The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 December 1917

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 19 1 Singapore Free Press AND ME RC ANTILE ADVERTI S ER TEN CENTS SINGAPOKB, TUESDAY, DECEMBEK 18 1917. NO. 9,241
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  • 1736 1 There is a corner m this hostel emokeroom which ie sacred to Tom, the veteran fchipyard worker. A little informal clubrallies there and talks as the iky above the ship tmet* turn- turquoise and then grey, and ac the smoky horizon dice from scarlet to the coour
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 168 1 GOODRICH TYRES S/FETY TREAD RAFFLES HOTEL. Special Dinner Dance Monday (X mas Eve) December 24th Monday (New Year's Eve) Dec. 31st. Patrons are requested to book tables for the above dinners early. J. Crowther Shaw Co. |L jfW-^SPECIAUTE 'Jw I MERCHANT TAILORS. *^f f Estate Supplies t? ALWAYS IN STOCK
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    • 91 1 Kelly Walsh, Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG.) Children's Annuals Illustrated and and Books for Fine Art Gift Christmas Books for Adults FANCY CALENDARS FOR 1918 X 5 Afl A Q Great Variety of Loose IflAd Cards from 5 cents each AAfll\O BOXES containing Cards iIJIK lv an€t Envelopes at 30 cents
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    • 268 1 THE DAY S NEWS. Admiral von Tirpitz admits that Britain has woo, but he wants victors terms for Germany. Tirpitz is Germany's idea of a patriot Page 5. The Allied threat to withold raw material from Germany has made the enemy re flective. There is one wild threat to retaliate
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    • 2 1 Martell's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 102 1 THE WEEK. Tcesdij 18th. High Wale*— l 10 H.m., 022p m. Rent Board, 2 H p.m. Pa jam Meeting. Derrick Co. 2 30 p.m. Kent Board, 2.15 p.m. Wednesday 19th. High Witt If B i.i 11 8 p.m. Philharmonic Choir Meeting, 6. id p.m. Tbmdai 20th. RUb Wa»e»— B-hh a.uj.,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 645 2 OUR CHARGE FOR ADVERTISING 2 CENTS FOR ONE ■m^mhBHKHmmVBEEMBKBHQC ASK KOR PABTICULAKF, FROM DOLLAR DIRECTORY. TIENTSIN FLOOD RELIEF. Ia aid ci the above A GR4ND FETE will bt held U^der the dibiinqui*bed pationagts of H E, the Governor and tho Lady Evelyn Young. H E. Vice Admiral Tudor, c b.
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    • 524 2 Positively 7 he Last Night- Do Not Miss It Adapted from cne of the famous WHISPERING SMITH stories In this thrilling BUTTERFLY PRODUOTION. M\KY ivjcLXREN has a flee rote, which enab'es her tJ abow her remarkable daiiug at the wheel of a racing car. MAHY McLAREN and EDDIE POLO Episode
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    • 379 2 AN ALL-FEATURE PROGRAMME AT THE ALHA JVi B R A I The Hall For Music. Tbe Pioneer Premier House Tbe House cf Q aii y f E Programme for the Week commencing Monday, D cmi, The Eepwcrth Film Company Pre eels j One cf The Two Greatest Plays ever Written
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 792 3 n lvi 3 SOMETHING QUITE NEW TO SINGAPORE rj D O Q COMING NEARER EVERY DAY, Q Jjl SOON YOU WILL SEE Aj| METRO FILMS g H AT ALL THE LEADING THEATRES H WHEN you have seen the first of ibe METRO wonder plays. WM You will realise the difference
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    • 153 3 IMPORTANT NOTICE THE SALE OF PUNDUT ESTATE BINDINGS advertised to be sold at Auction by Messrs POWELL and Co Ltd, 17, Raffles Place, Singapore, on Thurslay 15th NOVEMBER 1917, HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE IBth DECEMBER, 1917, with completion one month later. j By Order of the Custodian of Enemy
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    • 772 3 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Notice is hereby given that all outstanding bills against the Government should be presented for payment btforethe 16th instant. All bills incurred after that date should be preeeutpd for payment, if possible, come days before the J2nd December, 1917. Singapore, Ist December, 1917. 112 22-19 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders
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    • 750 3 LOST Irish Terrier Por. No. !TO nr 8 Answers to the name of "Punch". Fir,<!* r will be rewarded on returning to "Edcndale" 9*6 6i rangoon Road. 18- 2 24-12 ORIENT COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that Orient Company Limited whose registered oftioe is at Mo. S Finlayson Oreen
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  • Domestic Occurrences
    • 66 4 Kerb.—On the 17th October at 1^ New Square, Eampetead Garden Bnburb, London N. W. the wife of David Kerb, ot a son. Kibble.—On the 13th lrstant, at the Euro" pean Hospital, Koala Lampur, to the wife o r D. Kibble, a daughter. Watson.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on the
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    • 51 4 Day— Best.—Oct. 18, at Brecon, Capt. M. S. D. Day, m.< r.e., formerly cf Ipoh, to Gwknli.uk Maykery Best, Gilbert-Coopkr—Carter.—Oct. 9, at Fulham. Edwafd Montagu Gilbert Cooper, 2nd LfeDt. R. F A... ecu of Henry E. Gilbert Cooper (formerly of the Straits Settlements, C. 8). to Dorothy Evelyn Couktenay
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    • 23 4 FoiiD.—On Oct. 3 at Boscoiabe, Hants, Arthur George Ford, barrister at law. son of Sir TDeodore Ford, lately Chief Justice Straits Settlements
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    • 28 4 Ryan. Killed m action on Oct. 18. F. D. Ryan, Limit Nigerian Regiment, beloved husband of Gwendoline Ryan, of Clanfleld, Norman toad, Sntton, aged 34,
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  • 652 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, December 18, 1917. Before dismissing tbe subject of the state of Russia with contempt at the utter foolishness of the men who appear to be attempting to establish a socialist republic, it is juet as well to cast one's mind back to the lessons of
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  • 477 4 Three weeks mails arrived yesterday bringing dates up to Nov 7. Mr L P Hickey, of the Singapore branch of the Mercantile Bank of India, has returned to the Southern Settlement. (S Echo.) Tbe feast of St Francis Xavier, patron of tbe Diocese of Malacca, was celebrated on Sunday m
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  • Correspondence.
    • 1521 4 To the Editor. Sir, Why does not tbe Ladies Com mittee of tbe Army and Navy Department of the V M C A consult the men of the Army and Navy about the purposed ipend- j ing of 1500 on Xmas Amutementt lor them m Singapore I
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  • 241 4 We are not sore, but we rather suspect that the major portion of the male British population of Singapore is at the present moment liable to a fine ol 8100 ploe $25 for every day from Dec 15 onwards. We regret having to impart this unpleasant information just about
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  • 134 4 Mr C M Phillips, Principal rf &M* Institution, is m receipt of ib*» appended letter from Sir Arthur Peaiaon Bethel The sum was allotted to tfcl Aflf M Fund." Dear Boys,—l wr<* ma W«pi pleaeed to receive the g*•: Fifty Pounds which you toft amongst yourselves for tie
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  • 18 4 Meiers Guthrie end much regret to hnve 10 <ututi receipt by ue this men ng oi a c
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 195 4 Galdbeck, Macgrisgor Co. 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 ttteb^^ M^^^% H ALL MARKED It i j^^Titlfft Tea Sets Vases Brush Sets Centre Piec s Bon-Bon Dishes Mg^fi
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    • 35 4 LAMBERT CO. Photographic Artists. Orchard Road— Telephone No. 1035. (Same Address as Vilton ft Co.) For the past 45 years and TODAY The Leading and ONLY First Class Photographic Studio m Singapore. GEORGE MICHAEL, Manager.
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  • 650 5 POPULACE WELCOMES THE BRITISH How the City was Won [Bj fcabniarine Cable] tiUuWr'i Bwnot] L^nJjQ. Dec 17. —Renter's correspon Jem at Palestine headquarters, m a des parch dated the 11th, by aeroplane from jenn loUj describes the capture and tool ol 'erusttleui. He emphasises ..nuic gladness of
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  • 147 5 i. -c Germans aren't worrying any about "cc big merchant fleet wa are building, Bill Hollenzollern haa confidentially nued them that all wa will have is kit c{ broken down picnic excursion earners that will sink. (York Daily.) Here is a sample of what one of the ireda of million
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  • 252 5 Flooded Area Checks Enemy London, Dec 16. Reoter'i correspon dent with the French army m Italy, dea cribtng the artillery defence belt of Venice, which ia entirely a naval affair, statei that the vast stretch of country bounded by the Aiart and Piave was flooded m
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  • 11 5 London, Dec 15.— Silver is at 48d with less inquiry.
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  • 88 5 Tha following notice, which is being issued m a circular by the F M 8 Govern ment, ia sent for publication It is hoped that all employers of labour will act ou the instructions contained m the following In view of the Bhortage of subsidiary coinage, wages of Government employees
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  • 245 5 Minor Operations Reported London, Dec 16. Field Marshal Haig says We captured prisoners and a machine gun during night patrol encounters south of Cambrai. London, Dec 17. Field Marshal Haig We drove off an attack westward of VillereGuislain, repulsed a bombing attack north La Vacquerie, slightly improved
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  • 204 5 H H the Ranee of Sara-wok has sent the following message to Church people m Sarawak through the Chronicle of the Borneo Mission Association "As long es I have eyes to see I will look towards my people. As long as I have ears to hear I will listen to
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  • 134 5 By Coubtesy of thb French Consulate. Paris, Dec 16, 6 80 p.m. Artillery was active between the Oise and Aiene we repulsed a thrust on the Chemin des Dames, and m Champagne. We bronebfc down eight aeroplanes. The British look prisoners south of Cambrai. The battle i«
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  • 52 5 We do not think it advisable to publish the letter sent under present conditions. Complaints of this kind had better be addressed either to Government) or to the Consul of the nationals concerned, who are the proper persons to deal with what is said to be a
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  • 226 5 Interesting Case In Bombay. Bombay, Dec 3rd. An interesting case, m which the question of a Surgeon's fees and the basis on which they should be allowed, has just been decided by theSmall Cause Court Judge. Major F J Portee, I m s, (retired), sued Mr Naoroji
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  • 127 5 Calcutta, November 10th. The Marwari Association of Calcutta has expressed its opinion on the report ol the Inter Depart mental Conference held m London on Indian labour emigration lo the Crown Colonies. After diicusllng the matter at length, the Committee m tha Marwari Association say they
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  • 219 5 The Municipal Commissioners will meet tomorrow to consider supplemental budget No. 3 for 1917. The Howitt Phillips Company opened a successful season at Calcutta recently with the great spy play Seven Days Leave." The company gave a special performance m aid of Our Day a day or two after their
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 87 5 ROBINSON Co. £barks £e«s's DIARIES DATE BLOCKS DESK BLOTTERS A Large Varie I y Just Received ROBINSON Co. (late of Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their MAJESTIES) Begs to announce that he conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO SINGAPORE ihe BURLINGTON. HQ- races Nona of the Adelphl Hotel*. i LAMBERT BUTLER'S G
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 607 6 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. (Ineorvorftted tm Japan). EUROPEAN LINE. For Hoafkiat Skailkai, Root a Yiktfcaai Ptr flilacu, Psoißg, Cftltßbt and England via Hi Caps. A service la malntMTHtfl belwaea Yofcoliftai v\a ports to Marseilles, London, nnder m« eonlract with the Im^ejtil Ja» mese Oove?* ment. The
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    • 339 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIME I Incorporated m Fbanob HAIL LIKB, Fortnightly service betweea la<3o-Cfei»» Ohlna, Japan, Oeylon, Djibouti, Egypt ail Maraelllea, BRANCH LIU". Fortnightly service between Salgoa-Tourti Haiphong. For farther Information apply to J. da COURTOIS, aw Stoomtaart Maatschappy "Nederlaor and lt ßotterdam Lloyd" (Incorporated m Holland). ROTAL DUTCH HAIL
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    • 694 6 KOMINXLSJKE PAKETVMRT MAATSGHAPPU (Incorporated In Holland, Roytl Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3, OOLLTBB QUAY. OfIDHB COHTRAOT WITH THE MBTHBBEAHDB IHDIA GOTOINMENTB Van Hoorn Semarang and Sourabaya Deo. 1 Bikgkbp Letong, Kramat, Tarempa, Midai, Serassan Poeloe-Pandjang and Genting Dec. 18 Mbbkus Riouw, Tambelan and Pontianak Dec. 18 Alting Muntok and
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    • 597 6 O. British Inj) IA AND /ipCAB LIINE (Companies Inoorporatefi ta England.) Mail and Passenger Services peninsulas and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST |OF BOMBAY are at present ai pended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON a at present
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  • 1044 7 half's Affairs. The Germans (according to a Paris correspondent) have fire divisions and the Austrian* 44| at the Italian front. The president of the Federation of Bri tish Industries telegraphed to Signor Orlando (the Italian Prenrpr) pleiging its member*, wnct-e joint capital txjeeds £2,000,000,000 to stand behiud
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  • 252 7 Edison s new Success New York, O:t 9ih. Shipping circles here are intensely interested iv the announcement from Washington to day that the preliminary tests to Thomas Editon s "invisible ship have proved successful, and the hope is expressed that the general adoption of the schema will effectively
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  • 480 7 A Graphic Story. London, Nov 5. Me Ward Price ascribes the lack of resistance on the part of the Italian Second Army largely to propa ganda, heavily financed from Germany, urging the soldiers to refuse to go on fighting, and assuring them that the quickest way to get
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1516 7 Whb or Peace Fajunb or Plenty, Lifk Insurance is worth too cents on the dollar. WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP .•;IE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITED. (INCOBPOBATKD IN STRAITS BSTTLBMSNTS). HEAD OFFICE: WliilMSttfr BOOM, Slafeporfc LONDON OFFICE: 52, Old Jewry, E.Q. I v j<usv«K? ha* rats, ooo asyoeiretf wtu tke
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  • 455 8 Menu. Sontay Soup Gnioccbi, Italian Way. Vichy Carrots. Lemon Custard Meringue. Recipes. Sontay Soup.— Boil a pint of lentils and a pint of white beans, pass them through a strainer into another saucepan. Add the water, m whioh the lentils and beans were cooked, with salt and
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  • 353 8 Uneasy Germans. On October 4 the Cologne Gazette, intir special Berlin communication prominently displayed m its front page, boaOd that it was m a position, apart ttoy any information thus far officially itoued m London, to describe England's plans for trade war. 1 It thereupon proceeded to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 354 8 Weak Kidneys Dr. CasseJFs Tablets Strengthen Your Kidneys and Care Backache and Urinary Trouble. y i. w when year kidneys out < oiv.-r. N >'' lU must suffer, because yenar bit* i 1 <>• fl I with bad matter "which ox kidneys ai too weak to 'remefc w ti i
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    • 540 8 I FOUL BREATH. I WOMEN'S GREATEST MISFORTUNE. I The old saying that "distance lends enchantment" was nevermore aptly to the point than when annl^ I to those people whose breath is laden with evil smelling odours. Many persons appear mos< attrac J1 at a distance, but produce a feeling of
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  • 1405 9 Issued by FKASER Co., Exchange and Share brokers, Dec. 17th, OAS, ißflO* P4JB, -^i.^ tJUXaiAtt. }»*fc£At 100,000 8S 51 Alia**? .»s">- 9 f 3 0 379,880 ts IS Aag:o-Jr,«A 35% 0 v 6 C J.*0 300 SB 2h Aaglo-M&Ukf 1^ int lfr 6 IO.COn 3d 9s Batang
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  • 49 9 pOMVBOfeVU \f WC Dae 17 Sa-s* 4 b 4§ d ic mtat* idiia 1 m a 4 2 7 IFjrasct dsraaEiCl 3ank 818 [SOU, T T. ]*0 I >*w IUl, ilmi *l-"-fcva, Aszftaa l .7 8 l IS 54 ingUm* ik 1% b Stt>«i liondon 4 3 1
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  • 171 9 Dec. i7 Tin (Buyers' «l?8. r ISO! EAlti II i3 I asmtimi t 21 Ptppfl Bfattl ES. w po^e 82 00 Plppei, [W3B 43 00 /uct, ilU r j> norr F» mt£l ISO lo Nil Ifc noit. ;*i ("IVjj.rV norr. rt« (4ml oi n boge Bia nom >lco*. imaU
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  • 100 9 ENTRANCES— TANJO^Q P\GAB Wharves oeot Godowns Gate Leu Bonded Ware* houses, East liaf a I Keclamation gar Si Storage 2& I (T FAGAi iP S EhEast I 'J 20/22 Storage B1 i Wtii.rf- r Sheers 8 19 1 do (Dry Docks) 3 Dock Store, Head To,v.< Office,
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 138 9 TEe TROPICAL ROOFING IS Sup lied v/ith patent "KANT LEAK' KLEATS lidh do away with the necessity of asing sticky cement at the overlaps. <;■ X GENASCO is the result of over 30 years experience m the manufacture of Ready Roofings. Its duraß4itymakes it the most economical of anV^QDnns: on
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    • 602 9 WANTED Two Oeoerai Clerks with some knowledge of bookkeeping. Sala lea 1 1 oommecoa $<0 to $59. App] In •>-. -rBoa at .1 M*lacc> btreet 38-12 19-12 PGSmeH RfOUtRED, 'i t •i ef per, an Jut Oflici A.^etet«ni and ba been m Bfaarife of Timber Esta Uotstde v ,rk \ruterred.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 303 9 MAIL TABLE To day. ioaeimodlale %nd !ocai OMtla, Dt rnoiir to list below Penang, Malacca F.M.tv (D# I p.* fl ally (except Sunday), Johote, 8, 9,80, Dam., i <■'-,■■ i i L Cncob Soon Hong 8.80 a&j Cncob Soon Lee 830 a& Rerimon Hock Tew 8.80 411 Pontianak Rhoen Foeng
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  • 2663 10 STILL HAMMERING AT THE GOVERNMENT. Drastic Measures Advocated. Petition to Colonial Office. The Malacca Planters' Association held a long meeting at the Malacca Club on Sunday morning, when there were pro fuse animafivtrsioDß against the iniquities of GoTernment, with discussions and suggestions on other matters of import
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  • 39 10 The Gaiety has more of Pearl of the Army," which is now well-advanced m its enthralling story. New instalments of 'The Gray Ghost" are announced by the Harima, with whose patrons this serial has proved very popular
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  • 183 10 From Our Own Gorrupondtnt Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17. The following are the entries for the Selaugor Red Cross Gymkhana on Dec 24 and 56 j Firit day. Races 1, 2 and 8. Royal! Plume, Beauligbt, Maori Boy, Barnabas, I St Patrick, Caramut, Lady Joy, Bean' Brummell,
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  • 90 10 RUB BE R DIVIDENDS. From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, De^ 17— The followirg interim dividends have been declared Linßtfi a; per cent; KanapoDg Kußntan 15 Anglo-Malay 15 Straits 12* Rubana 6; Tuli A\er 5; end fin-il dividends: i Trolak 20; Bukit Kajang 17$; Car*y United 15; Gan Kee 15;
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  • 234 10 The fourth report of the directore of Sirapam Valley Hydraulic Mines Mates I The net profit for the 18 months ended Oct 81, after making due provision for deprecation, amounts to 89 673 98 to which must be added the balance of 17,227 51 brought forward from laet
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  • 63 10 Agents Harrison Croefleld Ltd (Sumatra.) N^Jnited Serdang 258,452 STfea^g 118 824 Tandjong 112 C 69 Anglo Sumatra^ m ■^i*****^ Sungel Kari 80,100 Tanah Datar 15,662 Aeaban £9,918 Rubber Plant Invest Trust 54,162 Rub Plant Invest Trust (Tea) 896,566 Bah Lias 47,668 Toerangie 19,454 Mendaris 80,647 Bila
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  • 112 10 Major (Temp Lt Col) C H B Lees, Malay States Gntdeß, is "mentioned 1 m Sir Charles Monro'e dispatch "on mi- litary operations m the Indian Empire, from March 10 1016 to Maroh 81 1917. I On SaturdaysM3hinese, name unknown, was found hanging m house No. 219 Queen et. The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 247 10 OUT TO-DAY WHAT THING! I#^"""""""% CONTRIBUTORS M" Roland Braddell, C. W. Har.ison, g s lara I Kemp," W. Arthur Wilson. Pi. w M P. A. H.. Somerset Blair," R. A. Theobald! i wummuwmmf ltc STORIES SKETrHtS SKITS PQEMs BUY iT NOW at KtLLY WALSH'S. NATIONAL HAIR-GROWING EXPERIMENT. How to rid
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 39 10 S. V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME. I Tuesday, Dec. 18. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall S R E (v) N C Oa ii it Maxim CoSVC ,n S V C all Recruits G G Waob. Captain. Act* Adjutant, S. V. C.
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