Malaya Tribune, 21 August 1924

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    30 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] SHIPPING GAZETTE. EVENING DAILY, Vol XI 197 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924 FIVE CENTS. The Malaya Tribune. Edited by Geoffrey Lucksted THURSDAY, 21st AUGUST, 1924.
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      82 1 is 01 1 I gffCTALITYJ Lfrfoa Guaranteed f Moderate, j Tv n e writer Emporium j r p.- Si 6 I ~,,iii i t i i i mm .i. 1 1 1 1 I I MUM n "0.X." CEMENT i l SOLE IMPORTERS: j> The East Asiatic Co., Ltd. (Incorporated
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      309 1 g ■'■■"■in iji MANY CHILDREN g are considered dull and back- I 1 ward who are simply guffercg B i from Weak Eyes. Ac exam I nation by our Opometrst* w\U determine whether or not ynu f eh id requ res glasses. I j THE EASTERN OPTICAL CO., I 15,
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    A RUN ON THE RED
    1645 2  -  i PtALI/TIC /TOCy Of MONTt CARLO by Colonel Henry Curley YOU CAN START TO-DAY SIR RUPERT GORMANSTON a rich selfmade Yortoshkreman comes to Monte Carlo for golf. LUCILLE his beautiful daughter who he keeps secluded. There is a mystery in her fathers past. BRENDA RIVINGTON,
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      152 2 ACHE AND PAIN INSURANCE. You insure your house against fire, you insure your life—why not insure yourself against aches and pains? Little's Oriental Balm is an Ache and Pain Insurance, for those who keep it handy can have INSTANT relief from Backache, Headache, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains and EVERY pain, small
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      632 2 gonosaT red M. Compound ol Sandal-Wool 0 ingredients 0 f r many yean world over. 0 and eminent r Goi commended as medy. Obtainable drug store<. Sole Agent< for Malaya THE MEDICAL OFFICE 300-302, North Bridge Road. SINGAPORE. Send your TYPEWRITERS, Calculating, N Machines for REPAIRS MECHANIC at UNION Tl
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    LIVERPOOL'S CATHEDRAL
    347 3 KING'S REFERENCE TO MEDIAEVAL TOWNS HIGHEST EXPRESSION FOUND IN RELIGION GREAT ARCHITECTURE of :h ,Verpot)l has risen to the full height sllf i °Pp~ rt unity and has placed ittownJ «/*L eVe i-7!J h th Se ?reat merchant hEEL f tHe Mddle A which fo«nd the tic?™ uJ
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    CHINESE COOK BECOMES MILLIONAIRE
    307 3 Hl'fiE BUSINESS INTERESTS IN AMERICA Victoria, 8.C., June 25.—Sixty years ago Mr. Chun Chang-hock first entered Seattle as a cook in a lumber iamp. Yesterday an, 80 year-old passenger from Hongkong en the Admiral Orie tai liner President Jackson, he was bound for the Puget Sound
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    CHARGE WITHDRAWN
    44 3 In view cf the finding of a coroner's jury that the death of Mrs. Leila Carnegie Wood, cf Eccleston-street, was accidental) the charge of manslaughter against Ernest Newton (42), and Thomas S. Wilde (32), motor drivers, was withdrawn at Westminster police court.
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    TIT FOR TAT
    30 3 He: "May "I call you 'Revenge'?" She: "Why?" He: "Because 'Revenge M sweet'!" She: "Yes! er—l will call you 'Vengeance'!" He: "Why?" She: Because 'Vengeance is mine'!"
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    14 3 A Violent earthquake, calculated to be 4,200 miles away, has been recorded at Plymouth.
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      156 3 jtliphtM 24M L IM CHEE SENG, -j Market Street, Singapore. iCfIE Lh TYRES STOCKIST. n ill kinds of itic and and also GARGOYLE" ■S3 ting oiL Hi ST IN THE !> MARKET. handi ia4 arms for I he past five rj 1 have been of Sydney. re, cannot speak 1
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      218 3 The BREATHE ABLE TRE A^M^'T^' COUGHS and COLDS EVERYBODY NEEDS PEPS! WMTHEB ifs a Cough, or a Cold of ill n f" Chi or. revival ofAeoW Bronchitis. 4be Pep. breatheable remedy is most speedily effective psssa.2-Tn st r en thc th« breathing the chest and hmgs Po'Vrhdn, I d SSOIVeS
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      687 3 I I Anohher Link —and a goodS&i X^H\ one too A FAR cry Kick to Piccadilly. But there's something that brings it near. Piccadilly Cigarettes If you were to step into number 55, Piccadilly this minute and ask tor a box of Piccadilly, you would get identically the same quality
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      378 4 AMUSEMENTS i i i i mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmmmiumMtmrnrnM i i i mmmmmmmmm j Empire Cinema I I From Thursday, 21st August, to Monday, 25th August, t I FOR FIVE NIGHTS ONLY In the Second Show at 9.30 j CECIL B. DeMILLES MASTER PRODUCTION Z I ADAM'S RIB j A TALE OF THE
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      527 4 AMUSEMENTS ALHAMBRA From Saturday, 16th August to Thursday, 21st August. In the Second Show at 9 p.m. Sharp. I TOPICAL BUDGET 1 n] British Screen News. X I HAL ROACH PRESENTS I 1 HAROLD LLOYD in "DR. JACK I j 8 IN 5 REELS. j [tl Harold Lloyd as "Dr.
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      296 4 AMUSEMENTS I gaiety c I iml SURma I FORD I kISq J ofcountleB I TH E GREAT ItWm I Til ISKV"i Eminent comedian HL'* r+S* (MM of the fastest T\* tainiu 8 Western Sci H THE DIKE OF I fc** SWIFT AS A BOLT H LIGHMh I After years of
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    MAILS CLOSE
    750 5 TO-DAY, 21st AUGUST Se R,L Pa and Ba*S Api Api E a pm Colombo Port Said,* Havre,* Dunkirk* and Antwerp* rr-r D'Entrecasteaux 2 p.m Saigon, Touratne and HaiphoaigPenang,* and c& 3 p.m. Sourabaya B an P m Batu Pahat «ong Liong 3 p.m. Morsdng, Rompin, Kuala Pah™?? Kuantan*
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    SHARE AND PRODUCE
    125 5 TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS RICE Rice, Siam No 1 per Koyan $391 Rice, Siam 2 $369 Rice, Siam 3 350 Rice. Saigon 1 $330 Rice, Saigon 2 $322 Kice, Saigon 3 $310 Rice Rangoon 1 29 0 Rice, Rangoon 2 $285 Rice, I ar Boild No 1 per bag
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    MACPHAIL AND CO'S REPORT
    117 5 Rubbers.—Unchanged. Mining.—Pengkalens have buyers at $13.85 sellers at $14. Takuapas have buyers at 19s 6d eelleis at 20s 6d. Nawng Pets have buyers at $1.75 sellers at $1.80. Ulu Piahs have buyers at $1.85 sellers at $1.90. Batang Padangs buyers at 58 cer.ts sellers at 61
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    ETLIN AND CO's REPORT
    139 5 Tin:-Taipings $1.20 to $1.23 Norths 11.07% to $1.12% Souths $1.01 to $1.02% 42V 2 to 45 cents. Petaling,s $1.36 to $1.40 Nawngpets $1.74% to $1.75 Mambaus 96 to 99 cts Murais $2.90 to $3 Linguis $4.50 to $4.1*0.. Rubber.—Mentakails 18% to 20 cente, Ulu Remits 19
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    LYALL AND EVATT'S REPORT
    176 5 Singapore, 20th August:--Share continues quiet with the Tin section resposible for the bulk of the transactions. The metal is up ss, which makes the price £256 15s, and quotations are generally steady and unchanged. Rubber is better at Is l s Bd, but very little interest
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    HOME MARKET QUOTATIONS
    86 5 London-, 19th August. Manchester Market— B*4 lbs shirtings fair (new •basis) 15 G 40's Grey Yarns, .single twist 28*2 6 lbs. T. Cloth fair 24 yards 10 6 Liverpool Market— Cotton (Fully Middling American) 15.85 Cotton Egyptian 25.65 MetalsTin Stad. 3 mottfefl £250.17.6 Produce— Copra fair merchantable
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    42 5 Nowadays, instead of reading "Sartor," one is expected to read Jane Carlyle —Mr. Philip Guedalla. I am supposed to be mopoaafltfe for hundreds of millions of revenue ard hundred of millions of expenditure, but I have never seen a single penny.—Mr. Snowden.
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    RUBBER QUOTATIONS
    61 5 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION q Singapore, 21st August. Pale Crepe Clos ng Prices. Buyers Seller?. Spot Latest London Cables quote. London Spot.— Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices. Buyers Seller*. Spot 47 471,/ •September 47 1 2 47.^ October to December 48% 48 January to March 49 49Vj
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    FRED WATERHOUSE CO., LTD.
    24 5 Singapore, 21st August. To-day's cios.ng rubber quotations arp as under: New York.—26%. London.—ls. l%d. Sin<rapore.— 47 cerrt,s. T»me of Market.—Steady.
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    EXCHANGE
    93 5 Singapore, 21st August. On London— Bank 4 months' sight 2s 4 Demand 2 4 1 32 Private 3 months' sight 2s 4 9 16 On India— Bark Tel. TiansfVr 160*2 nom. On HongkongBank demand craft 3 p.c. p.m. On Shanghai— Bank demand draft 70 On Java— Bank Tel. Tra
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    THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD
    151 5 Ships Alongside the Wharves or Expected to Arrive. Singapore, 21st August. Number after the sh p indicates the Godown it is abreast of and the word Gate," the number of the Gate to enter at. East Wharf (Gate 1.) Selangor, East Basin; Rating, 22; Plancius, 20.
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    PRICES OF KEROSENE OIL
    135 5 STANDARD OIL CO Kerosene Devoe's Imperial Brilliant per 2 ting $5.95 Sylvan Arrow per 2 tins $5.55 Tiger per 2 tins $5.55 Tiger per 2 drums $5.25 Benzine Socony Motor Gasoline per 2 tins of 8 gallons $8.00 Socony Motor Gasoline per gallon without tins $0.95
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    52 5 Miss Megan Lloyd George made her ilebut on the Simla stage in aid of Lady llawlinaon'ff fund for eharito* o My supreme thought on my eighty-rflfth birthday u otie of inexprc*nihle grati'u'U' fur the pportunitiea which life has brought me of botng of aervice to my follow men.— Mr. .T,
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      266 5 y I THE WATERPROOF, ACIDPROOF AND SPIRITPROOF VARNISH. I UNSLRPASSED FOR FINISHING FLOORS, FURNITURE i AND AIL WOODWORK. I Supplied in Gloss, Flat and Colours. I STANDS ALL TESTS i Xc« (.eneral Hospital, New Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, New Sailers' Home, Union Insurance of Canton Building, etc. i i Made
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      281 5 NOTICE. MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. REPLACEMENT BUILDINGS EOfiT CANNING Contract No. 1. The Municipal Commissioners of the Town of Earth P^V nV, !f teuder executing certain Earthwork and erec.ing Reinforced Concrete Canning DB Headquarters' Offices, Fort Plans ma/ be seen and Specificati >n and Form tlrJ.Offi" btained the Municipal Archi- ZZa
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      11 5 BOXING! Saturday, 30th August. The Great Clash JAMITO—MONAHAN Singapore Boxing Stadium
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    WHEN AND WHERE
    86 6 A SINGAPORE DIARY To-day, 21st August High Tides.—2.2o a.m., 2.40 p.m. Football: S.C.C. vs. 5.J.0.8., S. C. C, 5 p.m S.V.R. Assn. mtg., Drill Hall, 5 p.m. Phil. Orchestra Mem. Hall, 5.15 p.m. To-morrow, 22nd August High Tides.—3.ll 3.21 p.m. Dutch homeward man closes. Taitglin Club Dance,
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    23 6 It is asked that confidential communica tions intended fcr the personal attention of the Editor shall be addressed to him personally by name.
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    IS OPIUM HARMFUL IN MALAYA?—II.
    1215 6 Yesterday we dealt partially with th< broad question of the general consumption of opium in Malaya, at which the great bulk of consumers ia binefli labour, with an odd margin of other classes and races that is negligible for purposes of consideration of the general
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    229 6 His Majesty the Kin? of Siam expects to leave by H.M.Y. Moha Chakri en a short cruise in the Gulf of Siam about the middle of next month. Mr. Lm Nee Soon wh< has been co: fined to bed suffering from an attack of gout is now much better, and
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    THE SEAPLANE VISIT
    265 6 CHIEF SECRETARY'S FORTY MINUTES FLIGHT There was a slight departure from the arrangements published in connection with the visit to Kuala Lumpur and Port Swettenham of two seaplanes from the aircraft carrier Pegasus yeeterdav says the "Malay Mail/' The flight ever the F.M.S. capital, originally timed for
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    680 6 A District Agri-Horticultural Show is to be held at the Land Offices a; i adjacent grounds at Kuala Pilah on Saturday. Buenos Aires, 20th August:—A public subscription is beinj:' raised to enable Zanni to replace his aeroplane which was damaged at Hanoi.—Reuter. Buenos Aires. 20th August:—The Crown Prince of .Italy,
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    GREAT BAR CONVENTION
    74 6 OVER TWO THOUS v LAWYERS ix I During the last fe w of the American and < in England to take tion in Lond n r An official w. Westminster Hall were there to gr< entertained througi A banquet was I was followed by ham Pala e.
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    SOUTH INDIA FLOOD.
    54 6 YESTERDAYS MEETIVi RELIEF i sd A large and r Indians and ing convened i Serangoon-r ad, i Xadaraja V h "PooUmiana U Following a nur.i nuttee was app»ir the relief of the recent flood S It is urged that members ofta* i-«J and other commu: i to
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    SIAMESE ROYALTIES AT THE HAPPY VALLEY
    51 6 The Prince Rakrima with I Valley last night. They were\ t ,3 ard we corned at th I Kirn. They were I Krm to the var I on the ©roum s. Before i I His Royal hughness remarked t very pleased with wl.it I
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    57 6 Before Captain Nels n -i ms was produced by Mr. Taylor, H Preve tive Service, y. pi ssesi ion i I !■< i the fined £100 or in defj crisonnu nt. In the ame Court tw Chi na and a man w< c i tc nee. concealed at tin
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    27 6 Two Russian Alexie Pei Kravchenko were lu.-ed -J before Captain Nels 1 vagrancy ar.d ha ng n subsistence. They were both the House of Denti
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    MAILS EXPECTED
    24 6 n m F Singapore 4 pan. on Satui instant. From Europe (L 31st July) by s.s. Tars, due Pei I to saonrow.
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    181 6 The marriage untitled youngest son of the Rev. I'- of Penang, and of (ira eldest daughter f Mr. M. I' was solum tied on Mon Church of St. M iry th.- v' Lumpur, by the Rev. D. S. P by the Rev. C. D. Ganss Following rain coat from the
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    TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS
    17 6 RUBBER London. —Is. l 1 Local. —17 certs. TIN T London. —£259.0.0. Local.—$129% per I
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      16 6 II I ml l 111 ***** WHEN YOU GO TO LONDON (fifth sntn TC-DAV PAGE SEVEN
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    WHEN YOU GO TO LONDON
    614 7 i V; DOWN in dockland j;V MUN'KO HLAIR London's mighty docks h« iv they may be seen hy the visitor. Also fascinating st ry of how irded, <»f its treasures rehouse, and of the itu»n which directs and .:smg life. -ks <-f London is an
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    PRINCE FOR AMERICA
    111 7 ARRANGEMENTS FOR VISIT TO COOLIDGE Reuter. Washington, :>0th August .--.The Stata Department, announcing arrangement f t the Prince ti Wale, visit to a-hich, it i. understood His Highness has assented, siys the Prince errm* at New York on 29th avga* and Proceeds immediateiv to ImgIsland, from where
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    THE GENEVA CONFERENCE
    104 7 CHEAT IMPORTANCE OF NEXT ASSEMBLY Reuter. Paris 20th August :—Indication the importance the French Government attaches to the forthcoming discussions of the Assembly of the League of Nations at Geneva it is reliably stated that Briand has consented to join the delegation. It i? understood that Herrict
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    BRAZILIAN REVOLT
    29 7 Reuter. Buenos Aires, 20th August:—The Brazilian Federal troops stationed on the River Parana have sunk a steamer carrying Rebel foraes after heavy firing. Many rebels were drowned.—Reuter.
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    IMPORTS TO FRANCE
    29 7 Reuter. Paris, 20th August:—Imports for the first seven mionths of 1024 totalled 22,973,000,000 francs and 33,000,000 tons. Expoits were 24,206,000,000 francs an:l 16,000,000 t' ns approximately.—Reuter.
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    REVOLT THROUGH FAMINE
    54 7 According to the Moscow papers, disquieting reports of peasants' risings, aa the result of famine, come from a number of south-east Russian provinces. An Exchange telegram from Helsingfors says a mimber of Soviet functionaries, who were sent to appease the peasants in Tsaritein and Astrachan, are reported
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    THE QUEEN OF SPAIN
    45 7 The Queen of Spain, who has been visiting her mother. Princess Beatrice, at Kensington Palace, during the last two weeks, concluded her visit recently. Accompanied by her two daughters, she left Vict.ria in the forenoon for Paris, en route for Santander.
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    116 7 Miss Kate Florence Spurrell, a Plymouth teacher, is prospective Labour candidate for Totnes. At noon on Saturday, August 16th, a fire broke out in an area full of squatters' huts situated about a mile out of Gopeng t <wn, and before the blaze could be controlled th rty houses were
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    INDIAN REFORMS INQUIRY
    332 7 EXAMINATION OF WEALTHY LANDOWNER m,,W r h Au u t: -The Reform* Enquiry Committee examined at length Sir Proven Kx-M nister of the Cential Provinces. He is a big landlord, has had r G(>ve rnmer t service before f ft g *J 6 Le lslat r e
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    ARMISTICE DAY
    229 7 Ihe Archbishop of Canterbury has issued the to.lowing »taiei».ent in c n ection with Armistice Day, 1904: Requests a>e reaching me fox direct 10 or advice as li the arrangement! to U ma de m November in connection w t th the anniversary r»?th« armistice of liUfc Thcr*
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    JAPANESE NEWS
    138 7 Tokio, 19th August:—-The following measures have been agreed upon between the Government and the three Ministerialist Partus, with a view to the readjustment of finance and the reforming of the administration to keep abreast of the times:—Reduction of Army by five or seven divisions; removal o*f restriction on
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    CHIEF SECRETARY'S FLIGHT
    66 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 20th August:—The Chief Secretary made a forty minutes flight over Port Swettenham in a seaplane fr m the Aircraft-Carrier, H.M.S. Pegasus, with Squadron-Leader Tomkinson. Sir W. G. Maxwell expressed his delight with the experience. Yesterday, during the flight over Kuala Lumpur,
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    A GREAT JOURNALIST
    77 7 Presiding at a luncheon to Sir Robert Donald, formerly editor of the "Daily Chronicle/ to celebrate his knighchood, Lord Burnham said that Sir Robert was a great journalist and a great public servant. Describing his career, Sir Robert remarked that he had started journalism in London by
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    LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
    44 7 [We do not necessarily endors* tha opinions expressed by correspondents, betters sent for publication should be written on one side of the paper only; preference is given to short letters! given j eXtracts of lon ff letter 8 can be
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    The Flood in Southern India
    656 7 In,ui r AcC0UntS the fl£K)d n southern nl 1 by of the Madras fchJTS. r have come t0 hand indicate 2f; th has been dire and exten- -.f scantiness of the news connected rt h it hitherto has been due to the nuocation of all
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    ZIMBALIST'S VISIT
    146 7 The coming visit of the Cleat master of the violin, Zimlalist, should cause unusual Interest among all ■ectiona of the- public 1 Singapore, jfor he is one of the world fl highest paid men, receiving from gramophone records yearly what most people Would consider a f rtune. In
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    A HUSBAND'S BITTER WILL
    84 7 There has lately been proved the will of a Manchester man in the building track? who, in making hi i will a few weeks before his death, left all his property to his daughter, saying: "I desire that roy wife shall not receive one penny from
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    140 7 The marr age will take place early next month at Malacca of Mr. Lian Kee. of Messrs. Bousteaid) and Co., Ltd., eldest son of Towkay Ldan Kirn Swee, of Kuala Luni ur, to Miss Sco'.v Chr.i Hoon, you. £2st d taghter <f Mr. Scow Bun Seng A3d *-he late Mrs.
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      26 7 BOOK EARLY FOR The Great Scrap of the Year JAMITO v S MONAHAN ON SATURDAY, 30th AUGUST AT THE SINGAPORE BOXING STADIUM with 4 Excellent Prelims.
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      355 7 ''*****111 I I I I I I I I GANDY BELTING I GANDY'S PATENT COTTON DELT (The original red stitched belt) I W great tensile strength, flexibility, gripping power and durability, j I Most satisfactory in Rubber Factories, on Mines and in all trades i ana industries. I GANDY'S UUTI
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    Sports & Pastimes.
    116 8 Sports Pastimes. FOOTBALL. SATURDAY'S BIG MATCH SPECIAL TRAINS FROM OUTSTATIONS The weather in Kuala Lumpur when the Malaya Cup final was played last season was far from favourable. An early downpour of ra:n left big pools of water in all parts of the field and the players had to plough
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    SELANGOR'S CUP TEAM
    45 8 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 21st August:-The following is the selected Selangor team for the Malaya uptlnalat Kuala Lumpur Bell and Ahlan; Farquhmreon, Collie* ana Keng Ko »i; Lai Moon, Yitt Hen, Brand, De Souza and Rosario. Referee Mr. Lathan (Perak).
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    S.C.C. TOURNAMENT
    93 8 LAWN TENNIS TO-DAY'S TIE C Class Doubles Thornton and Voelker vs Fyfe and WUHams and Davies vs. Lock and Law Penman and Meadows vs. Cowles and Lee. "A Class Singles J. D. Hail vs. Roy Smith. H. Webb vs. A. R. Linton. J. W. Winter vs. R. W-
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    AMATEUR SPORTING ASSOCIATION
    79 8 BADMINTON TO-DAY'S TIE Kirn Teo and Soo Hoon vs. Beng Hong ami Soo Liew. TO-MORROW'S TIE B. Singles Handicap. Semi Final. Wee Hong Hai vs. Soh Chwee Seng. A.S.A. vs. J.C.B.P. The Amateur Sporting Association will meet the Joo Chiat-road Badminton Party on Saturday at the formers
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    YACHT CLUB FIXTURE
    106 8 YACHTING The following Royal Singapore Yacht Olub arrangements are announced: On Sunday the second of the series of races for the Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cu,> will be re-sailed over the Tanjong Rhu course, starting gun at 10 a.m Handicaps' remain unaltered and are repeated— Pouly scratch,
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    THE WITHERS CUP
    78 8 BILLIARDS The final of this billiards competition was played at the Tanglin Club last evening, the contestants being C. E. Winter, tlwe 50, and Sir William Murison, owe 2p. The game was an interesting one as Sir William, when badly behind at one stage, made a remarkable
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    KEPPEL CLUB
    31 8 GOLF The usual monthly medal for August (stroke) will be played for durini? the week-end. Aug. 23rd and 24th, and the Ladies' Spoon on the following Monday, Aug. 25th.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY
    18 8 RUGBY Reuter. Johannesburg, 20th August:—Witwatersrand beat the British Rugby team by 10 points to six.—Reuter.
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    THAT BAIL QUESTION
    229 8 NOT OUT IF BAIL NOT REMOVED FROM WICKET CRICKET The M. C C. make the following, announcement: The attention of the M. C. C. having been called to a case at the Oval where the wicket was struck but the bail did not fall to the ground
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    THE TOUR TO AUSTRALIA
    28 8 London, 20th August:—Hobbs of Warwick, Howell of Nottingham and Whysall who will act as reserve wicket-keeper, have accepted the invitation to tour Australia.— Reuter.
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    COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP
    171 8 Won Lost Pts. P W L Ist Ist Pos. Obt. Per. in in Middlesex 17 11 2 4 0 85 67 78.82 Yorkshire 20 14 2 2 2 100 78 78 00 Lancashire 23 11 1 6 5 115 ,8 6 «.8. Surrey 16 6 1 5
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    109 8 Programme of drills up to and for 24th August, 1924. To-morrow, 22ndi August at 5.15 p.m.— Drill Hall, All Units, For men who have failed to complete training, 5.15 p.m.—Drill Hall, S. R. E. (v) Siigmals, Signal office work, 5 p.m.—Malay Drill Hall, Malay Company, Gamp, at
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    415 8 Singapore, 20th August:—The weak under review has provided very few features of interest in the Share Market, and dealings have been on a limited scale. Although both Rubber and Tin have advanced m price, operators in shares have not evinced any marked enthusiasm for business,
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    363 8 DR. MIETHES GOLD-FROM-MERCURY SCHEME One of the most sober newspapers in Germany has solemnly stated that it is time to ask pardon of the alchemists of the Middle Ages for the benevolent contempt in wh eh their memory has been held during the past two materialistic centuries. Within
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    227 8 A LION IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY General Ricciotti Garibaldi who recently died in Rome was the second s*on of Giuseppe Garibaldi, and of the beautiful South American girl, An ta Riberas, who was the devoted companion of Garibaldi's early life. Ricciotti was. born at Monte Video in
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    90 8 FALL WHILE RIDING VESTA TILLEY'S MOUNT Sir Walter de Frece is suffering from an attack of pleurisy caused by being badly bruised when thrown from a horse. He was riding Lady de Frece's favourite monnt near Fulmer, when the animal apparently got a bad flint in
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    63 8 When In-spectar Doel, of Grimsiby, dismounted frV)m has bicycle to part two men who were fighting, one of the combatants, named Bertie Knights, delivered a blow which gent the other, Charles Brewster, reeling against the inspector's machine, which was knocked fnom his grasp and smashed. Brewster
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    53 8 The great desire for peace all over the world is actuated iby the fact that we all want to get on with our business.—Sir Daniel Haul. The difference between free verse and prose is that free verse has one ragged edge on the printed page while prose is smooth both
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    1026 9 LATEST PRICES QUOTED IN THE MARKET Messrs. LYALL AND EVATT, Exchange and Share Brokers, issue the following list of quotations: Singapore, 21st August. RUBBER, STERLING SHARES MAIL QUOTATIONS Issue Value 2s Allagar 9d 2s Anglo-Java mt 20s Anglo-Malay tgT 20a Ayer Kuning on L 20s Batu Caves
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    517 10 MEAT c. Beef steak round kati 42 Beef stew or curry kati 34 Port lean kati 60 Pork lean and fat (Ist quality) kati 4o Mutton Indian kati 73 Mutton Australian kati 73 Fowl kati 5 Capons (Locally reared) kati Hens (Locally reared) 70 Ducks each 90
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      1165 10 AUCTION SALE ESTATE TRUST AGENCIES LTD AUCTION SALE OF Excellent Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture, Cottage Piano, Crockery, Glassware, Plants, Etc. To be held at No. 1 Niven l oad (Off Wilkie Road.) On Saturday, 23rd August, at 2 30 p.m. Comprising -Cottage Piano by W. J. Garcia, Excdlent Wax
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      565 10 AUCTION SALE AUCTION SAIE of valuable land situate at Changi and Serangoon Singapore, at Messrs. YEO ENG HOE COS Sale Room No. 20 Raffles Place, On Tuesday, 26th August, at 2.30 p.m. Lot L Valuable freehold land situate off lttt mile stone, Changi Koad, In the district of Changi, Singapore,
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      570 12 SITUATIONS VACANT WANTED IMMEDIATELY. A lerk with thorough knowledge of Typewriting in English and Dutch Languages (Malay preferred). Apply pertonally at New Singapore Ice Works Ltd., IU, Laiut Road. WANTED. An experienced Cattier whh thorough knowledge of gener.il off :e routine for Hotel. Salary $150 :>er month cash Security required.
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      500 12 BANKS. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD. (Registered ia London, under the Companies Acts of 1862 to 1890, on 2nd Dec. 1892.) Authorised Capitol £3,000,000 Subscribed Capital £1,800 000 Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Reserve Fund and Rest £1,407,811 Head Office: 15, GRACE CHURCH STREET, London, E. C. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
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      518 12 BANKS. THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE 94, MARKET STREET. BRANCHES Penang 85 Beach Street. Malacca 131 Jonker Street. Muar 77-79 Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat 109 Jalan Rahamat. Palembang 16 Ilir Hongkong 13, Queen's Road Central. AGENCIES AT London, New York, San Francisco, Batavia, Sourabaya, Semarang, Shanghai, Amoy, Pontiar.ak,
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      482 12 BANKS. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated in England by Royal Charter 1853. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each S'SS'SS Reserve Fund £3,900,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: 38, Bishopsgate, London E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Puket Amrihaar Iloilo Rangoon Bangkok
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      387 12 INSURANCE. THE hKihl 80UTH BRITISH INSURANCE CAMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE MARINE TRANSIT INSURANCES ACCEPTED AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES. L. C. MARGOLIOUTH, Manager. Offices: 2, Finlaysan Green. THE EASTERN UNITED ASSURANCE CORPORATION, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S.S.) Head Office: Singapore. l6t Floor, Banque del Indo Chine Buildings, lA, Malacca Street. 'Phone, No.
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      334 12 INSURANCE. ORIENTAL GOVERNMENT SEc R ABSURAN< E CO LTi (Incorporated [JL has recently ir,tr..H„ IMPROVED and imates applical rE MB AGENTS AM, CANvKfi from gentlemen in a 5 n 88 h 11.on t| business r -i.'. JUBILEE inn. year 1924 The Company ha new busing, constfcoS? A RE< ORD and
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