The Straits Times, 23 September 1921

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,750 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23^ 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 160 1 Pure Devonshire Cyder WHITEWAYS "FAIR MAID OF DEVON BRAND Medium dry, fully matured and of wine-like flavour. Delicious 0(^ Health Giving i Refreshing Stimulating* I V V/AY J l.T Ij 'J THE PRE-EMINENT DRINK FOR ALL CLIMATES. Whiteway's Cyder i« unqueslionnhly a jfrca 1 aid to Physical Fitness undfr the
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    • 219 1 lITQT RKTPIWPffe N EW STOCKS OF JUk5 I fldEil W CiV SPORTS REQUISITES AYRES JAQLE'S CHAMPION Jttll» I IiNMS UAI.LS. ASSOCIATION CROQUET SKTS. NO. 102 We have a choice f selection of tlrst- i ami j y /i m clais Badminton /Ljfy/f/ft nd Squaih Ra 1 4'r/ cl-et«. AM are
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  • 1022 2 Three Months' Gaol for a Savage Mistress. gacking cruelty to n 10-year old tsai who was tortured with live charwas proved against a Chinese woman Z at 20, Hillicr Street, Hongkong •c Mr. I.iiidscll the other day. Sentence of three months* «hard labour without the option
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  • 92 2 Lord Clifford of Chudhijth pteaeaiad in he Bane of Lords a petition over a mile n lcnirth containing 78,105 signatures. It *as from the people of Monmouthshire, who asked for th> aana privileges of Sunday opening (under the Lirensing Jill) as are to exist in every
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    • 305 2 Weak Men and We j ,n Arc Soon Made Strong. Healthy Vigorous by Dr. CassclTs Tablets. txnls. I South AMca. I rißnej RWct PO. I .(.■>> i. >■<' itli Ii IHnaoort, Din. fr-ra. WtH— lhrr«M Tah!m h«T» rff«.trrt xirh a opirndid core _»H«e; In bm lhal I M I SciesUfic
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    • 524 2 3k Mto<STimo FOUCAULD SNAKE OFF THE SHACKLES Bhcumatism is one of the world's greatest slave misters. It shackles many thousands of ktblM men and women with its bonds of pain. Deliverance is at hand, for those afflicted beings, however, for the soothing influence of Little's Oriental Balm opens the way
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    • 209 2 10 H.P. CITROEN OAR TU axeaHanea or ftwuh aatoatob!!. rafbiaartaf U»ff M» known and a— eed by axparta. Tha Citroaa la tka aaVaavMfM ba«t of la school of pr^dnotlom. Baa this ramarkabla Car— tonpar* It with a—- ctkar UgM tsi Markat. Taka a d»mo_tration rlda— drlra it yonnalt If y*«
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  • 513 3 jAn >id Player on Why We Make Them. 1 chief mistakes of fte avcragv l>layei-, both jrirl and man, are very teatal in character, writes a correspondent in a London paper. I'erhnps tin: commonest of all is the widespread fear of hurting the ball. The Modern, ttgfettjr-atrapg
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  • 465 3 Classic- Plnnt Dug up Secretly By Night. The Mandrake Merchant has come to town again. I saw him ii; Fleet-street, writes a Dally] Chionick' vi|)r:";'.r.tativc. plying his ob-| aeare lr;i.k\ aad carrying on his back, about Imlf liu;i<lrcdwcijrViL <if white! bryony or mandrake root, which he
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 174 3 TIJB^PULSOMETBR ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD. READING. M ANUFACTUKERS OF PULSOMETER STEAM and CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS Prices on Application. STOCKS HELD BY THE SOLE AGENTS. UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated in th« Strmits Settlement*) SING VPORE. finitggrs JOHNSON-PICKETT MANILA ROPE THE BEST THERTCFOKE THE CHEAPEST Bu.M'r-i rtuw-a-diiy« arc more insistent upon superiority of quality
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    • 483 3 PRETTY WOMEN who wish to retain their charm find Pinkettes of i- -pc-cisl value for the preservation I of thi- complexion and of the general health. The Mb, when m-cdrd. ..f these dainty littlu laxatives keeps the *kiii free from pimples and blemishes, insures daily regularity, di:pelH bilious attacks and
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    • 260 3 NOTICES NOTICE TO BUILDING CONTRACTORS 172, HAVELOCK ROAD. Tenders arc invited for th« overhaulinf mid renewal of lioof Broaties of abovi Godown now in occupation of Messrs Guthric Co., Ltd. Tenders will clofe on September 24, n' 12 noon. Particulars from tho undersigned at 100-2, Robinson Road. A. F. CORNELIUS.
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    • 397 3 NOTICES TENDERS INVITED PAWNBROKERS' LICSKCB NEGUI BEMBILAN. Tenders will be received nt thf the Secretary to Resident, Noßri Seremban, up to noon on September 1921, fur the right to recivo n licence act aa Pawnbroker under "The Tawnbro'. r« Enactment, 1914," in each of the undcr--nentioned areas from January 1,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 795 4 STEAMER SAILINGS P. British India AND Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated in England) MA?L AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. Ca (Under Contract with HU Uajeety'a Go»«rnment) I*# C»«ip» HAIL 3EKVICK EAST OF BOMBAY are at present aatpeadf* LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE -UOY LONDON I TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON |:«e
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    • 774 4 STEAMER SAILINGS STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LOOTED <uiatn t*»»,T«J*d to aa'.l fraa» Stmgasart KINTA— Uor.dsy, 4 p.m., for Pert Svottaaham and Penaftg. aYE LEONG Monday. M 4Jt lav Malacca and Muar. IAKA Tueaday. at 4JO pm, tar Malaaw and atnar. fPOH— Wedneaday, at 4 p.at- far Part Svettenham and Fon*nj HtBE-
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    • 61 4 STEAMER SAILINGS DOLLAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK VIA SUEZ Grace Dollar LOADING OCTOBER 25. r I Throngs BHIt of Lading lisned from Singapore to the Principal Cities of the United States and Canada. r, I 1 k. i For further information a* to Rates, etc I apply to THB
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    • 417 4 STEAMER SAILINGS 8.11 THB OSAKA BHOSKN KAISHA LTD. (Incorporated In Japan) If*. J, Da Sow Straat. NrropoMd B«lHnt from* Singapore Subject to change without notice) COBOPBAN UNI For Pert Said. MawalUa*, London, Aatwem Rotterdam and Hamhnri ut. dap. ALTAI MABU Oct. 13 Oct. 10 •AMAZON MARU Nov. 2 Nov. 3
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    • 603 4 STEAMER SAHJN3S AUSTRALIA BY BURNS PRiLP LINE (lß«srpr.r*t«< 1* AwtaHt) Slnfapur* to Jara Port*, Port Dar» TbiTkday Island, Bricb/me and H»dn»y, *U Torre* StraiU, aleo with transhipment m other Victorian. South Aimtrulien and Norti, Queensland Torts. Tlriti-h Now Guinea, N«» Britain, Ta«n-.*ni» and New Zraland Portr. approximate 9Afi.rsf;s MARFLTJ^. 7,372
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 411 5 STIAMER SAIUIWS I N.Y.K. Enropean Line IjONDON LINE Fortnightly Service FOB MAEStII LBS, LONDON AXD ANT^'KBP, VIA POBTt KITANO HARU Sfpt. 23 INABA MARC Oet KAMO MAKI Oct. 19 LIVERPOOL LINE Monthly Service FOB MARSEILLES AND LIVERPOOL VIA PORTS LISBON MARU O et HAMBURG UNE Monthly Service FOB LONDON, ANTWERP,
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    • 251 5 STEAMER SAltfflfiS Straits-Australia-Service OF TI/E KP.M. (KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY). REGULAR MONTHLY sailings from Singapore to Sydney and Melbourne direct by the up-to-date passenger steamers HOUTMAN and "ROGGEVEEN." PASSENGERS and CARGO can now be booked from Singapore to Sydney and Melbourne WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT. Fares To Brisbane or Sydney, Ist clnss single
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    • 254 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Nippon Yusen Kaisha PASSAGES FOR EUROPE A few first ami second-class accommodation is available on the undermentioned steamers INABA MARU aniline Oct. 0 KAMO MARU sailing Oct. 19 IYO MARU sailii.gr Nov. 3 ATSLTA MARU sailing Nw. 17 For further particulars, apply to NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA (iMMfanM in
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 359 6 CINEMAS B»^^^^» aß>. laaak^^^^^^ BBaßßßßßaaafsSr PV 1 HALL, LIMITED Mcpth BiiJho Road The Set '*>i Show at 9.}j n.vi. BDI*IE POI/J POBTEB ii KING OP TME CIRCUS EpUoda 6. THE BLACK WALLET 2 Parts Episode 6. THE LION'S CLAWS 7 acts THE SAGEBRUSH! n 7 atts Qtaat 11. irt r
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    • 441 6 CIHEMAS "GAIETY" CINEMA Grand y Complete Changa of Programme jMHHBBWMHmI At 1.30 Huarp ir Harry T. Morev'and Betty Bljtlie B||l^Hb^^9||£Si In tho Vi;agr»i>h Pu-tnre B^B ?^KJKh A M-ry ,'l«\erly v..,vui IP Mystery dram.i in "i |)»n« SffiIIBBBBBBBBHBBBr^ I A: 9 p.n. Sinrp SBS^f^ e»V*i' 1A I Son* i BEAUTIFUL OHIO
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    • 241 6 NEVER SAT DTE, SAT TINTEX HOW TO USE IT P Put a t<" ispoocful of Tintrx into a cup, add sufficient hot water to half (ill thr cap, stir well and put contents into half gallon of cold water. First wash the material well and place while wet into Tintcx
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    • 80 6 ~—-lA m For all Defects <rf Visio.. 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) OFFICE AT THE United Pharmacy, 305, North Bridge Road SINGAPORE PASSAGE I'NITED KINGDOM The M.V. Glenamoy is expected
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 196 7 There, was n large attendance oi s;*-. taton al tha s.c.C. jwatafda) ■ftaraboa to riaw uh< niaariai. in aonaaotion with tbr \atm Chili Sp.,rl i. The •'ill.-'wii !U: I'inalfi. Putting l!i" Shot. :«i I> (..islinj (S.C'.C.) i I /..•linu.-r 18.R.C.1 (atfl. lOiun.) II C. Mill, B C.) 1
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    • 97 7 owing "ill j in ilie inauh agniiißl Singaj/ora in the H.M.S. M&laya i«- ptayod „n the B.R.C. t;r.,und a g o clock barf 1.. Brown VI. Carvalhoand H. I). 1., li.sliei k\i bin Uydin, l>. Kior and B.F OcaMa H. it«,,k. I.. J'int.%. J. KairweaAar, I. o R g
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    • 73 7 in tl.e final tot Mrt. "ver the Olulj tonne, lUrlinf at LO am. with limit of :li Tlip points up i iat.: \vi;ii OM MM race to MMgarot 11, 18 p into, Ilun.lir.i; miruie« Gertmde. 16, one minute hop ui(i I'lllcll 4. mrWti r^.i« lm»tS »ill *\.\n
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    • 105 7 rhe following kaaau will riaj the flat round foi tli" Uarnw cupust the Sfngapon I'olo Ciub Chnkbti tt -V minataV lii.li -Sootfc SLaii'..i(K ic<ilo-.ir«i bias). Stafford*.- (.'.lptiin Jones Mitton 1 Captain Bartlatt 9 Col. U. 91. Morg.in 1 \V. l.«. C fil S, •rvi.-o.— 1". IlilliiiX R. 1! OaUnM
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    • 109 7 i b Mm tmmtt la taa >h:ir ic> itMta ..t Ih.' Slur Ojkiu ..n Octobat 6 .iniubcrt Ulivdro M v I tea sin 7.10. :i toundi Cwvalho H.a v. I'll..:-. Hire Ktaqj BJI, B J6fann< I'. -rr.-ji: I 10, 6 .loUnuv v..f.. BooU 0.6, 0, Mi. W. A. Wilson
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    • 62 7 V.M.C.A. Tennis Championship. 'i niitnlm re-iilted as Inßnip I. <i. rB. B. Aiiiinil. B 0, (I. (iaii Klx-I; K«ng iKjat F. /ieggle. I. -1. i; -1 Tci-d;iy'> Ties. 1> i. Dmtmo v. C. I". <1.- Y&:igb. I l ■■fin. K. Uatdnor. s.i:.r. \utumo Tannu Tnrmi^al *U1 i.-ci. Bntriaa
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    • 100 7 The following was the result of the' K.i>p 1 Coif Tiul) September Medal, 18 Hok Btrafcl Handicap T. J. Kinwick Hl— 7= 74 .1. Strachan 82— 7= 75 C. C. Xicholl BC— 9= 77 Bmtth 92—14=78 I I'i. tt 90—12=78 I :-\vci>|) on Saturday resulted in f.
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    • 21 7 (Men for week ending September L's Friday, 2"r«l. Band Practice, Malay Voluntitr Club. 5.15.
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  • 25 7 I U. Dando and F. J. Merritt ■nd Mi. H. M. Scale arrived from Lonili.ii by tin- Sardinia und are stuvine nt Iphi Hotel. I
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  • 157 7 FIXTURW Kriday. September 23. High Water, 1.35 a.m., 1.24 p.m. Drums nn<l Fifes, Gardens, 6.16 p.m. S.F.A. Cup. R.K. Sports Club v. S.C.F.A. 11. St. Geortre's Ix)dce. Saturday, September 24. Hil.li Water. 2.29 a.m., 2.7 p.m. H.M.S. 'Jalaya Cup, Malacca v. Singapore S.R.<\ Inter-Club. Sports Final, S.C.C.,
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  • 201 7 VESSELS AT THE DOCKS r.a.«f Wharf Basin Nil. Kant Wlurf -Gracchus. Shwrs Wh:irf I". llorUyk. Main \Y!mrf KitaM Maru. K«tonp. Tenno M;!iU. Empire Dock -Fook Sane. Dux, Keponß. W..t WkMf— Amilochu'-. Jar-lints Wharf Barents*. I'nlo Brani Coal Wharf -Nil. Kcpprl Ilarbonr. Main Wharf BithiM. Co»l Wharf-Nil. Vessels tn
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  • 228 7 To-day iiatu Fah»t 3 p.m. fort Swettenham and Teluk Amon 1 p.m. <*lncea and Miiar t p.m. Saigta und Huiphong ..4 p.m. jourabaya and is«ndji rrua- in 4 p.m. Rtaio. Tambelan and Pont-nnak 4 p.m. Uangkok 4 p.m. Pulau Galang 4 p.m. Satarday Bngan 9 a.m Ktafkawang.
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  • 236 7 Materialisation of a Happy Thought. I Ik* :pcei.<l nrchc»lnil i tli- si:i,;.ip..r»: l'h:!li. i-iioui.-, nliistia intho Viotoria Tharira yaatadajr afternoon nut t iuooi Ijoth 1 from aa iMWe w writ thn aHMiilaiiije nulu( ol i,,w It wi Hw inaUiiiliaallmi i»r aa lam. tu Httnot Ckiuwo UkUm uid .i11,.,.,
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  • 139 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, September 22. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 5/32 Demand 2/3 2U/o2 l'rivate m credits 2/4 7/1 C 'in New Vmk Demand 42% i'rivate 'J'J day:-, 46 0:! Kranc.- Bank 570 On India Bank T.T. 156 On Hongkong, Bank d/d 2U% p.c. pm. On RhnnKhai,
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  • 54 7 Spot Oct. Oct-Ow. Jan. -March Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers Sellers Tone of mar Spot oa. Oit.-Dcc. .liin.-Manh ket Firm. Singapore Standard \l l>l.i-l Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers Sellers :;OV. 81 H :ii .'!2 DAILY PRICES CURRENT. 12 i>Vl»ck nooq, c
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 184 7 Ih. Val. Vd. Buyers. Seller*. 1 1 Ayor Weng 1.00 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.40 1.50 I I .Mr.nioh 0.40 SjOO El a Km::. Knmunting 1.14.0 1.1G.0 cd. 10 10 Kinta Assoc. 0.00 £1 £1 I-ahai Mines 5 l.irgui Tin 3.25 3.75 Id 10 Malayan Coll. 13.75 14.75 1
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    • 124 7 vai. Pd. Buyers. Sellert. 1 i 1 Dr. Am. Tobacco ".0.0 3.10.0 Cl Ml E. Smelting Co. 0.20 ti.so 5 Klcctric T'ways 2/6 10 10 Trascr N eaves 28.50 20.50 iU 50 W. *amrr.er Co. 75 85 I Kat7. Bros. I 'of. 140.00 .Mexican Eagle 4.10.0 5.0.0 10 10
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    • 100 7 J. En?. C p.c. 51,2u4,300 par 3 p.c p.m.;? 3'pore E'ectric Tramways, 5 p.c. £350,000 nom. i fctanieipal 5 p.c. i..-,7'.tX)o p»r. S'pon Mun. 4V» p.c. of 1907 $1,000,000 10 p.c. dis. j> i M.'.n. IV4 P* of 19C9 §1,0 J0.500 10 p.c. dis. I ip° rL Mun. 4',i
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    • 346 7 Frasw and Co. and Ly»U and Evatt's Quotations. O-i ijri 'rices. Fraser Lyall Co. Evatt. Mienbjr <*1) 0.20 0.10 0.20 Mat (JaUh (SI) O.JO l.no o.JO 1.00 Hii:-.:n <S5) 6.50 7..">0 7.00 7.50 tUlay <S2) 2.00 1.25 1.75 v Kncing ($l. 1.00 I.OU V. Moiek <»11 1.00 1.00
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 85 7 A GOOD PHOTOGRAPH MEANS YOUR VERY LIKENESS STYLE AND MOOD A Production from LEE BROTHERS STUDIO HILL STREET. WILL PRODUCE THESE RESULTS. PRINTING MACHINES FOR SALE Applications are invited for the purchase of the undermentioned printing machines QUAD CROWN "RELIANCE" AND QUAD DEMY RELIANCE." WHARFDALES, with usual accessories, complete. In
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    • 690 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS ICY KOK BACHELOR, in privt.tr family. Good ho;.ic. Tennis and K:»ratf< Apply 638. Stnitt lines. WANTKD. a cashier and book-keeper Security Sfi.oao. Apply to Allen and Gird hill, 22s Raffles Place, Sinpapore. LOST, pnir of h<-i:vy rim glasses, fitte. with dark Cruh Lous. Keward if returnci -o General
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    • 493 7 Discovery of Blotting Paper. Blotting paper it. [tn discovei-y gained its Inn i but a dfacfaarga from hi.; position, and i first rato Molding to precede tint. Early in the l'.Hh century i: Paper Mamifai'riiifir wandered a his factory, and glaMed into v.-.l of pulp. The MXI iiio'iu up and
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  • 32 8 LIM.— On Thursday, September 22, 1921, at his laaMaaati No. 222, Jalin Bcsar, Lim Koon Tye, a^--vl i>6 (aata. Funeral lecvet residence at Wt Bvav to-day, for buriui at Bidadart !\-mjicr;\
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  • 1195 8 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. May we congratulate the Hon. Mr. C. V. Gibbons on his terse and admirable speech at the half yearly meeting of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce May we at the same time say that the meeting over which he presided will
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  • 13 8 Sporting News and Notes will he found on page 7 of this issue.
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  • 8 8 The sanatorium at Kcdah Peak is almost completed.
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  • 10 8 A letter tc his oiiice was addressed Singapore, Malay Asia."
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  • 20 8 Kalumpang Tin, no liability output etc for the first half month is hours run 297 output pis. 171.54, yardage 36,763.
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  • 23 8 H.H. Prince Abubaker of Johore has been spending a holiday in^Penang as the guest of Capt. M- N. Hashim, District Officer, Balik Pulau.
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  • 26 8 A large party of engineers left Kuala Lumpur last night for Penang where an important meeting of the Engineering Association is being held for two days.
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  • 36 8 The Renong Tin Dredging Co's output for the first half month ending September 15 is No. 1 dredge 260 piculs, No. Z dredge 468 piculs, total 728 piculs. This output is exclusive of the Rasa property.
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  • 32 8 Muncie, one of the two American gaol breakers at Shanghai was captured the other afternoon clinging to a brake underneath a train about to stare for Nanking. Norman is still at targe.
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  • 39 8 Mr. F. C. Ebbels, manager of Juru Estate, Ltd., Province Wellesk-y, wil, shortly be proceeding to Rangoon- on i: happy errand, namely, to meet his fiancee. Miss Irene O'Ne'U, second daughter oi Mrs. O'Neill of Ford Park Road, Plymouth.
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  • 45 8 The Cecil Humphreys bankruptcy was again before the Shanghai Supreme Court un September 12. Assignment to a limited company was declared fraudulent. The bankrupt was not present and his wht.eabouts are not kn< wn. His liabilities are jsLimat il at over half a million taels.
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  • 41 8 The Daily Mail's Pking corresponder.t wires A remarkable wedding of the dead wes contracted by a Chinese bridegroom and bride who had been engaged since childhood and had died. Theii aodies were buried in the same grave after the marriage ceremony.
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  • 50 8 We regret to announce tho death, at the age of 52, of Mr. Fong Heng Gaing, Senior Chinese Interpreter of the District Court, Penang. which occurred on Monda> night. Deceased had been in failing health for some months and was retiring on pension shortly, after a service of 8b years.
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  • 55 8 Messrs. Barlow and Co. in their market report, dated 21st instant, state that the ;opra market has remained ve r y steady during the past week and that more business has been done. Closing quotation? ire as follows No. 1 standard $12.50 tc 113, No. 2 $12 to $12.50 and
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  • 80 8 The rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ended September 10 was 35.90. The total number of deaths was 293 of which 215 wer; mak subjects and 78 female. Convulsions -•lainu-d 20, phthisis 36, malaria fever 36, dysentery 15, beri-beri 23, pneumonia 24. ir-".uenza 4, and
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  • 93 8 Information has been received from the master of the .steamer Krian that on th< night of the Bth inst., a larjfe new steel lighter, with sections of*a new steam lighter lashed on top and securely made fast to the F.M.S. Railway pier at* Kelantan, had disappeared in the morning. Since
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  • 178 8 A correspondent writes from Malacca On Saturday, the 17th instant, a party, consisting of Messrs. Tan Boon Koon, A. V. Pillay, Tan Kirn Swee, Stet Chee Peng, Chua Phong Yam, Low Teck Swce, Tan Keng Tie, Lim Manis, Tan Kojm Sian, Chan Seng Kee, Lee Koon Swee, Choc Scow Lim,
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  • 218 8 The following Singapore properties were sold by auction by Messrs. Cheon? Koon Seng and Co. at their saleroom 30, Klinr Street on Wednesday afternoon :—Freehold land and house 1,197, Joo Chiat Place, off Joo Chiat Road, area 23,955 sq. ft, bought by Mr. Tan Hin Lang for $2,600 freehold land
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  • 332 8 Mr. P. Scott •Falsha^ Government veterinary jur^oon. has returned froH leave. The Rev. M. Do<!.«woith, Mrs. Dod worth and Miss A I'ugh of tha Hett id Mission, Malacca, are spending a aKMlth holidcy at the Nest, Taiping Hills. A Router cable, dared ihe 22.-d iaat .'in rSunces
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  • 71 8 Twer.ty-cne thousand Juvancr.e coolif aad been repatriated durin,' 10J1 up to lii ml t,t August. The total for th Ban period dur.hg i:<2o was 8 00.), the IM total thus showing an excess To this t( .!u must be -i.JOO mor who have bee 1 recently disnr:obacco and
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  • 147 8 The heai-infr of t!v csm in which Se Ah Se? was charged with having statbc .0 death one Per.tr Sionp op Ju..c 10 wa continued before Mr. Justice Barrett ..«T.n <rd at the Apsiz s Mj y cr La nft>y DJ»J». prosecuted an Mr. Stuart-Bell appeared for
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  • 129 8 H. H. Th? Rajah of Sarawak tad H r Highn"ss the Rur.ee arrived in Si on S pttmber 21 by the Atsuta Msru fr m England. Thc:r Highnesses m on arrival by Lieut. G. H. S. Su!ivan. K X to His Exceilencj the I Capt. Bury (i ff
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  • 199 8 A Ban^kalan DMMftge of the !2ili inst. reports a terrible marder a.- having m curred at Boclutk Agosng at midday on the previous Thursday. The magistrate of the district, B Klampis, with an MCOrt, ha. pro Boelocnjr to disperso a crowd gal the purpose of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 256 8 N°77 A MADE HIGH £j^-. FROM A Jft FINEST 4afe« VIRGINIA CIGARETTE '^3^ LEAF igrh-Class Tailoring for the Races <- a. now displaying a smart bb<l up-to-data rollection of the taltaipKj all of which are v moderately priced. Every n;ent is cut by an experienced L uropean Cutter and special
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    • 264 8 ALHAMBRA I Beach Road. ,5 Pti THE BEAUTIPUL GAMBLER 5 Pts. featuring Grace Darmond Topi.il Budget! and Harold Lloyd Comedy i Pts. THE SONG OF THE SOUL S Pts. Featuring Alice Joyce And other Interesting Comedy. IVIARLBOROUGH Beach, Road. 5 Pts. A JAPANESE NIGHTINGALE 5 Pts. Featuring Ffnnie Ward Pathc
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  • 546 9 German Chemical* Works Destroyed. Thousands of People Killed And Injured. RCUIUft StKVICE. •in. Sept mber 21. Paris, from Mainz The chi'mical worka rt Oppan, near Frankenlhal, in Un Bavarian pahitintite bare blown up. London, S.pteinbcr 21. .Mayincc Explosions at th.- Badiiiche ,iilin Works at Oppau, among the most
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  • 25 9 Reuter's Service. London, September 22. Berlin Hirr L>rchtnfeld, a member of the Bavarian People 1 Party, has been pointed Prime Minister of Bavaria.
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  • 267 9 Mr. Lloyd George Unable To Attend. Reiter's Service. London, September 21. Reuter states it is doubtful whether Mr. Bonar Law will be abl? to attend the Washington Conference. Sir L. V/orthin^-ton-Evans v. ill^attend if land disarmament is discussed, but such a discussion is doubtful in view of the
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  • 104 9 Reiteh's Service. London, September 21. Paris A burning question now dividing French labour, namely dissension between the moderates and extremists who favour adhesion to the Moscow International, was dealt with at a meeting of the natioeal committee of the General Confederation of j Labour, which passed a resolution
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  • 61 9 Reuter's Service. London, S.-ptember 21. The Ambassadors' Conference has not yet despatched the ultimatum to Hungary with regard to Burgenland, but it is understood that the terms tre practically settled. Hungary will be given 10 to 14 Jays to evacuate Burgrnland, failing which the Allies will tak?
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  • 56 9 Reuter's Sekvice. London, September 21. Paris h i.< officially stated that imports into France for the first eight months of K'2l amounted to 13,607 million francs, compared with 31,342 million frar.cs in the corresponding period of 1920. The experts were 14,086 millions as compared with 17,234 millions in
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  • 39 9 Reuter's Service. London, September 21. A recent strike at Swansea steel works, it is stat; J, has prevented the acceptance of an urgent order from Japan which would ha*« occupied the mills for two years.
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  • 24 9 Reuter's Service. London, September 22. Cairo The Government has decided to continue restriction in the cotton growiiifr areas for two years.
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  • 169 9 RxtTER'3 Service. Paris, September 21. Ti'O official returns again show a aubitanirai advance in French exports during the first eight months of 1921. M. Briands personal efforts to settle the textile dispute have resulted in th? workmen's syndicate accepting arbitration is outlined by the French Premier. The
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  • 61 9 RriTKß's SEUvrcE. London, September 22. The lintr companies engaged in the Far Eastern trede art further reducing freights from Kurope, bused on weight, both from iilritnin and the Continent. The reductions broadly rr.n;:e from Is, to 17s. Od. n ton on ratal between 575. (3d. Bad 7.'.;.,
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  • 54 9 Revter's Service. Lon ;o:i, Septei.v.'er 22. Washington Congress has re-assembled. {President Harding sent a messenger with [the German. Austrian mil Hungarian 'treaties. Senator Lodge, the Kepnh.'icarl leader, previously conferred with Mr. Harding, and it is understood that it was arranged for the treaties to 'je referred to
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  • 47 9 Kei/tek's Sehvice. London, September 21. Paris The International Textile Workers' Congress, at present meeting in Paris and attended by n hundred delegates, notably British and Dutch, voted 200,000 francs for the textile workers of France and B?lgiura who are striking against a reduction of wages.
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  • 45 9 Reitek's Service. London, Sptember 21. Havre General Perching has arrived and proceeded to Paris as the guest of the French Government. Besides attending to the selection of the body of Anuric.-.'s unknown soldier, he will inspect the American troops in occupation at Coblcnz.
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  • 44 9 Reuteu's Service. London, September 21- I Geneva The Assembly of the League' lias unanimously adopted the report of the' committee urging the Council to take! steps to impress on the Supreme Council) the necessity for prompt settlement of thej Armeniun question.
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  • 111 9 The Danish East Asiatic Company,! whose motor vessels are frequent callers at Singapore, have recently launched two big motor vessels, the Malaya and the Java which will be added to the Eastern service fleet. The Malaya and Java are vessels of 13,500 tons each
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  • 5551 9 Damages Claimed Against The Straits Times. Defendant Oross-Examined. The action in which the Singapore Cold Storage Company, Ltd.. claims damages for libel from th» St*aits Times Press, Ltd., and Mr. A. W. Still was continued in the Supreme Court before the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Sraw, yesterday. Mr.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 146 10 i To the Editor of the Straits Times. I Sir, Referring to the reference to my MM in the Straits Times libel action I wish to make it quite clear that I was not the person who made the statement to the Editor of the Straits Times referred to
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  • 358 10 t The Coroner's Enquiry into The Fatality. Yesterday \fr. V. G. Bourne, act- injj Coroner, held his enquiry into th circumstances regarding the sudden death of the late Mr. William Wpodford Gray, i who died at the Hotel Republic, Singapore, during the night of August 25, a
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  • 349 10 How Sardinia Passengers Ix>st Their Bets. The following i.s from the Pinang Gazette of September 20 P. and O. steamer? never race each other j officially. Now and again they have the! I opportunity of showing what they can do, I !in friendly competition. The Snrc'ini.i-
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  • 2260 10 Annual Report of the Municipal' Engineer. We have received from the water' 1 Engineer, Singapore Municipality, his report upon the work of his Department for the year 1920. It shows that the expenditure for that period was, from revenue, *1,358,763, from loan |48G,264, a total of $1,845,028, the
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  • 226 10 Batavia-Merian Aeroplane Flight. j On Monday, the 12t.h in»t., three Dutch military aaveplaiiea, WZ, \vr> tod W9, i out on a flight from Batavia for- Mcilai. jThe distance to be covered was l.tiOO Mlometrea roughly 1,000 mil s— the same as tlißt between Amsterdam and London. They
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  • 220 10 Reported Stronir Demand for All Grades. Heaare. (iuthru- ami Co. rci>ort Sir.Kapnn-, S.'ptcmbi:i 1 Influenced i\ report* oJ an active market and advancing rsjnas m New York, the i. .-i! rubfan Market ■hoeed a linnci tendency, and, «i .h "shorta" oovsttag Bep4 aammitnMibi, -i iharp ...h.uio- in
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  • 84 10 Macphail and Co.'s Daily .Report. part, Si'ptimbi-r Silver 41 ~_>. KMgkOßg per Mat. prem. Three nOßthl cold 4 .1 1 Share market. Dull.— Rubbers. I'ructically no vnquiiv. Tins.— Tuipinfts I.OJ .07 Norths 1.25-I. SO, Boathl 86-70 cuits, Kuwuiiks 55--00 cents, Ulu l'iahs l^S-1.80, Nawni; IVts 1.65-1.00, Jvlantoiis
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  • 68 10 Mr. unl Mis. John Macdonald, Mr. and Mr;.. P. J. Schmidt Had Mr. St. -en Sebest- o<\ arrived al Bangkok by the Katj." w I Mr. MacilonaliH reliev.s Mr. Allen as 'agent cf the Chartered Bank, the latter '(iOinr: "li li-ayi 1 Mr. Allen Ins l).in Bfeal in Bangkok since
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  • 1522 11 The Tragedy *of J.ord Kitchener. .Lord Esliers little hook, which rur- t< at>out 200 pagos only, is baaed on a diary kept faithfully during the momentous years 1914 to l'JlB, and from various cor« respondent. If h.> remains of the samo mind, and can persuade his,
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  • 319 11 Father's Confession to Harming Youngest Son. A story of crime seldom exceeded in the i .ements cif dramatic horror is revealed by •he confession by a man and his MM ameri Perdroux, at La ChapellH Onzeram.i .1 th? Department of the Loire, eariy last \ugnst. In the
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  • 290 11 in the report, dated August 2r>, Him '.Villianl Jacks and Co. stite. There is no chanire to report in markets .em rally since we last wrote, and un- u'tunately it :s difficult to see where any mpiovement is troinsr to come from owing !i the dtpnaMd state
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    • 15 11 The Trajre<ly of Lord Kitrhein-r. By Hi'S^hbI'I Viscount Esher. (London: J.hn Mun«y.) 10 0 Mi
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    • 99 11 New Music. a THE WHOLE WORLD SERIES THE MOST POPULAR SERIES THE OLIVER DITSON EDITION STERN'S ÜBRARY MAGNUS ORGAN VOLUNTARIES SCOTTISH STUDENTS SONGS W VOCAL AM) INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC Also Piano and Vocal Operatic Scores, Francis and Days, Darewski, Feldman, Tliinet, Song and Dance Annuals, Standard Folios Waltz, Sonc and Pianoforte
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    • 359 11 RAFFLES HOTEL PRELIMINARY NOTICE AUTUMN RACK MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 24.— Tea Dance, to 7 p.m. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25. Dance after Dinner (Kvening Dress essential for Dancing). WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26.— Orchestral Concert, 9.43 p.m., Raffles Orchestra. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27.— Guest Night and Dance (Evening Dress essential for Dancing). FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28.—
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  • 1754 12 Visit to a Rubber Estate In Malaya. W:> publish to-day a second paper from the pen of the special^ correspondent who contributed somo vividly written impressions of a visit to Volaya, from which hi; has just returned, to The Time* recently. The bungalow Icy in the
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  • 229 12 Mr. Bourchier Wants to Know What it Meant. Mr. Arthur Bourchier, who was booed" when he came before the curtain at the end of the first performance of The Trump Card, at the Strand Theatre, is quite mystified by the incident. It was a stab in the dark,
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  • 160 12 One sometimes wonders, when noting a quaintly-worded epitaph on a time-worn tombstone, says the Morning Post, whether mr descendants will find the twentieth ■entury memorials an interesting field for research. Somehow the mod«rn inscriptions seem to lack the pleasant spontaneity, the good, human ring which it is
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    • 239 12 Te «M tkla Braae n» Bnu*c »«aae f^Lfj W^Jkr^. ■coHomy, Sartag o* Mc»cy wU V**"4a^*~>l iT s^^^) Better BemiC IU i*kvU» a»Muu \yj[\y Vy)T^y KIAM KiAT _CC ;^^M, 108 mat 169, KA^E'ET JB «8 g BZl t '^J i. THE MkM. OF PURITY 83! c^lrlfilr PEACHES, APRICOTS PEARS OR CHERRIES
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    • 384 12 STERLING RUBBER SELAftE PRICES. LONDON EXCHANGE STERLING PRICES aTjG. 24. Stock Stock Par Exchange Par Exchan^* Value. Company. Prices. Value. Company. Pricet. Auffust 24 Aupust 24 £1 Anglo-Malay 18/3 £1 Lendu 8/7% II Bakap Plantation* 27/8 il Lumut 21/6 Cl Bnnteng (STngr) 21/3 Ix)ndon-Asiatic 2/7V4 £1 Batu Caves ..15/ £1
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    • 908 13 The Brand of Confidence EUROPEAN EUROPEAN T c ti i an c N E The World's Best E M.,^Sl^ M N THE N MOST RELIABLE rp BRAND rp OBTAINABLE FROM Messrs. AYLBSBLRY NUTTER, Ipoh, Tapah, Taipinjr. Teluk Anson, Penarg Kedah. WEARE CO., LTD., Seremban Kuala Lumpur. KENO HIN CO., Malacca.
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    • 886 13 SALES BY AUCTION REMINDER Saturday, September 21, at 2 p.m. ATTRACTIVE TANJONG KATONG AUCTION SALE of 312 lots of superiof Jacobean style teak household furniture, |Rf,?cnkranz piano, hornless Columbia gramophone, brass curios, etc. At No. 1458, East Coast Road (opposite Kcbun Btangee), Comprising a e°od toned cottage piano by Roatnkxaas
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    • 154 13 liiip__, T \WwJ Ambrosoli StoppaniX Co. Colonial Motor Co. 189, Orchard Road, Singapore Tel. 9SO. Protect Your Inner Tubes BY BUCKEYE INNER RELINERS AND GET MORE MILEAGE FOR YOUR COVERS. A trial will convince you that it will help to reduce tyre bills. SO by 8% $9.00 32 by 4
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    • 1178 14 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE ESTATE OF LOW KIM POHfi, DECEASED IN THE fUPstBMI COURT OF TUB STHAITS SETTI HMKNTS SETTLEHSN'T OF SINGAPORE. Salt No. 159 of 1918. Between TAN BOCK 3KNG, TAN BOCK L\\ and CHIN HCI AND OrTQ HTNR TEONO rbunb'Ka and LOW CBEC NIX) and CAX TBNG NEO. Defendants.
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    • 1945 14 "•■sVTJssssßssßssssssßasJßssVsassaßstsssVßssstVssß^^ Aattt. .Ttr Utwt,tM »O, Vmranet la *>». »v«r $17,000,«et THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CD.' LTD. (fateMfaralad Is ftHralts lettleaents) »»un lIRICIi W'aesißjttaT sV«se, SUgapera. LONDON OFFICI: M, Old Jewry, EX. The Company kas *W,DOt e«poi!Ud wltk th* Bapr«m* Cenrt af KagUad aad eompllss with the British Life Assurance
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  • 403 15 Food Stores to be Placed On Desolate Islands. Should there be an international agree- I nient amongst the Governments for placing I food stores on lonely islands off the beaten I tracks of the oceans as emergency for shipwritked men Recently, writes a Daily Chronicle representative, the
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  • 313 15 Mrs. Philip Snowden's Stories Of Her Travels. KiH.itaiiiinir descriptions of her travels in many lands are told by Mrs. Philip Snowden in her latest book, A Political Pilgrim in Europe" (Cuadl ;iml Co., just puMfehed. Mrs. Snowden probably holds the record among laywcnien, for she has
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  • 213 15 SHALL THE COSTER GO London Street Traders as a Foil To F'rofiteers. ]> Luiuiun in (ituij-'cr of losii*: the familiar fii.-iiif of the coster An limitation ha' been raised in certain marten to remove the street traders from their usuul an:! recognised places, and the are n»\v bahh( open-air meetings
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    • 144 15 MORRIS COWLEY BRITAIN'S Jg^T V ['',i'-^*^ HnSJ THE CAR FOR LADY OR OWNER DRIVER This light two-seater car has i.11 that makes a car worth owning. Speed, comfort, appearance, dur: Sjility and most economical running. WEARNE BROTHERS, LIMITED READ This Announcement Extraordinary. Great reductions in prices of world's best English
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    • 389 15 SmTjpi mot or Af^ENrJV VrV X XI Ht |34, Winchester lloow.j ±\\X EdXX \J X > X-T rJUBOLi Obtainable from all Physiological Laxative. Leading Chemists in The only agent that effects the functional SINGAPORE, MAIAGCA, REEDUCATION OK THE INTt STI .E ILDOr.. ft 4 ;iS SHbi V IIAI fi l
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    • 345 16 New Shipment Just Arrived of Carpcntrr's Smoothing and Jnck Planes. BniSS! HcxnK«n Tapped NutH, from in. to in. (ullands Hrass Butt Hinges, from I l in. to in. Clyburn Screw Spanners, from 6 in. to M inAsbestos Cord or Yarn, nil sizes. AsAeasM ripe Lantag liopc. Patent I'laitrd I.or Lino.
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    • 433 16 TAY GUAN KIAT 36, PHILLIP STREET. Phone Noa. 3 1 IS and 3114. TV Rocre^Hful contractor for supply of FIREWOOD AND BASKETS AND BROOMS, ETC to the Singapore Municipality dnriag the year 1921. GLOBE BOILER REMEDY For clearing and preserving steam boilersj of all types. Used by all factories, steamers,
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    • 1712 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS^^ The PREPAID charges for Wonts, Fer Sale,. Te Let. etc, la ordinary dccc —t type (average six words to line) are Per line; one insertion 28 cts., two ins. 4« eta. three ins. A« eta, four Ins. 82 cts- five Ins. $1.00, six Ins. $148, tea Ins. $140,
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    • 524 16 CUT AWAY .VIEW SHOWING Matthews Engine-Centra tor Unit $950 MODEL The Simplest Possible Combination of a Generator and Gasoline Engine. "In 1911 Matthews 1 K.W. plants were selected by the U.S. Treasury Deportment Engineers for lighthouse installation and in each year since, additional Matthews plants have been selected." With the
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    • 384 16 Bellanger The Wax ef Freacfc Can WITH BILVXR AAPI ATOM a AND mm GOLDIN SILBUCB. J«rt ArrlTea Be«k aUHj First twe Deseenstratleß ears are te be sold at Special Price*. Toe BKLLANGER It a ear of eSelaaer •eoßomy and eomfon. No doubt It lozarloos and the pr'ce is within thk
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 212 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES tditOriftT enj General 58 Manmrcr's office 1117 Jul> Printinß Office 1244 Alt communications relating 'v editorial nattei 1 ami eews should be aijilr^'^nl 10 THE EDITOR. All communications relating to business matters- aiivcr'.isc--menta, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc.. should be cdclrcssed tv THK MANAGER. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Wants.
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