The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 January 1920

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  • 18 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1920. No. 9,S71
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  • 258 1 All yesterday's wires came m m the afternoon. The Treaty of Versailles is m force. (lerman prisoners m France are ordered to be immediately released. The Secretary of State for the Colonies has wired out to the Governor Page 7. Litvinoff states that he and O'Grady are
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  • 1387 1 The present writer read the other day of! a French satirical comedy m which appears a worthy Englishman who lacks to a comii* degree all u;i(t for conversation and all social talent. His role (or rather his "words") consists almost entirely m saying M How do you do?
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 351 1 O.J V/ANT NEW CARS _fl -af HIRE, RING UP 9 %3 RAFFLESHOTEL. li The largest and most successful Hotel on the Island FACING THE SEA, usurious Suites of Rioms and spacious lounges, veraidah aid beautiful grounds. AFTE.NOON T£*S. Every Thursday, Music m attendance. Cinema on the Lawn from 6.15 p.m.
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    • 214 1 YOU ALL LOVERS OF GOOD CINEMA Who with regret have seen banished of late the old-type Kuropean oduetions, bringing you close to realities of life, EXCUSE the PALLADIUM from 14th to 19th inst. Is an intensely pathetic War Drama picturing a real life story m little village of France during
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    • 130 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Fresh stocks of Glaxo at tlie Medical Hall— Page 2. N. Hameed and Co. change their offices Page 5. Singapore Steam Launch Co. for sale as a going concern Page 5. I Cheng Koon Seng have two new auction notices Page 5. Two trade notices Page 5. Powell
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    • 13 1 IF YOU WANT NEW CARS g| sn ss» FOR HIRE, KING UP tsl
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 101 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday, llth. High Tides 4.1 am 3ft Gin, 4.59 p.m. 7ft 3in Thursday, 15th. High Tides 4.55 am Bft 4in, 0.32 pn Tft Oin, Eastern Gate Lodge, 8.30 p.m. Batty's Varieties at Theatre, 9.15 p.m. Friday, 10th. High Water. 6.58 a.m., S.O p.m. Batty's Varieties at Theatre, 0.15
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  • 362 2 The most startling announcement of the •v Polish government, according to a writer m "(lood Health" (Battle Creek. Mich., October), is a recent edict of the Ministry of Public Health ordering every man m Poland to get a 'billiard ball' hair cut. '-AH men without exception must submit
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  • 70 2 1 Inehcape, presiding at the meeting <;f tin' P. and O. Steam Navigation Company, said he read m s morning journal that an aeroplane had reached Calcutta m 10 from I_ondon. That was a remarkable i. And it was just the time that their mail took when it wont by
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    • 235 2 FRESH STOCKS n |< j *l-h:> per tin. I A MEDICAL HALL Opposite Tost Office __g^_r_^i2^g>f^a g— f&A_figw_?_s_— cil Iri 1 "MODERN Da\NCES m A Unique Booklet for the Ball room by CH ARIES KITTS. A Simplex Pocket instructor that any ra child tan follow g Price $IJ>O at Moutries
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    • 1014 2 _Jj^E_LU_L_ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, to MONDAY, JANUARY A THRILLING PHOTOPLAY OF THE GREAT WBBI By the Great West Film Co., Inc. Presenting MARJORIE DAW Adapted from Wallace Coburn's story Yellowstone Pete's Daui Filmed m the Heart of the Rocky Mountains THE SUNSET PRINCESS In 5 Parts A romantic story of
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    • 940 3 s *Jw\sW**m m-rJL m^*^__ wP wL _tf_{ W_\ I Ui Ut 11 U Jl X I Smoking Mixture I FROM ALL DEALERS 1 A*T*J* I*m^*m %0 1 jc____ a ___£_s!_fS_Z_._E_Ei££_K_^ I• Do You Suffer from any I SKIN OR BLOOD DISEASE I /f laHkp'<l% fil s-.cV.as Eczema. Scrofula. Bad Leg,
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    • 1161 4 I Thi- Prospectus has l>ccn filed with the Registrar of Companies, Penang. o The Subscription List will open on Tnursdsy, the l.">th January, 1920 and close on .fore the 22nd January, 1 *.»120 locally and .'list January, 1920 for other countries. SUNGEI TUKANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated In Straits Settlements
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    • 341 4 SUNGEi TUKANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. ij FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of SUNGEI TUKANG RUBBER COMPANY, LIMITED. Gentlemen, Hnving paid to the Company's Bankers the sum of-$ being a deposit of 20 cents per Share payable on application for Shares of $1 each m the above Company,
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    • 365 4 CHING KENG LEE CO. To Investors, Capitalists, Company Promoters, Planters and others IaSFOBTANT J.UI.T.ON SALE OF RUBBER ESTATE AT NIYOR, JOKORE The undersigned have been instructed to sell by Public Auction at their Sale-room Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore, On Monday, Bth March, 1920 at 2.30 p.m. In order to
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  • 809 5 FRASER Co.. EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS SINGAPORE, JAN CARY 13th. MINING. [Figures m brackets shows the capital and issue value of the Share m dollars, unless otherwise marked. C. Cum dir; x equals ex div.] Ampang ($100,000—0) 14.30—14.70 Ayer Weng ($100,000—1) 2.05—2.25 Hitam Tin ($3OO 000—1) 2.50—2.75
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  • 312 5 P.i;; Captured (.nn Shipped m London. The gun captured at Harbonnieres by tho ">lst Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force on August 8, 1918, has been shipped rm board the steamer Dongarra," together with two big guns forthe flagship Australia." The Harbonnieres gun Ll a 11.5 inch railway
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  • 106 5 Mr. John D. North, m a paper oq tiaft Undercarriages" read before the Boys! Aeronautical Society, said that where aircraft are to be used for civil puri improvements m under-canage.-, would seem to be an essential part oi their lopment. The shock -absorbfn icity tonic 1 be greatly increased and
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    • 558 5 WANTED. Yoeag Men (EurO|> fBS) would nhare th board ia or neat Tank Road District 2Ah tare of PrsS Tr. 10-l 1 about 'JO feet long beaSS. 1<» horse power. Reply el it.. Pn 10-1 D Clerk able to conduct commercial the typo writer. Apply l-'rTc Pr. 14-1 vice m
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    • 827 5 AUCTION SALES. (BY ORDER OF THE OFFICIAL \ssk;nee) A l (TION SALE OF Household Eurniture etc., i The property of JChwan Wo Hong So* To be held at No. «2 Sago Street. On SATURDAY, 17th JANUARY 1920, at 2 p.m.' Comprising: Carved Chine-o blackwood chairs; Teapoys and side tables Cms
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    • 844 5 AUCTION SALES. Comfort House, No. 86-1 Off Kampong Java Road. The undersigned have been instructed to sell by Public Auction at* their saleroom, No. 30 King Street, On WEDNESDAY, I,4th JANUARY at 2.30 p.m. All that piece of valuable freehold land and the comfortable and pleasantly situat"d brick and tile
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    • 660 5 NOTICES. j NOTICE. Notice is HEREBY tdven that partnership firm hitherto carrying on business under the name of the Sakabe Trading Co., and Peninsular Trading Co, is dissolved and that from henceforth the business will be carried on by! W. \V<h-!v and Tok Hong Kian only under the tirm name
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    • 214 5 TO LET. -j TO LBT.— Pnatisea No. 7 at Mount Elizabeth.* Apply to Tensr Bessg Hin, No. I IVluk Ayer Street. 8-1 14-1 m.a. LOST LOST from 17 Nassim Road about »5 a.m. Sunday January llth one white bull terrier do*; answering to the name of Buster. Suitable' MWard Will
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  • 20 6 Domestic Occurences BIRTH. At the Maternity Hospital, Singapore, on Jan. 13th, the wife of T. O. Naughton. of a son.
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  • 1092 6 The Singapore Free Press. New Views of the Soviet. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1.4, 1920. The Allied politicians, including our own Premier, seem to be m a fair way to have to eat their own words J with regard to the Russian Soviet' Government, if the reported success of Mr. O'Grady m
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  • 194 6 ■*> Mr. R. H. Taylor, Managing Director of Messrs Topham, Jones and Railton Ltd. has arrived from London on a short visit m connection with the largo works how being carried out by his firm at Prai and Johore As a special favour, the privilege of free postage of letters,
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  • 113 6 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur Jan IS. Official information is unobtainable, but it is understood on good authority that at a special meeting of the Federal Council on Jan. 9, Government will introduce an enactment to enable it to float a Victory Loan. It is understood that
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  • 611 6 Convicted of acquiring 130 katis of rice m excess of the quantity allowed by regulation to an individual art a time, Wang Tiang, a Hylam was fined $25 by Mr. J. D. Hall m the Second Court yesterday, the rice to be declared forfeit. A feature of the Vernon Wentworth
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  • 146 6 The Sunset Princess, a thrilling five-reel drama of the west featuring Marjorie Dawwill be shown on support of the final episode of the Carter Case serial at the Alhambra, to-night, m addition to which the Topical subject, a scenic subject and a Harold Lloyd will be presented. In
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  • 255 6 [From Our Own Corretpon Thc lotteries* were well attend morning promised well for a i i meeting, which promise was fulfil weather was good and^he atteodi The results wore: Georgetown Plate.— l Jill <M 2 Orthez (O'Connor) <».:'.; I (Suttle) 9.4 won by a length, a half soond
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  • 161 6 GARDEN THIEV ES. Some of the residents of Sin. taken great pains, and hare K r <>r.< expense m acquiring a good colh orchids, especially of the rarer ki their gardens, but it is lamentable I I that their efforts are hein^ tha ri system of robbery which has spru'
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  • 161 6 The following Singapore Propeit;. sold by public auction by Messrs Keng Lee and Co.. or. their Sale rou. Monday afternoon. ThcT) -vas a I crowd of intending purchaser- m uarct-, tho biddings were brisk Rnd price? obtained were exceptionally Freehold land and house known "Swiss Cottage" No. IH
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  • 185 6 Sporting Life says that the proposu. I the race between Felton and Barry on tlu Parramatta m March Is unfair. is not due to leave London until f\ Barry hoped to go to Australia with I Warwick, his backer, early m tl. As the passport regulations aro v Order of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 166 6 S} WHOLESALE AND I RETAIL tyy** wine SPIRIT I *s\\w_w *w _r 9 BEER I SINGAPORE MERCHANTS I PENANG **Oa**Jo I KUALA LUMPUR T/-Ouv£ 'I* MR. H. N. BUCKERIDGE J_ Ute of Messrs. LAFAYETTE, PHOTOGRAPHERS tc Their MAJESTIES Begs to announce that he conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO m SINGAPORE
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    • 32 6 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS and mm MERCANTILE ADVERTISER Established, 183 C Telephone No. 66 The only Morning Paper m the Straits Settlements. CabIes— "ADVERTISER," Singapore. Editorial and Publishing Office, 30 RAFFLES PLACE.
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  • 476 7 R A I L WA YMEN'S ATTITUDE. [Reuter's Service] POSTPONED MEETING. London, Jan. 11. iponas to a summons from Mr. < respecting the railway situAuckland Geddes, Minister of port and Sir R. Home, Minister of have gone to Paris. Consequently rence between the railwaymen and .land Geddes, fixed
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  • 117 7 Pari*, Jan IL From yesterday at 415 m the afternoon Versailles treaty is m force, and will enforced with all its terms. Germany econ.es immediately liable for a big instalment or, reparation. (Havas). PRISONERS TO BE REPATRIATED. Returning to his chair after signing M. riceau, passing
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  • 147 7 Mr. John R. Mott, General Secretary of the International Committee of the Y. M. C. A., has received the 4th Class of the Order of the Crown of Siam; and Mr. E. C Carter, the Secretary m France, the sth Hass of the same Order. Mrs. Caroline Slade gets the
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  • 649 7 BOLD BAD BANDITS. [Reuter's Service] DARING SYRIANS. London, Jan. 9. The Morning Post says that news received m London from Cairo, states that Syrian National Volunteers held up the train wherewith Gouraud's chief of staff was travelling on the Beirut to Damascus line, and removal him to
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  • 101 7 1 l From Kelly Walsh we have received a copy of The Cruise of the German Raider, Wolf." It has been published by Captain Donnldson, of the s.s. Matiniga, one of the Wolf's Victims. The captain was a prisoner 5 on board for some months and later m i Germany.
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  • 822 7 The King of Siam on receiving an address of congratulation on his birthday, usually makes a statement on the past year. On Jan. 4th His Majesty, among other things, stated. The most difficult problems, to which, more than to others, all possible attention must be given,
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  • 70 7 The Planters' Association of Malaya, meets at Kuala Lumpur on the 28th. Th« agenda includes: 1. War Relief Funds. 2. Labour: (a) Tamil Immigration; (b) Care of Labourers' Dependents; (c) Register of Tamil Names of Estates. 3. Food: (a) District Deliveries oi Rice; (b) Government Bonus. 4.
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  • 496 7 THE CHURCH OF THE POOR. To the Editor. Sir, Mr. Austin Harrison's statement that the "Church of Rome particularly is on the side of the Capitalist System was true as Mr. Henderson's statements that the Church of Rome is the "Church of the Poor." I think her
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  • 274 7 Previously acknowledged $42,481.92 S. Andrew's Cathedral Wkly. collection 2.25 Collected by Koh Sun Hin:— Chua Kirn Teng $50, Tan Cheng Siang 5, Ang Keng Siow 5, Nan Kirn Nian 2, C. F. Oliveiro 5, Cheng Meng Kee 10, Khoo Geok Swan 5, Taishichi
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  • 63 7 Special Services will be held m the Presbyterian Church, Orchard Road, next f Sunday, when Rev. J. Horace Johnston, 8.A., j will be the preacher. Mr. Johnstoa is at present m charge of St Andrew's Church, Kuala Lumpur, where he carries on the work during the absence of Rev. A.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 228 7 Robinson Co. GABIN TRUNKS. ■■^fegjft^?*'--.'-- IJ^^^r^a^^ LEATHER TRUNK> ifw J_l__i_SMfi_a lined canvas, best Isbl|___Sr ?Jt^: T_ quality fittings j9____H____K. ?I \\^B^^_\_\__\___\\\ throughout mm^^^^^^ s; i *>n Ql*>ft JPH g^H -^-m-a-t^U-tm^'-m- .> 1 _U >|.)H Canvas Trunks It .^H-B-J-T"^—! fe^-'^ made of com- ST^S Htkv _H_Hk_N pressed .fibres, VWv^H X f\
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 523 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA i (Incorporated m Japan. j UNDER MALL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE (Subject to alterations without Notice). EUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal-. Fortnightly Service. For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, London and Antwerp I TOYAMA MARU falling at Hamburg) end Jan! (Auxiliary Service Cargo only) For Marseilles and
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    • 689 8 K. P. M KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated m Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Van Hoa sndorp Lotong, Kramat, Tarompa, Genting, Poeloe- P an
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    • 601 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA a (Incorporated m 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 preaan suspended. LONDON .FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON I TO MARSEILLES A LONDON DUE SINGAPORE LEAVE SINGAPORE KASHMIR
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 872 9 THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM.) SINGAPORE— BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. Tot Kretay, Tringganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, LaSohaaznui, Bandon, Langsuan, Chumpon, and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MAffIDOL 19th Jan. 1920 21st Jan. 1920 PRACHATIPOK 26th Jan. 1920 28th Jan. 1920 The steamers are fitted throughout with electric
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    • 440 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. I™ The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. EUerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated m England.) JOINT FOBTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Leaves Due Route For B New York Spore AGAMEMNON 20th
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    • 183 9 .■B_-mv_a_£t7M____M-KK___n______^ I > -MHHV^ i \m _______Sli| p^^ AT A LOM PRICE THAN I J^OJ4 ANY OTHER BRAND I I MmJ*^4 y A B tfackay s Liqueur Whisky of all the principal Dealers or wholesale ZS only from Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd. I Stilt*. A tJents. OSJS *C /l()Vfll<-N lai^Hi^SßiHMiHnwna^Baa^MMaHMaiaaMa^maaacaaaanaai
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  • 1284 10 Koi SING STOin. ptain E. R. iv. Evans, C.8., D.5.0., RN., at Edinburgh delivered the first of a series of lactam on "How We Kept the Seas." In racy style the lecturer related many personal experiences and gave his own version, for tha first time m
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  • 504 10 SIR OUTER LODGE ON GRAVITY AM) ETHER. Terrible Time Coming for Professors. To a small a^d distingushed gathering at Lord Glenconner's residence Sir Oliver Ledge explained the theory of Einstein, whose predictions were recently partially confirmed by the solar expedition and given to the world
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  • 31 10 Sleeping sickness, which recently broke out m the province of Winnipeg, has been nuade a notifiable disease under the quarantine law owing to its rapid spread. Seven deaths are already reported.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 630 10 DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR a- kidneys. GROSSMITH'S al _&jfBackache is rarely due to kindly trouble. J&A mr r**7*-r <sm w IT CT I Doctors will tell you that kidney disease, St. S afglfL-l H H_k fm\ IttW _s_i t when it exists, may be very far advanced 6^9 B H
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    • 227 10 m m^^mm^^m^^^.^^mmmaammmmmmmm^mmmmmm^^m^m^^mamaaaa^mmmamm^^Bmm^m^^m^ j OHBLDREN'S SOUGHS Veno's is the Sure Cure and Children like it. The quick curative effect of Veno's Lightning Congfa Cure is the wonder of every mother who uses it for her cl Idn It eui whooping cough, bronchial cough, every kind of COUgh and cold to which
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  • 55 11 Bank 4 m.s. 2-4^ Bank demand 2-4% Private credits 8 m.s. New York, Bank demand 44 New York 90 days France, demand 440 Hongkong, demand 122% Prem. Yokohama, demand 88% Java demand 115 Eangkok, demand oo Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.54 B: nk of England Rate 6 per cent Bar
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  • 162 11 January 13. no Sellers 185.00 Gam'ui_:- 17.00 Gambier Cube No. 1 1G.65 Pepper Black 41.00 Pepper (White fair) 64.00 Tapioca, small pearl, f.q. 20.00 Tapioca, small flake, f.q. 11.25 Tapioca, medium pearl, f.q. 20.00 Pearl Sago, small ir>.so Copra, Sundried 29.50 Copra, Mixed 29.00 Opium, Benares uncert 8,900 Rice
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 436 11 \wts over $3,000,000 -~«.i-U_j ,j c Z Assurance m force over $12,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. on. ar_ ii-a-M [Incorporated In Straits Sett.] HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDO N OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E C The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England,
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    • 503 11 COHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Incorporated m Japan) Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 Capital Paid U_S Y. 42,000^00 Reserve Fur.d Y. 25,000,000 President. N. K. Kajiwara Esq. Vice-President S. Suzuki Esq. DIRECTORS. N. Kajiwara Esq. F. Watanabe Esq. N. Soma Esq. I Matsukata Esq. Y. Yamakawa Esq. M. Mitsui Esq. M. Odagiri
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    • 468 11 a— CHARTERED BANK Of India, Australia and China, Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital £2,060,000 Reserve Fund £2,900,000 kooertm Liability of Proprietors £2,000,009 HEAD OFFICE 88 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hongkong Penang Bangkok Hoilo Puket Batavia Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Calcutta Klang Seremban
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    • 442 11 INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated m the USA) OWNED IA THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK. Capital and Surplus U. S. $6,500,000— IT m m Straits $13,000,000. Undivided Profits U. S. $3,054,763— Straite $6,109,526. HEAD OFFICE :-55, WALL STREBT--NEW YORK. BRANCHES:— I Batavia Kobe San Pedro de Macoris Bombay London
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    • 263 11 SEALING WAX For Parcels or Bottling BLACK OR BROWN RICKARD LTD. Prompt Printers 16-B Change Alley SINGAPORE. MEALIE MEAL. The present stocks of Mealie Meal are now exhausted and fresh supplies are due to arrive m January next. The public will be notified later of the actual date of arrival.
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 387 11 MAIL TABLE. Intermediate and locfcl mails, will bo 'ifcur.d m list below leriang, Malacca, F.M.S. (by ?rain) 4 p.m. daily (except Sunday). Kotn Tinggi and stations >_ Kuaia Lumpur at 6 a.m. Swatow etc. Glenfalloch B a.m. Singkep etc. Moentjoing 9 a.m. P. Bulang etc Hock Lim 9 a.m. Rhio
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  • 879 12 MESSAGE I ROM THE KING. Melbourne, Dec. llth.— His Majesty t&> King has, through his Excellency the Gov emor-General, sent the following message to Captain Ross-Smith Delighted at your safe arrival. You success will bring Australia nearer t< the mother country, and 1 warmly con gratulate you
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  • 77 12 How many readers have a clear idea of how the land lies between Rangoon and Port Darwin The Malay Archipelago is remoter than Central Africa. We know it well, thanks to Mr. Conrad but as Mr. Conrad is a creative artist of genius his islands have no
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  • 897 12 L OWEN-RD MURDER. A Crowded Court. The Owen-rd murder case was commenci at the Assize sitting yesterday morninp I efore the Chief Justice, Sir John Bueknill X.c. The body of the court was crowded when the two accused Soma Basapah and Budha Singh were placed m the dock.
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  • 45 12 A Bill to be introduced into the Council on Monday next gives the holder ot the title "Principal Assistant Colonial Secretary" the same legal powers and imposes him the same obligations as he exercised and was subject to under his former title. ("Pax" for short).
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  • 887 12 OLD CHINA HAND. One of the most picturesque of old "China Hands has passed away, at Hankow, m thc person of William Mesny T a Jersey man, a: he himself tells us m his reminiscences, bon m 1542, "senior lineal representative of long line of poor
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  • 62 12 An English syndicate has offered £10,000,000 for the ex-Emperor Karl's tapestries, gold and silver ware, and art objects if the Allies will allow Austria to them m order that the money may be used to relieve the famine m Austria. But the syndicate fears that the Allies
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  • 112 12 LATEST TRANSACTIONS. Reported by Fraser Co. Dollar Rubbers quieter, but many buying orders remain unfilled. Pantais $2.00, Bukit Katils $1.72 tt ex div. Muars 32 V* cents premium, Pulau Bulangs $6.60 to $6.65, Jimahs $3.35, Ulu Pandans $2.57 Mj, Tapahs $28.25, Kelemaks $9.75, Bassetts $1.70, Pajams $16.00.
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  • 334 12 A new four-masted schooner fitted with auxiliary motor power, the first of her type to make the Atlantic crossing, has arrived at Waterford. The vessel, the Bessie A. White, has a 200 h.p. internal combustion marine engine. She is fitted with suction gas plant, and with this manufactures
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  • 59 12 Programme of Drills, etc, for week ending Saturday, 17c'c January, 1920. Wednesday, 14th.— 5.10 'p.m. Drill Hall. Chinese Company. Recruits. Friday, 16th -5.20 p.m. Drill Hall Singapore leid Ambulance Co. Dress Drill Order. Waterbottles and Haversacks to be worn. Saturday, 17th.-2.30 p.m. Balestier Rge. Eurasian Company. Part
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  • 276 12 iork, Dec. 5. The New York Chamber of Commerce has passed resolutions, amid great applause, declaring that "some form of International Covenant which seeks to prevent \var is a national necessity. The differences between the President and the Senate should be composed without delay by such
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 93 12 Just Arrived. fmm m m mmm—m^m~mmmmm~mmmmwmm^mv thao- mask OUR OWN BRAND "SIGNAL" ASPARAGUS Ask also for:~ LIBBY'S ASSORTED SOUPS Jos. TRAVERS AND SONS LTD., 12. BATTER? ROAD. SINGA PORE. Gl/ijj£j \ol# ny u JJf£E M%r*LD fit/IOUt. fi- -_*-•-> f^__r*^J I i X f y- Vs* ■■■•■•■■i a^^_ __jf*"*"W j^E F£/.CT.ONISTJ
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