The Straits Times, 26 August 1924

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    13 1 The Stratis Times Jo. 27,644. SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1924 PRICE 10 CENT*
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      72 1 LACTOGEN FOR YOUR BABY M.V\3 I Sterling Wlk Merit ■fBSfl BUCHANAN'S jk^^^S^ ANO ifN\ 'jsP*- „,.^.j^ iiiii olbagen™: jhe BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, IPOH and TELUK ANSON. PRESERVES WOODWORK AND PROTECTS IT FROM WHITE ANTS. Sole Agents WILLIAM JACKS CO. CHANGE YOUR OIL EVERY 1,000 MILES AND
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      185 1 Ladies Tennis Apparel ry| WHITE MATERIALS FOR TENNIS CROCKS A 1 A TABRALCO, 38 ins. wide $1.25 per yard 1/ «\f i) SPECIAL WHITE MATTE, 30 ins. wide $1.00 V j HJmL WHITE LINEN. 36 ins. wide $2.35 fVl^JBEffWHITE VOILE. 40 ins. wide 51.25 'jLJWF' WHITE SPONGECLOTH, 40 ins. wide
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      4 1 LACTOGEN FOR YOUR BAM
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    JEWELS STOLEN.
    633 2 Paste Gems Substituted in Manila Church. t A message from Manila, dated July 10, says Insignificant in stature, unprepossessing in visag" and out of line, but of wonderou--* appeal to the Filipino pzople is the Virgin of Antipolo, La Virgin de Pazy Buen Viaje, (The Virgin of Peace
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    LURE OF LOTTERIES.
    226 2 The Church on Love of Gain By Chance. Signed by 11 bishops of the Anglican Church, the Rev. A. E. Garyie, president of the Free Church Council, and other Church leaders, a manifesto has been issued on the question of charity lotteries. It says The Churches cannot
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    "Back from the Dead."
    123 2 Back from the Dead." Noticing an itinerant mat-maker, obviously suffering from shell-shock, a Kirkconnel woman gave him hospitality, and as he bore a strong resemblance to a friend m Mauchline, she sent a wire to James Macdonald at that place. Maodonald, on arriving at Kirkconnel, identified the stranger as bis
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      486 2 /^}\J^«L|i)L Dependable 6-Cylinder Motor Cars £120,000 yearly to get "Studebaker r-~-^kr -~-^k Smoothness" JJ smoothness of operation S' Jm practical freedom from vibration which is so noticeable m Studebaker J j cars is partly due to the practice of completely machining Studebaker MM~~^ Il COStS Studebaker £120,000 a year to
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      234 2 Cuticura Talcum Is Refreshing To The Skin Daily use of Cuticura Talcum overcomes heavy perspiration and soothes and refreshes the skin. It imparts a delicate fragrance, leaving the skin sweet and wholesome. Sotp. OlDtcwDt. TtleuD enld throughout tha world. Hntrh Depot: P KjwWry AleM, LI4-. 27. ChurtjrboSM flq Londoc E
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      351 2 THE LATEST AMERICAN DANCE RECORDS 10 inch Double Sided $1.70 each. 1265 LAST NIGHT ON THE BACK 2417 ME1.1.0 MOM WALTZ PORCH (fox trot) ONE LITTI.K SMILE WALTZ FOOLISH CUTLD (fox trot) 2527 BUJE (.r^ UEg (fox Uot) 2425 BARNEY GOOGLE (fox trot YOU DAKLINIi YOl' (fox trot) on 2510
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    PERAK COCONUTS.
    467 3 Improved Prices Realised Last Year. The fourth ordinary general meeting of Coconut Plantations of Perak, Ltd., was held on July 21 at the registered office of the company. 1-4, Great Tower Street, K.C., Mr. E. L. Hamilton (the chairman) i presidingThe Chairman, m moving the adoption lof the
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    JERAM RUBBER ESTATES.
    382 3 New I'roperty Acquired Last April. The fifteenth annual ordinary general meeting of the Jeram Rubber Estates, Ltd., was held on July 2;:, at a'J, Kastcheap, E.C. j Mr. Herbert Wrierht (the Chairman), who presided, said that, though the year had not been quite so satisfactory as they
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    Doctor on Rum-Runner.
    117 3 An accident on a British schooner outside ihe 12-mile limit in America has given rise to a curious position, in which the person principally concerned Is a younjr doctor from Glasgow Universit". This gentleman is Alleged to have been on British rum-runner when an explosion occurred on
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    63 3 During the next ton years it is propusi'd to remove the numerous residences" of the members of the Imperial Family into the suburban districts of Peking-, wheir they will he reconstructed on a more modest scale. The land thus vacated, amounting to nearly one hundred KM, will be available for
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      154 3 "Grayite" Non Conducting Boiler Composition and Steam Pipe Lagging:. .1. D. JONES CO., CALCUTTA. '^•**"EW'NC METHOD 0* p «»t'C*T.ON 0 Vf fim*. Sola Agenta UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE ynttggrs m» Hm^m»m»»mmm»m»»»»»» SHIPCHANDLERS Please note we have just received New Shipment of Bell and Star Brand
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      315 3 THE MAN WHO TOOK THE WRONG TURNING cot what he wanted just tiie same because Pinkcttes arc sold m every street where there is a chemist's siiup. All men, and women too. like I'inkeltcs. tho dainty little gentle-as-naturo Inxativer-, because they so quickly and efficiently restore daily regularity, banish bilious
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      380 3 STEAMER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD PASSENGER SERVICE Aeeommodatioa available Cabin and Inter mediate Class te s«noa, North Coatlaaata) Ports and LONDON (with trsaiiitpin.it at Genoa eahin class < tily PARKS. Cabin Claas latenaedUM Claa> £b 5 To Genoa S4I £72 To London or North Continental ports Ml Oae Slasaawr. s.s. TRIER
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      285 3 STEAMER SfllllMGS COMBINED SEKVKE OF THE OCEAN 5.3. GO,, LTD. (Incorporated m Kn^lnnd) THE WEST "AUSTRALIAN S. N. CO., LTD. (Incorporate*! m I Fortnightly Service ta'.ing cargo and Passengers from Sincupuiv. BVTAVIA AND POUKABATA NORTH-WEST AI'STKAIIA PORTD AM) I'KKMANTLE tlK'J!!:). Approximate Battsaga, GORGON A:r GASCOYNE Sopt. I!* CHARON GORGON Oct.
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      835 4 STEaia mum P. 0. British India and Apcar Lines (Incorporated m England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PEXINSri.AK AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. Under Cimtract with Ell Majesty's Government. LONDON AND FAR EAST MAIL SERVICE. OUTWAIM IKOM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN FOR MAKSF.II.LES. LONDON AND ANTWERP Tonnage
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      767 4 STEAKER^SAILIWfiS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated m England) The Bine Funnel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. nOSTON AND NEW YORK. Tailing cargo on through Hill
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      743 4 STEAMEa saiLTOS KONIBIKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPFU (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated m Holland.) UWDCB CONTHACT WITH TRE NETHERLANDS INDIA SOTRRNonUrT, Telepaa** Naa. P*aaag« Deiit. IM, Freight Pept- 1202, Mirim D*pt. *»4 ■,MMfetaa»*«| Dept 1437, Manager a Dept. 10M. VAX NOORT -August 27. Muntok nnd Palembanf, SINCKEP August 27. T<.ngkal.
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      513 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. (Ineorporrattd m England) "ELLERMAN" LINE Passenger and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VTA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL. j FREIGHT SERVICE MARSEILLES, LONDON, ROTTERDAM, HAMBURG •s.s. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM due Sept. 5 t«.s. LEPANTO due Sept. 12 s.s. CITY OF PEKIN due
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      633 5 STEAMER SfIILIKeS ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP LINES (Incorporated jn U.S.A.) -> Reffvlar Freight Service from [J.S.A. via Panama BOSTON, NEW YQRK, PHILADELPHIA AND BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DIRECT. s.s. CHATTANOGA CITY due Singapore Sept. 12 s.s. STEEL RANGER due Singapore Oct. 2 s.». STEEL NAVIGATOR due Singapore Nov. 2 Taking cargo on through
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      410 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Bitrns Phfip Line (Incorporated m Australia) For SYDNEY. MELBOURNE, via JAVA. DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND and KRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by the well known steamers MARELLA (787S tons I and -MONTORO (8000 tons). The s.s. MAIiELLA m the largi-st an.! fncut ffpsmrr Uniting to Australia, Cabins de luxe, pinple
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      109 5 (Incorporated m U.S. A) i Regular service between New Ynrh. Singapore and Java Ports and vi* 1 FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL Half Moon due Sept. 1G West Calumb due Oct. 12 For freight, apply to GUTJHRIE CO., LTD Agents. SINGAPORE and PENAN*?. ►»♦> MIHH<ItMIII>IMIHI>s*« STRUTHERS BARRY OPERATING U.S.
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      367 6 CINEMAS GAIETY CINEMA Tonißhl at S.tO TOM MOOU and EDITH ROBERTS In J. Parker lu>ad Jr.'a i. ,\K PACKARD Author of The Mircrlc Man PROM thi time Jr,!.n Bruce pawned his Ufa to Gilbert Lnrmon, until Claire nl! but rsdawnad her picdgo on the San Francisco wh:irf. there is action,
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      119 6 GO TO SURINA TO-NIGHT If yon want the biggest thrill yon have ever had. AT 7.1S P.M. SHARP FRANCIS FORD and ELLA HALL IN The Super Serial of Countless Thrills Sensations and Fighta Galore THE GREAT REWARD IN IS EPISODES— 3O REELS. At 10 p.m. THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE
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      288 6 CINEMAS Season's Most Perfect and Expensive Production A LADY OF QUALITY v '^vl! B*Kaa^BMSBMMM^^ OF QUALITY" fct«rHrig VIRCSINIA VALU An English Classic. A Universal Super Jewel. PAIIABSOM THEATRE >«♦> I WAS IN FLOWER? "cinema Thursday, August 28 THE LUNATIC AT LARGE Comedy drama m -I parts ITS A MU'lfHfl PRODUCTION
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      148 6 DAY IN DAY OUT DAY IN AND DAY OUT DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CAR SERVES ITS OWNERS FAITHFULLY AND AT LOW COST. THIS IS BECAUSE DODGE BROTHERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY BUILT THEIR PRODUCT MORE STAUNCHLY THAN STRICT MANUFACTURINC PRACTICE REQUIRES. EMPLOYING ONLY THE FINEST MATERIALS, THEY HAVE INSISTED UPON AN EXCEPTIONAL MARGIN
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    140 7 FIXTURES. luid.iv. August 26 High Water, s.-u a.m., 7.27 p.m. Municipal Commlssioa, US pja. Wednesday, August 27 High Water, 9.29 a.m., 8.25 p.m. Australian mail cl '!t«., S.C.C., 5 p.m. Thursday. August 28 High Water, Mi a.m., 9.1 1 p.m. Football, B.R.C, T«l. Co.. Stadiam, 5 p.m.
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    352 7 Tinailaj. August 20. Ships klossssjUa I In' Wharves or expected I* :irri\e. KEPPF.L HARBOUR. Mail Wharf Magnet, Pbyaa, I'er.ingat, PaIcmbang, Recorder, Bertha. Ci! Wharf Nil. Coal Wharf -Nil. VESSELS IX DRY DOCK. Tanjong Pagar tin n Wharf Belancer Albert Dork Kalor.g, Tug Sunda Victoria Dock i ■>.
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    156 7 Mr C'olumiio, Port Said, Naples. Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg 3 p.m Hongkong and Japan 3 p.m. Muar 3 p.m Malacca 4 p.m Saigon 4 p.m Medan and Penang 4 p.m. I'.itu Pahat 4 p.m. Wednesday. Basapit, Bandjermasin, Stamen, Kota Baroe, Balik Papun and Samarindu 9 a.m. Saba
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 7 By J. P. Coin Teesta TJwiaui I'orthos Malwa Crotius Left S'pore July 18 July 23 July l!3 July 28 Aug. 1 Aug. 1 Arrd. London Aug. IS Aue. 18 Aug. 21 Aug. 23 Aug. 25 Aug. 25
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    207 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, August 20. On London, Bank 4 m/a 2/4% Demand 2/4 1/32 Private 3 m. credit* 2/4 9/JC On Now York, Demand 52U Private 90 d/s 54>> On France, Bank 880 On India, Bank T. T. 160% On Hongkong, Bank d/d 2% p.c. p)«m. On Shanghai.
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    61 7 Tone of Markit Steady. Latest London cables quota Spot •hec-t Is. l%d. Ipot iepti-n-.biT >ct.-Dec. Pale Crep* Closing Prices. Buy«r». Sellei 46 M an. -March Spot Sept. Oct.-Dec. Jan. -Mai< Bibbed Smoked Sheet Closing PricesBuyers- Sellers46 Vi 46 Vi Mtt 4fi% 47 47 U
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      MINING.
      226 7 ssue Val. Pd. Buyers Sellers 1 1 Batangr Padang 0.60 0.65 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.45 LH •I £1 Idris Hydraulic 24/0 25/0 1 1 Johan Tin 0.40 0.42 '/i •1 £1 Kam. Kamunting 47/- 48/21 £1 Kamunting Tin 40/- 41/L0 10 KinU Assn. Ord. 6.00 7.00 1 1
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      GENERAL.
      134 7 11 £1 B. Am. Tobacco 6.7.6 5.11.3 .0 10 Central Engine* 4.60 6.50 6 6 Central Motor- 2.00 2.R0 !1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 8.50 8.75 i/-5/- Elcc. Tramway 9/0 10/3 .0 10 Fraser Neavc 45.50 40.50 [00 100 Hammer Co. 150 155 .00 100 Katz Bros, def 110
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      DEBENTURES.
      103 7 fsoue Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellers. U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,300 par 10 p.c. prr. S.poro Electric Tr.xnw.y-, 6 p.c. £300,000 Spore Municipal 6 p.c 1.878,000 par 10 px. poo Spore Municipal 4% p.e. of 1907 $1,600,000 par 5 p.e. 51a Spore Municipal 4% px, S 1908 $1,000,000 p*r 6
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      393 7 PraMr and Co. and Ly.ll and Kratt'a Qb*UUom. To-day'« Prices. Fraser I vail ft Co. Evatt Alor Gajah <$1) 0.R0 0-9" 0.80 0 90 Allenby ($1) 1.00 1.05 0.95 1.05 A. Hitam ($6) 8.00 10.00 9.00 10.00 A. Kuning ($1) 0.32'^ 0.42V4 0.30 0.40 Am. Malay ($2) 1.60
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      61 7 WARNING If you do nut wish to incur the colossal expenditure of 50 cents at regular intervuls of from half to one month do not begin the use of our Special Hair Croi.m for— as sure as night follows day— >uu will adopt it as your regular dressing fur the
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      990 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts., see page 16. I MREAKFAST (Drinking) Chocolate, sweetened. In the quality of the leading brand $1.10 per 1 I'd. tin, 60 cents per ty lb. tin. 11. Bolter, Europe Hotel Building. CAPABLE STENOGRAPHER seeks work during spare hours. Apply 1210. 8. Times WHITEAWAY'S SALE. Special
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      57 7 Brnnner Mond Co., Limited. NOBTBWICH, ENGLAND CRESCENT \J BRAND Manufacturers of PURE ALKALI (Soda Ash) SILICATE OF SODA CAUBTIC SODA (SoUd) 7«/»7 CALCIUM CHLORIDE TtV7S 60/62 BLEACHING POWDER CAUSTIC SODA (Flake) 76/77 MURIATE OF AMMONIA BICARBONATE OP SODA SULPHATE OF AMMONIA PURE SODA CRYSTALS CARBONATE OF AMMONIA Agents, Straits Settlement*
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      629 7 IN THE ESTATE OF SASSOON EZRA NISSIM, DECEASED PURSUANT TO SECTION 25 OF ORDINANCE No. 144 (TRUSTEES). NOTICE la hereby given that all creditor? or other persons having any claims or demands against the Estate of Sassoon Ezra Kissim, deceased, late of No. 5. O\ley Rise Singapore, who died at
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      602 7 THE STRAITS TIMES Can be tbtained at the following places la Singapore Money Changer, Grosvanor. •Money Changir, Adelphi Hotel. Money Changur, Kurope Hotel. Money Changer, Raffles Hotel. Federal Robber Sump Co., Raffles Place. PeUr Chong, Bras Basah Road. I Guan Hong A Co., 20, Robinson Road. i Q. H. Kiat
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    The Straits Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. HOPE FOR THE LEPER.
    1291 8 The Straits Times TUESDAY, AUGUST 26. HOPE FOR THE LEPER. Recently Sir Leonard Rogers delivered an address m London on The Lepprosy Problem m the Empire." Ho has made a special study of the subject, just as Sir Ronald Ross before him made a special study of the question of
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    20 8 The drums of the 2nd bi. Royal Sussex Rejjiment will play retreat m the Botanic Gardens at 5 p.m. to-morrow.
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    31 8 The rate of issue of money orders fcr India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 159 $100. The rate of payment of money orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 164 $100.
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    23 8 Tan Voo, charged before Mr. Prydo, yesterday, with attempt to commit extortion from Lim Cho Chu, was sentenced to four months' rigorous imprisonment.
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    28 8 During the year 1923, the telephone revenue of the F.M.S. Government increased by 30 per cent, as compare 1 with I£>22 and was nearly double that of 1920.
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    28 8 M. Andre Citroen, the motor-car manufacturer, won £37,500 at the Deauville Casino on August 17, and m three-quarters of an hour's play before dinner won a further £16,000.
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    33 8 The D'Arcy Exploration Company have left Tawau and are conducting operations m Sandakan Bay and the neighbouring rivers. There are five of them m all. Messrs. Wyllie, Chapman Brown, Weatherlead, Smith and Harrison.
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    41 8 There was a large attendance both at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and it Bidadari for the funeral of the late Mrs. C. E. Thomasz last evening. The Rev. Fr. P. Ruaudel officiated at th> Cathedral and at tfv graveside.
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    40 8 The case against Inspector Dunne at Shanghai was dismissed on medical evidence being given to the effect that the coolie died fiom Bright V disease and opium poison. The coolie died after being slapped on the face by the Inipector.
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    43 8 A lecture will be given by Imam Ha i Muhammad Yusuf bin Haji Muhammad Said J.P., Chief Kadi of Singapore, on Islam at 8 p.m. to-day, at the Club House if the United Islamic Association (1, Lorong VI, Gaylang, Road). All are welcome.
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    48 8 If the r;ce famine four years ago failed to impress us with the fact that we must remain independent of Rangoon and Siam for the staple food of the majority m Malaya, we may as well admit that we are incapable of learning anything, says the Pinang Gazetf
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    53 8 This morning Court Inspector Meredith produced a Japanese poodle m Mr. Sennjtt's Court, and charged a Chinese named Cheng Seng Wah with dishonestly retaining the animal. The dog was missid on the 11th inst. from the compound 3f the owner's house m Grove Road. Tin; case was postponed until September
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    60 8 The two seaplanes from H. M. S. Pegasus have arrived at Peraug from Port Swettenham. They left at 7.1"> a.m., and arrived at 9.40, travelling about 90 miles an hour. A very lar^e gathering witnessed the landing. The seaplanes were hauled on to the pier, arvd the spectators were allowed
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    62 8 Socond-Lieut. Geoffrey Ellis Bushnell, Rajputana Rifles, was found deid m a second class compartment by his servant, when the mail train m which he was travelling reached Amritsar station the other morning. Deceased was m a kneeling position, bending over Ua berth, and a Webley revolver was found m the
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    90 8 This morning before Mr. Sennett, Insp. Farquharoon, m charge of Weights anJ Measures, charged a Teochew named tan E? Kok, a pork seller, whom he arrested yesterday afternoon m Kallang Road for using a false ar.i unjust daching and weight. The Inspector pointed out that the case was a very
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    91 8 A Tamil, said to b" a I'.W.D. overseer, who had been employed at Mambau, was--killed on the F.M.S. Railway early on Saturday morning. The deceased appeared to have laid himself across the rails. near the new bridge at Seremban. as head was almost severed and part of the feet had
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    92 8 The Financial Times of July 25 issvcl with its ordinary number the fourtii Tropical Products supplement, dealing with the rubber industry. It opens with a review of the industry, and of snme of the British Empire areas m which rubber is grown, followed by articles on America as a Consumer
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    110 8 At a meeting cf the Malayalees of Singapore, held under the auspices of the Malayalee Association, at 11, Dhoby Ghaut, it was resolved to send a wire to the Dewan of Travancore condoling the death of His Highness the Maharajah of Travancorv, and to raise a fund to relieve the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    481 8 Mr. J. D. Hussey, 0.C.P.D., Kual.i Lumpur, is going to Klang as A.1.1 re> ieving Mr. HiiHon, the Chief Inspector, who has been acting since Mr. Lam;irorthy's departure on leave. The marriage of Miss Ruth Richardson md Mr. C. T. Hinde will take place at St. Andrew's
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    Government House.
    68 8 The following had the honour of dining with His Excellency the Governor it Government House on Monday 11. El Maj. -General Sir T. FrMW, X.C.8., C.5.1., C.M.G., Miss Fraser, Gene.al Blondlat and Madame Blomllat, MonsibUl Blondlat, Major d« Chair and Mis. dl Chair, Major Harris-on and Mrs. Ha
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    Fatalities in Holland Road.
    107 8 Thb morning Court Inspector Mereditli mentioned before Mr. Sennett a case il ■vhich Cheng Teong Key, driver of a lorry, is charged with causing death by a rash act while driving his vehick' alon< Hulland Road at Ii p.m. on the 25th inst. It iv alleged
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    The Funeral That Was Averted !
    160 8 The Funeral That Was Averted Yesterday before Mr. Scnnett Court Inspector Meredith prosecuted Malay motor car driver named Abdul Gani on charges of rash and negligent driving of a Joh.ire Bahtu kiting car, Ml, along Bukit Tin'ah Road on Sunday afternoon. Inspector Dyar, m charge of the Recruits' depot m
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      136 8 (,V ALL i FINEST SELECTION IN THE STRAITS AT REASONABLE PRICKS. g-'« I «¥fe r >^-!?^ gE 8 S?EC AL LINE igp^r^P^-H^ > A AN WARDROBE (jil/tfl trr^ill^""^ ~^J Ui '<"> r;\! best quality (Utl i^fv, j I it Protected by heavy BraM htuds and HkJ IL fittings. Jfa^^^^"^ Patent
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      151 8 ALHAMBRA In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. CLAIRE WINDSOR m THE ACQUITTAL m 7 Reels. (From Rita Welman's sensational atage play) In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. PEARL WHITE m THE TREASURE OF PEARL TRAVERS In 15 Episodes or 31 Reels. Episode 5 TO BEAT A KNAVE,
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      67 8 On Other Pages, p»c» Jewels Stolen from Church m Manila 2 I'crak Coconuts Meeting 3 Kinancu and Commerce 7 ShippiiiK nnil the Mails 7 •teutiT Trlftfrani* To-day's Shan- Market I New Methodist Mini.Ht.-r Was Bveiest Ceaqomwd Bribery and Corruption 'J r.arie Borneo Disaster I'olici hum's Appeal 0 Our London I.itlf
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    LOCATELLI FOUND.
    330 9 Drifting Helplessly Off Greenland. Picked Up Just in Time. [BBVTU TELEGRAM.] London, Aaguat -.">. Ington Major Locatelli, the Italian airman, has been found. The cruiser Raleigh has sent BMaaaga stating that was picked up, all well, at midnight in k-.titui BO" longitude M 4*. l.indon. August 2."i. New
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    Transatlantic Record.
    39 9 [RELTER TEI.EGkAM.l London, August 26. Cherbourg The Mauretania has just itrrived after establishing a new record fast passage across the Atlantic. Her average speed was 2<i.2."> knots and her time was 5 days 1 hour 49 min.
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    Lausanne Treaty.
    18 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, August 26. T'aiis: The Chamber approved the Laus-atine treaty by 410 to 171.
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    Dutch East Indian Loan.
    32 9 [KEL'TER TELEGRAM.] London, August :T>. Amsterdam A T.".,000,000 guilder liutih But Indian loan is to be offered on ■i at '.'TU m Holland and 100 m -I IlHiil'n.
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    American Packers Fail.
    28 9 [RELTER TELEGRAM.] London, August 2">. New York The large firm of packers, Trenton, Wilson and Company, has been placed m the hands of the receiver.
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    NEWS FROM JAPAN.
    146 9 (By Courtesy of the Kanyo Nichi-Nichi Shimbunsha.) Tokk>. Aflt "Stiff-seek" fafw b n<taf ta Okayama prefecture when ::oo emaee arc recorded with 100 deaths. A war is imminent between Cfetti and I .H,t: r.. General Woo Pel Ku of Chili, ordered the TvJum of Nagßn-wei to disarm
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    The Price of Rubber.
    173 9 Successive Reductions In Export Quota. [REUTER TELECRAM.] London, August 25. Comment ing on the fact that the further reduction to 55 per cent, in the oxportable allowance of rubber has so far failed materially to influence the price of the commodity, The Times says whether or
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      Macphail and Co., Ltd., Report.
      159 9 Singapore, August 26. Rubber. —London Is. l?»d. Easier. Local 46,4 cents. Tin.—London £255/2/6. Rubbei s. —Unchanged. Mining.—Mambaus have buyers at 96 cents sellers at 98Vi, Petalings buyers at $1.:t2 sellers at 1.35, Papans buyers at 8 cents seller at 10 cents, Titis are enquired for
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      Lyall and Evatt's Report
      158 9 Singapore, August 2C. With further falls m the prices of both tin and rubber, very little interest is being taken m shares and business is on the small side. The Tin section though not active, is lather brighter than the rest of the market and there
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      Rose Macphail and Co.'s Report.
      186 9 (I-. H. Macphail.) Singapore, August 26. Rubber.— Is. l%d.— 46% cents. Tin.— £255 2s. 6d.— *12C -X25 tons sold. The fall to-day in both tin and rubber lias curtailed enquiry in the share market but prices on the whole are unchanged. In the tin section
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    BRIBERY AND CORRUPTION.
    173 9 Judge's Comments m Policeman's Appeal. In giving judgment m the Supreme Court this morning-, m an appeal by a native police constable against a conviction and sentence of nine months' imprisonment for extortion, Mr. Justice Barrett -Lennard remarked that the punishment was a severe one, because the
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    Singapore Base.
    150 9 Australia and Defence of The Pacific. [REUTER TELECRAM.] London, August 25. Sydney The ex-Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, interviewed on his return from America, said that the Amerif can view of the Pacific question was one of defence of the North Pacific and Hawaii and that the problem of
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    NEW METHODIST MINISTER.
    196 9 Vacancy at Wesley Church Filled. A cablegram has been received from New York to the effect that the Rev. Edwin Lee is coming to Singapore to fill the vacancy at Wesley Church caused by the death of the Rev. J. H. Lewin. Mr. Lee will not be
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    WAS EVEREST CONQUERED?
    336 9 Dr. Somervell's Scepticism of Last Climb. General Bruce, speaking at Darjeeling, announced that another attempt would be made to conquer Everest next year. Dr. Somervell, who lectured on the achievements of the expeditions, expressed himself personally doubtful as to whether Mallory and Irvine were successful m reaching
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    The Cartridge Pen.
    137 9 We have received from the J. H. P. Syndicate of 23a Old Bond Street, London, one of the John Hancock Cartridge Pens which are being marketed by Messrs. McCorqu<~-daie and Co. in the whole of the British Empire with the exception of Canada and the British West
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    64 9 The death of Mr. Wee Ah Peng, father of Mr. Wee Chwce Teo, Municipal and Government contractor, occurred last right. Deceased, who was 85 years old, leaves a widow, six children, fifteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Tho cldtst fiandaon is Mr. William Hwrtt. of the Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co.
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    The Pact of London.
    119 9 S Opposition from German National Party. tRELTER TLT.EGRAM.] London, August 25. Berlin The Reichstag 1 has beg.in the i debate on the Pact of London. Deputy Hei-gt, on behalf of the German i National party, declared that the party i disapproved of the pact and would
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    SARIE BORNEO DISASTER.
    393 9 A Litigant Who Lost Five of His Relatives. Yesterday before Mr. Justice BarrettLennard Mr. I. Paulusz, on behalf of Thio Soen Yang, 21 South Canal Road, applied for the postponement of a 1 motion for the appointment of a receiver to administer the estate of the late
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    Hongkong Port Engineer.
    205 9 It is announced m the Government j Gazette, that the Secretary of State for the Colonies has sanctioned the formation of a Port Development Department to deal with those matters connected with the development of the Port of Hongkong which have previously been dealt with fey the
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    Pulau Tekong Fire Relief Fund.
    83 9 The Committee beg to acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions: Previously acknowledged $8,480 Swee Hng Club 20 Jin Jin Pit Soo 50 Woo Loo 20 Kong Woo Hian Association 2!> Sam Kong Huuy Kuan 15 Hing Woo Hong 10 Sam Sui Wui Kun 10 Eng
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    Ku klux Klan.
    134 9 Mr. Davis Challenges President Coolidge. [REUTER TELEGRAM. 1 London, August 25. i Washington In the second speech of I his presidential campaign Senator Davis flatly denounced the Ku Klux Klan and 1 challenged President Coolidge to do like1 wiso. Senator La Follette had already 1 done so.
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    POLICEMAN'S CRIME.
    561 9 f Appeal Against Recent Sentence Dismissed. r I Before Mr. Justice Barrett-Lcnnard, m j the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, Mr. W. A. N. Battenburg said he appear1 ed for a Sikh police constable named Bagga Singh, who had been sentenced by I Mr. Pryde, District Judge to 15
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    Singapore Mortality Statistics.
    130 9 The Municipal Health statement for the week ending August 10. gives the total number of deaths as 22C, represerting a death rate of 30.54 per mille per annum compared with 26.49 m the preceding week and with 25.34 m the corresponding week of last year. The i
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    HOME LETTER.
    1915 9 What Has the Government Done? s By Our Special Correspondent. i London, July y What has the Labour Government c done but abolish the inhabited boua c duty said a political cynic to me thi 1 other day. He was thinking less of whit had been done than
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      77 9 The weddirur took place at St. Paul's Church, Bedford, last month, of Mr. Arthur G. Stewart, 2/10th Gurkhas, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Stewart, formerly of Honjrkonff and now of KiukianK China, to Mi?s Dorothy C. Proudlock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. I* Proud lock, Denehead, St.
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      51 9 Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Already acknowledged with the Chartered Bank to which please send all monies and lists $1,050 Capt. W. R. Barton o/c service on board 0*0 Kuching 12 Per Singapore Cricket Club Mr. F. M. Curties 5 Mr. B. A. Packham 5 $1,072 J. A. B. COOK, Hon.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    497 10 The pei formanca of the orchestra of ilc President folk arranged for Raffles Hotel for to-night ha:; been cancelled. Twenty-two raelt el Douglas Fairbanks' pictures are presented at the Empire to-night and to-morrow. Seats are half price. The excellently produced murder mystery picture The Acquittal is drawing large
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    BOOKS RECEIVED.
    166 10 I Quite a flood of new novels has been issued by the popular house of John Long and Co. All are readable, and a John Long .story always makes a pleasant week end companion. Among those received are Many Engagements (J. S. Fletcher), My Lord Cardinal (Charles Bunton
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    Over-Populated Universe.
    80 10 Professor Gregory at the British Association Conference at Toronto declares that ."landing room on the earth will-be full up m 3,000 years when the population will he seven hundred thousand million. It is explained that such a population could only exist if food supplies are multiplied by the
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    Dame Nellie Melba.
    58 10 Referring to the numerous letters which she had received on the subject. Dame Nellie Melba announced on August 1 that this season definitely marked hur m, al appearance m opera m Autsralia. She was retiring from active work not because she was compelled to, but because s-he
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    87 10 I The retirement of The Hon. Mr. W. D. i Jupp after 27 years m this country is a matter of the sincerest regret to all his many friends, says the British Nortn Borneo Herald. As manager of the China Borneo Co. and latterly of its successor the British Borneo
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      FOOTBALL.
      661 10 Afterthoughts on The Final. With the Malaya football trophy safely m the keeping of Singapore for the next twelve months it is interesting to look back upon the welter of speculation and prophecy which preceded the final at Kuala Lumpur on Saturday. It is clear that the pundits at
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      HOME CRICKET.
      89 10 South Aficans Follow on Against Kent. tßeuter Telegram.] London, August 25. At Canterbury fine weather favoured the second day of the Kent v. South Africans match, and the wicket was m good condition. At the resumption Kent had scored 385 for five wickets. To-day they declared with 418
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      RUGBY.
      56 10 S.C.C. Meeting. A meeting of Rugby players will be held m the S.C.C. lounge to- morrow at 5.15 p.m. to appoint a captain and to transact any other business which may be brought forward. N.U. Tour in Australasia. New Zealand, August 16. The British Northern Union team beat Canterbury
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      Golf.
      28 10 The result of the August Ladies' Spoon at the Keppel Golf Club was a win for Mrs. G. F. Jackson with a score of 54—15 =39 nttt.
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      LAWN TENNIS.
      266 10 S.C.C. Tournament. Yesterday's' results were as follows: A Doubles. Mergler and CaUer beat Riches and Griffith-Jones, 6—l, 6— l. Murphy and Fuller beat Leakey and Ruchwaldy, 6—3, 6—2. B Doubles. Sturgess and Ainsworth beat Roberts and Hoblyn, 6—o. 6—o. Hindhede and Bovine beat Turner a:-.i Owen, w.q. Singles.
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      Racing Queries.
      50 10 Mun-rhausen writes What was the name of the race Pretty Polly was beaten m m Franc the name of the horse that beat her, and the riame of the j-ickey that rod? the winner. Why was Tod Sloan warned oft the English Turf Will any racing enthusiast oblige
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      New Shanghai Racecourse.
      84 10 Shanchai, August iti. The ground has been broken for a new racecourse on a site m the Yangtssepoo district, within easy motoring distance from the city, on a plot comprising GOO mow. The enteiprise is being sponsored by the Eastern Recreation Club, of which General Ho 1-en.r
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    284 10 Action taken at a meeting of committee No. 7 held on August 22, included the following Appioved provision of $4,500 for lavatory accommodation at the children' playground at People's Park. Approved payment of half cost of antimalarial drains on new golf course off Bukit Timah Road at a
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    31 10 We are informed that Mr. Yow Ngan Pan, who has been confined to his house by illness, is making satisfactory progress and hopes to be able to resume his business shortly.
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    Book of the Day.
    990 10 *The Temple. Mr. Brute Williamson's learned history of the Temple has seon the light at an opportune moment, whe^, so we gatherfrom home reports, the American and Canadian Bars were visiting London to gain actual experience of a law system to which their respective countries owe
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    49 10 *The History of the Temple, London From the Institution of the Order of the Knights of the Temple to the close of the Stuart Period. Compiled from thu Original Records of the Two Learned and Honourable Societies of the Temple by J. Bruce Williamson (London John Murray) 21s. net.
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      Food Hawkers.
      1679 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, You published a couple of da\s ago a second report of the Municipal Health Officer on the question of hawkers which is to be submitted to a special meeting of Commissioners to be held o.i August 20, at 2.15 p.m.
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      55 11 Singapore, August 25, 1921. Fin addition to the above long letter, which we wire not able to insert yesterday, .Mr. X at writes further letter today controverting statements m our leading article of yesterday. The letter hss particular bearing on the main issue and we regret that we cannot find
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      Medical Students.
      122 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Mr. lVi.:nal.an has made a sweeping condemnation of Indians in general rhkh sluuld not be left unchallenged. The writer of the letter does not realise that out of Km Itudeilll there are only about half a dozen or so Indians. About
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      136 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. R > n:ul with much interest t!>e •musing letter of Peranakan on the above Subject which appeared in your imi t'f yesterday*! date. H strikes us that ha moat be in the "know" and we an stiil wondering what ground* In- luis in
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      164 11 To the Editor of the Stiiiits Times. Si;-, From the letter which appeared in your issue oi yesterday, under the beading The Medical Collagt it is very eiear that your eoi f upondml IVranakan, though to know siiiK'thir.^ about .1 particular agitator, deliberately ignores the country of his oriffbl ami
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      373 11 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— One of the many clauses of moral philosophy implies that the severity of n punishment meted out must be judged according to the gravity of the offeaM committed. This appears to be overruled by the Medical College Council in the infliction of
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      29 11 Singapore, Aufrust 2G, 1924. [Any further letter discussing the personal merits of Indians, Jaffna Tamils, Ceylonese or other varieties will be consigned to the wastepaper basket. Ed S. T.]
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      60 10 Invitations are out and the marriage will take place on September G of Mr. B. A. Skelchy, of the Accountant's Department, P. and T., hon. secretary of thu Brickfields Rompers Club and secretary of the F.M.S. P. and T. Co-operative Society with Miss Nancy Barbara Sequ> rah, daughter of Mr.
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    F.M.S. Appointments.
    202 11 The following appointments are notified in the F.M.S. Government Gazette: Mr. E. D. Kibble seconded for mrice in the State of Ke<lah, Mr. V. VV. W. S. PurceM to be a supernumerary officer of Class V, Malayan Civil Service, Mr. .1. Ijiird to Bet M Assistant Warden of
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    Muslim Students' Aid Fund Started.
    146 11 At the ordinary meeting of the Anju-man-i-Islam held at the club premises 52, Kerbau Road, on the JL'"'' inst. on the proposal of Mr. H. Ahmad, seconded by Mr. V. A. Rahim, it was agreed unanimously to open a fund called the Muslim Students' Aid
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    115 11 Programme of drills up to and for Aml ::i. 1924 Tuesday, August 26, 5.15 p.m., Drill Hall, S.R.K. (V) Sig., lecture by command rinal officer. Widm-sday, August 27, B.SO p.m.. Drill Hall. S.R.K. (V) Sig., night scheme. Friday. August 29, 5.30 p.m., Drill Hull, Al! (Mean and
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    SINGAPORE AMI SOUTH MALAYA BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    34 11 SINGAPORE AMI SO UTH MALAYA BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION. Orders for week ending August 31. 1924 Saturday, OOth. Cyclist IVtU-s, Headquarters, 2 p.m. Instruction for Sim *****-Id, Officers I and Patrol Ltadaca only. 4 p.m.
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      292 11 ZIMBALIST THE WORLD FAMOUS VIOLINIST WILL PLAY FOR YOU IN YOUR OWN HOME ON His Master's Voice Gramophone Records Call and hear all the latest at S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. RAFFLES SQUARE. ,<— i —^r^^^rr^^^^^^^^^ Add this delight to the pleasure of life A Decca Portable gives the maximum of
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      336 11 Raffles Hotel Telephone INI (10 Linos) GUEST NIGHT AND DANCING Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ORCHESTRAL CONCERT.— Every Sunday TEA DANCES.— Every Monday and Friday sarkies morons, Proprietor!. NOTICE. The Jazz Orchestra of the President Polk for to-night is cancelled. Acieiphi Hotel Managing Director Harry H. Willies. Situated m the
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    MUSLIMS IN MALAYA.
    837 12 Annual Report of United Islamic -iida'.ion. Wt have been rrciuosted to publish the following In the report which covers the first 111 1 m rioii of eight month* of the United j I (terminat- 1 1 D*29th Zul-Mujjah 1842 August 1 1924), the chaincan,lmani Haji Muhammad usuf
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    49 12 The I- Famine Rel inittee at IVkinjr lu'* received verified reports of 13.115 deaths from tht- flcxvls, of which 3,000 occurred at Kalirnn. The 15,000,000 people :ir«> j; JV in ;'i" flooded *aft»l of ttunnn, fhihii, Kiany I, Pukien. Ku;'.ii"' i nan and lln00 W required f>r ri lief.
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    OVER THE RADIO.
    424 12 Moments in the Life Of Sparks." Loud and clear in the telephones easily read above the thunder of a few tons of water crashing down upon the foc's'le bet come the signals of a near-by ship reporting i" Land'i End Heiv '.In Xims'iih, from Liverpool for the
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    STARTING A CAR.
    157 12 Engine Responds to Its Owner's Whistle. Mr. A. Roberts, a New Zealander. who to have been formerly a captain m the British Royal Air Force, and also a coUeague of M>. (iiindell- Matthews, the "f what has been termed "the Death Ray," has been speaking at Hamburg
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    RESURRECTION TOMB.
    163 12 Woman's Important Discovery In Jerusalem. A discovery in Jerusalem confirms the claim that the Garden Tomb, outside the Damascus Gate, is the Tomb of the n<»ui it Hun The Rev. C. C. Dobson, vicar of St. Peter's Paddington, dwerttwt in the Tirres how Miss Hus.-*y, in charge of
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    "Psychic Lights."
    87 12 Psychic Lights." The Scientific American, the foremost scientific journal m Americn, which has been offering a prize for those able to ;:ni\<- [i-nvhiial manifestations, have announced that they were unable to find the ■UghtMt evidences' of fraud m t&e manifestation* of :he medium, Margery, of Boston. This medium, it is
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      106 12 A Live Advertisement. For an advertisement with a "snap" tlio following would be hard to beat. It ■ppemrtd in the Home Recorder, an American journal I want a man to work on my farm. I don't pive dancing li's-smis. I have no piano. I can't serve plank steak three t
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      358 12 "•••idPSj!^ "■■'!l^J rTTrrrrr J> Tempting sSBrSssKSHSiH! for children S H The sight of creamy S" PATENT Jfi C *t I Ch»S sj custards or blancmanges FLOURuS +F made with Cornflour .J^, .«--...-■> (^jß "fff brings exclamations of VlS^l w ;;;t; I1 L| delight from the children. /jfiC^aA' jfSjJyrSE Tt^ And
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      694 12 SALES BY AUCTION GHEONG KOON SENG CO. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of valuable town, country and sea-sitle Biuimtlsß. At KssSIS. Olisig Koon Peng A C.o's saleroon-.. K» "0, Ci ulia Street, on WedncnHav, August 21, at 2.30 p.m. KSTATE OF SIBTOO DECEASED Lot In the Suprt-me Cn.iit of the Strait." Settlements,
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      361 12 ColmnMa Storage Battery YOU cannot bay a better storage battery for your automobile than the COLUMBIA. Its great power, dependability and long service are a guarantee of absolute battery satisfaction. There is a COLUMBIA Storage Battery of the proper size for "very make and model of automobile. Let us show
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    "JU-JUTSU AGAIN."
    399 13 London Devotees of the Japanese Art. "Ju-jutsu" the elaborate intern of defence and attack introduced intj England by Yukio Tani, is still thiivin,? Before the war when ju-jutsu was a novel craze, Tani met and defeated all corner* on the music-hall stage. A newspaper writer of that almo.-t
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    MARRIAGE ROMANCE.
    365 13 Interests of Duke of Somerset's i Tamil v. For the entry of the marriajre of Col. Francis Compton Seymour to Leonora oi Dlcancra Hudson, which took place between September, 1787, and Juno 179"> a reward of £200 is offered by a firm of solicitors, who hiive tent a
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    SHIPPING ENTERPRISE.
    233 13 Trade Pet ween Dutch Indies And North China. A development of interest m the shipping world is the opening <;f the new offices at Shanghai of the Java-China-Japan Lijn. The company owns and operates a large fleet of freighter*. For 21 years I Bays the N. C. Daily
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      234 13 c COM) TYRES a^a SOLID TYRES FOR Bfcfi FOR AUTOMOBILES LORRIES T I CONTINENTAL E? N MippPes obtainable *fS" for MALAYA from all S I ME DARBY reputable dealers #la <nd Com > >an Limited. Asfi (Incorporated In S.S.) and garageß. Slmcapare and nrsnrhes. M"* A T 1 1 A
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      225 13 1 SOLE IMPORTERS The East Asiatic Co., Ltd., Incorporated in Ucnirark.) Singapore fnro The Motor in this famous Oar is undoubtedly the Most Efficient in the World, producing as it does Maximum Power at Mnimurn Cost COLONIAL MOTOR COMPANY ITALASIA LTD., Proprietor,. SINGAPORE. CARDOSA CO.. CROSSVENOJt MOTORS. R ft MANAPSKn.
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      59 13 The Similarity The Cowboy has a world wide fame For throwing his rope with deadly aim, It's SPEED and EXACTNESS that coiled the name. "The Rodeo" An Office Machine with a world wide fame, That copies your mail without any strain, For SPEED and EXACTNESS there's only one name, "The
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      682 14 Assets over $5,000,000 S.C. Assurance m force over $17,000,001 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements.) OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 52, Old Jewry, E.C. Pliasatjiif bat £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act m
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      452 14 NEDERLANDSCHE INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NETH. INDIA COMMERCLtL BANK) Established 186 S. CAPITAL Fl. 60,000,000 (aboat £5,000,000) ISSUED Fl. 55,000,000 (aboat £4,600,000) I RESERVE FUND Fl. 20,000,000 (aboat £1,676,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD AGENCY IN BATAVIA. BRANCHES Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Medan, Sourabaya, Semarsng, Bsndoeng, Wcltevreden, Cheribon, Togal, Peotlongan, Probolinggo, Tjilatjap, Ampenaa,
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      408 14 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter la Japaa) Capital Subscribed Y60,000,000 CapiUl Paid-up Y52.000.000 Reserve Fund Y12, 180,000 President K. Nakagawa, Esq. Vice-President H. Mori, Esq. DIRECTORS G. Kawasaki, Esq. T. Hlsamaae, Eaq. M. Esaki, Esq. D. Tskita, Esq. M. Snto, Esq. HEAD OFFICE Taipea, Formosa
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      376 14 INSURANCE COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. i (laeorporated la Eaglaaa') Fire, Marine, Accident, Oaaraatee and Motor. Assets M 0.000,000 W. A. SlMS— Manager and Underwriter, lestera Branch, Singapore. The Imperial Fire Office. United with the Alliance Assoranea Co.. Ltd. (Incorporated ia England; 1 and 2, Bartholomew Lane, Londom, Established 1808.
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      393 14 AMONG THE POLICIES RECENTLY ARRANGED FOU CLIENTS. Client with twa children aged S a»« 1 takea poliry ta fire {111 >•< profita t* each ehiM from are 15 to 20. Married Man. 12 Ukaa M.OOO. 20 year Enduwaeot. the peral«« betas; a> £43.1.0 qnarterlv Married Han, IS, $10,000 Life policy,
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    BROAD ARROW MEN.
    459 15 How the Silence System is l^ing Evaded. A man who has passed tiiree years in prison, undergoing various terms of hard labour, has written a bouk describing his experiences. He is evidently a man of education and of some culture his tale is- plain aivl unvarnished, the
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    BOATS SAIL OVER CITY WALL.
    335 15 Appalling Flood Disasters In China. As news comes m from the more distant parts of Human province, the recent flood disasters become more and more appalling, writes a correspondent m the N.C. Daily News. i Paoking, right m the centre of tho province, sends one
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    CONVICTS ON HOLIDAY.
    162 15 Three Weeks at Parkhurst Prison Hotel." Forty convicts from Maidstone Prison chosen to enjoy three weeks' holiday m order to lessen the rigours of prison life have settled down at Camp Hill Prison, Isle of Wight, known as the prison hotel." They journeyed to Portsmouth m two
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    40 15 Pleading guilty to a charge of defalcation m respect of two and half lakhs belonging 1 to Lloyds Bank, T. D. Lawson, a former accountant, was on August 12 sentenced at -the High C«urt, Calcutta, to two years' rigorous imprisonment.
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