The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942), 9 December 1919

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1 12 The Singapore Free Press and Mercantile Advertiser (1884-1942)
  • 17 1 Singapore Free Press AND MERCANTILE ADVERTISER. CENTS THE SINGAPORE FREE PRESS. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919. No. ysr,
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  • 203 1 Opinion i- dead against the Germaa il i i»i pitstnoring iJie signature »>t the Treatj and Protocol and playing for delay.. Voa Lvsner ha< mentioned some <;i his <i»<ii«m Page 7. I i<rli l.;i" \uti summoned f«> fho Supreme < onncil— Page 7. The Britifth ICuiKaas) has
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  • 588 1 Eng'lis and, i meaning a technical term applicable to < pai I icular make «.f mat* rial ctive «»f ur." Highlander think or to give it iti I talk name, Bn the whole seri< i of tartans are distinj by their kive riours." A popular English ei artan
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 213 1 9 TrmTTi TTntIinBLIWroMMMHMWIMMMBBBBMMMB^Mj^^BiI The largest and most successful Hotel on the Island FACING THE SEQ* Luxurious S Bites of Rooms and si scious lounges, verandah and beautiful grounds. AFTEBNOON TE*S. Kvery Thursday, Music in attendance Cinema on the Lawn from 6.15 p.m. fi First class cuisine. Guest night ev^ry Saturday,
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    • 210 1 KELLY AND WALSH, LTD. NOW READY t NFW EDITION THiJI^ f'VinCDI AI NOW (>. v SALE I rir, UVlrt-KIAL kew v and walsh's DIARY > MAL PHce l^ l g JAGI IN SECOND EDITION ixn i^n ruivLvv t THE PLANTERS MEDICAL AND K. GRAHAM, F.R.C.S. (Ed.) MALAY I Price $3.00.
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    • 118 1 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS! Alhambra, Liberty ami Gaiety new pro-! gramme*- Pagi 2 $200 'or a lady stenographer an.i typist' —Page ">. Asphalt roofing at Guthrie's— Page C. 1 impound houi at auction— WO to Invest, available— Page 5. Wunu.b include school mistress, tele I <>•.<.• clerk, ami side car for sale
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
    • 104 1 THE WEEK. Tue>da> .Uh. High Water.— lo.46 a.m. Bton B US, Frawlej Co., Victoria Theatre. Wednesday, 10th. Hiph Water. 0.15 a.m.. 11.30 a.m. Harmston's < ircus, I Frawley Co., Victoria Theatre. Thursday, I lth. High Water.— o.s9 a.m., 0.11 p.m. Lodge Ailsa, Emergent, pjn. Hariastor<*s Circus, 'J.l.">. Frawley Co., Victoria
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  • 265 2 :i < I Oi I ORMER SEMI STATES f I Dl D i iet passed law >t 17 i df former ei ewij u<' -r.it. i i<\ with gei I J. oAtcia lie permi enemiev migrl be sdmitte En order to inspeci permiti only in T) i
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  • 14 2 ■v conducted, dueinc h>. -H ,,f »«»n Confenoce. -^ura, that UMp
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 757 2 I > ww i him, _A I ABPVH Bpj l!<^SS||g^'^Wg^> < Wg^BJßßßlßMiMHJMK^MF^>SMr^PgT^tt^WT3*T>^ "I T,' A•Pi C W i> 4 ■f^b i*^'o Vv- Vl I vSa flB 9v w.<t'-r I M':' B S ft« TODAY, DECIBMIWI 5. t, TOURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 "e™RELYTO^K PKSffl^^KIKS^" A^ l<l; VIOLETS 1 Somethini; Different. Something out
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    • 814 3 IMTi IB KT'MK AVT *»>w 9 W 9_E* r fja_> jn\ n Inspiration in Cigarette Flavour, J| 7-_ 1 I i __I_^ OBTAINA: LE AT ALL r^W '..factored by S§^^ I i For For fr>~^9__H^* ?"> _1— ,^-^i 2 *^> J^ t J*v."- jv j _____________Pj_nu_^y_i^f_BHC^^^B^3 all work carried out
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 520 4 CHING KENG LEE CO. POM COMPOUND HOUSES BTC AT STEVENS ROAD AND SHOP HOUSES AT BUKIT TIM AH ROAD. < !u>. Kcag Les and <».. will bcII hj iactissi RAI FUEB CHAMBERS-RAFFLES PLACE On Mondav. 22nd Dtcembtr 1919. at 2.M) p.m N< and B. Building sit^-s with frontage on Stevens
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    • 711 4 AUCTIONEERS AND ESTATE AGENTS Hhti kw»od furniture. Brass trays. Ivory Curios and fllackwood Igare oraai-ien(>, etc. Messrs CHING KENG I.VA\ k Co. have been instructed to sell by Public Auction at their sale-room Raffles Chamber., Raffles Place, On THURSDAY, 11th DECEMBER, at II a.m. Comprising::- Genuine Blackwood arm chairs, plain
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    • 631 4 CHING KENG LEE CO. EUROPEAN COMPOUND DWELLING HOUSE Beautifully situated in a healthy Locality The undersigned have received instruction, f S( il hv Public Auction at thvit Saleroom RAFFLES CHAMBBM, RAFFLES PLACE. ON MONDAY DECEMBER 15TH Al 2 5(1 I> All that very valuable piece of land ar,u 62.600 sq:
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  • 498 5 me time as i i Hongkong Daily Press, announced that a Berfoui situation had arisen in n pect of freight in Hoi sson of an unexpected decision by tin- Homeward Freight Conference bo raise the rate of freight from 190a, bi to 120s. basis dating fn»m
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  • 65 5 FUTURE OF PRINCE OF WALES FUND. M'Neill, in me of i uaiti 'r.v t i ho JUU i.m th*< tlir Prince of Vales Fund nhouki Km by the Government mm) Rdminittered b Minister responsible to the Bon Mr. M'Neill sni«i this mn an i ormoua fund, and nobody knew who
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 2304 5 WANTED. AUCTION SALES. AUCTION SALES. NOTICES. her has ***** to in- PRELIMINARY NOTICE. AUCTION SALE OF TBLUI ANSON RUBBER ESTATE, !y. What offers to 1> E. V care 4 m I »\HTEI) H M^, Po.ell and Co., Ltd. will rfec at U d Auction at a date Lo he notified
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    • 111 5 FOR SALE. A.-RUBBER ESTATE situated about 17 mi* Koala Kai Station on the Kuala-Kangsar— ota Tampan Road. B.— RUBBER EST4TE, situated about 10 miles from U!i» Sepal Station, on the Taiping-Batu Kurau Road*. y oO acre- abandoned C. RUBBER RSTATE, situated near Ulu Sepatang Station, on the Taiping 49 acres
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  • 36 6 Domestic Occurrences. DEATH. DAVID.— On December Bth at her resid- 1 encc Bexhffl B Oxley Rise, Singapore Mrs. K. David, beloved mother of Messrs C ami M. David in her 90th year. (India papers pleas* copy).
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  • 1025 6 The Singapore Free Press. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1919. War measures hated by the people ifl a theme which might be worked out on the idea of discovering the most-hated. Probably the CenBorate of letters and news telegrams would come before Dora and each of them precede rationing. It all depends
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  • 318 6 Mr. W. K. Sharpe has returned to Penang •nobilization after service in Afghanistar;. Mr. H. A. Smallwood. having returned from 'eave, has resumed duty as Treasurer, K. M. S. We acknowledge receipt of a bulky supplement to the 8.N.8. Gazette, containing the annual reports for 1918. Mr. P. K. Has'rtfc,
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  • 358 6 BREAK DOWN NINE MILES IUO.M BOERABAYA. c A GOOD RECOVERY. J Our Java special correspondent wires us. Ross Smith in the VivkersV r imy started for Soerabaya this t (Monday) morning, but nino miles l from Soerabaya the machine broke down and sank in a swampy graft*
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  • 180 6 Wl.o He Is. x nTispondenC Writing in an Australian Sunday paper (received yesterday), says C nptain Ross Smith if h grandson of the Ute Mr. Donald UePfeenon, one time owner of Glentiomme sheep station, Victoria Hams, Western Australia. I don't know wh re bo ha Is from,
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  • 393 6 How the aeroplane outstrips news by the mail is shown by the fact that the first men- :ion we have seen in the Homo papers of the idventure of our recent visitors is in the Daily Telegraph of Nov. 7th. Messrs. Vicken have entered a standard i •Vickers-Vimy-Rolls"
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  • 24 6 Batavia. Dec Bth, (Aneta). The Rrltiaher Mr. Powl has requested a concession for lermanent air traffic between Medrv.v npapor.j and Batavia. c
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  • 479 6 I[ From 0 ■>. < orretpondent. i lYnjing. l>< At lh< lay the •harmed v th d !y retainin] liamondi which formed part of \ortham Road robbery wi *ix months u.i' The female iischarge l The >l lai I hai I •f Chew Kim Soon, well know hrnt
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 118 6 NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY YOUR PORT WINES WHISKIES Tnl 00ft LIQUEUR BRANDIES ICF. u,aO, liqueur WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CALDBEOK HCGREGQR Co., I MR. BL N. BUCKERIDGE late of Messrs. LAFAYETTE, PHOTOGRAPHERS to Their MAJESTIES Begs to announce that he conducts the ONLY EUROPEAN STUDIO in SINGAPORE At The
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    • 31 6 ST. ANTHONYS CONVENT I'] SILVER JUBILEE ENTERTAINMENT i Ob Dec. 13th and 16th., at fi p.m. I J A ROMAN PLAY < "ST. PHILOIVSENA" By the pupil of St. Anthony's Convent i
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  • 275 7 GERMANY'S GAME.' ■■■:<<> 'i i miitidk. London, Do;. 2. phai iae the strained I rmany ami tie Allies by M. (lemenceau's the German note. It rmany'a attitude tu- ations u"v the American Sen on the Pea e Treaty and 'i the subject r war prisoners, which ratification of
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  • 217 7 THE SCAPA London, Dec. 3. The Admiralty in a communique referring ermany's contention that Von Reuter scuttled the Meet at Scapa Flow without the knowledge of any German civil or military authority, publishes the translation of a r found in a salved from the flagshij The
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  • 164 7 Paris, Dec. 3. Lersner inter\'iewed by Reuter said I <r wa» authorised to sign the protocol of ratificatiur. if the lust sentence therein is eliminated, which it served the right of foreign armed forces to enter Germany after peace had been effected, if an iafringment
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  • 521 7 I THE TREATY AND OPIUM. [Router's Service] London, Dec In thfl House of Commons, reply ing to Mr Gardner, Mr. C. Harmsworth state* •on ihr-e of article 29^ of the Peact mi plied c oftrly that a ratification ol the Peace Treaty was to be interpret. '.l a
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  • 162 7 For lell'ng a tin of milk at 50 cents instead of 47 cents, the controlled price, a Tamil r. \med i/.ohamed was fined $25, in default three \v?ek'« rigorous imprisonment by Mr. H. R. Hull in the Second Court yesttr l?y. Tan Cheng Ho pnd Ong Wall
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  • 142 7 The following Singapore Properties were sold by public auction by ItestX Ching Lee and Co. at their Sale-room yesterday afternoon. Freehold Building Site fronting Alexandra Road, area 215,707 Mr. Sob Hway Sioh at 10 ota. per sq. ft $21,576.70. Freehold land and house No. 4 Lloyd Leal, area
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  • 764 7 I CONTINENTAL POLITICS. ITALIAN CHAMBER RECRIMINATION* [Reuter's Service] r m Rome, Dec. 3. j The Chamber resumed amidst the strikt r and proclaimed that the Socialists protest s against the beatingi they had recived in j the street demonstrations on Dec. The vails were placarded with manifestos
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  • 982 7 STi:An> SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION Flourishing Condition. The ih'ut quarterly meeting of the mem Lers >f the Straits Settlements Branch oi the NMxnal Association of Discharged Sailors and Soldiers was held last evening t in the .*erth Room of the S. C. C. Pavilion, Mr. J. R. D. Oldr.:r.n
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  • 16 7 The Royal Navy is never really at peace It always finds a "scrap" somewhere.—'Admiral Sturdee. l
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 372 7 jROBINSON Co. i' I I I CT'T'IT 1 J I J n I Ift, ,&j <■«> fit 1.7.") Met No. 4608. The Gillette Razor, triple silver plated case, velvet lined and triple silver plated razor, complete with 12 new process blades. $9.00 netl No. 500- The Gillette Pocket Razor. As
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 505 8 L NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. (Incorporated in Japan. UNDER MAIL CONTRACT WITH THE IMPERIAL JAPANESE GOVERNMENT. 1 (Subject to alterations without Notice). > EUROPEAN LINE. (Via Suez Canal-. Fortnightly Service. For (Malacca), Pcnanu, Colombo, Suez, London and Antwerp TAMBA MARU 10th Dec. 1 DURBAN MARU (Calling at Hamburg) Dec. (Auxiliary Service
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    • 651 8 K. P. M. KONINKLYKE P AKETV AART MAATSCH APPI J (Incorporated in Holland). ROYAL PACKET NAVIGATION Co. OF BATAVIA fclephone 131 Passage Dept. 1202 Freight Dept. 1002 Managers Desk 1437 Marine Supt. Transhipment Dept. 3 COLLYER QUAY. UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE NETHERLANDS INDIA GOVERNMENT. iHMRiLAN Set a^oel aud Bagan Deo.
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    • 566 8 P. O. BRITISH INDIA I AND (Incorporated in England). MAIL AND PASSENGER SERVICES. PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL S. N. CO. (Under Contract with Ilia Majesty's Government). The Company's MAIL SERVICES EAST OF BOMBAY are at present iuspended. LONDON FAR-EASTERN SERVICE. FROM LONDON TO MARSEILLES LONDON DUE SINGAPORE LEAVE SINGAPORE o/>m A¥l
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 1747 9 irlL MAW JSIfcAM NAVIGATION TO ITD The Ocean st€am ship Com P an^ Limited. dutch maii sfrvipf Mr^Aiv/n W^ Lilli. The China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. W m/\iL OE-IVVI^IL (INCORPORATED IN SIAM.) AND STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPY NBDBRLAND SINGAPORE— BANGKOK "EUerman" Line. [Incorporated in Holland] COASTING SERVICE. EUerman Bucknall Steam Ship
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 274 10 j SAID MARICAN CO. KEE LOX v h>M handlers, TroMsion Dealers, Pro\iriVrs, Contnutor an.l Slevedor>. A II Ah A M WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JQ|I) I IQUuP BISCUITS! BI8CUITB!1 BISCUITS!!! 1 Just ArtlTei Thirty Varivties. Regular Sizes Jacob'.s Dublin Biscuits. \ma> and Neti Year anN ;=nd any size A repress ntative
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    • 709 10 J t ABBREVIATED PROSPECTUS. The Subscription List will open on Wednesday the 3rd December 1919 and close on Wednesday the 10th December, 1919. Uli) BENUT CONSOLIDATED RUBBER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in Singapore under the Companies Ordinances, 1915.) CAPITAL $1,300,000 Divided into 1.500,000 shares of $1.00 each Issue of ljr>o,ooo shares
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    • 870 10 ABBREVIATED PROSPECTUS. A copy of the Prospectus has been filed with the Registrar of G .npani The Subscription List will open at 10 a.m., on the Ist day <>! Dec* and will close on or before 4 p.m. on the 10th day of De ember, 101! BOND'S LIMITED. NOMINAL CAPITA
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  • 67 11 F [Jrrembtr 8. Bank 4 m.M. a 4i j Bank demand 2-4} Private credits 8 m.s. 2-5 IJB New York Bank demand 4f| New York 90 days 5t ,A France demand 44 J India, T. T. 100 Hongkong, demand 12 0 p iflra Yokohama, demand qqs Java, demand „,,1
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  • 151 11 December s Tin 2-jO tons $147.00 Gambler 16f0 Gambicr Cube No. 1 22 0 Pepper Black *;S CC Pepper, (White fair) 62 00 Tapioca, small pearl, f.q. 2C.GO n flake, f.q. lI. CO medium pearl, f.q. 20,0i» Pearl Sago, small 16 50 Copra Sundried 24 00 Copra Mixed 2B
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 1858 11 Assets over $2,000,000 Assurance in force over $9,000,000 THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. W [Incorporated in Straits Sett.] HEAD OFFICE Winchester House, Singapore. LONDON OFFICE 32, Old Jewry, E.C. 9H T^^ Company has £20,000 deposited with the Supreme Court of England, and complies with the British Life Assurance
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    • 137 11 [dysentery IA N D DIARRHOEA BROWN'S SPECIFIC. To be had at MAYNARD 3 DISPENSARY, and of MISS BROWN. I NOTICE. Hoard of Licensing .*uMi<<--t XOTICK is brew riven thai the List of applications for renewals transfers and New Licences to be Considered on Thonday, 18th December 1010, may be seen
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  • Page 11 Miscellaneous
    • 127 11 VESSELS ARRIVED. Singkara, Dut. 284, from Sambas B, foxSambas 11. Kasota, Amer. 17. r >2. from Ifacesaar 8, for Genoa one. London, Dut. 1127, from B. Massin 8, for B. Massin 10. Singradja, Dut. 2i)i>, from Panel) 8, for Paneh 11. Circe, Brit. :;i4, from Deli 8, for Deli 10.
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    • 460 11 Intcrmediatj and local malli, will bl found in liat below: Penan*, Malacca, F.M.S. (b/ Train) f p.m. daily (except Sunday). Kota Tmftgi and itations to Koala Lumpui at 6 a.m. Jouore 8. ».«0. feroa, 2, 4 A U p.m. narnr,-, IP. Bulang Hock Lim u a.tu nrol Edina a.m. Kerimon
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  • 70 12 i vikst n ws \< tio\ lleported h> rn^vv < I -u.i-ly in.iikt't in Dollar Rubl Marking ii |14, Bukil I |1 MaUka P IS.05, Pan' Penk J'ajams sii-.. Sum Buyi Mulch Bula selU Lyer I- Bukit MaUk< tout I Tin- Bgi IH nd ?l>"> respecti^ others
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  • 566 12 iniraa] general of 1 in the reg cfG y at M Str-Ti ■lay at I }l >' r I1C (cil Others present were Me*sw J. V Elias, Tan Kheara H and Chan Sse Onn (foi and Co). i port an I intt for t if unanimously adopt* n
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  • 106 12 men of the Chinese Labour Corp* I to have held life very A returned resident of Ipoh states to adopt the playful pracof topping a mil s bomb with tlu? out in tnc pocket of an unilar comr»4e~th« latter thus needing no funci An .ndiun was da t Kuala Lumpur
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  • PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS
    • 200 12 I. n :nr n the Victoria TBeatre Um Frawley Co, j>;ud a return Ni-it to and presented "Three Wise Is." 1 piece w n ly staged, the whole being heartily applauded. Hi.- principals a<V otea themselves sj» ndto their part*. Of the twelve artistes •cular piece special
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    • 331 12 j Ini pae of th« i.< t too favourable weather last nifrht, there wai crowded attendance' at Beach K -1 tont to great the first ing* of programme, which, with the extion of a couple of items, was entirely w. Mukerjee shows what a top can do in
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  • 159 12 Ilombay, No\ 26th. (houftand workmen of the Tata Mills are on strike. The origin of the strike is a cnciOGfl one, it scemi that they wore i .l.i that the f*d of the firm whiefa runs Us Si 0 t v > Tnta, had been
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  • 121 12 Pittsburg, Pa., November 14. Mrs. Mary beraon, of Ronco, Pa., was struck by lightning while cleaning her windows, and \s t.s "dead" until late revived by the first Aid learn of a nearby coal mine. She declared that nil she remembered was the flash of lightning that, "killed her." Amerin
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 317 12 < Sunday morning saw yet another race for points in the Vkq President's Cup Com- petition and aa 't turned out, afforded ample eport both to the competing boats and the on -lookers. As he Kathleen and Gertrude had icon disqualified in the last race, thje fonr.cr
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    • 46 12 The Indies Medal (December) Bogey.—Mrs. H M. Cantrell and Mrs. V. G. Savi were a tie at 4 down. To be played off. Mens Medal (December.) tt-Col. J. G. Bell dOfwn Major A. H.G. Piemger J *©wn M-'or A. D. Welch 5 down
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    • 65 12 The December Medal was played on 1 -day and Sundcy (>'th and 7th inst., and in a v,m for Mr. P. S. Gibson. with Ihc net score ot 76. The following car.is were returned: F. S. Gibson 7« 0 W. Ii- Forde 71 PUft 8 S. SturnJck
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  • 252 12 A subscription list has been opened in order to provide comforts and extra messing on beard the Trooper which will soon be taking home the large drafts in the old Garrison whose relief arrived by the "Traa Os Montes." The fare on board a Trooper is on
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  • 40 12 Tho engagement is announced bctweea James Sornerville Miller, eldest son of the late James Miller, Singapore, and Mrs. Miller, of The Cottage, Highwoood-hill, Mill JIM, and Joan, younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. High II Underbill, of 50, Nevern- square.
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  • 274 12 The Ex-German Steamer, Anhalt Bailed J at noon to-day for Calcutta to loaj fo,r 2 Unite.l Xingdom. Her Officers are: —K. 3 Tong, Captain, A. A. Crov.ther Chief Officer, 5 T. V. Birkett Hid: P. J. Bray 3rd; M. B. Kobson Chief Engineer, E. G. Buckv/ell 2nd, J.
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  • 220 12 Reports continue to tome in of damage] sustained by ships which encountered the j typhoon off the Annara coast on Novem- ber 21st. The Traz us Montes, which brought the V. iltshire Regimeiit, did not get the full force of the typhoon. Nevertheless, the wind was
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  • 234 12 THE T URKISH MANDATE. Apptal to America. [Reuter's Pacific. Service.] Paris, undated. "We in Europe are all old. poor, weak nnd divided. It would be .1 tremendoos thing if America, having given us her army, he/ money and her materials, would us this example. And what an example it would
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  • 108 12 There were 16 air stations in the kingdom at the time of the armistice. These are > being reduced to one. Giving this information in the House of' Lords in reply to the Earl of Wemyss,! Lord Londonderry said that at first it vai intended to retain
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  • 56 12 l I I I I Without division of labour we should be scratching the surface of thi tartd for n poor and inadequate livelihood. —A. J. Balfour, M. P. The essence of the pit of taxation lies in not going beyond the point at which the taxI payer will come
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 53 12 ir tt^ 9 f A~\ T~ VJ x> V^ J f FAIRBANKS I HUTTENBAGH BROS. 00. ADELPHI HOTEL' THE VERSATILE BAND WILL PLAY FROM 7 TO 10 p.m. G. Tjeerdema, Director. \/ic u; unTTI OH./\ Vlt W HUlt-L DINNER PHONE L. A >^ IS j I SEA VIEW ORCHESTRA. \t*
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