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

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. **m i .»»^»»< KEN CENTS SING.APORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1917. NO. 9,140
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    289 1 Very serious and general fighting continues m Flanders and the fate of Lens is considered settled, by the holding of Hill i 70. The Canadians are well m their new positions Page 5. The Frenoh are also safely and strongly m possession of Langemarck, and have <
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    GOOD-BYE TO THE YPRES SALIENT.
    1167 1 My dear Fritz, The familiar use of your Christian name argues no undue familiarity on my part. I employ it because, where formerly the name spoke to peaceable Britons of a golden -bearded Prince who wooed and won an English Princess, to our Empire m
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      215 1 GOODRICH TYRES S. -ETV TREAD FOR SALE LINDE ICE PLANT. (1). Linde Compound Ammonia Ice making or Cold Storage Machine complete Direct coupled with steam engine. Diameter of Compressor Cylinders sin. B£in. Stroke Bin. of Steam n Bin. Stroke lOin Capacity about 2 tons of ice per day. m Crompton
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      148 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. (INC(fjRPORA.TED IN HONGKONG). THE EVERYMAN a selection of 100 poems BY FNfiVRI HPAFMA ELU wheeler wilcox LIIUIULUrHUIIIH Bonnd m velvet Calf. $1.00 A reliable and accurate re- fHE VISION SPLENDID ference book, containing the A new book o{ verBe by fullest and latest informa- JOHN O XENHAM
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      26 1 TRY j GutlerPalmer&Cos. SHERRY PORT MARSALA MADEIRA. RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST. Obtainable at:— SWEE LEE CO. 15, CROSS STREET. Wine Spirit Merchants Wholesale and Retail. a
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      2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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      194 1 B> LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. A communication tor Messrs Emmons ani Filok Page I, Steamer for Bombay about the 22nd Page 8. Bullock cart plates lost— Page 8. Notice re Straits Bill -posting Co— Page 4. Furnished bungalow m Tanglin to let —Page 9. Tenders for recreation room Page 8. Dividend of
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    "ON LES AURA!"
    235 2 "ON LES AURA Soldat Jacques Bonhomme loquitur:— See you tbat stretch of shell-torn mud spotted with pools of mire, Crossed by a burst abandoned trench and tortured strands of wire, Where splintered pickets reel and sag and leprous trench rats play, That scour the Devil's hunting ground tc seek their
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    DESPERATE BURBGLAR.
    124 2 Bombay, July 81. A burglar, finding himself cornered by two policemen on Sandhurst Road m the early hours to day, attacked both with a knife, murdered one on the spot, seriously injured the other and made good his escape. It appears that the police had made special arrangements
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    152 2 m A Kuomintang paper has stated that 910.000,000 has been subscribed by the merchants of the Straits Settlement for military expenses, while 76 field-guns, 450 machine guns and 38,000 rifles, all of which had previously been ordered by Dr Sun from a certain Power, are on the way to Canton.
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      832 2 LOOKING OLD TOO SOON.! Too many girls and women look old long before they shoald. Their faces become pale and draws, wrinkles appear, and their eyes lack brightness. Can it be wondered at, when they so frequently have headaches, backaches and a general feeling of wretched* ness and weakness? From
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      1208 2 SPECIAL QUALITY PILmF *****^ Something New. Something Different. Something out of AT THE QTt »«IHj^ ALHAMBR& Tbe Pioneer aid Premier House. Tbe House of Quality g Special Ince Kay -Bee Production Presents MiSS BILLIE BURKE Europe's Strong Favourite, Qaten of tbe Si eot Drirta, UoUeed b li i who have
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    CANADIAN RAILWAY PROBLEM.
    409 3 New York, May 10. cresting suggestion made by the Tbfl i f azette" that the Canadian rail vem ahould bs solved by the na- iyP r g ot the National Transconti yoaali^*^ ocaad Trunk Pacific systems ceD al facing the Canadian Paciflo to •""J bF lD the
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    EXCITING EXPERIENCE IN A LAUNCH.
    186 3 The weather on August Bank Holiday spoilt many launch picnics at Hongkong. One launch— the Vacuum had a very nplewant experience m the afternoon. She was observed near Capsuimun head tng for the open sea. The weather was ie rough that she was apparently unable
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    A SERIOUS BURGLARY.
    166 3 aa u?3iar y oa an extensive scale was w?' ::ec dariD X the early hours one r* J corning m a shop m College Ca;cu:ta belonging to two hide c2aat3 wh j were robbed of cash notes to the value of Rs JJ J Q Saturday night
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    83 3 Ifr;^~ ac military authorities have fed tb at it shall henceforth be iaDd^*"dB to increase rents of P C Bor tilB Promises of email *cc of f,' 9 Wl -bout the express permisary headquarters. Neither *te er L aev lea3e be entered into until ***s Qt 9 ars officially approved.
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      2 3 Proposed Nationalisation.
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      34 3 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE AUTUMN RACE MEETIN6 j (UNDER 8. R. A. RULES OF RAGING) j Wlltlt BS HELD OH Tuesday the 16th, Thursday the 18th, land Saturday the 20th ot Oct 1917, I
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      674 3 I NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Anglo-Chinese Dispensary begs to announce that on and after August 15th, business will be carried on at the new premises at 303. North Bridge Road next to comer of Bras Basah Road and opposite the Medical Office I 158 15.9 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be
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      674 3 TRA SITS MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD. The half yearly meeting will be held m the Guild Rooms on Thursday 23rd August 1917, at 7 p.m, sharp. By Order. 90-8 938 NOTICE. The Power ot Attorney granted to Mr. T. Ck Hay dated Deoember 23rd 1915 is hereby revoked. BOTTENBACH BROTHERS ft
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      726 3 f DRILLERS. Will Messrs Emmons and FJick, en route tor Rangoon, commuolcate with v essrs Paterson, Bimons ft Co.. Ltd., Singapoie. a1 8 2S S PABSA6E TO BOMBAY. Accommodation available for Ist and 2nd class passengers for Bombay, sailing about the 22nd Instant.; For passage apply to Mr. I. A.
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      969 3 PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 16th Octobeb, 1917. 1 THB JCALAVA PU RSE-2-30 pm. Value 9400 and $100 to the Second Pony. A handicap for all Pmles 14. i and under which I have not won a race other than a pony race since 'st January. 1917. Entrance Fee 990. j
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      183 3 3*6. THB MERCHANTS' PLATE and STAKES— 2-30 p m. and 4-80 p m. Value of each Stake $600 and SlOO to each i Second Horse. A Handicap for all Horses that have ran at the Meeting. The horses may be divided by the handicapper into two classes i.e., A and
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    Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE.
    21 4 Domestic Occurrences. MARRIAGE. Cowan-Maltman.—On th 2lst June, at St. Andrew's Church, Liverpool, BESJAMIN Cowan, of Singapore, to Henrietta Maltman, of Liverpool.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, August 21, 1917,
    929 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, August 21, 1917, It will be a rather remarkable result of the war if air traffic for commercial purposes comes into being, first as loog distance travelling instead of working up through the regulation short distance journey of the original railway train or steamer into
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    1124 4 O C W must send his name and address before his letter oan be published. Information has been received that the red light on the Middleburg Reef is cot burning. The theft of a bullock cart belonging to Neo Put Tee of Upper Serangoon rd has been reported. A flue
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    228 4 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. LBt Courtesy of7heFbI Sch Paris 18th August «^J n tinned to progress on th. road from Bixechoote to U «k the right back of the IIJNk J the elements of trenche. £ILSi Bois dee Caurieres had kj? The British r. pul ej on the BortkffMl of Hg
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    DO WE BELIEVE IT?
    317 4 J The Straits Settlements, sets tke f* j liehman, is a business like littie _2 dency and it carries out iv *&rai; ttl j business-like manner. It has dccii j increase ite war contribution ancmfci half a million sterling and to voodei other financial aid which
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    "OUR DAY,'
    160 4 "OUR DAY, If Mr F S James wishes thi" Cow go one better than the very lit put up for "Our day last year.*Straits Echo, be will organisation to look after W* m to this ancient Settlement m P"°P sona and run a "whirlwind carcf*^ Penang. Province Welleeley Lesser lights
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    NAVAL OFFENSIVE ACTION.
    30 4 Lahore A Civil and Mi,^ who f*ri*s quotes Mr archibalc Hard f a scheme propounded V jH and under consideration— Allies would pool tbeir m set aside
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      179 4 Rainier I THE FAMOUS American Beer SHIPMENT JUST LANDED Per case of 4 Dozen Quarts $20.50 Per case of .6 Dozen Pints $18.50 DUTY INCLUDED CALDBECK, MACGRE6OR k CO. ROLL TOP WRITING DESKS i ■-••'■—j'— —-.-"-Sp m ffm ■■Ml &joWn Hi-" SBIR^BB^SH^K 'Wp-'fi maUe Jm A j* ■cw—^bhbbbbS--^ seJfiflMH- if¥«
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      117 4 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 81 Orchard Road, Telephone 10. 1035. The Oldest aid Leading Studio. First In 1879, Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and the Requisite Experience, Are all at ont Command, thus ensuring always the produo* lion of only the best results m Studio Portraiture,
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    POSITION IN FLANDERS
    603 5 BN D OF STATIC WAR Views of the Experts rßt Submarine Cable] [Ranter's Samoa] a-io 19.— Reuter'e correspon* London, AJ t headquarters m France telegraphs, Dg the situation at Lens We domi- onproachee to tba town, Bate J3 can reader communication tfi r n 3st to the
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    THE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE
    150 5 T HE ITALIAN OFFENSIVE tendon, Aug 20.— The Italian offenaive j* 8 likely to develop into a fierce fight Trieste. J-Aoorna la employing tho now familiar: ■jjjja of the Allies of pouring m a terrific .y*l fire on the front, while air bomb- I °P- and communications m the 'Ur.
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    LIABILITIES IN BAGDAD.
    55 5 :jj c Calcutta. Aug 8. secretary 0 f State for India haa B^V U toe dUcharge of liabilities m lti (J? a PP*"oved Indian firms provided I p^* tor 9 m Bagdad are approved by "Wo" 1 ment of lQdift There iB no &TSW a° la dian
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    OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
    476 5 LIVELY WORK ALL ROUND Haig's Laconics £By submarine Oablel {Beater's ■ervios] London, Aug, 19.— Field Marshal Haig reports: We captured trenches m the neighbourhood of Guillemont farm, southeast of Epehy. We raided positions southwest of Havrincourt and inflicted heavy casualties. Enemy aircraft on Thursday and Friday nights bombed
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    TALES OF ATHENS
    293 5 Athena, Aug 20. A White Book haa been published confirming the existence of a secret agreement of the last Gove's old regime and the Central Powers, which shows that Skoaloudis tried to hoodwink the Allies regarding the affairs of the Rupel Pass, where the whole Greek garrison
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      DOES GERMANY DOUBT?
      98 5 {By Bahama-fine Oablel IRevter'e Service] Amaterdam, Aug 19. Mr Lloyd George's speech of Aug 16 eeema to have vastly impressed German circles. The Frank-furter-Zeitung declares tbat no intelligent man m Germany ever asserted Britain oould be subdued by starvation. It points out that Dr Helfferich'e statements are
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    ENGLISH RAILWAYMEN
    96 5 London, Aug 19— Sir A Stanley met the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen to day and repeated the pledge he gave yesterday that government control over the railways would continue for a period after the war, and immediately hostilities ceased the men's demands for a shorter
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    German Munitioners
    35 5 Amsterdam, Aug 19, The Lokal an zeiger says several hundred workmen at Erupp's works at Magdeburg struck work owing to the arrest of one of their leaders charged with distributing strike hand bills.
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    CONGRATULATIONS
    164 5 London, Aug 19. M Kerensky replying to Mr Lloyd George's war anniversary messages says Russia will use all her efforts to surmount difficulties m the way of a close union with her allies to secure a laeting peace and the triumph of jus tice. Paris, Aug 20. King George
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    AMERICAN FOOD & MONEY
    117 5 AMERICAN FOOD MONEY Washington, Aug 19. The Food Ad ministration announces the American aupply of wheat ia four hundred million bushels below requirements of the Allies and neutrals, but there is a large surplus of other cereala. It therefore recommends that Americana consume less wheat and more of the others.
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    GERMANY'S PEACE TERMS
    180 5 Mr Gerard's Revelations London, Aug 20 Mr Gerard, continuing i his revelations m the Daily Telegraph, gives the German idea of peace. He says that he never could get anybody to state m definite terms when asked whether Germany was willing to withdraw from < Belgium The
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    MOTORCAR CASES.
    840 5 FINES FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING AND OTHER OFFENCES. The senior magistrate, Mr W Langham tarter, waa occapied yesterday morning' n hearing numerous prosecutions against Irivere of motorcarß for different offences. npector Hills, of the Traffic Office, prosemted. An Orchard rd Accident. Mohamed Yahya, of Orchard-rd, was iharged with driving
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    KAMPONC KAMUNTING TIN.
    32 5 Agents Latham and Co. The following was the output for the first fortnight of August 1917. Hours run 2 Dredges 616 Cubic Tarda treated 88,000 Total Pikuls 528.28 Rea-
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      143 5 ROBINSON Co. f -^_zr "aa Hand made E*yypt:*srj, Turkish and Virginian Cigarettes No. 14. Egyptian Cigarettes m tins of 50 No. 16. 50 25 No. 11. Turkish 50 No. 7. Virginian 50 &25 "Abdulla Cigarette Specialists New Bond St. London. AGENTS ROBINSON Co. FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. Printers. Office: 13, COLLYER
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      739 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. BLLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND! 1 1 11 ■mn BW— FOR LONDON. For particulars aa to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd.. AGENTS ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA (KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY) SPECIAL 5000 TONS TOURIST STEAMERS FBOM JAVA TO
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      560 6 Jl Oa British India AND A.PCAR JLIINE (Companies Incorporated (be England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST lOF BOMBAY are at present suspended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON are at present suspended.
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      576 6 k%m M Km* JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. (Inosasotmsefl la Japan*. EUROPEAN LINE. A aetvlee te malnttatniWl between YoKori&i,* via pons to Matseliles, DonAon, ondet Dial contract witb the Imfertal Japanese Govera ment. The Hew Twin aetew Steame*. malntalnine this aetvlee have been special^ designed and eonsltncted, and sre neSee
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      199 6 M M BESSiGERIES MtpJ*. < IrownuTi J/J?" I**1 ■UL un sSF-'stftite. "^S BRIRCH USE, Fortnightly servlcebetw*>„ c Haiphong. n« weea Sa^.* For further Information^^ J- te COUBTrjii Stoomvaart Mutschn^^ and Rottenlam iiiy^ (Incorporated ln Eoll&H BOY4L DUTCH UIL CO|p Ult| Fortnightly Mail Service Between Java, Singapore, Hongkonj, w, j Nagasaki,
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    MANILA'S COMMERCIAL AMBITIONS.
    186 7 The announced purpose of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to make Manila the distributing point for United States goods m the Far East ia welcomed by merchants there, aa it points to the accomplishment of an object tbat has been predicted and consistently advocated by Manila Merchants
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    Market Price List.
    447 7 Singapore, Aug. 20th, 1917. Beans, Long per catty 10 do. French do —10 Beef perlb. S4 Beef Steak do J6 Bean Sprouts per catty OS Bamboo Sprouts do 04 Blachan do 14 do 08 Cabbage, Bata via do 28 do. China do nil do. Baited do 09
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    ABDUL THE DANNED.
    204 7 Count Mijatovich, for over thirty years a leading Serbian politician and diplomat, m his new book The Memoirs of a Balkan Diplomatist devotes a whole chapter to Abdul Hamid which will help to destroy the Radical legend of that aetute Sultan's unspeakable wickedness. The Serbian Minister found
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    AMERICAN STOPS MUTINY.
    176 7 Straight Talk to Russian Sailors. Petrograd, June 28. Admiral Olennon, who waa the heio at Sevastopol and practically stopped the mutiny, arrived four hours after the fleet had voted to suspend all the officers. He made three speeches, telling the men the importance of fighting, and assuring
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    AN EFFECTIVE FUNGICIDE.
    200 7 Sulphur, Lime and Salt Wash. Experiments conduoted systematically show that sulphur, lime and salt wash ie an exceedingly effective remedy for white scale, moss and lichen growths, and tbe various bark fungi attacking the trunk and main branches of several trees. It ti blbo a wash for
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      606 7 ft'iß or Peace. Famine or Plenty. Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY IS P US GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITED. (INCORPORATED IM STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). H£AO OFFICE: WlMtagttr House, Sinlipora. LONDON OFFICE: SS, Old Jewrf, B.G. r-.-ttyaaf sea «SO»0OO fteposlteJ with tte Supreme Court
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      495 7 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. Incorporated im Japan Capital Subscribed.. Y. 48,000.000 Capital Paid Up ,Y. 80,000,000 Beserve Fund.....~. ,~.~..Y. 81,800,000 President, J. Inouye Esq. Vice-President, Y. Yamakawa Est. DIRECTORS. J. Inouye Esq. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Soma Esq. M. Odagiri Esq. K. Sonoda Esq. T. Kawashima Esq. B. Klmura
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      341 7 NEW ZEIUND iESOaiICE Sc. Lid. FIRE IND MIRINE. (Incorporated m New Zealand.) f IRR-TBZE IHBURINGE HSOG, LM. MIRINE. (Incorporated ln Hongkong.) SHIRI FIRE IHSURIMCE Co., LM. EIRE. (Incorporated In Hongkong.) LOROOH NIRIRTEE t ACCIDENT Co. Ltd. RUIRIRTEE. (Incorporated ln England.) Fire and Marine Bisks of every deserlpt'cß underwritten at lowest
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      131 7 Singapore Goftf Storage Co., Ltd. Sto EItPBBCB !0 BOFBBQ lliff, Telephone 1261. Bea stocks of all kinds of Fre sen Meats etc.. can be deliverer to shipping at the Wharves, or i: the Singapore Roads on short notice. OFFICE HOURS. Vsekdajs 8 a. as, to 8 §.m *****78 1 7
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      23 7 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To ie bad at the Sirgapobb Dispbs BABY, IBfl ol MHI B OWI, Grassdale, Blver Valley Bead. Singapore.
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      280 7 SINGAPORE Shipchandlery Co. SHIPCHANDLERS A PROVIDQBIftI CONTRACTORS. fhe (.■ompanv'fi Launch meet* in-coming ships. Offices:— l 6 BATTERY ROAD TAKB birr TO TOP PLOOS Telepboue No. 4SS. Orders promptly attended to fot daily and oca stock supplies. K. W. H. STEVENS, Managt JONGKEENA Mr. C.N. Hitchcock of Ipoh who was suffering
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    THE WONDER OF THE GUNS.
    1124 8 Among the Munitioners. Jeff cry Farnoly writes m the Daily Chroniole A drive throngh a stately street where were shops which might rival Bond street, the Rue de la Paix or Fifth Avenue for the richness and variety ol their contents a street whose pavements
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      568 8 Debility and Weak Nerves Dr. CasselFs Tablets Build? You Vp and Make You Strong and Healthy. When you are thin and weak it ia becaus yonr food is not nourishing you Perhaps your atomach is ont of order, ci the organs that make rich healthy Wood ar. not working properly
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      332 8 JAUNDICH I ITS CAUSE AND CU**ffi| I This distressing complaint so common m l~ caused by the Bile overflowing m the Blood. %Untr^' dependent disorder but the* lymptoms of other co« Tin! *f cause the Bile to overflow m this manner v intestines to perform its in i ssi^ I
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1453 9 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Ang 20th. Ojjt. laeun. Paid. Lado div. Burma, ss&bspa. 100,000 Sl IB AlUga* 15% 2 B 80 879,980 fa 1b Anglo- Java 85% 6 0 6 0 110,000 li f§ Anglo-Malap 88% 10 6 18 0 •0,000 li fa
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    EXCHANGE.
    58 9 lOoasaoTßD up 9)0 Aug. SO..* Bank 4 m/a 24l danfand 241 P«fvaBe eredite 6 m c -.2 4 27 82 Franot demand Bank 818 ItlDlA, T. T. 160 Hosssosa, demand 80% Prem YOUOUAMi, demand lC9i Java, dam*ad it 3 BASfSXOX, demauri 652 Sovaaaisas, Bank Buying 89 f 4 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    173 9 Aug. 20. Tin 1175 tone) 8112.50 lankier 15.60 lamkles Cufea No. 1 23 00 Gamaiaa Ouke No. r 21 or Pepper Black ordin. S'porr 28 25 Pepper, (White fair) 88.0 C Natmaga (110 to tha Ik nom Natmagß (80 to tha Ik.) norn Maoe (Banda) com Cloves (Amboina) norn
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      163 9 TIT TROPICAL ROOFING CENASCO Suppled with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATS i?hicb do away with the necessity of using sticky cement at the overlaps. pBeL-. ■> > j I B M i 1 1 f 1 K v '^^S^e^^V B? A J^^M N GENASCO is the result of over 30 years
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      732 9 FOR SALE. One Buiek 4-oylindur Motor Car complete with accessories and fittings. Quite ne** and In good running order. Apply to Ho. 17 c/o Free Prest. 15 8 n.c FOR SALE. One 380 B H. P. Rowden Vertical two H.P. Cylinder Steam Ecgioe running at 75 R.P.M. with steam at
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      350 9 MAIL TABLB Ttdaj. intermediate and local maua, wu. be fouoc m list below Penang, Malacca, F.M.S. (by Treiat v. daily (except Sunday). Johore, 8, 9.80, 11 a.m., 19.80. t, 4A 6 p.ri Cucob Hook Oan 8.80 Aa P. Batam ft P. Bulang Hock Keng Cucob Bdina 9 am Pulau Soegi
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    ENEMY TRADE IN MALAYA.
    1777 10 [The following is the first of a aeriea ot articles on post war trade problems speci «Jly written for the Free Preaa by one with expectional opportunitiea of going into the aubject.] German Technical Efficiency— British Apathy Railway Shortcomings The j "Kartel system and Dumping—*' Throw
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    91 10 The following official statement of Lord Rhondda, on becoming Food Controller, seem to lay down a principle that would be suitable for consideration by the local Food Control Committee In order to limit further rises m the prices of the more important food-stuffs, and as far as possible to reduce
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    LADY ROBERTS FIELD GLASS FUND.
    22 10 Received with thanks for our coming shipment two more pairs of glasses G W W and Anon.,
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    ENTERTAINMENTS.
    65 10 The Gaiety Cinema continues the Pathe success the Grip of Evil and the 1 Bluebird photo play the Measure of a Man." A preliminary announcement of the Palladium is tbe production shortly of Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues under the sea." Harima Hall has three good features m tne
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    LOST BICYCLES.
    105 10 Mr J H Williams, of 5*2 Chancery Lane, has reported the theft of his bicycle at Battcryrd between 10.80 and 11 a.m. on Saturday. Ong Kah Kiang, of 27 Orchard-rd, lost his bicycle but the machine was recovered. Yap Kuan Seng, of 198 6 Orchard rd, manager of
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    HAGUE NEWS.
    108 10 Hague, Aug 16. The British Government has paid £10,000 sterling for the damage done at Zierikzee by a British air man, though the material damage wae only assessed at £1,000. The question of the Stockholm Conference has entered upon a pecnliar phase, ewing to a report that Dr.Michaelis
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    SIAM'S NATIONAL DEBT.
    310 10 From the Financial Advisees Report on the Budget The total grant provided against Interest on Loans is Tcs. 8,821,000, an increase of Tcs. 114,000 as compared with the previous year. The loans m question are, ac is known, three m number, viz., the European borrowings of £1
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    24 10 Tuesday, Aug 21. 6.16 p.m. Drill Hall S R E v, N C Os 5.10 do Chinese Co SVI
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