The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 August 1918

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    Masthead
    17 1 Singapore Free Press. AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. JEN i.: it NTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 1918. NO. 9,434
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    A RAINY DAY IN BILLETS
    1009 1 PASSING THB TIME When we awoke it was pouring with rain. Thanks to cur waterproof sheets °ur blankets were dry. There were one or two big chinks in the roof, through which the rain dripped steadily. There was a wind, too, and now and then
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    THB DAY'S NEWS.
    257 1 Matters continue to go well with the I Allies advance en to the Vesle, or will it be the Aisne Their light forces are i in touch with the retreating enemy, who is fighting hard rearguard actions. j and has, all things considered, got welt ont of
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    S.V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME.
    59 1 Attendance at three recruits' parades a week ia compulsory. [DrilU Marked are compulsory.] Wednesday, Aus 7. 4.00 p.m. Johnston's Pier for Fort Serapong S VA Sees I All* 5.10 Drill Hall SV R and A V 6.15 N Veterans' Co SVC Signalling Sec SVC S V C
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      211 1 G9ODRIGH TYRES OLIDS IMS PNEUMATICS Baffles Motor Garage FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle," 28. P 2 Speed, four stroke, I fitted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor Acces- j. Orowther Shaw Co. Jl LgT-i OjR SPECIAL SURGES FOR i?f^M«^ f' 'l TROPICAL WEAR ARE kpfy^T
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      202 1 IT IS REAL ECONOMY TO BUY A I CANADIAN FORD I IT IS LOWEST IN FIBST COST I MOST ECONOMICAL IN PETROL AND TYRES. In the Secondhand Market it Commands a more 1 Ready Sale and a Proportionately Higher Price 1 than any other make of Car. 4f_so, #7 IS
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      29 1 INSIST ON ADET. SEWARD Ws. St! Emilion Claret St. Estephe do Light Pure Delicious THE BEST PKODUOED BOTTLED IN 30R0EAUX (FRANCE) SWEE LEE I Gi Wine Sc Spirit MERCHANTS.
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      104 1 1 K aa Nuree prob<\fcioners wanted Page 6. M-tdarae Claire shows costumes Page 1. Hassan Bros for Treoggann saroogs Page 5. Steamer for Rangoon Page 8. Large bungalow to let at Tanglin Page 5. 11 Jacko at the Gaiety The Rescue at Harima Hall; 'The Whip" at the j Palladium;
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      5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      81 1 Vednesdai 7th. High Wite*- 11 29 a.m., IC-59 p m. Thursdai Bth. UifjiA Watoi— 11-6d am, 11.35 p m. Fridaj 9th. tiiih -rV&tsd*.- c-25 a a. SatarOtf 10th. Hifh Waley-c-9 a.tx. occp m. Variety Performance, Victoria Theatre, Sundai 1 1th. j High Water 42 a.m 1-13 p.m. Ilth Sunday after
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  • Correspondence.
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      THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
      264 2 To the Editor Sir,— M-- BraddelTl statement that the Heal Medical School it a disgrace to the olony h:-.^ ceased a good deal of comment in certain quarter*. In my opinion Mr Braddell did not imply tbat all its graduatt-s were disgraces. If he did, he is
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      OFFICIAL SALARIES
      493 2 [The Editor of the Malay Mail."] Sir, I have read Mr Kenion's speech in yonr issue of April llih and 18th with much interest, and he deserves the thanks of any member of the Civil Service for the way in which he pat for* ward the claim of
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      512 2 mmmmmmmmmwmammmmammt^awtmaaawamaw^awmmwmaaaaw now QsSjdM I j on T I^l SALE 19 j (Cloth Gcvers $1.75) |H DOLIAH DIRECTORY j OFFICE, 16 CHANGE ALLEY. I WiEN Fresi; Stocks $3.00 Per' bottle. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office. SINGAPORE. i ■■»»il**»«*»***»B*»"»""»»*»"»">" l^^^^^^^^^ I i A REFRESHING DRINK JEFFREYS 1 PILSENER BEER i
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      1083 2 Another Excellent Visualisation of a Well-Known k At The Alhambrl "he Hall for Mu*lc ard fraurcs r, ■-> C3 d In the fecond (hew at 915 n* Ihe World Film Corporation Presents that C a* Accomplish -d Actress ALICE BR. Miss Petticc h Adapted for. the screen from thc novel
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    NORDANIL (JOHORE) ROBBER, ESTATES LTO.
    1063 3 Tho sixth annual general meeting of the N'ordafjal (Johore) Rubber Bitatee, L-d, was held at 88, Eistoheap, E C, on June Bth Mr Thomas Cuthbertson, chair man. presiding. Tbe Chairman said The past year has been one of considerable difficulty in the conduct of all
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      408 3 r*^ aHKOUNcsisiarr extraordinary. Koinning on Friday, the 2nd August, we present at the faiftorough Theatre I BEACH BOAD. i Attraction ever presented in Serial Form. f A*- l Bntbra .4 Detective Serial Pathe has ever produced. jg Iculatod to shake the Sluggish thinker out of his Reel la replete with
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      128 3 fkapression and all the ills, resulting from ner vous debility from which most Eastern Residents suffer can be quickly cured by -NERVONAIt is an ideal nourishment for the nervous system, supplying, as it does, new energy, renewed mental control and a new lease on life. Price $1.40 per bottle of
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      218 3 THE STRAITS GftfcATEST SHOPPING EVENT WHITEAWAY'S NflW DDflPccniiin NUW rKOUccDING Bargains in all Departments. 5,000 Yards. 2,000 Yards. Swiss Muslin. Gotton Voile. SvUs embroidered muslin Both in plain and large in a large assortment of assortment of pretty floral diff< rent spot designs. designs 28 in. wide. Usual Prices Usual
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    LABUAN "OUR DAY."
    742 4 The annnal general meeting of the Lubnan Recreation Ciub was held in the Court House on Saturday July 6lh at 11 a m. with a largo attendance under the presidency of Mr GE Cator, Resident of Labuan and Brunei. Tbe minutes of the general meeting beld on
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    111 4 A sharp blow from a mallet oa wood i pint plook a orreck ping— each of jf these and many more are the different jj* sounds of a rifle and its bullet Recording I. to circumstances. In one line Julian I Grenfbll achieved a perfect rendering of g Bound undent
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      405 4 1 fe* II Tana- Ranee is the latest triumph \V« A fek f which recalls the spice-I^den breezes ci i^_P^ ts nat ve home, fragrant 'with the per\a,,; :/JS^^si" fume cf man y Bowew. Sweet and A /•Sii'^W lasting, its fascination will increa^- N k tSt' A/Va^V The Wana-Rani i
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    WAR ANNIVERSAY.
    1150 5 g H y FAMOUS -i t b i IBBMI -j B«rvic*>i n > -Tha A*-niveraary of tbi .ar wa-: appro. I itirring L^wa army -vas a^ain creeaing pos* cu Bentv mob I -fnrj 30. tl it wag the cf Geaarala of the o"i:cq, right acgle mads on fcl
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    THE PREMIER'S MESSAGE.
    345 5 The following message was read from I the stage of all theatres Ao in tha United Kingdom, on Monday night. I The message which i Bend to tbe people of the British Empire on the fourth anniversary ol their entry into the war lis— "Hold Fast." We
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    PICTURE SHOWS.
    89 5 I The Whip" found an enthusiastic, reception ou Monday ni^V at tbe Palla dinm, from an audience which paeke 1 the building to the doors There was acaio b big houee last n:eot 'lhe ttory of ibe Drury Lane produotion is substantially preserved, aud thtie, is the autied
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. '
    413 5 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. COUBTEBT OF THB FBBNCH CONSULATH. Paria Aug 3. 6 .20 p m —Harassed oa the whole lice, the Germaas are hastening their retreat, burning villages. We re* j captured Soissons; we crossed the Oris. j oa its whole course we reached Coulanges, captured Ville en Tardenols, and
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      32 5 FRESH SUPPLIES J J OF I It- b>J Ir-M &4 X XmM U H W 9RRFMhKjf n f n n n I SOLE AGENTS J Huttenbach Bros. Co J 13, COLLYER QUAY.
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      482 5 WANTED NURSE PROBATIONERS For the Perak Medical Department Chinese or Eurasians preferred. Salary 940 per meu* pern rising to 899 pm. Uniform allowance 98 p.m. Washing, and fxee tarnished quarters, servant and lighting a- ust be able to ?ead, write ani speak Eogli*h. Apply to Senior ltyedical Officer, Perak, Taiping.
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      859 5 f HASSAN BROTHERS. cmmHeion ag-wls, Kamp Banggul, We are dealers in ftcngjfann manufactured ■a»ongS in abk ar6 oot 0 ol all de*s??rs and i colours, a .d are able te tales up osde a according to patterns sent to as within a reasonable time and at prices which are moderate.
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    Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, August "7, 1918
    1356 6 Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, August "7, 1918 Detailed comment on the German retreat from the fatal salient will better be reserved until that retreat is ended until LUDENDORFF has succeeded in what has so far proved beyond him, the stabilising of a line of resistance. At present there is no
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS
    833 6 Paris, Aug 5. Hurled back by Foch's counter blow, the Oe.'ra-vna continued tbeir retreat yesterday, s-ttll making great Earrificjs ia rearguard resistance. Fi=a*ts wae stormed by Americana and ihe line of the Vesle re&cbed and crossed ia sama points. Tiie kew .Marne socket has been wiped out aud
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    HAIG AND THE WAR
    427 6 BRITISHJRON] I ■j mu mn ikm I Immymaai *_mmmmtf London, H at E itUb I I I ha*i H A Cn H vucly testly |q I afftbet bo fl vre, season, the ratframe i fl regicu bat < I tacti*:-**. fl kibmai fl R iidec-* ns
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    TRULY PRUSSIAN.
    66 6 The Mowing the Muna fl I for ietaili fl and Ose!" I fl I I < fl bv < I by aiM I bj I two Retbootei It I J tn" Mat "1 Tbe I friionti •j npiaaantal > j the aobtli '1 IhiS is an h.ra.w I
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      310 6 1 MESSRS DENIS, MOUNIE ft Co. shippers of the GOLD LEAF Brandy inform us the? have been compelled owing to scarcity of Gold to discontinae using their well known label and to replace it by a Special WAR BOTTLING label. II WAR §ib Bmim I Our stock of GOLDEN VINELEAF
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      39 6 Wilson CoJ: ARTISTS OECBABDIROAD. TELEPHONE 1088 6_ZL_ 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note tho conclitio/jH of our offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee M the high quality ol nvx work eouJd.be given or demanded.
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      HAVAS ACCOUNT
      700 7 I n_#l l'. tbe three armies wis h __k_i-_ lfi [>-i*rut eandßerthelot a tgi i^ancs I ietancs which I had qnalilled aa I vith ths British! I anemj line I oi Ourttq al I plal sua SOQ j I pita! observe j I t into the I *o
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      OFFICIALS
      1295 7 Paris, Aug 3 —Semi official The cap cure of ths heights north of 3 rand Rozoy wa-- td cted in the teeth ol a daeperate resistance. The woods, thickets and villages wet; so ma-ny ft-crre*-*?*?*-, sw-irming [with machine guns, and huJ to be eaptur* led separately, but th^ assault,
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      WHAT AMERICA IS DOING
      348 7 London, Aug 6. Nine Congressmsn Irom the United States who are visiting England have made the statement that there will be no cessation of America's war efforts until the war is won. America has 20,000,000 men of military age, and yearly more than a million youths
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    THE CORRESPONDENTS
    923 7 THB STORY THEY TELL I £»y lebmeriee Oeblel IRseter'a lerrieel i London, Aug 8. Renter's correspondent at French headquarters, Friday 11 pm Retreat is general on all three f:.ccs cf the salient. The Germans may hold on to i the Vcfele but it is quite possible they »i.l
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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      132 7 Robinson Co. Military Books. SIGNAL TRAINING INFAMTBV 1 8-MHBMG CON TENTS CONTENT* Principles of Signalling Principles System of 1 n~ cv v j Training Squad Drill I Counting Signalling and M Entering Woids Company Battalion Drill Semaphore Flags Extended Order Drill Heliograph etc. etc. Bayonet Fighting etc. etc. Price 45
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      640 8 c *<**k&* JtJ^fel*l^n a HUB A _JJD *•< .ft a W- ?J v'i- fc -Li ITA i*_lft*--S Ai a-*--(pqiupsiihii laumafoauMfl «k Batfsafl.j PENIWSO'sLAa AfSD ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract Trim His Majesty?! Government.)] iIM OMUMori HAtt SBBVICBS BAST OF BOMBAY are at present \n* Company-3 INTERMKDIATB SftBVICBS TO AND
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      994 8 MESSAGERIES MARIIIMES fIHOORPORATED Ufl FJUSOI-) MAIL LIMI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Horg* kong, Saigon, Singapore, Columbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseille* and vice-versa. BBAKQH LIKE, Fortnightly service between Salgon-Touranc-Haiphong. Fcr further information apply to J. tie GSUnWU, Agents. LONDON. A BrPi-h Steamer, 5.075 tens G. B. with excellent accommodation for lst
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      354 8 PACIFIC MAIL SIEI^S^ J r H (CVOOBPOBITED Ul 0.5.A.) f, REGULAR MONTHLY TBAHS PAGEFiC Sl Hongkong, Sfeznghal, Kobe, Yokehama, Korciiiu ml 5 a SS "ECUADOR''. 14 000 tons Erona Etoogfcong m w SS. COLOHBIA 14 000 ions do S.S. "VENEZUELA', U 000 tons do v, and ererj 28 ffsya Tbe
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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      430 9 A9 «ets ever $2,000,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 f Ifl GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I INOOBPOBATBD IN STBAITS SETTLEMENTS). i I HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Oid Jewry, E.C. I Ti:e company bas £20.C00 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with
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      524 9 THE I ?.#f\i/_lAlfjH Br: li*t f fj?|^ Ui rH H I 1 11 AR&i 1«IL% 118-nospowaTsp iu ;*»pan GspiSsl Bnbsorlbed v, 4R,coo.o<'-0 Captial r&id [Tf v y, 42 uoo.coc Dasosie VssA Mx. s^,iOo,':o3 Praalflaiil, i. laouye Z**^. Flss-Prsaliaiil, N Kajiwara Eat_. biibisiod. 3. Icosyo Ei-q. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Kajiwar
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      614 9 I NORTH BRITISH ANO MErICINTILE INSURANCE CO^PAHY j (Incorporated in Great Bxirain). -fl* 1 8111^ 16 Contracts, Eir.tefctCoi-cesglonf*. MARINE All kindd of Marine Bu^tesa transacted. MOTOR CARS Seduced Rates. Increased Benefits. Policies issued by this Company cover Accidental Damage, Public Liability, Bur. glary, Fire Transit. H. J. TOTTOH, McALISTER Co
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      608 9 mm isiutiful hair FREE! J'—'" A SUGGESTION ALL MAY ADOPT. j I Distribution of 1, C00, 000 Four-Fold Harlene Outfits FREE. Here is a great opportunity and -K° ai trouble can defy the eoothing, a valuable gift for every reader of effect of HwW* and iu scientific method of app!.
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      27 9 CO fJOSE ilOk VABD BOUND CAMPBELL THAI ft Cd Curt fir Ht ililUtiri TitHrrt 5 l J -IT IT a' HIST, LCbDOV W ■fr. H. Q. D!3£.
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    RUBBER ESTATE RETURNS.
    1607 10 To Dec. Ei Joly To date 1111 Abaca 86,158 Allagar, Dec 508.400 118,800 A.Gajah, Sop 140,408 65,859 Alor Pongsu 2'8 41S 69,885 Alma, aW.OO 176,800 Ampat, Sep 816,884 90,111 An-Johore, Mot Uf'5,005 125.636 An MalayDec 1,710,143 *****8 AnS'tta.May 898.964 328,460 Asahan, July 438,^69 260.910 Atbara, 112 666
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    TIN RETURNS.
    248 10 In above list the totals in first column art monthly totals for Jan-Dec, 1817. The mostt in which tho Company's year ends is indicated after the name. Third column shows thc 1918 total to date and second column the tota) of the past month. Every endeavour is uiß.it
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    Market Price List.
    414 10 mt aaawmaammmmmmmamm Singapore, Ang. 6th, 1918. Beans, Long per catty 9 do. French do 18 Beef per lb. an Beefsteak do 28 Bean Sprouts per catty 4 Bamboo Sprouts do 4 Blachan do 16 Brinjals do 9 Cabbage, Batavia do 68 do. China do nil do. Salted
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      91 10 EVERYTHING IN THE WAY OF MOTORING CONSULT HIN WATT Co., Head Office, Motor Works Dept., 102, Market Street., 80, Orchard Road. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd. Near Entrance to Borneo Wharf, Telephone 1261. Sea stocks of all kinds ot Fro zen Meats, etc., can bo delivered to shipping at the
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      327 10 *'**!*'-s*r -< V* V**** Ns3!i^^^B-t. W___mE^£*' t ~~*J^J '^Jii'Ajl '-*••> I Fever Use An Oily P<£| on Any of My Furnituie-just /^\ILY polishes gather and hold the dust, bq} Vying clothing, linen and everything wi4 which they come in contact. Johnson's Pn ared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1276 11 ajammu/mmammamavj-aam i lisued by FKASKK Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Aog 6th I i I All moiatlOßß of Sterling Shataa awl ae tegarded aa purely aomlaal loa tte preieai. 110,606 i i Ale? Gajah 60% 385 3.C5 1,000,000 I 1.00 Amalgamated Malat 8% -2 35 380 500,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    44 11 Co«»lKn*3 -I r xf* Ang 6 I -tt .24 7*82 i d.* 5.3 31 «p 2 Bsstfitf Sen j Vaaaaa Aemr*ni3 Baal si 5 T, 147 J A?,'*- I A- SiKH IC4§ nasi 56$ I Ba |B.a« aa* bX -a- 48 18 lf.
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    PRODUCE.
    79 11 utm, email peas! (tail crm 9 i 3 £*&a H 67 6 B« '.<? 2 400 1 &a- n a. t is oj 2*-. *a go Hai k, 8.40 I WFaMi i.l noo; Dsvoe'fl Hcillisafi eex *«i IB CO Fis!i hrt*,*j'l katos-oCi. 6 0-1 I Lampglass p&r 2 Kbs
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    DAILY SHIPPING REPORT.
    26 11 [All Brilisb vessels nulees marked.] Arrivals. Aug 5-*^— Kinta Van Hogendorp, R S j Baru (Dat.) j Aug 6.— Sri Muar, Anjou. 1
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    CLEARANCES.
    30 11 Aug B.— Klang, Anjou. j Aug 4. Scot*! Harley Singkara (Dufc)j Aug 5. Krian, Perak, Hai Nam, Knka Indragiri, Yan Neck. Malcbior Treub, j Emile (Dnt) Redang (Siam j ■*■******■■**<>*'
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      67 11 THE PURE BRITISH PILSENER "Great Auks Head" I IT IS BREWED FROM I BEST MALT HOPS WITHOUT PRESERVATIVES OF ANY DESCRIPTION If Ross Brothers Limited I THE FAMOUS BOTTLERS I LONDON LIVERPOOL. pt Auks Head Bottlings I Pilsener and Guinness B*^ Obt inable of all Dealers and at the B
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      277 11 MAIL TABLB To-gay. hueimedtate anfl local maUt aa iv Itß. oalow j— Pdnsng, Maiaocs, F.i>i t [jay r fraf»i > flatly (except Sunday) Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 2, 4 fi p.m. Cneob Soon Lee 8.80 am Colombo 10.80 AM Bagan etc RS Baros 11.30 av Saigon Nam Vian 12.80 pm
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      382 11 ft* Yy^Wj J^l^-'^Jii W% \\V.\ 7 4 __c -4 A Cooling and tP Refrethin*! Drink. Vgg i^r The trying Climate makes «.-g L ,"^f Emands upon the human |H J frame which must be replaced *^B r 4 —thus Horlick's Malted Milk b found of inestimable value Jj*\-S r as
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    GENERAL WAR NEWS
    92 12 ITALIAN SUCCESSES IBy Bobmariaa Ceblel -f K-emter'a Barrioe] mondon, Aag 4.— An Italian official mes Bags saya We captured a peak oa Doeso ▲lto where the enemy haa been maintain ing hlmaelf al heavy cost einee Jnne 16. We overcama large partiea hidden in caves and took
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    FRIENDS
    189 12 Washington, Aug 5. The War Depart ment announces that expert armourers in Ibe workshop of the Metropolitan Museum In New York are modelling armour for tbe ase cf the American soldiers in France, including helmets, shields, and breast plates comprising all tbe belt types used io the ancient days.
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    OTHER SPHERES
    262 12 London, Aug 4. Reuter ia informed that a declaration gazetted at Tokio on the 2nd inst, announcing the despatch of Allied troops to Vladivostok, aaya that tbs Government of tbe Uni.ed States r-scen.lv approached tbe Japanese Government, proposii^gfc-h-a early despatch of troops to relieve mSe preaenre upon the
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    VARIOUS
    145 12 London, Ang 2. Tho Cotton Control Board announces that American and mix ed spinning mills will be licensed to run 66 per cent of their spindles ou American cotton 45& houra weekly instead cf £0 per cent for 40 hours. They will also be allowed to run extra sp-ndles
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    CHURCHILL REPLIES TO LAN-BOWNE
    357 12 CHURCHILL REPLIES TO LAN-BOWNE London, Aug 6. Mr Winston Churchill, in a letter to hia constituents leng&hliy replies ta Lord Landadowne's letter, cabled on July 81, and eays The war haa got to ba won. It ia not yet won. These twin, hard facts dominate every argument not arising from
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    DEVELOPING INDIA
    228 12 London, Ang 8. Mr Lon. a Dane, in letter to the Times anpporting Lord Montagu of Beauliau regarding the im portanoe of induitrial developments in India, emphaaiaea what ia being done in tbe Punjab toward a the utilisation of the power of the great river. He iaya the
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    MALAY ANIMAL NAMES.
    114 12 Sir,— On Aug 25, 1916, I put in a plea for a vocabulary, ao much needed by, at any rate, up ccuntry folk. Mr Wilkinson, in (Q 207) 'Malay Be liefs states that iu the naming of teal animals the Malays are usually acourate and observant they
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    TBB INCONTROVERTIBLE WITNESS.
    172 12 I have just heard cf a remarkable tribute to tbe efficacy of one of the many propaganda films put cut by the Ministry of Information. The film was entitled British Fact and German Fiction," and the pictures ehowed famous and bucy thoroughfares in London which completely gave
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    80 12 Tbe Most Reverend George Alfred jLefroy, D D, Metropolitan ot India and) Ceylon, ia paying a visit bare, and will be I staying at Bishop's Lodge. It ia hoped j that ik will be poaaible to arrange for a Mane eerviee in the Theatre while he iai here in view
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    BIG BLAZE AT KALLANG.
    243 12 What proved ta bo an extensive fire doing very considerable damage broke oal at Messrs Katz Bros' godown at Kallang Padding in the early hours of Sunday mornings The Fire Brigade, who were! summoned to the scene at 628 am. arrived on the spot soon afterwards
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    SOCIAL SERVICE FUND.
    92 12 The WCTU very gratefully aoknow ledge the following contributions, in tea ponse to their special appsul Mr John Greig $100 A Long 100 Roger Pears 100 Mr R L Macphail 60 Andrew Agnaw 60 H Freeman 25 E Bendixsen 25 H Bolter 20 Total 1470. Thia fund
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    KING GEORGE'S FUND FOR SAILORS.
    60 12 28th List. *> i '"■Jc Amount already acknowledged 165,706.06 Mr E L Talma 26 St Andrews Cathedral—** m*% weekly alms 6.06 FG S 10 Mr L Tait 60 Mr J N Kcthary 26 Mr J McD Calder 85 Commercial Rnbber Coy. 20 Union Insurance Society
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    FRANCE'S DAY 1918.
    60 12 Already acknowledged 118,782.01 F Wingfield, collected at Raf fles Hotel (per A W Still) 60.26 Total of 10th list 95,931 Bhould have been 16,946 Difference 16.00 118,807.26 Less 980 inserted in error, which should have been included in the Fete ac* counts 80.00 Nett Total 913,727.26 This
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    BLUE CROSS FUND.
    27 12 i Mr G P Owen, hon treaa of the Blue Cross Fund, acknowledges with thanks a donation of 910 from Mrs F M Baddeley.
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    HONGKONG TRIBUNAL.
    70 12 Up to July 26, tbe names of 828 men had been before tbe Hongkong Coneorip lion Tribunal. Out of theee 143 men had been declared medically unfit, leaving 189 cassE to be dealt with. The following waa the result of the Tribunal's deliberations Total Exemptions 115 Temporary Exemptions
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    ADMIRAL SIR F G TUDOR TUDOR.
    490 12 Part II of "Admirals of Ihe British Navy," has the portrait of the Admiral, 'a fair likeness bnl not quite as genial looking as Ihe or ig ital. The text (also nol quite np lo date as regards Admiral's honours) reads. Rear Admiral Frederick
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    KEPPEL GOLF CLUB
    71 12 The qualifying round for St Jamps cup resulted in tbe following 16 members qualifying (first round to b-3 completed by Aug 18:) T Maben v D Suttie W Bircham v W Masterton D Maid v D Rieaett H T White v H Jackaon H C Aapinall v
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    GARRISON GOLF CLUB
    55 12 Tbe ladies monthly medal will be played for Thursday, Bth and the men's cn Saturday and Sunday Ilth snd 12:h. Both competitions are against Bogey. —-a*- The Singapore Municipal football club met tbe Singapore Harbour Board team on Saturday, at the Malaya ground, and the former won
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    ROBBER ANO TIN RETO2NS
    87 12 Sedsnak 48,479 Straits 20r>,0C0 Penang 183 000 Tali Ayer 78,000 Rubena 48 OCO Bagan Serai, 81,000 Batak Rabit 29,000 Agents Adamson Gilfiilan k Co, (Penang.) Rahman Hyd 200 Rahman Tin 568 (mill 289 98 tribute 268.88.) Agents Boustead and Co. Rim 27.G00; total to date 80,800;
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    BOY SCOUTS ASOCIATION,
    54 12 Orders for week ending August 10, 1918 Tuesday August 6. Signalling Claaa Y M C A. Ground, 5 15 p. m. Thursday August 8. Bugle Band Prao tice, Malay Volunteer Club 6.16 p. m. Friday August 9. Ambulance Claaa, YMC A, 6.15 p.m. Individual Troop Orders as
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