The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 November 1926

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1 16 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 11 1 Singapore Free Press SINGAPORE. S.S.. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1926. NO. 11,940.
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  • 299 1 An official announcement avas received from the Colonial Secretar} v torday giving iho Home Government's decision regarding robber exporl riuhts —Page 9. Prohibition is to take a central position in the national elections of the I nittr! States and referendums ;<r»- i<» !><■ taken Page 9. The
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  • 1015 1 Tin si oks dolorous and as. I .(1 anything ies seems acceptable- Whatever cl dish 1 ordered, Mary always sent roni i I st but never could one fii I rious fiault wiih her <>n I hi> n pei Iter s« 't repentance and her smile. Mary is a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 204 1 i DINGS iOL SOAP ji PI RPOSES, I iffl pq TToftol ar< •<\ the personal tonight! h P-; moxs vu- r,,i.,i.ii<i>iiiiii3iiiiiiiii:ii}ii'j|,||, aial 3 a I w ■rrii»n!.»c» j s Inevitable thr clearness; Non you can enjej ij.vi; efficiency ess of ths. i a Rous Re- ia y< oi I u
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    • 218 1 I J ALL OVER THE wg\ V ifc___ WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS LIMITED. (Incorporated in England). 77je Europe Hotel, j zzn_— j- Christinas Eve. Special Dinner and Cinderella Dance J Night. Yuletide Dimier. Distribution of J «B> J Christinas Novelties After-dinner Music. I- Saturday, 20th Nov. Special Race Dinner. < a
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    • 132 1 f *TEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Hotel attraction**- Page l. T ing (hoy. tailor— Page 7. T. beer from < I ithi Page 3. Shipping on page.- lU. and 18. Frankel's clearance sale Page Christmas cards, Little's —Page 6. Government tender notice Page 7. Paramount 's attractive films Page 2. Chartered Accountant wanted—
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    • 10 1 •■■■■■•■•B»«BBa«a»a»a«*i» >. SWALLOW AKIELLS j; AFTERNOON TEA jl I BISCUITS. I
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 133 1 THE WEEK. Mot day, Xov. Ist. High Water, 8.18 a.m., 8.4 p.m. High Water, Malacca, 1.50 •m 5.30 p.m. Legislative Council 10 i T<" sday, 2ml. High Water, -5 1 a.m., 8.52 p.i i High Water, Malacca, 5.30 a. U'. sday, 3rd. High Wat< r. 9.23 a.m., 9.32 i .m.
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  • 443 2 El >te remains of a Roman fort ti rest have been revealed by excavat •i m a hill site at Bainbriclge, a lag< Wensleydale- Digging has been going *hl- isolated snot among the _%ort Yorksl ire fells during the past fori the direction of Professor
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 18 2 Chinese Crepe Pyjamas, Night Gowns. Princess Slips. Ftr Etc __iL\_<* L*lvb JUST UNPACKED AT: NAMSEN'S 53 HIGH STREET.
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    • 423 2 PAVILION From Wednesday, 27th October to Tuesday, 2nd November. Includes the amazing scenes as thousands fight for places in queue REGINALD DENNY WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES You won't know what joyous, uncon fined laughter Is until you've seen DENNY breeze through this farce. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m.
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    • 239 2 A VERY ENTERTAINING PROGRAMME OF MFTRq h> PARAMOUNT PICTURES. From W r ednesday, 27th. Oct. to Monday. Nm ALHAMBRA (TAN CHEONG KEE Co., Ltd., PfeopIn the Second Show, commencing p m THE EMPIRE"NEWS BULLETIN A particularly interesting numher. ii SCENES IN THE FUNERAL OF THE LATi n a role in
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  • 1211 3  -  Sir Philip Gibbs SHAPING EUROPE'S DESTINY. s# $3, j DR. STRESEMANN AND THE LOCARNO PACT. j BY [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] At Geneva, while the committee were discussing the technical points of procedure for the election of new members of the League of Nations Council, a
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  • 196 3 Scotland-yard, storehouse of the Underv. rld's secrets, Ims a lamp which is never put out. It stands in a long, wide corridor, which might be called the corridor of secrets, leading to the room of the "chief" i f London's police force. It is
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  • 211 3 One of the minor worries of travel is the recurrent doubt us to whether i ne is tipI ping too lavishly or too sparingly. This problem has now been solved for all officials of the American Government travelling on public business. For President Coolidge has just approved
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 113 3 Bookbinding I INDCRAFT ancient and modern From the beautiful jewel and ivory inlaid bindings ot the 7th century to the rich and delicate gold tooling of the present day, bookbinding has always exemplified the mastery of handcraft. So with cigarettes State Express being made bv hand one at a 4
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    • 126 3 -4_3 __K TPTTT? QTaf2/W 5 Jy|r V X J_AJHj oIVjrJN J A JXTRAOUALiT^ A OF I Follow The Lead f OF THE J Wise'Ford Owner I; S HE USES i White < ww illLv _r-i Star J W_J LCIiX i 1 i oil Sole Agents C MALAYAN MOTORS, j: J
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  • 4617 4 FAMOUS JOCKEi AS AUTHOR. STEPHEN DONOGHUE While the others were watching the I speeding aeroplane as it passed out ol i F., t Betl Weyland had sprung into action. It was the baronet who hist noticed that -nc was making to! the stables a- fast a- her feet
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 240 4 «{_i__!7*_^^^__v X__i*_____^L _^__?s_l __^__T A_■ __fl_ i _____i»__^ll^__ q___p«^^^^*^^s'__l __to^^^^^^ __Lt\_i L__ '9_fiß_ *_______^^^^^^^_F^____________k i ''r^___l 8_ iffl Mw >_&___> i*v These cars have now arrived and an open fo in our Show-rooms Seven Passenger Sports HirfH Tinning. Six < ImfeI ive Passenger Sport> Model Toi.rin-. Sin linfa. We will
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  • 484 5 Nightmare Insects. SPIDERS FOLK INCHES LONG. Some interesting Arboreal Lizards, lately arrived from Burma, are attracting much 1 attention in the Reptile House at the Re- I gent's Lurk Gardens, They are rather larger' than the common wall lizards, and have the curious faculty cf adapting them.-.
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  • 402 5 HOW THE BRII ISH EVACUATED CHUNGKING. Says the Peking and Tientsin Tiir.es o October 4: -"Students in Chungking consider that they have Great Britain undei their feet," stal s a letter from one of j the refugees from That city, who arrived in Ichang on September
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 145 5 k'. a*•a a a Idunlopl JTENNIS BALLS) j are now established as the best ball t (and throughout the world.) j: Per Doz. 5 STITCHED $10.50 I CTITfUI FQQ d>n r\c\ 3 1 1 1 CHl_.__._o Iby.Ul) s Robinson Co., Ltd. tfm **\'Mi OP /AT T__.V_*_~ vL Q >i Ujs'&OP'
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    • 102 5 manner that a softly played melod> y\-^- jr^ I iHj pression or exhaustion dab a little on f mm± W Reduced Price Increased Value m7X»*Ct TON TRUCK j __fc_c u sft__>y§K_'-___ > ,a»_i2«*£ i__________SS -i- '^^^^k^^tm^S^^'^^-^'^'* '***w**yftw- ■VfliSi^siftNf(Sw_i»^" raW_B_________u_sVnyi___ i ji Correct Body Types for all Needs J* For practical
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    • 18 5 a raaßaaaaaaicaaßaaaaaaaaaaaßaß aaaaaßßeaßaaaaaaß-aaa a"e"a'e*B*B*B*a*B THE EASTERN STUDIO^ LEE, PHOTOGRAPHER. SINGAPORE. Enlargements, Miniatures. Wedding and other Groups, Indoor and
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  • 696 6 Meteor of Flashlight and Balloons. PHOTOGRAPHER'S CLAIM. A professional photographer of Dorset Sine:. London, walked into the Daily Express office with the claim that he was the autlv of one of the greatest hoaxes ever perpetrated on scientists and astronomers in tjhe country. He claimed that b< alone
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  • 228 6 I At Bii mingham an illusionist has been fined for using as an advertisement imitations <>t United States one-dollar notes with notices about his performances on the back, j Henceforth neither he nor the public should i be under any illusions as to the law upon j
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 362 6 __nß___an_B_Bß»_itfß__BaM_-^^ WHITEAWAYS THROUGHOUT MALAYA DB >_^ HK _^^^B__«____E_____-BB__-_a_________~J a_i_J_j_B_________-BBa_B I |Mt.'B4a_|aa_Baay__BßMß|M_____________a__________________B^ THE y_^&B_l^_Bß___B_aV* V-i".---^,'--;" ''^^^X fl j^ JPPJ "WHITELAW" I I f^^ Ifli THREE-PART BEDSTEAD. I 4 fr__i__-.i--J| f A 0 f its kind in g» «s .n_.^ r_. a Malaya. It is ideal Price $12.50 jr W "r;/J^ e
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    • 186 6 p^ -ffsorye/V j SCOTCH W1 1 Y .1 is a deiightiu! Blend of the imest High,.,: Malt and other Scotch Whiskies, mat mmmW jf9^% j% 17 THE DISTILLERS ACENCY Li: It is Not the x i Quantity of Food 9 We Eat, but \vh; 3 We Digest and 0 Assimilate
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  • 709 7 What Happened at Chungking. A LOCAL ACCOUNT. The China -papers recently announced that a number of the European population of Chungking, up the Yangtse, had been evacuated and had got away saleif. Extracts from a letter written to his mother by. Mr. Clarke, oi the A.
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  • 218 7 More Etubaiyats Pound in Sin. l. Karachi, Oct. J. The announcement of what appear 'to be one of the most interesting literary f;iv J i years is made by the Daily G iz< tl A letter from an authoritati .v«> correspondent is published which states thai <• „rin
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  • 28 7 We don't believe g-asoline is only four cents a gallon in Berlin, but if it is that settles the question as to who won the war. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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  • 371 7 STR V.ITS SETTLEMENTS VOLUNTEER FORCE. m of Fr; the- 12th l_2 e Colonial Si retai y' I iffice, Singapore, Shirts and Khaki Drill I and Caps Co teei rps, period of one vc ir, from Ist January, 1927. Forms (»t' tender may ne >btained at the lonial Secretary's Office, e,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 136 7 I£SS CARDS. ]T a%V-V_V.V.V.V_V.V.V_ IX RY SETON. *)D FURNITURE > E' H I SHADES. \> I MANSIONS. < O.V ■-V.'-SV.V.NV. j 3, f LOOKING, LES gtc. C .SKET CO. T 1 r i 1 FOR HIRE. in Rates TOR (AH CO. HI giUA URHOi I [VE SEATERS, BIN SEATERS, JPORTING
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    • 488 7 NOTICES. j NOIICE, We h ive removed to D Almeida Streel No 1 si floor. Crediet er Handels- "d itterd «n." te, Ist N iml t >26. I the te ice No. 155 I panies and li 'h-' M; ttex ol CH Ai i:r and company, ltd :i 'i J
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    • 406 7 f very Mornings If J; ij TAKE A SPARKLIHG \<'.' 4^ K GLASS QYKUTNOWS i>A \Wjla >■ 111 mi Just a teaspoonful of Kutnow's effervescent saline iK* 1 Powder that's the secret of buoyant health. -^^'Z^ff There is nodrastic purgation with Kutnow's. Instead A I a gentle corrective action on
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    • 64 7 I FRANK EL'S $200,000 Cash Clearance Sale rmmr Now in Ftili Swii_g ~I" ■■>!» 11l I 1.1l .1.., FRANKEL BROS*, Victoria Street and Raffl,. Piai\ STRAITS SHIPPING PARCELS AND SHIPPING AGENCY, 41, Anson Road, Singapore. You Need Q s If you are Booking a Passage j Receiving-. Forwarding, Insuring, or
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    • 145 7 AUCTION SALE OF emed Pledge On Monday, Ist November, at If a.m. On Wednesday, 3rd Not at 10 a.m. On Friday, ">th Noveaiber ai LQ a.m. diamond other ring* view on t ESTATE I 1 i:' 51 k IENCtES LTD.. AUCTION SALE OF Claret ranite 1 rhe Govern mei t
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 22 8 MILLER. Herbert Geoffrey (Bert), second „,ii of the late Geo. ii. Miller and Mrs. Miller, at 20 Inkermah Terrace, Whitehaven, Cumber-
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  • 708 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1926. Week-End Comment. Whilst too great an optimism should not be founded on the recent news regarding the coal strike position as the suggestions have yet to receive the approval of the delegates j conference, it is permissible to hope that an end of
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  • 430 8 Owing to a typist's error a mistake ap- j peared in our last Bangkok letter, the fo- j reign debt of Siam being stated a^ twelve million ticals. This should have been twelve I null, n sterling. The new rating enactment at Home provides for tin' rating authorities allowing a
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  • 65 8 Loss oi a Tonskang. OWNERS Ol PATKOC IS SI 'ED. (From Our Own CmeapoaneaM Fritarg or?. .?<> In the Supreme Oourt the hearing was continued in. which Sabapathy is sum* the owners of the Patroelus for loss of a tong- 1 1 kan ff alleged te have been
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  • 30 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.' IVnang. Oct. 30. At the Registrar's office, George Phillip Cruickshank, planter. Negri Sembilan. was married to Maud Katty SaeJliag, of But-, terworth.
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  • 95 8 (From Our Own I "on espowlocd I IVnang, Oct. li'Judgment by consent was delivered by Mr. Justice Sproule in n suit in which Basi Fatimah. widow of the late Mohamed A riff and mother of the late Wan Che* Arirnn MOOSI him. now represented hy executors, for
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  • 145 8 LONG ASSOC 1 I lON \N UH SINGAPORE SE\ BRED. The long s*sociation o/ith Singapore of the _Tth Batter. Royal Artillery l"--severed to-day hy their departure foi Bon bay on the transporl Neuralia. The 27th a^ a unit lias been stationed ai Blakang Mati since Cnristmaii 1904
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  • 56 8 [Eeuter*i Far Eastern Service]. Shanchai. Oct. Tokyo news say- that the Tenyo Mara is still aground and it arill probably be two or three days before she is refloated. Mean while the cargo is being transferred and also pan of the passengers, while the u\ million
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  • 110 8 Tickets are row available for the dattC. and cinema at the Adelphi Bote! to be held on Wednesday, November 10th.. m aid ot the Poppy Day funds. The film, ('harlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rash** will be -h< wa i n the roof gavdea at 0..".u p.m. The
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  • 54 8 A committee meeting will be beld on November Nth. in the Singapore Exchange room at o p.m. The following is the agenda(l) Prevention of Cruel* y to Animals; (2) Town Colonial Improvements. Utilisation Of surplus funds); ,3) Anti-Malarial \\\>rk-. (Proposed straightening of Geylang Riwri; (4) Singapore Stock
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  • 48 8 By courtesy of Messrs. Macphail and Company we learn that the price of rubber in London on Saturday, according to quotations hy Henry Gardner and Company, was: Standard sheet in warehouse London, -pot Is. 9d. C.I.F. London standard sheet and crepe, November shipment. Is !M.
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  • 33 8 Sir William Henry Hyndman Jones, of West Cliff-road, Bournemouth, formerly Lord Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements, who died on August 20. aged 79 left estate of the gross value of £9.0»>2. with
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  • 370 8 "Hilletcd" at hla re AN EXCKI.I.EM p| i < Mn f The Soremban hmmi three -act comedy, Bill* Theatre on Saturna;. sill i A with them a none boo f j of the taste of th. ri they were welcome.-. on j y audience, including La large party
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  • 216 8 ORDSH FOB IMF KFII t> 01 m Aa order far the netun $10,000— sonic roaerty the recent nque case -was mad,' b> Mr. P. I District ourl oa Saturday _»n money aas found in Kurumba>an, OKI of tl charged in conntCti I 1 the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 122 8 ___________________________________M____------H--B-~-~~M -THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" I CHAMPAGNE CIDER I Cherry Pearmain A Good Old English Drink made by Ballmers of Hereford **> BUTTER "ANCHOR" BUTTER. Now Ready I /4 iVea; Series o/* j GREETING] With a series of six tine etching.- of local beauty spots by j J MVs.
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    • 62 8 J Parfums de Luxe Origan I•_ Rose Jacqueminot .j I Paris f Emeraude S 5 EAU DE COTY j to be had from all dealers >" Dupire Brothers, j _"i_if w? I V_VA%%VV-%V.V.V B V.V.V_--"-V.S"-S i v«_ v i_c^\y ___t v m.l W* '">• _^Wk^_T^_^__^T^i^C\V V___ i___H____H___lHP™ "l B 1
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    • 20 8 To-day's Feature. I 1' OUR SERIAL STORY. i mw m m^ mWl^* mr mW^* w mw *Ar^m^^m* wm mm*^m%r-mm*^m7^BT~^m^ I
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  • 57 9 I pficiAl DECISION. I Ht tm THKIK VA,lDm- ,;ai communique has < '.denial Secretary State for the Colo- as may be uniform Malaya, the Secretary of proposes that the thnH the validity iftei February Ist. the expiration ot P«»d in respect apply to coupon tdings in Malaya
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  • 9 9 n of robber ea- RTty front
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  • 82 9 v moi revived avea snc- one enl tribal in the besieging, v_ orderer. red leai t the ding. He toe.; refuge fired on his pmrsnersj nf eral of the p I i ed the Crow r I, a >me with vs and an vs. with
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  • 64 9 MEXICAN SILVER WORKERS CRISIS. Renters Service.] I the i rhambei leans I solve the >' Great Britain placing India on the market. price in many eoun!OSt of pr duction. menl i 120,000 I M m S tlting and Mining Com- on mission te petition ■t, thrown diplomatic place the reserve
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  • 47 9 GUARDING AMERICA'S AMMUNITION. fc Service,] Washington, Oct. 29. the less ■of the explosion Lata Denmark, New v DenartMeat is selecting *s t.-.-u ration, depot 100.000 I Nevada. 10 miles from Incl thai the site is iso. populated district. l fern tteness will render l time ot war.
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  • 36 9 \m-terdam. Oct. 2§. enl with the Governompany is to carry I BMied n a capital! W led by row great aclnded an agree«Pa»y constrnd a dyke aratiag the Zriderl i cost estimated
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  • 23 9 London, Oct. 30. Plain thai the stop- "'s is temporary ran ot home-grown beet sngan prevails. HI been retained
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  • 403 9 THE PROHIBITION ISSUE. BIG CHANGE POSSIBLE. [Router's Service.] New York, Oct. 30. Despite the desperate efforts of Party leaders to stimulate interest throughout the country in Tuesday's election of the whole House of Representatives and a third of the Senate, it cannot be said that ths United States
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  • 116 9 New York, Oct. 30. Five thousand cases of whisky, valued J at $350,000, st ized two years ago front the British trawler. Fredericks fourteen miles off New Jersey, have been ordered to be ••eturned to the owner at St. Pierre Miqueton. The oitler was signed by a Federal
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  • 78 9 [Reuter's Service. London, Oct. 29. A sensation has been caused in the City by the announcement that joint receivers and managers for VVolseley Motors. Limited, have been appointed by Mr. Justice Tomhn, in the Chancery Court, on the application of the first mortgage debenture stock-hol<l«ers. Counsel stated
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  • 59 9 [Reuter's Service.] Morganstown. Oct. 30. The West Virginia miners in the Monongahela and Fairmount fields have been awarded increased wages, the former of be- tween 25-35 per cent for skilled men and [20-40 for day workers; the latter 20 per tcent on the mining rate and
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  • 35 9 [Renter's Service.] Memphis. Oct. 29. A conference of bankers and cotton men voted in favour of establishing a corporation, with a capital of $2,750,000, to finance the withdrawal from the market of 600,000
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  • 18 9 [Reuter's Service.l Amsterdam. Oct. 29. The Dutch portion of the Belgian stabilisation loan was largely over-subscribed.
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  • 775 9 COMMITTEES AT WORK. DELEGATES IMPRESSED. [British Radio— Official Service, j Rugby, Oct. 29. As a result of the meetings of the Imperial Conference during the past fortnight, progress has been made in the discussion of all the majcr problems that confront the conference foreign affairs. Empire defence. inter-Imperial
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  • 276 9 HOPES OF A SETTLEMENT. DISTRICT AGREEMENT CONCESSION. [Renter's Service.] London, Oct. 29. It is officially stated that 270,000. miners are working, an increase of 7,000. London, Oct. 29. The executive of the Trade Union Congress, after a meeting with the miners' executive, went to Downing Street and conferred
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  • 52 9 [Keuter's Service. 1 Brussels, Oct. 29. Heer Vandervelde. announced that all the j Chinese students arrested in connection with the recent affray have been released. Some have been ordered to leave the country. The Government considers that the remainder should he treated in the same manner as
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  • 437 9 SATURDAYS GALLOPS. After a night of rain the going was a good deal better than might have been expected on Saturday morning and there was some good galloping. The attendance was not very large but those who were present saw interesting work. Lockstitch was first out and after
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 128 9 J_ j; New Selection j of i Children's Millinery. JUST RECEIVED White and Coloured Felts 1 j: Fancy Straws and Crinolines ij _H I WAA A^m\ __04H V _P*_k V li\ Various Shades. j ROBINSON ©Co.. Ltd. fi __#*_»'!_>•>___ A l t Pi/if? f with a delicious meaning: I i
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 644 10 Ri up r*ITMMI?I I IMF? REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON, AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. &DRASTUS London. Rotterdam ami Hamburg In- Port RHEXKNOR Marseilles. London, Rotterdam, Hamburg
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    • 530 10 Eilerman Bucknallj Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG. Due S'pore. s.s. CITY OF (HKISTiANIA D( 2 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Nov. 8 s.s.
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    • 367 10 P fr n BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR I.IMN. (Incorporate*! in' England.) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SLR\ PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAAL STEAM NAVIC t I() LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEP (Under Contract with Hi? Majesty*! Governi OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. «OMEf I or China and Japan. For Marseille.. l«o Due Tonnage. Singapore.
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  • 634 11 The Tussle for Nanchang. M \\Y EXECUTIONS. Writing under date of the I Ith inst., the Nanchang eorresp indent of the Shanghai Times says: For about ten days we have been cut off ra th( outside world, as the KiukiangNanchang Railway did not function, and tolay we
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  • 173 11 A contemporary has discovered that the I 1926 soldier has an immense appetite for pickles. In this he resembles the soldier of 1.91 i. and goodness knows how many years before, I have seen a soldier served at ai j railway refreshment room with a huge
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  • 49 11 Constantinople. Six Turks from those deported and confined at Malta during the Armistice have filed petitions before the Mixed Arbitral Tribunal claiming- sums up to £15,000 as damages against the British Government. The claimants include the ex-Ministers of Marino and the Interior and two journalists.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 337 11 The National Shoe Store G. Amber Mansions. t Telephone 232 Orchard Road. N i SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Rl •xa^attaaasaaaaaa-.BBaaBB-" 1 „«»»ai-4..IS__BI_BI_IB IJ p g. g. p ■■-■■-■■*************************1811 i: is seldom, if ever, offered, but once for-a wager— 5 b V V «a_ I MQR real golden sovereigns were for Sale
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    • 220 11 PILES CURED WITHOUT AN OPERATION. No Case Too Chronic to be Cured. Recommended bv thousands of former sufferers who have been permanetulv cured. With Dr. Van Vi.i.ck's Absorptive Piu_ Plasm no c tse is too stubborn or long-standing to be completely and permanently cured. Mr. T OS., of Singapore, writes:
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    • 67 11 GALVANIZED WIRE SETTING I Oii TENNIS COL IMS. With G nit Pipe Pt lea to match. Concrete foundation and top rails included. Very econo .eical. Prices: New pipe lengths 120 feel x 9 fl u 60 ft. i 9 ft. with bop ..>-•. rail flriO j second-hand pipe $120. MOHAMED
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  • 140 12 A typhoon was reported yesterday within 120 miles of Lat. 15 N., Long 126 E., travelling west, intensity unknown. The M.M. homeward mail steamer Angkor is due" here from Saigon on Wednesday, at 7 a.m. and will probably leave same day at about 2 p.m. for Colombo, Djibouti,
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  • 49 12 Esquilino, Ital. 8,656, from Trieste 31, for Japan 1. Gascoyne, Brit. 3,850, from Fremantle 31, for Fremantle 1. Kuala, Brit. 391, from T. Anson 31, Tor unc. Kuantan. Brit. 562, from Malacca 31, for Malacca 2. Glaucus, Brit. 4,702, from Swansea 30, for H on _*<mg L
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  • 130 12 Ships alongside the Wharves, or expected to arrive. East Wharf (Entrance Oate 1). Schouten East Basin, Melchior Treub 22; Tara 20. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Neuralia 18; Esquilino 13; Paul Le< at I I Texel 9. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3). Ipoh 38; Tongkol 39. West
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  • 36 12 Oct. 30th.- -Senang, Emile, Brouwer, Van der Lyn, Palopo, (Dut.): Hermod, (Nor.); Kuching. (Sat. >; Raub, Quorra, Phi una. Mena. Mahidol. Will ..'the Wisp, (Brit). Oct. 31st. Deli, Hong Lee. Yuen Sang. (Brit.); Koemai, Indragiri. (Dut).
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  • 62 12 (Bv courtesy of the Government Health Office For the twenty-font hours ending midnight October 29th. Maximum shade temperature 83.2 F Minimum shade temperature 7~< V Mean shade temperature 78,3 F .Maximum sun radiation 137 F Minimum grass radiation Til P Sea temperature 81 F Menu wet-bulb temperature 75.6
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  • 123 12 Twenty Passengers Drowned. News was received in Hongkong of the -inking of a Chinese river steamer in collision outside Samsui, with, it is feared, large loss of life. The vessels concerned were the Leung Qwong, on the Canton-W'uchow run (local agents C. Kwong Wo and Co.), and
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  • 468 12 "Disastrous Situation." NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION. To the new issue of the Norddeut_cher Lloyd "Year Book" Privy Councillor C. J. Stimming, chairman of the company, contributes an interesting introduction on the progress that has been made in the work of 1 econstructing the German Mercantile Marine, with special reference,
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  • 323 12 EXCITING SEARCH IN CALCUTTA DOCKS. Snakes have provided Calcutta with thrills during the past few days, say- the Pioneer's own correspondent writing on October 5. A karait, nearly five feet long, was killed on the back steps of the Dalhousie Institute. It was seen the previous
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  • 77 12 The following telegram has been received from the Foreign Minister at Tokio, dated the Ist. October, detailing the new harbour limits of the port of Yokohama:— The amended area of the Port of Yokohama is bounded on the south by a line running north 46 east, distant 5 miles from
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 948 12 Burns Philp Line I (Incorporated in Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) I and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. First Class
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    • 374 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVICE OF THE NEDERLAND STEAMSHIP COMPANY. 'ROTTERDAM I Lf)y AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE. *M SAILINGS ON FIXED DATES VIA SI EZ TO N| w f VECHTDIJK Nov 2l BATOE I)c< 3 ail^ Cargo is also accept. d to Philadelphia, Baltimore, and lo I and Canadian Inland Points on
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    • 245 12 LLOYD TMESTINO NAV j tocorpotmt HOMEWARD SAILOR Monthly lanili and Trie-te Ha ports through Bill- f La vant and I back lota rl on the West Soaal ol I VIM IN ALE OUTWARD SAiUVv FOR HON(,KONe .p ROMOLO Dates of ■ailingi iti» i .abject i a:' ral i previt Foi
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 156 12 MAI! DESPATCHES. I I BY TRAIN. I Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembing and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban. Kuala Lumpur. Ipoh, Taip.ing. Penang and Kedah and lower Sian. 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday
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    • 555 13 O. S. K. Line. „rw Steamers. Arrive. Dept. Hamburir. Bremen, .i Ode-abo, Aden. Port omj :rt Said Amur Maru Nov. 12 Nov. 13 *V -,ar. Dar-es-Salaam, t Bay and Durban. f Canada Maru Nov. 16 Nov 17 Bay, Cape Town, Rio, ride* and B. Aires. fLa Plata Mar u Nov.
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    • 451 13 i- ii ■■■iii_ni__^m_r_i-_________B> Mmnifi~~Tri TRAVEL- COMFORT PRESIDENT I 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, all have hot and cold
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    • 571 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 s.s. BELFAST MARU fe Nov 20 m.s. SILVERASH due Jam 16 For rates and other particulars apply: GL^THRIE CO LTD Agents: Singapore and Penang. .KONENKLYKE PAKETVAART
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  • 1447 14 The Motor Ship Alcantara. FLOATING HOTEL. (From Our Own Correspondent), Dublin, Sept. 28. On Thursday last one of the world's greatest motor ships, the Alcantara, was successfully launched at the Queen's Island by Messrs. Harland and Wolff to the order of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company
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  • 81 14 L 1 I n. an abo I i cycle at in-. I hat t gucri i .i tided if pedes! a i bane sid< tht the oncon Ing i atfic. 1 1 would carta if Um ruk wha a generally oh* I. Not pasteng* i ti l
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 552 14 ____7_E \Wffli mmw^.mmmmmmm***^ Excessive perspiration is ra sign of weakness Not, of course, the perspiration due to heavy exertion or heat, but the M Cold perspiration" and nightsweats which accompany weakening diseases, such as Tuberculosis. These nightsweats are not only a sign of weakness, but they also weaken the body.
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    • 243 14 I f—^ LL £//rf- <_^a2 Destroy Household Insects-Avoid Disease pULTURE. wealth, and refine te R^j£^ mpnt are no safeguard trom tne case. J" L wvc the^ mlects that hunt and feed on harmless to humans. It evaporates your hfe blood 'insects come to rich quickly and completely. Extensiv, jour me
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  • 5 15 Sovereign. Bark Buying 8.54
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  • 195 15 i October 30. Tin 150 Ton- %IS6 W Peai Saga Snail Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice, Rangoon B:nt_n 260 Rice. Rangoon Sioka 256 Rice. Siam Broken No. 1 220 Rice, Sian 1 Broken N'o. 2 200 Rice. Sian Glutinous No. 1 360 Rice, Sian Glutinous N'o. 2 320 Rice,
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  • 54 15 October 30th.. 12 o'clock noon. Bayers SellerR.S.S. equal to S'ar.dard Q.C F Stai i:t rd R.S.S. Spot 72 72 on Tender N- ~2\ Jan.- Mar. I 7^ A: ril-Jnne. 74 7 Dull-quiet. Latest Cable: London Spot Sheet _I<J per lb. Sew York Spot Sheet G.
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  • 268 15 [British Ha di >— Official Service.] Ragby, Oct. 2H. Amsterdam 12.12*4, Berlin 80. v B< i 1-. 7 29-32<L, Brussels -.4.^". Boen Aire> 4" L3-16, Copenhagen Lv23. Geneva 2-7.14. Helsingfors L<2-_. Hongkong (o*_d_, Lisbon 2 17-32. Madrid 32,04V., Milan i::. New Y<-rk 4.*4* 4 Oslo 19.45, Fa?:- 153%,
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  • 60 15 RANTAU TIN MKKTIV. (From Our Darn Correepo ndeot Penang. Oct. .id. At Rantau Tm Dredging. Hi D A M I Brown presiding, -aid the drat dredgi a I !b. ready to start early :r; Hatch and I eond dredge early in May. Mr. M r a' tc
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  • 122 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT. Singapore. Oct. 30. Rubber. 4-oadoa, La 9%d. I Local 71 ets. Tin.- 1 C.9S. 1"- Down 0 >!ininu. Etembians 69 Jl, i.'.^ 1 L67H, Kmta Dredging 11 2 \O, Kuchal- _.27-_ _.32-_. Unguii IM l I Kai I Hoots l.u2'_ L.95, Petalmgfi tl L46, Sun^e: \N'a\
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  • 583 15 Han soni and Crosfield, Medan, igents: oited Serdang Stunatra *****2; The Sialang, 189,983; Tandjoag, L 56,000; A.nglo- Sumatra, 70,021; Soagei Kar: (&unatra), 42,000; ranan Datar, 19,000; Aiahan, 53,400; Robber Plantations Investment Trust, 486,724 Sumatra Tea E-'.;_*<.-. 96; rhe Bah Ltai 159,000; T erani j (Sumatra), 96,940;
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  • 57 15 Like any other traaar, Um fanva r aaaal kave aoBM return F r the maaay he puts into the bat men Sir Henry Caotk I> America, because N happen- to tho larjrest consumer of rubber, to dictate what shall be done in the British Empire' I—Mr.1 Mr. H. W. Hewitt
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 143 15 Orer 57.000.0C0. S.C. Assurance in Force Over 23,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) AT OFFICE :-Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. -.pany has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act I
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    • 444 15 E-________-________________iO____-__-_____i______B_l BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established ISSO— Capital Subscribed Y. 100.000,000 fully paid up Reserve Fund Y59, 500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinom^a. Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri. Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi. Esq. K. Tatsumi. Esq. T. Hodsunii. Esq. r. Watanabe. Esq. T.
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    • 441 15 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capita] $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund:— Sterling 4.500,000 Silver $27,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hun: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard. Chairman Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang. Denutv Chairman W. H.
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    • 577 15 M j fr'RASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30th. [Figures in brackets show the issue value of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked.] MINING. Buyers Sellers Asam Kumbang 60s 62s Batang Padang 92 1 -j 97% Hitam Tin 1.42% 1.47% Kinta Assn. ($10) 0.50 10.50 Kuyoh Tin
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720 FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO.. Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO.. LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE. Resident Manager.
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  • 439 16 Betting Tax Starts To-day. CUSTOMS RACE-COURSE FORCE. Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Oct. 30. Everything is ready for the launching of F: Betting Tax on Monday. .Several members of the Criminal Investigation Department have joined the Customs Race-course Force to carry out the new law. j Mad:
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  • 56 16 (One Own Correspondent, Copyright. 1 ondon. Oct. 30. Mr. CunKnTe Owen's three-year-old chesi nut colt, Highborn II (Saint Just-Highly), has been matched with Mr. Solly Joel's four-year-old chestnut colt, Oojah (Bachelor's Doubk Confey), for a six furlong weight fox age ace ai Newmarket next Saturday,
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  • 46 16 1 1 nvt <>wn Correspondent. Copyright.) London. Oct. 30. A* Brooklands Mr. Farry Th. mas, the well-known racing motorist, driving a special r- litre car, put up a record for light oars b\ attaining a speed >f 112.77 miles b h or.
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  • 131 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London, Oct. AO. The weather was cold and an the wet side f Rugby to-day. A: I ambridge the London Scottish fell t i the University, Ihe score being 24—3. (>xf rd's visit to Richmond was productive rf a keen contest, the visitors
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  • 86 16 THE COUNTY RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP. •>' rOwi Correspondent. -Copyright.) I ondon. Oct. 30. Tu latches in the County Rugbj Champ -lap were played to-day, both of them in the X" trthern Division. Cheshire entertained Northumberland and avenged the:- last year's defeat by winning by 2a i- a ts tc ta Cumberland
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  • 110 16 Our I* a a < respondent. Copyright.) Fondon, Oct. 30. rhe All Blacks sustained the fourth defeat of their tour on Saturday, when they visited St. Helen's, for the homesters c m- piled a scon r2B points, while the New _te*land< rs c« .Id only score
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  • 695 16 Saturday's Trial Match. PECKER SHOWS FINE FORM. Colours .21 pts: Whiles 0 Although Ablitt and Webster were absentees the Colours versus Whites match at the Stadium on Saturday was in the nature of a Probables versus Possibles trial for Singapore's tirst Malaya Cup match against Johore on November 13.
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  • 49 16 A f< otball match between the Fire Brigade (winners of the above Trophy) and The Rest will take place at the Stadium >n Wednesday. Kick-off 5 p.m. The Cup and medals to the Fin- Brigade Team will be presented at the conclusion of the game.
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  • 29 16 London, Oct. 21. The cricketers, Rhodes. Leyland and Dolphin, sailed today t take up duty as coaches for the Maharajah of Patiala. Times of Ceylon.
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  • 53 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.) London, Oct 30. The Maoris sustained their second reverse of the tour, Harlequins defeating hem by 11 p ints to 5. In the second half of what proved an ex- :ellent game Potaka was injured so badly I hat la had to be carried
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  • 277 16 League Leaders Beaten. SEVEN (iOALS FOR PALACE. London, Oct. 30. The following are the results of to-day's English and Scottish League matches: Division I. Blackburn 2, Liverpool 1. Bury 2, Cardiff 3. Everton 3, Arsenal 1. Huddersfield 4, Leeds 1. Leicester 2, Sheffield U. 2. The Wednesday 2,
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  • 100 16 SCOTLAND BEATS WALKS. [Renter's Service.] London, Oct. 30. At Ibiox Park, Glasgow, in the football International, Scotland heat Wale- by three goals to nil. The weather was fine and the match attracted 35,000 spectators. The teams were: Scotland: Harper (Arsenal); Hutton (Blackburn), McStey (Celtic); Gibson (Partick Thistle). Summers
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  • 210 16 FORTHCOMING MATCHES. The following will represent the United Services Ist. vs. S.C.C. Ist. to-day, on the Stadium. Fully- ff 4.45 p.m.: Pte. Osborne; Cant. Congdon, Lieut. Lindesay; ('apt. Price, Lieut. Fourke. Lieut. Frankis; ('apt. Armit age, Major Walker. Cpl. South. Dr. Fare. Major Stoehr. Reserves to play:— Major Porter,
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  • 731 16 Second Race For Milner Cup. ELLA-DOROTHY WINS AGAIN. The second race for the Milner challenge cup over the Club course brought out eight boats at 10 a.m. yesterday, and with a c ol morning and a fresh breeze from the northwest the conditions were perfect. The tide was on
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  • 152 16 FOURSOMES MATCH AGAINST KEPPEL. In the foursomes match at Bukit Timah yesterday the Singapore Golf Club defeated Keppel Golf Club by 15% points to 2. Scores: Printed and published by Reginald Downing Davies at the office o^the Singapo a Free Press Ltd- 69, Robinson Ro«d S ..gar.ore.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 194 16 f A STEIN WAY GRAND PlANol i GIVES TO ANY DRAWING ROOM THAT TOTAL QUIET DIGNITY SO ESSENTIAL IN A la I •J CAM AND INSPECT THESE TOD AV S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. •L (Incorporated in Hongkong a j f RAFFLES PLACE, SIX. AFOUL j |fe#l OLD 771 U 'AT
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