The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 1 January 1918
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Title Section14 1918-01-01 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. Laid SINGAPOKE, TUES\ JANUARY 1. 1918. NO. 9,25214 words
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Article23 1918-01-01 1 Late wire new= vuil be fcm^d ou page 3. The Britith forces continue to ad wince m Paltetine Page 5.23 words
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Article18 1918-01-01 1 These days of delayed ipm** realistically the imrneu-e Itatenei ••Ipfcratinjj tbe K.^t fiom Br. id x&en,18 words
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Advertisement12 1918-01-01 1 r •••nn&'fH TYRE? 3irETV TRf-A^l rjo^&*zs:AxmEmmmm^MmmMKammmaß*iitam\ m \m \w rn*n\ njpAiuuiiwuL in12 words
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Advertisement4 1918-01-01 1 Kelly&Y^alshLtd. imcOBPORaTSD IN HONGKONG,.4 words
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Article45 1918-01-01 2 untfp I land Hill s v.v the] me. ihe fe#, re t depi ihe i pa 1 a I ir j r tempi -L teller wi v -L Personal] of ecvei- i »p.--« tOlgl j C j a r I, and die letlei (T i*45 words
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Article272 1918-01-01 2 "We iv. Aily M it a fei I *>, oped m Doblip i t W De Ti' rm Fein tn pr»«;airp.eJ The a m re ceni moa«h9 has been going from streii. to sl~-. gtb, baa c check The Cftt*< Qg against it. aoi no272 words
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Article236 1918-01-01 2 The name Bolshevik wu used first i/i l§ii, when the Russian Socialist party split and the majority, led by M Lemne, caiJad thamselves by the name, which retfU? meat:-, "majority. The Bolshevik cceed i* r\-< much opposed to what the A'^ai are lighting for a? is Prussian mili .nguage newspapers236 words
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Advertisement475 1918-01-01 2 YOU A PRiSP. FCUS NEW YEAR. DOLLAR r-ai:-, /I'OfiY Co. J. B Fl..nn Anderson Proprietor. CtC "HI II I MIT' |Uii"T-"-rr 111 Ull W TTTTTTM rnFTT'" Vint ni 1 m hpatpp FRIDAY, 4th January at 9.15 p m. FRENCH WAR RELIEF FUND der the auspices of the French Consul) gr~475 words
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Advertisement971 1918-01-01 2 WISHING OUR PATRONS A BRIC HT AM) PROSPEROUS! Pictures of Quality w?th World Celebrate Star 9 A. T Ti MH The Hall For Music. The Pioneer 3/ Premier R« The Heu f of Qi.ii^y I IN THE SECOND SHOW' ,p,T9i U THE GREATEST ENTERTAINING Fl WOOERU :.i comparable Supei Production971 words
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Article357 1918-01-01 3 I The ■gmmenl bel nhell! t ,->s ami Japan oa the quea -onofta igorthe first impo.-*rr lo f I For a »oac I -ime 1- I r MM :e IWO I re lap n I -od vhic for i Iods? I I lon I nftDt, N "aS357 words
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Article915 1918-01-01 3 WHY IT WAY BE EXPECTED. By Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge G, C 8. Umay appear bold -it i» hoped tine it wi'l not b^ tnou^b" conceited it, m cp:.j■ilioa to nimy bt^ieraeate 10 the contrary leonhigb authority, it ia maintained i there will probably he a revolution915 words
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Advertisement352 1918-01-01 3 BE PHEPTBED TO FIGHT. Nature is always fighting tD keep ns well. Under normal conditions the forces of health within our books keep thn disease germa m atibjectijn. They ate not expelled t ntirely bnt they are kept harmless Some iudi«crction m diet and the digestion is upset overwork or352 words
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Advertisement765 1918-01-01 3 NEW YEAR SEA SPORTS, 1918. The usual Sea Bportß will be held on Ist January, 1918, off Jobusten's Fitr, cornruencing at 9 bU am. The Straits Steamship Co., Ltd., has kindly placed the s.e. lpoh at the disposal i BobsoriberSi Admission by ticket attainable from the Uon. becretary, -S. C.765 words
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Advertisement323 1918-01-01 3 LOST I tertiei hi Ar :j3ro,, btevens- Koad. II 1 1 f lettd f gas. M (per It>. Fn at) t lUf| per N t t Kathbor y I aruj LUKAS RIJBS*^ FSTA'ES. LNMTB. Incorporated m tkl Kfi I tS). NOTICE W HEREBY 0-3 at at the. A lj t323 words
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Article46 1918-01-01 4 Domestic Occurrences BIRTHS. Thane— At Bhutan Estate, Ni ai, F.M.8., on Dec. '2\, 917, to Mr. and Mrs. COLIO P. 3 BANE, a HOfl. KEYMER— At the Maternity Hospital, on the 29th December, 1917, to Mr. and Mrs A. E. KEYMDR, of Suugei Nyor. a daughter.46 words
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1130 1918-01-01 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, January 1, 1918. Agreeing generally with the old say ing that "you cannot have too much of a good thing," we cannot go so far as to say it is impossible to have too much of a good thing m the wrong place. One of1,130 words
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Article802 1918-01-01 4 Miss Pope and Misa Kay have left Kuala Lumpnr on a trip to Hongkong. The Hon Mr E G Broadrick (Resident of Selengor) haa returned from leave. Messrs Ribeiro nod Co, tend us c; their useful desk calendars* for 1918. It is anticipated that Mr A X E Harap shire802 words
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Article44 1918-01-01 4 M. Ibourne, D< endum rigares I 5,000 for 1 f and aud Sro 1 L' 9. The d- noun [l foriuerl> i Petrofi who bis bro! >l und Eioners I tUi deer :.ifcaticu Tbe Hi j i r agent -The sih\ i44 words
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Article102 1918-01-01 4 TIENTSIN FLOOD RELEF FUND. The emtuainment at the Alhambi night v; j 11,000 wtk occupied b> other bcxet at |2< 0 ai, were occupied, but ibty 1 booked. Vie §10 spate tr< 60ine of tbf European and gentlemen anionget tho^-e present. The emount i undoubtedly c Tieotfcin Fiood lieiicf Fund102 words
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Article74 1918-01-01 4 the Palladium tfcie evening I bird film T l I Lligbt. a dran: t?rv laid ie California will be serf supported by other new tiiras. The Badnui Mall shows new I fbe Gray Ghoet. Fbe tar of i amusing Nest Oi pictures to nig Xh< U P74 words
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Article23 1918-01-01 4 Already eckno wit-dp Pbocn Sye Leccg Four Chinese- Chriel Middle Road Baba Church Km- Ooh Hog Mrt H 11.23 words
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Advertisement178 1918-01-01 4 I j JAMES W*TS3K &CO-, LTD., DUNDEE. j WHOLESALE AND RETAIL I QUALITY t In Black or Brown with MartiogUe and Bearing Rein complete, Horse Cob or Pony L A LI i i la Black wit' irling Je 01 Bearing, Rein Horse CGb size only PRICES ON APPLICATION. JOHN LITTLE178 words
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Advertisement55 1918-01-01 4 SOMETHING NEV/ FOR THE NEW YEAR lOR (J3 Weans S Cabinet Portraits for $6. (12 do. for $10) AND IT ALSO MEANS ho Satisfactory Proof >o Payment, The Test Guarantee of the Quality of Cur Photographs. Ring up 1035 TO-UY :ind make an appointment far a Sitting on A&Y OW.55 words
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Article70 1918-01-01 5 I THE ATTACK ON MANNHEIM I Paduan Churches DaM |td B B rnarin« hktm] B -«*r rt«r B nbiip I c B 7 the] I I 1 9 1 I r. I I I I c I fc I 1 7 I I c ied. ti70 words
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Article42 1918-01-01 5 T: Ipon I i has receirsda telefl n fror a accounci g it he Gei m mm V :ion has pa d resolution greeting -Qti-: t. bM I ial reacfaji lUm {hi of U people to i national exia-42 words
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Article30 1918-01-01 5 A SHIPPING 3E A L r*. Th- Harrison line >d the ms or portion of Kankm 3i!monr's tieet, the total M of whi. 3 0 The price has not transpired.30 words
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Article29 1918-01-01 5 PREMIER'S WOULD BE ASSASSIN London, Dec 29,- :^c It the ra quest of Mr Uoyd Georga Irs Alice Wheelion v ho was sentenced 1c March last has been released.29 words
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Article48 1918-01-01 5 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. i Job Paris, Dec 0 45 ral Kaiediofl has rjn rt lief g( the Coaa iek Tile autonomy of Tur :an h M eQ Pc The pri* Cornn ja l •Max Lenin itched m order icenpy al cc renty ht on riking 3 a d.48 words
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10 1918-01-01 5 MUHAMMEDAN ADVISORY BOARD, SINGAPORE iir ot lU d n), I10 words
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Article512 1918-01-01 5 THE RUSSO-GERMAN PEACE WAR PRISONERS TO BE FREED What Does Russia Gain? [tiy (submarine Cabi«] Amsterdam, Dec 80, An official fcele' bin from Brest litovsk via Berlin of Deo I :i the course c* r dig. cuosion between the delegations if the .tral and the Russia Provisional oaent -on was512 words
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Article126 1918-01-01 5 More Bolshevik Folly London, Dec 30. A Petiograd wire saja the bolsheviks have further decreed the |he Datiooalieafcion and amalgamation of all banks, which will henceforth ba knjwa as the People's Bank. Pctro^'rad, Dde 30. The Maximalist uews agency announces thut owing to the refusal of the126 words
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Article71 1918-01-01 5 Slogs on working of Cowie Harbour ompany la 3*3 year wr^ £'3,891, com- with £6,152 tbe previous year, Yale cpKned its 21° th academic year with a registration of regular resident ident? cut by war conditions from 00 to 2.000 or slightly more than onethird. The teaching force is also71 words
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Article147 1918-01-01 5 THE FIGHTING FRONTS German Gain m Local Attack Bobmarin« Oabl«] [R«Qter'a Service] London, Doc 30— Fu-.'d Marshal Halg There was hostile artillery lire m (he neighbourhood of Harglcoart, Booth and west of Lens, east and northeast of Yprea. London. D c 30.— Field Marshal Haifl reports: We rppulsed147 words
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Article92 1918-01-01 5 New Zealand Annoyed Melbourne, Dec P.O.— The referendum figures are not materially altered. It is otticiaily estimated that '200,000 votes are still to be counted of which 123,000 are thoae of members of the Australian forces and 77, i 00 these of ordinary and absentee voters. It92 words
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75 1918-01-01 5 Londou t D?c 29. Rdufer"- cortc-spon-i dent at A.meiiican Headquarters m France says (hat the Amercan authorities have leauud from an authentic sov.rco that Qermany is treating American prisoners with vpry much le?s consideration than the British and French. Indeed it is be lieved that they75 words
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Article50 1918-01-01 5 London, Dec 80. Palestine oflicial We further advanced over three miles along the Rabins Road, occupying Beeroth, also Hizmes Jeba, nud P.urkah, eastward of the road, lvitacillah ridge and Khettiereh west of the road Mounted troops iin the centre reached Khurbetha ibn Harith and heir el Kuddie.50 words
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Article39 1918-01-01 5 Amsterdam, Dec 80 Two trains collidi pil at Sporcaik m Posen. All the carri I ages were destroyed and 13 were killed ;acd 7( injured. Eight were killed and 30 injured m B collision In Russian Poland.39 words
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Article35 1918-01-01 5 Zurich, Doc 30. The secretary of the i German war provisioning bureau m an interview ndmirted it was impossible for Germany to hopa to get an appreciable quantity of foodstuffs from Russia.35 words
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Article218 1918-01-01 5 No 71 of the Journal of the Strait Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society id an interesting number, opening with ?o\ language matter, the Advent; of Mohem I j maianhiem iv the Malay Peninsula ar::i j Archipelago which began about 915, but (probably did not rcike much218 words
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Article660 1918-01-01 5 NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS. A meeting of the Generftl Committee of the Our Day Fund was held yesterday afternoon, the chairman (the honble Mr F 8 James, 0 m g) presiding. Mr M Rodesse, hen lecretary of Ihe General Committee, presented the following report on the year's660 words
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Article177 1918-01-01 5 A polo match at Kuala Lumpur between Peregrines and Selangor Polo Club resulted ia a win for the latter by ons to nil. Thoss dreary Willies who dislike opposition on Sundays havo received a sharp knuckle rap from the Array Council, who point out that the country is at war,177 words
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Advertisement60 1918-01-01 5 (ROBINSON Co. i i j /^s^ 7 OPENED jf if I LAMBERT BU PLER'S I G G X X aGARFTTF^L AND SMOKING MIXTURE. ON SALE EVERYWHERE. i.ue.-'f Messk- LAIvAVKTTE, Photograph' rs to TLeli MAJFSI IP> Be^s to announce that he eondaots the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO SIHQIPOKE me BU^HNGTON. I (1060 words
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Advertisement509 1918-01-01 6 JAP X X iA;f STEASSIIiy Co., LU Fir Bfi3gk3sl Si:a|!!i! t Xsb? Y^e&aa. Ftr S2?ac&i. Pssaeg, Caiaab* ic-j England via T.:a Caps. a mwloc hi BMtfnMtaad Mihpwi Yasca>..- t jiin^iii-s. Log ion, aaJic? n scotT'icß wi:b ihe Imperial J&yanedu QovtMi ■MBa 1 tit Ran T*vla 3C?.w See* 1 maiut-iultji t-ii-509 words
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Advertisement363 1918-01-01 6 MM MESSAGEKIES MARiTI£B* ESOORPOBATOUD IN FBAVGI KAIL LIMB, Portnlghtfy service b«-t 3 lndo*Gl i China, Ja| BylOlli Djibouti, ii|y9< if Ifaraeilleßi BRAHOfI Ll* 8, Fortnight]] -or .icebctwuci: Sa^ot-lou**- t n tortbei Information t»e-*iy to J. da GOfrrtfrS, A Stoamaart ll *edet i )y&4> acd Rotterdam Lloyd" (Incorporated m Holland)* ROYfvL363 words
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Advertisement629 1918-01-01 6 KBSSS&LUKr SI!M? T a BMttmiPPM Hoy^l Packet iSavigatisn Co., of B&tavta. UNDER C 'MKV'T WTTH T^E NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. SisOKABA Bingbawanp, >&lakau. Pemangkat a&d Bambas ...Jan 2 i imako, i&liBeti n.d luminibay ...Jan. kItTIVO Siontok and Palembang ...Jan. 2 [BitGiBADJA bengkalis, Tandjong Mengeidar, Tandjong-Ltivlocg, Bcrom&ang, Paceh, A-ahun and BeJawao-Deli Jan.629 words
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Advertisement343 1918-01-01 6 Mail and Passenger Services peninsular and obiental 5. n. Co. (Under Contract with H;a Majesty i oo\ rnment The Compauys HIH SERVICES EAST OF I )M1 \Y are The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICE i T AND PROM LONDat present suspended, Passengers lor Barope arv boofee3 Ua Bombay a- opportunity accommodation is343 words
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Article733 1918-01-01 7 .Japan is our stout ally m the war, c great power of the East. She has thf new science she has chemical labora tcries and ironclads and political econo mists. She ia so near to us now that if a Japanese gentleman take the place next to me733 words
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Article227 1918-01-01 7 GERMANY' S REST CURE. Mr John Poilock sends to the Nice teenth Century a description of the state of Russia He &a?s The Germans treat their Eastern front as a rest cure for divisions battered to pieces on the West, p.nd have flung all their fresh troons against the iigbting227 words
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Advertisement103 1918-01-01 7 TROPICAL ROOFING T Q '^^^^^k i^^^^^^ ai^k. Mix*' ffi i^V^^^^k R ah, > J9 .^t ■Supplied with .latent "KANT LEAK" KLEATB m. ich do away \vkh the necessity of I ng sticky cerieni at the overlaps. f EENASCU is the result of over BO years experience m the manufacture of103 words
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Advertisement263 1918-01-01 7 JL J&.JL X^ W T 4BHk idlk mSma *-^%b^^ ***J» *~-fg JKLa WM I is made of pure para rubber because it lasts 3 times longer than any other inner tube and Singapore: I ict«r Garage: Chin Huat Hin Ml TniilJ Cj lycle C c to; Ong San Leong* lo263 words
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Article594 1918-01-01 8 American Diplomat's Disclosures. Life m Constantinople during the summer of 1915. when the Allies were hammeiingat the gatpp of Go Hi poll Bod German intrigue governed Turkish misrule and outwitted British diplomacy, de tcribed by an American diplomat, Mr Lewis Einstein, a former United Stateß594 words
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Article204 1918-01-01 8 'i 'Sold Like Tea." The House of Lords will never rest until it had succeeded m preventing honours being bought and Bold over the counter like packets of tea. Thus 6poke the E.irl of Selborne m the Upper Chamber on October 30th, when there was another debate on204 words
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Article351 1918-01-01 8 Will Jrwin, one of the best of the American correspondents, declares that the British Army 18 WOlktDg the *voui ci moufl-Jga" to death. He accueep British soldier of ueicg camouflage as a noun, vorb, find adjective. 'They use it," he j eaye, "foe auy variety of351 words
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Advertisement368 1918-01-01 8 I V s i f g Indian E I I common ailments arise, and naiurc U 4 s- utmost importance lhal i *M V, ness, it is £cncv I r the nutrition co :i H who (*nd ti I aturc r< S j9 demands made upo I B jj to368 words
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Advertisement356 1918-01-01 9 ii or Piaci, Fap-sjns or Plenty, Lifl I^&urance is worth ioo cents on the dollar. H '6232 Oonr«af BMiaa*'i. 4«fl compise? w»« fee D»««lafc MBnvanae OomptMli nooiai a^af p ■jig i. £1|300,C a^r a^r \a i> HE £1,2 C Hh Pcnang a^a ''HHBI C^ iiangoco S^. '^on O^t soars i356 words
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Advertisement453 1918-01-01 9 lOORPOEATBO IN JA^ Car: crfbed Y. 43,000.000 I TTp y. 80,000,000 Y. 21,300,000 lent, J. iDonye Esq. ■iient. Y. Y&mabavra Esa DIRECTOBS. Beg, Vaznafeawa Eb?. ia Eaq. M Odagiri Esq. j U Ee^. T. KawasMma Es«. > unra Eaq Paron K. Iwaaaki i ?a Esq. K. Tatsuml Esq. SAD OFFICE453 words
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Advertisement364 1918-01-01 9 Established 1878. Merchants and Commission Agents PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical k Drags Dept. ESANOFELE Jast received from Bordeaux, table claret m balk and bottle also light dry white wine. Vichy Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (tor liver complaint) Viefiy Hopital (dyspepsia and digestive organs; We have always steamers364 words
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Advertisement601 1918-01-01 9 BILLET WAITED European, Home-trained with mnny yearn Eastern experience, Offlc and Field, 8t etc. requires bilet. Qnietplac< pi I Tf:d. Add* EKERGY, S. Free Presa. 1 1 12-1 Mechanical Engineer (English) seek" billet Experience mines and general engineering. reliib^e m a Qr*t r»iaos abiUty. I xp..:i(nc d cl* rk rapabla601 words
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Advertisement354 1918-01-01 9 r^&cet ducand 3«.% 818 ii T T, 160 Somnni Liz.k el 3c.c ■s i I I Eai SUtci I Dec. 81 n Bla- Per I i* -oom. IM.M noiii e» i.lmfeoiaa' DDm. .\iz -4^! BlftcU norn < Oft, small pearl (felt- quality £tt» 18 50 .am nc&rl 4« 1T C354 words
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Article600 1918-01-01 10 EX rEN3ION 01 iHE PROPERTY. ath BDona] meeting of Alor Qajak B ibbei Bit Ltd, was fa Id m lortij al tba registered office, Gresham House, i ktteryrd re were present Mum \v Plummet [chairman), J W Caaapbell B Kong Qoan (directors), Rl and .1 v i600 words
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Article89 1918-01-01 10 I I ordinary genera! meeting of the StraiU ir: ding Co. Ltd, was held at the registered offlee, 1 1 Colly ex Qoay, jeeter-l day, the hoa'ble Mr W W Cook presiding Tbe meeting adopted the Btater^.er.t of j accounts nn.i I ice tbeet for tho half89 words
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Article94 1918-01-01 10 STEP-MOTHER'S ALLEGED MURDER Chan Sjo. a Ciutoneso woman, wna brought op yeaterda :he third C3urt under c I committed at od Saturday. accused threw n ye&rei, over the to the well. The boy's s bad td into th& pper iioor of the verard a were picked up and utter, the94 words
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Article900 1918-01-01 10 IM; >RTAN i SUPREME COURT J l DO MX N L Ai important poi'it m reference to the bankruptcy luv..- was involved m B jadg* I men! given bj Mr Justice Ebden m the I Supreme Court yesterday afternoon. In I 1 the matter t,f Chop Kirn900 words
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Article282 1918-01-01 10 SCC PEAT NEGRI BEMBILAN. On the eFp'anade lapt evening, the SCC Rugby team easil? ■f^'^i b cid re P re eent-uing Negri Sembilan, Tne ground |wa9 m a water \ou^d condition, and with I this hamperuig the p'a:et>, a!-o with the greasy ball, the name whs rfether t-poilt, though282 words
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Article260 1918-01-01 10 Their lordships 'the Chief Justice (Sir; John Bucknill, k c and Mr Justice Ebjenj sat m the Supreme Court yesterday morn- j iog to iix the cftce's for Jauuary. Tbe Chie' Juetico at the outset! mention ed that the Assizes, which he proposed to take himself, would begin260 words
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Article144 1918-01-01 10 The December monthly medal wai com- peted for on Saturday and Sunday iust, and resulted m n win for ,1 l> Morrison, who returned B net ecore of 77. Twenty-six cards were taken out and ihe following were returned. J D Morrison 4 3 4 5 14144 words
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Article36 1918-01-01 10 The December Medal has been won by Mr Had don. Scores J W Haddon S9 4 9 8 80 11 Marriott 45 48 10 8S B R Whitehouee 47 59 17 8936 words
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Article38 1918-01-01 10 In tho event cf rain subscribers may i ascert^iD whether the Laud Sports wul be held or not by ecquiring from thp Telephone Exchocge between the hours cf noon and 2 p m on to-dny.38 words
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Article30 1918-01-01 10 A Datcb fcentlernan, Mr van Qffor, of 31 Cavanagh rd, has repor^ed the tiufs cf bis dreßß btiit, valued at 1160, on Saturday. Lee Long was ye&terday fined by Mr30 words
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Article758 1918-01-01 10 Wintry Mesopotamia. Reuter's special correspondent, wiring from tfnghdad on 15th December says An nbuornrdlv hot Summer has been followed by an abnormally cold Winter. Twelve degrees of fro*t were registered at Samarran und 6 6 at Baghdad. This means a difference of 100 degree? m trie maxi758 words
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Article59 1918-01-01 10 I Official ep.ncticn for the use of coal gas ou motor care hbs been obtained by 1 the Automobile Association from the Ministry of Monitions. The Minister cays fchaG he has lo objection to its use pro;vidicg tbat tie rue if c >aveyed m bags ■at, or slightly übove, atmok.pheric59 words
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Advertisement295 1918-01-01 10 GROW BEAUTIF!'?. A SUGGESTION ALL MAY Distribution of 1,000,09) 14 Flarlene Outfits FREE. I^HH Here is .1 opportunity and valuable gift tor every I ot thi 818 If you desire to look wn; ai B^H well-groomed look I r hair. lint is why the proprietors of tin d- y |^^B295 words
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