The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 November 1928

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  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press 10 CENTS. SINGAPORE, a& TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1928. NO. 12,577
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  • 281 1 His Majesty's illness appears to be pursuing a normal course with variation of fever and some increase of pleurisy Pages 9 and 13. Furious tempests are raging all over England and the Continent and worse conditions are predicted Pages 9 and 13. The Prince of Wales has
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  • 1022 1 Mist, lain, and storm in autumn accomplish two tasks; they replenish faith's cisterns and they make tn end of the old thad foliage and herbage which can no longer draw upon them. Even after a dry summer which checks luxuriance of leaf and stem, theie is an
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 250 1 WING LOONG. T HK RECOCiNISED HOUSE for Y\ KOPEAN TROPICAL SUITS. 32, HIGH STREET. <>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ j Sea View Hotel Ist. Andrews! j day I Friday, November 30th. t t Special Dinner and I Tlci n no y ft I tf^^i^MJ/^il/^^j rt. I FRASER NEAYE LTD. 1 Distributors for Malaya. ««sa!a!^Tinma!na!n!iisisisi!n!n!iisis^^
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    • 211 1 The easy writing i ROYAL TYPEWRITEIU-A writing machine 1 of surpassing excellence. j 1 a a _ii Sole A enU i I I WXIM FO Ltd. COLLYER QUAY h 5 I M I SINGAPORE. i I I A1 M j f^t (Incorporated in EngJand). Penang and Kuala Lumpur. i <
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    • 105 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Lotol, the insect cure Page 16. Winter's talk on neckwear Page 8. Buy an Evarready flashlight Page G. Christmas crackers at Little's Page 13. The Jewell for efficient filtration Page i. Try the Asepo antis?ptic shaving soar.- Pa«re 3. Notice re General Publicity Bureau Page 7. Special films
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    • 14 1 WING LOONG. FOR HIGH CLACS TAILORING. Style, Cut and Finish Guaranteed. 32. HIGH STREET.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 168 1 THE WEEK. Tmxday, 27th. Hitrh Water, 9.43 a.m., 9.5. 10.43 p.m., 9.4. Malacca: H. W. 7.10 a.m., 8.0, 7.30 p.m.. 6.6. Football: S.C.F.A. vs. Welch Rejrt. Stadium. Wednesday, 28th. Hiph Water, 10.18 a.m., 9.9. 11.30 p.m., 9.3. Malacca H. W. 7.50 a.m., KO. 8.10 p.m., 6.6. Hockey: S.C.C. vs. Bous'oad
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  • 585 2 !"<. din imperially- the phrase su^irests hqueting in the halls ..f He'io-.-.halus <>v Vitellius. Bui 'o-day (be tohacea ot rtue th rains) )i <( <)j if di'ii-^ like thai p. Trinuihhi": arnl an invi'atim tolled morning an alluring and universal invitation to i i nt imperially is
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  • 268 2 Brutal Crime in Dutch Borneo [let Ntnr.v- van <i<n Dug <>f November :-"'i. ihc brutal muniei «>i' a:i Kiiulishinai 'i Mitchell who ni harked t<» piecej i native, while motoring in tin province < t Kami, ngan, Dutch T>< rneo. Jt appear* that Mr. Mitchell, who was th-.
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  • 130 2 It I'MOffdod that doling name of cards ax CkJeago two players each played the tet of spn<U-s. The coincicJcnci 1 had a fatal result, an.l the survivitipr player has been arrested. I Lonpr ago I heard the story of the quiet American who. when the talk
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    • 281 2 madam KELVEY'S CHILDREN'S FANCY DRESS BALL, Friday, Dec. 14, at 5 p.m. From age 3 years to 16 at the ADELPHI HOTEL where the children will meet FA THER CHRISTMAS. Lucky Dips for all the Children. HA NDSQMB PRIZES. given for the best and most original costumes by HA RRY
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    • 365 2 VICTORIA THEATRE DECEMBER 3rd. TO Bth. AT 9.30 P.M. Wilbur's Blackbirds 18 Coloured Artists in the Latest and Most Up- to- Date Jazz. Harmony, Syncopation, Revues. Dances, etc. and Old Plantation Melodies an-i Negro Spirituals. FREQUENT CHANGE OF PROGRAMME Rooking at Little's from Nov. 27. Prices £4. §2 and $1.
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    • 321 2 ALHAMBRA 1 (Tan Cheng Kee and Co.. Md.. 1'n.pri,,,,,,, PROGRAMME COMMENCING NOVEMBER >> n H n TUESDAY, NOVEMBER >7lh VA^< f In the Second Show at J) n m THE LATEST EMPIRE NEWS First National Pictures Present COLLEEN MOORE IX "Her Wild Oaf Strikes the friskiest note yet in Colleen's
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  • 727 3 EMPRESS'S SCORN OF HER SON. Sensational Letters. Scathing: criticism of her son the exKaisjr William 11. is contained in a sensational book "Letters of the Empress Frederick" (Macmillan, 255.). These letters of Queen Victoria's daughter who became German Empress have been edited by her godson. Sir Frederick
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  • 178 3 The case of the man who could dislocate his collar-bone at will, and used this accomplishment to defraud accident insurance companies by means of bogus claims, reminds me says a Morning Post Correspondent of a Yogi who appeared a good many years ago in London, and whom I
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    • 144 3 '**>♦♦ I"4 Plates iP% Tllll tor te^>4 T 290 ppntQ %^^P^l ewvy v/Cxll/o 5^ x X Don't take the time and 'flif/^ X l t trouble to make Soup when j*w i* Ihe best is all ready to hand, Jt and you can serve up in five *1? A minutes
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    • 200 3 ASEPSO Antiseptic Shaving Stick A Genuine Antiseptic Shaving fiPßS^fe U produccs i ust the ri^ ht kind Soap with the most luxurious SSI^S&L of lather lt only needs to be solidified cream, combine with damped and rubbed lightly a small but efficient quantity H^Sffi over the face and the lather
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  • 2445 4 Death Traps in the Atlantic. LADY HEATH SPEAKS OUT. By T. Stanhope Spring (Editoi of "Airways.") [Special to the h ree Press. l London. Oc*. M With the disappearance of Lieut. Commander Macdonald whilst in mid-flight across the Atlantic one might, perhaps, have safely assumed that
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  • 1114 4 I; Held to Ransom for $30,000 I >— I MINING ENGINEERS EXPERIENCES. Mr. E. J. Bumsted, a mining engineer, was kidnapped \j, and held captive for 21 days. He has now returned to hi* Angeles and for the first time gives here his own detailed s perience
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  • 174 4 Orange William who was retired recently had the name of being: the most honest racehorse India has ever seen. Altogether he won over four lakhs in the stakes and was the chief instrument in the fortune made by Mr. Ephraums. who is the sole owner to-day of
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  • 65 4 It is reported says the Straits Echo that Mr. Wong Chin Long, the miner of Pulai and sub-lessee of a portion of the Mem Tin towards Jelapang struck a very rich patch of karang a few days ago since when he has been obtaining a daily output of 3CO pikuls
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  • 53 4 I. Tottenham M John Brou England Guard I wrhn i 7 IT lland announced nn-nt „f I that •> tin.ti.u, entering lectures, n that uill from if" <■ eyes, brok< A«etic- Silv, win in I' 1 minute* "> I 1871-72 w Ihrec ol wl «rerc 520 i
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    • 645 4 FREE PRESS FOOTBALL COMPETITION. NO ENTRANCE FEE $100 For Only 12 Matches. $50 Must Be Won. We publish to-day and every Tuesday morning coupons for our weekly Football Competition. A prize of $100 will be awarded to the reader who forecasts the CORRECT RESULTS OF THE TWELVE MATCHES in the
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  • 978 5 WAR AS Vv EAt*ON FOR COMMUNISTS. Work Among t:;e Masses. 1 bt text of the "thesis" on "The I m peri alist War Menace and the Tasks of the Com munist I'artus." passed by the Congress of MM l ojinnunisi nut-in uional lasi summer and .summarized by
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  • 215 5 Presentation of U.S. Congress Medal. New York, Oct. 21. Mr. Thomas A. Edison was signally honoured by the Government last nipht when, in the laboratory at West Orange, X ew Jersey, in which he had developed most of his famous inventions, he was presenced with a jrold
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 261 5 77?e Choicest CHICKEN RABBITS BUTTER i And MARGARINE I By Ringing Number I You may reserve your order I bookings i 1 he FRESH FOOD REFRIGERATING Company Limited I 233 Orchard Road I i- a mo r alua :he i.r,t on of lr ensures nourisht and increases vitality* i i-
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    • 383 5 1 QOQ B y of X^^bf motor iS TR 5 DUCTiON i J^ -#al»fc-.— at^a*»^fc. *-<O. rj^ H E fSuMm Norton- still -thv unapproach- V J ■^^^"^M^^^^^. JiMc' tradition f(»i- -ju-rd a» tl enduraniT. lm< V ■^■■■C^l^db^^Vb^S httn n (i !i <! :t > Hlll; n <> :in<l :IV Ult
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  • 553 6 One of the depressing feature? of industrial conflicts is the monotonous sameness of the tactics employed. This reproach has, however, been triumphantly silenced by the waiters who are now on strike in Vienna. They have not been content to stand round and make things unpleasant for those who have
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  • 188 6 Harvester Takes hi 8 Family to Canada. In marked contrast to the "hard luck" stones of a few of the British miner-har-vesters who returned from Canada recently, Ferguson Smith, a young Scot has AnEf G las S° w to his wife and children back to Canada,
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  • 50 6 The marriage of Mr. John Williamson Lewis, Senior Const rution Engineer. F.M.S.R., and Miss Florence Dorothy Koward, of the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, will take place at St. Mary's Church, on Saturday, Dec. 15. A reception will afterwards be held by Miss Pearn at the Sisters' Mess, European Hospital. M.M.
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  • 805 6 LONG HAIRED PIANIST FAVOURED. Luxurious Barge Life. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Paris, Oct. 23. It has been kft to a wealthy Parisian to shew that bar£,e life c:\n be made luxurious. Busy daring the tiay and satiated with pleasure at night, he letires every ueekend to his barge, which,
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  • 133 6 The manner in which the Mauretania is contriving: to lower her own record voyage after voyage, in apite of her ag;e of 21 years which, according to Italian red tape, would make her too old to carry third class passengers, is reviving interest in speed on
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  • 53 6 A swan settled on a house in Cornwallroad, Harrow broke part of the roof, fell on to a veranda, smashing a large pane of glass, and landed in an adjoining garden. The bird, which had apparently been shot and was suffering from exhaustion, is beiny cared for by the occupier
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    • 184 6 8 Concessionaires for Malaya I IT AL ASIA LTD. I Singapore, Penang, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur and Malacca. I J n f ir" ffjl 111 m'fflPj do Police and Fire Departments Use Jff°fjf "X /T^-^ whose lives depend upon quick, brilliant light j| f||B* XV JL know the value and reliability
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    • 230 6 II w>L 9^ Perfect Mealtime Drink —prepare it yourself right at the table! JUST dissolve a teaspoonful of Postum m cup of boiling water, mid milk and sweeten to t tfte. No brewing! Always the same uniform delicious flavour— you can make In stant Postum in an in* stant at
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  • 999 7 Census of Stocks of Prepared Rubber Ready for Sale or Export held by Defers and on tstaU-s of over 100 acres on October 31st, 1928. [v Includes Malacca. Province Wellestey, and Dindings only. tons Stocks held by Dealers in Singapore \q 792 Stocks hi' ld by Dealers in
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    • 471 7 BUSINESS CARDS^ MANILA ALHAMBRA CIGARS •■Known i their excellence." S i--^ "3^'^rislc iJ ft/315J3f918i3J3r33S FUNERALS. 1 E OU6APOV CASKET CO. OPOUENCED UNDERTAKERS. I M and Ni»rht Servicr. Tel. No. 75. j| TO LET. "^-"Tk *>'" l t' nn street. Apply MEYER rHERS. tIXiWS. (iro.mil Floor, No. 98 Robinson Uwilii* Eatry.
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    • 826 7 NOTICES. NEW YEAR SPORTS, 1929. v NOTICE. A Public Meeting will be held in the Sini?*? 1 r^ o**0 1 Club< n *"''U. November at 5.15 o clock to consider th.- desirability ol holdmtc Land and Sea Sports on January 1 m«>, and if approved of: To appoint Committee of
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    • 490 7 WHY FOOD CAUSES INDIGESTION. When food enters your stomach, large quantities of acid-bearing gastric juice are at once secreted. If, as often happens, too much is secreted, the food soon becomes a sour, fermenting mass, which remains in the stomach h long time, causing all kinds of pain and trouble
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    • 444 7 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE of GOVERNMENT UNSKRVICKAIU.K AND SURPLUS STORKS. To be held at P.W.D. Stores, Bukit Timah ILL, (adjacent to the Kandang Kerbau PeJiec Station >. On Friday, November 30, at 2 p.m. Comprising: Assorted paints, tool-, washing machines, oil engine for pumping water, wagWU, bojrie.S Ford lorry, ambulance.
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  • 787 8 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TLESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1928. MALAYA IN THE AIR. The matter of Empire communication in its many forms, such as aeroplane and airship services, wireless telephony, broadcasting and wireless communication generally, has assumed such importance in so short a time that it is urgent the Government here, and
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  • 320 8 Mr. Khoo Hooi Hye arrived in Penang on Friday from Singapore on a visit. Mr. Ho Kim Teik, who had been on a visit to Singapore, returned to Penang by the Kinta. Mr. C. C. Reade, Town Planner, F.M.S., who was on duty at Ipoh has returned to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 495 8 A PERIOD OF USEFUL WORK. Next Year's Celebration. The annual meeting of the St. Patrick', Society. Singapore, was held at the Europe Hotel yesterday, with Mr. D. Santry in the Chair. The annual report stated that a very successful dinner and Wall was held at the Europe
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  • 450 8 A Madras message states that the Select Committee on the Bill for the suppression of brothels and immoral traffic has met and decided to issue a questionnaire t<> individuals and institutions. Mr. H. C. Turnbull, Inspector of Police has arrived at Taiping from Kuala Lumpur for duty. He has. however,
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  • 84 8 COMMITTEE'S REPOtT n. SOLICITATION^ X 1 No Differentiation. The report ha. ■the committee Appointed I matter of street offenm It is understood th animotuly of the opintoi thai regard, str- ,t loliciUtion k ed so as n,,t to diffcrvntiat, 'sexes. It is though, that the n port th,
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  • 48 8 Too Sharp on Directory [FRKK PREBB BEI> K 1 i OPYtKN London. N,,> Considerable controvert) hat connection with the Premier in his rcc«nl *p ech at Gla what he termed par:t>:t. directors." Labour circles highl) Baldwin'- courage and dimtm circles are very (iulii<>u- :»l
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  • 42 8 [FREE PRESS >Ki:\ H I I OPTIKIT. I aaica, Km H Following on their announced in the price- <>f motor < ai tyre* the Company, now >t:itc th;tt tytei for cycles will re\l reconsidrfVi' and rarinyly reduced forthwith.
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  • 39 8 [FREE PRESS SEtVH E I OPYMCtI I I ttn<lon. No\ ,'h Rabelais, the fainotM Ir-ruh which wai treated last week arid tion by the gland proce*«, hi from congestion of t• (Earlier rabtei m im«c<' I>]
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  • 64 8 LATEST RUWKR AND TIN PRICES. [FRKK PEEBB SERVU V I 'i 1 London. No\. 2H. J. II) p.m. Messrs. Lewis. Lazarus MM Son notify to-day's tin prices as fefct: Spot E239.4.0 (up H2&). F«ward 1285.6.0 (up ©.10.0). Messrs. Symington and S notify to-day's rubber prices a< follow Spot
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  • 78 8 IfimtMbj hai thwj form of entertainment, aoJ i*J} in ll:,ut ebewhere throughout th irorH appealed under maaj gabies, Ml thr i delightful of all is the negi Deserts of negro MMifrs, npiritwi will appear in the programme* I at tin- Victoria Theatre beginning; I iay. December Srd. and
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  • 25 8 The Government Hea tarn* for the week ended Koven Penan*- Hill (2.1W feetl shade temperature 71.92 I***. ration .825 inch, rainfall I
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  • 59 8 The •ppomtmenl f Vic Waistell. C.8., M <"'"'•' the China SUtion, n Admiral S,r RefinmW TywhjJ anu'n.ie<l to date November M s is to be hoi.ste.i on that d Pi— ident, the training The Vk-e- Admiral will J ft, P. and 0. rtewnship ir K E»«Und on December Hon^ Kong
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  • 61 8 (Yrano fc Bffgi matist. eoldier, ind Edmond RotUnd into I ftg«N»ftl»itM«<!ui was the son 1 I boyhood in the haw discovered he was ttosonof Abel d "de Btrttrac* 1 was not I u ,r. It wa> wquifed b lands whleb IM bottfhl -right to pOM M a took the name
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 259 8 THE CONNOISSEUR COMES TO CALDBECK'S." 3 It's not a Whis per Murmured Amongst Friends BUT A WHISKY atva I PERRIER WATER j I THE NATURAL MINERAL WATER THAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT. j i Obtainable From: I OR CO., LTD. CALDBECK, MACGRBG (Incorporated vnder the Companica' Ordinances of Hong Kong). 1
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    • 77 8 I California's jjoHOIOESTIj FRUITS AND 1 VEGETABLES i Jdel monte! IT WILL SOON BE LILAC TIME Indifferent neckwear, more thjn any- thing else, negative* the irhole effect «i G= o»i<>*« clothe*. I atn alirai/s replete with S Ktockn of the riches? nilkx in the newest S and best de.«i<j »>*.
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    • 7 8 To-day's Feature I] OUR FOOTBALL COMPETITION. in
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  • 179 9 tfiSTLESS NIGHT ON SUNDAY. \oimal Course of Illness. [Beuter'i Service.) London, Nov. 26. >til! resting at six this mm hi- condition U-ing unchanged. ,i, reached, hut did not ex- London. Nov. 26. II tin MJN the King hi. i anci spread of the expected at this stage
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  • 20 9 IRVICE. COPYRIGHT.? I nndnM. \o\. 26, 4.10 p.m. in the King'* 1 1 1 n a- perfectly normal.
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  • 32 9 Ri r- Service, i l»;ir M Salaam. Nov. 26. WaWi t«>ur to Arusha and \t-ry successful. He at Halati the largest vr; from tip to tail. I
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  • 15 9 [Renter's Sertica.] London. Nov. 26. passed B restless night. Earlier page IS.]
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  • 352 9 Theories of Ipoh Paper. till r newi of the Ipoh money!L';»ni Mettiar, who was kidniicM' desperadtM whilst he ebtt due to his firm either Banir snd the members of the munity of Ipoh are much agitisa| pearance <>f their conftturday'a Times of Malaya. that the man has
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  • 164 9 STRONG OPPOSITION EXPECTED. Division To-Morrow. [British Radio— Official Service.] T Rugby, Nov. 26. The main legislative task of the present HouTof r ParHamem U in th t debase Commons "veiling: when the debate on the second reading: of the Local Government Reform Bill which emboss he Government proposals
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  • 48 9 Kins: Directs Operations. Reuter's Service. l t N *w Delhi, Nov. 26. i News from Kahul says the King of Afsrnanistan has proceeded to Jellalabad to < direct operations against the hostile Shin- t wans who are sniping Afghan outposts. 1 Ine Dakka-Jellalabad road is closed.
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  • 35 9 GERMANY'S GREAT ADMIRAL DEAD. t ßeuter's Service.l Berlin. Nov. 26. The death has occurred of Admiral Von Scheer at the age of sixty-five. Admiral \on Scheer commanded the German forces in the great Jutland fight.
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  • 68 9 TOKIO MUNICIPAL SCANDAL. (By courtesy of Nanyo NichiNichi Shimbunsha.) Tokio, Nov. 25. Mr. K. Kurata. Managing Director of the Iwaki Coal Mining Company, who is an elder brother of Mr. U. Kosaka. member of the Tokio Municipal Assembly, who has been taken in custody in connection *ith
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  • 53 9 A Korean named Li Keikan vainly attempted a direct appeal to the Throne and was arrested on the spot. It is stated that the Korean tried to break the police cordon when the Imperial Cortege approached Higashi Honganji temple but the police succeeded in controlling
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  • 78 9 Mr. Yada, Consul-General at Shanghai, who acted as envoy for Japan at the SinoJapanese Parley at Nanking which is believed to have been broken off, has returned ''< Shanghai. It is announced in Tokio that the rupture of the conference was unavoidable so long as China insisted
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  • 119 9 [By arrangement with Nanyang Siang Pau Press.] Shanghai. Nov. 25. Chiang Kai Shek summoned the magistrates of Anhui to give them instruction for improvement of the administration. He requested Chau Tai Wen to go to Wuhu, for the same purpose. Mr. Sun Fo proposes floating a loan
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  • 125 9 Great Peter, the eleven-ton bell of York Minster, seems to have fallen in love with the sound of his own voice. Peter has lately been rehun^, and instead of being a fix'-jw, as he was before, a child could almost swing him on his new ball-bearings. He
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  • 19 9 Mr. Arthui King, the welt-known TaipI ing resident, is shortly moving to Penang where he will settle down T.O.M.
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  • 311 9 WORSE WEATHER EXPECTED. Channel Coasts Storm-Bound. [Reuter's Service.] I undo ii. Nov. 26. The Rale has considerably abated and the sun was shining around London early in the morning but a renewal of stoim* is forecasted. The cross-Channel services from Southampton are being: maintained but the Ostend.
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  • 116 9 [British Radio Official Service.] Rugby. Nov. 24. The national sympathy for women and children in distressed mining areas is find- ing expression in many forms, the chief l being the Lord Mayor of London's Fund. 1 which exceeds £100,000. The people of Worthing have
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  • 51 9 i [Reuter's Far Eastern Service. l I Shanghai, Nov. 26. I The text of the Sino-Norwegian treaty i was issued to-day. It annuls the tariff provisions of previous treaties and grants j the principle of complete national tariff i autonomy subject to the most favoured I nation
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  • 61 9 i [British Radio Official Service."! I Rugby, Nov. 25. J The German Memorandum on Repara- I tions. which was handed to the Chancellor j of the Exchequer on Friday, is being studi- ed by the Departments concerned without delay. It is understood that the general impression conveyed
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  • 28 9 [Havas Service.] Moscow. Nov. 26. Mgr. Fabregues. Vicar of Peiping. died suddenly whilst travelling on the transSiberian railway. [Earlier cables on page 13.]
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  • 212 9 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette of Nov. 23. Mr. L. A. J. Rijk to be Librarian and Translator, Agricultural Dept.; Dr. P. H. Martin to bo Pathologist, 1.M.R.; Mr. O. F. J. Watkins to be an Assistant Signal and Telegraph Engineer, F.M.S.R.; Mr.
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  • 296 9 SINGAPORE AMATEUR DANCERS. An Entertainin Show. In aid of the cause of the Singapore Child Welfare Society a ballet produced by Miss Hilda Wright and Miss I. Mclntyre is being presented at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday and on three subsequent occasions, Tuesday and Saturday next week ant
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  • 359 9 A Very Fine German Film. The German motion picture again scores with Metropolis which is to be screened at the Alhambra shortly. The picture was screened for the benefit of Press representatives yesterday. To sum Metropolis up it is sufficient to say that it is colossal of sets, fantastic
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  • 241 9 A City Revival After 300 Years The City of London is associated with the forthcoming revival of the Boy Players of the time of Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. The last appearance in I^ondon of the Boy Play^v s was in 1608 in the second Blackfriars Theatre, which
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  • 15 9 Steve Donoghue has been retained to ride for Sir Victor Sassoon, of Bombay, next year.
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    • 259 9 j KOBINSONS 1 1 Chri»hnn» Gifts for Gentlemen. I J <s>V<- <EU- HANDKERCHIEFS OPEN <^_ 't&SSW^' END TIES TO MA TCH. /<?53^V j >%^#*Svt ln select ran rt> of i ?i k Foularti Crcpe-de- Z^S^^ J* 'V Tlt:: J-AIEST [RODUC i *%sti^faM Tir xs I' ROM lON DON AND jfv
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    • 771 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.) Route subject to alteration without notice. WEEKLY SERVICE LONDON AND N. CONTINENT. Doe S'pore. t ANTENOR For Marseilles, London, Rotterdam
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    • 566 10 Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) "ELLERMAN" LINE. PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT (VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL). FREIGHT SERVICE. OUTWARDS. TO HOXG KONG, SHANGHAI AND JAPAN. Due Spore. a.B. CITY OF CHESTER in Port as. CITY OF TOKIO Dec 15 s.s. CITY OF
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    • 430 10 British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND^ ORIENTAL S N rn UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVBMm£? LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVKK T OUTWARDS FROM LONDON~FOR CHINA AND HPan Dae Tonna K e. Singapore. Tlinn MANTUA 11,000 Dec. 1 KHYBER •TRESIUJAN
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    • 611 11 O. S. K. Line. n!lf „,n* Steamer*. Arrive. Leave. Haaiborf. Bremen, v u rp via Colombo, Andes Maru Dec. 16 Dec. 18 Saatea, Rio <ie A. res. )hl w.,,,1 p_aa_oi il">o.| i Baalta Maru Nov. 29 Nov. 30 p..,-. Salaam. Marquei and t anada Maru Dec. 7 Dec. 9 Sumatra
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    • 518 11 TRAVEL-CCWFORT DOULAR ifijj^i "PRESIDENT* jj LINERS •*5-£^3^^y~ Dollar President liners offer you luxurious travel comfort* All state-rooms are outside rooms, well-ventilated and cooled by electric fans. They are furnished with beds (not berths), each havii sr an electric reading lamp. State-rooms with private bath predominate, all have hot and cold
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    • 820 11 K. P. M I KOMNKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, I (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA). (Incorporated in Holland.) 0 UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone No. 3040. with sub-connections to: Passage. Freight Transhipment. Marine Departments and Manager's desk. Kt-presentat ive* in the Straits Settlements (Singapore md Penang) uf the
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  • 128 12 The Van Heutsz ariived from China ports yesterday with 1,352 deck passengers on board. When the Gascoyne arrived from Fremantle yesterday, she brought a cargo of 1,525 sheep. At 2.58 p.m. yesterday the Hong Kong Observatory reported a severe stationary typhoon within sixty miles of lat. 17 deg.
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  • 120 12 In a recent issue we stated that the Rotterdam Lloyd had ordered a 9,500-ton Ijknot cargo liner for their Dutch East Indies service from the De Schelde yard, of the same class as the four that they have lecently built or are building. A sixth order
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 598 12 Burns Philp Line (Incorporated in Australia). (0) FOR BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE via JAVA DARWIN AND THURSDAY ISLAND. (0) Regular monthly sailings by the well-known steamer MARELLA (7,375 tons) and the motor vessel MALABAR (4,512 tons). The s.a. MARELLA is one of the largest and finest steamers trading to Australia.
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    • 479 12 Kerr Steamship Co. Inc 44, BEAVER STREET, NEW YOIiK (Incorporated in U.S.A.) w GENERAL AGENTS. REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE m BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA BALTIMORE. U (via Suez). M.S. SILVERMAPLE due Dec. 16 M.S. SILVERBELLE due Jan. 4 M.S. SILVERHAZEL due Jan. 26 PACIFIC JAVA CALCUTTA SERVirt SINGAPORE TO SAN FRANCISCO
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
    • 741 12 MAIL DESPATCHES. BY TRAIN. Kualfe Pa hang, Pekan, Sungei Lembin and Kuantan (via Gemas and Jerantut) every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 6 a.m. Bangkok every Thursday 6 a.m. Kota Tinggi, Seremban, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Taiping, Penang and Kedah and Lower Siam 6 a.m. Kelantan every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
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    • 683 12 Singkara. Dut. 283, from Pontianak 26. for Pontianak 28. D* Weert. Dut. 985. from Beiouw 26, for Sourabaya 20. Yalaya. Siam, 803, from Bangkok 26, for Bangkok 28. Sri Muar. Brit. 9H, from Kuantan 2t3, foi Kuantan 2K. Patras. Dut. 1181. from Sourabaya 20, foi Karimon I'D. Van Lansbeiy:. Dut.
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  • 409 13 GALE OVER BRITISH ISLES CONTINUES. Trains Derailed. [Reuter's Service.] L:;r.dou. ?*ov. 25. An unusually IV. ce uae ?wept the COOBtry, th.s m—k-mmi d.isorganising -hipping and tomraui icaions. The White Star .i..ei Retina, hi which Sir Austen Chamb.rlain and family were returning from Montreal arrived at Liver pool
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  • 197 13 [British Radio— Official Service.] Rugby. Nov. 24. High winds continued over England today, following yesterday's gale, in which heavy rainstoms accompanied the wind. At Liverpool and many other places the pale ■I times reached 88 miles an hour. Eight people were killed on land by falling trees
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  • 168 13 Rugby. Nov. 2i>. Gaits again raged over England to-day, and wireless messages report violent seas to the west and in the North Sea and the English Channel. Lifeboats have been called out in several places and have effected jrallant rescues. Twenty-three lives were saved and one life
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  • 22 13 [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 26. The death is announced of Archibishop Smith, Roman Catholic Primate of Scotland.
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  • 17 13 [Reuter's Seivice.] London, Not. 26. Admiral Keyes, has been appointed Cora-mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth.
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  • 305 13 TEMPERATURE RISES AGAIN. More Comfortable Yesterday. [Reuter's Service.] London. Nov. 26. At five o'clock this afternoon Reuter l?arned there was a slight improvement both in the congestion of the lung and. the pleurisy from which the King is suffering. The evening bulletin says His Majesty had a
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  • 136 13 Far Reaching Effect. [Reuter's Service.] Cologne, Nov. 26. The deadlock in the Ruhr metal industry has been intensified following the decision of the provincial labour court against the employers which has not improved the chances of the independent efforts of tbf Government commissioner for the Duesseldorf district
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  • 113 13 [British Radio— Official Service. 1 Ruffby, Nov. 25. Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, opening the New British Legion Club at Harrow yesterday, said it was ten years since the War ended and the British Legion must look to the future. They must avoid becoming a
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  • 33 13 A Chinese, who admitted a debt of $250, created a ripple of laughter in Mr. Dodd's Court at Malacca on Friday by offering to pay at the .rate of fifty cents a month.
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  • 621 13 Morning: Post Entertainment. The following recently appeared in the MPay column ot the Morning Post. Bored— Fed— Earn my own living- goo:l sciew— Not much use fo: girls— t jo mannish Have read just two modern BOVell all bilge (can judge by reviews)- Continent every summer—
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  • 74 13 A motor lorry carrying timber a'on;» "Kuala Kangsar Road came to grief on Wednesday morning when the axle suddenlysnapped near the right front wheel. For tunately for the two or three men who were in the lorry, the vehicle was brought to a rait just befor? t foppl: iJ over,
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 329 13 'r Weakness and II Uepression f^y^^ vanish 11 -w» h banished by 1 "1 j i 7 Hall's Wine \s soon as you start taking Mill's Wine yon be^in to feel stronger. Soon your depression lifts, your nerviness disappears, your appetite returns and your whole system glows with a new
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    • 77 13 O.H*V. Engine. 12 32 H.P. $3,950. The Cycle Carriage Co., (1926) Ltd. SINGAPORE. Branches KUALA LUMPUR IPOH PENANG JOHNNIE WALKER OLD HIGHLAND WHISKY. Red Label If You Want QUALITY AND PRICE to be right, yoif" must ask for JOHNNIE WALKER r n Red Label Sole Agents JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD.
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  • 1432 14 LESSONS AND PROSPECTS. How Britain Stands. Lord Thomson, Secretary for Air in 1924, writes as follows in the Observer. Exaggerated, or, at least, premature, claims by enthusiasts as to what airships could do had led the public to expect too much and gave a handle to the
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  • 245 14 An "Act of God." As an "act of God" the damage caused by the tornado in London will not be covered by any of the ordinary insurance policies, it m stated recently. Some of the West End premises damaged, such as the Orleans Club in King
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  • 273 14 Mr. George Bernard Shaw advises persons who may possess any of his letters to sell while the market is pood. He also warns purchasers that fcgal proceeding? will inevitably follow unauthorised publication. He was speaking in an interview on a report that Mr. Gabriel
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 347 14 Haig 1 T0 OP£N /f/2J^f li T0 CLOSE I Remove capsule II Vy iflj BH\ I) RtyUoe cay I raise Urer and vf^fl l^i Ji aa^ jl push opwards \V M^^ W NEW BOTTLE SEAL (NO CORKSCREW) QUICK CLEAN SAFE Nobody can put better Whisky into any bottle than that
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    • 359 14 Banish Malarial Debility f/ 1 I TIKE a shadow of menace I -aw malarial debility is hovering I over every inhabitant of hot countries I Only too often this slow, unostentatious dangers I overlooked; once the parasites have been con. I quered by quinine, the patient regards himself as I
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  • 146 15 LOANS. S.S. and F.M.S. r> p.c. Vic. of l«.»20 ivtl: 1!»:?4 $1.">.074.:i00 lU"> I#6H c.i Woman at Lambeth County Court: I go round to her house for company. She has twin*. Yesterday'* Alterations. I .livers Sellers Batu Cov< 1.574 1.62* Hong I art* 31 9* N. Tai|
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  • 856 15 Nov. 2Mb., Closing Prices. Buyers Sellers. A.vir Weng 1.00 1.2", Bataag Padang 50 52% Batu Caves i M r^” J.ujii Aranjra 1.07^ i.i.i'.. pram. Hitams ;7 70 Hong Katt ($1 > .jn r>i., Johan Tin ;j()i., Kinta Tin Dud. 152 >~. 1 Klan* River 8.68% 5. 75
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  • 67 15 November l''>. Hank 1. m s. 2 1 5 ,',-J. Bank dcaand 2 1 Private credits 3 m.s. 2 4% New York, demand 56 7 U! rit'ilite i»0 days 58«i France, demand 1446 India, T. i. 1541. Hong Kon^r, demand 107g p.c. Dis. Yokohama, dcntnnd isj. Java, demand 140'-.
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  • 201 15 November 2i'<. Tin 100 Tom $117 Gambler ;m 4 Pepper White !»l Pepper Black Fluke Tapiaca iVarl Bag* Small 7\ Copra Sundrkd 10.40 Rice Liang Hin Chan Mark Red Eagle i New 330 Rice, Siain old No. 1. 830 Rice, Rangoon Bintan 260 Rice, Rangoon Siolia 256 Rice, Siam
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  • 57 15 November 2Hth., 12 oYloik n ton. R.S.S. equal to Standard, Q.C.F. Spot ;|l 4 Standard K.s.S. Spot -'HS &\k i. ii Tender Dec. 29% ian.-Har. -'S", M ApivJuac :'.i»' 4 :>.»i>.. Tone «>f Market: I > li U Latent Cable: Lonctoa Spot Bhaei l%d. 111--.N.-w
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  • 89 15 That \va\>ide pulpit habit is takinir tin irrong turning. This week'.- tpecimer posted up outside a certain public-house lvads: "You can live without our beer, but what a life!" The theatre industry in Adelaide, South Australia, is booming. A new theatre. costing ■boat £2r>0.000, is t<» be built on the
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  • 21 15 The tire which destroyed our tannery does not interfere with our still doin»* bu-iness hi usual.— Ad in the Vancouver Star.
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  • 227 15 KOSE MACPHAIL COS REPORT. Singapore, Nov. 2"». Kuhhii. London 89/16A. 1 16 down Local 98%. Tin.— London £2:11 17s r> t ;,7s 6d m> Local 117 for 100 tons. Mining. Steady. Stuujei Way i jit. Klan«r Kivt'i- :*>.7O :>.SO. IVnawat 89 Kuchai L.6BH 1.71. l T lu
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  • 190 15 In connection with the starting of ;i i. ranch of th- I'.astern Bank in Singapore, the- opening of which win take place shortly, premise* having been secured in d* Almeida Street, the foil «wir:jr wai th<report presented at the annual meeting this year: The net profit* to
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  • 342 15 London. Oct. tl. The continued strength in America is now affecting commodity market*, and eonramen tind mndm diftVulty in covering their requirement* In many lines for immediate delivery. Copper. Han risen day l>y day. and Standard Copper ia still cheap compared with Electrolytic. Production of Standard, however,
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  • 77 15 We aiv asked t<i State MJTf the P< .Gaaetta thai Um Malay Siame* Pi pectin^ <'0., I.rii., has n«. connection whatever with Phin Soon Tin Mines, Ltd., Xawn»r l\t Tin l.tM.. Huey Y<»t Tin Dredging, Mil. an<l Hand Vai Tin Dredging, Ltd.. and Messrs. A. J. Kiri^r and F. V.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 622 15 \SSETS OVER $8,000,000 rriin nwrn m ASSURANCE IN FORCE OVER $30,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LnOTED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE- Z7 Old Jewrv FC T!, Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England Ses J2 STiJ^ Life Assurance Companies
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    • 402 15 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in Hong Kong). Head Office: Horg Kovg. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and fully paid up $20,000,000 Reserve Fund Sterling £6,000,000 Silver $14,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors $20,000,000 COURT OF DirECTORS. A. H. Compton, Es<i., Chairman. N. .6. Brown, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Hon. Mi.
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    • 39 15 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE. (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A.D. 1720) FIRE MOTOR CAR MARINE Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds. Singapore Representatives.— Messrs. BARLOW CO., Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER CO., LTD. CHARTERED BANK CHAMBERS (Ist floor). A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 240 16 THE MATCH AGAINST 1 QUEENSLAND. Home Side's Bad Position. FREE PRESS SERVICE. COPYRIGHT.] Sydney, Nov. 25. The match against Queensland, which is preliminary to the fiist test which will be- v gin at Brisbane on Fiiday of this week, has s provided something of a surprise since the
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  • 66 16 fßeuter's Service.l Brussels, Nov. 26. Another swimming record has been broken by the Dutch woman, Mile. Baron who covered 400 metres using the breast stroke in 6 mins. 45 3-5 sees., about one second less than the previous record. [Mdlle. Baron also set up the world's 400
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  • 86 16 The result of the "Shanghai Foursomes," played on Sunday, was as follows: J. D. Pierrepont and S. H. Moss 77 12 65 Capt. H. B. W. Savile and Lt. W. Glendinning 78 11 67 C. H. Kent and C. A. Scott 81 9Hs 71 2 Major A.
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  • 339 16 Systems of Saving Th*m. Mr. E. A. Ovenden, the hon. secretary of the Bromley Football Club, gives me the correct version of the incident at Sheppey in which H. E. Bloyce, the well-known goalkeeper of Bromley, was reported to have left his goal open when Sheppey were
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  • 81 16 ONE HORSE— TWO RIDERS. Visitors to Wye had the unusual experience of seeing a horse start with one rider in the saddle and finish with another. This occurred in the Ashford Selling Handicap Steeplechase, won by Fair Avis. Golden Duke came down two fences from home and unshipped his owner,
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  • 37 16 Members of the S.C.C. are reminded that entries for the volunteer snooker tournament close at the Club on November 29th. Competitors will be divided into two classes, one from each class to be drawn together as partners.
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  • 70 16 END OF THE FLAT RACING SEASON. Lord Derby's Success. [British Radio— Official Service.] > Rugby, Nov. 25. The flat racing season ended yesterday, vith Lord Derby, for the second year in < accession, at the head of winning owners, < he stakes won by him amounting to nearly
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  • 259 16 The 1929 Irish Maidens. The following is the list of Irish Maidens due to arrive by the Carmarthenshire about December 7th. 1. 3, b. g. Prisoner, Loch Lomond-Lady-like. 2. 3, br. g. Drinmore-Balsamo. 3. 3. br. f. Wee Cygnus, Cygnus-Kil-gobbin. 4. 3, br. f. Duiske Lady Fantomas"Victory"
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  • 454 16 Poor Fields. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Batavia. Nov. 23. The last race meeting of the season was held last Saturday and Sunday in Batavia. The attendance was rather poor and the going: heavy, after the rains of the previous days. There was considerable delay in starting' the
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  • 486 16 THE FINALS FOR TWO RACES. Fluky Sailing. The last race of A series for the Somerrilie Bowl was sailed in fluky weather in which light airs from all round the compass kept the various skippers in full spate, and ended in a brilliant win for the Joy, her
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  • 65 16 Constant Son's Victory at 20 to 1. London. Nov. 16. The Derby Cup, over 1 mile, 6 furlongs, at Derby, resulted as follows: CONSTANT SON, 7.7 ..1 WEST WICKLOW, 7.13 2 LORDLAND, 7.12 3 The betting was as follows: 20 to 1 against Constant Son. 7 to
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  • 161 16 J'J On this page every Tuesday morning will be found a series of questions which will be of interest |||J to sportsmen, recalling as they do ['[> remarkable achievements of the past in various branches of sport and jl v providing some knotty problems for *iu those
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  • 125 16 An S.R.C. Win. Playing on the S.R.C. ground yesterday the Cricket Club lost a good game of hockey by two goals to one. This is the second time S.C.C. teams have met defeat at the hands of the S.R.C., a second team match earlier in the season resulting in
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  • 85 16 FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CUP. Second Round Draw. [Reuter's Service.] London, Nov. 26. Football Association Cup. The second round draw to be played on Dec. 8 is as follows: Carlisle vs. Lincoln; Tranmere vs. Bradford City; Wigan vs. Grantham; Ac:iington vs. Spennymoor; Scarborough vs. Darlington; Gainsborough vs. Chesterfield; Barrow vs.
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  • 929 16 The following- are the positions to date in the Home football leagues: P. W. L. D. F. A. Pts. Sheffield Wed. 16 10 3 3 30 22 23 Derby 16 10 4 2 39 21 22 Blackburn 17 8 5 4 31 24 20 Leeds. 15 9 4
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  • 124 16 The following: S.C.C. members have been asked to represent Scotland against the Rest on Thursday: J. McLeod, R. M. Duff, R. G. Wilson, A. Buchanan, J. M. Fraser K. H. McFarlane, Dr. Geo. McOwen, A Cairns, .Dr. L. M. Thompson, W. M. M. Cunningham, R. Craik, W. C.
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