The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 June 1917

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS BINGAPORE TUESDAY, JUNE, 5, 1917. NO. 89,775
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  • 236 1 The British offensive on the Souchez River has been resumed and is described as a brilliant little action. It is not yet sufficiently developed to be convincing Page 5. But frequent and fierce attacks are taking place on the plateaux south of Laon, where the enemy seems
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  • 960 1 As an excuse for the policy of ruthless submarine warfare on neutral nation, Germany has announced to the world that Great Britain is attempting to starve her, and that necessity drives her to take this extreme step. Now, apart from the fact that Bismarck, when he
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 180 1 GOODRICH TYRES S'FETY TREAD RAFFLES HOTEL SPECIAL DINNER ON SATORDAY. RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM Open from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily mtmRAFFLES BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY The best 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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    • 221 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. Counting House and Factory Organisa- Commercial Knowledge by A. Warren 2.00 tton by J. G. Williamson $4 00 Prospectuses, How to read and study I Solicitor's Offlce Organisation, Manage- tbem, by P. Tovey A. 0. 1. S. 1.10 I men% and Aooooaito 4.00 PractJcal Lessons m Book-keeping
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    • 69 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice ra Gargoyle Moboils —Page 8. Lady junior assistant wanted —Page 9. Ching Keng Lee have a practically nt,w Belgian motor ear for sale —Page 8. Horace Goldin, the Russian Illusionist Page 2. Civilization on page 8. Macgregor's O S—Page 4. Kelly and Walsh new business books this
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    • 4 1 Martell's Brandy m tc
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    • 119 1 S.V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME. TO DAY. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S V A Recruits. do S R E v., N C Ob. do Maxim Co. 5.10 do Chinese Co. 6.15 Bras Basah Road Malay Co. Raffles Institution SVC Band. G G Wace, Captain Actg. Adjutant, S. V. C. THE WEEK.
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  • 488 2 T-Va have an Empire whc*ja resources can supply all our wants if only wa will develop. Hitherto not only have wa no: exploited our riches to tha fullest advan taga of ourselves and our Dominions, but we have o\sr and ovar again allowed nations
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  • 200 2 Paris, April 22 The Zurich correspondent of the 11 Matin says I am m a position to stata that close upon 60,000 male and female workers— the majority cf whom belong to tbe factories of Halska Siemens, Siemens- Shuckert, Ihe General Electricity Company, the Borgmann factories,
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    • 12 2 KiE .c>.... •OU u*i LMa it jpeaksJnrltzz Central Engine Works, Ltd L
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    • 533 2 HAVE -YOU HAD MALARIA. There are cc*. tain disorders such as malaria, hat especially debilitate and make the body m easy prey to more dangerous diseases. Ask ho? e wbo have had it regarding the present iondition ot their health, and most of them will answer Since I had malaria
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    • 1481 2 President Li-Yuang-Hung of the Chinese Republic reviewing the Ch? President Wilson of the 0. S A. and the ever ready Amer'c! n N Funeral of the late Duchess of Connsught attended by -.fee Ro °i AND Sfal Fa *Hj Pathe's Exceptionally Strong Dramatic Rmerpicce cf im at t*:e on ALHAMBRa
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  • 430 3 Hie Honour Judge Parry m the coarse of an article on Legal Reform," which appears m the April number of The Fortnightly Review, severely criticises the narrow minded and short- sighted attitude which the Bar Gonncil and tbe Law Society have recently adopted towards the question
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  • 32 3 Telegrams from Parana, Brazil, confirm that the Germans resident m the southern Brazilian States are concentrating m the State of Santa Catbarina, and it is believed that a German insurrection is imminent.
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    • 446 3 0 Night 4th, sth and 6th, June. To Night gaaMpjßJß AT THE POPULAR PHOTO-PLAY HOUSE JJmpirE gR^BHHH Tanjong Pagar Road. Trams Pass the Door. HrVHHHB SECOND SHOW 9.30 p.m. Sbarp. An Unusual Red Feather Production The War of theTongs 5 PAR S. 5 PAR-ra Thrilling and sensational Drama of Life
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    • 335 3 •jm/mmmmi m mm- (aX *v.4»imMo*mmmmt CStJj.BB9> v NOTICE is hereby given that Haji Junid bin Imam Ibrahim and Mohamed Noor bin Imam Ibrahi v both of No. 188 Viotoria Street, Singapore, are sole proprietors of the above Trade Mark which is nsed by them m connection with a native Embrocation
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    • 373 3 GARGOYLE MOBILOILS On and after Jane sth, 1917, the price of Gargoyle Mobiloils "A" M B" "B.B" "E*' "Arctic" and "Arctic Medium onc gallon sealed, lithographed tins is §2.25 per tin. When purchasing Gargoyle Mobiloils m one gallon tins always be sure that the inner seal bearing our trade mark,
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    • 327 3 IN THE MATTER OF THE ALIEN ENEMIES (WINDING OP) ORDINANCES 1914, 1915, 1916 1917. FOR SALE DV PRIVATE TENDER. The Island of Pulo Eaat four miles from Ihe Port of Labuan held under Government Grant for 999 years free of quit rent and comprising about £60 acrts partly planted with
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  • 1093 4 The first news of fresh British activity came through a French wire that arrived on Sunday, and this is confirmed by to-day's news from Haig himself, confined to the approximate place of the advance, south of the Souchez River, and to the
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  • 1086 4 m Owing to her abbence from Singapore, Lady Evelyn Young will not be at home, at Government House to day. At Penang on Friday last, Mr Justice Ebden fined a chetty $100 for giving false evidence m a bill of sale case. From the Bth to 14th June, inclusive, the
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  • 64 4 From Our 0« n Corrmn^ Mr John Edmonds, a J!* 0h h *U of Menglembu Lode Mine 1?* from tbe Maeouc L ,a 8 0Q <T *as attacked by fiv.\£**o knife, penetrate. Ll^n m heart, death occurring n fcDtet «d k a couple of minutes. < Pp,,
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  • 193 4 [By Courtesy of Tin Paris, June I, |50 p i Laffaux mill we recapti t of trenches temporarih log" Th** progressed we«t of Caeriay. artillery arms ac:n felLc lL -J.' r e fc0 «»T i lecourt and Vm;y c! Lq, lhe Italians v -a j c attacks
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  • 315 4 TO THE EDITOK. Dear Sir,— l note from the local paper* a Food Control Committee has Deer ac pointed, to enquire into food conditio* m this Colony, and thia 1 take to meat regulate prices as regards its sale, and m tbat no exorbitant prices arc extorted particularly
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  • 132 4 I question if there MOf mumty which has so steadily pursued** ideals as the United State*- of An.en** r Lord Crewe. Tbe decision of Amu- -a flßi< j[ mo6t disinterested acts m histor. Asquith. The entry of the ::i*> J <:itet in f.^ wai is a
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  • 29 4 5 Charlie Chaplin* Tfc f I {rear ie, lam assured mc P"~ y.-t 1 Investigating Comu State Legislature, lltli many of these buge sa fi i;l>*B ru^o. <*.. ana i*** ->■
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    • 193 4 MACGREGOR'S I "V. O. SA' I rrrmii iii i-inffiTfniTiTnii i "nr— M 1 *r— I IS SUPPLIED TO THE I I Bouse of Cords I r l''l' lf n I J AND' I w Bouse of Commons I (•UC6REGOR.CALD3cCKiC 0 I LO T^^^ GCW It is also supplied to the
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    • 64 4 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS Si Orchard Road, Telephone Ho. 1035. The Oldest and Leading Studio. First In 1872. Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and tbe Requisite Experience, are all at out Command, thus ensuring always the produc tton ot only the best results m Studio Portraiture,
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  • 141 5 STRUGGLE FOR HIGH GROUND DESPERATE FIGHTING French Maintain Positions 'By Submarine Cable] [Reater'i Service] June 4— French communique »,o np^ic*' to two German divisions *"nits De*-"-^ 1 a: the attacks on Vauclerc P B^" plaie?.'.. The Germans at tf ii- dense waves, some to shoulder. The first a0e j m
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  • 278 5 Some Progress Some Delay I I —Reuter's correspon- rtt*rs details the very advance ca tbe Sanchez Te y. to by FieiJ Marshal Haig. r, g fja*M u i stormed and occupied the ana-i- power generating 6tation ■llriei »1 between Avion and Eleu j;,*; aa crossed the
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  • 214 5 "Oi 3 j wrh the best of luck, 'fon you ye said good-bye to the ward. Pfcjos la the mud and muck, *aen you're passed A 1 by the board. *w'.ea c i*} done an' your eyes are wet, wallers choked and your teeth IM act, Blta
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  • 73 5 v la ths authority for Queen ft cticn to her subjects wear m. s tions of foreign orders of r.» Lhut she said:— As it is D' a modest woman to eas* ***r c otfeei dd >n than her husUj^ ought subjects to look at iv r P*" oce than
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  • 569 5 NO "TRUCK" WITH GERMANS IBy Submarine CaWel [Reuter's Sei-viee] Petrograd, June 8. The general council of the Cossack forces are sending an address to the Government assuring it that the Cossacks will assist m any offensive to the utmost, m the conviction tbat peace is only procurable by
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  • 54 5 Shanghai, June 4.— After a conference the militarists have formed a Provisional Govt, consisting of Hsushihchaug, who has held many offices of state, as Dictator, W.acgshißchen, now acting premier, as premier. Peking, June 4 The Central Govt will henceforth be completely isolated as the militarists have established a
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  • 116 5 Once upon a time we would have thought few things more improbable than to hear the tune of John Brown's Body' sung under the dome of St. Paul's with the approval of the Dean and Chapter, What, by the way, is the authority for the official description of the music
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  • 319 5 A GOODLY LIST War Heroes [By Submarine Cable] [Reuter'a Service] London, Jane 8. London yesterday witnessed the first open air investiture since the Crimean war. The King, m Hyde Park, decorated 851 officers and men for war services, including eleven Victoria Crosses and the commanders and men of
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  • 310 5 Rome, June 8. A large enemy sub marine was torpedoed and sunk off Cat* ;aro on May 26, by a French submarine. It is uncertain whether this is tbe same iffair cc cabled on May 80, but it is jote worthy that the French papers recent y
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  • 39 5 London, June 4. It has been arranged to hold a Navy Week from July 28 to July 28. There will be entertainments through out the United Kingdom, the proceeds to be devoted to the Sailors' Fund.
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  • 78 5 mamm. A fortnight ago, pays a Berne correspondent en April 4 I met a diplomatist just returned from Brnsse's. Iv conversation the murder of Edith Cavell was mentioned. Von Biasing, said the diplomatist, has never been the same man since Miss Cavell's murder. He could not sleep and was a
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  • 836 5 As the war has progressed it has become more and more the custom to establish here and there throughout the entrenched lines what are called centres of resistance. A centre ot resistance may be a village wbich has been put m
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  • 86 5 General Bridges, m an interview, touch ed upon a vital American topic when he cited Great Britain's experiences as an argument m favour of selective consciip tion. lie said the volunteer system bad cost Great Britain the lives of her most valuable citizens, bad crippled industrial mobilisation, and bad immeasurably
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 271 5 ROBINSON Co. La Flor de la Isabela 9 CIGARS "NEW SHIPMENT" Reina Victoria Box of 50 55.25 Nett Princessas 50 4.50 Perfectos 25 3.50 Favorite A Correa „50 6.25 Especiales Tubacalera 25 4.25 Regalia A Lopez 50 7.00 Esp. La Flor de la Isabela „25 3.75 Stocked io CLARO, COLORADO
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 771 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN BNOLAND I **--**aB-***aT**a)»aßßßß»-B-» FOR LONDON. Por particulars aa to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co.. Ltd., AGBNTS] KONINKLMKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Inoorporated m Holland, Royal PacKet Navigation Co., of Batavia. I—3, COLLYER QUAY. US DEB OONTRAOT WITH THS
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    • 606 6 Jr. CJ« Ohitish India AND A.PCAB Lime COompanles Incorporated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsulas and oriental sailings. (Under Contract witn His Majesty's Government.) Far; China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. Homeward (fob Europe). I Outward (bob Obiba) INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE
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    • 763 6 I^l© JL JEI.O JAPAN HAIL STEAMSHIP CO., Ltd. Ilacoifontea la J.f as). EUROPEAN USE I A service is maintained between ioaonaa« I via porta to Marseilles, London, ccfle? msf oontraot with the imperial Japanese Govera ment. The Hew Twin aorew Stesmer? maintaining this service have been speciall t designed and
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  • 1101 7 On tho Sea, Under, and Over It. I suppose it haa nob fallen to the lot of 1 many civilians to fly above the blue waters of the Mediterranean, to dive beneath them m a 400. t0n submarine, and to rook on the surface m an armed
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  • 661 7 What the Socialists Demand, The question which interests everybody more than anything else is Russia's future attitude towards the war. There have been misgivings about tbe possibility of a separate peace. But to suppose that Russia would now seek to conclude a peace without the consent ot
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 198 7 TEe TROPICAL ROOFING GENASCO Supplied with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATS which do away with the necessity of using sticky cement at the overlaps. M y; A- >. -iV» y*- s -.-■—mmmimmemKA^i V- > A<&^»? MeW '•••A -*#a > s^i^ > iM.> jKJ^f^aßg^' ss Ira?-*** f*fl»f INaa? *j^— A -?m$- !BJB**aSSBI
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    • 22 7 DYSENTERY AND DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To Se had at lhe SutaAPoai Diana* a-VBT, aafl ol MISS BROWN, Grassdale, Biver Vallef Bead, Singapore.
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    • 537 7 GUARANTEED"'! UNDER THE PURE FOOD AND DRUGS ACT, I UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. I On every bottle of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills sold m thc United States ot America there is placed an extra label, hearing a number and the word "Guaranteed" which denotes that the proprietors of Dr.
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  • 535 8 "Railway Triangle.'' One of Ibe most obstinate of ibe surviving forts wm that boilt m the ao-ealled Railway Triangle immediately eaat of Arras. Tbe railway from Arras swerves sharply to Donai on the east and north ward to Lena, the third aide of tke triangle
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  • 571 8 Gun power smashed the Germane between Arras and Vimy Ridge, just aa it smashed them on the Somme. They dug and built for two and a halt yeara, confl dent of remaining m their holes through ail attacks, but Britiah shells rooted them out and pounded their
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  • 647 8 A vivid picture of a right between fifty British aeroplanes and the same number of German machines on the weatern front is drawn by one ot the participants, an officer of tbe Royal Flying Corps, who has just been invalided home. Hia narrative ia told m
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  • 169 8 Lord Bryce's Scheme. London, April 18th. Viscount Bryce m the Manchester Guardian has unfolded a scheme for a league of nations to prevent war. The scheme, which waa drawn up two yeara ago, is bolder than the American plan advocated by Mr W H Taft and approved
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 545 8 jfjgßsStw T"~ v*l tN^ i Yet In the game -Sargol makes Puny, Peevish People Plump and Popular. SARGOL, the concentrated food that puts on good, healthy flesh, sometimes at the rate of a pound a day, builds up the thin and weak, brings baok the rosy blush of health, rounds
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    • 247 8 noticbT^H REA DV m^j 1 LADIES' DRESSES, ByJ etc, J EVEKIN6 DRESSES OF (Nf „_jj FANCY COSTUaJ etc., etc., V FRENCH UlLOßtiil 20 Stamlord goad opposite Yl fl S^b^E*>^R*JL^Y^B^^bV^9 I Most Certain Cure^l CM a/ Ahf-mais. jl\ STAMFOBi I HOUSE, PRIVATE HOTEL Bras Basah Road CENTRALLY SITUATID AJ weye 000
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  • 62 9 CDebbotbd Oi Tr June I J ■aaa- «v'f it 4i ,i dims.. 24i PadfatiS *xsditi Cms 2 4 27-8 2 Planet damand Banb 618 rap? a, t, t 'Fff'J^^^^; -ii a? 3 2f%Pretn iCiiOL.i^.i, ftesaaaSal ioo *7i?£, dema:i IB4| BitSiSOK. ctitauti 66i BC?.?:E2i£js'» a Bank Layic* 18. 64 3erfc
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  • 149 9 June 4. Tin (125 tone) 1111 00 9a al M 15.60 l I 26.'25 c-wv* 28.00 Psfrsat Stack ocdin. 8-*a*sf 82.60 ISpffajii (WattS isisJ 89.00 Bfi taagi UlO to f <~c II 42 co Kajintega (80 lo fee El 52. C0 ■km CBsaidsJ 80.00 CBOYSS (Ambclnc.) nom. BfeH Qofln
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 566 9 fftui or Peace, Famine mr Plenty, Liff Insurance is wobth too cents on the dollar. I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP I IHE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IH STBAITS SETTLEMENTS;, SSTA^ OFFICE: Wlnctaester House, Singapore. LONDCI; CFFICE i 52, Old Jewrr. F.C. I j Compaat- aas £30,000 AepoeSied
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    • 515 9 THE HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Offlce SINGAPORE, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, 5 6. Branches Malacca, 155 First Cross Street; Muar, 77/79 Jalao Suleiman CAPITAL. Registered ?5,00C,000. Issued-. $4,000,C00. Subscribed ?3, 500, 000. BOARD OF OiRECTOfiS. I Lim Peng Siang Esq Chairman. j The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Lee Choon Gnan
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    • 807 9 SOUTH BRITISH INSURAKGE CO., LTD. (Incorporated m New Zealand. j f IH9 Insurances effected on Buildings, Rent aad Merchandise of every description. atABIVI Insurance* accepted to all parts cS tbe world mix lowtst rates. ■AE RISK accepted to aU parts. J. HBRRT, Manager. Offices 2, Flilaysoi firm. ULIAN6E ASSURANCE So.
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    • 507 9 WANTED. A lady Junior Assistant, on small salary with prospects. Apply X. Y. Z.**/o Free Press. 5-6 6-6 WANTED. By a European, of long residence m the Straits, position on an E tate or otherwice. ts Field or Office Assistant, preferably m Penang, Malacca or Pera!r, experienced m accounts, speaks
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 48 9 rtme- balls on Fort C?n*na^ ana aaa***! Fabei drop dally at l p.m., Singapore s ten time, orrespondlno to 8 r+.rj. Qt-.-cv. c\ mean time. Tho tirpe-sux r fired al ll Hod aton, indicating Singapore sfiardard time ct o osy flay excepting Sunday vhejit t* o.» eveone o'clock.
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    • 468 9 MAIL TABLB ■aajaaaa*A*"aaaa) To day. intermediate anl local malls, arSU to. tcoaa v ast below t— PLcang, Malacca, F M.B (by Tralaj I p. v. tally (except Sunday Johoae. 8, 9.30. 11 a.m :a.sc s. 6 p.m Zucch Soon Hong 6.80 am Batam AY. Bulang Hock Lim 8.80 am 3ucob
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  • 1823 10 Liberal Split m Edinburgh. From Our Own Correspondent Edinburgh April 26 An extraordinary amount of interest was shown about the filling up of the coming vacancy m the representation of South Edinburgh. It agitated the Lobby of the House of Commons quite as much aa it did the
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  • 720 10 S. C. C Selangor Side v. the Rest. On the Esplanade yesterday, the SCC team which waa recently defeated by the Selangor visitors met a team representing the Rest. The wioket was m excellent condition, though slightly on the soft aide, and some interesting cricket was seen. Twelve aside
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  • 102 10 The June monthly medal competition was competed for on Saturday aad Sanday, and resulted m a tie between Mr F Binnie and Mr J R Morrison, who returned net scores of 80. Twenty one cards were taken out and the following were returned. The ball sweep was
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  • 39 10 The following donations have been received at the Chartered Bank by Mr A W Vick: Already acknowledged 6987 D YP 5 JM S 10 H WO 6 ARFC 6 $1,012.50 JAB Cook, Hon. Secretary.
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  • 64 10 Agents Adamson Gilfillan and Co. Rahman Tip 678 50 pkls. Mill 351.55, tribute 826.95. Agents Hooglandt and Co. Pangkattan 56,000 Batu Rata 88,000 Bangoen Poerba 58.C00 Agents Barlow and Co. Permas 20,105 Majedie (Johore) 8,655 Sekong 12. £00 Central Kelantan 8,402 Rosely (Johore) 8,020 Mexican Crude
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  • 44 10 The Hon. Treasurer Mr A. W Vick, c o Chartered Bank ot India, Australia and China, Singapore, begs to acknowledge with many thanks receipt of the following further contribution to the above Fund Already acknowledged 919,243.18 Frank E Lease 50 $19,293.18
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  • 31 10 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. Mixed Doubles A Class. (Final). Mrs Holden and Sir John Bucknill rec 8 beat Miss D Lamb and Mr Upcott owe 8, 6—l, 2—6, 6—2.
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  • 177 10 The wonderful picture Civilisation is shown for the first time at the Palladium this evening. At the Harima Hall tbe Purple Mask continues its detective career, with episodes 8 and 4. The Screen Magazine and Jags and Jealousy help to make up a good programme. Mr Horace Goldin,
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  • 209 10 If you have any intention (or if you have not) of helping m the production of food supplies, why not keep goats By doing so you would combine interest with utility, provide againet a possible shortage of milk, and, with very little trouble, make your own
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 260 10 m J*> r *I*WI Thst Never Vary, m*,, 1 CLYSMAI t C IGAR E.TTES. PACKED IN AIRTIGHT TINS OF 50 Price $1.00 per Tin KELLY S WALSH, Ltd RAFFLES PLACE, SINGAPORE. ■ST Messrs CHEE ENG SONS, jgT CIVIL, NAVAL. MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS )The Managing Proprietor, who hae received ble
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