The Straits Times, 24 September 1923

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    13 1 The Straits Times. No. 27,362. SINGAPORE, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1923. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      248 1 fl I i^Lj^ !«cuiiiKMiiiHnMHuiHiNiiak]Hi»H9*Maißßtx»iDKi4*ni duiisiiiimgßiiinßiiinaEiiiiii: SIXTY CAMERAS ARE OFFERED AS PRIZES m IN A i BEAH BRAND SWISS I MILK PAINTING COMPETITION. OPEN TO ALL CHILDREN UNDER 11 YEARS OF AGE. Here is a fine opportunity for any child to win a Camera for Christmas the No. 2 "Hawk Eye,"
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      157 1 I .h> SPECIAL DISPLAY I Yj§k /f\ Race Gowns !||ri and Millinery Hi I OCTOBER RACES j I \^^i!_ fl^ MODERATE EXCLUSIVE f PRICE DESIGN These are absolutely New Stocks which have only arrived in the last fortnight and there are Styles in both Hats and Gowns to suit all
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    Uncharted Rocks.
    1254 2 The Dangers Lying Just Below The Surface. I was poring over an o'.d atlas one evening in the captain's cabin, writes Bassett Digby, F.R.G.S., in the Manchester Guardian. Presently he strode in from the bridge, and we showed each ether some of our pet plates the one, for
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      258 2 I The best of all Tonics In sickness, in convalescence if insomnia troubles ,x£ 1 you, or if you are merely "run clown," Glaxo is the V,' best tonic of all. y Glaxo, the solids of pure, rich milk, can be as- j similated easily by the most enfeebled digestion.
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      214 2 Tea If our advertisements persuade you to try one tin of Brooke Bond tea, that is all we ask. We can safely leave future sales to your own appreciation of the hne flavour and condition of the tea itself. The vacuum tin preserves its contents perfectly, and only Brooke Bond
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      134 2 LOWRIE Special Blend of Selected Matured Scotch Whisky The best Whisky on the Market Obtainable from all Leading Hotels and all Liquor Stores SOLE IMPORTIBS t STANLEY F. WARD CO., (F.E LTD. (Saceeaaora to G. ALRELY A CO.) J-b, Flalayaoa Green. Singapore. Ph«M 172. MARELLI MAGNETOS ARE THE REST AU
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    BAD LEGAL YEAR.
    455 3 Fewer People Going To Law. Judges and banisters woke up with delight to the tii st day of the bong Vacation, which lasts until October 11. To barristers it was a huppy termination of whal has been the worst legal year, so far as concerns business, within
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    CAUSE OF TIDES.
    225 3 A .Machine that acts as A Prophet. "By turning the handle of a machine in the National Physical Laboratory at Tcddington, the hours of high and low water at forty ports in India are accurately predicted for each day of the coming year. In the space of
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    Aeroplanes for Fishing.
    108 3 According to the Yamato, an agreement has been reached between the Aviation Bureau of War Department and the Department of Agriculture and Commerce to utilise aeroplanes in home maritime waters. The idea is for the aeroplanes to keep watch for a shoal of fish, and report its
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    55 3 The Straits Chinese Reading: Club notify that the First Aid Class instituted by them will be opened at the beginning of October. Further applications for enrolment should reach the Secretary bel'oie September :10, addressed to Mr. Au Lye Choon, c/o The Treasury, Singapore, v. ho will be pleased to answer
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      765 3 STEfiWER SAILINGS NORDDEUTSGHER LLOYD AM> HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE Commutes Incorporated lt> Germany) Tk* aadtrarted arc Companies' Intended fixture*. OUTWARD Far Hongkong. Shujhal ami Japan. Dae Singapore HAVELLAND (HJLL.) Sept. 10 I'FALZ (N.D.L.) Oct. 11 HOMCWAKD For fcutUrdam, Hastbarg and Br«iaan. Da* Singapore I.riJWIGSHAFEN (N.D.L.) Oct. 1 OLDENBURG (H.A.L.) Oct. 16 Lcaila
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      487 3 AN APPEAL TO BRITONS IN) STRAITS SETTLEMENTS 250,000 DOLLARS URGKNTI.Y NEEDED FOR THE ARETHUSA TRAINING SHIP 2,600 Old Boys have joined the Royal Navy and C.500 the Merchant Service. Patrons THEIR MAJESTIES THE KING AND QUEEN. President H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES. Chairman and Treasurer C. E. MALDEN, Esq., MA.
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      364 3 HEART PAIN'S CAUSE IS MOST OFTEN ANAEMIA. Cure It By Building Up Your Blood. Many women who have thin blood, and whose nerves are unstrung, complain of a sensation around the heart which they describe as stifling.' It is an alarming symptom of anaemia, or thin blood, which disappears when
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      376 3 ROSKOPF Wristlet Watches AT REDUCED PRICES. Silver Screw Case 15 Jewels. Price $18.00. Gold 14-K. Screw Case 15 Jewels. Price $40.00. Gold 14-K. Screw Case y 2 Hunting. Price $48.00. 3 spare Glasses supplied free to every Watch. ROSKOPF WATCHES are known for over 60 YEARS in this country and
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      757 4 STEAMER SAILINGS P. 0. British India ""d Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated in England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. Under Contract with His Majesty's Government. LONDON-FAR EASTERN SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN FOR MARSEILLES, LONDON AND ANTWERP. Tonnage Dae Spore
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      691 4 STEAMER SAILfNSS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) The Blue Funnel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP, HAMBURG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES, HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW, BOSTON AND NEW YORK. Taking cargo on through
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      700 4 STEAMER SAILW6S_J IOUHLTEE PAKETVAART MAATSCKAPPM (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO.. Of BATAVIA) (Incorporatou in Hollar..! I UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHKKI.ANDS INDIA GOVKUVMENT. Telephone Nos. Passsge llept. 131. Freight lHpt. IJO2. Marine Dept. and Transhipment Dept. 1437, Manager's llept. 1003. VAN HOORN— September £5, Sampit and Bnnjermasin. COEN— September 26, Muntok
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      549 5 STEAMER SAIUNSS N. Y.IL LONDON LINE Hakozaki Maru Oct 14 HakuHiin Maru Oct. 28 Kitano Maru Nov. 4 HVIttPOOL UNH Lyons Maru begn. Not. HAMBUBO Tsuyama Maru Oct. 6 .Uutsumoto Mai a Nov. 23 »IW YORK UNI Tia SUM Bailing date nil. ■OTtTW AMERICAN LINE Kanaguwa Muru been. Nov. BOMBAY
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      347 5 STEAMER SAILINGS O.S.K. Prepeaed Sailing* from Singapore. (subj.ct to ejkaaga without pr*Tiou* aortee.) EUROPEAN UNB For Marseille*, London, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Sue* and Port Said. •LONDON MARU OctT's Oct?' 8 Call* at Aden, Port Sudan and Marseilles NEW YORK LINB Far San Francisco, Panama, New Tori, via Japan.
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      433 5 STEAMER SAILINGS STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPY "NEDERLAND" ("Nederland" Steam Navigation Company). HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE (of tha Untied Netherlands Steam NV-fMon Company). HOLLAND AND HAMBURG FREIGHT SERVICE. Loading for s.s. SAPAROEA, September 23 HOLLAND and HAMBURG s.s. BOETON, October 2 HOLLAND s.s. KERTOSONO, October 20 HOLLAND and HAMBURG s.s. CELEBES, October 27
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      111 5 STRUTHERS 6 BARRY OPERATING U.S. fiOYERNMENT SHIPS SWGAPOBB VO LOS ANGBLE* AND ■▲If FRANCISCO UJS.S.B. ..a. WEST CACTUS Oct 10 to discharge and load i S.S.BJ3 B* WEST IVAN Oct. SO to discharge and load and subsequent steamers approximate!* 10 day. apart. Taking e*ra*o to all Uwlaad point* in Unites!
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      765 5 STEaMER SHILIN6S "TINE BLLERMAN A BUCRNALL STEAMSHIP Co, Lt4. (taoorporaMC in England) tTEAMIE Da. 9ingap*r. PASSENGIR SERVICE OUTWARDS. CITY OK KARACHI China and J.pnn Oct. 6 ii. CITY OF PARIS China and Japan Nov. 1U CITY OF CANTERBURY China and Japan Dec. It HOMEWARDS. t SB, CITY OF KARACHI Marseilles
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      640 6 CINEMAS ALHAMBMft From Friday, September 21 to Wednesday, September 26 TOPICAL BUDGET BRITISH SCREEN NEWS. PREFERRED PICTURES PRESENT LON CHANEY AND MARGUERITE DX LA MOTTE IN SHADOWS in 7 Reds. The story portrays the revelation of a cruel jest that had cost them their happiness and shadowed their young lives.
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      63 6 SURINA THEATRE SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS First Show at 7.39 Mr. NOBODY SERIAL Episodes 25, 2fi, 27, 28, 29 and 30 SIX NEW REELS. With New Comedies, Second Show at 9.30 TIDES OF FATE A Play with a Punch. In 5 Parts. STARRING ALEXANDRA CARLISLE. Vitagraph Special PEGEEN In Five I'arU— Starring
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      353 6 CWEMJ.I SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT EMPIRG CINEMA FOR THREE MGHTS ONLY Commencing from Monday, Septemher 24, at 9 p.m. sharp. The Iniversal Million Dollar Picture FOOLISH WIVES The Most Talked or and much Discussed Pictuie To be Screened for the Lost Tima. Your Last Chance to See. You Must Not Hesitate. You'll
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      216 6 WHITEAWAY'S A Specfal Display of MILLINERY AND DRESSES Suitable for the forthcoming Races, will be shown on the Ist floor, Monday 24. All the Very Latest nnd mo«t up-to-date Styles. Do not fail to pay us a Visit Monday 24. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd, Singapore. (Incorporated is England* SINGAPORE i
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    116 7 FIXTURES. Monday. September 21 High Water. 10.32 a.m., 10.32 p.m. Taeaday, Feptemher 2~> •High Water, 10.G9 a.m. ll.!> p.m. charity Football: MUe'losex s a. Wednesday. Si-ptemhrr 26 Riga Water, ILH a.m., 111! p.m. Sungci Hagan Mt^-.. Barker's, noon. Ihursday. Seple.-nher 27 Higli Water, 31.50 a.m. Phil. Orcheatra,
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
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      VESSELS AT THE DOCKS.
      89 7 Kaat Wharf Basin—Nil. K.iht Whiirf Tara, Uuraphius. Sheers Wharf I'ijnacker Honiijk. Main Wkarf Glei lanfe, City of Haakow, Ki'lnntan, Tambora, Aynthia, Circe. Kmpire Dock Calcatta Mini. Aldnooi. Waal Whari Ipoh, Lyeaon, Ulnderoo. Jardinee Wharf—Nil. I'elo Branl Coal Wharf—Nil. Keppel Harboor. Main Wharf Maakse, Joan 1. Manet.
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      Vessels Arrived.
      265 7 ALCINOU& Brit., I.JTK tons, from lirisMS. head U-S, for HaaUa t4-». AYUTHIA, Brit, 'ZM tons, from T. Bali 2-4-a, fc t Aaabaa BAYSKES, Dut.. '.(fit tons, from .S.imarinila mvu. :v BAN HO (il AN, l>nt.. tm tens, from Sourabaya B-9, fei Bosrabaya n-9. CALCUTTA MARU, Jap.. 3^lt( tons,
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    148 7 Te-«ay. Sambu 2.30 p.m. Unlscca and Muar 3 p.m. I'ort Swcttenham and Penani; 3 p.m. I'atJ Pahat 3 p.m. Manila. Hoßgkpag, Shaiifrhni and .1 p.m Hongkonir, Slinnpliai nnd Jnpi"i, taking maih for V.S.A. ani Canada 4 p.m. Malacca and Muar 4 p.m. I'ulau Batan, Ilulnnc und Bintitn
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    40 7 By Angkor Khiva K der Xederlanden Tjerimai TkiU WUlia Left 8'porc Aug. 13 Aug. 14 Aug. 20 Aug. 13 Aug. 22 Aug. 27 Vrrd. Loadoa Sept. 11 Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 Sept. 17 Sept. H
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    196 7 EXCHANGE Siiisrnpore, September 21. On London, Hunk 4 m/s 2/4 7/32 I>cnutnd 2/4 1/8 Private m. credits 2/4% On New York ikmunJ 5-3 l'rivatc M '1 53\i On Krancc, Bank 870 On India, Bank T.T. 172 On Honjrkonjr, Bank d/d l A p.c. dis. On Shaßghai, Bank
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    SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RUBBER ASSOCIATION.
    63 7 Tone of maiket. Dull. Latest London cables quote Spot sheet Is. :i',iid. lingacore Staidard Pale Crepe. Closing Price*. Bnyeri, Bellert. Spot Jet Oct.-Dcc. lan.-March April-June 'pot )ctober )ct.-Dec. 'an.-March Vpril-June Bibbed Smoked Sheet Closing Price*. Bnysrs. S filer 51 r ovi r>i'i r>2 ."i2
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      MINING
      210 7 V;il. iV. Buyers. Sellers. 1 1 Buf.ng Padang 0.40 0.-T> 1 1 liitam Tin 1.32V4 1.37V4 1 1 Jclantoh 0.20 norn I 1 Johan Tin 0.37/4 0.42H II A I bat Kamunting 4'3/G 47/6 cd. 10 10 Kinta Assn. Ord. 7.00 7.50 5 5 Lingui Tin 4.20 4.40 10
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      GENERAL
      140 7 IC*HC <;il. !'<'. BbtCIB. Sellers. n .tl B. Am. Tobacco 5.5.0 5.10.0 10 10 Central Engines 0.00 10.00 L 0 10 Central Motors 3.25 3.75 H E. Smelting Co. 7.10 7.25 S/-5/- Else. Tramwayi 1/3 1/9 10 ID I" ra.ser Neavc 07.00 38.00xd. sti r,(i Hammer Co. 137.50 142.50
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      DEBENTURES
      103 7 U. Ki 6 p.c. $1,234,800 par 5 p.c. p.m. Spore Electric Tramwayi, 6 p.e. ■08. S'por<! Mcxic'pa! p.a tm S'por>: Viunidpal 44 p*. p.e. 41*. S'por»r Municipal 4H p.«. of IBM t1,600,n00 I p^. 41m. S'por- Municipal 4H p.«. of 1909 t1.600.b00 10 p.«. dls. Spore Municipal 4Vi pA.
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      RUBBER SHARES.
      397 7 rr«a«r *m* Co. ami LjM and Xrmtfi QaaUtteM. Fraser I.y»il Co. Kratt. AllenlyNcw(sl) 132% 1.40 1..10 1.35 Alor Gajah ($1) 1.45 1.55 1.35 1.45 A. 11-luiu (S6) 14.00 16.00 1400 15.00' A. K-ning (fl) Mb 0.65 0.30 0.60 Am. Malay <S2) 2.25 2..55 2.20 2.50 A. HV«k (|1)
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      45 7 THE STAR OPERA. At the THEATRE ROYAL North Bridge Road. To-alfht MLAM B\KI will be staged In Preparation New Scenery and Dresses For a Oreat Hirrlustam P!:iy HOOItW AK\B Watch fur this piece K. H. CHEONG, Proprietor. T. L. TAN, Maaaiar. 'Phone ISM for seals.
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      782 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other ClasKilicd Advts.. see page 16. ORAN'GK SYRI.T. Cherry Syrup, Strawberry Syrup, Rose Syrup. J' l'omegrannte Syrup, Plantain Sv.up. Kasp!x n-y Byrop, TamarinJ tiyrup. ti L'irect ImpoiL-i, Kuro'i' Ho»«l BalldJng. REPAIRS TO BINOCULARS ami scientific Instruments. John Duke, Optician, I-, Hi.ttery Road. (Ip) FOR SALE, white polished Italian
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      51 7 A TRUE NECESSITY ELECTRICITY affords every convenience and economy. Why not do away with the oldtime method of unsatisfactory lighting Let us help you in any of your electrical problems. Your general requirements in anything Electrical can be efficiently served by YEW BIN COMPANY, 83, CBOSB STREET. FOR SERVICE ANI)
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      890 7 IMPORTANT MORTGAGEE'S SALE The underfilled have been favoured with instructions to sell by public auction at their ■ale-room, Raffles Chambers, Baffles Place, ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, at 2.30 p.m. UPPER CIRCULAR ROAD. I.nff. Tft9 yenm' leasehold land with the two storeyed brick and tile-roofed business shophouse No. 4, Upper Circular
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    DEATH
    39 8 CORNELJUS.-On September 22, 1923, at Cor nelia, No. 12, Dhoby Ghnut, A. F. Cornelius. Aged 57, lute Architect of Robinson Road. Funeral took place yc3terdaj at Bidadari, at 5 p.m. English, American Indian and Java papers please copy.
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    IN MEMORIAM
    38 8 A High Mass of Requiem for the late ArmJane Grant will he held at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, on Wednesday, the 26th inst., at 7 a.m. Relatives and triendt are cordially invited to attend.
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    ACKNOWLEDGMENT
    35 8 Mrs. Cornelius and children beg to thp.nl all those who attended the funeral of Bel husband, A. F. Cornelius, and also thuse who sent floral tributes and letter* of cur.dolcncs in Mr sad bereavement.
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    The Straits Times. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. MR. BALDWIN'S MISSION.
    1129 8 Much interest, amounting almost to excitement, has been aroused by the visit of Mr. Baldwin to Paris and his interviews with M. Poincare while there. The French press, always a trifle emotional, has spoken as if tiic Enttnte Cordiale had been
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    28 8 Between midnight and :i a.m. on the morning of August 25 the post office at Solo was broken into and some 26,000 worth of postage stamps, etc., stolen.
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    29 8 The Resident of Pasoerolan reports that the Fishers' kampnng at Ledok in the Djasiredjo district, has had some 246 houses burned dc-wn and that 1,100 natives are now homeless.
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    37 8 A Javanese, in charge of the opium farm at Tebing Tingge, whose name is Samsi, has disappeared. Opium to the value of 86,162 H guilders and cash to the amount of some 2,500 guilders are also missing.
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    36 8 In the High Court at Rangoon on August 29 a petition was presented by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company for tho winding-up of the Mergui Tin Dredginjr Company, Limited, which has a paid-up cupitaj of cli'ven lakhs,
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    15 8 The renowned violinist 1 Jascha Heifetz,! is playing at Shanghai on two evenings! this week.
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    31 8 The rate of issue of money orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. IG9 $100. The rate of payment of money orders from India and Ceylon is Rs. 1".4 $100.
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    30 8 While sub-Lieutenant Boogaardt, who was a well-known sportsman, was demonstrating with a TVs centimetre cannon at Bandoeng, he was killed on the spot, being unaware that the weapon was loided
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    48 8 The dengse epidemic has been of so virulent a type this year in Calcutta that there is almcst a panic in the city. It Is estimated thst more than 40 per cent, of the people in Cclcutta have had dengue, and there has been an exceptionally severe epidemic.
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    50 8 On one letter just received from Batum, on the Black Sea, by a London firm, 77 Russian stamps were stuck in strips all round the envelope which is more than a foot long. At the pre-war rate of exchange the stamps, totalling 228,000 roubles, would have been worth about £22,800.
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    48 8 The Press h informed that a copy of the following document has been placed on the Press Table in the Colonial Secretariat for perusal by those interested: Publication issued by the War Office containing Statistics of the Military Effort of the British Empire during the Great War 1911-1920.
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    55 8 For forging the signature of S. H. Alsagoff, 15, Battery Road, on a chit for a car hired from the Gasoline Light Garage, an Arab youth, aßainst whon there were four previous convictions, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment in the Second Police Court on Saturday. Another charge remains to
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    61 8 Concerning the rubber share marke'.. the China Express and Telegraph of August 30 says For special reasons Bukit Sambawang have been in request, due probably to the fact that a considerable slice of the estate is required for the purposes of the new naval base at Singapore, the land for
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    61 8 Owing partly to the British Empire Exhibition, bookings from India for tfcl homeward bound vessels next year are already reported to be exceptionally heavy, and the shipping companies avidcntly expect to be kept busy through tut the season. One passenger line has announced the introduction of Slat_k Bmmou Return Tickets
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    72 8 The accounts of the Planters' Stoics and Agency Company, Limited, for the half-yeir to March ol last show a profit of £12,244 and an amount brought forward, less dividend No. 76, for the period to September 30, 1922, of £55,5t>3. The directors propose to pay a dividend for~ the half-year
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    79 8 The Medan Police have been very active of late in suppressing illicit disulling. Over and above the big captures they made some weeks ago. they seized according to the Deli Courant of the 12th instant, on that date some 200 vats of fermenting rice and six vats of arak in
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    72 8 The second largest seizure of cocaine in the history of the Calcutta Customs, namely, 600 ounces, was made on September 14, on the Laisang, recently reported lost in the Hongkong typhoon. Every part of the ship was searched, the inspectors even shifting 300 tons of coal. Twenvy-three tins of the
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    88 8 That Singapore is not alone in its cool:e troubles is evidenced by the following Able sent from Modjokcrto on the 4tn inst. A fight took place between Bugis snd Javanese coolies at Lengkong Works, last night. During the melee one Javanese was killed and two badly wounded. Two Bug's were
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    141 8 A London cable of September 12 says: A remarkable statement was made by Princess Fahmy when her trial for the murder of har husband, Pltaea AH Kemal Bey, was resumed at the Old Bailey today. She stated that in Cairo her husband took up the Koran and said, "I swear
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    142 8 A Java contemporary says that an American company has just commenced to open up a tapioca plantation of some 6,000 bouws to the south of Soekaboemi. It will employ about 1,000 coolies and of this number some 300 to 400 <vi!l tw Javanese recruited from the neighbouring kampongs. A large
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    432 8 Mr. C. E. Nugent, of the Survey Department, X.M.S., and Mrs. Nugent return from leave by the P. Rnd O. Devanha at the end of October. A Reuter cable from London announces the death of Mr. C. Harvey Dixon,. tho Conservative Member of Parliament for Rutland and
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    Britishers Missing in Japan.
    60 8 The following communique reaches us from the office of "the Colonial Secretary A telegTam has been received that lists of British subjects killed and missing as a result of the earthquake in Japan are being prepared. In the meantime, the Government is prepared to cable enquiries
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    Policeman's Curious Story.
    91 8 A curious story was told by a Chineso policeman named Song Ah Yong who brought an injured child into Sepoy Lines police-station yesterday. He stated that he drew a revolver to frighten away a dog which was attacking him when the revojvsr went oiT, and the bullet
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    F. M. S. Court of Appeal.
    89 8 The F. M. S. Court of Appeal has resumed, with Sir Lionel Woodward, Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby and Mr. Justice McCabe Rcay as presiding judges. There is a long li.st of appeals, a;uon£ them being *that of Perak v. Russell, the latter applying for leave
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    H.E. the Governor.
    94 8 The following bulletin was issued yesterday by H.E. the Governor's medical advisers His Excellency the Governor is under our care, suffering from clotting .n some of the deeper veins of the calf of the right leg. His general health remains excellent, and no complications have occurred. The
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    F. M. S. Appointments.
    137 8 The F.M.S. Government Gazette contains notifications of the following appointments Mr. R. M. Kindersley to be an Unofficial Member of the Federal Council Mr. T. J. Thomas to be a European Muster, Education Department, S.S. and F.M.S. Messrs. A. Veerappa Pillay and R. Gonal Ayer to
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      233 8 THE CORRECT EGYPTIAN CIGAREjTTES WITH YOUR AFTER DINNER COFFEE ARE Maspero 1. c. THE BEST! INCUBATORS THE FOLLOWING, JUST ARRIVED. "HEARSON," 50 Egg Capacity $110 nett "PREMIER," 70 Egg Capacity $190 nett "TAMLIN," 100 Egg Capacity $200 nett Complete with all parts, instruction books and ready for immediate use JOHN
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    Franco-British Relations.
    467 9 More Hopeful Tone in British Press. [Reuter's Service.] London, September 22. Reuter learns that it is expected that Mr. Baldwin will, next week, acquaint his colleagues with the results of his interview with M. Poincar6. While no dramatic developments are to be expected it is pointed out that
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    Empire Wireless.
    145 9 Post Office Claim Exclusive Control. [Riuter's Service.] London, September 23. Confirming: the Daily Telegraph's announcement that negotiations between the Post Office and the Marconi Company for an Empire wireless service have reached a deadlock, the Observer's wireless expert says that it appears the Post Office insists on securing
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    Breaking Up Battleships.
    45 9 [Reiteb's Service.] London, September 23. New York The Government is inviting bids for twenty-one battleships and cruisers scrapped under the disarmament treaty, six of which will be sold on October 25, nanx-ly South Dakota, Indiana, Montana, United State?, North Cnmlinn nnd Constitution,
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    German Situation.
    393 9 Proposals for New Currency Bank. [Reuteb'B Service.] London, September 22. Berlin The bill for the creation of a new currency provides for the establishment of a currency bank by agriculture, industry, trade and commerce, including the transportation and banking world and property owners. Tha new money will be
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    Printers Defeated.
    105 9 Expelled by International Union. [Reuteb's Service.] London, September 22. New York Following the refusal of most of the strikers to resume under the auspices of the International Pressmen's Union, the President of this Union has appealed to all members of the local union throughout the country to come
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    Aviation.
    38 9 [Rbctm'b Smvici.l London, September 23. Brussels In the Gordon- Bennett cup race a Spanish balloon caught fire near Malir.es, and the pilot was killed. A Swiss balloon caught fire over Antwerp province, and both occupants were killed.
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    Various.
    36 9 [RILTER'B SESVICE.] London, September 23. Cairo Helouan Observatory last evening recorded a big earthquake about 1,500 milr.s distant. London, September 23. Warsaw Thirty-six miners were killed by an explosion of firedamp at Reden mino, Kn'towit*.
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    Janina Murders.
    227 9 Strange Action by Italian Government. [Reuter's Service.] London, September 22. Preveza A stormy interlude occurred j while the Allied mission was investigating the Janina murders in the Albanian frontier port of Kakavia. The Italian delegate endeavoured to pass a party of armed carabinieri into Greek territory for the
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    Troubles in Bulgaria.
    109 9 [Reutek'b Service London, September 23. j Sofia It is semi-officially stated that complete calm prevails in the capital, tho communist disturbances previously mentioned being repressed with the assistance cf the population of south Bulgaria. Communist bands of 300 strong attempted to seize the power in certain districts,
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    The Singapore Base.
    118 9 [Rkutek'b Service.] London, September 23. Outspoken condemnation of the Singapore project appears in Black wood's by! Colonel Repington, who declares that the site does not provide the necessary area;: of well-protected water space nor sccur- 1 ity for the food, of the industrialized population. He complains of
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    Help for Japan.
    58 9 IRKUTSK'S SIKVICI!.] London, September 22. The Lord Mayor's Japanese Relief Fund amounts to £200,000. To-day's j donations included £550 from the dancer,^ Pavlova, and £50 from two fishing villages in Cornwall. London, September 22. Melbourne The Japanese Relief Fund has reached £60,000. London, September 22. Paris The
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    Chinese Chaos.
    54 9 [Reiter'B Sbrmce.] London, September 22. Dealing with the Chines* chaos, the Daily Telegraph says that the world expects stronger action from China than the promulgation of pious and fatuous resolutions. It is of the opinion that it is clear the Western Powers will be compelled to take action
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    Death of Lord Morley.
    398 9 Last Link of the Gladstone Set. [Rkuteb's Service] London, September 23. The death has occurred of Viscount Morley of Blackburn in his eighty-fifth year. London, September 23. Lord Morley's illness lasted only a few hours. He enjoyed good health until this morning, when he was suddenly
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    The America Cup.
    42 9 [Reuter's Service] London, September 23. Sir Thomas Liptcn has arrived lrom America. He stated that he has ieci !c.l to challenge for the America Cup raco in 1925. Plans are in hand for the construction of a new Shamrock.
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    A RASCAL CAUGHT.
    270 9 Alarmist Pamphlets for Illiterate Chinese. A Chinese was charged in the Third Police Court, this morning, under the section requiring him to show cause. Mr. Kenny, C.D.1., stated that the man had been distributing alarmist pamphlets regard. ng future earthquakes, the end of the world, etc., and
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    Contraband Opium.
    106 9 A large seizure of contraband, consist- I 1 ing of 12 boxes containing 24,000 tolas of Chinese opium valued at about half a lakh of rupees, was made on September 9 at Rangoon by the excise authorities on board the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company's steamer India. The opium is
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    38 9 Messrs. Lye and Co., of 18, North Canal Road, state that they are not the Rrm of Lye ani Co. mentioned in our report of bankruptcy proceedings. The name should have been given as Lye Hee inrt Co.
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    Bangkok Outrage.
    516 9 Bank Clerk Shot in Public Street. The following is from the Bangkok Times of the 17th instant This morning a shroff of the Hongkong and Shanghai dank was shot dead by one of a gang of armed desperadoes within a stone's throw of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
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    SECRET SOCIETY REVENGE.
    209 9 Family Gagged and Bound In Plantation. A strange experience befel a police inspector one day last week, when Chinese came to Rochore Road Police Station and complained that a gang robbery had taken place at Kampomr B:tah, a small village in the direction of Geylang. 'i hi*
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    The Late Dr. Mowat.
    301 9 The inquiry into the death of Dr. Mowat is being continued in the Coroner's Court at Kuala Lumpur, reports the Malay Mail. Dr. E. A. O. Travcrs sa d be found conditions which he considered to be caused by the careless injection of mor-; phia. He
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    59 9 A discorery of great historical interest has been made sm Shwebo. Burma. While an old pagoda In being dismantled, several images of Buddha were discovered. These images, one of which is said to be in diamonds and the others cither in silver or gold or a mixed metal, are supposed
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    Chetty Forgery Charge.
    328 9 Statement by Counsel For Defence. The trial of Veerappa Chetty, who is charged with having forged three promissory notes, was continued at the. Singapore Assizes this morning, before Mr. Justice Barrett-Lennard, when tin; case for the defence was commenced. Mr. A. J. Shelley Thompson, who i 3
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      Macphail and Co.'s Report.
      93 9 Singapore, September 24. Rubber.—London Is. 3%d. Unchanged. Local 50%. Tin.—London, September 21 XIC7 ss. Local $99Vi (150 tons sold.) Share Market.—Lifeless. Rubbers.—Indragiris 5-5.10, Ulu Benuts 27-29 cents, United Malaccas 1.50--1.55, Jimahs 1.25-1.30 ex. Bassetts 1.15--1.20, Punggors 57>,4-62Ms cents, Bukit Je'otongs 67V4-72H cents, Glenealys 1.45--1.50. Tins.—Souths 1-1.05,
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      Lyall and Evatt's Report.
      100 9 Singapore, September 24. Tin—£l97 ss. Rubber.—Is. CM.I.—unchanged. Share Market.—Quiet. Rubbers.—Jcdram Kuantans 3V'2-Hli. Lunas 7 90-8.10, Craigicleas 65-70, Radellas 3.90-4.10, Tambalaks 77Vi!-82Vfe, New Serendahii 3.05-3.15, United M;il:i;-< it: 1.50-1.55, Malaka Pindas 1.57'j-l.t;2Vj, Kuala SUVims 2.35-2.45, Bukit Jelotongs 67^i-72Vj, Mentakabs 25-28, Ulu Bonuta 2«-29, Ayer Moleks 1.35-1.40, Bukit
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    LONDON MARKETS.
    335 9 Messrs. William Jacks and Co., writing umlrr date, London, August 2J, states The political situation on the Continent remains unchanged, and until some move* j is made towards a settlement of the Ruhr situation trade conditions must remain quid. The latest advices from America indicate that threatened coal
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      GOLF.
      170 10 Singapore < 'luimnionship Final. 'it. Baal of the Singapore golf cham- d on the I. lay between Mr. K. L. L. Braddell and Capt. C. T. Whinney, of the! raddell won K up and 7to| E<htaMa performance, but the Batch wns by no means uneven, and on the morning
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      International Events.
      71 10 [Renter's Service.] London, September 2^. I riiicafro In the jfolf semi-final. the holder, btat Gardner 8 and 7. Hani m beat Ouimet and 2. i 1/ ndon, September .\'.a< Marston beat Sweetsor, the linal of the American open unatear u -..1f championship at th<? :;«th hole. ■;i the
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      FOOTBALL.
      360 10 To-morrow's Charity Match. I is food Mfl to local football supporttfl that Key Smith is well again arnl will be able to play to-morrow in the natch b f.vcen the S. F. A. teai.i i and he Middlesex in aid of the Japanese' relief fund. Thr team will be
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      Rugby.
      68 10 There will be no S.C.C. rugger practice to-mongpw owing to the charity soccer match, but here will be the usual practice on Thursday and a good turn out is requested. The follo-.vin;* have been selected to represent Selanjror against Johore at Kuala Luniour on Saturday Jonklaas Cibb, Hume, I.i:ijrwor'.hy,
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      S. C. C. Tennis Tournament.
      21 10 Play impossible on the S.C.C. ourts to ihiv. Tho ties arranged ars postI>on< J to Wednesday.
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      Exhibition Tennis.
      62 10 A.'i exhibition same of tennis will be playt-d at the S.C.R.C. padani? on Saturday, at 4.45 p.m. between Tan Chons Kheo nnd D. II Kleinman and T. Koizumi and Y. &MM. A: the conclusion of the match Lady Guillemard, who has kindly ronsepted to bi> present, will civo
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      CRICKET.
      561 10 (lose of the Tournament. The S. C. C. aiv: the Services met at Tan^lin in the last fixture of the cricket IeWBMMBt on Saturday, when the mili--1 i.y team nai rowly managed a draw, and thereby won tho championship of the competition. The club gave a good display, scoring
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      Lanka Union Beat S.R.C.
      276 10 I The S. R. C. and the Lanka Union met in a friendly game on the padang on Saturday, when the Union won by two wickets. Batting first, the S.R.C. compiled 120 runs for ten wickets, ArmI strong being undefeated at the close with 65 (including
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      St. Joseph's Beat Y.M.C.A.
      278 10 St. Joseph's Old Boys defeated the V.M.C.A. by 88 runs. Old Boys going in made 117. Pennefather playing a steady game carried his bat for 47 hitting seven fours. No V- M. C. A. player was able to reach double figures. Scores St. Joseph's Old Boys.
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      Hockey.
      257 10 A very fast game of hockey was seen at Blakan Mati on Saturday when the A. P. C. were opposed to the H.K.S. R.G.A. Both sides, played vigorously, the ball was brought up alternately, but it was left to the Gunners inside right to test Gammell first with a
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      Boxing.
      118 10 Battling Key is training at 167, Seranpoon Road, for his contest, with Kid Pelky at the New World on October 13, and on Saturday afternoon a number of supporters gathered to watch the proceedings. Key sparred with various opponents, and pictures were taken by Mr. Fisher, of the Middle
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      Women's Athletic Meeting.
      27 10 [Reuter's Service.] London, September 23. Paris In a women's athletic meeting England beat France by seven events to two and 60 points to 37.
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      Papyrus Sails.
      61 10 [Reuter'i Service.] London, September 22. Southampton Papyrus, accompanied by his stable companion Bargold, sailed on the Cunarder Aquitania for America this afternoon. The question of the jockey is at present not decided. Papyrus, this year's Derby winner, i.« matched with the best American. -cplt of his age, the
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      [Reuter's Service.]
      32 10 London, September 23. Lemans The international cup for voiturettcs over a course of 604 kilmetres 170 kilometres was won by Divot on a talbot in 2115 minutes 1 2-sth sqes.
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      SWIMMING.
      263 10 Hundred Yards Club Championship. The Swimming Club 100 yards championship was competed yesterday, and produced an excellent race. Four entered— F. L. Johnson, R. F. Mallard, R. F. Gunn and A. Schudri all mtn who stood a chance, though the odds were certainly en the first named, a recently
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      YACHTING AND ROWING.
      824 10 The Royal Singapore Yacht Club is blessed with an ever-increasing programme of events, and Saturday saw the second race for Mrs. Lundon's Cup. Six boats started, and from the performances put up, the R.S.Y.C. will soon be able to boast of a ladies team that will mak-
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      Tax on Betting Forecasted.
      124 10 Speaking at a Church Conference at Mnrren, Mr. Isaac Foot, M.P., (Liberal. Bodmin), a member of the Select Committee on Betting, anticipated that th? committee, by a small majority, wouM recommend a betting tax. He entirely opposed this on the ground that a tax of this
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    MOTOR BUS DRIVER CHARGED.
    140 10 Rash Driving and Stabbing Allegations. Serious allegations were made against an Indian motor-bus driver whe was produced in the Second Police Court, this morning, on charges of rash driving and voluntarily causing hurt to two Chinese, named Ong Kong Seng and Ong Ah Mi. This man
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    Craft Risk at Singapore.
    125 10 It will be recalled, says a home paper, that the question of craft risk in Singapore Harbour has been under discussion for some considerable time, and that a Committee was appointed by the Government to inquire into the matter. A Singapore correspondent, writing under date July
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    SINGAPORE AND SOUTH MALAYA BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    32 10 Orders for week ending September 30 Monday, 24th. Individual Troops Parade. Wednesday, 26th. Band Practice, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Meeting of Executive Committee, Headquarters, 5.30 p.m.
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      Teachers' Grievances.
      365 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Your correspondent Palmaja Qui Meruit who professed to know actual facts concerning the teaching profession, must have believed his irrational comparison between the maximum salary of a local teacher and the minimum stipend of a graduate to be irrefutable. To
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      Obstructed Highways.
      184 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, Last night while drivinc: in a car along Bukit Timah Road, just at the corner where it meets Serangoon Road and where a new building is now in progress, I \vafortunate in avoidinjr a very serious acelc!ent. For some unknown
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      Passport Anomalies.
      294 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, In the correspond i-nce over British Passports your correspondents have not laid stress on several issues. I am at one with all of them that this matter should be thoroughly thrr.shed out. If we get no satisfaction for want of
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      PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.
      80 10 The excellent seven-reeler Shadows, featuring Lor Chancy and Marguerite de la Motte, will be shown at the Alhambra up to Wednesday evening. In response to numerous requests from people who have already .«een Jackie Coogan in Oliver Twist, the management of the Palladium have decided to screen the
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    Japanese Disaster.
    725 10 1 Revised Official List of British Casualties. Osaka, September IS. Tlu> f:".!ow:njr is the official list, M far as can be ascertained by the British Con-sulate-General at Kobe, of the British victim of ihe earthquake, states an Osaka wire of the loth instant. This list re--01 amplifies any
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    JAPANESE RELIEF FUND.
    124 10 Received by Yokohama Specie Bank Local staff of N. Y. K. $52, Ho Hun^ Steamship Co. 100, Liai Kian Bfn^ 25, Wee Eng: Chenft 25, H. Peters 20. Received by Singapore Japanese Sock--ty Mrs. Fraser $5, Mr. Harsta 2, American Association of Malaya 500, Staff of General
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    Chinese Wedding.
    175 10 There were hundreds of acceptances' to the invitations issued by Mr. and Mrs. Lis Nee Soon to witness the marriage of their son, Mr. Lim Chong Kuo with Mi> Tan Lay ho, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tan Kah Kee, which took place at the Garden Club,
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    Jimah Rubber.
    813 11 Last Year Converts Loss Into Profit. The annual Keivval meeting of .limah Rubber Estates, Lt< was held on Satuiday at Chartered I'.ur.k I'hamßers, there being pi >'idelcy (chairBUUI), Mr. H. S, Nelson (director), Mr. G. G. Black. Mr. C. Hewetson, and Mr. I.cc Han Soon I <hui eholilers),
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    Death of Mr. A. F. A. Cornelius.
    207 11 After an i'lni-ss of n few months, there passed ay. y at Dhoby Ghaut, on Saturday, v well-known Singaporean in the person of Mr. A. F. A. Cornelius, who, for abcut M yems, was in the Engineering Department of the Singapore Municipality snd
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    36 11 According to the monthly philatelic Orcmo f>>r thf Neth'-rlands. Jubilee atamps will be issued for the Colonies in September, in the following denominations Dutch Bast tndsac. R lt\k, M anil 5'J cents, fl.l, tt.2.DO and f1.5.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    508 11 Action Taken at Committee Mcetir.t,'. Action taken at a meeting of Commitiee No. 4, held on September 14 imludid Approved extra levelling nnd fillrng at Swiss Cot:age at a:i estimated cost A $11,4P5. Approved application for permission to instal a Delco lighting set at 142 Selegie Koad subject
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    SINGAPORE.
    280 11 What it Means to the British Empire. J. Kavanagh, Kuala Lumpur, writes to the China Express and Telegraph Singapore has never heard so much of itself since nutmegs were invented. Tii.it is where the nutmegs come from, you know." Mrs. Cunningham, in The Western Morning News, June 11. Singapore
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    Singapore Mortality Statistics.
    128 11 The Municipal health statement for the week ending September 15 gives the total number of deaths as 165 representing a dcith rate of 22.y? per mille per annum compared with 28.54 in the preceding week and with 33.12 in the corresponding week of last year. The chief
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    1104 12 Great Improvement in The Position. The nineteenth ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Vallambrosa Rubber Company, Ltd., was held *t Edinburgh on August 16 Mr. A. R. Wilson Wood, managing director, presiding. The Chairman said I presume that, as usual, I may hold the report and accounts
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    A Prophet of Woe.
    589 15 Chinese Who Preaches Disaster. The following notes were found among the papers of the late Rev. R. A. Wriiteeide, who was murdered by brigands in Szechuan on August 14. As the N.C. Daily News remarks, they cast a curious light on the state of mind and
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    COLOUR FEUD.
    233 15 A Warning to Tourists In France. This statement has been issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Some foreign tourists, forgetting that they are our guests and that they, therefore, owe respect to our customs and our laws, have lately, on several occasions, violently shown their disapproval
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    Passing of the Unfit.
    146 15 All the old London taxis that exasperate us by their irroaning and puffing: and struggling as they convey us from one point to another at precisely the same charge as vehicles that can really do their work are to be forbidden to parade their infirmities orf
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      259 16 TO LET A ■pacloua top floor frontag* fitted with electric lights, ceiling fan and bathroom attached, suitable far a General Office. For further particulars, apply at 85, PHILLIP STREET. 3 FOR Spectacles and Eyeglasses CONSULT M. EZEKIEL SONS, OPTICIANS, Raffles Chambers, Raffles I'lsce, Slngspore. FRESH SHIPMENT Sodium Bisulphite Sodium Sulphite
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      280 16 LADIES A Special Cheap Sale will be held from MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. THE PARISIAN HOUSE Will be tinder re organization, necessitating clearance sale ol all goods. Nona damaged, none o!d, some articles two months, «ome three wet-Its only, to 1 be aold at sacrifice. Every articles will ba sold 60
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      884 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges for Wants, For Sals, To Let, etc., la ordinary close set type (average six words to line) srs per line one insertion 28 cents, two ins. 46 cts., three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 eta., Irs ins. $1.00, six ins. f1.13, ten ins. $1.40.
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      876 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, eompeand hor.se No. S, Sophia Road, from August 1. Apply Ed. M. Nathan, 4-b, De Souia Street. HOUSE TO LET, fully furnished, electric light, etc., tennis court. Rent $125 per month. 2897, Straits Times. TO LET, Silverton, 8, Upper Wilkie Road, overlooking the Reservoir from
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      497 16 ANNOUNCEMENT JOHN DUKE, F.8.0.A.. F.S.M.C. OPTICIAN. Wishes to announce that, as from September 1, he has acquired the practice lately carried on by N. LAZARUS, Opticians, of Medical Hall, Battery Road. On and from this date all prescriptions and enquiries should be sent to 12, BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. 1 GENUINE
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      287 16 Latest Publications Just Received DIET FOR WOMEN, by Cecil V/ebbJohiuon, atE. C h.B, Late Civil Surgeon and Oflirer C'ommandinc Station Iloxpital. Specialist In Midwifery, Diseases of Women and Children, (loth Edn. Illus $2.51 DIET FOR MX.V. by Ihc same author f!Jt SEVEN AGES, A Narrative of Human Mind by A
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      212 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TXLKPBONM Cdltorul and General ts Manager's Office iU7 AU communications relating to erfHorta 1 matters and news should be addressed to THE EDITOR. AU communications re laring to business matters advertisements subscriptions, aecounta, printing, etc. skould be addressed to THE MANAGER ADVERTISEMENT RATES. Wants, For Sale, To
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