The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 February 1927

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 1 CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1927. NO. 12,0.%
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  • 319 1 Executions of strikers continue in Shanghai, but the situation is a little brighter as a result of a partial resumption of the various services Page 11. Agitators, however, are si ill busy and intimidation and anti-British feeling is rampant in towns up-river Page 11. What threatened to
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  • 1704 1 There ase still few people In the ivorkl from whom every new invention wiinge a groan. There m thousands more who, on hearing of a Dew invention, no longer feel the o]<i thrill of excitement. The\ have been sated with novelties in the last thirty or forty years,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 216 1 B B B.BBB«B»BB» B B* .wAi. LOW AIUELL'S j." AFTERNOON TEA j: I BISCUITS. I „,fisae.».aß.a« ■aaa j a a ina?»-»n SafflesHoteD i a 0 |t m m I s.s. Belgenland in Port I Cruise Dinner and I Ko 1 1 H±A. JL-/CCXX jC > THURSDAY— FEB. 24th. j! Sea
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    • 166 1 THE Talcum Powder for YOU. E ANTISEPTIC AND FRAGRANT. LEAVES A DELIGHTFUL FEELING OF FRESHNESS AFTER USE. THE C*OWA' PERFUMERY CO. LTD. LONDON, PAR/S NEW YQM. Agents: WILLIAM GOSSA6E Sons., Ltd., 55, Robinson Road. V.S%\V.%SV.V.SVAV.V.\VbVA b -V.VpV.V.V.V.VAV.V. b .VA b ASVA"AV I r After dinner g The dancing lCrill.C E
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    • 137 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Clerk required Page 9. Goodyear tyres Page 4. Trade mark notice Page 9. War Dept. contracts Page 9. Gas cookers on hire Page 20. Lee Wah Bank notice Page 1"). Ceylon teas. Guthrie's Page 10. Two recitals at Theatre Page 2. Shipping on pages 12. Its and 17.
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    • 12 1 WWV»VWWWvVA%V»V ■I FAULDINGS "j I; SOLYPTOL SOAP ij ;j FOR TOILET PURPOSES. >
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 124 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, 23rrf. High Water, 2.6 a.m., 2.23 p.m. Hitrh Water. Malacca, 11.00 a.m.. 11.30 p.m. W. Canadian U.S.A. mails dose, 10 a.m. M.M. homeward mail doses, noon. Y.W.C.A. Annual Meeting 5 p.m. Football: M.R.K. vs. Guthrie's, Stadium. Thursday, 2-ifh. High Water, 2.41 a.m.. 3.14 p.m. Hijrh Water Malacca.
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  • 81 2 [B:i!.<-h Radio -Official Service.] Rujrby. Feb. 21. Ansteldan 12*11%, Athens 376, Berlin 20 4... Bombay Is. 5 15-16 d., Brussels 34£714, Buenos Aires 47 3-32. Copenhagen 18.20%, Genera l 2 1 4 Helsingfors 192%, Hong Kong 2>. D%d., Lisbon 2 33-04. Madrid -JvL 1 Milan 109 15-16, New
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  • 35 2 Th, Directors of the Eastern United Assurance Corporation have decided at their monthly meeting to declare an interim dividend of E per cent for the year ending June JUnh.. 19L>7, payable o-n the 14th. proximo.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 261 2 ASPRO TABLETS. GIVE CERTAIN RELIEF IN Rheumatism Headache Influenza Sleeplessness. Does not affect the heart. Wholesale and retail from the Importers j MEDICAL HALL LTD., 23. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. THE TOWN AMUSEMENT CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. VICTORIA THEATRE SATURDAY, FEB. 26th, 9.15 p.m.
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    • 254 2 VICTORIA THEATRE For Two Recitals Only WED. AND THURS. MARCH 2nd. AND 3rd. CELEBRITY TOURS. ALFRED MIROVITCH THE FAMOUS PAINIST AND ill^ x~^ BORISSOFF THE CELEBRATED RUSSIAN VIOLINIST. Booking opens at John Little's to-morrow. Thursday, at 8.30 a.m. PRICES $4, 2 and 1. PAVILION FROM THURSDAY, 17th. TO WEDNESDAY, 23rd.,
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    • 350 2 ANOTHER EXCELLENT THREE -IK \TI'RF VUn From Wednesday, 23rd., to Monday FrfJS. RAM ALHAMBRa (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., rWm**l In the Second Show, commencinu 9 1". n I w i r AN KUFAW FEATI RE PRODUCTION which differs from the average picture in node of prod story and presentation
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  • 403 3 BIG TENOKJLRACKEI). It 'Oranges and lemons," .say the bells of St. Clement's. i owe you five farthings," say the bell* fc. .Martin's. '/When will you pay me .say the bells of Old Bailey. 'When I grow rich," says the hells of Shoreditch. "When will
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  • 339 3 Recently there were escorted home from Lon lon hotel two schoolgirls who had run away in order to win a place and presumably a dazzling ren wn upon ilu 1 stage. That they are not alone in their pathetic belief in managers easy of access and stages I
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  • 109 3 Serious Assault by Bnrman Servant Rangoon, Jan. 28. Mr. Williams, the European assistant in charge of the Bombay Burma Trading Corps ration, was stabbed by a Burman servant in a camp at Upper Chindwin on January 19th. The wound is not serious and Mr. Williams is doing
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  • 186 3 Two clergymen, recently dead, left instructions that, as far as possible, there should be no element i f sadness at their j funerals. We have certainly moved far since the day.- of mutes and "weepers" and gumphions; but though we haw rid ourselves of much what may be
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  • 171 3 There is something to be said for the scheme of the manager of the Golders Green Hippodrome, who has had his safe built into an outer wall, so that it is in full view of all passers-by. Most people put their safes in inner r ioms,
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  • 103 3 INN WHERE HEROES WERE KNIGHTED. Urenl ford's Old Red Lion io be Closed One of the oldest hostelries in England the Old Red Lion, in High-street, Brentford, is to be closed. The licence has been transferred to a new hotel on the Great West-road. On two occasions in mediaeval times
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  • 105 3 An exhibition of art work by the students of the art class which is held at the Gombak-lam Malay school, under the Government Architect's office, is being- held at St. Mary's Parish Room. This little exhibition is the result of only four months' work and is particulalry interesting in view
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  • 294 3 GENEROSITY OF A LEEDS FOOTBALLER. A Leeds footballer must now be included among the persons known to medicine as universal bio d providers, that is, persons whose blood can bo absorbed by any patient. The man in question was injured soms two years ago and treated in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 239 3 HI JT. 'fin M [f I m M urn f^ C -JJm l V J Si V eB 1 I M IX^OUR BABY'S future good health and I X happiness depends upon your choice of his I rood in infancy. 1 C right food for your Baby is Glaxo, which
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    • 64 3 (tvlllC VCV4. Uy I Iri Mi, I ji QIC r/iL ice vi# Mrßt^^^^^^^^ mwwW^^^^^^^ mlZwP^^^^^^^ JS v VC£^fEaS|^^ ARDATH TOBACCO CO., LTD., LONDON (ANOTHER REMINDER!! Keep in Good Spirits THE BEST OF SPIRITS "Old Rarity" 15 Years Old, 53.75 Per Bottle. S "Gold Label" Pedigree Scotch. $3.25 Per Bottle. f
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  • 524 4 Steady Increase of British Cars. Mr. A. H. George. Acting Commercial Secretary. Shanghai, contributes the following to a report issued by the Department of Overseas Trade on the c mmercial, industrial and economic situation of China. There has been a gratifying and steady increase in the number
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  • 49 4 A Reuter telegram from Wellington (New Zealand) states that, fishing off Cape Brett with a rod and line, Mr. F. B. Lesis, of England, caught a mako shark weighing 5771b., after a 90 minutes' fight. This is claimed to be a world's record.
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  • 401 4 INDUSTRY WITH A WIDE POLICY. Thcugh the anti-British propaganda in connexion with motor export trade in the British oversea markets has been aimed primarily at discounting the merits of British cars for the use of private motorists, it has undoubtedly reacted also to the detriment of our
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 176 4 l S iiih-ini ill Better Than Ever Following their traditional policy of constant improvement with no yearlymodels, Dodge Brothers Inc. during the past year have again vastly bettered their motor car. Never in a similar period have so many fundamental and popular improvements As a result, sales for 1926 were
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    • 90 4 High Pressure aed Baltooa Tyres and Tubes > XHL^^B j0 Ciftt A PI SIC Cf^^f I W** tTV, nuoc M<u* v n>i orr R lj Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca s9L—^ B^BH ■■^■■■k I BM *3 ka B X BNJT w^r^^^^
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  • 911 5  -  MAFOO VIII.— CARS OF THE PAST. "By We occasionally see references in the Press to the "horseless carriages" of the nineties, and some of them are not only in existence but are yet capable of carrying passengers en the road. It is common knowledge that the motor movement
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 107 5 Be Guided By Experience for Economical Transportation (Her two and a half million twners have discovered that it is po-sibfe to obtain in a Chevrolet n\\ the advantages of a truK modern car T Models and Prices. at the lowesi co*t. Be prted by the experience T OURING *****. u
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    • 257 5 Lovers ol fine cars are cordi- foi*e. 1 heir sta nina^ robust ally invited to call at our construction and outstanding Showrooms and inspect the performance have long been "lourteen-iorty Vauxhall. noted in the Motor Industry, We have both open and whilst for complete reliaclosed models on show, and bilitv
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  • 570 6  -  HATTON WARD -by- [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.] '•roMem No. 32. by A. SNOWDEN. Black 0 pieces. Whi:< 9 pieces. Matt- in three. Bishop ts. Knight. Kt-vertmg to the relative powers >f Bishop and Knight, a correspondent, whose list of "advantages bae already appeared, sums up the 1
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  • 228 6 THIS YEARS BIG VENTURE. Some weeks a^o it vvas announced fhat 'i large number of invitations had been sent out for an International Chess Tournament on novel lines. Each country was to be represented by a team of four players, says an Evening News correspondent. The acceptances for
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  • 945 6  - BRIDGE NOTES AND PROBLEMS. HORATIUS THE "FOURTH-BEST" LEAD. by— [FREE PRESS SPECIAL.} Last week's problem (the solution of which appears to-day) is an excellent illustration of the value to a wide-awake partner of the lead of the fourth best against a No Trump declaration. Thanks to that simple? convention. Sue
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  • 846 6 Legends of the Game. SLA IX WITH THE BOARD. If I say that I love well the game of chess, I would not be misunderstood. Indeed I am' no chess player: hardly do I remember how the pieces should be moved upon the board. If I watch the players
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 7 6 Leisure Hour J Indoor I Recreations I
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    • 549 6 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION for vJnlv 12 IViritpnAc V/i l^lCXl D6SL Coupons will be published in tho Free Press Man Bwlanlat „,<' th following Wednesday morning. The Prize of $:>(» (Fiftj hollar awarded to the reader giving TWELVE CORRECT RESULTS, li rw reaaWsuccessful the Prize will be awarded to the
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 145 6 Novel Crosswords-No 2 A CWl— pondtlU of an ingenioiis turn <vf mind has forwarded a series of crossword pu/zit of v clever and unusual character. Ir thesr ponies there are rr> numbered squares, but all the letters of the alphabet are used omv only. In fitting Urn clues to ilu
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  • 1387 7 Candid Critic's Criticism. THE WRONG KIM) OF CRICKET. "We have come out here to play the game," said Mr. Gilligan to the boys of the Royal College recently, "and to j play it in the real spirit, and I am glad to find that the
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  • 200 7 The Board of Perak River HydroElectric Power Co. entertained to dinner on Jan. 20. at Claridge's. the newly appointed General Manager of the Company, Mr. John Ferguson, M.B.E. M.l.Mach.E. M.1.E.E., and the ResiHen* Engineer fcr the construction of the dam. Mr. C.I- Thulin, who sailed for the
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  • 55 7 [Reuters Service] Los Angeles, Feb. 20. General Enrique Estrada and twelve of his followers, who were arrested on August 15th. on a charge of attempting an armed invasion of Northern Mexico from the United States, have been convicted of violating the United States' neutrality laws by •ngaging
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  • 48 7 [Rtuter's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Feb. 20. Another Japanese report, from 1 Peking, that despite Chans: Tso Lin's warning one battalion of Fengtien troops on entering Honan were disarmed by Wu Pei Fu troops, who also detained a trainload of Fengtien arms and ammunition.
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  • 53 7 The Hong Kong Bank has received the following subscriptions for the above. Already acknowledged $40,008.50 Singapore Cold Storage Co. Ltd., 1,000.00 In Memoriam 5.00 Shigeo Okubo of MIS.X. 25-00 The "Charity Crosswords" 50.00 $41,088.50 $40,000 of above has now been sent to the Central Fund Kuala
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 173 7 llt Pays to Spray I Keep down Mosquitos and I Pests by using the Vermorel "Eclair" j Knapsack Sprayer i^SSBKfe strongly made machine. 1\ Has a variable spray fine JHjj I medium or coarse. Sim I f <> ozz e s arranged that J*/n§ 84* et can c c l
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    • 231 7 I RAYMOND CONCRETE PILES. ■I AN ALL STEEL SPEED. Our method of RAYMOND EQUIPMENT. Raym d h and ■J our equipment has been r developed to obtain the 5 I if maximum of efficiency and S speed. 5 5 Last year on the GovernI" ment (iaol project in Hon^- j
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  • 1455 8 IN England and Abroad, A RUSSIAN VIEW. Ivy Litvinoff writing in the Manchester Guardian says: A Russian who spent a summer in an English "colony" on one of the Italian lakes tells with rcund eyehow a box was passed round twice a week at dinner to collect
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  • 151 8 H UGE DEBTS OF WELSH GUARDIANS Extravagant Relief Given During Strike. London, Feb. 7 A.v in the case of the West Ham Board of Guardians, those of Bedwellty. in Monmouthshire, have been suspended owing to their enormous debtsThe Ministry cf Health has placed the administration oi the Board in the
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  • 98 8 London, Feb. 4. New York. The American Art Association states that Sir Joseph Duveen has paid a record American price 270,000 dollars, for Rembrandt's "Tatus in an Armchair," which Sir Joseph. 20 years age, himself sold for 105.000 dollars. Another Rembrandt, "The Evangelist," fetched
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  • 54 8 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Feb. 19. The fog which Britain has experienced during the past week and which held up shipping round the coast i s now cleared and meteorological authorities declare that a recurrence of a further prolonged spell of fog is most unlikely. The forecast
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  • 54 8 The Stavrinaky Dancers are giving one performance in Singapore at the beginning of next month. They will appear at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night, March 5. in a programme, the first part of which will consist of Ballet and the second and third parts of classical
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 238 8 IK/re/r Babys Food turns sour uj the Stomach pi ACIDUY,FLATULENCE,CRIPING PAIN ICI M INDIGESTION t DIARRHOEA Lll J i» ARE TH E RESU LI |sj| i^^^f^y^k All these ailments can be quickly relieved and j^^f successfully prevented by Kiv.iiK a small do eof IkLjl #6J^^!^^ Woodward's "Gripe Water after eacn
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    • 199 8 MALTHOID RQUFINv Roof with Malthoid and >ou roof with the miitimum of expense consistent with good qualiu the minimum of labour snd the minimum ot cost. Only the highest grades oi felt and bitumen are used in making Malthoid Roofing. yean if manufacture have pn;ved its merits in ail ciimaies
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  • 1569 9 HAIL OF QUESTIONS. CHAMBERLAIN'S STATEMENT. f Router's Service.] London, Feb. 21. In th. House of Commons, in response to a request by Mr. J. R. Clynes (Lab., Plaiting) for statement with regard t) the signing of the Hankow agreement, Sir Austen Chamberlain said that a telegram had
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  • 38 9 [Reuters Service.] St. Vincent, Cape Verde, Feb. 21. The Marques de Pinedo left Porto Praia at 11 o'clock last night for Porto Sao Martinho, Brazil. Alicante, Feb. 21. The Uruguayan aviator, Larra Bordes, has arrived here.
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  • 37 9 Madrid, Feb. 21. It is semi-officially stated that the resignation of Senhor Yanguas, Foreign Minister, was due to a divergence of views with regard to the methods to be followed u negotiations relating to Morocco.
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  • 556 9 MARSHAL CHANG'S INTENTIONS. •SHANGHAI WILL HE DEFENDED." Renter's Far Eastern Service. PeldDg, Feb. 21. Yang Yu Ting, Marsha] Chang Tso Lin's Chief of Staff, interviewed by foreign (correspondents, declared that then* was always the possibility of all parties in China com--1 promising sooner or later, bat emphatically
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  • 122 9 Home. Feb. 21. The Italian note to the United States regretfully declines Mr. Coolidge's invitation to a disarmament conference. It emphasises that, a.- regards the European continent, there exists an undeniable inter-dependence between every kind of armament and every single Power, for which it would be
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  • 67 9 IReuter's Service.] Brussels, Feb. 21. On the occasion of the departure foi China of Baron Guillaume, Secretary to the i Belgian Embassy, London, who is going t rejoin the Legation in Peking, the Foreisrn Ministry summoned representatives of tjw principal Belgian groups interested in China. to
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 336 9 BUSINESS CARDS. fMARY SETON. I ri 'KWOOD FURNITURE JFI SHANGHAI SHADES. g vMBER MANSIONS. J > v.v.%vj".sv.v.vwvy%v.-. 7u f- l ltl -K 1OI»S, FLOOIUNT., riI.KS, Kti. v[N(l MM)RK CASKET (C irUc Merchants." 1 »K' phone la. L. A. DALEY. N K i nkH: ,V MOM MENTAL MASON. i>'*T- Tel. 915.
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    • 692 9 NOTICES. THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LTD. Notice is hereby given that the transfer books f his Coacpojation will be closed from the 7th to the 14th Manh. 1927, both days inclusive. Hy Order of the Board, KWA SIEW TEE. Secretary. KRAMAT PULAI LIMITED. Information has bt-en received from the
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    • 373 9 NOTICES. TRADE MARK XOTICK IS HF.RKBV CIVKN th;.t Wll I MM HENRY ATKINSON. ar<- of Knl Inu 9mgm Mij, Batavia. Java, the Owmr I ftd fi li P|»» prietor of th« foUowinc Tr:i<l> >!:■-* The -aid 'J rari<' Nattf i fc Mftd IB if -pert »f descript 'on of >?■
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 22 10 SOAMES. At their residence, Singapore, or Monday. February 21st, to Mr. and Mrs William B. Soames (nee Daphne King-Harman) a daughter.
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    • 13 10 PREXTIS. At Bukit Riir.au Estate Klarj; or. 21st February. E. F. Prentis.
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  • 665 10 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1927. A Plea for a Convalescent Home. One of the real needs of Singapore is a properly equipped, good sized Convalescent Home. A good deal has been said at one time and another with regard to the shortcomings of the General Hospital and there
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  • 1302 10 Miss Owen, of the Y.W.CA.. Singapore, s on a visit to Malacca. Sir Henry and Lady Gompertz have arived hack in Kuala Lumpur from Penang. The marriage between Mr. Sutherland Brown and Miss B. W. S. Brown will take place a: St. Mary's Church. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, at 4
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  • 542 10 Chap Ji Kee as e. EX-POLKEMAN MHftM v xf i set) The Detects Depart m,,.- .r Chinese in a house fa r on Monday afternoon a! (larf^ before Mr. P. F. lW:n:h. yesterday with lasisting :r ment of a public \otoet] to w,t kee lottery. Mr. A.V.I.
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  • 17 10 The Hon. Treasurer icknowli f AT I C I i 'II I Ivl
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 32 10 Parfums de Luxe j i OOTY j Chypre Origan Rose Jacqueminot Paris > Emeraude EAU DE COTY J; f to be had from all dealers Dtipirc Brothers. SIDEROSTHEN ANTI-CORROSIVE THE BORNEO CO., LTD.
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    • 9 10 To-day's Feature. EVERY KIND OF j j PROBLEM —Par/
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  • 77 11 )FK with his head. nN Bxrnsa imperialism. 0& Eastern Service.] Shanghai. Feb. 2? striken is decreasing teati n the foreign ,*l f,y the Chinese Defence posted at the Ge- effect that any cmi rk will be all ci ablins re- the P el Office) S<
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  • 41 11 an >>>me I stal 94 rvice settk meni buses inning, the situa- .i spiti the fad is tied up. ar< r.:;nuing, K34 ale, while they ringing back the greatly incretat who, as recting affairs front than to foreign eats.
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  • 36 11 kI there is still strike feeling, an ■;<>n is reported arc being 1 an ships threatened seagers, while at us threatened to 1 binese remaining supplying neces- tas been seized for 'onsnlatc at Chang-
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  • 47 11 UUACKETS ORDERED TO SHANGHAI. N ft Shimbun]. Tokyo. Feb. 21. listing of 390 >n Saturday ordered to SI ngfcai lisa been given to the V .aka and Kure to arty 250 marines ructions. >rted thai -he Japanese naval is prepared to land bluejackets if necessary.
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  • 48 11 AM) KINFAUNS 1 V>TLE DEPART. r*a Service.] < olombo, Feb. 22 t Kanaala, with the first bat- Regiment and the Soot* Wales Bor- et details of six»d the Assaye. with Urn Green Howards ri taring the weekthe Kintauns Castle MCOBd battalion of Bg <>n board the
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  • 21 11 i f:'!»n«K Aires, Feb. 22. I (ted n<>: to attend 1 lament o.ntVrenee. but 1 *tW Geneva Dnarma-
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  • 22 11 I™ R SIX WEEKS. •>;> ndml). Hantfkok, Feb. 22. n a~ bc«| r.urnt. th€ '■■"v.'at |q fiio.rwx P«MI nrms.
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  • 110 11 GOVERNMENT TO ACT. LITVINOFF'S COUNTER-CHARGE. [Reuters Service.] London, Feb. 22. II is learned that the Government action regarding Communist propaganda will probably take place from a note of protest, the terms of which will be discussed at the next Cabinet meetmg. The degree of severity of
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  • 91 11 NEW ZEALAND'S WELCOME TO ■KE AND DUCHESS. [Reuters Service.] Auckland. Feb. 22. H. M. S. Renown, with the Duke and Duchess t York aboard, triumphally entered the harbour amid the crashes of saluting guns and hundreds of sailing yachts and motor-launches tilled with cheering people. Despite a
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  • 74 11 r[Nanyo Xichi-Xichi Shimbun]. Tokio, Feb. 20H.I.H. Prince ChL-hibu has decided to continue his studies at Oxford University, while his brother. Prince Takamatsu. it is learned, has requested the Emperor's permission to proceed to England in iy2i*. This means a year after the C ronation ceremony, which
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  • 43 11 [-Renter's Service.] Washington. Feb. 22. The H us.' of Representatives, by 239 ores to 44. passed a resolution recommend- jtg that Mr. Coelidge negotiate with China 'independently of other nations." The resolution ha s been sent to the Senate.
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  • 66 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun]. Tokyo. Feb. 21. The third plenary session of the disarmament preparatory conference of the League of Nations will be held at Geneva on March 21st. Viscount Ishii. Ambassador to France, and Mr. Sato, Japanese Minister to Poland, who is the Japanese representative on
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  • 53 11 [Reuters Service.] Washington. Feb. 22. It is reported that President Diaz has proposed to the State Department a new treaty between N'icaraeua and the United States, the latter guaranteeing the protection of Nicaragua from external attacks and internal disorders due to outside interference. [Earlier cables
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  • 156 11 The following action was taken at a meeting of Committee No. 7 held on Feb. 18th. Decided to recommend that Middleton Hospital, the Central Fire Station, the Vehicles Dept. Offices, and the Markets be not specially insured. b Decided by a majority that the Gas Works be insured
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  • 193 11 QUARTERING PROBLEM. A SATISFACTORY SOLUTION. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Feb. 22. The 800 men of the Suffolk Regiment, mentioned yesterday, have landed and are occupying the quarters of the Punjabis on the race-course, the latter having proceeded to Hong Kons this afternoon. The prtblem
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  • 104 11 SINGAPORE-PERAK MATCH POSTPONED. It has been found necessary, owing to the opening of ihe Selangor Races on Saturday, March 5, to postpone the charity match between Singapore and Perak until a later date, and the game will probably be played in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, March 26. It is
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  • 187 11 WIN FOR CHARTERED BANK. The large crowd vhi h witnessed th« match in the Inter-Commercial Cup competition, between the Chartered Bank and Paterson. Simons and Company on the Padang yesterday afternoon, was an indication of the interest that the competition has stimulated. The Bank won quite a good
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  • 137 11 A match in aid of F.M.S. Flood Relief Fund will be played between the 2nd Duke of Wellington's and a Malay football team. The match is under the auspices of the Malaya Football Association and will be played at the Stadium ground to-morrow, Thursday. Kick off 5.15
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  • 968 11 The Managing Director's Visit. BUSY TIMES AHEAD. t (From Our Own Correspondent.) Jesselton. Feb. 16. These notes are being despatched on the eve of the arrival of the Managing Director of the Chartered Company, Honourable M. W. Elphinstone. Thereafter we are looking forward to a fairly full
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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    • 551 12 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Uut- Spore. s.B. CITY OF MADRID In Port s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Mar. 14 HOMEWARDS. s.s. CITY OP LAHORE London,
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    • 446 12 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAH LINES (Incorporated in En^lan MAIL, PASSENGER AND CAKGO SKI' i.r PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAAL STEAM IVir t«« LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SEtVlrr (Under Contract with His Majesty* Qoverni OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HONii w For China and Japan. Ko r atari ilW, I ,r Due
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  • 218 13 MOTION ON COUNCIL CONSTITUTION. The Orders of the Day for the meeting of the Federal Council on Monday, Feb. 28, include: Presentation to the Rev. W. E. Horley, M.8.E., of the insignia of M.B.E. The hon'ble the Chief Secretary to Government, Federated Malay States, to move: That this
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  • 177 13 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby, Feb. 19. Although some reports state that Sun j Chuan Fang is reorganising his defeated forces for a further stand probably at Kashmir stragglers, wounded and refugees are reaching Shanghai in a continuous stream. The possibility of disorder arising from the entry of
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  • 132 13 [British Radio— Official Service.] Kugby, Feb. i'>. The British Industries Fair organised under the auspices of the Board of Trade in conjunction with a similar fair at the White City. London, opens in Birmingham on Monday and continues concurrently until March 4. It will thus offer to
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  • 83 13 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Feb. 19. Orders prohibiting the further cultivation of the opium poppy in the province of Ajmere-Mervvara have been issued by the Indian Government. The Government intend progressively and finally to extinguish the export of opium from India for nonmedical purposes within
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  • 73 13 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Tokyo, Feb. 21. Only two papers comment on Japan's reply to America on disarmament and both express satisfaction. The Chugai suggests, however, that as America, owing to her naturally strong position, has absolutely nothing to fear from other Powers, she ought to
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  • 22 13 Penang, Feb. 21. The President's Prize at the Golf Club for foursomes was won hy C.D.D. Hogan and M. B. Lynch.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 1500 14 News of Home Visitors. CLAYESMORIAN NOTES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, Jan. 28The following from Malaya have been elected non-resident Fellows of the Royal I Colonial Institute:— Mr. Gordon M. Bowen j (Singapore), Mr. Andrew Buchanan (Batu [Gajah), Mr. Geo. H. Chandler (Taiping), Mr. Tiow Wan Goh
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  • 209 14 Highest Marks For John Stuart Mill. Submitting the childhood intelligence of 301 geniuses of history to test is the astonishing: feat attempted by psychologists at Stanford University, in the United States. The test was given to John Milton, Michel Angelo, Napoleon, Samuel Johnson, and
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  • 67 14 William Heughan, the Scottish actorsinger who made such a hit in Singapore in the course of several visits here, is being loudly acclaimed by the Press of the United States and Canada. The musical critic of the Chicago Daily Tribune says: "Heughan has, I honestly believe, the finest bass voice
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 207 14 J Each part is given as amcfe artentl.n whole. That is why Kerrr. ath Marine Engines are so well balanced and function so smoothAll parts Standard and Intercha-.ge-W able. American Bosch Magnetos— 1 impulse coupling. X 3 to 100 H. P.. WL X 1 to 6 cylinders, W^L I 4-cycle
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    • 247 14 I I draught (v IhOKNYCBOITtt JlJs Jll, Collaborate with you I The range of Thornycroft models, f *^r^^S^g^i| i (on which may be fitted bodies built «gLJfg^JP J| locally) provides for complete satis- <"-■-- i^^*?mT ]~1 faction no matter what the problem iSRSS^Sa* of the business in which it is
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    • 126 14 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Programme of Drills up to and for Feb. •27th. 1927. Wednesday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.F. Ambulance, Chinese Company, C. Company. Friday, 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S.V.C. Band, C. Company, Eurasian Company. Malay Drill Hall Malay Company. 5 p.m. Johnston's Pier D.E.L. Unit. Saturday, 2 p.m. Drill
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  • 1241 15 Results Including Saturday, Feb. 19th. ENGLISH U:\GUi: DIVISION 1. Home Away Goal? Goals PWDLF AjWDLFA Points Huddersfield 29 10 3 1 37 17 3 9 3 28 29 38 Newcastle 28 12 1 1 41 12 4 4 6 24 26 37 Sunderland 31 12 2
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  • 123 15 The New South Wales Rugby tourists, who are to play in Great Britain next J (season, are quite likely to include T. Law- ton, A. C. Wallace, R. L. Raymond, and, i possibly, R. H. Bettington, all of whom have played for Oxford in the
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    • 1007 15 IIHIAAItfl) KORRENGZAL OINTMENT tW lI I IIIV FOR WOUND S' SORES, AND ALL SKIN DISEASES. ■sffllUUll GREAT PEPPERMINT CURE WWIFU FOR COUGHS, COLDS, AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS. REMINDER. it- DAY. WEDNESDAY. AT 2.30 PM AUCTION SALE OF I luuihaM lafcd and shophouse premises known as No. 92-9 Neil Road, Singapore. KOON
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    • 13 15 Ny Carlsberg SOLE IMPORTERS: THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Denmark.) SINGAPORE.
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  • 63 16 The Belgenland is due to arrive here from Batavia at daylight on Thursday, and to sail for Calcutta a: daylight on Saturday. The M.M. homeward mail steamer, Sphinx, will leave to-day at 4 p.m. instead of at 2 p.m. from S.H.B. Wharves. Quarantine declarations for smallpox against Bombay,
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  • 465 16 AN EPISODE OF AMERICA'S CIVIL WAP. The death at Minneapolis, Minn., of Captain David P. Ross has recalled the story of the only pirate craft that is ever known to have sailed the vast inland seas of North America. When the Civil War broke
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  • 133 16 At the Central Magistracy Hong Kong a young Filipin named Benito de Guzman was sent to the House of Detention until a passage could be arranged for his return to Manila. Serut. Elston told the Court that a passage home had been promised j the defendant by the American C
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    • 370 16 Burns Philp Line (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) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The B.a. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single
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    • 286 16 BIBBY LINE of fast twin-screw Oil Driven Mail Passenger Vessels between j RANGOON. COLOMBO. MARSEILLES AND LONDON. with Through connection from Singapore and Penang. HOMEWARD SAILINGS. Steamer. Leave Rangoon. Passage Rates include Train Fares to Port of Embarkation from Singapore or Penang to London. Single i' 84 S 720.00 Return
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    • 123 16 INDOCHINA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in England.) Direct Services to Japan via Hongkong and Singapore and to Calcutta via Penan? from Singapore. Taking cargo on through Bills of Lading, for Canton, Macao, Swatow, Amoy, Chefoo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Yangtze ports, Formosa, the Philippines, etc. FOR PENANG AND CALCUTTA. NAMSANG Mar
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    • 516 16 Kerr Steamship Co. W 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) General Agents. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE m BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA it BALTIMORE (via Suez), i m.s. SILVERBEECH m.s. CUBA MARU s.s. TYNE MARU PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRAXC IS( 0. LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERLARCH due
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    • 12 16 WT ''CRAW-CRAW CAN BK CUPE Dl 3 BURCOYNK. H KH; GESI ll
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    • 700 16 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, Taip.ing, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6
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    • 591 17 O. S. K. Line. munitions. Ste«m«r». Arrive Leave. t t, m™- Hamburg. Bremen, :i Tulombo. Aden, Port tad :rl Said. Amazon Mam Mar. 16 Mar. 18 Ifc i Way. Cape Town, Rio. Aires. t Montevideo Maru Mar. 6 Mar. 8 ar, Dar-es-Salaam. got Bay and Durban. t Panama Maru Mar.
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    • 430 17 TRAVEL COMFORT DOLLAR <&£§§&> "PRESIDENT" 1 Rl I LINERS "^s^- f S^^9 Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. Tbey are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Stateroom* with private bath predominate, all
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    • 726 17 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPtJ. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION ..CO., OF BATAVLA (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3040, with sub-connections to: Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF
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  • 907 18 THE DEVELOPMENT&.QR.RECENT YEARS. The prominent place of the tea industry among other agricultural industries in the island of Java, and the economic and financial interests involved thereby, render it advisable for other tropical countries to follow with attention the trend of events in this colony. It has
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    • 601 18 AUCTION SALES. PRELIMINARY NOTICE. To be offered at Public Auction on the 22nd day of March 1927. if nut previously disposed of privately. FREEHOLD PROPERTY. Area. LOT 1. No. 43 Ca. twWr Street hree storey shop-house built •I bricks with tile roof. 1,678 sq. ft. LOT l\- No. 112 River
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    • 430 18 The Cost of Your Car is the Cost PER YEAR iHE real cost of a motor car includes j^S^P^r with a complete line of cars newly de- _J^T^^ f^Ti'/L? 6 kteSt f Which 1S the ne W Over- mW 7^»^Jfin9h^hkh.^9m i h 9 tthe W eraT land Whippet. h ill
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    • 10 18 1 TUP THE I PERFECTION ALWAYS SN THE LEAD i
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  • 59 19 Bank demand 23 23-32 Private credits 3 m.s. 2;4 5-16 New Yo:k. demand 55 15-16 Credits 30 days 57^ France, demand 1396 India. T.T. 1^:; 4 Hong Kong, demand B'.. p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 111 Java, demand 139 v Bangkok, demand 81 Bar Silver London 26:; 4 Bank of
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  • 217 19 February 22. Tin 150 Tons |156.a I Gambier &•<» Pepper White 77.00 Pepper Black 45.00 Flake Topioca 5.50 Pearl Sago Small 1% Copra 10.70 Copra Sundried 11.20 Opium, Benares unt. 4.000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle (New) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan
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  • 358 19 MAYNARD'S AXM AL lIEBTING. The annual meeting of Maynard and < wnpany was held in the oflfeei of t hi- Bacearctaries. Messrs. Harrison Barker and Company, Chartered Bank Chambers yesterday. Besidea the directors, then wni only one shareholder, Mr. A. c. Hall. present. Mr. K. A. Brown,
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  • 345 19 COPRA AND OILSEEDS BALING PROCESSES. POSSIBILITIES OF THK Xl BMH During the last few days demonstrations of copra baling by 1 new and patented pro cess have been given at the Borneo < on pany's Produce Godown to an interested group of shippers. We are informed l\ the demonstrator, Capt.
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    • 1852 19 ts (her $7,000,000, S-C Assurance in 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. mpany has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act
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    • 32 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England b; Royal Charter A.D. 1720 FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives. Messrs. BARLOW ft CO Messrs. HARRISONS, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist iloor).
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  • 1397 20 It is satisfactory to learn that not only is an effort to be made to put the control of football m Singapore upon a workmanlike basis but that the reorganisation of the Singapore Football Association is to be accompanied by much needed improvements at the Stadium, so that
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 235 20 THE ENTRIES. The following are the entries for the Selangor Turf Club's meeting: Ex-Griflin Horses: Qmadhaim, Sunmaid. Cowboy, Bronavio, Larkspur, Koh Dhulu, Nelson, Whitestone, Brava. Hamworthy, Man 0' War, Bronzo, Sevenoaks, Bombastic, Pontianak, Wellaway, Slippery Ann, Tija, Lum Reek, Lmacre Queen, Chevalier, St. Elmo. Ozone, Whiskers, Noone, Dignity,
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    • 182 20 London, Feb. 9. Grahamstown. The British ladies' lawn i .ennis team met a South African team in I fine weather and before a large crowd. i Miss Dix beat Miss Stone, 6 2. 6 2. Mrs. Mellouham (South Africa) beat Miss Richards. 6 3, 6 2.
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  • CRICKET.
    • 138 20 NEW SCORING METHOD PROPOSED. [Reuters Service.] London, Feb. 21 A meeting of the Advisory County Cricket Committee at Lord's decided to recommend to the M.CC. the following system of points for the County Championship matches: 8 for a win in a completed match; should the match not
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    • 354 20 Although on the face of it, it strikes one as likely to be unwieldy in operation it will give the leading counties close on two hundred points at the end of the season the proposed new system of scoring i? a decided improvement -on the metheds that
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    • 377 20 SOITH AUSTRALIA'S SUCCESS When Victoria commenced their Sheffield Shield match against Queensland at Brisbane a week or so ago they did so fully aware that success in this last match of the series would make them winners of the Shield for the third successive year, a feat
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  • HOME FOOTBALL.
    • 51 20 ALL LONDON CLUBS AT HOME. [Reuters Service.] London, Feb. 21. The draw for the sixth round of the F. A. Cup, to be played oti March 5, resulted as follows: Chelsea vs. Cardiff. Arsenal vs. W r olverhamptcn. S. Shields or Swansea vs. Reading. Millwall vs.
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    • 21 20 In a Division I match at West Bromwich Cardiff beat the home club by 2 goals to 1.
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    • 262 20 A London Cup final! The vision of a possible clash between the Arsenal and Chelsea with ali it involves is conjured up by the manner in which the names were drawn out of the hat for the sixth round, so that the three surviving: London clubs play
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    • 332 20 Nor were Millwall, with encouraging victories over the League champions and Derby in earlier rounds, unjustified in the confidence they felt in being able t beat Middlesbrough, despite the fact that the Yorkshire club are almost certainties for Division I at the end of the season,
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    • 175 20 SCOTTISH LEAGUE (DIV. I). Motherwell (5) 29 18 5 6 64 37 41 Rangers (6) 26 17 5 4 69 3<? 39 Celtic (1) 25 15 5 5 78 33 35 Aberdeen (11) 28 12 9 7 61 50 33 Falkirk (8) 26 13 6 7 56 35 32 Ajrdries
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    • 315 20 j. A TRIUMPH IN SOUND REPRODUCTION Hk& Z J BEEN ACHIEVED BY J "His Master's Voice jt COME IN AND HEAR THC XP:\V Moi l^ We will be pleased to prove t hi*- to you at n v v I S. MOUTRIE AND CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong). RAFFLES PLACE,
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