Malayan Saturday Post, 22 March 1924

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  • 27 1 The Malayan Saturday Post ILLUSTRATED The only Illustrated Weekly Paper in Malaya. Published every Saturday. Vol. I. No. 10. SINGAPORE, MARCH 22, 1924. Price 1 5 Cents.
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    • 117 1 Under the Most Distinguished Patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught T.S. R.H. Prince Princess of Teck j By Appointment To _j_>m__b By Appointment To H. M. The King of Siam H H Tlie Sultan ot Jonore £\&vS ESTD. 187 2.~ r^ri&J*^ *ss^ for JEWELLERY PRECIOUS STONES, visit p B,
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    • 26 1 1 BffiW //I||WRI6LEY'SIfI I 1 jHbbbW (V 4TdklW J>? fl fcg^^^ PEPPERMINT I j P li CHEWING SWEET fin -/"""N. Iv wffA \***^\\\m\ CR2 IbfflaW Lasts
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    • 403 2 Mc ALISTER Co., Ltd., (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) AGENTS FOR:— UNITED STATES RUBBER EXPORT Com Ltd., SINGAPORE NEW YORK. PENANG Manufacturers of: Royal Cord Tyres IPOH and Roya l Tubes i^ttat A I TTIV/TPTTP Dominion Motor Cycle Tyres KUALA LUMPUR. United mmu Solid Tyres Keds Footwear &c. WHITEAWAYS New
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    • 204 3 I "Tootal" ■Famous Fabrics LwkScQ H t t ,«jC THAT CLEANSE* SaSILf i ies reliable w:i!»h H vear for ill the family. Easy to aash —no starch needed. |,w double width— 3B ins. wide— for ■oii,<:i.«i.'.i children's wear. I Trie $1.25 per yard I n s. i "i' Men's Shirts
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    • 123 3 Gbe Malayan j Satuv&av post. j 'The only Illustrated Weekly in Malaya.) PRICE 15 CENTS. MARCH 22, 1924. Contents. Page 5. Last Week's Garden Party. n 6. Governor's Deputy Under Secretary. 8. New Recepe for Alcohol Facts and Inferences. N 9- A more Simple Life Clippings. m 10. Last of
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    • 225 3 INDEX TO PRINCIPAL ADVERTISERS. Front Page. Messrs B. P. De Silva— Jeweller. n I'hilip Thayer kCo Peppermint Chewiug Sweet. Asiatic Petroleum Co, Ltd.— Shell Motor Lubricating Oil. Page 2. McAliHter k Co., Ltd.,— Motor Car Tyres k Tubes. t Whiteaway Laidlaw k Co., Ltd.— Electro Plated Ware. Page 3. John
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    • 369 4 CIGARETTES. The Coupons found in each ti* of ti 4 Cigarettes can be exchanged for the following raluall, prints: El. Electro Plated Nickel Silver Cigarette Case (Plain) 20 large or 40 small Coupons. K. (Ribbed) lT r-g r^*^ L^'' t V E3. Onoio Fountain Pen with Clip 40 Mi jfc^:4%^^
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  • 17 5 Mr. M. V. Pillai reading the address on behalf of the Cevlonese.
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  • 60 5 Photographs t y Photo by Blocks by Seated next to La.lv Guillcmard (central figure), ou the right are Sir Ranmnathan and Lady Kamana.ln.n. ou the left Mrs. Lee Choon Guan. The Hon. Mr. George Hemmant Governor's Deputy and Acting Colonial Secretary. Nakajima Co. Fine Art Lit ho
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 156 7 SERVICE Our Repair Shop is fully equipped to deal with any and every repair required on your car IN THE SHORTEST TIME AND AT THE KEENEST PRICE. Battery Charging Station. Vulcanising Shop. Electrical Repairs and Rewinding. Trimming, Painting and Body Repairs. Coodyear Tyres and Tubes. Simms and C.A.V. Light- Zenith
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    • 95 7 The Economical Car Chassis, $970. L**tmm****^^*^r^^^*An^^4R^r /^--S---mm---^^€_\ __\w^ A-mmn mmmSm\\m\ mm**Jflm\ n^^^_SKt^S**>**^^ /^_W *M* M m mmW9**mV Touring Model, Complete with Standard Equipment $1,205. SELF-STARTER AND LIGHTING SET $140 EXTRA Light Delivery I ■holsterea as on 1/ d* i 1 L__[ E Merchants A Newt* Touring Model. fifl {j^, p|(per
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  • 217 8 In the intervals of tricking the Allies out of reparation payments the Germans continue to develop new scientific processes. They have just begun work on the manufacture of wood alcohol, by combining hydrogen with carbon monoxide at a great heat under high pressure. This method
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  • 182 8 Tin is £281 per ton, against only £140 a couple of years ago and £176 at one time last year. In other words, there is a boom "in it. An enormous demand is reported to exist. Where does the tin go? We are, of course, all
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  • 225 8 The next time you suffer from headache do not take, as so many sufferers do the aspirin tabloid that will charm away that headache for the time only. Get out into the openair close your lips, and breathe deeply and fully through the nostrils. This simple act of
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  • 150 8 The defeat of the long skirt as announced in the display of fashions at Auteuil races is a triumph for the j practical common sense of the English and American women. They refused to adopt the exaggerated length which the Paris dress designers attempted to bring into
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  • 75 8 Less Crime than in any other Land. Commenting upon the fact that there were only 33 cases on the criminal calendar for Manchester Spring Assizes, Mr. Justice Greer said that, since the area covered by the assizes was nearly as great as that of London, such a
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  • 47 8 Lady Barrett lectured from the pulpit of Bristol Cathedral to a large congregation on "The Degradation of Sex." The Dean, in introducing the lecturer, said he believed it was the first time that a woman had ever spoken in an English cathedral.
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  • 294 8 J. P. MORGAN LIBRARY. Gift to Scholars of the World. A magnificent gift to the scholars of the world was announced yesterday by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan. As a memorial to his father, the late Pierpont Morgan, he has handed over to six trustees for the public, by deed of
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  • 218 8 "The Academy of Medicine has just received the good news that snoring can be suppressed, not only painlessly but with benefit to I those whose musical slumbers some- times cause insomnia in others. Dr. Georges Gautier, who has for twentyI seven years been studying the human
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  • 324 8 How many people habitually accept inferences as facts Their numbers must be legion. The habit is certainly universal, and Penang, well ordered community though it be, is by no means immune or free from infection. Frequently in the clubs in the hotels and wherever two or three
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  • 173 8 To be Restored to Italy. Sheriff Thomson, at Glasgow Sheriff Court decided the question of the ownership of the 14th-century Byzantine rross which was said to have been stolen from a church in Italy, and which about four years ago was discovered in he window of a secondhand
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  • 985 9  -  Artifex By Rea-linpr Dean Inge's seccrd volume f Outspoken Essays." I came across lh is paragraph: "To simplify life ky abolishing irrational and unnecos- r v expenditure would increase our ktlth and happiness, and would perLgßi enable us to hold our own against thr races of
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  • 33 9 A woman, who wished to remain anonymous, has sent £10,000 to the Chelmsford Diocesan Board of Finance to be divided between the Assistant Clergy Fund and the Clergy Pension Fund.
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  • 291 9 At a private entertainment a guest had just risen from the piano. Would you like to be able to sing and play as I do, dear?" she asked a five-year-old miss. "No, ma'am." "And why not?" 'Cause," explained the little girl, u I wouldn't like to have people say
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  • 129 9 (Portrayed in a letter from Kitty Lingerwell. of Park Lane, London, to John Spifileton, of East Fifty-second Street, New York City.Dear Jack: Just a line to ask you to dine with us on Tuesday, at half-past ten. The Buflleys are giving a divorce party
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  • 98 9 Premier to be asked for an Inquiry. A petition to the Prime Minister asking for a cmmission to inquire into the present state of English spelling, and to suggest a remedy has been prepared at Cambridge by Dr. Emery Barnes, Hulsean Professor of Divinity, for signature by members
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  • 29 9 First Lady "Do take this seat. I don't mind standing a bit." Second Lady No, you keep it, you are older than I." Then there was an ominous silence.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 239 9 The ALL-BRITISH IMPERIAL TYPEWRITERS. In the past the bulk of typewriters used by British merchants and Government offices have been made outside the Empire British manufacturers could not produce a machine at a price to meet competition. After fifteen years of steady progress, the Imperial Typewriter Company have not only
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  • The Malayan Saturday Post.
    • 658 10 And so we are not to have a great Naval Base at Singapore after all! Well, it can be confessed now that not many of those who devoted serious thought to the problem, in all its aspects, are very much surprised at the decision. Insurance is
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    • 559 10 It had been hoped that the visit of Sir Ponnambaiam ilamanathan would bring the Indians and Ceylonese in this country into closer cooperation for the promotion of their mutual interests. Unfortunately, it seems possible that it will have had exactly the opposite effect, and intensified rather
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    • 993 10 India is a wonderful and deeply religious country and the Himalayas is the particular sphere of its sages and saints. There in the seclusion of the hills which reach the heavens and amidst the wondrously luscious beauty of nature men who have renounced the world and all
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    • 43 10 I HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Ltd. SINGAPORE, PENANC, MALACCA, KUALA LUMPUR, KLANC&TELU ANSON. RUSTON HORNSBY CAR f___\ 888 TREADLE ONE-MAN SHEETING MACHINES MM \nw «W3 >tX MORRIS LIFTING TACKLE MOTOR LORRIES I CATALOGUES PRICES FROM SOLE AGENTS Harrisons, Barker Co, Ltd. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, SINGAPORE
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  • 984 11 A REVIEW AND COMMENTARY. By "Argus." j I 818 feeling rather tacked just now. The reason is that the post has brought dm an unsolicited testimonial from .-ne of the most genuine and best kn -vn sportsmen in Singapore, congratulating me on my "wellinformed and well-written
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  • 26 11 £75,000 for Oxford. The trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation of New York have offered £75,000 to Oxford University for the development of the department of bio-chemistry.
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  • 108 11 Messrs. J. Robinson Co., Ltd., of Manchester have designed a new sheeting machine which requires only one coolie to work it. The rollers are turned by a foot treadle, leaving the coolie free to guide the sheet with both hands. Friction is reduced to
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  • 52 11 The Committee of the Penang Association reports that the subcommittee is against the recommendations of the Singapore committee and is strongly opposed to registration, compulsory examination or isolation. It advocates improved education and propaganda as the best methoes and yropagarda as the best methods of combatting
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 286 11 PICTURES OF Sir Ramanathan's Visit Copies of photographs appearing in this issue and those which were published in the previous number can be had from Mr. H. N. Buckeridge'e Studio (next the Palladium) Orchard Road r n IE YOU WANT TO EARN MORE MONEY, < HIRES YOUR CHANCE! I r
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  • 243 12 44 A pretty prognostic is being fulfilled in the person of the Prime Minister at Chequers," says the Daily Express. "The last time Lord Lee stayed there, before giving up his home to the Prime Ministers, he was filled, like one of the old seers, with the spirit of
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  • 438 12 The selection of M. Rykoff to i succeed Lenin as President of the Soviet Federal Council is an event of tremendous importance. Trotsky might have seemed thc natural successor, and his was a figure which had impressed itself on the imagination of the world. Rykoff is the
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  • 295 12 One or two important changes in the law is aimed at in the Criminal Justice Bill, the second reading of which was passed by the House of Lords. The bill is the handiwork of Lord Chancellor Haldane. Of the greatest public interest is the clause which
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  • 19 12 Lord Derby told his friends at Cannes that a general election may be anticipated in May,
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  • 529 12 The EuropeanCeylonese Match. The twentieth match of this annual encounter ended in a victory for the Ceylonese by five wickets. The Ceylonese have now won this annual match 16 times, and the Europeans four times while there have been two drawn games. No match was played from 1915 to 1919
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  • 308 12 u Is truth stranger than fiction has long been a popular subject of debate, and indeed, this question is to form the subject of a forensic battle in London in the near future between two well-known people. Whatever the conclusions may be, the fact remains that
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  • 63 12 The class listened with breathless interest to the teacher's account of her encounter with a tramp. With dramatic gesture she reached the climax of her story, and then concluded by saying: "And then 1 fainted." Little Bobbie gazed with awe and admiration at his teacher, and was the
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  • 1147 13 The Master's Self-Restraint. wis tremendously tempted all points like as we are." You 1 .'nnot imagine joy as a virtue except e presence of the temptation to n tji^-oiiraged nor magnanimity as virtu? except where a soul is temptA \\n be vengeful nor loyalty except cT one is tempted to
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  • 1448 13 Devotion and SelfSacrifice in Woman Men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves the virtues of courage and heroism, since they have stormed citadels amid a rain of bullets and fought like Titan^ with the infuriated tiger or with the raging sea. But they forget that the grandest of heroic
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 109 14 BEST BULK BEER BREWED. Delivery from Stock. __W ____________________m_____m Sole Aqenls:SINGAPORE. VIENNA CAFE Q, AMBER MANSIONS, Penang Lane, SINGAPORE. THE HOUSE OF QUALITY AND ART The only up-to-date Manufacturing Confectionery The House where satisfaction is guaranteed. Cakes large and small, chocolates, mazapan sweets, i cream fondants, chocolate marrons, nongots, liquers
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  • Article, Illustration
    20 15 l^otographs by I BluCkm by The Gardens, Kuala Lumpur. Nakajiima Co. Panoramic View of Kuala Lumpur. Fine Art Litho co.
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    24 16 Sir Ramanathan replying to the address. At the Reception (L to R) Mrs. Kaka, Mrs. Lee Choon Guan, Lady Guillemard, Sir Eamanathan, Miss llainanathan.
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  • 1106 17 AGRICULTURE AND THE FUTURE OF YOUNG MEN. Vn Educational Innovation. p K Hon'ble Mr. Stockdale piul()1 of Agriculture spoke ifyly wiun he declared, at the Trinity p Old Boys' dinner in Kandy last Saturday night, that the present day [vstem ri education does not teach buy how te become independent
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  • 201 17 It is quite on the cards that vegetarianism may be added to the already long and variegated list of excuses accepted in America for justifying decree of divorce. An American sale ..man, of etaong carnivorous tastes, married a lady whose tastes were rabidly vegetarian, o'le refused to
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  • 822 17 MEMORIES OF FAMOUS MEN. in an article in The Times on the Athenaeum, which was founded in I February, 1824, Mr. Henry R. Tedder, late secretary and librarian of the j club, writes: By the end of April nearly 400 I members had been elected, and on i
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
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    • 197 20 §The name with an unrivalled Singapore reputation J^SSS vtftn riing over a period ot L 45 years lor supplying everything"of the best at lowest possible prices. Agents for: Stanley's Drawing Instruments Material. rcffißS **W Heath's Nautical Instruments and Reijuisitce ,-A»» —SU-. era* Watches and Clocks Splendidly equipped Optical department with
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