The Straits Times, 3 September 1925

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 27,958, SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 207 1 OFTEN "WRIFPin" KTYT.R BEATEN MAKE "Bear Brand" YOUR MILKMAN R jJSjI GENUINE A&sS^§£h^ STRAIGHT FROM THE NATURAL ifffSPii i HEALTHY C W INT MJ^?^LSr' the hygienic tin m WHICH IT REACHES IiMUurBRANDI YOU AND SO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF YOUR FAMILY. Ask old residents what they think of
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    • 170 1 Carron Dover Ranges PRICES jT^*^| PRICES Each Stove complete with 2 lengths Piping and 1 Elbow. IMPROVED PATTERN— WOOD BURNING. HOT PLATE OVEN SALE PRICES OVERALL. INSIDE MEASUREMENTS. Width. Height. Depth. Width. Height. Depth. No. 6 $i 5.00 33% ins. 251/2 ins. 18' )■> ins. 13 ins. 9 ins. U
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    • 4 1 LACTOGEN FOR YOUR BABY
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  • 413 2 Work of Children's Branch of Home Office. The Work of the Children's Brancn of the Home Office is dealt with in a report •ecently issued. In order to ascertain the working: of the Juvenile Courts throughout the count iy, a circular letter was sent to all the
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  • 403 2 Greek Socialist's Lament In Will. A quaint human document has been filed at Somerset House in the will of Mr. KvangUlcs Gherisajror.n Raftopoulos, of Carden-road, Karachi, India, for many years with Mtssia. Balli Bros., in India, a Gi-eek by birth, owning considerable property in Gr«cec, who died
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  • 174 2 First Acquaintance with A Cinema. Colonel Roberts, the New Zealand Commissioner at Wembley, describes an extra-' ordinary incident which occurred recently in the New Zealand cinema at the Exhibition. Kour women who had inadvertently walked into the hall," he said, suddenly appeared to lose all sens* of selfcontrol.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 244 2 iSi nee* W^W^ Lm27jr fCiPO/f*/? WA/sAYes I John Haig $p THE OLCUST MSIIUIM IN THE WORLD JOHN HAIC &C» L T MA RKINC H.SCOTLAND. British v. u;tr»nt<*vd made. c-^u^jF fos'oo) Jfl years. "Get these RONEOED" TRICE LISTS CIRCULAR LETTERS SHIPPING NOTICES ACCOUNT COLLECTION LETTERS NOTICES, etc., elc. And many other
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    • 241 2 PIMPLES OVER FACE ANDLHANDS Of a Wet Nature. Very Itchy. Lost Sleep. Cuticura Heals. My trouble started with small pimples on my nose which gradually spread all over my face and hands. They were of a wet nature and very itchy so that I could not sleep. My face and
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    • 306 2 OPPORTUNITY! Table Gramophone with powerful double spring motor Price $50.00. Monthly payment system ran bo arranged. Season Company. Ltd. 11l and 113. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. S &ImMt& For Brass and Copper mst or ease anc^ speed, for S 8 jSp 4rv* brilliance and lasting v^m <**?» shine, tor making homely
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  • 673 3 Misprints tkzt Persist in Shakespeare. For some years past it has been increasingly recognised in England thai anyone who sets out to edit or annotate Elizabethan or Jacobean plays without an adequate knowledge of the handwritings of the period is not likely to do much to improve
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  • 287 3 I'ublic Interest at South Kensington. Great public intezMf vu taken in the reproduction at the Science Museum at South Kensington in mail week day of the garret workshop of James Watt at HeathtieK near Brhningham. From ten o'clock in the morning until six in the evening there
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 360 3 UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED Desire to make known to the trade, the Tin Mining and Rubber Industries, Motor Repair Works and Garages, and all Machinery users and others interested m Mechanical Engineering that they are m a position to undertake work m SPECIALIZED PROCESSES as undermentioned and will be glad to
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    • 430 3 Mi Avoid experiments with your bealtb. I.ely on EXO'S M^j "Fruit Salt "to prevent that VjM clocfiinf! of the system which y^M} I gives rise to liver troubles, I^T li (ivsp«*psia. sKin ailments, jH Ml pri.-kiy heat, con>iipation, and »^L other discmiers so prevalent m ■{i exacting climates. Fallow this
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    • 731 3 STEAISEB SAEJMS STEAMER SAILINGS nuKiTSCHEi urn COMPANIA PASSENGER SERVICE. TQAQATI ANTIPA Accommodation availabl* Cabin and Int.r- I lIHOH I LHH I IwH Po e m lnd I LONDO^(wkh No^»h~m." Bt 2 (SPANISH BOYAL MAIL LDIB) cno.) cabin «i« Fpr BARCELONA, VALENCIA, BA&IC *AKI!.S. CADIZ and BILBAO Cabin Class I.»«rm«Uat. Clsa.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 869 4 snusa BMLWts P. 0. British India «"> Apcar Lines (Incorporated m Englund) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES. PENINSILAK AM) ORIENTAL S. N. CO. Under Contract with His Majesty's Government. LONDON AM) FAX EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON AND ANTWERP Tonnage
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    • 812 4 STEAMER SAHJtttS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. llaeorporated ia Englaad) The Bine Funnel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM. ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON, NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Taking cargo on
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    • 796 4 STEAMER SAILINGS K. P. M. ROTAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated m Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVRRNMBNT. Telcpkoae No. S«f4, witb sab-connections to Paassge, Freight. Transhipment, Marine Depts., and Msnsger's Desk. REPRESENTATIVE for Singapore and Straits Settlements of the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All iniormstion,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 547 5 STEAMER SMUIW Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. TlaeorporaUd la Inglaod) "ELLERMAN" LINE Passenger and Freight Serricef TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL It FREIGHT SERVICES a.s. CITY OF MADRID Havre, London, H'burg and Dunkirk In Port 8.?. KNOWSLEY HALL M'seilles, London, R'dam and Antwerp Sept. 20
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    • 697 5 st-aich samas BLUE ELLERMM FUNNEL s— BUCKNALL DIE wllh S. S. CO., LTD. (laeorporated m England) JOINT SERVICE to BOSTON NEW YORK and BALTIMORB via SUEZ or PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK Bteaaser Doe Spore Root* For t WALTON HALL Sept. II Sue* PhiUipines and Hongkong. RHESUS Sept. 2'J Bum Piiillipines
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    • 648 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Burns Philp Line (Incorporated m Australia) For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN THURSDAY ISLAND* and BRISBANE Regular monthy sailing by the well known steamers MARELLA (7575) tons) and MONTORO (5,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest and finttt steamer trading to Australia, Cabins d. luxe, single berth
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 449 6 To-night To-night I Until Monday, September 7. EMPIRE ADOLPH ZUKOR $10,000.00 PRIZE PICTURE In the Second Show at 9.10 p.m. sharp. Adapted for the screen from the well-known story by RAFAEL SABATINI SCARAMOUCHE In 12 Reels. Featuring RAMON NOVARO. ALICE TERRY and LEWIS STONE (Owinjf to the High Cost of
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    • 302 6 ALHAMBRA From Tuesday, September 1. to Sunday, September G. In the Second Show commencing 9 p.m. AN UNUSUAL MOTION PICTURE. SUPERBLY DIRECTED AND THOROUGHLY WELL ACTED. A picture ho true to life to the lives of people we know and see every day thut it is convincing m every detail.
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    • 146 6 We Sell and Recommend: Kodak Film FOR SUPER QUALITY AND RESULTS. Our printinu is done on "VELOX" Ar^MIQJ AMATEUR PHOTO STORE V—^ '09. NOR'IH BRIDCK ROAD, AMATEUR PHOTO STORE singapork^ 'Ik Vihrationless Twiiv-Cylmda: Douglas TWO-SPEED KICK START FLYWHEEL Clutch Model $450.00. A Twin is Best and Douglas is the Best
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  • 250 7 FIXTURES. Thursday, September 3 Hich Water, 11.'.l a.m., 10.43 p.m. Malacca High Tide, 7.30 a.m., 7 ft. 4 ins, X p.m., 7 ft. 3 ins. B. I. homeward mail closes. Rubber Producer;' Assn. Mtg., 2.15 p.m. Straits Chinese llritish Assn. Mtg., 6.16. Fliday, September 4 Hich Water,
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  • 301 7 lay, p unber 3. Ships alongside ihe Wharves or expected i.i arrive. Dm UARBOUB. Jlr.in \V!iari Sybil, Hygcia, The Cable, Oil I iV-T Krishna Coal Wtaif N.I IRHJU IN DRY DOCK. Tsnjunst I'aear Nui.koh Msru Albert Dock .<•! Victcr^i D.ici Nil. Keppcl Harbour Kinpr's Dock Nil N.i.
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  • 149 7 To-day. fVylon fTaCOBM M:in: i 3 p.m Southern W.Mirn India (Klicnica) a p.m Upper Iturmn, North and Knst India KjBfpt, Europe, b'^.A. and Canada i KiSi.'|jiai 3 p.m Supplementary nmil for Eurupc, etc. I iiy tram i 4 p.m Ceyloa (Ah Hta Mara) I i>.m lu-«nrrow. Norlii,
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  • 35 7 By T»mbor» Hantu* K. der NedcrUndcn Compirr-n" .Slanmt Left S'pora July 24 July 30 July 31 July :<0 A..*. 1 Aird lAmion Aug. 17 Aug. U Aug. 26 Aug. 8A Aug. Ill
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  • 242 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, September 3. Ob London, Bank 4 m/i 2/4 IB '33 Demand 2/4 V4 Private 3m. credits 2/4 On New York, Demand M 5 Private 90 d/s 68* On France, Bank T. T. 1,150 On India, Bank T. T. 154% On Hongkong, Bank d/d 5% p.c.
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  • 65 7 Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers. Spot s P ot 5ept. September jgt October 3ct.'-D«c Oct.-Dec. lan.-Mauh Jan.-March Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers. 1.27 1.28 1.27 US 1.25 1.20 1.22 1.23 1.10 141 Tone of Market Steady. Latest
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 240 7 Issue Va!. Pd. Buyers Sellers El £1 Asom Kumbanjr 40/- 50/- xd. 1 1 Batang Padang 0.69 0.72% 1 1 Hitam Tin LSI 1.40 II £1 Idris Hydraulics 44/G -J.VU 1 1 Joh»n Tin 0.54 0.57 10/- 10/- Kamponp 40/6 50/G El £1 KamuntinK Tin 5*3/6 58/10 10 KinU
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    • 131 7 El £1 B. Am. Tobwco 5.0.0 6.7.6 10 10 Central Engine* 4.50 6.50 £1 il B. Smeltin:; Co. 12.05 l$M 5/-5/-Elec. Tramway 2/9 ;i 'S irnm 10 10 Krascr Neaves 52.2.". ">2.7o cd. 100 100 Hammer Co. 200 00 20*.00cd. i LOO 100 KaU Bros, dof 140.00 16U.0U 10
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    • 106 7 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Seller* U. Engr. 6 p.c. $1,234,800 par 10 p.c pm 3'pore Electric Tramway, 5 p.c. 80 £350,000 S'pore Municipal 6 p.c. (1,876,000 par 10 p.c pie S'porc Municipal 4% p.c. of 1907 $1,600,000 2H p.c. dU-pai S'porc Municipal 4Vs p.d. of 1009 $1,000,000 2% p.c.
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    • 375 7 To-day's Prices Fraser Lyall Co. Kvatt. Alk-nby (*1) 2.10 UO 2.'>0 2.00 Alo> Gajah ($1) 1.75 1.85 1.7."> 1.85 A. Hitam ($5) 15.50 16.50 15.00 16.00 A. Kuning ($1) 0.80 0.35 0.80 0.90 Amal. Malay ($2) :-5.10 3.25 3.00 3.20 A. Molck ($1) 2.25 2.35 2.25 2.35 Ayet
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 823 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts., see paga 16. WANTS FOB SALE. BTC WANTED, n bill collector for import firm Security $10,000. Apply X.Z.V., c/o Straits WANTfD, SHOT CL'N. Please state make bore (choke, if any), and price. Reply I9C Straits Times. FOR SALE, white polished Italian marbli tiles, two feet
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    • 113 7 THE STAR OPERA The Premier Malay Opera m Hinraport Composed only of High-class Mnhiy Entertainers AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, North Rridge Koad. Friday, Septemlur I. THE BRIDE OF PARADISE A Now Play Saturday. September 5. THE PEARL PRINCESS A Urand Fairy Hoy K. H. CHEONG, Proprietor Y. L. TAN, Manager.
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    • 70 7 I niversal's Latest Censor-Proof Serials Produced Specially for the Bast THE IRON MAN 15 Episodes, 30 Reels. with Albertini-King of Dare Devils. THE FASTEXPRESS 15 Episodes, 30 Reels, with Wm. Duncan and Edith Johnson. A New Preparation HAUFFMANN'S LEMON DRAUGHT i.s sweet, having the flavour of Lemon, i No dirticulty
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    • 873 7 NOTICE GLIDE Gooe^Tear GOODYEAR NOTICK i» hereby Riven that the Trade Marks depicted above arc tho exclusive*property of THK GOODYEAR TIRE A RL'BHKI COMPANY, n Company incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, m the United States of America, and carrying on businenp at No. 1144, Baal Market
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    • 544 7 NEWS AND PICTURES I'ROM MALAYA. TNE STRAITS BUDGET The weekly edition of the Straits Times is published every Friday. To-morrow's issue will contain eight piißes of well-printed half-tone illustrations, including Malaya (up Firal. Malaya Reception at Wembley, Regiment il Sport* at Tanclin, the new Chinese High School, Ihikit Timnh, the
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 72 7 MKTKOROLOC.ICAL REPORT. kandan^ Kerb;iu Station. (Hv Cmmitm) of CimimiiI Health Officr) Tor the -I himrt. rr.dini; at Midnight on Beptenbcf 1925. ture H2.H F Mill, xhittb t •mpi riituri- 77 F HAn id U :nm ..ifiir Tii.rs K an l.nli^tion fll.5 P, Uin. gra-s radiation 78 F. Sea Umpcrmturc B2
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  • 70 8 SCOTT. At the Gronvenor Hotel, Singapore, on September 2, 1925, Captain James Smith Scott, aged 69 years. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for mo And may there be no sadness of farewell When I embark For, though from out our bourne of time and place The
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  • 1061 8 The Straits Times THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. SEAMEN STRIKERS. Coddle one industry and you find yourself compelled to coddle nil. The coal strike was dodged at a cost of ten or twelve millions to the taxpayers, and the ink is not much more than dry on the agreement made when we
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  • 29 8 We hear from Plainfield School, Newton, that Sidney and Eva Gomes passed the Trinity College of Music preparatory test. Both children obtained 98 marks out of a possible 100.
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  • 41 8 News wag received on Tuesday of a robbery at Kroh, Upper Perak, on Sunday night when seven Cantonese armed, with parangs entered a house and, after injuring two occupants, cleared off with booty valued at $51. No arrests have been made.
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  • 43 8 Mr. Justice Deane reserved judgment m the Supreme Court yesterday m the action which Mr. George Levy claimed $1,500 damages for alleged breaches of two agreements under which he was engaged to act as manager of Mr. Henry Nutter's business m High Street.
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  • 18 8 The Seremban Agri-Horticultural Show will be held on December 12, and not on September 19, as previously announced.
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  • 25 8 A charge has been preferred against an Englishman m Medan for refusing to appear as witness before the Magistrate, m spite of three successive notices.
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  • 30 8 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 152=5100. The rate of payments of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 157 =5100.
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  • 28 8 The Rev. G. T. Shetliffe will conduct divine service at Johore Bahru next Sunday at 6 p.m. and on the following morning will celebrate Holy Communion at 7.30.
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  • 32 8 The Johore Volunteer Rifles are (fivinjj a farewell dinner at the Johore Hotel on Saturday, September 19. to R.S.M. G. F. Horice on the occasion of his departure lor England on leave.
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  • 37 8 A daily feature of the early morning at Hongkong now is the sight of aeroplanes from H.MS. Hermes carrying out harbour flights. Their various rapidly and neatly executed manoeuvres are watched with considerable interest by the public.
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  • 40 8 In the Madras Legislature on August, 24 a Bill to amend the City Tenants Protection Act was introduced and referred to a Select Committee. The Bill provides reasonable compensation to tenants for all improvements on land and a fair rent.
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  • 49 8 In 1926 a Hygiene exhibition will be held at Bandoeng. The Queen of Holland and the Governor-General of the Dutch Indies have been requested to be Patron and Hon. President respectively. The Rockefeller Foundation, the Dutch Colonial Institute and the Hygiene Museum at Dresden arc being asked to cooperate.
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  • 58 8 The Wah Kiu Vat Po states that the Hongkong steamer, Kwong Hung was pirated near Kau Kong whilst on a trip from Canton to Wuchow. The captain, Chan Kam, and Mr 1 Liv Chap Tong (compradore of the Standard Oil Company at Wuchow) were taken into captivity. A sum of
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  • 56 8 A fine of $400, or one month's rigorous imprisonment, was inflicted on Friday by Mr. Bassett, the Klang magistrate, on Mr. Tee Chok Lok, of the local Central Hotel, for having offered a case of whisky to Mr. Hussey, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, as an illegal gratification. The whisky
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  • 58 8 Teluk Anson is on the way to getting electric light, Messrs. Huttcnbach, Lazarus and Sons having received a concession from the Perak Government to supply Teluk Anson with juice." Huttenbach's licence is for twenty years so it would appear that the Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company has lost a '•ustomer
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  • 71 8 A well-grown pig took up its position on the road Medan-Tebing Tinggi and did not feel disposed to move aside and make room for an approaching motor car to pass. The driver decided to go ahead. It was found that the mud-guard of the car was badly damaged, but the
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  • 79 8 Teluk Anson is to have a spacious recreation ground. At the recent meeting of the Lower Perak Sanitary Board, the Chairman stated that thanks to the abfe assistance of two unofficial members of the Board, and the goodwill of the public, he had been able to purchase, at reasonable cost,
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  • 68 8 In connection with the condition of affairs m China, an indignation meeting at Hcngkong sent a cable of over 1,000 words direct to Mr. Stanley Baldwin. A month has passed, and, for reasons which it is impossible to understand, a vitally important telegram which .solemnly recited existing conditions m Hongkong
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  • 92 8 The Chinese Police at Shanghai arrested four workmen at a dockyard m the Chinese City, for assaulting a garbage coolie. The comrades of those arrestei demanded the men's release and to tht number of no assembled outside the police station and refused to depart. The police fired into the air,
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  • 101 8 There has been a sensational sequel to the bathing disaster at Roubaix, where Father Delaporte and two abbes rescued eight children from drowning, as five of the 18 children supposed to have been drowned have returned to their homes. When II bodies had been recovered a search for the five
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  • 123 8 A national memorial to those who died m the Scott Antarctic expedition m 1912 was unveiled at Devon port m the presence of an immense gathering. Commodore Chailcs Royds, a member of Scott's first Antarctic expedition, unveiled the memorial, and asked the Mayor of Plymouth to accept custody of it.
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  • 485 8 Mr. Lim Nee Soon will be leaving, on iredicnl advice, for J.ipun by the H.ikoznki Mam, sailing from here on the 15th instant. The Rev. T. Campbell Gibson, M.A., and Mrs. Gibson have come from Swatow to assist in the work of the English Presbyterian Mission here.
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  • 18 8 From Europe (London mails despatched August 13) by Tara due at Penan.t: at 0 a.m. to-morrow.
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  • 35 8 We arc informed that the Government of Johore's donation of $200 is to t> distributed among 16 rescuers, mostly Malay fishermen living near the MaWt ot Scn^garang and Benot.
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  • 77 8 A Briton, a Frenchman, an American. German and a Chinese, said tc» l»e secretary to a Chinese General, have been arrested at Shanghai by the French Police, on an alleged charge of smug Klin arms. The arms seized consisted, of i > rifles, two pistols and about
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  • 104 8 Owing to reduction of membership of the Singapore Philh.-.rmonic Orchestra l>y reason of furloughs, transfers etc. it was found necessary to suspend practice < for a period. It is now hoped, however, to resume full orchestral practices this month and it would greatly uafet nuitlii if all
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 190 8 Provision and Wine PRICE LIST FOR SEPTEMBER IS NOW READY. PLEASE ASK FOR COPY IF ONE HAS NOT BEEN SENT. Many Reductions John Little Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m England) SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR. JOHN TANNS SAFES Are the outcome of the knowledge and experience pained during 130 £^£9WQ vpars of
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    • 111 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT at 9. IN THE NAME OF THE LAW 6 Reels. ROUND TffiTwORLD IN THE SPEEJACKS 6 Reels. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. New Universal Serial THE GHOST CITY 6 Reels. (In 15 Episodes— 3o Reels.) Episodes 4, 5, 6—6 Reels. TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD., Proprietors.
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    • 65 8 On Other Pages. Taeo. Finance and Commerce 1 Shipping and tho Mails Meteorological Report I Reuter Telegrams Home Sport Letter :< New Singapore Bridges Java News I Hurial at Sea Singapore Rubber Auction I Motor Car Collision Sequel I Sporting Intelligence 10 Correspondence .10 Local Share Market 10 C.I.F. Contract
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  • 851 9 Trouble Increasing at English Ports. Serious Situation in The Colonies. [reuter telegram.] London, September 2. The Southern Railway has warned intending cross-Channel passengers against travelling to Southampton, as there is no possibility of any boats sailing to-night owing to the strike. London, September 2. At Southampton the crews
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  • 103 9 [REITER TELEGRAM.] London, September 3. Swampscott. Massachusetts As the result of a conference between President Coolidge and Senator Watson, of Indiana, it is understood that the administration will seek to amend the Esch Cummins railway law in the coming session of Congress so as to force railway consolidation
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  • 106 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London. September 2. San Francisco Five men in a disabled ser plane on a rough sea, drenched by tropical storm, is the picture evoked by the reports of the warships searching in midPacific for vnplane P59, number one of the two which started to fly to
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  • 74 9 [reuter telegram.] London, September 2. Paris According to the Fez correspondent of Lc Temps, Abd el Krim has carefully prepared for a retreat from Adjir m the event of the Spaniards capturing the town. He has established headquarters at Bourda, the key position at the head of the
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  • 32 9 [km TKK TELECRAM.] London, September 2. PferiK The bank strikers by ballot decisively rejected the managements' concessions, conveyed through the Minister of Labour, and voted for continuance «f the strike.
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  • 29 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, September 2. Paris A. dozen Communists have been sentenced to periods of imprisonment ranging from a fortnight to a month m addition to small fines.
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  • 240 9 [RtUTXK TELEGRAM.] London, September 2. Sydney Mr. Stokes, the Lord Mayor, in the course of a civic welcome to the members of the Empire Press Conference, said he hoped they would acquire a better understanding and a keener appreciation of Australia's aims and problems as a result
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  • 119 9 [reuter telegram.] London, September 2. Geneva The thirty-fifth session of League of Nations Council assembled privately and drew up the agenda. Subsequenlly there was a short public sitting at which it was decided, inter alia, to submit to the forthcoming Assembly the report of the temporary slavery
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  • 49 9 [reuter telegram.] London, September 2. The Admiralty announces that, m pursuance of the Government's policy of naval economy, the dockyards of Rosyth and Pembroke are being closed down at the end of the financial year. The building plant will be maintained, enabling re-opening m case of need.
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  • 40 9 [HAVAS TELEGRAM.] Paris, September 2. At Bcirout the representative council of Liban passed a unanimous resolution on the occasion of the anniversary of Liban's independence expressing admiration for the French army and affection for the mandatory power.
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  • 48 9 [reuter telegram.] London, September 2. Home The search for the submarine Yenier j continues. Oil bubbles were observed on the surface of the water near Cape Passero, where it is believed that the submarine .sank. Soundings are being taken at a depth of about fifty fathoms.
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  • 37 9 [reuter telegram.] London, September 3. Washington Miss Pattie Field, a graduate of the State Department's foreign service school, has been appointed United States Consul at Amsterdam. She is the first woman consul m American history.
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  • 261 9 Singapore and Rochore River Structures. One of the important works to be undertaken by the Municipality in the near future is the reconstruction of two Singapore bridges, one crossing the Rochore River and the other the Singapore River. The latter of these schemes will be especially
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  • 66 9 Four Chinese Agitators to Be Deported. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Weltevreden, September 3. The Government have ordered the deportation to China of two Chinese journalists and two other Chinese owing to the agitations in connection with the China civil war, which threatens to become action against the
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  • 41 9 Siamese Officials Charged With Fraud. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bangkok, September 2. ..Jn connection with the drawing of the Million Tical Lottery m January last definite charges of fraud were to-day lodged against Phya Nondisen and five others.
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  • 317 9 S.O.S. From the German Emil Kirdorff. The Times of Ceylon of August 25 has the following report in connection with a message which appeared in our special wireless service The local agents of the German steamer tmil Kirdorrt, Messrs. Volkart Bros., received on Saturday morning
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  • 110 9 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 723rd auction on September 2, 1925. Catalogued 1,177,20.". lbs. or 525.54 tons offered 626,998 lbs. or 270.91 tons sold 46:i,357 lbs. or 206.86 tons. London 3s. 6d. New York 98 cts. PRICES REALISED. Ribbed Smoked Sheet Cents per
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  • 234 9 Last Tribute to Captain James Scott. We regret to record the death of Captain James Smith Scott, a very wellknown figure in shipping circles here, who passed away at the Grosvenor Hotel yesterday afternoon. The late Captain Scott, who was aged 69, was probably the doyen of
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  • 383 9 Sequel to Bukit Timah Collision. A collision between two motor-cars on the Bukit Timah Road on Good Friday night had a sequel in the Supreme Court this morning;, before Mr. Justice Deane, when Mr. James Innes Miller and Mrs. Millar, of Johore Bahru, sued Mr. W. H.
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  • 264 9 Carnival Ball Attracts Bi« Company. Judging by the great success of la.st night's carnival ball to. celebrate the opening of the Adelphi Hotel's new ballroom the extensions and the provision for dances on seveial evenings a week are much appreciated. The hotel was crowded, in fact reservations for
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  • 7 9 Harmston'* Circus is now performing m Ipoh.
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  • 2093 9 Coming Football and The Off-Side Rule. By Our Special Correspondent. London, August 5. Kingsclere, the famous training stable. has just been sold, and rumour says that the purchaser is Sir Victor Snsaoon. If so, Crawford, who has already made iiuch a bigi name as a trainer, will move
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  • 402 10 Increase of Rubber Production Reported. The report on the Commercial Situation m Siam, by Mr- H. R. Bird, Acting British Consul-General at Bangkok, which appeared m the publication of the Department of Overseas Trade, should be read with particular Interest. The report states that the value of
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  • 171 10 "There has been for some time a deliberate attempt by certain American film producers to evade income tax. Many hundreds of thousands of pounds of gross takings are sent out of this country yearly on which there ie no tax of any kind, apart from the import duty
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  • 125 10 A young motor mechanic of Penang, named Louis Ebert, and who styles himself the world's Trotter, has reached Singapore on a walking tour around the globe. He has taken twelve days to come from Penang and hopes to finish his trip by the end of five
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  • 61 10 It is reported that a Swedish scientific expedition is being prepared which will explore the regions m Dutch Borneo known as the Apo-Kajan districts. The leader of the expedition will be the wellknown Swedish ethnologist and former Curator of the Sarawak Museum at Kuching, Dr. Mjoberg, who passed through Singapore
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 121 10 English League Results. [Reuter Telegram] London, September 2. English League matches played to-day resulted as follow* Division I. Liverpool 2, Notts County 0. Manchester U, 3 Aston Villa 0. Sunderland 6, Blackburn R. 2. West Bromwich A. 1, Everton 1. DivUior II. Middlesbrough 3, Blackpool 2. Division III (Southern).
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    • 117 10 S.C.C. Tournament. The following arc the ties arranged for Monday C Singles. Willis v. Cartwright. C Doubles. ("apt. Moore and Watt v. P?att and Lindsay. Fisher and Lovett v. Rogers and Bqardman. Mitchell and Williams v. Carr and Pearee. Messenger and Reid v. Dr. Crawford and Berry. A
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    • 99 10 Donoghue to Ride Manna. [Router Telegram.] I. mlon, September 2. St. Lexer probable starters and jock*} s are as follows Bucellas (Jo Hiss). Foxlaw (Beary). Manna (Donoghue). Picaroon (V. Smyth). Pons Asinorum (T. Burns). Ptolemy II (Stem). Roi d'Ore (Hulmc). Solario (Childs). Sparus (Brennan). Spelthorne (Archibald). St.
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    • 228 10 The County Championship. The county cricket championship again sees Yorkshire heading the list, as wa-> the case last year. Altogether Yorkshire has now won the championship fourteen times. Tbc result will not be affected by the one remaining county fixture, Yorkshire v. Somerset, which began at Taunton yesterday. Position
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    • 90 10 London. Aagust So. In the regatta held at Torbay H. M. the King's Britannia won the chief race, for yachts exceeding 100 tons, by 49 seconds from Mr. W. Weld's Lulworth. Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock was third. ."Soccer" Club Helps Cricketers. London, August 2b. Cardiff.— The Cardiff
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    • 135 10 Final of The Barnes Cup Competition. Copsjderjng the rain that had fallen earlier in the day, the B'alestier ground was in very rood condition yesterday, when the final of the Barne« Cup quarterly competition was played. The first chukkcr produced a goal for the White*, scored by Davies aft«r
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  • 418 10 Large Expenditure During Year 1921. Concluding a comprehensive report, on the Public Works Department, Straits Settlements, for the year 1924, the Colonial Engineer, Mr. J. H. W. Park, states: the expenditure for 19Z4, $5,386,780, exceeded that of 1923 by $794,465 and with the exception of 1921 is
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  • 74 10 Action taken at a General Committed Meeting held on August 28, included tho following: Decided by nine votes to eight that the original proposals regarding the Lorong Krian Improvement Scheme 3hould be carried out m their entirety. Decided that enquiries should be made as to the fee which
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  • 121 10 Owing to false reports there was a run on the Central Bunk of India, Limited, for a short while on August 25. All the Bombay branches of the bank were kept open till 9.30 at night, and all derrand for withdrawal was promptly met.
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  • 123 10 For the first time since 1918, the RO3S Cup was competed for by the Johore Volunteer Rifles, on August 22. The competition, which combines section leading, tactics, use of ground and cover and accurate fire, was carried out on the Johore Bahru Rifle Range. Owing to various
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  • 75 10 A blacksmith employed m the Railway Construction Department, Seremban, feeling unwell on Monday evening, bought some medicine, from a Chinese medicine seller. He took half the medicine and five minutes later died after having stated to his wife that he felt gid«ry. The police have placed the medicine seller under
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 287 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— A suggestion has been put for-v.-ard by a correspondent in a recent issue of your paper for the formation of a Cooperative Credit Society for Mercantile Employees. It is clear that the idea is most commendable. There is not
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    • 852 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, During the last two months since the Segamat case against Kunchan Nnir and Raman Nail- was concluded I have read and heard such uncomplimentary remarks about the trying: Magistrate, Mr. W. N. Gourlay, for his refusal to grant an
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  • SHARE MARKET REPORTS.
    • 268 10 Singapore. September Rubber. London 3s. 5Vid. Quiet but steady. Local $1.26. Tin.— London VIM 5s. Local $128 (173 tons sold). Rubber?. Ulu Benuts have buyers at 39 with sellers 40 cents Hamiltons are quoted 1.80-1.85. Mandai-Tekontfs have buyers at 84 with sellers :;t 86 cents. Bukit
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    • 216 10 dinirapore, September Tin— £254 5*. up 22s. lid. Local $128 175 tons. Rubber.— ;K ■'> d down %d. Local $1.28. Rubber*. Utan Simpans are wanted at 3.10 and Glcnealys at 2.10. Tambalaks have enquiries at 1.80, Brunei Uniteds can be pluced at 4.10, Balgownies offer at 4,
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    • 241 10 (L. K. Maephail). Singapore, September 3. Bubbcr. 3s. 5'/«d. down *td. Local $1.27'-j. Tin.— £254 5s. up 22s. 6d. Local 175 tons at $128. Rubber shaie pi icos art easier but there are buyers of most stocks at anything umlrr quotations. Mining shares arc quiet
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  • 147 10 The Rev. Dr. Byrne, SJ., Rector of tho Jesuit College, Manila, is at present sqjourning m Singapore as the truest of the Rev. Brother Director of St. Joseph's Institution. Father Byrne has just completed the conduct of two Retreats, one at Kuala Lumpur and the other at Penan*. He will
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  • 1127 11 End of Two Days' Legal Argument. After two days' lefcal argument, involving the citation by both sides of luminous decisions and authorities, and a l*i ivy Council decision in favour of the pieseiu plaintiffs, the hearing concluded in the Supreme Court yesterday, before the acting Chief Justice
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  • 488 11 Alleged Monopoly at Kuula Lumpur. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 2. An application by the Standard Oil Co. requesting the Sanitary Board to call for tenders fur all stands for the sale of petrol elicited considerable discussion at this morning's me«tmg of the board
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  • 213 11 American Prisoners Abscond From India. A trreat sensation has bctn caused ir the Punjab over the tscapv from India' of two Americans. H. MacWilliam and E. L. Sheehy, both of wh,om were c-Dnvict-ed and sentenced to six months' and three months' rigorous imprisonment, 1 respectively, on
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  • 123 11 Toh Kiri Mining— (July) 81 pis. Kamunting Tin lJrrdging. Output 871 piculs, hours run 1,243. Estimated realiscd value of ore $66,900. The Secretary of Austral Malay Tin! Ltd., reports the fojjowing outputs of its associated con:{pinies for the month of August K urn print; Kamunting Tin Dredging. Hours
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  • 110 11 Thursday, September 3, 5.15 p.m., Bulextier Range, M. G. Platoon, Practice Shoot (Buses leave Drill Hall at 4.16 p.m.) Friday, September 4. S p.m., Drill Hall, S.K.K. (v) Signals. Signalling. IM p.m., Drill Hall, M. G. Platoon, Camp at Siglap (Ruses lenve Drill Hull »t fi.3rt p.m
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 245 11 THE CHOICE of the discriminating Artists and the Great Majority Moutrie Pianos m tone, touch, finish and general construction. MOUTRIE Pianos are of "Unquestioned Excellence." Call or write for our Descriptive Art Catalogue. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Hongkong) THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. Deoison WEIGHING MACHINES. Maker* S. lIKNISOX. SON,
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    • 215 11 Raffles Hotel Telephone No. 2920. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday DINNER DANCE Monday and Friday THE DANSANT LEVINE-HOPKINS DANCE BAND. GRILL ROOM SARKIES -°TSL. Under the supervision of an l_ h > YAYMEN, expert European. Mana f Sea View Hotel The only sea-side health resort m Singapore. Accommodation Available. Terms include
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  • 920 12 How the Cinema Could Help British Prestige. In connection with a sermon preached on Saturday, August 2, in St John's Cathedral by the Rev. T. B. Powell, in the course of which the preacher made reference to undesirable cinematograph films which were sometimes shown in
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  • 91 12 A Los Angeles message says: A combine, with a capital of 5,000,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000,000) is unofficially reported to be backing' the production of an automobile of revolutionary design, driven by a new powerful synthetic gasolene. It is said that the General Motors Corporation will instal a sensational
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 400 12 imwiiinninim>iiHmtiiuimtiMnimi«umiiiinn>frwuM«| MOTHERHOOD The aufTerinirs and fatigues of maternity have exhausted you. Your vitality, off which you have been io magnificently generous, is to-duy reduced, weakened, spent. And now, more than ever, it is necessary that your blood should be rich and pure and plentiful, for during the long months to
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    • 369 12 BUFFALO brand CEMENT iron drums. pIBES^^WP/ competitive. REGULAR FORTNIGHTLY ARRIVALS Fully complies with British Standard requirements* Sole Importers Borneo-Sumatra Trading Co., Ltd. (Incuipor.ud la Uolla.d) ♦«tmil»»»M»HMIHmH*t |RP Yale Super-geared jL Chain Blocks ARE MACHINE SHOP NECESSITIES. „i. i Increased production with economy of labour is the demand of the i»J.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 558 13 "ERASMIC STANDS FOR The Highest quality OF Toilet Preparations AND REMEMBER YOU ARE BUYING GOODS WHICH ARE BRITISH AND THEREFORE BEST Erasmic preparations are procurable from any Chemist or Dealer. i BOUt A(;i:MS I OK MALAYA Sime Darby Co., Ltd. Itf^aßaW*^^'^ ?l«"oif«i."rM \Sm I»l 1-IKK Brother*. ABBIPHONE CROSLEY BVRNDEFT RADIO
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    • 589 13 CHEON6 KOON SENG CO. AUCTION SALE of v:.ltv.i))!c IYMMId land an I s'nophoiise piwtatl iind -.-libber plnntntions, Sinffaporo. At Messrs. Cheonjj Knon Senfr Co's MaMMam, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wedni'sthiy, September 9. :it 2.30 p.m. MORTGAGEE'S SALE Lot 1. Valuable h—liolj land nnd shophouse premises kaown v Me, VXh
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 552 14 Assets over $5,500,000 S.C. Ajanrance m force over $19,000,000. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated In Stralta Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore, LONDON OFFICE U, Old Jsvry, M.C. The Company has attO.ooo deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compiles vith the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 599 14 BANKING INTERNATIONAL BANKINI CORPORATION Capital Paid-up U.S. $5,000,000 Surplus U.S. $5,000,000 Owned by THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK. Head Office 60, WALL, STREET, NEW YORK. London Office 16, BISHOPSGATE, E.C. Branches BARCELONA COLON MADRID SANTO DOMINGO BATAVIA DAIREN MANILA SHANGHAI BOMBAY HANKOW PANAMA 3INGAPORI CAICUTTA HARBIN PEKING TIENTSIN
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    • 495 14 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NETH. INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK) Established 1863. CAPITAL Fl. 60,000,000 (about £5,000,000) ISSUED Fl. 55,000,000 (about £4,600,000) RESERVE FUND Fl. 21,600,000 (about £1,860,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. SUB-AGENCIES IN THE HAGUE AND ROTTERDAM. EASTERN HEAD OFFICE, BATAVIA. BRANCHES Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Medan, Sourabaya, Semarang, Bandoeng, Weltevreden, Cheribon, Tegal,
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    • 404 14 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter m Japan) Capital Subscribed Y60,000,000 Capital Paid-up Y62,000,000 Reserve Fund Y13,780,000 President K. NBkagawa, Esq. Vice-President H. Mori, Esq. DIRECTORS S'TWH 1 E ">' I D Takita, Esq. M. Esaki, Esq. T. T. Hiaamune, Esq. M. Shu to, Esq. BEAD
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    • 612 14 THE MINIMUM OF SAFETY FOR A MARRIED MAN. It has been decided, by those who have made a careful study of the subject, that a married man should always be m a position to leave his family m the event of his death an amount equal to at least THREE
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    • 682 14 GOVERNMENT NOTICE T.-nders will be received at th.- Colonial Secretary's Office, up to noon of September I, 192.1, for the following wurks 1 Construction of an Approach Rood to the New Female Leper Camp,, Trafalgar Estate 2. Erection of v Chandu Shop at Mrtn 3. Kriction of Servants' Quarters at
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  • 1077 15 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. 150 Miles an Hour Motoring. j Malcolm Campbell writing in a home paper, says Captain Campbell in Carmarthenshire recently beat the world's record for the flying mile and flying kilometer on his giant 350 h.p Sunbeam, travelling at a speed never
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 155 15 bui/ftritishJ cr.dbe'Pmtdcfit. OXFORD AN ENGINE THAT NEVER GIVES TROUBLE. WITH A LUXURIOUSLY FITTED BODY. C 9 QCA (Front Wheel Brakes d£,93U $100 extra Agents Malayan Motors, (Proprietors Messrs. WEARNE BROS.. LTD.) ♦♦♦♦♦♦-♦c c e»«» +-»-e~»« M»M Dodbe Brothers MOTOR CARS AT Lower Prices Five Balloon Tyres, Cushion Covers and Horn,
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    • 386 15 RUNNING COST T Zm —less than Ricksha Fare f*CSr*f SEVEN Even the costliest and most luxurious cars offer you no more than 4 he Austin Seven. It is practically Price $1,500 impossible to get more comfort and you could pet Terms if Desired, no more utility m any car at
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    • 419 16 Patronised by Royalty ISMAIL A. RAHEEM •1-1 and 82-2. Braa Basah Road, and at RAFFLES HOTEL. SINGAPORE. Everything of the best m Diamonds and Precious Stones, which only personal inspection will reveal. Make the most of this opportunity. Your investments are quite sound when made at the CROWN JEWELLER Cable
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    • 351 16 Latex Cups JAPANESE AS WELL AS LOCAL MADE. FLAT BOTTOM AND HALF LEMON SHAPE. ALL SIZES FOR IMMEDIATE OR FUTURE DELIVERIES. ENQUIRIES INVITED. LEE KIM SOO 20, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. THE OXFORD DICTIONARY Unforeseeing I'nright My W. A. CRAIGIE. THE POCKET OXFORD DICTIONARY. Adapted by H. W. Fowler and F.
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    • 872 16 n A^SIFTFTI ADVFRTISFMFNTS viJiliJOll ILJI/ Ml/ f XjJ\ 1 luJuliLLd 1 1 ij The PREPAID charges for Wants, For Sale, To Let, etc.. In ordinary close set type (average six words to line) are Per line One insertion 28 cants, two Ins. 46 tn., three ins. 64 ets., four Ins.
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    • 588 16 LAND AND HOUSES. COMFORTABLE HOUSE TO LET, at 52, King* Road, water and electric light. Entry August 1. Apply Guthrie Co, Ltd. TO LET, 9, Oxley Rise, tennis, gas, water, four bedrooms and bathrooms. Entry Octo- ber. Apply next door, or at 26, Malacca Street. TO LET, comfortable unfurnished half
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    • 98 16 OPENING TUESDAY, September 8 FRANKELS TOWN STORE 20, Raffles Place (Corner Malacra Street). Finest Goods at Attractive Prices. Civility Costs Nothing at FRANKEIS Head Office "FRANKELS BUILDING," 375, Victoria Street. Town Office 20, RAFFLES PLACE (corner Malacca Street). Branch Office KUALA LUMPUR, Selangor, F.M.S. qq 195-A ORCHARD ROAD CO CONCRETE
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    • 277 16 NEWEST FICTION JUST RECEIVED CUDDL 'IMS. A Novel, by Valentine. "A rosebud set with little wilful thorns, and swret aa English air could make her." $1X)O TnE BTHEET OF MANY SHADOWS. by Paul Penln. A Story of Love that came too late $0.90 EVE OUT OF EDEN, by Rree Narran
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