The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 13 August 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. f£S CiSNIS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1918. NO. 9,439
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  • 170 1 The splendid advance against the Germans m France continues, and the captures of men, guns and material are mounting np. A gratifying feature is that the Allied casualties are light considering the importance of the ope rations Page 5. In some places the old Somme battle* field
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  • 1475 1 I. THE MUSTER IN PORT. The Navy wherecc, aider the good Providence of Gcd, the wealth, safely, and strength of the Kingdom cbie#y depend. (Articles of War.) "Gire as this day oar daily bread." This simple request, first ottered m the remarkable discourse delivered nearly
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 91 1 600DRICH TYRES iOUDS AND PNEUMATICS Baffles Motor Garage FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle/ 1 2H. P 2 Speed, four stroke, fitted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor Assessorios. TWA cidct f I fICC yßSw^^Wwk "TT rlßjl ULHDu WBvL XaW lt^ m INVESTMENTS \r&i*^to*y A py
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    • 143 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. (INCORPORATEII IN HONGKONG). NOW ON SALE FACE TO FACE KAISERISM JAMES W. GERARD Former United States Ambassador to the German Imperial Court AUTHOR OF MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY BALIANTINE'S PILSENEB BEER <r^ ST' Sv' «"***i 4^& Bole Agents— Straits Settlements and F.M.fl. SANDILANDS BUTTERY Co ITEMS
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    • 120 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The Royal and War Bonds— Page 1. Gaiety and Harima Hall programmes Page 1. Ching Eeng Lee'a sales of lands and bu iglow Page 8. BNB Our Day Lottery— Page 3. K\Kang Bridge notice Page 8. A tor ee lost Page 8. Ttirnyle disinfectant Page 4. A steamer
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 150 1 THE WEJE& Beads j 13th. fftfb Water- 1-48 ft.LL... 1-68 p.m. Rent Board, a.ifi p.m. Vitfnisdu 14th. High Water- 2 25 i .m 2-23 p m. Thursday 15th. flifb Water- 3-10 a.m., 5.54 p m. Moon First Quarter. Ea&tein Gate Installation, 8 p.m. Prltii! 16th Hlgn Water- 4 16 a
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  • 69 2 Scouts going to Camp will parade at Johnston's Pier on Tuesday, August 18th, •t 3 p.m. There will be a Scoots Rally at Seremban on Saturday August 17. Association Orders will not be issued -until September 16th. Individual Tioop Osderi as issued by Scoutmasters. Scouts from the
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  • 214 2 How a soldier's love for his horses led him to shoot and bury them was told by GiDsral Sir Leslie Handle at a meeting of Oar Dumb Friends' League. He was refused transport for them to England altar a campaign, and, sooner than hand them over to people m whose
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 396 2 j NOW on T I SALE (Cloth Covers $1.75) Jgg^ DOLUR DIRECTORY OFFICE, 16 CHANGE ALLEY. jifnTwifiit wiiiitwinilviifntL AN UNSURPASSED CHAIN j OF "S4FETY" EVIDENCE 38 of thesH safety forma i ion? m an nvt rage hize safety trtad t\re. aad 5 tou^la tubbtr fligers p roi.ru :i f g
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    • 602 2 PALLADIUM THEATRE TO-NIGHT! AT 9.30 TO-NIGHT t! HARRY CAREY In a Thrilling Drama of the Wild West Entitled THE SECRET MAN 5«« A Magnificent story cf love and Adventure,' Brimtall of startling situations, Equal to anything yet seen the screen. SUPPORTED BY FULL PROGRAMME OF SELECT COMEDY SUBJECTS In the
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    • 356 2 Frcm Thursday, August 8, until Tuesday t,Z A PICTURE THAT TOWERS ABOVE ALL orurJ 1 In the Intensity of Its Portrayal cf the Haioi.oi* f Ht K$ THE MOST POWERFUL PICTURE OF ITS KIND SINCE* c A PICTURE THAT EVERYBODY WI^L Want To At The AlhambrJ The Hall for Mutlc
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  • 397 3 >b i- .'^noncced from N pea n!r j'.nm, Eusap^ lulled i uo. T mmUM* woman a va*t r l r8 'the r^ jrdi of P sychical re itf' 2 nrect, m England, and ffcoagfe it is proved that eJ fraud at times, the super- j ,v- ol certain
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  • 173 3 ißienean i.'onsolata m R logonn *]iil ccmpl«ti the reg^uation under -::vi Setvica Ac: of all American S"C»5 "C» re ia.r.^ \n butraa The »i§i c-irtips of rif:y persona who isbie iq he drafted. Six of them I Burma unca r-^isterirg. ntittpbui al of tin Hang ''r ■^:--["n GartnaM?, icj a!wi\
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 728 3 I IMPORTANT NOTICE TO THOSE WITH WEAK, FALUNS, DULL LIFELESS HAIR. 7-Day "Harlene Hair-Drill** Home Outfits FREE TO ALL Nothing alive m Nature stands still. You go forward or backward. Thus, your hair !is either healthy or unhealthy— and millions to-day recognise that "unhealthy" is th« word to apply to
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    • 490 3 AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town Properties At Messrs Ching Keng Lee f o's Sale-room Raffles Lbamberp, Baffles Place On Monday, 19th Aug., 1918, at 2-30 p.m. All that piece of land situate In the District of Singapore Town estimated to contain according to the Government Re-survey an area of 1381
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    • 671 3 LOST One Brown hone about 7 feet long and 6 feet high, short tail, on the lthinst from Paya Lebar Road. Finder will be rewarded. Co umunicate to Mo. 26 Mohamed Sultan Road 13-8 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. KILLIHG BRIDGE. Notice is hereby given thtt the bridge over Kallang River known hh
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    • 662 3 BRHIS* NOHIH BORii 0 OUR DAY LOTTERY Tickets far this Lottery are issued undei* the auspices of the British North Borneo War Funds Committee, and by the "001 DAY" Committee for the West Coast. North Borneo, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS l. The lottery to be unlimited. 9. Tickets $5
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  • 828 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, August 13, 1918. The four yeara which onr young men have given to the Great War, some! direct from their schools, some from their colleges and varsities, others from the initial study of their chosen profes sion m the very climax of their adapt ability,
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  • 601 4 I j MeEers P Levett and C H Paramcr, of the Tacjong Maliro Rubber Co, are leaving to join the I A R 0. (M M). It 16 rumoured that Mr W Miller, Senior Inspector of Police, Taiptng, it to succeed |Me R Little, of Ipoh, when the latter leaves
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  • 188 4 Courtesy of tfe French Consulate Paris, Ang 10, 6 15 p m. We attacked on the comb ot Montdidier. We captured Rubeecr urt and Aseuinvillere and vent ac far as Favetoliee. The British and American troops Attack d between lha Ancre and the Somme aod C'-p^ured Morlancourt.
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  • 269 4 A copy r f the Year Bock of the Singß pore Automobile Club is to hand and it purchasable locally. There ia a good veal of us°''il information m its 160 pages, not only of the CJuh, bur. of roade, tulee. ordinances, and the full register of care and owners,
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  • FIGHTING IN ITALY
    • 84 4 London, Aug 10. —Italian Official: We forded (he Cbieee m the Daone valley and surprised a large enemy party, killing tome and taking 21 prisoners. The total of prisoners taken by the British m the raids between Canove and A6iago was 874. The French deeply penetrated a
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    • 61 4 London, Aug 11. The Air Mirietry states Oar squadrons oa tbe morning of the 11th attacked the railway station nt Karlerube and one aerodrome. Clouds hindered observation, bat a large bomb was seen to bit the station, causing an explosion. We drove down three enemy machines
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    • 47 4 Paris, An* 11 The lonq-r-uige (?ncs which vere sheliiog Pario have been eilf nt for two days. They are tuppoed to be situated m a wood between (Joit-cv.id aod Noyon, and are endangered by tLe Hdvance of the French along the Roye-LaEeiguy line.
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    • 37 4 London, kne, 11. Admiralty Our aircraft on Auj 9 heavily bombed the enemy mine^wf ppera eff Zeebrufige. Thpy »!ko observed a German destroyer sunk eight mile? nurtb. weal of Zobbrug^e, probably by a British mine.
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    • 32 4 Peklug, Aug 8. The Chioeee Govern ment hae tefusod to receive Patcelli, the recently appointed Papal Nuncio, who ia an inumate friend of the German For cign Minister von Hintze.
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  • 227 4 R USSIA STRRING ANTI-BOLS EVIK J GAINING F0W S Doleful I I Oopeofe l)fi-« brol li. MrfnpUeedbyt >* cils. Tho w e u, Olaobtafcky b Tiiera pm qi: Bolshevik* m district, rapidly. J Kuff H. J occur,e.i 1.,-, andtheGern.M, Fhe staff of announce* I af:o f ttooe almost the -H
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  • 205 4 And on What Folio Locdon, Aug 10-MrLio?ii speaking at a luncheon at Serf** moutbsbire, empbaeifd tbe :a of the pushing back of tbe Gem within gun range of the Amien One hundred trains dai.y ruti through that station, bat we n» rariiy deprived o« tbe use
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  • 17 4 Lor- Jon, al !in tba attifc owinPtot>- Spanibh Oabli JBtOOd 0I: protfr-rb I-" beiug rt'-'
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 170 4 WHISKIES H| Martin's V. V. O. $30.00 C/«/<i W/i/slry 30.00 JbL Perfection, McCallum's 36.00 I^^B Bulloch Lade's White Label 33.00 Bulloch Lade's Gold Label 36.00 Ifi^il Macgregor' s "V.O. S. I^3 Liqueur 36.00 2^gJ l^atson's /Vo- 70 33.00 H (rfi/ty extra) Colo UM SOLE IMPORTERS Oaldbeck Macgregor Go, PHENYLE the
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    • 41 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1085 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of onr offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of oar work could be given or demanded.
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  • 2286 5 QUICK ADVANCE GREAT CAPTURES Germans Thoroughly Thrashed SIGNS OF COUNTER-EFfORTS H» pnbmann« Cable] ■•start »«rTio«j The results cf the fourth B.ui h acd I im| o? Ainiena, were -fou, Cieep.t9 tbe MB*d by farge reinforce rosSJSfl up by tha ills t^e Canadians r i ISM whale .ioe
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  • 895 5 (By Major General Sir Oeorqe younghuskand.) The Englishman has a curious and quite nnoonscious genius for gaining the attachment and devotion of the natives of Asia or Africa. He' does not m the least lay himself out to gain popularity, rather I the contrary; he does nob
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  • 18 5 London, Aug 11. Tbe Weekly Dit patch says that President Wilson intends to visit England.
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  • 12 5 Paris, Aug 11.- M Malvy has gone to Spain.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 125 5 Robinson Co. SHIPMENT JUST RIVED The 'Gem" Safety Razors, m leather case, eo&aietuig of one Lick i plated razor, one nickel plated blade holder, with seven bladtSo The b!ad-3 can bs stropped ivith an ordin ry ras r strop. Price $3.50 each. Made m U. S. A. Robinson Co. SINGAPORE.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 696 6 P, IlSkitisb India 4ND /IIPCAB LIINE (Oomvanlea laootfotafefl la England Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.)) VIM Company's M*IL SERVICES EAST OP BOMBAY are at presents Who CompX'B INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON are at present suspended. Passengers for
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    • 588 6 JAPAN HAII STEAHSHIF Co., Ltd (lacoipovatGd la Jaya*!. EUROPEAN LINE. for Hontfkoil, Sbaoghal, Kobo Tokoaaaii for ■ilaui, Pining, Colombo oil England til Too Caps. k senrtoe Ib maintained belwees Japanese ports and Liverpool or London uadei mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. The Steamers maintaining thlß service have beea
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    • 282 6 MESSAGERIES MARITIMES (IHOOBPCBATED IN FB4KCI MAIL UNI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hong* Kong, Saigon, Singapore, Columbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH LIMI, Fortnightly service between Salgon-Tourane-Haiphong. Fot further information apply to J. de GOURTOIS, Agents. LONDON, A British Steamer, 5,075 tons G. B. with excellent accommodation for Ist
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    • 613 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP Cei^ (INOORPORITED IN U S.A.) ir SH| REGULAR MONTHLY TRANSPACIFIC SEfiVICE Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Hocolulu and San Francis SS. "COLOMBIA", 14,000 tone from Hongkong on or «hn, •1/ S.S. YEMEZOEU'-, Ai 000 tons do do lln S^-t lh S.S. ECUADOR 14 000 tons do do h
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  • 981 7 In Germany Before the War *o the Editor of the Spectator. I Sir, #c know that m dealing with Germany before thfc war the united vigdom of the British C&blnot was only equal to j going quite wrong. Let me controtßt with their Judgment cv the intentions
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1305 7 Assets over $2,000,000 ASS Assurance m force over $9 f 000,000 TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BEAD OFFICE: Wl«h»t m Bo«». 51»«.,.r» L0ND01) OFncE Z££££7£££'*-" --"^iiSiS 1 TiF "PVFL TO LOAN. LIBERAL COMMISSION TO BROKERS For all particnlara, apply to A. H. PAIE, Managing
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    • 181 7 NORTH BRITISH AND MEHCINTILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated In Great Biitaln). tran, ac ,c? kl d Matino Bati^ bSs° B CABS ReduOea Bate H. J. TOTTOH, McALISTEB Co Ltd Resident Officer General Agent". Straits Settlements F. M. 8. nc THE HO KONG BANK, LIMITED. (Incorporated m tho Straits Settlements) Capital Registered
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    • 243 7 Vitafer lTh^Tl-RritisnJ^O"*cFbojj M«* valoable for Ne^re Trouble, of every kind, from Temporary Debility to lon, •tmndinc NeurMthenia. rST HBBBPB GHEE EN6 ft SONS, £JCIVIL, NAVAL, MILITARY AND SPORTING TAILORS The Managing Proprietor, who has received hie training from m European Marter-Tailor, Personally Cuts eve^LniSS thus ensuring perfect fitting with the
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  • 879 8 Sunken "U "Boat's Grim Experience. One of the grimmest narratives of the war is provided m the Btory of the des traction, through striking a mine, of a 11 U* 1 boat of the largest and most receui type which was among the la-t vessels to leave Z
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 264 8 POST WAR WOLSELY will consist of three models each fitted with Electric Light and Selfstarter, and will be sold m Britain at approximately £200, £350 £500. The Wolseley Works are still concentrating their energy on work of national importance but orders are now being booked for Ul MOTORS, L TD
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  • 1375 9 laeaed by FRASER Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, Aog 12th All f uotatioßß of Sierilmf Shuti most fee leguded m put elf »omf«»i lot ibe weiQßl. ,™iJ; ll ilJli PAIL hUK Or surra. 9»**e»» 100,005 IB MB AllagMf 16% 18 8 0 878,980 la SB Anglo-Java 81%
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  • 50 9 OOKW*^? I^© v* Me; Aug 12 *fuV. till a 4 8- 16 dtraoa.) 53 15 2« Pit TfkS* ClWlita liflj M J -4 15-32 ftirc* aerc&nd P-aak Bl4i noU,T.T. H7| Be&SKKro, S«m«oJ So|%Fcsn gQKOH^M^, <5«-ii.«%c^ 99^ Ja?a. d^xrnr.^ 105 sssmKi, Bunk Bayioj |B. e* *ltv«« T.-v 48 18 16
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  • 110 9 Tin (600 tons; $175 60 .f&fcntg? tllQ 'i' lha ik.) aero Et-7fii (Am%cin&) no»s 3**3 l CoSm (4% Black) do^ '.;c*. small peavl c.:a!;*c oom 2a fioit 5q 8.75 axeiSifSia vja*'t' la ncm li Sago, tmi&U n.^ca o?mSandriau 7.99 '-T-i.. BsatißSl 9Bfltfttfi«d 3.400 G a a sit, &ix tlio«8
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  • 39 9 [All British vessels unless marked.] Arrivals. Aug 10. Hai Nam, Kaka, Krian Sing kara, Glatik (Dut.) Aug 11. Abbotsfotd, Lady Weld, Pin Seng. Aug 12. Kinta, Giang Ann, Circe, Ipob; Maefcauycber, Van Linschotan, Ruiiphius, Singkel (Dat.)
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  • 20 9 Aug 10. Medusa, Klang Tenchi Maru (Jap.) Aug 11 Ban Poh Guan, Baiavier De Weert (Dut) Fukuehu Mcru (Jap.)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 131 9 GORDON'S flj e Oldest Established London bn Distilleries hmous for the Purity and Flavour r> i OLD TOM" Zm f^M M M DRY GiNS." I ALL DEALERS iHE BORNEO CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) Black and White I There is no better value on the Market r this old and
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    • 660 9 Wanted to porehftee rrc :i cocoout placta* tlon. Full particulars biatmg p.ice to Box U c/o Free Press. 13 8 Fitter Require*, health y estate, to run 20 bl» Fetter eeiui -Diesel tDgine pump, four rollers, and Byre coring ibed Easy hours. Frse quarters Starting salary fM S4f. Prospects increase
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 304 9 MAIL TABLE To da; lijfiei 3>odf»tP va3 local nudSs, wpSIl tte uv.mt ia i<aB below Penaog, MalaooA, F.M S. i'ar Isafc I *> a ally (exoapt Suaday). Johore S, a. SO, noon, 2, 4A 6 p.m. Cucob Soon Lee 8.80 am Medan Iwami Maru 9.80 am Sambas via ports Singkara
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  • 1521 10 The Late Earl of Camperdown. From Our Own Correspondent Jane 10. By the death of the Earl of Camper<j JW n, great-grandson of Admiral Dune m j who won the naval beetle of C*mperdown, j Scotland loses uae of its most disinter- •sled and publio spirited men. For
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  • 160 10 The Cablenewa (Manila) states that, following advices from Washington that nil the recent sales of euemy alien business property amounting to millions cf pesos have been cancelled by order of the Uoited States Aiieu Enemy Property Cus« todian, A Mitchell Palmer, Governor General Harrison has
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  • 91 10 New York Tbe State Investigator said that iha Bosch fiiniiy ;n St Louih bad bought one million dollars German war bonds and f-old them m the Unittd States for propaganda The funds were uc«d for Jibe purchneo of tbe New York Evening Mail and other newspapers. Tbe In vefitigator said
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  • 878 10 During the lass two days we observe that three of our contemporaries have found reason to complain of what they describe as an inoontistent ezeroise of the powers of the Cenaorbhip. Both the West minster Gazette and the Daily Chronicle •tate that the
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  • 86 10 It having been reported that the German authorities had decided that the highwater mark of maeculine dress is a suit for week days and one for Sundays, Yorwartß suggests that tbe fig leaf be adopted. The title of an article m the Times of Malaya, The Rubber position, Should the
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  • 161 10 As the result of a raid conducted by Mr Beatty, Registrar of Societies, on No 169 North Bridge rd on Sunday, 21 Macau Chinese yesterday pleaded guilty before Mr Ham, third magistrate, to a charge of being members of an unlawful society the Nam Kam Yam Tsat
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  • 162 10 No 2 of Vol II of the Gardens Bulletin contains a useful article by Mr Burkill upon the experimental cultivation cf the Greater Yam m the Botanical Gardens. There are plates and abundant material for the benefit of the further cultivator of this useful food supply to go
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  • 99 10 There were two finals m tbe tournament last evening, the play being watched by a good number of spectators. The courts more on the ecffc side. The principal match was that which wound up the Profession Pairs event Merchants VII Stcut and Elienman v. Army Maj Wingate
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  • 68 10 The Chartered Bank are m receipt of a telegram from the London Office 1 Holders of Shell Transport Coy Bearer shares may deposit same with Chartered Bank of India, Australia acd China, autho rised give receipt, quoting numbers, to enable holders to claim new shares Bearer warrants must
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  • 46 10 Secretary N Gomes (Malacca) B Raul 10.210 total for 3 mos 27,682. Ayer Molek 12,600 total for 9 mos 109,280. Secretaries The Waterbouse Co. TanjongOlak 23,250 Pahang SO 288 Agents Brown. Phillips and Stewart (Pg) Perak River Valley 23.000 Singapore Para 43,000
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  • 33 10 RAUB GOLD MINING Bukit Kcmrm.— Stone Crushed 6,964 tons. Gold obtained 972 ozs. Average per ton 2.791 dwts. Bukit Malacca Stone Crushed 8,952 tons. Gold obtained 254 ozs. Average per ton 1.285 dwts.
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  • 174 10 The Times Obituary Column of men Killed m Action is a deeply in-ter-fating study m theae diys, wbtM fcbe surviving! friends of btava men t-ka p!di*ura m appending mottoes and other words cf loving appreciation to rh^j cusioiiiary "m Memoriam dttai.'s. While poets, majar snd minor, are
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 664 10 An enemy conquered Rbeumatism Is rot a mere <ff ect of C( Id ani ('a^n blood. With gooci red, pu.e blood a wav or of any uJ. > S 4 r I and rheumatiMn can be conquered by killiog the poison wIV v v j making and purifying effect of
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