The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 November 1926

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    12 1 Singapore Free Fress ENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., FRmAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1926. NO. 11.950.
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    WHITE AND BLACK JEWS OF COCHIN.
    1078 1 lr. the ii- iidencj oi Madras, on the South-West coast of India there is t<> bo found one, or rattier two, t the anrt In* teresting Jewish communities of all the mans settlements of tha: people m -ha world. Fhess two Jew lie. ate
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    293 1 The King, Prince of Wales. Duke of York, and thousands of others laid wreaths on the Cenotaph m London yesterday—Page 16. The Earl of Balfour has made an important speech m the House of Lord* detailing the British policy m China and emphasising the difficulty of making
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      181 1 ORDER SNOWFLAKE fpITKE (HILLED CREAMERyJ HITTER. 5 J j Raffles Hotel) Saturday. November 13th., at 8.15 p.m. ij pecial Dinner Uansant| (Dinners will be served m the Ball-ro.m.) j For reservations phone 2920. IJ. WILLIAMS, Manager. J I II the -pet*, all tIM clearness; all N«" >ou can enjoy quiet
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      161 1 *-__B_______gg_f____g""___^^ BflPtv I____v _r__ H: _v__\ __iß ■mr w ______n__ Ife-f JLYJ-iiliiUwJllli WWkVrtV.SV.V.V.%%\S%V > SSS%AW.ViV.V.V.V.ViWdVMiVkVVi /A I c ofe/ I Saturday, 20th November =j Special Race Dinner m* [I* I and Dancing till 1.45 a.m. jj THE EUROPE HOTEL LTD. J J Arthur E. Odell, Managing Director. _J []_D_SLP_rY/ HOTEL
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      127 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Pavilion cinema new programme--Pag< Phyllosun for tropical disease!—Page 11. Cow and Gate Milk Pood is gerfi f_ee Page 3L Old Rarity whisky at llcAlister'o— Page 3. Traffic arrangements for Hare Days Page 6. Survey of Glentara's cargo on Friday Page 12. Engineer desires position to group ol estates—Page
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      13 1 J S FMLDINtiS I EUCALYPTUS OIL I IHRE HEST. 5 Jf-"-V_%V_V_V.V_ B .V.V.V.V_'_%i
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      64 1 THE WEEK. Friday, 121*. Higfa Water. 2.58 a.m.. 2.8 pan. Hik'h Water. Malacca, ILBO a.m.. 11.40 p.m. Sfons Film. Eft-Service night Theatre. Saturday, I'Mh. High Water, 4.1. a.m., 3.16 p.m. Higb Water, Malacca. 0.30 p.m. Public Holiday. November Race Meeting. Ist I>..y. Singapore Bislej Meeting. MaU.ya ("up Rugby: Singapore Johore
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    REFORMS IN HYDERABAD.
    229 2 N!Z\M MELDS TO GOVERNMENT PRESSURE Bombay, Nov. 1. Tit 1h. Mall Hyderabad Correspondent- writes that with the appointment of Mr. Crawford as the new Director-General ol PoHee, ihe last stag* m the bargain between Simla fvrai the Niaam appears to haire beet; reached the matter of reforms
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    'FEATURING THE PRINCE.
    230 2 ROYAL SCREEN HEIU) IN NEW YORK. _\ew V _rk*a screen hero at the moment is the Prince of Wales who is "'featured" m a two-reel "super-short special" called I "The Making of a King-." at the Rivoli TheHe ie aci". ertised as "the greatest of all boa
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      25 2 NEW SHIPMENTS Chinese Lanterns Silk Lamp-shades Embroidered X'MAS CARDS Handpainted pictures ON RICE PAPER Suitable Appropriate X'MAS GIFTS CHINA TRADING Co., I_:~._. c- t* _r___»
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      225 2 TBE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. The Town Amusement CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. I SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. Mdm. I a__ *s. y**^ lIF School of I DANCING Classical. Clog. Exhibition, y0 Bwllet and Toe Dancing. modem ball-room dancing Pupils are trained gracefully and correctly. Humes visited. Terms moderate. Write for an appointment.
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      291 2 PAVILION From Friday. 12th to Thursday, 18th November. AT 9.15 P.M. SHARP EMPIRE SERIES The Latest PATHE GAZETTE including (Great Welcome for Sir Alan Cobham home again) REELS SIX. JJ-A- X REELS starring CORINNE GRIFFITH FRANK MAYO and MYRTLE STEDMAN rhe Story of two Young People Thrown together— Alone— For
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      292 2 ONE OF THE SCREEN'S MOST BEAUTIFUL WOirtTN IN h "> ONE OF THE FINEST PICTURES EVER SCREEN From Tuesday, 9th, to Moiulay, 15th No^L AT THE ALHAMBBa Corinne Griffith In the Most Pretentious Work of her individual produce A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION SUPe^ N A TENSE ENGLISH SOCIETY DRAMA MADE
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    RUGGER WITHOUT GIANTS.
    1127 3 Few Great Personalities m the Game To-day. STORIES OUT OF THE PAST. What strike- me as the greatest difference between the Rugby football of to-day and that of twenty years ago is the absence of outstanding personalities. Of course, I am not overlooking W. J. A. "t)avies,
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      342 3 e^;; i I'illiltlllH j Sore Throat \s^^^^-\ 'ft infectious complaints Dr K'OPKrRK writes m his beok DIPHTHERIA, n "In FormamiHt tablets aus thebesi nuanscf preventing SCARLET FEVER, *<!- .mrxngj rnfectifH m the S H: and throat .tahich.i/ neglected, INFLUENZA, S »i» >#*-< <° i»^<?«^ complications. 1 I FORMAMIHT I 9
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      58 3 KIKKO fIATI SOY FAMOUS JAPANESE SAUCE Try it on cooked meats, fishes and vegetables, and see how good they Brewed by the Xoda Shoyt: Co., Ltd., the oldest and largest brewery of Soy m the whole world. SOLD AT EVERY JAPANESE GROCER. DYSENTERY DIARRHOEA BROWNS SPECIFIC to be had of
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      105 3 S_= _a_sa-saa_a-a_&------i- _=fr I iR Jk \w@r___)°g wB^I/ JUv Beautifully Finished I >«f|_^ Green-Red -Blue. i SJ THE SWIFT IS A QUALITY CYCLE SECOND TO NONE. PHONE 3050 I OR SEND FOR CATALOGUE TO j MALAYAN MOTORS, 209-212. Orchard Rd., SINGAPORE. I J f .ii —i j "ZEISS TESSAR" i
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    LUCK OF THE WEEK.
    174 4 Some Bornean Tales. A •(.INNING" EXPEIiT. i Specially Written for Free Press]. Here IS a true Scotch story which, however, does not hail from anywhere so distant as Glasgow or Aberdeen. A doctor friend out one evening on the toad found a couple at grips with
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    MAHOGANY "GHAZELLA."
    55 4 MAHOGANY GHAZELLA." Maho»an> "(.ha/ella" is worked m narrow panels, rounded at the hem and attached te an oval yolk m the practical diese sketched abort. Ihe full sleeves are gathered in'o simple bands of ecru (iha/ella. which is also used m the militar> belt. A narrow, pleated vestec of ecru
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    243 4 sakit," was his beaming reply! Indeed a hand-. r have aboi the house. Another acquisition is a Sulu-Banjerese Boy, who left oa som. years ago, after a fracas one night m the town, when :h s hoy. plus our 'borrowed 1 revolver, played too prominent a part for our peace
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    VELVET HATS.
    173 4 THE VERY LATEST. Panne velvet hats are shown m every possible shape, from the unpretentious little close-fitting model to elegant berets with heavily adorned mushroom vrowns. The beauty of velvet as regards millinery isT its softness; pleats and folds which follow the lines laid down by the harder
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    22 4 I very wide balloon sleeves are seen on the new frocks m soft materials, but they Sit closely confined at the wTists.
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    MOODS & MODES of EVE
    32 4 MOODS MODES of EVE A FASCINATING MATERIAL. Brocht velvet m rich wine shades, printed on purple ninon. make* this slender dinner frock. A narrow cape of the ninon hangs from the shoulders.
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    BOUDOIR & BOULEVARD.
    1032 4 BOUDOIR BOULEVARD. Gloves can, nowadays, be a very distinctive touch to one's toilette. Certainly the pair 1 saw the other day, made of washable beige chamois, daintily embroidered at the tips of the wide gauntlets with orange silks deserved all the admiration a chic girl was bestowing on them. With
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    88 4 Beaches this year hear the click-click of the Japanese sandals. The little wooden sandals which the Japanese girls wear on the streets will be quite the popular thing on the board walks and beaches. They are fashioned out of light-weight wood with a band across the instep to hold them
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    TABLE TALK.
    453 4 Ingenious Gadgets. AN ALADDIN LAMP. "Gadgets" to he used m that leisure hour when the artistic girl enjoys her cigarattes are still beinji" designed by ingenious inventors. Cigarette-lighters seem to be their pet creations. Grotesque animals, tiny enamelled cubes, and imposing antique lamps all make pretty ornaments which
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    STATELY SIMPLICITY.
    110 4 The latest flowers worn on the shoulders oi evening frocks are made of chiffon, m pale colours. Large single flowers, without much foliage are used, and are placed rather fai back on the shoulders sometimes when tlie frock is cut very low m the back, they are actually
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    EXCELLENT EATABLES.
    30 4 Appetising Sandwiches. BY A COOKERY EN THI SI AST. The making of appetising sandwich,.comprises not a small portion of the art of cookery. Moreover, to surround oneseK by
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    IN GREY FOULARD.
    68 4 (ire\ foulard, printed m a lar^e hlaek pattern, makis a \ery attractive and practical little dre»s. Its -.1 i trht 1 > blou>td corsage is trimmed hy a cottar and jabot of pearl ye ryette. its fuil skirt held snugglj a the hips |>\ >tilched yath< r<-,
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    BOOK REVIEWS.
    431 4 Some New oVek MRS. SIIH.VVMKS l)Ul()i H [Specially Written for p r THE iNDERSTaMhv, J^ Peter E. Kyn,. n ;v nX This story of th, the mine, is a g o,j short of what on.- ci of Webster- Man. Mai Ls attractive and nowel! have boon curt a
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    RUMANIAN EMBROIDERY
    53 4 troubles and her OW* mm and humour. SW X" on the higher plar.< disappointed; anoth- I a patron of the exp*. who finds fault Witt not as English as she should tolerant alder sen I home, and the whol< book Vivid bands of lh"« :,nia ha trim this
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    £12,000 A DAY LOST AT CARDS.
    518 5 Eighteenth-Century Eccentricities. •OLD AGE' AT THIRTY. Five hundred guinea suits, fifty guinea waistcoats, eccentric head-dresses for men and women, a statesman who would gamble for twenty-four hours on end and lose £500 an hour— these pictuies of life m the eighteenth century are drawn
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    PEERS HOUSE CAT-BURGLED.
    61 5 London, Oct. 29. I Lord Cable's house m Grdsvenor Square has been cat-burgled. Many valuable curios were taken, including a diamond pendant containing a lock of huir of the beautiful Lady Hamilton, beloved of Lord Nelson. Lord and Lady Cable yesterday lunched with a large party including
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    CYCLONE IN A RAKAN.
    68 5 Another cyclone visited Arakan on Oct. 17 striking Ramree town and some; parts of the country m the interior from 4 p.m. to 10-30 a.m. Out of 750 houses m the town quarter about 30 to 40 houses were blown down rendering several people homeless, who,
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      399 5 %cts like Magic m C i wants' t^sfeep ll much 7" P r mite P aaaanaVj delicate— nervous. Or he may have digestive pains.* 8 :do him any ha-m. Mothers, nurses. clocTors—an^e-o^end H 2p .Here is one written testimony trom our records gg rtfc I tried giving bn>>y a teaspoonful
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      163 5 fo> y^fuS IrP^rV I should be capable of JW^ t **>*'2\**>^ X*K I appreciation by the reci- "^^^l I (IBeautiful LilyWhik Skin Don't let fear of complexion worries mar your enjoyment of outdoor pastimes. Always, before going out, protect your skin with a little Ven-Yusa Cream, and exposure to heat
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      201 5 Hv*_-__-._™«-__^^ l^namberlain s ji MHIM Colic and Diarrhoea m fw^&Sg 9 Remedy ||1 m Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea jPIJ; PAIN IH ThTsTOMACH, I Remed y Possesses one unique charI fi||i cone, cho/ora Mortus, acteristie among medicines. It is CRAMP COUC, S<s ""i^N^Ks^coLic. made solely and only for the one fl
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    NOMAD HUNTERS OF SARAWAK.
    2170 6 Curious Features of the Punans. THE REAL "NOBLE" SAVAGE. In practically every part of Borneo there may be found, if one can penetrate to the remotest jungle, certain nomad hunting tribes. Such are -he Ukits, the Sians, the Bukitans, the Lugats, the Lisums, and the Punans.
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    90 6 Declasse, the First National picture m which Corinne Griffith is featured, opens to-night at the Alhambra. It is a story admirably suited to Miss Griffith's dramatic talents. She is surrounded by a big cast including Lloyd Hughes, her' leading man, Hedda Hopper, Louise Fazenda, Eddie Lyons, RocklilTe Fellowes, Lilyan Tashman
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      819 6 eWMMaa________-_--BBU_a-------ai mMmwmmmmmrmMMmmmwm NOTICES. ORDINANCE NO. 96 (MINOR OFFENCES). Police tadeTS made under section 6 (4.) of ord M (Minor Offences) for regulatioi of traffic on the occasion of Races on tru 134 b, 15th and _oth November, 1986, at -he Race Course Singapore. 1 AB teh des except hired ear.-
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      247 6 lf /J>r Economical Transportation j I THE 1-TON TRUCK CHASSIS; J ning boards with shields, combination J ml *-S--S-SB________________-l metal dash and instrument panel oi! > f [I pressure gauge, ammeter, light inu •l LjEI and ignition switch and choke button: mile speedometer standard, kilometer 4ShS furnished optional at no
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      329 7 ■J^ESS CARDS. j^STs-TONI \MHKK MANSIONS. v .v.vV.SV.SfI.-A*W-_-* sV.". "ll—. __T*BI F. TOPS. FLOORING. li ;1 TI.F.S. Etc. tfGAFOBB CASKET CO. v irbl Merchants. WHIPPET FOR HIRE. j ireat Reduction m Rates mm THE fiUTK MOTOR CAR CO. .V f h«rd Road 69-b. Bukit Timah Rd. Tel. Nov I*ol and 109.
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      743 7 ITS SO EASY TO STOP DYSPEPSIA. It's one of the easiest things m the world to get rid of dyspepsia, acidity, sour stonfach, and other forms of indigestion caused by an excess of acid m the stomach. Quick relief is only a matter of getting rid of the acid, and
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      830 7 MEDICINE. What Doctors Owe to Laymen. DISCOVERIES BY AMATEURS. In this article, Mr., Paul Saintsbury contends that most of the greatest discoveries and inventions m medicine and surgery have been due to amateurs, whose work was at first resented by orthodox medical practitioners. According to the text books, Dr. Jenner
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      603 7 The Latest m Toilet wSm BONNIE B" S__fl__r^^ t d/m§\ fumed m Narcisse. mJm M**"? 1 Hali -^mmmmmmmmmmm***-^ TENDERS. GOVERNMENT TENDER. CHILL vSTORAGE. Tenders are requested for the storage, pending sale, at a temperature slightly above Zero Centigrade of a portion or the whole of the fish landed m Singapore
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      434 7 i 35$s| m Government for Hons Kcnq I Get Transport you 1 1 can depend on**~ 1 1 I I NIOTHING is more expensive 1 I than an unreliable vehicle. It 1 I costs far more m running and repair 1 I costs than you could possibly save I I
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS.
    49 8 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS. THOMAS. On Bth, November ai the European Hi >pital, Kuala Lumpur, to Irene Sylvia. wife of A. R. Thoi_i*_ a son. VAN CUYLE.JFURG. On November 11, 1926, al the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, to Merle, wife of Dr. John Bertram Van Cuylen- j l burg, v daughter.
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  • SINGAPORE FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12. 1926.
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      The Immortal Retreat.
      406 8 Simultaneously throughout the British Empire to-night will be shown on the screen, Mons. the greatest war picture ever made m Great Britain or any other country. This finest of all the films of actuality j j which for some time now have been a speciality of the
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      The Opium Revenue Reserve.
      376 8 In a recent issue we published the report of the Sub-Committee of the Straits Settlements Association which went into the question of the ten per cent, allocation of Colonial funds for the purpose of building up the Opium Revenue Reserve Fund. The Committee of the Association
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      327 8 Mr. Sorensen, of Bangkok; wais married to Miss Bertha Lund at Copenhagen <>n September 24th. We hear that Dr. (Miss) Collier is retiring from Government Service on medical grounds. M.M. The Rev. ;in<l Mrs. Graham White have left Ipoh for Penang for a holiday. They hope to return to [poh
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    OUR SIAM LETTER.
    1198 8 Railway Extensions. THE INDO-CHINA CONNECTION. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Nov. 6. By command of His Majesty a further portion of the Eastern Line extension to Aranya Pradesa is to be opened to traffic. Aranya Pradesa is on the Cambodian frontier. There IS no connecting: rail link
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    154 8 A coi sifi nment of ;i s- with HOC goM the Malacca High S Yauyhton and Bona, B:rmingn&r> m i sign ha- been well 'ers. who haw re: I m h w petit f for tin """"J abfa Bdelity. S are the a,- Fl ■fit*. Th. raw fully modelled lauit
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      262 8 f "77/F CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" 3 I j|_rW; ALL that whisky has ever meant 5 I_^£__ m the celebration of masculine _______i *w _r__i9 occasions throughout the course of J rl 1 history, is distilled into the twentieth I=l century m Peter Dawson Whisky. It > j_ is a
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      8 8 To-day's Feature^ s\ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm—j WOMEN'S M J>am > I
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    CHINA PROBLEMS.
    669 9 L IFK1 m-TiEs OF ar L X S^ position. Service.] London. Nov. 10. Commons at question n said he was unable ngoff of the Canton boyis the result «f an JLrfag two Govern- aversntions between a; Cantos and the unahle to a >' igreement garda the British Govsubjecfl
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    ANOTHER COAL HITCH.
    160 9 DELEGATES WITHOUT POWERS. GOVERNMENT ANNOYED. [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 10. The miners' conference has adjourned till to-morrow. It reached no decision to-day. There is some dissatisfaction m Ministerial quarters with the attitude of the miners towards the T.U.C. Mediation Committee. The latter apparently made suggestions and gave
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    RUSSIA'S EASTERN MOVE
    154 9 1 Renter's Service.] Moscow Nov. 10. Tchitcherin has gone to Odessa to meet Tewfik Rusbdi the Turkish Fi reign Minister who is going to Odessa aboard a Turkish p arship. Considerable speculation has been occasi ned by the unexpected arrival of Tewfik Rushdi iiom Angora. The latter,
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    SCHNEIDER CUP POSTPONED.
    30 9 T Reuter's Service.] Norfolk. Virginia, Nov. 10. Owing to the high winds preventing the trials the Schneider Cup race has been post- j polled till Saturday. j
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    JAPAN'S GOLD EXPORTS.
    30 9 (Renter's Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, Nov. 1 1 The Government is shipping another four million yen m gold to America on Nov. 12 by the Korea Maru.
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    CANADA'S AMBASSADOR.
    88 9 [Reuter's Service.] Ottawa, Nov. 11. It is officially announced that Mr. Vincent Massey has been appointed the first Canadian plenipotentiary to Washington. His Highness the Rajah, who travelled out from Home by the Mantua, reached Singapore on the Bth and, connecting for Kuching by the Rajah of Sarawak
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    EX-SERVICES ASSOCIATION DINNER.
    1545 9 Successful Function Last Night. The annual dinner of the Singapore branch of the Ex-Services Association of Malaya at the Europe Hotel last night brought the Singapore celebrations of Armistice Day to an enthusiastic conclusion. The Chairman, Major R. R. Robertson, presided over a company which numbered well
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    LATE CABLES.
    38 9 BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. > [Reuter's Service.] London. Nov. 11. The Board of Trade returns for October are: Exports £53,176,000; imports £111, 013,000. Showing increases of £2,496,000 and £9,289,000 respectively, as compared with the mouth of September.
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    A PAINFUL SCENE.
    77 9 [Reuter's Service.] Paris, Nov. 11. A painful scene occurred during the examination of Garibaldi, who was confronted by the three Italians whom he was supposed to have betrayed. They angrily accused him of wishing to send them to Italy not only to carry there revolutionary tracts, but
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    "THE INVASION OF MEXICO."
    94 9 [Reuter's Service. Los Angeles, Nov. 10. Earl Parker, the hardware dealer, who is indicted as one of the leaders of the alleged revolutionary plot for the- invasion of Mexico under General Estrade pleaded I guilty to conspiracy to violate the neutral 1 it y laws. He
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      261 9 t Reduction m Prices I Owing to fall m price of raw materials < we are pleased to announce the foi- 5 lowing reductions m some of our J popular materials. J IH RO CIN(,HAM > reduced from $1.10 to $0.95 per yd. DIROMENE f reduced from 1.45 lo 1.30
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      573 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. I OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG. l> ue s, P° re s.s. WALTON HALL Dec 24 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Havre, London, Rotterdam and Hamburg
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    LITTLE RIDERS IN THE MAKING.
    769 11 QJys m Mayfair. n mph Ol THE HORSE. possible that a street Little Cadogan -place n thunderous, 'bu_-rid-aved with cobble-stones either side le give earn dest nans; and the the little street is as oncomof the little buildthe riding masters" are sent to it long
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    WHAT TO EAT ABROAD.
    497 11 I once knew a man, writes M.L. m the Morning Post who, m a burst of connd^nce, said to me that if the only way a man could procure terrapin was by stealing them, thor he was ji :-tified m resorting v thc.t aRd no jury
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    75 11 With gasolene selling at 40 cents a gallon and taxes $5.10 per horsepower, motoring is a luxury m Great Britain. Because of the prohibitory prices, the "pram," a motorcycle sidecar, is the most popular vehicle, followed by the motorcycle, and a three-wheeled car with two seats. Another popular light car
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      699 11 ANNOUNCING A GREAT MEDICAL DISCOVERY. REJUVENATION WITHOUT OPERATION. REVOLUTIONISING THE TREATMENT OF TROPICAL DISEASES, MALARIA— ANAEMIA— NEURASTHENIA--. PHYSICAL DECLINE, ETC. REMARKABLE RESULTS OBTAINED AT LONDON HOSPITALS. THE DISCOVERY OF DOOCTOR E. BUERGI, M.D. PHYLLOSAN, which is the n.ost considerable contribution made by science to ABUNDANT MEDICAL TESTIMONY. medicine during many
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      65 11 H— l'. ________r* 'tsk Hhß ---ajfejai__— fM -Bli— l i f____M^E_____Mr^' r «%?r_S£lS IIS 9 __.>- i IB 35a_r >. >""^BI w|B> _El_______f%r ___^R___&-___ BK______F T??^___S- ■-"-"> ___fl _B When we first started m business our quest was U QUftlity an<^ no cheapening influences of competition can ever make us
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    66 12 BIG HAUL OF CHANDU. $25,000 Worth of Drug on Kum Sang. On her arrival from China on Wednesday, the steamer Kum Sang was boarded by officers of the Preventive Services. The ship was searched at about 12.10 a.m. yesterday and nearly 3,000 tahils of Chinese chandu was found
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      752 12 Burns Philp Line i (Incorporated m Australia.) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, j THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. j 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. I
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      331 12 S Engines Q 1 "A Kermath Always Runs" jf I y^OMINATE the 1 I J waters with a Ker- H I math Marine Engine! I Kermath Marine En- n 1 gines have proved their j I superior power m races B I the world over. All boats, I R from
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      344 12 SINGAPORE-NEW YORK SERVTr^ OF THE lv *t, NEDERLANO STEAMSHIP COMPANY, "ROTTERD AM AND HOLLAND AMERICA LINE SAILINGS ON FIXED DATES VIA SI'EZ FO K u x AND BOSTON. t VECHTDIJK due Nov. 24 a BATOE due Dec. 23 saii> Cargo W al-o aecopt«id to Philadelphia, Baltimore. anc i lt *tj|
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      323 12 [THE AMERICAN ESP Wfei INC. PiMHH Uofad l ißdependent end Travellers Che I i.v I' tl Foreign n, Pa-gape and ken Booldti CMftof F.M.S. Ri.YS.. tO?A| STATttLU SI Ul and J.\\ s, v> Office? m tie p, I rid INION IU II |)i\ (l SINCAPORE I'hone H44-; Tel. \ddi>- AMEKJ'
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      633 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. 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, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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      626 13 I O. S. K. Line. .^.■nations. Steamers. Arrive. Dept. X tterdam, Hamburg. Bremen. '-•^erp. via Colombo, Aden. Port An ,C i r! Port Sa d AmUF MarU Nov 12 Nov 1^ 5U h <& Zanzibar, Dar-es-Sa_aam, M f 11 Prla-oa Bay and Durban. t Canada Maru Nov. 16 Nov 17
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      364 13 TRAVEL™ comfort dollar vj2i___ l "PRESIDENT It LINERS -ZmmsS?**^**h Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All staterooms are outside rooms, well-venMlated 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 bot and
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      636 13 0 Kerr Steamship Co.. Ine 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated m U.S.A.) General Agents. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON. NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Suez). s.s. BELFAST MARU due Nov 20 m.s. SILVERFIR due Dec 5 s.s. BORDEAUX MARU due Dec! 12 m.s. SILVERELM due Dec. 26 m.s.
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    PARISIANA.
    1035 14 PARISIAN A. Work and Play. POINCARE UNDISTURBED. (biom Our Own Correspondent). Paris, Oct. 10. Although M. Poincare's never ceasing efforts to govern France wisely meet with the approval of all sensible people, the eminent statesman and linguist (for he has taken lessons m English) is not without enemies. The socialists
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    27 14 Cincinnati policemen will be equipped with cameras m addition to night sticks It is thought that cameras will provide a useful adjunct m aceidpnf pji<_oc _o +i
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      237 14 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. The Exchange Panks will be closed on Thursday, 11th November, Saturday, 13th November, and Monday, 15th November, being Public Holidays. .VI I 12-11 THE THREE ESSENTIALS A man hankers after most, are Health, Wealth and Prosperity to obtain which no gigantic effort is required, but only a
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      336 14 men stau i El^iMlSßiiii^ FRIENDS OF WP||p THE BLUE TIN. /^'Kc.n.a cigaRET* 1 It lr®' Virginia <?U^^v 0 1 l__l LlJ^^ CIGARETTES j H X^c^ \c£g/ wf" ALEXANDER BOGUSLAVSKY, LTDwff _j|^^ Piccadilly, London J/w^%s^^^V-V.v.^^V-V_v.v.v.v-v_^^^^v.v.^v.v.^^^■••• t,, Overland j A new shipment has just arrived from Stockport. I f these wonderful 25
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    TRADE AND COMERCE.
    666 15 LYALL AND EVATTS Wi EK LV REPORT. Singapore, Nov. a There has been renewed activity m v- c tin share market, and this section h»practically monopolised interest. The Me< tai quotation has advanced sharply, closing £7. up on the previous week's lowest. The recent decline, engineered by
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    BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION.
    103 15 Further Call on Guarantors. London, Oct. 31. The joint liquidators of the British Empire Exhibition are making a further call of ss. m the on the guarantors, making a total of 20s. m the Half of the newcall is payable immediately, but the liquidators hope that a
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    KIMANIS DIVIDEND.
    36 15 Messrs. Guthrie and Company, Kuala Lumpur, agents, have received a telegram from the Secretaries of Kimanis Rubber, Limited, that the Board have declared an interim dividend of 5 per cent, payable on December 11th.
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    OUR FINANCE CABLE.
    109 15 Tin Bears Bitten. RUBBERS INACTIVE (Our Ow* Corespondent.— Copyright.) London, Nov. 10. The markets are beginning to brifrhten ap > bit now. T in yesterday touched £309 7-8. The Be„ s h ave been bitten. There will m all prob^j^tv be a slight reaction soon but the
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    CANADIAN EXPORTS TO MALAYA.
    361 15 RECENT INCREASE EXPLAINED Exports from Canada into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies this year are likely to shew an increase of s< mething like treble those of last year. Mr. Robeit S. O'Meara. Canadian Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, told a "Free Press" reporter
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    OTTAWA ACCUMULATES GOLD.
    141 15 Ottawa. Out.- Canada is steadily accumulating gold at Ottawa duo m part to the fact that Ontario mines are now shipping to the Dominion capital instead of to New York. Receipts of crude gold bullion at the Royal Mint, Ottawa, from Ontario mines for August totalled 125.720
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    YESTERDAYS RUBBER PRICE.
    65 15 By courtesy of Messrs. Macphail and Company we learn that the price If rubber m London yesterday, according to quotations by Messrs. Henry Gardner and Company, was London standard sheet: spot m waivh >use London, buyers, Is. B%d. London standard sheet and crepe: < M.F., buyers, September
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      387 15 Over $7,000,000, S.C. Assurance m Force Over 23,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated In Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFlCE:— Winchester House Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. r ht Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      429 15 j BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED, —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fuMy paid up) Reserve Fund Y89,500,000 President K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq. DIRECTORS. M. Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe. Esq. T. Okubo, Esq.
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      449 15 BANKING. i HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hongkong:) Head Office: Hongkong. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund: Sterling £4,500,000 Silver $27,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,900 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon: Mr. D. G. M. Bernard, Chairman Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang, Deputy Chairman
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      253 15 B_i-__w-aaaiMM__Mn_MaiaEt fHome made U London buns. U So ea«y to make when cook ft uses "Raisley" for the raising. And you can be sure they Jf will be light and digestible jj because Raisley mixes ff freely and perfectly with the jj ordinary flour and so raises (f it evenly
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      41 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. 1 (Incorporated m England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720 FIRi MOTOR CAR MARINE Melity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singapore pre sentatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTER.© BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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    ARMISTICE DAY.
    241 16 Eighth Anniversary Celebrations. SERVICES LARGELY ATTENDED. Armistice Day, the one day of the year which bridges the ever increasing divide that separates us from the war days of 1914-19 IS. was celebrated m Singapore yesterday, as m other parts of the Empire, m the manner which has become
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    THE CENOTAPH SERVICE.
    1781 16 As has already been said the service at tbe Cenotaph was attended by a large gathering which was representative of all races.- closes ami creeds. A large detachment < t ex-Servicv men, whose medal ribbons testified lo service m various oi the theatres of war faced the
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    IN ENGLAD.
    125 16 IN ENGLA D. [Reuter's F ,vice^ London, Nov. 11. Armistice day W a^ served Empire-wide with the customar -''solemnity ceremonial centred around th Cem)ta P h where m the presence of a hu croW(L the Kin^' Prince of Wales, Duke YolV and Prime Ministers, r *esentatives of India and the
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    KUALA LUMPUR CEREMONIES.
    163 16 GREAT GATHERINGS (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. Nov. 11. Poppy Day began yesterday morning when the sellers visited the offices shops, houses and schools and met with a ready response. This morning service was held m the Town Hall where there was a very large attendance
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    THE CATHEDRAL SERVICE.
    151 16 The crowded interior of St. Andrew's Cathedral was m itself an inspiring scene and it would not be wrong to say that the attendance this year was even greater than that of previous years. Seating accommodation was exhausted long before the Service began, and even the seats
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    U.S. VARSITY SQUABBLE.
    167 16 Princeton Cuts Harvard. SENSATION IN UNDERGRAD. WORLD. [Reuter's Service.] Princeton, Nov. 11. The chairman of the beard of athletic control at Princeton University announces that all athletic relations between Princeton and Harvard have been severed from to-day. This drastic step will have the effect of breaking up
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    NOVEMBER RACES.
    839 16 The Final Gallops. AN INTERESTING MORNING. Considering that most of the horses worked yesterday are engaged to-morrow Trainers were unusually lavish with their fast gallops and the large attendance present saw some excellent work. The course proper on the outside was used and as the going is fa^t
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      264 16 J' rt v^The Broadwood Piano I IS AN ALL BRITISH MASTERPIECE AND HAS 5 USE FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS 1 DESPITE FOREIGN COMPETITION IT STIU <?r„ __»rii SUpREME IN QUALITY AND PRICE X J CALL OR WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. 5— S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. i Raffles Place, Singapore. j
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      76 16 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Programme of Drills up to and for Nov. 15 Friday, 12th 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall Chinese Company; 4 p.m. Farrer Range Chinese Company. Saturday, 13th 2.30 p.m.- Farrer Range All Units; 2.15 p.m. Bukit Timah Range ♦All Units S.V.C. Sunday, 14th 8.30 a.m.— Farrer Range Non-European Casuals;
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