The Straits Times, 16 October 1918

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  • 13 1 The Straits Times NO. 25.853 SINGAPORE. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 16. 1918. PRICE 10 GENTH.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 149 1 tWEETENEO CONOENSLD MILK Piioeuw 120.50 BEAR BRAND MILK THE MILK THATS WORTH ITS PRIOB quality M/a^^m I ALWAYS NEVEK s'S^g^^SMEimiAL I MOST VARIES TE^SaNO I EXCELLENT Mvoitmc swiss M' 1 I k. m its natural purtW J? or I •WSJ Si wiUloyl «>l» ion(>r M 4*%*** securHy. Hus f£!M •fJ'^Wpable
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    • 40 1 i BBBBBBBBBjBBBBBEBJ Is it "Turps" you want? Then ask for T U R hudb IbsV at ask E N E I Pure Mineral Turpentine THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM Co. (8.8 J, Ltd. I (luecponted 1b anftlud) At, ULIICB OODBT, BINQ APOEJ
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    • 274 1 ROBINSON Co. New Goods in the Men's Wear Department NOVELTIES FOR THE RACES jflfl lk\ lv **"> nav>, blate, 888 l ln> resida with tmbroid- 2fl*^£VW*^Hl Al Ivk eied clox. B^Sw Jl^r^^HHl M HAI^HOSE '".Sid-gTey with black? Eti" «£MEI JPftm BEbV oftfln aBT BHr /Mmlw BEBs H\ **M |W^ Fancy
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    • 2 1 > j TYRES
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  • 993 2 AMERICAN RESTRICTION OF IMPORTS. Strong Financial Position. The loarteenth asnnal moiitlnu of the Vallambtosa Bolher Company, Lti. was The Chairman, in moving the adoption of ihe report and aoooonte, said The report Mid aoeooßts having been ia yoai hands for 1 week may, I presome, be taken as
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 267 2 Sy I N SU RAN xTe Pi All kinds of Insurance effected _^^1 iS| FIRE L|^( SS MARINE AND WAR RISK I^H k^^aa^a^aßay I |90 MOTORCAR BA I on t.ie most favourable terms. SS VILH BORK IN 8. Raffles Qumy, Singapore f^^k Are you over Forty? Tbii is the sge
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    • 432 2 BEX9aav9MsUH> f COMPLEXION 1 I '1' iT T nTiaM I J M AVON TVRBS Ir Too Bma from aay Skin at Blood Oawaseyaaaa as Beassna, Scrofula; Ba Brnptiaaaof all'bßda, Ohadalar Blood Poison, Kaasaaaaam, Ooat, *a— 4obV btaitata to start to^ay a ettaae s CLAHKSB BLOOD UZTCBB, aad Hie OxptficsßOs) ti
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    • 169 2 Gasolene Automobile Co. mmam» ■oa S H XT to umu hotbbi BBBjaS O J f 9Jf^ R«llabU Motor Can for Him Day and Night VoalolatlkOßaej TSS "WM MM A Valuable Tonic, Nutrient; and Restorative $2.26 Per bottle. Can be obtained at all Dispensaries or from the sole agents MAYNARD«Co.,Ltd. (boowutiDnn,
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  • 904 3 ANOTHER LITTLE CHAPTER IN SELF-REVELATION Hell of Militarism in Fatherland. The real tratfa ■bent Onaa> is only to be derived Irom the Germana themselves. Tragically harsh ud aawonßfonuaiaa ia toatheoderived. Tfc« wont witness, indeed, against Gtrmsay is German berseli Nothing feat bu been said aboot her in
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 700 3 w9aaia^4a %na^ liaWsT^BnYJflaV 'Whoi rou an" weafc. Amic, "Nervp." Ru-iiwi 'Wincarnis' offers you new j health, new strength, new blood. _jl r new nerve force and new life. New health and new life! Think what this means to yon who are' awaerable and depressed by ill-health. Yet you need not
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    • 520 3 CHEONG BROTHERS DeaaMa, M, Bootb Bridge Boad FIHI UNE DENTAL SUPPLIES fbat-elaas Menhantoal D a lists j. Sole Grown ßridgeFJUfag and Tnleanite finraMo. at Wast Qnanntee£ OHABGBB MODBIUTI Bast Tooth Powder* sad Brute, tor sab Dr.Casaell's Tablets »P*wawanalavsTaariaaaaMt Prise Ut-aaaea. PENHN6 PAR-BOILED POLISHED WHITE IKE; .The mndersignod hare 00 hand
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    • 402 4 BTEAMER SAILINGS. NTYrK. J,MIiAILITEAiSHIPGO..LTB. (la..ar.aauo n itrtm) IiOBSPEAN UNE tttrta It mautalaed sj<*oeaTokahama, ■trta, aad laglaa) oadar mall ooatraot irKk tba Imperial Japuese Goveiamut. TM New Twiaaotew Bteamen malataiaiag Ibb tanta hem beea tpetlaUy aeeajaedaad t aalraeted, ud are atted with all the late. mawfOßtt ta the attay cad eomtat
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    • 526 4 STEAMER SAILINQS. P« 0. -British India Apcar I— Ine lOearaam fai.ioaaiau m ■miibii) MAIL AND PASBBNQBR BBRVIOB PBNINSULAR AND ORIBNTAL I. H Qo. (OBdaV OoaMMt with ma Majaety t nial) The Oempa-y-i MML lIRVWU BACT O* HMUt M M mn.l The Oompaayi IaTHMIDIaTI ■■■VIOBC TO aWM MM tDMO areat anaeat
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    • 268 4 STEAMER BAIUN6B. THE SUM STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINBJUWE-BANBKO*; aws. PRAQHATIPOK "lV'l S.S. A*O«NQ Oot X 2 8 p-aohatipok S£:t m Tajkatt ta tba ataad Mi atom peaHMetaaadat IIH. Dan^^be^ld^li*^!* <» bwi«MaMSL lrt oJi7taK£rß^ laMßMtataMtoaTaiily mm M l •Mfa f ed la tbt laaate. r C i im m STRAITS
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    • 490 4 STEAMER SAIUNBS. OOMBINBD •BRVIOIO* THE OCEAN 8. S. CO.. LTi. (bosßroßAno v Baaaua) U. THE WEBT AUSTRALIAN 8. H. C 3.. LTD. (iMaareßano n Imuil BBTwaaa Ppaaiairtla (Ptrth), Hopth.WaM Auatwillain forte, .ava ■"4 •Intimporm. Bagola. Mlliag, betweea Stagapore aad weetam AoahmUa oalUag at Java (v tadaoemeat often), Derby, Kiag'i Sonad
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 689 5 BTEAMEB BAIUH6B, JAVA-PACIFIC MAIL SERVICE OP THB STEAM NAVIGATION 00. NEDIRLAND AND ROTTERDOMSOHS LLOYD. (Oompmnies incorporated in Holland PASBENBER SERVICE BETWEEN JAVA. SINGAPORE. MANILA. HONBIONB. NAGABAKI. YOKOHAMA. HONOLULU AND BAN FRANCIBOO. *pproxinj»i. nailinxs from Singapore by flrat-olsss saloon satamersi «.s TONOBL 12,000 toua tailing November 1 s.s. RINPJtNI lOlOitons middle
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    • 400 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. FOR HONGKONG British steamer with excellent aooom modalion for Urst-olaas passengers, sail* for above port on or about Monday, Ootober 31. For freight or passage, apply to BOUSTBAD a CO Agents. Singapore, Ootober It 1918. IS 10-21 10 TliOR DILLY A steamer will sail about Ootober 28, for
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    • 330 5 WANTBD TO BUY iMMT-hMd ObfeNM o* Botaaau boos* beld furniture ot everj Juißl|Hm (Mr. maillots). Good prioes offered, Applf to SBGOND.Ha.ND. c;o Bl.'afts Trmett.ll— a FIRE NSURMCE ASSOCIATION OF BINBAPORE SINGAPORE NURI»E INSURANCE AGENTS ASSOCIATION Tbe offices ot members ol tbe above Associations will be closed (or tbe transaction ol
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    • 75 5 The Traveller's Malay Pronouncing Hand-Boole Toil bandy HMIe book bar tjom reaefaed ita ILI VINTH ■DITION, a sure im&etioa of ita ■~«~i- fl sm. Price $1.50 per copy; post free $1.75 Publishers: FRASEI AND NEAVE, LTD., Collyer Qu.y, Siagapore- "BLUE MYSTO" WHITE-ANT EXTERMINATOR ALL BRITISH BTRONO, RELIABLE md QBIAP BJ
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 142 6 •JUST ARRIVED FELDMAN'S 23rd BONQ AMD DANCE ANNUAL TO BB BAD' FROM H. C-. MUDSON Tel. IMWi flu, MOMoa Of Gatotty Mualo) SlngaaOM. B. S. A. Boa* ttt lot CYCLE A CARRIAGE CO., LTD. Incorporated in F.M.8.) 1 T.a-IMI SNAPS OF THE RACES WILL BB TAKBN BT THE SUN A
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    • 114 6 We. M, N.ara Bum Road. M yean' exnerteate l. thlt Urn (Hod wnii«Matit| aad hlstialaai taflortog' fftitaateed. Wraaoaabln artota tor all krada al artta. Orion pntapaly and aeaaty eueated. Main ■irMnnasMßisjiTNYME 9L Ftynn Anderson just moßivao A URGE STOCK OF MUSIC Piaaolorte and other tutor. ObarieaL dance aad teenhing mueta
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    • 411 6 "OUR DAY" SKY MEETING AND GYMKHANA A Sky Meeting will be held on the Race Course on Saturday, October M, oommenoing at 8 16 p.m., in aid ol the Oar Day Bed Crow Fund. Tioketa of adnuafan, 12 each, oaa be obtained from the Secretary of the Singapore Sporting Clnb,
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    • 243 6 Always In stock TURPENTINE Solar OU Liquid Fuel CHIN HUAT HIN OIL TRADING CO. Th« Bast Maohino-PiHj««od CEMENT FLOORING TILES IN MALAYA L Mannfttatwd by TAMPENIB CEMENT TILE WORKB, LTD. M, M moi aa.l, lunt., Hoad.rsing.poP.. FOB 88T4.T8 OB HODBKHOLD 081, DIRBCT FROM THI OROWBR TO TBI 00N8UWB. Boait aad
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  • 105 7 FIXTURES. WedneMlay, October 16. High Water, 7.14 a.m., 8 89 p.m, Thur.dny, October 17. High Water, 8.18 a.m 8.9 p.m. Aotomn Races, 3.80 p.m. Vrtday, October 18. High Water, 8 61 a.m., S.B pa. Ooaoert V.M.C.A., 9 p.m. •aturdny, October 19. High Water, i.28 a m 10.0
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  • 190 7 •aiuPahal 1.80 pm t. Bwirttiwham aad Peaaag 280 pm Saigon MOpm P. Batam and Pulau Bulaag 8 pm Kerimon 8 pm Batovia, Cberibon and Samarang 8 pm t. Kaaam aad Pulau Bolaag 8 pm Japan B.SJ pm aiaiaooa Bad Terak Aaaoa 9M pm Tsobsdat. Onaofe 8.80 am
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  • 261 7 The mail trains bom Singapore lot the aortb leave Tank Road station daily atT.T a.m. (taaday oxoopted) aad 7 p.m., arriving at Koala Lompor at 7.18 p.m. aad S.4S a.m. t sapeetrvely. The through express to Penang laavos Kuala Lumpai at 8 a.m. daily, arriving at Peaaag at
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  • 38 7 (Official Poet Offloe Report.) July a Jnly 8 Jnl, 18 July 11 July 18 Joly M July 12 July U July IT Aanart M 10 10 i. 11 18 H 11 w 38 U Ootobe.
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  • 163 7 BXCHANOB Iphmwi, Oomowb 18, 18ia O« hmmm Bwk 4 mji l/« A DoaMad a. I/Btt PtlT«»elm/i l/4i| Ob Haw TMHwDonaad m •3 1 PriTrtetoa«yi~ M| Oa Bart m Oh Irou Bwtr T. K. M U4| Oanoaoioaw...ni>6Vd 4«% pffi (XHnwa ti,..tartd/d M 48« OaJwi B— t«.t 1»7 Oa
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 163 7 v himm an ixo 1 1 Am Waag M 386 II UUIIMWhiU« 18 75 41 41 KM* Tta LM I.IU 41 41 I*l«l Urn TM 80* LUgnl Tia 1.89 6.81 II 11. Matefu OoUtota U.M 18.78 41 41 Matajia Tia 1.14J) 1.18.0 aoi 1 1 Mmbmta 0.80 090 II
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    • 85 7 GENERAL II 111 ■■■Wi«O«. T.M T.TI 41 d j M LM LM (MMrtirnn M 4M ii uiMtXm turn taw H It TT Iiiiwii 1 TTl nit TUM IN IN KUm Bna, D«l 1MUKI MOM 11 U Marwd Co UN 8X0 41 Ibail Tnuport I.M B.160 II If B'loteO.BtalffBlS.H OJi II
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    • 53 7 DaitadlMteeeM6%lUM I MO pur SiaaagosTitooarlo Tmnmn *****00 aom S>»> Municipal 6*|l,BTlM>oo pa. B'pore Municipal of 191T 11,808,000 10%dia S'pora Municipal H% oj 1908 11,000,000 iaxam B'pon M D nioip»l 4j< 2,000,000 15%aa B'pore Municipal a* *5800,000 F.M.B. 1% loan ISIS 116,000,000 10S 104 S.S. 8% fan ISIS 142,088,700 10I
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    • 355 7 i Mm-r iMHf and Oo.'a ami bSbbbuj. Lyall and Ivatt'a Qutt.i laar To-daj*i Piioe*. run Lt»ii* Co. Bf»*l uwe*teb(*u s.SB tra b.OO wj AnuLlOUjly.ia. 1.10 IJW 100 1.26 kym Hl»»m (II) 11 BO 11.60 11.60 13.26 In KmJarttl) 1.00 140 0.56 1.10 AyaSouFni) 188 «0 a.13 3.40
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 40 7 BPECIAL PIAYB WILL BE STABIO DUBIN6 RACE WEEK BT THB STAB OPERA •s ns nuns set it, wn smsm mv To-mght To-nlght Shakespeare's tragedy KING LEAR ItTURDAY, OCTOBER 19 SPECIAL PROGRAMME PREPARED a ohoms, rtt|Tf««ti I. L TAJI. Alias— i
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    • 620 7 LATEIT ABVOTIIEMHITt FOB SALB, eoschbuilt sideoar, new tyres. Apply to Bos No. 604, Straits Timea. TO LET, godowns and offioM, the two buillings, Nos. 9« and So, Kobinton Road. Apply J. Le?Y, IC, Bobinaon Hoad. 1611- 15 11 FOR SALB, one Dodge fi»e-sea«er oar. Beoently OTarhaoled and painted. Car in
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    • 410 7 BLUE SMOKING MIXTURE $1.15 PER TIN Machinery FOR Tin AND Wolfram Mines FRASER d. CHALMERS. LTD. (Inoorpomtad In ■nsjl.nd) Singapore SINGAPORE BON MARCHE. LTD. (b Liquidation; Notice ia hereby given that all peisons having any olaima againat the Company must aend in partieulara ol their olaima to the undersigned, on
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    • 43 7 FOR SIX NIGHTS ONLY (OCTOBER 19 TO OCTOBER 25. EXCLUDING SUNDAY. OCTOBER 20) AT THH AUtani-lx'aii (Bnaoh Road) RAFALEWSKI The gnat solo Pianist asd Violiaiat MISS LILI SHARP (Madame Banlewati) The Auetralian Nightlngala (Vooalu t Kabelik Concerts, London) IN OOmUMOTION WITH «KLBOT HCTURIB
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  • 1268 8 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16. THE RUBBER REPORT. The report of the Bubber Commission to extremely interesting. It contains a great deal ol valuable information, some of it wholly reliable, some of it open to doabs. We havooontiderabte evidence from what seem to be reliable soorees that the American restrie tiona, the
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  • 7 8 A general meeting of the Johore Planters-A-o^^bebrfdatMoaronS^urday,
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  • 8 8 Up to tbe present date 679 men have
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  • 20 8 A Havas win from Paris, dated the 14th fast., ►tats, that thf. bfluensa microbe has been discovered by a Frenchman.
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  • 24 8 »5^ lolluld i M (Belangor) Local Food Products show which was to have been held in December at Kuala Lumpur will not take plaoe.
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  • 35 8 A debate will take plaoe in the CCA. hall on Thursday, at 8 p m., oe the following sub j-ct:-» Which is of greater btntfit-Rtading or Observation 1 Straits Chinese yoong men are .oiaUy welcome.
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  • 49 8 According to a oahle received by the United States Consul at Batavia from Washington, aa outstanding lioenses lor the import of dyewoods, vegetable dye extracts and lake gums bom tbe Dutch Bast Indies after the Ootobtr 10 have been withdrawn. After that date, no new lioenses will be issued.
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  • 54 8 For tbe next ten days' meteorio showers may be expected in the ooneteUetion Orion. This is one of tte most clearly defined and oonspioooos groups in tbe heavens. Foot brilliant start, in the form ol a parallelogram, mark its general ootl.nes. Near tbe centre, an tbe three beautiful stars forming
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  • 58 8 A voluminous appendix to the P M.S. Government Oaaette sets out the Saaolment passed by the Federal OooncU on august 18, 1918, to consolidate and amend the law relating to tbe ooostiinlion and powers ol the civil and criminal Conris, wtuob comes into tone on January 1 next, and is
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  • 64 8 When the present infloeoaa epidomio broke oat first, says the Times of Malaya, ibe number of fatal oases was small, owing to the fact that pneumonia did not supervene so quickly as it seesaVflb) be doing at prtstnt. Now tbe number of*uuaths from pneumonia ia abnormal. On Snnday in Ipob
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  • 59 8 Travellers from Noithern Obibli, save tbe Peking Leader, state that poppy coltitation is prooeedirjg openly between Cbinchow and Hate, and that robbery being rife, soldiers are actually being employed to escort supplies of opium into various distributing oentree. No poppy cultivation it reported in the Jehol district. A revival on
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  • 56 8 Japan has sgreed to tbe remission of the Boxer indemnity. The conditions an onknown, bat it Is believed that Japan will follow America's example by stipulating that tbe meney shall be utilised to found an educational iaetitotioo similar to tbe Tsiaghoa College. This belief is supported by the recent visit
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  • 79 8 Detective Inspector B. J. Browning*, who baa already run a number ol oounteifeiters to earth, alighted a lew days ago, behind tbe Biiadari oemetety, on a Chinese making 10--ceot notes and on another in a house dose by in possession of a number of these spurious notes. He also found
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  • 73 8 Tbe Bsnkroptey Revenue in Slosspore last yrar wsa the bighent on record. Iniemt on investment* was 13,000 more than in 1918, bat the greatest rise was under percect*K« on realisstion and distribntion of s*s«t. snd other charge*, wbioh inoreaeed by 14,890.64. This was largely due, to tbe distribntion of axaeta
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  • 88 8 Tbe million dollar olaim was oontinued at the Supreme Coort before Mr. Justice Bbden and twoasoesaors ttiis morning when Mr. Bmilh Marriott for the plaintiffs, the owners ol tbe Laertes, dealt at length with toe taking of bearings on the various lißhts indioating the position and oaurses of the vessels
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  • 91 8 A correspondent who recently travelled frcm P rt Baid to London ssys the vessel he was on fjrmed part of a ooovoy of tweatjtoor veeaels whioh extended in lentith ten miles- As tbey approaobed the Tbame. tbey raw another einvoy of over twenty steamers slso bom Pjrt Said and met
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  • 89 8 The decision of Lord Stalbridge (Hugh Orosvenor) to eaU a portion of his Dorsetshire sssates kriags two of Tbouas Baidt famous Wessex tonns nnder the bammei— Sbaltea bory sad Slalbridge, and portiot ol Blsck more Vale. Lord Be*keley bu sold 7,800 sores In Oloooeetershire tor £BOO,OCO to ihe two brothers
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  • 495 8 We an informed that Mr. N Mamat has) resigned the honorary secretaryship ol the Moilem Institute. We regret to record the death of Annammah, wife of Mr. Thambyah, traffic inspeotor, F.M S. Railway, ou the 9th iostant from pneumonia. Mr. A. Bei. has left Bsngkok for Amoy
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  • 32 8 The ladies of tbe committee wiU be "At Home" to members on Satnrlsy, the 19tb fast., at 480 p, m ,to bid farewell to Miss Hughes on her departure from Singapore.
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  • 61 8 A London win to tbe Times of Ceylon, dated September 38, says:— A oommittee has been formed berr, the chairman ol which is Sir Clarendon Hyde, to adviae the Minis ter ol Munitions in regard to tbe proposed oontrol of robber. Tbe Bubber Orowers' Association, Bobber
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  • 26 8 Already acknowledged 18 7*B 87 Towkay Leong Ah Ngee 1 000 110,768.87 O. Witts Wood, Hon. Treasurer. Johore, October 16, 1918.
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  • 66 8 Mr. Osg Hin Hong, Malacca, writea enclosing a draft for 1495 56 for tbe Britisb Trcops at Vladivoetook Comforts' Fund, and this draft we have forwarded to tbe Hon. Treasurer of tbe fund. Tbe sum forwarded is tbe total proceeds of a performance given by tbe Malay^Opera
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  • 66 8 We very gratefully acknowledge the follow ing addition to our fund tor assisting tte Overseas Clas to provide smokes for oar s jldiers and sailors A Bet *1 Tbe total we have received sinoe we opnaed this fund in August, 1918, is now 136
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  • 87 8 My Four Years In Germany." To the Editor of tbe Straits Times. Bir,-I notioe a letter signed T. L. O. in your issue of October 12, wherein tbe writer *ay* that no apparent effort has been made to show the above Aim in Malacca. There is only one copy of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 150 8 RONEO Filing Systems SAVE TIME AND MONEY Get a BONEO Filing System and your letters will be found and filed in p mi*"""'™ of time: TIME 18 MONEY! THINK IT OVER RONEO, LTD. < lno in England), Singapore PRAMS AND BABY CARRIAGES jHk PAODIHBTON a^sssssssW^ssK satULIY OIU V6TJ O6M I
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    • 244 8 •H MrsWr, MT. Ik, Tt MIMV, NT. tt i Ml ssrearaal rtatntt, prsaxtl.t tnt swat rafrasßlsg atrasn paraeealKf at tns aiHAMBRA Iks lall (er aas Tattsißß fit nans. IN THI BBOOMO SHOW AT 9.11 Miss Ullhu Walkar la THE LUST OF THE ABES i story of the onrse ol trreed
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  • 2767 9 THE PEACE HOVE. Dangers ot Premature Armistice. THE FIGHTING LINES. Another Great Allied Attack. RIOTM'I TILIOE.IMI. London, October 14,9 45 p.m. Washington, official: The text of the Qtimu reply hu been received after whioh President Wilson, Mr. Lansing, Mr. Baker and Mr. Daniels held a two boors' oonierenoe
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  • 150 9 Reasons for the Prohibition Ot Export. [ABB!* SIETICS.] Batavia, October 15. The leading article is the Straits Time* ot Ootober it draws attention to in tho Dutch Indies newspapers, The apparently offloial I y informed Batavia sseh Nieuwsblad, commenting on the article, states that the objeot of
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  • 181 9 From Our Own Cobbbspomdbmt. Malacca, Ootober 14. The Food Control Committee, one bear?, has tried to fix the rates tor the different qualities of pork but the pig dealen do not appear to take kindly to toe redaction as is evidenced by the taot that pork has
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  • 425 9 Many Motor Cars and Bollock Carts Held Up. Detail* ol mod daring and «ena»tion»l gang nbbcry, which took plan at a lonely not on the toad between Kampar and Kuala Dipang ob Saturday at about 8 p.m. reached al tote morning. One ot the viotims of this
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  • 110 9 A few weak* ago, the largest steamer eves built fo* the Freaob mercantile marine was lasasohtd bom toe ChanMers de France at Donkirk. The vessel is nearly 450 test long, displaces 19,000 ton., and wOl oarry IWOO tons of cargo. The Germans, who knew all about this
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  • 6164 9 REPORT ON THE PRESENT CRISIS. Price Break Caused by (Jolted States Policy. We have already Riven nmnin of the report of the Pnbber Commission ore* wbiah Mr. W.Qeo. Maxwell presided. Wo now sire a fir.t put ol the text of the report Bwdrt to Hi* Bzobllwoj Sir Arthur
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  • 312 10 The October Subscriptions. Mr. K. Gill sends us tba following statement ot subscriptions forwarded to tbe Overseas Club Tobaooo Fund lot October Straits Times 1,000 Stall ot U K.,Ltd. 61 Civ U Guard 89 Publio 11 Total 1 1«1 Previously acknowledged 8101 33 Grand total 182,138
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  • 38 10 ITta Straits Times is not rerpoisibU fot ihe opinions of its ootrespondeta. Correspondents should bear in mini that Letters moat be abort and to tha point. Cong rambling epistle* are liable to be rejected otlrolhios^ out dowe^l
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  • 209 10 To the Bditor of tba Straits Times. Sir,— There has been some oonsiderabb. ooatroveray lately as to whether tbe Amerioai resWiation ia genuine or only a gigantio bla! to allow Amerioan dealers to exploit ou« business. Surely it is easy enough to prove thl praotioaUy all the
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  • 342 10 We don't bear muoh frou tbe Murmen Coast, but there are men there doing their bit" in a temperature nearly as niuoh below aero as we are above it. One oi tbem gives some personal experiences Here am I in the land oi the midnight sonl Bright
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  • 163 10 A message from Bombay states tbat a travelling grain cart has been introduced by tbe Mumoipal Commissioner for tbe sale of grain to tbe public Tbia is an exoellent idea. Wben it is found that tbe merobanta in a market are selling at prices higher than an
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  • 150 10 Tbe Washington oorreeponlent of the New York World reports that tbe Allied diplomats have made a statement as regards tbe cruelties itfl oted on Allied prisoners ot war in Oermany. In one instance a British soldier who load been wounded in tbe foot remonstrated with the guard
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  • 58 10 Tbe Arcbausel oorroarandonl of tba United Press Association days that, aooording to information not i red by tbe Amerioan Ambassador in Russia (Mr. D. K Francis), ibe body of tbe n-Ciir Niobolaa was not fonnd whin tbe Cz*oho- Slovaks entered Bkaterinturg. Niotiolas was killed by tbe oommsnaant wben tbe soldiers
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  • 109 10 A Bombay me wage o( tot lit inst. says Tbe mortality returns bare exoeedtd all paal records. The figures lot trio paat twentytoot boon as known at 0 p.m. Os Monday evening were 7,1 -1 th« highest on record, tba moat, noticeable feature being the very high percentage of deatba
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  • 1303 11 k Successful and Pleasant Meeting Opened. Jupiter Pravios m in oonaiderate mood yesterday (of the tain which mm down, with auoh persistence, earlier in the day atopped b. (ore the noes ywttrday commenced, and the opening proceedings were carried tbrcngh vtitbout loterrnption, but not a It-bl Btined
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  • 474 11 Recommendations Regarding Finances. The ninth ordinary general meeting ol tbe Tambalak Robber Estates, Limited, was held at Oreeham House, Bat ter j -road, on Saturday. Mr. H. Freeman presiding, tbe otbm present being Me«srs P. M. Robinson, Parbmry, and Mr. W. P. Plummer representing tba secreUriee, Messrs. Derriok
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  • 203 11 Industrial Compulsion for India. At the meeting of the Imperial LegisletiTe Connoil at SimU, on September 28, the Com-manderin-Chief iotrodoced wb»t tv oelled an Industrial CompulMon Bill, the object ol wbioh ni thus uteted Certain industries at national Importance wbioh ue essnNal to the maintenance of the
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 306 11 SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED OF New and Popular Songs Including MyOastles You can't love v I ova Bird of Jure I heard a tweet sang I bring you Joy Boies of Pioardy Brnuggler-s some Over the Hills to Hearts content Btiokit! I will come to you All I ask In her
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    • 331 11 RAFFLES HOTEL RAGE WEEK THURSDAY, OCTOBER, 17 SATURDAY, OCTOBER, 19 SPECIAL LUNCHEONS AND DINNERS By kii d permimrn of His Highness the Sultan of Johore, the band of the Johore Military Forces will be in attendance during and after cinner en each ol the above evenings. DANCING after DINNER on
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  • 3149 12 REPORT ON COMMEMORATION SCHEME. Steps Towards A University. At the Legislative Council meeting on Monday, there was laid on the table the report of the oommittee appointed to consider and report upon a Boheme to oommemorate the Centenary of Singapore. We reprodnoe beiow the report in extenao
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  • 272 12 Their Revival to be an After-War Measure, One of the last undertakings whioh tbe late Bir Henry Campbell Bannerman had ia view was the revival of canal traffic in Bngland. It is difficult to understand why a onoe lonrishing and valuable means of oommnnloatlco baa fallen bite such
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  • 66 12 Programme ol drills, etc., for week eadia» Saruroa/, October 19, MM 1— Wbdhbsdai, Ootobsi 18. Malay Co., B.VX— Bsss Baaah RrL, 6.16 pjn. FaiOAV, OOTOBBB 18. Malay Co., B.VA— Brasßasah Rd., 6.16 p.m. Satoboat, Ootobbb M, Chinese Co., 5.V.1.-Bal. Range, 680 a.m. On account of tbe races,
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  • 60 12 DUU Pboobamms fob Octobsb, Monday 14th. Parade at junction of Neil Road and Bverton Road, 6.16 pan. Friday 18th. Parade at Sepoy Lines, 6.16 p.m. Monday 21st. Parade at Stations, 6.16 pun. Friday 36th. Parade at Sepoy Lines, 6.16 p.m. Monday 38th. Route March, Sepoy Lines, 6.16
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 244 12 SINGAPORE COLO STORAGE COMPANY. LIMITED GAME IN EXCELLENT CONDITION Australian Black Duck Teal DISTINCTIVE CARS Are those fitted with MACBETH LENSES America's best, tbe lights with the Green eyas, watch them appro *eh, dean and olever NEW SHIPLOAD ON THE WAY OVER HERE (Mow made to eanhvm with local police
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  • 443 13 Whci Crawling Becomes Fine Art. "Pick twenty men, get some corks and bomb., and take that enter!" said the adjataat over an aeroplaae map. He mi a man of lew worde. Fat loot dan atterwarda I taught the twenty men to orawl. We had a field be
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  • 324 13 Machine that may Revolutionise Raid Warfare. iLu itoyal Air Kotos wUI ioaa have swarm* of a Dew type of aeroplane at the battle front, wbieb la likely to add greatly to the diffloulties ol the Germans. The new machine a brilliant example ol the ooMtraotor'i art— ia
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  • 278 13 Prisoners Who Feared They Would Be Eaten. Perairal PbUlipe, the Dsil 7 Bxpress spaeial oorre«ponden* with the British Armies in the field, writes: There are times when German prisoners give tbe impression that they hsye oome to as bom another world in which igaoranoe and superstition still
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 222 13 SMART SHOES THE LARGEST SELECTION AT Whiteaway's Oilo.d»t y lo m%ia ot bei < \4, -fj&iSf&flW qua'itj kltok Xl»» kid n V J>*H B&W pen, nurt tos. ecmf jttak I MgJttr Prioe «1 T.BO far pair. A--. (85/* >T\ npeiior qa»U»i, taaad torn, uwt .tfle M ito»* ChoeoUto ooloor, IVrby
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    • 367 13 1-tUtKAI tU MALAY STATES WAR CHARITIES LOTTERY Tickets for tbk lottery are laroed under tbe aaspisea ol tbe Federated Malay State War OharrMai OotnmlMaa and tbe prise willbeallooatedasfoUows:THE PRIZES The allooation el the amerjat mkeaAed will be as follows SOpesoeat. for one lstprise. 10 tad n M „to be dMded
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    • 504 14 Aaa*to over t>2,000.000 ».C. iU«i»«l»-* In fotHM OVW «9,000,000 B.C THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. (Imoobpobatbb iii Stbaits Sbttlbbbrts) mbadOFFIGE. Wlnah—tf Hoann, aWwgapa**. UMMIOoI a— rmtM* Old J«wnr, 8.0. ■XheCompanyha. ABTMIOO depoatted with the Supreme Court of England, and oomr*ee with the BrWah 1_» Aaaßaaoe Oompaata Aol to
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    • 251 14 BAWMHB. INIKMM AM SRAMIAI uMtm mmiim mmmm FUKM HNMMH IIMHJM Mw aUHMNUM lam LUUh tf MM HMMi OODST OF DIMCTOBS mm. »"y>, ""I*"?—; I. MmM, k«,|l. ,U.'W, .■fcP.jfMlill J.A. IkHHkl B«. Mr. I. BtaUta. Laadoa Oooßto >ad lalnU* ud ■M>,rn O«0wi1*lilllil,l lIIKWIHIHWIot rtx wiilhi aai Ml ual to M, m
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    • 260 14 BAMKINQ. HERCANTILEBANK IF MM. Ln. (DTOOBtOBATBO IM MKSLAJfD) Antfaortsai AMMM Jaattal Saaaarßiel m, AJSMM laaaml— d sal Bail Z «aW BOABD OF DBaWTOBB r T Tkak. aai fi__Bß. I MT D-aU B&tH I _L M____L P. B. C9_maraTßaa, Mi DaiH Una. OhMMaaafar Fast* MeaU, Baa, Loaaea Maaaaal m» Jao* BtoaaaV
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    • 419 14 BANKING. NEBdL ANNCHE llAJfra-WATMHAPPY MITHHIAMM TULm MtllTT Baai 9 11.H1.1tl (aboot aWOJOB) lT.iii fliiisa i» Ibsis.bib Hbad Aoam a Em ia. wtt«vreA^Bandosa<(/^, "^araot (AabaanK fTtTBBBn*"*T"F*tTI all arnaa j .fTolamba. l 'aiS_ rt wLiM?._'_-Tob-_a, aWaWaoorae. ByZSretaT LOMIXM BAHUsBSi-Tbe Nab— al Fnilmlil aad Uatoa Baak of Eagiaad, Ltd. The Baak bay* <___>
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    • 821 14 INtiIUNCE. POLICY PROTECTION Tbs Hlnsarnl Ufa Isaoranee Oa., Ltd., ia iaooroorated under Hongkong Oralaaaasr, has eomplled with the Life issuance Oompanies Art IBM (Gre.t Britain), aad hat deporikd with the Supreme Court of Juiiaature (Bnglsna) XatUIOS, which is infest' d in Trustee Seeoriees has oompUed with the Indian lib Assaranee
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    • 359 14 AUCTION SALE OF TBAK, MBRANTI AND RATTAN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURB, GHiMOPHONB AND RECORDS, IRON SINGLB AND DOUBLE BEDSTEADS, BTC. To be held at our saleroom, Raffles Chambers, Raffles Plaoe, Ok Fbtsat, Octmik 18, AT 10.8 D A.B. Comprising Polished teak showcase with glass door, carved teak and rattan armehaira, carved teak
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  • 1117 15 NOTES AMD COIIENTI M CURRENT TOPICS. The New Use for Alcohol. A very pertinent and trial iaquiij wil made ia tneOonmatdal Motor ol April 4 tad wm supplemented by the tether inqoiry as to when the Government is going to appoint a oommirtoo to oonsidec the production
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    • 120 15 PUNTS of all kinds White Zinc Red Lead White Lead etc. Send your orders along to ,***** I For Every Lorry I land Every Load j HPoday's tip-top progress in tyre I I service for lorries is reached in I Firestone equipment. No de* II 19 livery too swift, no
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    • 163 15 ■■■QSSSH 111 Wi A S Spinners with over a @\v hundred years' experience, Y^V and as Manufacturers of the y 0 world-famous "Viyella" Blouse g and Shirting Cloth. M w* holxins ft cp M L^fp.. pj call attention to their TRADE MARK as above. ym Whether on the Selvedge of
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 763 16 .lITOATI9HB YACAHT ■XPBBIBNOBD COMPOSITORS WANTBD tor tbe Straits Times (news (seartmeal). Good salaries givea to oapable WANTBD, Chinese olerk, with experience ol general offioo work. Apply Clerk, o/o Straits Times. 15 10-83 10 WANTBD, manamr for a small rubber estate knowlndge of Tamil desirable. Apply to Box No. 508, Straits
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    • 719 16 row sale FOR SALB, one-storied bungalow ia Tanglin district. Particulars from A., eto Straits Times. U-10-a -IT 10 JOB SALB, oae Over la ad ear, model Tfa, U good running order, Oar eaa be inspeoted Wearne Bros., Ltd. 10-9— o FOR .SALB, a light viotoria, aewly painted and in good
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    • 463 16 CONSULT KIAM WAT ft GO. IDS mat IM, M«HoM MpsjM, HAIR BELTIN6S Tou will be wise if yon do so. To the Ambitious Intelligent typists who are willing to learn how to operate the DICTAPHONE are invited to send in their names and 1 addresses to the Secretary, Dictaphone School,
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    • 465 16 THY GUAN MAT 11 again the sncceastnl contractor tot tbe supply of FIREWOOD to the Municipal Ccmalssicnfrs lor the 1919 aad 1990, Addrets: 96, Phillip Strut, Singapore. or 'Phono No. 1863. TUB LATMT AND Eonly UROPEAN STUDIO 1> Slngapo™ H. N. BUCKERIDGE sata t« ■sears. LafanttsjtililrsMirt AT THE IURUNQTW NhnsSj
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    • 335 16 SHIP CHANDLERY STORES The good, better, and the best Cheap, cheaper and cheapest Imported from East and West. Exported throughout the 8.8. and F.M.B. GUAN KMT ft GO.. UMITBD (Ueornontadta the Straits BeKlemeais) House ol Quality Supplying any Quantity iEwiinj.niu.ouEi 86, n.llllp.Stnot. Slnga;r:e. tO-9-19 9 IN STOCK lslls.es packing, millboard
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    • 206 16 Finst-olaas MOTOR GARS Fop HIRE Day and NitfMt DUNLOP TYRES of all tha uaaf-jl alaaa ran sjalb Any tint during Day Night STRAITS MOTORCAR SERVICE til til, •naart Bmm. B £k Have always ia stock from one year's end to thi other every requisite, big and small, for the Planter,
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 225 16 Straits Wiwes Ts.Ls.MHW I ■ditorial and Seaeral- l| blanager's OfAae :ilf Jo» Printiag Offl.o IM4 AU oommunioatioas relaUai l« edltala AB wntnmnnloarloat nlaltag I* kuslsrai mattoii advertlsemeato, roawtptlost aooounts, svintins, 6ts.-sh.old te aa dressed to THB MANA9IK, Cheqas. and should be arossed, RsmHtanaea ft} oheque bom the F.M.8., tmi oat-staHsal
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