The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 22 March 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY. MARCH .22 1918 NO. 9,319
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  • 323 1 The chief fighting on the Western Front has been in the French sectors, where raids 'on a large scale have resulted in hand to hand fighting. Haig reports raids on Brit- ish and Portuguese sectors. The weather i is very wet Page 5. The shipping dispute with
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  • 970 1 Chess and aleo draughts certainly resemble the absolute war of Clausewitz. Nothing in theee games counts save the ruthless use of power and position every man ie in plaj and no sacrifice o# men muf t be grudged, if it will eetablisb a winning advantage; and the principle of
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 143 1 GOODRICH TYRES urnv tread RAFFLES HOTEL I SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd SPECIAL DINNER AND CINEMA SHOW. J. Growther Shaw m o^ v 'B'm an^ Co. 7^^^ ;J k JrJi Just Received fy'fjQ Suitings 9^|mJ| |W Sporting Tweeds Ij^fflk ill Tennis and Cricketing jai l/./Jusi fjHjl Flannels. If ffipv^..--.. merchant Tailors. -P^^S
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    • 98 1 TH B only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without quts or punctures. Siclasiic" /^S^^^P»v Stelastic Tvres i^sMR fy^mStSi Ai.ll £>ntish ix^A Made in Britain rS from Plantation Rubber, SOLx£ ACrENTS i International Trading Company, Limited. Combination Unsurpassed: A great company using only modern and perfect
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    • 79 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Notice to creditors of Ong Hong Pin Page 3. LLTC Tournament entries cloee 80th —Page 8. Garrick cigarettes Page 5. John Little for bedsteads Page 4. Andersan'e advertising agency Page 6. Robinson and Co a new stock of Tarantulle Page 6. Harima Hall and Gaiety new programmes Page
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    • 2 1 MarteEl's Brandy
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 117 1 THE WEEK. Fridtf 22nd. High W%feer- 5 44 a .8-21 p.m. Malakoff meeting, noon. Satßrfii} 23rd. High Wa«ot 7-as i m. t 9-lS pm. St. Danstan's Fete Malacca. Lodge fit George Regular, 9 p.m. Bykora-Campbell Concert, 9.30 p.m. Sunday 24th. High Water- 8 32 a.m., 943 p.m. Palm Sunday. ■endii
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  • 44 2 Orders (or week eudiog March 2 rd, 1919. Friday Ambulance Class, Y M C A. 5.16 p.m. March 22. Individual Troop Orders as issued by Bcoutmaeter9. The First Malacca Troop is now affiliated wi:h this Association. Scoutmaster. Mr Siek Yii Tsang.
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  • 602 2 The business of Messrs Chow Kit; and Co, Koala Lnmpur and Singapore, has been incorporated. Mr Kboo Keng Hooi b.ij been appomted Maa^ing Director. Information has leached the "Ptfeirg Daily N*wa from an authentic i-curce that a setioa* epidemic of typhus bad broken out in Harbin acd also alo: g
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 36 2 AUCTION SALE At Messrs. Cbing Keog Lee ft Co/i Sale-room Raffles Chambers, Raffles Place, On Saturday, 23rd March, 1918, at 10.30 a.m. One Australian hone and harness. CHIHQ KENG LEE ft 00. mt Auctioneers &Estate Agents
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    • 580 2 No Further Names Can Be Received fcr Publication AFTER MARCH 27th, DOLLAR DIRECTORY Go. j When Anaemic Run-Down TAKE TELE IDEAL TONIC. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite Oenecal Post Office. SINGAPORE. Victoria Tfteatro. Saturday, March 23rd, at 930 p.m. THE MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR GRAND FAREWELL CONCERT. BY M. BGGLMiL
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    • 714 2 THE HOUSE P^^BBHSPJ^f^rfFll^Jl WHERE REPUTATION IJIBOIIIE GOES Carmel Myers In an Unusual Super- Bluebird Froduotlon THE LASH "POWER! J. G. ALEXANDERS GREAT BROADWAY THEATRE SUCCESS PRESENTING THE LOVELY SIREN who appeared in "SIREN3 OF THE SEA CARWEC WmRS-A NEW STSR OF PBWESFUL PERSONALITY A photo drama spectaclo that occe again
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    • 660 2 VERY POWERFUL FEATURES TO MAINTAIN THE STANDARD AT THE ALHAMBRA Tbe Fi£ll for Huslc-Tbe Plooeer aod Premier House The House oi Qu BEACH ROAD. In the Second Show at B-15 p m PATBE OFFFBS A Magnificent Production with tbe very finest and met sclec WILL POWER A FILM DRAMA 600
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 957 3 EAT THE POPQUR PHOTOPLAY HOOSE MPIR K| NIOHT! B.COND SHOW 8-15 SHABP TONIQHTII -r RUNAWAY JUNE A Metro Wonderplay TKF. MASKED BIDER 5 starring Harold Lockwood and May Allison FIRST SHOW AT 7.30 P.M. Traversal Surprise Ferial-15 Episodes THE VOICE ON THE WIRE 4 I enuring Neva Gerber and Eea
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    • 817 3 LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB. Members are reminded that entries for the 1918 spring Tournament close ou Saturday 80th inst. H. J. TOTTOH, Ho~, Secretary. 92-3 22-D Notice to Creditors of Adjourned Meeting. RE Ong Hong Pin. Notice ie hereby given that the First Meeting of Creditors in the aoove matter
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    • 841 3 FRANK HILTON (DECEASED) All persona having any claim sgiinst the estate of the deceased are requested to Intimate the name to the undersigned on or be* fore the 261 n March, 1918. F. C. WREFORD, Agent for the Executor of the Estate I of the deceased Frank Hilton, c/o The
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    • 279 3 fflislCAffAf a jfl 8k Gent's Tan Calf /^f p. pair. "^^^ywJ^oi^i -r*»,.t-^AJ-|^^By^ Gent's Whlfe |fl Canva-, boots Vtv i.-ttiticr sole and T\ sSjsß^. heels, round J !^L_g JT'^StßM^ toes idtf.Bt style. .a'v 61 SSfiM per i air. V^, -^^"Tfi '-Tan Box Galf ■'^z~ZZ y MHg^^^^^ sketch, derby shupt \»jiy broad
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  • 37 4 Lewton Brain.— On March 19th, at Kuala Lumpur, to Mr. and Mrs. Lbwton-Brain, a daughter. Tuhvill.— At "deere," Scotland Road, PenaDg, on the 19th inst., to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. O. TURVILL, a son.
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  • 869 4 Accustomed as we have been for many generations now to the increasing size of ocean vessels which by enormous cargo space sought to provide profitable employment for capital by regular handling of goods in large bulk we have al most forgotten what
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  • 478 4 Pleading gailty before Mr Sugars to a charge of theft from the person of a compatriot of 911 in notes at North Bridge- rd, a Chinese named Foog Siew Jee was yesterday sentenced to six monthß rigorous imprisonment. The body of an unknown male Chinese, aged about 15, which was
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  • 138 4 The following letter has been received by H E the Governor from the offices of the Order of St John's and British Red Cross. Dear Sir A rthur Young. I beg to acknowledge with grateful I thanka the receipt of a further remittance !of 1,000 on account
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  • 694 4 Meters Powel! and Co, ate selling by auction on Saturday at coon the furnituit at Inverturrer, Gallop Road. GiviDg evidence at the Assizes yesterday, Inspector Brownings mentioned that be had examined a large number of forged notes lately, similar to (hose in that case. He believed that there were many
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  • 214 4 Courtesy op the Frkn i Paris March 18 |,?i p fighting continues en th*. the Meuse and in the < raids on the north- w.-ft at L* Pompelle failed The British took pric raid last nigbt. on U The (toman artiiUry »< rend f.cin Bapaoou to C«
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  • 392 4 The annual meeting of t» I WcJ was held in the ue# Ha; rei those present being the Lao. Young, Mr 1) Y Perkins Bishop of Singapore and Davie, Rev Mr Cross. EttV Kj; i Mi6B Hughes. General >p v Nicholson, Mr and Mrs A V.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 148 4 l^m 'Full nf Liffi I lill Ul LIIU SOLE AGENTS Caldbeck Macgregor Co. X i r l £j r _Q. n^ ■mSLtr I > I BBS v^ jf-] I i I p «1 j |i*| IS at B nrnniMP f tel M ,I* S o\ ,'^"^^vv., J v I*" ft
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    • 41 4 Wilson Co.! PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD BOID. TELEPHONE 1035 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of our offer 11 No satisfactory Proof, Ho Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of our work could be'given or demanded.
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous

  • 271 5 THE DUTCH PROBLEM 6y Iwlwilia Q*bl«] Ar -rerdam, March 20.— German threati ilc Holland acquiesce in the shipping arr aent, are becoming mote menac M luges ZeituDg says Germany in her UriMH will draw tb* meessarv i it 2m mzh a violation of nan Efeffw, Mm 20
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  • 472 5 I Sir Eric Geddes Speaks Batten, Mir 20. Sir Eric Geddes made I important statement in the House of cas. Ha said that the world's OCQM going tonnage at the beginning of Bha war, excluding enemy tonnage, amoanted to 33,000,000 tons. Until Dec 31 last vear thii was
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  • 32 5 Mr E J Forbes, late of Bakit Kabu Kstate. Seremban. is training for the Tank.. Mr E Bradbery has •btoiwdhii cOmmiHion and when the mail left was _-.i*a ..uinit nvriftrS. IM M»|
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  • 756 5 FINE FRENCH ATTACK WEATHER BAD Paris, Mac 18.— On the evening ol Match 17th and the morning of the 16th the French troops executed three coups de main, two of which were of certain im portance, in the wood of Malanoourt, the wood of Cheppy and at Vaujuois
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  • 47 5 His friende in the Malay Pecinsula will be pleased to hear that Captain Andrew Mustard, who has been serving with the Tank Corps on the Western Front sinoe Aug. 1917, has been granted the Military Cross lot bravery and gallantry at the battle ol Fontaine. (M M.)
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  • 524 5 FRENCH ACCOUNT l»T SabmariM Gabte] [Rrater'g Berriot] Paris, Mar 19. The French press com ments favourably upon the recent dec laration made by the Allied Govern men fee whose firmness and precision it unanimously emphasises. (Havae.) Parij, Mar 19. Le Petit Pariaien says At the meeting in
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  • 260 5 Madrid, Maroh 20. The postal strike has beeD settled, Government conceding all demands, including an increase of salaries and removal of military control. London, March 20. The Lords have read a third time a bill enabling women to become solicitors by 47 votes to 19. London, Mar 20.
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  • 22 5 The total subscribed by the MSVR to the T M C A. Hat is 9 6,268.88. A detailed statement will be published,
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  • 312 5 THE GERMAN GAME [By Submarine Gable] [Renter's terioo] Petrograd, March 20. The Ausfcro Germans have occupied Souny five hours from Kharkoff. The enemy is e!?o moving in the vicinity of Dno on the PettogradMo9cow railway. These facts are arousing serious suspicion that the Austro Germans despite the peace
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  • 295 5 A meeting of the Licensing Justices was held in the first magistrate's court; yesterday afternoon, presided over by Mr Langham- Carter, the other justices pre j sent being Dc JAR Glennie, Commander j B A Cator, R N and Meesrs R J Addie, j Tan Rheam Hock, A
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  • 178 5 The Honorary -Secretary acknowledges with thanks the following donations. Previously acknowledged $7 28; Chop Hong Chua, Ipoh, Chop Hai Chua, Serera ban $260 each; Chop Jit Chua, Koala Lumpur, Chop Henc Chua, Ipob, Si«sen Delay $100 each; Tan Tye Kee, Mrs Tan Pheng Tong 150 each
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  • 27 5 Capt A Pritchard, late of the Berkshire regiment, who served in France in 1914 and has been invalided out, ha* arrived to take up planting in Selangor.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 133 5 I Robinson Co. T^^^^^LE NEW STOCK J>' y y?J] ■'v :^^'M; mini mi^TTf I 1"» llfl^ TARANTULLE t > I <-vV y J STANDARD, PINE, and SUPER PINE K^\ M V^i^ QUALITIES Ladies' Children's Wear Robinson Go. FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. PRINTERS. Office 13, COLLYER QUAY. Works: SI AK STREET. Magazine,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 61 6 ADVERTISING IN HONGKONG CANTON dIILL L/dll LJULLILv^ dUI VCI LIoIIIcI IaLCo 111 lIIC ICdLLIIIg pLiUllUdLlUllO, Chinese 3.nd The Population of j Canton ®> Hongkong is Oi U u Ui U u U I Your Advertising I Bmm \J%Mm I f dff iff O 8 W/// Produce Results, I B ■91
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    • 651 6 &\sm m Dbstisb India rIiPCAB iLIINE*: (Companies Inootp oiaiefl la England.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsular and oriental s. n. co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES "EAST OF BOMBAY are at present pended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON art at present suspended.
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    • 393 6 NY U JAPAN li'' c, j STEAESu* Co (Inoorporatel jn v ESJROPtASt Lk Btigktll, Shißghii, Ktt: i t,,^ Hf Itlaeti, PtBEBf, Colons Eb| fli Tfei Cape. A service Is malE*t*^eii b ports to Him ,<■>>—■ SOQtiSOI WJth t^r. lL aeci. The Btov Fwta malntafnt::* this &er\ ice Lg lefilgsca ana
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  • 131 7 After a recess of some months the weekly Literary Meetings of the Moslem Institute were started on Friday the Bth instant when Sub Inspector Mahmood proposed and Mr A Latiff opposed that Government Service is better than Mercantile Service the result of the debate being in favour of
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  • 599 7 For Merchant Service Officers. Bombay, Feb 28th. Tbe Britieh Admiralty is at present layiog particular stress on tbe importance of signalling to tbe Mercantile Marine. Efficiency in signalling has been found to be one of the most important details which go to make tip tbe whole of
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  • 122 7 Major General Sir Philip Nash, Director General of Transportation to the British Army in Franoe since 1916, has, the Daily Express understands, been appointed Director General of Transportation for all the Allies. When the war began he was Mr Philip Nash, of the East Indian Railway.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 149 7 Iropical roofing tENASCO Lp- ied with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATB I-hK i do away with the necessity of I s in sticky cement at the overlaps. KEINASCO is the result of over EO years experience in the manufacture of Ready Roofings. Its lurability makes it the most economical of any
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    • 630 7 ftU C^ELL CONFIDEJVfty o^ C&B B r p rr;r N o MIDLOTHIAN ROLLED OATS A clean, tempting food, giving stamina unrivalled for Breakfast. *>» AGENTS FOR LEA A PERRINB* WORCESTERSHIRE BAUC& V*V L) M MM J» >^ V 1 I ROW BOAT MOTORS I MARINE ENGINES B Out board motors
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  • 377 8 Dukhonin's Terrible Death at Mob's Hands. The Stockholm correspondent of the Paris Matin quotes an eye witness for the following account of the mutdar of General Dnkhonio, the late Russian Commander in Chief, at Mohileff The general appeared at the window of bis railway carriage. Throw us your
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  • 378 8 A woman resident at one of the neutral legations writes to the Sunday Times 1( the English take their pleasures sadly and sourly, they certainly seem to take their present inconveniences gaily and, jin a sense, sweetly. I expected to see them kick hard against the official pricks
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  • 133 8 London, Feb 4 Finnish travellers from Heleingfora who have reached Sweden, state that hundreds of people are killed daily in the streets of the city. Russian sailors armed with 6words and bayonets, dash a&hore from the war ships, killing iadiscriminateiy. Hordes of other ruffians are plundering and
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  • 1756 8 To Deo. 81 Feb To date 1917 Abaco 64,040 Allagar, Deo 841,100 18,800 48,800 A.Gajah, Sep 140,405 10, SCO 21,409 Alor Pongen 276,418 26,586 Alma, 352,700 26,500 60,600 Ampat, Sep 216,284 19,800 An* Johote, Mar 806,005 27.018 46,846 An Malay, Dec 1,656,648 100,445 248,646 >n S'tra, May
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  • 180 8 j In above list the totals In flret mD J^ monthly totals for Jan-Dec. 1817 ion In which the Company's year end* in tn aicwjj after the nimn Third oolamo nbowe A. Kiata. June 1,7 lr l Ayer Weng 1,401 I Bandon 181 B Bangnoo Val 1,191 I
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 193 8 This is the Pen for Active Service because it stands the racket. ill The "Swan," like a rifle, is made g^j true ami sure. The ink magazine is pi ample am!, at command, the pen is gk'l ready for duty immediately. There is |||j| 'no misfiring, and there are no
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  • 88 9 SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD. ENTRANCED— j \)<;;G'Q FAOAK Wbarres :X'C Qodowna Gate Bnn Bonded booses, Ea>.s I;affi,' East I W/M Storage B 11 Wharf- Jj Sheers B 19 l do (DryDocle ofc Btore, Bead sTow< r, j i:i Stations 4i Eiitrastoe] Main 4 is/18 I cr 5 ~i e/14 Store A3
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  • 37 9 Time-ball" on lort Csnnlng ft&d Moavt Faber drof dally aft 1 f .m. Singapore staadatc lime, oorreßfonding to 6 a.m. Qveenwldl mean time. The tlme-gon 1b fired at 11 o'olec k ■oen, Indloatlng Singapore standard time, 11
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  • 59 9 OeatMnrao Of Mar. II iiMBl 4 e 4i l«caaod .28 29 82 PalraSt taadfli l sal 2 4 18 82 ham Imioiil ITant pi 4 :ms, T. r. 3 61 laraa&l 84f%F«!cai 1 0 5 i 1 1 L laaa DOSi dsu 63* 3C 1 1 1HNM, I ;i
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  • 143 9 Mar. 21 J.n (60 tone) 1149.01 H Mat 14.00 lot i S2.C «i 2«O0«&3 I ;C0 Far.;>*.« T:lftck .v^Uv^'pore •Jl.T^ ffonpn, (Woifts 1 5u EfoSaatogi '.'10 sue i I oosn Bfvtaaofl {ZQ 'as Iks JV I :om i U MMB 1 1 i I Loxfcolna) anm I
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  • 137 9 The following are the Ehares ae to wbicb changes arc* notified in Messrs Fra^s end Co'b yesterday's share list AlOi: Gajah 3 36 8.76 Ayer Kuning .80 1.05 Ayer Panas 7.75 8.26 BalßOwnie 4 75 6.25 Bukit Timah 10 00 12.00 Cbaugkat Serdaog 6.00 6.60 Halaka Pinda
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 744 9 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS. SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EC. 1 mpauy hae £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the BiitisLLife Assurance Companies Act in
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    • 299 9 TEACHER WANTED I For th* 1 iwor classes, man or lady. MuFt have passed Ht>ndard VII. Ap: ly per onulh to the Director St. AHTHORV'S BOYS' SCH3CL 20-3 25 'i OFFICE MANAGER Wanted temporarily (for say Bine months) for an Kstate f >tH.^e in healthy ooost district of Beiangor. t
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 68 9 WKAiiiEF? REMIT gaudaut> Keroiu Btoqdtal, Mar. 2 1 0 AM. PM. 9PM Barom. 32 Fab- 29 845 29 725 29 835 Tempc B«.O B8 D 80 CJ Wet Bulb Ther. 76 0 77 0 '5. Dlr. of Wind NE E Calm Max. Temp. In rbaoc- 88 •'j Trlin. do. iio-
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    • 148 9 MAIL TABLE To fi2| teaotBionloso and locsi mails, be low o m ?i Bfl below f onoagi Malacca, F.M.6. (*f Tvaia) I p. a •o-ity (except Sunday). Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 2, 4 6 p.m. Jacob Soon Hcag £.80 am Derby Fremantle etc (and artfetea prepaid letter rate lot Australasia)
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  • 2321 10 C*OMMOS JURY FXERCHES NEW POWBR Judge's Strong Comments. At the As-izaa yesterday, a c*?e under trial by a common jary in Me Justice fcbien'a court, the question of the power conferred upon jnrips by tho recent am^udornt of the la** came promiuenily UD.i^c conr idera:ioo The case
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  • 561 10 (Mucphail Co'e weekly report 14*21 Mar.).' The pat t week ba« betn a very dull one and tbe culy marked tendency has been oue to realise holdiiiKs, particularly in industrial shnres. Rubpeb Auction Results Offered Sold Top prices London Crtpa Sheet Equivalent Tons 990 748 $97 890
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  • 27 10 Found Jin possession .of a quantity of counterfeit tea cents pieces in North Bridge* rd, a Chinese named Ong Bah hae been arrested and is being charged.
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  • 86 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Ae&ociation Auctions were held oa Wednesday and Thursday when there was offered (or sale pikuls 16,361.60 or 2,181,647 lbs. (Tons 973.90). Prices Realised. Sheet Sm.JFine Ribbed $88 to $88 Good 70 82 Fine Plain 76 Sheet Ungm. Fine Ribbed 66 j
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  • 110 10 Singapore, March 21. j The weekly tubber auction held yesterday and today was marked by an active demand for all grades except low barky j crepes. Fine Pale Crepe was again keenly compete i for, aud fetched up to $97 per pikul, showing no change from last
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  • 518 10 Sing'.pore, March 21 Each Eectif.n of our rraiket has been' difficult to operate In, more especially j Rubber in which some sharp fluctua tions Lave taken place day by day. 1 hero j it a coneiderable amount of tpfculation' as to the future of Rubber shipping facilities
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  • 71 10 [Drills marked are compulsory.] Friday, March 22. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall SV A Sections 111. and IV details j up 3 R B j Maxim Co S TO T P Fire Station* SVR, T P P Drill Hall Signalling Seo SV C SVC Recruits ii
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 123 10 Yamato Go. >^>l 41, High Street. Phone 432. LwSl CCn >^ wyy p I Rcduciions CREPE J BV win f-^Pfrffr^W^*"~^**"~ c BSSBBBiiS93HHHHHHBHBBB33BMMki EOT 9 Guaranteed (MB a AWffflMA H uei&uiiie H EXTRA QUALITY i PALE BOILED OIL M fjl OBTAINABLE FROM m All Ship Chandlers Wij. GARCIA h „^-r SPE^
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