The Straits Times, 6 September 1918

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 25.810 SINGAPORE. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 1918. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 239 1 ■iuuuii ileeteneb •ondensei MIL* Priot! now 120.50 fm cue BEAR BRAND MILK THE MILK THAT'S WORTH ITS PRICE QUALITY 1 O/^^^XJB^ ALWAYS NEVER j s^^^^l^™* 1! MOST VARIES "BEAR" BRAND EXCELLENT MVOIENIC SWISS *IL* Us S?"** in Us natural purt^ of Importers Stook.d by InATCIfO OUnOf LIU. H«*Dirl, Cl^Hir FrlUhtrt
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    • 245 1 ROBINSON iSc Co, AMERICAN UNDERWEAR FOR GENTLEMEN "EL :DORADO| I White Cotton Singlets I ONEITA-KNIT Bachelor i BaSbriggan Singlets No buttons down front M unbreakable knittrd neckunbreakable knitted neck- MM v P band Bhort sleeves band short sleeves Price $27.00 P*r dozen Price 15,00 P«r dozen stocked in sizes 4
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    • 3 1 GOODRICH, TYRES I
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  • 1113 2 THE F.M.S. CUMBER OF NINES NOT JOINING. Reason for its Actio Mr. J. H. Rioh, prenidran at the adjourned extrtoc dinarj general meeting of the F.M.3. Chamber oi Mines, held at Ipob on August 81, and speaking ia regard to the proposal <'( the Coamber joining the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 259 2 fv ~<*r MAGNETO V IGNITION !l Drive the "85-Four" I A car of great beauty and strength a car of absolutely dependable performance, its great power simply controlled. With the reserve force of the big car, this Overland has all the flexibility of a light one. To these advantages, add
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    • 377 2 USE IT AND PIOVC IT! Than yea will know what •ham aad kasaty yo« pimii, far OadM will fbriag baautv to tk* ■laiawt fac« aad a velvety toft•m to tk* roofkMt haad*. Atk tar I Ojt^Se DO m DtUT -COWKME Tl-MT! AVON TYRBS <!«m HUM it Im M«My KWBNI SEN!
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    • 290 2 Gasolene Automobile Co. (MA«H ■QftP-aleUrr TO HOTBLI i^B^B^^^Mnnnnnw- _i_%-> <*^VnA HtaannnnnnnCidn. 'fs^ajjn-T' Bailable Motor Cam tor Hire Day and Night Talaphon* 755 inii-imi A Valuable Tonic, Nutrient and Restorative Price $2.25 Per bottle. Can be obtained at all Dispensaries or from the sole agents MAYNARD Co., Ltd. .(I«0O»P01iIBD n THS
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  • 1128 3 NOVEL INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN SHIPBUILDING. Catching White Hot Bolts. I bare been along the eastern ooast and as far wast as the Upper Mississippi looking at the War preparations of America in various direotions, writes Frank Dilnot in the Daily Chronicle. I have seen great establishments and
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 583 3 Dr. Casseil's Tablets keep np tbe Strength •f Your Body and Save Yon from Malarial Fever You don't Bit malarial fevers when your blood is pure and rich, because infection cannot exist in healthy blood That is why Dr. Casseil's TaMets are so sure a protection. They make your blood
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    • 341 3 Facts^for you fflfJD A light car for service overseas is as WJs»M 1 good as its maker's knowledge of over- fl l^baanL seas conditions permits it to be. By ffhfl^SM| reason of the fact that our knowledge HygßEßim of colonial conditions —climatic and *WHHHaWB» otherwise —is extensive, we are enabled
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    • 290 3 CHEONG BROTHERS Deotuta, 2?, Booth Bridge rVad FULL LINE DENTAL SUPPLIES First class Meohanioal Dentistry, Gold Crown Bridge Fillins and Vulcanite. Duration of Wear Guaranteed. CHARGES MODERATE Best Tooth Powders and Brushes (or sale. PHOTOGRAPHIC DEALERS Amateurs 1 Work, Derelof* PrlßllSKftl.lar.t.,, Baaairtap. Oameras, Kong Wing Chsoog A Co* Adeinbl B»tel
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 457 4 tTEAMEI oJUUIH nTyTk. j IMI HAIL STEAMSHIP CO.. LTD. (laaaaraaann m Jatam) lIUIBPEAN LINE A sorvioe 1 1 maintained between Yokohama, via aorta, aad Bagland under mail ooatraot BrtWi the Tinamlal Japan see Oovetnment. The Mew Twin-screw Steamers maintaining It twice have bee* specially designed aad HBsiitnr aad are ntsed
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    • 660 4 STEAMER BAIUNBB. P> 0. -British India Apcar lalna (OoarAmaa InoearonAtno n Bwaatnn) MAIL, AND PASSENGER BERVIOES PBNINBULAR AND ORIBNTAL B. N Co. (Under Contrast with His Majesty s aoTammamS) Tba Company's MAIL BBRVIOBS BAST OP UOMBAV are at pretest ■napwJuil, Tbe Company^ INTBBMBOIATB BBRVIOBB TO AMD PBOM LONDON an at
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    • 694 4 BTEAMEI BAIUNM THE SUM STEAM NAY.BATIIN N.. LI (InoonroßAtan m Biaa), SINGAPORE-BANGKOK Fm Kretay, Tringgann, Brant, Semorak, Baabo, Eataataa, Tabai Ibirmm, Telovin FaaataJ,Pataal,Biagora < Laaon,n^aaaffliil,Baadoa,L«ni|Baea,Cbom|on,Kobia Disa Oipirint C"£^£ n Dt 11> s p m So?^«.'^ Boot. IB Sapt. 18, S p.m. a.a. PHACHATIPOK Sapt. 28 Sapt. BS, S p.m. ••■AfDAHG
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    • 559 4 tTEA«Ei muim. COMBINED SERVICE OP THE.OCEAN 8. 8. CO.. LTD. (iMOORPOBATaD IM KnolaKP) ua THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. N. CO.. LTD. (Imooepobatbd im Bholams) aaTwnna Ppomantla (Popth), North-Wui Auatpalian Porto, Java and Singapopo. Regu^t sailings betweea Singapore and Western Australia oalling at Java [as iaduoement offers), Derby, King's Sound (port
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 1040 5 STEAMER BAILIHBB, NEDERLANDSGH INDI3CHE STEENKOLEN HANDEL MMTSGHAPPIJ (NETHERLANDS INDIA GOAL TRADING CO.. LTD Goal Merchants, Landing Agents, Stevedores and Contractors. Head office i AMSTERDAM Branch Offices BAT AVI A SOERABAU TANDJONO PRIOK TJILAUAP MAKABSAR Cable address BTEENKOLEN II 8 a- JO 9 MITSUBISHI SHOJI KAISHA, LTD. (Incorporated in Japaa STEAMSHIP
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    • 120 5 NOTICE IN TH C ESTATE OF DOU6LAB GRAHAM CAMPBELL. C. M. G., OECFASEO NOTICB is hereby giTcn that all perscna hariog eUims against tbe estate of Dooglaa Graham Campbell, 0.kt.0 late cf Johort Babra, who died at Singapore on Jane 36. ISIB, are hereby requested to send particular* ol their
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 268 6 TO LOVERS OF MUSIC Go whfrf jcu wili, (out T.»it(l«!r witlrt.jcn wi 1 frd adi>»>r<- l v r n.u>io. 't i«ti"ie tl tit nud ef urn i wbieb s»ti flc'«. 'or »*a pin, in < bin*, may n-t earn ned bemfetl Tbt f.ct reruair* tl at it- ry bm n
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    • 398 6 AUCTION SALE Of 1178 C4 RES OF DaTß* To re tf Id at No. 67, Japan Street, Cm Fbi m firiinn 6, at p.n CUINO KVKU LJtl a CO., 9—B-9 Aact.cnetrs A Hf t»te Agents. MORTGAGEE'S SALE x t »»'n«b c icbber p'ftotati n sitatte Tani'ji g Mil j»k, r>o
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    • 730 6 Andsfson's Adva#tiaing Agtni Our book* will show thai Vm ye can eat eoste (or yoo f J%]^J v we hare for others T^Ef*! NOTICE We beg to give notice to the pnblic that from F ept mber 1, 1918, our offi -c has b»»»ii removed from Main R ad 48,
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    • 128 6 White Glazed Wall Tiles 6 AND Capping s Large Stocks held by 7, Raffle a Quay, Si iftapon. LV ciA/rr nn m I. Off tX \J\J* HAVE REMOVED TO 57, Cecil Street USB FROM ALL DBALBBB, f R CONNELL BROS, COMPANY Sola Agant BAFFLES CHAMBERS, SINGAPORE Best Manila Cigars allanta
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  • 92 7 FIXTURES. •rlday, September 6. B^h '.%»oi, 11.31 am., 1110?.n. Saturday, September 7. ■M> -km. 11 42 ajn.. 11.80 an. Chin. -j Ladies Assn. sale V.M.C.A. 8 p.m. Aunday, September S. Hal *aler, 0.3 p.m. Moodar, September 9. :>Xii W»ttr, 0.19 a.m., 0.23 p.n. TumcUt. September 10. HUii
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  • 161 7 TO- DAI. Batu i ahat 3.80 pm P. SwaMeabam and T. Abmo a.BO pm Messing 130 pm P. Sambu, Selat Pandjang, Bengkalis, Siak and P. Babru 8 pm Malaooa and Muar 8 pm P. Sambu and Palembang 8 pm Kota Tinggi 4 pm Koia Tinggi 4 pm
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  • 263 7 the mail trains from Singapore for the north leave Tank Road station daily at 7.7 a.m (Bandar excopted) and 7 p.m., arriving at Koala Lumpur at 7.18 p.m. and 6.48 a.m. teapeotively. The through express to Penang leavM Kuala Lumpur at 8 a.m. daily, arriving at Pcaang at
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  • 34 7 Larr Sui«Aroaa ABUTOO LOU DO II Jom June 11 Jom 14 Jane SO Jom IT June 29 June 20 Jane 38 AJgUt 8 10 10 10 I 33 33 h M
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  • 180 7 EXCHANOB SWOATOU, SIPVIMBM 6 1918. Oh Lomdob .Bank 4 m/s 3/4^, Demand 2/8 j} Private 8 m/s 3/4 i On Niw Yob*.. Demand Mj Private 90 days 66 f On Fmuroa Bank 808* Ow Inu Bank T. T. (49 O» Howo«oi««...Bank d/d S9%pn On Shamomai ...Bank d/d
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 185 7 vZ.I Bn II II A ~IBTi 9.76 10.38 od. 1 I Atw Wa«* 2.90 8.00 II ID Koala iwootoMoi 14.00 14.8U xd 41 4i Kiata Tia 1.8.0 1.12.0 41 41 L*h*t M iaet 1.80 T. 38 I 8 Lingui Tin 8.26 6.80 11 10. Maiajaa Oollietifw 15.38 14X0 41
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    • 97 7 vTtael Bnyetll 86Umi< 41 41 tmaNlutw. T.so e.oe 41 41 i, rnt. IJJ i.s.o I/- WeaMa Twmyi 8/8 M II rnw k Mein 46.00 48.00 H MW. Hmmmei 00. 7C .00 T3.M IN IN Kati Bros Del 180.00 140.01 It II KftTßird A 00. 8.00 BXO 41 41 Bhcll
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    • 43 7 Patted lmjihi •1,V4,«H pti 8:«R»powll8oteU) S'ronMnkiatell^ril.aTMM pat S'rote MoaimV' «i% ot laor ti,Mf,iM ie%dfi Bfon Momioipal «i% oIMO9 «MM,t«9 »o%dla S'pcte Mnßkipftl 4% I.m.tH H%dte B'pofe Moaiolpt] 4>CO,aM .M.S. 1% Ijm 1811 tUOOO.Mt 10li 1084 88. lou 1918 MI 088,TN 103 108
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  • 355 7 M— rrmamm mmd Co.'* and Maaara. Lyall anal Bvatt'a Quotation*. Ftmo Lrall Co. Bvatt. A lot Uaiafc (II) 1.70 B.OC 1.75 8.00 Amal. Malay ty, H 1.00 5.26 S.OO 3.26 ▲yet Hitam HUM 1J.60 11.36 13.26 Aye» Kaaimg (til 96 1.C6 0.90 1.C5 A yet Molek (ID
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 61 7 ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY TO-MORROW, SATURDAY P.esentttion ot a medal to KHAIRUDIN our (amous aeto/ STAR "oPfciiA •t tm num ■mi, mm mmm mm wil' give A SPKCIAL PKOORAMWI To-night To-night By spaci»l r. gut M THIN LOH PIN KUM will be staged nndr the sole direotion at Mr. V L. Taa.
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    • 452 7 LATEST ADVERTIBEMEHTB r.BSSONS in English, French and Mm; vi iby lady. Box 388, Stcaila Times. r WANTED AT OSCU, famished hoase at cos tide. Apply P.S o/o Steaito Times. FOR SALE, Ford oar, practically new, ia excellent running order. Apply Box No. 436, Stta-ts Times 8-B— 9-9 WANTED AT ONCE,
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    • 270 7 Machinery FOR Tin AND Wolfram Mines FRASER i CHALMERS, LTD. (InooypoMtad In England) Singapore Fraser Neave ROUGH DIARY FOR 1919 Guaranteed issue 4,000 copies FOR ADVERTISING RATES apply to FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. The Arcade or to ANDERSON'S ADVERTISING AGENCY 16, Change Alley New Stock POTASH CYANIDE SULPHUR E" ACETIC ACID
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    • 49 7 REMEMBER NURSE CAVELL See the photoplay tribute to the memory of England's heroine A photo-drama of a woman'a suppsms aaopif ioa THE MARTYRDOM OF NURSE CAVELL In 4,000 faat of film. Stirring, sensational and emotiona'-a picture that should urge you to AVENGE NURSE CAVELL At the SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
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  • 1105 8 tTHE FIGHTING LINES. Marshal Haig, moat oaotiona of lera, permits himself to apeak of the defeat inflicted upon the enemy on the 2nd inst. We may be sore, therefore, that it waa a good deal more than a oaanal phase in a long drawn straggle. There are
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  • 15 8 We have received a copy of the Straits Settlements Blue Book tor the year 1917.
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  • 30 8 The manager of the Titi Tin Company informs us that the output from this mine for August was: Battery 300 piculs, bydraulieing 60 piculs, tribute 64 piculs, total 404 picolt.
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  • 67 8 A wire from our Penang ooneapondent says that Mr. Justioe Woodwar has found for the plaintiff, David Graham, in his claim versus M. Cathiravalu for salary as estate manager and damages for wrongful dismissal, for $2,183 and 1760 respectively. The Judge ordered the Registrar to make enquiry into the claim
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  • 38 8 According to a report in the None Freie Presse, Amerioan troops have landed on the Asores. These troops are to reinforoe the local garrison and the inlands are to serve as a suitable base tor the U.S. fleet.
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  • 44 8 An increase of 10 per oent. in the wages of all employees of the Western Union Telegraph Co belonging to the association recently organised by that company is an nounoed at New York- This inoludes 45,000 workers. The increase is retrospective from July 14.
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  • 54 8 Owing to the growing high cost of labour and materials, the price of new steamen is said to be accordingly increasing. It is reported that the current prioe of new ships in Kobe, frilly equipped, is between Yl.OOO and Yl.BOO per ton. This is about 40 per oent. higher than
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  • 45 8 Servioes at the Seventh Day Adventist Chapel, Penang Lane, for Saturday are 8 a.m. missionary volunteer service 9 a.m. Sabbath school 10 a.m. Chinese service, Hakka, and Hokkien 1 p.m. Malay service at 300, Serangoon Road; 6 pun. English service. Wednesday, 6 p.m. prayer servioe.
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  • 51 8 It is reported that German prisoners in Japan complain that after sroh a long period of detention they are suffering from "nerves," and have asked the authorities to lower the high obstructing fenoe about the prison so that they may "enjoy the view," whioh would probably tend to restore their
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  • 56 8 Lang Ah Tee and Koh Toa Bak, who were charged before Mr. Ham yesterday with the murder of Mn. Liubmann and Emil Landau in the Globe Hotel, North Bridge Road, on August 26 last, were remanded till the 9th inst. Koh Poon Tang, oharged with abetment of the crime, was
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  • 55 8 In their produce report, dated yesterday, Messrs. Barlow and Co. state There has again been a firmer feeling in the copra market, although purchases are practically confined to Chinese firms. Prices have advanced and quotations to- day can be given as •8.80 for fine sundried and $8 80 to 18.60
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  • 65 8 Messrs. L. A. Cbitty and Co. inform us that at the sale held at their sale- room at Malacca on the 6th inst. the freehold land and house 18, Second Cross Street, area about 2,228 square feet, was bought by Tan Eng Cboon for 114,100, and the rubber plantation at
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  • 69 8 The funeral of the late Mr. George Turner, who died under tragic circumstances on Wednesday, took place yesterday evening at Bidadari cemetery with full military honours. Three volleys were fired over the grave by a party of the S.R.E. (V.) to whioh company tLe deceased belonged. The Reverend Mr. Dexter
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  • 79 8 Shortly after noon yesterday at Market Street, a Hokien clerk named Tern Chen is alleged to have been relieved from his person of 1800 in notes together with a crossed cheque for 13,000. Complainant reports that two Chinese knocked up againßt him, one of whom took the money after wbioh
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  • 88 8 General K. Otani, who has been appointed Commander- in- Chief of the Japanese expeditionary foroe to Siberia, is sixty-four yean of age. During the Sino-Japanese war of 1884 96 he was on the staff of the Imperial Headqoarters at Hiroshima, and in the Russo Japanese war of *****6 he commanded
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  • 102 8 From Mr, C. E. G. Tisdall we have received a copy of the Bible in the World, the monthly record of the work of the British and Foreign Bible Society. It contains n full report of the anniversary meeting of the society at which it was anniunced that the Duke
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  • 116 8 On a obarge of fabricating false evidence by preparing a partners' book and a balance sheet book, purporting to be the books of Chop Chiang Guan written between the years 1908 to 1910 and on an allegation of using this in a suit now pending in the Supreme Court, three
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  • 178 8 A violent wind storm of 'mpreoedented violcnoe occurred in the nortLsrn part of Malaya on Sunday evening and caused mooh damage. At K&mpat the oorrugated iron roofing of the railway goods shed was ripped up to a length of about 40 feet. The large new Btrnoture of the Anglo-Chireae School
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  • 406 8 Mr. S. H. Moss, of Messrs Derriok and Co has left for home. Mi P. Cunliffe, manager of Brirkmann and Co., Singapore, has returned to the Colony. At the Peak Church, Hongkong, the mar riage has been solemnised of Mr. B. E. de W, Abney, of Messrs.
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  • 30 8 We understand that the Bpocial Military Tribunal will begin its sittings in Singapore from September 23 under the presidency oi the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, K.C.)
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  • 76 8 We very gratefully acknowledge the follow ing additions to ooi fond for assisting the Overseas Club to provide smokes tot oui soldien and sailors: A sift from the Malacca Police Recreation Club $50 Mr. A. B. G. Coveney (monthly) 2 The total we have
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  • 98 8 With a view to making enlistment in the oombatant branches of the Indian army more attractive, the Government of Bombay have come to the conclusion that an educational concession in favour of the children of those who enlist is likely to be appreciated and to stimulate recruiting. The
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  • 107 8 The Weekly Despatch of Jose 6 mti Yesterday, at the Surrey Assises, Onildford William Charles Niblett, 68, a retired barrister, of Pern bridge square, Bays water, wh sentenced 'o one month in the first division for bigamy. His second wife, it was stated, was 61 yean of
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  • 179 8 We have received the followioK from the Colonial Secretary -All employers of agricaltural labourers who propose to reduce tbeir labour foroea, more especially those who art about to discharge tapping eeolies, are requested to give early notice of their intention to the Labour Department, in ordei that the
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    • 86 8 WORTH A TRIAL CIGARETTES CENT. DISPLAY OF JBsl »i^^^^^2 lw« Si v Jp\ VrA*<i NEW TRIMMED MILLINERY JOHN LITTLE CO.. LTD. (INOOBFORATBD IN BN3LAND) f^ BUCHANAN'S "RED SEAL' "BLACK WHITE "ROYAL HOUSEHOLD" SCOTCH WHISKIES 5 James Budu.nan Co., Ltd. {Lomlo:i, Glasgou; etc.) have the most c**«Mfel Bonded Warehouse in Scotland,
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    • 270 8 ALHAMBRA TIM Ball tor sj.aic-TIM NswiK Prwaler ■mm IN Inh af QMlitj- Ismn Kaai PrtTMSM fsr ths tii sights niimlij fuassi, tapUmbsr 1, a.« sa4ia| Frlaij, lap. teaser I, 1111. (NOTE-Our hiiltuH Satvrtfiy satrwn will ••tics that this pr*ra«iM will it.t ha hrn Saturday mgM) IN THB SECOND SHOW AT
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  • 2595 9 CAMBRAI MENACED. Allied Armies Continue Advancing. Great Captures of Enemy Material. RSCTBBS TSLBOEAM. London, September 4,12.30 p.m. Tbe advanoe towards Cambrai is at present a most dangerous menace for the enemy because tbe loss of Cambrai will oertainly mean tbe loss of Douai whose fall would make the
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  • 68 9 ro-day'i Bosloesi Maophail and Co. Ltd.'s daily report I— Silver.— Unohanged 49*. Hongkong.— 68% pm. Shanghai.— 4l*. Rubber.— Steady. Tin.— Sold 200 tons at 1154 Tifcis are nnchanged today $18.60 to 118.90. Ulu Piahs are steady in anticipation of an early 10 per oent. dividend, 11.06 to
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  • 116 9 Lack of general interest in the doings of oat army in Macedonia is complained of by Mr. Herbert Vivian, wiiting in the Pall Mall Oaaette. Everything is being done there, be says, that ia being done elsewhere by the berc«" of the war. There have been big fights, all unrecorded
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  • 2984 9 RUBBER POSITION AND LABOUR DISCUSSED. R.G.A. Proposals Approved. A largely attended special general meeting of the Malacca Planters' Association, on Sunday, discussed the present rubber position and its effect on the condition of labour. With regard to the rubber position the following resolution, proposed by Mr. E. A.
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  • 75 10 1 5th Sunday after Trinity, Sept. 8. St. Mass's Church, Ssksmbam. Matins 7.80 a.m.. Holy Communion 8 a.m., Holy Communion (Tamil) 9.80 a.m., Children's Servioe 6 p.m., Evensong and Sermon 8.80 p.m. During tbe week the following services will also be held Thursday, Ssptimbbr 12. Matins 7 a.m.,
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  • 206 10 Patrons of the Marlboroogb have another good thrilling picture that should appeal particularly to them. It is tbe big eightreel Drory Lane suooess Tbe Whip wbioh is being presented to night. In tbe first shew there is a good Relianoe four reel picture, Bred in the Bone.
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  • 105 10 The Post Office authorities point oat that tbs mail trass home this morning was an unusually snail one, and only contained r rriKpt cci *i eh rucbe 1 G.PO, London, between June 28 sad July 6. The ssj ;Mb L-it ,t tL. MhmftM JSu m l bm
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  • 667 10 STATISTICS OF COST AND SUE PRICES. Directors' Annual Report. The eighth report of the directors' of Sungei Buu Robber Company, Ltd. signed by Mr. W. F. Nutt is m follows You directors beg to submit a duly audited statement of aocounta for the twelve month! ended Jane
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  • 178 10 A Neboda (Ceylon) planter sends the local Times the following amusing application tor employment as a Condootor Sir, Situation Vacant Planting. I am applying for a plaoe as it field conductor and to five in your estate with possess and leave up and down whenever neoesaary. And
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  • 67 10 Missis. Wearme Brothers nave supplied thelpob Abattoirs with a two-ton Truxton wagsjoa. whiob has been specially built to the i Sanitary Board requirements as a meat I conveyor. They have also just completed a i two-ton liUiionbuafortbe Yuk Cboy Public i School, whica ia the largest Chinese school in Ipob.
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  • 491 10 Improvement Despite American I Restrictions. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association held its 862 nd auotions, on Wednesday and Thursday, when there was offered tor sale 1,«86,'25b lbs. =tons 780.47. Pmicas Rbalisid. Cents per lb. Sheet smoked fine ribbed 424 to 47} good 81+ 42 Crepe
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  • 263 10 One seetiua of the Allied forces has not received that general recognition which is certainly its due, to wit the dogs that take lunch to soldiers in diffioult positions. As the Scientific American says, trench warfare certainly interferes with the fighter's meals. After capturing the enemy's position,
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  • 165 10 Telegraphic information has been received in Hongkong that the Sung Kiang has been wrecked off the East Lammocks. Tbe news received so tar is very meagre, and the actual cause ot the disaster in not definitely known. It is stated, however, that the vessel lost
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  • 394 10 Home Interest Aroused In Malayan Experiments. At the present time, considerable interest is being taken by home manufacturers in the mineral and vegetable oils produced in the British Empire. Various lectures at tbe technical and learned societies have dealt with tbe subject, and members of tbe Coy eminent
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  • 347 10 Present Wireless Telegraphy Limits. An R.F.C. offioer, writes to a home paper: At present the field of use of wireless telegraphy in connection with British aeroplanes, is limited by two factors, viz the weight of the apparatus, and the noise and vibration of tbe engine. Heavier
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  • 211 10 In the review by the Punjab Government on tbe annual statements ot dispensaries and charitable institutions in the Punjab, there ii the following statement "It is satisfactory to learn that ot the 11,196 patients operated on for cataract nearly 96 per cent, obtained good vision." Of the
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  • 96 10 The rate ot mortality in the Settlement I of Singapore for the week ended August 81, was 29.88 per mille ot the population. Tbe i total number of deaths was 210, ot wbiob 148 were male subjects and 63 female. Convulsions claimed 18, phthisis 81, I malaria
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  • 1270 10 SIR AUCKLAND GEDDES ON "SOCIAL PULL." Man-Power Difficulties. Sir Auckland Gsddes met a large gathering of business caen at Manchester when he attended, as the guest of the Column Club, a luncheon at the Midland Hotel. The Lord Mayor presided. Sir Auckland Geddes said the Government most fully
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  • 407 10 Biblical City and its Hell Moutbs. Mr. Edmund Caodler, writing from Mesopotamia to the London papers, says We have entered a new country ou the Euphrates, and oar advanced troops are relieved to be out of the dismal, tlat, featureless, deltaic plains. Hit marks a dividing
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  • 211 10 Hay t0r.— 11,013 Joe. Nyalas.— l2,6BB lbs. Lunas.— lB,6oo lbs. Johore Para.— l9,3Bo lbs. New Columbia —25,855 lbs. Kelantan.— Bo,BBo lbs. Aye. Hitam.— '27,ooo lbs. Bahru Selanßor.- 9,800 lbs. Beverlac,— Uo,4oB lbs. Black water. -14,666 lbs. Bukit Cloh.- 38,300 lbs. Ch0ta.— 16,695 lbs. Dusun Duhan.— 6o,42l lbs.
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  • 196 10 A Press oommamqao issued from Simla nays a inout uafortunate iaoii( at is reported from Jhelutn ia vrbicb sev »al soldiers lost their lives anJ others raoeived injuries It appears that ovrin,< to repeated aots of indiscipline a body o! recruits attached to the depot of a nmt
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  • 346 11 His Experiences at Buckingham Palace. Major W. A. Bishop, tbe intrepid Canadian MtSjOß*, »iiu !iu brin awsrdi'l U guihliuJ Flying Cress f^r di Htroying 25 mini) machines in li ii»ys, tli> v bj bringing up Litotal number of Tiotirus to 72- to which, wi believe,
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  • 441 11 How Civilians are Prepared For Hazards. Even in tbe early dajp, when the Han bad barely crossed tbe frontier, it was difficult to get tb« French peasant to leave the district near his blackened, smouldering home. At that time they bad no idea o( what German occupation
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  • 177 11 In the annual report on the state of British North Borneo tor 1917 it is stated that timber aa well aa all j angle produce such as damar, rotan, gotta, and camphor waa hit by shortage ot shipping rpaor. whioh in the ease ot the jangle prod nee
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  • 106 11 The aavtn ancient wooden ot the world were the pyramids of Bfypt, the hanging cardans of Babylon, toe temple ot Diana at Spbeaos.UM state otJairitar at Atbana, the Muisnlsniß, the Cokam of Rhodes, and the Pharos of Alexandra. Tho seven new __b tl_ nalil tfn
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  • 403 11 Japanese Policemen and Their Swords. If a Japanese policeman gets little pay, be B'ts plenty of cold etc el to oarry about,' tli >ut;h a long sword at the waist of an inefftnsive policeman does not induce a ricodoaltr to sell any cheaper than the
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  • 270 11 Progress of the Industry in Past Three Years. In hi" administration report for 1917 on British North Borneo, Mr. A C. Pearson, the Oevernor, referring to the robber industry, BfJI The area under rubber in given as 34,828 acres, as sgainst 31,010 in 1016. The direo- 1
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 194 11 SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS. Programme of drills, etc, tor week ending Saturday, September 7, 1918 FaiDAi, Sbptbmbbb 0. S.V A. Sections 111 and JV.— Johnston's Pier lor Fort Siloso, 4 p.m eompolaory. 8.R.8. (V.), P.B. Platoon.— Risim Point, Pulo Bram, 6 p.m. Maxim Co. and B.V.R. attaohed.-Drill Hall, 516 p.m. M.C.S.—
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    • 277 11 Whenever you like His M»>U,r Voics GramopDones and Boeordo provide you with the means danoe whenever you just feel like it.' Call and bear the latest danoe musio on one of the many model machines we have in stock. S. MToutrle Co.. Ltd. (lasarfaraM la Hea(kost) JVlaplbopougb Theatre Baaoh Road
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    • 417 11 RAFFLES HOTEL SINGAPORE a **i The largest ™ost succeesMil hotel in the Straits Settlements, bplendid location lacing Ihe bea. Telephones in each room for service and business. The Cuisine which i« directed by a European Chef is under the personal bupervieion of the Manager. New wing with luxurious suites of
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  • 972 12 HOW IT IS CARRIED ON AMONG PRISONERS. The Case of Tomkinson. For the fourth time Tomkinaon was brought in for examination. He was tited ot repeating his name, bis rack, his regiment, and his occupation— b« fire tbe war, to his ctosk examiners, and he resolutely
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  • 46 12 Tbe death occurred at the Of aval Hoe rjHal, Bha> ah»>, on Aagust 10. at tbe age ot 91, 0* Mr. Ibouiaa Morclaad, sn old soldier and lat< ly cf tbe Customs Servian. He had keen avd ridden tor the past six years, sufferleg from paralysis.
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  • 9 12 AMtaa-Hnftry n the new spelling, mji Sfaa Itatoi tiMaenpl.
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  • 798 12 Lord French's Warning to His Countrymen. Visoonnt French's first important utter, anoe as Vioeroy was made in Belfast on June 'M on the occasion of tbe Lord Mayor's luncheon. Much comment, Lard French said, has been made in Parliament and elsewhere on the laat proclamation from
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  • 210 12 One of tbe moat remarkable machines ever built is in operation at the great workshop in Franoe, where tbe Royal Flying C~>rpa repairs its damaged aeroplanes. This machine, tbe only one ot its kind, which was both con ceived and constructed in that workshop, is describe i
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  • 139 12 Prince Arthur' s Mission. An interesting tact in connection with the recent visit ol Prmee Arthur ol Con naught to Japan is brought to light by tbe following information which has been received in Tokio. When Prince Arthur in the oonrse ot bis recent mission to Japan, visited Ojaks, ha
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  • 948 12 Kaiser Wilheim in Napoleonic Pose. Karl Roaner, the Kaiser's official Boswell, baa finished his job or, as a somewhat olumsy translation of his valedictory published in The World puts it, "My command is at an end." Tbe Kaiser has observed that books without end are orammed
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  • 235 12 Now that the question ol coal shortage has been brought co prominently to tbe attention ot tbe public by tbe rtoen t closing order 10l the fuel adminmtratir, it is intereating to note, observes tbe Railway Review, the tp lend id work being done and aavinga
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  • 688 12 How Engineers and Scientists Can Assist. In olden times, when men fought with swords and clubs and spears, war waa a very simple proposition. It was one mainly of sheer brute forae and the power ol numbers. Fighting then waa done largely by hand. There was little
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  • 328 12 Aa Appeal tbat Could not Be Refused. An unknown correspondent drops into our letter box, aays tbe North Ctiina Daily News, tbe following beautiful Prayer ot a Hcr»e," ia wbiob. we may be sore the China pony Lt-artily ooncur* To tbee my Master. I effer my prayer.
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  • 46 12 Tbe gross lodian «ea aed land eu«toras rnvßLoe. rxcloding »elt n-vmoe, eolleetad datioK the four mooths April to Jaly laat amm-ofed to f95 Lkbs m utint 486 lakba ■a tbe eorrrfpjodiog period of laat year. Import ■lutPfH p "O'ribDted 415 lakbs and tzport duuts IJO laane.
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 288 12 Singapore Cold Storage COMPANY, LIMITED CHEESE New Zealand Stilton Australian Cheddar (loaf) Australian Cheddar (Cream in tins of 5 ozs.) Edam GENUINE FRENCH CEMENT Flooring tiles in classy designs British white and flowered glazed tiles We have the goods—We can deliver at once. JULIAN FRANKEL FURNITURE CO., Only Addrs» Orchard
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  • 996 13 WILL THERE BE A NAVAL BATTLE FOUGHT? Failure of Submarine War. Mr. Archibald Hurd, writing in tbe Daily Tele graph, says that "We in this country who have been apt to take the submarine lightly, hardly appreciating tbe grare menaoe which it offered, do not, perhaps, realise
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  • 95 13 The administration report of Calcutta oor poration tot the last year iawed sbowa, mrt tbe Rangoon Gassate, that the financial positio. ot tbe uuisas. Him ooatiaoe. to grow which have Ulka doe lot repayment and depreciation ot secaritie^ Tbe receipts were lMi lakha, while tbe expenditure was mdar 111 lakhs.
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 284 13 NEW SHIPMENT OF Crockery JUST RECEIVED The Ashland >f? .^SPebTBbW war* «^W^^^^^^^H«>«S made of real semi- v*^ LjfcftV porcelain, deeotated "Sf with pink and frrtea >T !=s ~v uP^ii i sprays with gold edge. K-2t!} V 'A 1 LißDtr Ml tor 6 per- f^[ V "^i sons Piice SSS^BO. *Z^£i
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    • 173 13 FOR THE FOURTH YEAR INSUCCESSION We secured the Sontracts for the supplies of Portland Cement during 1918 t° ™E t° the MUNICIPALITY |0,/%^ GOVERNMENT SIHGAPORE V W«| iJRJM/* Mm XJPHoy This Is sufficient proo' of the superiority of the HAIPHONG DRAGON BRAND B«war» of Imitattons DUPIRE BROTHERS Sole Agents: Straits
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    • 11 13 Strong and Waterproof Patent CANVAS BAGS for packing RUBBER R. ARISAKA
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 1998 14 ABMtt orti W,OOO^)OO ■,O. Aa-WMltt Ln flora. OTW |9.000.000 B.C. TNE IREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE 6MPANY, LIMITED. (laiiMiaaiaß Smaits Ssiiibbibbh) l*B>«a^ Mss .in. BONBON OVPIVBii MB, Old Jewry, 8.0. T^Oa^ss^t^aß^rß^ailliiißillWß^lßßißtß^MteOtsattlßßtfiill aad sompnes wb* lt» Bsbbbb Lsm li, mOiii Act to every parttools. *Tf«»rTITB FtlM OF ABBURAMOB. MONET TO tLOAMi LIBHBAL
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    • 1016 14 THE SHANGHAI LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTB. (laOOBTOBATBD IB HOBOBOBS) BNDOWMBNT POLICIBB are issued for 10, 16 and 10-year terms. The annual deposit under the 20 year Jan is but five aad a traction per cent, of the turn assured, to a man 80 years of agb Should the death of
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  • 893 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS M CURRENT TOPICS. Early Motor Legislation The Automobile wtan it flrrt appeared wu looked upon as more or lea* of a joke, say* a oontribator to Motor Life. Consequently it was not treated in a serious way in early legislation. Among the early law*
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  • 180 15 The (all pabJioation of the results of the military tribunals in Hongkong dm naturally let people wondering what will be the oatoome of the limiltr work in Shanghai, «aji the North China Daily New*. Inquiry (bows that while the reoent tribunal have has arrived at ite
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 136 15 COPPER QUEEN BELTING Has established a new standard of power transmission efficiency. Greater tensile strength than any other kind of belt and stretches less in Service than any other kind on the market, It stands the strain and does the work. COPPER QUEEN BELTING WAS AWARDED THE GRAND PRIZE (At
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    • 98 15 DUNLOP TYRES LARGE STOCKS OF THE FOLLOWING POPULAR SIZES 30 x 31 32 x 3, 31x4 760 x 90 765 x 105 815 x 105 875 x 105 820 x 120 880 x 120 Obtainable from all well-known garages or The Dunlop Rubber Go. (Far e*so Ltd. (Incorporated in Japan)
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 761 16 SITUATIfHt VACANT. BXPBRIBNCBD COMPOSITORS WANTBD for the Straits Times (news department). Good salaries given to capable men. URGBNTLY RBQUIRBD, experienced shorthand typist. Apply Box No. 874, Straits Times. 16-8— n WANTBD, aa experienced laboratory boy ta work in a dental office. Apply to Dr. Maato aad Company. Nt—a SHORTHAND TYPIST,
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    • 715 16 FOR SALE FOR SALB, Barlook typewriter, nearly lew. What offers T Apply Box No. 430. traits Times 6-B—7 8 FOR SALB, a Jefferey nc lorry (bus body) ia fcood running order, Apply to lefferey, o/p Straita Times. 61-B—Bo-8 FOR SALB, one 6 ton gan ice plant, in good working order,
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    • 652 16 KIAM KIAT CO. MARKBT STRBBT. NEW ARRIVALS: Hydraulic Pomp Leather Babbitt's Metal Flexible Steel Wire Rope Mining Steel Wire Rope WANTED EUROPEAN WATCHMAKER For leading firm of watohmakeea in Caloutta, India. Conditions I three years oontraot salary, Rs. 360 per mensem for first and second year, and Ra. 376 per
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    • 593 16 Tenders Invited FOB Bakau Firewood Wanted about 30,000 billeta par day to be supplied aad delivered at the Mnmcipal Pumping Station, Maokenaie Road Mnmoi pal Store, River Valley Road, and be there nn'fttt^'^ in aueh plaoe as may be appointed and stacked ready for use. Siae 8* long by thick,
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    • 433 16 GUAN KIAT AND CO., LO. (Incorporated ia tbe Straita Settlemaata) •aaa miaa i It, Philip ttraat, tlagaaara Salp-ebaaaiara, aarawara aaalara, aavaraaMat aai BaaWaal ■aaliaaliii, taaaral «aaarlara aad iipertsrs, latata, Rhv aaf taw Hill aaaatlan aaa liaiailaalia Ataati Tel. Addreaai GCaNKUT. Codes used A. B. 0 6th Bdition, and A 1
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    • 242 16 First -class MOTOR CURS Fop HIRE Day and Nitfht DUNLOP TYRES off all tha uMftii alaata TOR SAL! Any tint* during Day ow Night STRAITS MOTORCAR SERVICE H6 a 118, Orehsra laas TO PLANTERS \Y/aka^^-i ordering \y XICJ[ y° ur storeg do so from a firm which can supply not
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 264 16 Straits Wimes TILBPHUMI i ■ditorial aad oeaeral~ It M Aaager'i Offlae M OT HT Job Printing Offleo m M»M AU eommuaiaatioaa ralaUag la editorial THB r ßDrrloR WibOBldl dareiliedto All '^"""iTißlfiarlnas mhitlan la aaabaaaa aooouata, prlatiaa, ete.-abiuW teaaV dreeeed to THB MAMAOBK. Obeqaat aad money orders should to made payable
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