The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 18 May 1918

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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. r: OENTS SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1918. NO. 9,367
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    THE DAY'S NEWS
    281 1 Late wire news will be found on Page 6. Latest changes m the chare liat ere given on page 11. Dutch chipping from the Indies to America is being resumed Page 7. Conditions m Austria and Bosnia are described as frightful Page 7 j Sir A Stanley
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1554 1 Quicquid agunt homines nostri ett farrago libelli Juvenal One of the Topics of tbe week has been whether the labourer is worthy of bie hire, or m other words the director of hit fees. This hae always been a rather vexe J point, for a good
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      102 1 GOODRICH TYRES ,OHDS ND PNEUMATICS laffles hotel SATURDAY, MAY 18th SPECIAL DINNER AND CINEMA SHOW. me Typewriter of Perfect Press work 1-1 I—^ I jV f W §:':\l':':i':\ m M r w The NEW MODEL HOYAL No. 10. Mikes it easier for any Stenographer to turn out more and better
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      145 1 KELLY WALSH, LTD. INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG.) JUST PUBLISHED MAKERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Li Hung Chang CONTENTS A Review of the conditions existing m China at the outset of •Li Hung Chang's career. Early life and family circle. As Chinese official.— As Diplomat. Relations with France, Japan 'and Russia His
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      124 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Municipal notice re Fewer tenders Page 5. Architectural assistant wanted by P W D Page 5. Ribeiro and Co for good class stationery Page 1. Robinson and Co will be closed on Monday Page 7. The Dollar Directory will be on sale on May 80 Page 10. Kelly
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      5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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      106 1 THE WEEK. Satardi! 18th. j £2»fb Wate?- 3-25 a, a:., 5 U p.m. I Moon First Quarter. Changkat Serdang, Evatt's, noon. Straits Settlements Association, 12.15 p.m. Sunday 19th. High Water- 4 <3 a. in 6-21 p.m. Whit Sunday. i Bands; 20th. j Rlffa -i\»k-8 1J &.u, 7-14 pm. Whit Monday.
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    PASSPORT REGULATIONS
    195 2 rNo Unnecessary Journeys Simla. April 30. A press communiqe says It does not appear to be generally understood ttat the Purport system is tot the present intend ai to restrict journeyings not only for undesirable objects but also for unnecessary objects. The rule of practice established iv the
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      758 2 MAY 30 DOLL4R DIRECTORY WILL BE ON SALE SAFETY TREAD^^ I WARM ORDINANCE 1918. INDIVIDUALS. 1. Attention is invited to tbe provisions of Section 10, which requhes every person who m m receipt tf a total income of S3,i< o per annum or more to notify the Collector, iv tbe
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      571 2 UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT TONIGHT'S PROGRAMME RrAJnir A SOLDIER OF THE LEGION 91 O OCIO CX DRAMA, THREE PARTS 855 DOING HIS BIT IN ALGERIA CARTON COMEDY ONE PART. INTERVAL 9.30 OVERTURE PALLADIUM OKCHEsTRA 9.35 "A Beautiful impostor' 1 COMKDY-DRAMA, TWO PARTS ln^ninnir I "THfc; UNIVERSAL WEfCKLY GAZETTE" IUOCIOCK j TOPICAL
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      416 2 FEATURES THAT PROMISE A RARE GOOD time V B alhamb'hA The Hall for Music —The Pioneer and Premier Kcus i? Beach Road I In the Second Show at 9.15 p. m I A Mutual Feature Presenting I MISS JACKIE SAUNDERS I Again m her favourite role if mitchict make* uid
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    BOMBAY PORT TRUST
    254 3 Budget Estimates. Bombay, May 1. A memorandum by Me G W Hatch, t chairman, on the budget estimates of the .Bombay pott trust for the year *****9 states: The gross revenue, excluding I surtax and special receipts, is estimated i at 165 lakhs. The estimate for the
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    GOVERNMENT BUNGALOWS IN PERAK
    142 3 The Times of Malaya says We understand that the Goveromeat bas recently completed the purchaßB of a 20 acre black m Ipoh, near Tarubun Road, The block is iv the vicinity of Mr V H Pearson's residence, and hag ab present a private road across it,
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      239 3 OUR NEW CATALOGUE. the rapid growth of our business m the Far Eaab, and reaaed demand for oar catalogue, we now keep a supply of ie at the following offices: B. Tolman, 911, Urbiztondo, Manila \MKSICAN EXPRESS! COMPANY MANILA HONGKONG HE) S l ABGO CO., EXPRESS SHANGHAI 1 y to
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      342 3 CIGARETTES NO. 555 Virginia $1. Packed m Patent Vacuum Tins especially m cigarette manufacture. > Men of discrimination find that after \e^^ i>**^£l^ smoking "State Express" inferior brands >r-\ are more of a misery than a pleasure. rM "State Express" are Qaality's Limit." GnAmtmem** Sole Manufacturers jfr ARDAH TOBAGGO Go,,
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    MANILA AND THE ANNUAL CARNIVAL.
    529 4 From The Cablenews (Manila) is taken the following Some of the stockholders present at the meeting of the Carnival Association, plus a number of proxies, decided to hold en other Carnival next year without any if? or acds. There was no opposition to the motion
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    THE HILL THIRTY YEARS AGO.
    307 4 Looking back at a directory for 1888 the writer came across the list of Bonga lows m the Straits used as Sanitaria. The Penang list includes Private, Fernhill, $50 a mo, FJC Ross, Strawberry 970, Brown and Co. Lomond 150, E W Presgrave Richmond, no
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      193 4 FRESH PURE CREAMERY BUTTER ALWAYS OBTAINABLE In 1 lb. and lb. pats. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. (Incorporated m the Straits Settlements). iNVrI 1 1 rr m sizes 6 > b y 3 > jn 9 b y 4 i in tllltLWl tW 58 by 44 m. British made White
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    THE ASSIZES.
    685 5 -RRESCY OFFENCES. the Assize*. j«tt«rday, *be Chief e Njr John Bueknill, kc) pt->-ed J on the two Hokiene convicted m received five years rigorous DtlP onraent for being m poeeeeefoo of trni -lentß and materials for counterfeited coin aud a concurrent term of 08 years on the other
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    HUN DREAMS OF CONQUEST
    165 5 Swe <Jen and Norway Threatened. Berne, March 20. »<Mb Macbt" and what baaj »W by the nughl of Gtr Brt ccnt.nue to occupy aj ljQ 'J tde Urrmao news ive, aa already mention MZiled the German people,; f B Ikiog bnt worlds still 'acre art> eigns
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      65 5 PtrrsicrAKjmamßmvmi Of iH<2tem*&* MndM mLoodan i NOTICE JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. [Incorporated m England] I Monday 20th instant— Whit Monday Our establishment will be closed. 17.5 NOTICE. I The Exchacge Banka wUI be closed on j Monday, 20th instant -Whit 100(187. 185 185 Vacant early io June. Furnished room In
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      579 5 1 8y Order of Tbt Supreme Court of The Stnlta Settlements, Settlement of Singapore In The Estate of Khoo Cheng Tiong (Deceased) BETWEEN Khoo Yang Tin (substituted by Order dated 17th December, 1907) for Khoo Khoon Ho Plaintiff. Khoo Teck Him and Khoo Teck Seong Defendants. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF
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      761 5 NOTICE is hereby given that the above trade n ark is the propeity of Messrs. W. V. Bowater and Rons Ltd of London and that sach trade mark is uocd by them m connection with Old Newspapers of all descriptions, Imported into and Bold m the Straits Settlements, F. M.
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      600 5 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SINGAPORE. ARCHITECTURAL BRANCH. Applications will be received up to tbe Sstb inst: for the post of Temporary Assistant Architectural Draftsman m the Public Works Department, Singapore. The salary attached, to the post is 9804 per annum non- pensionable and subject to one months notice. Applicants must have
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      556 5 SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES. WHIT SUNDAY, Mat IfTH. IT. AHDREW'B CATHEDRAL. 6,45 a.m. Holy Cocutu onion. M 6 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral). M Hymna lil, 114, 470, 155. 9.16 a.m. Matins followed by Holy Com. 4 pm. Children's Service. l.aa p.m. Evensong A Sermon. Hymns, 15*, 1A7, 118, 'PS, 879. BT.
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    Domestic Occurences
    19 6 Ellis.— At London on May 14 following an operation Margaret, wife cf Sir Evelyn Ellis (by cable).
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May. 18, 1918,
    2209 6 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, May. 18, 1918, An eminent writer mi n one of the periodicals recently discussed the question of the over population of the world and arrived at the rather alarming conclusion—alarming for our great great grandchildren— that within two centuries the world would be too densely
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    LATE WIRES
    544 6 London. lUy Diquo tmf ,v it,;. torpedoed dr"! I Unttii c:a rP ESS London, H j. gays w r 1 4fl (fMvif i nd d| wm re< ,r I n w I kscet vb! j i i''>>. Borßu m battle f ftent at British Be BVBlltag Bftft tl.
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      138 6 Amstel Pilsener Beer Quarts mm Pints SOLE AGENTS CALDBECK, MAOGREGOR Go. Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirit Mercbants. Rover Motor Cycles ENGLAND'S BEST. Gears and Clutch on Car Principles. Easy Inspection of Gears through removable Dome Cover. Massive Cast Aluminium Silencers <M Jm i *T^^^~-* s^i^£?s^ nil- riiiLjl J^i#^ EA^T
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      39 6 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD6ROAD. TELEPHONE 1035 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions oftour offer "No satisfactory [Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality cf onr work could be given or demanded.
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    THE FIGHTING FRONTS
    685 7 HUNS PREPARING FOR NEXT ATTACK Various Allied Successes ftabmanac Cfck->1 Iftrator'i ItfTioil ..lon May 15, 1.20 a.m. A French ;:i;qu»' sa?s: There was an inter:h*rJ'npaf m tbe L»rive^n«s aaecesblajgei at i convoys i I M j:;tiiJ.er anJ tae Noyou- r j iJ ireM il'sn :c«3d. v 15,
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    AUSTRIA A VASSAL
    565 7 PRELUDE TO DISRUPTION Nationality Problems [By ■nbmariae GableJ (R*uter'« SwriotJ Amsterdam, May 16.— While tfae German newspapers generally do not disguise their Joy at the prospect of Germany solidifying her hold over Austria Hungary Viennese opinion regards events with j dissatisfaction, especially tho Czech and Slav deputies
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    RUMANIA'S PEACE
    82 7 Jassy, May 15. An official announce- ment is made of the signature of peace i which mentions the dissolution oi Parlia ment. The peace treaty will be submitted for the ratification of the new Parliament which is assembling on June 17. Amsterdam, May 15.— The Germano Rumanian commercial
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    THE WORLDS ENEMY
    127 7 London, May 15.— 1n the House of j Commons replying to a question Me Bal four showed that altogether nineteen countries had Jeclared war againsi Ger many since August 1914. while tha follow ing hid broken off diplomatic relations, Boliviss Honduras, Nicaragua, Hayti, San Domingo, Costa Rica,
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    GERMANY SHIRKS IDEALISM
    371 7 EFFICIENCY MUST LEAD No Room for the Weak {By aabaaartM Uabln j [lUaUr's BarrfcMl London, May 15. What is apparently a campaign against the perils of international idealism is being conducted m certain quarters m Germany. The influential monthly Sud Dau!eche Monat chafte devotes nearly the whole
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    BRITISH TRADE
    213 7 How it Stands the Strain London, May 15. In the House of Commons Sir A Stanley, introducing the Board of Trade estimates, estimated that the imports ot the United Kingdom m 1918 would be only half those m 1913. Tbe fact that we were carrying on m such
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    GOAL CONFERENCE COLLAPSES
    59 7 London, May 16.— The Coal Controller addressed tbe Miners' Federation, as cabled yesterday morning. Many questions by the 186 delegates emphasised tha!; tha military had taken the strongest minets. The Controller submitted a scheme for central mining mobility bureau for the more productive ntilisation of labour. Not
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    INDIA AND THE WAR
    56 7 Simla, May 16. As a result of ihe Delhi Conference, tbo provincial Governrxianta have held meetings and have uuauimoualy passed a reaffirming re solution of loyalty and promising all possible aid. Tha Government cf India has Rlrrady decided .immediately to recruit ovet hftir a million men
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    LINER ASHORE
    19 7 London, May 15. The 7,000 ton Nolbou liner Highland Soolt his been wracked off Rio de Janeiro.
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    OBITUARY
    15 7 London, May 15. The death is au 1 nounced of tho Duke of Northumberland.
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    AUSTRIAS TROOPS MASSING
    209 7 TO STRIKE AT MILAN Enemy's Advantage j [By Submarine OabU] i [fbutar'i Berrioej Borne, May, 15.- Daily aerisl scouting and also admissions ol Austrian prisoners] confirm that the Austrians are massing] great numbers of troops and artillery in] the Alps and Friuli plains working cbiefly at night
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    DEVASTATED BOSNIA
    149 7 London, May 15 The Agram newspaper Glas Slobjda draws a terrible picture of the distress m Bosnia and Her- I zegovina worse even than m Galicia and Bukovina. There whole districts are de- f populated and devastated, as by a typhcon. Numerous inhabitants have been deported or have
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    IRELAND AND CONSCRIPTION
    132 7 London, May 15. It was announced, at an anti conscription conference m Dublin, that the Foreign Office will issue a passport to the Lord Mayor of Dublin to proceed to AmericaLondon May 15. In the House of Commons Sir Herbert Samuel asked Is any change contemplated m
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    NAVAL SILENCE
    119 7 London, May 16. In the House ot Commons Mr R P Houston abked for m formation regarding ''One of the successful operations m capturing and destroying enemy submarines round our coasts during the past three weeks." Dr Macnamara replied that the general trend of submarine warfare had progressed
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    CIN CIN ENGLAND
    151 7 London, Mpy In the Houbo ol Commons, Mr Macpherson stated that no sue cesEor to Lord Frauch had been appointed. Major A David Davies Ii tLe appointment of Gene? ul Sic lin Hamilton contemplated Mr Bfaophexson replied I can udd nothing to my onswer. v _,^g^ Lieutenant-
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      96 7 ROBINSON Co. Our Establishment •ill i i will be closed All Day on Monday May 20th THE TRAVELLERS MALAY PRONOUNCING HAN -BOOK. This handy little book has now reached its ELEVENTH HIT, ON. a sure Indication cf its usefulness Price, $1-50 per copy Post Free, $1-75. publishers: Fraser dr Neave,
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      471 8 >. P. BemsH India AND /\pcar Line (Companies Incorporated la England.) Mail and Passenger Services, peninsular and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with Hit Majesty Government.) *ne companyt mail services BAST OF BOMBAY are at present pended. me Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND FROM LONDON are at present suspended.
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      885 8 M. M. MESSAGERIEB MARITIMES (IHOOBPOBATBD IH FSAVOV) mail uvb; Monthly service between Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH LIHI. Fortnightly service between Salgon-Tourane-Haiphong. Fot further information apply to J. da GOURTOIS, Agents. X.P.M. SAILINGS SS. ROMPBIOS for BelawanDeli on Monday the2Cth at 10.80 a.m.
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      643 8 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY (INCORPORATED IN U.S.A.) REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SERVICE. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco S.S. "ECUADOR". 14 000 tone from Hongkong on or about Ifej \u S.S. "COLOMBIA", 14,000 tons do do i<, y 1Sl S.S. "YHIIEZUELA\ 14 000 tons do do j ne and
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    WITH THE FRENCH FLEET.
    958 9 CONVOYS AND HYDROPLANES. Grateful Merchantmen. Parie, March 5. Tiie French Nivy on the Atlantic coast sayg tbe Mornicg Post is organjgsj not co much for tha wotk of fighting the German High Seas Fleet as it is for prctacting sea routes and for drawing the sting?
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    THEN AND NOW
    309 9 If the Allied peoples are determined to win, win ibey can as win they must If ever England was justified m deßpairiog, h WU6 m the year 1811, when she stool almost single handed, and without loyal and helpful oversow Dominions, a;* ir-t a tyrant who dominated
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    THE AIRMAN AND THE HIMALAYA.
    267 9 Dc A M Keilas, the well-known scientific mountaineer, lectured recently btfore the members of the Royal Geographical Society, under the presidency of Dc Hugh Mill, at the Society's House, Keneington gore, on The poesibiiity of Aerial He connaiGfiance m tha Himalaya." Tbe range, he said,
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      548 9 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. The Company has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court 0/ England, and complies with the BrltlshLife Aaauraaca ODmpanles lot
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      492 9 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANS, LTD. ISOOSPO3ATSD IW JAPAN Capital Subscribed Z.» Y. 48,000.000 Capital Paid Up Y. 80,000,000 Reserve Fund... Y. 11,800,000 President, j. Inouye Erg. ViM-Prui&enU Y. Yamakawa E3«, DI3BCTOSS. J. Inonye Eeq. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Soma Es^. M. Odagiri Esq. I K. Sonoda Lsq. T. Kawashima Esq.
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      478 9 ii^ THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated In the Straits Settlements) Capital Registered $B,rooooo Capital Subscribed Jb 500 000 Capital Paid Dp $T. 760 000 HEAD OFFI-3B Raffles Caambers, 5 6, Singapore. BRANCHRB Malacca, Muar, and Batu Pabat. Onrrent Accounts opened, Fixed Deposits received asd General Banking Business transacted. Managing
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      298 9 SPENCER MOULTON TYRES. Sole Agents: Central Engine Works, Ltd. r^S^TIMECANBEEASILYSEENON mk W§* immm^ t oa^"T WR I ST /s^ lP\ *v V m Do ar LUMINOUS^ 1 iMs^i^^^ Figures and Hands. «f C rir for this Gent's WRISI lil/ll w at eh with LUMiNOUb FIGUHL6 V/ W and HANDS, as
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      33 10 Bl CBI v 19 HB C^^l 9 veS^B k9h PS gag 1 Thursday B g MAY 30 I BBB^B ■^qi iB^H bb kv^bl ii^" '3 :389 l^flß 8«^B BBiHi bk£l K^SS BPh| i
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      934 10 JAPAN'S FOREIGN POLICY. Statement by the Mew Minister. Baron Goto, the new Minister for j Foreign Affaire, has actively taken over the details of his new office on the 26ih ult when he held a reception of all the cbefs do mission. After the reception Baron Goto granted j a
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      944 10 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE SPRING RAGE MEETING (UNDER 8. R. A. RULES OF RACING) WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 1 1th, Thursday the 13th, and Saturday the 15th of June, 1918. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. TU2PDAT, 11TH JUN T E, 19 8. 1. THE CPEN-N3 STAKES- 2-13 p.m. Value $400
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      595 10 2*7. THE VISITORS' P :tf 2-40 p m. and 5 p_ x Valae of eao.h Btaki- $500 for all Ex Griffin Horse th Meeting. The Ilr.xws n.:.- v tht ITanditapper Into two cJa Vl at Each class to b hand b Horses hari'.ii;Bp^'d la cia V ble to iun m
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
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      RUBBER STERLING COMPANIES.
      595 11 Oap. iMua. Paid. Jja&s a;* Juraaa, Hatuite 100,000 la li Allagat 18% 8 0 •79,910 9b la Anglo Java 80% 6 o 6 0 110,008 la le Angio-Maiaf 15% lnt 10 6 is 0 50,000 fs la BatangMftlakA 16% -38 4 6 105,000 Ig Is Bekok 800/O
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      RUBBER DOLLAR COMPANIES
      408 11 4*0,000 1 l AJor Gajah 80% Bn s 825 1,000,000 I 2.00 Amalgamated Malaf 8% 3.61) 280 000,000 I Ayer Hitam 15% int 13.C9 15.C0 150,003 1 1 Ayer Kanlßf 15% 1.05 1.15 100,000 1 1 Ayer Mole* 80% 2OS 9.13 T50.000 AyerPanas 15% 8, 30 885
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      MINES
      260 11 $300,000 10 10 Ampang (Klnta) 9.50 It.CO 1100,000 1 1 Ayer Weng 10* int S.CS 8 16 «S03,00(l 6 6 Kerliog Tin 7.00 T.fiO 1400,000 10 10 Kinta A8BO0lasto» 11 SO 3 8.00 £60.000 1 1 KlntaTin 1 8 f 18 0 £180,000 1 1 Lahat 9.75 ft 10
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      INDDATALALS
      159 11 ?AN foUMoil of Storting Bhtna matt to rtguded m putl* MoliH tar (fee pKift«r» j *t* I B*ctera gxaeltf wfl 10 7.25 7 5 P*..-* 10% 18 0 1 9 0 1160,00 Sirase* and Hea?e 8 45 47. oxd $300,0'?:- s'? 53 W. H»mmer ft Co Lt3 10% 62.
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    EXCHANGE.
    52 11 'Coa«»crai; :r to May 17..' j 2.&Z1 iai Urn 2 4 7 16 dtcz&nl r*« S-4 1 8 PsfTftl* fifii]fs Pm i 3-4 11-16 Fi^.siL;t <!amr.nd Eant 816 faDIA, T. T. 146 S?ca^TJC3KJ, aftn^.etf 85%Prta Java, dtmand 112$ PiasKOK, damaud 7_ 66 task 52 sss!aa2 fifiti 6^ S»? Silrtt
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    PRODUCE
    329 11 May 17 3 Tin (200 eons) 1176 60 J %7 a* 15. 21 GhM&lsi Cl*fc« i<ia, J 28. C: SftttUfj G«*« Nn, < 2 3.00 Rtpp*« Slack OidilL tr'pore 84 00 Peyp«»< (WltHs foltj 49 00 W*«n»j« (110 to *be r J nair S «?sn:gc (80 to Nli 1%
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE
    31 11 Left Singapore Oat m London Arrived March 2nd B April 80 March 12 th D „95 March 15th F „9 March 20th G 9 March 25th X „9
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    WEATHER REPORT
    69 11 Eandang Kerban Hospital, May 16 9 A.M. 8 P.M. 9 P.M. Barom. 81 Pah. 29 758 29.691 29.755 Temp. 86 0 86.8 80.fi Wet Bulb Tber. 10 1 79 5 78 0 Dir. of Wind 8E SW Oalm Max. Temp. In shade 89 0 Mm. do. do. 745
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    156 11 ENTKA.NOEB— TANJOtfG PA.QAR Wharves Scot Qodowna Gate £nt» Bonded Warehouses, East Tr£i&; Reclamation gar Bl Storages A 1 (T Paqai ■jP 8 Basi Eaßt l&% 10/22 Storage B liWh&rf-ra Sheers is 19 1 do (Dry Docks) 3 Dock Store, Head Towir. Office, Police and Main Fire Stations
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      38 11 FIRST CLASS British Made a Sewing Machines An Exceptionally good opportunity to secure a Williams SEWING MACHINE (Hand or Treadle) At a Reasonable Price Hand Machines $25. Treadle do. $45. ON VIEW AT GHING KENG LEE'S RAFFLES PLACE.
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      574 11 WANTED. A Mtchanleal Draughtsman. State exp risnce and salary required. Box No. 95 c/» Singapore Free ircbh. »<M WANTED Experiecced miner for a Tin Mine la rrengganu. Apply to GUTHSIE ft Co. 111, Singapore, 95 2S.fi SITUATION VACANT Young Lady Typist watte J for Japanese shipping Office. Apt ly to
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    EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
    634 12 LORD NEWJON CONDEMNED French Action Praised [Bj Submarine Cable] (Hewer's Bervioe] London. May 14. In the House of Lords, Lord Bu-nhi.a pleaded that steps' should ba u.kcu to exchange British non coma and men captured m It 14 and 1916, especially m view of tha tact; that
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    GERMAN JUSTICE
    56 12 Atactsrdum, May 16. In ihe Reichstag, during the dibat3 on tbe Citiruatea for the Department cf Justice, the Socialist Cobn daaOQßCcd tbe eevetity of the fentences m ccunection with the siiike disturbances whereby many men cf noble character from Belgium aud Germany were languishing iv prison. Cobn was
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    MUNICIPAL HOUSING
    47 12 London, May 16.— The Minuter of Raconitmotion haa appointed a committee to investigate tbe desirability of establish iog S:ate ard Municipal bousing bnnk' w:th a view to LuVinciag fnrJa to private! persons and bodies for the provision of i working clsis bou^eß after tbe war.
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    AIR RAID ON PARIS
    46 12 Paris, May 16. 8 am. The air r*id alarm was sounded at ten o'clock m the evening, and the all-clear at midnight. Paris, later. A leoond alarm was. given at 1 50 m the morning and the all clear at 2.80. W
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    THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
    186 12 GERMANS DEMAND THE FLEET Difficulties Increasing [By Htat>marfne Uabt«] [Renter's Service] Paris, May 15. News from Moscow states that m a telegram replying to the German demand for the immediate Bar* render of the Russian Black Sea Fleet to the Germans at Sebastopol, M Tchitsherin says that
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    AMERICAS MOSEY
    140 12 Washington, May 16. —In Congress, Mr BtoAcfoo estimated the revenue for the current fiscal year, ending June 80, at four million dollars, munly contributed by taxation. One third of the expense of the war m 1919 will ba met by taxation, and two-third;* by Liberty bonds. The income
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    HOW BELGIANS ARE TEMPTED
    132 12 Paris. May 15. General Gillain, Chief of Staff of the Belgian army, interviewed, showed the German propaganda method with the Belgian army. Belgian priioneri fre taken to their families and for a few moment! allowed to abandon themeelvee to domestic joys. Photographs of these meetings are
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    CAILLAUX AGAIN
    94 12 Paris, May 15. The concluding stages cf the Bonnet; Rouge trial of seven person? charge i with defeatist propaganda were noteworthy for the appearance of ex Premier Caill&nx, who was called to answer one question. The President curtly allowed him five minutes bnt Cailkux who \?as faultlessly dressed
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    SOMETHING WE DO WELL
    96 12 Zarich, May 15 —The Frankfurter Zei turjj contrasts very unfavourably the Ger man system of GuancJGg the war with the British ond snys that tbe latter ia based on a wido distribution of the burden of taxation and reets on a much sounder foundation than tbe
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    SCOTCH! G THE SUBMARINE
    93 12 London, May 15 The great British iuibfciin ,d op^r.-.tious ficrn M<vy 15 are like ly to prove bo insurmountable barrier to etemv submarine activities m British waters. The new nica covets twenty two thousand equare miles and is the most extensive ever laid. It stretches from
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    MAURICE'S GOOD SENSE
    289 12 DROPS THE CONTROVERSY Praise of Generai Foch (Bj Babmaun* Oablo] [lUut«r'i Sanriot] London, May 15 General Maurice m hia opening article m the Daily Chronicle submits his own version of the controver sitil facts mentioned m his recent letter and asserts he acted entirely alone m connection
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    PRUSSIA'S SUFFRAGE
    81 12 Amsterdam, May 15. The Prussian Lower House passed the third reading of the Electoral Reform Bill, but with the clause granting equal suffrage deleted. The Progressives, Poles and Social Demo crate opposed an emasculated Bill. The uainie'er Friedberg declared that the Government would employ all constitu tional !i.;fai'«
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    DUTCH SHIPPING SAILS
    37 12 The Hague, May 15. The Governor General at the Dutch East Indies reports that shipping to America has been resumed. Export licences are now being issued for goods of which the export was prohibited.
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    111 12 Courtesy of the French Consulate. Paris, May 15;h 6.20 p.m. Rubber is quoted 2s Bd. The trial of the accused of the newspaper the Bonnet Rouge has been concluded after having taken sixteen sit ting. Duval has been condemned to death. Marion to ten years hard labour,
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    SEPOY LINES GOLF CLUB
    41 12 Entries for the President's Prize (Mixed Foureoraefc) will close on Friday May 24th. Entries may be made at the Clnb Houie up to 8.80 p.ra on that date. The draw and Epeci&l handicaps will be announced later.
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    LADIES' LAWN TENNIS CLUB.
    51 12 LADIES LAWN TENNIS CLUB. ■TO DAY'S TIES. 1 -<||< |Ml Ladies' Doubles. Mrs Cantrelland Mrs Vowler owe 15 beat Mrs Macgregor and Mies Lamb plus 2 6—l, 4—6, 6-3. Mixed Doubles "B Class. Mr end Mra Thomas scr vs Mrs Graham and Mr Miller plus 15. (Ut finished to finish
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    SIAMESE ROYALTIES.
    109 12 T'uq Siamese Royal party, including H R H the Prince of Kumbheng Bhejra and the Process, H H Prince Prachatipok, Phja Nibu!, Phya Subhan, Fbya Anurakaa, Kb.ua Pzhass, and other Siamese nobles arrived m Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday the Royal Siamese saloon being attached to the Penan ag
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    WAR FUNDS.
    129 12 Hospital fob Facial Injuries Major General Dudley Ridout c b, c m g. acknowledges the following contribution s Staff of Eastern Extension Telegraph Co Batavia (per P H Selfe) 1108 W O Gillespie, Perlak, Sumatra (2nd cont 82.99 HEB (per A W Still) 50 Committee of Perak Club
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    LIFEBOAT FUND.
    121 12 Mr A W Vick, Chartered Bank, acknow ledges the following. Already acknowledged 9886 J D Saunders 10 Asiatic Petroleum Co, List Andrew Agnew 25 GC Clarke 15 F W Coates, F J Maagdenberg G R Marshall, F M Myers, R H Sharpe, J van Ryn van Alkemade 510
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    S.V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME
    304 12 Attendance at three recruits' parades a week is compnlsory. [Drills Marked tire compulsory.] Saturday, Mat 18. 2.80 p.m. Balestier Range Malay Co S V I Sunday, May 19. 7.00 a.m. Balefctier Range Malay Co S V I Monday, May 20. 480 p.m. Baleetier Range SV A
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    SWIMMING CLUS LAUNCHES
    44 12 Sunday, May 19. Johnston's Pier, 7, 9 and 10 a.m.. 2.30 and 8.30 p.m. Glnb Bungalow, 8.80 and 9.30 am., 12.15, 8 and 5.30 p m. Monday, May 20. Johnston's Pier, 2.80 and 8.80 p.m. Club Bungalow, 8 and 5.80 p.m.
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    RUBBER AND TIN RETURNS
    10 12 Agents Hooglandt and Co. Djapoera 80,261
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