The Straits Times, 20 November 1919

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26.185 SINGAPORE. THLBBDAY. NOVEMBER 20. 1919. PRICE 10 CENTS
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      105 1 MUM IWiniNEI NMENSfI 910.5Q fm taac Libby's Soups THE FINEST OBTAINABLE Tke7 »rs pr«par«jd from th« ohoioest materials *»«sr perfect •oiiitioni and -7 •xperieno©4 sksfs, tin makes iix plattf of the •>••» stmp y e« sr«r tasted. Mettri, Jbibby, Mcfieffl Jsibby state 44 If there was a way to make
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      113 1 ROBINSON CO. yir "i -'^SV'Tn v^'A^-i'' AHO WT ITI All T r W üßpflPlmßlll NEW GOODS JUST RECEIVED Patent Leather Belts, Bathing Costumes and Caps, Voile and Crepe-de-Chene Blouses, Gold and Silver Lace Trimmings, Flowers tor Millinery and Evening Wear, Black, White and Coloured Dress Tassels, Organdl Muslin Collars, Motils,
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      11 1 IDEAL QNtWEETENEI NNDENSEI MILK Prioc »ow SI *.8O I V* OM
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    Civil Officers.
    1103 2 Not to Resigo in India Without Saactien. The following resolution, aoootdisg to a Skiiia moiiiga ol October 16, bu bean isined by tbe Government of I adia The attention ol the Government of India til recently drawn to a pab'.ishsd de^pUoh of tba Seoietary ot State tot tbe
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      262 2 The All/^Bj^^^^Brit isK^ a^^€ J inlia^uLf OICIII'UCII \A i I LIGHT" CAR j;|i The Car fop the Owner Driver v l'|\ nd yoa; eoqairy Jot e»rly ds irery ti a.gAit3 I WE4RNIBROI., Singapore ITAIURD COTOR CO., LJt, PREMO ROOFING 1. I- the test and soat datable felt tooAaß bow ia
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      547 2 ILITTLE GIRL'S I FACEi SIGHT Spots Spread AH Over Her. Cuticura Healed > "My little gill had a very bad back, bead, and fa«. The trouble started --^k. like little spots and spread all over \j?(/^)[\ her, and I bad to cut i^^l ball her hair off. It yyfli i
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      154 2 'ifAjf Wear Mat Worried tfook a^^e^Y \/01l or>.^ wore /ottable 6\±ffZfa GASOLENE AUrOIOBILE CO. BIACHIROAD NEXT TO RAFFLES HOTEu RELIABLE MOTOR CARS FOR HIRE BerliDg Magnetos 1, 4 and 6 cylinders Second t«o JSToa^sLeß Motor Accessories for sale 'Phone 755 Two masked eeoaonuea make Oikiand owaerahip profitable. Oae, the low
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    BOW STREET.
    628 3 The Parent of London's Police System. The ormirjg sale ot tbe freeholds ot Bow Street Polioe Court and station, says tbe Morning I'cst, recalls tbe attention of Londoners to one ot their oldest institutions. Bow Street, tbe thoroughfare, is nesrly three hundred years of age. Aoeording to Strype
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    HONGKONG PIRACIES.
    260 3 Grim Struggle at Deid Of Night. The Yaomati »nd Shttusuipo Polioe effect(J v ry fhimI oaptare, on November 8, night, 1 1 ..nen men who Me believed to have bitn icvoktd In tie icoent piracies and marder at Lamms and Lema Islands. Acting on intoimation, Sergeants Murphy and
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    63 3 A medal oommemorating tbe arnristioe wu pteacnfed to eaob of tbe pupils of Grant inkid sobooln in HoDpk t <« oo November 11. Oo tbe obreise, tbe med>l bears a repreprnU tion of BriUcri* with (be inscription Hong koBR jost below it and. on tbe reverse, a wreatb of rones,
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    70 3 (heat picBsurs is being brought on a StnttRard pablibti'Dg Btm to prevent the publicatioD of the tbiid Yoluroet f Bumarok'* |memoiig, deftling with tbe ti Kaieei. It it understood that tfce Icid < i Eawerio, who it at Ametoa^eD, in Hallaod, deepttobed iifloential ariatcorats to 8tattgaid to remon ■•rate with
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      462 3 A GREAT TONIC fZi r+iJL A Great Observer LuigiGaiaani *^T/ Galoani in 1 791, u'as preparing soup of frogs' ■>>^A^ l e S f or h' s u-ife. and in seeking the cause of a tfrf, mb^bl twitch of their muscles, he uas led to the great _/iSB lanrH^Bt discovery
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      462 3 STEiHER SAILINGS. FIR PEMM MID CALCUTTA Thelailo Chins 3 N Go's steamer Namaaag 4,086 tons, is intended to sail for above ports oa or akout Thursday, November 30. For further information, apply ta BOUSTBAD CO., Ageata. Biagapore, November 18, 1919 FROM NEW YORK FOR ILOILO AND SHANGHAI FOR NEW YORK
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      138 3 STEAMER SAILINGS FOR PENANB AND RANGOON a.l. Samnaiaa will le despatched for abore poets akcut Friday, November 31, at aoua. veaael baa acoon medatioa tor Drst-olaas passengers. For height and passage, apply t: BTBAIT3 STBAM3HIP Co., Lid TOYO KISEN KAIBHA (laoorporated ia Japaa) Fop SAN FRANCISCO Takiag cargo to all
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      435 3 STEAMER SAILINGS. MWTMLU IT BUM! PHtLP LWI llnaaaraaann Avaraaiia) SniaAraaa t» Java Pears, Peat Daana, T'acasDAi liiajid, Baiamaaa aad Stdbbi, fU Taaaas Stbatts, also with traashiamtai tt Jther Vicroaun, Soctb AusTaAiua aai Haara Quaaaaaaan Pears, Bairun Maw OenraA, Nbw Bbitam, Tasmabu tad Maw Zbaiaud Paara. auppoaimtts Balllnga 8.8. Mataram Dee.
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      382 4 ITEAMI IMLimt, NIPPON YUBEN KAISHA (laeeaveaataa m JAraa) «aMMP Mall OoniMMt tartha hha jM»g»fl dapanaaa wapaaeanh. (InhrMt to alteratUai wltboat eatlat.) lUUPEAN UNI r»T>inni Saanai Mr aaiaooa, Peaaat, laloMM, lav, laaaaa aaa Aatwara. (Tta Buea Oaaal) Yokohama Mara Nor. 30 Tatsußo Maru (oalliag at Hamburg) cad Not. Tamba Mara Dee.
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      563 4 tTEAMEI tMLMM. Pi Oi- British India AJID Apcar Line (Companies laoorporated la Bagfaag) MAIL AND PASSENGER UKVIOJB PINIMIULAR AND ORIBMTAL M (Oadet Ooatraot with His Majesty's QoTetaiaaat) Tbe Oempany'i MAIL •BRVIOBg BAST OP momma v an at anahMg LONDON FAR-BABTBRN SBRVIOB PROM LONOON TO MARgBikUBB 41 mMmmßml Ova Wnajapofa Lantwg
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      834 4 tTEAMEI tAILIWtt. GLEN and SHIRE JOINT SERVICE OF STEAMKKB HOMIW4MI OABNABVONSHIBI tot Loadoa aad Rotterdam Oont Mot. U GLBNAUB to* Genoa aad Loadoa itou, NoT> a 6 OABDIQANBHIRB to Genoa aad Loadoa about Nor' 28 CARMARTHBNSHIRJf te Loadoa and Antwerp afc<)n j Dee] K OUTWAmCC OLBNAPP te Hongkong, Shanghai or
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      413 4 ITlAili iAlLlit* b SSSLvs* Jk9bm2 (THEMAUBHOBENUIIHA.LTI.) (laooaroaATno n Jaraa) No. S, Do Soaaa Street. PROPOBBD SAILINGS naa SDreAFOBI (Sobjeot to ehaage wttboot aottas) Ml aAUEIun, laaaaa AH Uliaj viaPortaald CalebeaMara a 8 Alps Mara early Dm. mi aiimun No tpaoe available lado Mara early Dee. res Mm t ■mia Tia
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    DAILY TIME TABLE.
    111 5 FIXTURES Thursday, November 20. High Water, 8.85 a.m., 9.82 p.m. (Friday, November 21. ZUrh Water. 9.9 am, 1018 pan. Outward mail doe. Kerling Tin mtg Xv jtt's, noon. Saturday, November 22 High Water, 9 41 a.m., 10.80 p.m Bandar, November 23, Blah Water, 10.13 a.m., 11.3 a
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    229 5 Vessels at the Docks. Tanjomo Paoab. Easi WaABV Basim,— Bsparaaea, Manila, ttaobew. Bast Wbart.— Nam Sang, Preussen, Bmden, Teo Pao. Baaaas Whabt, Albbbt and Yiotokia Dbt Docks. Maur. Maim Wbabt. Genmei Mara, Egremont Castle, Manshe, Glenapp, Yokohama Mara. Bmpibb Dock. Arabien, Buodarra, Celebes Mara, H.M.S. Ambrose, S Submarines,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    141 5 Tooat. Pulau Samba 3.80 pm Balu Pabat 8 pm K Diokaon and P. Swettenham 8 pm Seattle 8 pm Malaooa B pm Penang and Calcutta 8 pm San Franoiaoo and New York 4 pm Pulau Gtlang 4 pm P. Sambu, Khio, Pfigi Rtjib, Tembilahan aad Indragiri 4
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    Mails for Europe.
    44 5 (Mm Report) Hun 8nre*p«u Auutid Laiot Sept. 2 Sept. 8 Sept. IS Sept. IT Sept. 16 Sept. Sept. 39 Oot. 7 Oat 11 Oot. 6 Oat. 6 Oat. 18 Oot 17 Oot. 21 Oot. 84 Not. 1 Not. 8 Not. 15
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    137 5 EXCHANOF BIKOAPOBB, NOTBMBBB SO, 1818, Or Loan—^.^.Baak 4 m/s m Demaad M l/«^ Private 8 mft 1/1 Oa Nsw T*BB...Dema»d 481 PtttatoOtdafe.. Oa raiaaa Basal 430 Oa laou Bank XT Oa H«ms«a«...Baak dM i:«»%pm Oa Bbabbbm Baak did Oa J"» »i»IT K. m us Oa f'l* 1
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      MINING
      187 5 vSLZ BoyeM> BeUeMi M II infui 11 16 11.76 1 1 Aw» Wmr 110 1 80 41 41 Kkm. KaamaUag 1.18.8 2 14.6 It 10 Kiata AssoeiaHoi 8.16 860 41 41 lUi Tia 3.8 0 3.10 .0 ion 41 41 Lftbftt MiMi TOO 7.(0 I I LißfnU Tia 4
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      GENERAL
      100 5 r3&l BeUe II 41 I. SmelM«« Oe. 14.M 10.00 II 41 i, Piel, 1.14 S 1.17 8 I/- ■leetrio T'w»js 8/S II II IWue* Netrc 44 60 46.(1 M H W.HammeaACo. 95.00 106.10 1M IN Kate BfM. 116.00 116.00 II II lUyuri O«, B.M 10.00 Buyew. Sellen. 41 41
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      DEBENTURES
      57 5 Cartedßnglneevsl%ll,tM IIM pa. Siagapote Bleotilo Tramways 8% 4863,008 norn S'poteMunicipal 1*11,878,008 pat Spore Moßioipal 4,% OII9IT tlftMSSf 18% dli S'pote Municipal 4,% of 1808 II 8*1,381 i«V'J Spore Monlelpal 4% 1,000,888 UV' B'pee Manielpal 4% 4800JM F.M.B. 8% loan 1918 11t,000,8M 103 108 8.8. 6|^loajHBlB M1,068,T88 IC4} 105* xi
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    RUBBER SHARE MARKET.
    382 5 Fmiw and 00. «nd Lymil and Ivatt's Quotation*. To-daf Prt— rnw Lriiu* Co. M?»H Mot (Hjah (II) 4te->«0 4.16 kmaLlUUfly.ffd. 866 a.SS' mi£_ lyet Hitam (»5) 16.16 16.78 16 26 IflTff Lyot Ktniag (II) US 146 180 MO Ltct Molek (tl) 186 BXO 1.86 8.(0 LwFumlK) IB.JO
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      89 5 RE BENG KONG SENG, DECEASED Ail persons having claims against tbe CBtate of ths above-aamed deeeaaed who died at Malaooa o« the Btb day of November 1818, are requested to Eend particulars in writing of their claims t« the undersigned, aa solicitor for Beng Saik Geok aad Beag Saik Lia,
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      694 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS WANTBD, experienoed »hortbaad tjpist tor offloe ia Singapore, Apply Box No. 17' Straits Times. WANTBD, experienced Chinese store keeper for general store ia Kelaataa. Apply to Box No. 174. Btralts Times. FOR SILB, five-roster, six mantis' old Potd ear. in to order. Owner leaving Colony. Apply to Box
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      640 5 FUfl TMT ARE MM TO M IPMICUTIB THB STAR OPERA lIUTII Mfat, BOBTB lIIDBI MAI Fiidty, NoTfrnber 31. a Malay a -ama HARIS PATHILAH Saturday, November St. Ga'.a Performaaee RAU BIAN BAHAB Oommoaeieg from Sonday, November 28, A bcaatftol play In two parts BIDAR SARI K. E. OBBONO, Proprietor, T.
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      452 5 AUCTION SALE Of a fine freehold boild'ig lite suitable tor a sea-side health rerort viry close to town and within Municipal Limit, situated in a reserve for road leading to the tr>a off Grove Road, Singapore, area 18,400 aq. ft. To b. held at the Commercial Rubber Cos saleroom, No.
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      280 5 THE MOTOR UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, LTD, (Incorporated In Baglaad) HEAD IFFI6ES: 10. BT. JAMES 8 STREET. LONDON. LIFf INIUIANOE Special attractive schemes ot Life Assurance iaeludiag ura inwiawivt WboUs Life, Endowment and Bdneatiosal poUelea, at rates which oompare very favourably with IhoEe of aay other Company. Fill INIUIANOE efieoted oa
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      21 5 MM lEA AND FIRE INSURANCE CO. (laeorporated ia Java iARIKE INSURANCE Geaeral Agents, Singapore. WBBBBUNK AND DYKHCI9, 8, do Sooaa Street.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    44 6 Mr. Beng Baik Geok and his brothers and Mr. Beng Cboon Cbin beg to tbank th r relations and friends who «ent v««eath« and letters and telegrams ot oondo'eaoe, and those who attended the faaetal of the tat i Mr. Bung Kong Seng.
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    The Straits Times THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. SMASHING THE LEAGUE.
    1040 6 The Straits Times THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. SMASHING THE LEAGUE. There is some difficulty in following the history ot the great struggle in Amerioa, Piesideat WiSon versus Senate, whioh appears to be ending in a total dole »l of the formr The bone ot contention is tbe I'oaoe Treaty, and more
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    11 6 Dumdum has bran aeloted as the site of tbe Oaloutta aerodrome
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    29 6 The P. and O. Co. is distributing a 89 per cent, abare bonus to dif.rred stockholders wbo receive 61 per cent, fat 1919. Thus tbe reoent rise is explained,
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    33 6 The death bas i'Hen [lase at borne ot Mr. Geotge Hay Alston, wbo was a partner of the 1 firm of Meaata. Wbittall and Co., and retired from Ceyloa about nine yean ago.
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    10 6 Tebak Tin Fiel uimited, output for Octobet was 71.82 peals.
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    21 6 The Consolidated Estates Co. declares a> final dividend of 26 pet cent., a toial of SO per cent, for tbe year.
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    21 6 The F.M.S. Robber PUoters' Estates, Ltd pays a dividend o( 85 pet oent., making 110 I per oent. tor the year.
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    28 6 In the SVC. orders the Commandant expresses his regret in rr wording the deaths 1 ot Spr. O. Flanagan, S.R.B. (V) and Pte. B. R. Miller, S V.R.
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    39 6 Vairavan Chetty, who waa sentenced at Madras on November 8 to three months' imprisonment on a charge of attempting to bribe Mr. Wood, was releaa 1 on bail by the High Court pending the appeal which he has filed.
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    53 6 Under the auapioes of tbe Friendly Band a lecture will be delived on Friday, at 8 p.m., at the C C. A. Hall, by the Ray. J. A, B. Cook, who will ppsak on Australia, and its interesting ah-Vginal racs of people. Tbe obairmto is tbe itev. W, Murray. All
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    48 6 The Siamese Qtzatte contains a royal rescript announcing t*iat the State railway is to be extended from K ,r»t to Cbon, passing through Buriraui, Sarin, and Sisaket. A commission is appointed to arrange for th expropriition ot tho land and tbe survey will be oompleted within two yeais.
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    48 6 The was taxes in the F M.S. during 1920 are estimated to bring in $66 888,689 made up as follows:- Rabbet, $2,372,255; tin and tin ore, 11,229 COO matohet, $84 1,60] motor oars, etc, 1281.720 motor oat spirit, $31,900 tobaooo, 1771,040; stamp duties, 147,975; private motor ears, 118,475.
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    47 6 The Ragia, whioh arrived at Colombo from Australia on November 7, bad on board 370 German prisoners who ate being repatriated to Germany. Daring the shin's stay in harbour it was striotly goarued by tbe Harbour Police. Further a military goard of 10 was placed on board.
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    54 6 The championship pi/j at tbe Teluk I Anson at,.i hortioultr-al Pdow on Saturday, a gold watch presen' 1 by H.H. tbe Sultan of Perak tot tbe M»'»y winning the largest o jmber of y.'.noa in the thow, was won by Mobamed Urn' 1 ot 3itiaw»i, who hri a fine display
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    59 6 At the opening of the Oriental Conference I at Bombay on November 5, the Governor said that up to now the work done by the European Orientalists bad held the field, but many Indians were now ooming to tbe front and tbeso oonferenoes would toons the attention ot Buropean scholar*
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    66 6 As a result of a serious railway accident whiob happened outside Howrah Station, Bast Indian Railway, on November 8, between two passenger trains, some 17 passen gers were injured. Mr. Whatley, tbe Bnrop \n driver ot tbe express, one of the colliding trains, is not expected to survive. Among tbe
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    85 6 Tbe outturn of cinnamon, wbioh bas for some years been steadily deoreaaing, has now beoome very low, saya a Ceylon paper. Warning that tbe growing iad.ffarnoe to the cultivation ot tbe spice in Ceylon would lead Io regrettable position was given in thcie columns a .few years ago and recent
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    94 6 Mr. O)h Hood Kiat, hon. secretary pro. tern, of the Clerks' Uaioo, writes that he had received up to Nozember 10, 1.6C2 applications for membership of the Cl .arks' Union. Those who are desirous of beaoming member! are r-.jjeat:d to apply for application forma to tho hon. s '■rotary pro.
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    98 6 Ai the cjnferenoe of tho British Chambers of Commerce jtut oonoloded at Shanghai a resolution was passad urging that diaphooes as used on all Canadian Stations an 1 D S.A. coasts should be inaugarated in all places on tbe China Coast where light houses are established, fot satvica in foggy
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    97 6 Tbe problem ot the future administration! of tbe Shan States has oontinued to engage attention (says tbe Bangkok Daily Mail). Mr. T. Lister, 1.C..5, after making a oaretal examination of tbe existing system of adminiatratioa of tbe Northern and Southern Sban States, with particular reference to those matters where improvements
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    120 6 In the House of Lords Committee cf Enquiry into the Douglas- Penant oase, neither in counsel's opening statement not in Miss Djuglas Pennant's evidence- in ohkf was tbere any bint of the sensational ohuue for wkiob tbe public had been prepared, but in oross examination Miss Douglas Pennant stated that
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    454 6 Too Hrn, Mr. E. M»cf*dyen is back from Shanghai. Ms. P. Canniohael, of Messrs Cannichael and Co., robber brokers, rotorned to Singapore by tbe Kasbgar. Mr. R. Gilnloki, general manager of tbe Sooiete des Btaias do Kiata, Kimpar, has returned from home by fee Andre Labon. HB.
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    Outward Mail.
    25 6 Information has been reoervr 1 that a supplementary mail from flarope ez tbe steamer Tydeas will arrivo io Singapsre by train tomorrow morning.
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    Demobilisation.
    91 6 The Indian branob of tbe Y.W.C.A., baft issued tbe following notioe to bodies likely to bni of cpeainga (or young women Owing to rtdaotion in the staff at r-my he- 'qc»;.eis,the sc vi: i cf certain women olerks, steiio-tvpiste, and typists may have to be dUpeue. 1 with. lam
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    Singapore Assizes.
    118 6 The oaae against Ho Eog Hwang and Npi Boon L»ng obarg^d wiib btinn in possession of forged carrency notes acd itBtti.mt.ntH and materials for forging same, was concluded at the Aaaizcß, yeeterday, before Mr. Jnatioe Brown, who renttnoed each of them to five yearn' rigorous imprisonment. A Hokien
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    The Federal Council.
    173 6 Tbe Hod. Mr. H I. < odd in to ask Ifae Federal Cooooil whether tbe GorirnmeDt will oonsider tbe advisability of creating Municipalities in tbe piinoipai towns in tbe F.M.8., in plaoe of tbe present system d Sanitary Bcaidp also has Government cod sidered tbe advisability of
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      123 6 g^gspsn^ SUPER-VALUE ■LSEWING Hr-rT machine OAVIB BEWING MACHINE N.. I|l A No. 1. Treadle Bewing Machine, l|||l g^ r\\M ocmplete witn sU statea^and ..yA U^-l U needles. •■istsw $42. 80 each. 1 No. 3. Treadle Machine, Cited fc2— iJiH HAND MACHINES $21.00 and $32.00 SkU^J INSPECTION INVITED JOHN LITTLE Co.,
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      209 6 ATTRACTIONS AT SINGAPORE 8 MODERN PICTURE THEATREB TO NIGHT TU MEM «I E 4CO, U 0 Froirktsri ALHAMBRA 7 pts. VIRTUOUS MEN I nts. Featnrisg E. K. Zmeoln. •nts. CALEB PIPER 8 BIRL < stag Featuring Helen Chad wick. (First Show) PALLADIUM i nts. THE MILLIONAIRE PIRATE pis. Featariog Monroe
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    The Cotton Trade.
    155 7 Biutib Tblbgbahb. London, November 14. Replying to tbe operatives' nqaettaito their views with regard to recent sales of cotton mills in Lancashire at greatly enhanced price*., the Federation ot Master Cotton spinners reports tbat tbe Helling prices are vary considerably below tbe ooat of ereotiag new mills.
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    Havas Survey.
    426 7 RaUTBB TBLBOBAHk I Paris, November 12. < Tbe coal prospeot ia improving, reports from French ports showing increasing arrivals of ooal. I French oireles quote with maob interest tbe declaration of -Mr. Boaar 4aw ia tbe House of Commons, stating tbat tbe English government is not at all
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    LAMPEH BRITISH MINING CO.
    70 7 aoM Cib Own Cokrbsponurmt.) Penang, November 19. At the statutory meeting of Lampeh British Mining Company, Mr. Daxbory. presiding, elated tbat the whole share oapital bad betu issued, partly in discharge ot purchase consideration and partly against subscriptions from the pcblic at par. If the final
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    26 7 Tbe Dutch etcamer Kicuw, which has criv is Colombo from Barope, brought tha aew Governor-General of Nova Goa, ia th? per.en cf D;. Jaime Castro Moraeic
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    F.M.S. Railways.
    975 7 Tbe Improved Services And Reduced Fares. We have reseived bom tbe General Manager, F.M.S. Railway? tbe following notes on tbe impending alterations in tbe train servioe and tbe reduction of passenger tares: Aa tbe result of representations made by tbe railway administration in favour of some restriction of
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    NOTES FROM MALACCA.
    651 7 (Fbom Our Own Corbbspon»bnt Malaooa, November 19. Malaooa is changing rapidly. Any one who baa been away from the Settlement lor tbe last twenty years will, oa revisiting it, And it toll of life and bustle. Tbe roads, even the up-country ones, have been considerably improved, a
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    Submarines on View.
    230 7 Large crowds ot people took advantage of the opportunity kindly given by Comminder C. B. Talbot, D 8.O., R N yesterday afternoon, to view the six aabmaiineii of the L cliBH lying in the Empire 'D ck. Obliging mtmbots cf tbe orews conduoted the viiitaie si) over
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    Local Property Auction.
    115 7 Tbe andetmentioned Singapore properties were told by auction by tbe Commeroial Rub bo Co Ltd., at their aalorcom on Wednesday I ndtroocD Fteebold building land off Ktngoon Uoad, area 8,964 square leet, bought i by Mr Chia Ens Say lot $1,100; freehold building land eff Ooronaiioa Road,
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    Indragiri Rubber.
    1224 7 Two Schemes that should Benefit Estate. The annual general meeting ol Iidragiri Rabbet, Ltd., was held at French Bank buildings at noon yeterday. Mr. A. M. Thompson presided, tbe otbets present inoloding Maura. J. A Blias, Chew Wool Pob and H. B. Waid, lor Messrs. Evatt am' oompany,
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    INTERESTING MARRIAGE.
    327 7 Pcrak Estate Manager Weds W.A AX. 5 Captain. Miss Jaaet Graoe Sanderson, who arrived from borne by tbe Kitano Mara on Tuesday evening, made a most charming bride a di Andrew's Cathedral at Boon jesterda when she waa married to Mr Ronali Davison, the manager of Sungei Sungkai
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    Anglo-Chinese College, Amoy.
    459 7 The committee of tbe Anglo Chinese Cjllege, Amoy, beg gratefully to announce that tbe following subscriptions have been promised to the proposed extension Bobeme in connection with the College Lira Pong Siang aad Lim I'eag Maa, 98,000 Lim Chee Ghee, 92, C00; Hob. Dr. Lim Boon Kong
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    British Mining Tragedy.
    198 7 4 late London cable says that is addition to the (ear already expressed that 42 miners have let their livea in cocneotion with the accident at the Levant tin mine, near Penium, Cornwall, it is new believed that many other men have been ioj lred The entire
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    36 7 The csident of Djambi re per la that the rooeat Qx>di in Banian Kelajang and Pelo patoalol ba?e done 20,000 goildeie' worth of damage to the padi fields there. One man and thiee obildna wete drowned.
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    38 7 Tbe profits lot the yeat ending Jane BO last of Means. J. and P. Coaia amount to 48,*****8 after deducting depreciation and exoMB ptoflU doty, alljwirft a dividend of 40 pet oent. and a boaos of pe* ihare.
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    Municipal Finances.
    937 7 Sum of $1,500,000 to be Borrowed For Revenue. A speaial meetisg o( Ibe Muaioipal Ccnimissioneri wu held in Ihe Baud Rocm yoeterday under the presidency ol Mr. R J. Farrer to consider the estimates for 1920 and the supplemental budget lor 1910. The otber oommigsioneiB present were Messra.
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    Tin Output Returns.
    100 7 Tbe N nth Taiping Tin output for tbe irst I bait of November was 201 picule, and Taipiag i Tin 180 pie ala. i Ritint Basin Tin Dredging Co first ball Novemb.r R:oovrry 18 ton*. Kalumpaag Tim, No Liability, flirt ba)f ol November Hoars ran 286, yield
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    32 7 i A Telefoakea wifeless station is about t i heerected in Solka.Bsroeh noar Tjitajrocm to I (be south of Baado<mg. The ooet of tbe station will be frjm SfiO^OO to 400,000 gulden.
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    The Waziristan Force.
    1213 8 An Astonishing Departure In India. The Englishman, ot Calcutta, of Ootober 28, in rebtrinK to the composition ot the force being sent to operate against tin Wazirs, says: A unique and startling ex periment is being made in connection wuu tbe forthocming operatiots against tbe Wasirs. A
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    HUGE FRENCH LOTTERY.
    419 8 £2,000,000,000 Without Interest For Twenty fears. The Parliamentary Committee on the Frenoh Bodget, writes tbe Paris correspondent of the Financial Times, ha* unanimcuily adopted M. Andre 1 L~tevre'a proposal tor the issue of a State Lottery Loan without interest, redeemable at the end ot twenty years, and
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    A NEW CALENDAR.
    380 8 America Leading the Way io Reform Movement. Amerioa, whioh baa already Riven to the wotld chewing gam and amputated ad j aotirea ia now senonoly coaaideriBg presenting the old fiim, Atlas aad Co., with a brand new calendar. For some time people have been dissatisfied with Pope
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    73 8 The Da Villien Variety EaterUiun, who have had a raooetefal season is Hongkong, ate playing at (be Yiotoiia Theatre on Saturday evening. Aftei touring the Stiaitt tbey aie proceeding to Sooth Atiioa, The Empire Cinema ohange theit ptogramme tonight. Tbete will be two toitnei episodes of the Ncgleotad
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    French Enoch Arden.
    184 8 The story of Enoch Arden has been surpassed in rr %1 tngedy by the life story ol a French oorporal of the Foreign Legion, who is now living in Geneva. Oorparal J. H who was married, and htd a child at Lyons, was in the heaviest fighting
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      Gaylang village.
      101 8 To the Bditcr of the Straits Times. Sir,— The other d»y I had the mirfortnae to be laid Dp with fever, and wiabiag to civise m» employer of the if Mon that I wm compelled to absent myself I had to have my letter posted at North Bridge
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    SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
    182 8 Schoolboy Rifle Shots. The National F'fle Association bas issued the results of the 1919 Imperial Challenge Competitions, which have been hi 'd -->nually throughout the Empire sinoe 1910, eaoh tr .m shooting with a miniature rifls on its own ranges. In the senior division for boys over 16
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    MAHSUD MARAUDERS.
    542 8 Expounding the Terms to The Tribesmen. The special correspondent ol the Pioneer, writing tttja Debt* Ismail Khan, on the North- West Frontier, on November 4, says I wm privileged yesterday to aocomp»n j General Glimo and bis staff to Khiiji where the fi'sk more in tha owetuHy thought
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    47 8 Programme of drills, esc for week ending Saturday, November 22, 1919 1— F RID AT, NoTIMBIE 21. Malay Co., S T.1.-Part I, rial. Range, 4.80 p.m. Baturdat, Notbxbib 22. Eurasian Co.,— Part I, Bal. Range, 2JO pun. R. Sum, lad Lieut., Acting Adjutant, 8.V.0,
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    SIAM'S RICE TRADE.
    433 8 Rise in Rates not Affected by Export Control. The corrected return of the export of rioe bom Bangkok for toe month cf September has now bee* issued, sad also the approximate return for October. The ooncoted fifjr-ea, says the Bangkok Times of November 7, show a small
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    BANGKOK-PENANG RAILWAY.
    613 8 Advantages to Malaya And SUm. The Baopkok Times cf November 8 has the following euitorial on the Through U- -'w»v One b»H known a time when Peoang wu qiite uroai about through railway conn alion with Bangkok. The Chamber of Commeice o( the pott urged its importance and
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      540 9 CWEMA» n»waXj«v I 4t waa rawnaa fswtm aacsa aßMßaaaßjßw ■^■—r*" taa)aa|Pagarlaaa— traan rtt j tat aaar AT 8.80 IN THB BBOOND SHOW AT 980 Vitograph Stats, WilUam Doneaa and Mary Anderson, in THE LAST MAM It is a story ot a woman's Iraitty ia I acts. And 3 aew eps.
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      255 9 CINJMA3 Gaiety OJLx*em;6fc ■XTB4ORDINABT ANNOUNOBMBNT For three nights— Tuesday, Wednesday aad Thursday, November 18, IB aad 30 FOB THB LAST TIMB THE ROMANCE OF TARZAN Seven partr, nightly at 9 sharp The eonolndisg chapters of Tat sin ol the Apes. Vaual P»lo*« Come aarly Ia ocajQsctioa with Harold Loekwood hi
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      240 9 FDomestia servants (mea and women) at all, oatioaaltioc. lerks oondoetors, kook knepers, typists dres cers, demaroatciK, mf jk M ehanistr, eto. Bstatc labour— Chinese, Java lIC aese and Tamils. BstatenippließOfeT ry desoription, Tnitiou is bookkeeping and t>pewriting. For tarthei partionlars, pleue apply to th£ suvuir unot No 17, Dhoby Ohaal.
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      163 10 BRITISH MADE /fe BE«T WORKMANSHIP jUf MATERIALS and FINISH J^T MADE TO ANY SIZE REQUIRED fikf SPEAR-HEADED or PLAIN TOP f M a^ yMw /v /£p Jk& STEfiL FINISH or V OALVANIZED. STOCKS in HAND of two sizes 8 feet high, 7 feet wide 8 feet high, J^W 6 feet
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      337 10 ANNOUNCEMENT We, tbe undersigßtd, have this daf storked kosiaeas under the style of Shorn Fatt ft Co at No 7, t-billip Street, as rubber aad general merchants and eommiasioa agents. We also uadertakt rabber treating. Factory at Ktag's Road, telephone No. 1718, equipped with op t a date machinery transport
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      164 10 THE OCE2AN INIDENT AND GUARANTEE OORPN. LTD (Inootforated ia Bnglaad) tasters Braaohi OHABTBRBD BANK OHAMBBBS, Singapore. Manager: ALBBRT 0. HALL. MOTOR OAB MOTOB OTOLB BRSONAL ACCIDENT AND ILLNBBB CCMMBRCIAL MOTOB VBHICLE llDBLin QUARANTBE, BTO. Til OCEAN POLICIES are reoognised aa THE BEST throoghoat tee Wotld. Chief Agcntß for Strait* PetHenoents
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      753 10 SALES BY AUCTION. AUCTION SALE Of a 80 b.p. 4oy!in Jer 6 seate* MitoheU motor cat No. S. 644, in exoellcnt ranniag I order, At the Commercial Rabber Co'e Mart On Satordat, Novbmbbb 12, at 10 80 am THB COMMBBCIiL RUBBER Co, Ltd. Auctioneers. AUCTION SALE Of teak hoosehold fnraiianv
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      459 10 SALES BY AUCTION. auction sale At Messrs. Chins; Kens Lie and Co Raffiea Chambers, Raffles Plaot, On Satordat, Kovbm»bb 23, at 11 a m. I. r>ie 6 setter Blear motor ear in good running order, recently oveibanled. 11. One 6 seater Krii motor oar in rzoellent condition and in gool
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    870 11 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. Indifference to Overhauling. It is strange how often one hears a motoriet boast of the <«ct that bis ear has ran (or two or even three years without being overhauled or toned np. Where this ooeors, it is geneially to be
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    228 11 A well known Strata bom Chinese resident of BMRkck itoently went to M&ltooa (s»ya the Bangkok Duly Mail) and appears to Dave been hoirifled at two things, first the prices of oiKarettos and three-star Ht nnesej and, second, the fact that he has met several
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      153 11 BRR«flß^^^* .^k *^BB af -?S! ..j&'t p SB I Ij FORDSON TRACTORS are now in constant use throughout Malaya And without exception giving perfect satisfaction. 5n cultivating the land for food production, these machines cannot be surpassed KEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED For quick delivery book at once WEARNE BROS., LTD.
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      260 11 SANITARY AND DRAIN PIPES Made by Messrs. J. Duckett and Son*, Limited, BURNLEY, ENGLAND Large stocks— Newly arrived The Borneo Co., LIMITED (INCOIiP BAT3D IN BNOLIND) Singapore, !poh and Penang Draw the cork JB^BRV 'Che quantity I and HAIG iW^TL: l imite d~ Is co ?rs c quality WHISKY A
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      854 12 SITUATIONS' VACANT. WANTBD, a boose-keeper lor a quiet home. Apply Box No. 160 Strait; Times. WANTBD, an experienced book keeper im medistuly. Salary 1100 per month. Apply B, H c/o Straits Times WANTED, European aurte for Klsng and •o travel ir Australia aad New Zealand next June. Amah also kept.
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      757 12 ■ISCELLANEBUS, ROOMS AVAILABLE, immediate entry Apply Box No. 112, Straits Times. WANTBD, twj Trewella jacks in good oondition. State price. Manager Coiinsbnrgh Batata, MnarCONVBR9ATION LESSON i ia Baglish. Ftenoh and MaUy aivfa by lady. Apply Box No. 460. Straits Times. WANTBD, Ai oa!. central fire Winsheator ammunition, any number up
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      565 12 Patent Faced Hair Belting Co. Manufacturers of unstretched Hair Belting. SOLI AGBNXB KIAM MAT ft CB 10S aad K9. Market Street No Ohter iypewritcr C<ui DoThi*MULTIPLEX HAMMOND Manifolds au toaati call> IV* •<e*il«nt manifolding powrr Is glvm by trve tveu) omn/t co*v*tWc^ion, insuring the required number of Ask for the
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      667 12 NOTICE Our clients are requested to note that NO MORE FIREWOOD can now be supplied to them, TA.Y GUA.N KIAT Supplier to Government and Municipality only* AND AGBNT FOB The Globe Boiler Fluid The ideal fluid for cleaning and preserving steam boilers of every description. 36. PHILLIP STREET 'Phone No*.
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      490 12 MAGNOLIA ANTIFRICTION WHITE METAL GALVANIZED RIOGINGB CRANE 8 CYLINDER OIL GALVANIZED PIPEB AND FITTINGB CHAMPION BLACKSMITH 8 POST DRILLS GUAM KIAT 4 CO., LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements) 36 Phillip Street, SINOAPOBB. Telegraph 9IUNKIAT A. B. 0. 6th Bditioa. Telephone Nos, 1861, 1362 JUST ARRIVED Loagflax canvas, extra navy
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      336 12 Straits Motorcar Service THE PREMIER GARAGE OF THE CITY II Ell/ 5 and 7 -***t«r o««*n HCff on hire day and night Phone 1238 H« ts tit, Orflhart latA NEW OOQDB A large stock of planting, mining, shipping goodp, have just arrived NOTE THE ADDRESS BAN LEE ANN. LTD. (Incorporated
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      205 12 Straffs &nje TELEPHONES Editorial and General 58 Manager's Office hi; Job Pr.nting Office 1244 All communications relating to editorial mat ters and news should be addressed to THI' EDITOR. All communication* relating t* business matters advertisements, sabscriptions, acoounu, printing ett, sboaat ba addressed to THE MANAGER. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Wants, For
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