The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 28 March 1919

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  • 15 1 Singapore free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN Ci.NTR SINOAPOBE, FEIDAY, MAECH 28 1919 NO. 9,030
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  • 1100 1 It ifi Paid tba two ><nd tv o oitkc (our, and ;bat faar and fcnr mike tight, and IkM a circe is roui.d, tnd thai a square has (our corners. Tt» (he's HI put forward as eteM-b :uud, copper bottomed axioms tguiott which there is do appeal.
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  • 271 1 Late wires —Puge 1. L-i\vu tenois results on i<age 10 England's labour troubles are 6erfons A general Btrike being regarded as im rainent—Page S. Mr Booar Law threatens strong mea* j snres m the event o: tbe ruen coming: oat—Page 5 The British Government have ru'orois ed
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 479 1 RAFFLES HOTEL, f %S T/ie largest and most successful I t§S*7&^M W&ftlfa Hotel on the Island. 1 -^L^\ FACING THE SEA. I //^m I Luxurious suites of Booms and spacious lounges, verandahs /VIJ 4 r&.J/X] and beautiful grounds. C^*V^ 1 g «4»~«* a' 'il AFFERNO^N PEAS. t^W/ '^^g^M 1/ Every
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    • 224 1 LATFST AnVEiiriSEW^hTS. I The Golf Club animal raeatiDg next I Tiiur^diy- -Page 8. A rivereidfl godown to let immediate, entry—Page 2. The P and O S N Co give the Marama t sailing date, particulars re baggage Ac Pago 9. Auction* Commercial Rubber Co en 31st offer hardware aad foodstuffi.
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  • 163 2 A parcel of diacicnds, e^ppbires and -ibiea sent m a paetal packet from London io Bombay, disappeared enmewhere on the journey, ani tbe lo^s was doc dia rovered tili ibe ship, to which the parcel had been con^igaei reached India. The uack?t had been tampered with while
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  • 160 2 At the Liverpool Ciiy Council a protest was madtt against the Ue^ltb Committee's! proposal fcr 120 blouses for female iu?p?c tors at 12s lid each, eizCy eilk ecarves for j eraale sanitary io^pector^ a! 6a 6d, ;h, aad 104 silk hats for saaitary ins peetors at 16-
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  • 104 2 Colombo, Mirc'u 15. The in9pi«al aU'o Madras arnv fi :u Vladiv. stock w:th a laigp Bvmtat of Be* bttal j T.i'jiJ troo^d homeward boui' J. Arraagenien'g bern m*»c enteria-n th 2 irocps y- ie rr B by M»jjr O r-nk- A MUnWI ol OBAOko j S!ov k»-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 571 2 Victoria Theatre ■Mil WARWIUX announce t, c Last Two Nights OF Farewell Performance To morrow Msht Fourt change of Programme. PL'kNS at rviOUTßte'S F.M.S. ITY F I TOUK Kuala Lumpui >ar 31, 1 pril 1, 2 ?pch I pril 3-4 i WANT D ~~j a mart G c.\ wict i
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    • 796 2 AD n -r TT T-" 1 T W \T JL.™ hsggf %*ir s&i*A -JkmA Nothiag to offend Weyawg Gamberltes' at the OHCHA: D ROAD. flS^ l Ii; *y ihi titi**t conic a* d see the Pioteres, i hen Express i iaion. (;omp!eie Change of Programme Tc-Might at 9 30 InOLU
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    • 355 2 From Tuesday, March 25 to Sunday. Mar< The Serial that all Lovers of Serials are FlMktaJ to See and another of those film produces of gre r»t enteKaining vituc patrons Clamour A L H A M H R The Kail for Muric andFea: rt Sccoad at 9 p.m. Petrl WWIe
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 3611 3 rCPLCfI 3fi i" SINGAPORE GOLF CLUB. SINGAPORE CHAMBER OF By Order of the Superintendent! PDFf I*>IINA!>V NrtTffF MR tlttU Bfl N ft NOTICff COMMERCE AND EXCHANGE. Government Monopolies ii^r i n? i.^ij notic*. ACCTION SALE OF Messrs. CHING KENG LEE Co, will tfto*<br«d nearly •S 2?a tIE8 !«iiSs^st£t^ i^^^SS tliSr,
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  • 48 4 Bomesttr Occurrences. MARRIAGE. .JUiO.'i— Wadd, ll.— On FubiuAry I. at Hrp p U vJ Lewis ßoebuuß FlßOUton Ek ?t--ti-'» Ritlrß, pon of tho \?te John Forbes uu! on, Dombreck, OJa«gow. to i'a'garet i vVardlaw Waddkll. daughter of thf lute J I Waddell of Sot .\»b»ya enfl Olfttgow, I
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  • 951 4 The Singapore free Press Friday, March 28, 1919. The fn'ure of the British soldier when he geta oat of khaki h an impor* tar.i matter, because (hern are many of him, and I. is vote? count with the politi ci.tns, whiofa he hu an uneom Ifortahie habit i q ana
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  • 371 4 Guano, from certain sea fowl, which can be found at Gunong Griang 'Elephant Hill near Alor Star is unequalled as manure. The death is reported of Second Lieutenant R F D.irrel, who left Bangkok in tbs early stages of the war to jo;u up. The monthly meeting of the YWCA
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  • 103 4 Tac un^?rrutntioct.J .S o«apjr<? proper ties were eu!d by imMM hy Thr Ccm mercial Rubber Co L'd, at lat.it saleroom, on Weduc&d:;y afternoon. Two pUett of ♦rrebod la« 4 jD§ Boon TY-k Roai, ICM 36.060 rq" bought by Mi Lim PeLg Hiia toe Two plecoa of fneboid l*nj
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  • 25 4 The neat' 7 C t s<a fc Loj^".,, w A:: jq la thj: b- »vy chip a': lh« i' aai 0 i I
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  • 319 4 Some Iliaminative Figures Heu^r 1 I btaid la C2u»-ec cf d laterrl m in* m Hiloi Savoi I: Ab= lug Urn B] cao cv!: --ion Sjfir. however, we koo« that !!i. of on;? --acJ the seizs<3 three Pin-: mis to BffCf a tbcumilliori- I £40 000.000 I
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  • 315 4 A reeeut New York message says that :he United Scates Shipping Board bae innouncei its refusal to permit the Bale to a British syndicate of tbe portion cf the leet of tbe American International Mer ?anti!e Marine which flies tbe Rritish flag rhis portion consists of tha
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  • 134 4 miom I Lad .ion ccv ope-""-, i H the co> 'GYP' ftff*t tft H w. LanJ 7 f i- I I > f« f I k ".Jt Ch 17 c aat€id of Ob. icrbkct Tht t ff bjcnb u'i; d with rltw oi cci i 23 TLe Forfip
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  • 472 4 :in areas cf Nigeria it exceeding iU tradmg and altering the name. Tbi* from the Ctaircnan'B speech at the acnv. meeting, is what is of acme icte.est t the F M S Regarding mining it would be the shareholders knowledge tLut the Nigeria tin mining field was
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  • 38 4 Major A M Thooipson i»-tuined to Singapore yesterday morning after a five weeks tout of Java aud Sutoa:ra Mr John A Fowler, Trade OommU*ion«r, CnlUd States Department of Com:. stice, Washiugton, it on a brief visit lo l'cuaug.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 133 4 i CLUB WHIbKY. J£4 Supplied to most ct the leadng Clvb 1 fK Hotels, Messes, etc., throughout the W£j &r Stiaits and F.M.S. d££ Per Case cf Dozen Botties ah m m J WHOLESALE OR F.ETAIL < fio'.r the So/c Importers OALDBEOK MAOGBEOOR 00. i /7&/&e Ifie exce/oti'o/ia/ kX"4 Ojoportun/ties
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    • 46 4 Opening on Monday Next, March 31st mmvx house 196, ORCHARD ROAD Offering a Splendid Selection of Handmade Embroidery Envelope Chemises, Night Dresses, Petticoats, Baby D:erses. Dress Lengths, ndmade Lares Linen Carnation Straw Hats, Bamboo Hats. LINGERIE OF ALL KINDS Exclusive DesJgni Never before Seen IN SINGAPORE.
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  • 599 5 GENBRiL STRIKE IMMINENT Government Prepares London, Mat ao fhe a.. fa| and b. to feme,*,* '*5Ce ive of :wo ex B I Ol ill* 1 Pto^4 h. i Ihii At the H aaetd I a 3 raiiraviQin 1 dc]e I »nd hJjourn*d miid i 10 tbe 'i:L
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  • 32 5 SERIOUS SITUATION IN EGYPT BEDOUINS_GIVE TROUBLE Strong Military Measures. London, Mirch 91 d y grave. Allenby is returuinfl a ambtl have arrived The reral ato ac B *o, military «U n| bewellioaa.
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  • 142 5 inflammatory Manifesto L il imortnui of tb raca tien c* 0J f btev. 1 1 1 •^ad Nic In fi^hi ins Witl tLt Fctnch Iroops. The B Ul bold II the Ukraine. Tun (i^riu.m garrioons ihore led over thait arrm ta lbs Bolshevists aad fmlomteed witb ihtm.
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  • 36 5 Cologne, March 20. Thirteen thousand pounds sterling wocth r( foodstuffs fiom Ihe Allies were yesterday handed over to Uio Germans, who paid m British bank Doles. A further large oonsigcmsnt is ixpected to morrow.
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  • 433 5 Tbe Bangkok Times states —The old SDL steamer Dagmar r%n ou tbe rocks at Koh Phra on tbe evening of Friday July lit, 1910. The night was dark and heavy rain was experienced. Tbe vessel was beaahed to avoid sinking. For a day she lay
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  • 42 5 Major H D Jensen o« the Kite Balloon section of tbe Army, who Las seen service on three fronts m the war, and recently came to Penang, on leave from Mesopotamia, is expected back shoiUf, and will take up planting. IP O
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  • 320 5 NEUTRALS GIVE THEIR VIEWS More Bills of Costs London, Marcb. 20. The communique from Paris of to day says tbe Labour Legi&lalion Commission has adepttsi the British draft convention for the establish--1 ment of a permanent orgnntsaficn *or 1 inUriJfctional \bont Ipgislniion. Kepreseo tail TCI o£ tiiirteer: ufjir.-i!
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  • 567 5 Speaking at a priza distribution at Trinity Training College, Ceylon, the Rev A Q Fraser, lie master of the Trinity, m the courie of his speeoH spoke on tbe value of cooperation m Christian training. Mr Fraser said that he hoped that soon the Training
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  • 430 5 Measures For Their Return Home London, Februaiy 25. la tho House cf Ccmmor.a at question time Mr. CburchilL stated thus the Army Council had for sonn time been giving earnest atten&ioa to the question of the witViJrawal ct Terutorialo (con lariia. Mr. Churchill ?mpba«!sc 1 that
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  • 245 5 A letter by the mail from Mr C P Buckcll, formerly Superinteudent of Tele grcphs, Penang, gives details regarding the death of Captain L C Tteweeka. who retired from the service of tbe Straits Shipping Company about a decade ago. Captain Treweeke passed away very sud
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  • 169 5 Scottish Fisherman Awarded Stanhope Gold Medal. For the bravest deed ol the year tbe Stanhope Gold Medal and £5 were award ed by the Roy«l Hnrcans Society to Hugh L Ritchie, a fib'uerman, of Gourdon, Fife. Ihe etory of his heroic:, was related as followe On
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 142 5 Singapore Baby Show. I To The Mot ers of Singapore. Ytw aby is sure to be the Best. Give it a chance to get First Prize at the Baby Show, Victoria Memorial Hall, April 12th, 1919. Only iiabies up to Twelve Months are Eligible. Admission Free, Get your Entry Ticket
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1719 6 NIPPON VIIQFN KARMA X p M. p. &O -Bbitoh Inna nirruii iuolii imuumh. m T otvT ROYAr, PICKET NAVIGATION Co. OP DATA VIA i£ (IS. orpohxted IM JAPAN) Telegram Address PACKETVAART UNDER M4IL CONTBICr WITH TH« IMP.RIAb JAPA N E3« Telaphcne Jj^^ept 1202 Freignt Dcpt J^ j GOVERNMENT. 3 COLLYER
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  • Our London Letter.
    • 1211 7 From Our Own Corruyondtni 1..;na00, Fib 13 Mr Lloyd George h not; a coward be' I has not the reputation of saying one thing j 1 and doing another and therefore tis speech ;in the House this week iv which taking the earliest opportunity he threw down the
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 422 7 JUST ARRIVED DU NLOP TYRES I A NEW SHIPMENT OF J". When you see a car MERCHANT CALCULATING r'/% raUy c l>1 with U. .11 w«\\ those Tyres, you can Jilt A /MIMfP flll leS assiire<^ ia^ R> l?lrlvillllju» 111 owner tried one: ("H M'i D v N L p
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    • 13 7 CARBIDE Fresh Shipment Just Arrived Tel. No. 750 Raffles Place G. OTOMUNE Go.
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  • 561 8 The following discussion on the Municipal Bill m the Madras Legislative Council indicates a desire ol one member to creaU a Twentieth Century Babel. The Hoa'ble Mr Narneimua Iyer then spoke on the Bill und bdgan tc read a paper m Tamil. The Hon'ble Mr Rajagopala Chary
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  • 255 8 Dencunced by Solicitor as Nothing But Blackmail. There was some straight talking at meeting of the Law Society. A resolution was moved that there should bo a complete fusion between the two branches cf the legal prcfsesion and Q8 an amendment Mr Jarues Dodd moved that solicitors
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 229 8 Dodge Brothers MOTOR CAR The preeminent position Dodge Cars hold m the esteem of the motoring public becomes more evident with each passing year. Side by side with the engineering achievements have been developed those niceties of manufacture that result from ripened experience and sincere effort ml XjJHt*-^ vlSkfll ■V£s2ftßMMv
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    • 51 8 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY. THERAPIONNo. 1 THERAPIONNo.2 THERAPIONNO 3 No. 1 for Bladder Catarrh. Mo. 2 for Blood A Ikln Dlsoasft-i. No 3 for Ohronlc Weaknesses &OLDBTLBAI<ING CHEMISTS. PRICL IN (NGLAND^f. DR LECLKRcMed Co..HaverstockHd.,N W. s. London. BKB TRADE MARKED WORD 'IHERAPION' IS OM BRIT. GOTT. STAMP AFFIXKD TO UENUINK
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    • 516 8 I C.&B. ENGLISH SOUPS H(^* 30 Varieties All Delicious Ijpiigj The Cuisine of one of the finest chefs m the world available for your table HI Crosse Blackwell Guarantee these Soups b/^^ to be Bade nnder ideal conditions, as are all their cable deticaciea. ♦^JL_4 jfL^JL— ft Hints iM^V HMA^MHO
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1516 9 QMAKMXXJ Aasorance m lore© over GREAT EASIER; ,!FE iSSURANCE COMPANY, UffITED I INCORPOKATrD IM STRAITS IKTTLSMSIITB>. OrFliij;: WlMllwlH Eocse t Sliifiapor^ LONDON OFFICE: 52,;01d Jewry, E.C. -a? ..JO.OGO .'^Mit^fl wi;i the ntjfreiiiO Couij of Kv. -Rud, ana eomjllos wttn t- aLlf-a ,tv» Orj". m kel M every partleolar. I ■OWEYTOLOAW,
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    • 97 9 i-«^'^^ !t m w '■iic—FiPii iii it mMwAtmmmm i i— m——> I China Mail Steamship Co, Lid. (lucorpj.atcd it U.J.A.) The folio .jpany's Ete&ra't-i i DMI Hongkong, Naviaaaki, Yokohama, Honolulu, ha FIMMtM* S.S. KAnKING" 15 i-0C t^ofroii aonß»ioDg on or about Cl roh i 7, 1819. S.b* "CHINA" 10,100 tccr
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 1040 9 j VESSELS IN PORT. j Si2?.mera Vet, ■< t Magter From C^; signets F*~ Bar.att**. Bri 6". Mogg Brisbane fc 7 Binr ,*o«t [Beetleog Dnt ITfl lorme Samboe 7 A V C ?k (Jafl Ut eehl Du L M TriiLus iV; leeeeet M Apr gaoor* |8Jeeo(M Bri lfr74 KeBaf atefM
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  • 291 10 rmism's ciroolae. Siugapora, March '27. la the past week butiutea wa« as restricted a9 ever al'.hoagh there were; occasional tig :s cf improvement. Rob x <-r sharei with cheap o«pttalizktic'i are a!wa>e Id liemind but th« suppJv !j epaimodic.! Our latt n.u.^tation o! Tin was dated London
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  • 233 10 Singapore March 27. We have to rfpc a quiet bus steady market cu.icz the pa»6 week. Fust Lattx Crepa tqa^l to S ngarore St^ciard waa deep at 77 and Singapore Stncdard Smokad Sheet r*cktd m cases ri&dj lor shipaen! was sold at 78. The Auctions
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  • 247 10 March mil Utt. The than market ha* be<m a little more active anting the paei we^k. Rubber. o<*ing to a onmb<: ol asiates having resumed d»rec* sbip^r.fentti to Lon den there ie a decroi 33 iv tht total ol rubber being o£j«d tsi the Aoo:!on nowadays. Last
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  • 67 10 'Ihe Bour-l I f Trade h^va i^-ued general licence petoiiitiiig importation into United Kingdom cf a»i ar.ictes on prohibited imports list *hn» tby are exported from and are produce of mouotaotarea of any part of Kiup.re. For the present licence will net apply to— (a) Gold or articles containing gold
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  • 246 10 YESTERDAYS PLAY. CHAMPIOSBHir Potts beat Pasta, 6—2, 6—2. B bIKGLKB Wright owe 2 baat J»miteon scr, 6 B,, 1 6-1. j rachan Fcr v Gordon owe 2, unfinished, j J Donaldson o*B 1 beat Clianey ssr, B— 6, J 6-4. V C Singles Lumb ecr
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  • 200 10 Football Rafflei tb S C F a. Seme v-rry flue football wee served np last evening ~n the Erp'.xaadc- between BsilM Select XI and the SCF A. Only ooe gjal waj ecored the honours going to the RftflUl XL H gii' throughout the fMM thara VWI incidents ol
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  • 202 10 U the Gatet) this evening m the' cvCcnd shov? ibere are some very thrilling .n;iL.£r!ts m Ills Secret of the Submarine," whilst an craotional film ol high oriel ia M Ilia Houaa ol Tear 3, Id the fir** s^jovf prries 10 cf "The Building of ihe Empiro deals
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  • 135 10 The computation of the meiical corres* pondant of Th:: Tiinjd that the rrcejt epidemic of inflaeozv whii^h wa? prbci* rally world wide, bn* probdb'v CrtUSdd a toial of something iike twelvo millloo deaths, may cttut<e as to rtTiM our Mttanti of nn ailnipui wh^ch wi havo t.^k* n very sericusiy.
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  • Correspondence
    • 261 10 Co The Editor. Dsar Sir, Mr B;io Macfadyen wtcta to ne on 14th Jannrtry and a copy 3f a latter, thnt he had audreeted to Mr Lewtoo- Brain, which I attach and wbich Me Lewton Braia has authorise! me to publish. I ha 76 had aa interview
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    • 1127 10 *c ongbt to contemplate frrm the start 1 that it would becomo au acuual one, and after tbe first y?ar therp might also be a ehorter 'refresher' course lasting 8 or 4 days only and restricted to those who bad attended the eJnuaentury coarse m a previous yeer. Thi*
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    • 152 10 To tme Editor Dear Sir, I regret, if ft my l«*£er of the 25th, I so badly stated my proposition that your general reader foiled to graep it. X," has evidently so failed. I am co* concerned as to the bock from which the original sentence
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  • 185 10 A German en board ths Atreus died 'yesterday morning from nan failure following influenza Tbe Chiae=a qua> termaater oil the 'Van Heemskeck new ia port has baen admitted to cue General Hospital ia a (critical condition Buffering from stab >v. oonds. It appe.we that be ordered some [JftYaoMC
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  • 95 10 Friday, March 28. 5,15p Drill EUtll SVC Hecrnita Saturday, March 29. ;2.30p Balestier lUofa R E (v) Sunday, March 80. 6.3ia Balesut r Rtiaga S R E Monday, March 81. 5.15 Drill Hrtil SVC Recruits Tuesday, April 1. 5 15p Dull Unil Euraoi«u Co, S
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 362 10 NOW PROCEEDING ACCESSORIES. BANJOS non slipping bridges, and Grover bridges B^- JOS vellums (Jos Rogers 12 m. and 14 iv VIOLIN chin rests (Line varieties) GUITAR nlckel-platea tall piecee. MANDOLINE bridges, plectrums etc MUSIC stands and C^ARIOSLT irouth ptec*;* £tc. 1705 H. C HUDSON. Singapore (Flcnso of Catchy Hwlel 4
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