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EMBERS' Badges of Admission are now ready and may be Sterling is paya. le go and alter
the obtained by those Members, who the 2 in Febrony "1977. aa Offices of me Corporation, where have not already received them, Shareholders are requested to from Messrs. Linstead & Davis, apply for warrants, y
Alexandra Buildings:
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FALL FROM PARAPET.
reach-
Following
MONEY FOR CHARITIES;
Membership of the Ancient Order
Singapore: Feb, 26.. of Froth Blowers hos
the festivitica at ed n total of 200,000; and freshRes Hotel last night in connec- blowers are being recruited at the thon with the visit of the "Belgen- rate of more than 2,000 a day. land," a tragedy occurred in the With the almost aniversal adep-death of an American resident of tion of the Froth-blowers Anthem Singapore, Mr. Edgar N. Lee, of the "The more we are together the Standard Oil Company of New York. mertler we'll be the music of who fell from a parapet on the
Mall", the A.0.F.B. has become in a which was given in The Daily second floor of the building into the central palm court and suffered few months a national institution.
fatal injuries.
how
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The order hind, a romantic origin, The affale is still a mystery, and The skill of Sir Alfred Fripp, then the widew is naturally prostrut surgeon, saved the life of Mr. Berted with grief it has not been possi Members have the privilege of Temple, a City man, and the latter.ble to obtain full information as to introducing bwd non-members to
in token of thanksgiving. sought
happened: the Members' Enclosure.
Another resident of the hotel; menne to help a Charity for Eust THE HONG KONG ELECTRIC. A limited number of tickets are
End waifs and strays, in which Sires that at 15 he was reading COMPANY, LIMITED. available and may be obtained from
Alfred and Lady Fripp were inter- on his verandah, when he saw a Messrs. Listond & Davis, Alesan-ented "With that object the Froth-dark object on the parapet of the TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Buildings, on or before Satur. blowers" order came into being two top four of the building: shortly afterwards. hevheard a thud and nad a half years ago. day February 26th, 1927. at a cost that, the THBERTY-EIGHTHE
Its progress was slow until the saw something lying on the ground ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of $10 each per play, or $30 for iden was taken up by the Royal below.
the Meeting. will be held at the Company's
The charge for admission for then it has spreat with amazing Navy in June of last year. Slace
Removed to Hospital fres, P. & 0. Bing, (21) SATURDAY, "5th March. 1927, atacies to the Marbers Enclosure rapidity through nd classes and and Mr. Lee was found lying on the|
will be $t per day. Each member climes. There are 300 "Vats" of 1 am. for the purpose of presenteur obtain upon, application to the "order. as the local branches ground, still alive but unconscious;}} ing the Report of the Directors
are known, in Great Britain, and with his head terribly injured:10. Bogether with Statement of the Secretary, badges for the ad- Accounts in 31st December, 1926, mission of two Ladies free of
in every corner of the Empire, and Mrs. Les came down and identified ebarge. On LAMMERT BROS, and electing Directors and Audi-
no pretext will chil
even in Patagonia and the Cocoser bueband who was attended by
1 idrep be permitted in
| Dr. C.. V? Boland, a resident of the eitherlands.
hotel, and removed immediately to nclosure during the first three
£16,000 For Charity.. days, racing..
-218,000 has been given do Sir hospital, where he died shortly after
admission. Fripp for his charities, and, an- other cheque for £3,000 is ready for round was some distance from his! The phee where Mr. Lee was him. Part of this money has been own room, and it is surmised that his wife in the charity for which on a friend who lives further along expended directly by Sir Alfred and he must have been playing a prank they were personally responsible, and part has been given to the the same door by climbing along the funds of other East End charities, parapet, The occupant of room A very large balance remains to be above, the spot where Mr. Lee was disposed of under a new scheme tone moving along the parapet and found reports having seep Home- be announced by Sir Alfred shore-ringing up the hate authorities to Altogether the evidence Most of the income is derived 80 Passes for Servants will be from the entrance fee of be, which points to the conclusion that this trugie pecurrange resulted frony ne confers membership, for life, or harmless joke. The parapes is a issued on application to Messgether with an amusing" book of arrow one, and it is crumbled away
instead & Davis, Alexandra' Baikkiavs.
rules andy w Met of silver at one point, that probably being Employers are requested to dis-"3.0.F.B. which are the Insignia
and
ruff-links marked the cause of Mr. Bee's fall. tribute them with discrimination, of the Order,. and to endorse their names on the passes,
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ON
MONDAY, the 7th March, 3925...
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al No 5 Man dromenė dill. Rijecit..
A quantity of
VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD
Comprising
FURNITURE
White Baumelledi Bedroom Suite. Brass Mounted Bed-feeds, Wardrobes, etc., etc..
Dining Table and Chairs, Sideboards.. Dinner
Wagcom
Crockery, Kitchen and Pantry Sundries, etc, etc.,
AND
One Cottage Piano by John Brinsmead & Sony
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Terms: Cash on Delivery.
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shoot your linen are subject to Singapore office of the Standard Oil all other lowers present, but this years, and was well-known and very the penalty of standing drinks, to Company of New York about eight| may sometimes be commuted about three years ago, and wide- popular here He was married paying a fine-there is an elaborate system of Bnes-into the Onst
15 Round Contest for Welterweight bout with Servants' Passes in Box," all the contents of which go his young widow, who is studying
Championship of the Colony
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Murch 1st.. 1927.
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In future vats are to be allowed to devote some of the contents of the past boxes to charities; a portion, as hitherto, will go to Sir Alfred Fripp.
Ranks of the Order.
spread sympathy will be felt with
medicine at the College of Medicine here, and who has many friends in Singapore.
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The A.0.F.E. claims to be "the cheeriest order in the world;" înc everyone, who can answer "Yes" to the question. Do you golfop your beer with zest? is entitled to pay, 58, and became 13 member. An ordinary member is a Blower; who- During excavations by Royal ever recruits 25 new members be- Engineers at Shoeburyness, comes Blaster: 100 new members a Essex, two skeletons of men were Tornado: and there are Higher discovered, but when an attempt ranks such as Typhoon, Breeze Ver- tical, Cyclone and Grand Hurr was made to remove the bones cane. Women members, who are they crumbled to dust. now being added," are known as
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13. Consumed.
15. A place where, germ lodges
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Loss of memory.
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Makes reparation."
14.
A snake-like fish.
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Jointed parts in animals.
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60. 3rd pers: sing: pren: of "Be".
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of the realm.
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67. In ko manner.
60. To kindle.
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67. Wealthy.
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62. Plural of "man," 08. To mix type.
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