The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 20 March 1918

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  • 16 1 THE Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAECH 20 1918. NO. 9,317
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  • 223 1 Admiralty aeroplanes did a good piece of work patrolling from Dunkirk, being responsible for putting down many enemy maohines Page 5. Ihe American war review rather discounts the idea of a big German offensive unless it is forced on him, m the West, and says that further
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  • 77 1 [Drills marked are compulsory.] I Wednesday, March 20. 5.15 pm. Drill Hall SV A Sectionß 111 and IV details SRE (vj N C O? S V R atd. Maxim Co 5,10 SV R 6,15 T P Fire Station SYR, T P P Drill Hall llinith
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  • 866 1 The little country of Palestine is an acid, rolling, upland tract much over- drained by the striking depressions of the 1 Ghor, m which its only important rive* 'flows. Eastward, the ridges and stretches oi land are often bare, while the pastoral portions are
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 282 1 ODRICH TYRES r CTY TBEAQ ■I A p lil li% MilTEi oni HB niy tyre which has won the ra>c IJlaI. 1. JUwO -DU JL Julia I certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or punctures. I ifternoon TEAS will be served m the :otel lounge and on the lawn every
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    • 79 1 L IST ADVERTISEMENTS. I)..]'nr Directory entries close March 27ib- Page 2. S rppe Booth car for sale Page 9. MjLicipal tenders Paga 8. Nj: 08 re estate of Mr Frank Hilton Pace 3. Teacher wanted Page 9 Also a clerk. Caiug Keng Laa two auction sales Pag^ 3. Anderson's aJvertking
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    • 2 1 Martell's Brandy
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    • 116 1 THE WEEK Vettaesrfa; 20th. High W**e 2 6 5-25 p.m. May Yohe Conceit, Victoria Theatre. Ttmrsftes 21st. 1 Hl«b W&ift> 4 lo a.m., 7-11 p.m. Licensing Justices, 2.3 c p.m. Y.W C.A. meeting, 5.3 C p.m. Lodge Eastern Gate, 9 p.m. Frldaj 220 d. High Writ: j- 544 a. id
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  • 63 2 Orders for we-k ending March 2rd, 1918. Thursday Bugle Bind, Malay Volunteer Club, 5. 1f p.m. M?rch 21. Fife Band, 2nd Troop Headquarter*, 5.15 p m. Fnday Ambulance Class, V M C A. 5.15 p in. March 29. Individual Troop Order* as issued by Scoutmasters. Tha First
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  • 458 2 Courtesy of the French Consulate. Paris. March 16th, 635 p.m. Ad ex plosion occurred at la Com 1 Neuva m a depot of amruanitiou. It was felt severaV kilometres around the place. A=si tauce wjs rapu':iy organized. Tht' number ci iaad actually reported reaches thirty nnd the
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  • 86 2 The Coloccbo Po6traa9ter General has adopted a rule which has proved of much benefit to marcantila firms. Owing to the frequent a!tera f ion ir time of sailing of mailsbipd it was tenr 4 d that 3rm3 were unnecessarily handicapp?^ ia getting iheir mails ready. To remedy this, firm 6
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 28 2 Magnetos. We Remagnetise Yoar Magnets for $1 per set. Ford Car Magnets $5 per set. A SURE CURE FOR A WEAK SPARK. Ift7 iiiiifci I D. M <f
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    • 571 2 CLOSED No Further Names Can Be Received fcr Publication AFTER MARCH 27th. DOLLAR DIRECTORY Go. When Anaemic Run-Down <- TAKE -> J\inafer\ THE IDEiL TONIC. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office. SINGAPORE. Victoria llteatre, Saturday, March 25rd, at 930 p.m. THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR! GRAND FAREWELL GGNOERT.
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    • 1146 2 VfRY POWERFUL FEATURES 1 TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARD I ALHAMBPA The Hall for Music- The Pioneer and Premier House The Hou<< of On 1 BEACH ROAD. In the Second Show at 15 r > ra. I PATHE OFFERS I A Magnificent Production with tne vj y finest and most WILL
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    • 1010 3 EAT THE POPULAR PHOTOPLAY BOOSE mpir"E Tanjong Pagar Road. Trams Pass the Dooi. ■■■P^BI NIQHT! 3ICOND SHOW 9.15 SHARP TO-NIGHT! B. S. Mess Picture Co. Present 5 BOOTS SADDLES 5 Fictunzation of E :gene Wafer's celebrated play "♦ring Robin Adair, Lilian West and Norman Dukes' •I THfc VOICE ON THE
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    • 724 3 FRANK H'LTOM (DECEASED) All persons hiving any claim against the 68* ate of the deceased are requested to Intimate the same to the undersigned on or before the 26th March, 1918. F. C. WIEFORD, Agent for the Executor of the Estate of the deceased Ftank Hilton, c/o The Bornet Co
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    • 918 3 The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888. In tbe Supreme Court of the Straits Settlement!. Settlement of Singapore. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 213 of 1917« SUMMARY CASE. BE (I) KWEK CHU NOHAM. Receiving Order made 22nd day of February, 1018. Date of Order for Summary Administration 16th day ot March, 916. Date ot Adjudication
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    • 260 3 WHITE AWiFS If 11 1 I isifl If til I v jSjk yyfrjjcj B Derby Shoes, c per pair. y^.-i 1 h■ i sole and v H/PI TFft y^JalUk. toe fi J a it st aty le. nPE^sMs^Bn^fS pci air. /y\. ffmt^i^^W^f s^~~ Wa^JßJmf r l a n ko± Calf
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  • 22 4 Domestic Occurrences BIRTH. Fatow.— On 17th in^t., at the European Hi spital, Knala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Satow, a cod.
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  • 888 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, March. 20, 1918. One of the unvarying characteristics of domestic life m the Colony, and pro bably elsewhere m Malaya, has been, for many years, the steadily growing price of common foodstuffs. In some cases this is the natural result of changes m the conditions
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  • 1295 4 Hie Excellency, accompanied by Mrs Anderson, has arrived m Nuwara Eliya. Hie Excellency ie, none the worse for the journey. (Ceylon paper, Feb 28.) Oar Penang correspondent wiree that at a meeting of the Bural Board, Mr Caven dish presiding, a memorial was read from the residents of Tanjong Bnngah
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  • 42 4 From Our Own Carrup<md*M At the extraordinary meetiDg the Kuala Sidira Rubber Co preEiding, the resolution* PMt4 previoas meetir'K was- earned c dividing the |1€ iIUMM into tpu dollar bhares. lifn inwiming to 1600,000 b> tha craaUofl d additional thar>6.
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  • 221 4 THK (JONSALFZ ox The member cf tfci* DOi have given a laffai of CO6( wU aeleotfona duricp the pact I v.'-ry BllilMHfattfCfJll ippl gave their Facawcl] perl evening at the Palladium wae a benvy one. laii i i not spared Eiaatf tbroagfeoat;, i--6ung through with Urn si-. j presentation si.d
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  • 47 4 Messrs Lee Chocn Guan and Lta t :g Siang have generously promi?ea to to entire cost of a YM C A Sal tec France, at a cost of $5, 200 TheHu, bear their names. Are there oib»-->-will follow thi6 excellent example
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  • 420 4 In tbe Victoria Theatre on k\ at 9 p m a Pageant of Empirt 'mi given m aid cf the Girls Friend!} Soeiet] and tbe War Emergency Fund M Moatrie will have the bockice Lord Cross's fiancee, Mie- Maud Enid Jonee, has, as her name indicate*, a fai y connection
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 149 4 l|| Full of Life' J| Caldbeck Macgregor Co. ENGLAND'S BEST Motor Cycle %-"jS^^^;"— ■^■SS^i^s PAST OF mJE2 I lttie s» JOH/V LITTLE CO., LTD. (ISCORPORITED IN ENGLAND). FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. IXlli JL Hj JDLk7« Office: 13, COLLYER QUAY. Works: SI AX STREET Magazine, Book, Commercial and Miscellaneous Printing of every
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    • 42 4 Wilson Co.; PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 1 ORCHAFD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1035 i 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions of cur offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of cur work could fce'given or demanded.
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  • 130 5 AMERICAN WEEKLY REVIEW I Bahmaria* Oabltt] [Keator'e Borvice] -ton, Mar 18.— Tbe War Seers y k!y review says that while j,,,- c parations for an offenaive i Q m not slackening it j, becoming al the enemy will take the a|j if compelled tc do so by I
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  • 399 5 !ir IS.— Field Marshal Haig -uccessful raiJ south of re ITM hostile artillery flee BapwaM Cambrsi road, and bOQlbood cf Lens and very tm mn and Zonne Much 18— French CDoimuni urtlUerj duel continues on the j Meuse. Our tire drove off ■:o;trins parties attempting n
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  • 21 5 tank 19, Admiralty: During o: patrol? from Dunkirk our t-rroyed rive machines and Bi from Thursiay to Sunday. :^L;;rnei,
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  • 52 5 bat regroc that the late Sir m& cot live to fee the qJ the "Free Fleet of the pabHc/ m which "boards Central Committees will I i perations." Is H so far I NiCuce's to realise the itiom of Sir Joseph Porter, kwo Majesties o* Barataria, lain extant, of Captain
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  • 61 5 it William Price, Royal In lers who has been awarded Croc* was a: Singapore be He came home, enliafced m w*nt to France, and was Bill 00 and afl Loos (mentiontis), aud on recovery was d m thd lonUkilliDße. Last whilst m command of a small J .thin a fortnight
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  • 237 5 POLITICAL ECONOMICAL THE NAVY CHANGES (By habmariD* Oable] [Renter's Service] London, March 18— Political interest centres on the debate on the Navy eiti mates on Wednesday when Sir Erio Geddes announces ths measure of reorganization within the Admiralty to meet criticisms. The chief change is expected f o be the
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  • 248 5 London, March 18. The Germans are making a desperate effort to prevent Holland accepting the Entente's terms. Threats and cajolery are used indiscri minately The Dutch reply is expected to day. It is stated that British ships m Dutch ports are ready to leave at a mo
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  • 301 5 The D O of Baram Sarawak reports a queer sickness which seems infections, the symptoms being either a pain m bick of head or running from the finger tips up the^rm. bat directly it gets into the chest, death results. A few have been known to recover, but many deaths
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  • 460 5 Tokio, March 18. la the House of Representatives the war minister stated that there were 94,000 German prisoners m Liberia, east of Baikal and 60,000 west of Baikal. Those to the east of Baikal were uncontrolled and were trying their ntmoat to get armed. A thousand Russian moderates
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  • 392 5 On 18th February at 2 o'clock m the afternoon, a terrible earthquake oocurred at Chaochow Prefecture. The earth shook more than thirty times and m consequence, city walls tumbled down and houses fell m ruins. The number of people injured or crushed to death by falling stones
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  • 806 5 Drunken Disorders m Russia. Petrograd, Feb 7. A sanguinary conflict took place on Sunday night m the Voene sensky Proapekt aa a result of the looting of a wine and spirit store. Soldiers joined the mob, and all became drunk. They commenced shooting one another until armoured
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 121 5 I ROBINSON Co. NEW STOCK OF KEYSTONE-ELGIN Wristli't Watches I X W T \p, j f3®&r' Keystone In Gold Filled (Jas Bors. Guaranteed for 20 years) Cases. Every watch fitted with Seven Jewels and guaranTE H. N. BUCKERIDGE late of Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their MAJESTIES) Begs to announce that
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 153 6 If You Disconnect Yourself How Can You Expect To; Keep In Touch WITH WJ.J.XX Possible Customers? OF COURSE YOU ADVERTISE, PTTT MYOU ADVERTISE DISCONNECTEDLY, OCCASIONALLY, SPASMODICALLY, CARELESSLYj? Successful advertising, like successful preaching, calls for consistency, insistency, and persistency. No preacher can -hope to establish success m one sermon, nor even
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    • 485 6 KONINKLiJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPtU (Incorporated In HoU&na. Ho^al Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3—B, Colltbb Quay UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS Indragiri Prigißadja, Sapat, TemWlahan, and Pengat Mar 20 rochubbeh BUliton, Batavia, Cherlbon and Semarang Melchiob Treub Batavia, Bemarang, and Sonrabaya with transhipment for Passengers at Batavia to lelok
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    • 379 6 JAPAN Ri RSAHSmP c-o. ««r HeQtfktni Sktcg&al, Kebi 11ltj Satan, Pesang, Caiamfc- e^j A eerTloe Is naitaltißta t rorts to KMtteUies, Lo^fl •scctrr.et vrlth the [aupevta] xent. The Ken Iw!d h xiinralßicg tLIB eervicc hMI Jerigced and conatrortr-fl >?• all the latest lmgro\, safety and ooLifcrt o; passenj ifcrcughout by
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  • 610 7 Paraffin From Pomp to Lamp. Rimsey. Whatever may prove to be its source, there can be no doubt that the oil find at Ramsey, which is about 18 miles from Peterborough, is of a remarkable character. I have been into a number of workshops and
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  • 171 7 THE GREATEST AFLOAT." Lieut- Colonel W Grant Morden, whose trim, spare figure is often to be seen m the West End of London, has a namesake m Canada m the form of a ship which is described by a writer m the By Water Magazine as the greatest afloat.*' Can
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  • 152 7 IS THERE A HELL Lord Hugh Cecil Says There Is. There was a tendency to shirk discussion of the question whether there was a hell, said Lord Hugh Cecil at St Martin's m the Fields. The language oC scripture was icterpreted more naturally if they believed that everlasting fire meant
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 187 7 BUCHANAN'S SCOTCH WHISKY V.KUW AbUUT II MO. "BLACK WHITE" ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Tne Enormous Stocks held by BUCHANAN Co. at their oonaed store the largest m the world) enable them to maintain tne high quality of this famous blend. THE BORNEO CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND. SOLE IMPORTERS I
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    • 538 7 Never Use An Oily Polish on Any of My Furniture- just OILY polishes gather and hold the dust, soiling clothing, linen and everything with which they come m contact. Johnson's Prepared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike polish. It forms a thin, protecting coat over the varnish adding years
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  • 981 8 "Wonderful" British Position. Fran :e, In the pocket of a young German officer who was capmred the other day, a diary was found from which I extract the fol lowing entries The officer was leading a relieving campany's march to the line. Here is his description
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  • 716 8 Boys SicgleHanded Fight with Ocean Raider. Berne. Among the men who passed through here were several Bailors and the chief engineer of the Brussels, a ship placed for ever m British annals of the sea by I the memory of Captain Fryatt. There' were, too, a good
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  • 131 8 Extradition Order Demanded. The case m which Inspector Hartley, C I D Calcutta, prosecuted a young Dutch man named Mr A C Tops who it is alleged, is a fugitive from Batavia and was sentenced to eight months' rigorous imprisonment for housebreaking and theft, came on for
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  • 62 8 Buttons connected with Lord Howe'B victory at Uahant on the Glorious First of June, 1 1794, figured at West London Police Court recently when Arthur E Sonderland was remanded on a charge of steaing a gold bracelet, belonging to Mrs Duffy, of Malcolm street, Dorset square. Mrs Duffy
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 16 8 TO IBOS£ BOHEWABD BOUND J. CAiPBELL UTHII ft ft., Gkini hnl Wlitiri Tilliri SB. tJOHDUIf Hwiummi*
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    • 427 8 A tonic needed No particular disease, bnt yonr system lacks tone. Yonr work drags. Ordinary tasks become hard. You find yourself tired; low-spirited, unable to keep your mind or anything, unable to get sound sleep at night. Debility is robbing you of your power. Dr. William's Piok Pills for Pale
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    • 20 8 GLASS AND PORCELAIN RUBBER LATEX gyp IN HALF LEMON AND FLAT BOTTOM SHAPE SAMPLE FREE ON APPLICATION G. OTOMUNE <& Co,
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  • 36 9 OoßKiotiD cr n Mar. 19 &*ti 4 -a c 2 4i damacd 5829 82 F J £ifa9a 6ir«difi Bma 2423 8. Fsftnet damand Bank 814 LaDiA, T. T, 161 KoaMEOM, OnMBl 84|%Prca 'iW, diijr: 11l
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  • 162 9 Mar. 19 rin (150 tone) fUO.OG 14 00 J l v I S.01 ia I o en r > ni i pore I1.SO Pansa> (Wliito fait) <2ou ffSftOMfl (ltd JO lha II I inru (fatBUgl CBO to %ta B icm Kan flffaiMfar nom C^CTCg (/.tannine;, 1 asun 'i.-... Gaff**
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  • 76 9 Mar 19 ifllH Tbe following mc Urn iliiirts aa to w^ich changes are i. >uiHi-d m Messrs Fraser und Co h ye&U ay't ebate list Kuytrfc Sellers RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES. j Aior Gajab 3.35 8.60 BaseeU 1.10 1.20 Ktleuaak 5.76 6.25 Lunaa 6.76 6.25 Malaka Pin da
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 572 9 L Assets over $2,000 ono o Assurance m force over $9,000,000 TH; GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITiD. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. 03 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and oompliea with the BiMshLife Assurance Oompanies Act m
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    • 490 9 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. Incorporated in ,Tap*m Cr.riSal Subscribed i^wY, 48,000.000 Capita! PaK1 Up 30,000,000 Reserve Fund .„,Y. 31,800,000 President, i. Icoayo Esf< Via President, Y. Yamafeawa £b*. DIHEITOGS. J. Icouye Psq. Y. Yf.toakawa Esq. N. Soma Esq. M. Odagbrl Esq. K. Sonod* Esq. T. Kawashima Esq. R. Klmura
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    • 633 9 vi beium mmnm* 80,, w. fire m mm. (Inoorfoirated la New Zeai^cfl*) im-mt imm&i mm, tv, lIBIIE. mv mt !i4BUB«HCE 6a., lU, FlflE. llaenijorated ia HoiiiJkofigO i LOIHM 33&aAHTEE S ABBIDEH7 89, ttt, SOMIfiITEF. [Incorporated m England] Fire aDd Marine Risk* of every description underwritten at loweKt current rates. Adamson,
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    • 426 9 M. M. MSSSAGEfiISS MARIIIMBS (TtfCORPDRAT'D IS F'RiFCF) KIIL Lurt, Monthly service between -barphai, Hnrg. Ron;,. Baigoti, r.in-.-;ap')re ColnmW, l jiboutf, Egypt and sJsLTtci.ios and vice versa. BRANCH LIJT1, F irsntgnelysec Iceteetwaeo h. igjn-Tj"ran ftaiphocg. For Jurihe? Intovmatton apply to J. 48 SOURr^ij Acenfo GENOA. A steamer wiil be despatched fcr
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 171 9 WEATHER KKPOBT Eaadaag Keroao Hogpital, Mar 18 S a.m. 3 pm. 9 P. lt Barom. 32 Fah. 29 908 29 828 mSbl Temp. 84 0 85 5 7i 0 Wot Bulb Tber. 76.0 77 o 74.5 Dir. of Wind NE NE Calm Max. Temp ia pbade 87. Mm. do. do.
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  • 884 10 MEETING AT JOHORE BAHRU. A meeting of the above Association was held at the Johore Civil Service Club Room, Jobore Hotel, yesterday morning when sixteeu members attended. Tb.2 chairman emprwaeed regret pt tbe waaroidalle o-tponerieut; last week on' accoun: of t'ue secretary be'cg indi^po?ed and also fx?res*ed
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  • 581 10 Oa the proposal of the ctairman H H Saltan Ibrahim k c m G. kcub, was re elected president of the Association and a proposal to record the meeting c congratulation to Ilia Highness on his appointment to the new distinction of Honorm Knight Com rnar.der of the
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  • 175 10 The hoc'ble Me C J Saunders presided fit the usual .Teekly meeting of the Rent Assessment Board, held m the Municipal Offices y&ster htv afiernoon, There were also prfteQ f Messrs S Toinlinson, U Carp rj- x c!, M Meyer anil Gaw Khek Khiam. A letter from
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  • 154 10 i H E tho High CommL-eioaer received, on ?.lir 1 5 1 h the following telegnm from Captain Wjolcambj, R >r commanding H M S Mulaya: Oa the second anniversary of commia- siouing of H M S M-ilaya we desire again to convey our gratitude to
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  • 696 10 The following is the report by the dirsstors for the fif:h annual general meeting to be held at the registered office, Chartered B.*nk Chambers, Singapore, od March '2 7 at noon. Your directors have pleasure m sub misting herewith their lepurt together with a duly audited ttntemeut
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  • 14 10 Secretary N Gomes. Bnbit Katil 8,420; total for 10 montbe
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  • 94 10 Sourabaya, Mar 11. Trading during the week was rather quiet, but prices remained steady. All purchases were made merely by specu lotors. Crop 1917. Tbe trust said out Superior Wattes 20Q,0G0 pibula oa FOB terms at f 9 and afterwards 200 tons on first cost terms at
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  • 85 10 A disastrous fire occurred at Kerling a few days ago, when a block of sixteen attap roofed, plank partitioned shop houses was butned to the ground. It is estimated that the loeb sustained was between $2,000 and 13,000s One of the houses contained a large stock of
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  • 810 10 A HEAVY CALENDAR. The seoond Assizes of -the year opened m the Supren c Court yesterday, before Mr Justice Ehden, Th< re is a long calendar, comprising eighteen charges against twenty six accused persons. There are co fewer than four murder charges, all -against Chinese, one of them
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  • 32 10 The following was tbe result of the ladies' spoon competition for March. Mrs Campbell 47 1 46 Peiniger 55 6 49 Willie 55 6 49 Alford 65 12 68
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  • 15 10 Those burglars who broke into the Kaleer's Palace acd- carried off valuable
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 203 10 CHEESE We are now receiving regular supplies of Ist quality AUSTRALIAN CHEDDAR Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd (Incorporated m !hr F 'raits SetttaiKAta.) )f\ LUZON-LAGIO PLOWS THE CHINA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE j (looorporatsd In H.r.g'kjng and Registered under toe Assurance Companies Paid to Pollcyholders by Singapore Office m 1916 $362,330
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