The Straits Times, 9 April 1923

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. 27,220, SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1923 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    THE ABORIGINES.
    697 2 Queensland Protector Urges Segregation. That sejrregati.n from the contamination of th« white m:>n's civilisation is the cnly hope of saving the abor'gims is the view of the Chief Protector of Abori- pines. The AboriKm<U Problem was tho title of an interestinjr. lecture delivered at the old Tiad<M Hall,
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    Motor Cars a Luxury.
    146 2 The unfortunate auction of the Government of India in classifying motor cars af luxuries was well calculated to cause Provincial Governments to regard the motor owners as fair game for the tax collector. The United Provinces Government has taken definite steps in the matter, and if
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    Half Bournemouth for Sale.
    116 2 Nearly half of Bournemouth is foi sale. Property boardering on 41 roeds comprising the Malmesbury Estate, if offered by the Earl of Malmesbury, and it will be put up in 1,700 lots to enable the lessees to bid for the freehold of their premises. It covers
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    55 2 Cures after prayers and anointment are reported to have taken place recently at Lavenham, Suffolk. They include a woman who declares she has heard r. local school bell for the first time fo: six years, and a man who was formerly wheeled übuut in a bath-crmir and r.now able to
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      594 2 You can nurse Baby yourself >f tK! If trie greatest privilege of motherhood is to be your* V\\ if you would know the joy of having Baby dependent on you alone for hcnlth and strength, make sure now that you will be able to nurse him yourself. J E *W^
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      406 2 k\JJ* Buiiae« and ptofaJ/mfl. ticmal men and ethos Ty about to procrd home oa leave arc oSaed unusual facilities lor acquiring a Light Car. Autcvryors Ltd., London's leading Light Car Specialists, have made arrangements by which any car may be purchased on payment of a small deposit (from £37 10s.),
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      223 2 A GOOD TYRE TO USE Continental CORD TYRES are making a steadily growing host of friends. Their constant, uniform performance under the most adverse conditions is causing much favourable comment among motorists. CONTINENTAL CORD TYRES Are obtainable from all leading dealers. SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements)
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    CHINA'S TREASURE MOUNTAIN
    560 3 Wealth in an Early Emperor's Tomb. The story of the discoveries at Luxor is making the world wonder, but, says the I'ail Mail Gazette, China can tell a story more wonderful still. All other, legends of buried treasure pale into insignificance beside China's two thousand year old
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    FAITH HEALING.
    373 3 Astounding Stories of Mr. Hickson's Tour. Over 1,000 people attended Mr. J. M. HiekaaaVl faith healing mission at St. Paul's Cathedral Melbourne on March 'J, in the hope of obtaining some alleviation of their sufferings. Many stretcher cases claimed the miattflnil'l attention, and from them, followed by Archbishop
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    76 3 Sleeping influenza is causing alarm in variooa Meai in France. It broke out. in the Oise Department, where during the Mat ten ilays five persons have been f/iag in a cataleptic- slate. The sleepers" are supposed to bi- the victim* of ftrippa <>r influenza, the attack being followed by sleeping
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      375 3 STEftWER SAILINGS STEAMERS, LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom) For HONGKONG. SHANGHAI and JAPAN HKN'AP.TY due Apr. 15 l:i:\VK\'l I! tlus Apr. 2'J HK.VAVON due May 13 No Passenger Accommodation. For freight, please apply to PATERSOM, SIMONS GO. LIMITED (Incorporated in England) Ageota. tf 93DDEUTSGHER LLOYD AND HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE (Companies
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      274 3 M Kvery lein fitted here con- m srription. I m accuracy hy having our y M own workshop on (he pre- I M inities where every detail f im under our own con- a stant Mi|>er> i..i(; n m THE EASTERN I I-"'. South Canal Roai!. M IT IS ADMITTED
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      406 3 JUST FIVE MINUTES MORE A Talk To Sufferers From Insomnia. After a restless night, during the long hours of which you have tossed and turned vainly longing for sleep, you sink just when day M breaking into a sort of torpor, which lulls iiiul ae*BM like slumber come at last.
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      119 3 Dunhills Pipes GUARANTEED BY NEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. PLAIN BRIARS $10.85 to $13.23 SHELL $12.50 Agents *T. .'in .^-^*<i'—-iu,ii mfmmmmm*unr~.~ m>; mh<m» mm ee:c« «>:»■ Q/nm/ia |gjp M^e Obtainable at all Wine Dealers Sole Importers Katz Brothers, Ltd. SINGAPORE AND PENANG HMHMIIIMMHIIIMIIIIIIHIMIIHMIMMIMIMIIMIIU BELTING SPECIALISTS It Pays to Buy the Best
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      819 4 r STEAMER SfIIUPISS P. 0 British India <"><? Apcar Line (Compantea Incorporated In Englaad) n fl MALL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULA AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with Hib Majesty's Goverameat) LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE FBOM LONDON TO MARSEILLES, LONDON ft ANTWBBF Dae Singapore Leave Singapore NYANZA Apr.
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      653 4 STEAMER SAHIHfiS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) The Bine Funnel Line Regalar Service to LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP. HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking ears* on through
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      714 4 STEAMER SAILINGS KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAVIA) (Incorpc-ated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETnERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Telephone Noa. Pasaage Dept, Ml, Freight Pept., 1202. Marine Drpt. and Transhipment Dept. 1437, Manngar's I.'ppt. 1003. COEN— April 11, Muntok anrl Palembanc SINGKEP— ApriI 11, Moeara-Saka and Djambi.
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      549 5 STEAMER SAILIMI N.Y.K. LONDON LINB Fushimi Mam Apr. 17 Mis'niiua Maru May 1 LIVERPOOL UNI Lyons Maru Apr. 12 Toyohnshi Maru mid. May HAMBDRG UNI Lima Maru Apr. 12 I Matsumoto Mnru early Mny Tajimu Mara end May CTWTOM IJN» via BPag_ BOOTH AMERICAN LOT I Kaaagava Mara As*, tl
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      476 5 STEAJER SAILING O.S.K. Prnpeeed Hillings from Singapore (sabjeet to change without prevloa. metlee.) F.UROPEAN LINE For Manelllen. London, Hamharg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Saei and Port Said. Arr. Dep. PARIS MAP.U Apr. 11 Apr. 13 AMAZON MARTJ May 21 May 23 Omit Marseilles. NEW YORK LlNsi For Saa Francisco, Panama,
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      329 5 STEAMER LSAHIN6S STOOMVAART HAATSCHAPPY "NEIERLANI" ("NEDERLAND" STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.) HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE (of the United Netherlands Navigation Company.) HOLLAND AND HAMBDRG FREIGHT SERVICB. The above Liaes eiye FREQUENT tegular sailiaga to ROTTERDAM aad AMSTERDAM aad MONTHLY sailings to HAMBURG direct aad to BREMEN, DANZIG. KONIGSBERGEN, EMDEN, STETTIN in traa.it.
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      108 5 STRUTHERS AND BARRY OPERATING U.S. GOVERNMENT SHIPS. SINGAPORE TO LOS ANGELES AND SAN FRANCISCO U.S.S.B. s.s. WEST CHOPAKA Apr. 1C to discharge and load U.S.S.B. s.s. WEST FARALON May 12 to discharge and load U.S.S.B. s.s. MURSA May 30 to discharge and load aad Jptgcqueat steamer* approximately 20 days apart.
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      666 5 stepper saiLiass "fXLERMAIST LINE KLLBRMAN RUCKNAM, XTEAMSHir Co.. I*L (lacerporaU.l >n Kngland) STBAMKB Dae S ncpore PASSENGER SERVICE OUTW ARL'S. MOMKW.' RDS. abont •Mb CITY OF POONA Marseille* Loarlon May 3 PASSAGB RATES. A Cla.« ateamer lit claia £87. 2nd da** £60, Deck £22. fB Claia steamer lit claae £30,
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      73 5 SHIP IJROKEKS, CHARTERING. SINGAPORE SHIPPING CO. 2, ROBINSON ROAD. <,I.K\O(.LK, MAKUI 31, IMS. Consignees of cargo per the above steamer from Europe arc hereby notified that a survey of all cargo landed in a damaged condition will be held on Tuesday, the 10th instant, in Godowns Nos. 46 and 47,
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      698 6 CINEMAS GAIETY CINEMA SURINA THEATRE Associated Producers' Complete Chance of Pictures. SUPER SPECIAL STAR ATTRACTION! At 7.30 sharp. L At 10 ">■" MIRACLES OF THE JUNGLE Love came with the light that illu- Episodes nine, ten, eleven and twelve, minated the new-born world and EIGHT REELS. will remain until eternal
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      326 6 CIHEMAS EMPIRE CINEMA Monday April 9 to Wednesday. April 11. At 0.20. Carl Lacmmlc present.-; Miss ilu Por.l America's most beautiful Womle, in SHATTERED DREAMS Engrossing drama of nn American society cirl who was cnught in the mad whirl of life in the J,adn Quarter and the imdcnvorld of Paris.
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      393 6 ENTERTAINMENTS VICTORIAITHEATRE VICTORIA THEATRE TWO KstfOBMANCB ONLY. last two Nu ins FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, TO-NIGHT AND TO-MO.ROW fl f S,,VY. I 01 BDGAI WARWICK THE A TAIE OF TWO WARWfGK *P £DY GO -■flTflCC TWO FAVOlum: PI AYS LS I ML<J FHd »> A P ril THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    161 7 KIXTUEM. .Monday, April 9 High \Vntir, MM a.m., 6.0 p.m. Tuesday, April 10 Hi^li Water, 4.50 a.m., 7.31 p.m. Government House i:t Home. Wednesday. April 11 Hish Water, 0.36 a.m., 8.32 p.m. and i). homeward mail. 1.. Boi Un Annual Mtg. Tbarsday, April !J Iligli Water, x.2
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      VESSELS AT THE DOCKS.
      96 7 East Wharf Rasln—Nil V. harl Snnshtar, Kllenga Mi:vi. W-^.rl B ■|.i:n Whan I.i I'i.nin. Keh.lltall. Km|.!ic Duck Tokuahima Maru. Acat Whar! l:; M.illsa. Jaidtoca Whati ta*h. Pulo Braol Coal Wharf—NU. Keppcl Uarboar. Main Whsrf DredgW Kuantan, Lch. Gwe-nt-ln, Buccinu i, U cion, K. im. Tug l'rince
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      Vessels Arrived.
      207 7 A: DAM.. Siani., 406 tons, from Bacho 7-4, r.,r Bacho RAN S'OII GUAM, !!rh., .'.73 tons, irom Sourahaya !«-4 LAN KO BOON, X..:.. tona, from Pontianak ...r Pontiaaak 10-1. DONGOLA, lint.. IMZ tuns, from TokohaaU for I. in I. :i 11-4, rLLENtiA, Brit., IMt torn, from Madra. ror
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    184 7 To-day. Patu Rabat ..8 p.m. I crt Snettenham and Pcnang S p.m rribon and H tmarang .'> p m UaJaaaa 4 p.m Kota Tinggi 4 p.m I ulau )!atmn ami I'ulau Hul.uig 4 p.m Kangkok 4 p.ra S.n;-k. p p.m Port Said, Saimliiiii i.,i<. New York 4
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    43 7 By urn 3', or* Ant Loadoa K.IUnira A nek i r Khiva Anpers V. Juliana Thongwa Feb. 21 Keb. 54 Feb. 28 Miir. 2 Mar. 5 Mar. 7 Mar. 19 Mar. SI Mar. 26 Mar. 29 Mar. 29 Apr. 2
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    52 7 Qi.ii- new idea iii entertaining 1 was m wb you |)li'aM' luncheon party liven by Mr. William Gillctt at the Bachelors' t lub. Invitations wen- for any timr IteINMU 1 and -I o'clock, and there \.a-~ .ii least steady low "f jnirsts Ih--twera ;<■■ The Japanaaa .\mba--a<io; with in- daughter,
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    174 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, April 9. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 Vi Demand 2/4 C/ 32 Private 3 m/s credit* 2/4 19/32 On N«W York Demand r>4 3 Private 90 d/s 50 *i On France, Bunk 7-V' On India, Bank T.T. If. On Hong-konK, Bank d/d 'i p.c.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION
    68 7 Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Price* j Buyer*. {tellers. spot n [Spot May-June I May-June July-Sept July-Sept Oct-Dec I Oct-Dec Tone of the mar ,et Quiet. Latevt London cables quote Spot shw Is. 4 7 n <l. Siagapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices.
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      MINING
      216 7 VaL I'd. Bayers. Seller* 1 1 BaUng Padang 0.42 Mi O.lT'.i 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.f.0 1.00 1 1 Jelantoh 0.20 0.30 non. 1 1 Johan Tin O.iT'.i 0.r.2' a tl £1 Kam. Kamuntine 2.1.0 2 ..T0 10 10 Kinta Assn. 7.1*0 8.50 6 5 Lingui Tin 4.90 5.00
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      GENERAL
      147 7 al. I'd. Bayers. Sellers. ■1 £1 B. Am. Tobacco 4.!>.6 4.12.0 lo 10 Central Engines iu't) 10.00 10 10 Central Motors 4.25 4.75 El £1 E. Smelting Co. 7.40 7.75 >/- 6/- Eloc. Tramway* 1/- 2/- non 10 10 Fraser Ncave 36.00 37.25 >0 50 Hammer and Co. 130
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      DEBENTURES
      111 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,300 par 5 p.c. p.m. Spore Electric Tramways, 5 p.c £350,000 Bjm Spore Municipal 6 p.c. $1,878,000 par. Spore Municipal 4.V4 p.c of 1907 $1,000,000 6 p.c. dia. Spore Municipal 4\i p.c of 1909 $1,600,500 5 p.c. dia. Spore Municipal 4V& p.c. of 1909 $1,500,000
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      401 7 Frascr and Co. mad i.v«l: and Eratt'i QaoUtioia. Latcat «v«tl*bU SUrlint QvoUUooa »r« prinu4 on udoUict pm« Frl*J. To-day Prices. Fruer Ljall A Co. Evatt. Alienby New(sl) 1.00 1.15 1.05 1.15 Alor Ga^ah ($1) 1.10 1.20 1.10 l.riO A. Hitam ($5) 12.00 13.00 12.50 13.50 A. Kuning ($1)
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      194 7 IMPORTANT MORTGAGEE'S SALE The undersigned tune been instructed to :,cll by public auction at their sak-roon.. Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, ON MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1923, at 2.30 p.m. PASIR I'ANJANG ROAD. Lot 1. ValaaMl !<9 years' leasehc Id laad, area iM.STo so.uare feet, together with the riicV and tile-roofed bungalow,
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      699 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts., see paga 16. KIkSC'IV'AKSER, Dubonnet, Amer Picon Extracts for Cocktails. H. Bolter, Europe Hotel Building. WANTF.I) .ItN'IOR CLERK for Chinerrbber (irir.. Apply 213H, Straits Times. TO LET, compound house, IS, Wilkie Road, furnished. Apply Aitken, 31-a, Chulia St. (Ip) VACANCIES at The Mansion, Oxley Rise,
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      611 7 GOVERNMENT NOTICE Tenders will be recfived :it the Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of April 19. 1923, for the following works': 1. Erection of three blocks of Lavatorie r.t the Flotanicnl Gardens 2. General repairs, painting and colour waahlng to the Administration Dloch at the Central Police Station 3.
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      339 7 Cheap Sale! FOR A SHORT TIME ONLY. P. RELOOMALL CO. SILK KM) TWO MEItCHWTS. No. 1. mi. 11 traarr. Prices Greatly Reduced to Clear Surplus Stocks. CHINESE DRAWN-THRJ-AD WORK GO. No. 30. OOLBMAN SiliKKI. beg tc: notify the public that Iks) hive just received lirue shipments af Nll.h. QOOM, dBWHOEBIB,
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    DEATHS
    50 8 I>E SOUZA-On April 7, 1923, at 7, St. Thomas' Walk, Singapore, Jose; h Alfivd de Souza, youngest son of the lats M K. de Souza. I'ENNEKATHER.—On April S. 1923. at No. 1, Oxiey Uoad, Mrs. J. P. PsßßSfaChsr. tuniral cortege will leave to-duy at 4.1P p.m. for Ridadtri Cemetery.
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    The Straits Times MONDAY, APRIL 9. INDIAN LABOUR.
    1106 8 Publication of the Notification by the Government of India with reference to conditions of emigration of unskilled labour to Malaya, gives an opportunity for expressing the very great feeling of gratitude felt in Malaya to the Indian Government. The welfare of this
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    31 8 A very large oil depot is to be established near Canvey Island in the Thames. It is understood that the expenditure involved will be approximately a quarter of a million sterling.
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    37 8 The Messageries Maritimes which is operating 12 passenger steamers from Marseilles to the Far East is to place the new liner Alamis, 24,000 tons gross, on the run. The ship is to arrive in Japan in July.
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    32 8 A film illustrating Prof. Einstein's work during the recent eclipse which has been published by the Germany Colonna Film Gese'.lschaft under the supervision of several German Professors, has been screened at Amsterdam.
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    37 8 Mr. George F. Lewis. Fire Marshal of the Province of Ontario, has estimated that there are 900 motion picture theatres in Canada, representing an investment of thirty million dollars. There are 30 film exchanges vaiued at $750,000.
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    46 8 Thr public examination in bankruptcy of Mrs. C. C. Drooglever has been adjourned sine die. The Official Assignee informed Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard last Friday that she had left the Colony before the receiving order was made against her. and that she was not likely to return.
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    31 8 The Rev. F. H. Sullivan will give the la«t address in the series of four on studies in Life of Christ this afternoon at 5.30 at the Y.W.C.A. All are welcome.
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    32 8 The rate of issue of money orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 171 to $100. The rate of payment of moneyorders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 116 to $100.
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    29 8 Sir Walter Shaw, Chief Juslive, accompanied by his Private Secretary, leaves for Malacca on Sunday by the day mail, and will preside at the A—rm there the following day.
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    31 8 By kind permission of Lieut.-Col. F. E Swainson, the Drums and Fifes of the 2nd Battalion, the Middlesex Regimen! will play Retreat in the Botanic Gardens to-morrow commencing at 5.15 p.m
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    42 8 A man named Chiew Cham was four.J beaten to death at the -Ith mile, Raiu, Road, on the Ist inst. The matter wa« reported to the police, and Inspector Nawi nas arrested TOBM Bwsje, who is alleged to have committed the murder.
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    44 8 The annual nasnl meetintr of Ike Utan Simpan Rubber Co. was held on April a, in the offices of Messrs. BoUStead and Co., Kuala Lu/npur. Mr. I Kelso presided, and a dividend of 10 per ctnt. was passed. The retiring directors were all re-elected.
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    56 8 The new Headmaster of the Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur, inaucura'el a most impor.ant departure in the life of the school on Friday afternoon ■lias). with due ceremony and in the presence of as many boys of the higher classes as could be gathered in the main hall, he installed a
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    64 8 The annual general meeting of the K.ua a Lumpur District I.A. was held in the P.A.M. meeting rocm. Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday. The Hon. Mr. J. W. Campbell of Malacca was nominate'! as chairman of the P.A.M. by the Associat on, and Mr. J. Bruce a- vice-chairman. Mr. J. S.
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    66 8 Messrs. Cuthrie and Co., Kuala Lumpur, are in receipt of telegraphic :i.h.ct "rom the secretaries of Kombok (X.M.S.) Rubber Company, Ltd., that the director! lave recommended the payment of a final Jividend of 4 per ctnt., payable on the 30th inst., in respect of thj financ- :;1 yiai ■nded December
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    72 8 The Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, had a number of judgment iummonse* jefore him this morning. In one, Muthufoomaraswamy Chetty obtained lodgment for about $1,473 against Dr. I>» S.lv:>.. of Tank Road. The doctor explained ho.v his practice had fallen as a result cf the >!ump, and the debt was
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    66 8 The Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, after hearing Mr. Shelley Thompson or behalf of a Malay police constable, who appealed against his conviction for alleged defalcation in connection with some impounded cattle, upheld the appeal, and acquitted the constable as he felt there was not sufficient evidence to convict, though
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    74 8 On Ea-ter Day there were 485 communicants at the St. Andrew's Catheiral. The new pnxissior.il crOSS, ]i" sented in momory of -Mary Ann Abranv md Edi h Mary Abrams, was u=<.d for irst time, having been dedicated at Even--onjr on Easter Kven. At the latter eremonv Mr. C. W. Abrams
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    84 8 In the statement attached to the Xavy Estimates, 15)23-24. there occur tht following Singapore Owinyr to the increased draught and size of modern battleships, it is no longer possible to lock the latest .-hips in Eastern waters. Any extension at Hontrkonsr is prccludx-i by the terms of the V.'ashin.jrton Ailiee
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    88 8 This morning a Keh named Ycng Sons Fat. was arrested in the examination shed, Tanjong Pagar, by revenue officer 167 who, while Searching Fat's person for opium or chandu found concealed under an inner pair of pants, and between them and the pair of socks he was wearing, a pistol
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    88 8 As mentioned in our columns a few days back, under the au.snices of the Parliamentary Commercial Committee a discussion, initiated by Mr. C. W. Darbishire, M.P., took place in March 7 in Committee Room No. 6 of the iiouse of Commons on the special restrictions of the output of rubber
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    117 8 What Mr. Williamson described as the aftermath of nursinir IUIkH occupied the attent'on of the Chief Justice thi« morning, when S. V. Vmgadttga N;ii -In was summoned for the payment of $410 for corts given again.-t him in the 'case in which he was plaintiff, and chimed over $1,000 for
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    459 8 Mr. A. Gflmrar is appointed an I tanl Controller of Labour. Mr. H. R. Ad.ims has left the Penancf General Hospital, ami is convalescing at the E. and O. Hotel A Router cable from Hartford, dati I the 7th instant, aanoajncea tin- death of Admiral Henry Knapp.
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    F. M. S. Appointments.
    83 8 The following appointment.; are notified in the X.M.S. GovernaMßt Gazettr: Mr. T. Malley to be an Assistant Superintendent, P and T. Department, F.M.S., Mr. A. S. Small to b" 1 a Supernumerary OaVer of Class 111, Malayan Civil Service. Mr. N. Coulson to ba a Supernumerary
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    The Crown and Its Officers' Actions.
    191 8 Some time back the tenant of tome land in Malacca being a year in until with his rent, the District OAecr of Malacca seized and sold a certain portion of the land. The tenant, eieht motltl later, brought an action against the Crown, asserting
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    Save the Children Fund.
    167 8 Billet wo first opaaad this appeal the 3ad news has come to hand of the death of that large-hearted noblrman Lord Weardale, Presidtnt of Britain's Save the Children Fund, but the work to which he gave so much earnest thought Bad care will go en. In
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    France and Germany.
    304 9 No Newspapers Allowed In Essen. Reutkr's SnvtCl Ix>ndon, April 7. Berlin Kssen is now without newspapers, th<- sole remaining one having been s'j'-p'ndeil for a week for attributing the gu'lt uf th» shooting at Krupp's works to the French, Big printing works at Mulheim have been seized
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    Restriction.
    94 9 America Approves Stevenson Policy. Reuter's Service London, April 8. Following his visit to London to study the probable effects of the Stevenson "•i S.'heme on the rubbber trads in the United States, Mr. B. G. Work, of the B. K. Gocdiich Company, sates tha. than will be no shortage
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    President Harding.
    85 9 Reuter's Service London, Aprii 7. Augusta, Georgia President Harding in a speech gay,. warning against the development of t !as.-es and the •i of "blocs." He declared w.re a menace to the nntion MMftod that international rela- been better than today. that perhaps the United States NN net
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    Labour Unrest.
    106 9 Reiter's Service London, April 7. The labour horizon remains cloudy The principal disputes relate to builders rail way men and farm workers. It is estimated that half a million building operatives will stop work next weekem if they do not comply with the notices posted 10-day, enforcing a
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    Britain and France.
    372 9 More Comment on Loucheur Visit. Reuter's Service London, April 7. Paris M. Louchcui's vis'.t to London .is the sole topic in the lobbies of the Chamber, where many Deputies assembled jdespite the red--. M. Loucheur's selfimposed task is generally approved and the cordiality of the' ex-minister's recep-
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    China and Cotton Trade.
    236 9 Reuter's Service London, April 8. In a letter to the Observer, Mr. Charles Watney, Parliamentary representative of the Textile Machinery Makers' Association, draws attention to the scheme to estsbl-'sh a textile technical school in Shanghai, which is now before the British Government. He says that he
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    Lithuania.
    71 9 Reiter's Service London, April 8. j Berlin The Lithuanian authorities at Memel have declared a state of siege in connection with the suppression of the German inhabitants' general strike as a .protest against the incorporation of the 1 1 Memel region in Lithuania. Businesses have been ordered to reopen
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    Shipping Troubles.
    236 9 Lightning Strike Among Firemen. REVTER's SERVICE London, April 7. A lightning strike has developed at Southampton among firemen who belong the union and whose officials declare that they were not consulted in the recentnational wages agreement under which their members' wages were reduced by a pound monthly. The
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    American Rum Smuggling.
    118 9 Reuter's Service London, April 7. New York An exciting chase and the arrest of rum smugglers on the New Jersey coast has ended disastrously for the Government forces. A coast-guard cutter I captured a motor-launch loading liquor from a so-called rum fleet and arrested the crew of
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    American Shipping.
    68 9 Reuter's Service London, April 7. Washington The Attorney-General, Mr. Daughcrty, has advised Mr. Hughes that the clause of the contract under which the Shipping Board is selling its merchant vessels, to the effect that ships should not be operated by purchasers to the violation of the laws of
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    Plague in India.
    50 9 Reuter's Service London, April 7. Simla A plague epidemic is raging practically in all provinces in India. There were 9,000 cases during the week ending March 24, 8,000 of which were fatal. The outbreak is most noticeable in the Punjab, United Provinces, Central Provinces, Bombay and Delhi.
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    Various.
    90 9 Reuter's Service London, April 7. Helsingfors A commission of naval experts, headed by the chief of the general staff, has been appointed to work out the naval shipbuilding programme, which will be submitted to parliament in the autumn. London, April 7. During the past two months the Russian Soviet
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    Position in Ireland.
    142 9 The Rebel Party Rapidly Dissolving. Reutkr's Service London, April 7. There is growing popular support in Ireland in favour of an appeal for mediatory services to Monsignor Luzio, the Papal envoy, at present touring the Free State, which is regarded as holding an unusual prospect of success.
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    French Motor Fatality.
    113 9 Reuter's Service London, April 8. A Paris message states that the remains of Prince Kitashirakawa will leave Paris on April 22. Tha body will be taken to Marseilles in a special waggon lined with white silk and the steamer Katoh, at present in a British port, will
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    Scrapping Navies.
    43 9 ,v» Reutes's Service London, April 7. Washington Officials refuse to cn!thuse over the French Senator, M. Deker- gukezec's statement that France is willing to scrap her entire fleet if other nations did the same. Some officials characterise the suggestion as ridiculous.
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    Aviation Prize.
    45 9 Reuter's Service London, April 7. Paris Ls Matin offers a prize of 25,000 francs to the first airman in a glider fitted with a motor, crossing and re-crossing the Channel in a single flight ami not consuming more than three litres of petrol.
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    Turkish Reply.
    38 9 Reuter's Service London, April 8. Cons'.antinople The Turkish reply to the Allied note fixes April 23 for the Lausanne conference. The reply maintains certain reservations on economic and financial questions, mixed tribunals and guarantees for foreigners.
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    Belgian Commercial Fair.
    59 9 Reiter's Service London, April 9. BnMNll The fourth official commercial fair, which the King opens to-day, occupies two large buildings in addition ito a number of kiosks. It has attracted private firms from all over the Continent, the Far East, and America. The only governments represented are
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    KUALA LUMPUR NEWS.
    105 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, April 9. The case against Hiong Yuan of Singa- pore, who is charged with criminal intirai- dation to Mr. J. A. Russell was mentioned in the police court this morning and postponed to the 23rd inst. On the case against Kandasamy,
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    European Bather Attacked.
    742 9 Strange Tragedy Off Coast Of Java. On S.iturday, March SI, the British community of Java were shocked to learn that one of their number, Mr. L. G. J. Van Breda, of the Union Insurance Society of Canton's Sourabaya branch, had met with a tragic end whilst bathing
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      Macphail and Co.'s Report.
      107 9 Singapore, April 9. Kubbt-r. London l/5d. Local 59. Tin.— London April 6 £215/5/0. Lo:al ?110>,i (75 tons sold). Share Market. Quiet. Rubbers. Few enquiries. Tins. Hitams 1.52 li -1.57 's ex. dlv., Batang Pariangs 4SH-47H cents, Nawng Pet* 1.30-1.35, Petalings 75-HO cents, Taipings 95-1. Norths 1.15-1.20,
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      Lyall and Evatt's Report.
      70 9 Singapore, Aprii 9. Tin.— £215.5.0d.. Rubbers. Malaka Pindas 1.50-1.55, Kuala Sidims 2.15-2.25 cum. Bukit Jelotongs 54-58. Mining. Pe'alinjrs 75-80, Nwanj; Pets 1.32 Si -1. 37 V4, Kamp< ntr Kamuntinirs 42s.43s. Collieries 19-19.25, Souths 1.17-1.20, Mambaus 87'i-92''!i, Taipinffs 9"-96, Johans 48-52, Norths 1.17-1.20. Indus rials.— Traders 23.50-23.75,
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    28 9 The flood wa'er of the Severn has burst I through the embankment an<! submerged the country for many miles around the vJIage of Criggion, twelve miles from Osw«rtiy.
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    HOME LETTER.
    2258 9 Lady Astor's Temperance Crusade. By Our Special Correspondent. London, March 15. The temptation is strong upon a political correspondent to descant this \vi 4; on the prospects of Liberal re-union, or to dive into the unfathomable ■Jllll 1 of finance in connection with the annual estimates of the
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      143 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Further to the correspondence you were Rood enoujrh to publish on page 9 of your issue dated March 21, I ben t'J say the Comptroller General, Tiadc and CaetaSßS Department, Melbourne conuranlceiea as follows: Reprardinjj Federal Income Tfcix the Fedcr..:
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    CAMBRIDGE LOCALS.
    103 10 Summary of Results from Singapore Centre. The following is a summary of results "f the Cambridge Local Examination?, Singapore, Dt.-ember, 1922 Honour-, Senior, Raffles Institution, Class 11, o Cla-.«s 111, 2. Junior, Convent School, Class 111, 1. Raffles RaffU- Girls Anjrlo-ehino.;c S:. Ann lew's St. Joseph's Methodist Girts
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS
    206 10 Programme of drills, etc., up to and for Sutidsy, April 15 Monday, 9th. fi.10 p.m., Malay Co., lecture to officers and X.C.O.'s S.R.E.(V) field section, boat dr 11 S.V.F. ambulance, organisation. Drill Hall. Tuesday, 10th. :>.10 p.m., S.R.E.(V) signals, telephone D..MK. ;i G and 7 platoons B.
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    20 10 The title Director of Museums and Fisheries, FVlcraU'd Malay ■•States, has ben changed to Director of Museums, federated Malay SUtcs.
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      CRICKET.
      406 10 S. C. C. Tournament. In the S.C.C. cricket tournament on Saturday, the Bankers, Brokeis and Insurance beat the Ktceteras, the semes being; B. B. and I. E W. Hare b Holder 3 R. Kennedy c Rolfe b Scharennuivel 8 R. L. D. Wodehouse b Scharenguivel 60 F. R. Craig;
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      S.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
      21 10 TO-DAY'S TIE. Championship Singles. Kleinman v. Potts. WEDNESDAY'S TIE. Championtihip Pairs. Potts and Wodehouse v. Kleinman and Utermark.
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      BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
      26 10 TO-DAY'S TIES. Single Handicap. Goldie v. Jamieson. Double Handicap. Chater and Haigh v. Smith and Bowerman, to finish. TUESDAY'S TIES. Championship. Smith v. Chill.
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      Ipoh Gymkhana.
      173 10 Our Ipoh correspondent wires The Ipoh Gymkhana was held in fine weather on Friday. The sport was good and there was an ample number of gentlemen i ders. The results were as follow Polo Scurry, Half Mile. Gradan Chick, Strode 1 Kilat, Welsh 2 Maharajah, Vasey 3 To'.e
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      Hockey.
      65 10 The following will represent the S. R. C. v. H. Q. Coy., Middlesex Regiment, at hockey to-morrow en the S. R. C. ground G. G. Gray E. G. Wheatley and E. E. de Souza f. Albuquerque. C. B. Webb and E. O. Angus V. C. Westerhout, A. V. van
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      YACHTING.
      803 10 R. S. Y. C. President's* Cup. 'i he following account of racing by the Royal Singapore Yacht Club, on Sunday n; rrin.cr, is cont-ibuled Yesterday morning's race was for the Piesident's Cvp un event of long standing judging by the title. It is some three years sini'e it wr.s
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      Home Billiards.
      165 10 [Reuter's Service]. London, April 7. Playing nt tho Holborn Hal!, in London, against Inman. in the semi-'inal of the professional billiards championship, Newman made a new championship record break of R5O. Lh-.is bfating the previous record held by Smith of 785, made in the final in 1920. Newman
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    89 10 Maude Anneslev wrote the novel from which Shattered Dreams was taken. This Universal photodrama, now running at the Empire Theatre, exposes the underworld life of Paris and gives an insight into the lives of Parisian artists. Added to this is a Century comedy in two reels ■id the
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    Football in Java.
    1870 10 Review of the British Malaya Visit. (By Our Special Correspondent.) After a fine passage on the steamship Melchior Treub, the British Malaya Football Team ai rived a' Batavia on Sunday morning April l, and were met by the official? of the West .lava Football Board, by whom
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    NEWS FROM JAPAN.
    61 10 (By Courtesy of the Nichi-Nichi Shimbun.) Tokio, April 6. Mr. Ma'.akichi Oguru, manager of the N. V. K. Singapore office, will be transferred to the managership at Hongkong. It is now confirmed that Mr. Hideo Kurodß is to be Director of the Board of Taxes and Mr.
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    Warwick Comedy Co.
    97 10 Pleasant recollections will be retained of the- Warwick Comedy Company, who since they were in Singapore have been delighting audiences in the F.M.S. It will therefore interest local playgoers to know that arrangements have been made for two more performances to be given here on Friday and
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    The Malicious Mummy.
    897 11 Curious Legend of British Museum The love of the mysterious seems t< exist in all classes in connection with Egyptian antiquities. A very hard} i annual" ia the story u> whirh siveia. < oiTcsponili 'ii!s have called attention, that Ilio Hniish .Museum once possessed I mummy which
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    THE TANGLIN CLUB.
    644 11 Committee's Report for the Past Year. The kOu,! i.f the committee of Tanfjlin < lub for the year ended January 31, UB •tat M:—: Finance. The working account for the year under review shows a profit of $1,508.20 as compared with $2,923.60 for the previous year. Allowances
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    RUBBER RESTRICTION.
    602 11 Mr. Winston Churchill on The Policy. The following is Mr. Winston Churchill's statement with reference to attacks on the policy of restriction One of our principal means of paying our debt to the United States is the provision of rubber. Before the Stevenson scheme was brought into force
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    50 11 The two sons of a Spanish nobleman are able to see through metals, according to the Imparcal. Their eyes, the newspaper says, are in* some unusual condition, i am' in texts before leading residents of 'Madrid they read letters and described ohjei-ts enclosed in boxes of silver, hras.« ».i .lor,.
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      100 11 t^mj^^l MASTER'S double-spring motor, playing MODEL 110, Price $150.00. t>",a--10 in. and 12 in. Records. We have just received stocks of this and other Models. C'«U and let us demonstrate the superior reproducing \t\~ I qualities found only in Gramophones Ix-arinß the fam- VllSls^^ !£j/ ous Trade Mark. \J9nmvUmf Latest
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      457 11 RAFFLES HOTEL. monday. Tea Telephone 2920. (10 Lines.) TUESDAY.— Dinner Dance. The Finest Ballroom in the East. WEDNESDAY.— Orchestral Concert. THURSDAY.— Guest Nifht. Dinner and Grill Room adjoining Dining Itoitn, Dance. open 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. FRIDAY.-Te. Dansa.t. Monday SATURDAY.— Guest Ni|tht. Dinner and TEA Dtn DANSANT -API IfIFW
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    The State of Kelantan.
    853 12 Britain and the Anglo-Siamese Treaty. Mr. M. R. Thornton, the Liberal representative for Tavistock, gave notice of the following questions in Parliament on February 21 To ask the Under Secretary of Stal'e for Foreign Affairs, whether in 1902 there was an agreement executed by Siam with
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    49 12 On enquiry at the office of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, a Malay Mail representative was informed that 121 convictions were obtained last year under the Customs and Excise Enactments of the F.M.S. and that no fewer than 24 illicit stills wen- captured in the Larut district alone.
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      305 12 Support Local Rubber Industries by Wearing T. K. K.'S a^P^9Hßß?22*tv~- J nffnKsaafJHßCaSltfHi Rubber Footwear The finest production ever placed before the public PRICES Sizes Extra large $1.50, large $1.30. Medium $1.20, small $1.00. TAN KAH KEE Co. Sales Department 215, South Bridge Road, Singapore. WOOD-MILNE PATENT FOOT PUMP The reason
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      435 12 "ill^^Jv^/ M Absolutely Unique in their Qualities. f^> s^/fr c act at Virginia Cigarettes are 1 1 y sy M> made by Hand and not by Machinery, I //^^wmiii! places them in a class alone. J y /^^/j But it wculd be folly to put beautiful hard- jU in /f
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    Gas in the Next War.
    930 13 Vision of Armies Put to Sleep And London A Bedlam. Mr. H. G. Wells has a rival. His visions of future war in the air are mere aerial pajreants compared with those seen by a rDldier, Colonel J. F. C. Fuller, D.5.0., and set down
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    Bridge Bodily Moved.
    144 13 For what is believed to be the first time in the history of engineering in Calcutta, an iron bridge has been successfully lifted up, states the Calcutta Englishman and bodily moved to a new site. The bridge is the one crossing the Circular Canal at Belgatchia on
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      1086 13 SALES BY AUCTION REMINDER on Wednesday and Thursday, AprU 11 and 12, at 2.30 p.m. each day SALE BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT. ESTATE OF HADJEE ESMAIJ, BIN KASSIM, DECEASED. IMPORTANT TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold land and dwelling houses. At Messrs. Chcong Koon Seng Co.'s sale-room.
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      563 13 OWEN ROE COMPANY, AUCTIONEERS, VALUERS, etc. HI, Collyer Quay, Singapore. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of valuable freehold and leasehold properties At Messrs. OWEN ROE A Co.'s sale-room 14-1, COLLYER QUAY, on Tuesday, April 10, at 2.30 p.m. 1. Two pieces of valuable freehold land at Changi Road, area 4 acres, 1
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      91 13 H i\ I wr HI i^fl %J{ Up®/ CEMENT V^^ k isfil Wmßb WmKKtJm mate- t*l wß&m y^j^^r/ Supplied to the Spore Municipality, Government of Johore, Malacca Municipality, FM.S. Railways and all leading architects and contractors IUPIIE BEOS. Bole Agents, Sin sipor* Condensed Sweetened Condensed Unsweetened Sterilized Natural Bole Importers
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      467 14 DEWAR'S Whisky "THE SPIRIT OF PERFECTION." The Policy of Sir John Dewar and Sons and their Associat- od Companies has always been O .;> to bond considerably in excess of their yearly sales requireThe result is that they arc in the exceptional position of possessing THE LARGEST JbP^**®v STOCKS OF
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      167 14 IN STOCK ZINC OXIDE POWDER. 2 cwt. per case. TALCUM POWDER. 2 cwt. per bag. MAGNESIA CARBONATE. 6S'<j lbs. per bag. TOKIO ACETIC ACID 99% 44 lli.i. |mt demijohn. GERMAN FORMALINE. 1 cwt. per aluminum jar. NITRIC ACID. 2 Jars 140 ll>s. per case. HYDROCHLORIC ACID. 2 Jars 120 lbs.
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      1939 14 ■lUinnuiiiiHniiNniniinuiuniiiiswnHis^ Assets over 15,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $17,000,000. I The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd, (Incorporated In Straits Settlements.) BEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 82. Old Jewry, B.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Conn oi England ar.d complies with the British Life
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    HUMAN SACRIFICES.
    640 15 British Control Needed In Burma. A Rangoon message dated March 13 says An interesting account of the efforts j made by Government to put down slavery i and human sacrifices in the Nagu HilN is contained in last year's report of Mr. H. Clayton, 1.C.5.. lately Commissioner of.
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    Death Grips with Tiger.
    265 15 A report of "stripes" committing degradations in the village was brought to the sahibs in charge of the Bakudih quarries in the Rajmahal Hill on March 12. The quarries are about 190 miles from Calcutta. Mr. L. S. Apcar, who is about ."> i years of
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    Calcutta Burial Difficulties.
    163 15 A strange situation has arisen as a sequence to the request of the Christian Burial Board that Lower Circular Koad Cemetery, Calcutta, which will be full in about a year'j time, should be extended by the acquisition of new land in its neighbourhood. The resident adjacent to
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      372 15 The appearance on Singapore Roads of the 1923 Model EFSEX TOURING CAR,' has undoubtedly placed at the service of the Public a four-cylinder, 5 passenger car which is equalled by few and excelled by none. Compare the price, equipment and appearance of this car with other cars now on thi-i
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      230 15 ANNOUNCING THE ARRIVAL OF THE 1923 OAKLAND SIX MAY WE DEMONSTRATE TO YOU ITS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITIES The Borneo Company, Limited MOTOR VEHICLE DEPARTMENT. OKCHABn ROAD. SINGAPORE. «««»♦♦««•«>« turn > IB fIfIHKP mIW>J&L fof SBeaat/flif qar/nenfs If\ T HE dainty garments which jrace the limbs of the I|>-\ growing child are
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      214 16 TO LET Immediate entry. A large compound bungalow, with 4 bedrooms, at 1507, Joo Chiat Place, area 81,200 square feet. APPLT 35, PHILLIP STREET. SEE N. LAZARUS f OPTICIAN MEDICAL HALL BATTERY ROAD FIRST WIRE NETTING FOR TENNIS COURTS. Brass Wire Gauze 40, 50, 60 Mesh. Obtainable from GAW BROS.,
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      428 16 LADIES! A Straight Line is the Shortest Distance Between Any Two Points PARISIAN HOUSE 5, ORCHARD ROAD IS THE STRAIGHT LINE TO LOWEST PRICES FOR HATS. A MATCH IS GOOD AND SAFE WHEN 1. It strikes EASILY. 2. And burns SLOWLY. BAD AND DANGEROUS WHEN 1. It has to be
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      888 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID chnrjrcs for Want*, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordinary close set type (average six words to line) nre per line one insertion 28 cents, two ins. 46 cts.. three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 cts., five ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.13, ten ins. $1.40,
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      918 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, R9-1, Bukit Timah Road. Apply 2f, Dhoby Ghaut. TO LET, NO. 4, Oxley Rise. Immediate entry. Apply Meyer Brothers. "■nTLET. No. 61, Meyer RoadT~Entry immediate. Apply Meyer Brotheri. SMALL BUNGALOW TO LET, near Newton Station, entry May. 2110, Straits Times. TO LET, No. 2, Amber
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      665 16 John Duke OPTICIAN Fellow of the British Optical Association. Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Maker*. Freeman of the City of London. Late of Old Broad St. London. S YEARS' LONDON EXPERIENCE IN SPECTACLE FITTING. 12, Battery Road, Singapore. THE STRAITS TRADING CO., LIMITED LOST SCRIP. Whereas application has
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      284 16 Ask Your Friend She will tell you of the excellence and economy of Phoenix Hosiery and H. P. Corsets. We cater for discriminating ladies and stock only the most superior. Gowns, Lingerie, Hosiery and Corsets. High Class Store Goods at Bmbmx Prices. European Attendance. Goods sent C.O.D. PRINCESS GMENTS 00.
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      198 16 THE STRAITS TI3.ES TELEPHONES Editorial and General S8 Manager's off.cc lli7 \ll communications relating to editorial matters and news should be MinaM <" THK EDITOR. All communications relating to business matters— adveitistments. subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc., should be addressed to THE MANAOLR. ADVERTISEMENT KATES. Wants, ror S:.le, To Let, etc.,
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