The Straits Times, 20 May 1922

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 20,950 SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1922 PRICE 10 CENTS,
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    • 195 1 -^i* MA.ll -*l M Ufl BEBBBBiBRBBBBBBBBBEfIEBBZaBBBBBBafIBHBBBBfIBBfIBeaBBBBBaBfIBBBaBBBBBEBEBBBBaaEBBfIBBBBfIBBBBBBB S M E I WHITEWAYS I 1 PUKE DEVONSHIRE £YDER j "FAER MAID OF DEVON" BRAND. H I M I Medium Dry. 4 Really Exquisite Cydsr, Fully Matured and of Wine Like Flavour. m a s a H 0 a m n Bottled at
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  • 506 2 Echo of Malaya- Borneo Exhibition. In the Magistrate's Court, Ipoh, on Tuesday G. Harkins, M. Munusamy, I. Padrini and Mohamed Salleh were charged with having the care or management of a common gaming house. Mr. Warren, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Detective Branch, prosecuted and Mr. H.
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  • 293 2 Huge New Aquarium Projected. Interesting developments are anticipated in the annual report of the Zoological Society of London, just issued by the council, says a home paper. Foremost amongst these is the construction of a first-rate "aquarium for freshwater and marine animals at the rear of the Mappin
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  • 195 2 There is a direction," says The Oil? and Fats Record, frcm which Wesi Africa's supremacy in palm oil may be assailed. The rubber slump has Mrwd to concentrate the attention of planters in Malaya on the wisdom of subsidiary crops Coconuts, of course, are
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    • 276 2 This tin is as good as the tea inside it The ordinary tin or packet gives so little protection from moisture and from insects that your tea is often spoilt before you buy it. The Brooke Bond patent vacuumpacked tin is air-tight, water-tight, and absolutely proof against dust and inscits.
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    • 270 2 CUTICURA FOR HAIR AND SKIN For promoting and maintaining beauty of skin ud hair Cuticura Soap and Ointment are unexcelled. Cuticura Taicum is an ideal pow. freshing and cooling to most delicate skins. Soap .TilnmU Sd.OlnUmtli ;.t id J« r.4 ?»>|iitHroutchouttheKnipir".hrilithl>'-i>ot:r !f«w--6er;-«a«u.Lta..ai,C>»mrlKm.B<i..Uic«.n.E 0 1. .-.■■fCuticu.-a Soap ihnn without mug. ML
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    • 194 2 A.M.A A.M.A Allied Manufacturers Agencies, BURMA, MALATA, SIAM, INDOCHINA, DUTCH EAST INDIES. INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENTS: George Fletcher Co., Ltd. COMPLETE SUGAR FACTORIES. Ernest Newell Co., Ltd COMPLETE CEMENT PLANTS. Wellman Smith Owen Eng. Corp., Ltd. STEEL WORKS PLANT, CRANES AND TRANSPORTERS, GAS PRODUCERS AND METAL FURNACES. POWER PLANT: C. A. Parsons
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  • 822 3 Many Opportunities For Englishmen. A correspondent of the Morning Post writes thus of Abyssinia The agricultural, commercial, and industrial potentialities of Abyssinia seem to be ignored to an extent that can be explained only by the fact that Abyssinia has been for centuries cut off from direct
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  • 167 3 \\it:i rc-Kar«l tj Kinjr Fuari's rescript fixing the order of succi-ssion to tlv Egyptian .Throne, it should be toted snys The Timaa, that this nplaeea tt firman of Junr B, 1*~:> which Ismail I'uslui 1 .'nhiinc d from the Sultan of Tur-k'-y. I ruin- thai iirmun the
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    • 697 3 NOTICE j The aadattteaaal Partoan in chop Ban, I.eong Co., Snipehanaien, Iron daalara am. ••mini lioa AcaßU of No. .14, Phillip Sin-'-'. 1 Miik'up.iri'. heraby (iva notiea that aratroaal ne lati V:ip Toon Jin, was previous to his !<"ith, appointed htaaagat al the s:iid chop, la anu nit n partner
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    • 478 3 THIS AMERICAN MOTHER TESTIFIES THAT BABY'S OWN TABLETS DO ALL THAT IS CLAIMED FOR AVI> MOKE. Tens of thousands of mothers sleep soundly .it nii;ht throughout the length and breath of America, knowing that with Haby's Owa Tablet! la the house their little ones lire safeguarded in case of sudden
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    • 342 3 and 'Wincarnis' gives new vitality to* those who are Run-down because 'Wincarnis' is a Tonic, and a Res- torative, and a Blood-bu"lder onJ a Nerve Food all combined in one rich, delicious health-creating preparation. As a Tonic it lones-up the whole system. Asa Restorative it restores lost vitality. As a
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    • 265 3 MAYNARD'S ECONOMY OFFERS PIVER'S PERFUMES. Trifle, Azurea, Floramye, etc. Usual price $3.25, $4.50, $7.00 Our special price $2.00, $2.50, $4.50 PIVER'S LOTION full assortment of perfumes. Usual price $2.00. Our special price $1.25 PIVER'S EAU DE TOILETTE. Usual price $2.50. Our special price $1.75 WILLIAMS 1 TALC POWDER Delightfully perfumed
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    • 594 4 STEfIiEB SflHtaCS P. ©.-British India Apcar Line (Comp»;.i< i s HeorrorsteiJ In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINsI I.Alt A.NI> ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Cader Contract with His Majesty's Govarnmsat) LONDON FAB-EASTERN BEKVICK FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES, LONDON ft ANTWERP Da* Singapore L«aT« Singapore KASHMIR <>"'■ May 28
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    • 602 4 STEagiEH SftlUWI "ELLERMAN" LINE ELLERMAN A BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) STEAMER Due Singapore FREIGHT SERVICE Steamer Dae Singapore i.i. CITY OP TOKIO Havre, L'don, R'dam and HT>urg May 25 b.s. RIALTO London, Hamburg May 27 ■j. CITY OP PEKIN L'don, DTcirk, R'dam and HTburg Jane 15 s.s.
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    • 712 4 STEAMER SAILIMS KONINXLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATGHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO.. OK ItATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH TIIE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Telephone No«. Paasace Dppt. 1.11, Freight Dept. UU, M.irine Dopt. and Transhipment Dept. 1437. Manager's Dept. 1002. SINGKARA— Mny 20, PontinnaV, SinfrkawanK, Pemanskat and Snmbas. VAN CLOON Miv 20,
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    • 512 5 STEAMER SAILINIS ~N.Y.K. LONDON LINI lei ru Hay H Suws Maru May 31 LIVERPOOL UNI Tatsuno Maru June 10 1 ekai iiiii .i Kan niid. June HAMBURG UNE Mito Mara cad June NEW YORK LINE VIA SUEZ HOtTH AMERICAN LINE Xawaeal Mara mid. June BOMBAY UNE Vim May 2.'! Wakaaa
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    • 434 5 STEAMER BAILINH O.S.K. Proposed Sailing from Singspor* (subject to change withont prevloas notice). EUROPEAN LINE For Marseilles, London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Snez and Port Said Arr. Dep. ALrS MAKU May 2G May 27 NEW YORK LINK For Baa Francisco, Panama, New York rla Japan Arr. Dep. SHUNKO MARU
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    • 635 5 STEAMER SAILINGS STRUTHERS BARRY OPERATORS UMTED STATES SHIPPING BOARD. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO Doe Singapore s.s. WEST OROWA May 31 to load s.s. WEST CHOPAKA June 17 to discharge s.s. WEST FARALON June 30 to discharge s.s. WEST CHOPAKA July 6 to load s.s. WEST FARALON July
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    • 828 5 STEAMER SAILINGS THE CHINA NAVIGATION CO., LTD, (Incorporated in England) (9UTTERFIELD 8WI11E). Regular sailings to Hongkong, Swatow •nd Amoy. Taking cargo to other ports in China. Steamers have limited Ist Claaa passenger accommodation. Next sailing s.s. EINGYUAN, May 22. For freight and puoit apply to W. MANSFIELD AND CO., LTD.
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    • 493 5 SALES BY AUCTION IMPORTANT MORTGAGEE'S SALE of valuable compout.'i houses and business prsaitMi The undersigned have boon favoured with instructions to sell l>y public nuction nt their sale-room, RninYs Clmmbers, Raamea Place, Singapore, on Mondny. >Iny at 2.10 p.m. TANGUN KOAD. Lot 1. Valuable freehold land together with the twelve
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    • 804 6 CINEMAS From Wednesday, May 17, to Tuesday, May 23, 1922. Excluding Sunday, May 21, 1922.) A SUPERB SELZNICK PHOTOPLAY that radiates strength and power, with a story of struggle and victory, featuring CONWAY TEARLE and WINIFRED WESTOVER in remarkably fine charTHE FIGHTER In 5 reels. The picture presents the story
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    • 382 6 CINEMAS EMPIRE CINEMA From Thursday, May 18, to Sunday, May 21, 1922. In the Second Show at 9.30 p.m. A Robertson-Cole production which every woman and perhaps every man will want to see, featuring the wfl!-kn..wi screen star GRACE DARMOND in a gripping tale of exceptional interest and special appeal
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    • 689 6 NOTICE SOUTH TAIPING TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. (In Voluntary Liquidation). NOTICE is hereby given that, as soon an may be after May 31, 1922, the Liquidator will proceed to sell the unclaimed shares of members of the the above Company, whose registered address is winthin the Malay 1 eninsula. In
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    • 996 6 SALES BY AUCTION CHEONG KOON SENG GO. MORTGAGEE'S SALE of valuable freehold and leaoeaoU I country proportion. At Messrs. Cue, ni: Koon Bong A 1 room, No. H, Canlla Btroot, on Wednesday, May 14, at 2.'!0 p.m. 1. Valuable freehold land, tittiated ..it Panic Paajang Bond, Mar !i> milestone, Ml
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  • 153 7 FIXTURES. latarday, May 20 High Water, 4.M ii.ni fi.lß p.m. Cricket: LeagttC, XCC. v. S.U.C., P.S. ami Law v Lanka Union. Mindnv, May 21 High Water, CIO a.m., 7.8 p.m. Monday, May 22 ll.c!i Water, 7 .1S a.m., 7.-IH p.m. Football, Di». 11. Singapore United v. S.
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  • 155 7 VLSSI.I.S AT TIIK DOCKS. Kaal Whirl U.isin Nil. 1., si VVharl I Sheer Whjrf Klout. Mala Wharf Ratong, Bolivia, Empire Dock Sawahloento, Cooeyanna, <!.m Muthcsou, Monad*, Bombay Mara. West Wharf—Nil. Lrdinon Wharf— Nil. i'ulo Itriiiii (ill Wharf Nil. Keppel llirhoir. Main Wharf- Dredger Shrimp, Lch. Alert. S, I.y-er.
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  • 83 7 T*-d.y l'ulau Samlu 230 p.m. l 1-alentOane p.n:. Vu dan P-m. i I.. it Sv.cUiiii.an. :'nd I'enanc p.m. Bangkok P-ni. MuntoK ar.u Palembang 4 pjn. i P. ill. Baigon -i PJ». -i p.m. Kota Tinggi .4 p.m. i M P-in-Pulau Sot gl I P-m. in HulanK' p.m.
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  • 15 7 Daily {Except Sunday) by Train. Federated Malay States, Pckan, Malacca, Xluar and Pcnang 6 p.m.
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  • 25 7 MAILS FOB EU ROPE. Left S'porc Arrd. London April U May 8 April It May U Apt il In Hay 15 April U .".lay 15
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  • 163 7 BXCHANGE Singapore, May ft, On London, Bank m/s 2/4 3/32 Demand 2/3 31/32 Private 3 m. credits 2/4 !)/32 On New York r > 1 a Private 53% On France, Bank 540 On India. Kmk T.T. 176% On Hoii^fkontr. Bank d/d 18 p.c. ptM On Shanghai. Bunk
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  • 57 7 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. ILM a.m. May 2n. Tone of Market. Quiet. Latest London cables quo'e Spot crepe 7^d. sheet 73»d. Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buycrg. Sellew, Spot June July-Sept. Oct.-Dec. Spot Juno ■I vl -Sept. 0 D Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 180 7 Issue. Val. Pd. 1 1 Ayer Weng 1 1 Hitam Tin 1 1 Jelamoh 1 1 Julian Tin El il Kam. Kamunt. in in Kinta Assoc. 5 5 Lingui Tin 10 10 Malayan CoL 1 1 Menglembu 1 1 Middlcton 1 1 Murai Tin l Nawng Pet 1 1
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    • 140 7 Issue. Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers £1 a Br. Am. Tobacco 3.18.0 4.0.0 10 10 Central Engines 13.00 10 10 Central Motors 3.00 4.00 11 tl E. Smelting Co. r>.J."> ."..::> 5/- 5/- Electric T'ways 1 6 L' 10 tO FntMT <Si N;a\v 2&50 2H..".0 50 CO Hammer and Co.
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    • 112 7 U. ED?. 8 p.c. (1,234,100 par S p.e. p.a. Spore Electrical Tramway*, 5 p.c. £350,000 aoWT Spore Municipal 6 p.e. $1,878,000 p»r Spore Mumicipal 4H p.e. of 1907 $1,000,000 10 p.e. dia. Spore Municipal 4V> p.e. of 1909 $1,600,500 10 p^. dif. Spore Municipal 4Vi p.c. of 1909 $1,600,000
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  • 397 7 Frascr and Co. and Lyall end Evatt's Quotations. Latest .tvailuhle Sterling Quotations a re printed in another page on Friday. To-day's Prices. Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt Alknby (SI i US 0.-J.I 0.1.-> 0.20 Alor Gajah (SI) 0.90 1.00 1.00 A. Hitam (S5) !>..">o 10.VI 9.50 10.'.1 l A.
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    • 220 7 NOTICE It i-^ hereby conflrnwd that, orderad by the Conn <f Johore, the prouwtj of Chia Vi" Cliodiip. ntlu-nvisc Chia Yet' Wuh, known U No. X~>. Jalan Ibrahim, Johmn Hi'.liiU, was duly sold by public auction, held on April 13, 1922, to the liank of Communications, Singapore, at ihi' racUoMer
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    • 749 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS AUBTBAUAN FINE GREEN PEAS, only l.'> tints per tin. 11. llolter. Europe 1 Until building. ARENT fOU SORRY you forcot youi Sweet*. il Battery Read. TO LET. ground floor. It, Change \!l<-> Apply on the prenu WANTED to purchase theap motor. Must be in lirst-cInKH order. Apply 28,
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    • 42 7 Reddaway Camel jfpKpf Hair Belting WE BEO TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF ALL USERS OF BELTING THAT WE HAVE BEEN SPECIALLY APPOINTED DISTRIBUTING AGENTS FOR THIS BRAND OF BELTING. FRESH STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. KIAM KIAT COMPANY, 108 and 109, Market Street, SINGAPORE.
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    • 334 7 VICTORIA THEATRE To-Nicht At 9. 13 To-Niuht:: MATINEE TO-HAV AT Ml I.M. MARY PICKFORD IN DADDY LONG LEGS AND iiAKMi: CHAPLIN in A DAY S PLEASURE Prices $2 ami H. Rookine now open at Theatre llox Office.] Children naif price to Matinee. THE STAR OPERA (The Premier Malay Opera in
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    • 319 7 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY MUNICIPAL" NOTICE Tks Munuipal Commissioners of th* Tow oi Sinnaptiv invite tenders fer Mi« Ereetlon mid Compl"ti»n ot LouTres :>t Uie Bawkei Shelter. Telok Aver Reclamation. I Plans may Ik seen .and Tender Porma taineil at the Municipal Architect's Office. during- office hours. Tender* on ;he prescribed renis
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  • 70 8 ANNOUNCEMENT is hereby given that owing to the death recently of Mr 3. Low Whang Lan in China, cable advice of which has just been received, no invitations will be issued at the wedding of her youngest sun, Low Peng Yew, which will take place on the 21st instant.
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  • 1119 8 The Straits Times SATURDAY, MAY 20 LONDON OPINION. The other day we had some observations on the support which is beginning to be given to the view that it will be better for Malaya to undertake restriction of rubber output single handed than to let matters drift on hopelessly and
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  • 79 8 The cultivation of cotton in Ceylon having gone well btyond the experimental stage, there is every likelihood that the Department of Agriculture will take it up on a more extensive scale from the beginning of 1923. The success of the Government experiments at Ambalantota in the South of the island
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  • 105 8 Mr. J. Oldham recently told the Cold Storage Association that he had eaten an •■i'.\u r that had been 12 months in cold storage. Certain members of the Royal Zoolrgical Society of Ireland have to their credit a far more heroic achievement. The council inspect tr#> Dublin Zoo every Saturday,
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  • 18 8 A public meeting to consider the ouestion of quit rents is to be held in Malacca on Thursday.
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  • 25 8 Tuesday next, May 2U, is gazetted a public holiday in Penang on the occasion of the visit cf the Prince of Wales to the Settlement.
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  • 21 8 Twenty-nine persons were deported jnder orders of banishment during April, from the Colony and the F.M.S. All but two were Chinese.
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  • 27 8 The general manager of Ratrot Basin Tin Dredging Co., N.L., reports for tinfirst half cf this month Output 126 piculs, ."!05 hours worked, IW.OUO cubic yards treated.
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  • 30 8 Sir Alfred Pearce Gould, the eminent surgeon, whose death took place at Ashburton, Devonshire, on April 19, was a member of the London Board of the Shantung (China) Christian University.
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  • 36 8 Two Teochjws were placed yesterday before Mr. Dawson charged with the tlivti if some piping valued at $2. r )0, from the Municipal Stores on the 14th inst. The 'accused got six and four months respectively.
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  • 35 8 On Thursday Mr. David, District Judge, sentenced a Chinese to 12 months' rigorous imprisonment n a charge of recently passing as genuine a one cent coin, after naving silvered it to represent a fiitycent coin.
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  • 36 8 Major P. H. Keys, Government architect, has three drawings hung in this year's Royal Academy, including those of the new General Pest Office and the new Medical College. The perspectives were prepared by Mr. F. Dowdeswell.
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  • 54 8 According: to the report of the Municipal Health efficer fir the wevk ending May 13 there w?re three cases of smallpox, but none of them fatal. The cases occji n>l in Silat Road, Pasir Panjang Road ami Tampin Road, respectively. There was .<ne ca=e of plague ard one of diplhtria
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  • 76 8 In the course of a libel action in Munich a letter was produced which was stated to have been written in December, 1914, by Count Lerchenfeld, then Bavarian Minister in Berlin, to Earon Hertlintg, the Bavarian Premier. The letter reveals what has lonjr been suspected, that the terms of the
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  • 67 8 The Education Board for 1928 i according to the Government Gazette, constituted as fellows The Director of Education, the Resident Councillor, Penang, the Resident Councillor. Malacca, the Cilcnial Treasurer, ex-officio Hon. Mr. J. Mitchell, Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell, appointed for year 1922 by the Governor Hon. Mr. Lee Chocn
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  • 96 8 A meeting cf merchants and traders held under the auspices of the committee of the Selangor Branch of the F. M. S. CVianib.-r of Commerce' t:os place in Kuala Lumpur on Wediw iday in order x.o discuss with tile Hon. Mr. Pountney (the Financial Adviser i> the F. M. S.
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  • 120 8 Customs House officials agree that the Japanese are past masters in the art of smuggling, and give more trouble at Dover than all the other nationalities put together, says the China Express and Telegraph. The business is siJd to be carried on by gangs well supplied with capital. Members of
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  • 140 8 At the meeting of the Ssanah Rubber Company, held in Paris, the acting chairman, Mr. Olivier de Rivaud (in the absence of the chairman) was more optimistic respecting the outlook in the matter of the Banque Industrielle de Chin.- than any recent statements. He said the auditors have pointed out
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  • 190 8 Lord Buxton, Chancellor of the Oiler, eleven other Knights Grand Cross, and many Knights Commanders and Companions, wers present at the annual service of the Order of St. Michael and St. Geortce in St. Paul's Cathedral on April 24. The commemoration cf members of the Onkr who have departed this
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  • 462 8 Mr. J. W. Simmons ia gaietted to set as Collector of Land Xi venue, and us a Registrar of Heeds f< v Sings A Reuter wire of the l!Hh inst. slate.; that Sir Charles Addis lias been re-elected president of the Institute of Bankers. The Hon. Mr.
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  • 25 8 Aldcns' facet I i > 1 Ltd., inform us that their London cable, dated May 17, gives the London stocks as u9,049 tens.
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  • 78 8 Our Penang correspond* il The Hen. Mr. R. P. Brash, presiding at the i.lv i'iah Tin Co.'s meeting, said that the 021,679 but they did nol to pay s dividend until the indici th 3 values ahead ix-titied th,. optimism. The total output for the la^t year
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  • 159 8 Our Penang correspondent wirei that m advance guard vf the 1/70 th Burma Rifles la- arrived from Taiping and bat camped on the Renocg ground. Th;' whole battalion, accompanied by its band, is ir; a day or two under the command "f CoX t.el Langdon and will furnich
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  • 236 8 As the case of B. R. Fernando, late of the Kurope Hctel itandl :u present, there, is one lump sum charge of crimin.il breach of tru.'t of $8,000 as a servant ;;^ainst him. This morning w s :it apart in Mr. David's court for arguing points
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    • 181 8 ■■iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiitgiiiiiiiiiuniiimiiiiiiiiiiii This is the Typewriter you have been waiting for Remington Portable MAKES a friend of every user a revelation to the man, or woman, who is tired of the pen. Has the Standard Keyboard no shifting for figures with automatic ribbon reverse and every other feature common to the
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    • 144 8 EVER HEAR OF Bingo Pickles MADE BY JACK PICKFORD Just Out of College WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THEM THEY ARE VERY LARGELY ADVERTISED WHERE 7 New Dance Records Played by following Renowned Orchestras. ART HICKMAN'S HAPPY SIX PRINCE'S DANCE PAUL BIESE, etc., etc. PERFECT DANCING RHYTHM. 10 in. $2.
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  • 299 9 Final Plenary Sitting. Reuter's Service. London, May IR. The plenary political commission lias unanimously passed temporary nonDggression pact in the form of a resolutiin which each state engages to respect. The United States, in replying regarding the Itu.-sian affairs commis-io'i, ie erves In r decision until the
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  • 180 9 Reuter's Service. Lon lon, May 19. n Mr. Hi over has ob'aine-d the approval of leading owners of nonbitumir to a r.lan for stopping the increase in coal -iuring the strike iv the appointment of district committee* i f mineowners, representatives of Government and C r.sumcrs, through
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  • 190 9 Reuter's Service. U ndoa, May 18. l; me Fire has destroyed a ward in the Incurable Patients Hospital of the Sixteen bodies have hitherto been recovered. London, May It, Rome: The Holy Go H pital, where the disastrous lire occurred, was the oldest and meet famous
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  • 139 9 Reuteb's Service. London, May 18. The cotton outlook is more hopeful. The operative and spinners' amalgamation has dm kwd to confer with the employers at Manchester to-morrow with a view to a settlement. London, May 18. The A.E.U. has broken away from the ether Unions and has declined
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  • 94 9 Riuter's Service. London, May 19. Washington Mr. Child, conferring wi:h Mr. Lloyd George and Signor Schanzer, communicated the American viewpoint that Assam must rid herself of Sovi'.'tism as the first essential stage in economic restoration. London, May 19. Washington A lira sing the Chamber of Commerce of
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  • 98 9 Reuter's Service. London. May 19. Calcutta The belief that Swaraj will som be obtainable and that Gandhi will ccme to break down the prison walls was declared by a witness giving evidence at the enquiry into the mutiny as emboldening politicals, who received nationalist newspapers which were handed
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  • 81 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 19. The Postmaster General conferred in London with twenty representatives of the principal wireless companies with the object of framing a systematic scheme for establishing stations and co-ordinating material, which might be made broadcast. It was announced that wave bngths would be limited in order
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  • 73 9 Reuteb's Service. I. ond hi, May 19. Berlin German shipping companies' reports record a favourable year. The reconstruction of Germany's merchant last was energetically prosecuted and owing to the low exchange both passenger and cargo ships were fully employed. Nearly all concerns pay higher dividends, the Hamburg-South America
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  • 40 9 Riutsk's Service. London, May 19. Melbourne The Commonwealth Government is about to advertise the sale of expropriated German properties in New Guinea. Tenders will be accepted only from e-x-Australian soldiers, natural born Britishers or predominantly British Companies.
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  • 174 9 Wholesale Defalcations Alleged. Reuter's Service. London, May IS. The trial of Mr. Horatio Bottomley was opened at the Old Bailey before Mr. Justice Salter. The court was crowded. The indictment is on 24 counts, charging Bottomley with fraudulent conversion between May, 1918, and June, 1920. Mr. Bottomley
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  • 75 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 19. Viscount Northcliffe was the guest of the Australian and New Zealand Luncheon Club. He dwelt on the Japanese menace to Australia and described the Japanese as Eastern Germans working, propaganiing, emigrating and spying throughout th 3 world and coveting the Commonwealth and the
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  • 73 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 18. There have been further important; peace moves at Dublin to-day as an outcome cf which the debate in the Dail on the unsuccessful peace committees report was adjourned. Mr. Collins and De Valera conferred for some hours privately and the j peace committee then
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  • 67 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 19. A new bank entitled Barclay's Bank (Oversea) with a capital of £1,350,000 has been registered to carry on ;he business of Cox and Company (France). Barclay's Bank is the chief shareholder in the new concern. Other shareholders include the National Bank of
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  • 36 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 18. Teheran A message from Khorassan states that Russian reinforcements from the Caspian region are moving aiong the Trans-Caspian Railway to deal with Enver Pasha's anti-Bolshevist movement at Bokhara.
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  • 92 9 Reuter's Service. London, May 18. The eminent American metallurgist Professor Henry Marion Howe, son of Mrs. Howe, the author of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, has died. London, May 18. Sir Charles Addis has joined the board of the Eastern Telegraph Company. London, May 18. The Straits Settlements
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  • 292 9 Perak Chamber of Commerce's Veto. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, May 20. There was a represen'ative gathering at an emergency meeting of the Perak branch 6f the F. M. S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, afternoon, when Mr. Cooper, presiding, explained that the object of the meeting was to
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  • 533 9 A Civil Engineer In Difficulties. The Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, presided at the Bankruptcy Court yesterday and among the matter* that eun-.e u;> before his Lordship m the pub!;.: examination of Mr. Scan Eng Cho, **bcribtd as civil engineer, who stated that he had ii.curred liabilities I
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  • 51 9 A Peshawar message to an Indian paper states that the Amir contemplates building a sew capital for the Civil Government, to be called Darul-am-An, on the Chardeh plan, iii'ar Kabul, and is also making extensive improvements at his summer capital at Poghwar a project distinctly suggestive of new Delhi and
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  • 528 9 Linking Children with The Homeland. The following letter addressed to the Secretary, Great Ormond St. Hospital for Children fully explains itself Hiir Sir, When it was announced that His Royal Highness th.- Prince of Wales Was t«> visit Singap re, preparations were made to emphasize the importance
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  • 486 9 Rubber Slump Effects on a Borneo Business. The annual ge.ieral meeting of the Jc.-clt n h and Power Company Limited was held at the registered offices of j the company, <SC, 07, Market BUoet, at noun yesterday with Mr. H. Freeman in the chair. The others present
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  • 935 9 Help from Planters Loun Board. The third ordinary general me the Mentakab Rubber ompany Limited was held at the registered office* of the company, Chartered Bfink Chamber! yesterday. Mr. 11. li. Bgmoni Hake and there Were also pn e'ii Mr. Chew Woon I'oh, Mr. CoUenette and Mr. K.
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  • 66 9 The action by a former compositor of the Malayan f .wider newspaper for declaration that a bill of sale on the newspaper plant is void in certain respects was nhmlaied with costs by the Chief Judicial Commissioner at Kuala Lumpur yest (day. When the court sat
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  • 61 9 Responding t,i the Ml <>f the Pi>minirns, at the Royal Academy banque Sir Robert Borden -said that the future integrity and unity of the Empire depended 'ii the distinct and aba tut.- recognit'< n o* tin' principle <>f equal nationhood. The President, Sir Aston Webb, a:. I Britain would never
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  • 915 10 Chliiwun'ii Remarks on Uses Of Propaganda. The ani ual general mulling of the RubAssociation Incorporated) ..!i Auril L'o, at the Canni n-street Hotel. E.C., Sir Stanley Hois (the chairi.l that the present hip of '.»>•"> compared with m i .1 fear, The acreage relined about <ho warn namely,
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  • 519 10 Accounts Show Profit of Over $20,000. The thirty-fifth riptit of the directors of the Kinta Association, Ltd., for the twelve months ended March .!1 states After charging full depreciation upon Uh assets of the company, the profit nnd less account shows a profit on the year's working
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  • 193 10 Jury Enter Pie? <"or Mercy For Accused. The trial was concluded before Mr. Justice Barrett-Laaaard and a special jury at the Sintrapcrt Assizes yesterday in whiih a Chinese clerk, named Lim Chu Scnir, was charge.l with the murder of a compatriot, named See Seng Hay at a
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  • 134 10 Routine Orders, dated May 17, by Lieut.Cclonel K. E. Spencer, D.5.0., M.C., Commanding S.S.V.F. Monday, ?2nd.— 5.10 p.m., Drill Hall, Eurasian and .Chinese Companies, Officers and N.C.O.'s. Tuesday, 23rd. 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, Eurasian, Chinese and S.F.A. Companies, Company Parades. Wednesday, 24th.— 5 p.m., Drill Hall, Engineer
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  • MALAYAN TRADE.
    • 135 10 The British Malaya Return of Foreign Imports and Exports for the month ended April 30, 1922, is issued by the Registrar of Imports and Exports. The following points should be noted Only articles imported into or exported out of British Malaya are included. Trade
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    • 108 10 Fish, dry mid suited pil.uU Rice Milk (Condensed etc.) C— Sugar pikuls Clgarattw lb». Tin Ore pikul.-i Coal tons l':ir:i Rubber CcnUls of 100 lbs. Copra pikuls Cotton Piece (ioi.cls pieces Cotton Suronits corges Machin.iy Iron varr April 1922. Quantity. Value Gfi2i:< 1,127,689 587.fififi 4.057.2M 20
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    • 103 10 Pan Rubber Cental) of 100 lbs. Tin pikuls Copra Pineapples Preserved cases Tiipiocu pituls AncanutK Fish. DlJ and Salted Rice Pepper Black, long and white- 1 Sugar Itattans Cotton Piece Goods pieces April -4922. Quantity. Value. mm BJ88.78J 77 170 5,H20,78i< jj:: -12 2,889,802 77.187 744.1M
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    • 157 10 Live Animals, Food ami Drinks and Naicoties r United Kingdom British Possessions Continent of Europe 1/ rated States Japan Other Countries Total Imports for Year to April dutf 952. :94 :;.ni:j.5:;u ■V.l'.;.:i7n 24,104,88a 140'jUC. 1,067,646 448.446 2,818,042 203,976 546,482 S,681,y-:i 38,874,198 70.324.798 Expaita for Year to April
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  • 318 10 The death of Mr. Peter Duguid Thomson, which occurred at his residence at Sydncham Hill on April 20, has removed a figure that for well over a generation occupied an able and honourable place in commerce alike in the Far East and in London
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  • 114 10 I.yall and Evatt's Share Report Messi'K. Lyull and Evatt report under toduy's date Tin. —£ls4 <>». Oil., a gain of £3 2s. 6d. ovei the week. Rubber ia quoted 7Hd., a loss of \d. over the same period. Rubbers. —Unchanged. Tins.— Johana 42%-47'4 centa. Murais 4 40--4
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  • 405 10 Visit to the Tampenis Cement Tile Works. At the Tampenis Cement Tile Works situated on Sungei Road, just beyond the Qejaty Cinema and facing the Rochore Canal, can be seen a fine collection of exce.lent material that is being produced locally and if anyone is interested in locally-made
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  • 32 10 Owing to the bad state of the ground the badminton match between the I.C.C. and the Railway Club has been postponed to the 27th inst. at the same time and place. I
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 225 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, There are f<ur public monuments in Singapore and were erected to perpetuate the memories of some valuable services by eminent men <.r some important functions. They are the Raffles Statue, the Obelisk, the Elephant, and the recent war memorial, the
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    • 578 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Some time ago you extended tr.e hospitality of your columns to a letter, in which 1 endeavoured to explain to your readers that nothing is prained by indulging the tendency to lay all the troubles cf 'he Rubber Indu.-try
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  • 84 10 In a letter to the Press Mr. V. Strange remarks that after baa years' commercial experience in China, German business methods in th&t country have always been far more enterprising than our own, and during the time that the Germans were "at war" with China, and their operations were restricted
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 191 10 R.E.s beat S.C.F.A. 11. The R.E.s scored a good two points when they met the S.C.F.A. II in a second division match on the I'adang yesterday. The win was by the odd goal in three, and the game proved one of the best that the junior division has
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    • 168 10 Describing the Harlequins 1-0 win over the Municipality on Thursday, a correspondent writes The game was cvi n and fast. Tlie Municipal team proved to be a good one, and they had haru luck in not scoring, Init Pratt, the Harlequins' goalie, played a tine game and was
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    • 239 10 The track mi under water from th three furlongs to the winning post tinmorning and fast work could only carried on from the eight furlongs to lli four and most of the horses were at onl\ three-quarter pace. Pickle and Nader spurted fovr furlongs in .">!> sees. I'hyllis
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    • 126 10 S. R. C. Tennis Tournament. Yesterday's results were as follow- Doubles Handicap. W. A. Keyt and K. <;. Webb, biat V. J. Monteir i and I'.AlluuiiierqUe, owe r,—:;, g— -2. Mixed Doubles. \V. A. Atria and F. .1. Rappa beat K. G. Wheatley and A. \V. Jansen. V— r>, 7—
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    • 89 10 A Raster nbU of May in, gives the following; ("ounty Cricket results Manchester Lancashire beat N.ntlianiptonshire by it wickets. Kor tinwinners Cook took four wickets f> r :;7 and four for whilst Parkin captured nix for M in Northants' second Innings. Swansea Sussex beat Glamorgan by an innings
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    • 108 10 Jn connection with the double <.m tin griffin races first rlay and tin champion griffin race third d:iy, the ('miimittee hndecided that should it by any chance happen that the double is not picked tin proceeds of the pool, less the Club's ctutomary percentage, shall be given
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    • 36 10 The inuti'h between the keppel Golf Club and the Singapore GoM Club, which was to have been pluyi-d on t li<- Race course to-nirvrow, has been postponed as the links are under water.
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  • 1276 11 The Revised List Of Fixtures. The revised list of fixturus for the rk-kct season at home is as follows MAY. 20— Oval, Surry v. Essex. SO Leicester, Leicestershire v. Kent. riinairliam, Warwickshire v. Gloucest« Pforcsetsr, VftmestsxaMn v. Lancashire. 10 Laeds, Yorkshire v. Northamptonshire. '20— Worksop, Notts v. Derbyshire.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 69 11 LATEST DANCE RECORDS Always use HIS MASTER'S VOICE GRAMOPHONE and RECORDS Everywhere the Standard of Value and Excellence. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Raffles IMace, Singapore. "gjNCHER CROSS" Entirely British Obtainable at all leading Stockists DISTRIBUTING AGENTS William Jacks Co. Singapore and Kuala Lumpur APPRECIATION! A CUSTOMER, whose
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    • 470 11 Raffles Hotel TO-NIGHT Guest Night, Dinner Dance Latest Popular Dance Music By RAFFLES ORCHESTRA. Musical Director, Mr. K. A. COOKK. Trio of Beftasd Talented Cabaret Artist* srill perform during sad after dinner Saturday night. Speciality- One Man Jnzz Band. Reservations, etc. SARKIES BROTHRUS. Telephone 2920. Proprietors. Adeiphi Hote§ TO-NIGHT Special
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  • 564 12 SUNDAY. MAY 21, 1922. St. Andrew's Cathedral. T.-tir a.m. Litany. T. 45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). Ml am Matins followed by Holy Communion. 4 p.m. The Catechism. .".:i0 r m EvensoiiK (Shortened) with I. ita. iy and Sermon. During the followinc week Holy ComDiinion iii .Monday. Wednesday and
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  • 90 12 Recently the London correspondent of a Bombay paper reported that the Lychins would shortly be despatched to Kast Indian waters to join the Royal Indian Marine, and that she completed tho numIkt of ships presented by the British Government to India. "We are," says the Pioneer, "authoritatively informed that the
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 82 12 Bergougnan Solid Tyres ARE the best made in France, and used extensively in the Great War Supplies now available. Prices on application to a.' clouet Co. r;r/Tel. No. 240. 15,050 miles is the service of a GOODRICH SILVERTOWN CORD just returned to us. I itted to Cole Aero-Eight Car Run
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    • 295 12 2DBHBHH9H Is the Telephone Number of the 2 PROMPT PRINTERS Ring us up our 2 representative will gladly call on you for orders for Printing and Stationery. BRICKARD LIMITED. 76, Cecil Street, .z. HERE ARE SOME BOOKS THAT ARE OF INTEREST TO YOU. I radical Sciemi- of (hnracter lluildinu. by
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    • 230 12 fll 1* i i <*W B> -r wr v—u fbft fr J^g~ < *^!S) *^|P Messrs. FRAMROZ CO. glf J Dear Sirs, A > I am hnppy to testify to the excellence < I I "f your Sodn vator wii h which you hnvc J I f rnpplied me for
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  • 769 13 Mountain Fascinations in S. W. Europe. Seen from Cannes, says a writer in the Time:;, the mountain chain of Estercl. r.haiply, daintily cutlined against a theatrical sky, the effect of which varies at every hour of the day, seems no more than a painted cloth, a stage
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  • 280 13 The Iv.kumin. described as the most loyal >f Japanese journals, in welcoming the Prince of Wales, the heir to the Throne •>f the country of the Rose on whose domains the sun never set- to the country of the Sunrise and Cherry-blossoms as a new tie i
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 178 13 H«MIBESHHH;BeBB&BBE!*EUBIBHHUMHI This Week Only •g| Whiteaways fef Voiles Wonderful range of patterns to select from hi Q S ets 1 l t?f.;. I'cr Yard. Width 38 40 Inch. Regal Footwear ill! $12.50 per pair Whiteaway. Laidlaw Co., Ltd. f lncorporated In Fnjliii'i; SINQAPORE AVAI.ACCA. ■■IIiaBBBBEi3S31Ba2BBBXISBaESZaiBlia3BBBIBB!HI HAZELINE SNOW I Trade mar-
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    • 455 13 uiiiiiiiiHiiiiuiiiiuiiiiKCEauuiuniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniuiiiminiiiiiiiiiiii I TITAJV CEMENT HAS PROVED ITS SUPERIORITY. G. AURELY Co., /ty J^/ rino up 2 B, FINLAYJON GREEN, (fIW FOR LATESr REDUCTION IN PRICE ißiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiißniiiiiiiiiininnßiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiniiiiiiuiiiiiHiiiiiniN THE "DRUM" PUMP] I Centrifugal Motion with Positive Action. No Valves to out of order. High 2 Percentage of Efficiency. Made in Various
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 239 14 The Motor Union Insurance (0., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT. All kinds of vehicles quoted for, Favourable rates. Prompt and liberal settlement of claims. The Camnrehensive Policy of the Motor Union is the recognised premier motor p-licy. KIKE DEPARTMENT. Insurances effected on Buildings and Merchandise for long or
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    • 1560 14 Assets approximately $5,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $17,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 371 14 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hongkong) Capital, all paid np 110,000,009 Silver Rrseire tZS^OO.OOC Sterling Reserve, held in London 1 4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors M 120,000,000 COUBT OP DIRECTORS. G. M. Dodwell, Esq. Chairman. Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang deputy Chairman D. G. M. Bernard, Esq. Hon. Mr.
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  • 1019 15 Question of Officers' Retirement. The naval correspondent of the Morning: Post writes Those who have mixed with naval officers during the past few months and probably the same applies to officers of the British and Indian Annies will have noticed that the overwhelmingly paramount topic of
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 228 15 Further Price Reduction $1,650 F.O.R. Singapore Standard Equipment Electric Self Starter Equipment $250 extra. Do not defer buying your car in the hopes of further reductions for the above price is base on the latest reductions advised Wearne Bros., Ltd. (Incorporated ia Slmfapor*.) Sole Distributors for STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. FEDERATED MALAY
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    • 105 15 PAVIN de LAFARGE'S EXTRA WHITE CEMENT For the Plastering of Walls and making of Concrete Cement Tiles and Artificial Stone. Sole Agents E. C. MONOD CIE, S.S. PM.S. AND MAM. 2, De Souza Street, SINGAPORE. "0 1 CEMENT SOLE IMPORTERS The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE. ROOFINGS
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 214 16 TO LET The comfortable and commodious residence at 1507, Joo Cliiat Lane, Tanjong Kalonp, six bedrooms, with two bathrooms attached, sittv'iK and dining rooms, with a spacious back, terrace, electric lights throughout. Servants' quarters and parade. Fur fuitlnr particular! apply to GUAN KIAT CO., LTD. 3.-., ranxjF nun. ■atthMahal 18»«
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    • 364 16 GUAN KIAT CO., LTD. I Incorporated in Si:iK:»pore) 3.-1, PHILLIP STREET. Now Shipments, Just Arrived. Kx. s.s. ACHILLES A s.s. TEUCER M. ScruMiern at SeruM-ing Brushes-Sup-erior asjaWf unlarrrd white Spunyarn, Ii ply-Ucst cju.ility Steel Wire Kid.lli-s nnd sieve. <\v...id Uaw)— "Waltan" tUara an.i White Marine C.lue-Tr.rnd Kjllin- in U'O Icthom
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    • 942 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges for Wants, Fcr Sals, To Let, etc., la ordinary closa-set type (average six word, to line) are per liaa one Insertion 28 cts., two ins. 46 cts., three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 cts., fivavins., $1.00, six ins. $1.13. ten ins. $1.40, twelve ins.
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    • 958 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LKT. house 71, Prinsep Street. Ei.try tune l. Apply Clark. Quay. TO LET, Villa Marina, No. «l,~ii«yer ■toad. Apply to Moyor Krjthers. TO LET, Naa, BTA, 17 8 aad ITC, Taak Road. Apply at No. 30, Chulia Street, fir.t floor. CHANCERY HOUSE, to let furnished, with
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    • 689 16 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, No. 40 and 43, Anson Road Apply to E. S. JNaUH,^ is, Malacca Street. TO LET, new premises, 117 :ind 118. Cecil Street. Api [y M. Huston, i, De Sjuza Street TO l.i:T OFFICE, at 4 and 4-a, Prince Street, top and ground floor (can
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    • 228 16 Phoenix Silk and Mercerised Lisle Hose FOR LADIES AM) CHILDREN at THE BAND BOX PRINCESS GARMENTS CO. 4, RAFI'ES PLACE, (Opposite Robinsons). Write fur illustrated booklet. PHOTOGRAPHS For taa beat of crrrythlng In arcry Branch af Photography ring »p MR. BUCKERIDGE Phone 1898 THE ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO In the COLONY,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 198 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Editorial and General 5R Manager's Office Ill" Job Printing Office 1-44 Ml communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed to VIIE EDITOR. All communications relating to baaineal nattan advertliements, ruhscriptions, accounts, printing, etc., should be addressed to Till) MANAGKR. AUVERTISEME.NT RATES. Wants, For
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