The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 April 1918
1918-04-09
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The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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Title Section15 1918-04-09 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPOKE, TUESDAY, APKIL 9 1918. NO. 9,33315 words
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Article240 1918-04-09 1 No actions on a large scale are reported in the wires to day but there is a good deal of miscellaneous righting. The weather is bad. Haig in hia aviation report mentions large massing of Germans south of the Somme, which oar aviators attacked Tage 6. From240 words
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Article929 1918-04-09 1 There ace villages in England so coo! and undisturbed and serene tbnt yea think the hot breath of war can never have reached them; and* wonder if they have yet heard of all that has happened •ince August 1914. But if you walk through their929 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement122 1918-04-09 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS \ND PNEUMATICS RAFFLES HOTEL. n TEAS will be served in the lounge and on the lawn every day from 4*30 p.m. asic in Attendance I Cinema snow on the lawn, especially for children, 1 at 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). 7- i-\ THE NEW MODEL ROYAL EfcEg l^^j122 words
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Advertisement356 1918-04-09 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG.) Medical Books. Insanity in Everyday Practice by E.G. A Surgical Handbook by F. M. Caird Younger, m.d. L Re. p. $3 50 and O. W. Cathcart $6 00 Practical Points in tne Diagnosis and Handbjok of Massage for Beginners lreatment of Heart Disease by356 words
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Advertisement87 1918-04-09 1 UTiST ADVEBTISEHENTS. Secccd Lottery of the North Kedeh Fucd— Paga 3. Steamer for Hongkong and Seattle Page 6. Telegraph lines now open for deferred wites Page 3 Auction Bale of office furniture Page 2. Last day of John Little s sale Page 4. Ribeiro and Co. for Exchange Tables Page87 words
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Advertisement5 1918-04-09 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS5 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous129 1918-04-09 1 S. V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME [Drills marked are compulsory.] Tuesday, April 9. 5.15 p.m. Drill Hall SR E (v) Maxim Co S V C 5.00 Balestier Range SV R Details 5.15 Drill Hall SVC Recruits i, A V PUtoon 5.10 Chinese Co SV I G G Wace, Captain, Actg Adjutant,129 words
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Article63 1918-04-09 2 Orders for week ending April 13, 1918. Monday. April 8. Signalling Class, Y M 0 Grnuud, 5 15. Tuescay. April 9. Telegraphy Class, \MCA, 6.16. Wednesday, April 10. Signalling Class, YM C A Ground, 5 15. Friday. April 12. Ambulance Class. JICAI If. Saturday April 18. Swimming63 words
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Article209 1918-04-09 2 Some idea of the vast ecale upon which I the rubier industry is conducted in Akron. I Ohio, U S A, can be gained from a descrip tion of the rubder tire works of the Fire atcne Tire and Rubber Company. Seventeen years ago the Firestone Company occupied209 words
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Article192 1918-04-09 2 The Bangkok Times regrets to announce the death of the Rev Eugene P Dnnlap, D D, which occurred on the evening of Good Friday at Tap Teang (now called Trang). Dr Dnnlap was not far short of his seventieth year and had been ailing192 words
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Article99 1918-04-09 2 "LIBERTY SHEETS FOR GERMANY. New York, Feb 13 American aero planes have flown 800 miles into Germany and dropped pamphlets containing an ap j peal to the German peoples to shake off the Imperial yoke. These appeals conclude as follows "We are aiding and supporting the German refugees who are99 words
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Article92 1918-04-09 2 With reference to the announcement that has been made in America of the use of "dummy ships, Beater's Agency is informed that there is one authenticated case of a valuable convoy proceeding to tie Dardanelles fallowed by a cruiser." A German submarine that was in the92 words
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Article106 1918-04-09 2 Another instance of the danger of hold ing a flan between she teeth, a practice which fishermen often adopt when their hands are occupied, is reported from Hen eratgoda, writes the Times of Ceylon. A villager, fishing in the canal, had a fish between his tertb when it slipped through106 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement518 1918-04-09 2 All names now finished, no rocm save for a few more pages cf advertising. DOLLAR DIRECTORY GOOQfiEQt SAFETY TREAD> TYRES Escape from Pain. Has a linqerirg, maddening life of pain discouragtd you atd made ycu sick at heart Perbaps a cruel earache, a rasping pain in the back, or the518 words
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Advertisement548 1918-04-09 2 the house IMMLBHKTSYfmn WHERE WITH A I"^ "{fcri jffifflli-fWifi EVERVBOOV REPUTATION I GOES Butterfly Pictures Present ALLEN HOLUBAR with IOUISE LOVELY THE REED CASE TA Drama of EOM\N~E LOVE AND MYSTERY Mystery tale Enlivened with remarkable Shooting Scenes. SUPPORTED BY The Smashing Stroke Big U Two reel War Drama of548 words
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Advertisement368 1918-04-09 2 PICTURES OF RARE ENTERTAINING POWER^M Figure In the Programme fl AT THE ALHAMBRAI The Hall for Music. The Pioneer and Premier House.— The House c*. Q Beach Road In the Second Show at 9 15 p m. A PICTURE THAT HAS CREATED A FURORE EVERYWHERE Affording an irsight into that368 words
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Article1007 1918-04-09 3 CHARGE OF ATiKVIPTED i .^EATING. A ra'ber ntoatfcabU cage, t*:e teque) of which will be heard ut the next Assizes at Seremban, came before Mr A S Haynes, District Officer, Tampin, en the 18th and 20th of last month, when Vire D M Brugh alias Dhatana S1,007 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement1061 1918-04-09 3 $S^ ATTRACTIVE AUCTION SALE OF High Grade Europe-made Mahogany Stained Oak and Wax Polished Teak Household Furniture, Kaps Patent Semi-Grand Piano, Excellent Cut glass, Silver and Electro Plateware, Valuable Oil Paintings in Massive Frames, Tennis Gear, Well Grown Plants, etc. etc. To be Held at "VALKYRE No. 29 1. Cavenagh1,061 words
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Advertisement427 1918-04-09 3 I A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY. I JN the best regulated families the little ills of life will cfeep in. Some member of the family 1 circle may occasionally suffer from Biliousness and Indigestion, and one or the other will from j time to time exhibit the well-known symptoms of Constipation. From427 words
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Advertisement332 1918-04-09 3 NOTICE. THE E STERN EXTENSION A. C. IELEGRAPHCO., LTD. 'Incorpoiated ia England). An adJitional line being now restored Deferred acd Expeditionory Force telegrams for the United Kingdom ete will again be accepted Thst e messages will, however, be subject to the usual delay. A. B. fcKOTTOWE, Ag Manager. Straits District.332 words
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1433 1918-04-09 4 Germany, it appears to us, is at pre sent engaged in a desperate attempt to carry out that interesting operation which is described in financial circles as bearing the market Unmindful of present losses she is determined to lower the value of1,433 words
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Article153 1918-04-09 4 Mrs Jack Wiehart, who is the hoa. sec. of the ABBoeiatioa des Orphelins de la Goer re here, has received a telegram from Paris, stating that the Association is taking all Orphans away from Paris pro bably as a result of the German big gun bombardment;.153 words
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143 1918-04-09 4 March List. Previously aufc ncwledged $40 061.57 Member*, of Batu Anam Club (Jobore) 154 Mrs Wallace Cook (one year) 36 Maw (six months) 25 Nicholson (Dec to Juue) 18.10 Brugh (Den, Jan, Feb) 15 Bredenberg 10 TJB Wearne (Jan to May) 12 Salzmann 3 Parbuiy143 words
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Article67 1918-04-09 4 The following earns ate gratefully ack nowledged Already received 15,387.06 Bishop of Singapore (3rd; 60 Mrs Wallace Cook (3rd) 60 Mrs Maw (11th) &year 25 S J H .60 Mrs Tomlin (4th) 10 Mrs Webeter (Bth) April 76 Mrs Buckland (6th) April 6 16,617.0667 words
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Article323 1918-04-09 4 Another Chinese Hut. Me See Teoog Wah received yesterday from Mr Oog Boon Tat a cheque for 15,200 to meet the cost of a Red Triangle Hut in France. The Hat is given in memory of his father, the late Mr Ong Sam Leong,323 words
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Article342 1918-04-09 4 New Yoik, April Bth. The war part ment'a weekly review say* the i strategic and tactical potitiou of tfa 18 becoming more favourable Th> at the opeci ig of the third w offeutive, i* still far 6bcrt cf atldK, principal object iv^e. It is now that the German342 words
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Article419 1918-04-09 4 The Situation In Russia London, Mat 9. Enlightenment regarding the intetnal political situation ;n Russia is afforded by Prof€6eor Ileosfl of Moecow University, who wae interviewed on his arrival in Chrietiania yeeteriay Professor Eleceff stated that a t*pn tentative conference at Moscow had decided to organise a419 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement130 1918-04-09 4 CIGARS "La Flor De Filipines" ESPECIALES In Boxes of 25's L'lllJrOOLb JUST RECEIYED IN PERFECT CONDITION CALDBECK, MACGREGOR CO. a Lif\iJ 1 Url. 1 ODDMENTS Ha/f Sa/e Price John Little Co., Ltd. Mr. H. N. BUCKERIDGE <late of Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their MAJE STIES) Begs to announce that he130 words
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Advertisement43 1918-04-09 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS I ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1035 6H2HR 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of our offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the. high quality of our work could be given or demanded.43 words
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Article585 1918-04-09 5 ,^CAL ATTACKS FAYOUR ALLIES Haig's Despatches M, Atrl 7, IMI P in— Fiel« Haig repoHi that counterattacki ■aeeessfollj reestablished oui N wood and yielded 191 ainegoßi. Wt I I Albert Oui evcdini k A minoi Earning of lh< this i sbacp loeai fifl >J fcei IU '1585 words
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Article602 1918-04-09 5 GOOD FIGHTING: GOOD WRITING The French Renter 1 Loud m, April 7 Reuters correspon a dent at; French headquarters, April 8, saye r that in the second battle beginning on Thursday we hnld the enemy and repulsed g hiru at raoal piecee «kh heavy lobsea with r the602 words
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Article508 1918-04-09 5 London, April 8. Rater's correspondent at British headquarters, wiring on the evening of April 7, says that local fighting has continued at various places along the I British battlefront and there are sundry signs that the enemy is about to thrust again on a big scale. By508 words
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Article263 1918-04-09 5 LANDING AT VLADIVOSTOK I*7 ■ataaariae VmblmJ [Reuter'i Berrioe] Moscow, April 7.— Admiral Kato, com manding the Japanese troops landed at Vladivostok has issued a proclamation statins the troops have come to maintain order. Petrograd, April 7.— The Council of Commissaries in a manifesto accuses Japan of striviDg to263 words
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Article373 1918-04-09 5 The mail steamer which grounded on a sand bank near Singapare on Saturday night had no English mails aboard. < It is confirmed that the ship did not c actually run on to the sand bank, but gradually eubaided on to it owing to tbe weight of373 words
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Article344 1918-04-09 5 MANSION HOUSE LUNCHEON CBy Submarine Gable] IBevter's B«rvic*l London, April C. The Lord Mayor gave a luncheon to a distinguished company at the Mansion House to commemorate tbe United States entry into the. war. Telegrams were read from the King and Mr Lloyd George. Tbe latter in344 words
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Article365 1918-04-09 5 The Task of India London, April 6.— The Press Bureau lays Mr Lloyd George has cent a message io the Viceroy of India as follows At this lime when the intention of Germany's rulers to establish tyranny not only ihroughout Europe but Asia has besome transparently clear,365 words
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Article147 1918-04-09 5 j New York, April 7.— The first day's subscriptions to the third Liberty Loan af three billion dollars in New York and throughout; the country exceeded the subscriptions of the first day of the two former loans. Over a hundred millions was subscribed in New York. The eub147 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement155 1918-04-09 5 ROBINSON Co. BIG BEN ALARM CLOCKS if <fc 4L mt HP TT XT* o^ BIG BEN is really two alarum clocks wV^k^V\(w\ in one an intermittent alarum Ir I) i u) Mwl ringing for len minutes at halfWjm In S* I minutcs intervals— a long alarm mTTiXif Sl^W rin^ing five155 words
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Advertisement1516 1918-04-09 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY. (INCORPORATED IN U.S.A.) REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco S.S. "VENEZUELA', 14 000 tons from- Hongkong on or about 24th April 1918 o S .Sffitt!."'. 1400 tODB d0 d0 22nd May 1918 S.S. •COLOMBIA 14,000 tons do do 19th June1,516 words
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Advertisement553 1918-04-09 6 &\9* m British ir^i Ok I (Companies Incorporated la Enflana.) Mail and Passenger Services peninsulas and oriental s. k. co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are At prcpended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONL a at present suspended. Passengers for553 words
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Advertisement1219 1918-04-09 7 EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. (INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HLAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. OompamyhM £20.C00 deposited with the Kupreine Court 0/ England, and complies with the BritishLife Assurauce CJompaniea Aot in every particulir. v'T PLANS OF ASSUBNNCE MONEY TO LOAN. LIBERAL COMMISSION TO1,219 words
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Advertisement942 1918-04-09 7 31 W izAfUtCH) SPORTING CLUB [HE SPRING RACE MEETING (UNDER S. K. A. RULES OF RACING) WILL BE HELD OS Tuesday the 21st, Thursday the 23rd and Saturday the 25iii of Hay, 1313. PEOGRAMMFJ m. j&Il. m*.*? W. 1 6 FIRST DAY. J TUEBDAY, 21ST MAY, 33.8. i. THE OPENING942 words
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Advertisement785 1918-04-09 7 2 7. THR VISITORS' p. JTE and STAKES--2-40 p m. and 5 p.m. Voice of each sUke $500. A handicap or Ml Bx-Gf tTi'i Borse ih have run at the kfeetiog. i'be H reesßiaj be divided by the tondicappet iu i >•••■. > r'inmcw. 1o aod li. £ach riH-s to785 words
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Article631 1918-04-09 8 DOGS AND MUDSHIPS." FSDFSFSFSF The real landehips out hero uro not the Tacki?: they are the transport wagons, which, iii squadrons, divisions, and *ii gle* units., plough through this eea of mud in all directions and at ell hours. In one respect these craft" conform to the custom of his631 words
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Article170 1918-04-09 8 Remarkable Feat. A noteworthy batting performance v*as witnessed at the Campbell Park, Colombo, on March 15 when an Inter school match was in progress between St Anthony's and St Thomas' Colleges. The Kandy College batted first and occupied the wickets the whole afternoon. J Anderson, whe went in170 words
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Advertisement297 1918-04-09 8 HOME LEAVE OVERDUE There are many people with home loave long overdue, still prepared to carry -on Indefinitely if their health allows t^tm. Bet nnlesfl they protect themselves they will paj the price in uervon broken Bleep, over-tired nerves end low spirits, in an.crtia. eufeebled health e.n3 breakdown. The protection297 words
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Advertisement183 1918-04-09 8 I Atlas Preservatives I Biiclr i 1 1 a I A GENUINE RUST PREVEMTATIVE with Black Finish. I AMm gHv gm^ %fes% 7 i Hi j| s A Wood Preservative, Protects Timber from White Ants. Dry Re etc 3 !A 25 per cent Solution is Sufficient for Practically every Requireme:183 words
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Article1438 1918-04-09 9 (lined by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Apr. Bth. I 'All tucUtloie of Sterling Bh»vw mart %e regarded u pare!? Bomtaftl lor *be pveßest m m mm m RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. 0a», Utan. Paid. (lamon. -tornes. linnnnnt. 100,000 ll li Allagar 15* I I BO 170,1101,438 words
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Article58 1918-04-09 9 uobb«o*id op co Apr. 8.) Bad 4 -a b 2 4 1182 dsmftod 2-4 P*iTfcO« flvtdits Bms i. 2-4 1732 Fiasco demand Baa* 815 IHDIA, T. T. .162 HOSSKOSa, 3«riiad L 88i%Prt» roSOaiSiA, &*m*ut IC6 JatAi dtmaaJ .120 B2BBSOS, £«maod 86i Ssyis»iONi, Bank Si?\ni $8. c4 B s.-n* oi58 words
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Article157 1918-04-09 9 Apr. 8 Tin buyers 1150 6b 3*m*tw 16.00 ObuiSbise Cafes Na, I" 28. C: Gftzsfctas Cviu Na. f 2 3.00 P«9?«i Black atdia, i 'pore 35.25 Pippit, (WBifit Uli) 48 00 (110 »3 tbe note Httm®2« (80 10 4a« II note Sfi'oi (Baa." a? nan) oicT»i (AmboUm) nsra Bftli157 words
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Page 9 Advertisements
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Advertisement128 1918-04-09 9 GORDON'S E Oldest Established London Gin Distilleries Famous for the Purity and Flavour of their OLD TOM" "DRY GINS." OF ALL DEALERS THE BORNEO CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) SOLE Iww POmm a clidt Buchanan's Black and White There is no better value on the Market than this old and128 words
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Advertisement502 1918-04-09 9 GLUE EXPERT Wanted by a Euroreun firm in lodla fn expert, Enropean, Cbit ene cr American, who has a thorough practical expet! ne<* in the manufacture of fi'uefiom Hide cuttings and bones. G sod salary to a reliable man Apply in the first iußtaricc ith copies of totimonialb: GLUTEX c/o502 words
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Page 9 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous425 1918-04-09 9 MAIL TABLE Todij. Istetmedlate and local mails, «rtu fee Conor i» list below Penang, Malaooa, F.M.B. Ttalal I *.n. daily (exoept Sunday). Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 2, 4 6 p.m. Cnoob Soon Hong 8.80 am Bengkalis, Siak, etc Hong Lee 9.30 am P. S'ham k Penang Pin Seng 11.80 am425 words
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Article1815 1918-04-09 10 NETHERLANDS VIEW POINT. Tbe other day we published in fall Pre sident WilsSn'e proclamation regarding the Seizure of the Dutch shipping. Below will be found the official attitude of the Xether lands Government when the one ie weighed aganst the otbnr tbe need for the action1,815 words
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Article550 1918-04-09 10 At the Assizes, before Mr Justice Ebden, 'yesterday, the hearing of the charge of murder against a Cantonese cargo-coolie named Foo Thai, arising ous of the stab bing affair in Bugis st, was continued, Mr V D Kncwles was for tbe defence. The accused's evidence being camplet ed,550 words
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Article305 1918-04-09 10 DEATH OF Mr R. A. J. FIDWELL. It is with deep regret that we learn of the death of Mr R A J Bid well which occurred at Tanjcng Katong on Saturday night, the funeral taking place at Bidadaii cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Mr Bidwell, who was 48 years of305 words
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Article52 1918-04-09 10 Mrs Payne, with a nett score of 6v won the April Spoon at Balestier on j Thursday last. The following were the < four best scores: IOOy IOOy Total with heap Mrs Payne 82 81 68.11 Oldham 29 26 67 86 Muglieton 26 24 67 8 Brooke52 words
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Article884 1918-04-09 10 The following is the eighth reported the dire o tors to the shareholders to be s presented at the annual meeting on April 16 at noon at Barker and Co, Ltd. After charging depreciation upon the assets of the Company, the Profit and Loss Account shows a884 words
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Advertisement687 1918-04-09 10 RECORD DEMAND FOR THE 3-FOLD HARLENE GIFT OF !r^— h! HARLEN£ HAIR HEALTH F fe§?f I 3-FOLD BEAUTY FOR ALL R {^^^^^M 1,000,000 "HaHene Hair-Drill" ;t *|yt; 'T'lIE enormous demand for the Groat k «Wwp^-- l^^SST' N Throe-Fold Gilt ot Harl«>ne HairDrill" Ouitits has beaten all records. -^^^^jt^^^T^^^^ jjfta'i' f^"'687 words
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