The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 January 1922

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press. AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. (EMS SINGAPORE, S.S., SATURDAY, JANUARY II, 1122. No. 10,185
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  • 211 1 Following a sensation in the French Chamber, If. Rriand resigned, and his resignation has been accepted by M. Millerand Page 7. The news was received with dismay at the Cannes and Washington (on. ferences. M. Poincare is regarded as favourite for the Premiership Page 7. By this
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  • 1562 1 Quiequid agunt homine. nostri eet farra.t libclli Juvbmal. In connection with cue Topic of the Week, number of excellent and hoary laying* could be quote!, beginning witb "a Policeman 'a lot is not a happy owe," passing through "Qui s'excuse s 'accuse" l"Yon never know your
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 241 1 Maltliold RAFFLES HOTEL. MONDAY.— Tea Dansant. sto 7 p.m. (Admission free). DNESDAY.— SpeciaI Musical Programme after Dinner. rHURSDAY.— Guest Night and Dancing. (Evening Dress essential for Dancing). I RlDAY.— Special Lunch— Orchestra. VITRO AY— Guest Night and Dancing. (Evening Dress essential for Dancing). 4,, Save prior Claim to seats in
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    • 167 1 Jm. -S >-~ V— W T N iP RMITY in the choice of S iflßrials— uniformity in manu- 1 f^fcring processes— uniformity Pabco 1 ,i '4_f9 7 countries of the world. ti_ce.st trop^Btoin, heaviest monsoon rain. 1 -^C^_7_^_^e_| -Bl B B I »,»_^__*MB_MBt Bw^ 3| tmm—rm^** ——m\ aap^^aQt^^s— I Rc~
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    • 91 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Zam-buk, the wonderful healer Page 5. New goods for the New Year at Chotirmal 's Page I. Shipping— B. 1., 0.5.5., and K.P.M. latest sailings Page i>. Fresh crystallised pine-apple can be obtained at G. H. Page 2. Insurance of baggage, North British and Mercantile Insurance Co. Page
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 89 1 THE WEEK. High Water. 10.1i> a.m.. 11 41 p.m. High Water. 0.17 a.m.. 11.52 p.m. Straits Trading mtg.. Collyer Quay. noon. Emulation Lodge of Instruction, 8.30 p.m. High Water, 0 54 a.m.. 0 .37 p.m. Rent Board, 2.15 p m. High Water. 1...3 a.m.. 1 21 p.m. Tanglin Club at
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 298 2 TO I KT OK FOR SALE. LAKC.E GODOWNS, newly erected, .ea from 1 0,000 to ".0,000 sq. ft. fadttg river. LABGB STOKES from 6,000 to 24,00'> .-I ft mar wharf and shipping. three storied building! for offices J and godowns. Centrally situated. j All immediate entry, going ekenp. Apply or
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    • 423 2 _^_^_^_^_H_ML__mv_hLbm__K -Z _i^ -J^-W^-L/wi x*£y iV mWm.i 9 .< P i W wii I S^_- Wil. ■BWriylil'ifiil j 'i SEASON'S SECOND SUPER PROGRAMME STAR ATTRACTION ANOTHER VICTORIA THEATRE PICTURE THE ACME SPECIAL PRODUCTION WITH CREIGHTON HALE AND YVONNE DELVA THE 1 rjth THE jjljg PRESENTED AT THE 1 MASTER ffi
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    • 587 2 ALHAMBRA I From THURSDAY, January 12, to TUESDAY, January 17. i PICTURES OF HIGHLY ENTERTAINING POWERS, MELODRAMAT] HUMOROUS. IN THE SECOND SHOW, COMMENCING 9.15 p.m. A PATHE MELODRAMA quite one of the best of its kind, though different from an\ its kind yet seen, THE CARNIVAL CHILD I In B
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  • 1293 3 COAL EXPORT REVIVAL. NfE ;r:\_ di .<; depression. (From Our Own Correspondent). Edinburgh, Dec. 14. The !>ast month bm witnessed a remarkable revival of the <„.-,! export trade in N rt*». T h i f o tiers fr >ra a > „i h usual st ti eol the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 467 3 I Expectant and Nursing 1 I Mothers I ,'i) find in Glaxo a most valuable aid, for, taken regularly two y_2= -fi or three times a day by the mother herself (both before and 5S after the birth of her baby), Glaxo not only maintains the 4JE Mother's own strength
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    • 283 3 I DODGE CARS ARE NOW REDUCED IN PRICE TO $2,950 PentraTl UIMOTORS.IJ .L[ 1 m mmW i L'4/~-ur ff J A\n IG A Ki H WL i __J_u io \W s rf f 1 SITPPI TF*!) o TAP IS f ~7i%r Jf i x S 0 I J^mo J W
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    • 380 4 VIOLINS MANDOLINES GUITARS W. J. GARCIA has now a full range of models of the above Instruments, also STRINGS and accessories of all kiada. Pre-War Quality and prices. THE CORNER MUSIC STORB. Orchard Road. GHANGI GRANITE QUARRY. Can supply crushed granite any s 7es from dust up to 6 inches
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    • 747 4 j CHURCH SERVICES. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY. January 15, 1922. ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. 7 a.m. Matins and Litany. 7.45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). 9.15 a.m. Holy Communion with Address. (AnInual Corporate Communion of Church Workers Association.) 4 p.m. The Catechism. 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. S. MATTHEWS, SEPOY-LINES. 7 a.m.
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    • 655 4 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE H BY ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT. JOHORK BAHRU Miscellaneous Suit No. 1 of 1921. The Oversea Chinese Bank Ltd. of Singapore Thai Against Navena Soona Naraina Pillai of Karaikudi, India Ckargot The I'ndersigned have been instructed to sell by PnbUc Auction nt th. i RAFFLES CHAMBERS,
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    • 462 5 TO LET. I •ip .:< d ho il-. v ha thi Rouae kid on. M i uy 1. ..d. B -ly furnished i 1992 I. C. «.fT NeWteU Koad. Two ted. Dining M< |001 I 12-i tL md Hou No, 19 i Appl> No I is i Ful u known
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    • 644 5 WANTED. ORTHAND, T\ PING, or French trar_lT tion_ An Knirli .i-vM.man with business ex- < ci to take work (temporary) at client's office. Apply I fig agapors V re* Pi 1 M WANTED BOtOami hand motor-cycle. State make and price. 1t,., Iggg nrc f Singapore Fr e I't. 141 17-1
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    • 608 5 AUCTION SALES. I.v OMMBI OF THE OFFICIAL ABBI6NBB Ri: Low TENG LENG IM BAXKEUPTCY.j Messrs. Estate and Trust Agencies, Limited Will sell by Public Auction At their Sale-Room, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place OM WEDNESDAY, 19th JAN. I'.-l'J AT 11 A.M.' 198 Barrels sf Guano snd shout 100 c L :bic
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    • 801 5 NOTICES. MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION MARCH— APRIL 1922. To Hotel Keepers, Refreshment Contractors and Others. fcndais aril] be received up to noon of the flat day of .January, for the following plots, with the right to enclose and erect thereon Pavilions, and the right to sell titlins, suppers, refreshments, alcoholic beverages, etc.
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    • 537 5 M. A. Ahmed Din Bros. Motor Hiring Dept. fl For comfortable and reliable Cars Phone No. 1545. Charges Moderate. MOST WONDERFUL HEALER. Whatever Your Skin Trouble Got Zam-Buk. Healing by the Zam-Buk method is daily producing more and more wonderful I results. Try Zam-Buk on any cut, sore or eruption
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    • 309 5 Do you realise the danger of Anaemia (Impoverished blood). Rich, red blood is an indispensable necessity io the maintenance of vital energ\ V\ hen the blood becomes impoverished (Anaemic) the vwho'e bodily health sutlers. Because impoverishes blocd lacks the nutritive material necessary to replace the amount of vital energy expended
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  • 23 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. DEATH. JACK. At Sydney, Australia, suddenly on] lith Jaaaaiy L922, Alexander Jack of Thej Straits Trading Co.. Ltd. (By cablf i.
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  • 813 6 SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1922. Technical Education. up special subjects pertaining to his occupation, so it is the duty of every 1S man to fit himself for full citizenship, which includes the defence of n the community against internal or o external danger. The special classes k ioi
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  • 1204 6 Mr. John H. Lord is recognised as vice--consul for the United States -at Singapore. I Mr. Et. P. Mallard has been appointed a police probationer and arriw-d In the Colony on Dec. 18th. n 1- l a run nas Deen a warned the contract to erect (and reconstruct) barracks to
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  • 280 6 BLOT ON < IN ILISATION Reference to rikisha pu li civilisation SH made by Mr. ret-Lennard, during- the afternoon. The east' wa Tamil named Sinivisan three charges of robbery, i Clibed the story whi. i v. Court as lvminis. en, of i. eighteenth century, rather British
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  • 178 6 Enlistments for the Eu: tin Singapore Volunteer Foi ar. ried to 4<;."> yesterday, but .ly two ol I new Volunteers were Bcot Chinese, however, did well I I b| Ing their -.length to office] they now only need between twenty!. thirty men to complete their Oei p The
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  • 40 6 The 1921 Loan Ordinance only auth tin- raising of twenty million dollars, si the sum actually subscribed more than t a twenty nil an amending act will be bi Council to increase the am to $20,216,300.
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  • 59 6 In connection with the mUI Year's day at the Alex N tor, when a Tamil named i was stabbed to death by Krial mistress the deceased wa seiHiced, the Coroner has n cf culpable homicide amounting I i liunit against Krishnan. II the capital charge before
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  • 57 6 NON-EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT FUND. Previously acknowledged Per Mr. N. B. We Kerhout:Mr. B.K. Hassan Mark SB I Mr. Ona Shaik llohamed Messrs. M. Akisamalin Bro« I l Hadji Abdul Kalib 5 C. Y. S. Mr. P. M. Sultan J^ Hon. Mr. Song Ong Siang Net Proceeds Kahar Opera M* 1 Total
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 130 6 mms aaas a— Pifswg— y— y^^— P j MACGREGOR'S I 1 PARLIAMENT I I I Vo^ HISKY I V^ mT& S 1* I >x^ Caldbeck Macgregor Co., Ud. Jl >^ (Incorporatsd it Sfaanyha 1 t^ m mmms*m_mf^_m^mm^__*\%__^^ I BEFORE BUYING A CAMERA J i nil. BEST AND CHEAPEST ON THE
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    • 114 6 I What about your BAGGAGE Y<)l insure your valuable and effects at home: do you protect them in your baggage when travelling? Property to the eah_ <>f many thousands of pound ia lost, d imaged in various ways, or stolen every year in transit by railway and ■taanuhip, or while
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  • 430 7 BR] RESIGNS. IM i UITII HIM. Tm\ l i m Service] l»sri^. Jan. 12. Pren and. I Cabinet meeting ad that the cabinet ment with him. ,r\ HU Ml EN< I <!< livered undei i Ik mier sei end ed his manuscripts, I ut eras pereuaded ..tion
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  • 296 7 HEFORE THE BLOW. DURATION OF PACT TEN YEARS. [Renter's Service 1 Cannes, Jan. 12. Freud, leaai oaVlsl statement affirms thai th«« proposed Anglo-French guarantee t is limited to lan years, but may be renewed without further notice. It consists <>f four or five precise unambiguous articles and maintains
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  • 440 7 London. Jan. 12. A message from Lome says it is reported from a trustworthy source that negotiations are progressing to reconstitute the Banca I Seonto with Italian and foreign capital. Mr. Otto Kahn of the United States, and 11. Dreyfus of Paris are expected to participate in the
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  • 491 7 BRIAND'S RESIGNATION. RECEIVED WITH DISMAY. [Reuter's Service]. Washington, Jan. 12. Briand's resignation was received with dismay in conference circles. BALFOUR THINKS NOT. Mr. Balfour is of opinion that Briand's resignation docs not appreciably affect the conference. The leading American delegate concurred in this view. Elsewhere in American official
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  • 132 7 The Chinese Sub-committee of the St. I Andrew's Mission Hospital Building Fund acknowledge with thanks the following I donations towards the expenses of the 1 Sale. Concert and Variety Entertainment to be held at the end of this month at 1 the St. Andrew's Mission School
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  • 105 7 A memorandum from tho office cf the traffic manager, Burma Kiihvays. dated January 8 f says: At abottt 12-uO p.m.!' on the 2nd instant No. li Up passenger train from Rangoon t > Proroe was derailed at mile .1-18 between Minhla and Othegon, j about a
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  • 412 7 1920 CAUSE CELEBRE RECALLED. It will be remembered that in April 1920, the three principals concerned in the big rice theft, when a twakow laden with Government rice to the value of $25,000 was being towed away, were sentenced to one year's rigorous imprisonment each by
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  • 347 7 CERTIFIED OTHERWISE. SRiat was certified as death from opium intoxication and heart failure by a private physician was on further examination found to be a case of suicide, an inquest into the case being opened in the Coroner's Court yesterday before Mr. F. G. Bourne. The deceased
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  • 134 7 The death at home is announced of Mr. Ernest Carpmael, K.C., an uncle of Mr. Harold Carpmael, Municipal Assessor. A home paper says of him The seventh son of William Carpmael, C.E., of Lincoln's Inn, le was born in 1!?44 ami went up to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 133 7 STOVES CARRON DOVER— WOOD BURNING f rV)~ ~^~~l' tin S >flaf Latest Improve. -l-immmmWs^—- IBF Robinson Co., Ltd. (Ow/j/JA/rt/s-* mW mW _ar •LW JkW *t\ Aj/ M *_7 A_T s V*/ //ivf/f ymmV^Jrfi Jr g^mf/ 'I mW m\^ V^ _k_^ _U^ V_^ **j_V S "EMBASSY'; VIRGINIA CIGARETTES. Represent the Standard
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 439 8 N. Y. K. EUROPEAN LINES. EUROPEAN LINES. P Fortnightly Barbae .LES. LONDCN ft ANTWERP, via Porta. January 22 January 29 February 8 ■>i i Moathly SerrU* ISEILLES ft LIVERPOOL. r!a ParU. February 5 iV February end 1 t i i Moathlj Rarffsa WEEP. ROTTERDAM, ft HAMBURG, eie Porta. February 16
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    • 582 8 ELLERMAN" LINE ELLERMAN BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd Incorporated in England). STEAMER Dne Singapore "^HOMEWARDS. NEWBY HALL London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Jan. 30 CITY OF BOSTON London, Rotterdam and Hamburg Feb. 12 *CITY OF MANCHESTER Marseilles, London, Rotterdam Hamburg Feb. 24 *CTTY OF SIMLA Ixmdon, Rotterdam and Hamburg April 15 •CITY
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    • 655 8 P. O. -BRITISH INDIA AND APCAR LINE (Incorportted in England.; MAIL AND PASSENGET SERVK E PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. I i (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government;. The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at pr< LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. "M I FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES I/,\ DIE SINGAPORE I.EAVE
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 499 9 HIE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM). f SINGAPORE BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE For K Trengganu, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telupin, Patani, Singora, La- Chumpon, and Bangkok. Arrival Departure HIDOI Jan. II Jan. 18 Jan. 21 Jan 25 •lan. M Kt*l>. 1 fttted throughout with electric light, and have excellent I
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    • 240 9 O. S. K. The Osaka Shoseit Kaiska LW. (Incorporated in Japan). No. 2, De Souza Street. Proposed Sailings fron Singapore. (Subject to change without notice) EUROPEAN LINE. For Port Said, Marseilles, London, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. DUE SINGAPORE. *s.s. Argun Maru Jan. 23 Jan. 24 ••Omit Marseilles, s.s. Andes Maru
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    • 484 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND Ellerman Bucknail Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN ft MANCHURIAN LINB.) (Incorporated in England.) JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NFW YORK via SCHZ OR PANAMA, FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Due S'poro Route For ATREUB In port Suez Straits
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    • 613 9 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO. j (Incorporated in U.S.A.) FOR ACCOUNT OF THE U. S. SHIPPING 30ABD. SAN FRANCISCO— MANILA—EAST INDIA. SAILINGS FROM SINGAPORE. FOR CALCUTTA DIRECT CREOLE STATE Passengers and Freight Janua./ 19 WOLVERINE STATE Passengers and Freight Februarv 20 FOR SAN FRANCISCO via MANILA AND HONOLULU. GRANITE STATE Passengers
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  • 275 10 The China Mail Steamship Co's s.s. Nile from Hongkong arrives this morninp, Saturday, at daylight, with 86 bags mail, fil") tons cargo f oO first class, 21) second clasi and 106 Steerage passengers for this port. The Nile will be desp itched for Hatavia at .'i p.m. on
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 201 10 E COVERS Can be Obtained in the Following] M THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO. (k f r t) LTD. j itisp.l ri in 1 1 mmimii 11 1 iii in 1 imam— imiun'u <i 1 nam 1 -.-r. »__tl___»-- I _W— I I Mi _»___T l.ill I. II 1 I I
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    • 367 10 UNITED AMERICAN LINES INC. j Successors to LIVERMORE DEARBORN Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP LINE Regular Service between New York Singapore Java Ports vice versa For New York direct (via Suez) CLEARWATER lan. 15 HALF MOON end Feb. WEST CAMPGAW end March From New York (via Suez) HALF
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    • 160 10 Genasco Roofing I PLY AND 3 PLY O H COMPLETE WITH PATENT KANT-LEAK KLEAK I I AND NAILS FOR FIXING I the result of in the m over 40 Years m run. che per manufacture bJ^TX^ „f/ a _x^ withstands RliJcoin^ beginning]" tropical heat e/?f/ and rain and /g /s
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 527 10 MAIL TABLE. Intermediate and local mails will be found in list below: Federated Malay States, Malacca, Muar and Penang (by train) 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily (except Sunday). TO-DAY. I Sambas, etc. Singkawang 9 a.m. Cucob Hong Soon i* a.m. Cucob Hong Aik i> a.m. Pulan Soegi Benu t
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  • 138 11 January 13. Bank 4 m.-.. Hank demand j I rivate credits 3 m •> j n T New York, demand 4s Credits 90 days 50 France, demand 7 India, T. T. 17S1A Hongkoac, demand is* p. c Pram. t okohama, demand i 0 .> I Java, demand Bangkok, demand
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  • 138 11 January 19 Tin 150 Tons $s Gambier Cube No. 1 14.00 Gambler Pepper Black Pepper (white fair) 26.75 Tapioca, small flake, f.g. g 5 a Tapioca medium pearl f.g. Pearl Sago, small 725 Copra Sundri_l !,,'.>- Copra Mix Opium. Benares uncert: 4,500 Rice, Rangoon white o < 0 Rice,
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  • 42 11 12 o'clock noon, Jan. 13, 1922 Paie Crepe. Ribbed Smoked Sb Closing Prioes. Closing Prices. Bayers Sellers Buyers Sellers. Spot 3fi 37 Fob. to Han. gg 3SI April to June 401., a\ 1 Totu> of Market: Weak.
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  • TRADE AND COMMERCE.
    • 34 11 I The following changes in Fraser and Co's list were noted yesterday:— FRIDAY, JAN, 13th, 1921 Malayan Collieries ($10) 11.00 15.00 c.,| JNawngrPet ($1) 1.i0— 1.50 Titi Tin (900,000 io, 6.50—7.50
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    • 374 11 Working for past year resulted in a P^flt of ()Ut of wh h prov s oi( b6en m f income tax to June SO amounting to £1,278, leaving balance ■t credit of profit and loss account of £2,6T0. wh ic B th difectoni rvvummmn A BfcouW be earned
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 435 11 :r^ T^g—llH I s ere* •MOO.WW A f Aiaurancea 1b force aver |17,0G0,00#. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMED. U./:c rporateti ia traita SettlemenU). HaUl OFFICE: Wlncheai*. Home, Singapore. LONDON OFFICB: 12 Old Jewr^, EC, opany haa £20,000 depoaii-d with mm Supt,. a Court ai HfW, and compile* with
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    • 472 11 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 Keserve Fund 3.600,000 Kesi rve Liability of Proprietors 3,000,000 HEAD OFFICE. 38 Bishopsgate, London, E.C. Agencies and Branches. Alor Star Hongkong Penang Amritsar Iloilo Puket Bangkok Ipoh
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    • 951 11 "I YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK. LIMITED. DO Established 1880 )0 )0 Capital Subscribed Y 100,000,000 w (fully paid up) Reserve Fund y. 53,000,000 President: N. Kajiwara, Esq Vice-President: S.K. Suzuki, *Esq. DIRECTORS. S'ni____ Es< l- Matsukata, Esq. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. M. Mitsui, Esq. M. Odsgiri, Esq. Raron K. Morirnura, Baron k.
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    • 252 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated in England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720). FIRE MOTO^^Ar" MA_*Wl fidelity Guarantee—Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives— Messrs. BARLOW &Co Messrs. KARKER ft To d Hr._„ OflVe-64, The A_,df C .^l*? W A CORDON LEE. Regiment Mau*t, THE LONDON LANCASHIRE INSURANCE CO. LTO. (Incorporated in Great Britain).
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  • 697 12 A MISSING CHINESE. The Chief Justice, (Sir Walter Shaw) .led term tbo Bapraae Court fitting in I .inkruptcy yesterday. I In the eSM tl Chin Kwong Ching, Mr. G. B. Kellaghei, the Assistant Official Assignee, stated that the public examination of the bankrupt had been adjourned till that
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  • 178 12 m I'inang Ga yg Th, r. of the EK— uses million tisal lottery, which is n markablo for t' e time that las Ince the < riginal announcement much discussed venture, the numerous peel I ts of the <_ .w in:r and tie weird hour chosen for :t. s in>f
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 516 12 THE MODERN CHI RURGEON. Te the Editor. Sr, anyone u 1 me a place in Singapore where one can order I hair-cut arid 00 leaving, be sure of having to pay for a bair-CUI and nothing more 1 have tried three separate establishments without Boccess. The procedure is the same
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  • 278 12 The scheme for those classes is that on the Commercial side there will be els in book-keeping, type-writing and shorthind formed immediately and later in the year instruction will be given in commercial English, arithmetic and office routine 'Governmental and commercial). Advanced and elementary classes will
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  • 77 12 m+. Two sub-warders from the Criminal Bris< n at Pudru were on Tuesday charged by the Prison authorities, at the Kuala Lumpur Police Court, with introducing cigarettes and tobacco into the gaol. A European Warder informed the Magistrate, Ifr. McCauslaral, that he was instructed to press the charge, as a
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  • 36 12 THE BIG FIGHT. CARPENTIER WINS. London, Jan. 12. At the Albert Hall, Geosges Carpentier, the lig't heavy-weight champion of the world, knocked cut George Cook, the Australian heavy-weight chamrion, in the fourth round. Reuter.
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  • 163 12 HANDICAPS FOR TO-DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent). Fenang, Jan. 13. Race I. (Ore mile).— Nankin 9.0, Babz 8.(5, Avro 7.10. 2. (Six furlongs). Hatfield Boy Kcnncrley 9.7, Broombiils 9..", Timah 9.6, Backfire 8.18, Helanel 8.6, Cheeky Bey s.l. Jaunty Jay 7.11. Race 8. (7»2 furlcngs). The Joker 9.7,
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  • 192 12 Race 1. Avro. Race 2. Broom hir s, Timah, Backfire, and Helanel. Race Theodora and Grandankilat. Kace 4. Kenilfort). Race 5. Dcngal Cratnr end Be Irle. Race i». M. i r Waikon ar.d Walpole. Race 7. Bern'ea, Kenneriey, Broombiils, and Backfire. CRICKET. The S.C.C. crieket season will be
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  • 147 12 Mr. \V. G. Bell, S;ation Superintendent, Ipoh Railway Station, and _n enthusiastic footballer, is taking a picked team down to Kuala Lumpur to-day to play the Railways there. The match has a T so been organised as one of a series of Railway functions in honour of Mr. P.
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  • 13 12 The monthly medal wiT be played over the week-end. m
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  • 140 12 The F.M.S. rate of postage for a letter of two ounces for the F.M.S., the Straits, B. N. Borneo, Sarawak, Brunei, Johore, Kedah, Perlis, Kelantan and Trengganu is to be five cents from Jan. 16th. Every additional ounce or part thereof one cent. This is obviously a
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  • 129 12 GUTHRIE'S REPORT. Singapore, Jan. 12. The period under review has been marked by a dull Market, business, prior to the opening of the Auctions yesterday, having been of negligible proportions. At the Auctions a fair demand was disclosed at prices a shade easier on the week. Standard
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  • 140 12 LEWIS PEAT'S REFORT. Singapore, Jan. 12. The market continues to be dull and in- j active, and no improvement in the situation is looked for at any rate until after the Chinese New Year. The markets both in New York and Lon- I don are reported to be quiet with
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  • 146 12 The annual report for the year ended Sept. 80th (to be presented at the fourth annual general meeting at noon on Saturday, Jan. 21st, at Barker and Co., Chartered Bank C h ambers) is as follows: There still remain 55 debentures of tan Plantations. Ltd., to be
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  • 90 12 Eraser's Report. Singapore, Jan. 13. Rubber?.. -Very little doing. Mining.— Quiet Collieries Sl4 t $14.50, Murais $535 to $5.50. Unguis $1.25 to $4.50. F u Piahs $1.05 to $1.10. Taipings SLOT 1 to $142 tt, North Taipings $1.12% to $1.17 M5, South Taipings 50 to 55 cents,
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  • 127 12 Geddes Committee Causes Stir. London. Dec. 28th. It is rumoured that the report of the Treasury Economy Committee, of which Sir '•>:'• Geddes is a' prominent membei, ccnt&ins drastic recommendations as regards the educational department's expenditure. This has produced a considerable Rotter in the educational dovecots. Mr.
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  • 151 12 On the assumption that tie obje.t of uniform is uniformity, many people have been wondering for some time when we are 'ikcly to return to pre-war uniformity in the soldiers' headdress, the present practice seeming to vary between the extreme of stiffness and the extreme of sloppiness, -ays Truth. The
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    • 204 12 Do You Read This ff 8 "1 Paper With Difficulty? Perl, pi nearer or further noimal U ;nches. The need sf a Headaches or Tired eyes, i: when eding. These srs tympt* I.iain. Properly adapted only cure. At the Bret sign of Fa 1 S. SMITH ft SON? (Siam) LTI).
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