The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 19 June 1923

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  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rrv CEMS SINGAPORE, S_s. f TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 192a No. 10,919
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  • 220 1 The opinion fs expressed by an exAmbassador that a large Dutch fleet in the Blast Indies is unnecessary, aa neither of the great Powers in the East would derive any profit from a war in these regions Page 7. M. Poincare ha. replied to the British questionnaire
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  • 412 1 PART 11. In 1866 a Neandertal jaw had been secured at La Naulette, Belgium, and in 1868 a rock-shelter containing skeletons of a type thenceforth known as the Cro-Mag-non race, was discovered at Les Eyzies. According to Prof. Klaatsch (1909), our Orangutan differs from the Gorilla much M
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  • 820 1 In 1909 a jaw of the pre-Neandertaloid 'Homo Heidelbergcnsis' was d scovered in a pre-Glacial deposit, some eighty feet below present ground surface probably an early epoch of the Quaternary Age. It showed no trace of a chin, and was at first sight like that of some large variety of
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    • 282 1 SINGAPORE. WEEKLY PROGRAMME 0, n_tt4 Uallroom In tho Ea^. TUESDAY.^Lier T^La €0 Room Dining Room 2^'"°^^ Cooo€in It> THURSDAY.-Gmeat Night-Dinner ,»pen 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Dance. rum*. BATO^ A L^D U ,rbt DUmer SEA \IEW HOTEL. Tanjong Katong. Telephone. 110. HIGH TIDE, 0.38 a.m., 1.56 p.m. BATHING, TENNIS,
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    • 382 1 JUST RECEIVED. STATESMAN'S YEAR BOOK 1923 U 00 ROYAL ACADEMY PICTURES 1923 i\ 75 TOM WEBSTERS ANNUAL THE GREAT MOMENT by Elinor Glyn 2.50 ROOTED OUT by D. Co_y« 2*l PATUFFA by Beatrice Harraden 2.50 MR. BAILEY MARTIN, 0.8.E. by P. White 3.50 Messrs. KELLY WALSH, Ltd. I p-B_-_-M-__EB-sB___s--g-m i
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    • 186 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENT Raffles Hotel— Page 1. Rose's bme juice— Page i. Trade mark notice Page 2. Embassy cigarettes Page 7. Lipton's te;-, Guthrie's Page 6. De SJva's for watches Page 6. Cameras at MaynaixTL Pfjge 1. Clincher tyres. Wm. Jacks Page 7. Spark plugs from Wearne's P-ge 5. Stonebreakers at
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 131 1 THE WEEK Tusaday, 19th. High Water, 0.38 a_n., 1.66 p.m Court of Appeal. P. O. Homeward mai! leaves. Retreat in Gard.ns, 5.15 p.m. League II: S. C. F. A. vs. Malaya F. C, S.C.C. Leagrue II: R. E. vs. Seletar, S.CF.A. Lengue II: Middlesex vs. Y. M. C. A., Malaya.
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    • 50 2 MASSAGE HALL MANICURE AND MASSAGE 60, WATERLOO STREET. air* HARU and Mies HANA T.lepaore No 14R7 OYMA T A VAN NES WATCHES Known all over the World ____r__i ____P^^^ \II -f-^y^^N. c *#> v^^ For all purposes at prices to suit all pockets at the leading Dealers throughout the S.S.
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    • 291 2 TO LET OR FOR SALE. LARGE GO! 'OWNS, newly erected ara from .0,090 t_ 50,CC0 so,, ft. faci nar river. LARGE STORES from 6,000 to 14,000 •■q. f<- near wharf and shipping. Abo *h.ee ftiorfed bttUd-Bgg t*>r ofliceami godowns. Centrally situated Ail immediate entry, going cheap Apply or write to
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    • 630 2 -.1 ji«Snß— t— g TIGER. TRAIL SERIAL Ut Show _t 7.30 .Sharp. J!*^ 12> 13 14 Six teeU BLAZING SECRET SERIAL. Ep. 7 »nU B.S NE^ HAROLD LLOYD SNUB DIAMOND QUEEN SERIAL^ g^JVEfiS? Episodes 1 and 2. LARRY SEMON in In the 2nd Show at 9.30 p.m. THE GROCERY CLERK
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    • 387 2 TENDERS. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will bc received at the Colonel Se- ci-etary's Oi-co, up to noon of the 22nd June, 1923, for tIM following works: 1. Election of one Clasi 111 Qdarte-a at Tang in Hill; 2. Erection of two pair, of semi-detached QuartKrs. Class IV. at Mount Rosie; 3.
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    • 593 2 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Alhambra In our Next Change to-day, 17th June, to Friday IN THE SECOND SHOW AT 9 PM. SH UK? Washed Ashore A 1 Reel Pathe Comedy Topical Budget British Screen News. Mike MacTierue~V. Battling Siv For the World's Light-Heaw Weight uid 6 1 &1 Heavy-Weight Championship DuNta! Rj
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  • 944 3 AliYlsom (OMMITTEK (K11KISEI). t tor Moi, Effective \i Mr Joseph E. Foley, general secret nry jof the Association of Coastwise Ma Mates, an.l Engineers, commencing in a letta* on the recent report on Hfe saving uppl.aiKrs at sea, circulated by the Merhent Shippi^ Adviaory Committee, says.
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    • 421 3 1923 MODEL DODGE CARS i Rfi ARE VAST IMPROVEI Acute Kidney I Trouble Severe Back Pains, Headache and Sleeplessness Pive Years Sufferer Cured by Dr. Cassell's Tablets. Mr. John Parker. 13, a-rmanda-s'n-ct Roundhay-road, Leeds. fays: For iivf filM years I was a victim of kidney trouble. I '/i''Jm V\ b*^
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    • 353 3 iE Fhiiadeiphia Diamond 9 J Grid Battery S'THE REMEMBRANCE OF QUALITY REMAINS LONG AFTER THE PRICE IS FORGOTTEN." SUPREME BY SERVICE I B; STOCKED BY E MOTOR VEHICLE UKPARTMENT OF B jj THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED. M i INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) lg SINGAPORE IPOH PENANG 4 t Civil Engineering designs
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  • 905 4 'My Journey Rou;;d the World (Jub ICtK, 1921 February 26th., 1982)." By Alfred Viscount N'orthcliftV. Edited by Cecil .md John Harmsworth. [f Mr. Arthur Ponsonby* whose novel book on "English Diaries" has given a new significance to the art of the diary, had delayed publication by a
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  • 627 4 FRASER CO.. EXCHANGE ANR SHARE BROKERS. MONDAY. JUNE 18th MINING. [Figures in brackets show the issue valu« of the Share in dollars unless otherwiw marked. C. Cum div. x equals ex div.] Batang Padang Tin 47'A 52 Hitam Tin ($1) 1.40 1.50 Jeiantoh 10 20 nom. Jchan
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  • 148 4 skeleton class, who, beginning life as a reporter of sixteen, is now said to have more papers than he can count and more money than brains. Is finishing a whirl round the world, and ready for another to-morrow." But the penultimate sentence of the diary, penned on February 18th., 1922,
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    • 1027 4 _,____tfffl_^_____ y Debt of Gratitude.* *ijl |w Ulcers the Size of Man's Hand. 9 t^gp-g^pgjga- 4 i PonrtLit „of Mr. aM. THOMPSON, of 4. Midland Grove Jm&Sp Edward Road. &_U_il Haatfa. Birmiac-am. Eotland. who wrtte. fl fi3_sf Ifl ",n I* 1 1 st hapiH-iicd to de\ a Blood Mixture and
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    • 178 4 Teach Children To Use Cuticura Soap I3_.au p? it is best for their tender Skins, Heir it now and then with toochea of Cuticura Ointment applied to first Mtjns of redness or roughness. Cuticura Talcum is also excel* lent lor children. i»p li Tuc uni li M Ointm. 3d tad
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    • 252 4 Wmcarni* gives a fe_i„. who are JJ«ak, or Anaemic, NeiToiKj»rßon-down -rj to promote Roo d CJ Wincarnis is not a luxory^t is a mormooity to _n whoareWealcorAnaerr-^ Nervous, or Rundown. And this is the reaaoo -—w.n/. tea Tonic Re«o™_»,, Sj* ■««CK_?JSrS2-' when you are Anaemic--r W «Z! /once when yoa
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  • 1234 5 A FAMOUS EXPEDITION RK< A? LED. Recently there waa broken up in n Thames-side yajrd an old wooden corvelie. H.M.S. "Challenger" as she is, or waa, a/led, doat not boeet of any proud war record. She can, however, put forward a much greater claim to dist:nction
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  • 538 5 Marketing Difficulties. Melbourne. The Australian I'n.iit-^rowing industry is confronted- with problems the solution of whi.i-h puz_Jinp: ;he growers' orgaaizatons and the Commonwealth and State Governments. Given an ordinary year with a good yield, Victoria and Tasmania have a surplus of about -,000 0.0 bushels of apples and
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    • 459 5 *r 10 LET. j 8 Qu^ facing the Z\*s*?Za i t» Harbour and t-^ C floors total ares about 6,000 Ll ,st than half tbe usual) $*<*£* imaediats Entry. W ___lf POWELL CO., LTD. AP iJ and 17 R-tfles Place. O.C. %0 aacucv* in Raffles Chsmbers. M v Msfor Road.
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    • 453 5 NOTICES. Dollar Dheotorv 1923-4 Issue $5,000 i FREE RAILWAY ACCIDENT J INSURANCE f THE OCEAN ACCIDENT And Guarantee Corporation Limited. 1 (Incorporated in Great Britain.) PRILr. PER COPY $2, Post Free. To be published shortly. Dollar Directory j Company. Dunlop House, ROBINSON ROAD. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALE OF I Exceedingly
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    • 684 5 -MOTIONS yl© 14 Battery Road, ife.^.J^/ l^T I THIS long established firm has for many years enjoyed an enviable reputation for supplying everything of the best. An important London syndicate has taken over the business and with the retention of the entire staff you may safely entrust us with your
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  • 48 6 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES. BIRTHS I BRUCE.— Qa Juno I*. 1023, at 7 Arratoon Road, Penang, to Mr. -twl Mi>. William itanI cMI Bn.ce, a daughter. Both mother and child aro w.i I. LOH.— At Sintripore on June 18th t'»_ to j Mr and Mrs. H. H. Loh, daughter. II
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  • 1138 6 SINGAPORE FREE PFESS TUEDAY, JUNE 19,1923. Fighting Disease. I The Biblical saying is that M the poor ye have always with you." E\en more true in the Tropics is "the sick you have always with you." The sick are often poor, but we are inclined to believe that, in this
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  • 109 6 I P. A. M. SECRETARY FINED. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, June 18. Mr. C. Ward Jackson, Secretary of the P.A M., aix_ formerly Secretary of the S. P., was fined $25 for assisting in the carrying on of a public lottery, ia selling a book of
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  • 30 6 (From Our Oun Correspondent.) Penang, June 18. Laofy Guillemard participates! in a paperchase arranged by the Hunt Club, and alio visited th, Swimming Club yeeterdai
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  • 69 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, June IS. Th, death occurred suddenly yesterday of th. Rev. Y. S. Yesudian, 8.A., Pastor of St. George's Tamil Church. He was seen to stumble at the conclusion of the forenoon service and collapsed in the vestry', dying an hour
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  • 112 6 t From Our Own Correspondent). Penang, June IK, In th, Supreme Court, Mr. Justice; Sproule read the judgments of himself, Mr. Justice Barrett-liennard and Mr. Jus- j tee Brown in the case over the will of! the estate of Chong Sin Yew, deceas* referred from the Kedah
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  • 82 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Tpoh, June 18. There was much discussion of the P. A.M. agenda by the Central Perak Planters Association, and it waa decided to support the motions to be proposed by Mr. E. N. T. Cummins at the P.A.M. annual meeting, except that dealing
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  • 354 6 (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, June 18. Some concern is felt at the condition of Mr. Donald Miller, the local manager of the United Engineers, who is lying seriously ill at his residence in Ipoh. The Bishop of Singapore and Mrs. F.rgusoo Davie are giving an At
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  • 143 6 Council maaU nTTTV agm* contain,^ "Ate the teachen A Paid i> y th, 4; same rul,s ernment Instit.t. sion and lea.. y the aided Sen.,, la .rauspende! tendents of tf, permission of m< "Will ti, Ul G k. rrajrt fo AaUtw i the Malay Pe, vileges, as tie
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  • 378 6 Appeal- bj I oavicttd I Ditnisttd. •The place ean te a battlefield.' r. -rr.ark-i thi Cfcfc. Jm Sir Walter S yesterdi.y morning, r. the ara of three Tamils, Meerasah tn I Hen id Ss J sentenced to thi J eonnonft upon being J magistrate of thi in the
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 149 6 SCOTCH £*g {-MP T'T-TIT 41 Kit 4*-4-?u?M C :-L_, OF THE EAST >_g|jlfe v Caldbeek Macgregor So., Ltd. I >^£%^1 (Incorporated in Shanghai). |\J v -;:V-7^^jH 87 Cecil Street, Telephone 223. '^^*ZsSms3&&&** A MOST SUITABLE GIFT FOR A PRESENTATION POCKET WATCHES WRIST WATCHES IN GOLD, PLATINUM, OR SET WITH DIAMONDS.
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    • 102 6 30. BROADBENT'S PATENT IMPROVED Wake Stone Breaker and Ore Crusher. STRENGTH, QUALITY AND DURABILITY UNSURPASSED. Foi Breaking Coprolites, Phosphates, Fossils. Flints, Hard Rocks, Lime Stone, Slajr, Emery Ores, Bricks, Coal, Cement, Granite, Quartz, Road Mrtal, Tar Paving, Etc. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT OF The Borneo Company, Ltd. (Incorporated in England.) SINGAPORE, IPOH.
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  • 42 7 BIG DUTCH FLEET NOT WANTED. DIPLOMAT'S ADVICE. s0 WAR IN THE EAST. £Reu*er't Service.] Amsterdam, June 18. Walter Townley, former _msterd_J_, expressed the *'-t for the Dutch *^l_die* ipm unnecessary because Powers of the East j trr profit from a war in
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  • 298 7 Catania, June 18. A eiuptiona, preceded by loud ex- rhe north-eastern part StreauH of lava destroyed f cultivated fields and pineigliona railway station. dstrict is threatened '.ava three hundred metres THF SOVBT WAY. Riga, June 18. that the well-known anti.l Baiakhovitch has been Brest-Litovsk and CIVIL SERVANT!
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  • 157 7 MUNI CIPAL AFFAIRS. I .on was taken at a •etir.g held on June 12th: suggestion of Mr. Wong refer to ail commissioners for opin on the question of ed-Bga of ail meetings, ordinary, recorded by a -orter. ««f t tie* Upper Chin Chew 'ied that conversion of titles Upper Chin
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  • 86 7 IF IT STOPS. THE FRENCH VIEW. [Renter's Service.] Loadon, Ju ne 18. A telegram from Brussels says that the French draft reply to the British questionnaire submitted to the Belgian Government, couched in cordial terms, explains that by the abandonment of passive resistance, M. Poincare means that
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  • 185 7 New York, June 17. The banking house Knauth, Machod and Kuhne, a member of the New York stock exchange, which has a record of seventy years in Wall-street, has failed. A statement declares that the assets are ample to meet the obligations "provided that they are administered
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  • 299 7 A London correspondent wrote to the Manchester Guardian in mail week: I do not think it has bcen noticed in the controversy nbout the new naval base at Singapore that the strate^'c importance of this place w>is insisted upon by Admiral i Jellicoe in his report
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  • 234 7 The Singapore Court cf Appeal openi this morn ng before thc Chief Jusfce, Sir Walter Shnw, Mr Justice Barrett- L en n a ixl I vnd Mr. Justice Brown T^e three appeals from decisions of Mr. Justice Sproule, when he was Acting Chef Justice, wil be
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  • 1163 7 PARISIAN A. SERIOUS DUELLISTS PROTEST. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Paris, May 24. Lately, elderly Parisians, with fine ok crusted views, who, in their day, fought duels, have protested against the falling off in affairs of honour. "La box.,' they querulously argue, "is an inferior substitute for the foil! True, the
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  • 604 7 A. P. Cs ENTERPRISE. The As iate Petroleum Co. (S.S.) Ltd. nre taking steps to introduce into Singapore the most mode.n method of distr buting thtir well-known "Shell" Motor Spirit, and it is hoped that in time '.he new methods will replace the system of supply by
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 234 7 JUST Rt CEIVED FRESH SUPPLIES OF PHOTOGAPHIC MATERIALS ♦SKLTONA'' THE HIGHEST GRADE COLLODION M^^"""_______ SELF TONING PAPER. WITH A REjTtir_S__r ffh PUTATION FOR UNIFORMITY, BRILLIME^S^g^P^ NNCY AND PERMANENCY. IN THREE lJ_SP^_^|gA::'j SURFACES, GLOSSY. CREAM SMOOTH aB3'H y I' i i !m} s p gaslight paper B_lk_ 111l 888 v SLOW
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    • 578 8 BLUE FUNNEL LINE Regular Serriee to 'INDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN, GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVEkFOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through Bill of Lading for all Overland Pointa. HOMEWARDS. dae Singapore. ADRASTUS London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Bremen June 23 PHEMIUS
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    • 612 8 "ELLERMAN" UNB. I ELLERMAN Jk BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. t Inco rpon. ted in *___d) PASSENGER SERVICE, Steams. OUTWAKL. Bos Bi*gar*re. fs.s. CITY OF KARACHI China— Japan Oct. 6 *B.s. CITY OF PARIS China— Japan Nov. 16 •s.s. CITY OF CANTERBURY Clina-^Japan Dec. 27 HOMEWARD. fs.s. CITY OF MANCHESTER Marseilles—
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    • 578 8 Pa (fc O. BRITISH INDIA and APCAR LINES (Incorporated in England) MAIL, PASSENGER CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR ORIENTAITsTEAM NAVIG ATir.v LONDON FAR EAST MAIL SERVICK 11 (Under Contract with Hia Majesty'g Government OUTWARDS from LONDON. a__ ..pan. Due .ot _^5J?52«5 Aalwn Tonnage. Singapore. T KHIVA 9,000 June 24 SARDINIA Sin »P«a
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    • 457 9 int Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co_, Ltd. ciierman BucknaU Steam Ship Co., Ltd D AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated i* England.) OgfKM JO BOSTON AND NEW YOIiK via SUBZ OR PANAMA. ,l FROM NEW YORK. tmrnon Due S'pore Route r#r iK iLf I^KAS July 1
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    • 499 9 ADMIRAL LINE (Incorporated in U.SA..) FAST PASSENGER SERVICE Id DAYS—HONGKONG TO AMERICA. Steamer. Sails Hongkong. Arrites Seattle. PRESIDENT JEFFERSON Junt 27 July 16 PRESIDENT GRANT July 9 July 28 PRESIDENT MADISON July 21 Aug. 9 PRESIDENT MCKJNLEY Aug. 2 Aug 21 PRESIDENT -TACKSON Aug. 14 Sep. 2 And .very If
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    • 296 9 N. Y. K. LONDON LINB. i Kamo Maru Juno 26 Katori Maru July 17 LIVERPOOL LINB. I Tatsuno Maru June 22 Tottori Mi.ru July IS HAMBURG LINB. Dakar Maru June 20 Tsuruga Maru mid July NEW YORK LINB via SUEZ. SOUTH AMBRICAN UNB. Kawachi Maru June 26 Kamakura Maru Aug.
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    • 654 9 ISTHMIAN LINE Arriving from America via Panama and Loading for BOSTON. NEW YORK, AND j BALTIMORE VIA SUEZ DKECT. ANNISTON CITY due Sing-pore Jane 28 FAIRFIELD CITY due Singapore July 28 STEEL TRAVELER due Singapore Aug. 28 Taking car^o on through Bills of Ladbg to all Inland Pon I I
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  • 30 10 Wednesday, 20th Band Practice, 5.15 p.m. Sunday, 24th Chmch Parade at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Parade at back of I Y.M.OA. at 4.45 p.m. FRANK C. SANDS, Commisaioner,
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  • 975 10 A Mr. Gold ing is believed to have been the -Uggestor of one of the schemes for 1 increasing the Australian meat trade with 1 Java and Malaya, and the following letter appears in a Western Australian paper, from Mr. G. Muller, of Jenne and Co,
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 367 10 i UNDERWOOD j Improved PORTABLE Model I THE MACHINE YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BUY. I Sole Agents: PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). 1 SINGAPORE, PENANG. KLALA LUMPUK. «a a ROBINSON Co. Ltd., I Stockists J RONEO Co., Ltd j *-*3-__j_-^^s^_"_ 4 s 4 ____«^__k;_- 44^^ 600RD SON, london I
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    • 221 10 JSmu lUfJmT/M \.^JB_vv\vm 1 __l If __m_¥ nOmi V.- /hIItM ate TRADE MARK. "Great Auk's Head" Pilsener Beer Ji •••-•—■Ei——^ The Borneo Company. Ltd. _*> fl -r v Smgapore-Spoh-Penang. THE MARK OF GOOD OIL \>i* wPm§m* l—mmS—^mLmm BRILLIANT ECONOMICAL Asiatic Petroleum Co. (S. S.) Ltd. (laeerporated ln 4 _____m__i Ma—
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    • 62 10 NORDDEIiTSTO I LO\D -AIBUBC IKA Ul ompanies I; "*W) 7h_ undi-: iomo\ JGKN Ml J .gentaMESSAGERIES MAR-I** Under conl ftm** DIM nI u T p FAR RASTER* ■0 X l^c*** m Haieefllei rla P*nan«. Cow Djtbeeti a IP* Ba* ANGERS *£S£l CHILI Ut OOTWABD JAB* To Jh; .ncbai. Hongkong ,r
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 649 10 SHIPPING NOTES. I The Dutch steamer Berouw from Palembang on Sunday brought a cargo of coal. The Norwegian steamer Hydra II from G. B. Besar on Sunday brought a cargo* of coal. It is practically settled that the Yugala will be towed to S'ngapore and so*d for the benefit of
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  • 79 11 Bank 4 m.s. g|4 5.32 Bank demand 2|4 1-16 Private credits 3 m.s. 2|4 13-32 New York, demand 63% Credits N days 56% France demand *;70 India T. T. 173% Hongkong, demand *i p.c. Dis. Yokohama, demand 100% Java, demand 140% Bangkok, demand 80 Sovereign, Bank Buying 8.54 Bank
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  • 141 11 Juae 18. Tin WWUayan $97.25 No ad'tn Gambier 12.60 Pepper White 22!50 Pepper Black 14.50 Tapioca, small flak*. f. K 1140 Pearl Sago small 7.50 Copra 10.60 Copra Sundried 11.00 Opium, Bena^ea ane. 4,000 Rice, Rangoon white 230.00 Rice, Sir»i No. 1 for r>xpo:t 285.00 Rice, Siam No. 2
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  • 39 11 SinKapore, June 18, 12 noon. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Spot 48 hi 48%; July-Sept 51 51V.; Oct-Dec 54 54 V. Jan-March 55 Vd 56. London Quotation Sheet ls 2 id, Marke Quiet. m>
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  • 269 11 A week ago the spot price of tin quotein London was £li>6 17s. 6d; ye.sterda> .here wis a difference on the wrong aide ai 7s. 6d. A month ago tne quotation vvas just -mder £200. The recent figures compare very unfavourably with the top price reached
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  • 134 11 The B itish income-tax collector seems te have a rival. A correspondent of "The Times," in an article on th? railways in Iraq, states that "the introduction of the Assyrian ticket-collectors is siid to have led to a remarkable increase in railway revenues.*' A posit on which gives him, no
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  • 66 11 FRASER'S REPORT. Singapore, June lh Rubber.— ls. 2V_d. Tin $9725. Rubbers.— Bass.tts 1.05 1.10, Tambalak. G5 70, Brogia- 05 70, United Malaccas 1.35 1.40, Sungei Bagan- 2 2.10. Minmg^— Taipings 87 92 Vi, Norths 1.20 1.25, Ulu Piaha 1.75 1.80, PadanpPlandok- -2V. 35, Petaling! 75 80. Industrials.—
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  • 142 11 MACPH AIL'S REPORT. Singapore, June 18 Rubber.— London Is. 2Vid. Local 48 l Tin.— London, June 15th., £193. Locai 597V4 Buyer*. Share Market. Dull. Rubbers.— Tambalak l C5 72V_, Ulu i: nuts 22!_ 27M., Allenbys 1.22>_ 1.27 1 Bassetts 1.05 1.10, Changkat Serdamr- 80 3. Tina.— Taipings 87 Va 92
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  • 139 11 Smgapere, June 18. Tin.— £l93 down 30s. 97*. no sales. Rubber.— ls 2 Vid unchanged. Share Market.— Dull. Rubbers.— Ulu Benuta 23 25, Sungei Tukangs 27 Vs 32 1 Broga.- 67 V_ 7?V_, Malaka Pindas 1.40 1.45. Ayer Moleke 1.?7»_ 1.32M>, United Malaccas 1.37U I 42
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  • 271 11 We learn that at present Ce. lon is again flooded with synthetic stones which ar* daily being brought by some unfortunate purchaser for sums a hundred times or more than the r real value. Tbe victims are not confined to the visitors to the i? and and
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  • 64 11 Captain J. Catron formerly of the Indi- an Army, in a public address, del vered fa Melbourne, stated that Australia should be able to capture the whole of the market* ;o_ the Eaat wfch jams, cheese, butter, wines, and othr products. He aeid that i whenever Austral an products wen.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 429 11 Agse t« over $5,000,000. THE GREAT EASTIRN LIFE ASSURANCE (»llO>_F_fl^i OVOT *****00,, i HEAD OFFICE t-Wtad-ter _C___i Sl SM^S ne o-^- h_ -..000 mmmm 5.^-, o-. En^? D _sSTii_ _^__?'_i l R TI VEPLANSOFASSUR ANCE A9B urance Companies Act i AGENTS WANTED Secretary Managing Director Actuary GCKNOX HORACE W. RAPER,
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    • 420 11 CHARTERED BANK. India, Australia and China. ncorporated in England by Royal Caarter. Paid up Capital in «00.000 "hare* £5 each tt.000.000 R B«^e8 «^e Fund 3. 8 00,000 Reserve Liability of Prol P**tors 3.000.000 HEAD OFFICE. 88 Bishopsgate, London, E. C ai o A S cncie and Branches. Alor Star
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    • 862 11 YOKOHAMA SPECIE BAWL LIMITED. ESTABUSHED 1880. _^^j»y y iomoo qo ar Y 69.000,000 v_,_ d ea] ?_f nt: K Kodama Eaq. Vice-President: R. Ichinomiya, Eaq. DIRECTORS. Y V_£*L Esq t- S K Suz *H Esq. Y. Yamakawa, Esq. Baron K. Morimura Bar^n da nwas 8 a q ki If hi
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    • 46 11 ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE (Incorporated ia England by Royal Charter A. D. 1720.) FDUE MOTOR CAR MARINI Fidelity Guarantee— Administration Bonds Singapore Representatives—Messrs. BARLOW Co. Messrs. WEARE Co., Ltd. j Messrs. HARRISONS, BARKER Co., Lt<t Branch Office— 64, The Arcade, Collyer Quay. A. GORDON LEE, Resident Manager.
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  • 1368 12 WE LOSE AT GOLF. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, May 24. We have had a br.d shock at golf. Tho American amateur golf team on Saturday retained possession of the Walker International Golf Cup by beating the British amateurs at St. Andrews by a single point .-iter a
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  • 405 12 The annual general meeting of the above j Company was held at the offices of Messis. Paterson Simons Ltd., at noon yesterday. Mr. W. P. W. Ker presided, and others present were the Hon'ble Dr. Galloway, Mr K. A. Dix, Mr. li. H. Anyon, Mr. H. W. Hugh's,
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  • 63 12 Tokio. June 16. The following changes in local fioverne ships are announced: Mr. Kawaguchi Hikoji, Prefect of Aichi, to be Chief Secretary for Kwantung; Mr. Ohara Shinzo, of Wakayama, to Niigata; Mr. Ohta Masahiro, of Niigata, to Aichi; and Mr. Satake Yoshibumi to the Prefect of Wakayama. Tokio,
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  • 570 12 LEAGUE FOOTBALL. MIDDLESEX' FORTUNATE GOAL AGAINST CHINESE. Although 'they were the superior side, the Mieldivsex were in a measure fortunate to secure a couple of points in their F.rst Leaguo match against the S. C. F. A. on the L'aeLang yesterday evening, for the got 4 with which
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  • 165 12 Goals P. W. L. D. For Agst. Pta. 2nd Mdd'x 7 7 0 0 16 2 14 S.CF.A. 8 4 3 18 9 9 SCC 6 4 2 0 9 4 8 5J.0.8. 7 2 4 1 4 11 5 R.G.A. 7 2 5 0 11 9
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  • 128 12 Y.M.C.A. SWIMMING. The 40 yards free style handicaps held on Saturday resulted as follows: A Class: Tan Soon Tye (7 secs.) Time 26.3. B Class: Furuhashi (6 sec.) Time 29. The 80 yards hand cap will be held for both classes on Saturday next (June 23rd) at 5 p.m. Owing
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  • 659 12 THE POLICE FORCE. To the Editor. Dear Sir, I am sorry that my letter on the constitution of the police fore, should have evokes such slighting comments as appear*. d in your columns to-day under the initials L.K.F. My letter was conceived in a public sprit,
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  • 156 12 The annual report for the year ended March 31st. (to be presented at the annual ge .oral meeting at Gresham House on Wednesday, Jun.' 27th. at noon) is as follows: The profit for the year is $14,115.44 to which must be added $53 891.65, brought forward
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  • 95 12 If gieat wealth, palatal ma sion, .md a handsome young husband could not make a girl happy, what could? See the answer in The Married Flapper, starring Marie Prevost, the one time bathing beauty, at the Gaiety to-night. It is a Universal picture in five parts. The Royal
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