The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 May 1921

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, S.S., WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1921. No. 10,28.1.
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  • 242 1 Political Fireworks and the probable withdrawal of the Transport Workers threat to join the strike are the events of the day Page 7. Lloyd (Jeorge his told France pretty plainly that (iermany has rights under the Versailles Treaty. This probably in consequence of the French attitude with
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  • 1069 1 When Sir RogW <!e (overly wont to the theatre to Mt The Distrest Mother, Addison tells us that, "upon Hermione's going off with a ■Mill to Pyrrhus, the audience ITavo a loud dap." But that was at the end of an act, when a 1 .md clap
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 247 1 Maltheid RAFFLES HOTEL. The Savoy of Singapore Ihe finest Ball Room in the East. •TKST NIGHTS every Thursday and Saturday (Evening Dress essential for Dancing) A DANSAMT Every MONDAY to 7 p.m. DANCING RAFFLES ORCHESTRA Admission including Tea $1.50 PICTURES Sunday next. 0.30 p.m. "SLAVES OF PRIDE" wiii be screened
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    • 262 1 ~«mmmM«^»»*«^»«~ r ~~~~~m*-~ ,1 r,„ ni|M|||||||| I I CIGARIiTTES j 7 HE WORLD'S MOST I fOPULAH: HIGH-CLASS I CIGARETTES VIRGINIA I IN PATENT T mm mm mm ™"NOF 50 I !V A CHUM ft* ft TINS OF 50 A KJOO $1.25 I Sole RTanufacturers, fRDisH IOS^CGO Co., Ud, I LONDON,
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    • 97 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Trunks at Whiteaway's Page 5. Postajre stamp album for sale Page ,">. Notice to telephone subscribers Page 5. Wanted tenders for lighting Moulmem— Paw 5. Two sight glasses at S. Smith Sons* Page (j. Mr. Lowell Thomas's entertainment Pjftge 2. Lady stenographer seeks employinent— Page f>. Cheung Koon
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 119 1 THE WEEK. \Vid,ieitdau, Itth. High Water. 7.50 a.m., HAH p.m. Polo, Baiestier, 4.45 p.m. Tanglin Club at Home, 6.15 p.m M. M. homeward, mail closes. Lowell Thomas at Victoria Theatre. :<:',() p.m. Thmiwdmy, ifUb. High Water, 8. 55 a.m., 8.55 p.m. Y.M.C.A. Gymnastic Class, H.30 p.m. Lowell Thomas :it Victoria
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  • 360 2 Considerable evidence is available tfcat industrial projet is of importance *re maturing ir: the Netherlands r.a.st Indies, 11.-4teri.il and equipment for which can l^ be supplied through th. United Kingdom Conditions favour Great Britain in this respect, as her imports from the Netherlands Indies an very
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  • 273 2 A week's reevrd of sti'-ntilic ptOftfWU: An officer of the United States Chemical Warfare Service flaims that a liquid poi.-on "has bt-en discovtred whirh is so strong that threr drops will kill anybody wrhose skin it touches. Failing like rain from nozzles attached to an aeroplane, the poison would kill
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 188 2 TO LET. 1 Large Godowns facing river f I also near shipping, Stores 1 from 6,000 to 30,000 sq. ft. Large anJ ommodious offices *m centrally s^uated also Bunga- t lowi- Apply to A. J. ABRAHAM. 56 Robinson-rd, Marsilling Bldg. VICTORIA THEATRE. To-M<;rrr to-nk;ht WEDNESDAY, MAY ISth and three- following
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    • 1098 2 ON FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 4,500 PEOPLE SAW' TRILBY" it NOW WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN ''SHOULDER ARMS" IN THE PROGRAMME 4,500 MORE WILL COME ON TUESDAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. ONLY RECENTLY H. R, H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, ON HIS RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA, ENJOYED SEEING CHARLIE CHAPLIN IN "SHOULDER ARMS"
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 344 3 1 Expectant and Nursing 3^] rind in Glaxo a most valuable aid, for, taken regularly two Kap !«3 or ree l mes aay l^ c mother herself (both before and gft after the birth of her baby), Glaxo not only maintains the 4e= Mother's own strength without taxing her digestion,
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    • 912 3 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS LOAN 1921. ISSUE CF $20,000,000 LOAN. Rearing intcresv from the date of purchase at 7 per cent per annum payable half-yearly en the Ist May and Ist November. Repayable at Par r>n May, 1926. FREE OF INCOME TAX AND OTHER DUTIES MKCE Q? ISSUE— IOO PER TENT. Under
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    • 255 3 I THE MOTORCYCLE I WITH I I J THE WORLD FAMOUS GRADUA GEAR 9 EXTRACT FROM THE I MOTOR CYCLE I I ZENITH MOTORS, LTD., have created a unique j I position for themselves in the world of motor-cycle manufacture. "Zenith" conjures up in the mind of the motorcyclist visions
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 594 4 mm l DOGS, POULTRY, CATS. George Toll, the famous CANINE EXJ"VB^ I'KRT of Australia, can supply the very I I I best breeds of the above. Will also act as F*J AGENT for horses, cows, chaff &c. Will P*3[ attend to shipping business in any n feS Australian Port. Uraw
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    • 492 4 AUCTION SALE OF Valuab/e Chinese Residential Property at Craig Road. Compound House at Joo Chiat Terrace, Properties at Omar Road. Alexandra Road, corner of Owen Rd and Race Course Road &c. V At Messrs. CHEONG KOON SENG Co'S Saleroom, No. 30 Kling St. ON WEDNESDAY, 25th MAY AT 2.30 P.M.
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    • 782 4 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF TOWN PROPERTIES AT SINGAPORE. MALACCA AND MUAR AND RUBBER ESTATES AT JOHORE. The Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public Auction at their sale-room, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, RAFFLES PLACE On Monday, 23rd May, at 2.30 p.m. Lot 1. All that piece of 999 years' kasehold bad
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 782 5 k WANTED. B^L KXPKRIKNCKD LADY STENOGRAPHER l? rninr th Colon >' k responsible" |T^ POHt with or vv.thout agreement. First-class if >cml and oth r references. Kox No. 27 euro of V r rw Pres-. QjjlWtd Print! N«IM disengaged. Apply WANTED IMMEDIATELY. MO cub* yar* rub v bo f»«IU 6
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    • 828 5 AUCTION SALES, rj AUCTION SALE OP •*> Tli^ British Steam Launch called "Lanka" as she now !k-» ::t the Rochore River near Koo Lini Sawmill. Kamponp Bugis. Length r »4 ft. br.adth 12.7 ft. depth 4.2 ft. Grosa tonnage T 15.37 and r«f;i^t-'r«d tonnage 10.47. Engine compound surface condensing. At
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    • 800 5 AUCTION SALES. IN THE SUPREME COTKT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS SETTLEMENT OF SINGAPORE. I SHERIFF'S SALE The S'pore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Plaintiffs N versus Hean Co. DefendantAUCTION SALE OF o1 Stock-in-trade of n wine and provision merchant W <• ".isistin of >cuil.»., jftfilft, butter, preserved th fruits, champa^n*, bttl
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    • 632 5 NOTICE?. ORIENTAL TELEPHONE AND BLBCTRIC COM PANT UMITHD, 'Incorporated in the l T nited Kingdom) NOTICI TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS. •'ephone Directory is now in course of preparation and Telephone Subscribers are requested to iiclvise the Comn»ny, by letter to the Mftnagvr, before 28th v .l iy L°2l, of any alteration-
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    • 271 5 M^^flngaMaMßsr3g^aßMaßWß^y*BCK*g?^^ If there be ea% place where yon may do yo r aWppiaf i I •'••olute comfort, 1' and at leisure, and assured of the exlleiK-e of everything you buy that A place is surely )yhiteawayH! tt "■^^^^at^Haißßp^ifa^R iV ■'1 —^K atWKkW^v'STfT Finest English all steel brown japanned Cabin Trunks.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • 87 6 CHUA PECK NKO. On May lSih l»21 at No. 4 Outram Road. Chua Peck Neo, beloved wife of Mr. Tan Boon Liat. The funeral will taki> place on Sunday the 22nd inst. at 10.30 a.m. CONSIGLERE.- The death is announced of Paoio Pietro Giovani Consiglere at his residence No.
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  • 7 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS* WEDNESDAY, MAY 18. 1921.
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  • 731 6 Commissions are appointed and make reports. Commissions go and are forgotten. Not even newspaper editors can keep up with the steadily increasing pile of reports that have been made in this Colony upon all sorts of subjects, temporary or permanent, the suggestions and recommendations made, or
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  • 1301 6 Mr. J. Macneil passed the examination for Master 8.0.T. He was a student of the National Academy, Sailors' Institute. The P. and O. S. 8. Nagoya has left Hongkong, and is expected to arrive at Singapore at about 6 a.m. on Saturday 21st instant. The Homeward Mail s.s. Amazone is
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  • 47 6 THE WARREN SHIELD. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, May 17. The r<Mlllt cf tbl ihooting competition fur the Warren Shield was as follows Malay States Volunteer Regt HI South Stafford* Reft Ml Penang Volunteers L' l Malay Volunteers, Infaniiy. Kuala Lumpur IKO Burma Regt
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  • 202 6 NON-EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT To the Editor. Dear Sir, I read with the gnat— t enthusiasm the articles in the locs] pape I that the Kuala Lumpur Chinese hav<.- bean and are doing a great service to the Asiatic unemployed by raising a fund for them, as a
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  • 75 6 The Motor Traders Committee an- -la«J to be able to inform the public that the Chinese Artisans who have been out on strike for the past month from the principal Motor Garapes in Singapore yesterday all returned to work on the Employers' terms. The Garages ftgtwt the
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  • 47 6 WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. The rtpular monthly meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held on Thursday, of this week, at p.m. at Tomlison Hall, adjoining the Presbyterian Church. Mrn. Dongas, the president will be in the chair. All members are ur^ed to be present.
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  • 326 6 The weekly BUtting of the Kent AwiM ment Board was h.-H in the Municipal offices yesterday afternoon, Mr. F. M. Baddeley presiding Othf prwmt were Messrs E. Tesscnsohn. Koh Sun Hin. K. A. Kims, Gaw Khek Kiam. and A. M. S. Atipullia. Asking that the occupier of hou.-e
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  • 45 6 Fourteen Chinese, mostly towkays :1 ,,d ■nfloental men of the .on.munit* uj jTicstod by Mr. Oakshot A.S.P. for Kl ,TnbMonday l M t and were produced beforr Mr Dawson in the Second Court yeat*rd., on MR sJ rt W P OBl 0 werfu
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 182 6 THE CHAMPAGNE OF TABLE WATERS SUPPLIED BY /'PPOJNTMENT TO T3RE ROYAL PALACES Imported by us in 25 or 50 Bottles SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED PRICES ON APPLICATION I Galdbeck lacgregsr I Co., Ltd, (INCORPORATED IN SHANGHAI). I GLASSES I 6IVE*PBBPECT VISION TO THOSE REQUIRING DIFFERENT SIGHTS I ft FOR READING AND
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    • 113 6 What about your BAGGAGE YOU insure your valuables and effects at home: do you protect them in your baggage when travelling? Property to the value of many thousands of pounds is lost, damaged in various ways, or stolen every year in transit by railway and steamship, or while the Owner
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  • 1640 7 LLOYD GEORGE SPEAKS OUT. What was the Occasion. k London, May !.1. (k r hwlhysonitofi^ Tth H k cxploBl *> Uoyd Gears* th SUH f Ct f thl> of treat!wrth special nefarence to Poland, was de■vered with unusual feeling, emphatic Matures and vigorous phrasing. "If do not
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  • 31 7 SOME FRENCH GRIEVANCES. London, May 14. Reuter'a Paris correspondent wire* that VI. Briand has made statement to foreign journalists regarding the Upper S'lenMm problem. He declared tfctt the
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  • 664 7 TRANSPORTERS PAUSE. FUNDS BUT NO STRIKE. [Reuter's Service] London. May 15. A dramatic change has occurred in the coal situation. It appears that the transport workers and the railwaymen are reasserting their commonsense and recognising that public feeling on the question of the stranglehold on the nation
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  • 120 7 A CLASSIC STRATAGEM. NEW HORSE OF TROY. [Reuter's Service.] London, May 14. The rebels in Dublin have captured an armoured car proceeding to Mountjoy prison after a fight in which a soldier was killed and another wounded. Subsequently the car appeared at Mountjoy and was admitted The
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  • 588 7 IKLSH OUTRAGES. London, May 15. The News of the World states that a number of ontmfw occurred in London last night, apparently organised by Sinn Fein. Masked and armed men were concerned and all the miscreants escaped.' As an example, throe youths, armed with revolvers, entered a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 227 7 Upw lluv^lq by I B> MW WU £Xl#W*U POPULAR AUTHORS Nett Nothing Serious by Carry Pain $1.00 Mm of the Deep Waters by W. Hope Hodgson i£Q The Siknt Clue by Marie C. Leighton 2.50 Musgraves Luck by H. Bindloss 2.50 Maumbury Rings by G. V. Mc- < I addon
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 427 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated in Japan.) 'JNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. Subject to alterations without notice LONDON LINE FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE Fc" Jondon and Antwerp via (Malacca, Penang, Colombo, Suez, Port Said and Marseilles. KAMO MARU May 22 IYO MARU June 1 ATSUTA MARU June 15 LIVERPOOL LINE.
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    • 615 8 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated in Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co., OF BATAVIA Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Manager Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. COEN (Wednesday, May 18) j Muntok and Palembang. SINGKEP (Wednesday,
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    • 655 8 p. O. -BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE. (Incorporated in England.) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under* "Contract with His Majesty's Government). The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES LONDON DUE SINGAPORE LEAVE SINGAPORE PLASSY
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 659 9 I THE SIAM STEAM N AVIGATION CO, LTD. ■> (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). SINGAPORE BANGKOK F For Wm**m t COASTING SERVICE. kjbuL KohsaJui Banr^r 11 Kelantan Bargnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, LaU1 Band °n» I^ngsußn, Chumpon, and Bangkok. PRACHATIPOK Arrival Departure k VALAYA May l8 W r YUGALA KS fZ 2 I
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    • 430 9 o. a k. The Osaka Shosen Kaisha Ltd. (Incorporated in Japan). No. 2, De Souza Street. Proposed Sailings from Singapore. (Subject to change without notice) BUROPBAN LINE. Fci Port Sad, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. DIE SINGAPORE. *.s. Atlas Maru May 24 May 16 M. Siam Maru Jun.' 14
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    • 578 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANOTURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in England.) JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NFW YORK ria SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Due Spore Route p er CITY OF MADRAS In port
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    • 654 9 PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICES OPERATED BT 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 CREOLE STATE Passengers and Freight Jon« 10 WOLVERINE STATE Passengers and Freight July 9 GRANITE STATE
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  • 657 10 FRASER CO., EXCHANGE AND SHARE BROKERS. TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1921. MINING. {.Figures in brackets shows the capital and issue value of the Share in dollars unless otherwise marked. C. Cum div. x equals ex div.] Aver Weng 1) 1 Hitam Tin (300.000—) 1.60—1.80 K. Ma-munting 1.17.6 2.2.6
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  • 155 10 Kipling's Mowgli, the little human boy who was lost in the jungle and mothered by a wolf, was supposed to be founded on fact. The Times tells the following story of another real Mowgli:— ln the developed country round the Cachar Hills on the North-East frontier of
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  • 158 10 he must toll you things by signs. And so when you see his hands going often to his mouth, and find him cross and irritable and unable to get to sleep when he should, it means that he is having trouble with his teething. In such
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 165 10 w w ELECTRICAL APPARATUS FOR EVERY PURPOSE A dW Well-Lighted Shan fc V\ff*l?~P*vtmaf&GA Ohm* J^ A Tveii-iiiy l :t':-d r,/-r y p h ;v,: invitation to p>eoplo to enter. It is an attraction thai Lnpcls people to your cloor. It is tlie v£; K? best ajid cheapest aclvcyrtisement ever tried
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    • 129 10 TOOTH-ACHE A BURDEN Whv should you bear that which can be relieved almost immediately if you rvAy take the trouble of consulting 1 K. TSUTADA Hi nese Dentist (Phone No. 1243) 74, Bras Basah Road, Singapore. Extraction Painless Attendance by Appointment (Met Hours: S to 5 p.m. on week days
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    • 103 10 C .ap I |P* ff* 1 ff™ ff** 8 7;^ X m BREWED IN SCOTLAND A/ m ADAMSON, CIinUAH^K g CO.. LTD. r B HCOW>ORATtO IN EKCL'HIi D* M Aljft ME&* v ma "cc» I I mill 1 'Mm ■'.»^»aat-/Mgr^■vvr-^>.?flg?ic^s>^»sa^^ir N j 1 ■I j i 3 s 5 1
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  • 69 11 MAY 17 Bank 4 m.a. o|4 i.g Bank, demand Private Credits li m.s. New York, dtiv.and 45.. Credita 90 dayi 40 France, demar.d sjn India. T. T. 176 Hongkong, demand ;)i pt p rem Yokohama, demand mm Java, demand 153% Bangkok, demand pj Sovereiirn. «ank 3r vB.C4 Bank of
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  • 161 11 MAY 17 Tin No Cables M r fc t t Gambior Cube Xo. 1 ].>'oO Popper Black jj^j Pepper (white fair) oj r. (> Tepioca small flake, f.g. 400 Tapiocn, medium pearl f.g. 600 Pearl Sago, small nom. 8.50 Copra Sundried U w Copra Mix 1050 Opium, Benares uncort
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  • 48 11 C .OF C. RUBBER ASSOCIATION. 12 o'clock noon 17th May* 1921 Pale Crepe. 2:bbod Smoked ah, Clnoing Priett. Clooing I'ricci, BnT«M Ajll]_i__ (...van ■_.________> Spot May ■"•j"" s>ch9k.. ji.ijpra ootiern. »H 30 S> June July to Sept JS July to Dec. 3-3 Tons of Market: Ovist 10 1 -51K
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 444 11 I Asset, over $4^^'™'"'"^^^^^^^ rmin nnn Assurances in force over $17,000,000. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated in Straits Settlements). The rl T'? m M SU LONDON OFFICE 32 Okl J.w,,,' E C SECRPTARV L AGENTS WANTED I'.KNof -MANAGING DIRECTOR ACTUARY"" DIRECTOR H bF A AGENCI ES C
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    • 574 11 I CHARTERED BANK Of India, Australia and China, Incorporated in England by Royal Charter. Paid up Capital in 600,000 shares of £5 each £3,000,000 Reserve Fund 3,f>00,090 Reserve Liability cf Proprietors 8,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Penang Amritsar lioilo Puket Bangkok Ipoh
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    • 532 11 IHO HONG BANK, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE 94 Market Street. BRANCHES: Penang— B6 Beach Street. Malacca— 131 Jonker Street. Muar— 77-79 Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pahat— lo9 Jalan Rahamat AGENCIES AT: 1 London, New York, San Francisco, Shangnai, Hongkong, Amoy, Batavia. Sourabaya, Seirarang, Palembang and Trang CAPITAL. AUTHORISED $20,000,000 if* 1 1
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    • 478 11 S YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LTD. Established 1880. Ca?i ffuiiv ubsc ibed y. i00.000.0c0 (fully paid up) Reserve Fund Y 6 3,000,000 President N. Kajiwara, Eaq. Vico-President S. K. Suzuki Esq. DIRECTORS. N. Soma Esq., T< Matsukata, Esq., F. Watanak*. E< q k. Tr.kcuchi, E B q., T. Hoii^uTni, Esq., HEAD
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    • 170 11 ASIA BANKING CORPORATION. (Incorporated in New York) STOCKHOLDING BANKS. Ajigio and London Paris Nation*} Pjink of San Francta i Banker* Trust Compan/, New York City. Continental ft Commercial Natior Bank of Chicago Guaranty Crust Company of Nt* York. Guardian Savings Trust Coinpn.. Cleveland. Mercantile Bank of the America 3, New
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 276 11 VESSELS AT WHARF. TANJONG PAfiAR. East Wharf No. I.— Nil. Ea 3 t Wharf No. 2.— Nil. Sheors Wharf No. 3. —Dredger Shrimp Main Wharf No. 4.— Nam Sang. Main Wharf No s.— Takadi, Benglo<Main Wharf No. 6. —Ganges Maru. Empire Dock No. 7.— Kaisho Maru, Lake Fielding, City of
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    • 594 11 MAIL TABLE. TO-DAY. Intern diate and local maib will be foanj in list bebw: Federated Malay Slat™, Malacca, Moar and Penan* (by train) C am. and 6 pjn. dailr (except Sunday). HTconr, S'hai and Japan, taking mails for I.S.A. Canada Namaan* Ia m '„7° Hang Chiap I a.m. U K
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  • 863 12 The lacuna ordinary general meeting of the Kemayan Extension, Limited, was held at the Oflice of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers, Singapore, on Saturday last, when there were present: Messrs. C. V. Miles (Chairman), P. K. Wise, M.B.E. FJ. Heherr. L.W.W. ftldfina (Directors), W.L. Crick (Shareholder) and
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  • 51 12 Notices to Mariners. Owing to the repair of the lighthouse. the light at Lem Ngob, on the East coast of the Gulf of Siam, will be extinguished until further notice. A tongkang with mast 6 to 8 feet above hifrh water is sunk between Middle Island and the
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  • 510 12 MR. LOWELL THOMAS AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE. It was a happy thought on the part of Mr. Thf-'r.as to have manufactured the word "Travelogue" to designate his absorbing ent.rtainment "With Allenby in Palestine and; Lawrence in Arabia." The word "lecture"! invariably creates in the present-day mind the
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  • 93 12 Fraser's Report. Singapore, May 17. Rubbers. Very little doing. Mining. Finrur, .Taipings $1.25 $1.30, North Taipings $1.47*3— 51.52 >•>, South Taipings 80 cents 85 cents, Rawangs 62 Vi cents 67^2 cents, Murais $5.10 $5.60, Ting Kils $7.50 $8.50, Tongkah Harbours! $15.50— $16.50, Ulu Piahs $1.10— 51.20, Collieries
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  • 108 12 The opening game under the auspices of the above League took place last evening on the S. R. C. ground when the S. C. C. ir.et the S. C. F. A. There was <a record attendance when the teams lined up. The initial stages saw the Chinese
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  • 87 12 Two new episodes of Elmo, the Fearless rerial, Nos. 15 and 16, will be screened at the Liberty Hall in the second show, together with a Universal special attraction White Youth 5 «ct comedy drama starring E( J ith Roberts in a play of life and love an«
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  • 989 12 S.C.C. DEFEAT CEYLON XL The chief Whitsuntide sporting event in Singapore mi the ail-day cricket match between the ,'j.C.C. and a Ceylon eleven, which drew fair attendance to the ]'adang on Monday. TTf Club, fielding a j comparatively strong team, proved too strong for their opponents, who were
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  • 211 12 S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS. TO-DAY'S TIES. Championship Pairs.. (Semi Final.) Hopkins and Haskins vs. Dean and Sinclair. A Class Double Handicap. (Final). Moss and Hunter, Dr. scr. vs. Wilson and Winter plus 2. C Class Single Handicop. (Final). Franklin, G. G. owe 15 vs. Myles, G. S. scr. D
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  • 147 12 Tennis A. Singles Handicap. Tay Lian Teck scr. vs. Tan Toon Hor owe fi Thong Foong Koon scr. vs. Scah Eng Chiang owe 6. B Singles Handicap. Cheo Seng Joo scr. vs. Voon Kim Cheong o\v e 3. Koh Tnian Seng scr. vs. Tham Chens Hoe per. C
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  • 22 12 Flaying at the Rice Course on Monday afternoon, Mr. F. S. Gibson did the second hele in one stroke.
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  • 90 12 The first event in the Y. M. C. A. All Round Swimming: Championship \v?s held on Saturday last at the Fort Canning Pool. The event was the 40 yards race. There were nine entries for the competition and the final of the race was
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  • 17 12 Members of the House of Commons arc not losing their idealism; they never had any. Lady Astor.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 229 12 THE NEW LIGHT-SIX STUDEBAKER IS HERE This nvv. Stodebaker LIGHT-SIX is nuurafttttared OQMpI«U in the world's newest and most modern automobile plant-A plant constructed especially for this car at a cost of $20,000,000. It follows that the LIGHT-SIX nuut be a car of exceptional quality, performance and reliability. And because
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