The Straits Times, 24 November 1926

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    13 1 The Straits Times No. 28,333 SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1926. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      91 1 tIIMMMI .♦♦♦♦♦♦4««« BUCHANAN'S LIQUEURT| A genuine LIQUEUR WHISKY. The price is competitive with Whiskies that do not claim to be Liqueurs. The only satisfactory test of a Liqueur Whisky is to drink it as a liqueur —neat. Try BUCHANAN'S LIQUEUR this way its smooth flavour will surprise you. Then try
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    Book of the Week.
    812 2 crisis of the passing of the Parliament Act. The trouble over the House of Lords, it may be remembered, spread over froni the reign of King Edward to that of King George. The news of King Edward's death reached Mr. Asquith, as he then was, at
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      251 2 TheEverßeadu Firct-AiH -mmgffl# go delightfully soothing on a cut Mffi+nßHfflßSl hi tire. So lapitlly cleansing and ykßftuSjti^yjL lieulinfe. Vnd, how much safer and more «:ttiiient than common ointments with their animal fats and mineral poisons. Zam-IJ::k, compounded from rare "BSE herbal extracts, is a wonderful euro for fskin disease. It
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      244 2 The Tonic that British Doctors recommend Hall's Wine has been prescribed by British doctors for over thirty ytars. They know how it bulds up strength in every case ot weakness. It" you arc weak from any cause, I fall's Wine will quickly restore you to glorious heaith and vigour. Free
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      145 2 First &voimte among Scotch —=2 Whiskies for 1 more than 180 years NAPIER JOHNSTON ES WHISKY mk CALDBKCK, MACGRtGOR b> Co. Ltat 9 p=H Sole Agents for Straits Settlement* mad j I f Federated Malay States. JH3 I ...1 mm HuMrPorated under Hit Cvmt-ani't onlinanem 'j. u^.-j, THE GIFT TO
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    Collapse—a Calamity.
    136 3 Collapse— a Calamity. The Empire Seen Through American Eyes. New York, November 12 The British Empire is depicted through American eyes in a leadei in the New York World. Commenting on the Imperial Conference it says While the Dominions want freedom from international pre-occupa-tions in order to concentrate their energies
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      271 3 m SCRATCHING J§Lp&3LY MAKES |||Bl it worse Why Endure it -When you can Cure It Just think what it must mean after such terrible itching, such burning torture, to have the skin cooled and soothed, the itch banished as if by magic. A few drops of D.D.D. Prescription, and you
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      298 3 147 MILES PER HOUR This stupendous specd the highest ever attained by a car on the road was reached by Major H. O. D. Segrave, 4 litre Sunbeam at the Boulogne speed trials using WAKEFIELD CASTROL MOTOR OIL Major Segrave's average speed over four miles was 140-164 M.P.H. BOULOGNE GRAND
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      487 3 WHITEAWAYS TOY BAZAAR DOORS OPEN DAILY 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. gum COMBINATION ffiraD CINEMATOdRAIMI AND fiX.^B¥f MACIC LANTERN. mfa^K ~S THE DELIGHT OF ALL M 3 WM IPi This can In' u^i-d as a iiiK>I I tl 9v3 matograph or magic lantern. J Fsjfl 'B Complete with film and
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      572 4 p. 0.-aamsH india ANB APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AM) CAEGO SERVICES. rKmNSULAB AND ORIENTAL BJf. CO. UNDER CONTRACT WITH HIS MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT. LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON FOB CHINA AND JAPAN Tonnage dae B'pore MALWA 11 f>» l>«e. KASHMIR 'J.OOO Dec. 6
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      1656 4 Shipping Announcements N.Y.K. LINE (NIPPON YUSEN EAISHA) LONDON LINB Marseilles, London, Antwerp and Rotterdam Vessel. Tonnage Due Sail KATORI MARU 10 000 Nov. 25 26 AfSUTA MARU 8,000 Dee. 1« KASHIMA MARU 10,040 Dec. IS M HAKONE MARU 10,500 Jan. 6 7 SUWA MARU 11,000 Jan. tl tt FUSHIMI MARU
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      489 4 K. P. M. (ROYAL PACKET NAY. CO. OF BATAVIA) (Incorporated in Holland) Under contract with the NETHERLANDS INDIAN GOVERNMENT Telephone, No. 3640, with nub-connections to passage, Freight, Transhipment, Marine Depts. and Manager's Desk. Representatives for Singapore ar.'d Straits Settlements of the Official Tourist Bureau of Java. All information, detailed itineraries
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      459 4 BURNS PHILP UNE (Incorporated in Australia) FOR SYDNEY, MELBOUBNI, TIA JAY*. DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLANDS AND BRISBANE Regular monthly sailings by tae well known steamer MARELLA (7,»7» toa.) aad the new motor vessel. MALABAR (4.11S tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the Urgent and finest steamer trading to Australia, Cabina de lnze.
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      516 5 Shipping Announcements ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP C 0. f LTD. (Incorporated In Englsnd) ELLERMAN" LINB PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICI TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT. FREIGHT SERVICE OUTWARDS To Hongkong Das Singapore II WALTON HALL Dee. 24 HOMEWARDS Marseilles, London, Hamburg, Dunkirk, llavic and Liverpool s.s. CITY OF PEKIN Nov. 29
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      438 5 AUSTRAL-EAST iNIIES UNE (laeoporated In Englaai) Rcgalar Passenger and Freight Service Tia JAVA PORTS to FREMANTLE (WJL), ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE and SYDNEY maintained by Dne Bail. s.s. CITY OF PALERMO Dec. 2 Dec. 7 s.s. CITY OF SPARTA Dec 80 Jan. 7 Single Return Singapore to Fremsntls 5257.14 $462.86 Singapore to
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      544 5 ADMIRAL ORIENTAL LINE TRANS-PACIFIC PASSENGER AND EXPRESS SERVICE 1» days from Hong Kong to Seattls Sailing from Steamer Hong Kong PRESIDENT JACKSON Dee, 6 PRESIDENT McKINLEY Dee. 18 PRESIDENT JEFFERSON Dee. 10 PRESIDENT GRANT Jan. U PRESIDENT MADISON Jan. 23 also a sailing every 12 day. from Hongkong to Manila
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      461 5 STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPU "MEDERLAM" ROTTERDAMSGHE LLOYI Sailings from Singapore of the STOOMV. MIJ. "NEDERLAND" te GENOA, SOUTHAMPTON, AMSTERDAM Tia Belawan Deli, Sabaag, Colombe and Algiers. KON. DEK NEDERLANDEN Dee. 3 *J. P. COEN Dee. 17 GROTIUS Dee. 81 P. DER NED. Jan. 14 P. C. HOOFT Jan. 28 Sailing from Singapore
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      214 5 Chi? Vg4 \Jsr fflm r\^l9 sV Big enough for the Job/ AS an elephant lifts a log with dignity and ease so a Crossley 15/30 does its work without fuss or strain. POWER is the vital factor in the life tnd performance of any car. The engine capacity of the
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      554 6 GAIETY CINEMA 1 SURINA THEATRE Jiaclioa Alhrrt and Kcnroolrn Stirrla. North fcHp BmA i'fl. Nu. 289. TO-NKilM' at Mi Krom out of Mm (.rc.v B:ick Country hud mm iinir an »»nirms PflfMtal Krckine Fame I ntil Ihnrs.bv. Nuvembor 2... nd For unc Ull| r(1 Ar na F»f tlir I'irsl anil
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      192 6 COMING! MANILA CARNIVAL SHOWS COMBINED Opens Saturday, December 4 ANSON ROAD GUOLND, next to FOOTBALL STADIUM. 7 Rides 10 Shows 7 Rides GOOD BOXING AT POPULAR PRICES. vßaßaav >f i^aaf lQ|afig ;V, fl i^jaaaaaal^Ba^Bl iSßftH^ r, Abb S» .^Baaaar I aaaaV "HevT V J All New Hoys. Anj Challenges accepted.
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      118 6 PALACEOAY CINEMA, LTD. Coinmcnrin); Tuesday, November 23 Siinntl Shim at MS I'-tn. In the First Rh..w at 7 10 p ni. INTKBNATIONAL NK\S SMOULDERiNG FIRES .iStS«L 7 leek*. LABBY BSMON COMEDY, 1 Kcela. N^ .■Ar..,N,: runnc a* cJSSSSS^U. 'w' l« LAUr*. LA PLANTS. THE PHANTOM FOitTl v BpitodM/1 2 oiri
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    The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. OUR ROYAL VISITORS.
    891 8 The Straits Times WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24. OUR ROYAL VISITORS. To-morrow arrive at Singapore the Duke and Duchc- s of Scania better known to the world as the Crown Prince I ef Sweden and the Crown Princes- j Louise. We bid them welcome and assure them that there is no corner
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    AN OCCASIONAL NOTE.
    408 8 Since, and to some extent before, tho rr.nouncement of the official appointments of the Board of Governors to the 8.8.C.. the Home press has viewed the whole development of the broadcasting of news with considerable suspicion, and the relations between the Home press and the company are
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
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    Further Anns Seizure.
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    PATTANI TIN WINDING-UP.
    92 8 A (iood Rusirscss Deal Reported. (From Our Own Correspondent), renarir, November 83. At an extraordinary meetinjr <.f I'af.am Tin, Mr. I>. A. M. BroWl presiding, I resoluti n for the voluntary winding-up of the Company was can i-d unanimously. The chairman stated that the directors gave an
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    LIABILITY FOR DUTY.
    99 8 (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpi'.r, November 24. Mr. Justice Fai'rer-Manby ■< judgment this morning in the which the Government of Eh langof sued Mr. Loke Yeik Foo for stamp duty or. 1,100 shares in the Chow Kit Company, Ltd.. bequeathed by the late towkay Chow Kit
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    Mails Expected.
    36 8 From China and Japan, by the Katori Maru and Wakasa Mara, due at Singapore to-morrow. Kn in Europe (London mails despatched November 4) by the Tara, due at I'enang at 0 a.m. on Saturday.
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    Rubber Prices.
    63 8 Henderson, Helm and Company, Inc., New York, send us the following cable dated November L':!, their qu itatioai being in gold dollar cents and closing bid prices. Rubber Exchange sales to day !)"."> tons. November :i8.2(1, December ::-<.20, January 38.50, February 38.80 Manh 39.10 April .-!9.50, May .T.i.'JU
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    Inspector Sheridan Fund.
    54 8 Already acknowledged |3|464 J. R. 25 W. P. U." 1"> Cheong Koon Seng and Co. 10 Per P. C. F. C. S. r>o, Indragiri 21, R. R. 10, P. C. F. 10, A. H. Blake 5, Miscellaneous 5 101 Aitken and Ong Siang 25 Total y:;,G4O The
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    Production of The Mikado
    75 8 in c mnection with tho proposed production of The Mikado by the Singapore Amateur Dramatic Committee, we are asked to announce that the committee Mill require a few more tenors and also ladies. Names are coming in steadily, i:nd the support promised is much appreciated. Mr.
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    General Booth's Visit.
    146 8 In view of the forthcoming visit of General Booth, head of the Salv.ition i Army, a correspondent recalls Urn pre j sjnee of two European Salvation Army lasses who received a hearty welcome from local Methodists some forty years ago when the Pastor of tho lota] M.tliu-
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      6 8 J^tMII Math? j w DiHOWILLS/J^ KflßKsEEraafiaul
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      58 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT In the Second Show at 9 A Paramount Cecil B. de Mille Production THE GOLDEN BED Featuring ROD LA ROCQUE. VERA REYNOLDS. LILLIAN RICH, WARNER BAXTER. THEODORE KOSLOFF and JULIA FAYE. First Show at 7.30 Another Excellent Paramount Picture CONTRABAND TAN CHENG KEE CO., LTD, Proprietors. **AGlti£* L
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      62 8 On Other Pages, Pagt. Flook of the Week H Finance and Commerce 7 Shipping and the .Mails "< Meteorological Report 7 To-day's Share Market I Reuter and Hritish Imperial Radio. Sportirnr IntaUigane* .hi .Votes from Ninth Borneo "I A Study of Vvgttation U Correspondence J8 Mom About Tin- J:iva MaardMi
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  • SPORTING NEWS
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      Three Placed Horses Unbacked.
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      Rugby.
      136 10 Singapore Team Selected For The Malaya Cup. The following have In-en chosen to roSingapore, in the Malaya Cup; match to be played between Singapore. and Negri Sembflan at Seremban, on j ay s. i:. King Goldman, Robertson, AbUttl Pecker and Wainwright Beed, Wardle. O'Sullivan. Leonard, Wat- V\n~. Grant, atcLeod
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      HOME RUGBY RESULTS.
      157 10 Lancashire (up Semi-Final Re-play. London, November 8. Under Northern Vnion auspices the; Lancashire Cup Semi-Final was replayed I and resulted ai follows: St. Helens IT. Widr.es 0. London, November 8- Bagbj Union liislihes played to-day! resulted at fol ows Llanelly Oxford Uni. 11 Coventry' G, Edinburjn hi
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      FOOTBALL.
      54 10 To-day s Match. •ty match— the proceeds going i the St. Danstan's Hoaae will be played at the Btadium this afternoon start. ir.g at 4.46, betweea the Iluke of Wellington's team and the Malays. .1 game is promised, and the public will be supporting a deserving charity. Mr. B.
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      BILLIARDS.
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      HOME RUGBY.
      35 10 England Aguin Beat All Blacks. Loadoa, November !">. Tho second Northern Union Test Match wut played :ii Hull iii boisterous and showery weaii.ii. England won by 21 points to 11 thus securing the rubber.
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      The Melbourne Cup.
      257 10 Great Battle in Classic Race. Many have been tfcl stirring finishes in the race for the Melbourne Cup, the ricnest handicap in the Southern Hemisphere, but the great battle witnessed in the last few strides of the 1926 Cup will be al memorable event in the annais
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      TENNIS.
      41 10 The Singapore Championships. Play in the Singapore championships will be continued at the Ladies' Lawn Terr.is ("lu'j this afternoon. Owing to the considerable delay on account of the wet weather, it has been decided i.i allow no postponements in future.
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      COUNTY CRICKET CHAMPIONSHIP.
      82 10 Lancashire Suggmi New Scoring 8j stem. London, November 15. Many important matters are on the agenda for the meeting of the Adviauiy County Cricket Committee the chief being the question at assistance for the bowler. The Lancashire Club will move that the present system of scoring points
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      Hockey.
      95 10 The following will represent thu V.M.C.A. against Beostead and Co., tomorrow on the V.?>!.< .A. xrcu:id G. V. Neubronner; F. Albuciuerque and R. Lyne; R. Comber, D. W. Dale and G. Van Geyzel kt Catchatoor. C. D. Smith, H. G. Stack (eapt.), E. V. Smith and D. Paranjoti. Reserve
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      Oxford University Cricket.
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    TIN RETURNS.
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    Gaol for Driver.
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    31 10 Miss Anita Loos, .if Gentlemen Prefer Kluiidc: notoriety, and her husband, Mr. John Emerson, have written a new play,' The Fall of Eve, which, has promptly been banned by the Censor.
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    34 10 Ir. the Penang police court, Mr. J. S. Dawbarn was charged with recklessly driving a motor car, following a collision with a car belonging to Mr. Donnington Ward in Northsm Road on November 2.
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    37 10 It was originally arranged that the four hundred Ann rican students wh> are tv vi-it Baagkna shoaid be housed at the Vajiravudh College. The arrangements au now, however, being amended, as 13'■> of the student- are (firls.
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    79 10 In the t uiae of excavations near Hajdu-Boszoinieiiy. Eastern Hungary, the grave has been discovered of a knight of the 9th century whose charter had been buried with him. The find included a set of armour, a sword, arrows, a silver bracelet, a saddle, and two golden discs, which had
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    Notes from North Borneo.
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    APPEAL COURT.
    71 10 Decisiun Reserved in .>ieyer Case. The appeal of Mr.--. Florence Mogti' Meyer, a^inst a decision made by the Chief .Justice (Sir William Murison), who held that the Courts of the Straits Settle'iad no jurisdiction to hear her! !>; ;it: for restitution of conjugal rights, was i.-ncluded in the
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    OCTOBER RUBBER RETURNS.
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    Southerners in Hankow.
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    35 10 The amount realised on Saturday aftemooa at the St. Andrew's Church baaa&r, Kuala Lumpur, was Sl.JGii, which, with the many generous donations still coming in, will go far towards making up the $3,G00 asked for.
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    41 10 A committee of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners has recommended th.-t the rules of the provident fund .should be amended to provide that officers on the fixed establishment only, that i.-, those holding psrmanent posts, should be admitted members of the fund.
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    114 10 The November issue of the China Journal <,!' Science and Arts, published at am P.'ad. Shanghai, is fully up tr the high quality stt by the previous Bunkers both in reading matter and illustration. Mr. A. M. T. Woodward contributes interesting notes on the minted coins of China, with photographs,
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    Notes from Java.
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    Study of Vegetation.
    311 10 New Book with Malayan Section. A :icw publicalii n Aims and Methods in the Study of Vegetation is welcome. 1; [s edited by A. (i. Tansley and T. F. Chipp, and published by the British Empire Vegetation Committee and tho Crown Agent! fer tho Colonies. It con-
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    Queen Alexandra Memorial Fund.
    101 10 Subscriptions already acknowledged $594 Bishop of Singapore 5 Mr*. Ferguson-Davie 5 Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, Malacca 2:!:! Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank 11l Collected by Mrs. Clumeck and Mr. Boey Kok Leong Mr. Vow Nsran Pan, J.P. "00 Mr. Fung Shi Yong in memory of
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      66 10 Tlir Straits Timi-s is not responsible for; lbs opinions of it? correspondents. Corro- 1 spondcj.ts should hour in mind that letter! must be short and to the point. Long rambling epistles arv liabl* to be rejected or ruthlessly cut down. Correspondents must enclose their names r.i t newsaartly for publication
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      Chap Jee Kee.
      117 10 To the Editor of the Straite Times. Sir, I shall be grateful to any ol your readers who will kindly inform ms tarom.li the Median of your width read journal any effective way of combating i the ever increasing evils of chap jee I her, BOW j'n-alh.ic
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      Trams at Tiffin Hour.
      134 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— While thanking the Tramway Company for the improved service on the Berangjon Road-Finlayson Green Linf. I would like to call attention to the mad quate service on the Tank Road-Kep-pel Harboar Road Line between l p.m. and 2
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    JAVA DISORDERS.
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
    41 10 Tt.c p [it Fighting I livan of Tin if the i stcr. Then- i ptent) boxing and tin IRayait Production. In th. two w a 1 Wild Serial Matin M of (Hffei Saturday and Sunday al half prfc c
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    HOME LETTER.
    725 11 Putting the Ban on Mr. Cook. Uy Our Special Correspondent. London, October 28. 't is now six months since the trouble, in the coallields began, and at the commencoment of winter which promises t 1 be unusually severe we have threequartora of tin miners still resolutely refusing to
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    London Letter.
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      210 11 STEINWAY GRAND PIANO Adds Just that touch of refinement and quiet dignity to a drawing room so essential in a home. Used by all the leading artistes, it is the standard by which all others arc judged. CALL TO-DAY AND INSPECT THESE. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. RAFFLES PLACE. SINGAPORE. So
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      297 11 Raffles Hotel THURSDAY, NOV. 25, DINNER DANSANT 8.15 P.M. SPECIAL THANKSGIVING DINNER GUEST NIGHT SEA VIEW HOTEL Dinners will be served in the Ball-room Tuesday, November 00, St. Andrew's Night Special Dinner will be served. For reservations Phone 2920. J. WILLIAM, Manage. Sea View Hotel Wednesday, December 29 SPECIAL DINNER
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    Geneva Approves.
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    Indian Prince Summoned.
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    50 12 If every solicitor reflected that a letter written by hi-.i claiming payment of a sum of monry might mean bringing a great cloud over the inmates of th« house, or even spell ruin, there might be more humanity in the terms fit some of those communications. Mr. E. Leslie Burgin.
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    35 12 We are all pulling long faces and savin* we cannot afford this or that, and ytt collectively We are pouring a thousand millions down the sink annually in little poi-sonnl cxtrnvasrancps.— Dr. R. T. ltatlray.
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      312 12 fflß What other pen l\ cats ymi risk I I to another 9 hand What Other Point Can Serve 25 Years? 'T^HERE is a pardonable dislike to lending the ordinary foun- tain per, lest the other fellow's way of writing foul the point, or turn it. Not so with the
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      160 12 Stained Gku ancient and modern The beauty of stained glass is in itself a visualisation of the patient labour which directed the hands that fashioned it. In the same manner, the appreciation given to State Express Cigarettes is an indication of the care with which they are "made by hand
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    The Tin Market.
    694 13 Recovery in Price of The Metal. I. can ;imi c'n.'s report, dated N 19, states: I'm dunrnf the hist fortnight has inauY a k'uuii recoTery, the closing pikc~ oi £816 His. for "ash :iml UU] l->s. lor -i iii/s showing K»i'i s ol Hlfi IDs, and ft
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    176 13 !7 stntss The Dnnoum eni< nt fn 1 1 the f '< loi ul Office Riving the future basis for restrii bed. Until, how-- Lih.v. n v>!' "ii will be taken in regard to unused couDon'.H L< difficult f( rm i n imate o the <•'. of
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      435 13 THE Optional cvlra rquipmcnl— Wire v.hce!s SS9.O0 E\lra lyres and tube $10.00 Lucas horn $18.50. soic A^nts MALAYAN MOTORS (Proprietors WEARNE BROS., LTD.) THE SINGAPORE TRACTION CO.. LTD. I Clncorporatcd-in the United Kingdom) In fulflinient of arrangements made with tne Municipal Commissioners for road rec 'ns'ruction, the tram service now
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      509 14 Assets over $7,000,000 S.C. Assurance in force over $23,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company hss £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies
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      604 14 BANKING INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits U.S. $14,000,000 Owned by THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK Head Office 60, WALL STREET, NEW YORK London Office 36, IIISHOPSGATE, E.C. BRANCHES BARCELONA DAIREN MA LA tieStsPn^ BATAVIA HANKOW PEKI.V. T<,v-m SVTA §O«ONG N(; F O R°A N NCISCO
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      513 14 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NBTH. INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK) Established 1861 at Aiasterdasa. Authorise* Capital Glds. 80,000,000 (afceat £5,000,000) Paid up Capital Olds. 55.000.000 (abeat £4,600,000) Reserrea Olds. 24,180,708 (abont £2,000,000) HEAD OFFICE AMSTERDAM. BRANCH OFFICES THE HAGUB, ROTTERDAM OVERSEA BRANCHES I BATAVIA HEAD OFFICE FOR ASIA. BRANCH OFFICES: DUTCH EAST INDIES
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