Jan. 2h. A memorial service for Cardinal Mercier was held m Westminster Cathedra] this morning*. Mr. Gregory represented Sir Austen Chamberlain, foreign secretary.
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    HOCKEY.
    69 9 The Singapore Volunteers turned out a good side, including several of the S.C.C. players, for their match against the Services at Tanglin yesterday, and after an interesting game the honours were equally divided. The Services were the first to score through Beville m the first half, but after the
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      155 9 wisden's 1 |i CRRKET BALLo Bk Prices $5.75 and $7.00. 2* <IB CRICKET STUMPS > H Im Prices $5.50 and $7.50 set. 1^ CRICKET NETS 24 ft. long by H ft. high. j Price $16.00. J CRICKET BATS. |1 1 l| SUMMERS BROWN "FORCE" j^ Prices $17.50, $20.00. $22.50, $24.50.
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      749 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. _U GENO\ 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. DARDXNUS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Jan.
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      615 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERMANMINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. s.s. KIOTO Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port s MALATIAN Marseilles, London and Hamburg Feb. 1,8 s.s. CITY OF LAHORE Marseilles, Havre, London, Rotterdam
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    THE SEAMY SIDE.
    1375 11 IN THE LONDON COURTS. Mr. Charles Brook > appeared at Clerkenwell Police Court on the morning of Dec. i 16. The trouble about Mr. Brooks is that he is |ac conscientious I taxpayer. He was charged wiih having used insulting words and behaviour, whereby a breach of
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    THE CHBQUBRB EXAMPLE.
    193 11 Last year, when If. Herriol was the French Premier and was passing through ■i period of >p tin! anxiety and hard work i demand was made m the French press hat the Knglish example should be followed md a country house be found for him where he
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    "RED" CHESSMEN.
    110 11 In consequence of the interest aroused by the International Chess Tournament m Moscow, the Soviet authorities (says the Workers' Weekly) have approved a design for ''revolutionary chessmen" which will be produced m large quantities by a Leningrad trust. The two sets. Red (or Black) and White, will on
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    FRENCH TOBACCO.
    96 11 American OfTer. The officials of Schulte Inc >rporated confirm the report that they have offered the French Government $600,000,000 for the French tobacco monopoly. They declare that if the ideal were consummated it would be only )n the understanding that French, ar, well as American investors should be
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    A BRAVE INDIAN RAILWAYMAN.
    322 11 A very gallant net ion on the part of a permanent-way mate namef Dallu. employ- j ed on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway, is described m the official report on the Indian Railways for 1924-25. During the floods m the neighbourhood of Lhaksar, which caused immense
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    194 12 T«> haw picked up a man at sea during the boon «»f darkness, who had fallon overboard from another <hip some twenty-three hours previously is a feat surely without precedent* For having accomplished this Captain C. R. KilUmmli of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Dorset has been awarded by the
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    530 12 The steamer Kwangchow arrived from \moy yesterday with 1206 passengers on )oard. The following has been received from h-: Harbour X aster, Port Swettenham: Warn all shipping nsfog wharves when paling number ore mooring buoy and poii:oon to pioceed at slow Speed u« a diver is at work.
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    ALL-ELECTRIC SHIPS.
    378 12 Staiuv of Mercantile Hagiine. (To thr Editor <>f the Times t. Sir, -The coming year will see the eossp!etion of large motor passenger liners, Ike first ..f which, the R.M.s.P. Astoria*, wil imi trials early m the New Year, m which the whole »»f the auxiliary machim ry
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      634 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA. DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthl> sailing by the well-':nown steamer MAKELLA (7.375 tons) an l MALABAR (4.512 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the Infill and finest senmer trading to Austiaiia. Caiins <le Luxe, single berth cabins, swiniminjr
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      369 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti Port Said. Marseilles from Singapore. AMAZONE l",000 tons Jan. 27 lONTAIXEBLEAU 17,000 tons Feb. 10 FROM PENANG ONLY. CUUA 12.000 tons Feb. 2 OLTWARI) MAILS.: To Saigon, Hongkong, Shanghai and Jap.in. ANGKOR 12.000 tons Jan. 25 PORTHOS 19.000 tons Feb. 8 To Saigon,
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      160 12 Stewart's BLENDED Old Scotch Whisky Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. < Incut i>or.v.i rr.p'.and.) Singapore. Penang and Kuala Lumpur. LLOYD TRIESTINO NAY. HOMEWARD SAILING" Bi-monthi> >en iml Trit-U ita f*U takir.jr thn.aph Mb -f \j*»m 1m Kn»«- [..vant WA Black Sea > .rt> <»n thi WwA I wm4 i
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      563 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tingtfi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 p.m. Kota Tin.vrsi
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      672 13 i O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept. ion. Rotterdam. Hamburg, Antwerp. Bremen, via Colombo, Port Sudan and Port Said. Amazon Maru Feb. 19 Feb. 20 Durban, Cape Town. Santos, Rio, 4 nd Buenos Aires via Colombo. f Manila Maru Feb. 7 Feb. 9 •nbo. Bombay. Karachi via Penang.
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      437 13 |Hk steamship line J^5L Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABvSOLUTE CLEANLINESS. via Colombo, Port Said, Alexandria, Naples, Genoa and Marseilles. From New York these fine new liners continue on Round the World, returning to Singapore
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      661 13 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) e.s. VENICE MARU due Jaa. 30 s.a. WALES MARU due Feb. 8 For rates and other particulars apply:- GUTHRIE CO., LTD
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    HOW PLANTS MOVE THEIR LIMBS.
    1525 14 THUR MUSCULAR TISSUE. Unit} of All Life. Outwardly the life activities m plants api>ear to he very diffeient from those m rrimals. But if, m spite of the seeming differences, it could be pioved that these actions are fundamentally similar, that would undoubtedly constitute a
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    MISSIONARIES AND CHINA.
    228 14 The resolutions adopted by the various British missionary so 1. ties walking m Chins sound a note that should fall pleasant* > <»n Chinese ci rs. The Direct* rs «>f the London Missionary Society, m their statement, to which the Tientsin Committee <>f the Society demurred, note
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    PROFESSORS IN BUSINESS.
    147 14 university professors m the United Stales, according to t statement quoted iy Nature from the New York Forum, are deserting the Universities to take up business careers. Dr. Frank Uoi n. for instance, writes of a case, which be regards as typical, where a pr ifessoff of
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      365 14 Progress is Nature's Way The growth and healthy development of the child shows this m so many ways at first he is so helpless soon he learns to crawl then to walk and later to run. In like way at the same time his mental powers and other faculties develop.
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    RASKR & CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS.
    583 15 RASKR CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. Fiim.U. JANUARY 29th. [FigVMu :n brackets sh^nv the ibsuj 7a»u». >I in*, anaiv m tMMtara mumm oiner*.*,. niarktd.j MINING. dyers Sellers Asam Kumbang Batang I'adan^ Tin 72>.> *0 HiUm lin 1. 40 x ){j luris (|1) 4Ts 4i)s Johan lin )0 55 Kainuntwijf (I)
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    JAPANESE TRADE INCREASE.
    132 15 According 1 to information issued by tli Fapaneae Ministry of Finance, the figure t foreign trade <»f Japan for 1025 <up t December 25th.) art as follows: Yen. Exports 2 270.000,000 Imports 2,544.000,000 Excess of import.- 274.000,000 Export of bullion 12,000,000 Import of bullion 170,000.000 The total
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    EXCHANGE.
    70 15 Junu.'.iy _:<. Bunk 4 :>i s. 12 4 15-32 Bank demand '2 4 Private credits 3 t.i.s. 2 4 11-16 \e\v York, demand 5G" S Cre^iti 0 dt] Fiance, dcra nd 1 17.~> India, T. T. X, 1-, Hoi!^Kont r demand 3 5 4 p.c. Pm Vi.lvoh.'in.i, demand Il'H
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    PRODUCE.
    187 15 January 29. Tin r<ii Ton $i:{*i". Gambit r 15.00 I per ViThite 73.00 Pepi r Black 9LM Flake Tapioca »>..">." Pearl Sago Small C©l i |«.ti Copra Sandried II.CT Unium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Liang H;n Chan Mark Red Ea^le (New) 330 Rice, Siam old Xc 1 3.10 Rue,
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY REPORT.
    539 15 Singapore, Jan. 2^. The Rubber quotation has had luithe. ■lead] decline over thr weefe end, w:tn Lot don stocks exceeding the lu,O(M) mark, ins values have fallen away correspondingly] with conditkma \eiy quiet. A few ol toe cheaper iimm b have provided active speculation with
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    TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    135 15 MACPHAIL CO.. LTDV REPORT. Singapore. Jan. 29. Kulilht.— Local LlSfe, Rubbers. --Share- an- ti:mei. ;:i (ju/Uml I.;-}?"'- 1.42 I.'1 and ilu Benutt 18, New BomMi luivc baywi at 2. g0, Glenealys at LM and Colini United .Malaccas are quoted 2.<»0 2.(5 an;l Malaka I'tn.ia.- 2.92% li.*."; 1
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    ROSE MACPHAIL & CO 'S REPORT.
    206 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO 'S REPORT. (L. K. Macphail) Singapore. Jan. 2S. Kublur. 2s. L (1. 1 j>j. up. L 15%. Tin.— £27l 10s. l^s. down. Locai 1 '»0 I s..ld at LM Efc tter enquiries are m evidence Em rubt!i<l pri sea have improved somewh;it from itetM levels. Mining rAm
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    LEWIS AND PEATS REPORT.
    198 15 Singapore. Jan. 27. Bahher Report. Owing: to a further m- m the London stocks sad i forthcoming from tht the r> Bjnm oli c i. The only i kg tnfluenoe at any time has bean caused by shorts covering. Xearb) positions have shcil their premium, i
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      436 15 i*eti over $5,500,000. Assurance m force over $19,000,000. t THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. I The Company has £20,00 C» deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life
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      464 15 BANKING. YOKOR4MA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed Y.100,000,fi00 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.88,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichincnr.iya, Esq. DIRECTORS. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura. M. Odagiri, Esq. N. Igarashi, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Mogami, Esq. K. Tatsutti, Esq. K_ Takeuchi, Esq. F.
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      476 15 BANKING. .HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50 OGO.OOi Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 I Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4.?00,()0'> Silver $26.-00,000 Reserve Liafclity of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. W. L. Pattenden, Esq., Chairma' H. P. White, Esq. Deputy Chairman W. H.
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      316 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Inccrpor*t»d m Ecglsnd by F.oya! Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bone's Singap*"* Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS. BARKER ft CO., Lti CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor > A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager. HVRLOWS REPORT. Sin^aport'. .la:.. J- Kubbor. The market
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    2268 16 RAFFLES SQUARE TRAFFIC. Criticism of Paterson Road Agreement. A lth ,uirh the office operations of the Singapore Municipality have been transferred to the new offices at Teluk Aver yesterday's meeting of the Commissioners WM htld m the old offices m St. Andrew's Bond. The President. Mr. R. J.
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    HOME FOOTBALL.
    361 16 TO-DAY'S F.A. CUP MATCHES. The fourth round of the F. A. Cup competition will be playtd at home to-day. It will be seen from the draw that only six shshs m the Third Division five of them m the southern section remain m the competition, and that of
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    BANKRUPTCY COURT.
    601 16 BEKLI AND COS AFFAIRS. In the Bankruptcy Court yesterday afternoon, the affairs of Messrs. Berli and Co. m Singapore and Messrs. Berli and -Co. m Bangkok which occupied the attention of the Bankruptcy Court two weeks ago, iame up again, and were disposed of by Mr. Justice Deane,
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    AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM COMPLETE.
    36 16 AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM COMPLETE. [Reuters Service.] Sydne>. Jan. 2H. Tht* Board <>f Control has approved the selection of Fverett. of New South Wales, to complete the team which will tour Kntrland during the C >ming summer.
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    TEST MATCH PLAYERS.
    41 16 f Renter's Service. l Sydney. Jan. 28. The official Hoaid < f Control has approved of the selection of Arthur Richardson. Wood full ami Kllis. No decision regarding •ending a sixteenth man will be come to for BOOM days.
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    CRICKET IN WEST INDIES.
    63 16 fßeuter's S^rvire]. Trinidad. Jan. 29. The match between Trinidad and the M.CC. was drawn. Trinidad made 17.'* (Small fiT. Hammond five for 39 and 270 for seven declared (Dewhurst ">«; and W Hill lOn). The M.CC. could only mustei 148 m their first knock, but hit
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    TO-NIGHTS BOXING.
    109 16 A reminder is ghfCU of to-night's boxing program— to be gHun at the Happy Valley. The main event, over twelve threeminute rounds, will lx between Domy Santos and Tenebro Sarnos. Domy Santos has. we are informed, trained carefully for the ficht, and will do i.is best to upset
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      196 16 WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED NEW STOCKS I OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, INCLUDING JAZZ BANDS, MANDOLINES, VIOLINS, BOWS, JAZZ FLUTES Me. GET YOURS TO-DAY. S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD, i beorptratad m H »r| F AFFUES PLACB. SfNCATOftf Eat only the Best Toffee. Sharp's "Band Box" Toffee is made of the purest
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