The Straits Times, 16 June 1922

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,972 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 1922 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      152 1 Messrs. James Buchanan Co., Ltd., j have received tl**j Royal Warrant of Appointment to I H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES S j Tf-c POPULAR SCOTCH WHISKY SUPPLIES OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE i Sole Agents 1 The Borneo Company, Ltd., I (Incorporated in England) r SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG I 5 I
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    THE BALFOURS.
    519 2 The New Peer and His Pedigree. A Scottish correspondent of The Observer write! In selecting Earl of Balfour for his title, the new peer has gone back to the original home of his family. Balfour it' a small place in Fife, near Markinch. ii.c i.alfours of Balfour artt
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    WORTHLESS DEGREES.
    466 2 Warning Against Certain Offerings. Dr. George E. Mac Lean, Director of taM British Division of the American University Union in Europe, has bevr. warning the British public against bogus .rurican defrrees. The success of the obscure American j i-crrespondence colleges and self-styled j ii. orsitifcs, to the degrees
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      561 2 Drive away pto Rheumatism PENETRATES lift Don't suffer needlessly Sloan's gives wonderful relief. Pain files before the sootiiing power of Sloan's Liniment. Just a little applied to the painful spot gives quick relief. No rubbing required— Sloan's penetrates. For those tormenting pains of Rheumatism in joints or muscles, for the
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      307 2 hum FOUCAULD aBI^ANDY I »at»fo»JCA»u> iCvJIISBr B8T»I8*T AT XP^ AGENCY OFFERED. "our optical" department is compleU- with all the latest lense grind inpr machinery and fitted with the latest sight testing instruments. We have now reduced our in•lusive v ites by fifty per cent. >o that tho:? me eyes are
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      138 2 A.M.A. A.M.A. THE BRITISH NICLAUSSE BOILER Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) The Niclausse WATER TUBE Boiler FOR LAND SERVICE AND FOB MARINE SERVICE. MORE THAN 4,000,000 H.P. IN SERVICE. Sole Agenta P. A. PARIS, 54/56, THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. A.M.A. A.M.A. PATENT MEDICINES NEO-SALVARSAN of Messrs. MEISTER LUCIUS AND BRUNING, HOECHST
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    GIANT SEARCHLIGHT.
    349 3 To Scour the Pacific from Heights Of Tamalpais. Approaching completion on Mount Tamalpais, overlooking the Pacific, the city of San Francisco and San Francisco Bay, is a sixty-inch searchlight of fivehundred million candle-power. This marks an epoch in this, class of optical engineering. It will show a battleship
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    MILITARY TRAINING.
    251 3 Utilising Newspaper Press In Afghanistan. The military authorities in Afghanistan are utilising the newspaper press for disseminating the principles of military training. This substitu'.e for Field Service Regulations provides a collection of unexceptional maxims indicating 1 that at Afghan headquarters '.here is serious study of the essentials which
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    MAY RUBBER RETURNS.
    207 3 A1ma.— 23,000 lbs. Atbara.— lB.4lB 11^. Ayor Tawah.— 24.2o3 lbs. BatanK Bunar. M£W lbs. Batu Anani. 81,682 lbs. Batu Village. 11,155 lbs. Bintan (Ceased Tapping). Bukit Kajanjr.— s6,!l7l lbs. Bukit Toh Al.-inp.— 2:!,789 lbs. Bedford.— 6,9l2 lbs. Baljrownie.— 2l.loo Be Dcrnam-Perak.— ::!,y7;i lbs. Bruas-Pernk.— l4,sol lbs. Banuar
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      702 3 NOTICE The and«r3ifr><« Partners In Chop Ban I.eong A Co., Sbipc handlers, Iron dealers ana Commission Agent? of No. 34, Phillip Street, Singapore, hereby give notice that whereas the late Yap Toon Jin, was previous to hi* death, appointed Manager of tlie said chop, he was not panner thereof and
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      261 3 SHEPGO'S 72 > Waterloo Stntt SHEPCOS CYCLE AND MOTOR MART. The recognised selling agency for all classes of second-hand motors. For quick sale and highest price obtainable, you cannot do better than send your car to us for clearance. For a good second-hand car at current market valuation you cannot
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      402 3 WOMEN NURSING BABIES should be careful to avoid constipalton, for thin condition letn loore poisons into the blood which rob the baby's food of purity and strength. The most efficient laxative for woman's une is Pinkettes, which net as gently as nature and neither gripe nor purge. P Doing purely
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      356 3 Quicker Morning Shaves SAVE TIME SAVE BLADES Your only remedy at present to get a quick and velvety shave, if your safety blade is dull, is to scrap it and use a new one. Invariably you shave in hurry. You can't stop fiddling with strops and ordinary sharpening devices which
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      631 4 STSaWEB SaiLIWSS P. 0.-British India Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES rmiKfltJLAB AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Governnxat) LONDON rAsVsttSTEBN SERVICK TO MARSEILLES, LONDON ft ANTWIRP Da* yinfapor* L*a»e aincapore KASFIGAR aV>oct Jane 23 I PFUTA about June 27
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      645 4 STEAMER SfIILIHBS "ELLERMAN" LINE ELLERMAN ft BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co, Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) STBAIttB Dm Statr-pem PASSENGER SERVICE OL'TWAKI). Steamer Due Singapore t s.s. CITY OF MANCHESTER China and Japan July 5 HOMEWARD. s.s. CITY OF GLASGOW London July 10 s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE London Aug. 18 t s.s. CITY
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      738 4 STEAMER SAILINGS KON.NKLIJKE PAKETVAART KfAATGHdPHJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO, OK BATAYIA) BBS 7'" (laeorporated la Holland) UNDBB CONTBACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVTS.VMENT. Talet>*«a« Mea. I'aaaac* Dept. in. Freight Dept. 1202, Marine Dept. and Trar»b>paen« Dept. 1457, Man.-.ger'a Pept. 10W. KOEMAI June lfi, Blinjoo. Djebocs and Palcmbsng. >AN DIEMEN-June 16,
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      395 5 STEAMER SAILINGS N. Y. K. LONDON LINE Mifthiraa Mi.ni June 29 HlfcMrtl Maru .luly H LIVERPOOL UNE Tokushima Maru June 22 Sado Maru early July > HAMBURG UNE Mito Maru June 25 NEW YORK UNE VIA SUEZ SOUTH AMERICAN LINE Kawachi Maru June 17 BOMBAY LINE Takaokn Mnru Juno 17
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      247 5 STEAMER SAILINGS O.S.K. Propoted Sailing from Singapore (■abject to change without prerioai notice). EUROPEAN UNE For Marseilles. London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Suez and Port Said Arr. Dep. ATLAS July 25 July 26 NEW YORK LINE For Ssn Francisco, ''animi, New York via Japan Arc. Dep. HAGUE July 22
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      147 5 STEMEB SAHJN«S DOLLAR UNE For Boston New York Baltimore Snez) s.s. MARGARET DOLL4R Loading Singapore June 25 Through Bills of Lading issued from Singapore to the Principal Cities of the United States and Canada. For further information as to Rates, etc., apply to DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. No. 117-121, Market
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      129 5 STEAMER SAH.INGB STRUTHERS AND BARRY OPERATORS UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO Doe Singapore s.s. WEST FARALON June 2% to discharge. s.s. WEST FARALON July 4 to load s.s. APUS July 21 to discharge s.B. APUS Aug. 6 to load I s.s. WEST IVAN Aug.
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      267 5 STEAMER SAILINGS 1 COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OGEAN S.S. CO. LTD. (Incorporated in England) THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO* LTD. (Incorporated in England) Monthly Service taking cargo and Passengers from Singapore JAVA PORTS (as inducement offers) NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIAN PORTS AND FREMANTLE (PERTH) Approximate Sailings CHARON July 6 MINDEROO Aug.
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      288 5 SAILINGS AUSTRALIA BY BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) Singapore to Java Ports, Port Darwin, Thursday Island, Brisbane and Sydney, via Torres Straits, also with transhipment to other Victorian, South Australian and North Queensland Ports, British New Guinea, New Britain, Tasmania and New Zealand Port? APPROXIMATE SAILINGS V.ONTORO, 4,057 tons
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      865 6 CINEMAS LIBERTY Universal House North Bridge Road. Exclusive Universal Pictures The Second Show at 9.15 pjn. The Screen's most bewitching beauty MARIE PREVOST Supported by HARRY MYERS in NOBODY'S FOOL King Baggot has made, in this pictur», one of the most Scintillating comedy classics ever screened. It fairly sparkles with
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      317 6 CWEBfIS Marl borough THE HOME OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES. Bench Road. From Wednesday, June 14 to Tuesday, June 20, 1922 (excluding Sunday, June II) A PARAMOUNT ROYALTY MASTERPIECE A George Fitzmauricc Production Featuring MAE MURRAY AND DAVID POWELL A Romance athrob with all that a woman's heart has known Flooded with
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      595 6 STEAMER SAILINGS MESSAGERIES MARITIMES DE FRANCE Under Contract with the French Government Mall and Passenger Services DIRECT FORTNIGHTLY MARSEILLES FAR EASTERN SERVICE HOMEWARD BIAILS OtJTWARD MAILS To Marseilles via Penang, Colombo, To Japan via Saigon, Haiphong, Djibouti, Port Said Hongkong and Shanghai tons tons ANGERS 15,000 about June 22 I
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    168 7 FIXTURES. I'liilny, June 16 Ili^-h Water, IJS n.m.. 3.2S r.m. Football, Div. I. S.K.C. v. R.GA., S.C.C. ground. Saturday, June 17 Mijrh Wnter. 2AA a.m.. 4 17 pirn. ■•Well, Whnl About It?" Theatre, 9.15. ■■May, Jur.r is 1 1 i^rii Water, 5X n.m., 5.7 p.m. Mur.oi.y. June
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    87 7 VLSSEI.S AT THE DOCKS. 1 Mhi B sla ioo» kVharf Van der Wljck. aravak. Main Wl-in Lai Sang, Zalda, Manelie, nlng. re Dock Ombitin, Klpmor. Wi .i v.. irl Coen. It-rdinPH \Vh.i-.' i'ulo Brani Cal Wharf-Nil. Keppel llar!>our. Main Wnarf i. It, Baila Hornco, I.cli. i Qoaa, Jh:.
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    Vessels Arrived.
    78 7 HIN, Brit., 107 t««S, from Ma--17-G. from Liverpool 1 :;i:i.V. 1> il.. M tons, from Rhio 14-C. 'or It.MJ>IS. Brit., 1.144 ton», from Hongkonj ■8-1.. ii'»N(, no, Ik:!.. BO tons, from Tnnggaan 16-C. I idat 16-6, i 7-6. Bril 172 torn, from Malaccc tons, froso H«ag> 17-6. from
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    109 7 To-day VsJun X p m. Samaraac 3 p.m. Port BweUankan aad Teluk Anson 1 p.m. Port Sail! I I St. i and lliliiion 4 p.m. Malacca nrfu Muar 4 p.m. L\n;-x- 1 P" Rl i. BUliton, Batavia, Chcribon, Samarang, .-"ourubuyn, etc. 4 p.m. i alang 4 p.n.
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    31 7 Left Spore Arrd. London May 2 May 30 May 5 May 29 May 11 June 6 Msy 13 June R Ma; in June H Ma) tl June II
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    119 7 Things are assuming a mow si-hous asthe Japan-Calcutta freight service in the r.itcwur amorisr the Nippon Vusen Kaisha, tho Osaka Shosen Kaishu and the British India Steam Navigation Company, and rates arc coming down, says i iiy News. The Conference n i tw cotton is stipulated at V.24. nstcd to
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    152 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, June 16. On London, Bark m s Demand K Private m. credits 2/4 8/w On New York 51I V Private M» On France, Bank 565 Oi> India, Bank T.T. 177 On HungkonK, Bank d/d 14 Vi p.c. prem. Or. ShEiiKhai, Bank d/d 64Vfc On Java,
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    61 7 Tone of Market Steady. Latest London cabiis quote: Spot feXCJM T-'.su.. spot hoit 7-i-.<L Spot July luly-Sept Singapore Standanl Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers trd mot uly uly-Scpt. )ct.-Dec. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers. 24 y-i IT> 234 26
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      MINING
      186 7 ssue. >'al. Pd. Buyen Seller* 1 1 Ayer Went 1.00 1 1 Hitam Tin 0.86 0.93 1 1 Jslantoh 0.60 1 1 Johan Tin 0.45 0.55 il £1 Ksm. Kamunt. 1.12.0 1.14.0 10. 10 Kinta Assc. ;'..00 4.00 xd. 5 5 Lingui Tin 2.50 3.00 0 10 Malayan Col.
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      GENERAL.
      137 7 Issue. Val. Pd. Buyers Stllert £1 £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 3.18.0 4.0.0 10 10 Cent is! Engines 13.00 10 10 Ctntral Moton 4.00 Q fl E. Smelting Co. 6.50 0.00 ">/- I/- Electric Tramways 1/- 2/io 10 Pnaet ntd Nam 2.">.a0 26.00 xd. M SO hammer and Co. 100
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      DEBENTURES.
      114 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,300 par 5 p.c. p.m.: S'porc Electrical Tramways, 5 p.c. £350,000 ncm. Spore Municipal 5 p.c. $1,875.n00 par Spore Municipal i\i p.c. of ISW7 81,000,000 10 p.c. nis. Spore Municipal 4V& p.c of 1909 $1,600,500 10 p.c. di?. Spore Municipal 4>» p.c. of 1909 11,500,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      395 7 l'rasi r nnd Co. and I.vall and Evatt's Quotation*. Latest available Sterling Quotations are printed on ami) her pare on Friday. To-d»y"s Prices. ira-.r Loral! Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.15 0.20 0.15 0.20 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.00 1.00 A. Hitam 9.00 10.00+ 9.00 10.00 A. Kilning ($1) 0.75
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      32 7 FOR SHANGHAI S.S HWAH WU 7,00* 1 ..(iiiur ns above about June IS. will have cjuick despatch. Fur fieight and further particulars, apply to BABKCTTO .'HIPPING TRADING CO., No. Raffles Quay, Agtnts.
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      617 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS TIrLK.MAN AND PROS* RYE BRKAH, Hreal.fast Uuc.iii. Liver BttMMI and «!..> Cuddings. 11. Bolter, Rardpe Hotel Bvildhif. "sn catkin WANTfeD by s shorthand typist, «rlth experience. Apply Btl, StralU Times. WANTED, motor bicycle and side-car, must be in Rood condition and perfect runnine order. 849, Straits Times. ~WANTED~TO
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      236 7 ESTATES OK TAN KENG HO I)H( KASEi), OP TAN EN(; BOX DECEASED. AND OF TAN BO UN alias WING HOW NEO alias WING BOON NEO DECEASED. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of very valuable leasehold laTid nnd firnt-c!asn town business promise* knu'.vn as Xo HIS, South Bridge Road, No. 71?. Amoy Strict
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      166 7 Don't purchase a car, lorry,, tractor, or marine engine without first requesting particulars of what we can nupply. Entire satisfaction is guaranteed. Ambrose!! Stoppani Co. SINGAPORE AND I'ENANG. THE WORLD FAMOUS ZENITH MOTOR CYCLE Complete with Gradua gear clutch, kick starter. Owing to further reductions in price by the manufacturers
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    57 8 Mrs. Tan Hcon Bla ar.d fr.mily beg to tiianl: their friends and relations who attended the funeral of the lute Mr. Tan Hoon Hin, on June 11, and all those who sent wreaths, Chinese scrolls, telagfOM and letters of condolence, nnd others who lent their cm: and who rendered
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    The Straits Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 16 GERMANY'S BURDEN.
    1078 8 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, JUNE 16 GERMANY'S BURDEN. It was our good fortune the other day to read some documents which put the position of Germany in relation to reparation payments in a much clearer light thar. we had previously seen it stated. We all know that the subject bristles
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    61 8 Messrs. Barlow and Co.'s report on copra states During the past week there has been more business transacted and prices improved slightly. This advance, however, has not been maintained and at closure prices were unchanged from the previous week. Quotations are as follcws No. 1 standard $10.30 to 510.50, No.
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    70 8 A mysterious disease is said to have broken out at the naval station at Meklong, Siam. It begins with a swelling of the fingers and toes, which turn black. Next the swelling extends to the whole body and death follows in three days. The disease^ is absolutely new, and the
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    77 8 Messrs. Cheong Koon Senß and Co., on Wednesday afternoon gold 999 years leasehold land and house 332 North Bridge Read, area 1,886 square feet, to Mr. Tan Soo Teck for $29,500. Freehold land at Tr.i Gin Road, 2 acres, 1 roo<', 8 poles, was bought by Mr. Chan Chin Kwang
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    11 8 The local fruit season in Penang is stated to be abnormal.
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    10 8 Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard is presiding over the Bankruptcy Court to-day.
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    16 8 His Excellency the High Commissioner will open the Federal Council at 10 a.m. on Monday next.
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    34 8 Tan Kee Chsng, for driving a car without a licence in River Valley Road on the .evening of the Bth instant, was put up by the Traffic Department bofore Mr. Dawson, and fined $20.
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    30 8 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 174 $100. The rate of payment of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 179=5100.
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    33 8 At the Amsterdam Tea Market 7,100 cases of Java and 5,649 of Sumatra Tea were offered on the 9th in3fant. Bidding was firm for tho best kinds but some 5,000 cases remained unsold.
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    34 8 Our Penang correspondent wires: Pleadin.? guilty to a charge of fabricating false evidence in a bankruptcy case, Kliu Sen^ 1 Xi was sentenced to a day's imprisonment and to pay n fine of $200.
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    32 8 Mr. S.K. Wong, one of the promoteri of petrol supply stations in the Straits and F.MIS., prepeses to instal similar stations in Bangkok for the soovenience of motorists, says' the Bangkok Times.
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    33 8 The Consul-General for China (Mr. Lo Chong) will give an address on Christianity in China on Thursday. 22nd inst., at 8.30 p.m. at the headquarters of the Chinese Christian Association, 136 Prinsep St.
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    34 8 A Bandoeg Java telegram of the Gth .says that rubber production in Pamancekan and T;:assem Provinces has increased to eight million pounds per year and that the cost of production there has been reduced.
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    40 8 A message from Peaang says that owing to the slump the value of housos landed property has dropped to the r-xtent of 30 per cent. A valuable property in Macalister Rond, for which the owner paid £45,000, has realised $22,600.
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    48 8 During May 7G.736 kilogrammes of rubber were exported from Belawan. Sumatra to Holland, 130,01>0 to Great Britain, 95,531 to Germany, 10,004 tr France, I, HI 1,007 to America, :).:!00 t<> Penang and 175,109 to Singapore. The total export frcm Belawan were thus some 2,300 tons in a month.
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    73 8 Mr. Brock, engineer-in-chief of th? construction of a harbour in Haichcw Bay, has suspended work and is returning to Peking. Mr. Brock us reported in the Chinese press as explaining that the suspension of the undertaking was due, in the first plac?, to failure to raise the necessary funds, and
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    94 8 At the last Amsterdam Tobacco Sales .:">y bales from the Soengei Bahasa Estate belonging to the Senerr.bah Maatschappij which were valued at 2 guilders 76 cents per half kilo brought in 8 guilders 45 cents. Deli Batavia Maatschappij Estates alsc fetched high prices Gedong Johore 4 guilders <>G cents, Padar.^
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    101 8 A bow-legged man, so bow-legged in feet that he locked like two brackets in paragraph without a sentanre in between them just like this asked Monsieur Cone if he could b? cured. You can cure yourself" was the answer, "by saying every night, 'My legs are growing straighter, and straightvr
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    98 8 In celebration of the feast of Corpus Christi a pentitical high mass was said by the Right Rev. Louis Perrichon at the Church of Our Lady of Luurdes yesteriay morning. In the evening Vespers was sung nnd the procession tcok place the Bishop carrying- the Blessed Sacrament ar.d pronouncing the
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    104 8 The present premises of the High Court at Alor Star, Kedah, being unsuitable, the ju.iiciary is to be housed in a more commodious building to be erected on the site between the Balci Nobat and the Kota within the precincts of which fugitives could claim sanctuary in the olden da>>.
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    109 8 Th° committee appointed by the Government of India to examine the present system of seamen recruitment and to recommend reforms in the methodshasreporU ed urging the total abolition of the existing gravely abused practice of engaging seamen through licensed or private brokers. The committee recomrm.nd that entirely a new system
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    465 8 The Bishrp of Singapore has arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. F. Cunningham and Miss Cunningham have left the F.M.S. for homo. M. Poincare will Junch with Mr. Lloyd Georpre on Monday next, wiMB tho French Premier will pay a visit to London. Phra Prcdibaddka Bhubal, Siamese Consul-General
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    Sequel to Divorce Action.
    83 8 A decree nisi in tho divorce suit between tfargamt de Boaario versus Alfrcl de X' urio was made absolute by Mr. Justice Bamtt-1.i.-nri:inl < >i Tuesday tas>t on the application of Mr. P. Sammy, counsel for the petitioner, Margaret c!e Rozario. It will be remembered that
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    A Penang Joy Ride.
    104 8 Our Penar.tf correspondent wins- Khn Tiang Bong who had been irivi-n a lift by th owner of ear, while tba owner was in the hew, got into the driver's seal and pressed tha telf-starter. The car tan along ihe paaaag* waj towards th servants' quarters, knocked
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    Japanese and China's Civil War.
    94 8 The anxiety repardinc tho Japoaata residents at Shanhaikwan has passed, says an official repott, and the one hundred residents of the town who tool: refuKe in the Japanese barracks, have returned to their homes. The Fengtien troops upon their entry to the city some days
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    F. M. S. War Memorial.
    146 8 As already stated the prize for tho bc-st design for Urn X..M.S. \\';.r M. moi built in Kuala Lumpur en the right hand tide of the entrance to Urn proposed War Memcrial has been awarded to Mrs-r. Stark and Mi-.Vili's dmign. It form of a
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      164 8 ALHAMBRA The Theatre Combining Variety with quality and quantity. A Two-feature Programme To-night For the Second Show et 9. THE SCRAPPER In 5 parts In 5 parts Featuring IK'rl.. rt Knwlinsoii WHAT HAPPENED TO ROSA In 5 parts In 5 parts Featuring Mabel Normand hurricaneTiiutch Pathe Serial featuring Charles Hutchison
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    Colonial Development.
    211 9 Suggestions for a London Committee. Beutor's Service. London, June 14. A deputation from the Federation of British industrial and the London Chamber of Commerce submitted to the Under-Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Wood, proposals for the establishment of unofficial comm'tte?s in the c< lonics, I the Governors on
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    Late Sir Ross Smith.
    137 9 Reuteb s Sebvick. London, Juno 14. .f Biz Etoaa Smith m!i in a cr.Tln covered with the lag ;.:.:d iir.pressive cers--1 4ai.-s on all ships were ha!fand :iii jsamU subsequently filed to the- cathedral t.> view the catafalque where the body wQI lay in slate ur.til
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    Rio De Janeiro Exhibition.
    82 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 14. In the House of Commons Viscount Curzon drew itteiition to the Japanese going to Bio da Janeiro in honour of the forthcoming exhibition and raggettcd that the Admiralty should reconsider their decision not to send the squadron fr» m l:<-nr.uda. replied
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    Lenin.
    69 9 Relter's Service. Loodi n, Jure 14. Freii.iit announces that Lenta has bees obliged, for reasons of health, to take' six months' leave. A triumvirate eonsiatiag of Stalin, KaiiirnclT and KykofT is replacing him. Stalin is a Georgian Turk, Kamoneff, the uf i hi' Moscow Soviets, is re>gaidad as a
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    Another University.
    38 9 P.elter's Service. Linden, June 11. Lord Haliiiru' at Nottingham, whin he l.vl the fnrnwtoHwi rtoaa <f the new .!;:ml I'ihvi i.-ity, HI 1111 ■prill Urn i f an anonymous donation of i 100,000 towards its endowment.
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    Irish Situation.
    118 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 14. It is understood in London that negotiations regarding the draft of the South Irish Constitution have reached a result which is generally regarded as satisfactory to all parties concerned. London, June 15. Following a joint conference of the British and Irish signatories of
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    Bank Rate Reduced.
    117 9 Reuteb's Service. London, June 15. The Bank of England discount rate is 3Vi per cent. Later The reduction of the bank rate wa:- largely unexpected. It is now the lowest since January, 1914, when it stood at 3 per cent. It is ger.c-rally welcomed as assisting the
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    Dumping.
    84 9 Reuteb's Service. London, June 14. The question of anti-dumping legislation is likely to arise in an acute form in the near future when the House of Commons will be asked to endorse the Cabinet's decision enforcing the antidumping provision of the Safeguarding of industries Act in the case of
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    Newspaper Squabble.
    67 9 Reuteb's Service. London, June 15. The recent secession of Lord Northcliffe's newspapers from the Newspaper Proprietors' Association is recalled by the announcement that Mr. Walter Fish and Sir Andrew Caird, director and vice-chair-man, respectively, of the Associated Newspapers, have issued writs of libel against the Northcliffe associated newspapers,
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    Reparation.
    59 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Parii: The Reparation Commission note to Germany says the questions of the control of German expenditure of revenue and export of German capital will be investigated by the guarantee committee acting in conjunction with ti'.e German Government. The Commission awaits detailed proposals for decreasing
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    Miners Strike.
    31 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Ton thousand miners have struck in South Wales owing to the refusal of certain members of the Craftsmen Union to join the Miners' Federation.
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    Hungarian Elections.
    29 9 Eeuteb's Service. London, June 14. Budapest The final results of tho ITtllflhll elections are for the Government bloc 106, for the Opposition 70 and the Independents three.
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    Russian Question.
    224 9 The Beginning of The Hague Conference. Reuteb's Service. London, June 14. The Hague British and other delegates are gathering for to-mcrrow's opening of the conference on the Russian question in the Great Hall of Justice at the Peace Palace where seats have been provided for 59 delegates besides
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    News from Japan.
    116 9 We are indebted to the JCanyo Niclii Nichi Shimbun for the following telegrams from Japan Tokio, June 13. The new Premier, Baron Kato, has announced that he is responsible with regard to the matters created by the decisions of the Washington Conference, and that he is- assured
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    Vatican and Russia.
    36 9 Relter's Service. I^ondon, June 15. Warsaw According to the newspapers, the Vatican has intervened at Moscow on behalf of Cieplak, the Catho!ic Archbishop of Petrograd, who was recently arrested by the Soviet authorities.
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    China Station.
    49 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. The new light cruiser, Despatch, 4,765 tons, built at Govan, has been commissioned at Chatham for the China station where she will relieve H.M.S. Curlew. The Despatch is a sister ship to the Delhi, the flagship of the first light cruiser squadron.
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    Teachers Pensions.
    45 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. In the House of Commons at question time it was stated that notwithstanding the Government defeat on May 16 Mr. Lloyd George had decided to proceed with the Teachers' Superannuation Bill in view of the select committee's report.
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    Fighting in China.
    37 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Peking The fighting at Shanhaikwan has developed into one of the fiercest battles of the civil war. There are very heavy casualties. The Chihliites are confident of speedy victory.
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    French Olympiad.
    23 9 Reutee's Service. London, Jpne 15. Paris The Chamber has voted Fr. 10,000,000 for preliminary expenses in connection with the 1924 Olympiad.
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    United States News.
    108 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Washington An attack was made in Congress on the aHeged non-enforcement of prohibition on Shipping Board vessels in the course of which Mr. Lasker, chairman of the Board, explained that it was necessary to supply drinks after the three mile limit had
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    British New Guinea.
    57 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Sydney Referring to Australian criticisms' of the Commonwealth's rule in New Guinea, the Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, said that Germany by insidious propaganda was endeavouring to persuade the world that Australia was unfit to govern New Guinea, but the retention of these
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    Cotton Congress.
    34 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. Two hundred delegates including India and Japan are attending the world cotton congress at Stockholm organised by the International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' Associations.
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    British Trade.
    34 9 Reuter's Service. London, June 15. The Board of Trade Journal stat-.'S that imports for May were £88,000,000, exp«rr= f58,000,0C0 and re-experis nearly £9,000,000, compared with £80,000,000, £55,000,000 and £9,000,000, respectively, in April.
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    LICENSING JUSTICES.
    273 9 The Tentative Arrangement At St. George Hotel. The quarterly meeting c-f the Singapore Licensing Justices was held yesterday in the First Magistrate's Court. Mr. P. A. F. David presided, the other licensing justices associated on the bench with him being Dr. J. A. R. Glennie and Messrs. Elias,
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    96 9 The word lascar is, of course, of Eastern origin and 'is connected with lashkar. an army, and the original lashkari, was a soldier. In East Africa the askari is still a soldier. In India the word iascar came to be applied not to soldiers generally but to gunners and when
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    43 9 Mr. T. Knudtzon, formerly Norwegian Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo, passed through Singapore recently. After t.iuring the East, he intends visiting Australia, New Zealand, and the different Soutr American staUs before he finally shapes his course for homo about the end of this year.
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    Straits Rubber Co.
    1646 9 Company Financially Very Strong. The second annual general meeting of the Strai-s Rubber Company, Ltd., was hold on May 1(! at Winchester House, Old Broad-street K.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the Chairman) presiding-. The Secretary having read the notice convening: the meeting and the report of the
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    NOTES FROM MIRI.
    457 9 Miri, Sarawak, June 12. The annual meeting of the Gymkhana Club, Miri, was held on May 21, in the Company's Rest House, when three vacancies en the management conuaittw .vere duly filled. Since the last annual .netting, the club has proved profitable .n every sense of the
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      TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.
      623 10 Some Interesting Entries. Entries for the Singapore Lawn Tennis Championship close next Tuesday. Up to date nineteen have put their names down, and there may be more to come. Th.' winner of this tournament will represent Singapore in the Malayan Chainpionihip at Kuala Lumpur, where the cnUM :i
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      Singapore Yacht Club.
      277 10 The third and final race for Mr. V. D. Know] l'.'l'J, Vice Commodore Challenge Cap, will t:ike piace on Sunday, starting, gun at 10 a.m. preeJeeiy. Club course. Jtaeca f»r Nc:.l Quarter. July 2 Elizabc-th ChaHeng-e Cup :i do. i<: do. Mr. Stewart's Trophy 30 (apt. K.
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      ROWING.
      314 10 filenhogan Cup Races. LJuite a large number of people witnessed the first he>at in the Glenhogan Cup races yesterday, when Winsley's crew won from Betford's. The race, which is distinguished by esch crew baring a lady cox, is over a threequarter mile course' inside the broakwater flnlshina; at the
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      Football.
      367 10 The Singapore U'nitea may not win matches but they certainly try, and that is the spirit. When they are down to play they turn out. Yesterday they had their sixth engagement in the second Rfrislon of the league in opposition to S.C.C. 11. The club team scored a good
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      Cricket.
      60 10 The following will represent the V.M.C.A. against the Middlesex at cricket to-mcrrow at Tp.nglin H. G. Stack (capt.). F. Ziegele, C. W. Gomes, T. Cordeiro, M. Ignatius, G. H. Oorloff, C. A. Xrrris, T. Weerakody, G. J. Vyas. C. Smith and S. L. Jansin Reserve G. J. Luke. The
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      County Cricket.
      17 10 A Router wire of June 15 states At Nottingham, Noits beat Northamptonshire by nine wickets.
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      Hockey.
      220 10 After an interval of some weeks, hockey was resumed on the Padang yesterday, when the Asiatic Petroleum Company team met the R.A.M.C. The result was a win for the former by 5 2. It was quite an interesting game. Play in the first naif was of a fast character
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    45 10 An exhibition lawn tennis match has been arranged between D. H. Kleinmann and S. J. Edwards to take place on the V.M.C.A. hard court No. 5 on the Fort Canning Hill this afternoon at 5 p.m. This should prove of great interest to tennis lovers.
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    30 10 The Interdenominational meeting, will tie held on Monday, the 19th inst., at 5.30 p.m. at the Y.W.C.A. Fort Canning Road. Leader, either Capt. Carre or Mr. Teskey. AH are welcome.
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    RUBBER OPTIMISM.
    345 10 Pleasant Views For Shareholders. Mr. H. C. Pearscn, certainly one cf the most experienced and shrewd men in the rubber industry (says the India Rubber Journal), has recently, in his paper, the India-Rabber World, expressed views as to the likelihood of higher prices for cruderubber (some time, if
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      Messrs. Macphail and Co.'s Daily Report.
      149 10 Singapore, Jun? It!. Silver. —ZG. Hongkong 11 p.c. prem. Three months gold 53'j. Share Market.—Dull. Rubbers. —Market quiet. Allenbys Hi--18 ein.s, Craigielcas 20-23 cv:its, BasBCta G7'--72 1 a cents, Bukit Sembawan-. s Is. to Is. -Id., and Singapore Uniteds 6% to K'l-d., Mentakab^ 12!j
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      Lyall and Evatt's Share Report.
      136 10 Messrs. Lyall and Evatt report under to-day's date Tin.— n'>2.~>. Rubbers. —Few enquiries. Bas-etts have rrna'.l buyers at G7'<4, Malacca Pindas at 70 cents, Sungei Tukangs can be placed at 10 cents, sellers asking two cents over. Tnited Malaccas have changed ham's at C2',i- cents.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    279 10 A good programme is to be given by the Palacegay to-night in a Metro picture entitled A Million a Minute, featuring the i-co-stars Francis X Bushman aad Beverly Bayne, supported by the Evil serial, 3 end 4. the Fighting Fate serial, 13 and 14, and a Charlie Chaplin
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      Retrenchment and the Judiciary.
      516 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The Bar wii'. support Mr. Justice Bairett-Lennard in the protest which he raised in yocr columns last night. The dig ail J of the Supreme Court Bench ha? been reetered by His Lordship and Sii Walter Shaw after
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    Relic of Captain Cook.
    290 10 That the puzzle of the Antarctic was r> simple thing t-: Captain Janus Cook ■ii by a letter which Sir Timothy Cogslan, late a?en! -general, has secured in London fcr New South Water. It comprises a new map of the Southern Hemisphere, and includes an indication
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    Chinese Gift to the Prince.
    156 10 During the visit of the Prince of Wales to Malaya His Royal Highness was presented by the Chinese community of Malacca with a silver model of the old ruins of the bastion and two Malacca canes. Mr. Koh Kong Bock, hon. secretary to the presentation
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    F. M. S. RUBBER PLANTERS.
    1271 10 Chairman on "Too Much Information." The ninth ordinary general meeting- of the F.M.S. Rubber Planters Estates, Limited, was held on May 17 at the office of the company, 18, Philpot Lane, E.G., Mr. J. A. Macgregor (chairman of the company) presiding 1 The representative of
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    LOCAL RUBBER AUCTIONS.
    342 10 Messrs. Guthric aad Co., Ltd report Singapore, June IT.. Purng the part week the market has been fhrtuating ami ascertain. Price* advanced twe cents i n shorts c but relapsed prior to the weakly auction* which opened to a distinctly weak market. Demand was poor and, although
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    ACTION OVER LAND GRANT.
    231 10 A. N. Sarkies Claim Against B. P. dc Silva Upheld. The ease came on for hearin a long delay, and was concluded, before Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard yesterday, in which the plaintiff. Mr. A. K. Suih claimed from Mr. B. i. da Silva, the sum of $4,702.04
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    MAY TIN RETURNS.
    28 10 Tronoh Mines, Ltd.— 2,412 pis. Lintrui Tin. April Sluicing, 214.K1 piculs tribute, 29.99 piculs t<tal 2-14.80. May Sluicing 176.14 piculs tribute 1929 piculs total 194.40.
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    Singapore Mortality Returns.
    83 10 The rate of Mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for Urn week ending June 3 was H2.\<>. The total number of deaths was 271 of which 194 were mala subjects and 77 female. Convulsionclaimed 10, phthisis 81, malaria f.v •> 25, dysentery 10, beri-bi-ri 2.'!, pneumonia 34,
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    Highlands and Lowlands.
    1513 11 Company's Strong Financial Position. The fifteenth annual general meeting of the Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubher Company, Ltd., wa« held on May 11 in the Council Room of the Rubber Growers' •ration, 2-1, Idc.i-lanc,. E.C., under the presidency of .Sir Frank A. Swettenbam, (1.C.M.(;., C.H., the Chairman
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    THE HOSANG.
    500 11 Indo-China Company's New Vessel. The- latent addition to the Indo-Cliina Stem Navigation Company's fleet, the Bocang, was raeaatly injected by press representatives at Hongkong. The master ot the t-hip is Capt. Wright, who brought out the yacht, Cutty SarK, from England a little over a year aj?o ami
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    Tin in Malaya.
    966 13 F.M.S. Government's Proposal? Criticised. Presiding «t the annual meeting of Pengkalen, Ltd., he'd at Redruth, Cornwall, on May 11, the chairman of directors (Mr. F. Douglas Osborne) said the purchase of machinery, including the new turbine generator and dredger made th; expenditure heavy during the past year.
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    28 13 Mr. F. F. Byatt, of the Survey Department, Kuala Lipis, has had the degree of Bachelor of Civil Kngineerinp conferred on him by the Melbourne University (ir absentia).
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      699 13 GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of June 2'L, i 1922, for tho following works with the ex I :eption of items 21, 22, 25 and 20, for which endera close at noon of June 15, 1922 1. Additions to Glen Hogan
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    SINK THE LOT!
    802 15 U. S. Shipbuilders' Opinion Of U. Ships. Mr. Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company, say? according to a Washington report, he would recommend the 3,000,000 tons of shipping which is owni-d by the U.S. Shipping Board be taken out to
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    97 15 Routine Orders dated June 15, by Lieut.-Cclcnel F. E. Spencer, D.5.0., M.C., Commanding S.S.V.F. Friday, 16th.— 5 p.m., Drill H»ll, No. S Platoon A Company. SO yds. runow. Monday, 19th.— 5.15 p.m., Drill Hal!, Composite Company, Officers and N.C.O.'s Beach Road, A," "B and "C Companies, Officers
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    73 15 M. Poincare has presented to Mr. James W. Gerard, late American Ambassador at Berlin and now at Paris, the insignia of a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour. The Matin recalls the activity and the devotion shown by Mt. Gerard on behalf of the unfortunate prisoners of war. It
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      232 16 MADAME AUGUSTINE (PARIS). Just Received DAY Mb EVENING G6WSSS from this Famous House. THE BANDBOX. PRINCESS GARMENTS GO. 4, RAFFLES CHAMUKKS. (Opposite Rohiniun'e.) IN ONE HOUR ipectacle r«paira and 8in.,.1e le:ia Mplaaa* nei-tt. Machinery on tl.e premise! for lem manufacturing. JOHN DUKE, Optician, l.ate of old Broad St., London. 11
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