The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 10 May 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. lE.: CENTS SINGAPORE, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918. NO. 9,360
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    339 1 'There is a great to do among the poli ticiaos as a result of General Maurice's letter to the press. It is generally accept ed that the affair devolves into an attack on the Lloyd George Ministry by the Asquith faction Page 5. The one supremely sensible
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    AERIAL ESCORT DUTY.
    992 1 When bombing 6quadrcns are sent over the enemy lines they ate escorted by squadrons of fighting planes. A bombing machine as a rule carries a dtfen- feive armament, which makes them formidable enough as antagonists bat their specific purpose is bombing, and .so the battleplanes are always
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      119 1 i 6GDDRICH TYRES OHM 4ND PNEUMATICS BAFFLES HOTEL SATURDAY, MAY 11th I PECIAL DINNER AND CINEMA SHOW. J. Growther Shaw Co. j& > i RACING COLOURS. **mtf SMART SUITINGS FOR |i THE RACES. |l v I 7 BSEBCHINT THOBS. Just Reprinted EXCHANGE TABLES from Don*™ n/7 O/S Sterling Z/d to
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      67 1 THE only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or v>^ l *^t l i Ml] f^% i ill R 1 1 ,r?> '*stj[iF *''\W*z£sb Plantation Rubber. International Trading Company, Limited. BE CAREFUL OF YOUR CHILDREN'S DIET! BORDEN'S MILKS SW£ETENED CONDENSED, EAGLE BRAND, UNSWEETENED CONDENSED,
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      98 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Dinner and pictures at Raffles Page 1. Palladium, Gaiety and Harima ne v programmed Page 2. Pinkettes for indigestion Page 2. Trade mark noticaa Page 3. Gents' footwear as Whiteaway's Page 3. Ching Keng Lee's sale of Orchard rd pioperty Page 3. Dresses at Little's Page 4, S
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      5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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      73 1 THE WEEK. frtuai 10th Blgh Water— lo *-l a 10-2 p.m. Now Moon. Sfitwtfij 11th. Ei!t^ Wale*- li-« :'..m., 10-4 p.m. Sunday 12th. Klgh Water -> -S a.ia 11-18 p.m. Sunday after Ascension. ■•■dlf 13th. Blgt 37m mt- 0 a.r, 11-57 p.m. H f «fc Wa»ei 1-88 u.tri. Ayer Panas
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    OVERSEAS TOBACCO
    69 2 The followiiig contributions have been Tha Convent School $165 Rat'tlos Girls School 76 Raftles laetitaciou 60 Victoria Bridge Schco! 60 Outran* Road Scbco! 46.52 Pearls Hill School 35 St. Anthony's Boys School 20 St. Anthcay's Girls School 20 Holy lamoeenti Sckooi 3 0 St. Auiraw's Scbco! 5o Total
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    LIFEBOAT FUND.
    48 2 Mr A W Vick at the Char:ercd Bank has received the following Already acknowledged 5221 Soon Khek Co. A Friend 91, Another 91, Chinese Commercial Bank Staff Gaw Khfck Khiam 10 Chia Tiong Suan 5 Wee Theam Sang 5 20 J. A B. Cook, Hon. Secretary.
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    BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.
    28 2 Orders for week ending May 11, 1918. Friday, May 10. Ambulance Class V M C A 5.15 p.m. Individual Troop Orders as issued by Scoutmasters.
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    394 2 Committed to life imprisonment m 1912 m connection with a gang robbery whilst armed with dangerous weapons, a Cantonese named Chan Sok, aged 36, died from consumption at the Criminal prison at 8.45 p m on May 8. Admitted to the General Hospital en May 4 suffering from gangrene of
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      431 2 WATCH FOR FINAL AKNGUHOEMEMT j DOLUR DIRECTORY GO. ii !> When Anaemic Run-Down •t- TAKE -J» TES IDE&L TOmC. I THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office. SINGAPORE. I SAFETY TUrAD^ f S X f'^t W* S B ii'vi i jtsm &&J Singapore J\n Club. EXHIBITION. THURSDAY FRIDAY, 30tb 3
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      1044 2 A PROGRAMME UNEXCELLED FOR oii/iTT^ AT THE vUHItY ALHAMBRa The Hall for Music— The Pioneer and Prerr'?r Kcts Ntn t Beach Road Qn In the Second Show at 9 15 p rr A British Production Par Excellent Tom oalion's Well known Drama The Man m llo:'iev BY THE LONr ON
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    BLINDED SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' FUND.
    394 3 APRIL LIST. j Previously acknowledged $4 0,4 C 0.93 Mre A P Williams 1 A Dowland 2 Zehnder Mar Apr 6 Payne 3 MS Martin Jan to Apr 12.10 Parbury 8 I Coveney Mar Apr 4 RH Hamilton Mar A Apr 5 Tomlin Feb. Mar
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    ROBBER AND TIN RETURNS.
    25 3 Agents Latham Co. Kampong Kamuutiog Hours ran 1,225; Cubic yards treated 161,000; Total pikuls 827.17 Realised oa Bale 87 4,8 &5.
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      911 3 BY ORDER OF THE CUSTODIA* OF E*EWY PROPERTY SINGAPORE -ars Cbing Keng Lee Coy have been instructed and will offer for sale by Public Auction at thalr Sale Room Baffles Chambers, Raffles Place On Monday, 27th May, 1918, at 2-3O p.m. atoec or pircel of land area 7,689 square feet
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      542 3 i TRADE MARK CAUTIONARY NO'JCE, To all whom it may concern Notice is hereby given that the above is used as a Trade Mark for A. Medicated Wine by Winox Ltd of Winoz Building, Kew Foot Road, Richmond, Surrey, England, Manufacturers and is their exclusive property. The registration of the
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      200 3 WARNING. j The number plates of Bullocß Cart No. 2045 (wbice ground aul red figures of 1918) are reported stolen. W. E. HOOPER, Registrar of Vehicles. Singapore, 6th May, 1918. 9-5 11-5 Lost, White Ball Terrier Pup about 7 months old, Municipal Licenc-» No. 4,921. Any one retnrntng same lo
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      218 3 NLW STOCKS OF I Gents Boots Shoes I WHITF A W A V broad fitting. The Regal Brand, Black Glace Kid Boots, shape as sketch hard wearing. Neat fitting. Price $16.50 per pair. Price $10.50 pair. Gut's Shooting Boots exact shape Black Glace Kid Regal ca^Sho^r^SD^ciX t.- il. -nation. Wide
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    The Singapore Free Press. Friday. May. 10, 1918.
    1395 4 The Singapore Free Press. Friday. May. 10, 1918. When the war tends to weary us and bring that sense of dissatisfaction and hopelessness which the men at the front escape becau&e they are always living m a; very vivid present and have little opportunity or wish to peer into the
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    LATE WIRES
    874 4 London, May 8. Field Marshal Haig I reports this morning The enemy laun- cbed a strong local attack again 3t the j Anglo-French between L% Clytte and Voormezeele. After heavy fighting the centre c^ the attack entered tbe Allied frcab ling at certain point? Fiffhting contiiiutifl m ibete
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      153 4 dBULoS W < mS tB 'BBS BaPl HH BBj^RSMubl #99 "tti IB i 9 l&i Hr raKs GALO3EOK, MUGGREGOR GO. V^INE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS L Day Evening '^||y A LARGE RANGE OF THE NEWtST AftD [1! 1 1 1 I MOST CHARMING 1918 CREATIONS. lli ,jl THESE HAVE JUST ARRIVED
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      41 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD BOAD. TELEPHONE 1085 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of cur offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of oar work could be given or demanded,
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      592 4 KARL'S PEACE LETTER^ 1 AND GERMANY'S OVER T hPc LAST YEAR ES 1 Remark ;bls^i, Lioiure London. g Ouardian'i Pint < n 1 I l*ti 1-. ,y. :.■>. I mi(te« of tk v, bfali ibowa 1 1 a aacond peaoi k i r." mini blj 1 0 P i wific-
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    THE BATTLE FRONT
    124 5 MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS FOR FLANDERS Invasion Bogey Dispelled Bf BubmaJta* Cable] K»ot«r'i Bervioe] r- Mxrip, thn >.. Psoa Ypies, f isi 1 taiv prep?r 1 m d maMlj cm^ist of o. a ~r voluntarily n rring to ibt recent I il«B#a Me Llojd (tons)t«] Fsitb aoMnoa, reoof
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    HOLD ON AND WIN
    117 5 v Reserves Inadequate B Phi Pre»9 Dureau orshill, arkucwledping a Iti a fr -a the Nitioaal t■• airc:iaa;c» Society, lw| tees' bravery and I urging nac.tion workers to iEI Ntte, says that he ii vUiic right and free j_. t a dcv;c. c m I beMsWW
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    THE FIGHTING
    267 5 Successful Minor Operations L; ;i- |«j Field Marshal Haig says Ai i result cf minor operations i ml: c;:r line a short distance m three icca between LhaSoinme aad the A-:: Übb| rnscners. Hostile artillery *3- i;;;ve a: night between Loccn and tf tnd m the neighbourhood of
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    THE COMMONS CRISIS
    827 5 VIEWS ON THE MAURICE SENSATION Government on Trial tf* Svanaria* Gabfe] ffevtar'e Service] London, May B.— The M mrice sensation has pioducod a political situation which j Lobbyists agree ia likely to have raoni^n ■Oai coa^qpecc^. Ther* ia *ouie doubs aa to what court? th* Government will
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    TONNAGE PROGRESS
    433 5 WINNING THE RACE WITH THE U-BOATS Anti- Submarine Achievements (Renter 1 BcrriocJ London, May 8. Dr M-.cnamara, epeaking *fc Bristol, said that: the sinking q! •enemy submarines hod steadily increased! j while the sinkings of merchantahipa fell; j steadily, Ths output of tonnage monthly j was well ahead
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    AN ELECTION
    431 5 London, May 7. Sir Robert Newyman has been returned unopposed for Exeter. speculation regarding to-morrow's debate m the House of Commocs, but with the ab* eence of the Irish party, and a doubt whe- ther after all the older Umionists will vote against the Government, the feeling is
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    GENERAL NEWS
    231 5 MR LONG OH THE GLORY OF EMPIRE Greater Britain's Response TRenter'a Bervioe] London, May B— Mr Walter Long, presiding at a lnncheon to Sir Frederic]: W Young upon the latter'e vticaiip^ the position of Minhtf-r for Crow-n Lands m South Australia, Raid that tbo Empire was a wonderfnl
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    A POSER
    71 5 London, May 8. In the House of Com moLS, Mr Lambert Hbked Had the fifth Array on the Somraa on Blaroh 21 only fourteen divisions against forty German division?, reinforced by eight to ten more during the subsequent two days it so, who w&e ra&ponaib:3, m view cf
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    SIR HUGH TRENCHARD
    34 5 London, Me? 7. la the House ol Commons, replying to Mr A-quith, Mr Bonar Law stated that the Government was corresponding with Sic Hugh Trenchard on the question of his employment,
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    LATE WAR NEWS.
    385 5 A Vast Graveyard. London, April 18dd. A cotrespondent at the front deecribes the groucd yielded m the Ypree salient as a vast graveyard, where tbe creation o( shelter from gun fire and from the weather is extremely difficult. Wherever one dig* the mangled wreckage of human bodies
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    58 5 Trouble, Baid to Lave originated m Bolehevikism, boa been cxpeiitnced ftniotg ihfi crewt of tbe Russian Volunteer Fleet steamers Tuna and Astrakhan, which are i now m Nagasaki harbour. Seventeen men from the former and 25 from the j latter, says the Nngaiaki Press, have been discharged and left by
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      137 5 FOR La Flor De La Isabela j Reina Victoria m boxes of 50'srLondres (Fineo) m bcxes %t 100'g High Life 50s; Pc fectc^ 25 Princesses 50V r, X r m, E Tabacalera 25's i Regalia A. Lopez 50's; jCarolinas 50s? B^ uqUfcts 25 A. Correa sO'si FlcrDe La Isabela,, 2§'s
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      937 6 P. British India AND Apcah Ijiine (Companies Inooipotasail England.) Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAS AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) me Cpmpanys MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present pended. The Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON are at present suspended. Passengers for
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      1101 6 M. M. MfiSSAGERIES MARITIMES (Incorporated m Fbamob) MAIL LIHI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hoog* Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Golumbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH LIMB, Fortnightly se»vlce between Saigon-Tourane-Haiphong. Fot further infoimaftion apply to J. dO COURTOIS Agents. O. S. K. (Incoporated m Japan) HONGKONG AND JAPAN. A steamer
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      605 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMpI^ (INCORPORITED IN U.S.A.) "I, REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisc 3.5. "ECUADOR". 14 000 tons from Hongkong on or about Za 3.5. ••COUWBIA". 14,000 tons do do 3.5. VENEZUELA 14 000 tons do do "H J O| *3| and monthly
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    MARCONI ON SCIENCE IN WAR.
    1047 7 i BRAIN-POWER OUGHT TO BE MOBILISED Scope for Greater Efforts. Commander Guglielmo Marconi, fresi from war services m Italy, gave me i little of his time j eeterday (writes CD ii the Daily Chronicle of Feb 5)~- he if re turnip g almost immediately to
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    A HONGKONG AIRMAN.
    199 7 J Plucky attack on Raiders. In a letter to Hongkong from Lieut A M Scott, 10th Argyle and Sutherland Highlanders, who went home about a year ago, he eaye v Young Joe Radcliff of JarL dine's has been doing great things. He I went into the Flying
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    PATRIOTIC GIFTS.
    114 7 I The Patriotic League of Britons i Overseas has presented to the Air Ministry J three aeroplanes from Britons resident m 1 Peking, Rio de Janeiro and Nicaragua, making a total of twelve seaplanes and i i thirty two aeroplanes. The League has i collected to date nearly
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    FASHION IN SUGAR-BOXES.
    257 7 J London. The fashionable sugar box for a woman to take with her to a restau I rant ie a long, narrow affair with a chain and finger- ring, so that it can be attached jto a chatelaine holder along with the 'chain puree and cigarette caee.
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    COMPARISONS. -By LIEUT. SPERO
    319 7 •Just a moment, Sergeant Moore," said Second Lieutenant Christie, M C. Sir I "i want you, before yon dismiss the' men, to give them a word or two to explain that they needn't get nervous on the General's inepection next Wednesday He won't bite 'em. Tell
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    THE NEED FOR MORE SHIPS.
    222 7 The feature of the speeches at the meeting of the Chamber of Shipping was the references to the present unsatisfactory state of shipbuilding. Sir William Raeburn, the retiring president, bluntly maintained that was no mystery about it, and that the two elements responsible were the
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    204 7 Sir John Jordan, Doyen of the Diplomatic Body, has received from the Senior Consul m Shanghai an imposing petition signed by all the principal residents m Shanghai urging the Allied Diplomatic Representatives to pnt prefigure on the Chinese Government to secure the deportation cf enemy subjects from China. A new
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    MALAYAN TRADE
    223 7 From the accounts of the import and export trade between the United Kingdom and each foreign country and colony (or the past year, as published by the Board of Trade, we find that the value of oar exports of home produce to Hongkong during It 17 was £8,071,000,
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    BLACK SEA TO PERSIA.
    197 7 Berlin Anxious to Reich Indian Ocean Rather Than, Siberia. Rome. The Oeeervatore Romano," m 8 survey of the situation m the East, expresses (be opinion that m view of the Russian collapse it is improbable that Germany will attempt an ardnone invasion of Siberia. The Germans
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    SPONGES AS RED CROSS GIFTS.
    65 7 The Greek American sponge fishermen at Tarpon Springs, FJa, have made one of the most unusual gifts that the American Red Cross hae yet received. Each fishing captain as his boat unloaded con jtcibuted a bunch of sponges to tbe lot being gathered for tbe
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    MR H MORGENTHAU, JR'S, CHARGE.
    62 7 Mr Henry Morgentbau, Jr, it was an noucced, ie to take charge of putting 15! 0 farm tractors to operation m France to increase the production of food there. Me Morgeothnu, son of Mr Henry Morgan* thau S r fjroierly American Ambassador to Turk -y,
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    PAIN IN THE REGION OF THE HIPS.
    190 7 I Have yr u pairjs m the region of the hips. Many people Mfler from pain m the region iof the fcips. Thry may corue from a touch jof Sciatica, or Kbf urualisai, or froiu a strain jof themuscloK. Uh<y may have other
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      145 7 Hie TROPICAL ROOFING GFNASCO Supplied with patent "KANT LEAK" KLEATS which do away with the necessity of jsing sticky cement at the overlaps. GEN A SCO is the result of over 30 years experience m the manufacture of Ready Roofings. Its durability makes it the most economical of any roofing
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      59 7 ♦|BjjSßfe^» <■■ if < C. &B. English soups agES— >&, KC^^T^r^^!! Made m a I 30 Varieties —AU Delicious 4 The Cuisine of one of the finest chefs m the world available for your table. Hi Crosse Blackwell Guarantee these Soups b, to be made nnder ideal conditions, as are
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    Scottish Letter.
    2101 8 Prince of Wales on the Clyde. Wnm Our (hen Corr-vvnd*** Edinburgh, March 16. Although tha tbrea days' visit of the Prince of Wai» -a to Clydesida was quite informal, it w:w an important part ot the Government p-^rnrarro to impress upon the shipwright* ft«d eniia99rs the necessity of
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    CONSECRATION OF BISHOP OF MOMBASSA.
    101 8 Bombay April 21. Cici:: R S Ury^cnd, has for several years b o bead >A th< Chrtroh Missionary Society's work m the Bombay dicceee, w&e coagt-cr.itt v.t S5 Thomas' Cathedra), Bjrub.y.'ou Soodaj morning aj Bishop o( IMombaesa. Spsciui iaterest attached to the cetemony because this
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    ITALIAN SILK FOR GERMANY.
    87 8 Rome, Feb. 27. Tha arrest of Count Primo Bonaooiia bi d Sigaor Gneeohi, both of whom are leadeis of the Milanese commercial world and directors of the Silk Spinning Com pany, on a charge of trading with the enemy has caused a sensation m the Lombard
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    LADIES AS POSTAL CENSORS.
    428 8 It ha? b:en decided to employ ladies m j the postal censors' offices throughout [India, and t'ac postal censor :*i Rangoon jis regiateiiug tiie na-nes of ladies who 'would be willing to lake up the work if required. From tbie regieter four are being eelecred for
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    Market Price List.
    412 8 Stngapore, May 6th, 1918. Beans, Long per catty I*2 do. French do 26 Beef per lb. 26 Beef Steak do 2 Bean Sprouts per catty 3 Bamboo Sprouts do 6 Blachan do 2C Brinjals do 6 Cabbage, Batavia do nil do. China do 18 1 do. Salted
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      164 8 (The word "Valet" on razors, strops, and blades indicates the genuine product of the AuloStrop Safely Razor Co., Ltd., London, Eng.) I Strops itself Just a few strokes to and fro on the strop, removing it from the razor or unscrewing a single part. j In cleaning, too. it overcomes
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      1398 9 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). 1 HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. i The Company has 120,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Lite Assurance
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      618 9 WANTED Eiperiecced miner for a Tin Mine In Treng^anu. Apply to GUTHRiE ft Co., Iti. Sin raj ore. 95 2S« GCViRhMEKT OF NEGiI SEMBILAN. ENGLISH SCHOOL, KUALA PILAH. Experienced teacher wanterl at one? as Headr^aster or Hta,dmistre3 1 for the above school. Salary, m the cisc cf anyone pressing Grade
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      560 9 EXCHANGE CQBm*9*Bo f. >■:■ May 9 fta«l a f 2 48 8 limaii i4 l 16 ft i a- Mittl ta 9 2 4 6 8 i>asgc ittmtmM Bsnk 816 tsniJt, 7 1 T. 146 ■tnsiuna, linaul 85f-%P#«» i itMk, aasßvaJ IC6 JA7£, israac^ 114| 1 MMEOK« iamutti €6} SsTSßsnvt
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    OF MANY COUNTRIES
    133 10 IRELAND [Renter's Bervioel London, May 8. Sir B Carson, m the j course of a letter to the preea proposing Unionist itmiiistilaiatfosi of their Irish policy m vie.v oc recent aofei'CODecription manifostiti declares thai the Govern ment possess (he dearest evidence that the Siau Fain ovgeoisAiloii ia
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    PALESTINE
    63 10 Lonaon, M^y 7.— A Jerusalem telegram ■tates that the annual pilgrimage to Nab^ran3a wai oanitli out on April 25. The military authoriJtea assisted m evtry way paesible ftni fch? certiuoLies occnrreJ without itetoxbaiKM of nuy kind. Ac excellent impression ha^ been proJucaJ m Moslem cncies. SentiaiftnM of lojalty to
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    HOLLAND
    63 10 Amettrdam. May 7. The Nienwe Rot terdamsche Conrant, referrirs to she Get mano>Dutch agreement, states that H:l land has reesricted t b :ranspors by land and water fco civilian »aj piits. Tba. aevrs paper coa plains, howt »*r, that Gcrmauy hastened the necotiatioafl by military threats, a fact from
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    BELGIUM
    54 10 London. May 8. la lbs Hoa?e of Commons, Mr Balfoar stated that be ha 3 official information tha! B^Uiau boys and youths we<re being forced to work behind the enemy lines on the west boat. He understood that Jhs Bii^iia Government ictcaiti to make a protpsl wblch the 3overnmeGt
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    RUSSIA
    64 10 London May 8. Russian Wireless An armistice was concluded en tbe 4th on the Kur=k front between tbe Gsrrjr.no Ukrainians and tha Russian*, pending paace negutiaticcs. A neutral zjna ten kilometres deep h&s been defined. Zurich, May 8. Xaws from Eir-ff via Vienna saya that the Russian Black Set
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    FINLAND
    50 10 Paris, May 8. 18 if reported from Helaingfors thai Germany is rtqnisitioa ing all pefroJ, metals, ceffs-, tobacco leather, textiles and rubber la Finland and is also assuming control ct tbe cqs toma. She is retaining m bond all tbe Entente merchandize, and is also eaJorcicc coaipalsoiy military aeevice.
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    GERMANY
    42 10 Amsterdam, ilsy 8 la the R>i;b;tfiq. the Vice Chancellor, Von EnLkar, dtclared that iba enstern border States muirt f ecure tbeir Gertcan froati?ra against Rmßia. The GfftEiia policy with rejftrd lo these Jta:ea inusst be guided l> andentandiog, not by vioiecra.
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    AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
    36 10 Amsterdam, Maj 9. A telegeam f rorr. j Berlin s^re-; thai the incorporation of] Bjsni*. HerzigOTiea and D^lraati^ ia Kangsry is for~sb .dnvced ri* a erp tc Hungary's auppjrc fox Au :ria'o Polish I policy. -<>
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    THE AALANDS
    37 10 St^ckbolm, May 8. The Swedish, German an! Ficai.-b Governments have decidriJ to negotiate a treaty lor the demolition o! tha foctifleaticm d the Auii^d ialaadla, which are eontemvj to j iv! Eri^iji:..! ccn ntioaa o.
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    SWEDEN
    29 10 lUßastordam, My B—ln8 In the Reichetng, Yen Pftjec dedai ed tL-,r by ''liberating"; Fialund, Qermaiij Lad pirfcrmed a \ery coasiderLbic tc S^Gden by creating a ptotiC'Jve wall eaftwardj.
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    THE UKRAINE
    38 10 Ami i rdaoi, Bf*j fc. la the Keiehstog,] Voa P.;%er, pp aking regarding the Uk* iaiae, jas*iO.ii Voa BtahkKHMfc's decroa on tbe ground of the necessity of obtaining' the grim pronoiced to Germany by treaty. o-
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    PORTUGAL
    22 10 Lisbon, May 7. The newly elected! deputies and senators favour remodelling I the constitution on the basil of the United Stan*.
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    RUMANIAN PEACE
    779 10 ENEMY NATIONS' SCRAMBLE FOR SPOILS "Frontier Rectifications" Farce ,'*y Habmarlß* Cable] [RmUtT'9 9«-no«3 Amsterdam, May B.— The pence treaty b-jtwet.ii Germany, Austria Hungary. Bui j garia and Turkey on the one hand, atd j RumaDia or the other, comprises eight chupters. The first chapter df ale witb the
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    441 10 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 345 th Auction, Bth and 9th May, 1918. Offered (or sale pikuls 14,853 62 or 1,980,483 ibs, Tons 884.14. Prices Realized. Sm. Sheet Fine Ribbed $98 to $104 Good 75 97 Fine Plain 81 Good 74 7 6 Unsraoked Sheet
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    RECORD WEIGHTS IN HAILSTONES
    132 10 Icakhola. AE3aru, April 5. Toe hail- E tones which lell up the lioe, m the Ghatgola Valley, were indeed record ones, averaging 12 ounces m rfe'gh:, i\^d ono Bpeotal one wai 3 lbs when weighed m the morning— it had not melted. I have Bten large
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    ONION INSURANCE OF CANTON.
    92 10 Subject to nudit the directors will re commend lijat a final dividend o* $20 and a bonua dividend c* 510 par hare be puid for Recount it 16, making pr c share for tha year, an interim dividend' of $30 per share for 1917, and a
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    SWIMMING CLUB LAUNCHES.
    96 10 Sunday May 12. j JubnBton's Pier, 9 a m., 10 a.m., 11 am 2 80 p in. and 3.30 p.m. Ctub Bungalow, 9.30 a.ra 10.30 a.m., 12.15 p.m. 8 p.m. and 5.80 p.m. Tbe first of the series, .00 yards Jackson Milla'r Cup will be swum off
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    CHANGKAT SERDANG ESTATES, LTD.
    542 10 The report of the above company fo f 'the year ended Jan 81 1918, to be pre sented at the annual meeting to be held on May 18 at the company's offices, states The net profit for the year amounts to $81,228.16 to which must be
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    PICTURE SHOWS.
    93 10 The Palladium m its new programme has a very attractive IvuebirJ film entitled My Unmarried Wife," m which the fascinating Carmei Myers is soen. At the Gaiety, besides a Beverly Bayne Francis Bushman picture The Adopted Son m the early 6how. there is a Butterfly five reek r,
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    107 10 LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB. YESTERDAY'S PLAY. Mixed Doublks "a" Class. Mrs Swindell and Mr Beatty owe 4 beat Mies L Lamb and Mr Wodehouee owa 4. 6—2, 6— 3. Miss Lamb and Mr Adler owe 2 beat Mrs Vowk>r and Mr Tinsley owa 16.4. 6—4, 9— 7 Mixed Dourles B
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    S.V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME
    58 10 Attendance at three recruits' parades a week is compulsory. [Drills Marked are compulsory] Friday May 10. 4.00 pm. Johnston's Pier for Fort Siloso S V A Sections 111 IV 600 Drill Hill SVA, GL&DRF 6. 1S SRE(v) ii ii Signalling Sec S V O ii m
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    FRASER'S SHARE REPORT.
    369 10 A dull tone continues to characterise this market. MiniDg ebates for a few days m come inecances showed ecrae excitement but on the whole close with an easier tendency which i« mainly caused fay tie general inclinaticn to merely speculate m tin ebarts The enquiries lor Rubbers
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    MACPHAIL'S WEEKLY SHARE REPORT.
    158 10 The past *m| > 1:1 >„, jour local marge: par! f a übares. ttiftn offered. Touts STG 1 prices Crep^ |10S. -P tnctio'-f at i:n r ol rubi into thf^ fin l di tous v,ou Ibe il!o« Brazil x:d A-., tofio| May Ju:-.. Vug cetacttoa M
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    AMERICAN MILLIONS
    30 10 has framed a innn r rta; Britain cf llfteaa ni \U v* itei ag briogtaf j ihe toia 1 HwVui:Cril Lo Btittua to marly a thousand Fnil'icn t-terliiiq.
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