The Straits Times, 31 July 1920

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,:W7 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, Jt5LY Si, 1920 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      112 1 frie. d.« WtMHr e>- rftliM^l TRAVERS' f lI^J I Finest and Signal r^^/ "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUS""""" 1 F.OMXHHBBCMOPA HAB A PIQUAVT Fl^VOUn AND GENTLBMAN IN THE COUNTRY A VA.DABLB APP.n KNOWN THROUOnOUT THI WORLD ADDRBSS Telephone No. 1984. 12 B.tlery Ro.d, SINGAPORE Branche. throughout the World. Red Ribbon Brand PEACHES PEARS
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      234 1 ROBINSiN&€O.,LTD. (Incorpor»ted >n th* Str.iitf. £etr]^mei>ta) «JE.*IT SHiPMEN- OF HALL-MARKED BTERUN6 SILVER PHOTS FRAMES FITTED WITH WOQD£N SACKS in, kj 2 in. 4.80 Ife r W HE ttfr^ ff, Pj pf^iMß^Mi 74 in. by 8i in. 12.80 4 in. by H in. b.bo f-_|Hp< E J Cfy U'-=i 5 in.
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    Malacca Plantations.
    1171 2 Output Coßslderably Exceeds Estimate. The fourteenth aoanal o-dinary gonettl meeting of tbe Malkioa Kahbci Piacutions Ltd, *ss held Winoaeetbi Hoos>, Old Bfoad Street, 8.C., ob Jane 29, M>. George 6. Didweli, ehaiiaun of the oompaoj, pieeidisg Tbe aeetetuy' Mr. A. W. OopeUsd, icad tb notice oonvening tbe meeting.
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      581 2 p r^i>*-~ famous! Q x^ Famous, not only ia w q [i-.-j 0..1 Country, but throughout .^asfisL O W the World, arc the superb vaL.cs W W obtainable froan John Noble's. 1 -y/ W Sv You should send today for the won- /KAtjaiJjrS. W yj\ de ful 68 page Catalogue
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      514 2 Clflar Your Sen!*: cr^! SanWiy^:::cura I v and bl.i. i ment. Wash all off wiili Cuticufa S p nnd hot w.;tcr, najng plenty ol Soap best applied with die lianc!>:. One Soni) It ;ill uses, shaving. shampo<.Mn'.r, b.riliiri<r. •o<H)l^Ointi., e nI E .3d.iin^2..6J. Sod ir.roQfrw*! th.- 1- nil r. liif.f:
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      294 2 JLOOK FOR THE NAMe|§ The caution is necessary, for thus oily is one i-'-'J assured of receiving the genuine. To purchase a watch without the nam.2 Cava>ry on the [§gj dial is like buying gold and ailver articles without Laaiiy the Hall Mark you are uncertain -3 to their To
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    Prai River Wharves.
    768 3 Mcmorißdom on Dry Dock And Slipway. Tbe foltowiaa memoraadnm, Rißiscd by lit. P. A. A«»bo»y. C.M.O wm Isid before tbo Fede»»l Coaaeil by eommMa ct ou Bxrellenoj the High Oommiseicner la oosmeetioß with >lo ooneiiDotion of deep watei *bum at Prai it is oco. ni'J to dispUee
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    Carnarvon (Selangor) Rubber.
    252 3 Prisiding on June U at the meeting of the Carnarvon (Selangor) Rubber Company, Limited, Mr. Archibald Grey said that they had experienced a lo.ig of $8,500 upon rice issued to the coolies, owing to ;he high price at which the Government, irho controlled the supply, had retailed
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    75 3 In a sleepy village in Hilly Suffolk" a pedestrian friend has come across a vivid und imaginative splendour in tavern signs, writes Beachcomber, in the Daily Express. Swinging above the entrance, at the foot of a weather-stained panel in which no special design survives, is the sersphic legend, The I'ea(
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      397 3 njß x last M| nor hati. imi y Ttmt S Itr* mil." HU.TON i A TRIBUTE 2 S TO HEALTH I Xpj} People will pay because lli-v niu.-,! a 5f15 i heavy toll to sickness, but how miny over *4^[ pf J thinl; of paying tribute to health J I
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      347 3 Anaemia Our blood is composed of red and white corpuscle* the red to nourish the body, the white to fight disease. In Anaemia— or bloodlessness the red corpuscles are more or less deficient Thus the blood cannot provide sufficient nourishment for the body. Therefore the: face becomes white and pasty
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      300 3 JUST ARRIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF CYCLES CALL AM) SEE THEM AT Sole Aguntc GUAN HOE HIN CO., SB7, Victoria Street. SINGAPORE. DUE SHORTLY ZENITH MOTOR CYCLES 6 h p. V twin J.A.P. ENGINE Full particulars from SELAT TRADING CO., 42, XI.ING STREET. CINEMA PHOTOGRAVURE PORTRAITS Suitable Tor Framinz Every
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      323 3 ARE WE RIGHT? WITH PLAISTOWE'S TOFFEE DE LUXE A tropical climate trim lh« difastira organs. A tropical r'lmute is enervating. Doctors say that During bodily exarwion tbe system conitumen more sugar, aaiaiUßt from the foods the SMM element* «nd rejecii^- «he other propertiea, and thai /i»en sufficient ftu^tr. the «ystnm
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      800 4 STEAMER SUUBM P. 0. -British India jjtd A pear Line (Companies Incorporated In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 9. N. CO. (Under Contract with Bis Majerty's Government) k. te-Dany MAIL BEBVICIB *ABT OF BOMBAY are at jraraf IWWll* LONDON FAB-CABTERN HUfVlt'.r FROM LONDON TO MARSEUXM ft MMBOS
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      453 4 STEAMER SAUMt PRINCE UNE LINITEI, (Incorporated in England) FAB EAST SEBTICI FOB NEW TOBK CELTIC PRINCE rla Sue* about 2nd half Oct. For all information apply te ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO, LTD. (Incorporated in Inglaad) Agents. THE BEN LINE STEAMERS LDstmD (Incorporated U ike United glagd— Far China sjsi Japan BENARTY
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      263 4 ITKAHKN SAILNMI THE EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) This time table is subject to alteration rithout further notice. Steamer sailing from Singapore PIN SENft-sEvery Tuesday at 2 pjn, for »ort Swet» "Tjtond Penajig. From Malacca to Singapore From Penang to Moulmeln (Train journey from Moulmein to Rangoon
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      401 4 STEAMER MUM 0. S, K. I THE OSAKA BHOSEN KAISHA LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) No. 2, De Sonza Street. Proposed Sailing from Singapore (Subject to change without notice) OR PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, LONDON, INTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG ALPS MARU mid. Sept FOR NEW YORK (via Panama Canal) HOND'.ULU MARU August
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      409 4 NIPPON YUSEN KAIBHA (Incorporated In Japan) Under Mall Contract with the Japan*** Goveraaent Subject to alteration! without notte*. EUROPE MAIL LINE I'urtnlghtly gcrrlc* Por London, Antwerp ria (Malacca) Peaaaffc Colombo. Sat*. Port Said and Mamalllaa. HO MARU Ana 4 ATSUTA HARD Aa«. 11 SHIDZUOKA MABU Auk. LIVERPOOL LINE Foe LlTerpool
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      547 5 STEAMER SAILINGS RIBBY LINE f. I^ieestershire sailing from Rangoon. iucuat 7, for Kuropc. For passages, apply PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. FOH HONOCOVG AND JAPAN s N I'"'- M. Nainsang, 4,031 •aa, leaves 2 p.m. a« Saturday, July ft. For in'cht or paaaaa**! apply BOOtTBAD Co Apents. K)K VANTOI VKK. B.C.
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      469 5 STEAMER SAILINGS s.s. INNSIiIH't K Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Italy are hereby notified that she has arrived and has discharged her cargo at (iodnwns 6 and 7. Tanjong I'agar. SOCIETA O'MMISSIONARIA ESP. AND IMIV. Atrent*. I WEST HIXTON Consignees of cvirtfo ex the above steamer are
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      855 5 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATBS VICTORY BONDS Bearing Interest from the data of purchase at Arc per cent, per annum, payable aa September 1 and March 1. REPAYABLE AT PAR ON SEPTEMBER 1 1*34. PRICE OF ISSUE— IOO PER CENT. All proceeds of this issue will be lent tc
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      962 5 THE STRAITS TRADING CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Singapore.) NOTICE is hereby given that aa extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held at the Registered Office of the Company, No. 11, Collyer Quay, Singapore, on Wednesday, July 21. 1920. at noon, for the purpose of considering and, if thought
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      169 5 Cheese is the most Nutritious Food-Stuff in the World. ikIVCAa, LIJ afßL^l J J i Jf-fir ■i 1 I On sale at all stores. CONNELL BROS., CO. Sole Agents, Singapore. >— < r (Incorporated io U.S.A.) LEVER AND SONS MANILA HOISK. 196, Orchard Road HAVE JUST RECEIVED JUST RECEIVED LADIES
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      858 6 mum From Wrdnr.iday, July 28, I 0 Moniiy, Auguit 9 BHOW AT 9 P.M. A BILENDID U il\ E »BAL SPiCIAL ATTRACTiON Foatarlßß MahY MACLAHBN, in tbe hsart-appealißg slorj oi a pjor Rirl's stroggla (Rainst poverty and ol bn Llumitj entry into a world above b.-r own. In six 1
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      238 6 i.fcfcMft \jr I ■^^^^'^Ai »b^^^^^ B^K^^K e^T WM HALL, LTD. 5 Wl^rffi BBOOND SHOW AT 8 II WK// tVtfjk SIUART rATON'B BTRANGB AND FASCINiTINQ WK/'/-iJ^*m Saper aorial of mystery and aotiiw mm THE FAT L m Ii.UI XL/ is Bpisodes 80 reels. Tbe most daring expose of the world's most
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      373 6 THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED FROM Influenza require a ton:o to rosiore tueir noimal apptt to and strength. Hoemog'obf Deschien& Is the tonlo par excellence It also glvf 8 excellent results in oaaea of anaemia, onloroaia. tcolplent ptblslB, diseases of tbe lungs and chest. oonvalesoenoe after nalarlal, typhoid and ether levers,
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    163 7 FIXTURES. Saturday, July 31. 1 1 itch Water, 11.21 a.m., 10.48 p.m. Hank 11. Concert and Mallet, Vie. Theatre, 6.16 p.m. Ledn Ailsa Regular, 9 p.m. Cricket S.C.C. v Selangor. Sunday, August 1. lli K h (Tatar, 11.15 a.m.. 11.17 p.m. St. Jaswph'l old Hoys' Entert. Hand
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    171 7 VESSELS AT THE DOCKS. Ea>t Wharf Basin. -Shrimp, Ban Hong l.euni;. Kast \Vh:irf. Tiirn. B«Uy Ross, Elephnnta. Sh.-.-r- Wharf, \lhirt and Victoria Dry Dock. Van Waerwijk. Main Wharf. Kt-dang. Keiikon Maru No. S, Beaarty, Rembrandt. Empire Dim 1.. Jaeox, Kamuninjr, Nam Sane. Burma M:iru. Khcsus, Pyrrhus. West Wharf.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    118 7 To-day Kota Ttaggl (By train) 6 p.m. Monday Kerin-.on 8 a.m. Cucob 9 a.m. Pulau nntam and Pulau Bulang V a.m. Bovrabaya 11 a.m. Hongkong and Japan noon Belat Pandjaag, llengkulis and Bagan noon Honing noon Malacca and Maar noon J'ort Bwettenl in, IVnang. Ceylon, India, Aden,
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE
    30 7 MAILS FOR EU ROPE (OOciml Post Office Report) June 10 July 9 June 4 July It June 11 July 12 July 16 June 18 July 18 .tun.' '2i July 21
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    124 7 EXCHANGE •Singapore, July 29. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 Demand 2/3 K Private 3 m/s 2/4% On New York Demand 42% Private 90 days 47 On France Bank 536! On India, Bank T.T. 118 On Hongkong, Bank d/d 76 p.c. p.m. On Shanghai, Bank d/d 39
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      MINING
      208 7 /al. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. LO 10 Ampang 1800 1 1 Ayer Wen« 1.00 1.60 non ;i £1 Kam Kamunting 2.16.6 2.18.6 10 10 KinU Assoc. 7.25 8.00 El <1 KinU Tin 1.7.6 mo« 1 1 Hitam Tin 2.90 8.10 1 1 Jelantoh 1.80 1.90 .1 £1 Lahat Mines 7.60 8.00
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      GENERAL
      120 7 88. /al. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. •1 £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 3.15.0 4.0.0 •1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 12.50 13.50 „-bi- Electric l"wayi 10 10 Fraser Neave 56.00 58.00 10 50 WHammer&Co 110.00 115.00 f 00 100 Katz Bros. 130.00 150.00 0 £1 Mexican Eagle 10.0.0 10.15.0 0 10 Maynard
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      DEBENTURES
      89 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,300 par 6 p.c. pn. Spore Electric Tramways 5 p.c. £350,000 nom. Spore Municipal 5 p.c. $1,878,000 par. Spore Mun. 4V4 p.c. of 1907 $1,000,000 15 p.c. 10 p.c. dis. Spore Mun. 4'i p.c. of 1909 $1,600,500 15 p.c. 10 p.c. dis. Spore Man. 4tt
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    RUBBER SHARE.
    418 7 Frascr and Co. md Lytll and Evatt'g QaoUtiong. To-day'i Prices Fraser Lyall A Co. Evitt Alor Gajah ($1) 3.50 3.70 3.60 3.80 Am. Malay 4.25 4.75 4.50 4.75 AyerHiUm ($5) 23.00 24.00 23.00 24.00 A. Kuning ($1) 1.20 1.30 1.20 1.30 A. Molek ($1) S.lO 1.40 S.lO 5.40
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      202 7 v HATABAM, Jll.Y 12, 1920 i t irgo in the abovo .if cargo landed in t damaged condition will be held I a.m., in Go- No farther rarvey will be held aft 801 Afonta, U. CI.K.NSANKA. Jll.Y 24, 19.'0 Con Igl OX tiic abov.- landed in damaged condition will bo
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      856 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS VACANCY UNDER 838, Straits Times. Billet filled, applicants thanked. WANThI) COMPETENT BOOK-KEEPKR immediately. Apply t>34. Straits Times. WANTED A JUNIOR TYPIST for Kelantan. Must understand filing. Apply with references to H'J.">, Straita Times. FDR SAI.K, white Leghorn Cockerels, eight months old, pure bred, $15 a bird. Apply 11.
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      130 7 INEXPENSIVE LIGHTWEIGHT ECONOMICAL THE CYCLOMOBILE MOTOR CAR SELF-STARTER WIRE WHEELS SMART APPEARANCE JI'ST THE CAR YOU ARE LOOKING FOR 1 Sole Agents S.S. A F-M.S. THE GYCLOMOBILE MOTOR GAR COMPANY 1, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. VICTORIA THEATRE Extraordinary Attraction FOR THREE NIGHTS AND ONE MATINEE COMMENCING THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 EXCLUSIVE AND
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      529 7 -NASAL CATARRHEVERY form of Nasal Catarrh, Heaa Cold, Influensa, Hay Fever, dryness, stuffiness, Irritation, obstruction, discharge and* inflammation of the nose is overcome and cured by using Nostroline Nasal Specific. At the first indication sufferers should at once apply this unfailing specific. It gives instant relief, there and then destroys
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      293 7 ■1 YOUR SEATS EARLY TO-NIGIiT t THE STAR OPERA The Theatre Royal, North Brldre Raa* TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT A New Kairy Play entitled THE STAR PRINCESS will be -faced To-morrow Snnday CINDERELLA and the Glass Slippers K. H. CHEONG, Proprietor. Y. L. TAN, Manager. 'Phone 1366 for seats. THE INTERNATIONAL OPERA
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    The Straits Times. SATURDAY, JULY 31 PUBLIC QUESTIONS.
    1086 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, JULY 31 PUBLIC QUESTIONS. There has been a plethora of public discussion during the past few days. The Federal Council has been in session at Kuala Lumpur, the Legislative Council met yesterday afternoon, and at the same time the Singapore Municipal Council was having a meeting
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    21 8 The acquisition of the new site for the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, in Batu Road, will cost the F.M.S. Government $498,000.
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    25 8 Mr. A. Cammacrt, rubber planter, residing at the Adelphi Hotel, Singapore, has been granted the rights of an invention for A spout and cupholder combined."
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    28 8 The cost to Government of taking over the Sungkai Planters' Hospital last year is officially stated to be $iy,.!88 (furniture $11,388, tank $3,000 and medicines and stores $5,000).
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    45 8 On Tuesday evening a Tamil man was brought to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital in an unconscious state as a result of being knocked down by a motor-car at Kajang. The man died early on Wednesday morning as a result of the injuries sustained by him.
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    22 8 The King will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to *he ordinance to further amend the Straits
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    28 8 Settlements Ports Ordinance, 1912, the ordinance to delegate the powers of the Governor under certain Ordinances and the ordinance to alter the title of the Assistant Colonial Secretary.
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    11 8 c u«gapore conservancy department are P'archasing half a dozen motor lorries.
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    22 8 A petition from the principals of Chinese Schools in connection with the F.M.S. Education Bill has been forwarded to the Federal Council.
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    18 8 An approved amendment to Singapore Harbour Board Tariff of Rates and Charges is published in the Government Gazette.
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    20 8 A garage is to be erected at the corner of Orchard Road and Cairnhill Road and others in Grange Road.
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    24 8 The Municipal Commissioners have approved of ricksha transport allowances to subordinate officers as recommended by heads of departments, with effect from April 1, 1920.
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    28 8 Owners of hiring motor cars have petitioned the Municipality to be permitted to increase their fares. The reply is that no recommendation will be made on the Rubject.
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    36 8 Owners of property in the block bounded by High Street, North Bridge Road, North Boat Quay and Hallpike Street are being notified that no licences will be issued for use of these premises as rubber factories.
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    31 8 Messrs. Huttenbach Lazarus and Sons Ltd., Singapore and Penang, have been granted a licence to deal in metal or metallic ores throughout the Colony under the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Ordinance, 1918.
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    46 8 An American flour milling company which has been operating a mill in Tientsin for more than a year, proposes to construct a system of mills at various centres in North China. It has also under contemplation the pressing of bean oil and tho manufacture of macaroni.
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    41 8 Mr. V. K. Pillai (Kuala Sclangor) who was in the employ of the Deli Estates Engineering and General Union, Limited, as the chief clerk, Gloegoer Works, has severed his connection with that concern and has joined The Holland-American Plantations, Kisaran, Sumatra.
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    44 8 For failing to register within 48 hours of his residence in the Colony and also for failing to have his passport endorsed Ij.forc he left again, a Japanese named Taira, yesterday was fined $150 or 15 days' rigorous imprsonment by Captain Rowbotham, third magistrate.
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    44 8 In view of the large number of people who enjoy the band performances at the Botanical gardens, an annual sum of $2280 was allotted for the transport of the Band to and from the gardens by the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting held yesterday.
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    38 8 The Eurasian, John Leslie Smith, with six previous convictions? was sentenced by Mr. Dawson, second magistrate, yesterday to six months' rigorous imprisonment for implication in the theft of property, valued at about $1,000, from Oldham Hall last week.
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    51 8 A Chinese at the Penang police court was fined SlO.OOO or six months' imprisonment for being in possession of 354 tahils of non-government chantlu valued at 52,500. He was arrested riding in a ricksha with a gunnybag covered with salt fish containing the chandu. The puller and another man were
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    53 8 It is known officially that Java contains coal in payable quantities. The Government have therefore given contracts to two gentlemen to work the coal on behalf of the State. Mr. H. von Essen will contract for the Tijibadak district in the Preanger Regencies, while Mr. W. Freundlich will take the
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    94 8 Those who had an opportunity of heaving Mr. J. J. Virgo at the V.M.C.A. on the last two Sunday evenings will be pleased to know that he is to conduct another service on Sunday night at 8..J0 in the large Hall of the V.M.C.A. The subject of the address will
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    67 8 There would seem to be considerable difficulty in appointing a successor to Sir Charles Eliot as Rector of the University of Hongkong, says a home paper. We understand that Sir Denison Ross has definitely decided that he will not leave his post as Director of the School of Oriental Studies
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    76 8 The Municipal Council of Colombo has passed a schedule of fees to be levied on persons who make applications for buildings. The scale is very moderate and is moulded on the Singapore scale. The idea of the scale is to set up a big building department in the Municipality, such
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    194 8 The mail papers, we regret to notice, announce the death of Mr. Robert Ross Clunis, suddenly, on June 11, at 13 Victoria Street, London, S.W., aged 54* The funeral took place at West Norwood on June 15. Mr. Ross Clunis, aaya the Bangkok Times, joined the Royal Department of Mines
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    362 8 Captain C. R. A. Goatley of the Penang Volunteers, has resigned. Mr. W. N. Gourlay is appointed a Cadet in the Civil Service of the Colony. Mr. F. G. Bourne, Court Inspector, re turned to Singapore from home this mom ing by the Rhesus. The Rev. G.
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    Singapore Milk Supply.
    74 8 The Municipal Commissioners have decided, in connection with a petition by milk-sellers to Government against the action of the Municipal Health Officer in refusing licences for IU2O, to forward to Government a list of tha offenet for which the petitioners have been com ietod und ti; state
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    Banque Industrielle de Chine.
    76 8 The annual general inciting of shareholders of the Banque livlusimMe de Chine took place at Paris on Juno 25 under tho chairmanship of Mr. A. Borthelot. I'n-si-dent of the Board of Directors. Mr. Berthelot officially stated that, although the number of shares has bein doubled in
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    Unclaimed War Decorations.
    89 8 It is notified in the Government Gazette, that in order to assist the Army Council to effect the early disposal of unclaimed war decorations, all officers, nurses and other persons now residing in the Colony who claim to be entitled to receive decorations awarded in connection with
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    Auxiliary Forces Bill.
    85 8 The Pioneer understands that a Bill to provide for the creation of an Auxiliary Military Force in India will shortly be published. It is proposed to invite Europeans to enrol themselves voluntarily but it will be obligatory on those who join to undergo certain specified training. The
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    Import of Rice Bran Regulations.
    208 8 The Governor is pleased to make tha following regulations On and after July 30, 1920, subject as hereinafter provided the importation of rice bran into the Colony is prohibited. Provided that this proclamation shall not apply to the importation of rice bran containing less than
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      142 8 NOW IN STOCK SUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS A Uige wlwWw ol double birrel hammei 01 hamtneilesw guns, Kcglith or Ametiou atkea bom SBS.CO to »260 OO AUTO¥A IC E9fl m pistols colt mfy Webley MS CaJ 810 *Vi T A CW 890 V^: Browning 6.85 o«i. 45. WE^*i«\ 8iT
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      183 8 BXLCCT SUBJECTS AND BIG FEATURES AT SINGAPORE'S MODERN PICTURE THEATRES (Taa Chant Km Co, LU, Proprietors) ALHAMBRA VITAGRAPH SERIAL 15 Episodes THE WOMAN IN THE WEB Episodes B and 6 Featuring Hedda Nova and J. Frank Glendon 5 Parts THE PRODIGAL LIAR 5 Parts Featuring William Desmond and Betty Compson
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    AFFAIRS IN EUROPE.
    885 9 Polish Question Continues Serious. Bolshevist Forces Defy Soviet Orders. l tUirrca Telegrams. I 1 London, July 28. Warsaw A communique states that in •pita of the acceptance of the Polish armi- rtice proposal, the Bolshevists resumed t violent attacks on the whole front, captur- ing \.irious points
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    British Finance.
    159 9 Reuteb Telegram. London, July 28. In the House of Coivmons, on the third reading of the Finance Bill, Mr. Asquith contended that wasteful and extravagant expenditure was more attributable to the Government policy than to administration. He gave, as an example Mesopotamia, where the estimates were recently largely
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    Troops in China.
    150 9 REUTEB TELEGRAM. London, July 28. In the House of Commons, replying to Lieut.-Col. A. Murray, Mr. Churchill stated that the number of British white troops in North China was 6 officers and 150 men, in South China 91 officers and 974 men. Colonel John Ward Does that
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    League of Nations.
    107 9 Kutxb Telegram. London, July 28. The Secretariat of the League of Nations announces that the subjects to be discussed at the meeting of the Council at San Sebastian on July 30 include coordinate measures for applying blockade as a weapon of the League, thg creation of an
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    Ceylon Reforms.
    198 9 Great Change in Legislative Council. Riuna Telegram. London, July 28. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Wedgwood, Col. Amery outlined the chancres in the constitution of Ceylon giving a large measure of popular control over the administration which Lord Milner has decided to recommend to the
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    Ireland.
    157 9 Reuteb Telecrams. London, July 29. It is authoritatively stated in Dublin that the military are discontinuing the use of the railways for military transport. The Freeman's Journal regards the announcement as the beginning of a truce between the Government and Sinn Fein. London, July 30. In the Commons, Mr.
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    Sale of War Stores.
    74 9 Reiteb Telegram. London, July 29. In a White Paper the Minister of Munitions states that the sales of surplus Government stores and raw materials on trading accounts from the Armistice to June 30 total 504 million sterling, including 251 million sterling for stores and 253 million
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    Railway Rates.
    58 9 Riutib Telegram. London, July 28. In the House of Commons Mr. Bonar Law announced that the Government had accepted all the recommendations of the Railway Rates Committee, except that with regard to workmen's fares, the increase of which would be further considered. The increased fares operate from August
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    Archbishop Mannix.
    24 9 BlUTM TCLIGRAM, London, July 28. It is officially announced that Archbishop Mannix, of Australia, will not be allowed to land in Ireland.
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    United States News.
    20 9 Reuter Telecram. London, July 28. Washington The Inter-State Commerce Commission has temporarily discontinued the export of coal.
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    British North Borneo.
    111 9 Reply to Wild and Untruthful Criticism. Kicni Telegram. London, July 28. At the half-yearly meeting of the British North Borneo Company, Sir J. West Kidgeway, the President, declared that the allegations of the Anti-Slavery an I Aborigines Protection Society made on June 15 were wild and untruthful.
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    General Dyer Fund.
    61 9 Reuteb Telegram. London, July 28. In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Mackenzie Wood with regard to the public subscription being raised on behalf of General Dyer, Mr. Churchill said the King's Regulations forbade the acceptance of such a present, but as General Dyer had now
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    America and Persia.
    44 9 Riuteb Telegram. London. July 28. It is reported from Teheran that Americans have offered the Persian Government a large loan. The British financial adviser was requested to absent himself. It is believed that the Anglo-Persian oil agreement has been temporarily shelved.
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    Inter-Imperial Trade.
    43 9 Riuteb Telegram. London, July 28. The Board of Trade announces that the Imperial Shipping Committee is prepared to receive before January 1 suggestions from any persons or bodies in the Empire regarding ocean freights and facilities and conditions in inter-Imperial trade.
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    LABOUR PROBLEMS
    338 9 Views of the Central Pahang Planters. The Central Pahnntr Planters Association held an extraordinary general meeting at Raub on July 17 to tlis..us3 the recommendations mam by the executive of the Gene.">.l Labour Committee. Th°re were present Vicointe de Bondy (in the chair), an.] Ham U V. Raaa.
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    The Red Army.
    73 9 Some literary member of the Salvation Army should make a little book of the stories, anecdotes, and sayings attributed to General Booth I. Perhaps one of his best stories had reference to a very dignified cjfiuyman who, when asked what he tHßgnt of the Salvation Army, replied,
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    Legislative Council.
    2621 9 Registration of Schools Ordinance. The most interesting: feature of yesterday afternoon's Legislative Council meet injr was the further consideration of the Registration of Schools Ordinance and a statement by Government regarding the objections of a section of the Chinese population. A long petition was read from certain members
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    Rise in N. Y. K. Freights.
    119 10 It is reportel that the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has applied to the Government for permission to increase freight rates on tne subsidised European service line !>y Jii to :;o per cent, on the groun 1 that the freights on the said line ctfntinue to
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    Royal Exchange Assurance.
    121 10 A flucr unknown amongst the m.-fiy familiar to Load nen has recently been flown from the flagstaff above the Royai rs-by may have woni ere i what are its associations. It is the house-flag of the Royal Exchange Assurance, which has just celebrated the two-hundre Itli anniversary
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    31 10 The successful launching of the new steamer Dux, the fifth of eight sister ships which the New Engineering and Shipbuilding Works, Ltd., Shanghai, are building for Norwegian owners, has taken place.
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    159 10 Mention was made in the Practice Court at Melbourne, of a pending divorce suit between Eunice Caze!L> Chia, the petitioner, and Thomas Jones Chia, the defendant, both of whom were well known in Melbourne a few years ago. Chia mlur of the start" of the Chinese Consol-GeMral in Me. bourne,
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    AN APPRENTICE SCHEME.
    367 10 interesting I'roposals for Study Leave Adopted. An important scheme for the technical training of youths of school leaving age, and, under approved conditions, the continuance in later years of their studies outside Ceylon has been prepared by Mr. Kilmister, the Acting Works Engineer, and accepted by the
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    Friendship for France Stronger Than Ever.
    421 10 The ordinary general meeting of the Channel Tunnel Company. Limited, was hell on June 25 at the Cannon Street Hotel, E.C., Baron Emile B. d'Erlanger (the chairman) presiding. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report and accounts, said he could now deal
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    The Sunbeam's New Role.
    127 10 Sunbeam, tne iamous sieam-yacm in which Tom Brassey sailed more than half-a-million miles, is being prepared at Plymouth for yet another useful career. She served as a hospital ship, under the British and Indian military medical authorities during the war and in the old days she
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    96 10 The Alhambra is presenting in the second show, to-night, pictures of a lively Older, humorous and entertaining. The bigger feature is a Robertson-Cole release, the Prodigal Liar, in five reels, presenting William Desmond and Betty Compson. A shorter enc is the first of a series of two r;ol.
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      Registration of Teachers.
      398 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your correspondent, Mr. Huang Hsuan Wen, has given us some of his ideas regarding the Education Bill. In writing on this subject I wish to state that it is not n^y intention to offend anyone. The Straits-born Chinese are,
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      274 10 Sir,— I wonder whether Mr. Tan Tee U Cheng can read Chinese or not, for if he j i will take the trouble to see the local Chi- i nese papers, he will find the names of 1 Straits-born Chinese, mingling with-<3M» ni'se
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      93 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Please insert the following in your paper and oblige Will Mr. Tan Tee Cheng kindly inform his Chinese friends, the supporters of the Chinese Schoois, if the Chinese Press can be muzzled, why cannot the Chinese School teachers be registered If the
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      172 10 To th E lito of the Straits Times Sir, Mr. Hui ng Hsuan Wen advocate 1 I a number of s» len-lid principles which I. for one, do a- preciate but I cannot say I am thankfu to him for his accusation of interf ereni of the Education Bill by
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      270 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— Does Mr. Tan Tee Cheng know that there are Chinese Literary Associations and Chinese Reading Halls in Singapore, where wealthy Straits Chinese are members, who are strong sympathisers of i the Chinese revolutionaries in China, and have connections with the different factions
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      Illiteracy and Wrong Teaching.
      399 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, 't is right for the local community and the Government to sympathise with the undoubted sincere e!Torts of the Chinese to give their people education on modern lines in Mandarin as well as in English. 1 am sure
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      Public School Men.
      465 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I have read SkeKater's lteer and as an ex-Public School man wish to contradict flatly every thing he has said in it. I don't know what type of a man Ski Hater is, and I do not want to
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    20 10 The harbour of Manila is to be deepened to 40 ft., the seawall will be extended, and existing piers enlarged.
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    KINTA ASSOCIATION, LTD.
    994 10 Need for More Land to Utilise Plant. The annual general meeting; of the Kinta Association, Limited, was held at the offices of the Association, Chartered Bank Chambers, at noon yesterday under the presidency of the Hon. Mr. W. Nutt, O.B.E. Others present were the Hon. Mr. W.
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    Pilgrims in Bombay.
    102 10 Tre Bombay Government annnnn-«s that at present there are nearly 6,000 pilgrims waiting in Bombay and no more accommodation is available. The outbreak of cholera will necessarily delay the embarkation of pilgrims. Those who are already waiting will have first claim to accommodation on pilgrim ships and
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      S.C.C. Bowls Championship.
      108 10 The chief event in the S.C.C. Bowls Tournament, the championship final. brought Main and White together yesterday afternoon. A very interesting match ended in victory for Main by 21 to 18. The ground was heavy after the rain, making bowling difficult. After a fairly even opening the
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      Boxing History.
      133 10 A contemporary gives us the .surprising information that, "in connection with tlnr film of the boxing contest between I>emp sey and Willard it may be of interest to recall that Bob Fitzsimmons. the English champion, fought and defeated Jack Dempsey at New Orleans a few years ago, and
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      TUESDAY'S TIES.
      37 10 Double Handicap. Lowndfs and Clifton Smith v. Main an* Hume (to finish). Single Handicap (Final). Nolbon v. Norrie. WEDNESDAY'S TIES. Doubles Handicap (Final). Norrie and Elphick v. Ixiwndt-s an/f Clifton Smith or Main and Hume.
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      To-day's Cricket.
      236 10 The two-day match between Singapore and Selangor was started at 10.40 this morniriK. Griffin, the Singapore captain winning the toss, decided to bat first. The wicki't was fast considering the recent rain, indeed the fastest for weeks. Riches and Asiiter opened the inning* against the bowline; of Tucker,
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      Straits Settlements Benevolent Society.
      328 10 We have received a copy of the re* port ami accounts for the year liM'J of that o'.d established and excellent charity the Straits Settlements Benevolent Society, the office of which is at 149. Lendenhall Street, London. Mr. T. CnthbertMO, the hon. treasurer, who signs the
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      24 10 New coins issued by the Commonwealth Government are to include square pennies in nickel and shillings with less silver truus. those now in circulation.
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      89 10 American publishers change the title tt English books when they issue them acrosa the Atlantic, and sometimes they improve them. Sometimes, on the other hand, they merely lo?alise them. Sir l'hilip Gibbs's Realities of War," a very striking document of the recent great strugle, has been issued in America under
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    Municipal Board.
    2051 11 Urgency of Conserving Local Water. Mi. R. J. Farrer presided yesterday over what prove; 1 to Le an important muling of tbo Mumoip&l C.ma)iBBiOße»H, a truancy being impaired iuto the p»oc ediogn by the ptrtiutnt icttriouatioßß ol Mesgrp. G. R. K Muglittcn and H. A. Low. Toe other
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    The Best Sellers.
    120 11 We are apt to think, and it is natural, that stories are the best sellers," and only stories. It is a fact, however, that several religious books have far-out-stripped novels in their popular appeal and <ale To take an ancient case, how many novels have had the
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    109 11 The compositors of the Madras Government Press, numbering about 500, struck work cm July 16. The cause of the strike wmmM to be' the taking in by the Superintendent of some incomplete^ work onjrina.ly .lone at the S. P. C. K. Press where there was already a strike. The men
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    469 12 Sunday. Aukusl I. St Andrew's Cathedral. 7.30 a.m. Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. Children's Service. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. St. Matthew's Sepoy Lines No sec-ice. Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road. 8 a.m. Public Worship. 9 a.m. Sunday School
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    72 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week ending Saturday, August 7, 1920 Saturday, July 31. S.R.E.(v.) Rifle Club.— Balestier Range, 2.30 p.m. Sunday, August 1. Eurasian Coy. Rifle Club.— Balestier Range, 7.30 a.m. Tuesday, August 3. Malay Coy.— Balestier Rang?, 4.30 p.m. Wednesday, August 4. Eurasian Coy. Rifle
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      211 12 SATISFACTION IS BEST ASSURED IF WE WORK WITH YOU RATHER THAN FOR YOU GET IN TOI( II WITH MAM KIAT COMPANY 108 nnd 109. MARKKT STRKKT. AND YOU Will. UlinWCI IT. I J 1 Sj t .^Mf tP ~fi f^Jk^H '1 1 a^l ■M M^il aT-igPy^H'V^^S^anßC^-Sm^^K^BaW BBam^ vlf^H lac I
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      817 12 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received at the Coloalal 1920, for the supply of Wooden number boards for the registratiea of cargo, passenger and flshing boate aad also boards for fishing stakes for tke year 1921. The numbers required approximately for the year are as follows Cargo Boats 14 in.
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      216 12 fi/ni p-i ir»r* [ft mJ/0 HMAJLYiJgSI L THE ENEMYOF GIiEASE /fj^dd4ffl i| »O Makes hands Bnow-whU» «c.^t.«< !TjT H Splendid for Motorists aa4 ffl A itii 1 M wM &&EsrM:-fi'-~ Beat for washing ap Greasy <«.sUb#T.T*r. I i >. k.^^^^ Plates, etc. Obtainable from C leaning and wUUning Kitckea Tables.
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    GLENSHIEL ESTATES.
    797 13 Net Profit Fqml fo Just Under 52 ftr Cent i Thn ft'lawinx oiioolar has boon is»nf S to H o "ib.r i.oldets ol tau O'eosbiel Rob'.e' K«'M' ik-rapMiy, m'pned by the Obaiiman (M.. K L. Hamiltooj 'rue o mpa«y «aa termed wilb a aapital ol £175.0.10 to tact;
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    COACHES OF DAYS OF YORE.
    503 13 Plckwickiaos oa tde Rochester Road. Tbe Ocmmndore bowled blithely »lodi< the London lo Rcbesttr Road. Mr. Welter, seoioi, was on lbs box, bis eye p.nsivo witb IboQiibts cl rbe Matkis o' Grantor. Ml. Pickwiok, luoagh jasl trteh (ram his never lo Bo forgotten alieroatioa with
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      261 13 THI OVERSEAS ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED Board of Directors P,°»- I*. Llm Boon E*n». O.BJE^ Chalrmaa Urn Nee Soon, Esq. Tan Soo Guan Esq. 3n f «oon Tat Esq. 6. Q. Wong; Ksq LJm Chwee Chian Etq. Tan Ean Kiam Etq r hna Poh Siang Esq. Seah En« Lim E»q L«e
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      91 13 JFJ^MROZ'S BAGUIO HOTEL japalk BAGULO, PHIUPPINE ISLANDS Are yon interested in it t If so, write to Secretary, Japan Hot.; cham.7r.^ d in 6 Vo f f:. n t u :b:u c th'. n t:: r i < i Ml > T ffle amid pine-clad p*ak». Mean temperatnr» Gownment Railways,
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      775 14 SALES BY AUCTION TO CAPITALISTS AND LNVESTORS A B opportunity to acquire a Saw Mill AUCTION SALE Tbe undersigned have received instructions The unoer^ g^ pubj c Auction on Monday. August 9, 1920. at 2JO p.m. at their Saleroom, Raffle. Chambers, Raffles The valuable Sawmill property known as Huat Saw
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      458 14 SALES BY AUCTION IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE fhe undersigned have been instructed to ■ell by public auction, at their Sale-room, Rattles Chambers, Raffles Place, on Monday. Auguat 9. 1920, at 2JO p.m. Twenty-five valuable freehold building ittes on Reserve Road, off Telok Ayer Street. .uUable for godowns, etc. ESTATE AND TRUST
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      560 14 AwU »T*>r IMtl.lll S.C, Assurance In force over $15,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE GO. LTD. (laeerpsraU. Is Itralt* B.ttl.m.nti) ■An omcii artathirte* Umut, KagaawM. LONDON OFFICE i 12. Old Jewry. aVC Th* Ooataaar has HMM deaeelted with the Innat Ceart al Baglaad aad eomaUes with th* British LU* Aseuranee
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      381 14 BANKING THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED (Incorporated in Japan) Capital Subscribed Y100,000,M« Capital Paid Up V 61,000,00« Reserve Fund T 44,000.00, President, N. Kajiwara, Esq. Vice-President, S. SusuM. Esa. DIRECTORS R. Ichinomiya, Esq. K Morimura, Ess. K. Kodama, E.g. M. Mitsui, Esq. Y. Yomakava, Esq. M. Odagiri, Esq. Baron K.
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      566 14 BANKING THE OVERSEA-CHINESE p BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in tbe Straits Settlement* Head Office SINGAPORE, 63, KLING STREET. Tel. No. 1«W Braach I PK-NANU, 24, BEACH STRUT Agencies IPOH AND DELI Capital t Authorises IXO^OO.OM Issued 10^00,001 Paid-up 0^60,00* Reserve Liability of Shareholders I JBO.Otv Board of Directors Ths Hon. Dr.
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      591 14 BANKING IANQUE INDUSTRIELLE BE CHINE, Authorised Capital Fri. tSO.OOO.OO* Subscribed Cap-al Fr*. 160,000,00* Paid-up Capitol Frs. 78,000,004 :i/S of th* Capitol subscribed by th: Government of the Chinese Republic) Chairman of the Board of Directors i Andre Berthelot Gfnoral Manager A. J F>rr -v. HEAD OFFICE 74. Rue Saint Lasar*.
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    THE MOTORINGING WORLD.
    744 15 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. Pneumatic Tyres on Lorries. The question of whether pneumatic tyre* out advantageously be used on the be»viet types of oommeioial vehiele has sot yet been answered, sayB a correspondent in The Times. There ate, of couise, oases 1b wbleh nscis will
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    ALONE IN A SCHOONER.
    251 15 Seaman's 40-Hour Watch Off Devon Coast. How a seaman was accidentally left on a schooner which was supposed to bt sinking after collision off the north coast of Devon and how he spent 40 hours alone without sleep in the vessel, and eventually arrived at Falmouth,
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    26 15 The production both of cotton yarn :«n.l piece (roods in British India is steaaV ily mcreasintr. The cotton Roods produced consist mostly of the cheaper grades.
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      942 16 MOTOR VEHICLES WANTED TO PURCHASE, a motor cycle, preferably of English make. Please apply to 870. Straits Times. FOR SALE, 2% h.p. Clyno motor cycle (new), horn, lamp, etc. complete. Apply Cycle and Motor Works. 127. Selegie Road. WANTED TWO—THREE SEATER, fourcylinder car. Good condition, reasonable price Particular* to 68a.
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      303 16 Straits Motorcar Service LIMITKD (Incorporated in Straits Settlement*) 213 to 216, ORCHARD ROAD LORRIES AND CARS HIRED OVERHAULS TO MOTOR CARS AND CYCLES WELDING of all metals, under European supervision SATISFACTION GUARANTEED PRICES VERY MODERATE Phonel233 WE HAVE A GROWING CLIENTELE Planters, Shippers and Miners are patronizing us in increasing
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      206 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Editorial and General 6a Manager* Offlce HIT Job Printing Offlce 1244 Post Offlce Box No. 660 All eommunicatic-is relating to editorial matter* and new* should be address*.: to THE EDITOR. All communications relating to business matteri— advertisements, subscription*, account*, printing, ments, subscriptions, accounts, printing, •tc, should
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