The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 14 May 1919

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTB SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 1919. NO. 9,661)
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  • 205 1 The only effort from t ired Reuter is a, left over from yesterday, telling of what happened to silver a week ago. Journalists like their cable meals re gularly. Assizes commenced yesterday and good progress was made in the undefended cases Page 7 The Sporting Notes on
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  • 70 1 Ordf rs for week ending May 18. Wednesday May 14 Football League, Third Troop vs Fifth Troop, 5. 1f p.m. Musketry, 2ud Troop. SVC Drill Hall 6.10 p m. Thursday May 15. Bugle Band Practice, Malay Volunteer Club 5 15 p m. Friday Mav 17. Ga.-'en Party
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  • 1184 1 THE PROBLEM OF THE HALF EDUCATED. While it is true, despite vociferous opinion ro the contrary, that nc problem essentially new confronts this age, which ia still ;u a state ot childish amazement at its oivn newness, as remarkable as Pico della Mirandola'e astonishment at his own learning, there ie
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 154 1 RAFFLES_HOTEL The largest and most successful Hotel on the Island. FACING THE SEA. iturious suites of Rooms and spacious lounges, vj.'i Uriah and beautiful grounds. i AFTERNOON TEAS. Every Thursday, Music in attendance. Cinema on the Lawn from 6 IS p.m. First class cuisiue. Guest night every Saturday, dinner followed
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    • 211 1 Every Dollar INVESTED IN jrirestone TYRES Bears the Interest of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Go who are Determined to give Satisfactory Service to Every C a r Owner. FIRESTONE TYRES Are Full Size. AGENTS Brinkmann Co. SINGAPORE. MACE HAIL CO. TAN-SOO GHI CO. Ipon k Koala Lumpur Malacca WEARE
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    • 135 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Male stenographer for shipping dept Pjge 5. Legal notice relate F J Holmberg Page 2. Offices in central position to let Page P. Medical Officer for Sarawak wanted Page 2. Fishing tackle at Robimop and Co Page 6. The Prize Packet's box plan open this morning Page 8.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 99 1 THE WEEK Wednesday 14th Eligh Water— lo-V2 a.m., 9-55 p.m. French War Pictures, Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. Thursday 15.h High Water— lo P 8 a.m., 1 -23 pm. Full Moon. French War Pictures, Memorial Hall, 4 p.m. WCCU Annual mtg, Y M C A Hall, 8.30 pm. Frit?*? 16th *t»h
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  • 249 2 An International Organisation. The feasibility of an li_.teraa._ei.ial rubber organisation was suggested by M: F Coperuan, who presided at the meeting ol the Soember Aj Rubber Estate?, Ltd. says a Tiroes ot Ceyion correspondent. In the coarse of his address he said thi" tbe outlook for rufcbsr was
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  • 147 2 A special urgency meeting of the Law Social? by 60 votes to 88 decided to support Lord Buckmaster's Bill to remove r ae disqualification which prevents women practising as barristers and solicitors. Sir Waiter Trower said that whether woman would ba hampered by matrimo nial adventures was
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  • 220 2 Chop Guan Seng Aa Solicitors for and on behalf of I ee Nam Seng (otherwise called Lee Pbuan K wee) and Lee Ek Theng both of No 47 Boat Quay Singapore Merchants we hereby _Jve notice that the said Leo Nam Feng pa'cS ased thu goodwill
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  • 130 2 A strange find was made by the Hartle pool trawler Kathleen Bnrton in tbe NortLern Sea. When about 170 miles off Hartlepool she oame across a large Germau ship, which proved to be tbe Geicot, of Hamburg A gale prevailed, and the vessel
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 405 2 MOTOR I GLARE GLASSES IN GREA? VARIETY JUST ARRIVED. Fresh Stocks at MEDICAL HAIL Opp site Post C fflce, SINGAPORE. TO KEEP HAMMERING AT IT «__e___a_-_______*fta____B_aa__H____e Is the Secret of Success in Advertising DOLLAR DIRECTORY DOES THIS FOS \OU j,! 1 fe i tm\^m\\\\\-u^^c^jssm7smmmmmmmß\ IDEAS ARE BORN IN VARIOUS WAYS
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    • 504 2 PALLADIUM] ORCHARD EOAD. Where the Good Pictures are I -..■■■■■■ia_______________________________-____________i TO-NIGHT! At 9.30 TO-NIGHT!! IV ILL l AM FOX PREBENTS The Famous American Athlete GEORGE WALSH In a Dramatic and Thrilling Feature ENTITLPD Brave and Bold" A Magnificent Photo-play, Brimful of Exciting Incidents and strong m Dramatic Situations With Complete
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    • 172 2 NOTICE After the 31st May, 1919, No person may import rice into the Colony, or transport rice from one settlement to another unless licensed to do so by the Food Controller. No person may deal in rice wholesale either on his own account or on account of any other person
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    • 371 2 From Tuesday, M^yji^to^unday, May P^ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN siNOAl ttft, A Distinct Novelty in r. c t ur s AT 1 H ALHAMBR The Hall for Novel Attractions, Music and FeaSecond Show at 9.15 p.*. A Real Chli.ese Lady in the Leading FOI2 in a 1 a jier
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    • 215 3 DJTHROUGH OUT THE WORLD '"^Hp:.. COLOMBO J$ i *vj< v 3vl l.\ ___tv^* j|y?fl-----B-f] > <v. •> Jr3TPip%A?ffj^H|^H^fc;^ Just Pupe&ch Mellow *JlTgrzn ice c &o6acco THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDICREE F VOU SMOKE A PIPE OF COURSE VOU SMOKE "CAPSTAN NAVY CUT^I. Grossmiths JL "Golden Still" J^^^t Eau de Cologne
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    • 56 3 MASSAGE HALL No. 239, Bencoolen Street. Open dally 6 a. m— 9 p. ro. Telephone No. 1467. Massage and Manicure BY Mr. Fujita, Mrs. Haru, Miss Hana PLI AST FIND ojtl f P</Tg\ Beach Rh. i j(\\\\\ r l>r 1 1 w\ H0 T L llNORTH BRIPtrE ROAD g x
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    • 702 3 CHARTERED BANK 0 India Australia ant* ihlna, ItfrpmM ji Eijfliid fey fiuyal Tartar. •AID OP CAPITAL £1,200,000 SRBBRYB FOND £2,000,000 tuerve Liability of Proprietor! £1,200,000 HEAD OFFICE W S?*HOPBeA7S, LOEDOS, fi. C, »«aWOIKa AfcC i*UA*v.___*S, Anirltsai iiongkon* Penaug Bangkok Hollo Poket Hatavla Ipoh Rangoon Bombay Karachi Saigon Caicatta Kiang Serembaa
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    • 319 3 Latest Styles in Ladles' AND Child en's Footwear. /cw Ladies' fY~T i X^>»w_^vak Blftc Glaca V I > *^>**f&/\ Kld one bAr l shoes, exact V\ c \"^-*w^ X^S^wSfc^ t0 Bkelch L »lt I J^^^V S^*^___ Bm r t shape. Ss^~^ All sizes. Price 1 1 50 per pair. Children's
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 212 4 II fc»y ■■JJ» b _p^J 7 'As gjf >r> fi yIILIPTON'S •"i^w^ Mti^yi fific^P^ TEAS I .3^s -^B Obtainable from all Grccers at the following prices. lr EXTRA CHOICE GRE^N LABEL $1** 10 f j -J* *'o. 1. VELLOW 0.90,, Is NO 2 RED 0.i6„ \1 ,f f\\* v^jk Si'<
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    • 809 4 NO MISUNDERSTANDING HERE! Why, Madam, you have deceived me!" To turn a quarterly into a monthly is not <;uite the same as to produce ducklings frcm supro-edly hen eggs, but it certainly is to produce more clicks than wore expected But we wish to deceivp no one. THE EASTERN ILLUSTRATED
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  • 651 5 Housewives' View of what Is Needed Tbe twelve women appointed by Dt Addison, when Minuter of Keconotruction, as a Housing Committee to advice the Government, from the housewife's point of view, have issued their tinul report. The first Dart of the report embodies what may be regarded
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  • 212 5 Toleration, moderation, tha spirit ol eomp omise, au unwillingness to push things to extremes an illogical ability to flod something of a right line even in obliquity; a capacity to reconcile op- j potites and to harmonize discords, and to j come to an understanding even with the
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  • 240 5 Photographic Reduction of Bulk. A very interesting 6eries of experiments is being carried out now, says the current issue of Flying, with a view to the redaction of bulk in mails for air carriage. Full details cannot yet be given, but the general principle will be reduction
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  • 168 5 In wri.ing on labour conditions in British Malaya, United States Consul General Edwin N Gunsaulus, Singapore, notes that, apart from special war reasons, there has been a general tendency for wages in every branch of labour gradually to rise. This increase, he thinks, may be regarded
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 390 5 ROTHS. I the B)i*« L! nsifl Justices LI a-io^ ;u-»t!c>-_ for Pi c tumeaol'K let CbeMn tke rlr,t Magiat. WV. P: ythe i r ft_t-_*s*n, renewals, re acJ peraans object must appear ia J represent--5* .-^hoss rea h the oecrcta I •■'•a-intt Justices at the M oopollea Depart us prior
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    • 636 5 AUCTION SALE OF Va'.uablo wat polish. d and walnut stained teak household funltare, H M. V. gramophone and records, valuable steel engravings, English and Du*ch por^o aln d'nner and tea fi t vices, -incern treadle sewtng machine, New Perfection Stove, plants, sa«ater Hrlscae motor car Ac, At No 87 Bukit
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    • 322 5 WANTED Wanted shorthand typist (Male) for shipping department. Apply stating aje, experience and salary required bo Box No. 54 c/o Freo Press. 11-5 16 5 Experienced stenographer wanted immediately. Must have thorough knowledge of English, understand punctuation and be neat and accurate. Good salary and splendid prospects. Apply Box No.
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    • 1090 5 OLD CABLE WIRE. To be sold by Public Auction at the Cable Oej.c ffeppel Harbour On Friday, 16th May, 7919, at 2.30 p m. Size S. W. G no. 00 200 Bundles approx 30 tons 1 2Q do. do. 3 2 500 do. do 67 4 200 do. do. 23
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  • 27 6 Domestic Occurrences. BIRTH. Latter —On fth May, 1919, at the European Hospital, Kua'a Lun;pnr, the wife of Reg-Bgt -Major Latter, m d. v r., of a son.
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  • 1111 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, May 14, 1010. One need not be an alarmist to see j in the epidemic of burglary just lately i evidence of what may easily become a serious state of things in Singapore. Besides the cases recently mentioned jn the local press, we have heard
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  • 140 6 A mail from Europe is expected in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday evening. A new business to retread tjres wiil shortly be started in Kuala Lumpur. Mr 0 Heed Jones of Singapore has joined the staff of Messrs Chow Kit and Co, Ltd, Kuala Lumpur. E Mr Justice Ebden has been
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  • 255 6 LANDLORDS FURTHER BOUND. The weekly meeting of tbe Rent Assessment Board was held in tbe Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon, presided over by tne Hon Mc C J SaunderFi O'het member* present mi Messrs S Tomlinsoa. Giw Xhek Kiara E A BUM, E Teeeeneohn, Koh San Hin, and
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  • 579 6 Major Norman Brookes, the famous tennis player, arrived in Colombo cn Apr 27 by the Demosthenes on bis way to London. From hu advertisement appearing else where in this issue, readers will observe that the paid-up capital of the Ho Hong Bank Ltd. is now $9,000,000. A. reservoir, costing $300,000
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  • 92 6 from Our (htm Conmmmmu Kuala Lumpur Hit 1| At tbe statutory meeting of Km* Oil Mills, Mr Clodd p^iid^ „jj, Government had lent the Coop* J small extraction plant which working. Estimates bad been «e«r«ii Eogland for a larger p!g. was not proposed at preseot to but
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  • 338 6 Archdeacon Swindell is returniof ha Penang to Singapore by train tc day A thousand ticale in silver (efchnor thousand and twenty five in note* tsm Bangkok Times.' A soldier was charged with rtnla|i 20 chambered revolver, at North Loote recently. It was said to be of i ver rare type,
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  • 117 6 The rrpattfif th* ncom Bb rv^ •>•••• v d »»u; n.r. Worn ■J* during-, school f«, I cue atp by 110.009 la the con o« the d< and actual eipei The vouchers fori (•2,600) *ere Lrcwn Agtute. I fc ciai classes cation frcm aid uucomit> eial c
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 177 6 ROBINSON Co. Fishing Tackle. Plaited Fla&lines Spoon Baits. Given and Brown. Limerick Hooks to Braided Silk selected gut. Waterproof Lines. Live Bait Tackle. Hemp Lines Hercules Rust Proof 20 cV ;10 yd. lengths. Wire Qi mp Traces. Mounted SeaJines q oy Q a iU Floats. Furnished Lines. Single Japanned Eel;
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    • 48 6 nrnr 1 For 2 Nights only lILiaL Friday Ifth 17th AT THE I VICTORIA THEATRE Charles E. Weatherly Presents:— THE PRIZE PACKETS (VAUDEVILLE CO.) I N SONG. SAUCE, MUSIC fNO MONOLOGUE "A NIGHT IN A LONDON MUSIC HALL Plans open at Moutrie Co. To day. Prices as Usual.
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  • 71 7 b:t lively_ silver ragu'a silver re IH*"' Zd m iha Ameri:an Mmoancjment of the re s>*i* ...imam P":e. basing A erica ur H 10i2 cent*. .hit »o intimation was Riven l** r 'J^ tbat export licences would m tovfb two J ♦>«» unuouocemen. at tbe time of mm
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  • 244 7 r. Details of Composition ram**- ls to be \»r s-> Cniua by N-bac the licner g vtn by the org* If anything the ibertfore oar llOßi fit &X1 h information as residents „^-jj •> ar ilee:. Ali eiiher here cr *ay to join the in the China
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  • 150 7 ei, ty lan who Spread Disease. 1 tjphoid carrier (a person who raU **y3 ia his body but does r m th e disease) spread typhoid J\ 19u% wbil qaite well himself h I D T Cbamp^loup in r Med,?al J^rnai." In 1881 I typhoid fever, and
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  • 59 7 *^7T a,,, u kman an Lady Brock ««*b«r K>} «ad a Go?ernm «nt Officials, aQ |MK. Q der B ley,Mr.JArgyll JlHssu- qU! aam of ladies w'^tohH H ,!w y S °^iJL -'•'•well to H E tbe O Lady Evelyn S^Udiß* Panted a w* aui t L. Te yO, and th
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  • 494 7 Home Again llmgkok recently welcomed back to their own country a portion of the Ex peditionary Foroe which has been serving on tbe Western Front. The contingent travelled out on the Mitau, which has not come up river but lie* at Kohsichang, aod tbe returning men were
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  • 354 7 CHINESE WEDDING IN KUALA LUMPUR One of tbe most interesting Chinese marriages for some considerable time past took place on Saturday last, says tbe Malay Mail, when Miss Lee Swee Kong. tbe eldest daughe'r ot Mr Lee Kong Lam wus married to Mr Tong Siew Chong of Lanka House, Ampang
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  • 63 7 A very strong feature is included in the change of programme touight at the Palladium entitled Brave and Bold," j in which tbe famous American Athlete, George Walsh, plays the leading part. Other items iuclude fresh Rolin comedies and tbe latest Pathe news. Io the first show at
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  • 423 7 Market In Mall Week The London market has been exceed ingly sensitive, fluctuating rapidly each day, but the change on balance since our last issue is small, amounting to a loss of J 26s for 6pot, and Ifs on three months. The position in tin is distinctly
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  • 42 7 Ninth List Previously acknowledged 918,294.46 Mrs Henham, (Batu Gajah) 15 Mrs Campbell 20 S S and F M S Golf Champion ship Sweepstake Fund 285.02 L R Macphail 100 John Donlevy 25 Total 918.***** W H Macgregor, Hon Treasurer.
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  • 103 7 The Committee beg to acknowledge with many thanks tbe following subscriptions for the above Fund Collected by Mr Ong Peng Hock, Previously acknowledged $260 Messrs Etlin and Co 20 Mr Puey Keng Seng 10 Claude H da Silva 5 Lim Boon Seng 5 Messrs Chia and
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  • 215 7 There has just entered his ninetieth year a naval officer with remarkable links with the past Admiral John Moresby, still hale and hearty, though, as he writes to a friend, very dim sighted," with a gale and heavy eeas roaring in hit head," served for eighteen
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  • 165 7 One of the most romatic figures of the South African war has been removed by the death of Jack Hindoo, the Boer Scout, known as "The Train Wrecker," who was largely responsible for Lord Kitcbe ner's difficulties on the Delagoa Railway in the later stages ot the
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  • 111 7 A coolie employed by the Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board was fatally stabbed, and another one seriously injured, during a row on Saturday afternoon at the Sanitary Board coolie lines in Gaol Road. Three arrests have been made, bnt the man who is alleged to have committed the
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  • 92 7 Secretaries Sime, Darby aod Co. Lingui Tin 86.94 Secretaries Gattey and Bateman. Pundut 28,000 Pelepah Valley 28,000 Kola Tinggi (Johore) 20,000 Siginting (N S) 18,600 Clovelly 6,091 Burma Development 8,747 Jimah 18,220 Bukit (K B) 4,700 Sitiavan Miction 4,057 Sembrong 2,500 Agents Borneo Co. Bruseh Tin
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  • 108 7 Mr Burdett Coutti's wish to retire from the representation of tbe Abbey division will, ?f it is carried into tftect, term nate a continuous atsccintion of thirty four years with Westminster. It will do more than that. It will remove from tbe rolls of the constituency a name which has
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  • 344 7 The third Assizes of the year were com menced in the Supreme Court yeeteiday j morning, presided over by Mr Justice .Whitley. Altogether there were 15 cares on the list with 19 peraong awaitiog trial. Two cases, one a Hylam indicted with j using as genuine a forged
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 210 7 I||Glub Per ase Whisky. $28 Celdfoctf. JEacgregor Go., Quality Shanghai. Tientsin. filiarailtPPri Hongkong, Sincapore Penang, uunmuiwu. London. Glasgow. SILDBECK MACGREGOR 4 it Wk*______nß«__ai____^«. .i".(<UW^__<M»3M«BB»aaBBBB__B_r»aB»<»I»rT~»M.»MBM.^^MM^BB "Gar rick" "Frontier" *****1 feriSd j 7 11(1 6U017 {Smoking Mixtures. muni On Sale at all Dealers. SINGAPORE GENTENARY OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS now on view Mr. H.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 443 8 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. (Subject to alterations without notice) ■UROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) Fortnightly service For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, London BHIDZUOKA MARU End May SIROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) Fortnightly servoed. Auxiliary Service Cargo only) For Marseilles and
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    • 677 8 K. P. M. Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappi] (Incorporated in Holland.) ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION 00. OF BATAVIA Telegram Address PACKETVAART Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Superintendent 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER OONTRAOr WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. VAN Rebs Rioaw, Billiton. Batavia, Cheribon, Tegal, Pebalongao, Bemarang, Sourabaya,
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    • 652 8 AND j Apcar Ijj (Oon-panies Incorporated in England Mail and Passenger Bibvkh PENINSULAR AKD ORIENTAL 1 (Under Contract with His Malestys Govern- J The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMn 4 i pended. wr aoMBAY are tt D tlAfi INTERMEDIATE SERVICE FROM LONDON TO M\ DUE SINGAPORE LF t 'The
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  • 294 9 Although it is thirty yeara or so since Archbishop Thomson, of York died, there are many people still who remember bira, and to most ot them, I fancy, he appealed 6trongly as a Churchman of an admirable type— though, as one of his biographers has written, he might
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  • 195 9 Agents Barker and Co. Alma 81,000 Atbara 14,415 Ayer Tawah 22,217 Butaog Benar 20,962 Batu Anam 20,202 Bata Village 1,692 Batu Lintang 6 946 Bute 17,900 Bakit Tab Talaog 12,500 Cheng 17,841 Chemor United 16,589 Oluny 14,444 Dominion 38,685 Jeram Kuantan 18,012 Kapala 11,774 Rapayang 9,097
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  • 176 9 At tbe rooms of tbe Catholic Union on Wednesday Doctor A M Jenkins gave aj well delivered lecture on Sanitation and I Hygiene, with the special regard So (be domestic side of the subject, to a fairly good gathering ot members, and a few friends. Mr E Tesiensohn kindly took
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 312 9 Satisfied M^mfx C v 'Xi be, for t Y Vv AW' f m tru.! bei I I I nts an to GL. DE FC KCRS LE •fui receipt of Jj rM[ amaa \fßßJk> of hot Cimatos know tha folly IR jJU s its nd w mes hare this tendency W
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    • 935 9 SUBSTITUTION OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FOR RIGF. At present very little wheat is imported Into tbe Malay Peninsula, but quite a considerable amount of wh< at flour Every clars In the country excepting such as Sakais consumes more or hss (f it, the ratives of Northern India acd the Northern
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    • 805 9 JUST ARRIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF MARCHANT CALCULATING MACHNES. %m m m \m m mmftfg m, mpmK* I TWHtmr W^^j-u. m^Mrfy "■■^■-m-«".«« iaji r w'Jml Ji* m EIV ZL^kmmX The Marchant has been thoroughly tested and tried.out for years. The first machine was sold to a large Company in July
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  • 1204 10 lasnol by FK\SEK St Oo Sxobanga *nd Share Brokers, Mav 13th. 9k M wtaMimi oi SterlUc Bh«f«s iaa* fee lefatded u partly tomlatl toi the eteieai Oar. luc*. Paid. Vr£ so 100,000 1» is AJl**ai 0 8 0 378.850 is la AU^f?" JJJ l8 0 180,000 ta
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  • 1591 10 A BRITISH ASSET. Ia China "friend pidgin" is one of those expressive sayings of the queer jargon used both by Chiuese and Euro peans which condense many sentences into a few woidi?. Yon can do almost anything in China by the use of friend pidgin." It simply
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  • 288 10 Flight Between Cross Structures Flight Lieut. Sidney Picklee, the well known airman, who served in the R X a S, accomplished an astonishing feat in flying through the Tower Bridge. Starting from Isleworth, above Kew Bridge, Mr Pickles flew in a seaplane along the course of tbe
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 131 10 GLYCERINE (LEVER BROS. LTD.) CHEMICALLY P(yfl£ DOUBLE DISTILLED 1260 S. G. IN CASE OF 2 by 28 lb. Tins PRICE ON APPLICATION TO HUTTENBACH BROS. CO. Come and Uisit i Make your own Comparisons and be convinced that tbe Quality, the Range of Choice, and the Low Prices plainly marked)
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  • 68 11 (COiiBRCTED Up to M .y 18) Bank 4 m 4 7 16 demand 348 16 Private credits 3ra a 24§ New York demaed 64$ private 90 days 66| France demand Bank 808 I:-d:a, T T. Nona Hongkong, demand 6's% Pram Yokohama, domaj^'i 106 Java, demand IE4 Bamqkoe, demand 66
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  • 105 11 May 18 Xin No market 11.00 ibtM Cube No. 1 21. C0 Pepptt Blacfc oaisria B*poti 82.(0 Pepper, (V 'air) 61.60 TapiOf H pearl ifair qnaHM) 16.60 Ci flake Jo 14.75 r ailauai pead do 16.60 6 -ro, fft*nU i '.I I 14.60 ■I* 1 14.26 "crtifled 2,400 Rice,
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  • 16 11 Ma; 18 Inlander. Kuala (Bri); Nagano Mara, Taiyu Maru (jap) Nerite (Dot) Redang (Mat's -s>
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 376 11 ,000,000 ABStiranoe in force over $9,000,000 SAT EASTERN IM ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENT S). AEAO OFFiCE: Wlnciiester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. 1 MSjfMI MO.OOO deposited with the Supreme Cour, of England, aad complies with lae rMstshtVlt* Assuraaoe Ooasialw. lei i. ivsry particai-.r. jgmmm\
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    • 273 11 BANK OF TAIWAN, LIMITED. (isccrporated by specul imperial Charter in Japan.) Capital Subscribed Y. 30,000,000 Capital Paid Op Y 25,000 000. Reserved Funds Y. 6,530,000. President Tetsutaro Sakurai, Esq. Vice Presided Koiuro Nakagawa, Esa DIRECTORS. Iyetosbi Sa3a Est. Kyoroku Yamanari, Esq, Bbingo ilinami, Esq. HEAD OFFICE :-TAIPEH, FORMOSA (Taiwan) BRANCHES
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    • 458 11 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Icoorsorated la Great Britain). TOTAL FUNDS exceed TWENTY-THREE MILLIONS Sterling. ANNUAL REVENUE excoeds FIVE MILLIONS Sterling, FIRE Simple Contracts, Latest Concessions. MARINE Marine aDd Transport Insur '•noes of All Kinds transacted at current rates. MOTOR CAR Policies 1 sued by this Company cover Accidental
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    • 526 11 THE HO HONG BAIsK, LIMITED. (fneorporated in thi Straits Settlements) Hkad Office Singapore, Reffio, Chamber 548 Branches Penang— 85 Beach Street. Malacca— 131 Jonker Street. Muar-77/?9 Jalau Suleiman. Batu Fahat— l 9 Jal.n Rahamat. AQENCirs AT London, Palembang, and Trarg. CAPITAL. Aatbori&cd 8,00%0'0 lsBDed 6/OVCO Pai(!-up f! o:c,C'Oo Reserve Liability
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    • 143 11 K. P. M. Koninklyke Paketvaart Maatschappi] (Incorporated ln Holland.) ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OP BATAVIA Telegram Address PAKETVAART 2 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER GONTRAOT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA OOYERNM ENT J SPECIAL 5,000 TONS TOURIST STEAMERS FROM JAW A TO AUSTRALIA *oute Batavia, Semarang, Sourabaya, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne and
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 510 11 j VESSELS IN HARBOUR P Hordyk, Dut. 1810, from Menado 12 5, for Bata\ia, 17, RPM. Eurybafces, Bri 8507, from Mike II 5, for Hongkong 16, Man*fleld. Yangttz?, Bri, 4149, from Scbu 12 5. jfor London 17, Mansfield. S^c'a Maru, Jap, 130S from Ca.omba 18 t. for Mjji 18, P
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    • 182 11 PASSENGERS ARRIVED. Pir Kuala from Bangkok yesterday I Mr (J Manciti, Mr Squanci and daughter, Mi, Mrs ar,d M;sa Jarusalenicky, Messrs Fcgiinen, C Johnston, E J Wilkinson, Y SLiuya and P H Wo. Per Ptlcus from Yokohama on Monday Messrs B S Mills. C H Gorner, C Detter, Mr Hazzlett,
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  • 1004 12 Tbe fol'owirg ia tha quotation, pre- viously published in tbe Strata of a question in tbe House of Common* on May 28th 1918, which was given to Mr Perkins in reply to his question as to the appointment of a local Commission. Mr Ferens. To a?k the
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  • 1097 12 This year's Bisley in duly is to be under very changed conditions The rem petitions are thrown cpan to Army and Navy aa well as to Territorials. The conditions of the Kiug's Prise, on which hither* to tbe success or failure ot a Bisley hoe hung, for a
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  • 193 12 GARDEN CLUB. Inter Club Billiard Match. Club* Competing: Amateur Drawing A-jOciation, Chinese Swimming Club, G rJ_o Club, Straits Chineee Literal y Asso oiction, Straits Chinese Recreation Club, aul "Young Men' 1 Friendly Sooiety. Tuesday Poh Kim Yong (S C L a) 800 b-.at Wee Song Kty (i D
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  • LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    • 100 12 Ladies Doubles. Mis Moulton and Mrs Cautrell owe 15 3 beat Mrs Braddail aod Mtsa Gunsaulus scr, w o. Miss Lamb and Miss L Lamb owe 15 v Mrs Lowther Kemp aud Mrs Grayburn owe 4, unfd. Mrs Salznann and Mrs Savi owe 4, beat Mrs Bockland and
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    • 85 12 THURSDAY 'S TIES. Championship Pairs. Mrs Cantrell and Mr Bateman v Miss Gnun acd Mr Donnell. Mixed Doubles m A Class. Miss Gove and Mr Wodehouse owe 4 v Miss Lamb and Major Moulion owe 4. Mrs Salzmann acd Major Wingate Saul owe 2 v Mrs and Mr Day owe
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  • 76 12 Melbourne, April 4th. There has been a sharp recurrence of the pneumonic in* fluenza epidemic in Sydney and Adelaide. In the former city the extensive precautions previously adopted, which have already been outlined in tbe Times of Ceylon, have been iutrodaced, and everything humanly possible is being
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  • 152 12 Mr Pike P3ase, iu a written answer to Mr Sugden, in the House of Commons states that, as previously explained, the delay in the transmission of messages be tween China, Japan and this country is due to the interruption of some of the principal lines of
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  • 32 12 The marriage took place in Colombo of Mr John Charles Ponder, of the Chartered Bank of India, Bombay, and Miss E Murray Copland, daughter of the late Mr Edward Cepland ol Aberdeen,
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  • 783 12 It has been repotted tha'- the Tug Daisy grounded on a rock et 6.35 p.m. on 20th April with Ri ties L'gat bearing S deg eO W and Berhanti !>ght beating S deg 76 E true. i Used as an armed liner, the North- German Lloyd steamer Scharnhorst
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  • 28 12 Mr and Mrs E J Bennett and family have gone to the Southern Settlement, Mr Bennett having been transferred to Messrs Behc and Co's Singapore branch. (Pinang Gazette.)
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 48 12 s v. c. drill programme; Wednesday May 14. 4.00 pm. Balestier Range SVC Estate Scouts Friday, May 16 5.15 p m. Drill Hall S F A Co Recruits Saturday, May 17. 2.80 p m. Balestier Range S R E V JAR Glennie, Lt. Col. Corx no undent, SVC
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    • 128 12 iMtiaTkayT^ ii LIQUFVR M Olbisky li ii I ii '^Bl'** ff ff gtf&g 1 rf ii i J 0/ Ifoet K.rcdhi.t Qmml T f See that tte bottle bears the Tree nft Label ff ii Sole Agents —ADAMSON GILHLIAN CO, LTD [Incorporated in England] ff CINZANO VERMOUTH! Ex Bond $22.50
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