The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 October 1926

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press i i-.vrs. SINGAPORE. 55.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1926. NO. 11,933.
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  • 289 1 The Home Ccvernnu lit were severely criticised by Mr. lynes and Mr. 1 loyd George durin» he coal debate m the House of Commons Page •>• The Premier declared that it was not for the Government to advise the parties how hey should settle si ih a
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  • 848 1 On a certain moor m nnrth nut Yorkshire there is a stone which, .judging Ly its shape and the remains of an inscription on one side, is ru ither a boundary-stone nor an Ancient British monument. The people of the dale bolow say lhat it marks
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 154 1 nansa an" best LypOU MARGARINE^ I FOB \I!I.K TSE. jj Raffles Hotel x,, 320. SAKKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. Dinner Dance T 3DAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. Tea Dance INDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. tIM t -!firnf>-: all N«>" JMW can enjoy quiet efficiency I if the lair.ous Ke- m your office. You can
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    • 164 1 THE Talcum Powder for YOU. ANTISEPTIC AND FRAGRANT. THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO. LTD. LONDON, PARIS NEW YORK. 55, Robinson Road: I The Europe Hotel. ■I NEW YEARS EVE AND BOXING NIGHT "j Christmas Eve Special Dinner and Cinderella Dance. New J Christmas Tree Decoration. Christmas Night. Yuletide Dinner. Distribution of
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    • 139 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attractions- -Page L Trade mark notice Page <. Nell Gwyn at Empire—Page 2. Ford trucks. Weame'a— Page 5. Billeted, at the Theatn Page 2. Crown Tak-um, Gossage Page 1. Shipping on papes lv. 12 and L& Building overseer wanted— Pajre 7. Willard batteries. U.E*s— Page 14. The
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    • 7 1 J SWALLOW ARIELL'Sf f: "CHERRY RIPE" wywwiv.VAV.v.v.v.v.v.f
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 71 1 THE WEEK. High Water Z2l a.m.. L 42 p.m. Singapore Tennis Championship. Polo: Sussex Cup. High Water. 3.29 a.m., 2.29 p.m. Australasian mail closes, 8 i na West Australian mail closes, 10 a.m. Homeward mail close- (train) 3 p.m. Friday, 29th. High Water, 4.53 a.m., 3.32 p.m. Kinta Tin Meeting,
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  • 740 2 The Johore Investitures. SUNDAY'S UNCTION (From Our Muslim Co-respondent.) Hi> Excellency Sh 1 Laurence (Juillenuinl. Governor of the Straits Settlements, will, 1 anderstand, present the CM. (I. (Hon:) and the .B.K. (Hon:) insignia to His Highness Tur.tiku Ismail, Tongku Mahkota of -i hoj"e, and the Honourable Dato' Abdullah
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  • 98 2 11. Phya Sarasastr, Siam's Chief Highway Engineer, who represented Siam at the Highway Conference held m Paris. has returned to Siam. It is understood ill Pangfaok that he will X' appointed CommissioneT Genera] i I Railways at an early date, m succession to H. R. H. Prince Kambaenji* Bejia. His
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 141 2 SKETOLENE. Manufactured according to the ORIGINAL BANGKOK RECIPE On Sale at all Chemists. Price $1.50 per 8 oz. bottle. Sole Importers. MEDICAL HALL LTD. SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MAi.\> OPERA. CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. Mdm. VI 9 Dancing For children arid young ladies m Character,
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    • 435 2 Victoria_J?heatre. COMING "THE RETREAT from MONS" PASSED AND APPROVED BY HIS MAJESTY'S ARMY COUNCIL. TO BE RELEASED IN ARMISTICE WEEK. THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE. Friday. November 12th, is Production DayBooking will be at John Little's,*:s3, 2 1, Q From Wednesday. 27th October to Tuesday, 2nd November. "The Latest PATHE GAZETTE" Includes
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    • 302 2 A VERY ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME OF \ii tr,, > PARAMOUNT PICTURES. *N| From Wednesday, 27th. Oct. to Monda\. s n< AT THE m ALHAMBRa (TAN CHEONG KEE Co.. Ltd., Pnp In the Second Show, commencing 9 p m E THE EMPIRE NEWS BULLETIN A particularly Interesting number, SCENES IN THE FUNERAL
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  • 1524 3 Autumn Begins. THE MINER'S RETURN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Sept. 30. All the warm summer weather has disappeared and we have now started Autumn with slight frosts on some nights and pleasantly tine but not warm days. We ought to be vepy grateful for the summer
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  • 404 3 Thi claim of the French airman Callizo to have reached the height of 47,370 feel has been confirmed by the Aero Club. This not only establishes a height rec rd; it cay remarkable tribute to the physical condition of the pilot. F: w people can stand
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 135 3 \"\L _^S 'f^ 'ft '*/ft =^^J* t' i^^ &j I The Food of Kings Court Physicians know the best and see that Royal Babies have the best. That is why 5 Glaxo has been used with success m 5 Royal < Nurseries. Only the best is good enough for <
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    • 60 3 k llf ____f^^^ <^_P^^^__r I —^__l i JL-t-L enduring forms of Handcraft finds its expressldil ih ancient architeaure. But the same spirit which impelled the attainment of perfection m equal masterpiece of Handcraft m ARDATII TOBACCO CO., LTD., LONDON W t k 1 1 n H I* njiii z^m^i _5i
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  • 1682 4 CAR TALKS. CAR TALKS. ll.— The Power Unit. FIRST PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION. [Specially Written by liafoo for Free Press]. The power unit usually employed m caris an internal combustion engine deriving its force from the explosion within it.- cj linders of a gas comp< Bed roughly of venteen parts by
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  • 360 4 (ON KM m S IXITI A m F. At b time when many parts of the country are under clouds of industrial depres sicii it is pleasant to visit Coventtyi which, if not rolling m prosperity, nemi t i be enjoying "business as usual." That \\;i>.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 207 4 200 Freight Cars A Day Leave Huge Dodge Plant Each day 200 freight cars leave Dodge Truck plants (they are now a division of Brothers plant, loaded with Dodge Broth- Dodge Brothers) and Dodge Brothers ers Motor Cars. plant m Canada, and the figures would Linked together, these railroad cars
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    • 103 4 V J^T^^^/ W\' TB H**> «o v s r»r orr. JL FILArSI I B^Bklr' v I /IBJ *.^Bk BBf .^r i' c^L^fHII li# ft ■r.^^b^bm^v^^ l^^^^ar^S II if Bi s 1 Uv Ja f [1 1 B 1 SB^rr^B^ I ill KB ■n jC3 I ■1 1 i 1 Distributors
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  • 30 5 Successful tests have been made m France of an oil-burning automobile. The cost of operating averaged two cent? a mile, the car making sever, miles to the gallon of fuel.
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  • 192 5 A HIM TO mVNKR-DRIYKKS There arc many ways m which the owner "f a present -day car can minimise the carbon deposit bogey, the most important <»t" which are given below: Attend to the condition of the piston rings. If they do not bear evenly on the cylinder
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  • 55 5 American statisticians state that v i i cars are estimated bo be cheaper than i l, other manufactured product, with the ex ception of agricultural implements, Motorcars sell there for about ~s per 11... vrhich is cheaper than butter. Tlie more popular cars m Britain sell
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    • 191 5 I MEN AND WOMEN WHO CHRYSLER! I The G. Model Phaeton. Price $5,100. j: a J A i B p Men and women who are judges of perform- "I ance and who appreciate inbuilt quality m J motor cars, have unhesitatingly expressed Itheir preference for Chrysler. I; Race drivers whose
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    • 171 5 In performance and comfort it equals cars of much higher price. Its speed, power, easy gear change (4 speeds with right-hand control) and easy steering, make it a delight to handle. The 4-wheel brakes give complete control. A Hillman Fourteen will not skid. i The sensible width of the four
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  • For the Leisure Hour
    • 967 6  -  HORATIUS THE AIRY NO-TRIMPER. by [FREE PIESI SPECIAL.} The 1 i l, t and airy Xo Trutnner. the more jtob ste it, is not good Bridge. It has one I;.-.- and >ne justifications-ill ■?;r;:i\ ing, If w< kept it m i m for that. I misunderstandings
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  • 1157 6  - ARE WE GROWING MORE HONEST DAVID BLAKEWAY THAT NEW COMMUNAL FEELING by I FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] I For some years past an extraordinary number of crimes have taken place for i which various reasons have, at different i times, been given by people who style themselves criminologists. Although differing m
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 171 6 IVANHOE— Sir Walter Scott's Classic In Pictorial Form— No. 13. I THE STORY THUS FAR— The story is laid m the England of Richard I. Gurth, a swineherd, and Wamba. a jester, are accosted by a party of knight* seeking the castle of Cedric, the Saxon. The knights are coldly
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    • 228 6 .VWAV.V.VAV vt\ WA V. W.% V.YAW. V.V -V.V.V.V^, TAPERED ROLLER BEARINGS j j SIMPLE EFFICIENT ADJUSTAMIj Come to us for Replacements I "> —WE CARRY STOCKS FOR I- ALL POPULAR MAKES 01 ji CARS AND LORRIP2S— MALAYAN MOTORS, (Proprietors WEARNK Hros.. Ltd.) B -V-V.V.".V.V-'-V.V» WW.W.W.W.' V.V.V.V.-j P B. S. A.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 232 6 wV T =A3vA\CED TC THE TENTS OF THE £p HOSE OPPOSED TO BOIS-GUILBERT. THE LEADER Slri INALLY WHEN ITSEOV^DTHAT BOISCUILBFRT trT^ i 1^ /fIF ;^>_^;'| K f >T^ v J"E EACH TOUCHED THE UT OF THE CHALLENGERS. AND TO MALVOISIN AND JET AND THIS CHALLENGERS^WERE TO^EMERGE WITH ALL W) ISREGARDING
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  • 1135 7 Results Including Saturday, Oct. 16. Home Away Goals Goals P W D L F A W I) L F A Points. Stoke 13 6 1 0 22 2 4, 1 1 10 7 22 Chesterfield 12 :> 2 0 22 0 -2 10 5 18 Netoon
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  • 279 7 BIG EXPORTS [NCREASE. At the sixteenth annual meeting of the j I North Borneo Chamber of Commerce thy i Hon. Mr. \Y. B. Johnston, chairman, stated j that the price of rubber during the year varied from time to time but prevailing j prices w »re
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 331 7 piISINESS CARDS. rgABT SErON. I! FIRNITLRE 5 SHANGHAI SHADES. f HJKrT MANSIONS. j f .-.V.V.V.W.VAWWrtrS is 1 11 s BABBLE OR GRANITE fIINGAPOItf CASKET CO. NY v. ■NT AL MASONS.' TELEPHONE T5. WHIPPET .i HIRE. rt a Reduction m Rates THE gIATW MOTOR CAR CO. wi a 69b. Buk.t Timab
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    • 503 7 NOTICES. NOTICE. CHANGE OF ADDRESS. Mr. and Mrs. R. X. Hamilton, 11 Dalvey Estate. Telephone 1200. KROH FOREST TIN DREDGING COMPANY. LIMITED. Applications [ox shares m the above Company will be received at the Singapore. Kuala tmnpm and Penang branches of The Mercantile Bank ol India Limited on or before
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    • 899 7 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the above Trade Mark is the property of IJMIHf TAX KAH KEE COMPANY tarrying on busine>s at No. 3i-2 Sumhaua Road, Sin^.pore, and is used by them m respect of Solid Pumpkin Brand Rickshaw Tyre> manufactured by them and sold m the Colony of
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  • 1180 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1926. Imperial Education. If nut the most interesting, by far j 1 the most contentious and possibly j the most important, of the various points m Mr. Amery's speeches at the Imperial Conference was that ofi' education m our Colonies and Dep-! endencies. If
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  • 81 8 A Fatal Fight Between Two Chinese. THE CORONER'S VERDICT (From Our Own Correspondent.* Penang, Oct. 26. The Coroner's inquest on a Chinese mason named Lecng Sicw, who died at the Lepeit Asylum, Pulau Jerejak, after an alleged fight with another Chinese named Yee Geoh, a carpenter, resulted m
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  • 368 8 TOWKAY'S HEAVY IX)SSES The curious case arising out of a gambling party m a house m Smith Street during which a Chinese towkay lost nearly j $3,000 m cash, was continued before Mr. j Smith m the Third Police Court yesn niay. Mr. Ho Seek Guan, the
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  • 37 8 [Reuter's Service.] London. Oct. 2.">. A Cairo telegram states that :he Cabinet has decided to issue a decree limiting the cotton acreage m the country to two-third's <>f the present area for three year-.
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  • 267 8 Owing if the great demand tor l'-esh fowl's egqrs m Malacca the price has risen from 6 to B cents each. Mr. James Alwies Samarakooii. of the Government Printing Office, Singapore, will be leaving for Ceylon on Friday on retirement, after 41 years of Government osrvfice, 22 of which were
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  • 415 8 Over Fifty Arrest, Chinatown. HEAVY j\|. N Acting under ftp* tivo Department carri< "M on three houses jr. g r^. M Afternoon, with the res a ov y W nese were brought up p"- fl m the Second Police I ing and chared v. paining houses. Certeii I
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  • 161 8 \NKJH)IN(. Gin I>EI KN<K N <| I Judgment Foi tin 1 employee »f M hy |fr. Ipsi v tilt action m whu MM mti, Tin tior Thai tin a- Rt Si^lap m i rusl r Mathar, lad i him trtm iliiili— rW Dcftndaiif- notl ooune
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 135 8 'THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" "The Drink for a Lordly Thirst" CALDBECK, MACGRE6OB (0. LTD. j mrated under tki C»npani& Ordinance, I Hougkoi g I 1 eorpomted i« Sftmipftai.) I IS ROBINSON ROAD, j SINGAPORE. J Mutton Chops SUITABLE FOR FRENCH CUTLETS BY NUMBER OR ANY WEIGHT COLD STORAGE ORCHARD
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    • 48 8 J Parfums de Luxe < OOTY Ij J Chypre i) Origan J Rose Jacqueminot Paris J Emeraude EAU DE COTY >. J to be had from all dealers i Dupire Brothers. VW.W.V.W.V.W.V.V.WAWW. II 1 I I'll Sole Agents THE BORNEO COMPANY, LTD. Singapore, Penanp. Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, and Teluk Anson.
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    • 6 8 To-day's Feature. BRIDGE NOTES- Page 6.
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  • 265 9 MH cLTNEffS PLEA. N y m I r> 9 Service.] London. Oct. 25. 2Y>-nied to renew the (Lab^ Platting), who OnDoaitioß m the absence U.i,* Donald on holiday m ftbacmrc of any Govwlach might ease the M rha: some thousands -riven back to the pits, hy exhaustion simply
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  • 182 9 Official Service.! Rugby, Oct. 25. namoi a dispute un the Mr i'lynes said there j act) D bj the Govern- I i stoppage. In lid, there were signs getheT and offer had >übi>: itted with tiona r joint meetn me aarain offered I more helpful than lent
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  • 87 9 ICEWATER FAMINE DUE, GREATEST-EVER RESERVOIR. [Reuter's Service.] New York, Oct. 25. New Yorkers were startled to learn to-day that the Ashokan Reservoir m the Catskill mountains, built ten years ago at a cost of $160,000,000, is running dry. The Tribune states that a recent survey showed that
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  • 32 9 [Renter's Service.] London, Oct. 25. Five thousand more miners are working to-day, making; the total 246.000. Mr. Herbert Smith's meeting at Wombweß to-day was banned by the police.
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  • 202 9 London, Oct. 19. There is the prospect of lively times at Nottingham m connection with the visit of the miners" leaders for a Council of War. When Mr. A. J. Cook arrived to-night, the management of the hotel where he had booked a room, advised him
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  • 83 9 [Renter's Service.j London, Oct. 2f>. Lt.-Com. Kenworthy t L.. Central Hull) was greeted with ironical Ministerial cheers m the House of C- mnons when he took his seat as a new recruit of the Labour Party. [British Radio- Official Service.] Rutrby. Oct. 2"). Commander Kenworthy states that
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  • 75 9 [Renter's Service. J New York, Oct. 28. What is described as a freak windstorm has swept over Xew Jersey. Four person? have been killed and many injured. The wind force was 77 miles per hour. It upset small craft at sea. broke the shutters and windows of sky-scrapers,
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  • 75 9 [Reuter's Service. London, Oct. 25. En the House of Commons, replying to a question with regard to Sir A. CobhamV suggestions for improved meteorological am: other facilities for a regular air service between Calcutta and vSingapore, Sir Samuel Hoare (Secretary of State for Air) said that before such
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  • 56 9 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Oct. 25. The Postmaster-General announced m the House of Commons the constitution of the board oi the new British Broadcasting Cor.porati< n. The Ear! of Clarendon will be chairman, and Lord Gainford vice-chairman. Other members will be Sir John Gordon Nairne, Dr.
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  • 24 9 [Reuter's Service. Moscow, Oct. 25. It is now reported that 350 persons were killed and 400 injured m the earthquake at Leninakan.
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  • 420 9 FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE. DEFENCE DISCUSSION SECRET. [British Radio— Official Service.j Bugby, Oct. 25. To-day's session of the Imperial Conference, which, owing to the meeting of Parliament, was not continued after lunch, waa devoted to a discussion of foreign relations, which was begun by Sir Austen Chamberlain last weekSpeeches
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  • 72 9 [Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Oct. 2<i. Reports continue to assert that the Southern General. Chiang Kai Shek, has been badly wounded. A doctor who arrived at Kiukiang, Sun Chuan Fang's base, alleges that Chiang was hot m the leg and arm, and an official report is
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  • 57 9 [Havas Service.] Paris, Oct. 26. According to l'Echo de Paris, the total appreciated currencies bought by the French Treasury, thanks to the steady rise of the franc, would exceed four billions of paper francs. The Banque of France is able to enter into engagements to the extent of
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  • 157 9 The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 7, held on October 22nd Approved the recommendation of Committee No. 5 that the present arrangement whereby officers of Johore Water Scheme Staff are allowed to participate m the benefits of the Municipal Provident Fund should stand,
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  • 47 9 Ban on Jacob Removed. TENNIS QUARREL SETTLED. [Reut&r's Service.] London, Oct. 25. The Council of the Lawn Tennis Association, with the consent of the All-India Association, has removed the suspension on S. M. Jacob m connection with the Indian Davis Cup team's expenses last year.
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  • 189 9 London, Oct. 18. An interesting sequel to the recent suspension of the tennis player, Jacob, is revealed by the publication of a letter of apology from Sleem to Jacob. Jacob explains that rumours have reached him that those who did not know the facts considered
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  • 204 9 COLOURS DEFEAT WHITES The S.C.C. Rugby practice match on the Padang yesterday resulted m Colours defeating Whites by 16 points (two goals and two tries) to nil. Both sets of forwards showed very poor form during the initial stages, the ball appearing to stick between the
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  • 285 9 RESI'LTS TO DATE Results to date m the billiards handicap tournament at the Cricket Club are as follow (all handicaps are minus): Class A: First round. Riches 125 beat Palgrave 150 by 170. Carmichae] 150 beat Semple 50 by 55. Second Round. Riches beat Baker 200 walk-over,
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  • 54 9 Ladies' October Spoon Thirteen cards were taken out for the above which resulted m a win for Mrs. H. A. Davison. The following were the cards returned: Mrs. H. A. Davison 2 down Mrs. J. Binnie 3 down Mrs. H. J. G. Blits 4 down Mrs. G.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 246 9 "CBKISTMAS GIFTS FOR FRIENDS AT HOME." FINEST CEYLON TEA BROKEN ORANGE PEKOE AN IDEAL GIFT WITH NO TROUBLE TO SENDER DUTY. AND POSTAGE FREE. Supplied I THE HALL MARK OF LXCLLLCNCII Froduce m I FINEST CEYLON TEA J of 5 and 10 ,f PACKEO _JgP^ Qy THC t Ceylon Tb.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 723 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE" I REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON, AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Onoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LON lON AND N. CONTINENT. ADRASTUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg: In Port RHEXENOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg
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    • 607 10 EUerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. to hongkong! Due Spore b.s. CITY OF CAIRO HOMEWARDS. f s.s. CITY OF RANGOON Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and H burj? tt s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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    • 567 10 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated m England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PEM\SUL\R AND ORIENTAAL STEAM NAVIGATION Ofi LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government., OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEWARD lor China and Japan, F°r Marseilles. London G r v Due Uw Tonnage.
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  • 549 11 SPECTACULAR ARMY MANOEUVRES. Aldershot. 'Halt: Who goes there?" Stumbling over the Fox Hills during the night I was suddenly challenged by a sentry. He was posted on the fringe of a belt of trees. He could see my shadow without himself being seen. I halted and shouted
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  • 279 11 CORONER'S VERDICT CHALLENGED liombay. Oct. 11. The quietus was given to-day by the Bombay High Court to many suggestions and insinuations regarding the opium poisoning of Comar Sobhani Strong, a lieutenant of Mahatma Gandhi m non-Co-oper-ation days. Sensational dewl3pments followed one another m the course of the
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  • 45 11 Mrs. Laura W. Wood, of Los Angeles, has obtained a divorce from her husband, who "insisted on her sitting on his knee while he read the Bible." The ground m this case seems to be not so much incompatibility of tempernrnent as duplication of interest.
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  • 673 11 HAUSSMANN IX DISGRACE. Paris. The piercing of the Boulevard Haussmann, which, never having had anything to do with the bulwarks of the city, is m reality not a boulevard at all, will probably be the last great work of road-making undertaken within the city by the town-plan-ners
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  • 178 11 \nm.uncrment by the Foreign Companies. Shanghai, Sept. 30. As m February last, 'the three foreign able c< mpanies, the Great Northern, the Eastern Extension and the Commercial Pacific, have, owing to the Chinese Telegraph Administration having failed to settle their half-monthly accounts as arranged, again been reluctantly compelled,
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  • 19 11 A school and co-operative bank has been established at Pabna for the benefit of the municipal sweepers and mehtars.
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  • 340 11 FIGHTING SAVAGES ON THEIR A Christian catechist. who separated two bands of fighting' savages solely by the exercise of his religious influence, and held them m penance on their knees opposite each other for an hour, is cited m the Government report to the League of
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  • 20 11 Socrates died a magnificent death, but had he never been educated he might have lived content. Mr. J. Playfair Price.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 120 11 To quickly get rid of Sciatica many things capable of n Bel from the agony von will tind that De h more than this. cause "f the trouble. a i In-". to dispose of Ask Your Chemist To-day for be WITT'S i i real m-t I i be modei MARINE
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    • 204 11 r, S remains. Prove this to- /j£ "S < B morrow. B -'■■■•■<- iT;<_ I T I I i;.-!.: de 010;j..e }.:.s been the *J^r- ■^■fmVi lemanded perfume of discriminatinc peopli jiflfli. Jin Look for the blue and gold label which \t^~- '-^rrnt^l^i^ B rii.-uishes the penuine from the othi-r.-.
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  • 180 12 H-M.S. Carysfort is expected to arrive at Singapore at 8 a.m. to-day from Colombo and will leave at daylight to-morrow for Hongkong. The Sarawak Government Gazette notifies that the Igan Light has been relit. The new position of the light is approximately 1,300 feet south and 37 degrees
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  • 156 12 Montreal, Quebec-. A new record for the season of 1926 was made by the Canadian Pacific Steamships over the week-end of September *>th, when the Montroyal, Marburn, Melita and the Ifetagama arrived m Quebec within a few hours of each other and discharged nearly 2. .inn third clas.-
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  • 430 12 The following- Rag appointments were announced by tin- Admiralty on Sept 23:— Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn s AlexanderSinclair, Ka I!.. M.V.C to be Commander-in-chief, the Nore, m succession to Admiral Sir William Goodenough, X.C.8., M.V.0., to date April 1 192 1. Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald V. Fyrwhttt, Hi. K.C.F... D.5.0..
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 649 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) I FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe,
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    • 481 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY. -ROTTERDAM LIQ AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. SAILINGS ON FIXED DATES VIA SI'EZ TO \f.\\ U \> h AND BOSTON. f TOSARI due Oct. 28 f VECHTDIJK im >^>- 24- sails f BLITAR due Dec. r > BATOE due Her. 13 Mtte Cargo
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    • 170 12 LLOYD TRIESTINO NAY r| tocsVp HOMEWARD S\l)f\Month!) wt\ ioi and T' :< tA i ;a poi through Bills t Ls I var tnd stlad v sn ih- Wiasjl < aal I VrMTNALE OITWARI) SAIL© S FOR HONGKONG. -H CPQUIUNO i F 7. 1 A Dates sai Rf subject I i
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 692 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kua.la Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday J am Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taipjng, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 45 12 Minimum grass radiation 71.5 F Sea temperature K0 F Mean wet-bulb temperature 77 F Mean relative humidity S3 n.c. Evaporation .023 ins. Rainfall .731 ins. CLEARANCES. Oct. 26th.— Singkel, (Dut.); Ban Teck Guan, (Chi.); Rompin, Eng Guan. Lycaon, ratroflus. Ankine-. Warfield, Kuala, (Brit)Toyocka Maru, (Jap).
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    • 492 13 O. S. K. Lins. pectinations. Steamers. Arrive. Dept. tterdwna, Hamburg, Bremen, Colombo, Aden. Port Port Said. Amur Maru Nov. 12 Nov 13 Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam. Bay and Durban. t Panama Maru Oct. 25 Oct 27 Bay, Cape Town, Rio, lee and B. Aires. fLa Plata Maru Nov. 11 Nov. 12 -bay
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    • 465 13 TRAVEL-' COMFORT Aboard t rffl% DOLLAR fiSlb "PRESIDENT" I PI I LINERS "^^S^MS 1 Dollar President liners oflFer 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
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    • 668 13 Kerr Steamship Co.. Inc. 44, BEAVER STREET. NEW YORK. (Incorporated m U.S.A.) General Agents. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suez). BJS. BELFAST MARU due Nov 18 m.s. SILVERFIR d ue bee. 5 For rates and other particulars apply: GUTHRIF CO I TTI Agents: Singapore
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  • 414 14 THUMB-SLOTTING THE TELEPHONE HCOK. Between £1,000 and £1,200 a year is being earned by a London man, another of the small army of queer tradesmen, who goes round stamping the index thumb slots m the London Telephone Directory. He calls on clubs, business firms,
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  • 394 14 GARGOYLES THAT HIDE HISTORY Dragons and devils lie m disorder on the beautiful lawns of Windsor Castle. They are gargoyles that have been taken down by the unwilling hand of the reconstructor from the outer walls of St. George's Chapel, parts of which are being overhauled
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  • 470 14 NEW REPUBLICAN ISSUE. Mr. Fred J. Melville, the well-known philatelic authority, deals with the postage stamps of Northern Mongolia m his last weekly article to the Daily Telegraph. He says: Mongolia niters upon a new philatelicphase with- a stamp issue for a Republican State distinct from that already
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  • 300 14 BRITISH EXPEDITION TO BELGIAN CONGO. An expedition to the Belgian Congo i:to start from England m a few weeks 1 time, under the leadership of Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Fenn, to discover what truth then is m the many rumours circulated by the natives with regard to
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    • 130 14 lIBAAnill KORRENGZAL OINTMENT 991 lIIIIIv FOR wouifDS> SORES> AND ALL SKIN diseases BnFllllllll GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE H W 10 VM If FOR COUGHS, COLDS, AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS. cV B V-V. a fi V e a B V.\SV.V.V.V.VA"AV.VAV.V. The Best Battery) ror Your tar Ask Your Dealer for a WILLARD X
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    • 299 14 if* O 0 J. F EVERY WIFE h\ru Mm J S I IOW lV I FatC EVERY MWHER KNOWs 43 J VUW 1A v*ttlV> dosely progress depttiTj > food, she would prepare for tfc ,3 Milk Food una!) <o pr maH rrrrr M^^^ This experience a <<>mn < f f.
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  • 762 15 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26th. [Figures m brackets show the issue value of the Share m dollars unless otherwise marked.] MINING. Buyers Sellers A sain Kumbang 60s 62« Batang Padang 93 97 Chenderiang 32s 6d 33s 6d Eastern Siam (£1) 30s 3ls Haad Yai (10s) 17s
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  • 65 15 October 20. Pank 4 m.s. 4 5-32 Bank demand 2 3 25-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4 7-16 New York, demand 56Vk Credits 90 days 57's France, demand 1775 India, T. T. L 6646 Hongkong, demand 14 j p.c\ Dis. Yokohama, demand 114 v Java, demand 139^ Bangkok,
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  • 220 15 October IT,. Tm LOO Ton.- i.vv Gambler 10.00 Pepper White 66.00 Pepper Black SS.OO Flake Tapioca 5.95 Pearl Sago Small 9.00 Copra lWfl Copra Stmdried 10.40 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Marts Red Eagle (New) 18(1 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintc.n 26(i
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  • 70 15 October 26th., 12 o'clock noon. Buyers BelU w ri..>.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F I pot 7J 7^ Standard R.S.S. Spot 72^4 Tl!-, on Tender Nov. 7_' ;1 4 T.t^ Nov-Dec. 78^ 7HJ Jan -Mar. 7~i l A 7.V-., Apr-June < iioir. 76 7t"'- L Tone
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  • 452 15 Bukit K. B. Lubber. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Mr. J. M. Sirne presided over the annua. qoncia! meeting of the Bukit K.'r,. Ru- \n Company, Limited, held yesterday m :h< Company*B registered ottce, <"hait< rvd Bank < hambers. In moving" the Adoption of the report and a. v.
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  • 135 15 ROSE MACPH AIL CO'S. REPORT Singapore. Oct. 2<». London. Rubber Is 'j<i Unchanged. Local 72%. Tin. 6304 Lss. LJp ">>. Local t£5H &M 1(M) tog*, Mining. Kinta Dredgee £.'U Sun gei Ways 1.02% 4.07 1 Xa; Hoote LOTH L 12%, Pontianal Gold 1.57% L.60, Malaya Consolidated 45 47 premiun, J'rn^rkalons
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  • 189 15 MACPHAIL CO., LTD'S. REPORT. Singapore. Oct. 2«. Rubber. Local 72 cents. Quiet. Tin. London £304 K>s. Local 155%. 100 t^ns sold. Rubbers. Shares are steady. Gtenealye are quoted 2.95 5.05, Pajains at 3.05 3.15, United Malaccas at 2.95 3, Malaka Pindas at 3 3.07% and New Scudais at 3.15 :>.20.
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  • 76 15 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Oct. 2"). Amsterdam 12.12. Bt'ilin 20.37'^, Bombay Is. 5 29-32 d., Brussels 174%, Buenos Aires 45 27-32, Copenhagen 18.23, Geneva 25.13, Helsingfors 192%, Honpkonp Is. lO^d.. Lisbon 2 17-32, Madrid 81-90, .Milan 107%, New York 4.84%. Oslo 19.50, Paris 158%, Prague 163^ Rio
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  • 139 15 Boustead and Co: Agrents, Buloh Kasap. 37,500; to date 20o,000: C.adek. rvO,OOi>; to date 354,634; Malak< ff 86,000; to date 5U9.4<n Mount Cyril, 4,i>00: to date 27,672; Xordanal. 7»;.:177; to date 656,394; Rim. 47.<>00: to date 244,000; Roebourne, 20,268; to date 107,568; Setetar 18,500; to date
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  • 54 15 The Siam Electricity Co.. Ltd. hope to have their now electric train service m i-mi-ning 1 order between Banpkok and Paknam hy the end of November or the early days of December. The bopi<> <?ock for this service is n< w in course of erection, and the electrification between Ranjrna
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    • 1184 15 Issets Over $7,000,000, S.C. Assurance m Force Over 23,000,000. TIIE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) lEAD OiTlCK:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Compaq has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance JIKAITIVE PLANS
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    • 41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A. I). ITJO FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER i CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. CxORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1455 16 Singapore is to have a ladies' lawn tennis championship this year after all, the L.T.A. having exercised that prerogative which is usually recrarded as the sole right of the feminine sex and departed from it> original decision to hold only a gentlemen's singles championship confined to two entries
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  • 336 16 There were not very many present at .hi Racecourse yesterday morning and he weather was unpleasant, a -harp rainsi m 'oming <>n about six. The work was ho>*•ver interesting as the horses are now beir.t: sharpened up a little. Amongst those wurVng the following came under notice, [.ock-
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  • 88 16 Call Roy Wins. London, Oco. 15. The Middle Park Stakes, run at Newmarket to-day, resulted as follows. Mr. F. Curzon's CALL BOY 1 L -rd Derby's SICKLE 2 Mrs. S. Whitbuin's BIRTHRIGHT .'3 Starting prices.— 7 to 2 Call Boy, G to i Sickle. 10 to 1
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  • 23 16 London, Oct. 15. Wratfo- has been appointed first jockey to Sir Victor Sassoon for the next season.
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  • 1519 16 Penalty and Free Kick Goals. CHINESE UNDISGRACED IN THRILLING FINAL. Duke's 2: Chinese L The Duke's follow m the wake of many otlier military teams as holders of the Singapore Cup, for at the Stadium yesterday af+ernoon, m the presence of a very large attendance, which
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  • 22 16 [Rewt?r'a Service. I London, Oct. 25 Portsmouth and Darlington drew B— o today m a Second Division match at Portsmouth.
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  • 267 16 FOURSOMES AGAINST KEPPEI. (i. < The following is the draw for the foursomes match to be played at Bukit Timah on Sunday morning, the 31st inst. Ihe names of the Keppel Golf Club representatives are given first: 8.45. J. Kennedy and J. Thomson v>. G. C. Nash
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  • 55 16 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. vs. the S.C.C. at hockey to-day :»t the Stadium:— C. Richards; E. C. Wheatley and R. Lyne; F. Albuquerque. C. D. Smith and A. G. Armstrong; M. Catchatoor, I). Paranjoti, H. G. Stack (Capt.), A. X. Katyal and D. K. Samy. Reserves: J.
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    • 203 16 S A TRIUMPH IN SOUND REPRODUCTION HAS AT I < BEEN ACHIEVED BY "His Master's Voice "I COME IN AND HEAR THi: NEW MODELS J We will be pleased to prove this to you at an> time. t S. MOUTRIE AND CO, LTD 5j (Incorporated m Hongkong). j R AFFLES
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