The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 April 1927
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Title Section12 1927-04-23 1 Singapore Free Press CENTS. SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927. NO. 12,085.12 words
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Article310 1927-04-23 1 One Eunpean Police Inspector ;?nd two I*. C's very shot at Smutfgacn last nifiht Pa^e 10. Ihe Five Powers' reply to Mr. (hen's answer to their protest against the Nanking ourrages will contain a threat of a blockade of the Yan<jtst ii satisfaction is not given, according310 words
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Article926 1927-04-23 1 Qmiequid ujutU komittet eat fwrt Libelli leveaal. St. George tor Kerry England. Now then you phlegmatic Bnglishers tefi aai >"■' gel excited foe once in pour life. With all this public demand for th< ;»b>_ Ouamlation of the Oomutttttistfl in OUT midst, the Fopictsf sincerely bones926 words
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Advertisement199 1927-04-23 1 WING LOONG HK.H (LASS TAILORING. and Finish Guaranteed. XL HK.H STREET. J I The usual Diner Dansant I at the Raffles Hotel j 1 o-Night 23rd April, will h.ttuitnt Srt-no- s^ /^^~s\ Remington Standard for the office; Remington Portable for the Home and for those sudden ►yd rushes of overwork199 words
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Advertisement110 1927-04-23 1 NTtjTErKPRESS Made by hand— One at a time THE UNIQUE 555 LEAF ARDATH TOBACCO CO LTD LONDON The Europe Hotel. jj "Renowned by Recommendation." Special Rose Dinner. j£ ■I SATURDAY, 23rd APRIL. DANCING UNTIL 1.45 a.m. TICKETS $3.50. Tables may now be booked. J ;j j 5» j N.B. Owing110 words
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Advertisement105 1927-04-23 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Legal notice Page if. Marble for sale— Pace Municipal tenders Page 9. Survey of Tugela cargo Page 9. Vie-, ria Theatre attractions— Page 2 Meeting of Trafalgar Limited, May 4 Page I"). Auctions of freehold land and furniture —Page 18. Fully furnished house to let at Pasir Panjang—105 words
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Advertisement14 1927-04-23 1 WING LOONG TUB ÜBOOGNmO HOISE < f (if* EUROPEAN TKOI'K AL SUITS. 32, HKiH STKKKT.14 words
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Miscellaneous137 1927-04-23 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 2'Xrd. High Water. 1.13 a.m.. 8.4., 2.37 p.m. 6.8. Malacca H. W., 10.30 a.m.. 5.5.. 11.20 p.m. 5.6. St. George's Day. Regimental Parade. Padang 7.30 a.m. Outward mail due. Sze Hai Tung Bank meeting. Duke's Regimental Sports. Tangiin 2.15. Football: R.A. vs. Ex-Scouts XI. Staiiiuni. r >137 words
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Article721 1927-04-23 2 Malayan Shooting Trophies. TACTICAL EXERCISE. TiN- Singapore Votanteei Corps should an ':t tit opportunity of capturing the Malaya Command :>r> yds. Range Cop n tin present holders, the M.S.V.K.. ■;ik r> ,u into consideration the number of neu recruits enrolled at the last recruiting campaigiL This Cu] is721 words
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Article70 1927-04-23 2 There is no need to suffer this distressing affliction. One tube of Dr. Van Vleck's Absorptive Pile Plasma will relieve you of all painful swelling and inflammation. Results are amazing. It succeeds in most obstinate cases Simple to use: certain in its curative action, and costing only Sj.70 words
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Advertisement213 1927-04-23 2 THE HAPPY VALLEY LTD. Nightly Various Attractions. The best of CHINESE MALAY WAYAN6S. SIDESHOWS— CINEMA. EUROPEAN AND CHINESE RESTAURANTS. Mdm. t^Kelvey's School of I DANCING For children and young ft ladies in Character, W Classical, Clog, Exhibition. Ballet and Toe Dancing. Private lessons in modern ball-room dancing and latest variations.213 words
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Advertisement268 1927-04-23 2 VICTORIA THEATRE COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY 9TH, AT 9.30 P.M. The World's Wonder Show "IRVINGS MIDGETS" A UNIQUE PERFORMANCE OF MUSIC AND COMEDY AGES 19 TO 45 YEARS, HEIGHT ABOUT 36 INCHES. Chefalo and Palermo Booking* will be at John Little's. Prices $4, 2 and 1. PAVILION From Thursday, 21st. to268 words
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Advertisement314 1927-04-23 2 A PICTURE OF CAPITAL ACTING AND TENS* f,i SITUATIONS TO-NIGHT, AT THE ALHAMBRa (Tan Cheng Kee Co., Ltd., Proprietors) In the Second Show, commencing 9 n m A FIRST NATIONAL SPECIAL In which that fine screen actress NORMA TALMADGE will be seen absolutely at her best, giving wonderful chat that314 words
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Article1757 1927-04-23 3 "The Solitariness of the Sick." A GENERAL PRACTITIONER'S VIEWS. The following was the inaugural address given by Dr. C. Macaskill, president of the Malaya Blanch, 8.M.A., at the meeting held in Kuala Lumpur recently: When a man tecontes sick— or a woman, but perhaps less so on the1,757 words
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Article60 1927-04-23 3 GERMAN CORRESPONDENT ANNOYED. Searching at Savfel fhrnwrn lili London. Apr. K. Shanghai. Among the rfsitoti to bha Soviet Consulate to-nighl ni Berr Bala< man, the cv respondent of the "VoMUche Eeitang,* 1 who. on Mag scinched h< he police after leaving the building, indignant. ly declared: "You will regret thi.-60 words
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Advertisement120 1927-04-23 3 It \(fff\.yj X JJ (if x!>» SL If y^> LAXO builds firm flesh, <J V^J. and a sound constitution. <\ ever to harm baby or cause him <{ pain. That is why if Baby is fed g successfully reared the children g make yours a bonnie Baby too. V> The120 words
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Advertisement178 1927-04-23 3 WILKINSON, HEY WOOD AND C^LArvlx jj^b, S TDTTCI'T'T^TT^TP jl%i i^^ JL _l_ V_i^ JL JLr Jt— i r BLACK BITUMINOUS PAINT. t For use on Galvanised Iron, Zinc and Steel. 'A Rust resisting and withstands the action of Sail j j or Fresh Water, Chemical Fumes, Acid and pr Specially178 words
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Article154 1927-04-23 4 Animosity Of Tradesmen To Retailing Scheme. London, April 1. Latest messages from New York state that there is not a shadow of doubt that an attempt was made to kill Mr. Henry Ford, by a large motor pushing his little Ford coupe down a steep154 words
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Article975 1927-04-23 4 Lifts and the Motorist. A HABIT TO BE ENCOURAGED If at about five o'clock in the afternoon you motor out of London over Putney Bridge and across Wimbledon Common, a couple of miles this side of Kingston you may be astonished to see a barricade of about975 words
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Article588 1927-04-23 4 DRUNKEN MOTORIST MIST BE I 1 1 > Insurance empany's Plea I ail- On the subject of third-party risks. Mr. Justice Roche recently delivered a judfi ment of great importance to insurance companies and motorists. He decided that an insurance company could n t refuse to indemnify a588 words
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Article197 1927-04-23 4 IS THIS THE L I M IT? Service managers ar. Ed to be casehardened and bard-boi dividuals. but Male* thii terior there is usually to I I of humour and of human quite equalling the ri ti nical knowledge that must brain to its utmost limit*. other day to the197 words
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Article95 1927-04-23 4 Bomb idea of fee e*tent oeeupieo by the feefe <>f eral Omnibus CofltpaftJ fnm the fact that H if C cently placed a repen: Motor Car Company foi '> of the smaller type if 1 very consideral.lv fleet if to be I cleansing of the95 words
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Advertisement178 1927-04-23 4 High Pressure and Balloon Tyres and Tubes /f JiFyy V*^ Vm rfUOC MAAK t0 v s p r 0Fr Jw Distributors CYCLE AND CARRIAGE CO., (1926) LTD. Singapore. u < Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh, Malacca- > 1 I z^^^r^ Ml. mBB THE FISK TIRE EXPORT COMPANY, INC. > G.ll178 words
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Advertisement14 1927-04-23 4 THE line of Goodyear Motor Accessories and Repair Materials inelude such important pro138— as14 words
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Article781 1927-04-23 5 Maj r F. A. C. Forbes-Leith, F.R.G. S - Maj r F. A. C. Forbes-Leith, F.R.G.S. Meaning of a New Word for the Motorist's Vocabulary. STANDARD TESTS FOR DRIVERS -by- (Author of "By Car to India). I have encountered a curious word "roadability." It occurred en glancing through a certain periodical, in connection with a matter that had781 words
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Article104 1927-04-23 5 Motor Cycling is a^ain pleased to welcome a further drop in the price of petrol. These continual reductions are not based upon any feelings of philanthropy cherished by the petrol refiners and distributors; they are made after due consideration, and bear evidence of being not wholly disconnected from what has104 words
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Article553 1927-04-23 5 WHEN HE WILL BREAK THE j Important explanations of various clauses in the Government's new Road Traffic Bill, the proposals for which were recently announced by Colonel Wilfrid Ashley, the Transport Minister, were made by Mr. H. H. Piggott, Assistant Secretary of the Roads Department of the553 words
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Article167 1927-04-23 5 Th< Chairman of the Leeds Magistrates in Suing two men for placing nails on th<roadway remarked that it was almos' lnrredißle that anybody should brin^r them selves to <!<> such an action. I have some times sai<! the same thing- to myself after finding couple of nafli167 words
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Article86 1927-04-23 5 The number of privat motor-can pr >- duoed m Great Britain last-yeai exceeded the somber for r.'2."> by n* par ewtn ;iT|i< the 1924 number h\ 5^ pet cent., slai Sir Barton Cttadwick. Bacvetary to Ui. B<MKI)d of Trade, in the House of ConUROKS. He tddad that86 words
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Article22 1927-04-23 5 disabled men. "There is nothing in th--Bill," Sii Henry add* "to prevent Mi. Morrison from holding a licence ivhen be is U2."22 words
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Advertisement183 1927-04-23 5 B Otiided By experience for Economical Transportation Over two and a half million owners have discovered that it is possible to obtain in a Chevrolet all the advantages of a truly modern Rear-change car >.. i Models and Prices. at the lowest cost. Be guided by the experience TOURING $1500.183 words
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Advertisement149 1927-04-23 5 |essex| ESSEX FOUR DOOR lessex motors SFDAN motors! I^DETPOIT^/J \JKjMJr\l* X^ DETROIT j! New Type New Colours j| New Upholstery New Appointments. j This Sedan with four wide doors offer individuality and reliable transportation. It tf S I" ■S has a new beauty of line distinction in its two tone149 words
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Article1239 1927-04-23 6 Louis J. McQuilland - Louis J. McQuilland Some Tragedies and Romances of Lords and Commons. BY (The well-known h okman who was once a political secretary.) NO. 6.— TRAGIC FIGURES OF OUR TIME. SO iJal re tne doings at Westminster, that its personalities and the tonal of their iives are often1,239 words
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Article90 1927-04-23 6 Que>tion of Enforcing Rigid Obedience. London, April Bth. b view of Sir William Joynson Hick's iasistaKC that the bishops should pledge •> i ns< hres to discipline the clergy from infringng the new Prayer Book, it is note-M-.rtny fchafl Lord Halifax, late President o4 the p:nir!ish Church90 words
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Article55 1927-04-23 6 Mr. D. F. Gordon-Stables, who was a planter for a considerable number of years >v different parts of Malaya, and who was particularly well-known in the Kajang district a few years ago, has proceeded to Monrovia, Liberia, to take up an appoint- nt with the Firestone Plantations Ltd., V ys55 words
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Article479 1927-04-23 6 The Erstwhile Tyrant. Binks, erstwhile tyrant 6f a cavalry troop, now reigns, from his cabin by the 3treet doi r, over the Firm he pretends to serve. "The Sergeant*' ho is to vs high nd low alike-; hall-porter his official vocation; yet commissionaire, if it moan479 words
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Article654 1927-04-23 6 Munro Blair - Munro Blair Remarkable Stories of Fortunes Left by Beggar 'PITCHES" WHICH CHANGE HANDS I o; BIG SIMS. BY [FREE PffE.S* SPECIAL There is a great art in practising mendicity successfully. Some people follow it with as much energy and attention as the sen us business or654 words
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Article246 1927-04-23 6 TWO BOMB OUTRAGES PER- "Sl-i-i t 'em Before Ih« y Can <»;»•. I <»nd<tp. v p.- X The noisiest, most I Izarrc i\* tions In Ajneiican history were held in Chicago terday, when v< ters es Imated to number j a million went to the poll246 words
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34 1927-04-23 6 London, Apr. 7. Chicago.— "Bis Bill" Thompson was elect- ed Mayor with a majority of 70,000. Despite the calling: out of 5,000 police, two election judges were kidnapped.34 words
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Article15 1927-04-23 6 aasfasfasf A further milestone on vision was passed with tn< i15 words
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Article120 1927-04-23 6 RETIRED OFFICER BLACKMA ILED SI M or fl«Jts v Mo lOKI !\\n A lacktna.il eha Ugo en obta«i tired arm* Rk r Chajrtres Btron, th< not be disclosed, and tJ I cmlj w The pit M mad s, i London in Nbi b< I92;l into coi ci v on 26,120 words
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Advertisement587 1927-04-23 6 $100 $100 FOR ONLY 12 MATCHES. We publish below the first coupon for our weekly Football Competition. These coupons entitle the reader, by carrying out the instructions given below, to enter for our prize of one hundred dollars ($100), which will be awarded to the competitor who is successful in587 words
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Article1510 1927-04-23 7 Recommendations in League Report. AUARET DANGERS. Bogus oriei s of employment in a foreign country are not infrequently used as a means of leading 1 girls to become prostitutes and sometimes such offers are made through so-called employment agencies. Care should therefore be exercised that all agencies1,510 words
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Article120 1927-04-23 7 Russian Soviet's Latest Decree. London, Apr. 7. The Socialist agitation agains. xhe Strike (Trade Unions) Bill, which already has fallen flat, received a further setback by receipt of news from Moscow that the Supreme Council of National Economy have authorised, in a new decree, severer peualties120 words
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Article93 1927-04-23 7 D.H. "Moth" Tlane Crashes at Lahore Bombay, April 3. Lady Hailey, wife of the Governor of Punjab, was the passenger in Captain Leete's D.H. "Moth" aeroplane, which r-rash-ed at the Lahore aerodrome last evening. It appears that the machine, while coming: down, struck a telegraph wire,93 words
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Advertisement94 1927-04-23 7 K OUTSTANDING EVENT OF THE YEAR ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL Annual Fancy Dress Ball On Friday, April 29, at 9.45 p.m. IS AID OF THE CATHEDRAL FUND. <;' THE OUTSTANDING SPARKLING BEVERAGE OF MALAYA IS UNDOUBTEDLY PHOENIX a strenuous Charleston try a "PHOENIX" special DRY GINGER ALE. It will revive you.94 words
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Advertisement232 1927-04-23 7 W.VAV.%W.V.V.V.V.SV I V.V.\V.ViV^/AViVrtVAW/WW.V^.V- Dangers! If 4 p #pi can be Sfof <$f/<^^ i warded S Sft&jf »w w ~"Jr JCv%* e -Jiu^n l^ f ??5(22oI- >v "2 THESE DANGERS CAN BE WARDED OFF 5 ■j If your baby is to grow up strong: in frame and bright jji in mind232 words
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Article1162 1927-04-23 8 Exceptional Interest of the 1927 Season. A MAN'S YEAR. The phenomenal rise in the popularity of lawn tennis since the war has been regarded by its most stalwart adherents with doubt. It was thought that it might indeed, be aii abnormality. There is no indication of this; on1,162 words
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Article559 1927-04-23 8 TEAM TO TOIR ENGLAND. New Zealand has not the eminence in cricket she claims in Rugby football, writes a Wellington correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, and for the team of cricketers to visit England at the invitation th M.C.C. no hones oi a '-triumphant tour," like559 words
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Article170 1927-04-23 8 The speed limit has not yet been abolished t but it can be said with safety that there is not a single motorist in the country who makes the slightest effort to observe it, says The Light Car and Cyclecar. A? a salutary reminder, however, the police170 words
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Advertisement180 1927-04-23 8 OUT OF Q of all cars on the road use DOUBLE Y^k RIBBED SPA R K^ J?L UG S Champions for every Car, Lorry and Marine E Engine. Obtainable from MALAYAN MOTORS, LTD. 209-212 ORCHARD RD., SINGAPORE. r \>r m B mm Mm m mm m m m .'y yL180 words
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Advertisement162 1927-04-23 8 B \A *^\S > f V f t m i j' I jEfeffla Preserve your I Mm®/ dainty clothes with L j ;I You are simply throwing mo: |i by washing your dainty things w any common, impure soap, L invented to wash end preserve i Lux will not harm162 words
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Article888 1927-04-23 9 Successful Year's Work. FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES We extract from the annual report of the V.M.C.A. the following paragraphs of more general Interest. It was felt necessary during the year to alter that section of the Constitution dealing with the Board of Directors. At a meeting of the Full Members888 words
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Article141 1927-04-23 9 WANTED. S|)'-<;;;.1 a jM)r«-i'tice> ;tlc r<-i|ii,r... |'i I Workshops, Ku.ii:; Lumpur, For training with view to becoming duLrgvateti and iwici -.m--men. QIALIKH ATI'iXS: Applicants .should be met I*. v...' years of apt' ;ind have pas^«-d the '(MOid t,r Canibridjro Jui"(»r Local Exitniinatio! or possess similar qualification*.141 words
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Advertisement333 1927-04-23 9 BUSINESS CARDS. MARY SETON. t HI \CKWOOD FURNITURE 1 SHANGHAI SHADES. E AMBER MANSIONS. tfARBLB TABLE TOPS. FLOORING, TILES, Ktc ,p<;\PORE CASKET CO. Marble Merchants." Telephone 75. "ALBERT L. A. DALEY. i ADERTAKER MOMMENTU MASON. KM.i K i:-hfd WW« TeL 915. 'CARS FOR HIRE 7 (HIA MOTOR SERVICE. v |U333 words
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Advertisement649 1927-04-23 9 NOTICES. EX-SERVICE ASSOamiirOFMALAYA. FAREWELL BANQUET TO H.E. THE GOVERNOR. A farewell dinner and dance to H. E. the Governor and Lady Gmllfimard will be held at the Europe Hotel on Tuesday, the 26th April, at 8 p.m. TICKETS. DOUBLE Lady and Gent) 0 dollars. SINGLE o dollars. Early application for649 words
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Advertisement251 1927-04-23 9 if 1 1 imi igim h 'plug I[ l a golf Si ore by this cave-man s writing i ,1 methods! Your game A- *:< would be replete "With r. hole in one day Ten 1 miuuti if play and is? ten hours of scoring. 'h hrough oh the agrs251 words
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Advertisement156 1927-04-23 9 KIKKO HAH SOY i FAMOUS JAPANESE SAUCE _ni-^ r "til' (^^fcs.*i To a<iu mo r e tast^- ;uiii r.ourishment to yoi'r !«>od Try Kikko Man Soy fwm Japanese soy —on your jn^au, fishes and <-fjfetables Kikko Man Soy i* prepared norn nourivhing soy-bean, wheat and pure salt. Brewed urder urmost156 words
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Miscellaneous626 1927-04-23 9 CHURCH SERVICES. FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. St. AXDRFW'S CATHEDRAL. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. T. 45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) and Sermon. 9.15 M.m. Matins and Litany. J p.m. The Catechism, o 30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH. 7 a.m. Holy Communion. During the following week at the Cathedral.626 words
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Article1195 1927-04-23 10 SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1927 The Chinese Puzzle. The position in China now may be I taken to be really complicated and it is difficult to see with whom the outside Powers can deal. As far as can jbe gathered Chiang Kai Shek's adherents control Canton, Nanking and1,195 words
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Article380 1927-04-23 10 SAMSENG AFFRAY AT SERANGOON. ONE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED Last evening a very exciting affray took place outside the Serangoon Police Station, between the police and a gang of samsengs, the result being that Police Inspector King, of Kandang Kerbau Station, and two P/Cs were wounded by bullets, fortunately380 words
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65 1927-04-23 10 LARGE GATHERING AT KUALA LUMPUR. Kuala Lumpur. April 22. There was a large gathering at the Sei langor Ci> If Club yesterday evening to bid farewell to the Governor (Sir Laurence Guillemard) and Lady Guillemard. Mr. J. L. Lornie. the Resident, made short speech, to65 words
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Article204 1927-04-23 10 The Italian Plenipotentiary Minister to Peking:, Sig. S. E. Daniele Vare, passed through Singapore on board the Venezia yesterday. Mr. H. R. Arhenz, nominated by the Singapore Society of Architects in place of Mr. D. Santry, resigned, has been appointed to the Board of Architects. A certificate of privileges and204 words
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Article617 1927-04-23 10 Suspension of the !i a nk d Taiwan. NORMALITY EXPECTED SHOrti < •> 1 1 Our Chinese DOrflS|l orient the announcement of tl pension of the Bank of weeks from April L9th. to M ly disturbed the Cttittei communities. The a Chulia Street i necttoa with617 words
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Advertisement190 1927-04-23 10 %&r '-Jill GALDBBCKS At Forty-five, Robinson Rd. I- BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT I" TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING 0F SIAM ESTD. i^^ -vj^ 1872. ij HANDSOME PRESENTS -j NOVELTIES IN STERLING SILVERWARE i artistkai.lv enamelled A GREAT VARIETY IN NUMEROUS COLOURS B. P. DE SILVA 5 (The Royal Jeweller.) i K>190 words
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Advertisement20 1927-04-23 10 PEARS Golden Glory FOR Golden Youth PURPLE TRIANGLE i!BASS" THE BREW FOR THE TROPICS Sole Agents Adamson, (.iliillan Co.. Ltd.20 words
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Article434 1927-04-23 11 ,11 k NEW OUTLOOK. H \\how SUPERSEDED j Far Hastern Service.] 1 Shanghai, Apr. 21. I Har- k< haa been m !l > the DCfW Governf I lattei has dismissed 5 his Russian assistants, I i mmvnicatkms, and reman sters to declare •Mimni>t. tht\ may be incorp i434 words
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Article74 1927-04-23 11 "Reuters Service.] Paris. Apr. 21. front Hanu states that rivalry 1 lomm irenerals in Yunnan an ntbreak, which caused obc generals t- known I „h with the Cant nese. have profited by the chaos to r recently cut the railway I :ianfu and the French Indo_ itier.74 words
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Article25 1927-04-23 11 Keuter's Far Eastern Service.] Hankow, Apr. 21. ttk sailors who were rickshawinc: W«PI attacked by a mob of coolies is Blabbed twice.25 words
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Article11 1927-04-23 11 T Wiliiams is to act as Stamp ■U orf-cer. Treasury. Singapore.11 words
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Article81 1927-04-23 11 THE COMING AIR RACE. EXCITEMENT GROWISG. [Reuters Service.] New York, Apr. 22. The reparations of the aspirants to the $25,000 prize for the first New York-Paris «-st» p Might, are assuming: the charac--1 ter of a race. The news that Captain Xungesser, the ramous French war ace, is81 words
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Article201 1927-04-23 11 MR. BLAND S CYNICISM. [neuter's Service.] London. Apr. 22. Francis Aglen in an interview expressed his confidence that the end of the present turmoil would mark the beginning Oi one o| the greatest Far Eastern trade "Dooms' 1 and meanwhile the Chinese were Willing and anxious201 words
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Article115 1927-04-23 11 THREAT OF YANGTSE BLOCKADE. [Reuters Service.] Paris. Apr. 22. The five Powers' reply to Mr. Chen's inswer to their protest against the Nanking Mltrages, will contain a threat of blockade ol the Yangtse if satisfaction is not given. according to le Matin. The paper declares thai such115 words
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Article75 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] Washington, Apr. 21. Mr. Kellogg j s a t present engaged in studying the Cantonese reply to the Pow- :>rs' protests regarding Nanking. Renter learns that Mr. Kellogg has not yet communicated with the American Minister at Peking regarding any reply by the United75 words
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Article55 1927-04-23 11 [Renter's Service.] London. Apr. 22. The Cotton Yarn Association has address- < ed a letter to members recommending immediate curtailment of output up to 25 per i cent of full production. The restriction which is operative on April 25 does not i operate in respect of yarn55 words
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Article52 1927-04-23 11 FReuter's Far Eastern Service. l Shanghai, Apr. 22. j A wireless from Hankow says the situ. ation is serious. Mr. Eugene Chen is pressing foreigners to resume business and has notified consular officers that other- i wise there can bo no guarantees for pro- lection of business52 words
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Article20 1927-04-23 11 Mr. C. W. A. Sennett has been appointed Collector of Land Revenue, and Registrar of Bill> of Sale in Penang.20 words
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45 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Peking, Apr. 22. A document seized at the Soviet Embassy shows the Soviet paid the Christian General Feng Yu Hsiang more than $500,000 for propaganda and army expenses in the six months ending March 31, 1926.45 words
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Article240 1927-04-23 11 EXCHANGES CLOSED. A MORATORIUM DECLARED. [Reuters Far Eastern Service.] Shanghai, Apr. 22. A semi-official from Tokio says the Government has decided to enforce a 20 day moratorium. Osaka, April 22. The banks, stock exchanges, cotton exchanges, etc. throughout Japan are closing to-day and to-morrow. [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.]240 words
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Article105 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] London. Apr. 21. It was announced at the annual meeting of Lever Brothers that for the second year in succession no dividend would be paid i n the ordinary shares or the copartnership certificates. Mr. d'Arey Cooper, the Chairman, said that China presented a105 words
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Article99 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] Mexico City, Apr. 21. Despite the fiendish ruthlessness of the train bandits about half the passengers escaped from the blazing train at Limon but it is l>elieved that a hundred perished Fifty bodies have, up to the present, been recovered. The office of President99 words
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Article103 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] London, Apr. 21. "Like nothing ever heard" is the descrip- j :ion given to the "sound" of a face fransnitted from London to New York. Mr. J. L. Baird, who invented the tele- /isor, sat before a television apparatus in iis London laboratory.103 words
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Article74 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] Managua, Apr. 21. United States' marines have been in ac;ion against a company of Nicaraguan Lib?rals, who, carrying red flags and wearing ■ed hatbands, were attempting to capture :he village of Posoltega in defiance of the < United States' authorities' order that there <74 words
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Article67 1927-04-23 11 i [Reuters Service.] London. Apr. 21. The recent large influx of gold to the Bank of England has led to a revival of talk of an early reduction of the Bank Rate, but the decision to-day came somewhat as a surprise and has given encouragement67 words
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Article174 1927-04-23 11 THE HENRY FORD LIBEL. A MISTRIAL. [Reuters Service.] Detroit, Apr. 22. The Federal Court has declared a mis--1 trial in the million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford by Aaron Sapiro, the wealthy Chicago lawyer, on account of the alleged anti-Jewish articles published in Ford's t weekly174 words
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Article181 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Far Eastern Service Shanghai. Apr. 22. The P. and Khiva has arrived and is unloading pri r to docking. Repairs will take some time. Shanghai, Apr. 22. From passengers' stories it appears that the Khiva came through the heaviest of j rain and fog from Hong181 words
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Article55 1927-04-23 11 [Reuters Service.] London, Apr. 22. The "'British Worker" which ran eleven isses during the general strike last year as a strike bulletin is to be re-issued as a penny weekly as the official bulletin of the Trade Union Defence Committee during the period of the campaign of55 words
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Article23 1927-04-23 11 Paris, Apr. 22. Le Petit Parisien announces that the French residents have evacuated the part cf Yunnan overrun by bandits.23 words
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Article49 1927-04-23 11 [Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Service.] > Tokio, Apr. 21. Six hundred houses were burnt down as the result of a serious fire in Kanazawa city during a heavy gale early this morn. ing. A fire occurred in the village of Awatabe. in Fukui Prefecture, desti-oyingr two hundred houses.49 words
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Article40 1927-04-23 11 Berlin, Apr. 22. The Nord Deutsche Lloyd S.S. Co., have r -purchased from the Orient line the exNord Deutsche steamer Zeppelin, now named Ormuz, which was handed to Britain after the war. She be re-named the Dresden.40 words
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Article39 1927-04-23 11 More Land to be Acquired for Military Purposes. A notification in yesterday's Government Gazette under the Acquisition of Land Ordinance states that certain lands in the district of Sembawang are likely to be required for military purposes.39 words
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Article50 1927-04-23 11 Two New Members Appointed. Last night's Government Gazette announced that the Governor has appointed Mr. C. V. Bailey to be a Municipal Commissioner for Singapore vice Mr. A. E. Baddeley resigned; and Syed Mohamed bin Omar Alsagoff to be a Commissioner in place of Mr. E. Gattey resigned.50 words
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Article23 1927-04-23 11 Mr. Colin R. Moore, Master Mariner, has been nominated as a person entitled to be examined for a licence as Pilot at Singapore.23 words
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Advertisement150 1927-04-23 11 St ANDREW S CATHEDRAL ANNUAL J Fancy Dress Ball I WILL BE HELD AT THE I I Memorial Hall ON 11/ FRIDAY, 29th APRIL, AT 9.45 P.M. Proceeds to be Devoted to the Cathedral Funds j DESIGNS of FANCY DRESS CAN BE SEEN IN OUR TAILORING DEPT. AND YOUR COSTUME150 words
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Advertisement734 1927-04-23 12 BLUE FUNNEL LINE RFGULAR PASSENGER A CARGO SERVICES SErV^ MAR^rLLE^WNDON A N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY _7 WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice monthly serrice Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) WEEKLY SERVICE-LONDON AND N. CONTINENT RHEXENOR Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Hull Apr. 24 PRIAM London, Rotterdam and Hamburg734 words
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Advertisement555 1927-04-23 12 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). "ELLERMAN" LINE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES *TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE. r OUTWARDS. TO HONGKONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. HOMEWARDS. s s CITY OF BOMBAY London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Apr. 2o s s CITY555 words
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Advertisement490 1927-04-23 12 JL OCs V^ BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINES. (Incorporated in England). MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) OUTWARDS FROM LONDON. HOMEW ARDS. For China and Japan. For Marseilles, London and Tonnage. Singapore. Tonnage.490 words
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Article906 1927-04-23 13 Singers Fight Shy of Doctors. SPECIALISTS DISAGREE. (From Our Own Correspondent) Paris, Mar. 13. Son*e weeks ago, the most noted of throat specialists came to the conclusion that the scarcity of good singers is main]y ow to the tact that few teachers knew their job Many of them certainly906 words
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Article696 1927-04-23 13 Fasting Cure Succeeds. A MINISTER'S EXPERIENCES. I was very ill. My life was despaired of by three doctors. Two leading men suffering from the same complaint were subjected to an operation and died at the same time. i It was suggested that I should undergo)696 words
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Article219 1927-04-23 13 I When the names of jurors were being called at county Down Assizes, Downpatrick, Ulster, a lady who had a small boy at her side asked to be excused from serv- j ing. She said she had no one to leave the child with. A219 words
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Article191 1927-04-23 13 Quite the best bird story that I have seen for a long time is gravely put forward by j a Sunday paper. It concerns a sort of university for parrots in the United States, j where the birds take degrees in English or is it191 words
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Article23 1927-04-23 13 Mr. Cairns, magistrate at the Thames Court: The less false dignity there is between husband and wife the more happiness there will be.23 words
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Advertisement244 1927-04-23 13 V lntrnaovtn/1 I V lOi i I I TTTHEN you buy W Interwoven S >cks you know bat the famous Interwoven Toe and ■lee! insure maxij num wearing value Ask to see the my new patterns nd colour mixj .res in silk, wool nd Hsle, all moder- v Ph.pn-. (ahlajwX244 words
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Advertisement224 1927-04-23 13 Ip) Q KUTNOWS <yA r XL dowder W VKrttll (EFFERVESCENT SALINE) l\ V >S\ I 7f ft 7 Taken in regular doses Kutnow's Powder y'\ '^s./ tj Ul"' s nva^ ua^l e or rousing a sluggish liver, \j|k Jf yl 1$ V f/f cleansing the kidneys and purifying the 1224 words
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Article553 1927-04-23 14 Charles Carwno - Charles Carwno B^trisWeeKs oau JM^S& Memorable Events in the of the Empire* mJ^F(_/VhijtofH Apr. 23 Death of Shakespeare. 311 On the 23rd. April 1016, YEARS William Shakespeare, the great AGO. est dramatist in the history of he world, died at the age of 52. Less is553 words
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Article563 1927-04-23 14 WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. Tbe upshot of the washing of dirty I i lonia] linen in the French Chamber is thai while fit Alexandra Varenne will return to his post a> Governor-General of Endo-China frith hi.-- reputation undamaged, the G< venunent is to send a Special Commissi;563 words
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Article566 1927-04-23 14 A FAMOUS GOLF COU RSE. HISTORY OF STOKE POGES. It wa> in November, 1908. that, as a result of the inspirati n of N. Lane Jackson who will always be remembered as the founder of the C< rinthians the Stoke Poges club was commenced. In July. 1909. the ci urse566 words
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144 1927-04-23 14 "No Obj<«ction to Royalty." Mr. A. J. Cook recently addressed meetings in North Wales. At Ifton Heath permission was refused him to speak on the colliery premises, and he mounted a wall nearby. "People say I am against the King and the Prince144 words
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Article190 1927-04-23 14 Jolly Wrrkers of the London Styx. I Not a single accident had occurred for six years in the London sewers, where 1,200 men are employed daily, until that reported recently, when a workman was trapped in the Fleet section of the City's drainage sysj tern and190 words
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Article35 1927-04-23 14 Newmarket Traged> "1 G |..m Archibald apparent i> 4 due to severe his weight. He rode tin last H* must then have hem dying. The death ha- ■•> bins, a prominent fot 135 words
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Advertisement264 1927-04-23 14 Watery Pimples On Baby's Head Cuticiira Healed My baby's head broke out all over with watery pimples that itched and burned terribly keeping her awake. She used to scratch them and make them bleed, and in a very short time the trouble spread to the back of her ear. Her264 words
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Advertisement221 1927-04-23 14 Kg! There's Health and Goodfellowship in Canada Dry &1 BN^l?^ l^'.r i Pry si mcLw^wi W B®^l!Sj Vi l i^ decidedly i'o.-J r fea From the very rir^trip of this delightful U^^^V afflSfifl cooling beverage, y 11 cxpericr.ve n jjf'-iic F &SjS% iff RIW £cnsat on i V° u v%221 words
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Article1736 1927-04-23 15 Where Life Start*. FASCINATING STUDY the vital unit— the cell-— out of which all living things, animals and nlant§ alike, are J 'ui'iL up, m?y new be handled by experimenters as if it were the tangible body of a l-vicg creature. With instruments lately devises and1,736 words
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Article158 1927-04-23 15 It is pleasant to find that there are stH3 unsophisticated people in this sophisticated world. In a small hotel in the less fashionable part of the Riviera there disported himself recently a very self-satisfied young man who, among other things, was careful to advertise his connection158 words
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Advertisement62 1927-04-23 15 NOTICES. lv UDRE FOOTBALL NSOriATION. S CERTIFICATES. Eta Seerc H A:';>i- t of non- experi which t- t to de on < i L HA i S «f tailoring is fully f SINGHALESE CORING COMPANY. 'mors are given full I always appreciated. before gding elsewhere. t modern lines. tenable." Phone62 words
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Advertisement223 1927-04-23 15 TRAFALGAR, LIMITED. bereb] pivei that Seventeenth Orj i, Meeting of Trafalgar, Limited. the Registered office, No. 2 Prince Street, Singapore, on Wednesday, the Ith day M I J 7 at n< I And Notice ilso hereby given that th(; m fei Hooks of the Company will be dosed the 29th223 words
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Advertisement589 1927-04-23 15 PrfcgikSy Heat eS Does your suffer like Radox Bath Salts put in this? Most children do in their baths every da\ will stop the Tropics. this. Not only will the -,if i irritation be allayed and the It in limiti'mc l<>r t ln- pi >oi i i i "i skin589 words
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Advertisement236 1927-04-23 15 THE HANK 01 TAIWAN, LTD. According to mm 9(Bo instructions, have to dose our Office acre for I weekE beginning from Lpi L 927 to Btl Mai TENDERS. JOHORE GOVERNMENT. CONCRETE DAM AT WUAR. FendV I in- i oeived at tl State Seci tary, Johon Bahni bb b i the236 words
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Miscellaneous260 1927-04-23 15 I CHARITY CROSSWORDS No. 12. I Prize of $100 c cane* or nearest correct solution of this puszle. From the wee* competition 50 per cent, will be handed to:— St. Mary's Home for Girls. >■■ *v IK i j J f Hp^^SeS I I Wi* i j I I I\260 words
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Article119 1927-04-23 16 Ships alongside the Wharves or expected to arrive. Hast Wharf (Entrance Gate 1). Kajang E.E.E. Wharf; Cuba Maru 22. Main Wharf (Entrance Gate 3). Morea 18; Sarvistan 16; Hosang 11; Coblenz 9; Kopah 7. Empire Dock (Entrance Gate 3). Hakodate Maru 33; Lima Maru 35; Aloe 37.119 words
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Article65 1927-04-23 16 (By courtesy of the Government Health Office). For the twenty-four hours ending midnight April 21st. Max. shade temperature 88.2 F Mm. shade temperature 72.5 F Mean shade temperature 78.9 F Max. sun radiation 160 F Mm. grass radiation 72 F Sea temperature 80 F Mean wet bulb temperature65 words
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Article147 1927-04-23 16 During 1926 slightly over 180 vessels aggregating 418,410 tons were lost at sea. Of these, 51 were British ships. By establishing direct two-way wireless communication with the shore. 12,500 miles away, it is claimed the Cunard liner Carinthia achieved a record. This was during a world cruise. Vessels147 words
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Article704 1927-04-23 16 Memories of the New Cruiser's War-time Namesake. THE PRIDE OF THE FLEET AND HER DOWNFALL. A new H.M.S. London will be launched at Portsmouth Dockyard this year. At this news many a head will shake, many an eye dim with memories; and even mere exlieutenants may shiver704 words
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Article22 1927-04-23 16 April 22. Barratta. Rompin, Devanha, Ban Siong Bee, Honer Ho, Narinpa, Kelantan, Acasta, (Brit): Melchior Treub, Pontianak, Grotius. Van Piemen, (Dut).22 words
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Advertisement401 1927-04-23 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 sji. MARELLA is the largest and finest steamer trading to Australia. Cabins de Luxe, single401 words
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Advertisement171 1927-04-23 16 Consignees of rargo pei the above vessel front Osl arrived April 19th) are hereby notified thai a Genera] Survey of all cargo landed here in i damaged condition will be held at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, 26th Ann!. 1927, at Godown No. 51. No further Survey will be held. BOUSTEAD171 words
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Advertisement379 1927-04-23 16 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 1 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YORK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) General Agenti. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO I BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AM, BALTIMORE (via Suez), t m.s. CUBA MARU IFI P m.s. SILVERCEDAR s.s. OREGON MARU h PACIFIC ORIENT SERVICE SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES HARBOUR.379 words
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Advertisement103 1927-04-23 16 HEDGES and BUTLER'S WINES 8 SPIRIT) J***~ Scotch Whisky V; PT" S 2SO Sc otckwhisn n >! pei bottk ■R SHERRY AMOXTILU I »«>«m;ADi">H>"" Q7 OA A m isiEniryiJ Jj Q[) pgf r^i NUT i v^ »Afl sttpptt T! AGENTS JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD (Incorporated Singapore, Penang nd Kuala Lumpur103 words
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Miscellaneous517 1927-04-23 16 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. BaAgkoK every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 6517 words
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Advertisement593 1927-04-23 17 O. S. K. Line. I)estinati nS Steamers. ArriT e Leave RotteraUß, Hamburg, Bremen, \sa Colombo, Aden, Port Said Alaska Maru Apr. 26 Apr. 28 AlfM Bay. Cape Town, Rio, San i Buenos Aires. tLa Plata Maru May 12 May 13 y Za-nzibar, Dar-es-Salaam, DttafM Bay and Durban. f Mexico Maru593 words
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Advertisement373 1927-04-23 17 TRAVEL- COMFORT DOLLAR fi|§iL "PRESIDENT" JNB Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comforts. All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilatr i and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each having an electric reading lamp. Stateroom* with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold running373 words
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Advertisement725 1927-04-23 17 K. P. M. (NRKLYKE PJUETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA.) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDEB CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT. Telephone No, 3«40, 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 OF725 words
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Article, Illustration1578 1927-04-23 18 We Hear from London GOSSIP FROM THE METROPOLIS. The Balkans Problem Opportunity for the League When Mr. Amery was called a Liar Oxford's First Boat British Museum Too Small. {FREE PRES S SPECIALS Were I inclined to hold what are commonly called extreme political views (which I am not) it1,578 words
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Article658 1927-04-23 18 Carry 200 Men and Squadron of Air 'Planes. MINISTER ON NEW DEFENCE POLICY. "The two new airships that we are building are, we believe, capable of transporting more than 200 fully armed men and a complete squadron of aeroplanes." Sir Samuel Hoare, the Air Minister, gave658 words
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Article164 1927-04-23 18 London, April 1. Quebec. In the Provincial Legislative Council, the Premier, M. Taschereau, discussing the motion of a private member urging the abolition of appeals to the Privy Council, stated that while a certain appeal had not benefited Quebec, namely that with regard to the164 words
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Advertisement498 1927-04-23 18 AUCTION SALES. AICTION SALE OF SHOPHOUSE PROPERTIES At Means. C HEONG KOON SENG CO's Saleroom No. 30 Ohulia St. (>n Wed., 27th April, at 2.30 p.m. lot i. Valuable freehold land and shophouse pr r oca krewn as No. 121 Neil Road, Singapore, ar I MOT sq. ft. Part of498 words
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Advertisement723 1927-04-23 18 Mother-Make Sure! If you cannot feed Baby yourself, then give him Mellin's Food. Mixed as directed \f j it is the perfect substitute for the natural V milk. It contains the same vital nourishment and ensures sound healthy development. Mcllins Food N i THE FOOD THAT FEEDS Obtainable of all723 words
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Article245 1927-04-23 19 TRAFALGAR ESTATES. The following is the report of the directors, for the year ended March 31st., to be presented at the seventeenth ordinary general meeting on Wednesday, May, 4th., at noon, at the registered office of the Company, No. 2, Prince Street, Singapore. The profit for the245 words
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Article76 1927-04-23 19 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Apr. 21. Amsterdam 12.13%, Athens 365%, Berlin 20.49, Bombay Is. 5 29-32 d., Brussels 34.93%, Bucharest 768, Buenos Aires 47 0-16, Copenhagen 18.25. Geneva 25.25, Helsingfors 192%, Hong Kong 2s. 0 x 2 d., Lisbon 2 17-32. Madrid 27.3^, Milan 94.05, New York 4.8576 words
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Article58 1927-04-23 19 American journals to hand by mail give publicity to a report that the resources of the American raw rubber buying pool have been increased from $40,000,000 to $100, 000,000. The pool is said to be active on the London market and is reported to have already bought58 words
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Article142 1927-04-23 19 SIR ERR (iEDDES CHAIRMAN A series of new processes relating to the manufacture of motor tubes, tyres and other rubber goods are being developed, and it is declared that they will cause a revolution in the industry. The principal feature of the processes, it is stated, is the142 words
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Article67 1927-04-23 19 April 22nd. Bank 4 m.s. 2J4 1-16 Bank demand 2|3 23-32 Private credits S OLS. J 4 5-lft New York, demand 66 Credits 90 days 57% France, demand 1411 India T.T. 154 Vi Hong Konp. demand H' s p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 11. r > Java, demand 139 Bangkok,67 words
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Article552 1927-04-23 19 April 22nd. Tin 150 Tons |15ltt Gambler 9 Flake Tapioca 5% Pearl Sago Small 7*4 Copra 10.10 Copra Sandried 11.05 Opium, Benares unt. 4,000 Rice Liang Hin Chan M> rk Red Eagle i Sew) 330 Rice, Siam old No. 1 330 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Sioka 256552 words
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Article142 1927-04-23 19 ROSE MACPHAIL COS. REPORT. Singapore, Apr. 22. Rubber. London, Is .^<i. MftduMged. Local 70 Vi cts. Tin. London, £203 Lss. 70s. down. Local $1.")1 for L5O tons. Mininp. Kinta I.X2 1 I>7'j, Kuchai L 97% 2.02 PetalitiK 4.<',7 I_.1 4.7:> rum. div.. L'lu Piah L32tt LS7V6 cum.142 words
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Article96 1927-04-23 19 Singapore, Apr. 22. A slightly better tone is in evidence in the Commodity Market and fair busmen has been transacted throughout the week for American and Continental account. The demand is confined to spot and near deliveries. Manufacturers do not appeal to be interested ahead and the speculative96 words
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Article217 1927-04-23 19 Singapore. April 22. Conditions have remained practically unchanged over the holidays and the hulk of business done has boon for near delivery forward positions being neglected. The trading and speculative element have shown little interest but Manufacturers continue quietly to fill thoir immediate requirements. Stocks in217 words
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Article252 1927-04-23 19 London, April 22. Rubber. Owing to the intervention ot the Easter Holidays the market was closed for three day.- and has Keen practically idle I since our last deport. Cables to hand from London to-day qu< te U Hd unchanged, and from New Ifork down V« at 4J252 words
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Advertisement461 1927-04-23 19 ASSETS OVER $7,500,000 ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $27,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. HEAD OFFTPF- w v < Incor P° rated in Straits Settlements) T p urfl^- Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 Old Jewry, E.C. ne company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and461 words
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Advertisement868 1927-04-23 19 BANKING. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED. —Established 1880— Capital Subscribed V.100,000,000 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund V.92,500,000 President: K. Kodama Esq. Vice-President R. Ichinomiya, Esq. j DIRECTORS. M. Odagin, Esq. K. Mogami, Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki. K. Takeuchi, Esq. K. Tatsumi, Esq. T. Hodsumi, Esq. F. Watanabe, Esq. T. Okubo, Esq.868 words
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Advertisement100 1927-04-23 19 INSURANCE. THE ASIA INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the S.S.) DIRECTORS: Teo Chong Siong, Esq. (Chairman). Chua Han Leong, Esq. Wong Yong Kai, Esq. Loke Van Kit Esq. Lee Pie Soo, Esq. Leong Foong Siew, Esq. Lee Chin Tian, Esq.. Thio Kirn Chuan, Esq. Mr. Au Mm Thong. The Company100 words
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Advertisement42 1927-04-23 19 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 17M) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., t Messrs. HARRISONS, Tr:> 'r^yhJ^L BARKER CO., LTD, CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.42 words
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Article269 1927-04-23 20 Death claimed the wealthy towkay and, after the period of mourning celebrations befitting his wealth and position, in long and elaborate procession he was borne to his family tomb. His way lay through a busy part of the town at a busy time of tht day. s->269 words
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Article87 1927-04-23 20 The Amnte.;r Wireless Society have pleasure in ann uruing the following programme l>\ Mr. Tan Thoon Lip's Orchestra comnencing at '.'.l~> p.m. Overture, Poet and Peasant (Suppe>, Orchestra; Violin Solo. Lucia DonizettiBazzini > with orchestral accompaniment, Chee Kong Tet; String Quartet. Andanti Cantahile i Tsehaikowsky > Selection.87 words
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Article459 1927-04-23 20 A committee consi>tmg of the Master Attendant 'chairman). Inspector General of Police. Inspector of Prisons, the Chairman of the Harbour board. Mr. E. Walker and Mr. A. Jackson, has been appointed to administer the Mercantile Marine Funds in Singapore. At the conclusion of the preliminary enquiry into a murder which459 words
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Article314 1927-04-23 20 Who Will Win at Wembley To-day? LONDON OR WALES At the Wembley Stadium this afternoon the Arsenal and Cardiff meet to decide the ownership of the English F.A Cup for the next twelve months. The attractiveness of this meeting is such that all ordinary records for Cup final314 words
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Article208 1927-04-23 20 To-day's matches in the Knglish and Scottish Leagues are: Division 1: Birmingham vs. Liverpool; i Blackburn vs. Bolton; Evertcn vs. Aston Villa; Huddersfield vs. Manchester Un.; The Wednesday vs. Burnley; Sunderland i vs. Derby; Tottenham vs. Leeds; West Bromwich vs. Sheffield Un; West Ham vs Newcastle. Division208 words
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Article27 1927-04-23 20 [Reuters Service.] London. Apr. 21. In a Scottish League match at Queen's Park to-day the home club beat Morton by two goals to one.27 words
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114 1927-04-23 20 The Stadium will be the venue of an interesting: match this afternoon, when the ~R.A. will meet a side which consists of former Boy Scouts, most of whom were members of the ex-Scouts side which made a name for itself in Singapore football in 1919114 words
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Article49 1927-04-23 20 Considerably more than £8,000 has just been paid into the swollen coffers of the Lawn Tennis Association by the All-Eng-land Club as the association's share of the proceeds of last year's championshipsmaking a total of £19,000 from the same source during the past three years.49 words
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Article84 1927-04-23 20 BOXING AT OLYMPIA. WINS FOR ENGLISH CHAMPIONS. [Reuters Service.] London, Apr. 22. At Olympia to-night, in a twenty rounds heavy-weight contest Phil Scott (British heavy-weight champion) beat Julius Okun. who was disqualified for hitting low in the six round. lxi a ten rounds welter-weight contest Harry Mason, light-weight84 words
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75 1927-04-23 20 [ReuterV Service.] New York, Apr. 21. I Miss Mary Browne, one of the foremost women golfers in the country and former National Women's tennis champion has been debarred from competing in any amateur 1 golf tournament under the jurisdiction of the United States75 words
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Article151 1927-04-23 20 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Apr. 21. There was a good attendance at the races to-day, including His Highness the Sultan anil the Resident and Mrs. Thompson. A tine afternoon was marred by a little rain before the sixth race. The going was good. Results:— Race I.— Mrs.151 words
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Article273 1927-04-23 20 II I THE 1927 HORSE GRIFFINS. The Thatch of horse griffin< which was impoited by the Perak Turf Club recent was drawn for on Monday as follows: 1 b g 6 years. Waukenfast-Merilda, drawn by "Three Kong-si." 2 b m 4 years. Colugo-Lady Massis, drawn by Wong273 words
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Article76 1927-04-23 20 A series of three races for the Guillemard Cup will take place on 24th April, Ist and Sth of May, 1927. For the first of these races which takes place to-morrow handicaps work out as follows June and Ella Dorothy scratch Jean 02 Kathleen 47 Gertrude76 words
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Article271 1927-04-23 20 The S.C.C. Tournament. MONDAY'S TIES Should rain prevent p^ay all ties will be put forward one day. Championship Pairs Preliminary. R. G. Pash and Paul Storr vs. E. J. Sturgess and R. E. Cox. Champ^nship Pairs. S. E. Newbery and R. M. Duff vs. R. B. Lewis and271 words
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Article62 1927-04-23 20 CRICKET: V.M.C.A. vs. R.E. The following will represent the V.M.C.A. at cricket against the Royal Engineers to day on the V.MC.A. .mound at 2 p.m.: R. Lyne; H. G. Stack, E. G. Wheatley; B. E. De Silva. S. D. Gauder. H. Gibson; A. Van Cuylenburg. P. B. Dawar.62 words
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50 1927-04-23 20 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against the Duke's Drummers on Monday on the V.M.C.A. ground at 5 p.m:— R. H. Pennefather; C. A. Pennefather; Cox. Lun; Pow Lcng. Frost; R. K. Sammy. M. Brown. CaUhatoor. Baker. Foot and Van Geyzel. Reserves: Heard and Phipps.50 words
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Article55 1927-04-23 20 The following: will represent the Indian Association against an S.R.C. eleven on the latter'? ground to-day: R. Jumabhoy (captain), B. J. Raj, P. K. Baskaran, A. S. Roman, T. Damon, A. Chatterjee, P. S. Raju, J. Solomon, F. A. Sundram, Harnam Singh and Dr. Ghose. Reserves: G. J. Luke55 words
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Article109 1927-04-23 20 RESULTS OF REGIMENTAL GALA. A successful swimming gala was recently held by the Duke's at Tanglin. The results were as follow: Half Mile:— Pte. Aspinal 1; Pte. Oxley 2; Pte. Harman 3. One Length:— Pte. Conlon 1; Pte. Spendlove 2; Pte. Bevcrley 3. Two Lengths:— Pte. Conlon 1; Dmr.109 words
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Article40 1927-04-23 20 Results of matches played by Regimental sides during the week were as follow. 2nd XL Duke's 3, St. Joseph's 0.8. 0. Cpls. Duke's 3, Corpls. R.A. 1. 3 Group. 8, Warders. 7. 3 Coy. Duke's 4, Warders. 0.40 words
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Advertisement206 1927-04-23 20 DID YOU HEAR HEIFETZ? 1 Don't forget that I His Master's Voice" Records I give you that pleasure every day Inquire at Moutrie's for lists. J; j (IAND^SIAM I^NDEMAHJ I. DO YOU APPRECIATE FINE QUALITY PORTS U SHERRIES? THEN let us recommend to you those ol l\ the House of206 words
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