The Straits Times, 23 February 1921

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,570 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 90 1 NESTLES MALTED MILK 1 OBTAINAHI K j EVERYWHKKK i |lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!llllllllllllllJlll!l!ll!l!!l!!!!l!l!l!!JI!!l!!ll!Jin I I insist on Having f S *.,.4r Bear Brand "VOIEMIC SWISS OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE I_/ .cJjQuj£ ||J| STERILIZED NATURAL jT/^'^?J UNSWEETENED CONDENSED THE GUARANTEE OF QUALITY, PURITY AND EXCELLENCE SOLE AGENTS FOR S.S., AND F. M.S. Joseph T ravers Sons,
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    • 13 1 NESTLES MALTED MILK PRICE Large $1.6 r > per botll* Small $1.00 per bottle
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  • 485 2 An Historically Interesting City Site. Unless the attempt tc interest the City Companies in Clifford's Inn is successful one of the most historically interesting sites in the City may shortly fall to the auctioreer's hammer, and thus a former renowned Inn of Chancery may meet the fate of
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  • 453 2 Sir Percy Scett and a New. Weapon. In the course of a further contribution to the uiscussion raised by the question r What is the use of a battleship Adml. Sir Ptrcy Scott, writing to the J Evening Standard, in reply to a recent article by Com. Rundle,
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  • 109 2 The coolies employed on Canning Estate situated on the Tambun Road, just •utsitle Ipoh, had a very exciting experience on Sunday week. Most of the coolies were out after wild pig and in their hunt they came across a large python in one of the new clearings. The coolies called
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 287 2 jgp PIANOS SOLD rgr/y CO., x/td. Jk U ARE SUPERIOR They are JJ| MADE IN ENGLAND T* Spaoially for THIS CLIMATE if *m>i -ti m Jgg ijj^ on our 40 Years Experience Here prices are: moderate MONTHLY PAYMENTS if desired viti Ibl1 ble a one h "wHY y m re
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    • 497 2 •tr BBKTHAM-8 M Your Skin unrt _m B Complexion f m O» be iipt In a prrf«,t r.. trdH rtitlo. all r." r" m b?t FH B rs "lar a*» ol H»,th«ir-. IHB rola. It eßectaiill, .mtotJl -X*-S of »uw»* <ta ch<ulm |r2s9 I OR CASSELL'S TABLETS j Repair Wear
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    • 236 2 *~'3 cty S^^3aVlEQi9lXLS^s^S3N*^S2HELmijLafl 1 1 p™ SINGAPORE Jfr^g^ NOTICE them for labels on Pulicat Sarongs, imported by them to the Straits "it ll Federate Malay States, Java, Sumatra, Celebes and Romeo. Legal proceedings will be taken against any persona using such Trad* Hark or otherwise infringing the rights of the
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  • 515 3 Some Indiscretions of Eugenic Of France. The present generation remembers the Empress Eugenic as -nater 'dolorosa— an- aged and pathetic figure whose presence in our midst seemed an anachronism, for her na:ne conjured up a period of history which had long been incorporated in our school-books.
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  • 471 3 Solicitude for His Absent Family. The Deutsche Wochen-Zeitung fiir die Niederlander (published in Holland) has an article under the title of Dull Christmas at Wieringen, in which the writer describes an interview he had with the exCrown Prince. Asked why he stayed in Wieringen and did not
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  • 35 3 1 Some members of the Sydney City Council were criticised the other day for refusing: to accept the war trophies allotted to Sydney. They consist ot 20 fruns, 10 .trench mortars and 40 machine jnini.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 363 3 kvery Man Needs a Razor that will gi»e Kirn a clean, smooth, and rapid shave. But •itch a ahave is only possible with a perfect shaving edge and a perfect shaving edge can only be obtained by stropping. This is where the "Valet" Auto Strop excels any and every other
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    • 389 3 I Sore Throat Take genuine British FORMAMINT wi gum numo thkow T«*ur With the Rcd.anJ.Gold Seal of Gcnatosan, Ltd. It quickly soothes the p.i'a reduces the swelling and i Hammation and cause* the lacerated tissues to hea!. But don't confuse- genuine rritish Formamint with other tablets which are not genuine
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    • 219 3 SELAKSOR EARTHEN PIPE COMPANY BsßP*?--.. f^jrYWlfc*'- -af f^s9Hsß^BßaS??9^* 'I^bßA MANCFACTUBERS OF AND DEALERS IB Draia Pipes, Latex Caps, Shanghai and Siaa Jan Flower Pots, Ume, Bricks, Tiles ama all other kinds of things for Estates. Supplied oa Commission, Prices moderate and prompt delivery. A trial order will eoavinee yon. P.
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    • 407 3 CHINESE COMMERaAL DIRECTOR T I*2, Tank Road. £<Bj Mr. SiowCLoua CxTuL/jsl Published To-dar (JflfiprfSr*' HOB'NSO.N Co. vSjSSStr keli.y w\lsu "'^VTI Limited. Publishers y^ CHINESE DIRECTORY A.ND PRESS, LTD. 115 per cop? (free copies to AdTrrtl»er».) TO MOTORCAR OWNERS If your car gives you trouble Send It To Us. Repairs Neatly
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 921 4 STEAMER SAIUNBB P. ©.-British India Apcar Line Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with Hit Majesty's Government) rk. Cctßpaay'e MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY ara at >tn*l aufiaaH LONDON PAR-EASTERN SERVICE PROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES ft LONDON Dm Singapore l^»"
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    • 458 4 STEAMER SAILINGS PRINCE LINE LIMITED Incorporated in England > FAR BAST RBRVICB FOR NTW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA TUSCAN PRINCE in port taili about Mar. 4 ■»U ftm) P«r .11 Information, appl* ADAMSON. OILTILLAM 00, LTD r lncorporated I* Rfrlane Agent* THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED (Incorporated In the United Kinrdcn>
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    • 222 4 STEAMER SAHJNES THE EASTERN SHIPPING OOrPAIfT, UOTTBD (■••raa*at«4 fa (ttrattt lilUt— n») Xkta ttaw mm* v tab-trt itiawain. rtttoat fvthar a«t*«. iu •AN WBATT SOON, t**^, l**ltoaaaai >«4 Pauig fr^ f»M^ k*«t«). PEHAE O«c« fortni K ht Next Ins from Penanf, on Tharndajr, March t. n» tMaaMr* lnci| tat Pamk
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    • 324 4 [SHAMER SAHiaGI I THt OSAKA SHOftEN MfMM II" fra«ertorat«d In >• ftt V.»m »iri.i «•> 8«lU«t fna Ihrnm (Ruhjavt U ekup viUeai e«rt~ ■VBOPKAIt I Jim \rm Port ftaia. Maratlllte, Lmlw Aaftvav* Batterdaa ••< Haaaborg BHUNKO MARU limr. 25 «w yobe Lmm r« N.w Tart <»U riuu, AMAZON MARU (loading
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    • 395 4 STE4MEI SAILINGS NIPPON VUSEN mm. (ißMflWtated U Jepaa) I >4>f Mall CMtrmct wtta tIM fmfulil J*ltaaece Co»oraa»»»t. •*b)e«t M alteration* without notte* KIROPK MAIL LDfB Fortnightly Sarrlea r«r LMte Antwerp rls (lUlaccm) Pmaft C*leema«, Sm Port Bald aad aUnoUlaa. YOKOHAMA MARU Feb. 28 KLEIST Bid. M.r. MISHIMA MARU Mar. 28
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 653 5 STKMEU SaIUMS GREEN STAR LINE Steamer Doe Spore l>e.tlnatlo» -WEST HENSHAW vi port OEERLODGE LANCASTER N ,»Vo?k"i. Sue. The above steamer* will receivi prompt de»p»tch for the port* named, taki-jg cargo for all Inland Points. For freight sad othei information apply to THE GREEN STAR STEAMSHir /.GENC\ (S.S.) LTD, Laidlaw
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    • 167 5 STEAMER SAILINGS DODWELL LINE (Incorporated in England) KOR NEW YORK DIRECT VIA SUEZ i EGMtfONT CASTLE 2nd J?alf April For freight, plcafe apply to PATERSON. RMONB CO., LTD., I Agents. "ELLERMAN" LINE KLI.KRMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in England) LONDON AND ROTTERDAM Steamers. Loading. CITY of FLORENCE, L'don,
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    • 596 5 STEAMER SAJtHIfiS GLBNAPP, FEBRUARY 18, ltll Consignees of cargo ex the above steamei are hereby notified that the survey of ca I**1 landed in a damaged condition will be held on M >nday, February 28, at 9 a.m., down No. 18. No further survey will be held after this date.
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    • 801 5 STEAMER SAIUH6S I OK PEN AN G AND CALCUTTA The s.s. Kwaisang, 2,320 tons, expeeti U sail on February 23. For freight or passage, apply to BOUSTEAD A CO., LTD, Agents, L C. S. N. CO, LTD HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI The steamer Hwah Wu will sail for th< •bore ports
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    • 730 5 NOTICE m MEETING OF THE BOARD OF I.ICKNSIMJUSTICES. The meeting of the Board of Licensin Justices for the second quarter 1921, commencing April 1, 1921, will be held in the First Magistrate's Court, at 2.50 p.m., on Thursday, March 17, 1921. Applicants for Transfers, Renewals, Removals, New Licences and persons
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    • 825 5 SALES BY AUCTION ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALL jf 527 lots of high-grade Europe-made oak and wax-polished teak household furniture, Bechstein piano, Aeolian cabinet gramophone, high-claas genuine silverware, X Milner and 1 Parisian iron ?afes, Studebaker car, etc., the property of a gentleosaa? lea^ng for Europe. At Marie Villa, No. 21, Sophia
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 749 6 CINEMAS From Sunday. February 2». to Friday, February 2s, 1921. A Pathe Super Feature of Strong Dramatio and Romantio Appeal Keatunug the sublimtly beautiful DOLORES CASSINELLI In a melodramatic stour of a wife's love and sacrifice for her husband, and a woman' struggle a»aii:st the evil of the world. THE
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    • 448 6 CINEMAS ,ju <w muggy HALL, LIMITED I North Bridge Boad Tuesday, February 32, to Thursday, February 24, 1921 Second Show at 0.15 Universal Great Mystery Serial THE LION MAN Starring Kathleen O'Connor and Jack Perrin. Who Is the Lion ManP Solve the Mystery. Ep. 7. DOOMED 2 Pts. Ep. 8.
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    • 406 6 THE STRAITS TIMES Cas be obtain*! at the fsltowtsg atsew r Singapore i Hotel Tan Wljk Kelly and Walsh, Ltd, Rafies Pla* Money Changer, Adelphi Hot*? Money Changer, Europe Rote' Money Changer, Baffles Hotei Koh a Co,* Bras Basah Bo»« Koh Co, 1-b, Bobinson Bom Low Yong Swee, 1, Middle
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    • 99 6 V SYMPTOMS OF EYESTRAIN Symptoms of Eyestrain being often indirect, are wrongly attributed to other causes. Headaches, brain fag, bn>T ache, aching at the back of the neck, giddiness, ing-omnia, depression, pain in the temples or at the back of the eyes, fullness, smarting, pricking, soreness and heat of the
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  • 812 7 A Steady Business at Kuala Lumpur. Messrs. Baker, Fearon and Co., Kuala Lumpur, reported on Friday evening as follows A Bt?ady business has been leccrrfed during the weeic, the rubber and industrial sections claiming most attention. Rubber shares in many instances have shown an improvement over the
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  • 135 7 Programme of drills, etc., for week ending Sunday, February 27 Wednesday, 23rd.— 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Malay Company. Friday, 25th.— 5 p.m., Drill Hall, S.F.A. Co. Sunday, 27th.-— 7.30 a.m., Balestier Range, Eurasian Company, Rifle Club Shoot. S. S. TURNER, Lieut, Ag. Adjutant, S.V.C. Malacca Volunteer Rifles.
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  • 190 7 Wednesday, Februsry 21. Hish V.ater, 10.52 n.m., 11.46 p.m. Art Exhibition, V.M.C.A. W. C. T. U. annual mjeting, Y.W.CA., 4.30. Tanirlin Club at Horn*. »jf> 1. V.M.CA. Gymnastic Cla««, 8.80 \>m St. Geonre's Lodge. Plums for Picking, Victoria Theatre. Thursday, February 24. High Water, 11.36 a.m. Art
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  • 214 7 RMS*!* AT THE DOCkt *««t Wharf Ba«in v:i East Wharf— Lake Gitsno, Vigo. Sheers Wharf— Nil. Main Wharf— Kitano Maru. Kwai Sang, Haiphong, Ajax, Drufar, Tsushima Maru. Maru, ICiiuvmia. Hebe, Selangor, Tjipanas. Empire Dock— Mata Hari. Takada. Ujo W>i| Wharf- Laertes, Minderoo. Jardlim Wharf— Nil. ■•»1» Braal Coal
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  • 197 7 Ta-tay ¥edan I p.m Saigon 3 p.m. i'enang and Calcutta 8 p.m. Vrt swetu-nbHin and Penang 8 p.m. Colombo and Bombay 4 p.m. Thursday 'federated Malay States, Malacca, i! ...r. Penang, Kuala Pahang, Pekan, Suogei Limbang and Kuan,an 7 (By train) ajn. Snurabaya and Bandjerraasin 9 a.m.
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  • 25 7 Oflee Eeport 1 4'pore Arrived LoasVs January 7 February 11 J.miary 10 F»hniarT 7 January 11 February 7 January 20 February 17
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  • 70 7 An amaiing opium smuggling conspiracy has been unmasked following the arrest of several Japanese at Tsingtao. Plans were nude to smuggle to Shanghai 100 boxes cf opium valued at $1,500,000. Fifty-five boxes wert actually smuggled to Shanghai evading the vigilance of the customs. The balance of boxes were
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  • 23 7 An elderly man who was fined at the Thames Court for being intoxicated stated that he drowned his cat and this upset him.
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  • 130 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, February 23. On London Bank 4 m/s 2/4 tt Demand 2/3 27/32 Private 3 m. credits 2/4 17/32 On New York Demand 44% Private 90 days 49% On France Bank 680 On India, Bank T. T. 172 On Hone-kong, Bank d/d 8 p.c. pm. On
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  • 51 7 12 o'clock noon, February 23, 1921. Iliw si Market :—Steady. pot [arch pril-Jun* I Rib Juifrapore Standard sbed Smokeri Sheet Closing Prices I Buyer* Selleri Spot March April-June Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Bayer* Sellers 34* 35* 36 36* 40* 41 DAILY PRICES
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 188 7 Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellers. LO 10 Aic|iui( Qom 1 1 Ayer Weo« 1.00 £1 £1 Kam Kamunting 1.M.0 2.0.0 10 10 KinU Anor 8.00 £1 Cl KinU Tin 1.7.8b.'0i 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.66 1.76 1 1 Jelantoh 1.00 1.25 £1 Cl Lahat Mine. 5 6 Lingui Tin 3.50
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    • 124 7 Iss. Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellers. £1 £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 8.6.0 8.12.6 £1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 7.60 8.60 6/- 6/- Electric T'wayi I/I 10 10 Fraser Neave 30.00 82.00 50 50 W. Hammer Co. 90 100 100 100 Katz Bros. 130.00 150.00 10 10 Mexican Eagle 5.10.0 6.0.0
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    • 91 7 U. Eng 0 px. f1,234,5ut par Spore Electric Tram ways 5 p-c. £350.00* •<■« Spore Municipal I p $1,878,000 nr Spore Man. 4H t of 1907 $1,000,000 < 41s Spore Mas. 4% t> of IS>"» $1,600,600 ft Spore Man 4H c 1 of IMHr $1 SOO.OfIC 1 us S'pon
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    • 388 7 Fraaer and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotation.. Latest available Sterling Quotations are printed on another page on Friday. To-day'B Pricei Frmser Lyall A A Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.35 0.46 U.35 045 A lor Gajah ($1) 2.00 2.30 2.00 225 Am. HtJay ($2) 2.5C 8.00 ?.60 3.00
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 103 7 PASSAGES TO EUROPE The French Government steamer CAP ARCONA will sail from. Singapore to Marseilles end of February. Excellent first and second-class accommodation available. Please apply to MESSAGERIES MARITIMES CO., No. 2, Finlayson Green. Phone 926. BONDS, LIMITED (In liquidation) F.MA ENACTMENT No. 2* of 1(17, SECTION 207. NOTICE U
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    • 51 7 SOAP TRADE MARK (DOLLAR SOAP) FINE PRIMROSE SOAP Scientifically made of pare coconut oiL Guaranteed free from tallow, grease or animal fat. ONCE USED, ALWAYS USED PRICE $7 per case of 20 bars. 10 per cent, discount allowed for cash. PROCURABLE FROM PENINSULAR INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, S2-S, Orchard Road, Singapore. AGENTS
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    • 818 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SALE, a splendid European bungalow in Tanglin district. Going cheap. Ap ply C care Strals Times. FOB SALE, one Menair-h tmctor, with two ploughs and two disc harrows. Apply for particulars to 827, Straits Times. BOOK-KEEPER WANTED by British import house. Apply in own handwriting enclosing references
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    • 664 7 VICTORIA THEATRE W. BANVARD presents hi? LONDON MUSICAL COMEDY CO. in dH LATEST LONDON SUCCESSES FOR A FEW NIGHTS MORE ONLT To-night at 9.30 p.m. PLUMS FOR PICKING The Popular Musical Comedy. Thursday, February 24, at 9.30 p.m. GIRLS AND GIGGLES A Mirthful Musicnl Melange. Friday, February 25, at 9.30
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  • 1177 8 The Straits Times. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. The proceedings of the Legislative Council meeting on Monday are somewhat overshadowed by the report of the Committee on Representation which was laid on the table, and was printed in full in our yesterday's issue. These proceedings, however, wera important, more particularly
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  • 31 8 Seventy-seven members of the Manila Constabulary, who took part in the recent shooting-up of a section of the city, have been convicted of sedition and sentenced each to 10 years' imprisonment.
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  • 44 8 Thus Town Topics Sir Ernest Birch is m his way to the Malay States H.M.S. Malaya. His name by an prror was printed Buck in this column a couple of weeks ago. 'Sir Ernest Birch was Qritish Resident at Perak (sic) for many years.
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  • 12 8 The Zellerbach Paper Co. forward us their calendar for the current year.
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  • 15 8 The increasing of the price of penny lailies has been postponed, says a London wire.
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  • 16 8 The heaviest fall e&f snow experienced in Yokohama for twenty years occurred on the 3rd inst.
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  • 50 8 A fire occurred at the Brisbane Boys' Grammar School in the early hours of January 27. A large amount of furniture in the (Mr. Bousfleld) study was destroyed. The outbreak was ■nder suspicious circumstances, and during the afternoon an ex-pupil was arrested by the CI. branch and charged with arson.
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  • 55 8 The anniversary entertainment of the Straits Chinese Literary Association will be held on the 26th inst. at 8 p.m. at the Drill Hall of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ooleman Street. A very interesting protrramme has been arranged. The Hon. Mr. Son Qn«r Siang will preside and will ?ive away the prizes.
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  • 48 8 The application before the British Supreme Court to renew the interim 'njurjction relative to Government funds involving Dr. Wu Ting Fang, the Canton, and the Peking Governments created lively and spirited passages between the opposing counsel. A considered judgment will be forthcoming. The injunction is being continued meanwhile.
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  • 66 8 We have to acknowledge from the Chinese Directory and Press, Ltd., a copy of the new issue of the Chinese Commercial Directory. It is growing in bulk the proprietors evidently being desirous of making the publication as useful as possible for practically everything that one expects in a work of
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  • 63 8 Mrs. Gladys Witherell, wife of the President of an Investment Company, at Los Angeles, was kidnapped on January 24 and held to a ransom of $20,000. She was later rescued from a cottage at Corona, near Riverside. The captors were her own cousins, Arthur Carr and Uoyd Carr. Both confessed
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  • 74 8 The Liberty Hall presented in the first show la't night the twenty-first and thefinal episode aA the Broken Coin, supported by a Century 2-reel comedy. In the second show, the Lion Man, serial Nos. 7 and 8 in four parts, and the debt of honor, a new William Fox photoplay,
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  • 57 8 Hodder and Stoughton, Sydney, have received the following cablegram Publishing middle February, by authority Prince of Wales, a big and complete pictorial record of his Australian and Canadian tours. Minimum of 300 illustrations, including photographs, introduction by Prince of Wales, urging purchase on behalf of St. Dunstan's Hospital for the
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  • 70 8 A collision occurred in Cavanagh Road vest?rday morning between a car owned by Mr. J. H. Wichers, of the Asia Banking Corporation, and car S5BB, owned by the United Engineers. The latter car. in trying to pass a bullock cart, laden rotans, collided with Mr. Wichers' car damaging the sam?
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  • 72 8 The editor of Whitaker's Almanac, interviewed by Common Sense, says The effects of the war are still felt. Slackness seems to have crept into many Government offices. The issue of blue books, which used to be so prompt and regular, is now lamentably behindhand. The Board of Trade returns far
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  • 90 8 Classes in cookery and laundry will be opened this week at the Y.W.C.A., 8, Fort Canning Road, under the direction ■f a lady who holds first class diplomas in these subjects from the Gloucestershire Domestic Science College. The class in cookery will be opened to-morrow at 5.:J0 p.m., and the
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  • 96 8 According to the Japanese newspaper Hochi the largest aeroplane workshops n the Orient are to be established in Not-oya. The shops will be under the presidency of Mr. Winder, of the Armstrong Company, who will be assisted by nine British engineers who have just arrived in Tokio. The scheme is
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  • 119 8 A presentation by the Ctylonese community of Negri Sembilar while the Malaya was at Port Dickson of a silver tea and coffee set with th«i engraving Presented by the Ceylonest Community of Negri Sembilan to H.M.S. Malaya took place on February 11. A deputation of Ceylonese headed by Dr. Muttu
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  • 360 8 Mr. Song On? Siang is to be, temporarily, an unofficial member of the Legislative Council during the absence on leave of the Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng, 0.8. E. Amongst the expected passengers by the P. and O. steamer Nankin is Mis» Ethal Graham, who has bo.?n
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  • 28 8 Mails from Europe by the B. I. steamer Tara, will arrive by train to-morrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholders about 11 a.m.
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  • 82 8 Her Excellency Lady Guillemard and Mrs. W. F. Nutt, whose artistic abilities are well known, were among Mm visitors to the exhioiticn of paintings by PnMmoc Ivan Kalmykoff, a distinguished Rasa un artist, which was opened in the V.M.C.A this morn;nr. tidtii sjgprcaMd t •*>* as highly
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  • 85 8 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission will be held at 2.15 p.m. on Friday at which Mr. Tan Kheam Hock will ask ls the President aware of the shocking state of most of the main thoroughfares in the town and, if so, what steps if any have
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  • 153 8 Positive results have been obtained in laboratory tests of cultzrs Irom a Japanese shaving brush, which is regarded as the probable source of infection in a case of anthrax now in the Melbourne hospital. The chairman of the commission on prfblii- health (Mr. Robertson) said officers in
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  • 174 8 A fire broke out at about 11 o'clock last night in a small rubber factory, owned by Kuak Lip Khean, but run by Lim Yam H<ng, the lessee, at Lorong No. 23, Gaylang. Fire. alarm 121 gave the call, but for some time before that flame
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 240 8 The Garrick |fe^J Mixture pi|p|i $1.75 1/4 lb. tin 'ißgigESlS^ LAMBERT AND BUtLER ENGLAND FRONTIER BrJ l>y -«^h« t 7 H *m i lYiixture |»^S|3 $1.60 per J4 ib. tin. j Jtjßflk TENNIS RACKETS ffil Buy your Racket now for the j +jl Coming Tournaments i NtW SHIPMENTS OF i
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    • 212 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT 9ERICO PRODUCTION CORP. INC. 16 Episodes or SI reels A WOMAN IN GREY Episodes 9 and 10 at 8 p.m. Featuring Airline Pretty and H. G. Sell 7 Pts. THE RIGHT TO LIE 7 Pts. Kf.nt.ne Chaplin Comedy and Topical lladfct PALLADIUM Orchard Road i Pts. ONCE A
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  • 720 9 Sharp Fighting: Thirteen Killed. Debate in Commons on Irish Policy. m Rti'TW Telegrams London, February 21. It is officially stated from Dublin that police and Military raided the headquarters cf the Irish republican army and seized important documents. After firing revolvers and bombing a motor car containing a party
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  • 124 9 Rkdteb Telegram London, February 21. The supplementary estimate of £9,352,000 for the year ending March 1 for Civil Services revenue department includes the following additional expenditures £250,000 for the Colonial Office, of which £195,000 is for overseas settlement. £30,000 for stamp duty payable in the I "nited Kingdom
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  • 114 9 Ri'tkk Telegram Paris, February 22. Yesterday's sitting of the Paris Council of the League of Nations adopted the onciusions of the report by .Vr Wellington X.OO, the Chinese delegate, on appointing members governing and also approved the report by the Spanish delegate upon the composition of the
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  • 75 9 rt> tkr hMMi London, February 21. Washington It is announced that Mr. Tlelcher will become Mr. Ilarding's assisant Secrettry i.f State. St. Augustine I Mr. Harding has announced that Mr. Dougherty will be Attorney-General. London, February 21. New York The failure is announced of the stockbrokers Herrick-
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  • 72 9 Riutxr Telegram London, February 21. Owmg to the fall ta freights, five million torn deadweight of shipping are now laid up in the United Kingdom, the United States and Scandinavia, according to the annual report of the United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping. Six hundred ships of a tonnage of
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  • 61 9 Reuter Telegram London, February 21. Paris The terms of the Franco-Polish agreement signed on Saturday are officially announced. Four clauses provide for cooperation on questions of foreign policy in the spirit of the peace treaties, conformity with the League covenant, mutual support in economic matters and joint
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  • 44 9 Reutu Telegram London, February 21. It is understood that the Textile Industrial Council of j>radford i.s immediately I proceeding to notify a redaction in wages for the whole textile industry proportion- ateiy to Llic recant reduction m the co*t 'of living.
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  • 576 9 France and the Reparation Evasions. Revtvb Teu.grams London, February 21. A communique states that the British, French, Italian and Japanese delegates to the London Conference held a preliminary me. »<ng under the chairman: -hip Lloyd George to consider questions of procedure, and subsequently discussed arrangements for outvoters at
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  • 124 9 kii-ter Telegram London, February 21. A fresh crisis in the coal trade will be considered at a delegate miners' conference in London to-morrow and on Thursday, serious differences having arisen as regards the proposed new wages basis. Probably the Government will be urged not toabandon control of
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  • 241 9 Statement by Mr. Churchill. Reuter Telegram London, February 21. In the House of Commons, Viscou:.. Curzon asked for an estimate of the annual ctst of Britain's irar.lateß in Pa MtiM and Mesopotamia. %< r. Churchill replied that as the responsibility for expenditure on both was nbout to
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  • 42 9 •> k If; ty.k London, February 21. Stockholm Oxford University has ordered a new instrument evolved by P.-terssen and Stroemberg, professors of Gothenburg and Stockholm Universities respectively. The instrument is call3i\ a microscalc, and wpighs three mil!i nths of a milligram.
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  • 80 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, February 22. The report of Mayfield Plantations shows the profit to be $97,043. An interim Jividend of ten per cent, was* paid in September, leaving an available balance jf $103,724, which it is recommended should be carried forward. The output was 945,667 lbs.
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  • 307 9 Activity on the Batavia Market. Our produce market was very quiet during the past week, moreover on account of the two Chinese holidays, busiMM was absolutely at a standstill on those days, states a Batavia. report Jated the 12th instant. Sugar. 'ihe sugar-market improved a jit during the
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  • 66 9 The aviation display, for which several thousand spectators assembled at Happy Valley, Hongkong, on February 13, came to an end in the first few minutes, with dramatic suddenness. The aviator, Mr. Lin On, had difficulties with wind currents and was obliged to drop into a tree near the Craigengower Club
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  • 897 9 Forensic Storm Over Local Tea' Arrangement. The usual weekly meeting of the Iw.t B d was held yesterday under the presidency of Mr. F. M. Baddeley, and after he adjourned cases, in which Messrs. Laycock, Koek, jnr., Paulusz and Shelley ihompson appeared for their respective applicants, the
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  • 57 9 «> Macphail and Co's Ifciih Report. Singapore, February 23. Silver.— 33%. Hongkong 8. Shanghai 66 V 4. Three months gold 49. Rubber Market.— Noon. The rubber auction opened quiet Standard h.et withdrawn at 35 cents and standard crepe sold at 38 Vt cents. Outside the market remains
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  • 67 9 An eventful session of the Japaneo Chambers of Commerce in China ha terminated. A resolution records the desire of the Japanese Government to assist China to improve her legal and police system enabling the early abolition of extra-territorial rights. Mr. Yamasaki. the Japanese Consul at Shanghai, urged Japanese merchants sincerely
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  • 2813 9 Dramatic Ending to Protracted Hearing. 1!..' action brought by Mr. Delmar Mor?an. formerly of Messrs. Morgan's Agency, against Mr. J. G. T. Pooley, advocate and solicitor, Kuala Lumpur, enH 'I somewhat lramatically on Monday, says the Malayan Leader, when the netin<r Chi'f J-idi-ial Commissioner, Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby,
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  • 150 10 Second List of Subscriptions. Amount already acknowledged $1,110 Jaeger and Co. 100 H. Tongue 40 Collected by Mrs. Everitt (second list). Hugh B. Baker 50 John Lay cock 25 R. L. Eber 25 H. R. L. Dyne 25 Gilbert S. Carver 50 S. J. Chan 2u F.
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  • 201 10 The idea of a registration scheme for architects was urged at the annual meeting of the Society of Architects. Sir Charles T. Ruthen, the President, in presenting ths annual report, said that the Society of Architects had continued to urge on local authorities and members of Parliament the
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  • 168 10 Banvard's scored attain at the Victoria Theatre last night, when another large audience enjoyed a mixture of mirth, dance and melody, entitled Peaches and Cream. Like all the others it was a rood show, with every turn attractive. Adrian D. Ross and Winnie Goouwin seem to get
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 319 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, I shall be much obliged if you give me a little space to reply to tha correspondence re Representation which appeared in Saturday's issue under the non de plume of Anak Negri Ini. In thesa days of democracy and in face
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    • 224 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Through the medium of your esteemed journal, I desire to bring to the notice of the general public an existing menace. Reports of gang robberies ar? common news now-a-days. Thank- to the vigilance of the Police Authorities, some arrests have
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    • 333 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The fresh meat supply for Singapore at the present time is in the hands of one or two traders and the consequence is that the people have to buy at suiah high prices on account of this monopoly. Beef
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    • 345 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir,— For a long time I have been an admirer of America's system of adver- tising, but on Saturday night when 1 1 consider I was mulct two dollars for the privilege of witnessing Pussyfoot propaganda masquerading as something else, my
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    • 389 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In reference to the warning and advice to planters by the Indian immigration Committee mentioned in the minutes of their last meeting and since announced in the Tress, the remedy or at least one of them appears to me to
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    • 242 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, My attention has been drawn to an article appearing in your paper on 11th instant headed natalit. the motor fuel of the future and to a paragraph in it concerning the price of petrol in various countries. The paragraph
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    • 22 10 The Willesderr magistrate How did you hear so much when your door was shut The reply Easily we live in jerry-built flats.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 197 10 Nets were up again at the S.C.C. yesterday alter a long rest, and practice coolJ be started with a view to thi approaching tournament. An interesting singles wad playeJ between Kieinir.afi and Lierc, the >uung trench player, who is a newcomtr since the last competitions. Kleinman
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    • 540 10 Yesterday's play resulted as follows Mixed Doubles, A Class. Miss Naughton and Mr. H ask ins plus -4 beat Mrs. Saunders and Dr. Simpson owe 4, 9—7, 6—2. Mr. and Mrs. Ager plus 15.2 beat Miss Lamb and Mr. Hall owe, 15, w.o. Capt. and
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    • 74 10 A correspondent has taken the trouble to work out the comparative figures of the performances of the top and bottom teams in each division of the English league and the Scottish League, based on the last tables published. This shows that Glasgow, head of the Scottish League, is
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    • 90 10 The following will represent United Banks against the Asiatic Petroleum Co. on the S.R.C. ground this afternoon C. M. Rodrigaes, Lim Bah Kow Fong Koon, Wee Beng Yeow, I. C R Mackenzie, C. R. Wardle, Tan Soon Choc Heng Seng Chiang, Tay Peng Yon*, Keck Lay and F. A.
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    • 112 10 Basebell was sc.;n on the Padang agaim yesterday afternoon, when two teams selected from tne American Baseball Association of S.ngapore met in an interesting game. The team composed of the following won by 6 runs to 3 F. K. Hummel, (pitcher), Lepper, (catcher), Paddock, Town^nl, Mougy, Thayer a:.d Winslow.
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    • 57 10 The following will represent the S.C.C. in a hockey match versns No. 4 Co., R. G. A. to-day .—Commander A. F. B. Livesay, A. N. Laybourne, E. B. Laybourne, R. E. Foulger, Rev. T. A. Let. Dr. G. A. C. Gordon, R. T. Gosling, R. T. Holder, F. C.
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    • 557 10 Proceedings at the Annual Meeting. The eleventh annual ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Ay.-r Molek Rubber Co. Ltd., was held at the company's office, 71, Heeren Street, Malacca, on Tuesday, February 15, 1921, at 2.30 p.m., Mr. Tan Jiak Hoe (Chairman) presiding. There were
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  • 236 10 Messrs. Apcar and Co.'s Market Report. In their report, dated Sourabaya, February 17, Messrs. Apcar and Co. state Crop 1920. Since our last report market has advanced, buyers at £27% per picul for first cost terms ready deliver.es, but sellers are almost withdrawn holdingout at f2B.K for
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  • 1884 11 "Rum-Running" on United States Frontier. The Windsor, Ontario, corresponded The Times, writes Someone has described the boundary between Canada and th« ed I'nited States as "The far-flung bottle line." Although Windsor has »ch\evM an international reputation as the headquarters of bootleggers and rumruiiiirs," at various places along
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  • 281 11 Sentence for Ten-Year-Old Crime. The relentlessness of German justice when it is a question of naval or military integrity was seen in a case at Hamburg on January 15, when a workman named Lindinger was sent to prison for 18 months for stealing the plans of the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 174 11 1 hese are the finest examples of the Piano-Makers Art yet achieved AUo new shipment of MOUTRIE PIANOS Call or write for Illustrated Price List Cash or Easy Monthly Payments S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. Raffles Place, SINGAPORE The Clyno Lightweight The finest 2-sfro'e JJ^IM on t-e Market jdjOy^s^gp Kcliable, Easy
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    • 155 11 Rallies Cafe BRAS BASAH ROAD A. E. MeCLARY, Manager. Adelphi Hotel EVERY EVENINO OUR SPECIAL ORCHESTRA PLAYS FROM 7 to 10 XDELPHI HOTEL LIMITED R. U. TJEERDEMA, Managing Director. THE STRAITS HOTEL 101-105, TANJONG PAGAR ROAD. EXTENSIVE ALTERATIONS, AMPLE ACCOMMODATION, EXCELLENT CUISINE, BAR, BILLIARDS MUSIC EVERY EVENING TERMS TO MONTHLY
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  • 1233 12 An Impeachment of Allied Statesmen. Professor Alfred E. Zimmern, one of oui acutest observers and prophets, has a remarkable article on The Condition ol Europe in the Wehsh Outlook. He says that the present condition of Europe is dv( firstly to the character and length of th(
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  • 767 12 Said to be Already Out Of Date. A correspondent writes in The Observer as follows The report from Washington that Mr. Baker, the United States War Secreary, has proposed the construction of a sealevel canal through Central America bigger than the Panama Canal will not surprise those
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  • 65 12 An account of a horse's loVe for its former driver, a young- woman, was given in the London Evening News During the war the girl was engaged by a Bromle/ (Kent) firm of confectioners to deliver bread, and charge of a large black horse and van. When the girl gave
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 227 12 JUBT RECEIVED Shipment of our Popular PATENT FACED HAIR BELTING 2 in. 3 in. 4 in. 6 in. Try this Belting if you have not done to, and you will want to use it on all your pulley*. Sole Agent* i XMM KMT COMPANY (MARKF.T STREET) Kondo Acetic Acid 09
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    • 136 12 Pheasants AND Wild Ducks SMALL SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED Wood- Milne Patent Foat Pumj) With this simple and compact instrument you car inflate a large Tyre to 76 lba. presiure in two minutes and with marvellous ease. Leg can h« ebanged while pumping and strokes can
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  • 597 13 Traction Engine Stolen From Wharf. The operations of thieves on the Australian water fronts have reached snch dimensions and the evil has become so pronounced as to compel concerted action by the authorities, the shipping companies, and merchants, says a Melbourne correspondent in The Times. Not without the
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  • 314 13 Protest Against American Concession: A new competitor for participation in the extension of wireless telegraphy to China has arisen in the shape of the Federal Wireless Company of San Francisco, whose representative has signed contract for the institution of a high power station at Shanghai with subsidiary
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  • 80 13 Unique ceremonials were held in Shanghai for the first time in connection \v\th the visit of the Mystic Shriners belonging to the order of the Nomad Oasis of Tacoma, Washington. The rites included a banquet. The initiation »f nearly 100 new members was commenced at noon
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 478 13 Whiteaway's-— THE HOUSE FOR VALUE At this Uec of the year many will i*S^jr- /_aO Europe on leave. Whiteaway's can supply all that is necessary for use on board ship, not only trunks, bagti and suitcases, but I all the necessary clothing and under£T*bA\/FI .A/£>W\lA4jt£LtfJP. wear for c"*" member of
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    • 526 13 FOURNIER'S HYGENIQLH MIXTURE (FOR LADIES) WASTE NO TIMF Tested and Proved for Years, immediately you notice any disorder of the system take Foarnier'a Hygenique Hixtnre. It quickly removes all suffering. There is Nothing to equal H. Anything so Widely Known. It is justly described as the FINEST REMEDY IN THE
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    • 28 13 Make a Note < j llf FRAMROZJ Yamatos CHEAP SALE Now Proceeding GREAT REDUCTIONS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS Specially for the CHINESE NEW YEAR 41, High Street 'Phone No. 489
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 602 14 SALES BY MOTIOi AUCTION SALE f on. Apox motor bus, N.. S. SM'! to^jj* 18 passenger*, In excellent running order At our sale-room. No. 80, Klinf Street, u o Thuroda}. F»bra»rj- 24. at lt.»» CHEONG KOON SENG A CO, Auctioneer! AUCTION SALE of raluaMe wax-polished teak offle* an household furniture,
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    • 466 14 IIiSURJIMOE THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INS. CO. (Incorporate* in Canada) All th* UUst pltni of Life, ln<o»»»nt, and Annuity policies innwl. Asaot* CMtMM GUTHRIE CO, LTD.— Gonoral Agent*. Singapore. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. Incorporated In England) Tin, Ufa, Marine, Accident, Gnaranta* »nd Motor C*r Asaeta exceed M*.MM** W. A. SIMS—
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    • 660 14 Asset* orer W. 500,000 B.C Assurance in force over $15,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE GO. LTD. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) MEAD OFFICE I Winchester Hesse, ■lagapore. LONDON OFFICE X, Old Jewry, EX The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Coart of England and complies with the British Life
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    • 337 14 BANKING i NEDERLANDCHE HANDEL-MAATSCHAPPY NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. (Established 1824.) Paid-up Capital FL 80.000,000 (aboai «6,6P7,000). Statutory Reserve Fund Fl. 17,363.248.0 c I about 51,446,107). Special Reserve Fund Fl. 22,660,000 (aboai •U.BBBJSS). HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES I Penang, Hongkong, Shanghai. Kobe, Rangoon, Soerabaya, Semarang, Weltevreden, Bandoeng
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    • 515 14 BANKING I i i THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. HEAD OFFICE Singapore, Raffles Chambers, 4. S and t BRANCHES Penang.— B6, Beach Street. Malacca. 181, Jonker Street. Muar.— 77-79, Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat.— lo9, Jalan Rahamat AGENCIES AT London, New York, San Francisco, Batavia Sourabaya, Semarang, Shanghai, Hongkong, Amoy, Palembang
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    • 558 14 BANKINU BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE Authorised Capita! Frs. 260,000,0 M Subscribed Capital Fra. 150,000,000 Paid-up Capital Krs. 75,000,000 Reserve Liability of Shareholders Frs. 75,000,000 Other Reserve Funds Frs. 60,000,000 (1/3 of the Capital subscribed by |>- Government of the Chinese Republic.) Chairman of the Board of Directors i Andre Berthelot.
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  • 1208 15 Mr. Shakespeare's Disorderly Conduct. A. B. W. writing in The Time* s*ys The oth* 1 morning I was wendin» my way along the corridor of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, when I encountered an am-phibious-looking figure with the mien of one of Mr. W. W. Jacobs's
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 138 15 JPP THE DUNLOP RUBBER I UUi. 'East' LIU. (90 (Incorporated in Japan) 42 4i, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE SPECIAL STOCK-CLEARING REDUCTIONS I To make room for N«w Stocks, w* will now allow redaction* of from I 10 per cent. to SO p<r cent, on oar Music, Manical food* »nd other Sundry
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    • 120 15 T. S. WANG QUALIFIED DENTIST ik. J... Office at THE DENTAL SURGERY S3, Raffles Place, Singapore. TELEPHONE 1638 lf AFTER OFFICE HOURS (»-S) TELEPHONE 1388 CONSULTATION BY APPOINTMENT I >sft 7 l^QPH^y. J iy^BKßK', Motor Cycle* l^S Bioyo e« W^r Sj Motor Lorries i. jumUMV £s<%.T^fl Off w^^ The Original
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 436 16 GiJAN KIAT CO. LIMITED (Incorporated In Straits Settlement*) 16. Phillip Street. SINGAPORE. NEW SHIPMENTS JUST ARRIVED Galvanized Rooßng Bolts and N»ts Improved Engineer's Ratchet Braces a Steel Ratchet Drills assorted Grindstones in Iron Troughs Pike Emery Grinder complete Pruning Saws (Straight and Curved) Steel Typ.'s (Lettcts and Figures) I Brass
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    • 321 16 TAY GUAM KIAT l«, PHILLIP STBBXr r»* saeeaaafal contractor for «•>•*•> «f FIREWOOD v tk* Siagapore tfaaieipalttT 4v'a« the year 1«1 GLOBB BOILEK RBMBDT jr clearing and preserving steamer boilers f all type. Used by aM factories, steamers. etc, and found good. The Ideal Fluid that speaks for itself. IN
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    • 983 16 CLASSIFIED ADVlill «NT$ The PREPAID char .is for Wists, For Sale, To Let, etc, in ordinary close-set type (average six words to Uae) are Per line r one insertion 28 ets., two ins 46 ets., three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 cts., fiv.- ins. $1.00. six ins. $1.18, ten
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    • 972 16 MOTOR VEHICLES FOR SALE, WOLSLEY five-seater caVTwith new covers and tyres. Recently overhauled Complete with accessories. In excellent run- nmg order. Apply 699, Straits Times. LAND AND HOUSES FURNISHED HOUSE or'flaTnelr town wanted from Apnl 6rrt, Keply 696, Straits Times. t east co ast~rsa!d bungalow "wanted li-urn.lhed or lun^>'nished,1 un^>'nished,
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    • 661 16 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, stores and offices. Apply Ed. M. Nhthan Co., 4. De Souca Street. OFFICE TO LET. For further particulars, apply Leong Hee and Co., Ist floor, 16-a, Change Alley. TO LET, No." 48, Markat Street, three storeys, suitable for office and godown. Apply No. 6. Change
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    • 151 16 Straits Motorcar Servict LIMITED 'Incorporated in Stra .ts SottUmeats ll* to tit, ORCHARD BOAD LORRIES AND CARS RIRH OVERHAULS TO MOTOR CARS AND CYCLEf* WELDING of all sjetals. Satisfaction Om. Largti atoch ol LCCAB HORNS AND LAMP*. arriving shortl) Phone 1233 THERE IS AN ART 1* BUYING Jut like in
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 303 16 THE STRAITS TIMES rKLEPHONB* MitorUi *a4 Gemr»: MuutT'i Offle* lilt Job PrintiBf Offle* IMI Hi tjo-anmleatiom rtWtiaa to OaUtolto ■»ttiri and aawa ifcraM i* aadrwl to THS EDITOR. All ■nlwttw I raiiting to bniln*** utttn adT*rt)a»' atnti, »ub»eriptioo«, oeeoaatt, priaUaak *U- ihould b« addraaaod to T«l MANAGER. ADYKBTISEMVNT RATH WuU,
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