The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 March 1917

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fEX CENTS NO. 89,712 SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MARCH, 21. 1917.
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  • 234 1 Late wire news on page 6. Latest changes m share pricje on 'page 11. The March Assizes began yesterday Page 12. Training for the May races is proceed* i mg Page 12. The licensing Justices met yesterday afternoon Page 7. A report of Balau Planting Syndicate's work
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  • 1250 1 la company headquarters dug-out eat wo subalterns smoking cigarettes. Ever iud anon a pair of eyes fell on a huge amper that lay at their feet, arrived bat morning from Blighty." On the ilclothcovered table was spread a letter, be handwriting large and round. On o entence was
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 185 1 GOODRICH TYRES S *ETY TREAD RAFFLES HOTEL, j SPECIAL DINNER ON SATURDAY. I RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM Open from 8 a. m. to 12 p m. daily raffj.es bakery and confectionery The best m town Upconntry orders promptly executed Bread delivered at private residences daily. RAFFLES MOTOR GARAGE Cars Repaired, garaged,
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    • 326 1 TH E only tyre which has won the R A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures."Silastic" Super-tym CStelastic Tyres are I i All British (/MsF* Made m Britain fe from Plantation Rubber. I SOLE AGENTS: g International Trading Company. I FORD MADE IN CANADA. A FEW REASONS WHY
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    • 88 1 I j LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. I Collector and accounts clerk wanted Page 5. Warning r^ J'mah rubber scrip and re stolen Dullock cart plates Page 6. Guthrie and Co advertise the well j known Calthorpe car Page 6. Cildbrfck Macjregor and Co for Foster's Bugle brand Ale Page 11. Auction- Teak
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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    • 121 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday 21st. High tfatf ft.m 9-51 p.m. Choral Society meeting, Vie Hall. Ladies' Tennis Club, meeting, 6. 5 pm. Thursday 22nd. H:eh Water— 9-*» a.m., 10 23 p.m. Friday 23rd High WaU>s-1.-25a.u,., IC-52 p.m. New Moon. Homeward mail closes (train). Lodge St George, 9 pm. Satirday 24th. High
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  • 279 2 The report of the Hon Khan Bahadur, and Mr N E Marjoribanks on the condi tions of the Indian coolies' life m the F M S has been published. It is to be assumed this is merely a sectional report of facts which will be considered when
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  • 141 2 In tbe first magistrate's court on Monday morning, Traffic Inspector Hills charged a Malay chauffeur named Mahbi, with the wilful disobeying of the lawfal orders of a police officer on point duty at tbe crossing of Btaifprf rd and Armen ian st, about 4.45 p. jo. on
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    • 396 2 T&e* Worlds best In BRITISH P ianos by— Brlnsmead Broadwood Collard and Collard ChappeU 1 1 Stromenger Grands and Uprights AT Icer rpi rani m Boi.*ki.ng. Victoria Theatre i H. M. GOYERMMENT TOUR IN AID OF WAR CHARITIES MONDAY, MARCH, 26th AND FIVE FOLLOWING NIGHTS THE GREATEST FILM IN BIBT
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    • 657 2 A Great Out-of Door Picture, Presenting MYRTLE GONZALES IN THE POPULAR NOVEL BY LYNN REYNOLDS. THE RAINBOW A Stirring Romance of California's Wonderful Redwood Forests. Photographing nature's beauties and bringing thorn before the eyes of the people m an jntirely different section of the country, lends an added charm to
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    • 469 2 ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE PICTURE^oSramiT HOUSE OF QUALITY THE LHAMBRA BEACH ROAD THE LEADING THEATRE IN SINGAPc; Manager M v vbv.. ro-NiGHT nmm kety °kslad c AS USUAL, a piotore Pi To *a» Toe Reliance Film Co. Presents 3 The World s Sensational Photo Play IHREE WEEKS fc m f\ve Powcrf al
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  • 654 3 THE BAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINING C o, Ltd. incorporated iv Queensland.) 3knebal Manager's Progress Report for Foi a Weeks Ending Feb 24th, 1917. nen, I herewith beg to hand you oiy report on your Mining and Milling for four weeks ending Februarj--1917. accomr lying sheet of Mine Mea-->nts ana -»ay
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  • 584 3 Dawn of a New Era. England has, from tinr.e immemorial failed to treat trade as a flue and delicate piece of mechanism upon whose smooth running her successful future was so largely dependent. Instead, tbe subject of trade has been a mere bone of contention between tbe political
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  • 255 3 During these great strafes which are recorded m the communiques as "artillery duels on various parts of the front," I marvellous exploits are daily accomplish- ed which will never be told. However, here is an example of coolness and J devotion which is well worth remembering. A
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    • 28 3 ReMKOV. "<* J** THERAPiONrh^ "s&Kssy .»cc X TO DR. LX C t A CURE I •I FOR_VOUj *.ss>ro*MO*YAS-r to t»*« T«H ERAPION SS££t OLO BT IAYIAID Co., Ltd. SIIGAPOKE,
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    • 422 3 ESTATE OF SLAYItfAN BIN MEYDIN KANDU ANI TAYERMAL HASSAN NACHIA, DECEASED AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN PROPERTIES To be held at the Sale-room of POWELL Co., Ltd. On Tuesday, 3rd Apl at 2,30 p.m. jot No. Description Area Title 1 One third share m the Land House 1,232 sq.ft. Marked
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    • 301 3 Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR a o IVA t 4fX\ AN AMERICAN CAR NEEDING NO APOLOGY. IT IS BOUGHT ON ACCOUMT OF ITS. MERITS is r Just over two years ego Dodge Brothers enjoyed an enviable reputation as manufacturers of a very large volume of motor car parts. This reputation aroused
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  • 942 4 Greatest Achievement m Modern History. Great Britain sent the first of her New Armies to the front, trained, equipped, j and m all respects fit, nine months after war began: The feat is almost ineredi hie, and if it were not that we know now from authoritative
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  • 110 4 It may be sa d m great measure that the New Armies made themselves. There were hardly any expeiienced officers left to train them. Subalterns newly joined from civil life had to teach themselves a new profession and endeavour at the same time
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  • 812 4 They went into the Towtr of London, with a nod to the policeman, just m front of me. They were m hospital uni form, and their names, I learned subsequently, were Ginger and Scruffy. They passed Traitors' Gate without interest I the weird costume of the Beefeaters only Semffy
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  • 166 4 Delhi, March 7. The National War Savings Committee m England has drawn attention to the fact that several commercial firms, for the purpose of increasing their Bale?, have made offers to charity organisations to the effect that they are prepared to pay over to such
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  • 173 4 The latest book to fall a victim to tbe kinemato^reph is Thackeray's Vanity Fair." A long film based upon it was shown recently, at Manchester, it is an ex cellenl film the acting for it was exceptionally good, and, despite the fact that it takes over an
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    • 347 4 Weak Nerves Make J^% You Gloomy 4fl Strengthen Your Nerves by taking Or. Casstil C "^*lsF§lK^ and y° n wm feel B"£ n t' Strong, and S indent jfi l "^^Bs^i'lkr raflTl 4lm jw ill* HBnl Js^Lflvi -y jT'" A^ r v^HBi^^ ani^ lj,K i'' v **<-:ikn«eß." Dr. Cassells Tablets
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  • 188 5 ftjg annaal report and accounts of the k^ nmy for the year enied Dec 31, i that daring the year 83 acres -ed and planted, 30 acres cleared I ,;ed and made ready for planting acres fslled and burnt The o;al B*lBBBl for 1916 was 65,000 lb.
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  • 359 5 The Secret of Production evanesceac9 of soap bubble iverbial, but m delivering the nJ.vy evening lecture of the season Rjyal Institution recently, Sir [ttnes Dewir brief ltfa is not by virtue of any inherent >roper:y of decay and that they will for a long -p->'i if they
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  • 170 5 Wallicn, son of Mr E Wallicb, I the P W D F M S, is a 2nd- Lieut m he X G F Cooke, of the Hongkong and thai L»nk. who is a Jad-Lieut m 3rd Essex Regt, is now attached to LTbbbi I- rs'
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    • 663 5 f WANTED Collector and accounts clerk. Able to j tarnish 93,000 security. Apply D. K. E.j co The Singapore Free Press. 21-3 2-3 WANTED CLERK. Clerk accurate at llgures and able to read and write Chinese. Apply m own handwtiting tnclosing copies of testimonials and stating salary dealt ed to
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    • 1167 5 REMOVAL. S The Office of tbe Singapore Hot Springs Ltd," has removed from No. o Upper Circular Road to No. l£7 Orchard Rjad. 20-3 'i* 3 c IN THE MATiER OF "THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE 1915" p AND IN THE MATTER OF TI I TIN PROSPECTING SYNDICAIE LTD ja: (In Liquidation
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    • 878 5 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. NOTICE n her- by given that the Annual reneral Meeting of the Members of tbe Singapore Chamber of Commerce and Ex-han-ie will be banal BTilßls tha Exchange luiiding on Monday *<;tb llrrcb JBl7 at 2.15 .m. BUSINFSB. 1. To receive and, if approved, to
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  • 23 6 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. Dakfyne.— ToMrandMrn. N.H.Daeeynk, i of Rawang. F. M on the 17th instant at the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, a son
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  • 1281 6 The Singapore Free Press Wedbesday, March. 21, 1917. Telegrams from tho Western Front continue to coino m, and they say, what does not seem so plain to us, remote from many sources of information, that the enemy is being considerably hustled and is being forced to retire at a greater
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  • 854 6 (Reuter'a Service] London, March 20 Marshal Haig reports Our pursuit baa continued. Oar cavalry advanced guards are driving back tbe enemy rearguards. The ground gain ed is of a d< pth of two to eight milee. Forty more villages have been taken. Our trenches were raided m the
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  • 158 6 BRITISH TORPEDO BOAT fc^ Air and Sea Attacks oCabltl 88. beLondui.. M reports thy =ffieisj dropped bomb- eastern cent. pile the furuu. ;^bj guns. British aim,., proMch the I ap Thames were da, ken. of distincrly visible. doll **t Nothing is known i, tbe above. c 't London,
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  • 341 6 Tbe desci6ion of China to saver rei* lions wiiu uennun judgment of Sir Havtland Samaa^ cb.ef justice of tbe Supreme Coort flat Chins Count C i'ra%chtna L&d certain shares m the Sungei I»uri Cv ed to tbe Cathay Trast. Interest aad been paid on tbe debt
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 226 6 GALDBEGK. MCGREGOR Co. \singapore, Bran(jhes at Malacca, Kuala Lumpur,\ X Klang, V Pen an g, V JiEAD OFFICE HOUgkOUg, LONDON Shanghai, Tientsin, Peking. WHOLESALE RETAIL WINE AtiD SPIRIT MERCHANTS. »»»^ssssm»ss»a»Js^s»»sss»Msss»ss»^MSMS«wars«sMS»»»«ssss»ss«»»*«s. <^M«4»»w»is»sj»»s»sss»»^s>s«ss«ss«s«<s»»««sssms»»m»is»«r si ■>. i EVERY TRAVELLER SHOULD HAVE A LIFE-SAVING WAISTCOAT Protection ;[ard Security. Absolutely Unsinka y e. Price $10.50
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    • 66 6 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIBTS Sa Orchard Road, Telephone Ro. 103 S. The Oldest and Leading Studio. First m 187J, Foremost m 1917. i Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and the Requisite Experience, are all at our Command, thus ensuring always the prodac- tion of only the best results m
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    • 138 6 Tbe crossroads outside Koyewere rnicei 8888*1 are new |BB*ii water from the A\ hosssJ were sovag* snd mattres, chsir j: habitant but ti The icbi bitants off but the\ explained tss %m not expect you VBl All :i« etackewere de*tro\.d i.i:.i sßOt* bundle of straw BSiyarfaal Rome, march I Fr,c^
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  • 527 7 ENEMY STILL RETIRING Heavy French Fighting £Fr Submarine Cabla] Reuter i Service] Lonion March 19.— R-u tor's cc -jBJi aJquurters writing on M ajj»s>- We cjntinue to press hard on £4 beeU of the retreating enemy. o ar aaeonaoUrf patrols, of wb ch we have a -msider-iii force
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  • 160 7 More Past History London. Mar 19. A supplement issued 80 til r dies report cabled oa March 5 staid \7ith some previously excised -bows that Mr Churchill con -I **d m August 1914 that Turkey might ral Powers at any moment oj 'action with Lord Kicchaner isc
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  • 154 7 REACTIONARIES REPLACED Finland s Future [By Submarine Gable] [Renter's Berries] Petrograd, March 19.— The detective and gendarmerie services are being reorrmised. Ex members are being sent to jthefroat. Reactionary metropolitan offl- ciai from Petrograd and Moscow have been compnlsorily retired. The presidents of the Zemstvoa or the Mayors
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  • 202 7 Is it War? i SSSSSSSSSSBBBBBBS Washington, March 19. In view of the I ruthless submarining of three American merchantmen it Is unofficially admitted that a state of srsvt virtually exists be- 1 tween America and Germany. Technical 1 ly the United States remains m a position 1 of
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  • 76 7 Paris, March 19. The resignation of the French Cabinet m vo way affects the war policy. M Ribot is forming a Cabinet. London, March 19. The resignation of M Briand is scarcely understood and is seemingly due largely to personal jeal- ousies and enmities. Sober Paris journals regret
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  • 73 7 London, March 19.— 1n the House of Commons, replying to Mr McKenna, Mr Bonar Law stated that the national ex penditure from April 1 to March 31 was approximately £'6,000,000 daily. The 1 nominal total of the National Debt at Mar < 31 was approximately £3,900,000,000. It
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  • 105 7 Loudon, March 19. Wireless Italian Official Our airships dropped a ton of j high explosives on the railway station of Galliano aud the railway line northward of Mattarello. London, March 19 —Wireless Russian j official We dislodged the Turks from a number of positions southward of Bana.
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  • 83 7 I Batavia, March 19. A representative of the Commonwealth of Au^tiulia is pro ceeding from here to India on a mission of closer Indo Australian trade relations. Sir Harcourt Butler, Lieut, Governor of Burma, has been appointed Lieut. Governor of the Coited Provinces. The case m which
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  • 823 7 Ordinary Meeting, Tuesday, March 20. Present. H.E. the Governor (Sir Arthur Young G cm o,] H E the General Officer Commanding the troops (Major Gen. Ridout, c.M.G The Hon. the Col Sec Mr P S James c.m.0., The Hon. Att. General (G. A. Goodman.) Aot Col Treasurer (H.H.
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  • 212 7 c From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, March 20. The Hon Mr Nutt presiding at the fifth annual meeting of the- Balau Planting Syndicate Ltd., said the result of the year's working, he was sure they would agree, for so young a concern, was most satitI factory,
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  • 48 7 Mtissr* Guthrie and Co advise that they are iv receipt of cables as follows. Cheviot Rubbbb Final dividend 10 per cent, payable April 23. To reserve £9,000; carry forward 11,704. [*ABU. Final dividend 30 per cent payable on April Ift. To reserve £12,500; carry forward £13,768.
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  • 61 7 i The Public is reminded of the meeting which is to be held m the Memorial Hall > this afternoon at 5 15 o'clock when the pro posal to form a Choral Society will be brought forward. It is hoped that ail iv terested m singing,
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  • 14 7 Agents Evattand Cj. Pulau Bulang 6.751; total 8 months' 84,864.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 183 7 ROBINSON Co. Pif^^^^^^^g MELACHRINO FRESH SHIPMENTS RECEIVED EVERY FORTNIGHT. No. 4. In tins of 50 A >— n-_a- > 'VA^ifc. $1.65 nett per tin W-=— Sg%gsSSp^ No. 5. In tins ol N Jfj^^*T J $1.40 nett per tin. No. 8. In tins of 100 A $2.05 not! per tin. I
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    • 829 8 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD, INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND, FOR LONDON. For particulars aa to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS? KONINKLMKE PAKETVURT MAATSCHAPPM (Incorporated m Holland, Roy*l Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3 B, COLLTHB QUAY--17 BID EH OOHTRAOT WITH THE NETHERLANDS
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    • 583 8 Po Ot British India AND Apcab Line < (Companies Incorporated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For" China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediter ranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Europe). I Outward (fob Chiba: INTERMEDIATE
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    • 563 8 N* Y. 11. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd (Incorporated In Japan) EUROPEAN LINE. A sorvlce le maintained between Toßonan.* via portß to Marseilles, London, undet mat contract with tbe Imperial Japaceee Oovcra meet. The New Twin screw Bteamor maintaining this service have been special)* designed and construct od, and are
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    • 299 8 M. M. MESSAGERIES MABITIMP. (INCORPOR4TKD;:. y," '»E. "AIL Llhl. Fortnightly t-^rvice betww»« r China, Japan, Uvicn. i-jS Marseillea. Egy^JJ BRAMCB LIHR Ha F i°pho^g htlyBerViCebelWe For further intcrmation appi, COURTQis, ROYAL PACKET^II^^r; COMPANY m TO HONGKONG A<*OMMODA H -Uas JJpj Particulars BBBtf *14 LIGHTER ltd (lecorporatec THE MOTOR LIG "TAX
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  • 602 9 An Edison Invention. New York, F^b. 18th.—Mr. Edison, whoso premises are closely guarded, is working day and night upon the construction of the model of a 16f;. craft which, it ia claimed, will revolutionise submarine warfare. A German Story. Copenhagen, Februnry 15.—The "Co logoe Gazette"
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  • 836 9 It looks as though the Germane intend jto employ mines on a big scale, as well [as submarines, In that event, tbettlatest declaration explains the audacious claim of the right to sink hospital ships. The enemy has definitely abandoned hope of using thr- outer sees hiin^lf, either with
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  • 111 9 Welfare work I factovy fad, and a pHthf. > ay is nurr.itsd by s v or m i Magazine.'' iv the nu rt detern. girl of twenty two who found no labours too heavy, no Louts too long. Her one id.v was to turn out ibella
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 452 9 wV*a or a. race Alarm or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollas. WHAT OTHEH PROPERTY IS P HASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). sKA* jrnci Wlv r i6a|er HoM|^ aingaporei LONDON OFFICE: SS, OitJ Jewry, E.C. y>B» n 1 with BBS Ruwreruo Oorrt
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    • 444 9 HOtftfFOlTO AND SHAKOHAI BAKSIMO CORPOHATIOH i (Incorpo.-at»"l In Hougfij'. f AifVOP CA?iTAL tII.OOU,OOJ i^7l IPCISEa;- »ia.BBW,BBi 1 -'»c.::ng st»,ooe»t 85. Jrit KWMt twaio.cau^ s)e,o<x o i"Bwsw UaßJttt? m :.ooo,an 0 oooiwr op fiaispoas. S. H. Dodwell, Esq. hdirman. J. A. Plumi Deputy hairman. Bon. Mr. C. E. Anton, j E
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    • 946 9 m ZEUMD INSURANCE £9., Ltd, fire m mmi (Incorporated m New Zealand.) im-im INSURANCE ASSOC m. HaR!«E. <Inco-porawtc! In BOBBJBXMlg.) mm mi mumi co„ iv, FIRE. (Incorporated In H-.n^koog.) LONDON GRANTEE KCJDESIT Co Ltd. GUARANTEE. lucorporaccd m England.) F!re and Ifarine Risk?! of every dosaripj'ifc uoderwrUten at lowest current ratos,
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  • 651 10 Eyewitness has this account of the earlier fighting which led to the capture of Kut. January lOch was a comparatively quiet p day. We advanced our line with little op position and it seemed that tbe back of 8 the Turkish resistance was broken. Before evening we had
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 623 10 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS WAX LOAN BONDS. Bearing Interest from the date of purchase at 6 per cent per annum, payable half-yearly on the 15th May and the 15th Nov. REPAYABLE AT PAR ON THE 15th NOVEMBER. 1919. PRICE OF ISSUE— IOO PER CENT. All proceeds of this issue will be lent
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    • 106 10 7^ There's a :||KJP saving m cost j J"? butter and i V// 1 f^BBBS^BByi bUnS an "P a i«l«yFlour The SURE raisin? ponder s^\ Add am Recipe* m every tin and tbe I jMatlenzie. LyaU <j to, Lyon s Range. Cai f Ct lii;fl''iill!!llli!!ilililli!ii!!ilil!lliillllill!ii!i!ill!ilii!iliilili!il|||i 1 Economy. 9 v Owing
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  • 22 11 •All s notations of Sterling Bbaras tsosl Be regarded as aoiel? aomlnal for the present fdgdsgd dsfgdgef dsfgfdsgdsf sdfgdsfdsgwdf
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  • 58 11 <Cobbbo*bd cr to March 20.) feejafc m.c 4 I. d ;m.aaad 24j -r;?aU *****889 8m a 2481 -8 2 France demand Bar k 826 atoll* r, T. SosaxOiia, JeroiiDd l% pm IbVQbUBjIi Jrmand Io9f Java, demand 188^ SaHasCk, Jj^fisd 86 1 SovßSßmns, Bank Bnylt g 88.b 4 Btnk ,t
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  • 145 11 March SO. Tin (100 tons) f97 25 iamki.r 17 00 (rawest Cuke *Na. 1 26 25 M9aMBj cost Ha i 2i oo •epp«B Black ordin. B'pois 80 00 Pepper, (Wtoifc f tfjj 87.50 Wateiegt (110 lathe Ik) 42 .00 SBlxnsgß 80 to toe Ik.) 62 CO Kacs (Banda) m
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  • 248 11 Today. Intermediate and local mails, Mi tt touac m list below Ponang, Malacca, F.M.B. (by Train) Bra dally (except Bcsdey). Johote. 8. 9 so, 11 a.m., 19.8 C, 9, 4 A 6 bbbj. Cucob Soon Hong 8.30 am P. Batam kP. Bulana Hock Lim 8.80 am Hongkong A
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  • 83 11 SINGAPORE (TANK ROAD? Weekdays and Sundays. Mai; dally leaves for north at '..i an. and 7.3 p.m. Oihcr trains leave tor Johon at 9.0 a., 10.99 a., noon, 1.30 p., 9.6 C p 4,40 p. Mali arrives from north at 8.16 a.m. and 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from
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  • 48 11 Left Singapore Due m London Arrived Jan *P.& O. Februaty 8 b 3 Jfin 7 MM. Feb 97 Jan II 8.1 March S Mar 3 Feb I M.M I Mar n Feb > P. AO. 6 Mar I Feb 9 P. A O. 16 Mar 16
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 190 11 JCHANAN'S SCOTCH WHISKY v <^*BB7a)s l lkavai^a*f B |BBwo^a^aa3BSiV •> O^l^L-- SCOTCH--!----; lC oirL_ IBLACK& WHITE" 8 ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Tne Enormous Stocks held by BUCHANAN Co. at their Donaed store the largest m the world) enable them to maintain tne high quality of this famous blend. The Borneo
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous

  • 740 12 The eighth ordinary general meeting of j the Batang Benar Rubber Co, Ltd, was held at the registered offices, Chartered Bank Chambers, at noon yesterday. Mr E F Mausdon. the chairman of the board, presided, and the others present were Messrs O A Kimmel and R Pears
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  • 176 12 The directors' report for the year ended Dec 31 1916 states the Company was formed for the purpose of taking over from Mr C H Jenkins ani others m accordance with an agreement dated July 31 1916, certain land at Selama. The Company was incorporated on Ang 2
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  • 662 12 The Second Assizes of the year opened before the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, k O) m the Supreme Court yesterday morning. There are thirteen cases on the list, including two of attempted murder, one of Causing death by a rash act, one counter felting coins and one
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  • 258 12 A LICENSE CANCELLED Io the second police court yesterday morning, a Malay motor car driver named i Ibrahim was charged v. h driving his car No. 256 m a ra6h aud negligent mani ncr and causiug damage to a riki6ha and injury to a passenger m Middle
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  • 251 12 There are thirtyfour horses, or ponies, and twentyfive griffins m training tor the May meeting, and majority of them look m good condition, their trainers being V Southall, H S Kirwan, C 0 Campbell and H M Bone. Abrams's Stable (trained by V Southall) 1 Colleen, 2 The
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  • 206 12 In the District Court yesterday afternoon, the members of the Licensing Board of Justices, with Mr W Langhain Carter presiding, met to consider the list of applications for renewals, transfers and removals of new public bouse licenses. Tbe list was not a heavy one, all the first
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  • 378 12 54.000 Finks, 91,000 Forfeited. In the third magistrate's court yester day morning, the Chap Jee Kee lottery case which has occupied the court upon several occasions, came to a conclusion. Tan Ah Chap and Tan Tok Ktfi of No 8 Newmarket st were charged with assisting m
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  • 335 12 1 We think it extremely likely that the Straits Government have received a similar telegram to that below, published m the Ceylon papers. And possibly tbe local Government will, m time, publish the information, invoke the aid of commercial men, which will be freely given, and proceed
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  • 188 12 The second match m the present league fixtures took place yesterday eveniug en tbe SRC ground, when tbe V M C A met the Sea Defence?. There was a large crowd present to witaesi the game, which was quite a good one. In the first half the V
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  • 267 12 >v Thursday evening the funeral took place at Ipoh m the Jalan Datoh Mosque of the l>.itoli Sri Adika K.»ja Shahbandar Muda i s s one of I'erak's most honoured Chiefs. The Ditoh's beautiful residence during the day was the scene cf monrning
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  • 88 12 TO DAY. 1 6.15 p.m. Drill Hall MaximCoXoo Detht .1 do S V R and M C S v n do Veterans Co G G Wage, Captain Actg. Adjutant, S. V. C. A steamer arrived at the wharves yesterday morning from China ports, flying the
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