The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 2 September 1920

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  • 43 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ENTS ■>•-__>_-.-.■_•. t-_r«Tr -tw m_ju ""mmmmmm m mmm*Mmmmima§umM.-mi'm't:. i m,fc_i_TT 11 _i_ -iw.-_ir-._ri-.-n.-.. n L r-.mmmm m mm. -ir_r„ lia— >i_iiii ■■■■■■m _n im.ri.rii l" SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, SEPT. 2, 1920. ITI IM» -tl ;i^_a_»-| »»n_>i_._...__._, NO. 10,068
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  • 308 1 There has been another fatal motor onr accident Page <i. St. Andrew's Society last evening debated the question of a St. Andrew'-. Hall— Page 12. There has bee'i looting m \I -<>p«>tamia, but the uenerai situation iemahts unchanged Page 7. Weights and scratchings for Selangor (taces, with
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  • 1149 1 kinabalu, the great mountain of Borneo, towering ap for nearly 14,000 foot m that land of jangle hills, is the peg upon which v a native legend hang* And there ►ne, the tale of the first coining of the j Chinese to Borneo, that has all
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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    • 261 1 j*t€l*l% lttfl_PDFNnFltf!£ jF^'im IstvCrCIVIICRuI -r^—-^' *^^S__i ij f| y- y THE RONEO DUPLICATOR STOPS WASTE 1 PRINTING-COSTS. It gives instant service when every moment counts; it can be operated by a junior clerk; it is almost entirely automatic m its action; it is cleanly it is fool proof; it prints
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    • 155 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Bull Dog Lager is the best Page 3. kble delays are now over Page 5. New films at c Empire and Marlborough; Page 2. Trade mark notice by Shuitsu Hosoi— Page Bookkeeper and shorthand typist wanted -Page 5. Notice re estate of the late Mr. T. A. Wright
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    • 1 1 Roofing
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  • 245 2 Japanese Objections To Restriction^. At a recent sitting of the International en's Conference, Viscour.t Uchida (Tanan) objected to two articles m the convention fixint: the minimum age for the employment of children on board ship. The fundamental principle of the Convention is that no child under
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  • 108 2 The Ban- kok Court recently ment m a case bfougl .am »ga: name 1 Mcc, v ac- < lof barmg 1 by I induced a number of Siamese to go to a rubber estat. m Kelantan. It transpired that When they arrived there, they were most brutally treated by the
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  • 47 2 A man was discussing the character of another whose methods m money matters 'e»--mbied those of the heathen. 'Straight Him straight" he replied, scornfully, m answer to A question. "Why, if yo.i was to K»*e hirr en 'andful of nails they'd turn to •crews m his pockets."
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 369 2 HCTORIA THEATRE. 1 MAURICE E. BANDMAN TRKSENTS THE BANDMAN COMEDY COMPANY IN THE LATEST LONDON SUCCESSES TO-NIGHT AT 9.15 "BILLETED" EXTENSION OF SEASON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th. -GENERAL POST/ TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th. "THE YELLOW TICKET/ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER Bth. THE rotters;' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9th. M GOOD NIGHT NURSE." r row Open at
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    • 563 2 El Lt Li A. U 1 U JM. FROM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, TO TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. A FORCEFUL SPECIAL UNIVERSAL ATTRACTION Featuring that bewitchin.*; minx of the movies MAE MURRAY In a story, that's simply fine, so human, so tppealing, just charming THE SCARLET SHADOW IN G PARTS A clean
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    • 355 2 FVornluTlNDAYTAu^t^r^^ > AN ENTERTAINING WILLIAM Fcatuiing that charm m JUNE CAPRICE WTio gives a vivid impersonation of a of human-interest as well as mirth-provol MISS INNOCENCE In 5 Parts A picture which provides entertainment of a tv m vogue for some time, there being dram make the production a more
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    • 379 3 aL I___T fe' _ST 7 '^tr*-^ nm* Am __J** V F I L T i__ R b ESSENTIAL ro» the HEALTH 1 1 FULL PARTICULARS ON APPLICATION TO SOLE AGENTS i J_ rporated m the lemeoU.] WWM *'^W&-S*!MMfcM.-i*Jßßgg3hr--- m/i W __-_-_---M--_MSIZ_BMBWWME 3T__ja MS ---fcA^KJ-gSanaBMMM'n'MMMMaM-au-r' m m^ y?MWBMMIIJ_I_M_aEI_U _ai_i C_-^ai KShr
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    • 844 3 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT OF Je'-.ORE. P WORK ;r. Tenders arc invited for the erection of Pc itiar I <,-c. ification, tender and full •an be obtained at the P.W.I) I*i and 1 hoi' i i tenders to reach the ofiee of the StaU Engineer, P.W.D., Johore Bahra by noon the llth
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    • 362 4 1920 CATALOG No. 92.| #Now Keady jf^rSsN )ur "'^O-paKe, profusely illustrated fsF% catalog of General Merchandise, l Jy t Foodstuffs and Machinery is now j( V-4 S ie general increase m price of all \V merchandise makes it more than wiXs ti^imT 91 l es i ra^^ e t° exercise
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    • 648 4 TENDERS SALE OF GOVERNMENT (RUBBER) PLANTATIONS, KUALA TEMBELING. I* AH ANC. TENDERS INVITED. Tenders will be received at _L_ Office of the Director of Agriculture, Kuala Lumpur, up to noon of Saturday the 25th day of September 1920 for the purchase of the Government (Rubber) Plantations Kuala Tembeling, as a
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    • 592 4 FOR SALE. FOR SALE.— 2V_ H.P. British Excelsior Motor Cycle Complete with lamps, Speedometer, Mechanical Horn and Spare Inner Tubes. Done less thaf» 1,000 Miles. Can be seen by appointment. What offers? Apply Box No. 219 care of Free Press. 1-9 3-9 FOR SALE 2 Seater English Car or exchange
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    • 396 4 ">^w»»^»--_n-_________-— mwmmmit thireisose BIG REASON WHY YOU SiiQUID US. THE <*Wt> &$l CT^BMnfil SHbhl _r FORD PLUG _P_ In Preference to any other plug !If «sg^ the advantage of the APOLLO SERV SSS always ready to help you to obtain i m of PLUG EFFICIENCY-and whicl £3» place, free of
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    • 668 5 '^^--■----■---ge»^** ,^pn-n_iiiß-s»^_MnmaiMw-----------pfc^^l^j— J vMa pSA_aMP M SBVS*MBHMHBHJ *3\*m ■SiUW-i >v < BK VS«BHttWK3IMe««HHIH BEAL ESTATE BUREAU DLPIRE BROS. RUBBER DEPARTMENT -T\TF. AND GENERAL BROKERS 2 DE SOUZA STREET. /knv to let or sell at Mount Elizabeth. 4 BedR ady m about 6 to 8 weeks. hold land and House m
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    • 756 5 V AUCTION SALES. -r^srss ived m etions to by Pt-h ie Auction st their .Mm, RAFPLEB CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE, ON MONDAY Bth Sept. 1920 at 2.30 p.m. All those three pieces of land situate m lhe district of Upper Bedoh, Singapore, estim.r I respectively to contain areas of (1) 25
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    • 720 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF nty Dru-.; Caustic Sods I mors or less leaking) At No. 80 Mohamed Sultan Road ON [URSDAY, 2nd September at 10.30 a,m To be sold m lots. Now on view. CHEONG KOON SENG CO., Auctioneer? 31-8 2.* LOST. Evening August 80th. Full grown white bull
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    • 575 5 I WHITEAWAY'S I i i sth WEEK sth| OF OUR RECORD BREAKING f J S -A. L E Bigger Reductions l Including several New Shipments II i just received, all marked at Special Sale Rates I j WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW CO., LTD I I (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). SINGAPORE. i -mmo©©©3v®®o<M>o<MKsls©^ I
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  • 634 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. Rice Control Prices. THIRSDAY, BEPTKftIBBB 2, 1920. Something more than ordinary interest attaches to to-morrow's meeting of Legislative Council m Penang, because the whole question of rice control is to be raised. Supplementary orders of the day show not merely the original question regarding the rice stocks
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  • 731 6 The Rent Assessment Board for Singapore, will sit on Tuesday the 7th instant, at 2.1 1> p.m. m the Municipal Board Room. Miss E. Prince, for twenty years a tsacher under the East Ham Education Authority, has never once been absent or late during that. period. A jumble sale of
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  • 135 6 MUNICIPALITY REFUSE A GOVT. PRESIDENT. Mil. FARRER'S AWKWARD POSITION- [From Our. Ow.i Correspondent] Penang, Sept. 1. There was a (iiscussion m Municipal Commission to-day regarding correspondence with the Government on the subject of the Presidency. Mr Thornc said ho took it the result wis that Mr. loirer
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  • 158 6 There has com? to hand a new Singapore magazine, The Indo-Malayan Review, which th.c editorial foreword m the initial number states 'will be devoted primarily to th interests cf Indians and Ceyloneac bs Malaya,*' md "assume the task of addreaaing itself to the needs of the community" with
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  • 466 6 When tho account for ing the caisket to be pits* rated to the Prime Minister was received by the Llanelly Town Council a member suggested that it should be sold, as they had waited for two years to present it to Mr. Lloyd George. A decree has been signed ordering
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  • 22 6 L Kr "MMMoJ I I .ors were welcomed I the Prime Minister Mi 1 I •nd Mcintosh, fn, I m
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  • 104 6 Another itality. w comes the report of s i I CCCUrred there m 1 day mer, I life of a Cm- I to tl I car No. 2350, a I I of a garage on the I a Ford, Ne. 2980 comin I i- alleged, on the
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  • 258 6 Glebe Circumna\i) L ;-.tt'_ Vancouver, July 28th.-A Nome, A.a ka. sen has an re m a t that his < the Maud. I tiiat pletes tlie i-rst eircumns m Arctic waters. A furthe* mess Captain Amundsen will g\ before returning to the A complete nij five years The
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  • 94 6 m Commv lioner Kitching Army. Th< Prin< c," hs Guildhall aS I wa know me, tui he to Army n n of its Among other tl i many a cup Hut;' I sausage; I a Salvation Ai The chief f^atun of Johannesburg vEconom; lady, Mrs. R that had ostonly4i made
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 201 6 ojudbeor mmmm a 00., :orp_rsted m SU-agna'i Wine Spirit Merchants WHOLESALE RETAIL %Awmfmm9 1 Uli I_-I*> 1 m HIM 111 II F-------------_----i MR. H. N. BUCKERroGE ft** «f Hsssrs. l AFAYKTTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS to Thsi? MAJESTIES E.g. to a__noan_« vh*t St _on-~Ti?'« THE ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO m SLNGAPORE. AT THE BURLINGTON.
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    • 31 6 ■■__r-B\«-.B s jiv«-.»v*"^%»Ma-wBMr i _t. I 2 S 2 i Bungalows S Godowns I I j Land SiNGAI»ORSS REALTY CO. 3 A Malacca St. "5 2 2 ■•Ji'-Bi"_a"___'.«-.8 -i'-B'ai«ji'-a"_r-_*-__i t fc
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  • 79 7 v U.STORY. pu*«rt s«rv---'- I" ,M. ISJI XXI). f k»- |M 1,,.. \"t St' I cI re u.-e i I I I wounding g was that a I Iron wen I md supplying I armB edoa, Aug 51. the I casualties I injured. I oft h W'sshington, Auk.
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  • 117 7 II id. FORMED. .1. Aug. 29. I on adopt mance n j delej I ernment repreI Cnited Sweden have I and South I ("zechoI nominated dency of I VisI I ur Bureau has adWmti i compi question on *o the fortyre members of f ihe first task of
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  • 61 7 With Rifle. ;>urand were lenly Ixmdon-road, k down the vi-aming eld i was He was retried to be ass also Bl only from v. ere cor- builder's ■■■■< everything armed with anahle t 0 approach atly gone quite f Captain Cook, was sought. «c he brought
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  • 341 7 I REEDOM OF CITY. [Router's Service.] POLAND'S TRIALS. Paris, Aug 26. A mrMtft from Warsaw on WedGeneral Weygand, Marshal Poch'fl right-hand man, whose strategy flung back the Bolsheviks, was presented yesterday with Om freedom nt the city of Warsaw. The ceoomony took place amid such enthusiasm that
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  • 97 7 Paris. Aug. 29. The c'eath has taken place of Cardinal Jette. Archbishop of Paris. SOCIALISTS CONDEMN DflßEt I ACTION. London, Aug. 28. The executive council of the Social Democratic I -deration of the National Socialist Party has passed a resolution protesting "most strongly against anything m
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  • 88 7 London. Aug. 10. A War Office communique says that the situation m Mesopotamia has not materially changed. The Baghdad-Mosul railway cot on Aug. 23, but communication has restored. Increasing restlessness is shown m the Samarra and Sulimanuyeh Divisions. The officials Captain Lloyd, J. Strachan, and the wife
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  • 184 7 Ed si Payment for Debt. It sounds like a fairy tale that a citizen of modern Paris was m the habit of taking h:s morning tub m a gold-en bath. This curious fact has been revealed before a Paris court, and the sybarite m Question is a
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  • 139 7 RICE DE-CONTROLLED. [Reuter's Service.] EXPORT \M) IMPORT OF OPIUM BARRED. London, Aug. 30. The Home Secretary notifies that tinder ths Dangerous Drugs Act, 1920, commencing on lst September, the import and export of opium, medicinal qpium, morphia, heroin, cocaine and econine are prohibited except when licensed; also the
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  • 423 7 London, Aug. 30. Lloyd's Aiexa i ..tes that the coal di from the Japanese steamer Shanp* v ia afire, ar.d smouldering. I >ndon, Aug. 31. Lloyds correspondent at Salonika states that the Japanese steamer Kwazan Maru which was stranded on the 20th ult. has bean refloated
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  • 132 7 Mr. Justice Darling made some severe comments at the Old Baile/ recently on an application, made by a well-known West End Film Company to the Under-Sheriff for a permit to attend and take cinematograph pictures of the murder trials that were impending. He said that the courts were always open
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  • 208 7 42 SHIPPING COMPANIES INDICTED. [Reuter's Service.] ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AND TRADE RESTRAINT. New York, Aug. 31. The Federal Grand Jury has indicted forty-two Steamship Companies, including the International Mercantile Marino, Atlantic Transport, Cunard, Anchor, Booth, French Transatlantic and Kerr Companies on charges of conspiracy and restraint of trade. The
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  • 320 7 New York, Aug 28. Despite the importation of small quantities of German and Scandinavian paper, the shortage of newsp ,int is still acute and j renders the continuation of strict conser- vation necessary. For various reasons j manufacturers are offering less paper for I 1921 than foi
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  • 195 7 Uni.sual Witness m Turkish Murder case. A monkey was brought into the court at Constantinople m connection with the ma. der of the manager of the Ackermann circus, which had been giving pe.formances for a season m the Turkish capital. A married couple named Starr, who were
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 168 7 Robinson Co., Ltd. \CASH sale I FOR ONE WEEK O\LY SEPT. Ist TO 7th BAR li A I N S I IN The ladies' Drapery Dept. j ALL GOODS FOR SALE j Will be displayed on the Counters LACES, EMBROIDERIES, BLOUSFS, j MATERIALS, MILLINERY Etc. REMNANTS OF FLANNEL BUITINBS Oddments
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    • 584 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated m Japan. VftDl ft jIAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JA? Alt MSI! GOVERNMENT. Subject to alterations without aatiee EUROPEAN MAIL LINE FORTNIGHTLY ERRVICB. far London and A itwcrp via (Malacca) ,Penanff, Cele__->s Sacx, P«_i &v* and MaiKeillea. KAGA MARU 14th Sept. KUMANOHARU mid Sept. YOKOHAMA MARU
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    • 677 8 K. P. M. KOXINKLYKE P \KETV AART MAATSCHAPPIJ (IDcorporated m Holland). SCYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. GF BATAVTA _a*e>*c. 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. lo}2 Homagers Deck 1437 Marine S^nt. Trans bite*. it 3 COLLYER QUAY. .UlOUni CDNTEACT WITH THK NETHERLANDS INDIA BOTB£Ai2i»_* r -mnnrriirt I i m—i n m
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    • 560 8 P. O. -BR^SH APCAR [...p. (Incorporated m E .gland.) MAIL AND PASSENGI PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAI s I** (Under Contract with Hi The Company's MAIL SERVICES suspended. LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE FROM LONDON T0 DUE SINGAPORE I NANKIN about 2nd Sept. JEYPOR] L*° KASHGAR about Uth Sept. KHIVA L NANKIN I W
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 523 9 I m STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). IGAPOBI BANGKOK TING SERVICE. frrtmj, TmoMgrnmrnrnj Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, La--ng.uai. Chumfon, and Bangkok. Arrive. Departure Gth Sept. 1920 Bth Sept. 1920 b Sept 1920 15th Sept. 1920 20th Sept. 1920 22nd Sept. 1920 a fitted throughout *ith electric light,
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    • 547 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND EUerman BucknaU Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) [Incorporated m England] JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK >ia SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Due Route For Spore BLOEMFONTEIN 22nd Sept. Suez Spore, Manila,
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    • 467 9 FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BY PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. (Incorporated m U. S. A.) f JJR ACCOUNT U. S. SHIPPING BOARD HONGKONG— CALCUTTA KXOULAB WEEKLY SAILINGS by the Steamers Lake Pacli; Lake Famingdale, X__ox, I_*ke Gitete, Doylestown, Lake Fielding, Caddop.ak, I*k* Gilpen. CALLING AT Cveutta, Madras, Rangoon, Penang, £ii_fcu>_r9, Salgen e-I
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  • 619 10 ERASER AND CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. SINGAPORE, SEPT. lst. 1920. MINING. J Figures m brackets shows the capital >r.d issue value Of the Share m dollars anless otherwise marked. C. Cum div. equals ex div.] impang ($100,000—0) 16.00 Ayer Weng ($100,000—0) 1.25—1.50 Hitam Tin ($830,000—1) 2.90—
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 541 10 IGUT OUT Plug Troubles and Faulty Firing F T PLUGS I **m v S W* t *J v* *pZp >a_mti» %r_-z.«____l \jl__2_sJ <<-__£*__■■ f^ 0l 7/ ere tire "OIHER PLUGS but fLODGr L 4 o/;G£ PLUGS are first, they are dS^*^ Gt> *fM < TLi D for twelve months XX"
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    • 42 10 flfe 9 S tm c _x s_ I L mm M» cr I Incorporated m England.) _l-_B_rV J--3_jM fc A -It "Stt ATW jC mr. SOLID TYRES BE scpori r ihe Biinlop Rubber Co. (Far m) lii (Incorporated 12 13, ROBINSON ROAD.
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  • 62 11 Sept. 1. Bank 4 m.s. 2J4 I|l6 Bank, demand 23 13|16 Private credit! 1 2]4 26 52 New York, demand 40 1 Cre<lits 90 days 1/5 France, demand 570 India, T.T. 119 Hongkonjr, demand 84 Prem. Yokohama, demand 80 Vi Java, ctir.and \2\ Par.gkok, demand 891a Povereign, Bank Buying
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  • 160 11 Sept. L Tin 100 Tom* $140.00 Gambler 13.75 Gambier Cube No. 1 18.50 Peppei Flack 25.25 Fepper (white fair) 46.50 Tap. tea, small flake, f.q. 6.00 Tapioca, medium pearl f.q. 10.00 Pearl Sago, small 11.00 Copra Sundried 20.00 Copra Mix. 19.50 Opium, Eenarss uncert 8,900 Rice Rsr.goon White 2,700
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1860 11 _k..i_Ti.^_.%r»_. J^v^EEMEJUR-S $.1,500,000. I Assurance m force over $15,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. [Incorporated m Straits Sett BEA p OFFICS: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry EC I mmm the SUPrem£ f an. con-pU. witn the Life A-_Z' C_^__, Act I NX Pt.ANS OF AShLRANCT
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    • 162 11 FOURNIERS HYGENIQUE MIXTURE (FOR LADIES) Tatted and Proved for Yean. WASTE NO TIME Immediately you notice any disorder of Ihe eyetem take Fournier's Hy»v-mq_e Mliture. It quickly removes all sutiennf. There ie Nothinc to EQUAL IT. nor Anything ao Widely Known. It Is justly described as the FINEST REMEDY IN
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 145 11 VESSELS AT WHARVES. tanJong pagar. East Wharf No. 1.— A Bella, Barents/.. Cast Wharf No.2.— Islander, Thongwa. Sheers Wharf No. 3.— Nil. Main Wharf No. 4. Zaida. T ain Wharf No. 3.— West Mingo, Kamuning.Benalder. Main Wharf No. 6. Totai Maru. Wet Dock No. 7.— Elephanta, Wakasa Maru, Taisoku Maru,
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    • 391 11 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Intermediate and ,c:al mail, will be found in list below Penang, Malacca, F. If. S. (by Train) 4 p.m. daily (except Sunday). Kota Tinggi and stations to Kuala f umpur at 6 a.m. -tain P. Bulang Hock L:;n 9 a.m. Cu Bang Chiaj) 9 a tn. a
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  • 782 12 THK QUESTION OF A BALL. I annual meeting of the Bl A: Society was held at the Singapore Cricket Club yes: tft-rroon. when, m the unavoidable ab nee of the President, Captain or, the chair was taken by the 1 If. Sime. and there a good at!«
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  • 44 12 f hma, having become a member of the .league of Nations, through the coming into effect of the Treaty of St. Germain on July 16 _i)-_: 0, has been invited to send r-bfcates to the mating of the Assembly at Geneva on November 15.
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  • 287 12 THE SELANGOR RACES. SECOND DAYS WEIGHTS. [From Our O.vn Correspondent]. Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 1. c 1 (five furlongs). Brella 9, Wauk d'cr S.lO, Gay lad 7.11, Ampang 8.7, Afterhours 7.2. Bi I *s.x furlongs).— Pickle 10.10, .'•'achester 10.10, Cheeky Boy 8.11, Acquis* tion 8.11, Lady Picquet 8.8, Jaunty
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  • 203 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. daai Single Handicap. Donaldson scr. beat Ruchwaldy owe 4, 6—3. Arch. Swindell owe 2 vs. Wish art scr. t Maginn owe 4, w.o. :on scr. beat Utermarh owe 3, 3 6, 6—3. B. la*» Single Handicap. gham Garto r owe 2 beat Elphick
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  • 156 12 Newcomers' Handicap. Lobinson scr. vs. Watson owe 1. Dunn scr. vs. Miller owe 15.1. 1 hnston owe 3 vs. Hame scr. Prentis vs. Grubb. I nander scr. vs. SkyUe owe 5. Messenger owe 4 vs. Hamilton scr. I (rilroy owe 1 vs. Ellis scr. Black owe 15.3 vs.
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  • 154 12 YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Championship Pairs (Final). Mrs. Connell an 1 Mr. Gaunt beat Lady Ridout and Mr. Leggatt, 6 3, 4—6, 6 3. Ladies Singles. Mra. Maxwell i la. 15.4 beat Mrs. De Ifa\iland, 6—3 3—6. 6 4. TO-DAY'S TIES. Championship. Lady Mv on vs. Mrs.
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  • 98 12 FR ASER'S REPORT. Rubber. Dull, with very little doing, Ulu Fenu's 61.00. Craieieleas $1.77%, Lunas $15.00. elok Anson $17.50, Jimahs $2.60, Utan Simpaai $3.60. Bcudais $9.20, Highlands and Lowlands ."4s. (VI., Rubber Trusts 325. 6 Alor Gajahs $3.70, Ayer Kunings I Mining. Weak, Rawangs Si. ls, South:
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  • 102 12 Singapore, Sept. 1. The usual weekly auctions opened this morning with a slightly optimistic tone which was however not maintained, and value- rapidly declined. Standard Sheet and repe both sod at from 67 to 70 cents, the former being the closing figure. Th is shows a decline
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  • 194 12 .mazing Profits. Washington, Aug. 1. .lething new m M get-rich-quick schemes developed when the Government temporarily elo.-ed a number of exchange brokerage houses m New York and Boston pending investigation, which, curiotisly enough, .may show no illegality. One small shop conducted by, Charles Ponzi made amazing profits
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  • 58 12 At tbe Marlborough, to-night, Just Squaw, a Robeivson Cole production featuring Beatrix Michelena, one of the best delineators of western stories, will be the supporting picture to the third and fourth episodes of the Grossman serial A MiTlion-D.ollar Reward presenting Lilian Walker. In the first house ;> four-act
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  • 28 12 Inspector Phillips has retired from the position of plain clothes inspector at Marlborough House after eighteen years' service with Queen Alexandra and fortyone years m the Metropolitan Police.
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  • 142 12 j Owing to scarcity of coal m Denmark, sll vessels of the Danish navy, with the ex- ception of one training ship for midship- men, hsve b<:cn put out of commission and ordered to remain m harbour. n vessels of 7. -.id-weight tons I iaunche.l recently m an
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  • 449 12 THE ENGLISH TEAM FOR AUSTRALIA. (Australian Press Association.) London, July 26. It is officially announced that the following have been invited to go to Australia as members of the English cricket i team R. H. Spooner (Lancashire) captain J. W. H. T. Douglas (Essex) P. G. H. Fender (Sussex) W
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