The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 23 October 1918

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1 10 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 16 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. fEN OK NTS SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 1918. NO. 9,500
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  • 258 1 Hard fighting is still going on south i east of Valenciennes and the last attack has recovered Sjlesmes (whioh we were not told had been lost after the first capture). With 2000 prisoners the l British are now within two miles of Tournai. The enemy is still
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  • 997 1 Camouflage haa become one of tbe major arte, or crafts, of war. The word is m danger of degenerating it to a c itchword but the thing has opened up new horizons for those who can see What we have learnt m war we shall practise
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 293 1 iiSH TYRES „n W»B PNEUMATICS .3--" RAFFLES HOTEL. Afternoon TEAS will be served In the Hotvi lounge and on the lawn every TAursday from 4.30 p.m. <._«____ m I music m Attendance ALSO 1 Cinema Show on the lawn, especially lor children, I it 6.30 p.m. (weather permitting). I fj
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    • 348 1 NOTICE TO CONSUMERS OF y[ra KEROSENE OIL, Take Care of your Tins. You can get seventy cents each for them and so reduce the cost Punch a hole only m the cap when opening. Don't Punch a second hole; use a pump. Wipe your tins if they get wet, to
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    • 98 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. Speedometer for sale Page 9. Office wanted— Page 9. Young European Eeeks situation Page t. Powell acd Co auction of fai.ni.uro Page 6. A unmbsr of Goverameni Notifications far teuders Page 8. The virtuoo of Kioobterhouey Page 8. Ching Keng Lee sell furniture Page 8. Guthrie's stock latex
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    • 5 1 GOODRICH TYRES SOLIDS AND PNEUMATICS
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 110 1 THE WEEK. Wednesday 23rd. *Tigh Water— i-^l a m., 11-fO p.m. Lodge St. George Regular, 9 p.m. I Concert V.M.C.A., 9 p.m. Thursday 24th. High Water— i 9 a.m., C-31 pm. Girl Guides Concert, V.M.C.A. 9 p.m Fr'.dtj 25th. j Htfh WftSos a 3 a. ,1 17 p.m. i Xt
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  • 536 2 Whai Abandoned Stores Mean to Soldiers m Retreat Tap amount cf booty captured during tht eloaing of Urn Marne "pocket" has I dn uo more thau binted at yet, and even wl.. a the flguiee. are nudo kcown it a uoub.ful if tbey will couvey all that'
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  • 157 2 1 The olher day," writes "A C C." I came across an immense concourse of people on aa open space outside a big manufacturing town m the north. Men m blue and khaki wo»e ag mited ac the cv l.aoB, and everj one seemed to be •boating at
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  • 122 2 THE "YOUNG TURK AND HISDAD Lf*Vfl r e.-f gsrily comes eelccm to the iii*-!; fight fog io the Eaei, and, cons. tqu<.nt ly ooi a Ux fatheri uro unknowu to their ehildteo. R-p"n!ly a sergeant returned to K^nt after an i bamcs of three years He wm grieved to note
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 428 2 Jt^l^^lP ja New Ideas .■Mm.mAr W*^^*** CvVl %tv*o Advertising MB FOR YOU j J. R FLYNN ANDERSON a_ Mdvertisav ig (.hamte »Mi_* I Grimault's Syrup AND Morriiuol Creasote FRESH STOCKS AT MEDICAL HALL Opposite Post Oftfce SINGAPORE. j A REFRESHING DRINK i JEFFREYS i PILSENER BEER BREW D IN SCOTLAND.
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    • 357 2 PALLADIUM AT 9 30 TO-NIGHT AT 9.30 CHANGE OF PROGRAM «E INCLUDING llAMM^fi l@f BBA HA _#i l_l 7/ u6rDy ivinnGr A SPlF'^^in PIfTTT'* \7 XTIfW f*V The Sensational Drupy lane Drama By Sir Augustus Har ri3, Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton. Full cast of Londoa /irtistes including Edna Flugartn.
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    • 368 2 SPECI4L MUSICAL AND PICTORIAL ENTEBT "^i FOR 6 NIGHTS Commencirg Saturday. October 19 and up to rid MUSIS ml \m Baft JU J_fTß HWI f^"~ 'I In the Second Show at 915 j I PATBE'S WAB ANN I 4 co'lection of cffleial war picturts taVen by cuihont cf tl 1
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 311 3 o++Z^^ n^TTON ALE OF I .lUoliUti -^_.U_j_Li Wa 5 snl IV-] Orchard Road, Singapore *rs CHING KING LEE Coy's Sale Room At cs i£ffles Chambers, Kaffirs Place w .v JSth October 1918 at 2-30 p.m. >" CBING RENG LEE Cj. Auctioneers Ettate Agents. AUCTION SALE OF T M Ki e
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    • 349 3 AUCTION SALE OF 1 Excellent Teak and Chinese Carved and gold gilt household Furniture etc. To he h^ld at I lur 3ale-?oom Ra3l- B chamber?. Raffles Place j i )n riday, 25th vet., 1918 at 10 30 a.m. li Comprising Carved tab upholstered! trawiag room suite (H pieoesj teak sideboard
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    • 950 3 NOTICE. JOHORtC POLICE. THE REGISTRATION ANO MILITARY SERVICE ENACTMENT 1918-JOHORE. The attentiou of all concerned m .Johore is Invited to the abovo mentioned Enactment which will come it to force on the Ist Noveu> ber, 1918. It is enacted, ,l inter alia,'' as follows 2- (i) Every male person cf
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    • 817 3 GOVRRNMENT NOTIFICATION. Tenders are invited fo~ the oonsti uction of P a Thirty Yard (protected) Rifle Range at the 1 B.V.C. Dril Hall, Singapore. U Tender forms and full partlealars regarding j this contract may be obtained (on payment of B 60 cents for eacb set of forms) at the
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    • 293 3 LADIES GENTS BOOTS 5 SKDIS I at Whitea ways I V^i-Ef^^^^i^ hi.tJ with ii st Ei K .i ii 'e_;th..r G< m s Tan and biack willow Calf Derby Boot^ The Ammunition Bo^.s DeHtrl ma i sees, superior quality, smartly flnibhed. Shape, superior quaUty p;. m fr^nt^ j as ikecob
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  • 246 4 On July 16 the ten year intetnational quinine contract came to an end, and the new conttact, which ii for abont five years —namely, to the end of 1928— differs materially f.om the old one. According tc Dutch advices, it excludes all foreign participation, wbereae previously British, French,
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  • 18 4 Domestic Occurrences BIRTH On October 2 nd a* 210 T'asir Koad, Eingapore, to Mr. and Mrs. O. Hasbdobn,
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  • 878 4 The Singapore Free Press Wednesday, Oct 23, 1918. Tho persistent progress which the j allird troops are making from the Argonne to the Flanders coast is steadily breaking through line after line of the permanent field fortifications which the Germans have so industriously built ,up during tbe past two or
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  • 1227 4 L'jw Ah Hoe, a Teochow cle-k cf Hill-st, hes informed tbe Police that ha was robbed of $861 m Mosque et about 2.80 on Monday. He &u->pi cts a Teochow unknown to hira a:_ d whom he could not identify. Their Highnesses tbe Raja and Ranee returned from Singapore on
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  • 607 4 Prop!* i,_ mmmtM I toilers lop&rtica] i -.m- th ugh pert E^j s.id~cr_. fern 0 Ks ib-: subjac ii iMMrafaetnti ft M .Mb JBttxmt v. ,ii: piotlC p 9 lit mbrnt rf < c d ■< t —fl ed X tbe ballet i B 1 uting Eeaain
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  • 116 4 .__>. Mr i s irtttes, n the Kobe Her a!. J. was eeol J 26 to ten months impri of V 460 f.)r leprodm i article on thr tlo B| jj printer of the r.nnt ..<•- rJ> months' impritor..m- Suffer.''? from tin < < F M B Eoclvde Drs Ho*
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 152 4 Br m allsopp's r r X awstll iS i TOOTH'S (BULLOCH LADE IAIIi IQI/SEQ 'WATSON'S No. 10 11 ill Ulll LU PERFECTION MARTIN'S V.V.O. LARGE STOGKS-ReasonabSe Prices CALDBECK MACGREGOR GO. r T|<l rlrr NO BETTER CAN BE GIVEN OR TAKEN "ftpt It at littlPQ 11 UtSl IL CH LH1169 JOHN
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    • 48 4 Wilson Co. PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS ORCHARD ROAD. TELEPHONE 103S 6MM^HM____-_____M___ ftpasra _B I JEW FOB |>li 6 Cabinet Portraits $6 (12 do SIO) Note the conditions of onr offer "No satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee ol tbe hf{,h quality ol our wort could be given or demanded.
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  • 81 5 f IKE BERLIN E ■jUufr. Service J Belgian eon .bare began oot and thi ;i .t,f DgtheSejnw il r IUI g O'l lb. !f :<iJ i eapii i Creel i oaaeed b. od Mte Bond Bri.i.t md 1 ekei on Iti I tfa oat i ai que the
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  • 74 5 I 1 eon. aniqoa tween thi d the 4 10 '.ru i r md obtained j gt>s weit of Gceodlap gains ditpite Tiolcol j tin oottkirfti and progreeeed ci i FaJoiee, E >^_ lorfl we?: ol ry atlUleej and entire boot j eoooti r ba »^> Oghtiog
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  • 241 5 >>•: _i J :??atcb Iron. F.ald r»:- Baigfafted 20 covering tbe p: ret v >t k of f>iC9_nber I ib Chief in.ereat i a account of the pat tff«QsiY_> on Match 11. Field ma lies 1 j ampoeeiaie| tbat ted by tr _nsi< ion fro-xi t-.c. r-i tt
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  • 65 5 I inacttaa cor- Irani .i_ n't iv a ii. patch* Ml urn Thursday at Why the! foa ura badly, excitid btaff V *N« patrol reply. What l»pe« for?" We r ■tp tie:, want ■'•fighting tbe to two divisional D cV <-ral brigade i "taaeteie. Boche re 1
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  • 9 5 P^ of 2?J^ "ou Assistant I Hun,* u llilll|e>
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  • 563 5 BRITISH ADVANCE BUT ST FI FIGHTING General Views London. Oct 20 Reutor learns that to day's British afisack resulted m the recap ture of Solesmes and a mile advance east wards of tbe river Selle on a front of ten Bailee. Tbere wi3 a valuable advance today
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  • 298 5 PRICES OVER RS 400. Profiteering Alleged. Rangoon, Oct 12. Considerable excitement) was manifested m the rice market yeateriay when October opened at Rs 887 8 and November at Rs 3.1 8. These prices continued to rise until Octcbar reached Rs 407.8 snd Novem ber Rs 412 8,
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  • 444 5 THE PEACE WANGLE London, Oct 21 --The papers antici pate tbe German reply will sbow a dis tiact hardening compared witb what i was expected to be a few days ago. Thej believe the delay m the reply ia due to t struggle of the military party to
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  • 238 5 At Rangoon on Oct 15th, A R Bhumani, H G Mebta, S P Mnrti, clerk acconntant general's office, and M R Rao, clerk oar rency office, were each sentenced to two years rigorous imprisonment nnder the Defence of the Realms Ac. for inciting coolies to strike for
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  • 169 5 A curious story of a death bed confession is^reported last month from Sarong Pun Shin a miner, a short time ego was seriously injured by a fall of earth and wa* removed to the Hospital where he died on the 6th of September. Prior to hia death
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  • 150 5 Tbt Laertes Warrimoo case, m Ad miralty jurisdiction, was continued ia tbe Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr Jusice Ebden and two aseeafiora. The owners oi the sb Laertes, which was sunk m colli sion with the s s Warrimoo m the Straits In December last, brought action
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  • 500 5 Mr Robert Uurcourt'e minority report on the Luxury Tux ia one of the most vivacious things of ita kind since CanniDg alleviated the tedium of State papers witb high spirited verpo. Considered es n litersi j docnm6nt, the report is reruarksb e for the amount of felaug— or,
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  • 154 5 Ferry from England to France. Although tbe Channel Tuonel is still a dream, trains are now running direct from England to France b> means of the Channel Ferry. For some time coaches and wagons have been transported for use on tbe Fiench railways, but a
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  • 42 5 I In Bombay reoently the influenza death j rate had dropped to about 600 per day and was thought to be on lbe decline, Calcutta, Madras. Rangoon aod other places all report* d seveie viaitulioua of tba nokneis witb many deatbi. i
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 67 5 ROBINSON CO. I NEW SUPPLIES I F fl H___. _^5-_!?k ___P*^. S Horse, Cob and Pony Tr-ce*, Knee Caps, Sraffle iateuf Mchari V* .VKTi'K, Photographers to Their oCAJESTII^ Begs to .*.noounee that be conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDid 1w s 6 awie h c WIUWHMI. BY *P!-O!*TM.EKI T <> H.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 857 6 P* #Oa X Obitish India (G.3r_2»an'.r:3 laecifoiasrifl ie Enelaad VLasl ard Passenger Services PENINSULAS M*l} OeiENTAL N. Co. (Unler Contract with His r.if.jesty'3 Qovemmeiit^ vat Company's M^IL SERVICES BAST OP BOttBAY are at rrasent MM* CoaSsny'l INT*Re«Dta\TB SERVICES TO AND PROM LONDON are j at present saapended. Pa3sens.erf. for Eu:opo
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    • 1028 6 TIMOR DILLY. I A Steamer will sail abont tho 26th inttant I for Timor Dilly. For freight and passage Apply BOUSTEAD ft Co., Agents. Singapore, l'th October, 1918. 18-10 28-10 HONGKONG. A steamer will be despatched for the above < port calling at Sourabaya on or abont the 25th inst.
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    • 504 6 PACIFIC MAIL STEAffISHH' I (INOOKl J UK\TED IN V 9 J www i p REGULAR MONTHLY TRANS PACIFIC SI j I Hongkong, Shangbal, Kobe, Yokchans, Honolulu ar.d r« I S.S. ECUADOR HOOOtons from 800-gkoftf on v l S.S. "COLOMBIA". 14.000 toDs <io r' 0 I. S.S. "VENEZUELA, 14 000 tens
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  • 1067 7 Thi Montagu R4O3C. his f j: thi rnomsat droppjJ into the hick ground vi the qa^stioD of t_i3 G.veromsus of lidia will ears ly ari.e again. The app.nJed criticism o. India m Transition" by tha Agi Kirn, Mc P Lea >V .ra.c d c. .I.'.i of j
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 199 7 mt A. offoi 52,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 I JH G v AT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, UMITfeD. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS;. 1 g£AD OFFICE: Winchester Bouse, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. 1 VJ m £20.C00 posited with the Supreme Coor t of England, and complies with
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    • 433 7 itinmnmk SPECIE BANK, LTD. s-c-?ai Babmlted V, 18,900.000 i Cfcytsal E?ald U# _,v 42 000,000 I^iifdrvu PLi-,1 ,Y. 13,100,000 k>»sfirt<afi i' Inonye iSaf, N, Kajiwara Bafi J. Inonye Esq. y. Yamakawa Esq N. Kijiwar, E^q. M. Odagiri Esq. N. Bona Esq. Bar c K. Iwasasl K. Tonoda E^q. K. rataaml
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    • 620 7 K9STH BRITISH AND MERC4NTILE INSURANCE COMPLY (Incorporated m Great Britain). I?_P^T?i- ple Cc,E6r aet3, DatestOonoe .sions. MARINE All kinds of Marine Bubioess transicferl. MOTOK CARS Reduced Rates. Increases Beueutß. Policies issued by this Oompany o ver Accidental Damage, Public LUbiiic;, ._urglary, lire Tranir. H. J. TOT7OM, McALISTER Co Ltd., Resident
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    • 314 7 RRI ISH KIXX H tm mf W*s., a\ mm m A > Tickets Ir tUs L:tte-y 2re issued under tbe aus r-r. cf the Eri.ish North Borneo War Reliti Fund Committer, and by the OUR DAY Committee for che West Coast L SU3JECT TO IHE F0LL0«I8G fUMDiTIONS tf 1. The
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  • 799 8 CRICKET IN MACEDONIA Flat places on the Macedonian front are not numerous, aud when a rare stiip cf level occurs it is generally covered wi.h loose Etones, tall grass, and wild flowers Without ground tolerab'y level ai;d fiee of obstcuctione, even the Salonika F^rce can baldly be
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 298 8 E^- > i r .\%v "\:l -bt. #f i N '''""OTT^ |"a a Xt j lastiui ,J find ffl r" t u•■ Oljß-i *i OT r''\ I I-. jl|| s ..fcrt. jr- u•. J fff w* Ml^ I|><<| ■■.■■■.■■^■nir-n i— i— 6LISS AND PORCELAIN RUBBER LATEX SOP, IN HALF LEMON
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    • 147 8 IMPORTANT NOTICE j TO OWNERS CAPTAINS AND ENGINEERS OF ALL SHIPS TRADING TO SAIGON j Hbould you require repairs Decker > ngice Room or any kind of stores, please contult us UNIVERSAL MACHINERY 4042 Rue Chaigneau Saigon. Call flag TJ. Code A.B.C. sth edtn. Bole Agents of i L Jacque
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    • 217 8 I Grossmith's Z«L i "Colden Still" lfclll i Esu de Cologne fcl I 117onderful freshness, invigorating'quality and delightful odour, distinguish A 4^^^ -tfa^^r I this really Hi^J^^ e *^2J^ There is nothing more welcome for j I J. GROSSMITH SON, B^gfi Newgate Street, LONDON, E.C. mAmm mmM*. WkM Mm*— MmMk
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  • STOCKS AND SHARES.
    • 575 9 QAM* Istoa. AmkSA ihi riesa&t, Mas.***.--100,000 Ife IB AUasav 16% m 16 8 0 379,930 9s 2a Anglo-Java 95% 5 0 6 0 140,000 S3 2a A_uglG-M*.»f 15% int 10 6 18 •0,000 m is Satang Maiaka 15% 3 8 it 106,u0r ie Bokoh 800/o 3 8
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    • 644 9 i*O,9M > i \ior Oajan 80% M 3.25 35) 1,000,000 S too Amalgamated Malat 8% 8.20 2.50 600,000 6 5 AyerHltam 15% int 11.5J 12.5J 190,000 i i Aytr Knatni J.CO 1.23 100,000 1 1 Ayer Moiek 80% 2.33 2,35 TSOOOO I I Aye* Panat 10.10 it
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    • 157 9 IMO,OOi tittttitf 4*-.i 10* 7.25 7,75 pvel 5 A lot 13 0 6 #350,00'^ H I X »f d Nedf 6 8% 47.00 43.80 $330,000 Xi W. ii^atfue* AOo LrW s*. int 70.00 78.00 SI OiKVJ'ja is »*s^ »*rj«aos.i deii3«»ui' 18 13.00 140.C0 134,000 iC U rJu/r»f3 4Cc 6.0
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  • 28 9 09?«9Q*a i i Oct 22 m* 4 <_ j 4 B-16 iJo ';v.--»is. ai| B*ak Partes 18 n ftaal •_>. i*j_flan3 H<ss_. 6 a j SHrai Lead i9s am
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  • 119 9 ua 11 00 Coqb) I149 87| > 25. r t Ssta >'.- i 12. CO I i o*din, .pea 30 50 ?Or5 IWsiS* I 53 00 -v- (110 to .:-e !i v aon- r -.ia \*:n la "-.c [fe non j:^. email pitas! 'tmij isaUty no»x U ftaia -v
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  • DAILY SHIPPING REPORT.
    • 15 9 Oct 21.— Ipoh, Calypso, j Oct 22. riong Ho, Eieniale, Sri Muar, j Anjou.
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    • 24 9 Oct 21.— Hock Lee, Kampar, Hai N .m, Kaka, Perak Rumphius, Pontianak (Do 1 Oct 22. Esmeralde Van Hcgendorp (Dut) Hsin Lee (Chi).
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  • 29 9 and salesman wanted for Import Department of European firm. Only persons with first class references and experience need apply to No. 18 co The Singapore Pree Press.
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 137 9 GORDON'S iphfi Oldest Established London jin Distilleries OU s for the i urity and Flavour OLD TOM" DRY GINS." OF ALL DEALERS HE BORNEO CO., LTD. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) IS 1f F f I RTF Buchanans Mil Black and White I There is no better value on the Market pn
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    • 590 9 Young Euop^an. scergetio and reliable, seeks po^itior: as hi. f p_-i..tnt. Aprly Bex c: c/o Free Pres... 0?flO£ WANHD. By British Firm, a mall airy cftice m good locality. Apr!y Bos 91 c/«l lie. tej*H. WANTED j* Wanted ttmporsry d-i« rr, for Tan Tock •engHospi;!. Applic to a hoaid apj
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 225 9 MAIL. TABIF ra-dtf itieejinbiii >.- %-n iooa 1 taau« m list below Ponang, Jtfalaaea, F.M.S. "*s» L>& < dally (excep. Suadayl Johore 9, 9.30. noon, 3, 4 a n p m Cncob Soon Boas 880 am Batavia, Cheribon k Samarang Id 30 am Palembang, etc G. G D-icuddo 11 ;o__
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  • 101 10 Amongst tbe articles whioh hava been generously offered tor auction Rt tbe Gymkhana meeting on Saturday ia a beautiful sword cf honour m silver ecab bard inlaid with gold, at one time the pro perty of one of th« Sol tans of Rhio. Thia ■word bear*
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  • 312 10 DISQUALIFICATION OF"lC U." Daar Sir,— Yaur remark* tbat the "ICU" incident wiri probably go further ia I sincerely tnnt correct, for until some definite action is taken we the members have no actual kuowle Jga as to why the Stewards acted so arbitrarily m tbe matter. Rule cf Racing
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  • 126 10 The fnneral took place at Bidadari yes terday morning, with military honour*, of Mr E P 0 Preston, tf the Asiatic Petro leum Co, who had died at the Nursing Home on the previous morning from iL.flaer_.za after a very short illness* Men of
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  • 169 10 Profiteering to bs Counteracted Allahabad, Octcrbet 10. The following communique has been issued by the United Provinces government II hai alrd-tdy been announced that m view of tho pre valent high prices the export of food grain? from the United Provinces has been prohibited, excepi uuder
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  • 93 10 THE RAFALEWSKI SHARP ENTERTAINMENTS. To-nigh-, at the Alhambra, these artists will give n crronVt? change cf programme. Mits Liii v.;:_ sirg Da B* 1 Di, from Madame B-itterfly (Puccini). Poor Wander. One. 1 (Pirates of Pcrzmce) "Coming Home und bj desire tbe Waifs Song from tbe Pink Lady. M R:i!__lewtki
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  • 1038 10 MILITARY ONLOOKER S REVIEW. j Results of Bulgaria's Surrender. j Simla, Oct 7. "Military Onlooker ia the coarse of his review of ths general military sitna tion says The Bulgarians' unconditional surrender has been the event ot outitand ing importance m the last week, eclipsing; even the
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  • 290 10 1 No can do/ said Wong Fong, dispassionately. The officer sighed. The job was urgent, and here was the strongest member of the Labour Corps proving a "wat-h out." It turned out that Wong Fong wai not well. Be diagnosed his complaint as muchee jump belly." So he
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  • 335 10 GERMAN MORAL." Comparison with Great Britain. Amsterdam, July 81st.— Tha Cologne jazatte", m its issue of yesterday, says When reviewing events at home daring :he course of the fourth year of war, the inference is obvious that a true offensive spirit against our enemies is lacking at aome Iv this
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  • 30 10 KIP PEL GOLF CLUB. The Louies' Spocn played for on 21st 3ot: wag won by Mra A Willies witb a eet score of 48. Tiae following card 3 were returned
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  • 104 10 A quaint sign which used to be displayed cu*>ide the hou?e cf John Br.ggs, for nearly 50 yet^s parish clerk at Hurelv, Berks (who died m 1914, aged 78 year*), has recently come to light. It runs as follows, practically without punctua tion John Briggs, Parish Oerk, Draws j all
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  • 139 10 The following were the results of the hearicg on Monday, 2 let 233 E G James, Engineer, Singapore Harbonr Board; conditional exemp tion. 284 A Lawrence, Foreman, Singapore Harbour Board conditional exemp tion. 228 R G Path, Accountant no exemption, allowed to end of year. 230 A Monro,
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  • 336 10 Failure of Recruiting Scheme ~mm————m Santanier, Aug 20. Tbe British scheme of military service as applied to Spain is an example of tbe way Departments at home waste time and energy through failure to grasp conditions abroad. Under this scheme the Ministry of National Service, working through
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  • 92 10 The usual weekly meeting of tbe Rent Assessment Board was held m the Board Room of the Municipal Buildings yesterday afternoon, thd hon'ble Mr C J Saunders presiding. Apologies expressing regret at inability to attend tbiorgh indisposition were read frcm Meesri A M S Anguiia and Gaw
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  • 108 10 On the suggestion of Messrs Lee Pang Seng and Oog Peng Hock a charity football match is being arranged, S C F A versus S C C, to be played on Thursday, November 7, proceeds for Our Day Fund, An enclosure will be erected and gate money
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  • 75 10 Bukit Jelutf Eg 7,092; total 82,(58. L B.V.C. DRILL PROGRAMME Attendance at three recruits' parades a week is compulsory. [Drills Marked are compulsory.] Wednesday, Oct 23. 4.COp Johnston's Pier for Fort Siloeo SV ASfcs I II 5.10 Drill Hall SYR A V Platoon 5 15 SVC
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 131 10 GAME In Excellent Condition AUSTRALIAN BLACK DUCK TEAL SINGAPORE COLD STORAGE CO LTD FRESH STOCK always on Iw^UMd I'jj Cello, Bass, Mandoline, Banjo and qj Strings and Accessories TO BF. H4D FROM T«l "05 H. G. HUDSON "gapore (The House of Catcby Music; STRONG AND WATERPROOF PATENT CANVAS BAGS FOR
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