The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 21 January 1919

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  • 15 1 Singapore Free Press And MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN OJhiNTS SINGAPORE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919. NO. 9,574
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  • 190 1 Late wire news will be found on i page 4 An important land sale was held yesterday— Page 10. The new armistice conditions are of a severe nature— Page 5 At the Assizes yesterday an Indian murder case was openad Page 10. The death has occurred of
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  • 1304 1 There is a etory cf a coster, famed amoog hie companions for the copiousness of hie vituperative vocabulary, who failed to rise to a great occasion. He had jasfi finished loading his barrow with unusual care, aocl was contemplating the result of his labour with an
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 157 1 RAFFLES HOTEL. SINGAPORE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6th Special Dinner FOLLOWED BY A Grand Fancy Dress Souper Dansant FANCY DBESS OPTIONALDinner $2 Supper $2 Supper will be sar/ed on the 'lawn, wftiaU will be specially lighted and t*ie tables tastefully arranged TASL2S 3JDKSD F9K DINNER OR SUPPER (f il- s?
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    • 488 1 Kelly Walsh Ltd. .IjCOKPOKATED IN%PNGKOXG'. NEW BOOKS JUST ARRIVED The Navy m Battle by A H. Pollen. This is The YOUDg Diana the famous boo* which was announced A New Novel by some time agd, bat of wbijh publication u/iptp fnot 1 i i was forbid^on till alter the war.
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    • 121 1 LATEST AHVERTfSS^iiTS. Stamps wanted to purchase— Page 8. For sale or to let 15 A Meant Elizabeth —Page 3. Eetiy and Walsh foi come interesting ne»v bcofes Page 1. Wanted Jobbing compositors and shorthand typists Page 3, i W J Garcia undertakes piano and liyEpifcttS? re.VQvale Paqa 3. For eale^Boßoombe,
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 151 1 THE WEEK. Tuesday 21st. High Water 1-44 a.m., 1-98 p.m. Maynards Annual meeting, 2 SO p.m. Wednesday, 22nd. High Water— 2 iS=a.ni., 8-11 p.m. Thursday 23rd. High Water— l 43 a.m., 3.57 p.m. Lodge St. Georgo. 9 p.m. G. A. 8. Ent at Vietotia Theatre. PH&f 24th. aigfc Waro*~-S-15 &.i.
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  • 281 2 Manila, Deo 27. Private advices received this week from San Fraociaco indicate that a readjustment of trans Pacific freight tates on general cargo is now m progress for vessels of the United States Shipping Board, the general tendency being for decidedly higher tariffs on all west bound goods.
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  • 185 2 Interesting Capture In Pahang A horrible spider with a round hairy body an inch m diameter, a large head and neck and thick hairy legs four inches long, waa caught by some Malays at Uln Liang a few days ago. They tied a piece of vaflU round one
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 409 2 1 NOW Si\^i^ Ji Jk DOLLAR DIRECTORY Office, 1S Change Alley. HAVE YOU TRIED GOODRICH FULL SIZES P i LARGE STOCKS NOW AVAILABLE. if LADIES THE SWEETS ,T DRESSES AND THE bWEET£ST HATS MADE Uu BON MARCHE 23, BTAMFORD ROIO a' L RINDS READY MADE kirts, Blouses and ats Orders
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    • 832 2 NEW TOPICAL FILM TO-NIBHT TOGETHER WITH PATHE GAZETTE A Story by tbe Greatest Detective Fiction Writer of all Time (which will be shown for Six Nights from Saturday January 18 ALHAMBRA The Hall for Music and Features. Beach Road In the Second Show Commencing 9-15 pro. Sir /rthur Conan Doyle's
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  • 165 3 INTERCESSIONAL-TO CONTROLLERS [With Suitable apologies] Lord of the larder ko:>wnof o!d Lord of onr deepest hewn coal mine, Beneath whose grudging hand we hold Dnninion over pitch aud pine. FU blB/-» nud brard bn with us yet, Lest we forget, lest we forget. Mu:h of the pomp of Dora died
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  • 146 3 Little Willie s Questions. Bfc father took Willie to s>>e the Mye cpry Ship at S6 X itheiiae Djck. They found the djck hoass surrouniel to landward by a t vo- hundred yard file of! exn^ctant sightseers. 'Is it called a Q baat beciu^e there's queue
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  • 30 3 The school- be ys's thoughts sometimes run quicker than his pen and the sentences jam. Ooe writes We had a Thanksgiving Service m chapel and we had 523 Old 'ailed."
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 466 3 We show the stomach little or no conBideradon until one day we find that it has gone on a strike. We sit back m de-pair. The stomach is rebellions to the degree In which we have abased it. The symptoms seem to show that pomething Is wrong with the stomach.
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    • 759 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. REFUND OF ASSESSMBHT. All persona claiming refund of assessment m respect of houses vacant for any portion of the half year ending hist December, 1918,* are hereby reminded that such claims u,ust be sent In to the Commissioners on or before Janaary srth, 1919. Th? Commissioners have no
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    • 682 3 WANTED i j WANTED A Shorthand typist. Apply m person. &IOW CHOOR LERG, n 2, Tank Koad. 211 a 2i-l WASTED immediately a competent Shorthand writer. Apply MIDDLE EAST FILMS, Ltd., 25, Malacca Street. 11-1 WANTED At Oace: Sis Jobbing Com-: positor* (Tamil or fttalay). Best wages. C. A. RIBEIRO
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    • 1168 3 By Order of the Custodian of Enemy Property AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Freehold and 99 Years I easehold Property Situate at Failr Panjang and Chancery Lane. Singapore To be held at the Auction Rooms of Powell Co., Ltd. Nos. 16 17 Raffles Place On Tuesday, the 28th Jan. 1919. at
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  • 42 4 Dometic Occurrences DEATH. Eff.— On Jfnmry ?o, 1919 Nsvill^j John Eff. helovt d son of John F. J. and Liura M. Eff, egc-tl P^ years. Fuueial will leavo Cath edral ct tte Good Shepherd at spm., and thecce to Bidadati for interment!
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  • 932 4 The Singapore Free Press. Tuesday, January 21, 1919, The three great problems of Europe dealt with m to day'B wires we should place m the followiug order of importance the pacification of Germany, tbo terms of the renewed armistice, and tho opening of the Peace Confer ence, because the second
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  • 390 4 His Excellency the Governor is expeoted to leave Penang by the steam yacht Sea Belle" on the 22nd instant, and to arrive m Singapore on Friday the 24th instant, about 9 80 a.m. The Times of Malaya hears that the Chief Justice of the Straits. Sir J S Buck nil,
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  • 567 4 Stockholm, Jan 19.— The Swedish Gene* ral Ujalmaraon has arrived at Heleiogfora from Esthonia where he has been investigating Che question of sending a Swedish voluntary expedition to help tfce Eatboniane. He states the Bolsbevista are fleeing pan io- stricken and now occupy only oae sixth of Esthonie.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 320 4 To The Editor Sir, Re the causeway acn>6B the Johere Straits which I see you have written about m a couple of leaders of late, may I offer a few words. I know something aboct sea erosion, effects of diverting the na tnral flow of tides, etc,
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  • 301 4 SPARTACUS REPRISALS EXPECTED Leipzig m the Revolt London, Jan 18.— Corr*gnonden atfi that Berlin hue been thrown into i state of nervous tension bs the killing O f Liebkoecbt riul Kosb Luie .burn i to the tf rn-i^;! oo ttau eve of ihh B rieiog Tk« people
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  • 105 4 London, Jan 19. fbe Kng'e t/MMftst eon. PriDce Johu. died last night. Londcu, Jan 19, Great sympathy felt everywhere with Their M*jeetieowicg to the death of Prince John laet night at Sandcingham. He had been ver ill for some time. London Jan 19. A medical bulletin
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  • 32 4 Kimberley Jan 18 4 soft blue wbit< diamond of 888 i carats has been found ut the Jagertfoctein mine, acd promieee tc become one of the diamond fields' historic
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  • 27 4 Paris, Jan 17 There were 460 lirel lost m the staking of the steamer Cfeaotftt (not Chaproi as cabled tuu mornit i froir Rome).
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  • 21 4 Cairo, Jan 17 Fakhri Pasha, Qommnai the Turke m Medina, surrendered to ibe Emir Ali, eon of King Husseiu.
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  • 96 4 The American Consulate General 1- i: receipt of telegraphic information from the Department of State, Waeaington to the effect that, hereafter, consular JBtrofetf covering ehipments of ail commodity tc the United States will bs certified witbMl the production of United States im:ort license number, except for the
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  • 90 4 IMPORTED PARBOILED RICE. Tbe Food Controller anuouncee lt owing to the lateness of the looftl the Food Controller, peudiLg tbe r» S of oar own harvest, ie arranging to i< rt parboiled rioe from Burma by veeto strive iv Pm\ng between January -**.b and February fctb I»-9. Owing to special
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 89 4 FOR SALE A NUMBER OF EMPTY BARRELS IN GOOD CONDITION GALDBEGK. MAC6REGOR Go. BOORD'S OLD TOM CORDIAL k P"- Case gin tms39so i *SS^"* d SOLE Less 5 AGENTS t-^PL Duty Extra f Wine and Spirit Merchants John Little Co., Ltd. Incorporated la England). CREAM LAID M4NILLA ENVELOPES ALL BIZEB
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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 our offer "Ho satisfactory Proof, No Payment." No better guarantee of the high quality of out work could be given or demanded.
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  • PEACE CONFERENCE
    • 443 5 \*J HabmaruM Cabla; fU&Ur'i B*r*ic«] Pari Jafl 18.— Large crowds includiujr j >:r kinemameu t*';d p'aDtogr tpb^r* »»i J enr!y bforr |be Foreign Mints t! cc the ft'ti\.il of iv- Ddleß-ittt^ for o| ol it t*©»' t't- ice Conference M C&mb3H Ait tLi; DrU arrival, nnd Ike
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    • 458 5 referring to M Clemeoceau bb tbe greatest young man of France." He and Clemenceaa bad often disagreed, arguing with each other vig.nomiy like any two CeltF. Referring to the greatness of the hour Mr Lloyd George suiil the world wa* thirstirg for peace- Uleroenceau would oot permit tinaa
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    • 391 5 Parii, Jjn 19.— Aftsr the nciniinatiou ol M Glemencean us president, thfi peace Couf«rfe".cd adopcec a proposal allowing one vies president to eacb of the five great Povaxa wtlec whijh M Ctemeo^eau naid thrj testimonies, of friendship from Presi dant Wilaoo nnd Mr Lloyd George had
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    • 495 5 conversations are far more analogous to meetings of a Cabinet which are always and necessarily private, rather than to those oC a legislature. The essence of democratic method it that a government's privately deliberated conclusions shall be subject to the consideration of a popular j chamber and
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    • 525 5 Paris, Jan 18.— Tha underlying prinoi pie of the Conference is agreement among the five great power*. Without it;, no settlement ia possible While the Dele gatsa o? all the great powers will attend at ail sittings, the Delegates of smaller powers and Djrninions and India will
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    • 81 5 London, Jan 19 —The Sunday Express states the Government intends to revive tbe British Mediterranean squadron, send ing thither a particularly strong iqaadron. It declares that orders have been given for the First Battle Squadron to prepare for two years foreign service. The squadron will include
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    • 35 5 London, Jan 18.— The pereonnel of the reconstituted Italian Cabinet indicates that Italy ii not disposed for conciliation re garding the Yugo-Slav claims. Sr Orlanio remains Premier and Baron Sonnino Foreign Minister.
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  • 330 5 DISASTER OR ARMISTICE The Rhineland Barrier IBy Submarine Cablr [Rrater'i SeryiM] London, Jan 18 Martha! Foch address ing the American war correspondents at Trevee on Jan 16 declared tb at when the armistice was signed and tbe Germane had surrendered everything, ha had been j prepared for
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  • 309 5 Erzberger's Complaints Paris, Jan 17. The announcement is issued that the renewed armistice pro vides for the surrender of submarines ready to proceed to sea, the destruction of submarines constructing, and also a olauee placing the German merchant fleet at the Allies' disposal. Amsterdam, Jan 17 A
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  • 102 5 London Jan 17— The inquest on Major Miles Charles Seton, whose death occurred on Jan 14 was opened this afternoon. Sir Malcolm Seton m bis evidence stated that deceased was bis cousin. Lieut Col Norman Cecil Rutherford called and atked to see Major Seton. A quarter of
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  • 58 5 London Jan 18— The Senate of the Cambridge University, by 162 to 14 votes, decided the long vexed question of com pulsory Greek, so far as the entry exemi nation is concerned, by making the subject optional* Thus compulsory Greek which was adopted uinetv years ago,
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 166 5 NEW GOODS IN THE MEN'S WEAR DEPT. WE HAVE JUST UNPACKED <^/ A LARGE SELECTION Qd^ of the J^ Comprising LATEST NOVELTIES /VV Faßcy H alf-Hose m 'V^ Ties m the Latest MEN'S WEAR < I^^ Designs *7f> s&^ Neglige Shirts S\S/ Neat Stripe, White Cream r Latest Stripes and
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 407 6 NIPPON YIISEN KAISHA. (INCORPORITED IN JAPAN) UNDSR MIIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVEENMENT. (Subject to alterations without notice) EUROPEAN LINE. Fortnightly Service. For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, (Marseilles) London or Liverpool. TAMB v maro for London about 29tn January (via Suez Canal) MISHIMA MARU February EUROPEAN LINE. Fortnightly Service.
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    • 655 6 K. P. M. Koninkiyke Paketvaart Maatschappi] (Inocrporated m Holland.) ROYIL PACKET NAVIGATION CO. OP BATAVIA Telegram Address PACKETVAART Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. ICO2 Managers Desk 1437 Superintendent 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER OONTRAOT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENTS. G. O. Daendels Mnntok and Palembang Jan 31 Singkep Tongkal,
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    • 510 6 H" gb fig fijfeOiT'BSZLI > fIPCAfi ftjIKHE (Ootxpanies Incorporated m England Mail and Passenger Services I PENINSULAB AND ORIENTAL S. N. Co. I (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government.) The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at n» P c^ pended. »*«c»e^j Bui. INTERMEDIATE SERVICE FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES
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    • 49 6 «EAPEHGMSBHTEA«CO., UMiTED to iatatla, Cberlboa, Hißa*i>i Sail Twice a Wa6& to BAilim S*t?a?»jyf Stajaraaiis (L^sU). Sauweekly. Slntapopo to Pugkal Ploass, Bttzr.k StesßPßßi, lautls, Piafifig, sad Sl&*t?*' Sail tortuiiutl>, row freight, passage and farther MM**" Apply to The Befflsteted Offloe No ft, Telak Aye» BfceW LEE NOON LEONIi, Managißf DUrt*3J>
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  • 372 7 AN ECHO OF A FAMOUS PIRACY. Mr Khoo Tbean Pah passed away peace* fully at his residence, 8 Malay Street, Penang, on Tuesday evening at the ripe age of 86 years. Born and educated m Pen aog, he was brother of the late Mr Khco Thean Tek, uncle of the
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  • 62 7 Already Messrs Thomas Cock and Son, 1 states thair secretary, have virtually completed arrnDgementa so that tho?e who have lost relatives nDd friends m the war can visit its various battlefields. How soon these can be realised depends on the facilities tbat can be afforded by
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 198 7 Carbonate j I OF I Ammonia m tin-lined cases containing 1 cwt. INCORPORATED IN ENGLAND) i i j Fresh Shipment Just Arrived I6ii NOa 150 Raffles Place WITHOUT PURE BLOOD HEALTH IS IMPOSSIBLE. 1/CTII O g% BLOOD Vcl Mrf^U medicine Neve» before was there anything like it, nor are its
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    • 245 7 I Merves *ij threadlike nerves radiate m all U P nourishment to the nerves, the Eg f nerves win rernam Sii:6Sg and fy necessary nourishment, and the M nerves become worn out and R "on edo'e." Then it is that a sud- Bj from neuralgia you are rest- B less
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    • 542 7 Dr. Cassell's Tablets Pill Yon With Strength and Energy, Brace the Nerves, and Cure Heat Weakness If the hot season makes you weak and tired you need Dr. Cassell's Tablets. You would not be weak if you were healthy, and Dr. Cassell's Tablets can make you healthy. They make you
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  • 481 8 No Early Reduction. There ia a prevalent idea that, the war having ended, prices for drapery and olothing will immediately begin to recede from their present high level, and that m a month or two goods will be obtains ble at almost the same rates as m the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 393 8 NATIONAL HAIR-GROWING EXPERIMENT. Kow to rid yourself of Falling Hair and Dandruff and secure r.!?£fnificent Growth of Beautiful Abundant Hair. 1,000,080 "HAHLENE lIAIS-DRILL" OUTFITS FREE. n i n .t bAfl b. -■••mi aroused I 3. A bott!n cl Uzon Brillla«tln». wMe* |lvtt fh»l 1 l touc* of fefi^Hty to the
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    • 237 8 j4^[KofLadies.{ Sr L 3-ifLkift t. branch Ramedy for all Trr ijtalarlttaa. Thousuni^ jvii« uf t p a kox o: ViartinS PUN m the house, so th«t on the i«L Vn of any Irregularity of th» Syitera a timely dosa mxf «v -Tmlr.istsrrd. Those who use them recommend them, h*s:e tt,*j
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    • 187 8 BLACK DIAMOND ||fi|l T--hI i |fc We are AGENTS for the famous BL \CK DIAMOND H FILES and carry large assortment 1 The Best Files on the Market. 19 I Large Stocks Just to Hand. _J II I 1 |4a p> f J 5 UNITED ENGINEERS LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN THE
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    • 169 8 THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS $2,000,000 OUR DAY 1918 5^ WAR LOAN LOTiERV SANCTIONED BY GOVERNMENT and run under the auspices of OUR DAY Committee TICKETS $10 EACH. (Singapore Currency). The amount of the lottery will be Two Million Dollars ($2,000 u, hi) or such lesser amount as may be subscribed. 30%
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  • 57 9 (Corrected Up to Jan 20.) Bank 4m b 24£ demand 2 4 1-82 Private credits 5 m p 2 4* France demand Bauk 801 India, T. T. 163$ Hongkong, demand 4li%Prem Yokohama, demand 100 Java, demand 182 Bangkok demand 67 Sovereigns, Bank Baying 98 64 Bank of England Rate
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  • 151 9 Tin (75 tons) lUB 00 Gambiec 12 0C Gambler Cuba No. 1 24 Or Gambier Cube No. 2 22 CO Pepper Black ordin. S'pjre 85 Co Pepper, (White fail) 52 Ou Nutmegs (U0 to tho Ib-.l uom Nutmegs (80 to the ib com Mace (Banda) noin Cloves (Amboina) nom
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  • 50 9 Jan. 20, 1619. The following are the chares as ftw which changes rue notified m Measn Fraeer and Co'h yesterday 'a share lisl Bayers Sellert ■IRES. Ampang (Kiota) 11 60 12.00 Dlv Piah 1 «0 1..0 INDUSTRIALS Straits Trading 80.00 80 60 Wearne Bros 20.50 21.50 cd
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1579 9 i Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance m force over $9,000,000 i TH GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HEAD OFFICE: Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32, Old Jewry, E.C. £M b«H £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Oonr t 0/ England, and complies wltb the BrltlabLife vwur* iau
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    • 287 9 Phone No. 1925. O.S.K. (The Osaka Mercantile S. S. Co., Ltd.) (Incorporated In Japan) No. 2, De Souza Street Proposed Sailings from (Subject to change wftboot notice) For EUROPE via Suez, 8.8. No. 8, "Kenfron Mara" via Bombay (or Genoa Cth. Feb. 8.8. Borneo Mara (or London 16th Feb. s.s.
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    • 83 9 Estate of SHERIFFA ROGAYAH bInte JAFFA! bin HASSAN al SAGOFF, deceased j AUCTION SALE OF Valuable Town Property known as lo 20, Upper Macao Street, Singapore. At onr rale-room, No. 3 Raffles Place On Wednesday, 22nd Jan., at 2 30 p.m. Valuable 99 years leasehold land and house No. SO,
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 968 9 VESSELS IN PORT. Steamers Nat. Tonnage Master From Consignees For Swaeideoroon Dnt 902 Van Duyn Danggla 10 RPM Une Khoen Foeog Dat 684 V»n Tool Pjntianak 19 Tc^g Aik Pontianak Tng Atlae Dui Hengeveld P SaiLboe 20 A P Co Uno Hang Seng Bri 1366 Cummicg Anamba 21 Ggv Uqc
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  • 676 10 TRAGEDY AT THE ALHAMBRI. Oa ths resumption of the Assizes yes terday morniog. Mi Justice Bbdeo atkecl the Diputy Public Prosecutor (Mr A V Brown) how macb longer he thought the Assizes would laat. Three week* said Mr Brown. A eonamancemgnt wag made yesterday with tae special jary
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  • 107 10 We are glad to ba abl^ to announce that the Committee of the Singapore Phiihar mcnie Choral Society have engaged to v: dettikri ihs management of the Child* r6a'3 Cancel, which ace pericdically Riven ir, fcce Memorial Hall about every three months The concerts began m January 189
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  • 163 10 It is with great regret says the Straits Echo that *c have to record the death of Mr Joa'.in Clement Joseph da Siiva which tool place at his residence m Barrack Road. Mr d* Silva, who had a large circle of friends m Panang, wa3 only fjrcy three ye ica
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  • 346 10 As would be seen from the Oazatte announcement published m yesterday morning's Free Press, the Official Censor of Films, m eieroise of the rights conferred upon him, has prohibited the screening of the film entitled The ♦5,000,000 Counterfeiting Plot," after having first approved of it and allowed
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  • 340 10 CONFLICTING EVIDENCE. Th« Coroner's inqairy is to be resumed at the Central Police Station to morrow morniog relative to the death of an un ka-.iwn Chinese aged about 63 who died m the Oeneral Hospital on the 14 th met. from a fractured skull and a laceratioc
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  • 52 10 At the Gaiety to-night the great animal picture Tarzrn of the Apes, will bo screened, supported by a Baby Mine Osborne and bther new films. The Hirima Hall puta on a Metro, To the Death, m the second show with a Billy West comedy end other good pictures
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  • 52 10 The Council mseta on Monday next, when His Excellency the Governor wili ba back io Singapore. Mr Darbishire will ask his question about the congestion of the cables. A Bill to amend the Civil Proced me Code will be read a first time 'and various other bills advanced
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  • 92 10 The body of a Malay adult named Jobore has been recovered from the 'stream m Alex&ndra-ri near tha incinerator. The body was sent to the mortuary where it was ascertained that the man had died from asphyxia from drowning. A caae ol kidnapping has been repotted to (be Police. The
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  • 284 10 The following Singapore properties were sold by public auction by Messrs Ching Keng Lee and Co, at their sale room yesterday afternoon. I Lots NoB. 9to 14 999 years' leasehold building allotments fiontiug Jalan Beear, area 9,658 Eg ft, bought by Mr S D Sassoon at 45 cents
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  • 510 10 LCOURTESY OF THE FRENCH CONSULATE Paris January 17th 6.45 p.m.— Tha French 8 per cent bonds are at, francs 63. j The 6 per cent at 92 the 4 per cent at 75.10. M Outrey, deputy for Cochin China, hai introduced a bill for the organization of
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  • 92 10 la the Church of the Assumption, Penang, Mr. R. E. Capel, of the P.W.D., Penang, was married to Miss Scully, daughter of the late Mr. B. R. Scully, Municipal Overseer of Roads, and cousin of Mr. W. A. Ward. A Chinese named Cheng Kirn Siak aged about 43 has died
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  • 156 10 The Glenavy left Panang on Sunday for Pott Swettenham, Singapore and China. j The B I Packet, Tara, with the mails from Europe is expected to arrive m Penang to morrow. A few days ago a Dutch steamer left Bangkok with a draught of 16 feet 7 inches
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  • 189 10 Golf Match The result of the match, Singapore Golf Club vs Keppel Golf Ciub played on Keppel Links on Sunday was as follows Wolff find Forde 1, baat H I Jones and H T White Bucklaud and Wodehoasa i lost to H C Aspinall and R F Binuie
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  • 492 10 The Final Gallops. There was a record attendance at the Race course on Saturday, including several ladies, for the winding up gallops, most of which were done m very good time indeed. Dandy wae tho first to pat iv an appear ance and was sent along at a
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  • 15 10 Agents Quthrie and Go. Brunei 6.722 total for 6 mos 44.2C9
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 586 10 1 The Difference m this Baby from the usual bottle-fed baby is his firm flesh, j^^^Sik *trong bone and happy intelligent expression babies. Glaxo contains only those things which build up .firm ljcsh g and strong bone, muscle and brain. It builds strong, healthy babu s. s not flabby ones.
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