The Straits Times, 27 December 1919

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  • 16 1 The Straits Times. m 26.2 i 6 hINGAPOKE. 8A IBDA\. DECEMBER 27. 1918. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 121 1 MILKMAID BWEETENEO CONDENBED MILK Ptise now $22 5O Pel Oftaa Libby's Assorted Soups are packed in cases containing 48 tins, say one mrath's supply. The Finest Obtainable They are prepared from the choicest materials under periect conditions and by experienced chefs. A tin makes six p ate? ot ihe best
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    • 190 1 ROBINSON CO. Pop Choice New Year Gifts i 1 Tfc--1 f BOUOOIR CLOCKS pft> ia R»t»t »«rife»T. > S' American ud S Hi I move' S 4 CAfcfII»GECKCKB ttrj I tailed de^ißßß. \B^^*^^^ErW two tair •"oohfe. o«e tat brosb, oae Prioea $21 to $47. 60 V^ B^S^ftfl Par C mb
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    • 12 1 IDEAL J UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK i Fiice new $1480 per osse j
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  • 842 2 Sir E. Deaison Ross's Proposal On Co-ordination. Sif B. Densm Ross, Direotor o( tbe School of Oriental Stadief bM lesn speaking to tbe China Sooiety about tbe coordination ol Asiatic studier. He ooosidirs it ol tbe utmost importaoc to bring to«ethii the vast materials wbiob ate suattered tl
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  • 159 2 Economy Aad Production Imperative. According to a wirelen message from Washington the Storetaty of the Treasoiy ia bis annual rrpoit said No appieoiable redaction in taxes next jeai is to be tb lURbt of. F*aieß expenditures estimated |8,6a«.0 oO 0 fo> the yo*i ending Jane 80 aad
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 513 2 w/ lyp^ famousl JJ S Famous, not only in Q the Old Country, but throughout W 3 the World, are the superb values W ix obtainable from John Noble's. A^\*L. W »5 You ahould tend to day for the won- /I^^|ilr\ < V W W derful 68 page Catalogue, giving
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    • 211 2 I I Soft White Hands. FoHnwu*K>fCuticuraPo»i.: I ment. At r.l*hl hatlie IIK-m i i(? 8 .ap and hoc »»u-r- ]>r> and r>,:. ia Hie ointmcDt. waarotdftoTi id riusoieM. SBaaißdsaaw.O!si I «obc»I. F.N.w!>rt> Sou. l~i 17, faailiiliiian -m London. Sold ever) »h-ie OHDHMa-Waßia^KßiaalM MASSAGE Mp. and Kpi. Fujimori JAPAN B-i BO<H
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    • 220 2 You'll Come to the Motor Lorry Soon Quick -deliveries are essential. Haulage costs must be reduced. If you buy on facts, you'll order a Federal Motor Lorry. Built of thoroughly tested material, they will run indefinitely—with proper care. I ton ***** /F.0.8A 2 ton S&4O 1 M J2350 V.D«roil/ 3!J
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  • 607 3 Prime Minister Gives Conditional Support. The agreed I llhia] report on tbe deputation to Mr. Lloyd George with reference to tbe Channel Tunnel was issocd during last mtil week. Tbe deputation urged that the Government should oonctat to tbe oonatruo tion of the tunnel, and the Prime
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  • 223 3 The report ol Tebclarg Rcbbet Estate tot tbe year ecdrd Jane 80 last states that rabbet orop tmcnnlrd to 288,654 lb*. against lan estimate cf 'J66T00 lbs. and a yield tbe previons year of 119,707 lbs, Tbe avenge net sale price, including estimated value ol unsold portion,
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  • 153 3 An overland flight bern Paris to Saigon i« likely to be undertaken by a Fqaadron ol French suroplaDrs under the leadership ol the famous ait man, Foacli, on Ojtobet lE. To MEare tbe eneoess cf the Expedition a chain ot etapes," ot stoppit>K plaoes, h been
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  • 131 3 The m»ker« of trash batter and ibe dealers in imported batter from Anutialia, Denmark, etc, Me reaping harvcßt jatt now m (here U very gtave aborta^e ot Borrbay bottet in the Rangoon mtrkit. Bomb** batter ii relied upon by tboso ol rroii rsto means who cannot iffotd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 427 3 yl H r jo- Scaur Allnot C*ar-e Num. Albions show a Substantial Saving j IT is not in the price list, but on the road, that the real cost of a motor vehicle must be judged. The true test comes when your van or lorry is at work, and that
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    • 976 3 WHAT IS THE CONOITIOR OF YOUR HAIR? Adopt the Popular Beneficial "Hariene Hair-DrilL ir I.MMM Hair Ci ov Ing and Hair. sWaatifying Onlfils FREE to Alt ff 7«a are worried about the oondltssa at *roar hair. If It Is weak. impoTerbheel. BBHIa( eat, or aiTected with scurf, drymeas, ar erer
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 359 4 wpwwm KAISHA iMtuium n Java*) *-idap "Ball Oontratl wim th« ju»a**a< taaanaaa lovamaaiit. (SaatoM ,<o altaratloM wnaoa* ooMoa.) iUIBPMH UNS Faavnaavai Saaviu Off (aaioaaa.) Poaaat Oaiaaaa, Sooa, Uatfoa ana aatworp. (ria Suea Oaaal) Sado Mara cad Dee. Darbaa Mara (oalliag at Hamburg) Dao. Kitaao Matu Jaa. 14 l UIIPEAN LINI
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    • 690 4 P 0.-Brltlnk India AND Apcar Line Companies laaorporated to Baglaad) MAIL AND PABSENQBR HKTIOIS **RNIN«ULAR AMR ORIRNTAL N. Ra (Uadet Cartraoi witn His Ma)ea*ys Govetammt) Tba Oampaaym MAIL RRRVIORR RART OP NORWAY an ai bmm laanalil LONDON FAR-BASTBRN RRRVIOR »"P«* LONDON TO MARBRIbUia dl MRBJM Ova «lngapo«a I aaT» Tlagaaai
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    • 807 4 STEAVEI tAILINM. GLBN and SHIRE JOINT SERVICE OF STEAMEIS (laootpotated ia Bagland) ■MNRRWARBM GLBNGYLPJ for Port Said aad Hall about Deo. 18 GLBNAP? lot Loadoa about Jaa. 1 GLBNAMOT lor Genoa aad Aatwaiff aboat Jaa. 33 GCBNSPBT lotLoadoa about Fob. 8 GLBNATY tor Genoa about Feb. 7 GLBHBTBAB lor London
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    • 374 4 ITMMEg tllUllfl, O«mrI mar (THE 88AU BHOBEN UltHI. LTI.} (laoearoaATao n Javaal No. I, Do Sonaa Stree PBOPOSBD SAILIWU3 r«ea BINOAFO4I (Subjaot to obaago wttbaot aoMoa) Ml BtatHlin. IMBM 8M llTflaW vlaPortsald Himataya Mara mid. Jaa. pm ■Aiiiiun No spaoe avaOaata FOI BMTI tajllMa via Maoratiaa, Darbaa, Delagoa Bay Capetown,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 385 5 STEAMER miHUS. FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ bi. Hgremont Oastle sod Jan /Feb. For freight, please apply to PATBRBON, SIMONS a 00.. LTD.. Agent. AMERICAN AND ORIENTAL LINE Fop MEW YORK The b b. Bay« rij r r.abhtitot > will oad Io: above port aboat first hftt( Jinuary. For lieigtt,
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    • 550 5 STEAMER BAILW6B TOR HOKGKOKS »H0 KOBE The 1 0.8 N. Go's s s. Fookaang 8.100 toi sails on or aboat Deoember 29. For Ireigl or passage apply BOCSTBtD k 00., Ageal Singapore, Dto°mbsr SB, 1010. FOR PEHANGJND CALCUnA TLe 1.0.5. N. <Vs sa. Cbsk«ai g 3,«8 toi i« exacted to
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    • 258 5 PROFEBBII IJALANNOUNCEMENT db '[SSL MR. H LIZA* US BB CONSOITINO TpTICIAM, f ALCDTTA IS NOWHERE And m*j be ecnsoltod lor SPECTACLES At Hotal van Wljk Room No. 18 LABT FEW DAYS 96 SPBOIALIJT IN BONE-SETTING Fnotu-e, dislocation, aprain, A trial ii soUeited to oonvinee tbe troth. OPBN DAILY, 8 A.M.
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    • 230 5 intj IS NOW LUMINOUS OFFICE. 47-49. THE ARCADE. BINBAPBRI IMITATION BMAMBL NAME PLATES AND SIGNBOARDS Batter and cheaper thai enamel ALL OBDBBB ACCBPTBD i Apply Icr jactations THE ANGLO-DUTCH TRADING CO. 88, Bobiason Road. CHOPSWEEHUAT TAN Xl BOX No. 9, Kubu Boftd, Malaooa. Any (eracn having olaias against the above-
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    • 198 5 THE STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR Fulton Motor Trucks 8 2 briefly means that the engine turns over 8.2 times to each revolution of the reir wheels in high gear. This piovides the redaction in gearing which spells enpr^me power. The gear ratio of the Fulton Motor Trucks
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 722 6 lINEHIS BRAND CHRISTMAS PROORAMMB a la tbe First Show st 7.80 ahsrp C INCLCDIN3 CHAPTERS OF THB A MASCIMOR SERIAL Ikpisodes IB and 14, ia tour big reela In the Second Bhow at S.BO ENBvV PARAMOUNT SORBSN MABAZINB Asimal asd oireos pioturea. TWILLUM DBaMOND ia TRIAMOLB PLAT FLYING COLOURS An
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    • 180 6 CINEMAS From Friday, December Sri to Mmdiy, December 99 AT ra y IWp HAI I LTD ~y& The First Bhsir st 7.80 fa I lII HrI/ STAB MBDT BLCBBIBD PHOTO-PLAY .ct, WINNER TAKES ALL A! S TB A big Westers atory with Monros Salisbury. Tbe sensational leatnre ol a mis
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    • 158 6 JUST ARRIV£O-NEW MUSIC SBBis^aaaVllsßSssv SON OS FBOM The Lilac Domino It's nsmber one-nine-ain Chu Chin Chow Orchard Road MAXY OTHBRS TO OHOO9B MANILA HOUBE FROM IL3 raru v. v j. -*_i Mew O |t m ophone Needles Where the beautiful nnder. wear j g «eedle gaaianteed to play lea record*.
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  • 171 7 rIXTURBS Saturday, December 27. **'eh Water, 1.18 a.m C.41 p.m Publio Holiday. Fillis's Ciious, 9 16 pm. Sunday December 28. HiKh Water. 1 C 4 a.m., 1.26 p.m. Outward mail due. Monday, December 29 High Water, 2 88 a.m., 2.18 p m, Metgai mtg., Cb. Bank Building,
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  • 107 7 Vessels at tbe Docks. Tamjomo Paoab. But WnAir Basm,- Hoerde. Bast Whar/.— dohaenfelß, Sithonia. Saaaas Wharf, Albibt and Viotobja Dbi Docbs.— Hong Cheasg, Maim Whakt.— Agtpenor, Cbaksang, Hwah, Wo. Kleist, Minderoo, Mata Hari, Lake Oilpen, Telamoo. Bvpibb Dooi.— Katong, West Modus, Costigao, Montoro, West Hepburn. Was? Wham.— Polyphemus,
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  • 202 7 Singkawang, Dat., 298 tons, from Palem bang -25/11, foi Ptlembang 36/12. Lady Weld, Brit., 343 tons, from Malaooa SI/ 2, for Malaooa 34/12. Ranee, Brit., 817 tons, from Kuantan 26/12, for Kuantan 27/12. Bye Leonp, Biit 802 tons, from Penaog 26/ I*, odo. BaiJßkes, Dat 784
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  • 137 7 MOND4I. Pulau Batam aad Pulao Baling S m Satavia, Samarang, Timor Dilly, Port Darwin, Thursday Island and australasia (taking articles for places in Western Australia by train via Brisbane and Sydney it prepaid at letter rate) noon Registration up to 11 am Paroels 10 am P. awetteabam
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  • 31 7 (Official Pocl On Keport) jn ojuutu iuino Loaiwa Not. 4 Not. 7 Not. 10 Not. U Not, U Deo. IS Dee. IS Deo. IS Deo. 10 D-. It
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  • 134 7 FINANCE AN D COMMERCE EXCMANOP Bmsapou, Dicixbu IS, 18IS. On L«m>ev_ M .Baak rr/s m 2 Oersaad M j 4, Private Ib fa i/gjL Oh Niw Yeaa...Demaad Private W da n 49? Oh Fuiii luk O« 1>Du.........8aak T. I too O» H»tMM. M Buk did H4i%pm O> BaA»aaAi..Baak d/d 37
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 179 7 II II AmptM 12 00 13.10 1 1 Ajei Weag 106 3.26 41 41 Kun. Eamaaliag 1.16.0 2.17.6 o d II II Kills AflweUtioa 8.16 876 41 41 Kiata Ti« 2.6.0 3.10 .0 ion 41 41 Lahst Miaei TCO T.SO LiMßni Ti« 6.2S 6.T6 11 1». lUlmyuOoiltorießlStO 30.50 41
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    • 103 7 GENE RAL £USs! Bayers. Selleis. II 41 BmeHlu Oo UXO 14.75 II 41 Pwl, 1.144 1.17 8 I/- lleoMo T w»ys 8/8 4 8 M 1> Vnanr A Nnave 47 00 48 Cl H M W.H*mn,cifc Co 118.00 121.10 IN IN K«te Bin. 116.00 118.00 II II MtTMid O«, »M
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    • 71 7 D E B E N TURE S United Baßlaeertl%ai.U4,llt par 6%rm Singapore Bleotrio Tramways!* 48G0,0C1 *o. S'pote Municipal l°r*l,BTß,oof s*> S'foiß Maaioipal 4J a!I9OT II.MMH IC% 10% b B's3ff. Munfeipal *i\ ol 190S 91,m,ii 16% 10%dis 9 'pore Mualoipal 1,000.1* 15% 10%dla S'Mte tf uaioipal 4800 M» F.M.8. 8% loan
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  • 420 7 F»aaa» »nd Co. and LyaH and Iwtt'i Quotation*. Wnmm Lmll Co. MtbM. Lk» Gftjah (II) 4 28 4.46} 4.25 4.50 Uaal. MftUy ly, fd. 888 4.08 8.85 4XO Lyet Hitam (15) 18.6 C 20.60J 17.80 18.28 iyet Krai** (II) I.fO 100 150 I.BC Lyei Molek (II) 421
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 493 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS FOBD WANTBD in good oonditioi suitable for bunae-a raaaboat porposei Robiascn Piano Co., Ltd. WANTED, flmart Chinese clerk with gtxx knowledge ol Bnglisb. Salary aeoordiap t< qaaUfteation. Apply Clerk, e/o Straits Times WANTBD, competent boob. keeper wilt knowledge of typewriting. Good pioepaoti to the right man. Apply stating
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    • 366 7 I PREMO ROOFING 1 Is the best and moat flurable;felt rocfiag bow in the market. 3, Bab stood the uvereat testa in tot ocuatnes, aad ia best nitec' i lor the tropios. 8. In short, an ideal telt-ioofiag that must please all. i t Shipment of I-ply jnst reoeived. Write
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    • 71 7 EXJRjB jfk: J± MotOP and General Engineering Works oUPPAGB ROAD (Orohard Road) SINOAPORaI Cor. suiting and visiting engineers, expert motor engineers, erection and repairs of every type of machinery. First-class English engineer in charge. VENEER CHESTS MOM I CHESTS PORCELAIN LATEX GUPS (FLAT BOITOM AND HALFLBMON) ACETIC ACID NANKII BBaND
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  • 58 8 The funeral of Mr. Lee Ham Chye (de eeastd) tbe late lather of Messrs Lie Wee Kaeag, Lee Wee Nam aad Lee Wee B-at will take plaoe on Sunday, Deoemb r 18, at 10 am. Tbe cortege will start from No. 6, Soctts Road to Tanjoag Ptgac Dock, the
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  • 1086 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, DBOEMBER 27. IRELAND. Ireland has auoueedci in foroing herself upon tbe attention of tbe world. Tbe dater mined attempt made on the life ol ViaoouatF reach reveals the existenoe ol desperadoes to whom no meroy should be shewn. They are a revival ot tbe dynamitarda, and
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  • 48 8 Masters of vesiels in the inner roads will be saving tbe public and themselves much woonveniaaoe at the eleventh hour if they arranged to moor their vessels, so as to avoid any obstruction .in tbe oooraes set for tbe events in the Sea Sports on New Year's day.
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  • 36 8 The Seoretaty o! State for India (Mr. B. S. Montagu), in the House of Commons, stated thai Japansse goods to tbe value of £22,849,506 were importad into India daring the year ended Much, 1918, as com
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  • 12 8 I Renter cables that Parliament has been I prorogued to February 10.
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  • 17 8 An enormous meteor fell in Like Miobigan and oolumne of water and flames shot up 100 ft.
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  • 32 8 The United State* Consil at Funobal, tbe chief town in tbe island of Madeira, reports that tbe Madeira wine crop has d weased by 40 pet cent, owing to tbe inclement weather.
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  • 35 8 The returns of tbe Australian canteens in tbe various war thritrea show a net profit of £300,000, and tbia som will probably be devoted to assiat disabled men who are not covered by other fonds.
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  • 40 8 Mr Ong Boon Tat, bead ot tbe firm of Ong I Sam Leong and Company, contractors to tbe Christmas Island Phosphate Company, left by the Islander today for Christmas Island to aseict in the investigations into tbe rec?nt riot tbero.
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  • 47 8 1 Service will be held at the Boostead Inati i tute on Sunday evening at 8.15. The Rev. W. Cross will give the address, and Miaa Morris will be tbe soloist. All are cordially invited, 1 < °peoiallv men of tbe Mercantile Marine, I Navy ana Army. I
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  • 43 8 > In its lengthy existence the City Guild cf t Vintners has mads only two honorary Freercen. The first w« tbe late Duke of Albany, and the second is tbe present Lord Mayor, Sir Hcraoa Marsbrll, on whom the j distinction was conferred recently.
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  • 48 8 In oonsequenee of its expenditure in corDoction with the war, the V.M.C A. is tr :ed > with a defioit of £400,000, and tbe National I Field Secretary (Mr. J. J. Virgo) has issued an appeal for £760,C00, to enable the association to oontinue its work in tbe army,
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  • 45 8 News has been recaived of a railway 1 disaster in tha Belgian Congo, where a train, on wbioh a Smithsonian Institute 1 party of agricultural experts was travelling, was smashed. Dr. Sbantz was killed, and all tbe other members of tbe party were injured, i
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  • 46 8 A telegram has been reoeivci by tbe i Mister Attendant as follows Penr^g wireless station reports message from steamer Olenamoy at 6 a.m. December 26 Boiler printed red, floating in lat. 8 degrrss 14 mm. N. long. 100 degrees 17 mm. B. D?qgerous to shipping. i
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  • 41 8 I The undergraduates at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, are establishing an insurance fond against proctorial fioea, covering ordinary I risks exoept those incurred on Guy Fawkes I and armistice days. Tbe fond also provides for farewell dinners to undergraduates Bent 1 down."
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  • 47 8 The Cairns Council intend to approach tbe F/emier on bis viait for a loan to inatal > an eleotrio lighting plant. An expert in Brisbane baa ai vised against the present ate of water power, and suggests steam driving phot to oost bet wen £18.000 md 1 £19.000.
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  • 55 8 Montague Bellenger, who was uw ■<■■'} injured in a boxing matoh with W. Ci- rj, > at Qa instown, Hobart, di lon November 28, j shortly after a trepannisg operation which I w*« resorted to as a last hope. The deoeascd jwts 20 yean of age, and was employed at
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  • 54 8 'i Prof o— or L.fioy announces that be baa discovered tour mortal enetxics of tbe blowfly namely, a maggot wbiob devours the blowfly i maggots, a minute fly whose larvae prey ij on tbe maggot in ohrystlis form, a waspish fly wbioh eats tbe msggots, and an 1 ordinary fly
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  • 51 8 Commencing with the Olouoeaterabite expected to sell in the first week of January, I tbe Bibby steamers will reoommenoe calling at Marseilles on tbe henuward journey From Rangoon to Marseilles tbe fare is £67, aid the railway fare tbmea to London is £9. Passport! most be vice by tbe Frenob
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  • 66 8 1 i Tbe Captain of tbe Francis Oarnicr, whiob 1 is in port, ttates that there is a capsized tongk%ng floating bottom upwards, two miles doe west of Sultan Shoal. Tbe Franoie Gamier bad a line made fast to her and tried to tow tbe boat iv, but the master
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  • 61 8 An eirtbqmka shook lasting at what is estimated at from five to ten seoonda was felt in Rangoon a few minutoa before five o'olook on the morning ot December IS. Tbe movement was from east to weat and was accompanied by a rumbling followed by a whirring noise. So far
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  • 80 8 La jy Astor, who has won the seat in tbe Houee cf C:mmons, vacated by her husband on his elevation to tbe Peerage, in an inter view, stated that a new spirit of oitiiensbip was struggling to tbe surfaoe, and that such spirit was necessary for tbe reconstruction of the
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  • 93 8 The Kamunting 'in Kedah) Rubber Plantation Co Ltd. report for tbe year oaded Septombsr 80. stat- h that tbe profit amounts to Tit. 43,688 00 miking, with tbe biboce of Tip. 12,569.70 brought forward from the previous year, a tital rt Tip. 56,203 76 ot oredil cf profit and loss
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  • 92 8 A party of ZoologioaJ collectors are leaving forthwith for an extensive tour in north eastern Siam. Tbe starting point is Utaradit and from there the* travel to the Mekong at Paklai and prooetd op to new Luang Pra bang. Thence dowa the Mekong the route ia to Übon and Korai
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  • 304 8 Mr. J. A. Wijakooa has had to go ioto hoFpital. Mr. Wyndham Frank Baker a well kmwn Cejlon planter, died at B»:h on December 4. Sir. Arthur Adami w.s reoeived by the King on November 13 aod presented with the insignia of K B. B. Renter oablea
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  • 55 8 A mail from Baropo will arrive by train to morrow morninp. The O P. O. will be open from 8 a.m. to noon to deal with it, and there will be one delivery to all parts of the town and residential diatricte. Correspondence will be ready for delivery
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  • 135 8 We are indebted to a correspondent for the following All Laboan met on Mondaj afternoon last, December 15, to witness the marriage of Mr. W. S. Bevan, of tbs Eastern Extension Telegraph Co, to Miss Annie Oreenall, of Lancashire and Perth, W. A. The Rev. R. J.
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  • 160 8 The Russian Volunteer Fleet steamer Mogilev, whioh ia in port on her way from Europe to Vladivostok, has about 360 Rcsaian officers, with their families, jjb their way to Vladivostok, where they 'will be joining Aimiral Koltchak's Army. A few of these offioera are from London, but
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  • 272 8 St raits Chinese Literary Association. The annul general meeting of the Straits Chinese Literary Association wit held at Mr. Low Boon Kong's bungalow, Joo Ohiat Road, yesterday with the Rev. Ooh Hood Ke»g in the cbaii. The minutes of tfab laat ainnal general meeting weie tead and ap proved i»rd
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 74 8 BENTWOOD CHAIRS A small consignment just to hand as illustration but with side brocket supports, cane bottom seats P^ HaSi«>^| or ihree-ply seats, in dlfI ferent colours. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (laeorporated ia Baßlaad) TRUCKS Sole Agents For EVERY SERVICE tfJENT^I H_2 tons— 3-tons 5-tons aa=;^ MKNIMAX FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Have
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    • 229 8 TIE (MLV Rial TWU IN WaRFaK EVEB PREIEKTEO TO THE SPECTATOR A piolore nl tremcrdoos iatfres\ ihowtoe with terrible realism wbat joo bave beard or read about and aeyer teea The ruthlMtntu of the Hun method of ma king uar, the linking of thu Allied merchant men fry German >übmarvnes.
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  • 1497 9 Prime Minister Explains Proposals. Favourable Reception in Ibe Commons. RaOTBB TILaOBANS. Louden, Dtoemter 22. Elaborate pncutiDnn were taken to prevent a Sinn Fein demonstration in the House of Cnmmons to-day when Mr. Lloyd George outlintd tbe eagerly awaited Irish proposals of tbo Govcr: m <nt. Strong guards
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  • 465 9 The Attack on Viscount French. Coroner's Jury Sympathise Witb Crime. RIOTBB TbLIQRAMS London, Djtxmber 20. Visooont Fr: ob was busy working yesterday. He drovn in an open clrriage through Dublin and att -.ded a eharitablo entertain meat in tbe afternoon. London, December 20. Further minor outrages are reported
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  • 85 9 RaOTIB TILBORAM London, Deoember 20. Interim reports of tbe Royal Commission an Agriculture are published. The majority report is signed by twelve members, the minority report by eleven. The majority report recommends that minimum prioes for wheat,! barley, and oats grown in rfritain be guaranteed by the State, tbe
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  • 79 9 Raima TnuonAMs London, Deoember 22. Melbourne: Tbe election results so fai are:— B4 ministerialists, 11 farmers, 80 labour. The new Senate is composed of 28 ministerialists, 7 labour and one fanner. Voting in regard to referenda on the question of giving the Commonwealth increased legislative powers and nationalisation
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  • 321 9 King's Speech at End of The Session Tribute to Memory of General Botha. RSKJTSK TsLSOEAMf, London, D. etc ber 28. Tbe King's speeoh at the prorogation o Parliament this afternoon contained at tbe outset recognition of tbe new conditions, changing the My Lords and Gentlemen to My Lords and
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  • 387 9 Rbctbb Tkliokaii. London, December 28. la tbe oourse cf a statement in tbe Cham fc on foreign polioy, M. Clemenoeau said be di j not think tbe military guarantees offered by Britain and America to Franoa would again be queiiioned. He went to London to disouss tbe
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  • 1242 9 Peace Treaty Further Discussed, Bolshevists Fighting Desperate Battle BICTM TSLIOMAMS. London, December 20. Paris It is reported from Bisle that tic Raiser has finally agreed to aaoept trial bj the Allies snbjeot to rsscrvations regarding place and time and defenoa by G.rmin expert lawyers. K tbo Allies
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  • 44 9 RICTIB TlUMil. London, Deoember 18. The St. Albans byeeleolion lesnlt was Lieut Colonel F, E. Fremantle, Coalition Unionist, 0,821. Mi. F. W. Biown, Labour, 8,096. Mr. Milner Gray, Liberal, 2,474. The by election was duo to th > resignation of Sir Hildred Oarlile.
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  • 46 9 RIDTIB TILIORAM London, Dcocmbei 30. Telegrams liom Cairo ropoii a number of attempts at demonstrations in the native quarters. Polioe and military, however, are effectively dealing with those. Native lawyers have deolared a week's stfike as a protest against the arrival o( the Milnei misMi(ja>whiolLlia^Alrfiailx^fiiUHiJafJflla^^^^^M
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  • 360 10 RSDIBB TBLBOkAMS. London, Deoember 32. Tbe Lord Mayor presided at a meeting at the Maaaion House when an executive oommittee was appointed to obtain funds for tbe proposed Antarctic expeditioa. London, December 33. Later: It is intended to fly over tbe great lee barrier peaks ct wbioh tbe
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  • 339 10 Rbutbb Tblbobaiis London, Deoember 30. Speaking at a dinner to oelebrate the pacsage of the Government ot India Bill, the Aga Khan appealed for a generous peaoe with Turkey which will not punish posterity for the errors ot the few who suooambed to German oajolry. Mr. Montagu, replying,
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  • 13 10 RSCTBB TILBORAM. London, Deoember 38. The death has ooeorred ot tbe weU-kacwa
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  • 367 10 Baunm Taiaoaan. London, Deoember 83. New V jrk The Seoretary to Ibe Treasury baa Mked Congress consent to allow that the payment of interest now doe on loans to the Allies be defend foi two or three yews m mcMi of ensuing theii oommeroiAl rebabiliation. The seotetMy also
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  • 120 10 RaUTBS TSLSOBAM, London, Deoember 38. la view ot the coming into foroe of the Sex Disqualification Removal Aot, by wbioh women will be eligible to aot as magistrates, the Lord Chanoellor his seleoted seven women having wide acquaintance with the careers ot their oauntry women to assist him
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  • 67 10 RauTsa Tbuorams. London, December 33. In tbe House of Commons, Rear Admiral Adair drew attention to the recent destruotive fires on German liners, for example tbe Booaab. Sir Aucklaad Geddes replied that tbe matter was being investigated. Fool play had been suggested but it seemed muob more
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  • 39 10 RBuna Tilboiax. London, Deoember 38. Negotiations for tbe settlement of the moulders' strike, which last week were very promising, have again proved abortive, Tbe strike has now lasted fourteen weeks, involving a wage l.ss of £8,00 C,000.
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  • 99 10 Mr. J. P. Harper has been appointed Surveyor General, F. M, 8., in succession to Colonel Jackson. This, says the Malay Mail, is a compliment oa Mr. Harper's retirement early next year approved by tbe Saoretary ot State far long Government servioe. Mr. Harper bsi 42 years' Government servioe to
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  • 89 10 RIUTIB TILKMUM. London, Deoember 33. Copenhagen, from Berlin The Far Bastera business ot German shipping oompaaies is gradually falling into the hands ot the Japanese. According to the Morgen Post's Hamburg correspondent, steamers of tbe Nippon Yuen Kaisha have reoeatly repeatedly arrived at Hamburg with cargoes from
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  • 85 10 Rbutbb Tblioram. London, Deoember 33. A large foroe of Mahsuds near Jandola on the 17th attacked a British construction party. Tbe enemy lost heavily. Our casual ties were six killed and 28 wounded. Next day the British oolumn p.dvanoed to Mandanna Kaoh and defeated two enemy foroes comprising
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  • 287 10 Voluntary Service Adopted By Ceylon. The following communique was laid on the Press table at the Secretariat, Colombo, on Deoember 16 With regard to tbe future Military training in tbe Colony, tbe intention of the Govern ment is that it should be as far as possible, for tbe
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  • 133 10 At the end of November, says Ibe Shanghai Polioe Commissioner in his report for last month, there were probably not less than I.OCO rafugoee ot Russian, Polish and Finnish nationality ia the Settlement. Tbe ereat majority have oome from Harbin and Vladivostok. They live Chiefly in boarding
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  • 141 10 i We notioe from an offioial announcement in the Colombo papers that the Governor of Ceylon is entertaining at a gardea party at Queen's House, Colombo, on February 8 next, all offioers, N. 0.05. and men who have returned to Ceylon after serving with His Majesty's
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  • 101 10 Tbe prohibition of possession of roubl notes in India appears to have oaoght nap ping many people ia Bombay, who have been collecting these notes in anticipation ot things becoming something like normal in Russia. The Indian Merchants' Chamber and Bureau, whose members have been obit
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  • 466 10 Messrs. Baker, Fearon and Co 's Report. In their weekly share circular, dated Kuala Lumpur, Deoember 34, Messrs. Baker, Fearon and Co, report Although we have barely three days' work to report on, this short period really furnishes plenty ot material exoept that, as we have
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  • 213 10 Shipping Agent Appointed For SingaporeResiding at the Raffles Hotel is a very interesting personality, a Cz. cho Slovak himself. This is Mr Jjsef Maly, tbe reoently appointed shipping agunt in Singapore ot tbe Czjcho Slovak army. Tbe offioo Mr. Maly holds is a very important one, regulating as
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  • 27 10 Trafalgar.— B,BBB lbs. ooconuts 6,600. Taiping Rubber Estates —10,109 lbs. Malaka Piada -48.264 lbs. Brunei United.— 7, B7l lbs. Milaooa Rubber Plantations. 137,660 lbs.
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  • 163 10 A correspondent at M lbourne in tbe course of a letter to tbe Times ot Ceylon, says It may be called to mind that rnraours, more or less vague, it has to bs oonfessed, were current to the effect that people in the Straits Settlements and the
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  • 140 10 The Dahlia correspondent of tbe Daily Express says that tbe extreme Sinn Feiners are determined to retaliate against the wholesale proclamation issued by tbe authorities forbidding Sinn F- in organist lions. The Vioeroy (Field Marshal Lord Frenob) and the whole of the staff at Dublin Castle
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  • Correspondence.
    • 116 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The 36th of Deoember, 1916, was tbe day on which we saw the uprising in Yun nan of our patriotio Republicans defending the spirit of republicanism against the late Yuan Shi-Kai who, at that time, attempted to make himself
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  • 835 10 Names and Nicknames of The Settlement. Before a meeting of the members of the Royal Asiatio Society, in their hall at Shan gbai, Mr. G. Lanning read an interesting paper on Names and Nicknames of the Shanghai Settlement." There was a good attendanoe presided over by Dr. Stanley. Mr.
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  • 40 10 TLe ehuroh of St. P Mil's, Kaady, was I recently the soene of a pretty wedding when Mr. A. 0. Houlder, M.J of the trinity Col lege, Kandy, was married to Miss Hilda Mary Hall, 8.A., 8.5.C., of Hillwood Sobool,
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 185 10 The official account of the Yacht Club's Christmas morning race states that eight boats turned out in rainy weather to race foe the onp presented by the Swimming Club. Mr. Stevens started the fleet off the Swimming Club, the boats getting away at the following times:— Gertrude
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    • 326 10 The Peaang Free Sohool Cadets and Sooutp, who return by the Klang this ilicmnoon, have managed to find time for a cortain amount of sport during thtir visit to Singapore. Oa Christmas Day the first Soout teams of both Settlements met on the S.R 0. ground,
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    • 247 10 A Bombay message of the 17th inst. says The Ceylon team to day gained its aeooni victory of the tour as the expense of the Parsi Gymkhana. Overnight both sides bad oompleted an innings, and the visitors bad the advantage of 118 runs. At their sooond
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  • 99 10 F, llia's Circus has been playing to exoellent houses during the week, whiob is Bofflc nt testimony to the quality of the performanoe. There will be a complete change at programme on Monday evening. inothar Triangle speoial production, Prodeaoe on Broadway, one of the current year's releases, featuring
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  • 106 10 As we have previously annoanoed, the fifth international exhibition of rabber, other tropioal pvodaota, and allied industries, whiob was to have been held early next year, hasbeen postponed until June, 1931 Great interest is being taken in the exhibition, and the congress wbioh will b j bold
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  • 943 11 Approaching Anniversary of Tbe Institution. A correspondent bas forwarded to ut a copy ot The Umpire, Calcutta, dated 1> oembet 4, oontaiLing an editorial on the Armenian College from wbioh vie take the following: Tbe oelebration this week of tbe centenary ot one ct Calcutta's oldest mercantile
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  • 86 11 Tbe Burma Government reoently received information that Ctiuggwa Mintba Saw Van Baing, ol the ex Royal family, is now a refugee in Cbina, together with tbe ex Sawbwa. Mintbe was in the Chinese Shan State ot Mongla, oolleoting men and ammunition with a view to making raids
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  • 91 11 Mr, J. D Sactt, a European assistant ol Messrs. Bird and 00., Calcutta, was on Decembt r 10, at Alipcre, charged with causing the deaths ol two Indian boys by rashly driving his motor oar. Tbe Public Pro seeutor said that the accuse d waa driving on tbe wrcng side
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  • 688 11 Tbe Difficulty of Determining Whit Income Is la bin seoond Newmareh leotorr, at University College on November 13. Dr. J. C. Stamp dealt with the piinoiples ol taxation Irom the point ol view el individual taxpayers in different stations in life, so far aa those principles
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  • 203 11 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1919. Pbbsbitbbiam Chukoh, Oiobaid Road.— Services will be held m follows gnoday Sam. Pob'io Worship, 9 a.m. Sunday School •nd Minister's Bible Cltsa, 680 p.m. Pablio Woieliip. Subj -ot ol Sermon at evening rervioe by Rev. William Crone will be Tbe Year's Treasures." Wednesday 11
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  • 88 11 Programme of it: )b, etc., lot week eadiag Siiurdaj, Juquj 8 I Satdkdit, Diornui 27. Chinese Oompexy Part I Qualification, Patt II iMtraetional, Bal. Huge, 2 80 p.m. Scsday, Dbcbmbbb 28. Chinese Co in pas y.— Part 111 Olauifisation, B Range 760 a m. MOKDAT, DSCSKBBB 29.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 189 11 MOUTRIE PIANOS New atOOke Juet received Gall and inspect our lateet model* 8. MOUTRIE ft CO., LTD. llassir »«*iib B Hs Lead Wool ■MOFaCTUaf O IV THE LEAD WOOL CO 1T3., INOOLMD, KMT FOR CAULKING IRON PIPE! STOCKS IN HAND IS PUBB SOFT LBAD CCT INTO 0 .BAN FINB FIBRB3.
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    • 129 11 BAFFLES HOTEL NEW YEAR FESTIVITIES Wednesday, December 31 SPECIAL DINNER BALL By kind permission of Colonel L 8. Boy d- Moss C.M.G D 8.0. and Officers, the BAND OF THE FIRST BATTILION SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT under the conductorship of Mr A. F. Bultitude, will play during the evening. A limited
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 334 12 DENBY MOTOR LsORRIEi Jisk a for Jamily History RE A.L men* of any lorry is best told by Ihe garage keeper around the corner. Tne Danby lorry seldom frequents repair chops. If he's frank, he'll admit that his loss is your gain. Load capacities 1, 2, 2%, 3 l 2
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    • 769 12 THE STRUTS TRADING CO.. LTD. Notice is hereby givea that aa ordiaary genet v meeting ol the Straits Traditg Oa, 'Ltd., will be held at the Ccmpnv s R fiet ered fnse, 11, Oollyer Quay, on Wedrteaday, Deoember 81. 1919, at no», for the purposes following, namely 1. To receive
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    • 194 12 dC^nHHasaßr^ 1 v 1% ■•-•-:*'*^S&^ i fe^'j»»^i y VI mm w^^W -h. Imm BBBBBBBBB^I^BBBBBBBBBBBBVBB^BBVO^aV Vll flf I I, m\\ lmmWmmWmW\\ JI I 'V \f ;«"-^^HH afi mmmW^^Bm/ fm^mmm\[ S IGP f V W? f'.rfj^- IB [7 FOOD FOR Wl Obtainable at all Dispensaries throughout Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 112 13 TREAIfe Stockists SING i PORK Straits Motor Oaiage, Ckia Haat Hin Oil Trading Co Th^ C,ole and Carriage Co., Ltdl, On* Sam J-»***** 00., Biddons, Gas. Automobile Cj The Ctral M»l»j» T.adioa Co. JOHOBB BAHBD: A. C. Haipei 00., Lid MOAB: Sime Darby k 00., Md. MALACCA) Malacca Bubbet Plant,
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    • 117 13 NEW STOCKS I just arrived f fr SPBOIILIIIBS IN GREY CHAMPAGNE ANO BLACK BUEDE Just fipencc/; J JUST KECBIVED THE COUNT OF MONTE GRIBTO BY ALRXANDBI DCMAS Price 92 each. ARTISTIC XM\S ANO MEW YEAR CARDS KOH CO. a, Brss Basab Road. MASSAGE HALL NO. 259. BENGOOLEN BTREET Open daily
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    • 245 13 *^^w&j Make a JHote 1 m^ Jramroz IJlJfyVy y° r prime quality J|^ j^^. Jlerated IVaterg V^^J""""*! MBIBBBMB* 2«aj I^mSlbM^lh L^BBM BBBBmJ 555^ OUR NEW YORK ORGANIZATION 18 AT YOUR BERVICE ANYTHING RAW OR MANUFACTURED FROM U. A. CUR FACILITIBS. Pdbchasinu. possible lot as to 111 our baying ia expedite
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    • 2093 14 &aaala m» M.000.000 S.O. Aaf uwrnoa I. foroa ovan $9,000,000 ».C. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. (AaeeareaATa* at ItaAiti Sirrusim) oaaiM w lM i.a^ w h mm a.na.».'- lom Ol- M The Oampaay bat aaBO.OOa depothed wilb Ibe aoprena Otrrt al Baglaad, aad tompUee with the BrWth LNe
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    • 822 14 BALEB BY AUCTION. AUCTION MILE i It Messrs. (Thing Kent Lee and Co.'t sale- rcom, Rtffles Jbaaibers, Haffles Place, Ch Monday, Dbcbxbbb 29 at 2.80 r.a. AU that piece ol UnJ eff Geyleng Road, t area 18 7(8 quara feet, suitable for a small bur gala w. CHINO KBNG LBB
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    • 898 14 SALES BY AUCTION. MPORW AUCTION BALE OF TOWN PROPERTIES fhe nadjrs<gned h*ve been instrooted to aeU >y public a eticn at their bale room, Rxfflea Chamber. R .ffl.s Plate Ok Mondat, Dbckmbbb 19, at 1.80 r a. 17 Homes at Bras Baaab Road aad Clyde Terraoe Jfl- Description Till. 1
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  • 1071 15 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. Impressions of Ulympia I have been at kef l eayp a writer in The Financier, what genetkl impression I have derived f com my maa y vi-.i;s to this year'a Show and from suoh conversation as I have bean able to
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  • 75 15 meeting ol the mt mbei 8 at ibe two (hip- 1 ping v uilds tv held »t HooKkoDß on Deoem bet 18, wbea il wm onsnincoußly decided not io »110 w any tbipa owaed by Chinese Compinies and cfßetied by Eoiope»»« to ma uciil ike Sbipowneis' Pioteolion Awooittioa •Kieee to
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 193 15 i FORDSON TRACTORS are now in constant use throughout Malaya And without exception giving perfect satisfaction. Bn cultivating the land for food production, these machines cannot be surpassed KEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED For quick delivery book at once WEARNE BROS., LTD. 81NG*PBR£. KUALA LUMPUR. IPOH MO PENNAB WsLinLm.lL Suss 4te
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    • 368 15 f The E GHT I with an Engine of proved Reliability ji The King motor embodies improvements and refinements in eight iju cylinder construction which could be offered only by a company that has had its "Eights" in operation all over America and in U fixtj o'her lands for nearly
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    • 60 15 DUNDOP Tyres perform a three told function. They save your chassis from road shock— because th6j are resilient. They save your time by avoiding replacement— because they are durable. They save your pocket because they give long service. THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. <"-""> LTD (laOOBFOBAMD IX JaPAM) 4», ROBINSON EOAD,
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    • 786 16 SITUATIONS VACAftT. WANTBD experienced clerV, knowledge of typowritiag esawtial. Apply B.x No. 418 Btraita Timr g. WANTBD, smart Chintae clerk, junior, quick at fignrea. Apply Bex No. 498, BtraitK T»me». CHINB9B JUNIOR TYPUT waated tcr industrial eonoern. Apply Box No. 646, Straits Thnea. WANIBD, a jobbing oompoaitor. Good salary to
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    • 728 16 SITUATIONS WANTED. AUTOMOBILB BUGISBBR opea to immediate engage mentr- upeit in every braacb. Btaivation teinn net aeoeptcd. Box No. 617, t-traita Timtg. AN BKFBhIBNCUL) ACCOUNTANT deairce [oiitioa on Bsrga iUst»tion. Place immaterial, stxoeileat tetertnoea. Reply to box No. 029, Straits Times. WANIED, a billet as aeooaatant cr bookkeeper. b«ve 18
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    • 383 16 Patent Faced Hair Belting Co. Manufacturers of unetretched Hair Belting. 80LB AOBNIS KIAM KI4T ft Ct. 108 aad 1(9. Market Street To the Ambitious Intelligent typists who are willing to learn how to operate the DICTAPHONE are invited to eend in their names and addressee totheSecretary, Dictaphone School, 7, JtiafflesQuay,
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    • 635 16 FIREWOOD for the Muz.i3:pality ol ?irg»poir. Tbe prime contractor TayGuanKiai (Late Bole Proprietcr ot Gnan Kitt and Co.) a%aßifa«i Globe Boiler Fluid (Tte He*l Fikid lot p' rfisg Sai tl ftnicg stpam aoi!«.ia ot evoj ue&cripticui PLooe Nos. 1861 A 1362 Cffioe 80, Pi nap Streut. I'acne N;s, 1480 A
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    • 368 16 MAGNOLIA ANTIFRICTION WHITE WETAI 6A VANIZED RIOGIK6S CRANEB CYLIKDLR OIL G-LVAMZED PiPES AND FITTiXfJS CHAMPION BLACKSMITHS POBT 0R1L1.3 (Ineovporsted ie the Btrs te Settlement.-! 56 Pbilllp Street, MMAFOaa*. Tel.graph BUaNKiaT A. B C. Hh Bdition Telephone Nos. 1861, 1363 JCBT ERCBIVBD A LAF.OB BBIPMKNT CF Longflax Navy Canvas, Green Waterproof
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    • 270 16 HIRE j! STRAITS MOTORCAR SERVICE I j ,11a- rrss er.ty) I 114 to 216, CRCHAKO ROAD t > Phone 1233 NfeWf GCCDft large itook f pi ntin*, mining, Bhipnipcr g od", hay« juet arjived NOTE THE ADDRESS BAN LEE ANN. LTD, (Incorporated in Sia^sr^rei SS/O, MARKBT STRBBT 'Piune 11 80
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 199 16 Straits £injes TELEPHONES Editorial and General 58 Manager's Office 11 17 Job Printing Office 1244 All communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed to THB EDITOR. All communications relat ing to business matters advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc., should be addressed to THE MANAGER. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Wants,
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