Malaya Tribune, 21 November 1914

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  • 41 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. [EVENING DAILY Vol. 1. -No 275. SINGAPORE STAURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914 Price 5 Cents. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1914. THE GREAT WAR. NOTES AND NEWS. CIK ll?alapa Cribune. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 638 1 G. R. COELHO, 52 f Selegie Road. Piano Tuner. Dealer and Repairer. tr Undertakes To Play at Dances. TERMS MODERATE. 7-8 THE ART FURNITURE DEPOT, 167, ORCHARD ROAD. High-class furniture in Teak and Meranti, at lowest prices Superior workmanship. Estimates free on application. Telephone No. 602. 26-10 25-4-15 Under Entirely
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  • 424 2 165th Auction in Singapore. The Singapore Chamber of Commerce Robber Association's lO.jth auction was held on l*th inst, when there was offered for sale piculs 2J29.70 (or 283*960 lbs), and sold piculs 903. 57 (or 128,470 lbs). The prices realised were S Bhtftt -moked fine- ribbed to
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  • 219 2 Carried Child Fite and a Half M ilea Under Overcoat. Bombardier Edwin Stoddard, 27th Battery of the H. F. A., who fonght at Mons, and was wounded at the battle of the Aisne, has returned to his home at Spring Hill-avenue, Birmingham, from the General Hospital
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 269 2 J THE Xmas Bazaar I IS NOW OPEN COME AND SEE TOYS! TOYS! TOYS! I AND SANTA CLAUS StOCKINGS I In Great Variety I AT 1 John Little Co., Ltd. CHONG FEE Co., TAILORS AND GENERAL OUTFITTERS. mWT^^k 301 303, North Bridge Road, Junction of North Bridge Bras Basah Road
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    • 471 2 Tuition by Correspondence FOR Oxford and Cambridge Locals, London University Matriculation, Hongkong University Matriculation, Professional Preliminary Examination, S. S. and F. M. S. Medical School Entrance Examination AND ALL EXAMINATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH GOVERNMENT CLERKSHIPS IN THE S.S. AND F.M.S. Prospectus and Scale of Fees on Application to THE SECRETARY,
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  • 1325 3 Advantage of Being Small. BY Miss F. Jesse] For the first time I have had the ;<» achieve the forbidden feat tting into the firing line. For the Germans and Belgians had fighting from all around Terle to way beyond Malines, a -Mine forty
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  • 328 3 An all-British engine for aeroplanes has been found which meets all the competitive test requirements of the War Office. This is the 100--h.p water-cooled eugine No. 1 of the Green Company, of London. Its selection is the result of the naval and military aeroplane engine competition
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  • 161 3 The following is the text of an official message received by the French Legation at Bangkok Bordeaux, Nov. 9.—The Minister of Foreign Affairs deems it advisable to communicate to the French Legation that, notwithstanding the state of war which has arisen between France and Turkey, the French
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  • 312 3 Latest Details. From the Java Locomotief we take the following details of the last gasps and ultimate fall of Tsingtao The final attacks on the German forts commenced on Oct. 31, the birthday of the Mikado. Tremendous damage was done in the forts on that day. The
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  • 306 3 Tbe following further particulars respecting the search for and elimination of the Emden and Koenigsberg from the scheme of things maritime are obtained from a complete and very interesting Foreign Office message dated London, Nov. 10, to the British Legation, Bangkok Pending operations for her capture or
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  • 368 3 Switzerland, with Germany, Austria, and France for her immediate neighbours, has felt herielf to be in a very difficult position since the outbreak of war but there seems to be no fear that she will be induced to depart from her policy of neutrality. The feeling in Germany
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  • 166 3 Paris, Oct. j.—The airman Lieutenant Noel, of the Engineering Corps has met his death while making a reconuaissance. His monoplane capsized for some reason unknown while flying at an altitude of 4,000 ft. His p named Emmer, was also killed. Both had been mentioned in despatches
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  • 1198 4 Why the Progress of the Allies Seems Slow. How are things going What's the latest cable These are questions that millions of people in all parts of the Empire ask every day. And it is quite natural that they should. Others are wont to vary the query
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  • 469 4 Importance of the Capture cf Shat-el-Arcb. A great deal more importance > attachable to the news of tl. ture by British-Indian troopg warships of Shatt-el-Arab, at mouth of the Euphrates and T Rivers, at the head of the Persian Gulf, than the Mrappinese Reuters report would appear
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  • 49 4 Regular meetings have bed ranged at which ■ilillllWill wtl delivered on ethical Bill j- 1 follows To Nam School, in Chinese, w 7 p.m. Saturday 2 p.m. Sim la}. A. I). A. Club, in BngUmh p.m. WndnmdiT Ail interested are cordially invited to be present.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 345 4 Robinson Coy. The 7 O'Clock Safety Razor Set Simple, Effective and Cheap. The only Safety Razor selling at less than $9 that can be stropped without removing the blade. $4 50 $4 50 Contains Silver Plated Razor 6 Tested Blades, Complete in Case v/ith Special Strop in Hinged Compartment. DON'T
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    • 70 4 WINFRED Cigarettes. THE WORLD'S BEST VALUE IN VIRGIN [A CIGARETTES. CHOW KIT CO, Singapore Kuala Lumpur. FOR SALE. One second-hand Napier 5-seater Motor Car newly overhauled ;in splendid condition and good 'running order. Apply to 1121 Serangoon Road, near 3rd milestone. '.'l-11 2">-ll TAN SENG CHONG CO. ARCHITECTS AND GENERAL
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  • 495 5 is at 164J in the F. M. S. :o Sapier 5-.seater car, lately led and in good running is for sale. Vide advjt. page 4. —-:o: re requested to intimate that ice in English at the Church ore on Sunday, 2!Uh inst., mmenos at a.m. :o: Lppointment
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  • 272 5 Berlin, Ontario, as a news-item we published the other day shows, has a shrewder insight into certain aspects of this war than Berlin, Prussia. The inhabitants of the smaller but more enlightened city, 18,000 in number, of whom 12,000 are Germans or of German descent, recently conducted
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  • 198 5 Spartan Sister's Courage With Eight Relatives Dead. An officer serving on Sir John French's staff at the front, in a letter to his wife, encloses a translation of a very striking letter written to an air mechanic in the French Army by his sister. The following
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  • 155 5 New York, Oct. IK—The Munich correspondent of the New York World gives the narrative of a German soldier who is in hospital suffering from a wound inflicted by a steel arrow dropped by a French airman MOn September I, while our regiment was resting, two French airmen
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  • 41 5 Examinations for the purpose of testing tlie .pialilieations of Clerks in Classes 111 and II for promotion to Classes II and I, respectively, will be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 23rd and 24 th November, in Singapore, Penang and Malacca.
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  • 60 5 Reuter's Services. Battle Line Over 200 Miles: Fate of Breslau and Thorn Depends Upon Issue of the Desperate Fighting that is Reported to be Continuing. BLACK SEA FIGHT. 4$ 1 How the Germans Were Surprised by Tsar's Warships. The Great Battle in Belgium
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  • 129 5 The Operations in East Africa. Our Position Must be Maintained. Casualty List-900. London, Nov. 20, 7.30 p.m. In the House of Lords Lord Crewe was asked for information regarding the fperat'oTis in Last Africa and the Persian Gulf. Lord Crewe emphasised the necessity of maintaining the position
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  • 216 5 Particulars of the Engagement. Petrograd The Naval Staff re* port states that the Russian division was going towards Sevastopol when it sighted the Goeben and Breslau twenty-five miles off the Chersonese lighthouse. The Russians man<euvred in battle order and brought the enemy on their starboard and
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  • 135 5 The Fighting in Belgium and France. A Lull is the Attacks. London, Nov. 20, 5-20 p.m. A Paris communique states Yesterday was characterised by an almost total absence of the enemy's infantry attacks, while the artillery tire was far less violent. The weather is extremely bad in Flanders,
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  • 95 5 A Terrific Struggle in Progress. London, Nov. 20, 4.25 a.m. Petrograd, Official The battles on the Vistula and Warta rivers and on the line between Czenstochova and Cracow have assumed an extremely desperate character and are constantly fluctuating between the offensive and the defensive. We
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  • 125 5 (Courteously supplied by French Consul.) Officially Communicated. Paris, Nov. 11*, o" p.m. Official The cannonade of the German Artillery has been resumed with more violence in the region of the north principally between the North Sea and the river Lys. Around the village of Tracy le Val
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  • 209 5 How The Northemptcr.i Repaid "A Dirty Trick Private J. A Cliff c, of the Ist Northamptonshire Regiment, writes to his friends in Sheffield They (the Germans) attacked our position in very strong numbers, but we kept them at bay until they played a dirty trick on us
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  • 205 5 A letter, received at Teignmouth from one of the Royal Engineers, refers to the plucky action of Lieutenant R. Pottinger, nephew of the late General Pottinger and Mrs. Pottinger, of West Holt, Teignrnouth A sapper of Hod's company, who returned with a sprained ankle, -ays M Lieutenant
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  • 187 5 Ships having appeared recently in the Scheldt at night, the burgomaster of Flushing |has proclaimed that all craft except mail boats run the risk of being tired on by the Dutch forts. We hear that Mr. Lim Nee San has offered 50,000 fresh pineapples monthly during the present season to
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  • 948 6 Thrilling War Story. Stirring deeds in the darkness, including the formation of a square by a Guards regiment, which repulsed a charge by German cavalry, are described by a wounded Britisher. M Orders had come," he states, 44 that we were to shift the Germans from a
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  • 201 6 Due to Incendiarism. Bombay, Nov. 2. —A Government of India Resolution has been issued accepting the conclusions arrived at by the Committee appointed to enquire into the causes of the series of cotton fires during last hot weather, that they were due to wilful and fraudulent incendiarism,
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  • 190 6 The Danish community of China is indignant over the shooting of one of their nationality in Tsingtao by the German authorities. The young man in question, Mr. Lauristein, was born in the East. His father came from Schleswig, which of course passed into German
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  • 59 6 Our Penang correspondent reports that the members of the Police Force there who have served in In the Army Reserve have received orders to prepare to proceed to England for service at the Front Mr. K. N. Goodwin, Managing Editor of the Pinang Gazette, returned to Penang by the Hong
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  • 125 6 Next Meeting Dec 15. It is notified in the Gazette that the next meeting of the Licensing Justices for the first quarter 1915< commencing Ist January, L 915, "will be held in the First Magistrate's Court, at 2-30 p.m. on Tuesday, the 15th Dec, prox. Applicants for transfers,
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  • 175 6 Pressed into Service of German Navy. Honolulu, Sep. 22. —Seventy members of the Chinese crews of the German refugee ships Loongmoon, Staatssekretaer, Kraetke, and Governor Jaeschke, of the Hamburg American Line, were imprisoned here on mutiny charges laid by the captains of the vessels. Jail accommodations already
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  • 58 6 Mrs. H. B Salmond (Cable Depot, Keppel Harbour) begs to acknowledge, with thanks, the following further subscriptions: ctS. Previously acknowledged 13,287.80 M Balls Won, Members Selangor Golf Club" (2nd Inst) 46 Hup Teck Ho H. Adamson 10 European Employees Sir John Jackson, Ld. 109 Pupau Übin Athletic
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  • 184 6 The Central committee of Netherlands India for the alleviation of distress caused in Holland by the war has collected hM.56,911.58. Our Penang correspondent wires that a man named Mahomet Ibrahim, charged with causing false alarm by. stating that the Germans were bombarding Singapore, has been arrested at Penang and handed
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 231 6 Fit NORTH BRITISH CLINCHER MOTOR TYRES THE TYRES THAT ARE SUPERIOR BECAUSE They are made of Plantation Rubber. They cannot, kk Saw with the Wheels' Motion. You have longer Tyre Life and Less Punctures. You become a stranger to bursts and wayside worries. ASK FOR OUR PRICE LISTS. GASOIENE LIGHT
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  • 78 7 REVISED TIMES. Singapore (Tank-Road) Daily. Mail Daily leaves for north at 7.7 a.m. and 7.0 p.m. Other trains leave for Johore at 9.0 a., 10.29 a., noon, 1.30 p., 2.55 p., 4.10 p. Mail arrives from north at a.m. and 7.14 p.m. Trains leave from Johore 7.9, 8.42,
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  • 69 7 Singapore, November 21. Ou London— Bank 4 m/s. 2/4 7/16 Demand 2/4 1/16 Private 3 m/s. 2/4 3/4 On India— Bank T. T. 1740, Ou Hongkong— d/d lb\ Ou Shanghai— Bank d/d. 105 i On Java— BankT. T. 14 U Ou Japan— Bank d/d. 114} Sovereigns—buying rate $8.54 Tndia
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  • 61 7 A special memorial service will be held to-morrow, for the officers and men of the Russian cruiser Zemtchug who were killed in the engagement with the Emden at Penang, in the Armenian Church of St. Gregory, after mass, by the Rev. N.T. Paul, the Vicar. All Russian residents of Singapore
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  • 31 7 Swimming Club Launches. Sunday, Nov. 22. Johnston's Pier at 9, 10 and 11 a.m., 2.30 and 3.30 p.m. Club Bungalow at 9.30 and 10.30 a.m., 12.15, 3 and 5.30 p.m.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 580 7 GUAN KIAT Co. Ship-Chandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, Gene J* al Importers and Exporters, and Commission Agents, Es'ate, Rice-Mill and Saw-Mill Suppliers. 37, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Addreaa: GUANKIAT. Code* A. B. C. Ml Edition and A 1 Telephone Nos.-Office: 1283 1174 (Private 1450.; Sole Agents for GLOBE BOILER FLUID, THE
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    • 222 7 X'MAS CARDS. A new and wide selection of Tuck's Christmas and New Year Cards has just come to hand. Moderate prices have been marked ranging from 5 cents upwards. Other goods stocked by us, and of interest to you are handsome 1915 Calendars, sixpenny and other novels; Postcards of Singapore
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    • 419 7 THE Straits Albion Press Limited. PRINTERS STATIONERS, 20A-20C. COLLYER QUAY. SINGAPORE. WE have just received our Ereai consignment of Stationery per s.s. M XAGOYA." With tlie view of meeting the present curtailed resources of customers, we are prepared to execute orders for any of the following, if accompanied by Cash
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 288 7 FIXTURES. Saturday, 21st. High water: —0.40 a.m. 8 ft. 7 ins.; 11.40 p.m. 9 ft. 9 ins. Sunday, 22nd. 34th Sunday after Trinity. High water —1.36 a.m. 8 ft. 3 ins.; 0.31 p. 9 ft. 6 ins. Monday, 2Jrd. St. Clements. Court of Appaal. Lodge St. George. 9.15 p.m. High
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  • 13 8 Tbe Assizes. (Before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. L. M. Woodward.)
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  • 130 8 The last case of the present Assizes was taken yesterday when Lea Ah Kang, a Hockchia, was charged with murder, and Teong Ka Chang and Yeo Say Moi, both Hockchias, with voluntarily causing hnrt. Mr. G. G. Seth, D. P. P., prosecuted, and Mr. Swee
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  • 147 8 Second Court. (Before Mr. C. H- G> Clarke A Chinese in the General Post Office was charged with criminal breach of trast in respect of a sum of $1,119. Detective Inspector Miller explained that the case could not proceed, accused being ill in hospital where he had been
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  • 100 8 Jadgment has been delivered in the Supreme Court, Ipoh, in favour of the defendants in the suit in which #W. M. Reid, formerly Manager of the Teluk Anson branch of Messrs Aylesbury and Garland, sued the firm for $2,200, damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. It was alleged
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  • 149 8 In the District Court, Penang, last week, before Mr. G. A. Hall, District Judge, the casa John Stephens Raja Rae ra A. M. Abdul Kadar and K. M. S. Seeni Tamby, the Proprietors of the Janopakari Diily News, was concluded. The laintiff alleged that he has suffered
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  • 308 8 The hearing is proceeding in the Supreme Court, Penang, before Mr. Justice T. Sercombe Smith, of the case in which Khaw Joo Tok and several others sued Ng 800 Bee and several others to have (1) an account taken of the partnership dealings between the plaintiffs and
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  • 180 8 Appointment of a Kathi. Shaik Nasin Chosen. A meeting of the Muslim Society, Kapitan Kling Mosque, Pitt Street, was held last Friday after the Jumma prayers at the Mosque to consider the advisability of appointing a Kathi for the eastern district of Penang Island in place of
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 978 8 _NOTICE CREDIT I CREDIT I CREDIT t ir You Want Credit Come to OS. WE STILL BELIEVE IN CREDIT. HIN WATT CO., THE UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS OF HiNware frem a ficelle te a Aicltr. TENTS FOR CIRCUSES, CINEMATOGRAPHS, SHOWS and other purposes. CANVAS WORK of all descriptions by skilled workmen. BOON
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  • 307 9 Protest Against the Alarmist Policy. The Malay Mail reports as follows meeting of the committee of the Negri Sembilan Planters' Association was held at Seremban on the 17th inst. to consider the situation arising out of the F.M.S. Government's decisions announced to the Federal Council relating
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  • 279 9 Archbishop's Appeal for Sacrifices. Every man who respected his conscience, said the Archbishop of York, at a meeting in Middlesborough Town Hall, must stand to his place until the war is ended. M There can be, he continued, M no peace until this German spirit of
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  • 11 9 \Wĕ do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.}
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  • 500 9 To the Editor of the Malaya Tribune. Dear Sir, —I am sore you know what a Wha Whay is. It is the name of a lottery that was carried on in the Straits and F.M.S. during the earlier days of the Settlements and the Malay
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  • 164 9 Lockjaw or tetanus id one of the soldier's most dreaded and fatal enemies in the French campaign. All three armies, English, French and German, have suffered severely in this respect. The disease is caused in a singular way. The armies are fighting in a district which has
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 228 9 GOODRICH TYRES AMERICAN TYRES FOR AMERICAN CARS I Obtainable at all Garages 1-6 READ THROUGH THIS LIST. 11 may interest you to know we hold large and fresh stocks. Our < s are as usual in spite of the War. Labor?** Foods Kepler's Solution Peruna Tonic Lory Moore's Parmint Wincarnis
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    • 361 9 tribune EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Bureau will furnish employers—free of charge, —with full particulars of the qualifications and experience of suitable men for any position they have vacant. Employees desiring appointments can have their applications filed on the Register for a fee of $5. This includes 1. The retention of their
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 593 10 SHIPPING Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—3. Collyer Quay. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. fcINOAI*OI:K Mo<-ara-Saba. Simpang and Djambi. Nor. 21 M<>.>-kl Pi nana Lbo-Betunawe, Sigh. Babang, (Hableh, Kealabobj Si Hi go, Sinabang. BiagseL Bi-Bolga. Goaaocng-Sitoli
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    • 182 10 SHIPPING P. (X I Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, fo: H. W. BUCKLAND, AGENT. INSURANCE The Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Limited. HEAD OFFlCE.—Singapore. INCORPORATEn IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tan
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    • 376 10 NOTICE GUAN KIAT GO. Ship-Chandlers, Government and Municipal Contractors, General Importers and Exporters, and Commission Agents, Estate, Rice-Milland Saw-Mill Suppliers. 37, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Address: GUANKIAT. Codes A.H.C. life Edition ;tnd Al Telephone Nos. 1233 1174 (Private 1450.) Sole Agents for GLOBE BOILER FLUID, THE IDEAL FLUID FOR CLEANING AND
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    • 236 10 raneecunE Dpainpip es AND Channels j SOLE AGENTS: INDO MALAY CO., SINGAPORE. TO LET TO LET. 1 4 A newly-built House at Keppel Road (late Krian 6tn For further particulars a; THIO SOEN YAUG No. 21, South Canal Road 5-11 4 [j TO LET A Large, Airy Bright R. Change
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