The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 April 1928

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press io cwtK SINGAPORE, SiJ MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1925. NO. I2.::7l
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  • 303 1 r.v.denc-e ol a remarkaHN' nature a«* t«> the relation*- betw«'«'n ir Vdmiral Collard and Captain Drwat and omdr. Daniel** a** iii\en when Ihe Ko\al Oak rsturt -martial < pened on Saturday Pave M. <*amliridjj«- *nn the boat rare «n Saturday Pane 16. Damace *timat*.l at x^.'.U.OliO v.
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  • 647 1 1 1 B uiul* .1 I tfatmi the rag ;hai pi* i took a lat*t look at the hum in* oraaai SHU, 'he t tt tt h mauve aad aarph- hsatl BBMB] to m irreen *.-a. and 1 I H blaad rattk .«._ry a* i..<k»-n an, very coioin It
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 257 1 s vA^^v. ,^-^Mwv^■v-.•^.^^VJ^AVA^ MICSA MONK'S i XFEE I- ROATB >ND GROUND S 5 riLY Mies Hotel I MONDAY, 2nd APRIL, lEA am mm DIMR 1/AiNIU By kind permission of Hon. Mr. H. "AINiSANT i EVERY Kairburn, Inspector General of Police EVERY MONDAY, T TUESDAY, 1 -,EI)M-SDA*. Ifte A,> KO,ICe and
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    • 276 1 FOi? REFINED PERFUMERY AND TOILET I PREPARATIONS— ALWAYS ASK FOR THE I CROWN l*A i r^ WHICH _________^^J TI;j British am mw& mm n WM Wmm AND L____H^^^_i^ I BEST r^^ ______r _____________________r JB i _____r ___r j 1 OBTAINABLE FROM ALL PRINCIPAL DEALERS. WILLIAM (.OSSAGE SONS, 110 ROHINSON RI).
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    • 111 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT^. LHtW'i for Ra Wkitcßßra] 1 ■aaoaacvßi n Ha*/C >• -< *ll t^.< DBB 1m. i' k Ci v:t 1.. I m K-"~ -.1 n.«w pi m .11 I N'-.Ji S'p^at Wu B**aaa 1 >' 1 Bril Pact I. Har] II C !>«;•.. h..i r.;: i- now upd Pai
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    • 16 1 va* vv.^v.^^^^^^•.* _v.^^•••.".^ «C 5 SEE THAT VW GKT < jj RED LABEL BRAND j: COFFEE •V.NV.V.V.V.SV.'.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 62 1 THE_WEEK. M ■iSB W Ml I ■h H. Clifl iHbi 1 ll i»rh v |BJ| Kvatt .til. l t If, Hi 1 ll,L'h W i U'JL Annu 1 I t** 1 <.i K-.'h..l!r y y *\*m*^*** mmm. J/' il.trh V.. t*** t J I I- ridaj I'uh;.. I Uy. n>
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  • 728 2 PLAT DU JOUR." s bright blue ook of most attrac. tions, One ot thos confidential .te travelog.* whicV H. i M»meth <iitr.i ed 1 sprang it on Edwin. MWe know nothing of P.ni.-*, .imi known everything of import"Does v| K. know anything about food?" nt rrupted. "Yes, that i** just
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 594 2 for Coughs, Colds and all Throat Troubles. From all Chemists, Dispensaries and Stores. Sole Agents MEDICAL HALL, LTD. Singapore. THE HAPPY VALLEY~ PRESENT A Monster Programme OF Varied Amusements GATE 10 cts. la\\ m m\\\\\\\\\\ m m B m%\ m m^m a m m m m m**a\ m m\ym DRAUGHT
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    • 266 2 Victoria Theatre i Commencing Tuesday, April 10th. AND NH.HTLY AT 9.30 P.M. THE DICK NORTON REVUE (Direct from I-ondon). presenting; the latest musical hits. Tuesday and Wedneisdajr. April I Oth and lllh. BOOKING AT LITTLES. PRICES SI. 2 AM) 1. "THE GLAD EYE PAVILIO N From Tuesday. 27th. March lo
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    • 171 2 ALHAMBRA p "o°. NE (Taa (aeai Kee R Co. lid. I r..^iCOMMKMIM. SATI RhAV Mil v |II M IV.M VV taki* *rri*at i m \\R\ i A <.REAT lIRST NATIONAI 8- I The Patent Leatfcr Kid inn n Richard Bartheiliess THK QftEATBBT HI MAN DRAMA nl- INSPIRING! sfAGNH In lhf
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  • 960 3 WHY THERE IS NO PROGRESS, Failure of Colonisation. Mr. k. v. Webber thc Fianaeial H- |,r "tativa for Berbiee, nn.! one of th, elected members of ths Combined C nrl which serves as the Cokmy's Parliament writes m Urn Morning Post. It is no doubt difficult for
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  • 498 3 LOVE MATCH OF AN EMPRESS. When the Czarina tnburdened Her Soul. Was a "marriage f,, r love" BUjC of reuses of Use downfall of the tsnmeen, (he "removal" of Kasputm. and th.- slaughter of the Romanotf- by the Imleamilki The last Czarina. Rasputin'- dupe ur burdened her soul
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  • 136 3 The Yi.ai of Bt Martai'sJa-the>] i- not by nay ssenas the tirst td protest ■sjainst the terms of excessive setf-abn ment which •>»■ found m certain hymn-. At :.n earlier day hymn-w 1 H.rt'.»n«t 1 1 ibinp th< m -t-!\» -nl\ na "'iii-- and ashee" -the term
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  • 99 3 I' youth n hendstrong hnl ong-hended, who climbed one ol ih< and h.rancod himself on his ban 1- 520 feet above the treet level, i- stated to have been met on his deecerH by IS armed policemen who ojte.i him to prison Evidently they looked OU ran a I
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  • 88 3 At the annual RSeetiag of i ht v c Sosnex Donrasmen st Brigchtea s was recertad 1.1 the necotintions le lil L r t< the punhase c»f lh«- Devil.-; D\ ke »•> IBS Brighton Corporatloa, an<l tht- dropping <> the prepoeed motoi race 1 I slaaa.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 299 3 >I?fi6-_lii______^^^ WHEN BUYING A CAR "Service After Purchase" IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION. When lwvin_ ;i Camera remember that there are "Kodak Service Departments" m m JJ different countries. I GET A KODAK c Kodak Limited i < Incorporated m England). RETAIL: >. Battery Hoad. OFFICE: 1:10, Uaaaaßaa Koad. •> J
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    • 247 3 Estate U Trust Agencies (1927) Limited t Registered under the Trust Companies' Ordinance f KtM, with BttaVltf deposited with the Strait* jj Trustees, Executors. Administrator-. Kteeivers. a\ Managers of Real Kstate. Attorneys for rnllertion ij Rents, Investigators and Managers of TriM or other J Funds, and lo collect Interest <>»
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  • CALCUTTA LUCK
    • 2316 4 Ths morning was a hue one, MUUhIBC tning to banish the grej sky and seas. simple island tolk had earned ont ..linV overnight instructions, asking fen questions ami taking the continuation t the fotwaey very much for granted. I'.ui the morniag was wall advaacad before Grant eras ready
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    • 1095 4 It required all John Blake's artifice and patience to extract from Franklin and Buddy (.irant any kind of story of their meeting and subsequent adventuie m riving. Franklin had the exasperating 1 habit, m a narrator, of assuming that his hearers were familiar with all the most
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  • 215 4 Paris. Feb. RR A demijohn of wine of the year IMI the year of the birth of the king ti RSBBO hai been unearthed m the garden «d I house at Thionville. This year. known a\s«> as '•the year of the comet." is famous
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  • 63 4 Dame Ellen Terry spent her eightieth birthday as the guest of Fatly Mal < Egerton. at Wateringhury. Kent. Her daughter. Miss Fdith Craig, was* with her. The house was filled with flower- -ent bf friends. Bunches of daffodil- -Dame Ellen's favourite flower had been sent from her garden at Tenterden,
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  • 446 4 Dual Personality m Crime. PILLARS OK SOCIETY, The smu-.' clergyman who. r-wenl ,enl to piis^n f»i supplying women wilJ am dragi ha- mM \«**n the first Jesyi nnd Hyde to fare iyn >miniou»l> at the I v All big crook? h:i\< value of s social
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  • 201 4 •'Kncli'-h (.irl* are !«>«» Kenned Trouble i- brewing over the Quota I which permit- British film produced I emploj foieign film utara foreign hint act i ged for British 51 coming, though it it* und. ths Quota v tion regulsti »n which I ■rttal hraai
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  • 71 4 At the annual meeting Andrew's Society il wax membership wa* 267 an increase nf Bfl\ __ad the profit on the year's work ng $349, 4*o had been donated to the Scottish Ho«| and f'-'oo to st Aaaaaar*! Kuala Lumpur. The retiring chieftain Mr N D Fraser waa presented with a
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  • 238 4 Soviet* Constructor <«rk In,!,. i l i, auspieos i »n«l Mat! I I M h. i.i si Ha Mitchell Nsai Hall I *eph sV«4ahaw tor UM I WAe nfteinnon a- "Ess Mi I the Hancheater Os npirs ,.,1 Jarre aao a ia> Mi ISroaashaw, who as mlvoo.i
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  • 42 4 thi t i. I naaBSBBBBB oi n mckuif M brown. pa|* r par. th«- Marlborongf nagan I. (unnamed I BSMBBBsaaa af >r. «<i bj '<•• 'loMv v 1 .dcl"W I I f. had n Ura i...,>. Ith (I rkl I
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  • 497 5 Few Outstanding Figures To-day. Are there any great personalities m public life to-day comparable with those which dominated England and Kurope haig a century ago? The Archbishop of Canterbury thinks not. He was the guest at luncheon of the London district of the Institute of Journalists, and
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  • 49 5 Retiring Governor of linmbay. I»ndon. Mar. 21. The Evening News states that it is expected m political circles- that when Sir I-eslie Wilson, the retiring Governor of Bombay, returns to England, be uill be given a peerage and will take up a busineaa career.
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  • 60 5 On Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the bund at Towkay Eu Tone's mine at Sungei Kir.chap burst and flooded the mine and another adjoining" mine belonging to Hong Fatt Kongsi. Tbe two mines were thus tilled up with tailings and. m consequence, work has been stopped. Fortunately, there was no
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  • 412 5 Judge on Wedded Bondage. "Marriage, as era have it now. is plain hell for most persons who pet into it. That's flat." So writes Judpe Ben B. Lindsey. of the Juvenile and Family Court of Denver, Colorado, m a book, entitled "The Revolt Of Modern Youth."
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  • 63 5 Reported Withdrawal of South Africa. Paris. The French Tennis Federation has received a telegram from Johannesburg as follows: "Regret necessary withdrawal from Davis Cup, representative team not being available.. (Signed) 'Tennis.'" The Federation has written to Sweden, againut whom South Africa had been drawn, notifying them of the
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  • 89 5 THROWN O UT FOR LAUGHING. Thomas J. Phillion, who was ejected from a cinema theatre m Chicago because he laughed loudly at vhat the management considered the wrong moment, has brought a suit for £5,000 damages to bis feelings, and is prepared to laugh again if he can collect the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 410 5 /^^\^k\ Blood Poisoning f*K I___L\ y^'zyry:^ and Eczema Tama *'1« H0ad, W i51 and*., EXDCHGCI I m%^\ JvPbbw iH ?P^ k By cleanslB °iJ* 8100d with use my am to nl™© 8 11 -A^A A^Ss. 1* asuA I of my recovery, thanks to TOOT Blood Mixture, and sb»U alwayo recommend
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    • 229 5 Silvertish -the Hidden Menace THAT beautiful silk gown falling to pieces! Your books ruinedl That keepsake forever lost! All through the ravages of silverfish No need to stand helplessly by and sec this ruin and waste with a sickening feeling. Just spray your closets, your books, your furniture with Flit
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 262 5 PICKWICK IN PICTURES. By Arthur Moreland. 77. Mr. Ben Allen and i\. Sawyer late Nockemorf. MB PICKWYICK raO\fe__T V .^b HAD ARR^VEO^^^ *MY DEAR AUNT"SAID M»' 4 *KleVthE OLD C tsat hiS S.STER WAS MARK.EI* M« ma_ m.^T m*C FROM THE FLEET TO THE GcFSRGE. AND -VcATION AND A CONCLUSION
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  • 670 6 A REALLY NECESSARY PLEASURE. Callous Lads. I From Om Own < 01 respondent.] Paris. Mar. ft, At ens thus evening found the suburbs l«>ti(«-d i.y these ho haakeead eitei billiards. K«»r ihe leeal cpfes bsanaj without tal»h the enthusiast i. >•• >.t r «litii_r th" convenient *bus, or undei
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 508 6 a*^ BB^H_Ba^saasanßasa_aa^Mßsaaaa^ > iri>sf_^ "r% THE [EVERYMAN »Sg?rt. 0 "MLTI M O" CCADI LLY Tk FIRST AIOOUTFIT OUTFIT U L. |V| {J j^_— q iKffiS_r^__*^.:r r S&^i Razor __tai^__. -r-** oSiAVING ll __II# i «--^»r^^&* b-M Soap ijg f J*m^' :*jt^' tAL G "-LETTE jjLt r^DAKI)W l<J -wwr-BB rj- --l__^^
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    • 164 6 ■I IIF IT ISN'T, IT SHOULD BE j I is yort: nwir as rr ro uati r "w __B____s_i__^k_. ________^B^______"""""""""*"" I a *^^^_P___al B^^s_______B'_ I /Or **mmaa s^ar ________ss____ssaa ass**l€ __a__________ fl _BL ___s___bb* ___JB_____ I >#■ ._..^a i mm^^\^^^^^^r^ v^bp l 9 ______^^^^^"""B Asae^Hs i r mXWWW*^ I a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 504 7 BUSINESS CARDS. Personal belongings of every I description glass, chinaware etc. securely packed for conveyance to |ii all parts of tho world. Luggage etc transported, attended and put on j 1 steamers or rail, and sent anywhere. 'i Write— QEE AND CO., I, J 35 Bencoolen S t r eet
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    • 636 7 NOTICES. EXCHANGE BANKS. 'Jhe Bashaaae Bnnks vffl he Biased se Fridajr and ..Saturday. April 6th. and 7th.. he Jnj l>ubl,c Holidays, and on Monday. April HSu, be.ng Baal Holiday. NOTICE. Will l the pre-ent employe-- sf a Tamil nsto p rar driesr, Penaaal Mathasraa, wheae drivlaa lleenee is 7M<, P
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    • 673 7 ku_h___k ruuui. I THE TIME FOR THE STATEMENT. Stock Exchange Advice. [Reu*er's Service. London. Ma**ch .'lO. Covoinmem to day sought th- n.hi.e and will act on the -WsffiaHißM of the Stock Exchange and Rubber Trade Association a< best oualitivd to represent city opinion regarding the most favourable time for Mr.
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    • 573 7 ADAPTABILITY j ADAPTABILITY IS AN OUTSTANDING QUALITY jl OF THE FORD. <| 1$ ITIS USED EVERYWHERE FOR EVERY ONTKIY- f ABLE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION WITH NIFOKM j SUCCESS, us READINESS FOR ANY TASK IS PROVERBIAL A SUCH ADAPTABILITY SAYS ALL THAT NEED BE I SAID KOK THE BASIC FORI) Ql
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    • 295 7 TENDERS. MIMCIPALITV OK HNGAPOUC. TENDERS. i i i..t to Km _r K. IWr qaasttties »ili Im i tbsl. -upl>l\ ;ilf I.i Im M it Kandai v K.rr>Mii Bri»l L B ■aaaj uh. in-t«nt. »ry. FOR SALE. For wale, house at Telok Paku. Apply. Ailet 4 Gledhill, Raffles Place. if M.AIoW
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    • 296 7 AUCTION SALES. Vy Order of Thi* Head ol l»rt*\enliva >n i. AUCTION sale 1 i«»ng Pegu. On Mnndat. \pril _!nd. at %M psa. nom- oet rlev< NU M I 1 1| v I tOth. i MCTION SALE be bold < hull.-. M On Monday, \pril 2nd., at 10 am. On
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  • 653 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1928. WEEK-END COMMENT. It is a little difficult ol preocnl to moke serious reference t<» thc eoavtmortial hid* has arisen out <>f the Royal Oak affair, for unseat, evidence of a ver\ different character ii produced later it i< bard to ovoid the conviction
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  • 487 8 The Free Press will he published on Friday an.i Monday as usual but there will bfl BO BBBBS BB Tuesday m order It |tflfl the •staff the Monday holiday. An eight-penny hnwn Ce.J.n poflfc si amp WBfl sold m London on March 20 for fSO. ll i- lapaitfld that well
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  • 501 8 THE S.P.C.A. The following letter Hum 1.-n rireuVite l tn nit-mbrrh «>f th* society. I>. ir Sir. »r Madam. As a member of tlu S.S IMW > tasist thr abject > fth <•> Inducing others t.. join; (21 BBJ any rase of cruelty v ur- I
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  • 276 8 >lr. .1. Kn'.ht Mi>> Eileen Mulcahy. A very interesting and prett\ wedding at th< Cathedral of the Goad Shepherd on Saturday, when Mi lohn Bright, a well-known and popular of Sin_rap<>re. war* mairied to M I llaleahy. Th» l-rid« n of the Mi and Mr> Bright. Sialkot. Punjal-
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  • 112 8 Mr. < N. 11. Beamish, acting I masier. Maxwcll-rd. S, -hooi. h.. Lumpur, had a stn.ki on Monday and wa* taken to tin- I.iir«.pe;.n Honpital oui*. lie recovered ons. u-ne--tm very ill- M M. Tanga.\a, alias Tanga.van. BflBa«l< >: oi the Ser. aaaaa Cflawi la i Is rs voluntariU causing
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  • 330 8 DECISION VS TO VISITORS. Proposed Nt^ I'.eialw action wa tak.r V n-rctinff "f the Swi" efard I members, aad on ti,»n of Mr C. Salter, it «i> d. aome discussion, to delete the a..r.U three saonih-- lo ta* M uill now he aide B) iatfnsaare a resi.
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  • 65 8 I VTKST HI lIIIKK PHI' (ir ■Om Oi I London Mo .1 Kllbßt nu" kkt.nl outlook. washing clother- at M. th all one of them as* a *»al t< H II M It > The Mar* m the Sariswio P 11 I ft Mr. J. O. C t
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 296 8 a c c c c c c a •eeeeeeeeeeee •];^a)(a]LaJaMa; CONNOISSEUR COMES TO C ALDBECK' S." I I c iW sa as JD)_?nn»vpi /?nfins 1 S THE DSINK FOR EVERY KIND OF THIRST 1 I Si i SOLE AGENTS i CALDBECK MACGREGOR CO., LTD. c' (faasrsa*e*afai under the Csaiaaaiss* OrvKaaaasi
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    • 150 8 Y■v-■ *^^VaPs^.^v.^v.v.^v.v.^^w.^ fo < Parfums de Luxe i COTY S i < Chypre :j > Origan 5 Rose Jacqueminot S m m Paiis J Emeraude V^ m m\ EAU DE COTY >. m m to he had from all dealers Ja i* Dupire Brothers. j v.vw.*.v.*.v.vvy_v.vy%wvvwwv. RUST KILLS w METAL
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  • 684 9 THK REAR-ADMIRAL IS ANNOYED. This "Moody Band." ißeater's Service.] Gibraltar, Mar. fl Th rouit-martial on Cmdr. Daniel mat opened amid impressive scenes to-day. iai aim f< railing the eonrt, dressed m ilettes, cocked hats ard g dd laced sw.rd belts, left their ships md artiv- Ka-i. rack
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  • 219 9 REVERSAL TO POSITION OF 1922. Protection of Foreigners. [Reuter's Service.] It is l. i landon, Mar. 31. nunt' r. r; 1 ,h EaTßtiaß Governhe r. Ie, r th M ial i h Anglo-Egyptian i rul h Ann' SEX!*"** a desire for a nendlj Anglo^Ejyptlna understanding, ohi "-ml^
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  • 116 9 REFORM COMMISSION LEAVES. Sir J. Simon's Farewell Hopes. [Renter's Set. ice.] BBBSnuey, Mar. tt. Ihe Simon on.mission has left for home nt the conclusion of the first stag- of its enquiry. In a farewell moaaage Sir J Simon snid he believed the results of the visit justified tbe previous hope
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  • 144 9 [Renter's Service.] Nam York. Apr. I. I he stock market to-day broke all Saturate) trading records, over 2.500.000 shares changing hands. There was bullish opening followed by b swift reaction wherein most of the early gaifts were wiped out and converted into losses of one to nine
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  • 32 9 [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Mar. tl. The death has taken place of M. Gustavc Ador. president of the International RedCross, and ex-President of Switzerland, at "h<- sge of cightythree.
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  • 24 9 [Reuter's Service] Havana. Apr. 1. Fifty nations were represented at the l enintr of the International Conference on Emigration anti Immigration.
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  • 24 9 [Reuter's Service] The Havre. Mar. .11. $12,000,000 m gold has arrived hero from New York. [.Saturday's cables on page 7.]
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  • 98 9 BOMBSTERS REIGN IN CHICAGO. Bloodshed Feared. [Rflalnr*f Service.] Chicago, Mar. 31. Following th«. recent homh outrages the United States Marshal m a desperate effort to prevent bloodshed at the Chicago primary elections on April 10 has cabled to the Attorney Genera! asking permission to swear m Mt
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  • 181 9 Franco Agrees With America. TReuter's Service.] -p, m „a «-'s. Mar. 31. The French reply to the American proposa for a multilateral pact to outlaw war has heen handed to Mr. Kellogg. It agrees to j„j,, the I'nited States m communicating to the German. British. Ita lian
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  • 109 9 German Financiers' Manipulation. [Reuter's Service.! Merlin. Mar. .11. A corruption and hrihery trial, which MS heen pioceeding for ..ver a year m Berlin, m whirh the chief BCCttasd are two hnaneia! speculator... the brothers Julius and Henry Bar.nat. has ended. Julius has K-en sentenced to i:,
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  • 101 9 An Alleged Interview with Foch. rßeuter'.- Service. 1 Paris. April 1. The Communist Deputies. Marty. Puelos and ChunnflSßß, have heen sent, need to foilyears, three years and two years imprisonment respectively, and two cont.ihutois to 1* Humanite weie fined m connection will anti-militarist articles appearing- m the newspaper.
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  • 35 9 fß enter's Service. I Constantinople. Mar. 31. A seiios of earthqaaha shocks have heen felt here. Forte people have heen killed and many injured m Smyrna, one village beflag half destroyed.
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  • 41 9 [Renter's Service.] Rome, Apr. 1. The Pope received m audience Crmlr. Xobile. who is to fly over the Pole, and handed him an oak cross to drop over the Pole. Nobile presented the other members of the expedition.
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  • 27 9 [Reuter's Service.] St. Louis, Apr. 1. Col. Lindbergh, before leaving for San Diego, categorically denied he was contemplating a round the world or trans-Pacific flight.
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  • 45 9 [Reuter's Service.] Nen York. Apr. 1. A bomb was exploded and wrecked three top-floors of a 17-storey building and injured seven garment workers. The police think the expi os ion was occasioned hy labour troubles. [Saturday's cables on page 7]
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  • 187 9 THOMSON ROAD FACTORY DESTROYED. Damage Estimated at $250,000. Another larg, rn-bber factory ths third within a period of less than a month- wa^ destroyed by fire early yesterday at the •)< milestone Thomson Road the damage being estimated at about $250,000 There was considerable delay m giviac
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  • 328 9 Death Caused by a Rash Act At the conclusion of the in.-vest on the late Mr. K. \V. F.U-r on Saturday. the jury found death uas ,-aused hy a rash act on the part of the driver of the Chevrolet lorry which ran into
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  • 280 9 RELIEF WORK FOR JRWg |> Kl ion -»lf. s. Y. Jneeai, who i> rialtiec BBearal eountriea m an snnaaeuni' la obtaia th,' WBtian of the Jewish BBflßle m UM wart ef retfef for thin- ssssflea__c ••nth-en IB Kastem Kur-.p t and m the norfc <■■ oncarieatiea which bscnass aaa the
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  • 62 9 I'udml Surplus. [Reuter's Service.] Lundon. Mar. The Hose of tin- financial year tin.U Mi Churchill the possessor of a surplus f4,2.'^.0p0 as a re,ult of the budget he introduced last April, the revenue foi the year heinjr i*t__.noo.ooo and expenditure £X38,.J00.000. Mr. Churchill s timat,d
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  • 44 9 Reuter's Service.] Delaware. Ohio, Mar. .11. Senator Frank R. Willis, candidate for the Republican nomination for the P dency, died suddenly m the anteroom of a hall where a crowd of 2.000 people wa< waiting to hear his campaign speech.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 214 9 jjj For the Lavatory jjj WITHOUT LABOUR I iafd f T_F lUiul fsalr \v\ rik-f r Wi 1 l^N^^=_SS__^^ ''»mHv #_f~— f""" 7 I jmliiln l' I I I I ,v o i'**jA m I viß^i**-*^ t-*-±y2^ 1:1 iVY IJ&*m<Rmm\l U Obtainable from: 1 ROBINSON GO M LTD. Inrorporated m
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 677 10 Blue Funnel Line REGULAR PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES EXPRESS SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON N. CONTINENT FORTNIGHTLY. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Twice Monthly Service Liverpool and Glasgow. (Via Genoa and Havre.) 0 Due Spore. Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE— LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. NINGCHOW x landon, Rotterdam and
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    • 597 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England). PAW^"EIiEMF~UNE. w~ttKA§& enger ANI) freight SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HONG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. 1928. s.s. CITY OF ROUBAIX Apr "i s.s. CITY OF NEWCASTLE May 5 s.s. CITY
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    • 411 10 P6»O British India and Apcar Lines. (Incorporated m England MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. :o I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S.N. CO UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOR CHINA AND JAPAN Due Tonnage. Spore lonnagr S'por* KASGHAR 9.00U Apr 6 RAWALPINDI
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    • 641 11 O. S. K. Line. idajn. Hamburg, Bremen, Colombo, Aden and P. Said. Alaska Maru Anr II a™. i__ TOWB, Rio, Santos PF W A P r 16 »La Plata Maru May <_ ibar. Dar-es-Salaam, ,l> 4 0 reaeo Manjnai and Durbar.. t Canada Maru Apr. 6 An Bombaj and Karachi.
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    • 531 11 TRAVEL" DOLLAR 'LmW 1 "PRESIDENT' 1 liners -rS^SWDollar President liners offer 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. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all heve hot and cold running
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    • 624 11 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. (ROYAL PACKET NWI(.\TION CO.. OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated m Holland.) 0 UNDER CONTRACT wmi T F NKT HERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 36 10. with suh-connections to Paaaoge, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Department* and Manager's deak. Representative* m the Strsita Se! J lenient* (Singapore and Penang
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  • 873 12 PROHIBITION THE REAL DIFFICULTY. Some of the Causes. Two British cruisers have raced to Samoa, and 250 natives have been arrested. Samoa, the old cockpit of the Pacific, i^ again m ferment, and the cause generally attributed to one man Olaf Nelson, a local half-caste trader, now deported.
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  • 44 12 D r Lewis Smith, for a lore ti ne consulting nhysician to the London Hospital, and his wife, landed 232 trout, each averaging Aye pounds m weight, on fly during aixteon days' fishing m the Tongariro river and Lak Taupo. aays a Wellington Message.
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    • 465 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia.) 0 FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA, DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. o 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
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    • 154 12 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. 0 HOMEWARD MAILS To Colombo, Djibouti. Port Said and Marseilles from Singapore. PORT^OS 19,000 tons Apr. 5 Via Madras and Pondicherry. COMPIEGNE 17,000 tons Apr. 23 OUTWARD MAILS To Saigon, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan. CHENONCEAUX 19,000 tons Apr. 3 ATHOS II 21,000 ton* Apr. 15 To Saigon,
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    • 481 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc. 44. HEA VER STREET. NSW YORK. (Ineorporstad In U.A.) GENERAL AGENTS REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE (via Sues) M.S. SILVERBELLE duo Apr. 7 sails Apr. IS M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Msy 3 -ad* May t M.S. SILVER ASH due May ttt sail*
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    • 233 12 HENDERSON LINE. 0 SCHKIH I X Ol --XII 1M..-. By Fortnightly Pa»«<en«er Steam-Ret-aeen K»ue*>n. MinnnV arid Kngland HOMEWARD INCH Port of lh»«-n.barfcBt*.f. P*>i*.«f<h lea*e Hang— a s.s. HENXADA AMARAP'KIRA Mr s.s. CRINDWIN V*. s.s. KEMMENDIW June t ss. BHAMO i s.s. RAGAING t ss. BIfRMA v 21 sa. PEGU Aug
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    • 694 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jei an tut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 s.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and
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  • 892 13 VOCATIONS FOR SHANGHAI WOMEN. Widening the Range. toaa*ai mamma h,v.. mort v > aliona •Wo.tUUth. than their si.ter, mm h,n«,,. iti Th< ma y ttom< n m """'hors. doctor,. "■ur»,.e.r. Shanghai lady n«t to mention •"">■"•.„„,, tuti ns AUh uKh ther<> j ™v.-, mm rhi c Jady
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  • 455 13 THE "P URIFYING" OF PARIS. Visitors "Warned Pari>. Feb. 26. Every ni^ht m Paris thaw if what I cs led a p dice **rane>, M a n>undin*r-up on the boulevards or m eafes or elsawkew ti sveryane withont distinction. "Papers* 1 aie roughly demanded, and those that cannol ptodoes thsi
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    • 337 13 NOTICES. HRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM. Ul RoMssssM Road. B X Open Daily M0 11.30. v Sunday 10.00. Testimony first Wednesday ">.30. \\< E NO. Itl (LABOUR) AND LAPOUI CODE, 1923. EMPLOYERS OF INDIAN LABOUR th.it sssesssssnt returns i ter must !>«• s*'nt to the I Controllei Sf Labour, I tho
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    • 215 13 PRODUCT OF a p if i, r u'B■ItIIA L O T O B f _**"<-" J? /[rfr _^_^X^________________T-*__.^\. /\r j>*+*^Am\ B**_________**s*a ,B— I*',,-^^1 ___T"^B_r^^^^____o^___l W j i"t"'x!jv -^j ____r^^B B___^a___ T '^^slwrt^> > f 'V^**n t -if > -*r ,v O^' > /^~V £_k-^u_^** 4l *r&'' '■< Bew_Sll______^^^'Q > 'tit
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  • 604 14 THREE PENCE WORTH lIILLIONS. A Few Figures. Half of one million pounds has ln-en gi\»n to the nation hy a patriotic anonymous donor to roll up compound intere.-t with a view tf» deciea-inir tho National heht. The tonus of tin trust haw- not been disclosed, hut from tho
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  • 86 14 3.000 MINERS FINED FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. Foi.li>hn.>«; ef S>mo« h> Strike Fmpha-i/ed. I.i-ndon. Mar. 21. Thrst thousard miners wm*. ...i si the Eolith Shields fount} Court -lay for Rmmmm tm ma l< si ntrait ia laying two collieries idle owinir t> a sympathy -tt ike. They agreed t<> iudf
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  • 93 14 Baggsatlaa Not Fat-iured h> Sir A. Chamberlain. Londen. Mar. LM. Ths appointmant of P.* :t i -h women a« diplomats m thf same niani t i I the Preach, Soviet and BaHrariaa G .-nts was arged al ajnaetion^timc to-daj m tas Honor of Csmmoas by Him
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  • 50 14 The Viceroy ;.v<! h liwin mail hnll is nl agfee Into Dholnnr recently on to th«- Mal. riding -agea n wondei fol t>- h incla i- i lalating el has iih h. aad silver, banting el sa> tpiners m ancient arasoar, white bollocka, pals and 1 thc cavalry and infantry.
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  • 65 14 of the firat edition of "Tom Jones" realised E226. A eand sdition copy of Francis Bacon*. R«iigi< as Meditations/ orint- 15*8, bound witr. Ct j »nl to Dr. Roeenbach, of Philadelphia, for C7OO al Sotheby'i h first sdition copy of Smollett', "History and Adv,n.,„,.
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  • 74 14 Daring hie bnakmptcy examination .t Manchester Max Sacks, a clothier, ol Chapel-street, Salford, »aid his father became bankrupt m 1916 with a deficiency Of 040. HLs mother took over the busia and tailed m IRRR for tmXmtaß. His brother tailed m 11)24 wiih a deficiency of 11,829.
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  • 19 14 All the pictures m the Louvre Museum will be tested by X-rays to find out if they are genuine.
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    • 245 14 Jm LaV* < d m mW^^ Sk y y^ H^i^ '■■■'.?*#&<: i mtßßmmmu^. SB 9__________________________E____ir __SnH HNK_______ 'Rl MF A^,__ fc J -a ■sp o^^^^^^^. '■>. s_ 9 ?__S _S_K :^_^H S 4_______r «i B Raa Mmw Js* 1 4 .'x* i_^_^^^ "•'•'s •>'';-,. x n__r r <*» 'Awe X
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    • 487 14 1 \J V. Austin 7 Owners We have m-t spe< ial Xl MI't.KS a I I (.<. M \KKIKKS t. the AiHin 7 Ll ra_ m;k i \kkikk shmmi IM MI'KK *lfi.r,o. .•1* ,v Make Your Car Complete With These Two Fittings. lIOKM-.O MOTOKS. Ill) si* JCfiSSD NOWj I You
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    • 145 14 No need to SUFFER '/<^wa! i' yfl tr»-r o__j ias Don't suffer an from lame hack or tlic ago ny of lumbago. An .treat ion of CHAMBERLAIN'S PAIN BALM will rase the pain and bring prompt relief and comfort. This wonderful has no equal for basal ing muscular inlUmtm' •rvere
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  • 697 15 March :11st. Closing Prices. Buyers Seller? Ayi-r \\cn>r l.ou \x\ DatanK I'alany .-,4 Hatu (avis 1 1 1 Chin Chin l.uo l.v" Hitams <j~ Hoag Fatts c,T 70 Johan Tin Kinta Tin DrcA 1.46 LSOCWB. Klanj? River |i :».4 Kucha i 1 '.tit i.;j;, Kuyohs :mi Lin»ruis
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  • 346 15 A Satisfactory Onrtbtk. fourteenth annual general Malayan Collieries, Ltd.. sraa ac d at the Romrk' nujsachai Bank B i lanja, X i I ampui, sn r n.i.-.y. a m v Rnsaall m Urn risair. Other* rr. W, r, M s.. .1 m R i •T. D. Fraser, or
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  • 256 15 I»> Hanker. W fad that a bark roM I u. h SS thai at Durl mi cry i n.te l in I t > ahou thai I wrong w built up. out th- t of money in the provimses, whether note* i»r coin. ha> to be > I
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  • 52 15 ROSK M\( rilMI «>*> KKI'OKT _mnj__p*tu, x^rrh ti KuMvr oii.lon ii I rs H lm I 1 1 Miatna i i M I i: W_i> m i.i pui I Malaya I |j» K.i l.ul I r s Bukit Kai MalaVu I i, i X tri I g
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  • 67 15 \<w l>ivro\er\ :i Rome ted m aim- st Itai sad a \u I i and tl in II 1 again I I .4. oul mow however, is not univer*a I UUSJ t" ('ho g i *.n ed I newly dim I riant ad. I I Moreover, th. to
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  • 19 15 *>.«tur<|..% Mi, i i Buyrm Seller* Hatu < iivw i <! i 1 I -I I I I
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  • 15 15 Mar.h Mal I' --Uk amm. I: i I j i
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  • 44 15 I Toufc-h t liana, a irr< sailed from l_oador< l>.it. v %i i ani n, skm, grante.i m I o,aoo mjum i t A private I af Nathans i i. v nd s -ttamfth-p i I rmi ready foi I ler tha' fe' i
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    • 435 15 ,-KTS OVra tsjmm ASSURANCE IN PORCK OVER 1 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED U A m.m^m^rm T (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 27 Old Jewry Er Ihe Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British
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    • 279 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m Hong Kong). Head Oflice: Hong Kong. Author M <» Capital $50,000,000 Issued and tully paid up $20,000,000 Keserve P und- Sterling £6,000,000 ii? i i Silver $14,000,000 Ive serve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. x _V JJ- Compton, Esq., Chairman.
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    • 370 15 BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA ANU CHINA. Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 4,000,000 Reserve Liahility of Proprietors 3,000,000 Head Office: 38, Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Iloilo Tongkah Amritsar ipoh (Bhuket). Bangkok Karachi
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated m England hy Royal Charter AD 1710) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Cuarantee— Administration Bond* Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO. Messrs. HARRISONS. BARKER 00, LTD. CHAPTERED RANK CHAMBERS (Ist Moor) A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 323 16 AN EASY WIN FOR CAMBRIDGE. I Lead From End to End. [Reuter's Service] London. Mar. 31. < embridga sron the hont rncs hy ten lengths m 20 mins 2." st-. The usual animated scenes at the start wet*' enlhencd I.y the presence af a dozen aeroplanes humming
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  • 37 16 Heeney to Meet Tunney. CReuter's Service.. Mi imi Heath. Apr. 1. Tex Rickard announces he has arranged for Tom Heeney to meet Tunney for the world's title m July either m Leaden or America.
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  • 30 16 1 Renter's Service.] New York, Mar. 31. Phil Scott has signed an agreement to meet the giant Italian, Roberto Robert! at Madison Square Garden on May 11.
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  • 160 16 Malayan Boxers Beal Ceylonese. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, \prii 1. The boxing tournament at th.- Town Hall last night between the Ceylon and Malayan champions was largely attended. Of four contests ihe Ceylonese won one. The most interesting tight was between Bud Walley and
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  • 244 16 Cambridge Defeat Oxford. London. Mar. 21. The Inter-Varsity Sports were held a. Queen's Club m showery weather and before a large attendance including Mr. anti Mrs. Baldwin. The following- were tbe resuits.—loo yards. Rinkell i Cambridge I Smouha (Cambridge) 2. Th.- event vas run m a downpour. The
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  • 303 16 GOOD DAY FOR BOTTOM TEAMS. Some Heavy Scoring. [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 31. 1 English and .Scottish League mat.bes played to-day resulted aa follow: DIVISION I. i Useful Win for Leaders. 1 Arsenal 2. Birmingham 2. Aston Villa 3. Manchester Unit. 1. Burnley .">, Newcastle 1. Bury 2.
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  • 58 16 England Well Beaten. [Reuter's Service.] London. Mar. 31. For the international soccer match at Wembley the weather was dismal and drenching showers fell. There were 60,000 present including the Duke of York, and the King and Queen of Afghanistan. Scotland beat England by goals to 1. England thus
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  • 288 16 Anniversary Celebration. Members <>f the Junior Civil Service Asso.iaLion gathered m force at their (Tub House m Tessensohn Road on Saturday afternoon to celebrate the first anniversary of tbe opening of the building. The afternoon was m f»;stive mood m spite of the hea -*y rain
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  • 656 16 PROBABLES WIN BY NINE WICKETS. And Then the Rain. Rain put a summary end to play »n tho Probables vs. Possibles match on the Padang on Saturday afternoon for, when the Probables had passed by thiee runs the total compiled by the Possibles, a heavy thunderstorm put further play
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  • 87 16 The following i«? the side which will represent the SC.C. against Selangor during the ominir week-end. Play will, we understand, tale place over the three days: Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and the times of play will be published m these columrs as soon as they have
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  • 236 16 A spoon shoot and inter-port competition was fired on the Bukit Timah Range yester day morning, and resulted as follows; (apt. D. H. Steers R.E.. total points II nett; Sergt. H. S. Kirwan 93 nett; Sergt. C. A. De Souza 92 nett; Gunner D. Wilson 87 nett. 93
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  • 131 16 THE DARK BLUES' BAD PATCH. Cambridge Paddle Home. (Our Own Cor -spondent. Copyright.) I ondon. Mar. 31. The weather was fine for the Varsity boatrace to-day and the water was smooth but it was a runaway affair from the start. Cambridge rowed m faultless style throughout and to
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  • 43 16 (Our Own Correspondent. Copyright). London. Mar. 31. For the soccer international the ground was soft and the weather showery. England did not play a- badly as the score (5 1) suggests. The back division was the weakest part of the side.
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  • 53 16 [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright] London. Msr. 31. The fallowing were the results of the principal Rugby matches t >-dny. London Welsh fi. Bath 11. Harlequins o, Bristol 10. Old Blues 3, London Scottish 21. Rtackheath 0. N'ewpT* I Richmond 0. Bradford IS, Merchant Tayl-«. M heater 0. Plymouth
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  • 49 16 [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright,] London. Mar. 31. The placed men m the Inter-Counties Cross Country championship were: Webster (Staffordshire* I! mins. IT ''.-*> *ocs. 1. Payr. (Essex 1 41 mins. sees. 2. Muggridge (Sussex) 3. Middlesex, although not laced m the tirst three, won with Oh points.
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  • 27 16 ENGLAND WIN HOCKEY INTERNATIONAL. [Our Own Correspondent. Copyright.] London. Mar. 31. In the international hechsj match Wtween Kngland and Scotland. England w«»n by five goals t<- t»ne.
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  • 27 16 [Our Own Correspondent. -Copyright.] London. Mar. 31. Leamington has agreed t«» cricket l>eing played there <>n Sunday by a majority of one vote.
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  • 43 16 [Our Own Correnpondent.— Copyright.] I ondon. Mar. 31. The Rev. H. Dunnic* (Lab. Coneett) asking Sir Joynson Hick* H<»me Seer.tarv) on Tuesday te reduce the formidahility of the Grand National obstacles, m \iew of protests which have U-en made.
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  • 39 16 (Our Own Correspondent.— Copyright.) London. Mar. 31. There were two accidents at the Harkaway point-to-point rates at Barmgrove thi^ week. H.R.H. th« Prince of Wales was thrown m one race and Kilr.er on Paratyphoid m another.
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  • 236 16 Reuter *t Service.l London. March 30. This year's National was one of the most thrilling and sensational races witnessed st Aintree. A huge cosmopolitan crowd including the King and Queen of Afghanistan an.i thousands of Americans, some of whom phoned direct to America the news
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  • 13 16 Mr. Crabb Watt has been elected Pr. dent of the Penang Golf Club.
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    • 350 16 m~wm sTTTrn nTrsTiTi urn a w wirrm a Look for the hsni_?.tJ. Trade Mark. E The world-rcnoHiu cl >^^^>^ trade mark ji -Hia HIS MASTER'S VOIU Master's stands for quality. supn m Vnir«." an d unapproached. I _TY____ t a a J I»n a gramophone it cnarantora > Gramophones instrument
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