The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 24 August 1918

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1 8 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    Masthead
    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. FEN ENTB SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 24. 1918. NO. 9,449
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    Kelly & Walsh Ltd.
    275 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. (INCORPORATED IN HONGKONG). USEFUL HANDBOOK Billiards for Beginners by John Roberta $1.20 The' Game of Billiards and How to Play I it by John Roberts 1.20 Billiards for Amateurs by Chas, Roberts 90 'Praotica Strokes at Billiards by John j Roberts 1.20 I Fun on the BtlMard
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    THE DAY'S NEWS.
    299 1 Byng*s Third Army attacking between Arras and Albert made substantial advances, as far as Achiet le Grand, which looks down on Bapanme three miles away. Sonth of here there was also a good advance, and the Hebaterne salient is being rapidly whittled away Page 5. The attack
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    TOPICS OF THE WEEK.
    1314 1 Quicquid agunt homines noatri est farrago libelli Juvenal. "Dagonet," or oat old friend O R Sims, has turned his weak ness for what might be called acrostic wit on to ibe much abased On more senses than one) Order of the British Empire. "Oh, Bless Every
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      158 1 GOODRICH TYRES LIDS AND PNEUMATICS ■Raffles Motor Garage I FOR SALE 1 Brand New I New Comet Motor Cycle," I 2H.P 2 Speed, four stroke, I fitted with precision Junior I Engine and also Motor AssesI sories. h< rei r a Koya! oser is located there is a pTpewii resin
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      361 1 Your car should havg the benefit of tEe I S I i.C i cij CxOa ix 1 1 LII(jSC S Obtainable from first class garages B and dealers everywhere or write S St. Helen' 3 Court* Singapore if your dealer cannot supply. 4 Firestone Tirs Rubber Company B Akron, Ohio,
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      63 1 Lvr EST &DVEHTISESI& TS. Student teacher? wanted for Singapore Page 7. Maternity nurse wanted (or Moor Page 7. Buick 5 sealer for sale Page 7. Kelly acd W.i:eh U3pfai handbooks Page 1. Note for music lovers Page 1. JOHN BEGG'S WHITE CAPSULE Scotch Whisky As Supplied to all the Royal
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      5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOUPS AND PNEUMATICS
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      104 1 THE WJg]£& Saiufdr., 24th. Bat- Water 11-46 *.m., 11-48 pm. St. Bartholomew. i Eelemak Robber Go, noon. Eastern Gate Emergent, 6 p.m. Sunday 25th. High Water- -19 p.m l?th Sunday after Trinity. Address to Men V. Theatre, 9 p.m. ■•■diy 26th. Hij Wate»" 0-34 a '53 p.m. Straits M. 8.
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    A " KRAMAT " TIGER.
    415 2 A KRAMAT TIGER. Planters' Exciting Experience. A large Ugec whloh baJ beccnr.a nctc liom is th Bernam dlsiriol ol Low°r Pemii, b] 161 iit-qacnt ii tacks oa cattle •cd otb«i ic-.oiaU, aad which WMB looked apco by tb« MaV«\4 of the dittticc a» a ktsvnaft,* 1 or iattesd animal, experienced
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      417 2 NOW SALE H (Cloth Covers $1.75) DOLLAR DIRECTORY OfFICE. 16 CH/MIBE »LIEY. S HAVE YOU TRIED i GOODRICH FULL SIZES P LARGE STOCKB NOW AVAILABLE. Victoria Theatre. Sunday 9 August 251h. AT 9 P.M. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta will deliver an Address to Men m conuecti. n with the
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      427 2 Palladium ORCHARD ROAD TO-NIGHT! AT 9.30 TO-NIGHT!! THE SECOND SENSATIONAL FEATURE of "The Seven Deadly Sins" ENTITLED 5 "PRIDE 'S Featuring the Great Actor HOLBROOK BLINN. AND FULL PROGRAMME In the First Show Commencing at 8 o'clock A STIRRING VITAGRAPH FEATURE ENTITLED "The Mills of God" NOTICE This Programme will
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      415 2 From Tuesday, Aug. 2l, until Sunday 4 rf 1 GREAT ACTRESS IH A GREAT PICTURE CLAR& i£ 5 YOONG IN ONE OF HER GREATEST^PRODUCT^ 4t The Alhambri The Hall for Music and icatur-s. ftfuoh In the Second Show at 9 15 p.m LEWIS J. SELZNICK present* CLARA KIMBALI YCI r
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    WOMAN'S PART IN THE WAR
    1016 3 I had cot been many daya m France be- fore I realised that this had become a woman's war as well as a man's. I had seen something of the war m 1915, when j women were already ac work m the hospitals, large and
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      85 3 G :rinu".iODti t v k s Moore t rson bad t iw taanei X aid a~ Im i? TUB f, vf ith wowol ibe ipi i pr^ouets. ■E v r > 10 toe women 6 I l Taere the X ta almost every I -n m he German Em MS.'.
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      676 3 GOVERNMENT OF JOHORE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. I Tenders are Invited for the Following Work at Johore Bahrn. Plan* acd Specifications may be seen 01 application at the Drawing Office. P.W.D. Jobxre Bafcru, on any day (e'ridayn excepted i between boars of 9-30 am. and 4 p.m. The lowest or any
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      859 3 i EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER. Box Mercantile. Vacancy filled. Applicants thanked. 24-8 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. i Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary's Office, np to noon of the 4th Sen* tember, 19 8 for the following works I. Alterations to entrance of Raffles Girls' School from Servants' Quarters 9. Construction of
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      934 3 SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB. THE AUTUMN RAGE MEETING (UNDER 8. R. A. RULEB OP RACING) WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday the 15th, Thursday the 1 7th, aud Saturday the 19th of Oct., 1918. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. TUEBDAY, IfTH OCTOBEP, 1918. 1 8 THE MALAYA PURBE and PLATE— 2 80 p.m and
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      834 3 Meeting. The bones may be divided by th# Handicapper into three clashes, i.e. A, B aad O. Each class to be handicapped sepaiately. Horses handicapped m class A shall be eligl--1 ble to ran m Race No. 7, Horses handicapped m class B shall be eligible to ran tn Race
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      207 3 SERYICBB. tnNDA^^« R TRINITY. I*** w .»»""r c Dl «s> i .'i, 1 *ll Hu.,D, 19.5'5.«74. t;; >v- BBPOI LINES. 31 MA- „i a. ''rSH.iNC^-H. ORCHARD ROAD. .li.PJin'ster'g Bible Clasa. I" tic nation of the :he war by Rev riM flea ot tae huf ot the British rvi ot lutt
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    The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, August 24, 1918.
    1383 4 The Singapore Free Press. Saturday, August 24, 1918. Whilst thiDga are going so well on the western front, it must not be forgotten that very vital events are taking place m Russia. There are people who shrug their shoulders and anxious ly doubfc the wisdom of the Archangel and VJadivostock
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    FRENCH CONSULAR TELEGRAMS.
    128 4 COUBTBBT OF THE FRENCH CONSULATE Paria, Ang 31, 6.10 p.m.— Yesterday, we captured Beauvraigoes after despereis fighting. Daring one advanoe between the Matz and the Oiee, we took 600 pri I ■oners. We attacked between the Oise and the Aiane on front oi 26 kilometres; we oarried
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    THISTLES, ROSES, SPAGHETTI.
    759 4 Sir William Weir will probably soon be heard m the classic halls upper or lower of Westminster. Thie remarkable man one of the eaccenees of tbf war poFeeßect a lightning brain, an excellent manner and he talks directly and straight from the ehoulder with the finest accent
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    COMFORTS FOR TROOPS VLADIVOSTOCK.
    120 4 COMFORTS FOR TROOPS VLADIVOSTOCK. LnJy Tudor hh, bl co^inittee m >r, >i V(4 d toj^ wva rlw:hii) R f, c for rtoj Viaduo^ock M-. X rt t rill -h tfl£ to bf vice preside V, m ht e %J Ire^urer. Xbe p^rou^: JJ Fil S Ihe i:>»iu^6 c f I
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    A DREAM.
    542 4 Bj a Ritoroed FHsooer of I had b*en tLr c >e aie a B war iv Germany, eiu i Ud ***i eduie:— K«tet N Sir,— l atn ihrprf^ t that rm kr. mandaiU ai the PMioi*r*r J for German rfflnci-.v! aud Lieutenu^--- atd haveaHor.r.r'.v r :n^ d ,Jj
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      245 4 BOLS DRY GIN Caldbec Macgregor Co. Wine and Spirit Merchants. Edison's j^^^hm^ "diamond ;;disc "THE PHONOGRAPH WITH Cabinet, Maho>:M)y, Golden Oak, Weathered I%&b2b^w'JksW!M > Or I? or Funieri ■ak < outaics it cord filing space sa^^*4* with cards am' ini t-st-s foi flliLg. Twelve iuch ES3^ 3??^*^Ss^s-" cord teed. Dianion
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      43 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS '< ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 1088 i 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do $10) Note the conditions of onr offer 11 No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the hjgh quality of onr work could be given or demanded.
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    MANGIN'S WIDE ADVANCE
    508 5 ijEDS GEMMI MAXIMUM n —The *oc messes achieved Mil n k n f r.-' Mpog^B b »-n>y. on ft IJI pail of ;h« battle Aag «Woh U develop ftofl Alb*rt lo the village the fa»tl»ercuo«« P^int Ihe French -h«i o' thB Ai-De t0 tbB Wtit f tS^Jii'
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    FOCH'S STRATEGY
    333 5 PRESSING AND CONVERGING 1 ■> ivbmarlßa Oak*; [Bavtar'e Berrioe] London, Ang 22 —The aarias ol blows now being dealt to the Germans on Ihe whole front, from the Belgian frontier lo Rbeima, is remarkable nol maraly for Ihe rapidity with whioh they succeed eaoh other, bnl for Ihe
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    MR ARQUITH AT OXFORD.
    471 5 Aspecis of ihd Victorian Age B fo;e a ertAt aa? f nab^ga at the Shal doin>n tb--»:te, Oxfocd, on June 8, Sit v i^i. b ieliTeted «.ac Romanet Lctute, •a ig ml. object 'Some Aspects of h t ietorian age It win h» said a ourious
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    BYNG'S ATTACK
    226 5 A TACTICAL SURPRISE (By IhibaiarUia OaMaa [aWstar'a Berrioe] London, Ang 11. Henter'a correspondent at Brilith headqaartera aaya thai Byng'a attaok, m which tanke participated, ntm a tactical inrpriae iv the thiok of the morning miet. The German infantry was i found weak m plaoei.Bome companies being I only
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    HAIG'S REPORTS
    618 5 London. Aug 23. Field Marshal Haig, at 4.45 am. Co day, reports.: Wa attacked the enemy's position, botffeen the Somme a,nd the Ac ore. By nightfall on Wednesday our patrols had progressed on the lefl bank of the An:re to the south and south east of Beaucoart. We
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    THE SEA WAR
    326 5 LOSSES FEWEK BUT STILL CONSIDERABLE LBj atobaaaruM Gabl*} IBeatar's iarvioal liondon. Ang 32. The Press Bureau states: The following *ere the Ju!y mercantile tonnage loises (all gross tons) British 1T6.479, Allied aod neutral 186,532 total 818,011 Compared with the adjusted June losses, these fl« ires show a
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    LONDON STRIKE
    42 5 London, Aug 22. A conference of the bus strikers, representatives of tbe unioub soncerned, and Sir G R Aekwith, recommended the resumption ot woxh pending reference of the disputed questions to ihe committee of production, whose »ward caused the strike.
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    EXTENSIVE AIR WORK
    83 5 London, Aug 21. Admiralty between Ang loth and 18th Air Force contingents attached to the Navy dropped 15 to 16 lons of explosives on Solway works, Zae Diugge and Brnges docks, anSi-aircrati; butteries at Westende, O-.tend docks, Zio brngge aerodrome, Middlekcrke. Pu»(>obf>n 3a«!e canal, Stalhille dump, M3elkarke,
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    ALLEGED HOUSEBREAKER.
    356 5 Before Mr W Langham Carter, Benior magistrate, yesterday, a Cantoneee nnmnd Loo Mok pleaded not gniUv to a charge preferred against him by Insp Dyae of aouee brooking at a shop at the fifth noils 7 toue Basic Timah rd at 2 ».m. on Aug 6 and theft
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      129 5 Robinson Co. SPECIAL KOVELTIES Iff Lsdie^ i| I^4 SWART FANGY STRIFES <|^S?fefiC AJS l am olourin g s Navy, Grjy, Pink, Sky, Rose, Paruaa Violet, Robinson Co. NOW HEADY. THE SINGAPORE AUTOMOBILE CLUB YEAR BOOK FOR 1918. Price 50 cents per copy. CAN BE OBTAINED FROM Messrs. John LitUe Co.,
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      1078 6 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVMRT MAATSCHAPPIJ (loecrporated In Eolland.) Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. ISd«B080H ££S?ii£ le P nmawe. Slgli, Sabang, Oelee^eue, Tapal* Yah d«n BOBOH ginabang, Bingkel Bi Bolga, Goenoeng^Bitoli, Lahewa, NawJslands Telok-Dalem, Poeloe Te lo and Pacang Aug. 24 VamdbbHaobh
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      641 6 N. Y. X JAPAN MAfi STEAMSHIP Co.. U-i (Inoorforatea la i&t aa} EUROPEAN LINi f tt Itifktai 1 Hhngmi, Kotos ft Ttksbßßii Pir lilim, Pnul, Coltmbt ill England wla Tbt Caps. A aervioe Is maintained betwee* Japanese 1 ports and Liverpool or London aiiot* mail contract with the Imperial Japanese
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      275 6 M. M. MESSAGERIES MARITIMES fINCOBPORATBD Of FBAHOt) HAIL Ull. Monthly service between Shanghai, Hong* kong, Saigon, Singapore, Colombo, Djibouti, Egypt and Marseilles and vice-versa. BRANCH Ull. Fortnightly ser vice between Salgon-Toarane-Haiphong. Fot farther Information apply to J. dO COURTOiI, Agents. OCEAN TRANSPORT CO., LTD. (Incorporated m Japan). The above Company
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      564 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP cowpl; (INCORPORATED IN U 8.A.) fir W(| REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS PACIFIC SERVICE. Hongkong, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Honolulu and Sao Fraud 8.8. COLOMBIA 14,000 tons from Hongkong on or hlk, i. S.S. VEHEZDKLA I',1 14 000 tons do llth S.S. ECUADOR 14,000 tone do do I and every
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      1303 7 assets over 52.000, Assurance m force over $9,000,000 i 0- G?'AT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). KAB OFHCE: Winchester House, Singapore. LO m>on OFFICE: 32. Old Jewry, E.C. M U*i-» hM £2 oo <3ePOf lea tte Baprem Co«» o/ Engtand, ana oooiplles wl.h the MUAUto Msaranc,
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      602 7 I STUDENT-TEACHERS. There are vacancies m the Government Schools, Singapore, for Student- Teacbers. Written application?, stating qualifications and experience should bo sent to the Inspector of Schools, Singapore and Malacca. Singapore, sr rd August, 1918. •*8 81-8 WANTED EUROPEAN MATERNITY NURSE Ffcß MUAR. With Midwifery Qualification and good knowledge of
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      497 7 EXCHANGE Oo»k*a«j v---. rr» ?t- Ang 28 r 1 4 8-16 4«oeaAJ 1-8 16 16 '.>••■* j.;« 9m* 14 16-82 t^aAuad Sank w 814| oiOi4 4 T. T. 148 aC9BK.CB9, fi|Br.<l! 57£%Pct« r 3KOBAifA, d»m*n4 08 JA7A rfaticacij 107 i labskok, dauiftiia 66| Snyaaaiaßt, Baak pujioi 18.64 Bftak si H&a!&cJ
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    Correspondence.
    1261 8 THE PROPOSED LOTTERY. To thb Editor. Si tf The decision of Government not f to permit the flagrant vtoli^ion o! the law by the holding of a public lottery must > have been received witbgieaf. *atibfaction < and relief by all :bh.kin« men and women < m the Colony
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    PUKET LOTTERY.
    150 8 From Our Own Corrufondini Penang. Aag 28. Ticket No. 17,8*8 won the first prize m the Puket lottery. It was held by tha fig* Kocgdi, comprising Lim Scug Kse, S N Rodrigaes and S F Janeer*, oleiks m the employ of A A Anthony and Co, Pen ang
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    SELANGOR RACES.
    196 8 The handicaps fcr tha [third day (to* day) ara as follow. Rack No. 1 —Royal Plume 9 7, Rou mania 9 3. Britisher 8.10, Oh La La d.fe, Baut Glen 711. Good Oman 7 4, Master Jack 6 10. R4CE Nj. 2. La George 10 7, Nnllo 9
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    SWiMMiNG CLUB LAUNCHES.
    78 8 Sunday, august 25th. Johnston's Pier, 9, 10 and 11 p. m.. 2.60 and 3 30 v m. Club Baogclow, 9.39, 10.80 and 12.15, a m. 3, and 5 80 p m. High Tide 12.19 pm. Height 9ft 7 m. The Club diving competition will be held after
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    RANGOON RICE TRADE.
    203 8 The situation m the rice markets (Aug 16) is unprecedented and quotations are going up bj leaps and bound*. Opornng at Rs 278, a point better than the closing of the previous day, August weufc to Rs 287 8, but eased off again m the afternoon to
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    HONGKONG'S FIRST STANDARD SHIP.
    1534 8 Forecast of Colooj's Intustrlal Fotnrt. The first atandard ship built m the Colny was lannohed on Aug 10 at the Low loon Docks by Lady May, who acted s sponsor. The ship which is aptly hristened the Wat Drummer, for bhe has teen expressly constructed for
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    S.V.C DRILL PROGRAMME.
    276 8 Atttsndanoe > t ihree recruit*' parauftr a we°k i« compulsory. [Drtlls Sdarked are compuleorj j Saturday, Aug 24 2 80 p.m.. Drill rial] SREv* 315 4\ mile Thompson Rd Mmiqi Co A S V R ntci* •2.30 Transport fcon D Hall lff«xim Oo 5?0 DiginM-f Cbirpse Gp.lew«y
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      226 8 The Big Gun of the Commercial World Scientifically constructed by first-class workmen fr highest grade materials. It is made true and sure nJH misses fire and is always ready for immediate service. Standard Pattern Safety Pattern with Slip-on Cap. witb Screw on Cup. SOLD BY STATIONERS IMPORTERS. •lABIE, TODD CO.,
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