The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 30 July 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. jjjjX C^NTS SINGAPOKE, TUESDAY, JULY 30 1918. NO. 9,428
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  • 227 1 The Allies have entered Fere en Tardenois— Page 5. A Havas message from Paris says that the Germans are m fall retreat m the Soissons Rheims salient, on a front of 22 miles, closely pursued by the Allies Their resistance north of the Marne collapsed. The northern
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  • 1538 1 Where animals ace concerned it is pathetically true that little gifce foster great f riendthipe. Before the food regulatioos all the beasts at the Zoo liked the visitors —except t hose who would have liked to eat the visitors. 'Things have changed. A week or two
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 131 1 GOODRICH TYRES soODS N D PWEOWATICS Baffles Motor Garage FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle," 2H. P 2 Speed, four stroke, fitted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor AccesTHS CHOICE OF GOVERN\I£NrS All Dyer the World brings to th 3 Royal M nl HI the force
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    • 332 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN HONGKOSG). Important Books on The Great WAR. VThe Story of the Salonica Army by G. The British Campaign m France and W. Prioe. The Official correspondent Flanders 19 6 by Bir Arthur Conan with the Allied Foroee $3.00 Dcyle J |4.2£ My American Vieit by
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    • 186 1 {LATEST ADVEHTISEHfHTS. N.'w programraes at Hatima Hall, Gaiety and Palladium Page 2. j Announcement of mass meeting of Indians and Ceylonese on Ang B—Pago8 Pago 8. Municipal notice of public convenience m R-fflea Square— Page 8. Municipal notice of tenders for three concrete bridges Page 8. Yeo Eoon Kjon's Chop
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 105 1 THE WEEK. Tuesdij 30th. High V'»ie» 2SB i.ni., 2-49 p ra. Moon Last Quarter. Vstinesrfay 31st. High Water- *s 36 a.m., 8-39 pm. j Tfevrsdif. Aug. Ist. j High W>*w-8 3a,i,i, 4.42 p m. Dnngun Limited, meeting, noon. The Blighties Victoria Theatre. Friday 2nd H'fb WM ar- 649 a.m f
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  • 77 2 Orders for week ending August 4, 1918. Tuesday July 80. Signalling Class, TMOA, ground 8.1 6. Thursday August 1. Combined Band Practise, Malay Tolnnteer Clnb, 6.15. Friday August 2. Ambulance Class, T MO A, 6.15. Sunday August 4. Anniversary of De claration of War. Combined Chnrch Parade
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  • 193 2 In a United States shipping yard re oently the keel of a cruising destroyer was laid and the entire skeleton raised m the first 34 hoars oi a raoe to rednoe the construction record from fonr months to oae month. Aaoording to a despatch from Stockholm, T4lzky has recently made
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 547 2 NOW SALE (Cloth Covers $1.75) DOLUR DIRECTORY OFFICE, 16 CHMBE »LIEY. AN UNSURPASSED CHAIN i OF "SAFETY" EVIDENCE 38 of these safety formations m an average tize safety tread tyre, and 5 tough rubber flugers protruding J m. m each, give a real grip on the road. GOODRICH SAFETY TBEAD
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    • 942 2 From To-night until Thursday, I ugust 1 THE SPLENDID PICTURISATION OF A WELL-KNOWN M At The Alhambt The Hall for Music and Features. Beach Foad 1 The work of celebrated French anthor Nsasi Emil Zola's Nantas adapted for the screen ad praststol r.. A Man and The Wotna m 5
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  • 115 3 Courtesy of th» Fkkhob Consul atb. Pans, July 28, 8 p.m.— Giving way before oar continuous pressure, the Germans retreated on the whole front on the north of the Marne. Following up their rearguard* cloeely, we reached the general line Bruyeree.Tilleneuve ear- Fere. Courmont, Paesy, Orlgny, Cuielee,
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  • 144 3 Already acknowledged t18.ia0.21 Wairnna (Sumatra) per W Still) 260 Collected by J W Wilson, Parit Buntar R B Clayton 25 T A Croesley 10 B Mitchell 10 W Pinkerton 10 D C C Woodford 10 L F Getz 10 R B Kennedy 10 T Christie s D
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  • 52 3 The following donations are further ratefully acknowledged Already acknowledged 1280.24 J Oreig 10 0 G W Struye 5 J Bviid 10 Per V Sundara Raj (and 17 m small sums) 5 Per N Kumar Gre 27 (m small sums) y 24 88 Sams under $5
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  • 62 3 Mr A W Vick, Hon Treasurer, hae sent £276 0s 6d to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, London, the equivalent at 2s 4|u of #2,865.44 the total amount collected including accrued interest, and two donations received since the account was closed viz— Mrs Yin 110 and M B
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  • 63 3 A handsome silver salver wae presented to Mr F J Hallifax on bis retirement from the Presidency of the Municipal Cora miesioners, by his fellow Commissioners. The inscription states that it is From hie fellow commissioners as a mr\rk of their esteem and appreciation, July 20th
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  • 40 3 The following War Funds have benefited by the recent Exhibition St Dunatau's Fund for B.'inded Soldiers and Sailors 1378 82 Facially Wounded #61. 6J King Albert b Civilian Hoepiral 266 Prisoners of War Food Clothing 186. 75
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  • 145 3 We (Outlook) accept the reports of fric tion between Turkey and Bulgaria, over matters of territorial adjustment, as bay iDg a 6ub*cratum ct fact, beo*n«*» it would bo remarkable if tbeee two land grabbing Powers did not ccn:e to loggerbeadb over th 6 dißtribu ion of auy gpjil wbich might
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 540 3 IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Liqueur Brandy, Vermouth, Wines, etc, etc. At Messrs. Ching Keng Lee A Coy's Sale-room Raffles Chambers. Kafflee Place, L Thursday Ist August, 1918, at 70-30 a.m. r r r prising 13 cases Liqueor Brandy, 50 1 eases Vermouth, If 0 cases Spanish Ehtrry. i ira >i
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    • 490 3 PffYsfif/m$ OBGOKNBBfD 7t833t I I NOTICE. TENDERS are invited for the dismantling of the present steel bridges over the Kallang River, Siogapore (Kallang Road). Tender forms may be obtained from the nnd* reigned who do not undertake to acoc pt the lowest or any tender. Tecders should be sent m
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    • 361 3 NOTICE The Exchange Banks will be closed on Saturday frd August and Monday, eh August Public Holidays. j »9-7 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. EMERGENCY MEETING. Convened under Bole 25. MOTICE is hereby given tha'< a General Meeting of Members of the Chamber wiJl be held m Exchange Buildings
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    • 269 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. PUBLIC CONYEMIINCB IV BAFFLES SQUARE. The time for reoei ving tenders for the above work ia extended to noon on Friday, the 16th Augast. By Order, J. POLOLUE, Municipal Seoretary. Municipal Office, Singapore, 29th July, 1918. MT 15 15-8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tenderi for Three Concrete Bridget— Wajang Street
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    • 787 3 NOTICE I, the undersigned Teo Koon Soon, the proprietor of Chop Yeo Aik Leong of Mo, 161 Mill Road, Malacca, hereby give notice that I hare this day appointed Tan Houg Kiafc of No. 19 Te'ok Ayer Street, Singapore, to be the attorney of my Chop m Singapore, with power
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  • 1049 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, July, 30, 1918, Every day fresh matters are revealed which, while not bearing on the actual fighting more than ever now that there seems a prospect of an ending by fighting, become of more and more importance m the ultimate settlement. It was little use
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  • 302 4 Thar* is talk among Kuala Lumpur Chinese of forming an anti* gambling society, the main object of which will be to suppress gambling among nonias. Practically the whole of the Euala Lumpur rubber factories closed down on Thursday and Friday, consequent npon having no rubber for treatment. At Messrs Powell
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  • 475 4 The Director of R fflas Museum, Dr Hanitech, wishes to make a collection of the portrait* of men who have made their; mark m Singapore, for prefervation m the Mueeum, (or which purpose he has ad dressed a circular letter to a number of firms. Ud would welcome
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  • 451 4 Messrs R P Browning and P L Mill, of Banting Estate, are leaving for home about the end of this month to join np. (S E.) The fifth annual general meeting of the Indian Catholic Benevolent Society was held m the Society House on Sunday. The following officebearers were elected
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  • Correspondence.
    • 359 4 IN DEFENCE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOL To the Editor I>*ar Sa. I n, tl t9m thia i*tt*r m ftcew bf oC4ibe Mumc j tb»-i.' Juet, BMeting E«J»-.i»cl TO Mjc g ■II fi '11 tgTOCQ pi> m d i,ac*'' n'lengi I j in-.cLer?, v.ho Dog jbeUer. The HUM vi... l( c
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  • 79 4 Next Sunday, being the Anniwa the Declaration of War. ia apposnnt Day of Public Prayer. A epecifci will be held at c .30 p m H E the Go« H E the Admiral, H E the Genenli officially present. Seats wffl beM for Government Officials Noted be
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  • 115 4 The contempt m which neot* the Russians for their ebj ct subi to their German conquerors ie m cartoons appearing ie tbe M and Dutch prp.ss. Tb« ra «.*5 these are produced Id s fedec J ample which ppp«arfd m comic weekly being calculated te a blush
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  • 72 4 One of tbe gttt*^ JJJjJJ which tbe Londo.. i ß s' m dealiug wUt MMp« j Chinatown i« t< f q 4 act cf Rnobrg howe^fr, c I premifeso.' Cl Ibftii tor a Ml with allo^inc Ml >' 6tnokir»R the Id I He wae &**< two Ot ll
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  • 16 4 Smoker k-l name and aMvss II i, notifiea that '^M massio, Samarauu declared infected own:. cholera.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 132 4 FOR SALE HUPMOBILE 5 Seater IN PERFECT RUNNING ORDER. Lowest Price $3,500. Apply to Galdbeck Macgregor Co. BEST STEEL T Barbed I If C a I In rolls of about 280 yds. j 4 point 2 strand 12 gauge. I Prices on Application AT c/oli#i L/tt/e Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN
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    • 42 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1085 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of oar offer 11 Mo satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of our work could: be given or demanded.
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  • 469 5 -net MOMENTOUS NEWS ObT SIScE_COUNTER v -h.— l'lia Germans are m >ha Soisacaa Rheime iaiunt a; e5 Una closely pui#u«d bj the blows W v.i'.h reuew th*" iMtoU,r collapsed. The k M .< .n May 27 is thus res tho utraart cf c re tba eaemy con
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  • 160 5 *i Millions Now m France k 3n] l 28— General March, t^y •*atemeo?i, announces thai faa-* a Cjmb *tan« troops from w j, c b B f u t0 artive iQ Ilft]y- mi position, h« says *hhMh 3 dv vca ■mc« the fc ;ae ia S P-ciE!l, dangerous
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  • 453 5 EAST OF RHEIMS IS BEFORI (By BQeaaariae OaUa] London, July 38.— Renter's covteg pondent aft Free oh headquarter a (July 89th 280 p.m.) iajs This corning we reach d the line of Ihe Ourcq along the whole eoar.e. Oa the morning of the I *Tth its
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  • 178 5 Dealing with the Problems Amsterdam, July 28. The Cologne GaE9tte reports that the German eoonomic conn oil has been inaugurated, represntativea ot the Interior, Foreign Affaiis, Finance, railways, war ministries, war food board, pressbureau and other departments attended. The piesident ol the national bank Sohaost, presided,
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  • 112 5 French Praise of Decision Paris, July 28. The French press com ments favourably upon Japan's decision to accept the programme ot Washington. The press eajs that Japan's decision is of the highest importance as it achieves the failure ol German intrigues m the East. But it is
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  • 62 5 i London, July 25. Montagu's report en silver states that Ibe market is unchanged, tone good. Shanghai exchange hardened to 4a 9id. I London, July 26.— The Government demand is still large and steady. [Other wires describe the market aa aleady and unchanged."] Cairo, July 26.— The
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  • 537 5 ENEMY THROWN BACK; TOWN TAKEN TBy ftobnarine Cable] [Renter's Service] London, July 29, A French com munique says North of the Marne we continued the advance m the region of tbe Ourcq notwithstanding the resistance of the enemy who attempted to prevent our passage of the river.
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  • 58 5 London, July 26, The newspaper Financier emphasises the importance to rubber companies of the judgment favouring the Merlimau Rubber Estates claim against the revenue authorities. It is understood that the decision permits the company to add to its capital m comprising war 6bx any additional sums
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  • 43 5 Amsterdam, July 26. The National Congress of Turkastan has proclaimed the Government of Turkestan also the Trans Caspian, Khiva, Bokhara Republic. The Allied Russia Executive comprisss Mohammpdans and a Republican Commissary attached to the Emir of Bokhara as an adviser.
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  • 54 5 London, July 28.— Tha Official Press, Bureau says that the Ministry of Munitions to night announces that communications received to-day from all parts of the country indicate that the situation has distinctly improved and that the majority cf the btrikers will, m all probability, retu»n to woik
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  • 88 5 The American Navy has given us a lead m democratic nomenclature. On« of hex new destroyers is named after a gunner's mate dead m this war. We may by this time huvfi Bcmewhere at sea a Jack Cornwall there is room m the list for the name. We k aye
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  • 171 5 One of tha most enterprising newspapers m America is The Republic, of Sfc Louis, a city m which an immenae German population centres. Notwithstanding this it recently has published a list of the one hundred and one most notable Qerman war lies Cold m the
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  • 638 5 Our Million 0 8 Soldiers Flfbtlof Washington, Jaly 8 Major General Peyton 0 March, Chief of Staff, announced that 1,261,000 American troops were actually fighting m Europe on July 1. He said "Wa have embarked a million men and are now going after the second million." According to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 270 5 ROBINSON @> Co. NEW BOOKS. The British Campaign i.916 by Co nan Doyle Price S3 60, Germany at War by Major Haldane Me Fall Price $3 60 The Ocean Empire by Gerard Fiennes Price $3 60 Beware the German s Peace by Major Haldane Mcfall Prp r i ce $MO
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 582 6 P» &O» British India 4ND Alpcar Lime (Companies laooiponiea England.) Mail and Passenger Services peninsular and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) t&e company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OP BOMBAY are at present t*e CompSAy't INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON are at present suspended. Passengers for
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    • 890 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MAMTIMES (Incorporated m Fpasgf) MAIL Llffi; Monthly servioe between Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Golnmbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-vena. BRANCH LIMB. Fortnightly sevvloe between Baigon-Tonrane* Haiphong. For further Information apply to J. da COURTIHS, Agentg. HONGKONG. A iteamer will be despatched tot tha above port on
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    • 664 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COBIP^ (INCORPORATED IN U 8.A.) REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS PACIFIC SERVifE Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francis S.S. "ECUADOR". 14 000 tons from Hongkong on or abo.- i«v SB. C0L01BIA 14,000 tons do do A I S.S. VENEZUELA 14 000 tone do do and every 28
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  • 1431 7 Mr W Eyre Kenny, M last c E, Senior Warden of Mioe3, F M S in hia rapori on jtbe administration of tha Mines Depart j meat and on the wining industries) for ,the year 1917, concludes by etating, with I a lßConic 8m
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 318 7 A5S ets over 52,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 I IB GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). BEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. rjpacybas £20X00 deposited with the Bnpreme Court of England, and oompiJes with the British^ a3m wl93 lot ia
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    • 483 7 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANS, LTD. [KCORrvRA-SD isi Japan Oaaiaal Boamailaoa^. ~~.Y. !8VAo«600 Paid U? Y. 42,i>0^,000 Kcßcrve Fasd...._ Y. J3.IOO.CCC flwiMMiKj Iaooy& Ekq, Wit FlHlilimf. N. Kajlwara Bag. DISECTOFS, J. Iconye Bag. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Kajlwari Esq. M. Odagiri E:q. N. Borua Esq. Baron K. Iwnsaki K. Bonoda Esq.
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    • 418 7 THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements) Capital Registered $8 r-oo 000 Capital Subscribed $5.000n0n Capital Paid Op 12 soo hnn Reserve Liability Z $25u0 "ooS HE 1O OFFICE Raffles Cnambers, 6 6, Singapore. BRANCHES Penang, Malacca, Muar Batu Pahat. Oarrent Accounts opened, Fixed Deposits received at>d
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    • 114 7 /H.W4VB RELIABLE ASPINALLS GREY MOTOR TYRE PjAINT STOCKISTS HIN WATT Co., Held Office, Motor Works Dept., IC2, Market Street. SO, Orchard Road. SPENCER MOULTON TYRES. Sole Agents: Central Engine Works, Ltd. |hjlr FOB Wr BRONCHITIS AND ASTHMA Doctors Recommend ASTBBRO. It aide the accretion of mucuoas quickly cuteb broscbial' Bffectiotß
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  • 1110 8 There are many theories of the cause and origin cf dißeaee. Hardly a week paeats but a new theory ia added to exietitg theories. Hitherto very little attention has been directed to the pro feeaionbl theory." This has recently bean propounded by a one-time inmate
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  • 129 8 i j Paris, April 27. The Petit Parisian saya that the Getmans have extended tboir front, hoping to make use of their reserves ma beupfis from a crashing superiority a* a selected point. One hundred and fort; German dlvi eiom are at present) m
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 586 8 SKIN DISEASES^ Overcome by the Wonderful Blood Purifying p r 1 of Dr. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLG A person suffering from eruptions of the skin has much t -±3 <!,' not merely the jdiscomfiture and irritßtioi ''.^X. sation, but life is made miserable by di j ifeTfctefc The liver is
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  • 1403 9 rwaad by FKASEK Oa, Exohange and Share Brokers, Jolj 29th. AU 4OOIMIOM of Sterllnc 86mm QMUt »c tegarded %v putelf KOtalnftl lot m§ ÜBian J?2L I T 9Bt PAID> Drr BOniß, SatfcßKi 160,000 ll li Allaf*' 11% I I 8 0 179,880 fla ll ABglO-JftTß 15% 5
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  • 44 9 •OoiiK'«a««D cp *o Jaly 29.) Sluoek 4 < B J-4J d«ia&o4 1-4 9»tiiita a«n.t s-49-ia 'fa>caa damand Baal M 815 '*ma, T. T. 147 1 «oaeK3w», s>nnai 44Hp«» JAVA, fl&maadl lOfif KiJniXOXi ?6i lOTOßfti&Sft, Bank &ar>of 18.54 Nm iJilyt* Leisjlaa 48 13 16 i
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  • 153 9 July 29 fig (buyers) 9178.50 J*n*jisio 16 00 J^.iT-?:s; Osfta Eld, 1 22.C1 9us>*ai Csfef No, 23 GO ?«9P«» srlAfk ovdfa. v 'po^« 80.60 {*.'en* i 48.00 fltatxtt**,! O »:> >r<e 111 J nam fot&Mge (00 lo fth* (If aom if act (BandUu ooii* Cflavtf CAmkoinuJ y a^m Isli
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  • 41 9 [A.U British Teasels unless marked.] Arrifali. July 2 7. —Sri Patana. July 28. Lady Weld, Ban Hin Guan D Van Twist, Siagkel (Dut) Kaohiag, Gladys (Sar). J July 29.— Pin Seng, Kinta, Malacca; Maetsuycker, Rumphiaa (Dut) Asdang (Siam).
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  • 22 9 July 27. Esmeralda, Elang, Aojou. Jaly 28.— Circa, Mata 'Had, Kuala Emile, D Tan Twist (Dot) Tenchi Mam (Jap) Flero (Sar).
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 153 9 TKe TROPICAL ROOFING GENASCO SoppKed with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATS which do away with the necessity of using sticky cement at the overlaps. i^|^i«ellplr *^*^sa)(iiir«sj^ J^fijaJiiiMWil- Ml GENASCO is the result of over 30 years experience m the manufacture of Ready Roofings. Its durability makes it the most economical of
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    • 608 9 MUTER lM O^ cef "a Second Oaoer for steamer leaving Singapore shortly. Apply to NI lo 476 c/o Singapore Free Fress 8 7 DC WANTED. European office a«siscaut, previous experience unnecessary. Haiary |3§XJ with free furnidhed quarters, only d cent ca^s men, who are ineligible for Active Service need &PP'y«
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 302 9 MAIL TABLE To-diy. inteia< edlale and loaal maiih. iptM »c lou*t la list below s— Penacg, Malaeoa, F.M.H itev Tmrtai if.a Aally (except Sunday) Johore 8, 9.8Q, noon, 2, 4 A 6 p.m. Trengganu via ports Aing Leong 8.80 am Cuoob Soon Lee 8.80 am Batavia, cto 10.80 am Penang
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  • 1170 10 Ordinary Meeting, Monday, July 29. PREBBNT. H.E.the Governor (Sir AYoung,a.o.M.G. k b c.) H.E. the General Officer Commanding the troops (Major-Gen. Ridout, C.M.O. C B.) The Hon the Co". See vfr F. 8. James, cm g.) The Hon. Att. General (G. A. Goodman.) Aot. Treasurer (H. Marriott.) Co^ci*'
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  • 363 10 Suicide of iht Murderer. Report! of the dastardly murder of Crown Police Sergeant Glend«nning f in charge of ths Tai O station, m Lantao Island, rescued Hongkong cv tbe 171 b. An Indian constable 818, slationsd at Tai O was charged at the Magistracy before
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  • 149 10 Belladonna, which before the war came almost exclusively from Germany, ia now bting cultivated at Dotking on a scale that will prevent any possibility of dearth m tba future, and doctors, who partially discontinued its u;e, may now prescribe it is froely as they did before tha war.
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  • 80 10 i An interesting sigbt was witnessed on July 19ch at tbe Central Police Slat ion, HongkoDg, when 49 health? looking Chin- cc« wore li**ed up and |6 distributed to •aoh one of thum. On erquiry it was; ascertained that thsy wet* a batch of undesirables who landed at Hongkong; from
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  • 218 10 Thsy still call this, m Hongkong, the Conscription Tribunal. The sitting on July 17th *as interesting and the results! were. Vacuum Oil Co. One unfit, two do ex empiion, one two months exemption. A S Watson and Co (Chemists): European staff 11, rejected as unfit 0, one no
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  • 259 10 11 Man lernt nic aus one has caver done learning— s%y the Germans. Con sequcntly they seem bent on teaching tho world that Mr Kipliug'e classification of mankind into human beings and Ger > mans" wai scientifically exact. Their 1 latest exploit m bombing deliberately a well known
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  • 82 10 H E the Governor of Hongkong was present at Stntue Pier to bid farewell to Messrs J H Ramsay, J A Ridgeway and R T Barton, of tha Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, who were leaving to voluntesr foe service at tbe front. His BxoelUnoy than proceeded to Blake Pier to
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  • 215 10 A Hot Match at 3ELBTAR There was a heroic sort of toccer match at Seletar on Sunday, a combined team representing His Majesty's services Ueven naval wirelessers and four gallant guardsmen of the SYR) contesting a hotly disputed issue with the football team which on local playiog fields more
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  • 414 10 [By American Consul General George E Anderson] Despite war condition* a motor road around the principal portions of the island of Hongkong is m ouree of construction and the budget of the colony for rcxt rear makes provision for its completion. Untii about five years
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  • 24 10 I Secretaries General Rubber Co, (Sumatra Holland American Plant. 605,26 3 j Netherlands Langkat 16,881 Si Pare Pare 80,868 j
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  • 285 10 PO3TMAN CHARGED. Bsfora tha Chief Justios (Sii John Buoknill, k c) yesterday, a Malay namad Abdul Kahim was charged with theft on May 26 last ol one 91 note and two tan ctnt notes, the contents of a postal aitlola. Tha aeoused, who was undefended, pleaded not guilty.
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  • 109 10 At tba Victoria at Theatrical Hall on Saturday afternoon, Messrs John G Campbell, Tan Jiak Ngor, Low Seng K way and Kwek Jae Jin conduoted (ha drawing ol the Thong Ehee Eok B S A motor car raffle m aid ol tha sufferers* of reoent Swatow Eartbfuake.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 450 10 •MONTSERRAT" LIME FRUIT JUICE Jl^^T^^k IT COOLS THE BLOOD W? J /^S>\ AND KEEPS YOU FIT. \s W?*Ks^ j\ YAMATO'S/ C THE HOUSE That has Specialised I I for over C I g% years m i I COTTON SILKS. I |fcf f/ L VAMATO COMPANY c 5 SIKGAPOBE. I v*
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 78 10 S.V.O. DRILL PKOGHAMM& Attendp.Dce at three recruits' parades a [week ia ccmjpulsoiy. [Drslld Marked ure compulsory.] Tuesday, July 80. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hull SV A Details I ii ii n S R E v 5.00 Pulo Brani Fall ia at E L aud T Office, Risim Point SRE v PB
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