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

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORB, TUESDAY, OCTOBEK 29, 1918. j£ bi T TS NO. 9,505
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  • 268 1 Late wire news wiil be found on page 4 Late war news from China papers is given on page 10 Subscriptions to war and other funds" will be found on page 10 Raub Australian Gold Mine report for the past month is given on page J3 The
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  • 1269 1 McLETCHIE,— MESS WAITER." Aged about thirty, an undersized rat ol a man, hollow cheated, weak kneed, with a pimply (ace, he was nererthelees ona of the most priceless treasures that tha Army haa acquired during the present war. What walk m life he adorned, prior to the cutbreek of hostilities
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 113 1 0m TYRES LrmS IND PNEUMATICS RAFFLES HOTEL. \fUrnoon TEAS will be served m the ho tci lounge and on the lawn every Thursday from 4.30 p.m. Music m attendance Cinema Siiow on the iawo, especially for children, at 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). rVDffWDITCD M4f>E IN ENGLAND IN OUR OWN RIBBONS
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    • 600 1 i KELLY WALSH LTD. 'ISCORPOBATED IN HONGKONG), BOOKS ON^HE WAR. In the Fourth Tear. Anticipaions of General Von Sueall by Robert Blatch a World Peace by H. G. Wells 2.75 ford 200 Canada m Flanders, Vol 111 cf tho The Great Crusade by The Rt. Hon. D. Official Story of
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    • 111 1 LATEST 4BVEHf!§B«£*TS. Notica re return of Directory forma Pafc-e S. Adelphi Hotel Oar Dl 5 floret b^ll Pcge 10. H C Hudson has the magic flute on sale P-go 2. Otomune and Co wili be clcaed on Oct 81 Page Notice re meeting about New Year tsporis Page 8. Fresh
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOUPS AND PNEUMATICS,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 92 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 29th. High ftate* o-SS a m,, 6-27 p m. Commeroial Rubber 00, meeting. Wednesday 30th. High Water— 7-48 a.m., 7-46 p.m. Thursday 31st. High Water— B it a.m., 846 p.m. Boy Scouts Meeting V.M.C.A. 9 p.m. Frifav, November Ist. ctten Wmh- 9 2 a. 933 p.m. All
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  • 328 2 II; haa bscn rudely suggested that Ministries could do with half their preaent staaTs, Bines halt the members cf all Minis tries oniy apeni their time quarrelling departmentally with each othei J I want the head of the man who eaid Onr staff shonld bs half not
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  • 116 2 A W rracp aFl ee *t reec worker with tho Pali bUim tore** vftitet, "ac present our b.vwu,c m oa the ooaai or tha Msditer raue.tn. The na:ive tHherrnan ronnd hfre U antUasj if not up to data, and hicharge are ths laal word ia profl'eeri-g I waa more interested
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 526 2 IPs*\p**m^P ja New Ideas Crnrn^i %b«!**3 J. 11. FLYNN ANDERSON I Advertiser, 16. Chan c r ile> 3 I lJJM Ml^^ ,t^ M,^ MM> *a^a»aiaMaawaw*^MaMaaaaM aaa muni ma <MW HAVE YOU TRIED FULL SIZES? j LARG- STOCKS NOW /YAILABLE. THE PARSEE EMPIRE THEATRICAL CO. QF BOMB V I High Glass
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    • 1025 2 Saturday, October 26, lo Thursday Od k EViR AN ENTERTAINING PHOC rJI PICTURES TBI^ rfHf! ME U An Ince-Kay Bee (Ti lan/ In 5 Parts < A play writ en to ruit th:- WW f inset I a drama ot character which sno*a tbat thi am i i feelings acd
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 734 3 m**^ NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF mjh KEROSENE' OIL. I ikJ Take Care of your Tins. ILV *______\r atal seventy cent B eacn tor them and so reduce tne cost 1*1 c:in g of yonr oil. I neb a hole only m the cap when opening. I t P- ich a
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    • 661 3 "BOOKLO7ER=I will find things worth while ln The Himallad and the Hamanlad by AMARANTH (Kelly ard Walsh). That is my opinion. What is yours C.J.0." 26 10 ao SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO., LTO. (Incorporated m Straits Settlements) No'lce is hereby given that the Transfer Boob 8 of this Oompany will
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    • 955 3 NOTICE. 1 G Otomune Co., 1 R ffl s Piace, will be closed on Thursday, ai«t Oct., m honour of the Birthday of His Maj msf the Emperor of Japan. S9 »0 3C li NEW YEAR SPORTS 1919. NOTICE A PubMc wi'l hn held m tbe North I Rocm, Singapore
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    • 780 3 RAUB AUSTRALIAN GOLD MIKING Co, I id. (incorporate i h Qusei.A.i ,3 TheGrneralManaoeu *> I'Ko.nEs* <ei»ort> pob Foub Weeks Ending oot sth The aecDmpacying sheet of Mine Measurements and Assay returns ahowa a total of 897 ft male up of 7 ft sinking, 65 II driving, and 825 ft croßScotting.
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • 19 4 I Newman.— At Kuala Lumpur, on the 2 -th inst to Mr. and Mrs. James Newman, a *on,
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  • 95 4 i Ha Z ABD —Killed In acticn on the Western Front, 2nd Lieut. Douglas Hazabd, 'iv 6 I Middlesex Regiment, late of the Asiatic Petroleum <;o. (S.S Ltd., Fenacg. (By Cable) j Mk. B. Alwaroi FungeiCLob Kstat al Gonial Hospital. Kuala Lumpur, on tie 28r<3 Ootober, i 918, from
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  • 1320 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, October 29, 1918. To take the resignation of Luden DORFF as out* of the signs of the dis integration of Germany is quite reason able more so now than at an earliei period of the war, when tbe earlier Ger man military failures took place.
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  • 836 4 London, Oct 27. Field Marshal Hal's reporting on aviation c&ji we dropped eight aud half tcno of bombs oa Oct V 6 oa important railway St&Ciooe with ex cellent reantta. We dGslroyed eigot end drove down three machines cue cf control. Ntoe British aie missing. Oar uigiitfl cr*
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  • 36 4 tr Genera] Of I L i i ii > DAoj U; Ar Hif mi of Mi ftoci ex! P Piawa ia b BMBO4 I ftt 4 OH mm r vbila t ntifiCae ortlj Jiv.-, i
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  • 30 4 DEATH OF MR J.E. BROWN. rres. a, jit ott B aeai sntei i sf His lab j tf a well kno? laid sf i about week. Dsc< tbe Province T>
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  • 14 4 Members ot Lbs P aili pie., pof P"*«csi have bt further sottus*
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  • 208 4 One of laic sliest latei aa* eaaepal the ehipl iogenioni strategeai v information poeliabi 1 j Boe:ou, protect j wa *&uccbed ia 1-4 j fore complete.] rote tbao h span. Iv tbe Sfdtner r u would have beeu ttafc B t the trenuudo^ juimil fj. J
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  • 213 4 mm+Mr W Craig, aaatfstsi ji general, and Mr 6 Craig SSfl Sj Australia. Mr Craig teases wiiSSSa leave. a a»» His Excellency the ftovei pleased, by an Instrument f»^ tbe Public Seal [»f rVs Ootou] day of Oct, 1 91 N to c or as M the Hon'ble Mr Frederick
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 161 4 ll mm\ C BO M L O J PP S If IU k li iTO o T^ s W BULLOCH LADE sJBQk iEQ WATSON'S No. 10 lllUlllLU 'I PERFECTION MARTIN'S V.V.O. U3GE STOCK? Reasonable Prices i afi fl i nnr^w iiiAAfir^A^ d at%A aaaßll^ aßßM llßani *^'^BaM>Bnßißa*aaHaßnaiaaaßHaißaMßßaaßßßHMHMMaHaHHaaHßßi^aaH^ bim b DAlHlriti
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    • 42 4 I Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD EOID. TELEPHONE 1038 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do SiO) Note the conditions of onr offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of tbe bf^u quality ci onr \sotu could be given or demai^Ccd
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  • 237 5 OEfl IN FULL RETREAT Q]ii Front Driven m ,-r m oorreepoc r i luartere ia the oey'i assay altei un irrupted f x im Ibe j bim to the MM than Ibal 'A ii o nl l ii ne guceescivelj from tbe Ber m Ugh! i treat
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  • 191 5 German Desperation —Renter's eosratpoar beadojaarasti (Oct 36) n ash armiss are giving the ts aad whenever there Is h br Seal a frash blow. .ssparate to day along miles long of the tsrsss le Cateau and pj be reeking with t ss *c posspad into it. witton
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  • 500 5 PLAIN HINT TO KAISER Austrian Demobilisation Rumoured C*7 Babesariae Gable] Aieu*»re berricej Copenhagen Oct *7.-The Kaiser has' nccepud the resignation of General! Berlin reports say tha! the Kaiser m accepting Lndanootirs resignation del creed that the lower Rhenish R« c irnect nambei 39, ol Which Ludendorfl WH
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  • 296 5 Reuters Agency and Wireless Services, j Tbe China Mail of Oct 11 cays: The' F»r Ei.6t bas now two services of news by wireless, m addition to tbe voluminous service by submarine cable. For some! time past American news has been suppli i ed to Shanghai and
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  • 143 5 TIGRIS ARMY ADVANCES Aleppo Captured l*▼ Submarine Cable] [Renter's Bervioe] London, Oct 27.— Mesopotamia official. We oontinue to pursue the Turks on both banks of the Tigris and have forced a passage over the Lesser Z*b near the mouth m conjunction with tbe cavalry, which after crossing
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  • 29 5 Vancouver, Oct 27 —The Canadian Pacific Earner Princess Sophie from Skag was foundered m a gale and 268 pas3?ng ers and 75 ers*- a>-e rrportod drowned.
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  • 26 5 London, Oct 27.— The Presi Bureau slates i kat tbe Prime Minister, Mr Balfour witn naval anl military officers has proceeded to France.
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  • 28 5 Chrietiania, Oct 26.— Spanish [influenza is raging unabatedly m all tha towns cf Norway. Spanish influenza is spreading throughout Germany causing numerous deaths. my
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  • 145 5 COUBTESY OP THE FRENCH CONSULATE. Paris, Oct 26:h 6.20 p.m —The French 8 per cam bonds are at francs 62 the 6 per cent at 68. e6, and the 4 per cent at 7165. Between the Oise and Serre, m spite of the enemy resistance we captured
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  • 214 5 From an industrial and commercial point of view considerable importance attaches to the decision recently reached at tbe Educational Conference held at Peking to initiate an organised effort to make Mandarin the only spoken language of China, and do away with the hundred dialects now m existence.
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  • 108 5 The Swiss journal, Die Elektroinduttrie, gives particulars of a process for removing the temper fron hardened steel. Th« piece to be softened i< placed on a pi *te of iron at rtd heat and covered by a plate of cold iioc. After tbn whole has cooled, the piece
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  • 837 5 A PLAIN DEALING MAN Kaiser Mast Go London In a telegram from Washington (24th) the Seoretary of State has forwarded through the Swiss charge d' affairs rhe following reply to Germany's note Having received the solemn and explicit assurance of the German Government shat it unreservedly accepts the
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  • 78 5 Tbr-ffi has been completed at Oamara, Naw Zealand, a large wood pipe for the j conveyance of water. Tha pipe is 36 m m diameter, and is continuous tbiougbout Us whole luagtb of 1,6« C ft. It b«8 beea laid m a trench I*s hdoptton wus heoes sary owing to
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 93 5 ROBINSON CO. /V£/17, COMPACT, SIMPLE Smoking Mixture 5i. 35 per lb. tin I SJHMBBaaaSSSggiSaagaaWßK^^ Mr. H. N. BUCKERIDGE Late ul Ml: i LAJf A V KITE, Photographers to Their MAJESTIES) Begrs to announce that he conducts the ONL¥ EUROPEAN STUDIO SINGAPORE at The BURLINGTON. dOC Paces Nortb of tbe AdeLpbl
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 542 6 P. &0a Rmtish India N AND A.PCAB LIiNE (Companies Indoxaoiated la Englaad J Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) true Company's mail services east or bomb AY are at present c ended. VfcB Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON
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    • 831 6 THE NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Inoorporated m Japan.) The s.s. Snwa Maru 21,6c0 tons will sail for Seattle on or abrat the 15th November calling at Hongkong Shangkai Kobe. For freight passage, and farther particulars apply to Paterson Simons ft Co, Ltd, Agents. 25 10 uo THE OCEAN TRANSPORT. s Incorporates
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    • 644 6 Ipacific mail steamship cq^; (INCOBPORITED IN 11 S. A.) I REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS PACIFIC Bssaa^ Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Kocolulu and San f S.S. ECUADOR". 14 000 tons frora Hongkong on or L ft S.S. 'COLOMBIA. 14.000 tons do fc S.S. "VENEZUELA', 14 000 tons do do L and every
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  • 1784 7 An Englishwoman's Adventures. A grating and a creaking, a violent jerk, and out train lumbered heavily into the night, bound for Siberia, the unknown land of myitery. After long delay in Moscow a fourth c'asB carriage had been conceded to us, a party of 88 Ejg lisa, by
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 71 7 MTS OCXS OF THE TWO FAVOURITE V P iH 1/V 1% 1 I r K\ II Li 111 I LilVu JL JLJL JOjb Have Arrived o lOOK 3 lZ6St £MPIHC" OLIVER.' f 9 d wide. Foolscap takes paper 9in. wid 14in wide Brief 14 n w dl Special (O.ivoi' takes
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    • 499 7 BRITISH (SIAM) WAR AID ASSOCHTIOK "SOT PaY 1913 §mt fO N LOTTERY. TICALS 1,000,000. Tickets, Ticals 5 or $3.50 eacb. all tickets are soia Prizes will be Ist Priz 9 Ticals 200,000 2 Prises 50,0( 0 each 4 20.t)00 140 I 500 l Tht ba'ance ot icais 26 \0 r
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  • 1142 8 wmmmmmtmmmmm GERMAN OFFICER ON RECRUITS. British Air Superiority. War Correspondents' Headquarters, Aug 7th. An unusually interesting documanl haa fallen into cur hands m tbe form of a diary kepi by an officer of the ?Brd Fusilier Regiment of ths llth German Division covering the petiod from early m April
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 763 8 EVINRUDES EVINRUDE Purchase ><„„■ 1 DETACHABLE IiOWBOAT Cf CANOE MOTOa lf ll T>TTr\T?CJ o can be taken with you or onto, street XiUl/iJFj 1 1*0 il l i car or train. Attachc-d ia a rsinute. 'I o Speed 7-8 miles en hour. Four-Cycle Twin, i~€k\rrj\ Q /I ra a<-a 4..
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  • 59 9 :>OBUmy m 1 off at Oct 28 teal imt 3 -4 B*l6 temanA 1-8 16 ifi :> **;'als eim'iiH h r. t 84 16 82 i mWmm Aea so -J Baal 802 asVBIB, T. T. 164f EO! WxVmm lam I 48i%Prem LCEwZ.iAai, i:<ia:?.r;i lOOti J4\l s S*2G%£.: 12r*i S4B6K3S,
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  • 111 9 v m wul^^a v ii Pm\ aw«S*SJB »j G I*l l* 2-*-<-. s<2a!i pt:tl :< Qialls| GOni t.i It lakt 10.00 Ei aee&lam paaal It 12.00 PsUUd Hatall Qorti Oar^a Sudaiad 865 !^-s sttsai 6 50 ■>Bi*=;£, Bs^ssr.r SLies^Se* 2,400 BUe, Baajreaa Wfcfai 218 S"i. t BCB NO. I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 242 9 „3 rv-^r ?^.OOO,CuO Assurance m force over $9,000,000 rH GC AT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). f Bl ID OFFICE: V7inchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, aid Jewry, EX. OtXOOU [HsjlHilSiill alth the supreme Cosr t of England, and oomplleß with the Brltohttfe Issoraaoe Oom^alas va
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    • 429 9 •^•-'Hj Ui 111 I bsooaPoaATai] dj 7apaji J »US3 ital Sabeortbed ii,000.000 i; ssttal PaidTJv m v, tt ooo,ooo J Haaesfc f, iK t ioo,ooc rtYsslifsafi laonytr 11*$, MSCfaHB. J. laouye Esq y. Yamakawa Esq N, K.>jiv.-.nr i Esq. K. Odasjtrt JBsq, H, Soma L-^q. R,»r n K. TvS-ar^ki K.
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    • 232 9 The Eastern United Assurance CORPORATION Ltd. XiLimO GViPieS-— BINQAPOBafi l«coi:pc->at-fcd Sii ibe S?raitg Settle.moats fi§* BEFU7IUT.-- Risks saasated oa B?.iM« i-i«;E ana ateronandlse at satrect xatey, mm aWaUWIiBST.w.i noniaMce ejected os Hells and Cargo. Vos 101 l saitlotilairs ss to r**oa asd aU otbef I ;.t' .n aaal] to i
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    • 300 9 i *f^stß^aatta'a* m^nmssmmm NORTH BRITISH AN3 MERCANTILE INSURANCE CGIfIPASY (lucorporatcd In Great B»ltain). l??i?r!JS plfl Oon^aote, LatestOonoesslons. MAHINE All kindd of Marine Bubiness transacre;!. MOTOR CAR 3 Reduced Rates. Increased Benefits. Po!ic!.3H Issued by this Company cove? Accidental Damage, Public Liability, Burglary, Fire Tran-ij. H. J. TOTTON, McSL.'STER Co Ltd..
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    • 854 9 SURGEON WANTED •For Bteamer procn cling to tbe TTnHeJ Kin«c!otn Bhoril^. Apply (bifjre ;-ove:iiLer Srd) to W. MANSFIELD COMPANY, LIM:T£D [Incorporated m England] Sitiyapore. Lar^r^ rffl'o or effieea m central location fiuitab c for Ehipping m I Jmporf Crm. The Bobert D^ Hi r (Jo., c/o Syme A Co, 29
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    • 30 9 STOCKS AND SHARES. Oct. :h Tbe following era tnj shares aa to which changes am notified m Messrs Fiaser and Co's yesterday's share liat i overs Sellers IDBBEI DOLUS JMPAMES.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 335 9 MATT. TART V 5 To-dif lateiinediate and looal mails Vtfl ie to-y.a is list below Penang, Malacca, F.M. B: lay aaaaaj l8>«m dally (except Sunday). Johore 8, 9.80, noon, 8, 4 6 p.m. Cacob Soon Hong 8 80 am Samarang 4 New Zealand 9.80 am Pangkal, via ports 10.30 AM
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  • 298 10 About 1 p ro. on Friday, there died at his residence, 12 Wiikia Road, Mr Wini fred Augustina d* Cruz, a well licorrn member of tha Eurasian commutity of Singapore, at the Lg<* cf 49 years. He had been m declining heal'h for some time,', but for
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  • 309 10 The "Our Day" Country Fair will open al four o'clock ou .turday tbe Ctb. of November at tba R Re«c c«- Course. Tbe chief organisers are Lady E?elyn Ycutg Pre sident, Mrs C W Darbighir* Vice PresiJeu:, W P Ker Hon Treas. Mrs L P Ebueu
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  • 84 10 At the Harima Hall those whD have net yet discovered who is tba Man m the Mystery Ship will nc*- have another op portunily of solving it m the 15th tad 18th episodes. Iv tbe First Show Bluebird Photoplay presents Louise Lorely m Painted Lips a dim! interesting
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  • 178 10 Corner cir 2 frcm yetterday (the 28 h ine'.uu.) all stations on Faharg Line and Kuala Pilah branch exs. pfe Mala and Krambit wi.l bo opened for trafSc. At tha second court \ectcr. Chew Fook was charged witb Ihe theft cf clothes ard 3 wrtch and chain frcm '2>j Joho;e-rd,
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  • 151 10 ACCUSED MAN EXECUTED. The last eet m connection with the Olcbe Hotel Murder case took place behind the prison walls early yesterday j morning, when the execution took place of Liang Ah Tee, a Hokchia wbo was sen tenced to death at tbe last Assizes for the
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  • 95 10 Ii bas bt*sn decided to keep tha local schools c oeed for another wetk, Io Penang rbe deaths frcm infl.nnzi recorded include Mr R X Dunstan of Topbara Jones and R iil ten and Mr P M Martinez, Siuitary Inspector, Health Oflflje Of those who have bad the
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  • 69 10 SINGA PORE LADIES' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP. The competition fjr tbe Andrew Carrie Ccp will tuke pl°.c^ on tbe Garrison Golf Coarse beginning ca Nov 1. Tbe first roucd mast be completed by Nov 6, tbe second by Nov 8, ihe final by Nov 12. Tbe following is th 2 draw. Mrs
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  • 58 10 Ninth List. Acknowledged ***** 30 Total proceeds cf aa evening Performance at ihi "Cioema Francais Malacca (pec Mr H WFord^ 192 Mr E Teesecsohn and friends 101 The Lanadron Estate Staff 50 Mr F C Wceford (per H E Major General Ridout) 20 18,898.30 The above are
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  • 42 10 The following subscriptions are grate fully acknowledged Hon'ble Mr R J Addia $250 V Gibbons 100 W P W Ker 100 Straits Steamship Co Ltd. 100 Singapore Cold Storage Co Ltd. ICO 9660 R J Addie, Hon. Treas.
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  • 325 10 A epcial Gazette issued m Kuala Lumpui on Monday morning states The Chief Secretary to Government hai received with det p grief the news of she death of Hia Highness Sir Abdul Jalil Naarnddin filakhtaram Shah, k c m q Suit^a cf Pirak, at Kuila
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  • 1327 10 Commander of Caceho-Slovak Forces. A Pacific Port, Oct 4th, General Mau rice Janin, French Commander and a Veteran of tha Marne, is here en route to Siberia to assume command of me Czecho Slovak Forces. He raised a new Czechoslovak banner at a public reception here. An
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  • 371 10 The Finding The Court, comprising Mr Jaslice L M Woodward, Mr J R Brown and Mr Alien Dennys (Asseesots), gave its finding on Friday m the enquiry m connection with the acquisition of 23 acres, 8 roods, 81 polos of land (Lot 18S XVIII Mukim I) from
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 288 10 STRONG AND WATERPROOF p^ C4/VMS 84(5$ FOR PACKING Of iDMrnPrnCSTh I t€%JDDt.H I 1 M*MMMMMM«MMMMMawaMaraw«a«aa«aaM»»a«ww«wM«r._^ rTl|> THE STRAITS SmXEwJi? ■ra 515 p 1 1 1 1™ aaal laf laf laf V II U OUR DAY 1918 5i WAR LOAN Loi[ SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT and run under the auspices of OUR
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