The Straits Times, 2 September 1921

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,732 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 129 1 R# 1 i SWISS MILK TKADK MARK. Trying It, Means Adopting It. SOLE ACJENTS: JOSEPH TRAVERS SONS. LTD. (Incorporated in England) SINGAPORE: GRAFLEX The camera that docs the difficult things in photography, and docs them well. The focal plane shutters and highspeed lenses make snap- hot-, possible under conditions where
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    • 174 1 SALE Ro l- ns SALE BARGAINS g BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT 83/F2T3/111 IN EVERY DEPARTMENT Sa i r r^\ M**& Once a Yeap Only SEPTEMBER Ist to 17th Our Silverware and Electro Plate Department will clear their Stock, at Prices Regardless of Cost, to make room for New Christmas Stocks.
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  • 508 2 Goldep TfeUs that were taken From China. According to the Daily Express of July 15 certain Chinese in London are demanding that the value of two sacred golden >ells looted from the Temple of Heaven in Peking during the Boxer rising shall be restored to the
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  • 268 2 Play Which Says Love Is Only Sympathetic Vibration. According to Zula Maud Woodhull's play, 4 Affinities," produced by the Union of East and West at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, London, on July 27 love is entirely a matter of sympathetic vibrations. In the third act we
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  • 158 2 Which woman known to history would you prefer to be is a question the Piccolo has been asking its woman readers, states a Rome message. Eve is the cboice of a number of readers for various reasons one because she would by\e been able to change the
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  • 52 2 Figures published by the Netherlands Meterologie>J Institute regarding rainfall show that froNj July 1, 1920 to June 30, 1921, rainfall in Java was 174 millimetres less than normal. The avciage taken was over 28 years and was G9l m.m. per year whereas the past year's total only reachfid r.17 m
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 573 2 sleeplessness in Debility Wonderful Cures by Dr. Cassell's Tablets .ii various Parts of the Empire. India. S*atfc Africa. Mr Basarrl Pei!*n. KTioeelistie Hall. Mrs. Wl'Uam Lone. PO, Haentrtatuun t>oulh India, write*:— bars. Northern Tran»Ta.v. South then- xeara I »un>r«l from Africa, writes For eljrht rears I !.»rxo"« I'lluoftmn. but am
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    • 611 2 THAOI MANX M*r«MO foucauld" A BRANDY eQ^EQfr IOCIsWfOUCAOIDb^*^^^ CST? 18*7 AT X&r ESCAPE FROM PAIN Has a lingering, maddening life of pain discouraged you and made you sick at heart? Perhaps a cruel earache, a rasping- pain in the back, or the fiery anguish of Rheumatism has robbed you of
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    • 188 2 10 H.P. Citroen OAR k«rt of thia school of production. .•ee this remarkabls Car— eoinpar. it with say oth.r HgM Hull Ifjurtot T»k. a dwnwwtrmtion ride— drlw It Tonrwlf If iwfll know why it i« the moat popular light ear ia the werU. r» equipped ready for the road. $2,750
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  • 609 3 Di«ti..,-t Progress Said to Have Been Made. The Egyptian Delegation have now been in England for between two and three weeks, states the Daily News of July 25. In that time they have had a number of meetings with Lord Curzon and they will no doubt have a
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  • 232 3 Pasteur Institute Reports Favourably. Thc>M' who would further embitter lift by depriving man of his tobacco have ju<*. received a smart raj> over the knuckle* frcm the Pasteur Institute in Paris, states a correspondent in the North China Daily ties*. Tobacco received the official blessing of governments
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  • 107 3 The Morninj; Post of London says it is understood that a Royal Charter is shortly to be trranted to the Imperial forestry Association to carry on pro-paK-mla with a view to conserving and improving the Empire's timber resources. The association's expenditure is estimated at £10,000 each year,
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    • 248 3 m IT NOW! It may be a small thing to-day, but it will soon be a big thing if you do not have it seen to at t once. At the least knock, the slightest fault in your engine SEE US. THE MOTOR CAR HIRING ENGINEERING CO. 69-B, BVUT TI/MAH
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    • 610 3 NOTICE I» hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between Young Ah Sine, Koh Hee Choa and Tan Kirn Seng, carrying on business as Electrical Contractors and repairers at No. 17, Upper Macao street, Singapore, under the style of ChoJ Tianfe Kee Co., has been dissolved by mutual consent as
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    • 304 3 Municipal Alternating Current Electricity Supply TO TAN6LIN DISTRICT MAY WE QUOTE FOR WIRING YOUR HOUSE? WE CARRY THE FINBST SELECTION OF ELECTRICAL FITTINGS AND ACCESSORIES IN SINGAPORE. UNITED ENGINEERS, LIMITED (Incorporated In the Straits Settlement!) SINGAPORE. Phon No. IJ4 1 <■*- yniteers ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT. 5, Battery Road. TITAN ITS Ib..
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 915 4 STEAMER SAILINGS P. ©.-British India AND P Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with Bis Majesty's GoTenuneat) TV* Company's MAIL SERVICE EAST OP BOMBAY an at prcooat aaapoaded LONDON FAR-EASTEON SERVICE FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON Da*
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    • 745 4 STFAMER SAILINGS STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LIMITED teaman lataadod to aall fieas fa—apof* SEL.\N(;OR Sunday, 10 a.m.. for Miri, I.nbuun. Jesselton, Kudat, Sandakan, Jolo and Kamboanga. v. KINTA— Monday, 4 p.ai, for Port Sw*tt*nham and Penaag. HYE LEONG -Monday, at 4Jt ijl, lat Malacca and Muar. KAKA -Tuesday, at 4.M pjß.,
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    • 59 4 STEAMER SAILINGS [j DOLLAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK I AND BOSTON VIA SUEZ Grace Dollar LOADING EARLY NOVEMBER. Through Bills of Lading issued from Singapore to the Principal Cities of the 1 United States nnd Canada. i i For further information as to Rates, etc., apply to THE ROBERT
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    • 410 4 STEAMER SAILINGS O.S.K. TUB OSAKA SBO9EN KAISHA LTD. (Incorporated ia Japan) No. 2, Do Soaxa Street Proposed Sailing from Singapor* (Subject to ehang* without notice) EUROPEAN LINE For Port Said. Marseille*. Loadon, Antwerp, Rotter Jam and Hamburg arr. dep. ALASKA MARU Sept. 11 Sept 15 ALTAI MARU Oct. 15 Oct.
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    • 647 4 STEAMER SAILINGS AUSTRALIA BY BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated la AmUalla) Singapor* to Jars Ports, Purt Pa---'-Tharaday Inland, UrUban* and 3j<ioej, t!. Torn* Strait*, also with transhipment other Victorian, South Aaitralisn and Nor»« I Queensland Ports, British New Guides, K*v Britain, Tasmania and New Zealand Ports. APPROXIMATE SADUNCS MARELLA, 7,372 tons.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 378 5 STEAMER SftILINCS N.Y.K. European Line LONDON LINE Fortnightly Service FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON AND ANTWERP, VIA PORTS SADO MARU c Sept 7 KITANO MARU Sept. 21 LIVERPOOL LINE Fortnightly Service FOR MARSEILLES AND LIVERPOOL VU POSTS LISBON MARU Sept. 10 HAMBURG LINE Monthly Service FOR LONDON, ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG, VIA
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    • 272 5 K. P. M. KOMNKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU (Incorporated in Holland) Telejram Addreu PAKETVAART 2 and 3, Collyor Quay. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. > A rojaie on a eu-klaatd ftj^fc Th< W T thit eTf And Jaat what yo« woald k^*|l\ If.ererj nt.e did only SPECIAL 5,»00 TONS TOURIST
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    • 189 5 STEAMER SAILINGS M. MOXTORO. AI'CL'ST 23, I*2l Consignees of cargo per the abovo ntcnmcr from Australia are hereby notified that a Kcnoral survey of all cargo landed in a dimaged condition will bo held on Friday, Srpieinber 2, in Godowns Nos. 48 and 49. at 9 a.m. No further survey
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    • 168 5 STEAMER SAILIN6S Trieste Homburg S.S. "CROOK" Sailing from Singapore, September 1!> taking; first-class passengers. For particulars and rates, apply to THE ADMIRAL LINE (PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.) 2, Prince Street, Agents. Tel. 2080. GREEN STAR LINE Steamer Destination Doe date WEST CALERA Los Ansolcs and San Irnnciscf) via ports Sept. 13
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    • 691 6 CINEMAS VIOLA r> n. N A n "SOME BBIDI" "GAIETY" I'rpstnt'- ihc Cnm«r ','ucon of ilie §crorn VIOLA DANA Star of I'cKgy IVies Mir lUnln. -'.->. Su.n Junior The Poor Liltlrßirli (iirl eti In a qiukiiag i>ph> date Mrtro eoniedr SOME B I t» E The itorv nf a lirwitching
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    • 239 6 ENTERTAINMENTS The Show that has given Amusement tv Thousands The Talk of Everyone Everywhere THE THEATRE ROYAL (The Star Opera Hall) NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. To-night To-night AND A FEW MORE NIGHTS THK KINO OF MYSTERY THE WORLDS GREATEST jjAGICIAXS r^BH WITH BSr THFjiiv tv TO-NIGHT FIRST GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME
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    • 74 6 For all Defects of VLslon. CONSULT Mr. K. F. CHONG Fellow of the Spectacle Maker's Co. Diploma of the British Optical Association Fellow of the Institute of Opthalmic Opticians (London) ■aaaa OFFICE AT THE United Pharmacy, 305, North Bridge Road SINOAPORE NAHAR OPERA OF SINGAPORE At their new Beyrouth Theatre,
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    • 303 6 A PUBLIC MEETING to be arranged by the STRAITS SETTLEMENTS (SINGAPORE) ASSOCIATION will be held in the VICTORIA THEATRE on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 at 5.15 p.m. When the following resolutions will be considered I— RESOLUTION I.— This Meeting views wHh grave concern the prolonged neglect of the Government to adopt,
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    • 167 6 EDI NEVER SAY DTE, SAT TINTEX HOW TO USE IT P Put i toispoouful nf Tintex into a cup. a.1.1 suflicient li"t \v:it<r t'> half lill tho cup, stir well and put contents Info half gallon of cold water. First easa tht material well and ■as** while wet into TinU'\
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  • 267 9 (•unmen Hold the Centre Of Belfast. Reuter Telegrams. London, August IL One man was killed and many were wounded in two hours shooting ih the ■treetl i>f IUlf««t this morning on workers proceeding to thy shipyards. U n.lon, August 31. The battle in Belfast, which has been pro-cce-ding with
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  • 169 9 Reuter Telegrams. Lcndon, August 31. That a capil'st boss was behind the imP' rtation of Chinese into Canada and theHalted Kingdom was the opinion expressed by a magistrate at Pontypridd to-day when tlii* I Chinese were charged with lanlin^' in the Unite! Kingdom without the permission of
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  • 126 9 Reuteb Telegram. London, August "1. For 'J,T."i(i.(M)O workers in il trades September 1 means automatic wages reduction amounting to half a million weekly. Important cuts are also to l»- made in salaries and bonuses of civil servants and •M tal i inpli yce* which it is estimated will
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  • 82 9 litiTER Telegram London, August 31. M,exili> City The Supreme Court hay enjoined the Department of Commerce from r-councing the rights of the Texas Compar- to the Emil lands it held prior to May I 1917 It is believed that the decia i r,*edent covering over 150 c question of
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  • 264 9 Dreadful Infantile Mortality. Reutf.r Telegrams. London, August IL Helsingfors It is reported from Moscow that the infantile mortality under thirteen months in the famine areas is 75 per cent. London, August 31. Paris The international commissien for the relief of the Russian famine has decided to send a
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  • 142 9 Eeutu Telegrams London, August 31. Geneva Poland has sent a message tv the President of the Council renouncing the intention of taking advantage in th. 1 present case of the covenant provisions which permit a member of the League to be represented on the Council when matters
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  • 71 9 Reutu Telegram London, August 111. Berlin Ilemarkable discipline was observed on the occasion of a demonstration of loyalty to the Republic. Two hundred thousand persons assembled in the Lust Garten which was dotte with Republican red flags. The confidence of the authorities, who left the maintenance of order
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  • 60 9 Reuter Telegram j Lyndon, August 31. Official Detachments of the Leinsters and special police relieved Mallapuram and brought the garriscn to Calicut. Particulars of the fight at Pukkatur show that large body of rebels armed with sporting rifles, swards and carbines demonstrated with traditional ferocity end eagerness for
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  • 55 9 Reuter Telegram London, August 31. Athens The long official silence has been broken by reports claiming a Greek victory after a seven day battle in the Sakaria district. The Gra?ks allege that the Turks have given way on the whole thirty-six mile front and are retreating north-east.
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  • 193 9 The Brutal Murder of British Seamen. Reuter Telegram. London, August IL In connection, with the trial of German war criminals at Lcipzic, the evidence was taken at Bow Street of Captain Starkey, master of the British ship Torrington, which was sunk by German submarine DM north-wvst of the
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  • 103 9 Reutek Telegram. London, August IL The Hague The conference of the International Law Association continued, the proceedings at th-e Palace of P.ace being divided into three sections to discuss maritime law, the League of Naticns and the treatment cf war prisoners respectively. The question of bills
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  • 164 9 Reuteb Telegrams. London, August IL New York A gasoline explosion Mt fire to an airship shed at Rockaway naval station, destroying the dirigible DG, the largest American aircraft of its kind, also a kite balloon. One mnn was slightly injured. London, August 31. A telegram from Washington
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  • 94 9 RIUTTI TELEGRAM London, August 31. New York Mr. Hoover, Secretary of Commerce in a .statement says that German competition in the field of foreign, trade is showing signs of weakening. The Germans arc strenuously active in various parts of the world but they are having difficulties in handling
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  • 54 9 Relter Telegram. London, August 31. Mr. Wilfrid Frost, the collector sent to the Malay Archipelago by the Zoological Society, last December, has arrived in London with 121 rare mammals, birds and reptiles. A few were lost on the journey, but the most valuable part of the rollcrtinn
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  • 955 9 (Contributed.) British investors in estates in the Dutch Eaßt Indies would do well to keep a more careful eye upon their investments in future, with a view to being ready to withdraw the same to more congenial climes when, as seems more than likely, the need therefor
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  • 46 9 Eeuteb Telegrams London, August 31. Simla The Government has approved a proposal to impose a small cess on lac exports in order to finance research work in connection with the lac industry. London, August 31. Cape Town General Smuts arrived and hnH sr Mttrasiantif wrlromc
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  • 539 9 Last week Mr. C. Alma Baker and Major Gooding Field, both members of the Catalina, and Hawaii Tuna Clubs, inaugurated the sport of game fishing in Malayan waters. These anglers left Singapore on Saturday morning last in the Motor Yacht Nuihi and trolled along the
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  • 436 9 Rapid progress is now being made towards the completion of the large blocks of flats being erected by the Singapore Building Syndicate' on their land in Orchard road near the Scotch Church, and persons contemplating a change of residence will soon be able to enter the
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  • 62 9 The orchestral items to be played at the Children's Conce-rt to be given on Tuesday afternoon at the Victoria Theatre will include the overture Don Giovanni TMozart), Retour de Printemps (Waldteufel), Turkish Patrol (Michaelis), La Czarine (L. Ganne) and under the Banner of Victory March (Bloni. There wi!!
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  • 1253 9 (From a Correspondent.) Perak, August 27. Before the year comes to a clow Perak, Selangor, Ncgri Sembilan and Pahang will each have new British Residents and permanent ones I prophesy at that. This •II for one year is unique and the Government could safely advertise the firms of
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  • 458 10 Must Have Equal Chance With The Men. ,U the moment women are offered the greatest spiritual opportunity they have <ver had. If they let it slip now, it will not eoaae again." That is l.ady Astor'f aMOM#I to the women of England. She, like MO other women's leaders
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  • 130 10 A Madrid message of July 21 to thi that the canlu.n of me dnyt ago rcaoitwl th presence if a derelict tailing tic not f::i from the Canary Illaiwte. A be a» sent from Meiill», Morcc- found thi derelict, ami diotoVeewi a The !><*!>■ of a European,
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  • 70 10 the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Shaw, 1 1 vii was mentioned yester-lny in which M. -i Platt Jensen, Ltd., claim--r. Moll ar.d WYijfht for labour »i; >:i cooaeetioo with I rak Raw Mills. Lei. The action DM that I •ikiiniiirs $1,000 and the Another rase ill
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  • 20 10 A Renter wire from Detroit dated The gold COO for power I awardil t» M.:.-. Aim-ma First
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  • 20 10 I for week endiag 1- r. jay, September, 2 Friday, UhL. I.U p.m.. Drill Hall. V Company.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 207 10 AMOBoted arc the winners and runner? up in the .Malacca Volunteer Rifle* i Rifle Club scrund annual prizemeeting Uyatt It—ll4l (hep.) K. 8. W. Terrell 42— 5.6-: 17.«. ,rds.—rte. Tar. Soo Sim 17— 10.20 i7.2n Cftft A. H. C. Allen -T;— 14.16 17.10. WM van!-.--'iV. .1. AusU-n
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    • 74 10 A Reuter wire of August states For the match against Moon at Brighton Urn weather was giorious and the i-rfect and fast. The Australians made 209 in 10:! minutes. Ryder 40 and Taylor 72 raved the collapse. A. E. Gilligan took 4 fcr 62, Jupp 4 for
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    • 32 10 In the final of the Keppel Cup, which was played off at tho Keppel Golf Club on Suniicy, Mr. H. Jackson b<at Mr. H. Smith bf three and one.
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    • 21 10 that the ISO yards p race in the .lackson-Miller cup ,-cries will take place at the Swimming Club on Sunday.
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    • 33 10 Tie concluding match in the first of the S.F.A. league will be played this afternoon, the S.R.C. meeting the Sea Defences. The S.R.C. at present have five point* :m<i Sea Defences three.
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    • 139 10 Th^ following will represent the S.C.C. in a tournament match against the Ceylon \1 o the S.K.C. ground to-morrow, beginning at two o'clock C. R. Brander, K. K. (rai,r. H. M. Cantrell, G. C. Clarke, A. Cullcn. It. T. Holder, O. P. Griffith-Jones. D. Nu-holt. K. J. Riches, T.
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    • 447 10 There was rather a small attendance -for the boxing contests promoted by Messrs. Nat Kennedy and A. J. Wetscl and staged at the Star Opera last r.-ight. It would seem that the pugilistic horse has beer, ridden too hard in Singapore lately, and a rest of several weeks seems
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  • 320 10 Failure of European and Chinese Firms. Before Mx. Justice Barrc'.t-Letmanl in tha bankruptcy court this morning the ufticial Assignee, the Hop. Mr. 0. 1. Saurdors, mentioned the ca^o of Berli and Company, which was set down amongst the public examinations fur to-day. He said that Mr. Berli had
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  • 250 10 Hawk with Arrow Through Its Body. The following remarkable occurrence in reported in a newspaper from the Orange Free State. A farmer shot a large hawk which was swooping down en his chickens, and found aa arrow about 2ft. 6in. in length sticking through its body.
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  • 69 10 Macphail and Co.'s DailyReport. Singapore, September 2. Silver. .iTvi. Hongkorg 18V* p.c. prem. Three months gold 4G' 2 Share Market.— Dull. Kubbers Practically no enquiry. Tins Taipings 1-1.07 1 Norths 1.22'i--1.30, Soutls C7'j-72'_ cents, Nawngpets 1.47 1 -j-1.02' j. l'apans .Vi-50 c?nts, Kawungs 00-65 cents, Lirguis 3.00-:;-85,
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  • 157 10 It is with deep regret that we have to announce the death of Carmen Theodora, wifu of Mr. Basil K. J<.haunt* at the age of ll» ytars, which occurred suddenly, after very short illness on the afternoon of August :;l at 17 Sea View
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  • 93 10 A writer in the Cathedral Monthly Paper, referring to the death ef the Rev. B. N. Miles, says :—Ha was a man of sterling worth, whom we felt it was a privilege to know, and whose friendship we really valued. No sacrifice was too great in. helping one who was
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  • 47 10 The August Bank Holiday exodus from London was quite a record. The Underground Railwayu and General Omnibus services Associated carried fifteen million passengers while facilities for cheaper return tickets to .sta.side and unconimvnly hot weather caused the railways and rharai kßi eiving theae resort* to be parked.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 83 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir, —Som-_> time ago there was much talk in the Straits of Natalite. What is the present situation When better times break is there any chance of anything real being don-j in this direction Or are there insurmountable difficulties in producing a
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    • 86 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,—I should be most grateful if you or any of your readers could give me any information with regard to the cultivation of the Castor Oil Plant in this part of the world. Is the dried seed a marketable commodity,
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    • 218 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— The F.M.S. Government is endeavouring to revive the sugar industry in th: Peninsula officialdom in Java is well an the way to success in driving it out of that country. Yet if Ex-Sugar will try to take advantage of the situation
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  • 74 10 Seventeenth I i-i of Subscriptions. Amount already acknowledged 14.33 C.21 G. C. Clarke 30 R. D. Daves 50 Collected by Mrs. Sime (12th list) Singapore Sporting Club 2.500 Europe Hotel Co., Ltd., 200 W. D. 2". G. W. Wight 25 The Eurasian Association 25 Mr.-. W. E.
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  • 45 10 The Danish Consul begs to acknowledge the following further contributions towards the above tun.'. Previously acknowledged $3,125.84 Contribution received from Denmark 363.13 Dr. M. W. Chill 25 Dr. and Mrs. Olafsson 50 Mr. A. Hvalsoe 100 $3,663.97 A. HVALSOE, Consul for Denmark.
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  • 154 10 The following is from the Kuala Lumpur Post Office Express of August 29 The Director, Posts and Telegraphs, F.M.3., notifies that it will assist the Posts and Telegraphs Department if the public will report to the Superintendent any wellfounded complaints they have to make regarding the Service-^e.g., any obvious
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  • 426 10 Steady Tone with Prices Well Maintained. The sllth auction of the Singapore' Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was hold on August 31, when there was catalogued 1,437,431 lbs., 637.24 tons. Offers.! 1,308,048 lbs., 683.95 tons. Sold 1,030,106 lbs., 463.88 tons. PRICES REALISED:— N.B.—The next auction will be
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  • 290 10 Interesting Views on Mountain Sickness Writing in the July issue of The Indian Journal of Medical Research, Captain RW. G. Kingston, 1.M.5., has some interesting observation on the subject of physiological changes at high altitudes and their relation to mountain sickness. While up to a certain height no
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  • 196 10 The monthly paper of St. Andrew'? Cathedral prints the following explanation regarding the improvements in Stamford Road The Cathedral compound has been curtailed by the taking of a strip of land on the East side in order to widen Stamford Road. There was never any idea
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  • 623 10 I How the Ford Motor Company Was Saved. How Mr. Henry Ford beat his arch enemy, Wall Street, and saved his vast 1 org-arization, is told in the Detroit New.-, and the story makes exciting reading. When the Ford concern, like most othern uuring the reconstruction period,
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  • 345 10 Excellent Substitute for AceticAcid. „f the rubber estates v.'c the dean d holeless half of the eoconyt iheU for latex collecting. tlie < ..|..n.L., correspondent el the ir.dia Rubber Journal Now further v.-<- 18 suggested to I.e. Mill of the shell. H found recently that the lheH
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  • 67 10 A cui"e for* jealous husbands i ioU Dana, in Some Driile, her latest <id best Mctr> picture to be MM at the (imety this week. It is a comedy specal, ,uipassir.g all her pieviou.s proiucti>rs. Other attractions include epiaodei and 10 of Siiuishmi,' Bsaiiflf soria. a two part
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  • 829 11 Efforts Being Made to Classify Plants. It wi uld s.eni a pit>,says the Louisiana Planter, that some one of rur great botanists have not entered the cane Mil <>f the Far Kast and esUblishe.l a nomenclature that w< uld spread through the world just as has the
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  • 215 11 National Playground at Wembley Park. I 1 Kritish Kmpirr Exhibition which it is pro|M>-'- i to boU at Wniblry Park in im v. ill be OH :i bi«mc Rtk thun anyr attempted ii thia country, sUt«S the Daily New-; at .I-.'ly Whik its object will be to
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  • 605 11 Offered to Germans Before The War. A claim for more' than £3,000,000, retained by the CIfJM as being due for ■MM pn fit duties and income tax in •eaaactioa with the supply of Lewis guns during the wur, was heard by Mr. Justice iJarli.^K in
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  • 649 11 View's Suggestion to Duck The Auctioneer. AecenfinC to a London cable of August o, the proposal to dispose of Kunnynu-ci produced a storm of popular resentment, anil -rave rise to a controversy regarding the actual scene of the signing of Majyna Charta. An official of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 165 11 MOUTRIE PIANOS arc still the most popular in the East The same high quality U maintained but IKo/ PRICES HAVE iEo/ W /°BE5rl REDUCED BO ThU Offer for Spot Cash Payment only ALL NEW STOCK send to-day for Illustrated Catalorue S. MOUTRIE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated ia Hoagkoag.) Rafnei Place, SINGAPORE
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    • 328 11 ftAFFLES HOTEL, PRELIMINARY NOTICE AUTUMN RACES MEETING MONDAY. OCTOBER 24.— Tea Dance. 5 to 7 p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25.— Dance after Dinner (Evening Dress essential for Dancing). WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 26.— Orchestral Concert, 9.45 p.m.. Raffles Orchestra. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27.— Guest Night and Dance Evening Dress essential fur Dancing). FRIDAY. OCTOBER
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 144 12 T. ■>• thla Bna4 of Bdttaf MW iOA $OLJ\ ■coaomy. Saviaf «T Money aa4 f^^ 6 Vy^T^ri) Better Beralt. IU •crric* ipNil \^l^7 Vyll^y fur Ita quality. Sol* *i«Ui ,-lEHBBBBV^ KIAM KIAT CQ.JzzMxh, 108 ana 108, MMISLST STREET. J•« *a SniH^-J THE MARK OF PURITY PEACHES, APRICOTS PEARS OR CHERRIES
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    • 231 12 JOHNSON-PICKETT MANILA ROPE THE BEST THEREFORE THE CHEAPEST Buyers now-a-days are more insisttnt upon superiority of quality than cheapness of price. They recognize that lowness of price often means lowness of quality and service. Price and quality are satisfactorily combined in our product. Sole Agent* KEAT CHEANG COMPANY 61, MARKET
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    • 51 12 J||i|y|^ Pineapple Brand Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED Tnonco ROOFING Sole Agents BORKER&CX).,oa Ready Stocks of ;3 two |T^il2KJ W THREE [auni'ia PLY St. Pauli kk Gir!" Brand Beer Supplies of this well-known and appreciated chop are expected shortly. African Eastern Trade Corporation, Ltd. (Incorporated in InfUsa) SINGAPORE AGENTS, S.S.
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  • 782 13 Trei'rndous Power in Every Cloud. The mass of a great thundcrhead drifting across the sky, illuminated by frequent flashes of lightning, carries within itself an immense amount of energy, or power to do work. If all that energy could be converted into a usable form, we should
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  • 256 13 What the Census Figures May Disclose. Mr. S. de Jastrzcbski, the Assistant Registrar-General, in an article in the Eugenics Review in 1918, said: "It is in this section (i.e., between 20 and 60) that the war has, produced and is producing the disturbance of the sex balance."
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 332 13 Whiteaway's ANNUAL SALE Ends Saturday. Sept. 3. Great Rug Offers: 4M THE "1-INCOL Tartan Fringed Rug ftB XOB t Al Sale Price $9.50 W^ THE "THISTLE" I'jSsiSL l'ringcil Rug, T.ut.in our side Navy Blue Reverse 5R x OH BBmPI Sale Price $16 50 fPi^m lm: "McQREGOR" KTmS^H Tartan Fringed Rug—
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    • 235 13 E ##4 E j3**t i x* *f f i M Proprietors |Q j I I HO HONG Ro^MfcW/*/ 61 1 8 IVI E COMPANY W& v Wniis^/ 'Phone 3s2 THE BRAND OF CONFIDENCE f BY TEST THE BEST. f BERGMAN 0k TYRES My XT* f*% y» V* j. ij^^HP^^ MOTOR
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    • 77 13 GARAGE AND MACHINERY PROPRIETORS INSTALL A DRUMMOND LATHE and execute your own running repairs at lowest possible cost. Illustration shows TYPE "M" 3'/ 2 in. CENTRE LATHE, which we supply on stand with treadle drive, and with which all usual repairs to MOTOR CAKS AND LORRIES can be effected. Other
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 855 14 SALES BY AUCTION cwLAO BULANG RUBBER AND PRODUCE CO, LTI. PRELIMINARY NOTICE BT ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES FOR DEBENTURE HOLDERS. fas anderslgaed have received instructions to sell by public auction (if not previous!: scla by privste treaty) at their sale-room, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, on a date to bo notified
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    • 671 14 3HEOHG KOON SENQ CO. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of valuable town nnd country properties. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Scnjr Co.'s saleroom, Xo. 30, Kling Street, on Wednesday, September 11, at 2.3» p m 1. Mlrtgajll's sale of valuable freehold land and the well-built brick and tile roof residential property known as
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    • 644 14 AJMti |4,9ov>*M SC. Aasjiranct In force over $17,000,006 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE GO. LTD. (Incorporate* la Straits Settlements) HBAD OFFICE I Winchester Hesse. Singapore. LONDON OFFICE I 12, Old Jewry. sVC The Company haa Ctt.OOQ deposited with the Supreme Cenrt e£ aVs«l*a4 aa4 complies with ths British Life Assurance
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    • 435 14 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANI. (NETIL INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK.) Established m». CAPITAL Fl. 60,000,000 (abom £5,000,000). ISSUED AND FL 85,0W,000 (aboo< PAID UP £4,585.000). EKSERVE FUND Fl. 48.000,000 fab0u£3,686.000). BEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Hongkong,, Shanghai. a» Medan, Soerabaja, Samarang. Bandoeng Weltevreden, Cheribon, Tegal, Pocalongan Probolir.ggo, Tjiiatjap, Ampeflan,
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    • 485 14 BANKING 1 THE PANE OF TAIWAN, LIMITED (laeorporeted bj Special laserlaJ Ckart.r in Japan.) Capital Subscribed T«WOO,000 Capital Paid-np 148,000,000 Beserre Funds Y10.180.000 President K. KiVagava, Esq. Vice-President 8. Mori, Esq. DIRECTORS 8. Minaml, Esq. T. Hisamnne, EmG. Kawasaki. Eaq. K. Korinate, Esq. af. Esakl, Esq. T. Ikeda, Esq. HEAD
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    • 370 14 1 BANKING BANK VOOR INDIE (Incorporated in Holland) i i Authorised Capital Fl. 60,000,00* Fald up Capital Fl. 12,500.00s Head Office at UATAVIA Offices t SOKBABAIA, SEMARANG, AMSTERDAM. BOTTEBDAM. THE HAG VS. (▼sit description ef banking business transacted. H. W. WSI 1 AM. Kaaacat iHSURAtt&E COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD.
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  • 1083 15 Knoi m..us Potential Powers Of Electrons. Only a very short time neo it wns not known what electricity m. Tii<« various effects it produced were understood, but the nature of the beast wns unknown. This is not difficult to umlerslan<l wlxn it is realized that, in order-
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 327 15 Duniop mm Tubes ARE RELIABLE. THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (LTD. (Incorporate] In Japan) IHM.OI' lIOI'SK. KOIiINSON IM) AD. KfcC Companr hnvc obtained l»o local artunl le^! results of MORMILES 1. Horn the Singapore Automobile Club, d.ntid Aucu't 12, 1921. Mr. L. MacWir (committee S.A.C.) of the Central Motors, Ltd., has
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    • 242 15 naif Price sole AT KOH COMPANY BRAS BASAH ROAD nnd ALSO ROBINSON ROAD Perfumery, Stationery, Books, Fountain Pens, Chocolates, etc. OPPERED AT HALF THE USUAL PRICES. Real Bargains! Don't lose this Chance Periodicals and Magazines also offered at Half Price during; the Sale.' KOH COMPANY TO OUR PENANG FRIENDS AND
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    • 135 15 MORELAND Motor Lorries THERE IS NO BETTER LORRY AT ANY PRICE ON THE MARKET. w IN STOCK: V/z ton Chassis only $6,500 2'/ 2 ton $t*ked Body and Cab Complete $8,500 2'/z ton Body and Uau Complete Firestone Giant Pneumatic Tyrefc with Kellogg Engine Air Pump Installed $9,500 PHONE FOR
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 371 16 New Shipments Just Arrived •f ■art* Daplax Dla Plstea for Pipes to screw H In to 1% la. Xarts Daalei Dla Plates for Pipes to screw 1 In. to 8 la. tittle Claat Screw Hates for Pipes to screw 14 In. to 1 In. ■aatarwrook Bngltah Make Gaa Thread Stocks
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    • 436 16 TAY GUAM MAT M, PHILU? STBKXT. Pkaw Nea. till aad Mil, Th* MMcemfnl contractor for nppry FIREWOOD AND BASKETS AND BROOMS, ETC to the Singapore ManlclpaUty dmrlai the year 1121. GLOBH BOILHB UMJDI For clearing and preserriag staasa boQen of all type. Used by all factories, fteaaera, etc, aad found
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    • 910 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS Tk* PBEPAID raargoa far Waata, Far Sale, Ta Lai, ate, la ordinary clooe-oet typo (average six worda to line) an i Per line one Insertion SB cts., two ins. 46 ets- three las. 64 cts., four Ins. 82 ets., five ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.18, tan ins. $1.40,
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    • 815 16 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, office No. 3-b, Malacca Street. For particulars, apply Meyer Brothers. TO LET, 31, Phillip Street. Apply M. Guston, 4, de Souza Street or J. H. Ellis, Malacca Street. TO LET, second floor No. 82-8, Chang* Alley, suitable for office. Immediate entry. Apply No. 6, Telnk
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    • 388 16 GERMAN DEBTS TREATY OF PEACE. BRITISH CLAIMANTS are notified that the period within which claims against German Nationals mcy be accepted has been extended and will expire on September 30, 1921. After that date no claims under Article 296 of the Treaty of Peace with Germany will be accepted. Notification
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    • 462 16 Bellanger The King of Fraaea Can WITH SILVBR BADIATOB I AND THB GOLDBN SILUNCaV Jattt Arrived Deok Bert* First tw« Demonstration ear* are t* be aold at Special Prleaa. The BBLLANGER Is a ear of efficiency. economy and ecmfi.t. No doc'ul it luxnrlons and the price is vrit>.!a t>.s reach
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 165 16 THE STRAITS T?8E3 telepbonw Editorial and Gcn»r»l Job Printing Office ill* All commaaicat<i>n* relating M aflNMM oettere ani newe aheul.i kf to THK EDITOR. JLU *sau)Bai< .-'.It* relating to buainesi hHm- »lv»rt'«v mente, •tjbterip'ioni, »;coanla, |C*atb^ ■te- ihoold b« adJr«M«< v> Taj MANAGER. ADVXSTIBZatKNT 2AT£f Par Inch ona Intsrtioo KM,
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