The Straits Times, 24 November 1921

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 26,802 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 169 1 MILKMAID SWEETENED CONDENSED MILK PRICE REDUCED I $2.50 per case. Bernese ALPS SWISS MILK I STA LDE N^Bfcffi^'*M^y EM MEMTHmj /l "BEAR" BfVAMD |k I SWISS MILK I^M irs in its namral purity jj^, i4|,7 erl^ i icuri. x .his milk o^ 5 THE HOUSEHOLD WORDS FOR QUALITY, PURITY AND
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    • 470 1 Latest Novels "One Woman." Alfred Ollivant Price $2.00 "Salute to Adventurers." by John "Her Fate and Hi»," Marie Conner Buckan t. Price $1.00 Leifrhton 2.75 "Donovan I'asha." by Sir Gilbert "The Black Circle." J. E. Buckrose 2.00 Parker i.m> "The Secret Power." Marie Corelli 2.00 "^at^^STi, °L North liv "The
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    • 12 1 MILKMAID j ISwwtoaad CondenMri Milk HjDENSEnMW 1 Price now 124.45 p«r cmae
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  • 403 2 Over Half of Population State Aided. Sir W. J. Noble in his presidential address to the North-East Coast Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders, at New-castle-on-Tyne, said no one could view, without alarm any decline in the maritime supremacy of Britain. Our shipbuilding supremacy was now seriously menaced,
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  • 306 2 Tapping Increased As Prices Rise. A statutory meeting of the Shanghai Kedah Plantations, Ltd, was held on November lat Shanghai. Mr. E. W. Noel presided, supported by Messrs. C. K. Burkill, G. M. W. Hummel (directors) and E. A. Prince (secretary), whilst other shareholders brought the total holding
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  • 219 2 Report of Planters' Stores and Agency for half-year ended March 31, 1921, states amount brought forward was £110,397. Deduct loss of £27,979, dividend to September 30, 1920, preference dividend paid March 31, 1921, income-tax (£4.415), excess profits duty to March 31, 1920 (£11,855), duty on new
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 261 2 iv .yjil^ li 'ill '\M MIX THK i^^^Mm r^^gaßH|l|| of quiet elegance are > tilCfLClStdfcPKli V* P LIGHT^CAR I til I Send v«nr enquiry for early delivery to Afenta f WEARNE BROTHERS, LTD, 4-rr- Orrhird Road. Singapore j ■i-U- STANDARD MOTOR Co, Ltd. JTJf a/ Stiff A Co. I 215,
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    • 308 2 Let Cuticura Heal Your Skin In the treatment of all skin ti oubles bathe freely with Cuticura Soap and hot water, dry gently, and apply Cuticura Ointment to the affected parts. Do not fail to include the Cuticura Talcum in your tnilet preparations. j b.pllTdn>UU OMMUt 34 ulll M I
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    • 150 2 SWINEHART TYRES AND TUBES ihcTl!\wL\ 80LE IMPOKTEHS \£*fQ\ \B the: M I Pacific Trading Co., Ltd. r V 66, 67 68 ROBINSON ROAD &Sn *L SINGAPORE \l Kj T»L Not »8«1 iwV with »üb-eonii«ctioni to »1J d«p*rtai«at». Smoke A La Semeuse HIGH CLASS DUTCH CIGARS FROM fa jk Messrs. Mignot
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  • 332 3 Power of One Man in aa Upper Room. Few of the 44,000 passengers per hour who travel on the London Tubes know that al Leicester Square, in an upstairs room, sits a young man who can control their underground movements by a mere push < f
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  • 210 3 Takes Fruit and Barley Cargo To England. Prince Axel of Denmark (son of Prince Waldemar ami a nephew of Queen Alexandra), who is spending a year at sea as captain of the steamer Asia, brought a eun i f barley and preserved fruit to Hull on October
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  • 231 3 What Examination of London Air Reveals. The number of chimneys in Greater London is held to be largely responsible for the smoke nuisance in the square mile itself, according to the annual report for 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health of the City of London,
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  • 63 3 Orders for week ending November 27 Thursday, 24th.— Music Class, Headquarters, 5.30 p.m. Meeting of Executive Committee and Scoutmasters, Headquarter?, 8.30 p.m. Friday, 25th. Band Inspection and Practice, 5.15 p.m. Saturday, 26th. Seventh Troop Parade. SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Programme of Drills, etc., for
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 244 3 Your Breakfast Coffee will be a real joy if you prepare half-and-half with hot, rich Glaxo fc| the milk wiih the real English flavour. j| Glaxo it the rich milk oi British-bred dairy oowt from which the water has been removed by the Glaxo Process. This procest presents the nourishing
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    • 517 3 ONE TROUBLE AFTER ANOTHER Misfortunes never come singly," says the old adage, and few can say that they have never found this to be true. In the case Jf Mr. P. B. D. Ratnaika, employed on the Inginya Tea Estate, at Matale, Ceylon, malaria was the original trouble and rheumatism
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    • 594 3 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. Tenders are hereby invited for the supply of the following materials during the year 1922 1. Supply of Portland Cement. 2. Granite Stone. 3. Laterite Metal. 4. Bakau Firewood. 5. Benzine and Kerosine Oil. 6. Coral Stone. 7. Execution of Current Repairs and Minor
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    • 716 3 TENDERS INVITED FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS Tenders are' invited for the supply of the following material and services during the yeat 1933:— Stitching uniforms for the Railway Staff Cocoanut'Oil Kerosine Oil Crude Oil Solar Oil Benzine Petroleum' Jelly Rubber Gooda.,variou* Lime Lump Drain Pipes General Sundries (Rottan ware etc.) Charcoal,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 787 4 PT& Owlish India and Apcar Line i rr (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with Ha Majcr'y's Government) Tka Comnaay'a MAIL SERVICE EAST OF BOMBAY are present euapended LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON Dee Singapore Leave
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    • 607 4 STEAMER SAILIWS N.Y.K. European Line LONDON LJNB Farteifhtly Borrtos TOR MARSRTLLM, LeMrDOR AND akTWUT. VIA POB» SHIDZtIOKA MARU Not SO HAKONE MARU (new steamer) Dec. 14 YOKOHAMA MARU mummmT > Dee M LIVERPOOL LINB Monthly Servic* rOB MARSEDXsB AMD LJVERTOOL VIA POST! KAMAKURA MARU "v«an-«y HAMBURG LINE Monthly Service rOB
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    • 391 4 STEAMER SAILINGS I i K THR OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) No. 2. De Soosa Street. Pr.pp.Md Sailing from Singapore (Subject to change without notice) EIROI'KAN LINK For Port Said, Maraelllea. Londoa, Aatwe.-» Rotterdam and Hamburg arr. dep. ATLAS MARU Dee. 21 Dee. 22 ARGUN MARU Jan. 23
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    • 202 4 STEAMER SAILINGS COLLAR LINE SINGAPORE TO NEW YORK VIA SUEZ s.s. M.S. Dollar LOADING MIDDLE JANUARY, 1922. Through Bills of Lading issoed from Singapore to the Principal Cities of vbUaited States and Canada. For further information as to Ratea, eta, apply te THE DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. No. 117-121. Market
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 707 5 STEAMER SAILINGS KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPM (ROTAL PACUT NATWATIUN CO. OF fcATATLt) Incorporated la Holland) Mfeaoae Bel. Faseacc Deat. 111. Frelgfct Dept. UM, Marie. Dept, ftai TlM—lawm Depi. 14IT. Manager-. Desk MM. tJHTjn CONTRACT WITH THB M»rHERLAND» INDIA QOfBBHUI, CAMPBtTW— November 24, Penang, Lho-Seumawe, Sigli, Sabang, Oelee-Lheue, Tjalang, Meetabeh. Tapa-Tocan, Sinabang,
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    • 593 5 STEAMER SAILINGS AUSTRALIA BY BURRS PHILP LINE (Incorporated la Australia) Singapore to Java Porta, Port Darrln, Thursday Island, Brisbane and Sydney, via Torres Straits, also with transhipmnt to other Victorian, South Australian and North Queensland Ports, British New Gninea, New Britain, Tasmania and New Zealand Porta. APPROXIMATE SAILINGS MARELLA, 7,372
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    • 408 5 STEAMER SAILINGS STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO. LIMITED Steamers Intended to nil from Slagaaan KlNTA— Monday, 4 p.m., for Port Svattea ham and Penang. HYE LEONG— Monday, at 4.30 p.m, U Malacca and Mnar. KAKA— Tuesday, at 4.30 p.m., for MalaMi Mnar. IPOH— Wednesday, at 4 p.m., for Per Swetttnham and Penang.
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    • 329 5 SARAWAK GOVERNMENT EURASIAN, CHINESE OR NATIVE YOUNG MEN required for the Sarawak Government Telegraph Department. Previous experience unnecessary but must have a sound knowledge of the English language. Applicants preferred who have passed the Junior Oxford or Cambridge Examinations. Apply to the Wireless Telegraph Department, Kuching, Sarawak. British Electro-Plating Works
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    • 180 5 CONSECRATION of the Right Rer. BISHOP PERRICHON. on November 27, 1921. Booklets for the service can be had at the Parochial House, Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, C. A. Ribelro and Co, Ltd., and the Victoria Confectionary, 386, Victoria Street. SO cents a copy. Proceeds to be devoted te the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 675 6 CINEMAS "GAIETY" CINEMA TO-NIGHT'S PROGRAMME At 7.30 Bharp THE MIDNIGHT MEAN Serial Featuring James J. Corbett In U Episodes 3C reds Kpisodcs 6. (>, and 7. I-lIARLIK CHAPLIN in THE PAWN SHOP U .:>0 p.m. ALICE JOYCE in THE TRIUMPH OF THE WEAK From Mv Man IMith Ellla' famous stage
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    • 297 6 EMTERTAIHiEPrrS VICTORIA THEATRE GOODWOOD HALL THURSDAY, NOV. 24 FRIDAY, N OV. 35 SATURDAY, NOV. 26 I Volt/1 KCk I A...i5 P m ijTallil Ball MATINEE Saturday, at 5.15 p.m. Far Eastern Film, Ltd., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 Present > NOR MA TALMADGE dancing at 10 p.m. THESIFETYCURTAIH. E and CHARLIE CHAPLIN
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    • 262 6 Economise— Tintex Dyes." In 22 delicate pastel shades if used with cold water OR 22 heavy fast colours if used with hot or boiling water. of aIV, retailers AND AT 1, Cairnhill Road. M Economise— Tintex Dyes." KMM KMT COMPANY Have just received a complete range of SHIPCHANDUEKY STORES. UNRIVALLED
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    • 37 6 $240 Will buy the Typewriter Supreme THE WOODSTOCK It is a Machine with Latest Improvements, Ball Bearings, 2 Colour Ribbon, Tabulator Attachments. Takes paper 11 inches wide Rickard Ltd. Prompt Printers, SOLE AGENTS, 76 Cecil Street, Singapore.
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  • 178 7 DAILY TIME TABLE FIXTURES Thursday. November 24. High Water, 6.30 a.m., 6.29 p.m. B. I. homeward mail closes. Orchestra Practice, Vie. Theatre, 6.16. Friday. November 23. Hißh Water, 6."!) n.m., 7.11 p.m. B. I. homeward trail closes. Mcnicipal Meeting, 2.16 p.m. Union Jack Club Heetiaf. Exchange. 2.1.1 Orchestral Concert, Vie.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 90 7 East Wharf Ba«in Nil. East Wharf-Nil. Sh«ni Wharf- Nil. Empire Dock Saigon M. ru, K:!tonp, ;.Javaaa, BaMdaraa, Went Wharf St. Patrick. Klang. .tardin.s H hart Yoshida Mara Xo 3 Polo Branl Coal Wharf—Nil. Kepprl Ilarbonr. Main Wharf— Tanjonfc Rhu. Tanjonc Xlin B, Giang Seiip, Neptaaas, Sen
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    • 136 7 ANAMBA. Br;:.. 14M ton?, from Brisbane S4-11, lor ur.c. CARXARVOX.^HIFIE. Brit., from Shanfthai 23-11, for L 0111..1; J4-!l. CIRCE, Brit.. 814 toi:*, from Deli 21-11 for Deli M-U. CLEXFALL'ifII. Brit.. I.J3J tons from Swatow n-11, for iVnani- IS-11. HEBE. Kri:.. S4B tons, from T. Anson 22-U. tor T.
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  • 183 7 To-day Malacca and If oar 8p n Batu IVnat m Penan* ar.d R.inpocn :t p.m. Penanjr 3 p.m. Port Dickson and Port Swettenham 8 p.m Ilatavia 3 p.m. Penani:. Rangoon and Calcutta tak ing mails for K-ropi (via Bon. bay) 3 p.m. Kegisiratioo up to 1 p.m
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  • 26 7 MAILS FOR EUROPE. (Official Pott Office Kepurt) Left Singapore Arrived London October 17 November 14 October 19 November 14 October NoVHaber 21 October 27 November 22
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  • 145 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, November 22 On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 1/8 Demand 2/3 7/8 Private 3 m. credits 2/4 13/32 On New York Demand 45% Private 90 days 48 V 4 On France Bank 605 On India, Bank T.T. 169 On Hongkong, Bonk d/d 19% p.c. prem.
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  • 55 7 Spot bee. •hd. -March April-June I Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers Sellen Spot Dec-. Jan.-Mar. April-June Tone of Mar Irit gt— da ySingapore Standard Bibbed Smoked Sheet Cloiing Price* Barer* Seller* 37^2 38 39 40% 41 42 42 'i DAILY PRICES CURRENT.
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  • STOCK AND SHARES.
    • 183 7 Iss. Val. Pd. Buyers. S*llen. 1 1 Ayer W«| IJW I 1 Hitam Tin 1.10 1.20 1 1 Jelantoh 0.60 U £1 Katn. isomunting 1.11j.0 1.18.0 10 10 Kinta Asaoe. 4.50 £1 £1 Lahat Mine* v ."> Ling-ui Tin 4.50 5.00 10 10 Malayan Coll. 13.25 14.25 1 Menfflemba
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    • 131 7 IM. V*L Pd. Bayer. Btllm 1 £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 2.17.6 3.2.6 10 Central Engines 16..00 !0 10 Central Motors 2.75 326 1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 6.00 6.90 r»/- Electric T'way* 2/6 0 10 Fraser Neave 26.60 27.50 0 50 W Hammer Co. 75.00 85.00 Hi" K«it2 Bros
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    • 97 7 Kng. 6 p.e. $1,254,500 par 6 p.e pjn pore Electric Tramways, 5 p.e. £350,000 aom. pore Municipal G p.t 1 1,878.000 par pore Mun. 4H p.c. of 1907 $1,000,000 10 p*. dia pore Mun. m p.c. of 1909 $1,600,600 10 p.*. dia, 'pore Mun. 4Vs pc. •f 1909 $1,600,000
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    • 392 7 rraaar and Co. a—l Lyafl and Eratt'a Qwotattaava. \*U* available Sterling Quotations are printed oa aaotaer ■>[• oa Msay. To-day* Price* Pni« Lyall ft Co Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.15 0.26 0.15 0.20 Alor Gajsh ($1) 1.20 1.30 1.05 1.15 A. Hitam ($5) 8.50 9.50 8.50 9.50 Am. Malay
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 167 7 MORTGAGEE'S SALE At Messrs. heoiijr Koon St_*fifj nnd Co. s sals-rasa, Ms Ml Kling street, on Wednenday. November 30, at 2.M p.m. 1. Valuable 99 years' leasehold land and the shophousr business premises known at No. 18 Sjnagouui' Strert. Singapore town, area l.«2rt .Mjunre fret. I Mr. A. J. ShelkyThompson,
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    • 565 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS FINEST SWISS CRYSTALLIZED fruit at A FF,W .MOKK ROOMS for Kuropoan*. furnished or unfurnished, with or without ■ward. Apply 60, Waterloo Street. ENGLISH PERSON would undertake ear* of childnn for pnsnage to England, L. V.W.C.A. 8, Foil (.'mining Roa-J, Singapore. TO I JOT. No. Klyne Street, Kuala Lampur,
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    • 21 7 m CEMENT (Best Portland Cement) FRESH SHIPMENT ARRIVED Offered at Very Low Price Nunoi Shoten 10, WINCHESTER HOUSE. Telephone 335. SINGAPORE.
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    • 184 7 H LAbtK J itjgA only. 9 K^/i^lz^Z* p^p; [[■I Suzuki 1 JMyB I SINGAPORE, >»st|^ *T*~ AGENTS. TITAN CEMENT Is Supplied to: Messrs. ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO. (S.S.), LTD. ESTAB. BROSSAIRD, MOPIN SWAN AND MACLAREN THE PI'BLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD UNITED ENGINEERS. LTD. ETC.. ETC. To the Leading Architects,
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  • 27 8 THOMAS— On October 15, 1921, «t Rangoon after lont; illness, Elanor Virgins Thomas 1 nee Anderiesi). She leaves a widowei an-l children. Ceylon papers please copy.
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  • 1076 8 The Straits Times THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24 DISARMAMENT. The German Fleet exists no longer. Suth part of it as does not lie fathoms <letp at Scapa Flow has been distributed ir destroyed in other ways, and we are supposed to be keeping such a watch upon Germany as will prevent her
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  • 82 8 Gemas was en fete last Saturday on the occasion of the opening uf the New Railway Institute by the General Manager, F.M.S.R. Mr. Anthony was accompanied by Messrs. Hiam, Forbes, Elkins and Jeff and was welcomed by the Vice-President. The building, says the Malay Mail, which is very spacious has
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  • 98 8 The Soerabaya correspondent of the Locomotief writes as follows on the 11th instant. Heer van Vijk a former manager of the Wiener Opera, has for several days been under preventive detention anent his bankruptcy. As will be remembered he started an Opera Company with Poldi Rein* as stage manager. The
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  • 11 8 The meeting of the Federal Council is postponed to December 13.
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  • 13 8 A Cole car recently made the through journey from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 15 8 An epidemic is said to be playing havoc among the coolies employed on Pulau Obin.
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  • 18 8 The Netherlands East Indian Post Offices arc at present suffering from a shortage in their postage stamp supply.
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  • 20 8 The local schools will close for the Christmas holidays on December 16. Many arc now busy with their annual examinations.
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  • 20 8 The recent heavy rains have turned the country lanes lying between Changi and East Coast Roads into quagmires in manyplaces.
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  • 24 8 The master of the steamer Gracchu. reports that Sambar Light at the cntranci •jo the Carimata straits was not burning >n the 20th inft.
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  • 25 8 Kuala Lumpur Tin, No Liability mine output etc., for the first half month ending November 15 is hours run 281.35, yardage 36,000, output pl». 135^67
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  • 31 8 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 169 $100. Die rate of payment of money orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 179= 5100.
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  • 24 8 Aviators flying extremely low dropped message bags with coloured streamers attached aboard the Renown containing ,ini«hed photographs of the Renown in the Suez Canal.
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  • 29 8 During the week ended November 11 292 fatalities from bubonic plague wen recorded in Java. Of these 126 were reported from the Magelang district alone tnd 48 from Salatiea.
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  • 31 8 The Memorial to the late Mr. GeorKf Laidlaw will be unveiled in St. Andrew'; Presbyterian Church, Weld Road, Kuala Lumpur, by the Hon. the Chief Secretary on Saturday, at 12 noon.
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  • 36 8 Heer van Heck and a friend while out shooting near Mijden, Java, on Sunda> morning were on the trail of a couple of wild boar came across a panther of unusual size which they successfully bagged.
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  • 31 8 At Kert&saril, Java, two frosty nights were experienced during October. Eight degrees below Fahrenheit was the maximum cold registered. Three hundred cres of tea were nipped by the frost and destroyed.
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  • 37 8 The steamer Fook Sang notifies havinp lassed two iron cylinders 10 ft. long b> i ft. diameter joined together by angle irons, in Lat. jL 16. N., Long. 100. 41. E This is a danger to navigation.
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  • 41 8 Mariners are reminded that the a'tora '.ion of the light at Cuddalore, position Lat 11. 43. N\, Long. 79. 46. E.. will take plac. on or after February 1, 1922. Full detail: may be obtained from the Master Attend ant's Office.
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  • 39 8 The general managers have invited al' members of the F.M.S. Chamber of Mme Ito visit the Gopang Consolidated Mine at Gopeng on Sunday next. In the case o< mining companies the members of theii staffs are also cordially invited.
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  • 42 8 The Customs officers at Port Weld recently arrested a Chinese on the river abou< midnight who had in his possession It drums of petrol on which duty had not been pr.id. He was fined S!,"0 or three months' imprisonment he went in.
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  • 45 8 A feature of this year's Internationa Motor Show at the Olympia White City it the wide assortment of low priced cars at a maximum of £300. The stand* showing these cars are besieged and then may b< a slump in the prices of side-car combinations.
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  • 50 8 In order to regain traffic lost during thf war the railway companies ct home art rapidly extending cheap travel facilities Saturday to Monday tickets are being extended to all stations with a minimum fare of five shillings third, and ter shillings first class. The new facilities include cheap race excursions.
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  • 60 8 In the District Court of Colombo before Mr. K. Balasingham, Edwm Perera. boilermaker employed at Messrs. Walker Sons and Co.'s foundry, Mutwal, war charged with having caused grievous hurl to Mr. S. E. Dick, an engineer employed at the foundry, by stabbing him with i knife. The Judge found the
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  • 70 8 It has been decided that Shakespeareur I erformenecs for children at the expenst of the ratepayers are not permissible. A Court presided over by the Lord ChieJ Justice upheld the Local Government Board's contention that tht grant of fJ, I by the London County Council last year V. enable children
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  • 84 8 A London cable of November 8 states that winter had arrived with surprising suddenness, following the heat wave in October. Severe frost and heavy-snowfall.' were experienced throughout the United Kingdom, including the Isle of Wight where the snow was the heaviest for years Farm work was suspended in Gloucestershire where
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  • 462 8 SOCIAL AND PERSONAL. A Reuter telegram from Paris an nounces' the death of the philosopher M Emile Boatroox. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. CeM and Mr. Bad Mrs. P. H. H^nshaw t.f Kua'a Lumpur have left fir home. Among those going home by the O: 1 of Peking this week
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  • 38 8 It is possible that the mai's sent by the Thongwa will connect at Bombay with the. same homeward mail packit as conveys the mails sent by the Edavana this afternoon, but the connection is not guaranteed.
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  • 35 8 Java Sugar. An Aneta Service wire dated yesterday states that so far the Trust sal?* of new iUgar crop have amounted to 1,147,030 panda, of which Sunericr totalled 731,760 piculs, syrup sugar 184,700 and-Muscova-dos 230,680.
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  • 87 8 A Hongkong message of November 17 iays No wireless messages have been receive/! from the ill-fated. New York Metu a.-hore on a reef at the I'aracels, since last Tuesday week and the last news <vas of a shortage of drinking water. subjected to l>rivati us an.
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  • 99 8 The greater part of the day at the AwfaH p yoliniav WM tnkon up by the Chief Justice, Si i Waiter Shaw, who is presiding, with the hearing of the case n which a Hakim, raniH Koh Ah Mcc, was charged with committing rape on a little
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  • 128 8 Government House. The following wen the guests of His Excellency the Gevernor ami I.aly Guillemartl at dinner at Government House on Tuesday The Hon. Mr. Hall, the Hon. Mr. Song Onf* Siaiitf and .Mrs. Sony: Onj Slant;, the Hon. Mr. ISi-atty. Mr. Varroi, Mr. and Mrs. Lornic, Mr. sad Mrs.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 138 8 r Fine lßTijn.es from RELIABLE SHIPPERS Per Dozen. PORT. Croft Co.'s Fine Old $30.00 SHERRY. Duff Gordon's Fine Old 2 Brown 26.00 C o Specially recommended for Dessert use. SHERRY. Duff Gordon's FINO Pale Dry 27.50 An Ideal Dinner Wine. Per Dozen. CLARET. C. Meyniac's St. ESTEPHE 20.00 00 A
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    • 87 8 Would you like to see THE DEVIL How When Where Keep your eye on this space and you will know. »»<«»»»«♦♦♦♦««»» ♦♦♦«>»»«« ♦♦«<»♦ Pianos of Repute COLLARD BROADWOOD HAMILTON The World's HAAKE f Best!!! ELLINGTON, ETC. > We only, have them. Sole Agenta ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Hongkong)
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  • 1035 9 cision of the Committee Approved. re Discussion of Armament Question. Rkutkb's Se«vici London, November 22. ashinpt;n The Far Eastern com«e unmiimously adopted a resolution iring in favour of the territorial and inirtrative integrity of China. The lution, which was drafted and preed by Mr. Root, was signed
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  • 110 9 Reuter's Service Paris, November 21. Belgian opinion decidedly favours j France's claim to a strong army so long as peace is not secured. An impressive ceremony took place at the army museum in the Invalides, when a delegation of Dutch volunteers who fought in the French army
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  • 44 9 Reuter's Service London, November 22. Bucuos Aires Five were killed and 17 wounded in a fight between troops and bandits near Ssnta Cruz. Seventy bandit* were captured. London, November 22. Buenos Aires Reinforcements have been sent to maintain order in Patagonia.
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  • 34 9 Reuter's Service London, November 22. Forty-three Chincas were charged at Liverpool for keeping, using and frequenting premises for opium smoking. Fines ranging from £5 to £25 were imposed in seme caae.<.
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  • 28 9 Rkuteji's Service London, November 22. Bombay The mob bjrned two Parr;c tire temple* and attacked another. The lituation is now quieter, apparently owinjr In Ciindhi'^ appi-r:l.
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  • 124 9 Fatal Rioting in Belfast. Reuter's Service London, November 22. There was rioting at Belfast during the week end. The troops were compelled to fire and the police used machine guns there were a few casualties. The trouble was renewed last night, three being killed nnd eight wounded.
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  • 110 9 Ruter's Service. London, November 22. Berlin Addressing the Reichstag tax i ation committee, Herr Wirth intimate that tho Reparations Commission had declined to discuss the possibility of c moratorium if Germany did not make tht ■January and February indemnity payment*. Herr Wirth confidently looke forward to a long term
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  • 85 9 Reuter's Service London, November 22. The first roport by Colonel Rawlinson.< who was lately released by the Turks, ha< been received in London. It gives ar i appalling account af conditions in Asia, j Minor and says y.OOO Armenian prisoners' from Kars were employed in labour gang*
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  • 66 9 Belter's Service London, November 22. It is reported from Madras that 64 ou of a 100 Moplah prisoners were asphyxiated in a railway carriage, while being conveyed from Tirur t > Bellary. The Government has ordered an inquiry. London, November 22. The India Office confirms the asphyxia- 1
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  • 53 9 Reuter's Service London, November 22. Melbourne In the House of Representatives Mr. Hughes stated that in view of the approaching completion of the work of repatriating Germans, the Federal Government had decided to sell the appropriated plantations in ex-German New Guinea. The preference would be given to
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  • 32 9 Reuter's Service London, November 22. The report of the Eastern Telegraph Company for 1020 shows expenditure ol £1,476,000 on new cables and £301,000 on partial renewal of main line cables.
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  • 32 9 Reuter's Service. London, November 22. Recruiting 'ji mliirjry seamen for the navy has boon suspended, but it is understood that recruiting: of boys* and certain other <spi-cial ratings will toiilinue.
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  • 326 9 Local Chinese Bank Closes Its Doom. Yesterday afternoon the Bank of Cum- 1 ■mJntioni at th? head of what was formerly kn-wn as Kling, but now Chulia Stnif. dosed it doors, and the (ir.-i.-'i action was reveal--1 Ti.ti no-:, ion the main door! ice is in Chinese
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  • 53 9 Three Police Shot Dead and Two Wounded. Ipoh, November 24. A terrible tragedy occurred at Taiping jthis mornin? when a Sikh police constable fired his rifle on a police force parade killing Sergt.-Major Karimbux and Constable Dosat and wounding Sergt. Pakum Singh and Bugler P.utumsingh. He then
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  • 227 9 T;f.i ter's Service. 1 -"lon, November 22. tlicially announced of ■.our.i Laarelss. i [The n- \v>; will bo received everywhere W'W gri nation. Prince-s Vi v is the .nly daughter <•! ~nd WM Don 0B April 1897. uit Henry George Chares .s tfc eldest sen of the
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  • 137 9 . American Celebrations at Goodwood Hall. To-day is Americun Thanksgiving Day, and the American Association of Malaya are celebrating it with a dinner and ball in Goodwood Hall tonight. The dinner will start at 8 p.m., and covers have been laid for 150 people. Mr. Fred. Waterhouse, the popular
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  • 4018 9 Cheaper Imports for British Malaya. Eloquent Speech by Hon. Mr. Scaddan. Members of the ffllllU Australian Trade Delegation were entertained at tiffin by the Singapore Chamber of Commerce 'at Raffles Hotel on Tuesday at which the Hon. Mr. F. Seton James, C.M.G., Colonial Secretary, announced that
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  • 250 10 Refusal of Full Membership At Cambridge. i Following the result of the Cambridge I Senate's vote rejecting by 90S to M 4 the «i of women to full membership of the I'niversity, but by Ijtll to J'.TO iave,ur- ing the conferring of tiUilar degrees on women by
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  • 116 10 Macphail and Co.'s Daily Report. Singapore, November 24. Silver ."S'j. Hongkong 17 ',i p.c. prem. Thv .e month* gold 48. Share Market. A much better tone prevails. Bobbers. Market active. Lunas CIO, Bassetts !»U cents, Collinsburghs 1.80, Craiijieleas 05 cents, Liv Benuts 2"> cents. Manoai-Tekong.t 1 7
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  • 28 10 LORD NORTHCLIFFE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hongkong, November 24. Lord NortacMfe has arrived on the Xyanxa from Shanghai. He is visiting Macao and will sail for Singapore -tomorrow.
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  • 8 10 To achieve disarmament, hui'.d battleships l.y popular subscriptrin.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 526 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir. J. L. in his letter says that my explanation is not historically correct, and then gees on in good text-book form to show the evolution,' of the present day Assize, but does not offer one single word of explanation why
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    • 347 10 To the Editor of the Straits Time*. Sir,— l have read the report of the last annual genera! meeting of the Association of Brifsh Malaya with the greatest amasi meat in so much that you should have wasted valuable spacv, ink ami paper Un reporting such a
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    • 228 10 To the Editor of the StraiU Time*. Sir,— ln view .f the fort hcoming MalayaBornean Traded Exhibition, coinciding with the visit of H.li.H. Urn Pram of W;il(s. HlgtMfUoa that will add better to commemorate this event, I hope, will nut be out nf plaiv. If the idea
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  • 374 10 Farewell Entertainment At Malacca. A correspondent writes as follows In bidding farewell to the Rev. W. E. Horley, the District Superintendent, on the 22nd instant, the manager, Mrs. Dodswcrth, the staff and the pupils of the Anglo-Chinese School. Malacca, met in the assembly room under
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  • 433 10 Need of the Vitamine in Our Diet. Mere facts about the valuable vitaminet I are contained in a memorandum on Diet in Relation to Normal Nutrition, by Dr. J. W. Hamill. one of the medical officers of the Ministry of Health, states the Evening Standard. It has been
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 550 10 Prospects for the Cup Match A correspondent writes Having seen Perak, Selangor, Malacca end Negri Sembilan perform this year at Rugby football, a few notes on the Negri Semoilan team prior to the match at Singapore on Saturday may be of interest to local ruggerites. The two games with
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    • 318 10 At the Kenpc-1 Golf Club a special competition will be held to compete for the Captain's Prize 1921, extending from Saturday, November 26 to Sunday, December 18, inclusive, and, instead of the usua! j knock-out competition, the member return j ing the two best cards of nine holes medal
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    • 80 10 Play was again impossible in the Ladici Lawn Tennis Club tournament yesterday.' A class will now play to-day, Thursday to be completed the first fine day nex' wwk. In .the event of rain to-day, th< "A class ties will be abandoned. "B class will play on Friday and Saturday.
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    • 148 10 The S.R.C. II will meet the Y.M.I .A. I on the former's ground this afternoon, kick off at 5.10 p.m. sharp. The teams will be S.R.C. lI.— E. Ganno ;C. de Souza am! C. Rodrigue.t O. C. Ahin, P. A. Aeria and V. de Souza J. de Cruz. N.
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    • 31 10 A wire fiom New York dated the 'M inst. states American swordsmen I the international fencing trophy, scofl twenty-four points against eighteen scfl by the British in three matches. I
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    • 145 10 The boxing tournament which was b arranged for December has been cance and it has boon decided to arrange for I 1922 S.S. and F.M.S. boxing champ sh'ps. The preliminaries will he comp during February, and the finals will fought out in March during tin- Hat •the Prince
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  • 544 10 . Germans Cutting the 1 rei^h Rate*. The Statesman publishes an interes lummary of the views of leading Calc shipping agents indicating that home* passenger rates from India are likelj be reduced shortly. They are being m lamed, it is thought, at the moment the abnormally large number
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  • 94 10 LOCAL RUBBER AUCTIONS. The 526 th auction of the SingaH Chamber of Conimeu- Uubbi r •> rit^B was h-.-ld on November 'S-l. whe i thcr-H catalogued 1,761,826 11,.-., tons Offered 1,668,941 lbs, torn 74.'>.0C. I lAUjm lbs., tons f.62.::». The next auction will be held on Nofl bin :u. Ribbed
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  • 1242 11 Demand for Labour Exceeds I Supply. The follovwiig report is offi. iallv suplied A nutting of the Indian Immigraon Committx was held in Kuala Lumpur I Friday. Noraashsi IK. I9SI. There were resent The Am. Controller of Labour, .S. and F.M.S. (Mr. W. Peel) Chairman nnci|>al Mtilical Officer,
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  • 457 11 A Really Exciting Mystery Story. The Paper Wedding, by Charles McEvoy. Messrs. Mt-thuen and Co., Ltd., 36, BaMS Street, London. This is one of tho».> stories which you 'tart in the evening and sit up until you have got to the last pajre unle-s y>u decide to take
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  • 262 11 B<M»k About While Horses And Other Things. Tifrer-shootintf, tropical diseases, Robert Burn?, ethnology, Scotch lendscapes and vnni white l-orscs and vitamines these BM some of the subjects of the contents of Krcim Burn to Bottle,' issued by Messrs. Miickit- and Company, distiller! of the White |«M brand of
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 144 11 THE |E$T t'f 'ft El j' I'^1 •"V JWBaJMliiBl^tJIl Tou CAN BUT Built of SOLID TEAK and (iuaranteed for SEVEN Year*. They are much the CHEAPEST Eventually. Gall and lnap«ot ou* NEW STOCK. We alao have) a fow used Pianos) at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. S. MOUTRfE Si CO LTD. Raffles
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    • 345 11 Raffles Hotel BALL ROOM TONIGHT, 1O I\M. Classical Exhibition Dances RUSSIAN, TURKISH POLISH By Miss MOSOLOVA Assists by Mr. GORDONOFF Adelphl Hotel EVERY EVENING OUR SPECIAL ORCHESTRA PLAYS FROM 7 to 10 JUaaXiPHI HOXHL LIMITED A. de SMIT, Managing Director. RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LIMITED (Incorporated la the Strait* Settlement*) (8BASIOB) PBNANO
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 175 12 Quality Service Economy Isekpfione Your j^im^wW New Reduced Prices. >^^^^B Genera. Agents and F. M. 5. WtTWwF 'll'il^^H. BRINKMANN CO. fF^^^mV^m S. G. K. THE SINfiAPdiUE fiOMU-KOSYO KAISHA, LTI. (Incorporate ia Japan) TBADI <^S G^> UAMX EXPORTERS AND IMPORTERS Hem* Ofk«i TOKYO. JAPAN. H«. U-fc. CHANGS ALLET, BWGAPOBM. GREEN ISLAND
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    • 44 12 BICYCLES AT I Half Price Sale Extended owing* to Annual Stocktaking BUY NOW Don't lose this CHANCE Illustrated Price-list free on application. Cycle Carriage Co. Ltd. Singapore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur Ipoh. IN STOCK Sole Distributing Agents S.S. and F.M S. ADAMSON, GILFILL'AN CO., LTD.
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    • 46 12 STILTON CHEESE Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED Bergougnan I Tyres v (MADE IN FRANCE.) Fresh stocks are now available from all leading garages and from I Sole Agonts (or S.S. and Malay Peninsula. A. CLOUET Co. 1,TZ17, I Tel. No. 240. 7w I I CIGARETTES H
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  • 696 13 Pasteur Institute's Work In India. In India there are many poisons, the poison of plague, the poison of cholera the poison of various diseases such a pneumonia and typhoid, which are not tropical, but which carry off quite as large a proportion of the natives of India
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  • 321 13 Many Thinps Inhaled Besides Air. F)o not chew indiarubber or the rubber tip on a pencil, because they are both •ieadly. The inhalation into the lun* is tsoon followe-i by abscesses, and is frequently fata!. This is the view of Dr. Chevalier Jackson, who is the director
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  • 16 13 It is sonvtimc* hard to tell whether a red nose is caus?<l by sunshine or moonshine.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 475 13 The Modern Builder uses POILITE for the easy, economical erection of fire-proof and vermin-proof buildings. c" Poilite," the artificial stone of worldrenown, is unsurpassed as an efficient, cconiv"- -al buikiing material for interior and exterior walls ami roofing. "Poilite" is a Bcienrifk combination ot* Portland Cement and Uttl'i fibrous Asbestos.
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    • 775 13 The Brand of Confidence /•t/ t*i?j y -I rPnQQMITM'Q MASSAGE GROSSMITHS Mr Mrfc FUJIMORI> **^>| Cl|-511 W /^Lj££?\ JAPANESE BONE-SETTER, VlOlQt/ll |9UII C^ No. 19, Dhoby Ohsut. SINGAPORE. Elau de Cologne i|ii|g MASSAGE HMWJaVHaI 87 Wat lo 3tn 1 Wonderful {re.hneM, mv.go- gP^MiB -^-^^B^^^ d rating quality and de- J^^jj^Z^l
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 808 14 SALES BY AUCTIOII bonsebold requirements. About 500 low w IBIPORTASfr TWO DAYS' AUCTION SALE •f valuable wsx-polished teak household furniture, etc., etc. To be held »t the well-known English Boardinjr House. No. 12, Mount Elizabeth, off Orchard Road, Friday, November 25, at 3 p-m. and on Saturday. November 26, at
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    • 438 14 INSURANCE THE IMPERIAL FIRE OFFICE United with the Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) 1 and 2, Barthollomew Lane, London, Established 1803 Capital 6,450,000 AinU exceed £24,000,000 General Manager, Owen Morgan Owen, Esq., BARLOW Co, Agenti. ROYAL INSURANCE CO., LIMITED. (Incorporated in Great Britain) Specialises in MOTOR INSURANCE. 1.
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    • 266 14 M nnn nnn c r Assurance In force over $17,000,00« Assets over 34,000,000 S.C The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (l-.rpor.U4 in Sfratt. S.UI.-.-U) Qmct HSAD OFFICE Wl.ek«st«r Boo.*, Singapore. la. Compw ha. 00.000 d.po.iUd with th. Bupr.m. Court of England and complis. wIU th. British Llf. Assnrane. Companies
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    • 459 14 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, I." LIMITED (Incorporated by* Special lmpcrtml Charter I 1b Japan.) CapiUl Subscribed T60,000,000 Capital Paid-op Y48,000,000 Reserve Funds Yl 1,080,000 President K. Nakagawa, E»q. Vice-President 8. Mori, E«<j. DIRECTORS T. Hisamune, Esq. 6. Eawauki, Esq. K. Morinage, Esq. M. Esaki, Esq. T. Ikeda, Esq. Denkichi
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    • 567 14 BANKING ASIA BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in New York) STOCKHOLDING BANKS. Anglo and London Paris National Bank of San Francisco Bankers Trust Company, New York City. Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago. Guaranty Trust Co. of New T.rk. I Guardian Savings and Trust Company, Cleveland. Mercantile Bank of the Americas,
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    • 412 14 HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (Incorporated in Hongkong). Paid-up Capital $15,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 2,500,000 Silver »21,u0U,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor. $15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS G. T. M. Edkins, Esq., Chairman G. M. Dodwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman D. G. M. Bernard, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. V. D. Parr A. S. Gubbay,
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 145 15 DUNLOP Xhi s I|p 30x3^ Cover $29 NOW YOU KNOW THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO LTD. (Incorporated in Japan.) (Dunlop Mouse, Robinson Road.) KEE AND COMPANY 12. CECIL STREET, SINGAPORE. STOCKISTS OF 44 Saturn 1 Hair Belting MANUFACTURED BT THE "SCADINAVIA" BELTING CO., LTD. LONDON. ~N. E. W. MOTORS AND DYNAMOS
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    • 571 15 SALES BY AUCTION IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE The undersigned have been instructed to sell by Public Auction at their sale-room, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore, on Monday, November 28, at 2.30 p.m. RIVERSIDE GODOWNS Lot 1. All those two pieces of valuable Freehold land (fronting the Singapore River) area 4361 sq.
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    • 289 15 i i K_Mk bhbb m*l V ask A L.IDE.X 1 I 4£5) 4£ rpk ft j J I .-—^-^paMa|aM 'DJs3ass^H3&asis^>Jl MaW****"^* m tjx7 MOTOR a g~* TTXTr^'V VM^V VL^ X II XZi |M. Wlmeh-Ur Ho7^| HAjrEdlsi \J X > JL^ HAIPHONG jf^k DRAGON VtSl/ CEMENT Supplied to the Spore Municipality,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 352 16 GUAN KIAT CC LTD. No. PHILLIP BTRaMT. New Shipment* Attlt«* «f MORGAN'S SALAMANDER CROCttLSS from Noa. 20 to 100. RUSSELI/S AMERICAN STOCKS AND DIBS WITH TAI-S COMPLETE <WHITWORH THREAD) 1 to screw 1/16 in. to in.l Do. to screw in. to in. Do. to screw K in. to X% in.
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    • 526 16 TAY GUAN MAT 86, PHILLIP STREET. Pfcrae Noa. lilt and 1114 The ■nceesafiil contractor for supply of FIREWOOD AND BASKETS AND BROOMS, ETC. to the Singapore Municipality daring the year 1921. GLOBE BOILER FLUID. For clearing and preserving steam boiUn of all types. Used by all factories, steamers, ate, and
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    • 956 16 ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges far Waste, Far Sale, To Let, ate, la ordinary close aat type (average six words to Una) ara Par line one insertion 28 eta, two ins. 44 cts., three ins. 64 eta., four ins. 82 eta, five ins. $1.00. six ins. $1.13, ten ins. $1.40, twelve
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    • 921 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, seaside bungalow, 59, Meyer Road, I Tan jonK Katong, entry from February 1, 1922. Apply to Meyer Brothers. TO LET, 7, Chancery Lane, newly painted! and overhauled. Immediate entry. Apply! Mohamed Ghouse Maricar, 22, Sungei Road. I TO LET, compound house No. 168-11 Tanjong Katong
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    • 657 16 OFFICES AND GODOWN TO LET, motor garages good condition US per month. 300, Serangoon Road. TO LET, second floor, 1-b, Raffles Quay, bright and airy office. Apply ground floor. TO BE LET. OFFICES AND' GODOWNS. Apply S. Manasseh Co., 7, D'Almeida Street. i TO LET, NEW PREMISES, fitted with sanitary
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    • 269 16 NOTICE. We beg to advise our customers that our rates of car hire have been reduced from November 21, 1921. Straits Motorcar Service, Ltd. tIS-216, ORCHARD ROAD. Telephone): 1233 THE COMING YEAR will bring the Prince of Wales to us, and with him let us hope prosperous times. Then things
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 198 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Ld.'.ur ul and General M Manager's Office 1117 .lob Printing Office 1244 All communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressee to THE EDITOR. All communicatioaa relating to business matters—advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc., should be addressed to TKB MANAGER. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Wants, For
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