The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 27 February 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 13 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 27 1918 NO. 9,299
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  • 331 1 Most of the telegraphic newe to-d»y deals wilh the inter allied Socialiet Con U ferencp, interesting and m most retsp p moderate m tone, if it ie not accepted by t$ o'her people with the same seriousness g as the Socialist themselves— Page 5. lc is reported
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  • 930 1 THE WORK OF THE BLUE CROSS FUND. 1 ifl a n idea fhj-t the M g Cross Fund found its birth m the d f created by this present war. Ibis affilia 1 tion cf Our Dumb Friende League I t started m the year 1912, with the object of
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    • 68 1 **i i S *.1 4 J J st t i a v j x i t# t\. i.VI ti jtx. ii r\ I N J —MMJA. 1 X »^-,v >• Ty^^h i^ «i 4^ y^^ l.y il \>r€p€ L ll lid k3IIIULJ\o n Chicon Work Night Clowns IS NOW BEING
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    • 111 1 II p"B"^ H H only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of S.COO miles without cuts or 9 C? Jml «Cj «a \j i. X^i i. i 3 I Internationa! Trading Company, Limited. rrT"-nr~rnii¥'T '"l -\n n" iiu'i—hi mii la XX F-'ONOMY TO BUY A I IT IS LOWEST
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    • 102 1 j LI IDVERTISEUffciMTS. i The Wiidleish Co have opened the General Motor Garage m A!tc Williamson's former premises P«ge a. Arniy coutrnct- ciUed for Page 3. ioD of Ej^iueers annual meeting I —Page 8. Auction sales include motor lorry, bou and lands by Ching K-^Lg Lae Page 2 Powell Co
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    • 80 1 THE WEEK. Wedcgsda? 27th High 124 v,II 5) p.m. 28' h 116, Koval Asiatic S ciety'e meeting f p.m Longe ZetlaDii Emergent, 5 •> ni L. L. T. C. ni! c bii g, 6 SO p m Frlitaj March Ist iitfh W^ei~olßa ,> 23 p.m. St. David. Saturd&3 2nd. digti
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  • 78 2 iirders for week endii g M .rch 2, 1918. Wednesday r tih R i te March, First aud Second Singapore Troops. Parade h Canning rd (b'ick of V M C a) 5 15 p m. Thursday Feb 28 Combined Band Practice. 4a Mounc Sophia 5.16 pin. .iual
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  • 146 2 li vayi of flfjbting the D boat are raany and T»rionff, and if the advice of a gentleman at Exmouth is taken there be one more. We read m a local Home) journal that For leverai days a retired engineer has been exptrirae? our river with device whir opes will
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    • 471 2 G U S r Jsg{ HONOUR V: fc AND BPEAK TO LISTESU G HUJ you ai DOLLAR DJRECTORY COY. mmmmtimlmm i > m- n-i- »*-n i^nri n ■Yt f 1> AUS 1 JtjL t\ If < r 1 f thion. X rl I j bail clay ai *on thi j
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    • 804 2 Famous Production Played to Heavy Bee Ten Reels of Supreme Entertain: Will be presented on Monday, 25th Fcbi The He.li for Music -The Pioneer and Premier House Th A Colossal Feature Product Rex Beach's Dramatic Ma~: Produced by the Selig Polyscope F A rowerful screen adaptati iwork of Rex Beach,
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  • 522 3 Austrian Food Shortage. j /aricb, l>*c 10. At a conferencr of the Vienna maoioipal authorities, which was attended by several members of the Cabinet, the Burgomaster etated that the city hid no reserves of breadstuffs. consequ fcutly the grave danger existed that one day they would be
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  • 345 3 No' many, we imagine, could trace the origin of the word tinp ioodle, 1 used by Mr Sexton, tha Liverpool Dicker*.' dele gati-, at a recent Trude Union Congress. Ie is a relic; of the bad old cock tightiug days. As uteri by Mr Sexton, it implied that there was
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    • 805 3 T Vl )N*n'RFUL PICTURES WONDEfiFUL SCENES AT THE POPUL R photoplay house wmwmm IT"* ;^W ;a; v*> Pa^ar Koad. 'Itaiua Pass the Doo» WBBBP^OB SECOND SHOW 9-15 SHARP TO-NIGHT:! Bcreeo Venioa q| JULB3 VBRKB'6 ***** LEAGUES USSER THE SEA. \E WORLDS GREATEST DRAM/VTIC bICVEMENT ***** FEET IN LENGTH. FIRST SHOW
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    • 534 3 ALEC. WILLIAMSOV, LIMITED Having disposed o* our premises at No 4, Orchard Road to WAIjLEIGH COMPANY LIMITED we have transferred onr Motor Oar Department to No. *7, Orchard Road 'opposite Penantf Lane) ami will continue to ido business under the iirm name of Alec. I Williamson, Limited. ALEC. WILLIAMSON. LIMITED,
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    • 284 3 1 R fIBB I aw; A j i "PresentatJ d Watch- The Tramp Writing ef-," dainty Ladies' eL a- Most 'Popular" Yatdky's highly Pads.combiU' t i moiled wdtchfswltb bow assorted perfunjf d t oz. bottle each paper ami envelop ompletf, good tirut- m fancy box. to mate keeper, inches Price
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  • 942 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 1918. The information cabled out with regard to the [nter-Allied Socialist! Conference— which it may be remarked is from the start misnamed since it J included representatives of neutrals —is insufficiently accurate to enable a clear to be gniurd as fo what part
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  • 416 4 Tho bodies of a Sikh and B Chinese have been removed to the public mortuary, death being due m both C3;es to consumption. Mr H J P Joaqoim is m a training camp m lian^nlore, where be expects to be for another two months before obtaining a commission. (M If.)
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  • 735 4 London. Feb 25— Wirel» it German cffi cial We occupied IVirrui v> h 1 c an Esthonian batta'ion placed )Uelf under German command. Wd occupied Dorpat aud took prisoner 3000 and hundreds of automobiles. We reached Jitomir. We occupied Reval after a brittle and aho PJerk:uj t-Guthward of
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  • 15 4 Thp tftoerai m betd m fcbs C Call pr* Of 1
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  • 91 4 I ..te de Bob; d t-c:ed by the M m Puiit, to act I arrival m Aug of M and it is believed I for four months, of LI of Cousul, th^t ba6 ltd tot the poet at B of hi* JoDg Frecch GoverL ficier de 1' up:
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  • 59 4 The total of the eums rlate of the formation of thf iv July 1917, up to Dec to 815.469.40 francs 49.574 been distributed as foil wt Secours Xalional Veetiaire dv i Villages DcvaAmie dee Aveu. Armoire Loriain* Orpheline de la Guorre Vetement dv PrieousiOeuvren dv Soldat
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  • 19 4 Lieut vrirks-hire Regimenl of the F II S, has beeu am iti as from Nov vtb. 1917. A v
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    • 131 4 JOHN JAMESON'S H |J 1 T j i* fI T I 3 1/ I I II Jr FURNISHING --v, FABRICS f! r PJ r- I LARGE V ASSORTMENT ESTIMATES FREE FOR CURTAINS. DRAPES, CHAIR COVERS, ALL UPHOLSTERY WOVK. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTh. (IHGORPO3ATED IH ENGLAND). The Traveller's Mala. Pronouncing Hand-Book.
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    • 44 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHAFD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1035 I 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions of our offer I 11 No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the h?gh quality of OOX work could be given or demanded.
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  • 194 5 ISERS IN THE PAST c's m the Future M I *Oi« j SMS pnnlishesj ient of a new book on ns^adcr i^erurd. Iv n« t f tbe te the KaU. i kls an incident it ion m 1914 when) y ot other! it with i Kaiser what he called
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  • 87 5 Feb 23 Address:; g it Cologne or. Ftb 20, said we must show trc iud m tenacity. The constitute our graat^t •^tengive Bnbnuuriniflm tyed thit the enemy's 5 irr- itl iptedj I hold out long*: ncluJed by declan: a of Belgiun: remained the var. Feb 23. A
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  • 61 5 Marshal Haig tp* an unsuccess ude we took prisoner killing several raids against two of JComines Canal Hc^rie artillery itly on tbf Souc T I Armentierea. ay night, t I of or.ra A Marshal Haig hostile r-rtillery I Camfa ai i.-uter'a correspon rican army m France
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  • 12 5 on, of tbe R h A, I o( ill health, con- 1
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  • 542 5 YEAR S DISASTERS i^» *cbmarm« OaM«] [Kouter'i -Service Capetown, Keb 22.— 1n the assembly, General Botha seated that nearly all the baildingi m [JatfbloftJ bad been swept aWti> BB*s three out of sixtvfive of the mißßing Europeans had been laved, a hundred .stive? and Indian i are missing.
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  • 242 5 Rome Fob 24. The Chamber after speeches by Laron Sonnino and Sr Orlando the voted confidence m the government by 840 to 44. Paris, Feb 24. General Sir Henry Raw linsoD, the successor of General Wilson, has arrived at Versailles. Geddes on Manpower London, Fab 24.— Sir Auckland Geddes
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  • 26 5 ,vs who were yesterday charged be f i im with landing m the COIOQ3 /I;; Bataria without passports, pleaded I ignorance and were fined #2 each.
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  • 881 5 THE MODIFIED CONDITIONS ißj out>in«nn* Itoble] f Heater' i BerTioe] London, Feb 24 -The Inter Allied Socialist Conference hip concluded by adopting a War Aims nu-'norandura which i« practically identical with tLu< British Memoraudum cabled from the Daily Teie yrnph on Aur 10 and Dec 17 The
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  • 572 5 NOT COMPATIBLE WITH LIBERTY 'j Will the People Fight? ■B.t Hubin.ru,. C*^,] Petrograd, Feb 24.— The Rolebevik declares that tbe appeal o( the Council of tbe Commieeaiies cablfd on Feb 22, caused an outburst of enthusiasm, aud tbe enrolment of large numbert? of voluafceere h^g begun. 1
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  • 230 5 i claims. It ia understood that tba italian^j are disf-atisfied with the inengre rr)cogi:ition of the Italian claim to theTrantino The nbstentiou of tbe British speaking peoples is a still more serious matter and ihej absi nee of any delegatku ft m tbe British i dominions ifi to be deplored,
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    • 89 5 NEW SHIPMENT 1 OP I Melachrino Eg>ptian Cigarettes j |f ...--^>-;.- m iis of SO Cigarette I ■~^-4^^^ M 3, Goiu tipped m tin cf =^r- t^i^^^^i^~ !^k MESSRS ROBINSON 4 CO^ late of Messrs 1 g >rs to Their MAJESTIES Begs to announce that he conducts tbe ONLY EUROPEAN
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    • 358 6 MESSAGERIES MARlTi¥fet ■UL LUBi FortDt; ft« bt■• £9 la«« t>»' China. leytan, Djlbontli r.grf l BRANCH LINE, Ifcrtnightly st evict- hetwocn 6aigo»-Too»»' Haipbong. i'ot further information apply to J. de GOMRTOIS, THE WATERH3JS£ STEAMSHIP LIMES. FOR seu^e ia i- Van© iyet if It Off< r- 1 A first i- i-
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    • 508 6 STEAHSH9? Co.. Ltd. (tnooiporatofl m ia^*i VJmPM* Llr^E. j Far Hssftsaf S&angiia!, Kc^i 6 T§Kohi» ?ir aala«ci, Pcnaat Colombs tad England A service le m^r^&lned belwt»e» Yoioft»i. ■ovts co BtatseUlee, Lonflc-n, an<3^» mal xmtraet wltb ihe liapcflrlal Javanese Oow: ment. The He^i Twin screw Btean >i maintaln!r| this Betvlee have
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    • 735 6 la T CJ^» IS^sTUhii India ifk I s ca n &j 1 1'< t (Companies Incorporated la England,) Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) Tne Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present pended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO
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    • 684 6 XOKIKKUJKE PAKITVAA^T SPAAI Hojal Packet Navigation Co.. >t Batavu 2—B, CO liLTEB QUi.T, INDER CONTRA-rr WITH THE NETHERLANDS MDU Van Linechcten Brta\ia, Soaiabaya, Macassar. Pi Ik papan Menado, tiace. l'aroena, LiroLcs. mm SINGKA.EA SiDgkawaEg, Selakau. Peruaugkat avd Eambae. Donggai-a Poiitianak Alting Hant >U andPalembang. SiNtiARADJA Bengkalis.Tanjong-Mecgeidar, Tatjong Leldct g. Beret
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  • 860 7 Hindu Beggar Found Worth Rs. 40,000. Mr M M Chatter j Be m the cour^Q of a lecture on MendicßL-o m Calcuita at the ABiatio Society's Ilooms m Calcutta recently p^id Hindu religious, tnendi OBnts, enter into particular religious orders correeponding to mendicant monks Bud beeqinej friars.
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  • 47 7 Flight Lienteuant Bracb Papa haß broken the world's altitude record by flying with an entirely Italian machine to 22,840 ft aud carrying paetsengers m 1 hr. 6 mm. Had the nviator been provided I with oxygen he would have attained an even greater height.
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    • 81 7 I SCOTCH WHISKY rJi i *^w 'v c^ r^ i I "T* t*h *'\f r^ ~J \J \J w > C x V^v\ tP m ll— V-' 1 _I rf n O I* ,^>si P V* 1 V* K%^/V V* r "^S^I ■hi ffi& &£m Klfi Jv "ftJB" fVc i**^
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    • 82 7 SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO.. LID. (Incorporated m Straits SetUementß) you are assured the utm< t in qua! kinanship ;.>j\ construction ;il v A i^cc? 1 I lux- wiJl M< metalbeds,foldiiairs,ootsaad J Ji THE S MMONS >.-' 'j USA. A j Ifflil •"■iffii'A'ift idffiHi'inl ii ULtao. A---3 jor^ Brinks to yotn
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  • 1483 8 To Deo. 1- «7an To date 1917 Abaco 64,040 Allagar, Dec 841,100 24,500 A.Gajah, Sep 140,405 11,109 Alor Pongsu 276,418 26.585 (Alma, 352,100 35.GC0 Ampat, Sep 216,284 19,300 An-Johore, Mac 305,005 19 833 An Malay, Dec 1,85fc,648 148,201 "AnS'tra.May 888,964 69,257 'Asaban, July 438,569 41.646 Atbara, 112,666
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  • 254 8 The committee appointed by tie Bom toy Municipal corporation to consider the advisability o! submitting to Government a representation for trans-furring to the Municipality the powers and (Untie! m re&pect o( thf improvement of the city at present vested the Board of Trustees appointed under tbe city
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  • 273 8 Munition Girl's Adventures Hannah Snash, a happy txcp.i girl of 20, lis cue of the girl workers to whom the King and Queen spoke during a visit to a munition factory iv the London area on I Dec I'd. The Kicg asked ma whether I liked
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  • 83 8 In abcm list the MBM m Drr monthly totalh for Jan-Dec, 1117 tn which thi-Couapacj I after the name. Third coluuii 191 b total to date and second col l of the past month. Everj i cfl| to get the figure acenrat* t guaranteed. Manager,- mi U by
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 323 8 SilltfaDOre traits Motor Garage. Johore Bharu. A. C Harper Co. Chin Hint Hrn Oil Trading' Co, Muar. Sime, Darby oc Co. l, i ji rj /j m w jl .a. \*s xv k^v >-y ■*»jT """^>i *^L-* "When baby needa a f r. x may help the mother m her
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  • 46 9 Feb L 6 buyer e) CO i 18.CC 7 25 2 40C doiu 2 Dcvoe'e Brilliane P«» C!t?# f 6 *G •r 4.U0 per 2 tine 4.7 C per a I n I wa pet 2 4. 55 pet 2 M 4.40 B K&Hani 4.C6
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  • 19 9 rhbciflcopii.. tlsnc. correEpondia. :»wtrb meax'. llme t fho time i ciocto bocii, I- i Blii^apevuy day oxcc»ting SnoOftf I
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 250 9 -2 033 0 00 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 I THE GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED j HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EC. £20. C0D dtpc bth Bnpreme Court of England, and complies with the Bi it hi Life Assurance Companies Act ia every
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    • 392 9 1 Ibocri d ih Ja p an Ibed Y. 48,000.000 I Fell Cp V, 80,000,000 ,~..Y. 81,300,000 President, i, Inoaye Epq, ■fa -U. if. \'au?ak»wa fc'&« DIRECYORS. Y. Yamakawa E E-q M. Odagiri Esq. K. -^Liuoda 1. T. Kawasfaima K. Kimura t Bar n K. Iwasaki K. Bara Bq. X
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    • 318 9 stf* ZEeUMD INHUME Co., IM. Fi& ISO KRW. (Incorporated Id N< UM-TBZE MSURASCt I. orporat igfcouj > iftl WSiiBILNGt C listed 'v Bin I INTEE IAGSiOf Ltd. RUiRANTEF. [Incorporated m England] uid Marino Riskq of every description lderwrltfou at lowest current rates. Adamson, Giinllan Co., Ltd. m Kagland.) General AgentH.
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    • 163 9 Established 1876. Merchants and Commission Agents PUKET HOUSE Pharmaceutical Drugs Bepi ES4MOFELE Just received f« i oai Bordeaux, table claret m balk and bottle; also light; dry white wine. Vichy Gelsstins Table Watsr (for the kidneys) Vichy Grand-Grille (for liver complaint) Vichy Hopita! (dyspepsia and digestive organs) We It ive
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    • 400 9 WANTED. Permanent Way Inspector, for service will Government of Hrltish North Borneo, coin licencing Balary |l*fl per month, and allowances h'or farther pi'ticula*^ apply Gathrie A Co., Afeat- Gov« rnn Dt i I North Borneo. 2i2 a DO n .T-:p. Phip'ri doctir 'want. <\ i>r vessel leaving Singapore, ia ab
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 218 9 MAIL TABLE im tte mn3 looa. us»Us, vtiii t. C bGIOW Jsec*, F M.S. ibf Tf&ia) i ptc v (cscf p Sun&ayl. Jofaoto, 8, 8.30. II a va.. 11.80, i, 141 pn. Caoob Hock Gan 8.30 am Cncob QR 8 80 AM Hongkong 10.30 Aii I imetmae Island 10.30 am
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  • 645 10 E- Am- H rEd aired of nment al i IL< i fore if) ports. M -se red the Dutch msr( overt to bunker m (be Bri il uu b eve eiEi irene'.ad H >lland on bei li«. voyage, owiui> to unexpecej eircnmstaneei was not al lowed
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  • 52 10 LADIRS' CHALLENGE CUP. This Cup has been presented by Messrs Topham Jones acd Railton, to be played for by the ladies of the above Club, nine hole* match play, final 11 holes. Entries for this competition to be completed by March 4th. when eomnetifcor* fa* »fc a
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  • 1107 10 SIX HUNDRED DEAD; OVER 800 Thousands Homsless. h■> i .1 hqu.-iko lit SwatOW Bays tho i gkong D ily Pre?a of Ffb 10. has dimensions which eclipse any v •cc experienced iv E tst for p( irs. The latent id that the greater part le city
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  • 450 10 Girl Trampled to Death by Panic Stricken Crowd. Two further sei?mic disturbances have b*eu experienced m Horgkong since tho?e of Wednesday afternoon, says the HKD P of Ftb 15. Ooe occurred at te:i minutes past eleven o'clock the same eight and tbe oher bft c, n four
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  • 122 10 Tbe general meeting of fcbe Moslem' Institute was held at the premises of the Institute, '28 Race Couree-rd, on Sunday. The accounts foe the period ending 3Ht December, 1917. having been passed, the election of. officers for the year 1918 re suited as follows Presideot Mr S Osman
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  • 32 10 The Monthly Medal for February waB played for on the 28rd, and 24th. Five cards were taken out and two were re turned. DanU. T\_ T rr m
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  • 488 10 At the weekly meeting of the rent boord held m the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoou, presided over by the boa'bla Me C J Saundere and attended by Messrs. H Oarpmael, 8 Tomlinson, A M s An gulliu and G»w Kbek Kiam;»JMr .1 G Campbell who appeared cm
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  • 53 10 I Secretai tea Dan k and < Jurput for the four weeks ended the 23rd instant Bakit Komrin Stnne Crashed 5.C99 Gold obtained 1.0C2 cz3 Averag ton 8 93 dwl Bukit Mai. icca Store Crashed 4,1 tons Gold obtain 28 Average jt-r ton 1 ?9S dwes. Annual
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  • 101 10 Calcutta. Feb 11. Yesterday aftGrncon a European lad aged fourteen named Bryan wag accidentally drowned m the jheel near the Royal Calcutta Golf Club course at Tollygunge. Bryan with two other lads went out to Tollygunge to ihoot birds. Bryan got into a canoe that was I
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  • 143 10 a Sourabaya, P\ b !g Absolute dulnasg hag prevailed through I cut the week and business confined to the j§ smallest possible scale, meiely next toll nothing for real f xport If. Crop 1917. Whites and Biowns weie neglected, eelier? predominating and boy era were difficult to
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  • 64 10 Wednesday, Fer 27. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall SV A Sections 3A 4 5.00 Balestier Range SVARecraita 5.15 Drill HallS VRatd. Maxim Co 5.10 SV R 6-15 »i i> Veterans' Co SV C n i. Signalling Section S V C m m SVC Recruits T P
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    • 95 10 Special Japanese Cotton Orepe and Furnitures ft Urn Carcse Oaricty to Sekci froj Established 1572. THERE IS NONE BETTER N GRAND jg p C||l/A CHO SELECTION j D r SUVA Op lln Manufacturing Jewellery &T1 DIAMOND I °J eV£ry Desc^P^on. £T DlKrc Second hand Jewels KINGS Exchanged and Bought Ko
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