The Straits Times, 7 April 1922

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 26,914 SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1922 PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 210 1 1 *B i^B Messrs. James Buchanan Co., Ltd., have received the Royal Warrant of Appointment to THE PRINCE OF WALES ne popular SCOTcTJ^WH/SKY \s M I ty^ r*^ 1 a ijT iff 311 «B» ebb f;'^^^>s DLMVrX 6c Vf nil L SUPPLIES OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE Sole Agents The Borneo Company, Ltd.,
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    • 164 1 Latest Designs in Sterling Silver 4 W FASHIONABLE DESIGN WITH (l| f J No. 12/8144/6V2 Price $95.00 lfe& I j No. 12/3010/6 Price $78.50 F^RK T M?N^T S P o*--^oo-ooo^ FINE MESH SOLID WORKMANSHIP J SILVER. Size 7x 7 in. Price $95.00 iHnBS^ Size 4" 4 4 Price $33.50 No.
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  • 2090 2 Commercial Section. Barker and Co., Ltd. On the way from the main entrance to the circle the visitor will pass a spacious pavilion, in which is housed the varied exhibits of Messrs. Barker and Co., Ltd. The Engineering Department which is to be congratulated on so successiaily completing on
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    • 287 2 B&ckaclic a ati rteraal" 11. C.itwick, Shaleford, E HK^_ L C^^^^B :i my hick, jnst H M MJ' I .VvSaaf i i 1 out xJTHr M tS' *<Jw SIIV Jm ii s! ian'a Lint- ,i!,!e to do all .--^.'/i.'~-.^Jijii'.^ my \«m';. 1.. > in,ily rays it ">i No home is
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    • 251 2 FOUCAULD Iff- MSt&r \l *m |OClE»fO*MMDfc(r^TC^^ EST? i 847 AT Xb*^ oo«K)AC-»wAiaea AGENCY OFFERED. AT THE TAXIDERMISTS CO. 91, TANK ROAD, SINGAPORE. Birds and animals mounted, etc., etc. Tea I Open a tin of Brooke Bond tea in the hottest, dampest climate, and you will find its contents as fresh,
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    • 126 2 A.M.A. A.M.A. THE BRITISH NICLAUSSE BOILER Co., Ltd. (Incorporated in England) The Niclausse WATER TUBE Boiler FOR LAND SERVICE AND FOR MARINE SERVICE. MORE THAN 4,000,000 H.P. IN SERVICE. Sole Agent P. A. PARIS, 54/56, THE AKCADE. SINGAPORE. AMJL AM.A. Ijl Refresh ■iifiM^at^fei&li^jjfcL— Yourself ixSaSHj WITH A GLASS OP y
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    • 349 3 N.B.E. ANNOUNCEMENT A Rare Collection of CURIOS FROM THE WILDS OF BORNEO ON SALE AT Shop No. 2, Section N, BORNEO AVENUE MALAY-BORNEO EXHIBITION Inspection cordially invited. Displayed by J. STANLEY JACKSON. W THE FIAT CO., TORINO is exhibition on Stand 19, Section C, At the Malaya-Borneo Exhibition Malaya-Borneo Exhibition
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    • 484 3 M.B.E. ANNOUNCEMENT GLENIFFER MARINE MOTORS Demonstrations at Si and 6A. Section B. I WIRE STRAPPING FOR CASES EXHIBITED AT SECTION M 1 Nos. 27-28. HENDERSON BROS., LTD. ]j KOIt TRINCES AND RICH MEN ONLY. THE ROYAL YAKUTI (ANANG VILAS.) This Yakuti or life-giving nectar has been prepared from the best,
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    • 327 3 THE BEST DOCTORS IN SINGAPORE arc Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet and Dr. Mcrryman. But even these need assistance sometimes, and usually this can best be given by Pinkettes, the dainty little gentle-as-nature laxatives which neither gripe nor purge. Are you costive, liverish, bilious 7 Do >ou feel headachy, ill-tempered, "blue"?
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    • 213 3 Pictures Tell A Story Quicker &"Better than Words <|S^^~/Jj3!^ Almost any camera will tn& j\ make a photograph if th«> Fyy /T^l place, the hour of day :md L B^^=sJ vßfll l'£ht are right, but a real 1a i f'l J jjjffmßjfy^ where ideal conditions exIV 111 111 wGatr s^
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    • 563 4 STEftMER SAILINGS P. 0. British India and Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated in EngTand) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES PENINSULAS AM) ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government) LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES AND LONDON Dae Singapore Leave Singapore DONGOT.A about Apr. 18 NOVARA about Apr. 18
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    • 543 4 STEAMER SAILIW6S "ELLERMAN" LINE ET.I.EMIAN BVCKNALL STEAMSHIP C*. Ltt. (IntorporaUd la England) _JBTEAMEB 7 D—^ BtMWirr^ PASSENGER SERVICE HOMEWARDS. Steamer LesTlaf Slagapor* B.s. CITY OF CALCUTTA For Marseilles, London May 0 FREIGHT SERVICE SUamer Dm Siafapor* ■j. KABINGA London, Rotterdam, Hamburg Apr. 13 s.s. CITY OF CALCUTTA Mar'lcs, L'don, D'kirk,
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    • 695 4 STEAMER SAILINGS KONINKLIJXE PAKETVAART MAATCHAPPEJ (BOTAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO, OF BATATL4) (Incorporated in Holland) Teleaaaaa Nea. Paaaage Dcat. Ml. Freight Dept. 12*2, Maria* D»pt. aae) Traaaaiv«>*«« Dept 1417, Manager's Dept IMS. UNOEB CONTBACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA aOVXBKMJCHT. t— i i i > i j tt»i RUMPHIUS April 7, Batavia,
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    • 476 5 STEAMER SAILINGS ~Ky7KT LONDON LINE Katori Maru Apr. 9 Atsuta Maru Apr. 19 LIVERPOOL LINE Tottori Mara Apr. 20 HAMBURG LINE Dakar Mam end Apl. NEW YORK LINE VIA SUEZ SOUTH AMERICAN LINE Kanagawa Maru Apr. 7 BOMBAY LINE Tamba Mara Apr. 17 CALCUTTA LINE Calcutta Mt.ru Apr. 8 Nagano
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    • 254 5 STEAMER SAILINGS AUSTRAUA BY BURNS PHILP LINE (Incorporated in Australia) Singapore to Java Port., Port Darwin, Thursday Island, Brisbane and Sydney, Tia Torre. Strait., al.o with transhipment to other Victorian, South Australian and North 1 Queensland Port., Briti.h New Guinea, New Britain, Tasmania and New Zealand Port. APPROXIMATE SAILINGS MONTORO,
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    • 236 5 STEAMER SAILINBS 0. S. K. THE OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA LTD. (Incorporated in Japan) No. 2, De Souza Street. Proposed Sailing from Singapore (Subject to change without notice) EUROPEAN LINE For Port Said, Marseilles, London Antwerp, Rotterdam and Hamburg. arr. dep. ALTAI MARU Apr. 21 Apr. 22 (Omits Marseilles) NEW YOilK
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    • 187 5 STEAMER SAILINGS DOLLAR LINE SINGAPORE to NEW TORE VIA SUEZ s.s. ML S. Dollar LOADING SINGAPORE APRIL 11 Through Bill, of Lading Issued from Singapore to the Principal Citie. of the United State, and Canada. For farther information a. to Rate., etc., apply to DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINES, LTD. No. 117-121,
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    • 202 5 STEAMER SAILINGS COMBINED SERVICE OF THE OCEAN S.S. CO, LTD. (Incorporated In England) and THE WEST AUSTRALIAN S, N. CO. LTI. (Incorporated In England). Monthly Service taking cargo and Paaaengtre from Singapore JAVA PORTS (M Inducement offers) NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIAN PORTS AND FREMANTLE (PERTH) Approximate btlltrg. CHARON Apr. 27 MINDEROO May
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    • 235 5 STEAMER SAILINGS TOE SIAM STEAM NAVIGATION CO, LIMITED. (Incorporated In Sum). SIN6APORE BANGKOK For Kretay, Trenggann, Kelantan, Bangnara, Telapin, Patani, Singora, Lacon Kohsaraui, Bandon, Langsuen, Chumpoa and Bangkok.. Due. Pep. MAHIDOL Apr. S Apr. 8 BORIBAT Apr. 10 Apr. 12 YUGALA Apr. 17 Apr. ID The steamers are fitted throughout
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    • 706 6 CWEiAS LIBERTY CINEMA THEATRE North Bridge Road. The Kirnt Show at 7.30 p.m. t!enny Leonard's Serial tli-illci THE EVIL EYE ■:;ii«'-di-s 13 aod 11, in 4 ports Total!'.! wil" I nivir.,;il Intvrnntionnl NVws, No. (IP, and 2 reel W.-stern drama THE FIGHTING PALS The Second Show at 9.15 p.m. Universal
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    • 540 6 OMEiUS EMPIRE CINEMA at 9.30 to-night. WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR DIVORCE, THE HUSBAND OR THE WIFE T S£E Pretty, Petite, Piquant Peggy Hyland in a powerful William Fox production in whicli Fathers, Wives, Daughters, Sons will be Interested. OTHER MENS DAUGHTERS A story of stirring human incidents that revolve around a
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    • 287 6 EMTEBTAimHro Royal Italian Circus LOCATED INSIDE THE Malaya-Borneo Exhibition TO-DAY AT 5.30 TO-NIGHT AT 9.15 A GIGANTIC SUCCESS 40 ARTISTS 40 150 ANIMALS 150 PRICES FROM 50 CTS. TO $3. Children Half-Price to Matinees. DON'T FAIL, to see the Circus Menagerie (Next to the Circus) ADMISSION 2O CTS. GOODWOOD HALL
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    • 462 6 STEAMER SAILINGS United American Lines inc. Successors to LIVEKMORE DEARBORN CO LIMITED. (Incorporated in U.S.A.) INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP LINE Regular Service l>etwc»a New York Singapore and Java ports and vice versa FOR NEW YORK (via Suez) West Campgaw end April West Canon May 15 West Mohamet June 15 FROM NEW YORK
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  • 130 7 FIXTURES. Triduy, April T. High Water, Ml n.m., 724 p.m. Malaya-Borneo Exhibition. lhe QaaiaU, ie. 1 al (.11 p-m. Saturday, April 8. High Water. r,..-j a.m., 8.25 p.m. H. I. outward mail duo M.lt.; Exhibition, 8.80 pm. Quaint*, \ie. Theatre, U. 15 p.m. Sunday, April 9. ilitrh
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  • 96 7 VESSELS AT Tire DOCKS. P-. ,t '-vt^rf I««in '-'I. KaM Klurl I Stivers Wl.arf liarent: z. M In Whai T:. i!.in .i;.nu. Totomi Wharf Nil Pa!.» Bvasri i •■•>! v '< ">rf— Nil. Kepp. 1 .Tnr.ioor. Main Whorl Dn Igcr Shrimp, Leh. A!< rt. Cml N be <!«
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  • 84 7 Tv-day r S« I Teluk Ar.son 3 p.m. p-m. Ba'tu :.t 3 p.m. Lt.ir siki.k. i p.m. T.H Munr 4 p.m. Chcribon, turabaya, etc. 4 p.m. Saturday mangkat aad Sambas 9 a.m. I :>.-. :.u:ila Pabaag and Kuantan 11 a.m. ills and Ratran 11 a.m. and noon
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  • 15 7 Left S|,or»i Arrd. London I <\ April -A April 3 p April :S
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  • 163 7 EXCHANGE Singapore, April 7. On London, Bank 4 m/s 2/3 31/32 Demand 2/3 23/32 Private 3 m. credits 2/4 1/16 On New York Demand 50 tt Privut; 52'^ On France, Bank 525 On India, Bank T. T. 179 On Honukunfr, Bsnk d/d 9 p.e. prem. On Shanghai,
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  • 53 7 Spot April May-June July-Sept. Singapore Standard Pale Crepe Closing Prices i Buyers. Sellers. Spot Vpril May-June July-Sept. Tone of Market Firm. Singapore Standard Ribbed Smoked Sheet Closing Prices Buyers. Sellers. 28 28 Vi 28% 29 30 31 33 DAILY PRICES CUR-RENT. 12 o'clock ncrn,
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 189 7 Issue. Val. Pd. Buyers. Sellen. 1 1 Ayer Weng 1.00 1 1 Hium Tin 1.10 1.20 1 1 Jeiantoh O.GO 1 1 Jchan Tin O.r>r> O.iij D -I Kam. Kamunt. 1.9.0 1.11.0 10 10 Kinta Assoc. 3.50 4.50 5 5 Lingo! Tin 2.75 3.25 10 10 Malayan Coll. 11.50
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    • 137 7 Issue. Val. Pd. Buyers. Seller*. a £1 Er. Am. Tobacco "..J2.0 :U5.0 10 10 Central Engine* 15.00 10.00 10 10 Central Motor* 3.00 4.00 tl il E. Smelting Co. 5.00 5.50 5/- E!e*:iric T'wayi J'<J 10 10 Frascr Neave 24.00 2R.00 60 M Hammer Co. 105 110 100 100
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    • 101 7 U. Er!g. C> p.c. $1,234,5f10 par 6 p.c. p.m. Spore Electrical Tramways, aom Spore Municipal 5 p.c. $1,878,000 par Spore Municipal 4H p.c. of IU'J7 $1,000,000 10 p.c. dia. Spore Municipal 4--> p.c. of 1909 $1,600,600 10 p.«. dit. Spore Municipal 4>i p.c. of 1909 $1,500,000 16 p.e. dii.
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    • 399 7 Fraser and Co. and Lyall and Evan's Quotations. Latest available Sterling Quotations are printed on another page on Friday. To-^ay'i Price*. Fraser Lyall A Co. Evatt. Allcnby ($1) 0.10 0.20 jO.IO 0.20 Alor Gajah ($1) 0.90 1.00 1.00 A. Hitam ($5) 9.50 10.00 9.00 10.00 A. Kunins ($1)
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 162 7 7 O'CLOCK BATTY KAZOK Stroiipi'd without removing blade. Ar.k your dealer to show it to you. AUCTION SALE orem, bkgiki viii. Ltd. will by public r..ic\.-n :it their sale-room, K. .1,. i Ib ira, RaSes Place, mi "liiii- a>. Aiiril 17. at 2.30 p.m. lylindera opposed pi j rlr marine
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    • 763 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS CONTREXEVILLE WATER, always better v.-ith than without it. :it H. Bolter, Europe Hotel Building. TO LET. Villa Marina, No. fil, Meyer Read. Ap;ilv to Meytr llrother.t. PORD CAR, l'Uli modal, axeelUnt condition. Inspection 3, Pander Road. Kernel Harbour knowlodga of English and French Apply Mercantile, c o HH-.
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    • 66 7 MAlflYfi-BORWEO EXHIBITiOH 1922 L I jj When yi.u are visiting the Exhibition J^jJLrtfFSajarjfc please pay a visit to our STANDS Nos. 3, 4 and 5, tegj^MflSsSiSJ Section H, Prince's Avenue. P^Sm^N KIOSK No. 23, ffiBSSMy V Section N, China Avenue. P^fcL{*'»""«'.'-g<| l '^g lM<l l f :ir yourself the various
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    • 354 7 a 111 111 lil 111 one cTnjost 'Lrasctn.ahng Gilt for a JCady of Quality is A COMPLETE SET OF THE ZHORNY FINS TOIL6T i PRODUCTS^ fragrant witn Jmornx-paris->jr ESSENCE Mysterieuse; Terfiime Toilet water Batk Salts (Crystals &Tablets) Complexion Powder, Solid Fa.cc Powder, Bath Dusting Powder, Talcum Powder, Toilet Soap, Bath
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    • 357 7 NOTICE RE SHAIK OMAR BIN MOIIAMED BARAGEE, DECEASED Pursuant to Ordinance No. 141 (Trustees) an Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to Trustees notice is hurcby i;ivcn that creditors aad other persons having uny claims or demaii' l >c estate o( Shaik Omar bin Itohamed Barapee, late. >f
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  • 20 8 PAYNE.— At tho <°.i-m>ri:l Hospital, Singapore, on April 6, 192?, Leslie Fereuson Payne, Superintendent Engineer, Ocean Steamship Co., Ltd.
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  • 38 8 Mr. Kg Hoy of IVrak expresses his thanks to Messrs. Straits Trading Co., Ltd., and Messrs. Russell Co., for their kind presentation of two Silver Cups, for his best mining model, shown in the M. B. E.
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  • 1113 8 The Straits Times FRIDAY, APRIL 7 HOPE DEFERRED. Mr. Churchill has said that he can hold out no hope of an early agreement in the negotiations which are heing carried on with the Dutch East Indies in reference to the restriction of output by the rubbtr plantations. It is more
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  • 47 8 Miss Lita Hill, the Southern Baptist missionary who attempted twice to end her life by drowning in Tokio Bay after escaping from St. Luke's International Hospital where she was being treated for "religious phobia," died on March 17 of acute neuritis, which set in due to exposure.
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  • 65 8 The P. and O. Novara, from London had a rather unpleasant experience on Monday morning, March 20, when in a storm and fog she went ashore on the sands of the Tungsha Spit, near Shanghai. Anchors were 'immediately dropped and when the tide had risen and the fog lifted, the
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  • 17 8 The Rent Assessment Board will sit in the Municipal Board Rcom on Tuesday nixt at 2.15 p.m.
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  • 17 8 A special train for Johore Bahru passengers only will leave Tank Road station this evening at 7.45.
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  • 22 8 The Rev. J. Butterworth will conduct divine service at Jchore Bahru on Sunday at 6.30 p.m. and on Monday at 7..'>0 a.m.
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  • 23 8 An ex-soldisr living at Renfrew, who had been completely dumb for months, recovered his speech after being knocked out in a boxing bout.
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  • 23 8 The honorary treasurers of the Singapore Pclo Club acknowledge with thanks the receipt of $43.15 from Anonymous as a donation to the club.
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  • 43 8 There will be no 8.15 p.rrj service on Sundays at S. Matthew's, Sepoy Lines, during April and May. Holy Communion wi 1 be as usual on the Ist and 3rd Sundays at 7 a.m. The ivenint; lervite will be resumed on June 11.
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  • 38 8 The fund of Y.I ,468.50 which was being raised by the British residents of Yokohama, Tokio and Kobe fb purchase a challenge trophy for which the eiejwa of th; British China Squadron cculd compete has been entirely subscribed.
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  • 39 8 The private secretary to H.R.H. the Prince tf Wales has kindly acknowledged the beautiful gift presented by Mudliyar B. P. d? Silva on behalf of the Sinhalese community in Malaya and has expressed his sincere thanks for the gift.
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  • 48 8 The Renong Tin Dredging Co., Ltd.'s output of tin ore for the second half of the month ended March ."1 was Dredge No. 1 43G piculs. No. 2 24' l piculs. No. 3 150 picuh;, Total 82G picul:;. The approximate output for month of March, was 1,293 piculs.
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  • 46 8 i- received additional copies of th 3hort history cf the port of Singapore, issued in connection with the M.-B. Exhibition by the Singapore Harbour Board. These elegant illustrated productions are like y to prove of the greatest int?re;t in future years end are well worth preserving.
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  • 62 8 The following is: the latest information Mc.-t.srs. Paterscn Simons and Co., Ltd., have from Rangoon regarding the movements cf steamers of the Henderson nnd Bibby Lines Leicesttrshire— left Marseilles for Rangoon on 22 Oxfordshire— arrived Marseilles for Lonacn on 25.3.22 Lancashire Isft Colombo fox '.ondon on 22.3.22, Chindwin— left Suez
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  • 122 8 Professor Lefr.jy startled his audience at the Royal Institution by telling of a species of ant thut haa been kn: wn to eat a baby. A new danger, he said, reached Britain when the Argentine ant r-stablished itself during 191 K. It was a household pest, swanking over the breok-"a-t
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  • 118 8 The Rev. C. E. Darwcnt, in the course of an address at Union Church, Tientsin, on Doctrine," said that the Bolshevists at any rate valued the propagation of their doctrines. They had gone so far as to place leaves cf Bclshevik teaching surreptitiously in Bibles distributed by local Christian agencies.
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  • 144 8 With reference to the announcement .made a few weeks age that Messrs. Alfred Holt and Co., Ltd., had placed an irder for a large motor vessel with Scott'.s Shipbuilding and Knirineerintr Company, the propulsion to be combined steam and (il engines, it is learned from the Motor Ship that these-
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  • 233 8 Tlu> Planter for April has inaugurated a new departure in publishing a loose leaf cartoon by Latex, and in Notes and Comments tl.,' editor irtimates that this is th? first (if a series of tartoons by, we suppose, tin' HUM (rifted cartoonist. This number also contains an article by Mr.
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  • 307 8 A Reuter cable states that V Harcourt left £199,000. Mr. 1.. Lewton-Brain, the Director of Agriculture, has returned from leave. Mr. R. Kellar, of Messrs. Wearaa Bros., Ipoh, is on a business visit to Kuala Lumpur. A Renter cable announces the death of Mr. Frederic Yiliicrs. the
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  • 30 8 Mais from London by the Teesta, bringing dates to March 16, will arrive by train to-morrow morninir. Correspondence will be ready for delivery to boxholders at 10.30 a.m.
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  • 65 8 The traffic manager of the F.M.S. Railways notifies that on and after April 20 certain trains, including the night Upreeses between Kuala Lumpur and Penang, will be discontinued a-ul other re-timed from the tanu ''at: 1 Full particular! will lie issued later in the form of :i
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  • 69 8 In our issue of the sth but. appeared a r.pcrt of the annual meeting el what was ■aid to be the Bukit (Setangor) Rubber Co., Ltd. taken from a Colombo paper. The company referred to was the Bukit Dr.rah (Selangcr) Rubber Co., Ltd., and is not
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  • 65 8 The Straits Bu dget. To-day's isms of the Straits Budget, containing a spiral Illustrated supplement regarding the Royal visit, is sold <>ut. No further complete copies can be supplied, but we propose to reprint a quantity of the illustrated supplement only and these will be on sale for cash at
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  • 81 8 The Japanese steamer Taishin Maru ran on a reef opposite the main wharf, Tanjong I'ayrar, about eleven ."'-luck to-day. The Harbour Board tug.i Buaba and Varunha went off to render ■aaistance, with Capt. Biown in ehaig The vessel •cceding out to sea from the whan" when
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  • 92 8 The thirty-sixth ordinary general nulling of the shareholder-; of the Singapore Slipway and Engineering Co, 111., was htld at Tanjcny; Pagar yesterday, Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer in the e!i;;i,\ Tlv minutes of the thirty-fifth meeting having been read and confirmed, the directors' report was approved and
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  • 123 8 A correspondent writing in reference la our introduction to the Robber figures says our 0.-timati 1 of world Itockl is incomplete, and that 84,000 tons ihonld b" added for rubber hel<! on the continent t-t Europe, Dutch Kast Indies, Ceylon and India, Japan, Brazil, etc. Thirty-four thousand tons
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    • 149 8 Maspero Freres B myuu||*MMllßa outon Rouge IijLHL asss^^ssM J I ytjSX^m E\ j Ha*aM •y*^» a. (isssasuSff^X^^skßß^ gyptian Cigarettes Kiosks Nos. 17M&26N Little's Stand No. 25 SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. The Prince Bedroom Suite in white enamel and gold. The Lomond Dining Room Suite stained oak finish. The "Malaya" Billiard Table, all
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    • 110 8 Palladium Theatre GRAND OPENING NIGHT FOR FEW DAYB ONLY TO-NIGHT at 9.30 THE ITALIAN GRAND OPERA GO. CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA AND PAGLIACCI Saturday, April 8, by special request AIDA Monday, April 10, CARMEN Tuesday, April 11, TOSCA Wednesday, April 12, LA TRAVIATA SATURDAY. SPECIAL MATINEE at 5.15 p.m. LA BOH EM
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  • 240 9 Safeguarding Washington Decisions. Reuter's Service. London, April 5. The TiatM aiaOMMi the British interest in the Far East in a tone itrikintfly sympathetic to China and somewhat iri'ical of Japan's apparent attitude towards Ihe latttr. It emphases (he necessity of Britain closely watching that the Washington conference
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  • 127 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. ::i niriiagn states that at the conference of the executives of the three eialist international-, Mr. Ramsay .id declared that th; methods of the Bolshevists towards the Georgians Were similar to those of T.-arist Imperialism and insisted on the appointment of a
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  • 146 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. Ti.c impioyits have agreed to suspend f f< rty-scven unions pending the reopening of negotiations toLondon, April 5. The point on which the unions split is thai l r A.n.f., consisting of skilled worlat ii. refuse to concede the point that managerial
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  • 34 9 Reuter's Service. London, April C. ri tantinople The Angora Government accepts the Allies' armistice proposals and is agreeable to participate in I peace conference provided Smyrna is evacuated within fou r months.
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  • 39 9 Reuter's Service. London, April S. The P. and O. Company has declared an interim dividend at the rat? of twelve per cent, per annum, deferred, tax free, for, the six nil mhs ended March .'ll.
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  • 174 9 Britain Claims Interest Payments. Reuter's Service. London, April 5. British has addressed a note to all her Allied debtors saying that as Britain has to pay interest on her debt to the United State?, following the lapse of the AngloAmerican convention, she reserves the right of calling en
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  • 148 9 Reuter's ServiceLcndon, April 5. In the House of Commons at question time Mr. Churchill stated that the ammunition captured on the tug in Cork Harbour cculd not exceed 25,000 rounds and was not half a million, as firstly believed. London, April 5. There was a somewhat more
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  • 154 9 Reutxr'B Service. London, April 5. Mr. Justice Astbury has decided that a Trustee in Bankruptcy was not able to recover from a Brighton book-maker the sum of £955 paid by cheque by a bankrupt to meet his betting losses. The action is on? of five brought by the
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  • 57 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. The Chairman of the Council of the Rubber Growers' Association stated that the British colonial authorities are known to favour legislative action to safeguard the rubber industry, and thers was strong ground to believe that the British authorities concerned would welcome a conference
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  • 38 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. Casa Blanca President Millerand has arrived on board an armoured cruiser for a six weeks tour of Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. A long list of official ceremonies has been arranged.
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  • 37 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. Th; prospectus has been issued for the Czecho-Slovak state loan of £10,000,000, of which 2,800,000 eight per cent, sterling bonds at the price of 90 Vi are offered in Louden.
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  • 118 9 RiUTXR'a Service. London, April 5. Washington Mr. Nolan, chairman of the committee investigating the coal strike, has telegraphed to the mineowners of the central bituminous coalfield that the united mineworkers are willing to meet the mineowners' representatives with a view to a settlement of the strike. He
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  • 130 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. Both New York and Berlin are disappointed at Mr. Lloyd George's speech and Paris is only partly satisfied. The New York Tribune thinks his defence of his Russian policy weak. The New York VVcrld considers it not only idle but insincere
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  • 53 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 6. After a very lively debate on a resolution by Sir W. Jcynson-Hicks, tantamount to a motion of non-confidence in the Government, the House of Commons by 288--95 carried an amendment in favour of upholding the coalition. The minority consisted of Diehards, Labourites
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  • 51 9 Reuter's Service. London, April 5. In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill stated that five members of the Mesopotamian Government had resigned owing to a difference of opinion with regard to the methods of dealing with raids on the southern border with which thj Air Force has meanwhile satisfactorily
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  • 50 9 RILTER'S SERVICE. London, April 5. A Riga message states that the German specialists Foerster and Klemperer, who are returning from Moscow, declared that Lenin's illness was curable and he is still working. They were not permitted to state the nature of his disease, but it was not cancer.
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  • 41 9 Reutkk's Sebvici. London, April 5. Paris A message from Rabat in Morocco states that a violent explosion has destroyed the artillery park at Kenitra. The flames continue to spread to the neighbouring barracks and the inhabitants have fled.
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  • 60 9 Rxutxr's Slavics' London, April 5. Paris Thieves held up the ParisMediterranean mail train between Paris and Laroche and stole thirty mailbags going from England to Ita'y. London, April 5. Berlin The death has occurred of Sverbeieff, the last Tsarist ambassador in Berlin. London, April 6. St. Vincent A seaplane
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  • 2129 9 Why a Plan is An Imperative Necessity. Article No. 2 by the D. C. I. T. Every well-executed, smooth-working and efficient human enterprise is and was ever preceded and accompanied by a Plan. And first of all, we may consider what we mean to-day by the word
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  • 46 9 Messrs. Barlow and Co. report that the copra markit has remained quiet during the past week. Transactions have only been moderate and closing quotations arias follows No. 1 standard $10.20 to $10.. r >o, No. 2 standard $!>.<lO to $10.20, N». 3 standard $9.G0 to ?y.'JO.
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  • 1735 9 Sarawak's Striking Show At Exhibition. Unique Dye and Timber. j There was an enormous crowd at th;exhibition again last evening, i ing an animated scene with plenty of colour, music in the air and everything lovely in th? garden." The Hon. Mr. James in one of his addresses to
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  • 1582 10 Company's Need for More Capital. The extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Craigielea Plantations, Ltd., was held at the registered office of the company, Gresham Hour 1 Battery Road, on Wednesday last at 11 ;i.m. Mr. J. M. Sime presided, among thirs pr.-sent being the Hon.
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  • 346 10 Firm Tone and Improved Prices. Messrs. Barlcw and Co. report under dat;* April 6 Slightly better advices from London and a .-mall catalogue resulted in a firm tone ami improved prices at the auctions on SV'^nesday. Standard sheet realised 27-27 a cer.ts but about half the quantity
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  • 144 10 Our Ipoh correspondent wires that a full Court of Appeal was engaged in hear- j ing an action in which the I'apan Tin Co. are the appellants, and Lee Ah Wye, i respendent. The action arose from an agreement entered into between the parties in which
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 379 10 Pepper Castors To the Editor of the Stratis Timos. Sir, Referring to the pillars round our War Memorial, bearing thoss wonderful Battle names, as pepper castors is more sefely done through the medium of a newspaper than direct to one who was actually there when the names were mode famous.
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    • 277 10 To the Editor of the Strait? Times."^ Sir, The Boy Scouts will no doubt be very thankful to Mr. Albert C. Hall for pointing out the omission to mention them in your leader of the :>rel Instant, in connection with the work which had to be done to
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  • LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    • 118 10 Singapore, April 7. Silver.—33"». Hongkontt Up.c. premium. Three months K»'d 52 a Shun- Market. -Dull. Rubbers. Few enquiries. AlUnbyi lo cents, Craigiclena 20-L's cents. Bassctts r.L'-. r ,7' ci'iits. Tnmbalaks 47^4"88% cents, Chcmbong Malays buyers la., Bukit Semba- wanga ls.-ls. 4<i. and Singapore Uniteds
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    • 82 10 Messrs. Lyall and Evatt report under today's date Tin.—£145.15.0. The tone of the share market is more cheerful, both Rubber and Tin huvinir tstcadi- ly improved (luring the week. Tin.—Renongs 19s. Bd.-ifls. Od., Ratruts' l-'s.-Us.. Norths S7H-92H ct-nta, Nnwn? Pets cents, Johcns tS%-t7H cents; Taipmgs
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 406 10 M. B. E. Tournament SemiFinals. T! M. B. E. tournament semi-final betfrean tiams representing Johore and Kehntan was a very one sided affair, and Johore, the winners, should not now have much difficulty in winning the competition as most of their most formidable rival- are out of the running.
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    • 522 10 Contests at Star Opeia. I If bat li tie of the art of boxing there nty of lively scrapping th;; contest! staged ;>t the S ar Opera last night, and h fairly good audience spent an interesting evening. Mr. Pat Ryan was the referee and air. Barnes timekeeper. Eight
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    • 347 10 Suspension of Goonhilly Set Aside. i It will be. remembered that at the Penang races on January 10 the stewards of that meeting suspended Mr. M. L. Phillips' horse Goonl.iliy for two months. Being dissatisfied with the inquiry and with the decision. Mr. Phillips appealed to the Straits
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  • 536 10 Hepnri for the Yea* 1921. The following is the report of the of Tapah Etobl 1 at the annual meeting! on April 11:— Yam Director! rabtnit herewith a duly audited statement of accounts of the comr thi- year ended Daeeber 31, 1921, the tenth financial yew of the
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  • 83 10 W'i li;i'n Morgan, Bobbins, turn, SO yi;;is oM has committed suiefSa In New York by <ire wiling, preferring to mcl his lifo in this tin tri- way ml her than SUlieudcr hit British ritisenship. Mr. RitMtilW a prcminenl No* York archil et, and was I with mi English engineers' association.
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  • 1385 11 The Large Increase in Capital Approved. An extraordinary general meeting of the Shell Transport ami Trading Co., Ltd., was held en Keb.uary 11, at Winchester House, Old Broad -street, E.C., to the f Qoartag resolution "That the capital of the company be liirinaaprl ta i r.0d0.000 by the
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  • 536 11 Negotiations With Homeward Conference. There is reason to believe, says the Times of Ceylon, that negotiations have been proceeding between the Colombo Homeward Conference and the Australian Commonwealth Line for some time past in order to endeavour to come to an arrangement as regards the calling of
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  • 126 11 Gaiety announces another big change. The first show has Fantasma a big spectacular production of Heaven and Hell. The second the song Humming, a new Australasian Gazette Episodes 11 and 12 of Son of Tarzan serial, The Weaker Sex a big three star feature and the Larry Semon
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 63 11 Dance Records .'<%sll EXCLUSIVE STOCKS AND LATEST TITLES. CALL TO-DAY AND HEAR THEM. S. MOUTRIE CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Hongkong) Raffles Place. Clincher Tyres MALAYA-BORNEO EXHIBITION |i SECTION I Stand No. j 23 GUILLEMARD AVENUE SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT FACING MAIN ENTRANCE. William Jacks Co., SINGAPORE KUALA LUMPUR. MALAYA BORNEO
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    • 270 11 Raffles Hotel. MONDAY, Tea Dansant. ."> p.m. to 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY, Orchestral Concert, 9.15 p.m. THURSDAY, Guest Might, Dinner and Dancing. FRIDAY, Special Luncheon, Orchestra. SATURDAY Guest Night, Dinner and Dancing. Residents and Diners will have prior Claim to seats in the Ball Room. Evening Dress essential for Dancing. SARKIGS
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  • 333 12 Par Value. Stock Exchange Par Company. Prices. Value. Stock Exchange Company. Prices. £1 £1 n ii ii 2/ £1 £1 2/ 2/ ii ii i 2/ i 2/ i 2/ i £1 1 £1 £1 1 il i il i £1 i i'l £1 il ii
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 84 12 ICE Pure Crystal Ice Price 2 cts. per lb. Ikan Merah Price 60 cts. per lb. Fresh supplies daily. THE ABOVE CAN NOW BE OBTAINED AT OUR RETAIL DEPOT, ORCHARD ROAD. Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED "THE GROSVENOR" lKnmmwm A trit-elaM «p-to-4aU Hotel, recently opMfd. McaU acrrcd at Table d'hote
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    • 473 12 t K g THE VICTIMS OF URIC ACID N Preparation I 1 «^V»I Arthritic subjects take a course S? FV*"cb oUSLJi C V^X gtS^ which eliminates the Uric Acid p'bi,c rfn H M i.r r A n uZ!- S from their systemi and Kh T iiics. and Hospitals. VV fla.'^Sg.
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  • 780 13 From Majesty to Domesticity In Madeira. From majesty to domesticity is a delcent which the world views in different ways (writes a special correspondent of the Times). Its attitude is apt to be regulated by that of the great person involved by his former quality and his
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  • 238 13 Mr. Norman K. Bain, First Class Magistrate, Ipoh, held an enquiry last week into the cause of death of an Indian watchman Gurdit Singh of the Central Mental Asylum, Tanjonjr Rambutan, which occurred recently at Tanjong Rambutan. Dr. C. B. Pasley who gave medical evidence said
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 426 13 iiinMniNnniiiininiiiiiniinnnniiiiEiniiinii I"" '/life "tttA'-M \y i fSktf ill ißf 3 L j$ TRAVELLING RUGS. GREEN FIBRE TRI NKS. For th f VO W c home selection in Scotch Plaids. I As sketch, with i wood batons, Leather bound. Prlces 9 50 29 50 and 35 5 Height 19 in. Length
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    • 137 13 Portland Cement #1 S 0N Z 0 Hand and Axe Brand SOLE IMPORTERS Societa Commissionaria di Esportazione c di Importazione (Incorporated In Italy) (Late Societa Commissionaria Orient ale.) 'Phone i 876. s, Roblnoon Road, SINGAPORE. CEMENT Special Price During MB E Section I. No. 22 Ho Hong Portland Cement Works,
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 518 14 The China Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ltd. WITH WHICH IS ASSOCIATED The Shanghai Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (Both Incorporated under tlie Hongkong Ordinances). Head Office SHANGHAI. LIFE INSURANCE in all its Branches. FIRE INSURANCE effected on Buildings, Merchandise and property at Current Rates. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN ALL THE IMPORTANT
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    • 285 14 AUCTION SALE of magnificent teak household furnitun mirror!*, plants, perambulator, etc. At No. 30-2, East Coast Road, the first bur. Kalow at the entrance to Beach Hove,u =c, Tanjong Katong, on Saturday, April 8, at 2.30 p.m. Comprising 4 exceedingly fine design and very comfortable teak drawing room, easy in
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    • 2511 14 Assets approximately $5,000,000 S.C. Assarnnce In force over $17,000,000 The Great Eastern Life Assurance Co., Ltd. j (Incorporated In Strait! Settlement*) HEAD OFFICE Wlncheeter Houee, Singapore. LONDON OITICE 82, Old Jewry, E.C. I The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compile! with the British Life
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  • 330 15 American Indian's Wonderful Longevity. Ga-b;-nah-gewn-wonce, also known as John Smith, a Chippewa Indian reputed to be 137 years old, died recently at Cass Lcke, Minnisota, after a week's illness with pneumonia. The United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society and other
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  • 274 15 Ancient Buddhist Remains Being Investigated. Mr. H. C. P. Bell, the late Archaeological Commissioner, who had the dtottnction cf living 40 years in Ceylon without having made a trip Home on leave, and who is credited with being the possessor of the most magnificent collection of old manuscripts
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  • 279 15 Unfit for Work by Reason Of Death. The Medical Service Sub-committee presented a report to the Insurance Committee for the County of London in February last in which attention was drawn to a certificate which had been furnished by an insurance practitioner in respect of a dead
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 522 15 Weak, Nervous, Worn-oat Grateful Testimony to Dr. Cassells Tablets from People They Have Cured. India. South Afrlci» Mr. r. Jacannadhantaml. 8.A.. Mr Marthtmu Ferreira PitnatafonIjKtarer at the Rajah. Collegn. trin P. 0.. PhiUppolis. 0.11 C. feouth Parl*kir.«H. Oanjam Dutrict. Madrae I Africa, Mi-] had »ufl>red the Prandeocy, writes— "l bate
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    • 81 15 "Ky Oarlsberg" Beer MANUFACTURED IN DENMARK. pf SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. Br Malacca, Seremban, cSffiifjjg Pengkalan Kempas J|F}P HALLAM COMPANY, f S^S^v BENG SENG COMPANY ll NY GARLSBM JJ Sole Importers l^^S The East Asiatic Co., Ltd., F Crtet'V (Incorporated in Denmark) E.QlMft29HES«9Hi^^^aflH^^HlHiHßWSflS£a9H SH Jr^L JLa JlLi Now On T.
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 306 16 TO BE LET From May 1, the comfortable and comrnoiiious residence at 1507, Joo Cbiat Lane, Tanjonß Katonjr, six bedrooms, with two bathrooms attached, s.ttiiifr and dinintr rooms, with a spacious back terrace, electric lights throughout end fitted with table, wall and ceiling: funs in bedrooms, Servants' quarters and several
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    • 662 16 GUAN KIAT CO., LTD. SS, PHILLIP STREET. G Gauge Classes, Gouges, U I nii.rred and White Spun Yarn, A Arizes, Axes, Anvils, N Negro Plowa and Spare Parts, K Knivea, Tapping and Pruning, I Iron for Soldering, A Avery'a Scales and Balance*, T Thermometers, Test Cock*, Aabectos Cord. Cloth. Millboard,
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    • 952 16 CLASSIFIED jy®TipENTl_ The PREPAID charge* for Wants, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordinary close-set type (average six words to line) are*: per line one insertion 28 cts., two ins. 46 cts., three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 ets., five in*., $1.00, six ins. $1.13, ten ins. $1.40, twelve
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    • 1028 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, No. G, Gilstead Road, two stcried house. Phone 2296. TO LET, No. 1, Raffle. QuayT suitable foi office, entrance April 1. Apply Low Co. Ltd. WANTED TO BUY, small freehold proper ty, house and land, close to Town. Applj 496, Straits Times. TO LET, large,
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    • 478 16 OFFICES AND GODOWNS TO BE LET, from Hay 1, 1922, th* convenient ground floor of No. 8, Finlayson Green at present occupied by Messrs. Adis and Ezekiel. Most suitable for a broker or a professional man. Apply to A. T. E. Maskati, 191, Cecil S'i.-ot. WE ARE TOO LATB TO
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    • 180 16 Elegance 1 1 (vlMt 8 In beat quality Voile or polished Crepe at THE BAND BOX PRINCESS GARMENTS CO 4, BAFFLES CHAMBERS adjoining Ezekiel Sons, (opposite Robimiion's.) PHOTOGRAPHS For the best of everything in every Branch of Photography ring up MR. BUCKERIDGE Phone 1898 THE ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO in the
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 195 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TELEPHONES Editorial and General S8 Manager'a Office 1117 All communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed to THE EDITOR. All communication* relating to business matters— advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc., should b« addressed to THE MANAGER. ADVERTISEMENT RATES Wants, For Sale, To let, etc.,
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