The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 November 1919
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Title Section18 1919-11-29 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1919. No. 9,5;J718 words
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Article267 1919-11-29 1 Scrappy, and not too many, describes the telegram 'o-day A reduction in the price of coal in IJriia'n \*iil var'm the hetorts (and bodies) of Far Easterners at Home during the winter. The price of bunker coals is also to reduced. No mention of h'tw the loss267 words
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Article1422 1919-11-29 1 I -< >/!..-,■. farrago j '''">'''• J< i Great activitj m being displayed in tha Btone quarry in tin- Bfjnare, many thousand* I of cubic yar.ls of granite ami ruad-makimr materials being stored around th< It will bo all right in time, peril* all the motor1,422 words
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Advertisement295 1919-11-29 1 YOU WANT NEW CARS FOR HIRE, RING UP tJ I RAFFLES HOTEL I SATURDAY NOVEBIBEB 29th I ST. ANDREWS NIGHT BALL I SCOTCH DINNER, SCOTCH MUSIC I I DANCING UNTIL 1 a.m. I I ORCHESTRA OF SEVEN MUSICIANS I SPECIALLY SELECTED DANCE MUSIC* I SUPPER ON THE LAWN FROM 11295 words
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Advertisement260 1919-11-29 1 j KELLY AND WALSH, LTD. [Incorporated in Hongkong] V NOW READY 5 \K\V i:i)ITION THE IMPERIAL kjblly and walsits HANDBOOK OP THK DIARY > MALAY LANGUAGE Price $1.00. FOR 1920 1 IN SECOND EDITION ENGLISH, CHINESE TIIE Pi^ANTERS MEDICAL Avn (ill M*!. A>iD By F:. GRAHAM, FJt.CS. (Ed.) MALAY Price260 words
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Advertisement94 1919-11-29 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS How to avoid cheque -frauds Page 1. Last two days of the Tokio Sale at he Commercial Museum Page 3. t Kelly Walsh specialiies Page 1. Powell Co's list of sales Page 12. Whiteawav's for Xmas cards and Boots Pa.?e Two Clerks wanted Page ">. IfocphftQ Co., rubber94 words
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Advertisement11 1919-11-29 1 IK YOU WANT NEW CARS Jnjm FOR HIRE, JFJJNG UP O11 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous112 1919-11-29 1 THE WEEK. Saturday, 29th. High Tide 2.26a Bft, 1.42p Bft 9in. Lodpe Ailsa. 9 p.m. baffles Hotel "Xicht." Polo, 4.30 p. in. Sunday, 30th. High Tide 3.13a 7ft 9in 2.39p Bft 2in. Moon First Qwarter Yacht Club, V. P's Cup. Monday, Ist Dec. Hitfh Tide 4.5a 7ft Bin 3.49p 7ft112 words
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Article130 1919-11-29 2 British Commissioner who has returned fro.n the northern provinces of Nigeria atat< <- that one of the most remarkable features of the war was the loyalty of the Emirs and of the five or six million moslems in Sokoto, Kano, and Borau. German propaganda, active as it was,130 words
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Article110 1919-11-29 2 While fomt workmen were busy salving u launch,, which ha*l «been wrecked off Ifuiu'kong fourteen years ajro, they came across a skeleton imprisoned in the forecastle. 'I he bones were in a dacajiag condition. The skeleton was removed to the public mortuary at110 words
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Article54 1919-11-29 2 WycWiTo College, Toronto, has conferred U.e dtßfia ot Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) \n nbsentia upon the Rt. Rev. Bishop BIMB Taai-Hhenpr, Assistant Bishop of C'-hekiang. This honour is a recognition of the first Bishop of the young Anglican Church in China, from a Collego in another daughUr Church of54 words
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Advertisement255 1919-11-29 2 MUL FORDS MINTS S AXD 5 M U LFORDS VIOLETS THE .DISPENSAEY .LTD J I NOVEMBER NUMBER REVIEW On Sale Everywhere. PERFECTION In Underwear At MANILA HOUSE 196 Orchard Road JUST TO HAND A New Selection of PHILIPPINE HANDMADE UNGERIE at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES til so I 1 Fine Assortment255 words
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Advertisement496 1919-11-29 2 w^m^^^^^^E^^Kv TrMgrli pJiMW ■ndMiTar 44m &'+s <8k in WRf »X *H»J lElfe wB^^BS flBfti)tf^r< ■■LsSCdv^/ A W- jfi i^t S^v PtTB KS9R From Friday November 28, to Thursday December 4. SPECIAL UNIVERSAL STAR ATTRACTION, POWERFULLY APPEALING AND HEART-INTERESTING Featuring MARY MACLAREN With a story as tremendously absorbing as it is496 words
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Advertisement365 1919-11-29 2 From THURSDAY, November 27, to TUESDAY, December, L' 1910 What is it that comes ONCE TO BVERY MAN It's the Big Chance the chance to conquer or fall It comes once to every man and seldom comes twice. See how Denny Boulton, the ill-treated, spurned son of a drunkard grasped365 words
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Advertisement283 1919-11-29 3 I Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., ltd. Incorporated in Fngland > I _S INGAPORE. I X'MAS C4/?DS I o/\ t t t*\ l isr "n at? ql Hamly Size Price 50 rents „.-ds and enveU.p^' Trice *3o cts." [lux of iij;ht pretty styles for the I I 1 i j I Quikref283 words
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Advertisement175 1919-11-29 3 EXCEPTIONAL OFFER IN I MEN'S FOOTWEAR. I I I I tino' in c-f »lr \\T 11 rp* l j $10.50 $14.50 $14.50 I Per Pair. p er pair I I ?^p"*^fek HIGH-CLASS CIGARETTES II 2===II I ill ZaV Rr i |J7 Q, INI VI I W Quality makes both Smoker175 words
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Advertisement211 1919-11-29 4 I FINEST IN THC WORLD IGODILLOT'S BONELESS SARDINIS Sole Importers J. TR AVERS SONS LIMITED. GUAN CHIN HONG Jt PAKIRAIDEN Co. Maxwell Cars A i |R?iOTOR car users are particular in buy A ing a car to know that back of its construction stands a great organization. When thousands of211 words
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Advertisement115 1919-11-29 4 WtlbiilNu STOCKS OF JB WKrß^^^^Vft9ff%\fn t-. iS SH Ma 4k A.INJLI FAIRBANKS HUTTENBAGH BROS. CO. DUNLOP know that the tyre that is the most reliable, has the longest life and can be seen on the majority of cars travelling on all the roads in the S. S. and F. M.115 words
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Advertisement644 1919-11-29 4 CHING KENG LEE CO. AUCTIONEERS AND ESTATE AGENTS TOWN PROPERTIES IMPORTANT PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT 16 SHOP HOUSES." The undersigned have been favoured with instructions l f to sell by Public auction at tlieii sale-room Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place THE UNDERMENTIONED PROPERTIES Kos. 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203,644 words
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Advertisement549 1919-11-29 5 WANTED. Book-kaeping clerk required, good writer, only experienced men need apply. Good •alary for suitable man. Apply bo\ IH7 care of Free Press. uc CAPITALISTS. Local gentleman, with $f>o,ooo to invest, would like to meet a working partner with a similar amount, with a view to purchasing or opening up549 words
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Advertisement583 1919-11-29 5 I AUCTION SALES. SHERIFF'S SALE Chop Yon* Kee Plaintiff I versus Um Khi Chye, sole Proprietor of Chop Tye Hong Defendant. ilesKi-n Ching Keng Lee Co., have been instructed to sell by auction on the spot On Friday, 28th Nov. 1919 at 12 noon One Twakow No. 345 (Mersing) as583 words
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Advertisement645 1919-11-29 5 j AUCTION SALES. ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE OF Magnificent Teak Blackwood Huoseholc Furniture, Mirrors, Curios, (Life) Wild Cat, Cabinet Gramophone &c. At No. AX Duxton Hill Off Duxton Road Neil Road. On Saturday. 29th No\" at 2.30 p.m. Comprising a doable-spring hornless Columbia gramophone in mahogany cabinet, an elaborately carved Canton645 words
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Advertisement559 1919-11-29 5 I TENDERS. NOTIFICATION. I Tenders will be received at the Residents Office, Kuching, up to the 30th November 1919 for the lease of the Pawnbroking Farm for the District of Sarawak Proper, i.e., from Tanjoag Datu to the Sadong River, inclusive. The Farm cor.fers the exclusive right to the lessee559 words
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Advertisement845 1919-11-29 5 NOTICES. THE TAIPING TIN DREDGING Co., Ltd [Incorporated in Straits Sett.] i NOTICE is hereby given that the Trans fer Books qf The Taiping Tin Dredging ,'Co. Ltd., will be closed from Ist Januarj to to 15th January, 1920, both days inclusive for the preparation of Allotment Letters. NOTICE is845 words
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Article43 1919-11-29 6 BRUGE.— At th« Maternity Hospital, Penang, on t!ie 24th inst, to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Bruce, of So mine. Estate, Serdang. Kedah, a daughter. ELLIOTT.- On Wednesday. 26th November, at Pennnpr, to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lenten EllioU, a daughter.43 words
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Article1288 1919-11-29 6 Keen wits the world over are studying the conditions of life after the war, and none more keen than those of the thoughtful and responsible men whose home is Australia. A superficial judgment often passed is that the industrial conditions there are "rotten." and uneasy superficial1,288 words
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Article41 1919-11-29 6 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala I.umpur, Nov. 28. j At the Federal Council this morning Sir E. Brockman announced that Government does not propose to extend the war taxe? beyond the present :>ear. The Council adjourned sine die.41 words
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Letter145 1919-11-29 6 I 1 AN EXPLANATION 'n At i- i 'a To the hditor, Dear Sir, Referring to the article published in vour columns of the 30th August and headed "P. A. M. Meeting An Apolojry", T. am Instructed by my Committee to say thai the withdrawal of certain145 words
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Article624 1919-11-29 6 There died on the 10th inst at Maymyo Burma Mr. T. If. Kin*, Mutiny veteran, at the age of 83. Messrs Bibbert, Woodroffe and Co.'s bu§iness has been acquired by Messrs Caldbeck Macgregor and Co. If. If. Mr. R. Scoular, Managing Director of Messrs John Little and Co., Ltd., and624 words
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Article635 1919-11-29 6 Mr. .T. HOLM RARGHD. Evidence for i ro;ecution do the District Court jestvrd*7, before Mj Langham Carter, in th» rase in which Mr J. A. Holm, late of the Par Eastern Film Service Co. is charged wit! having commit u-<\ theft of s T t i cash and635 words
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Article225 1919-11-29 6 TffE FIRST AIRMAN COMING A wire from in yesterday's issur stated that CopJ-. Ross Smith, tngaged in the England-Australia Flight for I of i*io,ooo offend by the Commonwealth government, was expected to arrive a* fcangkok via Moulmein on Sunday, and tha* ho proposed to fallow the railway225 words
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Advertisement90 1919-11-29 6 K^l M^^ S^& v ,3f b j^ l^^ BR AND Y PER $32 CASE Outv Extra CALDBECK MftCGREGOR Co., CONSIGNMENT "ROVER" CYCLES r s SIZES mcnes 24 nches 26 inches PRICE $140 NETT ComDlet^ with Bell and Lucas Lamo JOHN LITTLE Go., Ltd. (Incorporated in England). D PROTECTION 3 IjUWnArIITE90 words
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Advertisement28 1919-11-29 6 A. D. S. SONGS, CLASSICAL, BALLET, COUNTRY, DANCES^ VICTORIA THEATRE December 2nd 4th and 6th at 5U5 BOOKING AT MOUTRIES. 75 per cert to the Children' Aid Society.28 words
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Advertisement37 1919-11-29 6 Mr Huglw aking ftl Brkbaae, anlounced that the ■oldicn 1 gntoity of BJ. I day would bo paid in mtotiabto bond*, arryin^ 5^ per cent interest, and that th* rra,tuity would co^t the Commonwealth f Aujtralia 225,000,00037 words
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Article98 1919-11-29 7 I NEW MINISTRY. "i ii. \n;s \;:i:fstki>. re] Cairo. Nm. 21. V ahhfl l'.'isha. late Minister of Finance, accepted the Premiership. i.i-neral Allenb) \n reojpwatod four members of the local committee of the Egyptian dctegan, inclutiirg the president, to leave Cairo. have decided to ignore the Cairo. Nov.98 words
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Article136 1919-11-29 7 PENSIONS TO BE CONSIDERED. London. Nor. i!|. bt the HoUM I -Sir Bertram l-'alle asked if ai n hat been taken or \n- t.-;K.i'n to increase the pre-war of pensioned pgcen in the Malay .nted out that the Ceylon nment had recently grant ncd ofllcen a bonoa136 words
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Article171 1919-11-29 7 I down tot row London, No\. 24. 1 H of Commons. Sir Auckland; Cieddes announced that as from Dec. lj hold coal was being reduced 10s. a Xjn \>ith a view to making a special effort to reduce the co*t of living. Moreover thfl price o( coastwise bunkers171 words
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Article306 1919-11-29 7 London, Nov. 24. In the House of Commons at question- Sir Auckland Gedtles stated that skillsd time-workois in Britain were paid from 10s. to 15s. for an eight-hour day, and some .hly-paid skilled workers in Japan got twelve-hour day, but there were other factors to be considered.306 words
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Article473 1919-11-29 7 TO RESTORE FRANCE. PREMIUM BONDS. [Router's SerriceJ London. Nov. 21. Eight million State guaranteed live per cent, pre.nium bonds each 500 franca are being issued it 495 francs, from Dec. 12 to Dec. 211 lax-free for the purpose. of reconstructing the devastated regions, redeemable after 7.5 years473 words
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Article363 1919-11-29 7 Formalities Which Cause Delay. Paris, Oct. 19. It is announced by the Temps that it is now impossible to foresee on what date th« Treaty will come into force. Apparently what has happened is this. Under the 440th and last article of the Treaty the carrying out363 words
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Article1241 1919-11-29 7 (From Our Correspondent.) London, October 23rd. The river gunboats Moth and Mantis, which recently returned home from Archangel, where they were tenders to the light cruiser Fox, have been ordered to pay off and recommission for service, on the China Station. These gunboats are productions of the1,241 words
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Article310 1919-11-29 7 lamenting on the Penang Municipal Budget, the Straits Echo writes. The absence o f opposition to the increase in the land Mfe*ftment tax from 5 to 15 per cent is a hopeful indication. Public opinion as represented by the unanimity of the Commiu'Oß poinjts its stretched forelinger310 words
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Article156 1919-11-29 7 Mr. Justice Atkinson Killed. I Calcutta, Nov 18th. A fatal railway accident, resulting in the death of the Hon. Mr. Cecil Thomas Atkinson, Judge of the Patna High Court,' occurred on Sunday night at Sutna on the! Great Indian Peninsula Railway. It was reported that Mr.156 words
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Article160 1919-11-29 7 The Eurasian Association held its first I general meeting at St. Andrew's School i Hall at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. E. Tessensohn in proposing: the adoption of tha report and account, said that t since the mass meeting of Juno 5, IH2 t members had been elected160 words
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Advertisement244 1919-11-29 7 ROBINSOK C<x JUo 1 v-Ji fciNtiD LJP GREY FLANNEL TROUSERI SHIPBOARD USE <>OD MEDIUM Golf etc.. etc. VitM r lj^f|Vl in Stock 1 1) Sfl II llr \l fl Sfl Per Pair. Per Pair. CALL AND INSPECT THESE GOODS. TAILORING DEPT. ROBINSON Co. ni up DASn DLUfc DUAK 3 ROUGH244 words
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Advertisement549 1919-11-29 8 I NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. /I nc /porated in Japan. UNDER MAIL COl** ACT WITH THE imperial JAPANESE f GOVERNMENT. mm (S,jject to alterations without Notice). EUROPEAN LIN* < Via Suez C^" 1 Fortnightly Service. For Mala^ 3 >♦ Penang, Colombo, Suez, London and Antwerp 4 fc^s 111 I ii TATSUNC549 words
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Advertisement636 1919-11-29 8 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE P4KETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated in Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA Telephone 131 Passage Dep£. 1202 Freight Bept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept f COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. Vaw Gobns Belawan-Deli Nov. 29 Brouwkr Bc'ats-Paodjang, Btngkalls, Siak and636 words
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Advertisement502 1919-11-29 8 P. &O.- BRITISH INDIA I AND APCAR LINE. 1 I (Incorporated in England). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. LONDON .FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON j TO MARSEILLES A LONDON502 words
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Advertisement438 1919-11-29 9 K STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN SIAM.) SINGAPORE— BANGKOK COASTING SERVICE. Arrival Departure sl!)i)HA:m: s™*?™ iot" ne" mo VA 1 15th Dec. 1919 17th Dec. 1910 -J^^^^Si >**• "avo eX ce>,ent Ticket, for the round trip from Sin^pore to Ban g kok and Singapore via Cowt ports i, issued438 words
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Advertisement322 1919-11-29 9 SOCIETA DI NAVIGAZIONE A VAPORE del LLOYD TRIESTINO (Incorporated in Italy). BAILINGS PROM SINGAPORE For Trieste via Penang and Colombo NIPPON due end Nov. For Japan, via Hongkong Shanghai and Vladivostock 'AFRICA" due Dacambei The steamers of this Company are fittea with every convenience for the carriage of passengers. Foi322 words
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Advertisement428 1919-11-29 9 The Ocean Steam Ship Company, Limited. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. AND "Ellerman" Line. Ellerman Bucknall Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (AMERICAN MANCHURIAN LINE.) (Incorporated in England.) JOINT FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO NEW YORK via SUEZ OR PANAMA. FROM NEW YORK. Steamer Leaves Due Route For New York S'pore IIURYADES428 words
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Advertisement50 1919-11-29 9 S. S. KLEIST. The above vessel ha.s accommodation for first and second class passengers, and will be despatched from Singapore and Penang for London about the end of December. For further particulars regarding pasMtges, etc., apply to P. O. S. N. CO. Collyer Quay, Singapore. 89 u W»^ >-.-».. u50 words
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Advertisement264 1919-11-29 9 j INDEPENDENT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION Incorporated in V S I Regular service between New York, Singapore and Java ports and vice versa FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ. LSI AMAR .')SA due Singapore WEST MODUS due Singapore IVcon; FROM NEW YORK. COSTIGAN due Singapore ith December WACHUSEn: d ue to leave NVw264 words
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Advertisement59 1919-11-29 10 WHITE TRUCKS I Pay Maximum Delivery B We will be glad to prove I to you the superior per- I formance of White Trucks. I Let us give you facts and figures of White Perform■Mill -ZTTf'T^^^^^^^^^^^^l^^ F* I MOTORS, U° 1 L^ No. 1 Raffles Place Robinson Rosd On and59 words
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Advertisement197 1919-11-29 10 KEE LOX i i Carbon Paper, i r Regular Sizes ;*nd any size ud to 26 by 39 inches FOR PEN, PENCIL, t TYPEWRITER RiCKARD LTD. Prompt Printers 16-B Change Alley. OBTAINABLE AT ALL DISPENSARIES throic;hout STRAITS SETTLEMENTS AND FEDERATED MALAY STATES. ZEBEDELA ESTATES MBUY BEFORE TOO LATE An Orange197 words
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Advertisement107 1919-11-29 10 in3fe#^( i%A- .~-A DIMENSIONS 38 feet by 7 feet 6 inch by 3 teet 10 inch. MOTOR 22 H.P. Speed 8^ mile per hour. Designs and estimates prepared to suit clients requirements ALL WORK CARRIED OUT UNDER SKILLED EUROPEAN SUPERVISION! UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlements.) SINGAPORE. ll107 words
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Article55 1919-11-29 11 Bank 4 m.§. Bank demand J.jJ Private credits 8 m.s. a j New York Bank demand 4^g New York DO days France demand 440 India, T. T. ]00 Honpkong, demand l!'j*r>rera I Yokohama, demand gp? Java, demand j^y Bangkok, demand 99 Sovereign, Bank Buying §8 64 Bank of England55 words
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Article145 1919-11-29 11 I Nore»Wr, TIHJ2I Tons 148 <;4 Gambier 16CQ > Gambier Cube Xo. 1 24 00 Pepper Black n Pepper, (White fair) f.^oo > Tapioca, small pearl, f.q. >20 00 H flake, f.q. 1 1 00 medium pearl, f.q. 20 00 Pearl Sago, small 16 60 Copra Sundried nft mMM145 words
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Advertisement1798 1919-11-29 11 j IMi»aWM Aremanc, In (ore. .v.r J9.00D.000 I I THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I [Incorporated in Straits Sett.] HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, OW Jewry, E.C. i The Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life1,798 words
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Miscellaneous707 1919-11-29 11 1 1 CHURCH SERVICES. Ist SUNDAY IN ADV* 7 Not SO. 8. ANDREW 8 OATHBDRAL. 7 am. Hcly Tommnnlon. 745 a.m. Holy Oomruunlon (rhoral.) tiymns, 4', <IP, 3:4, 268 915 a ui. Matins an" LI aoy 4 p.m. Sunday Bchcoi. I ible Clasß, Course. Genesis &ni the Goepftl 6.31 p707 words
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Miscellaneous408 1919-11-29 11 MAIL TABLE. To-day. Intermediate and local maili, will N *ound in list below: Ptnanjr, Malacca, F.M.S. (by Train) I i p.m. daily (except Sunday). Jtota Tinggi and itationa to Koala Lumpui at 6 a.m. Joi.ore 8, 9.10, noon, 1, 4. 9t fl p.m. Cucob I'ftKijun a.m. P. Batam I*. Rulang408 words
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Article1062 1919-11-29 12 PROPOShO FAREWELL ENTERTAINMENT TO MANCHESTBR& BOWING i hVB BOAT HOUSE SITE. An ordinarj uaeetfag of the Municipal iiuisaioTWTi was held yeatevoaT aflernt»on in ili» Room of the Municipal Buildings Mr. iv. .1. Farrer preaidill r. Those present wore Mcs?rs C K. Craig, See Teong Wah, Dr. Veerasamy, K.1,062 words
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Article423 1919-11-29 12 'JACKEY" ING THE PEOPLE. TO AMERICA. To tiit* Editor of the Time*. rday I Saturday) too v. i r The education levy jit Arasaig is seven shillings uvu pence three farthings in the IpwunJ. In l: J 16 it was only one shilling lone penny end one farthing! (They have423 words
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Article119 1919-11-29 12 Tho Railway Board have sanctioned pre-Hn-inary survey by State agency for a metre gauge line to connect India with Burma via Hukong Valley. Mr. Christie, Commissioner. Tenasserim speaking at Mergui said the district was capable of fnormous development. Rubber had been thoroughly proved. Moulmein would119 words
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Article74 1919-11-29 12 1 he Committee appointed by the Board of Trade to consider and report upon nonferrous mining in the United Kingdom held tti first meeting after the recess on October IS, under the chairmanship of Mr. H B lletterton, M.P., It has decided to deal in the first74 words
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Article212 1919-11-29 12 SINGAPORE POLO CLUB. I Saturday, 4.30 p.m. 1 i Ist Chukka 4.45 p.m. I White: -ITL F. Clifton Smith, 2F.T. S. Newell, o H. C. Cooke Yarborough, 4 W. Peel. Blues.— l 0 Campbell, 2 H. Swee Lee, S A. P. Dashwood, 4 E. C. H. Wolff. 2nd212 words
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Article83 1919-11-29 12 Tic Special Feature "A Model's Confession which was shown last night at the Liberty Hall dr<w a good house, and those .wishing to see a good tilm should not miss this. The principal part Is In the hands 'of Mary Maclaren, who is no stranger on the Singapore83 words
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Article356 1919-11-29 12 ih W. 15. Trite*. I am an American novelist, and like my betters -Mr Wells and Mr. Max well among the.;: I know what it is to be censored but liberal rre the book censor* of Britain beside the film censors of my 'native land. i I soV356 words
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Article177 1919-11-29 12 A good story, quite authentic, comes from J a well-known golf links. Never mind where it is, but thy members are accommodated < at a hostel run by a very nice elderly lady of old-fashioned habits. For some time it 1 was felt that the hostel was not177 words
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Article61 1919-11-29 12 Infomation has been received that a sunken Tongka?ig was seen floating at 7.30 a.m on 27th November, l f jl9 about half a mile East of Cyreue Buoy. The Anyo i\laru, which is overdue at Singapore from Karatsin, which she left on Nov. 31th, >s cwned by the61 words
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Article331 1919-11-29 12 THE QUESTION OF SUPPLIES. Whenever the question of oil fuel is brought into special prominence as, for example, in consequence of the railway strike, there are always to be fou"ftd people who express doubts as to the sufficiency and permanency of the supply. The argument of such people331 words
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Article231 1919-11-29 12 A •übsenption list has been opened in order to provide comforts and extra messing on board the Trooper which will *oon be taking home the iar^e drafts in the old Garrfson whose relief arrived by the "Traa Os MoncM. 11 The f 6 n on board s231 words
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Article119 1919-11-29 12 Programme of Drills, etc., for week endng Saturday (Jth December, 1919. Saturday, 29.— 2.30 p.m. Balestier Rge. Chinese Co., S. V. I. Parts I and 11. Sunday, .'JOth.— 7.3o a.m. Balestier Rge Chinese Co., S. V. I. Parts I and 11. Monday, 15t.— 5.10 p.m. Drill Hall119 words
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Article81 1919-11-29 12 Orders for the week ending Saturday Dec. 6th. Monday, Dec. Ist. Parades as usual. Wednesday, Dec. 3rd. Musketry SVC Drill Hall, 5.10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4th. Band Practice Malay Volunteer Club, 6.15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6th. Route March, All Singapore Troops parade Fort Canning Road (back of81 words
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Advertisement32 1919-11-29 12 The Government of Jndia have withdrawn restrictions on persons proceeding on pxlprimage to the holy cities in Mesopotamia or in connection with the transport of corpses for burial in that country. i32 words
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Advertisement189 1919-11-29 12 '%M i AUCTIONEEkIi V ALI r 5C 5 |^C^ FORTHGOMING V SALES '^§1 At a date to be notified later AucHk^*£s?^ll P«rt\ known us Cru.-i Valley, Cavaa At a (lat(1 <u )e n °tified later AucTuesday, 2nd December at 2.30 Wednesday, 3rd December al p.m. Auction Sale of Tamo and189 words
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