The Straits Times, 26 September 1923

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 27,364, SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1923. PRICE 10 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 164 1 Drink More Good Milk It is conceded by Scientists and Medical Men the world over that few people drink sufficient of this Body Building and Strength Giving Food, containing as it does one of the essential Vitamins of Life. You can Obtain The World's Best Milk, collected from cows grazing
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  • 595 2 Spread of English Education In Bengal. The effect of English education in Bengal was alluded to by Babu Bepin Chandra Pal in the course of an interesting speech on the New Era in Bengal at the Sadheran Brahmo Samaj prayer hall. Mr. Pal .said that when dealing
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  • 288 2 Tragedy in Lady Artist's Flat In London. At the inquest on Flight- Lieutenant Claude Bucknall, who was found shot in the London fiat of Miss Grace Chapman, the well-known artist, a verdict of suicide while of unsound mind was returned. A tragedy of the effects of the war
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  • 135 2 A great index of the scientific periodicals in the world is to be prepared by the staff of the British Museum. The Carnegie United Kingdom Trust has offered a guarantee of £1,000 to the fund. In the ninth annual report of the Trust it is explained that
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 267 2 You who tire quickly, feel depressed or Run-down, remember— Wincarnis is always ready to help you to regain strength to banish depression to promote new rich, red blood to surcharge your system with new nerve foree and to create new vitality. Because Wincarnis is a Tonic, a Restorative, a Bloodbuilder,
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    • 211 2 let-Folet f YOUR SKIN AND m complexion rjm f \>n ti.- li.vt in i I'orfct On- Tyl m. BECTHtM SOB Jt^^ll DR. CASSEiri~ TABLETS K.palr W*ar and T.»t of N«rr« mm* f~<iy Prtc* la. M. an* CHRONIC DIARRHOEA Are you subject to attacks of diarrhoea Keep absolutely quiet for a
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    • 196 2 LOWRIE Special Blend of Selected Matured Scotch Whisky The best WMskj on the Market Obtainable from all Leading Hotels and all Liquor Stores BOLE IMI>ORTKRB t STANLEY F. WARD CO., (F.E LTD. (Siccenori to G. AURELY CO.) 2-b, Fiul«>»on Gracn, Sinfapor*. PkwM 172. FIAT CARS, LORRIES and MARINE SETS. MARELLI
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  • 816 3 Mythical Stories which Are Widely Spread. From being a fully-credited myth the Man in the Moon has descended to-day to be merely a figure of speech. Even us such, however, he is of use, especially when it is desired to express ignorance of anything, and
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  • 170 3 Protest Against Italian Proposal. Italy is favoured with a comparative!'.low Income Tax, but to make up for it taxation is levied on almost every conceivable commodity. Some genius has recently devised a scheme to levy a tax on all shop signs, or other public inscriptions written
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  • 108 3 A special Marine Court of Inquiry at Rangoon, which has been investigating a collision which took place in April between the B. I. S. N. steamer Angora and a country crafl. Suing, has now come to a decision. The judgment says inter alia It seems an unsatisfactory
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    • 236 3 STEAMER SftlUWtS STRUTHERS BARRY ormkirdm U.S. BQVERM6EKT SHIPS 8IHGA")«B TO im AHCtßi.m AND ■A* TUAhCUVO U.S.S.B. B-s. WEST CACTUS Oct. 10 to (ilachatga «nd toad* UJS.&B3. WEST IVAN Oct. 10 to discharge and )o*d and nbae4)*ent •t«*ireTi approximately 10 days apart. Taki»f -arito to ali Oveilaad poUta ia U»tta4 St*t«*
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    • 378 3 WBES DELICIOUS, |f Tht Standard WHOLESOME, j|-#l for Purity and REFRESHING. Rs3\ EiMlleiw*. ,i PrtHrei selel? a F«v^*sssS >3 rM> r SAFKUARD f E^^^^f f Wtrt ACAINST yW^^fHv I L >a ravm JjigjgiSM LIME JUICE DANCING and FANCY BALL MADE TO ORDER AT YAP HENG'S 23, QUEEN STREET, SINGAPORE. All
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    • 556 3 HOT WEATHER PERILS AND THE BABY. How Baby's Own Tablets Help. The aommer months arc the most dan(rerous to infants and young children. Cholera infantum, colic, diarrhoea and dysentery, come on so quickly during the hot season that often the little one is beyond aid almost before the parents realize
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    • 120 3 Onyx Jewels Such as-ONYX EARRINGS ONYX BROOCHES ONYX RINGS ONYX NfcCKLACES AH in 18-carat Gold Platinum Settings. PRICES BEYOND COMPETITION. SOLE AGENTS WEILL MONTOR E, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. BEEF SAUSAGES PER W%£ LB. MADE FRESH DAILY SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTD. (lacorporaUd ia thr» Straits Settltateat*-) ORCHARD ROAD. I«M»HH>HMIMIt»t>t»««>>MHIMm>M*»»»H»»*»»««*K 1
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    • 641 4 STEAMER SAIUIH3 P. 0. British India <"«? Apcar Line (Companies Incorporated la England) MAIL AND PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICES PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. CO. Under Contract with His Majesty's Government I.ONDON-FAU EASTERN SERVICE OUTWARDS FROM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON AND ANTWERP. Tonnage Due Spore
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    • 101 4 oeeoeeeoee*ee»««es»ae»>soeeoj DOLLAB LINE For Boston, New York and Norfolk vis Soex. ESTHER DOLLAR Loading Singapore, October 18 STANLEY DOLLAR Loading Singapore, November 30 Through Bills of Lading issned from Singapore to the Principal Cities of tke United States and Canada. For further information as to Rates, etc., apply to DOLLAR
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    • 682 4 STEAMER SAILINGS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO, LIMITED. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO., LTD, (Incorporated in England) The Bine 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 carfo on through
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    • 701 4 STEMEB SfIIUNBS KONIHKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCNAPPU (ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO., OF BATAYIA) (Incorporated in Holland) UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Telephone Nos. Passage Dept. 131. Freight Dept. 1202, Marine Dept. and Transhipment Dept. 1437, Manager* Dept. 1003. COEN— September 26, Muntok and Palembang. SlNGKEP— September 26, Tongkal, MoeHra-Saba and
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    • 550 5 STEAMER SAILHUS LONDON LINE HakozaVi Maru Oct. 14 Hnkujfin Mnru Oct. 28 Kitano M.iru Nov. 4 I.IVERPOOLLINE Lyons Han Nov. 7 lIAMBrRGLINT. Tsuyama Muru Oct. 6 Matsumoto Mam Nov. 2.'J NEW YORK LINK via SI EZ Sailing date nil. SOI! H AMEIUCAN_L!NE Kanacr.wa Muru begn. Nov. BOMBAY LINE Tamba Maru
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    • 429 5 STEAHER SAILINGS Proposed Sailings from Singapore. (subject to change without previous notice.) EUROPEAN LINE For Mararille*. London, Hamhnrg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, via Colombo, Sun and Port Said. Ait. Dep. L0>O)0N MARU Oct. 6 Oct. 6 (ills at Aden, Port Sudan and Marseilles NEW YORK LINE For San Francisco, Panama, New York,
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    • 656 5 STEAMER SJMLSM6S STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPY "NEDERLAND" ("Nederland" Steam Navigation Company). HOLLAND EAST ASIA LINE (of tho United Netherland* Steam Navigation Company). HOLLAND AND HAMBURG FREIGHT SERVICE. Loading for s.s. BOETON, October 2 HOLLAND b.s. KERTOSONO, October 20 HOLLAND and HAMBURG s.s. CELEBES, October 27 HOLLAND Cargo is alxo accepted to UNITED
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    • 701 5 STEAWER SAH.IHBS 'ELLERMAN" SINE KLLKRMAN ft BCCKNALL STBAMSHIP Co, ltd. Incorporated in England) WIAMBt Dae Singapore PASSENGER SERVICE OUTTVARDS. fs.a. CITY OP KARACHI Chiun and Japan Oct. C «J. CITY OK PARIS China ar..l Japsa Nov. 16 •a.*. CITY OF CANTERBURY CM*, and Japan Dec. 27 HOMEWARDS. fax. CITY OF
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 553 6 CINEHfIS PALLADIUM THEATRE Tel. 903. Orchard Road. TO-NIGHT at 9.15. JACKIE COOGAN in OLIVER TWIST FOR 5 NIGHTS FOR 5 NIGHTS and and One Matinee on Saturday, One Matinee on Saturday, at 4.30 p.m. at 4.30 p.m. A copy of this film has been acquired by the DICKENS SOCIETY. Perfect
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    • 364 6 mmss~«* CIMEMAI SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT empire; cinema FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY Commencing from Monday. September 24, at 9 p.m. sharp. The Universal Million Dollar Picture FOOLISH WIVES The Most Talked of and much DiMMMI Picture To be Screened for the Last Time. Your I.ant Chance to Ser. You Must Not Hesitate.
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    • 136 6 WHITEAWAY S A Special Display of MILLINERY AND DRESSES Suitable for the forthcoming Races, will be shown on the M floor, Monday 21. All the Very Latest and most up-to-date Styles. Do not fait to pay us a Visit Monday 24. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd, Singapore. (Incorporated In Englaad) SINGAPORE
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  • 89 7 FIXTURES. Vi'dntsdav, September 26 tor, Il3t a.m., 11.43 p.m. Ihur liay. September 27 Hiirh Water, lIM a.m. Hall, T..l. r >. closes. Adraataa. Kridaj, Septrmr I High m, 0.14 p.m. ird and 1 1 Mum. neert, Victoria HowrJaJ Hull, H p.m. aad 2nd Degrees, 5.30 p.m. Saturday.
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  • SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
    • 77 7 Fust Wharf Baelu—Nil. Baal Uh n h.- :i Pijnaeker Honiijk. Eaaplre !».k!. Montorn. lot.. w.vi \\l..:r. Calyi >, H) Leeas, Mm Jardinea Wharf Nil. l'alo Bra^ Coal Wharf—NlL Keppel Harbonr. Main V. liar! Uaakee, Juan I, (,i:..".i; BoaCi Lch. Kitiiwake, Lch. Petrel, W Bi. SplenUghtcr B.P.M
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    • 169 7 ADRASTUB, Brit, -l.!>r:^ tons, from liirkon-L'G-9. PAN FO SOON, Dut, Jl^ uns. from Pon- Pontianak so-'.i. hin., 12^ tons, from I 26-f, for Djumb: IAV WHATT l!IN. Brit, 194 ton?, from Malacca 25 for Malaces DAM WHATT SOON, Itri... !fi!' ton.;, from c MILE, :i.,n.. I tenhagen ions,
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  • 191 7 Pulau Sambu 2.30 p.m. Ucdan A p.m I'urt Swettenham and Penang S p.m. Malacca and Muar 3 p.m lti.tavm. Chcribun and Samarang 4 p.m Pontianak 4 p.m 1: illiton. Batavia, Cheribon and Sa- ..4 p.m Kelantpn ..By train 0 p.m. Thursday mv. Pekan, Sunsei Lera.l Kuuntu.i (via
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  • 40 7 "7 Khiva i. der N(.<lcrl»nJrn [Vi'sla ■TllUa Kashmir i.en Spore Aug. 14 Aug. 20 Aug. 13 Am. J2 Auk. 27 Au K 29 Am. Loadva Sept. 11 Sept. 14 Sept. 17 S*pt. 17 Sept. 22 Sept. 24
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  • 70 7 A Porth prospector named D. Farnell it-ports the discovery of a huge copper IHTPIti 100 miles south-east of Onslow. on the Ashburtun lield. The deposit, he states, outcrops in the form of three blowhole*, and samples broken from the southern and h>r};est at these blowholes, which he estimates is 250
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  • 195 7 EXCHANGE S»i,j;.. r ie, S,-, ■ber M. On lA>ndun, llank 4 m/s tl\ 7/32 Demand 2/4 1/3 Plivsta 8 m. credit- 2/4 19/Jl2 On New Tack, Demaad UM Privato -j0 d/s On France, Baok IM in li 'i. Bank T.T. 173K (hi Hoii(fl:'M!-. Bank d/d 1 ii.c.
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  • 55 7 TMm of market Lajtaat I.Diidon eajMca quote: Spot she t Is. 3%4, P»l« Crepe. Bay»r. B«U*rt Spot •.a >t.-D.c. Jan.-March (\pnl-Junt' ..ii Singapore Standard Klb»>«<! Smoked She* Closiug I'riee*. Boyera. 9«ll«ri. Sim,:. Get. U.t.-l)<C. .4i;.-Mnnh April-Juno Ml" t SI 51 M HH DAILY TRICES
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES
    • 207 7 ■PBM Val. I'd. liuyrrs. S.ll.rs. i l !i;.: .ur Padane MS <m.V 1 1 Hilam Tin 1.32 Vj 1.37 14 1 1 Jetantoh 0.20 nnm I 1 Julian Tin O.:!7'i 0.421*. £1 11 Kam. Kumun'in;; 46/ 17/-Cil. 10 10 Kinta A-mi. Ord. Tim 7.00 5 5 Lingui Tin 4_n
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    • 140 7 I MIC Val. IM. Huvrr*-. Sellors. tl i'l il. Am. Tobacco 5.5.0 5.10.(1 10 10 Control Ermines 9.00 10.00 10 10 Ceatnl Motors ".25 3.75 £1 £i B. Smelting Co. 7.10 7.25 B/-5/- El«e. Tramway* 1/3 1/9 14 lo Prater* Norm .".7.00 MAC M M llu.nmcr Co. 1^7.50 142.50.
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    • 114 7 U. Er!f. 8 p.e. $1,234,300 par 5 p.e. p.av. Sport riectric Truruwnys. 6 p*. i^bn.ODO ton. S'porr Mitaieipsi t p.a. »I>. -8.000 pax. S'por» Municipa: A% px. of tfti $1,000,000 I p.e. dls. Spurt MuD'civa* *y> p.e. «f ISM J1.600.r/J0 S p.e. dla. •;'porp Manicioal 4H p«. of ;m»
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    • 397 7 To-day's Price*. Fraaer Lyall A Co. Evatt. AUcnby w im. i.:.o i.;iO LM AK,: .,.:j;ih <*1) 1.40 1.5(. LSI 1.4.". A. H.tain ($5) 14.00 16.00 14.00 15.00 A. K-.::iiii{r ($1) 0.5.-) 0.G5 O.r.O 0.60 Am. .Malay <S2) 2.25 2.:)5 2.20 2.30 A. Muck (Si) L8B 1.45 1.35 1.40
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 829 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classilied Advts., nee page 16. OattMGl syri;p. CWrry Syrup. Mrawberry Syrup, Rose Syrup, Pineapple lynip. I'om'egranate Syrup, Plantain Syrup, Raspberry Syrup, Tamtrind Syrun. M. Batter, tircct Importer, Europe Hotel Uuildiiiß. FURMSiIKi) BOOMi ttaeaed. Toard optional. 13, Lloyd Road, off Ox'.ey ltd. REPAIRS TO BINOCULARS ».io Hcientifie instruments.
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    • 65 7 Bronner Mond Co., Limited NORTHWICH, ENGLAND. CRESCENT BRAND ***DE MA*** Manufacturers of ITKE ALKALI (Soda Ash) SILICATE OF SODA CAUSTIC SODA (Solid) 7« 77 CALfll M »H I.O RIDE 70/72 'r. 03/6?', KI.KACMLNG POWDKIt CAISTK SODA (Klake) 70, 77 MURIATE OF AMMONIA lIICAKIIO.YU-E OF SODA SULPHATE OF AMMONIA Pt RE
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    • 264 7 The Serin of Leetaret new being gtvea ia THE GOSPEL LECTURE TENT at the Klxih mile Upper Seraagoon Koad, continues as follows: TO-NIGHT Eternal Torment does it Await the Disobedient? Children's hoar every Monday. Wednesday aad Friday, at S p.m. Keep this for reference. The PabUe Is Cordially Invited. AT
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    • 303 7 THOMSON'S FEVER POWDF.RS ONLY THE GEMINE BEAR THE SIGNATURE. C' ££hLcSu NOTICE is hereby Riven that the abore Trade Description is the property of The British Dispinsury. Limited, carrying on bu.iness at No. 4, HatU-ry Koa.l. nnd in used by them in connection with Fever Powd«ra and Fever I'owder cachets
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  • 45 8 LEONG.— On Ht>ll«>ll 21, 1D2.1, nt 90, K^l- lane Road, Mrs. Long Kook Loy (beloved mother of Leong Chai Chong). Aced 61. Funeral lakes place on Sunday, MptMß* b«r 30, at Bueno Vista Cemetery, at V.iO a.m. Penaiig and Kuala Lumpur papers please copy.
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  • 43 8 ACKNOWLEDEG M ENT Mr. Lee Chim Bong and family trg to thm.k those friends and relatives who attended tlie funeral of his beloved wife, Madim Keo Uuay Lian, and those who fen: wreatlis and letters and telegrams of condolences in his sad bereavement.
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  • 1116 8 j For months past the German Gove-n-| Jment has been printing paper money' wholesale and pouring it into the Ruhr to support passive resistance. The printing: presses, we are now told, can no longer cope with the demand, and Herr Stinnes has
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  • 52 8 According to statistics compiled at the Medan Experiment Station, 27 estates registered no rainfall during July, whilst Sarinembah Estate, in the Karolanden, is reported to have had only fcne rainy day and a downfall of 145 millimetres. At Lan Boentol Langkat, four rainy days were recorded with a total of
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  • 82 8 Having failed to keep to the torms of a police pass he had (-bt.iin-.i, allowing him to let off fireworks «n front rf his house in South Bri;lLc Road, a Chinese v.as ftned $10 by the'Thir.i Magistrste yesterday morning. Jfc w^n stated that the accused was allowed to commence the
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  • 21 8 A faitewell service for the Middlesex Regiment will be held in the Garrison Church, Tunglin, on Sunday next, at 5 p.m.
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  • 21 8 For the three months ended June 30 the employees in New South Wales lost £562,620 in wages in consequence of strikes.
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  • 23 8 The stock of raw cotton burned at Yokohama aggregated 28,000 bales, of which 5,000 were Indian, 7,000 Americiejfcl 5,000 Chinese and 1,000 Egyptian.
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  • 20 8 17 saw the commencement of venture in Hongkong when the recei^^Bformed Taxi-cab Company placed fifteen^ixis on the streets of Hongkong.
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  • 30 8 The late of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is Rs. 171. .>]:iu. The rate of payment of Monty Orders from India and Ceylon is Ks. 175_-SIOJ.
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  • 33 8 In view of the attacks made on Japanese steamers Japan has decided to place one officer and ten marines with a machine-gun on the Yung Yang Mfiru when running between Ichang and Chungking.
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  • 32 8 Contributions for the Y.W.C.A. Jumble Sale will be gratefully received at Victoria Memorial Hall at any time during the day, Thursday, September 27. The sale is scheduled from four till six o'clock.
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  • 34 8 For snatching a gold hairpin off the head of a Chinese lady in New Bridge Road on the 18th inst., a Chinese was sentenced to three months' rigorous imprisonment by the Third Magistrate yesterday.
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  • 39 8 In view of the expectation that the Fold Motor Co. may erect a plant in China for the manufacture of automobiles, about 100 Chinese students are at pres< nt training at the Ford Motor Works in the United States.
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  • 39 8 Criminal breach of trust in respect of a quantity of betel nuts valued at .>S,O'W has hten reported to the police by a Chinese trader living in Fanjoity Paj*ar Road. The laikong end rooliM of a twakow are suspected.
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  • 39 8 The wild animals kept in the cells in the Zoological Garden, Uyeno Park, in Japan, such as elephants, lions, tigers, bears, etc., were shot dead as the conflagration started, in order to forestall possible escape of any of them.
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  • 41 8 When the mail left, Shanghai silk merchants were anxiously awaiting news as to the safety of the brge stock of silk held in the Yokohama warehouses. Should these have been destroyed, the price of silk would be sent up very appreciably.
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  • 42 8 Thirty-one members of the stokehold crew of the steamer Marama, charged in the Auckland Police Court with having combined to disobey the lawful command* of the masier while on, the high seas, were each sentenced to one month's imprisenment with hard hbour.
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  • 45 8 The Court of Enquiry, appointed to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the Locngsang on August 18, during the typhoon at Hongkong, announced its decision at the Marine Magistracy, en September 15, finding that the foundering of the steamer was an Act of God.
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  • 51 8 A useful discovery leading to the arrest of six Chinese was made yesterday while Mr. Hussey was raiding a gambling den :t Klang. Having raided the den, he arrested several gamblers and in searching the room a large quantity of implements for counterfeiting coins was discovered Further inquiries are being
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  • 56 8 The transport Braemar Castle, which is bringing troops out to China, as fax as Tientsin, leaves Malta on October 15, arrives Singapore on November 8, reaches Ching-wan-tao, the port for Tientsin on November 22, arrives here on the return journey on December 13, calls at Karachi and is scheduled to
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  • 62 8 The programme of the Sept'-ir.'ocr meeting, in Singapore, of the Engineering Association of Malaya has been issued. The meeting commences on Saturday wilh a visit to the Singapore Harbour Board works, followed by a meeting of the council and a dinntr at the Europe Hotel. On Sunday members will visit
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  • 76 8 An inquiry has been held by the City Coroner (Mr. C. M. Nicol) into the death of a Chinese who was found with gunshot wounds in the chest in a back lane off Victoria Street recently According to the man's statement, made in Tan Tock Seng Hospital before his death,
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  • 73 8 The out-offices of No. 3-C, Orchard Road, w?re visited by a thief last night who only succeeded in getting away with l a valuable kitchen utensil vihm the unconscious movements of the servants in their room adjoining the kitchen dis- j turbed tha intruder before he had time t.> lay
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  • 122 8 In connection with the outboard motor races at Johore last, week, Mr. W. Martin, sole agent for Evinrude Motors, points out that the race won by H.H. the Sultan of Johore was open to any make of outboard motor and no handicaps were allow- ed irrespective of the horse power
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  • 407 8 Capt. S. P. Groves, A.S.P., has be«n in the General Hospital since Friday. He is making satisfactory progress. Mi. P. \V. Gleeson and family, who have been away at Port Dickaon on a holiday, have returned to Kuala Lumpur. The death took place .suddenly on September 15
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  • 36 8 We are officially informed that the Government of the Federated Malay Suites has up to and including 1 September 25, sold in the open market 2,000 tons of its stocks of tin.
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  • 34 8 The P. and O. steamer Malwa with London mails dated September 6, is due at Pcnangr at 6 a.m. on Friday. The mails should be delivered in Singapore early on Saturday morning.
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  • 66 8 An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Board Room on Friday. The agenda include.* a resolution by the President regarding the removal by Municipal servants of any obstruction from Beat Quay, the report of the special committee appointed to consider the draft Town
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  • 99 8 A correspondent writes At about 9.30 p.m. yesterday, people living in the neighbourhood of Amber Mansions, Orchard Road, were startled by cries for the police accompanied by the pattering of many feet the cause being a most cowardly attack by a very tall British soldier, in
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  • 95 8 At the Children's Concert to be given en Friday next in the Victoria Memorial Hall, the following programme will be rendered Overture, Bohemian Girl, (Balfe), the orchestra Step Dance, Mr. fcarsby Suit?, Egyptian Ballet Not 1 and 2, (Luigini), the orchestra; National Dance, Siciliano (Theo. Lack), Mias
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  • 117 8 Prior to a special jury being empanelled at the Singapore Assizes, yesterday, Mr. JustiiK- Barrett- Lennard intimated the probability of steps being taken at an early date to further relieve the calls upon special jurors by extending the Lumbers at present qualified and liable to ssrve under
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 36 8 uiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiniiiiiiiiiiiiimir, WONDERFUL FLAVOUR I j COOL 1 SMOKING I i 7 I >3^ EVERYWHERE J I APPRECIATED m I 3 Ml Imported by BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (STRAITS), Ltd. (Incorporated ia EnfUnd) SINGAPORE, PENANG AND KUALA LUMPUR.
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    • 223 8 ALHAMBRA In the Second Show at 9 p.m. sharp. LON CHANEY MARGUERITE DE LA MOTTE IN SHADOWS in 7 Reels. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. RUTH ROLAND IN THE TIMBER QUEEN In 15 Episodes or 31 Reels. Episode 13 THE STOLEN WEDDING, 2 Reels. Episode 14 ONE DAY
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  • 248 9 Men Caught by Inrush Of Water. [Reuter's Service.] London, September 25. Sixty-five colliers perished in the Redding pit, near Falkirk by an inrush of water from a disused working above owing to the collapse of the barrier. Ten engaged in an adjoining section miraculously escaped. London, September 25.
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  • 354 9 Growing Demand for Tariff Reforms. LRSUTER'B SERVICE.] London, September 25. The growing demand in certain industries in Britain for protection against cheap foreign competition was exemplified in the evidence of Mr. Ftrrell, representing the silk industry, to-day before a Board of Trade committee enquiring into the causes
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  • 76 9 [Rioter's Service.] London, September 25. Oklahoma City Governor Walton has directed Adjutant-General M'arkham to use all force and arms if necessary to prevent the lower house of legislature holding session on Wednesday. He afleges that the session will be dominated by the Ku Klux Klan, which proposes
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  • 364 9 Decision of the German Government. [Reuter's Service.] Ixmdon, Septembe" 25. Berlin It is officially announced that the heads of the states have unai.imously agreed to end passive resistance, but at the same time to safeguard unity. Lonion, September 25. News of the German decision was received with calm
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  • 103 9 [Belter's Service.] London, September 25: With regard to recent statements in the Chinese press, Messrs. C. B. Crisp and Company state that no money can be advanced by them until Parliament has approved the ltoan contract, and a new loan could not be marketed before the Marconi and
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  • 96 9 [Reutee's Service.] London, September 25. Simla A report has been published by the expert Mr. Maloney, who officially investigated the atmospheric conditions in cotton mills with a view to effecting amelioration without serious detriment to the industry. The report points out that the physique of the average
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  • 44 9 rRICTM'i SMMCI.I London, September 25. Tokio An Imperial ordinance announces the immediate appropriation of 100,000,000 yen to relieve the homeless and sufferers from the earthquake. The I'rivy Council have decided that 300,000,090 yen be spent on the purchase of vuppliM abroad,
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  • 199 9 Reports on Gordon Bennett Race. [RIUTTB'S SIBVICX.] London, September 25. Amsterdam The Spanish balloon Espheria, a Gordon-Bennett competitor, landed on Sunday night, at Woldendorp, in the province of Groningen. Two naval officers on board were injured when the balloon came into contact with an electric light wire. London, September
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  • 131 9 [Rilttr's Service.] Lcndon, September 25. Geneva There is much surprise and considerable comment amongst the delegates of the League Assembly at the manner of winding up the debate on the Canadian resolution interpretative of article 10 of the covenant, proposing that when the Council recommends military measures
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  • 58 9 [Rbutkbb Service.] London, September 25. Simla Following a dispute as to the delimitation of the Russo-Persian bound-, ary Russians attacked and killed the' Persian garrison of six men at Balsavar. The Russians in spite of Persian protests occupied Enziel in contravention of the Russo-Persian agreement of 1921
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  • 57 9 [REUTER'S SIRVICI.] London, September 25. Sofia It is announced that parties of Communists, numbering from 40 to 400. on the 23rd tost, attempted to cause troubles in various localities and proclaim a Soviet republic, but the troops everywhere remained masters of the situation. The Communists sustained heavy losses, while
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  • 32 9 [REUTU'a Service.] London, September 25. Sydney The steamer Changcha has been refloated and has arrived at Sanda- kan. [The Changfha ran ashore near Sandakan while on voyage between Hongkong and Australia.]
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  • 69 9 A leading emporium proprietor of Hobart recently called the female mem-l-ers of his staffAtefore him and told them 1 he knew that jukering was going on, but he did not desfrl to prosecute. He said that if the guilt} girl, whom he claimed to know, stayed way from work in
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  • 102 9 Heavy Penalty Imposed On Greece. [Rf.uter's Service.] London, September 2G. Paris The Ambassadors Conference has considered tho Inter-Allied Commission's report on the Jnnini massacre. It 4s semiofficially stated that the commission reported that the Greek authorities were guilty of a certain degree of negligence before and after the
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  • 358 9 Offences Under the Companies' Ordinance. Messrs. Paterson, Simons and Co., Ltd., were summoned in the District Court, this morning, before Mr. P. F. David, in their capacity as agents for the Lloyd Triestino S.eam Navigation Co., for offences under the Companies Ordinance. Mr. M. J. Upcott represented
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  • 81 9 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penang, September 25. At a E«nd table demonstration for •..flicers and N.C.O-'s on Sunday's operations in l*rovince Welle-stey, at the drill hall, Col. Thompson eulogised the zeal and efficiency of the Volunteers who, he said, cculd not have done a more complete day's
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  • 79 9 In spite of the postponement of the formal inaugural ceremony, the Johore causeway is to be opened for traffic, and through running of trains begun, from October 1. The first train to cross the Straits will be the down night-mail leaving Kuala Lumpur on the evening of September
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  • 1227 9 Supplementary Wires From Indian Exchanges. The following supplementary cables are taken from Indinn exchanges to hand Devotion to Duty. London, September 13 :—The latest X-ray victim is Dr. R. Blackall of the London Hospital, who has been engaged on X-ray work since IUOO. The authorities m
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  • 1468 9 Severe Censure of Boribafs Skipper. The collision between the steamer Ran™-, owned by the Straits Steamship Company, and the Boribat, owned by the Siam Steam Navigation Company, off the east coast- of Johore, in March of this year, was the subject of an action in :he Supreme
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  • LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    • 87 10 Singapore, September 26. Rubber.—London Is. 3'id. Local 50%. Tin.—London i 202 17s. 6d. Local old). Shan market*— M Rubbers. —I'iiiti:! Malaccas lATVkl..")2'_-, Temerlohi t;.'>-70 cents, New Ci-aigielca:; CO-05 cent!-, Men.akabs 25---:j-10. Sungc: L.90-2.10, Malaka Pindas 1.57' Indragiris .">- i.IS. Tins. T .'>.-I.u7'-. Taipinp:; !2:--'J7'- cents, Norths
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    • 101 10 Singapore, September 26. Tin.— £2o2 ITs. od.— up 40s. 5100 I.*1 100 tons sold. Rubber.— is. d.— up ViRubbers.— Sticky. fjeram Kuantans .IT I—-ll'.-.1 -II'.-. Lunai 7.'.«)-8.10, Craigielea; 64-67, Radellas :!.t'o-4.10, New Serendahs 3X5-3.15, Halaka l'inda.s 1. r>7 l i -1.62 '4, Kuala Sidims 2.35-2.45, Bukit
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  • 121 10 A Malay woman was brought to Kampong Kahni police station yesterday with knife-wounds in the shoulder, and stateo. th t she had been stabbed by a police constable. Shortly afterwards the constable in question was brought to the itati with wounds in the throat and aim. Ii
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  • 27 10 Orders for week ending September 30 Wednesday, 26th. Band Praatke, Headquarters, 5.15 p.m. Meeting of Executive Committee, Headquarters, 5.:>0 p.m.
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  • 40 10 Bee*h Bank of T;riwan ?2.V The Warders' in) 50. Mr. J. K. D. 10, Collected by Japanese Society, Muar 31, Collected by Japanese Society," Seremban UUSJI. Received by the Yokohama Specie Bank Dr. G. Waugh Scott $2555.
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  • 45 10 There aie over 700 missionaries in Fh-nghai making that city one of the largeat mission centres of the world. Shanghai being the gateway for all northern China, it heronics the headquarters for nearly every denomination or mission doing missionary work in that part of China.
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  • Sporting News and Notes.
    • 889 10 Fine I'hiy in Charity .Match. Apart froni its charitable purpose, the Kitten playe-l on the padang yesterday Singapore and Middlesex Keg;- uas \vc:l worth arranging from tne I pumt ol view. 'Inis was only to Ced' from a contest between Singapore's Malaya Cup team (minus its cencre-tonrard) and the
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    • 134 10 TO-DAY'S TIES. C Doub'-es. Jamieson and Brown v. Snell and McCullagh. Adamson and Campbell v. Goldsack and Stuart. Rogers and Maddern v. Hay and Romney, (to finish). Curties and Curties v. White and Ashworth, to finish. Oggier and Ziegelc v. Hare and Lloyd. B Doubles.
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    • 78 10 On the Raffles School ground yesterday, the A.P.C. defeated the Indian Association by six goals to one. The winner; had nobody in goal. The following will represent the A.P.C. v the Garrison at hockey to-n-.on.w on the S.R.C. ground M. S. Bonaventura C. E. Winter ami H. Scott Ram
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    • 29 10 In the second round of the Andrew Currie cup competition at the Keppol Golf ,Club, Mrs. R. H. Wilson beat Miss M. A. S. Law 3 and 2.
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    • 22 10 [Reuter's Service.] London, September 25. It has now practically been arranged that Donoghue will ride Papyrus in America.
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  • 204 10 Churchman Condemns Sport And Cinema. The Rev. F. B. Mcyw passed through Colombo on his return to EnjJ.aad from Austialia. It will be recalled, says a Cc.ombo correspondent, that considerably interest was excited some years ago by his campaigns against Miss Maud Allen's dances and the
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  • 191 10 Dangerous Drug which is Not Controlled. That Hashish," one of the deadliest Oriental drugs, is omitted from the schedule of the Dangerous Drugs Act and still remains uncontrolled by the Home Office, was levealed in the prosecution of an Arab and an Italian at Marlborough Street. They
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  • 278 10 Professor Scripture has forwarded to the Med'cul Press and Circular from Vienna a press-cutting giving ai: account of the treatment of general paralysis by malaria-therapy." As far back as 1887 W igner-Janragg had been struck ny the fact that general paralysis often chows improvement after inter-current
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 806 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, The local teachers in the F.M.S. are much beholden to you for your editorial of the Bth inst., and to the Press in Malaya for ventilating their just nr.d genuine grievances. As pointed out, they have waited patiently for the
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  • 140 10 The trial was commenced At the SingaI pore Assizes yesterday morning before Mr. Justice Barrett-Leonard and a special jury, of two Chinese, Lim Ann Choo and Ng Poey who are cHsfc-ged with the murder of two Chinese coolies employed on a rubber estate, near the Chan Chu Kang
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  • 261 10 Arrangements for Supplying Building Materials. With reference to the reconstruction of th< districts devastated by the recent i<iithi|uake and fire, the Japanesi Genelal has received telegraphic advices from the Minister of Foreign Affairs n Tokio to the effect that an Emergency Ordinance relating t<> supply of the necessary
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  • 334 10 Long Lost Claimants' Romantic Quests. Solicitors often have client 1 claiming to be the l<>ng lost heir to some big estate. One of these solicitors, writing to the P> II Mall Gazette, describes the type A c-litnt has (nearthed an ancient letter telling of the family's descent
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  • 157 10 The Surma is showing Protea First in the first show programme. In the second is the Detective Haigh serial, episodes :> and 4, with Indiscreet Corrir.ne, a Triangle Play in 5 parts with Olive Thomas. The Raffles Hot:l Orchestra will play the following programme if music t night
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  • 173 10 Mrs. Louise Carter, an elderly woman, who was in Singapore for a year or two, 1912-1913, with her son, Lieut. Carter of the Koylis, at that time stationed hare, was found shot dead on August 31, in the grounds of her country hous thorne Hatch, Scale,
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  • 633 10 IMtlril Producers Unlikely To Consent Writing in a saceni issue of the Financier, Sir hrnest Birch K.C.M.G. says:— 1 was interested in trie article in The I'inancier o.' August 20. dm the future of un and the writings on t h< .<• subje.i by a correspondent
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  • 198 10 j Improvements on Underground Railway. As the Tube Railway at Piccadilly Circus now has 1o cater for 18,000,000 passengers annually an entirely new station is to be built, embodying every possible I time-saving device. The new station will I be about fifteen feet immediately beneath the Circus, and
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  • 190 10 Large London Scheme to Cost £750,000. A new rendezvous is to be built on the land bounded by the Haymarket, Jermyn Street and Market Street, formerly covered with shorn-, and the courts and passages of St. James' Market. The scheme, the private undertaking of Sir Walter Gibbons, consists
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  • 2398 11 Start of the Football Season. By Our Special Correspondent London, August 30. Daapiti Urn scepticism with which th.--project was at first greeted by the majority of racing people, there seems to be a good chance that Papyrus (who scored a very creditable win at York yesterday) will be
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 92 11 NEW ''His Master's Voice" RECORDS SEPTEMBER ISSUE Just Received BOOK YOUR ORDER NOW. S. Moutrie Co., Ltd. RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. n EDDY trjsf FILTERS yW The Best Filter for SI. Household Purposes. |> Fixed to service pipe never I requires filling. Can also be used with a pump if no
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    • 429 11 RAFFLES HOTEL Tw^on. »m <io u«*.> Telepho-e M CM U— D t T*. Fla*. Ballroom la the E-t. V^^^^\ r WEDNESDAY.— Orchestral Coneeat. THURSDAY.— Gueat Night, Dinner and GRILL, open till 12 p.m. Dance. FRIDAY.— Tea Danaant. TO-NIGHT SATURDAY.— Gaest Night, Dinner aad ORCHESTRAL RAFn.EB ORCHEBTRA. Cf\t^CT?T>T EDGAR HULLAND, VUn^llllxl
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  • 428 12 Production Exceeds 11 Vi Million Pounds. Rubber is grown mainly in Southern IndU and Burma. Accordinf* to the latest official statistics the number of plantations last year was 1,078, covering an area of 189,914 Acres, as against 1,016 with an area of 196,990 acres in the preceding
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  • 97 12 A well-spoken, well-dressed man, charged as George Smithson, but whose real name is Tragrheim, has been sentenced at the Old Bailey to eight years' penal servitude for burglary. In the past twelve months he committed no fewer than 36 burglaries at carefully selected country houses and stole
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 182 12 Wmm i 111 MONEY TALKS /fc sssssV -ir>r>*"'--~ 7J^ SBSBBBSW^BBBBBBsI MiL Get a Dollars at Every Dollar m BFsBSMSiSSSSjaWiSSBBBSSSSSBSSSSBBSSBSI- Xfifoft^^JL FRAMROZ CO.'BHW «»^s^s»»«»s»^s»»i»ss«is>«ss<ii»^»»s^ss^sssss»i^s»^»»sMs»siisisia sssssssss— 9 4 ABDULLA CIGARETTES Jk sskHssL stWssssV ar eX{ J U S^ te f rOltl the t°Uth Ij of the lips to the last lingerR[ ing
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    • 720 12 Free Booklet How to Paint a Car with ROBBIALAC To paint a car it pay* to paint it well, for the destructive forces to which the coachwork i* *ul>jected will not permit of inferior enamels being used. Rohbialac is specially prepared for renovating cars, and because of Us easy working
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    • 321 12 tissr 'M Jf9 N^'lCK is hereby given t!,;.t the abovi- tv.o Tv .<l<. Mark, are the Trade N the I! ERNATIOXALK CREDIET-EN HANDELSVKRBENIGING "ROTTERDAM" ol Singap' -c, a Company Incorporated in Hollunil, :iml nrc used by them 113 to 1 repre»f e 'tiß(r a Bird of Paradise, in respect of
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    • 835 13 LAMP PRICES! REDUCED "ADD A HIT' the OonAM j ALL BRITISH LAMP NOW jjQj jf% O EACH I WITH DISCOUNTS FOR QUANTITIES f BRITISH C. M. A. A*D NON -CM. A. WIRES AND CABLES! PRICES ON APPLICATION. .\A SIME, DARBY Co., Ltd. Electrical Department. ORCHARD ROAD. TeJ. 2651. SALES BY
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    • 919 13 SALES BY AUCTION GHEONG KOON SING CO. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE of Taluable town and country properties. At Messrs. Cheong Koon Seng Co.'s saleroom, No. 30, Chulia Street, on Wednesday, September 26, at 2.30 p.m. 1. Valuable freehold land and house known as No. 13, Truro Road, off Dorset Road, entrance
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    • 212 13 %^/§CKwO g Roll -Film® M^^ J^g <— J !•>«• from halation. Not liable to curl. -jf f H»*h'y Rermili\e nrlhtx-hromatic rimilI Mm J W S n l n har l > n*R:«tiven free from U\%. W Fiim-Paaks Obtainable from all leading photo- for dav .i i(lht changing. Cm bo u«otf
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 285 14 f~.-- ii j 3 I V jsbs^B bßQmMhSP^^b^' There are 24 Bea&fort Shades of Twlnk. I ADIES who use TWINK always look charm-ir-Iy dressed for they have at their command a rftage >r the most modish and fashionable eokmn. TWINK h- tSe perfect Home-Dyer, perfect in its simplicity, and perfect
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    • 2097 14 sfHnwH*TO«HreB«sra w »»gu««»»»»iwg»* TO «w»«w»»"«»ff»^ ASMta »vcr |5,000,e0w S.C Ammmt* la fare* «v*r 51 7.800.0*1. The GFsat Eastern Life Assurance Co., LIC j (Incorporated la •tratta «ettlem«sti ■BAD OTWICUt Winchester Hoaae, Slagapora. LONDON OITICI f ti, OU Jewry, RO. Tk* Compaay has 420,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of Englaad
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  • 803 15 Appeal for Founding of Ross Institute. We have revived the following appeal which bears many influential signatures Tht twenty-fifth anniversary of Sir Ronald Icoss's epoch-making discovery of the transmission ot malaria to human beings through the bite of the anopheline mosquito will shortly occur. This diseoun h:is revolutionised
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  • 157 15 Paid by Magistrates Who Inflict them. Surprise and indignation have been expressed regarding a report which appears in the Indian Press of the action of certain presidency magistrates in paying fines they themselves inflicted on beggars put up before then.. The Madras City Police, under the orders
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 138 15 1923 Model HUDSON Super- Six Complete with Standard Equipment, and fitted with WIRE WHEELS and GOODYEAR ALL-WEATHER CORD TYRES. Reduced Price 3,850 Examination will Prove that the HUDSON SUPER-SIX IS 100% Value Further particulars and demonstration on application to Malayan Motors A, B C, AMBER MANSIONS, ORCHARD ROAD. >«»»»«»♦♦«»««»♦»»♦««♦«»»«♦«♦<♦« <
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    • 277 15 (art fi (d cJfilM TINNED \\kry MEATS For the Unexpected Guest fe^^H With a selection of Libby's Delicious Food Products in your store cupboard the coming of unexpected guests is always amply 2^ provided for. Libby's ready-to-serve meats require only < Js"^£& a little garnish to make the most attractive
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 266 16 TO LET A fpftdotu top floor frontage ttted with electric lights, Milinjfan and bathroom attached, suitable for a General Office. For further particular!, apply at 86, PHILLIP STREET. 2 HIGH QUALITY PROMPTNESS and LOW PRICES are the Special Features of our Prescription Service. M. EZEKIEL SONS, OPTICIANS. aUßaa Chambers, Rafflea
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    • 265 16 LADIES A Special Cheap Sale will be held from MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. THE PARISIAN HOUSE Will be nnder re-organixatlon, necessitating clearance sale of all goods. Nona damaged, none old, some articles two months, some three weeks only, to be sold at sacrifice. Every articles will be sold 60 per cent,
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    • 877 16 QJSSITB ADVERTISEMENTS The PREPAID charges for Wants, For Sale, To Let, etc., in ordinary eloae let type (average six words to line) are per line one insertion 28 cents, two ins. 46 cts, three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 cts., Ire ins. $1.00, six ins. $1.13, ten ins. $1.40,
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    • 904 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, bungalow, 1, Wilkie Road. Apply M. H. Sassoon, 6-1, Malacca Street. TO LET, FURNISHED, Broadsta rs, Oilstead Road, electric light, fans, telephone, etc. Write or phone 1249. LARGE HOUSE TO LET, furnished or unfurnished. All conveniences. Good locality. Tanglin. 2784, Straits Times. HOUSE TO LET,
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    • 409 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 Rent to 12, BATTERY ROAD. SINGAPORE. a CONCRETE
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    • 289 16 Latest Publications Just Received DIET FOR WOMEN, by Ocil WebbJohnson, M.H., (h.B, Late Civil Surgeon and Officer Commanding Station Hospital. Specialist in Midwifery, Diaeases of Women and C hildren, Clolh Edn. lllua $I.J« DIET FOR Mt.V, by the same author $2.5* SEVEN AGES. A Narrative of Human Mind by A
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 205 16 THE STRAITS TIMES TXLKPHONBft editorial and Gtaeral x Manager's Offlee ill' K\\ communications relating to editorial matters and news should be addressed ta THE EDITOR. All communications re latin* to business matters advertisements subscriptions, accounts, printing, etc.. should be addressed to THE MANAGES ADVERTISEMENT RATES. Wants, For Sale, To Lat,
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