The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 May 1918
1918-05-17
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Title Section15 1918-05-17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. FEN CENTS SINGAPORE, FBIDAY, MAY 17, 1918 NO. 9,36615 words
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Article203 1918-05-17 1 Late wire news od page 4. Latest alterations m the share list Page 9. Notes on yesterday's race training ap* pear on page 10. The SC F A defeated the S C C at foot j ball last evening Page 10. At the Assizes cases of coining203 words
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Article1417 1918-05-17 1 Oh wad some power the giftie gie at To see our eele as others see ue It wad Crae mony a blander free as And foolish notion." In this Asia, c. g. m China and India, as m the West, creative and critical poetical epochs have not coincided.1,417 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement88 1918-05-17 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS RAFFLES HOTEL I SATURDAY, MAY 18th SPECIAL DINNER CINEMA SHOW. j |J. Growther Shaw Co. jBM :^j RACING COLOURS. [00^] hj SMART SUITINGS FOR fl THE RACES. IS MERCHANT TAILORS. Mind you, these be /-> the days of Afp YOU Li f wanting J CEMENT88 words
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Advertisement88 1918-05-17 1 IPS H E only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or I punctures. "stelastic w Super-tyres o^^^^^i^sk oteiastic lyres vWk &mm Made m Britain -^d'Vi^^^^^ from Plantat i° n Rubber, C T V A *Ti V Y^T T' Q OKJLjCj AwuCi ID International Trading88 words
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Advertisement151 1918-05-17 1 LATEST Bankruptcy notice ra Chop Joo Bee Page 8. Dollar directory ready on May 80 Page 2. Sseamer for Fremantle on May 21 Page 8. Yamato and Co tot cement supplies Page 1. Notice re closing of John Little and Co on Monday Page 8. Sale of sea- damaged rice151 words
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Advertisement5 1918-05-17 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS5 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous108 1918-05-17 1 THE WEEK Frldaj 17tta High Wat Ar- 2-21 a.m., 4-18 p.m Feast of Weeks (Jewish Festival Satirdu 18th. High Water- 8-2S a.m., 5 24 p.m. Moon First Quarter. Changkat Serdang, Evatt's, noon, 'straits Settlements Association, 12.15 p.m. Sunday 19th. High Water— 4-43 a.m 6-21 p.m. Whit Sunday. ■ondif 20th. H!fh108 words
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Article62 1918-05-17 2 Orders for week ending May 18, 1918. Wednesday. May 15. Signalling Class, V M C A 5.15 p.m. Thursday, May 16. Combined Band Practice, Malay Volunteer Club 5 15 p.m. Friday May 17. Ambulance Class V M C A 5.15 p.m. Individual Troop Orders as issued by62 words
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Article80 1918-05-17 2 Mr A W Vick, Chartered Bank, Singa pore, has received for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Alrebdy acknowledged $736 L R Macpliail 25 Head Office Staff o! the United Engiiwera. T C B Miller $10 1> Miller 10 R M G oldie 10 X McMiilau 5 X M80 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement795 1918-05-17 2 MAY 30 DOLLAR DIRECTORY WILL BE ON SALE I AONESIA i (Registered) HAIR CREAM A noa greasy preparation for nxing the hair m any desired fashion. Keeps the f hair tidy all day and c nfers on the user a sinatt weil-groonieil appearance. "It Positively Prevents Dandruff." Rub well into795 words
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Advertisement1101 1918-05-17 2 FEATURES THAT PROMISE A RARE GOOD TIKE »m rpJIBJ ""nil. ALHAMBRA The Hall for Music. —The Pioneer and Premier Hcus T v c Hot In the Second Show at 9.15 p.m A Mutual Feature Presenting MlS<i .1 ATRIP «4AnNnrj><* Again In her favourito role cf mibchief inakci ud tomb BETTY1,101 words
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Article1420 1918-05-17 3 BOLSHEVIKS AS PUPPETS. Romanoffs and the Throne. v a y? the Times correspondent „v h m the bands of the party B ta vvi'h whom the Bolsheviks Id undertake very 6evere fl^htben If ill soraa doubt whether r ,u partita will succeed m jiomow Apart1,420 words
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Article122 1918-05-17 3 liUtchmaD, a resident of Mvenigon vil I«(j9, waj dued Ra 80 by the cantonment magi&trata Laving been found guilty of ii !owir.R goatfl o^ntd by him to eirny on Ibe public road* iiuatrended, thua cauting d^rp^r to traiiiJ. Il appears from the provocation aement that loppector122 words
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Article93 1918-05-17 3 Wd fro not surprised that the fastidious are beginning to- übj-et to the ute of the terms "offal* to describa tiieir meat ra'T*'-'. O Ida and ends has been BugSeated as a substitute. But this is really mere nuplaasaufc m its meaning, for odds which, whatever its derivation, signifies93 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement733 1918-05-17 3 NOTICE. I IThe eala of household furniture advert sed to take place on Saturday, the 18&a instant, at No. 119 Middle Road has been withdrawn. The sale of the turnout will be held at our sale-room Raffle? Chambers, Raffle* I'lac."-, at 10.30 am. CHING KENG LEE 00. Auctioneers and Estate733 words
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Advertisement533 1918-05-17 3 NOTICE JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. [Incorporated m England] Monday 20th instant— Whit Monday Our establishment will be closed. 17-5 18-5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888 Settlement of Singapore. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 36 of 1918. NOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on a Petition filed the 4th day of March, 1918, a Receiving533 words
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Advertisement211 1918-05-17 3 MILLINERY BLOUSES I The Keynote of Distinction I WHITEAWAY S j Udies' Trim- /tfUM^Wk Smart and Led Hats m |»> g% f^' a variety of M^Ts/ V test London I shapes. New y/x^h /(\am an( ar Ban8 an and pleasing ™.i.ns. c,- MTMff $14 50 I ciusive co- kC^?^\ ik211 words
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Article2143 1918-05-17 4 Friday. May. 17, 1918. Probably a good many people who like to study the war movements with something more than casnal interest, have at times felt rather despondent over the Mesopotamia campaign parti, cularly since the Russian advance through Armenia has ceased. We con fess to2,143 words
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Article293 1918-05-17 4 rejected by 286 to H. v rqaal suffrage en the r.-.- reading of the Pr*i f j M LondOD, May J5 N sity for bu»t*U, C especially fir. *p re F U:r I raeu milable owing to tl !an appeal is to I Iwork Bran Kcalu i bolide293 words
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Article55 1918-05-17 4 Courtesy of the French Const; t c Paris, May 14th, 6.16 p.m.— The France British communiques report livt ly artillery engagements specially m Champagne Voeges, and m the sectors cf the Sorame and Avre. Nice. The death is reported of Mt Gordon- Bennett, Director of the New-York-Herald,55 words
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Article171 1918-05-17 4 LETTER FROM COLONEL WARD, IP Widespread and Cordial Comment A letter from Colonel John Ward I to Mr Cusack, which «vaB quoted id the Staffordshire Sentinel, ba6, «a\6 that paper of January 26, struck the rigs: note, and caused widespread favourable and cordial comment. In tbe course c! his letter171 words
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Article126 1918-05-17 4 Afente Genera! Rubber I I Holland American Plant Netherlands Uogfcat Agents Sime, Darby tttd Co. KiJdlata«Tf»l«i.l*; tribute M.Sfj !SecreUr> N (frMBM I B Katil 7,300 total 1 i The ITamiiii run* .1 1 B Until*, cf Mm Borneo staff, who bM km b i«rvj hi* been126 words
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Page 4 Advertisements
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Advertisement150 1918-05-17 4 Amstel Pilsener Beer Quarts pints SOLE AGENTS CALDBEGK, MACGREGOR Co. Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Merchants. O A Li I Lj'O 0Ji.17 Hi ID British Made xC G 1 1 3» OIC jj^Q WITHERS. pP4t||? PHILLIPS. 11 k^ ALL SIZES IN STOCK. PRICES ON APPLICATION. JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD.150 words
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Advertisement40 1918-05-17 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHIBDBROID. TELEPHONE 1085 pump 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions ofaonr offer "No satisfactory [Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of our work could be given or demanded.40 words
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Article599 1918-05-17 5 A TASTE OF WHAT WE SUFFERED Tentative attack broken up My iabmarlM Cable? Router's Service} fy .i JL] May 14 -RiUtar'a eorrespon 4 O !T. i French headquarters, wiring to PI taO In the fi^htiaj on tho If oat is iu%r*cd by a s;eidy tha ?everi'y of the599 words
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Article23 1918-05-17 5 BENNETT OF THE HERALD DEAD M -The death haa occurred H ion Bennett of the New I and fungous as a yachtsman Explorer,23 words
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Article89 1918-05-17 5 I ftUadhui advertisement (new how the evening's is dans to timetable at this convenient arrangement Q ciuco, attend at a particular I irritating to arriva m the p otare. Hall this eveoing presents weinMiiig picture called Sea, a production of a j »cli m delightful surround ttftU ac'rttses.89 words
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Article222 1918-05-17 5 SOVIET Y8 ANARCHIST Romania's Peace ftabmaiia* Qable] [llevter'e Service] P*trograd, Mar 12.— Fighting between the Bolshevists and anarchists at Mosoow jwas resumed last night. Soviet troops surrounded the headquarters of the an nrchirffa over which a large black flag iiuscribed with the words anarohy' was filing. Tha anarohiets222 words
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Article181 1918-05-17 5 How Paris was Preserved Paris, May 15. M Leboncq, deputy and member cf tbe Control ol tba Army, gives details about the acurateness of the French artillery which destroyed the last of the three Gernan super guns shelling Paris. A3 soon as March 23.181 words
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Article85 1918-05-17 5 London, May 14. A British politico economic mission to Brazil headed by Sir Maurice de Bnnsen has been very cordially welcomed. The President was most grati fled at receiving a message of greeting from the King and expressed his admiration of the mighty effort of Britain85 words
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Article40 1918-05-17 5 Amsterdam, May 14. A message from Berlin says that at the by election at Zwinekan the majority socialist defeated the independent socialist by eight thousand al though the sea) had hitherto been held by the latter.40 words
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Article233 1918-05-17 5 New York, May 14. Mr Hughea Premier of Australia, Mr Maesey of New Zealand, Mr Joseph Ward and Mr Robert Curran have arrived m imarica en routs for London. Mr E J Muller, of Shanghai, has been granted an English patent for his special233 words
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Article219 1918-05-17 5 REPORTED FRENCH DIVISION ON PEACE The Karl Letters IBy Bubmaria* CabUJ [lUuter'a B*rrio«] London, May 14. The Manchester Guardian's Parii correspondent gives what be tayi ig an almost literal rendering of passages from Presid«nt Poincare'n reply to the first letter from Emperor Karl regarding peaca "Prince219 words
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Article128 1918-05-17 5 Plenty of Money for the War London, May 44. In the House of Commons, m the Finance Bill discussion, Mr Bonat Law said that the question oi raising money did cot at present cause him serious anxiety. The big loan floated m January last year realised a128 words
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Article100 1918-05-17 5 London, May 14. A change of attitude of the Unionists as regards homa rule is indicated by Mr Chamberlain who m the course of a speech to a Unionist meeting m London said it was a question whether m view of tbe new circumstances which100 words
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Article28 1918-05-17 5 London, May 14 Lord Milner has appointed Lord Stanhope to represent the War Office m the House of Lords and be Parliamentary Secretary Co the War Office.28 words
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Article28 1918-05-17 5 London, May 14. Their Majesties have sent a congratulatory message to Sir Wilfrid and Lady Laurier on the occasion of their golden wedding.28 words
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Article136 1918-05-17 5 Before Mr W Langham Carter on Wednesday Inspector Flanagan, of the Weights and Measures Department, charged several local traders with possession of false measures* In the case of MoLamed Dout, a provision dealer, of 24 Arab efc, a fine of 95 and cost 3 was imposed for possessing136 words
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Article45 1918-05-17 5 +> J Paul Lukas. a Gorman, charged at the i Mixed Court, Shanghai, od April 80, with being an idle, destitute person without visible means of subsistence and with no' 1 employment, was ordered to be handed 'over to the Chinese authorities for in* i ternment.45 words
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Article118 1918-05-17 5 The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association 846 th Auction, was held on 15th and J6th May, when there was offered for sale 18,715.67 pikula or 1,828,756 lbs. 816.41 Tons. Prices Realized. I One lot Fine Pale Crape 45.94 pkls (sold for 993. The next auction will118 words
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Article371 1918-05-17 5 Rubber. Singapore May 16. On the 10th instant information was .received that the American Consulate j General, Singapora, had that day received a telegraphic circular, dated Bth M^y, *****, from the Department of State, Washington, stating that as from that date imports of crude rubber from overseas371 words
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Article115 1918-05-17 5 Singapore, May 16. Owing to the imposition, without warn ing, of import restrictions m the United States, the majority of the leading xnbber buyers were out of the market this week, and prices ad the weekly auction, which commenced yesterday, suffered consider ably m consequence. The best^iealized115 words
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Article185 1918-05-17 5 In the Supreme Court, yesterday, Mr Justice Ebdon delivered judgment m the suit brought under the acquisition of Land for Pubic Purposes Ordinance 1890, with reference to the property 168 Cross st, which comes within a back lane scheme. Mr C EYeritt was for the claimant. Ahmina, wido.v185 words
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Page 5 Advertisements
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Advertisement92 1918-05-17 5 ROBINSON Co. NEW SHIPMENT OF MELACHRINO'S EGYPTIAN No. 8 m airtight tins of 100's No. 9 IGO's No. 4 f 50's No. 5 50's lateol Messrs LAFAYETTE, Photographers to Their ICAJESTIEB) Begs to announce that he conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO SIHSAPORE »t The BURLINGTON. (IOQ Paces North of the92 words
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Advertisement800 1918-05-17 6 P. British India AMD A.PCAE LIINE (Companies Ineorpoiaftea is England) Mail and Passenger Services peninsular and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) me comimnys MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present pended. me Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON are at present suspended. Passengers800 words
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Advertisement925 1918-05-17 6 M. M. MBSSA6ERIEB MARITIMES (IHOOBPOBATBD IH FBAHOF) MAIL LIHI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hong* fcong, Saigon, Bingapore, Columbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH LIHI. Fortnightly set vice between Saigon TouraneHaiphong. Fot farther information apply to J. dO COURTCIS Agents. X P.M. SAILINGS S.B. "SINGARADJA" for Beiombacg, Paneh, A925 words
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Advertisement630 1918-05-17 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANy (INCORPORATED IN U.S.A.) REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco S.S. "ECUADOR". ***** tons from Hongkong on oi about »->„* m S.S. "COLOMBIA 14,000 tons do do u£z 7* 1«1% S.S. "VEMEZOELA' 1 14 000 tons do do ;!De «U and630 words
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Article2018 1918-05-17 7 The Peasant and the Land. JHny journeys undertaken by the writer 'm various directions throughout So*th j an&East European Russia, writes Mr J H j Hubback m the Times, have served to impress upon the memory the general conditions of that extraordinary country, while two important2,018 words
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Article212 1918-05-17 7 Ek Demand for Relief. M Mdig, the vice president of the Coa'jr i mmittos of tho Unredeemed" Greek bled from Athene exprer-ing oa b^> of hid organ'taficu gratitude foe the ;icie publi^hsd m "The Daily Chronic:'.:! on Juuary 3i, ou 'The Ger man Turanian Soheme," ettri^g cnt the212 words
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Article128 1918-05-17 7 New Fuel Successfully Tried m Paris. Parip, Tuesday March 5. TII2 Au f o announces the discovery of a new combustible which contains neither peLrol, coal ga? f nor alcohol. A ferial yesterday gave most favourable results. A motor car, carrying kx persoM'?, made a tour of PariE,128 words
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Article77 1918-05-17 7 In thc^ coarse of a leottra on cba o:i_;ia of man, Prof^s or F Wood Jones, at King's College, told iui hi n>:m^ that they c^ed not neoessarily suppose that the 1 1 liuk wasaphaße between the anthropoid Ha would much rather get ptopleto believe tbat m77 words
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Article88 1918-05-17 7 I Japan has adopted many of ou^ Weftc >n idea?, bat not all Japanese books b g.a :a v the oud, and tbe footnotes ftte printed aij the top of the page. A Japanese mounts hia horse on the right tide instead of tbe 1 left, hauls88 words
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Page 7 Advertisements
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Advertisement187 1918-05-17 7 SUPPLIES FOR IflllllSd tlui tic /V d. 99 per cent pure. \nt I rnigators ("Four Oaks') and alpitnr Powder. lie of Soda for killing out ialang. idges. Nobel's own loading with sportBallistite which holds more pigeonI Looting records than any other powder mfestant. "Sanitas" m 1 5 gallon The most187 words
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Advertisement333 1918-05-17 7 rf Messrs CROSSE BLACKWELL much re^rrt that z first time fora hundred years war conditions prevem ti products being shipped to India. They much appreciate the letters they are receiving, and m reply would state that it is fully recognised here that under the circumstances cf life m Tndia t\w333 words
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Article1820 1918-05-17 8 Sel. River 685,182 Saletar, 189,188 18,790 56,100 Sel. United, Mai 232,748 12,955 78,871 Selineing, Deo 8C7.064 16,797 96,847 Semambu, 181.6C9 10,967 52,102 Sembilan, July 518,624 81,160 184,648 Sembrong, July 8,712 9,500 Senawang, 86 1, 1 02 80,558 126,015 Sendayan, Sep 558,967 17,898 126,286 Sengat, Jnae 516,550 28,7501,820 words
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Article488 1918-05-17 8 Mr G G Coulfcon'e unimpaieioned and logical survey of the place which Compulsory Militaty Service (Macmillan, 7s 6d) has m reality occupied throughout the court e of human history from the days of Ancient Rome is the final death knell of the voluntary system. The latter is a488 words
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276 1918-05-17 8 Isaac F Marcossoo, writer and war correspondent on the staff of the Saturday Evening Post," speaking at a lun cheon of the American Manufacturers' Export Association m New York, said this ho had made astonishing discoveries cf intrigue when he visited Spain laet Fall.276 words
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Article267 1918-05-17 8 In above list the totals m first column are monthly totals for Jan-Dec, 1917. The montfc m whioh the Company's year ends is indicated after the name. Third column shows the 1918 total to date and seoond column the total of the past month. Every endeavour is made267 words
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Advertisement317 1918-05-17 8 this is the Pen for Active Service because it stands the racket. Ihe jwan, like a nrle, is made true and sure. The ink magazine is ample and, at command, the pen is i- > ready ror duty immediately. 1 nen^ is no misfiring, and there are no pails liable317 words
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Article44 1918-05-17 9 Ommkkbb it co May 16 247 16 JfUfti.s M 5.4 1 g > i,*l 9'ZllU 8 £B 2 4 11 16 l/.3t;).et iiracn* Bwi 816 tCffOntiiiei fftmmi lO6i JATA, acaißii 118 Basussz, 4«asan2 66 L»az.fc si »?rEJ?vud B.^u e> 2a? c :?:?a? LaaftN 48j44 words
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Article135 1918-05-17 9 lie (buyers) 1175.50 'isrjifetii (Jtfcv Nfa t 28.00 Otaa&tti Csi-e >.o, T 20.00 ?9~-;<zi Biick cr-*;n, por» 84.00 Pappe»; IWMtt hid M 40.00 Mcfeaceft (11C ti uhe i»./ norn Nsftategi (BO ta She <*.. norn Bart* (Mai (4% rl?.ck) norn Tftpifoe, coiall paas! (Ml qnalilr norn •c do fiaki135 words
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Page 9 Advertisements
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Advertisement496 1918-05-17 9 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m 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, E.C. Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the BrltlshLife Assurance Companies Acfc m every496 words
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Advertisement498 1918-05-17 9 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. iNOORPciiATaii is Japan Capital 3nbseribod Y. 43,000.000 Capital Paid Dp Y. 30,000,000 Keserve F0nd...... ,Y. 81,300,000 Prjside-*\t* 3. Isoaye E?f net -PreHdmt. Y. Yaraakawa Esf. DIRECTOES. J. Icouye Esq. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Soma Esq. M. Odagiri EBq. X, Bonoda Esq. T. Kawaehima Esq. R.498 words
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Advertisement528 1918-05-17 9 ZEUMD IKSURANfiE Co., ill Mi IXO MikRINE. llncjrparatofl In New ZepJaßfl.) TiKG-TSZE MWMtt IS3OB. Iti. i URIKf. (iuccryovated m Hon^fcoag tmt mi \mmrni &>., ut FIRE, Uaooryorated m Hong ko£g.) \iaun HOIRANTEE I IOGiDENT £f, Itt. I aUARINTEE. [Incorporated m Emglaai] Fire aDd Marine Risks of every description underwritten at528 words
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Advertisement657 1918-05-17 9 WANTED. A Junior typist for an English firm m Pingapore. Knowledge of shorthand preferred but not essential. Apply to ELECTRIC c/o Free Pre.'s. 15-5 17.se-' WANTED, A Maliy Editor who understand English asd Malay thoroughly, for a Malay News paper effist ia Siag*port\ Gcod prosptctH for a compete nt man.657 words
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Miscellaneous388 1918-05-17 9 MAIL TABLE To-dij. littetxneOlate and looal mails, mil fee touao 'o !Ibl below Penanf Malacca, F.M.B. (fef Ttala) I p.m i»ily (except Bonday). Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 2, 4 6 p.m. Cncob Soon Hong 8.80 AM Bangkok Linan 8 30 AM Cncob Azmere 0 am Pontianak B. H. Guan 9.80388 words
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Article1134 1918-05-17 10 IMPROVEMENT OF SING APORE A RIVERSIDE LAYOUT. i With a Housing Commission sitting, and town-planners, expert and amateur, mak ing themselves heard m the land, improve ment schemes are m the air m Singapore just now. They ore m the air m more seu9es th<ic on*>. Great things are to1,134 words
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Article406 1918-05-17 10 There was quite a good attendance at the Couree yeeterdaj morning. The going j was rather soft and the fences were up. A close morning with come mist; made things a bit muggj Most trainers' lots are beginning to move a little now and work is becomicg406 words
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Article352 1918-05-17 10 MACPHAIL'S WEEKLY SHARE REPORT. 9th-15th May. Rubber shares have been weak and neglected daring the week, bat tin chares have been active and strong. The American restrictions, foreshadowed, have come into operation and have seriously effected the I local robber market. The Dutch steamers are resuming eail* ings which will352 words
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Article931 1918-05-17 10 COINING, At the Assizes, yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir John Buoknill, k c) and a common jury, the trial wae concluded of a Tamil named Meydin Pakir, charged, with a serious offence. He was found not I guilty and discharged. A jury was next empanelled for the931 words
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Article236 1918-05-17 10 This week has ehewn renewed activity m tin shares and some substantial advances were made m a few stocks. Scant attention was accorded rubber shares bnt m the industrial group engineering shares were eagerly sought after. Mining. Eampong Kamuntings are m demand at 49 s. Batruts were236 words
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Article192 1918-05-17 10 S C F A DEFEAT S C C. On tbe Ecplaaade last evening, there was ft fast and ecjayabla game of roecer I between the S C C and the Straits Chinese F A, watched by a large crowd of spec tacors. Tha Guinea won, and won de?erve3ly, by192 words
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Article134 1918-05-17 10 Announcement it made m the Rdvertis ing columns to the effectthat theisaue of the Singapore Dollar Directory will be com pleted and placed on sale on Thursday, May 80th. Mr J R Flynn Anderson, the. publisher, expresses regret at tbe delay but the work has been so great134 words
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Article41 1918-05-17 10 TO DAY'S TIES. Ladies" Doubles Mrs Cantrell and Mrs Vowler owe 15 vs Mrs Macgregor and Miss Lamb plus 2. Mixed Doubles "B" Class. Mr and Mrs Thomas ecr vs Mrs Graham and Mr Miller plus 15.41 words
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Article47 1918-05-17 10 Sunday, May 19 Johnston's Pier, 7, 9 and 10 a.m.. 2 30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow, 830 and 9.80 a m., 12.16, 8 and 5.30 p m. Monday, May 20. John9tDn's Pier, 2.80 and 8.30 p m. Club Bungalow, 3 aud 5.30 p.m.47 words
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Article110 1918-05-17 10 Attendance at three recruils' parade 9 a week ia compulsory. [Drills Marked are compulsory.] Friday May 17. 4.00 pm. Jobneton'w Pier fee Fort Siloeo i S V A Sections 111 IV '4.55 Jardine'a Step? for Fort Silen ting SVAGL and DRF 5.15 Drill Hall SR E110 words
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Advertisement175 1918-05-17 10 DECORATE YOUR BUNGALOW; Just received a new Consignment of ELECTRIC BRASS LAMPS With silk lined shades m many different sizes, of fx Marvellous beauty. AN INSPECTION SOLICITED WASSIAMULL ASSOMULL Co. Jewellers, Silk and Curio Merchants I EXCHANGE TABLES from Dollars Q/3 fn 9/C Bterlini into Oto O lr/ n s175 words
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