The Straits Times, 14 August 1915

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.870 SINGAPORE. SATURDAY. AUGUST 14. 1915. PRICE 10 CENTS,
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      282 1 A FEW GOOD THINGS ~^st LIBBY'S ASSORTED SOUPS uV vr^-"' In cases of 48 tins, say, one month's supply. The assortment VHf 4^ is made up from the following Soups TOMATO, MOCKTURTLE, OXTAIL, CHICKEN, MULLIGATAWNY and VEGETABLE. A. tin makes six plates of the best Soup you ever tasted. i«A^^S^|
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      89 1 ARTISTIC FURNITURE ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR FURNITURE AND SCHEMES SUGGESTED. Reproductions of Antique Types in Dark Oak Shades. ROBINSON CO. RUSSIAN CAVIARE At BOLTER'S, Europe Hotel Buildings. ASHCROFTS BILLIARD TABLES Awarded Two Gold Medals. Contractors to U M. Oov rntucnt. Sole milters and patentees of the Aeio extra low cushions. All
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      10 1 JEFFREY'S PILSENER BEER. Soli A<i«nts AOAMBON. GILFILLAI A CO LID
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    A Call for Men.
    1084 2 WAR SECRETARY'S STRIKING APPEAL. Lord Kitchener in the City. Earl Kitchener, the Secretary of State for War, on July 9, drove from the War Office to the historic Guildhall, in the City, where he delivered an important speech to a very large audience. His Lordship's special
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      446 2 11 We may be deprired of sUrahe*. sugar and fats, and yet live bat unit ts we bare Prot. id we die." 'CEREGEN' ALL-BRITISH well known throughout the British Isles and highly recommended by all tbe leading Poys'cans aa tbe ONLY equivalent to tbe German preparation: "SANATOGEN FOR YOU NO
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      514 2 NERVOUS DYSPEPSI*. Kervoas dyspepsia is a disease of tho nervcDS. not of tte stomach. Indigistioo one daj ajd complete fieedom from symptoms the next usually means nervous dyspepsia, especially if the patient is of a nervous or highly emotjoial emperament. The atticks recur at more or less regular interva's and
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      559 2 NOTICES. THE BUKITK.B. RUBBER CO..LTO. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, tbattbe Share Transfer Register ot tbia Company will be closed from Thursday, AaifUf-t li, to to Saturday, August 14, 1916 (both dsys iaolueive) for the preparation ot Divider d Warrant;. By Order of tbe Board, BATKMAN A CO., Secretaries. 4 8
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      735 2 NOTICES. RUBERLITE. NOTICE is hereby given, that tbe above M»ik is tho property of Veoei-ta Limit«d, and is used by thst Company a a Trade Mark in re»pect of Hubber Casei tod and manufactured by it. The above particulars are advi rtig. d as a warnirg to all persons tl.at
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    Dutch East Indies.
    915 3 THE HOME GOVERNMENTS SUBMARINE PLANS. Type of Boat Proposed. The written reply of tbe Ministers for the Navy and Colonies to the Provisional Report of the Second Chamber on the Kill to extend the fleet has now seen the light, and is, says the Gazette de Hollande,
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    Mystery of British War Trophies.
    181 3 Tlirn- Ins been muob curiosity in London about tbe war trophies taken from tbe Getnuns, and many enquiries, Bavu the Ceylon Observir, have been uiuie wbeu tbe captured guns, machine kudr, rtac». and other objects, the captures of which have from time to time been
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      633 3 SALES BY AUCTION. MORTGAGES SALE (in M sday, Ac<iisTl6, 1915, at 2 80 pm. Ton t k»E« N0. 2 163. L< ngth6Hfeet, Brua Itli 17.W la**, Depth 8.8. f.t-t. Gross tonnage 70 to i. An N>ie now lies eppo-ite Clyde Tt riace off Beach Koad. CHING KENG LEB Jt CO.,
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      252 3 TRY— I B«rcham't Pills, they arc jiia the thing as a family medicine. Nothing to be compared with iherr hat yei b*en put before the public. For over half a century this medicine has been an easy Fir« Favourite in countless households and the name and fame of Beeclia>n's P-l|»
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      506 3 PAINFUL BREAKING OPT Oil LIMBS Itching Terrible. Red and Swollen. Could Not Work. Cuticura Soap and Ointment Completely Healed. 108. Dover St.. Norwich. Eng. 'My leg broke open and I could not attend to my work. It first came out in a red pimple ou §my arms, then on my
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      291 3 ARTISTIC CHINAWARE TEA AND COFFEE SETS Ancient and Modern Table Requisites. Suitable for Colonial and Foreign n«e. A Gift from tbe Bast. 80UVENIR8 AND PREBENTB For any Season. Numerous designs from which to Select tbe Best. Complete Sets ot Tea and Coffee, pieces 7, 19, 16, 32, 27 and 42.
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      506 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. BTEAM NAVI6ATIBN CO. FOR OHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, CBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN, BOYPT MBDITBRR/ NBAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bill* of Lading issued for Ohina Cos*. Persian Gulf Continental and Amerioan Ports. Steamers will leave Singapore oa or about— MAIL LINBS ff, tuwird {for R»ropt). I
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      530 4 BTEAHEB BAILIWOB. nTyTk. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP 00., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE A servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles. London and Antwerp, under mail contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. Tbe New Twin-sarew Steamers maintaining this servioe bavo been specially designed and oonstruoted, and are fitted with all the
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      753 4 BTEAHEB SAILINGS. THE SUM STEAM NAVIQATI9N CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. for Kretay, Tringgana, Bigot, Semtrak, Kelantaa, Tabal Bsngnara, Telupin, Patanr, B'agora, Laooa, Kobaamui, Baadoa, Langauen, Taku, Chumpon, Koblak and Bangkok Oust Oipartur* •.a. MAHIDOL Aug. 16 Aug. 18, 8 p.m. a BORIBAT 18 91, 8 p.m ».s. ASOANG 88 OS, 8
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      627 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED, AND 6HINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD iflavVH^BlV The Oumpaaies' iteanv"-< m derpatoboJ from liiverpool outwards ior the Strc t China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards lor London. Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight; for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for
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      612 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BTOOM VAART-M AATBCH APPfJ (STBAMBHIP COMPANT) "NEDERLAND." FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SBRVIOB BBTWBBN JAVA AND AMSTERDAM VIA SINGArORB, BELAWAN DBW SABANG, COLOMBO (optional) PORT SAID AND GBNOA. Steamers arc due pa or about tuc undoi mentioned dates i Ootwabo HoamwAßi.. '•916 1915 Sonjng.n d. Nod. Koningin Aug. 20 Emma Aug.
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      399 5 STEAMER SAILINGS. STRAITS STEAM SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. SINGAPORE AND BANGKOK. A first-class passenger steamer will leave Singapore every Saturday, at 4 p.m., for Bangkok. s.s. "Kuala" sails Saturday, August 14. For particulars as to Freight, Passage, etc., apply to 4, Raffles Quay. M 80» "ELLERMAN" LINE FOR LONDON AND HULL.
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      518 5 STUMER SAILINGS. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Company's steamers will be despatched at follows:— TO PENANQ, MADRAS AND NEQAP&TAM. aa. Arankoia (from Penangi On 15th Aagast, 1916. TO PORT SWBITENHAM, PBNANG, NEOAPATAM, MADRAS, PONDICBEKKY, CUDDALORB, KARIKAL AND NEGAPATAM. as. Tar>« At 6 p m., on 17th Au.m-t, 1916. TO
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      85 5 /fc\ TH MAIISiSV/V fjgjr^l OF THE CLUB. 1/ IM\ FRASER NEAVE LTD., BRUNNER MONO h CO., LIMITED, Northwich, England. CRESCENT WRMIrcJ BRAND. MANUFACTOREBS OF Bicarbonate of Soda. Soda Ash. Caustic Soda. Carbonate of Ammonia. Sulphate of Ammonia Calcium Chloride. Pure Zinc, Etc. AOENTS, Straits Settlements and F. M. S.I Hi
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    STOCKS AND SHARES.
    792 6 Prices Quoted In the Market This Morning. Singapore, Aagast 14, 1916. Messrs. Ljall and Evatt, E&chunge and hare Brokers, issoe the following list of quotations this morning The quotations on Sterling Shurfw are oolj oomina). N'OM. Yall'l. BOTBRS. SILLIRS. I 3/- Allacar 1/11 3/8 1 An K
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      1024 6 LATEST ADVBRTISaaHHaSNTa.. FOR SALE. GOJD PAYING BUSINESS. Spland id opportunity for investor «ith capital of 56.000 Raaaona fjr disposal liven only to Bon«--vila ovTara. AM partioulara from I. vestment, o o •ti'alta Timaa. 148 ESTATE OF L')W KIM PONO, Deceased AUCTION SALE Of VALUABLE FREEHOLD AND LEASEHOLD I'KOPBKTIKS SITUATE AT
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      371 6 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. SITUATION WANTED. By an (xperitneed Nuree. Charge of young infant preferred. Ad iress Norse R.O. o/o Mri. Watson, Taiping, Perak. I 148 19-8 TO LET. Furnished or uofnroi>bed, Fernbill, Oracg Grove RoaJ. Large grounds. Tean<s Court Otrato and stab ing. Apply to Behr and Co.. No. 8, Mali
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      255 6 What have you A PIANO or a Noise Box? It tbe ltt.tr, turn it iato the to mer by WRITING OR 'PHONING OR SENPISO TO He bsndlts tbtse nutteis as an eipert in Cheapness and Thorou^hnaat. Tart. lies Bailors' Home Singapore 7 8 8.9 Earthenware LA I EX If UP
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    DAILY TIME TABLE
    91 7 FIXTURBS. Saturday, August 14. High Water, 0.80 p.m. Sunday, Auru.it 15. High Water. 0.28 am, 0.67 p.m. B. I. outward mail expected. Monday, Aujrust 16. High Water, 1.9 a.m., 1.27 p.m M. M. outward mail expected. Tuesday. August 17. High Water, \M a.m., 3.2 p.m. Wednesday, August
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    182 7 To -DAT. Batu l'ahat Mena 'i pm Malacca Scott Harley 2pm Bangkok Varg 2 pm Pri^i Rajah. Tembilaban and Indragiri Quorra 2 pm Bangkok Kuala 2 pm Malacca, P. Swettenham and Ponang Klang 2 pm Mi lan Medusa 2 pm Iloilo and Manila Muncaster Castle 2 pm
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    Train Services.
    212 7 The mail trains from Singapore for the north 1, ive Tank Road station daily at 7 a.m an 1 7 p in., arriving at Kuala Lumpur at 7.18 p.m. and 6.45 a.m., respectively. The through express to Penang leaves Kuala Lumpur at 8 a.m. daily, arriving at Penang
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    Mail Steamer Movements.
    137 7 The M. M. outward steamer Cordillere left Colombo at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, August 11, anil may be expected to arrive here at about 7 a.m. on Monday, August 16. Our attention has been called to the fact that our arrivals in London are much behind those
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    89 7 There is little of Belgium left intact, except the fighting spirit many countries now contribute to the making of a Belgian sol her. Said one of them "We wear English shirts, French pantaloons, American >eraeys, Dutch caps, smoke Dutch tobacco in English pipes, aad light them with Swedish mstob— We
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    80 7 British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks. Anjou 18 8-15 Inner Road* Ban Hin Guan Hai Nam Scott Harley Hock Hye Hock Ken K Edina 'luat Cheang Amy Hong >< TaujoBg Snrat Hock Tew n Yan K t8ie 14-8-16 Perak No. 0 Wharf Aing Hin Inner Roads Meran Sarawak.
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    190 7 Outward. The following passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from the London and China Express. It should be understood that, in some instances, bookings may be provisional and that intending passengers may alt< r their arrangements, subsequent to the issuance of this list in London Per
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    583 7 Sunday, August 15, 1915. St. Andrew s Catbedbai. 11th Sunday after Trinity.— 7 30 a.m. Litany 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) 915 a.m. Matins and Holy Communion; 4 p.m. Sunday School and Bible Classes: 5.30 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Hymns, 318, 255, 184, 558.— 168, 269, 354. Lessons,
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    155 7 EXCHANGE. Simoipom, Acih-st 14, 1016. OnLokdon Bank 4 m/B 2 4 f Demand 2/4/, Private 8 m/i 2/4J On India Bank T. T. 176* On HoNaMON»...Bank d/d &3} On Shanghai ...Bank d/d 102J On Java Bank T. T. 140J On Japan Bank d/d HB{ Sovereigns— baying rate
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      138 7 "SPRINGBOK" THE GENUINE BOER TOBACCO. Manufactured from the finest Magaliesberg Tobacco. OBTAINABLE EVERYWHERE in 4-oz. SEALED BAGS. "AVANCE" CRUDE OIL ENGINES ITWO CYCLE: TYPE), TYPES: Vertical up to 320 B.H.P. Horizontal up to 38 B.H.P. Portable up to 26 B.H.P. Marine up to 138 B.H.P. LOW FUEL CONSUMPTION. QUICK DELIVERY
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      573 7 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. The NEW CIRQUE TO-NIGHT J TO-NIGHT RETURN VISIT FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK ONLY A Programme selected from our best numbers will be given ONE WEEK ONLY. AND A SPECIALLY STRONG PROGRAMME. The Manacement sre grateful ll Mip Pub ie frr thn patronage a'cordni tbe Cirqne's first visit and
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    The Straits Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14. DEFENCE AND DEBILITY.
    1029 8 The Straits Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 14. DEFENCE AND DEBILITY. Now that the Defence Bill has been passed by tbe Legislative Council, and that a most influential movement have been inaugurated in the F.MS, for adoption of the same principles there, we may be permitted a tew words of more or
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    40 8 We are asked to state that the Key. H. G. Peile will be away from St. Andrew's House next week, and that therefore there will be a delay in answering any letters addressed to him during the next six days.
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    12 8 Latest advertisements of the day appear on page 6, 7 and 11.
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    17 8 It ia understood that at an early date a special soldiers' concert is being given in Singapore.
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    15 8 The Russian double-funnelled, steamer the Roman, has been sold to Japanese buyers for yen 180,000.
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    20 8 The riu Piah Company has declared a third interim dividend of 8 per cent., payable on Wednesday, the 18th inst.
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    30 8 Rumania has refused the offer of a gift of 86 batteries of artillery and ammunition from Krupps, providing that she did not interfere with the transport of ammunition to Turkey.
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    35 8 General Feng Kuo-chang, the Chiangcbun of Kiangsu, in a proclamation, announces that a reward of $1,000 will be given for the arrest of a soldier who recently stabbed three foreign ladies near Peiohikoo in Nanking.
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    38 8 The French have begun placing cannon in trees, gun-carriage and all, for oho as antiaircraft guns. The guns are fixed so that they can pivot in any direction. The favourite gun for this use is the famous 75."
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    41 8 General Joffro, with the approval of M. Millerand, the French Minister for War, has given orders that a few days' leave shall be successively granted to the French soldiers who have been serving at the front for at least six months.
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    48 8 The police have in their possession a plain gold locket inside which there is, on one side, the photograph of a baby and on the other a coil of hair. They are desirous of finding the owner of the trinket, which may be seen at the detective office.
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    43 8 One of the vessels recently loading am* munition for Havre in Erie Basin, New York, was the auxiliary barque Discovery, which carried Captain Scott on his first Antarctic expedition. She is a strongly built wooden vessel with a cargo capacity of 2,000 tons.
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    52 8 The war has caused a heavy rise in the price of mercury, the active agent of the detonators of mines and torpedoes, as well as of primers for heavy guns. At the outbreak of the war mercury sold for $86 (gold) a flask of seventy-five pounds but now it sells
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    48 8 During the occupation of Tsingtau by the Germans a fine 160-ton crane la connection with the naval dockyard was blown up by the Germans before the surrender, but is now being repaired by the Japanese, and is expected to be ready for nse in a couple of months.
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    44 8 Tba President of the Selangor Ceylon Tamils' Association will be At Home this afternoon in the association's premises. Koala Lumpur, when be wishes to meet members, friends and well-wishers in honour of the delegates from all parts of Malaya to the aircraft public meeting.
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    63 8 A public meeting is to be held at the Town Hall, Kuala Lumpur, next Saturday, presided over by the Hon. Eric Macfadyen, for the purpose of forming a Civil Guard on the lines of that in Singapore. All Europeans who are not members of the Volunteers are invited to attend.
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    79 8 Fred T. Jane, British naval author, has advanced the theory that the Princess Irene and the Bulwark, the two ships blown up in Sbeerness harbour, net their fate through the use of a wireless current which exploded a charge set for the purpose. He Bays experiments have shown that explosive
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    74 8 The Ootacamund police, reports a Madras paper, have made a great success of the servants' registration scheme, and over 8,000 servants' character books have been issued, at a nominal cost. The advantages of the scheme are that there is a reliable record of each servant's previous employment and of his
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    97 8 The other day the formal conversion of an Englishman to Buddhism at Kamakura was reported. Now another one, with similar formalities, is reported from Kyoto. We (Japan Chronicle) notice, by the way, that the Bishop of London's Ordination Candidates' Council has passed a resolution that "uo application on behalf of
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    107 8 Another shipping concern, wbioh has been able to recoup itself for previous indifferent years oat of the recent high freight, is the Eastern and Australian Steamship Company. The gross profit last year was £40,800 as •gainst £89,000, and the net profit, after raising the depreciation allowance from £14,700 to £19,200,
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    107 8 Since the war has stopped the importation I into Japan of chemicals from Germany, the i Japanese Government has started uianu i tacturing Salvarsan. The authorities, how- i ever, are planning to transfer this work to the i Medical College of the Imperial University of Tokio. A national chemical institute
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    460 8 Mr. C. E. F. Sanderson, managing director of United Engineers, will be leaving for home shortly. The Chief Justice and Mrs. Bncknill are leaving for Penang to-day, and will not return until about the end of the month. Mr. V. C. Upton has contradicted the stato ment
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    Aeroplane From Singapore.
    59 8 The Hon. Dr. Lim Boon Keng has just paid into the Chartered Bank the sum of tl 1,150 subscribed by Meters. Tan Wi Van, Sim Cheng Mea, and Tan Kirn Wah for the purchase of an aeroplane for the British army. It will be the first Singapore
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    Penang Rubber Auction.
    86 8 The undermentioned prices were realised for rubber sold by Messrs. Allen Denny s and Co. by auction at Penang, on August 10, and by private treaty during the wookj 48.600 lbs. were sold:— Diamond smoked sheet 1124 to tlB2 Plain 124 Unsmoked sheet 114 120 Fine pale
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    Bills of Sale.
    158 8 The report on the working of the Bills of Sale Ordinance, ISM, during the year 1914, states that, in Singapore the fees collected during the year amounted to 1230 against an estimate of 1240. In 1918 the fees Amounted to $233.75, and in 1912 to 121 1.26.
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    Malacca Volunteer Corps.
    185 8 The following proclamation by tlie Goternor appear* m the Government Ci*z tie issued on Thursday Whereas by the Volunteer Ordinance 1888 (No. VII) it ia, amongst other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor to accent the services of any persons duniring to be
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    THE WAR.
    3388 9 RUSSIAN CREDIT RISING. Sturdy Defence Still Continues. THE PLIGHT OF THE TURKS. Quarrels and Defeats Continue. Riutek's Tkliukams. London, August 11, 7.35 p.m. i'ertrograd The Germans arc six mile* fr.i-u Kovno wbicb is already an empty busk. Tlu machinery and workpeople h*vo gone to other towns. O n
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    MEDICINAL DISCOVERY
    27 9 Rbdtbr's Tblk»rams. London, August 11, 7.35 p.m. Melbourne: Dr. Bull, of Melbourne Uni versity, has discovered that eucalyptus kills the germ of cerebro spinal meningitis.
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    OBITUARY.
    17 9 Kbctbr's Tblki.kam. London, August 12. The death is announced of the lioyal Academician, Mr Frank Bramlcy.
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    LA TOURAINE FIRE.
    46 9 Rbutbb's Telegrams. London, August 11, 7.86 p.m. Paris It is announced that an order quashing the proceedings against the American Swoboda, who was charged in April with setting fire to tbc liner La Touraine, will shortly be signed and he will be liberated.
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    AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.
    31 9 Rbutbb's Tblbobaxs. London, August 12, 6.10 a.m. New York: The conference of Latin American representatives has issued an appeal to Mexican factions to compose their differ en oes
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    LONDON RUBBER SPECIAL.
    30 9 (Fbom Ock Own Cobbbspondbmt.) London, August li. Langkat pays an interim dividend of 5 par oent., and Selangor United 5 per cent. The rubber market is weaker.
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    DESTRUCTIVE VILLAGE FIRE.
    61 9 (Fbom Oik Own Cobbbspomdbnt. Ipob, August 13. News bu been reoeived from Teluk Anson of a fire at Salak Bernam, said to bare originated in a Malay tailor's shop. It spreadso rapidly that, in less than half an hoar, half tbe village was destroyed. The village is
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    PENANG SCHOOL TRAGEDY.
    123 10 (Fboh Ocb Own Cobbbsfondbnt.) Penaug, August 12. Tbe Magistrate has given .his decision in tbe St. Xavier's student tragedy. He found that the evidence showed a complete absence of knowledge of intention as required by ths Penal Code to constitute the offence of culpable homicide. The charge
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    873 10 Some Effects Of War On Local Sport. The report of the committee of tbe Singapore Cricket Club for the year ended June 30, reads as follows rauw fc. -The result of the year's working shews a surplus of receipts over expenditure of J.ill.mi In accordance with the
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    Legislative Council.
    2453 10 UNDESIRABLE COMPANIES IN SINGAPORE. Denounced by Sir Evelyn Ellis. A meeting of the Legislative Council was held on Thursday afternoon, at which there were present H.E." the Governor (Sir A. H. Young, X.C.M.0.), H.E. the General Offioer Commanding the Troops (Brigadier-General Dudley Ridout, C.M.G.), the Colonial Secretary (Hon.
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    TURKS BY RAIL TO SUEZ.
    247 10 What Djemal Pasha Intends To Do With His Army. Describing the railway and road building activity of Djemal Pasha, the commander of the Fourth Army in Syria and Palestine, tbe Jaffa correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitang, says the Daily News, states that a railway already
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    WANDERING ON RAILWAY.
    261 10 Tennis Player's Appeal Against Conviction. The appeal was beard at the London Sessions on July 9, of Jacob Emil Hubert Zimmerman, a well-known tennis player, who appealed against a sentence of six months' imprisonment in the second division for having on the night of Jane 4 unlawfully
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    Perak Rubber Plantations.
    307 10 The report of the Perak Rubber Plantations, Limited, states that the net profit, after providing for administration expenses, directors' fees, and allowing for depreciation, is £22,526. To this has to be added £7,828 brought forward, making the amount to tbe credit of profit and loss account £30,354;
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    74 10 The Russian Volunteer Fleet is making efforts to charter special steamers to carry tea from Calcutta and Colombo to Vladivoxtock. At the present moment only a few steamers ply between these places and there is a big congestion at Vladivostock, which port, since the outbreak of war, has tamed ont
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      174 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— lt is truly fortunate that the Defence Bill is about to be read for the third time and passed, for this will put an end to the continuous and useless discussion pro or contra compulsory training. Sorely men like "VoxParva"
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      151 10 Barred." To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir,— A few lines for ue also please. I saw Inquisitive's letter about the warning to Naturalised Britishers on the public Bar and am glad that bis letter which is quite correct has had its full effect. The warning was instantaneously removed
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      Holiday-Tasks.
      266 10 To the Editor of the Straits Times. Sir, With reference to the appeal made to the principals of schools by A Father," allow me to make a few comments. "Father" seems to be labouring under the miscon ception that school holidays are meant for absolutely no work for school
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      Sepoy Lines Golf Club.
      47 10 The ladies' bogey competition for August was won by Mrs. Webb. The following were the scores: Mrs. Webb 1 up Peirce all square F. G. Stevens all square Drnmmond all square Fowlie 1 down Hartnell 1 down Keith 1 down Haskins 3 down
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      Billiard Tournament.
      200 10 The following is the first round of the Raffles Hotel billiard tournament which commences on Monday —Game 1, Toft, scr., plays Ruchwaldy, minus 20 2, Van Cuylenburg, minus 60, plays North, minns 75 8, Palgrave, minus 50, plays Meredith, minus 76 4, Wittering, plus 25, plays Rutherford, pins
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    JULY RUBBER RETURNS.
    8 10 Taiping Rubber Estates.— 9,ll6 lbs.
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    62 10 The German gentleman responsible for the many fables issued in Shanghai in the guise of German news report* from Berlin is also by way of being a humourist. This is one of his latest efforts to interest and amase China Reports from tho Dutch front say that 10,000 Zulu negroes
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    Across the Equator.
    978 10 Hi a Sikoaiokban.) S.S. Kumphias, August 7. I send you a few harried lines to say that I escaped from Singapore yesterday, after a practically continuous residenoe of nearly 45 years, of which it is 32 years since I had a holiday in England. It speaks well
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    Captain Jotham's V.C.
    191 10 The conferring of the Victoria Cross apoD the late Captain Eoataco Jotbam, 50th Sikhs, recalls the brave deed which cost thin gallant officer bis life. It was on January 7 last that a tribal force of several thousand well armed Zadrans, Tanis, Gurbaz and other Khostwal tribesmen,
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    PLANTER CHARGED.
    1254 11 Allegation of Criminal Breach Of Trust Fails. The Malay Mail reports that in the Kuala l,ni>ipiir police oourt, on Tuesday. b< fore Mr M.( I. llan I Mr. K I! Soott, planter, was cliargid with criminal breach of trust with reaprct lo »l<)0. Mr. A. S. Bniley conducted
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    S.C.C. LAWN TENNIS.
    502 11 Championship Final Falls To Gaunt. After tbe fluctuations of tbe game had favoured first one and then the other, Gaunt, on Thursday evening, succeeded in defeating I'poott, thus winning the final of tbe S.C C. lawn tennis championship. Play was reoumed with Upcott a set to tbe
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    PRINCE OF WALES'S WAR RELIEF FIND.
    212 11 Tl.e bon. treasurer. Mr. John Greig. manager. CliaiUr»il Bank aj India, Australia and China, RsMafSBB, b. n* to acknowledge witli many tliAuks receipt of the following further contributions Previously acknowltdgtil t339.064.35 Jinriksha peons (10th) 8.80 J. M. 1). 100 Staff. E istern Extension Aus
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    Canadian Shells.
    127 11 At tbe annual conference at Toronto, on .1 mi 12, of tlui Canadian Manufacturers' Association. HrigadierGeoerai Alexander Bertram, Chairman of tbe iJouiioioo Shell* Committee, made an important statement r<.*|>ecting the help which Canada is giving to the mother country in the provision of «ar munitions. To the pee-
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      342 11 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. ADELPHI HOTEL MUSIC DURING DINNER TO-NIGHT. ORCHESTRA will coi tinue playing urril midnght, DAVID BENJAMIN, Manager. Do you want a Holiday without leaving Town THEN WHY NOT SPEND A MONTH AT THB SEA VIEW HOTEL? NEW SERIES of LECTURES Are you interested in the fact that Present-Day Conditions
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      174 11 GRAND-MARNIER 4 "CORDON ROUGE" "CORDON JAUNE" The perfect after-dinner Liqueur. SOLE IMPORTERS: HIBBERT, WOODROFFE ft CO., LIMITED (Jncorpohatkd in EhoLiNn 1 RAFFLES HOTEL Special Dinner TO-NIGHT, AND DANCING AFTER DINNER. :m:ttsic bit the :p.a.:r,131.a.:dt trio I -j A HOLIDAY PROGRAMME OF EXCEPTIONAL MERIT AT THE CASINO The Popular Cinema. Theatre,
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    Storm in Shanghai.
    1047 12 BIG CHINESE SHIP DRIVEN ASHORE. Details of the Devastation. What is said to b« the worst storm sinoe lyi'M visited Shanghai or July 28, did damagu which at present caanot be calculated devastated the Band, of which the Shanghailander is proud made the pretty public gardens nothing
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    ON NIGHT DUTY.
    1143 12 A Little War Study in a Military Hospital. Lance Corporal Peters laid a tattooed and thin brown hand on mine. Look at 'er," be said. "If angels is any different from 'er, I don't want to go to heaven that all It was late, as hospital hours
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    Diary of the War.
    1716 12 1914. October 10.— Antwerp abandoned to the Ger mans. 28. German cruiser Emden sinks a Russian and a French warship at Peoang. In later weeks of October, British army defeated German attempts to reach Calais. Battle of Ypres considered the most sanguinary of the war. November
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      225 12 "Rhinoceros" Brond Cement The 3rand which is used all over the World. Some Large Contracts where "Rhinoceros" Brand has been used. London County Council 100,000 Tons. Key ham Docks 80,000 Immingham Docks 40,000 Tan jong Pag ar Docks 20,000 Rosyth Naval Base .under constructs 125,000 Tons. Also supplird to tin'
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    British Casualties.
    847 13 The following names of officers appear in casualty lists since .Inly 27 Killed Lieutenant- Colonel S. Maodougall, Gordons; 2nd Lieut. O. C. Robertson, Darbama. Died of Wounds: Major O. S. Forbes, Scottish Borderers. Wounded :-Majors H. T. Belcher, Artillery: A. Ritchie, Royal Soots; Captains J. S. Cameron, Sussex
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    28 13 The contract packet Tar* with the mails I from Europe left Negapatam at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, and may be expected to arrive here I on Monday morning.
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      209 13 «£j^ J*jr Experience L^_^ and that is why y^^lib takes priority Since 1895, when Michelin first equipped an automobile with pneumatic tyres, the whole energy and vast manufacturing resources of the Michelin firm have been concentrated upon the perfecting of the Michelin tyre, with the result that it is better
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      48 13 HIGHEST-GRADE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. KEROSENE! DEVOE'S two brands. SYLVAN ARROW. BENZINEPRATT'S MOTOR SPIRIT. LUBRICANTSOILS GREASES FOR ALL PURPOSES. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF N.Y. SINGAPORE BRUNCH. tL i o SZ^ 8 O Q «Q o o ,im. hi y OQ isgHiaiEj, r ■n^ S a ox x *ntio M w<!
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      1669 14 Wa. P«AO» 7a*<NE or PI*HTT. Ll« INSURANCE 18 WORTH 100 CENTB ON THI DOLLAR WU«riAOI,'AX^ wifcA* CTiIBR PROPERTY IB? THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. .1..-.-*,--. LONDON OFFICKi 88. Old Jewry, 10. MBAB OVPIOB i Wlnorjaatar Houss, BJr»#aßK>i^ ATTHAOTIV Pt^W O^ A»BUWANO«. MOW«V For all particulars, apply to A.
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      749 14 INSURANCE. OUR POSITION as at 81st March, 1915, reveals a most satisfactory condition. ASSURANCE IN FORCE 919.779.430 ASSURINCB RESERVE FUND 4,170,943 INCOME FOR IEAR 1,915,767 Incorporated in Hcngkcnj>. rtg'stertd in Great Britain accwMng to the Assurance Companies' Act (*****. in India acoord'Dg to tL« Indian Life L"nnrancp Compapus Act ilW2i
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    THE MOTORING WORLD.
    1082 15 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. The New Racing Track at Chicago. It is well, writes Gerald Bis* in The Standard, of July 9, that motorists should not overlook the case which was head at tbe ecd of hut week at Stony Stratford under the Defence of
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    Somebody's Welcome.
    80 15 From tbe Daily sketch. Soldiers (torn tbe trenches alighting at a London railway station were being eagerly (•ought by relatives and friends. One fine Tommy in loud tones remarked Well, 'asn't uubody come to meet me?" An olegantly dressed lady, a stranger, heard him, and rushed forward, shook
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      88 15 JUST ARRIVED Mors Motor Car 6 SEATER COMPLETE WITB ALL ACCESSORIES. ON VIEW AT Garage, Orchard Road. BOLE AGENTS i CENTRAL ENGINE WORKS, LIMITED, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur. Malacca. Johore Bahru and Medan. TELEPHONE 129. MOMI CASES 19 in. x 19 in. x 24. IN STOCK LATEX CUPS White Glazed Earthenware.
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      119 15 MICHELIN TYRES For Motor Cars, Motor Cycles and Bicycles are recognized as being Prices on application to DUPIRE BROTHERS, SINGAPORE. I BUY STELASTIC TYRES I PUNCTURE PROOF! NON-SKID! Sole Importers: INTERNATIONAL TRADING CO. g If\ W% POTTED H VAMETIES fl W^ I ALL DELICIOUS AND APPETISING ,i MJ MEATS. I
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      826 16 Marseilles Tiles "SWAN BRAND." For prices and particulars, apply to the Sole Agents Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd., SINGAPORE, PENANG and MALACCA. TO BE LET OB SOLD FURNISHED BEABIOE RESIDENCES TO LET. BELINDA and JUANITA to >et furnished tpply No w Mt. Sopbis 14 a TO LET Compound House No. 4
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      512 16 TO BE LET M MU, to in. Houses No. 7, Ohaneery bane Apply to CHING KBNO LBB CO Auctioneer* IB 11 a FLOOR 10 LET To let, lad Floor, No. B, M slaooa Strvet Immediate entry Apply Meyer Brothers ail a BEABIOE REBIDENGE TO LET 4 bedrooms, bathrooms attached, water
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      396 16 NOTICES. GUANKIAT&Co., 37. Philip Street Ikls-Chaaslsrs, Government and Municipal Contractors, ■easral I m por. an and Eiportcrs, Estate, Mas md taw Mill •■ppllsrt and Commission siMts BoLB AOBNTS FOB GLOBE BOILER FLUID, For Cleaning and Preserving Steam Boiler* Tel. Address: "OUANKIAT," Telephone Nos. 1174 and 12C8 (Private 1460) Codbs usbd
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      513 16 Xl AM KIAT CO. 108 109. Market Street Telephone No. 431. Bhipohandlers, Oovernment and Mumoipa. Contractors. Bstate Suppliers and Commission Agonts Sols AoßNrs The Mulcott Belting Co., Ltd. Beet Multipltr Brand Hair Beltings. M 8061* CHANGE OF ADDRESS The Office of Mr Chua Lip Sian (Chop Cbiat Ilong, I gents
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      235 16 Straits Thirties. ADVBRTISBMENT RATBS.— Misoelia&e ous wants of every description are inserted at the prepaid rate of II per four lines for on or two insertions. Notices of Births, damages, or Deaths, if not exceeding fjur lines, >1 each inset ioa. For p.p.c. c urds, on page 8, 12. Inch
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