The Straits Times, 11 March 1921

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 26,584 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1921 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 117 1 NESTLES MALTED IMIILK obtainable' everywhere T ravers' Perfection SHIP LSRANI) lk AC A R O N I I W^f\ ■fK^WVPS^ft.CTVi'I BRAND i^-iFJI I i^Wß^ and VERMICELLI Now Obtainable in Singapore JOSEPH TRAVERS AND SONS, LIMITED (Incorporated in England* SINGAPORE. REPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TujßL BOL3A DUTCH CIGARS BEST ON THE
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    • 430 1 THE -ivory GARTER VALUE IN MEN'S WEAR THE PARIS GAR Without metel fittings in all „fa rf onJinary yalne that With highly plated fitting, in colourB < tarn, the casual Customer into Col UrB -l»nce $1.25 pair. permanent one. P^« P-«' V*"n°t'^ V^ Jjfi^ TH E WELL-KNOWN THE FINEST VALUE
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    • 13 1 NEBTLB'S I malted MILK PRICE Large 11.69 per bottU Small $1M per bottU
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  • 708 2 Association Le«gae Tables. Tli 'ollowing were the positions 'in the divisions of the Associattuu Leagues on February 7 Ootfto. P. W. D. L. F. A. Pts. 3 ,il,.y 25 17 5 3 60 20 89 Bolton Wand. rera.... 36 11 10 6 47 30 32 '47 11 10 6
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  • 295 2 American Tribute to Out-Power Of Recovery. Great Britain's wonderful power of overcoming difficulties in the face of national and financial adversity, and the tendency of every Englishman to become a dismal Jimmy concerning his country's future, i* the subject of a striking article in the New York Herald.
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  • 92 2 More than 400 articles belonging to the late Kmporor Meiji and Kmpress Shoken will be stored in the Treasure House of the Meiji Shrine at Koyogi, now bein K conatructed by 200 carpenters. The list of articles will be made by H.I.M. the Emperor. This is a reminder of Empress
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 299 2 V s *Mf ■'^si 'IT 7*****" Ei-,*4*-*^»^Vsos\ > arc always Js:-irJ^ -i' ffij»sr when yen orticr i"-****^ Cajey's Cocoa. It >' is always of the \K >j^ I ies t standard, nlways NPV #,X nnitorir, ;ilwnvs has that delightful, hilt flavour, and is always as wholesome as science can make
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    • 228 2 FOR ALL WEATHERS Interwoven TOC AND HEEL Socks NO EQUAL FOR WEAR The ONLT self-stropping Razor AUTO STROP SAFETY KAZOK Saves constant expense for blades. ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE CORPORATION (Incorporated n Loadon under Royal Charter. A.D. 1780) Th« Corporation Unuc a CMOprch«BSlTa I'allcT affording fall protrctloo MOTORISTS I for fah
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    • 175 2 I D. M. Grant Co. AUTOMOBILE ENCHNEERS KRAMAf MOTOR WORKS 16, Krmmat Road OXY<ACETYLENE WELbINO OF ALL METALS ALL REPAIRS EXECUTED UNDER EXPERT EUROPEAN SUPERVISION We Execute Repairs only We Depend on Repair* Wo Givo Satisfaction NIPPON LAMP CO LTD. Foreign Department. We Manufacture and Import AMURA Vacuum Lamp {S&
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  • 768 3 Recent Proposals Regarding Siberia. We take the.followinjr article from the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune The Tribune is able to furnish from a reliable source the following details regarding negotiations conducted in London in September and October, 1920, on ..e question cf renewing the AngloJapanese treaty of
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  • 170 3 0 Passengers and Crew At Variance. About rluvtn o'clock on Monday nuirninir thy sijrmil for poHct assistance was run up on thi 1 K. I. M. steamer K'rmai, lyintr in PuiOTfl harbour. Attention was called to tha sitrr..!l by ropi-ated blasts on the \iTni ami levers!
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 771 3 Dysentery and Wasting Dr. Cassell's Tablets Bring New Health and Vigour, snd Safeguard Yon From Infection. Salonlco. South UMW Private C H Tyler. 12th Company. Mrs. Ellen Flc^tr-... i, Coliri.ler-rnad EA. at (V. wfitaai "R«rTinjt in Bait Xiver. C.l.. Suiitb Afr-.i. write*: Balonlra. I caught malaria. Whan I "I suffered
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    • 313 3 :^jgr f-ri V "Sanitogen undcatfcdly hvifintM the nerves and braces ens to health." Lady thnry Somerset. Fresbness and keenness return," •be adds, "briugiug with them a now hoi«.-fu!i<ess and enjoyment of life." Only try Sanatogen. and you will have the stiuie experience. First, that neiviness" will disappear. Y">u will ro:i!iy
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    • 320 3 CHINESE COMJIERCIAL DIRECTOR! ltt. Tank R»ad. At r Mr lln Choon rvT^Af Pabll.hed To-day (^^jßS^^Vj. Agents ,J^^^^ ROBINSON Co. VWtKwr KELLY WALSH. ***^lL Lla»lted. I'ubllshera Tj_> CHINESE BIRECTORY AM TRESS. LT!». 115 per copy (free copies to Adrertiners.) NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED CHARMING NOVELTY EVERY LADY MUST HAVE LONDON'S LATEST
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    • 334 3 SELANfiOR EARTHEN PIPE COMPANY Bhfcj2^**EsW*^ ;H t^* w M^fl l visßflPv* MANUFACTURERS OF .CNU VEALEBB 1* Drala Pipes, Latex Copa, Shanghai <nd Slim Jan, Flower Pota, Lime, Bricks, Tiles iM al! other kinds of things for Eatatsa. Supplied on Commlwion. Pneas ooderata and prompt dallrary. A trial ordar will convince
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 763 4 STEAMER SAILINGS P. 0.-British India AND Apcar Line (Companlen Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PKNINBULAH AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with Hit Majesty's Government; The Ctumi'i MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY arc at pi« Mat i*iDca4c« LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES ft LONDON !>••
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    • 544 4 STEAMER SAILINCS PRINCE LINE LIMITED (Incorporated In England) FAR BAST SHRVICI FOR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA TUSCAN PRINCE in port sails abeut Mar. 15 'vis Baes) For all Information, apply ADAMSON, GUFILLAN 00, LTD (Incorporated In England: Ageatt a) I THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LIMITED (Incorporated in the United Kingdom)
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    • 240 4 STEAMER mum TTit THB OfIAAA SBOSKf KAJBHA LTD (Isecrporatad la Jipu< >• i. D« hw Hrm rnmrt Sallta* hw Hwim «nbj«»« ehani* «itk»«« »Hm^ BUBOPSAH LOT fto Part laid. MamlllM. filia, Astro* Mirtiß aad lukin arr. dep SHUNKO MARU Mar. 25 M«r. 27 ALPS MARU Apl. IT Apl. 19 raw
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    • 380 4 STEAHER SAILINII NIPPON VIiSEIM HAISIIA. (Incorporated in Japan) Dndcr Mall Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government Subject to alterations without notice EUROPE MAIL UNB Fortnightly Service Tor London. Antwerp via (Malacca) Penasa Colombo, Soft. Port Said and MarselUeeJr KLEIST Mar 16 MISHIMA MARU M«r 21 SADO MARU "pi! 6 LIVERPOOL
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1125 5 STEAMER SAILW6S STEAMERS FOR SALE UNDER INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED FROM THE MINISTRY SF SHIPPING, LONION «ffers are invited for the purchase of th* following ex-enemy steamers Name of Gross Net Steamer Tonnage Tonnage Built CHOvT FA 1.84S 1,055 1888 MANILA 1,790 1,100 1904 WONG KOI 1,777 1,115 1898 ANGHIN 1.61J 1,001
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    • 284 5 STEAMER SAILINGS TIMOR DU.I.Y The s.s. Mataram will be despatched for above port at 8 a.m., on March 28. For freight and passage, apply to BOUSTEAD CO., LTD.. Agents, Burns Philp Line. GREEN STAR LIRE Steaaur Da* Spore Destinatlea) DEERLODGK March 18 New York via Suaa WEST JENA April 8
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 639 6 CINEMAS From Monday, March 7, to Saturday, March 12, 10.21. In the Second Show, commencing 9 p.m. A Masterful and Commanding Super Feature A Harnpton-Pathe Production Presenting MAHLON HAMILTON and LILLIAN RICH In a story ot disappointment, defeat, strife and hate then attainment, success, victory, love. In 7 pts. HALF
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    • 465 6 CINEMAS HALL, LIMITED North Bridge Road Friday, March 11, to Monday, March 14, ISSI Second Show at 9-15 Universal Great Mystery Serial THE LION MAN Episode 13. WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE 2 parts Episode 14. DESPERATE DEEDS 2 parts Together with THE SECRET GIFT 6 Aots Starring two famous stars
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    • 396 6 ©ECXA HiE roKßVfiit It 11 self-contained, has no loosa part*, ia folded as an attach* cane and ia ready to play immediately it ia opened. The DECCA has the volume, tone and clearness of a full-size Cabinet Gramophone and takes a 112-inch record. Fall particulars on application. Sole Distributing Agents
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    • 306 6 SYMPTOMS OF EYESTRAM Symptoms of Efyestrain being often indirect, are wronKly attributed to other causes. Headaches, brain fag, brow ache, aching at the back of the neck, giddiness, insomnia, depression, pain in the tomples or at the back of the eyes, fullness, smarting, pricking, soreness and heat of the eyes
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  • 147 7 FIXTURE* Friday, Marrh 11. High Witter. 11.21 a.m.. II 4A p.m. Homeward P. and O. mail leaves. Children's Concert, Vie. Theatre 5 pjn. Saturday. March 12. High Water, ILH a.m. Outward B. I. mail due. In.lirp Zetland. Chamber of Commerce, Mtg., 12.30 p.m. Carmen at Goodwood Hall,
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  • 136 7 VESSELS AT THE DOCKS Cut Wharf Basin -Nil Bant Wharf Nam Sang, J. H Menten Shi-ers Wharf Kriun. Main Wharf Rumphius, Carnarvonshire, Kuala. Kmpire Dock Ileijin Maru, Benvorlieh, Kciohin Maru. Wmt Wharf Circe. J. P. Corn. Jard.n. Wharl-Mil. P»lo Brail C oal Wharf Ni, Keppcl Harboar Main Wharf
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  • 123 7 To-day Saigon 8 p.m. liawean, Sourahaya, Stagen. KotaUarue, Bali Papan, etc 3 p.m. Port .swettenham and Teluk Anson 3 p.m. Malacca and Muar .8 p.m. Port Swi -.tenham. Penang, Ceylon, Aden, I'ort Said and Europe S p.m. Registration up to 1 p.m. Supplementary Man uj train to
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  • 19 7 ift S'pore January 29 Kehruary 3 February 7 Arrived Londi March 2 March 2 March 7
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  • 130 7 i EXCHANGE Singapore, March 10. On London, Bank 4 m/a 2/4* Demand 2/8 27/32 Private 3 m. credits 2 4 17/32 On New York Demand 44 H Private 90 days 4994 On France Bank 580 On India, Bank T. T. 175 On Hongkong, Bank d/d p.c. dis.
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  • 47 7 pot .pril .pril-JoB« 8 Singapore sttnaara Pale Crepe Closing Prices Buyers Sellers Spot April April-June Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers Sellers 30H 31 32 32% 34 35 Ton* of Market.— Quiet. DAILT PRICES CURRENT. 12 noon, March 11.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 180 7 Iss. Val. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. 10 10 Ampang n«m. 1 1 Ayer Wen* 100 £1 £1 Kam Kamuntln* 1.10.0 2.0.0 10 10 Kinta Assoc. 600 £1 £1 KinU Tin 1.15.0 nom. 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.40 1.60 1 1 Jelantoh O.W) 1.16 £1 £1 Lahat Mine* 5 6 Lintrui
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    • 123 7 Tss. Val. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. El £1 Br. Am. Tobacco 3.0.0 3.10.0 £1 £1 E. Smelting Co. 7.00 7.50 5/- 6/- Electric T'ways 2/9 10 10 Fraser Neave 29.00 31.00 50 50 W. Hammer Co. 75 85 100 100 Katz Bros. 140.00 10 10 Mexican Eagle 5.5.0 6.15.0 10
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    • 99 7 U. Eng. 6 p.c. $1,234,300 par Spore Electric Tramways 6 p.c. £350,000 norn Spore Municipal 6 p.c. $1,878,000 par Spore Mun. 4H px. of 1907 $1,000,000 10 p.c. dis. Spore Mun. 4V4 p.c. of 1909 $1,600,500 10 p.c. dis. Spore Mun. 4% P-c. of 1909 $1,500,000 16 p.c. dis.
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    • 381 7 Prmcer and Co. and Lyall and Eratt'a Qaotetto— To-dmy'i Pric— Frmser Lyall Co. Evatt AHenhy tsl) 0.56 0.46 0.35 045 A lor Gajah (SI) 2.00 2.30 2.00 2.26 Am. Malay ($2) 2.00 2.50 2.00 2.50 A. Hitam ($6) 13.00 13.00 A. Kiining ($1) 1.00 1.00 A. Molelc («1>
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 119 7 MAUKICB B. BANDMA* BANDMAN OPERA CO FOR A SHORT SEASON Commencing MONDAY, MARCH 14 VICTORIA THEATRE Monday, March 14 BRANPIE lui-sdaj, March 11 OH! JOY Wednesday, March 1* BUZZ BUZZ Thursday, March 1) IRENE Friday, March 1* GOING UP Saturday, March II TAILS UP Monda>, March 21 SHOP GIRL l-QCrtday.
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    • 908 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS NirRSKRY GOVERNESS AVAILABLE. Apply 723. Straits Times. TO LET, room with bath-room, healt locality, near town. Terms moderate. Appl 727,_Strait» Times. TO LET, MOTOR~GARAGE to accommodate ten cars. Cheap rent for reliable tenant. Apply 49. Cuff Roail. COLLECTOR WANTED to collect b'.s part time, on commission basis. Apply
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    • 51 7 /T^\ THE f ]vw t nAi I UU L S/ V //l The only practical tyre tool. VV_^^\ I \frorks like a jack >^w^|\ Self-ac*justable J INDISPENSABLE FOR DODGE fit I AND SIMILAR RIMS [[ie Molorca om=s j| J Hiring and G^ B B" 1 1 Tiroah Road —-^^S Telephona
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    • 710 7 PRICE OF RICE In view of rumours that Government intends to reduce the price of rice, the public are informed that no redudon is contemplated until Government stocks are exhausted about end of April or early May. The exact date will be notified later. J. I. MILLER, Secretary to the
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  • 114 8 HROOKSBANK.— At Swatow, China, Oswald Ellis Brooksbank, Marine Superintendent, Ho Hong S.S. Co., Ltd., from pneumonia. LOW JIANG NEO.— On March 10, 1921, at 9 a.m., at Woodsville, Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore, the residence of her late von. Low Jiang Neo, (Mrs. Ong Kew Hoe) mother of the late
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  • 1169 8 The Straits Times FRIDAY, MARCH 11 SUPPLY AND DEMAND. There are still, we find, a good many people who fail to realise that the trouble in the rubber trade is very simple, and that exactly the same thing ha? happened to other industries not once but many times. Some folk
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  • 65 8 The next Full Court of Appeal will open in Ipoh on the 15th inst. There are two i ivil appeals and a number of criminal appeals from all the States of the Federation. The judges of the court will probably be Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, Acting Jiuiical Commissioner, Mr. Justice M.
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  • 11 8 A reinforced concrete beacon Is to be erected on Pulau Bosing.
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  • 17 8 Repairs and painting to the tower and quarters at Horsburgh Lighthouse are to he taken in hand.
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  • 21 8 The official figures of enrolments in the M.S.V.R. shew Selangor 527, Perak 484 and Negri Sembilan 243, a total of 1,244.
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  • 27 8 No cinematograph film depicting robbery, murder or suicide will be permitted to be shown in New Zealand after May 1. A good lead for the local censor.
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  • 33 8 The rate of issue of money orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 175 to $100. The sate of payment of money orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 180 to $100.
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  • 27 8 The public is reminded of the performance of Carmen to be given by the Russian Grand Opera Company at Goodwood Hall to-morrow evening. Booking is at Moutrle's.
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  • 37 8 The Rev. J. Butterworth will conduct (iivine services at Johore Bahru on Sunday and Monday next. On Sunday, holy baptism at 6.30 p.m., and evensong and sermon at 6 p.m. On Monday, holy communion at 7.30 a.m.
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  • 38 8 Professor Ivan Kalmykoff, whose exhibition of paintings at the Garden Club is attracting much attention, is now showing a picture illustrating what can be done in the way of renewing old pictures, in which the artist is expert.
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  • 40 8 The Chiaotungpu has decided to appoint a commission to survey the Yellow Kiver railway bridge. Four foreign experts are to be employed, representing respectively Great Britain, the United States, France and Belgium, and they will be engaged for six months.
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  • 49 8 In their produce report dated yesterday, Messrs. Barlow and Co. state The copra market has been quiet during the week and quotations close as follows No. 1 standard $10 to $10.75 per picul. No. 2 standard $9 to $10 per picul. No. 3 standard $8 to $9 per picul.
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  • 51 8 The Straits Echo learns that in connection with the petition sent by Mr. Lim Eng Hoe and others to the Pencng Chinese Chamber of Commerce regarding Ugh rents the committee of that body will hold a meeting to-morrow to discuss the question and subsequently hold a general meeting of its
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  • 51 8 Our Ipoh correspondent wires that twelve houses have been burned down near Tapah Road station, causing damage amounting to $65,000. ThjJ property was insured for $22,000. The water supply was inadequate and the houses were totally destroyed. There is no doubt that the 'I'rection of the wind saved fifteen other
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  • 56 8 An examination in Law for Civil Service cadets and police probationers was held in the Ipoh Supreme Court Registry last WMk. The following took up the papers Messrs. O. Beckett, C. K. Muspratt, W. B. Hawkes, Wan Mohamed AM, Pawar Teh, G. W. Lawes, F. H. McCrea, Raja Salim, Raja
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  • 56 8 Mr. T. A. Manchip has received an acknowledgment for the sum of 8Q12.i1, remitted to the Invalid Children's Aid Association, London. The sum, which was forwarded per Mr. A. H. Rix, consisted of the proceeds of a variety entertainment held recently in the Town Hall, Ipoh, organised by some of
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  • 72 8 The secretary and legal manager, Mr. A. S. Carroll, Melbourne of Nai Hoot Juita Tin Mines, announces that Mr. H. Harrison, of Gopeng, F.M.S., has beea appointed to manage the company's mine at Langsuan, Siam. Mr. Harris ,n was formerly a member of the staff of Messrs. Osborne and Chappel,
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  • 76 8 Before Mr. Dawson, this morning, Insp. Rodger charged a Chinese fireman on board the Dutch mail steamer, Jan Petersen Coen, with assaulting P.C. 130 on board the steamer to-day while in the execution of his duty. It apears the P.C. was examining passports, and that the accused, as he was
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  • 77 8 This morning before Mr. Dawson Insp. Stewart charged a young man, named Gopal, for impersonating a Municipal inspector. It was alleged that last night Gopal did a round of the coffee shops, collecting licences from six places in Bug-is, Victoria, Purvis and Seah's Streets. The towkay of a coffee shop
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  • 91 8 Yesterday morning as car 2453 was crossing over from Waterloo Street to Stamford Road at a fast speed, a tram was coming along Bras Basah Road, and in avoiding it the driver, Teo Poh Soo, ran the car into a lamp post at the corner of Waterloo Street and Bras"
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  • 93 8 A Siamese contemporary states that an important arrest has been made of a Chinese who has baffled about 20 Siamese lawyers by going to them on false pretences saying that he wished to obtain their service in fighting important cases and promising if they succeeded that the fee would run
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  • 493 8 Mr. C. E. Rooke, who is ill in Batu Gajah Hospital, is now getting on ac weU as can be expected. Mr. J. W. Simmons took up his dutiea yesterday as first magistrate in tha Kuala Lumpur Police Court. Mr. C. H. Owen, of the staff of
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  • 28 8 Mails from Europe by the B. I. steamer Egra will arrive by train to-morrow morning. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholders about 10.30 a.m.
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  • 70 8 Help is urgently needed on behalf of the European unemployed The whole matter is now under the supervision of Mr. W. Peel. Director of Labour, Kuala Lumpur, to whom contributions should be sent. Unemployed men should send him full particulars of their qualifications and requirements, and should state whether
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  • 154 8 An interesting and pretty wedding wn» solemnised at St. Andrew's athedral yesterday afternoon, when Mr. Horace Walter Raper, second surviving son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Raper, was married to Miss Madeline Gertrude Smith, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Smith, of Dawlish, Devon. The
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  • 191 8 In spite of the deterrent sentences the motor fiend still Jives in our midst. There was a concrete instance yesterday. Car 3824, driven by a Bengali, was turning into Orchard Road from Scott's Road last night without lights. Insp. Matthews, of Orchard Road division, and
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 260 8 Old English ffS3 Curve Cut iM )>-^C- HI $1.40 ijy iw «H> tin ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I lB PM WE HAVE OPENED AND EQUIPPED A NEW G 4 RAGE H CAVANAGH ROAD AND ARIi NOW IN A POSITION TO EXECUTB GENERAL REPAIRS To Motor Cars, Lorries and Motor Cycles. All work under the
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    • 185 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT SERICO PRODUCTION CORP. INC. Final Episode A WOMAN IN GRI.iT 5 Pta. A WOMAN'S BUSINESS S Pta. Featuring Miss Olive Tell Chaplin Comedy and Topical Bndget PALLADIUM Orchard Road 5 Pts. THE MARRIAGE PIT 5 Pta. .1 Pta. A BROADWAY COWBOY 5 Pts. 7 Pta. KIO GRANDE 7
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  • 833 9 Troops Occupying German Towns. Protests from the Berlin Government. Revter Telegrams London, March 8. The German delegates departed for Berlin amidst crowds assembled at the Savoy and at Victoria Station, but there were no demonstrations. l>r. Simons remarked to a Keuter representative "We hope to return soon.
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  • 91 9 Rei-tfr Telegram London, March 8. Helsingfors The Krcnstadters have begun to bombard Petrograd, following the ignoring of the Kronstadt revolutionary government's ultimatum to the So .Met. Petrograd is silent, but some of the Soviet fort batteries on the Gulf of Finland are replying, although the fortress of Krasnayagorka
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  • 101 9 Rf.i'ter Telegrams Paris, March 8. The Government has decided to send the ex-Premier M. Viviani on a mission to the United States to* congratulate President Harding. (Ha. as.) Lcndon, March 8. Wellington Mr. Harding has instructed General Wood to proceed to the Philippines to study conditions in
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  • 72 9 Relteb Telegram London, March 8. The Times' Now York correspondent understands that President Harding has definitely decided to send seven commissioners, probably headed by Mr. Elihu Root, to London to ascertain if the Allies are willing to agree to the inclusion of the United States in an
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  • 45 9 Rkutek Telegram London, March 8. The trade slump is clearly evidenced in the Board of Trade returns for February, which shew imports 97 millions sterling, a decrease of 73 millions compared with February, 1920. Exports were 68 millions, a decrease of 17% millions.
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  • 18 9 Keitek Telegram I. nd»n. March 8. Constantinople It is reported that the Kemalists have occupied Batum.
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  • 193 9 Prince of Wales Expresses His Sympathy. Reutkr Telegram London, March 8. The Prince of Wales was presented with the freedom of the city of Glasgow. An attempt by unemployed to demonstrate outside St. Andrew's Hall was a naseo. The Prince of Wales, acknowledging the freedom, said he had not
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  • 307 9 List of Passengers From Singapore. No further details have been received j.v the Ho Hong Company regarding the loss of the Hong Moh, which, according to pres.-nt information, was wrecked on the r >cks off Swat w on the 3rd inst., ("apt. Hies and eight hundred Chinese
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  • 308 9 Eventually Sold for Ludicrous Price. Mr. Justice Barrett Lennard had before him yesterday a case in which Messrs. Jackson, Temr nnd Hill Incorporated claimed over $10,000 from Mr. R. G. F. Livingstone in connection with the importation from Manila of a luxurious type of Packhard Car, described as
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  • 85 9 The rate of mortality in the Settlement of Singapore for the week ended February 26 was 32.25. The total number of deaths was 249 of which IS6 weic male subjects and female. Ci .nvuls »ns claimed 27, phthisis ;(8, malaria fever 31, dysentery 12, beri-bcri 13, pneumonia
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  • 487 9 Heavy Premium on Standard Crepe. The 489 th auction of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association was held on March 9 and 10, when there was catalogued 2,080,091 lbs., tons 928.61. Offered 1,744,867 lbs., tons 778.96. Sold 1,243,066 lbs., tons 554.94. I'KiCES REALISED. RiMiea Smoked Sheet
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  • 284 9 .Mr. Justice Sproule's Sentences Of Flogging. The Seriinban Asiiz.'. began on Hares 7 before Mr. Justice Sproule, acting Chief Justice, S.S., in the Court House at Seremban. In one case two Chinese were charged with murder and robbery and causing hurt. The charges against the accvseJ,
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  • 38 9 The Seremban Sanitary Board considered recently an application from Sin Hang Oho asking for the use of the Seremban Lakes for the purpose of fish rearing. The Board after discussion were not in favour of reviving the industry.
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  • 74 9 The Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board having received a letter from the secretaries of the Perak Motor Union on the subject of dazzling motor head lights, a sub-committee, consisting of the chairman, Chief Police Officer and Mr. J. L. Sime has been appointed to confer with representatives of the Union, at
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  • 1260 9 Mr. Sime's Criticism of Official Methods. The eighth annual general meeting of the Titi Tin Company, Ltd., was held at the' registered office of the company. Mc?<=r<:. Gattry and Bateman's, CharterH Bank Chambers, yesterday under the presidency of Mr. J. M. Sime. Others present were Dr. D.
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  • 710 9 Fallacy of the Theory of Equal Division. In the Newmarch Lectures at University College, Sir Josiah Stamp dealt with the distribution of income and wealth between different sections of the population. He stated that of late years much more exact knowledge had been available upon this
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  • 132 9 Veterinary surgeons are busy, a Dl iiy Chronicle representative learns, devisiig improvements on the old-fashioned horseshoes with iron grips, for these fail to hold on the smooth, hard surfaces for which swift traffic now calls. Heavy rubber studs are substituted for those grips, and there are
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 449 10 Staffords Beat the Chinese. Though making a draw of it «t the previous mcet.ng some months ago the S C.X.A. found the Staffords too much ior them in the match played on the S.R.C. ground yesterday, 'lhe solders won well to the tune of s—l. For the Chinese it
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    • 870 10 MONDAY'S TIES. Ladies' Singles. Mrs. Wise owe 30 v. Mrs. LanghamCarter owe 15. Mitt Day plus 15.2 v. Miss Richardson ov.v 15.2. Mrs. C. Dickinson owe 30 v. Mrs. Olaf: sin ewe 15.2. Mrs. Smith owe 4 v. Miss Beveridge plus 15. Miss N'aughton owe
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  • 158 10 Undergraduates to be Allowed To Dance. The proctors of Oxford university are at last prepared to permit the formation of an undergraduates' dance club. The suggested rules and prospectus have already been handed to the proctors, and meetings have been held between them and the committee. Several notable
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  • 176 10 Webs 10- ft. Long in Warehouse At Liverpool. A dockside worker has had a weird experience in a warehouse where a large consignment of rubber from Para (the Brazilian seaport on the Amazon) was recently stored, wires the Liverpool correspondent of the .Daily Chronicle. Shortly after the
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  • 125 10 The programme of the Gaiety Cinema to-night consists ct David Roscoe's Will, a new serial in 15 episodes, and the Silent Avenger, in which \V. Dun.an and Ed'th Johnston are featured also a new serial :in 15 episodes. These will be supported by Pegeen, a five-part photoplay, and
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  • 1228 10 ♦East and West. Kipling once faid that East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall mi' t, but an endeavour shall be made in the present review to bring to the minds of the people of the East Indies what a
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  • 437 10 Is an Imaginary Divorce A Defence Is a tv an guilty of bigamy if, reasonably believing in good faith that he has b%en divorced from his first wife, he rem This S was the problem set the Court of Criminal Appeal recently, and five judges —Bray,
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  • 245 10 Ayer Kuning.— 62,ooo lbs. Anglo-Sumatra.— 64,660 lbs. Asahan.— s6,2so lbs. Anglo-Malay.— 69,975 lbs. A11enby.— 5,937 lbs. Bernam.— 22,osB lbs. Bikam.— lB,ooo lbs. Bintang.— ls,soo lbs. Burma Development. 5,887 lbs. Bukit (X.8.).— 1,200 lbs. 8radwa11.— 27,714 lbs. Bah Lias To'oacco and Rub. 105.125 lbs 8i1a.— 29,386 lbs. Banteng.—
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 236 10 To the Editor of the Straits Timea. Sir, I have been expecting, as lam a passenger every day from Gaylang to Cross Street, that Eome move will be made in the direction of standardisation of motor buses. Up to this time nothing seem to have keen thought
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  • 338 10 Electricity Scheme Proposed For Scotland. A petition has been presented to the Secretary of State for Scotland for the a rant of a provisional order incorporating a company 'with statutory powers for the ptrpose of constructing works for gon rating electricity by means of power afforded
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  • 301 10 Modern Development of an Ancient Science. Lecturing before the Royal Institution the- other afternoon on Great Exploring Expeditions in Oceanography. Dr. W. A. Herdman, last year's President of the British Association, said that the science of the sea was a subject of modern development, though of ancient origin.
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  • 45 10 Before Mr. Justice Whitley on Wednesday afternoon in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpurf the suit Ford v. Pooley was mentioned, Mr. C. Evtritt for plaintiff and Mr. Shearn for defendant intimating that it had been settled on t-rms and that plaintiiT would withdraw his action.
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  • 907 10 Sad Close of a Momentous Life. It is with cr at regret, says the N. C. Daily News, that W« have to report the death at sea on board the Blue stenmer Teiresias of Captain S. C. Plant. River Inspector of the Chinese Maritime Customs for
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  • 128 10 Macphail and Co.'s Daily Report. Singapore, March 11. Silver. 31%. Hongkong IK P<-r cent. discount. Shanghai 71 Three months geld 49. Tin. No cables. Yesterday CISI per ton. Rubber Market. Dull and weak. Tinrch Standard Sheet around 30 'i> cents, April 32. and April-Juno 3:1 'i I
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  • 24 10 A man who was Qned at Wood Greta for usin-jr bail language plead that when he arrived home the cat had catiu In* ■upper.
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  • 4047 11 Situation Regarding Tin And Rubber. A public meeting was held in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, Ipoh, on Saturday to discuss the present financial situation which has arisen owing to the slump in the price.* of tin and rubber. Among other things it was decided, says
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 208 11 The Supremacy of I M His Master's Voice" lif 'jHI Gramophone b Universally Acknowledged V Yi»ar« of unceasing labour and HCKIItMc i f experiment ham enabled "HIS MASTER'S VOICE" to mamtain »n mxUspoted sunrtm- Asbestos-Cement Roofing Tiles IN STOCK RED AND GREY Size 15 3 4 in. by 15 3
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    • 225 11 Raffles Hotel The Leading Hotel in Singapore Excellent accommodation and ouiaine 0 Thai Finest Ball Room in the East GUEST NIGHTS EVERY THURSDAY SATURDAY RAFFLES NEW ORCHESTRA F. A. COOKE, Musical Director. H. MURPHY, Jazz Drummer. a. E. McCLARY, Manager. Adelphl Hotel EVERY EVENING OUR SPECIAL ORCHESTRA PLAYS FROM 7
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  • 163 12 Statues to be Sent Back Front England. At a review of ex-soldiers at Johannesburg Prince Arthur of Con naught delivered a message from the King announcing that certain Boer figures and plaques originally intended to form part of the Kruger memorial at Pretoria, but subsequently given
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  • 82 12 Programme of drills, etc., for week ending Sunday, March 13 Friday, 11th.— 5 p.m., Drill Hall, S.F.A. Company. Sunday, 13th.— 7.30 a.m., Balestier Range, Eurasian Company, Rifle Club Shoot. S. S. TURNER, Lient, A*. Adjutant, S.V.C. SINGAPORE AND SOUTH MALAYA BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION. Orders for week ending
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  • 253 12 LONDON EXCHANGE STERLING PRICES FEBRUARY 9 Stock Stock Par Valu« Company. Exchange Par Pricei. Value Companj. Exchanf* Price*. Feb. 9. Feb. 0. £1 Anglo-Malay 24/4 ">, £1 Linggi SO/7V4 £1 Batu Cavei 28/- £1 I.umut 29/6 £1 Bakap Plantni. 27/6 21London Asiatic 4/6 £1 Batu Tijja
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 247 12 JUST RECEIVED Shipment of our Popular PATENT FACED HAIR BELTING 2 in. 3 in. 4 in. 6 in. Try this Belting if you have not done so, and you will want to use it on all your pulleys. Sole Agents XIAM KMT COMPANY (HABKKT STREET) m H^jP' HP HE smallest
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    • 32 12 Ducks Turkeys Fowls Pheasants Capons Teal AND Hams Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED Mackay's Whisky OP EXCELLENT QUALITY ADAMSON, GILFILLAN Ac CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) Sole Agents PHO N E SSS
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  • 888 13 Watch Menta' Tone and Keep Fit. The idea vaguely held in the past that the East was more or less a "white man's grave" finds currency flc longer, says the Ceylon Observer. Nevertheless the fact remains that the health of a good many men finds premature
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  • 164 13 The Morning I'o.st Ims Mv- following Scene, the hall of a famous club. Enter the General, to whom is handed an envelope, unsealed. Lifting the flap, he finds within a tailor** bill- a colossal bill but not for himself looking again at the envelope, he finds it is addressed
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 423 13 I Wbiteaway's THE HOUSE FOR VALUE I >r >rv r4'UII'NV»pn I)KSI AIC J I CASES. Black I 3\ M S& A r\ I japannwl despatch cases made 1 I J\_/LJU> U U Lj-JUIK-IV > from steel. Sizes 12, 14, 16, i 18, 22 inches long. R, PHces *12.:»0. $11.50, $16.00,
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    • 389 13 THE FRAGRANCE OF FRESH FLOWERS is to be found in "AMA" FLOWER OILS Made by A. Haschmeijer, Amsterdam. Free Irom alcohol. Ten to 15 times stronger than ordinary perfumes. Unusually lasting. A single drop is more than sufficient to (rive a delightful perfume. In the following popular odours Jasmin, Rom,
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    • 137 13 Australian WHEAT FLOUR EUREKA BRAND First Grade, 49 Ib. Sack, $5.25 per sack Ship's Slinjr Nexf Shipment per s.s. Banyei Maru due next month. Apply to STEPHENS PAUL. AND CO., Agents Ockerby and Co. Ltd., Millers and drain Merchant*. Mead Office Perth Mills Cottealoe and Kellerberrin Western Australia Capacity 40,000
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1206 14 INSURANCE THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INS. CO. (Incorporated tn Canada) All the lataat plan* of Life, £n«owj»«nt. and Annuity policies isimed. Awtl IMHM GUTHRIE CO, LTD.— General AgenU. Singapore. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO- LTD. (Incorporate in England) fir., Lifa, Marina, Accident, Guarantee aad Motor Car Aasets ncwl MMtMM W. A. SlMS—
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    • 1013 14 Asset* over $5,500,000 S.C. Assurance ia force over $15,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO. LTD. (Incorporated ia Straits Settlements) HKAD OFFICI I Wlaekeala* sUaaa, SUgapore. Th. Co-pa W mm -apoaitad with th. Sopre-e Co«t 1 «ng»..d and compile, with th. British Li,. A,.uran. cl^J^l '^S tC ATTBACTIVE PLANS O»
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    • 507 14 BARKING THE HO HONG BANK, LTD HEAD OFFICE Singapore, Raffles Chamber*. 4, S and 8. BRANCHES Penang. 85, Beach Street. Malacca. -131, Jonker Street. Muar. 77-79, Jalan Suleiman. Batu Pabat.— lo9, Jalan Bahamat AGENCIES AT ondon, New York, San Francisco, Batavia Sourabaya, Semarang, Shanghai, Hongkong, Amoy, Palembang and Trang. CAPITAL
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    • 559 14 BAKKIMG BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE Authorised Capital Fn. 260,000,00* Subscribed Capital Fr*. 160,000,00* Paid-up Capital Frs. 75.000,000 Reserve Liability of Shareholders Frs. 75,000,000 Other Reserve Funds Frs. 60,000,0u0 (1/8 of the Capital subscribed by ta Government of the Chines* Republic.) Chairman of the Board of Directors i Andre Birth. lot.
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  • 961 15 Through (he Passes by Motor Car. The »pecial correspondent of Th« Times w ites from Baghdad, as follows Petrol, which costs r_» n gallon in Teheran, is not obtainable at ail on the il'j mile* of -bad road lyinjr btween Teheran and Kazvin. With a blizzard blowing
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  • 142 15 I'iper Anjrus Gibson, last of the Black Watch veterans of the Indian Mutiny, vied in mail week, at his home in Aberdeen, i'iper Gibson, who had reached the age of 79, was born in Dunfermline, and joined the Forty-Twa at Stirling v. lien si-vcn-twn. He was wont to relate that
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 217 15 7 y MOTOR CARS*^ TIIK mere making and assembling of parts is not the method of Buick manufacture. Every part eatarißg into Buick make-up is designed and made and proved by repeated tests and trials to fit a particular place to do a certain proportion of work in the finished
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    • 521 15 HAIPHONG VqyJ/ cement Supplied to ths Spore Municipality, Government of Johore, Malacca Municipality, F.M.S. Railways and ali leading architects and contractors. DUPIRE BROS. Sole Agents, Singapore SALES BY AUCTION MORTGAGEE'S SALE if valuable freehold laail and hnus« No. lg'i Hci|» Road, off Chungi Road and Kast Coas Raad and next
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    • 117 15 ENGLAND'S BEST MOTOR CYCLES NOW IN STOCK ALLDAYS ALLON MOTOR CYCLE THE BEST OF THE TWO-STROKES. Model de luxe with two-speed countershaft gear, hand clutch, kick starter and all-weather equipment. BEARDMOREDRECISION MOTOR CYCLE I Has reputation for remarkable efficiengy, design and finish, twospeed, kick starter, automatic and continuous lubrication. ON
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 348 16 I t GUAN KIAT CO. LIMITED (Incorporated in Straits Settlements) 16, Phillip Street. SINGAPORE. NEW SHIPMENTS JUST ARRIVED Galvanized Rooßng Bolts and Nuts Improved Engineer's Ratchet Brace* C. Steel Ratrhet Drills assorted GrindntoneH in Iron Troughs Pike Emery Grinder complete Pruning Shws (Straiijht and Curved) Steel Types (Letters and Figures)
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    • 487 16 TAY GUAN KIAT 86, PHILLIP STREET. The successful contractor for supply of HREWOOD to the Singapore Municipality during the year 1921. GLOBE BOILER REMEDY Kor clearing and preserving steam boilers of hII typo. Used by all factorios, steamers, etc., and found good. The Ideal Fluid that speaks for itself. EVERYTHING
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    • 1845 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charge* for Wants, Far Sale, To Let, etc, la ordinary do*e-a*t type Overage *ix word* to line) ar* Par line one insertion 28 cts., two ins. 49 cts., three ins. 64 eta., four Ins. 82 et*_ At* ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.18. ten ins. $1.40. twelve
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    • 906 16 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO LET, three- rtoreyed building, riverfWe, Nos. 16S to 107, North Boat Quay, first floor, area 7.504 square feet Apply Ismail and Raheem. GODOWNS TO LET. Nos. 72, "3 and 74, Anson Road, area about 2,200 square feet each. Apply to Tfck Choon Saw Mill, 61, Lavender
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    • 265 16 Straits Motorcar Servk* LIMITED Incorporated In Straits Settlement* i 111 to 116, ORCHARD BOAP LORRIES AND CARS HlUbi OVERHAULS TO MOTOB CARS AND CYCLKt WELDING el *ll aietals. Satisfaction U»riM..i Large stock LUCAS HORNS AMD LAMP* arriving saortlj Phone 1233 TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY is the question that
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 200 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Editorial and General 68 Manaper's office 1117 Job Printing Office 1244 All conim jnications relating to editorial matter- and news should be addressed to THE EDITOR. All communications re'rtting to business matters —advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc. shntild I,- addressed to THE MANAGER. M)\ KKTISEMENT RATES
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