The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 June 1916

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press. AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. :en cents SINGAPORE, THtS&SDAY, JUNE 1, 1916. NO. 8,767
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  • 257 1 The hundred and first day of the Verdun battle was marked by an excessively violent attack on Morthomme, by a fresh division. It does not seem to have attained its object Page 6. On the Italian front there was also fierce fighting, the result apparently being the
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  • 927 1 I I am sorry to cay 1 fear our villager* are not truly patriotic. At this point, if I hasten to dissever myself from them, it is only what every other villager would do m his own case and my assertion must stand for what it is worth.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 298 1 M II p C i p STOUT A Pure ENGLISH Brewed Stout containing all the Tonic Properties of Alcoholic Stout v i■ The Best drink £br Business Men, Athletes m& Invalids The' Perfect Drink for the Tropics #v Retailed by: Ann Lock Co. Kirn Hin Co. SinYeongThye Khoon Seng Co.
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    • 128 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. v Special] ties of Whitea«vay .beidivr— Page 1. Pacific mail services Page 6. Ocean Steamship Co and Indo China same page. Ching Keng Lee sale of land Page 2. House m River Valley-rd and Grangerd to let Page 3. Lecture tonight at Engineers Association Page 3. Eagle Brand
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 76 1 THE WEEK. Thursday, June Ist. f*gh Water sl-18 a.m., 0-22 p.m. Ascension Day— Holy Thursday. New Moon. Friday 2nd High Wator -11 54 a.m., I ''Sl p.m. Homeward mail closes (train). Mark Lodge, 8 -Id pm. Saturday 3rd. High Water (-29 a.m., 11 27 p.m. King 8 Birthday, Public and
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  • 235 2 The Imperial Merchant Service Guild *re constantly engaged m many different waya m seeking to ameliorate the condi^ tions of some 280 merchant Captains and Ofiic-ere who are interned m Germany acd Turkey. They now learn of the most valuable work which is carried on m this
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  • 268 2 Alliance Onions Propose Terms. 1 A comprehensive and important pro- I gramme for dealing with Labour after the war was adopted at the first full meeting of the Triple Labour Alliance, held at the Westminster Palace Hotel on April 26. It is m the following terms
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  • 245 2 The Leipzig Volkeitung has an article on the food supplies of Saxony, written m the light of a recent communication made by Councillor Schmidt, of the Saxon Ministry of the Interior. The journal says that no blacker picture of the conditions of the food markets could
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  • 29 2 The Resident of the south-eastern division of Borneo stales that the military commander informs him that Lieut. Wordenan hasarrested Pangeran Singa, the leader of the mutineers of Semarangbatin TabaloDg.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 408 2 THE ROBINSON PIANO COMPANY, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Hongkong). THE Chief Importers OF British Pianos FRENCH PIANOS Italian Pianos Singapore Gold Storage Co., Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf, Telephone 1026. Sea stocks of all kinds of Froen Meats etc., can be delivered o shipping at the Wharves, or m he
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    • 1097 2 ENTIRE CHANGE OF NEW FEATURES IN BOTH FIRST AND SECOND SHOWS TO-NIGHT PICTURE THEATRE CINEMA i^ A^l \ICk BY-THE SEA %*J Al U» I 1-r Off Beach Road. SECOND SHOW 9 15 P.M. SHARP THE oKKVf K&LEM SERUIS 3 Full ot Thrills. Sensations and Stirring Ac ions •THE HAZARDS OF
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    • 258 2 AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD LAND AND HOUSE Situated at St. Michael s Rd., Singapor TO BE HKLD AT Messrs Chiog Keng Lee and Co s Saleroom On Monday, sth June, at 2-50 p m (1) All that piece of freehold land sttuaUd m the District of Kallang,
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  • 382 3 Havre.— The frustrated German attempt H bud arms and monitions on the Irish ,atf| i> causing great interest m the pgfciaa colony here. A high Belgian '.tfcial attached to the Colonial Department said m this connection mi Koger Casement, the chief of the expeditu-n
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  • 147 3 i [hi High Commissioner for Canada is .nformed by cablegram from the Minister :;f the Interior at Ottawa that seeding oeratious are general m Northern and >uuthern Alberta. There is approximately 15 per cent, of last year's acreage already seeded conditions are ideal, and the^e will be nearly
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  • 145 3 His announced unofficially that Brig* lier General Frederick Aubrey Hogliton j iied of enteritis on April 12 while on service at the front. General Hoghton "egan bis military career m the East orksinre Regiment more than thirty 'ears ago and afterwards transferred
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  • 104 3 Amsterdam, April 30. A telegram from lutch East ladies to the Telegraaf states that at the trial of Herr Keil, the j >errnan ex-Administrator, who ia accused string up the Arabian population I the batch Government, several itaeases declared that, at a number of etiugd ac
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1532 3 ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS, SINGAPORE. A Lecture will be given at the premises ol the Engineers Association on Thursday the Ist June at 9 pm. by Wallace T. Platt Esqr. on the HTERMIL COMBUSTION EWIRE, 1-6 1-6 NOTICE. I, Lee Hoon Leong of Heap Eng Moh Steamship Co., Ltd. Singapore hereby
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    • 688 3 NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the bustaesw of stock, share, and exchange brokers present- ly carried en by the undersigned under the firm name of Sunders ft Forrester will on and after the lrt day of Jane 1916 be carried on under the firm name of "Saoiders and ■icpfaaii".
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  • 1208 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, June 1, 1916, Kws ia»i! ike Press the Fecplo's right mttahfla, CTmwi^ b? i.r.Saenc« cr.d opbrittd hf glint 3!tre paixSo: Troth t -r glerfoss precepts fbnfh "?>*A ff ,A n i-cir.n U»t*U? aad Law. In reverting to the question of the condition of the local
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  • 1130 4 Mrs Nutt has a painting of a Chinese Mother and Child m this year's Royal Academy. The Pekin and Tientsin Times has opened a subscription under the heading "Verdun Ambulance Fund," m order to offer a motor ambulance to France, m recognition of tjie heroic defence of Verdun. Messrs Fraser
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  • 182 4 REN&W2D OM THE !o!si DAY [By Submarine ;t [Reuter'> hiy Paris, M»t M tareifc hp, assault on Verdun trarkod ib,i 'and fli-Bt day of 'I, battle jmuaique Bay* tb,: bombard* redoubled m rfoteiiot west ol the •and *Metpoci*ttf severs j Deadruuu and Cumierch. be i, delivered a very
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  • 50 4 From Our Own Corrup*hi<t> via lVnn:.^ A Hague message says there *fi| hi a other big German offensive aganibt < dun 6hortly. The Germarj high Domnud has resolved to attempt to taX th. tion at any cost. Count BernstofT will ehortis i < neon ed at Washington by
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  • 415 4 JUNK CAUSE LHI The judges o£ the Supreme t on. yesterday morning to tU. tfct suits U hearing during Jane. Tl;ig did iiot oca. them long, only seven cafes tairc m t:. list, with two otbero for dfcci&ujr: issue. The §even include the continuation r the Titi
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  • 92 4 About two day*- ago com*- Chin* w estate oear Ampur'j, Pecuah, K«i captured a large boa conntririor. ing nearly fifteen feet to U"f** weighing about 107 katties Squadron CommetKier .T. B v Pigott, late of TaujoiiK Malini I recently won the I>. 8. 0. I* a railway bridge m Itffal
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 201 4 SCOTCH WHISKY. No. 11. This has been m our Cellars (m wood) for the past 10 years. No. 17. This has been m our Cellars (m wood) for the past 5 years. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Go. WINE SPIRIT MERCHANTS. TENNIS TOURNAMENT 1916 mStk \\V have just unpacked Large Supplies ot \k
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  • 193 5 ITALIAN FIGHTING. Salonika Prospects. !U Submarine Cable] it, -liter's Serrice] May Ml A correspondent of ■ton pre-^i at Salonika points out lifficultiea to any Germanftdraaci from l>erair Htssar. two roads available, the 4 -res and the second down rallej to the (iulf of Orphano v not the
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  • 164 5 .ion, M i> Mi3sage3 from R ima Austrian offensive has been .ere arrested, except m the centra \^iaqo eoctor, where the Aaatriaas diva incessantly attacked with :l ;r violence on a front of ten .cnt v o fewer them forty batta •> a re U62i3 and made
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  • 21 5 Ie, May 30. An Italian submarine performed a magnificent feat, entering -t vnj sinking a large transport.
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  • 155 5 m Fumes Consulate Miy vi, 6.45 p ru. The French 3 boodl are a) frunc9 63 and the 5 T c inflicted a sanguinary tha ::t:ay attacking hill 304. We I attack between Morthomme and > of Cwims, except to the west -r«. wbeie the enemy occupied
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  • 108 5 Mtova R)3'ii of the Royal year is a bronze study for a mi s.vetceahatu.G.C M.a Hurt well, R. A. 16 iv a "-.)u, says a Home paper, ex- fovtttßot of tha Straits Settle- >! dress, ac the period, apha work m Malaya. of the Assumption, Penang I|laL ria K 6
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  • 122 5 TKIDE AND THE CONFERENCE. [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Service] London, May 30— In the House of Comnoons Mr. Norton Griffiths asked whether the Imperial Government intended to take any action before the termination of the war with a view to the adoption ot a preferential trading policy
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  • 93 5 London, May 30— In the House of Commons, Mr Chamberlain said he was unable to give a date for the submission of the report of the Commission of Enquiry into the breakdown of the medical arrange ments m Mesopotamia. He was entirely opposed to the suggestion of
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  • 55 5 Sir S. Collins raised the question of the rates of pay of officers of the Flying Corps on the northwest frontier. Mr Chamberlain said that the rates had been settled by the Government of Iniia m communica tion with the War Office on a scale considerably m
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  • 43 5 Petrograd, May 30.— The 1917 class is reporting for the Colours. Petrograd, May 31. The communique says that minor fighting was on a rather brisker scale on the greater part of the front. There ia no change m the Caucasus.
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  • 89 5 London, May 31. Sir Douglas Haig's communique says that the enemy aircraft yesterday was more active than usual. One of our machines was shot down m a combat m the air and fell m our lines. A hostile machine was forced down out of control m the
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  • 105 5 Aeroplane Joins Pursuit. London, May 30. The War Office 6ays the completeness of the defeat of the Sultan of Dafur is confirmed, It appears that all the Sultan's best troops and commanders were present. Most of the latter are dead or have surrendered. The disarmament of the tribesmen
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  • 219 5 Mr Justice Earnshaw waa occupied for the fourth day m the Supreme Court yesterday, m the hearing of the four actions connected with the Bale of the Titi Tin Mines to a Syndicate. The former owner of the mine, Siow Koa Chia, of Seremban, is the defendant,
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  • 168 5 GERMAN FOOD SUPPLY. Notabilities. [By Submarine Cable] [Beater's Serrict] London, May 80. The King visited Southampton docks and inspected the arrangements for embarkation and en training of troops. Amsterdam, May 80 The Kaiser has returned to the front. Bethmann Hollweg had a long conference with the King
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  • 45 5 London, May 30. The British steamer Trnnkby was torpedoed m the Mediterranean. The crew have landed at Algiers. London, May 80. There have been further slides m the Culebra Cut on the Panama canal and a slight delay of deepdraught steamers is expected.
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  • 59 5 London, May 80. The Gazette notifies the award of the Distinguished Service Order to Captain J. R. Wyntet 53rd Sikha, and Military Crosses to Captains F, H James, 104 th Wellesley's Rifles aurt H. F. Marsh, 2nd Gurkha's, Lieut. H. Finnis, 63rd Sikhs, and 2nd Lieuts. P.
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  • 18 5 London, May 30. The Lancashire card« era and weavers have also refused the employers offers.
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  • 85 5 London, May 30. Derby Scratching Forest Guard. Derby runner Ferox (C. Childs), Nasso vian (O'Neill). Gilbert the Filbert and Condottire are not running. London, May 30. The following is the result of the New Derby run over the Suffolks Stakes course l| miles at Newmarket. Mr E. Hulton's
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  • 50 5 Gradually Less and Less German. London, May 80. It is officially stated that General Narthey has compelled the enemy to evacute and haa occupied Newlanganberg, capturing large quantities of ammunition, food and stores of all kinds. The enemy garrison at Namena, twentythree, miles northeast of Abercorn is invested.
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  • 181 5 A CHRISTMIS ISLAND TRAGEDY. A special Assize Court sat m the Supreme Court, yesterday, to hear a case from Christmas Island. A charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder was brought against a Malay named Haji Salik bio Musa. He claimed to be tried. For the prosecution
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  • 40 5 A Singapore Harbour Board policeman was charged m the second police court yesterday morning with being drunk whilst on duty and with sleeping on duty. He was convicted on both charges and sentenced to fourteen days rigorous imprisonment npon^each charge*
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  • 112 5 PROSPECTS HOPEFUL. [By Submarine Cable] [Heater's Service] London, May 81.— It is understood that the Irish negotiations are progressing with unexpected speed. There were conferences of the Nationalist Ulster leaders yeiterday, and feeling m the evening was most hopeful Mr Lloyd George will probably make a statement m
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  • 758 5 MONOPOLIES PROSECUTION. Large Sei/.ube of Chinese Liquors. The second magistrate was occupied nearly all yesterday morning and the greater part of the afternoon m hearing charges instituted by tha Monopolies Department against the keeper of a Chinese retail liquor shop and his assistant for removing 200 jaw of dutiable liquors,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 85 5 BABY CARS Coach Built Bodies Comfortably upho'stered' and fitted with CEE shaped springs, strong wheels with wired on tyres. Prices from $52, to Luxurious Cars with Striped Convex sides at $75. ROBINSON Co. WhlftKu Tbe TOPJtOTCH" of Scotch /^ra[ wwM£§4JMtSm «P^ "Say WHEN,Man!> %J|fcfe3^^ I THE \jWJEJD, EDINBURGH. COPYRIGHT. ON
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 714 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP Coy., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). For LONDON s.s. City of Rangoon due about June 8. s.s. City of Lincoln >, June 20. s.s. City of Bombay July 7. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGENTS. KONINKLIJKE
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    • 817 6 Mr \3. Obitish India AND rXPCAH LIINE (Companies Incorporated m England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. Steamers will leave Singapore on or about MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (FOB EUROPE).
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    • 511 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES MAIL LIVE. For CHINA, JAPAN CEYLOR ud MARSEILLES. HOMEWARD OUTWARD 1916 1016 Portbos May 29 Paul Lecat June 6 Andre Lebon June 16 Atisntiqoe June 20 Magellan June 80 Polvnetien July 4 Paul Lecat July 14 Ethos July 18 Atlantique July 2* For all particulars apply
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    • 615 6 N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ud (Incorporated mi n j apat EUROPEAN LINE. A service is maintained between v ▼ta ports to Marseilles, LoDdot "nlS Utt contract with the Imperiai JapaneT? m ment. The New Twin gcre^S maintaining this service have hL, b? **°<* designed and constructed, ana wtth all
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  • 654 7 The British Krupp's. M. A. Baßhmahoff, one of the Russian journalists who recently paid a visit to England, has contributed to the Official Messenger of Petrograd his impressions of a great industrial centre. We are m a celebrated city. The sky is metallic I have never seen
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  • 683 7 Afterwards we are taken through the stages of manufacture of the giant 15 m. guns which adorn the super dreadnought, the Queen Klizabeth. First it matt be remembered that the weight of such a gun is 96 tone. The hydraulic press which has to squeeze the metal
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1323 7 I Was or Peace, Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY 18 P THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry. EX. :ad Oomfaay baa £20,000 aetoslfted with
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    • 27 7 FINEST IN THE WORLD GODILLOT'S BONELESS SARDINES; SOLE IMPORTERS J. TRAVERS SONS, LIMITED. (Incorporated m Em.hndj. Retail from ANN LOCK Co. GUA\ CHIN HOXG. M. PAKIRMAIDEN Co.
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  • 879 8 Woodbine or flivaili Ten years ago the cinematograph (then called the biograph or some other name lees imposing than the long Greek term that has triumphed to become diablement change en route') was still a little adjunct of the music halls. Late m the programme
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 183 8 ITry what a refreshing, easily digested, and specialty nourishing food beverage may be made with Benger's Fcod m combination with tea or coffee, cocoa or chocolate. BeTv-er*s FcxH, prepared with fresh new milk forms a dainty and d lie ous cream, rich m all the nece*s^ry (cod ehnvnts. H half
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    • 212 8 HOW TO PREVENT RUST By using "Ruskilla" all trouble m this direction can be easily avoided. The compound is Black, and gives a glossy finish. It is applied like ordinary paint, and no chipping of surfaces or special preparation is required before use, except to remove old paint, oil or
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 253 9 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etc. /Hit Fumigators and Sulphur Powder. Arsenite of Soda for killing out lalaug. Aspinall's Varnish, Paints &c. Cartridges. Nobel's own loading with sporting Ballistite which holds more pigeonshooting records than any other powder. Cement "England" brand by The Ship Canal Portland Cement Co., Ltd. Disinfectant. "Sanitas"
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    • 1035 9 IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING UP) ORDINANCE, 1914. AND In the Matter of Behn Meyer ft Co., Ltd. an Enemy Company within the meaning of the said Ordinance AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE LANDED PROPERTIES SITUATE AT Collyer Quay, de Souza Street, Prince Street, Robertson Quay, Kanisah Marican
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    • 1159 9 EXCHANGE. f MAIL TABLE. iCOBBBCTBD UP TO May 8 1 To-Day. Bank 4 m/i 2.4 19.32 Intermediate and local mails, will be fooafl n demand 2-4} In lirt below Private erudite Bm'a lim i« Penarg, Malacca, F.M.B. (by Train) S p.m ttiTiwoMQiJißinfi 1-418 16 flaUy (except Sunday). France demand Bank
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  • 870 10 THE ESCAPED GERMAN TRADER. ALHIVAL IN BATAVIA. j Weltevreden, May 19. Great surprise was caused last Sunday t morning by the arrival at Priok of a German vessel, the Marie, from German East Africa. A 8 soon as the news of her arrival was spread numbers of local residents rushed
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  • 62 10 At the above Cinema this evening rill ba shown a very fine Jury all British film The Three Musketeers." This picture ha» to bo shown m two instalments owing to its great length and the second part will be pnt on at the next change of programme. Besides
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  • 644 10 The dates given are those of the despatch of the telegrams from London.] May 23 (con fciuued.)— Continuous bloody fighting ab Verdun, Germans attack with unexampled desperation and suffering further staggering losses. They make 6ome progress on Hill 295 of Moct Horanae. French make an advance at
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  • 109 10 Havre, Apl. 29. The Germans had carefully concealed, up to tbe present, the fate of one of their Zeppelins which, coming from Belgium to France, was struck by a French anti aircraft gun and returned disabled to Belgian territory. Information received here reveals
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  • 893 10 NIGHT SOIL HANDCART NUISANCE. Trouble with Coolies Feared. A special meeting pf the Municipal Commission was held m the boardroom yesterday. The President (Mr F. J. Halii- 1 fax) was m the chair, and there were also i present Dr. N. V. Saoiy and Messrs A. W. Bean,
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  • 83 10 Marinera are warned that the light vessel at Pnlo Pintu Gedong (entrance to Port Swettenham) is adrift. The X.P.M., express steamer Melchior Treub is expected this afternoon on return from Belawan Deli, and she will leave tomorrow afternoon for Batavia, Samarang and Sourabaya. The British India steamer Teesta
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  • 306 10 Rubber. Singapore, May 81. At to-day's Auction the quantity offered amounted to about 376 tons. In sympathy with the London market, which has steadily declinfd since our last report, prices were easier all round, although at the lower level a good demand was experienced for nearly all
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  • 243 10 Singapore, May 31. The quantity sold at this week's Auc tion amounted to 296 tons out of a total of 376 tons offered. Demand for practically all grades was good throughout, but prices were lower m sympathy with easier advices received from consuming markets. Tbe top price
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  • 22 10 A French artillery officer has stated that m tbe shelling of trenches two tons of projectiles are fired to one man killed.
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 170 10 ADELPHI HOfETI BILLIARD MATCH I 1,000 POINTS I BETWEEN TWO LOCAL AMATEURS I On the sth and 6th June, at 9 0 clock p.m. I "RAFFLES CHAMBERS I TO LET I Commodious and Airy Offices at 2nd floor I front portion of Ist floor of the Buildings at present I
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 125 10 SWIMMING CLUB Launches will leave Saturday 3rd June, Johnston's Pier 9, 10 and 11 a.m. 2.30 and 3.80 p.m. Club Bungalow 9.30 and 10.30 a.m. 12.15, 3 and 5 30 p.m. Tide 0.29 am. Height 7ft. 8 in. And on Sunday 4th June. Johneton's Pier 9, 10 and 11. a.m.
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