The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 June 1926

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE S.S., THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1 NO. 11,813.
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  • 316 1 Lord Wcolavlngton's Coronach won the Derby, with Lancegaye second and Colorado, the favourite, th.rd Page 16. A downpour of rain, which lasted all night and continued in the morn 'ng, damped the enthusiasm of the pilgrims lo Epsom Page 16. In spite of acid comment by Mr.
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  • 1130 1 Tau Rikarika was dead. He had died while on a visit to friends who li\ d a nrndred miles or m .re from his own settlement. Bui neit.hr distance noi" exper.se was an obstacle to the fulfilment of the Maori tribal custom which decreed that th
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 113 1 W ING LOONG iHE RECOGNISED HOI'SE r !!!.>PE\N TROPICAL S^ITS. J* )H(r» STREET. Raffles Hotel hont No: 2920. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor... newTatik grill room I Under the personal supervision of I John Gildea. Pcellence Distinguishes the REMINGTON QUIET 12. FRASER NEAVE, LTD. -;ssv.v.v.v.v.%v.*.v.v.v.v.v_v.v. »W.V-V.V.%V.%V.V.V-%VSVJ i Shrewd Judges j If OPI
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    • 133 1 X. _P 1 __r| J___ \\\mmmm***\ ■■Ir. 'J X_ Bf *^__r Jir j DIFFERENCE Comparison conclusively proves relative value. Comparison is the basis upon which we offer the THE ROYAL WILL DO MORE WORK AND BETTER WORK FOR A LONGER TIME WITH j I j Hfl 1 11, Collyer Quay,
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    • 131 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Storekeoper wanted Pag'e T. Johnnie Walker. 1 ittle's Page B. Raffles Ratik grill room— Page 1. Dancing, Prof. < Thereses Page 2. Whiteaway's special displays— Page Hairwavinp- iron.. Robinson's— Page 9. Roskopf watches, Weil] ono 1 Montor— Page Piano teachei. Mi-- V, M. Smith Page 2. Pabco and
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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
    • 91 1 THE WEEK. Thursday. Sf__ High Water. a.m.. 1.46 p.m. Birthday Parade. Esplanade, 7.1.0 a.m. Cricket: Hongkong vs. S.C.C. ii a.m. Hongkong cricket tiffin, S.C.C. 1 por.. Hirthday Ball, Government House Hijrh Water, a.n;.. 9J68 p.m. P. and 0. homeward mail haves. P. and 0. outward mail due. Dutch homeward mail
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  • 313 2 fternoon the thermometer stood at i sun. One needed to be almost an ti remember such an Easter o showed all the charactering August Boro'. Holiday. __i who tore himself from a deck cha set ont I i xpl e Hampstead Heatl rta that the scene out-Augu9ted A..
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  • 158 2 ng orl by the dii ec toi twenty fi annual tron ral lers to I .-:.i in th*' th. c mpany, 2'j. I _*nk Ch ane 9th at T. r tlo- y. t,, Din c- but after making Simple ai' n and bad an.i d amounted to
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  • 62 2 essfol ar in spite ol difficulties d Rl the annual ine tin*,' of the in,., ano- Office, Ltd. Tho difficulties I to at .ko us eting were those i acquisition of basiness of a r "tht character and the state of th 1 market and consequent undercut- 1 J™ K
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 241 2 Victoria Theatre Commencing Friday, June 4. Welcome Return Visit of R. B. SALISBURY'S COY. The Quaints. Friday and Saturday, June 4th, sth. NO NO NANETTE Monday and Tuesday, 7th and Sth. "THE UNFAIR SEX" Wednesday, June 9th. THE SPORTS OF KINGS. Thursday and Friday, 10th and llth THE QUAINTS. Saturday,
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    • 329 2 PAVILION. From Monday, 31st May to Sunday, 6th June. AT 9 P.M. SHARP. When poverty creeps in, does love fly out the window? Out of a million young wives, how many love love and how many love millions See the reply given by JACQUELINE LOGAN AND CULLEN LANDIS in PEA
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    • 187 2 From Saturday, 29th May to Thursday. 3ru ,j Une AT THE ALHAMBRA I In the Second Show at 9 p.m. AN IRVIN WILLAT PARAMOUNT SUPER PROD. < r IOx Adapted from the Nove' by EMERSON HOUGH, Author of "The Covered Wagon." Featuring the Star that made "The Covered Wagor ..m
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  • 413 3 MR. JUMABHOY ENTERTAINED. In honour of Mr. R. Jumabhoy, import and expo t merchant of Malacca Street, who 13 leaving Shortly on furlough to India, tha Moslem Association gave a tea-party on Monday i .ening. There was a lar'g. number of members pre: ent. Mr. Ally Ahmad khan
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  • 268 3 Y\ hy cannol we be satis led to worship or admire al a distance? We si nplj I rudge from one ei di f life to the .ther lal iously troying illuaions. Some I n I th. ir unhappiness in j ursulng Truth, fs g< ab ut
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  • 154 3 We regie, to ann unce, sa. the Malay Mail, ih.' d ath of .Mr. E. O.James, manager of the Federal Dispensary, Kuala Lumpur, al the European Ho pital. Mr. James had n suffei ing from bronchial pneumonia for some time but, at one period,
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  • 124 3 Tokio, May Sl. Eleven poisons were killed as a result of a landslide which occurred i.i Hiroshima] Prefecture. Shanghai Outrage. A demonstration occurred nt Shanghai < r. the anniversary of th" shooting affair. Three Japanese <>!' the Yokohama Specie Bank were battered by the crowd and a motor
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  • 77 3 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION. A committee meeting will be held on Morday, June 14th in the Singapore Exchange Room at 5 p.m. Items on the agenda are: Registration f Domestic Servants; Reduction of Emoluments of Colonial Secretary and Chief Justice; Administration of Estates Act 1925; Town Improvement Bill; Singapore Twakow
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    • 155 3 .r**"- ~*__r_r_^^^* j lill JOHN HAIG the oldest Distillers in the world. Sill M ARKI NCH Scotland. IF YOUR WATCH DOE* NOT YOU DO _S^^si.\ THE ONLY :.0T jhfrj GENUINE OWN V^l^fe^ ROSKOPF 1 SAW rAmW Movement >^^> JT Pwels. 15 Jewels $|2 a 50 ERS Throughout Malaya. I 1
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    • 58 3 3 "UE" SCRAP WASHER (Patented) AN EFFICIENT RUBBER WASHING MACHINE AT A VERY CHEAP PRICE. Jj MANUFACTURED ENTIRELY IN OUR OWN WORKSHOPS. SIZES, 70, 100 and 200. t__! nm\ »__k_l \S hT^ W^tSSr' i^_^3^ r_» OJ^ f 3 jSH I; W a Bk «t _S. _r >~ ,h £H^_i___Av :n
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  • THROUGH THE CAMERA'S EYE
    • 50 4 [C^pyrigbi iu .rr-ngement wi*h l»,i.y Gn|*ieJ 1 1 i > r,• i linnnfl i the sea R hid me the 1 tidal A view of Saodgate Castle, now m dangei ol Uppiag It wae buih bj H< nn Vil!. in 15 9 md r on d
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    • 28 4 i ..ii inter-State do i tennis match between the Victorians, um areilJ the furthei court, and Hawkea hi just played to Kalms, who is .ching
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    • 15 4 Australian nova! officers frai Tiiaing with a Soutl S.a bell "Iti
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    • 32 4 Besides bene a 1> merchant, Arthur Mailey is a cartoonist. Bere h< is n sketching in London, the subject nearest the camera beraa Everett, the Australian fast bowler discovery.
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    • 47 4 V. gi u i'i ime Minister of Au- Ha wa r* i ently present* d with honorary degree of Doctoi oi I.; iV s. This pi« ture sh twine Dr. Bruce in his robes ol scarlet was taken imn diately after th. cere mony
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    • 41 4 [Copyright. By arrangement with Daily Graphic]. This "motorised" chariot, surely, would have surprised old Rome. Chariot racing (top) Mad cycle football match were tw of the thrills at a mot»r-cycle jzymkhana a; the ("r> .ta! Palace ivcent!>
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    • 57 4 [Copyright By arrangement wit. Daiij. Graphic], fe paying eash down at the Tower of London recently anyone could purchase the wherewithal to become a gallant knight of old. This picture shows a yeoman of the guard at the Tower, where for the first Line in a century
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  • 200 6 .THE PARTS LORDS BIRKENHEAD AND READING PLAYED. London, May 20. I learn from a well -informed political quarter thai Lord Reading: played a leading part with .Sir Herbert Samuel behind the scenes in settling the strike. My informant commented: "Lord Reading was rarely away from Parliament during
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  • 140 6 London. May 2'{. A bitter attack on the T.U.C., especially on its political leaders, was made by Mr. A. ook, who, speaking in the Rhondda Valley, declared that tho minor-' leaders had never been bullied by the employers or the Government to the extenl they had
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  • 129 6 Mr. Wa I tei Rui ciman, in ;i peech in the House of Common estimated losses du< lto the strike ss follows: Mines, £7,000,000' railways, £8,000,000; pig iron, £1,000,000; steel, £2,000,000, and chemicals, £500,000. I additioi to ol hei amounts h< conclud. d ing thai the country
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  • 160 6 London, May __<>. A remarkable article contributed by Mr. II yd orge to the Hears! group of To Am'; oon newspapers during the strike is repr duced fulls In several London journals and has evoked much pungent comment. Tho wi iter d. scribed the then
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  • 148 6 VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE. London. May 20. Mi. H. Thomas has been elected VicePresident of the Koyal Colonial Institute. At the annual meeting a motion for the deletion of his name from the list of VicePresidents, on the ground of his connection with the General Strike, was withdrawn. Lord
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  • 63 6 STRIKE BENEFITS WIRELESS INDUSTRY. London, May IS. One of the few industries which has profited by the strike is wireless." said the Chairman of the National Association of Radio Manufacturers and Traders. Despite transport chaos the sales of one manufacturing firm in London during the first week of the strike
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  • 71 6 London, May 18. The First Brigade of Guards, headed by massed bands, will march ceremonially through London to Waterloo to-day to Return to Aldershot from Victory Park, Hast London, where they did *trt*__e duty in Dockland. Four thousand Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates resumed their studies today
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  • 380 6 Reliability of British Instruments. The general meetings in connexion with the Optical Convention, hold at the Imperial College of Science and Techn >logv. South Kensington, began on Api il IS, when a number of discussions took place on subjects connected with scientific research and the progress of
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  • 304 6 News corner from* Germany, says w i itei in A o ata ur Wis. of new mmenl which may g fai I wards thi solution of tho problem I lei -pa. Thia, 0 \\o kngw, i- .v. on]] the image to be di I nto small suits
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  • 108 6 Speaking to the Educational Conference, Mr r l Bryant Assistant Master at Harrow School, said Un suspici. a In which] technical instruction and al! vocaional beaching were held was well founded. They "°uld not get tho best craftam n hv teaching thom only their craft. The chief
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    • 319 6 AT WHITE A WAYS SPECIAL DISPLAYS THIS WEEK OF Prams, Push Cars, Rugs and j Travelling Requisites. The Store will be Open as Usual j TO-DAY, June 3rd. usb C^&x* A r_A_i_ ..a __*f_*^_R9L ''_P i\ AU steel chassis, enamelled black and WH.TEAWAYS Si AN DARD VAL '< //^M^^l T
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    • 265 6 HUSBANDS ARE A m PROBLEM ll ill I 1 V J > i out its always safe to start theiK day witd MARMALADE WITH.ERUPJION. Could Not Sleep at Night, Cuticura H My trouble b^ i tittle white pitnplei that broke out or. bm chn_. The j :rr en I i;
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  • 1351 7 WHERE THE AUTHOR COMES IN. g Dictatorship of the Producer. The producer of a play works on the t sound basis that the pie.-e must be given i i helping hand, as they say. That means e t must be produced quite differently from s he way
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  • 232 7 ROSE MACPHAIL CO'S REPORT. ti.. I Macphail) Sinuapore. .hint- 2. Rubber.— London, 1- B%d. Unchanged Local 65. 1] o tarkel conl inu< -i n the quiet side in all sections. Rubbers. Ayer Hitams were placed al 24.50 and Brogas at 1.85. A small parcel of Connemaras was token at 3.
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  • 149 7 Yesterday's Alterations. A.sa_n Kumbang tf) 56s 58s Kamunt ing i' I 70 Kinta Tin 1 1.42% LIT 1 South Taiping ($1) 60 65 Taiping ($ll 1.50 1.55 T. Barbour 1 21 15.25 15.75 Ulu Yam Tin 36s 6d 38s Balgownie ($1) 5.55 5.80 Brunei ($5) :> n
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  • 43 7 g c r.i., P( T, oan 1019 $36,710,000 103 104 syy and F.M.S R n.c. Vic. Bond 19?0 5i5.07».«00 105^. 10"> < Dr. Cameron has arrived to join Dr. M; ...kill. Tho latter has beon ill hut is, hear, now much better. M.M.
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    • 408 7 BUSINESS CARDS. i MARY SETON S j: E. AMBER MANSIONS. ORCHARD KOAD. J ij \KW HATS AND STOCKINGS. >| |U____VVVV_t__VU_JV____V_A!_fV__!_____i H IRBLB T IBLE TOPS, FLOORING, TILES. Etc. SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Telephone 75. STAMFORD PLOWED STALL, j Ska id Road, next to St i trew's l Hmn b M ission
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    • 722 7 NOTICRS Notice is hereby given, thai all the roads and approaches to Covent Row and Covent Garden (lately Cheang Hon^ Lim Market) belonging to the estate of Cheang Tew Muey. will be closed to public traffic froai tj a.m. tu 6 pan. on Thursday the tOth June 1926. Dated this
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    • 446 7 wmm^ a,^ m m m m m mt mmmm m m^mmm^^mammmm bh b iai_K^^^v_aa_._--B i mn iim^m RENE ULLMANN, REN:: ULLMAN. Jeweller. Ljls ;-1 om f rc air No. 1. No. 2. OUR SPE< [ALLY MADE CHRONOMETEB I YMA EIEXE ru.. MAW with 15 jewels lever movements in solid nickel
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    • 439 7 AUCTION SALE Ol I u redeemed Pledges and i A; am Sain* v.. SO i ox FRIDAY, lti fl WE, I LM <)N MOKDAV, W JUKE, Al H The pledge > prise a•• us, diomand and other rings, bro l ft, i hinese and i aentß be Mow on <
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 14 8 BR< .WN. A- Sydney, S.W., I Mrs H Sti Bn wi a danehtt
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    • 47 8 Al I O.N i' ARSONS At St Andrew's Ca thedrii oi W< Ine day, June ..ml, by th* Ven Archdcao F. <i. Swindell, Eric Roland, -wr. o! Mr. il E. A toi »f Boston, Line.., t Dorptthj Ai in o r Mr. and Mo A. I.
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    • 39 8 Hr, Narayanasan.) and family beg to ith.-ir ncere thanks t.» friends and relative who sent floral wreathe roi I. iter, of dolence in theii sad bereavci i tnd others who attended the funeral of Mrs. Ponnai Narayana n
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  • 385 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THURSDAY, JUNE 1926. The O.M.S. At the beginning of last month, and possibly n«>\\, the Organisatioi foi thf Maintenance of Supplies, ha- had an opportunity of proving its worth to the State. The cables which have come oul are what we have to rely on, as but
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  • 1518 8 Still Hoping The debate in the House of Commons on the coal situation has carried the problem no nearer solution. A perpetual subsidy is unthinkable. So is nationalisation of the mines, in the immediate future, whatever could be done in a long period of years. Tht 1 Labour leader's condemnation
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  • 169 8 BALDWIN TAKES A STAND SNOWDKN'S A(lh (OM\| _M [H< liter'- S. f i lorul,M; Ju l Hu- ooi debut wa Houae ol Common. I Bon.ki.who, lhalu »a_ fraughi i I Lhe Ebw m»t Moot ical contiil ul «»ticißGd Govern a handling crisis, i idy, nd declared mu otiad
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  • 110 8 Br tish B RUfWi So.\r 1. what _e|| I '•.LO.ro- o Th- Ministei em f- o .".at it v.. .-ii.: be D until month the off ci ii -ai«i tha: tht- :tr>.<l Gov. nment must i romplete lib It* I ll B Vi HUt o Govei
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  • 69 8 Rent. r'i Sei i Nev ...rj.. ._<..■;..... <tn hs of tbe New 1 turned from I interviewed, ad_ •pui -debtt Md ti concerned tu tin further.. Pence. H fa hat American-. is turning Fnmt thui me an noi Eft fnon ins fuel tbat it n come burden."
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  • 70 8 [Beutei Purui lum I There rtill remutaf i i in ng in Morocco. thai g**+* p<H-k, t formed by tue ft i :i pructiculty flmuria:. tb French Spaniards have a cl.;, nuut of Wuoub Ufa nuune again* the fnhnln tr:!. i lirect Sheabuun, Meecsituttng i ronsi
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 105 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMLS TO CALDBECK'S" Caldbeck's I Old Brown Sherry I Is Well Worth A Trial. I If unobtainable at your usual Provision Store Ring up CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated under _he Companies Ordinances of Hongkong. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) 45, Robinson Road, Telephone 228. I B. P. De SILVA
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    • 105 8 i in i r VERMIN USE R__CEll L AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. TmLKmflmXmP^^&m^^^P^^^+i m ss i__*iuk.ft s. <a_____i_________fcM_aj I PEARS' j 1 GOLDEN SERIES. i LAIRD 0' LOGAN :j SUPERB IoLD HIGHLAND WHISKYf *m is >nc. again obtainable fron thi- J* under-mentioned Wine Merchants: m m m l Kim
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  • 110 9 EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE. NIL CHI'S HYSTERICS. -..'.aimed Mr. Chu. Chinese ropre- n Opium. s Malcolm ftelevingne (Britain) had j thai tv. -o hundred kilograms of and h .rom had gone to Shang- I Germany, the t hinese Govern- fying thai these drugs were in- BM dkal «es in the
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  • 65 9 [Reuter's Service.] lierlin. June 1. chairman announced that the rig, sc ling and distributing as bad be. b turned it^ r a impany, wui Olex, which bad several years deli^ ery agreement Anglo-Per. an Erdoel thereby thi dm tion ah k h it lost Ihe war an
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  • 47 9 igton Irving, ronnint beti ts N.w York with six ha They were *cu**d it seri ies. A :un.' rof men fainted *i earner, in tl n chain wrherebj tho ..nd child:- lowered nl a hen '^ey wei -ships ashed I ne rl
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  • 37 9 DYNAMITED— BUT SAFE. ise ISs v. er-in- trial I b 1 ilians Sa i V: need 1 th for tl murde in 1924, sras nn I n. ns* rning. Tl Joi i-• n fan ilj O I.
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  • 37 9 osists of Major < teh minister ot md fore gi affairs G _mes l osta, n inistei I wai the i pt oritur. Ma i S ibescadas, r marine, lim and justice. mmm, mmm mm.
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  • 207 9 ian touching a Hindu's wai rpot, minima^ a1 Ha'.-: ar.ar. n lal rutt i. Mill hands both communities indulged in ing ath si an st »n< s and month Athai i.. am asked I hai old be ps rati w hieh was q -he Chi rates was
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  • 904 9 11 RTHER EVIDENCE RECORDED. Sneaking in Evidence." When the French Dank theft case was esumed before Mi. P, A. F. David, District ledge, yesterday. Mr. Roland _J __.ddell, •ounsel defending Athaisayam und his vie. again raised certain obections. 9 ariappen was re-called by Mr. Whitley ind when
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  • 1258 9 NATION A LIST ASPIRATIONS. (From Our Own Correspondent). Tokio, May 2. The Japanese authorities, bath in Japan Proper and in Korea, are considerably perturbed over the sudden wave of nationalist feeling that has over-run the former "Hermit Kingdom" since the death of Prince Yi, Snr. Yesterday,
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  • 134 9 An incident at tlu Soa View Hotel ou Tuesdis night, resulted in the appearance n 'he Police iurts yesterdaj of two Km tpeans, Mt. W. D. Tail and Mr. c. Breyer. They were charged with house trespass and causing hurt to Mr. 11. R. Bull, resident at the
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  • 177 9 The following F.M.S. appointments are j gazetted: Mr. L McGowan to be an Assistant Accountant, F.M.S.R.; Messrs. F. G. Greenwood, D. W. G. Faris and p. J. Mulcahy to be Medical Officers, Malayan Medical Service; Mi. J. Aitchison seconded for service j in the State of Kedah; Mr.
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  • 93 9 We remind our readers that the fund for the National Memorial to Queen Alexandra, which is to add to the endowment fund for Nurses, is now open. An influential committee at Home has the control of the Fund, and will see that it is properly administered and
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  • 56 9 The Coroner, Mr. P. G. Bourne, has returned a verdict of death by misadventure in connection with the dual fatality which occurred along Keppel Road recently when two Europeans, Mr. P. N. Lowndes and Mr. H. W. Kernick, were thrown out of a motor car which ran
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    • 102 9 'I .V.V«WLV_WIrW_._.VWAWA% V_^.VVAV.V_iV."AV.\V^"_W -V.V_i J _rS«. FOR HAIRDRESSING j "EVER READY" f 5 "EVERREADY".*^ J I LF M T,N G SELF-HEATING WAVING IRONS j 'iJC PRICE $1- 75 EACH j Ar p PAT: *T\ ii rmu CARBON REFILLS. 7 0 j: Extra Carbon Refills 50 cts. per Box. ij jj
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    • 469 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES. LONDON ft N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERYICE LON DON, AND N. CONTINENT. TWICE MONTHLY SERVICE LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Due Singapore. PEISANDER London, Rotterdam ar.d Hamourg In Port t ANTENOR Marseilles,
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    • 438 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERINMINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. Due S'pore. b.s. BLOEMFONTEIN June 14 s.s. CITY OF LYONS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg June 20 s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW Marseilles, London, Hamburg, Havre and Liverpool June 29
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    • 379 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AM) APCAR LINES. (Ircorpora* in England.) MAIL, PASSENGER ANI) CARGO SERVICES o PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVK. \TION CO LONDON ANI) FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty __ove.nm< OUTWARDS FBOM LONDON. HOMEWARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Antwerp. Due Leave
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  • 579 11 To the Editor of the New Statesman. Sir, I hav. just had the opportunity of revisiting Hongkong after an absence ttl some years, and whilst there my attention was drawn to the article on the Chinese danger which appeared in yom- issue of January 23rd. It was
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  • 225 11 Anti Riot Bill in Legislative Council. Calcutta, May 17. At to-day's meeting of the Bengal Legislative Council, Sir Hugh Stephenson moved the consideration of the Presidency Area (Emergency) Security Bill, 1920, for safeguarding life and property in Bengal in times if emergency. After some amendments wok-
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  • 282 11 Sam. Ingredient as Absinthe. A sinister comparison between vermouth and absinthe the drink, which has been totbidd n in France, is drawn in the British M. dical Journal. Vermouth, which is the basis of all cocktails and the most popular drink among women in England at the present
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    • 164 11 lIM Afl llfl' KORRENGZAL OINTMENT HH 1 1 1 1 1 1 FOR WOUNDS sores ano all skin diseases nUUUII GRE AT PEPPERMINT CURE J^eP. FOR COUGHS, COLDS, ANO STOMACH COMPLAINTS. Balance in Mature a e tPe Marienbad and Nauheim. nof thie repaired b_ Kutnow's Powder, prod > iste. Hence
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    • 111 11 ■»J fT iii "*T~- "X^ *_.^__pf/ ___fcv E_______i____P^ _L i__. T **"^^^^"~r~~^^^™T¥_-_r-___nr^i __ii M —Mm_■ _T v mmmmSml!ts\^mmw^m¥ _i____i_______________r v T m __H______. i pCfVi? _M_K^_i _r L^*_^S___t'* Special Re_ie\V_2 IScotch Whisky |H MEDITATION. B Matured by time in the cellars of Scotland LONG JOHN nobly responds to the call
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  • 104 12 The rate of freight on Palm Oil in casks o the Pacific Coast has been fixed at $12.00 per 40 eft. From April 1 to May 1, inclusive, the lumber of steamers and ail vessels that .ailed at Sabang, the Dutch port at the north end of Sumatra
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  • 358 12 "Like a 30-ft. Telephone Pole." Vancouver. Seafaring men are already identifying .he sea serpent recently seen oft the coast >j British Columbia with one seen in the -ame vicinity about eighteen months ago. Captain House, of the Canadian Government Fishery Patrol, was on his way north to
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  • 178 12 Experiments undertaken by the U. S. lureau of Aeronautics to disperse fog lave been successful to such an extent hat landing fields for aviators will ROOII kept clear in the densest weather, and hu- one of the greatest perils of flying .vercome. The ann mncenient is made
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  • 122 12 The Southern Railway Company's giant floating electric crane, which had conveyed rolling stock from Southampton for the Isle of Wight Railways, was used at Cowes for lifting and putting into position the huge new mast, together with topmast, for the King's racing yacht Britannia, lt is
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  • 95 12 The forty-fifth ordinary annual general meeting of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Limited, will be held at the Offices of the General Managers on Thursday, June 10, at noon. After providing for Depreciation, all Liabilities, Outgoings in 1925 and taking into account the transfer
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    • 373 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY. MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular mor.thlv sailings by the well- known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and .MALABAR (4,512 tons). The*-- M.RELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single berth cabins, swimming bath,
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    • 441 12 lESSAGERIES MARITIMES HOMEWARD MAILS. To Colombo, Djibouti. Port Said. Marseilles from Singapore. I IMAZONE 11,000 tons June 2 1 D'ART AGN AN 20,500 tons June 16 OUTWARD MAILS. To Saigon, Hongkong Shanghai and Japan. \NDRE LEBON 20,000 tons iune 14 To Saigon, Tourane and Haiphong. A.ZAY LE RIDEAU 14,000 tons
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    • 190 12 J. 8 6. Stewart's Jamie Stuart" LIQUEUR Old Scotch Whisky Sole Agents: JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated Ka Hr.. a-.: Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. La i i LLOYD TRIESTINO NAV. B (Incorporated l_ta_M HOMEWARD SAILINGS Bi-monthly service for Briß*. v r;f and Trieste via ports ttfctag J"*** through Bills
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 683 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. j BY TRAIN. I iuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday a m Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower S\am 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and
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    • 472 13 O. S. K. Line. lk-stinations. Steamers. Arr. Dept. r Rotterdam, Hamburg, rp, Bremen, via Colombo, Aden Andes Maru June 11 June 12 a rl Sodas and Port Said. usa; Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Delagoa Bay, Durban t Panama Maru June 30 July 1 A'.goa Bay, Cape Town, Kio. and Buenos Aires. t
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    • 400 13 TRAVEL COMFORT DOLLAR JBttft __E_"_4>y%, PRESIDENT -1 Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All staterooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, and all have hot and cold
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    • 612 13 Kerr Steamship Co.. Inc.. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.S. A.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suez) mjs. SILVERELM In Port s.s. BORDEAUX MARU due June 15 nus. SILVERAY due June 28 m.s. SILVERPINE due July llth s.s. FUJI MARU
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  • 343 14 THE WALKER CUP. MATCHES COMMENCE TO-DAY. i Ai .erica having: annexed the first fxolf I I honours of the reason through Jesse Sweet, ser, the 24 years old New York golfer, j winning the amateur championship at Muirfu hi. interest now centres upon the j Walker Cup matches
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  • 198 14 At Holland Park, in the British welter- r chami ionbh p Jack Hood outp tinted rh. c rut-; ivaa staged by the National r in« Club. Onlj „x fights foi the k* Iter championship have been held ii a quarter of a centur; and the last was ten
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  • 159 14 Tl an extraordinar; ci I* i I dui ng ;lu match we* n Ibe _i my Goll ng x >ciety and St. A ndrews. Col. Howard and Lt.-Col. Buchanan Dun lop, plaj ing in the f< ron i ain IJ. R< d jei ,i d J. Vfa<
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  • 207 14 An applicanl for the magistrate's advice at the Willesden Police Court explained that he had n ceiv< d a I tter from his landlord's sclicitor "complaining that 1 have taken into m\ [louse a person without the land! >rd's p< rmission." 11. ba I to admit that th
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 218 14 The Best Hot Drink in the World for Children NATURALLY children cannot have coffee, because it contains the drag stimulant caffeine. But they relish a warm drink at meal-time the same as grcv.n-upr. Mothers everywhere now give their children Instant Postum. It is so convenient a teaspoonful of Instant Postum
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    • 306 14 Flies Cany Disease Germs-Kill Them/ IT^LIES, Flies, Flies everywhere bearing Hies and mosquitoes. J- it a with their annoying buzz and economy to use Flit and avoid di* hum Flies with their dangerous, ease. Flit ifl dea;.. easy to use and disease and filth-dragging feet! harmless to humans. It evaporate!
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  • 99 15 The Acting Registrar of Imports and Ex ports supplies the following figures:— Exports (in tons.) To U. Kingdom, May 1926 5,921.4' do May 1925 3,349;8t d^> Jam-May 1926 31,314.2; do Jan.-May 1925 12,101.4. Increase 19,212.8. To Q. States, May 1926 20,421.95 May iy2. r 19.293.74 Jan.-May 1926
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  • 708 15 it Singapore, June 1 t J^P^P»e feature of the week hai lien the large turnover in tin shares. Althouen of ru her has drop^ gjg DoUai shares have remained steady with feu seders n evidence except at hieh prices. Tin. -The metal has shown
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  • 67 15 Jnne Bank 4 m.s. 2 4 3-32 Bank demand 23 11-16 Private credits m.s. 2 4 7-16 New York, demand 56 3_ig Credits 00 days _g l/k France, demand 16(50 India T. T. 154v 4 Hongkong, demand 1 p.c. 1)..-,. Yokohama, demand 118% Java, demand 139 V> Bangkok, demand
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  • 234 15 June •>. Tin 76 Tens $135.00 Gamb.er nQQ Pepper White 62 0 o Pepper black 4 i" 00 Fluke Tapioca 550 Pearl Sago Small 705 C > ra LLB6 opra Sandried jq 15 Opium. Benares unt. 4.000 Rice, Lian? Hin Chaa Mark Rtfd Eagle .New) g 3O Rice. Siam
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  • 535 15 Singapore, June 2. The price of Rubbers show.- furthei decline oyer the week, lo.ai closing af > The Rubber share market, however, has C >ntinued Very steady, business p__ai n g un a small scale with few alterations from last week's quotations. Mining shares, despit.
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  • 116 15 RUBBER AUCTION. Th? Singapore Chamber of Conuoaroa Rubber Association, held its 702nd. auction yesteiday, when there were Catalogued 1,369,534 lbs.; 611.40 tons. Offered 859,160* lbs. 383.55 tons. Sold 070.002 lbs.; 299.37 torn. Spot. London Is B%__ New York _io_ 4 cts PRICES REALIZED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Cen:*
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  • 447 15 Singapore. June 1. The dec lii e in the pi ico at Rubber eontinues but -hare- have remained vera steady, although Borne of the moi,. E afsve counters have fallen slightly. Tin is unchanged over the week but sham are, wit!; one or two exceptions, higher on
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  • 176 15 MAC PHAIL CO. LTD'S REPORT. Singapore. Same Rubber.- -Lo. a] 64. per lb. Tin. —London, C264. 10-. Local 135 tons sold). Rubbers. Skates i qpfc United Malaccas or- ctuoted 3.02, v Scudais af 3.17% 3.22%. Pari: p,.... off. rat 5.40 ai i St* lal i 5.30 5.00 ai B ogas
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  • 50 15 2nd June. ltJ2f_ 12 o'clock noon. Buyers Sellers R.S.S. equal to Standard Q CF. Spot M% Standard R.S.S. t»n Tender Svne S_ Oct-Dec < »,7 Pone of Market:— Steady. Latest Cable: -London Spot Sheet 20 %4 n if. New York Spot Sheet Gk ct_ per
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    • 1264 15 I Assets Uver $_»,50_),000, S.C. nniin am Assurancs THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMP AN H E OP_c E: r 0 jrZr b SteitS Set e To__o N O. HCE The Company has £20,000 de D o .itpH w.__ «_<_ o LOiNUON OFFICE ,vm deposited Wrth the Supreme Court of
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    • 466 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHA BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50 nnn nn Keserve Fund:— Sterling 4,500,00 P__«.__. r- Sllv,er $27,000,00 Keseive Liability of Proprietors $20,000,00 COURT OF DIRECTORS. uP' JTV M V er ard > Esq. Chairman WW p n Langr Deputy Ch ai^an W.
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    • 22 15 in Force Over $22,000,000. If LIMITED. i 32 Old Jewry, E.C. he British Life Assurance AGENTS WANTED Actuary •BINSON, F. I. A.
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    • 45 15 I ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. I (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). I FIRE MOTOR CAR MARIN** I Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manage i_
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  • 140 16 CORONACH WINS. FAVOI RITE GETS THIRD PLACE. [Reuter's Service]. London. June 2, Red. 9.11 p.m. The DERBY STAKES of 100 sovereigns each, with 3,000 sovereigns added. Distance, a mile and a half. Run at Epsom to-day. Result Lird Woolavington's CORONACH (Childs) 1 Mr. W. Singer's LANCEGAYE (Perryman)
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  • 104 16 RAIN DAMPS GAIETY. [Reuter's Service]. London. June 12. Hopes excited by yesterday's glorious weather wt-re disappointed this morning. After a downpour that lasted all night the Spirit ol gaiety and merriment associated with the pilgrims to Epson was largely abae.lt this morning. Venliin nnHaa enthusiasts who. despite
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  • 23 16 [Renter's Service.! London. June 1. Alu-iations ia tlu- Derby probables in dude Tenacity (Thwaites). Cay Lothario •Bd Hercuk.- will not run.
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  • 169 16 THE MALAYAN CRICKET TEAM. To the Editor. Sir,— Commenting, on my letter, written to you long before ±he result of the recent inter-Port match, f/f writer of your Spoiling Notes of to-day, has not missed the opportunity of ventilating his views, impelled obviously ny the unfortunate
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  • 174 16 Danish-Tokio Flight Completed. (Ry courtesy of the Nany. NichiXichi Shimbunsha. Tokio. June 1. The Danish aeroplane arrived at Toko- rozawa this morning Tin and Rubber Quotations. Tin. Banka. still remained at Y. 186 per pikul to-day. while rubber, f.a.q. spot, again depreciated to Y.0.50. the tone «>f the
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  • 93 16 [Reuter's Service.] London. June 1, 8.05 p.m. The Derby betting waa Colorado; 7 i Swift and Sure, taken and offered; i -1 Coronach offered, B—l8 1 taken and wanted; 10 l Lex taken; 18—1 Apple Sammy of fered; 80 1 taken; 28—1 Fingla-; 39 -1 tTmiez. taken
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  • 173 16 in a ease ai the OU Bailey ta mail week objection was taken to the appearance in the iadfctmenl of 'ho words "Prime Minister;" a curious reminder thai the Prime M ni.-t. r. though he recently received special recognition in the tables of precedence, atiU aeema
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  • 74 16 YESTERDAY S HRST ROUND RESI I IS. [Reuter's Service.] London, June 2. At St. Andrew's in the Walker Cup golf competition the scores at the end of the tirst round of the foursomes were: Wethered and Holderness 3 up on Ouimet and Guilford. Sweetaer and Yon Lim
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  • 145 16 AUSTRALI AN DAIRY PROD UCTS. The Producers' Distributing Society Ltd. ol Sydney. Australia, in whose interests Mr. H. Sharpe is now visiting this part of the world, has had a very successful career since it started in 1901 the sales rising from .71,. •">•"> to i'4.0n4.1..;. This i> a co-opera-tive
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  • 30 16 Orders for week ending Week Ending June 7th. Thursday, 3rd. King's Birthday Parade. See Special Orders. Saturday Sth. Wireless Class. Headquarters. ••> pjn. I RANK C. SAXDS, Commissioner.
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  • 110 16 Dr. Brooke's report of the Baby Show organised on April 28th at the Memorial Halt— a full report of which was published al the time -shows that the receipts included $700 to the prize fund, $75 for rents, $342 from the toy stall and miscellaneous, totalling
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  • 73 16 T In the report of the first hearing of the case in which a Malay stands charged with the theft of the contents >f some registered articles, it was stated if a person had access to the G.P.O. he did not suppose that it would be possible
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  • 38 16 Recruiting has been generally resumed in Madras Presidency but the following taluks are closed to recruiting owing to prevalence of disease: Tinnevelly: taluks ol Strivai-Timdum, Thiruchandur and Nangunery; Trichy: taluk of Odayarpalayam; Salem: taluk of Salem.
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  • 385 16 BATSMEN FAIL AGAIN. Bostock-Hill and Hennessey in Form. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, June 2. The match between Hongkong and the F.M.S. was resumed this morning before a large crowd. The wicket was found to' be bumpy when Hongkong started their second innings and they had lost
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  • 479 16 THE DUKE'S WIN AGAIN. .W. Regt 8. R. A 0. Another easy victory awaited the Duke Wellington's Regiment when they met ie Royal Artillery on the Stadium yesteriy afternoon in a First League match, it as a very one-sided game, the only thing hieh added some interest to
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  • 92 16 The Hongk ng eleven having returned from Kuala Lumpur it has l*-on decided to have an all -day match against the S.C.C. starting ai eleven o'clock this morning. The <>.('.<'. will be represented by the following: R. A. Ashworth. V. < 'harlesw >i th. E. W. Hare.
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  • 311 16 LANCASHIRE Sl RREY. [Reuter's Service Lancashire IHI Surrey 27.". and 255, and 124 At Manchester: Lancashire 1 >eat Surrey I y 34 runs, the game being won with the last ball bowled. Lancashire made IHI in their tirst innings of which Makepeace made 65, Fender taking six wickets
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  • 46 16 Goals P. W L. D. V. A. Pt*. Dukes 8 ll -'j 5 sac 2 10 15 8 I S.C.F.A. 3 111 0 2 ILK. 3 I J J W SRC 2 0 11 8 I I R.A. > 0 2 1 010 1
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  • 221 16 ESSEX CLUB AND THE LEYTON GROUND. A strenuous effort is to be made this year to raise the purchase price of the Essex county cricket ground at Leyton. The present proprietors, the Army Sports Central Board, have given the club an extended option until September SO, after which date they
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  • 63 16 Programme of Drills ap to and for June oth. Thursday. 0.45 a.m.. Drill Hall. Birthday Parade S.V.C. Friday, 5.15 p.m.. Drill Hall. Non-Euro-pean Units: 5 p.m.. Malay Drill Hall. Malay Company. Saturday. 2.30 p.m., Bukit Timah Range. Units, S.V.C.; 2.30 p.m.. Fairer Range, European Units, Casuals. Sunday,
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    • 102 16 j WHERE THERE IS A MOUTRIE PIANO THERE IS j HAPPINESS. BUY YOURS TO-DAY. Illustrated price list free on request. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD (Incorporated in Hongkong). RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE Ons smote Whether a man practices Latu or Medicine they are both conducive to the training of a sound judgment
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