The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 June 1918

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  • 15 369 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. THIRD SERIES THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1918, No 1,611,
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  • 187 369 LEADERS. PAGE The Aisne Battle Stabilized 869 Shipping Output and Submarining 869 Wh«tt vrill tbe Next Attack Be 870 T l »c Sioty of tbe Aisne 870 Altai the Y/ar 870 tanking Amalgamations 870 The New B*ttl9 370 POUCI AMD COURT MEWS. About Momi Cisr 9 878 AH; Red
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  • 148 369 June 12 111 (buy&rg) mm 54 00 16.26 v' *k« 7 28. C I Q M«l Ca*« S 20. C0 i Lirdte, 'poire 88 00 Wl :U fofri 49.00 t; 'i- i (110 *t list n*src r i;a (BT >? b« dod i (Bwadm) Dow (Ami n^wci Ce*M (45^
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 77 369 Mathek.— April at Crowborough, wife of Lieut. N. F. H. Mather, Rifle Brigade, and F.M.B. Civil Service, a daughter MI6BO.— At the Penang Maternity Hospital on June 5 to Mr. and Mrs. Eloy l\ WIBBO, a daughter. Ceylon papers pleaso copy. Blu-din On June 7th, at the Maturnity Hospital,
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    • 125 369 Ford— da SiLVA.-At the Charch of the Sacred Hear:, Klian Pow, Taipicg, Perak, on the 3rd inst., by the Rev. Father J. M. Vey, Arthur M. Ford, Assistant, Dato Kramat SmeltiDg Works, Penang, only son of Mr. B. E. Ford, of Times of Malaya," Ipoh, to Ermie da ilva,
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  • 358 369 A mail from Home arrived here on Friday June 7 with dates to April 12. The annual meeting of tha Kinta Association was held during the week, at which the chairman stated that the liabilities at the end of Mar 1918 were •22,604.90, against 8195,526.85 at Mar
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  • 46 369 v— apt if) .i *< June 12 tl-a 4.8 'i 4i ftmMri 24 8 16 fr»!raS» Wtifttl m *****6 *r t *j»iui b'* iv 817 Java, damand 108 ijtawoi. i«Matt4 66 COTWMHigI. Bunk btkficf 18 64 !;*afc nu^liiiiti a^.te 6^ Y\ •>l »Jf LjttJoa m 48}
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  • 985 369 'a« >*w'.y. T.-ntL'- a.-r florletM »r.t* 4MM June i. The German attack in the Soissons. Rheims area appears now to have settled down into a desperate ding dong battle on a fairly wide front with the enemy making extraordinary at tempts to enlarge bis manoeuvring ground.
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  • 858 369 June o. The very large inorease in merchant ship production notified in th cables amounts almost to a hundred r cent, which must be a gratifying r**soH as the first evidence of L)rd RRIE'8 work in his new department. There was no'doubt that theshipping t i
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  • Page 369 Advertisements
    • 148 369 Subscribers to tho Singapore Free Press" weekly returning from Europe to the Straits by any of the mail lines, are invited to send to the Manager the name of their steamer and date of arrival m Singapore. Copies will then be mailed to meet them at various ports of oall.
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  • 990 370 Where will the Next Attack Be There seems very little reason to doubt that the first rush ofthe Aisne Marno attack has ended, mainly duo to tbe increased resistance now offered by the reinforced Allied lino and secondarily possibly to a German intention not to push this advance in its
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  • 560 370 The descriptions of the Aisne battle, which are ouly now coming to hand owing to heavy telegraphic delay, tell us a good many things which were not clear and emphasise some facts which were apparent. Taking tbe battle as a whole it is not yet
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  • 354 370 A remarkable fact about homo trade conditions is that they continue to be comparatively so prosperous. It is true that the bulk of it is war trade but tbrre is still a substantial percentage o f ordinary business left. Sir ALBERT Stan ley however speaking at a
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  • 1104 370 June 12. Considerable interest is being shown at home in the question of bank amalgamations in relation to British business. At bottom there is a rooted o l:j v i'j British opinion to large ama'garnalions which savour at all of traits. This haß come about probably a a
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  • 979 371 June 18. It would appear as if tbe enemy has be^un to adopt rather different tactics j and instead of strikiog on a very broad I front is now determined to make a series of deep indentations on narrow fronts by tbe employment of solid masses. The
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  • 648 371 JUD«i'ENT Against Japanese Firm. The part- heard contract ease wa romj Pl*t«d en ;:J ho Cijief I Justice, S!r John BuckntU, kc Me Lac Kirn Soo, n 1 -j^i trader, brought r e'ion for damage c for breach of eontc gainstf Uifcdn aud Co,, r* Japan firm
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  • 132 371 RUBBEB. S^gapore, Juue 12. There wr.e a po?? ar tendance of Buyers at; the werk'y taotioot, which cctumenaed to-day with 947 tona dialogue 2 for ea!e, pnd iho tone of the rr.ntkj-t w&h very dull. Chines :\l Japanpee v.ere again operaticg but tbe Au:erican Buyers ars •till
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  • 65 371 Mr AJ Aithur, of Messrs Jur Craig, Ltd, Klang, has received a corr; -tod m the Indian Army Reserve of Offi and expects to be leaving thortly fc iia. Lieut. J R Stacey, bio,b Can, \:i who waß killed iv an aeroplane accu u| aear London, was said to have
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  • 1561 372 The thirty first ordinary general meeting of the Kinta Association, Ltd, was held yesterday at the registered offices of the Association, Chartered Bank Chambers There were present Messrs W F Nu:t (chairman), H B Egmont Hako (for the Secretaries, Messrs Parker and Co\ J SDmmerville aud T
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  • 230 372 Oq Saturday evening nfc the Hotel da l'Earopo thare was a largo gathering of football friends of Mr J R Lynch who had come toaether to bid him farewell, Me Lynch kotag on his way home to join up, A. very happy evening was spent not the least pleating item
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  • 863 372 Tbe sixth annual ordinary £*nirol meeting of the Malacca Electric Lighting Company, Limited, waa hilri ia the registered office of the CompaDj, 5 Battery rd, Singapore yeaterday. Mr P M Robinson presided and the others present included Messrs Tan Jiak Hoe (director), D Turner, W
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  • 270 372 "THE BOOMERANG." After their flae performancp oq th openiDg evening, ifc was no eurpriMWo the Frawleye welcomed by another h* house when they staged their 89CO nd D i ee The Boomerang," at the Victoria ThW, last evening Again did the (Wan* win high praiee from all
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  • 260 372 PROMISSORY NOTES CASE lathe Supreme court yesterday, before Me Justice Woodward (presiding), Mr Justice Ebden aud Mr. Justice J-prou)e the hearing was concluded m the appeal of Boty Pak Leong against the Chief lattice's decision m the tvo actions against him m which Soo Loong Kong and Rwong
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  • 229 372 Tho following properties v^ere deposed of h'j auction at M^srs ChicgKengL c °.nd Co's Bile room on Monday afternoon Freehold building allotment fronting Rock Roid, are* 1 120 eg ft, bought by Me C W Abrams for 3450 Freehold building allotment! fronting Kotk Road, area 2,240 iq I*,
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  • 39 372 tfesera Adamson Gilflllan Co (PeoßOg^ are advised by cable that the Rahman Tin Co Ltd, have declared a second interim dividend of 10% (loss tax) m respect of the year ending 81st March 1918 payable cd Jane 16th 1918.
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  • 799 373 Mr R N Lewis, of Carey Island, has left to join the Indian Army Reterve of Officers. Mr Sugars, second police magistrate, officiated as senior magistrate yesterday m the absence of Mr Langham Carter, who is indifapo6fcd. Major William Mcßain, eon of Mrg R S FMoßftlo,
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  • 764 373 THE GOVERNOR'S CALL TO MALiYA. To the Editor. Dear Sir,— ibe letter of the 22nd March, 1818, from the Director of the British Committee of the French Red Croßß, a copy of which I forward and which I trust you will kindly find epace to publish m your
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  • 75 373 Meesrs John Little and Co's store Kuala Lumpur was broken into during Sunday night. An entrance was effected from the roof, some of the tilee bein<g removed. The thieves found themselves m the lavatory, the iron lattice door ol which was locked. They shook thi§ door until part of the
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  • 548 373 Before Mr Justice Ebdeo m the Supreme Court yesterday, the hearing was begun m a case m which Me S J Judah, tradiDg as Messrs S J Juduh acd Co, brought action against MeFsrs Since, Darby and Co, Ltd, claiming $?,lOQ as damages sustained through wrongful termination
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  • 205 373 Rubber. Singapore, Jane 0. Owing to the public holiday on Monday last the weekly Auction* did not commence until this morning, when an un usually large quantity amounting to come 1,458 tons was catalogued for sale com prised chiefly of consignments frcm Java. Since our lai-t report
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  • 97 373 We regret to learn of the death of Mr 0 Mitchell, of Diamond Jubilee Estate, Malacca, formerly of Semenyih, which occurred at Colombo on May 20th. Mr Mitchell was on his way to South Africa on sick leave. (M M.) According to official figures received In Washington, the British Empire
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  • 99 373 PenaDg C of C m Favour. PROTEST RESOLUTION DEFEATED. From Our Own Gorrupondent Penang, Jnoe 6 At the Chamber of Commerce elrppiog requisition meeting, Mr Low proposed the resolution, ac published. Me Watson sea on dec?. An amendment was proposed by Mr Mitchell and seconded by Mr Thorne
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  • 520 373 Allied Bluejackets and lerman Roughs. Theie was a naval engagement on Sunday morning (May 19), m Shanghai, m which a combined American and British force successfully dealt with an equal number of the enemy (cays the N C Daily News). "The Trenches" m North See
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  • 83 373 Hongkong Newspaper Summoned At the Hongkong Magistracy, on May 27, Mr G W C Burnett, printer and publisher of the Hongkong Telegraph," was summoned for publishing, without lawful authority, and contrary to the Censorship Regulations of 1917, certain information with respect to tha movements and descriptions of two
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  • 55 373 The engagement is announced of Mr Neo How Tay eldest son of Mr N v Hong Hee, J P, the well-known pi of Malacca, to Mill Chan Kirn Ec«, If eldest daughter of Mr Chan Koh Chiok, r chant and planter of the lime to* The wedding will take place
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  • 367 374 The Manila Cablenews saye The plan of Director of Commerce and Communications James J Rafferty for the construction of concrete ships m the Philippines ie worthy of serious consideration. We would go further than Mr Rnfferty, who sees m the industry an opportunity lor rehabilitating
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  • 44 374 The Bangkok Times says that the usual annual fete under the patronage of the Italian Legation will be held m Bangkok m Nov. the principal feature being the performance of Ma&cagni'B Opera Gavelleria Rueticana by the local amateurs, under the conduotarehtp of Signor Nazzari.
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  • 453 374 There was rain 4 a.m. yesterday but a fair crowd w»b at the coarse and saw some interesting gallop*. Southall has been absent for two daj3. Playmate waa one of the Gret cut and did long work at medium pace. Black Watch aod Loaddeer wero associated on
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  • 623 374 [The dates given are those of the talegrams frotn London May 28.— Weight of German attack?, after stubborn fighting, carries tbem across thu Aiene between Vailly acil Berry au Bac further attacks m great strength developing on tbia fLcnfr. In Flanders the German 3 linye b'-en i
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  • 92 374 Lieutenant* Colonel Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, D so, King's Own Yorkshire Lighc Infantry, who was killed m action on March 28, was the youngest eon of the late W Spencer Watson, wbc 8. Ha served m the China Campaign, 1900, for which he received the medal, 1900. In May last
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  • 630 374 Disadvantage of High Exchange. Reviowing the tin iu3ustry ct Hong koii^ fcr 1917, Mr G E Anderton, Ainericau Coce-n'i GteoeraJ, writes iv Coi&inerce Rt:j W.ifchiajjtoa [a spite of the fact that the bigh ex change vu'ne ol ill c reduced the tetura for such txporU
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  • 242 374 Singapore, Jii-ie 7. Owing to heavy arrivals from J-ra tha quantity of rubber catalogued (ir the weekly auction which commenced yesterday was unusually large 1453 torn. In consequence of the heavy offerings, buyers were disposed to hold off, and prices suffered a somewhat severe break, Fine Pale
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  • 251 374 There is no doubt the War no* the paßl week has had a very di effect m this market and a genera. enoy to mark time ig preYa ett trx^ct position of n b v ;pr B OftiiMi a deal of di *auio Bity otoplDiOQtai I that
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  • 67 374 The following li thu list of subecriptione to 81st May. Analysis No of No of State Application? Subscribers Amount 1 Selangor 957 397 $4,207,840 Perak 598 853 741,480 Negri Ssmbilan 180 8d 245 550 Pahang 171 92 121,250 China 817 195 2,148,310 Straits Settlements
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  • 255 374 80th May 6th June. The share market has been exceedingly dull during the week and finishes with a distinct selling tendency, partly duo peasibly to the grave situation on the Western Front and also to Ihe difficulties of obtain ing permits for exports to the United
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  • 73 374 Me W W Mathia, a planter room No. 64 Adelobi Hotel repopolice the theft from hie room the houra of 7 p.m on Ibt 5^ aC( on the 6th inai, of MTtn »10 K0 c be an open cheque for 140. tie iu.p^ room boy, |f a Hylam named i*^
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  • 757 375 Mr C H Mackey, of Lunaa Estate, Kedah, is proceeding to England shortly to join tip. (M. M.) Mr ft T van der Woude hae aeeurced the rr luagement of the Neiherlanda Handels M .-.-cbappij. (S. X Mr Justice L M Woodward and Mr Just cc
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  • 38 375 DEATH OF PERAK TOWK AY. From Owr (H»n Corruyondent Ipoh, June 7. The death has taken place, with startl ing suddf ace«B, of Chow Kai, the millionaire mine owner, late President; of the Perak Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
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  • 238 375 At Tanglin on Tburfed ihe sports of the 25th Middle.-* Regc (4 Company) were brought to a ""ae^ful conclusion under perfect leather conditions. The priz?e were presented by Mrs FJ Browm The results of the various. events were a t: follow 100 > -la.— PUj Baylies, 1;
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  • 83 375 i Tha final of the Billiards Competition (Engluh Eybtem) of the Moslem Association was played laßt week, when Haji MbDJoor Sahib receiving 40 points b^ufc Mr N Maraati. The Grst prize, a gold watch, was prv-eiit'.-d by Haji Eusop bin Haji Mohn* Naor nnd the second prize, a gold
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  • 311 375 Singapore, Jane 7. Owiug to '.he public holiday on Monday last the Auctiono thie week did not com mence until Thurriiiay, when an unusually large quact:;y amounting to some 1,453 tons was o\talo#ued fcr sale comprising chiefly consignments from Java. Since our la&t report, dated the 30th
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  • 93 375 A San Francifca despatch statefi tbat Captain Robert Dollar, bead of the Dollar Steamship Company, has given 150,000 for the V M 0 A building at Wuchaog. j The Japanese battleship Hycga hae been formally transferred to the Imperial Navy by the builders, the Nagasaki Work* of the Mitsubishi Zazen
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  • 910 375 MALAYA AND WAR CHARITIES. OVER $7,000,000 TO MARCH. Mr S Codricgton, writing from tb* High Commissioner's Office forward* a list of various private subscriptions raided In the Colcny and Malay States to March 31, 1918, for purposes connected with the War. He states that the Colonial Office contemplates publishing, at
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  • 324 375 Mr Walter Marsh, accountant cf the Singapore Municipality, has come to Peaang, on a busman's holiday relieving Mr L Coutier Biggs m the Penang Municipality for a short time. (S. E.) Three Chinees passengers on an NYI stpamor which left Kobe, on May 2 nnd dropped anchor at Moji on
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  • 1112 376 Quicquid agunt homines nostri tit farrago libelli Juvenai. Tha topic cf tha week his been a rather happier olg because it has been the gradnal holding up cf the enemy advance. HaviDg cxpeu^d hid fire*: m.-h he found hlmaalf up Dgaicsj the froßh reserves of the
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  • 595 376 S. L. R. A. Mrs Mualiafon won tho June Spooa, iha Boores being Total The German C!nb at Kobe ha* boen Fold to tbe Nippon Kisea Kaisha for Y«n 340,000, MOOrdlog to the Asohi Thi proceeds of the sale, it is ur. itratood are to be applied for tbe raaiaW
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  • 1595 376 The Note of the Moment. From Our Own Correspondent Edinburgh, April 1. Id all public moods there is a dominant note. The Great Offensive, "the Kaiser's Battle (as the Huns themselves call it), is now eleven days old, and what is the note of the moment with us
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  • 150 376 A general meeting of tb* Fnnco jßraneen Society was beld m May 13 at H R General Prince Ki\nin*B mtmioo. In bis ftddreai Iba Honorary Pr«^idpnfc iiwel* on tho *»d vi^rthili ty of do&er ties be? v ■> 0 JapatJ find Fcaace, *idvi<,inucU pa tb^ cessation of bo3tilitiea is not
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  • 815 377 LOCAL MEN IN THE TANK CORPS. Good ncv.-a is tohacdcf G W Lyon and A KoberUon, formerly of Messrs John !o, m Singapore, and popular N C Oa m the Maxim Coy, .V .vuo vrent Homo a few months join up. A JuDg Jetter from Lyoa
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  • 716 377 The rain m the earl> Uoura on Saturday morning made the turf much nicer going, though the top bend was .oft. The weathor UK fl fl ue cool and clear and the proceeds ,j H were full of intereet. There wa^ a considerable increaee of members attenciog.
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  • 139 377 Under fcbo provisions of section 8 (4) o f the War Tax Ordinance, 1918, the Gover nor m Council has appointed the following to be AeEessors to advice the Collectors m fixing assessments v itbin the Settlement, of Singapore. The Hon'ble Dr Lim Boon Keng, The
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  • 40 377 The death took place m Kuala Lumpur on Monday, of Me W J Pullea. Deceased, who was an old Army tnxu, was for several yeare manager of the Station Hotel, and only recently left to joio the Federated Engineering Co.
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  • 1241 377 cnll tlT* kn °.T an thin B more whole tlTJnl %T" GeotBe Harrington o jonng Pendennie, than a etat, ot tick. It i« an alteroative and a tonic. A lutle neceesitj brings out yoor pluck it jou Had Jhackeray lived to B ee the excellent physical and
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  • 194 377 The following students have passed the preliminary examination of May (m order of merit) Foo Hee SeDg Wee Tbiam Hock Tay Soo Woon Hoo Chew Huan Tan Jao Cheng V D Seevaretnam Tham Ying Know Tan Soo Hock Lob Pin Lin N H Perera C
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  • 261 377 A petroleum Field has been discovered h? Mir X Nishida of Cholwon, Rangoon I Province, Korea. Ndwahas reached Shanghai that among men from the East recently wounded is Brigadier General Bray (formerly Com mandant of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps). Recently the appointment of the first Japanese biehop and the election
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  • 926 378 ALLEGED BREACH OF CONTRACT. An interesting contract caee was commenced before the Chief Justice Sir John Bdckoill last week when Mr Kirn Soo, general importer ot Singapore, brought an action ngainatt the Japanese firm of Ikeda and Co for damages for breach of two contracts dated
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  • 1143 378 THE ALSAGOFF LITIGATION The Court of Appeal opened m the Supreme Court yesterday, with fourteen cases on the list, two of them brought over from last year. Five decisious of tb« Chief Justice were under challenge, four of Mr Justice Ebden, one of Mr Justice Sproule, one
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  • 104 378 From Our Own OorrupomUni Penang, June 10. The following are further results of the local Bisley Event 8. Bobbing Dick. Open. Pte. E Bennett, 1. Handicap: Sergt. T J William 1 Lee Corpl. Heah Seng Hye, 2 Pte. T Martin, 3. Event 9. Rapids at 800 yards out
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  • 332 378 The White Star Club met the Middle sex at a friendly game of football on Saturday last at Tanglin Barracks and the game resulted m a win of one goal to nil for the former. Tin Guan who was arrested by the police on a charge brought against him by
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  • 463 378 WELCOME TO M[SS STROIT. A public meeting was held fc V MC A last evenicg to walcoin th Flora Sfcrout, the representative B i"? World's Women's Christian T n »J* Union. The raeetiag was well attP^J? Tha Kav W Cross, m a presidPd, .tZ** by the
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  • 398 378 Another departure from Singapore for Home, to join tip, is Mr E S Booth, of the E E and A Telegraph Co. He leaves to dny. Mr 0 M Alford, of Spottiswoodo Park ri traffic manager of the 8 II B, reports to the police the theft of a sporting
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  • 1825 379 from Our (him Corrtipondtnt London, April 10. I am asked by the China Association to state for the benefit cf those who are rebi dent m'hcFcir East Knd who htve frienda at the front that it is now empowered by the Customs authorities to receive ci^rtrsanii all
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  • 1623 379 We left G H Q at half pact eight m the morning. There were two cartloads of us, al! war correapr.rirn*R but myself, and ifc w«s tuy jofc to chow them the *o»k of the Hun cs roprtsoDtei by Arras. It was 6n? dr.y m late November
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  • 273 379 Brigadier* General A B Hubback, o M o, has returned to France, and has been given a brigade. He has quite recovered from his wounds. Whilst a Chinese named Chu Fan aged 25, was felling trees m Dutch territory, Cataman Island, on June 5, the branch of a tree fell
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  • 135 380 A very large audiecce attended the opening night of the FiHis's Circus season at Beach rd laet evening. The epacicus tent was packed to the fullest of its oapaoi ty, many people having to be content with standing accommodation only. The programme a hamper and lengthy one was
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  • 735 380 THE FKAWLEY COMPANY, THE OPENING PERFORMANCE, It was the pleature of the present writer fifteen years ago to give the notice of the one day visit of the Neill Frawley Company to Singapore. Probably the present company is a direct descendant of that very talented band
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  • 2064 380 Fine weather favoured the opening day of the Spring Meeting yesterday and there was a very fair attendance of members and the general public inoludiug the native section on the centre of the race course. The meeting had baen put off for several weeks owing to the
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  • 451 380 Invitations are out for the wedding, at the Presbyterian Church, on July 8, of Mr T M Maben and Miss Hilda Marion Rowell. The marriage has taken place at Home of Mr Edgar William Harvey and Miss Mary MargareQ Coppinger. The Hon Mr Eu Tong Sen m expected to return
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  • 565 381 ;H T HnhffiarlM- Cable] [lUaUr'i Brrvioe] i Locdcr;, Juno 4— lard French has j.gued a proclamation as followa In pureuanct d our pfOmlM We now make an [fat which if fcucce6:>fu! will ensure that re |tod sb&M Pa harpnrt fully and freely irorld'i struggle for liberty. The ia that;
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  • 69 381 i SScml etateraent I rhe following P.R atboomiDg Imperial War ■■>•'« renei meetings: licr er, the Minister of Meigben, the Minister of and the President Cooncil Mr Rowel!. N« Urgbos and the Navy pbOook. r »nd: Mr Maeeey and the Sir Joseph Ward. Genera! Smuts and the
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  • 37 381 Mr X k, h a Uh<?ai a hi h NY X official falfc^ H,J. D|l the P» B *enfiiera of the ill b%fcQ ■ilo»a!l l naaru i 8 no^ "id to have we<i «tee residence m Germany.
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  • 1396 381 j London, Jane 6.— The German presg continues to discuss the proposal of a new German peace offensive. The Frankfurter Zritung declares that Britain and Germany can neither destroy each other, nor live apart, and there must finally be an understanding. Bat the road thereto is blocked by
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  • 253 381 v img morning 6 air raid was the B7th Goth* raid en PariK. The bf:tre?« wan 0:10 of the roost violent yet; pu*i up. I| i H reported only on? Gstba penetrated one delenett. Fonr persons wm leriooily Injored. A hugs abundoued Qothi w.iP captured Dear Ftevenft, Pas
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  • 5922 381 Paris, Jane 4.-The battle seems to be developing into something like a race for Pans as the battle m September 1914 developed into a race for the sea. Pushing up from the rear nvd from vnrionq points 04 the front h* many trcops as possible, the Gemma Commaai
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  • 472 383 London, Jun Q s —The Pcees Bureau states that the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, France and Italy, meeting at Versailles, agreed on the following decla ration* First, the creation of a united independent Polish State with free access to the 6ea constitutes one of the conditions of
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  • 3850 383 London, Tnne 6 —The Admiralty an. nonncee that 197,274 tone of merchant tonnage were completed m May compared with 101,538 m April. Lord Pirriecommente on IK> Efttiifftfttorr ootpal and Foyg that gcf^Pt credit ii .it. the whole industry, especially the lirwd eugaged ia fitting out vessels.
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  • 303 384 The shortage of Ford car tyres is beicg felt throughout the Peninsula. Mr Edwin Tesseneobn returned to Singapore yesterday much benefited io health by his trip to Australia. Several thousand shopkeepers have already been enrolled as official agents for war bonds and certificates throughout Britain and tbeir sales of these
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