The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 16 July 1918

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  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. rE QKNTB SINGAPOKB, TUE^DA^, JULY 16. 1918. NO. 9,416 „^M I
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  • 1043 1 P-r>cbology is an ugly word, bat ib n«ed not frighten anybody, because wo are all psychologists. If, foe example, a saleemaa quotes a price to a buyer and then watches the buyer's face to see how the price etrikei him, that salesman is a> psychologist. Psychology means,
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  • 268 1 The Legislative Council yesterday passed the Military Service Bill. The chief epeech from the Colonial Secretary cleared np many points ia the Govern merit's intentions. We leave the report to speak .for itself Page 5. Field Marshal Haig reports the repulsing of two raids on the Western
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 147 1 GOQDBIGH TYRES ,Ims 'ND PNEUMATICS RAFFLES HOTEL. I Afternoon TEAS will be served m the I hotel lounge and on the lawn every Thursday from 4.30 p.m. I Music m Attendance H t nn i| Cinema Show on the lawo, especially for children, I at 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). I
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    • 153 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN KO9OKONO.) Rubber "FORM"|| AT A GLANCE Malay Peninsula A Gnide to Investors m Robber Shares. jCompiled by the Straits Braocb, Royal Result of Last Report, Net Proflte Asiatic Society Earned, Area Planted etc. Ssze 6 fo by *1 *U Scale 8 miles to 1 inc.
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    • 102 1 Space for Hongkong and Japan Page 6. Lima for Rangoon, 17th Page 6. Ching Ken? Lac auction a Clement Bayard Car Page P. Backcaptcy Notico Chop Joo ChiangPage 8. Goodrich safety treads Page 2. Studobuker car for sale Page 9. Also a Comet Motor Cycle— Page 9. A Ship Repair
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 116 1 THE WBFK Tiesto; I6tlv. Ht*b Wale* 3 5 a.v:., 8-29 p m. Moon First Quarter. Kent Board, 2. 5 p.m. Wetaitrifi? 17th Hltjb ¥*fo» i 0 4-6 pm. Presentation to Conrt Official, 4 15 p.m. Italian Grand Cpera, Vie. Theatre. Thorad!!! 18th. rt-*':'. Wft^---5 15 a 71 4.54 p m.
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  • 629 2 The Chauffeur's Evidence. j Before Me Justice Ebden m the Supreme Ccutt yesterday mornirg, tbe hearing we* continued ie the caee m wbich Chop Yeo Laog Watt, ownen of moor car 5162, brought ftctiou Against the Kirn Seng Land Co, claiming $500 for damages caused to tbeir
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  • 56 2 Orders for week eodiog July 2Cth, 1813 Tneaday, July 16, Signalling Cla6B, IMCA Gruucd, 5 15 p m. Wednesday, Jnly 17, Opening of Second Siogaoore Troop new Headquarters, Zat \i House, Armenian Street, 5.80 p.m. Friday, Jnly 19, Ambulance Claes, YIIC A, 6 15 p.m. Individual C<o.ip
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  • 43 2 Courtesy iv mmi was possible m the Middle Ages. Fioiseart nates it as the mark of civil nations. After a battle, he eavg, Scots knights and English would thank each other for a good fight, "not like the Germans. All that time ago
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    • 392 2 1 mow Qnlj^tf on KB SALE Hj (Cloth Covers $1.75) J§^ DOLIi IR DIRECTORY OFFICE. 16 CHANGE ALLEY. AN UNSURPASSED CHAIN OF "SAFETY" EVIDENCE 38 of thcße safety formations m an I average "safety tread tyre aud 5 j tough rubber fingers protruding i m. In each, give a real
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    • 365 2 two P^HHEMHPVVYTrVI two special I jy^ IJipm MaJHJwßll special FEATURES IJBLBffiftWKJ^^SiMlKlnHl FEATURES To-Night I To-Night A l 9-30 Bluebird Photoplays preßent A FEATURE DS LUXS, entitled THE SAVAGE Statriig the beautiful Ruth Clifford. 11 The Call of the Wild GolDg back to Nature" "Does Oivilization Civilize?" fl@=» SEE this remarkable
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    • 453 2 From Monday, July 15, until Saturday, j U v 9n THE STORY'S THE THING BRITISH PRODUCTION OP EXTRAORDINARY P C^ E vVith Absolutely tUe Most Dramatic acd tbe Most Smashing r, l round m a Story rg Cl^ At The Alhambr Tbe Hall for Music and Features 1 In tbe
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  • 155 3 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. 0F mi Kkknch Consulate. v 15 p iv. The Supreme a bas rejected the appeal of v ttV m the Bonnet Rjng-? u^u- the iccreasa, dar- j r tn n r«r, cf the productive' neb Cjlonie* anJ the Coon.: T mised the buiUiug 9 v fieel wiU
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  • 48 3 2fi m w per A Ssill 8 1 i teg«i A Co [pel Mel!e Lqvv^ ICO j 1 .1 C b«OOg A Co 1 ti b i >.; Fradtag Co 25 k r c '"a p?w:er pi. 3 kin 1 B Witbturt 5 5 Grange ;d
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  • 208 3 Printing Manager Called Up g it v ..i r^':?e ol ti e Uo&fkoofi Cooaetipttaa r* o rP j c r Messrs nd V L tbram, nf Bfo^sn m Mr D J L-wi* tl Xi Met the onlj While M• L i*)ru»i g ol th« printing ofllra > toe
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    • 698 3 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO OWNERS CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS OF ALL SHIPS TRADING TO SAIGON Should yoi req'it-e ropai-s Deck or Eagln Room or any kicd of storeH, pleane con nit dp UNIVERSAL MACHINERY 40 42 Rue Chaigoeau Saigon. Call flag U. Code A. B.C. sth edtn. Hole Agents of L Jacqae
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    • 477 3 Powell Co., Ltd. I FORTHCOMING AUCTION SALES. July 18lh, Tuesday at 2.30 p.m. By Order of the Liquidator, In the matter of the Alien Enemies (Winding up) Ordinances of 1914, 1915, 1918 and 1917. Auotion Sale of the Island of Fulo Daat, 4 miles from Port of Labuan (see advt.)
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    • 653 3 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary 's Office, up to noon on the Bth day of August, 49 18, ftr the tup sty of Wooden Number bear for the Reglßt ration of Cargo, Passenger and Fishing Boats and also boards for Fishing Stakes for the year
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    • 686 3 The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1888. IN THE SUPREME OUffT OF THE STRAITS SETTLE VENTS. Settlement cf Singapore. IN BANKRUPTCY. No. 89 of 1916. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on a Petition field the 12th day of Jane. 19*, a Receiving Order against Chop Joo Chiang of No. 1 1 New Market
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  • 51 4 Domestic Occurrences BIRTHS. Hall.— On the 9th in&t., at Bournemouth, to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hall, a ton. Bavi —On tho lith iust., to Mr. and Mrs V. G. Savi a son. Mann.— On July 9, at Taiping R bbcr Plantations, Trong, the wife of Nugent Mann, of a
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  • 1051 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, July, 16 1918. The Spanish influenza, a disease arising from hunger, exhaustion and exposure, seems to be really serious among the enemy troops m Fianders taking the evidence of prisoners and of the Amsterdam Telegraaf. It is not the first report of something wrong with
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  • 296 4 Mr G W R Millar, of Port Dickson-Lukut Rubber Estates, Ltd., has lefc Serembao foe home to join tho army. (P G The death took place on Thursday of Mrs Whitehead, wife of Mr C B White i head, asst eupt of police, Province Welles* I ley. A Shanghai telegram
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  • 600 4 HERTLING'S LABT FLIGHT t »y litauriM flftMt] London, Jay li!. Hertlin«'d tpeerb m he Reichßt^g on Ju!y 11, lengthily f .'OTertd the f umili&r ground that Germany fc tbtded by h^r policy indicated m the •eply to the Pjpiil p?uce cote and wu« j t ready begin
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  • 165 4 Fr«m Omr Own Corrupondmt Rack I.—Hautglen 90, Master Jack] 9.0, Ajnpang, 87, Fallow Land 82. The Earl 7.8, Britisher 7 11, Ariupa 7.8. RACE 2 —Manhattan 9.7, Merthyr Boy 90, Dando 8 11, Soldhu 8.9, Gem 87, Expreie 7 0. Race 3—Playmate 6.10, Gloria 8 4.! Tim
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  • 90 4 V Information has been received that a depth of 18 f*et of water was foiled ou Georges Bank at 7 85 a m cf July 6th m a poiition Tg Latoe li^hth-jute beating i N 6 deg E (true) aud Tingt'i Hill beHrirg N 6 dtg W (true)., I The
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  • 130 4 FLANDEHS I R*at»r Km London, .la v 1 1 S ays: W« trp*lsc4 i omh ot B -icq-.i > h iCtivfi to i he 1 B<n&< i c( An ;o Birfiglitiog o i J b y ifeocmi ctd c on it, ba lrorp rl d fan tot
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  • 169 4 Brisk Action c Parie, July 14 it The MMM i- hi 1 i of Lo'^T wavr.B Mid c Our rnp Ui i-: Lb* Fricljy <;XC^: 1 fj fi p dkttChtDS F'>''"" P«i!». Jaiy It Da tl iv Friday s operhi v ed Carte! cc.i th- o ik p|
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  • 131 4 Paris July IS.-T.'t.- FianeolM advance m A loan i ic.LtLi-.: II iM report 6 indicate ?»p:.i ataKceM fertdiilj Devoli. Tbe riotocioDG tro 1 important puitioL^. Biocei 1 ppticf ij Franco Italian irocps hn\<- Mild M way north ward to a dep miles, bat the new aJvan '1
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  • 160 4 'rtS Copenbßco-:. July 13 Vardoe etatee tbal I.OOfl ed on the Ibmu re tit > I revolutionaries rarrotm took them prit-Lnen* m Theysubefquent'y Ml to Moscow. f j Amsterdam July N 'states that HWMHJI 0 I trial districts are niff t 'calltd Spanish IntlM 1 1 I
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 168 4 LEMON SQUASH "LEMONO" IS MADE FROM THE PURE FRUIT A DELIGHTFULLY COOL AND REFRESHING DRINK SOLE AGENTS RAINCOATS BURBERRY'S /{£o£ GABARDINE. //l'%^Bj^'/^ THE -"ORWELL" /^/'lrf' W& OIL SILK ■fc'smv. :i#- Dark Myelle Sbade Feather Weight PAWN TROPICAL #1^ fl WATERPROOFS. 1 |ft| --|l'^ M. Sizes 38 to 46 ins 'Mfjl
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    • 46 4 Wilson Co.: PHOTOGRAPHIC. ARTISTS 1 i ORCHIED ROID. TELEPHONE 1085 j i 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions of our offer: 11 No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality cf 3ur work oonld be given or demanded.
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  • 127 5 -T YO G ORGE ON DOMINIONS 1; |«t««rlMOßiiaj 14 Uoj J Gforge, I MM 0* CaU* IF .r; m tLa d- o| I: > m itsou, F ainf oi t 1 64 DBilUoa I i. t >■ ::-:-kJed tha of time to lattec i*p 1 entitled to
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  • 106 5 I The Tfiflfan i r ccrrtvpoi lent states Momou i-ir from Daxici vie ocij v usi'.ii'ance of v 14 A Moscow wire told tin ft]] Russian :t Urn anils of th& iaffdxiog M resail of sda. Lan had da I i legrattl from Stock m t Ing cf
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  • 31 5 I &r.civer ary of the v. »s, c k-brated very Data imcali of &1I the eh— w et r hng* PrjaijcDt Poincate BgM to tilt Pixce da la
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  • 78 5 Brie Geddat inn Mid U) a ibe ax'eaeitn -inelty irq were IYI Q4 Oil cf v unaf« of mines nd. Then tbe ii-igo.fccd 1 MIQtl lh-j m pas J Ibmi I nuic4 is com ■showed tiiat the Lm brngg^ i .-:i -he sic-.e riritei H-;,po j r
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  • 18 5 I: lit Ofioa *nk h«»i d.ri»cted lr; 9ta of f i b, L. cd «d
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  • 2875 5 Ordinary Meeting, Monday, July IS Frksent. g-E-the Governor (Sir A Young, g.c.m.g. k b h.) i H.-fei. the Genera Officer Commanding the troops (Major-Gen. Ridout, C.m.q. c b.) The Hon tho Co:. Bee. >Ir F. S. .Tames, CM g.) me Hon tbe Hesident Councillor, Penare (W 0 Michell).
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 233 5 FlifE AND THIEF !!EiSSTENO Li v gj 1 Cf 9^l* wtim wOL* J&m m&amS f^J f^;i:; :i:::--;01 secure levie locks I fMf^^<^^ THE jX ttM|>,l folk Vv ing £jzcs m stock I !^:33 jv/'f L ijp I 22 by 16 by 16 inches :.f*; C JK," 24 by 18 by
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 636 6 OESTiss India AND t TL PC A R JLI I N (Comvaalea Inocvyotalad li Englanfl.) Mail and Passenger Services peninsular and oriental s. n. Co. (Under Contract with Hts Majesty's Government.) VIM Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OP BOMBAY are at present pended. me Company's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON
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    • 906 6 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES (IHOOBPORATED IN FBAHOI MAIL LIMI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hongkong, Baigon, Singapore, Columbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRAKCH LIM9. Fortnightly service between baigon .Tourane Haiphong. For further Information apply to d. da COURTOII, Agents. Bpace available for general cargo and timber to Hongkong and Japan per
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    • 590 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CG&IP^ (INCOKPOKITED IN USA.) '"''l REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS PACIFIC SERVKF. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco SS. "VENEZUELA", 14 000 tons from Horgkong on or about SS. ECUADOR 14 000 tonfi do do SS. 'COLOMBIA", 14,000 toes dn do and every 28 days thereafter. I
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  • 1171 7 Losses, Food Shortage, and Crushing Debt Though tba German Press refrains, significantly, from any reference, except m one or two instances, to German j losses m ihs pcespnt cS j n^ivp, tb( r Ij we been indications that the heavy tacri< flcaa on the Weitatn front are causing
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  • 571 7  -  Mat Rice Barles Et No onn ever ee.-rutJ more the man of :bt fituatioa than the genera! who com mands m chief the Allied Armies flghticg the Germane on the French front. It 16 not a fortuitous concatenation of circumstances of a lucky hazird which hat carried General Fcch
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 375 7 Assets ever 52.000.000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 i IB GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). BEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. QBBpMfkH £20.C00 deposited with the Sapreme Cour| 0/ England, and compiles with the BdUahDlfa l 9 w«io3 Onu^iotm i*
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    • 485 7 T9F 1 YOKOB4HA SPECIE BMIK, LTD. IXCO3Pa?.A?2D IH J>PAS Cs>?;:&1 3ab£cr-bed .Y. 4 :,O0O.G?i) O»yii«lP»ta Of y. 80.c00.000 BeBHfC Flu'}. T ---ii.im. t Yi 21.300.b00 Pra6',l<nt, a izonje Esm, Him T*i «•*<■■ I. Y. 1 6inak&*v& Bm DIEECTCSS. J. Inonyo Esq. Y. Yainabawa Esq. H. Borca E&q. M. oda^tr! EBC4.
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    • 398 7 THE HO HOPI6 BUNK, LIMITED. (Incorpjr.vted In the Straits Sctth meats) Capital Registered a 00 ono capital Subscribed $5 000 roe Capital Paid Dp &2^rnnnn Reaerve Liability i^oooo HEAO OFB'I "E Raffles Cnambers, d 6, Singapore BLANCHES I^ Penang, Malacca, Mua? Batu Pahat. horrent Aocountq opened, Fixed Deposit* teceiv^d aid
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    • 32 7 4k m m- t «(^r Tfa^ Qaickly remove nil si Bering. Ask for; li paiti h s and doctors' testimoni;) All chemista VILH. 3ORK 8, Raffles Quay, Singapore. Price $1.80 per bottle.
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  • 745 8 American ActMty In Thret Phases. Somewhere m France. This town, eaid tbe Chief of Staff, placing a finger on the map, "is to all intents and purpoeea tbe capital of tbe .Unitfd States m France." The town m qua- l ion is the one from which
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  • 459 8 I B 9 Four years ego Rheims was a town of 160,000 inhabitants. Now it has a Boli* tar; one, the man m charge of the water supply. Id is or the central part of the town is, as completely a desert as the I spots where a notice
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 251 8 Fortified at Forty Every womin to*' Ibe tr.lien- a that often develop aC thl* aeo. Cften tba firs': t-lgns «?re irritab liry of tc p©« «-a>i !ow rtj»»rtted d 4 *oreBßion, which she dj«s dog atcnhnte to its C true cv c «atU b^ctoohes, leveriah flashlugs and ciutl otabbing paina
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    • 293 8 I SKIN DISEASES"^ [I Overcome by the Wonderful Blood Purify; V of Dr. MORSES INDIAN EOOi Pl] f Al person suffering from eruptions or the skin ha not merely the discomfiture and irrh n P'*a s^tion, but life is made miserable I ivfl 'Vrs > The liver is torpid and
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  • 1375 9 todbd by FRASEK Co., Exchange and Share Broken, Joly 15tk. I All tcdrtloii ol8te>MBg Shaip mmm bt xg*>d<d m fiawiy iml fcr ttt pw». I OAM, IMCI. I\UU.- iu4S<l Dtf BCTUS, SaftUA* 190,000 Is Is AU&gai 16% 8 8 SO 879,880 ts II Anglo^»v» 16% -fit 10
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  • 47 9 CosvBGtCMt) k,w re July 16 San* 4 2 4f daraaud |.4 1 ig Plirat* s?t£its It n 2 4 19 32 rtaasa dtm&nd Bsak 816 (9QLA, T. T. 347I ET0?ISirn»». Jsm«.r:# 44f%' J r*.?» JAT4, SamftoJ 1O6§ &AHeSQS< 4«^^sid 66f :#i^ SlW^ir LtMidan 48 13 16
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  • 155 9 Juiy 15. ft© (buyers) 9163.00 ihMB$l»a 11.75 fctesfeica G«fc« No, 1 22. Ct JasftsUt €q%« Na. 23.0C P«pgbf S^ck ori<a- £'pot« 80 50 JVfb'.i* Savg* 4800 r«tra«ff U10 ?s t* ocm ffttenegi (SO 5c »ix« ?S» aott ri (BfHi4aJ caw (all O-v.ff»» v*. 3^ Blw9k) qoib F^ptooft, era all
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 78 9 THE PURE BRITISH PILSENER I S Great Auks Head IT IS BREWED FROM THE BEST MALT HOPS AND BOTTLED WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES OF ANY DESCRIPTION B V I IL Ross Brothers Limited I THE FAMOUS BOTTLERS I OF I LONDON LIVERPOOL. ■Great Auks Head" Bottlings I OF I Pilsener and Guinness
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    • 659 9 WANTED. Two Geni'emm to complete Mes* t Com j 1' pound Ho se, adjacent to Town, Tennis 1 1 and Badmi:;to:.. ooa 77, c/o Singapore Free Presß. WANTED IMMEDIATELY j Fi st claps g-nrhfr, Fu!Jy experienc- el. witb ncueral office knowledge. Good opportunity for t-uiublc- man. opply to rvj< No.
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 378 9 DAILY SHIPPING REPORT. [All British vessels unless otherwise marked.] irrinli. July 18.— Sri Patana, Edendale D Van Twist (Dnt). July 14. Brisbane, Abbotiford, Lady Weld Van Raea, Benoa, Khoen Foeng (Dat) Mahidol (Siam). July 15. Batavier, Ipoh, Calypso, Ka* long; Rumpbius. M»etsuyokar, Van Rie beeek (Dat). CLEARANCES. July 18. Medasa,
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  • 3218 10 (Continued from page 5 thrown up lucrative jobs m the colony and had gone home to fight for their country. (Applause Bath classes mast leceive the same treatment. low tbe Bill Would Work. He would uotr speak of what would happen altar the bill which he hoped would
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  • 123 10 Capetown, May 29. In connection with the ieoruiting campaign, the GovernorGeneral telegraphed to tbe Imperial Gov eminent, asking whether, m view of the pressing need of men and the urgent requests from eligibles employed m the gold mines that they bj a! lowed m enlist, the
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  • 53 10 TO DAY S TIES. Potts 6cr v Sinclair owe 4. Stredwick Ecr v Hesta o?fe 2. Chater or Savage v Salter if he wins on Monday. Lamb v Gale if he vtins on Monday. A Double Handicap. Bateman &nd Wodebouse owe 8 v TOre ford
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  • 47 10 S.V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME Attendance at. three recruits" parades a week is compulsory. [Drills Marked are cempuhory] Tuesday, July le. 5.15 p.ov Drill Hall SR E (v) 5.15 SVGA A V Recruits 5.10 Chinese Co SV I SCO SF a Coy G G Wace, Captain, Adjutant, SVC.
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  • 129 10 Secretaries Evatt atd Co. Uiu Pacdan 11,106 to'al for 2 months 21,675. Secretary N Gomoe (Malaccd i Ayer Molefe 10,081 tola) for 9 raon^he 96.680. Malaka Pioda 80,000; total for 10 moe 882,495. Titi Total actpot foi Jure: (Tribute 1 80 97 Batters BY( 00) jvikuis
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  • 46 10 PorS Ssvetfcecham suffered m common with nil ports during 1917. The number of ocean going steamers fell from 218 m 1916, to 165. Still three ocean goers a week is not bad. The biggest ship to enter was 680 feet long and 11,000 <ons burthen. j
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 521 10 STRAITS SETTLEMENTS WAR LOAN BONDS. Bearing interest from the date of purchase at 5* percent per a payable Half yearly on the 20th January and the 20th taT^ REPAYABLE AT PAS ON THE 20TH JULY, 1928 PRICE OF ISSUE-iqO PER CENT. I All proceeds of this issue will be lent
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