The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 August 1918

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. lES CaNTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21 1918. NO. 9,446
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  • 259 1 War news came in rather late yesterday, the best being the capture of Roye station by the Allies. North of that, in the neighbourhood of Lihons, the enemy made spirited attacks and turned us out of some of our foremost positions, but lost them on the counter—
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  • 1112 1 DICKENS' LONDON IN WAR TIME As I wandered tbe other afternoon around the old familiar tpota in the Borough which are such appealing ear vivale of Dickens Land in London, these came to my mind the lively letter thai the great novelist wrote to his American friend, Professor Felton, deecribing
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    • 122 1 GOODRICH TYRES Ljpg -ND PNEUMATICS Raffles Motor Garage FOR SALE 1 Brand New New Comet Motor Cycle," 2E. P 2 Speed, four stroke, fitted with precision Junior Engine and also Motor Assessories. i J Growther Shaw Co. ft V!\ L'dil -fMtA i^gp OJR SPECIAL SURGES FOR §3^! p I TROPICAL
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    • 182 1 j IT IS REAL ECONOMY TO BUY A j CANADIAN I I FORD I IT IS LOWEST IN FIRST COST 1(1 I I ■■■II |H lIIMJJWBUMJW. I MOST ECONOMICAL IN PETROL AND TYRES. In the Secondhand Market it Commands a more Ready Sale and a Proportionately Higher Price than any
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    • 80 1 LATEST ADVEKTISRHE^TS. Walt Jackson L/d incorpjr .^ed Page 3 Bukifc Tengah Rubber Eecate tor eale Page 8. Further auction announcements by Ching Keng Lee, page 6 and 8. Wuiteaway'e boot and ehoe eale Page Si Albatnbra and Palladium new programmes Page 2. JOHN BEGG'S WHITE CAPSULE Scotch Whisky I As
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    • 5 1 eOODRICH TVRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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    • 106 1 THE WiLEK VBdssstfai 21st High $'usuj— 1 j 11 i>.w f-?9 p m. Tborsdai 220d. tftjb W&les— -D-43 a.m., I\'7 p m. Fall Moon. 1 Frldif 23rd Hlfh W*l^» 114 a 1 3 p.m. Lodge 6t. George Regular, 9 p.m. Saturday 24th. Hlgb W&tov 11 46 a.m., 11-ifc pm. Bt.
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  • 423 2 When wi!! the war end la the Weal wo fraokiy admit we do not kaow. No: m iu the E^tC According to a Turkieh p.injGcr thp secret may be discovert d How'? Ton Bhstild t::p sheep, ;aka the j Hr&tiiDg ot thu dock, kii!, dress it, hold tba tiMMlttlat u'j
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  • 27 2 Aug. 20, 1918. The following are the eharea as tc -which changes are notified in Meesri Praser und Co's yesterday's share Hat Bayers Selleri
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  • 95 2 .Aior Gajah 2.85 8.00 A^et Panae 7.50 8.00 Basaett .65 .75 Bukit Jelotong .40 .50 Bukit KaMl .75 .85 ladragiri 4,85 6.00 Jeram 1.15 1.30 Keurcpas 6 50 7.00 Lonftfl 6.0C 6 15 MißkaPinda 85 2.00 NevT Serendah 3 25 3.50 Nv^ilia 8 00 6. CO PH.Um
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  • 33 2 Kinta Association 15.25 16.65 Menglenibu Lett; Synd 90 1 00 Banb Aust G, -Id 8 25 8.50 Tingkil 18 CO 16.50xd Titi Tin Co Ltd 14.00 14 50 V\n Piah 1.60 1.70
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  • 13 2 "W Hammer 4Go Ltd 70.00 72.00 U, Bogtneen Ltd 21.00 21 60
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    • 223 2 j row on SALE H (Cloth Covers $1,75) DOl^R DIREGTOHY OFfICE, 16 CKANGE ALLEY. When Anaemic Run-Down «r TAKE -Jt THE IDEfeL TONIC. THE MEDICAL HALL Opposite General Post Office. SINGAPOBE. Victoria Theatre. Sunday, August 25ih. AT 9 P.M. The Lou! Bishop of Calcutta will deliver uii Address to Men
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    • 591 2 Palladium THEATRE TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 Last Exhibition of Parts < Parts The First Great Feature of "The Seven Deadly Sins" COMMENCING ON THURSDAY NEXT, AUGUST 22 The Second Feature of this Sensational Series 5 "PRTOF" 5 Parts m m m m m Parts Featuring the Great Actor HO LB ROOK
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    • 302 2 From Tuesday, Aug. 21 1 until Sund«v a I A GREAT ACTRESS IN A GREAT PICTUR ir>r V *>\ YOUNG IN ONE OF HER GREAT ST PRODU K N At The Alhambrj The Hall for Music and Ptefttnrei i 1 In the Second Show at 9 ir pm. ULjARA K.MBALL
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    • 1087 3 AUCTION SALE OF l/aluabte Town Properties At Messrs Ching Keng Lee ft Co's Sale-room rattles Chamberp, Ksffles Place On Monday, 2nd Sept., at 2*30 p.m. v. able land at the junction of Fouth Bridge Road and Upper Nankin u mm ol 1.8-9 square fees or thereabouts comprised in Statutory Land
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    • 691 3 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORF. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. T? nders are invited for metalling the Scudai Rodd Oeviaticr. Plans and Specification may be seen and forms ot tender obtaint d at the I P. W. D. Office during Office hours. The lowest or any tcrder not necessarily accepted. Tenders must be sealed
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    • 856 3 Walt Jackson Ltd. It lo hereby notified for General Information that the above Firm was Incorporated In Singapore on the 16th instant with the Registered Office at 6E, Bonham Street to continue and carry on the Business of Rubber .Merchants hitherto known under the name of Walt Jackson Co. E.
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    • 312 3 ENGLISH AND AMERICAN Boots Shoes JUST UNPACKED. I 1 I r. m TTTin n-i. J ust Received New Shipment of Military Gent's Tan Willow Calf Derby Waterproof Bo ots, no toe-cap, very stout sole, Shoes, reliab e quality, round toes as d P for march i ng and shooting, all
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  • 20 4 Cayley.— At the Maternity Hospital Singapore, on August 19. the wife of C D. Arcy Cayley, of a son.
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  • 1379 4 The Singapore Free Press. Wednesday, Aug. 21, 1918. It is quite on the cards that the new French attack in the Autreehes region i may develop into an affair of considerable importance. A casual survey of the map suggests this very area as presenting an excellent opportunity of following nn
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  • 715 4 The half yearly meeting of ths Strait) MeicbHLr Service GuiJd is c a Monday u; j x (261b) at 7 p.m. De Nieuwe Coursnt of Satßaracg is uovs publishing an English mpplanMml con taining telrgrams and news, for the bentfi of reeidects in Java. A serious outbrtbk of pueumonic plt-gr*.
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  • 102 4 ot the appeal id ih *«*inst the Ju lIT ,g RraMtraH Ui iecltrii i Coo»«t |m KitteM H. t*t C ur: m r•* v O-: j 1 1 a c ra was no i 4 !tion. UrttcUiiH mo ed tk*4 Ibe te tttor :i toftfttnanton b ,of
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  • 95 4 1 couuTLhY of na hu I rant Yesterday, during! jsur-Matf an* Huuvr., W8 •jprieOLierß between th| I I^4^ j rectified oar "front on SUsta kit from Carlepont to For: Key r b j average advancb cf two k« c;..,- c I occupied the plat ,u si 1
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  • 97 4 from Owr Ovm Corruponini Kualu Lumpur, Ao{B Scratching are ae follow All engagemect6 Grand Lord;: Race I.— Victory. Race 4 Rou mania, Fioradcr,* Mm; Jack. Rack 6. Loaddeer. Raci B.— Mystic, Scidbu. The lotteries are excellent Thcfiw ritei are: Race 1 Pegn-ir, M r hi Tim |240 Race
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  • 184 4 The woetern buoy of the tabeiliH iin Rhio Straite was replaced on tbell I instant. Mariners nr> wirDed:tt:S Red light in Thcjodc Pacdan Koa: :-.i burning Charged before Mr liarr, ;L:ri -«P jtrate, yesterday with nuawfc' ;ffom banishment, two DUMB led guilty were committed to tt' coming Aseizee. The monthly
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 118 4 BOLS DRY Calieck Macgregor 4 Co. Wine and Spirit Merchants. LA WSON'S %ik m t np« DUTY EXTRA. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND.) NOW BEADY. THE SINGAPORE AUTOMOBILE CLUB YEAR BOOK F3 1 1 91 8 Price SO cents per copy. CAN BE OBTAINED FROM Messrs. John Little
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    • 41 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1088 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do S1O) Note the conditions of our offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of our work could be given or demanded.
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  • 304 5 cmEMY RESISTANCE m, pnbni*rln# Cable] 19 (9.35 p. i. iob at Hove h&i R |fc t"l Ag&nc; |in*i alt ant ha ,ry eonohiUoi I gromM v Ik from tb mj potitiom i| hirther Frencl aad Oie« lee for tbt :I e lang.et arj B tweea Li 3
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  • 149 5 fevT A0? l Heutec's correepon Bt :i h fceir] qu4rterB (evening of IiCB-h'V U fC m aorth of Heba fce r oe, b-rc ttie Germans continue 3^ r ;i O'Jicul'y to move backt retirement in the vfctn onr patrols have vltfe tbe enemy on hjj»; c &u
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  • 9 5 Uf the Rbo^ charity 1 BWclbyMrljMrea
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  • 127 5 A DEMENTI FROM SPAIN r-tiUata-'i Ifcrvice) San Sebastian. Oct 18 At the Spanisl papers have been publishing sensationa 9 ♦..menta re^urdicg Spain'l relations witl Germany, Seuor Dato, Foreign Minister has issued a decUratioa insisting thai tht intention cf the Government, like tbat ot its ptedeeeMon, is to maintain
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  • 60 5 Amsterdam, Aug 19.— The Bolshevist napat Pravia etfttea that the Soviet's appeal 3 a "Russia'- intervention in j the war id neaeasary. The Government I therefore h-^ completed preparations to SiemOTC !o Krooetadt, which is regarded as '< a iafe place." Peking, An*; 19 —Sir Qharlea E;io« has
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  • 42 5 Washington, kvtg 19 —Forty Dutch ehipc .lying m the Dutch E»si loiter are expect e^ to be released as the resah ol iha informal moJus vivendi* 1 to bring sugar [tin and quinine to the United Scates. *e»
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  • 363 5 Worst Than Enemy Gas Amsterdam, Jane 12 According to the Cologne Gazette, the beachleaf mixture which has been supplied to smokers in the German Army, and which a War Office representative admitted had damaged the health of the troop* was the subject of sharp questions addressed to tbe
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  • 119 5 Commenting on the latest Hun abomina tioc an officer in the R A F writes from the western front War to a Ger man ia what strong drink is to a certain tjpe of criminal. The whole nation has become druuk with war. I have seen much
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  • 89 5 Gen^r*! Btdea Pjwol! told a good stoiy the other day at a Boy Scout meeting about the boy who one night went to bed without having done his kind act Just aa he was beginning to feel rather deprea sed about it, he heard a mouse in
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  • 146 5 INFERIOR IN AEROPLANES AND AMMUNITION i [By Hubnaarine Gable] i IBevter'i Btrriot] *j London, Aug 19— Reufcer's corresponj dent at Italian headquarters, wiring to- 'day, say*: Two captured Austrian docuf menta 6bow the extraordinary mastery i which the AlHpr have obtained over the j enemy in aerie!
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  • 533 5 It is a very long time since the Arch bishop of Cologne first took a hand in ou English affaire. When Richard Coeur di Lioq was so foolish D3 to tru^t to the gooc faith of Auettia and was captured in thi -uhurbe of Vienna by his
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  • 111 5 t URENGGANU, FJRST LIST. t Knjaiiij Miuing Company 8250 I Mr Tan Wi Yan 200 c Mr J L Humphreys 100 j Mr H Gild ICO t Chenderong Wolfram Mines 100 SiiL'ghi Chenderong Mines 100 i Me Tan Lian Cheng 100 i Suugai Pinang Rubber
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  • 307 5 j London, Aug 16 Renter's corres I ipondent at French Headquarters (Aug 19) says that Mangin's attack was made after a short artillery preparation. The enemy wa9 again taksn by surprise. He was holding the line weakly without reserves within call. We gained useful ground overlooking the deep
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  • 288 5 The Committee of the W C T U gratefully acknowledge the following contributions in response to their special appeal for, $6,000 Baltimore WCTU (per Miss Strout) $177 "Pip" 100 Mr S Tomlinson 100 John Robertson 50 W A Sims 25 Collection at meeting of
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  • 150 5 Electric cooking has been given a boo't n Great Britain ky the scarcity cf coal tnd gas. Electric ovens and ranges have Ken adopted in communal kitchens, great mblic feeding places, and have quick. y von pcpula;ic,y through thoir convenience, automatic control, and varied efficiency. )ne of tbPbd kitchens at
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    • 94 5 v Robinson Co. I g J Unmounted Straight and Bent Robinson Go. r^W'j^H^^gC^ta^^B^S'i^Kßßy w««M«>»« a K«> ■ii^^^?^^sd£j* fc- T« i "i. Pssf I cLysWa I STRAW TIPPED (0 fin PER TIN 0F inn I <|J*iOU CIGARETTES lUU Mp« II N. iUCKERIDGE iatoof Messrs LA> A YKTTK, Photographers to Their MA
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 769 6 P* *O« Dwnsß India AND oLpcah Li in e (OoEuraniea lacotf otatofl la England.) Mail and Passenger Services PENINSULAS* AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.)! vne Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OP BOMBAY are at presents *&e C^mplny's INTERMEDIATE SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON are at
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    • 308 6 t In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement cf Singapore. c IN BANKRUPTCY No. 59 of 1918. AUCTION SALE OF FREEHOLD LAND At Messrs. Ching Ktng Lee Co., On Monday, the 26th Aug., at 2 30 p m. i All that piece cf land situate in the District
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    • 959 6 XVJLe JLtJL« MESSAGEBIES MARITIMES (INOOBPOBATED IN FBAKCF) MUL LIHI, Monthly service between Shanghai, Hong* bong, Saigon, Singapore, Columbo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marbeilles and vice- versa. BRANCH LIKE, Fortnightly service between t aigon-Toorane-Haiphong. For farther information apply to J, dO COUBT8»I>, Agents. OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD. (Incorporated in Japan). The above
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    • 585 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP ccapll; (INCORPORATED IN 1; 8 .a., IS|r nH| REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS JACIFIC BBNto Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu zrH s^ r SS. "COLOMBIA", 14,000 tons from Honskone on or S.S. VENEZUELA 14 000 tons do aT S.S. ECUADOR 14 000 tons do and every 28 days thoiprft/M.
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  • 304 7 The Choice for the Hyphenated la a little country towa in Pennsylvania a email boy jumped on to the train and offered fhe evening papers. They were freely bought, and two men sitting to gether made guttural noise as they saw headlines announcing a German
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  • 697 7 I left this little town to journey to Virginia. In the smoking room of the Pullman only the war was being discus sed and I asked a citizen from the Middle West what he thought the effect would be if there were ''news of heavy casualties among the
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  • 345 7 Turkish Prisoner's Lament. The Special Correspondent of Router's Agency on the Macedonian front in a telegram from Salonika alludes to tbe interest arc used there by the passage through the town of some hundreds of prisoners, including Germans and Turks, captured in the recent operations
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  • 223 7 Nova first magnitude in Aquila, first seen June Bth, 10 hr. 45 GMT, approximate position 18 hr. 45 m RA, plus 0 45' dec. Slightly brighter than Deach. Pure white such is the official description ol tbe new star which is 'intriguing" astronomers and agitating certain journalists
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  • 149 7 CONSTRUCTION OR DESTRUCTION Quakers, Pcohibifcionista and others have protested at the permission recently granted to Dutch distillers to export to the British Gold Coa#t an increased quan tity of gin for the Wost African natives. Sir Harry Johnston now writes to the Dai)j Ndwsoa tbe Bubjacfc. "If distilled alcohol were
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  • 122 7 The Petit Journal points out that tbe Germans who have employed in this war methods of cruelty hitherto unknown have increased even these in the last few days. They are now making especial use of hyperite shells, whoce gas the poilns call mudtaid gas. For a long time,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 27 7 IN STOCK IST GRADE AUSTRALIAN 0 ICALYPTUS OIL in Cases Containing I 56 lbs. nett. (2 by 281b tins.) QUOTATIONS ON APPLICATION. TEe 7 INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND)
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    • 590 7 Never Use An Oily Polish on Any of My Furniture— just OILY polishes gather and hold the dust, sc)iling clothing, linen and everything with which they come in contact. Johnson's Prepared Wax imparts a perfectly hard, dry, glasslike polish. It forms a thin, protecting coat over the varnish adding years
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  • 1992 8 To Deo. 81 July To date 1817 Abaco 86,158 Ailagar, Deo 808,400 118,800 A.Gajah, Sep 140,405 10 200 76,659 Alor Pongau 276,418 18.4C0 86,785 Alrua, 852,700 88 000 20fc,800 Ampat, Sep 216,284 90,111 An-Johore, Mat 806,005 23,795 149,481 An Maiay,Dec 1,710,142 119,877 709,595 >n-S'tra,May 888,964 826,460 A.sahan,
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  • 250 8 Beans, Long Slnga ort A l-th Beef d c BoefSteak P rr 'b. Beau Sprouts dlj Bamboo Sprout* catty Blachan Briujals Cabbage, Batavia do. China do. Salted Carrots, Imported, i do. Singapore Capons g do. do I Celery A Chillis, Fresh SJ^ do. Dry j Cucumbers i
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  • 271 8 In above !f Ht the l monthly totalw f,;r .1. tawhtchtbeCompan, after tha namo. Third Ivis total to date ana KJ. ot the past montn. t\ ri' to get the flgaro 8 accarl !4v^us guaranteed, .vlana^;.;, f'i I' 31 Mtn tre irregular. ':-c A. Kinta June 1,716 754
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    • 149 8 '0'r: magneto '|j I^-; IGNITION. I 150,000 Last Year! I Many thousands of them went to all 1 1 parts of the world. The Overland is |j p indeed the international motor car be- ;i g cause it is made on a scale of production which permits a value unapproached!
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    • 22 8 iifSANTOLj --I II Inyc 1 EVERV7 .^G f THE WAV OF MOTORIN 1 CON^LT Reid Office, iot<>r OfcW rf 101, Market Street.
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  • 50 9 i-o««*.-i^^a f 9q Aug 20 BMJ 4 8 2 4 8-16 1, da:uv>* UISK ft»SH iSioiand B*^Jk M 814^ ■-/'•>,. T. I, .148 Ic 1 g b bjh A| da ma a i 98 Java, 4«maaJ 106f UasKo2 l«i&ft&4 eei SotcssmmVi Bank Bnyl |B,e« B«I9 S*lv«t Lsitflca 48 18
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  • 149 9 Tic (225 tons) 9169 00 C-jn? KOt f 22.10 Ffi9f>99 Blaofc osdtn, -'pass 81.0: P#spa* IWtoiSa fisl«: 4! 50 KttsOSgi iIC *9 Sbfl '<; I QJIX fta&atgs ,B0 va tSi la noaj Li%33 IBffiStSfi}. D "ID GiorM (AmbdasJ noai BallOeflai (4%BJaoi) lw doji T»plwa, imail past! (fall qca?fi f
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  • 30 9 [All British vessels unless marked. Arrivals. Aog 19.— Kinta, Circe, MitaHjri, Hebe; Maetsaycker (Oat) Asdang (Siam.) Aug 20 Eameralda, Anjon, Sri Muar, Kuala R S Baru (Dut.)
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 318 9 -ts over ?2,000,000 A?se Assurance in force over $9,000 000 B EAS ™.i5. ASSURANCE, COMPM, UMITED I ,DOFnCE:WU 1 c l!M „B«^sl»« wro LONDW. OTOCE: 82 EC T l IPgff.TOLOAH. LIBERAL COMMISSION Tn RPnu.p. For al! ParUonlws, apply to A. H. PAIR, Managing Director, or to HOEACE W. BAPBB. Director
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    • 472 9 vokoham1 e specie BANK, LTD. l^ocur-op.ATfcD im Japan Beserve Fwnd....^ y 13.100.C00 PrtHdcnt. J. Inonye £hq. riceFre*iie*il. N. Kajiwara Es^. CIIECTQES. J. Icouye Eeq. y. Yamakawa Esq .N. Kajiwar* Esq. M. Odagirl Eeq N, Hcma Esq. Baron K. Iwasaki K. Baq. k. Tatsnml Es^. lOnnmi Esq. S. Snzaki Esq. R.
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    • 661 9 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Incorporated in Great Britain). M A RI N P Pl f ,9 O ?i tar S ctB> Latest c °°C93sions. BeS° RCARSRedUCeaRateB Increa k£fi!?Vi usd by this Company cover ■i J T ?"0M, McALISTER ft Co., Ltd., Resident Officer General Agents. 8l Straits Settlements
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    • 555 9 0. S. K Wanted exrerienccd ty^.sc^. Ap^ly personally to 0. S. I. OFFICE, a *«o. 2, Ue fco.,i:a S'roet. 5 Dw B t I WANfEO MEDICAL OFHB.R KZ?r a P'^'y ia Trer^^m Enclosing rejuied q<yaliQcallon9 aGrt fct *ttng saUry A > Ilyto I ox 1 9 c/o Free Press n.c
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 338 9 CLEARANCES. Aug 19.— Ktian, Hai Nam, Petak, Kaks Melchior Treub Eoiile, Pontianak, Ban Fo Soon, Van Linschoten (Dut Aug 20. Bdyniersz (DuL) RHAIL TABLE Today lnteimeOlate wad local maUb «it! me ora^i la HeJ below Penang, Malaeaa, F.M.B. tPw Tm*i 4 > daily (except Sunday), Johore 8, 9.30, noon, 2,
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  • 1046 10 The first annul general mseting of the Union Jaok Club was held at tba Cab house last evening, presided over by II E Admiral F C Tudor Tudor and attended j by Capfe F.ehpr. Col Gritflihf, and M€S3rs t A W Vick (8 n Trflss), V Km?,
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  • 559 10 A Personal Experience It was at that swtet hour, half way through too evening, when tba District trains are nearly empty. There entered iny compartment and sat down on the red seat opposite to me a soldier ol fine presence and magnificent physique one who might have
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  • 328 10 Sir Bernard Mallet, the Registrar General, delivered a lecture at the Royal Institute of Public Health on The Effects cf tba Vv ar he Shown in Vital Statistics. Dealing with the decline in the birth rate due to the war, he said that in Ecgland and
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  • 43 10 For the suggestion that doors of taxicab3 should Jbe hinged near the driver, 8O that in an emergency persona could alight; without being caught by the door and knocked down, (he Safety Firet Conncil hat awarded a prize to Mr R S Prineep.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 479 10 To the Editor. Sir, I have read the reply of the Government at the Federal Council (in reply to an important queetiou) that no euffl oient proof is forthcoming that there is no such a thing as a rubber slump, or words to that effect. Evidently oar
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  • 317 10 I Sentence ol a Year's Imprisonment. i Judgment was delivered by the Mixed Court, Shanghai, "on July 81, in the case in which Otto Selke, formerly editor of the War," and Walter Rohr were charged I in connexion with the attemp e alleged to have been
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  • 114 10 Our democratic Army occasionally witnesses some queer social freaks. I beard the other day cf a eubnltero, the son of a grocer, who has his latters handed to him by a poet corporal who is a baronet. I mentioned this to a friend who commands
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  • 153 10 The following properties were disposed }f by anotion at Messrs Chiog K-ng Lee k Co's sale- room oo Monday afternoon Leasehold land and house* Nos 200 and 201 Arab Street, atd No 30 Clyda Terrace, irea 1,384 eq ft bjught by Hadj iDiyeng [or *7.000 Leasehold lard pituate
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  • 82 10 Attendance at three recruits' parades a week is compulsory. [Drills Marked are compulsory.] Wednesday, Aug 21. 4 00 p.m. Johnstou'd Pier for Fort Sera pong S V A Sees I& II 4.45 Johaßtou's Pier SREv N C Os 5.15 Drill Hall Maxim Co SV R atd 5.10
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  • 119 10 The story is being told of bow Lady Randolph Cburchiil, now Mrs Porch, waaried by the sound cf the telephone be 1 and thfl continuous inquiries which were made of her as to who Mr Porch was. his age, his nationality and above till, where the w&dding
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  • 79 10 How better could the great Prisoners Problem be crystallised than in the follow ing sentence in a letter from an anxious mother 11 If whoever is responsible for getting things done had the heart breaking suspense of some mothers who are suffering through the absence
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  • 395 10 The weekly meeting of tha Rent Assess- aent Board was held in the Municipal fflces yesterday afternoon, there baing resent the hon'ble Mr C J Saundere President), and Messrs S Tomlison, M leyer, Gaw Kbek Keam, E Tessensohn, i nd H Carpmael. A number of houses in Karban
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    • 304 10 Worn out Men Should Take Dr. Cassell's Tablets They Cure all diseases due to There is nothing like Dr. dttdl'i T putting strength into weak people They now nerves of your body, enridi your blood and splendidly strong and vigorous. You cannot you take Dr. Cassdl's tablets; they fill x,,
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