The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 7 April 1919

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1 CIV The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
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    15 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. TEN CENTS SINGAPOBE, MONDAY, APBIL 7 1919. NO. 9,633
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    ON EATING ONE'S CAKE.
    1107 1 Coelum ipsum petimue etuititio, neque Per nostrum paiimur oceiae Iracunda Jovetn ponere fulmina. Hor. One hears much about the new- problems confronting the new age, and may, if he be so inclined, run hie eye over acres of printed matter, alleged to einboty the wisdom of
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      588 1 RAFFLE^ HOTEL. I The largest and most successful f akc^i-^l jypHH™^^™ FACING THK SEA. Luxurious suites of Rooms and spacious lounges, verandahs tjavp a ThTh\Y7 and beautiful grounds. nAYC A Jri^W I mmmmm^^Zm mmmm i WATERMAN* S FOUNTAIN PENB First class cuisine. Gu2st night every Saturday, dinner tj^ STOCK NO\sC^
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      19 1 D C. L. London Old Tom Gin PER CASE $32 DUTY EXTRA. SWEE HE Go. ■IDE a SPIIIT HUCBMTS.
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      448 1 THE DAY'S NEWS. A considerable amount of wire news has come through, some of it rather encouraging. The situation in Egypt is clearing j up and Allenby's last despatch indicates' that the position is now getting well in hand Page 5. Report comes of a great victory by l tbe
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    ALLEGED CORRUPTION.
    374 2 The hearing was rcsur.el before Mr Langham Caitsr in the District Court on ardpy morning uf the case in which Ow Kiru r-eng. dark employed by the rambling Sappres6ioc Department is charged with offering illegal gratification oa three different dates in February to Inspector Craig of the same
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    198 2 A Chinese who had been banished from Singapore for life was arrested by the Police in Hongkong in connection with the theft of a pair of earrings and a coat which he pawned at two different "pawnshops. The two pawnbrokers were summoned before Mr R E Liodsell and to oce
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    S. V. C. DRILL PROGRAMME.
    21 2 Monday, April 7. 4 00 p.m. Balestier Range SRE? Details •16 M Drill Hall SVC Recruits
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      1447 2 m^mrnkmrnmrn TTT XT A m To night and up to Friday AprU 1 1 MAM!* I HHIS^F W E ARt JN U 1 ATTRACTIVE STARS IN ATTRACTIVE STOHIKs mltrcifc.^ IIVUUb OVERBEARING IN ASSERTION, i-r«sented in in picti-mi 196, CRCHABD ROAD mmW-wmmmm that promice p saw OPEN WE DO NOT raaaammn
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      2715 3 Military Musical Brass and Bag- FRASER NEAVE, Ltd. DEFAULTER'S SALE h* pipe Band .'o. 1 176, Cross Street, Kampong Susu. rooks or til h .°bo«M\im°any" m 'iJ'"^" 2,000 KEGS "DUTCH BOY" BRAND PURE WHITE LEAD OF I I >■ t ,.s o, .r--^r, n ,v.e.»„ B-, 'iaT.. 7 ic.a A
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  • Domestic Occurences.
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      BIRTH.
      78 4 Sandeman Feb 2*, Ernblt Sandemin, of 5, Couritle'dgardens, S. W., formerly of Sings pore and China. Mr. O. D. Melville, tho executcr in Singapore of the will of the a'e Mr. Gib^cn Mac Neil, desires cn behalf uf the widow and family cf t e deceased to t a*k
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    The Singapore Free Press Monday, April 7, 1919,
    1227 4 The Singapore Free Press Monday, April 7, 1919, Of recent years there has been a j considerable stirring of opinion in the Eastern Crown Colonies on the subject of the position of the inhabitants of those Colonies with rr-gard to the Government of them. Generally the changes advocated have been
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    LATE WIRES
    852 4 Paris: A telegram from Spa says that Foch has held the flr6t conference with Erzberger aad acquainted the latter with the Entente's decisions. Paris, April 2 —It is indicated in a certain quarter that Germany will probably be asked to pay bei ween four und flee thousand millions
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    SYKORA-SLAREVSKI CONCERT.
    537 4 These very talented performers gave their second chamber concert on Satui evening r.t the Victoria theatre Lr' fuir'y large auiterii'r, wl o showed t'tentive aod ditcrnmoatve opprecia* the high class programme provtdt d 1 a pity that tbrougi* out tbe first half H. cert was practloiltj spatted fjr
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    FRENCH CONSULAR CABLES.
    122 4 By Couetesy or the Fbinci OMMOLAH Paris, April, 8, 6.26 p.m.— lt ie expect ed tbat thi Council of tbe Four will he able to begin very soon the drawing of the c inclusions which have beeu adopted General Smuts is proceeding to Hungary to make an
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    THE FOOD PROBLEM.
    147 4 W rom Char (han Corraapondtnt Penang, April 6 A meeting in tbe nature ot a conft i between the Food Controller end planl and estate i.gents on the rice question *as addressed by Mr E S Hose who urged vital necessity of iccrea^irg ccal produc tion of
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      156 4 CLUB WHISKY. Supplied to most of the leading Club;-, M| Hotels, Messes, etc., throughout the B Slraits and F.M.S. M Per Case of 1 Dozen Bottles l&i^S I I lfl A A Af& I 9 $28s00 (DUTY extr I fl ..mm. WHOLESALE OR FETAIL Ktib&S WWm WWT* from the Sole
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      54 4 victor:* theatre. TO NIGHT! AT 9.30 PROMPT T. C. MAXWELL Presents Bogumll SYKORA Cellist AND Alexander SKLAREVSKI Pianist Two of.the pefcti fct icstinmertalihto ever heard in this Colony "This In the.Flain ULsamlkhed Truth Should there be any doubt in the mind of any reader cf tbis odvcitieement the solution Get
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    STILL FIGHTING
    257 5 I PROGRESS IN RUSSIA ondon, April 3.— The War Office re it ial Gsueral Shkur ou Jan 28lh (?> Ktureu Viadikevkaz finally defeating the H„bev:rt army ol 100,000 He took pri K nptored tbrt.en armoured Kins and 200 guns. The Bolsheviks 2 1 from the whole ol North
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    PACIFYING EGYPT
    436 5 lbl March 3 2. Official. Order is i rapidly restored io consequence of [be extension of military occupation. Mar 23.— Communication witb tssiout is at present maintained by The occupants were compelled ike a false landing surrounded by the nob They had to use their revolvers mt were
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    THE GREAT FOUR
    404 5 MYSTERIOUS DEBATES Paris, April 1. It is believed the Council ct Four has reached a practical agreement concerning most of tbe terri torial q-aestions affecting Garmioy, including tbe vexed quastian of tbo Saar coalfields. The outstanding matters are Dantzig with a Tolish corridor to the sea, and
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    OTHER NOTABLES
    400 5 Parii, April 2. The King of Belgium has arrived in Paris by air. The King's visit follows on ths appearance ol M Hymans as head of tho Belgian delegation before the Council of Four on Monday. No more forceful indication could Belgium find than the informal meetings of
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    FORCES OF DISORDER
    803 5 STRIKES EVERYWHERE Russia and Hungary Stockholm, April 2.— A wire from Petrograd says industrial disturbances occurred in tha large factories and culmi nated at the Putilov works where the People's Commissary was hostilely received and waa throwu out. In consequence of some marines refusing to drive off
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    PEACE MATTERS
    839 5 f THE INDEMNITY QUESTION London April 2 ln the House cf j Common in a full inn debate cn the question ol proceedings at the Peace Conference as regards payment of indem j nities, a number of mombera e-xpreseec I apprehensions that Germany might sue j ceed in
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      92 5 JROBINSON Co. Sew StocK of j HAN ANS BOOTS Made in America. Style in Jz v; Tan and m mm. t Biaok. A/\fk \7/ m*^=^ p^iiMOH^ a a\ NT i^s# vl>noanA UNBP" *a\ /fr SINGAPORE CENTENARY OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS sew sn view si Mr. H. N. BUCKERIDGE'S STUDIO FHE BURLINGTON, COLEMAN
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      1882 C M1PP0N VUSEN KAISHUI -Jb£J£- R (INCORPORATED IN JAPAN) ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION 00. OF BATAVIA t^ ONDKR MAIL CONTRACT WITH THI IMPERIAL JAPANKSE Telegram Address PACKETVAART P C A I) 1 ft F GOVERNMENT. Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. A A. 1^ *J tt m^ A n 1002 Managers
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    TIN IN YUNNAN.
    437 CI Industry Hard Hit by Exchange The whole of the tin uow produced in South China, with the txceptiou of in considerable amounts from various email workings, comes from the Kochiu mines, near Meogtze. iu tbe southern pa"fc of Yunnan province, In 19 TJ certain Ger man interests,
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    WAR AND GEOGRAPHY
    466 CI There is nothing teaches geography' quicker than war. Many thousands, perhaps millions, of people laarn the little they know ot the names cud positions o( places ot which when their country ia at peace they are ignorant, and will take no trouble to remove their ignorance. In
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      250 CI !UST ARRIVED A NEW SHIPMENT OF ARCHANT CALCULATING MACHNES. Marchant has been thoroughly tested and tried out The first machine was sold to a large Company in and has needed adjustment but once. The Marchant combines ACCURACY, AUTOMATIC |oOF, SPEED, SIMPLICITY, STABILITY AND COMNESS. It saves its cost in a
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      510 CI fmmmOb^. W h,i'L Hd i 1 m\m2umy^mm^mm\ |P^* X' tW^j fcjpGvvN x^&a^^ I *CJ*e TEA. j jvepvicitzon behind it THREE STANDARD BLENDS Extra Quality GREEN LABEL, I /Vo. 7 YELLOW LABEL /Vo. 2 RED LABEL I GUTHRIE ®> Co Ltd. 3 (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE). 3 Agents for LIPTON LTD. I
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    STOCKS AND SHARES
    1317 CII tuned bv FKASEtf A Co., Exchange and Share Brokers, April sth. j BUBBER STERLING COMPANIES. j RUBBER DOiiLAK COMPANIES 'AU (tntfttloa* ol Sterling Bhv«^ mm ee tefarded aa pjtelf litnlaei lor lae return. l i Um. FAD. Lia-D", bombs •Tf, flflfl 2* ia Angio-Jm -s* J o
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      192 CII WF. GUARIHTZE WITH Firestone TYRES that should any tyre fail to give AT LEAST the average service of any rneumatic t>re sold in the F.M S. through any fault in con struction or material we will replace same on a pro rata basis therefore FIRESTONE TYRES mean MOST MILES per
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      1095 CII AUCTION SALE OF IN THE ESTATE OF SYED OMAR BIN ALI AL JUNiED OEC'ASEO In the Supreme Court of th? Straits Settlements, Sett! n R of Singapore, Suit No. 9 of 1881. Mess's Ching" Keng Lee ft Company haw ir struct? d an* win offer I (92 years' leasehold land
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    VESSELS IN PORT.
    172 CIII I Steamera Nat. Tonnage A Master From Conatgoees Foi Beeitang Dut 270 Forme Samboe 7 AP C Dock Una 8 Jacobs Bri 1674 Kemp Bombay 24 Bouetead Unc Castor Bri 888 WH MeDcwoli Newcastle 25 AS P Unc I Van Heemkirk Bri 1898 Davies Bombay 5 Boustead
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    LATEST ARRIVALS.
    204 CIII Bun Fo Soon Dat 2 ?.0 Winters Portisnak 4 Ttocg £i Pontia» V Hogendorp Dat 898 Roelfzema tfal«MM 4 KI H Anambae 9 Kwarg Sacs Bi 14'28 Woodgste Cp.lsdUb 4 HflOflftaaJ Shanghai 7 Kamvnfog Bri lr.o Savadaifl B»nßkr.k 4 ss Co Bangkok 8 Van der P^rra Dat 882
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    EXCHANGE.
    61 CIII (Corrected Dp to Apr 5) Bank 4m s 2 4 7 82 demand 2881 8 Private credits 8 m s 24 15-8 2 France demand Bank BCD| India, T. T. 164$ HONGKONG, demand 40°* Prfea. Yokohama, demaud 105 Java, demand 184 Bangkok, demand 66$ Sovereigns. Bank Buying 88.61 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    172 CIII Apr 5. Tin No market Oambier 12 00 Gambler Cube No. 1 21 CQ Pepper Black ordin. S'pore 20.50 Pepper, (White fair) 46.00 Tapioca, small pearl »fair quality) 18 50 do do flake do 18.25 do medium pearl dn 14. r 0 Pearl Sago, email Copra Sandried 18.88 Copra
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    MAIL TABLE
    188 CIII Ta day. ißtetmefllMe and lo^al tna'..*. I touat .a list helow Peicag, Walaers, P.M.? T*al* p.». dally (ox-ap- Sunday), Joho-e R, 8.80, noon, a, 4 A I p.m. Cncob Scon Hong 8.80 am Pontianak Ban Fo Soan 1110 am Saigon Donai 12.80 PM Malacca Kheng Seng 12. SC
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    MAILS FOR EUROPE.
    75 CIII baft Slatfapare Oat Ib Loadta arrival 4th J a A Feb lfl Sth Jan B io Jan 14th 0 is Jan Und L> is Jan I lb E > ar fl Feb 4th A 10 Feb Tib B t Feb Mth 0 »t I Feb 18th D
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    VESSELS AT WHARVES.
    131 CIII Tanjong Pagar. East Wharf No. 1 Kepong, Kajong, Ban Wbatt Hin. East Wharf I S Jacob, Hock Lee, V Heemskerk, Shlnon Marc. Sheers Wharf a Dry Docks f 8 Sri Mnar. Main Wharf 4 Mata Hari. do 6 Nil. do 6 P Hcrdljk, Tyndareus. Empire Dock 7
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    CLEARANCES.
    6 CIII CLEAR ANCES. Ap.il B.— lslander (Brit).
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      1625 CIII err ever $£,000,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 TH. GREAT EASTERN UFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED INCORPORATED IN STRAITS SETTLEMENTS). HR4D OFFICE: Winchester Honse, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE: 32 a lold Jewry, E.C. Or;inpaay han 120,000 deposited wilh Ihe Saprome Coot t of England, and complies with the BrltUbLlfa Ic.iuraioe Oonjiai^ Vcb
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      132 CIII GARUNDSTEAMSHIPCORPORATiOfI (Incorpoiated In U.S. A.) S.S. "GRAYSON" The above v esel classed I'O A 1. under the American flag Is due to arrive Singapore April 27tb and will have prompt despatch for Tacoma, Wa-hitgton. F<r space ard further particulars apply to BRITISH M< RICH TOBIGCO Co (Straits) Ltd. [Incorporated in
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      64 CIII WBATBEB 2EPOKT Kandang Korbau Hospital, Apr 4. 9 a.m. 8 p.m. 9 P.M tsarom. 81 Fab. 19 818 19 748 99.7*9 Temp. 83.6 86 5 81.0 Wet Bulb Thet 79 6 80.0 78.5 Dir. of Wind NE SW Calm Max, Temp ln shade 59.5 Min. do. do. 70.0 Max. ln
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    THE HAPPY BAND OF PILGRIMS.
    1772 CIV THE HAPPY BAND OF PILGRIMS. MABAJIJ SAILS TO MORROW. Fi'i.i. Pahsenqer List, Any prospective passenger who boiuded tbe Marama when she firs! came here going ca b.^ard n ;»s would not fail to recognize the ship, tor she is a very One vessel, but would bi considerably as toniehed at
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    GENERAL NEWS
    412 CIV TRADE AND SHIPPING London, April 1. The total revenue for the year ended to day amounted to 889,020,825 sterling compared with 707,284,661 in 1817— ltflS. New York, April 1. The steamer Culgoa, with ovsr a hundred returning Ircopa on board, baa wirelessed that she is in distrese six
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    INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS
    414 CIV Pari?, April 2 ifjar thirSyflv? mietinge j the commission on international labour! legislation has finished ita work, but the i report fails to give complete satisfaction, aa Ihe constitution ol certain states pre venla them accepting all the obligations. The repor* corsists of Iwo parts, firstly al convention
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    VOLUNTEER DRILLS.
    675 CIV The following are the new regulations as they affect Singapore and Penang Corps. 8. Every member of a Town Corps in [any drill centre in order to be claesifled as au Effective Volunteer shall perform and j undergo on annual course of training, divided into three periods consisting
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    SHIPPING NOTES.
    61 CIV A Chinese iteamer, is. Tung Ho built by tha K^vang N-,mSS, Company wili be launched on May 1. This ship has j been under construction at Kwang Nara j Dockyard, at Whampao, of which Mr Tam Lai Ting ig tbe managing director According to Mr Tam, the new
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    AMERICAN TEA.
    76 CIV Renders are reminded thnt to morrow (Toesday) ie the day of the American Tea, which wili be on from 10 o'clock iill 12.30 in tbe morning nnd from 4.80 till 6 80 in the afternoon, It is hoped that many will come cn from the P and O
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    41 CIV The Daily Mai! states that drafte of R G A are being prepared at home for all Colonial Stations. As this statement was made nearly two months ago it should not be long before Hongkong, Singapore and Ceylon receive their drafts.
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      314 CIV Singapore Baby Shov i To The Mothers of Singapore. ■na ami ii"- Your Baby is sure to be the Best. I Give it a chance to g; First Prize at the Baby Shov Victoria Memorial Hall, Apr 12th, 1919. Only Babies u to Twelve Months are Eligibl Admission Free. I
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