The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 17 November 1919
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Title Section18 1919-11-17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. N CENTS THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1919. No. 9,N2718 words
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Article321 1919-11-17 1 Renter's holiday task will be found m some six columns or ware of telegrUßM to-day. Responding to the warnings of the law. Ihe American mining leaders have called off the strike and a conference is to meet on the subject of wages •"—Page 3. Some relaxation of321 words
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Article756 1919-11-17 1 JUMPING JACKS OF PORT SAID. judge bj i ed lately from Tort Said, it would seem thst eertsin old comrades who still Log nndsmobUissd upon the scene i re finding life utterly intolerable) m ihat fragrsnt town. Ff such bt the it is st (lie place has losl it- last756 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement232 1919-11-17 1 IF Y( Wi V iRS HiR *J RAFFLES HOTEL s St. Andrews Nicht A BCOTTISH DINNER AND BALL WIL DE HELD November J9th, 1919 j Full particulars of Spe a Arr .rigmani late* GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY, LTD. [Incorporated m Hongkong] PORTLAND CEMENT m (ASKS 373 lb* nett. AGENT SJ.232 words
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Advertisement116 1919-11-17 1 _j_._«_____-____«i__b_- _SLM_-_____-__-_-_xs_f_BS^^ nn .AY ft HI ull reiiut FOR WHISKY P i Uii f7I i I J 11 1 r I jgPf Whar. you can buy mi ____H^____WH____Pmf_^^^"^ I «T A LO^ER PRICE THAN I I ®2*OM ANY OTHER BRAND r'2f V c A- 1 J m/ 0 y A116 words
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Advertisement75 1919-11-17 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS Miss Bvtsy Wyers, concert pi mis'. c, arrears st the Dutch Club, to-morro v even ng Page 2. A centenary volume of Sir Stamford Raffles is r.ow on sale Psge 3. Earl> risers are given a warning Bgsixttt malaria on page 3. The Empire Cinema's new programme on75 words
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Advertisement10 1919-11-17 1 IF YOU WAN! tfEW CARS .Jflfin KOR HIRE, RING UP10 words
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Page 1 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous98 1919-11-17 1 THE WEEK. .Monday, 17th. High Water. 0.14 a.m., 8-38 p.m. Public Bank Holiday. Tuesday, 1 8th. High Water.— 7.lo a.m., 7.44 p.m. I\*o issue of Singspors Free Press. 1 Bent Board, 2.15 p.m. Wednesday, llth. High Wati r. 7.50 a.m., 5.44 p.m. Indragiri, French Bank Bdgs., noon. Thursday, 20<h. High98 words
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Article210 1919-11-17 2 The i:< S. Bradford, Honorary I haplain, P.. N woo was for sons considerable time Chaplain of ti Missions to Ssamsn \eiy kindly interested him- British Merchant I SO died In Military Hospitals at luring the war. British soldiers 1 ratings burled there have recently bsen removed from210 words
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204 1919-11-17 2 ONLY BEACHED WARSHIPS SALVED AT SCAPA. Only those vessels which were beached when the Germans endeavoured to scuttle the whole of the fleet interned at Scapa have been salved. They comprise the battleship Baden (28,000 tons), three light cruisEmden, Nurnberg, and Frankfurt— and 18 destroyers. This work was carried out204 words
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Article93 1919-11-17 2 unms for Drill* etc., for ths week, ending Saturday, 22nd November, 1910. Monday, Nov. 17.— 8.0 a.m. Balestier Rge Chinese Co., s.v.i. Officers Revolver Conrss. 2.0 p.m. Balestier Rgo. Chinese Co., I Past 111 Classification. 5.10 pjn. n r iii Hall Chinese Co., 8.V.1. Recruits. Tucsda; Nov.93 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement313 1919-11-17 2 LUTON HAT DYES. E ASSORTMENT JUS MVED Price •>(. rents per bottle. MEDICAL HALL Opposite Post Office SINGAPORE. -B-B-B-B-B-B---B-B-B-B-B— B-B DESIGNS HAND PAINTED REAL NOVELTIES Any design painted and printed to order THE INTERNATIONAL pußucrn bureau 16 b Changs Alley SINGAPORE. PERFECTION In Underwear At MANILA HOUSE 196 Orchard Road313 words
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Advertisement533 1919-11-17 2 From SATURDAY, November 15th to/iHURSDAY, November 20. AN ENTHRALLING BLUEBIRD PHOTOPLAY Featuring MONROE SALISBURY In a story with sensational deve.opdtifts THE MILLfQNA'RE PIRATE m Five Parts One of these picture productions which keep the audience m suspense and contnually spculating as to what will follow. Monroe Salisbury is assigned a533 words
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Advertisement332 1919-11-17 2 ~»f"~*~W~~~M— ■■—>—■' i J— r- i +s m _Ef mv *4 am #i_i_* g_. 2m >»^^« t\ mk ____P_______V I From SATURDAY, November 15, to THURSDAY, November 20 THE CHEAT MELODRAMA OF THE YEAR THE FIRST SL. PICTURE E. K. LINCOLN In a bigr, virile melodrama ol* the lumber camps332 words
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Advertisement372 1919-11-17 3 WANTED. DOCTOE WANTED A )C< Ll al OAcer is required for steamer proceeding to India it the ISth November. Apply Bou.« trad and Co.. Shipping Department, j I i v.c. PROOF R M For the >inga '»!'!''•> to the Manftcr j- m. IV ANTED TO Bl I hand Chinese or372 words
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Advertisement570 1919-11-17 3 AUCTION SALES. I Good Opportunity for Profitable 1 nest ment. Oi Singapore Town Property. Ihe undersigned have been inst rue. eel i> -ell hy public auction at their sale-room, Xo. 'd Kaffles Place, Ol WEDNESDAY, 1!) th Nov. at 2.30 p.m. 1. Valuable freehold land and four Ploaaani end <\>nveniently570 words
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Advertisement533 1919-11-17 3 TENDERS. NOTIFICATION. Tenders will be received at the Resident's Office, Kuching, up to the 30th Novembei t 1919 foe the lease of the Pawnbroking Farir for the District of Sarawak Proper, i.e. from Tanjong Datu to the Sadong River inclusive. The Farm coi fers tho exclusive right tc lescee of533 words
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Advertisement536 1919-11-17 3 NOTICES. i GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. i g STKAITS SETTLEMENTS 6 per cent. r YAK LOAN 1916—1919. i i Interest Coupons. J Interest coupons of the above loan (Divif dend No. o due 15th November, 1019) not cashed -through Banks may be presented I for payment til thc General Post Office m536 words
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Advertisement751 1919-11-17 3 NOTICES. PARTNERSHIP NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the partnetShip heretofore subsisting between Lee Peck Hock, Chin Yit See, Kam Cheng Soo, Boey Kok Leone and leo Eu Tong with Otto Schiffner and Ernest MuJler a.s their copartners under the firm name of O. I Schiffner A Co., carrying on751 words
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Advertisement669 1919-11-17 3 j NOTICES. THE SINGAPOIcE SHIPCHANDLERY Co., Ltd. Shipchandlers and Providoring Contractors. The Company's Launch meets m coming ships. Offices l6, BATTERY RO\D. Take Lift to Top Eloor. Telephone No. 433. Orders promptly attended to for daily and sea stock supplies. IL W. IL STEVENS, Manager. "*****" and M HOS tice669 words
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Domestic Occurrences
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Obituary36 1919-11-17 4 PARMER.— On November it. at 18G Seranpoon Road, Matilda Gertrude, the be loved wife of James Alexander Farmer of Mansfield and Co. Funeral leaves ai S o'clock this (Monday) moraine: arriving at Bidadari at 8.60.36 words
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Article646 1919-11-17 4 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17. 1919. Heal Help Wanted. Land settlement for ex-soldiers ia not going to be the easy task that some people thought. If the too common altitude of getting rid o( an obligation embodied in the giving of sixpence to a beggar in order to646 words
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Article380 1919-11-17 4 'lite largest and richest and most highly educated and organised State in the world has not escaped the world-wide disturbances that have wrung the withers of smaller and less fortunate- nations- The whole of the population is faced with the problem of high prices, so that afi380 words
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Article215 1919-11-17 4 J A Renter telegram from Cologne an- ncunces the death of Cardinal Hartmann. New- fn.m Marseilles is that Mr. 1.. G. Watson made a wonderful improvement j during the voyage Home. i "j Mr. and Mrs. Levton-Brain have pone to l India, Mr. Lewton-Brain is attending an 1 agricultural conference215 words
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Article58 1919-11-17 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) I'enanfr. Nov. 15th. I The ttcal has beei Ito two shillings. r j Mr. Haatinga.Rhodea has been preeented t with the Order of the Bri'tis!i Empire at y the Residency function on Friday nijxht. j The Prinxesaen Kit on Saturday. Major Dewar i in58 words
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Article85 1919-11-17 4 r 1 (Fron Our Own Correspondent.* j Kuala Lumpur, Nov. L">. The Malay Mail lean .s officially that the B final detaila of tbe acheme for land granta r to e.'.-scrvice men are r.ow being settled. The rule 3 governing the acheme will he issued85 words
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LETTERS TO EDITOR.
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Letter326 1919-11-17 4 To the Editor, Sir, I am glad to bee your article oi* to-day suggesting tht reconsideration by the Legislative Council of the decision to r e license to doul le rikishas. Personally i have had tin most useful run of these since Iheir r.dvert into the326 words
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Article422 1919-11-17 4 Fn:' Martha! Allenby arrived at Cairo tu take the supreme command on Nov. 12th. Dr A. B. Simpson, who when he went away from Singapore joined up and was sent to the Western Front, where he was promptly captured antl then spent some time as prisoner of war, has returned422 words
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Article496 1919-11-17 4 BItOUGHT OUT BY OLD "BUI 1 'I he troopship Tras i N. !>• L. iteamer Buelow, an Singapore 3 y morning sad alongside Section Xo. <'.. the next east of the entrance to the Empire W The old boat si ill look well, althouj the prewar elements496 words
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Article252 1919-11-17 4 ATTEMPT TO MURDER A EUROPEAN. Vi Mil.], BARA* IK. A very serious affair occurred at fi Sarawak, en October 2nd. On the night m question Mr. H. Beard, head of the 81 Department of the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co., Ltd., returned from a dinner part) r midnight and retired to bed.252 words
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Article50 1919-11-17 4 By a ju Lgment of Mr. Jul Winnipt nai H. Kelly, contn ordered to pay back to ii,,- Government or Manitoba £254-000, the amount whicn. cording to the decision of the Board of Appraisal, was received by Kelly m < payment on contracts for the construction of the Manitoba Parliament50 words
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Advertisement98 1919-11-17 4 THREE STAR Tjp A XT Tk "V Jts JrC Hk JN U jl PER $32 CASE Duty Extra. -c* OALDBEOK MACGREGOR b Co., N 1 _7" -Lj If CONSIGNMENT "ROVER" CYCLES SIZES 22 inches 21 itches 20 m. ho PRICE $140 NETT o^ Complete with Bell and Lucas Lamp JOHN98 words
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Advertisement63 1919-11-17 4 THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS and MERCANTILE ADVERTISER Established, 1835. Telephone No. 6( The only Morning Paper m the Straits Settlements. CabIes— "ADVERTISER," Singapore. Editorial and Publishing Office, 30 RAFFLES PLACE. S. A. I). S. SONGS, CLASSICAL, BALLET, COUNTRY, DANCES VICTORIA THEATRE December l'nd 4th and Gth at iur> Plan of63 words
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Article622 1919-11-17 5 COLONIAL C.OYERNORSHIPS. \n, CADET MONOPOLY 1 1* London. Nov. 11. Commons, replying to Mr. eiy stated that m M dner and previous secrekte for tlie Colonies, it would not without grave injust m oth- still Ii af other ut unduly narrowing the tion, t<> lay down that civil622 words
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Article373 1919-11-17 5 COAL STRIKE CALLED OFF. FEARED LEGAL CONSEQUENCES. i I Renter's Service Indianapolis, No\. 11. I can coal strike has been called CONFERENCES CALLED. The Secretary of Labour, Mr. Wilson, i.s ely calling a conference of miners and employers to negotiate 00 the wage j ment, about which a373 words
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Article278 1919-11-17 5 FAMILY PLATE TO GO. London. Nov. 11. The rise m the cash price of silver to tj> 7 > pence yesterday was due to demands from China. It is pointed out that the rise m the forward price to 67d. means that it is worth while for278 words
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Article91 1919-11-17 5 London, Nov. 1 1. In the House of Commons, replying t<> Ml Leonard Lyle Mr. Harmsworth stated thai the number of British war prisoners m Ger many, including overseas men yet unaccounted for was 12 officers and 591 others Tne German authorities continued to rend er91 words
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Article484 1919-11-17 5 SEELEY RESIGNS. THE U BASON GIVEN. I Renter's Service] London, Nov. 11. L: the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Billing Mr. Bonar Law indicated that Col. Seely had resigned his undersccretaryship at the Air Ministry. London, Nov. 11. Lobbyist! Ltate I hat Col. Seely*! resignation is due484 words
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Article335 1919-11-17 5 SYRIA'S NEW GOVERNOR. Paris, Nov. 10. Tbe French Minister of Finance delivered an important electoral speech, stating that under no conditions could France consent to any whittling down of the Peace Treaty. For instance France cannot consent on the pretext of German children being short of milk, not335 words
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Article504 1919-11-17 5 JUDENITCH'S OFFENSIVE OVER. I LKTTS WIN AT RIGA. Military authorities are of opinion that a further Judenitch offensive m the winter time is impossible. He continues his re- treat. He has lost half of his forces com- posed of Bolshevik deserters, who returned to the enemy ranks.504 words
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Article254 1919-11-17 5 Attack on Unpopular Engineer. The Jiji tells an extraordinary tale of the lea. It says that the matter has not yet come to the knowledge of the Japanese authorities, while the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, on board one of whose ships the incident occurred, is keeping the254 words
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Advertisement254 1919-11-17 5 »-«--»--«~«M-»«*M_«_»«»__»*-i_a_MB B a--w__»_^ ROBINSON Co. NEW GOODS IN THK MENS WEAR DEPART. /ff uv\ slocked m tw i Style. /_~J£i l U aa il the ledbury fl^W« l with Convertible Collar E M HENhJ iXKATIIS" i i lebrated Soft Fell Hats. ROBINSON Co. *^^\4_^-w m t mm_ ii. ''"i^vamwß^*^ a254 words
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Advertisement578 1919-11-17 6 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated m Japan. UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITII THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. w»lw (Subject to alterations without Notice). EUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal-. Fortnightly Service. For (Malacca), Penang, Colombo, Suez, London and Antwerp !TATSUNO MARU (Calling a. Hamburg) end Nov. (Auxiliary Ser\ice Cargo only) For Marseilles and Liverpool,578 words
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Advertisement672 1919-11-17 6 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ (Incorporated m Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA Telephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. VanN'CK Mm*', Billiton Batavia, Cheribon, Semarang, Sonrabava k-oeJe-Icn?, Ampenau, Labooa672 words
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Advertisement612 1919-11-17 6 P. O. BRITISH INDIA AND (Incorporated m England). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIEIVTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with His Majesty's Government). The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present suspended. LONDON .FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON I TO MARSEILLES LONDON DUE SINGAPORE EAVB SINGAPORE KASHGAR 18th612 words
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Article64 1919-11-17 7 November, 14. Bank 4 m.a. 24$ Bank demand 2 4 i Private credits 8 m.s. 2-4 15 1G New York Bank demand 4^ New York 90 day* 5 1 France demand 4 <± 3 India, T. T. 1 'I Hongkong, demand lOlfPVtU Yokohama, demand ygj Java, demand lyc£ Bangkok,64 words
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Article134 1919-11-17 7 Tin 150 Tons $138.00 Gambier Cuba No. 1 24 0 Pepper, (White fair) 59 50 Tapioca, small pearl, f.q. 2C 00 m flake, f.q. 14.25 medium pearl, f.q. 2O.(jO Pearl Sago, small 10 75 Copra Sundried 2 J7c Copra Mixed 2000 Opium, Benares uncert 8,900 Rice, Rangoon White 2,700134 words
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Article174 1919-11-17 7 These who have fought over the salt-en-crusted plaJBf of Mesopotamia know only too well what an enormous amount of expenditure will be necessary before such a desert will resemble anything like a rose. Before the British engineers brought their electric plants, the streets of those ancient174 words
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Advertisement1480 1919-11-17 7 m~-m~~~*_K I MUM I IHI I I BSSk*_«»~~* _M IIIII IIIIIIIIIHIH 5 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. [Incorporated in Straits Sett.] BEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C. Trie Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme1,480 words
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Advertisement272 1919-11-17 7 FOURNIER'S HYGENIQUE MIXTURE. (ron LADIES) Tasted and Proved for Yearc. WASTE NO TIME. Immediately you notice any disorder of thm ev&teo. take Fournier'i Hycrniqu* Ull tur r It quickly removes all *_meting Tll«r» ia Noll-inc to EQUAL IT. ao* Anything m Wk____t Known. It la justly described aa tbe FINEST272 words
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Miscellaneous165 1919-11-17 7 VESSELS AT WHARVES. < Tanjong Pagar East Wharf No. 1. Esperanca, Manila, Machew. Ea?t Wharf No. 2. Nai.. San jr. Emden, Teo Pac. Preuraen. Sheers Wharf No. 3. Nil. Main Wharf No. 4. Genmei Maru, Ipoh. Main Wharf No. ">.— Nil. Main Wharf No. 0.--Clenapp. Tras os Montes. Empire Doek165 words
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Article733 1919-11-17 8 POINCARE TO ENGLAND. :,<iy v. DRDI \LI i [R< Ice] London, Nov. 11. Hil Majesty proponing the toast of M. Poincare at the banquet m Buckingham the opportunity J; i xpreining ii n the profound ap- t'r ;ation of the glorious feats performed ly the French troopl under733 words
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Article244 1919-11-17 8 PLEASANT WELCOMES. WaKhinßtoii, Nov. 11. The Prmce of Wales arrived here and was welcomed at the atation by the VicePresident, Cabinet members nnd othern Rousepoint: The Prince of Wales enter «i United States last night and was greeted bj Mr. Lansing, who was accompanied by Admirals and244 words
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Article449 1919-11-17 8 BRITAIN HONOURS HER SONS. < FM. IN WHITEHALL. [lieuter'a Service] London. .Nov. 11. King's Invitation on Armistice there wai very impressive scene at tap!., Whitehall. The guard of onour wai formed of soldiers and sailors it!, i evened arms. Streams of relative? Bd friendl of the fallen placed449 words
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Article46 1919-11-17 8 New York, Oct. l»th.— The Rotterdam correspondent of the New York "Times" reports that the naval transport "Pocahontas has landed about 1,700 Germans and Austrians who were interned m the United States. They have been sent to. Germany and Austi ia m special trains.46 words
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Article73 1919-11-17 8 Sir Frederick Lugard paid a tribute to the work of our young colonial administrators at the Regent Street Polytechnic. He Mid that the great advance made among the natives of tropical Africa was not due to ary particular Secretary of State or Government, but primarily to the work of that73 words
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Article268 1919-11-17 8 HUNGARY RUMANIA. CHINA'S POSITION. I [Reufc Ts Service] London, Nov. 10. In the House of Commons, Mr. Lunn asked what was the exact position of China under the I\'ace Treaty, whether China. which was named m the Covenant as an original member of the League of268 words
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Article457 1919-11-17 8 London, Nov. 11. At a big meeting m support of the j League of Nations held at Queen's Hall Mr. Balfour re emphasised that the League nlonc couhl prevent the repetition of the past incalculable calamities. The League had many enemies, but he was not aware that any457 words
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Article41 1919-11-17 8 Paris, Nov. 12. Bulgaria has notified the Supreme Council cil of its readiness to sign the Peace treaty jit is expected that the ceremony will b< {arranged for next week. The Bulgaria. premier, Stamboulinski, has left Sofia foi Paris.41 words
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Article31 1919-11-17 8 Copenhagen, Nov. 12. A telegram from Budapest nayn thai the Supreme Council has sent an uttimatum to Premier Friedrich to form coalition cabinet within fortyeight houri 1 cr retire.31 words
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Article372 1919-11-17 8 A very line race for points for the Vice President's Cup was sailed off yesterday, a .light breeze prevailing. There was fine manoeuvring to get to the windward berth ;for the start. Mr. Smith, the starter, had j the boats ovti the line well up to time,372 words
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Article133 1919-11-17 8 The programme which Miss Betsy Wyers, the Dutch pianist who is now on her way to America, is goinp to give on Tuesday evening promises to be a very interesting one, especially for the music lover, who will appreciate the performance of a Beethoven sonata interpreted by an133 words
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Article98 1919-11-17 8 The P. and O. s.s. Kr.shgar is expected to arrive at Penang this afternoon, and should therefore arrive at Singapore on i Wednesday afternoon the 19th instant. The Danish steamer Jutlandia, which arrived from Copenhagen on Saturday brought a distinguished complement of passengers |on their way to Bangkok,98 words
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Article205 1919-11-17 8 i j An offer has been received from London for the purchase of the whole of this company's estates as a going concern at a price of £75,000 payable m cash, subject to a i commission of £3,000, leaving a net figure of £72,000 cash payable205 words
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Article89 1919-11-17 8 "We used to hear the cry 'Made m Germany,' said a merchant to a "Daily Chronicle" representative, "but the cry of the J future will apparently be 'Made m Japan.' t London and the provinces are being floodf ed with Japanese goods of all kinds, including89 words
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Advertisement260 1919-11-17 8 aa_X_D_Z_QD_n_____C_a_Z_B_D-Z-aB-DDDDD I BEAR IN MIND B a 3 that thc letters on a r_\ 3 BRASS NAME PLATE g _3 |3 executed by us are cut by hand to an appreciable depth and ra filled with special wax, thus producing an attractive and permanent sign. a pj COMPARE OUR PLATES260 words
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