The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 October 1935

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  • 15 1 One Rundred Years of Progress Centenury Number of ESTD. 1835 TUESDAY OCTOBER, 8. 19 35.
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    • 97 1 THE SINGAPORE JFMEE &KES& >vo. 1. TO LET And may hi entct^d upi* the Ist Deer. mt\l. MTnE H«,ubE m llffl Road, now crropi.J by >fr. W. Norr.s.. Apply to ANDREW HAY. Sbypm btk OctcUr lK'}s. TO LET MThr Hart! &t K&mpo"? Glam latvly occupied by Lllis Jamjeis Qilman, C&tj.
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    • 545 1 rnvMtsn^iY jnoEt.rM.m. oct**m:r 1*133. FOB -ALE j At th* Qmiovrm tftk* lMdtrmgm*4: I!aDc«ok'*£iiie fnuh Pale Axe m G. ARMSUOXG Co. Singapore Od'M-r IK'xi. fok b.\Lt> /I/ Mf Goikuxs oj the d (ftnifyifd Vl n si fpcrjf irrVk. direct from'thtP^tcntEv* Amhurs; (U;tin Cables Europe Futeut. Conine and Coir Hope; Coin-akand other
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    • 80 1 9\>l. 1. po»tti n t!w» views of the Dutch reptnfiaf Smmftni ti brief .»iaToent cf tin* Tr.i-1-. prtMiuct:on«, uiul ftxwrCtl of Java ;*!ij uthir RMtttUH iHatiog lo that iv.iil I .Vii account of t!ie liv mine* of Bun- A itaUieil rru*nli»n? the trade, tim.U'>n" and sourcesof Matiila— An bUftoricol hcvount
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    • 5158 1 An Epitome Of Progress From Machines Turned By Coolies To High Speed Rotary Press A Glance Across The Century BUCKLEY, ST. CLAIR, MAKEPEACE AND THEIR WORK FOR SINGAPORE UR, William Napier, a lawyer and one of the founders of
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    • 2981 2 H.E. SIR SHENTON THOMAS (Governor of the Straits Settlements.) GOVERNMENT HOUSE, .BIIOAPORE. 11th September, 1955.^ It gives me real pleasure to be able to, congratulate the Singa-oore Free Press on its Centenary^ izd to wieti It many more years of prosperity. Malaya is fortunate m
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    • 954 2 (Chairman of the Singapore Harbour Board.) JN sending you my congratulations on the attaining of your centenary I 3hould like to pay a tribute to the active interest which has characterised the Free Press columns especially during the last quarter of the century m all
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    • 628 4  -  WALTER MAKEPEACE BY THE first Free Press Office was m Hallpike Street off High Street. In 1849 it moved to No. 1 Malacca Street, just vacated by the Oriental Bank, where now the French Bank stands. The resuscitation took place m No. 3 Malacca Street
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    • 3161 6  - Makepeace Davies As I Knew Them P. H. ROMNEY BY IN considering the history of the Singapore Free Press m the period of which one has personal or near-personal knowledge it is impossible not to be impressed by the length of service of its editors. Major William Graeme St. Clair
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    • 1262 6  -  W. A. Wilson BY AS the only journalist remaining m Malaya who knew Major St. Clair personally, other than Mr. Jack Jennings, 0.8. E., of Ipoh, it may be fitting that I should write something of him m the centenary issue of the paper with
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    • 24 8 The Board Of Directors MR. W. H. MACGREGOK MR. H. D. MUNDELL. Mr. J. A. CLARKE (Chairman). MR. C. V. BAILEY
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    • 147 8 MAJOR W. G. ST. CLAIR First Editor, from 1887 to 1916. Died m Ceylon m 1930. aged 81. C. B. BUCKLEY. Resuscitated Free Press m 1884. Died m London m 1912. aged 68. WALTER MAKEPEACE. Joined Free Press m 1887. Retired m 1926. Now living m
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    • 43 10 SINGAPORE IN THE LATE Thirties or early Forties from Fort Canning, then Government Hill. ANOTHER VIEW of the town Horn Government BUI »fco«i the smm THE FIRST COURT HOUSE, from an old sketch by Lieut. Btgbic.
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      116 10 TH« RIVER and town from Fort Cann in* abo«t IMS. SINGATOH from the west iMe of G*r«r«ment Httl, ab««t liM. A MALAY fishing hamlet near Singapore, about 1865 SB4GAPOM fran the mm* lUe ©f UmDmot Hill, abo«t 1«M THE FAMO€ S CONFEDERATE cruiser Alabama at anchor m Ntw Harbour. Singapore,
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    • 3256 12  -  RICHARD SIDNEY BY FROM ISLAND SWAMP to flHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIl| 1 THE FOUR PHASES OF A I ROMANTIC STORY 1 l.—The Coming of Raffles |j 2.— Opening of Suez Canal M 3.— Coming of the motor car W W 4.— Dawn of the aerial age. illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllKllltillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllP. GREAT TROPICAL
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    • 5468 16  -  H. MILLER When It Comprised 12 Men! NOW THE FINEST IN THE COLONIES BY QNE hundred and fourteen years ago the police force of Singapore comprised only twelve men— European officer, a M»!ay writer, a gaoler, a jemadar or sergeant, and eight peadas, or constables. This
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    • 827 16 ROLL OF HONOUR OR DAFTAR KEHORMATAN (the Malay town) and the Chinese town the propriety of entering into subscriptions to extend the Singaoort police system to those kampongs. At that time the European community maintained, for their own protection, a Jemadar (sergeant) *.nd nine other peadas (constables). This force! was
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    • 641 18 Electricity's Role In The Life Of Singapore ETLECTRICITY plays an important role m the life of Singapore today and the benefits it has to offer are also keenly appreciated m i many other parts of British Malaya. Actually the history of electrical development In this British Colony may be regarded
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    • 2058 20  - How Singapore Has Been Revolutionised By The Modern Motor Car THOMAS HOPE BY SINGAPORE'S pioneers had no traffic problems to worry about. Business people lived, for the most part, within a stone's throw of Raffles Square and the horse and bujrjry provided what little transport was necessary m and about
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      714 20 Landmarks In History Of The Automobile. IF prophet! have one useful (unction It is that of creating mirth among uceeedlng generations, as well a. 3 amcag their own. Seeing that no! man can foretell with certainty the winner of the Derby, it is perhaps natural that nil
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    • 165 22 (Chairman and Managing Director of Reuters). A I'jJ-ycars' run is a long and creditable one for a newspaper anywhere. In the Straits it is a particularly fin? record. Because m the Colonies the conditions under which a newspaper is produced are much more difficult than m England
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    • 403 22 MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATION. SIR MALCOLM WATSON (Director, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London). T gladly write a note of congratulation on the Centenary of the Singapore Free Press. The mere fact that the paper has survived for so long is the final and conclusive proof of
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    • 83 22 (Chairman of the Rubber Growers' Association). >- IN tendering hearty congratulation* to the Singapore Free Press on Its hundred years* progress, I do so recognising the value of the Press In Malaya m the dissemination of Information and opinions concerning the growth and development of Its great
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    • 272 22 (Member of the Legislative Council). I CONGRATULATE the Singapore Free Press on the occasion of Iti reaching the hundredth year of publication. It has been said that the pen is mightier than the sword and the Chinese m this Colony an* conscious of and
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    • 100 5 TELEPHONE: JB^JS TELEGRAMS: 7545., *^W** "AHMEDDIN" Singapore. I M. A. AHMED DIN BROS., TAILORS AND ARMY CONTRACTORS, BREECHES AND HABITS A SPECIALITY. PUNJAB HOUSE, 55, TANGLIN ROAD, SINGAPORE, BY APPOINTMENT TO: BY APPOINTMENT TO: H. H. THE SULTAN OF JOHORE H. E. THE GOVERNOR OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS., D.K., S.P.M.J.,
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    • 573 7 (A Pen-knife was _^m^^^^^^ ~^J>£^^^^^ needed for this V o^z?^ ~-^*^i^^^^^ t&^^z^ In many commercial houses of a hundred years ago they used the old goose quill/ y&l\ It is difficult to believe that writing instruments which we are inclined today to regard as medieval, were actually m common use
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    • 691 11 •fe.SJ OWIE6A WATCHES L ,wd 0 W^^^^mi ra at the chronometer test h |d |n 1934 b y the yf) S^W^lM aIS j mmLi Jlr^ worW's great observatories, secured the Qaj J^^^;jrf^K|| ILlk^^ Parts, the cradle Single watch tests W^^n^^^^^^^o^u^Q^^^^^^^ I gSf CICfiaBCC Deck Uk2tc h es Omega first plu».««
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    • 29 14 McALISTER Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS-) SHIPPING COAL and INSURANCE AGENTS GENERAL EXPORT and IMPORT MERCHANTS I SINGAPORE I PENANG I IPOH I KUALA LUMPUR I LONDON i>. >*• >
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    • 326 15 PATERSON, SIMONS CO., LTD., HEAD OFFICE:— LONDON HOUSE, CRUTCHED FRIARS, E.C.3. SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, KLANG and PORT SWETTENHAM. t IMPORTERS of GENERAL MERCHANDISE. ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS. EXPORTERS of TROPICAL PRODUCE. AGENTS SECRETARIES for RUBBER COMPANIES. SHIPPING INSURANCE AGENTS. BUNKER COAL CONTRACTORS. COALS ALWAYS AVAILABLE IN ROADS OR EX WHARF. AGENCIES
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    • 227 19 THE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., LTD., I I /^*> M^ H MMI Mn ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL PLANT I Plant, Generating Plant lor OH Engine, Gas Engine, and Electric Locomotives. Railway and Tramway Motors. Trolley I Reciprocating Steam Engine Drive. Turbo Compressors and Bus Motors controllers and Control Apparatus of every Turbo
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    • 69 21 I MALAYA'S. 1 LEADING I WORKS I for m^l I HIIICKS 1 TILES I BLOCKS I IV! P E S I pTp EH aj v^i» SI im> not M JEOPARDISE 3 THE LASTING I QUALITY OF I YOIH I BUILDING BY I USING 9 INFERIOR I MATERIALS I I H
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    • 93 21 I I^-' "Siv^j^jJ^ A Am 111 A m I '^K^J Specialists m the Manufacture of— I BRICKS tiles, BLOCK BUISQILS STONE WARE PIPES SUNDRIES I FACING FLOOR TILES ALL SIZE GLAZED PIPES ACID RESISTING BRICK I PRESSED FLAT ROOFING TILES BENDS KNUCKLES ENGINEERING BRICKS I WIRECUT HOLLOW BLOCKS GULLEY TRAPS
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    • 53 22 l T C vT y y yourself to keep your skin youthyours. You 3 too 3 can keep your U \^v\t beauty SQ4p*>-0 f 1 d 1 1 h 1 t complexion youthful by following M^Jl^ 5 AJ c TS-Xse«-450 A ai^ TllF^ll^^M'^l^^M^^i^^^^Mi LEVER BROTHERS 1 IV.! 11 IV TORT
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    • 140 23 TO-DAY, THE WORLD CLAMOURS FOR REX Is The Product Of Great Britain, REX Is The Perfection Of Electrical Recording, REX Is The Purest Of Musical Reproduction, REX Is Th c Pc t f Parties REX Is The Pleasure Of Every Home. IN QUALITY REX STANDS ALONE! IN PRICE REX IS
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    • 75 23 w%£ I I l\/l f^Jw 1 I «m Imb I I VI \l-" f 1 &^L 1 J 1 b\ Jl ■^L x^ v t v ■^bw f j^^ V I i hQbV k K9LIIVI IS ALWAYS FRESH. BUT MORE J bbMbbbJ I iff B^yaH BBbI bibw I ■VaVHuK^faßm^^H I
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    • 61 24 ASAHI BEER AND SUN STOUT SA 1 T W JL m^-_.i* JL 57/Z.L 7HE £ESr i4M) T//£ CHEAPEST IN THE MARKET. L^H jgf^ 1 •^^^^Bl I I C* v I >._ V V I Sole Distributors O. A. Hajee Mohd. Ismail Co., 183, Beach Road, Singapore, SOLE IMPORTERS: MITSUI BUSS
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    • 98 24 ONODA RAPID-HARDENING PORTLAND -CEMENT (Complying with British Standard Specification) /o/ trade ':ixjWi mar k vJ\ BEST *->^ >Tl>sK^\ CHEAPEST UUALIII W^V"*^ /*s/§ rßltt Renowned for its quick setting Properties. Highly Recommended for fast concrete work. In Casks ALWAYS IN STOCK. FOR ECONOMY AND COMFORT I IC T j U P
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    • 9 1 Centenary Number October 8, 1935
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    • 2650 2  -  G. W. A. TRIMMER Lessons Of The Past One Hundred Years IF THE "FREE PORT" POLICY IS ABANDONED BY (Chairman of The Singapore Harbour Board) J^ORD Rosebery once declared v Egypt is the Nile and the Nile is Egypt/ With equal force and accuracy it can be
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      1948 5 Mr. Nicholson, m his 1904 report to the old company, advocated the construction of a wet dock m the lagoon behind the wharves. This proposal ■was adopted by the new board and m addition they approved his proposal to reconstruct the existing wooden wharves m concrete block work con- 1
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    • 1078 7 MR. EDWARD BOUSTEAD AND HIS FIRM. .ACCORDING to the Singapore Chronicle of Mar. 27, 1828, Mr. Edward Boustead arrived m Singapore by the British ship Hindustan, and the firm of Edward Bou9tead ani Co. was founded shortly after. Mr. Boustead had previously been
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    • 370 7 A "Straight" Policy Is The Best THHE position of the Oriental Government Security Life Assurance Co., Ltd., which was established m 1874, is today essentially sound m every respect. This position has been attained by the strict observance of principles and j practice shown by experience, not j only m
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    • 1618 9  -  BOYD CABLE BY |T !s exactly one hundred years! since the firm which became the Peninsular and Oriental first entered the field of steamship transport, or, as the fashion of that day had it, v steam navigation." It was actually two years
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    • 889 11 •THE history of a great steamship p company cannot fail to interest. P When, however, that history has, 1 been achieved m so relatively short j a time as 50 years, and m the face > of the many seemingly insurmount-
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    • 910 11 THOUGH the Rotterdam Lloyd celebrated the 50th anniversary of its establishment on June 15, 1933, the history of the successive firms of shipowners out of which the company ultimately came into being, goes back much further than 1883, m fact it dates back nearly another
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    • 699 13 ""THE names Netherlands Indies and X.P.M. are inseparable, since a united island empire, such as that represented by the East Indian Archipelago, without the numerous and regular steamship connections of the X.P.M., would hardly be thinkable. In order that the reader may obtain
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    • 337 13 THE fairy tales of the famous Danish author Hans Andersen, translated into nearly all languages, are world-known. However, a more modern and realistic fairy tale could be written about the East Asiatic Co., Ltd., the most prominent Danish firm of shipowners and general merchants, known m its
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    • 875 13 Rise Of The B. I. Steam Navigation Co. TTHERE are points of similarity m the stories of the P. and O. and its present associate company, the British India Steam Navigation Co., or as it has been known all over the East for generations, the B.I." Both were founded by
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    • 622 15 IT is always interesting to the average man to read of success, be it that of an individual who starting with the proverbial half crown accumulates a fortune, or be it the growth of a business house from small beginnings to an assured position.
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    • 1404 15 PIONEERING WORK OF THE GREAT EASTERN IN writing about the past the difficulty lies not so much m what one should know as m what one should no longer know. Things which have happened m recent times should to a certain extent be ignored, and
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    • 767 15 P VER since its foundation, m 1853, the Chartered Bank of India, J Australia and China has played a j part of the first importance m the development of trade and industry m India and the Far East. It has not only survived a number of
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    • 462 17 Board With Three Viceroys •THE North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., Ltd., was established m the year 1809. It opened up fire insurance business m India m 1861 and m Singapore and Penang m the following year. Three Viceroys of India have, on retirement, joined the Home board of directors,
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    • 773 17 Centenary Of Union Assurance Co. Of Canton ■pHE Centenary of the Union Insur- ance Society of Canton, Ltd.. is an occasion for congratulation as it affords evidence of security and stability to its policy holders throughout the world. Furthermore, it draws attention to the fact that the Society j is
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    • 321 17 A Pioneer Insurance Company T'HE Commercial Union was onei of the pioneer insurance com- 1 panics m Malaya, having taken over m 1896 the business of the old' Straits Fire Insurance Co. which was registered m the Straits Settle- j iments as a company ten years prejviously, and the territory
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    • 766 19 IT is well known that granite is the most enduring" of all materials, having withstood to a greater degree than any other rock the denudation, erosion and corrosion of the elements m all climates for countless millions of years. For this reason granite has been
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    • 546 19 IN the matter of Fire Insurance Singapore has been well served,' for since the year 1827, only eight years after the Island first came| under British rule, the Colony has been able to insure property against loss by fire with the Alliance British and Foreign
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    • 670 19 MCALISTER and Co., Ltd., was founded as McAlister and Co. m 1857, the original partners being Alexander McAlister and James Parker Niven, whilst Ebenezer McAlister was an assistant of the firm. It is interesting to note that the company today have on the walls of their
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    • 687 21 The First Burglary Insurance INSURANCE m Britain has a long l and honourable history. It begins 1 with the underwriting of ships and their cargoes, introduced by the Lombard merchants and already an established practice by Shakespeare's time. The great Fire of London m 1666, led to the formation of
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    • 216 21 OONEO has succeeded only by helping other firms to succeed. Its growth has come about by assisting other firms to grow! Each one of the untold thousands of its customers who have contributed according to their capacity to the success of Roneo, has himself benefited a
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    • 726 21 TTHE early history of Paterson, Simons and Co. dates back to the twenties of last century when one or two merchants were laying the foundations for Sinßapore's subsequent commercial development. Authentic records are not available before 1828. but according to an old Singapore
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    • 194 21 Bank of Taiwan, Ltd established m 1899 special charter of the Japtoe Government for the purpo extending financial assistance industrial exploitation of Poi Island (Taiwan Island m Japan, which was ceded to Japan by C and which was then m a bad condition and (2) strenjr
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    • 656 23 THE development of the New World reads like a book. It was opened on Aug. 1, 1923, with all the risks and grave uncertainties attached to a post-war project. From records it is observed that during the lirst three months of its existence the New
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    • 416 23 .TPHE name "Ocean," applied to an insurance company, at once suggests marine insurance, and it is curious that the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation Ltd., usually known as The Ocean," ap- pears to belie its title by transacting every class of insurance business except marine business. The
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    • 642 23 SUN LIFE COMPANY OF CANADA •THE Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada was founded m Montreal m 1865. The company made its first bid for foreign busijness (outside of Canada) m 1888 and the results of the experiment amply justified the foresight of
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    • 134 23 ■pHE Banque de Plndo founded m 1875, the being m Paris. The the Bank was Appoint I Sti Bank for the issue m Indo-Cliina, Frencll New Caledonia, French Sett m India and Fn nch SommJ This privilege of Issuing note*. i| renewed m 1888, 1900, 192
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    • 408 1 I Constituted under Government Authority I provides I I wide r^nge of Shipping Engineering Services I Shipping Facilitie.s. Dry dock Accommodation. Towage, Salvage:, a tire, services. Over U.OOO feet of deep u^tcr uinATv«s. rive dry Jocks, equipped uiilri Oce*«-Going Stc^m Tugs complete u/itk I Over 3.000 fc«t of deep wkler
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    • 61 4 II 111 II 11 1 I 1 1 111 1 1 11 1 9 |^^Hili**T^^^^^^]| *il HI H avaw*^ K^BHftk. .^HB^. DOUBLE CABINS WITH ADJOINING PRIVATE 8ATH...€65-fBO DOUBLE CABINS WITHOUT PRIVATE BATH f55-€6O SINGLE CABINS WITHOUT PRIVATE BATH £60-fBO TO LONDON*. as above plus. .^ts__ i k all I ■f.mV
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    • 132 5 KILLICK, MARTIN CO., SHIPBROKERS Chartering, Forwarding, Insurance 8c Passenger Agents LOADING BROKERS For Services to STRAITS, CHINA, PHILIPPINES, JAPAN DUTCH EAST INDIES by from Ben Line Steamers Ltd. > Leith. Middlesbrough, Antwerp and London. Ocean S.S. Co., Ltd., and China Mutual M c cm r ifj Newport, Swansea, Glasgow and
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    • 67 7 \\g£ n ISHIHARA SANGYO KOSHI, LIMITED. Agents for Ishihara Sangyo Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. MINING SHIPPING. HEAD OFFICE. UNION BUILDING, SINGAPORE. President Mr. H. ISHIHARA. Managing Director Manager Mr. H. MAEGAWA. Per Pro. Manager Mr. M. OYABU. BRANCHES. Sri Medan Mine, Batu Pahat, JOHORE Manager: Mr. N. KIMURA. Per Pro. Manager:
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    • 133 7 UNITED METAL WORKS j 1059, YK) CHU KANG ROAD SINGAPORE MANUFACTURERS OF: 3 METAL WINDOWS gir I LIFT ENCLOSURES PARTITIONS I /I v J TH INIER WO V B N 1 Etc ETC 1 f /L WIRE MESH INSERTS H I{^ 1N GALV, IRON. BRASS COLLAPSIBLE MBJtaH^m^ copper and bronzi
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    • 163 8 nearly a CENTURY of progress THOS. COOK SON LTD. THE ORIGINATORS OF THE TOURIST SYSTEM ESTABLISHED 1841. 1 O^l ONE OFFICE IN 1 Q^C OVER 350 OFFICES I°^* LEICtSTER. ***** THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. to a Temperance Meetine m Lou?hborou h "~0 What this means to the traveller need not be
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    • 65 9 (Incorporated m the Federated Malay States) SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, PORT SWETTENHAfVI, IPOH, TELUK ANSON AND TUMPAT. IMPORT AND EXPORT MERCHANTS STEAMSHIP AND CHARTERING AGENTS INSURANCE AND BANKING AGENTS SECRETARIES AND AGENTS FOR RUBBER AND COCONUT ESTATES AND TIN MINING COMPANIES SUPPLIERS OF MACHINERY AND COMPLETE PALM OIL AND COPRA
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    • 232 10 1 1885 1935 THE MM Md I I Ki^A v B Mm m mk I Nippon i usen Haisha I (JAPANESE MAIL) Head Office: TOKYO, JAPAN. SINGAPORE BRANCH: 16, RAFFLES PLACE. The N. Y. K. Line celebrates its Golden Jubilee 1 m a manner welcome to the travelling public— I
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    • 194 11 The NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK ESTABLISHED 18T2. Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits m excess of U*****,0 00,000. FIRST AMERICAN BANK IN THE FOREIGN FIELD Creation of its Foreign Department thirty-eight City provides the solution of varied problems for years ago marked the start of National City representative firms
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    • 31 12 CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED 0 ThE rec^es dw X il/DUiUUU Reserve Fund and Undivided Profits £1,247,830 buys and sells Bills Branches and Agencies Fixed Deposit rates HEAD OFFICE: 15 GRACECHURCH STREET, LONDON, E.C.3
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    • 76 13 THE OCEAN ACCIDENT] AND GUARANTEE CORPORATION LTD. BUSINESS TRANSACTED:- s a jfc- assets exceed £9,500,000. I 1 li ~s CLAIMS PAID EXCEED £50,000,000. r==i JtfvXl LOCAL BRANCHES HP Ja DHIAVIA 23 Kali Besar Oost a3 >„ Ov/UIxAdAIA rlei.endooni Building j7 __r*^Bj_W JS3Ii:-^. KUALA LUMPUR Harrisons Barker Co., Ltd. J PUBLIC
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    • 37 15 THE CHINA TRAVEL SERVICE Booking Agents for F .M.S. Railways, all Steamship and Air Lines Canton, Hongkong, Nanking, Tientsin General Tourist Agents* You Travel We Serve Singapore Office 82 Robinson Road 'Phone 5248 Telegraphic Address: "TRASERVICE 7
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    • 124 16 (A n\\\\\\\| ill I////// (^>)^S^> > s 1 sss/ys^ <^^^\^ Fortnightly from SINGAPORE PENANG SPECIAL HOLIDAY TICKETS ,oO^ mi r^MDn d/^mdav a ncM dadt Return tickets at reduced rates, available for two months, C// r^>^ C*-^^^ L^LJLL^I Id^, bvJrIDATi AUtIN, r^r\l u 'T/\n Jjj[^^\ TANGIER, PLYMOUTH and LONDON, Bombay. Tickets
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    • 68 17 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. (Established m 1880.) HONG KONG, HONOLULU, HSIN- I HA)< SOURABAYA, SYDNEY, Correspondents at all chief commercial cities of the world. Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits on terms to be ascertained on application. Every description of banking business transacted. For Particulars apply to
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    • 123 18 Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. (Incorporated m the Colony of Hongkong) The liability of members is limited to the extent and m manner prescribed by Ordinance No. 6 of 1929 of the Colony. Authorised Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid-up $20,000,000 Reserve Funds Sterling 6,500,000 Silver $10,000,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors
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    • 66 19 BANQUE DE L'INDOCHINE. CAPITAL PAID UP: 120,000,000 RESERVES: 128,000,000 INDO -CHINA: Saigon, Cantho, Pnompenh, Battambang, Quinhon, Tourane, Hue, Vinh, Tanhoa, Namdinh, CHINA: Yunanfu, Canton, Shanghai, FRENCH INDIA: Pondicherry. KOUANG TCHEOU WAN: Fort Bayard. BRITISH SETTLEMENTS: Singapore, Hongkong. PACIFIC OCEAN Noumea, Papeete, FRENCH SOMALILAND: Djibouti. ABYSSINIA Addis Abeba. CORRESPONDENTS IN AJLL^ThE
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    • 151 19 THE BANK OF TAIWAN LIMITED (Incorporated m Japan by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.) Head Office TAIPEH, TAIWAN (Formosa) Branches and Agencies: JAPAN Giran, Heito. Kagi. Karenko. Keelung. Kobe. Makong, Nanto, Osaka, Shinchiku, Shokwa, Taichu. laito, Takao, Tamsui, Tainan, Toen, Tokyo okohama. CHINA Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Shanghai Swat ow. JAVA
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    • 45 20 Alliance Assurance Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Head Office: BARTHOLOMEW LANE, LONDON, E.C.2, ENGLAND, A i. 17 J pn/\ A/\/\ C? j. 1* ifTTAf A 111 IV/ff P II R 1 A ltilVlJw'W ijl IVI W I^l *3 OC V/ v• j Li ILI o
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    • 200 21 NEDERLANDSCH Iy n i c z 1 v r NLllblrl t W\j 1^ W Through its extensive organisation the Bank NETHERLANDS INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK, N. V. is to nffpr nrromm t is auie to oiter accommodation tor every desc.ii> ESTABLISHED AT AMSTERDAM IN 1863 tion of banking business m Holland
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    • 154 22 Fi'T'l liinir 'ifSinflnifaHWM k\'-x Jlii.<wMgHHwaH^3ffTfMPJHg r\'* V X L^H«flrsK.'snZi ruL«H9R9H% i*. //r Fit-ia.l<mHHL si ■PJSCsWfiHWHHHKcOx rV lr'*i(F mVI *4L XI" Ifl^l ■■HH^HMHhI BH I tr^^C f^v jjmrYiJCi Mt*Ti mhT hWßH^h^lSj^^^jbbmhbhhhT^ %I• i i^b^/*^vQKv/^ *f ~"™™"T pnTn^I^HHHHHHV^HHDHHSiBI I Ui 'l^r^i-'y/'// i *^i^* i^ i—ll|l^ ll^ l i^ l I *.^HHH HHlCv^^KtJ
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    • 93 23 COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO., LTD. 1 (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) REGD. 13-8-1861 CONSERVATIVE AND STABLE YET ENTERPRISING ENQUIRIES WELCOMED CONCERNING ANY CLASS OF INSURANCE IN THE UNUSUAL EVENT OF OUR BEING UNABLE TO HANDLE ANY SPECIFIED BUSINESS WE WILL GLADLY. TRY TO PLACE IT FOR YOU THIS IS SERVICE. OUR ASSETS
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    • 33 24 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, COURT OF DIRECTORS A H I« I I!'R.P1 T SON V>rlllEi. Auditors: v>n A m/^UCC Boinl>2iy« Ccilcuttxi* \^2tnton« ivuwi g* Head Office: 38. BISHOPSGATE f LONDON, E» C2 O
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    • 344 25 NEPERLANP LINE ROYAL DUTCH MAIL, AMSTERDAM w %%raf^t ■■^i^bYM MMWmwB A •^B^BBui2L h iiL^ii^Btt»BW*****^^^^S Tr^Tin^ a t aMI^^M^^JBM^^^BP^tfMBBBBPWwJBBP^WwB Jp^MWr IMR^H H^Bf*^^^^^^^^ .^^^^^^BBttlJßß m ™^^^^TlMB^f^B?^i»^W™^B»^^™JßPfc^^* r V ....^^MgMB^B^I &t jg^T^y^j3|^^^^MßßWßßjj(^g^MpMpjßy^sy MARNIX v. St. ALDEGONDE 20.000 I I I b pH II a J^m A^A IVA I v^& H^^_^ H Vfl jg^-
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    • 11 1 The Singapore Free Press SECTION THREE Centenary Number October 8, 1935
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    • 539 2 T^HE Borneo Co., Ltd., was founded for the purpose of developing the resources of the countries and districts under the rule of Sir James Brooke, first Rajah of Sarav ak, m Borneo. The company was established m Singapore on July 31, 1351. The engineering
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    • 101 2 QIAN Singh and Co., 4 Battery Road, are general merchants, dealers m all kinds of plain and printed silks, French marocain and silk laces, Chinese hand embroidered ladies' underwear sets, cotton piece goods, flannels, Viyella, furnishing fabrics, carpets, mattings, etc. For men they have the widest range of
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    • 630 2 •"FHE Fiat, the largest automobile factory m Italy, and the best organised one m all Europe, constitutes for Italy a matter of pride throughout the world. Wherever the name Plat has reached, there is to be found admirable proof of Italian industry, ingeniousness
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    • 514 2 JT is to be expected that during the gradual rise of Malaya from a position of comparative obscurity to one of great importance particularly m relation to the world's production of tin and rub ber, progressive firms have developed and extended their operations to meet the
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    • 6828 4  -  R. N. WALLING History Of The Defences Of Singapore WONDERS OF THE NAVAL AND AIR BASES By PART I UNPROTECTED BIRTH OF AN IDEA RIDICULE AND ALARM MR. GLADSTONE DELAYS EARLY FORTIFICATIONS THE LOOMING SHADOW. hundred years ago, before the days cf aeroplanes and guns
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      1918 10 was being painted and its different colours were soon to become familiar to all readers of the more artistic newspapers. Because the new colours, like the old, have so often been mixed, even here m Malaya, the more outstanding strokes of the brushes of the Empire's strategical portrait-palntprs are worth
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    • 3302 12  -  M. J. KENNAWAY By IT was close on 60 years ago that Hevea Braziliensis first arrived m Singapore, but whether any of the very first original fifty plants (rais-i ed from seed collected by Sir Henry germinated at Kew and Font on to Malaya survived, is considered
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      4166 14 Those, of course, were days before the paper dollar became recognised currency. Here one might digress for a moment and point out that m those early daya the whole tendency was for all rubber to be sold m and the trade kept m London which was then the rubber j
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    • 2967 16  -  H. R. CHEESEMAN BY Raffles The Pioneer Institution, Girls' School And College The Nucleus Of A University? ENGLISH, CHINESE, INDIAN AND MALAY EDUCATION (Inspector of Schools, Singapore and Labuan.) AS far as can be ascertained 100 years ago there existed m Singapore a number
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    • 2312 18  -  Entertaining In The "Good Old Days FROM RAFFLES' WIFE TO MODERN GIRL BY K. SAVAGE-BAILEY \^HEN starting to write an article on women during the last hundred years m Singapore, one's mind instantly jumps further back to that very interesting and forceful person,
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    • 1113 18  -  R. E. MORRIS Government House "Hantu" BY REMINISCENCES are m the air. This Jubilee year seems to have produced a regular crop of them, and perhaps we have heard rather too much recently about the good old days or bad old days, depending upon
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    • 2253 20  -  RICHARD SIDNEY RESTRICTED DIET NO LONGER NECESSARY Food Supplies Equal To Those At Home r\C not dismiss this article by a mere glance as you go through the paper. Make up your mind that you will read it later on. It will repay you. I
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    • 955 22 Civil Engineering Works In Malaya MESSRS. J. C. Gammon Ltd., of Bombay, well-known contractors and civil engineers with branches throughout India established a branch m Singapore m the year 1923, when contracting prospects seemed bright. Shortly after their establishment they tendered for many works the chief of which was tho
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    • 3338 22 Chief of the East Indies Squadrcn. and Cr. i'\ Hyde. First Naval Member Qf the Australian Naval Eoard. Rear Admiral r B. Wat ".on. First Naval Board Member of the New Zealand Naval Squadrm, Major-General Oldfi-Id. G.0.C.. Ivlalaya. Air Commodore S. W. Smith. Comm&nder R AF., Far East. Rajah Brooke
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    • 205 1 CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF "ORIENTAL'S" PROGRESS IN MALAYA! tsiamiMiea j.o/*». r y» HAarf Oflir^ BOMBAY t '9.'. vi- ■^■'*v! *^li ll :> 'irq B j <-- mt Um*xmW£&ism V-x >. .■>3B BK*' 'iv!v!'''^^ i !*^i'S^r'' '>wKc^>*-v'" v-' ."71 mmWW^mm^L .AWm^ ''^k'\'^ 'JJL 'v jlk':'^ > X j *^l -^B '''^B :^^B
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    • 46 2 I Assets Exceed £15,000,000 Claims Paid £65,000.000 General Accident Fire Life ASSURANCE CORPORATION LTD. I I I ■■■■^^B IB^BHMI ■■■■^B ■^■^■M l^^i^Bß I 18 85 19 35 Fifty Years of "SERVICE THAT EXCELS" I i SINGAPORE BRANCH: I HONGKONG BANK CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE. TELEGRAMS: "GAFLAC" TELEPHONE: 6480.
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    • 468 5 jfl^^^KiMuK^v ■n© World becomes more wK^^^m\ more FORD minded j v^^^^R^^^^L -U&TT*"^*/ More and more Motorists are choosing these Foundry, manufacturing and assembly opera*^^B^H\'^^W^ <J Proven Ford Cars, not only m England and ticns occupy a vast buiidin^ covering 28 acres V^^^^^'' T c^^ ll^ Malaya but throughout the world.
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    • 105 6 United Motor Works Limited. 137, ORCHARD ROAD. SINGAPORE. Telephone 7142 Telegram "YEESOH" CODE: BENTLEYS. Direct Importers of Automobile Replacement Parts Accessories. A few of our Sole Agencies A. C. SPARK PLUG CO. A. C. spark plugs, f ucJ pumps, gasolene filters, oil filters, ammeters, oil gauge, etc. DELCO BATTERIES j
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    • 56 6 CHROME PLATING HAS BEEN Well Established Throughout Malaya BY CHROMIUM PLATING I PERMANENT GLITTERING FINISH REQUIRES NO CLEANING OR POLISHING C4N 5£ APPLIED TO: i^rT"™ 08 TABLE WARE TOILET ARTICLES. BATHROOM I 4 SANITARY FITTINGS AND TO ANY ARTICLE THAT REQUIRES A HIGHLY POLISHED NON-TARNISHABLE FINISH THE BRITISH ELECTRIC PLATING
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    • 191 7 m A iSJSJ^S^Ba^BßJfcti^^^^^^fc^^*^^^ n>^^^ jr*"^* arm \_y/^*\ #V/ #v warn m C -J P~\ V #i I^*^-^ m r M^J r^^ I I Sole Distributors SINGAPORE MOTORS, Orchard Road, Singapore. For 27 years you have known Hupmobile as a good motor-car. It has lead m mechanical advancement and beauty of
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    • 79 7 FOR MOTORISTS WHOIHJT QUALITY FIRST Comfort, like evory other point, is perfected —through Standard's policy of "QUALITY FIRST." Long springs of low periodicity, controlled by Luvax Hydraulic Shock Absorbers— oversize Dunlop tyres— cancel all the bumps. Xbracing, welded joints, give utmost chassis rigidity. "Buoyant Power" mounting absorbs the faintest engine
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    • 56 9 >>'"'??W^wm^^^ for your comfort, convenience and safety. s^^^^^P^^S^B^QH^^ Visit our showrooms take a ride m this -^^P^^S^^^J^^^^B^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^JPBpß'fc^^^^ choose Chevrolet for quality at low cost. v\tfH£££^3^^flr l)> vm SAFETY One-piece stee! r^^^Jf^^lH^H^^ /fSS^HHIk.v \lllllHll I !^A front wheel springing r-^ jf^dP*O pc r/"e ct c d steering and ti«trr^B j M
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    • 76 10 <wer 100,000 cars sold Lit 50 weeks. .\\\e result of lIORRIS SPECIALISATION every h.p. class, and which for value puts 'lj !^I IVlcrr'as miSes ahead. This Morris programme is the most sensational motoring has yet MALAYAN MOTORS LTD. II ADD IC 14/20, ORCHARD ROAD, SINGAPORE PH ONE 54E4-5-6-7. IVI H^Bk.
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    • 411 11 LYONS MOTORS LIMITED nILLIVIApS b HUIVIBER COIVIIVIERa k TjZHMW B7^^a^^^aM^E9^BKJa^l^E&A^^H^3lPflK/^BH^vOiß&^K^ai 'fJaDoMMpKUI^^^RTH^jiu i Sy^ -^^**^Ttß Bfff^^?Hr B^^ r^y^BK^fc. X iP I Hsu lllllltrUil 1 11 1 I I s^l^''^*~ v!s^y ?"T^^/*j^^'**M fir/ iff////// j*j H^L yy J tit ff w/ ift j^^ V Jiiim-^ Leader of J)i^^ for 1958 ■U j
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    • 94 13 Br bI Bw mm Bw mm B^^^l Br Ba^^^Bi By Ba bX Bm Ba BY Ba |B_£b7 A V Bf mm Br Bf Ba BA Vb^B^L^.^ A■■ B o^^r at The Century's Advances C^^>(Tskk #< "N/ 111 ill 1 I I W^ rfegaSfaWßgHH^^J^ it'-afesi iL^l IBM aTB PC^^^^?4w:llb^^U- X II
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    • 190 15 *p < v>sgaaafife-x H^^P^^B^S^^J^oC^-^B^^^^^Uf '^^^^^s&^M^sS^S^^^v^^SSSS^s^^i^vr^^^'^rM M^B& B^SSwgB?BBSiBCW^^^Bfc^!^^^fc* performance of higher oowered motor t^^^Sk^^bt^j wSJSssEr Mr^r -iß^ all"St€€l bodies unsplintcr«iDle wine-" M B m M m mi maintenance and upkeep reduced to m m m 7 a minimum They are. indeed, motor Mm mr m^m^J. mT ff "'^c M Tourer. Four—
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    • 147 17 Km BA B^ BBBft^BBVBVfI Bbl ■■■■BJ by BB h^BBBB muuu Bhk Bh^Bh^BhhßßVß Mm m Bhw BJ -^mmm B^^^^^ B^B^Bh B Bflflflß fl H B^B^Bh I Bl.^^ H Bb, **********8888 BBBBBpBBBBJ ***** BBBBJ fl B fIHVa BBBhW fIHVi wflBK Bi mm^^^^^^^^ W^^^^^^ fl^B^B^l BBflfll I I B^H^B BB^HB *****8 BB^HB B
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    • 440 19 \A/ /V 1/V l^/i ill i BT '3II^h^I^BH^B B 2 *^i* B?^'* .^^H 1 Everything that the well dressed woman needs. A breath US1)?BWEAI1 AND HOSIERY: st Silk Kmbroi taking display of materiois from every part of the East ?K1^ r i^|^^^.^ n S l^p£tir*S j« I7A lu e selection
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    • 159 21 II ll' S Progress Over One Third of a Century I has resulted m our being able to I provide Residents of Malaya with I all kinds of finest foods. FIRST QUALITY BEEF PRIME LAMB From Australia, Argentina Australian and and Scotland. New Zealand. YOUNG VEAL SELECTED PORK t r\
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    • 58 23 v A JVI M 0 JN (INCORPORATED IN S. S.) CIVIL ENGINEERS and CONTRACTORS REINFORCED CONCRETE SPECIALISTS. TELUK AVER BASIN WALL DURING TELUK AVER BASIN WALL. CONSTRUCTION. COMPETED. VALUE OF WORK COMPLETED $13,500,000 REPRESENTED BY OVER 250 CONTRACTS. HEAD OFFICE: ESTIMATES FOR ALL 63. GEYLANG ROAD, KINDS OF CONSTRUCTION SINGAPORE.
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    • 512 24 WHEN YOU NEED QUICK DELIVERY OF A GUARANTEED PAINT OR DISTEMPER AT A COMPETITIVE PRICE, TRY THOSE MANUFACTURED BY THE WALPAMUR CO., LTD. DARWEN, ENGLAND. Contractors to the Crown agents For The colonies. "DURADIO" THE SUPER ENAMEL PAINT FOR OUTSIDE AND INSIDE USE. FEROX BRAND FEROX DISTEMPERS ROOF AND IRON
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    • 65 24 DO YOU BUY FROM US? WE NEED YOUR PATRONAGE. WE HAVE GROWN WITH THE TRADE AND ARE THEREI FORE BEST FITTED TO I SERVE YOU. CALL ON KIAT'S FOR RIGHT GOODS, RIGHT PRICE, RIGHT QUALITY RIGHT SERVICE. G. H. KIAT CO., LTD. Stationers, Booksellers, Printers, Bookbinders, Rubber Stamp Makers and
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    • 11 1 The Singapore Free Press SECTION FOUR Centenary Number October 8, 1935
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    • 752 2 LORD Inverforth m a recent article m a famous banking journal drew attention to an aspect of Empire of which little notice, oddly, is taken by the man-in-the-street although In many ways his existence is dependant upon it. "The importance o*f communications m the Empire today,"
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    • 532 2 THERE must be few business which can point to the success which rewards persistent enterprise and patient perseverance m a more striking manner than the example provided by the Elkayes group of factories, which are controlled by a single individual, a selfmade locally born Chinese, who
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    • 518 2 The first steps towards the te!ephone system m Singapore were rrade by Mr. Bennett Pell, of the Telegraph Company, who installed a small private telephone system soon after the invention of the Graham Bell telephone. In 1878 a trial had been made on a telegraph
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      1861 2 Chamber of Commerce Examinations: many of these are. of course, adult candidates, attending the Raffles Institution evening classes or private commercial schools. Technical Education. From 1902 onwards there were constant inquiries into the desirability of providing industrial and technical education. Commissions appointed In 1902 and 1917 found that there was
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    • 3162 4 Poor Settlers Who Made Good SHORT HISTORY OF THE COMMUNITY fHE history of the Chinese m the Straits Settlements, as a factor m the development of the country, begins a little over one hundred years ago. Until the end of the 18th century the Chinese remained
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    • 557 6 Finest Tin In The World •J*KE Straits Trading Co., Ltd., Singapore, was founded m the year 1887, with a capital of $150,000, to acquire the business of tin ere smelters and general merchants carried on at that time by Messrs. James Sword and Hermann Muhlinghaus m the States of Sungci
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    • 377 6 First Brewery In Malaya j MALAYAN Breweries, the first concern of its kind m Malaya, was made possible by the courage and foresight of its promoters who went into the venture while the black clouds of the recent slump darkened the business horizon. With a capital of $1.C00.C00 Malayan Erewerles
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    • 3006 6 (Continued from Sec. 4 Page 5.) lish engineers of the New Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, which afterwards became the Singapore Harbour Board. Mr. Yun Cheong built up a name for himself as a trusted contractor and was responsible for the comple- j tion of several pieces
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    • 2929 8  -  R. B. KRISHNAN BY J7OR the purpose of my article I propose to divide India's long and historic association with Malaya into three phases or periods the j Hindu period, the post-Hindu period and the British period. That Indians are not foreigners m this part
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    • 5 8 A Long And Historic Association
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    • 2258 10  - History and Growth of the POST OFFICE TAN SAY HYE BY Mail Times Reduced From Five Months To Six Days THE first Post Office m Singapore was established m 1854 on the riverside on the site at present occupied by the Government Offices with the commercial houses situated on the
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    • 318 10 WATEKMAN'S GREAT INVENTION The First Practical Fountain Pen I E. Waterman as the inventor of the first practical "ipen, will always haw- an b "place for his eontrii jwriting world. Man had alrcud; 1 thousands of jrei I successive styles U Him i coloured clay, the
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    • 102 12 dfdsfasdsdfdasfdf RAFFLES PLACE, THE HEART OF SINGAPORE. RAFFLES MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. SINGAPORE RAILWAY STATION m KINO THE JIBII.EK CUtJMUIWNI Singapore was a Hue ..r l.chi. Th« VktorU Tru-alre and Mrn.or.al Hall are here **n picked out m hundreds of light* and In, M.«Wp.l Z\tJ nt H^M SINGAPORE RIVER,
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    • 3541 14  -  #3OfTt^ rjHSIGsiCCLL iVOIw& -s g mmzn** jw%> jr SINGAPORE WAS CREATED FOR TRADE AND TRADE KEEPS IT GOING A Merchant Defends His Calling BY <4 The place is commercial above all, behind all, beyond all commercial." Thus wrote Roland Braridell over a decade ago m his
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    • 1244 16 A Record Of Continuous IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE PAST 25 YEARS THE beginnings of Municipal Government of Singapore were extremely modest, and arose cm* of dissatisfaction with the manner m which the (iovernment was attend! nv, or it t her not iIng, to the affairs of the town.
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      84 16 THE LATEST PICTURE OF THE SINGAPORE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS Standinr left to rl«*«. n* T w C. D. Miller. D. Frankel, J. A. Elias, E. A. Brown. T. Naraindas, H. W. Raper R Tc^alohn slatd i hFT^ *E Tho »»^y- Jones. Tay Llan Teck. Dr. K. K. Pathy, Dr. H. S.
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    • 1459 16  -  R. J. FARRER THE Armistice found the Municipality m a difficult position. Four years of enforced economyhad, greatl}' increased arrears. A period of high and hasty spending faced them and their organisation was inadequate for this. Eleven Commissioners could not possibly handle the multitude of
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    • 1103 18 History Of John Little's J)R. Robert Little, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Edin), was the son of an Edinburgh lawyer, and grandson of the minister at Applegarth, m Scotland. His two younger brothers. John Martin Little and Matthew Little, were resident m Singapore for many years, and were founders of Messrs. Little, Cur^etjee
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      2214 18 fai!C3 to CCCO and by 1931 to 25.2. In 1833 the r~:e was 13.63. the lowest on reet The Infantile death rate shows a similar improvement, and hc.z fall i consistently and with little interruption from 337 per 1000 live birthj In 1901 to 310 In 1911, to 222 m
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    • 1555 20  -  J. O. KNIGHT Tough Soldiers In The Old Days FROM RIFLE FORCE TO THE S. S. V. F. BY IUttARLY 90 years ago was formed j I the iirst unit of what today, must bo recognised as ono of the finest Volunteer Corps m the Em-!
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    • 670 20 How Cook's Helped The Expedition To Kh artoum THE "DAISY" FLOWERSHOP •T'HK workUrenowned business of Thos. Cook and Son, Ltd., had its beginnings In 1841. In that year, on July 5, Mr. Thomas Cook, an enthusiast, writer, and lecturer on temperance, ran a cheap trip from Leicester to Loughborough the
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    • 3477 22 When Cricket Was Introduced SPORTING GIANTS OF THE PAST IT is most appropriate that as I begin this article, which is to deal, rather imbHiou&ly, with a century of sport m Singapore, a group of Ma ay syces should be engaged m a game
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    • 88 1 HHHi H^l^^B I >^^^* ■^■■i I ROYAL DUTCH MAIL ■■^k sHISBs|SSg)SB| SINGAPORE TO SOUTHAMPTON Travel m the luxurious motorships Baloeran, Dempo, Sibajak, Indrapoera. Superb cabin accommodation, sumptuously fitted public rooms, large sports decks— and food that is unequalled on any boats which run between Europe and the Straits. I Rotterdam
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    • 85 3 The EASTERN EXTENSION AUSTRALASIA and CHINA TELEGRAPH COMPANY Ltd. The most comprehensive Telegraph organisation m the world. NO COUNTRY HOWEVER REMOTE IS OUT OF ASSOCIATED AND CONNECTING SERVICES Via Eastern links the British Empire with all parts of the world. Direct and rapid cable service from SINGAPORE to PENANG, INDIA,
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    • 126 4 HO ME -in the height of luxury I There is no such luxury m the air as is provided by the British air Dep. Singapore son&xhurs. I Dep. Singapore m^T" I service, with its roomy comfort m great air liners equipped with I four engines for perfect reliability and with
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    • 162 5 FIRST SHIPMENT SOLD OUT! NEXT SHIPMENT THIS WEEK!! ml We earnestly request you to Book your copy NOW SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM BY LAWRENCE OF ARABIA. In March, 1927, an abridged version of Seven Pillars of Wisdom was published for general circulation under the title of Revolt m the Desert,
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    • 186 9 mi I |^f (X C l 4 *^4^^^^fes^uk i **^B^ I^B t*i i*Mi f a SINGAPORE'S SMARTEST RENDEZVOUS G. H. CAFE LTD. BATTERY ROAD. Phone 6688.; TRADE mark lim^^^m^^mm^^mma^mmmr'* "WSBIMIiBWWKBWBMBiMBP 1 *3 £D 1 C^ '^^wMJ^wWBil. %M^ r NF^ Ot? *a Ix^ BlH^^^^^^^^^Hl^M^B^H WAYANG SINGAPORE. (cheese theatr^ THE PIONEER PARK
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    • 151 11 Ij^^J B^ O.^ ALL AT BARGAIN PRICES:;: |r /^/y&vi f% ncnu Let tt bUm (Established 1925) No. 10, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. j Hardware Merchants, fmk or T?l m Ship-chandlers and r^ JB? oail-makers, V Estates and Mining Suppliers, M Government and 111 Municipal Contractors, II I I Importers and Exporters.
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    • 181 13 c^ oxmljl i 9 j[ %y v*/ v-r OFFICE FOR O C HM I Jk ill I^-i:L^ i-^-^?^ -HWr RAF-LES HOTEL BUILDING, f jHGH^^-^,^ s /E.LEIT2N. *d« V/Cr\/» ■^~>s. \WhTZLAK/ BRANCHESI S La La I I aLo tt^^i^^lF'lj^-JH OSAKA HANKO\A/ Kr^ rifl nF_ j B J^^B I I V^X I\|
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    • 119 15 POWELL CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) Straits Settlements Oldest Auction Sale-room. Real Estate, Auctioneers and Valuers. Mortgages Arranged. Valuation Made. Rents Collected. THE LANCASHIRE INSURANCE CO., LTD. MERGED IN THE ROYAL INSURANCE CO., LTD. GIAN SINGH Co. I FOR «>^Sw ALL YOUR DAILY NEEDS WKk SILKS 3 I Kl^f Perfumery
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    • 611 19 KgSigl. -^y^^— _^H"l^ m mm ""'l-*?'-^ ~^^^^j day s shopping m .an hour, K33tE3 i sJokn uttlk and when you arc co Travel Requisites of all l^^JV^jgpfiSlSßi ftillli^ r 'Awiw^ r/ ffissmß l^lMiai^^g^ftg^^^ disposed our Cafe offers IVien s 1 siloring and Out- i? i t 1 *l l 7'Tr
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    • 136 21 **7<^^ x. v 9 v^L.^ srr >S m^ f\^ *y r *&v To Merchants, Bankers, Professional Men, Clerks, Students and all those, who require good and strenuous brain work, THE TIGER BRAND MEDICINES are really absolute necessities* TIGER BALM can do wonders m case of Toothache, Stomachache, wounds, cuts, and
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    • 281 21 GOODWOOD PARK C-Xj ■?'?>&■?: mm mm ■^^^H BB^M rj£!s&>"4>!fi&- <r ifo 'i < y>4 UH Urn /I^^^Bm I v :|S^Wv? > v ie' i^^^Wit .vW-' '■^j((isS ::SftS.*:i)i:J I^P"^H B 9 HB 9> H ■■^•'■^S'" -*-.^^^^L ■:•<?-, flSxfN-'- v^ I t^^M I^|h ....i.;:^;. ...;> HR ■:-i«sS^fe >:>* f^3:iJ p^^^:-^ v :]K
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    • 412 23 I PURE FOODS J m 7 vlV^ chivers vegetables -j j* A/m/^k /A I iH^W ARE CANNED IN THE 9 ~M~\ C*l/1 T\lT\)\A' Vt^ *S tfm^lMmW following varieties B Hi Vi/$^ r*-* H asparagus tips, strincless M~~^ I ™*&Z>Y BEANS. GOLDEN BEANS. EROAD BEANS. BEETROOT. CARROTS. H| —W^ CAULIFLOWER, CELERY.
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  • The Singapore Free Press
    • 11 1 The Singapore Free Press SECTION FIVE Centenary Number October 8, 1935
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    • Article, Illustration
      2641 2 veterans' singles trophy I believe. Although another Japanese player, Honda, won it m 1924, the singles title has ever since been held by a Chinese player, with two exceptions: Paul Clerc and Van Giao (Saigon). Clerc's success Interrupted a run of successes by Khoo Hooi Hye, but the success of
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      • 1063 2 SUCCESS WILL YOU PAY THE PRICE If you are normal, you want the ccmfcrts and luxuries which are the by-products of success a home of your own a new car a Crosley refrigerator the leisure to read— the meaas to travel. Ycu want these things very much. But you are
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      • 61 3 J|iy|gj|L REMINGTON ■j Ivl LAliu BSffir^ah RU lv tLtuu REMINGTON RAND INC. Inco rpo rate d m U.S. A I I I I GIFTS OF FLOWERS &gf\ jV^l^ SENT EVERYWHERE M^/^jS,^ uo f^ Q7 1' -w^ L v I BOUQUETS, DA GkTIT'T'Q FRESH FLORAL WREATHS Made to Order at I
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      • 299 3 1835— BENBOW'S CENTENARY— I93S. 100 YEARS' REPUTATION. BENBOW'S j-Bfl Bf jn B 2^ql Registered. DOG MIXTURE. The Reliable Tonic and Original Medicine. Infallible for Producing First Rate Condition m Dogs for Exhibition. ARE YOU CONDITIONING YOUR DOGS CORRECTLY? Make Sure of this, by giving them BENBOW'S DOG MIXTURE. Do what
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    • 410 4 This series of pictures gives an idea of how the Free Press is producec In the centre is a corner of the editorial department through whicl. all news passes. The Editor, Mr. F. Stefani. is m the centre with Miss D. Armstrong, the Woman
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      • 105 5 Specialist m Kimonos and Silk Fabrics 1 v Ml! iti-^H M WM INpw Spflsons i i, iJH^^^H i 11l i'.r.iitn^B [B 54-56 MIDDLE ROAD I f THE CUP THAT CHEERS. I f SINGAPORE n^ UA f A LUMPUR> I PRELUDE TO PLEASURE. I t T Wherever smart people and connoisseurs
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      • 132 5 KODAK Film that makes the picture You don't have to be an artist to get a /^g^^^^^ picture like this with Kodak Film. But if //>t^ —a you are an artist you'll appreciate the Vf**rM*L-rf£Al//vK sensitiveness and delicacy of pictures y^r^C^*^to^^^f iA taken on Kodak Film. Y^/-Tl\^^^^ify Kodak Film is
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      13258 6 may have or that may be established through head offices at home). Much remains unsaid concerning the early European pioneers, but we must go on, however great a part they have played and however likable and brave and enterprising they prere. Chinese Pioneers. Equally important and immeasurably richer m detail
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      • 133 6 ihnitjA assorted BpnH^^^^i lll!: i^^-::::!|l!!!! jl! itccCCt H Wl^ 1 I;;; "ljj|jMj||jjjJi==:ii! 5 -=M llj 'MEILIIS' is a name known Rra :r::^^ lI :!h by everybody, everywhere, for f I i' 1 1 1 'quality' onfectionery. Listed fr': si: J iiii below are a few of the many is:::::... varieties
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      • 57 7 HAIR OIL The Proud Possession of every charming J|^ w>i(>f^ Gft taste I |i |l P^> Tp^J Assisting Glossy- W^^^,§W t?f~^^\ Stij hair S rowth and Kwroi^J ''|b| I —^=Jy Cool are some of ||rjf HTT^fc \i M/l vj_fi_bLSL-i^jLJi-JLi5 j^ g rare excellent ||flp. -^^m f/yl I mi I EPXEItJUkI
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      • 256 8 S^^^ oo^^ o**0 THE OREAT SUCCESS OF BOURN- VTTA m promoting sleep and increasing f/fi J^y y^ X f o pii'e */ie digestion because of its ricn JBmmmW WMMr'" m mmF "^9ssc» re Iff v v V ~-*m MMW^^^m rn[RD^ n^^rfPM fe" -i%k^^^S B iT^S B^ Bourn- vita is m
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      • 34 9 STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) TIN SMELTERS and REFINERS W. E. Moulsdale Co., Ltd., Victoria Station House, London, S. W. 1. "THE STRAITS TRADING CO., LTD.," BRAND OF STRAITS TIN
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      • 172 10 (incorporated m England) HEAD OFFICE NO. 9, KINGSWAY, LONDON W.C.2. SUPPLIERS I 1 OF PRINTING IV9 Ay Ttt nl Ci j ■\j pC -w^r^^^^tß F A I I D D I W T" Q^^jM^^iWJK'JcaS^^BMßMßWßMßßMWßWßwJßiß^BMllßßßMßßß^^^^^^^^^^^^Zl^^^^^^^^^™^™^^^ j yq£ I|^ Y^LrwW^SmuJtfft Sb laH B^^WJBM^BBpB^Si HNaii£S^HßWSsi9l Bk^jf >M imi^^Bß CCYTI FMrW T C, M
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      • 153 11 I LAWRENCE OF ARABIA'S "SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM" PUBLISHED BY JONATHAN CAPE IS PRINTED IN ITS ENTIRETY ON PAPER MADE BY JOHN DICKINSON CO., LIMITED MMM ai^^. Masai w^mm .^a^k. mbb^ M^^^. aa^ «a^MH ntLrv I rur\uonir\ii LEADING MAKERS OF FINE BOOK PAPERS FOR OVER A CENTURYi I Required Approximately
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      • 44 12 LORILLEUX BOLTON I T IT TV /T T I 1/ Manufacture Printing Inks for all purposes BRILLIANCE AND EASY WORKING PROPERTIES ARE THE CHIEF QUALITIES, AND THEY PROVIDE PRINTERS WITH THE MEANS OF PRODUCING ORIGINAL EFFECTS FOR ADVERTISERS ASHLEY ROAD, TOTTENHAM, LONDON, N. 17.
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      • 51 13 t ■■■M B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^bbbbH B^B^B^B^bbbbß ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I ■HI b^LIIIIIIIH^^^^^^ ■lIIIIIIIIIIIH ■HHHHIH i^V H H B^BBBBBBBB^H BbBBBBBBBBBBBbB ***************8 BBBBBBBBBBBBBbB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBbB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBft B^BBBBBBBBbB I BBBBBBBBBBBBBBbB BBBBBBBBBBBBBBbI BbBBBBBBBBBBBB ***************8 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBH BBBBBBBWNEWS COMMERCIAL All ET j^b T^k fl BUSINESS CENTRES 39, THE ARCADE, SINGAPORE. F R JONES 881 BBi BBV B^k BF v ■■■^^f PhOne 5357
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    • 1560 14 •"THE value of air travel has no I more striking examples than those provided by the facilities which the Empire air mail now offers to Malaya. Not only m personal travel, hut m j the exchange of letters, documents, j estimates, and contracts,
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    • 364 14 TPHE Singrapore house of Schmidt and Co., was established m March, 1935, at 89, Bras Basah Road, Raffles Hotel Building, Singapore, and their modern showroom and up-to-date exhibition of tho latest inventions and developments of scientific optical instruments, h greatly appreciated by the medical profession, engineers,
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      • 59 14 PLAY CARD GAMES j THE WORLD'S BEST PLAYING CARDS ARE MADE BY:EDE LA RUE COMPANY LIMITED, CHARLES GOODALL SON LIMITED, IN LONDON. SOLD BY ALL LEADING STATIONERS AND STORES THROUGHOUT MALAYA LET IT RAIN YOU CAN STILL PLAY CRICKET. HAVE YOU TRIED STUMPZ"? BRITAIN'S NAT.ONAL INDOOR GAME ALSO "ROUND THE
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      • 99 15 AND SONS, LIMITED. Makers of High-Speed Rotary News Presses Specially designed and built for ease of pro- duction, with many exclusive patented devices. Crabtree Presses have been installed m Offices m all parts of the World. tf][ Perfect workmanship and highest quality of materials ensure the freedom from breakdowns, and
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      • 167 16 ■^^■■■^^-^^^^~^^^^ii^■^^^^^^^^■■^^^^^■^^^^■^■■^^■^^^■^^■^^^■^■^^^l^^^^^l^^^^^ I uM Wm h i^^i i i hajh I Wm PAPER AGENTS 3, Temple Avenue/ LONDON. E. C. 4. The premier firm m Malaya for Paper and everything for the Printer. Sole representatives of the undermentioned well known firms: The Pacific Mills Limited, Vancouver o o Newsprint, Kraft, Wrapping
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