The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 December 1919

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  • 18 1 Singapore Free Press and MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. PEN CENTS THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 11)19. No. 9,838
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  • 265 1 Lord Curzun has made a full explaaation on Egypt. Whatever lorm the I agreement with Turkey takes, it will net alter the statu* of Eg] pt. hi coßse-* quence of the stronger measures the or.tlook is hotter Page T. The Supreme Council has some tough nuts to
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  • 1017 1 The P. and O. Nore ii advertised to leave tot Singapore on the \usA day of October, and we all hasten to write letters, but one of the little mysta mails arc called for in a 1,,, „1 then '1« layed. Th< hai much t before leaving. ie
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 329 1 l* YOU WANT NEM CARS FOR HIRE, TUNC, UP V t- 4MBMM»*_*_._W««_M.^_WMMk. •_> •.tjomff Tlfl -m. T*kr-"l »> I'M. iWL I _or- I RAFFLES HOTEL I 7/ic largest anri most successful Hotel on the Island FACING THE SEA* Luxurious Sol ten of R.-c-m-t and s< .v.cious lounges vo a idah
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    • 384 1 m. «r>«i .«_>.■» -a-j- r- -.-»*•>«—,__ __K .'.*-_-b I* liM I TIIK SCfyKKNiNG OF THE MOST THRU ING DETECTIVE STOW EVER PRESENTEO IN SERHL F HiVI (TAN CHENG KEE CO.. LTD., PROPRIETORS.) On Wednesday. Deo. 3 6_7 _r *■__■> Which everybody, especially those in r< _ted in the work of
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    • 151 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS The Alhambra is g, to give a biu: programi ic commencing i Wednesday Tliis page. The Marlborough and Empire are both giving new programmes Page 2. A gold watch lost Pa-_;e 0. Notice re Telegram block Page 5. Mr George Toll f>r dogs poultry and cats P. Governments
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    • 12 1 K YOU WANT NEW CARS m ***J**sf FOR HIRE, GJNG UP W
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 119 1 THE WEEK. Monday, Ist Dec. j High Tide 4.5a Tft Sin 3.49p Tft Bin. Homeward mail clo Tuesday, 2nd. j High Tide 5.2 a.m. Tft 'Jin 5.18 p.m. Tft bin. A. I>. S. Entertainment, Vic. Theatre, t Board, 2.15 p.m. I Wednesday, *Jrd. High Tide 5.2 a.m. Bft lin 6.48
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  • 289 2 Signaliirg by ninnj cf fl.isbe* cf sun--I'gbt from a mirror is one if tbe eldest forms ct trftctmi.t:r;g Intel ligenee across space. Dr. k 0 lUnkina, of Doivertity College. Lordon. ha* brop<jbt this accipot method up to date bv an invention which enables speech to bs transmitted
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  • 270 2 Calamity is the mother ol invention. Owing to tbe large number o. valuab'e ships 6uck by submarine! in comparatively •hallow water near the British Isiet. special attention has lately been given by British inventor* to tbe improvement ot ea!v:.ge methods. The Meant esstem involv c the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 216 2 [''"'luton' HAT DYES. I ARGE ASSORTMENT^ jt i:kc lived Price <»<> cents per bottle. MEDICAL HALL Opposite Post Office SINGAPORE. N > VEMBER NUMBER MALAYSIA REVIEW On Sale Everywhen PERFECTION In Underwear At MANILA HOUSE 1% Orchard Road J IST TO HAND A New Selection of PHILIPPINE HANDMADfI LINGERIE at
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    • 438 2 ________________^*?*BHißffßß_r^^J^Binßtt3lMCßr^HßH! *_r*tT.*lf*L' SIM. _f^*_F t '*'*C ~u**K Tf T *^J*^ •*****g**- %j r> *{*****<. '$k\ ___HMfiEßflßßSi*«3RnV«a W s ,^t^^mSms3r*lMrMmmmn9 -"j". From Friday November 28, ta Thursday December 4. SPECIAL UNIVERSAL STAR ATTRACTION, POWERFULLY APPEALING AND HEART-INTERESTING Featuring MARY M ACL A REN With a story as tremendously absorbing as it
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    • 430 2 Bv m mm i' %i Ar «t *ji From THURSDAY, November 27, to Tl Y. December. 2 rWhat is it that comes ON EVERY MAN It's the Big Chance the chanc< It comes once to every man and seldom Denny Boulton, {he ill-treated, spurned son of a drunkard chance in
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  • 1116 3 (BY A HOUSEWIFE.) The celebrated advice of Mr. Micawber ai to income and expenditure is ;oo well known to need repetition eveu those who (aa Andrew Lang said) Tell you vji.Li a front of brass that they cannot read Dickens bave toward ol the misery resulting from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 318 3 A BUSINESS OAR RECOGNIZED in its true light by the Government, the world, and the individual buyer, the automobile has cast aside the title "Pleasure Car" and is now properly classified as a vehicle of real service a present dav necessThe owner not only lengthens his own business day, but
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    • 335 3 I MASSAGE HALL No. 239, Rrncoolen Street. Open daily 6 a.m. 9 p.m. Telephone No. 1467. MASSAGE AND MANICURE BY Mr. FLJITA, Mrs. &ARU, Miss HAN A PLtASt nftn OOT| poT£\ ti^fs 4 pr,. N 2L S I SJ I^Rn n__L J i I 1 J°l__§J __|__S_3*>i NOfffM pRIP^E ROAD
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    • 198 3 SEE OUR Gents White Canvas RUBBER SOLE <f» M f| BOOT AT -Ip^-iOU Vm T_^_a *>*' ./-J*^***-^ r .1 Ladies' White Canvas Lacing shoes, p 6 WhiUl Canvas boo i -it i rs( le, American n a reliable make covered Heels sketch f^J __T*^»S "*> at-. jmaeK _f Cents' Black
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  • 1662 4 f To Dec 3. Ccl. To Gate. 1918 A ec t 4OO J-L'.COO 266 TCO A.. cp 19T.8C9 15.860 129. 85H Aloi J'v geu If] SB6 A!. 876.800 29,000 810.600 Ampat. S?a 7 6 24 468 2>fl 743 An-Johore. Mn> 58 80. 258 904 An-M?.lay.i 1*,4ft2110 C20
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  • 291 4 la above list the totals in flret or lumn are monthly totals for Jan- Dec, 918. Iho month In which the Company's year ends is icdlcatcd after the namo. Third column Bhows the 9 9 total to date and stcond col nin the total of the past month.
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  • 845 4 FRASER Co.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS SINGAPORE NOVEMBER 29th. MINING. [Figures i n brackets shows the capital and issue valu* of the Share in dollars, unless otherwise marked. C.— Cum div; x equals er div.] Am pane ax ($100,000—0) nom Ayer Weng (sloo,ooo— 1) 2.10— 2.30 Hitam
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 586 4 r CHING KENG LEE CO. AUCTIONEERS AND ESTATE AGENTS TOWN PROPERTIES IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT 16 SHOP HOUSES?**" The undersigned have been favoured with instructions to sell by Public auction at theii -?ale-room Raffles Chambers, -Raffles Place TIIE UNDERMENTIONED PROPERTIES Nos. 193, 190, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204,
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    • 453 5 WANTED. Bookkeeping clerk required, good writer. only experienced men need apply. Good •y for suitable man. Apply bo-->f Free Pi 27-11 nc I .PITALIBTB. Local gentleman, with $50,000 to in would lil orking partner with amount, with s view to purchai •mall rubber estate or ..nut plantaf Reply to 333
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    • 625 5 AUCTION SALES. PRELIMINARY NOTICE Messr.s. Powell and Co., Ltd. will vler at Auction at a date to be notified later, the well tituate-- ILUABLE FREEHOLD INIIAL PROPERTY known as •CRE*N VALLEY" No. 81 CAVENAGH Ko\D rom sn urea of about :'i ncrAllen ledhiil, Solicitor: (POWELL ft Co., Ltd. Auctioneers. [Incorporated
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    • 623 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF Unredeemed pledgee, the property <>f 16 Pawnshops. On Tuesday. 2nd December at 10 a.m.. On Thursday, Ith December at 10 a.m. On Saturday, (ith December at 10 a.m. On Monday, Bth December at 10 a.m. On Tuesday, 9th December at II a.m. The pledges consisting
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    • 576 5 I NOTICES. NOTICE. j THORNETT AND FEHR (SINGAPORE) LIMITED. Mr. R.C. Kay has severed his connection with the above firm as from 20th November 1919. *L W. CUSHWAY, Manager. l-'2 2-12 NOTICE PARBOILED RICE. It is notified to Estates and Employers of Labour who are registered with the Agent, Food
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    • 654 5 l MM,,^^ Mll MM^^*M"*»*»-»-"»''''W-»MW«MW^'*-*»»» I NOTICES. EASTERN EXTENSION VI SIRALIA <<v CHINA IKLEGRAPB CO., LTD [Incorporated ii, England] NOTICE TO PUBLIC. The Company regret owing to the m cumulation reused by cable interruptions they cannot Satisfactorily cope with increasing traffic and urge Senders in their own interests to reduce the
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    • 140 5 AUCTION SALES. COMPOUND HOI BBS \i i ING LIN \\i> SHOP HOI SE 4vl I IN I ROAD We the underpinned hare been laetmcted le sell by Public* lactioe »ur Bala enow RsMfQ < hambers. Rallies Place, ON MONDAY, DEC lilt, AT >V) I'M THE FOLLOWING PROPERTIE L. Description Area
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 18 6 KNAGGS.— Oct. 26, at a nursing home. Albert Leay Knaggs. late of Fed. Malay States, aged 55.
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  • 872 6 The Singapore Free Press. MONDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1919. The Weeklv Summary. Running through the telegrams since last Monday, there are two points of domestic politics which evoke interest. The reduction in the price of household coal for the winter, Ly the substantial amount of ten shillings a ton, and the
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  • 353 6 m His ExceUency the Officer Administering th» Government is expected back at Singapore on Wednesday, 3rd. I Another armed robbery at Penang. Our correspondent wires that Chinese raided a house in Muntri Lane and took away jewel lery valued at over two thousand dollars. Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent wires that
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  • 352 6 THE LATE SIR HENRY McCALLUM. The news of the death of Sir Henry McCfellum, R. E., G. C. M. G., (announced by Reuter) will be received with regret by the older members of the community, -tvho remember this gallant and popular officer, who was in the Straits for over twenty
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  • 120 6 In the Federal Council, Mr. 11. P. Clodd suggested the building of a Pasteur Intitute as the war memorial. In replying, the High Commissioner stated In the Colony it has been decided that the memorial there should take the form of the construction of a new Union
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  • 233 6 A subscription list has been opened in order to provide comforts and extra messing on board the Trooper which will soon be taking home the large drafts in the old Garrison whose relief arrived by the "Tras Os Montes." The fare on board a Trooper is on
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  • 112 6 The New Zealand Times, which has been a consistent supporter of one big Navy, says that Lord Jellicoe's report knocks out the local Navy school, since the unit assured by each Dominion is an integral, permanent part of the Imperial Fleet. "We welcome the compromise,* 1 tlie
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  • 78 6 His many friends in Singapore will regret to hear of the death, on October 11 last, at the Dreadnought Hospital, Greenwhich, where he was taken to on arrival from Singapore by the Egypt, 'of Mr. J. Evans, fomiliary known amongst his friend as Taffy Evans. Though in indifferent health he
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  • ST. ANDREWS DAY.
    • 44 6 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, N"o\ St. Andrew's Ball was a gnat huc over five hundred bcinp present H. K High Commissioner mm! Mrs Jam< tended, The Sultans and Sir Edward I iuly Brockman, with many of th> del ts.
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    • 91 6 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Penan*, Nov. 29th r.' The Rugby match B ended In the Scots icoring thre the Rest nine. The players attended dinnei ii evening at the B. and O. Hotel. The Ball in the Town Hall was success, there being record attei Mr. J. L.
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  • 103 6 s* Andn n'■ Day wai day hut it erai "< i brate I" on Sat ling hy those from "Auld 1: .V the RaflleS Hotel on Saturda\ thing was all Scotch, right aa eerj tine menu to the bottle An excellent ciinnei the items on thi- menu hai
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  • 141 6 A' the invitation ■>( t* members ipore Police Club a lar^re numl friends spent a \er\ enjoyable 1 lub on Saturday evening. A whist drive formed the initial the proceedings and great intStSSt centred in this. The prize winners Ladiet 1 Mrs. Gooding, I Mrs. William
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  • 219 6 Scotland beat the Rest Despite the condition of the ground, n ered sloppy hy the heavy downpour e preceded the game, quite an inters match was witnessed on the Esplanade Saturday afternoon, when Scotland and beat ti* K< it at soccer. Though s were well-balanced in persons! patron saint
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  • 82 6 In connection with I between London aeroplane landing whee Palmer T remembered, plane that left th< did not happen to h;i\ type in stock in u with their usual touch with tl tyres were handed over to the Paris representatives cd' the Ac*. and Travel Ltd., brought
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 93 6 THREE STAR "R R A "N" D Y JL v A JL^I JL-/ JL DPD fA-^LF ■fUell fcJJ lft_P ,___nJ tU-Pii-leU* __r OALDBEOK MACGREGOR Co., V**---------__--______-___-r**____---_-_---___>-___--*^^ CONSIGNMENT "ROVER" CYCLES SIZES mcnes 24 nches 2ft inches PRICE $14,0 NETT ComDiet* 1 with Bell and Lucas Lamt) JOHN UTILE Co., Ltd. t
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    • 63 6 S. A. D. S. SONGS, CLASSICAL, BALLET, COUNTRY, j DANCES VICTORIA THEATRE December Und 4th and 6th at 9.15 BOOKING AT MOUTRIES. 75 per cert to the Children' Aid Society. LOST.— On Saturday night, between 11.30 and la.m., in town a gold hunter .vatch, with Monogram R. L. B. Finder
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  • 418 7 GERMANY'S INTENTIONS. •v II \T is BUBPBCTBD. [Router's Service] Paris, N.»». _:.>. Supreme Council ia drawing up a iving Rumania until Dec. fi to sign I Bulgai in treat Paris, Nov. 2.». Bupretne Council, a I from th« acting head of the Ger ition, requesting an adjourn-
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  • 190 7 It is officially announced that arrangements have been made for further classes to \j> demobilised from the Army as folI All warrant officers non-commissioned officers and men who joined for continue»us service with the Colours prior to July 1. 1017. or who had attained tbe
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  • 31 7 Ths London Tmes understands that the Report of the Joint Committee will recommend to Parliament that the question of Indian women's enfranchisement be relegated to the reconstituted legislatures of each province.
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  • 560 7 SINN KEIN PROHIBITED. [Router's Service] London, Nov. 26. The Dublin Gaxette contains a proclamation which absolutely prohibits and suppresses. v Smnfein and kindred nationalist organisations throughout Ireland. Such be dies had previously been proclaimed as dangerous COURT MARTIAL& London, Nov. 2:6. The committee to enquire into the procedure
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  • 190 7 j Day by d.xy we are hearing of some of the terrible moments which our Government Departments endured /luring Jhe» Great War. To-day we are permitted to j refer briefly to the crisis through which the Foreign Office passed, when confidential typewritten memoranda were circulated to the various
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  • 398 7 V HOURS OF WORK. N WIMIM DESIRABLE. LRcut_r'_ Service- 1 Washington, Nov. 25. j The International Labour Conference Special commission which dealt with the limitation of hours of work in eastern countries, recommends considerable reductions in the present hours of employment, with a definite maximum in each case.
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  • 310 7 Evidently under the mistaken impression that the British Government has sent Italy a warning Note on tbe subject of Fiume, the Tribuna publishes a most violent article denouncing the United States and Great Britain. The paper says England, with an exquisite sense of kindness and cordiality,
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  • 48 7 Nett proceeds of ?'^,0 17.80 were realised at the Variety Entertainment held at the Victoria Theatre on the :2r>th October in aid of the Building Fund of the Middle Road Church, and the jommittee take this opportunity of thanking all those who I made the entertainment a success.
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  • 291 7 CAUSE OF UNREST. LORD CURZON EXPLAINS. [Router's Service] London, Nov. 25. In the House of Lords, Lord Curzon in a comprehensive statement on the situation in Egypt said that the unrest was fundamentally due to economic causes, es- peciilly the high cost of living, but this
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  • 458 7 Mr. J. S. M. Rennic, in a letter to The Times, show* how important are the fiuctu-* ations in the foreign exchange! in their' effects on the prices of commodities, and the balance-sheets of companies engaged in' their production. With reference to the rise in the
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  • 92 7 At the last meeting of thc Council of the Royal Colonial Institute, at whieh Sir Codfrey Lagden, K. M. the DeputyChairman of Council, presided, 41 Resident Fellows, 65 Non-Resident Fellows, and 61 Associates were elected, among them being the following:— Shanghai: Peter D. G. Gain. Federated Malay States: A. S.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 304 7 ROBINSON Co. ■I TOT _^vr_.r a_Tr r-v w tf-* JUST OPENED UP READY MADE GREY FLANNEL TROUSERS IDEAL FOR ALLIKA SHIPBOARD USE J|? J^ (;0 OI) MEDIUM 1 \y/^4 "Jl SHADE OF AFTERNOON y| j| |tfe« WEAR T*^' i 1 i l A A!! Sizc s Golf etc., etc. j
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 518 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated in Japan. UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. mumms (Subject to alterations without Notice). EUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal-. Fortnightly Service. LFor (Malacca), Penanp, Colombo, Suez, London and Antwerp TAMBA MARU 9th Dec. mSHIMA MARU 17th Dec. TATSUNOMARU (Calling at Hamburg) 30th Nov. SADO
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    • 657 8 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE P AKETV AART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated in Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA Telephone 131 Fassa-e Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. RUMPaiua Belawan-Deli >## Dec. 1 BUYBKEB Baiidje- masin
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    • 531 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at presenl suspended. LONDON .FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON j TO MARSEILLES LONDON DUE SINGAPORE LEAVE SINGAPORE
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 467 9 THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM.) SING APORE— BANG KOK COASTING SERVICE. em. F k °L KrCtay p Tringganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, Laeoa. Kohsamui, Bandon, Langsuan, Chumpon and Bangkok. Arrival Departure PRACHATDPOK Ist Dec. 1919 Brd Dec. 1919 Sl DDHACIB Sth Dec. 1919 10th Dec.
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    • 329 9 SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE del LLOYD TRIESTINO (Incorporated in Italy). SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE For Trieste via Penang and Colombo B-a NIPPON due end Nov. For Japan, via Hongkong Shanghai and V.adivostock s.s. "AFRICA" due December The steamers of this Company are fitted with every convenience for the carriage of
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    • 469 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND "EUerman" Line. EUerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in England.) JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Leaves Due Route For New York S'pore EUBTADBB
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    • 595 9 NEDERLANDSGH -INDISCHE STEENXOLEN HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ (NETHERLANDS- INDIA COAL TRADING COKPANY, LTD.) Incorporated in Jav»i Coal Merchants, Landing Agents, Steredorei and Cotfiraet o Cable Address "STEENKOLEN Head Ofrico Amsterdam. LARGEST COAL SUPPLIERS LOCAL AGENTS:- WESSELINK MJKHUIS Cable Address M Ricecoal Maintain stock in Singapore of Bukit Assam Coal. Prioea on Application.
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  • 843 10 Everything nowadays is done for the Mother and the Child. It is a era of Mater- nity Homes, Day Nurseries, Creches, Mothers' Kitchens, and Children's Welfare Movements. Hitherto they have all been done by private enterprise. Now we have started the Ministry of Health, and it
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  • 122 10 Two horses, which had just been inoculated with the bacillus of rabies, have been stolen from the stables of the Pasteur Institute farm at Marnes la Coquette. The theft took place the other night, during ft thunderstorm. There are two stables m the Pasteur Institute farm, one
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  • 216 10 I nder the heading 'Too Much Tango an American paper bays that with the prevailing craze for dancing at all times and places it has become noticeable that women whose blood is thin anaemic fall victims to neuralgic pains when they dance too much and rob
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 250 10 BLUE BOAR Mm m I ff"£Jß m w In I*4 v Jt i_> vH fl mm __!__i*l €*T TADA^I^AC A PERFECT SMOKE rle^ THE 1 l I II -_-***--_»j»»_*-_-___.l I I II I 111 I I ■_^»-*-__-_*»*-MM>_-__-_-t---M___. THE ALL-STEEL BICYCLE Ui broiling sun the most comfortable means of getting •ut
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    • 196 10 SEALING BLACK OR BROWN RIOKARD LTD. I-f-B Change Alley SINGAPORE. OBTAINABLE AT AIL DISPENSARIES I^2__*f»*. '>-** r lj SstT'-S 3^ NATI r-: AL* M*'^ iSi THROUGHOUT STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEOERATEB MALAY STATES. FHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS. Amateur's Works Amateur's Works Developing, Printing, etc., Pictures and Frame-Makers. KONG HING CHEONG CO. Adeiphi Hotel
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    • 148 10 Fire Extinguishers have extinguished over 1,25.0 actual fires in India since Tuly 1912. Full particulars from lhe Borneo Co., Ltd in England] SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG. I* The Fact Is— Over Half the Lorry Ten- j| nage of America is Carried on Firestone Tyres. If \ou use lorjyes in your business,
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  • 62 11 November 2!'. Bank 4 m.a. '1 Bank demand 2*4i Private credits 8 m.s. 2*fi 1 I<s New York Bank demand New York 90 days grjl France demand 440, India, T. T. .-JOO Hongkong, demand p t Yokohama, demand gg^ Java, demand i r -iA Bangkok, demand go Sovereign, Bank
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  • 131 11 N »veiiiber 2J*. Tie Buyers 1143.50 Gambier 1800 Gambier Cube No. 1 24 0 Pepper Black b7 00 Pepper, (White fair) 69 Ot Tapioca, small pearl, f.q. 20.00 flake, f.q. i.pp medium pearl, f.q. 20. Pearl Sago, small 16 50 Copra Sundried 28. T0 Copra Mixed 82. 51 Opium,
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1810 11 ■■>■ ■I I I"I f Asset* over $2,000,000 A r or. n™ ftfft 1 Assurance in force over 59,000,000 j THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. j [Incorporated in Straits Sett.] a HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with
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    • 225 11 PERTH'S PREMIER HOTEL In he centre position of thc main street ot the Capital City of Wasters Australia Suites for Families all opening on to balconies Visiters will find all the feature* of leading Eiglish snd oonttnf ntal HotelH Tariff 12/6 day, from £3.3.0 Woakiy 80 Luxurious rooms 31-5 wh
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 22 11 CLEARANCES. Xov. 29.— Abbotsfor.', Zira. Priam, Med wav, Huntbali, (Brit.) Singkawang, Brou- wer, Lara, Swaerdecroon, Rochussen (Dut.t; Shinfuku Maru. (Japan) Phan Samud.
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    • 404 11 MAIL TABLE. To-day. Intermediate and local mailt, will hi found in list boh.w; Pcncng, Malacca, F.M.S. (by Train; t p.m. daily (except Sunday). Kota Tinggi and stations to Kuala Lumpuv at 6 a.m. Joi.ore 8, 9.30, noon, 2, 4 ft 6 p.m. Medan Rumphiu Cucob I'.issua [l a.m. 1' Lata-.
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  • 547 12 THE STORI or POULETS i i IGHT. Struggle A gains* Snow. Tie Sind Gazette gives, in a diary form. a recoi i of thc hs jourm y of M. Etiennc Poulejt, and his companion and tnic, If. Efenoist, from Paris to Karachi. Fould had not very •>
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  • 121 12 S VI I RD WS POLO. No goals were scored in the game of pole on Saturday afternoon between the Blues and the Whites a sticky ground being by no moans conducive to good sport. Th rain was evidently responsible for the absence of several players and as
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  • 74 12 Orders L> the week ending Saturday Dec. 6th. Monday, Dec. l.t. Parades as usual. Wednesday, Dec. 3rd. Musketry, SVC Drill Hall, 5.10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4th. Band Practice, Malay Volunteer Club, 5.15 p.m. Saturday, Deo. Gth. Route March, All Singapore Troops parade Fort Canning Road (back of
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  • 1546 12 •p! BSI POOT" IN SCOTLAND. Prom Our Own Correspondent.) October, 22. A fen years ago a local Option Act was c ot Scotland, but it was not to come into operation until 1920. The Prohibition campaign which has just been opened, therefore, is preliminary to, or part of
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  • 352 12 [From one cf Lord Fisher's articles in the Times.] j First of all in this recapitulation comes' back to me a prophecy I ventured at that age of 19 I have just mentioned— that the next great war that we should have at sea would be a
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  • 592 12 [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, Oct. 22. The War did for women what probably twenty year* of Peace would have failed to do it gave them their opportunity. For well nigh half a century women had been struggling for a foothold in the industrial, professional, and
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  • 123 12 Of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha services operating from Calcutta, the CalcuttaSeattle Line was recently suspended the Calcutta-South America Line and the Java' I ine were kept < pen by ships operating but j once a month, us the tonnage offering on these routes was small. The Calcutta-New Norfc
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  • 91 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week end-* ing Saturday Bth December, 1919. Monday, 15t.— 5.10 pm. Drill Hall Chin- ese Co., S. V. I. Recruits drill. Wednesday, 3rd. 4.30 p.m. Balestier Rge. Malay Co., S. V. I. Part I Qualification. Wednesday, 3rd.— a. lo p.m. Drill Hall
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  • 62 12 Two fine pictures figure in the second show's programme at the Marlborough I to-night. The first is a four-reel production The Stolen P^avourite. a drama of the turf, and the other a Bryant Washburn feature "All Wrong," in five parts, said to! be Jehghtfuly entertaining. In the earlier
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