The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 29 May 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. PEN CENTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 1918. NO, 9375
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  • 262 1 Notes on yesterday's race training appear a on page 5. j|! A number of subscription lists for I charities will be found on page 3. I The customary meeting of the Rent i Board was held yesterday afternoon I Page 3. I The Emperor of Austria has
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  • 1146 1 The new machinery was installed, and working excellently when Stiffy (short for Stephen QM) wrote bis third letter to headquarters, volunteering to join the Army. Headquarters referred his case to the Local Government. The Local Government pointed oat 'that oil works were matters of national importance and thai
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 82 1 GOODRICH TYRES ,OJ!nS *>ND PNEUMATICS RAFFLES HOTEL. Afternoon TEAS will be served m the hotel lounge and on the lawn every Thursday from 4.30 p.m. I Music m Attendance ATen AbOU j Cinema Show on the lawn, especially for children, j at 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). J. Growther Shaw Co.
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    • 116 1 TH B only tyre which has won the R.A.C. certificate of 5,000 miles without cuts or I 17 II /I V I II f^ y£sk /-JPf Made m Britain f^ *^C«^^^ fr m Plantation Rubber. j International Trading Company, Limited. PIS HEAL ECONOMY TO BOY A CANADIAN IT IS LOWEST
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    • 124 1 I LATEST ADVEHTISESi*I*TS. Small bungalow to let— Page 9. Fresh films at the Palladium Page 2. Shares m Robinson Piano Co for Eale— Pago 9. I Little and Co for tennis and golf requi- site§ Page 4. I Rickard and Co for envelopes and carbon paper Page 10. Whiteaway Laidlaw
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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    • 110 1 THE WESE Wednestiu 29tb! High WalBt--0.47a.zu. Thorsd^i 30th. J Hlf* W»H- f-0 a.L.i ,13 p.m. Corpus Christi Ait Clnb Exhibition War FLm, Vie. Theatre. Frtdtj 31st High W&fte* 04i a 218 p.m Municipal Commiseion, 2.K0 p.m. Art Club Exhibition War Film, Vie. Theatre Biurti", June Ist. High Watfc— -48 ».m
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  • 64 2 Orders for vreek ending Jane 1, 1918. Wedne&dny, Mny 29. Signalling Class, V M C A Ground, 5.15. Thnrtcpy, May 80. Signalling Class, V M C A Ground. 5.15. Friday, May 31. Ambulance Class V M C A 5.15 p.m. Individual Troop Orders ac issued by Scoutmasters.
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  • 491 2 Speaking at the Serbian -Red Cross headquarters on March 8, Father Nicholai Velimironic said that Serbia hae sacrificed 1,300,000 of her 3,000,C00 people. A Harbin dispatch to the Nichi Nichi says that 850 Americana arrived at Harbin recently and immediately left there for Siberia, to take charge of the operation
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    • 389 2 MAY 30 DOLLAR DIRECTORY WILL BE ON SALE When Anaemic Run-Down «f- TAKE -> THE IDEAL TONIC. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office. SINGAPORE. SAFETY TRHAD^ THE FAR EASTERN TOURIST AGENCY. No. 3 B. Flnlayscn Green GENERAL SHIPPING AND FORWARDING AGENTS. Connection with the principal EXFRESB and FORWARDING AGENCIES
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    • 1053 2 Week Commencing Monday, /n dy 27 Two Excellent Features to lake up a Rattling Gocjl mn l AT THF o'«*Itl8, ALHAMBRa The Hall for Music— The Pioneer and Premier If nil— -ti t v f Beach Boad. OUWo &vs •■••7 In the Second Show at 9.15 p.m. A British production
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  • 607 8 I At the weekly meeting of the Rent Assessment Board held m the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon, presided over by the hon'b'e Mr C J Saunders and at tended by Messrs H Carpmael (assessor), S Tomlinson, E A Eliaa, A M S Angulia and Gaw Khek Kiam
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  • 86 8 Tbe following properties were disposed of by auction at Meters Ching Reng Lee Go's sale room on Monday afternoon Two lots freehold land situate at Birch Roai area 7,118 sq ft bought by Osan Mohamed for 98,150. Leasehold lend and house No. 2 A Orchard Road area 7,689
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  • 244 8 Leipzig Neueete Nachrichten eaye In the not very distant future Greece may experience the after* effects of the peace m the East." la the parcel mail which left London on 12th February and which has been raported lost at aea through enemy action were cix packets containing over 108,000 postage
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  • 146 8 Some previously acknowledged 91,280 His Excellency Sic Arthur foung 200 Guthrie and Go. Ltd. 260 Whiteaway Laidlaw and Co. Ltd. 260 The Hon'ble Mr A Agnew 260 j Mr and Mrs Tomlinson and jfamily 276 B 100 A Smith io Mrs F H Darke 26 Tbe
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  • 124 8 Amount already acknowleged 930,100 Messrs Jaeger and Coy 500 Barker and Coy Ltd 250 Lyall and Evatt 600 Mr V Gibbons 250 i F C Wreford 25 L R Dames 10 C W Abrams 200 R H Sharpe 50 Messrs A Clouet and Coy 500
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  • 147 8 The following is a further list of subscriptions and donations gratefully acknowledged Previously acknowledged 96,875.10 Mrs J R Nicholson O B E 50 "Miskin" 10 St Andrew's Cathedral collection £-818 242.12 Per Mrs Lemon, Seremban. H T Piper 910 Mrs Kellet 5 C D Serres 6 DBS
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  • 135 8 At the Central Police Station, Kuala Lumpur, on Friday a crowd of over a hundred Chinese woman insisted on getting a warrant for the arrest of another Chinese woman, who is alleged to have borrowed not less than 9200,000 from them and absconded. The Proteotor of Chinese haa issued a
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1259 8 Victoria Theatre THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, MAY 30, 31 AND JUNE 1, AT 9-30 PROMPT Under the Distinguished Patronage and In the Immediate presence of H. E. The Governor, Sir Arthur Young, Q.C.M.Q., KB E. Vtc9 Admiral Sir P. C. T. Tudor, X.C.M.0., C.B. H. E. Maj.Gen. Bldout, C.M.G, C.B.
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    • 239 8 READYMADE CLOTHING MM^ M FOR GENTS I Gent's Gabardine Raincoats, with either the Military collar or open style as sketch. I 'jh<.f-e coats hava a special cheok waterproof lining and are guaranteed reliable. All I sizes m stock. Colours, fawn, khaki and green. Price $27.50 each. I'V'lilw the beavieBt downpour.
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  • 1386 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, May 29, 1918 In writing a while ago on the subject of restriction of rubber output, we ex pressed the opinion that the measure suggested was m the nature of a step m the dark and that there was no one m the industry who
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  • 129 4 of all kinds cf material, The enemy twice strongly attacked our position on Mont Corno. Our counterattack drove him back. We brought down eight aeroplanes. London. May 28. A Belgian Bomnnwi* que says long rnDge guns flrt'd on our back ureas yesterday. Moecow, May 28. Two Gertr.un diveionß at Dvimk
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  • 642 4 We have received copies of tifcver&l letters written to the Editor of the Bferaftl Times under tbe norn de plume "Ffciiplay. 1 We cannot quite follow whether DC on the writer wishes nocice tekan cf the comaiunicatioriß but we as&ume tint he does wish v-: to t' ke noticn of
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  • 677 4 London, Miy |f,« A atftt MM thratu, rery 'th« barded tbr c. ti M r fo.cst of Pino* and Li, Oiu Banning attacked between tfa trOOpi KM r with tfct rcnel m f idcj itiefa n 4 i.. inak.r.g the enemy pa; r^i.tance inch b, use of reserve*
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 147 4 THE CONNOISSEUR GUDBfCK MAGGREGOR GO. TENNIS. GOLF. ACCESSORIES of the BEST MA&E3S. t ■i i {■!> v^ X_T T"^ IT V ▼"I m STOCKS OF KLINEY, JAELANCO j^F SPALDING GOLD MEOAL, RISELY HEXAGON &c. RACKETS. Fine Selec YOU CANNOT DO tion of C übs BETTER THAN. Balls Every "GET it
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    • 42 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1085 I 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of onr 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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  • 435 5 HEAVY SHELLING BEGUN Belgians Repulse Shock Troops f Router's Borric*] London, Has If-— Field Marshal Haig Strong hostile attacki preceded i of great Intensity the morning; bI May t>7 (ainst tha Anglo-French Soisaom and against I itsjQflß Locre and Voorme j w.-.s coo?iderfcb'3 hostile etivir. on Sunday
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  • 121 5 London May 27 Before returning to London from Scotland, the Premier, m an i: v.erview with the Glasgow Herald, sau that he was very much impressed by the of the Scottish people to Ml tne war through. The meseagb r ir.J had given him was to stand fast
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  • 124 5 iaJatf gtiMum "Gloria's Ro Inc B.Uis Barka feature is m rhriihna episoded, an amai*ing v LnriTifcr m which Eila i ■<;-. K\3:cne comedies and aoUwitad weekly are freah M 'ii Hall stars ''Society's .ii of tha well known Ba!i eunported by "Married a rattling Naetor comedy,' I 1.1
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  • 522 5 THE SOUTH SLAV DANGER Russian Peasantry Change Their Views Amsterdim. May 27.— The importance of the South Slav movement m Austria is evidenced by a Vienna telegram reporting that the Emperor and Premier Seidler received dtputatioae, one of the Slovene si-mar party, which advocates tha main I
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  • 191 5 London, May 27. Mr Dillon presided at a Nationalist Conference at Bailieboro, which decided to oppose the Sinn fein candidate. Mr Dillon said that though he did not approve of the arrest of Griffith, who was the Sinn fein oandidate for Eaest Cavan, and believed the Govern
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  • 117 5 A pli .isr.nt story of friendship has just been completed m Calcutta Sevtn or eight yearc ago a youcg Anglo-Indian went to Australia and while thrjie met a Cotn^tilk" who heppeued to be down on his luck." Anglo Indian opnn henrtealy handed over all he hud £1 and a silver
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  • 414 5 CROP EXCEEDS CONSUMPTION Government Control Urged iiiy MnbnaruMt Galilei [Romtor's B«rvio»] j i London, May 25. Afc the annual meet i i ing of the Robber Growers Association m London, th« Chairman, Sir Edwaid Rob[ling, laid that the Association had made! ja proposal to the Colonial Office
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  • 71 5 Butter and Bullon Melbourne, May 27. In the House of Representatives, it was announced that the sale of next year's exportable cur plus ot butter to the Imperial Government was being negotiated. Mr Watt, Federal Treasurer, stated that the total debt of tbe Commonwealth was £609,000,000, including £148,000,000.
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  • 54 5 Geneva, May 27. The International Red CroES publithea details of the Franco German agreement for the exchange oC prisoners and appeals to the remaining belligerents to conclude similar agree ments, including the following rules All military prisoners exchangeable after eighteen months. No civilians to be made prisoners.
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  • 69 5 Amsterdam, May 27. The Frankfurter Zeitung is greatly concerned at the proe pace of severe Allied aerial reprisals. It asks whether Count Hprtling would consider it a sign of weakness to suggest to the enemy au understanding thereanent. It lays that it baa always be«n its
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  • 36 5 Amsterdam, May 27.— The Telegrtafj states that the Iran ail of sand and gravel! from Germany to Belgium baa been resumed. The fir^t ship thit passed was the Lobith en route to Ghent -c-
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  • 31 5 London, May 27 —The Katanga railway |m Belgian Congo was completed on May 122, giving through communication by '< rail from Cape Town to Bukama on the Vpper Congo,
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  • 22 5 Paris, May 27.— After an interval of j ■everal weeks, the long range bombardment of Paris recommenced to-day.
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  • 396 5 i t The going was good yesterday but a heavy mist prevailed. Some good gallops I were done. Good Omen made an early start and strode along over 4 furlongs m 1.04, Pretty Boy went once round slow, and m the second round did lost 5 fur
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  • 294 5 London, Ma} 27. The siakim: of a Ger* man submarine cruißer m ths Atlantic ia given great attention as the first published evidence that Britain also possesses sub* marines capable ol cruising far afield. Mr Archibal Hurd writes "Itie no secret to the Get mans that soon
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  • 113 5 London, May 27. The Admiralty re j ports that between May 23 and 26 naval airmen's operations wore hindaieJ by weatbai. Nevertheless we bombad Maria k-rke and Z >ebrugge gate* and Ihe canal derivation Wo dropped ue.isfiy three 1 tons ot bombs oa Bruges docks on the
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  • 91 5 Madrid. May 27.— King Alfonso, the j Premier, and other Ministers, and thirty; per cent ol the population o! Spain, ate Buffeiing from an unknown epidemic. The Bympfcoms are h»gh fever, p-ns m the cheat aid diarrhoea. The d.ii.f.a is of B mild nature. Madrid, May 28.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 93 5 NEW MILLINERY MODELS. W*KrW%^ rNTIMMMKI). W^>^' ;\_it> PANAMA HATS [lateof MEssaß LAFAYi FTE Photographers to TheirMAJESTIESJ Bi gs to announce that lie eondoota the OKLY EUROPE^ STUOIO m Slf^ilJkPOßE at me BM&.tNGTON. (10" Pases North of the Adelpht Hot.ni\ i i 'i ii i f"ii IHaHili IHi iHi— Til— ilHllfcil
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 577 6 WT OeiTise India and (Comjtalos Inootpovaiafl la En eland.) Mail and Passenger Services. peninsulas and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) j Vbe Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present pendecit i "raa^sssss I*™1 services t and ra Passengers for Europe are [booked via
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    • 422 6 JAPAN HAH STEAHSKOP Ca, LW (lacoipoiatefl m EUROPEAN LINE. Pw Btalktatf, Siantffeal, Kobi ft Tokibatt Nr lalnti, Pnuf Colombo vi England ill Thi Cast. A service la maintained betweaa lotonasot I meat. The New Twin sotew Steams I designed and constructed, ud are fl«ai with all the latest Sraprovemenea for
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    • 526 6 I We iff I MESSA6ERIES MARITIMES (INCORPORATED IN FBAHGF) I MAIL LIHI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Bingapore. Colombo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice versa. BRANCH LIHI, Fortnightly service between Saigon-Toarane-Haiphong. Fo» farther information apply to J- <ta COURTOIS Agents. PENANG. i» w rst^ class steam er of
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    • 524 6 P CIFIC "MBBgriiift, REGULAB MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC sfd,,. H.0.k.0* Sta.O.l. Kobe, Y. kollllMi BonoS. E a ICE S.S. "COLOMBIA", 14,000 tons from FT,", i M Fp8 «"SCo i S.S. VENEZUELA 14 000 tons m B g*<°>>e or or S.S." ECUADOR', ,4000 ton. .7th fog The steamers have N BERTHS and large,
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  • 166 7 Combing- Oat Fit Men. Colombo, May 7. A Joint meeting on the man power question was held by the chamber of commerce arid the planters' association, when important decisions regarding combing out were arrived at. The meeting decided that only men who can obtain an A class certificate
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  • 365 7 The report of the directors to the eighth annual general meeting to be held on Saturday at Penang says Profit. —After allowing for liberal depreciation, the net praflt for the year amounts to 117,776.86 to which must be added the balance brought forward from 1916, viz, 163,204.63, making
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  • 127 7 The following are extracts from the Kaiser's replies to congratulation on the Russian peace When we grasp the significance of this peace, which means the bursting of the ring the ecemy laid around us, we must look up with heartfelt thanks to Almighty God, Who
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  • 47 7 Simla, May 7. A communique about the Marri operations says On the mcrning of the 7th April the Government teems of settlement were read out to the sirdar and headmen of Khetran tribe at Barkhanthe. The terrne were signed by the sardar and headmen.
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  • 77 7 Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson at the annual meeting of the Actors' Association said that the Education Bill meant that no child under 12 could perform and that many plays by Shakespeare and others, including Sir J M Barrie, could not be given. Tommy had captured a prisoner, and while waiting
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 194 7 i W% W T _T"^ YY TkT A TkT 5 "UL>tiAINAiN !3 SCOTCH WHISKY SOMETHING TO CROW ABOUT" ]liS^--«^ l l BLACK WHITE" ALWAYS THE HIGHEST QUALITY Tfte Enormous Stocks held by BUCHANAN Co. at their oonaed store the largest m the world) enable them to maintain tne high quality
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    • 608 7 JK "Before i Sit m a Chair I Like to Know Whether It Hob &H £een Polished with an Oily Substance or with |B 8 TV/TOST LIQUID POLISHES remain on the fl n surface, gathering every bit of dust and CT dirt and soiling the hands and clothing. Dis- I
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  • 881 8 British Position In Palestine. Allahabad, April 27.— The Pioneer's Cairo correspondent writes regarding the Palestine front Oar flank is now pro j teoted by the Dead Sea and the Turkish communications are exposed. We can now establish direct communication with the Shereefian forces which were recently on
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 87 8 I ANNOUNCEMENT I PHARMACEUTICAL TRADING I THE FOLLOWING FAMOUS REMEDIES:— I |N| CURE FOR DISORDERED NERVES. I I 1 SACUNA I I §J| CURE FOR MALARIAL TROUBLES. I I 1 ASTHBRO I |j| CURE FOR ASTHMA, COLDS, etc. I I £\4T*T T I I HEALING BALMsFOR SKIN COMPLAINTS. I I
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    • 154 8 II Comfort with True Economy P Appearance: Beautiful mi n lines „l ei finish, this Overland Motor Car tug p.. l( Performance: It is dependable -<■.„>,., w,. of speed and endurance- free from p.-ttv R I Comfort: Easy to ride in— under rongfc or smooth going. Convenient to dn\Z- simple
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  • 37 9 Ci/«»4C-»d c;- «r May 28 la^wid r-4 3is Ptiifefil f.iuiif I Ml 2 4 23 bJ Ezm^T. T. 146 1 Be%Pfftßi CflfWiMii inrnrj 106 .tc:. li tttsd '—I— Bftßk B 19 f 4 9ft" •■••*> '.v:i.;- 4"Z
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  • 155 9 Mty it. Tin (hrytit) m 1167 50 (Imhllm is.B§ > -:.vi.-:£- Ovfef 28.00 9tHßftiM Cix'xt Kd. E 23.30 Psfpa L-iici raffia pset 85.00 i »>;£€-. tWMtc lali'. 49.00 NatßMfti (119 to tt« it I norn NafcMgi teo fe& Mm :fc norn CJ'Tsa (Ann Vciru nam Tepfeoa, email pcssl vf
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1597 9 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 i TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). 0 HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. >« The Compan: has £20.000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the BrltiaiiEiife Aasuraace
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    • 675 9 WANTED IMMEDIATELY Good Shorthand-typist. Come^oing salary •100 per mpn.-em. Ap^ly m re rm8 n with copies of testimonials to CATTSY ft BATEHAN, Chartered tfank Chambers. WOMEN TEACHERS. There is a vacancy m the Government F^chiols, BiEgapore, for a woman teacher. Written application str.ti i« qnalifications aad esperionce should be sent
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 318 9 MAIL TABLE To dey. Imimmni'Untr aad local is&'Je, ■> he lovxc. m IM beIQW Basaag, Malacca, F.M.3. <iy I §jm lafif (oxoefii Sunflay). Johore 8, 9.80, noon, 1, 4 6 p.m. Cncob Soon Hong 8.80 am Cueob Azmere 9 am Saigon Empire 9 30 A« Saigon K am pot 980
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  • 3441 10 VIEWS OF SINGAPORE CHAMIiER OF COMMERCE Yesterday's Big Meeting. A special general uaeetirg of the Singapore Chambr 01 :ooimerce aui Exchange was held m the Ex:ban^e Buildings yesterday afternoon for tha purpose of coositidiing resolutions dealing with Goverameut requisition of local shipping. There was a fall attrxilAnca ol
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  • 169 10 Two Arabs who were charged before Mr Ham yesterday with landing m the Colony without passports ple&dtd guilty end were fined $20 each. A Cantonese named Chan Sh?ng was brought down on Monday from Christmas Island «on charges of (l) voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a compatriot with a knife,
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  • 41 10 The following scores were returned m j the Men's Monthly MV.dul Competition for I I May, j W H Dinsmore (Winner) 86 7 79 < DrJ A Campbell 91 5 86 Dr T W Barne 105 15 90
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 220 10 ESTD. 1872 > PATRONIZED JosBjlk BY RDYALTV DIAMOND YOUWiLL kecklces APP2OVE AND THE MAGNIFtCETiT PENDAKTS I GEM-SET display gf B n ;rH; ORNAMENTS. JE EL! ERY DIAMOND MERCHANT AND j;.W3' 1 pc 62 &63 F <sB NEABI.Y HALF CSNIU V *<0. 1 high Every -Article-Newest H p street Model-Faultless Finish.
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 88 10 S.V. C. DRILL PKOGKAMME Attendance at three recruits' parades a week ia compulsory. Wednesday, May 29. 5.15 p ra. Drill Hall Maxim Co and S V JU j 9.15 Wajang^Satu Pol Sin] Ifl 8.45 Transport from Drill H ill j Disinisß at Police Station .2 10.80 p.m. J 5.15 Drill
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