The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 April 1918

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    16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. L -EN TEiSiTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, APEIL 29 1918. NO. 9,350
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    264 1 j Late wires will be found on page 4. Latest robber company dividends Page 8. Repert of Middleton tin mines appears on page 8. Holland has stopped export of tin to America Page 5. There bave been two shipping accidents at Penang Page 8. Racing, billiards, tennis
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    THE POET.
    1484 1 I would the gods bad made thee poetical (!l I Goldsmith's remark tbat poetry makes a principal amusement among unpolished nationb but m a country verging to the extremes of refinement, painting and music come m for a share needs ''such qualification as has been, and will be,
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      120 1 RAFFLES HOTEL. Afternoon TEAS will be served m the hotel lounge and on the lawn every Thursday from 4.30 p.m. \H_sic m Attendance ALSO r.inema Show on the lawn, especially for children, at 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). J, Growther Shaw Co. 3* h rl'VlX V RACING COLOURS. f^^rWP^ SMART SUITINGS
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      81 1 TH B only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. "Stelastic'' Super-Cyres Vl§ *l mU^mW Made m Britain /X^^y^ft^l^^BSfc trom Plantation Rubber. SOLE AGENTS: International Trading Company, Limited. Why Worry. 9 When you can always have pure, Safe Milk m your Home. FOR
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      42 1 LIQUEURS All of the finest by the Best Distillers. Wynand Fockink AMSTERDAM SWEE SEE CO. 15, Cross Street. Telephone 1749. Opposite Market. Vitafer JTh«> All-Bnttih Tonic F^ai Moot valuable for Nerve Trouble* of every kind, from Temporary Debility to lone ■landing Neurasthenia.
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      104 1 THE WEEK. load! j 29th. His') Wate»~l-2U a no., 11 42 p.m. Lodge St. Michael. 9pm Teluk Anson meeting Derrick's, noon. Jeram Kuantan meeting, Barker's, noon. Tuesday 30th. High Water- 0 57 a.m. Bent Board, 2.15 p.m. Philharmonic Practice, 9 p.m. Wednesday i May lst. High Wete*— 0- 3 s.tu.,
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      460 2 NEARLY FINISHED DOLLAR DIRECTORY FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, STONE, OBESITY Price $3 per bottle. FRESH STOCKS AT Medical Hall SINGAPORE. ■E2* \k SST.. I I y\S.^_a^9 Ache and Pain Insurance. Yon iEs-ir-" your house igaiast lire, yoa insure your fe— why not Ibsure yourself against aches and ra!_.. i Little's Oriental
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      525 2 THE HOUSE P^BHWB^i?! Mil S'l WHERE WITH A I EVERYBODY j REPUTATION! JiBI^B^^SBSBBBffIH GGES! j Positively fop 2 Nights only T0 9 N HT Positively for 2 Nights only Monday, Tuesday April 29th. and 30tb. Butterfly Pictures Presents DONNA DREW IN THE LAIR OF THE WOLF A Dramatic Photo play
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      592 2 A PETROVA PICTURE IS WORTH GOING A LONG WAY TncT^S This is what a connoisseur of moving pictures or anyone who u™E of pictures or pietuie tarn will tell ycu TONIGHT AT THE ALHAMBRa mm-mmW _J The Hall for Music —The Pioneer and Premier Hcus Beach Boad Fn the Second
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    THE GREAT NAVAL RAID
    484 3 ZEEBRUGGE CANAL BLOCKED Operations Completsly Successful {By Submarine Gable] [Rentor'i Bw-rioeJ Londor». April 26 A high naval ronrce informs Rente* that the latest reports show tbat lhe 7_9ebru£ge operations were completely successful. London, April 25— (Conclusion of "An other accouotof the Zeebrugge affair.") Tbe submarine's crew
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    THE ADMIRALTY STORY
    1191 3 Extraordinary Difficulties London, April 2*. -The Admiralty hss issued a full narrative of t'je raid on Zeebrugge and Ooteud which iv iti. stir ring detail 9 brings into strong relict both the imraenee*di£_ieu!ties o* th-. task under taken ami the astonishing ingenuity ar.d reckless daring with which
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    ALLIED NAVAL CONFERENCE
    30 3 Paris, April 26. The inter Allied Naval Commiltee met this morning, the French Minister of Marine presiding. France, Britain, tbe United States, Italy and Japan were represented.
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    88 3 Orders for week ending May 4, 1918. Monday, April 29. Signalling Class/ YMCA Ground, 5.15. Tuesday, April 80. Telegraphy Class, YMCA 5 15. Wednesday, May 1. Signalling Class, YMCA Ground, 6.15. Thursday, May 2. Combined Band Prac tioe, Malay Volunteer Club, 5.12. Friday, May 8. Ambulance Class,
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      343 3 vfnrude Motors, n existing agreement dated 'the 16th (day of v are appointed] Sole Agentsjfor th~E\iiT~ •piny. (Incorporated m the U.S.AO Our bhe lowest In Singapore and intending buyers Hg 1 against being deceived by misleading adver- g Tii.' o. Jvl/\ii. 1 11! M qL C_o. 9 o*mamammmamm*am Tapping Knives
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      319 3 FASHIONABLE BOOTS SHOES j KEWLY ARRIVED WHITEAWAYS igp^lC i-ipLp Biack PA nt Leather Tcurt lumps, ie table quality, MmWr f/y$M silk bow _iuart shape ts sketch. Price $7 50 per pair. N m .hipmrnt of Blak Glace Kid shoes, Derby bty« as sketch made m Gent's White Canva^ Tentif Bhce.
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      BIRTH.
      22 4 Woottcn At the European He f pitai, Kuala Lnmpur, on April 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Wootton, a daughter.
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      MARRIAGE.
      56 4 MackHildred.— At St. Mary's Church, Kuala Lumpur, on April 25th. by the Rev. A. B. Champion, Arthur Harcourt Mack, of Batang Benar Estate, only son of Lieut.* Col. A. P. Mack, and Mrr. Mack, of the Manor House, Bacton, Nor f Ik, to Margaret Maude HiLDREr, nater of Mis.
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    The Sinagpore Free Press. Monday, April 20, 1918.
    857 4 The Sinagpore Free Press. Monday, April 20, 1918. A very sound military purpose is [evidenced by the sudden intensity of 'the German attack m the Kemmel area and westward. It is plain that the persistent way m which the northern j Ypres front is left alone is m the hope
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    476 4 Mr H Wel bam of the Straits Echo left for Singapore and Australia on Thursday. The engagement is announced of Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Hugh Clifford, to Captain Walter Ronan. Experiments are now being made on the east coast of B N B with carrier pigeons between Tawan and
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    LATE WIRES
    438 4 London, April 27.— British Official Sa'onica. We withdrew unmolested on j April 18 from the advanced villages m the Struma valley occupied on April 16. Tbe enemy subsequently shelled tbe villages. London, April 27. The Press-Bureau says British aircraft m March dropped 23,099 bombs m tbe day time
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    GERMAN POLITICIANS' DOUBTS
    378 4 Amsterdam, April 26. In the Pruisian Lower House, the Socialist Holer said that Lichnoweky'e memoir proved that the German Government was responsible for the war. The Vice-President called Hofer to order Amsterdam, April 26. In the Reichstag, a Socialist Deputy etated that Geneial von Eichhorn had established
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    HOLLAND'S DANGER
    366 4 ARMY AND NAVY if,, STOPPED AYe The points Involved 2j &»n**r.p [lUnUr'g htrv.n, i f The Hagu*, April M ter has arrived boo* B I Amst'-rd Apnl ■_>; stopped lv tbe Dv: f A tele-gram from tb Holland has ridded Le G raande for railway fo burg provided
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    RUSSIA'S TROUBLES
    163 4 London, April £6. Reuter ii WM that a delegation of Finnieb Soc*li*( the Republic has protested tc theki.m follows The leaders of tbe Act! Hec tionary Wbite Guard m Kin, an: publicly declared then selves unis.t i crush tbe workers and the GovercsS without the aid of German
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    NIVELLE'S VIEWS ON AFRICA
    127 4 Paris, April 26 A cr! :bor; r Echo de Paris aeked General N^ e is now m command of tbe cc f troops, what his imp:' rov ',"l^.i turning from hie first lcnr ot m Algeria and Tunisia. c jlt said the general on tbe iQn
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    HUNGARY'S GOVERNMENT
    12 4 Amsterdam, April N. s__^% tempt to form a Hungerf" tailed.
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      128 4 Cresta Blanca Wine Co. RED SPARKLING BURGUNDY A superb sparkling [red wine, made from the Petit Pinot grape. A splendid banquet wine, and a great favorite with the ladies. Caldbeck Macgregor Co. CIGARS La Perla del Oriente Reina Victorias lOOs 50's Entractos lOOs Princessas 100s In Excellent Condition John Little
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      42 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD BOAD. TELEPHONE 1035 B^£_EQ 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note tbe conditions of our offer ■No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee ot the high quality of our work could be given or demanded.
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    THE GREAT FLANDERS STRUGGLE
    765 5 INTENSE ATTACK ON YPRES POSITIONS Germans Advance at Heavy Cost ALLIES RECAPTURE BRETONNEUX ia, Sabmariae Cable] K^uter'a Bervice] P ril 25. 12 10 a. m -Field ■aye: The Fcaaoa British from north of Baillenl to east were heavily attacked. lighting cf great severity this front, particularly
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    FRENCH REPORTS
    586 5 London, April 26. A French communi- que says Thera was great reciprocal artil lery fire m the region of Hangard and both banks of the Avre but no inf at try attack. Tb- Garmans m the Woevre after a furious bombardment attacked the sector of Regnievilla and gained
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    THE SOMME FIGHTING
    960 5 London, April 25. Reuter'e correspondent at British Headquarters, wiring on the evening of April 25, says: The success at Villers Bretonneux beginning with a aplendid counter attack yesterday evening hae been a great performance. It cost the Germans terribly dear to get a footing m the village
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    PROBABLE EVACUATION OF YPRES
    358 5 London, April 27.— 1t is admitted that the situation m the north has seriously worsened aB a result of tbe past two days' fighting, as the enemy has not merely held Kemmel Hill, the beet observation post jOU tbe British front, but hie spread westwards, while
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    GERMANS STRIVE FOR A DECISION
    319 5 London, April 26. A special account of the progress of the battle shows tbat the Germans are continuing tbeir plan of striking iv two directions simultaneously, tbeir immediate objectives being tbe Channel and Amiens. They received a eevere repulse m tbe southern area thanks to
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    FAITHFUL TO DEATH
    144 5 London, April 27. Correspondents say that four German mountain divisions en veloped the Fcench defenders of Kemmel The crest was gataa d at heavy sacrifice The enemy ie now striking towards Scher penberg, the next hill m the chain. Although the French bore tbe brunt of the
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    NO DUTCH TIN FOR AMERICA
    38 5 Washington, April 37. Holland has placed an embargo un th 6 exportation from the Dutch Bast Indiee of tin and tin ore. Henceforth the United States mast reply on Bolivia tor her supplies.
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      277 5 ROBINSON CO. j COLONIAL EDITION. The Third Estate by Majo.ie Bowen c of Imm.rtality by A. and C. Mistres. of Men by Flora Anrie Steel Askew The Major by Ralph Consor Churoea'i Messenger by Harcld Btndloes Tommy's Triangle by Artbor, E. Coppiflge lhe Snare f the Fowler by C. Racger
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    MURDER IN THE CHANGERD.
    483 6 A SHOT IN THB NI3HT. Before tba Coroner, Dr Murray Robert son, on Saturd*? morning, an inquiry wae begun into the circumstances attending the death of a male Chinese named Ooh Chin i'jag, whe was ollegsd to have been shot dead by a M .lay named
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    A GUN CASE.
    109 6 Charged by lu>p Millar, of the Arms and Amrauuiiion Department, irith band leg Lis gun tc cne Cn.:; Tek Kirn, cf No 132 Bukit Tmiah rd, without authority, a Cbinrte named Tan llarg G:n living at Xj 3f9 Seraiigcon-rd wai brought befare the secicr magistrate, Mr W
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    KOALA LOMPUR WEDDING
    263 6 A quiet wedding look p-a.ce. i St Bfary's] Cacrcb, Kuala Lnmpar, en Thursdaj aftec d3od. betweei He Arthur Haroonrt Mack,' of P iUoi Banal Batata, only ,en oi Llent Oal A P Baal md Mrs M .ck, ol (he Manor 1 K-.u?r. Rz-c.^n, N.nfjL, Mrs Margaret] M
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    35 6 A report from Tokyo states that an agree ment has been concluded between General Horvath and tbe American Railway Staff to place the management of the Chinese Eastern Railway nnder the supervision oi the latter.
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      610 6 I LO3T— A fob medal (horse shoo Bhape) diamond m centre, two Photographs inside between Prince's Resturant and Chartered Bank. Findor will be suitably rewarded on applying to Si <gsr Sewing Machine Co. 26-4 29 i AVER PANAS RUBBER ESTATES, Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlement!.). NOTICE is hereby given
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      484 6 JAPAN MAII steamebu- c©m na {Tncorpovas^d lv ?apa*i EUgSFE&i UUL '■> Per Bgogksal S&asgfea!, Ssbs fi Tefeah. s$ fsr Bsiicsii Peseng, Celtm to iad England j ill Tbi Capi. A Bervloe Is maintained between Xofcotenu ports to Marseilles, London, undo? i.s c scntract witb the Imperial Japanese Govegt ment. The
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      502 6 JLaWJL* JL W «e?L 9 MESSA6ERIEB MIBITIMES (iHOOBPORATgn IN FBAHOg) MAIL LiHJI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Honi kong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibout Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH UNM. Fortnightly service between Jaigon-Touram Haiphong. For further information apply to 1 j. da enmimw Agent. CALCUTTA. A Steamer will bo despatched
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      501 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CQMPta (INCORPORATED IN U.S.A "H| REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SFRVl f Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San f S.S. "ECUADOR", 14 000 tons do do hS.S. "COLOMBIA", 14,000 tons do do and monthly thereafter. The steamers have the most modern eqoipmput inch -rr BERTHS and large, comfortable
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 7 30MUM) Wl r R Apr. 27 •*»!<%■ 2 4 9 16 (mlmmmmt 4 9 8 2 n> :?*3it* r\ > 2 4 27 8.2 faanca lawM By-« 818 tax* T, T. i 47* ■Wt la I 84%Frr_a IdsaßAiu,ii aa K»| JA7A; £arauii 118 B BSKOK; Ctr g&£ i .sssisrs
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    PRODUCE
    147 7 Apr. 27. till buyers $jg:, 50 ffaaatlaa Oahe We I 23.00 Fiipyiti Black or*' a. B'paaa 84.00 Paßfaa. IWWii laia) 49. 0u MlOoflaa (OtßlaokJ nom Tr. yisaa, BBUdl pesi. riuaiily norn irju icm ytasi norn Sfcgo, norn itopMlUxad 8 40 C.3l<_aa, ii-s'ic^.r u_r_!.a *t£_U_l 2 4CO 1 5 Dtvca*a
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    63 7 Apr. 27 ifl* The following are lbe c hares as to which changes are i rifled m Messrs Fraser and Co's Satur tfli share list i ay ers Sellers Ayer Kuning 1.05 1.20 Baeeett 1.00 1.10 Jimah 1.60 1.70 MandaiTekoDg 60 .70 Pajam 15.60 18.00 Tapah 14.60
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      374 7 v Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 I I TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITID. INCORPORATSD IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. ■pan) has £20.000 deposited wllh the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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      503 7 m^ amm^^m**am**Mr^^m'nrmmmam^aaa*mmva*aiKmmmmftx»mßmmmmrr- YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. IscoHPOiiATKO ik Japan Capital Subscribed.,. .7. Y. 43,000.000 Capital Paid tip y. 30,000,000 Reserve Fund.. Y. 91,800,0*30 Pr^ia^:, j. Inonye Bs«, Wes afrtmHil.ml, Y. Fac.abawa f:aii. 1 D!SEi;TOKS. J. Iro^ye E .g. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Soma Esq. H. Oda-iri Esq. I K. Bonoda
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      400 7 mmaaamamam mi iiniimMi.m iimi" nrnm mniKE sc. vi Incorporated m Kew Zealand.! fi^-TfZE IKmiNCE ftSSOfl, Id lIRIft!, (*'Qeovpf rated m HongkOßg > MHI Fi»E iemuME Oi. til. FIRE* (Inoorpc^ateS ie Hongtong 'IBim.|SUUTEE t UHBEn 65, Ui. SU«R«TFF. [Incorporatsd m England] Firo aotl Yarlne Risks of every description underwritten at lowest
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      164 7 THE HO HONG BANK, LIMiTEO. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) Capital Registered $8 r OO onn Capitai Subscribed $3 500 (oo Capital Paid Up {./zsoiooo HE*.^ OFFI r E Raffles Chamoers, 5 6, Singapore. BBANCHBS Malacca, Muar, and Batu Pa&at. Current Aceouut? opened, Fixei Deposits received aLd General Banking Bubinefcs
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      594 7 WANTEO Chinese Clerk with thorough knocrlodge of English havir,. had et pei it ccc fu&hippinc Busi-< A'rj'r to Mr. Tafeeuehi, care of Guth: nd Co., Bhijning Dc-. battery Road 20-4 i a SITUATION VACANT Yj-rg Lady Typist wants] tor Japanese Shipping Office. Aprly to P.os No 4i e/o Frc? rrrs.
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      320 7 X AIL T A 3 1 1? To oaf. -JBJBM. Ofllaaß IBfl local HUHI, <*it. it£ iO-iifl :j_ Hal Mow Persug. Kalaesa, F.M. 3, ?&j Tra,;; pj| •'ady (eaeoft Sunday). Johore 8, 5.30, noon, 2, 4 6 p.m. Cuccb Soon Hong 8.80 AM Saigon Kam pot 8 80 am Sourabaya
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    AFTER THE WAR
    450 8 LINES OF COMMERCIAL POLICY How to Treat the Enemy [By Submarine Cable] LlUatar'a Bervioo] London, April 28. The final report of the Lord Balfour of Bnrleigh's Committee on Commercial and Industrial Policy after the war says that, m view of the shortage ot world tonnage, a policy
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    A RUNAWAY FIGHT
    113 8 Narrow Shave for Austrians London, April 27. Tbe Admiralty states Two of our destroyers on tbe 22nd encountered and engaged five Austrian destroyers m the Adriatic The enemy fled to tbe shelter of the fortified port cf DarazzD, pursne-d by our d;_9troyers, who were reinforced by five
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    WHERE THE GERMANS ARE SURE WINNERS
    105 8 London, April 27 Reuter learns a number of documents bave been discovered m Persia revealing German agents m Persia m similar guise to those m the United States who regarded tbeir American hosts as Idiotic Yankees German Bgents m Persia wrote contem p'.uou?ly cf
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    A CORRECTION
    87 8 London, April 23 Renter., telrgr bid of Fdbruvy c^ntb ry^arding Honourable Bertrand R'i3*ell has bsen erroneously represented a? applying to Colonel the Honbio Bertrand Russell, son of the late Lord Russell of Killowen. This latter statement was not contained io the tele gram which related to the Honourable
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    GENERAL NEWS
    293 8 THE IRISH DIFFICULTY Conscript'on may be Accepted ;By Bubmaune CaMeJ [Banter's Service] London, April 26. Correspondents m Ireland suggest that hostility to conecrip tion is weakening and tha Nationalists are beginning to realise that they have merely played into the hands ot the Sinn Fein. The correspondent of
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    AMERICA'S RESOLVE
    109 8 New York, April 26 it the annual banquet; of the American Newspapers As soeiation, Mr Daniels, Secretary for the N_ivy declared that the war must be won even if it required the calling up of boys under twenty-one or all men under seventy. The War Secretary. Mr Biker,
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    THE VALUE OF THE MARK
    111 8 Parie, April 26. Upon the decrease m the value cf the German mark, Le Journal writes one mark was worth 1 franc 23 centimes m Switzerland before the war and equalled 81 centimes m the middle cf March, 1918 As a result of the Ger
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    GERMAN LOSSES IN THE WAR
    60 8 Amsterdam, April 26. Io tbe Rsichstag, General Schnllza stated tbat hitherto 2f mi lion wounded had been able to return to tbe front, while 629,000 had been dis charged unfit for service, including 70,000 ciipple?. Amsterdam, April 26. The NorJt German Gazette deniea that large
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    INDIA AND THE WAR CONFERENCE
    50 8 London. April 26. The Press Bureau states that the Viceroy cf India baa no minuted Sir Satyendrn Sinba to represent India at the forthcoming sessions of tbe Imperial War Conference and War Cabinet. The Maharaja of Patiala represents the Indian States on the War Conference.
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    AUSTRALIA AND THE WAR
    46 8 Sydney, April 26. The Maseey Harris Company, a large manufacturing firm, is discharging its unmarried err ployeas, de c aring tbat it feels bound to release them for ervice to tbe Empire. It is reported that other firms are acting ii ilarly.
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    THE NEW AIR MINISTER
    22 8 London, April 26. Tha Press Bureau states that Sir William Weir sucoeeds Lord Rothermere m tbe Air Ministry.
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    PENANG NEWS.
    252 8 Shippiog Accidents From Our Ovm Oorrupondeni Penang, April 27. j A steamer consigned to Mansfield and Company was approaching Swettenham' Pier when the engines refuted to go astern and the veeeel ran into the wharf, ripping j up a portion and damaging the girders piles and railings. The
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    MIDDLLTON TIN MINES.
    243 8 Tbe following is tbe report by tbe directors to tbe seventh ordinary annual general meeting of shareholders to be beld ou Saturday, 4.h May, at 12 30 p.m. at Malacca. Tbe directors have pleasure m submitting tbe Balance Sheet and Profit acd Lo*a Account for the year
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    RUBBER DIVIDENDS.
    28 8 From Our Own Correspondent London, April 27. The following dividends are announced Interims Batu Caves 50. Finals: Selaba 10, Golden Hope 15, Harpenden no further dividend.
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    RAUB GOLD MINE.
    42 8 The Secretaries Messrs Derrick and Co. report. Bukit Koman Stone Crushed 7,050 tons Geld obtained 940 czs. Average per toa 2 667 d»vtB. Bukit Malacca Stone Crushed 4,874 tons, Gold cbtained 269 czs. Average per ton 1 23 dwte.
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB.
    26 8 The qualifying round fer The Ksppel Cup v.ill be played on Saturday and Sunday next 4th and sth May. First 16 to qualify.
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    MR GOMPERS IN CANADA
    65 8 Ottawa, April 27. Mr Gompers, Prcsi dent of the American Labour Federation, addressed the joint session of the Senate and Commons. The only precedents for this have been when last year M Viviani and Mr Balfour addressed the joint session. The Montreal Gazette commends Mr Gompers'
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    STROMBOLI AFLAME
    24 8 Rome, April 26. Stromboli is m violens eruption and has set flee to tbe vineyardt on the easjt part of tbe island.
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    SILVER
    15 8 London, April 27. Silver is at 49d, with a emallcess of supplies market Arm.
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    71 8 TO DAY'S TIES. Mixed Doubles A Class. Mrs Holden and Mr Badham owe 15 v Mrs Burkiil and Major Wingate Saul owe 4. Ladies' Doubles Mrs Leggatt and Mrs Wade plus 4 v Mrs Glennie and Mrs Maxwell plus 5. Championship Singles. Mrs Wißhart v Mrs
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    CATHOLIC CLUB BILLIARDS.
    142 8 The single handicap billiard tournament m the Catholic Club will be concluded next week, the ties remaining to be played off being Mr H Paulusz vs Mr W Scuily at 8 p.m. on Monday and Mr D Ferroa vs Mr E H Yalberg at 8 p.m un
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    THE SPRING RACES
    161 8 Saturday morning saw quite a large gathering at the Race Coarse of those interested, considering that owing to the change of date there is still six weeks before the meeting. Amongst those who turned out was Mc A D Allan, the former very popular President of the
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    PICTURE SHOWS.
    291 8 The Empire propounds the question as to whether evil rules the world, and attempts to answer it by showing the great Pathe film "The Grip of Evil" a most stirring and instructive picture. There aie besides comedies and Iramas of tbe best, including Emmy Lynn m "The Torture
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    S.V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME
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