The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 4 March 1927
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Title Section13 1927-03-04 1 Singapore Free Press I ENTS. SINGAPORE, SJS._ FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1927. NO. 12,044.13 words
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Article248 1927-03-04 1 Fighting on the Shanghai front is imminent according to reports of Nationalist advances Page 9. In a speed trial on Pendine sands the famous motor racer Thomas has been killed— Page 9. A Soviet vessel on which Mrs. Borodin was travelling has been held up at Nanking248 words
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Article1454 1927-03-04 1 Shanghai problems art- only understood by those who have full knowledge of the size and the geographical, and political conditions of the place. The International Settlements of Shanghai are built OQ the mud flat? of the Whang-poo. and follow that winding river from the Point to the French Concession,A.P.H. - 1,454 words
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Advertisement206 1927-03-04 1 BRITISH AND BEST ij>J\VPOLE MARGARINE] ,»F. TABLE USE. 2 I [Raffles Hotel Saturday March sth. 8.15 p.m. f Special Diner Dansant (Dinners will he served in the Ball-room.) J For reservations phone 2920. j J. WILLIAMS, Manager. ,^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^v.^vv,^^^v_^^v.^^^^w_^v_^^^www. fKeminjjton Standard for the office; Remington Portable for the Home and for206 words
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Advertisement232 1927-03-04 1 PABCO VAINISH STAIN Produces a transpare nt, mirror-like finish on all woodwork. It stains, varnishes and preserves in one operation. Recommended for all -fine interior woodwork, because its combination of high grade varnish with permanent colours makes it preservative and at the same time transparent, thus I showing the natural232 words
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Advertisement115 1927-03-04 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. S.S.S.— Page 16. He.fetz coming Page 2. Use a Remington Page 2. Phyllosan for Mothers— Page 6. The Mikado booking opens Page 3. Good boxing t -night at Happy Valley Page 2. Madame Kelvey's school of dancing Page 2. Robinson and Co.. for the latest shoes Page 9.115 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous183 1927-03-04 1 THE WEEK. Friday, Mar. ith. High Water, 10.35 a.m.. 11.38 p.m. Australasian mail closes. 2 p.m. Football: Mansfield's vs. M.P.H. Stadium, 5. Cricket: Trial match, S.C.C, 5 p.m. Boxing: Key vs. Song. H. Valley. P. 15. Saturday. h*h. High Water. 11.19 a.m. B. I. outward mail due. Selangor Races 2nd183 words
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Article110 1927-03-04 2 Lord Crewe's Joke. Speaking ai a luncheon given to the Lord Mayor of Londun. Sir Rowland Blades, and Sir Burton Chadwick (who are both Bf. P.?- by the British Chamber ol Commerce in Puis, the Marquess of Crewe, the British. Am assador, said they reminded him ofBritish United Press - 110 words
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88 1927-03-04 2 AMERICAN'S REFUGE IN PHILIPPINES. Shanghai. eeading to American naval officers arriving bom Manila preparations are being a U for dispatching Anierican refugees, ft i China to the Philippin? Islands, where the United States army is arranging camping fai-iiities for 10,000 should American evacuatioa from China become necessary. I nit.d States88 words
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Advertisement236 1927-03-04 2 ASPRO TABLETS. GIVE CERTAIN RELIEF IN Rheumatism Headache Influenza Sleeplessness. Does not affect the heart. J Wholesale and retail from the Importers 1 MEDICAL HALL LTD., 1 23. BATTERY ROAD, SINGAPORE. j THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD.! THE TOWiTaMUS-MT CENTRE MALAY OPERA, CINEMA. SIDE SHOWS AMUSEMENTS. Mdm. kelvey's *JR *g School236 words
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Advertisement307 1927-03-04 2 VIOXORIA THEATRE Two Recitals Only Monday Tuesday, March 14th 15th, at 9.30 p.m. OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MASTER OF THE VIOLIN. HEIFETZ Accompanist ISIDOR AOHRON Booking Opens at Little's Monday Next, March 7th, at 8.30 a.m. Prices. Stalls, $6 $4. Circle, 86. Gallery, $2. SMILE— LAUGH— GRIN REGINALD DENNY PA307 words
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Advertisement308 1927-03-04 2 ONE OF THE FUNNIEST COMEDIES EVItoZ From Tuesday, Ist. to Monday, 7th M V h N ALHAMBRA (Tan Cheng Kee Co.. Ltd Pm--;,,. In the Second Show, commencing 4 *T> A SCREEN VERSION OF THE BRANDON THOU Y^ which has held the board continuously for S3 vnai- v H of308 words
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Article446 1927-03-04 3 TALES OF A WEST AUSTRALIAN i JIONEER. There has ar ived in Sydney, after an absence of thirty-four years, Mr. E. F. Norton, an Australian bred and born who for that period has been in the wilds of Western Australia prospecting for gold. After a446 words
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220 1927-03-04 3 SIDELIGHTS OF RE-OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Westminster Vaults Searched. The Yeomen of the Guard, accompanied by police and Parliamentary officials, searched the vaults beneath the House of Lords and the H use of Commons, at 10 o'clock this morning without finding evidence of potential trouble. The search was the usual formality220 words
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146 1927-03-04 3 GOVERNMENT STATION TO BE BUILT. H.R.H. the Minister of Commerce and Communications (Siam), announces that the Siamese Government awarded the contract for the supply of materials and the fitting up of a Government Wireless Station for short wave, duplex, and high speed working, between Siam and Europe146 words
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340 1927-03-04 3 25 YEARS' PROGRAMME TO EFFECT CHANGE. London, Feb. 21. After spending ten weeks in India, Mr. Pethick Lawrence, in a letter to the Manchester Guardian gives his view of Indian problems. The Manchester Guardian says: -"Like most responsible European witnesses who have recently given their340 words
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Article276 1927-03-04 3 I APPEAL TO LEGISLATORS BY BOMBAY (.OVER NOR. Rom hay. Feb. 21. The impending Statutory Commission and the necessity of members preparing to lay facts based upon personal knowledge before it. so as to secure constitutional advance, were prominently referred to in the speeches of His Excellency276 words
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Article177 1927-03-04 3 It is not only in this country that the shoeingsmith, the sadler, and the wainwright are disappearing craftsmen. The advent of the motor has brought hard times and even ruin to various professions and occupations in North America. One veterinary surgeon who used to make a very177 words
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Advertisement149 1927-03-04 3 I h\J' fl! Itv. I A Remarkable Health Drink instant POSTUM is just the beverage with which to 1 nrv.sh a meal. Unlike tea and coffee, with the fala* ttirnntartOß of the drug caffeine, Instant Postum aids Please your guests, serve a demi-tasse of Instant Postum to conclude the repast.149 words
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Advertisement191 1927-03-04 3 i mfa —THE SIGN i J A tmAQUAM]^ A OF J Follow The Lead OF THE i I Wise Ford Owner VAVAVAWAVAVA\VAVAWAVAWAVAWAVAV.V.VAV.<" VA%VA\VAVAV.VAVAVA\\\VAVAVAV.VAV.VAVAV.VAV. 7PTQQ Zi Hi 1 o O > Careful study of the diagram conclusively proves the superiority of Punktal Lenses over all others. I > Looking through Looking191 words
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Article270 1927-03-04 4 Womenly Virtue. HEROINES OF WIFEHOOD. [Specially W T ritten for Free Press]. Modern women who consider themselves the intellectual equals of men, may find much to divert them in an ancient Chinese work which treats of women's virtues, words, deportment anil employments. This book, written nearly two thousand270 words
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Article, Illustration338 1927-03-04 4 TAFFETA REIGN enrage her or cause her unhappiness? No! She was a model wife. She replied: "I have been taught. tha: a wife's chief virtue is obedience. If through exacting love she opposes her husband's pleasures can she be a true wife? Besides, the Decorum Ritual says that an EmperorfPaiJv Sketch >_ - 338 words
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Article616 1927-03-04 4 The Indulgent Mother. A BOYS WORST ENEMY. The sight oi crowds i f small boys going i ff to distant boarding schools, many of them for the first time, makes one wonder why parents continue a practice which imposes a severe strain n the maternal heart and an616 words
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Article103 1927-03-04 4 subjection of wives to their husbands, when we read that the Sage laments that "there are few husbands who are firm enough to resist their wive's influence, and not to be led astray by their words. I have seen many husbands so deluded." Can it be, we ask ourselves sorrowfully,103 words
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Article372 1927-03-04 4 The Art of Frying. BY A COOKERY ENTHUSIAST. Most women know how to fry a pota: in the accepted sense of the term, but I venture to think that few of them know h a* to do so in the correct manner so well understood by the French372 words
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Article163 1927-03-04 4 Turned-in Toes and Knock-Knees. "Now then! 'Eels together! Feet atta nangle o' forty-fife degrees! 'Eads hur' Chins hout!" A press representative could not but echo these old pleasantries of the parade ground as he observed in tramearv and omnibuses the effect of the Charleston on163 words
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Article101 1927-03-04 4 Division Among Charities After Five Years. Lancashire charitable institutions will benefit considerably under the will of Miss Alice Ann Pilkington, of Laneside House, Accrington, who has died art the age of Miss Pilkington left £500 each to her housekeeper and her gardener, and directed that the residue101 words
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Article, Illustration31 1927-03-04 4 Velvet hats are particularly attracthe when thoy are made of pastelshaded material. The pull-on hat illustrated here is of a pale coral-coloured velvet, trimmed with gros-grain ribbon to match.31 words
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Article, Illustration25 1927-03-04 4 MASCULINE MODES AGAIN A spring mode that hints at the severity of masculine styles remaining in favour. By Peron.- \Daily Sketch.)\Daily Sketch.) - 25 words
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Article126 1927-03-04 4 Miss 1957 to Wear Tro USWs m. pact, war os lllK (HaN( Women, in thirty ftaet trousers, and sl:irt- irill be of the past as m long is the prophecy Of tha the world of women. Eml i Poiret, fhe Paris dtessmakei v of fashion agree i126 words
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Article, Illustration187 1927-03-04 4 BEWIGGED table a- bobbed hair, which U here l Oi course, then- are disappi who grumble, and die-hard- vr. but I say in all confidi nee that I who still demur a; mi rift r golden fleece will be WOO Wet by -t grasped the scissors boldly, si hesitate theOf - 187 words
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Article66 1927-03-04 4 A Should the lieret loptor the N* A truly feminine sul by the women student- of iwrsities at the Inter-W--is "Hats." Glasgow rtudei against the mortarboard ha' I in the days of long UWSSf. the shingle has made H mortarboard is balanced a the modern girl's66 words
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Article1406 1927-03-04 5 Veteran Acrobat's Life Story. MAN WHO WAS BLONDIN'S DONKEY. I had the privilege this afternoon of interviewing the front legs of a horse, writes the London correspondent of the Manchester Guardian on Jan. 24. I found him resting in i a cosy dressing-room at the1,406 words
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Article107 1927-03-04 5 A very large gathering of the parishioner? of St. Mary's Church was present at the i Masonic Hall, Damansara-rd., Kuala Lumpur, to say farewell to the Rev. B. C. and I Mrs. Roberts, at an At Home given on Monday by the Selangor Church Central Council. Among those present wereM.M. - 107 words
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Advertisement268 1927-03-04 5 Toil catit go on„ Why ruin your own health as wall as baby's > Tbat is what sleep- Wt p less nights mean to you. Human nature cannot stand it El There >!» safe, simple remedy in Woodward's Gripe Water. This Q vi what 3 *rpir.r<X nurse writes to us268 words
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Advertisement163 1927-03-04 5 "_~"_r^ ■i_^ i^r^_r^^T-^k. 40 million prescribed portions of VIROL were given in 3,000 Hospitals and Qinics last year For over 20 years Virol has been prescribed by doctors and used in Hospitals. During all this time doctors have been carefully observing the effects of Virol, and proving its permanent good163 words
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Article810 1927-03-04 6 An Indian Volunteer Unit ENQUIRIES BEING MADE. (By Our Indian Correspondent). Seme time back I had occasion to write in these columns suggesting the possibility of an Indian volunteer unit being formed here. I now hear that the matter is being I taken up by the local Indian810 words
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Article88 1927-03-04 6 Mrs. Shrive, who survived two certificates of death and thirty-one operations, has died at Rushden, Northants, aged fifty-five years. More than thirty years ago she was being carried to a mortuary at Bristol when the bearers stumbled, and she was seen to be alive. Two years later,88 words
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Article788 1927-03-04 6 Progress of New Processes. BRITISH ENTERPRISE. The relinquishment of office in the Government by Col. Moore-Brabaz«n to take up the chairmanship of Sensible Heat Distillation, Ltd., a company which is working to develop a low temperature carbonisation process, is a further reminder that the question of eliminating788 words
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Article31 1927-03-04 6 Fire which broke out in Bangkok last week cleared out an enormous rat-infested slum area in a couple of hours. Large numbers of houses belonging to Chinese silk weavers were destroyed.31 words
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Advertisement192 1927-03-04 6 NOTICES. m Notice ia hereby given that A. S. Shaikally and Co., of No. 49 Chulia Street. Singapore jewellers are the manufacturers of the following Swadesi geli ornaments and medals: which can be used \'or bangles, earrings, buttons, links, tie clips, necklaces and many other articles of ornament. They also192 words
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Advertisement452 1927-03-04 6 PROTECT THE BLOSSOMS. > DOCTOR'S GREAT (ill T TO CHILDREN. LONDON HOSPITALS REMARKABLE EUSPORI f m m Ihe Business ol being b parent is abb to say 'M Childi difficult at the best You dream of Best Prated m I Can B things you hope to do for the child-452 words
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Article106 1927-03-04 7 [Reuters Service.] Paris, Mar. 2. The police were summoned to eject a party of -'10 Chinese, who tailed at tin Chinese Legation at T.oO this morning and lemanded to interview the Minister, who refused leave. When the Minister offered to receive twr delegates when the office106 words
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Article40 1927-03-04 7 Reuters Service. 1 Chicago, Mar. 2. The death is announced of Mr. Charles futhenberg. General Secretary of the Workers' Party (the Communist organisation of the United States) and virtual chief < f the Communists in America.40 words
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Article451 1927-03-04 7 POSITION OF BRITISH TROOPS. [Reuters Service.] London, Mar. 2. i In the House of Commons Li. -Com. Kenworthy (Lab., Central Hull) asked what instructions had been given to the G.O.C. at Shanghai regarding the occupation of Chinese territory outside the concession 'seeing that British troops occupied451 words
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Article121 1927-03-04 7 [Reuter s Service-] »enty Mahomedans were killed and 40) were wounded as the result of firing ordered j i by the District Magistrate of the Backer j gunge District at Ponabalia village, about 200 miles from Calcutta. It is reported that Hindus to k out a religious121 words
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Article79 1927-03-04 7 I Reuters Service. 1 Washington, Mar. 2. The President has signed the Naval Bill, thereby, incidentally, assenting to the apI propriation for the three new cruisers, which Congress inserted in the bill against the President's wishes. It is emphasised at White House that while Mr. Coolidge has79 words
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Article41 1927-03-04 7 [Reuters Service] Geneva, Mar. 2. The Dutch Government has deposited with the Secretariat of the League of Nations ratification of the International Opium Convention of 1925, which has now been ratified by Great Britain, France India, Holland and Portugal.41 words
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Article480 1927-03-04 7 i NEW MILITARY PHASE IN CHINA. WILL SHANTUNG FORCES FIGHT [Router's Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Mar. 2. A Reuters special message states: The withdrawal vi Sun's semi-broken army from the Sunkiang front opens up a new phase in the military situation. Competent foreign military authorities here, who480 words
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Article128 1927-03-04 7 AGITATORS BUSY IN SHANGHAI. Shanghai, Mar. 2. The authorities here possess information showing that the Kuomingtang agitators again are busy in Shanghai. The police state that preparations are going on for another strike on a big scale ir the event of the Southerners get tine: through The Labour128 words
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Article16 1927-03-04 7 Shanghai, Mar. 2. The remaining half battalion of the Bed-ford-Hertford Regiment landed this morn-16 words
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Article25 1927-03-04 7 Shanghai, Mar. 2. A message from Ichang says that, as a result of negotiations, it has been agreed to terminate the anti-British boycott.25 words
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Article71 1927-03-04 7 [Keuter's Far Eastern Service]. Tokyo, Mar. 2. A Bill, largely supported by all parties, has been introduced in the Lower House favouring the abolition of licensed prostitution. The chief points are that no new owners of licensed quarters will be allowed, and present owners are forbidden,71 words
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Advertisement209 1927-03-04 7 BUSINESS CARDS. "Trr77..s%ssvww*VAMA*\WA < MARY SETON. J rt U KWOOD FURNITURE > i "shanghai SHADES. J 1 E \MBER MANSIONS. J V| i .,./,V IW.V.V.ViSSWi%W%l W.V.V.ViSSWi%W% i nerals? SINGAPORE CASKET CO. Rl UNDERTAKERS." j I El KI'HONK 7. >. iLBERT L. A. DALEY. I sW Rl \KKK < MOM MENTAL209 words
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Advertisement530 1927-03-04 7 NOTICES. FRASER NEAVE, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the transfer books of the company will be clo-ed from the Sth to the 12th March, li>27. both days inclusive. By Order of the Board, J. HOY PERRY, Secretary. NOTICE. The list of applications for Public House and Billiard Room licences530 words
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Advertisement778 1927-03-04 7 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's o:?.ce, up to noon of the 10th March, 1927, for the following works: 1. Addition of two rooms to Subordinates' quarters, Rattles Museum and Library; 2. Conversion of old 2nd Inspector's quartern at Kandang Kerbau Police Station into singlemen's778 words
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Advertisement392 1927-03-04 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Valuable teak household furnitun, piano, etc. At Xo. 15 Tomlinson Road (off Tanglin Koad) On Saturday, March sth., at 2.30 p.m. Comprising: A good toned cottage plana by Arthur Allison is Co. London a»d B triple -pring motor gramophone with teak record cabinet, handsome design392 words
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DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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Obituary61 1927-03-04 8 WADMORE: On March 1st at 11 a.m. at 30 A boo Sitter Lane, Penang, Dorothy, eldest daughter <.>? Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Wadmore, of Merlimau Estate, Malacca. WONG. At Canton, on Feb. 13, Mi WONG Yir XAM, age 75, the beloved father of C. S. Wong (Choon-sam). Wai-sang,61 words
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664 1927-03-04 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. FRIDAY, MARCH 4. 1927. Company Control. Our contemporary, the Pinang Gazette, has brought up a matter which really appears to deserve the consideration of Government. It is that there is need for some strengthening of our Company law to prevent, or at least to restrict as far664 words
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Article225 1927-03-04 8 The answers to questions regarding the progress of work in connection with Cameron's Highlands, are notable mainly for the fact that they very successfully conceal any really vital information. They do not give any details as to the time to which the answers refer, nor do they give225 words
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Article243 1927-03-04 8 Mr and Mrs. Arshak Sarkies, accompanied by Miss Margaret Sarkies, are leaving for a holiday in Europe on March 12th. Mr. Granville Roberts, editor of the Malaya Tribune, and Mrs. Roberts left Singapore yesterday by the Katong for Sumatra on a fortnight's holiday. While in Sumatra their headquarters will be243 words
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Article252 1927-03-04 8 LAST NIGHTS RECITAL. When the recital by Josef Borissoff and Alfred Mirovitch opened at the Victoria Theatre last night, before a fairly large audience, including Sir William and Lady Murison, and Mr. Justice McCabe Reay, the opening piece was Beethoven's Sonata in A major (Kreutzer), which both players dealt252 words
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Article221 1927-03-04 8 SOME NEW FICTION. The following novels were added to (Jtf Library during the past fortnight:— Benson (AX.) Basil N'etherty. Bullet (Gerald The Panther. Cample!! (R.WM The Amazing Scho master. Coke (Desmond) Half- Way. DeLafield (ELM.) The Entertainment. EdgintOU (May) The Two Desire.-. Erskine <.Tohm The Private Life ©C221 words
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Article187 1927-03-04 8 For the past three months over a hun dred amateur artists have been preparing for the Gilbert and Sullivan opera. Tht Mikado, which is being produced by tht. Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee at the Victoria Theatre at 9 p.m. on March 24th. and on subsequent dates. The public187 words
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Article310 1927-03-04 8 An Appeal_to_Sin« awrf ENTERTAINING njg y Two Dutch cruiser Soemba. will riait Stag*. March Bth. and will rem. mg Monday. It is rhat made welcome her, and pr Our own warship*, whe, p^rts, have a lwa\ e been n> friendly manner, and I II Kj spared310 words
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Article214 1927-03-04 8 *OXE HhTl KTZ in I mm mm Once in hundred yeargenius comes upon the over-night his name flasl g*\ >be. "Then can in a century," declared a "Musical An-eru a." v. I Ml the y sian violinist first sppeared Kes and he fcdded "thai I MWth when214 words
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Article76 1927-03-04 8 Mr. Frank C. Bands, M ncr of Malaya, ha- appeal bo the public: "May I OBCe agan. I half of the Siagapon l ciation. We need f&AQ tion to the Governmei I i do BUT Work adeuua'.el; "We appeal to lr« viduals. because tm <»*»*, making of76 words
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Advertisement169 1927-03-04 8 "THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S" W j CHERRY BRANDY |J| II CREME DE MENTH D\/l___flJ KUMMEL MARASCHINO Connoisseurs as being the best CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO., LTD. (I ncorporated under the Compa nit .->•' Ordinance* of Hongkong} i j BEEF SAUSAGES I I PER J J ets LB I 1 Orchard169 words
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Advertisement46 1927-03-04 8 WWWVWWWW-WW_Te%W-VVi m 0 Parfums de Luxe i QOTY Chypre S Origan Rose Jacqueminot Emeraude jjj EAU DE COTY H to be had from all dealers 5 Dupire Brothers. h W_% WbVA VA W-WUVWAW. SIDEROSTHEN ANTI-CORROSIVE For Mudguards, Iron, Zinc, Wood, etc. Agents: THE BORNEO CO., LTD.46 words
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Advertisement7 1927-03-04 8 To-day's Feature. SPRING FASHION J —Page h-7 words
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Article73 1927-03-04 9 vT ,O\ALISTS NEAR RAILWAY. Pao Chang, the Defence ol Shanghai, who was responirastie measures against the the recent strike has been rentinec oi Chanp Tsung Chang, 51 q (hen. the youthful cornShantung forces in the 5 prkiaag area. He is also AdShsataag Navy. coolie- is reported to be73 words
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Article61 1927-03-04 9 rflf MARINES' ROl TE MARCH. Shanghai. Mar. 3. from the Minnesota marcb through the ntsidc the British j in af accompanied itiag ase to \\<. iconic c fr n England I soldiers, sailors and ienl r I r iie lii f gleamats filed to the bund thi citj61 words
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Article18 1927-03-04 9 Shanghai. March 3. the First Middlesex nts has arrived. ml arked. Sarpc I >n has arrived18 words
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Article35 1927-03-04 9 ItSSIA> >TE\MER STOPPED. C iiTespondeirt I fHaag Konir. Mar. 3. Rj nut [men, m b mrd B 'din is travelling, has Sank ng owing to tfce ii n in the bunkers35 words
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Article20 1927-03-04 9 ■hi i i torrespondent, > Hoim Konc. Mar. 3. tc indications of a -plit and Military section-20 words
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Article19 1927-03-04 9 S announced of Mr. Zeko Mai al Tokio. Mr. NakaD 1861 and was a veteran _n19 words
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Article25 1927-03-04 9 r Tokio. Mar. 2. -mi decree to establish a day on November 3. to I Emperor Meiji the Great ables on page 7.]25 words
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Article111 1927-03-04 9 ■■:'yng of the Committee the public was well repreriag were elected officejreu l l J27:— President Mr. Vice-President Mr. Ang Secretary Mr. Sum Chew I Mr. Cheng Kee Sun; Messrs. Fong Chong Cheng Kai Ka nt Committee: Messrs. Pan. < tag Kah Lock. Ho See Koon,111 words
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Article203 1927-03-04 9 AGITATION GROWING STRONGER. POLICE FACE DIFFICULT PROBLEM. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, March 3. The agitators continue an active campaign to bring about a complete strike at any given moment and also for the overthrow of the Shanghai administration in the same manner as at Hankow. The203 words
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Article32 1927-03-04 9 SPEED RECORD BREAKER London. March 3. The famous racing motorist. T. G. Parry i Thontas. was killed whilst attempting to recapture the world's speed record on Pendine sands, Wales, to-day.32 words
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Article52 1927-03-04 9 L\ LONG FLIGHT. [Reuters Service.] Casa Blanca. Mar. 3. An aeroplane piloted by a Portuguese airman, Major Sarmiento Beires, on a world flight has arrived from Lisbon and is pro-' ceeding to Portuguese Guinea and thence across the Atlantic to Brazil. The itinerary includes calls52 words
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Article42 1927-03-04 9 [Reuters Service.] Asuncion, Paraguay, March 3. The remaining two United States Air Force machines have arrived here. They are continuing the 20.000-mile flight round South America, despite Saturday's I collision ami crash, involving the loss of two lives.42 words
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Article68 1927-03-04 9 DR. FUJTNAMI TO SAIL FOR BRAZIL. [Xanyo Nichi-Nichi Service]. Tokio, Mar. 2. In compliance with the request of the League of Nations and the Foreign Office, Dr. Kan Fujinami. pathologist, of the Medical Department of Kyoto Imperial University, started for Brazil to study the conditions of parasitic68 words
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69 1927-03-04 9 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service]. Tokio, Mar. 2. Tokyo learns that the Japanese fishing interests in the Hakodate districts, Hokkaido, are excited by the rumour that American financiers have accommodated the Russian State cannery with Y5,000,000 as an advance payment of the canned goods to be69 words
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Article40 1927-03-04 9 His many friends will regret to hear that Mr. T. W r oodgate has been the victim of a nasty accident. He slipped and fell down the stairs, sustaining a fractured rib. His condition is said to be serious.- T.O.M.T.O.M. - 40 words
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Article86 1927-03-04 9 His m*iny friends in Penang and the F.M.S. will receive with regret the news of the sudden death of Mr. Khoo Ean Cheng, which took place suddenly at his residence in Muntri Street on Monday from heart failure. The deceased, who was only thirty-seven years of age, was educated atStraits Echo - 86 words
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Article149 1927-03-04 9 U. S. SENATOR'S FIERCE ATTACK. SIR ESME HOWARD DEFENDED. [Reuters Service-] Washington, Mar. 3. In the Senate, during the debate on the Mexican situation, Senator Heflin (Democrat) fiercely denounced the Catholic association, the Knights of Columbus, and also attacked Mr. Alfred Smith, Democratic Governor of New York149 words
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66 1927-03-04 9 [Havas Service.] Paris, March 3. Supplementing previous statements. M. Poincare made a detailed verbal report before the Finance' Committee of the Chamber on the agreement with England concerning provisional payments of war debt. The proposal of the Socialist, Vincent Auriol, for a debate in66 words
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Article26 1927-03-04 9 Washington, March 3. Mr. Coolidge has signed the Bill authorising the appropriations for modernising the Oklahoma and Nevada, including the elevation of guns.26 words
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Article26 1927-03-04 9 Tokyo, Mar. 3. It is officially announced that the Empress' accouchement is expected early in August. [Earlier cables on page 7.] j26 words
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Article1389 1927-03-04 9 Royal Visitors at the British Legations. RETIREMENT OF MR. CRAMER. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, Feb. 26. On Tuesday evening Their Majesties honoured the British Minister and Mrs. Waterlow with their presence at dinner at the British Legation. Last year the King and Queen attended a dinner1,389 words
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Advertisement303 1927-03-04 9 ,^^^^^^^»^-^^-WSI-_W__— B^^^i— fc ROBINSON t CO, L TD. j "^^a_____L_[* I THE DERBY SHOE. THE OXFORD SHOE. These two models are made expressly for us by one of the largest and j most up-to-date factories in Great Britain, each model stocked in Mid Brown Willow Calf, and Black Box Calf303 words
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Advertisement727 1927-03-04 10 BLUE FUNNEL LINE REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES ■XPRESS 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. PYRRHUS London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Mar. 7 t PATROCLUS Marseilles, London, Rotterdam and Glasgow727 words
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Advertisement498 1927-03-04 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). PASSENGER J-NTT FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Doe Spore. s.s. CITY OF WELLINGTON Mar 14 s.s. CITY OF CARDIFF A P r Jj ill Qv ll s.s.498 words
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Advertisement402 1927-03-04 10 BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SBRVM Es PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAAL STEAM \\\K\Tinv LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Govern n OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEW UtlM For China and Japan. For Marseilles. I onhm hm h Due Tonnage. Singapore. lonnam S" DEVANHA402 words
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Article707 1927-03-04 11 4 I At times a tune will capture the public ear; it will he whistled in every street, encored from every orchestra, hammered on all piaiv -Organs— for a season. let, if chat time were tv be revived some years later, it would charm none. It707 words
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Article222 1927-03-04 11 A Sydney paper of December 21 says: New Zealand may I<>< k forward soon to the possession ol a "sqaatteress," in the person »f Miss Alma Baker. Her father, who is •-■ne <>f the richest of Eastern Planters, and fa associated in Australia with many ventures ol Sir222 words
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Article719 1927-03-04 11 At the stern of Turnip Top's big sampan both ends were equally blunt, but I suspect it of having been the stern there was a fine, long, curly sea-serpent with a scarlet tongue. And it was perhaps because of this that, when I came to select a boat719 words
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Article126 1927-03-04 11 New York, Feb. 2. Justice Ternedy of the New York Supreme Court granted Countess de Beaumont an ab- j solute divorce from Bud Fisher, the famous cartoonist and creator of the comic supplement characters "Mutt and Jeff" The court included a public denunciation of Bud Fisher's domesticUnited Press. - 126 words
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Article68 1927-03-04 11 Howard Strebling, aged 20, is the champion orange cater of Ohio. Strebling won the all-Ohio orange eat ing contest here, when he downed 02 oranges in succession breaking his own record. Other contestants gave up one by one, including the "Masked Marvel," who was runner up inUnited Press. - 68 words
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Advertisement73 1927-03-04 11 NOTICES. TURF CLUB. qK l\(, 1f27 RACE MEETING uir .d Saturday, Tuesday, i.s and Saturday, the 3rd, 1 r :h 10th and 12th March 1927. ang< r Turf Club Spring ■nil lian and Bedding Free ewaacc M©- Per horse n I'enang and $25. i 1: fa and running >■ Sweep73 words
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Advertisement341 1927-03-04 11 jfrf* The Cream ot Evolution MJ^S^ 9 in Design, Construction, Not Fcrgetting Purely British Workmanship The 12 H.P. Tourer. The 7 H.P. Tourer. PRICE $2775. PRICE $1450 Borneo Motors Limited. x_v X=k X*v <=V -^V ■«=>. (_h />-> (Qj «_>! [_>) <3) (_J| «<_» (_>> >•-»■ ,»=v <=v ycav y=v341 words
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Miscellaneous92 1927-03-04 11 SELANGOR TURF CLUB. LHATEI R RACE MEETING. R Racing) i 17th, and Saturday. 19th March, _*Z7« c of Added g Tm I iub Spring ••u .it ion and Uedding vm iac« oi |40 per horse Ipofc and running twance wiU not be r winch the Soring has beer, drawn. >92 words
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Advertisement354 1927-03-04 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia.) FOB SYDNEY. MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND AND BRISBANE. Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the new motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s_s. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single354 words
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Advertisement430 1927-03-04 12 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESSThe only Morning Daily in Malaya; a live "news" paper 40-50 columns of news daily, also the best Medium for Advertising. Delivered with the Chota Hazri each morn- ing, with Latest Telegrams, Latest News and Latest Announcements together with exclusive special features, "Pictures of the week" Serial430 words
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Advertisement625 1927-03-04 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc j 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORE. I REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AKn BALTIMORE PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO. LOS ANGELES HARBOUR. M.S. SILVERLARCH due M.S. SILVERPINE due Apr For rates and other particulars apply: GUTHRIE CO.. LTD., Agents Singapore and625 words
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Miscellaneous699 1927-03-04 12 SHIPPING NOTES. The Deucalion left port yesterday with 854 pilgrims, bound for Jeddah. It is reported on good authority that H.M.Ss. Argus and Dauntless have been delayed, and will probably not arrive at Singapore until late on Saturday next. The P. and O. Nellore has left Hong Kong and is699 words
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Miscellaneous758 1927-03-04 12 SHIPPING NOTES. THE LLOYD TRIESTINO'S M.S. REMO. Fourth Ship in Far East Service.. The motor ship Remo, which has been completed at the yard of the Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, is the fourth vessel to be built for the regular monthly service of the Lloyd Triestino between Trieste, Venice, Bombay and758 words
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Advertisement564 1927-03-04 13 O. S. K. Line. Destinations. Steamers. Arrive Leave. London. Rotterdam, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, via Colombo, Aden, Port Sudan and Port Said. Amazon Maru Mar. 18 Mar. 20 Durban. Algoa Bay, Cape Town, Rio. Sir sud B. Aires. f Montevideo Maru Mar. 7 Mar. 8 u,, m basa. Zanzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, Bfl564 words
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Advertisement428 1927-03-04 13 TRAVEL -COMFORT LINERS Dollar President liners oflfer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms 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 running water. The spacious steel428 words
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Advertisement717 1927-03-04 13 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) I (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connections to:— Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Departments and Manager's Desk. Representatives in the Straits Settlements (Singapore and Penang) OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA.717 words
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Article344 1927-03-04 14 SOCIALIST'S SNEER DURING DEBATE ON GRANT. London, Feb. 17. In the Hi use of Commons, in moving a Supplementary Estimate of £7,000 as a grant in aid of the Duke and Duchess of York's mission to Australia and New Zealand. Mr. R. McNeill hoped that the344 words
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Article223 1927-03-04 14 R lying anxious enquiry by Mr. J g ..h regarding thi Kharagpur railway st ike, Sir Charles Innes, in the Legislative Assent. said that as a result of the con- acti n of the Agent oi the RengalNagpur railway the men resumed work <~>n February h..Times of Ceylon. - 223 words
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Article245 1927-03-04 14 THE GHOST TRAIN— IRISH VERSION. A New Week-end Diversion. Dublin. Stories of a ghostly coach dashing over the countryside at an incredible speed and frightening people for miles around brought a large crowd of visitors by motorcar- ami other means to Mount Talbot, county Ros-common recently. People who claim t->245 words
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Article454 1927-03-04 14 MIDDLE-CLASS PROBLEM OF ECONOMY. The announcement that the provisional figures for the birth rate of England and Wales last year— l7.B per 1,000 is the lowest ever recorded except for the war year 1918. when it was 17.7, can be supplemented by th? statement that the454 words
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Article189 1927-03-04 14 IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. London, Feb. 20. There was an intensely dramatic scene at the Nottingham Assizes when a sentence of penal servitude for life was passed on Edgar William Smith, aged twenty nine, who was charged with attempting to murder Policeman Dainty and shooting him with189 words
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Article116 1927-03-04 14 8,000 WORKSHOP MEN OUT AT I KHARAGPUR. j Calcutta, Feb. 14. A strike, involving 8,000 workshop-men m. ployed in the Bengal-Nagpur Railway, rommenced at Kharagpur, 70 miles from Calcutta, on Saturday. A few employees on the line also sympahetically struck. It is officially stated that the116 words
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Advertisement85 1927-03-04 14 THE BLUE TIN. Vit^.^ A AAA-. UI-WL. AAI". /i 'KCl^l* riC.A.RET lP IMS S Al^ln___l__y i i IS Vc_\ Hi llli fw^*\\mW^Lm\Jl ***^*mmmmmm%* W B "[j 1 «H_f i/Sj) SJEJ IfJ^-^ CIGARETTES 7V j'l Xgcf/ wf° j in— JL iijJlJlJijjTjTT^ riiHl i ALEXANDER BOGUSLAVSKY, LTPffllL liiJX 55 > Piccadilly, London85 words
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Article643 1927-03-04 15 I LYALL AND EVATT'S WEEKLY I REPORT. Singapore, Mar. 3. There have been no outstanding features during the week under review and, witn .J market conditions in all sections exceptionU ally quiet, business has been on a restricted j [scale. Ln tne Aiming- section, share vuiues j643 words
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Article112 1927-03-04 15 Yesterday's Alterations. Buyers Sellers Batang Padang (.$1) 85 88 Haad Vai (£1) 33s 6d :34s 6d Johan Tin (s]) 32 35 K. Lumpur Tin (£1) :57s 3d 38s 3d Kuchai Ords. ($1) 2.24 2.20 Lahat Mines 22s 6d 24s 6d N. Taipinjr 96 99 Pahang Consd. (ss)112 words
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Article51 1927-03-04 15 Yesterday's Alterations. March 3rd., Closing Prices. R'iver= Sellp~.c Kroh Forest IBetsdia 10 cts dis i Kuchai 2.25 2.30 Malayan Cons. 1.15 1.20 < Rahman Hyd. 2.42 2.47% Rembian 07 10 Taipinjr 1.62% 1.67% Penjrkalen ord. 22.50 23.00 i Rambutan 21s 6d 22s 6d Tronoh Mine (ss) 20s51 words
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Article67 1927-03-04 15 .Ma ich Bank -1 m.s. 2 4 :j-32 Bank demand 2;3 23-32 Private credits .'> m.s. 4 5-1 fi New York, demand S6 Credits 90 days 57.. France, demand 1 106 India, T. T. lal Hon^- Kong, demand LO% p.c. Di-;. Yokohama, demand 11"" 4 Java, demand i 467 words
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Article221 1927-03-04 15 March 3. Tin 100 Tons $154% Gam-bier 9.50 Pepper White 70. 0n Pepper Black 41. ne Flake Topioca 5>7 Pearl Sago Small 8.00 Copra 10.40 Copra Sun dried 11.05 Opium, Benares ur.t. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle Xcw > 230 Rice, Siam old Xo. 1 330221 words
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Article56 1927-03-04 15 March 3rd., 12 o'clock -toon. lone of Market: Steady. Latest Cable: -London Spot Sheet I9\d per ih. New _ork Spot Sheet G.cts 39% per ]h. Buyers Sellers I.S.S. equal to Standard Q.C.F Spot 68 Standard R.S.S. on Tender Mar. i??* 1 68 Apr-June 70% 7156 words
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Article174 1927-03-04 15 Singapore, Mar. S. The market during the past week has been quiet but the undertone firm and the general feeling more optimistic Spot has met with a better demand and contrary to the experience of recent months there has been no pressure to sell the current174 words
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Article176 1927-03-04 15 ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT. Singapore, March 3. London. Rubber Is 7%d. Unchanged. Local 68. London. Tin £300 7s Sd. Dp El 7s <;<i. Local 154% for 100 tons. Mining.— Kinta 2.2 2-29, Kuchai 2.25 2.28, Malaya Con. LIT 1 L 22%, Papan 26 2>. Ulu Piah 1.55 1.60. Kuyoh 1.27%176 words
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Article634 1927-03-04 15 Prospectus Belied by Check-Bores. SHAKEIIOI.DI'I.S HAI (.KI THCIU rhe statutory meeting of the Kroh Fori -i Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., at which n waa expected Messrs. Osborne md Chappel's check-boring results would be inn uneed, was held a; ihr registered offices, 3 Weld Quay. Penang. Ur. William634 words
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Article133 1927-03-04 15 Singapore, War. 3. Rubber. The steady undertone mentioned in our last has been maintained during the past week, and prices hav< tended I »v irda a higher level, in spite ot' the furth i stantial increase in Londm! stocks, wl >, now stand at 58,659 tons. rhis morning133 words
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Advertisement303 1927-03-04 15 |>ets Over $7,000,000, S.C. miwn /innim Assurance m Force Over 23,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) "r OF r E^I n f eSter H USe SingaP re LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. I -.-any has £20,000 deposited with the <NM Cnrt of England,303 words
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Advertisement869 1927-03-04 15 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED. —Established 1880— j Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 i Uully paid up) Reserve Fund Y.59 500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. \ice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Esq I DIRECTORS. Bt Odagiri, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron X Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq X Watanabe. Esq.869 words
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Advertisement38 1927-03-04 15 L ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England b; Royal Charter A.D. 1720 FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.38 words
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Article572 1927-03-04 16 Made of Palmyra Leaves. ACTION IN SUPREME COURT. A Chetty's ledger made of palmyra leaves strung on a cord was produced as an exhibit in the Supreme Court yesterday before the Chief Justice (Sir William Murison). The Chetty R. M. V. S. Supramanian Chetty. was suing a572 words
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Article150 1927-03-04 16 MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING INCIDENT IN MOSQUE STREET. Whilst standing outside a shop window in Mosque Street on Wednesday evening, Just after 7 o'clock, a Chinese youth was shot through the abdomen by an unknown Chinese. The boy collapsed, seriously injured, and a crowd collected in a very little150 words
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Article51 1927-03-04 16 The Li pun Cup will be sailed for ovei the usual Club course on Sundays, 6th., 13th. and 2Cth. March. Handicaps for next Sunday are: Polly scratch. Ella-Dorothy 1.9, June 2, Jean 2.8. Kathken 5. Ella 8.5. Joy 8.9, Gertrude 9.9. Puteh 11.6. Prima Donna 16.1, Eve and Betty51 words
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Article45 1927-03-04 16 The Rev. and Mrs. Horley, who were in Kuala Lumpur on the occasion of the presentation of the M.B.E. to Mr. Horley, returned to Ip„h on Monday night. Mr. Horley was entertained try his old boys ami teachers of the Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur.45 words
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Article442 1927-03-04 16 First Day's Results. A TREBLE FOR MR. DICK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Mar. 3. The Selangor Turf Club spring meeting opened yesterday in the presence of a pood gathering including H. E. the High Commissioner and H. H. the Sultan of Perak. The day's sport was442 words
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Article325 1927-03-04 16 MARCH MIXED FOURSOME. Fourteen couples entered for the March mixed foursome and the following card? were returned: Mr. and Mrs. R McLay 47 10 37 Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Gardner 43 6 39 Miss Up John and J. R, Kirkwood 4* 9 39 Mr. and Mrs.325 words
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Article37 1927-03-04 16 London, Feb. 20. The Amateur Billiards Championship of Great Britain was won by a Yorkshire lad of eighteen, Lawrence Steeples, who defeated Coles, of Cardiff, by 551 points in a match of 3,000 up.37 words
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Article65 1927-03-04 16 BUT BABE STAYS ON New York, Mar. 2. After a dazzling blaze of publicity in support of his case, the baseballer, Babe Ruth, whose slogan is "$lOO,OOO or I quit," has agreed to continue his big hitting for the New York Yankees at a salary of65 words
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Article51 1927-03-04 16 [Reuters Service.] London, Mar. 2. Results of League matches played to-day aie Division I. Everton 2. Wednesday 1. Division 11. S. Shields 3. Bradford C. 3. Division 111 (Southern). Bournemouth 1. Brighton 0. Division 111 (Northern). Wrexham 2, Wigan 0. Scottish League (Division I.). Dundee U. 1, Hamilton51 words
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Article78 1927-03-04 16 ENTRIES (LOSE THIS MORNING. Would-be competitors in our Football Competition No. 13 have little time to send in their coupons, if they have not already done so. They have the interesting task of forecasting the results of matches in the English and Scottish Cup Competitions, to78 words
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Article262 1927-03-04 16 PRACTICE BEGINS. This annual match will be shut off between April loth, and May 31st. The actual shoot will probably be on Sunday, 29th. May. The match is open to teams from Shanghai. Hong Kong. Penang and Singapore, picked from residents who have resided in the port262 words
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Article85 1927-03-04 16 TO-DAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles Open. Holyoak and Miss Hope Falkner vs. Mr. and Mrs. Savage. Major Stoehr and Miss Salmond vs. Milligan and Miss King. Dr. Chill and Mrs. Murray vs. Riches and Miss Nicholson. Mr. and Mrs. Clark vs. Murphy and Mrs. Stephenson. Mr. and85 words
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30 1927-03-04 16 Entries for the Spring Lawn Tennis Tournament at the Cricket Club close today. The events are Championship Singles and Doubles. Profession Pairs, and Doubles Handicap.30 words
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Article55 1927-03-04 16 Programme of Drills Up to and For Friday,— s.ls p.m., Drill Hall, S.V.C. Band, Chinese Company. Malay Drill Hall, Malay Company. 5.30 p.m. S.R.E. (v) proceed to camp. Saturday, 2 p.m., Farrer Range, Chinese Company. Bukit Timah, Machine Gun Platoon. Sunday, Bukit Timah*, Machine Gun Platoon. 555 words
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Article849 1927-03-04 16 Chinese Ladies Knitting Co. A NOVEL IDEA. (Our Chinese Correspondent.) Quite a novelty to the Chinese community of Singapore is the Chinese Ladies Knitting Co., Ltd., which was registered as a private company on 24th June, 1926 with a nominal capital of $200,000. The registered offices then were849 words
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Advertisement234 1927-03-04 16 Y_v.vws%vuvwww_v_V-V_vw_w. v_w_w.\v.v.v_- J The Broadwood Piano C IS AN ALL BRITISH MASTERPIECE AND HAS Prrv J USE FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS*' IN I; DESPITE FOREIGN COMPETITION IT STILI < v> J If SUPREME IN QUALITY AND PRICE. CALL OR WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. 1 S. Moutrie Co.. Ltd. I Raffles234 words
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