The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 12 August 1918

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CisiNTS SINGAPORE, MONDAY, AUGUST 12 1918. NO. 9,438
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  • 157 1 It is reported that the prisoners captured by the Allies since Aug 8 m the fighting m the south of the great battlefield, exceed 24 000 -Page 5 The heavy blow delivered by Field Marshal Haig is reported not as an attempt to break through but as
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  • 998 1 If a London Rip vau Winkle had enjoyed the good fortune of going to sleep m the summer of 1 914, and bad awoke m Jane, 1918 t ha would very quietly have become aware that, apart from having overslept himself, a good many other
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 113 1 GOODRICH TYRES iOLIDS vND PNEUMATICS Baffles Motor Garage I FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle," 2 K. P. 2 Speed, four stroke, lilted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor Assesseries. J. Crowther Shaw Co. Jl W* OUR SPHCIAL SURGES FOR LffriM^ r TROPICAL WEAR ARE l
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    • 136 1 NEVER BE IN DOUBT. FOR THE HOME BUY AND USE ONLY Borden's Tinned Milks They have no equal. If your dealer will not supply you, see goniKll Bros, go., SotaAgcptv, ESTD. 1872. PATRONIZED BY ROYALTY. DIAMONDS Our Stock is well adapted to take care of your wants and Customers are
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    • 129 1 LATEST ADVERTISE!*!;,* IS. De Silva's diamonds— Page 1. Tbe Common Gaming House Ordinance P*f;e2Motor Cjcle for eale Page 2. The Kinta Association Ltd Page 2. The Empire and Palladium new pro grammes Page 2. Auction Sale of town properties, The Commercial Rubber Co Page 2. Auction Sale, Powell and Co
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOUPS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 162 1 Itndti 12th, I Bi£O Hr&te* 1-14 a ,i 35 p rr. j Anniversary of the Settlement of Penang(l7B6.) Lodge Zetland, c.30 p in. Hlfh Wale?- 1-48 a.m., 1 58 p m. Kent Board, 2. 5 p.m. fletmdif 14th High fjffclM*- 2 25 t .m., 2-23 p m. Tftaitdiif 15th. j
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  • 119 2 The Committee acknowledge with thanks the following subscriptions to this Fund Previously acknowledged 843,818. C8 1 H E B per A W Still 25 Dr Naughtoc a wager 60 Roulette" Mrs R 5 J Bleeker Guilders 5 5 58 Miss Iwamura O'Chijo 5G Per Right Rev
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  • 163 2 The annual report of the ComoiissiDner of Trade and Customs, shows that com pared with 1916 the year 1917 saw a net diminution of five shope, and the amount consumed dropped from 1,799,642 tabils to 1,609,868. All the states show a dimunition of consumption. The revenue amounted
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  • 135 2 INQUEST ON JAPANESE. In the Coronet's Court before Dr Murray Robertson, on Saturday, an enquiry was hald into the oiroumatances attending the death o! a Javanese named Roaof bin Mawi Jawa, aged 18, a furnace coolie employed at the Pulau Brani Smelting Works. According to evidence given by
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  • 68 2 Sconte going to Camp will parade at JotaAoa's Pier on Tuesday, August 18th, at 8 p.m. There wi!l be a Scouts Rally at Seremban on Saturday August 17. Association Orders will not be issued xmtil September 16th. Individual Troop Orders as issued by Scoutmasters. Scouts from the
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  • 76 2 M Maroel Sembat, writing m the Heu.e," declares that the Allies have more effective means for holding up the Germans than those employed hitherto. Since Jduu^ry,'" La reu.arka, M Louis Bxetom, the D -tctrr ot laventieDS, is re ported to poasein a weapon which be is trying to have adopted
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 407 2 now Qahr^ on SALE (Cloth Govers $1.75) S DOLUS DIRECTORY OFfICS. 16 CKBKGE «LtEV. When Anaemic Run-Down 4- TAKE -3. THE IDES.L TONIC. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office SINGAPORE. I i r/ U%l '*>:*> *ig SAFETY TREAD i JESXSMEHKSBCSBHBB < f|]|OBT persors subject to r«/i sick headaches have
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    • 740 2 PALLADIUM THEATRE TO-NIGHT! AT 9.30 TO-NIGHT!! HARRY CAREY In a Thrilling Drama of the Wild West Entitled THE SECRET WAN ■5 A Magnificent story c« loie and Adventnre," Brlmfall of startling situatioLfi, Equai to anything yet seen "on tbe screen. SUPPORTED BY FULL PROGRAMME OF SELECT COMEDY SUBJECTS In the
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    • 327 2 Fwm Thursday, August 8, until Tuesday A PICTURE THAT TOWERS ABOVE ALL mVj U Io the Intpnatty of Its Portrayal cf Mm M UIi »ERS THE MOST POWERFUL PICTURE OP ITS K(MD lINCI X PICII/RE TH4T EVERYBODY WILL W \ST m LT|^ At The AlhambrJi The Hall for Mu-1? ar.d
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  • 148 3 FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS. n 1 nmmm consul ob. I |10 pM -At ny» o'clock :V A :t w ticked m onion with couth-cast of Anaitns „x loping i'ourably. port cliat tbe cew bety—M Albert ard ol J5 kilometres. g p Mi on the two JJressed to the las eaying that
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  • 93 3 ,v s .i no:i' :^;:on H ,'i-r >ci prchibitiog the .i -'i flttef copper ,»•>.:- t. C..;pvD j nacUa y > lie ny.kstp i i rt'iarrricg (all .Cftlg ii k patpose of ij--r r'v. r fii^jnes end ci:".- c bee '***** raarineJ eartnifg, if:- ~i >: ctf tools,
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  • 15 3 j 255, OiO 1 J t' lal 3 u roths. —m>.
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  • 36 3 1' Hivr I i ii welcomed home '"v by the Gia-gow I I s>-ii'j, Wu«J \TI i y a f* i We th< X kbet, but tLe i'aej itiigion b- ir^fa Iq get ■nareholanfi m the
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 127 3 U*«i 3i'4H3 H3USE MBWftNGE (V. CF 1318 ncanj -1 U7 losv-ry .i i-.-t m a' r !a r < s-i.-i; be ic j .■>•..... tinj r- u t c i v'■i■• I oameni ol i i etl -1 m t xeot dB6CM a io:tt *y :^V ldM9 Of Ifce OH
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    • 685 3 LOAN OR PURCHASE. Crawfn»d'B Journal of an Embassy to 61am and Cochin China. Published 18/8, wanted for the purposes of the Centenary History of feinaapore. Any one In po««e*Moa of a complete copy cf .he above will oblUe by l communicating with WALTER MAKEPEACE, Singapore Free Press. SITE IN MIDDLE
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    • 823 3 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town Properties At Messrs Ching Keng Lee ft < o's Sale-room Raffles Chamberp, Raffles Place On Monday, 19th Aug., 1918, at 2-30 p.m. lhat pi^ e of lana slta te In the DibtHct of Singapore Town estimated to contain joeorflingto the Government Re-survey aa ana of
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    • 110 3 Bargains at WHITFAWAV^ If 111 1 MJIM f I l\ 1 |J Take our advice come and inspect these Bargains, otherwise the opportunity will be lost. Woollen half hose plain or with clox. Sale Price from 50 cents to $1.00 1 000 Dozen Gents 7 Hemstitched Hadhfs. $1.95 dozen. Gents'
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  • 1048 4 Singapore Free Press. Monday, August 12, 1918. During the last twenty four hour 3 the cables have been pouring out floods of news of the great British and French advance between the Oi9e and Ancre The enemy here possessed a rather flat salient with a blunt apex just south east
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  • 289 4 The Censor hai passed on to us another German wireless, a service for which we pay money and only get a part which lite those sent the other day has a condition 1 attached to it. We did not publish those German officials with the locally framed explanations. We do
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  • 79 4 LONDON ACCOUNTS LoDdoD, Aag 9. Killed ia action Lieut Lamb, son of the Salvation Army com tnitaioner. Loodou. Aug 9. The Franco- British advance continuee and bae reached a maximum depth of 11 milea. Caviklry, armoured cars and light tanks ate pie:ed ing the icfar.try, and have
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  • 521 4 SATURDAY'S CHARITY CONCERT. Under the patronage of H E tb.« Gzv etnor, Sir Arthur Ycur.p, gc ki g k r e who, accompanied by L-dy Evelyn Your.g and the Colonial Secretary, the ho»'ble F Seton James, c w g £Uid Mrs .1 .mcs, arrived at a little after
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  • 236 4 From Ow Ovm Correspondent Penang. At the meeting of the Keda Rubber Company, the hon'ble Col A R Admam* presiding, he said that; the profit for the year under renew was 1216 876, roughly 4S per cent of the capital of the roupany. Two interim dividends of ten
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  • 72 4 j italiaTac Tivitv Rome, log i planet- oem: EMtOM. A'.r. a PlftOt v. vv.AJti t.- m ill OurdiyUioo, cai ;< •Imnltuieoa i C&nora. \y. 1 'and tool prigoi land thi-uH t. |«rml«ch( riMtfef<i I Lor, yeetcrdsy.v. Ufoleot Bttacke H h j were n.-, ,< r i(i
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  • 214 4 At War or Not at P* i Wasiilrgtr.ji. .A I Co ami M H#n IDepamnenc it-, Sovitte that ar. rj Russia and i\ V piling to t^g Lenin's etatenn war, but a dec arat > at cne time whk R« a IMoboow eayi tb t tbe Bol»bK:« arrested
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  • 128 4 I Tokio, Aug fi.-Tbe Prer.iw ((<■ Japan. Marquis Teranchi, ll *ald that oondilinat "i.fit: M which it would be nee«n>ry to deepatoh additional uoepiMW The country must b° P rf r» r emergency. JM Waßhlngton Aug 8. -The f«»« elates that owing to the m l^B first body
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  • 54 4 London Uf P tion of N Sea tigfal i i H climbs v fcOttfeMdn 1 put rr tb 7 into he \> wf t T Aug drcpptd ;fi j,: 1 with Rood rr^u! i c .y brog«e Tl.r- gi| «*f'J^B ibot down IB fl mt A p r
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 137 4 B Caldbeck Macgregor Co. LIQUEUBS GF ALL DESCRIPTIONS S^ Choice Cane FURNITURE a m John Little Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) NOW READY. THE SINGAPORE AUTOMOBILE CLUB YEAR BOOK FOR 1918. Price 50 cents per copy. CAN BE OBTAINED PROM Messrs. John Little Co., Ltd Messrs. Robinson Co., Kelly ft
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    • 45 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE: 1085 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of oar offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality cf oar work could be given or demanded. Mrs. H. BLITfi p.pc.
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  • BATTLE FOR CHAULNES
    • 431 5 at Ifj hlo-x deli Bail yt.-etday i* t: apt Is bro-k >•■■■■■• :r^crc c.l rylTi^ otr ,t'vt. 'v>r Uu v' Amiftßl Ht.^ m UKMITn oil offt abive >s i.i v inerrly f 114 dr'ai', ing ir OO the tkeil rtL-re i f thWtoOJPg their k; l IM i
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    • 347 5 w- into confusion by I between Sois 4 -Circely arrived ntoeatiag move 'K-i. r -j ac:r»cked, --b.d to give <■ NM bdvance I ja over both W ind south m 1 Wli cf Albert Iw A few dayi wm retdered J*. ak --^'ifiietemuten atQ he A?M 8^ the game
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    • 1578 5 Lou-Jon. Aug 9, 12.10 am. Field Marshal Ha-,; Operations begun ihia morn ing on the Amiens front by the French First Army under General D«beny and the British Fourth Army under General X .wlinson are proceeding satisfactorily. The Allied troops assembled under cover o! night unnoticed by the enemy.
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  • 299 5 l&i •abmai ma Oftfttel [JUator's ttervio*} London, Aug 8* An American official 1 message says: We gained ground northward o! the Vesle. London, ing 9.— Router's oorretpondent lat American headquarters (Aug 9) describing the fighting In the Vesla valley, says that the enemy had mo*t methodically thought out
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  • 186 5 Woman Vicars, Vergers, and Choristers. Mies Janette steer writes to the Daily Express The cry ie fcr still more men and women. Here ie an idea. 1 1 have written to the Lord Bishop of London, the Bishop of Kensington, and the Prime Miaisfcer offering to
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  • 145 5 GERMANY'S ANXIETY CAMOUFLAGED The German authorities are striving Just now with all their accustomed energy to lighten the feeling of despair which, the unprecedentedly heavy losses m France and Flanders and the ever increas ing food scarcity, is settling on the coun try. It has been noted that, especially since
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 130 5 Robinson Co. SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED Tho Gem Safety Bazors, m leather case, coi.sistiog of one nickel plated razor, one nickel plated blade holder, witk seven blades. The blade en be stropped *ith an ordinary mm* strop. Price $3*50 each. Made m U. S. A. Robinson Co. SiNGAPORE. Jy^Z~- "^TEBfc" ArtfcA*
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 406 6 MANILA. Motic* is hereby given that the mail steamers of the JA VA-PACIFIC-M AIL-SERVICE will call at the above mentioned port m future. The first sailiaz from Singapore will be on or about 20th September by s s. "REMBRANDT." For further particulars kindly apply to INTERNATIONALE CRCDIET EN HANDELS-VEREENIGING ROTTERDAM,
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    • 609 6 JAPAN Mkll STEAHSHIP €ii,. im. (Incorporated la Japan*, EUIROPEAii LINI for Hongkaaj, S&aatflisl, Kooa ft Yi^ok«it> fof ■alacoa i Paßtng, Coloabo aal England tla Tbo Capo. A servloe le malßlalaed tietweev Japanese ports and Liverpool or London asder mail contract with fthe Imperial Jayaaeße Government. The Btcacers maintaining this service
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    • 281 6 M. M. MBSSI6ERIEB MARITIMES (INOOBPOBATBD IH FBAKOt MAIL LIKE, Monthly servioe between Shanghai, HongKong, Baigon, Singapore, Colnmbo, Djibouti, Egypt and MarteHles and vice-versa. BRANCH LINK, Fortnightly servioe between Baigon-Toorane* Haiphong. For further information apply to J. dO COURTQIS, Agents. LONDON. A British Steamer, 5,075 tons O. B. with excellent accommodation
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    • 650 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP coi^ (INCORPORiTED IN U S.A.) REGULAR MONTHLY TBANS PACIFIC SE&vir L I Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and San Ni^ SS. 'COLOMBIA", 14,000 tons from HoDKkong on or»W i S.S. YEMEZOEU 14 000 tons do J ?Sc r J S.S. ECUADOR 14 000 tons do da and
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  • 60 7 ■:00«S»0?M) UP «O Aug 10 »««4«<3l M 14 8-16 J AmnmnM |.a 16 16 1 «uili 6 mi 14 16-82 ?v«£.ea iamand Bank ,814^ -1 T. T. 147* rross, 60%Ptm roh<H7Aiii, fan— i 100 Jata, Atmand 106 r lUifpa, demnsi 66i iOTMmpai Bank Bt«int %H 64 Baal el aVajfhal
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  • 165 7 Aug 10. Tin mm. M No market 3&raM«» w i 7 oo 2fisEtl>Sife2 Gaee T c. 1 22.0t 3ftisfeit9 CaY? N&. T 20.00 PffKPfc? Black cedta. S'por« 29.70 iPs^pfts, (^&it* ftaii) 40.00 I MftS^*!ga (5 10 to i?ie Ik.) aom Sstaaaffi (80 »o lbs Ik.! com Kt3« (Bftndn) w
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  • 25 7 [Ail British vessels unless marked.] Arrivals. L Aag 0. Anjoa Iwami Mara (Jap.) Aug 10. Soon Ann, Perak Khoen Foeng, Indragiri (Dnt.)
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  • 32 7 Aog 9 Kampar, Lady Weld Melchior Treub, Enile, Beuoa (Dal) Mabidol, Sudd&adib (Stan) Shoehu Maru (Jap.) Aug 10. Ranee, Sci Muar, Aojoa, Koala Menggala. Singkep, Brouwer, Van Noort (Dat) Boribat (Siam.)
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 340 7 assets ov^r 52.000.000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 JH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). BEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32. Old Jewry, EC. :se company has £20.C00 deposited with the Sapreme C^urt of England, and complies with the BrlttahLlCa Wnrnos QmiillM V 36
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    • 491 7 THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD. &KHUQB4UB IV Japah Ga;!ta! Sabscribad Y. 48.0C0.G00 Capital PaU Up ,Y. 42 000,000 Beaerve Fund... y. 13,100,000 Pvfitidmt, i. IncnyeEaq, Vita -PruUem. N. Kajiwara &cf DISECTOKS. T. Inonye Ksq. Y. Yamakawa Esq. N. Kajiwan Esq. M. Odagiri Esq. N. Bcma Esq. Baron K. Iwa*aiil K.
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    • 445 7 SEW ZEILMD IHSBUMei Co Ltd, flccorpo?&ted iv New ZealftnA,) IMBTBZI .^SSUNCE £S§DS. it^. IlitlE. 'laoovporatca m HMgfcoag •fill Fill JMSyiINCE fa., 111. FIRE. tlncovporated m Hongkong.) LBXBN fI^P^TEE ACCIDENT B*. Ui. 6UIRINTEF. [laoorporatod i» SaglaalJ Fire and jfarlne Hisks of every description nnderwritf en at lowest catrsnt rates. Adamsao, Bilfillan
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    • 194 7 NORTH BRITISH ANO MEKCINTILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated m Great Biirain). !r 1 ?2v25 plfl Contra cts, Latest Concessions, traced E f MOTOR CAR 3 Reduced Rates. Increased Benefits. A^ iCl f, I s liea by thls Company cover PUblI Liabmty BUr H, i TOTTOM, McALISTER Co Ltd., Resident Officer General
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    • 510 7 WANTED NURSE PROBATIONERS For the Perak Medical Department. Chiorse or Eurasians preferred. Bal >ry nerm-n eem rißiog tojd'pm. Uniform allowance p. m. Wahhinj?, and fiee furnished quarters servant and lighting Must be able to ieatl, wrice ani speak English. Apply tj Seaior Medical Officer, Perak, Talpiog. 7-S g 12-^J WANTED.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 324 7 MAIL TABLE. lAietmedlate and loo&i maue will fee foaic t» list below Peaang, Afalaeoa, F.M.B. [»f Tr&lat p.m d&>lj (except SnnJaj). Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 8, 4 6 p.m. Cocob Soon Hong 880 AM Cncob Azmere 9 am Sourabaya 9 30 AM K. Pahang, Kaantan Pontianak 10.80 AM Penang B.
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  • 892 8 SaroiaruM Cable; [iMtar'i Unix*] London, Aug 9. Renter's correspondent at British headquarters (Aug 9) says there has been another day of good progress. with the offensive considerably widened i by the French operations north of MomJi dier. Alrmju report that the Germans are m considerable confusion. Iv
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  • 404 8 [By Submarine Gable} t4Uat»r'§ Service] London, Aug 8. Rauter's correspondent at French headquarters, wiring ab noon :to day, cays The Anglo French are attacking en a front of approximately 25 j milps between Albert and Montdidier. I Stiff fighting is raging m the outskirts of I Morisel.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 148 8 To the Editor Sir, —Scott, by his cwn admission, had not; a note of music m him, and yet bis verse is full of beautiful harmonies. Is it possible, through tha library —or work? otherwise obtainable —to acquire a more intelligent appreciation of the bond between poetry uod music
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  • 143 8 Another trua story iccm a Cadet tchool. em ctli*pr was lecturing and demonstia ting on the tying of kaots, which ia part t)f tho coaj?e at all the artillery schools, riil bo spotted one cadet vrho eaemed inattentive, listless, bored. You enapped the officer, bringing the cadet up
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  • 47 8 Slkc£ the United States' eDtiacce into the sv t ;r tbo production of pleasure cars m &merioa h.is fallen iff 80 per c^nt. The production of tractors will ba substituted for pleasure cars and for other parts, of the icduVjiy listed by the Government as non* essential.
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  • 81 8 !rifl»a without trouble, bat meant to get j the m all ih: 5 L Hr\)G London, kvtg 8 It is confirmed that a large confiugent of Siamese troops, com rnauded by Major General Jamides, has arrived at Marseilles. They received a great welcome. Gun Lining m France Washington, Aug If.
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  • 805 8 REPLY TO PACIFISTS Mr Balfour's Points (By Submarine Ckble] Renter's Service] j London, Aug 8. In the House of Com mons, Mr Balfour, replying to pacifists, said that the true obstacle to peace was that j the educated Germans unitedly upheld the gross immoial heresy that) the
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  • 21 8 London, Aug 9. Mr Shortt announced m the House ot Commons that the Government ezpeoted to get 50,000 Ulster
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  • 243 8 Tha fact that two finals are down for decision to-day is a reminder that the S C C Lawn Tennis Tournament is now very near its end, only two or three more ties remaining to be played, end those will probably be finished with
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  • 648 8 1 How important the assistenca of the United States troops on the Western Front is, cays ths Cibienaws American" i (Manila), becomes apparent f om nn examination mination of the latest available figures regarding the strength cf the opposing forces on that line. Let us first examine the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 226 8 j A NEW REVIEW^ If pictures are a universal language why n i place your advertisements m our Pint/ 0 g Magazine for univer ft al readers? For further particulars, write to I THE FASTERN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW, I 1 47-49, The Arcade BEAUTY'^ ORNTMn^^ Beauty is three parts care and
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