Malaya Tribune, 20 January 1915

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  • 51 1 The Malaya Tribune. EVENING DAILY.] AND SHIPPING GAZETTE. EVENING DAILY. Vol. 2.- •No. 16. SINGAPORE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915 Price 5 Cents. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915. THE GREAT WAR. NOTES AND NEWS. Cbc ii?aLu>a Cribune. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY £0. THE MALAYA TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1915. SHIPPING PRODUCE
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 758 1 AT LARGE AGAIN To-night! At The U A 1 FTY Picture Palace JUNCTION OF ALBERT AND BENCOOLEN STREETS. Ttat most daring, greatest, ingenious and unmitigated criminal of extraordinary exclusive powers the present century has yet known ROCAMBOLE THIRD SERIES "TOREA" PARTS is LENGTH A GIRL SPY IN MEXICO Including other
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  • 431 2  -  Business in Tin [By W. Hy. Burnard London, Dec. 5. —Figures for the month of November show a small increase of 499 tons, whilst the visible supply of 13,627 tons compares with 15,543 at the 31*1 Dec, 1913, and 10.112 tons at 90th Novr., 191& The American
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  • 139 2 We hear with great regret that the health of H. K. H. Prince Damrong has made it necessary for him to apply for six months' leave of absence from the Ministry of the Interior. His Royal Highness has been suffering for a considerable time, and recently Doctors Highet
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  • 89 2 Mr. Aglen, Inspector-General of the Chinese Customs, is said to be opposed to the proposal of the Japanese military authorities to bring Japanese Customs otlicers to take charge at the Tsingtau Customs House. According to a Peking dispatch to the Jiji, Mr. Aglen holds that under the Treaty between
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  • 239 2 The first step towards being well is to know when one in ill. Many people badly need medicine, and ■OHM are in real peril of contracting illHforol illnesses because they do not know they are ill, but only think themselves a little run down." But being run
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 233 2 WHY NOT HAVE The Best BURKES BOTTLED GUINNESS IS BEST FIRST IN 1849 FOREMOST EVER SINCE INSIST ON BURKES YELLOW LABEL BREWED BY GUIffHESS AND BOITLED BY BURKE IN DUBLIN. Sole Agents John Little Co., Ltd. IRew Books 3ust IRecetvebThe Crown Prince's First Lesson Book byG. H.Powell SO G O
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    • 392 2 THE Straits Albion Press Limited. J PRINTERS STATIONER, 20A-20C, COLLYER OUY. SINGAPORE. TVTK have just i consignment per s.s. KAGOYA." \v view of meeting tbe preeeni tailed resources of auton prepared to execute orderi for of tie following, if accompanied by Cash—at 10 int. Koh-i-No«»r Tracingcloth :;<• in n Do.
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  • 1541 3 Our Ov;n Correspondent.) [toodoo, Dec. 18.—The King has D from his# visit ot. He spent a week a:i owo troops and those of [tea. Within sound of the Mg < beld historic conversations ol Ihe Belgians, the the French Republic, the Commanders of the Armi" All
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  • 1447 3 INCIDENTS IN THE FIGHTING LINE. The Garhwalh in the Trenches. An officer in the 39th Garhwal Rities writes The day we took over onr trenches we did so at 2 a.m., and were attacked while doing it, losiug one man before we got there. The following day my
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  • 1115 4 Behind the clamour of war and din of battles, centuries-old social and religious antipathies in Europe are, apparently, working away to differentiate and set at loggerheads great masses of the inhabitants of the western hemisphere. The whole world knows how Germany has induced Turkey to commit national suicide.
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  • 312 4 In a recent LSBae of this joai mention was made of tie* fact tlut a deputation of tlie Planters' Association of Malaya, com] Hon. E. Macfadyen and Milne and Brodie, had mfc rviewed the Chief Secretary to Govern m< F.M.S., with a view to urging tfct Government to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 266 4 ROBINSON Co. THE BIG BEN ALARUM CLOCK in m ,n Baby Ben Size Ben SiZe HEIGHT W HIFGHT DIAL S Price $5.00 DON'T HOARD YOUR CASH. I Take out a good substantial policy in The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company, Limited. The head of every family should ask himself this
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    • 44 4 BRITISH BEER WE HAVE BEEN APPOINTED Sole Agents FOR Messrs Allsopp Sons, THE W T ELL-KNOWN BREWERS OF BURTON-ON-TREXT. I THE PILSENER BEER IS SUPPLIED Under Royal Warrant to H. M. THE KING. Samples, on Application to CALDBECK, MACGREGOR AND CO. 2-1 31-3 j
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  • 500 5 Tin is at $72.00 locally. rapeciaJ report on the London Market see page 2. The homeward M. M. packet >lageil m may be expected to arrive berethi- afternoon. —:o: ffjVtv. een 6( 10 and 700 Tiger Scouts interviewed by the King of tm on the 12th inst.
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  • 203 5 Mr. James Currie. The late Mr. James Carrie, the news of whose death at Edinburgh has just reached Singapore, was very well known and highly esteemed in local engineering circles. Porn and at Kirkcaldy, he served his apprenticeship with Messrs Scotts, of Kinghorn, corning out to Singapore in 1895
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  • 71 5 The Palladium was last night filled to its utmost capacity and ihe tronpe heartily encored. To-night is a change of programme, when "The Telephone Belle will be staged. It brought the house down in London The musical items will be different from the first two nights excepting being
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  • 81 5 The Band which last night played from 5-* l an excellent selection will again be heard shortly. A large and very appreciative attendance gathered yesterday and will doubtless be further augmented on the next occasion now that the first-class qualities of the band are known to be very
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  • 127 5 The Committee beg to acknowledge the following further subscriptions Belgian. Local. Previously acknowledged ...$5,033.62 11,153 Syed Hassan bin Ahamad Alhatas 50 Mrs. J). A. H. Aldworth 100 Bank Interest 6.05 G. P. Cuscaden 25 Paya Mas Estate. Chas. H. Edwards 25 S. C. Rollings 10 L.
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  • 35 5 The King of Siam has given the royal permisbion to Mon. Delaunay, of the Siamese Sanitary Department, to wear the order of an officer of the Academy, granted to him by the President of France.
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  • 150 5 Rising at Muscat. Enemy Driven Back with the Bayonet. Rentere Special and Ordinary Services. London, Jan. 18, 7-25 p.m. A Delhi telegram states that Arab tribes from Oman attacked Muscat but were repulsed by the 95th Russell's Infantry and the 102 nd Grenadiers with the bayonet. The enemy
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  • 334 5 Aviators Brought Down. London, Jan. 19, 1.5 a.m.' Paris: Evening communique says The explosion of an ammunition depot through the bursting of a shell set fire to part of the village of La Boiselle which was occupied by our troops, and the village had to
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  • 19 5 London, Jan. Is, 5.20 a.m. Amsterdam.—General Wild yon Hohenborn has been appointed Quartermaster-General of the German Army.
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  • 125 5 Holding Germans in Check. London, Jan. is, 9.35 p.m. The Petrograd communhm*'- says We, by a night counter-attack, reoccupied the lost trench at Gumine. All the Germans in the trench were killed. Two German counter-attacks were fruitless. The enemy also attempted two night attacks at Gulki but they
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  • 124 5 Allies Hold their Own. London, Jan. IS, 5.20 p.m. The Paris communique says From the sea to the Oise the weather has been most stormy. There have been artillery duels at certain points. Two German attacks near Autreches were repulsed. There has been no change in the sectors
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  • 48 5 London, Jan. 19, 3.30 a.m. Petrograd, official The pursuit of the Turks beaten at Karaurgan continues. After a two days battle at Jenikior, the Turks fled in disorder, sustaining heavy losses. Three hundred Turks were killed and wounded in a single charge by the Siberian Cossacks.
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  • 82 5 London, Jan. I<S, 9*45 p.m. It is officially announced that fresh issues of capital must be approved by the Treasury. All conditions are subordinated to the husbanding of financial resources for the successful prosecution of the war. Xo issues will be allowed for undertakings outside the Empire,
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  • 57 5 London, Jan. 18, 5.20 a.m. Lord Kitchener as Colonel-in-Chief of the Irish Guards attended a parade of the battalion and said he was proud to command the regiment which was upholding the most glorious traditions of its race in the present war, in which he believed it
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  • 19 5 We acknowledge receipt, with thanks, of the annual report and balance-sheet of the Young Women'Christian Association, Singapore, for 1914.
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  • 120 5 {Courteously supplied by French Consul.) Officially Communicated. Paris, Jan. IS, 5.40 p.m. The French three per cent, bond* are at fr. 7.*j-40. We have repulsed two German attacks to the north-east of Vie snr Aisne (on the right bank of the river, 30 miles west of Soissons).
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  • 214 5 The following Singapore properties were disposed of by auction at Messrs Powell and Co.'s sale-room yesterday afternoon Freehold land at Confederate Estate Road, area 18,000 square feet, part of Grant 2. Together with 12 plank and attap dwellings Nos. 1204 to 120S and 1221 erected thereon. Total monthly
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  • 76 5 Since January last year tho X. Y. K. has made Malacca a port of call for its vessels homeward bound for Europe, and with the Iyo Maru from Yokohama on the l!»th inst., the vessels on the Bombay run will also touch at Malacca. The import
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  • 64 5 There was a grand change of programme at the Harima Hall, North Bridge Road, last night. A line drama of the piesent war, M Called to the Front,and one of Selig's best animal dramas, M The Adventures of Kathlyn," an- excellent both in plot and execution. The programme
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  • 55 5 Nine months’ hard labour was the punishment awarded by the District Judge yesterday to two Hylams who entered the house of Dr. Martin on the Ml inst. and stole therefrom a quantity of jewellery which they attempted to pawn, but were apprehended by a detective before they had time to
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  • 1950 6 The Promissory Not* Use. The trial came to an end yesterday, before the Chief Justice, Mr. L/M. Woodward, and a jury, in which Ahna Nana Savena Ramagamy Chitty and a Chinese named Tan Tiang Yew were indicted on several counts of forgery of a piomiaaory note and abetment
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  • 72 6 Mrs. H. B. Salmond (care of the Cable Depot, Keppel Harbour) acknowledges, with man}- thanks, the following contributions Previously acknowledged |21,006.53 Proceeds sale of work by Church Workers' Associntion, Malacca 206.80 Staff Richardson and Booty j Firm Rfc B. $50 U. N. SivasamlxK) 5 S. K. Pillai
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 182 6 I MOTOR CARS ON HIRE I MOTOR REPAIRS ALL KINDS OF TYRES GREASE Cylinder Oil AND Motor Accessories OF Every Description. Sole Agents For: Nortb British Clincher Motor Tyres Meitz Weiss Oil Engines The Celebrated Star, Mitchell and Paige Cars Pope Motor Cycles I Gasolene light Cycle Co. 4/5-2, BEACH
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  • 74 7 REVISED TIMES- Singapore (Tank-Road) Daily. Daily leaves for north at 7.7 a.m. and Other trains leave for Johore at 9 noon, 1.30 p., 2.55 p., 4.40 p. •irriveB from north at 8.16 a.m. and 7.14 1 rains leave from Johorc 7.9, 8.42, 10.15, 11 4«, 1-16, 3.2, 4.23
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  • 71 7 mnuapore, January 20. London— Bank 4 qj/'s. 2/4 7/16 Demand 2/4 3/32 Private 3 m/s. 2/4 11/16 .i>u India— Bank T. T. 175 /Hongkong— d/d 21^ h Bank d/d. 102g Java Bank T. T. 14U {Jli Japan— Bank d/d. 114j "-^ns—buying rate $8.54 hi C eil Bills last issue
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  • 734 7 Shipping Notes and News. For Western Australia loads the Minderoo on or about the 22nd inst. The steamer Meteor leaves the roads for the wharf to-day. The 8.1. steamer Montoro is expected at the wharf this afternoon. The Blue funnel steamer Lycaon has sailed for Hongkong and Shanghai.
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  • 155 7 Is Germany Getting Tin Commenting on the recent rise in the price of tin the Western Daily Mercury remarks There is some suspicion that the rapid increase in price is due to the demands of Germany, and that the metal is finding its way there through neutral countries. If this
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  • 128 7 In a Board of Trade bulletin issued on sth ult. it is shown that the value of volatile and essential oils exported from Germany in 1912 was £482,500, whilst last year from Austria-Hungary the exports of ■uch goods amounted to <£7#,270, and the United Kingdom exports m
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  • 21 7 (Singapore, Jan. 20) Copra —Business very dull. Tin.— 572.90—225 tons sold. Tapioca. —ln brisk demand. Other Products. —Market steady.
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  • 201 7 Nntroegs 110 S. per picul $21 00 Nutmegs 80 S. 2*.o© Copra Bali 10.10* Copra Gorong Talo 10.20 Copra Dongalo 10.20 Copra Kayong 9.75* Copra Pulo HasP Copra Pontianak 9.25* Copra Si an tan \K%\> Copra Singkawang ;>.60 Sago Flour Singapore Ist quality 3.50 Sago Flour
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  • 119 7 Messrs Barlow and Co. state in their Weekly Report issued 10th inst. Copra.—The market has shown a slight weakness during the week but to-day there is a steadier feeling. Quotations are about $10.10 for Finest Sundned and $9j60 to $9.80 for Fair to Good Qualities. COPPER.—There is
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  • 81 7 Copra £24.10.0. Pepper (black) fair quality spot 5 5/82 dist. s}. Pepper: white spot. dist. 9J. Gambier 20/6. Gambier (cube) 2S Sago (tiour) Sarawak quality, 10/Rubber Fine Hard Para, immediate delivery, 2/75. Plantation Ist qual. crepe, 2/2. Tin Standard 3 m/s. £147.10.0. Tapioca fair-medium,
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  • 22 7 Grey Yarns Single Twist 40^.— HPiece Goods lbs. Shirtings 6/- T. cloth, nom. Cotton (American): Middling 5 99
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  • 71 7 The Straits Steamship Company’s vessels move as under :—s.s. Ipoh is due to sail from the roads at 4 p.m. to-day for Malacca, Port Swettenham and Teluk Anson; ss. Kinta arrived from Teluk Anson via (ports and sails again on the 22nd, s.s. Kaka, for Malacca and Muar, loads on
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  • 129 7 Chamber of Commerce Rubber Association. 174 th Auction. Jan 19th. 1915 Offered for Sale Pl». 2,174.10 or 289,880 lbs. (Tons 129.41 Sold 1,020.34 or 136,712 (Tons 81.08) Prices Realized. Sheet smoked fine ribbed $113 to $1 M good ribbed 103 112 a hnenlain 98 101 n good
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  • 41 7 (Malay Mail Special.) London, Jan. 10.—The rubber market is sluggish. Export is slowly resuming. Rubber Co. Dividends. Pegoh declares a final dividend of five per cent to reserve, £5,000. Golconda, interim, five per cent Djasinga, two Tronoh, sixpence.
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  • 200 7 Singapore, Jan. 19.— The tone of the auction held to-day was quiet throughout and bidding generally was slow. Of 13H tons catalogued only about (*>s tons changed hands, prices generally being lower. Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet at $11 (j was $4 down from last week's best, while
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  • 166 7 Robber. Singapore, Jan. ID.—At the Auctions to-day when some 130 tons were offered the market was weaker, competition especially for the Standard grades being less keen, and prices generally were below last week's levels. Fine Ribbed Smoked Sheet sold up to $116 and Fine Pale Crepe up
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  • 36 7 The Ellerman Hall liner Bloen fontein, 10,000 tons, is due here < n or about 10th pros. She will le followed by the City ot fefar* wieh. 12,' KM I tons, and the s.: early in March,
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 381 7 FIXTURES. Wednesday, 26th. Th< Grotesques, Palladium. M M Homeward mail due. Out ward P. <fe O. due. High water: —1.39 a.m. 8 ft. 7 in». 1.12 p.m. 9 ft. 6 ins. Thursday, 21st. St Agnes. Ontward M. M. Mail due. Th* Grotesques, Palladium. L. r-ir on flick Nursjng by Dr.
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  • 594 8 THE P. O.CO. Sir T. Sutherland on His Retirement. Following are the observations made by Sir Thomas Sutherland upon his retirement at the <4tn general meeting of the Co. on the 16th ultimo And now I must close my remarks with a personal note, which is a Had one to
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 38 8 AS AH I BEER SAPPORO IjP BLACK BH.ER JĔw& CITRON WATER Highest Prize Anglo-Japanese Exhibition. Tamoto Co., 351, Victoria Street, TELEPHONE 412, And All Retailers Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Ltd., SOLE AGENTS FOR The Dai Nippon Brewery Co., Ltd.
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    • 438 8 THE CELEBRATED BIRCH CARRIAGES, HARNESSES AND JINRIKISHAS. are produced with all the requirements of the diff'rent countries and colonies from specification* and data secured by my own representatives, who have visited the principal points in the many countries to study the styles ana characteristic of vehicles and harnesses used. Full
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    • 431 8 A Director's Praise. At the general meeting of the Alor Gajah Rubber Estates, Ltd.. held recently, the Chairman reported that Ribbed Smoked Sh M was manufactured on the Estate with the aid of Jackson's Patent Rubber Curing and Drying Apparatus. The London Brokers had a high opinion of the Rubber
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  • 340 9 Behn Meyer Co. Winding-up Order. the matter of "The Alien B6 Winding-ftp Ordinance and in the matter of Behn md Company, Limited, an Company within the mean- the aaid Ordinance incorpor- in tlie Straits Settlements under inief Ordinance I*M given that H. K. Sir v Henderson Young, K.CJM 0 M
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  • 27 9 Swimming Club Launches. v day, 24th January. Johnston's Pier, 9, lOand 11 a.m., and 3-30 i>.m. Clnb Bungalow, 9-30 and 10-30 12-15, 3 and f>-.'50 j).ni.
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  • 277 9 The Viceroy's Cup. for the Viceroy's Cup took place at Calcutta 1 >ay with the following liachelor's Wed- 9 0, Brown 1 M. GoonUM 1 Arthur B, Rou 2 ■>• C. (ialstaun's Shining J, Trenoweth .'Jr. r. M. Thaddeoa' Spicy Bit, A. I erguaon 4 Konr Sahib
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  • 112 9 London, Dec. .'JO.—At the annual meeting of De Beers, the Chairman announced that as a result of the war the sale of diamonds, which were a luxury, had ceased. Further production would speedily denude the Company of their resources. It had. therefore, been decided to suspend mining
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 259 9 NOTICE 'SHELL' MOTOR SPIRIT, AND PURE METHYL4TED SPIRITS In Large Quantities. HIN WATT CO., Phone No. 428. 102, Market Street. KIAM KIAT CO., 108 109, market street. Telephone No.- 421. ShipchandlerB, Government and Municipal Contractors, Estate Suppliers and Commission Agents. Sole Agents: THE MULCOTT BELTING Co., Ltd. Best Multiplar Brand
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    • 408 9 NOTIGE NOTIGE. THE KUALA SAWAH RUBBER CO., LTD. Tenders are invited for the erection of CoAie Lines at the above Estate in Seremban. Plans may be seen at the Estate, or at No. 28 Robinson Road between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 14- 1 21-1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL. The Servants'
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    • 479 9 The Mai aya Tribune. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. This Burf-an will furnish employers—free ef charge—with fnll particular! of tbe qualieoatiens and experience of suitable men for any >n they have vacant. Employees desirin* appointments can have their applications filea on the Register for a fee of $5. This includes 1. Th*> retention
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
    • 533 10 Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij Royal Packet Navigation Co., of Batavia. 2—5. Collyer Quay. Under Contract with the Netherlands India Government. The undermentioned dates of departure are only approximate. SESw gf at and B-h- Jan! 21 EJkaw Tani.-ng-Le.dong, Berombang, Paneh, SIM.kAKA j JJ— jklawaii-D'di Jan. II LSSSS? 0 X Manu, Tarempa. Midai,
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    • 195 10 SHIPPING P. 0. Steam Navigation Company. For China, Japan, Penang, Ceylon, Australia, India, Aden, Egypt, Mediterranean Ports, Plymouth and London. For Freight, Passage and Further Information, Hppljg to: H. W. BUCKLAND, AGENT. INSURANCE The Eastern United Assurance Corporation, Limited. HEAD OFFlCE.—Singapore. INCORPORATED IN THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS) BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tan
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    • 416 10 GUAN KIAT CO. 37, PHILLIP STREET. Telegraphic Address: GUAN KIAT. Codes A.B.C. r ,ih Edition and Al Telephone Nos. 1233 1174 (Private 1450.) GOODS READY IN STOCK NOW 14th January, 1915.) 4.000 Kck> Bnbbock'a Coloured Paint. Oil and Sundries, 11,200 lb.-. White Cotton Waste, 1,000 lbs. Insertion Cloth, 16,000 ft.
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    • 294 10 RANEECUNCT Dpainpip es AND Channels I SOLE AGENTS: INDO MALAY GO, SINGAPORE. PAUL CO, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTISTS 57 Selegie Road. Children's Portraiture a Spa HIGH-CLASS WORKMAN- Charges Carte de visite per dor> coj Cabinet N $7 Boudoir $15 Special Rates for Quantities. A visit to our Studio will be appreciated. BUN
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