The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 3 April 1919

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    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPGBE THURSDAY, APRIL 3 1919. NO. 9,635
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    283 1 Important news from home ia that the Miners of South Wales have begun to work again and that the railway men are advised not to strike Page 5 From abroad perhaps the best ia that the Bolshevists some of them consider their case hopeless, that the Vienna
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    AMERICAN LITERATURE.
    1538 1 la tbe four quarters ol tbe globe, who reads an Atuericen book, ot goes to aa American play, or look* at an American picture or statue Thus Sydney Smith a oenturj oi toon back. Since then, how lever, our cousins have made VMfl strides m literature, as io
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      144 1 RAFFLESJOTEL. The largest and most successful Hotel on the Island* FACING THE SEA. Luxurious suites of Rooms and spacious lounges, verandahs and beautiful grounds. AFTERNOON TEAS. Every Thursday, Music m attendance. Cinema on the Lawn from 6 15 p.m. First class cuisine. Guest night every Saturday, dinner followed by Cinema.
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      322 1 Are You Protected <__•________________________________________■__________■ There are thousands of ways of altering i a cheque But there is ONE Way to make your cheque absolutely secure against alteration. Use THE PROTECTOGRAPH Detailed List free on application to RONEO LIMITED, I 14a, Collyer Quay, Singapore. 1 ln England*, -_---HH_-_-_--__________-________-_^ uUUUMim- ff j
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      167 1 LATEST MVnraHKMTI Neoliu reg. trade irk of Goodyear Co Page 8. Lichen itfauta fcod Page a. Au:tions of motor chassis, at Tanjot? Pagar. household furniture etc m the tale rooms R*M Place, damaged rice m the Sampana at Teluk Ayer Page 8. R^bin^one fir fibbing tackle Page 8 The Empire
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      60 1 THE WEEK. Thursday 3rd. High Water— il ac a.m., il-16 p.m. Golf Club Meeting, 6 aj p.m. Mfttj 4th J\t- Ww- i— o-4)0 a. Mark Lodge. Freemasons Hall, 9 p.m. Sykora Concert Vie Theatre, 9.1* p.m. sth High Ufa* r-tl 1 A p rr. Sykora Concert Vie The atre, e\is
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      650 2 MAN 111 HOUSE iSG ORCHiKD ROAD NnW OPEN Offering a I hoice „nd Fxclusivo. Selection cf Ham made Manila BHBBOIDEBT AND IN6EBIE wantFd IU I eed it no^rarl or illflcetioni Appiy Tti Rabbet i o. r i Ckrk ol 1 fori lapervlsim m build if n i kppllc d- aid
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      629 2 PALLADIUM ORCHARD ROAD. Where the Good Pictures are V To-Night! at 930 To-Night!! J, Stuart Bfackton and Albert' B. Smith PRE B E N T Marc Macdermott and Mildred Manning In a Screen Version of the Popular Flay By EDITH ELLIS entitled "MARY JANE'S PA" .SUPPORTED LV NLW COMEDIES, NEW
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      415 2 a Picture from another popular bra* d of photoplays ADDED TO EASILY THE LEADING SERIAL OF THE MOMENT AT THE ALHAMBR A The Hall for Music and Features. Beach R°a;i Second Show at 9 p.m. RfARL WHITE, THE SERIAL QUEEN, ANO A.ITQNIO if ORE C IN PATEES GREATEST MYSiERY SLRHL
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      297 3 MRTERED SANK 0 *ustrti!s ni tkiMt fmlQ UP CAPITIL f1,200,0CC I *KYS PUHD _M.aOO.OCO vc Llnbllty of Proprietor* £1,200 000 HEAD CFFJC* RRRWWBRMRaWMa LOKD3S, I. 5. Amritsar Peoaug Bangkok Da Puk- Batavia X.k.<. A i ir.ng an Canton he :'*ngh_l Cebu f. i Laager Sirjac Colombo r. >j»ho>>& Delhi a
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      960 3 LOST. One let-grade Raleigh T lcycle, fitted g( ar case atd 3 speed hub. Enaurulled p^en. Rims blightiy rusted, no mudguards. Under will bo rewarded on ret irniog same to 2:7 3 Queen Street. IN THE HIGH COURT CF JUDICATURE* AT MADRAS. (IN INSOLVENCY;. roti" ion No. \!7 of 193.
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      912 3 FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. NOTICE is hereby given that tho Transfer Books of the above Company will bo closed from 7th April, 1919 to Klh April, !&19 both days inclusive. By order of the Board, Wm. C. PHIPPS, Secretary. 2-1 9-4 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tendeir. will bo received ac the Hnlonia Secretary's
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      1269 3 PRELIMINARY NOTICE. Messrs. CHIMG KENG LLE To., have been instructed'and will offer for sale b> bue Auction at bn early date AU that very desirable and beautifully situated European Compound I>vm ihng House known as MOUNT ELIZABETH HOUSE" No. 1, Mount Elizabeth Road, hngapoic oon tainlng according to tho GDvernmeut
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      135 3 GOSLING Sl CO. E^r, ?abl« *rtdre«*. TABACO. 8, Te egraph r treet, 4*5 Raffles Quay, text r Telegraph Army Ag-- ts. Commission Agents (Import and i xport shipping Express Freight aM Passenger Agents Bls ;ler fl Storage and Transhipments COL cash on dellv ry Specal l nes Sullivan's Fine •mencan
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  • Domestic Occurences.
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      BIRTH.
      22 4 Ritchie.— On Match 9tb, 1918, at tho Peal? jlloipltal. Hoigboi'K to Mr. atftl Mrs. Jf. 8. i .Ritchie, a daugtt* r.
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      DEATH.
      40 4 Clafk.— At the Maternity Hofeplral. Madras, ;on ..nc\ Marcn 19)9, Mrs R A. E Clark, vrtfo of Serg:. B. A. E Clark, Middlesex Ueelmett, late cf Fccang Harbour Board, am: Hater tf Mrs. P. Ptdley. D en'v rejgretted. i
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    The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 3, 1919.
    809 4 The Singapore Free Press. Thursday, April 3, 1919. The wires announcing that HaDgarj hid gone Bolshevik were a'arming, bal a closer examination into the state o! B angary and its politics seems to show th it it may not be as tenons as at -t sight appears. Militarism is at
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    499 4 I The Rent Assessment Board for Siofa pore will .it at the Municipal Board Room oa Tuesday the 8th in.iant at 2 15 p m. Thoie bcni.ward bound shortly from Peuaog include Mr and Mrs A H West, and Mr W H Thorne. The annual Conference of The Brethren takes
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    LATE WIRES
    631 4 Paris, March 80. It i. semi offioia'.l? stated that M Dutasta, secretary of general Peace Conference, viaitel Versailles this afternoon m ord<r to arran^* tb^ holding of a cjjngreaa far tv psa;* pre.i minaries Ad soon ai the Great Powers have flnniiy decided on a text for thc
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    ANZAC DAY.
    102 4 ANZ AC DAY. A notice m another column calls attention to a proposal to celebrate Anzac Day m Singapore, by holding a dinner at the Europe on April 26th. The occasion will serve as a meeting for Australians and Kew Zealanders m Malaya. The list of gentlemen to whom names
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    136 4 Mr A M L iwreoce, who left tbe menegr ment of tbe Cheroh Rubber Estate, Raub two years ago to join the B E F Mesopot I amia, has been promoted to the rar k of 1 Mbjor. He hop- ato return to the FM S J shortly. Tbtre pasted
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    BRITAIN'S SURE SHIELD BEATTY ON THE NAVY
    570 4 BRITAIN 'S SURE SHIELD BEATTY ON THE NAVY London, Mir If l<< nr«r v. i tuively lafermsJ that the poei v tributicn tf »ho BritieO n_*\\ w 1 Home fleel ar.d .-even foreign sqi I bat toed m tbe Atlantic Weet At v ninsi Cape, Seete I and Hi I
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    RELEASED MEN.
    126 4 Tbe followrng 2nd Lieutenants bavt [been released Irom Military Service and embarked at Madras for Singap r March 26, 1919 ou s I Euryalut. E L Watson— 7th Lancers. G J B Cox— 7th Ru Durham Infantry. E H Paramour 7th Bn Harupeijir. Regiment. R Campbell 7tb Bn
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    F M S COMMERCE.
    37 4 Rrmm Otar o%im CwrruptmHwn, KSM-tS Lumpur, Ap« At a general committee BSSeSSSSJ of tht M S Chamber cf Commercs follow mg ba anuael meeting Mr CluJd was rejected president acd Mr Pbyeick rasidant.
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      142 4 1 PI SIB Uf U l&lf V bLUo Wallalli. f/B Supplied tu most of the lead:rg Club.-, ¥M 1 Hottls, Messes, etc., throughout the £9 jBL St/ai;s and F.M.S. »> Sb < ~Jjj Per Case of i Dozen BoUics K 1 i||ZObUU (duty EXTR;) i taa <J WHOLESALE OR DETAIL
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      54 4 VICTORfA THEATRE. ToMcrrow Nifcht l The Greatest Event In the Annals of Music m Singapore Bogumil SYKORA Cello Virtuoso AND Alexander SKLAREI/SKI Tte Piano Genius VOr The Programme cl Jnetrunoental Music wr lch these two great Artists will submit To mcrrow Night will surpass anything yet Heard ln SINGAPORE. Book
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    CONFERENCE NEWS
    292 5 THE BIG FOUR Mar 21. —The B'. Four held two lootings yesterday, the second of which ms att.ii lt-1 by Foch. Pershing, Sir Henry t'tlson and Diaz. II la believed it dealt ritii inter -..lied mes.are. to be taken a view ot events at Budapest. London, March St.—
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    THE COVENANT
    810 5 ■ris, March 29 —It ia anticipated the League of Nations Commission will finish ita labours about April 5. I: ia atated ■neither the Monroe doctrine nor the ■Japanese amendment regarding racial equality has been formally bafore the Commission. The latter problem haa I become almost of primary importance
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    DEPRIVED OF TITLES
    308 5 London, Mar 28.— Tha Gazette announcee tha! the King has directed that tbe following persons who adhered to His Majeaty'a enemies during th -i was are to be deprived of their titles, vi nely, the Duke of Albany, the Duke ol Cumberland, Prinoe Erneat Auguatas (tho Dake
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    AMERICAN INCOME TAX.
    151 5 The American Consul General, Siuga pore, advises that he has received m formation from the Secretary of the United States Treasury Department, through the Department of State, that iv the matter cf making uturns of incomes for the year 1018, no p- unity will be asserted m
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    HUNGER NEWS
    189 5 VIENNA STRIKE OFF Copenhagen, March 29. A wire frcm Vienna of Mar 28 says the railway 6_rike has extended to the northern railway. Communication between Vienna and the outside world is almost at a standstill. If food trains continue to be held up the j bread ration will
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    EASTERN NEWS
    1026 5 London, March 88 —It is reported the soviet Qovsf-smsnt ot Boofsrj baa de clarrd war ou Serbia nni tbe surrounding OOSUIUIss. BklfmUhing becween French and Hangman islsshmanll hus occurred a) Sz^gedlu. Pads, Mar 29. I: li stated tha? General Miogiu will be appointed co command tbs Allied troops
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    FROM GERMANY
    272 5 THREATS AND BLUSTER 1 Copenhagen, March 29. A wir« from 1 Berlin of Mar 28 says the Lokal anasiger says a suspension ol the armistice ii poesib.e. Copenhagen, March 29. A Berlin wire says that reply.bg to resolutions from! Rhenish Wesipha'ia protesting ng-.iust the alleged French plaus concerning
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    EUROPEANS IN AFGHANISTAN.
    149 5 A'lahsbad, March 21. The Pioneer eaya Three Europeans have recently returned from Afghanistan, namely Mr Oram, (irrigation engineer), public works department, whose k6rvicee were lent to tbe late Amir by the Gov ernroent of India) Mr Hulliday (who was formerly with Messrs Burn and Company, of Calcutta)
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      144 5 ROBINSON Co Ff SHINS TA KIE JUST RECEIVED Plaited flux fishing lines iv green and tan Furnished lines with two }ine<,< cork and (juill floats. Mounted Sea Lines with G oz lead, 2 gut hooks, 1 gimp hook, 25 yds. line Dark leather iiy books with 8 leaves 2 pocke*
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      460 6 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA, (ISZOBrORiTED IS JAPAN) UNDER MUL CONTRiCT WITH THK IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. (Subject to alterations without notice) EUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) Fortnightly service. For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, (Marseilles) London "KAMO MARU" tor Loadon 10th April KUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) Fortnightly servoed (Auxiliary Servioe Cargo only)
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      718 6 K. P. M. Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappi] Incorporated In Holland.) ROYVL PACKET NAVIGATION 00. OF BATAVIA Telegram Address PACKETVAART Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Superintendent 3 COLLYER QUAY. PNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Srtqara-DJa Borombang, Panoh, Asahan and Beiawan Dell ...April 8 Singkara
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      701 6 Apcu Lai tmMmßm Incorpotatftd lo England Mail and PAasENQER Sekvic^ PENINSULAR ANfl ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contraoi wltn His M ajeasye aovernme M The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST or BOMBAY area: ,ot p^deci. INTEBMED IATE SERVICE FROM LONDON TO MIR3EILLEtS A Lj DUE BOWArOMI LEA VE SINGaPO. *ds Neilore"
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    1308 7 S_Mi«_V-k«0 A^Mra.'-r fggner! by VttASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, April 2nd lav*. Pasc. YtA8* &rf. Brxvs*, s****s> 100,000 H Ailft|»? 1S<* 1 8 0 379,930 la V- ixf.c it. 85% 9 0 8 0 IM.930 «a fla Aoflo-Kaltf 15% int 10 e :3 0 «O,OCC t*
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      229 7 Singapore Baby Show. To The Mothers of Singapore. YGU BABY IS SURE TO BE THE BEST. Give it a chance to get First Prize at the Baby Show, Victoria Memorial Hall, April 12th. 1919. Only Babies up to Twelve Months are Eligible. Admission Free. Get your Entry Ticket now (it
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      15 7 AU tjaotatios* ot Sterling Ba»rti mn *i t)i.r\i\ 1? fit.:? oa'ti tta tao f> SSSL
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      421 7 pilllllllinillllllHHlllHllM I The Difference m this Baby H from the usunl bottle-fed baby it his firm Be i^aW ''^N\ stron bone and happy .ntelligenl w| this is because he has been re. <. b:«bics aro IccKy £E babies. Glaxo contains only those things which build up firm Tcsh and strong
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    SPAIN AND GIBRALTAR.
    392 8 Tbe Suggested Exchange. Tht. Spanish African review Espuna Coloniz^dora, of Decembei 80 last, writes as follows of the present endeavours to rousa party passion in regard to the possession of the Rock People are talkioe insi. tentiy jut t DOW of the _xe_.aut.-t of Gibraltar for C.uta
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    HUN TANKS IN LONDON.
    243 8 Ignominy of "Hagen and 'Schnuck" The Ancient Persian gun from Baghdad, which has stood solitary in the middle of Che Horse Guards for months, found itself yesterday cheek by jowl with two strange companions. On each side wa6 reposing a squat, square, repulsive creature of metal
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    AUSTRALIAN TROOPS HOMEWARD.
    189 8 Calcutta, March 22. A draft of 270 Australian troops inj charge of Major White arrived m Calcutta by special train on Fiiday afternoon and j embarked on the Janus bound for Australia. Nearly all of them have come! from Mesopotamia, only two having been j m France.
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      150 8 U;. S*' mZT ZsEmmmmwmmSSmmmk^^mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmWt^^mm-*"' jT -*^^^^^^^^^flfl___k H^r^ W___H "*^f ,^M^|_^_^ i m _Wm A—m^P^meW—K O mmWßmmwl P___ _VWfIA "*i* §«M t* i EXIDE BATTERIES iIRE THE BATTERIES FOR YOUh AR. «s_______H__HHßaaa___. 6 Volts.— l 2 Volts. SOLE AGENTS P-NTRAf] MOTHERS FRIENF.- So effectual is that wonderful medicine, Woods' Great Peppermint
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      26 8 TO TrTOSF BOMI WABI BOUND i CAMPBELL LATHAM k Cl., Ijflirt ft tun! limirf Tallflrt i 18, COKDw'IT 8.8 M., fcONEOS W Mr a 4*. UlftSL
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      249 8 rwßWKrxiMß*-«*-w-.« -a^ PATRONIZED '^SSw&y BY ROYALTY •ammmmmmmmm\^m\W^^mßW*+ j It [Jl D 11 A A FEW SUGGESTIONS^^ B. P. De SILVA The nams that 13 known throughout the Eact W.J GABC^T Come and See our Large Selection of attractive gilts: i" NMM Bl suitable for Young and Old. rET— ffings, Wedding
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      428 9 y>wy w^j^wßw^^^^w^^^^^^mm^^nE^^is^^^^^^mmmMM^^aß^^^^^^^m^ ammmm _h__hb_i ttti— "^t j m j cj-i->.-» i—^.t^tj ormt ISUOOO.OOO ASsnrance m force over $9,000,000 I i m GREAT EASTERN IJFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD CFtiCK: Winchester Hens*, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32,101- Jewry, E.C. Jas^ **f f'^O.CwO vie^Oaiteil wilh Iho Sunre'ne Oourg a/
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      338 9 P. &0. STEAM NAVIGATION GO. Ambulance Transport Marama" The above stea- AO. Wharf Oam on TUESDAY, Bth APR L for i'ar SvJi: Uing at Port By. m nnd Pennnfl omit. ing ibo. In si money (one class only) are a-3 toUows To London £54 snd few berths a* £75 To
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      429 9 S9RTH BRITISH ANG WSRGiNTIUE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incur por.itai tn (Jnv.t Bjitaln^. TOTAL FUNDS txcee>l TWENTY-THREE MILLIONS Sterling. ANNUAL REVENUE exct FIVE MILLIONS Sterling, i FIRE Simple Contracts/ I oeesa HAVINI Marine and Transport Insur ances of All Klu^h ersn_?a;v k 33 at current ratos. MOTOR CAR PolJcie* i-sard by thld
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      517 9 BANK OF TAIWAN, limited. (Ib'CORPORiTED BY 8WDOI L IMPLRML Ohaktsb in Japan.) Capital Subscribed Y. 30,000,000. Capital Paid Up Y 25,000.000. Reserved Funds Y. 6,530,000. Freblrtmt Ttt?utaro Esq. iViccPri Kojara Nakaguwa, Esq. DIRECTORS. lyctosbi Fada. Esq. Kyoroka Yama'.ari, Esq. Bblngo ?Ji&ami, Esq nEAD.OFFICCr-TAlPEH, FORMOSA (Taiwan). BRANCHES A AGENCIES. Kotiuog, Taletau.
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      274 9 2ND0-CHIRA I tfBlll H&YiGiTIOfc C* (I^dorj orated in Euglatv*. EM&SOT eSKVIOR FG dapay via "f ffctrng Sfetou js'I to €afeau& via Pcamtf p Singapore. 'aaijc, Maoao, Bwa*o^, Aaaoy, Cbefoo, r? 'i"«'.. PtiUpaJa^.s. Aa., For the info-mation of shippers, It is expected that the above Service will b9 resumed about January
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      805 9 VESSELS IN PORT. Steamers Nafe. Tonnsra Maatat From CouirlgL FoBesitang Dut 270 Forme A PC Dock Uct 8 Jacobs Bri 2874 Kemp Bombay 24 boustead Une Cnator Bti 838 WH McDowell rTiimssHs -H ASP rjnc Van Heemkirk Bri 18y6 Davics I'.mb. y 5 i*t»ad far Sboshu Mata Jap 812 Sdtow
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    GENERAL WIRE NEWS
    182 10 BELGIAN FINANCE London, Msrch 28 Reuter is author! tatively informed that it is estimated, Belgian expenditure in tbe forthcoming year will total forty four millions with a revenue cf t-.nty four million, owing chii fly tc decreased aciiu y of public services. Tbe deficit will ba covered
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    RACING
    45 10 London, M*r 29. --The result of the Grand National was. Poethlyn, (11 to 41 1 Ballyboggan 9 to l) 3; Pollen (100 to 7) 8. Twenlytwo ran and eleveu finished. The race wss woo easily by eight lengths with six between second and third.
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    CANADIAN NEWS
    315 10 Ottawa, Mat 38— The House of Com mons by ICS lo 51 frdorred Ihe Governmant decision agal I tba reanactmsnt of tbe Daylight Baviag Bill. A confused poii'.icn is inevitable as all lhc railway* intend advaaflfaf tbslr timo one hour on March 80, most of Ihs cilits and
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    BRITISH RELIEF TO SYRIA.
    89 10 March 10. Lord Lamicgton will act as commis* sioner of tha British relief unit organised by tbe Syria and Palestine relief fond aud ihe Order cf St John of Jerusalem which is proceeding to Syria from London on l 18, The party, which consists of about
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    GIFT TO JOURNALISTS.
    82 10 Field Marbhal Sir Douglas Haig met the Allied, neutral, British, and Amecictrag aonaspindents by appointment on the i west arch ot tha great HchenzoHern' Bridge, over ths Rhine, at Cologne. Jus object of the meeting was to thank the ccrrrspondents for their services during tbe war acd
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    67 10 By the dfatb of Mr Lee Ah Hp.vay tbe Chinese com m unity of Rangoon has lobt one cf ita most prominent and influential leaders. Tue RwMWwmeA was a native of the Saniu district ot Canton having been born three m 1889. He proceeded to Psnang in-ia eighteenth year. After
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    THE DOMINIONS.
    539 10 Lord Milner's Yievvs. London, March 80.— Lord Milner, inter j viewed by the Sunday Express, replying to the interviewer's suggestion that signs ot impatience were appearing in the Dominions, admitted there was a centripetat tendency in the Empire to day, with Britain and the Doml nioni thinking of
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    LOCOMOTIVES for MALAY STATES.
    67 10 Supplied By America London, March 5th. Iu the House ol Commons, replying to Sir R Cooper, Colonel Amsry stated that an order for twelve locomotives for the Malay States was placed with the United States in January because early delivery was urgently necessary- The American firm
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    FOOD PROFITEERING.
    240 10 Offenders ngAinst the Food Control j regulations especially m the matter of; rice, are mauy and there is teason to! believe that there is room for more vigor ou* action on the part of the authorities m this direction than is being displayed by the Isolated cases brought
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  • Correspondence.
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      THE TRAMWAYS.
      190 10 To the Editor. S;r, Through your columns, I would aak the management of this company, if, considering the fact, which is patent to; everybody, that the rails, rolling 6tock etc seem to be rapidly disintegrating," whether it is absolutely necessary thai the emplj cars on their return to
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      GROSSLY EXAGGERATED.
      176 10 To THK Editor. Sir, Theatrical and cinema advertisers have a deplorable defect of assuming the public mind to be void ol sense, memory oi judgment. Innumerable times the most wonderful, the most thunderous and the most everything else film has been shown m Singapore, sometimes m the same
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    EDUCATION IN PERAK
    134 10 The Rev W E Horley, whose name is almost synonymous with education m the F M S passed another milestone m his career when tbe new building of the Kampar Anglo Chinese School was opened by the Hon Mr R G Watson, c w o, the British
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    FAREWELL TO DR J GRAY
    86 10 A farewell entertainment was held at the Chief Medical Officer's Quarters, Sepoy Lines, Penang, last Friday afternoon when a farewell address was presented co Dr J Gray, the Chief Medical Officer's Penang, *ho is shortly leaving for Europe on furlough, by tbe Dreesers end Clerioal
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    BARLOW'S RUBBER REPORT.
    122 10 Singapore, April 2. At tbe opening ot the auctions this morning there waa a good demand for all grades but at prices somewhat below last week's level. Ribbed Smoked Sheet sold at from 75 to 7 6 i cents until near tbe cloee of the day when
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    ROBBER TIN AND RETURNS.
    49 10 Agenti Sime. Darby and Co. Lingui Tin Limited 70.84 (tribute.) Agents Ea6t Asiatic Co. Mount Austin 287,075 Agents Sime, Darby aad Co (Malacca Bukit Lintang Estate 18 000 Chempedak 8,000 Chimpul 15,952 Krubong 6,840 Lendu 16 450 Permata 5,628 Radella 11,000 Rembia 80,170 Tebong 78.000
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    300 10 I The Kasuga Maru, which was aground on Slope Island outside Ljemoon, has been towed to the Tu.koo Dockyard for repairs. The Speelman went into dock at Penang on Monday for cleaning up and painting. She is due to leave on Thursday. The refusal of Lloyd's to insure
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