The Straits Times, 29 March 1919

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 25.987 SINGAPORE. BAIURDAY. MARCH 29. 1919. PRICE 10 CENT
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 184 1 MILKMAID SWEETENED SONDENBED MILK Price bow 920.50 ■at mm Libby's Soups THE FINEST OBTAINABLE Thej are prepared from the choicest material* mnder perfect conditions and by experienced chefs, A tin makes six plates of the best somp yon erer tasted. Me»srs. Jsibby, Mcfieili Jsibby state "If there was a way
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    • 92 1 ROBINSON CO. New* Shipments of KHLSW GOODS 0k White Voile Blouses 5* w Newest Spring Styles Wf^l}^\ Evening and Afternoon /m '/fo\ Gowns |ii|j|^^ Evening Cloaks f Georgette Crepes in three qualities Ladies' Tweed Coats for Travelling Life size Marble figures and Bronzed Fountains JUST THE THING FOR YOUR QARDEN
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    • 10 1 IDEAL UNBWEETENEO CONDENBED MILK Priot bow 91 4.80 pet MX
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  • 981 2 SPECIAL INTERVIEW IN HIS DUTCH COTTAGE. Germany Is Mad." I JJohn T. Patterson in a special to the Daily Bxprees and the International New* Servioe, dated Wienngea "Holland), February 9, aiyii In one ol the moat remarkable statement* from the German aide sinoe tbe oloae ol the
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  • 159 2 4 biU has been brought before the Chamber of Deputies ta Paris, to authorise the organic ation o( an Inter. Allied Colonial exhibition, to be held in Paris in 1931. part oC the acheme it is soKgeated that the exhibition should leave behind it as a punsuMU
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 846 2 Take Care of Your Hair ADOPT THE POPULAR AND BENEFICIAL "HARLENE HAIR-DRILL* 1,000,000 Complete HAIR-DRILL Outfit* Free to Readers." IF yon an worried about t»a «ad srary strand of yonr hair wakiaf conditio. of roar b*ir, if it is •J^^.^*'^.^". weak, impowishad. falling out, sr g^sstltllj--l he h»ir. and all
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    • 443 2 poiii "^Ks A dear Away *3r j J\\U Dandruff Tk Soap to Cleanse mi Purify TW Ointment ts Soothe at. HeaJ Tlirse fmirrant, super-crramy emoitirnu map itching clear tbe isnn el ;'i:np!cs, DwJtches^reJ.-icasaud rxjughnea, the scarp of itchmg and daav drufl, and the hand* pi chaps and sores. In porky,
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    • 302 2 iWa^^^P —^siis^ssi Sood Wdings (Some to Jiim Wdo Waits NO oae needi now fccctpt a substitute because of the Denby Factory being requisitioned for the War. You again oan obtain the right Lorry lor your own particular need*. An unprecedented stream of orders immediately upon the announcement of the armistice
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  • 905 3 Tbe Real Germany. RESENTMENT AGAINST THE OLD ORDER. Bavarian Premier's Views. A Berlin message ol January 38 aayi Bntding Germany from ibe Allied eoontaiea ia like stepping from a room lull ol sunshine into a damp basement. Tbe streeta, in the large aad small oinea alike, are filled with unemployed
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  • 147 3 Lcid Jellieoe waa pceiented witb aTmkitb sword by Ctmrxandti Locker Lampecc, M P.. wb«n be prtaided at a lecture given by tbe lattir, at Chelsea Tcwr Ball, c o bia txneri tnccß in RuraiaT It waa ix plained by Com n.andtr Larrpccn tbtt wbile bis armoured car
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 410 3 MERIT Id Fountain Paoa. as in overythinf ft '\i\ (Ij •Is*, it is merit that tells, and* that ia ML Vj Ji why the Swan has fur a quarter l ll asf k osotury fainsW more users every C I II HI yVaV. When you buy a Swaa UQ WA
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    • 333 3 ••Tt K. n mL fia^aaT^ailtfW^a^aaHl CHEONG BROTHERS DaaHsss, M, Boas! Bridge Road FULL LINE KNTAL SUPPLIES nrst class Msahasitoal OoajMssr* Oasi OMwvßcldsjsrUttagaasi Vulaaauto. Ds»aslaa ss Wea. Otwtaataad. OHABOBB MOOIaUTB Besi Tooth Powders and BsMtaM «s salt Weakness Ercry muvemenl of the body uses up a defin tc amount of vtSslMy.
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    • 666 3 Mace Hall Go. EKGINEERB. I«r PORTtRS. CONTRACTORS AMD GENERAL MERCHANTS KUALA LUMPUR AND IPOH, F.M.B. URGE STOCKS HF ENGINEERING, MINING GENFRAL HARDWAR LINES IND ESTATE SUPPLIES. FRENCH Plain and Universal Tyres and Tubes IN BICOK THB FOLLOWING aIZBS 7.0 by W0 TftSbylCS B 0 by 8 760 b? 80 "16
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 276 4 steamer mum. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA IIattBr.BATSD m JATAB) Undap Mall Oontpaot with th. laapoptal dapanoao Covapnaaant. (■•UeM to tltoraileaa alt***! tetiea.) EUIOPEAN LINE FaatwioßTii Baavi*a Ht (BaisMa.) Peaaai, talaeiba, tsei, (Bareslllss) Lmmi, (via Buea Oaaal) EUIOPEAN UNI (via Saea Oaaal) (Aaxlllary Service) TATBUNO MABO Mat. NAOATO MABO Mar. TOYJHABHI MaRD
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    • 746 4 STEAMEI SAiUNtS. P. O." British India AND Apcar Line (Compaales laeorporatod ia Baglaad) MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVIOBI PBNINBULAR AND ORIENTAL 8. N. Oa. (Ueder Ooatraet with Hi* Majesty's Oaverameat) Tba Oompaay'i MAIL SBRVIOBS BABT OP BOMBAY are at preaaat suspended. INTERMEDIATE BBftVIOB PROM LONDON TO fc"AR«BILLBB A LONDON Dim Blngapora
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    • 370 4 ITEAiEi BAILIMIS. THE 81AM STEAM NAVIGATION BOMPABJV, LTO. SINGAPORE BANGKOK Far Kretay, Tnaggaau, aTnlaatoa Baag aara, Teiufia, Pataai, Bia^ira Laoo, Kobaamui, Baadoa, Laagauee, Champa and Bangkok. Due Dap. as. BO 2IBAT Mat. 81 Apr. 2 Tba atoamer* are fitted throughout witfa eleotai* Ught, aad have ezoeUeat aooommo datJou lor first
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    • 326 4 STEAIW BAJUMM STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITBO. Steamer* iatoaded to sail bom Btagepon, KUALA-Suaday, 8 a.m. tot Baagboa (bom wharf). POH AWN -Monday 11.80 pm, Miri. Labuaa, Jeaseltoa, Kadat, Saadakaa, Jolo aad Zamboaaga. PBRAK— Monday, p.m., tot Port Swettoabam aad Talik Aaaoa. KAKA-Moßday, tJO |A, tot Malaeaa aad Muar. OALVPSO-Tueaday, 4
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    • 404 4 STEAMEI BAILINM. Pboae No. 1888. ™4n^o) a?3Pe> Bk^bbw* (TH! MAKA MEIOANTILE II N LTI) 11»«.8C..iT.D IS JAT ABl No. I, De lenaa Mtett, fBOFOSID BAILINOB raea BINOArOXI (Sokjeet to ahaage wttboot aetl**< POB MABSBILLBB AND LONBOBJ via PortaaKt a.*. ALPB MABO In 8 aa. ANDB3 MABO mid, Map (No paaaeager
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 430 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. P.&O. STEAM NM/I6ATION 80. AMBULANCE TRANBPORT MARAMA The above steamer will leave P. AO. wharf at 10 m on Tuesday, April 8, for Marseille* and London via Su< i Oaaa! rallies at Port Swettesham and Ponang, omitting Colombo The rates of pa«B(ge money (one oUas only) are as
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    • 256 5 TOYO KIBEN KAIBHA (laoonponATno a Japam) Fu San Praaeiseo direot (oaUiag at a port in Japan lor ooali the new last steamship Buyo slaru will be deopatobed from Singapore early April, ltlo. For freight aad 101 l partiaolan, apply to MoALISTBB A 00., LTD., A Rears. (Incorporated in Singapore.) BEN
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    • 416 5 NOTICE Mottoe is hereby RiTen that Mr. Chin Ah Chye ir no lonaer employed by us and we oonflrm that hia Imtidk oui lervioe is wholly on bis own aooord. We further confirm that he has (jiyen us every sstistaotion during hia rot sloe with us. Dated this 38th day
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    • 135 5 SINGAPORE SHIPCHANDLERY OOMPANY, LTD. ?au»*Baa»iaai Paonooaire C giiuiMn TIB OOHPANTB LAOMOB H»TI IhOOaUMO BUIPI WFIIII 11. UTTEIT Nil Has iirtie tee Meet, TaieahoM Ns.iH Orders prt nptly attended to lor daily aad H W.H. aTBVBJM Maaatei Oet yoor estimate for efflee and household FURNITURE from the OBNBRAL SUPPLY AOBNOT, Barope
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    • 18 5 FLOWER BRAND T White Zinc Paint Black Paint and Red Lead Powder *ppiy to G. OTOMUNE CO. lINOAPORI
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 392 6 cwmiw TO-NIGHT FRI. 21. SAT. IU«. 30 MD MM. 31 TO-MI6HT HARIMA HALL NORXH BBIDOB ROB.D BBCOND SHOW 9M 18 BPISODB8— «8 PARTS FIRST BHO W 7 JO aaafl I"SaV X«K Lorelj prodootion bHßbT^^^^^mbV NOBODYB lKalm# BULL B wife Ir^ 'v EYE 8 part intensely dramatio and inter 1 fk
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    • 407 6 CINEMAS •as t ufthtr apiaodaa of tho O#oat NlstoHoal play flgupod In tho magnifloant pi-ogramm. do luxa torn P»l. Mar. OS to Man. Map. SI At .no CINEMA FRANCAIS The laading Movie Thaatra In MsiMoa. .pJL. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO H Bp. 8 Tha Philanthropist ia 9 parti Bp.
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    • 198 6 BANJOS nou-tllppin* brldgse. sad Qrover brldaei BANJOS TeUumi (Jot Rogeri 13* sad 14*) VIOLIM oLln reiti (nine varletlei OOITAB ntokel-plsted tall pieces MANDjlim bridtfea. plaotrsxns. eto. MUSIC stands and CLABIONBT moutn-pleoes. eto TO SB BAD FBOM H. C. HUDSON •Phona woa (Hodm of catohy tfaaioi Blngapors SIEMENS BROS., DYNAMO WORKS,
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  • 88 7 FIXTURP? Oatarday, March 29 High W»»ot 7 67 %.m 9.8 p.m. lovcatitare, Jobore Fort. Aunday, March 30, Hii(h Water, 8 67 a.m., 0.41 p.m. Msnday, March 31. High Water, 944 ».m 10.13 p.m. LoKJalaliTo Council, 2 80 p m. Tuesday, April I. Hi^h Watei, 10 29 ».ra.,
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  • 173 7 Vessels at tbe Docks. Takjoho Pasab. Bast Wiaw Basi*.— Piinaeket, Hotdijk. Bast Wiabt H M 8. Hydrangea, 8 Jaoob, Ban WfaaM Bin. Saaau Wbajut, lviii and Viotobia Obi Docu Waitomo. Main Wmabf.— Van lloomtkeik, Pank, JanaH, Cumberland. Bmpibb Doom. Yamagata Mara, tenkon kUfu Mataram, Knala. Wnt Wbabt. Yei
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  • 198 7 To-day, Bata Putt i.BO pm P. Samba, Rbio, Billiton, BaUria, Cberibon, SaiuaranK, Sourabajr., etc. 2.80 pm M an 2.80 pm Biweu, Sourabaya, BandjeirniHii, Stagon, K. Batoe and Hamarinda 1.80 |m M aiacca, t J«-.-rtc«h«m aad Peaa>K '2.80 pm l»jUa»o6Ki a.3opm P Dttam and Pnlao Balaam 2.80 pm
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  • 131 7 ■XSHAMI SneAroßi, Nabob 39, till. Oa Lovdoh Bank 4 m/t 2/4,', Derxaad a/8l« Private m/t 2/tll Oa Naw Tobb... Demand Private 90 days t> Ob Fbaitcb Bank at* O> laou Bank T T U4^ O> HonaioHa...Bank d/d BV-Xem On Sbahsbai ...Bank d/d 49 Oa Java. Baak T
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 174 7 Value Bofwt. B*oen 10 10 Impui 11 50 13 60 1 1 Aw» Weng 2 20 3 M 41 41 K«m. K*mnaMßg 2.9.6 210 0 10 10 Kinta 4 M ooiMioa 7.71 8.00 41 41 Kj»*» Tib 1 8.0 113 0 41 41 Lahat MiBM TOO 7.76 Linffai Tia
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    • 93 7 Imtop V»lai Bojwb. Seltot 41 41 SmetMa* 00. 828 860 41 41 Piel. 13S 1.66 I/- Bleetne T'w»y« 8/- 8/9 10 10 Fitw Ne*?e MM 81.00 aria. M 80 W. HMaiaet 00. 71.00 78 CO 100 100 Kftta Brm. 120.00 180 00 10 10 Mayaud 00. 8.00 10.00 /•Joel
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    • 63 7 Usitsdlaatasen 8% 11,*****0 pa. Siagnporeßleotvie Tramway* 5% tUOJOOa mam SporeMunioipal i% *****6,000 (ai B'poro Municipal t,% ol 1917 11,800,000 10% di» Spore Municipal 4*% ot 1900 IJ,OGO,M» 1»%4« S'pon Municipal 4% 'i.COO.OOC 11%iH Spore Hanioipal 4% «sOO,OOC K M.S. 6% loan 191S •18,000,000 101* ISSi ■8. 6% loan 1018
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    • 387 7 >wim and Go. and Lymll and Ivatt's Quotations. Today 1 Prieec. FitKi Lt»U k ft Co. Brut. Ak» (HUh 111) 1 28 1 11 slt 8.60 Ajxul MtUytj.pd. 180 2.40 3.36 -J 45 im Hitam 13 00 18 00 13(0 18.00 Ayei Kaateg (U) 130 1.80 lit
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 107 7 SURREY HOUSE SCHOOL Northdown, Margata, Kant, England. ll jjs (7 14) prepared tor tbe Public School* and tho R Naval College, Oaborne. The boo»e wit bailt in 1913 and stands ii its own grounds in a high bracing posi tion outside Margate. Central heating, electric light, gymnasium, etc Bntire charge
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    • 905 7 LATFBT *DV£RTIBEIIEHT» TO LRT, itoret aad offloe". apply Id. M. Natbaa A Co., 4, De Scuta Street. WaNTBD. help with two yous« ooildren by lady travellinß on Marama Reajnaeration 430. Urgent, e/o Straits Tijiet BOTAL SCHOOL OF MINING Bsgi neer of great e-tperieaee seek* m'ne manaoeinont in Malaya Box No.
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    • 364 7 To-Hight, Saturday, tha STAR OPERA will »how a beeutful play entitled FABJINI AJAIB AI Til TIUTM MTU, BOtTI MIME NU ia which Khtiradia and Mia* darab take tbe leading parts. To-morpow, Sunday ANTI-OPIUM REFORM A Chinese piece will be stage? K. H CBBONG, Proprietor. T. L TAN, Maaasjet. •kaas mi
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    • 288 7 The Straits Tines FM F.M.I. REAOEMS rneMaU Tvaia postal eerviee eaasia* aa to tend into tha FM.B. aaeh evening a Special Bditioa ot The Strait* Times toataiaiag all the important telegram* aad ae w* leetlted a; to a late boor ia the afteraooa. This edifcba saa be booth* la aba
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    • 155 7 AH- American ONE* TON SUPER -TRUCKS T h 3 gr»at new opportunities ia the ttUßom^ti'e induKt'y will be in l ght to mage tru>k-». iba demand for these will be MMftBfMM for yeae to come. The A.H- American Super-Truck is a one to^ > ruck, built in qua itities, of
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  • 1066 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, MARCH 29. EUROPE. We Uke not the tread ol tbe news from Borope. That there ia grave danger of most aarioua labour troubles in Bnglaad oannot be denied, and that the outlook in France is darkened by the malignant destruction wrought by the Uona, before aad
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  • 23 8 Information having bean reoeived that small pox azitta in aa epidemio state at Bombay. Singapore bat deolared that port at an infected place.
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  • 33 8 At a moating of The Catholio Union to be held on Wednesday, April 2, at It p.m Mr. A B. John wUI lecrure on Rook of Ages. Membars aad friends are oordiaUy invited.
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  • 31 8 Tba General Post Offloe, London, has aoti fled tbe Postmaster General, Straits Settle meow, that tbe importation of foodstuffs aad of books by post into tbe United Kingdom ia now permitted.
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  • 37 8 Servioe will be held at the Booatead In stiiattt on Sunday evening at 8 16. The Rev. William Dross, will give tbe address All are ourdially iovitad, especially men of the Army and Navy aad MaroaauW Marias.
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  • 42 8 Tbe oompetition for the possession of Drory Lane theatre has ended in the Board's aoatptaaoe ol Sir Alfred Butt aa obairman and joint managing direotor. Tbe shareholders have thi option of aelUag tbe sham to Sir Aifred Butt at a high premium.
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  • 10 8 The Government is arranging to build 60,000 boom in Ireland.
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  • 14 8 The Ministry of Monition in arranging to tell thousands of caelea and motor oyoles.
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  • 13 8 The Japanese Government ia extending facilities for foreigners to become owners of land.
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  • 14 8 Lord Cowdray't prospectors have disoover od oil in Chesterfield, but details have beea withheld,
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  • 14 8 Out report of the Munioipal Commission meeting yesterday it unavoidably held over till Moaday.
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  • 17 8 Over a doaea oablea between Bngland, Holland, Amerioa, aad Australia won broken or interrapted oa Marob 1.
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  • 22 8 Tbe President of the Board of Trade (Sir Albert H Stanley) hat announced that tbe ooalrol of paper will oaaat in April.
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  • 20 8 Tba latest London cables to band thia morning art dated aa follows Ordinary rate Marob 19, deferred rate Marob 18.
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  • 20 8 The Imperial Government hat introduced a Bill tor the reinstatement of public servants who enlisted during tbe war without k*ve.
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  • 22 8 The Washington oomapoadeat of the New York Sun saya it it estimated that ia tbe United States there are 8,593,C00 illiterate persons.
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  • 20 8 Ships ia oommunioation with Singapore Commercial Wireless Station this morning won the Melohiw Tnob. Ramphioa, Pyrrhua, Tokai Mara aad Tjikiai.
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  • 28 8 Messrs. Guthrie and Co. aad Messrs. Mealietes aad Co. have beea granted lioaaoee under the non Ferrous Metal Industry Ordi naaoe to deal ia metal or metallic ores.
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  • 35 8 A crowded memorial servioe has been held at St. Paul't Cathedral la memory of the journalins and printen who wen killed ia shr war. The London beUriagers also tolled speoial peals for their fallen oomrades.
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  • 46 8 Wa have to acknowledge with thanks tbe receipt from the general oommiltee of the F.M.B. Chamber of Oommetoe, of a oopy ol their year book for 1918 containing the third report, aooounta for tbe year 1918, roll of membura, trade statistics tor 1918 and tin rules.
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  • 52 8 The fin oa board the Japanese steanur Toyooka Mara, at Durban, has been extia guiahed. Two thousand five hundred and ten balsa Santos jute, 100 oasea deaicated oooonut, 60 bales cinnamon, 300 bags ooooa beans, tram Colombo for Buenos Aires, damaged, now landed. Muatly damaged by water, partly by fire
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  • 52 8 The Government ia satisfied that the Mabomedan Recreation Club, the Jawa P. a aakaa Marines Club the Mi jolts el Aintikao Club, aad tbe Stia Peraanagaa Footbtl Ulub, of Peaang, bave oeaaed to exist. The ■(octal and Literary Union, Singapore, is .ailed on to prove ita exist^noe to the Kugiatrer
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  • 59 8 Ia hat been deeidad to nvert to tbe pre war ocuditiont of employing boy telegraph messengers in tbe Post Offloe at home. Tbe change, whioh will extend over about four yean, will affeot about 7 000 of tbe girl met «ingen who have been oarrying on during the war. The
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  • 62 8 In the recently opened branch offloe of tbe V ikofcama Specie Bank in Batavia, aayt Het Nieuwt van Dag, not a Single Chinese em ploye appeared on the soeae last Monday week. One of them had been dismipsed tor discourtesy Though tbe gentlemen have not aooounted tor their oonduct, it
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  • 62 8 Advertisements containing proposals for the tale of tickets ia public lotteries to be held in Native States and unauthorised by Govern meat wen recently published in several cewspapers in the Bombay pitaijenoy. Government now warns all publishers that such publioatioat constitute an offence under section 304- of the I P.
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  • 73 8 A great scandal bat been discovered at Copenhagen. It appears that Rabbi 8. C. Hornstetn, bead of the Jewish congregation made an enormous fortune out of die export of dental rubber to Austria. He was allowed to send panels of food to that country, and it is alleged that he
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  • 89 8 It it proposed to hold a general meeting of old boys of tbe Modem School, Bedford, to wards the cad of the summer term for tbe oonrideration of tba form that tbe O B M War Memorial shall bake. If possible the data will be arranged for aha day of
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  • 140 8 The fallen around Johnston's Pier on Friday morning were awakened from their lethargy shortly baton eleven o'elook by an onuaual iaoident wbiob real many of them aoampering for aatety. The Indian pier master discovered a oobra at large some 18ft. long, so it la reported- and when an Sort waa
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  • 331 8 Mr. J. D, Murray it travelling Iron Si age pose to Genoa by tbe bleniffer. Mr. and Mn. C. B, A. Goatly an Uaviag Penang tor home by tbe Marama. Tbe death occurred in Bataria on Tnos day of Mr. Low Soo Cbian, late of Koala Lam
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  • 19 8 Tbe Straits Times Sunday afternoon telegram iuoe will be disoontinoed to uo new and until farther notioe.
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  • 36 8 Mrt. Rupert Manaaseb gratefully acknowledges tbe following Mrs Bims %ii A. F. de Cervalho SO 8. T. Jouah 10 Voluntary taxation 8.64 Shanghai Films, per Mr Campbell Henderson AM 10 Previously acknowledged 1,786.11
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  • 118 8 About 360 Australian wirekts operator* all in fine tattle— arrived ia Sirgapore by the Janut from Calcutta tbia morning, homeward bound after many days abeenae. The eontiagint was ia the Moacpjtamiau campaign, aad one cf tLem said this morning theTmk is aa extinct aa tbe Ojdo then
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  • 134 8 At tbe Legislative Counoil on Monday tbs Hon. Mr. D V Perkins will ask :-"Wb»tber having in view tbe prevakooe of venereal diseases ia this Colony, their effects upca tbe health ol the oommunity aad tba trafficking ia women alleged to be inseparable from the fexiateaoe of biotbelt
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  • 156 8 We very gratefully acknowledge tbe following addition* to oar fu«id for asMstiag to* Ovoueaa Club to provide smoke* for w soldiers and aailatt ■vopeaa Member*, Singapore Polioa Foroa (II where not stater):— O. Hannigao %i. N A M. Ot.ffla M B H Onraet *i
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 129 8 'CtEARAMCE SALE COMMENCING rHfNvfT*^,!^ .aSSlJeal B^aatfaWWlpViC'T* little^ JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. (Incorporated' ia Eoglaad) \f!jSjlsTtmj SKOOKUM I I' t piston .^BjLafßkßnßßaliaXH IF SOLE AQ[NT> 100 per cent. IOENTRAr ■ZPANBION IN BITBBR DIRIOTION 1 »j M DNDHR PRBB3CRI JUST ARRIVED A new shipment of MARCHANT CALCULATING MACHINES The Marchant has been
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    • 319 8 mtJ f B€H«T. UL li, TI IWMV, aUUL JO. The serial that all lovers of serials are flook iar, to see aad another of tboao ftim productions of great entertaining value patrons olaraoar tor, at toe ALHAMBRA Tba ftall far ftashi aea restores, Baaab teas BBOOND BHOW AT I Pearl
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  • 1986 9 Gravity of Hungarian Situation. Alliance with Bolsheviks Confirmed. Rauvaa'a TiLioaim. London, March 34, 3 p.m. Paris i Le Tempt i» authentically informed that the Italian delegation's repotted deoi sioa regarding Fiame, oabled on the Slat, ii iaoorreot. Tbe Boho de Paris Mate* tbst two Freooh divisions, several
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  • 44 9 Aocor Man to Tbe Times of February 14, th. Rev H. O. Isard, lato Arnbdaacon ot Singapore, wbo was recently aaaouaeed aa having beea appointed to the rectory of Sliadon, near Arundel, ia Wast Snatex, was unable to aooept the appointment owing to ill-health.
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  • 51 9 Lo obiag, tbe ton in law of tbe reformer Kaag yu wei, aad a graduate of Oxford, bas been appointed flnt Consul General in Loa don. He was vacantly Oommisaijaef tor Foreign affura at Amoy. aad had siaea bean appointed Consul at Singapore, bat never proceeded to take op ttii
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  • 57 9 Crowds ia Paris cheered tbe aeqiittal of a youna dreasmak' r wbo wan ebarged with murdering b< r new born baby by aeveting a vein in the toot The girl waa taken prisoner by tbe Germaaa at Maobeoge, aad pro* sted tbat it waa ao crime to kill a child
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  • 749 9 STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT. BaCTsa TaLSoaAas. London, Marob 19, 9 p.m. His Mtjesty'a Govarnmaat replied that while aympatbiaing with the idea ot gi viag tbe Bgyptiaaa aa inert* ting than ia the Government ot the country, they oould not abandon •belt responsibility lot tbe order aad good government of
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  • 607 9 I RESULTS OF THE SANKEY REPORT. BauTim Tiuoiahs. London, Marsh 28. s 6 ».m. mm newspapers attribute tbe penuleaet ol Ibe rail way men 'a discontent Israel j t< lbs bareaooratio praeedan adopted in ne^p tiatios; with tbeii rtaligatss. Tbnj oontrari therewith tbe bold publicity in tbs Cod
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  • 102 9 After a partial heariag the oaaa ia which tbe tbree Cantonese, Cbaa A Loag, Faa A Kti and Lee Pan weie *>ba<ged who oom miMug g.iag robborT on Jiantry 14 laat in Cbin Yjug Ptaoe, oil Vioioria Street, and tbe tin of whom aaoeped ftom tbe cml prison,
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  • 52 9 Amongst those who bave beea awarded the Military Crow, mentioned ia tbe Loo doa IVim ot February 6. 1919, is Caps, Cyril N<el ft-xMrey Kieh. 1 l»ib N wtb oob-nUaH Fi-ilior», aiteobfd 82 ad L,, T. M, By. H in »h- joiopefl brotl ir ot Mr. Brio J. K.ob, T
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  • 54 9 A nnnit(« h*a beea »rikop><l, sod will Uk« rl»~- in Josr. twren M W h rmxloD SI □!>•»• if Sn tutwo, > I l< »i .i, Mr .od Mr* W. U Monil.w, t 8 Cm o ttrtie-, BdiDborjttj, >id »ilh in o-«hi Hcoid>«, RiC'D», K,i.u,;.i »ioo.»» lioghWr ol tut' Xl
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  • 302 9 Formation of Central Milling Agency. The following ha* been Mat aa by Ifae Deputy Pood Controller from the Central Milling Agency, 8. Gboreo SUeef, Pt-nang Owing to tbe *borta«e ot pad. mo, oT tbe milia hare Dot restored to fcrok «et ana traota at (tending arden for pub
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  • 218 9 (Faoa A Coumfondht.) MalaOOa, MMOta 11. la oocnmon with other important parti of ihe Peaiuaula. inteuae internet it being takon in the anaogemenlt fot Peaoe Ceiebrationt. Ciuimilleet reprf n«Bliug Itaa rariona oomoianitiat residing ia tin flottlu mxat bare been (ormed. At a meetiOK o( Ibe Batopeaa rabsomnistaeDUT lOKßeMiona
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  • 281 9 A poblio meeting wu held at the Oardaa Clnb yesterday at 6 16 pm. Among (boat prto^al wen Meaera Scow Pob Lnog, Lib Kee Ctieok, Boag Ohio Eng, Lim Cbia Kaaa. P. W. Peaaoa. L. Oordoa (tun Sergt R. Mol rceeux, Bmil Qalistao, L C. Poatiatber, T.
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  • 210 9 The BxtiadiUoa Aol forma* ttae robjeet of d» eanion at the Colombo Polioe Ooart oa Marab 19, report* tbe limes of Oeyloa, ia oonnectioo wiUi tbe ihm hot* ol aa oret•Mt aamed Ctaapatoipi.'Ui, (rom ths P W.D. at Kbdab, m being an alleged abseoader. It was
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  • 39 9 LieoteMDt J F Muaoek, »n A r i«:r»ii»a, w»« kilkd by Ullitu lioin ma ik<^o a di.ttooe ol 1,100 Tlb muibiDe o untiu 1 wiiboat it* puot lor baLdredn r( j»«d- Mil tally tkU ialo Um> rtiuooi kl Bietuaoad.
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  • 3939 10 TRADE OF SINGAPORE DURING 1918. Annual General Meeting, The annual general meeting ol the members ol the Singapore Oaamber of Commerce and B xobaoge took place yesterday afternoon in the Bxobange BoUiiogs, by Mr. F. L Tomlin, the vioe obairman. presiding. Others prewnt were: Mswa. T. A
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  • 389 10 Crockford's List of Missing Parsons. At first sight, Crookford, the famous olerioal directory which nnlnhsatns ita jubilee with the new issue does not appear a thrilling or exoiting publication. It would strike the ordinary man as the very in- carnation oi sober virtue and respectability. All
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  • 920 10 Favourable Results of Contract For Disposal of Output. The ordinary general meeting ot the Johore Para Robber Company, Ltd., was held oa February 17, at the registered offices oi tbe 1 oompaay, 180, Cannon street, London, 8.C., j Mr. R. Arnold (tbe ohairman) presidiag. Tbe Chairmaa said
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  • 219 10 Alleged to be in Wretched Condition. The wretched oondition ot the traffic ol the Siberian Railways (including the Chinese Bastern, Ussuri, and Amor Kailwaj is beyond imagination, says a Harbin despa'xib ot February 38. There is not a single locomotive or oar which does not require repairing badly,
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  • Sporting Intelligence.
    • 257 10 Followiag were the results ot yesterday's play:— A Sihclm. Wndehouse set. beat ThrelfUl set., 4— B Bin<ilis. U U owe 1 beat Do Meilo act., 6 -il, 6— s. Laybourne set. beat Leakey set., 7—6, 8—1. C Binolss. Dnthie sot. beat DaiDes sot 8— a. 6— J.
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    • 182 10 A correspondent writes to tbe Times at Malaya I the cricket test matob in Singapore in Easter week bids lair to be a fine sporting event to judge trom tbe keea interest that has been taken in tbe soleottosi ot the respective teams. All details
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  • 422 10 Interesting Particulars of The Industry. The whole ot the tin now produced ia South China, with the exoeption ot iaocav siderable amounts from various small workings, oomes from the Ko-ohia mines, aenr Mengtse, in the southern part of Yunnan provinoe. In 1812 oertain German inter oaf, combined
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 43 10 PUBLIC NOTICG PARAGRAPH, Oa page 7 of this issue is printed a Tree sury aotifioatioa with reeareaoe to tbe terms ol toe SS. Wat Loaa Conversion Bonds of five aad half par oeat. Applications toi these Ufa to be made before June M
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  • Correspondence.
    • 99 11 Fairplay." To the Bditor ol the Straits Times. Bit,— l aotioe ia your paper ot Maroh 16 that tbe 8.8. Ormonde is being seat to ooavey iwibhiiimists bom Bombay to London and that no single men can be taken." Ai single men first is the ory where fightiag or hardships
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    • 106 11 To tbe Bditor ot the Straits Tims*. Bit,— allow me to poiat out a mistake in your Straits Budget ol February 38, P. 9. You mentioned, alter giviag the news ol death of Ameer Habecbullab Khan, ol Kabul, that Habeebollah's lather, stroag Abdur rahmaa, formed a personal friendship with
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    • 442 11 To the Bditor of the Straits Times. Bb,— With tef ereaoe to yonr artiole of ietb inst. oa the C. D. lots which you oooeiode with the words The Royal Commission doe* not s»y anything about the report! being i lukewarm.' It simply gives the (not*, which show
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  • 119 11 To-day's Business. MatihAli sad Co. Ltd/i dally rt*art tm Noon, Maroh 39, 1919. UlTtr—Caohaaged 49*. Hoagkoag.-«74% pm. Shaaghai— 49. Rubber.- Steady bat quiet. Shares -The better toae ot the last tew dan i« being soataiaefl. Malaka Piadas are ouoted n.Wt* BaawHi 98 cents bnyays, Bukit KatUs 98
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  • 84 11 The rate ot mortality in the Settlement oi BingToorV for the week ended Huohffl •as 1496 per milk) ol the population, The total number ol deaths was 182, ol which 184 were malf subjects and 48 female Convulsions claimed 19, phthisis 81, tuelakie fever 18, beriberi 17,
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  • 395 11 Messrs. Qutbrie aad Co. report Singapore, March 27. For the weekly rubber auotion held yesterday aad to day the quantity oatalogoed was 1,161 tons. Demand was poor at the oommenoement, and, tboogh it improred later, prioes lor nearly all grades .bow an appreciable drop as compared with
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  • 526 11 S. ANDREWS OATHBDBAL. Fourth Sunday In Lent. Mabcb 80, 1919. 7 s.m. Holy Commnnion, 7.46 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral), 8 15 a.m Holy Comma diod with Address (Corporate Commooion ot Mother*' Uaion), 4 p.m. Soaday Sohool aod Bible Classes, 6.80 p.m. Bvenaoog aad Sermon. Servioe: Adams, and Toon.
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 195 11 BlaiaialßlßlHalalßlal His Master's Voice Gramophones NIW CONSIGNMENT JUST TO HAND BIND FOR CATALOGUE 8. MOUTRIE k CO., LTD. (laooaroßATaD m Hobobom) BtefflM MasM. Victoria Theatre Xo-nljfllt To-nltfht To- illftth* Edgar Warwick announcea the F-AREWELL PBRFORMANOI OF VOTJBTH COMPLETE CHANGE Tour last opportunity of imUI the favoarltes ■Han MOUTHIIJ VANITY FAIR
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    • 159 11 FOR SALE Steam Laußoh Sotora. Length 64 feet, beam 9 ft. 6 ia., fitted wMh large oabin, bathroom aad w. c.. has upper deck with awaiag. Bsgine, cyl 8 ia. by 12 in. h.p, 14 boiler 6 ft. 8 is by 6 It., working pressure about 160 lbs. 1 Motor
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    • 311 11 BAFFLES HOTEL The largeit and most snccetsfnl Hotel on the Island. FACING THB SEA Laxnrloni suites of rooms and *****001 lonntfM verandahs and baaatlftil grounds. v I*w1 wm AFTENROON TEAS KT«ry Thursday, musio In attendance. Cinema on the lawn from 6.15 p.m. lint-olMi oniaine Guest Night every Saturday, dinner followed
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  • 756 12 Asabao, Scndayan and Trolak Reports. The following notes are from the Financial Times: Although restricted tor seven months, last year's output ot tbe Aeahan Rabber Bstates totalled 5-20,100 lbs ,«n increase of over 87,003 lbs. upon the 191S 17 harvest. Presumably a portion was sold locally at any
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  • 109 12 Programme ol drill*, etc., lor week ending Saturday, April 6, 1919 1— Satubdat, March 39. 6 R.B. (V.)— Bai. Bange, 2JO p.m. Svhdat, March 80. 8.R.8. (V.)-Bal. Range, 0 80 a.m. Mowdat, March 81. 8.V.0. Baoruits.— Dr. Hall. 6.16 pan. Tcbsdat, AraiL 1. Buiuian Co., B.V.O.— Moaketry,
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  • 98 12 Singapore and S M. Boy Scouts. Orders las week ending Saturday, April I:— Monday, Maseh 81 Signalling QUas, V.M.C.a. Ground, 5.16 p.m. Wednesday, April S.-lst Troop Musketry, B.V.C. Drill Mall, 6.16 p.m. Thuredaj, April 8 —Bogle Band Praotioe, Malay Volunteer Club, B.IS p.m. Friday, April 4.-Fooiball League. Ist Troop v.
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  • 799 12 BOLSHEVIST MARRIAGE." Text of An Infamous Proclamation, The following ia a translation of a proclamation that waa posted in Saratoff, But Russia, and waa given effect to m a limited degree. The same proclamation was posted in Bkaterinborg, where effact waa also given to it for a few days before
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  • 139 12 The hon. treasurer begs to acknowledge with thanks tbe following contributions to the Fund ol the Association, and solicits further donations liom friends and wellwishers. Cheques may be seat to tbe oere ol Tbe Ho Hon K Bank, Ltd., Baffles Chambers, Singapore Amount
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 139 12 HUPMOBILES ALL CARS JUST ARRIVED ARK SOLD Book your orders for next shipment due next month. Hupmobile owners expect much of their cars particularly in the matter of performance, yet they will not expect nearly as much as the new Hupaiobile wiH give them and remember there ia a 12
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    • 293 12 Hf A THE y^fe'^r I, rooo fob t\ 1 ss^sS Obtainable at all Dispensaries DISTINCTIVE CARS Are tbos- fitted with MACBETH L£NS£S Amariae'i beat, Ike llghte wttb the Green eyea, walaa MaM approach, eleaa and slevei NEW SHIPLOAD ON THE WAY OVEI HCtC (Vow madt to aonform wttb lotml pollae
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  • 1195 13 CAPITAL TO BE INCREASED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT. Slight Loss la Year's Working. Tbe third otjinarj genet*] meeting of the Rmb Rabbet Hstatee, Ltd., wm held on Peenary 18, at tbe offloet of tbe oompany, 86, Gannon (Ireet, Loodon, ■C Mr, J. Durie Pattallo (tbe chiumul presiding. The
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 227 13 [J The Test of War I Transport officers, mechanics, and drivers all agree upon the splendid Reliability of the jj Albion. Its immense strength, combined j£ with perfect simplicity, have proved of In- ia, calculable value to our armies at the Front fg COMMERCIAL MOTOKS^JO Loadoa l)*pol i ?%B ai-33.
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    • 96 13 THE PREMIER ALL BRIHSB TYRE MADE OF PLANTATION RUBBER in the Largest Rubber Mills in the British Empire. FRESH STOCKS ON HAND BOUSTEAD Co. ■Ole Amenta. GREY OR RED CEMENT ROOFING TILES Grey Tiles 14 cents apiece about $15 per 100 sq. ft. Ridge tiles 40 cents. Red Tiles 5
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    • 62 13 JramrozdfQo. Singapore MASSAGE HALL No. JM, Beeooolon Street Open rtaily 6a.m— 8 p.m. Telephone No. 1 487 Japanese Maeeewr MuHum and Manlourlate Manchester Cotton Goods Brass Motor Headlights Wire Nails Enamelware CENTRAL MALAYA TRADING (ML 4, Collfer Qua| lia(tprr« Oe>n*al Atents ■traits tettlriaeata sad F sit. IN STOCK American Formalin
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 532 14 AMatS) Oft^ M.000.000 S.C A»»tjl-B-lO« I- foro« ov.r 90.000,000 S.C. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE GO. LTD. (laeaaiaaiTßTi ia Btaarta Bamaam) ■BAB PBVIOB I Wlt»ajl»eMrt»ti H»-aa, Wwgaia»n>, IOHBOtI OFStIOI I ai, OM Jawry, Tbe Company bat aTSO.OOO deposited with tbe Bopreme Ooort al Baglaad, aad eemaßet wttta the BnMab LBe
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    • 403 14 IANKINi. CHARTERED BANK IF INBIA, AUSTRALIA AMD BHINA lassarsaATau n Bhsjbaxo at BetaaOaUßTaß. Paid up Capital ta M,OOS Shares ol 411 eeab m, as JI.IM.IOS Reserve Fund m afeMMM ReaurvoLUallltyolProptlelors^ aQJBMSI BANKBRSi The Bank at Baglaad. The Loadoa Joist City aad Midland Baak, Ltd. The Loadoa Ooaaty Wettmißstet aad Parra
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    • 521 14 BANKING, BONSKONe ANB SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION (laoeßroaATßD v Htaeaoae) PAID-UP CAPITAL 111 J0S.SM RBSBRTfI FUNDB StorUag 41,»00,000 at •II^TO.OSS BDvet m. 111,000,000 116,000,000 Reserve Liaaihly ol Proprietors 111,100,000 COURT OF DIRBCTORB I J. A. Plummet, Bsq,, Chairman. B, V. D. Part, Bag., Deputy Chairman. A. H. Ccmptoa, Bag, Hon. Mr.
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    • 647 14 BAMKMII, NEOERUMOBGHE HA.NDEL-MAATBCHAPPY NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY (BSTABUSBBD IBM) PaW-e»tßß>taltl, 70, 100,000 (ekoat X6,B84,000) ■aae- fl. 11,760,286 (akoat 41,064,000) HBAD OmCB IN AjUTBBDAE. Haas Aobhov ia Batavu BRANCHB8 I— Peaaag, H "-gV-g, Shaaghai, Raagooß, Sjer.baya, Semaraag Welterredea, Baadoeag (Java), Cberibon, Tegal, Peealoagan, Tjilatjan Djember, Djckja (Java), Solo (Java), Medan (Deli, TekJag
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    • 1385 14 Life Assurance Taxation Then are but a tew people who realise that, aside from the protection pwrebaead, Ltte Aaauranoe Premiums are immnnn from Taxation to the exteat ol oae-dxth ol oae'a total iaeome (vide Seotioa M, Chapter 8. Wat Tax Ordinance of 1917, Straita Settlements). A security then that gtvee
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  • 1143 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The British Standardised Car. When will the British motot cm rusnn taotutuns realise, says a home paper, that the immediate and pressing neoessity Jot popularising motoring in the oouaarv is the introduction of a obeap and reliable small oa> to oompete
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 289 15 ;\VHEN CAN YOU DELIVER? rpBaTS tbe customer's first question -L usually. How do you answer him Tour goods may be superior, yonr clerks may be courteous, yuur store attractive, bat altar all, unless your deliveries are prompt and dependable, your customers will be disappointed and trade elsewhere next time Do
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    • 172 15 CHANGKOLS BOX STRAPPINGS AMERICAN AXES RUBBER MANGLES LATEX CUPS, ETC. The Union Trading Company SINGAPORE AND KUALA LUMPUR aßL^ Jffiß ADOtheTofC. B/s Delicacies *ftHl^*B I C. B. OXFORD SAUSAGES 1 1 UNEXCELLED. "^JLl!Il I Crosse Black well guarantee Ml these and all their other table delicacies to be In^jftgijiv n*a>
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 731 16 SITUATIONS WANTED BITDATION VANTBD by a yuoeg Jape aeeeaaa boaie boy. Apply to T, A., el, •Wateiloo Btteit. WANTBD by Buropean, (Britisher) aged 48, billet as mechanioal engineer. Ha* expe fiaaee ot reinforced concrete. Free on May 1, 1918. Apply Box No, 189, Strait* Times. BILLBT WANTBD by mechanical and
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    • 736 16 F6RBALE FOB BALI, Wolseley Umooaiae ludutflMe ssmfleto, No. S»M Apnly k D-*rtok ladOo. MOTOR CAR FOR SALE, Hnmbet, in first-class oonditiao. Apply No. 186, Straits Times. MOTOR- CYCLE, two-stroke ot twin Puoe aad particular*, Twia, e/o Straits Time*. FOR B ALB, 4j b.p. Junes with side-oar, In excellent condition, with
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    • 679 16 Marine Engine Oil BRITISH SPECIAL GRADE obtainable at pre-war prices FBOM KIAM KIAT CO. MAREBT BTRBBT. The typewtlter tor trevelliag mea aad tor personal eorreenoadenee. Portable (weigh* only 10 lbs.) visi bit writing, two-eoloored ribbon. fixed oarriage, back spacer, tabu lator, ate.— a reduced facsimile of tbe standard maohlne bat
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    • 433 16 THY GUAN KIAT CONTRACTOR lor supply ol FIREWOOD to ta* a*v*r*aj*s t tsri Hii slelsel eesjai i**iaaar* far MM lean 1818 Ud 1l!t Address 38, Phillip Street, Singapore, or 'Phone 1361, 1362 and 1363 Private Nos 1073 or 1450. Singapore Centenary Official Photographs NOW ON VIBW AT MR. BUCKERIDGE'S •TUDIO
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    • 266 16 IMPORTANT 10 REMEMBER! JDST ARRIVBD MORGAN 8 CRUCIBLES AND PLUMBAGO Staple Viet* Hobb'i Bmerald Garden Shears Green Powder Bran* ■yeleta aad Niobolson's Files Rings Bagle Braad Chan* Hubb'i Prnanaa Bloc kol-i, No*. 8, 4, a 6, Paste et*. TYZACKB ELEPHANT BRAND SCYTHE BLADES Voleiß Improved Cbaia pipe Wrcnohes, Brade'i Malay
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    • 308 16 lit addition to oui> praaant float wo hava added a number of New Gars That* a*>a at tha dlapoaal of our ouitomsra For HIRE Day and Night I'Phone 1233 1 BTRAITB MOTORCAR BERVIGE tl4 te fit, OrcHars Rsas. CIGARS Wholaaala Prioe ato»> 100 Beat Quality in boxes of 3t 118
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 204 16 Straits Cinjes TELEPHONE! Editorial and General Jt Manager's Office 1 1 if Job Printing Office m 1144 All communications relating to editorial au! ten and news should be addressed to THE EDITOR. All communications relating te business matters— advertisements, subscriptions, accounts, printing, eta, sboall be addressed to THE MANAGE*. ADVERTISEMENT
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