The Straits Times, 5 October 1925

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times No. 27,985 SINGAPORE, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1925. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    • 218 1 OFTE* "WHIPPIU" NEVER BEATEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN TO SWITZERLAND You will understand why Milk produced there is generally accepted as the finest m the World. IF YOU HAVE VISITED THE ALPS You wilj also readily understand why "BEAR BRAND" is known throughout the World as a product of really
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    • 200 1 An Ideal Gift for Friends at Home TEA AND CIGARS. i A 5 lb. CHEST OF OUR J*™ r IP "ff"?"'" "I A 10 lb. CHEST OF OUR FAMOUS CEYLON S THE HALL MARK OF IXCLLLENCEI FAMOUS CEYLON tea I FINEST CEYLON TEA Delivered to any address fi packer jMß^k.
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    • 4 1 LACTOGEN FOR YOUR BABY
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  • 668 2 Soudanese Chiefs Startled In London. "For Allah created the English mad the maddest of all mankind." Kipling't j Kitchener's School."] I Among the party of eight Soudanese chiefs who urr now visiting London art men who have been through one of Kitchener's schools." The party went through
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  • 371 2 Unemployed Who Might Become Famous. Everyone of the unemployed is genius at something if we could only discover what." That was the conclusion expressed by Prof. C. Spearman prfsident of the Psychological Section vf the British Association. Accepting the conclusion that an immense number of abilitws varied frcm
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 238 2 J~*%RICES Jfs r" roperly J^ Si opular jsr BpsfflErf nil Al ITYi-5 nnnaaaann t rTTtTttt Tt )>rl<tt RIDE a MOTOR CYCLE for PLEASURE HEALTH or BUSINESS BUT SEE that YOUR MOUNT is one of these FAMOUS MOTOR CYCLES. B.S.A. 2 4 H.P. SPORT MODEL, complete $400 2% H.P. SPORT MODEL,
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    • 236 2 I MR. PIM k NEVER M T PASSES BY 1 THE I PROMPT I PRINTERS I WSi RICKARD LTD., 76 CECIL STREET SINGAPORE The' change to the bottle Ths change .from the mother's life-giving rtilk to other diet is always a lime of difficulty and sometimes of danger for Baby.
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    • 162 2 Say it with a Ukelele. (F.T.) Sweet Hawaiian moonlight. No, no, Nanatte. (F.t.) Dreamy Hawaii. Without yon (F.T.) Hi!o Hawaiian March. De Cinq a Sapt. (Tango) J^""'* c f} n t me jL— Three o clock m the morning. Flower song. (Cello) (Violin) SEASON CO., LTD. 11l and 11.1, NORTn
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  • 730 3 Factory and the Home to Be Linked. Four Exhibition trains of corridor! carriages have been constructed to demonstrate British-made goods m every corner of Great Britain. They have been built specially for this purpose by the four big railway companies— the G.W.R., L.N.E.R., L.M.S., and the
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  • 251 3 Cultivating Markets Other Than China. Report of North Borneo Trading Company for 1924 states that £3,500 was repaid during: the year, reducing the loan principal to 47 000, and additional substantial repayments have been made since closing of accounts. Company's rubher interests remained unchanged, and at date
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 291 3 RUSTON-HORNSBY RESIDUAL OIL COLD STARTING ENGINE. THE LAST WORD IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES. From 16 to 340 B.H.P. Horizontal From 17 to 825 B.H.P. Vertical CONSUMPTION. Larger Type .42 lbs. per B.H.P. Hour Smaller Type .48 lbs. per B.H.P. Hour Sole Agents UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED (Incorporated m the Straits SettlemeaU)
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    • 451 3 £mbL '^V THE SMILE THAT COVERS PAIN. Under a smile women often-times try to hide more pain and suffering than any man could bear patiently. If women would only remember lhat their frequent failures of health usually arise from weak or impure I blood their lives could easily be made
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    • 416 3 steamo amines AMERICAI AH MENTAL LIRE (Owner* Maura. ANDREW WEIR ft CO.) For BOSTON and NEW YORK (VIA SUEZ) due Singapore FORRESBANK Nov. 18, 1925 A STEAMER Jan. 18, 1926 BOUSTEAD CO.. LTD. (Incorporated m the F.M.S.) A(«oU SINGAPORE PENANG. TeL 3120. COMBINED SERVICC OF THE OCEAN S.S. GO., LTI.
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    • 280 3 THE BEN LINE STEAMERS, LTD. (Incorporated m the United Kingdom) FOR HONGKONG. SHANGHAI AND JAPAN BEN'DORAX .luc Oct. S BENVANNOCH due Oct. IT BENLEOI due Not. 14 BENALDKR due Not. 28 BENVRACKIE due Dec. 10 NO PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION. Above datea ate oaly approximate. Calls Manila. For freight and other particulars,
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    • 810 4 STEAIER_ SAILINGS P. 0. British India mi Apcar Lines (Incorporated la RagbuU) HAIL AND PAabt^OfcK AMD CAKGO SEKVI£B| PKNIVSII-AK AM) ORIENTAL S. N. CO. Umlt-r Contract »iih His Majesty's Government. LONDON AND FAB EAST MAIL SERVICE OITWARDS FROM LONDON HOMEWARDS FOR CHINA AND JAPAN FOR MARSEILLES. LONDON AND ANTWERP Tonnage
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    • 749 4 STEAMER SAILINGS THE OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO., LIMITED THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO, LTD. (Incorporated m England) The Blue Funnel Line REGULAR SERVICES TO LONDON. AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, ANTWERP. HAMBCRG AND BREMEN. GENOA, MARSEILLES, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. MARSEILLES. HAVRE, LIVERPOOL AND GLASGOW. BOSTON. NEW YORK AND BALTIMORE. Taking cargo an
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    • 718 4 STEAMER SAILINGS K. P. M. ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION CO, OF HAIWIV) (Incorporated i,i Hallaad) INDER CONTRACT WITH THE NKIHtItI.ANDS IMIIA (,O\ KUNMKNT. Telephone No. 3640, with sub-connection to Passage, Freight, Transhipment, Maiine Depts., anl Manager's BsMk. REPRESENTATIVE for Singapore- and Straits Settlements) ef the OFFICIAL TOURIST BUREAU OF JAVA. All
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 544 5 STEAMER SAILIN6S Ellerman Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. Incorporated m England) "ELLERMAN" LIRE Passengfer and Freight Services TO UNITED KINGDOM AND CONTINENT VIA PORTB AND SUEZ CANAL FREIGHT SERVICES 8.8. CITY OF PEKIN M'seilles, Havre, London, H"burjr and-A'werp In port s.s. CITY OF CAMBRIDGE Havre, London, H'burg and Antwerp Oct 19
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    • 634 5 STEAMER SAH.IH6S BLUE j.mt ELLERMAN FUNNEL BUCKNALL LINE S. S CO LTD. (Incorporated m England) JOINT SERVICB to BOSTON NEW YORK and BALTIMORE Tia SUEZ or PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK Steamer Due B'por* Route rot t CITY OF GLASGOW Oct. 15 Suez Phillipines and Hongkonß. DIOMED Oct. 27 Suez Phillipines
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    • 716 5 STEAMER SAILINGS Burns Fhilji LLie For SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, via JAVA, DARWIN THURSDAY ISLAND and BRISBANE Regular monthly (ailing by the well known steamers MARELLA (7375 tens) and MONTORO 15,000 tons). The s.s. MARELLA is the largest «r.d finest steamer trading to Austrilia, Cabins de luxe, single berth cabins, swimming balh,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 469 6 me PRISONER Jfc OF ZENDA I REX INGRAM METRO PRODUCTION AfibAk, i^C*^ I h '/s.•' T ALICE TKUHY. iHrv j RAMON N AVARKO. BARBARA I A MAKR, 'fejffi^ IKUIS STONK. etc. l.\l(H\i:V LA HAM end ALICE TKKKV. ALHAMBRA COMMENCING OCTOBER 19, 1925. Distributed by FAMOUS LASKV FILM SERVICE, LIMITED. (Paramount
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    • 204 6 PALACEGAY (Telephone 1623). SPECIAL ATTRACTION Commencing Tuesday, October 13, "The Sea Hawk" Featuring MILTON SILLS and ENID BENNETT m 12 Reels. NO INCREASE IN PRICES. to nuhJ™ happy valley 10-.NIGHT '[q \IGHT r rm. ,r A TRII>IE BILL OF ATTRACTIONS The Iberia Variety Co., m a complete chanj-e. The Merry
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    • 191 6 YOU CAJS BUY THESE AT WHITEAWAY'S /all steel CABLE (OT.f^ The All Steel Cable Cot is light and portable yet exceptionally sturdy and strong. Frame and legs are made of special steel treated with a non-rust finish. Fitted brown duck canvas. Folds up easily for transport or stowage. Price $12.50
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  • 275 7 I riXTURES. Monday, October S Bun Water, •> C p.m. T'elLCci lli^'-i Tide, 9 a.m., 7 ft. 8 m., I :'.i pm n I '■< m. Day Mir. Qort, House, 6.16 p.m. Mr. I'im l as-i-s By, Vie. Theatre. 0.80 p.m. Rodeo Show, An.en HokJ Ground, 9.16
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  • 276 7 Monday, October 5. Shipi alnngsldf the Wharves or eipected to arrive. nrm harbour. Main Wharf Sybil, Mutir.ra. Kitty 1, Pikat Tlrvl>ov f, Tie C'abli; Oil Wharf Nil Coal Wl.hrf IWBJ IN PRY POCK. Tanjonc Pasjar Shpcrr Wharf Nil Albert Dock H. itBB Kepprl iinrlioui* X,. 1 I
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  • 129 7 S«lut Pandjane, Bangtails, Siak, und I'ak'in Baroc (B?noa) ..'I p.m Sibu (Will o' the Wisp) 4 p.m. To-morrow. Ceylon, Southern and Western India I llakunv Maru i 8 a.m. |ndo<Caina fYnaa Lac) noon Ceylon, Southern and Western India Mentor i .2 p.m Chirm, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Formoiiii,
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  • 433 7 A Follower of Dr. Sun Yal Sen. The hearing of the cate m which Chan Sau Meng, a Chinese medicine man, «Uuds charged with assisting; m the management of a Cantonese aub-brancb ot the K.uo Mm Tang m Singapore and with being a member of it was
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  • 203 7 Mr. Louis Wasem and Miss E. F. Leonard. Mr. Louis Wasem, junior, of the Standard Oil <' rrpany. Singapore, and Miss .^thel Ferris Leonard if Port Chester. New York, were quietly married on Saturday m the Methodist Episcopal Church.' the Rev. Edwin F. Lee, D.D., i (Relating.
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  • 89 7 The following telegraphic greetings have been exchanged between the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and H.E. the Officer Administering the Government Governor, Singapore. Greetings to you and your fellow citizens on the occasion of Civic Week Celebrations m Liverpool. May the future strengthen the happy relations existing between
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  • 236 7 EXCHANGE. Singapore, October 5. On London, Bank 4 m/i t/4 16/ SI Demand 2/4 6/32 I-rival? 3m. credits 2/4 19/32 On New York Demand 5C% Private GO d/s 58* On France, Bank T. T. 1,160 On India, Bank T. T. 164 On Hongkong. Bank d/d 5% p.c.
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  • 21 7 a; t I.. la ie t el DAILY PRICES CURRENT. 12 o'clock noon October 5.
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 136 7 Issue Val. Pd. Buyers Seller* £1 £1 Asam Kumbing 60/6 51/6 1 1 Batang Padang 0.64 0.66 1 1 Hitam Tin 1.50 1.55 £1 £1 Idris Hydraulics 49/6 50/6 xd. 1 1 Johan Tin 0.57 hk 0.62 ',4 10/- 10/- Kampong 48/6 49/6 xd. £1 fl KamunthiK Tin 60/-
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    • 106 7 Issue j Val. Pd. Bayers Seller* U. Eng 6 p.c. $1,234,300 510 p.c pm Spore Elect Tie Tramway. p c M £350,000 Spore Municipal I p.r. $1,878,000 5 10 p.c pm Spore Municipal 4H p.f of 1907 $1,600,000 96 p.c. dis-p«r Spore Municipal i% p.d of 1909 $1,000,000 96
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    • 23 7 1 4 J 1 I. 1 0 .0 8 l. :i 10, 1 Fruer and Co. and Lyall and Eratt'a Qnotatlona.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 50 7 UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOE PHILATELISTS. Postage stamps for salt. A collection of British Colonials, containing over 2,000 varities, $(50, also a large accumulation of duplicates, rasjority of which are scare* previous to year 1900, pric* M.OOO oc nearest offer The collection or the duplicates may be purchased. Apply 642, Straits Times,
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    • 60 7 THE KINTA TIN MINES, LTD. I Incorporated m Kngland) Advice has been received by cable that an Interim Dividend of One Shilling per share (less Income Tax) haa been declared m respect of the financial year ending December 31, 1925. Local Shareholder* will receive their dividends on arrival of the
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    • 84 7 AUCTION SALE of excellent wax-polished teak household I furniture, comprising wax-polished tank I xprins seated drawing-room suite upholstered, plush in 7 pieces, a good toned cottac piano by Rosenkranx and revolving stool tu match, haj|d*or»e diniMT room, aiuing-room and bedroom furniture pf every description, including iron single and double bedsteads,
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    • 927 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Other Classified Advts.. aer pag* IB. WANTS FOR SALE. RTC. CROWN FOUNTAIN PENS, frum $1.80 U $f>.50. Singapore Studio, Hi?') Street, dp. WANTKIi, FURNISHED HUNGALOW, «it tennis court. Xeak\ Sme, Dsrbv t Co., Ltd FOR SALE, white poli»h«d Italian marble tiles, two feet square, in stock. Apply No.
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    • 322 7 Here are Two Deserving Charities Worthy of Support The United Chinese Musical Association WILL ST'.CE NYONYA CHANTEK (A Humorous Piny) STAR OPERA HALL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, at 9 p.m. NETT NtOCttM TO ST. ANDREW'S HOSPITAL CHONG NAM SCHOOL BUILDING FUND Tickets $5, 52. $1 and 50 cents. I-adies (Upstairs) $1
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 119 7 METEOROLOGICAL REPORT. Kandan? Kerban Station. By Cnurtear of Gorervsirat Health OOe«). For the 24 boor* endlnr at Midnight c* October 3. 19J.V deft. Max. shade temperature 87 F. Mm. shade temperature 74 I-'. Mean Kharic temperature 7'J.:: F. Max. Kun radiation 13U f. Mm. strafs radiation W4JT. Sea temperature 81
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  • 1041 8 The Straits Times MONDAY, OCTOBER 5. FRANCE AND AMERICA. The tone of French comment on the temporary arrangement made m regard to war debts at Washington is not nice. It seems to reveal a curious failure to grasp realities and to be lacking m that candid recognition of obligations which
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  • 35 8 The members of the Straits Social Club entertained Mr. Lim Kee Cheok, J.P., at a dinner and ronffgeng at their Club House, Temple Street, on Saturday, m honour of his being appointed a Municipal Commissioner.
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  • 35 8 Following are the numbers of arrivals from and departures to Madras Presidency for the month of September 1925 Arrivals adults 8.114, minors 1,386, departures adults 3,001 minors 150. The arrivals relate to aided passengers only.
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  • 46 8 A committee meeting of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association will be held on the 12th inst., m the Singapore Exchange Room at 5 p.m. at which the following business will be considered :i7-lown -Improvement Bill, traffic control. Town Hall, venereal dise^es and election of new Weepers.
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  • 14 8 The Band of Hope will meet »t the Y.W.C.A. on Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m.
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  • 20 8 The head of the Prison Authorities m Netherlands India is now considering the abolition of the cat against hardened criminals.
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  • 26 8 It was reported from Buenos Ayres that the biggest sailing vessel m the world the Flora owned by a Chilean Company was on fire m mid-ocean.
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  • 30 8 The rate of issue of Money Orders for India and Ceylon to-day is R». 152=5100. The rate of payments of Money Orders from India and Ceylon is Ra. 167=f 100.
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  • 31 8 Great interest is being shown m the tercentenary of Clive. An unusually large gathering at the National Portrait Gallery heard a special lecture on Clive by Mr. John Stisgman, Gallery lecturer.
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  • 35 8 To-day the Johore Government Offices are closed on account of the anniverssary of the death of the late Sultan Abu Bakar G.C.M.G. There will be prayer and a feast at Abu Bakar Mosque this afternoon.
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  • 32 8 At the Buenos Aires annual cattle show a prize-winning Shorthorn bull named Faithful was knocked down for $60,000 (about £11,000), which is believed to be a world's record price for this breed.
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  • 41 8 Four Chinese entered a house at Geylang on Saturday night and took away nil the jewellery and other property of any value they could find. The only persons m the house at the time were a servant and a young girl.
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  • 34 8 The British Army Manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain terminated abruptly on September 24. In the middle of a great battle Cease fire was unexpectedly sounded. The weather was very wet throughout, making conditions extremely uncomfortable.
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  • 45 8 There was a fire m the jute import godown of Messrs. Landale and Clarke and Co. Limited, m Chandpur. It is reported that there were over 9,000 maunds of jute m the godown, which was completely destroyed. The estimated loss is nearly Rs. 2 lakhs.
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  • 48 8 Most of the loading and unloading (oolies of the Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappij at Emmahaven, West Coast of Sumatra are on strike. At Padang when the Van Linschoten arrived on her last trip very few coolies turned up to unload the cargo and other coolies had to be requisitioned.
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  • 66 8 Preparations are being mad* for the construction within a few years of a huge ouiiding comprising shops and offices m Yolk Street, Fort Colombo. Mr. E. G. Adamaly, the Pettah merchant, who is the proprietor of the Bristol Hotel and id joining property, has decided to demolish the hotel and
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  • 65 8 A telegram received by the Locomotief dated September 20, says that a party of jnratrt attacked and robbed a Chinese shop keeper on the island of Damerau. The whole family of the shopkeeper consisting of wife and three children including himself and three other Filipinos were killed and all the
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  • 75 8 At Taiping, on September 29, before Mr. T. S. Adams. Tari Teng Seng, ajent of Messrs. Tan Kah Kee and Co., Ipoh, was fined $100 for making a false declaration on May 26, m connection with the export of rubber. He .»:is fined similar amounts m connection with two other
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  • 80 8 It will come as a shock to many people to learn that the continuance of the Kuala Lumpur V.M.C.A. m uncertain that the Association is unable to make ends meet, and must close its doors unless public generosity furnishes a means if escape from sore financial difficulties. An appeal was
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  • 98 8 Messrs. Guthrie and Co., Penang, on Saturday received a cable from London advising that the Board of Directors of the Renong Tin Dredging Co. have decided to recommend, subject to audit and usual adjustments, a final dividend, m respect of the financial year just ended, cf 20 per cent, payable
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  • 99 8 Up to September 30, 608 tickets ha<i been issued by the Klang branch of the Selangor Anti-Opium Society for admission into the anti-Opium ward, which is specially reserved for the treatment of the opium habit. Of these 608 tickets, 589 were presented by the applicants for admission to the ward,
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  • 97 8 A pretty wedding took place on Saturday morning m the Portuguese Church of St. Joseph between Mr. William Bruce Connor, of the Singapore office of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co. and Miss Helen Holmberg, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs Francis Holmberg. The bride was given away by her father
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  • 564 8 Mr. P. C. Sen, barrister-at-law and late Administrator-General of Burma, 1* dead. Mrs. C. Alma Baker and her daughter, of Batu Gajah, have gone to Penanpr, where Mr. Alma Baker has a house. The King has conferred a baronetcy on the retiring Lord Mayor of London. Sir
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  • 35 8 It will be seen from our advertisement columns that the Resident, State of Pahang, gives notice that the premium on rubber land of $25 per acre is n > longer m force.
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  • 27 8 From China and Japan, by Toyooka Mnru, due at Singapore to-morrow. Holland ami Germany, by Tjcrimai, duo at Singapore on Wednesday moiniiH". the 7th instant.
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  • 42 8 A public meeting will be held at Government House to-day at 5.15 p.m. to appoint a committee and make aßMCMieftta for the sale of poppies this year. Mi** Hose has kindly consented to preside. All interested are invitt-d to attend.
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  • 71 8 A London wire of September 2(j says An immense volume of business i.x being increasingly transacted daily m rubber shr.res by the Stock Kxchange. Dvtafl the past week brokers and dealers were almost overwhelmed with orders. Bear buying is more discriminate than m the mid-July
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 157 8 I In response to several enquiries Messrs. JOHN PLAYER SONS* FAMOUS VIRGINIA CIGARETTES PERFECTOS FINOS 1 Can now be obtained from high-class cigarette dealers at 95 cents per tin of 50. BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.. (STRAITS) LTD. Incorporated ia England) i Race Millinery ARRIVALS NOW ON SHOW. JOHN LITTLE CO.,
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    • 87 8 ALHAMBRA TO-NIGHT at 9. METRO SUPER SPECIAL THE WHITE SISTER (Featuring LILLIAN GISH) In 11 Reels. In the First Show at 7.30 p.m. An adaptation, m Chapter form, of Alexander Dumas's TWENTY YEARS AFTER TAN CHENG KEE CO, LTD, Proprietors Home Comfort To make the most of four house to
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    • 73 8 On Other Pages, p«g«Finance and Commerce 7 Shipping and the Mails 7 Meteorological Report 7 Kuo Mm Tan(» m Singapore 7 An American Wedding 7 Liverpool Civic Week 7 Rcutcr Telegrams 9 Toe II m Malawi I 'Mr. rim Passes By" I Legislative Council Special Wireless News Service m local
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  • 496 9 Preparing for the Locarno Conference. Russia Makes Proposals To Germany. [MUTER TELZGRAM.] London, October 3. Mr. Chamberlain has departed to attend the security pact conference at Locarno. Interviewed by Kcutcr, ho said Wish me well, but do not expect too much." London, October 3. Berlin Signs of
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  • 109 9 [RECTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 3. k t:> see the Empire Exhibition before i .ucls are flocking to Wembley, where the unexpectedly hig.i numbers will probably total ten million by the enl of the season. Attraction is increased by a £100 prize awarded daily to the ticket holder making
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  • 29 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 3. Moscow A document ha: been completed formally handing over to Great Brits::i the property of the former British Lmla-.y at Pctrosrud.
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  • 389 9 Spaniards Ecstatic Over Successes. [RKUTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 3. Madrid The newspapers are ecstatic over the capture of Abd el Krim's stronghold, which was so long a nightmare. They declare that Abd el Krim is now cut off from the sea and the fertile lands surrounding Ajdir,
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  • 103 9 [reuter telegram.] London, October A considerable stir has been caused at Manchester by surprising allegations against the American official cotton crop estimates brought by Mr. A. S. Pearce, Secretary of the International Federation of Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Associations. Mr. Pearce, who has just completed a tour
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  • 73 9 [RIUTH TELEGRAM.] London, October 4. Warsaw The political police arrested at Volynia, near the Soviet frontier, 80 persons belonging to a widespread spying organisation alleged to be acting on behalf of the Soviet, and including Government officials and soldiers. Much correspondence from Moscow, large sums of American currency,
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  • 31 9 [KEUTER lIXEGRAM.J tor don, October 3. Richmond All rh? entombed people m the tunnel on the Che:apeake-Ohio railway have been jescuad, except seven. Mapy of the iurvivors arc injured.
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  • 269 9 Important Speech on Morocco Situation. [RtUTtB TtUQEAM.] London, October 3. Paris M. Painleve, m an important speech at Nimes, declared that France'e foreiirn policy of liberate and reconcile was still France's idecl, but reconciliation to become possible m Europe must first be realised on the Rhine. Franco-German
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  • 228 9 [keuter telegram.] London, October 3. Washington An announcement issued this afternoon says that while President Coolidjre regrets that complete agreement for refunding 1 the French debt was not reached, he believes that the settlement proposed will enable France to improve her economic position and reopw» negotiations within
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  • 91 9 [REUTZK TELEGRAM.] London, October 4. Moscow The Council of Commissaries has issued a decree stating that ex-prisoners of war and those interned of the old Imperial and Red armies and also participants m the risings of White armies who came under the conditions of amnesty shall lose their
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  • 27 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 4. Florence The prominent local Fascist leader, Luporini, has been murdered. Ths assassin was pursued by the crowd and tcriou&ly injured.
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  • 145 9 Tribute to British Research Work. [reutir telkgram.] London, October 4. Signor Mussolini and a large number of international experts on malaria, including representatives of Burma, India and the Malay States, were present at the inaugural meeting of the international congress on malaria. Signor Mussolini paid a high
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  • 52 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 4. Moscow The conference of the Mongolian People's Party at Urga decided to sequestrate the property of the late Hutukhtu Bogdo Khan, the theocratic ruler of Mongolia, before it became a republic. The property is valued at a million roubles. It v.-ill be used for
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  • 52 9 [REUTER TELEGRAM.] London, October 3. Atlantic City The dispute between the bricklayers and the plasterers' unions, which lasted for four years and tied up huge building operations m New York and elsewhere, has ended m the signing: of an agreement drafted by the president of the Federation
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  • 259 9 Rev. P. B. Clayton In Singapore. After a sixteen hour* road race from Sourabaya to Eatavia the Rev. P. B. Clayton caught the Melchior Treub and arrived at Singapore this- morning. He is staying at Government House as tne guest ot the Officsr Administering the Government and leaves
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  • 1418 9 Mr. Pirn is still passing 1 by, and those who were unable to make his acquaintance on Saturday evening; should certainly tako the opportunity of doing so which presents itself at the Victoria Theatre tonight. It is not because the good Mr. Pirn has any particular
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  • 4903 9 Sound State of Colony's Finances. The Annual Address. (Monday, October 3.) Present H.E. the Officer Administering the Government (the Hon. Mr. E. S. Host, C.M.G.). Official Members The acting Colonial Seretnry (the Hon. Mr. Hayes Marriott, C.M.G.). The Hon. the Resident Councillor, Penanu (Mr. W. Peel). the Attorney
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  • 522 10 WIRELESS TELEGRAMS. Received via Java from Aneta Press Bureau. German-Russian Relations. Berlin, October 2. 1 Chicberin this afternoon had another lcnjc conference with the Streseman chiefly regarding the German Soviet trade agreement, which may be concluded and signed before the German delegation leaves for the Locarno security pact conference. A
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  • 116 10 Lyall and Evatt. Singapore, October 5. Tin.— (London 3/10/25) £269 15s. Loca $136 100 tons. Rubber. 3s. 7d. up '.4d. Rubbers are m all round demand on a rising market, with sellers hard to find. Jeram Kuantans are wanted at 1.40. Bukit Jelotongs have made 1.40. Scudais
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  • 44 10 The Ladies Lawn Tennis Club American tournament, which concluded on Saturday was a thorough success. The winners were Mrs. G. C. Davies and Dr. Bain, after very close matches, the winners being successful by only one game Airs, balzmann gave away the prizes
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  • 1120 10 Military Units Head The (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kunla Lumpur. October 4. The fir.st fm.r events yesterday We: worked off m bright weather, bat jus as the one mile race was to 'je siarte. there was a sudden clap of tl'undei followed by a gathering of clouds over
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  • 367 11 Siis^x Regt. Win Warren Shield Competition. (From Our Own Correspondent.) I'enani;, October 4 Except lor slik'ht rain this mornin.c wfaicb Hi BOt interfere with the shootinir f,.r the Wiuriii Shield, excellent weather conditions have prevailed through 8.1 throe days of the Command Kifle Meeting nsultinc m K«>"d
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  • 314 11 [Keuter Telegram.] London, October G. The following are the results of to-day's KrifcHsh and Scottish League matches Division I. Bolton W. 1. West Ham U. 0. Burnley 2, Liverpool 1. Cardiff City a. Bury 2. Everton 2, Huddersfield T. o. Leeds United 2, Manchester U. 0. Manchester C
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  • 143 11 Harvest festival will be held at St. Andrew's Cathedra! next Sunday, October !1. The service will be fully Choral. At the 7.4. r choral Eucharist, the Introit will lie. Let the words of my Mouth, by Hujrh Blair, and the service will be Stainer in V. Al
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  • 877 11 Opening Race for the Visitors' Cup. (Contributed.) Yesterday morning the first of the *-rie* ot three races tor the visitors' Cup took place m mixed weather. The visitors who sailed the yachts last Easter *nd presented this Cup to the ClJb would have seen some excellent rucing however. At
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  • 118 11 Opening Performance at An son Road To-night. Everything is in readiness for the opening performance of the Wembiey Rodeo show to-night. Many people visitid the An son Road show grounds yesterday and were surprised at the extent of the organisation. The cowboys and Indians are all encamped on
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  • 62 11 A collision took place on Saturday nigbt m Geylang Road between an Olds mobile car and a motor-bus, but there •were no serious consequences, apart from damage to both vehicles. An Overland car run off the Woodlands Road on Saturday night, and went down a bank, but
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 210 11 MOUTRIE PIANOS The expression of true music demands an instrument of the Highest Merit In a MOUTRIE PIANO You have the best that skilled artisans can achieve. Call and demonstrate this for yourself before Purchasing. S. MOUTRIE Co., Ltd. (ißeorporated '.o Hoackoag) THE ARCADE SINGAPORE. BELDAM ASBESTOS Go,, Ltd. o
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    • 318 11 Raffles Hotel Telephone No. 2920. AUTUMN RACE MEETING SPECIAL RACE DINNER AND DANCE ON Saturday, October 11 and Saturday, October 24. DANCING until 1.45 a.m. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. Sea Viciv Hotel RACE WEEK. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1925. SPECIAL RACE DINNER AND DANCE. (LEVINE and HOPKINS). Extension of Licence to 1.45
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  • 1032 12 Ten Per Cent. Dividend Paid. The annual meeting of Jimah Rubber Estates Ltd. was held at Chartered Bank Chambers on Saturday, there being present Messrs. A. E. Baddeley (chairman), J. Robertson, G. R. K. Mugliston (directors), G. A. Watt, Lee Ban Soon, and H. Reilly, representing the secretaries
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  • 39 12 Orders for week ending October 9, 1925. MONDAY, 5. Individual Troops Parade. TUESDAY, 6. Wireless and Signalling Classes, Head- quarters D.15 p.m. jj THURSDAY, 8. Band Practice, St. Joseph's Institution 5 p.m.
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    • 800 12 BRITISH PIPING FITTINGS GALVANIZED, RED STEAM AND BLACK GAS Large Stocks on Hand COBB Co. SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR AND IPOH. Sole Agents for THE SCOTTISH Tl'BE CO., LTD. Indispensable both as a seasoning for the Kitchen and a relish for the Table til rE>KKIIi9 SAUCE llBfcWunll ill i »ih'ls*Hi >Piii
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    • 617 12 G^L REAL SKIN-CURE \|Jn3llV|Dllfc fji¥/i Beware Fatty 'Dressings' Ointments A L WAYS soothe, purify and heal your skin with i.,/1 1/|B wL r Zam-Buk then you may be sure that you are /jf I'/lfjJl A i using no mere dressing or ordinary compound of rancid illW'M animal fat and mineral
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    • 285 13 I I "erasmic' The Dainty SOAR Sole A-cnts fur Malaya. SIME, DARBY CO., LTD. Startling Reductions tup iip«t ONLY THE BEST MATERIAL AND THE STRONGEST M(WV!$£Sm WORKMANSHIP THE CHEAPEST. ALL GUARANTEED. LUGGAGE CABIN n TJ TRUNKS JK- ss s n WAKDUOUES 36 ins. &39 ins. [^^^{--—M CM* size. $37.50. «K*fS».V'i-Jfei
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    • 747 13 SINGAPORE MUNICIPALITY I notFce Tli Muiucipi 1 Caansjaalonen rrquire the •crHeM uf tw, shift enflnmri m thp .Municipal Water Daaartreant »t a comniencine inittvy of $170.00 per month to which a :nnp>rary nllow;.ncc of 10 per cent, is at present auMed. Free unfurnished quarters will be piow, Applicant* must be
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    • 74 13 •if *h. 9aWH|< Hi v^y^. r Sole A-cnls S.S. and F..M.S. BARLOW COMPANY. SINCAPORK AM) KIWI. A LUMPUR »♦♦«>»«# Lathes, Shaping and Drilling Machines, etc. MANUFACTURED IN DENMARK BY THE DANISH MACHINE COMPANY, LTD. COPENHAGEN. Sole ImporUrs The East Asiacic Company, Ltd. (lacrp.unled m Denmark) RING AFOUL "THE IiOKRiB OXFORD*
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    • 508 14 Assets over $5,500,000 S.C iMuuce In fore* frer |IS,OOO,tCI. The Great Eastern Lift* Assurance Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m Straiti Settlements.) HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 62, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England and compile* with the British Life Assurance Companies
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    • 591 14 BANKING iNT£ftftAi.Gti.U lANKIM CORPORATION Capital Paid-up U.S. $5,000,000 Surplus U.S. $5,000,000 Owned by THE NATIONAL CITT BANK OF NEW YOU. Mas* Office M, WALL STREET. NEW YOKE, Loadoa Office < M, BISHOPSGATE. K.C. Branches BARCELONA COLON MADRID BANTO DOMINGO BATAVIA DAIREN MANILA SHANGHAI HANKOW PANAMA SINGAPOSI CALCUTTA HARBIN PEKING TIENTSIN
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    • 500 14 NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE HANDELSBANK (NETH. INDIA COMMERCIAL BANK) Established 186*. CAPITAL Fl. 60,000,000 (aboat £5.000,000) ISSUED Fl. &6,000,000 (sboat £4,600,000) RESERVE FUND Fl. 21,600,000 (aboat £1,860,000) HEAD OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. SUB-AGENCIES IN THE HAGUE AND ROTTERDAM. EASTERN HEAD OFFICE, BATAVIA. BRANCHES Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Medan, Sourabaya, Semarang, Bandoeng, W.-ltevreden, Cheribon, Tegal,
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    • 409 14 BANKING THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (Incorporated by Special Charter la Japan) Capital Subscribed Y48.000.000 Capital Paid-op mIM Y89,376,000 Reserve Fund V 1,760,000 President H. Mori, Esq. DIRECTORS 0. Kawaiaki, Esq. T. Hisamone, E«q. D T.kiU, Eig. M. Shuto, Eiq. HEAD OFFICE > Talpeh, Formosa (Talwaa). BRANCHES AND AGENCIKS t
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    • 670 14 CROWN CONCRETE BRILLIANTINE CROWN jit 2 LIQUID BRILLIANTINE Pure, delicately perfumed hair dressings, which nourish and feed the roots. THE CROWN PERFUMERY CO., LTD. LONDON, I'ASiIS AND NEW YORK. Sole Agents WILLIAM GOSSAGE SONS, LTD. (Incorporated m England) i A tfI'I.ENDII) OPPORTUNITY TO ACQI'IRE PRBT-CLABB CHINKM HISINESS PRRMIBBB AND COOOWN.
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    • 265 14 M »M NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE The privnte collection of thj stamps cf Straits Settlement* and States formed by C. L. Hnrte-Lovclace, Esq., who is retiring from Mnl.-.ya will be offered for sule witho'it reserve by the Undersigned at their Sal* rooms Rallies Place, Singapore on Wednesday, 14, 1928, at
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  • 496 15 An Insurance Official on Life's Little Tragedies. The business of insurance being to provide against risks, there are not many varieties an insurance man does not run up against, writes an Insurance Man m The Star. Some of them would not easi'y be believed by a layman. In
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  • 241 15 Eight New Frescoes lo Be Provided. An interesting jet of frcseoc?, say.« :< news agency, are to be adde' 1 to the internal decoratiens of the Houses of Parliament. The three panels at present m St. Stephen's Hail are, it is understood, shortly to be removed
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  • 226 15 Professor Throws New Light On Darwin. The ape is not man's parent, or even his uncle. It is his nephew. The ape, m other words, is descended from man, not man from the ape. This is the theory which Professor Wood Jones, who recently rffuscd the
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    • 114 15 WEARNE BROTHERS, LTD. Dodbe Brothers MOTOR CARS AT Lower Prices Five Balloon Tyres, Cushion Covers and Horn, completely equipped AND FREE INSURANCE. NEW REDUCED PRICES. Special Model JO 535 Standard Model JO 335 CENTRAL MOTORS (Proprietors CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LTD.) SINGAPORE. Penang Ipok CHIN KOOI CO. GROBVENOR MOTORS. Koala Lunpar
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    • 468 15 The Chrysler Six puts an entirely new interpretation on ability and performance on riding ease and on complete and perfect road ability. See it— Ride m it —Drive it J*arn at first hand the many advantages that have made the Chrysler Six famous— the features that have made the Chrysler
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    • 175 16 Patronized by Royalty. Established 1872. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A Birthday Gift Wedding Present Farewell Gift Christening Present Be it either m Jewellery or anything of the like that is really distinctive and out of the ordinary. Go to the ROYAL JEWELLER. B.P. De Silva 62/3, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE.
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    • 488 16 Latex Cups JAPANESE AS WELL AS LOCAL MADE. FLAT BOTTOM AND HALF LEMON SHAPE. ALL SIZES FOR IMMEDIATE OR FUTURE DELIVERIES. ENQUIRIES INVITED. LEE KIM SOO 10, HIGH STREET, SINGAPORE. COMMERCIAL DO'S AND DONTS. Efficiency m commerce almost invariably means a knowledge of details somewhat outside daily routine, together with
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    • 936 16 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 1 The PREPAID charges for Wants, for Snle, To Let, etc., m ordinary close set type (average six words to line') are Per line I One Insertion 28 cents, two Ins. 46 cts., three ins. 64 cts., four ins. 82 cents, five ins. $1.00, six ins. 11.18, ten
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    • 916 16 LAND AND HOUSES TO LET, 8, Mount Sophia Apply M. H. festoon, 5, Malacca Street. TO LET, 26, Newton Road. Apply Khor Q«M Hang, 13, Niven Road. TO LET, 901, attap-roofed, Upper Seranc Rd., Tampon m junction. Apply premise*. > LET, house No. C, Eber Road, off Ox ley R
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    • 251 16 "RUE DE LA PAIX" IN SINGAPORE. FRANKELS Town Office 20, RAFFLES PLACE. The Home for the Finest m FRENCH BELGIAN CUT CRYSTAL "COTY" "SIORNAY" I FRENCH PERFUMERY BRITISH SILVER AND ELECTRO PLATEWARE. JEWELLERi FRANKELS "PERFECT" SWISS POCKET and WRIST WATCHES TOILET TABLE REQUISITES LADIES' LEATHER HAND BAGS and Tons of
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    • 364 16 I CASH SALE BARGAIN SEEKERS HIGH PRICES HIT YOU? Don't miss this Opportunity. I A DISCOUNT OF 20 PER CENT. IS ALLOWED FOR ALL BOOKS. ONLY FOR 31 DAYS FROM OCTOBER 1 TO 31. Wr want (he room more than these hooks —so we give you ONE FIFTH —20 PHR
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