The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 April 1921

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  • 19 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fTEN CENTS mmmmmmm m mmmmmmm^^ SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 192 L NO. 10,25;}.
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  • 177 1 A Clerical Union has been formed at Pcnang Pag* (>. Our London Letter affords interesting reading Page 7. There were several rice prosecutions m the Courts yesterday Pa^e 7. Yesterday's tennis results and today's ties appear on page 12. H. H. the Rajah of Kelantan arrives m
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  • 1112 1 Balaam-like, when we last turned to Tic-* tion Aug. 2l>, 1916, curses had perforce to become, blessings. C;m we do as much for the Italian Novelists prior to 1600, who so largely governed production, not only m the* Held of narrative, bul also m the associated region of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 337 1 f KELLY WALSH, TtdA \2a RAFFLES HOTEL. The Finest Ball Room m the East Tho Rendezvous of the Elite I TEA DANSANT I This Kvrning from I p.m. to 7 p.m. The Celebrated Russian Classical Danseuse and Pianiste fe j THAMARA SWpiSKAYA I The World Renowned Violin Virtuoso MARGOSHA The
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    • 180 1 f KELLY WALSH, TtdA (Incorporated jn Hon^ong). j" J Jj JUST PUBLISHED J ONE HUNDJKED YEARS I 5 SINGAPORE. i Boin^: some account of the capital of th^NStraits Settlements from its JB foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles m February 1819 to February 1919. General Editors: Walter Makepeace, FJJ. Dr. G.E.
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    • 157 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS j Tea Dansant at Raffles Hotel Page 1. New films at the Liberty Hall and Gaiety Page 2. Drawer from chest of drawers lost J— Page 5. Pinkettes, the sentle-as-nature laxatives Pa^e 10. i 4£*i\p*?nJ-'s.PU.'««a£ke<jr tcoxp Guthrte^aod :Co.— Page 6. Maurice E. Bandman's Company at the Dutch Club
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 97 1 i THE WEEK. j Tuesday, April 12. High Water, O.IJ a.m. 1.3 p.m. Ten Dansant. Raffles Hotel, 5 7 p.m. Tanglin Club, Annual M .ur., 9 p.m. Lodge Zetland m the East. Waring Co., Don. Hippodrome Circus, 9.15 p.m. Wednesday, 13th. High Water, 0.46 a.m., 1.52 p.m. Tonglin Club at
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  • 460 2 The Hongkong Tramway Company is one of the bidders for the motor bm monopoly Mr. h. j. Coepos, <.f Mmn Ajrkftbwy and \ut;cr, Ipoh, and Mrs. Gooptr, uhc left for Boom a short time back, hare been visiting Switzerland and also ■pending a little time at San Komo. Writing from
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 251 2 VICTORIA THEATRE EASTERN TOURS, LTD. j I \;t:n t t TnE H. B. WARING COMPANY TO NIGHT TO-NIGHT The Sherlock Holmes sensational drama last I Performance With Mr. Charles Quartermame m his original character as created at the Haymarkct. PRICES AS I SUAL. I'ian now open at MOUTRIE'S THE DUTCH
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    • 909 2 From Saturday, April 9, to Thursday, Apri! 14. A PICTURE IN WHICH FATHERS, WIVTS, DAUGHTERS, SONS. WILL BE INTERESTED L A Powerful William Fox Human Play 4^| Full of Action and Gripping Situations Featuring pretty, petite, piquant PEGGY HYLAND In a story of stirring human incidents that revolves around a
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  • 647 3 jj FRAS7 R CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE I ROKERS. TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1921. tfIKWG. t m bracket* »hew» th« caplia? I -*d i.v:* f ?w >;_ v 5^ 9 sale*- th IP WU« JUv.j ft Ampans ($—10) nom. g Ayer Weng (—1) i.uo g Hitam Tin (300,000—1)
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 545 3 I M //OLD LA/2G£ STOCKS. AND ARE ABLE TO j I GIVE QUICK DEUVLRY OF.— j I J 11KETS.— 10, 12 and 14 ins. with Rivetted Sides. f I 6ALVANIBBD BUCKETS.—IO and 12 ins. with Seamed Sides. I I GALVANISED SANITARY BUCK ETS.— With Water-tight Lids. I GALVANISED SANITARY BUCKLTS.-With
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    • 423 3 BULL-BjS ;,ESCH S j j LAGER. LSGER. I Robert Porter Go. Re eh's Ltd. I A LIMITED. S\DNtV. W London Liver poo!. £ilT¥Jf i»if'^A»*» 4 ','i*l'\ l i Jf% ff^i i^*' V* ••'vK cNbi^^Sßm BWr*?'- 1 "SiSw *vf^ v SI if Iti if" 1 #$&X 11 if i \f Ik
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    • 397 4 J m 9&r f W mf r MOTOR CARS CYUNDEB lluick cars to-day are fitted with ma^ncUj ignition m addition to the Delco battery system, a most important factor m a tropical climate The Ruick car i« therefore a better proposition than ever it was. We can deliver from stock
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    • 282 4 1 aaw j 1 -^m^^,^ Do you realise the danger of Anaemia (Impoverished blood). Rich, red h'.oocJ 19 indispensable necessity to the maintenance of vital cru:rg\ When the blond becomes impoverished (Afuemtc) t Fie who'e bodily health suffers. Rt*cau->i? impover-ishe-1 biocd lacks the nutritive material necessary to replace the amount
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    • 354 4 For Your Health's Sake You Must Have I Pure ASPIRIN Nearly half a million so-called aspirin tablets were recently seized and condemned, analysis ihowing them to he harmful rubbish without a particle of real aspirin. i That is why you should insist on having the Genasprin brand guaranteed to be
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    • 897 4 AUCTION SALE OF Excellent wax polished carved teak Household Furniture and a good collection of well j grown plants* etc. To be held at "HOMESTEAD" No. 39A, MOULMEIN ROAD, (OFF THOMPSON ROAD.) ON SATURDAY, 16th APRIL. 1921 at 2 pjn. Comprising Excellent designed wax p teak sideboard with bevel leM
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    • 575 5 (II RK (Chinese) wanted, with knowkdpe of tyP'-writinf,' nmi f shipping -lot u-n.nts, for l'rui<i« Department of British firm. Apply Box No. 198 cart ur Free Pr. 12-4 J^^ >' i:<K I'.nclish, 5 years exfV^L perienr < •>'. n. j. present employed m Sumatra wants .similar position m S. S.
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    • 775 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OK Valuable wax polished teak Housohold furniture. Cottage piano, plants Ale. At No. I> Addis Road (off Sophia Road) ON FRIDAY, 15ih APRIL, AT I P.M. Cosapriaiag an excellent toned Cottage piano by .Moutne almost new and! m first class condition and a music stool, a
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    • 696 5 FOR SALE. FOR SALE Oru Complete Aerated Water M: -'nine. Om j Crown Cork Machine. One Oil Engine 2 H.P. Cheapest Price Apply AYABE CO., v .v.. L.' K>! n S. Si igapore. FOR SALETRIVATELY. Bungalow, fully furnished, with garage and tennis-court, m healthy) locality, close to town, about one
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    • 668 5 m TO LET, TO LET. No. 50 r,l Robinson Road, three' storey.,}, suitable for OlHce and Godo-.vn. Apply' Tan Chin <:heng, care of Ong Sam Leong A Co., 16 Stamford Road. 6 4 12-t i<.» i. -Furnished Bungalow. Immediate Mry, "Fairydale," 379 Paya Lebar Road, 3 bed rooms, Dinin- room,
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    • 274 5 Fellow W'si: Advertisements D.:y h> l>;n. «»u will bt inlf»restt^. m £jgr*&&& "IMI»EKATOK." (Jent's Hiui. Grade Tan Jy^^^fi^JHßk Willow Derby Boots, Unlined vamp, stout J^^^^^^^-^^% soles cut from prim > Knjrlish Butt Leather. A prrsnd "(Jentral purpose" Hoot for hard di-m- IJlac! li>\ n i• i V 'on Brogue Shoe.-.
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  • 1443 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY. APRIL 12, 1921. The Commercial Outlook. The trade returns for the Sast quarter of last year begin the sa<l tale which we fear will be carried on for several quarters yet, for it is only now that the effects of the trade .-lump are making themselves
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  • 607 6 Shanghai journalists have refuser! invitations to attend the Japan Press Conference. We learn that Chief Court Inspector Taylor is lying rather seriously ill at his residence m Kuala Lumpur, and may*possibly leave for Home to recuperate. (ILL.) The Rev Brother James, of iSt. Xavier's Institution and the Rev. Mother St.
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  • 153 6 I By the B. I. Tara, which arrived p |day morning, returned the BUhep if I Singapore and Mrs Ferguson I):u K The artisan strikers of the Unite,! E |»ocrs, Singapore Harbour Board, and Other WMUkC mechanical shops have not yot N turned to work. At the United EnffiMtfi and
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  • LOCAL WIRES.
    • 96 6 W F.M.S. Officials. W (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, April 11. A The Kundonff Rubber report sUtes that A the crop was 7 J,078 lbs.apainst an estimate jof 110,250 lbs. the shortage beinp due to organisation of the tapping system, uikJ to jthe shortage of labour. The
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    • 98 6 Gang Robbers m Perak. fi (From Our Own Correspondent' I Ipoh. April 11. 1 A European nunnni Evm was mur- j 'do red this afterr.oon on the new r<;tii leading to Chemor, half a mile beyond Tanionp Kambutan. He was knocked off his motor-cycle by praiMjr robbers and
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    • 103 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penan;. April 11. A meeting at the Chinese Town Hall, attended by over i hundred darks anil I others, discussed the formation of a. Clerical Association «>r Union m Psnang. Mr. G. H. Goh, who presided, urged the need for combination among
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  • 340 6 We can hardly believe that the public of Ipoh lias such extraordinary deglutitive powers as to swallow the following, which appears m a column over the signature Newsman, m the T.O.M. Does the public of Malaya, know that a whole hill of iron ore the ore has some
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 164 6 IHE CHAMPAGNT oF TABLE WATERS 3UPPLJED BY APPOINTMENT TO THE ROYAL PALACES I Imported by us m 25 or 50 Bottles I SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED PRICES ON APPLICATION I Caldbeck lacgregur A Ltd, (INCORPORATED IN SHANGHAI). j john duke -A^KgS»BKilsBß g F.H.0.A., F.S.M.I LA'li: BBNIOI OPTICIAN HUITISJI AKMY, 4LDERBHOT, ENGLAND.
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    • 163 6 Engine 3r ing Service. Purchase or Procrastinate There is a feelinj? abroad that prices for t>ov.lt i>l^nt and nn-chanical rmiteiials ir. general may rise r;. :her than fall m the near fut are. Hetter f .o buy now and bi sure. «f Even if prices should fall, not for many
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  • 382 7 FINDING THE WAY OUT. OYI.-RNMENT DXI KM E MEASURES. [Reuter's Service.] London, April 10. The more hopeful situation is due to the '..ew proposal of Mr. Lloyd George to the rsilwaj and transport workers delegates usterday. n: nu ly that the Government WOOld not insist on the
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  • 118 7 X eases are again cropping up m the folio Courts. Since the abolition of the depots, some of the retailers have taken it into their heads to profiteer by demanding a greater price for the better sort of rice. Four such shop-keepers had to pay for their avarice
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  • 176 7 The preliminary enquiry into the case i which seventeen Indians, former members of the Kandahar, who were arrested on February 10 last for being m possession of seditious literature, was concluded m the Second Court yesterday, when Mr. C. W. Dawson committed all of them, except aceuaed No.
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  • 156 7 Early tMa morning H.H. the Rajah of iv« lantau, :.i eumpanicd by Tunku Bendahara, great-ancle, Tunku Ahmad, brother-in-law :nd private secretary, Che Jaffar A.D.C., ami ]);u<» Sri Puduku Rajah, secretary, is ezpeetod to arrive by the Government yacht Seubelle. Arrangements have been made for their
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  • 377 7 TAUNTON ELECTION. nOSCAWEN TRIES AGAIN. [Reuter'a Senrice]. London, April 10. The Taunton election, due to Sir Gibson Bowles' resignation, resulted as follows: Sir Griffith Hoscawen (Minister of Agriculture) 12,'Jli V I. unnoii (Labour) 8,290. AUSTRALIA AM) JAPAN. .Melbourne, April 10. Speaking m the House of Representatives, Mr.
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  • 190 7 I nique Experience. Th. Hon. Mr. W. O. Maxwell, C.M.G., BM the unique experience of having: served en no less than five Legislative Councils m various parts of British Malaya, namely, Kedah, Johore, Perak, the Federal Council, and the Straits Settlements. Perak. Mr. Maxwell joined the Perak
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  • 161 7 In the House of Commons Mr. Gershom I Stewart asked the Secretary of State for India if he would state the amount of opium shipped from India to Hongkong ;>.nd the Straits Settlements respectively m 1920; whether such opium is for local consumption only; whether, if
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  • 1623 7 DOOM OF THE PARTY MACHINE. (From Our Own Correspondent). London, March 9. The Year 1921 is already showing signs that it will record the break-op of the Party Machine. Yet many events have conduced to this result other than the actual happenings of the day; they are
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  • 280 7 Difficulties for Chinese Proprietors. t s The South China Morning Post of 31st ult. says The difficult position m which the proprietors of local Chinese theatres are placed m preventing congestion and the blocking up of the gangways of the theatres was yesterday revealed m a case
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 270 7 BOOKS PRICES NBTT. THE LORDS OF THE F'C'SLK by Morley Roborts $0.30 THE FIVE BARRED GATE by E. Temple Thurston .30 LEONORA by Arnold Rennett .30 THE CALL OF THE HEART by Charles Carvice ..-,0 THE WRDEKNBBB by Joseph Hooking 1.00 THE MAN PROM BAR 20 by Clarence E. Mulford
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    • 478 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated m Japan.) UNPER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. Subject to alterations without notice EUROPEAN MAIL LINE FORTNIGHTLY SEEVICE. f'«r London and Antwerp via (Malacca)' Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said and Marseilles. KTTANO MAKU 20th April T NABA MARU 9th May KAMO MARL' 18th May
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    • 601 8 i K. P. M. KONINKLTKK PAJTETVAART UAAISC-&AFW (In'rorporAtad m Kollvnd). &OVAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BAT.W7* r*:.ir :Wi»(m I3i PAftM£« i;«pt. 1202 Frdfat I>t»e. i*?f Ua»«{:(Tf Deitk 14H7 Marfa« Sx?x. TmMk ?•»«?«»< ff .i«hi 2 COLLYKR QUAY. CVBiTa OIpNTEACT WITH THB NETBBBLANDK iNDL4 QO'ITSUKNMR»f. P. HORDYK (Tuesday, April 12) Belawan
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    • 704 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA APCAR^ FJNE. i. V (Incorrorj»l^d m atjipaad.) 1 MAIL AND PASSFXGKK SEX f PENLSSULAK AND OIUEMTAL 8 > JA (Under Contract with His Ma}eaty f a Goverpn^at) A Tht Company's MAIL SiWiCICS EAST OF B0^"B,W v,% &t ?w«i uuspeiided. JONDON FAH .KASTERN SERVICE FROM LONDON TO
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    • 879 9 (THE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. 9 (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). SINGAPORE BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. tVamgaira. Mantaa, Banjmara, Telnpin, Patani, Sjijren. Laj Kahaamui, Bandoß, Laattna*, Chompon, aod Bangkok. vat ava Arrival Departure YUGALA April 11 April 13 PRACHATTPnk' Apnl 18 Apnl 20 ik AC HA 1 11 OK April 25 April
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    • 579 9 The Oeeaa Steam Skip Company, limited. Tbe Ckian Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Lid AND n EHermaa ft Bncknall Steam Ship Co. Ltd (AMERICAN MANCHUKIAN LINE.) [Incorporated ia England] >».... j i joint vorrsviarrhY service to new york tj* suez ok nmAUA* FROM NEW YORK. SPOT* f HYSON April 21 Suez
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    • 613 9 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BT PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. t (Incorporated m U. S. A.) FOR ACCOUNT OF THE U. 8. SHIPPING BOARD SAN FRANCISCO— MANILA— EAST INDIA. SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE. For CALCUTTA via COLOMBO GRANITE STATE Passengers and Freight May 10 CREOLE STATE Passengers and Freight Junn 10
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  • 142 10 Is it worth while to exDeriment with th« myriad so-called "cures" for Rheumatism when the* IS one sovereign remedy, timetested and PROVEN, which will bring yoa instant relief? For nearly gene-ation LIT7XE c ORIENTAL BALM has been used by all classes? of people, m all countries, as
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  • 893 10 (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, March 3. The Government ship has had some rough times already during its two years of life, but it has not met with anything: liko the political typhoon m which it now finds itself. This fact is coming- home to the
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  • 49 10 The members of the Diplomatic Corps' ia Tokyo were invited to the annual Impcria] duck hunt at the Koshigawa Preserve on March 18. At this unique function the ducks are caught m a sort of big butterfly net.— Sounds almost as exciting as chasing butterflies with a shot gun.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 430 10 STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ NEDERLAND (NEDERLAND ROYAL MAIL LINE) Direct faat passenger service to Amsterdam. 'Holiand-E: pland services have all been resumed on pre-war basis.) UnBEANDT Mar. 18 VON DEL Apl. 8 PHINS DEB NEDEBLANDBN A P J 22 PRINSES JULIANA Ma y 6 BONOfGIN DEB NEDEBLANDBN May 20 ORANJE June 2
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    • 286 10 i A.J* «+*> >&.- SL^JXak. St. "t M D j BlOWßi'3 SPECIFIC Tn b« had at MATIABD'i DlsrßKijunr, a/i-j oi sT!2« ifom, BOSLfMG 00. 8, Telegraph Street, 4 5 RAFFLES QUAY. Eotb: 1880. Are m a position to supply from STOCK MARQUES DEL MERITO Moscatel at $35 per case, $3
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    • 35 10 A fj|§ll A RELIABLE Hi ipr^ T^ 1 m SOLE AGENTS m Er.^lanJ) SINGAPORE, P.P021 PENANG. FOR *'5\ |OF EXCELLENT QUALITY. S Sole Agents: v. S. F. M. S. W* W 'Incorporated m EngUnd.) t
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 452 11 Avmtvztu m fores *r*e ai^q^***. THE <$EAI EASTERN WE ASSURANCE CDMPANY, LIMITED. MVfOP: Wincktrter gtac»s»rt>. LONDON OFFICE: 12, OW Jewry. E.C. Cmmmf few £20>}« «ep«iU4 with tfc, Cwr\ *t KagLiDi. and compliw with the BrtiUk Ulm Aflauraace Owwate a,9 A PtUHB OF AMCT^NCI AGTOB W^«*B| M.WAGING DIRECTOm ACTUAr7~ I a
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    • 542 11 Of India, Australia and China, Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital m 600,006 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Ueserve Fund 3,500,000 Reserre Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. A.or Star Hongkong Penang 1 Amritsar Iloilo Puket Bangkok Ipoh Rangoon Batnvia
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    • 513 11 HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE 94 Market Street. BRANCHES: I Penang 85 Beach Street. Malacca 131 Jonker Street. Muar 77-79 Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat 109 Jalan Rahamat. AGENCIES AT: London, New York, San Francisco, Shang- hai, Hongkong, Amoy, Batavia. Sourabaya,' Serearang, Palembang and Trang. CAPITAL. AUTHORISED $20,000,000 Issued 8,000,000
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    • 498 11 YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANIL LTD. Established 1880. Capital Subscribed Y. 100,000,000 (tully paid up) Reserve Fund Y 53i000i0{)0 President X. Kajiwara, Esq. Vico-President S. K. Suzuki, Esq. DIRECTORS. N. Soma Esq., 1. Matsukata, Esq., Wm Esq., M Mitsui, Esq., Baroi K r V nHTOn X'K Morimur.. Baron K. Iwasaki. R. Ichinomiya,
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    • 1217 11 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Intermediate and local mails wi:l be found m list below: Fed rated Malay States, Mnlaccn, Mnar and Penang (by train) 0 n.m. and G p.m. daily (except Sunday). Kota Tinggi and stations to Kuala Lumpur at G a.m. Kuali Pahang. Pekun, Sungei Lembing and KuantnM (By train)
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  • 1118 12 WATSOMans Ti: CLUB CHAMPMMf a English League >ef< it- the Scottish. (From Our Own Correspondent). j Edinburgh, March 16. TIM victory of V. atSOßjftaas m their match with Edinburgh A Ilklllll I tares them of th* Club C:ha pion ship, for although they have still J* r- Ito
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  • 194 12 (A pear Co's Report.) Sourabaya, March 31st. Crop 1920.— Business has been at a standstill during the past week, owing to exporters having been fully engaged m effecting shipments. Nominal quotation for ready .Whites is f26.7.~> F. 0.8. and Browns 05.75, without business, but for "dry condition" terms,
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  • 76 12 The Market took a peculiar rise this corning to 34 cenU for April Sheet, and Slay Jvine changed hands at 86 cents. rheae were apparently outside deals as the narkcv, although steady for near deliveries, found sellers eager to unload at he above prices. The afternoon closed
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  • 64 12 SINGAPORE SHARE M ARKET. Eraser's Report. Singapore, April 11. Rubbers. Still dull, with very little ioing. Mining.— Weak, Taipings ttHcta, North 'aipings 90 cts, South Taipings 63 cts, R&rangt 50 cts, Murais $3.20, Renongs 245. 3d, 'cllipries $16. Industrials. Uniteers, $18 to $18.fi0j Vadcn $15.50 to $16, Smelters $6.25 to
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  • 46 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week end- ng. Sunday, 17th April, 1921. Friday 15. I p.m.— Drill Hall. S.F.A. Company. Dre3s Caps-, Tunics, shorts and puttees. Sunday 17, 7.30 a.m.— Balestier Range. Eurasian Company. Rifle Club shoot REGINALD BCHOMBBS6, Lt-Col., Comdt., S.V.C. I
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  • 93 12 A Tea Dansant, at which Thamara Swircaya, the Russian classical danseuse, Mar- osha, the violinist and Mine. Sadowska, Ie Russian pianiste, will appear, takei 1 bee at Raffles Hotel to-day from 5 to 7 m. Among the recent arrivals at Colombo' the "City of Oran" from Calcutta. She 1 as
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 290 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. A Class Single Handicap ju .n J. A. beat Doig D. M., 6 o, G— l. I'ranklin E. E. vs. Linton A. R. unfinished. Milligan E. C. vs. Fuller 0., unfinished. Iluchwaldy F. beat Prentis R. E., 6—l, Cotgrave Col. T. S. beat Green C.
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    • 81 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Mixed Doubles. W. A. Airia and F. Eph-amnes beat G. A hin and S. Stowa t, 6 4, 6—o. A. E. Coelho and F. Albuquerque beat F. Bfonteiro and P. Lauge, 7—5, 6—3. Championship. W. Carnegy beat C. A. Norris, B—6, 4—6, 6 3.
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    • 61 12 Double Handicap. E. E. de Sou.a and W. A. Aeria v. C. Rappa and P. Gomes. h. O. Wheatley and O. Ahin v G bmaxMiM and J. 3. de Souza. Championship. M. Holmbeig v. F. Sm th. A Single Handicap. E. C. La Brooy v. W. de Cruz
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    • 406 12 SINGAPORE YACHT C LUB. The race for final points m the Kathleen I up CUM Off OH Sunday morcfe* m ioeal radnt v.oather. Nine boats turned out and were itartod from the dub at loo* v.m. by Mr. Beverkfo The Gertrude crossed first, practically on t-v Gone, with Dorothy and
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  • 371 12 An Excellent Production. As Mrs. Beeton if to the housewife, so is John Wisden to the cricketer. To players and followers of the National Game, whether m the Motherland or m distent ptrtfl of the Empire such as Singapore, the annual almanack from the house of Wisden
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  • 187 12 On April 12th, l.'Uh, Mth, and 15th, ■Mfldflisa will be taken opposite the P. and O. Wharf, and vessels are warned to take care m pusing this wharf. Capt. S. H. Belson, of the s.s. Krian reports on April 7th to have passed a sunken rock at Latitude
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  • 162 12 The Vengeance cf Durand" was screened to a crowded and appreciative audience on Sunday n^ht m the BaU Room at SfS OUK Thc P«W^ are promised another treat next Sunday, when "Whom the God. Would Destroy" from Charl" R. Macauley's novel, will be shown The management respectfully beg
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 269 12 beware of ;|I ELECTRICAL FIRE HAZARDS. j »Shfl r~fF~~~7~ The lire which started m the offici- of Dupire Hal jfßHßßßi?*^^ I 'l[|| Brothers (Rubber Dept.) is but an example, t k3e lc ly^^^^^^^feiiliL of risks, which .-ire present m your office. EBB J5 ■M^jt.lSWftyl Your valuable officf rteord.< left exposed
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