The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 May 1917

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MARCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPOBE MONDAY, MAY, 14, 1917. NO. 89,757
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  • 244 1 Late wire news is given on page 4. Notes on the final training for the Races on page 10. Peek's Java produce report is given on page 5. Important changes ha*e been made m Admiralty administration Page 5. Ibe annual meeting of Trafalgar Planting Co was held
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  • 1427 1 There are many kinds of revolutions, and the latest, the world-shaking event which hae swiftly transformed Russia, is a new variety. There is the merely destruc tire revolution, and there is aUo the crea tive. There are dynastic and national re., volutions. Some are merely local ethers, the outcome
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 272 1 RAFFLES HOTEL RACE WEEK. TUESDAY, MAY 15 SPECIAL TIFFIN DINNER DANCING AFTER DINNER I THURSDAY, MAY 7 7 SPECIAL TIFFIN DINNER I I CINEMA SHOW AFTER DINNER I I SATURDAY, MAY 19 SPECIAL TIFFIN DINNER I DANCING AFTER DINNER. m^^L^^ t^^ m^m M^^^ mm^^^^^^^t^^^^^^^^tLmm\mmm% M^^^^^ mm m m mm^^^^^^A^mm^mm^ _Jh
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    • 98 1 TH E only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts'or punctures. "stciasnr Super-Cyrcs Stelastic Tyres ij are x j Mjj All British 4fcf Made m Britain "JSSfc irom Plantation Rubber. SOLE AGENTS: International Trading Company. Borden's Condensed Milk Sales Co., OF NEW YORK. > <
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    • 143 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Crowtber Sha* foe high class tailoring Page 1. Special concert at tUe Europe hoU 1 Page 1. #Freßh films at the Empire this evening —Page 2. Robinson and Co for race and field glasses Page 5. B P de Silva and Co have a beautiful display of bracelets
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    • 85 1 THE WEEK. Monday 14th. Ulfci\ tVater- >-4< a. is 1-46 p.m. Moon Last Quarter. Jeram Kuantan, noon. Aver Panas, noon. Tnesdaj 15th. High Water- 4 6 a.m., 8 53 pm, Riogapore Assizes. First Day, Kaces. Wednesday 16th. High W*»cr- 5-i8 a.m 6 54 p.m. Thnrsdiy 17th. \\V%h Water -7-7 a.m..
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  • 123 2 Here are more examples of children's ideas of economy, according to Dr Q W Kimmins, Chief Education Inspector of the L C C. Have a good meal while you are about it, and then you can wait a long time. Girls can help by encouraging their parents
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  • 166 2 Mr A Bigland, v p, daclarea that the raw *9aetB of the British Empire are of such stupendous value that it will be poesible to write off the entire expenditure on the present war well within two generations. A soldier with shell shock, deaf end dumb, aeys the Hospital, walked
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 403 2 United Engineers, Ltd. Clients are respectfully requested to give legible receipts for all goods received. Owing to losses occurring from time to time through neither ourselves nor our clients being able to recognise signatures on Delivery Notes, no initials or illegible signatures can be accepted m future. T. C. B.
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    • 969 2 (TONIGHT AT 9.15) A RED FEATHER SUPER-PLAY (TO-NIGHT AT 9.15) POLLY PUT! THE KETTLE ON I A Moving-Picture onion of Helen Bailey's Widely-read Novel PRESENTING DOUGLAS GERHARD— RUTH CLIFFORD LITTLE ZOE RAE *****1 A T 'BTBY OF' WHECI'IOsf ANDMAsIeSy OF UilArvAUI r.KI/idllUN, OFFICIAL WAR GAZETTE I THE SCREEN MAGAZINE PATHE
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  • 683 3 II Editor of the Morning Pjat. comment vous Devonportez you*, Ifcdacteur I That's about the French wheeze which ever caught on public School since ragging Fiench teS s went out of faehion. We bad to voo a^ain jaet to tell you we have L Browne's letter about
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  • 138 3 \rcuci the good world's wide expanse Are places great and small ▼hoee names fair tingle with romance And I would see them all There is Cairo, Fez, and Ispahan. Bjcgkok and Singapore, juie aci Cagayan, I Mi Lahore. raxak and Callao, N and Kandahar, Kkatturu. Rangoon, and
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  • 81 3 He 's is a little tit-bit which eomeone r o:e from France. It seems that a Ocr- j fl ymg man waa captured, and in' Mi with bis guard* he remarked h you all mean by saying w% Ger--3 tive done nothing but slay and ivUh
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  • 780 3 Young Girls Abducted. With the French Army, March 21. I have just come m from Chauny, which the Germans left yesterday. Some of the ruin that they have left behind them m this region was obviously justified by the exigencies of war. At the beginning of
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  • 174 3 The Eist Asiatic Company mentions m its annual report far 1916, just published, that the chief imported articles have been soya beans and other feeding stuffs, raw rubber, Chili saltpetre, teak wood, and other exotic woods m which very large business has been done. In
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    • 372 3 i r^^ S^jr V 3f ;i %»flf When baby needs a food it \r -f z& JB^ W# ma^ help the mother m her VtUlJ^^l c^°i ce to be reminded that Savory Moore's Food is an XlW^~^ old-established, thoroughly re a^ e Fo °d that has been used IpF >
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    • 96 3 TO LET Furnished rooms, Pathrcotu attached near town Apply TINO c/o Free Press U-10 uc TO LET 'loaiio fee. 7 Cb&nofciy Laud Apply la CH.'iG KEIG LSE ft Go., Anotlcac^ II ii TO BE LET. Ltigu k3;l Air; Offloe at No. I, Malaee Sit .of, apauuis. imtuediate Entry. Appiy 6c
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    • 918 3 Police Order made under Section 6 (3) of the 'The Minor Offences Ordinance 1906" for the regulation of traffic at the Race Course, on the occasion of RACE MEETING. 1. Carriages after setting down their pis sengera will be parked m the piece of ground, parallel to Kampong Java Road
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    • 579 3 THE EASTERN EXTENSION A. ft C TELEGRAPH CO., LTD [Incorporated m England] Deferred telegrams to and from Europe and beyond are. temporarily, being forwarded by wire throughout. H K. C. FISHEF Manager, Straits District. 14-5 NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that all Roads within Government House Domain will be closed
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  • 18 4 Murray— On May 11, at PerbentianTinggi Pasir Paojang, to Mr. and Mr*. John H Murray— a eon.
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  • 768 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday. May 14, 1917. Tne wires today arc more than usually confusing. From a military point cf view there is nothing to be disheartened about. On the Western Front the British and French are not merely repelling almost invariably euocessfnlly heavy German attacks, but are making
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  • 445 4 Captain Arthur Cbope, of the Ghurkae, Indian Army son of the late Mr II I Chope who was agent of the P and O m Sings* pore for many years, was present at Buckingham Palace on March 28th to receive bis I) S 0, at the handt of His Majesty
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  • 877 4 (By Bobmarint CabU] [Reater'i Barrim] London, May 18. Marshal Haig Fur tber details of last night's attacks confirm the success of the operations. Consider able enemy forces were observed yesterday evening massing for a counter attack m the neighbourhood of Bullecourt They were i ffectively dtalt with by
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  • 270 4 SHARP WARNING T G STRIKERS King to Yisltjhe North .It* Bubmaniie CsvbW] [K*ot*n Bwtu*] Lomi-n, May 11 Tl. fXectlt raittee of the U U ca*l Amalgamitu Las •"rooa^ ■IS J •OCItAKHii for aiplcyers iKoposal t do for e.gbt days at Vb.s the grave outlook m the co»to The
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  • 148 4 London. May 11- Victoria Cumin to been awarded to the Australian Capfcit Percy Cherry, previously awaidd ii Military Cross. After ell other offices* his company bad become catnaltut it cleared a village of the enemy, belief most resolute and heavy coanteratttefc He was wounded io the morning bat*
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  • 77 4 London, May 11.— The Tinief w?« the reorganisation of the kiait complete. The first, second and tw* Sealorda will be relieved of depart** work connected with the proriltoi material and citil administration. T* will now devote their whole attend 1 strategy and consultation with tke lord. Sitnnltaneoutly the
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  • 44 4 Lcndoc, May 10- l I The raar^ London, May X port «a\e that the market is mort^ price having a droorn >; tendency ov; little competition foi c offer. til Uf.J m tbe v :-y of k Lou<: > 11 I event of lot i
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  • 25 4 PMi^ May 11 !lc^ May 6 the Nri*«li -g| and d. t buuk cat over mi tone; lit Mirchi fully I suuk.
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  • 15 4 gue, May 11. boom has ntifo«4 i Chamber paebitfi v protesting sgan.Landetunu c
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 Vrvi ill 1 Ix iw E f fed i Ml 4^ BL B s SCOTCH WHISKY J? Jls prepared for &xporL \J EXTRA SPECIAL, GOLD LABFL. O SPECIAL VERY OLD. WHITE LABU- wj Proprietors Bulloch. Lade Co., Lid. OFFICES: GLASGOW ad LONDON. A \jQ t SPORTS OUTFITS "JAELANCO" "DOHERTY" M\\
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    • 128 4 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIBTS Sa Orchard Read, Telephone No. 1055. The Oldest and Leading Studio. Flrßt In 1872, Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and the Requisite Experience, are all at on Command, thus ensuring always the prodnc tion of only the best results m Studio Portraiture,
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  • 258 5 GERMAN ATTEMPTS TO REGAIN GROUND Failure and Heavy Losses B? etabnuuia* Cable] ;(Uat*r't S*ttau«] ,-odon May 11— Renter's corresponrters s.*y» thai artilleiy up -.any eneruv y««teiu»y night, notably two re? -;uth of the Souchez BMMIhItVM and large 1 wera employed. The ■out determined -brooded by
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  • 239 5 I Uodoc May 11. A French communi* mints: We carried the centre of resis [luce m the region of Chevreux. Grenada leMattr attacks broke down under our fire. IVtnpoJted a stronger attack on the salient Lrtbeais of the California plateau after PMy fighting m which the
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  • 45 5 r 11 In the Reichstag, J that hopes regarding ;.t should not .hing was available i wae new makiug I I for neutrals, there■Ml be entirely §elf de I*? A Berlin semi official I I hancellor will speak aims on Tuesday.
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  • 27 5 TH E AGE LIMIT OF SERVICE 11.— The War Office anting Within a week of two W attestation, one I not over forty 'i^rriid cr single between :>.
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  • 23 5 »»j ii.— UDlCuarieS Ur n D H r j, 1>? ai *:hcc of many divinity works: 1 Folding h^ill Mr Frederick 1>
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  • 495 5 NO PEACE FOR TYRANTS Extreme Socialists' Dreams £By (fobmarin* OabU] [Router's BwTioa] Petrograd, May 11. The anniversary of the opening of the first Duma was celebrated by an extraordinary sitting of I the members who all attended together with the Government officials and diplomatists. M Kodzianko's speech was
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  • 25 5 Patrograd, May 12. Dragorairoff, a young and brilliant general, eon of the celebrated strategist, succeeds Russky m command of the northern front.
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  • 226 5 Allied Attacks Succeed London, May 11 A Bulgarian com munique gives a very lengthy account of the fighting west and north of Monastir acd singles out the British attacks south of Doiran, which it describes as most persistent, four being made between nine m the evening
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  • 24 5 The new railway time sheet showing the service from May 15 has be-?n issued there are no alterations m the Singapore or Jobore district?,
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  • 253 5 BALFOUft'S GREAT RECEPTION International Liberty {By Submarine Cable] [Renter 1 Serriot] New York, May 12.- Enormous entbu ■iasm marked the arrival rt the Balfour mission. The streets wura packed with cheering crowds. The M^\ r receiving the Mission at the City Hal!. expre«ted their admiration and
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  • 86 5 ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION. The following donations have been re ceived by Mr A W Vick at the Chart?^ Bank. Already acknowledged 51 18 H E Sir Arthur Young 10 Per Free Press J W 23 do W M 5 W E Hooper 5 Mayo 5 Paterson, Simons and
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  • 36 5 Thb Hon. Treasurer, Mr A W Vick, Char tered Bank, acknowledges receipt of fur ther contributions. Already acknowledged 916,771 W O A, Kelantan 50 L 1 > Archer 50 F H Myers 25 16,886
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  • 91 5 Batavia, May 11. Ruuhek. The Rubber Market remains tbe same as last week with the following prices First Latex Crepe per half kilo F 1.75 Ribbed Smoked Sheet per half kilo F 175 Outputs (75".. Firsts) per half kilo F 170. Coffee This Market has advanced,
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  • 192 5 Kuala Sawah 5,653 total 4 mouths '23 398. Malacca 299,700. Lieutenant A S Middleton Best, i< c, who has been killed m action, aged 31 years, was the sacoud son of Mr and Mrs C W Rest, of Penbryn, Brecon, South Wales, whote youngest son, Lieutenant
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  • 613 5 NAVAL METHODS DISCUSSED The Food Position [By Submarine Cable] [Renter'i Berrioe] Lor. don. May 11— The Press Bureau, account of the secret session of the Com mons p;iTi Mr Chnrrbill dealc m general with the Duviil and military situation, eepecial'y Rtifti**i position, tbe develop ment of tiio
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  • 207 5 London, May 9. In the House of Commons, Mr J'.on ir Law euid that the desire of tbe enemy, indeed a feeling of necessity on his part to preveui our advance was Bbown m tbe extreme violence of bis counter attacks, one of which yeeterduy night resulted
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  • 22 5 Tbe Times of Indi* Illustrated Weekly has an interesting page, with four photo* graph?, of Kuala Lumpur m flood on March Bth.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 148 5 ROBINSON Co Race Field Glasses COMPLETE IN LEATHER SLING CASES (6IMIULB 10 ILLUSTBiXIOSQ MfcrMMriirtHTriltfT i mm I THE SINGAPORE STRAITS HOUSEKEEPER'S DAY BOOK. Names of Artic'c: m Bafiiafc with phonetic i n^nlMl io Malay r.K 118 Bazaar Account 02 w eks), Cook Cash Account, Bocf and Mutton Aocoaut unobie 8
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 722 6 •ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUGKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN BNGLANI\ FOR LONDON. Vox particulars as to rate 9 of freight and passage apply to McALISTER 0o. y Ltd., AGENTS! R.OYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA (KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY) SPECIAL 5000 TONS TOURIST STEAMERS FBOM JAVA TO AUSTRALIA BATAVIA— SOUR
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    • 540 6 \3. British India AND Apcar Line (Companies In corf orated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract wltn His Majesty's Government.) For! China, Japan, Penang. Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (FOR EUBOPB). I OUTWABD (FOB Omul INTERMEDIATE DIRECT
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    • 894 6 NY M I. 11. JAPAN MAM STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd llnoorporated Is Japan) EUROPEAN LIKE A service is maintained between f oaofcaai via ports to Maraeilles, London, anfler ma* oontract with the Imperial Japanese Gcvcr* ment. The New Twin screw Steatsert maintaining this rervloe have been ppedrlif designed and constructed, and
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  • 1658 7 An Appreciation by Harry Lauder. Jamas Milne writes m the Daily Chronicle. That I, for puir auld Scotlani'6 sake. Some useful plan or book might make Or eing a sang at least So wrote Robert Barae, and so sang Harry Lauder to himself, long, long ago, whi'a
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 554 7 Wab or Peace. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY §S P HE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SKTTLEMCXiTS). HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 52, Old Jowry. rx Oompaar WO JOC flevoefted with toe Supreme Coon
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    • 515 7 THE! HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Office SINGAPORE, RAFfLES CHAMBERS, S &B. Branches Malacca, 153 First Cross Street; Huar, 77/79 Jalan Suleiman CAPITAL. Registered— f8,000,000. Iseued.~ »4,0(0,i00. Subscribed $3,500,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Lim Peng Siang Esq Chairman. The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Lee Chocn Ouan Esq. Tan Cheng Lock
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    • 495 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m New Zealand. fflSl InBnvanoeB effected on BaUdings, Bent and Merchandise of every description. MUBIII Insurances accepted to all parts cl the world at lowest vatee. VII lI BX accept od to all parts. J. HBHBY, Manage*. Offices 2, Flßlaysoß Breei. NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE
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    • 156 7 ALLIANCE ASSURANCE So. Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) Aooumnlfttud Fonda exceed M tU.000.000 FIRE 4 MOTOR CIR RISKS. insurances effected at rates of premium which will be found favourable to the Insurer. PiiarsoD Slmoos k Co., Lid. IgnU. (Incorporated m England.) Aag. 4 ac SUARQIAN ASSURANCE Co. Ltd. (Incorporated m England.)
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    • 158 7 To be Shot at Sunrise wonld seem a welcome relief to many who suffer the red hot pain thrusts of neuralgia. There are the hopeless torture- wracked beings who live m the shadow of constant dread of the stabbing, twisting, unbearable sue den pains and spasms of neuralgia. LITTLES ORIENTAL
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  • 801 8 Public Opinion Reidj for the Policy Public opinion, we are justified m saying, realises that the White Paper containing the resolutions passed by the Balfour Committee, is one of the most nn portantand far reaching document* placed before Parliament m recent years. The committee, it will be remembered,
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  • 1740 8 R'ng X tan Dec 818,700 Kamasan, Dec 146,686 44,129 K'muning, June 816,927 68,848 292,038 jKaparPaw, Dec 761,720 61,709 886,276 Kapayang 166,688 9,864 88,707 Kapoew**. 184.0C0 Karak, Dec 206,407 19,464 78,687 Karan, 114,848 9,250 88,681 Kedab, April 52C.942 82,622 159,626 Kelemafc, May 118,184 18,281 57,620 Kempac, Ju c
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  • 186 8 In above list tbi monthly totals for Jau m *hich the Company > rea **Z*Zlt* after the name. Third column "fjjjil 1917 total to date and second co^Jl^ of the past month. Every eadaiJJ* to get the figures accurate bat I JL y guaranteed. Managers and Afitnt by
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 290 8 Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR AN AMERICAN CAR NEEDING NO APOLOGY. IT IS BOUGHT ON ACCOUNT OF ITS MERITS. Just over two years ago Dodge Brothers enjoyed an enviable repu tatioa as manufacturers of a very large volume of motor car parts. This reputation aroused expectations on the part of the
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    • 72 8 MARTINS f French Remedy for all \n kfularUUa. Thousand* AM keep a boi cil Martin's PilU m tTi* house, so that on tlw tr*. Up of aur Irregularity of tl.r Sjrstrm a t.mely ,!oie m.-,y U BdiaMMMStL Th <*c lw> use tiiein rficommend thrm, hen-e the* rii'mions v«le. At all
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  • 1505 9 Issued by FR VSEK A Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, May 12th. •All t uoUtloaa of Sterling Bburta most fee regarded as purely ■omlnai tor me pieeen iiUBBER ST&&L.INQ COMitrANi&B. OAf IBBUK FAIT GAM SIT. SUTBBB. SlbbCRI 100,000 ll I* l»'sj»» lit* 3 c 8 0 879,980
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  • 50 9 iCOBB»CP«n uf tc May 12.) Saafc m}§ J 48 d jT?«n« 24^ ?Bfvati« aKtdilz «ra 24$ Fiano* demand Bark 818 Isou, T. T, 2or.'Ci:GMa, demaad ll^bPrerr FOEOUAMA, der-vd 109 V.7», s«maad 135a Sa-.'ucci:, damac? 65$ ir^-Baiot's, F-*ni< tnvu g |fl.i4 363k oS Bafland Kf te .>. 6% «'!*u Loo-?
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  • 151 9 May 12 Tin (125 tons) 1112 50 Carifc!*a 15.5f 3ainklc* Cafcu No. 1 26.25 Gftm&it? Cute No. 21.00 F'e;<pss Black o>.d:n. B'ptM 81.00 ?e/?r»«i IWiritt f»i»l 87.76 ScVentfi (110 13 tbi !k 42.00 Xa'zoagi '80 to tht Ik.) 52. C0 Htee (Banda) 80. CC Oioves (Amboina) v.cHeul *offat (4%
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  • 36 9 Left Bingapo-e Due m London Arrived Feb 28 1/ April I Mar 9 A O jpril 9 Mar IT P. AC rH H ilar 23 8.1. April 80 ilar 2i i\ &C. May
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  • 61 9 t aoiifiui. May, 11, 9 kM. 8 P.m 8 P.M. ZWKOLntak 89 82D It 7!2 19.771 ?Wtfc 78 5 BC.O 79.0 We* Btl*» T IS 5 7«.0 77 0 n,. tvw gw g W Calai Xto&lf w j 63.5 Ml 2. M flu. 63.5 Mkx. (x Sob imu
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  • 46 9 bSa3M on Fort n&nnlng acfl Moqbi I fircp daily at I p.m., Singapore ßtandMd •Jde, dßßtap to 6 a.m. Greenwich tseac tin 1 ugm l« fired at II o'oloofe uccD, tudicatic^ b ngapore bcand&rJ time, on every £*w exctptlrg Banday. wbec It Is lived ccc o'cu-cb
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 263 9 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. 4cetlC Acid. 99 per cent pure. 4Ut Fumigators ("Four Oaks") and Sulphur Powder. irsenite of Soda for killing out lalang. < s1 nail's Best Copal Varnish. Cartridges. Nobel 'B own loading with sportBallistite which holds more pigeonshooting records than any other powder. Pistol' brand m
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    • 133 9 MASSAGE HALL; NO. 239 BiNCOOLES BT. TELEPHONE No. 1467 OPEN DAILY 6 «.m.-9. p m MASSAGE, BATHS MANICURE, By Mr. Fujita, Mrs Ha.ru and Many Assistants. Gaggino&Co. (Established 1876). No. 6, 7, 8, MALACCA STREET. VICHY SPRINGS Property of the French Government The State Springs of Vichy Water are Celestins,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 263 9 MAIL TABLE To day. Intermediate and local ui»iih, w»i. be iou«c Id list below Penang, Malacca, F M 8 (by Tvaio) 6 9 v daily (nxcept Bnsday). Johoie, 8. 9.30, 11 a.m ia.se, 1 1a 8 f.u. Gncob Soon Hong 8.80 a* P. Batam 4P. Balang Hock Lim 8.80 am
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    • 86 9 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. The folio wirg pa^sengtrs have am red m Singapore Mr Peterkiu, Mr Jclendowski, Vr L God win. Mr Mrs Loggar. Mr Mrs McCulloch. Mr F Aarren, Mr J WUfc< r, Mr R Thorburn Me D r<MJHMII, Mr J Craiggy, Mr G ldkarp, Mr F Piiester, Mr H Lack,
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  • 614 10 The seventh ordinary general meeting of Trafalgar. Limited, was held at the offices of the Company m Prince Street at noon, on Saturday, Mr W M Butebart pre siding. Others present included Messrs A P Cameron, H W Noon, W P W Ker, C C Cruttwell (for the
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  • 293 10 me vaiue 01 pontenets acd courtesy i* always a high one. Irksome conditions daring war can at least be made enduiable if officers entreated with an unpleasant duty carry it out m the way Bios describes m Furlough Sketchefi m the Sumatra Post. Describing the examination of passports on the
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  • 19 10 Aa dejected as the root of your tongue." But it is cot." "Always down m the mouth, ain't it
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  • 268 10 The annual meeting of the Singapore branch of the above was held on Saturday at half past t«v*»ve m the Exchange room the linn Mr F M Elliot presiding over a small attendance including Messrs A Agoew, D V Perkins, W Makepeace, Uon Mr C I Carver.
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  • 185 10 His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following ap pointments m the Coast Defence Volunteers Force, with effect from the Ist May. Lieutenant Commander Bertie Angelo Cator, m to be m command of the Coast Defence Volunteers m the Straits
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  • 224 10 One of the many interesting examples of women's work m war time now being exhibted at the Royal Colonial Institute is a galvanised eteel chain visor. It hangs on a thin ettel rod round the front of the steel helmet and forma a complete covering for
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  • 142 10 At the Europe Hotel this week on Thurbd-.y and Saturday evening a concert m aid of the Blinded Sailors and Soldiere fund and the Union Jack Club will be given fjr which special attractions are' announced. i A Ga/.ttte extraordinary issued en Saturday Rives details of passport regulations regarding Indians
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  • 332 10 THE F M S RECRUITS. We have received from Headquarters, Fort Canning, (m continuation of the Colony's figures as regards* men enlisted since the beginning of the year) the figures regarding the F M S. The communication is too long for reproduction this morning but the essential statistics
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  • 499 10 Mr Charles Emereon preeiJed at (he annual general meeting of the Rubber Grower*' Association (Incorporated) held on March 80. After giving some details m regard lo the work of the organisation j itself, he went on to speak on the subject of Excess Profits and the
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  • 82 10 It is authoritatively stated that the famous battleship Goeben, which came under the Turkish flag under circumstances still fresh m the public mind, has been scrapped, the damages ehe had received m two years' war having been so extensive that she became unfit for even the Turkish navy, which is
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  • 772 10 There waa a large attendance at the race course on Saturday morning to watch the last training gallops of the spring race meeting on the coarse proper. There was a good deal of mist during the latter part of the training the course was good going and many
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  • 81 10 The Empire cinema this evening screens The Road to Ruin," a great moral lesson, a Wjfflos comedy, the latest war pictures, and other new films. Polly Put the Kettle On was a picture which everyone enjoyed at the Palladium on Saturday night. It was a unique and entirely
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  • 63 10 TO DAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles A Class. Mrs Vowler and Mr Tinsley owe 15 ts Mrs Ridout and Mr Mngliston owe 3. SINGLES HANDICAP. Mrs Griffiths owe 8 v* Mrs Thomas rec 15.2. Champiokbhip Pairs. Mies Richardson and Mr Cameron vs Mrs Uiair and Mr Stout.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 159 10 PATRONIZED EsSl^ Bracelets and Bangles OP EVERY DESCRIPTIONPlain Gold and Platinum, B. P. PR SILVA^s., C A. RIBEIRO CO., LTD j HAVE NOW IN STOCK A SMALLQUANTITYOF GREASEPROOF PAPER j IWALUABLE FOR PACKING GAMBIER, RUBBER, BUTTER, ETC., AND FOR CULINARY PURPOSES. PINKETTES relieve sickness, headaches and constipation due to change
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