The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 25 January 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. EN CENTS SINGAPORE, FIiIDAY, JANUARY 25 1918 NO. 9,272
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  • 248 1 Late wire news will be found on page 4 Latest alterations in the &hare list are given on page 9. Late wire news by Dutch Service will j be found on page 5« Further evidence was heard in the extortion charge case yeeterday -Page 5. Full details
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  • 1398 1 is there au art Df lite| a;.d, U m, irlMt is it Omar Khayyam, rtrlngfng l' lfp quatrains together ariiid the ron of fcfaifebapur, thought 111 had dilOOf fi it when he tung of a ofe of Verses underueath the Hough' St Miffl StyHfcM, facing from
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 104 1 "iORICH TYRES S'ETV TREAQ SATURDAY, JANUARY 26th. SPECIAL DINNER NEMA SHOW. ruriimn nnroo J L if L m mi* \HrW in i iii 1 it LfllllllU IiIILUU V I REMEMBER! M^^^^^ M ,B M > to your advantage socially or commercially High Class Stationery and Printed Matter. Visiting or Business
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    • 96 1 Tl H E only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. "stdastir Super-Cvrcs r^% from Plantation Rubber, I SCLU AGENTS: I international Trading Company, Limited. I j 8 ■■■BMMWMM— lias £No t-Quai. WHA T P Borden's CONDENSED MILK, EAGLE BRAND. l^^lt^^^ EVAPORATED MILK.
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    • 154 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Australian hask for F^le Page 9. Fresh films at the Gaiety and Harima wall Page Rickard and Co have coloured printing inks for tale Page 1. Interesting notice regarding the S S and F M S trade mdfx Page 10. Rabiueon and Co have new stocks of towelling
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    • 2 1 Jeffreys Beer
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 73 1 THE WEER Fr)dBj 25th High Wft»v> s4O a 1)39 p.m. Cou version of St. Paul. Municipal Coiutuission, 2.i0 p.m. Taipusam Ftstival. Sa:ur.ia> 26th. Elgi? W»le»* 93 i.u, II- 2pm. Taipaa&m Fe.-tival. Sunday 27th. High Water— iO 2: a.n. 11-4 p.m. Septuagesima Sunday. Taipusam Festival. Full Moon. Honda; 28th. Hi*n Wme*-
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  • 410 2 The men of the American navy and array arc che gteat undecorated. N'o ribbons of orders or decorations are seen 0 their breast. Since tha Americana en* C; red the war and contributed to oat tight against the submarines many of the gal iant officets have been recommended for the
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    • 682 2 I A '"'''*!>, L ~g»» i MAEO O NED! The man who doe>. not advertiPG is isolated from his fellows, and will starve DOILAR 'AHf -TOHY Co. Bataviit "Our Day" Lottery! lied Gross Society j Permitted bv Ihe Dutch Government on Sept. 28th j 40,000 tickets, total Yalue of prizes
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    • 738 2 Orchard Boad, Singapore's Premier Theatre. For 2 Nights Only An Extraordinary Bluebird Special Feature 11 The Sweetest Story Ever Told on Stage or Screen Eased on the World.- Famous Poem by i iUDYASD KIPLING A Master Drama of a Mother's Devotion— The most beautiful phctoplay ever filmed. A Bluebird that
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    • 438 2 A Samptuous Five Part Lriim<»i H j Tbe Hall for Music The NtMer and Premier Imsc Second show at 9.15 p.m. si A Play that breathes the spirit of s< brilliantly and rfvldl Metro's Wonderp Pati Starring the beautiful and gifted yo\ Miss Ethel Ba- rymore T M in 5
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  • 983 3 The feature of Sic Starr Jameson's life was not fche Jameson Rud but his courage and sincerity. Hi a career eeerned broken after the flutco in 1896, but he se: himself to build it up again, and within eight years he became Prime Minister of
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1166 3 niltfßßV AT THE POPULAR PHOTOPLAY HOUSE MMH^HMi g ■Va _V< i_^m nHJ^^^^^B |j a Tvi |3 TTS Li H.-ECOND SHOW^Ts Shlrp D 01 TO-NIGHT I LAST TWO EPIBODB9 OK i-i tit bKciAl utLRET 4 The Creat Secret. Ep. 18 The Secret Revealed. 1 reatbei Photoplay Fresent i 5 THE SvARLET
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    • 714 3 I MUNICIPALITY OF SINGAPORE. The Municipal Ordinance 1913. KAM?ONG MARTIN. Whereas certain Und known as Kampong I Ma-tin and bounded by River Valley Koad. Kim Seng Road, Havelock Koad. Kim Yam Koad, Mohamed bultan Koad, Martin Koad and Kobert^on Quay is in process of development and appears to the Commit-
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    • 64 3 Bf^Kl iKSn^ £mM^ 1 I I JSiF m 3 GREAT STOCKTAKING CLEARANCE COMMENCES ON I MONDAY NEXT January 28th 1 xfL JN JJ I CONTINUES FOR I FIFTEEN DAYS ONLY I Bargains from 23 Departments TRUE WAR TIME I ECONOMY Visit this Sale AND <- 1 Sai^e Money WRITE FOR
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  • 913 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday, January. 25, 1918. The telegraphed explanation of the reason for the resignation of Sir EdWARD CABBON from the War Cabinet is perfectly definite, that it is to allow the War Cabinet as the last court to express a decision on a point of grave importance
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  • 1188 4 Hie Excellency Sir John Anderson's condition on Jan 9 was very satisfactory gays a Colombo paper. The Shipping and the Impart and Export offices will be open for two hours (from 1C a. m. to 12 noon) on Saturdny January 4 26th. A casualty list dated Dec 19th contains under
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  • 426 4  -  Submarine Cable Hi Amsterdam, .Jan 28 been i upprpe-f-d ovu-n coin meet on the .A London. i rrply cf Count George end ptom latterly tbe r« hc'.Lda. the m i derates. iDg Prueniahavt- I m been praci< abated confid^nc* i f probably elueidntu when he addn London, Jar:
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 136 4 FRESH SHIPMENT OF uALUutuK, mAbbnthuli ffluU. 1 1 66 EKKO THE PORTABLt COOKER j Heating y^^^*^^^r^ Smokeless. Cannot Useful for PRICE $1.50 Complete with Solid Alcohol (Replacing Methylated Spirit* EXTRA REFILLS 30 cts. EACH. John Little Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND,) Mr. H. N. BUCKERIDGE {late of Ibmu LAFAYETTE, Photographers
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    • 110 4 SOMETHING NEW FOR THE NEW YEAR 6 FOR 6 Means 6 Cabinet Portraits for $6. (12 do. for $10) AND IT ALSO MEANS No Satisfactory Proof, to Pay ment, The Eest Guarantee of the Quality of Our Photographs. Ring up 1035 TO-LAY and make an appointment for a Sitting on
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  • 189 5  -  Submarine Cable »7 GALUNT^DESTROYERS Effects Actions <ioeben- Bred in m that our destroyer jben replied at faa Goeben in Kuan bay and continuing to •oioyerTigrese aa effort to covet bd but both anemy and an m the Bret-laa phalo follow j k in ten then titan ob
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  • 55 5 rshal Haig o machine guns in ?u; m itera last night eastward enamy raided a post south There was hostile artillery j s in th^ Di"ht dropped lbs oa aerodomes near Counrs md Rumbeke. We aany and dropped two toci steelworks at Thionville, the •idori and
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  • 82 5 Talk A German Fraud 1 Aq official summing ik pourparlers says came calculating that ta of peace the Rua -!p to conceal frcm e real meaning of the Ger ramme but the Rv. ritten statement of the logramme which i to the people yearn bfl Russian rsvo ;to
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  • 11 5 The Soviet has I -^Ggaret? and captured lha
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  • 14 5 .unounces tbai far* at the ftont has been )er Cf>nt nwinp to the difli-
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  • 148 5  - AUSTRIA'S CRY FOR PE ACE Submarine Cable (My CURIOUS PAPAL STORY Hungarian Reform Measures [K&mhv't Serriom] New York. Jan 24. The Papal N'uncio report! to Roma that all Auatro Hungary il afire with open opposition against Germany, The Kaiser U desperately striving to avert a cris; Dhe Nuncio estimates 1
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  • 168 5 How Germany Bribed her Merchants London, Jan 28. The corre-iv,:;deut of rimes at New York pays the Ameri can newspapers publish extiacts from a brochure, the author of which is said 10 August Thyssen a relative of the well kuown German millionaire irounmster. The German Government
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  • 170 5 Enthusiastic Swiss Report Zurich, Jan "J'J. The Sv?i?s Red Cross commission has returned from inspection of the prisons and internment camps in India, Ceylon and Burma. They report that they received the utmost courUsy from the British authorities acd were Riven the greatest freedom cf movement, to
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  • 79 5 London, Jan 28. The Prase Bureau states that a new public niaals order m timates two meailess days weekly, pto hibits the consumption ci milk excepting lea coffae or cocoa of which the pec Eon? partaking must carry their own sugar. Tha following refer to some nationed articles
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  • 41 5 Amsterdam, Jan 23.— The question of the embargo on Dutch financial telegrams had most probably already, some weeks ago. been dissolved, when the not new question relating to the export of 5.0C0 horses to Germacy had arieen.
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  • 26 5 London, Jao 28.— 1n the House cf Lords by 132 to 42 the principle of proportional representation was instrte-5 in the Electoral Reform Bill.
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  • 13 5 London, Jan 22.— Silver is at 48id. The market is idle.
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  • 11 5 Th« I'reas Association understands that t- rn^-.ir na nspfl OQ the
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  • 519 5  -  Submarine Cable By HUYSMAN S SCHEME FOR British Yiew Evacuation Must Precede Negotiation I iioiitpr'i B«rrio«} London, Jan 2'2. the joint con ference ol the Trades Union Congress aod the Labour Party at Nottingham, M» Hendurdjn moved a proposal Iwhicb wan adopted l io establish the
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  • 215 5 Militarism Must be Destroyed London, .)an 22. Lord Bryce speaking at a banquet in London said that the taking of Jerusalem was a great event in the history of the worlds He congratu lated the Arabs who had been despoiled and tyrannised by the Turk* and
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  • 61 5 WOMEN 'S FUTURE IN LABOUR WORLD London, Jan 23. Mr A Henderson addrtit-siug the Women's Labour League; at Nottingham tugg* eted a fusion v;iih the i Labour PJfcty on the baeis of twenty per c»»n8 female reprebeufeation and no (?on) the nalionel executive. Subsequently it J was proposed that tbe
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  • 26 5 A Macao named Cheong Joon was brought up before the third magistrate yesterday on the allegation of having murdered one Koh Yew Swte in P&qods et
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  • 303 5 (Pe» Ned Indies Press Agency) Amsterdam, Jan 11. In connection with the supplementary Indies budget for 1917, the Fint Chamber hag agreed to the sum of 800,000 fl for the military service of Dutch mbjeote. Amsterdam, Jan 18. A number of the leading bankere, traders and ship owners
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  • 232 5 The bearing of the charge of extor j kioo against A E Pattinson was resumed yesterday in the third police court. Mr I Cullen, A S P. prosecuted, and Mr Camp I bell appeared for the defence. Chua Yong Cheng, revenue officer Xo 65, elated that on
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  • 127 5 ¥mm Our Own Corresvendeni Kuala Lumpur, Jan '24. The following are the entries for the forthcoming meeting. First Day. RACES One. three, eix. Royal Piurae, Beanlight, Britisher, Earl, Field. Black Prince, riupa, Tictory. Paul, Pegasui, Bean Bruranjell. Will o' the W:tp s Caramut, Mystic. May B, Ohlalfi,
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  • 74 5 I At tbe Gaiety cinema this evening there will be ehown more of The Doable j Crof-6", the Bluebird "'Doll's House" an 'amusing Triangle keystone, tew screen i magazine and other pictures Tbe chief attraction in tbe ui-« bill at tbe Hm-iraa Hall this evening is a
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  • 50 5 i In conreetion vfith tbe death of Police i Sergeant N G Johnsou, who was fouLd 'dead on Sunday morning in Queen's Road East, \re understand (aaya the Hongkong Daily Press of Jan 15) that a European soldier bae been arrested and will probably Ha hrrmoht inloce the Magistrate this
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 121 5 J^^|hk, BRITISH MADE >iw£%. iJi'KiSn ioweinng vb^¥^- f 1 Saih iswns In Plain White and Ntat Striped Designs. m^r -I Fitted with Hood cr Roll Collars i Jl^^> NOW SHOWING i A Large Shipment of the finest Egyptian g Cigarettes in the World Bouton Rouge Felucca Maspero Specials Clysma Hemely
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 644 6 JAPAN MA H STKA^SriiP Co., Ltd iiSOPEAI UNI. Fir Bongkec^ Steagbil, Kflbs Y»k3ii«X' f f? Balaiis, Panisg, Colcrabi icd England fla Tna Caps. a -efvicc hi iMlßUlnnfl between lokofti porti v- Mm ellles, London, nodei m»l souiiaci w»th t^.i Imgegial Jtijanww Go-.cvt La-jiii. Tt.c Sew Twla screw BfteUSf«i natsMtatig loll
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    • 264 6 KESSAGKRSES WS.RITIIIBI 1 UTOOB^ B ITKD IN PBAM 31 UIL LIK«. Fortnightly servicf between laOo-Cfc»»»i i, IftpaD, Djibouti, B|?»1 fc» il.i; il.i-3. BRANCH LIKB, u ortol^hUy service between Sa(go«-Tca»*i i Foi furthur iu'r iruatlon applj to Sroomvaart tfaatschappy "Nederhf-s' and "Rotterdam Lloyd" (Incorporated lu no))and)i ROYAL DUTCH MAIL COiPABIKI Fortnightly
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    • 595 6 gCKiKKLSJKE PAKETVAART SBAAISSS?APFI«I (Inoorporatefl In Holland, ftoyti! PacKet Navigation Co., ctf Eatavis. 2—3, Ool&tbb Quay, DNDBB OONTRACJf WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. Baud Billiton, Batavia, Che ibonand Reniarano Jac. 25 MBLCHIOB Tbbub Hatav'a. Bemaraog »od ricuiabaya with transhipment for Passengers at Batavia to TeJok-B*toDg Kroe. Benkoelen, t'adang Oostliavan. Mcrak. Kaliaada
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    • 605 6 j (Companies Incorporated la England.) 9 Mail and Passenger Skr\ I I PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co II I (Under Contract with Hfs Majesty's Governn rhe Compares MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY ,jR me Company s INTERMEDIATE SFHVICES TO AND Pfi BB at present suspended. I 9H Paf-h'rcgers for
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  • 763 7 The Kingdom of the Blind. Verily is ours the Kingdom of the Blind And the real home, the beat of production, of our blindness has been the Bchool. The trivial character of most school lessons inuet be patent to all, on reflection. The President cf the Board
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  • 99 7 A manufacturing firm at Dewebury recently received a pos f caid from a Gerraau at LofthoUße Prison Camp asking for price lists aud patterns of flannels, eatins, eilke, etc, t-uitablo for smart pyjamas In reply tha firm sent him a copy of the following Solemn Oath which
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 24 7 FIRST CLASS BRITISH MADE SCUIIMP in it iniji jLn Exceptionally good opportunity to secure a (Hand or Treadle) ON VIEW AT I RAFFLES PLACE.
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    • 317 7 ♦'^SgLSSfefT; «T"# ♦C.& B. English Soups iHi OA a m. >. a 5 BLACIf^ MinuU A iO Varieties All Delicious j^§||sg|j The Cuisine of one of the finest chefs in the world available for your table. Crosse Blackwell Guarantee these Soups I By to be Made under ideal conditions, as
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    • 375 7 1 I Mever Use An Gify Polish on Any of My Furniture— just D i OILY polishes gather and hold the dust, soiling clothing, linen and everything with which they come in contact. Johnson's Prepared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike polish. It forms a thin, protecting coat over
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  • 331 8 Writing in Le Correspondent of Sept 25th on the war and the Scandinavian coHntries, M Jacques de Coussauge gives some very interesting information as to the effect the war id having oa the northern neutrals and their difficulties. Chief amongst the latter ia, of course, the quea
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  • 304 8 Parachute Experiments From Tower Bridge i Oa Nov 11 crowds which throng the Towez Bridge on their way to the East End markets saw a thrilling experiment. Tho occaciofl was a semi otficial trial of 1 The Guardian Angel." a compact para [chute invented by Mr
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  • 234 8 I bnve beard of several cas-?* of young women in deep distret-s because they are re fused passports to go to Hon<; Kong, Shang hai, Singapore, and India on purpose to be married. The nance iu each case is in one or other of the
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  • 1681 8 I To Deo. Bl Dec To date l 1913 Abaco 37,452 64,040 Allagar, Dec 300,400 28,500 841,100. A.Gajah, Sep 89.600 11.249 140,405, Alor Porjgeu 283,761 27 544 276,412, A l ma 370,700 37,500 352,700! Ampat, Sep 155,580 17,650 216,284 An-Johore, Mar 251,256 23,216 805,005 An-Malay.Dec 1,782,998 165,004
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  • 160 8 In above list thmocthly totals for Jar I in which the Company'* after the name. Third 1317 total to date ami of the past month. 1 tu got the IfOH I iu-caratt guarantied. Managt f> m by Huppiylng corrects.u- Mine ruturnb are $rrt fc ul»r. A. Kinta June
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 288 8 This is the Pen h for Active service f| because it stands the racket. The 'Swan/ like i rifle, is made ,g^ hrue and sure. The ink magazine is p| pie at command, the pen is ,J ready for dut) immediately. There is gj no iniHirii^, and there are no
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  • 22 9 T. Jjn. 24 4 n Q ISM PiiTft»« ttcdiH P 1116 dftrcn. SAtSBEOB, A«maal 66 Bwtfr cf Srßt.nd Suta R»* 4
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  • 81 9 &hva\l9i Om'te No. f 21 rr r 81 00 hfjpti Hli total N«3m«gi (110 Cj Sitir.ej* (80 Jo St,j tf&ct (Sanaa) ncra I, .ca. utiF.!! peaL) 18 CC AQ QSui2r2 pC£kX» 2c I*2 f 0 totes, Bfcn&ies v?s«>aficd Slot, Qfiineoor "Whtft 218 EUef, Si&zai No. I 3ec9r%ii, p«i tbuftt
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  • 71 9 The folio wiug aie Ibe I which changes are notified in Iff Fraser and Co'e y^nterday's share net re Ayer Hitam 16.00 16.00 Hastor 9.50 10.50 Indragiri 6 40 6.65 Mulaka Pinda 2 60 New Serendab 60 4 60 Etadelia Bayan lalacca RUBBER DOLLA i,UK. Ah.i.-. Amp
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1156 9 ICK or PtENTY, LlF> INSURANCE IS WOBTH 100 CENTS ON THE DOLLAB. I S»»i»»a M(t «jta»lSr;j «Eu l!*'»l«» MSssAnam-smiE Oem»s>Klos hot, is, sTe^f putttcuittj Incgrpop. Japan Capital bubacrlhed Y. 48,000/JOO 1 P»l«3 Y. 80,000,000 WB6rve Fund y, 9i,800,(KK) Pwwdenf, J.luouyoEa^. -President Y. Yaniakawa Esf DIBECVCBS. J. Inouye Esq. V.imakawa Esq.
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    • 574 9 1 WAWTED IMMEDIATELY. Shorthand Iy Kr clerk. M;t be able k) lake notes frorn din ation. *r»^ly with refer encee to Box Na. 100 c/o Frte Press. 15-1 WANTED 10 BUY. BPeond b i■. I namo3to4H.P In j running order. Ap^ly M. c/o Free I 34 1 261 GOVERNMENT OF
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 229 9 Ji-Tc-sL. .Hate and iocai maii 55 w>: b; f.ui-c .u :i>n below Pen&cg, Malacca F.M.ri i.fcy 7s*i»i I j u, anily (eacept Sunday). Johoie. 8. 8. SO. 11 a m. UJt, i 4 A I p u. Cucob Azmere 8.30 av Cucob Soon Hcag 8.80 am Kobe 10.80 AM >arawak
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  • 2438 10 CHARGES AGAINST JAP ANESE. :;> orV'-:-{ I EIRIR DEFENCE. \'w bs ram Mai.w Cap." At the tssil I \--'rrd>\y. the case wag BOntinvod in wbieb f.-ur Japanese, named hi-hi n --i Chu E h Gen laltas Okamoto) and ibima, were charged wi'h house tr .-v):i- >vi-, In tol to sol
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  • 305 10 Rubber. Singapore, J»m 24. At Ihe sales this week which concluded to dny. the quantity offered amounted lo ,116. tons, o! which 626 vrere eold. At thd joiuinancemeul the demand ssas fair although prices showed a further decline, bat l^ter the demand slackened and prices sul! further
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  • 123 10 Singapore, Jan 24, The weekly Rubber Auction opened yesterday to a weak matket and lower prices. For Fine Pale Crepe the highest paid was ICO and for Ribbed Smoked Sheet $94 per picnl, n drop ia each caa? of $4 from la6t week's best. Prices tended to
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  • 75 10 Thiß Lf;erDoon a garae of football be tween the 6 R C, and a Naval XI will be played when the SRC team will be E Olivairo; G G Wheatley, L M Penne father W Raeeel), W A Aeria (manager) F de houza J de
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  • 49 10 An unknown Chinese was on "Wednesday night found dead in a rikieha. P C 795 who was on duty at the gate of the Sepoy Lines police station, found that the pas* senger in the rikieha was a dead man. The body was eent to hospital for exatni nation.
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  • 262 10 Industrial stocks have been the main feature in the market throughout the week and some good advances wore recorded. Mining shares received a moderate amount of attention with a few stocks in good derar.nd. Rubber shares are steady but there is at present insufficient butiae&s passing to
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  • 482 10 14tpi 19th January. Rubber. The period has been uneventful in tbie in ark el. Local auction Results. Total offered Total sold Top prices London Crepe Sheet Equi* Pikuls I 4. 1 f 5 7,896 f 104 HS7 2.2| 2.C I (H4B Tons) 1470 Tons) The
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 178 10 Establish im. H. RH. THE DUKE '^^JffSJ i^S^i '°F The Ri^ht Wau TO COMMENCE THE YEAR TO BUY YOUR JEWELLERY I The Right Man B. P. DE SUVA, 1 he Premier Jeweller Diamond Merchant for ov. SINGAPORE AND FENANG THE S.S. AND F.M.S. TR DE^NBEX (CHINESE COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY; isr. issue.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 96 10 SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES. Sunday Jan 27. Johnston'e Pier, 9, 10 acd 11 a in.. 2 30 and 8 80 p m. Club BuDgalow 9.30 and 10 30 a.m.. 12.15, 3 and 6 30 p.m. High Tide 10.21 am. Height 9ft. 7ir, Water Polo and Team Race.— These j events will
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