The Straits Times, 12 August 1920

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,407 SINGAPORE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1920 PRICE 10 CENTS
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      216 1 IMJt y» aaaa BSTABUSHED NIARLY 800 YBABS M JOS. TRAVERS SONS, Ltd. IIZIU JtCft^j^^B^T^l) (Icoorpotated in Boßland) MERCHANTS and MANUFACTURERS BOPPLIBRB OF FINEST QOA.LITY PROVISIONS ••■h^"b WINES AND SPIRITS ALL OU3 TI^NiD FOODS ABB SPBOIALLY PAOSBD FOR THIS GLIMATB AND ABB THE BEST OBTAINABLE The foUowiag eoaititnte only a part
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      170 1 iiDeorporated in »be Btraitn Set»lemeat«) ivZnfiTnl D^Pl^f^/^) THE GENTLEMEN'S DEPT. NEW BTO3K ZAMBBENE 7 RAINCOATS <"" J The proofing employed in a'l garments m >J»ftk J is the famous Zambrece Triple Triple Froofi"? 'wh'ch guarantees the cloth f^ J^\ to reman porous and self-ventilating v^^^ and thereiore perfectly hjgienic. &T
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      1 1 BTERILJBKD
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    City that Will not Die.
    1223 2 Why Ypres Refuses to Remain A Rulo. Tbeie wm little led of this old oity when the Oeimui had fiaiabed with it, writes a sorreapoedeot m Yprea. there ii Mill less tft now. The BeJgUns Live completed tbe destruction began by Germaa shelis. They aye
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      194 2 I The All/£ SmßritisK r~ •fnw.'X < 3 i »£7 1 lighT'car Send your enquiry for early delivery to Agentf J flj| WEARNE BROTHERS. LTD., J Orchard Road, Sinßapore |-fTJ STANDARD MOTOR Co, Ltd, Coventr)-, Kngland. AT HOME, AT THE CLUB, CAFE OR HOTEL LIBERTY BRAND CEYLON TEA ALWAYS SATISFACTORY
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      660 2 PIMPLES OVER I FACE JPODY Itched and Burned. Lost Sleep. Culicura Heals. "I had been a long sufferer from pimples and blotches all over my face and body. They used to itch and burn so that I could net sleep at night, and they came to a head and burst.
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      158 2 WE ARE BUYERS FOR COPRA, COCONUT OIL, KAPOK Pleas* send offers ♦<> our Rppreßpntativi-, Room M, Raties Hotel. THE 0. WOHL SCHRODER TRADING AND MINING CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO Head OBce SAN FRANCISCO, Head Office for the ORIENT, SAIGON. Offers for any quantity will be considered. Larger amounts preferred. ABISAKA'S
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    TUB RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING COMPANY, LTD.
    590 3 (IMVIRPOBATMD IM Qc*BKBLAI»D.) Geisral Manager's Progress Report For Four Weeks Ending July 17, 1920. Gentleman,— H. re with I beg to forward the report, for the loot week* otusbing endisg July 17, 1930. Development— For the term 104 feet of development baa been
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    DISCOVERY OF THE " MOVIES."
    232 3 DISCOVERY OF THE MOVIES." Claimed to be a British Invention, Tbe Home Secretary and the Fteaeh Ambjieadof »ot among these present at a private exbibitioa ol an alltiti iih flm whiob Me-hts. George Otostmitb and Eivard Lacri ia»d propose showing shortly at cne ol tbe Wnct Ea3 theatres. It ia
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    32 3 Tbedireotora of tbe Saporg Rakkw Md Toaaeao Bstatea b»va declared a dividead of 16 pti oeat. per aioum in ree(e;i of thaiCM 819, payable, leis tax at Be. in tb. J, oa
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      588 3 r 'The Iron Jelloid treatment surpasses former methods. 9 Says What belter news can be con- Physician. pjm^^M veyed than that impoverished > blood can be made rich and Vjm good by means of taking Iron <£?y* felloids ?To those who suffer "*Sfc W^B from a deficient quality of i&4
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      336 3 M. EZEKIEL WHOLESALE AND BBTAIL OPTICIANS O, High Strmtt (Europe Hotel Boildinrs). WELDING We are now in a position to undertake welding of broken cylinders, crank cases, pinions or any broken article of cast iron, steel, aluminium, brass or copper. Every job taken will be guaranteed or money re"straits motorcar
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      553 3 STEAMER SAILINGS DOLLAR LINE REGULAR SAILINGS Froaa Singapore to Bataria, Soeraiwva aad Samara ng From Singapore to Saigon and Hongkong LAKE ONAWA Aug. 16 The above iteamero accepting througl cargo to UJS.A. and Overland Pointa In con nection with vessels from Hongkong loading aa follow* WEST CADRON lecond half Aug.
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      500 3 STEAMER SAIUW6S for Hongkong and kobe The I. C. S. N. Co.'s Kumsanic, 3.L'^(! torn. Captain Grant, sails on or about August 14. She has splendid accommodation for Saloon Apply BOLSTEAD CO., Agent*. FOR SOITRABAYA DIRBCT The I. C. S. N. Co.'s s.s. Kwaisang, t&ift tons. Captain Hussey, now in
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      790 4 nuaatuum P. 0. -British India ID Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated In England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO (Under Contract with Hit Majesty* GomiMM) kI Cammaaa'tt M»n. SERVICES BAST OP BOMBAY an at t«— tmmmat»t K^ mmmr LONDON rO-UITUN SEBTIC* rt(M LONDON TO KABSMILUB IMM Da*
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      501 4 steami mum PRINCE LINE UNITE* (Incorporated la England) FAB BAST SEBTIO FOB NEW TOBS CELTIC PRINCE via Sues about Sad half Oct. For all information apply to ADAMSON, GILFILLAN 00, »T». (Incorporated la Baglsnd) Ageata. THE DEN LINE STEANEIS LIMITED (Incorporated in t'ue United Kingdom) For China aad Japaa BENLKDI
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      262 4 ITIMWIIXISta THE EASTERN SHIPPING COMPANY, LIMITED (Incorporated in Straits Settlement*) This time table is subject to alteration without further notice. Steamer sailing from Singapore PIN SENG— Every Tuesday, at > far Port Swettenham and Penang. From Malacca to Singapore Fraas Penang to Moolmetn (Train Journey from Moulmeia to Rangoon 10
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      343 4 on THE OSAKA SHOSEN taiwha LTD. (Incorporated la Japaa) No. 2, Do Soasa Street Proposed Railing from Singapore (Subject to change without notice) FOR PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, LONDON. ANTWERP, ROTTERDAM AND HAMBURG ALPS MARU mid. Sept. FOR NEW TORK (via Panama Caul) HONOLULU MARU Anna* HAGUE MARU end Sept. PUGET
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      433 4 NIPPON YIMN KAISKA (Incorporated la Japaa) Under Mail Contract with the imasriaj Jaaaaoaa CiTiraaiial Bebjeet to alterations without aettoa. EUROPE MAD. UNH Fortnightly Service Far laadaa. Antwerp via (Malacca) raaaag. Colombo, Saaa. Part Said aad MaraalUea. ATSUTA MARU Aug. IS SHIDZUOKA MABU Aa«. Sa KAGA MARU Sept 8 LIVERPOOL UNB
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    129 5 FIXTURES. Ttetraday, August 12. it gh Wnter, 9.48 a.m.. 8.45 p.m. Anniversary of Settlement of Penang. Outran Uoad School Sports. BotMtward mail closes. 1 1 llodK^on Co., Vie Theatre, 9.16. F riday, August IS. High WaUr, 10:11 ».m., 9.43 p.m. Commissiom, .1.15 p.m. Leylan.l HadjiMS Co., Vie.
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    SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE
    162 5 VKSKELS AT THE DOCKS. iU^ Wharf Basin. Milo, Shrimp, A Bello. J.isi >\harf. BaUf Uoss. Steers Wharf. Albert and Victoria Kry 'Wk Van H« Mam Wharf. (arnaivon»ire, Toyotomi Hara, Thoaswa, Muhidol. Batpiro Hack. Bllora, Rajah of Sarawak. K U Ham, fiagatn Maru. Fuh Wo, Kajang. ■irr( M.-i Wharf,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    203 5 To-day m, I I'..n SuiJ 3 p.m. Honfrkuog. Amoy mnd Swatow 3 p.m. T'»r' J'ickaoM and Port Swettenham 3 p. a. Malacca and Muar 8 PJB. '.'on Swettenham, Penang, Madras •■•.J N>t;ap»Um, taking maila for Kurope, etc., (via Bombay) I p.m. Registration up to 1 p.m. Parcels
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE
    33 5 (Official Post Offlea Report) June 1* JOI7 1« June 24 Jnly 21 Jum- JC, August 2 j unt H Aucust 2 July '> August 2 Aujujt 9 July H August 9
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    Abolish the Joneses."
    147 5 A namorous ■iifKirtlian that to simylify their list- of customers Us* banks "should abolifi ull the JoMM*" was madi b) Mr. Justice Av..ry in the Kteg*i n:ly. Mr. \V K. .lours, a inanu- .'rit of Leytonrtonn. wed Sir Charleii MrCniror. Bt.. and Co., the hanfor wrongly diahonoartafc
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    128 5 ■XCHANOB Singapore, August 12. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/4 Demand 2/3 Private 3 m. 3 credits 2/4 19/32 On New York Demand 41% Private 90 days 46 V 4 On France Bank 565 On India, Bank T.T. 118 On Honffkonfj, Bank d/d 81*4 p.c. pm. On
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      MINING
      201 5 [SI. Bayers. Seller*. i a 10 Ampan* 16 00 1 1 Ayer Wong 1.25 1.50 nom. a £1 Kara Kamunting 1.16.6 2.18.6 10 10 KinU Aasoe. 7.26 8.00 «1 II KinU Tit. f «oa» 1 1 Hitam Tin 2.90 3.10 1 1 Jelantoh 2.00 2.10 l il Lahat Mine*
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      GENERAL
      123 5 Iss. Val. Pd. Buyer*. Sellen. SI £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 3.10.0 3.17.6 I] ill E. Smelting Co. 13.00 14.00 I Gtaetne T'way. 4/» 10 10 FrastT Xeave 57.00 SB.OO >0 50 W Hammer* Co 110.00 112.50 1 00 100 Katz Bros. 130.00 160.00 £1 £1 Mexican Eagle 10.12.6 11.5.0
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      DEBENTURES
      88 5 U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,800 par 6 p.e. pn. Spore Electric Tramways 5 p.c. £350,000 nom. Spore Municipal 5 p.c. $1,878,000 par. Spore Mun. 4V4 p.c of 1907 $1,000,000 16 p.c. 10 p.e. dis. Spore Mun. 4V4 p.c. of 1909 $1,600,600 16 p.c. 10 p.c. dis. Spore Man. 4V4
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      RUBBER SHAKES
      431 5 Fraser and Co. and Lysll and Evatt'a Qootatima. [Latest available Sterling Quotations are printed on another pag« <m FrMay.) To-day's Price* Fraser Lyall A A Co. Evatt Allenby ($1) 0.80 0.90 0.80 0.90 Alor Gajah '$li :!.6O :J.70 3.60 .3.80 Am. Malay 4.25 4.75 4.50 4.75 AyerHitam(ss) 23.00
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      52 5 AUCTION SALE I room. N... 30. Klmt.- Street. I nrsdsy. August IH. at 2.3« p.m. 1.1 MldfckS xite situate off Kast Coast Road. Taoul Mint KitcJiil, fronting the seu, area fA&Wi .rr fee*. A troi.d site fs>r a aos -id. tiralth rasort with 800 sandy beach. CHBONC KOON SENG SEKG
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      860 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS LEDGES CLERKS. Appointments filled. Applicants thanked. Employer. OPFICK To LET, Rolnnson Road. Could ivc lease two years. Apply 972, Straits 'firm's. MOTOR LORRY FOR H l RE.~on~favour*ble cms. Apply Aldens' Successors {Eastern) t 1.. I. Collyer Quay. iXKNISHKI) BEDROOM, u-e sitting room, uit two ladies or married couple,
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      91 5 SATISFACTION IS BEST ASSURED IF WE WORK WITH YOU RATHER THAN FOR YOU GET L\ TOTCH WITH KIAM KIAT COMPANY 108 and 109, MARKET STREET. AND YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IT. OIL MILL EQUIPMENT We are prepared to furnish and install the required machinery for any type and capacity of VEGETABLE
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      497 5 CASTLEMAINE "CB ALE AND STOUT APPLY TO SOLE AGENTS BRUCE MICHIE CO., LTD., 12, ROBINSON ROAD Tri. K7« jUC CAR FOR TIIK TROPICS Shipments just to hand. Hook early MALCOLM BERANGER. Sol. A t tn'i NOTICE Is hereby (riven that Cambric*. Muslins. etc.. bearing the well-known Britannia ticket, as specimen
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      292 5 VICTORIA THEATRE LAST TaWaU NKiHTS TO-NIGHT TO-NIGIIT THURSDAY, AUG. 12 VAUDEVILLE Friday. AaßUit 13. I »..1« The American Musical Playlet ROSEBUDS Saturday, AuKUxt 14. at ».3fl HOTCH POTCH Gems' of the Repertoire MM SI. t, 2. and 1. Plans at MOI TltlK/S NANSON CO. 77, BEACH ROAD. GENERAL MERCHANTS Invite
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    DEATH
    42 6 MR. LOW BOON TIONG of No. 95-7, River Valley Road, passed away at 7.30 a.m. on August 10, 1920. He leaves a widow, five daughters and a son to mourn his loss. The funeral will take place on Saturday, August 14.
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    The Straits Times THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 THE POLISH CRISIS.
    1127 6 The Straits Times THURSDAY, AUGUST 12 THE POLISH CRISIS. It were mere folly to disguise the gravity of the situation in Europe. Russia has rejected the overtures of the Allied Powers, and claims a right to settle with Poland independent of them. But the Allied Powers made Poland a buffer
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    50 6 The Druidical Circle, known as Harborough Rocks, near Matlock, has been sold to a company with £75,000 capital, and will be worked for its value as dolomite stone. Harborough was one of the few ancient sites for sun worship in conjunction with Nine Ladies, Bilberry, Knowle, and other Peakland circles.
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    64 6 The jealously guarded secret of the sail area of the cup yacbts Shamrock IV. and Resolute leaked out while the work of measuring the contestants was in progress at Brooklyn Dry Dock. Shamrock IV. was to carry a spread of 11,400 square feet of sail, by far the greatest ever
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    14 6 The Netherland Trading Society intends opening a branch office in Calcutta on Octorber 1.
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    17 6 The white buoy moored off Port Dickson is missing and will be replaced as early as possible.
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    18 6 Next Sunday, August 15, there will be holy communion at 7 a.m. at St. Matthew's Church, Sepoy Lines.
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    16 6 The Netherlands Indian Government has declared Singapore to be an infected port on account of cholera.
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    26 6 The directors of the Manchester North Borneo Rubber, Ltd., recommend a final dividend of 10 per cent, (less tax), making 20 per cent, for the year.
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    27 6 The Municipal Commissioners of F'enang have approved of the proposal of the Registrar of Vehicles to ask Government to increase the rate of private cars to $100.
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    33 6 A London cable of July 30 states on high authority that all officers on leave from India and Egypt have been recalled in consequence of the grave condition of affairs in the East.
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    31 6 Mr. H. R. Hertslet of Messrs. Harrisons and Crosfield, Kuala Lumpur, had an accident while riding his motor cycle en Saturday morning, and is now in hospital with a fractured jaw.
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    33 6 Mr. N. Blumenthal, of Raffles Chambers, has presented to the Supreme Court a petition for the winding up of the United Malaysian Rubber Company. The petition is fixed for hearing on August 23.
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    31 6 Our Penang correspondent wires that in the Siam Road gambling case, Mr. Baker discharged six of the accused, including four Government servants, but he ordered their prosecution for giving false evidence.
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    40 6 A big naval draft is about to be despatched to the China Station for distribution amongst the ships there. Lieutenant Commander E. E. C. Tufnell has been appointed to take the draft out to Hongkong, assisted by Lieutenant W. Harper.
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    46 6 A committee meeting of the whole Municipal board will be held to-morrow at which the Provident Fund rules come up for revision, a proposed factory in Orchard Road will be discussed, also a suggested increase of the tax on dogs and the consideration of other matters.
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    60 6 Messrs. Vickers, Limited, state that at the conclusion of the action brought by Admiral Sir Percy Scott against the company in connection with the sales of his inventions Sir Trevor Dawson placed his resignation in the hands of the chairman of the company. The board, being satisfied that Sir Trevor
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    86 6 Braving the drenching rain, a devoted band of journalists and other friends of the late W. T. Stead gathered on the Thames embankment opposite the Temple Station on July 3 for the unveiling of a memorial portrait bronze by Sir George Frampton. The plaque, in a setting of unique design,
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    83 6 The Hon. J. F. Owen, General Adviser, Johore, in his report for 1919 says respecting electric lighting. No addition to the load can be made and additional generating power is contemplated, the existing plant is running at full capacity is 5 years old and the safety margin is narrow. Specifications
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    89 6 The Food Controller has fixed maximum prices as follows for the sale of cargo broken rice in the distributing centre of Penang By licensed importers $10.98 per bag, by licensed retailers $11.10 per bag. When sold outside the distributing centre of Penang, for the Settlement of Penang nothing may be
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    91 6 It is interesting to note from Messrs Samuel Montagu's current bullion circular that in the Straits Settlements some forty years ago porcelain money actually gamblers' counters— used to possess a short circulation in the bazaars as money. History seems now repeating itself, for it has be) i reported that the
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    101 6 A Kelantan correspondent asks us to announce that Captain H. A. Anderson, the Chief Police Officer of Kelantan, paid a private visit to the Chinese Boys' School at Tabal on November 23, 1919, and was so pleased with its organisation and cleanliness that he offered a gold medal to the
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    111 6 Workmen engaged in digging a manhole on the Alton road, at the juncture of reads to Benetley and Bordon, near Farnham, Surrey, discovered. sft. below the surface, part of the old Roman road from Winchester to London. The road was in an excellent state of preservation, the surface dressing being
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    630 6 Mr. J. J. Virgo, C.8.E., Nat onal Field Secretary of the English National Council of the V.M.C.A., arrives in Kuala Lumpur this week, says the Malay Mail. A cable has been received in Kuala Lumpur announcing the death of Mr. L. K. Edwards, an old resident of
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    The Governor's Return.
    36 6 H.E. the Governor, Sir Laurenc< Guillemard, X.C.8., is due back in Singapore from Kelantan and Trengganu by the Seabelle this afternoon and will proceed at once to Penang where he rcjotea Lady Guillemard.
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    Speed-Maniac Viscount.
    63 6 Viscount Curzon lost his appeal against the fine which was recently inflicted foi exceeding the speed limit. When tin Ml sion clerk demanded his Ueenae for the purpose of recording the court's decision the document was so covered with the re cords of numerous convictions that the Viscount
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    Title of Doctor.
    88 6 Past and present members of I'arlm ment, numbering 307, recently petitioned the Archbishop of Canterbury to cM-rcisi-his ancient prerogative and jfrant a doctor's degree to H. A. Barker, the noted bonesetter. The Archbishop refoaad "ii the grounds of public interest. He points out that a Lambeth degree
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    The Far East and the War.
    122 6 In connection with the naval operations in the Far East, etc., during the Grout War, the King has been pleasfd to approveof the following clasps to tin- British Wai Medal Tsin»rtau." To officer* anil men of a'l ships employed off Tsinjftau during the operations
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      143 6 NOW IN STOCK GUNS, RIFLES, PISTOLS AND REVOLVERS k iMfp (election ol doable btml bamn-ei oi hammetlesa guns. Bogliab h American makes bom $86.00 to $880 OO AUTOMATIC V >—.., j£j PISTOLB COLT mumm V. Wabley 6.86 (HI. BW Ip. Browatag MB Cal M. iHttai 8 »"8° 8M fV ar-^i~s
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      173 6 ULJCT SUBJECTS ANB BIG FEATURE* sT SINGAPORE'S MODERN PICTURETHEATRES <Taa Chaat Km ft Co, Lta, P***ri«tan) ALHAMBRA VITAGRAPH SERIAL 16 Episodes THE WOMAN IN THE WEB Episodes 9 and 10 featuring Hedda Nora and J. Frank Glendon 5 Parts S Parts A TRIP TO THE FROZEN NORTH 5 Pts. THE
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    POLISH CRISIS.
    822 7 Press Reverts to a Hopeful Tone. Labour's Threat of Universal Strike. Reuter Telegrams London, August It. The llythe conference has finished. A short afternoon sitting was held owing to tin- receipt of further communications from .Soviet sources, and Mr. Lloyd George and M. Millerand returned to their respective
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    United States News.
    292 7 Reuter Telegrams London, August 19. New York In the course of an address in connection with the notification of his Vice-Presidential nomination, Mr. Franklin Roosevelt made an interesting reference to the question of America's participation in the world problem. He warned the United States against a retrogressive
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    British and Korea.
    170 7 Recter Telegram London, August 10. In the House of Commons Lieut.-Colonel Parry asked a question with regard to the alleged attempt of Japanese police to board the British steamer Kuilin, owned by Mr. G. L. Shaw, with the object of arresting Koreans suspected of being on board,
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    Ireland.
    78 7 Reuter Telegram London, A u joist 9. The House of Lords has passed the second reading of the Restoration of Order in Ire-land Bill. In the course of the debate an elderly gentleman from the place allotted to Privy Councillors created a mild sensation. He exclaimed. If you pass
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    Japan and China.
    314 7 Americans and Anglo-Japanese Alliance. Reiter Telegram London, August 0. Colonel House, who is now in London, has telegraphed to the Philadelphia Public Ledger lommendinp to American consideration the suggestion by "an influential English statesman for supersession of the Anglo-Japanese treaty by an Anglo-American-Japanese-Chinese <one for the purpose
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    Archbishop Mannix.
    89 7 Reuter Telegram London, August Si. A British destroyer took off Archbishop Mannix from the liner Baltic and landed him at Penzance, whence he intends to pro■eed to London. A great Irish welcome had previously been arranged at Liverpool in anticipation of his disembarkation there. London, August 9. The
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    Holland's Shipping.
    65 7 Reuter Telegram London, August 10. A programme of considerable expansion is noted in Dutch shipping circles. Forthcoming arrangements include the early supplementing of the Royal West Indian Company's existing services to Surinam with cargo sailings. Three Dutch companies are inaugurating a joint service between Hamburg and Java. The
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    English Election.
    41 7 Relter Telegram London, August 10. The Woodbridge by-election result is Sir A. Churchman (Co. Unionist) 9,898 Mr. Harden (Labour) 8,707 Majority 1,191 The election was caused by the resignation of Col. R. F. Peel, appointed Governor of St. Helena.
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    The Suki Maru.
    52 7 Reuter Telegram London, August 10. Lloyd's representatives in Sydney announce that the Suki Maru. which was stranded near Cooktown at the end of July, has been refloated. The forehold i» full of water. It is estimated that 700, tons of coal, was jettisoned. The vessel is proceeding
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    Empire Exhibition.
    125 7 Reuter Telegram London, August 10. The House of Commons has adopted a resolution authorising the payment ol £100,000 as the Government's share of the guarantee fund in connection with the forthcoming British Empire Exhibition. Mr. Kellaway, moving the resolution, said there was no better way of celebrating the
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    SUGAR STRIKE THREATENED.
    62 7 Aneta Service. Weltevreden, August 11. The native union of factory labourers has sent an ultimatum to the Sugar Syndicate and has demanded that the Syndicate agree to their several demands within eight days, otherwise 72,000 labourers in the organisation will stop work. As just now the sugar
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    PILSENER AGAIN.
    512 7 But from Czecho-Slovakia State. In the heart of London the other day near to where a beautiful piece of sculpture marke the centre of a circus, a frroup of quietly hopeful men sat in a cafe and mitigated the heat with cool draughts of a pale, clear amber-coloured
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    MESSRS. W. JACK'S METAL REPORT.
    143 7 Messrs. W. Jacks metal report from London dated July 15. Copper has risen about £2 per ton and is in good demand. Tin advanced £20 per ton on the leading Dutch interests supporting instead of depressing the market, and the Straits continues to refuse bids
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    HOME LETTER.
    1764 7 Labour Takes a Hand In Ireland. From Our Special Correspondent London, July 16. I should hesitate to write again on thi Irish question at present were it not thai the Twelfth has been celebrated onc< more in Ulster, but in a manner that suggests a less truculent and
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    BOTANICAL RESEARCH.
    188 7 Plantation Interests Asked T-> Contribute. An appeal is made on behalf of thr Imperial College of Science and Techn >\ogy at South Kensington by the chairman. Lord Crewe, Sir Alfred Keogh and Professor J. B. Farmer for funds to tneraaso the facilities of the college for trainingscientific men
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    LOCAL RUBBER AUCTION.
    192 8 The 459 th auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Ass .ciation was held on August 11 an:i 12, IU2O, when there was catalogue:) 1,940,168 lbs., KC.l.i:: tons. Offered 1,687.065 lbs., 753.14 tons. Sold 1,135,526 lbs., 506.92 tons. Prices Realised. Cents per Ib. Ribbed Smoked Sheet
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      Staffords I Win by 7—o.
      332 8 I gave other surviving S.F.A. .up competitors food for thought yestirliay, when they put their second string the tune of 7 o. Only one cf thesi u-oals bad come at the interval, an 1 the reserves had given quite a good account of themselves in
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      L.L.T.C. Tournament.
      29 8 There was BO play in the Ladies Lawn Tennis Club tournament yesterday, the ground being unlit, and the continued rain will probably hold up tennis for the
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      SI. Andrew's School Sports.
      406 8 After the downpour in the morning the weather was fine throughout yesterday afternoon for the successful holding of the annual athletic sports of St. Andrew's School. There was a very large gathering on t!n grounds of Raffles Institution, kindly hnl for the occasion. Among those promini
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      Golf.
      40 8 The August monthly medal at the Singapore Coif Club played on the 7th and Xth inst. was won l>> Mr. 11. T. White net score of 80. The Ladies' Spoon competition, played on the ua won h\ Mrs. Hunter.
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      Not the Olympic.
      71 8 I r wire of August '.< sta'» h appear* that the week-end sporting from Antwerp do not rtfer to tin' Olympic (iames but to the world Kampionshipi organised by the li.t' inalinnal Cyclists i'liion. The Ohm mi 'James are doe to start today. The wire referred t.i
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      County Cricket.
      67 8 A I. union wiry nf Aupust 9 states Middlesex beal Surrt-y by an innings ami runs. Yorkshire in-ui Worcestershire by an in:iil 2\ runs. i beal Derbyshire by an innings .in I MS runs. The St. Paul's Athletic A? Football train. Krrenihan, met the Nflai lull Kunipi-an team
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    KWALOE RUBBER ESTATES.
    715 8 KWALOE R UBBER ESTATES. Good Progress. Lower Costs, New Plantings. The tenth ordinary general meeting of the Kwaloe Rubber Estates, Limited, was held on July 14, at the Rubber Growers' Association, 38, Eastcheap, London, E.C., Mr. Richard J. Arnold < the chairman of the company) presided. The Chairman, in the
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    PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS
    75 8 The Alhambra has soraathins uncommon in the suri of pictures it is presenting tn-nitr'nt. taken miring npnrisl hunting expedition embarked on for the pupaaa of collecting specimens for the ("anu^ir (tusfum. Besides this then- will be a particularly fine I'aralta Play, featuring J. Warren Kerrigan, and entitled the
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    60 8 Believed to be the highest concrete poles in the world, the masts of the new Japanese stations are 660 feet high. Being made at TomickH-eho, they are intended for the wireless stations which will shortly open up further communication between Japan and the United States. The capacity of these stations
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    THE COLOMBO TRAMWAYS.
    566 8 Government's New Hydro-Electric Scheme. The question of the municipal isation of the Colombo tramway system has now been settled definitely, it having been decided at the last meeting- of the Colombo Municipal Council not to take over the system from Messrs. Boustead Bros., the contract between whom
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    DEATH OF MR. TILAK.
    225 8 Stormy Petrel of Indian Politics. A Bombay message of August 1 says Mr. B. G. Tilak died early this morning after having been ill for a week and was buried the same afternoon, the streets being lined by thousands of spectators. That Mr. Tilak had an
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    186 8 Macphail and Co.'s Daily Report Singapore, August 1 Silver.— sB9k. Tin. Buyers at 141. No sellers. Rubber. The auction closed steady. Std. sheet realised 63 cts. Outside the market is firm. August quoted round 63>6-64. September 66V4-67, October-December 74--7414. Shares. Quotations unchanged but sellers predominate. The following
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    JULY RUBBER RETURNS.
    467 8 Asahan.— B2,9B7 lbs. Anglo-Johore.— J!B,sl9 lbs. Anglo-Sumatra.— 94,l7s lbs. Alma.— 3o,ooo lbs. Atbara.— 2l,376 lbs. Ayer Tawah.— 36,6l3 lbs. Ayer Hitam Plant. Syndte.— 4o,B4B lbs. Batak Rabit.— 43,ooo lbs. Bagan Serai 34,500 lbs. Bintang.— 2o,soo lbs. Banteng (Selangor). 49,880 lbs. Burma Developt. Syndte. 4,459 lbs. Bahru Selangor.—
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    BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS FUND.
    55 8 July List. Previously acknowledged $t>5,569.61 Mrs. E. J. Williams 1.00 Wolskel (July to Dec.) 30.00 Nissim 10.00 Miss Ryan 3.00 Nancy Rangel 2.00 Proceeds of entertainment given by Band of Hope and Young Peoples Branch (per Mrs. L. Polglase) 105.00 Anon in Box 4.75 $65,725.16
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    JULY TIN RETURNS
    20 8 Murai Tin. Piculs 120. Middleton Tin Mines Sluicing pels. 73.96, tribute pels. 66.04 equals to 140 pels.
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    33 8 SIN GAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. ""•"i'ls, etc., for week end- <r 14, 1920:— •u-t IS. ange, 4.30 p.m. ■>.... .u^ust 14. Eurasian Co. HiHe Club, BaJestier Range, 2.30 p.m. (54.) R. SMITH, Ag. Adjutant, S.V.C.
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      166 8 Raffles Hotel A Jazz Dinner Dance WILL IE QIVbN ON MONDAY NEXT, AUGUST 16 By kind permission of the Humphrey Bishop Management, the JAZZ BAND of the Company will rendsr JAZZ DANCE MUSIC during tho whole evening (Extenxion of lirenre till 1 i.m.) ADELPHI HOTeT KTERT ETENING OUR SPECIAL ORCHESTRA
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      884 9 t aTI HE LABX 3 NIOHtB Tuesday, Wednetday and Thunday, Augutt 10, 11 and 18 Ia tbe S eoad Sbow at 9 p.m. Jk THB GREAT f HO Vo DBAMA BY BEX BktaUM, IN SaVBN PARTS. B1 K "V" comedy HEALTHY ANO HAPPY ia two paru Cas In tbe Fiißt
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      325 9 JfiALL.LTD.ff SECOND tHOW AT 8.16 Sin&it P.iol'b Secsaticnal raper.aerial THE FATAL SIG < DAN MTSTBRT-THBILLB Bpiaode 8. THIDIVL'IWIB 2 para Bpiaode 4. our IN THI NIOHT Sparta sact e -OVERLIIiDREO-saoß Starring HARRY CABBY in a looiing. p'atnre ol a jayoaa vagabond of Ibe loii THRILL— GLOW- LAUQH PIBBT SHOW AT
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      152 9 FOR SALE NEW SEVKN-SEATER HUPMOBILE $2,000 As a proof of the quality of our Carbon papers of English Manufacture, we have made 6 copies of the above attraction, and believe us, the sixth copy is quite as distinct as the first. Per box of 100 sheets $6 Come and see
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      264 9 j RICHES BO TOD WANT TO BICM f If se, do not delay bat try Mr. Okiaaa Kla Jin who ia In the position to for you Gentl.m.a. vh.thar ta anil kail craaaaei eaiaalsja PROPERTY aa«a aa estates, landed propertlea. ••area, etc Please call er e*aaataaieata with Mr. Chlan« Kla
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      455 9 r*^^"^**'fT- r~*t aw^^^. Banks shouM Advertise la THE CHINESE COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY The bank which, in the old days, would not advertise, is finding a hundred reaw for advertising to-day." The banker, too, has something to sail It it service. Service is his stock in tnlr. The modern bank offers service
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      799 10 SALES BY AUCTION IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE The undersigned have received instructions to off.r fur sale by public auction at their aale-r.iom, Raffles Chumbcrs. Raffles Place, on Monday. August 16, 1920, at 2.M pJ». All that valuable piece of freehold land aituate at Geylang, estimated to contain an area of 2
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      551 10 SALES IV AUCTION AUCTION SALE At our sale-room, No. SO, Kling Street, on Saturday. August 14, at 10.30 a.m. 1. One four-cylinder, five-seater Standard motor car No. S. 1724. 2. One six-cylinder, seven-seater Mitchell motor car No. S. 1733. Both cars have recently been thoroughly overhauled and painted and in
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      886 10 SALE OF DIESEL MACHINERY Tenders are invited for the purchase of two sets of Vickers Diesel machinery marine type, each set including one pair main engines with nuxiliary machinery, propeller Bhafting and propellers. Each engine is designed to develop 800 b.h.p. at 380-400 re- volutions. Tenders may be for either
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      780 10 NOTICE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF LICENSING JUSTICES The meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices for the fourth quarter 1920, commencing October 1, 1920, will be held in the First Magistrate's Court at 2.30 p.m., on Thursday, September 16, 1920. Applicants for Transfers, Renewals, Removals, New Licences and persons
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      838 10 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore subsisting between Lian Kirn Siew, Ang Joo Siong and Ng Geok Lin in the business of General Merchants, Estate suppliers and Commission Agents carried on under the style or firm name of Geok Lin Co., at No. 44, Japan Street, Singapore,
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      979 10 (Vide Gazette No. 83 of July St. !«».> TENDERS FOiTrODDY SHOP LICENCES, SINGAPORE, 1921 NOTICE is hereby given that Tenden will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office until noon on September 10, l'J-'o, fui the exclusive right, subject to the limitations of tho Liquors Revenue Ordinance. 1909, and to
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    1010 11 Notes and Comments On Current Topics. Toll of Errant Chauffeurs. The N.C. Daily News, Shanghai, says Twenty dollars was the fine imposed on a chauffeur by the Shanghai Mixed Court, the man having turned his car into a carriage and injured a pony. Besides the fine, the
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    72 11 Japanese papers report that the Department of Finance is busily preparing for the mintage of new 5 and 10 sen nickel 'Dins, tM firmer to the nmount of the lntter V.10,000,0 A. Tin- work will be undertaken :is soon as rationed by the Imperial 1 in tension. The new coin
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      85 11 AND THE LITILE FORD Shall lead them. It's tlrst in sale?— first in eooaomy-a.d first la tha estaeai of those who love saf *ty. sareiy and co ntort because of its wonderful suupiiuity, strength anu iigotcess. It leads in SALES SERVI9E SATISFACTION IHE.FORD3ON TRACTOR X THI FORD ONE-TON TRUCK wearnelros.,
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      314 11 MOTORISTS KNOWINQ the inflation pressures of your tyres will enablo y.u to hundreds of ty/ em lies ytfjj^sj&isfißi JUI H t ie backbone This pressure gauge *f surlThatThe <Ltell« you when more rect P reBB BTO°KBD BT (tnootporaied in Hngltad) BINGAPORB, IPOH and PBNANG GARAGB, ORCHARD ROAD, BiN3aPORK. Diploma and
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      42 11 JPla.er>neß 1436 ON HIRE ALEC MOTOR GAFtA. K 9<B, Orc-a^d Rostd Atlas Preservatives FOR Iron Steel Wood RUSKILLA for Steelwork ATLAS "A" for Woodwork ATLAS *'E" for Boilers SOLI AGBNTB I a Mmteers UNITED ENGINEERS, LTD (Incorporated in the) Straits Settlements) SINGAPORE.
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      472 12 GUAN KIAT CO., (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) M, Phillip Street, SINGAPORE New Shipments just arrived of SMITH'S ANVILS IRON BOLTS AND NUTS EUROPE WHITEWASH BKUSHES MOULDER'S STEEL BRUSHES BANISTER BRUSHES EUROPE BASS BROOMS 12 by 6 rows HACK SAW BLADES, etc., etc CO LATEST AND ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO la ilagapore
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      438 12 GUAN KIAT L. CO UMTTMD (la«aia«rsaaa la Utr.lt. ■»»*l—i,f) ■art Onto* t M, PaULUP ■TatEXT, SENGAPORR. Talatraphls Address "CUANKIAT," Oadaa used A.B.C. $th Sdltloa Al Office 'Phone Nos. I.l*l aad IMI ($11$) 2 Linss. Authorised Capital $200,000 Paid-up Capital 181,000 Building Fund IMM Board af Direct awa i Tay Guan
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      963 12 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges far Wants, Par Sale, To Let, etc, la ordinary cloae-set type (average six words to liae) are Per line one insertion 28 cts., two ins. 46 ets., throe ins. 64 ets, four ins. 82 cts, five ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.18, ten ins. $1.40, twelve
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      904 12 MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE AUSTRALIAN Body Ford cari Shipment just arrived. Apply Dunn George. Ltd. WANTED, a double barrel hammerlesi I ejector shot gun, 12 bore must be in excellent condition. Particulars to K. H Tann, 62-7. Orchard Road. IN THE NAME OF GOD, The Compassionate, The Merciful, by Zohdi or
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      1009 12 MOTOR VEHICLES NEW OMEGA CYCLE for Mia, Jap enlne, 2*4 horsepower For particulars, apply 828. Strait! Times. SELL YOUR CAB NOW. We an paying the belt prices. Bring it to our office for inspection. Lindsey Co, 29-2, Raffles Place. FOR SALE NEW OVERLAND CAR, in perfect condition, horn and spare
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      124 12 Ps Motorcar Service I IMir>T» >rated In Straits to 216, ORCHARD ROAi) JESiND CARS HIRED OVERHAULS TO MOTOR CARS AND CYCLES WELDING if all metals, under European euperrist*a SATISFACTION GUARANTEED PRICES VERT MODERATE Phonel233 WE HAVE A GROWING CLIENTELE Planters, Shipper* and Miners an patronizing us in increasing number* This
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      308 12 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Editorial and General fa Manager's Office vi Job Printing Office 1244 Post Office Box No. 56» All communications relating tc editorial matters and news should b* address**.' to THE EDITOR. All communications relating to business matters advertisements, subscriptions, accounta, printing, ate, should be addressed to THB
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