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

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE THURSDAY, JUNE 21. 1917. NO. 9.089
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  • 255 1 The Bulk of Beater's service to-day consists of Marshal Haig's lucid record of six months fighting before the present movement Page 5. At Paris the position is considered very interesting. Haigi latest wires record activity at various points down river valleys, and much air activity despite a
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  • 1175 1 A German loves to think of himself ag a Kultur traget a bringer of culture to the world. War, no doubt, he will admit, destroys culture but it also creates it it ia in fact the greatest creator of culture known almost one may say it is
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 212 1 GOODRICH TYRES SAFETY TREAD RAFFLES HOTEL SPECIAL PINNER ON SATURDAY. RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM Open from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily RAFFLES BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY The best in town Upconntry orders promptly executed Bread delivered at private residences daily. RAFFLES MOTOR GARAGE Cars Repaired, garaged, and Cars on
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    • 250 1 ALL-BRITISH ROM TYRES USED BY THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE Jjpyk One tyre is as good as another m Only when bottl are "ROMS." BB'"li'\ They not only give more speed, ll\ 1 I more oomi ort and most mileage 111 at least expense, they stand the 1 1 toughest test
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    • 68 1 MASSAGE HALL NO. 233 B NCOOLBN BT. TELEPHONE 10. 1467 OPEN DAILY 6 a.m.— 9. P.m. IE rth Bfflpre "la 1 I I BI gfi Ts| I 1 MASSAGE, BATHS MtNCURE, By Mb. Fvjita, Mrs. Hard asd Many. Absistantb. NOTICE. READY MADE LADIES' PRESSES, BLOUSES SKIRTS etc., MADE TO MEASURE
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    • 85 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Sungei Oan interim dividend Page 8. Trade marks Cardillac and Dort Page 8. Bullock oact numbers lost Page 8. Bankruptcy Chop Liang Ong Page 8. Robinson afternoon tea cloths Page 5. Bandman Opera Co programme— Page 2. Ching Eeng Lee sell Java sugar Page 8. Empire new programme-
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 119 1 THE WEEK. Thoradai 21st. atgh Watet— 0-1 1 a.m.. 11 20 p.m. Italian Circus, Beach-rd, 9.30 p.m. Lodge Eastern Gate, 8. 0 p.m. Meeting of Justices of Peace. Bui an Puata begins. Frldai 22nd High Water 45 1168 p.m. Bandman Opera, Vic Theatre. Italian Circus, Beach-rd, 9. .0 p.m. Sitwdiy
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  • 236 2 Interest In Shipping Circles. The Netherlands Telegraph Company Radio Holland, of Amsterdam", has received ite official st»tua, according tc an announcement in the Stautscourant. A perusal of the list of directors thows that very considerable interest is being taken in the undertaking by the various shipping com
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  • 372 2 A correspondent sends the N C Daily News the following extract from a letter just received from Home. The lady who writes has lost two oat of four brothers who were at the front, one of whom was in the Flying Corps. One of the two re* maining
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 552 2 BOSWPKS ROYAL 'ITALIAN CIRCUS BEACH ROAD SINGAPORE. THE GREATEST SUCCESS ON RECORD The World's Greatest Wonder Show NEXT MATINEE Wed. June 20th BOOK IN ADVANCE AT MODTEIES Not One Animal Not One Act Not One Artiste EVER BEFORE SEEN IN SINGAPORE Electric Lighting Comfortable Seating The Circus de Luxe MATINEES:
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    • 410 2 (TO-NIGBT 9 15) r (TONIGHT 9 15) The most Popular and Famous of all Stories by WILLARD MACK. BED FEATHER PHOTOPLAYS Present THE BROADWAY FAVOURITE CLAIRE MCDOWELL In a Sensational Photo-drama from the story by WILLIRD MACK 1 MIXED BLOOD' This remarkable RED FEATHER PRODUCTION tells an engrossing tale, in
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    • 550 2 POSITIVELY THE LAST NIGHT*^ "MONEY* EVERY HIN AND EVERY WOMAN SHOULD SEP td. AT THE rHI S PIU ALHAMBRa THB PIONEER AKD PREMIER HOUSE OF QUALITY WORLD FILM CORPORATION FFE .fnt-^^ 8 *<>*& A Drama of the People and for :,i, i( A a "MONEY" I In 5 acts of
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  • 620 3 Lesson lor Spain. ijftdriJ, April 80— The Epoca, com otia« on what it calls Mr Lloyd Geora brilliant; speech at the Guildhall, says J? j ltW 3B marked by the two great qaal- a of sincerity and faith in the dead ei of the country. •Mr Lloyd
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  • 103 3 April 26. After being in existinzß for over 30 years the Austrian iron c^tel or trust) has been dissolved in order to avoid a conflict with the new •iws against "profiteering," and aaa result &e shares of ail Austrian iron and steel *orks h va fallen
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  • 88 3 Ci n Bathurst (Wilton, U.), in answer b^ Ccci Harmsworth (Luton, L.), said. A P^iddmafeion prohibiting the exStation of all beer except under licence il! be issued next week. As regards stable spirits— exports in most oases are m »da aot from spirits now manafactnred,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 835 3 HEALTH HELP IN TIME. A great London physician said that half the fatal Illnesses in the world are caused by ■elf-neglect. People allow themselves to become seriously 111, because they do not take c ire of their health when they are only a little out of sores, be said that
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    • 90 3 MF~ "v^a^JQ^K bh 111 Inl o "FIRESTONE." FAMOUS FOR EFFICIENCY. Agents: BRINKMANN CO. BULL DOG LAGER $24 A $20 PER CASE BL'lllSl PER CASE O F I f y^jfcffik&fey AWT IJI 8 DOZ. PINTS. ft^Tw''^ 4 DOZi Q UARTS DUTY EXTRA Sole Importers Huttenbach Bros. Co. AUCTION SALE OF 690
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    • 1190 3 THE SUN6EI GAU TIN MINING CO., LTD Declaration of Interim Dividend and Notice i f Closing of Transfer Books. Notice is hereby given that a Biist Interim Dividend of 7J% has beea dtcUred by the Directors on account of the year ending 31st December, 1917, payable on Friday, the 19th
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 45 4 St. John- Wright —On th« 27th April, at Bancroft" Mitten road. Bexbill on-Rea, the wife of G St. John Wright, of a daughter. Winter. At the Clinic," Devonshire- rd., on the 18th inet. to Mr. Mrs. C. W. Winter of Faloe Bulang, a daughter.
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    • 25 4 John Thomas Harfleet late of the Standard Oil Company of New York. Died ltth June 1917. English and Ceylon papers please copy. mrr inirn
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    • 26 4 Mrs. Chlsholm Robertson wishes toexpress her thanks for the mary beautiful wreaths and flowers which friends gent to the funeral cf her b? loveJ husband
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  • 1241 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, June 21, 1917. Next to the memorable report of General FRENCH, as he was when he sent his first detailed despatch home after the opening of the war, that of Fieldmarshal Ilaig on the operations from November last year to the present time, is probably
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  • 877 4 A telegram from the Resident gives the following particulars. j I regret to announce the unexpected I death of His Highness the Sultan Mabmud c m g, at Kuala Pahang, at about 8 am. on i Tuesday. His Highness sank after a brief illness, the cause
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  • 559 4 Lxfea, Jane 19- K Iltfir tar 4 correbnohUtnt writer at been a series of most violent thntid In tL- battle aren r **a (*<»*• wkieh apt f* iracopt iftliej v DMpiUtfa *H id hotter :i that dunnz thu entire tv^ op.rat.d sere. I, jn a;i^ the tbuud-nng cmcpy
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  • 117 4 WHAT WILL GERMANS DO AN awk^pom!!o7 London, June 19 T f the (tan,*, .^'•'■W eoom r will do !t as o wh the Germ*r. 8 V pcia ted Cs mo,,,. n aw forced aj ttL Btttita In m the Germane will be fotc^ S another line of defence J* fc
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 187 4 JUST RECEIVED FRESH SHIPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN BEER IN HOGSHEADS FROM A WELL-KNOWN BREWERY FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES APPLY TO GALDBEGK MAGGRE6OR GO. HOBBS HART'S SAFES NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED pffl S *®?v^ si 1 The following sizes in Stock. Prices on application Height Width Depth I Height Width Depth 23
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    • 62 4 6. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS Si Orchard Road, Telephone Wo. 1035. The Oldest and Leading Studio. First In 1879, Foremost in 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample and the Requisite Experience, are all at oat Command, thus ensuring always tha production of only the best results in Studio Portraiture, Child Studies,
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  • 275 5 MAD ANARCHISTS IBj Submarine Oabfc] ifi«at«r'i Berries) Petrograd, June 20. Fifty Anarchists w ith three machine guns conveyed in ca os established themselves in -building* m a populous centre of the town. Two pppniiltw of Guards -and Cossack9 sner oQtued shebuildicga and compelled them l 0 isffßlief be
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  • 243 5 Loni:o. June 19 A telegram from Washing: n shvs taut the Government has eiabora:- J p an? for the control of exports. Jir-tiy of eoal aud secondly cf wiaeat. Ic istelicvei ih.»j no coai will be exported to any central which refuses to furnish Great Britain wi:h ora,
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  • 229 5 Union, Jana 19. The Press Bureau *ay3 the KiQ3 desiring that owing to war 1 csnditbna those princes of hU family vrho j his ?ab]ecls, bat baar German names iri titles, shouM relinquish thata and war; surnames, baa therefore C2 ---:r [be following peerages: The &3»5 l
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  • 2048 5 HAIG'S SUMMARY. IBj BnbmariM Oabl«I IBmrter*! B«rvk»] London, June 19. Fieldmarshal Sir Douglas Haig, in a despatch for publication in Wednesday newspapers, covering the operations from Nov 18 1*919 to the I commencement of the present offensive, j affords a connected story and valuable j historical record,
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  • 138 5 Lugano June 19. Constantine with a suite of thirty will arrive here to day. London, June 19. Renter's says Haiti has severed diplomatic relations with Germany. Amsterdam, June 19. Tbe High Court at the Hague has quashed the sentence of three months imprisonment passed on Heer Schroeder, editor of
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  • 340 5 Pekiag, June 18.— The President has ■ent a message to the provinces explaining that he is obliged to dissolve parliament in order to preserve the Republican government, the lives and property ol inhabitants of the capital, and the unity of north and south. He feared that if
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 361 5 ROBINSON Co. /f Afternoon EMBROIDERS and SCALLOPED BORDER %iMSt§&Kr Price $1.50 each. Price $2.25 each. Afternoon Tea Cloths RENAISSANCE LACE M^^&M. Size 36 by 36 MS '€h^<**&-£-**'> y: 'A W* Price 91.5U each. fy m* V. „>^<s.v.r".-r VBT Size 45 by 45 W y Price $2 50 each. \SBi OTHER
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 732 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BOCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND FOR LONDON. For particulars as to rates of freight ai>d passage apply tq McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS? KONMKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSGHAPPM (Incorporated In Holland,) Royal Pacicet Navigation Co., of Batavia. I—3, COLbTOB QUAY. GHDEK OOHTRAOT WITH THE S3TH2KLA.HD3 IHDIA OOVEBSME&B
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    • 602 6 P. O* British India AND rVpcAB Line (Companies Incorporated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. (Unde* Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For: China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. HAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (FOR EUBOPE). I OUTWARD (»OB OHIPA) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE
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    • 732 6 ■BSSiGBRIES KARITjI "ik. lim, Fortnightly service bet««. BMKCH LIRE H2ssr T rTtoeb ««-sMi«.t^ For farther Intctaa&tion r »i, •I. de COURTOIS OSAKA SeoSE^l^r (Incorporated fa .T ft pto) (Ostkt ispeiPtllc Stumble Ca i- KOBE-BOMBAY LINP Tht Company m^aiaice a mJL •ervtoe with Eix ateamew tJS' U fofctoUW noßgkong l e^aVJJiSi?
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  • 1492 7 India is tbe home par excellence" of the mountebank. His name is legion, and (he multitudinous nations and tribea that make the vast population all contribute their quota. Caste and creed make no difference, the high placed Brahmin as well ae the outcaste Dorn swell its ranks. Conjurers,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 589 7 Wab or Peace, Fabuns or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY 18 P THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LUTED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS), HEAD OFFIC& Wlscfcaiter House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: SS, Old lemf. P.C i Oompany aas 530.00Q •enostted with tne Banteme
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    • 516 7 THE HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Office SINGAPORE, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, S 6. Branches ■alacca, 155 First Cross Strest; Mnar, 77/79 Jalan Suleiman. CIPITIL. Registered... $8,000,000. Isened_ »4,0C0,C00. Subscribed 88,500,000. Pald U P »1,750,G00. i BOIKD OP DIRECTORS. Lim Peng Slang Esq Chairman. The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Lee Choon
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    • 545 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO.. LTD. (Incorporated in Now Zealand. riBI lasnranoeß effected on Baildings, Kent and Merohandlse of every description. MAIIII Insorsnoes aooepted to all parts ol the world at lowest sates. VIB 1181 aooepted to all parts. 2. HENRY, Manager. ***** Flilaysoa Brsai. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Go. Ltd. (Inoorporated in
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    • 464 7 HOME REMEDY WHICH WORKS WONDERS IN MAKING SCRAWNY, UNDEVELOPED MEN AND WOMEN PLUMP AND ATTRACTIVE Thin persons, particularly those from ten to thirty pounds tinder weight, will be interested to learn of a marvellous discovery which puts on flesh at the rate of a pound a day in many instances,
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  • 788 8 THE "BROKE'S" ADVENT URE. Midshipman Donald. A Gyles (younger ■on of Mr E J Gyles, of Link View, Mub well avenue, London), tbe heroic midshipman of the destroyer leader Broke, narrated his experiences in the recent naval action off Dover. He eaid I was off watch and aeleep at the
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  • 107 8 Colonel B|*J Ijboldich, in au address to the Asian SoßKißr, advocated the society identifying itselMpth a scheme to associate the Arabs with Baghdad in the future. Sir Edwin Pears said it was essential that the Turks should be separated from the Arabs. This would involve the establishment
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 775 8 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Household Furniture, Gramophone records etc. TO BE HELD AT No 6, DE3KER ROAD, On Saturday, 23rd June, at 2 p.m. Comprising:— Teak writing -e-k. wax-polished teak and rattan standard andarm chairs, teak dining table, very h<uulsome spring -seated drawing room suite npholstered In Bilk tapestry, iron
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    • 324 8 Actual Results are more Convincing than Words* f* The following unsolicited testimonial f of the numerous enthusiastic users fn 0^ V^mk Tyres must strongly appeal to these motl- m^ S^tf^rS/ recognize mileage value as the one and n° i wbo vSHSjSf* of ensuring economical service '^eans Kb S^&ftit To The
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  • 1498 9 Issued by FRASEB Co., Exchange and Share Broken, June 20th. 'All tooutloßß of Stealing Bbuis moat fee regarded u pnrclr ■omlmil lot toe ptowoii Oat. ißßon. Paid -abb Div. fiurams. Snnnms. 100,000 Sa SB Aliases 181% S 8 3 0 879,980 Sa Sa Anglo-Java 10% irt 5
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  • 50 9 (Coshhotbo UP vo Jane 20.) Bt>nb 4 'A.t M 1 4| H dtmctnd 2-4} FltTftSo <!»«dif) 8 bis 8 2 4 13-1? BTv&nst dsmand Bank 818 tSDik, T. T. 3TOJSBEOHe, d4maad 6|%Pren> SBSOSAKA| 109 Java, demand 184$ Back Baying j>J.t4 Bank »%J Site 6^ J»M SflTtv Londsc B9* i
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  • 147 9 June 20 Tin (buyers) 1112.00 G*«n»!«i 16.0C SamftfM Cake No. 1 26. 2C (iasnMtff Ua*« No. f 25.0C Vagyaz Block ordiij. r4'po»« 29.25 Peases, ',WM3» C *!r* 40.00 tf«tiß»gfl (110 la tb» Ifc 42. 0C NvSraege (80 to th« tfc*J 62.00 Macs (Banda) 80. 0C Olovai (Amboina) nom Bali
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 55 9 S. A." WHITE-ANT POWDER FOR USE ON RUBBER ESTATES The Strongest Most Efficient Ant Killer on the Market IT IS ALSO The Most Economical Of All Dealers Or in Original Cases of 1 Dozen. Tins each about 2 lbs. PRICE $14 NETT FROMWE BORNEO CO., LTD. SINGAPORE. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND).
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    • 559 9 STORE-KFEPEP. Store-keeper with god knowledge of building materials required for Singapo>c. Salary $160 per month. Cash weenrity of $300 necessary. First cta^s men active and energetin need only apply in writmg to B. H. P. c/o this paper. 20-6 uc VftNTEO Wireless operators Ijir the* Baraveak Oovernmeat Stations. Apply siaang
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 477 9 MAIL TABLE Today. inieimediate and looal maila. «M be toned Id list below Penang, Malacca, F M.S. (by Train) e y.a dally (ezoept Saaday). Johore, 8. 9.90, 11 a.m., la.ao, I, 4A I P. Batam kP. Bnlang Hock Lira 8.30 a* Cucob Azmere 8.80 am Cacob Soon Hong 8.80 A»
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  • 1033 10 [The dates given are those of (he dee patch of the telegrams from London.] Jane 12. Radical resolutions taken for settlement ot Greek question the real strong hand at last. German submarine with damaged en* gines towed into Cadiz by Spanish torpedoboat. Reval follows Kronstadt's example, ejecting
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  • 413 10 Help lo the New Surgery of War. The news that 1,000 American surgeons are to be sent to Europe affords a further illustration of the foresight of our own Army medical authorities. The policy with which the name of Sir Alfred Keogh is identified in
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  • 85 10 The following donations have been received bj Mr A W Vick at the Chartered Band. Already acknowledged 91,376.50 Mr H R L Dyne 10 Chinese Commercial Bank (G K K2CTS2TSKIWTSI) 6 China Mutual (JCBIDJBI H L 1) 8 91,897.50 JAB Cook, Hon Secretary. A recent
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  • 471 10 Salonika, Jane 20 —King Alexander's proclamation, which M Zaimis counter signed, is severely criticised, especially a passage wherein he spoke of accomplish* ing the sacred mission entrusted him by his father, adhering to the principles of his father's brilliant reign. s Admiral Coodouriotis interviewed, said that the proclamation
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  • 135 10 [By Courtesy or the French Consulate] Paris, Jane 19, 6.20 p.m. The French 8 per cent bonds are at francs 60.25 and the 5 per cent at 88.15. In Champagne we captured trenches on a front of 500 metres. The British progressed in the region of Meeeinee.
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  • 116 10 Rubber, Singapore, June 20. The quantity catalogued for this week's auction amounted to 696 tons. The tone of the market was weak and a further decline in prices has to be recorded. Fine Pale Crepe sold up to 9184 and Ribbed Smoked Sheet up to 9181 a
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  • 104 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. B. Class Single, Badham beat Wilson, B—o, 6—l. Murray beat Mamoli, w.o. Palgrave vs Hetta, postponed to Friday. Hadden beat Dick, 7—5, 6—l. Hill scratches to Swindell. C. Class Single. Wilson vs Terzano, postponed to Friday. Hacker beat King, A 2, 4—6, 6—B.
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  • 95 10 Championship. Wodehouse vs Brown. A Class Single Handicap Tyler vs Dean. Tinsley vs Donnell. Sinclair ve Nathan. Hunt vs Edwards. Milligan (postponed) vs Ruchwaldy. Newcomers Handicap. Leach vs Lecot. Graham vs Gordon. Greig vs Smith. King vs Evans. Hughes vs Fifoot. Martin vs Lloyd. Profession Paibs. Law,
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  • 72 10 A. Class Single Handicap. Doig vs Wodebouee. B. Class Single. Palgrave vs Hesta. Maophail vs Laybourne. Wreford ve de Mello. C. Class Single. Wilson vs Terzano. Lajtou vs Thomson. Holden ve Jones. Sennett vs Hogg. Newcomer's Handicap. Fifoot vs Hughes. Webb vs Mathieson* Maskell vs Marshall. Layboume va
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  • 125 10 Soundness of moral fibre is the distinguishing mark of our race. It has never been tested more sternly than in these days, and the courage of this people's endu ranee is superb. An nnhasting determina tion possesses the nation. Britons take a long view. They set
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  • 34 10 Agents Latham and Co. Kampong Kamunting Tin (output for the first fortnight of June). Hours run both dredges 566 Cubic Yards treated 87,000 Total Pikuls'692 10 Realised on sale 941,510.19.
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  • 115 10 Friday, June 22nd. 5.15 Drill Hall SV A Recruits. *i do SRE v. n it do Maxim Co. 5.10 do Chinese Co. 5.15 Bras Basah Road Malay Co. 5.00 Labrador do Drill Hall SF A Coy. 6.15 n Raffles Institution SVC Band. G G Wace, Captain Actg.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 158 10 C iGAR ETTES, I PACKED IN AIRTIGHT TINS OF 50 II Price $1.00 per Tin I ON BALE AT H KELLY WALSK, Ltd.! RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. I t^^i^MMl i IPllUk^lßlltainiuni I r^^^ Montserrat j I f >^ Lrime Juice I I Th* finest health beverasc U'arraated I jlx^^*— a r^
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