The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 December 1920

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fEN CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920. NO. 10,157.
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  • 213 1 Constant ine has left for (Greece Page 7. Local teachers met yesterday and formed an association Page 6. England is experiencing an exceptionally cold winter with heavy frosts —Page 7. Both Pajam and Alor Gajah Robber Companies have passed their dividend —Page 12. The trade returns for
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  • 1202 1 When Bob Acres asserted, nearly a hanJ-w red and lifty years ago, that "damns ayi w i had their day," he had probably no suspicions that they would take Rueh an unconsc ionabUfl time m dying. They still survive, m thejD world of letters at any
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 133 1 RAFFLES HOTEL. rHE FINKST BALL ROOM IN THE EAST. MISS JILL HILL Will appear at Guest Nights and Dances every Thursday and Saturday. Special Dinners and Dances will be held on DECEMBER 23, 24 AND 25 NEW YEAR'S EVE. Special Dinner, Dance and Supper till 1.30 a.m. aTeTMcCLARY, Manager. C
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    • 154 1 A TIMELY Letter to The Roneotype will follow buyers or sellers up your Salesmen's visits may mean big profits. reach places beyond their The Roneotype limits, and m 1000 pe^f "tlv j^^^h. typewritten em- /M^V v justify its first mT n il undergo flK^iS^ lliUStrat minutes, thus eHnVP^^P^ l)Ook free
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    • 124 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Notice ro cargo by Ellora Page 11. Land and house m Cairn Hill road for sale Page 5. New films at the Alhambru and Empire "The Eyes of Youth" at the TheatrePage 2. Wanted: Experienced typist, Youth for office, Bookkeeper and general clerk for estate Page 5. Notices:
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 129 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, 16th. High Tides 2.1 am Bft 4in 1.34 pm Bft 9in. j Singapore Court of Appeal. Licensing Justices, Ist Court, 2.30 pjn. Eyes of Youth, Theatre 9.30 p.m. Friday, 17th. High Tides 2.37 am Bft 4in« 2.19 pm Bft sin. The Girl from Rectors, Theatre, 9.30 p.m.
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  • 305 2 SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM AND JUTLAND. In connection with the promised pubiVacation of the Jut:*r>d papers, the following letter from Sir Frank Swettenham appears fc a recent bsue of the Times:—. To the Editor of the Time*. Sir, —The columns of The Times have contained recently much discuosidr. of the Battle
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  • 72 2 Goods for England. Lon.lon Nov. 2Gth.-A tilagnu. from B«rhn states that nearly one million pcamls worth of toys at the current rate <tf exchange will be delivered m England n^r C m^ ad Du the montns, 600,000 clock* and 72,000 musical instrument* have been sent to England
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  • 58 2 Public Library Seized. oliv^i?' N0V 2eth The L °n<lon unemployed have recently seiied several public •nd vacant premises, the latest case being the occup.tK>n of the public library^ at lv* 1T d the ejection d s «S tS stuff. Subsequent negotiations Have led to SSI US?* f ne
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 282 2 VICTOftIA THEAtRE. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 THE DENNISTON PLAYERS MOMENT "EYES OF YOUTH" TO-MORROW "THE GIRL FROM RECTORS Saturday, Dec. 18th. "THE UNRISSED BRIDE" PRICKS $4. 3. 2, 1. BOOKING AT MOUTRIE'S VICTORIA THEATRE. SI NDAY NEXT at f».30 p.m. THH SFXOND Popular Concert Will he given by the HAND
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    • 372 2 Mr il JL Ju Ml 13 A U JML FKOM MONDAY* DECEMBER 13, TO SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1920. A POWERFULLY DRAMATIC LEONCE PERRET-PATHE PROUCTION Featuring DOLORES CASSINELLI In a story particularly suited to her personality and talents. TARNISHED REPUTATIONS In 5 Part*. It is a picture m which Dolores Cassinelli
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    • 420 2 W?B 1 vie im A FROM THURSDAY, DECEMBER lfi. To *i^i A Drama that reveals the inner h« rt SIIMA REAMEK AM; ROBERT (;OI(I»ON MY HUSBAN¥i t g StsfeS' t %tpp lv G I'aits. U I A drama that vibrates with the throb and thrill of l,f vuualised with sup,-b
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 301 3 Fine Opportunity X mas Presents CINEMA AT HOME Si NOT REQUIRE ELECTRIC CURRENT. Arrived il Just Arrived NEW. DRAWING ROOM PROJECTOR WITH SMALL DYNAMO ATTACHED. Films caa be Bought Outright or can be had on Hiring System F't.t FULL PARTICULAR -f, Apply, s PATHK CINEMA 186, Orchard Road, Singaoore. Holder
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    • 659 3 DENTIST. Japanese C. HASHIMOTO i Extraction Painless. Charges moderate. Phone 1181—128. Brj i Basah Road, Singapore. Raffles llote! Building. AUBON MARCHES 20-21 STAMFORD ROAD. Day Dresses from ?20 up Evening Dresses 50 M Jumper, Georgette 20 Mantoaux 40 Hr.ts and Caps 6 Binls of Paradise 45 Dresses to Order at
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    • 185 3 Rubber Estate Supplies. Enamelled Coagulating Pans, Latex Pails i and Latex Measures. Tapping Knives, Changkols, Galvd. Buckets, Collecting Bags for Scrap, etc. etc. SEND L'S YOUR ORDERS. f^- -i -jfa^?y^r^i~^MageeajaßD UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. Incorp3ratad m tv Strait. S >ttld3iaits. SINGAPORf. "^"""rTHWsMgJgsn^fJWnniftifJflfJHfJlßMTWll^^ H TV I "MIBsWiigs^WKsMBJIJBIWWgen^WBBIP ZMaxuxell v BE3T PROUCTIONS V^\^s>,
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    • 66 3 1 Under European Prcn?pt Priatmg I Soperyisio P SI e l< Phone 2228 MICK Limited GENERAL PRINI \SD STA7IONHKS 76, gecil Street, Singapore. THE SINGAI^RE AND"sTBAnS"IoUGH DIARY.~~ Orders arc now being booked for a above* 3 days to a page, fooircr.p, interleaved with Blotting paper. Contains much useful local information.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 239 4 Motor Lorries 1 To buy a motor lorry, believing il will solve satisfactorily any transportation problem without ffriag thought to the quality of the lorry or its ability to perform economic- ally is a costly experiment. Quality is the essential factor m a lorn I and the user can be
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    • 191 4 HUTTENBACH'S COLONIAL V^ Jtm Ear* J^ \jl I I SPECIALLY MADE FOR Straits ettlements and F. M. S, PORTABLE PLATFORM WEIGHING MACHINE with EXTENDED PLATFORM and BACK RAIL, mounted on jj wheels, constructed on the best known principle, and with all our latest improvements. The BEAMS are BRASS, mo ked
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    • 1202 4 THE SUBSCRIPTION LIST WILL CLOSE ON THE 2^iT~ DECEMBER, 1920. INTERNATIONAL MOTORS, LIMITED. [Incorporated m Singapore under the Companies Ordinance IAIBI CAPITAL Divided into 500,000 shares of S lO each. DIRECTORS. The Honourable Dr. Lim Boon Kens, 0.8. E., 31 Rftflu Plat Physician. acit The Honourable Eu Tong Sen, O.BE,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 542 5 REAL ESTATE BUREAU I BCPIRI BROS, RUBBER DEPARTMENT KKTAn AND GENERAL WOBHU 1 2 I)E SOIZA STREET. I SALE. EXCELLENT BUHGALOW AT STEVFHS ID. Suitable for wealthy gentleman. Three Tennis Courts, arage etc r/V Mi* Ein Trengganu. Area 500 acres. «a**2&^. -y»^3M— WfttteaKt^yw nm^. -mriYr-mmirnm u^^^TL. WANTED. TYPIST WA Prwiom
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    • 652 5 AUCTION SALE®. DBPAULTHTB SALE AUCTION SALE OF 1 Eagta brr.nd changkols 5 dozen -alvan^ed buckets v m. 10 dozen axe handles m. 50,000 cup aaactra :\2 m. :i7T kc Ss wire r.aib oi" the following sprcifica".ion. I k-a;.^ l m. r»OGG lbs. 7."> kafi I)a la. 1000 bs. 75 kegv
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    • 828 5 AUCTION SALES. The §faajgpMrt Hot Springs Ltd (m liquidation) AUCTION SALE OF Building materials comprising meranti planks, joists, bakau piles, scr.ntlings, door frames n:^' a wooden bangsal with tile roof. To be held at the vacant ground on Orchard K^<] tho f oo t of Cairnhin R^ 20th UEC AT
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    • 878 5 1 NOTICES. Notice Tnder Section I (2) of the Railway Ordinance 1905. Notice i s hereby given that the Plans and Sect.on* and Book of Reference relating to a proposed :^rrovement of the Singapore Railway m the districts of Kranji, Mandai, Upper Manda,, East and West Bukit Timah have been
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    • 368 5 £™&&&*B^SB t^fts£ t samyMfltyV£Qp^a^fea£(jr f(aj| tjfbja^ajteg^Mj^ (I SINGAPORE. 1 I D I I (First Floor) Presents for Old and Young. I Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., f LIMITED. 1 1 [Incorporated m England] I I «1 fe«jtafe<^QL3 B 9K a M^tf^^^tf?a^B^Bf f^tf^^M'l^^^ttftP' >»AffVw^^^^^^^fM^^a^^f^^^fcm.^^^^»*_^^*^a^aai-^e^P C. A. RIBEIRO CO., LTD. A Z SINGAPORE PENANG
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    • 276 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of Singapore ir\vit<\ tenders for the. erection and completion 1 :ea Lines at Jalan Tambah. Speciticationa der forms may be obtained at tho I I tl Architect's Office during office hours. on tho prescribed forms and enclosed m the envelopes provided therewith are to bo
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  • 848 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1920 Trade Figures. The trade returns for the third quarter of the year, compared with those of last year, show more clearly thi»n previous ones the disturbed state of local business. In some dir- ections there had been a very heavy clearing of stocks
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  • 424 6 A branch of the Banque Industrielle de Chine wat opened at Dunkerque (Dunkirk) cr. December Ist. For failing to register himself within 18 hours of hia residence m the colony, a Japanese named Tsubaki was sentenced to a fine of $75 or three months' rigorous imprisonment by Capt. Rowbotham m
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  • 955 6 FUTURE POLICY OF GOVERNMENT. Material Price Reduction. Convened by the Food Controller with the sanction of Government a meeting of the rice trade was held yesterday afternoon m the Food Controller's Office. There was a large attendance and at the outset the Food Controller, Mr. F. M.
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  • 469 6 i LOCAL ASSOCIATION FORMED. A large ami representative m tin the teacher, of the d.ffenr.t lo, a including ladies, was held ln >° ls Chin,, dril! hall Mt^J^*; consider the advisahHitv of fornnn,., 0 10 amongst the local teacjhen M T i Hoisington (Vlce-Prindpal, Anglo School) was m
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  • 324 6 hardship would be caused to the purchaser! of the Government balance. To such purchasers, import undi r lietMl »M be restricted at firpt to the purchtKTl ol the Government balance. As soon therefore Ger.tlenun as you can come to me with a definite stattunnt of your arrangement:; as to pureha>«\
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 139 6 GRAND MARNIER Cordon Rouge New Shipment Just Arrived OALDBEGK MAGBBEOOR I Go., LIMITED. Incorporated m Shanghai). mX H/t I T H 9 i I EXTRAORDINARY £h|^- UNPARALLELED I VALUE J« OFFER I POOKET WATCH 1 CHAMPAGNE I gfo POMMLRY 3 il r9 A\n Brl F T A I MmML The
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    • 217 6 Engineering Service I Tj In a previous announcement we I I enumerated some 20 principal engineering I supplies? from bridges to belting, from tractors to tanks, from chains to culverts, from pulej-s to pumps which the B. C. L. Engineering Department can supply from stock or under favourable conditions. fl
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  • 858 7 HdBE WILD HUMOURS. »BNQUItT TO BE MADH. [Barter** Serrio©.] I/ondon, Dec. 13. I hundred buildings were do»troy*d rk. London. Dec. IS. of COOUMM) replying to f. P. O'Connor m rvgard to the Cork Hasnar GlOOnwond stated that th© lad military *?»*<* u!1 p«s»ibl» A certain amount of
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  • 279 7 AMERICAN NAVY. "BIGGEST AND BEST." [Reuter*. Service.] Washington, Dec. 13. Mr. Daniel?, referring to the respective merits of the capital ship and the submarine, contended that history had shewn that for every new weapon against a battleship a new organ for defence had been invented. In
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  • 299 7 The Hague, Dec. 14. Diplomatic relations between the Dutch and Jugo-Slav Governments have broken off owing to differences over the treatment of the Dutch consul at Belgrade. The Dutch Government recalled the Dutch Minister at Belgrade while the Serbian Charpe d'affaires at the Hague has been informed
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  • 166 7 CABLE EXCHANGES. TROUBLE NOT SETTLED. [R«uter'«j Service.] Washington. Dec. 14. The Communications Conference ends m a virtual deadlock unless an agreement is reached at the last moment, otherwise the delegates will return homeNvithout agreeing on any really important point m connection with the ex-German cables. Washington,
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  • 566 7 London. Dec. 12. In a recent aiticii m the Revue Econdmique Internationale, the fornn-r Finance Minist-cr, M. Klotx, grhrea substant a! rtaFons for expecting m the near future an economic revivnl of great magnitude. M. Klotz points out, as a direct consequent-* of Alaace Lorraine's return to her,
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  • 135 7 EUROPE'S WILL OTHE WISP. LEAGUE MATTERS. [Reuter's Service.] Geneva, Dec. 14. The German note to the League on the subbject of the Eupen-Malmedy question declines to agree to the Council's decision thereanent and suggests intimidation m the plebiscite, which she therefore asks shall be declared invalid and
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  • 463 7 London, Dec. 13. Supplementary Army estimates show an estimated increased expenditure of forty- eight millions sterling, but th-s is reduced to S9I& by "savings" partly due to postponement of the formation of special reserve of militia and the fact that the Territorial \rmy will reach only half tho
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  • 170 7 Relative to the sensation caused by the Greenwood poison trial, a writer m a recent j issue of the Westminster Gazette states j The week's surfeit of poison talk is a re- minder of the prevalence of poisoning m the past. In the sixteenth century, for instance, poison was looked
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 146 7 Robinson <3*> Co., Ltd. e=3 JUST ARRIVED eeeb Phoenix Salted Almonds In Bottles $7.95 Crystallized Ginger 99 2.75 Cherries 3,25 Assorted Fruits 3.75 Schoolboy Toffee (small tins) 85 99 {large tins) 7.40 l}ona Christmas Pudding l lb. tin 1.75 pf 99 9 2 lb. tin 3.00 Macintosh's Toffee de Luxe
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 609 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, (Incorporated m Jujiu WJkVX* MAIL CONTRACT WITH THB IMPBEIAL JATAKSBft GOVERNMENT. t Subject to s lterations with««l a»ilc» EUROPEAN MAILTINB FORTNIGHTL F SftRVICB. W n London and Antwerp via (Malacca), Penan*, Colombo, S««z, Port Said And Mai Milks. KAMO MARU 16th Dec. IYO MARU 3rd Jan. ATSUTA
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    • 759 8 K. P. IVL KONINKLYKE Pf\EETVAART MAATSCB.APPTJ (IneorpcraUd m Holland). KOTAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA r&'sp**** 181 Passage DepL 1202. Freight D«yt. 1992 sfasagers Desk 1437 Marine Sort. TrnnV.)^*^ i>>.-t a COI.LYBR QUAY. CIfDSK CONTEACT WITU IKE NBTHKRL^KDH INOiA GOT22NMVJKT. SINGKEL (Thursday, Dec. 16) 'g1 Tanjong-Meng«idar, Tanjong-Leidong, Paneh, Berombang, Asahan,
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    • 658 8 P. &O. -BRITISH INDIA r I APCAR ND IiNE. 1 (IncorporaUd m F. ijrlr.nvl.) MAIL AND PASSENGER BBEYfi > PENLMSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Gov«nu The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY m nspended. 4l •«*M LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES LOMIftAa DUE SINGAPORE
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 684 9 T IIE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). SINGAPORE BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For Kr Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangrnara, Telupin, Patani, S-ngora, Labua, Keliaamui, Bandon, Langsuan, Churapon, and Bangkok. Arrival Departure MAHIDOL 20th Dec. 1920 22nd Dec. 1920 LAVA 27th Dec. 1920 29th Dec. 1920 I KACHATIPOK sth Jan. 1921
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    • 542 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND EUerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co,, Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) [Incorporated m England] JOINT FOBTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Staamw Due Rout* Fftl Spore AGAMEMNON end Dec. Panama, Japan, China,
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    • 427 9 FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BY PACffIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. (Incorporated m U. S. A.) lOR ACCOUNT U. S. SHIPPING BOARD HONGKONG— CALCUTTA. H^££ GAT CllCUtt8 Madra8 R on P —«r. Simper., Saigo, a^ I BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ 3.VH.LVGS to B^ti mor v,. OotU, o*^. 3(1 -i FROM SINGAPORE i i WEST
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 631 10 144 CLQQSII3 Sparking Plugs <**&> will <j(o a I(>nj4 way and last a loni* time, JpKL yes, quite so— in a car— but not so m your forage stock m ot |l room. 1 hat's Ihe only place where *h* "others' 1 all ?y« V> FUr%/»Ji outlast the Ledge. The
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    • 819 10 THE PRICE OP PAIN-SCIATICA. a No one wants pain still wo pay for it aenvJiy m lost health lost energy lost ambition often absolute financial ruin. j wbj pay this awful price? Why suffer .he terrible twitching tortures of Sciatic* vhen everlasting relief ia so near at hand 7 Perfect
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    • 66 10 Ribbon Dental Cream "LIES FIAT ON THE BRUSH" I Obtainable at all Stores and Dispensaries. I H^ £au^9 I TA A i i la &3"Sfi^BnßSft^K I J I A Mr Saa¥^9aK ink ■x JHsSH^h* laas AUK'S Nil I^DjJUIa Hull U UIHU (Incorporatoo m Enfltr>l). BiH6APQRE 9 IPOH d PENANC lr
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  • 59 11 DECEMBER 15. Bank 4 m.s. 2i4 Bank, demand 2|3% Private credits 3 m.a. 2(4 vj New York, demand 3914 Credits 90 days 441^ France, demand r>6o India, T. T. 155 Hongkong, demand Prem 35 p.c. Yokohama, demand 79 Java, demand 129 Ban^-liok, demand 88 Sovereign, Bank Buying $8.64 Bank
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  • 146 11 DECEMBER 15. Tin No offers no markit Gambier 12.60 G.'mbkr Crbe No. 2 17.60 Pepper Bisck 28.00 Pepper u?'ite fair) 44.00 Tapioca p.mal! flai», if. 5.60 Tapioca, dadum t«arl f.f. 10.00 Paarl ftngo, Brrall 10.50 Copra Sundried Copra Mix 17.00 Opium, Benares uncert 8,900 Rice Rangoon White 2,700 Rie»,
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  • 19 11 DM. 15.— Mata Hnri, I r oh. Baa Whatt Hin, Aletivor, (Brit.); Sekkow Maru, (Japan); Tainkan, Touasouni, (Dut.)
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  • 85 11 Wednesday, December 15, 1920. If. Col. ($2,000,000—10) 27.50—28.50 North Taiping (750,000—) 1.60 1.70 South Taiping .70 .80 TaipinK (1,20.0,000) 1.50—1.60 BftCKtl (700,000—1) 1.05—1.15 Bukit Jelutong (100,000) .50 .60 Hay tor (200,000—5) 7.50 Kamasan (2",0,000— 2) 4.00 K.ilnh (500,000—1.00) 4.00 Lonka <G20,000— 5) 7.25 Mantel Tekonp (375,000) .70—
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 424 11 »WMiaMll^fcS*Mi^^ajijSi "w^C r S^~^SJ^ J '^*fft^? > >^'fy ?ffl!pyjMH tm* tt.r »*,500,e0». Awwance m force oyer $15,000,9 M. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COiWANY, LIMITED. [Incorporated m Stralta Sett.J Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C: Vtt Cft«PW *a» deposited with the Senreme Court of Ea gland, and
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    • 566 11 I CHARTERED BANK Of India, Australia and China, Incorporated m England by Royal Charter. Paid np Capital £2,000,000 Reserve Fnnd 18,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 42,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishoprgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Penanjr Amritaar Iloilo Pnket Bangkok Ipoh Rangoon BaUvxa Karachi Saigon Bombay Klang
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    • 549 11 HO HONG BANK, LIMITED HEAD OFFICE Singapore Raffles Chambers, 4, 5 and fl BRANCHES: Penang 80 Be&eh Street. Malacca 181 Jorier Street. Muar— 77-79 Jalan Suleiman Batu Pahat— lo9 Jalan Rabamat. AGENCIES AT: London, New York, San Francisco, Shanghai Hongkong Amoy, Batayia, Sourabaya, Somar ang, Palembung and Trang. CAPITAL. AUTHORISED
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    • 518 11 .YOHOH4MA SPECIE BANt LTD. n o v Iccor Porated m Japam.) C^MtaJ Subscribed J immu*. Capital Paid Up y JSsSKS RewrveFund I Sau* \*s™%? I, DIRECTOBS. Mr Taro Mr. Hoy^mi. HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA. no^ej BrS XK C o t 8 ftad Bmsjw Ayrea London S**^]©™ 1 Mean* Bintrapan ••v.r.'n Nagasaki
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    • 185 11 CL6ANS6 YOUR BLOOD W!th CRIMAULT C°* SARSAPARILLA I Bob ;1* «w *^^S\4r9kßn^J^L y try.** x' S. S. ELLORA. Consipneea of cargo per the above steamer from Calcutta are hereby notified that she has now arrived and has discharged opposite Godowna Son. 36 nnd 37. BOUSTKAD COY., Agents. Sale at Our
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 232 11 C. OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION. |2 o'clock noon IStk Die 1920. Palo Crepe. Ribbed Smoke-1 Sh Cloning Price*. Closing Prise*. Buyera Sellers. Buyers Sellers. Spot 3.', S6H Dec. 35 1^ 36tt Jan. to Mar. 37 M; 3H April to June 42 II Ton*- of market Pull. VESSELS AT WHARF TANJONG
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    • 231 11 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Intermediate and local mails will ha foanj m ligt below: Penanp, Malacca, F. M. S. (D 7 Train) 4 r •if\il7 (except Sunday). Kota Tinggi and sUtions to Kuala Lump at at 6 a.tn P. Batam und P. Bttlaag Hock Kmg 9 a.m. t-ucob Soon Hong 9
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  • 435 12 The eleventh yearly report of the Directors of Pa jam. Ltd to the shareholders state* that the net profit for the year amounts to $147,812.79 to which must be added the balance brought forwaid from last year's account $66,845.87 making a total of $214,658.66. An Interim Dividend of
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  • 284 12 The eleventh report of the Directors of Alor Gajah Rubber Estate, Ltd., to thigh arch old en states that the net profit for the year amounts to $59,005.12 to which must be added the balance brought forward from last year's account $14,128.88 making a total of $73,134.00
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  • 57 12 FKASER'S REPOPT. Singapore, Dec. 1.". Rabbet*. Weaker m most cas-.s, Jimahs 11.20, United Malagas $1.40, Ulu Benuts 60 cents, Cmigjal—l 85 cents, Bassetts $1. 10, Glenealys $l.r>o, Colinsburghs $1.75 Kedahs $4, Mandai Tekongs 70 cents Tapah; 016J6. Mining.— Dull and unchanged. Industrials.— Uniteers Wearnes $18 L> Smelters
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  • 44 12 W By Jrivinsr a pantechnicon across Picca-d»"y-c rcus at noon, when traffic was at its worst. George Robey recently won a bet tt nl TOn l T Re y nolds the manage of the Alhambra. The money was sent to th. Iol;ee Orphanage. i
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  • 316 12 ERRATIC FIGURES. Exports decrease. The. trade returns tor the Colony for the third quarter of the year show a value total increase m imports of 64% million dollars and m -exports a decrease of 49% millions. The figures are as follows. IMPORTS Singapore 217 millions agst 178 Penang
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  • 231 12 Jtwelkry valued at over $1,000 was th« property carried away on Tuesday evening fiom a house m Paya Lebar village, as the result of a- visit by a number of robbers. Inspector Porter of the Kandang Korbau Pchcs has the case- m hand. Another visit by gang robbers
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  • 220 12 London, Noy. 17. Financial troubles m U.S.A. added further to the depression here, but recently m the Continental exchanges just before the mail closes caused some buying, j and after the r.u >it heavy falls a temporary rally woulu not be surprising 1 Copper. U £6 p:r
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  • 35 12 "1914, 'Shun! 1920, shunned," was the inscription carried by one of the forty-one ex-s«rvice men who paraded Whitehall and Parliament-square recently. Twenty-two 1 of the party bad lost limbs, and walked with i crutches. j
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  • 718 12 THE M. C. C. AT BRISBANE. MATCH AGAINST AUSTRALIAN XI. Brisbane, Dec. 3rd. A three-day match between an Australian Eleven and the M.C.C. was entered upon here to-day, m muggy weather, before a gathering of 4,000 spectators. Makepeace, Parkin, Hearne, Dolphin and Howell stood down from the English
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  • 25 12 The Italian Dreadnought Caracciola, svhich. was launched m May last, has been •old to the Navicraziono Generale Italiana o be transformed into a transatlantic liner.
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  • 435 12 "The Lion and the Moiwe." The Denniston Players achieved another success last night, when their presentation of The Lion and the Mouse at the 1 Victoria Theatre was accorded a fine reception. The story is one intimately connected w'th love and high finance. Judge Ro»s- more of
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  • 91 12 A Batch of Results. (Malay Mail Correspondent.) Lahore. Dec. 13th. A Ixmdon cable to the Civil and Military (iazette says that m the County Rugby championship, Hampshire beat Kent by 24 points to 12. At Hockey, Sussex beat Berkshire by 8 iroals to 2. At Rackets, Marlborough beat
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  • 90 12 HOCKEY S. C. C. vs. S. R. C. The above match was played on the S. C. C. ground yesterday afternoon resulting m an easy win for the Homo side who scored once m the first half by Black and five times m the second half by Stocks. Black and
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  • 58 12 A Biackton-Pathe production with aj fascinating story and highly dramatic situations, My Husband's Other Wife, in] six parts, will be screened at the Alhambra. to-night, together with a Topical Budget and an amusing two-reel comedy. In the earlier house a two-reel Tom Mix drama will precede the seventh
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