The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 December 1917

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTB SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1917. NO. 9,239
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  • 271 1 Late wires are given on page 6. Fraser's ghare circular reports a dull market Page 2. The result of the great war loan lottery will be found on page 6. The local Bteamer Hock Lee has bet-D wrecked at MereiDg Page 12. The Municipal Assessment rent appeals
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  • 1457 1 Quicquid agunt ho, nines nostri esi firrayo libelli Juvenal. Owing to tbe he&rtleefinefF of the Editor, who refuses to alter h>6 printing arrangements in order to lei the Topiciet run in at one a oi. with b little topic describing how he received his friendi congratulations
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 146 1 OOODRIGH TYRES 'STY TiEAB I RAFFLES HOTEL I I Saturday, December 15th. I Special Dinner I AND I I Cinema Show. N --^^SSgftSgr' IG-b, Change Alley telephone 22^8- Singapore i«SI3i6 ALWAYS IN STOCK Sodium Bisulphite Burgess Tapping Knives Taylor s Disinfectant Hand Mangles Hfc" Momi Chests Anti Corrosive Paints Sandilands
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    • 131 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. INCORPORATED IN HONGKONQ MALAYAN MEMORIES cheap edition by R o. winstedt THE SOUL OF, THE WAR with illustrations in colour by Phlllp Q lbbs $5.00 $160 MALAY BELIEFS WITH THE NEW ARMY by R Ji oo kins n 0N THE SOMIWE by Frederick Palmer THREE MONTHS IN
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    • 133 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Houses to let at Chancery lane Page 1 I Notice re debts of crew of Glenartney Pica 5. K%l!y and Walsh's latest book listsPage 1. Notice re train service on Christmas Day— Page 5. Steamer leaving shortly for Mauritius and Durban— Page 8. Fresh films at the Palladium,
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    • 2 1 Martell'B Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 124 1 THE WEEK Satnrdiy 15th. High Want 1 8 «.ru 149 pm. fit. Anthony'* School Sports Outram Road School Sports 2.15 p eq. Sunday 16th. High Water- 10 8 a.m. 3rd Sunday in Advent. Honda j 17th. High Water— o- '9 a m 129 p m Tuesday 18th. High W*tor_ lio
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  • 97 2 Previeusiy acknowledged 9805,287.89 Philarmonic Choral Concerts 1,260.40 Collection Boxes. No 2 Kathiresen of Rodyk and Davidson I 88 •i 8 ,i 28.12 4 2.45 6 »i m 5.17 7 294 ti 8 ii h 2.76 9 m 7.88 „10 >, 1.85 19 Mr N'amazie 8.85 75
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  • 21 2 Previously acknowledged $208 07 J E Dibbs, Penang, (per Mr Purdy) 10 00 Stephens Paul Co 25.00
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 591 2 OUR CHARGE FOR ADVERTISING 2 CENTS FOR ONE PAGEIi ABK FOR PARTICULARS FROM DOLLAR DIRECTORY. PHILHARMONIC CHORAL SOCIETY. The Sessional Meeting will be heia on Wednesday Dec. 19th, in the Memorial Hall at 515 p.m. Business To receive a report of the session and to make arrangements for the next
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    • 478 2 WELCOME RETURN OF EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE MARY McLABEN (the heroine of "SHOES. "Wanted A Home "Saving The Family Name" etc.) IN A THRILLING BUTTERFLY PRODUCTION j4C AfIADNESS I Adapted from one of the famous WHISPERING SMITH stories by Frank Spearmae In this sensational BUTTERFLY PRODUCTION; MAR? M( LAREN has a flue
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    • 551 2 AT THE ALHAMBRA The Hall For Music. The Pioneer Premier House The House cf Quality Beach IN THE SECOND SHOW AT 9.30 P.M. ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDIN IRVi To be shown In Singapore POSITIVELY THE LAST NIhHT EXCLUSIVELY AT THE ALUAMBUA TliEAifiE THE WORLD'S GREATEST WAR PICTURES The Latent and Gieatcst of
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  • 920 3 What the. Soldiers ire Told. The discipline by which the German nation is bound cuts deeper than most dwellers in free countries can, even yet, conceive. It goes beyond the outward ao tions of men and controls the whole habit of their minds. To the ruling classes
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1043 3 S. SMITH SON (SUM) LTD. (Incorporated under the Companies 1 acts 1908 to 1017,) Watchmakers, Jewellers, Silversmiths, Merchants, Importers 'and Exporters of Scientific Instruments, Motor Accessories, &c. CA PI TAL £20, 300, Divided into 20,000 Six per cent Participating Cumulative Preference Shares of £1 each £20,000 and 6,000 Deferred Shares
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    • 1049 3 State Express becomes the j all-time friend of every man who X JTsk i smokes them and recognises their ({&Sz^^W%£W^ v Ms^ refinement, exquisite aroma and Wt^^^^^^\^f^o^^Q delicate flavour. They are the 'Jt^J^mf% )i standard of cigarette quality. jMs^^\j?S\^^^^CIGARETTES No. 555 Virginia "'£s« 80 cents. Packed in Patent Vacuum Tins.
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    • 101 3 STAMFORD HOUSE, PRIVATE HOTEL Bras Basah Road. CENTRALLY SITUATED A.I ways cool and exposed to eea breeet i FURNISHED APARTMENTB with Board. Comfortable Rooms with Bathroom attached. Eleotrlo Fittings throughout, Large Reception Hall and BllUara* Separate tables in spacious dining room TERMS The BoBt reasonable in Town. For further particulars,
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  • 1087 4 Workmen's Inaccuracy. Under the above heading, the London Ironmonger recently published an article which showed the dislike of Indian workmen to accuracy and suggested that an entire change in the methods of education is needed. One of the surprises that await the newcomer in India is
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  • 336 4 The Malay Mail eaya the funeral took place on Wednesday morning at the Ven Ding Uoad Cemetery. The fkiral tributes included wreaths from the D G Master and D G Lodge of the Eastern Arobipelagc, the Freemasons of Selangor, the Policp and the Land
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 472 4 mn I Economy. §3 k YM IF' nil (A Owing to the quality and I 11 r concentration of its ingredients, LEA PERRINS 9 Sauce is very W economical in use. ms^£jlm is ufs A few drops only are necessary to P§| |P [A give a delicious and appetising flavour
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  • 958 5 MORE INTERESTING EVIDENCE. la tbe Supreme Court, yesterday, afer- noon, Mr Justice Ebden resumed thehearing of the case of Mohamed Abdul Latiff v H. Ree=er and R D Tjeerdema, of the Adelpbi Hotel, in which the plaintff claimed performance of an agreement for the use for three
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  • 6 5 The Government of India recently isen
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  • 259 5 FR ASER'S SHARE CIRCULAR SiDgapore, Deo 13. Advices from London indicate a depressed and declining market in Rubber shares, whereas locally it is only a certain number which have f.illen owing to lack of support, but io the main dollar shares are merely flat. Mining shares are being steadily picked
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 319 5 AUOIIOn SALE OF A Large Collection of Very Rare, Healthy, and Valuable South America and New Guinea, etc. Orchids. At Messrs Ching Keng Lee Cos Sale-room Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place I On Wednesday, 19th December, 1917, at 2 p.m. Comprising Cattley a, Labiolei, Vandas, Oneideims, Dendrobiums, etc., etc. On view
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    • 866 5 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given that all outstanding bills against the Government should be presented for payment b fore the 15th instant. All bills incurred after that date fehould be presorted for payment, if possible, tome days before the 82nd December, 1917. I Singapore, Ist December, 1917. 112 2218
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    • 562 5 [FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. I On Christmas Day, *25th I^ccm|ber, the train terrice will be the [same as on week-days P. A. ANTHONY General Manager, F. MS. Railways. Kua!a Lumpnr, llth December, 1917. 15 12 th 10 18 GLENEALY PLANTATIONS, LIMITED. NOTICE OF CLOSING OF TRANSFER BOOKS. Notice is hereby
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 520 5 iUNDAY CHURCH SERYICES. 3rd SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Dec. 16th. BT. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL. '.30 a.m. Litany. '♦5 a.m. Holy Commnnion (Choral). Hymns »P, Ms*. 46i (I A 3) 162. 9.15 am Matins f jllowed by Holy Com. p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes. p.m. Evensong <s Seiimn. Hymns. S«5, 49. FOB.
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  • 485 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, December 15, 1917. Looking at the telegrams of the fighting west of Cambrai during the week, including the last action mentioned in Sir DOUGLAS HAIG f S latest report, we are unable to read into it any foundation for the gloom which seems to have
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  • 945 6 During the examination in bankruptcy of Wee Eng Hock, a clerk in the Harbour oard, the debtor became ill and the case bad to be postponed for an hour. Mrs Goodman, Mrs Ebden and Mrs King are appointed to be members of the committee of ladies under the Women and
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  • 521 6 London, Dec 14. Reuter learns from well informed quarters, that Government finow with certainty the German minimum Bubtnarine losses, aUo their maximum output. It N b?l:eved that the latter has b3en reacbed and eir.ne the month ly lofeeee of eubmarinee is now approaching the monthly output it seems
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  • 222 6 Despite counter attraction*!, there was p^j^-.artttendance at the concert held at the Y M C A lait evening, under the auspices of the Singapore Lads Club, on behalf of the funds of the let Singapore Troop Boy Scouts, amongst those present being H E the Governor and
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  • 67 6 Mr John Long, the publisher, tells an amusing story of an editor of a well known weekly periodical who ordered a story of a certain length, and discovered at the last moment that the novelist had written several hundred words too many. In order to maku the st&ry tit the
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  • 352 6 SPORTING CLUB DKA* Tbe drawing tor the S. teiy. prizes in War Loam to go to "Our D*V Ftind.t, in the VicLoriit Theatre kindly lent lot ;he U S Cowan. There vr«e ty |i parts d! i I e h< tw&e l»< N g dl al f
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  • 109 6 CHRISTMAS TREE AND SOCIAL. It it: proposed tu Tree and Social at til 1 tween thres and f M\ hood Army and Navy Ml Ib« of December, eo t; ii I a I'trle touch of bOM 6tation pf Music. Rair- I M I various Unit aud it f .provided, «ud
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 122 6 i n i i 1 Galdbeck, Macgregor Go. WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS ESTABLISHED 1869. JUST THE STUFF For Christmas Champagnes Sherries Port Wines Whiskies Liqueur Brandies Liqueurs Beer Havana Cigars. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A CHOICE SELECTION fHALL MARKED J^^^S^^^feß Tea Sets jm^HA Vases Brush Sets Centre Piec s Bon Bon
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    • 33 6 LAMBERT CO. Photographic Artists. Orchard Road -Telephone No. 1035. (Same Address as Wilson ft Co.) For the past 45 years and TODAY The Leading and ONLY FirstClassPhotographic Studio in Singapore. GEORGE MICHAEL, Manager.
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  • 486 7 ATTACK NEAR BULLECODRT Bj Submarine Cable] [Renter's iervioe] London, Dec 13— Field Marshal Haig The accounts of yesterday's fighting show that the enemy after heavy preparation, attacked from the north our positions in the Hmdenburg line east of Bullecourt. Also on a wider front from the east
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  • 119 7 .^gpdon, Dec 11 In the House of Commons Are the Government considering thedeffrability of forming an all Britishoii company free fromall fofflQl^ interest or foreign control for dealing with the development of oil fields outside the British Isles, particularly the British colonies and dependencies and allied countries. Sir A
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  • 85 7 London. Dec 13. In the Hou3e of Com BOM replying to Mr Leslie Wilaon Mr Mi^pberson stated the question of the Imperial Government awarding a medal or decoration to the Anzac3 who partieipated in the trallipoli campaign was being sympfUheiicaiis considered. Rep!yin£ to a suggeation that a
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  • 46 7 Loadco. Dec 13. Sir R Borden, who ii at Halifax telegraphs to Ottawa that the i D exceed 10,000, and the homtlsss i im Halifax, Dae 13.—Official. Hithsrto the have numbered 1226. The error ir BoKdtn'l figures was due lo a tele gripaic Mistake.
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  • 21 7 The Students of the King Edward VH Medical Scqoj! are giviug a social" in the Medical Hostel on Monday, Dec 17th
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  • 782 7 HEAYY BLOW TO TURKS [By Submarine C*bU] [Reutor'. Service] London, Dec 11. —Daily Telegraph states: What consequences may flow from the faot that the British troops are about to occupy the great citadel of David and Solomon we cannot vet tell. It is clear that at all
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  • 100 7 Some excellent groups of the scenes and players in the performance of Dandy Dick have been taken by Mr Buckeridge by flashlight on the. stage and are shown in Messrs Mouiiris's windows. Monday Dec Olet is gazntted as a Bank Holiday. With those already fixed in the Ordinance it leemi
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  • 390 7 THE CAILLAUX INTRIGUE IBy tahmariM Gab!*? IRrafter'i B»rvio«] Paris, Oot 18. In his letter tbe noili tary Governor of Paris, in arraigning Caillaux, says that numerous letters from him have been discovered in the re Bidenoea ot 8010 acd othprß now in custody. They show that Caillaux continued
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  • 304 7 London, Dec 13,. Italian official. We regained a great part of the trenches on the Col della Berretta region which we were unable to reoocupy on Tuesday. We sanguinarily repulsed two violent attacks in the Calcino Valley. The enemy attack ed in force east of the Brenta
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  • 82 7 The British and Foreign Representatives of the World's Evangelical Alliance, the headß of Churches in Great Britain and other countries, and the official representatives of the Missionary and Bible Societies have issued a call to observe tke Annual Universal Week of Prayer, from Sunday, January 6th, to Saturday, ■January 12th,
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  • 481 7 INTERNAL FIGHTING [By Submarine Q-bto] [Rrator'e Service] Petrograd, Dec 18.- Fighting is reported at various places including Rostoff on Don where Kaledin ia opposing the Maxi malists who are said to be supported by a det&cbmeDt from tbe Black Sea fleet. Fierce lighting it* reported aa continuing at
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  • 51 7 Oeman Khan of 120 Syed Mm rd, and Hamid Khan cf 16 Rowell rd, were yester day fined by Me Ham $250, or eijt weeks imprieonment, and fIOO or three weeks respectively, for assisting in carrying on ft chap* ji lei lottery at 102 Lorong Panteb, off Bencoolenst. Both accused
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 95 7 ROBINSON Co. Charles Cells'* DIARIES DATE BLOCKS DESK BLOTTERS £jK£| 'titjs&Bto*. 2j|^^ S^^kl ihibb b si y^ A Large Variety Just Received ROBINSON Co. Mr. H. H. EUCKERIDGE [late of MessKs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their ICAJESTIEB) Begs to announce that he conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO SINGAPORE at ihe BURLINGTON.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 170 7 S. Y^f DEILL PKOGRAMME. Saturday, Dec. 15. 2.30 p.m. Balestier Range Casuals 4.45 DfjUl Hall Chinese Co SV I 400 SFA Co SVC Band Buglers Sunday, Dec. 18. 7.30 a m. Balestier Range Casuals Monday, Dec. 17. 5. 0f p.m. Jardine's Steps SVAD R F G L Specialists 515 Drill
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 586 8 N Y K i. JL lit JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. flnoorporated in Japan). EUROPEAN LINE. Ftp Bongkon*, Shanghai, Kabi ft Ytkobitti Ftr Islam, Paaiag, Colonba aod England tli Tba Cape. A aervtee Is maintained between Yo«oh*u i via fotts to Marseilles, London, andit oaatyftct with the Imperial Japanese Gove**
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    • 408 8 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMBI Incorporated in France MAIL LINI, Fortnightly service between lndo-C&i»«i China, Japan i Ceylon, Djibouti, £gy»t Marseilles, BRINCH LIMB. Fortnightly service between Saigon -loom Haiphong. For further Information apply to J. de COURTOIS, Am. Stoomvaart Maatschappy "Nederlaar and Rotterdam Lloyd" (Incorporated In Holland). ROYAL OUTCB HAIL COIPAIIBI
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    • 567 8 KONINKLIJKE PAKETYAART MAATSGHAPPftf (Incorporated In Holland, Hoy*l Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. i—3, oolltbr Quay, niIDJBB OOyTBAOT WITH THB NBTHBBLAHDB IgDIA QOVBINMENTB Van »bn Bosch Penang, Lhoeeumawe, Bigli, Babang, Oelee-Lheue, TapaToean Sinabang Slngkel, Si-Bolga, Goenoeng-Sitoli, Lahewa, S an^Binto^ DlUemt PoeloeTell Pada Bonk"™' Manna Bbouwer Selat Pandjang, Bengkalls, Siak and Pakan-Baroa
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    • 447 8 P A fk D ~~j U. OWTJSB i m AND A I rIPCAB Iji.nl' (Companies Inootporaiea t» England,) Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL S rv (Under Contraot wltn Hie Majesty i Government. The Company's MAIL SERVICES BAST |0P BOMBAY pended. are at P^eem EUg The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES
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  • 1020 9 HOLLAND IN DANGER." RNo American Supplies rave note of warning is sounded bv cb Americau in the Nieuvte Hot aeche Gourant, who has been struck by the comparative heedlesenees of peo pip in tbi«s country. Tad wtitcc, wuu ouly arrived from [America two or three weeks rgf\ (Sept) ie 'of
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  • 744 9 Scarcity of Bungalows Tukirjg a retro^f arrive \<evr of tbe value of houee p lt p-fiy Ui Colombo, eay for the lasS two decadts and comparing it with the value to *-y, it is interesting to note tbe tremendous advance in price. To* tubjpct efforde much
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  • 90 9 1 The Maharaja of Jhind ha6 offered to present an aeroplane, valued at Re. 46, 000 which has been graciously accepted by the King- Emperor. Captain Owen Robert Lloyd, m c, ShropBk re L I, who died on the 22nd September Of wounds received while leading his company into action
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 657 9 Was or Piacb F&mini O r Plenty. Lib-; Insurance is wobth 100 cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP ffl£ GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SSTTLKMSNTS). BUEAD OFFICE W&HdusUr Boium, Singapore, LONDON OFFICE: 12, Old Jewrj, E.C. J JGJ^*« Mi #90.000 IliliWil wiin tte Bopreme
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    • 498 9 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. Incorporated in Japan Capital Subscribed Y, 48,000.000 Capital Paid Up ,Y. 80,000,000 Reaerve Faiid... Y. 21,800,000 President, J. Inoaye Esq. Vice President. Y. Yamabawa Ess DIRECTORS. i. Inoaye Esq. Y. Yaraaftawa Est. j K. Soma Esq. M Odagiri Esq. S, Soucda Es«. T. KawashlmaEsf K-
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    • 308 9 MI ZEILIND INSURANCE Go,. Ltd. (Incorporated in New Zealand.) nm-mt insurance issgg. us. URINE. *Inoo»por&fcea In Hongfeong HIM ?!8E mUWM C*., Itt FIRE. (Incorporated in Hongkong.) lOXOOS 881R»NTEeTs88IDEHT to, BUIRANTEE. (Incorporated in Englanfl.) Fire and Marine Bisks of every floßorJy>*o» nafiarwrltten at lowest oarrent rates. ftdimsai, ei!9llfii A Co., Lti,
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    • 125 9 Gaggino Cc (Established in Singapore j&76), No. 6-a, 7, 8 MALACCA STREET, PUKET HOUSE Just received from Bordeaux, table claret in bulk and bottle also light dry white wine. Vicby Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) Vichy Hopital (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We have always
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  • 309 10 Alleged Deaf and Dumb Burglar. The Chief Justice (Ceylon) delivered bis order recently in a case from the Balapitiya Police Court in which a deaf and dumb man, named Puiya, was the accused. Tbe man waa charged with burglary and the Police Magistrate, having
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  • 326 10 A correspondent wrUeato the "Pioneer," Mr Wdtd Price writing from the Italian frant Htttted that in order to eave the con gested railways some French reinforce menta crossed the Alpa through snowcovered jH^i-s. The particular passes are not sijeCifled? but; the message coujures up vicious of
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  • 190 10 Laxity In Criminal Courts In eonding back a rubber theft case from the Matale Police Court for a new trial before another Judge, owing to the j admission of inadmissible evidence, the Chief Justice of Ceylon calls attention to (the laxity in Criminal Courts of firet
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 244 10 w_ DUNLOP TYRES A Real Tyre W^^B^M^^) J/ AT THE RIGHT PRICE lIM .II Ml IHIHIIIWM I LUBRICATING Oil. 3 OUR "S" IS SPECIALLY j PREPARED FOR SUCTION GAS ENGINES AND OH ENGINES, AND v IS SUITABLE FOR CYLINDERS, BEARINGS AND ALL WORKING < PARTS. IT DOES NOT EMULSIFY OR
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  • 1435 11 luaed by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokerj, Dec. 14th. H. iwoa. Paid. *__«_i>_*. «g__»_. e«-._._>*» 0 2l 2b Allagav 16% 2 8 8 0 028 2a Anglo- Java 80% 6 0 6 0 0 8b 2b Anglo-Malay is- int 10 8 8 0 0 Sb 8b
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  • 55 11 IOftKBCTBD CP CO D3C 14 Ba** 4 s 24§ i, J^m^Tia l4j PflifiiS* dftdiii 5m L S 43tiS Fiano* dtmand Bank 818 Ihdia, T. T. ]«0 ia--.^JU4iitt&, aciaitoott 2UB Jata, dsmand I^7 9 vr-riV. ;sin»';i 6 >'t i t-KJ^i, Ba»ik tfovif.f 83 e 4 »m*. ci &^*iand E^U 5%
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  • 175 11 Dec. 14 Tin (LOO tone) fIB9.CC 19. 0C iambiai Oaia No, 1 23 OC 2to^»i Cl^s No, Z 21.01 Piyo*i Black ore i a. S'pore S2 00 ?*99M, (Wtoitt iali) 46.00 Haamags (110 to the ia Dom \*«taitgt (80 to Iba Ik.) com tf *ca (Bands) oom Olovei UmboincO
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 127 11 GORDON'S I The Oldest Established London [Tin Distilleries Jamous for the Furity and Flavour of their MLB TOM" H AMD KDRY GINS." ohtt DEALERS THE BORNEO CO., LTOT (INCORPORATED IN ENGIAND) SOLE IMPORTERS. Buchanan's Blacß amHHhite There is no better value on the Market than this old and perfectly blended
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    • 604 11 NURSE MATRCN WANTED For a period of 2to 3 months t »r t*r irice at Jesselton with the Gf vemmett <t British North B riito Salary $l'O per iu nth, with frre farri-hed quarierg, and servant?. First c^ass return pastagn paid. Apply to GUTHRIE ft Co Ltd, 1312 nc IGCVKBNHENT
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 397 11 MAIL TABLE Trdaf. inteimediate and local m&Ue. »U) be foocc to list below Penang, Malaooa, F.M.B. (by Ttwa) I u dally (except Sunday). Johote, 8, 9.80, 11 a.m., 11.80, l, IAI ».u Pnlau Soegi Hong Aik 8 am Cuoob Hook Gan 8.30 am Kerimon Sanil 8 80 am P. Samba,
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  • 606 12 SIR ERIC GEDDES ESTIMATE London, Dec 13— In the House of Commons, Sir Eric Gtddes stated that since tha Admiralty Controller was appointed in June, the output of th'ps repaired in drydock has increased by 43 per cent and repairs afloat by 45 per cent. The repair
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  • 258 12 Naw Yark, Dae 13 —Mr Baker, tha Wat Secretary, ia a speech naid thai when the Hobenzollerns and Hap>burgs are diipoied of, our sods aDd brothers wit I return with i the message that the woild i§ safe for democracy. Every munition factory in the land was working
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  • 1476 12 SUPREME COURT TRIBUTES, Chief Justice's Eloquent Appreciation In the Supreme Court yesterday morn icg, formal and very striking honour was done to the memory of the late Registrar MrFHV Gottlieb. On the bench were the Chief Justice (Sir John Bucknill, kc) There waa full attendance of
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  • 210 12 News ha* rencbed Singapore to tho effect that the local eteamer Hock Lee, which trades between here and Merging, was driven a§hore by stress of weather on Dec 7. TheJ^asEeLigers, numbering about 90, and cretl are safe, and tbe agents, Messrs Wee expect to hear at any
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  • 81 12 Secretaries Chan Sze Onn. Malaka Pinda 45,495 total 3 months 135,495. Agents Derrick and Co. Sungei Gau 192 (battery 137; tributors 55.) Ting Kil 207.2U (plant 123 60 tributore 73.60 Agents Hcoglandt and Co. Sumatra Para 82,854 Agentf Guthrie and Co. Brunei 6,480; total for 5
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  • 32 12 At an inquest held into the death of an old Chinese woman in AnHon-rd from a motorcar driven by Mydin of the Motor 1 House, a verdict of accidental death waa I
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  • 721 12 VALUATIONS OF LOCAL CINEMAS. The Municipal Commissioners jester day met in their board room to hear ap peals against assessment foe 191 fc There I were in attendance Mr E J Halifax (Pr g- j sident), Dr Veerasamy and Mesere W Lowthei Kemp, J A Elias. E Tessensobu,
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  • 38 12 The chief film in the Palladium new programme is the Butteifiy drama Money; Madnese, in which Mary McLaren playe a prominent part. Also an episode of the Perils of the Secret Service" and other* films.
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  • 86 12 Sunday Deo 16. Johnston's Pier, 9, 10 and 11 a m. 2 80 and 8 80 p.m. Club Bungalow 980 and 10.30 am 12.16, 3 and 6.30 p.m. High Tide 10 C8 a.m. Height 10ft 440 Yards Handicap. This race will be swam off on arrival of
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 580 12 1 HOTEL niJUjf Co., Ltd. Telephone 612 Telephone €62 I EVERY NIGHT OUR VAN WIJK QUARTETTE I will play dirirg and after DINNER, except SUNDAYS. I RICE TABLE every SUNDAY, TUESDAY and THURSDAY. j SPECIAL DINNERS io the open, every TUESDAY and FRIDAY. Booklets for 15 Tlffln3 or 10 Dinners
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