The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 April 1917

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEX CENTS SINGAPOKE MONDAY, APKIL, 9, 1917. NO. 89,728
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  • 246 1 Saturday's training for the May races is recorded on page 8. Further cases of German brutality at sea are recorded and a Brazilian liner has been sunk— Page 6. Details of Mr Virgo's lecture on Saturday evening, the V M C A athletic fixtures 'and the President's
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  • 1795 1 If a gunner subaltern were to go to the front line trenches alone he would look like the White Knight m Alice Through the Looking Glass." Fortunately he has two signallers with him, and over the should* ere of these subordinates, as a rule, he Bhngo his
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 113 1 GOODRICH TYRES FETY TREAD RAFFLES HOTEL. SPECIAL DINNER ON SATURDAY. RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM Open from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily RAFFLES BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY The beat m town Upcountry orders promptly executed Bread delivered at private residences daily. RAFFLES MOTOR GARAGE Cars Repaired, garaged, and Cars on
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    • 118 1 THE only tyre which has won the^R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts'or punctures. "stciasnr S«per-Cyres Stelastic Tyres \<\ are A All British /SB Made m Britain I ,rj\ feSfe rom Plantation Rubber. SOLE AGENTS: International Trading Company. N£IV GOODS /YEW GOODS COTTON CREPE #A^ ASSORTED COLOURS AND IN LARGE
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    • 123 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Borden's high class milks Page 1. L -iteft nai.'iag lists 0/ the X P M Page 6. Notice re ladies' tickets (or tbe Races Page 3. Advertisement regarding the Massage Hall— Page 3. Closing of de Silva's establishment Page 8. Auctions Valuable building sites plat form weighing scales
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 99 1 THE WEEK. Monday 9th. Riga Water— 1 1-3' a. la 11-25 p m. Easter Monday. Publio and Bank Holiday. Toesdai 10th. High Watar-0.14 &.m., 11 51 p m. No issue of Free Press. Wednesday 11th. High Water- 0 £3 a.m. Thursday 12th. Hlfh Water— C-.6 a.m., 1 39 p.m. Lodge
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 542 2 Victoria Theatre Coming Coming CHUMG LING SOO THE WORLD* S GREATEST MAGICIAN ILLUSIONIST Supported by a London Co. ATCH FOR THE OPENING DATE, Dodge Brothers motorcar It.SpeaksifarJtself Central EnginejWorks, Ltd FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BLUE CROSS AND BLIND SOLDIERS 1 FUND. A lccil gcntlen an has kindly offered for
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    • 1167 2 ijyg^^^^^^l^^^^pMMHHM I SPECIAL HOLIDAY PROGRAMME M wA I II IIkTJ I A house of quality P^Wfffi W m I WIUI 1 Wk THK 1 Ifil R^LfUHniyi »1 T TT Jk Tit ITT> ■fr S BEACH GOAD HML^Kl|)9ltf2J ■llllKl ■ll3U!|4kvl||7MQi THE LEADING THEATRE IN SINGAPOT q^BwMMM™il^^ fiMiTi iiiW iTte»<^V.i ANOTHER STRIKING
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  • 1374 3 What Calcutta Did. The system of lotteries as a means o f raising money has always had a certain fascination, and m many countries they are still resorted to by the Govern* merit as well as by private individuals. !n the days of George the
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  • 261 3 TIFFIN MENU RECIPES. [issued by the Food Reform Society Menu. 1 Mock Turtle Soup. 2 Grilled Tomatoes on Toast. 8 Macaroni Cheese (Neapolitan). 4 Fruit and Nut Salad, Reciieb. Mock Turtle Soup. Fry 6 onions m 1 0/ butter till browned. Add two break fiiat cups of lentils, handful of
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  • 177 3 Parie, Feb 25. This is going to be Great Britain's great year m tbe war," said a French Deputy to Ueuter'd representative m Parie. Her armies are active and eager everywhere. On the Western Front their constant worrying is badly Bearing the German?, who. as prisoners taken
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 473 3 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold Land Situate at Lorongs Nos. 20 and 22 off Geylang Road At Messrs. Ching Keng Lee Co's Sale-room Raffles Chambers. Raffles Place. On Monday, 16th April, at 2-30 p. m. Eight lots of freehold land estimated areas 6,210, 6,510, 6,510, 6,60a, 6,484, 6,565 23,954 and
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    • 1250 3 NOTICE. Mr. B. P. Dc Silva's Establishment will be closed on the 12th and 13th April for the New Year. 9-1 14-4 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. LADIES attetding the Races on 15th, 17tb and 19th May, 19 17, are reminded that admission to Grand Stand and Lawn will be by Ticket
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  • 646 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday. April 9, 1917, The Allied advance on the west continues with a steady persistence which augurs ill for any German diversion of troops from this front to any other, it may m fact be true that it is being pushed with greater energy during the
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  • 781 4 Capt T B Minniken, of the M S G, is at present on leave from Aden. He was recently m Bombay. Lieut H Wbitebead, of Messrs Outhrie Co's Engineering Dept, is now with j the Royal Flying Corps, m France. (PG) The Penang Gazette regrets to learn that Mrs Avetoom,
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  • 176 4 Washington, April 6. The American entry into the war enables Britiobers m the United States to enlist m the British army which was hitherto prevented by the neutrality laws. Mr Lansing m instructing the American ambassador at Petrograd to inform the Russian Government of America's entry into the
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  • 567 4 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. [liV COUKTi:S\ Of THE FRENCH CuNM/I.ATE Paris, 5 6. 25 p.m. The i-rench 8 per cent bond-i are at 61. 50 the 5 per cent at 88.40 and the new 5 per cent at b 8 45. President Poincare telegraphed to pre eident Wilton the congratulation! of
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  • 83 4 French soldiers have had tbeii daily pay increased from 2*d to lOd lone franc). At tho b^Riuning of tbe was it was the lowest m Europe, bting at the rate of ouly one halfpenny a day. I: was a merely nom:nal 6um, supplemented b\ grants from home, and wae paid
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  • 320 4 ALLIES MARCHING OK Heavy German Losses if Submarine QaUa] •ator'i btrrt London, April 6 —Field Marshal fe. report: We earn 'Iftge of Lt^ nottbwaid ff I prisoner?. Manx V»V further progressed north t agtutnj Noreui!, and drove off a counter at^ after frtiff fighting. The enemy's severe lottr past
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  • 340 4 Paris, April 6.— A French expert an no obstacle checks the offensive of at Allied armies or steps their datL Y«tt day was another day of esngMsj defeat* for the enemy, despite a despot deferce. The department of Ifei Sew has been entirely freed from
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 148 4 COCHRAN'S l W_ BELFAST D»V GINGER ALE. CALDBECK, MACGHEGOR Co. SOLE AGENTS. JOHN LITTLE'S NOW PROCEEDING WAR-ECONOMY OPPORTUNITY Genuine Reductions m Ladies' Gents' and Fancy Goods IIU x 13 Sale Days. 1| Once a Year. ii* John Little Co., Ltd. (IN OUPt RATED IS EKOLAMDK The Singapore Straits_Directory for 1917.
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    • 64 4 6. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS Si Orchard Road, Telephone Ho. 1055. The Oldest and Leading Studio. First m 1872, Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and the Requisite Experience, are all at onr Command, thus ensuring always the produc tion of only the best results m Studio Portraiture,
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  • AMERICA AT WAR
    • 429 5 UNHAPPY PLIGHT OF MISS RANKIN Germans Arrested Ships Seized (By Bvbmann« CabUJ I Ranter's S*rrk»] Washington, April 6 The House o! gajnaeatatives has passed tha war resolutions. Washington, April 6. Tha House of ce3«ntative<» passed the resolution for war by 373 votes to 50. akin did not answer the first
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    • 361 5 Washington, April 7. In a proclamaI resident Wilson recites the statutes I* provide that m the event of war m subjects of a hostile nation not B- ittni for above fourteen years are ■abie tv be apprehended, restrained, se ■ured or removed as alien enemies. The Ih| it
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  • THE SEA WAR
    • 373 5 TYPICAL GERMAN GRATITUDE Norway's Losses [By Bnbmarin* Gabto] Rant***'! Barriea] Cherbourg, April 6. The Brazilian liner Parana has been sunk and thirteen of the crew are missing. Rio Janeiro, April 6. Tha Foreign Minister referred Co the matter and stated "Brazil has been prudeut m the past. All the world
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    • 40 5 London April 6. The Press Bureau ■tatea that au aroplane passed over, Kentish coast town*, at 10 45 yesterday night. She dropped eight bombs, the majority on the open country. Thcie were no casualties and no damage.
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    • 262 5 London, April 4. Sir Charles Lucas, m a lecture on Place-names of the Em pire before the members of the Colonial Institute at Caxton Hall, said that the frequent use of Ujyal titles and uames m British Empire place names toll the whole world that our Eoapire
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  • 71 5 Petrograd, April 7. The Socialist Minister M Kerentki stated that if the German socialists are hoping that ho will be a colleague of Tchcidze aud assist to conclude a separate peace, they will be rudely disappointed. On the contrary, if the Germans dethrone the Emperor
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  • VIEWS ON AMERICA'S ACT
    • 528 5 How the Soldiers Regard it {By Submarine Oabl«] [Router's Barrios] London, April 6. The Prime Minister (Mr Lloyd George) received American Press representatives at 10 Downing st, and dictated, on behalf of the War Cabinet, a message to the American people. The message begins Amerira, at one
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    • 416 5 London, April 6. Mr Asquith has addressed a message to the American people. The message begins There id not a man among us who dues not breathe more freely now he knows that through the action of the President and Congress of the United States the
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  • 355 5 NO PERMANENT COMPULSION First Bill of Costs [By Submarine Ofthfe] {lUnter't g«rTi<»l Washington, April 7.— President Wi!?on, m a statement approving of military legislation proposed by the Wur Depart I ment, says that the regular army and the; nntioi;nl guard will be brought to wur strength by
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  • 189 5 London, April 8. Tbe Indian delegates had a reception at the National Indian Northbrook Societies. Sir J Meeton euid thnt tbe warmth of the reception m Eng land far exceeded their ezpection6. Tbe Mahnraja of Bikanir Ktiid he was especially pleaeed to meet Ml young 6tadent
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  • 100 5 London, April 3. Ileuler understands t'oKt the executive council of the toped*] Institute cf which Lord Islington is Chairman, ia strongly protfetirg to Mr Wulter Long and the Imperial Wur Confer ci.cc against the recoiL>niencl:ttionH of tho Dominion^ Royal OommiMh n that tbe [ntftitiijte'i gallerief
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  • 18 5 Amsterdan), April 7. Tbe reform of tbe PrUßsmn eltctorul l^w may be expected after Eister.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 230 5 ROBINSON <& Co. SOLE AGENTS FOR KYNOCH'S Sporting Cartridges. Kynct^h'e Grouse Ejector Ctrtridgc-s loaded 'moke'cfes Powder 11 and 16 Bore Shot N> 4,5 Bad 6 m block Bonax Cartridges loaded. K. S. G r. The tnst CarttiJge oMili be pride. 12£ard :6 Bore, Bhct No. 4, 5, 6, ard Ball.
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  • 37 7 U o».;.^CTiD OF *c Apri! 5.) > f vn i 2 4| d 2 4i ''S(mi 2 4 IC-16 7txr:c9 jStmond B» k BJfc T. l%Prem Uatai es| £3i-BB»js?B, Bank Bnyn $8.64 if 6i% Uv«i LmUlm e>
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  • 84 7 April 5. buyers fIOI.CC •ZfcraWar 17#0G Gamtts* 1 26.26 Gfcmfcltk Coe 2LOO P«pp«i Black post... 28. f (i Pep* is (WMltl cc.76 42. Gi. 62.LC 8 wm 80.00 com 85.00 ii?y) e.oo 6 75 Bylam, Btnax«e unctrtifled 2,076 Rist, RMif oon Whlti 160 Kico, Slam No. 1 J4O 4c
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 533 7 !Wkß o? Peace Fakinf or Pllnty. Life nsurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP BE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLE MKNT3). SEAB 3FFIC* Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: S3, Old Jewry, E.C. !i letoalteJ wlln me Sopreme Ocurt ol Eiglaaa,
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    • 490 7 THE HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Office SINGAPORE, RAFfLIS CHAMB^S.S &6. Branch Malacca. 155 First Cross Street; Muar, 77/79 Jibn Sulelmaj CAPITAL. Registered ?^.r00,000. laJ-ued »-»,0«0,f00. .ribed 53.500, 000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Lim Peng Slang Esq ChMirmmn. Tte Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng. j Lee Choon Guan F^n. Tan Cheng
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    • 458 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE C 0. f LTD. (laeotporat&d m New Zealand.) FIRI Insurances oflootefl on Buildings, Bent and Merchandise of every description, MAftJIl Insurances accepted to all parts ol Ibe world at lowest rates. VIS BISK accepted to all parts. I. HENRY, Manager. Gffloss 2, Flalaysoo Srsei. NEV ZEALAND INSURANCE
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    • 161 7 £IU4N6E ASSURANGE So. Ltd. (Incorporated m England.) Aecucuiijated Fond* exoood 817.000 00 j FIRE ft MOTOR GIR RIBXB. Insurances effected at rates of premium which will be focrti favourable to the Innnrri F&tersGß Staani ft Co., Ltd. Igsßis, (Incorporated La. England.) Ang. 4 ao mmm assurance go. iv. (Incorporated In
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    • 258 7 PRINCES TIFFIN ROOM SPECIALITY HOME FOOD MONTHLY RATE FOR TIFFINS REASONABLE. Eefrcslimeuts all of best quality 8, PRINCES STREET. E. C. SEAH. i B. Sc. (Scgineerin^) CIVIL ENGINEER ARCHITECT SURVEYOR 3. >ames Place. Prepares Plans. Makes Estimates. Surpervises Works Baitdings. Undertakes Surveys. 108 m .tb "GENUINE QUALITY." METHYLATED SPIRIT. STOCKISTS
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    • 61 7 AVON TYRES. MORi MILES FOfi YOUR MONEY Xl KFW FRFNCH REMEDY*. THERAPiON No. 1 Cl Xl HERAPION NO 1 THERAPION NO. 3 i& MEEx c CURE HA\h ..jrr.R YOU TPTNI THERAPION •rF THAT "HCADE HAfkr' 1 W '.D IIIUI «I 7 '.'VI. STAMP AFFIXr H m ALL UY HC'IMt PACKETS
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 325 7 MAIL TABLE. To day. And local ruaUg, via ac tons iv :t: tflow MM, F 2TS. (by Ttals) I p.m ii a.m., U^G, I, 4 a p.n. u cob Hock Gan 880 am P. Batam 4P. I'.ulang Hock Keng bBO am Puian Soegj Aing Hong 8.80 am Kerimoa Sanit 9.80
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  • 340 8 FIGHTING IN THE EAST Russia's Loss on the Stokhod [By Bnbm&nn* C»bl«] [Reuter'i Service) London, April 6. Wireless. German Official. Four Brkifch aeroplanes wLiiu reached Douai were chased and rill dasttoyed. Apart from theee Ikl icemy lot! tight machines. Three of oura Are missing. During the capture of
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  • 408 8 Great Revolution Scenes Petrograd, April 6.— A national funeral to 180 victimi of the revolution was attended by a million civilians. Soldiers] participated. The factories, shops and I schools etc wars clossd. The bodies I were buried m the four corners of a quadrangular epaca m the
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  • 47 8 London, April 7.— The Times saye it is understood that Government hopes to obtain at the most half a million men required for the army without fresh legislation. Young men are pr.ssingly needed. It is not anticipated that the age limit will be raised.
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  • 77 8 London, April 7. The Pre§B Bureau states: Tba Kiog has telegraphed to President Wilson saying I de6ire on I the Empire's behalf to offer heartfelt congratulations to the United States on her entry into the war for the great ideals indicated m the speech to Congress.! The
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  • 87 8 Kingston, Jamaica, April 6. Sir Francis Wftfttr, Imperial commissioner for the Weit Indies, has arrived to submit plans to u'e v flop the sugar industry iv Jamaica. Interviewed, be stated that the industry was booming iv the aioter islands. The B_.6tem of indentured labour would be
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  • 49 8 GERMANY "REGRETS" PEACE RUMOURS Amsterdam, April 6. The Cologne Gazette and other German papers are now denying that the Central Powers are about to make a fresh peace offer. They state that the rumours tbeream nt, based on Herr Bethmann Hollweg's speech and Count Czerniu'j interview, are legretfcable 4.
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  • 51 8 Copenhagen, April 6. It il reported Count Bernstorff will be appointed minister at Stockholm This is significant m view of fte appointment of a strong Conferva tire cabinet m Sweden. Amsterdam, April 7. Germany has protested against Count Bernstorff's treatment at Hahfux whilst on his homeward
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  • 54 8 VvrhingtoLS Apri! 7. The Germ&n gun. boat Corinorau, intorn d tiiuam refuted to surrender and was blown up by her own crew. Two German v. arrant offi aia enJ five uf the crew were killed by the explosion. Twenty offlcerr, twelve warrant officers and 321 men
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  • 39 8 London, April 8. Owing to the rise m tbe price of silver, the Italian Govern ment if authorising the iasue of twelve millions sterling of one and two lire notes. Hoarding silver currency is prohibited.
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  • 31 8 London, AprilB. Thenatiresof Baghdad Mfidiaf at Marseilles* have sent £2000 sterling to the British Had Cross m grate ful recognition of the liberation of Baghdad from the Turkish yoke.
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  • 29 8 B nßkong April 3. TLe Chine?o community has resolved to contribute a million dollars annually to the Imperial Government for the duration of the war.
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  • 24 8 London, April 3. The Food Controller bae received a deputation from cotton manufacturers regarding the uee of flour m sizing cottccgoodd.
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  • 21 8 London, April 6. Reuter'i correspondent at headquarters states that General Smuts inspected the ScuthAfricane on the western front.
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  • 14 8 London, April 8. Sir Alexander Sharp- Von behring the discoverer of liphtheria antitoxin.
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  • 19 8 London, April 3. Sue/ Canal durs will be npaiu raised by Beventyfivo centimes from July 1.«.
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  • 16 8 )r,n, April 7. There are eoraa indications of fre6h troubles brewing m Greece.
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  • 16 8 AUSTRIA' S AMBASSADOR RECALLED Amsterdam, April 7. The American ambassador m Vienna has demanded his passports.
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  • 890 8 fICTURE BY MR J J VIRGO, wonderful work of the Young Men's an Association m the war was triking realisation by Mr J J Virgo, National Field Secretary for this ffide organisation, m the couree of re m the Victoria Theatre on Satnr jning.
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  • 36 8 The Kolnische Zeitung," quoting atrade journal, states that the present difficulties of German newspaper proprie tors can best be appreciated from the fact* that no fewer than 1,480 newspapers and periodicals have had to ceaee publication.
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  • 197 8 The Alhambra provided a crowded house on Saturday night with a really excellent programme, the feature of which was a very striking picturisation of Kipling's powerful etory The Light that Failed," m which come strong and vivid Bceoes were screened. Pat Hogan Deceased was a rare comedy m
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  • 530 8 There wbb a considerable increase on Saturday morning m the number of tbote who are attending the training and the morning was m every way favourable for work. There h<we been no times to record, but most of the horses were extended from the five fur)c:ig post. The
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 337 8 r V Satisfied M for am other to try Html J }$p M foods for her baby boforo C~^ \i& t X iin. ling the li^'ht MM. llow V f T+* W 'X much batter it voaMbe^for f i** J baby and mntber alike, if '"T^ JHv"^^ right food r.ould
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 92 8 S. V.C. DRILL PROGB VMMK. Wkdnesday, April 11th. 4.80 p ro. BiUeatier Range SK E v 6.15 Drill Hall Maxim Co. No. I Deht. it h do SVRA M C S »i i» do Veterans Co. Bra 6 Basah-rd Malay Co Off :H'C Oe Friday, Aibil 18th. 5.15 pm. Drill
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