The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 8 January 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. IN oiflNTB SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8 1918 NO. 9.2
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  • 285 1 The Germans are manoeuvring for aB graceful a climb down as possible m their negotiations with Russia. The Bol6hev» ik repudiation of the proffered peace has ltd to heart burnings m Berlin Page 5. France and the D S warmly endorse the British Premier's speech on war-aims,
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  • 1389 1 Laet evening, upon a wet aud nc!y road, I fcuw approaching a figure ia skins. As the tigure ewung pa6t DM it said Good night. Tom To w.;ieh I made reply Good uiqht, Jack My name is not Tom. As far as I am aware, the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 86 1 ■DRiOH TYRES ETY TREAD ernoon TEAS will be served m the tel lounge and on the lawn every mrsttciy jfotn t»^o p,ni, j ma Show on [lie iawn, especial y for children, t *""***w ~T^ r T T"~? IS TT? x r T "Tl /T 1"^"\ X^ T m w
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    • 165 1 i INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG). The Ways of War ;The Way of the Air by Prof. T. M. Kettle $5.25 by E (J. $2.00 m^"Z e T, aS f War La d /War m Disguise or The Frauds of i.v ll*! $2.40* the Neutral Flags by J. Stephen R< inui :d
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    • 113 1 Xaw books at Kelly and Walsh's Page 1. The new model Royal typewriter at Roneo, Ltd Page 1 The Gaiety's new serial "Gray Ghost at the Harima Page 2. Powell's and Chiug Keng Lee's furniture auctions, and Ching Keng Lee's sale of tinned pineapples Page 2. Wearnes 1 annual meeting
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    • 2 1 Martell's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 127 1 THE WEEK *\.gh >vV a.m.. 7-' 9 pm. Week of Prayer Wesley Church, 5 30 p.m. Y.M.O.A. 9 pm. Physical Health Talk by Mr E. E. Saunderfi, Wetiimdßf Sth. High --6 3- ',84 p.m. Week of Prayer Presbyterian Cliurch, 5.30 p. Liman Meeting Bvatt's, nooa. Tf.srßSay 10th. Hi&t) Wfttew 7-85
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 287 2 -SSal a*;o s^£ i:- ay our? NEW OFFICES 1 i. 1 SIVIPORTANT WOTiCF TO THOSE WITH 7-Day M Harlene Hair-Drill" Home Outfits FREE TO ALL. Yougoforur hair is either heuit hy 1 a hair. even attentioi ii- every 1 Mill A bottle of "Kirfene," the trus Ifcuid ford which stimulates
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    • 597 2 Row afeout speeding some of that Lottery money? POSIT tVELY THE£LAST NIGHT Waldenaar Young's r ipji^s' Broadway Coraedy iLtroducing FRANKLYN FA.RNU vl ancl BROWS IE VERNON Vif-itcrs to Itc ralla^inm wili te ieweidfd with aary langh". unooerons tbrills and other fiuitP cf gcc<3 cnttiiaiinjf rt vluc FBANKLYN FARKUW BitOWNIE VERNON
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  • 1048 3 Talk of ne German Offensive 1 > P.aueer pp ..ondon her 8!, b iya fhc v II «ource that is crp«iniaing a great off m whicb the I IStriam army will ■vill ba luucched prurnary, certainly f the A'Tjeriean array. I that aftor strik the er>eruy (foregoing
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 357 3 m wf^\^^. v J l^ ''xf* 1 S m m *^S v Jr M \P y^ mf The above Trade Mark is the prcporty of The Holland Btralts Trading Company, Limited, and is usk! by them m connection witb ail fjoods a-jd merchaadise imported or dealt with by them iacludiu_;
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    • 743 3 CAST REGISTRATION NOTICE The Municipal nun her plat*.- new is* u'.-d to carts Tor tho ima nt year are with red figures. Whilst the change is being made people hiring carts are advised to note the colour of the plates (whether red cr white) besidef taking the numbers. irttrar of
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    • 242 3 In The Matter ot The Straits Settlements hwpaniei 1 Ordinance 1889 A? In The Matter of The I I King Company Lit m L on.) Notice is hereby gt- of tho Company I at divi.iencl of at to dat the Creuitort of the f»bo\ havf; iven DO will aber of
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  • 71 4 Domestic Occurrences BIRTHS. FKKwi! k Wright.— On the 3lsfe of December, 1 9 l? at Oroydon, Surrey, the. wife of Bydhbt G. Fbnwick-Wbight, of Taoah Gt mob Estate) Johoro, a daughter. Kedfkarn On the 2nd January, at the Maternity Hospital Penang, to Mr. an i Mis. G, Wi B. Redfearn
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  • 1999 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, January 8, 1918. There has been much said of late on the terms ox^, which pence can be made, so much that it is difficult to separate the wheat, from the chaff. Much of the t.ilk it is possible to dismiss at once, which we
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  • 237 4 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. Bt COQBTBSt Oh 1 is, .1 irj 6 6 15 p m quake co.nplett-h d Q u tUmala, c!mi Loodou.— Mr L. 5 d o \ci\ iropi.rfi.iu aime iv the war h< the ■>:• -trurMr i, t O; many ana 1 1 Gei m>n i countries cf
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  • 151 4 iae followiLg telegrams have exchanged between Hie Exeellf: Governor and the Right Honour Secretary of State for tbt m connexion with IttC move ment throughout the SI mentt and tbe States of Johc: and Trengganu Telegram from tl the Secretary of State dated With reference to your tekgram
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  • 30 4 BRITISH FOREIGH BIBLE SOCIETY EMERGENCY FUND. The following fuisd re acknowl: Previously acK; Mri S Tomlinson lire N h WesU Dr Macln^tyrt Kuala Li Mr B Meecb X Mr Pui
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  • 13 4 '1 he following dour ud with thai Mr Ong Per
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 312 4 WATSON S Old Scotch Whisky 111 II ■< I■■ I 111 I JAMES WATSON &00., LTD., DUNDEE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Galdbeok, Macgregor Co. No. 13— Foolscap Soy., 6 x 21 m cloth, week m openiug ...$1.75 Office Series y 12. EN Foolscap Boy., 6 x 3. vu. 2 ilav- i<n
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    • 50 4 SOMETHING NEW FOR THE NEW < Means 6 Cabinet Portraits for $6. (12 do. for $10) AND IT ALSO MEANS No Satisfactory Proof *o PayThe Pest Guarantee of the Quality of Our Photographs. Ring up 1035 TO-HAY and make an appointment for a Sitting on ANY DAY. WILSON Co. Orchard
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  • 323 5 RESOLUTE FIGHT AGAINST MILITARISM Labour Leaders Approval By Hut 3j»r\n# C«bl«\ Rotator* t**rTie«j I 1 The newspaper- wnr-i M teorge's stalen a ;> I flail a )uace la -ih!e minimum rhomfti md ie addition to Mr Henderson, ir- their approval of the peace wonderfully -i:l cl up
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  • 72 5 tish Retake Lost Position Jtn 6. Field Marshal Haig recaptured the sap eastward ich the enemy occupied 6 Field Marshal Haig jthing special to report. r Id Mir aha! H Respite the j ye dropped half a ton] thousand ma,o3 or other tart; of bombs last n terodzome,
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  • 27 5 6 —The War Office says c-cjaz successfully raided i railway south of Maan and also took -oner the garrison of an important post south.
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  • 207 5 DISPOSED TO COMPROMISE WITH RUSSIA Socialists' Stand (Bj Bubmaria. C«bl«] fß«ut«r'g B«rvice] Loildon, Jan 6 A telegram from Zurich save that attei t Jn Crown Council m Berlin, a: which Hind nbarg and Lndeodorfl were pret,eiu. it wai officially announc. d that the Central Powers have temporarily bus
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  • 150 5 Possible Relief From Mexico London, Jan 3 Montagu's silver ra port says Tut m?.rket is firm but quiet.! The New York market continues very firm although there are no fresh announce j inents regarding governmental action or negotiations. It i? necessarily difficult for the United States although she
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  • 92 5 Not to ba Taken Seriously London, Jan 6— A Petroyrad wire says that the Turkish peace terms include tbe restoration of ante beilurn frontiers, tbe withdrawal of Russian troops therefrom except gumda no 1 exceeding a division per hundred and Bffei kilometres, tbe deraobi- lisation of Russian fuccae,
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  • 73 5 i Amsterdam, Jan 7. Professor Foerster, j writing iv the Berlin Post, ridicules the Germau idea thai Britain went to war to get rid of Germany's commercial com petition, and America to secure her foreign investments. "Britain and America are waging war to remove war and the
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  • 46 5 London, Jan 6.- A Peking wire says' that a Chino-French Commission is about to consider the question cf Chinese troops proceeding toEurope. TuanChi yui. Direc tor General of the War Bureau, has requested the Government to allocate the Boxer indemnity funds for this purpose.
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  • 31 5 ITALY' S FIGHTERS Paria, Jan 6. Le Matin sa?s that m j an interview the Italian Finance Minister stated that 4,820.000 Italians, allowing for reduction through losses, are m the i
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  • 32 5 Washington Jan 7. Further earth- 1 quakes have occurred at Guatemala city. These have completed the destruction of the remainirg parts of the city, and have caused 800 more deaths.
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  • 25 5 St John's (Newfoundland), Jan B.— A uew Cabinet hf»s been formed with Mr F W Lloyd, formerly leader of the Opposition, as Premier
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  • 19 5 Pai Jan 6. Le Tampa announces bhftl France haa recognised the independence of the l'mnibh Republic.
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  • 968 5 The Singapore Free Press of Novembei 21, 1917, had the following leader abuni The Defence of the Dutch Indiea Absorbed m the solution of our owe little question of how we can beet help tht Empire, by pending men to the front, oi preparing
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  • 328 5 THE INQUIRY CONCLUDED The Marine Court of Inquiry into t »i a collision between the British steamships Warrimoo and Laertes, at about 2 a m on Dec 15, near the Brothers Lights m the Straits of Malacca, and the Buoeeqaent foundering of the Laertes, was continued
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  • 268 5 As already announced, tba Chinese community are organizing a fete iv aid of the Halifax Relief Fund. The fete will be held on tbe Raffles Reclamation grouud! from 1 p m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, tke 12th inst. The patroness is the Lady Evelyn Young, and
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  • 73 5 [Renter*! Bervio*] London, Jan 4. The High Commie sioner for Canada has received from the Crown Agents for the Colonies Song kongs contribution of jO 1 0,000 sterling I to the Halifax Relief Fund. The High n>missioner, on bshalf of the Govern ment of Caaadn. hp.s expressed
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  • 148 5 From the Federal Capital says tbe Straits Echo comes a letter ingenuously and ingeniously defending the General Manager cf the F M S Railways and averring that the responsibility for the existing lamentable state of affaire rests not with him but with 6ome of his
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  • 68 5 We hear that the padi harvest for Pro vince Wellesiey ia likely to be exceedingly Rood, and alro that for Ksdnh Perhaps the people will !co3: upon this,, m the Oriental fashion, em a reward for the fcturdy help both these provinces have given to tbe Red Cross Fund, the
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 90 5 I WRISTLET WATCHES Every Watch Guaranteed, Durable Accurate LAMBERT BUTLERS G G CiGAREfTr~^.L -tt T |Ps~;r. T X X CIGARETTES AND SMOKING MIXTURE. ON SALE EVERYWHERE. The Traveller's Malay Pronouncing Hand-Book. This handy little book has now nacht d n- TENTH EDITION, a sure indication of its ustfulu; v Price,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 135 6 J^PAN MM! 3TF Co., LI LIKE. Far HoagluTi*, Siss* 1 Kebe Ytkohißt Fir Islasts, Paoang, Galons* is. Eafkni i i Thi Cape. port loa. no vice have been d^eoidl I L, KDd ii MIC Ihrc Wy, the oaaitia &mifl &h!f- imodton l moJ! D 1 berth eft -;!eb3»4i e&bi--Boci id
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    • 330 6 MESSAGERIES MARITIME! I ISOORPOBACTD IN FfcAHCK \!L LlHif, Fof ■■>• serrloe betweea Ia0o*Ofct»« i China. lapaOi Ceylon, Djibouti, E*t»» Ml t» Ilk BRANCH LINE, fortnightly service between B&lfOB'TOOfti Hatphcug. Fct further Inft fallen &rj!/ io J. da o:^Tt S, A8B it^omvaart tfaatscfoippy "Hedertaai nd "Rotterdam Lloyd' < Incorporated m Holland/.
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    • 616 6 KQNENKUJKE PJUCETVAART MAATSCNAPPS** (Incorporated m Hollam!, Soyal Packet Navigation Co., of Bstsvis. 2—3, COL&TEB QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. Alting Muni jk at.d Balembang J&e. 9 BIBGHABA BiatjkawaDg, (-elakau, Pen angkat and Jail. 10 I Hisgkkl Bcr^mban^ Paneh, Aaahau and Belawan Deli Jan. 10 j DeKlekk Billiton,
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    • 241 6 x* Tlh ><i ijctL kmir lift *!*"*y mm Mail and Passenger Sr PEN! KSULAB AND OmENTAL S (Under Contract wi!li His Majesty s Gover: The Compacy's HUL SERVICES EAST OF BOMT; The Company's INTERMEDI\TE SERVICES 1 i"a-s :Lgers for Europe ar^ booheil via Bombay as opp. resent ttxie cf arfiirs
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  • 1273 7 At tbe JuDior l ueT.ituti' n of X- ginrerF, m London, Dr William Wilbou said thuf, although the bnbjecl on which h« about to epet.k was announced as I'tcb nicul KJucation m China, he thought that had he chosen the title he would bnvp fxp y
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  • 246 7 Vast Preparations for Next Sprinp The f llowing toll have rarently coma to the knowledge of the French General Btefl The German;- are well aware that some time next year the new American air squadrons will come into action on \hi Western Front, and they are already
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  • 144 7 Protecting Allies Munitions Pari6, >ih Daoainbac. The French Frees ttill comments on the mcHHun •>- -taken by the .Japanese at Man where lnrge quantities of war matt-r und munitions are stored. It was important, the cay, to parry the danger of tbif MII ration of material being
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  • 45 7 The Expenditure I of h iijaure, has plaiped ibr- budgat for the i ifelH )9. He iayi tbui. ct tL I i m the ichUl 117,000,000, I for tlit 1 additional ex at tUf I rplus of the lu6t budget and 9
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 412 7 Pahihi or Plenty. Lif Insurance is worth 100 cents on thk dollar. (INCORPORATED IN STRAIVS SBTTLEM£KTS). K E\n OFFICE: WPtt*h«i!tar Hoose, fllnftpora LONDON OFFICE! 51. Old *sewrsr, EC. ,xp%»f fc*« 3 l»FQß!te< wfjjfe i^p Sn»»ecae Oonrt ol B»|iBBfl. «ompllefl wltli tke Britlafc :ABBura«ee Oqmp»»>Cd aoi :-v -»?itt!eai»» aii partlouiars, apr^j
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    • 486 7 YOKOHAMA SPECIE oAnfvj Lid. INOCRPOP.ATHJD IN JAPAN ipl!al Sabaccibed Y. 48,000.000 Capital Paid Dp .Y. 30,000,000 Reseive Fund... Y. 21,300,000 Pregileit, i, Tnonye Es*. P<ol PratMtrt, V, \ar;akawa Ea% DlffSCfdßS. i. Inoaye Eeq. Y. Yaissfcawa E l^. N. Soraa Efi M. Odaglri E-q. K. Sonoia Est. T. Kawaehirua EBf, K.
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    • 241 7 ne» iihikm mmm Co.. iw, f?;?E 4Ni) HIRINE, (lixcorporaied m New Zealand.) VMfl-rSZE INSURING^ IBSPS. Itl 'In corf orated !u Uongkocg (Incorporate 1 m Hcnjjfenng.) 6UJ&PJKTEE. (Inocrpor&'jeJl m Ea^lanfl Flho iuC Marine RlFbs of every dos3fip i !*Oi nude at lowest ?arrent rntrSi y&m3o3 i SllfliUß I 8r. M I*l
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    • 122 7 Established 1876. Merchants and Commission Agents PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical Drugs Dept. ESANOFELE Jnsfc received from Bordeaux, table claret m bulk and bottle also light dry white wine. Vichy Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) Vichy Hopital (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We have always steamers steam
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  • 843 8 The German Naval Mutiny. I London, Nov 25, A 3erman f- uior Darned Weig i^. a boatswain on the Dre«d noagLt Kroopricz, who participated ie the Kiel mutiny m October, has et-caped to Holland. m an interview, Weigat ttated that 300 sailors from tbe Kronprinz who were ordered
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  • 198 8 Enemy's Revolting Brutality. A gentleman who has seen the deposi tione of one of the survivors of the Citta di Ban, sunk under peculiarly revolting circumstances between the South Italian coast and Corfu m Oct. tells me that the crew of tha submarine behaved with ap palling
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 316 8 fT t I all PFor sale by all chemists and medicine dealers I England Price 1/1| or 6 bottles tor 6/6. Get Health from FOOL) I IBo< not medicine riKDDCri f I*.1 I 1 V f IAarISKLL LA I r I Dr. Cassell's Tablets Cure S;< tach Trouble I. FREELA*;D.
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  • 6 9 fc^Tmt: CP WC Jan. 7
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  • 1163 9 Issued by FKASEK Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Jan. 7th, 1 'A:: sta^saiicni ofiJiuiiDjj cu.^uh uimi ?.>*. rejii»iu'»a guieijr aQiiiuii. iv» <ll TO^OOO 1 8 0 0 919 c 335,000 15 la auy, 12j% 2 g 33 415,000 I I C&sHefleia (KISRg) (J 10 0 tlO 0
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  • 75 9 Jaa- 7 T;ii (200 toas) $1l 3fi 21 Gi pore 81.P0 41 ncm norn com Bom norn be i, iniall quality 16 25 fia 15.C0 r i a 216 POB 2 4 f 0 B i nc* G Davoe's Briilbat p«r oaee t bifih b 4.8 c Sylvan Artaw
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 97 9 I TROPIC AL ROOp G *i t > "I/AI>IT I r*A!/" 1/9 fiTjd lo Lllo iOoU.il UI UvCi I facture of Ready Roofings. Its I durability makes it the most econoI mical of any roofing on the market. fhic Vlllli CA w K~s I taining 216 108 square feet resI
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    • 17 9 "GENUINE QUALITY." METHYLATED Iff 1 1 STOCKISTS HIN WATT Co. UP-OHANDLBBB, Tciephofifi So, 428, 102, IhU Streoi
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    • 201 9 bO i: X, Bhortb«i r -ion, fctatetala: ted. 5 I It I WANTED Of I Appl] GOVERNMLKT OF J? W ORF PUBL!C V'ORKS BCPIITIEIT. BiLLr T WAT D C S&LE. i fO^ SALE. One 1 m Aim TO LET A oompoood fa lioad opposite the Poli( Apply to KONG fIING
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 309 9 MAIL TABLB To da?. luCiHmediace Skaa looa' mfttlfc, n'. t \\i '.Ist below Pbaang. Mal&caa, F.M.H (ky rtA**- ».o daily (eztsept Sunday), Johoie. 3,8.30. U am I, iAIio Cucob Hock Gao 830 am P. Sham Penang Pin Seng 11.80 am Calcutta 2.30 fm P. Dicksonfc P. Sham Calypso 2 8
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  • 89 10 IMMM six furlong-. t; an -v b Polar Star, Ampa tg PiaHj Molly, Oh La La, BrilUher, Idunno, E Mid, t dora, B!uck Pci Royal PhiOM i *ul. Good Oraeu R<un inia I til i nod and R win. Kl\:>a Lum I Pub nee oim mi i.t.
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  • 65 10 he !l.\nmi Hall announces new epi sod. Tbe < >:txj 3 V Unii Koring such h:\ tber^ There are altc other good pictures m tho ne»v pio^rarc; inctber s* rial at tbq Gaiety —and after the tins opeoiug o! of the there will ho east to %m >vo
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  • 407 10 ursd on Oct m lech Westfallohe Zditunff,' the i Krapp j A Hamburg light well 1. I i the v i lowing are ex tear of the Scheidemann may bi tumui ed u.i 'v the wot.:- Renunciation* c? victory. %I Wb:tt ii ;!d ri;ean foi and ood. I:
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  • 172 10 ti tomewlial I matkablc (ssysaJapan paper, th^t m tbe politicial dis tatbances m Petaegi id and Bfoseow, and continue ti be received frcm Urn capital m about f. sateen dayg. As a medium for cownaniGation with Euro pa however, the Siberian railway baa lesfi its :itilitv. A ljUer di^patr.bed frcrn
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  • 606 10 During tba spaciul ee-aion of the Sixty Congress, w!: :c'u adjourned on October j la.vs were pissed which confer i upon the President complete authority ov» r the forei^u commerce of the United States .r the period of ?hu war. The first of the^o 1 is
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  • 183 10 r Thanks to Belgian Workers, following telegrams have been ex changed between the Minister of Muni tiona and the Belgian Prime Minister en the occasion of the production of the millionth at a national factory, which id conducted entirely by Belgian labouc. To Baroa de Broqueville, Belgian
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  • 95 10 -or, co the etoiy goes, once ranted a plot of several acres to ciie of bi« blncfc r;e>bbour3. The land was to bo planted m corn, and tbe senator was to leceivo ono f-.-urth. Tho corn was duly! harvi ltd but tbe Fenator did not recoivo bis fcurtb. Meeting tbu
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  • 579 10 Portland, Or? Ron. 24tb T ovomber la a btatement to the local pros, Mochi/.uki, member of the Japanese parliamentary mission to tho United -States, who recently asserted tbat Jnptn wan ready to guarantee the independence of the Philippines when this country was prepared to g'anfc it, suggests
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  • 279 10 Strength of Allied Position. Paris. December 7. Le "Temps' 1 writes that President Wilson utter a formidable menace when he eayß that if the Germans after the War is ovsr still continue to live under their masters interested m disturbing the peace of the world, it
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  • 251 10 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] gi C) a the report of the proceedings at the annual general meeting of Alor G.'.jth Rtfbber Estate, Ltd, published m your paper I was surprised to notice from jibe t-peech of the Chairman, Mr W P iPlummer that the
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  • 361 10 Secretaries Baiker Co, Ltd. Alma 87.5C0 Atbara 10,723 Ajer Tawab 27,129 Batang Benar 25,617 Batu Anam 15. 189 Batu Liutang 4 9CO Batu Village 2,257 Bukit ToL Alang 16,410 Bute 158 Chermor 20.43Q Cheng B 20,574 Cluny 19,551 Dominion 47 751 Jeram 10 475 Kypala 10,337
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 275 10 When a child formerh bright and ar'.v I ifdiDg at the noeo, fiads play an effort au reral i very reason to susptct that the blood is gettic/J thin- thai j I: i l a conditio-j fraught with danger, DWpcclfclij for l thin blood inevitably leads to many serious diseases.
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