The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 May 1919

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. KEN CExVTS SINGAPORE WEDNESDAY, MAY 28 1919. NO. 9,6<5l
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    263 1 Undeterred by the apparent death of llawker and his oompanion other air men continue busy preparation for the jAtlantio flight— Page 7, A debate on Imperial preference and a statement as to Consular reorgants ation indicates an energetic Govern ment commercial policy— Page 7. There is an
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    A NICOBARESE FUNERAL.
    1154 1 The nether of the thief is dead. She has lived her tale of three score yean and ten; she may even have tome to four s«ors years who shall say in a little world where calendars are not, and the years slip by almost unnoted. Folks have
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      232 1 RAFFLES HOTEL. The largest and most successful Hotel on the Island. FACING THE SEV I suites of Rooms and spacious lounges, veranda and beautiful grounds. AFTERNOON TEAS. Every Thursday, Music in attendance. Cinema on the Lawn from 6 15 p.m. FirM tla^s cuisine. Guest night every Saturday, dinner followed by
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      152 1 SATISFACTORY SERVICE MAKES Satisfied Users i AND Tirestonc TYRES are Guaranteed to give every user satisfactory service. Firestone Tropical Tyres are Full Size* AGENTS Brinkmann Co. SINGAPORE. TEIK CHIN Co., Ltd., HIAP MOH Co., XL.ING. TAN SOO GHI Co., WEARE Si Co., Ltd., Malacca. Seremban. THOUSANDS OF TONS of this
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      109 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Whiteaway Laidlaw for men's shirts and underwear Page 8. Local agones have buen appointed for the well known manufactures of Wilkatn Jftckd and Co Page 1. Caldbeck Macgregor for old brown sherry Page 6. Ching Keng Leo and Co advertise the sale of personal effects, clothes etc Page
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      126 1 BY.C, DIiILL PKOGUAMME. WEDNEBDAY, MAY 28. 4.00 p ra. Balestier Range SR E (v) Details JAR Glennie, Lt Col. Coicmandant, SVC' THE WEEK Wednesday 28th High Water— 9 28 a.m., 3 2 p.m. Thursday 29th High Water— l. 16 a.m., 9-14 pm. Baffles' School Sports Kemaoian Mtg Barker's, 12 15
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    JERAM KUANTAN RUBBER.
    718 2 The seventh oriinary general SMC t log of the Jwrain Kuantan Rubber Estate. Limited, fM he.J fWttsiaf i.r ncou at the Registered Oince of the Company, Chartered Bank Chambers Mr Chew "Wuon Poh presided and the other? pr.-ent v>vrt IfttMi X A Elitis, Gaw Khek Khiarn. W
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      383 2 MOTOR GLARE GLASSES IN GREA7 VARIETY JUST ARRIVED. Fresh Stocks at MEDICAL HALL Opposite Post Clfloe, SINGAPORE. SOME VRtCKS CF TOE TRADE THAT WILI SAVE DOLLARS The flrLa could develop their own advertising depnrtu en. But it vaa koog found th'.t growth i«-. advertising came with specialization, lo icterprtt to
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      446 2 PALLADIUM TO-NIGH T AT 9-30 TO-NIGHT Extra Strong Attraction I V&^ PICTURES AND VARIETY. Special Engagement for Five Nights only, of Smith and Bella Jackson Original American Negro Singers Dancers in The Latest Coon Songs and Dances, Buck Dancing and Wing Dancing. SUPPORTED BY THE THRILLING THANHOUSER FEATURE Film in
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      399 2 Sunday, May 25th to Frlda^iu^TA THRILLING WESTERN DRamY And Amusing and Interesting Pica,AT THE ALHAMBRA Tbe Hall fof Music and Features. BeadSecond Show at 9.15 p.m. A PATHE-DIASD'I FEATURE PKESENHNO THE ATHLETIC AND ROBUST GEORGE ,al WINSOME AND FEARLESS HETTY T'»u A Gripping end Sensational ricture V; V The Border
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    HUMOUR OF THE SCHOOLROOM.
    505 3 What follows is taken from a diverting article voder the above title in the South Australian Teachers' Journal One morning a teacher going into his school noticed that some one had written on the blackboard, Oar teacher is a donkey.' 1 Without making a fuss, or
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    "UNDUE PROFITS" UPON NECESSARIES.
    160 3 Cape Town, March 20 The Coat of Living Commission's report was published to day. One of the terms of reference was whether undue profits had been made upon necessary commodities. The report re plied (1) Undue profits have been made by wholesale merchants in foodstnff*. boots
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    "BONE DRY" AMERICA.
    144 3 A Possible Postponement New York, April 18. There ia a possibility of the United States not being in a position to enforce national prohibition on July 1. Mr Roper, head of the Government's Internal Revenue Bureau, declares that there is no provision in the law as passed
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    79 3 It begins to look ac though we have turned the corner in the matter of news* paper prices. The "Manchester Guardian" reduced its price from 2d to l^d come weeka ago, and the Westminster Gazette" returns to its old price of Id The "W G," however, was the only penny
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      196 3 :ED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD "Z t^^^ c Mr^in ice TTofiaceo THE CIGARETTE WITH THE PEDICREE YOU SMOKE A PIPE OF COURSE YOU SMOKE "CAPSTAN. NAW CUT> 'PHUL-NANA A Bouquet of India's 0 Choicest Flowers. UP An entrancingly fragrant and powerful 9^^ A 5: scent, yet not cloying, Phul-Nana IM^ljji ft
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      12 3 O TAIN ABLE ALL DISPENSARIES THROUGHOUT STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
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      223 3 Whiteaway, Uidlaw -k Ltd. SiHGAPORE. j WHITE'NEEUEE The "Neglige- Gent's %fw v Soft Fronted JjS^L^v. I Shirts with stiff cuffs, ft n splendid washing j /Jim material ail( lc wear SIWSLc, PHce $2.95 "wflr MEss e W£AR each. Twill Sllirts, fine white twill tunic shirts with soft double cuffs, all
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      203 4 A w£m EXTR4 CKOIGE gre n übel S1 GO lb f "^s^sj GUTHRIE Co., Ltd. j Agents Singapore, Penang Kuaia Lumpur. Grand Clearance Sale A Boon to Mof fusil l For one Month only. /JSmmgjgßß&te&^Y l ou rea^y want the best Harmoniums if/;;':9)> //J/^t^^^S made of seasoned teak wood, first
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      938 4 SUBSTITUTION OF WHEAT AND FLOUR FOR RICE. At prerent very little wheat is imported into the Malay Peninsula, bnt qnite a conBiderable amour t of wheat flour Every cl*sn In the country excepting such as Babaia consumes more cr lets cf it, the catives <•' Northern India and the Northern
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      467 4 FIREWORKS. FOR THE FORTHCOMING PEACE-CELEBRATIONS ABE IN STOCK The SECOND shipment has arrived in Bingaporo and is ready for immediate distribution to meet Orders already received and paid for and includes Torchlights (Beugal lights for proce&sioDß, moitarp, flying pigeoEß, Day and Night Bomb Bhells etc. Please r<adthe printed Circulars distributed,
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      990 4 IMPORTANT AUCTION SAtT^ Superior wax polished Teak Ilomehol, F«rni, Piano. American Organ, Electric Fittings D Co^ Glassware, Tennis Gear, MTtU-crawi ßuuS* Serv S To be held at No. 31, SEA* IM ROAD off T C ok Blanch On Saturday, 31st May 7979, at 7 0 Comprising in excellent toneil Piano
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    STRAITS MERCANTILE OFFICERS.
    917 5 STRAITS MERCANTILE OF FICERS. The following ph.fn of the report oC the Straits Mercantile Mtchil Serv^e Com nmeion are of g rpr»' nttr\>' INCREAKE IN THE COST OF LITIN.. The main point on which the claims for iocreaaes o! salary were based is the in crease in the cost of
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      578 5 TO PASSENGERS /ffij^ howew;ri bound. ''Wa .ithrorgh Freight And jQfIE *J luHiiranc ■< 1 btavy and JRSdf -a LtigK.ago, cka- A HSfl^ t >rt at Locdon, Liver«o7 and SoathAmpton, lh j jICKSON ft SONS. IS, BJHMrm will moet any ".nArrlW Full oarticulars riVfiVsTEjifl TOURIST ÜBMST, ForV Fini son Oroen, Singapore.
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      581 5 WANTED Ca°n P nlng y cd er Cny ThG MalrOn 8 Fori MB 5 BL-5 M«AnM^ D n« mfedlately Bhorth^d typist for Mercantile Ofllce. Appl, Box No 49 c/o Free 180 3-6 c/o^ree^s 0^ 11 3 TyPlßl Apply N 9 270 39-5 Wanted a Earopean Matron for Kaffles notel. Apply
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      739 5 AUCTION SALE OF Gin, Creme.de-Menthe, Vermouth, Lemon Squash and Beer At Messrs Cblntf Keng Lee ft Cos Sale- room Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place On Thursday, 29th May, at 11 am. 2»O cases Sedgwick's Dry Gin 450 cases Bos Dry Oln M cases Maure Freres Creme- Jo Menthe (quarth) ?oo cases
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      583 5 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB SPRING RACE MfCTING 1919. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, June 10th, 12 h and 14th. Tickets of admission to the non members portion of the Grand StMid cm now be had at Messrs John Little and Co. Daily Tick-ts $2 Season Tickets $5 NOTlCE.— Visitors' Tickets which admit
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      548 5 THF< MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, Ltd. IRCORPORATED IN tN3LAND, SSSSK... £1,500,000 PAID UP £llsoooo RESERVE FUND ft REST*' £785,700 BOARD OP" DIRECTORS R. T. Buck Esq Chairman H. Melvili Sim m E«q. I Sir David Yale 8. M. Byrte Ksq. P. K. Chalmers Esq. uord Oarmlchael, c.o.s.i q.0.i.e., k.c.m.g. Chief
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      BIRTH.
      16 6 Oaldecoit.— On May ?4tta. 1919, at Kua'a Lumpur, to Mr. and Tttii-, Andrew Galdecjtt, daughter.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, May 28, 1910.
    1223 6 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, May 28, 1910. It is satisfactory to ccc that out of all the argument and criticism which have been poured ont on the matter of education at home, there are arising many schemes of an eminently useful kind. One of the latest of these is
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    THE JAVA CATASTROPHE
    287 6 AN APPEAL FOR HELP The telegrams have informed us cf ths appalliug disaster which has befaliau a section of the inland of Java, through the ernption ot the "Kioet." AUhouib the wire nnd the newspapers have not jet supplied us with sufficient details to estimate tbo magnitude
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    DETAILS OF THE ERUPTION.
    568 6 Latest Java papers to hand Rive the following news on Miy 21 The eruption of tbe Kloec is one of the moat terrible that have occurred in recect years. In Blitar the residency, tbe batik, the prison and the clinio of Doctor Hani a ncber as
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    AFGHAN FOLLY
    263 6 tr üble mmj mt Kabul *****^ Dcs ro London, ||»y Afghani huJinoloding v vu O k a K <*in th< of tha Iml tfQDtUI are Simla Pet h war Ma; j;, c| hty strange a 4 D.kk. o, ;1 whorfi the n*»nnd 0 2,000 TiniU ii uce of
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    HOME RACING
    37 6 London, May 21.— Tbe NenouM stakes resulted (1) Dominion N tn 1 (2) Old Bill 88 to 1 (8) Lord Batil 4to 11. Five no. In by five lengtbd with two Ir-ugfbn second and third.
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    SILVER
    217 6 London, May It.- a; MiJui the market is steady. By the Vau Waetwijck, which vim here yesterday Afternoon frcm llorgk"t| came Mrs Llin Boon K^r.p, the w:' Hon Dr Lim Boou K»ug 0 A Gazette Kxtianrdinnry irmed jMlr day makei the Hice (lag!*** Dealer*) Order corao ioto opv June
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      163 6 1 PER $2.67 BOTTLE EDUTY PAID WINE ITSELF IS THE BEST ADVERTISEMENT W I A*\ British Made, Eras s Harp Lamps. 45 c.p. with 14 in. opal shade 831 50 each. 80 c.p. do $35.00 80 c.p. 12 in. do $28.50 V 45 c P- chimney price 35 cents each.
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      81 6 VICTORIA THEATRE RETURN VISIT OF THE HOWITT PHILLIPS Co. FRIDAY MAY 30th a 9.15 "THE MAN FROM TOBONTO SATURDAY MAY 31st Matiree only at 5 pm. "THE SIORY OF THE ROSARY MONDAY JUNE 2nd at 9.15 "THE T,GER-fc cUB Tuesday June 3rd at 9.15 11 THE BREED OP THE TRESHaMS"
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    THE PEACE TREATY
    868 7 TH E PEACE TREATY TIME^CTE NDED Beady to Call^rman Bluff Vftv It— Or3tf ll now com l* rDI t e j in I BoBi ot 0* t* 1 presided cf Jgp»: I to supervise pgitf'V i»• tit's In p I Ol M v i*olut* f.; i! .:;'l'ii'ion. m S-nyrat; bat
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    THE ATLANTIC FLIGHT
    497 7 STILL NO NFWS More Adventurers Ready London, May 2J —At mid. light nol a ••ngle word had Inen received as to Hawker fro^i (he numerous aeroplanes destroyer*, etc, Bwaeping the seas and the whole task has b«*n hampered by rain Government communique emphases tbat the trans Atlantic
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    IMPERIAL TRADE
    919 7 THE PREFERENCE QUESTION Consular Reform London, May 21 At a luncheon at the British Empire Club yesterday Lord Syd enham presiding moved a resolution that it is desirable to hold a British Empire exhibition iv 1921, as an expression of Imperial unity and as a moans for the
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    RUSSIAN SITUATION
    362 7 ALLIES NEAR PETROGRAD Murmansk Advance Paris, May 22.— The Bifcnatfnn regarding Rusaia has been modified owing to Lenin'a refusal of the preffertd food supplies bj the Allies on condition thn't tho Bolshevik* cease hostilities against the Allie« and the other Ruseian Governments. Tbe AHie* are reconsidering tbe situation
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    THE CANAL STRIKE
    80 7 London, May 22.— 1n tbe House of Commons at question time Mr C Harms worth stated tbat General Allenby has reported a strike among the employes of the Suez Canal Company which broke out on May 18. Subsequently all the workers at Port Said struck. Tbe strike
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    GEDDES NEW POST
    73 7 London, May 22. The Timos contains the official announcement of Sir Albert Stanley's reeigaatiou owing to ill health It may shortly be expected that Sir Auckland Geddes who is temporarily in charge of the Board of Trade will ba definitely appointed President of the Board. The McGill
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    BRITISH BUY SHIPS
    58 7 New York, May 20.— The Director of International Mercantile Marina has formally approved ol the sale ol its British owned tonnags to a London syndicate. The transaction involves shipping variously estimated between 750,000 and 950,000 tons valued approxi mately at £27,000,000. A shareholders meeting has been called
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    PLAGUE ON TRANSPORT
    48 7 London, May 22. A soldier aboard the City of Sparta from Bombay (April Brd) died on the voyage from bubonic plague. On arrival at Liverpool (April 29) the vessel was quarantined and di6iDftcted. Subsequently a native sailor died of bubonic plague on May 16. i
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    COUNTY CRICKET
    35 7 Lond m, May 2 A. The cricket match Somerset vs Sussex was drawn the scores being equal, viz, Somerset 248 und 103 Sussex 242 and 104. Notts vs Lsicou terbhire was aleo drawn.
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    FRENCH WOMEN'S RIGHTS
    26 7 Paris. May 20 —The Chamber has passed a bill enAbling women to vote and eetablinhing their eligibility to sit in all elected assemblies.
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      454 7 VHV 1 Dorado I f^^l American Cotton Singlets I \v3 7^Oy 50 Dozen f A vZ//X ME S COTTON KINGLETS i \^i J Button Fronts Short Sleeves j JH? A Unbreakable Neckbands /7 V-^^/V Sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 chest -^\\~^/^H $21 per dozen. I C^L__ V v Slz€S 42
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      408 8 NIPPON YUSSEN KAISHA. (ISOORPOIUTED IS JiPAN) UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. (Subject to alterations without notice) ■DHOPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) Fortnightly service For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, London BHIDZUOKA MARU End May •IBOPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal) fortnightly servoea. (Auxiliary Service Cargo only) For Marseilles and
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      671 8 Konlnkiyke Paketvaart Maatschappi] (Inocrporated In Holland.) ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OP BATAVIA Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Dn Garpbntirr Muntok and Palembang May J8 Sinokbp Tongial, Moeara-Saba and Djambi May
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      667 8 (Companies Incorporated in Eng'ana j Mail and Passenger fitawin. PENINSULAS AND OBIENTAS. S n r (Onder CoDtraot with His Majesty* n« C Wr MAIL SKRVIC »3 K43T OF BOMB A T^ t INTERMEDIATE SERVICE FROM LONDON Tn m» SINGAPORE SS^», Passengers for Europe are booked by the INT»Dui,n. opportunity occurs
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES
      454 9 RUBBER STE RLING COMPANIES 1M0M 7. f. D i« fiAWDi*. £JUT» R i**%MM» iiS'Kl 1 16 c 18 SO 103,000 la li Ee*ch JS5o e J J !^.W0 J BatflKsia., 8 0* s o o s ii 1T6.000 te fa BoMt Mertafait la£ 4 0 I TO.000 I l Bcklft
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      RUBBER DOLLAR COMAPNIES.
      382 9 .110,000 I i AlovOaJab 3 23 3 40 1,000,000 t t Amalgamate Malat a .s: 600,000 AyerHltam 16% lui 18*25 14*5j 100,000 1 i AyerKoulBg l0 100,000 l l AyetMolefc I a 35 2 4S *****0 I I Aye.Panai 7J% 1 5 j n *o %ss i
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      MINES
      261 9 •800,000 10 10 Ampang (Klnta) 10% 12.50 18.C0 cd •100,000 1 1 Ayer Wong 5.* 2.40 260 £60,0*0 1 1 Kampong Kamnnting ...2 8 8 18 6 1400 ,000 10 10 Kinta Ahsociamo* SO lot 10 75 11 10 £80,000 1 I Klnta Tin I 8 0 1 is
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      INDUSTRIALS.
      143 9 JiiJ.iC i i Xaatcra Bznaltg nrd 15% 8,75 9 25 IMCI 15* 1 5 0 i 7 6 ia80 t 0UC *3 10 Fraae* and Neave 12}% lnt 45.C0 47 00 MOO.OLO 30 M W. a&mmet A Oo Lid 10% 73.00 75.00 i.JOu.O'.v. 100 100 K&I4 bro«ue«h d«:fo*vefl 13%
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      365 9 (Jn Simmons JVlattress You Sleep Well f realize that one-third of your life i> spent I that the r< -t you receive while in bed oi. the mattre beneath }«>u »iv /<;/ on a r Galvanized Link Fa'tric i Mi > i iiiidv- of pah 4 r f .-md nmstlcss.
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      167 9 Tel. No. 750 Raffles Place 0. OffliUNE Go. UnnD ISJC Fresh Shipment Just Arrived if 1 m 1 1* irt-A I Ul ADM I M n t It \V 1 &M m uW i nwi n w, t i Xt ii j -V 5 f A t lAhAt^ (m*»« tinit.iti'il
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    Scottish Letter.
    1706 10 Scots In Public Life. From Our Chen Corrupendtnt Edinburgh, April 17th •The great success of Sir Robert Borne, an Edinburgh Advocate, aa onr first Minister of Labour, and the prominent part taken by Scots in the recent Labour Conference, baa started quite an interesting discussion. At the present
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    TRANSPORT BLOWN UP.
    42 10 London, March 27th.— The bursting of a naphtha tank on board of the transport Spiridione," which was leaving with troops and civilians for Pola Golf of Venice blew np the vessel. Thirty pecsons were killed and 40 were injured.
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      209 10 THE PUREST GIN THE BEST DRY GIN IS (Established 1769). GORDON'S DRY GIN IS RAPIDLY TAKING THE PLACE OF THE SWEETENED VARIETIES THE WORLD OVER. CONNOISSEURS INSIST ON JBEING SERVED WITH IT. THE BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITEIT SOLE AGENTS, for Singapore. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY. (Incorporated In the United Kingdom
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      618 10 STRAITS SETTLEMENT^ War Loan Conversion Loan Bondi Bearing Interest from the 15th November, 1 919 y per annum, payable Half-yearly on the lift j and the 15th November. Repayable at Par on the 15th November m Under the nuthority of tbe War O an v the Tr.a.arar of the Stratlt
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    EXCHANGE.
    62 11 (COBBECT2D UP TO M-y '^7*' Back Im a 21 t b 11 demand ;4i Private credits 3 m c S 4£ New York demand P4^ privato 90 days f.«f France- detnrxd Ba\ik India, T. T. :f Honqsosq, demand Gli°bPt«« YOKonAUA, il;mr«nd 105J Java. Jetamd 136* Bangkoe, demancl g^ g"
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    PRODUCE.
    149 11 May 27. lir bayeri f 1 1 5 0 0 Ga'.ibiti i 4 or Gambit. Caba No 1 Jicc Pei net h -L cr-.im. S'pcrc 88. CO Pei 3er, (Wbita fair) 6.850 Ta) iocn, i Ti.. hfalrqaedl !8 5,i ■Jo do Sal j". 17. C0 Jo meclMri v 18.50
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      297 11 .300,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 AT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED IHCORPOB4MD IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) H»D OFFICE: mnchester HouBe Singapore uhs of Aawaawg honey to loan. agents wanted For »U yarnoolars, tt ppiy to A H PAIB> Man gin;< Dite jlQIi „to HOBAOH W. BAPBR, Director of Agencies. ■jcneNo.
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      273 11 BANK OF" TAIWAN, LIMITED. (TveORPORATED BY SPECK L I M PERI Aft Chahter in Japan.) Capital Subscribed Y. 30,000,000 Capital Paid Up V 25,000 000. Reserved Funds y. 6,530,000 ProMJ nc T\ t-utaro Saßurai, Esq. If DllMliA Ba4a ;>- roku Ysmanarl, Esq. fcibingo Miuttiiii, Esq. D 01 I •l'T.r-TaiHtH, FORMOSA
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      418 11 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated In Great Britain). TOTAL FUNDS exceed TWENTY-THREE MILLIONS Sterling. ANNUAL REVENUE exceeds FIVE MILLIONS Sterling. f IRE Slmplo Contracts, Latest Concessions. MARINE Marine and Transport Insar♦ocea of A.ll Kind* tranpactod at current ratee. MOTOR CAR Policies issued by this Company cover Accidental Damage,
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      502 11 THEHOHONG BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated in the S, raits Settlements) Head Office Singapore, Raffle; Chambers 5 8 Eiunches Penang— f«5 Reach etrcet. Malacca— 131 Jonker Street. Muar -77/79 Jalan Rolelman. Batu Pahat-10 Jalan Rahamat. Agencies at London, Palc-mbarg, and Trang. CAPITAL. Anttcrisod 8,00^,0C0 ue 6,C0 ,C00 Paid-up 5.03 C.000 Reserve Liability
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      544 11 ARE YOU GETTING OLD BEFORE YOUR TIME? If you ftel a growing dissatisfaction with life, and ill health see-LS to threaten you wit- out the sympton s of any specific di"ease showing, your nerves are probably undernourished because ycur blood is thin. Take a moment to examine into your own
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      581 11 MAIL TAP Feßfag. Malam I (by Train) 6p w. -»«'.r (GTc^^fi BnaAaj Kota TiDggl and to Kuali Luupor at 6 a.m. Jobore 8. 1.1 1, a I >.ra. u cch KJu.a 830 am Cu cob H cl MQ 4M Pa! cm hang n gSQ AM Bagan via ports Hocl n
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    1006 12 Racing in Bangkok recently bat been of tbe hihtory rnakiog kind for tbe local papers record that on one day tureo dls lance records for the Sports Club coarse were broken whilst ad oaf older pat up the biggest dividend of recent >eaii (Tee 111) there being only
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    SPORTING NEWS.
    458 12 TRAINING NOTES. Tbe traicing yoot-erdpy nwrnjog was carried nut la flae clue' wpnt.bflr. The goirg w»iH ail thao could be d^fiired and most of the horses were em* out for strong halt mile gallops 4 An early start wis made, R C Witty and 86 Fitz worked together,
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    SHIP FIRE IN SUEZ CANAL.
    134 12 A Hundred Casualties Colombo, May 10. The French steamer Admiral Ponty arrived at Colombo yesterday from Marseilles bound for Indo China. The passengers included a large number of French infantry officers and men and their wives. In the canal a fire occurred oa board with
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    INDIA'S MARAMA.
    127 12 May 10. Colonel Yate has notice tkftl he will atk Mr Montagu whether ha is aware that in a mail boat lately from India sick British ladies and children were accommodated in third claea quarters down below while first class cabins ware given to, certain deputations of Indians'
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    KEW'S VICTORY FLAGSTAFF.
    77 12 The giant flagstaff weighing eighteen tons, nnd iHsft lorg prr:Bpa.e'3 by the British Colombians Government to Ktw Oarder a which arrived in London by the Royal Mail Steum Packet Merionethshire in December, 1915, HDd was subsequently towed up the river' to Kew is now about to be
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    MR EU TONG SENG'S PROPERTY.
    502 12 Mr Eii Tong Sang ban done much in the past to help forward any charitable object, and he is now being asked to direct bis attention to the condition of) some oC his property at Singapore, which has been certified by the local authorities to
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    216 12 The Daily Telegraph's New York correspondent eaya the wooden Bbips are so hopelessly neeless that all hulls laid down and only partly completed will be dynamited to make room for vessels likely to prove more seaworthy and practicable. This impression is gained from an order to destroy by
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    WOLFRAM IN AUSTRALIA
    201 12 It is interesting to note that the Minos department at Darwin has reported a further discovery of wolfram in Central Australia by an aboriginal, in small leaders 15 mile 3 easterly from Sterling Station, which is in the neighbourhood of Bnrrow Station, on the overlacd telepjtaph. The
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    COL DERRICK'S FAREWELL TO THE S. V. C.
    275 12 A special parade oC the SVC was called for yesterdny afternoon for practice for the ceremonial drill for the Peace review. At the conclusion of the movements the two half battalions faced inwards and LC Col Qlennie made a short speech in
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    FRENCH CONSULAR CABLES.
    528 12 By Courtesy op thk French Consul Paris, May 22, 6.20 p.m. The Council of Fear have granted a delay o< eight days to the German delegation. L'Homme Libre says that the Qermanßin formulas ing thia request, not only wanted to gain time in order to dtaw up
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    47 12 1 For selling milk to which 85 per cent of water had been added, an Indian milkseller named Bee Chand was convicted in the District Court yesterday morning and mulcted in a fine of |200. In the alter native he was to undergo 8 months' rigorous imprisonment.
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