The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 15 February 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENT SINGAPOKE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15 1918 NO. 9,289
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  • 198 1 Weekly f;hare reviews are given on page 10. Yesterday's share list alterations are given en page 9. Late wire news from Indian papers will be found on page 10. A kota caught fire m the Singapore river last evening- Page 5. A correspondent tells us why we
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  • 1336 1 CROWNED HEADS AT THE ZOO. To begin with, tayfl a writer cii the Calcutta Zco, the mobt diminutive, of the crowned heads is the Himilayan Fire Crest: a May, yellowish-green and cbudoiv of a bird redeemed from ab6o lute diDgine66 by a flaming, golden crov-n Like hi 6 European counn,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 73 1 !0H TYRES wI L 7 1 i i-* vj I\ XJ t't. i\ 1. 1 U Lii) -r rjv T*"!* 1 r 4^JL 1 **ii J > *^j» v%»« |Im «a■ 4 1 t~l jj*l VJ D1 f I Jtf xL I* f» mT "4 I X^ V.* Ij *-r
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    • 120 1 TH E only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or i punctures. tl H 0 T-T V V Stelastic Tyres iki are •>^J All British T Made m Britain "ill mmmm^^^mmm* v k SOLE AGENTS International Trading Company, Limited. tombination unsurpassed A great company
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    • 141 1 L IST ADVERTiSE^HTS. P^ ell and Co's latest list of auctions Page 2. Notice re Usher's green stripe whisky Page 8. Municipal notice re tenders for repairs to coolie lines Page 8. Robinsoo's for a convenient form of tomlltoc wftfcch T P*«e Whiteaway Laidlaw'e for the lateet m boots and
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    • 2 1 Kartell's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 87 1 THE WEEK Frtdaj 1 5th Igh Wfftii i -^0 a .If p.m. Court Cards, Victoria Theatre. Batutiaj 1 6th. ril^rj W&ev* 1 E b.D 1-50 rm. Sungei Gau, meeting, Derrick's noon. Courc Cards, Victoria Theatre. Sunday 17th. Hifch Water— l t«5 a.r^., 2 44 p.m. Quadragesima Ist Sunday m Lent.
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  • 123 2 11 Owing to ihe congestion of news and ts we have to hoid over much iiuetesting matter, Including oar usual leading ailicle fJore leader of 1 r OCB d ver Invents the names of new drugs lack the gensa of perfect fitness, M e case wa? men 'si Council :ao
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    • 535 2 FREE GIFT A free copy ot thb Dollar Directory will be given to anyone feuding m a conundrum (<t published- on the frl!owiti« lini WHY t:sj THE WAGTAIL WAG TAIL? BiCAUS: ST FELT THi PULLET PILL !T: DOLLAR DIRECTORY Co. 16-a, Cbacge Alley. DR. SCOTT'S RENOWNED GRIPE MIXTURE f or
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    • 633 2 Orcliard B«',ad. Singapore's Pr^mie^ Theatre. "If it's at the Palladium, It's got to be Good". For 2 Nights only A SUPERLATIVE riCTURE IN THR FULLEST SENSE OF THE WORD; IT'S A BLUEBIRD Introduciug the greatest juvenile impersonator now appearing m movicg pictures LITTLE. ELLA HALL The leappearauco of Little Fila
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    • 275 2 Wishing our Chinese Patrons a Kaispy Pr^ P p ftl ,ri v H a High Stent ard of Excellence m Cl «"8 mm AT THE M The Hall for Music The Pioneer and Premi In the Second Shov Francis X. Bushma^ exoepti wonderful aHiitv this Q m al«= lopmcnc. Tl
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  • 429 3 At the moment when I'r-ivoaiavny Russia has 6ucct-6dHd m realiwicg its long hopes of placicn tbe Church once more under the headship of a Cbutchman, the Bjl ebeviki have set out to aboiish the Church. I have already sent you a note on the oaw propcsala
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  • 247 3 i 121 Days Hearing m Hongkong. The history of the million dollar cn^e judgmeut> on whicb. is reperved by Mr > Gompartz, is very interesting. The beating, which hietei for a hundred and txeuty one dnye, exceeded, we believe, the well known Tichbomne case m length, f=a\s
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  • 101 3 Soldiers' Santa Claus London, Dec 23. A ppecial correepc dont of the United Press Association i (U S A) sayß that tbs Army post office the soldierh' Santa CJiiUti has done a, I very large war handling, 198,000 eacks g having n^en dealc with compared with 140,000
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  • 86 3 Washington, Dec 7. New war lorries which the American Aitny now has under construction will ue brought from the factories m the Middle Webt to tha Atlantic ooast under their j OWD power, loaded with Array supplies, Ttie training which American lorry drivers will receive m driving
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    • 119 3 9EBI T. rarua V. nMßbf' Baunting Spectre. Ep. 10 The Infernal Fiend. ■'< M-J fc^ i i■ ii i >C I V r^^ V *^T!^* "V A Don't Go if Way! j m business, your friends will laugh at you S.S and F.MS Trade Register (Chinese Com-j y) m which
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    • 162 3 K£UO?JOS WANTED. \nd Graruopbor.e Hecordp. '.eh. Apply A. B C, c-o Free Pr, JUNIOR CLERK. a janiorcl ik; knowledge of bookiy G B. A., c/o Singapore Free Presp. ■a S-K'-RrH4ND i•. Is! Apply r. quired to Box No. 372 c j Singapore FI7TEWS WANTED. Bt-claa^ i hinese fltte s or
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    • 815 3 Usher's "Green Stripe" Whisky. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a label :ut| the wordn "G-j^n Strip.-" In wnitc letters on n green ground anJ the representa- ;on a bott!e of a g'een seal, bi ning ihe words "Gieen -tripe" ii; white lettc-td au£ a green&Mprjf paperabont.3 16Cris of anlnch wide
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    • 182 3 s&r&b- air. l/f*rny ack Glace B^ots PtJ VSf 3 tOCB 1D "her quality, Bal ,bape nuingg. and ho rjgHas illustration. Sale Price Sale Prloe $ifi 9q $16.50 58.95 per pair. Per pair per pair. »'a u lacb Patent Leather Pumps. Gent's Black PattDt Leath«-r Court E laality, piuart shape very
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  • 1013 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday. February. 15, 1918. In the days of Italy's trial, November laßt, there were not a few ready to foretell evil to our Peninsular Ally, and through it worse evil for the rest of the Allies. Happily things have turned out bettor than at one time
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  • 1203 4 His Excellency the Governor of Ceylon attended by Captain l-raeer, a d < wae out motoring for an hour again on Jan 29. 11 is friends m F M S will be glad to bear that Mr T Lathan, of Taiping, who recently lost bis left arm as the result
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  • Correspondence.
    • 139 4 win the war to i th'r-j which ci sucr* pded convict! foot to the rich on, inch who keekc k their ttaU downed j?!astern words of I that the shares m br< r sen 86 high as eiglt I poor man acd hit battened on the blcod
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    • 125 4 To thi: Editor, -With referent m your i6eue of the 80th o have been read with conslderai by many planters it has ray notice that now would favourable time for the pr< [ndifo, more epecially ac tL Rubber has gone down and tie oat] been restricted. And U
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  • 79 4 It was decided at a coi convened by the Foot; Derby to form a footba; relief fund, starting the Association's benev The well known G> ■< Brwin Boebrm m the coi tquadrcn, wfth b the day before the Ordre pour le M The Apricui Dec 1 1 of the they
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    • 111 4 M B B H Qh. aw sB^^QE 4. w 2 I ■"v t 1 SOLE AGENTS i GftLDllliOK, M^GGREGOR 110. IT W;.1.:. S-WE YOUR TIME John Little Co., Ltd. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND The Traveller's Malay Pronouncing Hand-Book Thi- handy litt'e book has now reached it^ TENTH BDITIOHi a BOM indication
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    • 46 4 Wilson Go. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHAFD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1035 j^^k FO ft Imb 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S10) Note the conditions of our effer 11 No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of our work could be given or demanded.
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  • 24 5 BUMOtRS AS TO THE CHIEF. -wtof'i 3m vie« j 11 £t Vrt C VI 6 (lls?* v t- r v
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  • 54 5 VV L* 1i Co w9 tI Berlia o filial emy carried out thirt\one •naiiy daring January. ere oa industrial dis i en cpen towns including od Freiburg thrice raeh, iven, Rastadc Kiirlsruhe, and j number of attacks con .jamber'a but the ■iller live only being killed I.
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  • 64 5 BAVARIA WANTS A WAR INDEMNITY Ih 12. Vorwaerts reports m the Bavarian Upper ;ken a3 shoeing that a up hope ol an m ie 6 Minister Admitted rian expenditure was growing ud soon would be at the rate ol marks annu !y. can more war and general :.:-:er concluded, that
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  • 68 5 FIRE AT ANDERSON BRIDGE. ;ht o'clock lasl evening on a ko:a m the Singakhe sea side of Anderdimes quickly got a firm of the vessel which manila rope and fch great clouds of >s soon on the re brought to bear ut wail and from the ige but the pressure
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  • 13 5 1 returned ft! .I- .1 »hat the I 'lie Wh*»n left alrir m
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  • 225 5 GERMANY'S DIFFICULTIES Theorists Discredited t_l*j ttabmano* Oabi«] K«at«r'i tkrrii^ London, Feb 19 Commenting ou the Russian peace the Daily Telegraph eay§: Germany's pisit'on is strange. She remains m occupation of Russian territory without international sanction unable effectively ply to the question posed by the ans what
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  • 47 5 Amsterdam. Feb 12. A Berlin telegram states that the Russo German delegates m Petrograd have signed an agreement I whereby unfit war pritouers will be re patriatri as s-oou as possible. Similar agreements have been signed on behali of Austria- Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey.
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  • 254 5 Dutch Indies Nf:*Batavia. The community at Soerabaja has a?ked Government to Qx maximun prices for food and bnildiny materials and farthei to appoiut a tenl committee fixing house rent, besides inoieaaing second cultivationi of- natives and oiloring wood cheaply from uovernment forests. The papers praise the
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  • 177 5 Santence of three months rigorous im prisonment was passed by Mr Ham yester day on Lav Hong who was convicted of the theft of 20 gunny bags. The Executive of the Free Church Council has passed a resolution declaring it to be the duty of all the Churches to unite
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  • 1382 5 BLIGHTY ABKOAD. [Our Si>cci(rf Correspondent at thi Front.) France, 29th November. In the old dnye k wounded ir.un was cheered by the thought that hw waa com n, g bo Q6 to Blighty. Now m innumerable cases we are taking Blighty to him. I do not cay
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  • 121 5 The members of the Methodist Tamil District held their District Conference at Kuala Lumpur on Feb. Bth and 9th, presided over by the District Superintendent Uhe Rev S Abraham. There were pre 6ent Rev .1 A Supramaniam, Biiei A H Wheeler, Messrs S S Mnrnickam,
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  • 109 5 Government Assistance m Copra Shipments A cable from the Times; of Ceylon's Lon don correspondent oa Jan 26 announced that a meeting of Extern Coconut Gro wers was held at which it was decided to ask for Government assistance m the shipment of copra, and that a
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  • 259 5 In view of the constant increase m the price of commodities, the Tokyo Preffctural authorities aod Chamber of Com merre have been planning to establish a number of Municipal markets, A Tokyo paper urges that euch a scheme should be realised as soon as possible, without proiouped investigations. Discoverers were
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 85 5 <l l^P| 'tS#f^fV^ 1 l?a?liet r e £itted e wltto Full adium Dials EVERY WATCH GUAEANTEED. I A MELLOW MIXTURE I SMfTHS late of Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Theii M- 1 B 8) Begs to announce that ho conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDSO >■' SIN«^PO?iE BURLINGTON. (10 Paces Worth of
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 77 6 ft? lilstsi, at. ■C- I AflSlAft. SCC" I I J- I FOR SOUTH AMERICAN POR T S. Commercing from April next a service of first class steamers will be maintained between Japan, Singapore and South American Ports via C ape of Good Hope mailing every two For further particulars apply
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    • 207 6 r J| n yJL, 4 Chit. Djtbc rf*» B »OH Li ror:ui f .htiyser- PwiiirOFor fnrthet luformatiiou &P917 *3 J, ds C fEAWSHIP LHES. )B SEATTLE if to lo:vl hero .nother tlrst half •pp-y o EID Co., At. i and ROY&L DUTGB MAIL CC»PABSE» Fortnightly Mail Service Java, S Sfcangfta
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    • 601 6 aojal Packet Navig&tlQZi Co., o£ Satavlfc. j UNDER O NTRA^r WITO THE NKTHEP.LANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. j i*iwm m m lift iimi wwnwimu > vomtx» r AMMMiMMMa *n**^*^rv«*a. v. 1 /^.Vj^BMßwaß^jni J'U*a rumi'hius Bat marang and H^urabaya with transhipment for Passengers at Batavia to Uo«tbtVcn, Merak, Telok Betoug, Koti AsoeDg aud
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    • 266 6 Mail and Passenger Si PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL (Under Contract with H;s Majesty's G The Company's M^IL SERVICES EAST OF BOMB The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVK Passengers for Europe are bcofceS via Bon. Tbe P. O. Company shall be resent st.-.te of affairs atd hu.il themselves frc-6 from SAILINGS OF STEAMERS OF
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  • 2267 7 I Forth end Cljde Ship Canal From Omt Chtn ■irs a canal through the ua I from B itt to Weal haa ed by the people 0i Scotland, t literature exists m regard to it ago as 17^3 Smeaton, the fnrnous discus*- i its feasibility m a report
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  • 213 7 The first report of the Governing Body bhe School of Orienfiil Studies, London Institution, is an encouraging document, ood shows that, despite times through which we ore passing, which necessarih make the foundation of such a echcel more difficult than would bn the case m normal times, much good work
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 459 7 <6ayd thus Auto Strop uder. Y^*^ s^ j>r To The -s^ Auto Strop i<g^ Safety Rat or Co. Ltd. »v jMI^ 'f^^ > At I s ort Said lafet jSJ^-^^A r T>jPmdt^^ August I got a V&let Auto Strop y\Z—y. f Safety and £ilreu,dy it j i V has saved
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    • 32 7 STRONG AND WATERPROOF PATENT CANVAS BAGS FOR PACKING I?. ARiSAKA, SINGAPORE 6USB m PORGEUiN RUBBER UTEX CUP, tN HALF LE'*IGN A^O FLAT BOHOMI SHAPE HAMPLE i N APPLIOA APPLY TO 1 U
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  • 1244 8 Alor Pongsn Atei a0 Amp \v. Jobore, M:*r hi 5.005 Ac ,*****8 .201 g im ban, 138 --69 »tt»l», 112.660 titara, Mr 4 M,Bf9 A. B B| OC I onintf(P),De<] 6^754 6,300 olei A av-ab, r >s Bakap. June .140 Baigownie, Mai 80,450 Banteng. April 41R 14*
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  • 195 8 A. Kiata June 1,718 Aver Wens 2.406 Bangnon Val 5.196 j Deebook 8,590 Bruseh. July Chenderiang, 5,857 365 Gopeng Cortt-oi, 17,075 Heawood, 2,732 Jdris 8,780 Ipoh Tin, Dec 4-125 420 Kanaboi, 8t Katnuning 1,963 Kamunting, 7,691 800 K. Kamuntiug 14.988 1,015 Kato Deebook 2,810 Kinta, June B.BCC Kinta
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  • 787 8 An Impression from Inside. A tbin etrcok of palest amber stretching along the horizon heratdc-d the coming day a day which was to mark a triumph for cur new arra. The fact that preparations hod been kept from the enemy was due to wonderful vecrk od
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  • 98 8 Reaching Dizzy Heights. Writing to bis wife fro-n one of the hospitals m Egyp?:, a L mdOD corporal says that ha his "reached the d xzy heights cf sleeping on an iron bedstead, between white Bheets." He adds: I am iuckiug sweet*, Rift of the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 151 8 T U 17 ANTI-FOULING Sc ANTI- I CORROSIVE SHIPS COM I POSITION is supplied under Contract to THE BRITISH j ADMIRALTY. Many of the largest Battleships. Battle Crui- I sers. Light Cruisers, Destroyers. I Monitors. Submarines Sec. Sec. at I present afloat are treated with it. I Also supplied to
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  • 3 9 Feb. 14
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  • 15 9 18 70 Devoe'a Brill zaae 16 80 Tiger 4.60 4.4^ ..k tero^ S gallcn-
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  • 55 9 Ths? following whicb eh m .Y T Fib Ale--15 Bui-' .75 2 40 Lu. Pu 1 30 4.10 Scud >0 Teluh 11.50 RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. Aver Wang Malayan Coii: riaa 16.00 Rahman Tin 18 00 14.50 Rambutan 8.00 B. CO Tingkil 11.60 12.00 MINES IFraser and N\-:.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 93 9 4531NP or (TT, U] InSUHAWCE tS WOStTH H9O C3ENTS ON 'il-U^ iK;i.wii f be j .-.don applipened and I mnutu on the daily amount to ?-3 nj 1 Tit I Ifxbi BviKHvIT ESQn Chairman. I Sir David Yule. 1., Q.C.1.E., K.C.M.Q. Percy Moald E9f. M Jas. S;8n:- r H 'iND.
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    • 375 9 v Y. 48.000.0U0 80,000, Y. 11,800,0 aouye nl V, Tamakawa Em CI3ESTOBS. J Y. Yamakawa Esq. M. odauiii I K. Sonocla i. T. Kiwanhim i Esq. imara L Bar. n K. Iwasaki Mara I sq. k. Tatsnml Esq. HEAD OFFICE YOKOHAMA. Branches Agencies. lew York San Francisco Honolulu Bombay Calcutta
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    • 503 9 Established 1878. Merchants and Commission Agents PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical Drugs Oept, ESANOFELE Just received from Bordeaux, table clarot m bulk and bottle; also light dry white wii Vichy Celestins Table Water (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) Vichy Kopital (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We have always steamers steam
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    • 169 9 Posada Wine REMOVING: FOR CHINESE NEW YEAR Very old Bottled Port Red and \N hite Port, Malm y, Dry M ideira, Malaga Marsala, Sherry, Penang Rum hrub 'Whisky, Teak Desk-, Show Case: (Harm and Sheldou) Iron Wine Bin, (50 dozen) Godown Stands &nd AJmei rahs. T. L. GO3LJN& Go. Lot
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 216 9 To day. anfl local iaailB. be toaa;. w I&ily (exoefl Sunday). Joboie, 9. 5.30, 11 a.m.. 18.30 I, 4 A I p.£L Cucob Hock Gac 8.80 am Bangkok via ports Aedang 8. 30 am Indragiri via ports Quorru 6.80 am Samarang via ports 1180 am Sourabaya 11.80 am Scurabaya Siugara.:.
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  • 248 10 There w\s I isiness ci fating New V \r but tbe matket cormai Hgnai to d ly. Robber ahari „Que a dull in^rk.t an I ires thia week weie lei t*e although the re ol tin U qua ci eootiderably bigber. >ing.— B*o Ajer Bnudi if ir
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  • 341 10 (Macpbail's Weekly Repoit Ftb 4 to 9). Rubber •hare a we:.- dull and neglected Tin stocks however were a mora active market, :lie cbiel excitement of the week was the sodden set back m M Unil teem $19 7c to I 117.75. Rubber.— Rubber again fell a
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  • 100 10 Singapore. Feb 15. The quantity catalogued for thU week's auction amounted to 919 ton 9. la epite of weaker advices frcm London there was a good demand and prio I all round show an Improvement. Ribbed Smoked Sheet. Prime parcels sold from §30 to $91 with $92
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  • 20 10 Stcretari^f D rr..k and Co. TiDg Kil Tin 125.60 plant, 16 6^ tribute total 142 24.
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  • 474 10 At th*> ee\ v silling of the above board tbe Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon, prasideJ over by the hon'ble Ml C 1 S unders aud attended by Messrs X SI .1 Id I, S romlinton, H Carpmael, M Meyer, Gaw Khtk Kiamand a M S angullia: N!c
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  • 319 10 A GAMBLE AND A BLICK BYE Mr Ju&tice Ebden yesterday beard the appeal oi a Chinese cook against a sentence of a month's rigorous imprisonment r -ed upon him m the police court, on i charges of gambling and assaulting a public servant. It appeared that vrbeu
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  • 84 10 At the Gaiety to-night the mystery cf The Double Cross will be solved and patrons cmi see if the> have gueseed right, i Beriidee thie there is The Factitic a uew eeriai of much interest, an aruuting Khv i IIODOi new ecreen magazine and other pictures. The
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  • 40 10 A3 a gfquel to the robbery which took place at H:gh st on the evening of Feb 4, when three men acoeted a Macau clerk named Chong See and relieved him of nnn iinnp Ah Nco. the only man ar
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  • 1311 10 Aircraft Operations London, Deo 13 Ouptf.in Louia Da Goys, a French airman, ha=? reached France after two and a bait years 1 captivity. He fcucceeiied after many attempts ia escaping. He was at the beiui of a squadron of eighteen machines which was to bombard the explosive
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  • 88 10 Tbe following Bums are gratefully acknowledged: Already received $14,988 51 Mra Webster (6th) Feb 5 T KobiDeon (sth) Feb March 10 Swindell (lOth) Feb 5 Total received $15,008 51 Spent 14 304 09 Balance 704.42 A consignment of garments etc will be packed next
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  • 40 10 Sunday, Feb 17. Johnston's Pier, 9, 10 aud 11 am, 2 SC and 3i30 p m. Club Bungalow 930 and 10 80 am, I 12.15, 3 and 5.80 p m. High Tide 2.44 pm. Height Bft sin.
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  • 202 10 ADg H.:k KiP, who was charged before Mr Ham with offering an illegal gratilica tion to a public servant, pleaded guilty and was lined 910 yesterday. The EteQtm:ts Doen Samud and Sri Samuel formerly the German steamers ChieDgmsi. and Kohbichaug, chartered by, Italy, will be handed over to the Diploma
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    • 222 10 Vsno's co the Ss*. comparable Rome g| Unfailing reliability has made Veno th supreme r i m throat troubles m >■'-•■ $i this greai remedy m .'ill effi a and md fo [es annually. irhtning I i- quick a as it is sine r it as a fa tnilv r
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