The Straits Times, 1 July 1913

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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 485 5 WE ARE DRAPERS and carry the largebt stock of Drapery Goods, in the Peninsula. Whether it is the furnishingof a Bungalow with house linen or supplying everyday wants in haberdashery, we can shew you a larger assortment and at c heaper rates than is obtainable elsewhere. We detail below a
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    • 387 5 "«T ENATZY" Motor Tyres. Hooglandt #Sc C^o* 9 sole agents. Map of the Malay Peninsula Size, 20 in. x 15 in. 4 Price 25 cts. In Book Form, 35 cts. PUBLISHERS i FRASER NEAVB, LTD., 11, Colly er Quay, Singapore Face Cream (with Peroxide) a non-greasy skin food, unrivalled for
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    • 400 5 LATBST ADVERTISEMENTS. POSITION WANTED. Bnglifh girl would like position of trust to look after children in or near Singapore, or travelling. For references, apply to Secretary, G. F. S., Victoria Street, Singapore. IT 87 DREBSER WANTED. Wanted, qualified Indian dresser for Estate in Jobore. Apply with testimonial- to BOUSTEAD CO.,
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    • 582 5 The First Duty j of every housewife <» to economise. The one duty of Sunlight Soap is to help the housewife to economise. Sunlight Soap saves money it preserves your clothes, and makes them last longer. It is the clothes that cost money, and there1 fore to make them last
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 375 6 GoodRICH TYRES Atuicg'on Hall, Tamwortb, March 7th, 1918. Dear Sirs, I want to tell yon of the splendid result I nave jast got from one of yonr 896 x 186 rubberstndded covers. It burst a few days ago after having been on one of the front wheels of my oar
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    • 127 6 PATSONIZED ROYALTY A Fit OFFERING TO BSAUTY. The BRITANNIC Patent Expanding Watch^Eracelet, IN SQUARE, KOCND oc OBLONG. Set with Diamonds Emeralds -*-~r~~"^^s»l^»^~ r ~~"^^s»l^»^ t* OF i KUDICB f^sJg§j^§|E--ff&MfSs'^ IN QOLD AND PLATINUM IN GOLD ONLY B. P. De SILVA, 6g-63, High St. t0 lO PETROLEUM WOOD PRESERVATIVE MADE FROM
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    • 176 6 ABRAMS' MOTOR HIRING TRANSPORT CO. BUCCESSOR3 TO STRAITS MOTOR GARAGE HIRING DEPT.) Office and Garage open day and night. Telephone Numbers 606 719. A cumber of new ea»s having now arrived, a fall and efficient service can therefore be guaranteed. Fnll particulars ai to revised scale of charges can be
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    • 140 6 DO YOU SHAVE? IF YOU DO, Lancaster's UP-TO-DATE HAIRDRESSING SALOON, BTANOS ABSOLUTELY ALOMB, Cleanliness, Civility and Attention. TOILET CLUB RAPIDLY INCREASING. LANCASTER'S Hotel de I' Europe Buildings. NOW ON SALE. Dollar Share Values. (Sscond Edition.) HISTORY AND PROSPECTS or tub LEADING DOLLAR COMPANIES CAREFULLY. EXAMINED BY THS STRAITS TIMES CRITIC.
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  • 132 7 FIXTURES. Tuesday, July I. High Water, 8.54 a.m., 7.57 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 High Witter. 9..V. 1 in., B.4apm. Thursday, July 3. High Water. M !9 a.m., 9.2'J p.tc B. I. iMMWd nail closes Itoxino. TI,. a,, (toyal. Friday, July 4. Bitih Water, 11..'1 a.m., 1P.4 p.-n
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  • 190 7 To-day. Malacca sad hort Dicksca Hour Lian 3pm Knantan, Kem.'.man and Ibaaagaaa Hock Lee: 3pm Hnngkong. Aiuoy and tow S, ui^ Bee 3 pin Malacca and Muar Lady Weld Bpm i. Mchra cad I*. S-.vi-tti nhaiu Calypso 3pm IfcaflV* IVoUmh 8 pm Scliit I'.imljang. IJ«-n<;kalis. Siak nnd
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  • 179 7 The Imp. German mail steamer Yorck left Colombo at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 2ft. and may be expected to arrive bere on Friday morning, July 4. The B. I. contract packet Rteamcr Taroba with mails from London up to the evening of June 13, left Ncgapatam
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  • 448 7 Latest Arrivals. Ban N Soon. Dut' str. 222 tons, (Mink, June 80. From Sambas, June 28. O.c. and d.p. Thouy Ek. For I'ontianak. July 2. Kds. l'ocn. l>ut. sti. -j:;.".' ton-. I'.ipuin Brust. June 80. Froru ltilliton. June 28. O.c. and d.p. S. A^oui y Lu\. For Batavia.
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  • 102 7 Wharves at which Vessels are Berthed To- Day. tanjongTpaoar. East Whakf Basin Nil. W. Sbctioh No. L.Tarn, Paklat. Shbirs Whabf Nil. Main W. Sbct. No. 2...Kamakura Maru. -{...Hymettiis. i,* n 4...l)aisai Maru, Graf Straganaff. 5 -Sandakan. a 6...Laomedon, Circe, Deucalion. Nkw Dock 7.
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  • 103 7 '-Oitfvals. 1 Per str. .lipara, June 80. From Paleiubang Messrs. Sohricclir and Leopold. Per str. Kura Sang, June 80. From Hongkong: Messrs. Fish, Denver, Bell Y. Buckshot. l'er str. (iiang SeDg, June 80. From Samarang Messrs. F. J. Muller, W. R. Williams and Mrs. F. Missey and
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  • 200 7 Michael Feeney, a mechanic in a forge works in Brooklyn, New York, was crushed to death by a five-ton steam hammer, despite a heroic attempt made by James Murray, his comrade, to rescue him. The ponderous hammer had been stopped while the workmen were at lunch
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  • FINANCE AND COMMERCE.
    • 106 7 SmoAi-oiu, July 1, 1918. O* London Bank 4 m/s Demand Private 6 m/a 8 m/a Ok Oikmavi Bank d/d Private 8 m/a 2/4 i-i 2/4*S a/4|l J 2/4*1 288J 248* On Franci Bank d/d 204 Private 8 m/a 2994 On India Bank T. T. Private 80 d/e 174] 176J
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    • 152 7 SlXOAPOU, .Tl'LY 1, 191B. Gambier 0 87i do (Cube No. 1) unpicked 18.00 Copra Snndried 12.20 do Mined 11.90 Pepper, Black buyers 1926 do White 6% buyers 33.80 Sago Floor Sarawak 8.48 do Brunei No. i nom. Pearl Sago 4.20 Coffee Bali 28.J0 Coffee Palembang, 10% basi» 80.00 Tapioca,
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  • TO-DAY'S STOCKS AND SHARES,
    • 162 7 f 8 6 a Bayers. Selle Value 10 10 Ampang 8.50 9.50 10 10 Belat Tic 2.60 2.86 10 10 Bruang 1.00 10 10 Kanaboi 2.06 2.25 10 10 Kampar par 10 10 Kinta Association 13.00 14.C0 U £1 Kinta Tin 1.15.0 2.1.0 El £1 Lahat Miner 1.-'.fi 1.5.0
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    • 582 7 f? c Buyers. Sellers, falue <2 J 2/- Allagai 2/1* 1/7 £1 £1 Anglo Java S/8 6/I/- 2/- Anglo-Malay 10/1 j 11/1 2/- BstaneMalaka 1/9 2/8 El £1 Batu Tiga 2.8.9 2.16.6 El XI Bukit Kajang 2.:i.0 2.7.4 El 41 Bukit Lintang 8.15.0 4.10.0 norn I/- 21- Bukit MerUjam
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    • 104 7 vs£l Bnyere BeUerß 41 41 B. Smelting Co. 18/8 19/£1 41 PreL 1.8.8 1.4.8 6/- 0/- Electric T'wtya 8/- 4/10 10 Fruer h Noave 60.00 51.00 100 Howarth Erskino 60X0 100 7%Pref. 96.0 C 100.00 100 100 Kate Bro, Def. 130.00 140.00 10 10 Maynard Co. 20.00 Zuei 100
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 49 7 Operation Averted. I>o yon know ti. it a very large per cent of supposed cases of appendicitis are only an inflammation of the bowi U brought on oy constipation Chamberlain's Tablet* care constipation even after it becomes choronic. Oire them a trial. For sale by all Dispensaries and Dealers.
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    • 129 7 AUCTION SALES. Powell and Co. •luly 2. -At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at 10. July 2.— At saleroom. Steam Tip Waggon, at 2 30 July '2.— At No. 68, North Bridge Rd., and Nos. 2 and 8, Hong Hin Court, stock-in-trade etc., at 10.80. July 4. At saleroom, unredeemed pledges, at
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    • 202 7 SPRINGBOK Genuine Magaliesberg Tobacco. MANUFACTURED IN THE r"ir^ -sym^-»> mm, m ~a $1.20 per lb. SOLD EVERYWHERC. IN ADDITION TO OUR OWN MANUFACTURES, WK ARK SOLK AOINTB FOR ft, Babcock and Wiloox' Boilers. V vV Davey, Faxman Suction Gas Plants, A Portable Engines, Etc. Greening's Screening. Send T. *W. Smith's
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    • 188 7 HARIMA HALL CINEMATOGRAPH.' NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. TO-NIGHT' at 9-3O TO-NIGHT!! BIOORAPH COMEDY DRAMA, THE PERFIDY OP MAR Y. Rosu ia sent by her father to hit eoantiy ooomo, Mary, to separate ber from ber oity lover, Mary has jast thrown over ber country lever in favour of a Lothario. When
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  • 1014 8 The Straits Times. TUESDAY, JULY 1. CAREERS FOR EX-SOLDIERS. No one who has tbe slightest regard for the welfare of the British nation can feel otherwise than deeply thankful that the War Office has at last prepared a scheme for giving to soldiers, while they are serving with the colour?
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  • 10 8 The R. E. quarterly inspection of barracks commenced this morning.
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  • 29 8 The India Office is arranging to send fifty replicas of the portrait of the King in coronation robes and crown to India for High Courts and other public buildings.
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  • 37 8 A fancy bazaar for the benefit of the poor supported by the Society of St. Vincent De I'aul will be held at the Victoria Memorial Hall, on Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 13, at R p.m.
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  • 28 8 The new motor launch service between Tanjang Katong and Johnston's Pier was inaugurated this morning, a number of seaside residents making the first trip from the Seaview pier.
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  • 70 8 Viscount T.lamlaff, the net personalty of whose estate has been sworn at iilOti.HOl, was another great lawyer who did not comply with all the legal formalities in making his will. He failed to observe the formality of having an alteration attested by tbe witnesses. This alteration was the interlineation of
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  • 11 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 5 and 11.
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  • 38 8 A Greek named Karadimas ha» been arrested in Hongkong on a charge of larceny at Shanghai. The man, it is alleged, is one of a gang that has been committing thefts at various places in the Far East.
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  • 42 8 Tbe staff of the C. E. M. Society desire to express their thanks to all the kind friends who by their generous gifts and willing and helpful personal service and support mado the recent sale the success it has proved to be.
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  • 47 8 A Tamil named Yytilingam was fined 915 this morning iv the second court for causing hurt to Gob Ah Jiak. The men quarrelled in Victoria Street yesterday and in the course of the dispute, the accused struck the Chinaman in the eye. inflicting a rather nasty wound.
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  • 47 8 On Monday morning, No. 1 Company Boy Scouts, Selangor, to the number of 61, left Kuala Lumpur to go into camp at Port Dickson. They were in charge of Scout Master Barber, and Mr. Bennett E. Shaw, the head master of the Victoria Institution, also accompanied them.
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  • 55 8 Great preparations are being made iv the New York home of the Carnegies for the coming out next year of the daughter of the house. A large ballroom is being specially constructed for the ball which will mark Miss Margaret Carnegie's debut, and which will be one of the grandest
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  • 62 8 Despite the doubtful weather, there was an exceptionally large number of guests at the special dinner and dance held in Raffles Hotel on Saturday night. At dinner the big saloon was full of people and the charming decorations on the tables gave a nice effect to the scene. There was
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  • 82 8 Electric light lias been installed in every nook and corner in Westminster Abbey, and it banishes for ever the atmosphere of ecclesiastical gloom that is usually associated with churches and, in particular, with the historic tombs of our English Valhalla. The new scheme of illumination has taken three years to
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  • 91 8 "Some of oar old parish registers can vie with the minute book of the Ugly Club in unflattering descriptive sketches, observes a writer in the Daily Chronicle. In the registers of Seasalter, Kent, for instance, we are told of the marriage in 1744 of John Housdon, a gape-mouthed, lazy fellow
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  • 104 8 A Manila paper reports that tbe price paid by Mr. A. M. Barretto for the Oriental Brewer}' Company's plant in Hongkong was •220,000. Under" the direction of Engineer Walen, of the Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific company's staff, the Hongkong plant is rapidly being dismantled for shipment to Manila, and within
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  • 99 8 As will be seen from the advertisement of the Singapore Poultry and Dairy Farm, Ltd., appearing elsewhere, a quantity of new cows from Australia will shortly arrive, thereby enabling the farm to adequately supply their present customers, and to accept a limited number of new ones. A unique feature of
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  • 108 8 A wonderful story of perseverance and ability leading to great success lies behind the career of Mr. Kichard Burbidge. the managing director of Messrs. Harrods, the great London store, who has purchased the Osborne and Albert Cottages at East Cowes, belonging to Princess Henry of Battenberg. Mr. Burbidge came to
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  • 111 8 After four days' bearing the judicial committee of the Privy Council, including Mr. Ameer Ali, has given judgment in favour of the appellant Vaithanatba Pillai, who was sentenced to death by the session judge at Tanjore for abetting the murder of his daughter-iii law, the sentence being afterwards confirmed by
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  • 136 8 On Friday next, and nightly thereafter, at the Theatre Koyal, Walter -Morris will present A Night In The Orient," consisting of modern, mediaeval, and ancient magic, and in which is introduced the Mysterious Cave, described as unearthly, weird and uncanny, as well as mirth provoking. In this illusion Miss Mario
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  • 407 8 Mr. H. L. Hopkin, of the Bangkok Times, Bangkok, in on a short holiday to Singapore. The wedding is announced at San Francisco of Lieutenant W. H. Wilterdink, formerly paymaster of the I'.S.S. Helena, stationed at Shanghai, and Miss Amy Hanson, one of the most charming of
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  • 50 8 The Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Hongkong University (Dr. Francis Clark) has been officially informed that the General Medical Council of Great Britain has decided to recognise the degrees in medicine and surgery of the University, granted after examination, for registration in tbe medical register.
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  • 121 8 At the next Children's Concert, to be given on Friday afternoon at the Victoria Hall at 5. 15, the string band of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, under Mr. Moss's direction, will play the following selection of pieces:--March, Ceux la Classe (Turlet) Pracludiuui (Jarnefeldt) Interlude, Let's be
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  • 160 8 His Excellency the Governor Sir A. 11. Young, K.C.M.G., has been pleased by an in strumeut under the public seal of the Colony, to constitute and appoint the Hon. K. J. Wilkinson, C.M.G., to be his deputy during his absence in the X.M.S., whither he goes by
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  • 255 8 The main point in dispute between Servia and Bulgaria is thus stated by The Times The treaty concluded between the two States before the war denned the limits of Macedonia in cane it should be created an autonomous province, and made a rough itvision of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 184 8 I ANoAN A NATURAL TONIC WATER IN PINTS AND SPLITS. FRESH STOCKS ARRIVE MONTHLY THE TRADE SUPPLIED. GALDBEGK, MACGREGOR GO., SOLE AGENTS HERCULES PILSENER BEER. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. WOLSELEY The Cm of Refinement and Reliability I" These Cars have now been before tbe motoring community for a number of
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    • 119 8 A Splendid Detective Drama IN TWO PARTS Thrilling and Absorbing A WOMAN'S WIT WILL BK BCMKNKD TO-NIGHT AT THE ALHAMBRA Bbach Road Sbcohd Show, 9.80 to 11 p.m. toobthkb with 5 Other New Picture; 5 TIM Polloi Trio, Imperium Film. TIM Uninvited SuMt. Visit to the Government Priatlnf worht. waihlngton.
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  • 173 9 FURTHER REPORTS OF FIERCE FIGHTING. Greek King Joins His Army. Dir OsTASiATiacHi Lloyd Tblioram. Berlin, June 30. Oreco- Turkish negotiations are about to take place, and representatives bare already arrived at Constantinople. The Roumanian minister at sotia officially declares that Kou mania, in cane of war, reserves her
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  • 68 9 A Mistaken Vote and Its Consequences. Rbctib's Tblbobam. London, June 80. A Berlin message says it appears that the Centre voted for taxation of the Federal Princes in mistake and defeat of the proposal on the third reading is therefore certain, in which event the Socialists as well
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  • 56 9 Effort to Acquire Building for The Nation. Kjctih's Tilbssam. London, June 80. The Times is giving prominence to a fund it is opening in response to an appeal by the Lord Mayor to secure the £90,000 still required to purchase the Crystal Palace for the nation. The
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  • 47 9 Rrutrr's Tklkoram. London, June 80. The Ht. Hon. A. Lyttelton, who became seriously indisposed at the foreign Office dinner on Jane 26, lias undergone a serious operation. Later. Mr. Lyttelton is not yet out of danger and then' is but slight ground for hope.
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  • 33 9 Kbutbb's Tblbqbam. London, June 30. Sir B. Gillot has died at Sheffield. The death has occurred of Mr. John E. A. Dick -Laudet, director of several rubber companies in Malaya and Java.
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  • 33 9 Rbutib's Tklkgram. London, June 80. A Wellington cable says Sir lan Hamilton will visit New Zealand in 1914 to report on the results of tbe present system of military training.
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  • 18 9 KbDTBB'S TBLBQKAM. London, June DO. At Chesterfield, Leicestershire beat Derbyshire by an innings and 48 runs.
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  • 32 9 li«kI i«k 1 1 imi ri-,1 u« Lloyd Tblbobmm. Berlin. June 80. Owing tc the prolonged occupation of Scutari, marines are taking the place of the detachment of German sailors.
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  • 26 9 Dia OiTAgiATistHß Lloyd Tslbqbam. Berlin, June 80. The members of the German colony at Antwerp have contributed voluntarily 351,000 marks towards the military funds.
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  • 34 9 Dm Ostamatushb Lloyd Tblbqbam. Berlin, June 80. A report from Geneva, published in Paris, says the Khedive, who is staying there, baa signed a degree for a constitution. This is Mi confirmed.
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  • 515 9 Chief Justice Finds in Favour of Defendants The Chief Justice (Sir \V. H. Hyudmat Jones) continued the bearing yesterday, o! the action in which J. A. Wijeyekoon, ol 10, Orchard Road, claimed damages amount ing to 95,000 from K. Mohamed Hoosain and K. Savoo Ounny, boatmen, on
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  • 253 9 Landowner Held Liable for Cause Of Destruction. Judgment was delivered by Mr Justice SprouFe in the Supreme Court to-day in a case of considerable interest. The plantiffs were a Chinese woman named Lim Seng Neo and her family and they sought to recovtr damages from Syed Ahmad
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  • 156 9 Keplying to a query from the Bombay Chamber of Commerce requesting an opinion on the representation of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha concerning the shipping rate war, the Bengal Chamber have replied that the Japanese Government's subsidy is so large as to permit the Nippon running the Calcutta
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  • 114 9 Admiralty orders are issued for tbe armoured cruiser Leviathan to refit at Chatham Dockyard, at a cost of £101,750. The work will take nine months. The Leviathan, which is one of the Drake class of armoured cruisers— carrying two 9.2 in. guns and 16.6 in. (juick firerb, and steaming 23
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  • 326 9 THE PORTS OF SINGAPORE AND PENANG. Ports Ordinance Confirmed. A Government Gazette extraordinary was published yesterday as follows: Whereas an ordinance to constitute boards for the management and control of the ports of Singapore and Penang was passed in the Legislative Council on the 80th day o Angast,
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  • 414 9 > Suggesting Doubling of Present Service. As oar correspondence columns have recently shown, says the Pioneer, the feeling is growing that India deserves more than a weekly mail service with Europe. Tbe renewal of the contract with the P. and O. Company comes under consideration this year
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  • 156 9 A timely and praiseworthy rescue of a Chinese from drowning was effected by Mr. O. W. Sewell, who is a cashier in the office of Messrs. Deacon, Looker, Deacon, and liarston, at Hongkong, on June 22. Just after one of the ferry boats had left the pier
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  • 40 9 Bare feet are now the fashion in Parisian Society circles. The new vogue was started by a leading star of the Coined ie Francais, who has beautiful feet. She began wearing sandals, and all the smartest woman followed her example.
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  • 1277 9 ESTIMATE OF CROP GREATLY EXCEEDED. Dividend Outlook. The third ordinary general nieetiug of tbe Bujong Rubber Estate, Limited, was held on Jane 3, at the offices of the company, London House, New London Street, E. C. Mr. M. S. Parry (chairman) presiding. The Chairman said Gentlemen, the report
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  • 635 9 Thousands of Books Destroyed at Mudies. Damage running into thousands of pound! was done by a fire at the well-known pro misee of Messrs. Mudies' Select Library, it New Oxford Street, early on the morning ol June 6. At least 30,000 books were destroy ed. Many were of
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  • 348 9 Japanese to Manufacture The Panama, Old Cores loved its topknot so devotedly that somr years ago, when Home ardent Corean reformers induced their Government to issue a decree ordering Coreans to discard that style of hair dressing in favour of the foreign, riots occurred in
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  • 146 9 FATAL FALL OF AVIATOR AT BRIGHTON. Two Killed in France. Hiutbb's Tblioram London, June 30. The aviator Wight wax flying at Brighton when his aeroplane fell owing to engine trouble, and White sustained injuries from which he shortly afterwards died. At Liege, the aviator Parisot was flying across
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  • 40 9 Diß OtTASIATMCBB LloVI) TILIOKA* Berlin, June 80. A Constantinople report declaring that there is a hitch in the Bagdad negotiation* with Germany on the question of shipping on the Tigris is denied. The negotiations are still proceeding.
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  • 23 9 DlB OsTASUTlSCHI LLOTD TlLlUiAM Berlin, Jane 30. The Kaiser baa approved of Mr. Justice Gerard as American Ambassador at Berlin.
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  • 19 9 Dm Ostasiatisohi Lloyd Tbuoraii Berlin, Jane 30. Mr. Daniels' TurmfalUe has won the Ham burg Derby.
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  • 16 9 Dkr Ostasiatisohi Lloyd Telegram. Berlin, June 30. Hriniirjoui' has rtown from Stockholm W Copenhagen.
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  • 563 9 Vessel Still on the Scarborough Reef. As the salvage work wears on and the various interests are uncovered by protests and claims the international Rcope of the Nippon controversy expands and development disclosed that its ramifications extend to three empires M well as to Sweden and the
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  • 2396 10 Kombok (F.MS Rubber. CONDITION OF THE PROPERTY. Crop Estimates. The second annual general meeting of the Kombok iKMSi Rubber Company. Ltd., was held on June 5, at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, B.C., Mr. Ronald W. Giblin (the chairman, presiding. The Chairman sai 1 i (Jentlemen, The directors' report and
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  • 86 10 I Professor Frederick Braendel, the official I translator to th« United States Government, and an accomplished philologist, has invented a new language called Veltlanfr, sayß the Daily News New York correspondent. It is based upon English, and be is confident that it will displace Volapuk and Esperanto as a world-language.
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  • 13 10 [The Straits Times is not responsible for the opinions of its correspondents.]
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  • 532 10 To the Editor of tbu Straits Times. Sir,— l am afraid the time is hardly yet ripe for the institution of a society having for its object the preservation and protection of ancient buildings and monuments, but notwithstanding this I think some scHeme might be put
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  • 557 10 Increased Crop But Less Profits. The third annual ordinary general meeting of the Madingley (Malay) Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on Jane 3, Mr. W. P. Metcalfe presiding. In moving the adoption of the report and accounts, tho Chairman said that the crop exceeded the manager's estimate
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  • 358 10 Will Ships Replenish Tanks At Colombo? The question has been pat to us, says the Times of Ceylon, whether, with the advent of oil-driven engines, it will be found necessary for vessels usint{ liquid fuel to replenish their tanks at Colombo. It is pointed out
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  • 456 10 Steps to Obviate High Costs And Labour Troubles. The ordinary genoral meeting of the shareholders of tho Hidden Streams Rubber Syndicate, Limited, was held on June 5, Mr. C. T. Sidgwick (chairman of the company) presiding. The Chairman said that it was very disappointing that the accounts
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  • 257 10 Armed Brigands Rob Railway Passengers. A passenger from Vladivostok to Tsuroga told an extraordinary story recently to the Asahi correspondent there concerning an act of brigandage which is alleged to have occurred on the Siberian Railway on May 30. He says that a mail train bound
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  • 411 10 Swede Wins the Stamford Bridge Contest. In the Daily .News and Leader. Tain thus describes the Marathon race from Windsor to Stamford Brioge on May 81; Memories of that sweltering day at the Stadium when Dorando staggered into the arena were revived at Stamford Bridge, where Alex. Ahlgren,
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  • 341 10 A Midnight Elopement, Love in A Cave. Truth is stranger than fiction, and romance more real and more :liril: ing than that of the printed page— encircles us, yet we see it not. At the Court of Mr. Paul E. Pieris, District Judge of Colombo, on June
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  • 207 10 A new and very interesting means of practising and improving one's game at bil tiards has been invented and patented in India and England by a well-known amateur billiard player, Dr. L. J. Bischoff of Lucknow Strange to say, no billiard table or balls are needed,
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  • 96 10 When LinggU risu the market beams. And members wake from idle dreams. Keen buyers come, from far and near, For large and small shares cheap or dear— It doesn't matter, so it seems. Thus prices all advance wit!' streams Of eager purchasers— each deems The absolute millennium
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  • 227 10 Henley Royal Regatta opens to-morrow and ttu' N.I!.A. Bisley meeting commences on July 14. Tho Ladies Lawn Tennis Club American Tournament, due to commence on the '2nd inst., will commence on the 3rd inst., if the ground is then fit for play. Eighteen of the English ponies which
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  • 106 10 S.C.C. Tournament The following ties will be played to-ilay Single Hani>rai\ T. C. Hay v. \V. J. Turnbull. •I. H. Mackail v. M. B. MoKhb. W. H. Throlfall v. F. W. I.yall. H. Elphick v. R. D. Pitceotl.ly. L. T. Wakeford v. R. Scoular. FiiiKXDLY Pairs. Macdonald and
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  • 139 10 Tainan Manikam F.C. The half-yearly general meeting of Taman Manikam Football Club was held at tin -ir club house. No. 178-A, Cross Street, on Juno 14. The account for the past six months were approved. It was resolved to remove from the present clubhouse to Qrove Road (Cashin Reserve),
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  • 111 10 Tjandi Sport Club. The Spalding medal competition at the Tjandi Sports Club was played on June 21 and 22, match play against bogey with twothirds of handicap, with the following results: 'inner J. Dalton 4 d J. K. Owen 5 H. C. Beels 6 I! Butterworth 7 E. T.
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  • 208 10 Baron Schrottky, whose research work for the development of indigo cultivation is well known, has addressed a letter to the Revenue and Agricultural Department of the Govern ment of India setting forth the results which he claims to have achieved. He points out the value cf an indigo
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  • 7 10 Bukit Kubu.— 2,ooo lbs,
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  • 589 11 Famous Cheapside Building And The Police. Canon Masterman, the rector, has stated that in view of tbe troublous times in which we live the authorities of Bow Church, in Cheapnide, have placed sets of the church keys in the hands of the police, so that access
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  • 234 11 By the banks of Thames river a little bird sat, Singins only Marconi, Marconi And I said to him, Birdie, pray what are you at Singing only Marconi, Marconi What horrible news is disturbing your rest? Have German invaders been rifling the nest Alas," he replied, as he
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  • 87 11 Dancing is prohibited for the members of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service, except when on leave of absence and away from their stations, Colonel Seely stated in the House of Commons in reply to Captain Faber. Ami.l laughter Captain Faber asked if the prohibition was issued
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  • 349 11 Australian Politician on Eastern Conditions. 4 Mr. G. M. Prendergast, for the past seven years leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Victoria, Australia, is making a tour of the world to study political, social, and economic conditions. Interviewed at San Francisco Mr. Prendergast referred to the
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  • 482 11 Ten Per Cent. Dividend For The Year. The report ff the Oriental Rubber Company for the year ended December 31, 1912, states that the estimates of crop were based on a total yield of 82,000 lb., afterwards raised to 100,000 lb. but the latter figure was exceeded
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  • 150 11 A story of his delegation to the meeting at Shanghai which ended in tbe republic will be remembered, says Putman Weale when writing of Son Vat Sen. Tbe last of the six who made the republic of China is Dr. Sun Vat Sen, last and also least.
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  • 781 11 Prices Quoted in tbe Market This Morning. Singapore, July 1, 1918. Messrs. Lyall and Evan, Exchange and Share Broken, issue tbe following list of [notations this morning I The fables of old are oftentimes told We read of The Fox and the Crow It is aad to
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    • 46 11 OoujfHini^ Into Cona v m p t i on ObJj a O*s«b but yoa (tof white II b) ONLT a oooßfa. WATERBURTS METABOLIZED COO LIVER OH. COMPOUND Tte Ibml prepfatioa madi few eoßobatuag aarere ooagba, OUUB any ooo«h thai hi MtjaeoHb. Very palatal* •IJW aaa»a 9&.0*.
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    • 217 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. BABY ORGANS Prices from $25. S. Moutrie ft CO., LTD. THE RITZ THE GARLTON THE LANGHAM THE BAVOY THE CECIL One and all supply DENIS MOUNIES BRANDIEB. Why? Quality Tells. Garner, Quelch Co., •Mf AM VIRIT MERCHaIU. Battery Road, Singapore. Telepbcne 861 THE DRY CLEANING DEPOT. Has removed
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    • 315 11 THERE ARE MANY VIRQINIA CIGARETTES, BUT ONLY ONE Embassy. o^9ssW»4^^^^^fe^^^M^aato^sft^^^ •^■•r^tsßiJsCr^CSC^^^Ußßk -jrsr iK^* I Virginia r l^S-.'j cigarettes j\ hjmSl i In Tins of 50 and 25. SOLD EVERYWHERE. Rallies Hotel SPECIAL DINNER AMD SKATING AFTER DINNER On Saturday, July 5, MUSIC by the PARISIAN TRIO. STAMFORD HOUSE. Im ■Mah
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  • 1092 12 NEW TO WEST COAST SUGGESTED. Interview With an Engineer. Oar recent articles on the question of improved railway connections with Siam, observes the I'inang Ua/.ette of Jane 25, led to oar receiving a call yesterday from Mr. S. Upton, A.M.1.C.E., late section engineer on the Siamese Southern line,
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  • 569 12 Society Ladies Imitate Princess Mary. There is a distinct tendency to revive horse riding and driving on the part of people who can well afford to indulge in them. There was a fine display of well-groomed carriage horses in Hyde Park, drawing, in most instances,
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  • 531 12 Twenty Years of Adventure In Cannibal Land. Collecting butterflies and moths does not sound adventurous work, and many a youthful Saul of Tarsus after birds' eggs has despised his more recondite brethren of the nets, the lantern, and the sugar pot bat sitting in a machan shooting tigers
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  • 396 12 Profit Devoted to Wiping Off Expenses. The third ordinary general meeting of tbe Jasin (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Ltd, was held on June 2, at Winchester House, Old Broad Street, EC, Mr. T. Ritchie (chairman of the company) presiding. Tbe Chairman, in moving the adoption of the report
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  • 618 12 Forthcoming Arrivals and Departures. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alter their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list in London:
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  • 68 12 Dr. San Vat-Sen went down to Hongkong from Shanghai by the Arcadia on Jane 20 and left almost immediately for Macao, where one of his daughters is lying seriuasly ill. On the Sunday he went to Hongkong to meet Mr.Wu Hon Man, who has just been dismissed from the Governor
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  • 812 12 FAVOURABLE OPINIONS OF JUDGES. Singular Testimony. "Of all the devices for good government which the genius cf the English people has evolved, of all those institutions which they reverence as tbe safeguards of their liberty, none perhaps has been more deeply cherished at home nor more widely
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  • 168 12 A scathing arraignment of tbe detective bureau of the New York Police Department is contained in the report of the Corran Committee. It claims, among other things, that partnerships exist between detectives and criminals. The report on police conditions instances a case in which a man named
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  • 80 12 Many English people drop their religion in the Channel, and sometimes do not pick it up again when they oome back to England, said Lord Kinnaird at the annual meeting of the Paris City Mission at the Aldersgate V.M.C.A. Daring the last fifty years, he added,
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    • 419 12 LIBBY'S ASSORTED SOUPS Are packed in cases containing 48 tins, say, one month's supply. The Assortment Is made up from the following Soups TOMATO. MOCK-TURTLE. OX-TAIL CHICKEN. MULLIGATAWNY AND VEGETABLE. SOLE AGENTS I J. TRAVERS SONS, LTD., Singapore. 110 k 80 18 To yaiioua^'goods landed we have a CHOICE SELECTION
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    • 465 13 Beck's Keyjteer is the favourite drink all over J the East and popular with -r Everybody owing to its excellent quality. f Largest Sale. S-.: Behn, Meyer isl BRITIBH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. FOR PENANG, RANGOON AND CALCUTTA. The Company's* Steamer DUNBKA, 6,410 tons, C. H. Lane, Commander, will
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    • 705 13 STEAMER SAILINGS. COMBINED ■■RVIGB OP THE OCEANS. 8. CO.. LTD.. A THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8 N. CO.. LTD. BITWBIM F^amantla (Perth), North Waat Australian Ports, Juv« and Singapore. Kegniar Fortnightly sailing* between iinfnye. and Western Australia, calling at Java (»8 indcoement offers), Derby, Kinpe Scond (Prrt fcr the Kimberley Gold
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    • 449 13 STEAMER BAIUNSS. TOYO KISEN KAISHA (Oriental S.S. Co.) and WESTERN PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. The New Route Via China, JapirT, Honolola, »re San Kraaeiteo to tU points in the United States, MCanada Mexico and Bnrops •FiratKf tht Urn lI.ONtM Tripk Ssftw TitMn Uwn\ "Ibhsfo Ban" "TM )4 Hir wi Ikli* alare,"
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    • 1121 14 BIN6APORE 8 ONLY COMPANY. LARGEST PAID-UP CAPfTAL OF ANY EABTEBJ COHf AMY. PROSPEROUS and PROGRESSIVE. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE 1 Winchsster House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 1 82, Old Jewry, EC. Tbe Company has £20.000 deposited with tbe Supreme Conrt of Bngland, aad oomplies with tbe
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    • 404 14 BANKING, THE GHINEBE COMMERCIAL BANK. LIMITED. NEW PREMISES, 64, Kling Street, Singapore. AUTHORISED CAPITAL 14,000 000 ISSUED CAPITAL WOOoioOO BOARD OF OIREGTOR8 1 Lee Choon Guan, Esq. Chairman. Lim Peng Siang.Esq. Cheok Cheng See, Scow Bng Tin, Esq. Esq. Yeo Cheng Hai, Bsq. Tan Sian Cheng, Esq. Tan Chay Van,
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    • 925 14 INSURANCE. ENDOWMENTS. l\ b Do^ n ssT m A^lvß^T ?T fam liar tO the publio dft y than t.MUUWMBNT ASSURANCE, bat sometimes its terms are not aaite understood. ENDOWMENT ASSURANCE stands for Protection," Investment and Saving," and makes but one demand on the holder, viz., "to pay tbe annual preminm."
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  • 1191 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Oil Standardisation. A very opportune article appear^ in the I Times Engineering Supplement concerning the doubts which surround the subject of liquid fuel and the impossibility of knowing with any degree of certainty what the quality and constituents of any given
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    • 177 15 CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LIMITED, Motor and Electrical Engineers. Suppliers of PETROL LORRIES VANS TO CARRY LOADS OF FROM 1O CWTB. TO 4 TONS. Motor Boats of all Types, Reciprocating and Internal Ferry and Harbour Service Combustion Machinery, Launches Crude Qn En^ neB< BoilerB Cruisers and Fishing Boats, CaBtingSt Propellers and
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    • 139 15 Our Monthly Increasing Sales CONTINENTAL TYRES are the best proof of their popularity. Continental Tyre Rubber Company, Ltd., SINGAPORE, 17, Collyer Quay. Telephone: 290. Telegrams: "CONTINENTA." UNITED MOTOR GAR CO., No. 26. Middle Road. NEW MOTOR CARS FOR DAY and NIGHT. Repairs promptly executed. TERMS MODERATE, Telephone: 1448. 20-6-i 25-7
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    • 181 15 mThe Ambitious Clerk will make himself a typist, quick and accurate by practising at home in his leisure moments Send as $2O and we will deliver an Armstrong Typewriter (valne $100) for a full examination and trial. You can complete the purchase by making easy monthly payments. The Armstrong has
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    • 779 16 MJT In the opinion of MT\ Speed pressure or V II those who are most wjl temperature makes jj competent to judge, Jj no difference to the CHAMPION MO- lubricating value TOR OIL i, the Qf uco K most economical and most effective ventB wear and tear for all kinds
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    • 397 16 TO BE LET OB SOLD. HOUSES TO LET. To let, No. 21 and 23, Sambau Road. Apply Nathan k Son, Change Alley. 1-11 a FURNISHED BEABIDE REBIDENCEBTOLET. Belmont, Bennlire, Ben Led', off Tanjong Katong. Apply H. Somapah, 19 R\ffles Plaoe, oi 817 Serangoon Road. 39 11 n BEASIDE REBIOENGE TO
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    • 555 16 NOTICES. KMIN KIAT A CO. SHIP-CHANDLERS, 106, 108 100, Market Street. Telephone Nos. 421 and 1174. GUAN KIAT CO., SHIP-CHANDLERS OOVEBKMENT CONTRACTORS. OBMKIAL IMPORTERS AMD BXPOaTIBS AND COMMISSION AOSNTS. 87, Phillip Street. Phone 1188. Telegrms WMRMT. 19 6 n NOTICE. Syed Omar Bin Hussin Albar and Syed Mohamed bin Ahmad
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    • 679 16 SINGAPORE CLUB FIXTURES. Straits Times List. The following fixtures for the current week and important forthcoming fixtures are kindly supplied by the secretaries of the various clubs. Convenient forms on whioh to make the returns will be supplied on application to the Manager, Straits Times. Singapore Cricket Club. Friday, Hookey,
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    • 624 16 BOARD AND LOD6IN6. SILVERMNK. ORCHARD ROM. English Home, vacancies. Telephone 628. I 206 19-9 Y. M. 0. A. HOUSE. Excellent rooms, with or without board. Apply The General Seoretary. I*2 sub. o BOARD AND REBIDENGE. Two large comfortable rooms vacant, from July 1. Apply CENTRAL, c/o Straits Times. 28-6 6-7
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