The Straits Times, 3 June 1924

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  • 12 1 The Straits Times 27,573. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 1924. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 60 1 BUCHANANS I "BI" BI^ CX ftl WHITE" SBCOTCM Vinl3^.a| 'S. BLACK t WHITE" j solbagknts: jug BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED S!N(;AI'OUE, PEXANG, KIAI.A LUMPUI, IPOH and TELIK ANSON. H CALLENDERS H "Veribcst" Roofing SUPPLIED IN ROLLS COMPLETE FOR FIXING mtU WILLIAM JACKS CO MotcCn uniaSawtut ad the jf&a/it uu^&ujle, m.V jtiA'
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    • 357 1 Sporting Cartridges l'^T^^VS^^tf*<iiPMmy>,^- including cartridge We Stock every ffigA 1 cases the Gun, $&B&*\' 3 '^^f ant re oa^' n S machines, etc., etc. THE KYNOCH "BON AX CARTRIDGE Loaded E. C. Powder is immune from fcult due to climatic influence. It has a paper case with an extra steel
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    • 4 1 LACTOGEN tor your baby
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  • 434 2 Immigration Sieve For America. Canada is to-day faced with an emigration problem which must be solved before any satisfactory results can be achieved from the expenditure and effort now devoted to the encouragement of immigration, writes the Ottawa correspondent of the Daily News. It is true that
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  • 442 2 Sale of Bones from French Battlefields. The still undisturbed battlegrounds of Verdun and the Meuse furnish a profitable livelihood to ghouls who take bones from the shell-churned soil and find a market for them. They declare that it is only the bones of animals that they collect and
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  • 33 2 The return of tha Registrar-General (Mr. S. P. Vivian) shows that influenza has been the primary or contributory cause of 12,604 deaths in England and Walos during the first quarter of this year.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 186 2 "SILVANA" Cigars Manufactured from the choicest Blend of Tobacco Leaves. HiHatfc^^' ..^jm^Hg^glhrW Mjsw^ I y■ i TgJE^Jfciajtp^j^pr^^^-'^^yWS L> J ■^O Wf r^3L "HA s Si ~r rt^ Sole Importers THE EAST ASIATIC CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Denmark) SINGAPORE. ♦♦♦>-♦■♦■♦-♦■♦-♦ WHY GET WET WHEN YOU CAN KEEP DRY FOR $4 VULPRO
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    • 228 2 Cuticura Heals Rashes Bathe with plenty of Cuticura Soap and hot water to cleanse and purify. Dry lightly and apply Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal. kUp li Talou la 3i. Olntmirit li. 94. ud 3i.Cd. SoM throughout thr Krapir* 1 RritiwhD^pot FlbftmjtkntXu aT.CtirfarhDmK] London. Z C 1. Dickens still
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    • 210 2 ffIIBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBtIBBBIBIBIIIBBaBafIBfIIIBVIBfIBaBBBBBtI-gSSE^ s THE M KURLO" WAY A,SA^^DJjMPLE. WASHES WITHOUT SHRINKING! I j3il W L 2 "KURLO" is a most highly Rfi N. concentrated form of pure ty*-. v. 21-- J -'i'"^', '^A soap. Unsurpassed for wash- J^^^f-^ B inK woollens, laces, silks, cb linons and all white or Jj 5
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  • 474 3 CAN DIAMONDS BE MADE Sir Charles Parsons Declares It Impossible. ¥•><■ <.\ei iwinty ytars, says a scientific eorrespondant at the. Observer, sir Charles Paraons, fiinim as the iovtintot of tht I 'ivTMic, has been seeking to solve th mytttTJ Of the origin of the diamond, and !a.-t week he confessed,
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  • 453 3 Air Monsters that Ride The Waves. Official tests which have now begun of the Atlanta, our newest and biggest fly-ing-boat, are a prelude to the construction of leviathans such as have nevv.-r been attempted before. The giant craft now being put through its mm by the Air
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  • 35 3 Orders for week ending June 8 Tuesday, 3rd. King's Birthday Parade. All scouts parade back of V.M.C.A. at 6.20 a.m. Thursday, sth. Baud practice, headquarters at 5.15 p.m.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 166 3 PULSOMETER ENGINEERING CO. READING, ENGLAND A PUMPS L etc., etc. C A SsK^P^flß^ Prices and Catalogues on application to i*?4s Sole Agents in the kV S.S., F.M.S., 1 SIAM> ■H W SARAWAK jfi and ■sko^ BURMAH. SOLE A'.KVIS UNITED ENGINEERS UMITED (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE. Buildings PERMANENT PORTABLE
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    • 196 3 YOUR LOOKS AND YOUR OUTLOOK on lift- will •qualtjr beMflt !)>■ the occasional use of I'inkett**, tlie <btn:y little laxativee wMcfc disptl constipation, sick headaches and bilious attacks in a night. By gently clearing the system Pinkrttes remove the I K i \r tsLtigi "fcjW I caasm at ahapUt, Matakaa,
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    • 650 3 FOR PRINCES AND RICH MEN ONLY. THE ROYAL YAKUTI {ANANG VILAS.) This Yakuti or life-giving nectar has been prepared from the best, choicest and richest vegetable drugs. It has a wonderful property of increasing the virile power and rectifies all urinary disorders. In fact, it makes man a man. This
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    • 417 3 STEAMER SOILINGS COMPANIA TRASATLANTiCA (SPANISH ROYAL MAIL LINK) For BARCELONA, VALENCIA, CADIZ and BILBAO with transhipment for «th«r Spanish Porta C. LOPEZ Y. LOPEZ due about JUNE 8 For MANILA, CHINA and JAPAN ISLA DE PANAY doe about JUNE 11 For freight and passages, apply to BARLOW Co. Ag»nts. T«L
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 798 4 srawEß saiuwes P. O.British India Apcar Line (Oempaalee 1a«..-f.rato4 la »-«gUa4) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO BEKVICBB PBNINBULAB AND OBUCNTAL B. S, CO, Vm4ei Co a. r act ntk His Kajatty'a Oovermnaat, LONDON-FAB BASTtSN ÜBTICB OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HOMHWARDB FOB CHINA AND JAPAN FOB atABSBILLBS, LONDON AND ANTWBEP Tk- >-.'••>>
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    • 732 4 STEAMEi, SAIUHfiS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED. THE CHLNA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) The Blue Funnel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM. ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking: cargo on through
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    • 626 4 ITEftMEt SAILIStS JTONINKLYKE~^^~ PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU BOTAL FACJLBT NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA) (lacorporated in Holland.) ONDBB CONTRACT WITH THB NETHERLANDS IHIAA SOUKSMIir Tiltiau* Naa. Paaaaga Dept IIL Fr.lght Dept, Jin, Maria. Dapt, aad Tffcasiusii.ai Deyt. 1417, Managera Dept IWJ. COEN June 4, Muntok and Palembani;. SWAERDECROON— June 4, Billiton. Batavin, Clieribon
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    • 487 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. "ELLERMAN" LINE. Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. FREIGHT SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG. ?.s. CITY OF ATHENS due June 22 s.s. dTY OF TOKIO due Jugy 20 s.s. COLORADO due Aug. 20 HAVRE, LONDON,
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    • 603 5 STEAMER SAH.W6S ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP LINES. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) Regular Freight Service from U. S. A. via Panama TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DIRECT. CHALLENGER due Singapore In port c^r NTA CITY due Singapore June 12 ..s. STEEL INVENTOR due Singapore June 28" Taking cargo on through
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    • 669 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Burns Phiip Line JVC BYDNKr, MKLBOtRNK rla JAVA, DAJtWIN, THtiKSDAT ISLAND %n4 XHISB.iNS Xegciar motthly salllar" the wall kduwa steamert MAJtKLLA (717> tots) aad MONTORO (.000 Uas). The s.s. MASKLLA la the laigval aaJ fluait stcauier tradfHg to Aasttalla, Carbiaa de laze, siagle berth c»M»» Majleiaktafj liatb, trmaarleas
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 417 6 CINEMAS GAIETY CINEMA SURINA THEATRE ,n ,nd M^a, M. p.n,. JHRILLS VVMA IC Ti\ DI AMP TO-NIGHT AT 7.15 SHARP I Wiltl 10 IU DLAITIL WILUAM DUNCAN and EDITH THE TALE OK A KICaSHA PI I.LKIt JOHNSON ("> iUtls) In VitaKraph'c high-powered Serial of the ,1-— J rm wmr Great
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    • 293 6 CINEMAS EMPIRE CINEMA TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY THURSDAY, JUNE S For Two Niifht* Only 7 sharp Mary Pick ford in ™™1, SERIAL LITTLE LORD all in one night r i it&tti rn av FAUNTLEROY CHARLES HUTCHISON in 10 r^u Admission itta SCANDALOUS TONGUES Ist Class- 50 cents 2nd 25 cents in
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    • 269 6 THE MIRACLE MAN Frosi th«.- novel !>> Frank L Packard No picture in recent years has had so much praise lavished upon it. Hailed by the critics of all countries as one of the greatest screen dramas ever made. The reek of the underworld, the lure of the sea, the
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  • 118 7 r'IXTVRRS. .lunp S Mich Water, 11.25 a.m., 10.52 p.m. th.my. Public Hoi > ,i vernaient 11 inae Ball. Wednesday. June t l!."l p."l. ball; B GLA. v. S.C.C. >. June ."> 0M r-m., 11.51 p.m. iiion mt«., noon. dIT. !l S.CC. v. V.M.C.A.; Friday, Jure 6 li:
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  • 288 7 I MM 3. Blilpi alonralde (h» Wharree or expected to arrive. KEl'I'EL 1! \KBOliR. Mala Wl utta, Attiiht. Haltion, fclntorprise, M>-r.<, Simbang, i. Kocorder, Garada. Oil Wharf Vti HehUr. Coal Whnrf Nil. VESSELS IN DKY DOCK. r»n|on* Tatar Wharf Nil. Tarn. Sri Muar K«pprl HsrNour Klng'l IV.c'k
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  • 148 7 Shnnghai and Japan 8 a.m. Pulau Boofl 9 a.m. (■.null and T'lntian B a.m. <iin.li nnil llcnuit 8 a.m I a.n: BillitOß, ll.itavia. C'hcribcm and Samarang 11 a.m. and S«atow noon Muntuk and l'ulembang noon I'ritri Kadjih, Tembilahan and Indra1 p.m Kemaman, Kuala Dungun and Trengttuui 1
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  • 35 7 China Vomlrl Angle. ir I.cft S'pore Apl. 25 Apl. 23 Apl. 30 May I May 5 May 9 Arrd. London M«y 17 May 19 May 24 May 2» May 30 June 2
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  • 43 7 A party of cntrmeers and others from i.. fields of Borneo (De Maatsohappy) left for the Calabaa on May 10 on an oil hunting cvpodition. They will po towards the Central and Sooth (faaten pans and will Im' awuy for a tew numtlis.
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  • 209 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore June ft, jOn London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 1/32 a t nd. 2/3 15/10 Private Bm. credits 2/4% On New York, Demand 49% Private iJO d/s 52 iOn franco. Bank 880 nom. |On indsa. Hani: T. T. 164' i Kank d'd 47i47i p.c. prem. anffhai,
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  • 52 7 Tone of Market :—Quiet. LaAMI London cabin quote: Spot sheet lO'-d. lngrapore Standari Pale Crepe Closing Pr:cw. Buyers Sellei Spot. Jutiu Julv-Sept Oct.-Doc. Spot June •July-St-pt. Ott.-Dco. Singapore Standard Bibbed Smoked Sheet Closing: Prices. Buyers. Sel'.err. ■•14 :;i'. BAILY PHICES CURRENT. 12 o'clock noon
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 226 7 V. EM Buyers. Sellers. 1 1 Bating Tadang 0.40 0.45 1 1 Hitun Tin 1.20 1.25 a Idria Hydraulic 17/0 17/6 Johan Tin o.:;o DJ3 1 1 J.-l.-.ntoh 0.15 0.20 il £1 Kam. Kunninting 4G/C 48/0 £1 a i Kamurainir Tin M/O 36/0 10 10 KfaiU A.-sn. Old. 7.25
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    • 144 7 V a l. pd. ■lv-.Ts. Sellers. £1 £1 B. Am. Tobacco 5.3.9 5.6.3 10 10 Central Kns;ine3 4.00 5.00 5 5 Central Motors 2.00 2.50 £1 £1 E. Sim-Kins Co. 8.00 8.50 r,/- .I/- Kir?. Tramways 4/0 4/7H lo 10 Fnaor Ncave 4"j.o0 46.50 30 50 Hammer Co. 150.00
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    • 95 7 6 p.f. $1,*****0 par 10 p.c. pm Spore i:i'.>ctric Tramways, 5 p.c. I, i 55-58 Municipal ."> p.c. MOO par 10 p.c. pm 11,000.000 l" put pax B p.c. pm I dnnkipal 1 p.c. 19 51,000 000 10 p.c. par 5 p.c. pm S'pore Municapal 4 p.c. of 191."
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    • 394 7 Frascr and Co. and Lyall and Evatt's Quotations. To-day's Prices. Fraser Lyall Co. Kvatt. Alor Gajah ($1) 0.S5 005 0.85 0.95 Alk-nby ($1) 1.07Vi 1.15 1.05 1.16 A. HiUm (So) lO.r.O 11.50 10.50 11.50 A. Kilning (?1) 0.2. r 0.35 0.30 0.40 Am. .Malay ($2) 1.70 1.85 1.70
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 673 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other CI.T-sified Advts., sea par.* 16. Wince, Hurfranuics (Still and Sparkling I Port Winiy, Sherries, Liqueurs, etc., Ajsi.i: ■Mat* that lead the fashion. 11. Holter. Direct Importer, Europe Hotel Building. (Ipi JOHOK HOTEL, i nc B. 7. g. Smart and Inespeni ive di dpi FOR r Humber i
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    • 39 7 For One Night Only THE FAMOUS WORLDS GREAT JUVENILE DANCER LA PETITE PAVLOVA MORA SKIPOFF and her own Company touring the World. Watch for announcement of date ;>.nd place. WARNING ROBIN HOOD IS COMING! Look out for his Arrow.
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    • 80 7 BOXING AT THE HAPPY VALLEY on Friday, June 6 at 9.15 p.m. MAIN EVENT Battling Key v. Eddie Grady 10 Rounds. MAKATANGAY v. N. MORENO 6 Rounds. YEO CHAI LAI v. L. HIET 6 Rounds. YEW JIN v. YOUNG HASSAN. 6 Rounds. WILD KID v. SITA fi Round.-s. Prices $3,
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    • 502 7 M¥ i flfl i j 'IS NOTICE is hereby (riven that the above Trade Mark ,>• i, soap manufacturers, carrying on business at No. 11, N lagoon Road, Singapore, and arc used by them in connect!* id, Imported and sold by them. found imitating the said Trade Marks or any
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    • 523 7 THE STRAITS TORIES Can be obtained at the foil. .wins Singapore Money Changer, Gr.isvcnor. Money Changer. Addphi Holil. Honey Changer, Eutope B Honey Changer, Ralfle3 Hoiel. Federal Rubber Stamp Co., Raffles 1'lace. Peter Chong, Bras li.tsali I'.oud. Guan Hong Co., L>( Roblaaoa G. H. Kiat Co., Ltd., Change Al!i-y and
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  • 927 8 The Straits Times TUESDAY, JUNE 3. KING GEORGE. To-day his Majesty Kinfr George V. enters upon his sixtieth year, in the fifteenth year of his rtipn, amid the hearty good wishes, the affection, and the respect of his subjects in every quarter of the globe. In these times, when the
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  • 229 8 Most cordial congratulations to those whom his Majesty the King has recojrnis eel in his list of birthday honours received to-day. The bestowal of a Knighthoo:! in the British Empire Order on Mr. W. George Maxwell, C.M.G., the son of a distinguished father, though somewhat belated, is an honour eminently
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  • 46 8 Mr. C. C. Reade, Town Planner, who has spent some days recently visiting Ipoh and Taipinpr in connection with the work of his department, has proceeded to Alor Star in response to an invitation from the British Ad\iser, Krdah, to ad-vi--.e on some proposals then 1
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  • 14 8 The Band of Hope will meet at th Y.W.C.A. on Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 16 8 Taipintr and North Taiaiag Tin have declared 5 per cent, interim dividends payable on June 24.
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  • 24 8 Messrs. Kennedy and Co., Penang, send us a copy of the tenth edition of their hand book on dollar rubber, mining anel industrial companies.
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  • 27 8 The Daily Express states that Horatie Bottomley is looking ill in MaidstoneGaol, but Beven, the ex-financier, is in excellent health and is engaged in binding loose-leaf ledgers.
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  • 32 8 James M'Carthy was showing a party over the Melbourne Exhibition, when he remarked that he knew every electric switch in the place. Then he placed hi>hand on a switch and was electrocuted.
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  • 42 8 A conespondent writes complaining of our special coi respondent's article on the' Malaya exhibit at WemWoy, published on May 24. Where," he asks, elo you find hippos in Malaya Surely he has heard of Ippo in Ptrak, the hub of the universe
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  • 61 8 By kinel permission of Lieut.-Col. S. V. Julius anel Officers the Band of the 2nd Battalion the Royal Sussex Regiment will play the fe>llowing programme in the Botanic Gardens, on Friday commencing at 3 p.m. Selection, Rigoletto. (Verdi) Incidental music to Henry VIII (Sullivan) overture. The Merry Wives oi Windsor,
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  • 72 8 In a village in Amherst, Burma, dacoitdressed in khaki were mistaken for a party of police. They raided foui houses anel maele off with Rs. 4,000 worth of property before the villagers discovered their error. The dacoits numbered 20 and had 18 firearms. Two villagers, who resisted, lost their lives.
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  • 72 8 With reference to the paragraph in our issue of yesterday stating that when the Ipoh arrived from Penang and Port Swettenham she had several cases of sma!l-pox on board, and proceeded to thi quarantine station, we understand thai this is totally incorrect. While at Penanp there had been a case
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  • 80 8 The Locomotief learns that the firm of Messrs. Pitcairn Syme and Co. have discovered a fraud of between 50,000 and 60,000 guilders through the falsification of receipts and other vouchers, committed by one of their Chinese clerks. This man is now in custody, and it is believed that most of
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  • 80 8 An e-xtraordinary prank was performed by the undergraduates of St. John's College, Cambridge, embarassing the authorities, who were amazed to see tw< statues on the top of the chapel tower which is 150 ft. high, garbed in surplices. Information leaked out that an unikT.graduate was lowered 20ft. on a lope
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  • 81 8 Bukit Jalil Estate, Peta!in«, was struck by what is described as a cyclone the other afternoon. Many trees were blown down, some of them sturdy ones thirteen years old, anel there was considerable damage to bungalows, coolie lines, and other buildings. The storm seems to have been restricted to a
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  • 85 8 A communique issued by the Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India states The question has arisen as to the persons to whom the style of Her Excellency may be properly applied. It has been decieled by His Majesty the King that the use of the title Her Excellency" is
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  • 100 8 We are informed that the Senatus of the University of Glasgow has resolved to offer the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) to Dr. Malcolm Watson, among other well-known men including Mr. Ramsay Mac Donald, Prime Minister; General Sir Charles Ferguson, Bart.; David Watson Taylor, Rear-Admiral, United States Navy
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  • 146 8 Emulating Philadephia's exampla, Albany has <-ngaged military officers to "clean up" the municipality, which is charged with bein^' vice-stricken. Albany is the capital of New York State, and when the Legislature ended the session it was alleged th.t legislators indulged in a last-moment, orgy in which liquor flowed freely. Roulette,
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  • 454 8 Lord Cozins-Hardy has been killed in a motor accident in Pavaria. He was M years of age. The Rev. W. E. Horley, who has been having a rest cure at The Nest, Taiping Hills, ha* returned to Ipoh. The death has occurred of Mr. A. I). Hall,
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  • 38 8 The P. and O. steamer Karmala. which is due at Penang, at U a.m. on Thursday, is bringing mails, despatched from London on May 15. In all probability they will be delivered in Singapore on Friday.
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  • 72 8 Lucky Bus Drivers Among the cases that the traffic department had before Mr. Pryde, District Judge, yesterday were those in which thu driver of bus 2300 was charged with driving in a rash and negligent manner in Collyer Quay and the other in which the driver of bus 1405 was
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  • 88 8 Formal invitations have belen iaaßcd for the ceremonial opening of the causeway across the Straits of Johore by H. E. the Governor and High Commissioner and H. H. the Sultan of Johore, at Johore Bahru on Saturday, June 2H at 9 a.m. The invitations are issued
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  • 139 8 At Kuala Lumpur, yesterelay, Mr. .1 ti(c Whitley heard further argument in the Peck-Russell case with a trie* to clearing up certain points which woo held over, reports the Malay Mail. Mr. Joaquim, for first and se-cond defendant-, gave the number of shared that could l>o delivered at
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 179 8 Reproduction Furniture We are specialists in the manufacture of reproduction Furniture in all styles, made in our Factory under European Supervision. We combine Taste with Economy and Quality in all our productions. If you arc unable to call, write for our catalogue. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England.) SINGAPORE
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    • 123 8 ALHAMBRA la ta« Second Show at f p.m. aharp. KATHERINE MACDONALD in THE NOTORIOUS MISS LISLE in 5 Reels. HERBERT RAWLINSON in NOBODY'S BRIDE in 5 Reel*. In the First Show at 7.50 p.m. ROY STEWART in THE RADIO KING in 10 Episodes or 20 Reels. Episode 9 THE TRAIL
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    • 65 8 ««♦>><♦»«♦ »»»♦♦<! On Other Pages, Page. Exodus from Canada Can Diamonds be Made 3 Glut Flying Boats I Shipping and The Mails 7 Keuter Telegram:; The Derby Latest N>w« !P Kinjr'.t Birthday Honours for Malaya Our London Letter 9-10 Correspondence .10 Sporting Intelligence ID Ayir KnniDg (F.M.S.) Rubber M«*ting II
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  • 264 9 Labour Government's First Honours List. Knighthoods for Malaya [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2 The first honours list issued by a Labour Government on the occaiion of the Kink's birthday does not conta.n surptiMß. There are no new peerage*, but the honours arc largely the reward of state and
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  • 100 9 Important Decisions at Rome Conference [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2. Rome The Emigration Conference concluded after adopting practically unanimously resolutions drafted by the committee dealing especially with the general principles of treaties respecting emigration and colonisation. An important matter determined was the declaration of principle with regard to the
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  • 102 9 [feutu Telegram] London, June ft Ottawa In the House of Commons the Minister for Immigration, Mr. Robl\ said representations had been received from retail men hauls in British Columbia requesting the same restrictions on Japanese immigration as obtain in the case of Chinese. The question of the
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  • 66 9 [Keiter Telegram London, June 2 Htm Yi.rk The Italian colony of Brooklyn is excited at the pnnouncement thtt 700 compatriots who arrived on board the Dante Alighieri MM not allowed to land and would be deported under the recent Supreme Court decision. Two Uundinl <>f tlnni originally intended
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  • 206 9 Protection Against Frauds In China. [Reuter Telegram] London. June 2. In the House of Commons Mr. Samuel suggested the postponement of nhe second reading of the Chinese Indemnity Bill ■until the Chinese Government altered the conditions of their Trade Marks Bill so as to protect British manufacturers
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  • 89 9 General Smuts on the Red Flag. [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2. ■Cape Town Several newspapers demand drastic action to prevent disturbances in the political campaign, which so far have broki-n up many South African party meetings, notably at Durban yesterday evening, when General Smuts was unable to get
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  • 64 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2. Washington While the lower house is proposing a resolution for adjournment of Congress until June 7, Senator La Follete, who is an independent candidate for the Presidency, introduced a motion in the upper house for reconvening Congress on July 9 in order to
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  • 52 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2 New York It is announced that bid' will be opened to-morrow for City of New York issue of $137,400,000 4ft per cent, fifty year corporate stock notes and short term serial bonds, maturing in three to fifty years, for the finance of
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  • 35 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2, Vienna A bulletin states that Herr Seipel- passed a quiet night and his condition is satisfactory. The haemorrhage did not extend and an operation was not performed.
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  • 39 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2, The 51 tons of silver in bars landed from the Leviathan on May 31 is the largest single consignment on record, but brokers point out that the total is not exceptionally large.
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  • 24 9 [Reiter Telegram] London, June 2. .sn.iii-rhai Two of the missionaries it-ported captured on April 29 have been it leased. U,.(h arc we'l.
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  • 454 9 Aims of French and British Governments. Early Settlement Desired. [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2 Paris In a speech, M. Herriot declared that if he did not secure the support he asked for from the Socialists he would not consent to assume office. He anticipated that external difficulties were
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  • 42 9 [Reuter Telegram] Loftdon, June 2, Constantinople The Anglo-Turkish negotiations with regard to the Mosul vilayet threaten to break down. Sir Percy Cox has informed Fethy Bey that he is instructed to return to London unless the Turks modify their attitude.
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  • 36 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2, Los Angeles Twenty-three girls and a matron perished in the fire at Plaza del Key. Nineteen are suffering from burns or injuries caused by jumping from a window.
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  • 50 9 [Reuter Telegram] London, June 2. Mukden D'Oisy has arrived here. London, June 2. The Colonial Secretary, Mr. J. H. Thomas, has recovered from his illness, though he is -till in bed. London, June 3. Attica, Indiana Nine were killed and 20 injured in a collision between two pu^-enjror trains.
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  • 458 9 Most Open Race For Many Years. Latest List of Starters [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 2, Everything points to a most interesting Derby, certainly the most open for many years. The consensus of opinion is that anything may win. The tipsters mostly agree to differ. Meanwhile His Highness the
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  • 179 9 (By Courtesy of the Nanyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbun.) Tokio, May 31 The Imperial banquet to celebrate H.I.H. the Crown Prince's wedding is announced to be held on May 31 and June 2, 3 and 4 at the Imperial Palace. The Tokio city celebration in honour of the Crown
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  • 34 9 George Squirts aged 75, formerly a groom, who has been living in a Newark almshouse, has inherited £80,000 from his uncle's widow. Squires has four daughters and six sons living, says a London mtxs'gt.
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  • 590 9 Wet Weather Prevents The Ceremonial Parade. The early hours of this morning broke dull and cloudy and by six o'clock the rain came down heavily. Nevertheless a good number of people braved the elements and thinking it best to be early proceeded to the padang for the anticipated
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  • 163 9 At the Kowloon Magistracy, on May 26, 16 Chinesd were charged with stowing away on ships recently arrived at Hongkong. With the exception of one they were all sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. Twelve Chinese, all described as unemploydd were charged in the first
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  • 22 9 The Duke of York opens the Singhanee ward for Asiatics at the Tilbury branch of the Seaman's Hospital Society on June 27.
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  • 1760 9 Second Thoughts on Mr. Snowden. By Our Special Correspondent London, May X Some of the minor critics on ths Opposition side have shaken a finger at Mr. Snowden and bidden him pattern himself on a great model like Mr. Gladstone if he wishes to achieve enduring fame as
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    • 42 9 Swabnc Fami.ic Relief. Already acknowledged with the local HoiitjkiioK and Shanghai Bank $474.7:1 Mr. See Teen* Wah 50 Straits Chinese Methodist Church 47.42 A Poor Malacca Chinese 3 Johore Church 22 $597.1 0 J. A. B. "COOK. Hon. Secretary. June 2, 1924.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 244 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times'. Sir, I have read with inU-rest the report of the Chief Health Officer, .Municipality, with regard to the abolition of hawkers. He tells us that the food sold by the hawkers is unwholesome and contaminated and that their stalls are insanitary,
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    • 292 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, No great reform was ever ye: inaugurated without a vast amount of inconvenience to somebody, usually thu persons who apprehend losing money. Sut the awful fuss that has been made and the si'ly letters that have appeared in the Press have raised
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    • 592 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— We are glad to learn that the Commissioners have wisely decided at yesterday's meeting to allow the public to fully express their views on this matter in the press before coming to a definite decision and shall, therefore, be thankful to you
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  • 158 10 The Choice of Alternative Routes. The Railway Committee of the Burma Communications Board has been considering the question of the connection of Burma by railway to India, China and Siam, states a Rangoon message of May Regarding the proposed Indo-Burma loute the committee found that the choice was
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  • 231 10 The report of the directors of the •it I'lton Ice and Power Co., Ltd., for the year ended December 31, 1923 states The result of the year's working after allowing for depreciations amounting to $20,406.77 shows a loss of $11,008.05 Your directors regret to report
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  • 110 10 Film Preserved for 5,000 Years. Certain moving-picture films have been stored by the Smithsonian Institutional Washington, with the understanding that the seals shall not be broken for their release before the lapse of 5,000 years. Until recently it was seriously doubted whether a motion-picture film could be preserved
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  • 78 10 To-night and to-morrow the Empire Cinema gives a sCrial programme of 30 reels, The Whirlwind, featuring Charles Hutchison. Admission prices are reduced to 10, 15, 25 and 50 cents. Justine Johnstone will be seen in A Heart To Let, at the Gaiety Cinema tonight in the first show,
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  • 151 10 The report of the directors of TekkaTaiping, Limited, for the year ending October 31, 1923, was to be submitted to the general meeting which was to he held at Rodruth on May 15, at 11.15, states that the accounts show a profit of £51,510. During the year four
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  • 33 10 Mr. W. H. Kelley, late of Messrs. Drew and Napier, who is returning to..Sinprapore by the Anchises this week after a holiday at home, is joining Mr. Claude ii Silv;: in legal partnership.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 850 10 Malay-Chinese Match Ends In Disorder, The first divisio.i match S.C.F.A. versus Malaya K. T., played on the padang yesterday, had an ending which was a sad disci edit to Singapore football and the crowds which watch these game.".When the teams met before and the heads of the league beat
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    • 130 10 Successful Opening Day. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, June 3. The first day of the Taiping Gymkhana passed off most successfully in fine weather. The following were the results Race 1. Mah Jong (Ueacher) 1, Duke (owner) 2. Race 2. Seven furlongs. Gavotte (Magill) 1. Susie (Mrs. Holdbrook)
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    • 528 10 South Africans beat Scotland. [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 2In the Scotland v. South Africans malch at Glasgow the South Africans won by an innings and 28fi runs. The South Africans made :(K!> for five ■ad (Uiiaii'il, Hearne made li.'i not out and Deane 80 not out. Scotland made
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    • 349 10 The Davis Cup. [Rcuter Telegram.] London, June 2. Ainhems In the match in which Jacob, India, heat Timmcr, Holland, it was Jacob's steadiness which won him a kei-n match, as Timiini 1 invariably stared a. set well. Sleem, who beat van Lrnnep, was as steady ;;s a rock
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    • 107 10 British Featherweight Championship. [Reuter Telegram.] London, Jam 3. At Holland Park Hall in a contest for the t'tuthei ■weight championship of Britain Gwt|i Mackenzie, I.eith, Mat Harry Lai'iM. Doncaatar, cm points. I. each, who is only IS years old, outsj)ei,le;l Mackenzie in ihe early rou he got home several
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    • 110 10 Twenty members of tbe Malai unlcer Corps JJati. I' for the May moathy ipoon on .U\]'- I. at Subokor Range. Ranges 800, GOO yards. Scores lota I utal net Ben;; Eny Liin Ta:i Cheng Cfcjre Tan Koon Tong K;»m Hock C'hyc A. E. Lambert Ktiuii Kirn Lian H.
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  • 338 10 What They Sec When Vfal London. An Evening News correspondent went with a party of Americans round L >nd n, and this is hi- description of wfai went and what they saw. The appetite for history lessons that seizes middle-aged American i- a curious affliction. One guide wai
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  • 147 10 At the annual meeting of the .V Indian Temperance Association, held Caxton Hall, London, Lord Clywd pr<--i<l lag, Mr. J. Hope Simpson, Liberal M.P. for Taunton, said that in :iil the ProVU cial, Legislative Councils in India a majority in favour of Prohibition. added that there was
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  • 22 10 Mr. A. J. Kdman, general m Malayan Tin Dredging Ltd and Mi ailed frrt> for home i.n Wednesday b; steamer Atsuta Maru.
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    • 106 10 three consecutive days and nigfatl UK and rejoicing, at which large leathering! of both sexes af local Arabs I hamcclans were treated right royally, the wedding festivities of one of iii Aii. n of a very wealthy ii a;■a ouirr l»d.« from Muntok in the Netherlands Indies, i IBM to
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  • 1435 11 Estate Advantages and Exporl Allowance. The fourteenth annual general meeting <,f th.' Aver (tuning (I.M.S.) Rubber Co. 1.:.!., was held on May 6 in the CouneU Room of th, Rubber Growers' Association (Incorporated), Idol-lane, Eastcheap, E.C., Sir Frank A. Swettenham, G.C.M.G., c.H. (the chairman of th. company),
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  • 370 11 Electricity Links A Continent. The United States is now engaged upon an enterprise, characteristically big, which seems likely to produce in th: next few years profound changes in the life of the nation. It is an attempt to unite the whole of the country's production and distribution of
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  • 341 11 Jack Tar Who Came from The Clouds. Almost innumerable are the superstitions rough, quaint, tender, peotical, and gtaa* which hang round the sea and IWBJP the minds of those who sail in great waters, writes Elinor Mordaunt in T. P.'s and Cassell's Weekly. Watt rspouts were once regarded with
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 131 11 THIS MOUTRIE PIANO I nassMsaaßs. —mmKm~^m—mmmm^^m saaaaaaaaßßßß. Can be placed in YOUR HOME to-day. >— Our terms of graded tl payments to suit indivi- V p^^^ssg^^PSSWy^ dual requirements make this possible. lij 1 j STYLE 11, $625. 15 per cent, discount for cash. Call or write for complete catalogue. S.
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    • 607 11 P| PPI II i I Weekly Programme. rtullluU nULuI MONDAY— Tea Dance. TUESDAY— Dinner Dance. Telephone 2920 (10 Lines) WEDNESDAY Music during The Finest Ballroom in the East. an j a f ter Dinner. THURSDAY— Guest Night. Dinner and Dance. GRILL ROOM open till 12 p.m. FRIDAY— Tea Dance. Music
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  • 615 12 Lord Olivier's Dangerous Indiscretion. A Calcutta bmm^i of May 23 ;ition has been caused by the .nation of a private tatter from the retary <>f State lor India to Mr. S. amurti, a prominent member of the .a> Legislative Council, in which Lord 1 have been glad
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  • 323 12 A New Rival to the Old Fox-Trot. Having exhausted the questionable delights of the "Blues," dancing enthusiasts are trying the very latest innovation, the five-step a dance with interesting possibilities 1 Th. five step has four steps separate and distinct, which can be varied, as fox-trot steps and,
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    • 287 12 w^^^Mf fhe Magics/ /ierba/ Ba/m Msikipa dealers imjllWH or from age Us iliE KKITISH I'HAKM.U Y. North Ifidpi Koad. SIN(;AI I OKE. Untlßrwood Typewriters No. 5-10 Vi inch Model. Improved Portable Model. No iv inch Mod«i QUOTATION FOR ALL SIZES CAN BE OBTAINED FROM Patcrson, Simons Company, Limited. imn Sub-
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    • 308 13 THIS MARK Means Quality "Dog's Head" Beer and Stout OBTAINABLE EVEBYWHEHE A j flits < Sime Darby Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) lIIIIIIMII HMIIIIIII SEE THE FAMOUS WILLYS-OVERLAND FAMILY BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION OVERLAND The Most Economical and Popular Car in The Country Battery Ignition $1,500 Magneto
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    • 592 13 CHEONG KOON SEKG GO. IMPORTANT MORTGAGEE'S SALE of valuuMe town and country properties At Messrs. Clieons Koon |*M Co's saleroom. No. 30, Chulia Strrct, on Wednesday, June 4. at 2..10 p.m. 1. Valuable freehold lund and the brick and tile roofed dwelling house known ua No. M, Syfd AM Read
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    • 261 13 I PllfiJS HT'HE rigid inspection methods J v. JL plied in the Hupmobile factories B^S^^aj takes the Hupmobile out of the I L Pli^iS^ class of the average medium'priced I^StAap^ car. Automobile engineers and P^^rSJl intelligent mechanics have highest tffeSJlf praise for the things they find in 'i^ ■K^fVTyfji the
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    • 180 13 A&' OH! HOW MY yNfc SKIN ITCHES! V l\ You can stop that awful itch from Eczema or other Skin Disease in just two seconds. This seems too yood to !>e true but it is true. The very first few drops of D.D.D. Prescription will instantly stop the most terrible
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    • 684 14 Assets over 15,000,000 S.C. Amu aac* in fores over $17,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated la Straits Settlements.) HKAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 62, Old Jsvry, K.O. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies vita the British Life Assurance
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    • 447 14 NEDERLANDSCHE INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NKTH. INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK) Established I«b3. CAPITAL Fl. 60,000,000 (about £6,000,000) ISSUED AND Fl. 65,000,000 (about £4,600,000) RESERVE FUND Fl. 20,000,000 (about £1,676,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobu, Medan, Soerabaya, Semarang, Bandoeng, Weltevreden, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Probolinggo, Tjilatjap, Ampenan, Menado,
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    • 462 14 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter in Japan) Capital Subscribed V 60,000,000 Capital Paid-up Y62.000.000 Reserve Fund Y12.180.000 President K. Nakagawa, Esq. Vice President H. Mori, Eaq. DIRECTORS G. Kawasaki, Esq. T. Hisamune, Esq. M. Esaki, Esq. I D. Takita, Esq. M. Suto, Esq. HEAD OFFICE
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    • 366 14 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated In England) Tire, Marine, Accident, Guarantee and Motor. Assets £40,000,000 W. A. SIMS Manager and Underwriter. Eastern Branch, Singapore. The Imperial Fire Office. United with the Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd (Incorporated in England) 1 and 2, Bartholomew Lane, London, Established 1803. Capital 6,450,000
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    • 578 14 Green Spot Men Is there a green spot on your neck where your collar button touches your skin? There wouldn't be if you wore a Krementz. A Krementz is made of 14 kt. gold plate and the amount of 14 kt. gold used is far greater than that used on
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  • 732 15 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. Renovating the Car. (Ming :i c:ir during the wir.tor months, the paintwork is apt to get NW what shabby, p.-irtir.ilnrly in the ccso of t!H' uwrnr-drivo!] vihiclo which is in daily use. A complete n novation, however. i:m he I'llVclcd at
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  • 249 15 New Career for Dainty Mannequins. A new career has opened out for women that of the motor-cycle mannr.quin. Already these mannequins are to be seen in the Shopping centres of the West End of London, on the parades of the various seaside resorts, and at the meetings of
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    • 290 15 At Last! A GENEROUS OFFER OF INEXPENSIVE MOTORING THE ALL-BRITISH 11 H.P. Armstrong Siddeley is a most economical and popular family car of exceptional quality and merit. Tyre wear is extremely Light Petrol Consumption is remarkably Low SO THAT AT $3,150 This silent, comfortable Top-gear car is an exceptional v;:!ue
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    • 196 15 THE CAR FOR BUSINESS Whether for merely travelling to your own Office or to make round of bqaineM the AUSTIN SEVEN is cheaper than bus. tram or liki.ha. Running cost about ■1 cents per mile with C— puillua :;nd luggage when required. $1,600 Deferred payments arranged Your old car lake*
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    • 289 16 ■ISS L V. C. G&lEROa L*t« M»yn«r1-» RoiMlif. K*w AJdrwu 62-3 Ort'oui te»J (avar Palbdivm). The Latest Medical Ekttrlcal Treatment. Permanent Zw for Xhevaatfaa, Nmritif, and t.11 Ntrroiia diseases. Will completely build ap the Ner▼oiu System. Contracted MaarlM Relaxed, Obesitj ■nccMafnny ?>- tmmL 8PECIAL TREATMENT FOR ALL 8CALI' TROUBLES. SfeamivMifiur,
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    • 343 16 Morning Dresses $6.50 FROM PARIS Guaranteed of best quality and fashionable. Only at THE PARISIAN HOUSE 18. STAMFORD ROAD. GENUINE Shanghai Jars 50 GALLON CAPACITY. Direct Shipment LEE KIM SOO 20, High Street. PEARS' CYCLOPAEDIA NEW EDITION 1,900,000 ALREADY SOLD TWENTY-ONE SECTIONS [By Twelve Special Editors] S2 POST FREE English
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    • 887 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges for Wants, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordinary close set type (average six words to line) are 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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    • 788 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, No. 1, Oxley Road. Apply to Meyer Brothers. TO LET, No. 1, Oxley Kis«, furnlssed. Apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, No. 1, Scott's Road. Entry immediately. Apply to Meyer Brothers. TO LET, bungalow No. 9, Gilstead Road. Cheap. Estate and Trust Agencies, Ltd. TC LET,
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    • 201 16 YOUR EYES If Optically Defective and Btralaed c*a only he relieved If scientifically made Glasses are used. OUR LONG EXPERIENCE Perfectly equipped testing rooms, and accurately adapted Spectacles are AT YOUR SERVICE. JOHN~DUKE, F.8.0.A, FJBJLC OPHTHALMIC OPTICIAN. 13, BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. Soil I Pipes M BRITISH I STANDARD WS STOCKS
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    • 371 16 MRS. BEETONS COOKERY BOOKS NEW AND REVISED PVBLK ATIONS Mrs. Beeton's HOUSEHOLD MANAGEMENT Containing over 4 itOO Kfiipi-s besides X! Plates in Colour and nearly 700 Illustrations. Forming a complete guide JT.r.O Mrs. Beeton's FAMILY COOKP.UY Kmhrarlng a Complete Treatise on Household Cooker? and a Comprehensive and Practical Cuidt- tv
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