The Straits Times, 8 October 1915

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    13 1 The Straits Times. NO. 24.923 BINGAPORE. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1915. PRICB 10 CENTS.
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      169 1 I ALL STEEL CUPBOARDS AS CHEAP AS TEAK CUPBOARDS. RUBTPROOF I ft FINISHED BAKED CLIMATE PROOF. b if] vermin proof. lIT'M^ ENAMEL OLIVE GREtN. FIRE PROOF. li. r: r r: p doors are fitted Mt 7 fcJKS^B^^Sra^ lAIITII TUQCC *59 WAY LOCKING DEVICE. ALL CUPBOARDS ARE FITTED WITH 5 SHELVES
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      95 1 ROBINSON CO. Sole jHLg£en/t;s» FOR BARRETT BIGKLEYS. BOND STREET. W.C. Imperial Service CIGARETTES TOBACCOS IMPERIAL SERVICE E^ \i )b. tins !4 lb. tins JJL ri m— H<. C| carettES VIRGINIA CIGARETTES Kp y FINEST TURKISH 50 in tin $0.6s ffilm GIGARETTES No Fl $1.25 TURKISH CIGARETTES l*2° B. &W. sOs
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      39 1 KARTELL S j BRAHDY. Soli Aoints: ADAMSON. GILFILLAN co., ltc BUILDING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS. PLEASB NOTK For all requirements such as ITALIAN FLOORING MARBLE, CEMENT FLOORING TILES, GLAZED WALL TILES ETC., ETC.. CALL ON. A FRANKEL CO. Victoria Street.
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    Grand Fleet at Sea.
    979 2 GREAT PROCESSION OF NAVAL POWER. Battle-Scarred Ships. Continuing his account of bis visit to the British Grand Fleet, Mr. Frederick Palmer, the accredited correspondent of the American Press at the British Headquarters in France, says:— Officers in Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty's flagship Lion, which received (he
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    104 2 It ia learned from the New York press that Chinese crew a of the Pacific Mail fleet are beioi; taught correct English in place of their pidgin English. The Mongolia wag the first of the fleet to which three Chinese graduates of the Imperial (Diversity at I'ekiUk! were assigned to
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      152 2 MACHINE- PRESSED CEMENT TILES Made und.r high h|draulic pr«uur« which inturtl GREAT DURABILITY Simplu of Colours and Deaiftna at TAMPENIS CEMENT TILE WORKS No. 94. Bungtl Road adjoining Roohora Can 'Phone 569. BELTING (DICKS.) Original Balata ahd JB^ *^Hfc STEADY L^M^M^Mi^^^^Mlf^^fll These Belts cm be run In any atmosphere, either
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      387 2 HAUNTED BY PAIN Ate jour waking and sleepicg hoar* haunted by tbe awful dread or tLe worse reality of bodily pain Headache, backache, toothache, neuralgia, sciatica, rhenmatiam, sore throat, and other external aches aqd pains are quickly soothed and cared by LITTLE S ORIENTAL BALM Simply rab it in where
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      398 2 NOTICES. SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB, AUTUMN RACE MEETING, 1915. TiMidai, 11th, Thuridai, Hat, ana Saturday. Hrd October. Tickets of admission to the Grand Stand can now be had at Messrs John Littli Co., Daily Tickets •eamon $io Ladies' Tickets Free on application to the Secretary by Members of tbe Club if
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      542 2 NOTICES. NOTICE CF REMOVAL. Straits Lumber Co. have tbe pleasure to inform their clients acd the public that they have now removed from No. 66 to Nos. to 83, The Arcade, Ist Floor. 210 15-10 NOTICE. STRAiTS CHINEBE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. Members of tbe above Association are hereby informed that the
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    Japanese Coronation.
    742 3 PROGRAMME OF THREE WEEKS' CEREMONIES. His Majesty's Tour. The programme of the Japanese Coronation ceremonies and celebrations has been made public by the Coronation Committee. The Emperor leaves Tokio for Kyoto on November 6, taking with him the Kashiko Dokoro, or the Ancestral Slirine in the Imperial Palace.
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    DYING MOTHERS PATRIOTISM.
    211 3 Proud to See Her Sons In Knaki. One of the proudest and saddest stories of the war was that related on September 7 by a speaker at a recruiting meeting in front of the Gladstone Memorial. A rich merchant of Glasgow had three sons of military age.
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      717 3 TENDERS INVITED. Pawnbrokers' Licence*, Perak. Tenders will be rax ived st the office of the Secretary to Resident, Peiak, Taiping, np to noon on tbe 'iOth October, 1815, for the right to rtceive a licei.ee to act as Pawnbroker nnder Tbe Pawnbrokers Enactment, 1814," in tach of the undermentioned ari
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      12 3 For Children's Hacking Cough at Night Woods Great Peppermint Core Is. Od.
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      277 3 THE MOUTH. THE GATEWAY FOR DIBEABE. Professor Miller h»s proved conclusively that no fewer thtn 88 different infections may be traced to the human mouth as a starting point. The mouth tbus being tbe gateway for tbe entrance of Diwane, it is here tbat prt cautions are most necessary. HUDSON'S
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      778 3 BTEAMER SAILINGS. "Elixrman^lineT For LONDON GLASGOW. •.s. City of Hankow due on or about Nov. 3 For LONDON HULL City off Manchester due on or about Nov. 10. For particulars as to rates of freight and passage, apply to McALISTER Co., Ltd., Agents. 1812 v HENDERSON LINE The Steamers of
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      521 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. P. O. STEAM NAVIGATION CO. FOR CHINA, JAPAN, PBNANO, CBYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA, ADBN. BGYPT MBDIIBRRANBAN PORTS. PLY MOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading issued tor Coast, Persian '>ulf, Continental and Am or loan Ports. Stoam.ru will leave Singapore oa or about MAIL LINES Bomnvnd (for Brropt). i
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      534 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. N.Y.K. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP 00., LTD. EUROPEAN LINE. A servioe is maintained between Yokohama via ports to Marseilles and London under mail eontraot with tho Imperial Japanese Government. The New Twin-screw Steamer), maintaining this servioe have been specially designed and oonstmoted, and are fitted with all tho latest
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      798 4 BTEAHER BAILINBB. THE SIAN STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LD. SINGAPORE-BANGKOK. "•or Kretay, Tringgaan. Bitui. rtemerak, KeUaroa, Ta£*i Baagnara. Telupin, Patanl, Biagort, Laeoa. Kol<«*mui, B <ouoa. Langsuen. Tacu, Ohumpcn, Kohlak and Bangkok Ous Oapevtura s.a. ASDANO Oct. Oot. 9, S p.m. YUGALA 11 13,3 p.m. •a. MAHIDOL 18 SO, 3 p.m. s
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      633 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. OCEAN STEAM SHIP CO. LIMITED. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAY. CO.. LTD. The Companies' steam' rt? »io despetahed from Liverpool outwards tor the Straits. China and Japan every week and from Japan homewards lor London. Amsterdam and Antwerp every fortnight; for Genoa, Marseilles and Liverpool and for Marseilles,
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      578 4 STEAMER SAILINGS. BTOQMVAART-MAATBCHAPPIJ (STBAMSHIP COMPANY) "NEDERLAND FORTNIGHTLY MAIL SBRVICW BBTWBBN JAVA AND AMSTBRUA* VIA BINGAPORB, BELAWAN-DBM S*BANG, COLOMBO POR7 BAID *.ND GBNOA. Steamers are due on or about the under mentioned dates i Outwabd. Ho«waad. 1916 1918 Jan Pan. Coon Oot. 16 Prinsder Ned. Ojt. 16 Rembracdt Oot '20 PrinsesJnlianaCct.BO
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    DAIIY TIME TABLE
    132 5 FIXTURES. Friday, October H. High Water, 9.40 a.m., 9.59 p.m h. I. Inmewani mai' close*. M. M. li'Miicwanl iu.i I rxaeoted. Horace (toldin, Victoria Tlioatre Saturday, October 9. Hiuh Watoi, 10.11 a.m., l.J. 10 p.m. Itac' entries doae, noon. Sunday. October 10. High 10.40 a.m., 1 121
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    SINGAPORE MAILS CLOSE.
    234 5 Il iiiuil.in 2 pm Katu Pal Mena I pui Malaci i *!i>! 'la.ir Lady W. Id 2pm uiu:ii aud TaW Kinta 2 pm Van Diemon 2pm in^ taking mails for Briaaam Sydaey Ibooroe 'I. l'uub .1 pm 4 pin Bangkok Bn id 4 pin llllstln I C'ocos
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    Train Services.
    204 5 rii' mail trains from Siutfaporo for tl> ition daily T a.m. an 1 7 p.m.. arrivtu^ a. Ku<tla Luiopn' at 7.1 Hp iv. anj 6.45 a.m., r...spoctively. Th-' to li naay loaves Kual i Lumpur at H i.m l.iily, arriving at Ponao:; at Ul p.m tlij nauir il
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    Steamer Movements.
    24 5 >ra left Negaaataa at nooo mi Tuunday. rnvr at Peaang at 6 a I Wlauti.itir ■I may be €X|kx;Uxl to arrive her*
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    Mails for Europe
    113 5 Oar attention has been called to the fact ihat oar arrivals in London are much behind those published elsewhere. Oar rule is to ,'ive arrivals only when they are officially mM in tho Post Office notices, and no Mt> la.c than that printed above has been .ii
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    SINGAPORE SHIPPING.
    69 5 Latest Arrivals. British. Name Date of Arrival Remarks, t'alypso 7 M 15 Inner Heads Medusa No. 7 Wharf Klang Inner Koads Ladj Weld Kut Sang No. 7 Wharf /aiila Inner Hoads liti-ban'-Anjoa i, Hock Tew Hock Lira lions- Aik Mci.uiti Ainu II. 'in Kouia Sultana Kilina 9a i)
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS
    339 5 Outward. Thi f jll'.wm« passenger bookings to the Straits are taken from th< London and China It should be anderstood that, in tMBMb bookings may be provisional »nd Chat intending passengers may alti-r their irran^ouients, subsequent to the issuance of in Loo ion 1'ir I', and O.
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    166 5 A quit brought by Mr. V. Ramaswauiy Ma Iras Times Printing aud na Coujpaaj for the recovery of Us. fMMai liia wrongful disojissal ((OM Urn r>ice of the company came on i aa adoat .Mr. Justice Bakewell at I IM for the plaintitl wan 1 1 *&h > wpl'jyol by
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    FINANCE AND COMMERCE
    160 5 EXCHANOE. SINOiPORI, OCTOBIR 8, 1915. Ok London Bank 4 m/s 2/4 ft Demand »,4ft Private 8 m/B 2/4f jj On India Bank T. T. 175* On HoNQKONo....Bank 11 il\ On Sbanubai ...Bank d/d «h; On Java Bank T. T. 137 On Japan Bank Ill] Sovereigns— baying rate
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      9 5 For Cbroaie Ckort Couiplaiata, WocUOrrat rVpaermiat Cure 1< M
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      94 5 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO.. LTD. 'ompaaj'4 steamers will be despatched a» Mmn TO PORT SWKTTBNHAM, PENANO MAOHAB AND NEOAPATAM. a.a. Ekma At 4.30 p.m oa Hth October, IWI6. T I BANGKOK ZaMa About Bth October, 1916. ro I'oiti iwnmua pbnano. NEOAPATAM, MADKAb. PONOICIiERKY, CUbDAL.OKB, KAKIKAL AND SKiiAI'ATAM. •a. Ellora
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      499 5 LATENT ADVERTISEMENTS. CONTINUATION OF THE TWO 6<)EAT SERIALS TO-NIGHT THE "GAIETY PICTURE PALACE Jonctiok of Albibt and Bincoolin Stbbits Seventh A Eighth Epiaod aa in Four New Reela of TPK IXIVKKSAL" SBRI VL XHe IVlim-st^x* Key BY JOHN* FLKMIMO WILSON. Seventaenth and Eighteenth Eptodat THE PERILS OF PAULINE IN I
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      395 5 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. OPINION IS A GREAT THING. DO YOU EVER STOP TO CONSIDER WHAT YOUR OPINION IS WORTH It has a Value Our Opinion ia that the Programme Offered To-night ia Positively the Biggeat Bill of the Season WITH A RANGE OF NEW FEATURES SURPRISES. Beats any other Similar Ones
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    The Straits Times. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 THE DEVILS IN GREY.
    1015 6 The Straits Times. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8 THE DEVILS IN GREY. Telegrams tell us from day to day how armies have advanced or retreated. Oc casiunally there is an illuminating sentence revealing how the movements of armies affect the lives of thousands on thousands of people who are non combatants. The
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    33 6 Heawood Tin and Rubber Estate tin output for September was: Miucd by company 70 picnls, mined by tributors 106 piculs, total 176 piculs. Kamuning (Perak) Rubber and Tin Co.'s output was 295.35 piculs.
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    36 6 The export duties in Sarawak for the month of October include the following Gutta jangkar 11.70 per picul, gutta jelutong 85 cents per picul. gutta percha 110, Indiarubber 13, plantation rubber S:>.o.">, and gambier 25 cents.
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    48 6 With reference to a telegram in our issue of the 4th inst., reporting that the New Serendah Rubber Co., Ltd., has declared a 5 per cent, interim dividend payable on October 10, Messrs. Koustead, Hampshire aij'l Co., Kuala Lumpur, inform us that the correct date is the 20th.
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    21 6 The output from Ting Kil Tin Mines, Limited, for September amounted to 832 piculs, of whiob 65.60 piculs were tribute ore.
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    25 6 An extra farthing in the pound on the Metropolitan police rate is now stated to be due to the damage caused during the antiGerman riots.
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    25 6 Messrs. Derrick and Co. advise the following tin outputs for September Sungei Oau Battery 217 piculs, tributors 48 piculs. total 260 piculs. Belat 145 piculs.
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    35 6 We are asked to say that the medal to be presented to Sergt. Constable, R.E., at the garrison church parade service on Sunday will be given before, and not after, the service, as announced yesterday.
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    33 6 The installation meeting of Klang Lodge takes place tomorrow. The Right Wor. the Deputy D.O.M. (Ruling) R. Young, is expected to be present. The installation banquet will be held at the Klang Club.
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    43 6 Notice has been received from the War Office by officers recruiting on behalf of the Warwickshire and other units, that they are to stop the system recently established of giving now recruits a fortnight's leave of absence with pay before proceeding to training.
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    52 6 The troops of the Garriwon will be the special guests at a service to be held at Wesley Church, Fort Canning Koad, on Sunday next, at 5.80 p.m., in recognition of World's Temperance Sunday. The address will be given by the Rev. C. R. Zimmerman, of Kuala Lumpur. All are
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    50 6 The next monthly meeting of the .Minster ing Children's League will be at the V.M.C.A. rooms on Monday next, at 4.30 p.m. The children of the League are busily hemming handkerchiefs for the soldiers. They have already dispatched six dozen to England and hope to send another six dozen shortly.
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    54 6 The Provincial Government has uotitkd tho Basel Mission in Malabar, Nilgiris and South Canara of the stoppage of all educa tional and medical grants. This includes 96 educational institutions, with 11,000 scholars. The Mission has decided to continue the schools till next June. A grant to tin L> per Asylum
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    52 6 The stocks of coal in Londou for the coming winter held by gas, electric light, and other public utility companies are fairly satisfactory. They now exceed by 250,000 tons, tho amount of stocks for these companies which wag planned by the specially. appointed body which drew up a programme of
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    60 6 An interesting sentence occurs in the French official report of the commemoration at Meaux of the first day of the victory of the Marne: "Solemn Mass was celebrated in the cathedral it was said by a priest who in order to assume priestly vestments had for the moment abandoned his
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    60 6 At the annual meeting of Rahman Hydrualic Tin Company at Penang, the Hon. A. R. Adams presiding, a dividend of 5 per cent., making 10 for the year was agreed to, and it was decided to grant a bonus of a month's salary to the staff. Messrs. Adams and N'utt
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    66 6 The unusual sight of dockers working in respirators, top boots, and rubbtr gloves has been witnessed at Tilbury Dock. They also received the unusual pay of 4s. an hour. The men were at work on the Highland C'orrie, laden with frozen meat, which had struck a mine during the voyage.
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    70 6 The Frankfurter Zeitung has contrived to get some news from the lost German colonies in the South Seas. It deals with New Guinea, Samoa, and othor placet. Respect ing the Caroline, Mariane, and Marshall Islands the Germans are aaid to be codU nted The missionaries write that the Japanese have
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    72 6 As a result of tho examination of ricksha coolies at Tsingtau by the Japanese Gendarmerie, 973 were lictnied and about 200 were rejected. In accordance with the traffic regulations, these coolies have to carry their licence and a fare table at all times. Their clothing has to bo kept clean
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    73 6 A recent Russian rail order placed in America totals approximately 125,000 tons, divided between the U.S. Steel Corporation, Pennsylvania Steel Company and its sub -Hilary, the Maryland Steel Company. The Stetl Corporation receives about 65,000 tons. The rails will be Bessemer and 67 Lbs. to the yard. The fact that
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    178 6 The acting British Consul at W'uchow, reporting on the trade of that port in 1914, remarks that as far as metals are concerned tin is the most important export appearing in the trade returns, the 321 tons exported last year being valued at £36,874. Antimony docs not appear largely in
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    533 6 An Australian paper records tho death of Private R. ,1. >foore, a brother of Mrs. Powell, of Penang, killed in action in Oalli poli, in August, whilo serving witb tho 10th Australian Light Horse. A Simla newspaper reports that the local manager of Messrs. Whitt away, Laidlaw
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    Wireless Station Opened.
    49 6 We are officially informed that the radio telegraph station at Paya Lebar has boon opened to-day for the transmission of radiotelegrams to and from ships. Messages will be received at the telegraph counter. Qi in ml Post Office. Only telegrams in plain language will be accepted.
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    Concert at Pulau Brani.
    196 6 It is many mouths siueu the U.K. bungalow at I'ulau Brani rung with such enthusiasm as it did on Wednesday evening when the Royal Engineers gave a concert for the pleasure of the units iv garrison. Among those prosent were .Major A. M. Thompson. Capt. Webb.
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    Formosa Industrial Exhibition.
    217 6 On the occasion of the twentieth anmvcr sary of the cession of Foruioxa to the Japanese Empire, it is intended from April 10 to May 9, next year, to hold an industrial exhibition at Taipch where will be shown the products of Koruioxa, and io addition specimen
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    THE WAR.
    1215 7 BALKAN POSITION. German Forces Moving South. ATROCITIES IN ARMENIA. Awful Destruction of Human Life. RlUTIB'S TllBOBAM. IxmdoD. October 6, 5.30 p.m. Petrograd The Serbian Archimandrite (Abbot of tbc Greek Church) at Moscow baa roceiTod news that Bulgaria has rejected tbe Russian demands and has sent an ultimatum to
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    OBITUARY.
    19 7 Kll'TtK* TIUuRAM. Lou Jon. October 6. The death is announced of Surgeon Gene ial Sir t'liarlc ■•< Caffo. K.C.B
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    KING OF SUM.
    22 7 Hr itkk's Tklkoiam. London, October 6. The King of Siam has been gazetted Honorary General in tbe British army.
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    LET OFF LIGHTLY.
    94 7 iFkom Ocr Own Corbsspondknt.) Penang, October 7. The F.M.S. railways department has charged a trader, named Lee Ah Siew, with wilfully giving a false account when consigning a case to Ipob. He stated that it contained ironware, whereas in reality tbe contents were 52 bottles of sulphuric
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    THE LAND WE LIVE IN.
    514 7 Facts About Singapore Worth Preserving. By way of introduction, and very useful form of introduction, to the Singapore Muni cipal blue book, the contents of which are referred to in some detail elsewhere in today's issue, there is printed a collection of facts and fissures
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    Municipal Singapore.
    2999 7 SOME POINTS IN PRESIDENT'S REPORT. 1914 A Healthy Year. From the acting Municipal Secretary comes a copy of the 1914 blue book of Singapore Municipality the volume which coutainH the Presidential review of the city's corporate life fur the year anJ the reports which record the activities of
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    DEFENCE OF PACIFIC.
    41 7 Kkltkk's Telki.kam. London, October H. Wellington: In tbe House of KupresenU tives, the Premier said tho defence of the Pacific was a matter for tbo Imperial Confer enoe. He hoped the Conference would moot at an early date.
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    Government of Sarawak.
    146 7 Tbe Kajab of Sarawak ban isnuod tinfollow in>; proclamation, under date Kuohing, October 4:— Wbereas tbe Uoveramont of Sarawak baa liitberto in my absence been entrusted to a Committee of Administration it is now my intention to inaugurate on Novein ber 1 next a permanent and more
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    47 7 The I'aily M ul gm the following esti mate of the strength of tin- armies of the Balkan Towers liulgaria, ;(UO,OOO mm, with Firmtr ami (Jerman artillery Greece, rnn,ljaopn%filli I' h ■rti"— j Humauia sOO.OOO met with Krapp i-uns au.l s, rbia ni it than '100 i'
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    SINGAPORE HARBOUR BOARD.
    225 8 Wharf Earnings Show Substantial Increase. The report and account* of tlio Singapore Harbour Hoard for the half year ending .lime :i(l last haw been circulated. They dhow that, in lonipjirism with tin pn ioiih half year, the grow oatnin^H of the wharf depart meni amount to an
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    SINGAPORE ROWING CLUB.
    388 8 Improvement in the Financial Position. .nnual mciting of tin Singapore Rowiag flub w;i^ Mi ImI evi niuy iu the !.C, the President, the II hi C. W Darbisliin presiding. ption of the NMl ui'l uccomr It nt made mention of tliu tiuancial position of the club, whit-It
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    PUBLIC NOTICE PARAGRAPHS.
    208 8 v. tb'- ink in»t.. the Mm will appear at tin- Tannin lub in their cltvir entertainment wiili a new pro1 In j iii vi a very bright sbow— one that die; r- aft- r a il.iy work. Oar tiftli of I to b< devoted to tlie Ked
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    SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    50 8 nit of drills, etc., for week ending Kril.iy M b Kmnv\, QNHi 8. 5.30 p.m. Selat ltoad S.V.\. I trill Hall Maxim Co. *.lt I Chinese Co. p i.i. Balwttier llanye Malay Co. Ul pm. Drill Hall > 0. ltand. 11. Km. isii LUNUI M, UMl* Adjutant,
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    24 8 An \iuirii'4u toiiiuaint ut will b> beld at < I CM on October 98 ami i there are Mufneinat entries. Kntiim will ukwe oa Saturday,
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      383 8 LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS. FOUR .Electric Starter, Electric Lights, Five Passengers, Complete Equipment, Price $2,400. WEARNE BROS., LTD. Telegraphic Address ••RUNNYMED*," PBNANQ. ftf\t I Code ABC, sth Edition. <*-\ CV lT^ %U Telephone No. 543 ft 6 V\\J >V WELL-KNOWN THROCGHOLT THE EAST PDAin DAS niW SINGAPORE FAMILY BENEFIT GKANii dALLUIIN j
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      301 8 HIBBERT, WOOOROFFE CO., LIMITED (IKrORFUKtrKD IN ENGLAND). Wine Merchants. No. 3, Clarke Street, Kuala Lumpur. 6& 7, Jalan Raia, Klang. 7& 9, Station Road, Ipoh 127, Birch Road, Seremban. 3, Union Street, Penang. I'n'r, l.i<t :,h application. RAFFLES HOTEL. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9 A Special Pinner at 8 p.m. AND AFTERWAKDS
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      263 9 [|BM r ta\r)MClMCiM r IA\CJB. r^B,nE.O > M.IX le-\ r- pfpk'in*.' sauce _>MPMClMOMCimX>Mcl*\C>^J]^g| 5a jl Variety ol uses. I The uses to which LEA PERRIHS' SAUCE can be put, are innumerable. -n At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the x ideal sauce for Roast Mtats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad,
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      332 9 THE AVER MOLEK RUBBER CO.. LIMITED. NOTICE. LOBT CERTIFICATE. Notice is bereSy given that certified transfer of 150 shares numbered ■***** to ***** and ***** to ***** in the name of B. S. Nathan bought by Mr. Scow Lek Kee is said to have been lost. The public are therefore
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      279 9 "DRAGON" CEMENT Contracts have been secured for the supplies of Cement during 1915 ,y.Hc<«Av»>\ ana to THE MUNICIPALITY I §7 Jj^^^Sl THE GOVERNMENT SINGAPORE, \'^i^__^? J JOHORE. DUPIRE BROTHERS, SINGAPORE. Sole Agents for the Straits and F. M. S UNITED ENGINEERS, LIMITED. m AltiPrif/ffl NOTICE is hereby giyeo that the
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      507 10 fefAft m FmAOB. FaMXMbI sr PI«MTT, LlTl InIURANOS IS WORTH 100 CENT! OH THB DOLLAB. WHAT OTHIR PROPERTY IS 7 THE MEAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. ITSS Wl...l.Wtir Hum, f -g-| LONDON O*>PIOBI BJ, Old J«*ry, 10. j^ ||L| j, Mlo j lt niti-1 wita Mm lijiiwi Oawt «i
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      301 10 INSURANCE. POLICIES ON ALL MODERN PUNS. BUN LIFE OF CANADA, 6, Battery Road. S. J. HOWB, Manager. BUARDIAN ASSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. LONDON. Subscribed Capital £2,000.000 Total Invested Funds 46,260,000 Annual Income .41,100,000 Tue undersigned, Agents for tbe above Company, aie prepared to accept fire and Bartbquake risks for sbort periodn
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      444 10 BANKING. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL m, $16,000,000 RBSBRVB FUNDS StcrUng 41,600,000 at 2/- 118,000,000 SilTei 118,000,000 188,000,000 Resetve Liability of Proprietors 116,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTOR! Bon. Mr. D. Laodale, Chairmaa, W. L. Pattenden, Bag., Deputy Chairman. S. H. Dodwell, Bsq P. H. Holyoak, Bag. O. T. M.
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      425 10 I BANKING. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Paid up Capital n 60,000 Shares of *W each 41,800,000 {Reserve Fund 41,800,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietor*... 41.300.00 C BANKERS Tbe Bank of England, The London City and Midland Bank, Ltd., The London County and Westminster Bank,
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      872 10 INSURANCE. E«A»t»™» 1874. jhe ORIENTAL i*™"-*—****. GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LTD. ASSBTS exoeed $28,000,000. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. The Company bat deposited »200,000 with the Straits Oovcrnmt nt and has complied with the rtquiremente of The Life Assurance Companies Ordinanoe (1914) S.S. Profits to Policy-holdara at last Valuation $1,116,873. LOW Apply
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    892 11 NOTES AND COMMENTS ON CURRENT TOPICS. Parcelcars and Light Vans. j The Editor of the Commercial Motor, writing oo September 2, eays The light car chiefly appeals to the man who desires to see low running cost, but doc s not value the time which be spends
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    103 11 A pleasing incident occurred one day at the front, when General de Maad'huy was deooratiDg half a dozen braves. The General, who is beloved by his men for his bonhomie and the fatherly interest he takeß in their well being, turned to 010 of tbe six poilus
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    86 11 With line imagery a poet burst forth in tbe Westminster Qazotte with these lines, headed Tennis in Japan In purple wreckage of rich-blossomed trees We chase grey balls of rubber from Brazil. Alert 11. says a leading light in the plantation rubber market on reading this statement waxed wroth, declaring
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      717 11 TO INTENDING MOTORISTS. It in ab olately inipot,oible to «tt more than a dollar's worth of value (or each hundred oenta you spend (or an aitcle, whether that article be a Rteami>hip, a locomotive a perambulator or a motor car, and you are (ottanae if joa gel that much. Wh«
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      186 11 DUNLOP J /?*f?''' y "TPXXTP SJ J SUPERIORITY ■-'^'>K^p l >^; > ;1 y °f t^ ltJ aeroplane over the airship is an es- 'K^j*^S/^B tablished fact. '^^^J£&£F/- The superiority of the Dunlop tyre over JIP^^P^T^ I v a N other makes, as a wearing proposition, is >f- equally an
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      719 12 JEFFREY'S PILSENER r% K. K. K. BREWED in SCOTLAND ARTICLES FOB SALE. FOR SALE. FORD MOTOR CAR (No. 688) in very gcod condition Price I LOCO or near tffer Apply to 11. W Buckland, P. O. Co.'s Office. 610 v COCONUT BEEOLINBB FOR BALE From wtll-grcwn trdb« For particular and
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      530 12 TO BE LET OR SOLD, FURNIBHED BEABIDE RESIDENCE! TO LET. BELINDA and JU ANITA, to 'et famished Apply No 9, Mt. Sophia 11 a TO LET Compound House No. 4 Devonshire Road. Apply GUTHRIB Co., Ltd. 19-6 a OFFICEB TO LET. No. 1-a, R*ffle<<Quay, Ist and 2nd Hoars. Apply GUTHRIB
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      435 12 TO BE LET OR 80L0. TO LET. Houeen No 7, Chanoery Lane. Apply to CHING KBNO LBB CO Aoetionecrs IB 11 o TO LET. No. 7, Saint Thomas's Walk. Entry November 1. Apply to 5, Telok Ayer Street. 610 1910 TO LET. FURNISHED. TOLCARNE," No. 6, Tanglin Hill, Immediate Entry.
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      510 12 MTHES. GUAN KIAT CO. 37. Phillip Street. GOODB READY IN STOCK NOW. 7 10 15. NEW SHIPMENT JUST ARRIVED: Wire nails of asiorted sizes from 1" upwards. Largest stocki rs of Hubbuck's Paints of all colours in 20 lbs. and 28 lbs. kegs, Hulbnck s P*int Oil (Boiled and Raw),
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      540 12 KIAM KIAT CO. 108 ft 100, Market Street. Tnlophone No. 431. Bhipobandlnrs, Government and Mumolpa Contractors, Bstate Suppliers and Com mißßion Agents. Sot! AOBNTS The Mulcott Belting Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand Hair Beltings IT 80-6-ie SAID MARICAN CO. 20, Robinson Road Ship .Chand'crs, Provedorts and Otnersl Contractors. Vossels supplied
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      244 12 Straits Ibimes. ADVERTISEMENT RATBS.- Misot Jmd oub wants ot every description are i jseft ed at the prepaid rate of II pei too* linos for on? or two insertions. N jtioes at Births, Marriages, or Doaths, J not uxoeeding fanr linos, $1 each irseitioav For p.p.c. cards, on page 8,
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