The Straits Times, 29 June 1925

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 27,901 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1925. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 126 1 a t SHS Rl^m OFTEN "WHIPPID" STVTU BRATKN THE DOCTOR ALWAYS ORDERS "Bear Brand THE ORIGINAL GENUINE NATURAL, SWISS MILK fit fit STANDS i UNEQUALLED ALONE S%j|piis^ QUALITY |BEAFT BRAND Jj^IENIC SWISS H^J The Richest, Purest and Safest Milk the World Produces. Use it for every purpose where, if you
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    • 57 1 ROBINSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated m S.S.) SINGAPORE. JIM New Millinery {W%\ ladies' Ready-to-Wear Straws v\ AND Smart Hats for Afternoon Wear. CHILDREN'S B\TS \Jk^ m Cream and Coloured Straws. ROBINSON CO., LTD. (Incorporated m S.S.) UDRNED SILVERSIDE IDBA.L FOR THE COLD TIFFINS Singapore COLD STORAGE Co., Ltd. SGILBEYS APPETISING *f
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    • 4 1 UaOGEN FOR YOUR BABY
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  • 1264 2 St. Andrews School Th« annual sports of St. Andrew's School held on Raffle* Institution ground on Friday, proved in every way a great success. Vie Police Band was in attendance, and with good competition the afternoon was a very enjoyable one. The individual championship secured by Ibrahim bin
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 176 2 ESTABLISHED 1854 From gill -H To 1854 g S 1925 MANILA The vast increase m sales of the ANCHOR Brand Manila Rope since its birth bears testimony to the great popularity it has attained m its career. Use "ANCHOR" Brand and be satisfied ALL DEALERS STOCK IT. Sole Agents CHIN
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    • 282 2 Go round the globe as often as you like, says Monty much as you always do and you won't find a better drink than Montscrrnt Pulpy Lemon Squash. It ha? flavour, my boy real lonnn flavour." Com .imm: the purv juice and pulp of ■■■■v: a b« I:Un b BUM
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    • 256 2 Bc^aaanßa^BMßßaaaaaaaavHßßßaaaat f> Jm THE "MAS7ERTONE Portable gramophone with double-eprillg motor. For camp— at the beach— for picnics and for .hII-.-iithhul punwscs. Price $45.00. SEASON CO., LTD., 11l and 113, NORTH BRIIX.K ROAD. SINOAI-OKK. UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITERS THE No. 5 MODEL. PATERSON SIMONS CO LTD, mm k n i _^r^^ \X7H^RE insects
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  • 788 3 The Use of Commemorative In answer to a question, m the House of Commons, the Postmaster-General n*« announced that a new .series of postage stamps, commemorating the British Lmpiie Exhibition, 1926, will not be issued, owing to thf hither cost of producing new designs, but that the
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  • 19 3 The Victorian Government ias dtterIJ mined to expend £5,000,000 on a foaj. ncheim-, at |fc« rato «*-«,OOU,Oyo un nu«Uy.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 262 3 Oneida Pressed Steel Split Pulleys COMBINE LJ J SaY J *k_'\ and DURABILITY. Slock Sizes 8 ins. to 44 ins. diameter. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated m the StruiU Settlements) SINGAPORE. "[\nit€grs" w WHERE FIT AND FASHION Tli.- (iriKin 1 wmui afsjwiniWßSj nf an you Put them on eUncti tenaciously to
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    • 461 3 Girl* upon the threshold of womanhood often drill into a decline in spite of all care avd atttntipn. Kven strong and lively 8 ir B measures should b« taken to keep the' blood pure and rich wilh the red tint of health. If the blood is not in a healthy
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    • 819 3 STEAMER SAILINGS Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia) For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN THURSDAY ISLAND and BRISBANE Regular monthly sailing by the well known steamert UAKKLLA C,*7» toas) and MONTOKO (6.000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and nnett stesmer trading to Asitrsila, Cabins da luxe, single berth
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 750 4 mmca s/uiin P. O^Brifish India Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND OKIEXTAL S. N. CO. Under Contract witli His Majesty's Government LONDON AM) FAX EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN TOR MARSEILLES, LONDON AND ANTWERP. Tonnage due Spore.
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    • 707 4 THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO. LTD. (Incorporated m England) The Blue Fennel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES. HAVRE. LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW* BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Taking cargo on through Bill
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    • 762 4 %wmm wum BOTAL PACKBT MATIGATION CO. OF BATATIA) (Ittco/p»/aud m Hollaed) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NKIIH.KI.ANDS iNDIA trOVBBimBI«T. Telephoao Noa. Passage D*-jt. 111. Freight Dept^ 12M, Maria* Dept aaa TraaaajßaMatf Dept. 14*7, Maaaxrr's Desk IMX. REPRESENTATIVE for Singapore and Straits Settlement! of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All information,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 524 5 STEAMH SAILINW Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In England) "ELLERMAN" LINE Passenger and Freight Service! TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL FREIGHT SERVICES HAVRE, LONDON.'ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG s.s. BUTTON HALL In Port xs.s. COLORADO due July 28 s.s. CITY OF MAPRTn due Anc. M d.s. CITY
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    • 729 5 CTEWEB SAILIW6S BLUE ELLERMAN FUNNEL ffUCKMALL LINE ilh S S.CO LTD (Incorporated m England) JOINT SERVICE to BOSTON NEW YORK and BALTIMORE rim SUEZ or PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK Steamer Due Spore Route For tMERTON HALL July 16 Suez Phillipines and Hongkong. XT. COMPANION July 25 Suez Phillipines and Hongkong.
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    • 566 5 STEAMER SAlLlrtfiS KAWASAKI— ROOSEVELT LINE General Agents Kerr Steamship Co., Inc., ft, BEAVER STREET, NEW YOIUL (Incorporated m U.S.A.) REGULAR FREIGHT SERVICE TO BOSTON, NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA and BALTIMORE (VIA SUEZ) S.S. Wales Mara due Jane 29 M.S. Silverpine due Aug. 11 M.S. Silvercedar due Sept 5 For rates and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 612 6 From Monday, June 29. to Saturday, July 4. "■•ALHAMBRA (TAN CJIENC KEK CO.. LTD.. rrepri-.-t..r-O A WILLIAM FOX SPECIAI,— A X \\XR\ HILLAKOB i'ROIH CTION DAVID BELASCO'S STAGE SUCCESS Featurhur R. T. HAINES. JANE GREY and ANNE 1.1 THER m a powerful Ktory, with a pint bnsrd en. liio as
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    • 207 6 ALHAMBRA Commencing Sunday, July 12. Omar Khayyam THE TENTMAKER. NIGHTS OF GLAMOUR NIGHTS OF DRAMA PERSIAN LOVE ECSTATIC THE DREAMS OF OMAR THOUSANDS OF PLAYERS TEN UNPARALLELED REELS MIGHTY— GORGEOUS— MAGNIFICIENT The Spirit of the Rubaiyat Sweeps through this Great Photoplay OMAR KHAYYAM A FIRST NATIONAL ATTRACTION m 10 Reels.
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    • 161 6 Jn' '''i ■nß* f>^^^H iWrv\ Width ifp^w cents v. nit mind TOBMALCO OUR NEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED New Stripe and Spot Designs, also Plain Colours. Width 32 inches. Price 95 CdltS Per yard. WHITEAWM, LA3DLAK CO., LTD. (laworyaraUd m Kaglaad) si.\(;ArOKE, Kl.\l.\ Unvtia, SBaUDWAX, MALACCA AM) KI.A\(;. lirelllljeneral/ V.1.R., LEAD
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  • 146 7 rammis. Monday, June High w»t*r, 2.. r ,O ».ra., 4.4 a.m. Football, Div. I Sussex v. Malays. Football, Dit. 11 8.J.0.8. v. S.C.F.A. (B. Tuesday, June 39 High water, 3.5'J a. m., 8.2 p.m. Football. Piv. 11. Police v. Pulo Bram Sussex v. S.C.C. Wednesday, July 1.
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  • 416 7 Monday, June 29. Ship* alongside the Wharrea or expecUd to arrive. KEPPEL HARBOUR. Main Wharf SjrWl, Toussoam, Moonitone Mrta-Mata 1 twphM Shell Oil Wh*rf Nil. Coal Wbarf Nil VKSSEI.S IN DBT DOCK. Tanjone Paear Sheers Wharf Nil. Albert Puck Lei. \oial>, Boribat Victoria I'o<'< Nil Keppel Harhoar
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  • 66 7 To-day. Milif c* Ceylon, Southern and ffWin India 4 p.m To-morrow. A, nP v 1 P m Sxlat P«ndJ»nc. BengkalU and B«t«n Si Api Api 9 m Yft&nuitf. Ceylon Southern and Wattern India, Djibouti, Eopt and Kuropo 11 «J" Ceylon, Southern and Western India 2 pjn United
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  • 34 7 By T»b«n»n Andre Lcbon S»rdim» Cratiut I eft Arrd. S'pore London May 1« Ian* 8 M»y 18 Jon* 13 May 21 Jan* 16 May U Ium IB vi nr. t.._. o >
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  • 216 7 rxcn.wcF. Singapore, June 29. On London, Bank 4 m/t 2/4 tf/38 Demand 2/4 5/32 Private 3m. credits 2/4 23/32 On New York, Demand 5«% Privat* W d/« 68% On Fran-te, Bonk T. T. M™ On India, Bank T.T. 1">4% On HontrkonK, Bank tl/d 4 p. c. prcm.
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  • 58 7 Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers. Spot ot July Jw* Joly-S«pt. July-Sept. Oet.-D«e. Ott.-Dec. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers 1.29 LitU i.^>; i..'7 1.1 1 l.n'i Tone of Market Firm. Latest London cables quote Spot sheet .is. S'iid.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 254 7 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Seller* El £1 Asam Kumbtng 46/G 47/6 i 1 1 Katun* Padani? O.Gn Mi 1 1 Hitam Tin l.(H) 1.05 El il Idris Hyihaulics 84/8 84/1 «L 1 1 Johan Tin 0.37 0.40 L0/-10'- Kamportff 40/6 44/6 xd. li a Ki-muntinj,' Tin 57/- 5K/6 c«l.
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    • 133 7 £1 £1 B. Am. Tobacco 5.10.0 5.12.0 10 10 Central Engines 4.50 5.50 5 6 Central Motors 0.75 1.23 nom. £1 11 E. Smelting Co. 11.80 11.00 5/- Elec. Tramway 2/9 S/9 com 10 10 I-'raser N'cave 51.00 52.00 100 100 Hammer Co. 190.00 192.50 lOOlOOKatz Eros. def. 140.00
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    • 108 7 IlBUt Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers U. Eng. C p.c. $1,234,300 par 10 p.c. pir S'pore Electric Tramway, 6 p.c. 80 £350,000 S'pore Municipal 5 p.c. 1,878,000 par 10 p.c pro S'pore Municipal Ahi p.c. of 1907 $1,(500,000 2% p.e. dis-pai S'pore Municipal 4>4 p.d. of 1909 $1,000,000 2% p.c
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    • 386 7 Frater and Co. and Lya II and Eratt'i Quotations. To-day'» Prices Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt. Allctiby ($1) 1.7.-> 1.R5 1.75 1.85 \l,,.- Gajak (--si i 141 1. 15 1.15 1JS A. Hitimi ($5) '.in* 1 1**6 11.50 A. Kuninc (SI) 0.50 0.65 0.50 O.GO Am. Malay <:!> 2.48
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 831 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS I Other Classified Adrtt., im p«e U. WANTS FOR SALE. ETC. ANY HOUSES OB ESTATES for Mortgnsy: Apply 224, Straits Times. I WANTKi) LADY DAxilNC PAHTNEK I Apply 221, Straits Time.'. TO I KT SMALL ROOMS, with hoard, in prtota family. Hr-ply HI, Strata Times. "EUBOi'EAN MARR(KI) COUPLE
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    • 114 7 I'n-nicbt To-night NEW WORLD SHOWS .lAI.AX BESAR. M VI. AY BONGGENG. OPEN AIR CINEMA, CHINESE WATANC, will present At THE CITY OPERA will piTiM.: cry Interesting Play entitled ROHEKT'S REPENTANCE Along with Nf» Dance* and Sonic* liv the IBERIA VAI OEVILLE CO.. of 'iliinil.i. N.lt.-^JiiMt Arrived New trading Actors I
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    • 75 7 The Great Picture of the Year HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME VICTOR HUGO'S IMMORTAL CLASSIC I Has Now Arrived. Watch further announcement. NOTICE THE BEAUTY PARLOUR. I run under the title of Mrs. DOUGLAS, Room 124, Raffles Hotel, is discontinued as from to-day. Mrs. Douglas and Mrs. O'Sullivan will open at
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    • 704 7 THERE IS NO PLACE where to BIG QUANTITY of WATCHES can be abown with so many VARIETIES m designs. More than 1,000 different pntterna. We stock GOLD WRIST WATCnES from $12 and pocket cold watchea from J4j, and the finest new J<>si(fr> with the BEST QUALITY MOVEMENTS nt lowest possible
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    • 488 7 AUCTION SALE of valuable teak household furniture, piano, plant*, ate. At X«. T. In^itutlon Hill (off River Vulloy Road) on Saturday, July !»:''>. P m Compri ing :i euod toivd cut lace piano hy Moiitrl* A Co.. Ltd, m Itrrt-etaM With stool, wax polished teak square dinin K table, dinner
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 105 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandang Kerbau Station. (By Courtfgy of (Jovernment Health Office). For th« 24 hours ending »t MidnlcM on June 27. \9-r>. M.i.\. shade tempiratur 90.5 F. ■la dbsda temperature 80 jr. Mean kIihcIc temperature M 3F. \Ih- ;un radiation 1<» Min. (truss radintion J, Ben temperature 5*,1' Mc»n wet
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  • 72 8 TAN. Tan Tan? Viah. J.P., at 3.15 a.m. on Sunday, .h;,,c- IS, IMS, at liis residence. ■>"• -10, Kerbau Road, Sirg-.porc. He we* II behind him one widow, eight sonß lioon Chiat, Sim Boh, Si:n To-k, P L -n X Choo Sin Kn«Bf. si m fog, Klin Boa, Kirn
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  • 49 8 ft Hi e !i Mas* of Requiem will be sung ai tnp (athi'dral of the Goo<l Sh-pherd to morrow morning, at 7 o'clock (June 30 1 for the repose o,' the soul of the late Mr Jowph Cartel Pestaaa. Attendance of re latlvei ami fnen.ls is •arnestljr solicited
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  • 1151 8 The Straits Times MONDAY, JUNE 29. THE COAL CRISIS. The gravity of the situation in the coa. i-.iininj; industry in Britain grows steadily Won* rather than letter. We now leari that matters have reached s.ich a sorions tUt* that tlu- mini -owners have informed he mine's that they are giving
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  • 14 8 The Er.nd of Hope will meet at the V.W.C.A. en Wednesday, at -1.30 p.m.
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  • 22 8 The Duchess of Westminster has been grated a decree nisi nfr.iinst the Duke, whom she married m 1020. There wag no defence.
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  • 25 8 The organ at St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, is being overhauled and is not likely to be ready until next week, says the Malay Mail.
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  • 34 8 The funeral of the late Mr. Tan Kheam Kheat took place at Bukifc Brown cemetery yesterday morning m the presence of a very \urge attendance. A repor: of it will appear m to-morrow's issue.
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  • 30 8 The Kuala Langat branch of the Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association is holding a show on Saturday, August 22, at Telok Datoh. There will be open classes for Poultry, Pigeons and Horticulture.
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  • 46 8 A V. D. clinic will be opened m Ipoh next month and it is said that Dr. G. H. Oorloff, who is at present m charge of the Sultan Street clinic m Kuala 'Lumpur, wi.l be transferred to Ipoh to take charge of the new clinic.
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  • 34 8 Owing to the propaganda against the Andaman settlement for the Moplahs. (.he majority of women and children who have signified their intention to join their relations m the Andamans have, since changed their decision.
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  • 44 8 A member of the House of Commons, Mrs. Hilton Philipson, otherwise known as Mabel Russell, the well-known musical comedy soubrette, will appear m a short revue scene for the purpose of handing over her fee for the benefit of the Middlesex Hospital re-building funds.
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  • 51 8 We have received from the Imperial Mineral Resources Bureau volume 7 of the Mining Laws of the British Empire ai .1 of Foreign Countries. The present vt 'ume has a particular local interest a«. it comprises the mining laws of the Fcde rate:! Malay States. It h publishfd at 12s.
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  • 51 8 It is reported that negotiations are m progress for the sale of Palmlnnd estate at Damansara. The property, which consists of over COO acres of rubber and coconut, belongs to Dato Lee Kong Urn. The intending purchasers are reported to be the local agents of the Rubrtv Estate AKency, Ltd.,
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  • 60 8 Mr. McKie, an assistant of Messrs. W. Jack and Company, Calcutta, was serious ly injured m a motor-cycle accident on June 11, and died at 5.15 p.m., on the Sunday at the European General Hospital His two friends Captain Grierson and Mr. W. G. Brodic of Messrs. Bird and C(
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  • 55 8 A batch of 13 Chinese appeared at tho Sicond Police Court this morning, charged, at the instance ot Asst. Supt. Mallard (who is m charge of the Gambling Suppression Dent.) win being occupiers of common gamin;- houses and assisting m their management. They all pleaded not guilty, and th- eases
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  • 59 8 During the recent storm at Hongkone a Chinese workman displayed wonderful courage, when at considerable risk to himself, he rescued a number of children m Francis Street, Wanchai. Water was rushing into the houses and a number of persons were swept off their feet and carried down to the street,
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  • 63 8 On board the steamer Wangeratta. which arrived m Colombo on June 13 were two English stowaways who had got on bourd at Knmantle. They arc A. Alderson and J. E. Flynn, miners, who emigr-.tcd to Australia some months ago. They could net find work and had no money to pay
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  • 65 8 Singah Hassan bin Yahya was charged before Mr. Justice Farrer Mnnby, at remban last week, with culpable homicide not amounting to murder, by causing the death of one Dollah bin Haji Mahamed at Lcbak, m the district of Temcrloh. This was the last case of the June Assizes. The accused
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  • 72 8 Some amusement was caused m the Ipol. magistrate court on Thursday when it was discovered that a man charged witli allowing goats to stray was really the man into whose compound they had strayed. The complainant's name was Sinniah, and the accused's Chinniah, and it was owing to the similarity
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  • 69 8 At the annual general meeting of the Chinese Medical Students Union held m the lecture hall of the King Edward VII College of Medicine on June 24, the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year President, Or. Tan Bin Chiang; vice-pre ident. Miss .H. Tanhon. secretary, Mr. Khoo Peng
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  • 74 8 A Chinese, Tan Kwee, was charged m the Second Police Court, this morning with stealing rubber, valued at $16 from the factory of Messrs. Tan Kah Kee and Co. It was stated that the accused left the works with the rubber wrapped around his waist. The bulse beneabh his clothes
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  • 89 8 The preliminary enquiry into th? charges against Tun Huat and the woman San So, which followej the acquittal of the parties on a charge of gravo moral misdemeanour, report.-, the Pinang Gazette was heard before Mr. Sennett m th* Penang Magistrate's Court, m camera, on Thursday afternoon. Chief Court Inspector
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  • 543 8 Mr. S. C. Vickers, Secretary of tlio Penang Turf Club, who w.-nt to Australia on a holiday, has returned to Pnuns;, c c n i I I J 1 i i t Viscount Cave has consented to be non mated for the Chancellorship <>i <> fonl University.
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  • 41 8 Tho coal output at homo for tho t rmled May 2:j was 4,858,000 tons, with 1,095,700 wasrc-cnrr.ers employe) com paro/i with 5,031,000 tons and 1,099,500 \vrol.er.s in the preceding week MM with I. S, IdO tons a year apo.
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  • 39 8 Nothing further is known reAsnUni the theft of y?0,000 m current dispatched by the Ho Hoag Bank" and th. Overseas Chinese Bank, from the mai dispatched to Batu Pahat from Singspon on June 23.
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  • 222 8 At the annual meeting of the Shanghai Electric Construction Co., held m London on June 3, the chairman, Mr. I. S. 11.. kdl, m the course of his remarks, -lid We have now reached the point at whii ii prognai can be made with the rehabilitation of the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 161 8 JW.D.&H.O. WILLS f introduce a new brand styled I j Kgirflftmiral HIGH CLASS VIRGINIAN CIGARETTES. which can be obtained from U high-class retailers at 8O CENTS per tin of 50. > M mm fS^ WALKER Black LabeS A Is on Sale m every good I Club and Hotel. S^^ri It
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    • 56 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT at 9. THE GOVERNOR'S LADY S Reels. TOPICAL BUDGET FELIX THE CAT CARTOON, One two-reel Comedy. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m SAWDUST (Featuring GLADYS WALTON) 5 Reds. JACK DEMPSEY'S FIGHT AND WIN SERIES Round 5—25 2 Reels. TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD., Proprietors. Sole A sent*
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    • 49 8 On Other Pages. Singapore Bcaoo] Sport < Kinance nnd I,'ommiTco 7 Shippinc »nd the Alaili 7 Meteorological Report 7 Iteuter Telegrams :i J.ejtiglativo Council Masting Attempted .Murder Charf* Sporting IntellijTi'iici. ..10 I-ocal Share Miirki-t 10 .Melville Kubbcr Meptir^' Id Hulgownii- HublxT Keating' .11 Corre»pund..nci- 1 1 Y»cht Kace liejulla l:
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  • 535 9 Strikes Continue but Feeling Calmer. British Bluejackets Unload Ships. [BEITEIt TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. To-day's cables from the principal centres of China inhabited by foreigners h..\v that the situation is calm, although precautions against outbreaks are aot tvlnxril. Foreign women and children h«vc been removed from the port
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  • 77 9 [REUTM TELBGBAM.] London. June 28. Billings, Montana Two-thirds of the state of Montana were shaken by a series of earthquake shocks yesterday evening. Ti,, were M casualties, but widespread though not serious damage occurred to buildings rouds and bridges. Three trains were bottled-up by landslides, but arc
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  • 405 9 M. Caillaux's Proposals Accepted. [UUTZB TBLEORAM.] London, June 27. Paris The Senate finance committee by 9 votes to 5, with 11 abstentions,' adopted the proposals of M. Caillaux. London, June 27. Paris The Senate by 273 votes to 11 passed the Government's financial bills. London, June 27. Paris
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  • 105 9 Acquittal m Typhoid Germs Case. [lIEITER TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. Chicago The lawyer, William Shepherd, has been acquitted. denied that he had ever seen Dr. Faiman before bein? taken into custody. Shepherd was charged with of his foster son, William McClmtock, the Millionaire Orphan," by means of the
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  • 66 9 [REUTEB TELEGBAM.] London, June 27. Berlin Discussing the French note on the subject of security, the Cabinet concluded that the discussions suggested therein with a view to arriving at v definite arrangement should ho begun immediately. It is pointed out that Germany would welcome discussions leuding to new
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  • 48 9 [REUTEB TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. Brussels Ten Chinese, who were expelled from France, entered Belgian territory, but Belgian gendarmerie inte"ceptert them and escorted them back to the frontier. The French Government have now ordered the Chinese to be conducted to Marseilles, where they w.ll etnb.ark.for China.
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  • 153 9 An American Venture In Liberia. [EEUTCR TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. New York The General Tire and Rubber Company has advanced the price of inner tubes by 33 1-3 per cent. London, June 27. Washington Mr. Harvey Firestone, President of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, announces that a
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  • 56 9 [MUTEB TELECHAM.] London, June 23. Warsaw President Wojciechowski, speaking at a banquet at an exhibition of Pomeranian industry and agriculture at Grudziad, emphasised Pomerania's influence on Poland. Refciring to the western frontier, he declared that the re- prcsentatives of Poland would never be allowed to attend a conference
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  • 55 9 [REVTER TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. Oslo Capt. Amundsen, wireless!;,interviewed by the Aften Posten, expressed the opinion that aercplaning for longer distance- m the Arctic was very hazardous, though navigation was m more difficult than he supposed before starting. He and his colleagues intend to go on I lecture
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  • 61 9 [REUTEB TELEGRAM.] London, June 28. Calcutta Mr. J. M. Sen Gupta, exchief lieutenant of the late Mr. C. R. Das, who was recently engaged for the defence m tm? Bawla trial, hrs been elected leader of the Swarajist party m succession to Mr. Das. Mr. Gupta announced
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  • 133 9 [BEITEB TELEGRAM.] London, June 27. Leipzig Kutchenmeister, the manufacturer whose motorcar was used by the murderers of Rathenau m 1922, has been acquitted. Another of the accused, Brandt, has been sentenced to four yours' imprisonment, for net informing the authorities of a plot of which he was cognizant. London,
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  • 128 9 The Municipal health statement for the week ending June 20, gives the total number of deaths as 211, representing death rate of 27.68 per mille per annum compared with 27.68 m the preceding week and with 30.07 m the corresponding week of last year. The chief causes
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  • 85 9 Strong Reinforcements Increase Pressure. [REUTER TELEGRAM.] Lond-m, June 27. Paris A message from Rabat confirms the opening of an enemy offensive on the Taza-Fez road. The French frustrated an attack delivered by 5,000 disaffected tribesmen supported by a few Riff detachments, the principal Riff units being held in
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  • 308 9 [REUTEB TELEGBAM.] London, June 27. Malta The ex-German floating dock, 700 feet long by 170 broad, has arrived from Sheerness from whence it departed on June 1. The dock is to serve as a repairing base for the largest battleships of the Mediterranean Fleet. It was towed
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  • 215 9 Sea Valve Opened on Straits Vessel. A mysterious incident on board the steamer Erinpura, which left Rangoon ye^teniiiy with the Straits mails, caused the captain to bring the vessel back to port as soon as possible, says a Rangoon message of June \2. As is usual when a
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  • 124 9 Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent, writing on Friday, says Twelve captures have been reported to the customs authorities by the preventive fleet on the West Coast, since the 11th inst. The?o include, one each by the Mina and I'ikat, three each by the Kalai and Simbang and two each
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  • 121 9 Mrs G. Smith, of UL Nassim Road, was charged m the Second Police Court, this morning, with driving car No. t>:J8!) m a rash and negligent manner, causin* grevious bodily hurt to a Eurasian school boy, named Pereira, on Saturday. It is alleged that while turning out
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  • 114 9 Mr. Goh Hood Kiat Allowed Bail. The charge against Mr. Goh Hood Kiat, a prominent member of the Chinese community in. Singapore, of attempting to murder Mr. Wong Yong Soo at the Chinese Swimming Club, Tanjong Katong, on Friday, was mentioned in the Second Police Court this
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  • 164 9 Sir Hari Singh's A.D.C. Still In Prison. Captain Charles Arthur, the former A.D.C. to Sir Hari Singh, remains m prison, a new application to grant him his liberty provisionally having been rejected. Captain Arthur, with the permission of the French authorities, wrote recently to Sir Hari
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  • 228 9 Lord Hradbury Says France Can Pay. Addressing the House of Commons Commercial Committee on international indebtedness Lord Bradbury said that, m his belief, not mort than 50 per cent, of the Dawes annuities would actually be paid by Germany. He was disposed, as a matter of ItOCktakin?.
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  • 150 9 Scenes unparalleled within living memory were witnessed m Calcutta on June IS when the body of Mr. C. R. Das was borr.e' through the streets of Calcutta from Sealdah Station to Kalighat for cremation. Countless thousands of whitec!ad Indians besieged station at an early hour and
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  • 92 9 This morning m the Third Police Court, Mr. P. Wilcoxson, of the Straits Trading Co., was summoned for driving his car m a rash and negligent manner with disobeying the lawful order of a police officer and with driving without a licence, at the junction of
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  • 76 9 In the District Court, this morninpr, the rase m which George Crompton Cooper, formerly employed by Messrs. John Little and Co., is charged that on or about January' 5 last, he, being entrusted with $4 015.07, as a servant, committed criminal breach of trust, was ngain mentioned.
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  • 2767 9 Extension of Telephone System. Loan to TrenjHjanu. (Monday, htm Present H.K. the Officer Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. K. S. Bose, I .M.C..) UOirial Members H K the General Officer Commar.diiu the Troop* (Major-di-ncra! Sir Theodore Kraser, K.C.B., C.8.I.. CJLC I. The acting Colonial Scrctary (the Hon.
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  • 29 10 In the House of Commons, Mr. Frank Hiiant (Liberal, Kensington North) asked whether the British policy of non-inter-ference m religious customs extended to prisoner-.. Earl Winterton replied m tho
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 821 10 Merchants Beat Etceteras. Some bright criek«t was seen, on the padang on Saturday afternoon, When the game twixt the Merchants .and Etcetera--, in the S.C.C. Cricket Tournament, was concluded. The Etceteras did not have at all a happy time, for, after huntinjr 'he leather while the Merchants hit up
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    • 26 10 The Singapore Golf Club July boaey competitmn will be competed for on Saturday and Sunday next and the JuW ladies Bpoon competition on Monday the
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    • 230 10 Brilliant MpnV: Pintles Match. [Renter Tt'egram.J London, June °7 The i weather at Wimbledon was "coo with the sky overcast. LJ. /I." L l"^"". •'tffainst IUm Beamisf il n aetlon> whilc Andersoi in beating- Brugnon, <{— 6, 7—9, 8 4 7—5, 6—2 in the fourth round oi th( mens
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    • 140 10 English Tourists Win Again. [Reciter Telegram.] London, Jane 27. Brisbane The English Football Association team beat Australia by 5 1. Second League Results. The second division fixture played off on Saturday afternoon on the S.C.F.A, ground between the S.C.F.A. (A) and Headquarters resulted in a goalless draw, R. Sussex
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    • 228 10 Second Day's Results. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, Jane 28. The following ar« the results, of the second day's racing at Taipinu;. At th' conclusion Mrs. Parr distribnted the cups Race 1.— Drusilla (Yeun) 1 H. F. (Strode) 2 Marcelle (Fox) :j Won by four lengths, two lengths
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    • 717 10 World's ScUlling Championship. [Reuter Telegram.] London, June 27. Sydney In a race for the world's sculling championship on the Parramatt* River Major Godsell, the 'holder, beat the New Ztalaniier, Hannan by three lengths, A Successful Regatta. The conditions for the rowing regatta at the Yacht Club on Saturday afternoon
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  • 121 10 Lyall and E.att. Singapore, Jun, liJ^T^r (Lond T Local Sl2, IJ.i tons. Rubber._:;s. B%d. up Fairly brisk bnsiness m the Rubbe- share market is to be reported with good Buyers of all description* of shares m evidence. Prices generally have moved upwards, and the market closes Brm
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  • 178 10 Rangoon was startled on June 18 tv hear that a dastardly attack had been "I;* the early hours by a Burman robber on a promising young Kurman. I buperintendent of the Henzuda post office n.med Manas Thc-in. The latter was travelling to Rangoon m a sleeping compartment. The
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  • 80 10 Owing to Messrs. Wcarne Bros.. Ltd naving received numerous enquiries from all parts of the country regarding a Baby for/1 model, they cabjed the Ford MoUv Co., of Canada, and m reply received a cable stating that there is positively no truth m the Baby Ford rumour
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  • 68 10 The last of the scries >f eharxei ajrainst different people of Sitiawan in connertion with the recent theft of over 1,000 one picul rubber coupons fans ihoffice of the A.D.o. was bronchi forward on Tuesday, when, writes the Ipoh representative of the Malay Mail \\,il-A Latiff bin Abdul Baahid was
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  • 914 10 Business at the Annual (Jeneral Meeting The annual meeting of the Melvillo (Johore) Rubbst Kstate* i.til., ni heM .-it 7 Buttery Bowl, OB Saturday morninjf. Tic chairman (Mr. A. E. Baddeley) presided, wpejofted by kteeam W. Buyers and C. (J. Kenshaw (directors), Hammond, H. Adamson (manatcer) and
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  • 64 10 mitS* Afttmhra will KrMfl tu-nitfht a William Vox production adapted from Uavld Balaacp'a itafffl success The Governort Lady, m eight reel*. It is it pirturo of domestic and public life with a strong human story. In the first show a liv« reel (.lailys Walton drama. Sawdust will bo
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  • 42 10 Th. Kastt-in Telegraph Company st,t.-i that the Renter autnuga announcing the reralt of thu Derby reached Hoiisrkonp m Due minute. .Slianifhai !>t :lcs that mi rapid was tin- Ea#tern TyU'jrraph Cow trmnimiulon ..f RaOMri report of Manny's victory that the papers received
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  • 1191 11 I Favourable Outlook lteportcd At Meeting. At meavfeawj Chambers. CoUyer. Quay, <>n Saturday mominir. the annual meeting was held of the Baltfownie KubUt Kstntes, Ltil. The chair VSI OCCapied by tha Hon. It. <". M. Kinderslcy (chairman), thoaa ulmj present bcimc M< W. P. Phunmeraad .1. M. Simc
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 559 11 To the Editor of the Strait* Times. Sir, Your corrcsponJtiu Mr. Barwarl what MM there is tv Heart that tIM shortage of rubber will range fru.u iJ2tioo torn m 1929 to 2*58,000 torn m vs.il. May I enggeat that Mr. Still's calculation*! contain an arithmetical cno.- m ti
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  • 258 11 A LOVELY APPARITION." Manila View of a Certain Dancer. Fallowing thn one and only Singapore apncaianct- of Miss Loulou Dailly, Unctr, jiP'l our query, Wlu're was Iljinsky n.mes the Manila Times with an arci.lj ttmimt the heading A Lovely Appari- tion." Our contemporary says Loulou Dailly, celebrated danseuse, with her
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  • 84 11 All inti ii-stiriK ceremony took place on June ITat OnwrnwOTt House. Huni;kcntf, when the KWers of the Pat rkunn Valley, New Territories, forming the Committee of management of the Tun<: Yik Vernacular School, were neWVM by Hi.< hxcellcncy and presented to him a framed complimentary address on silk. The school
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 208 11 GREATEST ARTISTES FINEST RECORDING HENCE THE POPULARITY OF "His Master's Voice" Gramophones Records Our Demonstration Rooms at your service m order that you may prove this for yourself. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. a Sandeman's Ports and Sherries y^4j^Ml^\ Stocked by the following k ;aR CHIN GIAN 8
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    • 308 11 Raffles Hotel Tel. No. 2920. GUEST NIGHTS, Dinner Dance Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday* TEA DANCES Every Monday and Friday. VJIVI Li Lf SAKKIES IJROTHERS, Seventy Varieties besides the Proprietor*. Daily Special Dishes. Sea View Hotel MUSIC ON THE LAWN DURING TEA from 6.30 pan. to 7 pjn> EVERY AF'iERNOON
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  • 1230 12 Sweepstake Race. (Contributed) I The rowing: regatta on Saturday afternoon was preceded by a sweepstake yacht I race for which eleven boats turned out in a beautiful sailing breeze. Marion I was first over the line just on the gun at p.m., followed by Polly and June. Many I
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 624 12 1^ 5 w K l *r r: n c tP -Jit lWMWWM-1^7 J? P^S^^a^a^a^ I NOTICE is hereby given th»t the trade I murks depicted above are the exclusive property nf The Richmond River Condensed Milk Company. Limited, of 3, Wynyard Lan*, Sydnej. State of New South Wales, Commonwealth of
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    • 232 12 i t^^P^^^^"**^ >a being absolutely pure I^ iM^^^^^ I Have you tried them llil^^^SAi^^^^ Ji r/.c NATURAL flavour NAVY CUT f^slD_Sl?Si! VIRGINIA CIGARETTES MADE IN LONDON HV AKDATII TOItACCO CO., LTD. JOHNSON LIGHTEST, SPEEDIEST AND MOST DURABLE BL£*?g^s&^ DETACHABLE OUTBOARD MOTOR FOR BOATS, PUNTS, KOLEKS, etc. Weight 39 lbs. only.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 350 13 YOU may not always know that WATER Slowly destroys your property. Among those who know, it is now the custom to v.sterproof the concrete foundations of all important buildings. No method is more simple or reliable than the integral method. No material cheaper or better than the Truscon Water Proofing
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    • 594 13 gPKnw'liiyself Re. Ito defray expense: .tiidivsi INDIA* CHASMS. Department No. POTt Vox H3. Calcutta I DR. CftSSELL'S TABLET Repair Wear and Tear of IhfW and Body Price l«. 9d. ami i». SOCONY GASOLINE Uniform Quality. Best Results. BEE HUAT COMPANY 121, BEACH ROAD. Tel. 1807. GHEON6 KOON SENG CO. IMPORTANT
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    • 402 13 < Pro-p%{a€-tk|^ h Reaches Eve^tjPuri of Every Tooth O CIENCE has created a brush that is designed and made so X that it reaches and t> .-.roughly cleans every part of every B tooth, as well £3 the g-i'.-.i:. i very t .mc. That brush is the Pro- flft i&
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 537 14 Assets over $5,500,600 S.C. Assurance m force over $19,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. 'Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICZ < iZ, Old Jewry, E.C. The CompL y has C 20.030 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compiles with the British
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    • 594 14 BANKING INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION Capital Paid-up l.s. $5,000,000 Surplus U.S. $5,000,000 Owned by THE NATIONAL CITT BANK OF NEW YOB*. Head Office 60, WALL BTREET. NEW YORK. London Office I«, BISHOPSGATB, E.C. Branches. BARCELONA COLON MADRID SANTO DOMINOO BATAVIA DAJREN MANILA SHANGHAI BOMBAY HANKOW PANAMA SINGAPORE CALCUTTA HARBIN PEKING TIENTSIN
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    • 498 14 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NETH. INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK) Established 1863. CAPITAL Fl. 00,000.000 (about £5,000.000) ISSUED Fl. 55,000,000 (about £4,600,000) RESERVE FUND Fl. 21,600,000 (about £1 ,860,000) HEAD OFFICE ll} AMSTERDAM. SUB-AGENCIES IN THE HAGUE AND ROTTERDAM. EASTERN HEAD OFFICE, BRANCHES Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Medan, Sourabaya, Semarang, Bandoeng, Weltevreden, Cheribon, Tegal,
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    • 403 14 THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charts* m Japan) Capital Subscribed Y60,000,000 Capital Paid-up Y6t,000,000 Reserve Fund Via,780,000 President K. Nakaguwa, Esq. Vice-President H. Mori, Esq. DIRECTORS G. Kawasaki, Esq. D. Takita. r.sq. M. Kduki, Esq. T. HiauuunH, Ksq. M. Shuto, Esq. HEAD OFFICE Taipeh, Formosa (Taiwan). BRANCHES
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    • 238 14 THE MINIMUM OF SAFETY FOR A MARRIED MAN. It has been decided, by those who have made a careful study of the subject, that a married man should always be m a position to leave his family m the event of his death an amount equal to at least THREE
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  • 319 15 Lady Astor Amonj? London Journalists. Viscountess Astor, M.P., made a racy upeech at a ladies' luncheon Riven by the London district of the Institute of Journalist*, m the course of which she voiced some interesting opinions about the fnodern press. Viscountess Astor said that when she entered
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  • 674 15 Restriction Why it Should Continue. The fifteenth annual general meeting of the Chota Rubber Estates, Ltd.. wai held on May 26 at the registered offices of the I company, 7, Martin's Lane, Cannon Street,) K.C., Mr. W. Arthur Addinsell (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said:
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  • 42 15 Orders for week ending July 3, 1926. Mondaju June 29.— Band Practice (Fifes only). Headquarters r>,ls p.m. Tuesday, June 30.— Signalling, Wireless and Ambulance Classes, Headquarter* 6.16 p.m. Thursday. July 2.— Full Band Practice, IJeadijuarteMjl.Jfiivm.
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 272 15 Gar Buyers Ask Yourselves Hj3,1l the car you intend buying: be maintained for v3.1l i{ Ik> relied upon to get Cj3.1l it be serviced anywhere <ti no* r *P1 9 \J^^ Ijftll't resold easily and at a good price 3,11(1 last not leaBt can it be purchased at a low
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    • 254 15 m^ Chrysler facts are worth knowing because thext is no C Ji>^§ y \%ff\l^tg*f^ olhcr car on the market that offers a similar perform VJ*^f®"sF or an equnl enjoyment. Once you ride m the car >ou will jCgy never be content until that enjoyment ia yours. You'll find it possesses
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 241 16 Ertd. 1872. Patronized by Royalty. The least money your purse can afford will buy you the daintiest ornament m Diamond and Gem Jewellery m the newest models of particularly smart designs of irreproachable quality. AT THE ROYAL STORE OF B. P. De Silva 2/3, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. ■ranch > No.
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    • 271 16 HALF LEMON SHAPE i Porcelain Latex Gups Shipment arriving early July. ENQUIRIES INVITED. LEE KIM SOO 20, HIGH STREET. JKEMPE'S ENGINEER'S YEAH BOOK. FOR 1925. A Compendium of the Modern Practice of Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Gas, Marine, Mine and Metallurgical Knginet'i-injr. .'s2nd EDITION. Price $18.00. THE STATESMAN'S YEAR BOOK. Statistical
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    • 962 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID eharcea for Wanta, For Sule, To l+t, ate, la ordtaary eloaa sat type (average six words to ljne) are :-Per line One insertion 28 cents, two Ins 46 ets., tnree ins 64 eta., four Ins. 82 cents, five ins. $1.00, six m». $I.JB, ten ins. 140,
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    • 610 16 BOARD AND LODGING BOARD AND RESIDENCE at J, Oxley Rd BOARD AND RESIDENCE, SI, Cavei.agh Road. Telephone 107. SAN SOUCI, offers comfortable home. Good table all convenience. Tel. 2580. ROOMS WITH BOARD. Good table. Call 5-6 p.m. 13, Lloyd Road, cor. Oxley Road. AMHKR MANSIONS FLATS TO IXT Apply Chan
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    • 173 16 STEVENSON THE BILLIARD CHAMPION Broke Records on BILLIARD TABLES fitted with New Fast PREMIER CHAMPIONSHIP CUSHIONS ALL PADMORE'S BILLIARD TABLES WE SELL are fitted with these Cushions. Sole Agents for S.S., F.M.S. and SIAM. <— PENANG JTJRF CLUB 1925 AUTUMN MEETING. Proposed Programme. FIRST DAY.— Saturday. July 25, 1923. SECOND
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    • 380 16 Contemporary Science Books Scxaal Ethici I A Mudy of ltordrrUnd Munitions hy Robert Michcls. APPARITIONS and THOUGHT-TKANSFER-E.N'CK. An Examination of the Evidence for Telepathy, hy Frank Podmorr. M MODERN ORGANIC CHKMISTRY, ly (hnrlc» Alexander Keane, I).S r I'h. 11., K.I.C. With twenty nine fleam m the 'IV-. t THE PSYCHOLOGY
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