The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 5 February 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 14 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. YUYU SINGAPORE, TUESDAY. .FEBRUARY 5 1918 NO. 9,281
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  • 267 1 There ie not, m amount, much from the seat ct the gigantic strikes, but it ie stated that while m Barlin there ie less trouble, the movement has spread to other places. The Government is getting blamed for ruthless suppression, aud altogether the outlook is not too
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  • 874 1 Gaza, the roost recent objective of the British fence- In PfclMtiM, is a city bet upon v hill, whose romsalir history goes back to the beginnings of history und j whote importance hats BMaftfcaad tbmughout the ages. Here was born Mohammed ihn Idns, 'the great Doctor
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 89 1 I'ORICH TYRES ETY TRE4O Brnoon TEAS will be served m the el lounge and on the lawn every I ma Show on the lawn, especially for children, Jr^ni-^rrrJ^ THe Typawnte* of Perfect Presswork Over 10,000 Supplied to will choose the ROYAL Sodium Bisulphite \Burgess Tapping Knives I Taylor's Disinfectant Hand
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    • 466 1 ~~~m~~»m»»~~~~~«—»w~~~»" 1 j^'"j>'~j.iiii— iiim,»-Bi— iat-*ffato*whJßa~-»i»«aii tost- *.-.e_i (INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG). THE WOKKS OF A. Gaide to the English L manage, its P ARl(\jn» ANi IT II TAfnoP History Davelopm^a: aad Use 3.50 KAmNDRArSArH TAGORE Ga>logy, Romance ot Keallty Series 2.75 Hnogry Btones and Other S'oriea 3.75 :y Home -ucc«ed an
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    • 102 1 MTEST ADVEHTISEMEMS Shorthand writer and typist wanted Page 9. Bankruptcy notice re Lim Hock Seng Page 3. Chinese New Year: Banks close ani Fraser and Xeaves's Page 3. Municipal tender* Page 3. No more labour troubles Page 9. Little Four for sale Page 3. Powell's important auction Page 2. Gaiety
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    • 2 1 Martells Brandy
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    • 97 1 THE WEEK Tuesday sth Hl*h Watp»— 3-16 a.m., 4 32 p m. Kent Board, 2.15 p.m. Weiotesday 6th. High Wm —4 3a m 6-18 p.m. Anniversary of the Settlement of Spore (1819; Tborsdai 7tl. High Water- 5 14 a.m., 8 8 p.m. Maynard <!- Co. meeting. 2.30 p.m. Friday Bth
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  • 107 2 YUY I we Deed 1 direction r done .an Err.; been burg remarked tb<u the im r ichange ac lei the victories m an absolute proof that the general dete ation il doe to the fall m German credit. He remarked that pcopl6 iv neutt :ries are
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  • 145 2 Machinations of the Central Powers. London, Jan 17. Prince Lichcowsky. the last Ambassador m London, contributes to the Berliner Tageb! an article m which he destroys the whole edifice of German fabrications concerning the origin of the war. He admits that Germany and Austria combatted
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  • 95 2 ORIGIN OF GERMANS G AS DEVICE. Be jouc Macgartigie, an Australian •J. has been credited with the invention of the liquid fire spraying device ierinanB. y establish meets oi other countries are said years before the war to have turned from it en the ground that its use would contravene
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    • 439 2 ""'TYPT WAITED, i Young lady to do copying work shorthand not required. Good opportunity for beginner. Permanent j position for right person. I J R. FLYNN ANDERSON. DOLLAR DIRECTORY Co. 16a, Change Alley^ I I <JN ONLY 7 NIfHTS -mencing Saturday, 9th Feb., 9-15 EDGAH WARWICK URN OF THE FAVSURITES
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    • 626 2 f T^ T^ Tt^ |O 'T A W^k T Xi T rf** V T" CJ l^T T f^h T-i7 *I T^ c^| i^|* vj j*"\ vj 7^ _t tj TJ *J C ft I f^O r£ai k February 5. Tuesday, at our saleroom at 11 a. v of Irony February
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  • 857 3 'DYSENTERY MONEY." Remarkable Loan Proposal The gravity of events m Italy has relegated to the background till other quee tions, but the desperate Btraita la which Austria Hungary is placed explain the ■absolute necessity for the Central Powere to flaieh th-* war rhis ye ir by what
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  • 41 3 Sarawak, like ha 6 been ruf 1 fering from an f-xct&e of rain the down falla haviDg broken all records, imring the moctb of January the continuous rainstorms resulted m 60 inches being regietertd at Kuchiug and 73 lLcbce ll Bau.
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    • 793 3 The Eastcr:i Extension Australia and China (inert* irati d In Englaod.) I .:iv-- t-ikvn .verthe ACTING M&NAOBBdate 1 B KAITd S ri < 'J: from this A. B. SKOTTOWE, At > T a_ Manager Straits District. Fetrnatj Ist, 1918, 22 «h 7-2 A NOTIGK IS HEREBY GIVEN that tht above
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    • 664 3 Fighting for Happiness Whtu you get into a frame Of Tuind that makps life seem one tiresome duty after another, with no pleasure m it when ill health sjudis to take all tke joy out of living and you v. orry over triiU b, th^n your ner%'ous f-ystcni is becomiDg
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    • 617 3 The Exchange Hankfl will X M 1 on Monday, jlth P^ <"hinesc H«W > B Tuesday, 12th Feb. Bolfdaye. B I CHINESE NEW YEAR Messrs Fraser S< ave'n Aerated Wm < Facti-rywill bed. Bed on adonday and Tuf^day, 11th aud 12th iastanc. No flelivi tU will b*i made af' 9th
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  • 108 4 Domestic Occurrences MARRIAGS. BHABPIN-CAMPBELL At the Church of the Assumption Pcnang, by the Rev- L. M. Duvelle 1 on the Slat Jaoaary, 1918, Harry Douglah i BBABPIN, of the Horgkong atd Shanghai Barking Corporation, Rangoon, to Dori^l <'*thehine Campbell, youngest daughter cf the late A. Campbell, Penang. Nitchingam-Daniel On February
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  • 1305 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, February 5, 1918. The Allied War Council has put the final seal on the impossibility of any success attending the pacifist campaign for the time being. The declarations of British labour stating the necessity of a continuance of the war, the open confession of failure
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  • 1025 4 Messrs Paterson Simons and Co, rubber circular notes The Conference freight rate to the United Kingdom has been reduced this week to 2376 6d per 50 c ft. I Japanese papers announce the death at the Grand Hole), Yokohama, of Mrs P S Hubbard, widow of CaDtain John Capen Hubbard,
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    • 235 4 Bulloch Lade's lAf I_S 1 1/ 1 C? Inf H I K 1 1" Ll If IlllJlmlfai^ J**J? 0F WORLD WIDE REPUTE f-; fl GOLD LABEL SOLE AGENTS WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS. OF FAIRBANKS SCALES. v i~ Lf\ 400 ibs nnd catties. V ff* No. 11 60 /^v& 600 Ibs
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    • 52 4 SOMETHING WEW FOR THE NEW Means 6 Cabinet Portraits for $6. (12 do. for $10) AND IT ALSO MEANS No Satisfactory Proof *o Payment, The Eest Guarantee of the Quality of Cur Photographs. Ring up 1035 TO-LAY and make an appointment for a Sitting on ANY DAY. WILSON CO. O^ard
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  • 193 5 ISS SUPPRESSION 1 Heater's B«rTic«] B. A pamphlet signed our Socialists indicates tfcu strikes as a :>i to fiuiah to nand for tb> con ground kg a3a. Ie Oov the blood nrei-sion fox tue vent; The end acd doI di the procli itmei ies v^ork ill be rger
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  • 53 5 Chinese Petition. relary of the Inter- j su, from Peking, y raae. hine&e met aekings hibil opium. q of opium lineis residents petition Your I plum ue a gj ihat I j ensteio, President I rel ittons fj oeaca is I em suming a fc.uch conditions as
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  • 316 5 NEWS FROM THE FRON TS WESTERN RAIDING tobmaria* Uabl*j rß^nt^r'i Berric*] London, Feb 8. Field Marshal Haig We repulsed a raid at Poelcappelle. Patrol encouDterß ended to our advantage south of Lens. Hostile artillery was active at la Vacquar^ and south of Lens. Pdh 8 —Field Marshal Haig. :rove off
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  • 211 5 London, Feb 2. The continuation of the story of the Belgian who escsped from Valenciennes says It was while the informant war endeavouring to give a starving Russian a little of his own small supply ol food that the guard knocked out hia teeth wkh the but:
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  • 206 5 The Men with Long Memories. London, Dec 21.— The night before last, for the first time this winter, snow fell heavily throughout Northern France. There is little activity at the moment, so iar as the Australian front is concerned. 1 The Germans managed to raid end cut
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  • 302 5 FIND NO PEACE WARRANT IHj fckthman»# Gabla] London, Feb 8. The Presß bureau says the supreme war council at. Veraaillei carefully cou-idered tbe BLertling*Czernin speeches but was unable to flud m them any approximation to the moderate con diticms Ift id dcwu by tbe Allies. This convicfion
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  • 257 5 Mrs Kdsant'? paper is much concerned to espluin away the letter nhe wrote m 1 W 94 announcing that she had come to India to preach Theoeophy, and that she inteuded to leave politics aljue. According to the latest explanation the change m Mrs Beaani plans
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  • 156 5 Pretence of Restoring S-hltswig Copenhagen, November 30th. From the beginning of the war rumours of a possible retrocession of the Danish-epeaking districts of Schleswig have been rife. This undoubtedly has been te a large extent: due to the fact that the Germans have been engaged m
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  • 85 5 tor accidents occur almost every day j ii of Calcutta and the evil is ease. It is high tima that foraebc:!y looked into the matter. The Corpotetion of Calcutta even la waking up m the interests of public (safety. A motion is to be brtught forward to draw attsntion to
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  • 76 5 London, Feb 4. Reuter'a correspondent at Frerch headquarters, saya that amid side shows like artillerying and patrol encounters, there exists a general sense of expectancy of dramatic developments, which aro momentarily awaited. Thy pre storm Jull bbeins ending. The Daily Telegraph special correspondent estimates that the Germans are
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  • 268 5 In view of the presant shortage of ship plug some of the points raised by Mr Marshall Stevens at the meeting of the Port of Manchester Warehouses were of particular intereß!;. The Chairman pointed out that one good effect of the war had been to
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  • 401 5 The following is from the Manila Times of Jan 17 On the 30th day of J>ec the Filipinos celebrated Rizol Day m Hongk jng as usual. The celebration was held m the house of !>r T H Pardo de Tavera, former Philip pine commissioner. Dr Tavera delivered the
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  • 122 5 q. In regard to illegible ham; a good etory is told of a compositor was dreadfully worried over the Thomas Carlyle, wbicb v. almoet undecipherable. Ifi got ot each en extent thai tbe even-milly signed bis situation, and left I Edinburgh, where iuj tuck si a well known firm oi
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 103 5 T^ff^y Bunga Kemantin Blushing Rose I "7>r~^ N Sweet Pea 1 BUNGA White Rose I j KEMANTIN £21 (BRIDAL BOUQUET) Poinsetta Yiolette i ROBINSOiVgG Red Rose j SINGAPORE! Tea Rose Iroma Essence of Stangee i. rr' lj r^ H' b| I A MELLOW MIXTURE I SMITHS 'SWCKINC M ivti \r>
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 337 6 >i ,^i i^ A aX A 1 UUP CO., Ltd. ft 3 lie L 7 C£f« I i < \iucd bolwoea Yo*on»a ports to M 1 LonJoa, nu: m*l oonlTact I 1 -.pi-rlal J»*aneae Go uient The Mew Twla aoiew Bfeeai i raalntalniug rvloe t*^Q bees Bye vc-Uh a"; imfrovfcaieOi
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    • 337 6 MESSAGEKIBS MARITIME^ i INCORPORATED IN FRANCE *k\l Lni. Fortn'.ghtiy >»Mrvtce bet^oea lu.^o-Cas* CMua, Japau, OeylOlli Djibouti, VjijyjS Man6tll6Bi BRANCH LINK, Kortaliihtly xr l-.H butwecu Salgai.-Tca»*. i > B Upbong. c''it tartbei luiLrinatiou applf lo J. da CO!^TC«^ i««n. THE WATERHOUSE STEAIWSHiP UHES. FOR SEATTLE fcalling at Vancouver if Bofflcient Indaoemenl
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    • 542 6 tf.GKPNKLIJKE P*KETVMBT M%mmkP z^ goy^l PacKet Navigation Co M ol B«tavis. UNDER CONTRA 2I WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. [NDBAOIRI Prlgi Radja, Bapat. Tembilahan, Rer;gat and Reteh-Rlver Altinci Muntok and Palembang 5 3in(;kel Berombang, Paneh, Asahan and Belawan Deli Feb. Van DBN Bosch Billiton, Batavia, Cheribon and Bemarang Feb. BPBBLMAN
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    • 423 6 (Oonpulai Icccrpor'nea It EnglanQ,} Mail and Passenger Sei peninsular and oriental s. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Goven The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND at present suspended. ecgers for Europe are bcokeJ via Bombay as opj acccinmodaticn is available. The P. A 0.
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  • 1679 7 From Out Own Correspondent The Market m Kubber Share Feature 6 Inlerim Dividends Kuala Lumpur Good Report Stletar's Recovery Cbim pul's Improvement, j London, Dec 5. The market m plantation rubber has showD a weakening tecdency during the last fortnight, the price being now only 2a 6^J.
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    • 307 7 j **ci Fahinp or Plenty, Lit Insurance is worth ioo cents on tbe dollae. I I WHAT OTHER PROPERTY ISP (INCOBPORATJSD IN STRAINS SETTLEMENTS;.. «HTtCiV; Wiaehti^^ Boas« 3 l!ni»scir« 4 LONDCN OFFICE: SS, Old Jewry, E.C «ew«»cfl wltt Ifee Bw»pome Coorto» K»3ia«3, aom^lleß w*ta ias Brttla* dilelAhgtuaaee Cumfimes Aoa ev<
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    • 480 7 WHOM*" SPECIE BANK, LTD. INCCRPOP.ATKD II; JAPAN Capital Bubacrib6d Y. 48,000.000 Capital Paid Dp ,Y. 80 000.000 Reaorve Fund y. 21,800.000 FreiidenU i. Inouyo Esfl, Vice President, Y. Yamakawa Es«. DIRECTOIS. J. loony o Y. Yamakawa Esq. <oma Esq. M. Odagiri Esq. K. Sonoda Esq. T. Kawashiiua Esq. K. Kirnura
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    • 266 7 i«^^r— Hi... .m_jiuj_j-u-m..i»i« mi i iwi— «fil HMMD IMUR^HF 00,. ltd, FisE MARINE. (Incorporated m New Zeaiat' UHB-TSZE INBURAXGE £2805, It* URINE, {Incoiporatotf fn Hongkong §®IKI ?iBE I^BUR*3HSE Ca. l Ltt. FIRE. (Incof^orstoa m Hongfeonj.) fiaARMTEF. [Incorporated m England] Fire and Marine Risks of every descriptior anderwritten at lowest current
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    • 166 7 Established 1876. Merchants and Commission Agents PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical k Drugs Bept. ESANOFELE Just received from Bordeaux, table claret m bulk and bottle also light dry white wine. 1 Vichy Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) Vichy Hopitai (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We have always
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  • 714 8 The Coast Watcher. I was climbiDg over the rock* m a lonely little b;iy when I met him a email, old man, tanned and wrinkled by the weal her. with a brassard bearing the letters 0. W. round one arm and a worn eword«tick, of
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  • 150 8 A Grave Problem. I One of tbe gravesefc problemE for to morrow, pays Mr Appietou, secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions, m his quarterly report, is that of the young and virile officer who, by his merit and courage, has risen from the ranks, Cnle6B
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    • 488 8 —^^i^^^^ TZig First Line of Defence against 111-I Only about one man or woman m a hundred is perfectly healthy The digestive' trouble, and perhaps more than 50 per cent oi these could trace then evil constipation. It's a simple thing of itself, but like many simple thii ,it ma
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  • 1125 9 [ftaed by FKASEIv <fc Co., Exchange and Share Urokore, Feb. 4th, i-— ~r~ iriacs paid. k*e* 0 Bxni datftsEi t t\T\ f*ftA m h a m Alia u K Oft 1 1 n J 1J1 Ml -K i m i O ii i j ISO.OOO 1* SB
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  • 11 9 4-sJic^itc O» *r Feb 4 i 'iiaal 8n I 816
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  • 37 9 cnolifiyi 18.0: 12. Ci 12, Ci I 7.4; 2 €0( 8.4; 1 noJi 2 pel case $6 6! ii 4.9( 4.8( &er per 2 wn ii I. per 2 4 4 Bulk kerosene pei 8 gailcns
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 88 9 XT PYf^Pt*ipnpp m h h^* tmcjfiii j iZ) v^ vJ wxXv/ x 1 w w xxx Lxx >^ xxICX x x wl I: ty makes it the most econocimy rooixiisr oij. i.iis^ m^i iv.olb I guaranteed for 10 years m Supplied m rolls of 2 3 ply connmg 216 108
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    • 17 9 J Get Health from FOOD not medicine. ii u» tx A *%> x is both FooH *nd Forcis.
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    • 240 9 WANTF.D CLERK Rbortha'd Must havl kßOWltd I App y to Bjx By Fnroneao fl c/o •c. GOVER^Wn T HORE. FOB SALE. FO.H SALE. X, i ccaditioD. Oq ABR4MS MOTOR HIHIR: AND TRANSPORT Cc M i. FCR S«U PRIVATELY .303 Match i pmead. 1 bubz, 1 Grand by tiio Robic-on t
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 334 9 MAIJL TAB: To-day. Clate and local mailfl mi te coolc .it below Psnaug, Malaooa, P.W J&lly (ezoepft Saaday). Johore, 8, 8.3 C, 11 a.m.. l*.3i. t j Cucob Hock Gau 830 ABd I Cucob Edina 9 am Miri.Labuan, etc Poh Ann 10.9 P. Sham Penang Pin Seng 11.80 am Hongkong
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  • 448 10 Further afidanoe VM token yetterdfi: the case m wmcu Mr A X Pattius-on Supervi-or. l/uvernment Monopolies, ll charged with extortion of tive $10 notei trora a cbar.du thop keeper of Nj 7 Havelock-rd. i m tta wh i saij he lived tf 1 the &hoj ar:.i no r
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  • 125 10 Bdgar Warwick's e^ver little pick of' 8 trump* will c merce their Singapore sea-cm on Saturday eveuicg Feb 9th at the Vietoril rhaatta, Q laint coeturuep, a furd ct happy and well dispensed humour, roton above the average iv quality ani ucdoubteJ ability to pease, comprise the
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  • 43 10 The DOmpetition for the gold medal aci January silver medal which resulted m a '1^ wsis decided on Saturday when Mr HunrioM proved the winner. :re* IMI H Marriof: *****0 78 rI W H Hume 48 54 15 87
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  • 51 10 The January Medal which was played for cv Saturday aud Sunday, re-ulttd as follows '24 cards were taken oat and the following \ver« returned. vV w K^> 16 3 down hi Wolff, e Cr 4 ,T A l>^an, 5 y T:.- Ball <we^p wee won by Mr
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  • 166 10 Louden. January 28.— C0l Repington'sl resignation frctn the "Time-" is described ac a sequel to what the Daily New 3 ealltd the Northoliffe off entire I again?: the Genera] staff. The Daily Mail" yeetardaj i^d the aseanll with a! Iwi .on article by Lovat Fraser MTeu
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  • 16 10 Kroppg show a profit of jC5, 000,000 for 1916. dividend of 10 per cent, has been
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  • 616 10 A wedJir:g of niotd than usual interes to tbe Ceylou Tamils ia Singapore wa i solemnised In tbe church of St Peter 01 i Fndiy, Ist inst, when Mr A R N'itchingan of Johore Buaru, led to the altar Miss Lil; Pushptmaui Daniel, daughter of M^ am
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  • 68 10 A pretty wedding tock place yesfterdaj at 7 a m at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdee, Ophir Road, when Misa Lourdee Mary, the enter of Mr Antony Arlandoo was married to Mr Gabriel Francis, an employee of the F M S Railways. Singa pore Rev Father Paul Baloche
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  • 223 10 Groundless Charge of Murder >.ipper William Percival Blurnfield, re, v. Lo was formally charged with the recent murder of Lance-Sergeant Joiinstone at Wanohai, was discharged by Mr J R Wood, at the Hongkong Bfagißtraey, on Jan 26. A great deal of interest had been aroused |m the
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  • 825 10 Tbe following are taken from the Manila Daily Bulletiu Ex Governor Forbes Honoured. Boston, Jan T2. Mr W Camprnn Forbes, former Governor General of the Philippines, has been elected Prtbident of the X.ivy League which is woiking for ft more {ffici?nt uavy for tbe I'uited States. Proposed Munitions
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  • 151 10 The following ia the report to b submitted at the statutory meeting on Fe 18 nfe Mosrirs Eeatt and Co 6 offices. Tba total number cf shares allotted i 130, C00 of which 100.000 are allotted a fully paid iv consideration of tba transfei to the Company
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  • 84 10 Sourabiya, Jin 3 3. Taa tniikit h intotiva bM p.-icas are hotdiog fairly steady ju the bases of oar last qa o > .ti on a. j \0 Crop 1917. Tbe oaly busiua«s reported was 11,500 to-jd Superior purchased by Mdessra Mitral Bassan Kii-ha from the Trust
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  • 106 10 Tha Pe'ik Rivac Viiley Ribber estimated crop for 1917-18 is 225,000 lbs. Last I year's crop 175,0 0 lbs, Ilia profit was about §88,171. Three interim dividends absorbed 93,075 The directors recommend a flual dividend of 10 p*r ceut making 25 for the year, $20,500 to reserve,
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  • 175 10 Agents Adamson Gilfillan (Penang) Rahman Tin Mill 357 82 Tribute 190 IC Total 547. Agents Bonstead and Co. N irdiQjl 53 094 agst 55,064. Saletar 14,770; total to date 110,260 agrt 110,0 i 5. Rim 39,500 total to date 347 6 0 agst 221 000. MoAoliffe,
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  • 76 10 Negotiations covering the amalgamation of the company, with the Ampangf (Klnta) Tic Mining Co Ltd, nre proceeding and m the event of satisfactory progress j being made an extraordinary general meet ing of the company wilibe called at an early date for tbe purpose of
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  • 25 10 m The Supreme Court list for this month ie very 6mall one, comprising only five cases, none of which appears to be of special interest.
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    • 176 10 GROW BEAUTIFIxji A SUGGESTION ALL MAY AUr,M Distribution of 1,000,001 111*! 1 T *^^^H^- ''I I I Tl 't i.i. !tis > m m one. Co -tains no Anima! Fats. I <$&&' I 3. A ropy of the new edition of the Hair Drill %j& '^^PSP^^ Manual, giving complete Instructions.
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