The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 January 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, WEDNESDAY, JANUAEY 16 1918 NO. 9,2<M
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  • 287 1 Sir Auckland Geddes has made a loof and important speech m the House on man power, Interesting figures of Britain' 6 effort are given and many plane for utilising the utmost strength cf the natioH Page 5. From the western front, Baig recounts a successful air raid
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  • 845 1 To think of any irticu'.ar Btoefc is to associate it with its surroundings and evente, m some casee long forgotten The writer deals with the homely and beautiful side of horology, but what of the cheap, loud, aggressive American alarm clock, W'.ich nuaki tht early hours of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 426 1 GOODRICH TYRES S^ETY TREAD j HA***** 17? HllTPl?! HE on!y tyre which has won the rac il ft. Irl-LJ %i IIU 1 _Ul_« certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or B punctures. B—w j Afternoon TEAS will be served m the hotel lounge and on the lawn every Thursday from
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    • 108 1 LATEST ADVEHTISEMENTS. Notice by Cbitf Police Office*- under tbe Registration Ordinance Page 3. A Daimler for gale by private negotia tion Page 9. Lady shorthand typist v anted for Singapore Page 9. Ching Keng Lee have auction sales Page 2. Izal for the tapping cut, Gutnrie'e Pape, 4. Commercial Rubber
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 106 1 THE WEEK M— MM Wednesday 1 6th High W%»*v— o 50 -.m f 23 p.m. TTearuc Bros, meetinp, noon. Tb_rsdBf 17th. Blgh Wate* '-'16 a.vi 1-12 p.m. Eastern Gate. 8.30 p.m. G. G C. Ladies Medai. Frldaj 18th. Hi_h Waeci— a 08 a.m., 1 04 p.m. Sat&rds; 19th. High Water—2-4^
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  • 875 2 MILK ADUL TERATION. Criminal a.-p ur Finimnu. Hi Justice Bbdan delivered j \eaterdav afternoon en the appeal cf Mr H y Kirwun *j i\ conviction In the Dfimißal J;;:: j: court on a charge of sell lug IhlOVgb ervant mi r k tc which water had been added. His lordship
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 723 2 We have on orr office walls a few BLANK SPACES Any firm caring to send CALENDARS will be hung ,tne calendar not the firm). DOLLAR DIRECTORY 16 a. Charge Alley. 1. I Batavia "Our Day Lottery FOR THE Red Cross Society Perm,tted by the Dutch Government on Sept. 28th 40,000
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    • 955 2 Tv^JJ) FANTASTICS [W't I TO-NIGHT J THE a FANTASTICS WWILL APPEAR IS A VARIED 2 PROGRAMME OF ?<<Wt S ACROBATICS. SONGS, q SOLOS. DUETS, TRIOS, MUSICAL MONOLOGUES. DIALECT STORIES, IMI TATIONS. Etc. y M CHANuE OF PRO(>R4MMI sjh ON WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY S3 SI RECEDED BY *m A Mutual Vaster
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  • 1244 3 The Straits Times publishes the following extracts from a latter from Colonel (iarrelt of the Shrophires. Here I am eafeout of our first big fight. We went up after dark, arriving on our ground (we were m reserve) about 11 3u, j and
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  • 740 3 Service Reorganised and Improved. A recent despatch from the Head quarters of the French Army contains the following interesting details as to the German Air Service and its asphations. When the Battle of the Somme had spent itself m the mud and mist a year
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 826 3 COMMENCEMENT OF A NEW SERIAL £&5E5999 AT THE POPULAR PHOTOPLAY HOUSE flBOH| Oj J!Li Tanjocg Taear fload. Traniß I'aH^ the Door, BBaBHPWBB TO-N: i! SECOND SHOW 9-15 SHARP TONIGHT:! CONSOLIDATED FILM CORPORATION PRESENTS Maurice Costello and Ethel Grandln m I THE CRIMSON STMN MYSTERY I A startling 16 Episode Serial.
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    • 245 3 WATERPROOF BOOTS AND SHOES White a way s Mk Mp with fairly hea\y ■l< lad broad Dttij Gent's Tan I all I •■> Jf^ t American make Derby MR jj^. %> style, two tittinga m all BV^I H^^* r \^S sixes. fs^B s** s aSKBm «The Lewis' Prand Black Glace
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  • 2130 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Jan, 16, 1918. If a complete history of the present war is ever written, which seems an likely, at any rate for a good many decades to come, one of the most interesting sections outside those devoted to the actual fighting will be that which
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  • 174 4 In (lot w>h'!,k nur. >. >, ance. these races coilm Results. George Town Plats 6 d.--810 (Haie) 1 Btieff) 1 ob La L« l by a neck iv 1 m 22 dec. KUALA LtJltPOl V 1 1 (South all) 1 IHHE I M<. J -elie 10 7 X
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  • 123 4 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. [Courtesy or thi; Fei Paris, January 14th 6 p.r tUI wag arrested m the morning and incar eerated m the prison cf I. The arre6t cf Cftillai i was knowD, produced a ccc preaeion, all the news; published with big heading;, annon the arrest, without causes. They
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  • 340 4 The Fantastic had a fine house last night, which keenly appreciated the proi gramme. To night the combination pre eantfc the No 2 programme m which M Nellie f*.;ark the Scottish Contraltc, will be included, Caller Herrm and 'My kin Folk" are her selections and on the violin
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 110 4 I THE IDEAL DINNER WINE RED SPARKLING BURGUNDY tjUQFIS clllvl tr IUIS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Galdbeck, Macaregor Co. FRESH STOCK 1 T C q R PETS RUGS INSPECTION INVITED ASSORTMENT OF JAPANESE MATTING IN ROLLS OF 40 YARDS. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. Incorporated m En^iaDd). The Traveller's Malay Pronouncing Hand-Book.
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    • 90 4 SOMETHING NEW FOR THE NEW VCAD Means 6 Cabinet Portraits for $6. (12 do. for $10) AND IT ALSO MEANS No Satisfactory Proof »o Payment, The Best Guarantee of the Quality of Our Photographs. Ring up 1035 TO-DAY and make an appointment for a Sitting on ANY DAY. WILSON Co.
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  • 89 5 STATEMENT IN COMMONS Jm 14. —In t v i« B rase ci v ia-.ides nun- v cad iad decided thai al pri Should neither raised and eompultkui should oduc«d m cal -»n J. hot id pi nn\ or all ol try needs could I the House ol
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  • 743 5 tae all-importance of j some strange I of oar forefathers and r .ud by the sea I had ci i the j en ar B m thrt Ittfht of j ■> a result of the 000 additional t I be available to X front and several ivisione foe
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  • 450 5 London. Jan 14.— I: is officially ex plained that tbe Board ol Admiralty it now divided Into twoheacU namely Opera tion i ;«.r,J D&aintenanoe. In the former the principle ol isolating the work of planning and Jirectics w.\r operations farom all Othei WOlk m order that it
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  • 69 5 Our ironical contemporary the Temps, scored off the censor by publishing a big! s under tha heading The Liberty ol Press." Nothing could describe tbe I situation more dtlicately ox accurately I The censor's attitude toward the prass is I Ol f be polite Irish
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  • 438 5 ADMIRALTY AIR-WORK By Submarlß* O&bl«l [R«tit«r'i B«rvic«] London, Jan 14.— The Admiralty states Yesterday afternoon our aircraft bombed Eugel ammunition dump. Bursts W9re observed among the sued*. A direct hid and a cloud of emoke is reported, All returned. Western Front London. Jan 14. Field Marsha) lUi;,' cays
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  • 106 5 London, Jan 14. —In the House of Commons Sir Eric Geddes stated that the Admiralty had confirmed Ihe finding o! the court of enquiry that the escorting yes eels did their best to protect the Soandi navian convoy as cabled on Dec 17. The escort fought iv
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  • 19 5 London. Jan 14 The death has occur red of Rev Montagu Butler, D D, masier of Trinity Cambridge.
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  • 230 5 Early this year Germany's great ehe mical factories, which before the war enjoyed practically a monopoly m the production of dyes, formed a huge combine for the avowed purpose of being m a stronger position to recover their old mar kets after the war. Ib is
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  • 381 5 HEAVY INTERNECINE FIGHTING Famine Distress [By Submarine CabUJ [R*ut«r'i B«rvice] Petrograd, Jan 14.— There are forecasts of a recrudesence of internecine Btrife m the capital owing to the fact that it is believed to b* thn Bolshevik intention to declare tbe forthcoming congress of Soviets ad the National
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  • 148 5 Repudiation of Loans Petrograd, Jan 14. The Superior Coun cil of National Property has drafted a decree cancelling all national loans issued by the imperial and bourgeois Governmentfl. All domestic loans of which stock is held by foreigners are cancelled unreservedly and only ehort term loans of i the
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  • 43 5 Paris, Jan 14. M Caillanz bus arrived here. Pari9, Jan 15 M Caillaux has arrived and been lodged m Saya prison snd this j created a srnsatiou. The IntraDSigeant states that the authorities found incrimi eating documents compelling his arrest forthwith.
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  • 154 5 Packets of beetles! from the Dutch Indieß to provid9 dyes were among the conteute of some of a large number of poßial parcels seized iv about 20 neutral veseels on tbe way either to or fcom Germany. Contraband such as rubber and food ware condemned m
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 163 5 Billiard Table Surrounds IN COIR MATTING s£BORDERED IN BLUE, uKEEN AND RED Also Plain Matting Surrounds, an Inexpensive and Hard-Wearing Matting for the Billiard Table. Coir Matting m same colours by the yard for Passages Stairs. IN VARIOUS WIDTHS i| ti sph.in^~3j LAMBERT BUTLERS G G C C X X
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 540 6 NY X 1 a flu JAPAN MAU ISTEAMSIUP Co., Ltd. {Incorporated m Japan), EUSOPEAK LINE. fir Hoagkeag, Sbaogtail, Kobi Ytkohißi Fir lalaiu, Panang, Colombi mC England tla Tbe Cape. A 3eivlce la milnlainod betweea Yototami ports lo Marseilles, London, na3e» mat contract with the Imperial Japaneie Oovera ruent. The New
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    • 481 6 I KESSAGERIES MARITIMEI incorporated m Frihch l HAIL UNI, Fortnightly service betweea Inflo-Ob»*-i China, Japan, Ceylon, Djibouti, E|?t« Marseilles. BRANCH LINE, Fortnightly service botween Baigo«-Tou»%» Haiphong. For further Information apply 10 J. de COURTOIS, ab»c Stoomvaart Maatschappy ll NedBriaß6 I and "Rotterdam Lloyd" (Incorporated m Holland), ROYAL DUTCH MAIL COMPAIIEI
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    • 687 6 ~SQNHIKi[JKI PAKETVMRT MAATSGWPW (Incorporated m Holland, ttoyal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavis. I—B, OOLDTHB QUA* UNDER CINTRA^T WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. Kalmoa Pargfcalan Boefioe t aDt l 7 Sisgahadja Tandjong-Mengeidar.Tandjong Leidong.Berombang, Paneh, Asahan and iielawan Deli Jan. 17 KuMPniua Batavia, Semarang and Eourabaya with transhipment for Passengers at Fatavia
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    • 474 6 (Comyanlee Incot^cratea is En^iaafl.) Mail and Passenger Services I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co I (Under Contract with His Majesty's Governn The Company s MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FR Passengers for Europe are booked via Bombay as oppt The P. 4 O.
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  • 1757 7 To Deo. at Dec To date Abaco 37,452 64,040 Allagar, Dec 300,400 812,600 A.Gajah, Sep 139,600 11/249 180,405 Alor I'ongeu 288,761 248,868 Alma, 870,700 87,500 352,700 Ampat, Sep 155,580 17,650 216,284 AnJohore, Mar 251,256 28. '216 805,005 An-MaJay.Dec 1,782,988 165,004 1,85*,«48 >n-S'tra, May 848,698 67,916 888,964 Asahan,
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  • 284 7 In above llHt the totals m firnt column ate monthly total'- fur Jan-Dec, Wit. Tfci BMtfi In which the Company's fQM ends ib indicated after the name. Third column shuwri tht 1917 total to dati- ißd IBOOBd oolumn thi total lof the past month. Every endeavour !h ..uadt
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 100 7 I Wt~W #m I^W #m Wkl C^L I r\ wW w t *\l LA rf^O C f BLACK WHITE" ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Enormous Stocks held by BUCHANAN Co. at their 1 store (the largest m the world) enable them to tne hi^h quality of this famous blend. 1L oUXiIiJuU
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  • 432 8 Wboreati it is deemed aemaDia mat uu« present Uvi6h tmployrn«ct of certain phiaeefi bokh m official and unofficial communiqu«4 most he controlled to avoid a ehor«age of thote purges m thu spring and seriou6 inconvenience to departments concerned, And whereas the present consumption of the cliches, logotypes and
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  • 320 8 Mp Ben Tlllett'g Striking Warning I want Co sound a sfcrong nets of warning Bg<\iD&t the pact fi ate iv oar midst," §aid Mr Ben TiiUtt, M P, iv a Bfiriking ofidreiß an Tha World aft War and After." a? the Haymaike*. I'acirUt ie only another name for
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  • 429 8 The prices quoted are generally those current at Clyde Terrace Market. At the other markets there may be small variations. Singapore, Jan. 14th, 1918. Beans, Long per catty 10 do. French do 16 Beef per lb. 26 Beef Steak do 28 i Beau Sprouts per catty S
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 427 8 Bacchus Marsh SINGAPORE GOLD STORAGE CO., LTD. jmß^^S Grown on British owned plantations Montserrat 1\ v I Lime Juice The finest health beverage Warranted b y a Bntash nrm of w orld-wide renown. B mmS^mEmmm.^^^^ gvana Sons Lescher Webb, Ltd Liverpool A London. k \JHt-- ;A. v^ihair tor ail CJecasions
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    • 54 8 MOTTSF k-? SLi PRIVATE HOTEL Bras Baßah Road. CENTRALLY SITUATKD aiways 000 l aul exposed tv bre« be PURNISHED APARTiIENTS v!th Board. Ccmiortabla Rooms with Bathroom j attached. Sleotrlo Fittings tbrougboat, Large Reception Hall and Blillara Separate tables In spacious dining room TERMS Tb most reasonable lo Town, Foi farther
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    • 206 8 *T* 1 I^Bf 3 ft I 0 JL J^ M-JSL T*kmS JL Jk JL^ Red inriCi I UOG is made of pure para rubber I it insures: I the maximum mileage I the minimum exoensA I because it lasts o times longer than any other inner tube and I costs
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  • 58 9 M»| TMB I I Jftfl 1 5 I I **•"<* 4•■ a 24 3 '.< d^r^ar.j 2-4 7 Pvi^ftts c;-td!tf Ifßt I Fianct daman a B*ai 818 imniK. T. T }.o. BOim>rm«i rtimani Bli%Prem fOKOHAMA, ittraiiril 108 Java, 4am&;i <# i B/JiasOK. fitraanJ 65$ 30Vl«ll83fc\ fT— t Boft-ii tH
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  • 156 9 Jan. 15. Tin buyers) < 2.60 (*£saH:.J« 15.50 3ftpnfcitr C«fe« Nr. 1 23 00 Gfciafe<a» v o f 21.00 P§pp»* Black ordln .-pure 88. RO PapVes, (Wfiitt tail) HaSmoga <110 t? Ifcfl 1% rr. r Netincgi (80 So Sh« Dom K&f« (Bsnda s icdi Girt ft lArcbo':^ nc. I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 428 9 I ror PIACH, FaMINI or PLENTY. Lll INSURANCE IS WORTH 100 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, f 1 WHAT OTHER PROPERTY 18 P I 1 GREAT EASTERN LffE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED (INCOBPORATBD IN STRAIYS SETTLEMENTS), ifiAD OFFICE: Wtaehauter Hoase, Sfaliport. LONDON OFHCEs 11. Old Jowrj, E.C. t»* A30.G00 ic^osiioii wiifc lit
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    • 495 9 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANS, LTD. {INCORPOP.ATL'D IN JAPAN Capital Subscribed Y. 43.000.000 •>.pfiai I'aid ;"> ,y. 30,000,000 Reserve Fond.... Y. 21,300,000 Premier.'. 2 Inoaye Eeq, r%c» Pre*iieni. Y. Yamabav>a Ea«. DISECTJEI. Inoaye Eeq. Y. Yamakdwa Ep%. N. Boma Esq. U Odagirl Bag, K. Sonoda Esf T. KawasbimaEsf B, Kiunra Esq.
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    • 505 9 Established 1876. Merchants and Commission Agent 3 PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical Drugs Dept. ESANOFELE c 6 Just received from Bordeaux, table claret m balk and bottle; also light dry white wine, Vichy Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) r Vichy Hopital (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We
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    • 402 9 WANTED Capable shorthand lady typist foi mercantile ofllce, Sirjf.;a;:orf» Apply AT. Z c/o Singapore Fiee Pres^. '6 1 11 i INSURANCE. Wanted by marchant firm A=isi^tat:t e» capable Clerk, prefeiably with lnsu«a&ce«z ptrieLce. Apfly p., k a Yk B I'reys 84-19 n wt uc ASSISTANT SURGEON. Wanted for Estate m
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 467 9 MAIL TABLB, To day. intern: odlattj &nd local malls, ffll* be loult la Hal below P^narg, Ma acoa, F.M.S. ihf TiaU! I p. a Ar^liy (txcept Bunday), Johrtc, 6, 9.80, 11 MB., IS.BO, 1, i A 1 f v. Cucob Hock Gftn 8 iil am Cucob Kdina I a^ Kuantan
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  • 1227 10 FINDINO3 OF THB COURT OF WAmmmoo'fl Mastkk Bbpbimandbd. In the Marine Court, yesterday after neon, thft l\ndn z* weifl Riven of th« court of enquiry frtaieta bat recently regarding th« collition bttWMH *he British iteam Bhips Warrtmoo atu L"»ertf§, »t about 2 ra ou Dt>c 15
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  • 85 10 RETRIBUTION At the meeting of the Renfe AseessmeLt Board en Die 11th the case of 90 houses belonging to Akwp.y and Co wae considered and Mr Carpmael, Municipal Assessor, who is a member of the Board, stated that the landlord hni conspired to put on the valuation bock faUe values
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  • 212 10 Singapore Hut No 1. H E Sir Arthur Young $500 C K:itou Cunningham (aer AW S) 35 i V Z (par A W S) 16 N Kiuion 100 W G Maxwell 2 5 B" 50 W H Macgregor 500 W Lowther Kemp 500 Thg
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  • 179 10 BULop oi Singapore, The Right Rev C J Ferguson Davie #25 American Red Cress Association pur Rev W T Cherry '0 575 Lim Nee Soon, Hen Treasurer. President Wilson, the Morning Pott" say?, giving sittings to Me John Sargent, X A. for the British Red Crosa portrait,
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  • 677 10 Rociiohe Rn Double Murder. At the Assizes yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir John Bujknili, B o) and a special jury, the trial wa^ cjneiuded of the Teochew vpgettib'e hawkir named Lim Teow Teng, charged with the murder of Tan Kow Seah, to^rkay of a shop m Rochore-rd,
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  • 171 10 Secretaries Chau Sze. Oan k Co. Malaka Pinda 47,000 total fcr 4 months 182,495. Owiug to the lack cf suitable persons to fill posts m the administrative ofilcee m Netherlands India, at the request of the Indian Government applicants will be sent out from the home
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  • 1032 10 France!, Nov 14. No one has ever failed to remark that, the Army at the Front is always Infinitely more cheerful and more coL.fi'Jeut than the civil population at home. Tbe reaeon can only be that the Army is preoccupied with its own immediate tack, whereas
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 253 10 Its Good to feel UrtM after healthy exercise, bur if that tired feeling <] a night'F Bleep it's abnormal. I a cms that you ir< tated, that jou need a lonit- to build up y GI Dr. Williams Pink PifSs for P a i c supply all the elemeots They
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