The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 26 August 1926

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  • 233 2 Government Gifts to the Zoo. fc*a Park Gardens have been em handsome jzit't of valuable mais f tl >• odan Govern- were stiev I th] ugh the pers B ts and keen interesl of the Soudanes Warden, Captain Henry Brocklehurst, and the} pris< several rare
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  • 231 2 Lloyd I rge's Warning lis; am il na; ruthk ol h( eh ivilisa- Ids. ;aid Mr. G n add] ng d om nation assei lal the stvei nvei Christian Ei enl not gei iwa om that then I warn j last war is esl that
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 319 2 ■jaWaaWaaWßSHß3naaaaagaßaaaga»l»>." I II I BaJHimmU) IllaJaWP DON'T MISS THIS Ci .1 NEW Something ER DANCING EXTRAORDINARY. MDM. "KELVEY Presents her TALENTED PUPILS At the VICTORIA THEATRE. Wednesday, Sept. 2:.nd. (Mafinee). THURSDAY, 2:ird SATURDAY, In aid of DR. BERNARDO'S HOME. i i wmsmvawbmsmTstmmay*7ssaSy%m^smssmmswkwmm THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. p.- The Town Amusement
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    • 500 2 A SPLENDID PROGRAMME From Tuesday, 24th. to Sunday, 29th. August. ALHAMBRA In the Second Show at 9 p.m. A FOX SPECIAL Featuring MAY MCAVOY in eompanv with LESLIE FENTON, FORD STERLING and ROCKLIFFE i in a vivid drama of fate with a beautiful girl a> The Road to Glory A
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  • 549 3 AFFAIRS IN CHINA. I 1 suggest that the Southborough Committee give a dance at Claridge's. It is but lining that after five months of strenuous labour, they should, before dispersing for i the summer holidays, turn to some form ol refreshment. This should not clash with
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  • 322 3 New £175,500 Com pan) to lake it Over. Madame Tussaud's, the famous exhibition which was a feature of London life far more than ninety j ar until it was burned down ast year, i.- to be revived. A new company has been formed to take over
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  • 11 3 What is the difference between advertising and publicity? Mr. Justice Mackinnor
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  • 232 3 European Wacchorse Owner Badly Injured. Bombay, Kug. 2. J Poona, A.ug. Ist. A fatal motor smash j occurred on the Bomhay-Poona road a!>ove the (Iha is. I The persons involved arc well known in Bombay one a European race-horse owner, i .Mr. Burns, racing under
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  • 19 3 Ji' I had to live in one climate all my life I should choose the English climate. Colonel House.
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    • 219 3 1 When you expect babyremember thai every cell compnsmg baby's b. dv and there ar :r »»tt»«M ol them must have calcium for its nucleus, f** r u onlv *"»w of supplv. Kalzana, the new a ium-food, b the solution of vour problem. It supplies in a palatable, easily digested
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    • 173 3 Ysr\ m sr\*er\s m srVsr^^ j Why Hartley's Jam is Cheapest ll fcfrr^^^ Modern scientific laboratory modern mae; W^S \Ji\mmt^^^\ tne atest packing methods, vast resoui I"^^ which give us the pick of tht and sugar m l I_j^^^/^__ffSl kets, enable us to make 100 per cent, pure jam at
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  • 211 4 %v.w^%v.v.\v.v.%v.vv-.w.-. ONE MILLION POUNDS IN GOLD. SINGAPORE'S MILITARY PAGEANT. •p v ni a i mtter 1 xes, but they t ntain par r t! 0,000 in sold shipped bj pyi ghl By with Daily Graphic]. B E. winning the Goodwood Stake- by a length and a
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    • 122 5 A AN 1 T I 1 I 1 <N 1 AN A VJUUU JL ILIIXDI x IXfJxj OdYcb bile? vUYcI _r\. pOOI* 0116 Sllol*t6llS ItS lllS It is the job of the inner tube to hold air to keep the costly cover well rounded out and protected against excessive flexing
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  • 493 6 Three Obstacles to Move by U.S.A. "We started out to establish the principle that the war debts of European nations were valid. That principle has been established and Great Britain has never questioned it. That principle having been settled, my own feeling, and that of the organisation
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  • 431 6 Secrets of Love and Jealousy. D Julia Seton, of New ork (an M.D. of Colorado and of Tufts Colli ge, B< toi as t to Lond< n to ad\ ance the cause Ihe scien< of numbi She reduces charm in a man and jealousy in
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  • 436 6 Maker of a Railwaj Record to Retire. 'i he man who tru re than twenty-two years ago made a railwaj speed re ord which, in spite of the v. n< erful new engines now on the steel loads of the world, has never been equalled
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  • 334 6 I oi A. Critchles i ieadii e 1 lackburn i nine man. and vis the l at E .ha list -Convention at Cl has turn< I ho narting under the indignity ids wife, and other Britons suffi Unit< d S a mmigrat ies. When the Carmania,
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  • 31 6 The nightmare of a Prime Minister', life W the gentle pattering of feet after him from morning till night with the words. "Can I have five minutes with you?"— Mr. Baldwin.
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    • 36 6 AT WHITEAWAYS Thursday, August 26. Friday, August 27. Saturday, August 28. UAI V n il I r A AA JL JaUfl A _H__B_nB_^_n_aßßHßHaaHHaa9a>>Bt>anaßnaß^ Whiteaway, Laidlaw 8 Co., Ltd., 5S Singapore Malacca and Seremban. PHOENIX AERATED WATERS.
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    • 210 6 /^^^W^ //V mtWmvl depressed? Do you find it hard Jr-^^^» to k ee P S°* n S Then you net d And the good Wincarnis does natural, wholesome tonic food. /V y L4/C>' </il Begin to take Wincarnis now! It has s^^-------<^ taj, at L a rich, mellow flavour that
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  • 684 7 FRASER'S WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore. Aug. 24. I Tin has advanced £2 per ton during the week and with Rubber continuing very steady a iair business in shares has been passing. Industrials and Loans also being in demand. Quotations for Dollar Rubber shares do not shew any noticeable
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    • 351 7 BUSINESS CARDS, TTvMIORI) FLOWER STALL I I Ko. ITO-1, Orchard Road f URNISHING HOUSE). Sheaves, Bouquets. f at noderatc prices. i\\. 1965. MARY SETON. I m\c kwooI) FURNITURE J n Hongkoa^. 5 I. amps and Shades. 5 •/.v.v.w.v.vaw.ssvA ;l f table tops. flooring. TILES. Etc. iM.APORE CASKET CO. Mai ble
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    • 561 7 NOTICES. KLUANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby gives that the Ninth Ananal General Meeting of this Company wll bf held on Tuesday. 14th September. 1920 at VI o'clock noon at which the Directors will recommend that a Final Dividend of H> per cent, foi the year ended :*oth June.
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    • 360 7 TENDERS. TENDERS. Tenders are invited for erection of Proposed i Workmen's Quarters at Perak Road for Messrs. Hammer Co., Ltd. Plans, Specifications and Particulars may be obtained from Architects. Tenders will close at noon on Monday, o"ih. September, 192*5. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. SWAN MACLAREN, Architects,
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    • 414 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Walnut stained and wax polished teak Household Furniture, Cutlery, Glasses, Crockery. Plants, Tennis gear etc. To he held at Kinrara (otf Orchard Road) near Police Station On Saturday, 28th. Aug. at 2.30 p.m. Comprising walnut stained teak Jacobean settee, arm chairs and tables, bedsteads,
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    • 461 7 NOTICES. THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESSThe only Morning Daily in Malay*; a live "rews" paper 35-40 columns of news daily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazn each morning, with Latest Telegrams, Lat*«t News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures yi the week" Seria]
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 448 7 MACPHAIL AND CO., LTD'S. WEEKLY REPORT. Singapore, Aug. 24. Although both the London and local prices of rubber show a small gain the rubber market h:t.- been quiet the week under review. London Stocks have increased by a further 365 tons making a total of 29,677 tons. Rubber shares continue
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    • 316 7 1 1.95. Renongs <-tl\-r a1 65s buyers bidding I •;:is. Rahmans have buyers at 2.60 with .-<'ilc)'< at 2.65 business passing at the middle figure. Mambaus are quoted 1.40 1.45. Teiul: Kruins offer at 1.72% ex. buyers bidding 1 .<i T Puchongs are quoted 12s 9d. 13s 3d prem. Eastern
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  • 57 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATHS DE BURGH-THOMAS. On August 25th Mary Patreeia, aged i months, daughter ol W bert and Myfanwy de Burgh-Thomas on Pulau Bulang Estates. Funeral at Singapore. PEATE. At General Hospital on August 25th, 1926, Alfred Frederick Peate, aged 10. Funeral will take place at Bidadari 'hi.-> afternoon, the
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  • 507 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926. An Ugly Strike Development. Whether Mr. Baldwin likes it or not Governmenl may he forced into taking a hand again in coal strike affairs, t'oi' there is little doubt thai things are beginning to take an unpieasani turn. The instances which are reported,
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  • 250 8 WhHsl the war gave to (lying an enormous impetus in the development oi facilitj it did little towards experimentation with safety, because in war the firsl necessity is effect, and safety mu.st inevitably bea secondary consideration. But with the coming of peace and with the continued developmenl of
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  • 254 8 In the paragraph regarding the sad death of a < Kinese towkay on the Koen Hoea the name of deceased, Theng Seng Hie, was by error spelled Theng Seng Kit*, who is a son of the deceased. Mr. Theng Seng Hie was fiftynine years of age, not fifty. Members of
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  • 42 8 Eurasian Engineer Charged. ALLEGED DANGEKOIS DKIVIN... (from Our Own Cuiii*P undent J PenanK. Aag. 2"». In the Police Court to-day a Eurasian named E. C. Fcrdinando, engineer at the Bampar Mine,, was charged with dangerous driving ot a motor car.
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  • 45 8 < From Oui Own Correapomtenl I. I'enaim, Aag. -•">• A verdict of suicide was returned ia connection with the death of a priest, who! was found hanging in Pitt street temple on I August 17th. He had formerly attempted to take hit j life.
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  • 286 8 YESTERDAY'S FUNERAL. The burial of the remains al the late Mrs. C \V. Darbishire, brought out from home on the steamer Glengarry, which arrived port yesterday morning, book place yeatei day afternoon. Many friends of tht Mr. and Mrs. Darbishire attended the brief service al
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  • 62 8 Budapest, Vul; Jl. rh< appeal c »urt ha til on -nt of the low irt n al] points ii ase of the franc foi get s. The n atei '.•roe. adviser to th Geographical li titute. and Raba, ex-^ccretarj to Prince .Vindisohgraetz, have been reduced fr tw..
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  • 331 8 The Gov* rnoi Genera] of lad -China is visiting Bang* k this week and will >ign the recently agreed on convention between 1 Sian and Indo-China. Tin- driver uf a Johore Bahru motor car, No. 641, was charged in the Second Police Court yesterday with causing m atli bj rash
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  • 128 8 Promissory Note (ase. sKcnM) MAGISTRATES OOUMEMtj '•i think b MM. N bort Hung should happen said Mr. Bull, Bi yesterday, when he was order for case bo w lot iin.l rwrtiima ||r. Wilson, aho .n cation, with Mr. I taw defence, iteli d m openin bo used,
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  • 18 8 UIU'N M- CAB DRIVI |> SIX HII k II i District J of the ffcrini
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  • 65 8 Ml A. V. i' i W.fici. N wing i feser« l fore becoming mi H t. an\ i harit > in the n le ol no chikken's oonoert wm served i B during the am other froi I li EMM Wll friend uid much
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  • 108 8 PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ORGAN DEDICATION. i I following evening at the Pri at The Amateui < w '.ii endeat our to transmit I Invocation; Dedicatory; P Psalm, Vetat s 1 and R S »10, Inaugural Mai c Ur. .1. Baiabri Peace, Francio 1 loyd, Mr* D i Male Quart tt. [i
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 214 8 A Glass a Day for Your Health" CALDBECK, MCGREGOR CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Shanghai.) I Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Klang. J WWfUUIfUVUWVUUVUWW V.V.V. f Gms That Last yu)^ j; I Silver &E P Ware. Prices beyond competition. Ij B. P. De SILVA I- THE ROYAL JEWELLER. m\ 82j3
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    • 54 8 -Q<^. FOR ALL l*" VERMIN USE AGENTS: W. R. Loxley Co. DEARS' i j 1 GOLDEN SERIES. j a "a".*."-'.".".*.".".". a" m9\msJ 9HM-J^B W^ -fl-i-^^^^^^^. •i IT'S AN EASY JOH ■i to renovate your car with {■■■■■■■■■■■■■mm ROBBIALACS gnommn ll OF ALL GARAGES AND DEALERS; 'j'j^'^Yi'-ViViVi'iVi'i i i i i
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  • 174 9 TEMPERS RISING. UUCX PROTECT WORKERS. London. Aug. 21. K igh: Smith, a min- era' agent. pounds sterling ot the agaric (he SUpplj of coal. He ird ti deputies of miners and charge o." ioa. After SMa as ieM c Uiery, but i incident although the lesentfnl a
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  • 72 9 a lised labour i ess ritis Eml 3 aild ag, cob is built day when Mt. Mil- a isl mat committee rUn am, a\ clared the irculai Imericai rganis ean ■n se an Er ?1 sk imulated a fortune in real-estati buiM- gaged build the lai It
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  • 92 9 i the n ilati marj unc I aief ol the military Forces Red Fleet, has been Bluklevit h, formei acting tarj lir forces. The central .tioi of R I Arm} has be -n aim scho .!s and the pograph* a snt and I ai being mified
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  • 46 9 Lae Angeles, Aag. ate ::•':> feel in" tLami r »n--a naval engineer fui saYing was icci safufly r wte to-day. tafery lo earth aa aeroplane from f 2-5 feet. The machine landed li hiß and smashed its proas r .e: ase andamaga d.
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  • 382 9 BRITAIN AND GERMAN ENTRY. LORD CECIL'S PLAN. [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Aug. 24. The committee on the composition of the League of Nations Council, which consists j Of representatives of 15 countries, including al] those with seats on the council, together with Germany, reassembles in Geneva next
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  • 254 9 tl \BN H: \liS Ol PROGRESS. Rugby, Aag. 24. seventh birthday to-morrow. The tish air liners have in that time flown ►vei 7.000,000 miles and 100,000 passengers ha> been carried across the Channel, togethei with £17,000,000 worth of g Is, including £10,00< .000 >f gold bullion. Tl pi
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  • 54 9 An enormous crowd in pouring rain all the afternoon awaited admittance to the mortuary chapel where Valentino's body lies it: state. The crush was so great that hundreds ,f women fainted and a heavy plateglass window at the Broadway entrance was .-mashed, three women and three policemen bein^r
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  • 13 9 [Reuter's Service.] Athens, Aug. 25. Kondouriotis. has resumed the Presidency.
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  • 61 9 MAN HURLS BOMB. BUILDING ROCKS: MANY CASUALTIES His demand for $2-000 being refused, a oan huiled a bomb in the Farmers' Deposit Savings Bank, wrecking the interior of the building, whose sixteen storeys rocked witb the violence of the explosion. The man's head was blown off. two
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  • 168 9 FAMOUS IRISH POLITICIAN DEA D [Renter's Service.] London. Aug. 24. The death is announced in Dublin of Mr. John Gordon Swift Macneill, formerly Nationalist M.P. for S. Donegal (1887--1918). Mr. MacNt iIL was a prominent figure i:i j all debates on Irish affairs prior to the settlement of the Irish
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  • 139 9 i Reuter's Sei v ice. Delegate? from 32 nations are attending the fourth International Congress of Boy Scouts, which is being held hero tin- week. Much energy is being shown in a full programme, which includes lectures, debates, concerts, official dinners and mountain exursions. Major-General Sii Robert
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  • 79 9 \.t>w York. Aug. 24. Mr. Henderson, President of the New fork Rubber Exchange, who has jusl re- urned from England, urges Americans to orgel ill-feeling against Britain, as he believes the curtailment of rubbei export canu be > nstrued as l>'- m_'- aimed against \mc-
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  • 1241 9 Claim Against U.S. Shipping Corporation. DUTCH FIRMS COPRA. The late arrival in Singapore at the beginning of the year of the American steamer West Prcspect, as a result, it was stated on behalf of the owners, of rough weather encountered in the Pacific and a breakdown of
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 92 9 VV_VVArVAV%rW.V.V.V-V.V.V.\V a VAWAPMV.VAW.W.W.VM LADIES' SILK HOSIERY. Three Wear- Well Qualities in all the j Fashionable Shades. ;i j: THE PHOENIX UM jj Robinson Co., Ltd S (Incorporated in the Stra tc SettleraenU.) jj Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. AV.V.r iWAVA\V.VW.V«WWAV,V.%V. .V.W. AV.V.V.V.-.' THE PINK PERFECTION ALWAYS IN THE LEAD VWWWUWWWWVWWWWWI^ "Expamet "(W)
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  • 533 11 Neglected Relics. Who has not heard of the Cross of Ban- bury? But few even in India know anything of the Three Crosses of Delhi, for j although the Government carefully looks j after the ancient monuments of India, it has sadly neglected the memorials, which
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  • 370 11 Sir Henry Braddon on Business Honour. Sir Henry and Lady Braddon were the guests of the English-Speaking Union at th_- Criteri n, when Mr. F. E. Powell presided. Sir Henry said that it was deeply sigm ficant thai there waa a direct line ol spiritual succession
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  • 13 11 Trade will never recover until local and national expenditure is curtailed. Lord Joieey.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 154 11 PATENT M Popular Puddings i^^'^HNFLOU^kj^ For growing children there is no fi _fe; _> N cs- jf.? brtt ei 'balanced or mor^ nourishing W^SJ V^p^,^ >d tmn the delicious milk and 'i C rn OU! P u^ ln S s they love so gj HChsP- <ct,">- v **^-.>i~^- .^>*-.f ij.'&'c-*^
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    • 311 11 ,1 111 MIMIIJ I M I MM I M I f MM I M *****1l lIIIMIIII MII'IM IM M tfllllll M illl M MIM M l IIM HIM MM II IMI IM I »TI lIMI I'l MIMIIIL v Jj! 1 Cigarettes of Character iS^^i'^^^M^^^^ A s popu,ar as ever! The
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 618 13 O. S. K. Line. destinations. 0 o m j r- Steamers. Arrive Dent I adoa, Rotterdam, Hamhurg. Bremen. Vr.t.verp. via Colombo, Aden, Port Sudan _uid Port Said. ta-, Zanzibar. Da,-cs-Salaam Sept 7 P,,r». M-*» 8., Durban t Chicago Maru Sept. 16 Sept 17 •uroan. Algo a Bay, Cape Town, p
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    • 369 13 >■_________ TRAVEL" COMFORT "DOFQinaPKIT'" Ik ■KJCwEWEVWE 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 a n electric reading lamp. Staterooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running
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    • 596 13 Kerr Steamship Co.. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK. (Incorporated in U.SaA.) GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT~SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suez) s.s. VENICE MARU In Port s.s. WALES MARU due Sent 6 m.s. SILVERLARCH due Sept' 18 m.s. CUBA MARU due Sept >7 m.s. SILVERCEDAR due
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  • 499 14 Persiflage About Personalities. A smiling, rather nervous man, in a blue and white suit with grey hair slipping over his forehead in something of a Napoleonic curl came on the stage of the London Pavilion on July 19th. to poke humorous fun at everything from politics
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  • 208 14 Home Secretary Attacked. Sir William Joynson-Hi< ks, the Home S retary, is attacked in the Conservative Clubs' < e, the offii ial organ of the AsFociation of Conservative Clubs, in conn c tion with the Government's decision I postpone dealing with the hours of i!e < xicating drinks in
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  • 300 14 Women Recommended for Deportation. rhe statement that the tw i women had passed under 21 different names was made at Bow-street Police Court when Mary Allen McCormick, married, aged 40, and her daughter, Marylon Dorothy MeCormick, 20, were sentenced to a month's imprisonment and recommended for deportation
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 160 14 Avoid Artificial Stimulants I I 'HEY accomplish the exact opposite of the effect desired. A How often a person asks for a cup of coffee "to brace himself up." Little he realizes that the caffeine in coffee is apt to quicken his heart and rouse to fevered action the nerves
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    • 135 14 0,834 IL When your skin I is disfigured^ I I remeniber ENO j Rashes, pimples, prickly heat, a sallow com- I j| plexion are all signs of blood impurities. The 1 daily use of ENO brings a clear and healthy j S complexion because it helps Nature to expel impurities
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