The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 February 1917

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  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. ra X CENTS SINGAPORE THURSDAY, FEBRUAEY, 8, 1917. NO. 8,9677
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  • 218 1 I Statements from neutral countries about Gerrr any are contradictory. MollIwegg says tbat if the -submarine campaign fails, Germany has nothing else to rely on. A correspondent says that Germany's action is misunderstood. TW way is still open to an understanding Page 5. The Austrian food dictator
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  • 1304 1 Some forty years ago, wLcn European critics knew of Japanese art only those specimens which formed the stock of curio dealers and of enterprising dry goods stores, dogmatic opinions were ponderously uttered, stereo typed, and oft repeated. Japan, a French writer said, excels m things tbat are ■mati.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 32 1 GOODRICH TYRES FETY TREAO I WHITEAWAY LAIDLAW C? LIP j (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND). bargains! i available CURING THE I SECOND J WEEK I OE OUR STOCK TAKING I m nrr MLL I
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    • 588 1 I WHFTF I f WHITE CELLULAR TENNIS SHiRTsI I vr nl Ic. I j I I j I ff A i I 1 Made from a ood Quality cotton cellular, I 'KAlll)KrKlHirrS" I very strong and durable 20 dozen only I Usual Price $2.25 I I 400 dozen strong cot-
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    • 98 1 L47EST ADVERTISEMENTS. C patent book keeper wanted Page 3. I ES ire Cinema new programme Page 3. Also a second officer Page 3. imi ric.iu Mandoline for Bale Page I a Ching Keng Lee sell conlibcated spirits. I \x2- -Page 2. I I Whiteaway Laidlaw's stock taking bar j 3
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 105 1 5 THE WEEK. i Thursday Bth. Hich Waler— i l-i a.m. Tina." Bandman'sJ Friday 9th High Water 0 8 a. m., 11-41 p.m. "Toe Girl from Ciro's," Bandman's a Homeward mall closes. Saturday 10. High Water- 0 t'i am ,01 i p.m. M M Theodore Co." Bandman's. i Sunday llth.
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  • 481 2 There are 5762 enemy prisoners m Japan m eleven detention camps, ilB medical officers. 188 officers, and 5025 men, of whom t'Cl are Austrians, According to a Berlin telegram, the Berlin papers state that the Order Pour le Merite has been conferred upon Captain Lieutenant Valentiner, commander of a submarine,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 771 2 jWHAT HEADACHES POINT TO When a path nt mentions headaches the I doctor seeks fo ;he cause, and m most cases tinds it m boiuc Jerangom. Nt of the nervous jor digestive sy-totu. Headache as is well j known, is one of the commonest symptoms cf a weak disordered stomach,
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    • 646 2 THE MOST REMARKABLE OP ALL SCREEN PRODUCTIONS BRET HAHTE'S Famous Tale of ths Komantic Days of '4!t TWO MEN I OF fl SANDY BAR A Lavish Screen Adaptation of the World famed Novel presenting the Eminent Screen Star (T) HOBART BOSWORTH 9 T) Bret Har^e'S Mori.'s if the old days
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    • 504 2 AN EXPECTIONALLY GOOD PICTURE MMtiaet SOMETHING FOR VCU TO GO Io JTa'"" N CHT AT THE HOUSE OF QUALITY CT ALHAMBRa BBAOfI ROA I; MANAGER as r yr TO-NIGHT JLAD^ A full Pictare Programaie, one that yon eta si si I ___•>. Jn.t glance at th, tollo*in, fctorej to scrSi
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  • 722 3 Coal Famine m Budapest. i_ Budapest, Dec. 12 Winter lias set m with great severity and has added another to the long list oi miseries of the Hungarian people. Since I the end of November they have been practically without coal. Ib is a common j sight nowadays
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  • 43 3 The Plagne Committee of Colombo has decreed that other 6 than ships officers and passengers will not be allowed (o go on board ships m the hai hour without a permit, this putting an end to tho practice of seeing off one's friendß.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 904 3 ■5 /f^The Gay, Happy, Successful World Turns Its Back On The Thin Folks The thin Johnnie above needs Sargol which would help him to draw every atom of trength, blood Snd nourishment from the food he eats. Sargol, to our mind, is the most wonderJ ful Flesh- Producing and Weight-Increasing
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    • 137 3 Writing m the Berliner Tageblatt 'De cember 3i a correspondent m the Sinai Peninsula describes the permanent re suits of the Turco German Sue/. Expedition i.e., Turkish colonisation m the Syrian Egyptian frontier region." Ho Bays that the army of Egypt has laid down such a comprehensive system of wells,
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    • 592 3 An extraordinary general meeting of Soo Kect Ltd., will be held at 7 Malacca Stre* on the 17th February, 1917, fir the purpose c approving of a proposal ti invest what sue the Comoany can affor.l iv the Britihh Wa Lean. This (nurse is prompted pureh out o j a
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    • 524 3 I SECOND OFFICER Wanted for ship bound to Europe ard back. t Sala.y 20 Aoilarf per o onth Ap; Iy io >f RITCHIE ft COCK. 27 Arcade, o £-2 14-V r J WANTED Competent Bookkeeper. Apply to Box Ro. I co J-ingapore rice Press. j B-i uc "i .SHORTHAND IH
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  • 1047 4 The Singapore Free Press Thursday, February. 8, 1917 Tho submarine campaign and its effeot- remains at present unrepealed. A full five days the period given by Germany to neutral ships to clear off the high seas has passed and there is no indication of anything more than the usual activity.
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  • 178 4 Tbe death occurred m Batu Gajah Hot3ifnl of Mrs R 11 Philippe, of Nova Scotia Satate. The lion Mr C H Niven has In en grantid Ip.ivo of absence from his duties aa Member of the Legislative Council of the 3olony for tnree months, with effect from ihe 29th inst.
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  • 410 4 MALAYAN MAN- POWER The Classification HuwaoK. lilecuesing this subject tbe Malay Mail has the following note en it we uodatI stand tbat at present only men oho are i physically m Clas* A are being sccepted for eervic* And we realise the sound ness of Ihii policy, for information from
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  • 553 4 Jalan L.-sar. at its snttsncs ttoan tcwn. and for about half its leng b. is 10 a deplorable state of neg'ect. Oa a dry uay it is almost Imps fable, and after a shower of rain it is turned into a lake. Piles of granite have been stacked on both
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  • 227 4 j Amsterdam t>. ZHi *™m Mf«<t« cone, ptieooen Iweretotee* I »i smowatei ur, German] l I km b Ministei formally t, ltbai I. polfe] I'( ii Approved I be invtma i n< attmli ■gains! Be. London,* j &t i rood) lii i I Lecu i ftOSpita th. BDOWI
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  • 150 4 THK ftlNti B IfS IBE HERE The hook. nt for to. I Bandana s pteeeut season aai i indeed, hut for t-_ SSfUI > I tionally flttOUg snd I the curtain went up on Tht- Bing r Ban I production bj >>■ roeetntth M rhompfloi thets urdly
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  • 61 4 ln CO-t card tO a fi il le Bond; late French Consol Etna i Loin I trail ai i wt sld I I s tioe writes tl i as aai .1 g ttie itatioi I to the Erool tteni Unas on (MM af I c a aid be ci 1
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 160 4 H^^^^^H__-_-__^HMHB*MBB t i^*l B >HIH'' IH '^B Hl B B WHISKY TANSAN So/c Agents iiii; inrissi ii lit isiiir nil^ iw I*l2 GARDEN ESTATE Implements g FINEST STEEL HEDGE SHEARS. $2 75 $3.50 S4CO I LAWN AS USED BY THE LEADING CLUBS $24.50 oeti $27.50 nett, JOHN LITTLE Co.. Ltd.
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    • 73 4 G. R. Lambert Go. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 3 a Orchard Road, Telephone Ho. 1000. Tbe Oldest and Leading Studio. I First m 1872, Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and the Kequinito Experience, are all at our Command, thus ensuring always the produc* tion of only the best results m
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  • UNDERING THE TIES
    • 342 5 a York Committee of National I thai ten and a half I leiicanfl are available for .cc. cf European neutrals nail] crystallising undei oip ol Spain, but the process I »w. thai Holland Switzerland i o .v i alsi ady agreed to lie! work m Belgium, fl
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    • 73 5 ct r-; nations are pub etts Extraordinary issued, oaaia provision! are.— j oi child aadei IT. lo esa< my place west cf Suez without I I .or- th m ten days I ml p iseage cr oonvej plj to non British women or I nen British ship to
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    • 83 5 6 inS irawak states that gh Kuching showed rovementl iporta totalling exports 17,197,602 M ounces worth r fell < ff by 10,000 i inert itad bj i i trade ia gutta 10 pikul- wr re H likMD rubber 1,793,871 The catch I flourishing. about 1 ,04 cons.
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    • 10 5 ■m ars of the Singapore ;_v leaving for Penang on
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    • 632 5 Stockholm, Feb 5. At a conference o the Centre nnd National Liberal leodert on dan 31, Here Bethmann Hollweg stat ed tbe Germau Admiralty calculated the world tonnage had reached a minimum j below which the Entente could not long 'continue the war. If unrestricted sub marinism
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    • 54 5 11.1 r.d has forwarded to Germany a liat of Dutch vassals at sea. 'ihe Neder land Company Ims ia d no it- ships aud arc- conferring with the Dutch Lloyd re gardiog a sate route, either by Ij., Cape or els< share. All Dutch papers are pessimistic
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    • 16 5 Mr and Mrs Tom!in6on, who left recent ly for ludia, expect to return m about two
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  • 318 5 a TLY FROM LANDWARD All Round Activity [By Submarine Gable] London, Feb 6, French communique The enemy after a violent bombardment attacked northwest of the forest of Parroy m Lorraine. A detachment penetrated our first line but was immediately driven Our reconnaissances, after artillery preparation, penetrated the
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  • 135 5 London, Feh 6. The Admiralty states that naval aeroplanes attacked Lrugea harbour on Friday and bombed torpedocruft and set fire to dock buildings. Another successful raid waa made on Saturday when we bombed rocks and railway lines. All pilots returned, deepite difficulties of intense t old. London,
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  • 291 5 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS, Rv COI Rl ES"X OF THE FRENCB CONSULATE Paris, Feb 5, 6.20 p m. The French 8 per cent bonds are at francs 62.26 the 6 per cent at mt 80 and the new G per cent at *7 95. 'Ihe Generalissimo Nut lie spent three days
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  • 319 5 EVERY MAN: EVERY SHILLING [By Submarine Cable] [Reuter'i Service] London, Feb 6. At a great national service meeting at Westminster Hall Mr Arthur Henderson presiding said victory I depended on the speedy mobilisation of all resources. I Mr Neville Chamberlain said that to secure victory m 1917 the
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  • 456 5 THE FIRE WORKS DISPLAY. The members of the Chetty comruuuity brought their Taipueam festival to a close' last evening with a further procession of the Silver Car, this time from the temple j m Tank nl to Reach rd, reaching the reclamation about 0 p m. The car 1
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  • 70 5 •The Kieler Zeitung states that a rev. movement is being inaugurated m Scbles-wig-Holstein for the purpose of replenish m the gold reserves m the Reichsbank. AU heads of households will receive a printed form for signature, ou which they will make a solemn declaration that they J do not posses
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 287 5 ROBINSON CO. Flower and Vegetable Seeds FLOWER SEEDS VEGETABLE SEEDS 40 cents Packet 40 cents Packet Candy Tuft Cabbage Lettuce Convolvulus Major Ces Lettuce Marigold African Carrot Coreopsis Cabbage Imperial H 65 cents Packet B Salvia White Spanish Onion Carnation Marguerite Tomato Sunflower Special rwicotioa of Chrysanthemum Annual VEGETABLE SEEDS
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 700 6 ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP^CO.^LTD. Por particulars aa to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION COMPANY OF BATAVIA (KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPY) SPECIAL 5000 TONS TOURIST STEAMERS FBOM JAVA TO AUSTRALIA BATAVIA— SOURABAYA— PORT DARWIN— PORT MORESBY- BRISBANE SYDNEY— MELBOURNE VICE VERSA IN
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    • 572 6 P. 0. Ohitish India Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental sailings. (Under Contract with Hlb Majesty's Government.) For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Homeward (for Europe). outward (for Obiva) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE Homeward (for Europe) I Outward (for Chiha ahd
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    • 629 6 vk. Y. 11. JAPAN MAU i P STEAMSHIP Co. Ltd (Incorporated ln Japan) EUROPEAN LINE. A aerrloe Ie maintained between Yofcobac__> ria porta to Marßeiilep. London, under mat contract witb the Imperial Japanese Qorert ment. The New Twin screw Bteamet maintaining this service have been specfa'.lf designed and constructed, and
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    • 340 6 MESSA GE R,ES KARITI E MAIL LiNg, Fortnight j Bervfa China Japan, j Marheillfcf.. j-^ajj.. r BRANCH LINE Krrtn.cMlv-rvK, f liaipbong. Porfart_W|ptora_ati ;c 7 rf^COURTOiS t PACIFIcIi^J^ FOR VANCOUVER AND SEATTLE Taking cargo on Thr-gh Bills of u San Francisco to Canadian opU S 4 fjil KerF. (^.u- r rthlrpartical
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 363 7 (Wab or Peace. Famine or Plenty Lift _fN«!T!!!!I!rTr^""™ M ,BM IB^^"^^ ii,, r \m\7mmVm\»mZ^ W n mm N DOl B M GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY i mrtm HHCO«TOBM«D IN STRAITS B^_m_»»L LUTIH Elf. I Ocat p*a f o* a £20.000 depoeited with tb« n— LONDON OFFICE I SB, Old
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    • 442 7 FjTKf MNUFACTUREBS LIFE INSURANCE CC (Incorporated m Canada). ißßa*?"* Ute and pollcie r„.s South Eastern Asia C^tbrle A Co. Lti,, General Agents, Bingapore. lifiTiiTisF WSOIAJIGE CC, LTD. PMeaaontad m New Zealand.) ;"M ijnnrMcc.? effected oe ButldlMß, Beat 9aa ■farannKMac of ever, description, Jfißws i 3snranr Moeptt a io all tart-
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    • 515 7 1. 1 NE* ZEALAND INSURANCE Co., lU. FIRE ANO MIME. s j dacorpcratoa In New Zealand MNS-THE MHONHNE ASBOS. Ho MARINE. (Incorporated injlocgkoog.) chiha fire msmmce Cc, vi, FJRE. (Incorporated m Hongkong,) UMMOI UIftIOTEE A ICSIDENT Ud GUARANTEE (Incorporated m England ano< ra ritten at lowest enm-nt rates. Marao, 6iiflllao
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    • 128 7 c A. RIBEIRO CO., LTD 7 MmW m A SMALL QUANTITY OF GREASEPROOF PAPER INVALUABLE FOR PACKING GAMBIER, RUBBER, BUTT, R, ETC., AND FOR CULINARY PURPOSES. **k\al\,-:^k,-t.'aa\WmKmjammm^ ALL-BS.ITIS3 [ROM TYRES USED BY THE BRITISH WAR OFFICE BRITISH =^|.MADE /^ItFYRES pSPJr l <Kfi /i F <___/ i r 1 t NfeSL,
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  • 2496 8 Bi I v Collins (London commbpondeht, Caps Timhs.") rhe lasl thirty months have posted up the Rmpire'e credit account on humanity; fjr all the nations lo audi: il tbey like, and the BUggastion might be ventured that iv sea-wi rk alone we have done
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 176 8 I AVO reduction m quality. $f&/ DUNLOP is the st.3.n€larfi which fe-' V other people endeavoup tc* reach and i\ii!* M^&w 1,........- t v" I {RUBBER Co,(FAR EAST) LTD, INC^ IN HONGKCNG. V J| 'I 1 5 /;;^slT""^k SEMI-ROTARY /V _s _M______lB__R' (j^R '.WBIBBr II Ii I ■____________■_■__________■_______> ____—_-_-_--ii-— -MWii
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  • 46 9 (COBESOTKD OF TO Feb 7 I PtU&Zc tzadits Bta I 2 4 3132 Pcft-jca demand Bank 826 BonsKODa, demand i% Pm Yokohama, demand tool BiSuikOK, dsmand 65? SOYIBKCaa, Bar,k Bnyitxt 88.6 4 Bin* c 3 Hng'.acd Rats 6% Bai Silv.s London 87 7 is —a-
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  • 1563 9 Issued by FRASER Co., Exchange and Sbare Brokers, Feb, 7tli all fooNSßlons of Sterling Bfcesea most se regarded as purely eomtnai to* mt »»et_fca» o*l. Saaus. Paid. M«a Dst; £ut9bb, Rsbutß* 100,300 Sa In Ailagac \W% 2 8 2 9 379,933 2s 2s Augio-^QVa 20% 4 0
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  • 146 9 Feb 7. Tiu (125 teas) i<e 95 Gtamtiei jn.ee QamMai Oaks No, 1 '23.00 G*ss>i*!. (;■:>« so, r li! 00 i'aM:i<* l'li>rk ariin. po:e 81 00 Pe^tr :'W?iiis 88 00 &t>£ai«£<3 (110 1.) l:!» lfe Bl CC Natmegi (100 to Ihs Is.) com Macs (Banda) 80.00 Cloves 'Amboiun! nom.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 32 9 (IN IRON DRUMS). M/ALM /y£r \mm\vK ml \^^mm\m \IXVl BRAND J/S/ (IN WOODEN BARRELS.) GLACIAL A /^T* r F*¥'/"> A /^¥"W\ A I 1 Allie Alt 111 AUD QUOTATIONS FROM COMPANY, LIMITED.
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    • 588 9 THE Singapore Free Press MORNING DAILY T t\ __1 To Our Readers. The Singapore Free Press is a mornlnf j Daily, and is on sale at depots, from an early hour each morning (Sundays excepted). Cash price Ten Cents a copy. Subscribers' copies will be delivered attheli private residences, (or
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 605 9 MAIJL TABLE To day. Intermediate and loca. llmib mv *tt (ouo, In lißt below Penarg, Malacca, F M.B »'fey Trainj 9^. daily (except Sunday). Johoie. 8. 9 ao. l! s.m II.S. 2 IAB p rt P. Batam ft P. Bnlang Hock Keu^ 9Boay Pulau Soegi Aiug Houg 8.80 fe y
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  • 760 10 GAMING URGED AGAINST JUDGEMENT. V Rn, Claim Auainst Local Merchant, c c A matter of considerable interest and ot legal importance came before the r Chief Justice <Sir John Bucknill, Xt) m the Supreme Court yesterday. It related to a claim by tbe well-known Indian firm of
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  • 161 10 SECOND DAYS HANDICAP. Raci 1 Mouh nt 10 2, Taman 9 12, Silvia 82, SiWerlighl 7.9, Will 0 the Wisp 7. R\. 2* Kronglim 10, Mystic 99, Tim B 10, Fariiha 8.7, Toj-:n 8 5, Paiustar 8 8, Princess Pat 7 7. Ra< i. B.— Charity 9 11.
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  • 692 10 [The dates given are those of tbe destatch of the telegrams from London] Jan 30 (continued.)— Holland anxious iwing to continued German concentrations b m Dutch frontier. c Sinkings: Steamers Jevington IBrit.), rbereeedai, Dunstad, Fulton <Norw,), 1 Sgret (Russ.) Also French trausport l \miral Magon 809 saved,
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  • 87 10 The following property was disposed of [by auction by Messrs Ching Keng Lee and 1 Co, at their saleroom, Tuesday afternoon: Freehold land aud houses Nos 6-1 to 17 8, Tanglin-rd, Area 106.561 sq ft. being part cf Grant No 4, subject to an indenture of statutory mortgage
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  • 737 10 ANNUAL MEETING. Although the weather was anything n >ut pleasant yesterday evening, a goodly j <j lumber of the members of the Young c •Vornens' Christian Association and their j g ady friends, with but a sprinkling of j y .vhat Sir John Bucknill, the Chairman,
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  • 85 10 Thi.; evening a Rugger match will be played on the Esplanade, England and Wales versus Th_ Rest. The following are the selected teams England and Wales (whites).- -Keeker, back Hurs-t, Allan. Griffin and Leakey, three quarters Lieut Fiffort aud Hewet sou, halves Sykes, Hughes, Woodhouse, Helps, Thomas, Williams, and
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  • 97 10 Capt V A Flowor. formerly of the S R E lv) and of Messrs Swan and Macluren, Singapore, has been gathering m the honours rapidly. He was at Home when war broke out and the first, we heard of him was at a training camp m tbe
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  • 243 10 In tbe first magistrate's court yesterday lorning Mr C J Saunders, Registrar cf iompanies, summoned Messrs Guthrie and j !o, Ltd, for failing to hold an ordinary eneral meeting of the Company m the ear 1916, an offence punishable under lection S 414 of the Companies Ordinance
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  • 223 10 The thirteenth consignment of hospital garments etc. has just been despatched to Salonika. Tbe following is a list of tbe garments sent. 125 Nightshirts, 117 day shirts, 47 hospital shirts, 12 helpless case fchirts, 108 suits p\jamas, I** bed jackets. 560 pillow cases, 212
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  • 242 10 Many of the older residents of Singapore will be sorry to hear of the death of Mr Alexander Mucka\, formerly of the Dispensary, who was iv Singapore from 1880 for ah .ut twenty years coming out for the late l>r Robertson, father of l>r Murray
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  • 94 10 Many will regret to hear of the death of Mr Peter Mathie an old sea-going engi neer. which occurred at the General Hospital. Mr Mathie came out »o this part of the world some forty years ago, and bad sailed out of Singapore practically the whole time, until he retired
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  • 16 10 Agents Evatt and Co. Tapah 32,177 Pontian 4 850 Durian Sabatang 3.013
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 211 10 I RAFFLES HOTET SPECIAL DINNER ON SATURDAY RAFFLES REFRESHMENT RO;M RAFFLES BIKERY AND CONFECTION? Upcountry orders promptly executed m d at private residences daiiv BACH CQ MiuhT^D PhDtr-r Cars Repaired, garaged, and Car; RING TELEPHONE No 32 I ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ii 1 iii i jiUatsssatm^ \W. D. H. O. WILLS I ENGL
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