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

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. jE^ CKNTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, JULY 29. 1918. NO. 9,427
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    THE DAYS NEW.
    265 1 THE DAYS NEW The battle m the we&t records farther eaceesees for the Allies and on both sides of the German salient violent attacks and counter attacks resulted m the continued advance of oar troops, notwithstanding the strength of the enemy. Oulcby le Chateau has been taken. The Germans to.day
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    ARTILLERY TRAINING.
    998 1 MOBILISATION. The last few weeks of a new battery's ■tay m England is occupied m mobilisation," that is to Bay m collecting tba Rant and stores that is will require for service oversea?. Aa soon as its shooting at the practice camp is concluded, the battery gets orders
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      128 1 ioiiGH TYRES SO1 IDS \NP PNEUMATICS Raffles Motor Garage FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle," 2 H. P 2 Speed, four stroke, fitted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor Accessories. J. Crowther Shaw Co. Jt Q£ OUR SPECIAL S3RGES FOR f^'il TROPICAL WEAR ARE /^^Lf QUITE
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      83 1 Uicioria theatre* August 10th sit 9-15 p.iTi* GRAND VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT IN AID OP ST. ANDREW S MEDICAL MISSION AND THE RED CROSS FUND Under the Distinguished Patronage of H. E. The Governor The Lady Evelyn Young Tickets $2 $1. At Messrs. John Little Co., Ltd., Robinson Co. BOOKING AT MOUTRIE3.
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      106 1 LVfEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Two new bankruptcy nitices Page 8. Municipal Co.maiiedicners need an ex perienced typiet Page 8. Chamber of Comucerce and Exchange Emetgency Meeting on July 81 Page 8. J Exchange Hanks close on Aug 8 and 5 Page 8. I New programmes ai Palladium and Empire Page 2. Ching
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      5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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      116 1 THE WEESL j Hondu 29th I Hteb Water- 1-83 a.r i 2 6 p.m. Legislative Council, 3.30 p.m. Lodge St. Michael, 8 p.m. TiißStoj 30th. Htgb Water 288 %,m., 2-49 pm. Moon Last Quarter. I Vednesdas 31st. i Qlgh W'iS-^i 3 36 a.U'., 3-39 pm. Tbursdtj. Aug. Ist. Hlih Water-
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    MR SCHWAB AS "HUSTLER."
    352 2 When Mr Schwab say§ that he believes thiag can be done, m tome way or other is generally is done, and one of his iuti mate friends tells me this story as illua ftrating the man's extraordinary ability to •ccocapliih results, which explains why be it
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    AMERICAN MISSION TO PERSIA.
    280 2 Beieption by Hongkong Parstes. The Parses community of Hongkong gathered reoently to heat a lecture by Professor A V W Jackson, Columbia Uni ▼ersity, who is at the head of an American Commission proceeding to Persia for the relief of the famine stricken who number hundreds
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    BOY SCOUTS ASOCIATION.
    77 2 Orders for week ending August 4, 1918. Tuesday July 30. Signalling Class, V MC A, ground 5.16. Thacfiday August 1. Combined Band Practise, Malay Volunteer Club, 6.15. Friday August 2. Ambulance Class, TMO A, 3.16. Sunday August 4. Anniversary of De alaration of War Combined Church Farad*
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      261 2 now G% on T I SALE (Cloth Covers $1.75) JB DOLUR DIRECTORY OFfICE, 16 CHANCE *UEY. AGNESIA (Registered) HAIR CREAM A nca greasy proparatloD for fixing the hair m any dhsirtd fashion. Ket p i the hair tidy all day and c -nfers on the user a smart well-groomed appearance.
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      683 2 LAST LAST NIGHTS fin iffHfj^^ NIGHTS To- Night To-Morrow. Positively Last Iwo Elxows of MIE MURRAY, m "FACE VALUE" Charles Rock and Edu a Flugrath m "THE TWO COLUMBINES" and John Bunny, m 'CUPID'S HIRED MAN. 1 Complete Change of Programme on Wednesday including a lew BUTTERFLY Film, Entitled "THE
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      305 2 From To-night until Thursday, August i^ THE SPLENDID PICTURISATION OF A WELL-KNOw At The Alhamb! The Hall for Music and Features Bcac: r 0 I The work ol celebrated French Mtffctr i Emii Zola's Nantas adapted f.r tho sctetn iai A Man and The Won m 5 Parts Kelatiog the
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    COMMANDER BROCK.
    465 3 Fog Inventor Who Fill i I One of tbe most valiant deaths at Zee brugge was that of Acting Wing Com j mander Frank Arthur Brook, bnab.obb, 1 eon of Mr Arthur Brook, the King's Pyro tachoißG, who, there is every reason to I bdiieve, was responsible for
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    95 3 After being ordered by the Middlesex j Tribunal to take up munition work, as a 1 condition of exemption, Melbourne Inman, the billiard champion, was appointed by the Army Canteens Board to be an inspect- I or of Army billiard tables. The tribunal did not consider this sufficient, and order-
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      506 3 AUCTION SALE OF Liqueur Brandy, Vermouth, Wines, etc, etc. it Messrs. Ching Keng Lee ft Coy's Sale-room BrißM chambers. Kaffles Place, Thursday Ist August, 1918, at 10-30 a.m. I" .1 <•»■»••« Liqueur Brandy, 50 oases Vermouth, 1(0 C»s«8 Spanish Bhtrrv CcwP r 3io v s ice 5 i cast s
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      552 3 NOTICE. TENDERS are tavited lor the dismantling of tho prestnt wteel b iJg; s over the Kallang i-.ivt r, bingapofe iKal>aug Koad) Tender forms may be obtaioed from the und.-r&igDed who do uot undertake to accept tfce lowet-t ci any tetdt-r. Tetdns should be sent m on or before the
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      779 3 NOTICE The Exchange B&nfes will be closed on Ratarday, Srd August and Monday, th August Public Holidays. >9 7 SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANO EXCHANGE. EMERGENCY MEETING. Convened under Rule 25. NOTICE is hereby given tha a General Met ting of Mtninern of the Chamber will be held m Exchange
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      371 3 SHAKE OF THE SHACKLES. RheamatiEm is one of the world V greatest slave masters. It shackles many thousands of belple-s men and women with its bonds of I pain. Deliverance is at hand for those afflicted being*, however, for the soothing infl ik nee of i i Little s Oriental
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      442 3 New Shipments Just ARRIVED TWILLINTA FLANNEL 29" Wide. In a Splendid Whitegr ou n ds with selection of designs suita-f (\r broad stripes m Pink, Grey ble for Gent's Pyjamas. I VJ) Blue and Helio. Write Broad and Narrow patterns for patterns or come m YARD and inspect TRABCO SHIRTING
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      MARRIAGE.
      28 4 Stredwick— Lea.— On July 85. At the j Presbyterian Church, Sirgapore. Albert! Geobge Btbedwick, to Sophie Makion Lea, j eldest daughter of Mr. Mrs. Alfred Lea. j
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      DEATH.
      24 4 At Tanjong Katong on July 2- th, the infant j son of Stakley J. and Mueiel Qertrudhs j Vincent. F.M.S papers please copy.
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    The Singapore Free Press. Monday, July 29, 1918,
    1350 4 The Singapore Free Press. Monday, July 29, 1918, The Battle of the Salient continues to be accompanied by the most despe rate fighting, m which all the accounts agree that the Allies are relentlessly if slowly pressing m on both sides and at the apex. The progress made on the
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    747 4 Mr and Mrs O P Owan are on a vibit to Kuala Lumpur, eteying irtUl Sir Edward and Lady Brockman. Mrs N'cho!, wife of Court Icppect^r Nicol, and bee two children will be cctmrg out from home m tbe near future. Tbe footb&ll matcb between tbe S& tional Union Club
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    RUSSIA'S TROUBLES
    21 4 HELP FOR SIBERI Lor dor, Jot] firmed tikw* J, s m :^i,. tbe \in-ric»n p Czecb:) Slov*Lh |q K<
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    MORE COMPLICATIONS
    116 4 from Betlin. tUUt on the 18>h en-, "I Ekaterinburg of Gtt fN Conetsntiuo, Iva M Len'u m that th* po^it: -n ftCUte, O*. r.f, r tion. Wttntoc t r< iDd (he food crigi« ;^i f bagtn a rtvclu* i diffloait io r til United aclio:. oy H world
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    ADRIATIC AIR WORE
    119 4 Rome, July .'j« -The staff annouucf'6 that \\i\\t L be lirice visited Dura7/o on July in-' pad o?er a too of h mb» on ete&rr,« depots, damaging rtsamer ui| fires. A telejjram fr r. s realise tbe meaimij: oltfai I the British air raids or Catta-c Tb«T
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    SEMENOFF'S SITUATION
    43 4 Haibin July 26. --Genera! Semes been compelled to fall bici s Manchuria station. Hi 6 kft fiich inside the Chinese border Documecte on Ausito tiitm. prisoners show that Hal Kaiser I them to fight m Siberia md pn them subsequent reward
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    A PEASANT ARMY
    29 4 London, July 26. It ie autfco::! stated that tbe ptaeants rebelhoc Ukraine is formidable. 76.0C0tei. and drilled peasant* »ra bjv»ccie|< the Germans wbo bnvc withdraw* Kieff.
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    164 4 Bristol Council have adopts*wfor building 2,000 bouses it suburbs, and have instruct mittee to report en tbe probabi* 8,000 additional k&mm A doctor who bai escaped froc reports that m Lis«e KOOC under 18 are gufferirac from taW Forty per csnt of Nm P*"* are said to be afftrttJ bJ_
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      163 4 FOff S4l£ HUPMOBILE 5 Seater IN PERFECT RUNNING ORDER. Lowest Price $3,500. Caldbeck Macgregor Go, Weighing Machines jßc^^L QiPh VI^V Hpp^ >7 aA I■_ I VI CIAh l_ Efjii 1 .oUU Dll^b GATTIES. SQ^ Fairbanks Union Scales i 240 lbs. and JOHN LITTLE CO., LTD. [Incorporated m England] SINGAPORE AND
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      42 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1085 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of our offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." j No better guarantee of the high quality of our work oould be given or demanded.
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    BATTLE OF SALIENT
    782 5 HOW EXPERTSJXPOUND IT By SubHJ»rin« Oabi«] |Sss*srt ««-v»el T U vlB A French comrenniq "^1 modM cou:inuour pressure o* s n tad allied troops for several > r^ Urn, Germ ins to day retreated on •r fr( „r „th of the Mama. Our r^*^ 1 r gn.trri>;
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    WHAT THE CORRESPONDENTS SAY
    617 5 WHAT THE CORRESPONDENTS SAY London. July 26— Reuter'e correspon dsnl at French headquarter* wiring to d»y at 2 p in Baji: Toe Germans strenjibened lhe*r line countei-attnckinjz *lor,g fchs whoie front of (lie T?.rdenoia eulif n3 from tbe Ourrq to Vrigcy, thua auackicg Id wards th* we<t. south aud bast.
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    70 5 By the loss cf a particular chemist taken into the Army a firm of Lancashire sugar refiners had to discontinue the mak iug of golden syrup, with the result (as tbe Liverpool Poet" computes) that 6,720,000 lbe of ijrup have been lost to tbe country. I remember no other char
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    CAPTURE OF OULCHY
    854 5 OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS {By ■abmtriß* Gable] London, July 26. OtBsi&I F/onoh We have taken Oulchy le Chateau. London, July 26. French oominuuiqua Fighting on the Oarcf fronl oon tinned undirainiehed. Weosoupied Oulchy la Ville north of the river. The Franco Americans m the south advanced three kilometres at
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    HAIG'S REPORTS
    268 5 London, July 27.— Field Marshal Haig We raided m the nighbourhood ol Sailly Laurette, Neuville Vitatee Arleux, Enno hiile and Lens and brought back several prisooers. Hostile artillery was active betwsen the Somme and Ancre. There was reciprocal artillery flre m the Li* Bassee Canal sector. London, July
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    AIR FIGHTING
    225 5 London, July 27.— Haig (aviation) We attacked on the 2fth three large am munition dumps also docks at Bruges and numerous villages used us billets. A strong west wind greatly favoured the ecemj m airflghting, but tweu'jflfe hostile mach ines weie brought down and six others diiven down
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    MINDANAO OIL.
    257 5 It now begins to look as though Mind anao is going to be one of the great ell producing regions ol the Orient. For many years it has been known Chat a fine quality of oil exists m the Pidatan country m the upper Cotabato Valley. In fact
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    32 5 General Bongiovanni, the head of the Italian Aviation Department, states that France, Britain, and Italy have come to an understanding as to aerial communiea tion between London, Paris. Nice, Rome, and Brindisi.
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      171 5 ROBINSON <&> Co. /VEIf BOOKS. 1 The British Campaign 1916 by Coinii Doyle Pfioe $3.60 Germany at War ty Major llaklane Me Fall Prioe $3 60 The Ocean Empire by Gerard Fiennes Price $3.60 Beware the Germans Peace by Major ITaldane M c f all Price $1 10 A The
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      408 6 KONIHKLIJKE PAKETVttRT MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated m Eolland.) Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3 COLLTKB QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. Dv Van Twist Penawg, lho.6eumawe, Figll, Sabang, OeleeLheae, Tapa-Toean, Slnatatp. flingfcel, Bi-Bolg», Qoenoeng-Sitoll, Lahewa, Nakoi lands, Tel ok- Daletn, Poeloe-Tello and Fadang Jnly 19 BUMPBLU9 Belawan Dell Jt
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      887 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES (Incorporated m Fbavof MAIL LIKI. Monthly service between Shanghai, Hongkong, Saigon, Singapore, Coluzabo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH LIKB. > Fortnightly service between Baigon-Tourane-Haiphong. For farther information apply to J. da COURTOIS, Agents. r OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD. 3 (Incorporated m Japan). The above
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      681 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CQMPiNv (INCORPORATED IN U 8.A.) "l, REGULAR MONTHLY TBANS PACIFIC SERVICE Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Francisco SS. "ECUADOR". 14 000 tone from Hongkong on or a bo U SS "COLOHBIA'Y 14,000 tone do do 5.5. "VENEZUELA '',I4 000 tons do do and every 28
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    EXCHANGE.
    58 7 Oo*««Ctbd UP it July 27 S«i»i 4 v c a4s d* mfccdl j 14 'eiTftSa stadtti Smi 349-16 fi&cct dtmand Bank 815 Eedu, T. T. 147 i aws^RCj, laaoaajl 44|%Pmbi fes'jz&MA, demaci loaf Java, dtmand M 10C| &A3BKGE, demands 86i So/BBBissg, Btak Buj .f 88.64 hHM al ategtaoi «t»tf
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    PRODUCE
    155 7 July «7 Tin JamllM 16 00 ghßwfrfgf r* v k«, 12.00 9«bM« c«v« Wa t 10.00 poc« 80.60 f*: :Wr»f*3 ft*' 48 00 EfstaMgl (119 la iVa II I Dom BfvfaMgl (SO to atii Dom KMI ('Bi-'.ria' 1 oom J'cvia (Auafcclna* aam S.s!« Oi»ff«f U% BlRot) oom T«pfcsa email
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    DAILY SHIPPING REPORT.
    25 7 [All Britibb veeeele unleee raailied] ArrlTßlt. July 26.— Batavier Khoen'Foeng, Van der Parra, Van Hogendorp (Dot). July 27.— Hainam, Perak, Keka, Etian.
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    CLEARANCES.
    38 7 July 26.— Perak, Kcmpar, Lady Weld, Ban Pob Guan, Malacca; Senang, M Treub (Dot). Juiy 27. Ranee, Sri Muar, Hong Ho, Soon Ann Mecggala. Singkep, Brouwer, Buy f k6 O Indrapiu (Out) Mahidol (Siam) Kucg Ping (Cbi).
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    27 7 July. 7, 1919. The following ara the shares aa tc which changes are uotided m Measrfc Fraser and Co'a Saturday's shara Hat Bnyere Sellers
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      438 7 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 TB GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, EX. rh! .pasyhas £20.C00 deposited with the Bnpreme Court of England, and oompiiea with the BrlllafcLlfa Imraioo-ajia^tilea k«t la every particular
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      518 7 THS YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. INCOBPORATSD IK JAPAN I Oeplta! Sabscrlbed^. Y. 48,000.000 I Capital Paid Up Y. 80,000,000 Reserve Fund. y. 5i.800,000 PrtsidenU i. Inonyo Es«. ?iee Prstiiont. Y. Yataakawu Bm, DIRECTORS. J. Iconyo Fsq. Y. Yamakawa Ebq. N. Som* Esq. M. Odaglrl Esq. K. Soacda KHq. T. Kawaahiiaa
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      539 7 kw hii^q mmm Co,, m Tire m ueiNE, {Ineo*soratf)d m New ZejUacd.) UIS3-TS2E iJ&tfiISCC IBSQO. Ul URINE. U&cciporated m Hobgitoag tmi filE IN3URINSE Co., Hi. FIRE. Uacoryoratdd m Hongkok(.# Lonn IuiH^TEE a accident c?. ut GUARANTEE. [laoorporatod ia laglaßi] Fire and Marino Risks of every description underwritten at lowest current
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      546 7 WANTED. European office assistant, prevloai experience unnec Q B-?ary. cialary $30 uith fret furnished quarts, only d cent ca s m n. who are ineligible for Active Service need apply. Preference given to wounded officers. Apply Box 66 c/o Free Press, «6 7 ijj_ Wanted Codds' bottles and liquid carbonic
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      259 7 MAIL TABLE. inteimediAte and local maiie, *su fee foo»c is list below Poaacg. Malacca, F.M.S. [\r TwtXm) 9 p.tt dally fexceyt Sunday). Johcre 8, 0.30, coon, 2, 4 6 p.m. Cacob Soon Hong 8.80 AM Indragiri via ports Quorra 9.80 AM Bagan via porti Hock Gan 11.80 am P. S'bam
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    GENERAL WAR NEWS
    88 8 INTERCHANGE OF PRISONERS [By Submarine Cable)] [ft««Ws lerviee] London, July 25 —Sir George Cave stated m the Hauae of Commons that the Anglo German war prisoners agreement provided for tbe exchange of all com batanta who had been prisoners lor 18 months. mUo tbe return o( additional
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    FOOD SUPPLIES
    197 8 London, July 88.*-Mc Lloyd Gecrg* proposing the health of the Allied food controllers &t a dinner m their honour, said that Ctrciany's ikpetd«BC« on tbe success of sabmaricism was tbe greaies! gamble io history. She had pitied ber whole destiny upon tLe gamble, autl ilhad failed. Mr L'ojd
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    RUMANIAN PLIGHT.
    147 8 London, Jaly 28. Ranter's Agency has interviewed au officer who has just reach ed Loadon from Rutmtoia. Ha iudicAtes the t»rtib!e conditions of Rumania under the he«l of the German conqueror?, who are daily sxcecdirg €vtn tha barb&rcus exactions ol the peace treaty. Already Rumania has lost owing
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    FRENCH BANKING
    82 8 Paris, July 25. In the course of yesttiday'e debate m the Chamber of De putiea on the renewal of the charter of the Bank oi France, the Minister of Commerce. M elemental, said that he intended to introduce a bill for the fowndation of an export bank with
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    MYOPIC U-BOATS
    75 8 The Hague, July 20. Vaderlacd, referring to the amazing blunder whereby the German press la jnbilatiog over the destruction ol the Vater!*ud instead cf the Jdfttioia, s&ya that it proves the un trustworthiness of German sentiments cf aubmarinism, "If uf.gr twenty hours fight a submarine cacnot toll the
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    BRITAIN'S ECONOMIC POLICY
    65 8 London, Jaly 25. In tbe Houee of Commons Me Boaar La.v stated that the Government still adhered to tbe policy of the Paris economic resolutions. The Imperial War Ccu?erf>nc« and the War Cabinet were etil! discutsiug the policy. Loncoa, July *2 The Imperial Oon« farenca has pasc*eu
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    FED CROSS DAY
    69 8 London, July 2ft. The Dnke of Connaugbt mi.J Lord Lansdowne have on behalf oj tha R«i Cross of SS John oiganisafci-n. written a letter to the preei ■ogsesting that the offertories at the isHgioni terviecs o^rtß^ernoratlcg tha war aunivbisary on iujjii.t 4 ibull be devottd to the
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    SIAMESE AIR MEN
    35 8 Paris, July 26. The newspapers com men! favorably on the expected coming of the Siamese airmen to France and voice the gratitude of the country for this friendly kingdom of Siam. (Havaa
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    NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS
    785 8 {Bf Submarine Gable 1 [Renter's ierviee] London, July 2f.— Me Walter Long, interviewed by Ranter, said that the War, Conference had dona extremely well and) had completed everything undone at last year's conference. The outstanding fea* I lure wai with regard to trade fuestiona. j Concerted
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    46 8 The Kio* has appointed Honorary Gen eral His Majesty Cbowfa Maba Vajiravudh, King of Siam, o c b, o c v o, to be an Honorary Knight Grand Commander of the Moet Exalted Order of the Star of India, to baar date from April 1, 1918.
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    242 8 Courtesy of thi Frbnch Consulate. Parie, Joly 26th 6.20 p.m. Daring a visit to the front, President Poincare decorated General Fayolte with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. We carried Viliemontoire, making V OO prisoners and captured Oulchy le Chateau (two villages on the Soissona
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    THE BLIGHTIES.
    238 8 The* Blighties gave a performance m the Victoria Theatre on Saturday night for the benefit of a large audience, chiefly composed of soldiers atd sailors, who were generous m their appreciation of a really excellent programme. The Company were m excellent form and encores were frequent. In view
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    F.M.S MUSEUMS.
    112 8 Two numbers of the Journal of the FMS Museums reach as. Part II of vol VIII. gives tbe results of an expedition to Korinchi Peak Sumatra, by Meiers U C Robinson and G Boden Eloss. This part deals with the Mammals, and is (all of interest to naturalists.
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    PICTURE SHOWS.
    125 8 Great interest is being ebown io the production of The Whip at the Palla dium on Monday next, Aug 5. The picture is m eighS reels and is a realisation of the noted drama produced at Drury Lane Theatre m 1909 and written by Cecil Raleigh and Henry
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    91 8 ConFciontioua objectors do not build good roads, declares the Auditor General. Experts passed the fame opinion upon the efforts of the gang of idealists whom Ruekin enlisted to build his Hincksey road. 16 was a magmtieant illustration of the dignity cf labour that the Oxford Professor and bis undergraduates should
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    PATRIOTIC KEDAH.
    46 8 from Our Own Correspondent Penang, July 27. A meeting of the Kedah Piasters AssocUtion was held m the Chamber of Commerce building to day. It was decided to aek the Government to extend the obligation of military seevice to the Overseas Europeans m Kedah.
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    KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR SAILORS SINGAPORE
    20 8 Tha Local Fund will be closed on August 10th. C W Darbishire Local Treae.
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    REBIRTH OF BABEL
    267 8 New Confuiion off Tongues lo Mesopotamia The arid traots where our own trocps and General Alienby's are fighting, and Ihe desert between span the whole land of Holy Writ, from Jerusalem to Babylon. Babel, if not true, ie tbe best found tale m Genesis, and one has
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    S.V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME.
    54 8 Attendance at three recruits' paradeß a week is compulsory. [Drills Marked are ccmpuleory.] Monday July 29 480 p.m. Balestur Range SV A Details* 6.15 Drill Hall Veterans' Co SVO n ii ii Signalling Sec SVG n S V C V Rfccrnits i SVC Band Buglers G G
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    91 8 There is about to clear from a north east port a British 6bip described as the largest electrically driven craft m the fforld. She is a 6,400 tonner. The largest m the world Has not America completed her electric battleship Has she not turned out any of her amazing battle
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    PENANG RACES.
    278 8 From Our Own Oorretpondmt The third day's racing of the Penang Turf Club was held under favourable cod ditiona and there was a large attendance. Results. Race I—l The Earl, 9.0, Thompson 2 FallowJand, 8 1, Bowden 8 Ampang 9 6, Sou' hall. Won by two lengths and
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