The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 11 June 1917

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS NO. 89,780 SINGAPORE MONDAY, JUNE, 11, 1917.
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  • 280 1 Result of golf match S G C v K G C Page 8. The German mark is slumping heavily Page 8. General Pershing has arrived in London Page 8. The French are again active round St Quentin Page 5. Stories of glorious valour are recounted in'the V
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  • 1223 1 Have at yon with a proverb exclaim* Dromio of Epheeue in The Comedy ol Errors Have at you with another replies Lace. Both belong to the servant class. A proud man like Coriolanue sneers at the popular taste for proverbs and aphoriEms, and with that part of a
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 249 1 GOODRICH TYRES S FETY TREAD RAETIfIQ UnTPI ft i\amj O U jI \j H E only tyre which haa won the RA C -SPECIAL DINNER ON SATURDAY. 1 RAFFLES REFRESHMENT ROOM Open from 8 a. m. to 12 p. m. daily RAFFLES BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY The best in town %r»%i**V»i%
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    • 66 1 PERFECTION Scotch Whisky 10 Years Old Blend FOX HEPBURN EDINBURGH SOLE AGENTS SWEE LEE CO. 15, CROSS STREET. lime- balls on Fort Canning ana Mouat Fabev drop daily at 1 p.m., Singapore Mandate time, corresponding to 6 a.m. Gteeawleb mean lime. The time-gun Is fired at 11 o'eioet ftfon, Indicating
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    • 2 1 Martell's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 136 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Rembrandt for Batavia— Page 6. Lady junior assistant wanted Page 8. Sale of Teutonia club effects by Powell and Co Page 8. Notice re deferred telegrams to North America Page 8. Last three days of Civilisation at the Palladium New firms at the Empire Booking for Horace Goldin
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  • 500 2 Profit in Excess of Share Capital. The annual general meeting was held on April 19 at the Great Eastern Hotel, Sir Gordon Vooles (the chairman) presiding. Tbe Secretary (Mr W B Gould' read the notice and the auditors' report. The Chairman, in moving the adoption of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 364 2 Victoria Theatre FOR T3KEE NIGHTS ONLY COMMENCING THURSDAY JURE 14th. HORACE GOLD IN THE ROYAL RUSSIAN ILLUSIONIST And Full Company of 35 ARTISTES 35 Including Beaurtf ol B A.RB kRA'BABINGTON And a BEVY OF BEAUTIES Presenting A Beriea of NEW SENSATIONAL PECTACULAR URPRISES A CARNIVAL OF CONJURING Introducing "THE OLD
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    • 747 2 STRONG STATEMENTS— NEVERTHELESS TRUE THE PALLADIUM entertained more people LAST WEEK, than ever were entertained before by anj Theatre In Singapore In the same length of time and WE ARE STILL GOING STRONG POSITIVELY THE LAST THREE NIGHTS-SEE IT TO MIGHT THE FILM THAT SHOULD STOP THE WAR THOS H
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    • 533 2 A COMPELLING PHOTOPLAY Powerful Lesson Taught By Films-Excellent Cast In k Strim* n AT TBE 8 Pp *««liu ALHAMBRa THE PIONEER AND PREMIER HOUSE OF QUALITY B EACB i>* Presenting a Vitagraph Special Biue Ribbon r, 4 t A fcHOTODKAMI OF MttMEHDOUd GRIP 'THE WHEELS of JUSTICE' In 4 acts
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 550 3 WANTED. 4 j y Junior Assistant, on small salary fit* P loSFeCW 'Apply X. Y. Z. c/o Free Press. Ufl SITUATIONS WANTED. {t uber aged 96, married, wants situation, ■prabiv on estate or outdoor work, but PjJ: bi net not objected to. Previous expericlerical. Heaithy, energetic, used to An organiser,
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    • 479 3 THE EASTERN EXTENSION A. C. TELEGRAPH GO., LTD. (Incorporated in England). The North Atlantic Cable Companies notify that the Deferred Telegram Service with North America and beyond is temporarily suspended. H. K. 0. FIBHBR, Manager, Straits District. 11-6 116 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the Trade Mark consisting of
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    • 411 3 1 GAME. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF SIBERIAN PHEASANTS, ALSO A SMALL SUPPLYIOF WILD DOCK, TEAL AND SNIPE. SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE C0. 9 LTD. Incorporated In Straits' Settlements. By Order of the Custodian of Enemy Property In the Matter of the Trading with the Enemy Amendment Ordinance 1916. IN
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    • 253 3 ,-BEDSTEAOSCAMP QAM D BEDS 0 sSipwrogg^iAgi^oH RFRQ THE U GOLD MEDAL' 1 CAMP BED The Camp Bed with a big reputation in the army and amongst civilians all over the world. Double Brown Canvas on stout wooden frame, sound made, will stand any weight Folds up instantly, weighs only 15
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  • 993 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, June 11, 1917. From all the accounts of the capture of Messines Ridge op to the present, and from a general consideration of the probable results, as far as the amateur critic can diffidently judge, the action is one of the most important yet fought
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  • 370 4 Messrs H and E Mauleffinch, aom of Mr K H Mauleffinch, Survey Department, Johore, have reached England and have been placed in the Artists Rifles Officers Training Corps. (M M) The London correspondent of the Times of Ceylon wrote ont recently that Sir Henry McCallum, acm g, had been seriously
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  • 163 4 London, Jane 10.— Fieldmarehal Haig says the day wa3 quiet on the battle front southward of Ypres save for mutual artillery fire. We slightly progressed on the right flank of the new positions. Over 7,000 have been, taken prisoner since Thursday morning and a great num her of
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  • 128 4 Many Towns Wiped Oat San Juan Delsurs, June 9. Cables re port San Salvador, the cspital of Salvador, with a population of over sixty thousand has been totally destroyed. There are no details but the cause is undoubtedly an earthquake or the volcanic eruption of Tegucigalpas. Six
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  • 180 4 Pershing in London London, June 8. General Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force, hae arrived in England. London, Jnue 9.— General Perehing, ac compaoiei by hie entire headquarters ■tail, numbering 186 officers has arrived at Liverpool. Speaking there where he was ceremoniously received,
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  • 94 4 TOO LATE Amsterdam. June 8. The German Colonial Secretary, speaking at the Leipzig branch of the Colonial Society, declared that the German government and people were determined to safeguard Germany's coionies in the future, insisting on the return of her colonies. Animadverting on General Smuts demand to prevent the training
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  • 60 4 Amsterdam, June 8 Queen Wilbelmina has had a narrow escape of losing her life. A train to which royal saloons were attached was derailed near Houten. TwentyEix were injured. The saloons were derailed but Jkept upright The Queen, helped by an Englishman, assisted in bandaging the
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  • 42 4 m Ottawa, Jane B— Owing to Sir WLaurier's opposition to conscription, negotia tions for a coalition Government have broken down. Toronto, Jane 9.— The Globe, the leading Liberal newspaper hae broken with Sir W Laurier on the conscription issue.
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  • 16 4 Mr F 0 K Brown, who has been serving with King Edward's Rifles on the Gold
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  • 123 4 DEPUTATION R EAc p ETROGRAD Terms to^o^ [Rater's Serv lce] London. J une g T| the Times at I'eirograc e yi from the Austrian ar my consists of two general* J^ twenty other officer* tiZ^^ provided with paeee* < r n m enable them to Btfeaiui
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  • 605 4 Tales of Heroic deeds London. June B,— The gazette an thirty Victoria Crosses, smc^!!"* 8 petial regiments BLd one ha m RhcdeEian (rhich ib the first RhoiJj to attain the honour* six Australian I Canadian, and one New Zealand. The official account of the though related iu uccolccrcd
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 196 4 IMACGREGOR'S I "V. O. S." I I 1 IS SUPPLIED TO THE I I \pM^^ Bouse of Cords I I (00^ Rouse of Commons I 8 i Macgregor.CaldbeckiO I I Lo <JOW It is also supplied to the principal I I residents throughout the Straits I I Settlements and Federated
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    • 64 4 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 3 1 Orchard Road, Telephone io. 1035. The Oldest and Leading Milt. First in 187S, Foremost in 1917. UneqnaUed Faculties, Ample Resources, and the Requisite Experience, are aU at out Command, thus ensuring alwayß the production of only the best results in Studio Portraiture,
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  • 2324 5 PLUMES BELIEVES YPRES Enemy Driven from Heights [By Submarine Cable] [Renter's Bervic«] field Marshal Haig's Report c June 8 Marshal Haig The southward of Ypras were con -lic^V.v a!l dftv long and were talj smiconsfn* Wj stormed in tha Lr,g the Maasines-Wytschaete ridge, 'Wb or 2 yoars has
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  • 325 5 FRENCH ITALIAN FRONTS RENEWED ATTACK 03 St. QUENTIN Austrian Attempts Fail IBy SBbnariße Oabfo] [Renter's Service] London, Jnne B*— A French commun ique says: Tho tntillery etruggle was fairly violent in Chemina dee Dames notably south of Filain. London, June is. —^AFrsnch communique says Tnere was great activity at night
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  • 209 5 Norwegian Spies Caught London, June B.— The Admiralty says naval aeroplanes on Wednesday attacked and drove down two enemy machines out of edntrol three miles northeast of Dixmude. A naval pilot chot down another out of control five miles northeast of Dixmude. Christlania, June 8. There
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  • 82 5 Petrogrnd, June 8. IS is announced that General Alexteff was placed on half pay because the Government did not consider him to possess the energy, enthu siasm end confidence necessary at the I present juncture. I Petrograd, June 9. General Gurko having aeked permission to resign in
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  • 49 5 Paris, June 8. An interview with the Rumanian Premier has been published in which he says Rumania adheres to her plan of liberatiog Rumanians in Hungary and he considers the Russian 'no annexation* formula is consistent with such liberation. Rumania expects the Allies to respect their engagements.
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  • 74 5 Tbe situation is unchanged much to day. Infant iy actions were on a small scale. The artillery was very active. The Australians occupied another trench wherein a pocket of enemy troops had sucoeeded in holding cut. A considerable party of the enemy holds out east of Battle Wood, but we
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 127 5 ROBINSON Co. FRESH SHIPMENT OP MELACHRINO'S EGYPOAN CIGARETTES n^ ■3*> *T^v /*>* ySfc'- is-^sLjfeyfirr^v- \X^ a J>. -:V K No. Bin tins of 100s Price $2.05 No. 9 100s $2.15 No. 4 50s $1.65 NO. 5 50s $1,40 Mr. H. N. iUGKERIDGE (late of Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their MAJESTIES)
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 749 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BOCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND FOR LONDON. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., AGBNTSJ KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated in Holland, Boyal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 1— COLbTSB QUAY, U I DEB OOHTBAOT WITH THE NSTBSBLAMDB
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    • 607 6 P. O. British India AND A.PCAR JLINE (Oompanlea Incorporated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL SAILINGS. {Under contract with His Majeity'i Government.) For! China. Japu, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, E&pt, totflterranean Ports and London. MAIL LINES. HOMEWARD (rOB EUROPE). I OUTWARD (FOB CBI»A| INTERMEDIATE DIRECT SERVICE
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    • 668 6 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.. Ltd. (Inoorporalea In Japan). EUROPEAN LINE. A service Is maintained between Yofconaaif fla ports to MarseUles, London, under mat oontraot VTttt the Imperial Japaaoec Oovata meat. The Hew Twin screw Bteamett maintaining this sorvloe have been speetaUi designed and constructed, and ace tttrt
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    • 198 6 MBSAGERIEB MirS UU un BUROB UU For tatter Intcr^ao,,,^^ Gaggino&Co (EniBUSBED 111 SIBGiPOEE ln N«. 6. 7, 8 A 6-a, »AUCC» j^ Life Boat Yard TANJONG ROO. Ship Chandlery Depot SAMBAU STREET, We have always sten launches for sale, life boj and other boats, new J second hand. ContractoJ for
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 594 7 Was or Peace. Famine or Plenty, Life Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY iS iif GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAB OFFICE! Winchester Boom, Singapore. LONDON GFFICEi SI, Old Jgvut. E.C. Tie Ctanpamr »ss £3aooo flepoalued with the rHqpteme Ooort
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    • 515 7 THE HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Office: SINGAPORE, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, 5 &6. Branches ■alien, 153 First Cross Street; Hoar, 77/79 Jalan Suleiman. GIPITIL. Be&Bteti*~ 18,000,000. Issued 54.0C0.C00. Subscribed $3,500,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Llm Peng Slang Esq Chairman. The Hon'ble Dr. film Boon Keng. Lee Choon Guan Esq. Tan Cheng Lock
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    • 901 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Ineorporated In New Zealand. rill Insurances effected on Buildings, Bent I and Merchandise of every description. MUIVfI Insurances accepted to all parte ol the world at lowest rates. VAB 1111 accepted to all parts. I J. HEVRT, Manager. Moot Flilaytoi firaei. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Co. Ltd.
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    • 626 7 WAR LOAN PREMIUM TICKETS. For Small Investors In War Loan. Price Ten Dollars. SERIES 10,000 TICKETS. Premiums for each series paid in cash every six months BT THE ANGLC-CHJNESE SYND2CAIE First $1,000 Second $500 Fourth $200 Third $300 Fifth $100 Eight of $50 Fifty of $10 The fall cost of
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 670 7 I STOCKS AND SHARES. June 0, 1917. The following are the shares ae to which changes are notified in Messrs Frasar Co.'e Saturday's share list INDUSTRIALS. Buyers Sellers Shell T'port Trading £5 10s JES 15§ EXCHANGE. iCc 8»ot»d up 1 June 9 b>t>ntt rn.'f v4 l dw si 14} PtftattCfftd
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  • 297 8 ULSTER UNIONISTS JOIN CONTENTION Sir E Carson's Views £9j MsaariM OabltJ [Beater's ■arvietl London, Jane V. The Ulster Unionist Council has decided to accept the iniavilion to the Irish Convention. London, Jane 9. The Unionist resolution at the Ulster Council to participate in the Convention, said that the
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  • 102 8 Washington, Jane 8. There are steady gains in the American food exports, which diminished at the beginning of the ruth leu submarinism. It is officially an nounced that the food shipments in April totalled nicetyeight million dollars, compared with eightytour in March and sixty seven in February. The
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  • 61 8 Washington, Jane 8. Mr Lansing states that a report published in the Chinese press that the United States is supporting and financing the revolution in China is absolutely false. The United States has taken no action of any sort towards the revolution. America's great and constant interest
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  • 40 8 London, June 8. Mr Winston Churchill has accepted the chairmanship of the Air Board. Mr George Roberts succeeds Mr Barnes in the Ministry of Pensions. London, June 9. Gapt Bathnrst, mp, has resigned from the Ministry of Food.
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  • 37 8 London, June 9. Mr Bonar Law was absent from the House of Commonß yesterday owing to the news of the death of his Bon in Palestine. Major William Redmond has died of wounds.
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  • 23 8 Amsterdam, June 9. A telegram from Budapest says that Count Moritz Esterhazy has been entrusted with the formation of a Cabinet.
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  • 23 8 Buenos Aires, June 9. Turkish plotters have destroyed an enormous quantity of preserved meat at the Liebig establishment at Colon, Argentine.
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  • 24 8 London, June 8. Neutral values of the reichsmark are slumping daily. Amsterdam quotes 34if. (normally 595), guilders for a hundred marks.
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  • 19 8 London, Jane B.— Silver is at 88$d. The demand is chiefly continental. The market is steady.
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  • 12 8 London, Jane 9.— Mr W F Cotton, Mp, nationalist ii dead.
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  • 460 8 WHY OUR EXTREMISTS ARE TO 60 TO RUSSIA Soldel Council in Petrograd [By Submarine Gable] [Renter's Service] London, June B.— ln the House of Commons Lord Robert Ceoil stated the War Cabinet after very careful consideration deoided it was desirable to issue passports to Mr Ramsay Macdonald
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  • 87 8 Johannesburg, June 1. Socialist labour circles actively opposed to German mill tarism favour representation at Stockholm conference in order to voice working class opinion against handing back the German colonies. Colonel Creswell, leader of the labour party, is suggested as the delegate. Rome, June 8. The Minister
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  • 107 8 Petrograd, June 8. After speeches from the Belgian minister and a representative of the French Embassy, a conference representing all Russian commercial industrial and financial concerns unanimously decided to sentf to the allies a declaration categorically rejected any possibility of a separate peace, and expressing confidence in
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  • 34 8 Petrograd, Jane 9. Foar regiments of the seventh army have mutinied. One of them arrested their officers. The War Minister has ordered the regiments to be disbanded and the reingleaders courtmartial led.
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  • 31 8 London, Jane 9. Owing to a strike of compositors the Manchester evening papers were not published. It is expected that the morning papers alao will not appear to-day.
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  • 189 8 The fancy dress dance at the Sea View Hotel on Saturday evening turned out a complete success and should result in a good sum being obtained for the Red Cross Societies. There was a very large attendance who enjoyed the special dinner provided by the management on
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  • 160 8 After writing off $85,241.59 to depre ciation of fleet and water boats, 912,056.89 to depreciation of ehipwaye, docks and buildings at Snngei Nyok 110,568.39 to Reserve of Marine Insurance Fund, $10,658.89 to Reserve for Repairs and Renewals, the Profit anjjl Loss Account shews a credit balance of
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  • 133 8 1,900 Off lure Provided. It has generally escape^ notice bow well the manhood of Ceylon has shown up doring the war. Counting men, women and children, in all there were on the island about 10,000 white people, of whom about 5,500 belonged to the planter class.
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  • 110 8 Agents Sime Darby and Co. Middleton Tin. Sluicing 201.92, tribute 88.85, total 285,77. Agenta Evatt and Co. Mergui 10,918 total 11 raoe 88,261. Kelemak 15,195 total current year 158,158. Agents Latham and Co, Kampong Eamonting (2 Dredges,) Hours run 1,206, Cubic Yards treated 16,600 Total pikuls
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  • 136 8 The following donations have been received by Mr A W Vick at the Chartered Bank. Already acknowledged 11,165.50 Sze Hai Tong Banking Co 10 Leow Chia Heng 5 •1,180.50 JAB Cook, Hon. Secretary. Booking opens to-day at Moutrie's for the short visit of Horace Ooldin to the Victoria
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  • 166 8 SOCtsKQ G. The following has the result in the above match played on the Race Conrie on Sunday morning. j Sproule and Wodebouae 0 vs Binnie and Borneman l£. Mac ph ail and Lyall 0 va Dove and Cameron 1. Preston and Lay ton l\ vs Gilbertson and Biroham
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  • 44 8 Mrs Otdham won the Jnne spoon at Balectier on Thursday, the following being the first five scores. IOOy 150y with h'cap MrsOldham 26 26 67.84 Mauldon 82 ,29 6709 Lyall 31 26 66.41 Thomas 80 28 65.4 Payne 25 25 64.99
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  • 134 8 One of the biggest Matinees ever seen here was at the Palladium on Saturday. The place was packed from floor to ceiling, children and grown-ups. They were astounded at Thos Ince's wonderful production Civilisation. This film will be shown for three more nights only so as to suit
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  • Corrrspondence.
    • 109 8 To the Editor, Dear Sir, From reports appearing in the Press from time to time, it is evident that orime is far from extinct in Singapore, and it was therefore with something akin to horror that I read the remarks in the letter of "J M H," which
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    • 23 8 Tfys Union Jack Club Fund will benefit by 1^,122.74 as a result of the Cafe Chan tant recently held at the Ipoh Club.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 245 8 ESTD. •**i^jfc-im>*!* Bracelets and Bangles OF EVERY DESCRIPTION I GEBs Plain Gold and Platinum AT B. P. DE SILVA, SINGAPORE DIBECTQBY Please send your Name Address for Publication in new Directory FREE NO CHARGE ftUDE Singapore Office Kelly and Walsh Singapore. Head Office Dollar Directory Co. Hongkong. PINKETTES are a
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 125 8 SCC TENNIS TOURNAMENT. TO DAY'S TIES. Police, Griffin and Macleod vs Accounts, Plnmmer and Bateman. Merchts. Owen and Home vs Army, Lloyd and Fifoot. Navy, Stow and Webb vs Army, Maskell and Browne. Telg. Westwood and Laybonrne vs Merchts. Anyon and Parr. TUE3DAY f 8 TIES. Medicos, Scharenguivel and Clarke
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