The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 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 SINGAPORE MONDAY, JUNE 25. 1917. NO. 9,092
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  • 242 1 Late cables will be found on page 4. Peek's Java produce report is given on page 8. The Italian! continue their Trentino attack— Page 6. A sensational treason trial has concluded m Rome Page 5. A note to pro. pective members of the new Cboral Society will
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  • 1022 1 2. There and Arodnd My recital of Uie week or more on tha ray from Singapore to Ootacamund would tot make the trip appear entrancing. Nor b it. But all your miseries and discom* orts are compensated for m the last five tours of the journey.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 225 1 GOODRICH TYRES S3FETV 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 best m town Upcoontry orders promptly executed Bread delivered at private residences daily. RAFFLES MOTOR GARAGE TZT French and English Cars In
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    • 208 1 -™~™*™***»»*--mmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMmmMmMMammmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm THE only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. sielastk Super^tyres /^^l^z^^ Stelastic Tyres /dB W Made m Britain C" W" 1 rom Plantat on Rubber. SOLE AGENTS: International Trading Company, Limited. \mmmmmmmmTmmmmmm*WmXX**<mZM^ Your Baby s Health depends on its nourishment In
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    • 112 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. "Ooentoer" for Batavia this week 1 Ribeiro and Co. for general stationery Page 1. Latest shipping lists of S S S and X P M —Page 6. Police notice re renewal of firearm licences Page 8. Auction sale by Ching Keng Lee of platedware furniture etc. Page 7.
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    • 2 1 Martell's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 98 1 THE WEEK. Monday 25th. High Water— l-:3 a.m., 3 25 pm Bandman Opera, M Merry Widow." Tuesday 26th. High Water- -1.5 < a.m., 3 I p.m. Emulation Lodge, 8.80 p.m. Bandman Opera, Bing Boys." Wednesday 27th. High Wale*— _-38 8-<0 p.m. Bandman Opera, High Jinks." Thursday 28th. High Water— 3-88
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  • 527 2 Malaria. Mr Cowan asked the Under Secretary of State for War whether the cases of malaria j among officers and rank and file, now m j England, ars being generally treated by medical practitioners without special ex perience of that disease, which has resulted m a loss
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  • 167 2 Although it is now generally known that the motor industry has assumed enormous dimensions m the United States, a fact that helps tc bring it more directly home to the mind is that one American concern last year turned oat no fewer than 14,000, 000 sparking plugs. With the factory
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 421 2 Theatre Royal NORTH BRIDGE ROAD. FOR 6 NIGHTS ONLY. COMMENCING TUESDAY. JULY 3rd. FAREWELL VISIT OF THE GREAT HORACE GOLDIN The World's Greatest Illusionist Supported by a Full LONDON Company of 35 ARTISTES 35 la Entirely New Illusions Including HORACE GOLDIN.. A SENSATIONAL SUCCESS I At present playing to Capacity
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    • 1092 2 THRILLS. LAUGHTER AND PATHOS* ALHAMBRA The Pioneer and Premier House The Hoose of Quality B-arh d ESSANAY PRESENTS H> "WINE WOMEN &SONfi» IN 2 ACTS Keeping In fine restraint any desire that nrght have itfaei I prominence tLo downfall of the character bom wl lch ihe btoi} is nats succeeded
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 415 3 To N«M To Night I ETHE mpirTH Tanjong Pagar Road. Trams Pass the Door. H________________H SECOND SHOW 9.30 P.M. SHARP. RED FEATHER PHOTO-PLAY PRESENT JL FIGHTING FOR LOVE a Featuring Ruth Stoneuouse and Jack Mulhall FffiST SHOW 7.30 SHARP CIVILIZATION Positively the Last Night LIBERTY 19th Episode "AVENGING ANGEL" Tne
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    • 625 3 THE STRAITS TRADING Co., Ltd. Notice is hereby given that an Ordinary General Meeting of the Straits Trading Company Limited, will be held at the Company's Kegist.red Office, 11 Coilyer Quay, on Friday 29th Jnne 19 1 7 at noon, for the purposes following namely 1. To receive and consider
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    • 396 3 JAMU PARAM AND JAMU GALIAN. The best and purest TONIC m the EAST. The POWERFUL BLOOD and NERVE BUILDER. (For Men and Women). 1. JAMU PARAM is made from pare herbs which are only found m the j well-known Holy Place of MAJAPAIT m JAVA. This wonderful medicine 'makes new
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    • 279 3 I STRAITS SETTLEMENTS POLICE. I POLICE NOTICE ARMS AND EXPLOSIVES ORDINANCE 1913 RENEWAL OF PERMITS FOR FIREARMS. All persons m possession of firearms are hereby reminded that permits for such fire* arms expire on the 30th Jnne 1917, and should be renewed as soon after that date es possible. Persons
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    • 64 3 -BEDSTEADSnew STOCK JUST RECEIVED AT WHITEAWAYS 500 "EMPRESS BEDSTEADS JUST UNPACKED NOTE THE PRICE $15.50 <L JL -J 188 4| OOR SPECIAL THREE PART BEDSTEAD, Fitted with anti-sagging spring mattress, packs quite flat for transport no trouble m refitting; m glossy black enamel. Size 61x3 ft. NOTE THE PRICE $15.50
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 50 4 Jelp.— May 6, at Putney, wife of A.S. Jelp, of the F.M.S. Civil Service, a son. CBell.— -May 3, at Partington, Eaft Ycrfes, wife of Harold K. Bell, Calcotta (late of Penang), daughter. P Milne.— At Kuala Lumpur, on 23rd June the wife of D. M. Milne, a daughter.
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  • 2115 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, June 25, 1917. The war news of the day being brief, and wire news dealing largely with food and economic questions, we are emboldened to wonder when our Food Control Committee is going to get to work. Something is happening, no doubt because a secretary
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  • 517 4 Petrograd, June 22 ti. tber the forces of GovernJ^^ 011 *W to prevail over the grcwC' U1 Petrograd will be m to ""•J*, k noon Trben the Government Jr* I**demand1 demand the tvacoal q h l novoi cf the v.IU i "v."^ 01 1 C anarcbMe seized $v
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  • 247 4 On Saturday morning a murder committed m Twakow No UH lying neai Kampong Malacca. Charam, a Tamil box of abent tt yea of age, was charged before Mr N D Mow on Saturday, with the theft cf a I*!* belonging to another Tamil boy, placed his machine against the railing
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 153 4 JUST RECEIVED FRESH SHIPMENT OF AUSTRALIAN BEER IN HOGSHEADS FROM k WELL-KNOWN BREWERY FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES APPLY TO CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. Fashionable Ladies' Shoes. NEW STOCKS JUST ARRIVED. SB wp A Evening Shoes Dress Shoes. NEWEST STYLES No. 1404. Finest English Chrome Patent Court Dress Shoe. Paste end Silver
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    • 63 4 G. R. Lambert Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 81 Orchard load, Telephone 10. 10S8. Tht Oldest aad Leading Stndlo. First In 1872, Foremost m 1917. Unequalled Facilities, Ample Resources, and tbe Requisite Experience, are all at out Command, thus ensuring always the production of only the best results m Studio Portraiture, Child
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  • 322 5  -  Submsrime Cable 187 GERMANY POURS IN EXILES Cossack War Spirit [Ranter's Servieel petrograd, June 21. At tbe opening of jjje pno -Russian Congress of Cossacks the pjeeid-nt appealed to Cossacks to fight jjje enemy without and the enemy within. 2ites demanded stronger agafoal the Leninists whom iae:
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  • 125 5 Lesion, June 22. Silver is at 39 7 8, chiefly for trade and the demand is steady. London, June 23 Silver is at 89 5 8. There is scarcity of offerings a: the mark^: ie firm. London, June 21. Montagu's silver report s-V5 that the price
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  • 85 5 Amsterdam, June 28. In tbe lower tee cf the Austrian Reich Brat, the Miniver of Defence announced there were 136 dead, 170 missing and 625 injured ll the explosion at the monition works at Bioeweg which was probably dne to careAmsterdam, June 2 2. —The Frankfurter Zaitung states
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  • 78 5 I --ion. June 22. The London Gazette wtea the award of Victoria Crosses to liaal ■Voramandar W E Sanders, mr, ia tcco^oirion of conspicuons gallan t: aad consummate skill while comK^r.i- his ship m action LanceCorporal W R Parkar, Royal Naval Divi*'on ror conspicuous bravery at the Daraaaal
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  • 73 5 Am.ietdam, June 22, Except for ocviolent hailstorms there has been 00 ram m East Germany for eight weeks *°<i the hay is mine*!. The position of toe *ri:c crops is very serious. The drought ij so bad m Bavaria that the Ministry nJ Agriculture has ordered streams
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  • 26 5 Amsterdam. Jnne 32. Clam Martinic 10 view of the impossibility ol forming a has asked tbe Emperor to entrust the task to someone else.
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  • 548 5  -  Submarine Gable [By GERMAN ATTACKS ON THE FRENCH LINE British Line Extends North [Renter's Service} London, June 22. A French communique says The artillery struggle continued east of Vanxaillon and extended at night m the region south of Filain and north of Braye en Laonnais where it
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  • 94 5 London, Jane 28. A telegram from Stockholm says that hunger riots at Stettin were quelled by troops threatening to use machine guns. Amsterdam, June 23. The Stettin Abend-post reports serious disturbances doe to food scandals at Stettin. A crowd of women and beys looted the shops but
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  • 66 5 Rome, June 28. A great treason trial m which the principal figure was Monsignor Gerlach, a prominent Vatican official, has resulted m Gerlach and two others being sentenced to penal servitude for life, two others to five years, and two others to three years imprisonment
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  • 47 5 London, June 23. The Ulster Unionist representatives at the Convention at Londonderry are Sir George Clarke, Mr Hugh Barrie m p.. Colonel Robert Wallace, Mr Michael Knight. The Nationalist repre sentatives are Mr John Redmond, Mr Dillon, Mr Clancy, Mr Devlin, Mr Stephen Gwynn.
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  • 291 5  -  Submarine Gable IBy WILD BUYING GoVernment Intervenes [Renter's Service] London, June 22. After the conference with Sir Albert Stanley to day, the president of the Liverpool Cotton Association telegraphed to the Liverpool Cotton Exchange that he hoped to submis a scheme for reopening the market oa a
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  • 184 5 London, June 28. An early reduction m ocean freight rates is expected as a result of the conferences of Allied and American Governments. New York, June 28. Sr. Marconi, speak ing at a luncheon to the Italian Mission, thought that the United States could float li
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  • 134 5 London, June 21. In the Hoose of Commons Mr Macpherson stated the War Office estimated the reexamination of discharged and rejected men would yield 60,000 for service abroad and 60,000 for other categories. Discharged wounded and invalided men from abroad could claim final discharge. London, June
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  • 37 5 Washington, June 23.— Official The Liberty Loan totalled 88,035,226,860, an over subscription of nearly flftytwo percentum. Subscription, to tbe Liberty Loan sur passed the highest estimate of the treasury officials exceeding three billion dollars.
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  • 27 5 Tokio, June 22. The ex Emperor of Korea has arrived here on his first visit to Japan. He was received with the highest honours.
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  • 23 5 Amsterdam, Jnne 22. The Telegraaf says 70,000 Dutch coalminers are striking for a minimum wage, and an eight hour day.
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  • 208 5  -  Submarine Gable TBy FIGHTING ON SEVERAL FRONTS Brusiloff s Success {Heater's Service] London, Jnne 22. A German official tpeaks of lively fighting at Smorgco, wtfct of Luck, and m the Gloczovr-Ta.uopol railway and Narajowka areas. London, June 28. The Times corres I pondent has visited B_u_ilcff's head
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  • 109 5 Athens, June 28 M Venizelos has re ceived firstly the Zaimiet, and secondly the Venizelist members of the mixed com mission for the unification of Greece. Veniz.los is confident of tha success of tbe commission. Athens, June 28. M Venizelos m an interview with Reuter was most
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  • 97 5 Udine, June 22. The Italians are dislodging the enemy from the most formidable strongholds by means of mines whereby whole mountain tops are blown up. An example is the very important peak domi nating Falzarego pass which recently dis appeared burying a large number of tbe enemy. London,
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  • 70 5 Berne, June 23. The Federal Council has instructed the Minister at Petrograd to return and report on tbe HofmannGrimm affair. Copenhagen, June 23. Tbe liberal minister M Christensen has resigned foi lowing the example of Rottboell mentioned yesterday morning. Copenhagen, June 23. The King has refused to
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  • 78 5 Ottawa June 23. One of the most forcible speeches m favour of the Conscription Biil m the House of Commons was deliyered by Mr Pardee, chief liberal whip, who deeply regretted the necessity of dissent from Sir Wilfred Liurier. Mc Pardee favoured a final trial of volunteering
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  • 27 5 ALLIED MISSIONS TO U. S. A. London, June 28. The Belgian mission has been ovated iv the Senate. Tbe Rumanian misbion had arrived at the Pacific Coast.
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  • 34 5 London, June 23. Mr J H Thomas has declined the presidency of the Local Govt. Board. London, Jnne 23. -The King has given .£2OO to the relief of the victims of the airraid.
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  • 20 5 Washington, June 28. Nearly ten million between the agea of 21 and 80 have been enrolled for war.
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  • 14 5 London, June 28. Lt. Gen. R'GBroadwood has died of wounda.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 189 5 ROBINSON Co. /T A n l ICI Uii UII liP^^^ CIHBROIDtRtD and SCALLOPED BORDER *8p Price $2.25 each. Afternoon Tea Cloths M^ff§Mk RENAISSANCE UCE M^^Wa^Mm^A Size 36 ty 36 'XV V!" t fjMtmT Price $1.50 each. V_> -^r Size 45 !_y 45 V. L>f .-5* -L P '_J V Price
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 792 6 "ELLERMAN" LINE. ELLERMAN AND BUCKNALL STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND FOR LONDON. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage apply to McALISTER 00., Ltd., AGBNTSI; KONINKLMKE PAKETVAART NMTOCSAm*' (Incorporated In Holland, Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 8, OOLXiYBB QUAY. 'JSDBB CONTRACT WITH THE NETHfcKLASD* CKIMA OOVEHHMSfcS
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    • 567 6 4^l© JL m lit JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. .Incorporated In Japan). EUROPEAN UNE. A service is male tamed between Tofcohaoa via porta to Marsellloß, London, under mal J contract with the Imperial Japanese Govora ment. The New Twin screw Steamert maintaining this service have been BpeolaJli designed and constructed,
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    • 242 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIME* Incorporated m France I MAIL LIVI. Fortnightly service between lado-Obtn* Ohlna, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, Egypt Marseilles. m BRANCH LINE. Fortnightly service between Saigon-Ton t Haiphong. For further information apply to J. do GOURTOIS, asm. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaagSSa Gaggino&Co. (Established m Singapore 1876) No. 6, 7, 8 a 6a,
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    • 266 6 SUPPLIES FOR Estates Mines Etr Acetic Acid. 99 per cent pure. 4nt Fumigators ("Four Oaks'l Sulphur Powder. aud 4rsenite of Soda for killing out i a i a Aspinali's Best Copal Varnish. Cartridges. Nobel's own loading with sport. ing Ballistite which holds more pigeon shooting records than any other powde
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 626 7 C."' ;J J,J d^ I-A _r Pb_jd" Faminr or Plenty. Life Insurance is worth ioo cents on the dollar. I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY IS P I Hf GRE. iT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LUTED. (INCORPORATED IN BTRAITS SETTLEMENTS). t fiOB OFFICE Wmeliesler House, Sintapore. LONDO <;_nCE; il, Old mtimrWi EC.
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    • 519 7 THE HO HONG BANK, Ltd. Head Office SINGAPORE, RAFFLES CHAMBERS, 5 6. Branches ■alacca, 155 First Cross Street; Inar, 77/79 Jalan Solelman CAPITAL. Registered.. §3,000,000. Issued— $4,000,C00. Subscribed 83,500,000. Pald °P ...91,750,000. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Lim Peng Siang Esq Chairman. The Hon'ble Dr. Lim Boon Keng. Lee Choon Guan Esq.
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    • 710 7 SOUTH BRITISH INSURANCE CO., LTD. (Incorporated ln New Zealand. fin Insurances effected on Buildings, Bent and Merchandise of every description. MAJ-11l Insurances accepted to all parts ol tbe world at lowest rates. VII RIBS accepted to all parts. J. HENRY, Manager. Offices t, Flilijfsoi Breei. ALLIANCE ASSURANCE Co. Ltd. (Incorporated
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    • 516 7 WANTED Open Arc Lamp Carbons 18 m/m cored and 12 m/m solid, both ten inches loog. ANo flame arc lamp carbons 10 aud 9 m/m both 23 inches long. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, Kuala Lumpur. 22-8 mw27 6 WANTED Mining Engineer "Australian" f.ccLs Employment es Prospector cr Manarirjg iin Mine. Experience at
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    • 647 7 STOCKS AND SHARES. June 28, 1917. The folio wing are tbe shares as to which changes ate notified m Messrs Fraser and C.)'a Saturday*, chare lit: RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. Bu\_r_ Sellers Ifolakoff *3 90 84.06 New Strendaii 8.90 4.10 Sz^iycroft 4 75 4 90 INDOSTRiALS. Straits Trad ug 889 00
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  • 355 8 Members of the theatrical profession will learn with deep regret of the death at hie residence Woodville," Golder's Oreen Road, Hendon N W early on Friday morning recently after a lingering illness patiently endured, of Mr James Ryder, or, ac be was known on the stage,
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  • 160 8 This Company which is likely to have another successful season here, gave The Girl from Ciro's, a farce adapted from the French, at the Victoria Theatre on Saturday evening. Tne continued popu larity of the company was shown by the full house who received the efforts of
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  • 194 8 Despite counter attractions Bostock's circus, which has drawn large crowds owing to the novelty and cleverness of its entertainment, had again a large house on Saturday night. This evening there will be a change of programme which should prove very attractive, and all wbo like circus entertainments should
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  • 196 8 The tiger that played havoc among the P W D coolies at S J-rek, 87 miles from' Kuala I-ipi?, during tu2 first week of this month, mauling a c.oly woman and kill- j ing a cooly, was shot at 5 a.m. on June 10th by
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  • 191 8 [By Courtesy op the Fbench Consulate] Paris Jane 20 6 p. m.— The French 8 per cent bonds are at francs 60 and ihe S peroentat 68.15 Rubber is quoted 2s B_d. On tbe plateau of Asiago the Italians carried formidable positions m tbe region of Montara
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  • 183 8 In connection with the above Society, which is m process of formation, the Act ing Committee would like to clear up what seems to be a slight misunderstanding. The first meeting will be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday tbe 3rd July, but it does not follow
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  • 84 8 From Our Oxen Corretpondent Penang, June 28. At tbe meeting of Seraanggol rubber Mr D A M Brown presiding said that of tbe estimate of 1( 5,. 00, 47,000 had been obtained to Jane 15. The report and accounts were adopted and an 8 per cent dividend declared
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  • 96 8 Batavia, June 22. Rubreb. The market position this week is weak and shows a further decline of 10 guilder cents per half kilo for both first grades and outputs. First Latex Crepe per half kilo F 1.52. Ribbed Smoked Sheet per half kilo F 1.62. Outputs
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  • 214 8 The following donations have been received by Mr A W Vick ac the Chartered Bank. Already acknowledged 81,420.50 LG C 5 Ho Ho Biscuit Factory Ltd (H H F Ltd 10, Chew Boon Lay 2, Chew Hook Seng 1, Wee Theam Seng 1, Gaw Khak Khiam
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  • 923 8 Position o! the Dual Monarchy. [Professor Masaryk, the famous Bohemian political leader, though at present oon fined to his bed, reoeived a Daily Graphio representative and courteously interpreted the meaniog of present movements m Austria Hungary for the benefit of the British public, ac follows We
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  • 173 8 S. R. C. vs Navy. The above elevens met on the Esplanade on Saturday an interesting afternoon's cricket resulting m a drawn game. The following were the scores. Navy. Pratt b Coelho 1 Morris b Coelho 41 James b Coelho 8 Boucher c Gander b James 46 Lewie b
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  • 60 8 TO DAY'S TIES. Rev Swindell v Murray. B Doubles. Pair and Crossly v Wright aud King. Towill and Mckerrow v Teizano and Pattereon. Dick and Wilson W A, v Leakey and Meade. Profession Pairs. Accts Plummer and Bateman v Mer. Kleinman and Griffith Jonee. Mer
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  • 49 8 fH^f; a. Doubles, .^JPttyn and Hirtnell v Cameron and Ed mmmmm %m HGtape and Beauchamp v Dean and Old field. 'Sennett and Bazell v Aspinall, and Viler. Profession Pairs. Police, Thomas and Liudon v Engrs. Hill and Chapman. Merchts, Doig and Hadden v Tel. Westwood and L_iybaur.be.
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  • 158 8 H E the High Commissioner has been j pleased to appoint Mr F J Weld to be a 'Lieutenant m the II S V R with tbe temporary rank of Captain whilst m command of a company. H E has also been pleased to approve the following promotions m the
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  • 38 8 TO DAY. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S R E v. it t* do Maxim Co. M ti do Veterans Co. 5.15 Raffles Institution SVC Band. G G Wace, Captain Actg. Adjutant, S. V. C.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 249 8 GMV <m MnaM "»--i-M_M««nMi^ JUST EECETVED A LARGE SHIP HENT OF SIBERIAN PHEASANTS ALSO A SHALL SUPPLY OF WILD DOCK, TEAL AND SNIPE. SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE GO. ith Incorporated ln Straits Settlements *"U» 1 DIAMOND GEM j JIL NECKLACES PENDANTS jf^ Jyj^ O. F.VEIvY I LtCRIPTICN AY J& J& MODERATE
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