The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 April 1926

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1926. NO. 11,774.
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  • 275 1 As a result of Mr. Baldwin's intervention m the coal crisis the situation has taken a hopeful turn. A specia] meeting of the Cabinet considered the position Page Over 600.000 houses have been built iv Great I. ril ;i m since the war. including nearly ItiO.OOO an
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  • 1083 1 Qatioanid aguttt kwamswrn tssSvi fist /<.'__ y "*i It- Ju\i_al The design ol th. sew five d »llar note, which will boob come into circulation, -h>>us a hit of candy colouring, and how it will stand the actinic effects at lij-rht and tn< sud .ritic touch
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 235 1 vv mc; loong THE RECOCNISEI) HO! SE for EUROPEAN TROPICAL St ITS. 32. HIGH STREET. j! Sea View Hotel. 1 triumph 8 REELS— FEATURING > :j LE ATRICE JOY ROD LA ROCQUE jj TABLES CAN BE BOOKED. J I 5 i Telephone 110. F. DEASON. Manager. > > I 1
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    • 82 1 I I Two sportsone smoke Fishing or shooting? Each sport has its adherents believing their pastime unrivalled. But both agree that for cigarettes there can be only one choice Q \tt [Al I\U J J I W V_A Ai VIRGINIA CIGARETTES I h ARDATH TOBACCO Co., ltd. A\V.VAVAVA\V.V.VV.V.V.V.\%V.%V.%V-%\V.V.\\\V-V.'.\'_'.\'^_ i 77_e
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    • 122 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Garrick cigarettes Page '.>. Br itish Pilsener Beei Pag< 8. •'Triumph" at S.a View to-morron^— Entertainment at V T ictoria Tin at re New programme at Alhambra cinema Page 2. The Trojan cai at Straits Motor Garage Page 5. Indian and Ellon carpets at Doulatram's Page 2. Motor
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG FOR HIGH CLASS TAILORING Style. Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STREET
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 132 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 17./. High Water. 0.50 a.m.. 1.58 p.m. i!. I. OUtward mail due. Cricket; S.C.C. vs. Garrison, Tanglin. Sunday, ISth. High Water. l_3 a.m., 2.4S p.m. Monday, 19__ lC^-h Water. 2.2 a.m.. pjn. Football: S.C.C. VS. S.C.F-A. St. Andrew's Church Council nits.. •"> ?.aa. Emulation Lodge, B_to p.m.
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  • 72 2 m I Swett< nl est rdaj i fter- 1 eft Hongkoi expected to arriv. al pi ceed Singapor* a W ial on arrival. a Vga Ughl <,• n< t the wt st< m ai Singa- beer establ shed n the roi rk supersi tun It on th< B*
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  • 49 2 which •■■'^■h lerably m ist n --i The la their ef. s itao ad 1 ngen from uj> and down river, B strict; the larg< craft continue I handl the raw p.. 9 art looking have greatly impr< ng thi t, will soon be ■>.(■.
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  • 267 2 ackis a ten I which .if you n< Rnbh ag j seldom cure, be- t. t ie leep down m t h, That is why DE WITT'S I'll.; a h variably re< ommende I and it is !e fact that tin j completely 4 very
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 246 2 HE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. rhe Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. *IDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. Mirth -Melody and Variety enterFainment AT VICTORIA THEATRE THURSDAY, APRIL 22nd. AND SATURDAY, APRIL 24th. I. distingu shed patronag< of li. E. Sir Laurence Guillemard, H. E. U Qei ral S i 1". Fraser and ViceA
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    • 483 2 Victoria Theatre Coming Shortly < _r* The Italian Grand Opera Co. Full Orchestra, Full Ballet and Full Chorus. In Operas selected from the following repertoire .-Rigoletto, Tales of Hoffman. Madam Butterfly, Othello, Lohengrin, Aida. Tosca. Boheme, Oavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Forza Del Destino. Traviata, booking will be al John Little's. PAVILION.
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    • 226 2 CLOSED JDOORs A drama of life told m a soul-stirri ng maimer and featuni ENTER MA DAME IN 7 REELS A HARRY CARSON— METRO PRODI (TION Presenting a Screen Favourite as Charming BOW M the CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG Weeks OO Broadway. THE PRICE OF PLEASURE IN 7 REELS A Cinderella
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  • 812 3 NUMBERS OF EUROPEANS BEING DISMISSED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Bangkok, Apr. 10. The dismissal of officials m ihe Government service still continues and something like Si.OOG have now gone. Quite a number oi these are Europeans who, only a few months ago, little dreamt that they were
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  • 136 3 German Proprietor Arrested Arrested on a Mixed Court warrant issued on requesl of the Dutch Consulate General, a1 Shanghai, a German subject was detained al Central police station at Shanghai. His placi of business, a jewellery shop al 12A Nanking Road, was seal- by the point.- and
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    • 244 3 I Do you know fifiSrt! I und constitutions B I of four Royal Nurseries hate been reared 1 Amot_ c r succ essf ully on Glaxo. B 1 "JKf, 1 n fetter t_.au cure, s^ give you, I f ___«J^_*U l Gl^: S ?*<* to P'epare-you 1 ■tJ mppcrtumty escap*
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    • 149 3 Hartley's Jams Marmalade? j If so, you will know that at Home they rank as The Best They are now obtainable at the following Provision Stores I Messrs. THE HIGH ST. PROVISION STORE. Messrs. BIN BEE 00. CHIN GUAN HONG CO. LEE KENG HI AT CO. ftf. S. ALLY CO.
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  • 687 4 WHERE THE WHITE LINE MAY LEAD US IN THE END. (By K. R. G. Browne.) I am interested to learn that the authorities propose to introduce at Trafalgar Square and Hyde Park Corm r that gyratory system of controlling traffic which has— they say proved so
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  • 31 4 So nev. numbers haVe been issued for motor-car or motor-cycle registration since last week, the last number?. being still S-6612 for a Buick car and S-1350 foi a Raleigh motor-cycle
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  • 178 4 There i- every likelihood that a car selling at £100 will be on view at the Olympia Motor Show next October, says the Light Car and Cyclecar, and there is, m fact a probability that there will be more than one make from which purchasers of this
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 91 4 _______r _f tTt______ _J" _^*_W^__mVL «_iUu |»JfS I __k Ij Fisk Tyres are through and through First Quality they are dependable and mf 9 mf ij represent more than their money value jj m mileage and service returns. I The Fisk Tire Export Company, Inc. I 14, Chartered Bank Chambers,
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    • 137 4 I j f SUPERTWIST Only Goodyears are made with SUPERTWIST. the extra durable, extra elastic cord material conceived, developed and perfected by Cloudy ear. Therefore, only Coodyear Tyres give tht advantages m long-wearing quality and easy riding provided by SUPERTWIST construction. jmmm^ GOOE^ITEAR BALLOON TYRES I _mmm^_\jSA wUwmt CO__ f
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  • 861 5 John Prioleau writes m the Evening 1 1 1- AR I the usual fruitless argu- m which every one d aa confirmed nstanl ly, absurdly, and tfu] j iavohred Somebody said, as always does, that tbe principal m which tne average man (hard-worked loul!) want- m his motorcar
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  • 286 5 SINGAPORE-PENANG BY MOTOR CYCLE. [To the Editor of the "Pinang Gazette."] Sir,- Re the four motor-cyclists' trip from Singapore to P nang by road, it might interest y<»u to know i hat m addition to the four cyclists who left Singapore for Penang during the week-end, two other solitary ladwort-
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  • 127 5 In the interests of motorists, the Automobile Association advises that lighted match s should never ba brought near accumulators used "ti cars for lighting and selfstarters. It is not generally known that while these batteries arc being charged, and for a period after charging ceases, a
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 238 5 J THE TROJAN CAR (British). "W'.l _k England's long waited for supremacy m the _F Cheap Car line at last an accomplished fact. i; Economical motoring revolutionized. J The New Trojan 1926 touring model with its up-to-date substantial body and •1 comtortable seating together with its benzine consumption of no
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    • 204 5 xpQ-p "VALUE Improved Four New Six I LACQCTB P^BOTAL MJg! LONGER AND BETTER SPRINGS Magneto Ignition __S__^^ W W W J— J J THE IMPROVED FOUR i FEDERATED MOTORS. 196 Orchard Road. > METC4LFES MOTORS CHOP SENG HUAT KYLE PALMERS MOTORS > IPOH MALACCA KUALA LUMPUR. J ww ___vwi-^v_w^ \7
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  • 2607 6  -  M.A NOBLE THS_ CRICKET FEATURE OF 1926. All Eyes on the Test Players. (Tin- Great Australian Cricket Captain and All Rounder*. [Free Press Exclusive. Copyright m Straits Settlements]. THK SINGAPORE FREE PRESS have secured, at considerable expense, six articles lrom the pen of \l. A. Noble,
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  • 913 6  -  GEORGE CECH n\ IHE RIVIERA. Net So Very Expensive. Specially Written for Free Pres.-]. pie who, when on the Riviera, only v- expensive side of life, are under the impression that none but those with thi bank-balance of a war-profit. er can afford -peral a few
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  • 790 6  -  FRANK BARSON Why Some are Easier Opponents than Others DIFFERING CHARACTERISTICS by Manehest. i I Inited >. [MSB I'KKss SPECIAL, The game of football is the most generally played of all Winter pastimes, and yet it is strange m one senee. There ate tew instances of two player-
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  • 105 6 match at Wind 6 i T< etw. n England Frai tered to IU) n a:, lum I England will p|*) Holland >. aad 'J., at .\o.,rw :;k. I I m connection with th -< 'ion i national teams wid W imbtedon on April 9 snd April "11 an.i
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  • 1118 7 SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. The seventh annual general meeting of the Mentakab Rubber Company, Limited, was held yesteiday, the Hon'ble Mr. J. Mitchell presiding, and others present being: .Mess is. Chew Woon Poh, A. E. Baddeley. D. PhilMp (forth. Secretaries, Messrs. Harrisons, Barker and Company), J. 1. Dawson, Ck
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  • 658 7 HO HONG BANK LID. Ninth Annual (General Meeting The ninth annual general meeting of tht He Hong Rank Ltd.. was held at its Regis tered Office, No. .14 .Market Street, at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday. 13th April, 1926. presided over by the (hairman, Mr. Lim Penj_ Siang.
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    • 395 7 BUSINESS CARDS. •|V.%-.v.V.V.V/''-'.V.V.V.V.V.V.V, MARY SETON. i J E. AMBER MANSIONS. t OF ARD ROAD. l\ 5 THE I RIOSSTY SHOP. 3 W.V.W.V -'-V AVAVAVAV m \'j*m\ -o-o-e.^3.0-0-* HMKHMMI<HHNi >v_-c _•_><}.<} Please nd f °r the Illustrated Catel*"? Musical Instruments. S 9 -KASON CO.. LTD. I uj 113, North Bridge Road.
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    • 662 7 NOTICES. i NOTICE. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. 5 PER CENT. MUNICIPAL DEBENTURE STOCK. 1926. i F ilst i i applications is closed 01 Pnday evening, April 16th. 1926. Application- from up-countr, received by mail on th,. morn I «1»ril 17th. will In- considered. The list of applications fo r conversion ol
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    • 498 7 tls entirely distilled m Scotland and matured naturally m His Majesty's Bonded Warehouses, by age only. A British Customs Certificate of Origin and Age can be furnished with each shipment, thus affording purchasers an indisputable guarantee of purity and maturity. __T _T^ mTA*rm\ ____J_T_______ff JUOIMC JOHN Special Reserve Scotch Whisky.
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    • 309 7 f POSTAGE STAMPS. \v. purckam d and unused land can use- from 1.000 to 100.000 ti ety. Jf you ha v. any Ceyl Kedah, K. lantan. Mala} Stat.--. Trengganu etc. stamp- dispose of al tive (.ices forward sample* tta rice* an. quantities; also mention wht.h. for Cash or exchange r
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 30 8 DE C'Rl'Z At th. Gem H pital on April l>>t h (iwfiitth Surah De Cru. i■ «>ston i 2fi > vi the deal I wife ol i. ly regretted.
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  • 880 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1926. Figure Work. 11 must have struck everybody who rt'. .<i tiie Navy Estimates with care, that the reduction compared with last year is mainly that of not providing ior all the programme marked out. The Chancellor <>t' the Exchequer is a wizard wit
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  • 120 8 Thr nexl session of Assize will be held al Singapore on Maj lth. An auctioneer's town licence has been granted to Mr. T. M. Lamb, 3 C.d. man S1 reet, Singapore. The Rev. Keppel Gamier has been appointed an unofficial trustee of the Penang Free School, vice the hon'ble Mr.
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  • 773 8 DEATH OF MR. YEOK GUAN SEOK (From Our Own Correspondent >. Penang. Apr. 16. The death occurred here to-day at the hon'ble Mr. Ye >h Guan Stok, partner m the legal tirm of Logan and Rnss, and Penang Chinese representative on the Legislative Council o£ th; Colony. As
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  • 119 8 MANY CASUALTIES. .I'll. ATION TANK STKKKIV Tremendous rainfall has oecurr oang and ihe wc_ coast of Sumat I m Hrn space af tvrtWt koaara m > rt of water fell, causing an .norm tor flow from the mountain.- thunder i tin- lower-lying town r ith a
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  • 169 8 HINE.SK XII IFI) B_ I tN'D-SI Whik i emot m}_ earl h fn n *ho 1 ill *he Yoo I 'j.. Kanu Tueada) I bteaai ■as wm i land-shah of live at na I and throw, agates, an iron If sustained injuries from sHhfc m < I
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  • 155 8 I .rdirt ot Death ir«.m Salami < ;tu««e->. the m ii iti f tho m.; leaf la I M the late 111 ]k*n a« Felii I ithbertaoa U i ci ielin ad 1 1 rda I of death dm I natural causes, i_e. a r.
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  • 62 8 rhargi I causing grie rash arr aas j i sterdaj prefern local Sn iat resident, J Si m sllegi d tnm ila- aci aaed aras i N-' s atmtm he kam Iced do*, it il rho junction af Stan ford-i ad si street, on Fharsdus i waning.
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  • 231 8 Tho >Ilo« ing ie Hie rogramnu to be given by thi ICen So. onas to- mon im at ,o pm 1 1 Poi and IVaeant, Soppe; Ilia* t, I i ique, Paderen ski ,v,.y. jr.. I tiers, SulKvan; .r So Hi W ier, i Reyes I Fantasia froa S I
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 84 8 _____p_______ CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. JEWELLERY OF EXCELLENCE NONE, BUT THE ROYAL JEWELLER. B. P. De S I LVA 12 Hitrh Street. SINGAPORK Braack: No, 1 Bishop SU PENANG. (SALE CLEARINGUP DAYS jl WEDNESDAY. APRIL llth TO •I SATURDAY 17th. ODDMENTS AND REMNANTS AT 2L J-) 27 x XilvlL j!
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    • 43 8 POR ALL f^ VERMIN USE AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. _r^P^ a _^^P a^v^P*^P^BP^P aa V n a _P p^ PEARS' 5 1 GOLDEN SERIES. i 1 ■".'■"."a". 9 1 ITS AN EASY JOB to renovate your car with. 1 ■'■■■MB ROBBIALAQ BBXBDOEKiaSSMS
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  • 300 9 PREMATURE S. O. S. UKtOMMENDATIONS FOR LAW'S. London. Apr. 15. International Shipping Conference has ad ted a resolution dealing with affecting the safety of life at sea. resohition noted with pknsare thai tain would shortly call a diplomatic con- c rei rise r h. Coan ntkm on this
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  • 163 9 ff?.... j- ',5 ?tTVict.l recru lesc nee of the uproar I I off < ■.■•i> -_\i «rl*V h ia Mr. Th >ma.- announcing his bm>i c a ti ol nam. on the speaker. Government cl soured a B sing the Govei n- 1 _d to transfer a
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  • 38 9 League Secretariat has received ;> N agreeing I i part cipate m the tnittee to study the composition of the I the method of i lectio] reserv- n :n ol d cision is regards entry
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  • 172 9 SENATE TAUGHT. BORAH TELLS OF ANTIS. [Reuter's Service.] Washington, Apr. 16. All sorts of stills and corn sugar fla- vouring extracts used m the manufacture of "bootleg hootch" figured before the I prohibition committee, where Senator Reed jocularly demonstrated plain and fancy i whisky-making. Meantime prohibition is
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  • 63 9 [Renter's Service.] Ottawa. Apr. 15, A small land I m has started at Bridge»urg, Ontario, a^ a result of work beginning the Buffalo Forterie bridge, but the mayor held up the op rations, strongly objeel ng to the naming of new streets aftei American presidents. 11. says this
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  • 20 9 Washington, Apr. 15. President < oolidge is suffering from mild indig stion and has cancelled to-day's en- ageim nl
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  • 50 9 Hi!.». Sandwich Islands. Apr. 15. Th< volcano Mama Loa spectacularly 'rupted last nigh! and streams of lava arc descending twelve thousand fe t from the crater, flowing towards the forest villages m the Kan district The t!<> illuminated tK. entire island and i- visible to ships at
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  • 37 9 Baghdad. Apr. 15. The capital is no longer endangered. The breach on thi bank of th_- Tigris has been repaired and a thousand men aie dropping ousands of sand bags into the river from barges.
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  • 138 9 I Router's Service.! Hetsingfords, Apr. i.». The airship Norge landed at Gatchina. thirtyeight miles south of Leningrad, at n thirty m the evening. Leningrad, Apr. 18. The airship Korge la r.d-d safely m darki nes- being assisted by search-lights and three hundred soldiers from the Red Army,
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  • 68 9 The Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Government have decreed declaring to be Soviet territory all the lands m the islands np to now discovered and discover- Ed m the future m the region situated ia the North Arctic Ocean along the north coast of Russia to Ihe
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  • 68 9 P London, Apr. 15. h francs marked a new lav record, Pari-., \pr. I*. improvement m the financial causing uneasiness. It is ntted to sales of French franc- abroad. m Belgium and Italy, for the aintenancc of their- own currencies. Also a lav unknowi reasons. False t
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  • 71 9 H igfc Day, a hotel porter who was chartifa ♦hrowinir an explosive missile with do bodily harm at the dinner of club m celebration of St. PatDay, ha> been committed for trial •1 on hai! of £200. A woman was sitting near Mr. Baldwin deace that the naissile struck her
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  • 31 9 ~7 New Haven. Apr. 16. Through the gift of Mrs. Harkness the Vale University acquired the Melk copy of the Gutenberg Bible which was recently auctioned for $10(5.000.
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  • 36 9 Capt. J. M. Daley has returned from j Bras tagi. which he enjoyed immensely, and j leturns for a time to Teiuk Anson. In June he will start on a round-the-world journey, with Mr. S. Zehnder.
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  • 119 9 RECORD BUILDING. BETTER STILL NEXT YEAR [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, April 15. Speaking at the opening of the Building Exhibition at Olympia, Sir Kingsley Wood, Under-Secretary for Health, said that, according to the latest figures, the total number of new houses provided m the country since
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  • 109 9 [British Radio Official Service.] I Rugby, April. 1."). Tho small amount of warship construe- tion m this country has had a serious effect upon such linns as Vickers. Presiding at i the annual meeting of the Company. .Mr. j Douglas Vickers said it appeared that tho armour-plating
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  • 118 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, April 15. L The Board of Trade states that it is m- h formed thai an agreem nt has been made between the Gas Main! Trade Association, j .representing most of tia- British manu- facturers, and the German Gas Mantle < Convention,
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  • 43 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, April 15. A? a meeting of the Corporation of thtCity of London it was decided t<> confer the Freedom of the City <>n Lord Reading, m recognition <>t his distinguished services as Viceroj of India.
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  • 296 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby, Apr. 16. The coal situation underwent a further; d velopment to-day. The Executive of the Miner.-' Federation wa- received at Down- j ing Strict bj t!, t Premier, the Minister of Labour and th Secretary for Mines, and a] discussion took place
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  • 46 9 [Router's Service.] Tripoli, Apr. 16. Signor- Mussolini embarked on the battleship Gavour for home, after attending, with the Duke of Apulia, the opening of the Colonial Agricultural Congress, lunching with officers of the Garrison, reviewing the Eritrean troops and visiting the Jewish quarter.
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  • 214 9 PEKING RELIEVED. THE EVACUATION. [Reuter's Strvice.] Peking, Apr. 15. The Kuominchun army has evacuated the city and the Chinese allied troops have taken over control. Tuan Chi-jui has returned to the presidential palace and resumed his functions. Tsao-kun has gone tc the Legation Quarter. Peking, Apr. 16.
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  • 60 9 Renter's Service.] London, April I Tho engineering crisis is being threaten- j ed and the conference between the engineering employers and the trade unions on the I national demand of a pound weekly wage increase has failed to reach an agreement. The trade unions are now considering the
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  • 141 9 .pilars Before Supreme Council And Lays Down Plan. Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.. son of the American rubber manufacturer, appeared Wednesday afternoon before the supreme nat.i__r__ ...;i 1 -plained nl_n. i' developing the rubber industry m the Philippines. He told the council that his
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  • 76 9 Movements of 11. M. Ship... H. M. S. Ti tarda and Submarines 1. .7, L.19, arrd I_.__o arrived back m Singapore yesterday, and H. M. S. Ambrose and submarines L.l, L.4, L.15, and L.33, are expected this morning. The latter is duo to leave for Hongkong next Tuesday.
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  • 102 9 All past members of the Middlesex Regiment who are not already registered at the l>rill Hall. Singapore, are asked to write to Captain G. A. Stephenson at the Drill Hall. Reach Road, Singapore, jrivin^ their name, address and the battalion they served with. The object of this
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  • 70 9 Mr. K. A. Xeelakanda _«/ei desires To bring to the notic. of old hoys of the school. m Malaya, of the appeal for funds to establish a memorial to the late Rev. F. Bower, who died m May last, after an exceptional ly long period of
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  • 64 9 Our sympathy is extended to Mr. Delap, who, returning to Tuaran Estate one evening recently from Jesselton, had the misfortune to hit a pig with his motor bicycle. The pig apparently escaped without damage but both the motor and Mr. Delap were damaged. We understand that Mr. Delap received injuries
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 159 9 |BY LATEST MAIL. E^ifL-# Ladies' Kfi2lr Millinery I *_f^llf ill Comprising j T___Sl iF\ Very Newest H' 1 I Robinson c Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). j Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. QH|a br j_^r_^. "w mmm wamaaa_' mm '^p%.^ r apaa^^flP^.^F ___> _~.fe. <_* J I _N I V
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    • 675 10 BLUE FUNNEL IINE LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND 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. MACHAON London, Rotterdam and Hamburg In Port RHEAENOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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    • 580 10 Ellerman Bucknall C_ j. _L i j Steamship to., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "CIICDIIAU" lIIIC ILLIHIVIAPI LIHC PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. s.s. CITY OF LYONS Hongkong, Shanghai and Japan Apr. 18 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF PEKIN London, Rotterdam
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    • 239 10 P. o. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARDS For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwerp. Due KHYBER 9.100 Apr. 23 DEVANHA 5.200
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  • 779 11 Action taken at meeting of Committee No. 3, on 9th April, 1926. Decided that the salary and status of Mr. Caunce, Asst. Sanitary Engineer, can be j considered when _k has reached the maxi- mum of his class, and that the question of I granting a special allowance
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  • 37 11 Thi Lake Club, Kuala Lumpur, gave ar at Home and bridge evening on Tuesday as a farewell to Dr. and Mrs. Day. Sir George and Lady Maxwell and the hon'ble Mr. Thomson and Mrs. Thomson were present.
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  • 502 11 PROA IN FLAMES AT SAMARANG [From N.E.I. Papers]. Samarang, Apr. 12. The s.s. Robert Dollar brought here on Saturday 2.~>,(i00 cases of gasoline for the Standard Oil Co. of New York. On Saturday evening a proa loaded with 55, H00 litres burst into flames. The explosion seriously
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    • 254 11 I A. (-EMS BERGER, of the ™_ET°3B i PAINTING CONTOACTS EX EC. TEI. ;j EUROPEAN SCPERVISIOX ANp TRAINED WORKMEN. THE ANGLO-SIAM CORPORATION, LTD., t. 7 4 M «*«r_ LEWIS BERGER Sons. Lid. j A w 'Www Vmw «vwm-.wAm-.w._ M1 K 'y*^^-'*** mmmi^*^i**^^wmmmaammmmwammmmw A WATCH THAT YOU WOULD BUY AT HOME
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    • 130 11 She asked for "Capstan Not merely for "a cigarette" but distinctly, emphatically, for a "Capstan" Confirmed and occasional smokers alike voice their praises. Good tobacco, perfectly prepared and blended, T rti^g^*^ g^ acccvnte /or f/ie popularity of I CIHHK? NAVY CUT JjßwraiMiJ CIGARETTES lISi.PBHIHIB^H W D &HO WILLS Made m
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    • 552 12 Burns Philp Line j ■FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and MALABAR (4,512 tons.) The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer iramng to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming First Class Singapore
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    • 415 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti, Port Ssid. Marseilles from Singapore. PAUL LFXAT 17,000 tons Apr. 21 CHANTILLY 17,000 tons Apr. 2* AMBOLSE 16,000 tons May i OUTWARD MAILS. To Saigon, Hongkong Shanghai and Japan. AMAZONE 11.000 tons Apr. 19 To Saigon. Tourane and Haiphong. FOXTAINF.BLEi: 17.000 tons Apr.
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    • 135 12 EgjjEggEggj Stewart's BLENDED Old Scotch Whisky JOHN LITTLE 0).. LTH. Singapore, Penan i; and Kuala Lumpur LLOYD TRIESTINO NAY. tl 1 (Inc 1 1 wai ed m HOMEWARD SAII XS and THeato i petti through BiHi I Levant SI B) I ft FIOIE D L A .IM'VN Dates lilim I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 695 12 I MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6 P.m. Kota Tinggi a..d
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    • 729 12 I CHURCH SERVICES. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 7.30 a.m. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Service Ireland m C. Hymns 135, 128, 318, 1)3. i). 15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. The Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Hymns 197. 137, 391. Preacher: Sir
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 551 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. q. 1 soon. Rotterdam, Hamburg. steamers. Arr. Dept. -u,.p Bremen, via Colombo. Aden Alaska "Maru Apr 22 Anr 99 Port Sudan and Port Said. P Apr 23 r.oassa; Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam. f Mexico Maru Aur 22 Anr 9_ Beira, Delagoa Bay, Durban r_- _T P Apr
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    • 427 13 Round-the-World PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE 38 Days to BOSTON 41 Days to NEW YORK OILBURNERS. NO COAL DUST. NO CINDERS. ABSOLUTE 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 m 110 dayi. Next
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    • 578 13 Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., 44. BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND s.s. BELFAST MARU due April 24! For rates and other particulars apply:— GUTHRIE CO., LTD Agent..; Singapore snd Ps__«*i KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). m Holland. UNDER CONTRACT
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  • 653 14 BRISK BOUTS AT K. LUMPUR. Walley Wins Well. Tho Woodsdale Boxing Syndicate, of Singapore, are to be congratulated on the splendid programme which they staged last evening at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, .says Thursday's Malay Mail. The live bouts were quite the best seen locally for a long
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  • 261 14 Were John N T yn nor Alfred Myim or George Parr alive to day, nothing would a «tound th. m more than the evolutions which have taken place m the dress of cricketers. The knee-breeches of the Hambledon players, the top hats and braces of Mynn's day,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 329 14 Abundantly nourishes the muscles, hones and body. Tarmtnvjvalmblethmrice^^ i -A ARISTOCRATIC 1 _w FRAMROZ g Co. j 8L wswm^-m^m^____^ .ac... a a 11 a 1. .v_.v.v.v. B _f B v«v.\v_\v.v_v.\v.v. TROPICAL ADORO > No. :>7 FOR PLATES AND FILM-PACKS, I 4 m. by 3% -in. I TEAKWOCI) i;||l»/ilf T J
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    • 230 14 lllllllllllllilllillliiH %J KmmWW ZmmZ refined up to a standard, not down to a price a standard of Quality and service which has kept pace with the rapid developments m modern modes of locomotion The 1 dependability which cuts repair bills makes Sccony products cheapest m _tm mms awm m __r
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  • 739 15 MACPIIAIL AND CO. LTD S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, April 13. During the week under review the price of both tin and rubber has declined and m consequence our market has been dull. In spite of the drop m the price of rubber, shares remained fairly tirm. but
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  • 59 15 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. April Kith. 1926, 12 o'clock noon. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F Spot 7 80 Standard U.S.S. on Tender April so SO'-j May-June 79 7.".. July-Sept. 77'_; 78.4 Tone of Market. Steady. Sellers reserved. _atest Cable: London Spot Sheet 22% d per lb.
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  • 63 15 April 16. Bank 4 ni.... 2 1 7 16 Bank den.and 2 4 1-4KZ Private credits M.s. 2 1 9-16 New York, demand 56% Credits 90 day.- .V- 1 Prance, demand L6lO India, T. T. 155% Hongkong, demand p.c. \C\<. Yokohama, demand 1-1 Java, demand 140% Bangkok, demand 79%
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  • 232 15 Aim 16. Tin L5O Tons $138.50 Gambier 12.00 lVp| i White 61.00 Pepper Black 41.00 Flake Tapioca ...r. Pearl Sago Small 7,60 Copra 11.50 Copra Sundried 11.65 Opium. Benares tint. 4.000 Rice, Lian? Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle Nev.) 330 Rice, Sian: o.d No 1 310 Rice. Rangoon Bir.tan
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  • 191 15 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S REPORT. Singapore, April 16. Rubber.— Local 7:*'_. Tin. London £273 15s. Local 138%. 150 tons sold. Rubbers.— Notwithstanding the drop m the price of the commodity the London shares remain firm. Malaka Pindas are quoted 2.95 3.05. Alien! ys offer at 3.20 buyers kidding 3.10. Sungei Bagans
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  • 262 15 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. (L. K. Macphail) Singapore. April 16. l.ubbej.. Is Lo%d. Down IVfcd. Local 79%. Tin. £273 Lss. Up LOs. Rubber share quotations are steady m spite of the further fall m the price ol the commodity. Mining storks have fair enquiries and a eood demand still exists
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  • 125 15 THK MARCH STATISTICS. The following is a comparative ..ailment of the total value id foreign merchandise, excluding parcel post, imported and exported to and from British Malaya 192.">. 192*-.. Imreasa. (in thousands of iollan I. January 85,347 B7JMM> 22,; r )58 1-ebruar;. 59,180 *S0,l0. e 20,981 March 68,485
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  • 258 15 Rubber. Since our last a su; sUu I drop ices has t be recorded. Stocks m London have increased considerably and on 10th inst stood ai 15,398 tons as companed witi 1:1.740 tons for the previous wet k. Ti local auction this week arts again h<-_<. day later
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  • 156 15 YesterdayN Alteration^. Treat even the youngest baby with report a person who will have to take hiplaee m the world.— Mr. Bertrand Russell. Kamunting i E > <'■:<- 7] Kuc-hai Ords. i 1 \.:u\ Malayan Collieries (I 7. 7.". $8.2 Xa; Soot ($1) 1.11 raiping ($1) 1.;',.")
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 495 15 Assets Over $6,500,000, S.C. Assurance m Force Over $22,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 479 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Sabscribed Y.100,000.W1 (fully paid np) Reserve Fund V.86,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichincmiya, Es DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. P. Watanabe, Esq T. Okubo, Esq. Baron K.
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    • 435 15 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4,F00,000 Silver $27,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. D. G. M. Bernard, Esq. Chairman Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang Deputy Chairman W. H. Bell.
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    • 22 15 T HF SINGH PORE SHIPGHANDLERY COMPANY, LIMITED. Shipchandlers, Shipbrokers, Commission Agents. Offices .—MAYNARD'S BUILDINGS. 16 Battery Road. Telephone No. 488. j _./_2j.
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    • 40 15 I ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Eoyal Charter A. D. 1720). i FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds t Singap*^ Representative -Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. HARRISONS. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor) A GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1505 16 THE ANGULLIA BANKRUPTCY. [Sen's Racing Transactions. anted Angullia. a son ol M. E. Angul.ankrupt who was recently sentenced cc months imprisonment for failing p proper books of account, denied m ingnpoie Bankruptcy Court, before tistice Donne, yesterday afternoon, c was a partner m the business. The ent was
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  • 341 16 Though the Rangoon Development Trust has been m existence only for five years, it as been able, within thia short period, to > lehieve much m the \.m> of laying the foundations of a fine new capital city Por Bui ma. On the east side oi the
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  • 165 16 THE AUSTRALIANS AND THE NOBLE'S SPECIAL ARTICLES IN FREE PRESS. The tr* mendous interest being taken m the Test Matches which will take place m England m the summer has led the Free Press t> obtain, at considerable expense, a series of special articles from the pen of
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  • 84 16 To-day's Match at Tanglin. At Tanglin this afternoon the S.c.c. will play the Services, the teams being as folS.C.C: R. A. Ashworth, V. 0. Charles- worth, C. H. G. Clarke, R. N. Hamilton (captain), E. W. Hare. I>. R. A. Hobljrn, I. Huggins, G. F. .Murphy. I. C. Mackay,
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  • 195 16 In his article on cricket m Samoa and the islands of the South Seas, m -Imperial < ticket," Mr. A. W. Mahaffy tells us that so keen was the desire to play that the side- often numbered as many a. 7.".. there waa a board of umpires,
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  • 83 16 MONDAYS TIES. A. Class Handicap Singh's. hua < hoon Sim, owe vs. John Lim, owe 12. L'o Keng Teow, owe 9, vs. Cheong Che< Hai, plus h mg Thuit Pitt, owe 12, vs. Scow Poh L< ng, owe 6. B. Singles. Lan Kirn Guan, owe vs. Loo
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  • 35 16 The tie for the Committee's Cup was 'played off on Sunday, llth instant, and resulted m a win for Dr. A. .1. Lim, with an eclectic score of 38— 5 33.
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  • 128 16 A writer m a Home paper says: Here isa problem on which the St. Andrew's authorities would pronounce no judgment. A player hit his hall into a grass pot hunker, the bottom of which was \(i\ soft .wing to rec£nt rain. He took his niblick and
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  • 78 16 Of the total of 280 deaths which occurred m Singapore during the week ending April ard. -11 were caused hy pneumonia, 37 by convulsion, 22 by malarial fever. 21 by feaver not specified, 20 by phthisis, and 13 by debility and age. The ratio per mille of population was 28.55.
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  • 281 16 [Reuter s St rvice.J London, Apr. 15. In the Northen Section of Division 111 of the English League, Halifax beat Wigan Boro' by two goals to nil. To-day's League Matches. The following matches m the English and Scottish Leagues will be played to-day Division L Arsenal vs. Huddersfield
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  • 102 16 Stockton and Northern Nomads meet today ill th( l;nal if the F. A. Amateur Cup. I Northern Nomads have onl] once before cached the ultimate stage of the competition. In 191. thej wren beaten by Bishop Auckland by a goal to niL Stockl >n. Un the
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  • 76 16 England and Scotland meet at < >ld TrafFord to-day m the last international match of thi- season, but as Scotland bar already established its supremacy the game is deprived of much of its interest. Scqtland have already defeated Wales 3 0, and Ireland l 0, whereas England, after
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  • 31 16 I ["Reuter's Service.l London. Apr. 15. i At Thurston Hall, m tin- Km pi re billiards, Earlam, England, scored 2000 and thus beat McCluney, North Ir. land. wh.. made I
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  • 163 16 rhe Hongkong Government has decided not to -rant a monopoly to any me company it, connection with the Kowloon Motor Bus Service. The present i impanies wiil be permitted to continue, provided that the existing buses are replaced by modern British vehicles. The companies have agreed to
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  • 49 16 I Orders for Week Ending Apr. 25th. Monday, April I9th.- Individual Trooos Parade. Tuesday. 20th.- Signalling and Ambulance lasses. Headquarters. Wednesday. 21st._Band Practice, Headquarters. Friday, 23rd.-Officers and Patrol Leaders lass, St. Andrew's School 8.30 p.m. Saturday. 24th.— Wireless Class. Headquarters 4.30 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS. Commissioner.
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  • 48 16 Met m Siam" is a publication of th. International Tourist Agency of Siam The first quarterly numher has interesting artistes about tho country, and many pictures Not only the fcourist will turn to the articles Mttmg forth information about Siam its resources and the pleasing holiday it offers
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    • 212 16 _W^AV^^^.%SV_ A%V.V^^^^_^^_r _i%V_iV.V_i%V%V.V.SV.-.-.-. 'HIS MASTER'S VOICP GRAMOPHONE 'HIS MASTER'S VOICE' RECORDS. Provide all the Music of all the world. I GREATEST ARTISTES, FINEST RECORDING E Ask for Free Illustrated Price Lists. I j S. MOUTRIE^AND CO., LTD. JJ (Incorporated m Hongkong!. f I RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE I vv_______wwyw^^ A%\\V_V.V.V.V.V_V.W.V.V.V.V. V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.
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