The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 April 1921

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    18 1 Singapore Free Press AND ME RCH ATILE ADVERTISER. V£N CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. No. 10,267.
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    232 1 I -^-^>—^^ (Jolf, tennis, cricket and foothalf items on page 12. Scottish Sport from Our Own Corr( Papje 3. Particulars of the new GWM Note to America Page 7. [atereatteg eaaea'were heard in the Court* yesterday Pag* 6. Archdeacon Wakeford's appeal to the Privy Council has failed
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    SERPENTS.
    857 1 The Cuiil fiiim Ifooso footed hot ••>'«* ujwn the sweep of purple mountain view, breathed in the fragrance of the p>n«' s and heaved a contented sigh. "I never dreamed then was place so cool MM beautiful as this in the whole East", she ■aid. "Jt is an earthly
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      188 1 Malfh&ifl RAF F ITe S HoTIelI S The Finest Ball Room in the East. v GUEST NIGHTS: THURSDAYS AM) SATURDAYS. lErening Drr.-s Essential for Dancing.) j [3 TEAT DANS ANT. to 7 p.m. i BVBEY MONDAY. COMMENCING MONDAY THE 9th MAY. i DANCING. I Selection! will be play» d by
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      277 1 l\sr.3M-,H".R\a%B' i .%W -r :',S l ra r .tßM l .rj I B ff I .C'»SVI 1.tM1%I .tMl%B > .5Ml 1 B l*l i gs fi^^ !S^^ I ROYAJLtypewiit- I /m cr supremacy is ll S 11 fully established J i 1 Now— compare the guaranteed >£$ 1 jm\ senrice
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      118 1 fc^ i LATESt A D VERTISEMEN TS Boring plant required— Page Cargo notice re Ekma Pape 9. Reliable book-keeper wanted Page 5. New programme at the Empire Pa<^e 2. Sumner marine engines for sale Page 5. Robinson and Co. for motor car clocks Page 7. Powell and Co's forthcoming- sal«>a
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      95 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, April 28. Higb W^ter, 1.18 a.m., 2.43 p.m. Homeward Mail loaves. Batu Village Rubber Mtg., p.m. Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Class, *.:}(> p.m. Chinese C. A. 8 p.m. Friday, April 29. Hitfh Water, 1.58 a.m.. &J3B pan. Outward Mail due. Municipal Commission, 2.15 p.m. Melville S>-nd., (iuthrit?, 2.30 p.m.
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    A GAME OF POKER.
    176 2 I There an- countless itoriei about the latl Xing Nicholas of Montenegro. Here K ore "Which has the double merit of btJßg both true ami perhaps fresh. A distinguished British war correspondent who happened to Se Rtaj h in Cettinje had the honour of fceinjr inviu
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    GERMAN SHIPPING.
    144 2 Bach Strong in 10 Yearn. Tr will not take more than ten y< t V Germany to rest ftntUe fleet under the plan proposed in thai conntry, according to a dispatch received by the Nippon Yu en Kai-ha. Th s di patch "According to tl. >, bwnr-Amerika Line
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    RULES OF BILLIARDS.
    162 2 There is a pood deal of talk just now about drastic changes in the rules of Vnlliards. One proposal is to give every kind of shot the same value so that a cannon would count as much as, say, a winning or losing hazard which would obviously
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    TRUE BLUB SAXONY.
    138 2 Saxony has deposed its hereditary King, wnd in his place rules a junta of Social Democrats and Independents. It is in the or so to say Official Gazette, fit this Republican country, that we find recently the announcement of a vacancy in a Cloister for Noble J)ames
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    RAFFLES, BEWARE.
    65 2 Thieves have broken into the Natural History Museum of Alabama and drained off from the specimens of pickled snakes "enough alcohol to cany on a liquor businosß." Tnt* Mf«n hiM caused a sensation among the more convinced opponents of prohibition: for though they do not so much mind
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      276 2 7 TO LET. i Large Gadowns facing river j f also noai- shipping, Stores from 6,000 to .°,0,000 sq. ft. Large uvA Commodious offices centrally situated also Bunga- lows. J Apply to A. J. ABRAHAM, "m r>6 Robinson-rd, Marsilling Bldg. COMMENXING Friday April 29th THE THEATRICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR.
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      789 2 From WEDNESDAY April 27, to MONDAY. MjJ A THRILLING AND SENSATIONAL WILLIAM POX PRODUCTION Lively Drama of the West featuring TO M MI X In another of taOM stirring tales of the West which have made him MOM TREAT EM ROUGH In B Tarts His wonderful aborting ami riding stunts
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    SCOTTISH SPORT.
    997 3 I ENGLAND WINS I FIR RUGBT IVBILEB. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bdinbargfc, Much IS. '-i' are usually celebrated fwith pomn, but the llu^-by International jubilee did not ieci to the Scottish Ru«L., i»s t'fl tccasion for ii-iy iniposin^ >artuie from the sed&te conven-j tions associated with other conLests
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      554 3 I BRASS OR GUNMETAL STEAM, TEST, DRAIN, PET, OIL TANK, WATER 818 COCKS ETC., pi '^^jp BRASS WHEEL GLOBE, HORIZONTAL SWING CHECK. Jjf "2 I ND SQI )V ANGLE BALL CHECK VALVES. (AST IRON FLANGED WHEEL STEAM STOP VALVES (gf^f||fs AND SLUICE VALVES. t* STEAM BOILER SAFETY VALVES. LJ 3
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      144 3 Xs A. Gr IS H> B fi E j m a ik it g Bbm H Vs) Hl^b I I »i nil I 'i t m ijg I j BOTTLED BY I if ROBERT P T£h aCo Ltd. I LONDOZS D :r, 001. J II H vi Ikim^ SONS, LTD.
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    625 4 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. WEDNESDAY, hFBXL 27. 1921. MINING. I Figures in braektts shows the capital a d issue value of the Share in dollers unless otherwise marked. C« Cum div. i x equals ex div.] AmpanK 10) nom. Ayer Weng (—1) 1.00 Hitam Tin
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    YOU " PARALLELOPIPEDON."
    305 4 YOU PARALLELOPIPEDON." The action of the Thames magistrate in dismissing a man (charged with using bad language) on condition that he would "take a course of the British classics," is a dar<r?, and in some ways an excellent innovation; for bad language goes with bad education. If people knew how
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    WOMAN'S LIFE IN THE EAST.
    366 4 J j **K. L. M.", a woman writer, advances I new theory in an Indian contemporary: (It you were to ask one of those women who "detest life in the East" why she detests it, and insisted on having a truth- ful answer you would,
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    BRITISH LINOTYPE SPEED RECORDS.
    138 4 Two new British linotype records are just published that are equal to any noted Iso far from U.S.A. "speed merchants." These are eleven thousand ens in an hour by Mr. A. G. Fullegar, of the staff of The Richmond and Twickenham Times, with only five marks,
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    48 4 From the Japanese Consulate General in Singapore we have received a copy of a book, "Economic History of Manchuria," compiled in commemoration of the decennial of the Bank of Chosen. It is an in- teresting compilation and has a useful map of Manchuria and a number of illustrations. >
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      691 4 iviuivruAGJKE SALES. j t*dt Higned have been instructed to hcII by Public Auction at their Sale-room, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, RAFFJLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. ON MONDAY. 2nd MAY 1921, at LM p.m. The following Valuable Properties:— 3l> Ne* rVJ TS letlSohold ta«d and ■rid huilt and tile-roofed Shophouse No. 27.^ Ke R ad
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      1105 4 MORTGAGEE'S SALE M m portant sale of seaside KM** W~~« f^T M of Singapore) with an extensive Sea FronUgft W The Undersigned h,ve been instructed tc sell by Public Auction at then i rrom, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, Singapore. AN MONDAY, 2nd MAY, 1921, AT 2.30 P.M. All that valuable
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      759 5 WANTED. t 1 ■ri i ■ii i- j I KKQUIKKD Boring Plant fc, bo N U :i J.-Pth of 50 or 10.) foot; new or second hand HuH particulars to Be* ttf can of p r pTWJS A 1 REQUIRED. Immediately B ivliahl.- Hookkeeper by Mercantile Firm in Singapore Apply
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      543 5 AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF eni s muubo] ware i«> be -old in small lota At our sail -room, Raffles Chambers, Raflefl Place, Singapore ON FRIDAY, gfth APRIL, 1921, at 10.30 a.m.' Cosaprising: Oval baths, chamber pots, dinner bearers, potato mashers, saucepans plates, inujrs, l>tisins, vegetable ■trainers, slop I'.'.i conductor
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      806 5 TO LET THE SINGAPORE HARBOUR HOARD. TO LET. Oodowns So. 2, 8 aid 4, South Pier, Telok Ayer. For further particulars ripply to the Estate Department, Singapore Harbour Board. 23-4 u... TO LtST. -That very desirable newly built conuaodiOQS European iv*i«le»»cc ovthftuites n-nd motor garage te -No. <>'J l-.jt Gas
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      768 5 NOTICKB. i HENRY GARDNER 0., LTD. NOTICE. Notic is herewith given that Mr. Harold v .V Tin has been accorded Power «f Pro- •■■•i. as from April 22nd 1921, a behalf of this Company. 4 !>'. i: UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. A fund, administered by the Danish Consul, has been founded to
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      222 5 WHIT A WAY, UIDL\W SO., LID. 1 (Incorporated in KnclAnd). I May we draw your atten- I tion to the Great Crockery 9 Sale, and clearance of Odd- 3 ments from all Departments I regardless of cost, new pro- I ceeding at our store I MANY HALF P3ICE BARGAINS. I
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
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      BIRTHS.
      39 6 i DENCH.- At Federal Hill, Kualn Lumpur, on April USth, to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Dench, a son. FOWLER. On April :!3rd 1921 at Maternity Hospital, PtoMMft to Mr. and Mrs. E. O. j Fowler, a son.
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      MRRIAGE.
      50 6 BOYLE MOISSINAC. On April 2Z, *****. at the Church of St. Michael, Ipoh, by the Rot. IL. Sayonetch, John Walter Patrick Boyle. assistant Messrs. Kennedy 61 Co., second son !of the late Mr. J. W. Boyle, to Jeanne Josephine Moissinac, second daughter of the late Theodore Moissinac, of Sumatra.
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    SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. A Democratic Town.
    655 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1921. A Democratic Town. Shanghai Is proudly boasted of as |an "up to date" town. The people I who live there naturally assert this. I J Those who visit it, "en passant'* or for a time, are disposed to aprree. It I hat rail-less
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    Entertainment Finance.
    349 6 The subject is perhaps not "high I finance" worthy of the days when the British Chancellor of the Exchequer presents a unique budget in the j way of paying off incomprehensible jof millions of debt, and the local Government, as far as the wet weather allows it, is
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    1076 6 Mr. \V. P. W. Ker. of Messrs Paterson •Simons and Co.. leaves for Australia to- c!ay, where '):<■ will be married. I Three men in an aeroplane carrying .films of the Grand National from Liverpool to London made a forced landing in a market garden at Komford. Turkey may be
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  • AT THE COURTS.
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      POLICE INSPECTOR CONVICTED.
      136 6 POLICE INSPEC TOR CONVICTED. The bearing was concluded in the Third Court yesterday of the case in which Inspector Bell of the Gambling Suppression Department was charged with theft and attempted extortion at a raid on a Chinese house, where fambUng was going on. His Worship in delivering judgment, said
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      RICE SALES.
      297 6 Alleged Defalcations by Local Tow i Said to have misappropriated a .*um of no liss than ?i r )7.>.ss, belonging to tinRice Distribution Board, Mr. Ang Seah Im a well-known local towkay and wealthy miner, of Scah Im Road, which thoroughfare ig named after him, was producer by
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    EUROPEAN INEMPLOYMENT FUND.
    92 6 Further Subscriptions. Previously acknowledged $42,389.60 Messrs Safrkies Brothers 1,500 Major G. Wai-den (March Subscription) 27 P. W. Gouph Ksqr., (March Subscription) 20 C R. Ferrers Esqr., fMaTch Subscription) :;0 H. Dowsttt Esqr.. i March Subscription) 17 R, V. Durell Esqr., (April Subscription) 2."» O. F. Stonor Es
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    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
    115 6 One Sot of Standards. The draft is published i n the FM B Government (iazette of an Enactment which re-enacts with certain amendments the liv, as to weights and measures which is now contained in the seven State Enactment, which will be repealed. The main amendements are:
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    17 6 A little boy, ihe youn K est mtmber of family, was taken to hi. married sags: trSKS
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      196 6 IHE CHAMPaGNI OF TABLE WATERS SUPPLIED BY APPOINTMENT TO THE ROYAL PALACES Imported by us in 25 or 50 Bottles SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED PRICES ON APPLICATION Calieck Macgregor I'o., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN SHANGHAI). OPTICAL SERVICE, Mi'nus the. accurate testing of the eyesight by approved methods and modern applanees, so that
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      204 6 !;~32~' "N '^'^'"f En^ineerinj; Service. i tiiack transport. Hiulaon f igkt liiiiUvay material is k mnnufacturotl ac the larirost Works in the k j4 Empire, devoted so "ly to Um conatruction J of lipht railway qoipmeat, r»sultinp in the 4 ability to purchas; the finest raw matcriala 4 4 at
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    THE BUDGET.
    232 7 SECOND THOUGHTS GLOOMY. Cm MEWS. [Renter's Service] London. April 26. circlet are < I opinioa that the most itionaj feature in an otherwise colourl» >s Budjref the ien rosu terms of the i ew loan, Ihv object of which is to wipe jkuut ij'/i-j.'. iiu.ii,' ii national war
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    LORD DERBY AND IRELAND.
    282 7 London, April 26. i rd i v i nded his denial m it to Ireland and admitted, ii. delivered at Liverpool, that he vreni with the Premier's copnisance. He obtained inter\. with a number of peragea in Ireland op. the understanding ho communicated the results t<>
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    PASSENGERS TO INDO-CHINA.
    227 7 The following it, a copy of a letter sent by H.M's. Consul-General at Saigon to the Colonial Secretory, Singapore, concerning: transit pa?svngers to any port in IndoChina Sir, It frequently happens that transit passengers to Saigon aro prevented from landing here by nason of the fact that
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    SUPREME COUNCIL.
    616 7 MEETS ON SATURDAY. NEW 6BMAM NOTB. [Reuter's Service.] Paris, April 26. if. Briami has announced that the Supreme Council I: as bt«*n definitely convoked r<.r the morning of April 30th in Ixmdon. Berlin, April 26. The German N'ou^ to America outlines 1 1' German proposals and emphasises that
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    NOVEL REDUCTION OF WAGBB PLAN.
    197 7 All to Share Even the Directors. Managers of Cornish tin mines still working have agreed to meet the men '6 representatives and discuss the best means of tiding the industry over the present crisis. After considering the employers^ proposals for an all-round wage reduction of
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    BRITISH LABOUR TROUBLE.
    263 7 OVERSEAS COAL. A GRAVE DECISION. LReuter's Service] London, April 26. Whili» the funeral opinion is that there is now a glimmer of hope of a coal settlement, owing to the now terms, the official Older to railwayman not to handle coal, is a very disturbing development, for
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    Mr. SPEAKER RETIRES.
    432 7 London, April 26. The House of Commons with acclamation thanked the Speaker, the Rt. Hon. James William Lowther on thv occasion of his retirement, and adopted a motion Mkißf His Majesty to confer on him signal mark of favour. The Rt. Bon. John Henry Whilky will be
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    83 7 m^m i Before the acting Chief Justice and a jury at the Hongkong Criminal Sessions Tece.ntly, sentence of death was passed on Ytung Po for the murder of James Leslie Speed, Principal Warder at Victoria Gaol. Sentence of death having been passed, the prisoner enquired when the execution would be
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    BRITISH TRADE IN SOUTH CHINA.
    820 7 (From Out Own Correspondent.) March 24th. The Lectures given under the amspicesJ of the Royal Colonial Society are growin/ more interesting from the point of viA* of tbe discussions than even from the point of view of the Lecturers. Thus we had I this week
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    83 7 Admirers of Robert Louis Steveson will be interested to learn that amongst hi* accomplishments was that of a meteorological investigator. It appears that in 1873 he was the author of a paper on "Local Conditions influencing Climat©/* which was contributed to the Scottish Meteorological Society. Later, he communicated to the
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      119 7 MOTOR CAR CLOCKS, BEST SWISS MAKE. 8 DAY MOVEMENTS 3 In Nickel and Krass. as Sketch $32.50. _^^^^k: Flat Shape, Nickel with Silvered Dial %\> |i Flat Shape, Nickel with Radium Dial 43 I Motor Cycle Clocks, 8 Dav, Plain Dial 3^ Motor Cycle Clocks. 8 Day, Radium Dial 42.50
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      485 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated in Japan.) tfWER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. j 0 Subject to alterations without notics J t EUROPEAN MAIL EfNE 'FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE. fzr London and Antwerp v;a (Malacca)' Penan*, Colombo. Suez, Port SaM and Marseilles. 4th May A-MO MARU 18th Mav tva \tat3tt loin
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      596 8 K. P. M. KONINTC/TSfli PA-BETVAART MAAl^CBAF^ii^ (Incorporatad in Hclia^.^;. fcOTfA^ PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BAT* VIA Itftffttai 131 Pse^xsrii Dept. 1202 IMcM D«st r-: >r l MrMfon Desk K37 MaHo« Bttpt Tnt <vrfei>*M »c jujti t COLLYER QUAY. wimaU. COMTSACT THJB NBTBBRI.AND3 INDIA GOVFItWJI2tWi:. BAUD (Thursday, April 28) Penang, Lho-Seumaw-a,
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      668 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA j AND APCAR LINE. HAIL AND PASSENGER BEM^9 PENINSUI AK AND CWiKNTAL S > (Under Contract with His Majesty'? gjjjg"^ <r#t#^ The Company's MAIL iaOTVIGM EAST OF BOMIiaV m PWMM impended. |NI)ON rAR EASTERN SSRVICK FBOM LONDON TO KARSWLLKt! j£F*°* DOT SINGAJTOBB LEAVE BW3AFOM PLASSY about
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      778 9 ssiis MAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. t (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). SINGAPORE BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE Krttay, Trajy^ann, Kalantan, Ban^naxa, Telupln, Pataci, Si&fora, La- Hi^ K^baamui, Baad«m, Lanfsaaa, Chnmpoa, and Bangkok. Arrival Departure YnrA^l 1 May 2nd May 4th YUGALA May 9th Mav lnh Th% steamers ar« fitted throughout with atectric light,
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      570 9 Tke Oeeaa Steaun Ship Company, UmitedL T** ChhuL Mvtaal Steam Navigation Co., Lti, AND Ealemam A BucknaD Steam Ship Co^ LUL (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) [Incorporated in England] J I»I»T rOET?H[rrMTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK r!a fiUBZ OH FAX AHA. f\ FROM NEW YORK, BUan«r Due SovU y sx B'por* CITY
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      663 9 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BY PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. (Incorporated in U. S. A.) FOR ACCOUNT OF THE U. S. SHIPPING BOARD SAN FRANCISCO— MANILA— EAST INDIA. SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE. For CALCUTTA via COLOMBO GRANITE STATS Passengers and Freight May 10 CREOLE STATE Passengers and Freight Jam 10 WOLVERINE
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    THE IDLE "LEVIATHAN."
    211 10 Costing £200,000 A Year. Fale Still Undecided. Admiral Benson, head of the United States Shipping Board, admitted in an interview that he was still undecided as to what shall be done with the 'Leviathan," the largest ship afloat, which for nearly two years has been lying Idle
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    A CITY OF DEATH.
    180 10 Petrograd P< f)led by Walking Skeletons. London. April 7. The Helsiugforj Corrat pondent of The Times says that Petrograd i- in the last extremity of privation, gkx m, an 1 d ipair. The population, which was 2 150,000 1917, is r.u 3 A Russian Lady well
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    KRONSTADT A CHARNEL HOUSE.
    178 10 Nightly BlaM of Funeral Pyws. London, April 7th. The Helsingfbrs Correspondent of "The Times" tells a ghastly story of the horrors and >ufFtrings at Kronstadt, when 10.000 :n the fighting. The bodies are piled in stacks with gruesome regularity. Burial it impossible. A red glow in
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    WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE.
    113 10 the 1 j e being at any rate Flv is not to be allowed to invade the Eastern Cadetships and the- day (a not yet at hand when wo i:i the Straits shall have our eausei tried by a District Judgesa or our income-tax ai
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    THE BISHOP AND BUTTER.
    75 10 From the speech of the Bishop of Singapore: "Sir Arthur Young toh? him he could not afford U) buy butter. He thought it hard for a Governor of th« Straits Settlements to retire from Singapore and not be able to afford Gutter." Very hard indeed. But
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    31 10 A very successful concert, in which a number of local amateurs took part, was given in Kuala Lumpur recently in aid of the Unemployment Fund and altogether over $2,500 was realised.
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      340 10 1 Motoring Economy we have a departl:z:;t devoted ENTIRELY TO j THE RENOVATION OF CARS, j SUCH AS REPAINTING, RE- j VARNISHING, RECOVERING LEAKY HOODS, FITTING NEW WINDOWS TO YOUR PRESENT HOOD, REUPHOL- j STERING, MAKING CLOTH SEAT COVERS, LEATHER WRAPPERS FOR COVERING SPARE TYRES, ETC, IT IS IN THIS
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      397 10 \f^ GRAND I>WX #hf f/Nj? INTERNATIONAL SfeJl M MEDICAL Ml Iv CONGRJIfS Wsau 1913 rhia is your guarantee ai gfett will benefit your health (I stronger giian tl can you I d ire tl ti] iiiu lict of th« k I? Such i the v( rdict of the S ntli
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      101 10 j Chop Pokoh I B r BOIjB IMPOEVERS: Adamson, Giifillan Co.? Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) I 1 I RTb^TTI If SII ">'"■•? P^ sir ?t ll i of is a myaic Ea tern charm v ;i- that it e a aa Arabian garden, and 1... b l.apriiy An Sr ton
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    EXCHANGE.
    76 11 APRIL 27. Bank 4 m.s. 2|4 5-l»5 Bank, demand 2 3 29-32 Private credit m.s. 2-4 17-32 Java, demand 135 Credita 90 days 48% Franc?, demand 610 India, T. T. 174 Honpkonp, demand tl\ p.c. Prem. Yokohama, demand 9;j Java, demand 135 Bangkok, demand gjj Soverr if?n. Bank Boyii
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    PRODUCE.
    148 11 APRri, n. Tin ICU tons n UI at SRy.OO Crumbier ULfeO Gabbier Oibe N«. i 17 fcPopp?r DlmcJc if^oo Pepper (^hit« fair) m.qq Tapioc* miO flilj, Lj. Tapioca, aiedWm j>3t.r>. f UkOt Pearl S*?o, un.*'l ifcfj Copra Sunuivkl no m. 33.00 Copra Mix 9 75 Opium, Benares anc«rt S,K-'i
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      2072 11 Assets over $4,000,000 Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32 Old Jewry, E.C. Inpany has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance Companies Act ATTRACTIVE PLANS OF
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      285 11 I Your Baby's 1 Welfare. jr Your daarest wish is for Baby to be ?d g. well and happy. Then you must pay particular attention to his food, for fl his welfare depends as much on that fl as on anything. The 'Allenburys* fl S Foods are practically identicaJ with
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      219 11 L ti. KCJBUB ASSOCIATION. 12 o'clock noon, 27th April, 1921. Ptlr Crepi. Elbkti B»lkli 3h. Closing Pn.ti. CUafm§ Prioer. Buyei* S«I!*r«. Dar«rs fieilers. Spot 31K- 32 June 33^ 34 July to S»-pt. M 37 Tone of Market: Steady. VESSELS AT WHARF. TANJONG TAGAR East Wharf No. I.— Nil. EaBt Wharf
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      334 11 MAIL TABLE. TODAY. Intermediate and local mails will b» found in list below: Federated Malay Slat**?, Malacca, Maar and Pr-nanp (by train) 6 n.m. and I p.r*. daily (except Sunday). Koala PahaMf, I'rkan, Sunct-i Lombing and Kuantan (By train) 6 a.m. K( riinon Soon Le«- a.m. I'll au Son; Suitana
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    RAMBLING REFLECTIONS.
    1206 12 (By An Old Singaporean.) THE W«nr AHD A GERMAN EXPORT TAX. wor Jd ;r gecu aU:uk n °< iS, dlVtr c of opinion is imme <• lately apparent. £U ttm m f th(> in <^nity o: "MOO million demanded in cold is obvious impossible and the acceptance of
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    UNITED SUA BETONG RUBBER.
    91 12 1 Ifessn Guthrie and Co.. Kuala Lumpur, i Ivise thai they are ha receipt of a cable from the Becretariea of the United Sua nir Rubber Estates. Ltd., advising that the Directon have recommended a final dividend, in respect of the financial year end* 1 31st
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    SINGAPORE SHARE MARKET.
    78 12 Fraser'^ Report. Singapore, April 27. Rubbers. Nothing doing. Mining; Firm. Taiping? $1.10 $IJ2O, th Taiphaga $1.85, South Taipings centa SO cents, Rawaagi M cents 60 cent*, Titis S4 .$1.50, Murais S?4 $1.50, Col- tieriea $10 $17, Renongs ffim, 6d. 87a. Ratruts 14s. 15s. 6d. ladun trials. Steady.
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    MALICIOUS WRECKERS.
    173 12 Passenger Train Derailed At Seresahau. The r>.."o passenger train from Serem- ban to Port Dickson was derailed at the 1 junction early on Saturday morning shortly! af cer leaving the departure platform at S< remban. The disaster which resulted in the derailing of the CUffinc and one passenger
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    GRAND OLD DODDERERS.
    116 12 Youth's Millstones. Thtr. was a scene of the utmost cordiality in the Parliament of South Africa when the Premier moved a resolution coa.tratulating Mr. John X. Merriman, the "grand old man of South African politics," en his eightieth birthday. None, General Smuts said, had contributed more than
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      S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
      24 12 No play was possible in the S. C. C. •Tennis Tournament yesterday, owing to the I wet State of the ground.
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      TO-DAY'S TIES.
      122 12 Championship. Hunk: .:a H. S. vs. Linton A. R. tc finish. Profession Pairs. Telegraphs. Leg^att and Wells vs. Army Lhresay and Cotgrave. Law. Miles :md Perkins vs. Merchant* iI V. I >oig and Pash. B Cl. is 'sinjrle Handicap. ley C. V. v«. Wilson W. A., to finish
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      S. R. C. TOURNAMENT.
      21 12 Owing to the wet ground, no play wae possible in the S. R. C. Tennis Tournament yeaterday.
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      TO-DAWS TIES.
      57 12 TO- DAY'S TIES. Double Handicap. A E. Coelho and F. AJbuequeque W. F. Carnenr sad S. li. Mclntyre. Mixed Doubles. E. (i. Wheatley and O. Ahin vs. G. Fernandez and J. de Souza. B Single Handicap. C. A. Bateaian vs. P. Lango. G. Ahin vs. C. Lappa. Newcomer's Handicap. F.
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      SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB.
      72 12 A match baa been arranged and wiil bake place on Sunday Ist May on the Sepoy Lines Golf Course between andlrpt ioned teams. Cameron's Team. Laaghaai Carter's Team. Law Kerr v. Cumming Stotks. |\S6 Ambler Miiler v. Hu'band Baz<?H. I j 10 Green Riittishill v. Mu.iie
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      KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
      26 12 In the Keppd Golf Club's President's Prize. Mr. G. Cullen plays Mr. Salmond I instead of Mr. Webb, as stilted in yesterlu'ay's issue.
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      S. C. RECREATION CLUB.
      166 12 Results ot Games. The following were the results of games [played at S. C. Recreation Club on Monday: Billiards A Class. Tan Thian Bin beat Too Kwang Nghee. Billiards B Claas. 'hua Choon Seng oeat Soh Yew Guan w.o. Ping Pong A Class. Tan Toon Hor
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      FOOTBALL.
      40 12 MUX let XI vk Stafford*. The following will comprise the SCC team in the abov e .natch which is taking :*.c, to-day, touritoy B arnes VenJl W Gale), Cashwayj Parish, Duff, Munro; ah,rr, .loss/ Jamieson, Sinclair, and lloy Smith.
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      NEW CRICKET WEEKLY.
      275 12 Kdlted by Mr. P. F. Warner. iekiters the world over will be delighted to learn that a new cricket weekly, edited by Mr. P. F. Warner, the celebrated England «nd Middlesex cricketer, is to make its appearance very shortly. Mr. Warner, writing to a friend in Ceylon,
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      WARWICK ARMSTRONG'S MESSAGE.
      113 12 Before embarking for England .Arm- ftron? gave the following message to Aus- ti-a;ia from the Australian te-.m: "As 1 pport&men of Australia, we m.ikj ;t s J to our fellow-sportsmen of Austra- j lia that every member of the team will d hip best to keep the
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      HOW THE ENGLISHMEN GOT OUT.
      237 12 A survey of the methods by which the| English cricketc-r3 were dismissed in Australia shows that no less than 144 in- 1 ninga of the visitors were terminated through being caught. Hobbs w?s thus! obtained on 17 occasions, and it is a coincid-' ence that
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      POLO.
      57 12 American Cup Team. April 17. The American polo pla\ ers have begun a series of practices at Sunbury On Satur- day they beat a scratch team by four goals to nothing. The American cup team will be chosen from Devereux Milburn t captain). C. C. Ramsey, T. Hitchcock, J.
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    PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS.
    75 12 A thrilling and sensational William Fox production, Treat 'em Rough, in five parts,' featuring the WeU-known Tom Mix, will b? screened at the Alhambra, to-night, along with the Topical Budget, a twe-reel Ri'th Roland drama and a two-act Charlie Chaplin comedy. In the first show, a tworeel Apollo
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    PAPER MILL FOR IPOH.
    58 12 Commerce Reports (Washington) states: A large paper mill is to b e erected by several American promoters in the vicinity of Ipoh, British Malaya. The necessary machinery will probably cost over a million dollars. Tho mil] will have not only the local market to supply but
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    53 12 Orders for week ending April 30th. Thursday 28th.— Physical Culture Class, 5.15 p.m. Third Troop Parade, 5.15 p.m. Friday 29th. Band Practice. 5.15 p.m. Sixth and Tenth Troops Parade. 5.15 p.m. Saturday 30th.— Ninth Troop Parade, 2 p.m. Seventh Troop Parade, 5.15 p.m. Individual Troop Orders as
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    42 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week ending, Sunday, May Ist 1921. Friday 29th, 5 p.m.— Drill Hall S. F. A. Company Dress caps, tunics, shorts and puttees. Sunday Ist, 7.30 a.m,— Balestier Range Eurasian Company Rifle Club Shoot. v
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      242 12 BEWARE OF ELECTRICAL HKE HAZARDS. M 'JjT qlq WjP The Hr, which startod in -h- o.r.cc of Dupire j. jfl j|MM|q|Bigpgg Brothers (Rubber Dcpt.) is but Hn ex.imi>!<\ I" HPfiP^h I.'1 I valuable office r. cords 1,-ft exposed to Ii 'l ngM D H Hive you eviT stopro«i to th.nk
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